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Evening star., 1918-08-20
COMMITTEE PLACE NAY
PROVOKE HOT CONTEST
Senate Republicans Divided Over
Filling Of Vacancy Created by
- Mr. Gallinger's Death.

The vacancy in the Senate finance
committee. which handles the revenue
and tariff legislation in the Senate.
caused by the death Of Senator Gal
linger. may be the subject Of a hot fight.
it was said today. -@--~- : .--~--.--'''-'
The senators on the repsblisan side
who favor large increases in the taxa
tion on war and excess profits in the
pending revenue bill are expected to put
forward candidate for the place.
Senators in the camp who ere op-
posed to any radical increase over the
existing law In the matter Of excess
profits tax are likely to have q can
didate OF their own.
1t was reported today that Senator
Norris of Nebrask4. may be selected
for hesyacancy by those who favor
increasing. the tax rate. It was said
they do not intend to allow the more
conservative members who now DOM
mate thu committee 1on. the minority
side to select another senator Of their
own type to fill this vacancy.
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PRESIDENT WILSON
|. RETURNS I0GTY
Arrived at 1886 This Morning
in the Best Of Health
and Spirits.

President Wilson returned to Wash :
ington this morning after his brief
vacation on the Massachusetts, coast
as the guest of Col. E. N. House. The
special train carrying the party ar
rived at S:36 am and the President
and Mrs. Wilson went Immediately
to the" White House, a..
MANCHESTER. Mass. August 20
President Wilson left for Washing
ton on his special train last night.
The exact hour of departure had pot
been made. known and not more than
fifty persons besides his party were
at the station.
Col. E. NJ. House and Mrs. House
accompanied the President and Mrs
Wilson to the train, and few other
friends were with them. Seven men
Of the marine detachment that had
been on duty at the Coolidge estate
where the President stopped, had
been sent ahead and were picketinG
the station platform when his party
arrived
each of the marines and with flye
secret service men from Boston. who
had been added to his bodyguard aft
er the arrival of the party here. Ap.
nearing in the best of health and
snirits the President chatted few
uinues with his. friends and then
climbed on the rear platform OF ms
car from which he was still waving
fareweils when the train drew out
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Isy the Associated Press.
PARIS, August 20-Apart from the
tactical results obtained, the objects
of which will be seen more clearly
in the near future. the allied attacks
between the Somme and the sAisne in
the last two days. modestly called
local or line-straightening operations
in the war office communiques, have
the important effect of keeping the
enemy on the alert and preventing
him from preparing counter
offensive.
The attacks have made it impossible
for Gen. Ludendorff to regroup his
troops. They have Obliged him to
maintain more than 148 divisions in
the first line, which have to--be re-
Iieved constantly. At several points
ii has been necessary for him to in
crease the density of the first line.
The army of Gen. Won Eben, which
holds ths---liRe-ffem Carlepont to
Missy-Sur=Aisne, had only ten divi-
sions in .the first line on August Is.
The recent French operations on that
front. lis believed here, will make
it necessary for Cen. ypn-Boehn to
send him m.reinfercsmepts.
Military osssEve5T in their com
poftance Aof the -ppefafionS Carried
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INDORSES LOYALTY PLAN
FOR LABOR DAY FEATURE
Photo-Engravers' Union Also
Adopts Resolutions Pledging Sup
port to President in War.

Resolutions were adopted indorsing
the plan of labor bodies throughout
the country for loyalty demonstra-
tions on Labor day and pledging sup
port to President Wilson and the war
at yesterdays session Of the 1nterna-
tional Photo-Engravers' Union, which
rs in convention this week at the Har-
rington Hotel. 81.
Early yesterday afternoon delegates
were given a reception at the hotel by
the twenty-five members of the union
who are employed in Washington.
At about O'Clock in the afternoon
the members went to Mount Vernon,
where a wreath was placed on the
tomb of Washington and President
Matthew Woll Of Chicago. spoke.
Joseph J. Derse, tr.. of the Asso-
ciated Commercial Artists of America
of New York, made an address at this
mornings session Most of the merning
was given over to the reading of reports.
this program being continued this after
noon.
Members of the Baltimore union
connected with the international will
entertain the delegates this evening
In that city with smoker ...-
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u-Boat Commander Frees !.
Capt. Evans: Shares Brandy

