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REPUBLICANS
IF OHIO FOR
DRY PLA1F0R|!i'||l|
D., ~, 1tt,.IIipry,rrr

Spc'laI u t.li' IlIttIllS'ilttT.
tpLtMt:l =. a.. Aug. -i.-Nll doubts
that Ia" pr. ir.5iti"n p!ani Will 20 int"
I'll Ohio Erpuhlican platform 10y an
az! ~ h, lm!l.:. vote a:id hat former Co..
"r:"r WILLIS VIII seek [" m:Ik" his the
principal i:;SuI,' "i the r;.iIpal;;a were de-
c;G"ti today. when n"rr than ihr' -
Jnur;h$ u: III" d'ireatr:( 1T Tie r"tN ~
lion jun;rd t. their feet anil fairly
IA scd thu r'uI OF Memorial hail with
cheers anal yc!iS when thu, c:tndih;It "
made his demand Tor "ls:h :; plank. The
I"Ealry nf IL" Republican party and the
Republican, canuldat"S always was as
sur"d and always will b., Willis de-
clarcd.
Patriotic addresses hy United Safes
Senator ". G. Harding. Republican Nj
ional Chairman Will II. lays and y.
l.. Fairbanks, chairman nC the ccnirtl
committee. with assertions that tn Re-
publican party is the best suited [" win
:hr war composed The rcmaiud"" ot the
speaking program. Th" platform VIII
~ ;Lduptci tomorrow.
Directing ut J. NJ. Cox. VIII" will OPP
pose him AT the election in November.
Willis declared: Il propose |" drir" Cox
into q corner whore he will T.. compelled
to fan Himself and call for ice wat"r
until he says where hr stands on the
platform. When the convention adj
journ% we want to serve notice upon Eitn
that the campaign cannot be won by
"lnIoutaEc and little rcd cards put up IN
saloons ut the eleventh hour. We can
do this only by the platform declaring
for state and national prohibition"
Willis added h" wouiG he Il coward
and p;.ltuon not 10 ask for this. lie
compared the situation with that in
1853 when Lincoln said the nation could
not endure half free and half slave.
can party is not one issue party.
asserting it is also for the winning Of
the war by Il decisive victory. for an
"ld-fashioncd. William Mckinley pro-
tectlrc tariff and large merchant NIL
rine
The only other demand for definite
plank came from Senator Harding. who
said he believed the party anu the
people wanted reform OF the primary
system 81 rs to provide for Il statutory
prc-primary convention for the drafting
of 4 platform uu which candidates are
In run not merely for election but for
nomination. Harding said: we are
adrii't toward the SoCialiStic state. 1t
is Il poor observer OF tho tread OF events
who expects the railroads t. be given
hack to their former owners. And
while the sons OF III" republic arc bat
ting I" make the world safe for de-
mociTtCy the radicals at home are
making the republic the realm rf state
socialism. Republicans have supported
tn" president and war measures more
loyalty than ;hr Democrats in congress.
Even if all our allies break down the
United States will 90 on with the war.
Tho armed SOUS Of the republic have
turned tn" It'd" of the war. They ore
TOO proud to fight"
RidicuIn> the presidents statement
that politics has adjourned" Harling
said it is a brand Of autncracY that
President Wilson is attempting indiclt-
ing denounced Henry Ford. whom Will
son wants as senator from Michigan.
He said tho president wantrd rubber
stamp" servant in congress.
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Early French Reports.

