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Evening star., 1918-07-27
EXPRESS IRISH CONFIDENCE.
A. 0. Il. Directors Adopt Resolu-
finn NJ Rnith IN pr..;5..k

ATLANTIC CITY. N. J.. July s7,-
Confidence in President wilson's fair
ness in the Irish situation was ex-
pressed in = resolution adopted yes
terday by the national directors Of
the Ancient Order of Hibernians. In
session here. The resolution. copy
Of which was sent to the President,
reads:
I'VE rest satisfied and have the
greatest faith In your Judgment. Your
oft-repeated assertion that small ma
tions be allowed the right Of self
determination encourages. us. Your
statesman'1 knowledge Of Ireland's
history and her national aspirations
mako ua feel assured that the sittl-
Atien VIII bs dsalt with justly at the
Anal reckOuing - - end OF the
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By the Associated Press.
LONDON, July 27.-Discussing the
latest operations and the German po-
sition within the Marne salient. Reu-
ter's correspondent with the Amsri-
can troops in France, under date Of
Friday, says it is well to remember
that the Germans still hold the north
bank of the Marne for some eight
miles from yincelles to Rouil.
This alone. he adds, is proof that the
enemy is Hot in a very desperate hurry
te withdraw from the salient, II it fa
not also a hint that he has a large
accumulation of stores near the river
which it is difficult to remove.
"The French guns In this sector,
the correspondent continues, Con
tinually are exploding great dumps
Evening star., 1918-07-27
10000 Germans Captured;
u. S. Lads Take Super Cannon

east Of Paris. 1t would be possible
to lombard Paris from Breezy. as the
Germans fired shells about seventy
five miles from the forest of st. Co
balm, when the big guns were first
used to harass the French capital.
When the German offensive on the
Marne began. on July IS, the enemy
resumed his long distance lombard
ment OF Paris and continued through
the 10th. Since then the German big
guns have been silent. 1t is possible
the esnplacements found by the Amer
leans were used by the Germans in
the latest bombardment of Paris. At
any rate emplacements at Breezy show
that the Germans apparently consid-
cred the place safe and counted on
advancing south from Chateau
Thierry. They now are two miles
north OF Breezy.
Evening star., 1918-07-27
.0MSK Government
ASSUMES CONTROL
ProcIaims Siberia's Independ-
ence and AnnuIS BOIShevik
DEGREES.
JAR0sLAV UPRISING ENDS

By the Associated Press.
LONDON. July 26.-The provisional
government at Omsk has assumed
claimed SIberia's independence, ac-
cording' to a Reuter- dispatch from
Peking under date OF Tuesday.
The provisional government has an
nulled all bolshevik DEGREES and re-
established the Siberian duma. APP
proval of these actions has been re-
qussted of the Vladivostok govern
ment.
A telegram received In Peking from
Omsk says that in view of the CO.
operation of the Czecho-Slovaks and
owing to the numerous war prison.
ers in the bolshevik ranks and also
the opposition of conservative quar-
ters and commercial and Industrial
classes who are undermining the pe-
sition of the Siberian government in
the eyes of the population, the COM
missioners of the provisional Siberian
government have decided to ASSUME e
supreme authority in Siberia
Bolsheviks Evacuars Town.
AMSTERDAM, July 26.-According
to the Russian newspaper Russky
Golos of Kiev. Bolshevik troops have
evacuated the town of Stavropol, in
Ciscauscasia. and the place has been
occupied by a volunteer army.
LONDON, July ga Russian wire
less dispatch received tonight reports
that as a result of the investigation
of the mutiny at Jaroslav many per-
sons have been arrested, of whom $50
were shot. q majority of them being
officers in the counter revolutionary
white guards and leagued with the
Czecho- -Slovaks.
Recently Niznih-Novgorod was
made the operating base for a coun-
ter revolutionary conspiracy" says
the dispatch.
"A number of those arrested will
be sent to Moscow to be dealt with.
Five officers have been shot for par
the councils authority in Moscow"
Uprising Is Crushed.
LONDON, July 26.-The counter
revolutionary movement at Jaroslav
has been completely crushed, accord
ing to q Copenhagen Dispatch to the
Central News quoting a Moscow tel
egram to Helsingfors, White guards
stan and all the leaders of that fac
tion, together with over 1.50O men,
have been arrested. the dispatch adds.
1t is said that es of the prisoners,
including Gen. vorovkin and Karpov.
have been shot.
The bolsheviki. the dispatch says.
state that they have seized a large
number of documents disclosing tho
plans of the counter revoiutionaries,
Evening star., 1918-07-27
French Score Aboue Marne;
! Also Strike in Champagne

