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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-24
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London. Sept. "a.
Crossing the Nardar. we have con-
tinued our progress and have captured
the massfs Of Drenska and Planina.
We have also reached points on the
Gradsko-Prilep road.
We succeeded in capturing several
trains along the Vardar plain railway
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-24
PALESTINE

IONUOn, NtUT, IT.
East Of the Jordan the enemy is
Withdrawing toward Amman on the
Hedjas railway, pursued by Aus
tralians, New Zealand, West Indian
and Jewish troops, which have reached
Es- Salt. capturing guns and prisoners.
In the north cavalry has occupied
Haifa and Acre after slight opposition.
The number of prisoners is increas-
ing and the total will exceed largely
the $4,000 already mentioned.
Arab forces of King Hussein have
occupied Ms'An and are harassing
bodies of the enemy retreating north
ward. toward Amman, along the
Hedjas railway.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-24

FURNISHED APARTMENTS, from Oct to
Oct. Is. Phone Mr.. DAILY. Preston ell4.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-24
APARTMENTS WANTED

THREE ADULTS wish furnished housekeep-
ing apartment private hath IL possible;
willing to make months lease; employed
dnrinU day. = 73a. Ledger Office.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-24
DEATHS
HELP WANTED-MALE

CUTTER. tailor. upholstcrer. sail maker. ex-
take charge of department; Government
work; opportunity for advancement. Unit
Construction Co., 5Sth and Gray's ave. MIR.
Lewis. Apply neares. u. $. Employment
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-08-31
THE GERMAN
CAUSE Is LOST
Paris Is No Longer Threatened
and Germans on Defensive, Says
Andre Tardieu

Washington. ID. c., Aug. 30.-Andre
Tardieu, high commissioner Of Fran.
co-American war cooperation, who is
now in Paris, has given to the AS
sociated Press by cable a comprehen.
siye statement summing up the mill
tary events Of the last FIVE months
and showing their present bearing on
the present war situation. He says
German prisoners declare that If the
whole American army shows the
same dash as the Americans who
have been in action so far, the Ger.
man cause is lost.
Though II is too soon as yet to
sum up as a whole the military opera
tions extending from Aug. to Aug.
25. since the battle still is in pro-
gress' he added, "the following re-
suits already have been obtained:
Paris is no longer threatened.
Our direct communication by rail
between Paris and Calls has been re-
established, as had been those be-
tween Paris and Nancy on July 30.
our third aim TO wrest the initi
alive from the Germans, likewise has
been attained
"The instructions given by the Gel
man high command to the German
troops now are of decidedly defen
sive nature. They confess that thu
situation is serious for Germany
judging from reliable documents, /
seems that only "a German divisions
that Is to say "a divisions hayinl
been Withdrawn from the firing lint
for at least month, now are all th
actual reserves.
"Twenty.three others are being re
Termed
'Forty.seven divisions who's
morale was considerably shaken cor
stitute the Germans last reserve i
, the present battle"
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AMERICAN DRIVE
SURPRISES FOE
NEAR S0|SS0NS
Germans Did Not Know of Their
Presence.
LATTER CAME AT NIGHT
headquarters Were Established in
Cave and Advance Made With
|. Swift Precision.

