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New-York tribune., 1918-02-17
Theatrical War Is On
The Rialto Cannot Make Out Whether
Shuberts Are Taking Paris of K. & E.
or Making a Vain Attack on Verdun

This story ought to be written in
two columns side by side.
The first column would contain about
one thousand words expressing the JOY
Of the Shubcrts at having gained dur
ing the past week the bookings of three
producers who we're formerly indepen
dent. The other column of the deadly
parallel would contain the only an
nouncement that Klaw &, Erlanger
were willing to give out: ave have
nothing to say"
During the last few days Of last
week the Rialto was in turmoil. The
theatrical war seemed to have begun in
earnest. and the Shubert offensive ap-
pearcd to have been successful. Yes
terday the announcement came from
the Shubert' lines that. the only neu-
trails left that they cared to win to
their side we're Cohan and Harris and
Belasco. The rest of the so-called in
dependents, they declared, have no
plays that they want.
An interesting feature of the war is
the attitude of Cohan and Harris.
They seem to be in the happiest posi-
ton of all. Their situation seems to
be much the same as that of Greece in
the great world conflict, except that
there are two kings. Sam Harris in
sisted yesterday that, if the Shuberts
had money enough, Cohan and Harris
would be perfectly willing to book with
them. Cohan, however, always having
his little joke. insisted that they we're
seriously thinking Of forming a third
syndicate.
Ts this third syndicate idea
serious?" we asked, as we left.
at is as far as I'm concerned" re-
piled Cohan, "but l can't convince Sam
that it's good idea-not yet"
When it comes to would-be diplom-
acy and politics the present theatrical
situation has nothing on the inter
course between nations. The matters
given out for publication are probably
quite the contrary of the truth. There
are spies and contre-espionage secret
New-York tribune., 1918-02-17
.AMUSEME>rTS
ADJUSTMENTS

'CESSEC These Theatres will a
OA00 including ngtons
New-York tribune., 1918-02-17
Berlin on the Job

Irving Berlin has written new son,
which will be sung at the Actc-s' Fund
Benefit at the Century Theatre FRIDAY
afternoon, March /, by Sidney Jarvis
and chorus of 100 OF the prettie,t
girls from the various musical come.
dies, and 100 United States marines
Arizona republican., 1918-08-24
BRITISH

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 LONDON, Aug. 23.-On a front of about six miles, from the south east of Albert to the neighborhood of GrandIcourt, east of the Ancre river, the British have pushed for ward and gained ground after heavy fighting, says Field Marshal Haig's communication from head quarters tonight. South of Grandi- court a German counter attack was repulsed.
 The advance of the British was to depth of two miles and large number of Germans were killed or made prisoners. Five villages to the north of Achiet -Ie- Grand were captured and the British pressed on eastward from them, says General Haig's statement.
 The town of Achiet Ie Grand has been captured by the British and also Bihucourt, just to the south east of Achiet Ie Grand, and about 2Ia miles from the railroad junction of Bapaume.
 The text of the communication follows:
 We pressed our attacks vigor- ously and successfully today on a front of thirty miles from Lhons to Mercatel. South of the Somme we carried the villages of HerIe- vile, Chuignes and ChuignoIIes, with the woods lying between the villages and the river.
 "ln the course of an advance of over two miles into German posi- tions great numbers of Germans
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Arizona republican., 1918-08-24
LATE DEVELOPMENTS IN RUSSIAN TANCLE
 HIGHLY IMPORTANT

WASHINGTON, Aug. 23.-Assur- ances reached the State Department today that the anti bolshevik govern ments at Omsk and Vladivostok are in full accord which, officials said, meant that all Siberia virtually is under one government with small portion near Irkutsk controlled by bolsheviki forces aided by former German and Austrian prisoners.
 Difficulties to Overcome
 The agreement between the two gov ernments was considered by officials here as one of the most important developments in the Russian tangle since the overthrow of the Kerensky government. The first difficulty the Siberian governments have to face is the eradication of the bolshevik Red Guards and the Austro- German pris- oners of war now fighting side by side They control the trans Siberian rail- road from lrkutsk on Lake Baikal to Manchuria station, about two hundred miles from Karimskaya where the Amur River line branches off to the north. Troops of the allies aided by the Czecho- Slovaks. control the Man churian line from Vladvostok to Man churia station.
 Have Little to Gain
 The Bolsheviki and prisoners on the Ussuri River are not considered here as formidable as they have little to gain even if victorious. Their hope is to get as far south as Nikolsk, about forty miles west of Vladivistok, thus cutting off Vladivostol from the Man churian railroad, but even if they suc- ceed in this it will not interfere with the sending of allied troops westward to aid the Czechs and Japanese in fighting the bolsheviki from Manchu- ria to Karimskaya, as the road from Port Arthur will still be open to them.
 When the allied troops reach Karim- skaya, it is pointed out here, they will cut off the bolsheviki along the Amur River branch of the railroad from their comrades between Karimskaya and IT, kutsk
 The stability of the Western Siberi- an government is shown by the fact that it has been in existence and prac- tically peaceful for nearly a year.
Arizona republican., 1918-08-24
Official Statements
FRENCH