BOSTON, August 20-Capt. David
Evans of the British steamer Penis
tone. who was taken aboard German
submarine as q prisoner of war after
the undersea boat sank his vessel off
Nantucket last week. was landed here
late yesterday. With Capt Evans were
thirty-one members Of the crew Of the
Norwegian steamer San Jose, also a
victim of the same submarine that
destroyed the Penistone.
The San Jose was sunk August IT.
Capt. Evans. who had been kept
prisoner on the submarine six days.
was put into one Of the San Joses
small boats. which was picked up
later by a government vessel.
twenty-five other members Of the
San -Juse's crew had not been acs
counted for tonight.
The Penistone was sent down log
miles east of Nantucket August II
Her engineer was killed and four fire.
men wounded by the explosion of the
torpedo in her engine room. The other
survivors landed on the New England
coast four days later. after having
suffered severely from their expert
enoe in open boats.
By order of tho naval authorities
Capt. Evans could not be seen by
newspapermen last night. but members
of the San Jose's crew said the Peni-
stones commander had told them he
was treated with every courtesy by
the U-boat commander. Before the
Penistone was sent to the bottom
Capt. Evans was allowed to visit his
ship to get his new uniform, sword
and other yaluables.
Prior to the sinking of the San Jose.
which occurred eighty miles off the
Atlantic coast. Capt. Evans was given
his choice of returning on the sub
marine to- Germany as prisoner of
war or going with the crew of the San
Jose in the open boats. The captain
chose the latter. AS he was leaving
the submarine, members Of the crew
of the U-beat shook hands with him,
wished him luck and handed him a
bottle Of brandy. telling him'he might
need it in the cold
Capt. Evans and the San Jose's men
were in the open boats twenty-six
hours.
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German Counter Ofensiues
Prevented by,A4ied Actions

out Monday east and west of the
'Olse TREY believe that Lassigny 10
about to fall, and the Echo de Paris
considers that the town virtually is
in the power of the French.
LHomme Libre says that potwith-
standing the stubbofh GERMAN re-
sistance, the enemy is being forced to
give up territory. and declares that
before the operations are completed
the Germans will be compelled to
make another retreat. The paper
says-,that the enemy probably will
quality such a movement as wise or
strategic from his point of view.
German Batteries Threatened.
PARIS. August 15.-From prisoners
captured by the French last night
north of the Aisne river. the allies
now threaten the German batteries of
bis-8uns at Ghavfgny ana Juvigny.
north of scissors. These guns have
been able to command the city of
Soissoriss and keeps the whole region
near thai place under fire. It Is pos
sibte that the -enarnY Will-be forced to
sas ndonsxhese nesitiogs sthss freeing
another great advantage resulting
from the French success Is the occu-
pa9ioA of.the edge Of ra-
viAefn fhe pf5teaG west Of Nampcel
AZ these points the allies have ex-
cellent positions for, observation over
the reaE OF the enemys iines,-
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LOUIS GOLDSMITH DIES II II
:. AFTER SHORT ILLNESS
Was for Fifty-one Years an EN-
ploye Of Iansburgh q Bro. .,
Veteran Mason. ~

Louis Goldsmith. for nfty-one years
an employe Of Lansburgh & Bro,
at 420 7th street, died this morning
at his home, 507 9Th street, following
short illness. Funeral services viii
be held Thursday at Gawler's under-
taking establishment Interment will
be at Washington Hebrew Cemetery.
Mr. Goldsmith was one Of the oldest
and best known members Of the Ma
sonic order in the District of Colum-
bia He was a member and past master
OF Armenius Lodge, F. A. A. NJ, a
thirty-third degree Mason as we'll as a
Shriner. He also was a member Of Ruth
Chapter Of the Eastern Star. =.
He was seyenty-nine years old and
was born in Germany, having come
to this country when he was boy.
For. the ffty-one@ years of his en-
pioyment with Lansburgh & Bro he
had been a general salesman. All Of
his relatives are in Germany.
Evening star., 1918-08-20

