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The evening world., 1918-09-18
PERSHING PROMISES
LLOYD GEORGE MORE
DOSES OF SAME SORT
Premier Had Telegraphed From
Sick Bed Victory Was More
Palatable Than Physic.

= oNDoN, Sept. 1s.--In reply to
the message sent by Premier
- Lloyd George to Gen. Per-
shlng, congratulating him on the
American victory In Lorraine, in
which the Premier. who received
the news on his sick bed. declared
II was .better and infinitely
more palatable than any physic."
the American commander has sent
the following telegram:
"Your congratulations are deeply
appreciated. 1t shall be tho en-
deavor OF the American Army to
supply YOU with occasional doses
OF the Same sort OF medicine as
needed from now until the final
victory has been attained. l trust
this Will find you fully recovered
from your Illness"
The evening world., 1918-09-18
WsCoUNT M0T0No DEAD.
Was Former Minister of ForeiEn
Affairs of Japan.

WASHINGTON. Sept. 1s.-Viscount
Ichiro Motono. who resigned as Minis
ter of Foreign Affairs OF Japan, four
months ago. died at Toxic yesterday
from a stomach trouble with which he
had suffered for long time. accord
ing to advioes received to-day at the
Japanese Embassy.
Viscount Montono suffered a relapse
from what appeared to be n partial
recovery recently following tho unfsv-
orable reception which was given to his
proposition to renew the pressure upon
China for adoption of the proposed far
reaching Chino-Japanese agreement He
had been Counselor. Secretary OF Lega-
ton at Petrograd and Minister at Paris
and Brussels. In 1899 he was the
junior delegate OF Japan at the Hague
Peace Conference and from 1908 10
1915 was Ambassador at Petrograd.
He became Foreign Minister In Novem-
Der, 1915
The evening world., 1918-09-18
SAILOR ADMITS THEFT.
Briton who Won Victoria Cross In
Court for stealing Banjo.

John Nyegaard. a twenty-three-yc year
old sailor In tho British Navy. who
claims TO have been decorated with the
Victoria Cross by King George. pleaded
guilty before JUDGE Wadhams in Gem
erol Sessions to-day to petit larceny In
having stolen a banjo from the Y. NJ.
c. A. room that he has occupied at No.
i55 East seth Street for the past sew
eral weeks.
At the request of the British Con-
sulate sentence was suspended and the
man given into the custody OF British
officials,
The evening world., 1918-09-18
ALEMEFF, WITH COSSkCKS,
ATTACKS SOVIET TROOPS
Bolsheviki Reported 10 Have Re-
captured Kazan-German Reg
ulars Along Volga.

AMSTERDAM. Sept. is.-Gen. Alex
leff has taken the offensive against the
Bclsheviki near Blagoveschensk His
forces consist Of q number OF Cossacks
and strong detachments Of White
Guards.
PBkIN, Sept. II CDslayedl .--Bolshe-
vik troops have recaptured kazan. ac-
eording TO dispatches to-day. Siberian
troops are retiring In good order. II was
stated.
LONDON, Sept is.--German regu-
iars have Joined the Bolshevik troops
along the Voiga River, according to n
aespatch received from Nladlvostok to.
iay. IL r. believed that serious oper-
alton IN impending.
The evening world., 1918-09-18
ITALY LOSSES IN WAR
TOTAL $4,000 DEAD AND
PERMANENTLY DISABLED
Minister of the Treasury Says That
100000 Men Have Been
Called to Arms.

