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STQUENT|N
.CERTA|NT0.
FALL SOON
Buttress Of Hindenburg Line
Is Surrounded on Three
Sides; Capture Is Only
Matter Of Days.
BY Associated Press.

British and French veterans have
made another vicious and success.
full smash at the Hindenburg line
Sweeping forward on a front of q
miles, they went ahead from l 1-3
to 3 miles, taking many prisoners.
The most important aspect Of the
advance is that it makes more GER
tain the capture of St. Quentin,
which the Germans have been or
dered to hold at all costs. This
important city is virtually surround
ed on three sides and its fall seems
only matter of days.
Field Marshal Haig's Third and
Fourth armies charged over the
trench system occupied by the Brit
ish before they were pushed back
by the Teutonic flood last March.
They captured, in wide sectors, the
outer defenses of the Hindenburg
line.
British Take Epehy.
The British assault was over a
front of 16 miles from Holnon, west
of st. Quentin, to Gozeaucourt,
north of Epehy. In their advance,
which reached depth of more than
three miles at some points, they
took more than 5000 prisoners.
Not only did the blow bring near
er the capture of St. Quentin, which
the Germans are struggling des-
perately to hold, but it went far
towards wiping out the only bulge
in the British line which resembles
salient. Epehy, at the apex of
the bend, has been taken and the
same fate has befallen Gouzeaucourt
and Hargicourt which stood at the
ends of the wings.
Counter Attacks Begun.
The Importance which the Ger
mans attached. to the territory wrest-
ed from them is indicated by the
announcement that they launched
determined counter attacks as soon
as they could be organized, from
Hargicourt to the Omignon rivulet.
The success of their efforts re-
mains somewhat obscured, but it
is not believed they can recover
the ground they have lost.
While the French advance was less
spectacular than that of the British,
with whom they co-operated, they
were equally successful in gaining
their objectives. They moved for
ward on a front of six miles to an
average depth of l 1-3 miles, adding
several hundred prisoners to the
Continued on Page Two, Column Five.)
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terror town while the civilians
watched them with amazement, with
no knowledge of what it portended.
Some time before the battle the tank
crews were given their final instruc-
tions On a hypothetical battle field
mathematically divided up into dc.
barkation points and supply depotss
Success Credited to Tanks.
Amsterdam, Sept. 18-The Frank.
fort Zeitungs correspondent teIe-
graphs the following from the wesa
front under date of September l6 4
THE Franco-American attack s.
St. Mihiel is now seen to have been
a carefully planned undertaking of
considerable magnitude. The nnms
Der of "ttacking enemy divisions j.
not yet known for certain, but W.
know that Our losses in prisoners
were due to extensive use bv Ia
enemy of tanks. More than ma
armored cars Of all sizes part;r;s
pated.
"One of our divisions count&d !.
its sector alone 90 large ana II Is
small tanks, Troops who hold q.
stoutly in their positions are aiss ~
liable to be surrounded BY this ~
bile arm"
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SOLDIERS GIVE
WILSON'S STAND
GRIM APPROVAL
Unconditional Surrender" of
Enemy Only Terms on
Which American Troops
Welcome Peace.
By Associated Press.

With the American Army in
France, Sept. 18.-From the manner
in which the American army receiv-
ed the news of President Wilson's
reply to Austria-Hungary's peace
note, it might be characterized as
one of grim approval.
The report of the Austrian sug-
gestion that a peace conference be
held circulated rapidly yesterday
from headquarters far in the rear
to the front line trenches and the
officers and men alike expressed the
belief that none of the allied gov
ernments, certainly not theirs,
would yield to what they regarded
as trick of the central powers to
gain time.
Reply Relieves Anxiety.
As the news of President Wilson's
brief answer moved steadily toward
the outposts and was passed on by
one soldier to another, there was a
feeling of relief among the officers
of high rank and an air Of salts
faction from the enlisted men. The
attitude of the soldiers, often re-
peated, was:
"Sure he won't. The kaiser can't
put over anything like that on him"
The American army, as yet only
slightly SCARED by war, has all the
enthusiasm that characterizes all
armies at the beginning of hostili-
ties. The Americans wish Germany
to be defeated.
Prisoners Realize Danger.
The Austrian prisoners in the
hands of the Americans appear to
realize the danger to them of the
constantly increasing American
army and are not inclined to under
estimate the menace that goes with
the enthusiasm born of victory so
easily bought as was that in the
St. Mihiel salient. The Austrians
continue to insist that the peace Of
fer was not a trick of Germany's,
but that it should be attributed
solely to Austria's determination
to get out of what her people re-
gard as a bad bargain.
Whatever the motive behind the
enemy move, there is no doubt that
the American soldier would be dis
appointed if peace were made at pres
ent, unless it were based virtually
on unconditional surrender.
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Germans Now Despoiling
Russian Baltic Provinces

