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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-08
British Take
GAIA in Drive
On Jerusalem
Capture Puts General Al
lenby Within 40 Miles
of Holy City
Turks Lose Six Big
Guns in Assault
English Advance From
Four to Eleven Miles
Over Desert

LONDON. Nov. THE British
forces in Palestine. continuing their
northern drive toward Jerusalem, have
captured the city Of GAIA, three mi,es
from the Mediterranean coast, and
also three towns north and northwest
OF Beersheba, extending their line
eleven miles in some places, according
10 an official statement issued to-day.
The capture OF GAIA, place Of
$4,000 inhabitants. was accomplished
..his morning, following successful
operations to the southeast, in which
General Allenby's troops occupied
Khuweilfeh, eleven miles north OF
Beershebs. and Tel Abu Harere and
Tel Esch Sherish, between GAIA and
Beersheba. Thus their whole left wing
in Southern Palestine has been ad-
vsnced from four to eleven miles.
Yesterdays Turkish official commu-
nication, received here to-day, men
tons only violent artillery activity on
the Sinai front.
General Allenby reports that our
troops captured Khuweilfeh, eleven
miles north Of Beersheba, soon after
midnight Monday, and that repeated
counter attacks throughout the whole
Of Yesterday were repulsed says the
statement given out here.
Advance of Nine Miles
Further south our troops, advancing
IN northwesterly direction from the
feighborhood Of Beershebs, carried the
whole Turkish defences south of the
line of Tell Abu Harere and Tell Esch
Sheriah, capturing both these last
named places. This is an advance Of
nine miles from the position OF de-
parture.
General Allenby states that through
out the operations the troops displayed
magnificent dash and endurance.
Estimates OF the captures are not
set available. but on one portion o.
te front Of operations six guns have
been taken.
a later telegram announces tha;
GAIA was captured this morning. No
further particulars have yet been re-
ceived."
on October 81 General Allenby's
forces drove into Beersheba from two
sides. the cavalry making a brilliant
dash on the ancient city from the desert
regions Of the east. the infantry enter
ing from the west. This operation
slaughtered the British line from south
Of GAIA 10 the southern tip Of the Dead
Sea. and brought it within fifty miles
OF Jerusalem.
Forty Miles from Jerusalem
The new action puts the British forty
miles from the Holy City and repre-
sents an advance Of more than a mile
on an average every day for the last
week. The British troops are being IA
vored by good weather, which in that
region obtains only during the winter
months. They are operating on mar
row front, never exceeding fifty miles
in width, and through sandy desert
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-08
New Scarlet Fever Serum
Cuts Mortality 53 Per Cent

STOCKHOLM. Nov DIR. Car
King. bacteriologist at the Carolinian
institute. announced to-day. the dis,
coyery Of a serum treatment for scarlet
ever. The announcement was made at
a meeting of the Swedish Medical So
ciety. -.
II was stated that the use of the
serum had reduced the mortality IN the
most severe cases to lbs per cen''
compared with q mortality Of more
than 20 per cent in cases not treated
with the serum.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-08
American Socialists Urged
To Found an Entente Body

LONDON. Nov. The executive
committee Of the National Socialist
rarty Of Great Britain, which iayors the
continuance of the war until Germany
IS beaten, has sent an appeal to the ma
tional and international SOCIALISTS III
America 70 found an international or
ganization Of socialists OF the Entente
countries
The appeal says the previous inter
national socialist bureau was broken up
by the bad faith of the German Soc'a'
nenncrats in August. 1919.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-08
mo Mightier Force Exists,
Chancellor of Exchequer
Asserts
Discounts U-Boat War
Declares Submarines Never
Will Bring England
to Her Knees