ONE. Sept. 1s,-The losses in
N the Italian armies since
Italy entered tho war
amount to 1,S5O,oOO in killed and
permanently disabled, according
to n statement by Francesca Nit
Il. Minister OF the Treasury. hero
to-day, In an interview. he ad-
ded:
After the war Italy will be
stronger than ever in men, due to
the cessation OF emigration. Our
difficulties to-day are in the labor
field. for 100000 men have been
called to arms since the beginning
OF the war; .....-..-.--.4--
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LATEST OFFICIAL REPORTS

days War ONCE statement follows:
South OF the River OLse there was
artillery activity. throughout tho
night.
Violent counter-attacks by the en-
cmy in tho region OF tho plateau
northeast OF Sansy obtained no result
The French troops maintained their
gains.
in the Champagne and in Lorraine
we executed q number Of raids on the
German positions and pode pris-
oners."
The evening world., 1918-09-18
ALLIES SWEEP FOE
BACK ON l5-M|LE
MACEDONIA FRONT
1000 Prisoners and Big Stores
of Guns and Booty Taken in
Advance of 4 i-2 Miles.

PARIS, Tuesday. Sept. 17.-Ailled
forces on the Macedonian front have
penetrated 10 q depth OF nearly four
and half miles on front OF fifteen
and one-half miles, and have captured
1000 prisoners, says an officlal state
ment issued tonight by the War
once.
The text Of the statement reads:
Operations on the Macedonian
front continue very successfully. The
front through Sokola, Dobropolje and
Vetrenlk has been widened to
twenty-five kilometres and the Al
lied forces have penetrated to a depth
OF seven kilometres.
prisoners TO the number OF 1900.
including a Stan Colonel, have been
captured. Thirty guns. numerous
mine throwcrs and machine guns and
considerable booty have been taken.
1.-THE Serbian forces are vieing with
the French in courage and spirit"
WASHINGTON, Sept. 1S.-It has
been limited In military circles for
some months that this autumn would
see a major operation on the Mace
donian front, and It appears that that
operation has begun.
While IL is not possible for military
reasons TO give the number OF men
participating in this movement. its
object is clear, to cut on Turkey from
the other Central Powers, TO crush
Bulgaria and 10 FREQ Serbia. Rou-
mania and the Jugo-Slavs OF South
ern Austria.
WITH BRITISH ARMIES IN MA
CEDoNIA. Aug. 27 Correspondence
OF Associated Press.)-The right OF
the British line In Macedonia is
formed by the Struma Valley. Brit
ish troops arrived there In June, 1916,
when the temperature was los in tho
shade, and they have been there ever
since.
| II Is an area of varied flghtlng--a
few miles OF trench warfare, then n
vast patrolling area of No-Mah's
Land and No-Man's Sea, the latter
being the lake with It's flotilla OF tiny
patrol boats. Most OF the fighting has
taken place in tho Seres plain, once
the most fertile tobacco and grain
area In the world, but now a Jungle
OF monstrous wild plants which tower
high over a mans head so that the
whole area is a stining, bewildering,
deserted wilderness. The inhabitants
have long since disappeared with the
unconscious resignation OF those who
for years have known no visitors but
armies. no history but that OF death
from the impartial bullets and shells
OF rival invaders. whose quarrels the
local Inhabitants neither understood
nor cared about.
The anopheles mosquito is now the
uncrowned monarch OF this whole
country. 1t Is a far moro deadly
enemy than bullets or shells, and
armies cannot live in tho jungle, 80
that this vast area Is now only a dis
triot for patrols. The British have
their positions on one range OF hills,
the Bulgarians ON tho other. and their
patrols often meet In that vast. fiorid
No Mans Land.
But since the Bulgarians are al
ways nervous about Seres and the
railway. they have to occupy u
northern strip of the valley and that
In where the British continually annoy
and harass them. In this area tho
British are always on the offensive,
raiding and feinting, ana doing their
utmost TO keep the Bulgarians in u
continuous state OF nerves.
The evening world., 1918-09-18
7. R. IIkEkS AUSTRIA'S
NOTE TO CRIMINAL s PLEA
Conference Would Amount to Dis
cuSion With Judge on Severity
of Sentence.

