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Evening star., 1918-07-14

patriated civilians 10 highly INSTRUCT
tive. Not only is a great and very
increasing amount of German energy
and trained man power and war ma
terial being diverted to the defense OF
the Rhine towns, but the interruption
Of war work is becoming an tncreas-
ingly serious problem.
Evening star., 1918-07-14
Five Uncontrolled Forest Fires.

SAN FRANCISCO. July 15.-Five un-
controlled forest fires were consuming
large areas Of pine and fir timber in
the klamath national forest and in
the Onion valley. Plumas county. the
United States forestry service an
nounced here today. Sixteen thousand
acres have been burned over already
in the Onion valley.
Evening star., 1918-07-14
World Of Tanks to Be Used.

Another important element in the
impending offensive will be world Of
tanks. The German tanks are like
fortified towers, much heavier armed
than the French or British. but are
practically useless when they have to
leave a road and slow up. The new
French tanks can turn in their own
length; the latest British tanks also
have a power of mobility of much
higher order than their forerunners.
The development of tanks is a re-
markable feature of the war and, as
they are ideal machine gun posts,
they will play more important part
than ever in the new offensive.
Evening star., 1918-07-14
GEN. PERSH|NG REPORTS
u. S. TROOPS HOLD LINES

Gen. Pershing's communicate an
nounced yesterday by the War De-
partment. follows:
Section Ain the Chateau Thierry
region q trench raid attempted by
the enemy broke down with losses
under our fire. Yesterday our aviators
shot down hostile machine in the
region Of Thiaucourt.
Section BIN the Chateau Thierry
region conditions on the day of July
| 8 to were normal. A German patrol
was driven back with losses by an
| American patrol in the Belleau re-
gior- There was much other pa
trolling activity on both sides, but
| there were no incidents except fire
directed from the German front lines
on an American patrol. There was
justment than usual. with the custo-
| mary harassing fire. Some shrapnel
was used. Considerable circulation
was noted in the Tercy region.
Hun Artillery Active.
In the Chateau Thierry region from
July to 10 the German artillery.
infantry nervously alert. His alert
ness resulted in the use Of many
flares during the night. His batteries
were active in counter battery Are
and in harassing fire on our positions
in the front and rear. There was
short concentration during the even
ing in the Vote du Chatel region.
Some gas. mainly Of the sneezing and
lachrymatory variety. was used.
There was continued intermittent rife
the Vaux area. German airplane aid
balloon activity was moderate. Patrols
| on both sides were active. without par
| ticular incident.
Along the Marine, July to 10. the ac-
tivity Of our artillery was the only fea-
positions heavily, drawing only feeble
response from his batteries in counter
| battery harassing and registration fire.
German hand grenades. thrown from the
north bank. fell into the river. A mod
crate number Of German air patrols and
large number Of German balloons were
| used In observation. An ammunition
dump near Jaulgonne was exploded by
our artillery.
Situation in Other Sectors.
In Lorraine. July to 9. the .enemy
| showed no particular activity except in
machine gunfire. Besides a large num-
ber Of bursts. his machine guns on sew
sral occasions fired continuously on our
POotliOiiS III pSAA0d5 Va AopA tSA
utes to half an hour. His artillery fire
was light. His airplanes and balloons
were constantly in observation. Our
anti-aircraft was successful In driving
back his airplanes. Our reconnaissance
patrols operated successfully.
The Munster sector was very quiet on
July 9. There was no fire from the
enemy's artillery. We drove or four Of
the enemy's planes. Our patrols were
active.
In the Woevre. July to 8, conditions
remained normal An American patrol
bombed German outpost during tho
night.
In the Thann sector, July .. there was
| no unusual occurrence except an in
| crease in the German machine gun and
rife fire.
The German airplane reported shot
down in section A was brought down
July II. near Thiaucourt. by Lieuts.
Jones and Tobin. As a result Of their
fire the German plane fell in flames.
Evening star., 1918-07-14
Mr.. BAKER, AT SOLDIER
Event, GIVES WAR AIMS

