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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-14
Special Cable to Evening Public Ledge

opecidI Cable to EUening Public Ledger
Copprt0ht, 1913. bp Ne,o York Times Co.
With the French Armies, Aug. IA.
The situation Is extremely salts
factory" said high French officer to
your correspondent today. Although
the advance is less rapid, that does not
mean that the Allied pressure is re-
laxing."
There are several features which
warrant high hopes for the future.
Perhaps the most important is the un-
exampled depression in the enemy
ranks caused by the dramatic change
from success to disaster.
For the first time since the war
began German officers say freely: we
can't win now" or "the German game
Is up" or 'the best thing we can do
Is to make peace as soon as possible
Here or there one Is found who cher
ishes the dream that Hindenburg may
yet rescue the situation by a stroke
of genius, but the tone in which the
suggestion is proffered shows that it
is hope against hope, like condemned
man praying for an impossible re-
prieve.
Secondly, the Germans are suffer
ing terribly, not only from appalling
losses in men, but the vast quantities
of guns and material abandoned In the
last month. The life Of their cannon
is already greatly shortened by. the
shortage of certain elements. such as
! manganese In the composition or
steel. The Allied capture of not far
short of 1900 pieces since the whole
counter offensive began must increase
| this difficulty enormously.
Germans Lack Transport
Doubtless munitions. machine guns
and artillery can be replaced. and to
less extent, men also, but the need
to do so multiplies ten-fold what per-
haps Is the most serious German en-
barrassment at the present juncture.
mean the question Of transport. The
Germans are already faced by short
age of rolling stock, horses and grease
for trucks and wagons, and hampered
by the impaired quality of their rail-
road beds and material.
The enemy is now compelled to put
an entirely disproportionate burden on
his communication service, long ago
| strained to the utmost. Even far
! behind the front, the problem Is a
very grave one, but as the firing line
| ia approached it is veritably agoniz-
| ing.
Even in favorable conditions tie-ups
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ARMY DEATH RATE VERY Low
Health Conditions at Home and
Overseas Better Than Ever

Washington. Aug. l4-(By !, N, So
combined health reports from overseas
FORCES and from companies and canton
ments in this country show that the
heaith records Of American troops have
never before been surpassed. SO low is
the death rate, Surgeon General Gorsas
announced this afternoon.
The combined hospital death rate of
forces here and overseas Is l.9 per 1000
men. The death rate of men of the
same age in civil life 10 ST. These
hgures are based on total of 100000
The death rate for the. Mexican War
Was i00 per 1900 men. Civil War q
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GERMAN

beTlln, aug 10 NuSIds
South of Ypres early in the morn
ing there was violent artillery fighting.
Under our fire enemy attacks were un-
able to develop South Of Merris fire.
quently repeated English partial at
tacks were repulsed. There was fore
field fighting on both sides Of La
Basse Canal and between the Scarpe
and Ancre Rivers.
On the battlefield between the Ancre
and the Avre the morning was quieter.
South of the Somme, the enemy at
tackled in the afternoon on both sides
of the Roman road running from
Foucancourt to Villers-Bretonneaux.
He was repulsed.
North of the Amiens-Roye road we
drove back strong enemy attacks in the
evening. Between the Avre and the
Disc there was violent fighting during
the day with partially fresh brought
up French divisions. Strong forces at
tackled in the morning south Of the
Avre, as we'll as between Tilloloy and
north of Elincourt. They collapsed be-
fore our line. AT Isolated points we
repulsed them by counter-thrusts.
Between Tilloloy and Canny and
west and southwest of Lassigny, the
enemy continued his attacks until late
in the evening. South of Tilloloy on
five occasions weak forces were thrust
forward from the region of the Matz.
We drove the enemy back and very
frequently his attacks were held up by
our concentrated artillery fire.
Yesterday twenty-nIne enemy air
planes were shot down.
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ITALIAN OFFENSIVE
IN ALPS IMMINENT
Artillery Fire Opened in
Mountainous Zone Along
25.Mile Front
By the United Press

