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Appointing an additional deputy
chief and four battalion chiefs. the
District Commissioners today made
extensive changes in the personnel OF
the fire department, in preparation
for the installation of the two
platoon system authorized by Con
ercss.
Philip W. Nicholson, fire marshal
becomes the new deputy chief. George
:. Watson. chief clerk of the fire de-
partment is promoted to fire marshal
and Edward Il. Pierce. clerk. to the
position to be vacated by Mr.. Watson
New Battalion Chiefs.
The new battalion chiefs are to be
Capts. II. O'Connor. No. / engine COM
pany: Z. K. Davis. No. IL engine: J.
J. iianlou. No. > engine. and Sergt
q. W. Gill of the department repair
shop.
Licuts. W. NJ. Green of : truck
Nooiard of l6 engine and a. S
1iaight of II engine are promoted to
captains. vice O'Counor. Davis and
lIanlon.
Sersts. X. c.. Tegeler. % engine: c.
G. Fling, 6 truck. and C. \. Wells. 10
truck. are promoted to lieutenants
vice Green. Woolard and Haight.
l.. T. Leahy. &. w. Rice, s. NJ. Gould
J. B. button and c. G. Meeks. privates
of class -. are promoted to be sergeantS
vice Gill. Tegeler. Fling and Wells. and
one to fill a new position provided by the
District appropriation acr
All the promotions are made in recog-
Ilition of meritoriouS service and with
the object of maintaining the high effi-
Cheney of the department.
Fire Marshal Nicholson has been in
the department since 1883. when he en-
listed as a private in class l. Chief
clerk Watson has been Chief Wagner
right-hand man for many years.
Sergt. GIll hurdles the ranks of lieu
tenant and captain to become battalion
chief This is understood to be in line
with the Commissioners policy to get
Young mtn to the front in the depart
ment Gin has had Il brilliant record
In the Districts fire-fghting service
and formerly was aid TO Chief Wag-
ner. WitE whose successful methods of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-09-06
GERMAN RETREAT WILL NOT
STOP SHORT OF BELGIAN LINE
Mr.. Simonds Deems Fall of Douai and
Cambria Certain-Fronts From Lens
to Rheims Dislocated.

British arrive there. or be isolated
and isolation spells capture.
| Today Ludendorff faces the situation
Of the days following the second
one in size. His troops occupy a
salient between Rheims and Douai
The British have broken in one side
of the salient as Mangin broke in the
side of the Marne salient between the
Aisne and the Marne. Horne and Byne
are now far nearer German lines OF
communication than are the Germans
far down in the nose of the salient
east of Noyon, just as Mangin's troops
We're nearer to the vital roads in the
Marine salient than the Germans south
of the Marine.
Have Avenue of Retreat.
\ The Germans in the great salient
between Lille and Rheims are not yet
threatened with development and cap
ture as organized armies. They have
still a wide open avenue of retreat
but they can no longer hesitate about
taking that road. and when they take
it they will surrender most of all the
French soil they hold and have held
since August, 1914.
Unless all signs fail the German
withdrawal is already beginning. The
q
be only the prelude to a far greater
retreat, as the withdrawal from south
of the Marine in July was only the
first step in the retreat to the Vesle
While this new retreat is in progress
the German must. as a matter of life
and death. hold fast on his f1anks, jus,
as he held fast between scissors and
the Ourcq in the Marne time. We shall
see tenacious resistance about Cam
brai and Douai. while the center be-
arn1-
drawn in relatively rapidly. Finally
the flanks, too, will swing back.
Must Leave Northern France.
But the details are of relatively minor
the German must leave northern France
from Verdun to La Bassee. He NAV
have to retire behind the Meuse and the
Scheldt. but he has now no choice to
quit all of France south of the Lille
MeZ!eres line. He is certain to lose
thousands of prisoners and a tremen-
dous store of munitions and supplies
He may meet with supreme disa ster:
he is bound to suffer a degree of de-
moralization in any event. AS to the
effect upon the German people of such
reversal of fortune. it must be enor-
nous.
Foch has won the battle of northern
France. the greatest battle, of the war
1t was. in fact. not one battle. but a
series of battles. begun on July IS and
still incomplete. although the decision
has been had. and all that .1s hidden is
the extent. of the victory. We shall be
at the Belgian frontier from the Meuse
to Lys before snow flies, and we may be
|-even farther.
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York Trbune.)
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Germans Prepare for Retreat
Back TO OldLine Near La Fere