Washington, Sept. 1S.-New evidence of Germany's
double dealing Russia reached the State department today
in dispatch showing that German agents some
time ago sought Intellectually form alliance with strong
Russian groups against their tools, the boshevik.
This information came from Moscow by courier to Sa-
and thence Consul General Harris Irkusk The
courier arrived Samara September IL and his advces
were cabled by Harris yesterday.
The dispatch said hunger and disorder existed every
where in the Moscow region 1t further stated that the
begun the of all useful materials from the
Baltic provinces evidently in preparation for evacuation
This it understood here, refers to Esthona and Lvona
Lenine the bolshevk PREMIER reported recovering
from his wounds received a recent attempt to kill him.
No mention made the dispatch Of Consul General
Poole at Moscow and considerable apprehension is felt
his safety Last word from Mr. Poole received by the State
department dated September 3d. The State department
made inquiries concerning him through both the Swedish and
Norwegian two weeks but has received
reply.
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YANk BARRAGE
STREWS GROUND
WITH HUN DEAD
German Infantry Driven Back
by Artillery Fire in At
tack West of the
MoseIle.

With the American Army in Lor-
raine, Sept. lS.-(By Associated
Press)-German infantry attempted
to attack the American lines west of
the Moselle Tuesday evening but
the enemy troops were driven back
by the fire of the American artil-
lery.
When observers reported that a
light line of German infantrymen
was approaching, the American big
guns threw terrific barrage into
that area. There were no further
movements by the enemy.
Observers reported this morning
that there were no living Germans
in the region where they were
sighted last night. Quite number
of dead, however, were seen.
American aviators report that on
Tuesday American gunners scored a
direct hit on a big German gun in the
region of La Chaussee, destroying
the gun. Other hits nearby de-
stroyed a number of gun emplace-
ments and~one shell struck the dug
outs where the German gunners
had taken cover.
German aviation machine gun
ners and bombers attacked what
they supposed to be the American
positions in the region OF the west
OF Wanderers last night. The mist
and low clouds. however, prevented
the Germans from finding their
targets. The Germans themselves
were located and driven back by
anti-aircraft fire. -.
The Germans last night shelled
the town of Thiaucourt and again
attempted to harass the American
troops in Watronville, Manheull!ess'
Saulx, Haumont and Combreo. with
heavy gunhre and gas. t.
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Germany in Full
Sympathy With Plea
Made by Austria

Washington, Sept. l8.-German
disclaimers of knowledge of Aus
tria's intention to dispatch her
proposal for non-binding discus
sions of peace are being made in
the face of information in pos
session of the American govern
ment that the German government
was fully aware of its ally's pur-
pose.
1t is not known that Germany
gave her specific approval to the
Austrian move, but officials are
satisfied that if approval was with
held it was solely for the reason
that a doubt was entertained as to
the success of the undertaking.
That the German government
was in full sympathy with the
Austrian purpose is regarded as
established from the record. Of
fcials today called attention to the
fact that this latest proposal was
in reality nothing more than an
elaboration in many words of one
of the initial peace efforts launch
ed by both Germany and Austria,
December IL, 1916.
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Just, STRONG
PEACE" FRENCH
PREM|ER'S aim
bargaining Between Crime
and Right No Longer Pos
sibIe," Declares M.
CIemenCeau.