By the Associated Press. --'i-'-s
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY, ON
THE vESLE FRONT. August 1s.-
The esAmericans and French increased
thaIr grip on their holdings north Of
the vesie river at several points early
Monday morning by slight Infantry
advances The maneuvers were car
rted out without encountertng any
Germans.
West OF .Bsxeches the Germans sent
out patrols. but these were pushed back
by tho Americans .---------.------
The French and Americans Sunday
began operating the biggest guns
they have used since they reached the
Vesie. These heavy guns are blazing
away at the Aisne river region and
beyond 1t, where aerial observers
have reported that the Germans are
concentrating supplies.
q. S.. Aviation Activities.
Statistics covering the activities of
the first American pursuit group OF
ayiators up to August 1. comprising
only four Of the American squadrons
now in operation, show III a a-striking
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BY the Associated Press
WITH THE BRITISH ~-ARAY IN
TRANCE, August 19-In response to
pressure applied first at one and then
another part of the line, the Germans
opposite the British on several por-
-tiens of the front continue to give
ground.
:. The German troops which have been
encountered in the past few days. es-
pecially during the operations of last
might, in which Outtersteen ridge was
captured and consolidated. seem to
have lost greatly in fighting eff
Cheney. OF nearly seven hundred Ger
mans captured -agnnE ths, udsasd Cutters,
tamely. after securing their rations
and personal belongings.
German Purpose Indicated.
The operations of last night -astride
the Scarpe river may serve ASIAN in
-dication of the Germans intentions.
The old Hindenburg line crossed the
river ,here on an angle. SO that COM
pared with the present line, which here
runs nearly north and south, the direc-
tion of the ground south of the Scarpe
is deeper than that north of the river.
In other words, the old 'Hindenburg
line is closer to the present line
north Of the Scarpe than south of it.
British patrols operating north of the
Siyer have met with stiff opposition,
but south of the river patrols have
managed to penetrate for some dis
lance.
There are indications that the Ger
mans also are giving way in parts OF
the Merville sector On the new
Somme front the Germans overlook
mo opportunity to fight rear guard
actions. They appear ready to re-
tire. but apparently want to be
pushed a little because in the push
ing operations they may be afforded
an opportunity to get in their deadly
work with machine guns.
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ALLIES MASTERS OF AIR
ON THE ITALIAN FRONT

ITALIAN ARMY HEADQUARTERS.
August 10 (Ganadian Press).@Two
Austrian documents captured on the
AustF6-Itaiian battle front. Show the
extrserdinary mastery the entente
allies have obtained over the enemy
In serial warfare. The Arst en5otns
greater protection for the ammuni-
ton dumps and emplacsments against
aerial observation by more emcient
camoufaging and less military order,
The second document. which is from
colonel commanding an artillery unit.
aeeks to explain the impossibility of
systematic effective destruction of
the entente allied artillery. This In.
dtcates that the allied guns. as well
as aerial observation are superior.
The Austrian officer eemplsias Of
nusnher and pever and says the re-
striction in the supply q smmynttisn
has rendered Il Impossible to comply
With the iRfantFy's request for better
artillery protsctioA ----
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FIRM FAITH VOICED
g. IN VICTORY FOR ALLIES

PARIS. August 30 (Havas Agency.
Resolutions expressing gratitude to
and admiration for. the allied soldiers
and the French ana allied military
chiefs for. their gallant efforts and
successful results obtained, were
adopted by the council of state, or
general councs. Of the republic, at q
meeting yesterday. The councillors
reafirmed their unshakabls faith in
the anal victory Of the allies. =:
A special greeting to the Americas
Army, which Is Sighting on Europea1,
soil for the first time in the struggle
for justice, liberty and humanity, was
adopted.
a vote Of confidence in the govern
ment OF Premier Clemenceau was
adopted by q large majority. q.
Evening star., 1918-08-20
MR. BAKER ANSWERS CRITIC.
No Religious Distinction in Army
plans. He Tails K. of C.. s-e-

