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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-09-02
FURTHER REPLY TO POPE
BELIEVED NOT LIKELY

Failure of any of the European powers
to reply to the Pope's appeal for peace
has strengthened a growing impression
at the State Department that the in
cident Is closed. 1t was pointed out yester-
day that there is nothing in the note
from the Vatican that actually called
for a reply. and that the amenities
might be regarded as satisfied by the
Acknowledgements of it's receipt, which
all governments are understood to have
sent
No government has indicated to the
department an intention of letting
President wilson's reply stand as a
statement of its position, and it is not
assumed by administration officials that
just that position would be taken be-
cause there are certain phases of the
situation suggested in the papal COM
munication affecting some of the allies
and not the United States upon which
President Wilson did not comment
There is an impression, however, that
the other belligerents may be content
not to enter into a discussion of those
questions, placing upon the Pope the
responsibility for further controversy
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-09-02
Many Prisoners Captured
BY Italians in Offensive
With Trieste as Objective

!, ROME, September 1.-The number OF
prisoners taken by the Italians has
been Increased to 1882. the war office
announces. OF these 720 are officers.
Heavy counter attacks by the Aus
TRANS at Monte San Gabrielle and east
of Gorilla were repulsed with large
losses to the attacking forces, the 1tal-
ians retaining their new posltions.
Further progress was made on the
Carso. in the BrestoviZza valley. ON
the Bainsizza plateau there was less &C
tivity. The statement reads.
There was relative calm on the Balm
sixza plateau Very brisk fighting oc-
CURED on the northern slopes of Monte
San Gabrielle and east of Gorilla, where
the enemy. with repeated violent counter
attacks attempted yesterday TO drive US
back from the positions reached He was
always repulsed with heavy losses.
"On the Carso. in the BrestoyizZa val
ley. We carried other elements Of trenches
During yesterday we captured 81 offi-
GERS and SIS men. The total number OF
prisoners taken from the beginning or the
battle till today has risen to 720 officers
and 26,5S2 men
"One OF our fights bombarded railway
establishments at Grahovo-Tolmino with
three and one-half tons Of bombs.
Tn the Trentino there was activity by
our patrols Minor enemy attacks We're
repulsed.''
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-09-02
AMERICAN FLIERS EAGER
TO SERVE UNDER u. S. FLAG
Some Make Condition of Permission
to Wear French War
Decorations.

PARIS. September 1.-American avia-
tors serving in the French army, in
Guiding the relatively small group
forming the Lafayette escadrille, have
been canvassed by American officers as
to whether they wished to leave their
present service and join the American
Army. Seventy per cent of the Amer
leans Immediately said they would like
to go to the American Army and aid
in the formation of an experienced
aerial corps.
Almost all the remaining 80 per cent
replied that they would join the Amer
lean Army conditionally. One condi-
ton often mentioned was the para
graph in the United States Army regu-
lations forbidding American soldiers
from wearing foreign decorations
Many of these aviators have won by
deeds Of great courage some one or
all of the French military orders, the
Legion of Honor the war cross or the
military medal Under the French
service regulations these decorations.
or ribbons representing them, must be
worn always on the uniform.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-09-02
Canadian Battle Before Lens
One of Hardest of the War
Capture of City Regarded as Certainty, But
Useless Sacrifice of Men Is
Being Avoided.

TT was the sort of fighting your
men have longed for. 1t was fight Of
minutes, and then the Germans broke
and started to retreat Then we
slaughtered them by our fire and with
bombs"
Canadian officers and men have told
me that in this long fight for Lens the
Canadians have had some of the hardest
fighting they have had during the
whole war. The Germans have thrown
into II some Of their best troops. In
one assault the Canadians fought ham
mer and tongs with boches for twelve
hours without stopping. The Canadians
during that time had eleven attacks
launched against them.
Luster for Canadian Arms.
Lens will shed great luster on the
Canadian army. 1t is considered one
Of the most splendid things of the
whole war AS l scanned the chief
places at this now rapidly disintegrat-
ing town. the Canadian officer along
side me told me of a fellow officer, a
friend Of his. who. in a recent advance
on the left flank of Lens got into the
basement OF a house with a sergeant.
the latter being wounded. At that
point they became separated from their
men, and shortly they found themselves
in the basement of a house of which
the upper floors were occupied by Ger
mans For six days they were in the
basement unknown to the Germans
and having to live on their own ra-
lions.
Another Canadian assault was made
at the end of that time, preceded by
a great artillery 'strafe," which drove
the boches out and left only its cellar
intact. As the Canadians rushed for
ward they threw grenades into the
basement; already gas shells had been
in
They emerged finally, among their
comrades. entirely unscathed, save for
the wounds sustained earlier by the
sergeant.
Several of the most interesting phases
of this battle have been witnessed by
American officers, who have voiced
their greatest admiration for what
they saw.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-09-02
PRESIDENT WILSON URGES BOYS
TO ENGAGE IN PRODUCTIVE WORK

