Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 43, Number 253, 4 September 1918 — Page 1

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ALLIED FORCES DRIVE AHEAD IN DIRECTION OF CAMBRAI; GAIN FOUR MILES TODAY . Germans Must Stop British on Canal Bank toiSave Vital Bases of Douaiiand Cambrai British Pront South Toward Peconne Covers Twenty Miles . Are Now Within Five Miles of Cambrai and Six Miles From Douai Germans Still in Retreat Toward North French Gain Near Soissons.

GERMAN RANKS ARE BADLY DISORGANIZED (By Associated Press) The Germans are in retreat on the French front east of the canal Du Nord. French cavalry was in pursuit during the night and this morning had pushed, to within two miles of Guiscard on the Hoyon-Ham road. The Germans are contemplating a general retirement from the Vesle region where they have been facing Americans and French along the river, according to indications reported from the battle front today. The recent Franco-American successes in the south apparently have prompted such a movement. . The city of Lens has been definitely evacuated by the Germans, according to reports from northern France. The British, it is stated, are refraining from occupying it only because of gas fumes remaining there. The British have driven home their push through the Wotan

line as far as the canal Du Nord and as yet their progress is not reported checked. They have secured their hold on the west banV: of the canal by taking Rumacourt. Already the wedge they have driven into the German defenses in the sector between the railway center of Douai a nd Cambrai is a menacing one to the enemy, who must stop the British on the canal line here if he hopes to save these bases vital points in the German defensive system in the west. Disorganization in the German ranks is reported in unofficial advices from the front, - however, and there seems tjoj be more than a possibility that the enemy command will not be able to reconstruct its defensive formation even in time to hold irjiithe British temporarily along the canal positions.

GERMAN STATEMENT. British troops operating, in the Lys nalient yesterday worked their way (' forward as far as the line of Wulverghem. Nieppe, Bac-St. Maur, Laventne and RIchebourg-St. Vasst, according to the statement issued by the German general staff. On both sides of Xoyon French troops carried out strong atacks which are especially directed against the high ground between Campagne and Buissy. Between the Allette and Aisne rivers the French, in cooperation with Americans and Italians, launched renewed atacks after the strongest fire preparation. They were repulsed in many instances after bitter hand to hand fighting. Push Toward Cambrai. The main force of the British push seems to be in the direction of Cambrai, along both the Bapaume-Cambrai and Arras-Cambrai roads and in the terrain lying between these highways. In fhis area they are reported today to have captured the towns of Inchy-En-Artois and Moeuvres. This represents an advance of between and 4 miles since yesterday beyond the southern section of the famous "switch" line at Queant. Further south the British likewise have reached the line of the canal well down to Feronne, on the Somme, making their front along this artificial waterway cover an extent of more than 20 miles. As a matter of fact they are reported to have even cros sed the canal along its southern length i just to the north of Peronne. Near Bourlon Wood. The menace to both Cambrai and! Douai may be indicated by the fact that the British are within 5 1-3 miles of the outskirts of the former city and not more than 6 miles distant from Douai. At Inchv-En-Artois they are a little more than 2 miles from the Bourlon wood position where General Byng was temporarily anchored in his drive at Cambrai last fall, marking what was virtually his nearest approach to the city. To the north the Germans are still in retreat and the British have occupird additional towns in the Lys sulient. The enemy's reported retirement in the sector south of La-Bassee has not been confirmed however, and the Germans apparently are still holding the greater part of the coal mining city of Lens in this area, although the British are understood to be in the western section of the town. On the French front General Man-

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gin's army has made important progress in the direction of the fo i:est of St. Gobain, which defends Lad a. His forces have reached the edge of the important towns of Coucy Le 4 bateau and have pushed further eastjward in their flanking movement to ti e north of Soissons. ALLIES DRIVE AHEfl D. At no place along the bafttle line extending from Soissons to ,' Flanders has the enemy been able to r esist the allied armies in sufficient sti ength to cause a halt in the offensu e movement. The Germans after repeated defeats at various points hi tve given ground apparently content to cover their retreat with rear guar ft actions. Where, if at all, the Germaj is plan to make a determined stand is problematical. The failure to counter fftttack for the possession of the Queai it-Drocourt line gives added credence to unofficial reports that still an other line has been prepared a si ntch line from Brebieres to Mesuvres and that