Replying to q criticism OF James A.
Flaherty. supreme knight of tbs
knights Of Columbus. that religious
distinctions were involved In the plan
Of the War Department tor a combia-
alton campaign in January to raise
funds for the war recreation work Of
the Knights OF Columbus and the
Jewish welfare board. following .
like drive in November fer the 7. n
c. A. and three other agencies. Secre-
tary Baker has teiegraphed Mr.. Fla
herty that mo religious distinctions
were thought Of when the plan was
Fhe Secretary pointed cut that caln-
paigns for the CathoIic and Jewfsh
funds had been pleeed In January
simply because Pfefefence had been
expressed for that tina.
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n the Assoeiaeed Press.---s--- -
AMSTERDAM, August 20.-Profes-
stenal soldiers like Gen. Won Blume
and Won Liebert, unlike so many
other German war critics, do not seek
to-belittle the significance of the ap-
Rsarance of the American Army on
the west front.
Gen Won Blume, who is on the re-
tired list, writes an article on the sub
tsst which appears in the Rheinische
Westfalische Zeitung of Essen. He
frankly admits that I'VE have to rec
ognize that the Americans. all in all,
have done very smart, work and it
WOULD be a very serious thing If the
German army command had to face
an American fighting army of mil
Hons"
This prospect the German public
must on no account be permitted to
ponder over and almost imm ediately
akSer the article appeared a semi-of-
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Hun Professional Soldiers
" : Admit P0lUer of America

acfst statement to the effect that the
exaggerated reports going about the
size of the American Army in Europe
merit no credence and only exist in
Yankee JONI and entente prop
The statement said further that "the
tonnage question, which is already
acute, will become still more serious
for the entente when America has to
ship her crops to Europe.n
Gen. Won Liebert, who was former
German commandant at LODI, and
who now is military critic OF the
Taeglische Rundschau of Berlin, tells
the public that the American Army
has actually become a big, factor and
the debarkations in France are pro-.
ceeding regularly.
Gen. Won Liebert lamsnts the moral
perversion" which brought the Ameri-
cans to the front and says, "The
French and British owe their recent
successes to their transatlantic ally.
without whom their offensive would
hav ebeen doomed to disappointment"
Evening star., 1918-08-20
us. and French Forces
Strengthen Grip on Nesle

way the strides made by American
aviators since the United States en-
tered the~waP. --~,~t-- f.'7 t's' '-'-
The figures show that No less than
f1fty-eight aviators are officially cred
tied with downing anywhere from
one to-. five planes Seventeen ma
chimes are credited to the. late iRaoui
Lufbery. $50 cNi@- = e, .-.4
In, actual numbers the German ma
chimes downed total fifty-aiDe, .ex-
elusive Of those OF Lufbery.' but they
are. divided officially. among nearly
twice that number of men because on
numerous occasions several fiiers par
ticipate In a battle. r.. =. -,.. j.
Those with Five Victories.
The ayiators with five victories each
are: Iieuts. Campbell. Rickenbacker.
Macarthur, O'Neill; those with four
each are: Capt. Peterson. Lieut..
Weissner; those with three each are.
Lieuts. Mitchell, o. p. Porter. Simonds.
Jones and Healy. Fourteen others
have two victories each and thirty
two more. including the late Lieut.
Quentine Roosevelt. are credited with
one -each.---, -s's'a.. .0t.'. = 80. =.
These figures do not include the
records of other squadrons, which
have been even more successful.
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U-BOATS REPORTED TO LAND
MEN ON AMERICAN SHORES
Evidence Obtained That Raiders Ar<
Aided by @Spies-O&cer Of Submarine
Recognized In New York Saloon.

