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Special Gable Despdtch to The Sun

Special Gable Despdtch to The Sun.
- LONDON, Aug. 16.-Premier Lloyd
George delivered a speech I'm the House
Of Commons to-day analyzing the i'm
proved food outlook which Is one Of the
most encouraging assurances in many
months. especially as 1t comedies with
weekly report Of submarine sinkings
showing the lowest losses since unre-
strlcted U-boat warfare began.
The Premier on several public occa-
sions recently has displayed both in
his language and his manner the utmost
confidence and an unwonted assurance
that everything Is going remarkably
well. The House cheered repeatedly to-
day when he concluded his analysis OF
the food situation with the declaration
that Great Britain's reserve Is better
than 1t has been I'm many years.
Looking toward the future he said
unqualifiedly that England would culti-
vate millions Of acres more In 1918 than
this year; that the necessary labor is
assured and that the possibility OF
starving England by a submarine block
ade Is now ended IL the people continue
to use reasonable care and economy In
tlt use Ol IOOu Inc ItSelNSs VI cu6o
also have been increased, he said
soon to Adjourn.
The session to-day was the last busi.
ness sitting prior to adjournment for tive
months. The Premier's speech was ar
important statement on the progress oi
the war and the improved situation ir
general. He announced the capture to
| day by the British Of the town OF
Langemarck In Flanders. and 900
prisoners. and added:
| at is difficult even to dwell on the diff
! ference which the temporary collapse o
the Russian military power has made II
the task with which our soldiers ar
| confronted
The Premier announced that Britsl
divisions which have been fighting an
temporarily are exhausted pass behtn
the lines until they are reformed, bu
that the German divisions in the sam
condition go to Russia and hold from
which does not impose severe mlitar
obligations. while fresh divisions fror
Russia come to the western front. Tha
necessarily increased the number O
Germans on the western front. Unde
those conditions what had been achieve
was one OF the most brilliant episodes
the history Of the British army.
THE best Germany can do now" Nj
Lloyd George continued. when whs
practically was her most powerful OF
ponent at the beginning OF the war
paralyxed-. by tntsru4A=difficul ulties. Is
hold her own against the attacks of tn
British and French fronts-and sh
isn't quite doing it. On the contrar
in this year she has been beaten in se'
eral great battles with severe losses an
v,,t hpplrpls nf her cAntNTet
which is not a bad test OF winning {
, losing II battle.
with Russia recovered and Americ
really in with those fine troops {
which we saw a specimen yesterday an
which were symbol OF America comm
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ALASKA MAY SUPPLY
PLATINUM FOR WAR
Discovery Of Precious Metal
Arouses Government.

wAsHINoroN, Aug. 16.--Discovery Of
platinum in Alaska by DR.. Herschel C.
Parker of New York and others has
aroused Government agencies to the
greatest activity in the hope of finding
sufficient qualities Of the precious metal
10 meet the war needs of the Allies.
Four Government experts have been
assigned to study the Alaskan situation
and report II the discoveries may re-
plenish the platinum supply cut of re-
Gently by the virtual cessation of activ-
tiles In the Ural Mountain mines, the
source OF the worlds greatest supply
Intensive operations would follow a IA
vorable report, for the true condition, It
is declared, cannot be determined before
next year, by which time the present
short supply will be almost exhausted.
Prof. Parker has reported finding
nlatinum In quantity in the gravel Of the
Kahiltna River during gold placer drill
in. Alaskan gold miners also have re-
ported platinum. Between ten and
twelve ounces of the precious metal
ware discovered in Alaska last year and
this small amount was sufficient to stim-
ulate further prospecting this year.
war uses of platinum include the
making of sulphuric acid and the COM
pletion OF contact points of the Ignition
system of aeroplanes, automobiles and
| telephone and telegraph instruments. Sc
acute is the world shortage that the
nrice has advanced from $+5 to $105 ar
ounce since the beginning OF the war
| seven hundred and Atty troy ounces con-
/ stitue the largest annual production oi
platinum in the United States. While
Russia, before the opening OF the war
produced as much as 100000 ounces II
a year.
The sun., 1917-08-17
Smoke Up Wednesday
for the ''Sun" Fund

