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in have been cut up. There are now about
seven German divisions holding the
front between the Argonne and the
Meuse
There was rather heavy fighting yes
terday in the center OF the First Army's
sector. The Germans are concentrating
trops in the region OF Cunel. Numer-
GUS hres were seen BACK Of the German
lines. notably at Dun and Fontaine east
or the Meuse. where elements of the first
army made brilliant advance Tues
day.
Our air service has achieved crushing
supremacy on the front OF the nrst
American army during the battle our
planes bombed German front line5, the'r
communications in the back areas and
their troops concentrations,
Eishty-two Planes In Air AZ Once
Our concentration of planes enabled
our airmen to fly In large aggregations'
against which the ordinary sized swarms
OF Fokkers had no chance. one lot OF
American bombing planes in action NJ
one time numbered eighty-two.
II was the greatest days bombing we
nave yet achieved Last night the ar
was filled with machines bombing inc
German areas from high altitude
There were many aerial battles be-
tween pursuit machines. patrol OF
three American planes. flown by Leu
tenant A. B. Patterson, OF Wilkinsours T.
Pa. I; Lieut.. l.. J. RUNNER. OF Newark.
y. j., and a third airmar, was attacked
by seven FNokkers. Instead OF heeins
the Americans gave battle and nrousn'
down hve Fokkers one OF our aViators
was lost.
Our alrmen also did valuable work
FOR the infantry laison and artillery
registration on the first good flying day
for the two weeks.
Two airmen. Lieutenant Erwin ana
Lieutenant Esterbrook, on a iiaison mis-
sion. ran into one German over Exermont
and drove him off. Nalf an hour later
they met a German nfonoplane and BIZ
plane and forced the biplane down, The
other ned. Ten minutes later they
chased another enemy out Of the way or
their machine. Over Sommerance they
brought down still another German. and,
having completed their mission. engaged
In another fight on the way home
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MASTERLY CAMPAIGN
BRINGS RUIN TO ENEMY
achievements Of Foch Haig Petan and Pershing Ouer.
s,ado,c Most Brilliant Pages OF the annals OF Var.
tme-Americans Shatter Foes Last Faint Hope
By e.. H. PERRIS