MANCHESTER, Nov. The British
Chancellor Of the EXchequer, Andrew
Bonar Law. At great war aims meet
ing here tonight declared that GREAT
Britain could lock 70 the future not
only with hope but with absolute con-
idence. lie said that Great Britain S
overseas force is more than 3.OOO,OoO'
adding: "A mightier force never eN-
isted."
Great Britain had trebled the air
plane engine production since octo-
her, 1916.
T-Boats Indecisiye
AS for the submarine campaign.
continued the Chancellor, 81 can say
with certainty that 1t is not going to
bring Us 20 our knees.
Referring 70 the Italian situation,
Mr Bonar Law said:
I'VE are watching with the deepest
anxiety what is happening in lta
with deep anxiety, but not without
hope" ,,
lie said he believed the Italian army
would be able TO stop the German ad-
vance until aid had come from Great
Britain and France.
Safety OF war Loans
"A determined effort IS being made
BY a small section 70 frighten de-
positors. particularly mall investors
from lending none" to- the state oy
saving that il Is unsafe he SAID.
Nothing could be more absurd. II IS
also nonsense to say that the deot
would be repudiated. II We lose this
war il might be. No investment IN this
kingdom would be safe. l. would not
be the loss of our money we would
.hink Of then
The meeting itself. said Mr. Bonar
Law. was proof that. whatever It cost
lie nation did no. intend that that
should pe the enl. lie asserted that
,l.a war loan launched early this yea,
was better than the government had
.xpected. The government had thought
OF raising another loan this autumn
but there we're reasons which made u
desirable to Try other methods. ne
mad therefore tried the experiment oil
getting weekly the money needed, ana
The bankers were eager that TINS plan
should be adopted.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-08

reserve battalion which had been
brought up for the express purpose OF
counter attacking, should the occasion
arise. He and his staff had come into
Passchcndaele TO consult with the bat
talon chief commanding the troops IN
the village, and when both these COM
manders and their subordinates were
taken their troops were left without a
responsible head.
Consequently. the reserve battalion
appears TO have waited in a state OF
indecision for the return Of its leaders
and never ventured forward.
The two commanders, with their
stats. were in a conference in a con-
crete pillbox when the Canadians en-
tered.
The attacking forces swept by the
pillbox, and nobody thought 70 exam
me il. As a result. the German officers
were left in peace. They remained in
their safe hiding place until O'Clock
in the afternoon. when the Germans
became uneasy, thinking they all would
be killed if found in the pillbos. Ae-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-08
Italian Front
ITALIAN

ROME. Nov. As the low water in the
Tagliamento rendered difficult defence OF tic
river. have withdrawn our line toward the
Livenzs The retirement was accomplished in
good order under the protection of north
ward covering units and Of rcargusrds toward
the south
Yesterday and last night our arplauss and
airship. repeatedly bombed enemy troops a.
work in repairing bridge over the Iayiih-
rnento or in movements across the river. Four
hostile machines were brought down By our
.,ia.org
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-08

apolis and a fourishing centre Of Hell
lenistic culture. attaining its greatest
influence in the Archemenian period,
when Herodotus regarded Il as on "a
par with Sardis.
For centuries GAIA was a strong Dor
der fortress and the scene Of many bat
ties. II fell 10 Thothmes III in the
fifteenth century b. c.; TO the Philis-
tines somewhat later; to the Tribe of
Judah at the time of the Hebrew inva.
sion; to Alexander the Great in 1872
B. C., only after a siege Of three
months; it was found in ruins and
built up again by the Crusaders; was
plundered by Saladin in ITO. and
finally was captured By Napoleon III
1872
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-08
France to Welcome
Soldiers From China
Troops Are Assured of an Cor
dial a Reception as
Americans

WASHINGTON, Nov. THE Chinese
viris,er At Paris has cabled his govern
men. that the French authorities will
r,lcome Chinese troops in France. ae-
Sord;ng 20 advices from Peking. The
T,encb officials we're reported to have
promised TO accord the same cordial h.
Treatment TO Chinese troops as has been
accorded 10 the American soldiers now
on French soil. .Lo. AlIi.d
ooon,ries have been instructed to OBJ
tain those governments view on inc
proposal to dispatch Chinese military
forces to Europe.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-08
Death Of 4 Soldiers
Reported by Pershing
Two Americans in France Die
From Accidental Injuries and
Two From Pneumonia

WASHINGTON, Nov. 1.-GeneraI
Pershing to-day reported the following
deaths Of American soldiers in France:
Sergeant Carl {. Taylor. infantry.
died October p from a gunshot wound
believed TO have been suffered accl-
dentally His next Of kin IS his father.
Chester o. TAYLOR. Dover. y. II.
Private James Shea, attached 70 a
truck company, died yesterday from
accidental injuries to his head. His
emergency address is J. J. Conner, New
York City.
Privates Wagner Roland Naylor and
Chester II. Shapleigh, both Of infan-
try, died November from pneumonia.
MAYORS next of kin is his father.
Walter Naylor, Pleasantyille, y. \,
and Shapleigh's is his mother, Mrs.
VI. Shapleigh, Elliott, Me.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-08
Italian Paper Pleads
For American Help

