Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 43, Number 261, 13 September 1918 — Page 1

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GERMAN FORCE THREATENED BY BRILLIANT ADVANCE OF 0. S. ARMY IN LORRAINE Yankees Under Pershing Closed Mouth of Salient Advance of Eight Miles is Made by American Troops Is First Attack' Launched by American Field Army Formed on Western Front 12,000 Prisoners and 60 Guns Taken by U. S. Troops in

Advance Hun Divisions Bottled up in Salient.

SECRETARY BAKER SEES BATTLE LAUNCHED

BULLETIN.

(By Associated Press)

LONDON. Sept. 13. Twelve At f r :.. r v w no amDr rnns in inp in ii'iiivc

now has been captured. This dispatch was sent at 7 p. m. WITH AMERICAN FORCES IN LORRAINE, Sept. 13 Reports this afternoon from the front indicate that the Americans are making progress according to schedule. No unexpected developments are occurring. Large quantities of German supplies and material have been secured but there has been no time to check them up. The battle so far has been wholly normal.

General Pershing's forces

- Attack Was Expected. German prisoners say the American attack was expected but yet it was deW livered fo rapidly that they had no time to put up a stubborn resistance which they were ordered to do. Pannes, which was energetically defended by the Germans, was easily captured by the Americans. On the west side of the St. Mihiel ralient where the country la much more difficult nnd where the German resistance has been more determined, the Americans have made an advance of three milen on a twelve mile front. M -i w Win Hut ftlifnt. The npnrrcnt p-ospeets are that not I onlv would the St. Mihiel salient be rperdily wiped out, but that a heavy; blow would be dealt the Germans in the loss of men nnd material. The rapid progress of the American forces on both sides cf the salient row affords hope that still greater numbers of Germans may be caught in the loop which General Pershing's troops are closing in. On the westerly side of the salient where the going is more difficult the American advance on a 12-niile front is understood to have scored an advance of three miles. Enemy Has One Railway. The Gcrtrnns have had great difficulty in pitting their artillery away ever the lne railway line at their clii)Os;;l. 1 lie.v were working feverishly lat night to move the guns out through Vigneulles. but their way past row seems blocked by the continued American progress today. Numbers cf trench mortars and a great quantity cf machine guns are already in American hands, besides the cannon reported taken. The other railway line in the salient, running through Thiatiscourt was early blocked by the American capture of that place. While the Americans are thus driving forward in the successful carrying cut of the first' thoroughly American

side of the St. Mihiel salient, have advanced lor a distance ui o miles. . The assault, was made on a front of 14 miles. The Americans this morning were making rapid progress in the continuation of their drive. The Americans are reported to have captured Vigneulles, seven and one-half miles north of Xivray, through which the former line ran. General Pershing's troops also are said to have captured Beney, Heudicourt and the Bois De Thiacourt. The Germans are blowing up" the ammunition dumps at Hattonville and Domboujf. General Pershing's troops so far have captured 9,500 prisoners and have taken 60 German guns.

offfnFive movement under General intensity and German star shells burst I'rrshins's command the French and ! with more frequency as five o'clock the British are-continuing to make approached as though the enemy suspropress along the north and south . pected that was the hour set for the spction of the battle front where the infantry attack. More and more am-

flghting has centered all through the year up to the time the American drive was started. Fugitives Leave Little. . French trcops last nisht closed in toward St. Quentin, capturing the town of Savy little moce than 2i miles from St. Quentin's outskirts. The British for their part, advanced further to the northwest of St. Wuentln .taking the village of Jeancourt and gaining possession of Holnon wood. Numerous fugitives from the City of Lille are reported by Belgian newspapers to be arriving at Malines and Antwerp, according to a dispatch from Amsterdam to the Central News agency. Apparently Lille is being evacuated by the Germans Further north the British were sub-,

Jected to German atacks in consider- erating in the first operation of a maable force, in one of which assaults on .lor character under the leadership of ' Havrincourt, which the British took the American commanders, recently, the enemy was assisted by! To Close Salient, a BQuadron of low flying airplanes. The immediate object of tho AmerlHe was repulsed, however, with heavy can drive apparently is to close the losses. mouth of the salient, from which the i Further German attempts to dis-1 Germans will experience great diffilodee the British' along the Canal Du culty in extricating themselves with-