with ths greatest difficulty over roads
swept by our heavy artillery and
bombed BY our ayiators. This is re-
sulttng In losses and delays and in the
Of munitions"
The Matin thinks that the Marne-
Rheims front will soon become box
like In shape, and points out that the
crown prince. II he accepts q general
engagement, will have to go into ii
under unfavoraole conditions within
the rectangular space.
Premier Clemsnceau's newspaper.
LHomme Libre, dwells upon the value
Of tho allied advance in the region
where the Germans had made their
furthest thrust toward Paris. It points
out that whereas the enemy but = law
days ago was little more than foYty
miles from Paris he has now been
hurled back until he is more than
hfty miles distant from the capital.
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GERMAN.

BERLIN. July 26. via London
The day has been quieter on the
battle front" says the ofiicial state
ment issued by general headquar-
ters this evening.
The war office communication is
sued today follows:
South of Albert We drove back a
British partial attack and captured
prisoners In a counter thrust There
have been successful advances by our
reconnoiteripg detachments on many
parts of the front.
Between the Aisne and the Marne
violent partial attacks launched by
the enemy were repulsed partly be-
fore the allies were in our fighting
zone.
"On both sides of the ourca the
fighting continued until evening. In
this region we threw the enemy out
oulchy-le- Chateau. and east of the
Oerts and south of the Ourca we beat
en- the, enemy's attack by counter at
tacks.
west of vinceiles -sur-Marne the
enemy after violent fighting also was
driven from our lines in the Foret
de Ris.
Southwest of Rheims we cleared
the wooded district west of vrjgny.
driving back 4 violent counter at
tack by white apd colored French
troops
I'm Champagne the enemy attacked
early in the morning between the
valley OF the Suippes and Souain. He
was repulsed by counter attacks.
enemy lost 90 airplanes and one cap,
tive balloon"
Evening star., 1918-07-27
PRESIDENT SETS ASIDE
0.HOUR LAW IN D. c. CASE

President Wilson today issued an
executive order suspending the eight
hour law governing laborers and meL
chanics employed by the District gov
ernment in construction of sidewalks
about new government buildings.
The suspension is effective until De-
cember !, 1918. Pay of those working
overtime shall be at the rate of time
and a half. The construction OF the
sidewalks. many of them about build
ings In course of erection, is declared
IAN emergency measure relating to
the conduct Of the present war"
Evening star., 1918-07-27

control. A hostile balloon was shot
down in flames. Fifteen of our ma
chimes are missing.
After dark our night bombing ma
chimes again attacked the feiiWays
at Courtrai and Seclin and dropped
over 800 bombs on rest biilets- All
our machines returned. 49,
Zone Of the enemy's night hying
airplanes was shot down by anti
aircraft gun fire behind our linss.
French Down Foe Machines.
PARIS, July 2e.-An official state
ment says:
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WARNS GERMAN NATION
|0F AFTER.WAR CONDITION

AMSTERDAM. July 77.-In an article
quoted by the Berlin Socialist newspa-
per, vorwasrts, DR.. Geors Mtchaelis,
former German imperial chancellor,
warns the German nation that there will
be time Of dearth after the war be-
cause Of lack Of shipping.
'Lst US not indulge In the idea that an
distress will come to an end and happi-
ness begin II our enemies indemnity us
for billions Of war debt" he added;
ny e nsriod Of distress. The biliiona % os
the war Of 1870 did us great harm"
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D. the Associated Press.

PARIS. July 27-The number OF
German prisoners captured by the al
lies since the beginning Of ths coun-
ter offensive is placed at $4,000 by the
Havas Agency
American troops have discovered at
Breezy, north Of Chateau Thierry, EN-
placements of German super-canbon,
which bombarded towns behind the
front and perhaps Paris.
Breezy. where American troops have
found emplacements Of German super
cannon, is a little more than seven
miles directly north of Chateau Thier-
~, which is forty-five miles east-noFth-
Evening star., 1918-07-27
BRITISH CASUALTIES FOR
WEEK TOTAL 1888

LONDON, July s7.-British casual
ties reported in the week ended to-
day total 1888. compared with the
aggregate of 1881 reported in the
previous week. These are divided as
fo,Iovs: Killed or died of wounds.
officers, las; men, LIZA. Wounded or
missing, officers, 304; men, 10,6sI.
Evening star., 1918-07-27
Schwab Takes Hold.