Washington. Aug. 14-An Italian Of
fensive in the Alps appears Imminent.
according to dispatch to General
Emilio Gugliemotti, military attache OF
the Italian embassy from the headquar-
ters Of the Italian supreme command
today.
The Italians are reported to have
opened an intense artillery rire in the
mountainous zone near the Swiss border
along a front of approximately twenty
five miles. The sector is the highest OF
the entire battleline and has been yir-
tually free from fighting since the be-
ginning of the war.
The Italian, attacks center against
me enemy positions in the zone Of Val.
waters of the Val di Geneva. Alpine
storm troops have taken Mount Man
teilo and were reported as being ad-
vacing up Mount Albiolo and in the
regions OF the headwaters of the Val di
| Geneva.
Rome, Aug. .14.-Local operations
and artillery activity in various sectors
all along the Italian front were reported
| by the War Office today.
In the Montello region we occupied
Punta di Matteo spur, southeast of Gina
zigolon, taking more than hundred pris
4
| other material" the statement said.
In the upper Zebru Valley the enemy
| last night attacked advanced posts a
| Payerioch and Konigspitze. but was re
pulsed
| In the Tonale region, between tn
head Of Noce Torrent and the head o
the Geneva Valley our artillery was eff
fective. lnfic.ing heavy losses on tn
| enemy.
"On the left bank Of the Piave suppl!
| depots were set afire by our intens
/ aerial bombardment. At Fucino an,
! Val di Sole we effectively bombed hut
ments. magazines an railway estab
lishments."
Austrian forces on Tuesday evacuate,
all occupied points south of the Semen
River, in Albania, 1t was announced her
| today
| Italian and French troops cleare,
virtually the entire region south Of tn
Semeni In their recent offensive.
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DECLARES GERMANS RULE AIR
Congressman, Back From France,
Saws Supremacy Is Disastrous

washinxton, Aug. IA (By l. n. 81
Germany has met the American promise
Of 1000 airplanes in France this year.
and in consequence today holds suprem-
acy of the air on ali American sectors
of the front.
This was the statement this afternoon
of Representative Reavis, of Nebraska,
who has just returned from months
tour of the American sectors In France.
The effect of the German air supremacy
is disastrous, he said. -
''The only thing the American troops
fear is German bombing plane he as
.sThey are frankly critical of the fall
ure TO give them better aerial protec,
tion. The commander of one sector told
me he has only washed out or DISCARDED
French machines with which to protect
his men,. ...
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GIRL FALLS TO HER DEATH
Crashes Through Skylight and
Head Hits Anvil

Reba Nathanson, twenty years old,
2524 South Ninth street, was killed this
afternoon when she fell from a SECOND,
story window in the National Label
Company plant. as4S North Carnsie
The girl crashed through a skylight
over the first floor and landed on a
workbench. Her head struck an anvil
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By the Unlred Press
Paris, Aug.

While the Germans have regained
their equilibrium in Picardy, at least
temporarily, and apparently are de-
termined to make stand on the Bray
Roye- e-Lassigny-Noyon line, they are
showing unusual jumpiness on the
whole front. A gun duel has been
raging between the Avre and the Disc.
The Germans have used $4,000 re-
serves in the Picardy battle.
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Mass for Dead Hero

Solemn requiem high mass was cele-
brated this morning at the Church of
the TRANSPORTATION, Fifty-fifth street
and Cedar avenue, for Private Stephen
Ryan, 524 South Fifty-seventh street,
whose death in France was reported a
few days ago. Father McGettigan, rec
tor of the church, was the celebrant.
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Founder of French Theatre Dead
Rx the Associated Press

