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Evening star., 1918-08-10
WILLIAM PITT KELLOGG
| D|ESAT HIS HOME HERE

william Pitt Kellogg. United States
ex-senator and former governor OF
the state OF Louisiana, died at 1:45
this morning at his residence in the
Highlands apartment Funeral ar
rangements have not yet been COM
pleted
Gov. Kellogg was eightye-ight years
OF age and was the only surviving
Lincoln elector for the year 1860. He
was born in Orwell. vt. December 8.
1880, the son of the Rev. Sherman
Kellogg. He was admitted to the Il
linois bar in 1852 and practiced at
Canton, Ill, famous for its connec-
tion with the books of Mark Twain In
the days when the Mississippi was the
great waterway Of the middle west
Served in Civil War.
In 1851 he was appointed chief Jus
tice Of Nebraska, then a territory
and on the outbreak of the civil wal
he raised and became colonel of the
7th Illinois Cavalry, being granted
leave from his judicial duties by Pres.
ident Lincoln. He resigned from the
Army after two years of service be.
cause of i'll health, and resigned hii
Cnlcl JuStlCesHlp IN 1000, DeCoIllnE
collector of the port of New Orleans
His commission as collector for Ner
Orleans was the last civil commissio
signed by President Lincoln, bel
dated April 13. 1865.
Mr.. Kellogg was sent to the United
States Senate from Louisiana in 1868
~, and again in 1878. serving a,
Governor of Louisiana for the four
year period beginning in 1873. H.
was a representative from Louisian;
in 1885. He was a delegate Il
every republican convention from
1860 to 1896. He was a member o,
the District of Columbia Commander.
of the Loyal Legion, and maintained
a home in Washington since 1876.
Gov. Kellogg's wife. who was Mis-
Mary E. Wills Of Canton. Ill, diet
in March.
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NAVY CALLS women
FOR Jobs ASHORE
No Clerical Experience Nec-
essary and Pay Is
Good.

The Navy today offered opportunity
to women without previous clerical or
once experience to enroll in the
United States naval reserve force for
service in Washington and ut other
points where the needs Of the service
require them ~ clerks and messen-
gers.
Women between the ages Of eight
cen and thirty-nve years. possessing
high school education and good
health, are wanted by the local Navy
recruiting headquarters, 306 9Th street
northwest. for Immediate service.
They will be enrolled in the United
States naval reserve force At $3.50
per month. plus the present 50 per
day allowed by the Navy for subsis-
tence to its enlisted personnel.
Word to enroll all available women
who present themselves was given to
Lieut.. j. Frew Hall. the officer In
ters. yesterday as the office was pre-
pairing to administer the oath to
thirty men who had made application
for service before the order was is
sued which suspended enlistments In
the Navy.
The recruiting officer will set about
the task of securing yeowomen in the
capital for clerical and messenger
work in the various bureaus OF the
Navy Department to take the places
of men.
Desirable work is offered women
who are enrolled in the Navy for this
service, recruiting officials stated.
There is splendid opportunity for pro-
motion to the higher grades as the
yeowomen prove themselves compe-
tent.
Besides the actual base and subsis-
tence pay the Navy offers to every
woman who enrolls. $50 worth of uni
form equipment free Of charge.
Woman applicants who desire to be
enrolled are requested to call at 306
9Th street northwest for full infor-
nation as to pay. the character of
work offered and other details of the
service.
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slav in the volga region. have been
driven out and have taken refuge
across the volga. Some went to Ry-
binsk. where they tried to incite an
uprising in the town, but prompt
measures were taken against them.
according to wireless dispatch sent
out by the commissioner Of war at
Moscow.
The message says that on the
Czecho-Slovak front the soviet troops
won a great victory by occupying the
towns of syzran and vugulma, in
the Simbirsk-Samara region. 1t
claims that the city oAStavropol. in
Ciscaucasia, is on the eve of falling
to the soviet troops and that the
Czecho-Slovaks are fleeing in disor-
der from that region. On the eastern
sector 1T is said the Czecho-Sloyaks
are retreating before the soviet
troops
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by Won Butter. every moment becomes
more dangerous. 1t is deployed frsua
Montdidier to the Oise.
The country behind 1t is hilly and
wooded. lacking in roads and alto
gether unfavorable for the withdrawal
Of masses Of men and material
Through Neck Of Bottle.
In . retreat, Won Hutier would be
Obliged to use three high roads and
two railroads, which converge on
Roye like the spokes Of wheel. Be-
yond that town a retreat would be
dependent on the two roads toward
Ham and the Somme, one direct and
the other by way of Nesle.
From these geographical details II
yiD BE seen that Won Hutier. in a re-
trei :, would be forced to squeeze hie
hes " artillery and conveys through
Ro>A. It would be like putting then,
through q rolling mill, for the French
advance troops are now six miles
northwest Of Roye. while the center
Of the German front is eleven miles
south OF that town.
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FRENCH