Declaring that America will not take
Europe Is divided among the allies after
the war is won. Secretary Of War Baker
gave a brief outline OF the war aims Of
America in a talk before a number Of
soldiers from the engineer camp at
Camp Leach. at the Y. W. c. A Coun-
try Club on Wisconsin avenue last
night.
I'VE will not have a peace which will
end in a Roman triumph, with the
provinces Of the defeated nation dragged
through the court of arbitration as the
pivot upon which peace hangs" he
said. 1--WE will end this war as a
civilized and free people, in a twentieth
century manner.
Make War In Christian Spirit.
'"The war is not Of our making and
we would have avoided it II we could.
but now that we are In 1t we must use
every energy to win in as short a time
as possible. We are not going to i'm
lnightly and chivalrous manner. disre-
garding the foul tricks Of our antago-
nists, make war in Christian spirit"
Speaking of his recent trip to
France, the Secretary salo:
Great Britain, France and Belgium
have been waiting for America, the
twentieth century knight errant, and
now they are beginning to feel the
might of his army as they strain,
shoulder to shoulder. to throw back
the common foe.
Activities in France seem normal
back Of the lines, but when q visitor
gets within ten miles OF the front
line then he sees the devastation of
war in all its horror Behind the front
| lies a strip of country from three to
twenty miles wide, torn up by shells
and roads and rendered unfit for cul-
tivation for all time"
Following Mr.. Bakers speech, 200
soldiers from the engineer camp per-
formed the snake dance In and out
among the trees in the garden back
Of the clubhouse. The Secretary was
introduced by Mrs. William Hamilton
Bayly, president Of the Washington
branch of the Y. W. c. A.
Evening star., 1918-07-14

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Ia want ad in The Star will reach the
person who will I'LL your need.
Evening star., 1918-07-14
AUSTRIAN RETREAT
TOTALS z MILES
Enemy's Retregrade Move
nent in Albania Affects
Front of Eighty.
ALLIES PUSHING AHEAD
By the Associated Press.

| By the Associated Press.
The Albanian campaign. although
entirely subsidiary to the operations
on the western front, has continued
to be the most active theater OF war.
so far as extensive gains of ground
are involved. The advance. made
mainly by the l alians with the
French on the right flank, has al
ready reached a maximum depth of
| twenty-five miles on a front of some
eighty miles, Strengthening the allied
line as it runs from the Adriatic and
links up with the Macedonian front.
Austrians Reach Organized Line.
PARIS. July 13.-An official report
says:
Easter theater, July 12.-There
were patrol encounters in Struma,
where Greek troops dispersed a Bull
garian detachment. and at the Cerna
ed by both sides in the neighborhood
Of Doiran. east of the Vardar. and in
the region of the lakes. In the course
of aerial engagements an enemy air.
plane was forced by the British to
land near Doiran. In Albania the enc
my has retreated on an organized line
| delimited by Pashtani. SeIchani. Hill
500. the confluence of the Tomorica
and the Dovoli and kurshova. The
troops has increased to 40. The enc
my suffered very heavy losses during
his retreat"
! italian Official Report.
ROME, July 13.-The official COM
munication issued by the war office
today says:
Yesterday afternoon large enemy
detachments began to attack our po-
sition on the Cornone slopes. Our
garrison attacked the enemy with the
trenches. Numerous dead were left
behind the lines, sixty-six men were
taken prisoner and four machine guns
were captured.
| '.on the remainder Of the front the
fighting was moderate. At the Pa
subio both artilleries were active.
Enemy "Reminiscences in the Fren-
zela and Brenta valleys were checked.
Ten hostile airplanes were brought
down.
In Albania. our troops maintain
contact with the enemy on his new
line north of the Semeni. East of
the lower Devoli retreating columns
of the enemy were dispersed by our
Idetachments Thursday night. Be-
tween the Serneni and the Voyusa the
clearing of the ground and the gath
ering up of booty continues. The
number Of prisoners taken since July
6 is more than 1,S0O."
Austrian Report.
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FURTHER ADVANCE
MADE BY FRENCH
BELOW SOISSONS
Continued from First Page.)

Of surprise cannot help the Germans
this time.
That the Germans have had good
troops undergoing intensive training
back Of the war areas is proved by
tho poor material found in the front
line trenches during the recent raids.
Crucial Test for Shock Troops.
This offensive will be the crucial test
Of the value Of his scheme Of relying
mainly on shock troops consisting OF
battalions formed by extracting ali the
best material from his infantry, and
constituting them into a species Of mill
tary aristocracy. These formations of
special troops are always an identifying
mark of barbaric armies and nothing
like them can be found in the French,
American. British or Italian armies,
where all infantry except perhaps the
guards battalions are trained alike and
relied upon alike. 1t has been found
lately that Germany's ordinary infantry
Is unable to retain the gains made by
her shock troops, which intensifies the
strain on the latter, and on the German
war organization. The fighting of her
shock troops is admittedly fine, but at
the expense Of the fighting quality OF
her other troops.
Evening star., 1918-07-14
Austrian Report.