NEXT Wednesday is the day on
~ which each of the 365 United
Cigar Stores in the metropolitan
district will give 5 per cent. Of
its gross receipts to THE SUN
Tobacco Fund. It's Smoke Up
Day. :,
Also the first 100000 United
certificates deposited in the de-
positaries in these stores on that
day will be turned over to the
fund at two cents each in cash.
Tonight is gala night at Cas-
ties by the Sea, Long Beach.
Contributions given in exchange
for special souvenirs will 60 to
the fund.
Don't forget the boxes in the
Schultz stores. Every Mutual
coupon and certificate helps.
The fund is close to $4,000
this morning. Read the list of
givers on another page. 10 your
name written there?
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CHANCE TOSTARVE ENGLAND
GONE. SAYS LLOYD GEORGE;
SEES GERMANY WEAKENING
Premier Cheered in House of Commons When He
Gives Assurance All Is Going Remarkably
Wel-Tribute Paid to America.

into this world struggle with a virile
swing-those are the things the Ger.
mans and their allies will have to think
about
This Is the supreme hour for pa
tience." the Premier said, FOR courage
for endurance, for hope. for unity. Let
us 20 through this hour with temper
that will enable us to destroy great
military despotism let us go through
this hour with the old temper OF our
race. so next year We shall begin. and
the world shall begin. to reap the fruits
OF our valor."
At this the last year. he pointed out,
wheat stocks in this country aggregated
$3.50, 900 quarters (51.S4o.o00 bushels)
now the total is 100000 quarters
t6s.000, 900 bushels), and the stocks
of oats and barley are larger also.
Bread consumption has been materially
reduced, resulting in a saving Of wheat
Of $4,000 bushels a week. The area
under cultivation showed an increase OF
/ 1,000.0 900 acres.
THE Admralty's plans for dealing
with submarines have been increasingly
successful" he said. In April b6O.00O
gross tons Of shipping were lost through
| German submarines: In June the loss
was 32O, 900 tons this month 1t Will be
| 175,0OO tons The net losses since
| the beginning Of Unrestricted submarine
warfare have been less than 25O.OOo
tons month, while the increase in ton
mage has been very large. In the first
six months of this year the new tonnage
was 4S4, 900 in the last six months the
new tonnage, including purchases. Will
| be 1,424,000.
With the cooperation Of America, ne
added, there would be sufficient tonnage
for all in 1918, and II necessary 1919.
Must He Told Truth.
! He agreed that the people of the coun-
try were all the better off for being told
even unpalatabe truths. but they also
must be told the truth even II 1t were
palatable. They could not exercise rea-
sonable judgment or come TO decisions
regarding facts unless both the CHEEKY
and discouraging sides were presented
to them
Mr.. Asquith said the key to success
to-day was not monetary expenditure
but labor-labor on land and labor ir
shipping.
1--WE must be assured" he said. "oi
the loyal cooperation Of labor We have
achieved results which never have beer
achieved by any free. and still less BY
any unfree. county in the history OF thu
world. The military situation causes m'
no anxiety or apprehension. look FORWARD
anxiety or apprehension. I look forward
with confidence to the future, because
have not abated my belief in the justice
, Of our cause
Mr.. Asquith said Great Britain coult
survey with satisfaction. II not will
complacency-for who could surve!
complacently the scene now presented
to the civilized world the results o
, her own efforts. What has happened IL
Russia has frustrated Que Of the creates
military purposes of the Allies. and an!
criticism passed on this years operation
must bear in mind that important con
slderation, Mr.. Asquith added.
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Entente and German
Bankers Have Conferred