had broken the Hindenburg line near
Cambria. ON october I. Debeney broke
Il by the capture of st. quentin. Mansin
had reached the Aillette beyond NAL
maisou. Gouraud and Pershing touched
the second great German defensive post
ton between Monthois and the Meuse.
The abandonment of the enemy salient
In the Champagne, corresponding to the
retreat in the Lille salient, completes
the third phase OF the battle.
Iudendorn Outmsneuvered
Everywhere throughout this period. SO
short and vet so full. the once invincible
I.udendorrr has been outmaneuvered. II
is not pretended that his successive
withdrawals have been voluntary or
elastic: they have involved permanent
losses exceeding 100000 men. including
100000 prisoners, with thousands OF
cannon and scores OF thousands OF ma
chine guns. They have broken the spirit
Of the German people and produced a
radical internal crisis
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. disposition toward peace. With the
chanceIlor's speech comes news from
the east about the Bolshevlst Govern
ment's declaration which brings the
whole Brest-Litovsk peace in danger.
From the west comes the French state
ment OF the inhuman barbarism with
which the German armies destroy every
thing on their way. They will be
relentlessly punished. On the other
hand. signs are not wanting that the
Entente is prepared for German over
lures, II they contain the guarantee
which the Entente must demand. What
has happened cannot be compared to any
earlier peace feelers. The Central
Powers have, in fact, accepted the point
demands OF Wilson formula a. the
basis, but teleerams from London and
Paris seem to Indicate that the Allies
will not nnd this sufYicient."
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fOUUTlgI'. t'IN. ~ N'' lo''' '''''' W.
with tn. American Army In France
Oct. 10.
Since July is wien the tide Of whr
was turned. Marshal Foch has been
wearing down the German army until
he point has been reached where the
German high command has small and
tapidly dwindling force of reserves with
which to meet new attacks.
The first American army in the at
tacks between the Aisne and the Meuse
has worn out some fifteen German di-
visions. and believes that the enemy
will have great difficulty in getting the
next fifteen that he will need in thls
sector. All along the front. the Allied
attacks have been using up the German
forces rapidly.
The situation may be pictured by say
ing that at this time the Germans
have about ten divisions which have
had four weeks resi-. and that when
they started the series OF attacks on
March 81 they had eighty-two di-
visions that had rested four weeks or
more. Therefore. the German supply
of fresh troops is nearing the bottom OF
the bucket
ighting weather. Those five weeks hold
glorious prospects for the Allied army
and dire prospects for the German army.
We have manpower superiority and the
Germans. driven back from their old
ests blished lines at most points, must
fight in the open, where manpower gem
orally is the deciding factor.
What would cessation Of hosiiltties
now mean for the Germans? II would
mean not only that the German com
mand would have time to rest perha ps
seventy-five divisions in the next -four
weeks. but inasmuch as il would then
probably be rather late for big opera
tions. It would mean that they could
start right away the work OF organic
ing their damaged military machine.
and restoring its worn parts and doing
repair work which would be infinitely
more difficult than would be possible
| after FIVE weeks more Of drain on the
! dwindling manpower supply The Amer
! leans therefore believe they have the
4 boche where they want him and that
/ they now have about reached the point
| toward which they have been fighting
since July is. and that the Germans
should have no respite unless il Is GER
| tain they are to quit
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ARGONNE FOREST
WON BY ALLIES
Americans Have Taken Last
Barrier in Natural
Defense
FOE FIGHTS TO DEATH
Machine Cunners Hold on
Till End and Enemy Losses
Are Terrific
FOE FIGHTS TO DEATH
By EDWIN l.. JAMES
Special Cable TO Evening Public Ledger
Copyrioht. Iss. by Nee York Times Co.
with the American Army In France,

with the American army IN ffhhce'
Oct. 10.
The battle now has given us all OF
the Argonne forest.
We have taken the important heights
lust south of the village Of Marco and
from thence the line runs westward to
where our forces join the French at
r.arcon
The French advancing toward Grand
Pre- have taken I.ancon and Grand Ham
and have reached Senue. glance at
the map shows quickly what small
part of the forest is left in German
hands
Attacking agains, divisions freshly
thrown In. the Americans pushed through
the Kriemhild line yesterday between
Cunel and Romagne after bitter fight
ing. in which artillery played an i'm
portant part
East of the Meuse We held the post
tlons won despite violent attacks by the
Germans and we advanced our line TO
Sivry and into Chaune wood.
Two thousand prisoners were taken
yesterday
Tn. machine-gun hghting is very
heavy. our troops went forward yes
,erday in a heavy fog. which proved a
big help.
Bloody Fighting
The Hghting IL as bloody and difficult
as any the war has seen. II should
nut an end 10 the present talk about
German morale. Their machine gunners
fight generally until they are killed and
effect a formidable barrier to any ad-
vance. The nature OF the terrain gives
eNcelen, positions for machne-gun de-
fense.
Despite the protection OF the ravnes,
hills and woods being to their ad-
vantage, the German losses have in Two
days In the Areonne been terrific The
losses in dead are particularly high, and
the situation makes 1t difficult for the
Germans 10 get out their wounded
Three of the four German divisions
that were in the vicinity Of the Aire
valley when our attack started on Sep
tember 26 have been Withdrawn, and
two Of the other divisions that were put
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URGE NO RESPITE
FOR TEUTON ARMY
Armistice Now Would Give
Weary Enemy Chance
to Rest
NEAR END OF ROPE
German Reserves Not Believed
Sufficient to Hold Out
Till Winter
NEAR END OF ROPE
r, EDWIN l.. JAMES
eciaI Cable 10 Euening Public Ledger

ooDirjghi. i"ts. JD N"rr York Times Go.
with the American Army In France
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KERENSKY FOR RECOGNITION
Former Russian Premier Backs
Ufa Regime in London
Special Gable 10 Erening Public Ledger

