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OFFICIAL REPORTS OF THE BATTLE
LONDON Sent 1-rss otcso, fighting on

$3.50" Non' yo"oO.
BRITISH (NIGHT)-Atb :3O O'Clock
tnis morning the troops OF the Tn'rd
and Fourth British Armies attacked
with complete success on 'front.' OF
ABOUT sixteen miles from the neigh
borhood OF Holnon to Gouzeaucourt.
On the whole OF this front our troops,
advancing In heavy storms OF rain.
carried the enemy's positions BY as
sault.
sweeping over the old British trench
systems OF March. 1918. they reached
and captured the outer defences Of the
Hlndenburs line In wide sectors.
On our right divisions composed OF
English and Scottish troops captured
Fresnoy-le-Petit Berthaucourt and
Pontru. meeting with and overcoming
strong hostile resistance. particularly
on the extreme right Of our attack.
In the right centre two Australian
divisions captured the villages OF LIE
verguier, villeret and Hargicourt.
nation. they established themselves In
the old German advanced positions
west and southwest Of Bellicourt. hav-
ing penetrated the enemy's defences
70 oeptn OF three mnes
IeomAnry DIVISION ana other DIVISIONS
composed OF EAST County ana London
Troops captured Iempieuxle-o
ronssoy Cpehy ana Feisiere' aiso
penetrating 70 great deptn.
Noitn OF Peiziere the Iwshty.nrst
DIVISION suscked over the northern
portion OF inc sector oeienoea oy
WIN 80 mucn saiiantry on the Elst
ana zzd OF March. having captured
its olo 'front.' trenches' together win
tne strone point known as vaucelette
Farm. ana beaten on hostile counter
attack. IL pushed forward Tor more
IMAM mile beyond TINS iine' captur-
lng several hundred prisoners ana
German battery complete, with its
teams. IN the course OF It's advance.
On the left OF our attack other Eng
iish ana welsh troops carried the re-
mainder OF the nigh ground south or
Gouzeaucourt, reaching the outskirts
OF villers-Guislain and capturing
Gauche Wood.
over six thousand prisoners and a
number OF guns have been captured
by our troops In the course OF these
successful operations.
BRITISH (DAY)-As a result Of
our operations Yesterday on the south
ern portion of the battle front we
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BRITISH GAIN HIGH
!. GROUND BY DRIVE
Continued from First Page.

away most of the outpost zone and
large port of the front Of the linden
burg line and gives US valuable observa-
lion.
Prisoners just taken by the Brit
fish forces have had only vague news
OF the great American success at
st. Mihiel They say efforts were made
TO keep the news from the German
soldiers. but that a general outline OF
the fact had leaked out and that II
had not tended to increase the morale
OF the German forces.
=. In documents newly taken there Is
much evidence of nervousness in the
German high command, from which A
stream OF orders seem to be issuing.
all OF which go to show that German
officiai circles really have the Jumps
We hear now OF the great damage
accomplished by our bombing raids on
q conspicuous base, and that our an
men got a direct hit on a train loaded
with German soldiers who were on
leave. at the Cambria station. There
the bombs dropped by our airmen
caused more than 100 casualties. One
Of our raids on the Etreux aerodrome
destroyed 40 per cent. of the machines
housed there and an equal proportion
Of the personnel was killed.
One hears constantly OF incidents con-
nected with our advance, which there
was no time to tell OF at the moment OF
the advance. A German officer who
surrendered to a British officer said:
Excuse me, but isn't your name
- It was. and then he recalled
to the British officer that he and the
German shot big game together IN
British Columbia several years ago.
Another similar instance occurred with
the Americans. where man took pris-
oner a German once one of his class
mates in a German university.
! There is a Victoria Cross going a-beg-
ding because of the inability to find its
Garner. believed to be a trooper Of the
Eighth Hussars.
According to the story OF witnesses
four troopers OF a British cavalry regi-
Enent at Meharicourt were fired on by a
machine gun from a post near where
they were lighting. So the troopers
drove spurs into their horses and went
for II. AS they charged one fell. then
another, then the third.
I The only one left rode on into the
cost. sabred right and left and disposed
q the whole crew. Then he came back.
walking his horse quietly. The incident
vas told of by an officer of the Canadian
forces who witnessed and reported It,
but the identity of the hero has not
been discovered.
Another less pleasant Incident of the
cavalry has to do with German treach-
cry. A troop OF our men were charging
q body OF the enemy when the Germans
unanimously held up their hands and
howled in surrender. At command OF
an officer. up went our mems lances
they refined in and swung off to the
right OF the enemy party. sweeping on
10 where there were more Germans
ahead. 20. g..
As soon as they had passed the men
who had surrendered dropped their
hands and turned their rifles and ma
chine guns on the backs OF the men who
had saved their lives. Only three OF our
troop Of thirty came back.
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Keeps Bulgar Army Fully DC
cupied and Restraints the
Austrians.
CANNOT AID IN FRANCE
Political Value Lies Also In
Effect on the Greeks Fight
ing With Allies.
~ H.. sIDEBoTHAM.
On. Of In. Foremost military Critics
In Europe.