Special Gable Despatch to TINS sux.
I ONDON, Aug. ia despatch
from Amsterdam says the
Berlin "Vorwaerts," the leading
Socialist newspaper in Germany,
declares q conference of Entente
and German fnanciers took place
recently in Switzerland It init
mates that Minister Helfferich,
who is one of the leading finan-
cial authorities in Berlin, at
tended the meeting on behalf Of
Germany and challenges him to
disclose the proceedings.
Rumors Of such a conference
have been current in London for
several days. Last Monday
Philip Snowden asked in the
House Of Commons if the Gov
ernment knew Of secret confer
ence recently in Switzerland, at
tended by French, British and
German financiers, for the pur-
pose of promoting an immediate
peace in order to arrest the
growth of international Socialism
and the rising tide of revolution
throughout Europe.
Foreign Secretary Balfour re-
piled he had no knowledge Of
such conference.
The sun., 1917-08-17
Must Win in West,
Warning to Cermans

COPENHAGEN,Aug. 16.-Gen.
" Won Ardenne, military critic
} of the Berlin "Tageblatt," warns
the German military leaders they
must bestir themselves to hnd
some strategic or tactical means
of winning q decisive victory on
the western front and of defeat
ing England, the soul Of the hos
tile coalition, on land. Other.
wise, he says. there is no hope OF
bringing the war to an honorable
end for Germany.
German leadership, Gen. Ar
denne maintains, always has been
able to direct the campaign into
new courses when stagnation
threatened, and he adds that the
Germans are entitled to believe
methods will be found to force
mighty England through battles
on land to seek peace. The mill
tary critic intimates this might
be done by an attempt to over
whelm the French army, which
he assumes is weakened and dis
couraged, before the arrival OF
American assistance, which, he
says, would leave England iso-
lated.
The sun., 1917-08-17
FINLAND FOOD RIOTS,
Strike Declnred-Senat Resixu
New Cabinet Forming,

HELsISGFoRs. Finland. Aug. l6-Dis-
orders occasioned by the scarcity OF food
have led to Cabinet crisis. The Sena-
tors have requested the Governor-Gen-
eral to transmit their designations to the
provisional Government
The Governor-General has asked NJ.
Tokoi vice-president OF the Department
OF Economics and former President of
the Diet, to form IA Socialist Cabinet.
He has accepted.
a general strike has been declared.
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HOLLAND ORDERS PROTEST.
vigorously Rcsents German Oper
ntions on scheldt.

THE HAGUE, Netherlands, Aug. 16.-
Official announcement was made to-day
that the Neither lands minister at Berlin
had been instructed to protest seriously
to the German Foreign Office against tho
violation on August OF Dutch terri
torial waters by German airplanes and
torpedo boats of the Scheldt.
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GAINS IN FLANDERS.


RpITIsu I,pbN'r E'RASCE REL
c,i,w Aur 1G-At o'clock this after
poor ,be bott,a ip F'landars which was
ros,,p.d by thc French and British n,
dawn ,n-d,v ,Iro,dv md resulted in a
,arcn gain or rrouud
From preirrochten. which tho French
orcupi,d with little resistance. south
ward the French pushed their positions
forward to the edge % the flooded area
along the left bank 81 the 81 Jams, eek
River, and on the right bank they surged
across the Stecnhoke. which Is con
tinuation of the St Jarsheek. and oc-
cupied German positions to an extreme
depth OF about 1000 yards
At the same time the British advanced
on the right of the Fr"nrh ana occd-
ot ST Julien and Lanpemarck. Iange-
.,i,,l'' - aug
!" En.., rm. ,,,,, ~, pr,ti., ,,s
,oru,ard n, yarious noin,e ,s f,, dow
:, -. . 4. =, -
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\. Ford Carr on the Mink.

tHlCAGo, Aug, l6--Board No, so. In
Austin. examining drafted men. reported
to-day that II had exempted A. Ford
carr on account Of faulty headlights,
both his eyes being below normal.
The sun., 1917-08-17