Nord line west of Cambria were frus-

trated ojr tne uruisn re.

thousand prisoners were taken ctmiViiAl Tho ontirp salient

ill uiiuiiii-. in their attack on the southern j . 1 A C O "We now are standing on our new lines which have been prepared," says the official statement reporting military operation on the western front issued today by the German general staff. "During the night," the statement adds, "the evacuation of the St. Mi hel salient which was liable to en- i

cirelement and which had been under j German fortress at Metz is a possicompleted without interference. bility.

"In anticipation of theattack of the ; French and Americans on the St. Mihiel salient, we began evacuating this salient a few days ago." In the St. Mihiel sector at the west-!

em front Austro-Hungarians. south ofjflrst few hours they reached their ob

tho Combres height, says the official statement issued today by the Aus-1 trian war office, assured the systemat ic retreat of the Germans. Dominatingly American. The allied offensive on the western front, for the firs time is dominatingly American, the French co-operating and in a military sense as a continuing phase of the battle which began early last summer. Newton D. Baker, the American secretary of war, with several other notables witnessed the beginning of the battle from the vantage point ot a French fort close behind the middle The front over which the attack was made was bo extended that the bril-

liant hands of vivid light soon stretch- Tresauvaut and Bouillouville while ' going to reSlster for tne draft stopped ed from far eastward to westward. I on the northern hinge of the ' salient ! to register to vote. This was by far lighting up the clouds. Soon, there j American cavalry patrols and tanks i tne greatest number that the clerks began to arise star shells, signal rock-1 are reported to be operating near Vig-' have registered at any time. The avets nnd Cares thrown up by the enemy , nuelles, ten miles northeast of St. ! erage for a day is aDout 40- About to betray the Americans should they j Mihiel, which indicates that the mouth ii 7,000 have registered up to date, leave their trenches suddenly to be- j of the' salient is being rapidly closed. I Voters are urged to register as soon gin an Infantry attack. To this gen-;Cavalry patrols also are reported tolas possible as the elections are com-

erai coior scneme. tnere was soon aaa- ' U . U'lIC?- . II' .-3 r- 111 .11 Ull I L dumps exploded and buildings set on fire behind the enemy lines began to b'aze and an ammunition giving off this color exploded about four o'clock. Under U. S. Commanders. The character of the artillery fire chr",eeri slightly, lessened a little in munition dumos exploded just before five, the artillery bombardment suddenly resumed its original intensity and as the sky was beginning to be tinged with dawn, it again took on a white look along ihe horizon. Precisely at five o'clock, Uie thunder of the guns accompanying the glare of light stopped and in the sudden silence the Americans went over the top. All along the lines could be heard the chattering of German- machine guns and then suddenly the thunder commenced again when a barrage was laid down to protect the soldiers as ,thv approached the German trenches. " The St. Mihiel salient after four years of German occupation is threat- ! ened on both sides by the first Ameri can army, certain French units coopout great loss of men and material. 111 A . 1 t A. t - 1 11 S f n a n 1 i Ultimately, it is believed that General

It's a Lasting Peace Germans Are After Now-War Burden Heavy

(By Associated Press) AMSTERDAM, Thursday, Sept. 12. The postponement of peace prospects and the likelihood of a fiftth war winter weigh equally on all belligerents and not only Germany alone, in the opinion of Friedrichs von Payer, the imperial vice-chancellor of Germany, expressed in a speech at Stuttgart. "Our state debts," the vice-chancellor says, "are everywhere reaching fantastic heights and everywhere we struggle against the encroachments on our personal liberty. All of the belligerents of Europe must admit, if they are not blind, that the longer the European peoples lacerate each other, the more certainly will the historical and paramount position of weakened and impoverished Europe be lost in favor of cleverer and more calculating peoples." Herr Von Payer reminded his hearers that after four years, the war still was being waged almost entirely on enemy territory. He admitted that . tne L-Doat war had not worked as I quickly and surely as had been hoped. ! He added that it was useless to disP"te whose was the fault. The enemy, " ' LIEUT. E. W. SHIRK GETS NAVY MEDAL

mil P i If llin I irn! Tne gPeaker said tnat tne Germans rllK qVINIi I lrr!navc only to see that tne var contin I Wll Un f II lU LI I & ups tn bp waeeri in a foreien country.