One OF the Foremost military cnt'es
In Europe.
sp,csat Cable Despatch to Tas SON from the
London Times Service.
Copyright. 1915; oil rtohn reserved
Iospos. Sept. 1s.--As there are rev
persons who have the geography OF the
Serbian frontier at their finger ends
perhaps Il would be helpful to reduce
this Balkan offensive to few or It's es-
sentials. These essentials are that any
offensive in this region must be against
Bulgaria. which Is in possession OF
Uskub. and that no advance against
Uskub is possible up the Vardar valley
which Is a mere lobby between hills {;
these must be turned.
On the right you come against the
great barrier of the Balkan Mountains,
running east and west On the left the
direction of the hills 10 north and south,
30 that there Is some chance to ma
npuvre. In the autumn OF 1916 the
Serbs, with the help OF the Allies. forced
the frontier line Of hills into Serbia. and
after capturing the dominating position
Of Kajmaktchalan. on the Greek frontier,
occupied Monastir
object of Present Attack.
But It was difiicult to debouch from
Monastir for two reasons: just east or
Monastir the River Cerna makes a great
semi-circular bend, and in the bend Is
the Seletchka range OF mountains. pos
session OF which by the Bulgarians pre-
vented us from descending into the
Cerna bend from the direction OF Nom
astir and from advancing from tine
frontier range at Kajmaktchalan.
The point OF the present attack Is to
obtain passa ges Of the Cerna from the
ec-. and to win the heights OF Sc
letchka across the river. What has
been accomplished in the present ad-
vance has been to cover most OF the dis
lance between the frontier hills and the
Cerna River, but the river has not been
crossed from the east side nor have the
Bulgarians been driven from the Sc
letchka range. When they have the AL
lies will have an open road to Prilep.
Beyond Prilep Is Babuna Pass. That
forced we shall be within reach OF
Uskub. 1t will be seen that operations
will be exceedingly long and difficult
before decisive results can be reached.
They would be greatly assisted by an
advance in Albania. but this left wing.
which recently pushed forward as far
as Merat. toward the Skumbi. has been
forced back and now is not in a position
to exercise a direct influence on the
operations except in SO far as the italian
reconstruction OF the new Via Egnatia
from the Adriatic helps them TO keep in
touch with the left wing OF the Sslonica
operations.
To all threats OF an advance in AL
bania the Austrians for this reason are
extremely sensitive.
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% charge up them. Tanks accompanied
the troops and. rendered invaluable servs
Ice in the early stages OF the conflict.
which waxed warm from the start
The. British preliminary bombardment
vas brief and was followed by the cus-
tofnary barrage for tie protection Of the
advancing infantry. The Germans i'm
mediately replied with a vicious Are
from large numbers Of guns concen-
tratsd behind the st. Quentin Canal.
Airplane observation was virtually Inn
possible during the first hours Of the
nghting from either side. SO that tho
gunners were shooting by map and were
therefore greatly handicapped.
On the north Peiziere and a strongly
fortified sugar factory to the northeast
were taken by storm after hard fighting.
Epehy proved a tough nut to crack.
Here the famous Alpine Corps had been
brought up. and tho German army boasts
no better troops than these.
1t was futile to attempt a frontal at
tack against this place. which was fairly
bristling with machine guns The Brit
ish accordingly worked about 1t to the
north and south and squeezed II out.
Ronssoy was carried by storm and a
hundred prisoners were CLEANED from the
surviving garrison.
e Prisoners Of Poor Glass.
In the centre the Australians had to
Ayht for every inch Of ground they took.
but they pushed steadily forward until
they reached the crest of the ridge. BY
$3.50 o'clock the Australians had already
taken a total OF 500 prisoners. Most OF
them were Bavarians and men OF the
First German Reserve Division. and they
appeared to be a poor class of men as
they came struggling disconsolately
through the drizzling rain.
> One Of the hottest engagements took
place just south of lie Verguier, where
the Germans had fortified themselves in
mill This stronghold was surrounded
and $50 Of the garrison were forced to
surrender.
J, Last night German airplanes were
busy bombing the st. Quentin sector, and
the enemy. utilized q number Of new type
planes of huge size. Three Of these were
shot down east OF Peronne. They were
capable of seating eight men. The most
astounding thing about them, however.
vas that they carried bombs thirteen
feet long which contained 1000 pounds
OF explosives. This Is by far the biggest
bomb the Germans have yet produced.
~ strong Defence Ordered.
!. A captured document signed by Gen.
von Morgen, dated September 10 and
addressed to the Fourteenth Corps, says: :
Hitherto. owing to military reasons,
We have allowed the British to occupy
dssolate enemy country. Now. however.
you have taken up strong defensive po-
Ritions. Not one foot more OF ground
10 to be given up
After exhorting the men to defend
their homes. their families and the
fatherland the document adds:
Inv q trh fnr
enemy, who only attacks with dash when
accompanied by tanks. These we will
destroy. l expect every man from Cen
eral to Junior private to do his duty in
the imminent decisive battles"
Gen. Won Morgen was reported to have
hed hastily In an automobile early in
the British attack north Of the Ancre.
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HIGHER EXPRESS
RATES ARE ASKED
Appeal to McAdoo Means
$24, 900, 900 a Year.

