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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-09-13
NEARLY 4 MILLION
MEN REGISTERED
IN THE METROPOLIS

NEW YORK. Sept. 1".-N"w York
new army, nearly million strong.
marched TO registration ccntrrS t"da!
voicing in all the fifty odd tongues or
the polyElot city their Willingness ID
inin General l'erShinE'S men overseas.
As news Of the lirsA great AinrFican
offensive was spread through thr l"iiS
lines OF whiting r"IlstrantS thrnuHhnut
the city. the cry Went up on to Brr-
lin"
Wives and SHecthcarts who had ac-
conplnicd their men Ia the rrElStratI"h
rlaccs took up tn" slogan. In many
places they gathered IN groups and SanS
Tho Star Spauglcd Banner" as the men
flied in 10 add their names 1" thr list ot
| Amrrica'S man power.
The work went forward swiftly and
wit hout disorder Throughout III" city.
At most booths. long lines had formed
! long before the registrars opened the
doors. ami the militant thousands k"ri
/! filing in throughout the day. In some
| sections Of the city. where employers
! had neglected TO make arrangements 10
! rclraS" their men during the day. cN-
ccptinHally heavy registration WAS re-
ported tonight. hut Martin Cunhoy.
draft director for Ncw York. predicted
| he would be ahl" TO make "l0n. per,
cent" report tn Provost Marshal General
| Crowlrr tonight
Members of tho various allird miss
! ions on duty in thu city were permitted
! 10 register nj tho draft directors nfhrc
! Nearly 4Hn Of them. many HttirHd IN
| picturesque uniforms. were registered in
: The first three hours of tn" mnrninE.
! Several hundred mon marched into
| hcadGuartcr:; of Board N". lAi. announc-
| inE they were the officers and crows ~
Dutch and Norwegian ships in port
hero. They were registered after t"l"-
! phone rnll In draft headquarters stab
! llShd the fact that they came within thr
| provisions Of the registration pF"ciama'
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GRAPH STORY.
Of TIE Dat fLE.
Great Artillery Preparation
Preceded Launching Of the
Doughboys

LONDON, Sept. l3.-Che Daily NEn
correspoudeut at the American front
sends the following description Of the
battle along tho St. IiEiel sector;
"The FIRST American army under per
sonal command OF General 2ershtng, TOT
the first tine went into action today on
the ST. Drihicl salient. Never before has
tners been such large concentration OF
American troops for enc operation and
never have the Americans been IN such
complete control of their own oper-
1tions.
1.-THE event had long been anticipated.
Some people assigned to it grandtose
objectives but In reality the attack Is
. for limited objecttvcs only.
The concentration OF n great part Of
tho most experienced United States
troops had taken place curing tbs last
two weeks ari< everything was planned
2ninutely and with exactitude for great
event in American history Last night
the final preparations were completed
The country over whicG the Am nericans
are fighting IS very difficult. The high
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City Of Wheeling