OYSTER BAY. Sept. 1s.-Comment-
ing on an editorial concerning the
Austrian peace proposal. which ap-
peered In a New York newspaper. Col.
Theodore Roosevelt said:
1T is a good deal like proposing a
conference between q Judge and a
criminal to decide the severity Of the
sentence to be passed by the Judge on
the criminal. should not much heed
a statement on behalf of the criminal
that only the madness or the soulless
depravity a the Judge could Induce
him TO sentence the criminal instead OF
holding a talkfest with him."
The evening world., 1918-09-18
AMERICAN SOLDIERS FOUGHT
WITH TRUE HEROISM--DIAz
Italian Commander-in-Chief Ad-
mires Immensely the Spirit
Of the Troops.

ITALIAN ARMY HEADQUARTERS
Sept. 1T have immensely admired
the spirit OF the American troops" saii
Gen. Diaz. the Italian Commander-in-
Chief to-day.
They have fought with true hero
ism" he added. This is noteworthy
because tho Americans constitute the
youngest army on tho western front.
They are a strong race, admirably pre-
pared for action in every form, anima-
ted by the spirit OF initiative and the
faith which Will impel them to easily
overcome all the difficulties In thi'
var" .-..--- -.....--
The evening world., 1918-09-18
rs PLANES HIS SCORE.
Capt. McCnuI of Royal Air Force in
Canada on Leave.

TORONTO, Sept. is.-cspt. MoCaul
of the Royal Air Force, who is said to
have brought down 75 German air
planes. or three more than the number
credited to Lieut.. Col. Bishop, Canada's
crack aviator, has arrived hero en-
his homo In Western Canada.
He was aboard the steamer shelled
Saturday night by a German sub
marine few miles off an Atlantic
port.
The evening world., 1918-09-18
KAISER WOULD TRADE ALL
INVADED SOIL FOR ALSACE
German Official, However, Denies
AlSace-Lorraine Self-Deter-
mination.

COPENHAGEN. Sept 1s-Gerinany 10
willing to withdraw from foreign soil
during a peace congress. If France will
withdraw from Alsace. the Politlken
quotes n high German official as saying.
The German official. however. de-
clared II was impossibletto permit a
public vote on seif-determination in
Alsace- Lorraine.
The evening world., 1918-09-18
AMSTERDAM FOOD RIOTERS
DISPERSED BY TROOPS
Shops Pillaged Before Infantry and
Cavalry Disperse Mobs-
Some Injured.

AMSTERDAM. Sept. is.-Food riots
took place Monday night and Tuesday
In various parts OF the city. Shops
were pillaged. The police and infantry
and cavalry detachments dispersed the
mobs. Four persons were injured.
The evening world., 1918-09-18
REICHSTAG LEADERS PLAN
PEACE DEMONSTRATION
Imperial Chancellor Said to Be Co
operating in Framing
Daco1,tiio,,
RESOLUTION.

LONDON, Sept. is,--It Is rumored in
Berlin that when the Reichstag meets
there will be another peace demonstra-
ton similar to that OF July. 1917 ac-
cording to an Amsterdam despatch to
the Exchange Telegraph Company.
II Is said the terms OF a peace reso-
luton are now being drafted by the
majority leaders, In consultation with
the Imperial Chancellor.
The Reichstag will convene Nov s.
The evening world., 1918-09-18
BolsheyiLi Execute Brothers, Pol
ish Patriots, as Rebels.

STOCKHOLM. Sept. iS.-Marlan and
Joseph Lutoslavski, brothers. prominent
Polish patriots. have been executed for
participation in a revolution against the
Bolsheviki. according to Moscow de-
spatches received here to-day.
The evening world., 1918-09-18
FLYER BURNED TO DEATH.
Canadian Cadets Machine Catches
Fire 10000 Feet IN.

TORONTO. Ont. Sept ls.-When his
machine caught fire while flying more
than 10000 feet in the air near Leuside
Camp yesterday Cade, Henry G. suun.
ders OF Brin, Ont. was bArned to death
The evening world., 1918-09-18
AMERICAN.