" CSpyrtoht. 1918, bV Netc York Tunes 20.
London. Oct l0.--'rhe New York
Timer Washington oe--patch Rnnounc-
ing the assumption OF power by the
Isussia provisional government Great
ing the state convention at Ufa has
been read with much interest here
Kerensky ls now in London az the rep
resentative OF that body and urging on
the British Government it's formal rec
ognition. Of1cial circles decline 10
state opinion whatever on the matter
but your corresDondant learns that the
disposition Is to wait and see.
In Russia there are many govern
mental association OF all varieties OF
authority and stability and there IL A
dfsinclination TO declare for any of them
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k1lies' Flank Attacks Create
Grave Peril for Four
German Armies
5TEUTONS STALKING, ALL
Kaiser's Men Fight Desper.
stely, Called by the Bit.
terness of Defeat
By WALTER DuRANTY
rial Cable TO Erenins Public Ledger

Copyright. 1918. bV Ne,o Yori; Times Co.
4 Win the French Armies. oct 10.
q The Allied armies in advance or the
n tatesmen, have given the German arms
'uce proposals the only answer soldiers
can give.
fayorite headline IN the German
newspa pers these days is we are
stalking everything" the implication be-
Ing that. therefore, nothing must oe
spared. The headline contains more
truth than the German writer's realize
The German general staff is literally
stalking everything this moment IL
France to postpone. as long as poss'-
BILE the evil day when the order FOR
general retreat shall become ineNita-
BILE. That day may not be far distant.
IN Camprai has fallen. South or there
American, British and French troops are
fsrhting their way yard by yard through
what remains of the Siegfried line. That
the battle is hard Is easily comprehend
ed. A break anywhere now might preclp-
ttate disaster
In the colossal battle. which extends
without a break between the Oise and
the Aisne. and from Cambrai to the
Woevre. II s not a question Tor local
success or defeat Of one army. II II
question of the fate Of four Ger
man armies, those OF Won Hutier. Won
Bernhardt, Won Carlowitz and Won Mud
ra. which. stretching from St Quen-
tin to the Aisne. are pressed closely by
the French armies under Debeney and
Mangin. They see, on each side or
them, armies to the north and to the
aoo xsfa1dipO "a nDaitinn and
themselves obliged to- wait with what
composure they can for the day when,
their tanks being turned. they viii have
to retreat. these four armies. together
with their enormous material through
q country which can provide no more
than adequate road and railway faclli-
ties for the retreat of one army
Two Million Pace Retreat
II the Germans wait too long the
four armies named will be betw s-p the
hammer and the anvil Possibly eight
German armies. two million men. will
have to retreat between Nalencienncs
and the Meuse, and retreat in desperate
haste. A yard Of space on muddy.
rutted road will then he as precious
M II paved with gold. Men will fight
FOR marching room.
The station of Buzgny. where the main
railway line from Cologne runs along the
Sambre Bifurcates. has been under the
IRE Of British guns.
Oct. 8 tdelsyedb .-Foch and the Allied
SOLDIERS gave Germany their answer this
morning. when the fame OF battle blazed
up afresh after a brief lull on the ex-
treme right the Franco Americans at
tackled in the region OF Nerdun. Further
,,a nd 10 hall for
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time 10 grasp what was transplrine ano
then threw blocks Of stock on the mar
ket. There were no purchasers for thssr
securities and the Post says 1T II
genuine crash this time"
Munition stocks. such as Daimler.
are not quoted at Berlin. for there are
no buyers.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-12-17
Drapery Department Gifts
That Are Useful