PARIS. .Nug. oT.-t'rruch troops all
vanr Il Ihi~ morning i'll the region III 81.
Mard. southwest "f k"yc. after h;tri%n
rrplIlsrd = number of enemy cGunrr at
lacks in that section. according 10 the
ntlicial statement issued nj the war ~.
Iir, lndaE. They har" captured LOO
prisoners. including two battalion COM
nlund"rS The statement says:
East Of l::rEn"uX. north I'll the .lisn".
the French havr advanced their line
about lhrc"-quartcTs -! Il nlIr In"
statement Say& German counter at
lacks wcr" r"1ui$cd in lhi% rrGi"n.
FAIRS. Aug 37.--In their ;.dvanc" in
the =, zion OF Monchy- M"nGaT
british troops captured nnr" IMAM -'"""
prisoners. thr newspapers here say.
ON Il Front III six miles south OF IN"
Scarf" nc british advanced 10 maxi
fuun, dep ri Two ani n half milts.
lntmprinnt gains were mad" around
I:al,ulInlc and crniSillHS. tho rrntcfS at
, enemy resistance between the Ancrr ana
til ScnrH".
40 &. fInans remain In I:apaumc says
the correspondent Of l." Martin on tn"
Ertti.h from. H.. adds thai patrols hay"
r,.n"trn;cd ;hr ruins whrh mark tho
fn-Trr: enemy advance concentration
center.
Tho newspapers d" not believe mat
III" Grrn;ius VIII hr HhI" /" h"i.i out IN
Howe much Longer Notwithstanding tn"
enormous sacrifices they hav" made III
a;ir,n;,ts % hold that t"'SE.'
WRIT THE FRENCH ARMIES IN
r'NA%tf:. Monday .Nns. @h.-~ii"aEE
,;cr,nu, forces mad" Il desperate aticmit
,r driy,. .I.. French iron! tho height h"-
iw""n .IuvIrny and Crrcy-Au- Mont VS.
ttr,in,. Tho attark was carried out hF
he frs. :;IInrG" division. which has beer
Lrniic:.: from tho region Of 'hnrl"Svli''
Th" French nj iirat yielded Il hiti'
ground hrrwcrn p"nt st. Mirrh and
O-,nr-ib ~-Ainulrrnurv". They Then bril-
li.,utly counter attacked :hr enemy anG
not rlil.. IlnuaErd to r"-"&i1hllSh thrIr
former Positions. hut mad" slight all
vmn.,.. ".rup%lrg II lin" 'nnr" |" ihn rhSi
and moving into the linmntnc wood.
LATER IN tho ~, Ming The enemy made
Il number or attacks on tho new French
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employment is necessary or merely Tor
tho Erat!i!ca ton of personal pleasure.
"MIrnnv"r. every owner of an aut"m"-
bile should realize that every time he
spends five dollars for automobile nccrS-
snrirs. supplies or repairs. hc IS. II CT
fret determining whether working "ncr-
Ei"S IF th" country shall hr devoted IN
winning tn" war or his own personal
u%"s. The time has come when. from
tho standpoint Of conservation IT labor.
we must all Of us limit Our expenses to
those things which arc essential
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lines but they were rcpulscd In fighting
ri The srVrrcst character.
Tho BATH field was covered with Ger
man dead.
! NlTII THE FRENCH ARMY IN
FIR ANCE. .tuE. 2I.--t 1iy tho Associated
Press. 1.-The attack al tho first French
army against the German line lr"la
south nf ChaulmcS to l.au""urt IS max
ink progress all along hr line.
Counter attacks w"r" launched from
Roy. by The r;"rmans during the might.
hut wcr" rrpulScd. On" company which
was advancing from Rnyr Ia reinforce
the line 1T I,auCouri was captured.
French troops entered st. GILES. n
suburb rn 'lh" southwestern side of
l2oyc. M ) o'clock this morning. Recon
Motoring PARTIES advanced tn Crapcau-
wcSnil. three md q half miles south Of
Rnyc They also crossed thr Rnyc-
Chaulncs railway line north Of lt"yo.
The fall nf Royc has followed. The
cncmy is giving way At several points rs
the fighting continues.
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Mex1can Apology.