heavy losses from shell fire.
Between the Aiiette and the Aisne.
French troops advanced to a line from
Margival to Quincy and ChivIes. while
to the north they occupied Coucy le
Chateau and Coucy le Ei4fe, approaching
their old line Of 1917 around the edge OF
the hilly wood region of ST. Gobain.
There they will encounter the formida-
BILE defense works the Germans pre-
pared as part of the old HindenbulK
position, and which perhaps have been
further strengthened since beginning
their retreat.
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Wilcox Now Leads in Wisconsin.

MILWAUKEE,. Wis. September g.
Returns from few missing precincts
during the forenoon switched the
standings of Gov. Phillip and Roy
P. Wilcox, contesting for the repub-
-lican gubernatorial nomination in
Wisconsin, the latest figures favor
. ing Wilcox by y-sixty-seven votes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-09-06

north may be rendered futile. as the
| enemy left flank on the canal line at
Havincourt is menaced by the drive far
ther south.
On the Flanders front the British
pressure seems likely to drive the
Germans further than they apparent
| ly had intended going in their retire.
ment. Field Marshal Haig's troops
are pressing in upon ArmentiereS
both from the north and south and
their thrust seems likely soon to be
considered as threatening Lille. the
great manufacturing center of north
ern France. southwest of 'Armen-
there's. In this sector the British are
moving east from Neuve Chapelle and
lrave pushed at several points beyond
the old German line.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-09-06
RED CROSS WAR FUND
SUBSCRIPTIONS DUE

Subscriptions to the second Red
Cross war fund are now due. Please
send them at once to Cuno H.
rudolph, RA Cross cashier. Second
National Bank 7th street between
E and F streets.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-09-06
SENATE FOR Plan
0M0VE WORKERS
Adopts Mr.. Thomas Resolu-
ton Requesting President
to Take Action.
BECOMING lawful" HERE

The Senate today adopted the
Thomas resolution requesting the
President to transfer from Washing
ton to other cities such bureaus, COM
missions and divisions whose func-
tions can be just as we'll performed
outside the District of Columbia. in
order to relieve the congestion of
population in Washington.
Senator Norris of Nebroska sug-
gested it was hardly proper to make
this request of the President with
out further consideration. and he
asked that the resolution be referred
to Senate committee. He said
that the President knows the situa-
tion here as we'll as the members
of Congress. and that it might be
embarrassing to him to have this
request made.
Need of Quick Action.
Senator Thomas replied that. new
otficeholders are coming here at the
for places to live is becoming awful
Something must be done. he said. To
refer the resolution to committee
would only cause delay and something
shonld De done before October 1, which
is the beginning of, the new rental
year.
Senator Kellogg of Minnesota urged
adoption of the resolution. He said it
was impossible to build houses here fast
enough to house the employees the de-
partments are bringing in. He said the
departments are now securing the city
for stenographers, and, are competing
with one another. There is no reason,
he said. why some of these bureaus
should not be removed to some other
cities, where, because of the war. office
buildings and other structures are
standing vacant.
Might Inconvenience Some.
Senator Norris said he did not wish
to appear as opposed to this resolu-
ton, but that if the President COM
piled with it it might work hardships
on many of the people employed in
the government bureaus who have
made arrangements to live here and
assumed financial obligations. Some
of these employees, he said, might not
be inclined to go to other cities.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-09-06
Work Way to Lowlands.

Long before nightfall the Americans
had worked their way down into the
lowlands, toward the Aisne, on the
nlateau from which they had been able
to look over the next valley at the ca
thedral towers in Laon. not fifteen miles
away.
II is at that point where is located
the heart of the present German opera
tons Laon is great conmunfca ton
center, and must naturally be defended
with the utmost determination if the
allied forces are to be prevented from
driving back to it the German lines
from west AND south.
The retirement of the Germans to po-
sitions north Of the Aisne is Regarded
as only preliminary to their reoccupa-
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Needs About 14O Men.