Paris, Sept. lS.-(Havas.)- 1--WE
will fight until the hour when the
enemy comes to understand that
bargaining between crime and right
is no longer possible" declared Pre-
mier Clemenceau in an eloquent ad-
dress in the senate last evening.
I'VE want just and a strong peace,
protecting the future against the
denominations of the past"
Grateful to Allies.
In beginning, IN. Clemenceau
spoke of the gratitude the people
of the allied nations feel toward
those marvellous soldiers of the en-
tente" by whom those nations would
at last be liberated from tbs. barbar-
ian menace. He recalled the threat
ening attitude of Germany toward
pacific France, which had endured
for a half century "the infamous
wounds, brutalities and tyrannies
of an enemy who would not forgive
us for having saved from the wreck
the consciousness of right and our
indefeasible claims of independ-
erce." He pointed out how without
the slightest pretext Germany hurl-
ed itself upon French territory, de-
vastated fields of France, burned
and pillaged its towns and villages
and enslaved its men, women and
children.
Fortune Changes.
"The enemy thought that victory
would cause all this to be par
doned," continued the premier, "but
fortune has changed. The day of
glory has come. Our sons are COM
pleting the formidable task of their
fathers. and with brotherly nations
are securing supreme victory. All
right minded humanity is with our
troops, who are liberating the ma
ticns from the furore or evil force"
The Paris newspapers treat Pre-
mier Clemenceau's speech as in ef-
feet a reply to the Austro-Hungar-
ian peace note, coupling it with that
Of Arthur J. Balfour, the British
foreign secretary. They declare
that the responses which President
Wilson. Secretary Balfour and Pre-
mier Clemenceau have made show
them in agreement on the question
and as unwilling to permit discus
sion of peace which would dissipate
the storm driving against the CEN
trail powers.
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Five American Planes
Missing After Combat

Washington, Sept. 1S.-Five Am
erican planes are missing as a result
Of an attack by superior German
force during a bombing expedition
in Lorraine, General Pershing re-
ported in today's communique, re-
ceived tonight by the War depart
ment. With the exception of ar
tillery activity in Lorraine and Al
SAGE, the American sectors remain
inactive.
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Enlistment Rolls
N0W Reopened for Air
Service Recruits

Washington, Sept. ls.-Produc-
ton of aircraft and motors and
the training of the aircraft per-
sonnel are now so well advanced,
the War department announced to-
night, that additional pilots, OBJ
servers and mechanics are needed.
To secure these men the air SER
vice enlistment rolls have been re-
opened for voluntary induction of
men of draft age.
Candidates as pilots and observ-i
ers must be between 18 and 80
years of age and balloonists be-
tween ls and IS. They may apply
for examination before the avia-
ton boards at Atlanta, Boston,
Chicago, Dallas, Fort Sill, Los
Angeles, Minneapolis, New York,
San Antonio, San Francisco, St.
Louis, Washington, and the Pana-
ma canal zone.
Skilled men for enlistment in
the ranks may be between 10 and
As. Those who pass the trade
tests at concentration camps will
be sent into service at once for
special training.
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BRITISH CAPTURE
5000 PRISONERS I'M
THREE-MuED DRIVE
French Cooperate in Operation Which Jeopardized
Hindenburg Defensive Position, Advancing Mile
and Third Along Six-Mile Front on Right of
Field Marshal Haig's Forces.

London, Sept 18.-The British have penetrated the
enemys defenses northwest of St. Quentin to depth Of
three miles and captured than 5000 prisoners Field
Marshal Haig reported tonight.
The British have captured FresnoyLePetit Berthacourt
and Ponru and the Australians have occupied LIE Vergue
Villeret and Hargcourt.
The high ground south of Gouzeacourt has been
ried by the British who reached the outskirts of ver
Gusain and occupied Gauche wood
Templeux LIE Guerard, Ronssoy, Epehy and Peizieres
have also been TAKEN the troops penetrating to great depth
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Army Of 4,800,W 900 Men
By July, U. S. Program

Washington, Sept. 18.-An army
of 4,8O0,000 by next July, after all
deductions have been made for cas-
ualties and reflections, is what the
enlarged American military pro-
cram calls for. General March ex-
Claimed this to the house appropri-
at;ons committee today in discuss
Ing the new $7,O00,000,0OO army es-
Inmates. ,oo ooo
man under arms, General March
y said and the plan is to call 2,7O0,-
600 of the new draft registrants to
ths eoIors between now aud July
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Local Board No. | to Give
Registered Men Training

Local exemption board, No. l has
completed plans to give registered
men in its district preliminary mill
tary training and wants to hear
from all who wish to take the in
struction.
The first meeting will be held
at 8 o'clock Thursday night at the
base ball diamond in Miller park.
Officers from Fort Omaha will
drill the men and many of the regis
trants will be fitted for non-com-
missioned officers before they are
drafted into the service.
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GAG Ensigns Graduated.