TUCSON. Ariz.. August ga trle-
phone message from NoEalcs at 1915
o'clock tonight. said the Twin Cities
we're quiet, a truce having been agreed
upon until o'clock In the morning. At
n conference tonight between a. J. Aba
sola, commanding the Nogalcs. Sonora.
garrison. and Northumberland Her
man together with Collector or the
Port Charles Hardy and prominent Am
cric,n and Mexican civilians. Command
ant Ahasola EXPRESSED regret at the out
break and declared it was due to ILL
feeling between Mexican and American
custom guards. He said there was no
hostility among the Mexican federal
soldiers; toward tho American forces.
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BITTER FIGHT
Continued from Page Cne.)

front rcpulScd 4 German raid without
serious loss.
ono American. Sustained sixteen ma
chine gun bullet wounds-thrrc in the
calf Of the leg; ten between kne" and
h.. waist and three In thu. arm-hut
fought On. He will recover and he able
~ return to the fray. This soldier
probably holds the American rrcord for
simultaneous wounds. Amt her Amcri-
ran was badly wounded in the stomach
from fragments Of grenade and his
nose was blown off anG his face torn.
He continued To fight the Germans and
had almost to be forced TO go to q
dressing station.
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SEVENTEEN MISSING
WHEN SUB CHASER
IS SENT TO BOTTOM

WASHINGTON. Aug. 21.-American
submarine Chaser No. 209. operating out
Of Philadelphia, WAS mistaken for sub
marine by IL merchant steamer of FIRE
Island. y. Y. early this morning and
sent to the bottom. seventeen men,
hers IT the crew. including the COM
mnnder and the executive oilccr, arc
missing.
The chaser was manned by naval re-
serves. Fight Of thr survivors. some
OF them wutnGicI. have been landed at
Now York, and one has hcrn landed At
LcwrS. Del
The merchant ship was the American
steamer FELIX TausS!S. In the darH-
ness her naval armed guard miStook the
chaser for an enemy submarine and
orrl:cd fire. Destroying the little craft
before tho mistake was discovered.
or III" survivors landed. the following
were wounded:
Tho Wounded.
Thomas Iiarran. chief boatswain
matr.
Claude Wild. nnchinist's mate.
rIarcmcr l.. t:vurS, mach;nistS mate.
x. Curcorau. uuariCrn2Stcr
Uuwounded Survivors.
Elmer tilcnSun. ri;irhinistS mntc.
Elmer =. kirby. electrician.
Claude kalnry. GuaTtcrniaStcr.
charles y. Thomas. seaman.
George T.. Wcigand EInncr's mate.
Vessels are searching the vicinity
with the hnrc that other survivors may
still DO :lfIat.
The patrol boat was n converted yacht
Of small tonnage. The injured sur
vlvnrs. picked up b. the steamer which
fired on thctn. were transferred upon
their arrival at Nrw York 10 hospital
ship.
The steamer that tired nn thc patro!
boat disappeared in III" darkness ana
her Identity was not ESTABLISHED. ~
4 CANADIAN ATLANTIC PORT. Aug.
o7.--'Thc new American fishing schooner
Rush If Boston was sunk yesterday
morning by IN enemy submarine While
IN the fishing grounds off this coast. Tho
crew arrived here safely to-day on board
uunth her fishing vessel.
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WANT MILLIONS. FOE RELIEF.

AI'STIN. Ten. Mug. 1.-THE State
Council 81 D"t"nsr late today adopted 4
resolution calling the attention nf Tres
jdcnt Wilson and CONGRESS Ii drought
CondltlrnS IN west Texas. and urging
congress SO Appropriate $50. Goa. hn0 for
relief II is desired to use thr Money
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cebell to the Scene,

Ell PhSO. Tex, Aug. 2T.-C5y long
distance telephone tonight --Brl Eadicr
General De Rosy Cabell. commanding or
ficcr of tho Arizona border district. with
headquarters. 1T Douglas. Arlz.. all
thorizcd tho statement that rumors OF
firing across the international line at
Nosalcs, Ariz. had been received there
latc today. General Cabcll added nc
was leaving by automobile at once to
InvcSuEatc.
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FRENCH TAKE ROYE
Continued from Page one.)

forward between derlevtlo and the
River son1ne, and reached the outskirts
Of Don1pierre.
Field Marshal Enig's men are n enc
outskirts Of Bapaurne, but they arc not
actually in tie town ITSELF.
The greatest depth OF the BRUSH aa-
vance today represents o dlsrAnce OF
about thrce miles.
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1oSDOS. Aug. 2T.-ISrItiSh forces