EDartlv 61sn Wheeling mHH hrtY"rh
tho ages Of 1S and q rcEister'i the
shhools Yesterday from the hortS I
IN 70 9 o. m. and Kept .hr force OF
soa teachers who were in CharG" or Inc
registration busy throughout IN" lar-
rcst part Of the registration hours. Inc
teachers were not SW;?mpcd with TcE4S-
trants at any tin" during the DAY o"-
Ing to the sHl"ndid arrangement oE
which the applicants were taken care
of. A large force OF interpreters was
also kept busy throughout tho day. par
ticularly in Center district. The intcN
prefers were: Center. Alex Moral''S'
italian. Greek and Syrian languages; D.
III. Peters. Center Assyrian; NICK
1Tahdo, Center. Assyrian: W"bstrr
Victor Grim. Polish and RUSSIAN M1
/ kinlcy, Dominic kulpa, Polish. SlaVish'
bohemian and Euthenian: Ritchic
Adam Kwit. Polish. Hungarian. Bnhe-
mian and Slavish: Union. Michael H'sh
Polish: Washington. Simon Rahin'
rnitch. Russian: jefferson. Pct"r Check
Hungarian; una assigned. Austin lr"-
dnchl. French. Spanish German ana
Polish: Joseph Nassf. ASsyrian; J"-
srph Raduzincr. Polish: Joseph Cam
bria. Italian.
The center rccistral committee was
composcd of G. r. Citizens. C.. Q. Magic
and Charles M"nkrmillcr. who worked
under the supervision Of city draf1
board chairman. Judge Ben Hon
, ecker. Capt. Henry l'rohmc md Dr.
Andrew Wilson. This registration was
handled more capably than any pro
c.dinG registration in tho city and the
final reports wr-r tahulat"a and re-
turned to tho head office in very short
time
Tho teachers not only registered the
men between tho ages of Is and A.
years. hut they in addition made copies
| Of all the registration cards and also
made an alpha bctical list Of all tho
rcSistrauts. Tho work that tho WhHrl-
! inc high school reachcrs did yesterday
| REQUIRED at least six weeks when the
first registration was mad" on Jun" 9Th
| 1911 1t is estimated that the City ri
! Wheeling Is six weeks ahead of any
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ENROLMENT WORKS
OUT SATISFACTORILY
Smallest Man in the united
States Registers Among
County Boys.

wheeling and Ohio county's new
selectiye draft army totals ers75
persons who registered yesterday,
$3.50 registering In the city and
a,7a5 registering from tho county.
Everything went along in q s1nooth
manner and great credit Is to DO
giyeu tho draft officials who worried
out the plans for the carrying on
of the work.
The city registration was IN
charge of c. E. Citizens, G. o.
Nagle and Charles Menkemeuer,
while the county work Wac in charge
of Sheriff Howard Hastings ana
Hon. W. II. c. Curtis. The teachers
and principals of the city schools
and also the deputy shcrins and
others Of the county did splendid
work Throughout the day.
The entire county and part OF
the city building was devoted to tae
use Of the county registration
work, whua every school house IN
the city was used for the city
work. Farmers stopped work and
came from the remote cad OF tho
county to the city, and banks and
many other buItuess houses closed
and the employees assisted In the
work of Listing the new army. The
smallest man to register was John
link OF Elm Grove, who measured
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for co-oprraiiv" selling that they will
b.. lahuriug und"r 4 S..rinuS handicap.
TIL" Central Hur"au for Industrial
Purchases for thn Invaded Regions. q
FrcCcn stock company composed OF
many manufacturers has emphasized In
4 rrpurt that the task of restoring the
drStru inuuSt rI''S ~ too large Tor IN
dividunl and Comi"ti;Ir" hHTinE- It's
directors ar" REPORTED rs "'Iia!ly certain
that !; will H.. ont nf ,hr question for
isolated .tn"rican firms. nj matter how
large or we'll equipped. i" meet the de-
rraud. 1t Is with gruui,S IF American
manufac, urrrS--aach group being able
ito supply 4 certain industry with all ma
terials and special equipment for its res
inrat;on-that TN" central Hur'au
wishes 70 establish relations.
. Although the French manufacturer in
the past has been regarded as MOST IN
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Almost Nine Thousand
Registered For Service
THIRTEEN MILLION MEN
In NATION ENROLLED
Second Great Mobilization of
Nations Man-power Mag
nificent Success
WASHINGTON,