First We invite your attention to Smok-
ing Stands, in mahogany and fuHed oak.
priced from $3.50 70 $1,000 eaIh.
Waste Baskets. 75c to $3.50 each.
Electric Floor Lamps. $50 and SIS.
White enamel Bedroom Screens al $40.
The Best Sewing Machines. S22 to S4s
each.
Cedar Chests and Utility Boxes, $3.7s
to $50 each
Wardrobe Trunks. $40 to $50 each.
Steamer Trunks, 81. 90 to $25.
Suit Cases and Bags. $3.50 TO SIS each.
12-4 wool Blankets at Sf4 the PAIR
Lambs wool filled Quilts at So. so each.
Library Table ScarfS from $3.50 10
$40 each.
Lace Curtains and Door DrapeTtes.
81. so to $40 the par
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-12-17
Joseph c. Brinton Suicide.

New York, Dec n Joseph G. Brinton
Of this city, until recently assistant
Secretary Of the Erie railroad company,
committed suicide In hotel here Sunday
night by shooting himself. Despontency
because Of failing health is said to have been
the cause.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-12-17
Were Used TO IL.

The systematic robbery of the German
treasury by the Kaiser should not make
the Hun slaves as hot as they appear to be
They have been winking at these practices
many years.-Rochester Herald
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-12-17
November Cotton Consumptioti.

Washington, Dec l4-Cotton con
sumed during November amounted to
457 ,376 running bales of lint and 63 1926
bales of linters, the census bureau has
announced.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-12-17
The Famous Pink Stamps Given On All Purchases
Black Silks for Christmas

Black Silks for Christmas
An acceptable gift always dress, waist skirt Of
dependable black silk nicely boxed.
Black Messalne yard wide rich lIsre, $50 to $2.25.
Black Peau de Sole. yard wide, at $500 and s2.25.
Black Dress Satin yard wide heavy quality 81 90 TO $3.50
Black Crepe de Chine inches wide $500 and 81 so.
Black Peau de Cygne, yard wide, good black. at s75 to
$2.25 the yard.
Black Crepe Meteor, 40 inches wide, at $3.50 the yard
Black Silk Popn 80 inches wide Very serviceable at
$125 the yard.
Black Chameue and 40 inches wide heavy quality at
$3.50 to $50 the yard
Black Radum Silk 40 inches vide soft finish at $3.50 the
yard.
Black Taeta yard wide soft chiffon finish $500 to
So the yard.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-12-17

TOILET WATERS
Audnut's Violet Sec, $1.0O, $1.85.
Hudnut'S in assorted odOrS. $1.00.
Melbd Toilet Water, Sl.0O, S1.5O.
MaNIS. S1.O0.
Garden of Allah. $1.OO, $3.50 each.
Violet Simplicity. Sl.0O, $3.50 each.
Azurea and Floramye, $3.50 each.
DER Kiss, $l.25, SITS each.
Roger & Gallet'S. $l.35 each.
EXTRACTS
Mary Garden, S1.25 to $500 each.
Roger & Gaet's VloletS, $3.50, S2.25.
Hudnut'S Extracts, SOC to $500 each.
Azurea Extract. $3.50 bottle.
Floramye Extract. $3.50 bottle.
Houblgant's Oueques Fleurs, $500.
Combination set of Perfumes, Powder,
Soap, Soc TO $1,000.
PerfumiZers, 85c TO $500.
Waterman Fountain Pens. $3.50 to
$500.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-12-17
Leather Goods For Gifts
Gloves for Gifts

Ladies French Kid Gloves in all shades
and contrasting stitching, at $3.50, SITS
and $500.
Ladies Washable Kid Gloves in all
the latest shades, at s.. 90 and $3.50.
Ladies tan cape Walking Gloves, SITS,
S2.25 and $3.50.
Ladies Mocha Gloves in brown and
grey, lined, at $500 and $3.50
Ladies fur lined Mocha Gloves in brown
and grey, at $500.
Children's Gloves in white and tan
washable kid. at SITS and $500.
Chlldren's tan kid and grey mocha.
fleece lined, at SITS and $500.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-09-28
THE RELIGIOUS WORLD
Cardinal GIBBONS TO
| CONFIRM CLASS Of 500
Will Preach Sermon and Admins.
ter Sacrament Tomorrow at st,
Martins Church.