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 PARIS, Aug. 23.-The French troops in their fighting Friday crossed the Divette river in the region of Evricourt and made pro- gress to the east of Bagneux and to the west of Crecy.Au- Mont, ly- ing north of Soissons, according to the official communication is- sued this evening. The text of the communication follows:
 Between tn Matz and the Disc there have been violent artillery actions.
 "We have crossed the Divette river in the direction of Evricourt. Between the Ailette and the Aisne We have made progress to the east of Bagneux and west of Crecy au Mont"
 Aviation: Our chasing squad rons have brought down or put out of action IA enemy machines and set on fire nine captive balloons.
 "Our day bombing aviators dropped 18 tons of explosives and urea tnOuSdnuS or TOunuS or car tridges on enemy assembIages and convc'' in the Mareival ravine, on the road to Soissons and Chauny, and on Vauxailon, Anizy le Cha teau and Laffaux.
 During the night, 25 tons of bombs were dropped on the sta tions of Ham, laon and Guiscard. We blew up the ammunition depot of Sommettes Faucourt. The rail- w-- stations of Mezieres. Maison Bleue, Mauchault and Pontavert also were bombarded.
 "A strong attack was carried out on the very important air drome at Mars la Tour. From the effects of the first bombs dropped fire of considerable proportions broke out. An efficacious bom- bardment also was carried out on other hangars and sheds and on the aviators themselves.
 Numerous machines on the ground were sc~- to be burned.
 "A total of 43 tons of expIosiv<6 was dropped on the twenty second day and night"
Arizona republican., 1918-08-24
MOVIES DECLARED
 ID BE ESSENTIAL
Republican A. p. Leased Wire1

lRepublican A. P. Leased Wire1
 WASHINGTON, Aug. 2S.-The mo- ton picture industry in all it's branches has been recognized as an essential industry by the war industries board. Chairman Baruch announced today that this action had been taken in line With Provost Marshal General Crowd CTS ruling under the work or fight regulation that the industry afforded useful occupation.
 Recognition of its value in affording an educational medium for the great masses of the people, as well as a wholesome cheap means of recreation, governed the board in placing the in dustry upon the preferred list fo- prl- ority. The extensive use CT motion pictures by all war recreation agencies also was considered.
 The erection of new picture theaters, however, will not be permitted dur ing the war. Saving of materials used in the manufacture of films, several of which are essential in the produc- tion of explosives, will be effected by a ruling of the board that only one negative may be taken of each picture. The industry also has been called upon to institute other economies in ma terial, chiefly tin and iron
Arizona republican., 1918-08-24
Freiehter Sunk; Two Men Lost

NEW YORK, Aug 23.-Shelled and torpedoed by a big German submarine just at sunrise Wednesday, the British freighter Diomed was sunk with the loss of two of her crew and woundinS of many others. 125 miles east of New York. Of the 104 survivors brought here by another steamship, many had been cut by shrapnel and scalded by steam when torpedo crashed through the boiler room
 Torpedo Kills Seaman
 Though attacked without warning, the Diomed'S gun crew answered the German fire but without effect. After their twelfth shot at the | boat. one of the submersi5le's shells disabled the freighter's steering gear. The raiders commander then supplanted gun fire with torpedo. As the projectile tore amidships through the Diomed, sea- man was killed. Others were caught in flood of steam as the boilers burst, and one died aboard lifeboat
 Submarine Modern Craft
 The submarine was a large craft of the newest type. with deck guns fore and aft. It cruised among the small boats. the captain said, and offered medical assistance to his wounded, but he declined, fearing ruse to make some of his men prisoners.
 The Diomed. a 4,700 ton steel ves- sel, was bound in ballast from Liver pool to New York in service of the British admiralty.
Arizona republican., 1918-08-24
WAGE INCREASE GRANTED