fBy Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, Sept. 13. For diving overboard from the U. S S. Lorraine last June 23 to save a Belgian soldier who had fallen , overboard Lieut. Elbert w. shirk, u. s. n. r. a.,' ; Richmond, Ind., has been officially commended by Secretary Daniels and recommended for a gold life-saving medal. The incident for which Lieut Shirk is to be decorated occurred as he was going to his new headquarters in Brest,' France. It was thought that the Belgian officer had become despondent and had tried to take his life, and Lieutenant Shirk's bravery in rescuing the drowning man was doubly tried when the officer began fighting off hi rescuer. -.!- - Lieutenant Shirk, was president of the United Refrigerator company while in Richmond. He enlisted in the Naval Aviation late in the spring at Washington, and left in early June for his present work in France. Pershing hopes to cut off the enemy's control of the Brizy ore region from which are obtained much of the raw material for German guns and munitions. At the present rate of the American advance, the occupation of the ueu Prepared: by months of train ing, the Americans were favored in their initial appearance as a unit in the great allied force by favorable w-eather and a firm terrain. In the jectives at some points and were still progressing at others in the latest strategical move of Marshal Foch's program of offensive action, which since July 18 has resulted in the driving of the Germans from the greater part of the territory gained by them in their drive for Paris and the chan-1 nel ports. Take Many Villages. More than a dozen villages were captured in the early hours of the drive, which also netted the Americans eight thousand prisoners, with more coming in the cages. On the northern side of the salient, both hinges of which are controlled by Gen eral Pprshin- mtn th n h.. eral Pershing's men, the line has been advanced to Denmartin Ia Montague, uh n n0r,',-ti To be oDeratine northeast of Pont-A-Mousson. along the railroad line leading to Metz.

THIS FLAG WILL FLY OVER ALL VESSELS OPERATED BY RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION

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Vessel flag adopted for ships under U. S. railroad administration. Director General McAdoo of the U. S. A. railroads has. selected this flag which will be flown, by all of the seventy-nine vessels being operated by the United States railroad administration. There are also twenty-fiva vessels owned by the railroads which are now under control of other agencies but which will also fly this flag when restored to the control of the railroad administration. The flag has the letters, "U. S. R. A." (United States Railroad Administration), in blue cn a white fielJ with a red border.