here valiant effort will bn made to stem the tide of the battle. The British already have reached B 'nmaucourt, a short . distance from thii u new line, and both from the norttt, and the south they are approachii g, It. While the greatest prog; .-ess continues to be made southeast i and east of Arras, momentous events apparently are impending north of Soissons. Here General Mangin has 1 for several days been pushing forwar 3 in a slow but steady advance, until 1 le low holds the key position to the Vesle front, from which if their movements are an indication of their i Jan of maneuver, the Germans pla. 0 to retreat back of the Aisne or the Chemin Des Dames. The Germans., have been forced out of the Ailette river sector and the main defenses ol f the Hinden(Continued on Page ' Eight.) U. S. Soldiers Kill ed Abroad Will Be Buried There Temporarily WASHINGTON. Sept. 4. Americans who lose their liv ;s in the war abroad will be buried tl lere only temporarily. Where identification is possible the bodies will be placed in marked graves, to be 1 aken up when the war is over and brt ught home. This plan of the Vi ar department was disclosed today by the publication of articles of agreeme it between the army and navy regar ling the transportation of sick and; wounded from overseas.

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Ruined trenches left by Germans, above, and German concrete dugouts. The upper photo, a British official, shows what our boys find when they enter a German trench after driving the Huns out. The picture was taken near Albert. The lower photo, a French official picture, shows a section of a German concrete dugout retaken by the American and French troops. It shows what havoc the allies' artillery has wrought. French soldiers are clearing up the dugout.

Engraving liberty loan bonds One entire division of the bureau of engraving and printing at Washington is now engaged solely in the engraving of liberty loan bonds. Working day and night a force of experts turns out millions of dollars worth of this paper and ink ammunition. Uncle Sam has in his employ some of the greatest engraving experts in the country. This is a recent, photograph of the bureau's largest press room working night and day on six billion dollars worth of bonds.

Drive Ahead, Work and Fight and End Will be Near; Says Reading

(By Associated Press) CHICAGO, Sept. 4. The Prussian dream of world mastery has been banished by actual achievements as well as by the courage of armed forces. Lord Reading, British ambassador to the United States said in a message read by Colville Barclay, British charge d'affairs here, at the U. S. government war exposition today, celebrated as British Day. feel certain that your exhibition adequately represents the immense efforts of the allies and America," the ambassador's message read. "It will serve to illustrate, to every one the marvelous success with which inventors, manufacturers and workers turned from the arts of peace and adapted themselves to altered conditions when the call came. "For years Germany has secretly been making and storing vast accumulations of every engine of war and article of equipment, confident that by their means she could at her chosen time obtain world masery. "The industrial achievements of millions of patriotic men and women, together with the valor of our combined armed forces has banished that Prussian dream, and if in the strenuous months before us, we all drive ahead and work and fight hard, the time will be brought nearer wheji

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Germany will be definitely and decisively beaten. Then the world will be remodeled on the cardinal principles of justice, security and freedom; and force, violence and autocracy will be swept away." The Weather For Indiana by the United States Weather Bureau Rain tonight. Thursday probably fair and cooler in southern portion. Today's Tebperaturc. Noon 71 Yesterday. Maximum 77 Minimum 60 For Wayne County by W. E. Moore Rain this afternoon or tonight. Thursday partly cloudy. General Conditions The sHonn over the lower Mississippi valley is moving northeastward and will cause rain over the central states which will arrive before night. Temperatures are near freezing In the northwest. Weather will continue cool for the next 24 hours at least.