New York, Aug. l4-Lucien L. Bon
heur, founder of the French Theatre in
New York, died today at his home at
Great Neck. L. !. He was fifty-four
years old Coming to this country thir-
ty years ago, Mr.. Bonheur was leader
sn,ong .Frsnehnsn here: yormerly he
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payne.
with the American Army on the
Aisne-vesle Front, Aug. 14-(By l. NJ
S.)-German artillery has been extreme
ly active against the American bridge
head position north of the Vesle River
The Prussian Guard division facing the
Americans has not been transferred from
the Vesle front. despite the activities
In the Montdidier region.
Aerial observers report that the en-
amy is establishing barbed-wiye entan-
clements and organizing strong and
elaborate defensive positions. German
batteries emplaced north of the Aisne
River are now registering the new Amer
jcAR positions.
Despite violent fire from German
high-angle guns, American airmen have
succeeded in making numerous photo
graphs of the enemy positions. German
nghting planes tried unsuccessfully to
drive away the American observers.
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~ the troops have to worm them.
3 1yon. surrounding and reducing each
nmlt separately and successfully.
= no easy task, because the enemy
~ out his positions long ago, SO he
able to defend them with groups Of
.Gted machine gunners who have
& rders which they invariably obey to
4 no letter--to resist until killed.
: consequently every inch of ground
XUQuiree not only great determination
4 ~ overcoming, but experienced skill.
Yuesday's fighting put the French
more than q mile north of Cambronne,
cIooo to Attiche and Carmoy farms,
Which are two big machine-gun nests.
BY the Associated Press
London, Aug. 14.--British troops
have gained further ground at the apex
q the Lys salient in Flanders, says
the Official statement from Field Mar.
shAl Haig today. East of Meteren
the line was advanced slightly, while
east Of Vieux- -Berquin, south of Me-
teren. patrols established a new line
There was no infantry fighting dur
ing the night on the British sector of
the Picardy battlefront, says the state.
xaent. The German artillery was ac-
tive.
e Tuesday the British threw back Ger
man local attacks on the northern side
of the Lys salient. Last night the
German artillery was very active in
this region.
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FALL FATAL TO WORKMAN
Gus Angle Dies When Skull 1
Fractured

Gus Angle, seventy-two years old. 1906
Chestnut street. died this afternoon In
the Pennsylvania Hospital from frac-
lure cf the skull, received this mrrp-
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Standard Oil Mssna.e Dies

Aurora, nL. Aug 1l--W. b. Cewan.
president Of the Standard OIL Company
Of Indiana. died at his home at wheaton,
Ill, last night. according TO word re-
ceiyed here today. He was sixty yearp
ela He haeAne " anginR ~ Boeenk
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Long Range Bombardnlent
of Paris Relieved Ended
BY shs United Press

Pairs, Aug. 1.-THE American
Rad Cross has been notified from
m authoritative source that. fear
Of lons-range bombardment of
Paris need no longer be felt. ae-
eerdins 70 the Paris journal. to-
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Kaiser Orders Firms
to Fight Allies

Continued from Page One
authority over this Alice and belligerent
army"
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HELP WANTED-FEMALE

Strong and able-bodied for general factory
work. -. = - ... - "a -'R'4sr' 4
ELECTRIC SERVICE SUPPLIES CO.
17th and Cambria SITS. 80 -
HRnaR sKii&. '.., 80.
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By the Associated Press
By the Associated Press

WIN tne br1tiSn Army III france,
Aug. 14.-There was no change in the
situation on the new Somme battle.
front this morning except for the fact
that considerably increased artillery
hre indicates that the enemy has final.
ly decided to bring up more of his
guns. Allied guns have replied vigor-
ously.
Various small artillery concentra
tions have sprung up during the last
few hours and are now active in firing
on some points within the British lines
such as Vauvillers Framerville, Proy-
art, Lihons, Dernancourt and the for
ward areas south of the Nillers-Bret.
onneux- -Chaulnes railway.
The Germans have also subjected
the valley north of Morlancourt to
heavy gas shelling and have similarly
treated Harbonnieres and the Ores.
saire wood region.
American troops are in the Gressaire
wood area. -
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DEATHS

