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surprise and at an points ths I'll
troops have 1nsde rapid progrsss, as.Ss
"At an early hour our ftrSt on3eSHya
had been reached on the whole o1akAs
front attacked. During the mornhe
advance Of the allied infantry ooAas9
ed, actively assisted by British eayasef
Light tanks and motor machine ga1 -:
tories Z I ! ySScsss'
"rhe general line reached .nYEf
troops runs from Plesster- xosot1vlA:
to Seaucourt, to Catx, TO- 1rannexe9l
TO chiptuy and to the west OF Rsktas
court. Iz-s.<SySSy;
"No accurate estimate can b Esysop
concerning the number Of pEdGonoe1
gums or the amount Of material esntufs
ed, but It ts tnown that several tneer:
sand prisoners and many guns hays 81
on into our hands" %fss,5,ss
GERMANS TLEErN0. .I,stMs.:
BRITISH ARMY HEADQuA11311;
IN FRANCE, August s.-on ths hozt.ei J
enemy motor transports have been y1es.$
BILE scurrying away.
The 9th, 43rd and 1oath diVino1e VI;
Crown Prince Rupprecht's army nAy1S
suffered heavily, while the 117tn o1vsej
sion. which only .came Into the -
last night. has been hadly cut mp.
The only determined enemy 49,. -.
CONTINUED on Page Tsh) 'is,,;si.f
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LONDON, August s.-Fiela haars"Ai
HaIp's statement concerning the new or
fensive by the British and. French
troops shows that the enemy Hre mas
been driven in about seven miles and
hall in the center at Plessier, which
lies southeast Of Moreuu. It shows that
rood1y gains also have been made east
ward over tho front Of fifteen miles iy-
ing between Plessier and Morlaucourt.
The statement says that 70. estimate
can bs made concerning the prisoners,
rurs and materials captured. but tnHt
several Thousand prisoners and many
gun1 have been taken. The text OF the
statement follows:
"The operations commenced thls
morning on the Anliens. front. o7 the
French first army under command o!
General Debent1y and the British fouf1h
army under Sir Henry Rawlinso1' are
proceeding successfully. The assembly
of allied troops was completed unocf
covor of night un1oticed by the enemy.
"At the hour Of assault, French. Can
adia1, Australian md English DIVISIONS,
assisted by o large number OF srltlsn
tanks. storrned the Germans on 1ront
Of over 20 miles, from the AVFe f'VeE
AZ branches to tho ncigHborhooa ol
Morlancourt. The enemy was taRen pS
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WASHINGTON. August S.--Within
less than tw-rTty-fOur hours after IN"
diamond Shoal LiEhtship OFF Cape Hat
tcra.S. North Carolina. had bern de-
stroyed by shell fire. the small -Nmeri-
can. unarmrd 81 tcamcr Mcrak was she'll
cd. tnrpcdo,,i and sunk by German
suhmarn" near the North Carolina coast
Tuesday afternoon. Announcement OF
tn. destruction of tn" shlp--th" thIrri
sent down in that vicinity *nce last
Sunday--~as made today by the navy
department.
The Mcrak's crew Of - men got away
in small boats and were landed safely.
90 at Norfolk and the remainder at
Elizabeth City. North Carolina. Com-
plcte details of the sinking Of the ship
were lacking tonight. but it was as
.sumed that, as in other cases, the sub
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.N.\SHINGTON. August S.-Army and
marine corps casualty !iStS a"h'o'N'u
today. contained Il total nj 24' names
This was the smallest uumb.r ot names
10 be- made public in any on" day sine"
n. ;nll of the AiSnc-Marnc "tienS'Fe
hnr,n ,o ~ reflected in tho daily lists
rrbI, rasualtios reported were divided as
follows: ~
.rny-Nilled in action -: died ~
wounds s: died OF accident ?: wounded
severely 81: wounded. dsCre" und"t'r-
mined 20. Missing in action 50: Total
PA.
Marine t'orpS-killed III action :: died
IF u,ounds !; Wounded severely 20:
wounded slightly /. wounded. degree un-
determined H. Total So.
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||NARNED AMERICAN STEAMER
SUNK BY SUB. OFF ]. s. COAST