ROME. Nov. 8. - Commenting on
Italy's needs, the "Popolo Romano"
urges immediate help from the United
States. Italy. it says, is resisting and
will resist, but she must have assist
ance. without grain and coal abund-
antly supplied she cannot win.
The newspaper declares that ltal y 5
bread question has never been under
stood abroad. Her population, 1t points
out, lives largely upon bread, and she
needs 100000 quintals of wheat to
supply this demand. II also urges that
100000 tons Of shipping in addition TO
the present supply is not enough.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-08
Official Statement
West
BRITISH

LONDON. Nov. (DAY).-On the battle
front there is nothing 20 report except inter
mittent German artillery operations. Our
troops have been engaged in consolidating
the positions Won in yesterdays attack.
successful raid was carried out last night
By Liverpool troops northwest OF Queant
We captured few prisoners.
(NIGHT) During the day the work Of
organizing our new positions at Passchen-
daele and on the high ground in the neigh
borhood Of the village continued without in
terruption from the enemy. In spite Of the
great importance which it is known the
enemy attached 20 this commanding locality.
no hostile reaction has yet followed Il.
capture
Over 400 prisoners. including twenty-one
officers. were taken by us in our attack yes
terdsy. 40 far a. has been reported. Our
losses in this highly successful operation were
yerY lirht
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-08
FRENCH

PARIS. Nov. DAY. Enemy attacks
against our trenches in the region OF Il.
Quentin and northwest Of Rheims Gin tho
sectors Of Sapigneul and GodatJ cost him
losses without any result
On the right bank Of the Meuse a violent
bombardment in the region OF Chaume Wood
was followed by an infantry attack Beaten
back b. our fire, the Germans were not able
20 approach our lines
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-08
Two German Battalion
Commanders Captured
Canadians Surprise Military
Leaders in Concrete
Pillbox

BRITISH FRONT IN BELGIUM, Nov.
Two German battalion commanders
and their STATS were taken prisoner
by the Canadians yesterday when Pass
chendaele fell.
In the capture Of one Of these COM
msnders probably lies partial ex-
PLANTATION OF the failure Of the enemy
TO launch a counter attack against the
village az a time when il would have
stood most chance OF success. before
the British had begun their eonsolds-
ton
This man was the commander of a
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-08
GERMAN

BERLIN. Nov. (DAY) In the noun
tains and on the Venetian plain the pursuit
is being continued. Some thousands Of prs
oners have been brought in.
(NIGHT) On the Venetian plain the
Livenza line has been reached During the
nnrsnit several thousand prisoners we've takcn.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-08

The solid black line represents the
British front on October 81. following
the capture of Beersheba. Enclosed
within the dotted line is the territory
taken since then, including the i'm
portant city of GAIA, near the Mediter-
ranean coast. and the towns of Khu-
weilfeh and Esch Sheri'ah. This con-
stitutes an advance Of from four to
eleven miles, bringing the British forty
miles from Jerusalem.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-08

studded with irregular mountain
ranges.
GAIA. situated three miles from the
Mediterranean and about twenty-eight
miles northwest Of Beersheba, is one
Of the foremost commercial centres Of
Palestine. 1t was once the most i'm
portant member Of the Philistine Pent-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-08-25
MAXWELL TIES RECORD
OF CHEVY CHASE LINKS
Philadelphia Player Goes Around
Local Course in n, Equaling
Mark Set by Tunstall.

Norman H. Maxwell. star young golfer
of the Aronimink Club of Philadelphia,
PLAYED over the CHEVY Chase course yes
terdav. equaling the competitive record of
the course with ~ Maxwell is on his
way home from the south and will play
in a tournament at White Sulphur Springs
next week. The Philadelphia youngster is
the holder of the north and south amateur
championship and played or the American
amateur team in the P. G. A. matches near
New York last month OF his style and
game in general it was said by an au-
thority-a man who has seen golf in this
country develop from a budding infant
into the strong giant which 1t now is
that Maxwell is one of the best of the
young crop and ranks with Bobby Jones
as a star of the first water. His temper
ament is not yet ideal. but when he sees
that command of self and perfect poise
are two of the greatest assets a successful
golfer may have he will undoubtedly take
his place among the best of them ALL
said this man. Although only nineteen
years OF age, the north and south title
holder hits a very long ball from the
tee. His great strength. however. lies in
the excellence of his iron play. In his long
iron shots he recalls the early days of
Chick Evans when the Chicagoan delighted
golfing critics with the freedom of his
style and the accuracy of his iron play.
Chase course is held by Richard Tunstall
or Norfolk with a II, made in the spring
tournament this year
The regular Saturday afternoon event
at the Chevy Chase Club today will be a
nag competition, in which the competitors
VIII add their club handicaps to the par
Of the course and stick their flag in the
ground at that point. The player whose
nag goes fartheSt is the winner
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-08-25
CHARLES LARSEN Wins
GRAND AMERICAN SHOOT
Wisconsin Gunner Defeats Mark Arie
in Shoot-0ff, Taking Main
Prize CT $782.