The adjutant general of the Army
has authorized the commanders of
several camps TO iurlough indefinitely
men now in the Army and on the
limited service list who are physical
" unfit for overseas duty and 10 per-
nit these men TO accept positions in
the District fire department.. While
furloughed they will not be paid
Army salary. but will be put on the
fire department pay rolls At $50 or $9o
q month. plus $40 per month.
The department has several. racan-
Cies in its personnel now and will
require about 40 men in addition to
the normal force TO put the two
platoon system into effect.
The Commissioners today appointed
as privates in class W. G. Jenkins.
J. X. Gray. Il. G.. Carter. q. E. Stevens,
e. W. Crosby. Il. Thompson. W. T.
Byram. +. a. Powell and +. II. .Frit-
Ter. This is the first time since 1906
that privateS have gone into class 2
without serving in class l. Glass !.
positions pay Sl.2s0 and class sl,oS0
per annum. There are still vacancies
In class >. which means that the next
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Press Steadily Ahead.

The roads on the plateau north of
the Nesle were in fairly good condition,
although in some places over ravines
the Germans had endeavored to de-
stroy small bridges. Engineers quick
ly repaired the roads and Americans
on foot and on horseback and mule
teams. automobile trucks and motor
cycles went ahead. along grain fields
overrun with weeds and passed vii
nowhere encountering anything or
The plateau for every few miles
was dotted with frames of German
airdromes. from some of which. the
Americans say. the German raiders
who bombed Paris evidently oper-
ated. Three or four of these frames
stand in aviation fields at a score of
nlaces. The American officers believe
that this plateau must have been
the principal. German aviation site
for operating against Paris and the
districts in between.
The canvas coverings for the ham
ears were taken by the Germans
when they retired. and the wooden
frames were SO damaged by shells
that they are virtually worthless.
Before the advancing Americans IN
the desolate valley of the Fesle be
tween Bazoches and Fismette the
Germans burned the freight cars
along the railroad. and the twisted
skeletons of the cars are standing
ON the tracks. The trees along the
roadway between Bazoches and Fis-
mette had been cut down by German
saws and German shells. The stone
in their sides and roofs. and some
we're smashed by German bombers.
,,ho yainN endeavored to drive out
the Americans.
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WEATHER.

Fair. cooler tonight, tomorrow fair,
slightly warmer.
Temperature for twenty-four Hours
ending pm today: Highest. 81. at
f50 pm. yesterday. lowest, 62, at
am. today.
Full report on page IL.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-09-06
Use Machine Gun Cars.

In their endeavor to keep up with
the Germans who are retreating be-
yond the River Aisne. the Americans
have organized automobile machine
gun detachments. with three men to
each car. More than thirty ears We're
operating north of the Vesle river
early today.
AS not much German infantry had
been sighted the automobile machine
gunners were uncertain just where
their advance might lead them. The
outfit had supplies of food and equip
ment to enable them to keep afte.
the Germans for days.
As the Americans pressed forward
it was different sight than that which
lad greeted them in their advance
from the Marine to the EeSle- From
the Vesle northward over the plateau
the Germans had cleaned up virtually
everything, taking with them all of
value or of use, and We're burning
that which they could not move north
ward or. which might be of use to the
French and Americans. Between the
Marne and the EeSle the Germans had
left great stores of supplies and am
munition because of their hasty with
Grawal,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-09-06
Yankees Take DhuizeI and
BarbouvaI-Great Strateg-
icaI Victory Scored.
THOUSANDS OF LIVES
ARE SAVED BY F0CH
French Blows Along Ailette Re-
duce Cost of Taking Vesle Line.
Allies Steadily Gain.

BY the Associated Press.
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN
FRANCE, September Oil p.m.).-
troops reached the
south bank of the Aisne tonight be-
tween Conde and Vieil-Arcy. an eight
mile front. American forces this aft
ernoon occupied the towns of Dhuizel
and Barb6uvaL virtually without op-
position.
There probably never was neater
instance of strategical offensive
than the fashion in which the Ger
mans along the Vesle were put to
flight by blow struck many miles to
the west of them. Had we attempted
to force the line of the Vesle tactical
ly we should have lost at least 10000
men, and possibly three times that
number
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-09-06
Far-Reaching Effects.