marine opened fire without first giving
the crew time tn lower small boats. -: Il
Naval officials feel certain that .the.
submarine which accounted for the AAe:
rnk was the same that sank the tAAA,
steamer O. Il. jennings Sunday off Aos
Virginia Cairs and the Diamond shoA1s
li-htship Monday afternoon. Fs2s Fsz23s:
In some quarters surprise Wa
pressed that tn" submarine should nave
fingered near the spot where tho ue01ss:
ship was sent down. 70,
Secretary Daniels said today thAt NJ,
had nothing to add TO his former onantoR:
AS to the operations OF the raiders O.
this Side Of the Atlantic-thAk ~: -,
instructed TO hinder commerce. - ~;
as possible without exposing themeye
to danger Mr.. Daniels said oo1e
ings probably would follow.
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WASHINGTON, Aug. 9-Voluntary
enltstments in the army or navy were
suspended completely today to pre-
vent disruption Of industry pending
disposition Of tho bill proposing to
extend drift ages to include all men
between l8 and as years. Orders
wore issued by Secretaries Baker and
Daniels directing that no voluntary
enlistments be accepted after today
until further orders.
The orders also exclude civilians
from appointment to officers train
Ing camps until further notice.
The orders were issued after con-
ference between Secretary Baker and
Secretary Daniels and were made pub
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.Elkins Leading Highland
Chiffon Ahead of Watson

The West Virginia statewide primary
election of Tuesday has gone on record
as the most notable political contest
ever held in the state. Three DAYS
after the voting. the results for the two
United States senatorial nominations
ar. still in tho air. though Major Davis
Elkius, of Monungalia. leads Virgil l..
Highland. of Harrison county. for Inc
Eruubiirun nomination in the latest
rirureS. while for the Democratic h"mi-
nation success is claimed for both Car
enc. W. Watson. Of Marion county. ana
William +. Chiffon. Of kanawhtL
With the complete vote OF lurtS-elIh'
counties reported. and estimated lEaJlIi-
ties for the remaining seven counttes. FL
klns has a total Of 2".32l. and HiEhland
II oGl. a plurality Of l.hGh for EIKihS'
The reported vote for Writ county is
1O3S for Elkins and $40 for HlehIahd.
but this is probably an error. rs the total
Republican vote Of the county Is t'ot
more than thirteen hundred.
With practically the same nAmocr nl
counties reporting their complete totals
in the contest for the Drmncraic S"nh-
inria1 nomination, the Watson total is
On o59 and that of Chiffon 2p.6"3. rms
gives Chiffon n lead Of SO. B"th Wat
son and Chiffon claim the nomination.
and the Chiffon managers declare the
full returns from number OF southern
counties will nominate their 'ah"'ia''
hv fifteen hundred or moro.
With practically complete hGnrcs re-
portcd from the Second Congressional
district the nomination "f Congressman
George ~ Bowers. "f MartiEShuTG. oy
tho Republicans. over former Speaker W.
Taylor George. is shown by l's'" or
moro.
Tho Second district Democratic con-
ercssional contest proved w;IlKa"ay
for Ben n. Hincr. OF Pcndlcton county
who carried every one of the thirteen
counties over his competitor. r. T. L.
Allen, Of Monrngalia. and has an maj
Gated total plurality for the district OF
ASIA.
Th. Republicans of tho Third Scna-
tnrial district nominated Staats over
Morris by "a
Tho Republicans Of tho Fourth S"na-
rnria! distrir, nominated l'olinE over
Curry by $50
In the Fourteenth senatorial district
tho nomination Of Harman over Hoon
l. indicated.
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wounded. d"rrrc Undetermined, 9: m1ss-
ing in action. 50. Total. 81. The list IN
cludcd:
Killed in Action.
! privatrs:
Harry Dinner. Scranton. I'n.
Joseph J. krcnnn. I'hlladrlphIa-
John Nisosky. Scranton. Ia.
wounded Severely.
1.icutenantS:
Edwin l.. Keen. Wiconisco. Pa.
Charles II. Weaver. Delaware" ..
SnrSeants:
Robert Y. CARPENTER. Wallingfnrd Ky.
John l.. Ward. N"lSouvlllc. Q.
PriratcS:
Jesse J. Booth, 3reathlan, W. Va
John IzyXirrar. Plains. Ia.
Leo ri Grabricll". l.abnnOn. Pa
r.cil =. Vail. Dalton. Pa.
Peter Wilhelm. Mauch Chunk. Pa.
Raymond S. Wilson, Lancaster. Pa.
wounded, Degree Undetermined.
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wins LEADER RACE