With American Army in France,
Aug. 2S. Delayed into a
new attack three hours after reach
ing their sector, small unit of Ameri
can troops attacked the Germans this
morning in a local operation north of
scissors. The fighting is continuing.
The attacking Americans we're com
plete surprise to the Germans. who
had the French opposed to them at
midnight, and seven hours later found
Yankee doughboys.
The Americans are fighting with
General Mangin's 10th French Army
with which other American troops
fought so successfully short distance
away to the suoth of Scissors in the
attack starting July Is.
The Americans who hit the Ger
mans this morning were brought
from another part of France in cam
ions. Under cover of the dense dark
ness last night they were taken to
the front line to relieve the French
troops. The relief was completed at
.4:10 O'clock, an dat 7 O'Clock the
Americans attacked with the French
on either side. Our troops we're sand
wiched between two famous French
shock units.
Our men took prisoners fifteen
minutes after they started. By 9
o'clock more TIM 250 prisoners had
been counted, and more were coming
in. There were officers among the
prisoners who expressed the great
iest surprise that the Americans had
attacked them. This is the first time
this German division-ithe 18th Divis
ion OF Prussians-has been against
Americans, and they said that at first
they fought them to be British.
One officer said he had been II
Berlin. ten days ago, and that thS
people We're very much discomfitet
over the turn the war has taken. He
himself believed the war would nov
! end in negotiation. The German
prisoners, as whole, are above tn,
average.
The attack in which the Ameri
cans took part was preceded Sy twelv,
hours OF artillery PREPARATION. Durin,
all this shelling very few boche shells
came over. In fact, the German artiI
lery work was negligible, indicatinj
that their guns had been withdrawn
The Americans were assisted I'm tn
attack by small tanks. both male ant
female. which did great work tearinI
up machine.gun nests. A German
Lieutenant commanding machine GU
detachments which were captured en-
tire said the first thing he knew tn
Americans swarmed over the embanl
ment on both sides of his position. am
there was nothing for him to do bu
to sulirender. The Lieutenant sal
his division had pust been put into tn
line and was told to hold II at a
costs. He said he had been tol
nothing about Americans being arount
All indications were that the NOV,
ment of Americans to the sector wa
completely unknown to the German,
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VERMONT CASUALTIES
Several Names Appear on Recent
lls..

Among the Vermont casualties are
the following: Private Daniel Mich.
ois Of Proctor, severely wounded. is
the son OF Mr. and Mrs. A. d. Nichols
member OF the Medical Department,
One Hundred and Fourth Infantry,
Twenty.ffth Division Private Hubert
Spall of s., Albans, killed on August
4 In France was member If the
Canadian Light Infantry. Princess
Patricia Regiment; Private Albert j.
Godbout, burlington. wounded, &c.
gree undetermined. is member of
Company u, Fifty-eighth Infantry. and
son OF Mr. and Mrs Matthias Cod
bout, Private Thomas Brassor, Bran
don. seriously wounded, is member
OF Company d. Forty.seyenth Infan
try. He enlisted last March shortly
after his twentyfourth birthday. Cor
poral Edward ]. Daylne. 145 South
Champlan street, Burlington. serious
ly wounded, IS a member of the
Fourth Company Fifty.eighth lnfan
try, was wounded on August 4; DR.
Nathan I.B. Conlc OF ST. Adams
killed in action was a member OF IN,
Eighth Battalion, Candian Infantry
and had been in the service for tw,
years: Private Nelson Dube o
orange. killed in action. was a mem
Der Of an infantry regiment.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-08-31
QUIET HAS BEEN
RESTORED TO BORDER
During the Skrmish on Tuesday
Armed Mexicans Entered the
American Consulate.

Nogales, Arizona, Aug 29.-During
the skirmish Tuesday afternoon be.
tween American soldiers and Mexi.
cana armed Mexlcans entered the
American consulate, forced Vice-Con-
sui MCGUIRE and Consular Clerk Il.
Tooley to leave the consulate. at the
points OF their guns, and Tooley was
shot and wounded, according to an
announcement made by American
Consul f. NJ Lawton at Nogales,
Sonora, yesterday An investigation
now is in progress, he said
Washington, d. c.. Aug, 30,-Major-
General Holbrook, commanding along
the Mexican border, reported to the
war department today that quiet has
been restored and the border reop
ened, the situation at Nogales having
been adjusted to the satisfaction Of
the military authorities.
State department dispatches from
Nogales late today said the confer
ence between General Cabell and
Governor Gales has been entirely sat
isfactory. Governor Gales giving hi,
word there would be no further
trouble. When there was some fur
ther sniping from the Mexican side
the governor promptly put Nogales
Sonora. under martial law.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-08-31
PRESIDENT TO
SET SEPT. Z To
ENROLL IN DRAFT
Senate Adopts Conference Re-
port on Bill.
WILL BE SIGNED TODAY
No Money for sIackers-pspartment
of Justice VIII Assist in Punish
mig Evaders.
WILL BE SIGNED TODAY