WASHINGTON, Sept. 12.-Thirtsen
million nca, probably more, the force
from which will come the reserves to win
the war. were registered today IN the
second great mobilization OF the nations
man power.
AS those mon were moving in every
city, town ard hanlct over the country
to add their names to the roll Of tie
IL ,ooO, 600 who he'd registered before, tho
nations fighting army overseas was
hurting Itself agairgt the enemy In the
first distinctly American offensive opera
tion on the Western front.
Demonstrations Of patriotism every
where marked the registration. Long
before the appointed time fer the regis
trars to begin thoir work, lines Of cit1-
zeus were waiting to curolL All day
and ult:l well .1to tho night, nier passed
through tho registration" proceedings and
Provost Marshal General Crowdcr ts con-
fdcnt that wtcr the returns ere In they
will show th2t thn-c wezs few who
sought 20 eva>ie thcir l1ty.
In all the reports Of the progress OF
the registration received during 1le day
at the provost marshal generals once
there was NO suggestion OF any discrte-
And mono had Earn expected, for ohcials
had hccn confident thc;t :he deeds OF the
fightinr mon overseas had stirred the
nation 70 the highest pitch Of patriotism
and Discrimination.
With registration day now history the
rcxt move Of the draft machinery VII
be In thc numbering sc1ially Of Tic -es
istration cards. Until that work Is com
plcted b. the iccal boardS tie drawing
Of tic order numbers, which will dctec
mine In a nleSsu-o the relative standing
of the regiStrants, cannot be held.
In ;hr m,ailim'. E"w"v"r. Tu"Sll"n
nYirc. Will ~ forward :" mon pctW"'i
10 and. II ami j.: and 81. su that INC.
may be classified ard Scne of tncih 'i.u
made ready fnr.-rall IN October after III
; national drawing is held.
t'rn,nirfr rnnHriS from thh rcElS't'i
tion TODAY arc not expected IVY PrnFnS
Nnrvhni i;rurr..l I'rnNri"r icfnrc SatnT
! d,, These will "hrw IL" total nn'hn'
j.nf mon registered. - we'll ~ thr pro
nrr,i,r W. thc .Sti","'" IN each dlS'rit'
ana NAV form thu i'2s''$ for .ar''vitE %,
,I,c dr,,n-t,rrri o. iU"ti"" in rounding u
tl,osr vino bay. "v:,.",l tht law.
T., This cu,,n"ri 'nr "if.' today aGai'
! lied III" n,t"ri!"n "t rHEl:lraHtS y
| ,h,. rnct fhrt III" trw requires thht I'M
! carry their rreiItrHiiHn "nrdG WIN ln'n
M cll times -, thai uDGn demand ot n
authorized police "firihl they can pr"
i durc them.
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COAL Of
j, s. EFFORT IS
NOW REACHED
SIXTEEN MONTHS OF
PREPARATION TELL
Pincer Tactics Being Used By
Pershing In His Great
Effort