CLEVELAND August S.--ln. IN"
ruynri1r. easily won tn" Lender 20?
rarr, th. fralur" If today'S Grand CIR
cult program At North Randall. "a
nutcIasscd his field and won i'll straight
heats. Matte the Gcat was the only
one which did not participat" III some
mart Of thu, money.
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The negro registrants arc called as
follows:
Pennsylvania, S29, Camp Lee.
Ohio, 327, Camp Taylor.
Kentucky, 818, Camp Taylor.
Virginia, 65l, Camp Lee.
West vtrginia II not included In
the negro call.
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TIE WEATHER.

WASHINGTON, Aug. s.-Forecase:
west virgtnia-ocessionAl thunder
showers Fridny; Saturday fair IN west7
showers In cast portion.
western Pennsylvanla-Loeal thunder
showers Friday and probably Saturday
not much change In temperature.
ohio-Fnir Friday and Saturday, ex-
cent thunder showers Friday along Lake
Eric.
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RUSSIA DECLARES
WAR ON ENGLAND

STOCKHOLM. August S.-Thc Rus
sian government has issued dcclHra-
ton that state of war exists between
England and Russia. according to dis
patch To tho I.okal AnZeigcr OF Berlin,
which prints the news with rcSerta-
tion." ~
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442 NAMES IN THE CASUALTY
LISTS MADE PUBLIC THURSDAY
'Continued on Page Ten)

WASHINGTON. Aug. 8.-Army and marine corps isis an
o,nco TODAY contained total Of 42 names divided as follows
Killed action. l43: died OF wounds To- o'e "t acr"c"'
d n aeropanc accident died of accident anu other causes -
IN actnu So wounded severely 81 wounded (csree undo
81. Total 334
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LONDON Aug s-seven thousand prisoners and 100 guns
have been captured the offensive Andrew
Bonar Law chancellor of the exchequer announced ton'
he was addressing the house of commons.
up to o'clock this afternoon 20lolomeer 1ront
betweeen Morancourt and Montdide the chancellor alo
we had reached all our obcves and captured 100 guns and
1000 prisoners.
The advance was to be four and five miles, and at
point seven miles
PARIS Aug S-"The attack made this morning by our
troops southeast Amiens in conjunction with British troops
continued in good order says the official issued
bv the war office this evening The details are given In the
British communication
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THIRD ARMY LIST.

WASHINGTON. Aug. S.-A third army
casualty list issued late TO-DAY.
showed: Killed in action, 12: died OF
accident, .; wounded severely. ~;
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NFAR|Y FIGHT MILE GAIN MADE I
BY THE BRITISH AND FRENCH
THOUSANDS Of HUN PRISONERS
Slopes Of the Valley Of the Avre Carried and Allies Reae
the Plateau Beyond-Advance Continues, With To
Germans Unable to Withstand the Allied Onset g

WITH THE FRENCH ARMY IN FRANCE Aug S-(Byt
the Associated 1.-The slopes Of the valley OF the Ave
have been carried and the reached the plateau
yond They making further progress and overcoming every
obstable along the line everywhere. -!
An idea of the ground which the battle is proceeding
NAV be gained by recalling the operations since August
ward of Grvenes ST. Afghan and Mesn Saint Georges when
the bridges over Avre Breaches and were d
stroyed On August the left bank of the Avre was cleared
and fighting proceeded Hargcour and Cotemanche
The same night the reached the whole railroad line and
on August 6 and further progress was made
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BERLIN, Aug. S.-(Via London )-The Engnsn navs
forced their vav into German positions between the Ancre and
the Avre according statement issued this evening by the
German war offoe The text of the communication follows
I'm an attack by the English between the Ancre and the
Avre the enemy has forced his way into positions
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moroNGAL1A COUNTY.