Washington, Aug. 30.-With the
adoption of the conference report on
he new Man Power Bill by the Senate
this afternoon, and the assurance that
the War Departments program for the
calling of all men between the ages OF
IS and As who are necessary TO oo-
tain military victory would be signed
by the Speaker of the House and
placed before President Wilson by
noon tomorrow, the Provost Marshal
Generals Office today took up the
final steps of preparation for the re-
gistering and classification Of 3.Oeo,-
600 or more men who will be affected
II was predicted unofiicially that
President Wilson would issue a pro-
clamation tomorrow on signing the bill
and that he would then set THURSDAY
Sept. ~, as the day for registration.
While this date has not been selected
definitely, II was generally believed
that il -7ould fit in with the plans OIL
tho Provost Marshal General, and that
by that time he would be able to have
complete instructions in the hands Oh
all OF the registration boards.
1t had been hoped to get the ieglsia-
, ton before President Wilson tonight
but at the time the Senate adopted y,
the House had adjourned, and 1t was
impossible to again obtain a quorum.
The bill before going to the President,
must be signed by the Speaker OF the
House while that body is in session
This formal action, 1t was stated,
would be taken tomorrow.
Provost Marshal General Crowder is
anxious that not a moment shall be
lost in getting the men who are fit for
active military service ready for the
tcalls which soon must be issued 70
lassure full quotas. at all OF the can
ttonments. While the plan To distri-
butte questionaires at the time OF re-
gistration has been abandoned, the
draft executives throughout the ma
tion have been impressed with the
need for rapid work. Questionaires
already have been distributed to the
the different boards, and will be mail
ed to the registrants immediatly after
their appearance TO register
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-08-31
REVENUE AGENTS HAD i.
WRITES FROM FRANCE
Squadron OF Fourteen Of Them Work.
ing Swiftly, Cleaned Out Nests
of Law Breakers,

New York, Aug. 30.-Concerning
the big roundup OF moonshiners in
the south, II is now known tnat a
systematic campaign of raids has
been underway eight weeks, mainly
in mountains OF Tennessee, Alabama,
Georgia, Florida, North Carolina and
South Carolina-all dry states-but
arrests we're withheld until yesterday
to avoid giving advance information
to moonshiners of the activities Of a
flying squadron of IA experienced
revenue agents. This band, working
swiftly from community to com.
munity, cleaned out nests of moon.
sinners who had been operating with
out serious difficulty for years, and
eft behind them "followup" vigil
ance organizations OF citizens and of.
ficers to prevent outlaws from going
back to their old traffic.
More than 10000 gallons of pale
moonshine whisky was seized and
poured down mountain streams Over
800 900 worth Of Illicit copper stills
OF al sizes, and other araphernalia,
automobiles, horses. mules and wag
ons belonging to the distilers were
taken
About 2l,000 pounds OF sugar found
on distillery premises was confiscated
and most OF 1t given to the Red Cross
accommodation for 321 prosecu
tions have been sent to the depart
ment of justice and forwarded tC
United States attorneys. While mos
Of the moonshiners caught at theii
stills are behind bars in southern jail,
awaiting trial.
More than score of deserters from
the army we're discovered participat
ing in mOonshine manufacture in III,
southern mountains, and two of these
were killed in Georgia by armed raid
crs. In Tuscaloosa and Jefferson
counties, Ala. the two sheriffs were
shot and the killing Of moonshiners o,
Cured in Georgia, Tennessee ant
Alabama.
Permanent organizations for tn
raiding of Illicit stills now have beef
formed through out the South. Tel
ritory has been laid off in zones. wit
patroling stations and a competen
federal officer has been placed 4
charge OF each zone.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-08-31
YOUNG GIRL FoRceR
Elizabeth Taft Of Burlington Was
Placed on Probation.