Bolivia InnuEurates President
LA PAz, Bolivia. Aug. 1e.-Jose Gu
tierrez Guerra. former Minister OF War
was inaugurated President OF Bolivia
Yesterday.
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BRITISH SURGE |
ON IN FLANDERS;
2,700 CAPTIVES
Attack on Nine Mile Front
and Capture Village of
Langemarck. .j
MORE GAINS NEAR LENS
Almost All Objectivcs At
tained Despite Furious
Resistance.
FRENCH ADD TO SUCCESS
Germans Report Cathedral Of
st. Quentin Hit by Shells
and in Flames.
MORE GAINS NEAR LENS
FRENCH ADD TO SUCCESS
Special Cable Despatch to TnE suS,

LONDON, Aug l6.-Fighting In
Flanders, which is rapidly developing
into one Of the great battles OF the war.
was resumed early this morning with
greater violence and over a wider front
east and northeast OF Ypres.
Attacking with unprecedented dash
over a front of nine miles, the British
carried the village OF Langemarck. and
drove through the German defences
half mile beyond It, Despite furious re-
slstepce by ;he Germans. the British
attained all their objectves except on
their extreme right There the Germans
fought most stubbornly for the high
ground north of the Menin road and
eventually forced the British to retro
from the ground they had won.
Reuters correspondent at British
Headquarters in Belgium says he hears
that fighting is proceeding well beyond
Langemarck.
AT the end OF the day the British had
taken 1900 prisoners in the Ypres sector.
Further gains were made in the Lens
region. where the advance made yester-
day was maintained intact: the toll OF
German prisoners taken there has risen
to about 900 for the two days, total
of 400 so far for the drive. Some Ger
man guns also were captured.
! After three years OF preparation tho
| allied forces on the western front have
reached n state OF efficiency allowing
offensives to develop simultaneously on
different sections of the line. For the
| first time, military experts here point
! out Field Marshal Haigs forces have
| carried out two offensives on t-'o sue
| cessive days with admirable results.
! One noticeable fact regarding all the
blows north of Lens is that they in
variably have northerly direction
which is gradually pounding the Ger
mans back to the north. II this move
/ ment is carried out for any considerable
time II must seriously weaken the
! enemy's coastal positions.
1t does not seem likely that Lens will
be able to hold out much longer, but so
far as the general strategic plan is con-
/ cerned its capture is not important.
From the good positions th<y now oc-
cupy the Canadians could shell the
Germans out OF the town without at
tacking it with infantry
French Drive Germans Out.
on the British LEFT French forces
drove the Germans from the area be-
tween the User canal and Martjevaart
and captured the bridgehead OF Drei-
grachten.
Berlin reports that attacks in Flan-
ders over an eighteen mile front were
repulsed with only local successes for
the French and British on the User
canal land in the vicinity OF Lange-
marck"
The Germans report also that under
extremely heavy French fire the Cathc-
dral Of 81 Quentin in tha city Of that
name was struck hv many snclls and
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Comttnued on ThTd Pa0s.
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THE WEATHER FORECAST.

Fair to-day; tomorrow fair and coole,
northwest to north winds.
Highest temperature yesterday, 30; lowest, 6
Detailed weather reports on page 10.
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DIANA OF THE GREAT GAME
The Story Of Noman's Hunt For Man.
BY ETHEL LLoYC PATTERSON