August 10.-The French troops op-
Grating on the right of the British
forces continued their success through
out last evening and last night. Our
troops progressed east of Arvillers and
captured Davenescourt.
They attacked south of Montdidier
between Ayencourt and LIE Fretoy and
occupied Rubescourt and Assaniyillers
and reached Faverolles.
August 9 (night) ).-Continuing our
advance on the right. the forces of
the British and our own troops won
new successes today. after having
broken the resistance of the enemy.
We have captured the villages OF
Pierrepont. Contoir and Hangest-en-
Santerfe.
Beyond the railway east Of Hangest
we have reached Arvillers. which is
in our possession. Our progress in
this direction has reached fourteen
kilometers in depth.
Besides considerable material, which
has not yet been enumerated. we
have made on our part 1000 prison
ers. Our losses and those of our
British allies are particularly light
On the Vesle. American troops cap
tured Fismette, where they took a
hundred prisoners.
Aviation-The French aviators have
been a valuable auxiliary in the bat
tie to the south and east of Amiens.
clouds. which increased the difficulty
OF their work, our squadfohs made
numerous reconnoissances above the
enemy lines, taking part often in the
fight with their machine guns. Dur
ing the battle they captured four
enemy airplanes. Four captive bal
looms were shot down. Finally, our
bombing machines dropped nearly
ten tons of shells during the night
on railway stations in the neighbor-
hood OF Chaulnes, Nesles. Ham and
Roye. Fires and explosions were OBJ
served. particularly in Roye and
Nesles.
Eastern theater, August s.-There
was artillery activity on the Struma
and the Vardar. in the region Of
vetrenik. ana east Of the Cerna. In
the region OF Monastir an enemy de-
tachment which attempted to reach
our line was repulsed with losses.
In Albania, following their failure
the Austrians have not renewed their
attacks.
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Huns Tell Released War
Prisoners to Hold Siberia

SHANGHAI. Wednesday. August Z.
Negotiations between the Siberian
and Norvath governments up to this
time have been without result. ac-
cording to information received here
from vladivostok.
The bolshevik forces are increasing
daily and It is reported from western
Siberia that Germans and Hungarians
are now in full control of all red
guard and other bolshevik forces.
and are organizing them vigorously.
The released war prisoners, the re-
ports received here add, have re-
cived orders from German headquar-
ters to hold Siberia at all hazards
against the allies until relieved by
troops from Germany.
Evening star., 1918-08-10
By the Associated Press.