CHICAGO, August 25-Charles H.
Larsen of Waupaca, Wis, won the
eighteenth annual Grand American
handicap in shoot-off with Mark Arie
of Thomasboro Ill, national amateur
champion, at the South Shore Country
Club yesterday. Larsen broke thirty
seven out of forty and Arie thirty-fiye
Arie and Larsen had tied in the main
shoot, with SO scores.
Two matches at twenty targets were
required to decide the event The first
was tied at nineteen each The second
went to Larsen. is to 16. Larsen lost
his first target in the first shoot-off and
then ran nineteen straight Arie missed
three of his targets.
A swallow had something to do with
Aries loss of the deciding match. The
bird few in front of him on the fifteenth
target and obviously disconnected him
He hit neither the swallow nor the tar
get. He followed this with misses at
the sixteenth and eighteenth.
! The prize Melted Larsen S7S2 and Arie
received S104. Smith of Illinois won
I third place over ], c. Norwood of
Davenport, Iowa. They tied at ninety
seven, and on the second shoot-off Smith
broke twenty straight to seventeen for
Norwood. There were eleven ties for
fifth place.
The day was cold and rainy, while
the wind played havoc with the tar
gets.
Mrs. L. G. yogel of Detroit, Mich.
won the national woman's championship
with q score of 81 out of 100 from the
sixteen-yard rise.
Homer Clark of Alton, Ill. won the
national professional championship with
a score of "a out of 100 from the six
lon, H.. was second. with %. r. O.
Helkes of Dayton. Ohio. and H. d. Gibbs
of Union city. Tenn, tied for third, with
scores of 81.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-08-25
SAYS u. S. SHOULD DEBAR
CERTAIN GERMAN PAPERS
Representative Macarthur Declares
Seditious and Traitorous Ones
Should Be Suppressed.

ut is high time the government took
a hand in suppressing the seditious ana
traitorous foreign-language press OF
the country" said Representative MeAr-
thur of Oregon, in discussing bill IN
troduced by him yesterday which would
debar German-language papers from
the mails unless they print parallel
English translations.
while ii is true that some OF these
papers recognize their obligations 10
the government under which they ex-
list, and which affords them protection.
il is also true that many of them are
thoroughly disloyal and are doing
everything they can to hinder the ad-
ministration's conduct of the war. The
publishers of these papers are stand
ing close to the treason zone. and IT is
time to show them up. They have Will
fully misrepresented the attitude OF
this government since the beginning
of the war, and even since our entrance
into the struggle they have done much
to spread the germs of treason and dis
content. The war cannot be won II
these henchmen of the kaiser are per-
mitted to pursue their willful course,
and nothing will bring them to quicker
account than a thorough understanding
of their methods
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-08-25
MCCORMICK HAS NARROW
ESCAPE AT THE FRONT
Congressman Slightly Injured When
Trench Bomb Explodes
Near Him.
By the Associated Press.

by the Associated Press.
AMERICAN TRAINING CAMP IN
FRANCE. August 25.-Medill Mccormick,
representative-at-larg from illinois, who is
visiting the American expeditionary force
here, had a narrow escape from serious in
jury yesterday morning from the ex-
plosion of trench bomb inadvertently
thrown in his direction by a soldier prac-
ticing war maneuyers Mr.. McCormick
was following closely at the heels of a
squad of trench cleaners when the bomb
exploded almost at his feet, throwing
stones and earth about him.
The representatives injuries, however,
consisted of nothing more than scratches
on his face. Later accompanied by Maj.
Gen. Sibert's aid, the visitor toured the
entire camp and then returned to Paris
Mr.. Mccormick, before his departure,
said. concerning his observations at the
American camp:
I'VE have made. of course, only a begin
ming. but fine beginning. The men are
working in sharp rivalry with their in
structors. splendid division of Alpine
chaSseurS
Our troops are enthusiastic and ex-
tremely anxious to know the measure of
support they are receiving from the peo-
PIE at home. without which they know
they can accomplish nothing.
The zeal and capacity for instruction
shown by large proportion of the new
recruits is astonishing They are almost
ready to assist as instructors to the next
contingent"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-08-25
ALLIES HAVE CAPTURED
167,78O MEN THIS YEAR
Record Made Between April 9 and
August q on All Battle
Fronts.