no sl-DAWh or a NEW LlFs.
no one has ever PAID 100 big a
price for real love
Towards words had been like "a
key in a golden door suddenly nay
heart ermcd flooded with sun7hn
couldn't hm know that he loved
me. SINCE } loved him, | could not
but Doe elad Away at the back o.
ms-mind had : dared TO look AZ
lhom wore fprpbodng aplen'y
What thl. love ~ ours could 0rins
MS. could not guess Unhappne-
.or mr scented almost certain. :
couid nor ma no thai Howard .
people vould Kermit him 10 marry
mo, without ffono protest ~ %
matter OF facf nay affection for this
sweetheart OF mine was sufficiently
unselhsh 10 Impel me TO give him
mp 40 whatever cost 10 myself II y
We're 90 prove that such a course
were better tor him. But al the
moment when bis lips touched mine,
/ only knew that something very
beaor'l had Happened loved
him IIe loved me II seemed
enough
Certainly Nc must have been in
the cloud on that first night OF 'he
realization OF our affection for each
other Howard did not even tell me
that DE loved mo he kissed me
and lcr me wenr upstair, 10 ms
humble liulc room i'm "a sort Of rosy
dream remember staring ~ the
reflection of my face in my mirror
for a 'ong while / don't know why
did IL hink ! looked 10 see
some startling change in my own
cXprc sion now that this thing had
bloomed in my heart
Bur next night Howard was wait.
Ing for me in the hall. down stair
Of our office building He came 10
me AZ once when J stepped from tho
elevator ] thought the expression
OF his face seemed very grave al
tho there came light IN his eyes
AZ sight of me ] called a good night
10 several of The girls who were
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iinrerlus in The hall Then How
afd Wd fcll into step together as
he reached The street raised my
eyes to his face a little shyly w."
looked down on me and smiled
We'll hi" he said. II guess W.
are in tor &C. went straight hom'
last night and told dad we were
going 20 he married" At this J
caught my breath Hut Howar
went steadily on You might as
vol known FIRST as last" he con
tnued. that the old man didn't
seem particularly delighted al tn
PRO poet no told me II ! was go.
ing % have wife I'd better TAX
care OF her myself As matte
of fact sweetbcar' am afraid you
have let Yourself in for very bad
bargain II may be- several year
before can earn enough to take
care Of YOU and give you the things
You ought 10 have
managed 10 slip my hand into
Howard as We walked along
gave his fingers little squeeze.
II wouldn't care If you never
earned cent as long as YOU live.
! told him. II have been poor now
for good. long while. J don't mind
it, ! laughed little shakily As
matter OF fact, rather Ike ~"
said. ITS good for me But care
for you so much Howard that
wouldn't want 10 do one thing thai
is bad for YOU. II your father Is
angry and YOU think il is better to
give me- mp. won't say one word
10 keep you.
Towards voice was low. but very
steady. when ne answered.
Look here, D. ne said my love
for YOU is the only thing that MAJ
ters to me in this whole. wide world
Whether dad stays angry at rs CT
not doesn't matter Some day ho
will know that he wouldn't thinl,
very much OF me, il gave you up,
any more than he would have had
his own selfrespect If omebody
had made him give up mother. No
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from just back az mm where thar
holow limb ourd ihc runh OF ta.
rfr'
ron dear Ob dr'r me Whl
going to happen moaned chat
'crcr for NOT rtcn ln D.. bad dreant
bad be- been more frightcncd than
be- was th.- minute
'Whnop Whoorae Whoop
houted rough Brother Nor'h Wind
outside aud once more there was
hist dreadful cracking sound
Never ln ,ll his lfe had Chatter
er wanted 10 run more than he
wanted 10 run then. but there was
no place To run 10 he couldn't
run on into that dreadful storm IN
fhc nirht for there ne would not
know which way ~ turn and would
soon freeze 10 death so all he
could 90 was 10 stay right whore
hc was and hope with an his might
that rothinr bad would happen
And lhi- Is what hc did Thcre
would bo times when II seemed az
n rough Brother North Wind had
gone away Ills voice would sound