VIENNA. via London. July 13-The
Austrian war Office announces that
reconnoitering engagements have
taken place on the Venetian mountain
front.
Evening star., 1918-07-14

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Evening star., 1918-07-14

This knowledge is at the service
of truck users.
The manufacturers and large users
Of trucks know and use this serv-
ice. It is offered to smaller users
as well.
New-York tribune., 1918-08-27

This was the opinion Of attorneys
for the claimants yesterday, following
the decision of United States District
Judge Julius NJ. Mayer, which was filed
late Saturday in the Admiralty branch
of the United States District Court,
and which holds that the German gov
ernment and not the Cunard Steamship
Company, Limited, IS liable.
George Whitefield Belts. jr. of the
firm of Hunt. Hill G. Belts. said yes
terday that it had not been determined
whether an appeal would be taken
from Judge Mayors decision. The
firm represents the Lusitania surviv-
ors' committee, of which Ogden H.
Hammond, 80 Maiden Lane, is chair
man. The aggregate claim is for
S5,S83,497, made by sixty-seven claim
ants. If no appeal is taken there will
be no further litigation during the
war
In the mean time claims are being
New-York tribune., 1918-08-27

filed with the State Department far j.,
excess Of those involved in the casa
disposed of by Judge Mayer.
At Mr.. Betts's office, 1870 Broadwa,
yesterday. this statement was issued.
"Mr. Belts calls attention to the fact
of the great value of Judge Mavor,.
decision in support of the claims which
his firm already has filed against tha
German government with the State De
partment of this country, in that ths
opinion, in unequivocal terms. places
the liability squarely Up to the Ger.
man government, from which, as or;o-
inaay contemplated, full reparat;o,
will be exacted by this government"
The claims filed at Washington in
clude those involved in the New YorL
suit and about forty others. Tha
claims are based on the earning cs .0
pacity of those who perished for tba
period they probably would have lived
The claim of the heirs of Ebert Hnh'
bard, which only recently was flsa
is for s500000, while that for the loss
of Alice Hubbard Is for $3.50 600
New-York tribune., 1918-08-27
Real Food Economy
Planned for u. s.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 26.-Food Ad-
ministrator Herbert Hoover to-day told
President Wilson the details of his trip
abroad, of the arrangements regarding
foodstuffs made with the governments
of Allied nations and of the part which
the United States must play in added
economy of wheat, fats and sugar
The wheat situation was touched
upon at the conference and the amount
of this cereal to be shipped to the
Allies and the price to be paid for it
were mentioned. but no conclusions
we're reached. Decision On the question
Of wheat shipments is expected to be
reached late this week after confer
ences with other officials.
Mr.. Hoover said after his conference
with the Pres dent that the food ad-
ministration has in view no new volun-
'tary "rationing" plans for the people
of the United States, but that a cam
pagn with economy" for it's watch
word is planned. He said the people
of America have not yet been intro
duced to economy as it is known in
Europe, despite the savings Of wheat
and sugar that have been effected as
the instance of the food administra-
ton through economy campaigns.
New-York tribune., 1918-08-27
Airplane Ambulances
Proving Successful

WASHINGTON, Aug. 26. Airplane
ambulances to carry injured aviators
quickly from the scene of an accident
to a field hospital are to be provide
et all flying fields. Successful expert
ments with the ambulance plane al
Gerstner Field, Lake Charles, La, lee
to their introduction at nine Texas
fields and the War Department an
nounced to-day that all field com,
manders had been instructed to follow
the example
The planes are used especially in
cases of accidents at distance, as
in places difficult to reach quickly with
automobile ambulances. An automobile
follows the plane as rapidly as posi-
BILE
A standard training plane is used
for the ambulance. The rear cockpit
is cleared and enlarged sufficiently to
permit combination stretcher seat to
be placed in it. The injured man is
placed with his head toward the pilot
and rests easily,
New-York tribune., 1918-08-27
League of Nations
Cannot End Wars,
Roosevelt Declares
Advocates Acceptance of
Any Reasonable Proposal
to Safeguard Peace