By the Associated Press.
LONDON, August 25.-The British,
French, Italians and Russians have cap
tured 1S7,7s0 war prisoners since April
9. when the 1917 campaign opened. &C
cording to a statement issued by the
British war department last evening
The text of the statement follows:
THE number of prisoners captured
by the entente allies since April y
when the 1917 campaign opened with
the battle of Arras, up to August ~ IS
German war prisoners captured oy
British, 1915: German war prisoners
captured by French, 1923: chiefly Aus
trian war prisoners captured by ltal,
ians, 1851; chiefly Austrians captured
by Russians, 1921. Total, 16I.1So-
.~The total number of German war
prisoners captured by us (Britain) since
the beginning of the war is 102,21S-
"The total number of British pris-
oners. including Indians, captured by
the Germans is approximately 4S,ooo'
but exact information as to small cap.
lures made by the enemy In recent
fighting cannot be given until tns
necessary information is received from
Germany
.The total number of prisoners cap
fured by us in all the war theaters
since the beginning of the war. eXciu-
siye of African natives. is l3l,tto.
.aThe total number OF prisoners ios'
nv us since the beginning OF the war
Exclusive of African natives. but m
Guiding Indians. is approximately 'o'-
50o."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-08-25
COL. REICHMAMM ANXIOUS
TO HELP WIN THE WAR
Denies Some of the Charges Against
Him Outright and Ex-
plains Others.

Before the Senate military subcom-
mittee yesterday Col Carl Reichmann,
whose nomination as brigadier general
khas been held up. specifically denied
that he ever had said the Army draft
law would be so unpopular as to cause
civil war or that German submarine
warfare was justified under interna-
tional law or that American troops
should not be sent to France.
Regarding the charge that he had
defended German air raids on England,
and particularly one in which children
in a schoolhouse We're killed, Col.
| Reichmann explained that in a discus
sion of the raids he asked a compan-
ion whether English air raids on Zee
brugge, Belgium, were any more
justified.
Col. Reichmann said he believed from
both a military and a personal stand
point troops should be sent to France,
and that neither his German parentage
nor the residence of two sisters in Ger
many would influence his conduct If he
should be placed in charge of soldiers
in the fighting lines. He was as anxious
to help win the war for America. he
declared, ass any other American
officer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-08-25
POOR CONDITION OF PLAYERS
BIG DRAWBACK TO GRIFFMEN
Injuries and Illness Decrease Chances of
Nationals for Success-Johnson To
Pitch Against White Sox Today.
BY DENMAN THOMPSON.
Special Dispatch to The star.


CHICAGO August 25How injuries and illness play havoc with
record of sixteen victories Of played in the last home
Since
illness
ma
affected
although
available left
he
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-08-25
Some Have Shown Patriotism.

only a small percentage of our peo-
pie can read German. SO it behooves us
to require these publishers to print
their news and editorials in English. If
this Is done, all of us can read what is
printed, and public sentiment will not
long tolerate false news about the war
and misrepresentation as to our aims
and policies.
That portion of the German-lan-
guage press that has shown itself pa
triotic is representative of the bulk of
our German-born population. but the
other portion-the traitors and hire
!ings of the kaiser-is the one that will
be brought to account II this bill be-
comes q law. These disloyal publishers
represent a small but active minority
a most dangerous group of our popula-
ton. We waste time and effort worry
ing about the Russian situation when
we have a greater menace right here
at home. If we are to win this war we
must put our own house in order be-
fore we offer gratuitous advice to the
allies.
"Our forces will eventually triumph
over Prussianism, but we must pursue
a policy that will give Prussianism no
quarter In this country. 1t must be
wiped out-exterminated. 1t is time for
patriotic action and determination, not
cowardice."