WASHINGTON. Sept. IS. Gen
Pershing has given out the following:
TuEsDAY--Sectlon Ain the
ST. Mihiel sector tho day was
quiet except for continued ac-
uvity OF artillery and aviation.
and patrol encounters in which
we captured prisoners. An enemy
raid In tho Vosges was repulsed.
The evening world., 1918-09-18
$4,000 AMERICANS SENT
ABROAD DURING AUGUST
London Announces Total, Showing
isC. 900 Were Carried on
British AnipS.

LONDON, Sept. lS-Three hundred
and thirteen thousand American troops
embarked for Europe during August. Il
was announced to-day, OF these, Isl, 900
were carried on British ships.
The evening world., 1918-09-18
BRITISH.

LONDON. Sept. ls.-The text OF to-
days War otiice statement follows;
"As a result Of our operations yes
tsrday on the southern portion of the
battlefront we gained possession OF
Holnon Village. with several prison
ers.
This morning our troops attacked
northwest OF 81. Quentin.
Yesterday evening the enemy at
tackled at Moeuvres under cover OF n
heavy artillery barrage and pressed
our troops back TO the western out
skirts OF the village.
by n successful local operation,
carried out during the night, we ad-
vanced our line slightly Immediately
south OF the la Bassee Canal"
FRENCH.
PARIS, Sept. is.-The text OF to-
The evening world., 1918-09-18
SPAIN NEAR DECISION.
Cabinet Takes Up international
situation To-day.

MADRID. Sept 1s.-The Spanish
Cabinet will meet to-day to discuss the
international situation.
Foreign Minister Dato stated that the
Governments decision regarding Ger
man submarine warfare. as II affects
Spain. win be published at the proper
prudent In dealing with foreign affairs.
The evening world., 1918-09-18
DIED..

his late residence, Hotel
Chatham, Sept. IT. after q short Illness.
WALTER GEORGE NEWMAN. in his
bsth year. Remains mag be viewed at
tho Boysrton Chapel. +Sd ct. and sth
Hv., New York.
Interment on Thursday at 2 p. M.
The evening world., 1918-09-18
Lloyd George ConvaIcseing.

LONDON, Sept, 1s.-Premier Lloyd
George is convalesoinE. IL vOs on
caaliy announced to-day.
The evening world., 1918-09-18
POUND OF CANDY IS LIMIT.
Chicago Dealers Adopt "win the
War" Measure.

CHICAGO. Sept. is.-one pound OF
nlling per sweet tooth was the limit in
Chicago to-day. Retail oonfectioners
voted TO limit sales 10 one POUND psy
aAsanA--nnfh ArnArfaA wins thA WAa
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-22
Over W. E. Campbell's Wire

New Orleans, La, June 21.-Whiel a somewhat more favorable view of weather conditions in the western belt was taken today. the cotton market failed to get much of any selling power and after fall of 24 to 30 points in the early trading reacted and went II points over yesterdays close on July while the new crops went to within to II points of yesterdays close The favorable war news and reports of a good demand at better prices for the higher grades in the spot depart ment were principally responsible for this.
 crate temperatures but the weather bureau hardly confirmed this, for 28 stations reported maximum tempera- lures yesterday from 103 to 108 de- grees. The forecast called for fair weather with little change in tempera- lures over the entire western belt. It is hardly likely and the trade appre. ciates the fact that damage has not yet resulted in Texas from hot weath- CT. It Is anticipation of damage which IS causing uneasiness. On the whole the crop is doing well, and we see no reason for looking for anything but a high condition report to June 25.
 With Austria facing it's most serious internal crisis and the German offen- sive brought to halt, war news is peGinning to exert more powerful in- tluence on American markets. It looks like higher range of values in cot 'on, for the time being at any rate- Shepard & Gluck.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-22
BEARS LET CORN
 SLIP FROM THEM Banked Too Much on Wealth CT Reports and Staple
 Went Up