COCkROFT.--Aug. IL. MARTHA, widow
yunli ave. Relatives and friends invited to
funeral services Fri. 10 o'clock a: M. 1880
Thurs eve, 1880 to 8:30. Int. private.
sMYTH.-At residence. 218 S. goth st..
funeral later.
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Official Var Reports
London. Aug. II

.
The hostile artillery was active dur
Ing the night on the battle front
There was no infantry action.
At midday yesterday local hostile
attacks in the Dickebusch sector were
repulsed. During the night the enemy
artillery has shown considerable ac-
tivity in this neighborhood, and also
against our positions northwest of
KENNEL
We secured prisoners last night in
successful raid in the neighborhood
Of Ayette.
In the Vieux-Berquin sector our pa
trolls have continued to push forward,
and have succeeded in establishing
line east of the village. A number of
prisoners and machine guns were cap
tured in the course of this operation.
Our line has been advanced slightly
east of Meteren.
The official communication issued last
night reads:
ION the battlefront, except for some.
what increased hostile artillery activ.
ity, the day has passed comparatively
quiet. We have captured few pris-
oners at different points.
"On the remainder of the British front
some raiding and patrol activity is re-
ported south of the Scarpe, northeast
or Robecq. ana III the nelghDorhood ol
Nieux-Berquin.
THE number of prisoners captured
by the French First Army and the Brit
ish Fourth Army since the morning OF
the Sth instant exceeds $4,000. Among
them are 500 officerss including eight
regimental commanders. In the same
period these armies have taken about
600 German guns, including many guns
of heavy caliber, and also several thou
sand machine guns, and also numerous
trench mortars, which have not yet been
counted.
The material captured includes three
complete trains and vast stocks of en-
,.U"ering and other stores.
Work in the air was actively carried
on in all its branches August ~. On
the battlefronts our balloons were pushed
forward close behind the line ana sent
down much useful information. Our ar
tillery and reconnaissance machines
were busily occupied all day.
Enemy airplanes were active and
there was much air fighting. Thirty
hostile machines were brought down and
seven driven out of control One Ger
man balloon was shot down in flames.
"Forty-five tons of bombs were
dropped by us during the twenty-four
hours. the Peronne and Cambria stations
being heavily assailed.
Twelve of our airplanes, including
one night-bombing plane, are missing
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AMERICANS FOIL
RAIDS ON THE VESLE
By the Associated Press

Paris, Aug. 14.-AlongI the Vesle,
where French and American troops are
stationed the Germans have made vain
raids. the War Office today reports. The
French took prisoners in a raid in Cham
payne.
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FRENCH

Paris, Aug. IA.
Between the Avre and the Disc there
Is great activity by both artilleries.
especially in the Roye-sur-Matz and
Conchy-les-Pots sectors.
On the Vesle enemy raids were un-
successful. Prisoners were taken in a
French raid in the Mesnil-les Hurles
region Champagne 'front.'.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-08-23
RAISING FOXES IN ALASKA
Animals Are Bred There for Their
Fur, and the Industry Is Re-
munerative One.

There are ten or twelve fox farms
in Alaska. One Of them, situated in
the Tanana valley, q mile and a half
from Fairbanks, consists of ten acres
of cleared land, the greater part of
which is covered with pens In which
the animals live. From a distance the
fox farm looks like q huge chicken
yard, with walls of woven wire and
hencoops of various sizes inside. Each
pen is 80 feet long, 8 feet wide and
about 10 feet high. The wire is tough
steel and is sunk about four feet in
the ground and is then bent SO that 1t
runs inward underground for about
two feet to prevent the foxes from dig
ging out. At the top the wire has an
overhang of two feet to prevent the
captives from climbing over. Each
pen has kennel made of boards, like
a dog kennel, the entrance to which is
a chute or wooden pipe a foot
square. Only one pair Of foxes live in
each pen. They are very timid and
have to be handled carefully Most Of
the fox farmers will not allow strang-
erS to enter their property for fear
they will brighten the animals. The
foxes are fed with salmon, moose
meat, horse meat, rabbits, carrots and
turnips. A common feed is rice and
rabbits cooked together in a stew.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-08-23

relative the
natona
"Justch though
Laurel Washington by the
in in
folks had
ime
officer doesn't how the
worke 1t. S
their relatives once
they had
hoped a o Washington
telephone, called their
tackled
nearly the train
his France
another freight back to Laurel
Berlin!
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Prayino and Doino.