WASHINGTON. Aug. 23.ZIncreased wages will be granted employees of the Denver and Salt Lake as of January 1. and back payment made immediately The railroad administration will also make s600,000 repairs on the road. which is considered especially valuable to the national railroad system because it reaches a number of high production coal mines
Arizona republican., 1918-08-24
NEGRO SOLDIERS
 ARE CAPTURED
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lhCPipilCdn Ns GCdSCu tNHCJ
 BISBEE, Ariz., Aug. 23.-A military patrol from Naco. Ariz.. recaptured Privates McHush, Wilson and Hayden, tenth cavalry (colored) who escaped from the guard house at Fort Hua- chuca Thursday night, while awaiting transportation to Fort Leavenworth to begin serving sentences of 20 years, imposed by military court.
 Their capture was brought about by an attack on G. w. Atwood, a rancher. After riding several miles with him in his automobile. they struck him on his head and stunned him, left him by the roadside and made away with the car Atwood was found and the attack re- ported to civil and military authorities
 A civilian posse drove the fugitives into the clutches of military patrol few hundred wards north of the Mexican border after they had aban- doned the car.
Arizona republican., 1918-08-24
AVIATORS KILLED
 HERE AND ABROAD

WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY ON THE VESLE FRONT. Aug. 23.- Lieutenant Louis Verdier, formerly head of the Lafayette flying squadron, a brother of Paul Verdier of San Francisco, has been killed in action. according to information received here. No details are given in the re- port.
 SACRAMENTO. Cal, Aug. 23.-Ca- det Marion L. Burns of East Pasa dena, Cal; student aviator at Mather Field, near Sacramento. died tonight from injuries sustained in an airplane ! accident this afternoon. A compan- ion aviator, whose name was withheld by Mather Field officers, was slightly injured.
Arizona republican., 1918-08-24
SEA WOLF SUNK AF TER ATTACK
 LIN b|G LINER.
Submarine Said to Have
 Been One That Sunk the Lusitania; British Freight
 CT Sunk; Two Are Lost
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TOULON, Aug. 23.-The British pas senger steamship Randy, while between Malta and Sicily was torpedoed by a German submarine. Although the cX- plosion tore a gaping wound in her starboard side. the vessel succeeded in reaching the harbor here today.
 The U boat which fired the torpedo was sunk by patrol boats. Six of the submarines crew were saved, includ- ing the first mate
 German Officer Attempts Suicide
 The mate of the submarine when hoiSted aboard a destroyer attempted to commit suicide. He appeared to be insane. He said the lost boat had torpedoed the Cunard liner Lusitania and had destroyed an aggregate of 600,000 tons of other allied shipping.
 Killed When Ship Struck Mine
 Available shipping registers do not list the British steamship Randy and she probably is a new vessel
 Advices from London on August 10 said that Lieutenant Commander Schwieger, who commanded the sub marine which sank the Lusitania, had been killed when his U-boat struck mine in the North sea.
Arizona republican., 1918-08-24
Dead Germans Cover Battle Field

Crown Prince Rupprecht of Bavaria, the German commander, has thrown his in before the advancing British armies effort to stave off the inevitable but only to have them moved down again and again by storms of metal which poured from the British guns One entire enemy battalion was annhjlated during the fighting.
 Dead Germans in great numbers scattered every where over the battlefield As example 400 enemy dead observed this morning on one small piece of ground over which the battle had swept.
Arizona republican., 1918-08-24
PHOENIX SOLDIER
 XII LED IN ACTION
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OTTf K. Ont. Aug. 23.-Names of S3 Am cfas appear in three Canadian casualty lNts issued here today. Of the 1892 nfmbers of the Canadian ex- peditionar force listed. 249 are re- ported as lTiled in action, AS as having died of woHnds. 1.674 as wounded, 12 as missing and II as coming under the head of ''nlscellaneous."
 H. L. Chambers. Buckingham, Colo, was wounded, and F.. l.. Mason, Phoe- nix, Ariz... was killed in action.
Arizona republican., 1918-08-24
Battle Grows More Disastrous