WASHINGTON. Sept. 1s.--ApplicatIon
for another 10 per cent. increase In ex-
press rates has been made by the Amer
lean Railway Express Company to
Director-General McAdoo. who now has
the proposal under consideration. The
company specifically asks 10 apply a fiat
increase of 10 cents per 100 pounds to
existing commodity rates and to ad-
vance first class rates about 16 cents
and second class rates IL cents per 100
pounds.
pany's revenue $4,000. 900 a year. Since
the increases would be fixed amounts
without regard to distance. most Of the
burden - probably s17.ooo.0O0 - would
fall on short hauls. such as suburban
and interurban traffic.
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TRIES TO BETRAY B0LsHEvIKI.
Kaiser Sought Alliance with
Groups Opposed to His Tools.

wAsHINGroS, Sept. 1s.-New evidence
OF Germany's double dealing In Russia
reached tho State Department to-day In
o despatch showing that German Gov
eminent agents some time ago sought
Intellectually to form an alliance with
strong Russian groups against their
tools, the Bolsheviki.
This information came from Moscow
by courier to Samara and thence to Con-
sul-General Harris at lrkutsk. The
courier arrived at Samara on Septem-
bar IL and his advices were cabled by
Earris yesterday.
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500 REFUGEES LEAVE RUSSIA.
Italian Omcers and Soldiers In
Party Reaching Stockholm.
BY The Associated Press.

By The Associated Press.
STOCKHOLM, Sept. 1s,-Another party
of refugees from Russia. numbering 500
persons and including sixty Americans
and British civilians. arrived yesterday
at Haparanda
In the party were 400 Italian soldiers
and Officers
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RESUMING Quentin
the Germans before front of miles
Honon which night
miles which
At the the Immediately of
drove forward about mile and quarter to the southwest of St
miles, extending Holnon
taking villages
Rqst SCISSORS additional made the
Gobain
The
the Allies front
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Sebans
aided small
promise of opening the deadloked Serbian
The obstacle advance here toward Uskub little
the NORTH by the Bugns the which
lies in the bend the cena known the Shka The Allies ad
vanng from the the line
Cna but when do Bulgarian
be rendered untenabe by allied forces in their
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NINE U-BOAT VICTIMS LAND.
Ten Others From Portuguese
Steamship LeixOes Missing.

