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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-09-10
MANGIN'S MEN BEHIND
THEIR 1911. POSIrJoNS
my Associated I.resal

ny associated i'ress
WITH THE FRENCH ARMY IN
FRANCE, Sunday, September S.-rhe
troops OF General Mangin between the
Aisne and the Disc Rivers now are vir-
luaity pehind their old wire cntangle-
ments IN their old trenches OF 1917.
Al along the edge OF the forest OF
LouGS ana through the western horn of
the st Gobain forest the Germans are
only 200 yards away. and in some
places they are in positions in the old
Hlndenburg line which are plainly visl-
Coucy.
The Disc Aisne Canal and the River
Anette. that runs between the heights
sort OF advanced post on their 'r m,in
line six miles further back at Fresne.
were not abandoned voluntarily, but
gle of five days. during which ave dif
ferent German divisions tried 10 hold
OF single French division.
The divisions which tried IN nra
vent The crossing OF the canal and
river the Associated Press CORE re"
spondent was informed by n French
ofhcer, who has participated in mos, of
the campaigns OF the war. accom-
pnshed the greatest concentration Of
machtne-sun fire that has been vii
messed in this war"
HAD TO FACE MACHINE
GUN FIRE At 2O-NAHD RANGE
Ihe French troops were obliged to
race that fire at range Of twenty
The French troops were obliged 10 face
that hre at Il range Of twenty yards in
order 20 cross The Disc lsre canni
and the River Ailette. Pioneers throw
yards wide suffered not only from tho
quick hrers. but were In good range
OF German grcnades. IT required Two
days TO advance TO the Ailettc from the
village Pont Saint Mard and four days
to gain 500 yards OF ground The ma =
chine guns were massed thickiv all
along the canal in front Of Quincy and
In the woods, thickets and marshes
The French engineers finally sue
ceeded In bridging the canal, and over
the first bridge an enraged sergeant
charged the Germans around ma
chine-gun position and single handed
made twelve OF them prisoner Such
WAS. the work that went on both along
the river and the canal during the i've
Gays each DAY cxhaust!ng Germany'a
T~enty-two quick -frers were found
In a.snall thicket called Etuaraissagc
wood: They were almost as thick in
timoered land fronting Coucy-le Cha :
teaus, and Coucy-la- Vile Where the
French could get at them they charged
and Killed the German Eunners on their
too well hidden or protected for a d.
rect attack. and II was necessary TO
she'll them
During several hours French pro;ec-
tiles sent splinters dying ali through
d the timber. and when the infantry
charged they had 10 go on TO Coucy-
la-Ville TO catch the enemy. who had
fed, leaving his guns and an enormous
amount OF materials and supplies be-.
hind. Couey-le Chateau and the height
con which 1t stands were thus turned
from the north and fiankcd at the same
time from the south, while thousa nd 3
Z OF shells filled tho ruins of the sur
rounding positions.
Chatsau NoBent, to tho southeast,
the Germans los. p pos sine; an on
they had SD an + a "a r AR, 1T oSis
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FRENCH REPUISE STRONG
ENEMY COUNIT2RBI.OWs


PARIS, September 9.-North Of the
Somme, French troops have made a
urther advance In the direction OF
ClhStres. and have occupied l1omot
iarm. according to the War Omce an
nouncemcnt to-day.
French troops have crossed the
Crozat Canal opposite LieZ three miles
southwest of Wonderful. Two strong
German countcrattackS were repulsed
ny the french In the LaffauN region.
northeast of scissors. The French
TOOK eighty prisoners belonging to i've
dlnercnt reg imcnis
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MIKE Juno n Concrete Tug

SAVANNAH. GA, September 9.-The
tug Juno, one of the Oldest vessels of
its kind in Savannah. has just been sold
to the l.. ID. Potter Company. OF Will
mington and New York. The Dur-
chaSerS announce they will remodel the
Juno and change IL from a wooden 10
Il concrete tug TO be used in New York
and vicinity. This is the first instance
in this section OF q wooden vessel of
long service being so changed
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BATTLE ON WESTERN 'FRONT.'
ENTERING NEW PHASE
tBy Associated Press

LONDON. September 9-The battle
on inc western front is entering n
new Phase The enemy at last is max
ing serious stand just short of the
S4ri9s OF positions commonly called the
iiIh9ehburS linc--poSitionS which how
ever already have been bitten into
~ tho British from the Sensee to
Mouvres and touched by the French
IN me ST Quentin region at Servais
ana jaSSoleS- AuicrS
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PATROL ENC0I NTE:RS AND
MUCii ARTILLERY PRACTICE
| by Associated II