Burlington. Aug. ga 1i.year-old
fOrger, who went at the business like
an old.timer. was in city court yester-
day afternoon when Elizabeth Taft
OF 81 Elmwood avenue pleaded guilty
TO forging and cashing three checks
She was released on probation with a
sentence of the remainder Of her MI
nority in the industrial school at Yer
gennes IN case she violates the proYis.
ions of the probation.
The Taft girl took the checks from
the Office Of the Kent ice Cream com.
pany. They we're drawn on three
different people in the employ of the
concern and none had been endorsed.
The total amount was in the vicinity
OF $50.
Elizabeth then went to work on
them and first endorsed them with
the name of the person 10 whom they
we're made out and then endorsed
them herself No attempt was made
to disguise the handwriting, but some
erasures of the names that were first
placed on the checks made the writ
! ing look so different that casual
glance would not reveal the fact that
1t was done by the same hand She
then went to three different stores
and cashed them.
In one store she bought two shirts
for her father, In another she paid q
bill that her mother owed and in an
other she bought some clothes for her
sister. She had been working as
nurse girl at the salary of sl75 pei
week and explained the fact that she
had received the money that way.
The person who paid the money fol
the checks all expressed a desire Il
Grand Jury White that she be placed
on probation. Her father stated IL
court that she had never troubled hin
before and Judge Stearns gave hel
another opportunity to walk tn,
straight path.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-08-31
BOHEMIANS PAY BIG
PRICES FOR F00DSTUFF
Butter So a Pound. Chickens $40 a
Pieee-Meat scarce-soap Has
Disappeared.

Paris, Aug 29.-Very high prices
for all necessary articles of food and
are being paid by the resi-
dents OF Prague, Bohemia, according
to a repatriated Frehch governess
who has arrived at Evian.les-Bains,
on the French frontier. She says the
following prices obtain in Prague;
Pork $3.50 a pound; fats and butter
$500 pound; chocolate $11 pound !;
coffee $l2 pound; cocoa and tea
$l6 eggs 40 cents each; mans
suit $40; yard of cloth $50; a spool
OF cotton 5000; a pair OF shoes, $50.
Soap has disappeared and cheese
cannot be obtained Bread is poor
in quality but is the only food at a
reasonable price. Those wealthy
enough to pay $40 for chicken and
Si2 for a small turkey can still OBJ
tain them There Is almost no meat
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-08-31
GRAHAM PROMISED
TO RESIGN OFFICE
Committees Report Says Tuesday,
August 20 Was Latest Date Given
For Reslqnlnu.

Bellows Falls. Aug. 29.-At the
meeting Of the Republican state COM
mttee held in Burlington August 16,
j. Rolf Searles, of st, Johnsbury,
Chauncy S. Skinner Of Orleans, and
Harold T. Farchild, OF Fairfield. all
members Of the committee, were dele.
gated to visit Gov. Horace +. Gra-
ham and inform him regarding the
action OF the committee on requesting
hiis resignation. They visited the gov
ernor on August II. their report to
the committee was received yesterday
by It's secretary. Col John c. Piddock
OF Saxton's River. Mr.. piddock gives
the following synopsis;
The report N substance states that
the committee called on Governor
Graham on Saturday afternoon. Aug.
ust II. After a long conference con.
cening the situation and the question
OF just how the resignation should. be
made, The governor said he did not
wish to resign until tho Tuesday night
following August 20 In order that he
might make some minor appoint.
mtnASs hult ~ lt tNNlteotu ~ AhdN ut
wanted the opportunity to make these
appointments, but to avoid any ques
tion of the legality OF the same II
made later. The report says the gov
ernor gave the committee his abso
lutte assurance that his resignation
would be rendered by Tuesday night
August 90 at the latest. The governor
indicated that he thought his oatl
should be filed in the office OF The
secretary OF state
The report also states that mp {,
August 26 the committee was unable
to find that the governor had present
ed his resignation As promised the
committee feel that they have donI
everything possible to voice the sen
timents and carry out the expression
Of conference held at Burlington oil
Friday, August 1G
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-08-31
AMERICAN LEAGUE
DOLLAR BILLS ARE OUT
Are Federal Reserve Bank Notes and
Bear Portrait OF George
Washinuton.