Battle Grows More Disastrous
 With all this fierce fighting and not withstanding the fact that the British at many places have fought over open ground against an enemy protected in pot holes and strong points of other kinds, the British losses everywhere seem to have been extraordinarily light. This probably is due to the confusion the Germans find reigning behind their lines as they are fighting losing battle which for them hourly grows more disastrous.
 Grown Prince Rupprecht today had strengthened his line at many places, but this instead of stopping the Brit lsh, simply meant that the Germans suffered bigger losses.
 Battle Front AppreciabIy Widened During the night and this morning the front upon which the battle was being fought yesterday was widened appreclably both to the north and the south, while the ground in the middle between Albert and Beaucourt-s -sul- Ancre which heretofore had been fairly quiet, suddenly was drawn into the | whirl
 From the northern edge of the battle field to the south the situation at last reports seemed to be as follows: British Cross Railroad | New attacks from the river Cojeul and south carried the British across the Albert -Arras railroad cmbankment. l The British apparently hold Boiry-Be- [ cquerelle and Boyelles and have passed i beyond the Arras- Bapaume road. 1 The troops just to the south who. for two days had been fighting for and afterwards from the embankment, i stormed forward and reached Hame- 1 lincourt and are pushing on toward Er- villers. St. Leger and Croisilles Air planes reported that British tanks had crossed the road between Ervillers and 1 St. Leger, while some infantry was re- ported to be less than a thousand yards west of Ervillers some hours ago.
 Germans Abandon Positions
 At about that time an airplane re- ported the Germans had disappeared from their positions northwest of St Leger and between that town and i Hamelincourt and that the fighting British found time to cheer heartily.
 Apparently the Germans, rather than suffer more here, where they have met with some of their heaviest losses decided to get out. This locality was ono of the places where the Germans had doubled their strength.
 ?. Upset Enemy Plans 1 The fighting to the south of this region began in the night, when strong British forces assailed Gomiecourt just a few minutes before the Germans had anticipated launching an attack. Go- miecourt was British at daylight. As it happened the British upset all the enemy plans and, after killing many Germans and capturing 800 in the town of Gomiecourt alone they went on. At last reports they were pushing ahead steadily.
 Gomiecourt, by reason of it's terrain
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Arizona republican., 1918-08-24
STRIKE |S BROKEN
 BOYCOTT RESULTS
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 MONTEVIDEO, Aug. 23.-The long paralysis of port activities has been broken by the government putting soldiers to work loading vessels. This action was taken after striking work men had refused to obey government order to return to work
 BUENOS AIRES, Aug. 23.-The port workers union here has declared boy colt on all vessels which ordinarily should have loaded or unloaded at Montevideo but came here because the port of Montevideo was paralyzed by the strike. As a result seven vessels lie idle here. These include three Brit ish two American and two Brazilian ships.
 The union announces that the boy. colt will continue until the end of the strike at Montevideo which. according to information received here, has not been relieved to any great extent by the action of the government in re- placing the striking stevedores with soldiers.
Arizona republican., 1918-08-24
ENTIRE BATTALION IS ANNIHHA ATED
 BY BRITISH GUNS
(By the Associated Press)

XXIITH THE BRITISH ARMY IN FRANCE, Aug. w 2S.-4:3o p m-(By the Associated Press )-vc-
 torious on battle front of 23 miles extending from the Coeu river the north the Ancre and Somme rivers almost to Lihons the third and fourth British armies under General Byng and General Rawin- son at midaftenoon vigorously following up their successes of today which apparently has been of the most disastrous days experienced by the Germans
 The enemy has lost wide stretches of ground numer- ous towns, thousands of made prisoner and large quantities of materials and guns He also again has had heavy casualties
Arizona republican., 1918-08-24
GERMAN PRESS HAS
 AT LAST GIVEN UP
 EVAD|NC THE TRUTH
Republican A. p. Leased WireJ

AMSTERDAM, Aug. 23.-Empress Auguste Victoria of Germany is ill at Castle Wilhelmshoehe, Cassel, the Lo- kalanzelger of Berlin says. owing to oVer-straln from her war relief work. Physlcians in attendance promise her full recovery within a few weeks.
 The Ber'iner Nossische Zeitung says that the empress is suffering from nervous depression, due to her numer ous visits to the hospitals and talks with the wounded from the most recent offensive.
Arizona republican., 1918-08-24
ATTACKS ARE GREAT SUCCESS
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LONDON, Aug. 23.-Gen. Byng's att lacks are regarded as a great success. Although the enemy tried to avoid battle. he lost more than 5000 prisoners, besides great numbers in killed or wounded. The total British casualties have been well below the number of prisoners taken.
Arizona republican., 1918-08-24
AiRMEN BOMB COLOGNE
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AMSTERDAM, Aug. 23.-Five per- sons were killed and two persons badly injured and considerable damage was done to private property by. bombs dropped from allied airplanes on Co., logne carly Thursday morning, accord ing to an official announcement in Thursday evenings Cologne Gazette. a copy of which has been received here.
Arizona republican., 1918-08-24
AVIATOR KILLED