RUSSIAN-CZECH ARMY OF 120,000 IS MOVING WEST Russian People Are Pleased With Overthrow of Bolsheviki Control. (By Associated Preasl WASHINGTON, Sept. 4. A Czechoslovak officer has arrived at Archangel with word that 80,000 loyal Russians are operating with- the' 40,000 Czecho-Slovak forces moving westward along the trans-Siberian railroad from Ekaterinburg. The news reached the state department today in a message from Ambassador Francis dated Aug. 26. Since the officer left Ekaterinburg more than a month ago further advances by the Czechs have been announced by telegraph, but his report is regarded as important because of the light it throws upon the relation of Czechs with the people of the country to which they are moving. He said the Russians are pleased with the overthrow of the Bolshevik control and the Bolshevik soldiers are flocking to the support of the Czechs. Leaving Ekaterinburg August 2 on orders from the commanding officer, who had teen asked by the allied council to get a messenger at Archangel the officer arived at Vologa, August 13, and at Archangel August 24 after many vicissitudes. According to this officer's story former Emperor Nicholas was shot on July 16, but the Bolshevik officials withheld the information for two days. The disposition of the body was unknown, bu it was rumored that it had been burned in a coal mine. The empress and the Czarewitch were Baid to have been taken by the Bolsheviki from Ekaterinburg to an unknown destination. New Food Program for Farther Conservation Is Outlined by Hoover WASHINGTON, Sept. 4 A new food program, embracing plans for further .war time conservation of stable products was discussed today by Herbert C. Hoover and federal food administrators from all the states called here for a two-day conference. In a general way Mr. Hoover outlined the work accomplished on his recent trip to Europe, including results ob tained at meetings with food controllers of allied countries. Wheat and meat regulations, sugar distribution, price and distribution of flour, mill feeds, cotton seed products and organization, were the principal matters on which Mr. Hoover desired suggestions.. Good reports of the food saving effected were brought from all sections and some of the administrators expressed the opinion that by the public's cheerful compliance with federal regulations, it might not be necessary at this time to to make radical changes in the present system or require added restrictions.

President Wilson Must Pay an ncome Tax of $24,595 Under New Bill WASHINGTON, Sept. 4. President Wilson's income tax on his $75,000 salary will be $24,595 under the new revenue bill introduced Into the House Tuesday. All other Federal officials as well as those holding state and municipal offices, who have been exempt under previous laws, will be called upon to pay under the new bill. The president is entitled to an exemption of $2,000 on account of being married.

SOIL OF FRANCE SLIPPING FROM FEET OF ENEMY Allied Nations Follow Battle Developments With Breathl riess nagerness. (By Associated Press) PARIS, Sept 4. Between Tpres and Rheims, with General Mangin menacing the St. Gobain forest and the Chemin Des Dames, with Generals Humbert and Debeney advancing on St. Quentin and the Franpo-Americans on the Vesle, with General Rawlinson before Peronne, General Byng before Lens and General Plumer before Armentieries, the enemy feels the soil of France slipping from under his feet. Commentators point out that in the present offensive, continuity has been maintained lasting 46 days without a break and that not since the beginning of the war has such an extended series of hammer blows been directed, throwing the adversary into complete dismay. The enemy apparently Is un able to reorganize his forces to make a stand capable of arresting the onward march of the allies. MAKE ORGANIZED DEFENSE. LONDON, Sept. 4. The progress of tremendous events on the battle front in France is being followed with almost breathless eagerness by the whole British nation. The. most significant feature of Tuesday's develop ments was that the expected German attempt to restore the position of the broken Wotan line did not materialize. The failure of the enemy to make such anattempt apparently is attributable to the speed and energy with which Field Marshal Haigs armies were able to press the advance on the retiring enemy. Informed observers, however, continue to speculate on when and where the enemy will pull himself together. Disastrous as the blov already has been to German prestige the German people is being endangered, experts hre are not expressing anticipation of an early debacle and admit the probability of some defense being organized behind the enemy lines in an attempt to check the allied advance. Some prisoners taken in the battle talk confidently of the impending arrivals of a great reserve army under General Von Mackensen, who will turn the tables on the allied forces, but obviously it is impossible here to throw any light on such reports. Whatever the future may hojd, the actual situation is regarded as one of extraordinary promise for the allies and containing the possibility of the compulsory abandonment of the entire northern German front, including the Flanders coast. While featuring the dramatic developments on the British fronts commentators do not neglect to emphasize the great importance of the operations on the southern end of the battle line where the French and Americans are holding against large enemy forces and making progress. French official communiques deal almost laconically with these operations but their value as a contribution to Germany's defeat are not overlooked here. Recognition equally Is given to the incalculable bearing on the entire situation of the presence of the rapidly growing American army. Allies Full of Hope. The military critic of the Telegraph in discussing the possibility of the Germans organizing reserves for a counter blow dismisses the subject with the remark that "the counter menace of the American reserves will bind the German reserves like a spell." Commenting on the .game subject, the Daily Mail's critic says: "In previous successes,' the task of strong reserves prevented victories being exploited to the uttermost. On this occasion, Marshal Poch has in our Amefican armies ample forces available if he determined to press the blow. "We are witnessing the collapse of the prestige of the Prussian military machine. We have the whip-hand as we never had it before in this war and e hold it with a constantly increasing reserve of power, both in men and material, against which the enemy has nothing comparable. "The weight of the American army has not yet been thrown into the scale but it is there waiting to be released In positions which fill us with the highest expectations and the enemy with the deepest concern." The Express says: '"The hearts of the allies are properly elated and the German's are heavy with foreboding. Retirements, repulse and losses and with all of these the fear of the American army, young, fresh and eager for battle and ready and waiting for the word from Foch to strike, furnish cause for anxiety,"