LONDON, Aug. 2I.-lfrlttSh forces In
rho great battle in northern riCardr ir'.
making progress toward the Niiia@> Of
BeauCntrc. Two and Il hal miles north
cast Of Rapauinc, HcC"r"inS L" 'h' ON
iii s+otertrnt issued Mt tho war office
to-day There is hHrrl fighting aroard
CroIssillcS further north. ri"'' stat irt'nt
says.
rho Hritflsh have pushed through tho
town Of Munt1;inan. ihr"" miles north
Cf tho SomIn" and capturing In" w"ld
po,r TINT l,!nrr. have r:,-ii'h I."i:EruVll.
tho statement SAWS.
Australian forces h:tT" made Suh~:au-
tinl progress toward i1nh:a!rrr" south
cf the Sommr AMI rGst Sd"n!!m'. north
Of the river the statement adds.
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rsr1y British Report

LONDON. .tnc. eT.--lsritiSh forces
arc established In tho northern outskirts
ri Rapaunlc. according To tn" official
stat cmcut issued Mt the war "i!ir" to-
day. c.,;,,
troops rcnrwcd their attack against III"
Germans last night and have advance"
+rwnrdS Pluuvain, rhn statement says.
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A. tho Hiudrrbu-g Limo,

W1TH THE Hll'flSi AltMI ~
FRANCE. Monday. Aug. .G.--t EVENING"
lily the Associated Press. J---Thc ,.A-
tension nf III" I;ri;isil lin: north IF The"
Scarpc has brought tho atl"vkcri l."
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COUP D'ETAT
IN FAR EAST
FOR HORYATH

FLADTYOSTOK. Sunday. Aus 30
tVia hanghui.)-Gcncral Pleahkoh.
chief of tn" Russian forces In Siberia
and Manchuria. acting on behalf of Cen
cral Horvath. the anti-Bolshcvik leader
by Il coup d'ctaL has assumed control ~
all the Russian military forces in tho
Far East. Tho russian volunteers nave
gone over To c. neral Horrath in a body.
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WITH THE BRITISH ARMY IN

FRANCE, Aug. 27.-The British have
overrun Moulin de Fa-gy, Maricourt-
Beruafaye and the Troncs wood, and
have cleared the Vaux wood and are now
In cntt1e possession Of the position over
locking the course Of the Sonllno right
into Pcrornc. It Is clear that the Brtt-
ish pressure Is compelling the enemy to
carry htc retirement much further than
was originally intended.
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AMSTERDAM. Aux. 2T.-The supreme
army command In Finland has been His-
solved by Premier SviDhufvuS, tine
krcuz Z"inuE OF Berlin says II learn"
from lIe!sinSfnrs. and General whitman
has h. en- appointed to command the En-
ish army. il is added that III" change
does ont affect Cnlnncl Taeslcr. the com.
mnndcr in CHIEF of tn" sea and lahd
forces.
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ARCHANCiEL. Tuesday. Aug. 81
tBy tho Associated Prcss.)--Nichnlas
Tsrhaikovsky. presid' Mt Of the pro
visonal government here. made this
statement today concerning the recent
announcement of Amtrica's pollok
toward Russia:
"-tmcrica'* pollok exactly meets our
wishes We want TO bring about new
Russian front and rcoragniAe the conn-
try ourselves. VIC want tho allies 10
form a stream troops behind which
"" can work out our own salvation"
He added that he would soon issue an
order mobiliZinE new nRti0nal army.
and restoring compulsory military str-
vice.
Announcement was made in Washing
ton that The United States and Japan
would send force to Siberia to safe
guard the country. that the United
States wOu1 continue 10 cooperate with
France and Great britain i'll Northern
Russia. and that the United States
would send to Siberia Il commission or
experts to relieve the immediate eco
nnmic necessities OF tho people and give
other aid il was decided to assure for
mally the people OF Russia tina; the
United States and Japan did not intend
to interfere politically or to impair her
territorial Integrity.
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tack along the Scarpc river is making
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infantry
BRITISH HEADQUARTERS IN
FRANCE. Aug. 27.-lirit;sh forces "sri'
mate that ;hr Germans were forced IN
usn ut least ~ divisions between The
Scarne and AiSnc rivers from August
to August IS.
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New-York tribune., 1918-09-06
F Federal Reserve
Against Initiation