AN ATLANTIC PoRr, Sept. 1S.-The
second officer and eight men OF the Por-
tuguese steamship Leixoes. torpedoed
near Sable Island last Thursday, arrived
here to-day. They were picked up OF
this coast by a patrol boat Another
boat from the Lelxoes. with ten men. Is
still missing.
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home and getting acquainted Will
their families.
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Don't Be Content

From Forbes Magazine
~ONTENTMENT is the curse of the mediocre The
III who wants nothing gets exactly what he
~ wants-nothing
When he covet the impossible and unat-
tainabe. he stands the brink Of senilty and decay
His end will be mental and moral paralysis.
The only preventive of retrogresson is progression
Paschal once said: eve escape fall only by
continually climbing"
In sense every mans greatness may be meas
ured by the size of his wants.
1t is said OF Herschel. the great astronomer that
when he child he used to cry for the moon. And
his bographer adds that when he became he
got it. with the and thrown in" And that
was because he never ceased to cry for the
Promotion comes only to the who despises the
monotony of the dead level
When you are satisfied with your place. the world
will be perfectly satisfied to leave in that place.
All human progress follows in the wake human
wants.
When became dissatisfied with his tent, he
built house
When he grew tired of the ox-team, he constructed
railroad.
When the mails were slow for communication
he invented the telegraph
Every continent placed the map is the discovery
of some Columbus who coveted the impossible.
Listen to Browning:
"a mans reach should escape bis grasp,
Or what's Heaven for?
This little little thing to DO,
Sees it and does it;
This high man with great thing to pursue
Dies be knows it."
The finest ep1taph in the world is written the
Of Schubert the great composer: He gave much
but he promised more"
The world has plenty Of men who content with
small possessions small duties. small profits They are
nerveless, lazy, spneess sluggish mortals only
interest centers in the blowing Of the whistle.
The who do the really great things of life are
the who filled deathess yearnins for the
unattainable.
Cultivate holy discomfort
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Conservation of Fuel

Economy has been foreign word in our ma
tonal vocabulary. Few of us knew its meaning,
and few of us translated it into action. Prodi-
gality and wastefulness was our watchword and
we proved loyal to their meaning.
The war soon taught US food economy and
conservation. Now it is teaching use fuel econ
omy. We predicted long ago that the American
people would not learn the awful meaning IF ex-
travagance and waste until dire need stared them
in the face. That time is here now.
Coal was wasted because we believed there
was plenty of it. 1t will be abundant no longer
until this war is matter Of history. 1t is our
duty to conserve what we have. 1t is clearly up
to the domestic consumer to economic where
formerly we wasted.
The Tag our-Shovel' movement is step
in this direction. 1t will teach us wholesome les
sons Thomas R. Ship in the Worlds Work ad-
duces the following facts that should set us to
thinking:
If every housekeeper in the country would
save one small shovelful of coal each day, at the
end of the year the saving would amount to
100000 tons.
If every housekeeper during the six winter
months would save one furnace shovelfu of coal
a day, it would amount to 25,OOO,O0O tons of coal.
These savings combined would amount to 40
million tons, which would almost wipe out the
national shortage of so million tons.
The Fuel Administration offers practical in
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structions for the economical use of coal in stoves
and furnaces.
Oil stoves and fireless cookers are recon-
mended as coal savers.
No one will deny that our homes are overheat-
ed rather than underheated. Physicians have
said with emphasis that e degrees Fahrenheit is
the right temperature in our homes when we are
reading, sewing or engaged in sedentary occupa-
tions, and 68 degrees is sufficiently warm if we
are moving about.
We throw many pounds Of coal away because
we do not screen our ashes carefully. Unconsun1-
ed coal that still has heat units in it should be
sifbed carefully out of the ashes and thrown back
into the fire pot.
If hitherto you have believed that the Tag
Your Shovel" is fad, study fuel conservation to
convince yourself of the error.
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Patient Under Trials