Annapolis, Md, Sept. 1S.-Mili-
tam success is the only argument
q imam militarists san understand,
Sretary Daniels declared here to-
day, speaking at the graduation ex-
ercises at the naval academy, when
646 new ensigns received their COM
missions after an intensive l0-week
course of study.
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Slide Slip Fatal.

Fort Worth, Tex, Sept. 18.-Sec-
ond Lieutenants James L. Mckee
yer of New York City and John M
Wildenham of Los Angeles, both
stationed at Love Field, Dallas
Tex, were killed late today when
their airplane went into slide slip
and crashed to earth, II miles north
of here.
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the line.
Paris, Sept. ls.-The French at
tack on the right of the British iH
the St. Quentin sector resulted ID
an advance of mile and a third
along a six-lnile front, according
to the War office announcement to.
night.
Important Results Achieved.
By Associated Press.
With the British Army in Frances
Sept. 18.-The British troops made
a powerful attack against the Ger-
man lines to the west and nortl~
west of St. Quentin today and most
important results were achieved. A
deep advance into the enemy terri.
tory strengthened the already pow
erful grip the British have on st.
Quentin, one of the most strongly
fortified parts of the Hindenburg
line.
To the south the French co-oper-s
ated in what is likely to prove an
operation of vast portent with re-
spect to the Hindenburg defensive
position. ,..a..s
The zone involved ip1.he Rsj1s !.
movement lay, roughly, between hdl5
non, on the south, and Gouzcacourt
Within a few hours Peixitf6, 1GszIt
pieux-Le-Guerard, Epchy, RonssoY
and Villert were behind the advafic~
ed British forces and bitter fighting
was in progress at many points II
The forward zone. More than 5000
prisoners have already been sent
back to the cages.
Gain Crest of Ridge.
The advance thus far recorded
in some places more than two miles
means that the British at numer>
Gus points gained the crest of the
ridge along which their old front line
ran prior to the German offensive
in March and from their new posis
tions were looking down on the Hin<
denburg line in the valley to the east
That hard fighting would be ems
countered in this sector was fores
gone conclusion. The main enemy ops
position came from machine guns and
artillery. The counter-barrage, which
the Germans sent over in reply to
the British bombardment was much
more severe than the enemy had
been able to provide. in the recent
fighting and, as an additional new
| feature. the Germans maintained
heavy barrage over the back areas
with high velocity guns, which he
had concentrated for the purpose.
The shelling of the back areas,
during an attack is to be expected,
but barrage has seldom before been
attempted, and then without great
success.
Huns Gladly Surrender.
The German infantry surrendered
quite freely in places. In fact in the
center of the attack, where the Aus~
tralians were working, considerable
number Of graycoats deliberately
charged through the British barrage
to give themselves up. ].
Today's operation cannot be con<
sidered as major operation as CONS
pared with recent battles. The obs:
jectives sought, however. were il1ls'
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prisoners, according to an OF
by the war office.
The statement reads:
"Our operations undertaken on
September IS on the Macedonian
front were pursued today with every
success. The breach made in the
enemy's line on September IS on the
front of Sokol-Dobropolje- -Vetrenik
was widened to the west and to the
east for a distance of more than Is
kilometers and to depth of seven
kilometers.
Take Fortified Zone.
"West of Sokol, Serbian divisions
captured the enemy fortified zone
between Gradeshnitza and Sokol,
and, crossing the Gradeshnitza riv-
er, drove the enemy back in disorder
on to the Razim bay ridge, where
the enemy units were bombarded by
allied airplanes.
EAST of Vetrenik the allied forces
captured the Chem and Colo Bio
massifs and the defenses of Zbors-
ko.
"A Jugo-Slav division, taking ad-
vantage of the initial success, today
stormed the Kodak massif, the sec
ond enemy defensive positions in
this region.
The number of prisoners taken
in the first two days OF the opera
tions totaled more than 1000, includ-
'ng colonel and his entire staff,
80 guns and numerous mine throw
ers, and machine guns and a con-
siderable quantity of material re-
.mained in our hands.
THE offensive continues.
"The Serbian troops are fighting
with splendid morale. They have
equaled the endurance, courage,
spirit and sacrifice of French units
in repulsing Bulgarian counter at
tacks. Fighting stubbornly in the
face of every energetic resistance,
they stormed positions, including
several wooded heights, which ap-
peared to be impregnable."
Germans in Flight.
Washington, Sept. 1S.-German
troops sent to the Macedonian front
to aid the hard-pressed Bulgarian
forces have been put to flight along
with the Bulgarians, says a Serbian
official statement on today's opera
tions, received tonight at the Serb
ian legation.
The statement, which was sent
from Salonika by General Peshitch,
assistant chief of the Serbian gen.
eral staff, says further:
1--WE have repulsed number Of
violent counter-attacks in the Ko-
ziak region. We continue to ad-
vance along the whole front. The
village of >Gradeshnitsa is in our
hands. The allied troops have taken
the village of Starovina.
The number of prisoners exceeds
1000. The number of captured guns
exceeds 50. The enemy has also
abandoned enormous quantities of
war material"
Look for Big Drive.
1t has been hinted in military cir
cles that this autumn would see
major operation on the Mace
donian front and from the news OF
the last few days it appears that
that operation has begun. While it
is not possible for military reasons
to give the number of men intended
10 participate in this movement, its
object is clear; to cut off Turkey
from the other central powers, to
crush Bulgaria, to free Serbia, Rou-
mania and the Jugo-Slavs of south
ern Austria.
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Executed on Day of Trial.