NORGAETOWN. W. Va. Aug. "
Of %S precincts in M"h"n-
gala county give: -
l.; S. senate. E"puhli"an--Ha'ncs. ~
Highland. 3i! ElkinS. i.h"+; HuGhcS. 20.
Continued on Page Ter-)
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TANKS, INFANTRY AND CAVALRY
USEDW|TH TELLING EFFECT;
THOUSANDS Of CAPTVE5 TAKEN

Score or More Of Villages Captured With Great Quantities
Of War Suppies-German Front From Rheims to the
Sea Menaced-
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CONTINUED on Page Two3
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(couttnusc on Page Eighty
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Occasional Thundershowers Friday;
Saturday Fair In West.
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~AWo oE0W
1uCD ~ m
>UrfD 11H10
. O1tTAJ1fSf.
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-09-22

visits hospitals for convalescent SOL
diers, as she usually does. she adj
dresses many remarks to the men. but
the privates are only expected to an
swer. Eyes, your majesty" mo, your
majesty" The empress usually does
all the talking.
Before the war started Germany
had a strong grip on the metal in
dustrfes Of Australia through her mo-
nopolization of metallurgical treat
ment After the war started, how
ever, the Australian government set
about to rectify the condition which
placed the country practically in the
grip Of the en<my in SO far as metals
were concerned.
Under Premier Hughes policy Aus
tralian producers, once freed from the
German stranglehold, combined to
make their independence permanent.
A cooperative company is now work
ing at Port Prize Is. Al, the largest
silver lead smelling plant in the
world. capable of producing 100000
tons of pig lead and eight to ten mil
lion ounces of silver annually. An
other cooperative company has been
formed with a capital of 100000 to
treat zinc concentrates, Still another
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-09-22
NEED NEWS PHOTOGRAPHERS.
~. S. Signal Corps Will Train and
I. Send Overseas.

4 number of news photographers
,sre needed by the Signal Corps. These
men must have expert experience in
Handling speed cameras and also un-
16eutand speeds of lenses and va
ssoxu makes Of cameras and their
&peration-
Only those men who can furnish
Ifrfe rences as to their actual expert
ence as news photographers will re-
ceire consideration. The men Sc
fected for this will be sent to a
,Rehool of military training
Upon completion of the training
Yhey will be promoted to grades of
,nerxeant, first class. and will be or
saered to overseas in a short time.
;Hho men must be between the ages
~HptY>one- and thtTtT-ene.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-09-22
: WILL AID IN SAVING TIN.
Manufacturers Of Snup and No.
lasses Join in Pledge.

Manufacturers Of strip and moiasses
have promised the United States Food
Administration to do everything in
their power to assist in the conser-
walton Of tin.
Their product, until the need for
conservation passes. WIN be packed in
only three standardized tins, they
have promised the administration.
Only two and one-half-pound,h ve and
ten pound containers will be used
The manufacturers will, Of course,
be allowed to use containers now on
hand before adopting the new sched-
ME
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-09-22
SHRAPNEL
Sidelights on the War
-BY-
OLIVER OWEN KUHN.

The Germans employ all sorts of
tricks to break up allied airplane
formations on the western front. The
use of decoys is the most popular
method of trucking Foch's birdmen-
One method is to send up u slow
moving bombing plane and another to
send out an unprotected train of
motor lorries to entice enemy fiers.
Some of the less experienced men
break away from their squadrons to
go after some apparently easy prey
when. they suddenly come up against
Archie or some other form of Ger
man explosive hurtled high into the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-09-22
$1,000 SHIP RECRUITS TRAIN.
Shipping Board Announces Enroll
ment of Seamen.

fneshipping board recruiting serv-
taee reports that the number Of fnex-
Sper4enced recruits enrolled for train
Ting As apprentice seamen and other
Dimes Of work from February of this
year to date totaled $4,000. Present
$-ate of enrolment is about $500 a
ssweek-
Six weeks training at training sta
tt1ons and on training ships with a to-
tai capacity of 6.1oO men a month is
Srequired. Graduates are shipped gu,
in merchant marine crews, in proper
,tions of four to every six able seamen
IN a crew
At the thirty-two merchant marine
amacers' training schools the attend
.Funce from juno, 1917. to September IA.
1918, aggregated 1922. Experienced
men only are admitted to these
Aschoola
Navigation schools are OF stx weeks
duration and engineering schools one
.month. There were 1,450 men III
Glasses on August 81. 1918.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-09-22
CONSUL POOLE NOT HELD,
NORWEGIANS REPORT
State Department Advised Regard
ing q. s. Diplomat Now
at Moscow.