WARRINGTON, Sept. l2.-SiItee1
u,onth9 Of vast war effort ty tho United
States reached its first goal to-day, when
General Perzhtng's forcs5 struck thcsf
first Independent blow in France against
tho German army.
Reporte tonight show that success
was meeting tho American commanders S
effort to ding tho enemy ont OF tho sharP
salieut thrust in behind tho fortrosS OF
vcrdun In tho first year OF the w"r. But
Of Creater significance to government
officials was tho fact that the nll-A1nert-
can attack meant that tho months OF
ccaseless toll and effort have no"
brought forth third grcA organized
army, backed by Its own supplies aud
millions more soldiers If Lceded, Wf u
has taken It's pace beside the Pranch
srd British sr1nie6.
Up to a late hour no ondci1 rcpof
from General Pershing had como. GeE-
cral March, chief Of staff, and his ofnceTs'
wcrc gathered about tho great war maps
however. tracing ont tho lines OF the con-
fict from press accounts. PrSs:dcnt
yu-on himself visited Acting Secretary
croy-eu during tho Rft&noon and there
Is no doubt that he was then told just
what General FcrsEiug had acco,nphHhea
aud what might be expected to develop
from this blow.
Later accounts made It cloar that 1oE
the first blow, General Pershug had de-
tcrn,ined to employ the rinccr tactics
Maru!aal roch has now uscd with re-
psated success In ~hurElg the foe bscl
from the Marne and cut of tho P1cardJ
aid Flanders salentR
Almost duc south Of the war-wrackeG
fortre5; Of verlu1, which has dehoa
every German effort, the town Of 81
Bihicl stood at the apex OF q great
clery wodge driven into the Frenc-
Limos aud which MI but cut Vcrdun Oh
in the first German rush toward Pnr1
AlouC the eastern curve of this salient
American troops have stood for month";
hcldIng the Lines, Americans Tho wcrs
! on the line between Vcrdun and st
Mihtel, but St. Mi1iel itself WAC held by
the French, for tho fall Of Verdun rest
ed upon that Line.
Surging forward On 12-nlne froa
to the cast Of st. Mi1icl, Perstiins's mcr
have rolled over the complicated defense!
Of the enemy nll along the line, aaf
thrust q stcel-shod Jaw out irto ths
territory behind the enemy forcco tEa'
hold the town From tho other stde
Continued ON PaSo Ten.)
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Lieutenant Louis Bennett, son OF the
lsto Hon. Louie Bennett, Sr. Of Wes-
ton. former candidate for Governor OF
West Virginia On the Democratic TICK
et LIS a prisoner In German camp.
He was attached to the .Brieish Eoyai
r1vinr CorDs and according to word
received by his brothe--tn-law johnson
c. Mckinley. Of this citJ yesterday, vas
wounded either IN a battle, or IN land
ing with his aeroplsne behind the Ger
man lines, and was taken pTiEcner.
Lieutenant Bennett, was reported ns
missing in action about two weeks ago
By tho British war office and every
efrort to locate him " as Of no avail
until yesterday when telegram was
received by Mr. Mckinley frcm the
American state department telling that
he was alive. The message also stased
that he was suffering from fractured
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WASHINGTON. Sept: 1e.-Atncriran
manufacturers who plan I" supply ma
t.rials for the industrial rscohStructi"u
y: northern France should pr"Tar. for
co-oper,tivr selling. for Il revolutionary
chang" in French methods OF huSinS Is
t. follow thu war.
small n,n,t..r ,,f CENTRAL purchasing
agencies representing groups "t frehch
manufacturers Engaged u related indus
tries and assisted ny tho credit OF the
French government, will deal with thoS*
supplying the material.
Scattered American selling efforts VIII
not ba able 10 meet the requirements or
the hug. buying power OF several thHuS-
and French consumers. III the opinion "t
Pierce &. Williams. American coplmer-
cial attache d, Paris. wh" reports TINT
unless American manufacturers prepare
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YOUNG LOUIS BENNETT ALIVE AND
PRISONER IN HANDS Of GERMANS
AFTER BEING WOUNDED IN BAT TIE

leg and also other bruises End minor
wounds, but It Is not thought thst they
will result seriously. -
Tho young officer was claszed as one
Of Great Brttatn's best avtatofS and re-
cci7ed his instructions in this country.
Eo was ono Of tho owners Of the Ws1t
virginia Flytrf school at Beech Bottom,
and rnade marJ flights over tho Wheel.
ing district with his plane. HIS light
from this city to Uniontown and back
attracted much attention, A. he wa1
compelled to dy over portion OF the
mountain range.
Ec wert to Princeton after leaving
Wheeling, where he was In training Tor
4 tiIno, and after that went to Canada,
whore ho remained for some time and
finally landed first lieutenant's License.
Wis many friends here will be pleased to
learn that he Is alive and viii hope Tor
his safe return to- this country.
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BRITISH PUSH )
FORWARD IN
CAMBRIA ZONE
HAVRNCOURT AND
OTHER TOWNS TAKEN
Old English Defense
Lines and Cross The Canal
du Nord