London, Sept. 1S.-General Souk-
homlinoff, minister of war in the
Russian imperial cabinet from 1909
to 1915, was court-martialed Sep
tember 8 and shot on the same day,
according to Petrograd dispatch
printed in the newspapers of Vienna
and transmitted here by the Amster-
dam correspondent of the Exchange
Telegraph company,
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Stays Five Children.

Moose Jaw, Sask., Sept. lS.-Wil-
liam Bromley, a driver for the Do
minion Express company, walked
into a police station early today
and calmly announced that he had
murdered his five children. Brom-
ley was accompanied by his wife,
who was not previously aware of
his deed.
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Burns to Death in Flight.

Toronto. Ont, Sept. lS,-When
his machine caught fire while flying
more than 10000 feet in the air
near Leaside camp late yesterday,
Cadet Henry c. Saunders was
burned to death. Saunders was from
Erin, Ont.
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Twenty Divisions Lost.

With the American Army on the
Lorraine Front, Sept. l8.-One hun
dred eight German infantry bat
talions. equivalent to 20 division,
have been disbanded, it is learned, in
order to fill the gap made by the
past years fighting.
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ALLIES PENETRATE
ENEMY'S LINES IN
BALKANS 10 MILES
German Troops in Flight Along With Bulgarians to
Whose Aid They Had Been Sent; Serbs Fighting
With Splendid Morale, Equalling French
in Endurance and Courage
Rv Associated Press.

London, Sept l8-Bulgarian resistance on the Mace
donian front is weakening and the allied troops have ad-
vanced an average of miles, according to the latest reports
received from Salonik Fifty guns have been captured
Paris, Tuesday, Sept. 18-Aied forces on the Mace
donian front have penetrated to depth OF nearly four and
prisoners according to official statement issued tonight
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Says Husband Threw Bomb

Chicago, Sept. l8.-A report that
a woman has confessed to the Mil
waukee police that her husband,
Dominik Costellera, threw a bomb
which wrecked a Milwaukee police
station, killing several persons some
months ago. is being investigated
by federal authorities, it was an
nounced today. The woman is said
to have declared that her husband
received a bomb from his brother
several days before the explosion.
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If the report of the capture of
Perm is true it means that the
Czecho-Slovaks have advanced
across the Ural mountains about 1870
miles from Ekaterinburg, which they
captured some time ago.
Perm is the capital of the gov
ernment of Perm and is situated on
the Kama river. Near it is one Of
the large Russian ordnance works.
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ODDS AND ENDS
OF DAYS DOINCS
Prison Contracts Authorized.

Washington, Sept l8.-Under an
executive order announced today the
president authorizes the placing of
war supply contracts with the heads
of prisons and reformatories at pre-
vailing prices and directs that pris-
oners engaged on such contracts
shall receive wages corresponding
with those paid for similar work in
the vicinity. Congress already has
provided for industrial plants at
some federal prisons.
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Czecho-Slovaks
Cross Ural Range
And Capture Perm

Paris, Sept. 18.-(Havas.)-A dis
patch from Vladivostok announces
that the Czecho-Slovak forces have
captured Perm.