WITH THE BRITISH ARMY IN
FRANCE. August 9. 4 p.m.-The Brit
ish and French divisions have gained
more ground in the great battle
raging in the Amiens-Somme district
The latest reports appear to show
the Germans are retiring in great
haste.
The scenes on the battle-ground over
which the allies already have pass
ed give evidence of, this haste in
abandoned guns, stores. and even
regimental and artillery maps and
papers.
Aerial observers report large
streams of transports and men hurry
ing eastward in full retreat.
Beaucourt fell to the allied forces
this morning and La Quesnil also
was taken after hot all-night tight
ing.
The cavalry is working far back to-
ward the Somme and is still rounding
up villages. while tanks and armoteu roteu
clearing a way for the troops OF
killing horses drawing enemy sup
plies. The drivers Of motor trucks
and 1orries are chasing parties OF
them or running them to earth.
TANK Captures Town
The details of some of the work of
these armored cars show that they
have performed valiant service. One
of them ran into German hold town
yesterday afternoon while the German
corps stationed there was having
lunch 1t turned its guns through the
corps quarter windows. killed some of
the staff and then chased others who
escaped from the house. At Rosieres
another car set an enemy train on
fire.
a group Of cars met, far inside the
enemy lines, a Germany supply ool-
umn and halted it. Four mounted
German officers came up to see what
the trouble was and were shot from
the cars, which then proceeded to
make quick work of ths column.
At Framerville the cars engaged q
train loaded with the enemy and final
ly set it afire. Tanks entered this
town soon afterward. helped the ar
mored cars clean It up and then hoist
ed flags on the roof of the building
which had been German corps head
quarters. One car met high German
officer riding in an automobile along
the road. The officer was killed and
his machine captured
All along ths line this afternoon
snipers and isolated machine gun bill
let's were extremely busy, but these
were being silenced one by one as
the advance proceeded.
1t is reported that two regimental
commanders have been captured in
one sector.
Shell Ammunition Dumps-
Since daybreak the Germans have
been making an extraordinary effort
TO blow up with field gun FIRE arnmu-
milton and other dumps which they
had to leave so hastily yesterday.
Their aim was exceedingly poor.
The scene at Bayenviilers today is
typical of the rest Of the battle area.
Broad fields of crops or brown grass
fringe the town and spread for miles
over the fat surrounding country.
Abandoned German field guns are
here, with little piles Of empty shell
cases, and the bodies Of Germans are
lying here and there, telling the story
Of what happened. Lying Of on the
side of the road are enemy motor
Evening star., 1918-08-10
SEES NO PRESENT NEED
| Of WOMAN'S SUFFRAGE
.enator Baird Writes President
Wilson declining to Vote for
Pending Amendment.

Senator David J. Baird Of New Jer-
sey has written a letter to the Presi-
dent declining to accede to the Presi-
dents request that he vote for the
woman suffrage constitutional amend
ment. Senator Baird says In his let
ter that he cannot agree with the
President that the passage Of the
woman suffrage constitutional amend
ment is vital" to winning the war.
The Nationsl Association Opposed
to Woman Suffrage has adopted a reso-
luton thanking Senator Baird for the
attitude he has taken in regard to the
constitutional amendment.
Evening star., 1918-08-10

line for the German command to try
to readjust itself and to limit the
consequences of the blow devised by
the genius Of Marshal Foch.
Problem Of Commanders.
At this stage of the battle. military
observers here say, the problem fac
ing the rival commanders Is easily de-
skillfully at the point where the army
group Of Crown Prince Rupprecht of
Bavaria and the German crown prince
Join, obliging the enemy hurriedly to
reorganize the higher command and TO
place the armies of Gems. Won der Mar
witz and Won Butter under one chief.
This operation has temporarily
thrown the Germans OF their balance.
and it Is their object now to regain
ii. The task of the allies is to throw
the Germans still further on their bal
ance. That there must be change
in the German positions generally be-
tween the Somme and the Disc is evil
dent If the German second army and
part of the eighteenth are beaten.
A great part of the position of the
eighteenth army, which Is commanded
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BROOKS NO COMPETITION.
Employment Service Has Option on
All UnskiIled Labor.

Advertising. eithsr through newspa-
pers or by other means. to obtain un-
skilled labor by employers engaged
wholly or partially on war work with a
maximum force Of more than 100 men,
is prohibited by an order Issued BY the
Department Of Labor.
UnskiIled labor Is being recruited at
present through the United States em-
ployment servics. Advertising 10 held
to interfere with the activities Of the
service.
Evening star., 1918-08-10
BRITISH.

August 10.-Yesterday afternoon and
evening the advance of the allied ar
miles continued on the whole front
south of Montdidier to the Ancre.
French troops attacking south of
Montdidier during the afternoon cap
tured LIE Trohquoy, LIE Fretoy< and
Assainvillers. threatening Montdid!er
from the southeast. 'Over 1000 prls-
oners were captured by our allies in
this sector.
Canadian and Australian divisions
have taken Bouchoir. Meharicourt and
Lihons and have entered Rainecourt
In the evening English and Ameri-
can troops attacked in the angle be-
tween the Somme and the Ancre and
met with immediate success. By
nightfall all the objectives had been
tak<n, including the village OF Nor
lancourt and the high ground south
east of 1t. Counter attacks launched
by the enemy in this sector were
beaten on after sharp fighting.
The prisoners captured by the allies
since the morning Of August exceed
"a, 900.
August (night).-During the
morning the allied armies renewed
their attack on the whole battle front
south of the SomIne and have made
progress at all points, in spite of in
creasing hostile resistance.
French troops, extending the front
of their attack southwark, captured
the village of Pierrepont and the
wood north thereof. North and north
east Of this locality French troops
made rapid progress and realized an
advance of more than four miles in
the course of the day.
On the front of the British fth Army
the Canadian and Australian troops.
with admirable dash, having captured
the line Of outer defenses Of Amiens,
advanced beyond them to a depth Of
two miles after severe lighting at a
number of points.
Rafore evening the French and Brit.
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TWO AIRMEN DROWNED.