Lord Professionalism" as he was
affectionately termed by his friends
was one of the shrewdest statesmen
that ever lived. When petitioned by
the Scotch clergy TO appoint a day for
fasting and prayer. so that threat
ened epidemic of cholera might be
averted, he replied:
Clean your streets, keep your homes
clean, promote cleanliness and health
among the poor. see that they are
plentifully supplied with good food
and clothing. and employ right sani-
tary measures generally. and you will
will the Lord hear your prayer while
these his preventors reIna!D unheeded"
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window into
now out
looking wildly
to jump out Window"
The ain keeps on
the
screeches the through
the bridge
It's q novelfve
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rghted him.
with he
of repeatedly
probably because the social and
urive
the big
church behavior.
Migs Washington university
happiest
Young a of
nome and together.
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Saints at Earthly Courts.

They tell tale of two great saints
at court, one Dominican, one q Fran
ciscan. The king of France had the
honor to entertain the angel of the
schools at dinner, once upon a time.
Never word spake he, nor morsel ate.
His eyes were fixed on the opposite
wall, while his mind followed out q
train of thought to its conclusion; then
followed mighty thump on the table,
and an exclamation: 'Now that is
conclusive against the Manichaeans ~
st. Bonaventura sat at such a ban
quet, gazing intently upon the queen.
The king said: "GoOd Brother Bona
ventura, what thinkest thou? To
whom the Franciscan said: "Ah, sire, ]
think, if the beauty of an earthly mon.
arch be so great, what must be the
beauty Of the Queen of Heaven!"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-08-23
CHARITY WELL WORTH WHILE
How Tennessee Community Built
House and Presented II to Poor
but Deserving Widow.

You are all familiar with the story
OF ''the house that Jack built" But l
wish TO tell you of house that neigh
bors built i'm q small town in the South.
says q writer in Christian Herald.
1t was obvious 10 this community
that if a certain family only had a
home, they could be self-suppOrting
while, as 1t was, every cent they earned
went for rent.
Two kind, practical men took the
matter up and evolved plan whereby
such home could be made by small
contributions, no burden being placed
on any one. Personal calls were be-
gun. and help solicited, consisting of
money, material or labor. SO hearty
was the response that within a month
lot was purchased. then a three-roOm
house with two pOrches was erected,
outhouses for cow and chickens were
built, garden fenced, and a well
bored, with windlass set up. Good ma
terial was used-concrete foundation,
and brick flue and chimney. The lot
OCSu SCl ia lI6So WHICH,
bought, so there was a ready-made or
chard. And when the painter was
through with the buildings an insur-
ance agent gave a three-year policy in
case of fire. Every bit Of the labor
was voluntary work.
The most eager helpers, however,
were the men who went in wagons to
move the family home. The matter
had been kept secret from them, and
you can imagine their surprise and joy.
They were a little black-eyed widow
and three children, whom misfortune
had pursued relentlessly for many sad
months. In their new home they were
very happy, and this made it all i'm
menSely worth while.
Now this didn't happen just before
Thanksgiving or Christmas, but during
the blazing hot days of midsummer,
when sunny" Tennessee was a burn
ing reality.
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The Congressional Daily.

The old Congressional Globe was
merged and name changed in 1873 to
the Congressional Record, which is is
sued daily during the sessions of con.
gress. Each member of both houses
of congress is supplied with certain
number of the daily issues, and it is
also furnished TO subscribers for IS
during the long session of congress and
81 during the short session. The SUI
perintendent of documents, United
States government printing Office
Washington, is authorized to sell pub
lie documents at cost, and on applica-
ton that official will furnish, free of
charge, price lists showing, under top
ical headings, the publications avail
able for sale.