BY the blow struck on the Scissors
plateau, however, blow which in
any case was inevitable-the Nesle
has been cleared in the operations
along the Ailette. By those same
operations some of the finest divisions
of the German army have been pre-
vented from holding up the British
advance, and the. Hindenburg line
! thus has been broken by a battle
nearly 100 miles away from it.
Though the German withdrawal
from the VesIe is the most Snowy
event in this sector, by far the most
serious one was their defeat between
Torny-Sorny and the Ailette. 1t is
no wonder that their troops Were
commanded to resist to the last man.
since if they are unable to hold the
deck of the hill to the south of Vaux-
aillon they will have to withdraw
their entire garrison from the Pont
Rouge plateau and fall back to the
last ridge from which the flank of
the Chemin -des Danes can be de-
Tended.
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The Associated Press 10 exclusively eatitied 70
the use for republication Of sn news d'spatesss
credited TO II mot otherwise credited IN this
paper and also the local news published hereis.
All rights Of publication Of special
dispatches herein are also reserved.
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The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1918-07-03

MISS Nina johnson, who is
attending tho summer normal
here, spent Sunday at Appa.
lachia with her sisters Mrs. A
Wells and Mrs. Frank Kibler of
Corbin, Ky.
Miss Grace Long returned
W ednesday to her home from
Rose Hill. where she visited
friends few days enroute to
her homo from Detroit, where
she went with her father. Miss
Corrie and Bill Long, to drive
some Dodge cars through.
Erskin Ramsey, of Birm ing.
ham, spent a few days in the
Gap last week visiting his sis
ters, Mrs. NJ. X. Kelly aud Miss
Mary Ramsey.
Ii your ncighbor offers his
life, surely you can loan your
money. Save with the same
eagerness that your neiehbor
fights, and buy w. S. S. with
your savings.
Misses Nina Johnson, Frances
Long, Edith Ballard and Lii
Ian Head, Messers Lestor
lessee, Simon Banks, Jimmie
stump and Bill Mcdonald spent
few hours picnicing Friday
afternoon NJ Masters Spring,
returning later to the picture
show.
Prof. aud Mrs. a. j. Wolfe,
OF Dungannon, were visiting in
the Gap ii few days last week.
Prof. Wolfe went from here to
Camp Lee, where he will do
!. Nj, Z. a. work during the
summer and Mrs. Wolfe went
to Gate City to spend some time
with relatives. She will prob
ably Join him ut Camp Lee in a
few weeks.
The Jonesville Star has two
full scholarships in Piedmont
BUSINESS College for sale at a
bargain. Any one interested
call on Or write the Joncsville
Star, Jonesville, Va.
Mrs. G. l.. Rowe and littIe
son George, returned last week
from Il several weeks visit to
relatives ut points in North
Carolina.
Miss Myrtle Wolfe left last
Wednesday for Washington
where she has accepted posi-
ton.
Miss Lovely Littrell, of Rye
Cove, is spending few DAYS
this week with her cousin, Miss
Glessie Witt.
Mrs. Frank Witt. who has
been quite sick the past week
is rapidly improving aud will
soon be able to be out again.
Gen. II. \. Ayers returned
Saturday from n few days bus.
ness trip in New York.
Mrs. w. II. Wren and two
children, who have been spend
ing the month of June ut Chill.
howie. returned Saturday night
To the Gap.
Guy Patrick spent Sunday in
Bristol with his parents.
Webb j. Willctts and party
Of friends we're down from Nor.
ton Sunday III his new Packard
Touring Car,
FOR SALE One Solid Wal.
nut Case Organ, very old style,
IN splendid playing condition.
Any one wishing Ia purchase,
apply ut this o;licc.
Mrs. S. G. Hill and daughter,
Jean, of Lcona Mines, Va, is
visiting her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. II. Il, Williams.
All public school children ten
years old aud over are request
ed to meet at the school build
ing Mt 1 O'Clock this afternoon
to prepare to take part in the
Fourth of July parade.
Misses Edna Mcconnell and
Mary McCarty, Of Coeburn, are
with Mrs. j w Hiscl while at
tending the Normal.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1918-07-03
LOCAL ITEMS.