In tho acrth, Field MaeSh2l 6a19 -
still hard after the e/GerInnns IN tce
region os Cambria. Here ne e62A4
advanced h!s front toward the nneh
deeired Gerrnnn base, penetrated into
tho old British defense line; crosceo
the Canal du 1Iofd, north OF Aavr1n-
court: taken ESavrtucouIt nnn 6n.
other section Of the HiudsnnurG LIMO
and sent q thousand GerunnD into tho
prison cages in tho reS-. The oes.
mans fought hard at HavrtncouT 80
stay the British, but all their counser
attacks wero beaten OH.
Turthe- advances, for the Br1tish
also ere reported In thu region south
Of Ia Bassee Canal, and norsn"sN Oh
ArmenGicres.
LONDON, Sept. 12.-The British have
made further important progress towafe
Cambria, having captured tho towns Of
Hayrincourt, Trescau1t and Aosuvfeg
pcnetrated into the old British dstanSa
line at several places and crossed the
Canal du Nord, ncrth Of HavEtncnurs
according to Field Marshal HatEs COM.
,nruicst!on issued tonight. APPROX
Il tely Thousand Germans were MADE
prisoners in the operations. Tho tex'
of the communication follows:
"Our operations in tia Ravrincourt
sectoy 5-ero continued with success tlli:
morning in spite Of the unfavorabl'
weather. 3D..
"Eng:ish troops attacked ana eapturet
T-escauit and tho old British trenc:
I:.es east and north o. It. On thct
right New Zcalnnd troops inede r:t grcE
east of tic GouSeauco7rt WOOD. o9cs
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Liberty Loan Headquarters on III"
fourth floor Of th,. Schmulhach Building
IS lust ;tbo::t the busiest pi:,c" in West
Virginia and the management ~ IN"
Ohio County campaign Is laying tho
wires for the muS' tremendous drive
THAI ever com. d"wm IN" pike. TIC
Quota probably $>"hh Gh0."0 allotted I"
Ohio County is surely som" sum bat tn"
campaign c"nmittec is getting ready I"
put This allotment OYER tn" top III r""-
ord ti,ns. The plans have been very
carefully blocncd uu, by -GannScr Sn"d-
..tnr and his aides and ihty are going ~
hc put through with u vim and fiS"r
that would satisfy Tho: most "XactInS
efficiency expert. Every man in the "r-
ganizati"n and women t""--t"r. h''ii"v"
Us IN. wuin-u ar" going I" b" IN Tn"
j"b-have had thor w"rN cut "ut Tor
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stations and the transmission lines have
in lhany places been diSmantIcd. the mH'
chinrry b+ing, carried IN by the Germ
ans. and tho copper @ir" sold at AUG
ton. Prart!rally all Of the equipment
i'll ttrr rnctal-wurking plants all III" cot
ton. linen AMI wool spinning machinery.
together With wunl-rnmhing and textile
I"urns. hay" been systematically pllihS-
ed.
lsrpar riatrd workers report that NM
chimes have been skilful!y taken apart
and all tn, copper and alloys in the
bearings sent into Germany for remclt-
ing. In many instances. after this was
,Iunc. the iron frame was broken UP and
turned ever /" German scrap-Iron deal
rrs.
Steel sIruc;urcs miv" been taken
down. and the *hc"t-iron roofs and steel
columns aud brams have either boo0
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dridualSttc among business men. In"
sizr and cnmpl"Xity # 1hr task "f re-
construction has ca'IS.d him /" accept
such Il radical chang" in HIS business
methods as collective buying. Thc in
duStral reconstruction in Franc" alnn:
is more than one nation can properly at
tend to. So tn" pooling OF American in
trrcsls involves solution "f the Question
Of whether American manufacturers
will hr nbi" I" hold their own III COM
petitinu with other nations.
Although tn" area occupied by The
Germans in F'raiCr the la$t four years
Is small as compared with ""rrcsl"Hh-
ing region" in III" United States. north
crn and eastern France with Belgium
wrrr in 1914 enc nf tn" hnSI"%t work
/ shops IN til" world. Nearly 2G.hhh far
tories AMI industrial establishments
~rrr IN rho invaded IILrts of France, and
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their uutpiIt was more than thirty per-
rrn, nr all Of France ThcS" factories
"!tpUt in proportion |" the country = I"-
tai production follows:
Iron ore. 20 percent: pig iron, 5" per-
cent: steel =; percent; coal. ~ percent
cunhrd wool. - percent; linen thread. ~
percent: sugar. 90 percent.
Owners uf the factories Of course nave
h.cu shut "n from norma r"'ninunlca-
ton with their properties: bit worknicil
engineers and others caught III north or
France when the German army rolled
through there have gradually worked
their way 70 Paris rs their repatriation
has been accomplished hy III" Ailied
arms in many localities and III almost
countless Industries. nothing remains.
Coal mines have been Hooded. and
"ri,rS Will pass before coal VIII bH hoist
I'd from them again. F1Icclric-rowcr
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sent bark into Germany or used IN the
war zone. Sugar rctinerins and brewer
les arr reported to have been complete
ly destroyed. Machu" shops finished
just before tho beginning OF the war
have been razcd. and II. i'll tho rear OF
the battle line the enemy has continued
in operation certain plants that would
serve his purposes. it is achieved that
these will hc destroyed before retreat
ing.
rho cost of replacing these INDUS
rics today is estimated To be abo"e
thScc times the original cost. ~hlcn
would amount to millions. The cost
before thu war. OF industries known 10
have suffered worst is scni-oNicial!y
reported as follows:
Francs.
Spinning and c~nbed wool.
aIoo,ooo spindles .... 1872, 900. 900
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EIGHT MILLION ALLOTMENT FOR
OHI0C Cl)IIlITYI:IN LOAN CAMPAIGN
|NILL BE SENT OVER THE TOP
Elaborate Preparations Under Way BY the Local Commit
tee, With the Campaign Scheduled TO Start September
2Sth-Wcmen's Organizations toTake Prominent Part
In the Activities