The sermon at St. Martins Catholic
Church. North Capitol and T streets,
is to be delivered tomorrow morning
by Cardinal Gibbons. Following the
mass the cardinal will administer
the sacrament of confirmation to a
class of 800 children, who have been
trained under the direction of Rev.
Eugene Hannah. rector of the
church.
The cardinal will arrive in Wash
ington early tomorrow and will go
directly to St. Martins. At II
o'clock the solemn high mass will
begin in the church. Rev. John j.
Murray, rector of st. Elizabeth's,
he will be assisted by Rev. Francis
x Cavanaugh Of Catholic University,
as deacon, and Rev. Maurice B. Alex
ander of St. Martins as subdeacon.
Rev. Eugene A. Hannah. rector of
St. Martins, and Rev. Michael j.
Riordan, rector of the Church of the
Immaculate Conception, will be as
William J. Carroll of st. Paurs
Church will be master of ceremo-
MES. Other prominent members of the
clergy will occupy places within the
sanctuary. An elaborate musical
program will be given by st. Martins
choir.
With the exception of the seats re-
served for the children to be con-
firmed all in the church will be free
to the public. in order that many
war workers from distant cities may
assist for the first time at a cere-
moniaI conducted by Cardinal Glib
bonS.
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INSTALLATION SERVICES
!. TOMORROW AFTERNOON
Rev. Henry Manken, Jr., to Be In
Quoted Into Lutheran Church
of the Incarnation.

Rev. Henry Manken. jr.. recently
called to the pastorate of the Lu-
theran Church of the Incarnation.
established at 18th and Ingraham
streets a little less than a year ago
by the Alliance of Lutheran Churches
of this city, will be formally installed
at special service at $3.50 O'Clock
tomorrow afternoon. Other Lutheran
churches of the city will participate.
Rev. Dr. John Weidley. president OF
the Lutheran Alliance and pastor OF
the Church of the Reformation, will
have charge of the services. Rev. DR..
Charles F. Steck. pastor of the Church
of the Epiphany, will deliver the
charge to the congregation. Rev. DR..
]. c. Bowers of Gainesville. Nd.
former pastor of ST. Marks Lutheran
Church of this city. will deliver the
charge to the pastor.
Specfal music-will be provided. The
new common service book and hymnal
recently issued by the best authorities
on Lutheran liturgics and hymnology
IN the three large synods, which will
be merged this fall into one body
under the name of the United Lu-
theran Church. will be used.
Rev. DIR. Manken came to this city
from Baltimore. of which he is a
native He is a graduate of Baltimore
City College, spent two years in Johns
Hopkins University and graduated
from the Gettysburg Theological
Seminary.
He served as pastor of the Lutheran
, Mission at OneontA, N Y. for five
years, after which he became the pas
tor of St Luke's Lutheran Church in
Baltimore, which he served until his
call of this city. He also teaches Old
Testament history and biblical outlines
at the Lutheran Deaconess Motherhouse
of Baltimore.
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dent and citizenship superintendent of
the United Society of Christian En-
deavor. will speak on Found in
France" at o'clock Friday evening.
at Calvary Baptist Church, 8th and H
streets. At this meeting DR.. Polling
will make an appeal for the fourth
liberty loan. The meeting will be pre-
coded by supper at o'clock.
ss e u Il
The Luther Place Memorial Chris
tan Endeavor Society will hold its
usual meeting tomorrow evening at
7:30 o'clock. The leader will be Miss
Heke. an earnest Christian Endeavor
worker The topic is Lessons from
Favorite Hymns" Charles OFT will
render vocal solo and the church
choir will give an entertaining an
them. special social hour. during
which light refreshments will be
served. is another feature for the
evening. All men in uniform and
strangers are invited.
sg q Is y
The regular Saturday evening social
.or soldiers and sailors held at the
various downtown churches will be
given this evening by the Christian
Endeavor Society Of the Calvary Bap-
itist Church, Sth and H streets north
west.
Rev. DR.. James Shera Montgomery
will speak at Calvary Methodist
Church tomorrow morning at IL
o'clock on 1.-The Court of Belshazzar."
This sermon will be a review of the
novel of MIR. Wilson. In the evening
at o'clock DR.. Montgomery will take
for his subject wives Out of Date"
Il Is Il =
St Erick'S Swedish Lutheran Church
will hold services in Luther Memorial
Chapel. 14th and N streets, tomorrow
afternoon at o'clock.
X = y =
Wesley Chapel NJ. E. Church will
have rally day tomorrow. At 1o:45
o'clock the Sunday School will pre-
sent program of Rotations and
patriotic songs. John S. Barker,
superintendent of the school, will pre-
side and Rev. DR.. Haggerty will give an
address. At the evening service the
fourth liberty loan will receive at
tention and Senator Wesley L. Jones
of Washington will make an address.
Appropriate music will be furnished
by the church quartet.
81 Sc d Il
|, The addresses of the clergymen Of
the diocese of Washington who have
left their churches for war services
are Rev. G. w. Atkinson. jr.. and Rev.
F. W. Smith, Y. NJ. c. A. headquarters,
II Rue d'Aguesseau. Paris, France !;
Lieut.. H. H. Marsden. chaplain, 14Sth
Field Artillery, American expedition
airy forces: Lieut.; H. H. D. Sterrett.
chaplain. 26th Engineers. American
expeditionary forces:
The Sunday school of st. Paurs
Church, 23d street northwest (below
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-09-28
WOMAN AIDERS OF LEPERS
TO RESUME MEETINGS
INSTRUMENTATION Union Will
Hear Addresses Next Friday
Afternoon.