WASHINGTON. September 9-C;en
eral Iershin6's communiquc for Sun
day follows:
section Aside from patrol en-
counters and heavy artillery iightiu
south of the Aisne. there is nothin
10 report from the sectors occupied
by our troops"
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ALLIES WILL KEEP
UP THEIR OFFENSIVE

PARIS. September eff the Ger
mans are expected to be allowed Il
respite from the attack. either during
the autumn or through the winter. they
are counting without their host. SAYS
Premier Clcmcnceaus newspaper,
l. tiommc l.ibre. i'll commenting upon
he military situation. They made their
great trial last spring TO outspced the
United states. IL points out. but lost
the race TO Il competitor who was too
Fast for them. Nevertheless. the news
PAPER expects II certain slowing up Of
he nghtinS because of the necessity
Of bringing forward tho necessary in
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BHITISH EAST OF ROIS,cI
NOW UNDER HEAVY FRI:

nv! N'Tu'IhI cd Press.
WiTii THE BRITISH ARMIES IN
r hANtE.. september 9.-British forces
have advances to the cast or Ho;sai
ahout seven miles east OF Pcronnc
ana koisel now is under heavy fire
The enemy is reported TO be lea Vim.
heudicourt. southwest OF Gouzcau-
court III response TO continuous pres-
sure. ~ 20
Many Germans are becoming increas
thSly worried over the prospects for
WINTER, not only for themselves but
Tor 'heir famiiica. who. in many cases.
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according to the Germans who were
captured, are near starvation
Nearly all the German soldiers go
ing nome on leave are taking with
them to their families whatever food
lhcy can lay their hands on at the
front ana in as large quantities as DOS
Siole. Many captured letters to the
Germans at the front mourn the lack
Of food and warm clothing.
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effort. They retired behind their three
lines of barbed wire on the line to
Fresncs The booty they left behind
N Two immense engineering dumps in
cludcd locomotives, railroad material OF
ali sorts and great number of quick
hrers and cmplaccmcnt guns and one
nitccn- inch gun with which they had
homharded French towns far behind
The limos cyst of The Ailci1n
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CANADA WILL. CARRY ON
War Spirit Stronger Thnn Ever. DC.
clnrcS Govcrnor-Grncrnl, Duke
of DcyUnshfrc.

CHICAGO. September 9.-"The war
spirit In Canada is not the same to-
day as IT was in the beginning Of this
war. Canada has suffered The cas-
ualty lists have struck & hard. No
the spirit Is not the same-it Is stronger
than 1t ever was, and IL Is growing
stronger every day"
The Duke OF Devonshire. Governor
General OF Canada. here on two-day
visit. summed up tho attitude Of Uncle
Sans nearest Co-hclligerent to-day.
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BERLIN CLAIMS no HAVE
RF,I'tTJSED HRJTISH

III HIS, September ? via London).
FL "nIe allied attacks north of Ar-
rcnu. by the Germans. who took
prls rs, says the official statement
staff
Between the .Lilettc and Aisue Xiv
ers, the statement adds. the frcuci
were rcpulSed along the whole from
WIN snMEuiMarN lnSScS.
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HRfTISII ATTACKS FAiLEB,
REPORT FRO;, ut,RIJS
IBy Associated prcsel

IBy A.sociated Press
BERLIN via t,ondGn). September Q
On both Gidc4 of"thc pcrcnne- Cam
erai road renewed British attacks
lal!ed. says ,he report from head
quarters mis- evening
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ALLIES GAIN GROUND
- ~ IN TiREE HATorI.ES