The discomfitures Of the last week tested the
composure and patience Of the community. The
oldest resident cannot recall period when sc
many unfavorable conditions conspired at the
same time to interrupt the even tenor of our COM
munity life. But the citizens accepted every ad-
verse exigency with patience and composure
There was little grumbling and bowling against
the acts of providence
The test of a mans character is his fortitude
in storm and stress. So also with city. The
test of our community character is the mental
attitude which we assume when weather con-
ditions are extremely bad, when the street car
service is poor the fuel supply short, and our
daily routine is interrupted by conditions over
which we have control.
If the community as whole accepts the in
terruptons of it's life with smile and resolutely
endures them, it deserves to be commended for
it's attitdue.
Richmond has had trials in the last week
that are extraordinary for our sedate and easy
going city. But it's citizens have smiled and
grnned, believing that the problem will right
itself and that normal conditions will soon pre-
vail This manifestation of civic backbone is
worthy of praise.
Some citizens have not taken to heart the
procamations of the city authorities and the fuel
administration. Drastic steps will be taken to
teach them that this is dangerous time to play
with restrictions pertaining to the welfare of the
whole community
Any citizen, business man or resident, who
does not comply with the light reg .'lations will
be dealt with summarily. The superintendent of
the light plant will turn off the current and it
will not be restored until the crisis is over. The
punishment is light in contrast with the offense.
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|O1 n n e e
s tor lie -

A bellhop passed through the hall
whistling loudly.
Young man." said the manager.
"you should know that it is against
the rules FOR an employee to whistle
while on duty"
II am not whistling SIR" replied
the boy, "I'n paging Mrs. Johns dog =
Little Mildred came home from a
days visit in the home OF little Har-
riet.
"She was awfully rude to me, ma
ma" said Mildred. She talked
cross to me and she wouldn't let me
play with her dolls, and she. told me
her father was richer than mine, and
everything"
"Why didn't you come home?''
asked the mother. That's what
should have done if a playmate had
treated me that way when | was a
little girl
Maybe that's what you would have
done, mama" Mildred replied. But
little girl. When Harriet acted mean
| just slapped her face and stayed
The sch oolmaster was giving the
boys a lecture on thrift and pointed
out how squirrels stored up nuts for
the winter. Then he asked for an
other illustration of thrift in animals
and one boy cried out:
"A dog!"
"A dog! in what way does a dog
practice economy"
Please, sir, when he runs. after his
tail he makes both ends meet"
The master laughed and another boy
said:
"A bear"
We'll, what does the bear do?"
He makes one coat last him life.
time"
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SPRAINS! RUB PAINS
AND SWELLING AWAY
Don't suffer! Go about your duties-
Relief comes the moment you
apply est. Jacobs liniment"

Don't stay crippled! Rub this sooth-
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Don't suffer! Get small trial bottle
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Rub the misery right out. A moment
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YOU cannot feel the slightest pain or
soreness. and you can go about your
regular duties.
st Jacobs Liniment" conquers pain.
1t has been used effectively for sprains.
strains. soreness and stiffness for 50
years-six gold mccall awards.-Adv.
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On @eSPUr
aAeN1O11Qnt
IN THE GOOD OLD DAYS

The kings don't fight like they used to
They go around opening charitable
baZaars
And visiting hospitols and reviewing
units.
In the old days the king got up and
Looked out Of the window, and if there
wasn't
Any war going on he would start one.
He would ride at the head of troops,
And they called him William the
Silent
Or Henry the Hectic, or something
like that.
In his armor William the, Silent weigh.
ed ton,
And with his horse about three tons,
He charged across the field at the
Neck.breaking gait Of six miles an
hour.
And when he clashed with the enemy
King, the two made noise like
The breaking up Of G. hard winter.
When William tell off his horse
He sounded like a tin peddlcr's wagon
Hit by street car. and still
They called him William the Silent.
Thew vas the funny days.
Since the high price of food has
been in vogue and the cafes are cold
from lack of fuel, good many New
York m;llionaires have been going