Information furnished by officers OF
vessels attacked by German subma-
rines along the American coast has
strengthened the belief held by
several experienced officials here that
the enemy raiders have had communi-
cation wi ith persons on shore and may
even have landed members of their
crews in an effort to secure reliable
Information.
Positive claim that he met an officer
in a New York saloon from the sub
marine that sunk the oil tank steamer
o. B. Jennings is made by the first
officer of that vessel. according to a
story reaching the War Department.
The recognition between the Ameri-
can and German is said to have been
instantaneous. the latter making his
escape when the American appealed
to a brother officer accompanying him
for confirmation of his belief.
Other instances have been heard.
not SO well substantiated. OF the dis
covery Of evidence that German sub
marines have been in close touch
with the shore. One story along this
line was that the captain of a coast
wise vessel, being ordered to the sub
marine with his papers, was aston
ished to see on the desk of the Ger
man commander copies of the New
York dailies of the same date.
Scores of Places Available.
Communication between the raiders
and the mainland Is possible at scores
of places along the Atlantic shore
naval officials believe. the irregularity
of the American coasts at certain
points making such possible.
Recently the precautions taken by
authorities to prevent Such communi-
cation have been greatly augmented,
both by shore patrol and other meth
DDS, which cannot be discussed. 1t
can be stated, however. that no official
report has been made giving any def
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81, the Associated Press -
WITH THE BklTIsH. ARMY IN
FRANCE. August 2o.-By withdraw
ing their forces in the Merville sector
of.the Lys salient the Germans def
Ritely have given up one Of the points
frem which drive for Calais logically
weald be launched.
This is taken to indicate that the
German high command has, at least
for. the time being. abandoned hope
Of reaching the coast, and now, per-
haps. is chiefly eonSeEne&--Htthge get
ting : xhSS Eeyqaan tiuey hAcks,,fAS .
place of greater ssc6Tffy.
The withdrawal here has been exc
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mite evidence of an enemy boat hav-
ing landed.
From authoritative sources it was
learned today that there Is reason to
believe that three German subma-
rines have been operating on the
points. Two of these have recently
ceased operating" either because
their stores have become exhausted or
as result of damage received in con :
tact with the patrol deets. 1t is
known that the activities of one boat
ceased Immediately after a destroyer
reported having discharged depth
bombs near the spot where the U
boat submerged.
Equipped as Cable Cutter.
One submarine, it is considered GER
tain, was specially equipped for duty
as a cable cutter. This is said to ex-
plain the sudden parting recently of
two Atlantic cables. A naval repair
ship escorted by fighting craft. since
has picked up and spliced both ca
b1eS.
Descriptions of the submarines op-
Grating in American waters almost
without exception give their length
as 300 feet and their armament as
two guns of either ST or So inch cali
ber. Naval experts deduct from other
information that the enemy craft have
cruising radius of not less than
1900 miles.
The German admiralty now has in
commission between 100 and $50 sub
marines. while the total number de-
stroyed by the allies has passed the
200 mark, according to the most re-
liable information available here. If
correct, these figures would indicate
that new German construction has
barely held its own over the period
of four years, as at the beginning of
the war. the Germans are known to
have had about $50 submarines The
toll in the last six months. however,
has been many times that attained in
any previous period, and the con-
stantly Increasing allied anti-eubma-
rine forces. according to naval Off
cials. will put the ratio continually
higher as time passes.
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Those with Five Victories.
Germans Losing Efficiency;
Appear Ready to. Retreat

At the same time the Germans ap-
parently do not want TO -fall. PACK
farther than is necessary to fall back
completion of the operations around
Roye. There are no signs of further
counter attacks at this time.
Forty Divisions Identified.
Some forty divisions have been
identified as having been engaged In
twenty-seven have been. used against
the Rritish and many of them are
believed to have been exhausted.
That Gen. Ludendorff is displaying
anxiety regarnfpg 2 possible short
age of horses for the German army Is
indicated in a secret order just cap
tassd.--- This-.erd -eautiotts I'll cpm-
maUdere not TO -expend their horses,
as "they cannot BE- replaced: The
men must understand that this is
necessary in order to continue the
war -aHtA- victory Is reached" 1t has
been ascertained that 800 remounts
recently received by Qpe, German for
nrrtfor were IeoRRosed- OF ~horseS
taKeh from officers. -
Parachutes for Aeros.
The Germans have started using par
achutes to permit their aviators to es-
cape from doomed airplanes. as observ-
ers escape from sausage balloons. A
British pilot reports having seen Ger
man pilot jump from flaming airplane
with 3 parachute and apparently escape
death.
Two remarkable stories Of air fighting
came to light today, In one a British
pilot dropped bomb on an enemy ma
chine in the air. The missile broke of
a wing of the German machine and then
exploded on the ground In the other
fight the observer of a two-seater ma
chine climbed out on the wing and stop
ped with his glove a puncture made in
the gasoline tank by an anti-aircraft
gun. The machine side-slipped during
the operation. but the observer remain
ed out on the wing until the ground was
almost reached. Then he climbed back
into the machine, which landed safely.