LONDON. September 9.-Three sepa-
rate yet interdependent battles, ragged
ing At, fun blast long after nightfall.
In each the allies gained ground, de-
spite materially stinencd German re-
Sistance and frequent countcrattacks
st Quentin, La Fere and the south
Western approaches OF Cambrai are
their detectives.
French patrols were reported late this
evening to be approaching the hurnini:
city: General liumbert's forces are
south, west and northwest.
I'm the same way the left of General
Hambert,s army and the right Of Raw
Inson'S british forces are moving on
st. quentin. The French, north OF lie
shamei which they took yesterday. are
Quentin. TO the west and northwest of
that central bulwark in the main Him
aenburs line however, the Germans
with their \backs against the Sommc
River.
. Nermand. six miles northwest of st.
afternoon 10 have fallen to the British
but word comes just now from the
front that the town Is still held by
countcrattack!nS.
ENTlRE CKOZAr CANAL
81 IN HANDS OF FRENCH
But IL the French north OF lie Hamel
are in sufficient force 10 push through
n,
or outflank ii. the desperate counter
thrusts against the British will avail
me enemy nothing. The whole stretch
and the Somme is In French posses
sion.
The text of Field Marshal Hair's
might report follows:
Early this morning advanced de-
tachmcnts OF English and New Zea-
land troops attacked and carried the
German positions of the high ground
between Peiziere and HavrinCour,
wood.
On the left of our attack. other
English troops successfully advanced
our line In the eastern portion OF the
HnVrincourt wood. We captured a
number OF prisoners in these opera
lions.
.-"On the remainder OF the British
front there was lighting on certain sec
tors. Hostile attacks against posts We
recently established west OF In Has-
see were repulsed
Rain fen heavily last night and
stormy"
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PUSH FORWARD
IN FACE OF HEAVY FIRE

q WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY ON
THE AlSNE FRONT, September Is
+. Nj I'm the face of the StiifcSt ma
-chine-gun fire since the Americans
crossed the Neslc in force. American in
-tantrymen to-day advanced at certain
points on n curved line extending from
zGlennes to Sicl-ArCy. The advance
was preceded by heavy artillery bonn
bardment, which continued all sunday
5Hight.
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WHEN BRAIN WEARY

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and relieve the headache due to menta'
strain. worry or oyerwork. Try it,
Adv.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-09-10

consult tho Wunt Ads In this paper to
supply their WANTS. You can use
Vines Dispatch Want Ads with profit.
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WOULD MINIMIZE
WEST FRONT SITUATION

AMSTERDAM. Sunday. September s..
In lecture on the war in Berlin
Lieutenant-G Won Freytag -Lor-
inghoren. deputy chief OF the general
STAFF. commended that the present crisis
on the western front was less serious
than many others during the course OF
the war.
The position we occupied before the
enemy countcroffensive began was the
result of an aburtive offensive. and
therefore, uneuuitable for defense
whose aim was the effective econo-
MIXING of forces" the general is quoted
rs saying III dispatch from Berlin.
The positions had not been CONSOLE
dated as trench warfare demands
General Won Freytag Loringhoven
argued that nothing like 4 decision was
in prospect. He said:
The thing now is 30 push things SO
that Great Britain and america will
recognize our inV!ncibility in defensive
war. We lack neither men, war mate
rial nor raw material TO hold out for
a long time. We must, however not
slacken in our determination, which
must remain alive in the army and at
home. All that might divide us must
be postponed until the end OF the war"
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fantry support in front OF the new
and which they are expected to defend
stubbornly.
+ In connection with the probable fur
ther course of the fighting in the i'm
mediate future, the Echo de Paris,
points out that the allied command il
not OF the type to gamble with for
ry an effort to capture lines so strong
~ held that losses disproportionate to
the results would be risked in taking
them
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-09-10
PRIMARY IN MISSISSIPPI
Governor Bilbo. VHrdnmnn's Under
study, Ia Race for Democratic
Nomination for Congress-.

II'| .fESUN1dttV I-I'Ss.
JACKSON MISS. September 9.-In
the second Democratic primary TO be
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-09-19
CAMP MEADE SOLDIERS
WIFE OVERCOME BY GAS
Private G. A. Griffith, Summoned
to Washington, Finds Mrs. Grit
fifth Had Narrow Escape.

Mrs. Emily Griffith. thirty years old,
wife Of Private C. A. Griffith, Com
pany o, 117th Infantry, stationed at
Camp Meade, last night was treated
at Casualty Hospital for gas poison
ing. having been overcome by IL
Eliminating gas in a room at POS c
street northeast.
Mrs. Griffith reached Union station
early last night from her home in
Muncie, Ky. She was taken to the
rooming house on c street by an
agent Of the Travellers Aid Society.
About one hour after she reached
the house Mrs. B. e. Woods, occupant
OF the premises, detected the odoI
of gas coming from Mrs. Griff1th's
room. Hurrying to the room, she
opened the door and windows and
summoned Sergt. Lauten of the ninth
police precinct, who took Mrs. Grit
fifth to the street and cared for her
until she could be taken to Casualty
Hospital.
Her husbands identity was learned
from a letter the wife had in her
possession. Mrs. Woods said she was
satisfied that the gas had been left
accidentally turned on by the roomer,
possibly because she did not under
stand how to turn it off.
Mrs. Griffith was on her way to
Camp Meade to see her husband.
Griffith came from Camp Meade last
night and saw his wife at Casualty
Hospital. He was(assured OF her re-
coVery.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-09-19
WAR COURSES PROVIDED
AT GEORGE WASHINGTON
Students Army Training Corps at
University Will Be Fed by
Canteen Service.
War courses designed to meet tn