SPRINGFIELD, III. Aug. 26.-Speed
up the war, prepare to defend ourselves
afterward and make ready to solve
the industrial social problems which
will come with peace, were the demands
of Theodore Roosevelt expressed in an
address, he delivered here to-day at
the centennial celebration Of the ad-
mission of Illinois to statehood.
"The two great needs of the mo-
ment," he said, care to insist upon
thoroughgoing and absolute American
ism throughout this land, and TO speed
up the war; and secondarily. to these
needs come the needs of beginning,
even now, to make ready to prepare
for the tasks that are to come after
the war, the task Of preparing so that
never again shall war find US helpless,
and the task of preparing for the
social and industrial problems which
this earth shaking conflict of giants
will leave in its ruinous wake.
eve are not intcrnatonalists. We
are American nationalists We intend
to do justice to all other nations. But
IN the last four years the, professed
lnternationalists like the profound pac-
fists have played the game of brutal
German autocracy; the game of the
militaristic and capitalistic tyranny
which now absolutely rules the Prus-
sianized Germany of the Hohenzollerns
American pacifism has been the tool
and ally of German militarism, and
for nj
resent, deep disloyalty to our beloved
country.
Let our people remember that for
the two and half years before we en-
tered the war the pacfists clamorouslv
insisted that if we kept unprepared we
would avoid war. Well, we tried the
experiment. We kept completely un-
prepared Even after we broke off
diplomatic relations with Germany we
refused to make the slightest prepara-
ton. And, nevertheless, we drifted into
the war. Pacifism and unpreparedness
never. keep a nation out of war. Thev
invite war; and they insure that if war
comes it shall be costly and long drawn
out and bloody
For the moment the pacifsts and
lnternationalists and pro- Germans dare
not be noisy. But let our people be-
ware of them as soon as the peace
ieeo1ia eloiS peein ana from that time
onward. They have worked together
in the past and they will work to-
gether, in the future, the pro- Germans
furnishing the most powerful and most
sinister element of the combination
while the pacifists and the internation-
alists prance in the foreground and
furnish the rhetoric.
Let us remember this when the
peace comes. Don't trust the pacifsts;
they are the enemies of righteousness.
Don't trust the internationalists; they
are the enemies of nationalism and
I Americanism."
New-York tribune., 1918-08-27

Powers side in the war made them
thoroughly angry"
In one of his articles Odell quoted
Count Ransan, the German Minister at
Copenhagen, as having said to him:
about the only wise political brains
we have left in Germany are in the
Social Democratic party"
Mr.. Becker said that one of Odell's
policies was to try to create the i'm
preston in this country that the views
of President Wilson carried great
weight in Germany.
"To their initial desire for peace.
which began to manifest itself year
ago." Odell wrote, "the German masses
have now added the wish to live on a
par witt. he rest of the civilized
world. Those principles of peace, first
enunciated by President Wilson and
restated by the Russian revolutionists.
struck responsive chord in the hearts,
of the German people.
New-York tribune., 1918-08-27
Bankers Son, 3, Missing
Mother Blames Estranged
Husband for Disappearance

Police last night began search
for the three-y -yar-old son of Joel
Wolfe Thorne, at the instance of the
boys mother, who lives at East Sew
enty- sixth Street. Thorne is a banker,
son of the late Samuel e. Thorne. Mrs.
Thorne said that her husband, from
whom she has been separated, induced
the boy to leave town with his nurse,
Helen Karrigan.
Thorne and his wife were married
seven years ago at the Plaza Hotel.
Subsequently Mrs. Thorne was placed
under observation in the psychopathic
ward at Bellevue Hospital. Thorne and
his wife, it is said, separated on the
third anniversary of their sons birth.
New-York tribune., 1918-08-27

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finish. compartment for cigars, etc;
drawer and shelf underneath; top 12
inches square; 27 inches high orer
oil; untitled ...... SI< 5O
1hermos jug, quart size, extra S8.75
Crystat cut glasses, each. .... 7,5c
Basket, at right, Of ;yory-white
enamel finish; zcicker sides; I'm
inches square at top; 161z inches
high. s8 m
Gold plated monogram, on a leather
shield, to order, ertra. S7..5O
New-York tribune., 1918-08-27
Capt. Barbour, State Police
Official, Enters u. S. Army
Especial Dispatch to The T,1bune)