The Presidents letter follows:
Permit me to express my great
appreciation of the work under
taken by the United States boys
working reserve of the employment
service of the Department of Labor.
To give to the young men between
the ages of sixteen and twenty-one
the privilege of spending their spare
time in productive enterprise with
out interrupting their studies at
school, while their older brothers
are battling in the trenches and on
the seas. must greatly increase the
means Of providing for the forces at
the front and the maintenance of
those whose services are needed
here. 1t is a high privilege, no less
than patriotic duty. to help sup
port the nation by devoted and in
telligent work in this great crisis.
Let me express the hope that the
young mon of the country not now
permanently employed may eagerly
enter the boys working reserve to
Mt themselves by training and study
for good citizenship and productive
service. In this way they can show
themselves worthy of patriotic
fathers who have fought for democ-
racy in the past. sustain their pa
triotic brothers who are fighting for
1t today and command the affec-
tionate pride of the brave mothers
who are silently bearing the bur
denS al home"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-09-02
STATE GUARDSMEN CHECK
RIOTERS AT LEXINGTON
Police Patrol Augmented Following
Clash Between Negroes and Sol
diers From Camp.

LEXINGTON, KY, September 1.-The
streets of Lexington tonight are being
patrolled by armed mounted and foot
soldiers of the Kentucky National
Guard. and the civil authorities have
augmented their night police patrol as
the result OF a series of outbreaks in
tho principal streets here today be-
tween negroes and soldiers.
Tonight the town is quiet but sup
pressed excitement and i'll feeling are
apparent and threats of further trou-
Bile are heard. but with the additional
guards. the authorities believe they
have the situation in hand.
The street fighting today was the
elimination of series of disorders be-
tween soldiers camped at the edge OF
the city and negroes who have been
fiocking to Lexington during the week
from a fair nearby. One negro was
taken to the hospital in a serious con-
dition. while numerous other blacks
received lesser injuries. The soldiers
esca ped with minor bruises.
The local authorities reconsidered
their decision to request that the sol
diers be kept of the streets for the
time being.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-09-02
AMERICAN AID FOR
CIVILIANS IN FRANCE
Red Cross Will Help Families Of
Soldiers Killed or
Wounded.

By the Associated Press.
PARIS, September THAT American
help to France may be felt and fully
understood by the French people dur
rangements have been made SO that
the American Red Cross shall widen
the scope of it's work to include needy
French civilians-the families of SOL
who have been eithed killed or wound
ed. The whole plan of Red Cross work
has been decided at conferences be-
tween the Red Cross heads and Gems.
Pershing and Petain.
1t is realized that the United States
will not be in position to assist the
allies as striking military force be-
fore next spring or early summer; so
while waiting for the formation of the
new American Army and the upbuild-
ing of a tremendous machine not only
behind the lines here in France, but
all the way back to Washington and
the training camps scattered through
out the United States. America will be
in a position to devote some Of it's vas,
resources directly to the French people
Red Cross aid will not be limited to
medical assistance, but will extend to
nourishing food for women and chill
dren, fuel and. as far as possible, medi-
cal and nursing attendance. In fact
every effort will be made to ameliorate
the conditions of the people facing
their fourth winter of the war Aid will
be arranged through a French mission
which will investigate all cases and
make detailed recommendations. The
influence of this aid, 1t is pointed out
will be far-reaching. for it will not
only impress French civilians with
Americas earnestness in the war. but
through letters written to men in the
trenches, will make them feel that dur
ing the long, cold months of winter
their people at home are being cared
for in the best possible manner
The Red Cross work as a whole will
be divided into three fields of activity
The first of these. of course, will have
to do with the American Army; the
second. with the French army; the
third. the newly outlined plan, to as.
sist French civilians 1t will be some
| months yet before Red Cross work
with the American Army is necessity
and this is another reason for the Red
Cross directing it's efforts toward the
amelioration of the hardships of the
French people. who have borne the
brunt of the struggle SO long and sc
valiantly.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-09-02
REPORT OF LOSS INCORRECT.
Schooner Said to Have Been Sunk by
Submarine Reaches Port.