he said, was still unable to compen

sate their losses by new construction and declared that the robbery of neutral ships almost without parallel by the entente could not be repeated. . The more tsoops the United States sends, the greater wil be the need of shipping for reinforcements, of munitions ajjd provisions," Herr Von Payer said. "The filling up of the enemy army by Americans, therefore, bears in itself limitations." "Must Hold Together." He argued that the loss of shipping would become fatal to Great Britain after the war, because it would lose its shipping superiority to the United States, and the "hope of compensating themselves from the German fleet, which still has to be conquered, will surely be adequate comfort only for the very imaginative Britishers." Contending that technique and inventive genius which already had helped the Germans over heavy obstacles, would still help them. Herr Von Payer said: "If we lack cotton and oils, our enemies lack coal. Food Is scarce here and there, but already things probably l have turned in our favor. In the east the world is again open to us for a food supply, while our enemies' supplies of foodstuffs and raw materials give precedence to the front's calls for America's armies and their provisioning." that the Germans are fighting for their lives and their homes and that the enemies only hope is that the Germans might collapse inwardly sooner than they. He asserted that enemy attempts to sow discord were unavailing and that the Germans were strong ! enough to reach a decision "in our differences of opinion regarding economic power and political rights, even down to the food question." Herr Von Payer urged the necessity of the Germans holding together in the hour of danger and said that disappointed hopes must be prevented, justified hopes fulfilled and actually existing wrongs redressed. Want Lasting Peace. Regarding the Prussian suffrage bill, which he considered of prime importance, he said that "It te no longer Prussian, but - eminently a German question," and on its decision depends the confidence which the population places in the Prussian and the imperial government. Further postponement, he said, is not permissible, adding: "Moreover, it is my belief that the decision of the Prussian government may be regarded as already tak en and if equal suffrage does not issue from the committee of the upper house the government will proceed to dissolution." Herr VonPayer considered that the present terrible struggle would not end with a peace of the customary character. A mere glance at the state of complete exhaustion of the world excludes such a possibility, he said. "In former peace negotiations," he said, "the middle and lower classes, when it came to the council table, fell quietly into the background. This now is over and the governments will conclude the coming peace treaties in close harmony with the entire people. "The main thing for them in peace is not the acquisition of land, treasure and glory; they aim nowadays at least at the conclusion of a lasting peace and therefore there will be no peace of conquest. 800 VOTERS WERE REGISTERED IN DAY Approximately 800 voters registered at the court house Thursday. Men; ing on and voters can not register i thrl after October 5, leaving only I more weeks for the opportunity " -

ATTENTION OF ALLIES RESTS ON DRIVE OF U. S. FORCES

Washington Gets News of Battle From Pershing England Cheered by Success of American Army. THRUST WAS EXPECTED (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Sept. 13. All Interest of official Washington today was centered on the St. Mihiel salient in France where General Pershing's forces from the first American army of a million and a quarter men were driving forward in their initial independent offensive on the western front. Reports from the American commander-in-chief were slow in coming through and until after midnight the only detailed information as to the success of American arms was that contained In brief news bulletins from the front. These were confirmed by General Pershing, who reported that his troops, assisted by French units, had broken through the enemy's resistance in the St. Mihiel sector and advanced at some points to a depth of five miles. At the time the communique was sent, the operation still was in progress, and 8,000 prisoners probably not all of those captured, had been counted. This was taken here, to mean that in the first day of their rush had gone forward on a twelve mile front and were threatening the road over which the Germans opposing the French in the bend of the salient would have to pass if they escaped capture or destruction. Foch's Next Move. On the western side between St. Mihiel and Verdun.: Franco-American forces were steadily pushing back the enemy and closing the mouth of the pocket in a pincer movement such as cleared the Germans from the Aisne-Marne salient in July. To observers here, this 'hrust had been expected, as it was regarded as me next logical move by Marshal Foch in hTs campaign of ceaselessly hammering the enemy once he had been definitely put upon the defensive. Its immediate objective was not made clear, but success in this drive was expected to free one of the richest iron fields of French, which the Germans captured in their first push toward Paris and which they have since been working. There were some observers who believed that the objective was the strongly fortified city of Metz, not fatover the German border. A frontal attack upon this position was hardly to be expected, but its envelopment was considered as a logical part of what was thought to be Marshal Foch's general plan to outflank the enemy in this section as a means of forcing his armies out of northern France and a part of Belgium. The terrain over which the fishr is progressing is the most difficult on which American troops have yet met the pnpmv Tha n-,- - - " iuci nidus wtTe entrenched upon what is known as the hills of Lorraine, which formed a natural defense. But once forced from these the Germans would find himself upon the open plains where defense would be difficult and ,hP, Americans would find ground to Liit-ir jiKing. GREETED WITH ENTHUSIASM LONDON, Sept. 13. The British public has been anxiously looking for another American move, but hardly expected it so soon, and the news of the Franco-American attack to pinch Out ttlO St HfiVi.'l j. ... .. cl cauein, wnicn me 2ermans drove into the French line in NCntflfn hov lliTJ ) 1 , . . .uuti, auu nas neia ever since, was received here with the greatest enthusiasm and. accordine to British correspondents at the front' who heard of the good progress the I Americans are making, with equal enth 11 Kit em thisi'! ' As a big advance in this direction would soon cause great inconvenience to the enemy before Metz, it is fully expected that heavy resistance will be met. According to military experts the German front between Verdun and the Swiss frontier for many months has been only thinly held with inferior troops and comparison to the remainder of the front to the sea and one of the objects General Ludendorff had in shortening the front was to utilize troops thus obtained to strengthen this line. General Ludendorff undoubtedly expected this section of the battle line to be the object of an attack by the American army which was generally supposed to be somewhere in this neighborhood. Is Considered Milestone. The assault on the St. Mihiel salient dominates the news columns of the newspapers today which feature it