MEMPHIS, sTenn.,' Aug. 23.-Liaut- enant Samuel H. Topping of Bingham ton, '. ", was fatally injured and Joseph D. Cary. student aviator sus- tafnfd a broken leg at Park Field to- dayE when their airplane went into a tailsspin and fell 400 feet Lieutenant Topping died an hour later. The acci- dent is attributed to engine trouble.
Arizona republican., 1918-08-24
HOOVER SAYS AMERICA MUST
 KEEP PLEDGE
Will Share With Allies Their
 Sacrifice of Food as Well
 As Blood In the Cause of World Democracy
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 NEW YORK, Aug. 23.-The United States will share with the allies their sacrifice of food as well as blood in the cause of world democracy, declared Herbert c. Hoover, federal food admin istrator, on his arrival here today, en route to Washington after a brief visit to England and France.
 We Have to Make Good"
 Asserting that we have to make good a pledge to this effect which he had given to the allied food admin istrators while sitting "at a common table in a common cause" MT. Hoover said that, to do so America will next year have to supply the allies 4.O00,- 100000 pounds of fats, 900, O0O, 900 pounds of beef products. 500,000, 900 bushels of cereals. and 1,5OO,OOO tons of sugar. However MT. Hoover added, beginning September 1 there will be the allied countries, except in the case 
 Women Reaping Harvests The harvests of France, England and Italy are better than one could expect in the tremendous drain of man power to the front" MT. Hoover said in statement tonight. This is due to the women. There is no sight in the world that would. appeal to the American heart as that of the literally millions of women doing all the work of getting in the harvests while their men are at work in the shops and driv- l ing back the Germans
 Burden Falls on U. s.
 Of the foodstuffs which America must export, MT. Hoover said: Upon North America falls the burden of food supply. We have also to feed oul own enormous army. We can do il l if we simply have the will to live with every economy and to waste nothing.
 1 By the great efforts of our farmers our United States harvests are better this year but in order that we may l build up a surplus of wheat this year as against possible crop failures sucr as we had last year. we have decided to mix 20 per cent of other grains witt wheat flour in all the countries fight ing Germany.
 We cannot ask for better bread thar 1 France. Under these arrangements however, the bread situation in tho United States will be much easier thar i last year and in allied countries s:r enormous improvement
 Tt will be a bad winter in Europe because coal will be much shorter ther, 1 than even last winter and the healt! of their populations cannot be main 1 tained if they, in addition. are to b, also restricted in their allowances O bread and fats.
 Sugar Our Only Difficulty
 The only difficulty in the Unitet States is about sugar, and that is shortage that cannot be helped. w, cannot take ships from our army O allies and send them to the East Indie! to fetch us candy and sweet drinks and we will simply have to divide tn, West Indian sugar with the allies"
Arizona republican., 1918-08-24
OVER 50-MILE FRONT GERMANS MEET DEFEAT
DISASTER L N,A1T LARGE FOR HUNS
 ALL ALONG LINE
(By the Associated Press)

~ YER THE 50 MILE battle front from the region of ArIas to the north of Soissons the German armies
 are meeting with defeats which apparently spell disaster Everywhere the British and French forces have continued the attack the enemy has been sangunay worsted And the end of his trials is not vet in sight
 To the British, the 30 miles of the fighting from the Cojeu river southeast of Aras to Lhons south of the Somme numerous towns have fallen Enemy ter rtory has been penetrated to depth of several miles,
 Goodly Gains Made by French
 The French fighting between the Matz river and the territory north of Soissons Goody gains have been made in the envelopment of Noyon and in the general which seeks to crush drive out the Germans from the salient between the Somme and the Aette and to put into jeopardy the entire German line running Rems.
 The Germans brought up large achievements to stay Haigs armies but without avail. Where they able momenaliv to hold back their on-comng foes the Ger mans finally forced to cede the ground For their temerty they paid terrible price in killed wounded and men made prisoner.