AN ATLANTIC PORT. September l.
The American schooner Rostellan. re-
ported sunk July 10 by a German sub
marine. arrived here today. Through
a misunderstanding the American con-
sui at Plymouth misinterpreted a mes
sage notifying him that British pa
troll boat had rescued the vessel AS
nothing further had been heard the
owners of the schooner believed she
had been sent to the bottom with all
hands.
Albert H. Miller. commander of the
vessel on reaching port. sent a tele-
gram to his wife in Pascagoula, Miss.
She had been mourning his death.
Capt Miller witnessed the destruc-
ton by a German submarine of the
American barkentine Hildegaard the
day the vessel was reported sunk. He
said that a dead calm prevented the
Hildegaard from escaping. and his
crew took to the boats, believing his
ship would meet theI same fate. Brit
ish patrol boats attracted by gunfire
from the submarine were too light to
tow the Rostellan out Of range. but
forced the submarine to submerge
They then wirelessed for larger patrol
boats, which towed the Rostellan to
safety.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-09-02
CHICAGO HAS SHEEP PARADE.
Shepherdesses Have Trouble Keeping
Charges Out of Buildings.

CHICAGO. September IA flock of
several hundred sheep, escorted bv
brass bands and detachments of SOL
diers and sailors, followed by numer-
GUS floats. gamboled through Chicaro,s
business streets today.
1t was the city's first sheen narade
and was given under the auspices 81
the national sheep and wool bureau. To
promote interest in wool CONSERVATION
Six young women appropriately garbed
acted as shepherdesses. and were kent
busy trying to keep their charges from
dashing into hotel and shop doors
along the line of march
Some of the signs carried by march,
ers in the parade read as follows:
There Is no substitute for wool: we
need more sheep" Food and wool for
workers will win the war" Red Cross
work needs more wool" Home
makers Guild advocates sheep raising
for women"
The prize lamb in the parade will be
sold at auction and the proceeds given
to the Red Cross.
The committee in charge of the
demonstration will urge that similar
parades be held In New York, Boston,
Phaladelphia and other eastern cities.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-09-02
BRITISH MAKE AIR RAID
Drop Bombs on Ghistelles Airdrome
Held by Germans

LONDON. September IA bomh,
raid was carried out by the naval q Is
squadron on Friday night on tha
Ghistelles airdrome. according To .
Several direct hits" saws the So
ment, were made on sheds in tba
southwest corner of the airdrome ne
which vicinity a fire was started
Bombs also were seen to explode on
line. Many tons of explosives wers
dropped. An our machines returned
safely"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-09-02
Still Will Strive for Peace.

President CarranZa said that while
its efforts for peace had not as yet been
successful. Mexico would still strive to-
ward that end, and concluded:
Mexico, to comply the better with
this mission which it's destiny offers
completely apart from the interests for
which the European nations are strug-
Cling, respecting all nations and being
respected by them, surely will observe
the most strict neutrality, which is
now, which has been and which will be
its fnfexible rule of conduct"
The message refers briefly to the fact
that permission has been given for the
bringing in from the United States of
100000 cartridges: to the settlement
of strikes at Tampico and in Coahuila
and to the order sending from the coun-
try those implicated in the murders of
1913
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-09-02