The Woman's Observation-Disclosures
Missionary Union and Mission to
Lepers is to hold the first meeting of
the season Friday afternoon at
o'clock in the new Mount Vernon
Place NJ. E. Church South, at the in
tersection of 9th and K streets and
Massachusetts, avenue. The subject
will be "City Missions"
Mrs. Edna K. Bushee. executive sec
rotary of the Juvenile Protective AS
ISOLATION. will speak on Social Serv-
ice Work Among the Alien Speaking
People of Washington" DR.. c. c.
Chappell, pastor of the church, will
conduct the opening service. Mrs.
John n Culbertson will preside.
The officers are Mrs. John N. Gull
bertson, president; Mrs. S. c. CHS
sci, recording secretary; Mrs. r..
6. Whaley, corresponding secretary
Mrs. Washington Topham, treasurer;
Mrs w. P. Cooke. secretary Of litera-
ture; vice presidents, Mrs. Ellis Lo-
gan, Mrs. A. A. Birney, Mrs. w. F.
Crafts. Mrs. Fred Beall and Mrs
Henry AnStadt.
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DR.. BURNETT ACCEPTS
CALL TO COLUMBUS, OHIO
Foundry M. E. Congregation to
Say Farewell Tomorrow
Night.

Rev. DIR. Walter Everett Burnett.
pastor of Foundry Methodist Episco-
pal Church. has accepted Il call to the
Broad Street Methodist Episcopal
Church of Columbus, Ohio. and will
leave the city Monday morning. max
ing the journey by automobile, with
his family. and visiting friends on the
way.
At the close of the service tomor-
row evening members and friends of
the congregation will assemble in the
Iarlo1s to bid DR.. and Mrs. Burnett
farewell.
Until successor is appointed by the
resident bishop the pulpit of Foundry
Church will be supplied by Rev. DIR.
Lucien Clark of Chevy Chase, Md.
who was pastor of this church about
twenty years ago.