COLUMBUS, Ohio, Sept. 5-W. P. G.
Harding, governor of the Federal Re-
serve Board, speaking to-day before
the convention of the Ohio Bankers
Association, vigorously defended the
reserve system against the criticism
Of the ti-infationists. The Federal
Reserve Board, Governor Harding said
has had constantly in mind the dan
gers of imitation of the currency, and
while it has devoted itself assiduously
to building up the gold holdings of the
Federal Reserve banks it has, in per
hitting the issuance of Federal Re-
serve notes, always insisted that they
be used as sparingly as possible, with
the double purpose of maintaining the
strength of the banks and of avoiding
redundancy.
Governor Harding pointed out that
while the expansion in currency cir
culation was taking place there has
been very large increase in the de-
poslts and in the loans and discounts
of the national banks and state banks
and trust companies. He estimated
that the deposits of both member and
non member banks of the Reserve sys-
TEN increased from October 80, 1914
to June 20, 1918. by more than Sill.
000,O00,0O0 and the loans by about ST.,
OOO,OOO,OOO S''
New-York tribune., 1918-09-06
Railroad Workers
Get $150,0O0,000
Increase in Wages
Those Drawing Less Than
$100 a Month Mostly
Affected

WASHINGTON, Sept. 5-Nearly a
million railroad employees, including
all clerks, track laborers and main
tenance of way men, are to receive
wage increases of $25 a month, the
equivalent of one dollar a day, or
twelve cents an hour, over the pay
they received last January 1, under a
wage order issued to-day by Director
General McAdoo.
Advances are effective as of Septem-
Der /.
This order, affecting half the rail
road men in the United States and
adding approximately S150,0O0,0OO to
the annual payroll, according to calcu-
latlons of labor representatives, repre-
sents the second largest aggregate
wage increase ever granted in Ameri-
can industrial history 1t is supple
mentary to the general railroad wage
order issued nearly four months ago,
providing for about S30000O,O00 in
creases; ana, for the classes of en-
ployes affected, it supplants provi-
sions of that order.
The order specified that eight hours
is to be considered the basic day, but
overtime UP to ten hours is to be paid
pro rata, with one and one-half the
regular rate for overtime past the ten
hours. Specific rules are laid down
for the promotion of employees on
grounds of merit and seniority.
Other regulations, forbidding dis
missal of employees without cause
and providing for hearing on appeal,
resemble the rules now in effect under
government civil service. These re-
strictions will affect mainly the half
million railway clerks.
Thousands of women clerks en-
ployed by the railroads are to receive
the same pay as men for similar
work, but the Interpretation of "sim-
liar work" is left to executives.
Back pay from January l will be
made under the former general wage
order, and The advances now granted
will be figured on top of the wages
last January /, rather than on the pay
received in the immediate past under
the general war increase.
New-York tribune., 1918-09-06
Cotton States Senators
Oppose Price Fixing

WASHINGTON, Sept 5.-Senators
from cotton growing states at con
ference to-day decided to protest to
President Wilson against any action by,
the War Industries Board looking to
the fixing of cotton prices. The Sen
ators hope to see the President to
morrow.
Chairman Baruch Of the War Indus
tries Board announced yesterday that
a committee soon would be appointed
with the approval of the President to
visit the cotton growing states and in
quire into the "advisability and feast
bility" of stablizing cotton prices for
the protection OF both the producers
and consumers and of handling the crop
so that the needs Of the United States
and the Allies could be met
The boards decision resulted from
the sharp deterioration of the crop in
July and August. owing to severe
drOuth