Three months ago. with a larseness
OF vision that won widespread COM
mepdation, he summoned Charles Ii.
Schwab to become director general
Of the Emergency Fleet Corporation.
Mr.. Schwab in the last few weeks
has done . great deal to inspire the
men to greater effort.
Hurley and Schwab work together
in perfect harmony. There is no jeal-
ousy or effort to gain personal glory,
Mr.. Hurley took the Organization in
hand when the Goethals-Denman con-
troversy was at its height, and in
nine months put the shipbuildine
program into gear. He realized, how
ever. that he needed the best men in the
country to help him run 1t when once
organized. Mr.. Schwab's patriotic re-.
sponse to the call meant success dou-
bly, assured.
More than a year ago Lloyd George
was dramatically calling for "ships,
and moro ships" America has
answered with many ships already
and, thanks to the wonderful achieve
ments of American workmen, there
are many more ships in sight. They
are coming fast.
And somewhere in the White House
today's anniversary must be bringing
genuine satisfaction.
Evening star., 1918-07-27
Telegram Sent July IS.

This telegram was sent on July Is,
at the opening of the German often
sive, which was SO promptly checked
and then completely broken by the
allied counter attack. Rosner. who
accompanies the emperor in these bat
tle-front excursions and describes
them in f1orid style in dispatches to
the Berlin Lokal Anzeiger. says the
emperor mounted the eighty-foot
tower early on this day to watch the
battle.
AT 8 o'clock in the morning" con-
tinues Rosner. .'the emperor turns to
a stan companion and says: The army
shall know that an with it in these
serious hours. and that my wishes
accompany it
"A few minutes later. at a shaky
table. by the dim light of small
pocket lamp, he signs the telegram
which he Immediately dispatches to
all his troops"
Hardest Job Before Us.
THE HAGUE, July es.-"The hard
est part of the job is still before us.
The enemy knows the war is about to
reach the point of decision, and is
summoning all its strength for a
final defense and counter offensive"
This was the observation of the
Rosner in the Berlin Lekal Anzeiger.
and apparently made on the eve Of
Gen. Fochs offensive. On the same
occasion Field Marshal Won Hinden-
burg gave Rosner the following
statement:
Hindenburg's Statement.
1T is to be hoped the people at
home are full of confidence. But they
are not learned in patience. l hope
nothing is SO promptly punished, as
oveFhaste is no good.
Preparation is half the battle and
the people must remember we are not
working with machines that can be
smashed as soon as the job is COM
pleted. We are working with the
most sacred thing We possess
namely, the blood and life of the Ger
man people. Our last reserves must
be strong men who will return from
the trenches to take up peace tasks.
We must not be left at the end like
smashed machines, but must be
strong and unweakened."
Evening star., 1918-07-27
REGISTRATION FOR 1918
TOPROV|DE 1000 MEN
z. 500 Who Have Just Reached Ma.
jority to Provide Selects for
August Calls.

More than one thousand registrants
are expected to be placed in class one
in the draft in the District as result
OF classification and physical exam
ination of approximately $500 twen-
ty-one-year old men of the class OF
1918 here.
Local boards have been urged to
exert every effort in the classifica-
tion and physical examinations OF the
newest registrants, SO as to make
available at once sufficient number
of men to all the August calls. which
viii be the largest made on the Ma
tional Capital during any one month
to date.
Fifty Per Cent Required.
Provost Marshal General Crowder
ha. advised focal boards that fully SO
ner cent of the total registration Of
Juns S, 1918, should be placed In class
|1. Careful scrutiny will be made
where boards fail to achieve this per-
centage in the initial class,
Dependency will not constitute
such a ground for deferred classi-
heation among the twenty-one-year-
oids as ii did among tho registrants
hstween the ages Of twenty-one and
thirty wears, 1t ID figured.
EEhaustion Of class l men. both
vhite and coIored, Of both registra-
tions Ia expected in the District with
the hiiing Of the August calls: Out
stsnding calls for white men will take
Within the next two weeks all white
reristrants of the 1917 registration
in class /. The August calls are ex-
nected to take practically All the col
ored registrants Of the 1917 regis
tration In class in the District.
No matter what per cent OF the 1918
men here shall be placed In class !.
n IN held that the August calls will
about exhaust them, and will leave
HE District facing September with
empty first classes.
AuTust calls throughout the nation
will be as great as the July calls.
which amount to about 100000 men.
By October, at least the entire coun-
try Will be facing an exhaustion OF
HI is expected by that time that Con-
rress will have extended the draft
age, or resource will have to be taken
by the office Of the provost marshal
general to men in class 2.
Evening star., 1918-07-27
HOME GUARDS TO HAVE
CHANCE TO GET RIFLES