Washington, Aug. 28.--Two new
ereenbacks-the first OF the nations
wartime currcncy--are in circulation,
They are the $1.0o and s2o0 federal
reserve bank notes planned especially
to replace the silver certificate with,
drawn from circulation as the treas
ury's silver reserve Is melted into bill
lion for export to the allies.
The $l00 note bears portrait OF
George Washington in the upper left
hand corner of the face side. and
otherwise resembles a federal reserve
note. On the reverse side is shown in
center oval an eagle In full fight
typifylng the nation mobilized fol-
was.
The $500 note Is similar except
that 1t bears portrait OF Thomas
Jefferson .on the front and picture
OF battlcship on the back
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-08-31
|, ". ". LEADERS
GIVE n TWENTY
YEAR SENTENCE
Haywood and IA Aids Fined
$4,000.
so OTHERS SENTENCED
They RECEIVED Terms of From Ten
Years to Ten Days-Judse Lands
Pleased with Verdict.
ed with Verdict.
80 OTHERS SENTENCED

Chicago. Aug. 30.-William ID. Hay
wood. "uncrowned king of the Indus
trial Workers of the World, and four.
teen Of his chief aids in the conspir'
acy to overturn the American war
program, were sentenced to serve
twenty years in the Federal Penitent-
iary at Leavenworth, Kan, by FEEDER
al Judge X. NJ Landis here late to-
day.
Ten.year sentences were imposed
upon thirty-three OF the organizations
leaders, five-year sentences on thirty
three, one year and one day on twelve
defendants, and ten-day sentences on
two others. The cases against Ben
jamin Schraeger. the Chicago writer,
and Pietro Nigra of Spring Valley. ILL.,
were continued.
. All sentences on the four counts in
the indictment will run concurrently.
Fines ranging from $4,000 on Hay
wood and his chief aids down TO
$4,000 were imposed. Ninety days Is
granted in which to file bill of eX-
ceptions. and stay of seven days in
which to petition for bail
"It is the closing chapter in Ameri-
cas- biggest criminal case,' said
Frank X. Nebeker, chief prosecutor.
I'VE are confident new trial will
be granted" said George F. Wander
yer, chief counsel for thet defense.
Before pronouncing sentence on the
defendants Judge Landis reviewed the
salient points in the Governments
case, laying especial stress on the J.
w. W. preamble declarding eternal
was on the employing class and de
mourning war with other nations; the
meeting of the Executive Board after
America had entered the war. al
which ii was decided to expel mem
Tiers entering military service, ant
later the concerted plan by strikes
and rebellion TO block war measures
I'm times OF peace you have lega
right to oppose, by free speech. prep
arations for war. But when war ha'
been declared that right ceases forth
with" was the courts closing re
markc.
There was silence in the court
room as Haywood and his fourteen
chief assistants were called before
the bar. As big Biz arose from hi
seat group of women, who had beef
weeping, started mild ovation
which was sllenced quickly.
For more than an hour Judge Ian
dis read excerpts from Haywood's col
respondence relative to opposition L
the war
"In the light of the evidence belor
It. the jury had no avenue OF escap
from verdict of guilty" the cour
said
81 don't mean, said Judge Landi
at another point in his statement
"that the |. w. w. started out delil
erately to aid Germany" He adde
that their acts were an aid to tn
enemy and were aimed directly a
their own country.
| Some of the defendants chuckled a
sentence was pronounced other
, paled and swayed uncertainty. Will
still others tried to make their way I
wives and other relatives.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-08-31
LOCAL BOARD COMPENSATION
War Department Has Made Change
in Amount Paid.

Montpelier, Aug. 29.-The war de.
partment has notified the adintant
general of a change OF the compensa-
tion to be paid the local board mem
bers. For the registrants actually In
Quoted into the service between
March / and June 80 the board will
receive SO per registrant to be, divided
between the members as the board
sees fl.
For services rendered between July
and August 81 the same amount will
be paid per registrant. in addition 10
the 50.cent allowance for questions
naires finally classified. and for SER
vices after September such board
members will be allowed 81 an hour
not to exceed $40 day or 5000 a
month for any board member. Spec
ial regulations are made for boards
having less than 1000 registrants,
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-08-31
AoAe WINS CHECKER TOURNEY
Rutland and castleton Men to Play
for Second Honor.

Rutland, Burlington has won
first place in the state checker tourn.
ament which has been held at the
rooms OF the Rutland Business college
the past two days Second place is
undecided owing to the fact that there
are several games yet to be played
by Dr. c. H. Swift OF this city and
Redheld Proctor OF Castleton who
entered the contest yesterday and
made very creditable showing w,
c. Hoag of Burlington proved to be
the master Of those in the tournament
and was largely responsible for
Burlington's winning first place,
There are several games yet to be
played The next tournament will be
held at Burlington and will commence
December 26.