as from a long distance and Chat.
tcror would heein to feel easier
Tbsn without warning tho old tree
would begin 90 shake again and
Chatterer would listen for thai
dread cracking sound
II Was very different Chaitercr
sitting there in thc ni1i shaking
with fear from tho one who had
dared rough pro.her Norlh Wind
and treated him with -corn oarly
Ia tho afternoon Ncs indeed 4
was very different Chauerer And
with an his heart be- wished hc had
kept his tongue -til Perhaps j.,
ne had Brother NorJh Wind would
noi have tried his strength on nat
old apple tree
Next story chaucrcrs FGars
Are Realized
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was like outside. and then Went
hack 10 his warm bed and in NJ
time az all was sound asleep Ilc
had forgotten all about rough Broth
CT North Winds threat that before
the coming OF the morn be- would
maze Chatterer sorry that ha
hadn't held his tongue Anyway
he had thought that was nothing
bur idle boasiing on The part oi
rough Brother North WIND
Outside rough bro'her North
Wind roarcd and howlcd louder
than ever and tho snow fell
faster than oycr and was blown
this way and That way II was d
tcrrbl, storm and as the night grew
older the storm grew more terrible
Rough Brother North wind seem
"a 20 be- 10 terrible rage A.
seemed 10 be> o., ing TO show just
how fierce and terrible and eiron
hc could be- over in the Gree,
Forest he was -nappin1 off ereut
branches from thu trees as IF they
were hut tNles IN his icy finger,
Dut Chatfcrcr knew nothing of this
md slept ON in comfort
ry ana ny Chaucrer began 70
hayo bad dreams tie dreamed
that "a terrible giant had caught him
and was shaking him SO that il
seemed as IL every bone was b.
coming loose ..lusi as he fclt sure
fhat in minute be- certainly would
ay tp pieces he opened his eyes
For ~ Minute no couldn't lhlnt
whore d. vas for 81 was Very dark
md a. was being -haken Then
ho kaew iie WIS In his own bed
n To hollow limb OF the apple ire'
and tho old apple iree Was being
ahason by rough Brother North
Wind haken as Chatterer never
had know ~ 10 be shaken before
SNAP THAT was the end " tho
very limb in which ne was y hal
been broken short of Chaitcrer
scrambled 10 his feet and shook
with fright a draft OF cold air
came in at the open end ~ the
broken limb and the voice Of rough
brother North Wind seemed 10 be
hriorirg with dreadful elee Tho
old apple tree shook more than ever
and now Cha1tercr heard a sound
isf made his hear como right pp
IN his throat AZ least that - Tho
pav q seemed rha' sound vas
harp crackne sound and t came
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$50 IHl.t fhf
AN tbe rcet of tho afternoon after
Dee Dad deHed rough Brother Noftn
Wind 30 DO his worst Chatcrci Do
Rcd Squirrel doled In his warm bed
Do hollow limb OF the old appin
freo where BE- lived once IN @
while hc wound wax" up and listen
.o lbc torn outside and chnckle
,o think how he had dared rough
91Ibeg Norh Wind aud had called
hm boai,r Sonetme lhc OLD
lur'e neo would .hIycr and hak'
ID nfraN Dlat from rough broth
Nh Wai INIT it Udnf
eb' thHforcf q bu lisdaf chat
don just ta same thing in
rr form of many winters2 Sc
llaucr'r jum turned over for ar
other nap
Jps before dark Chotfcrer are "a
rood upncr from his store o. corn
ana NUTS popped out 20 s"o what y
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PAGES
Man MISSING -Four DAYS.

Frank Neuleion. lcn his home in
Ham'ramek four days ago, follow
ing an illness OF iour weeks. lie in
tended 40 return 10 his work at
Dodge Bros but has not been seen
by friends or relatives since he left
his home Ills wife. Ethel. asked
the Detroit police 10 assist in nnd-
ing him Nettleton took a ring and
razor with him lie had but 25
cents. His wife fears he may have
taken his life The Nettletons have
two small children
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SIR Weli Fight it. out hi 10 you
don't mind rs hish tim, wen
to work anyway And BE- ism as
mo 1 were Ils' working for money.
sweetheart mr. be- working for yop
roo That's what makes chap
willing TO do anything You will
tick by me mo won't YOU"
ITO The other side Of beyond J
answered
/ meant n