The Norwegian foreign ONCE has
advised the State Department that
American Consul General Poole at
Moscow had not been arrested by the
bolshevilxi. as recently reported. and
that direct communication had been
held with Moscow at late as Septem-
Der Is.
Norway and Sweden were asked two
weeks ago to ascertain the situation
of the consul general. Officials here
were much exercised over the report
that Mr.. Poole had been imprisoned
by the bolsheviki after the other
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-09-22
WATER LINES 10 REPORT.
Government Sends Orders to Thos,
Under Federal Control.

Steamship lines under federal con.
troll have been directed to file with
the Interstate Commerce Commission
not later than November statements
showing revenues for each Of the
three years prior to their being taken
over. in, order that the government
may have a basis for calculating the
amounts to be paid them under the
governmental guarantee.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-09-22

France on several occasions during
the early years Of the struggle learn
ed popular lack Of knowledge of what
was going on retarded various gov
ernmentaI enterprises. The morale Of
the people and general patriotic fer
vor have increased since people have
been able to learn of conditions at
the front.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-09-22

Americans had left Moscow Cor
Sweden
Mr.. Poole elected to remain In Mos
cow despite personal danger In order
to be OF assistance to hts British AMI
aced by the bolshevtki. No direct
word has come from him for several
weeks.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-09-22
HARRIET Mattress, $1z.75

Probably the most popular
mattress we have ever sold; the
reason, partly the price and
partly because it has comfort
able top and bottom layers of
felt and a center of hair filing.
1t is covered in neat art ticking.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-09-22

When the Empress of Germany
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-09-22

they left.
Discussing tho ships writer. a flx-
ture on practically all OF the British
men-of-war. one account says:
First and foremost of his virtues
is an exhaustive knowledge of. the
kings regulations. He is the oracle
of the lower deck on all matters re-
lating to pay and promotion; in him
the paynaster finds a trusty lieuten-
ant, and when the captain sits in
judgment on defaulters the writer
acts as clerk to the court
when his ship goes into action
he may be found attached to an am
bulance or ammunition party, labor
ing between decks at bandaging the
wounded. or hosting shell to feed
the guns. The fight over, he retlres
to the office for little light recrea-
ton with the ships ledger.
HE prepares the numerous returns
relating to the ships gear and per-
sonnet, and he conducts the ships
correspondence"
When the Empress of Germany
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Dummy Food on Table.
Ragian Soldier Not Deceived.

:. 1he soldier h mentioned not only
ny name, but also by number and
feeg1ment But the Belgian soldier is
mot deceived He is only irritated and
these things only increase his hatred
ssGf the enemy. He showed this well
tenough at Marckem, on April II, 1915
The day before, in order to prepare
ifhe ground for their attack the Ger
Smans had inundated the Belgian
q. especially in Flemish. They were
i1one the less so cordially received
THAT they lost 5000 men killed and
wounded, 500 prisoners and IS ma
tchfne guns"
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cooperative company has undertaken
the metallurgical treatment of copper:
and practically the whole output OF
copper ore is now refined in Australia
This has made possible the establish
ment of an entirely new industry In
the commonwealth, and q company
has been formed with q capital of
100000 for the manufacture of cop
per and brass wire. cables, tubes,
plates, alloys, etc.
Machine guns do not always spit
out steady stream OF bullets when
in action, even when belts Of car
tridges are not being changed. Some
times the guns get plain contrary and
stop action. Usually the cessation OF
firing is brief. for the man in charge
almost automatically adjusts it and
the gun resumes its continuous stream
of IRE into gray Hun ranks.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-09-22

Though military officers high in
command of the various allied armies
early in the war declared that. they
would have none of war correspon-
dents it now is realized in all coun-
tries that the war correspondent is
essential factor in the waging of any
successful conflict. Both Britain Ind
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air. Sometimes they get caught, but
more often they return to the air
dromes sadder but wiser than when
they left.