The order Of the adtutant general pro-
hibiting the Issue Of rifles to home guard
examinations until the quota for the
National Guard Of the state has bsen
Aiisd was modified today 20 that the
st5!ss ssss n2t estnslsyt scssdsd. fos Ss-
Evening star., 1918-07-27
KAISER, WATCHING
DRIVE, WIRES MEN
Had Good View of Battle of
Rheims From High
Tower.
HARDEST PART AHEAD

By the Associated Press.
AMSTERDAM. July 27.-Emperor
William. who. according to his fav-
orite correspondent. Karl Rosner.
watched the battle of Rheims from a
tower which gave him a good view
of wide sector of the front. sent
his troops from this vantage point.
Rosner reports. the following tele-
gram:
His majesty Informs his troops
that he has arrived behind the front
of the attack and shall watch the
battle from a tower. His majesty's s
good wishes accompany his troops.
His majesty's word to his troops is:
With God for the emperor and the
empire"
Evening star., 1918-07-27
Building Worker Dies in Fall.

Charles Ford. colored. in the employ
of tho Industrial Engineering Company.
erecting buildings at the navy yard.
this morning fall from one Of the
structures and recetyed t1Juftee which
8 rsseltse q 7ss esss q sssz g 3 n g.
Evening star., 1918-07-27

(Continued from First Page.)
81 per cent completed, 10 that In a
short time they will turn out ship
every other day of $500 to $500 tons.
At Newark they will be producing
two big ships week.
Summarizing our rate OF production,
we turned out in the month OF June
on every week day the equivalent OF
a 10000 ton ship. In July we feacneo
the equivalent Of two 5000 ton ships
every week day.
to our own shipbuilders, who last
January had not figured on our
breeaking even with the submarine
before the late autumn Predictions
as to the future are still conservative.
made ma that Charlie Sehwab believes
America may yet complete her pro.
rram for 1918 and 1919 Of 3,46e ,972
TONS by autumn Of next year.
VIII Not Lack for Ships
So IL the war is still going on by
that time, America and the allies will
not lack for ships to carry men, mu-
nitions, aeroplanes, locomotives. cars
and other equipment needed to make
the allied offensive bigger than any
thing the Germans have yet tried in
a maximum effort to gain a decision
IN os,ne Ins wai back, however, over Ameri-
cas- performances. 1t IL necessary to cal
culate in potential figures. for most OF
the wear was spent in building ways
ana shipyards. There are now operat-
ing, for instance, 16s shipyards: with
spin 9pl Wsys and SIS wooden ship ways
either completed or under course OF
construction. concrete ways, 8 COM
posite ways and 10 ways devoted to
naval work
Under the proposed CONSTRUCTION OF
81 oioSt "three ships for each way" s.s4s 900
tons can be provided. averaging 1000
toms for the wooden ships. an additional
Tonnage of S,ss8,000, makes total Of
i3.o4l,0o0, without taking into con-
alteration what may be done on con-
crete ships.
has been authorised.
We have therefore actually deliv-
cred about 100000 tons In the last
wear and built ways that are about
to give us production OF more than
q million tons every three months OF
this year. with an increasing ratio
that ourht to bring the total up to
the goal Of 13,s44.o6o tons at the end
If next year
Port and Other Improvements.
But now tonnage is not secured
merely by now construction. I'm.
,royenents are constantly being ef-
fected BY the shipping board in oper-
alton Of ships and IN turning them
around at the ports.
For instance. about $500, o,00o. 900 10
to be spent in port and terminal ia
c;Iitiea all over the world where
American ships dock. % that they can
be loaded and unloaded with MAXI
mum efiiciency. The statisticians say
this will mean . considerable gain in
The gratifying thing about the ship
program 10 that when tho war Is over
and practically every other agency of
the government will have to scrap tts
Weapons .he United States will have
y deet OF merchant vessels bigger
than that Of any other country In the
world, ready to carry our products
and those Of other nations over the
sevan seas. building up = foreign trade
thai I'll keep oulr feeterteK 4q4 a2o2s
Evening star., 1918-07-27

ending of certain kinds of production.
Chairman Hurley has had the con-
fidence of President Wilson. Though
beset with difficulties on all sides, he
has organized shipbuilding industry
itself.
Evening star., 1918-07-27
YEAR OF HURLEY;
SHIPPING ASSURED