.or OF the Normal, spent the
weekend with his family at
Q. G. Palmer, of Gate Citv
deputy revenue collector for the
Western District, was n bust
ness visitor in town Friday.
John II. Russell, of Jones.
vile. was visiting in the Gap
last Friday.
w. a. Wygal was up from
bonneville last Friday on bust
ness.
f. s. Wambwell, of the ac.
counting department. Of the
Stonega Coke and Coal Compu-
ny, is spending n few days in
New York city and is stopping
at the Wolcott Hotel.
j. h. Taylor, manager of the
Amuzu Theater, gave n free
show on Saturday afternoon
complimentary to the Normal
students and faculty.
w. II. Polly, who is engaged
III the coal mining business at
Remington Gap, was visitor
to the Gap Sunday.
MIR. and Mrs. Jess Smith and
two children, who have been
visiting Mrs. Smiths parents,
MIR. and Mrs. j. NJ. Goodloe, re-
turned last week to their home
at City Point.
Mr.. and Mrs. Il. Il. Goodloe
left last week for Atlanta, Ga,
where they will visit relatives.
Mrs NJ. l.. Knight, of An
drcws, \. @ after spending a
few days here visiting her son,
james, who has position with
the mining engineers of the
Stonega Coke and Coal Compa.
ny Mt this place, returned home
last Friday morning.
Miss Katharine Barron re.
turned Thursday from a few
weeks visit to her sister, Mrs.
Henry Lane, in kye Cove. Lit
tie Henrietta Lane accompa-
MED her home.
Straley j. Kelly, who has
been working at Fleming, XIV.
was called to his home near the
l.. Il n. depot "Wednesday and
left Thursday for Camp Lee,
where he was called by sclec
tive draft. He should have
left last Monday week, but did
not receive his call on account
of it being addressed wrong.
Mrs. Straley Tate spent
Thursday at Norton with her
parents.
Lieut. IL. NJ. Bullitt is spend.
ing few days in Louisville this
week.
Deaconcss Adams, of Kookcc,
spent II few days last week in
the Gap visiting friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. p. NJ. Reasor
and son, Nat. and Mrs. Mary
Statzer spent'Sunday i'll. Appa.
lachia with Mrs, Scott Clemons.
MIR. Schwab has the right idca
of n Fourth of July celebration.
Instead of sending up rockets
toward the sky, he will send
down ships Ia the sea.
If 49,, ,,,. .I. -,
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1918-03-08
WHAT THE WAR SAVINGS
STAMPS WILL BUY FOR
OUR SOLDIERS.

A single Thrift Stamp will
buy a tent pole or five tent pins,
a waist belt or hat cord, saOe
laces or Identification tags: two
will buy one trench tool or pair
of wooden gloves. Four Thrift
Stamps will buy two pairs Of
canvas leggins; six will buy Ave
pairs of WOODEN socks or three
suits OF summer underwear;
twelve will buy a sheet helmet.
One War.Savings Stamp will
buy one hundred cartridges or a
cartridge belt or a scabbard for a
bayOnet; two will purchase two
pairs of wooden breeches or two
flannel shirts; two and Q half will
buy a gas mask. Three War
Savings Stamps will buy an over
coat or two wooden servibe coats;
three and half will buy three
pairs of wooden blankets; four
will buy a rife.
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1918-03-08

Judge ]. NJ. Robson, of Knox
County who is opposing Hon.
Caleb Powers for the Republican
nomination for Congress in the
nth district, opened his cam
palgn in Leslie County today, to
an overflow at the courthouse.
1t was Mr.. RObsion's first
speech in Leslie County. The
Courtroom was packed and many
could not get in.
Hon NJ. c. Begley, Republican
County Chairman, and one of
the prominent republican leaders
of the nth district and the man
who led Mr. Edwards fight in
1919 presided at the meeting
The Hon. R. B. Roberts, Com
mouwealth s Attorney for this
district, and one of the most ill.,
fluential men of the district. and
the man who helped to direct
Mr.. Powers fight in Leslie Coun-
ty in 1910, made the speech IN
PRODUCING Mr.. Robson.
Mr.. Robson who is an eloquent
and fOrceful speaker pointed out
that he had been supporting
Mr.. Powers for eight years, and
Mr. Powers told him two years
ago that if the people would
send him to Congress that time
that he would quit. Mr.. Rob
erts further stated that he had
hoped against hope that Mr..
Powers'would show some strength
and influence In the halls of Con-
gress at Washington, but that
Mr. Powers had shown cOnclu-
sively that he was without power
or influence at Washington. and
could do nothing for the party
or district. that he was willing
to admit that he had made a mis-
take in supporting Mr.. Powers
all of these years. He stated
that he had now quit, and was
going to give bis support to a
man that could do something for
the party and the district. He
also pointed out that the Repub
licars had helped Mr.. Powers,