War courses designed to meet the
needs of the government will be held
at George Washington University
this year. Mechanical drawing and
architectural drawing courses will be
held in the late afternoon to enable
government employees to attend. Both
courses will be open to women. as
we'll as men.
Courses in the elements of statis-
tics and in business statistics will be
held at 1880 o'clock in the evening by
Prof. w. Arthur Shelton. formerly OF
the University of Georgia. The uni
versity will open next Wednesday,
The unit Of the Students Army
Training Corps at the university
will be fed by the canteen service OF
the War Camp Commission on Train.
ing Activities.
The canteen service will assume
entire charge of purchase of sup
plies and preparation Of meals for the
500 student soldiers. It will provide
the necessary cooks and stewards.
The congregation Of Concordia Luz
the ground floor of the church for a
mess hall for the George Washington
University unit of the Students Army
Training Corps. Rev. Paul Mcneil, pas
tor, stated today that he was never
chaplain of the German embassy here,
or that he possessed the Prussian Order
of the Red Eagle. This had been erron-
eously stated.
The War Department makes an al
lowance of dollar a day per student
soldier for housing and subsistence.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-09-19
[Y. M. C. A. WAR WORK
COVERS BROAD FIELD
Figures From Personnel Division
Give Numbers Employed in
Such Activities.

The scope Of the amplified work of
the z M. G. A. overseas. which has
taken on increased proportions during
the past six months, Is indicated by
figures recently issued by the person.
mel division Of the war work council
through its bulletin issued to the camp
secretaries.
"Of 1923 people approved up to and
including August 1 for Red Triangle
overseas work." says the bulletin,
1888 are men and 1910 are women.
OF these Numbers $3.50 men and 513
women have already gone overseas.
During the month of August 142
designations from overseas work took
place.. OF those who have sailed or
are ready to sail 4.622 are booked for
the American expeditionary forces In
France. 547 for England and fifteen
for Italy.
Working with the italian army in
Italy are 201 secretaries, and with
the poilus in the Foyers 'du Soldat In
France 367.
ut is interesting to note" says the
report, that there are 2f3 profess
sional entertainers engaged exclusive
ly under the " in entertaining the
soldiers in France. The quota fur
nished by each department was as
follows: Northeastern, 694; eastern,
2,547; southeastern, 440; central.
LOO; southern, 1856, and western, 3S6.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-09-19
TO WRITE ABOUT C0LORED
TROOPS, WORK IN FRANCE
r. w. Tyler Has Been Commission.
ed Correspondent by Committee
on Public Information.

Complying with the request Of the
recent conference Of colored editors
the committee on public information
has designated colored man. Ralph
w. Tyler OF Columbus, Ohio. forper
auditor for the Navy Department. as
a regularly commissioned war cor
respondent, to specialize on the condi-
tions surrounding the colored troops
in France and to make daily reports
of the activities and engagements in
which the colored soldiers are promi-
nent.
He will be on the staff of Gen.
Pershing, commander-in-chief of the
American expeditionary forces over
seas. Every facility has been provided
for the prompt and accurate gather
ing of all facts that may be Of in
terest to the colored people.
Mr. Tyler is the first colored man to
be named as regular war corre-
spondent by any government In the
world. A native Of Ohio for seventeen
years he served in various depart
ments on the Columbus Evening Dis
patch and the Ohio State Journal. I'M
mkdiately after war was declared by
the United States, Mr.. Tyler wrote the
President, rendering his services In
any capacity. He has three sons, all at
the front. -..
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-09-19
BARTENDER KILLED
WHEN PEACEMAKER
Colored Customers Bullet Intended
for Adversary, Hits George
Binns.