Chicago, June 21.-Bears over- reached themselves in the corn mar ket today by too great stress on the ideal weather. After d material break prices made a sharp upturn and closed firm. Sc to 1sc net higher, with July $1 4S A to s1. A and August S1.463s to S143% to LA and August s1469s to advance. Provisions gained soc to 65c.
 Aggressive selling forced prices of corn downgrade during the first half of the day. The hot wave in the southwest had been broken; welcome rains had fallen elsewhere, and re- ports indicated that the crop condition was above the seasonable average. The fact that farmers appeared to have had ample opportunity to cultivate fields tended also to stimulate selling In the last half of the session, how ever, improvement in cash demand was noted, and primary receipts were shown to be smaller than year ago. En- suing attempts ly shorts to collect profits disclosed a lack of offerings and caused prices to tighten, especially as oats displayed independent strength.
 An advance at Winnipeg had much to do with rallyins oats from weak ness that had heen due largely to inn proved weather. Houses with seaboard connections were good buyers at the last.
 Reports of a better cash inquiry tend ed to hoist provisions.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-22
New York futures
New Orleans Cotton

New Orleans, June 21.-Fluctuations in cotton were rather narrow today, the market being held within limits by the even balance between the principal influ- ences at work. A more favorable view was taken of the weather conditions in the western belt, but, against this, as a bearish factor, was the better interpre- tation placed on war news, the strong demand at higher prices for the better grades of spots and the inclination of shorts to cover, which led to the claim on the long side that the market was over sold
 In the early trading prices fell "A to 50 points on reports of more moderate tenn peratures in Texas and the arrival of the first bale of the new crop in that state Before the session was very old buying made it's appearance, being based partly on war news and partly on re- ports of sales of spots after hours yes terday at higher prices than board quo tations. There was a gradual recovery until July stood Il points over yester- days close and the new crops were With
 in to Il points of yesterdays final prices. The close was 10 points up to 22 points off, compared with yesterday s last quotation.
 Shorts in July appeared more disposed to cover because of the gradual widen inr of the discount on the lower grades. a development which was taken to mean that large tenders would not be likely.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-22
WEEKLY COTTON

New York, June 2.-Favorable crop advices have encouraged bearsh senti- ment on the ultimate trend of values and caused ir-egularity, but failed to inspire any general CT aggressive selling in the cotton market during the past week. Offerings, indeed, have been very we'll absorb ed on comparatively moderate setbacks with buyers encouraged by the continued absence of spot pressure and the appearance of trade buying on de- clines. After selling at 24.SSc on Mon day, October contracts reacted to 23. 75c. but recvered, selling at 249lc later in the week. or the highest price touched since that delivery broke to 22.51c toward the end of last month. Nervousness over high temperatures in the southwest have increased the disposition to cover short contracts. particularly as the ac- ton of the market suggested that bear ish end June condition figures had been discounted. Private advices so far re- ceived do not indicate any actual dam age from the heated spell in Texas, but July and August are considered criticai months, and the fear of a droughty period is increased this session by the deficiency of subsoil moisture in that section. Otherwise, the weeks weather and crop news has been generally bear ish report issued today indicated an increase of 3.59 per cent in acreage, and the weekly report of the weather bureau made very favorable showing except for it's mention of increasing boil weevii in Alabama, Georgia and Mississippi. There has consequently been no change of sentiment as to the probable showing of the end-June condition figures, which are expected to show larger margin over the 10-year average than the report of the previous month,sand the trade is also talking an increase of between 7 and Ter cent in the official acreage figures. The largest exports have had a sustaining influence on prices, and eombinc1 with the continued reports of increased production of shipping. have led to talk of possible freer distribution during the autumn. The more favorable character of the war news has also had a sen n-imental effect, and many antioi- pate an improvement in trade demand as soon as plans for price fixing in goods have been definitely formulated A further widening of differences between high and low grades has been reported in some of the southern markets, but there has been very little hedge selling against either old or new crop of cotton.
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-22
EARLY LOSSES IN
 COTTON REGA|NED
General List Closed Steady at a Net Decline of 8 to
 23 Points