Continued from First Page.)
Evening star., 1918-07-27
FRENCH
THOMAS J. MOONEY

PARIS. July 27.-The off,cial state
ment follows:
"on the right bank Of the Marne,
French troops have advanced their
lines north OF Port-a-Binson,
"On the Champagne front the French
carried out a loeal operation in the
region south of the Mountain With
out a Name and advanced one kilo-
meter over a front of three kilome-
ters. Two hundred prisoners, of
whom seven were officers. have fallen
into the hands of the French
PARIS. July 26.-The night COM
munication follows:
South of the Ourcq there has been
reciprocal artillery activity without
infantry actions.
"On the northern bank OF the Marne
we captured at the close of the day
Yesterday Reuil and the Savarges
farm. We also pushed back the en-
envy to the southern outskirts OF the
villages of Binson Orquigny and VII
Sous -Chatillon.
THE total number of prisoners cap
l.soa the Il iStn a
On the Champag gne front our troops.
after having broken the German Of
fensive on the 18th and 18th. have
carried out during the following days
a series of local attacks. In spite OF
to the east of the Suippes an advance
of about 1900 meters to the general
line of st. Hilaire Grande. Souain and
LIE Mesnilles- -Hurlus. We have recon
quered entirely Main de Massiges and
reoccupied in this region our former
first line. During these operations We
have taken 1.100 prisoners. 200 ma
chine guns and seven guns"
BRITISH.
LONDON, July 27-The Official
statement reads:
During the night our raiding par
Ties entered the epemy's lines in the
neighborhood Of Sailly-Laurette, Neu-
yjlle-yitasse, Arleux-en-Gohelle and
Lens and brought back several pris-
oners.
.The hostile artillery was active
last night. between the Somme and
the Ancre rivers. and there was some
activity on the part OF both artillef-
les in the La Bassee canal secteF."
LONDON, July a6.-The British ON
cial communication issued this even
This morning a hostile attack upon
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OFFICIAL WAR REPORTS

posts held by us in the Aveluy wood
north of Albert was repulsed. A raid
attempted by the enemy during the
night in the neighberhoed of Vieux
Berouin also was driven off with
losses.
"A few prisoners were captured by
US early this morning in the course
OF the enemy's unsuccessful attack
upon our positions at Meteren."
Evening star., 1918-07-27
American Among Wounded.

OTTAWA. July 27.--G. r. Whitlock.
an American whose address Is given
as Iixa Oak street, Dallas. Tex. IL
1lsted ~ g9y2pded n todayss casgeity
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wife Asks Limited Divorce

Limited divorce II asked IN . suit
fled in the District Supreme Court by
Mary p. Smith against Thomas p.
smith. They were married 6eptsm-
!, ssr z. 3. 1886 and hays sis 81 dsses;
Evening star., 1918-07-27
GAMBLE TEST|F|ES
IN MURDER TRIAL
Says He Hit Werres Once and
Newman Finished With
Iron Bar.

Earl 8, Gamble, being tried at
Alexandria county courthouse for the
murder of John P. Werres. the WASH
ington jitney driver and government
printing office worker. took the stand
at this mornings session. He was
called by the defense, the state having
closed its case yesterday afternoon.
1t was understood Gamble would be
the only witness the defense expected
to put on the stand, but a surprise
was brought after he had finished his
testimony shortly before moon. when
Mrs. Catherine Burgess. who is also
implicated in the murder, was called
to the stand, but the court would not
allow her to testify, Newman was
then called. but. on advice OF counsel
gave no evidence.
To finish the trial as soon as pos
siple, this mornings session opened at
O'Clock and arguments of opposing
counsel began at o'clock, at the
opening Of the afternoon session.
Evening star., 1918-07-27
ITALIAN.

ROME. July 2S.-The Official COM
munication issued today says:
Enemy parties have been repulsed
in the Presena Valley. AS result of
a raid east of Zocchi the French took
fifteen prisoners.
Evening star., 1918-07-27

He told the court he went to the en-
gineers' camp at Laurel, Md, early in
April, and for a couple of weeks was
quarantined because of illness During
that time and subsequently while in
camp he had drank incessantly, but
never got drunk and escaped being
caught at 1t.
On the morning of May 10 Gamble
said he met Newman on the street and
talked with him, Prior to that time,
he said, Mrs. Burgess had insisted on
him going away with her, which he
did not wish to do. Newman knew
Mrs. Burgess and accompanied Gam
Die to the room at the hotel.
He said he saw Bob (Newman) get
the iron bar at the hotel, but he did
not know what he was going to do
with II. He declared that he did not
remember the particulars Of how he
ana Newman got Werres up the
bank and into the woods, but he'was
insistent that Werres was still breath
ing when he left him.
Went to Richmond After Crime.
From the scene Of the crime they
went directly to Richmond at a high
rate of speed in Werres' machine He
said that Newman was driving and
that all the way to Richmond there
was no conversation about the ira
gedy, the occupants being intent on
getting away from the scene of the
crime.
Evening star., 1918-07-27
Moving with DiMculty.

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