ton OF the council in June, then a
small group apparently like-minded, 1
consented to act as treasurer pro tenn.
Without executive responsibility. On
leaving the east I asked to be relieved.
After appeal for postponement ! con-
scented to allow use of my name by act
ing as treasurer until September 1.
when permanent officers should be
chosen.
Il make no criticism of methods or
purposes of the peoples council. but
have had no directive part in planning
conferences nor in great expansion of
scope through aff1liation with other
groups Moreover. I have repeatedly
urged that obstruction gets nowhere
and that the only way out is forward
rs rapidly as possible. toward a ne
gotiated peace with reasonable guar
antees as to permanence.
Il may add that the way is indicated
by the new Russia and by the Pope
The President has widened the door by
disclaiming certain avowed purposes
Of the allies"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-09-02
POLICE TAKE Fifteen
GIRLS FROM DANCE HALL
Hold Them at Station for Parents
in Campaign Of Protection.
Young Man Held.

Policewoman Sarah v. Farling, who has
oeen making an effort to protect young
TOOK nfteen girls ranging from fourteen
70 eighteen years, from a dance hall 10
the first precinct station. ~
me girls parents were notified and by
midnight dozen of the parents had c.I,ed
for them Lieut. Hartley and Policeman
Howes accompanied Mrs FarIing to the
dance hall and a half dozen young men
opJeGte6 TO having the girls taken from
tne nan. one who is said to haye been
more strenuous in his objections than the
others, who gave the name of William
clemson Jarvis. twenty-one years old.
and said he lived at 424 7th street south
east, was charged with disorderIy conGnc+
and held for $40 collateral.
mrs. Farling recently, at the direction
OF MAJ, Pullman. notified the parents of
downtown streets at a late hour.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-09-02
COAL MEN TO SHOW COST.
Tennessee Operators Coming tt
Washington This Week.

KNOXVILLE. Tenn. September IA
committee OF about one hundred coal
operators from East Tennessee and Ken
lucky coal mining districts will leave
Tuesday next for Washington. These
operators will have data as to the cost
OF production of coal in this district. which
will be presented TO Coal Administrator
Garfield. In a conference the operators ex-
is no intention of entering objection to the
government fixing the price of coal,
though ii is claimed that the figures all
ready fixed by President Wilson are too
low for the Tennessee Kentucky district
These figures range from S1.7O to s.. IS, ac-
cording to grades Of coal.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-09-02
INVITE UNION MEN TO CAPITAL.
Members of Shipping Board Ask
Them to Discuss Labor Troubles.

SEATTLE. Wash. September I'D
w. McKillop. president of the Metal
Trades Council of Seattle. and two
other members have been invited by the
shipping board to go to Washington to
confer about threatened strike of
IL, 900 metal workers here. it was an
nounced today.
Action on the telegram was left to the
business agents of the fifteen affiliated
unions. Acceptance of the invitation
is unlikely, according to McKillop, who
said they had been assured by the ship
ping board a month ago that their de
mands for higher wages would be
granted The strike IL called for We'd
nesday. --.--.--
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-09-02
RUMANIANs YIELD HILLS.
Further Retirement Before Teutonic
a Offensive Reported BY Berlin.

BERLIN, September l. via London.
September Troops under Field
Marshal Won Mackensen ousted the Ru-
manians from a position in the hills
northeast of Fokshani, on the Ruma-
MAN front, yesterday, after hard fight
ing. Army headquarters announced
today. There has been an increase in
the artillery activity along the Dvtna.
on the Russian northern front. and
farther south in the Smorgon and
Baranovichi regions
In Macedonia attacks by the Ser
bans at Dobrovolje and assaults by
French troops west of the Vardar were
beaten on by the Bulgarians-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-09-02
GOVERNOR ACTS IN STRIKE.
Takes Hand in Boston and Maine
Railroad Dispute.

BOSTON. September Gov. Mccall
today took hand in the general move
ment to adjust the differences between
the Boston and Maine Railroad Com
pany and 5000 employees in its me-
chanical department who struck yes
terday for higher wages. While de-
clining to reveal the nature of his ef-
forts, the governor said the state COM
mittee on public safety was co-operat-
ing with state and federal mediators,
and that all were working in harmony
In the hope of suggesting q satisfac-
tory basis of settlement
No statement was forthcoming to-
day either from the road or officers Of
the union, and the opinion generally
was that both sides would mark time
while other agencies were at work
seeking to settle the trouble.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-09-02
Other Points in Message.