GEN. GRAVES AND FORCE ARRIVE IN VLADIVOSTOK Total Embarkation of U. S. Troops, Including Those to Siberia, Has Reached 1 600,000, March Says. 250,000 JJOIN AUGUST (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON. Sept 4 Arrival of Major General William S. Graves and his staff at Vladivostok to take command of all American forces fighting on the new Eastern front was announced today by General March. General Graves took with him from the United States 43 officers and 1,388 men, "who will join the regiment from the Philippines already on the ground. General March announced today that the total embarkation . of American troops for all fronts including the Siberian expedition, had passed the 1,600,000 mark August 31. 30th Division in Flanders. The chief of staff Identified the American unit which participated in the Flanders advance as the 30th division composed of troops from Ten

nessee, South Carolina and North Carolina. The French advance north of Soissons resulting In the capture of Terny Serny was participated hi by the 32nd division composed of Michigan and Wisconsin troops, under Major General Haan. In answer to a question. General March said it was estimated that more than 250,000 had landed in France during August. The record for monthly shipments he added was 285,000. Taking up the military situation, General March said the object of the Canadian drive across the old QueantDrocourt switch line was Cambrai, which was now within 7 miles of the British advance, according to official advices. DRIVE BACK ENEMY IN MACEDONIA r i ( By Associated Press.) LONDON. Sept. 4. Forces of the central powers on the morning of September 2, attacked the entente allied troops under cover of an Intense bombardment on the left bank of the Vardar river in Macedonia. An official statement issued today by the British office savs the enemy was driven back by counter attack. PATROL ACTIVITY ON U. S. FRONT ALONG VOSGES Machine Gun Nests at TernySorny Cleared by American Fighters. (By Associated Press) WITH THE AMERICAN TROOPS IN FRANCE. Sept. 4. There was considerable patrol activity on the Amert can front in the Vosges region last night. An enemy raiding party of 50 approached the American trenches at one point. The raiders were driven off by rifle fire. The artillery was active on both sides in this sector, the enemy using tear and sneeze gas shells. In the Woevre district an American patrol penetrated the enemy lines after cutting seven strands of barbed wire. Other patrols met small German groups and drove them off without difficulty. LONDON, Sept. 4. The clearing of machine gun nests around Terny-Sorr ny is being continued by the Americans despite the stubborn opposition of German patrols, says the Daily Mail's correspondent in a dispatch from the headquarters of the American army in France. Continuing the dispatch says: "The Americans finally gained the ascendency and consolidated their positions near Terny-Sorny. Gen. Mangin two days ago visited the American general commanding this unit and expressed complete satisfaction over Its achievement, pointing out how important the sector northward from Soissons is and how the Germans had brought fresh troops forward to hold the positions. The Americans were pleased with praise from such a source and on their part they say that the French cavalry and tanks greatly aided their success." WITH THE AMERICAN FORCES IN LORRAINE. Sept. 4. American airmen successfully bombed Longuyon twice today. About thirty airplanes flew over the German lines last nirh

and dropped a few bombs.