COLON. August s.-Ffrst Lieut.
Thomas R. Evans Of Santa Cruz Cal.
and Corp. George D. sensey Of Ridss-
fieid. Park. N. J.. wsrs killed in IN cir
plane accident
The plane u Nhieh thsy wsrs Ayins
dfopped Into Colon bay n forty feet Of
water. The men, strapped in the ma
china, ware drowned
Evening star., 1918-08-10
FERDINAND OF BULGARIA
NEEDS LONG REST CURE

LONDON. August s.-King Ferci-
nand of Bulgaria is suffering from
mental strain and needs absolute se.
clusion and rest, according to q dis.
patch to the Exchange Telegraph
Company from Amsterdam quoting
advices from Cologne.
The dispatch says that he cannot
attend to the affairs Of state for some
Ynonfhe
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MEETS TO DRAFT REPORT.

The Senate military affairs subcom-
nittee on aircraft, which completed
its hearings yesterday. when secre-
tary Baker was closely questioned as
to the present aviation situation, met
today to draft it's report. This report,
including the findings and recon-
mendations of the committee. will be
made public within the next three or
four days, 1t was announced.
Evening star., 1918-08-10
GERMAN,

August s-Between the User and
the Ancre there has been lively noe
turnal artillery activity.
Southwest of Ypres and south OF the
Lys enemy partial attacks, which were
repulsed. followed upon strong ar
tillery firing.
Between the Ancre and the Avre the
enemy attacked yesterday with strong
forces. Favored by a thick fog he
forced his way with tanks into our
infantry and artillery lines.
Between the Somme and the Avre
(Ancre0 our counter attacks brought
to a standstill enemy storming at
tacks Just east OF the line OF Nor
and Contoire. We suffered losses in
prisoners and guns. Among the pris-
oners we made were English, with
Australian and Canadian auxiiiaries.
as well as Frerch.
We shot down over the battlefield
thirty airplanes.
The artillery activity was revived
on certain sectors on the vesle. Suc-
cessful partial fights on both sides
of the Braisnes (vesle front) and
in Champagne northwestward Of
Seuain took place.
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Great Stores of Materials
abandoned by Fleeing Enemy

trucks, one of them with trdier
filled with artillery maps. some OF
The guns abandoned here, as else
where, are in shallow pits three feet
deep. Little holes nearby, covered
with curved iron slabs, snow wnere
the German gunners lived before tney
were killed or ran to save themselves.
Harbonniere, nearby, was shelled to
pieces. The gaunt walls show the ac-
curacy of the British artillery nre.
Debris lies all over the streets, Wnich
bear little signs upon which German
names had been written. Here the
allied forces found the house which
the German mayor of the town had
occupied. The whole top had been
knocked of and several shells had nit
the walls, but there were evidences
that the mayor had stayed until the
last moment in room on the ground
floor
Further southwark the ground here
and there had been ploughed by the
shells and the bodies of men and
horses were lying where they fell In
some places machine gun nests were
found which had been put out OF
action either by the artillery. tanks,
infantry or armored car. In one ma
chine gun which had been put out OF
business was lying over on its side,
while scattered around were the bod
les Of the Germans who attended It,
Apparently they had tried to escape,
but were prevented by tank.
Ground Dotted With Dead.
In the wheat fields. of course. the
bodies of the dead could not be seen.
but in many open places the ground
was literally dotted with German
corpses.
The allies inflicted severe punish
ment as they advance. In some sec
tions this morning burial parties had
already passed through. but In others
the dead are yet untouched. The
allied casualties. according to the re-
ports which have come in, were ex-
trernely light. For instance. one bat
TALON in the thickest OF the fighting
had only six men killed and four Of
ficers- and sixty men wounded during
an advance Of eleven miles. These
mer, were tired when they finished the
task before them. but today they
pushed forward again.
In the north 1t appeared that the
stoutest resistance developed, the Ger
mans firing a great number of shells.
especially across the Somme in the
fusse-Abancourt, Bayonyillers and
Harbonnieres are in the control Of the
British.
VrencheS Eoorly Built.
The German trenches throughout the
whole length of the front were ex-
tremely narrow and poorly construct
ed. This certainly was not caused by
lack of material. all kinds of which
are being discovered and used by the
advancing French and British forces.
Aside from the loss Of ground and men
this large abandonment of material Is
certainly the most serious to the
enemy.
The allied aircraft today heavily
bombed the German rear and carried
out q great number Of other flights,
observing the enemy's movements and
keeping his machines within the Ger
man lines. This forenoon the absence
OF German planes was especially
marked.
The British and French guns ham.
fhered away at the enemy all day,
moving forward whenever required.
But few German shells were coming
In.
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DEATH RATE IN NAVY
LOWER THAN IN PEACE