with big headlines. The opening blow J in Marshal Foch's great offensive ' scheme claims attention in any case, i but this one has a speqial attraction' as the first stroke of the independent American army under direct American command and as such is hailed j as one of the milestones of the war. That the blow thus far has succeed-1 ed so well and brought such a large haul of prisoners, affords an opportu-j nity for congratulations by the press. : Continued On Page Flve.l ' -

People of Alsace-Lorraine in America Send Message 'of Greeting to Pershing (Bv Associated Pres NEW YORK, Sept. 13. The general association of Alsatians and Lorrainers in America made public here today the following cablegram of congratulations sent to General Pershing in France, on his birthday: ."While under your admirable command, the glorious descendants of the heroes of 1776 and of Gettysburg astound the world with their deeds inspired only by love of liberty and democracy, the Alsatians and Lorrainers of America, deeply moved that the descendant of an Alsatian family should have ben chosen to destroy odious chains with our Foch,' Petain, Haig and Diaz, send you on the occasion of your birthday, heartfelt wishes for a great military success In 1918 and hope to celebrate shortly with you in the village of the family of Pfleersching (Pershing) the victory of civilization and deliverance of oppressed peoples."

LOAN CAMPAIGN WILL BE UNDER WAY NEXT WEEK Night Meeting in Fifteen Townships Next Week City Workers Meet Tonight. Ward blockmen and precinct committeemen, as well as the public, are requested to attend meetings scheduled for Friday evening at 7:30 o'clock as follows: First Ward Circuit court room. Fourth Ward South Side Hose House. Eighth Ward Fairy-lew School House. The Fourth Liberty Bond campaign will be under full sway next week, preparatory to the three days of actual subscription receiving September 25, 26 and 27. Charles W. Jordan, chairman of the County Speakers' Bureau, said today that the night meetings next week in the fifteen townships would be largely attended, according to information he has received from township chairmen. At all of these meetings there will be special patriotic music. Frank Funk, of the Victory Quartet, which has figured conspicuously in many patriotic meetings in Richmond; Oliver Nusbaum and Mrs. Fred Bartel are organizing special quartets which will be sent out to the township meetings. Expects Over-Subscription Demas S. Coe, Wayne county chairman, Friday received a letter from W. H. Wade, Indiana Director of Sales. saying that while Indiana's quota will not be officially announced for several days, it will be approximately double that of. the third Liberty loan, and that on this basis Wayne county's quota will be close to $2,000;000. This is the basis on which the township quotas in Wayne county have been fixed. Mr. Wade also said that Wayne county is one of the Indiana counties which has been so generous and prompt in its responses to Liberty bond calls, that he confidently expects the county to over-subscribe its quota in the three days set aside for the canvass. E. M. Campfield, chairman of the Richmond committee is bringing his preliminary organization work to a close. He has so systematized the work of planning the big campaign, that every home in the city will be called on by a solicitor during the three days of the campaign The city committee is especially desirous that the citizens keep in mind the dates September 25, 28 and 27, so that they will be ready to sign their applications for bonds when the solicitors call. Where a second call is necessary, the delay in the work is apparent. The Weather For Indiana by United States Weather Bureau Partly cloudy tonight and Saturday. Slightly warmer. Today's Temperature. Noon 60 Yesterday Maximum 65 Minimum 47 For Wayne county by W. E. Moore Partly cloudy tonight and Saturday. General Conditions Abnormally cool weather continues over most of the United States excepting the far west where it is very warm. Temperatures continue high over western Canada and Montana, temnemtiirou ranging from SO to 86. Weather is gen-i erally fair over the central states but is becoming unsettled due to low barometric pressure, on the western Canadian border.