In ]. j. winston's "near-beer" es-
tablishment, at 3O04 M street, former
ly Michael Morris saloon. abort 9
o'clock last night, George Binns, bar
tender, was shot in the right side,
the bullet probably lodging near his
heart. He died at Georgetown Uni
versity Hospital before he could. tell
of the shooting or describe his slayer.
"He was shot by a tall colored
man." James Eddy, 1896. NJ street,
told the police. 1.-TWO short colored
men were with him when the shoot
ing was done"
Binns was behind the bar when
three colored men, one tall and two
short. entered the place and called
for drinks. Six or seven white men
were in the place at the time. James
Eddy, one of them, got into a row
with one of the colored men.
Eddy, according to the police, ad-
mftted having struck the tallest OF
the colored men. Binns started from
behind the bar to quel the disturb
ance. and bullet that was intended
for Eddy struck him and caused him
to fall to the floor.
Leaving the place, the colored men
quickly disappeared. Patrons of the
drinking establishment failed to give
alarm in time to have them overtaken
Detectives Evans, O'Brien. Scrivener
IVermillion and Sweeney participated
| In the investigation of the shooting,
assisted by police of the seventh pre-
cinct. The several white men who
were in the place declared they did
not know the identity of any of the
colored men.
They were taken to the police sta
| ton and held as witnesses. Detectives
today renewed their efforts.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-09-19
ONLY BOY IN FAMILY
. OF NINE IS WOUNDED
Private Charles B. Fenton Of For.
Myer Heights Seriously In
jured in France.

Private Charles B. Fenton, the only
boy in a family of nine. has been seri-
ously wounded, while fighting some
where in France" The young SOL
dier's home is at Fort Myer Heights,
Va He received his first military in
struction in Washington, where for
several years he was member Of the
National Guard. His mother was ap-
prased Of his condition in a telegram
from the War Department.
Mrs. Ray Barkus, sister of the
wounded man, said he belonged to
Company C Of the 18th Infantry. He
was overjoyed when he was informed
that his regiment had been ordered to
France, and expressed the wish that he
would soon be In action.
HE Is the only boy in q family of
nine," said Mrs. Barkus. zone would
think he must have had a terrible life
among So many girls, but that wasn't
the reason he wanted to get away
from home. He was happy at home.
but he wanted. to do his bit for: his
country"
Private Fenton's father served in the
civil war on the Union side.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-09-19
The Takers

Now doth the busy little Hun
delight to pass the bunk, and
claim a victory is won, when he
is knocked kerplunk! The gen
eral whose cumbrous name
winds up with burg or dorf,
still claims to have a giants
frame, when he is shown a
dwarf. When FocE or Haig in
battle fail the fact is not de-
MED; these brave men rise and
say, "The tail has travelled with
the hide" They want the folks
at home to know the truth, and
give it fiat; if they are beaten
by the foe, they let it go at that.
But Prussian leaders cannot
trust the folks at home, it
seems; they feed them up, until
they bust, on fakes and hop
Joint dreams. How doth the
busy little Hun, his whiskers
streaked with foam, hand out
the pifae by the ton, to feed the
folks at home! But when the
facts at last leak in, I wonder
what they'll say; will they just
wear a foolish grin, in their ac-
customed way? Or will they
swell with righteous ire, their
spirits sore and hot, and grumble
like a house ahre, and have
some princes shot? Dumb
driven cattle" is their name if
they, with patient eyes, forever
watch the hocus game, the car
nival of lies.
WALT MASON.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-09-19
FOSTERS SAVING NUTSHELLS.
Navy Department Asks $1,000
Business Concerns to Give Aid.

The campaign to save fruit pits and
nut shells for the manufacture Of
gas masks for the Army has been
taken up by the Navy Department.
An appeal to cooperate in this
movement will be printed on the
bulletin of proposed purchases which
the Navy Department sends out regu-
larly to $4,000 business concerns.
The red, white and blue barrels.
which have been placed in stores and
on busy streets. are rapidly being
filled with fruit seeds and nut shells.
These shells and seeds. when burned,
form a charcoal which is placed in the
soldiers gas mask and serves as
filter for the poison.
The girl scouts of Washington have
established an honor roll. A girl
oualifies by turning in 200 fruits pits
or seven pounds of nut shells. The
peach stone is most desirable.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-09-19
GYMNASIUM CLASSES
FOR WASHINGTON GIRLS
Part Of Wartime Program for
Keeping Physically Fit-War
Workers Responding.

AS part of the wartime program of
keeping physically fit the Young
Women's Christian Association will
hold evening gymnasium classes for
the girls of Washington on an ex-
tensive scale. Girl war workers are
responding to the call to Hooverize
their strength.
These conservation classes will be-
gin October and be held every week
evening, except Saturday, from to 9
o'clock. Branch classes are planned
at the Elizabeth Somers and other
places.
Miss Norma Schwendener HAS re-
turned to take charge Of gymnas stun
work. She was head of the work at
the Hostess House, Camp Shelby, Hat
tiesburg. Miss, last winter, and is
just back from the 7. w. c. A. Ma
tional Training School in New York