The death rate In the Navy for the
past week was IL per thousand. a
much lower rate than In peace times
The health Of the Navy. both ashore
and afioat, continues excellent, Sccre-
tary Daniels said today in announc-
ing the record.
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ITALIAN.

August Yesterday morning
enemy detachments twice attacked
the Col del Rosso salient. but were
repulsed.
We have bombed the military estab-
lishments at Palo. Near Trent two
hostile machines were brought down.
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OFFICIAL WAR REPORTS.

ish troops had reached the general
line Of Pierrepont, Arvillerss Rosieres,
Rainecourt and Morcourt.
Fighting is still continuing on this
line.
The number Of prisoners has reached
1900 and between 200 and 300 guns
have been taken, including railway
guns of heavy caliher.
Trench rnortars and machine guns
have been captured In large Numbers
and also immense quantities Of stores
and materials of all descriptions, In
cluding a complete railway train and
other rolling stock.
Our casualties yesterday were ex-
tremely light.
italian front: Thursday night our
divisions carried out eight simulta-
neous raids into the Austrian defense
system between Asiago and Canove.
The operation was successful, despite
vigorous enemy opposition. The en-
emy suffered heavy casualties and 315
prisoners. six machine guns. three
trench mortars. a searchlight and five
pack mules were captured Our cas-
ualties were light
Afrmen brought down eleven hos
tile machines and one balloon.
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ALLIED DIPLOMATS
SEIZED AT MOSCOW

Continued from First Page,
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AUSTRIAN.

August 9.-In the seven Communes
the artillery duel has increased to
great strength.
In Albania the lighting has died
down.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-12-05
100 OFFICERS ARE
RELEASED AT UPTON
Many NerD York Me- Re.
ceiue Discharges.
Special Dcspafch TO THE Sun.


CAMP UProN, Dec. 4.-One hundred
oflcerS. the first to be released from
the service here under the general de-
mobilization. received honorable dis
charges to-day from Col. A. B. Sloan.
the camp commander. They left for
their homes on the evening trains.
The majority were attached to the
depot brigade. among them being Ma
5or Theodore Berdell. III Broadway.
New York, commander OF the Second
Development Battalion. and Major
Arthur Dubois. 901 Lexington avenue,
New York, commander OF the Second
Battalion. Among others discharged
were:
New York-Lieuts. II. r. Sturges,
lie East Thirty-sixth street; Alex
ander A. Cremer. 1851 Broadway; r
NJ. Nasley. Madison avenue; V. J.
Vitelli. II Nassau street: w. r. Ed
wards, 80 Vermilyea avenue; Peter A.
Carroll, 2s5 East 161st street.
Brooklyn-Lieuts. c. W. Bonner,
41e Clinton avenue; Walter r Millar
395 Logan street: Frank f. Wellers-
lick, 112 Nichols avenue: s. Traina
236 Sackett street; Maxwell F. Law
ton, 2255 Eighty-third street; Milton
s. Beck. b6l7 Twelfth street.