them and when the bell sounds to get
INFO the game on September 2Sth. thero
will b. no Slackcrs anywhere. All the
experience gained in the last campaign.
nil the sins OF omission ~ud commission.
hav. hct.u taken advantage of and the
machinery has been pat in such shape
that nothing short OF a cyclone or an
earthquake can stop its successful opcr-
alton. Tho heads of all IN" various
committees hav" been carefully selected.
their aides picked ont and The duties Of
all carefully defined. su that there will
h" no lost motion or duplication "t
effort
Every minuic OF tn" managers time is
taken up from carly morning until lats
at night with ""nf:rhS and conferences
Continued on Page Ten.)
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Debs Found Guilty Of
Inciting Dis|oya|ty;
Jury Out Five Hours

CLEVELAND. O.. Sept. 12.-Eugcnc
V, Dcbs, charged with violating Inc
espionage acr. WAS found guilty by
edcral jury today.
Talking. TO nrwspapcrncn after the
verdict. DcbS said:
at is all right. I have no complaint
10 make. 1t will come out all right III
Gods good time
or the original zen counts of the IN
dictmcnt but four remained when inc
jury retired to consider the evidence.
TKc verdict found him guilty or th1e''
not guilty Of ono. He was found guilty
Of attempting 10 inci;c insuoord'nat'o'':
disloyalty. etc. IN the military AND ha-
=. (Continued on Page Tcn-)
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st EI|HIEZ. N()N
BY THE ATTACK
Salient Town Captured By
French Acting With the
Americans
WITH TEE AMERICAN ARMY ON

WITH TEE AMESICacT ARMY ON
TIE LORRAINE FRONT, SEPT. IL
fEy The Associated Prcss)-t6:oo p. Nj
st. Min!el has boon rec.ptflcsd 'oy the
Frencn, acting with the Americans ac-
cortiiag to the unofficial information
here.
Ey two o'clock in tho afternoon tie
Americans haa gained possession OF the
villages OF Nonsa~tl, Pannes, Bou1lon-
ville and Tfiaucourt.
WITH THE AMER1CAN Army ON
THE LORRAINE FRONT, Sept. 12.-
LEY The Associated press)-t3 p. n-l-
Tile Americans in their drive reachco
the first objectt7es at some points an
hour ahead of schedule time. Seven
hundred prisoners have already beer
taken.
All along the liac the advance lbs
been carried ont on scheoolc. Meal
Maizcrais, the troops went ahead
against machine gan FIRE by crawling
and tanks were cent to their aid
TO the north Les Eoar5cS Enl ane
Continued on Page Ten.)
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Vice Chancellor Says
Germany is Willing
To Restore Belgium
(Cortuuet On Page Ten.)

CoPENHAGEN, Sept. 12.-That Ger
many might restore Belgium without
conditions or tudeinrities in case no
other country would be better situated
as regards Belgium than Germany was
tho belief expressed today by I'relder-
ich Won Payer, the imperial vice chan
cellor of Germany, In speech delivered
at Stuttgart.