SEPTEMBER 25, 26 and 27 Let's help make the soldier proud of Wayne county when he hears what she did in the Fourth Liberty Loan.

14,000,000

MORE ADDED TO SERVICE ROLL OF 0. S. Registration for Draft Was 8 Percent Above EstimatesReports Show Willing Response Over U. S. 3,825 REGISTERED HERE WASHINGTON. Sept. 13. Yesterday's registration of men between 18 and 45 for military servi'-e was 8 per cent above advance estimates and may have added close to 14.000.000 men to the man power roll, according to reports that commenced coming to provost marshal General Crowder from state drafe executives. 'The first group of states to present partial or complete totals all showed well over expectations. STATE REPORTS SLOW. INDIANAPOLIS, Sept 13. Reports on the registration of men of military age in Indiana yesterday were coming so slowly to the office of Robert C. Baltzell, state conscription agent, that his office was uncertain as to how many men had registered. Eight local boards of the 3,200 in the state had j reported early, five of them saying j that they had exceeded their estimati ed number of men, and the other I three falling below the estimate. The estimate of 350,000 for the state was not regarded as far wrong, however, as the divisions which fall below the estimate will offset practically all of the registrations above estimates in other divisions, it is thought. Accurate figures were not available for Indianapolis today, but the estimate of 46,000 men for the city and Marion county was not regarded as far wrong. Some-of the figures available would indicate that Marion county might have registered 47.000 men. According to statements of Charles P. Tighe, agent in charge of the bureau of investigation of the department of justice, no wholesale raids to apprehend men who failed to register or violators of the "work or fight" order will be made in Indiana at this time. Men apparently of draft age may be accosted, however, and asked to show their registration cards, especially if the agents have reason to believe the men questioned may be a draft law or order violator. Local Registration. . The total number of men registered with the local board here Thursday was 3,825. More cards were sent in Friday morning. The total number of aliens registered was 134. They were classified a& follows: English: declarants, 1; nondeclarant, 1; Irish: declarant. 1; Australian: declarant, 1; Italians: declarants, 32; non-deciarants, 16; Russian: non-declarant, 1; Chinese: non-declarants, 7; Danish: declarants, 1; Swedes non-declarant, 2; Mexican- non-declarant, 1; Greeks: declarants, 5; noncjarants, 4; Poles: non-declarant, 1; Austria-Hungarian: declarants, 13: non-declarants, 4; Bulgarian's: declarants, 2; non-declarant, 1; Germany: declarants, 27; non-declarants. 13. Of the number registered 3.608 were native born; 577 were naturalized: 12 were citizens by their fathers naturalization before the registrants majority; 82 were declarant aliens an-i 52 were non-declarant aliens. The registrants were classified as to age as follows: 18-year-old. 204; la-year-old, 186; 20-year-old. 153; 21-year-old, 14; 22-year-old, 1; 26-year-old, 1: 27-year-old. 2; 28-year-old. 1; 29-year-old, 1; 30-year-old. 4; 31-y-ar-old, 4; 32-year-old, 138; 33-year-old, 2F1; 34-year-old, 267; 35-year-old, 246: 36-year-old. 242; 37-year-old. 231; 38-jfar-old. 267; 39-year-old. 221; 40-year-old, 215; 41-year-old. 246; 42-year-old, 254; 43-year-old, 221; 44-year-old, 21C; 45-year-old. 225. The conscription board worked Thursday night until 11:30 o'clock preparing the report which is finished and sent in to Washington. Local board No. 2 at Cambridge City reported that 1,640 men registered there Thursday. The number registered was in excess of the state estimate, which had been placed at 1,407. LLOYD GEOROGE IS ILL (By Associated Press.) MANCHESTER, Eng., Sept 13. Premier David Lloyd George, who became ill last night after his reception during the day, when he was presented with the freedom of the city and delivered a notable address in response, was reported this morning to be progressing satisfactorily.