l New York, June 21.-Early declines | were followed by rallies in the cotton
 market today, and part of the losses | were recovered with the close steady October contracts broke from 2< T4c | to 243Sc and closed at .57c, ~ith the general list closing steady at a net decline of 8 to 2S points.
 The opening was barely steady at a decline of IA to 36 points on bearish | private acreage figures and reports | that the first bale of new crop cotton 1 for the season had reached Galveston. l There were rallies right after the call with July selling at 25 63c and Decem- | ber at 24 soc, but the market quickly weakened again on reassuring crop | advices from the southw est reaiiz- 1 ing for over the weekend and other scattered selling. which included fur ther selling of new crop months for
 Liverpool account. July broke to 2G,25c l and December to 23.9ac, making net declines of 40 to 47 points during the
 middle of the morning. The more UT gent offerings appeared to have been
 absorbed at this level, however, and 1 the market firmed up later in the day, with July relatively firm on covering l and trade buying.
 The high temperatures shown in the southwest by detailed weather reports seemed to revive the nervousness over Texas crop prospects, and the market was also influenced by the continued | favorable character of the war news. i July reached the best prices of the l day in the late trading, selling at 26.6Sc or within points of last nights close, and the market closed at recoverieS of some t9 to 27 points from the lowest. A local authority estimates the acre age at 41,101429 acres against 3s,6S3,-
 045 last year. an increase of 3.59 per cent.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-22
REACTIONS OCCUR
 DURING FINAL HOUR
United States Steel Takes a Setback of Several Points
 Over Previous Day

New York. June 21.-Trading on the stock exchange today was marked by alternate advances and declines, the lat ter tendency prevailing at the dull close.
 Early dealings were very active. with strong undertone, suggesting con- inuance of yesterdays belated advance, but by midday much of the improvement was canceled. The reaction became more general in the final hour, United States Steel, for example falling back oyer points, with corresponding recess sions in other industrials, equipments and the war group as a whole.
 Forenoon gains of l to points among various speculative issues also expe- rienced sharp reversal before the close and standard stocks eased from frac- tions to IF points.
 No definite explanation for the setback was forthcoming, other than rumors of the refusal of the war board to grant the request of the steel and iron produc- CTS for higher price schedule.
 Further delay in announcing the terms of the mercantile marine deal also fur nished the short interest with a pretext to exert additional pressure, although shippings were not especially conspicuous at any time.
 Rails also Jagged, the only noteworthy movement in that group being limited to secondary coalers. Tobaccos, oils and utilities displayed little of their recent prominence and motors yielded moder- ately with metals.
 Liberty issues again featured the un- certain bond market, trading in the in- ternational division reflecting no pro- nounced trend Total sales, par value, aggregated STE, ,000.
 Old United States bonds were un- changed on call.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-22

charleston: Middling, soc. receipts, S2; stock, S9,
 Wilmington Middling. 2sc; receipts, [; stock, 36,672
 Texas City: Stock, 35,635.
 Norfolk: Middling, 29c; receipts POP; sales. 72; stock. 7S.240.
 Baltimore: Stock, 17.015.
 Boston; Middling, roc; receipts, 115; stock, 1S177
 Philadelphia' Middling, so.75c; stock, 76S6.
 New York: Middling. 30 soc; stock. 14S,95S.
 Minor Ports: Receipts, 10,SS1; ex- ports, 10,T16; stock, 1858.
 Total today: Receipts, 15,13S; exports. 19,SS1; stock, 1.157111.
 Total for week: Receipts. 47,641; ex- ports, 9O.337.
 Total for season: Receipts, 611S,S64; exports. 3,904,464.