The message also records the meas
ures taken to aid Me1icans who have
returned from the United States. II
mentions briefly the closing down of
the Cananea copper fields and the
measures taken to aid workmen thrown
out of employment, and the measures
looking to the increase of grain crops.
As to finances, the message saws m.
government expended 22,500, 900 pesos
from May l to August 10, and coined
1,635,000 pesos from May l to August
Is.
PRESIDENT Carranza announced that
a commission had been named to re-
wise accounts and contracts with the
PEARSON syndicate and with the Tehuan-
tepec Railroad Company This is
taken to mean the beginning of an in
vestigauon of the concessions entered
INTO by the Cowdray interests with
Cen Huerta when he was president.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-09-02
DENOUNCED BY CATALONIANS.
Demand That Accused Deputy B,
Not Tried BY Court-Martial.

MADRID. September 1.-The arrest
of Deputy Marceline Domingo and the
order of the government that he be
tried by court-martial for treason are
the subject of bitter announcement by
Catalonian deputies. They ask off,
cially that Domingo be tried before the
supreme court and not by court-mar-
tial.
Many deputies of the left demand of
the premier a strict application Of the
law relative to parliamentary immu-
nifty. Senior Villanueva, president of
the chamber. says that he will defend
the constitutional laws in the Domingo
affair.
The publicist Araquistian has been
arrested on a charge of conspiring
against public order.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-09-02
DRAFT HITS MUNITION PLANTS.
Bridgeport Factories Lose Average of
q Per Cent of Men,

BRIDGEPORT. Conn.,, September l.
Bridgeport factories. many of them
busy on munitions or war material
work, will lose an average of % per
cent of their skilled workmen by the
draft, according to a census by the
state council of defense, given out to-
day Some of the more important fac
tories, 1t was said, will lose ais high
as SO per cent of the men, while the
lowest percentage is s. ~
Hundreds Of appeals from the draft
on Industrial grounds have been car
reid to the district appeal board. but SO
far only one full exemption has been
made. In about three-quarters Of the
cases the appeals were denied
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-09-02

Wrench sections continued desperately
Through the night A number OF prs
oners remained In our hands. Attack
nv the enemy at the winterburg and
eouth of Corbeny broke down with
heavy. losses. Before Verdun II was
quiet during the day, but the artillery
activity revived considerably In the
evening.
Front of Grand Duke Albrecht: An
undertaking by Bavarian storIning
forces on the Rhine-Marne canal met
with full success In addition TO san
guinary losses. the French lost some
prisoners."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-09-02
PLENTY OF BIRDS ON MARSH.
Gunners Find Abundance of Game
on Opening Day.

Gunners who were on the marshes
yesterday. the opening day of the sea
son for shooting reedbirds. ortoIan and
blackbirds, were surprised to find
wild. however and flew SO bieb that
very few sportsmen were able to All
their gamebags
Ortolan made their appearance in
time for the gunners to shoot them on
the early tide. They kept pretty we'll
above Benning bridge. however, where
1t was difficult to ind them in the
grass
Reedbirds sold at the rate or 81 so a
dozen, while the price asked for orto-
Ian was $1.75 a dozen.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-09-02
C. P. STEMBEL IS APPOINTED.
Becomes General Superintendent of
the Virginian Railway.

NORFOLK, Va. September &c p.
Stembel has been appointed general su-
perintendent of the Virginian railway,
with headquarters at Norfolk He as
sumed the duties of the Office today and
is the first general superintendent the
Virginian railway has had. He will
have charge of the transportation and
operating duties of the line
Mr.. Stembel came to the virginian
from Minneapolis. where he was super
intendent of the Minneapolis and St.
Louis Before going with that line he
was superintendent of two of the divi-
sions of the Chicago and Great West
ern.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-09-02
Scarcity of Material Delays Canton
ment Operations in Kansas.

JUNCTION CITY, Kan, September 1.
Because of the impossibility to OBJ
tain material rapidly enough to keep
busy the force of nearly ten thousand
National Army cantonment, the con-
struction company laid off a large mum
Der OF men today.
The company today paid out more
than half a million dollars In wages
ton and half of silver change was
transported to the camp.