(Spectdl Dispatch to The T,1bune)
ALBANY, Aug. 26.-Captain Percy e.
Barbour, of New York City, resigned
to-day as Deputy Superintendent of
State Police to take a commission as
captain of engineers in the United
States army. He was formerly manag
ing editor of "The Engineering and
Mining Journal" He served under
Major Chandler, superintendent of the
State Police, on the Mexican border in
the New York State National Guard
Captain Barbour was mining engi-
neer in the West for many years.
He will be succeeded by Captain
George P. Dutton, of Troop of the
State Police and formerly of New
York City.
New-York tribune., 1918-08-27
Germans OFF Nova Scotia
Use Torpedoes, Shells
and Bombs
Five Persons Injured,
But All Reach Ports
Attacks on Defenceless
Craft Near Miquelon Re-
ported to Washington

ST. PIERRE. Miquelon, Aug. 26. -
The steamer Eric, of 600 tons, has been
sunk by she'll fire, presumably by the
same submarine which sent four fish
ing schooners to the bottom on Sun
day off this island Five of the crew
Johns N. F., were wounded.
The crews of all the sunken vessels,
numbering about ninety men, have
been landed here.
According to information given by
members of the crews the fishing
schooners were the j. J. Flaherty, of
Gloucester, Mass; the C. M. Walters,
the f. B. Walters and the Verna D..
Adams, all of Lunenburg, N. S.
News of the sinking of four fishing
schooners by a German submarine was
brought here to-day by the crew of
the E. B. Walters, Of Lunenburg, N. S.,
one of the vessels destroyed.
GLOUCESTER, Mass, Aug. 2e.-
Sinking of the Gloucester fishing
schooner J. j. Flaherty by a German
submarine was reported in a message
received here to-day by the owners
from Captain Charles T. Gregory, who,
with his crew of twenty-four, has
landed safely at St. Pierre, Miquelon
Captain Gregory did not tell where
or when his vessel was sent down, the
message merely stating "Torpedoed; all
hands saved and at st. Pierre"
New-York tribune., 1918-08-27
Escapes in Nightgown

CALDWELL, N. j., Aug. 26.-Wear-
ing only badly torn nightgown, Mary
Woitkowski. fifty years old, a patient
from the Essex County Hospital for
the Insane, at Overbrook, is in the
Orange Mountain Woods.
Miss Woitkowski was committed
last week as mildly demented. On Sat
urday she tore wire screen from a
window of her dormitory, on the sec
ond floor, after she had undressed for
bed. AS she climbed out an attendant
seized her, but she jumped and ran to
the woods
Guards from the hospital, policemen
from Vernona. Caldwell and Cedar
Grove and scores of civilians are hunt
ing for the woman.
New-York tribune., 1918-08-27
Cross "Ouernight" Case

For wonaen, "suit cnse' design, celtu-
lOid foilet and manicure fttinos.
coLored morocco teather; moiye sitk
lining; lock and key; sfzes III and Is
spch;; complete. ts.......... S30-S4I
New-York tribune., 1918-08-27
Ford Offers More Plants

. DETROIT, Aug. 26-The Ford Motor
Company has offered its thrty-one
assembling and service plants in
various parts of the country to the
government, it was announced here to-
Day. One OF the Eastern plants already
has been accepted by the government.
1T was stated, and is being used in the
production of gas masks.
New-York tribune., 1918-08-27
Lusitania Claims
Likely to Go Over
Until After War
Full Reparation Will Be
Exacted of Germany,
Attorneys Say

The heirs of those who perished on
the Lusitania when it was torpedoed
by a German submarine, on May T.
1915, and of others who suffered loss
through the sinking of the liner, prob
ably will have to wait until after the
war to press their claims for redress.
New-York tribune., 1918-08-27
Child Killed by Fall

Mary Cahill, twelve years old, of 32e
East Fortieth Street, was instantly
killed yesterday afternoon when she
attempted to jump across an airshaft
from the roof of her home to that OF
the adjoining apartment house. The
child missed her footing and fell -four
stories to an areaway below.
New-York tribune., 1918-08-27
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