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ny Associated Press,

(By Associated Presst
OAKLAND, Aug Built in "a
working days, the steel cargo car
rier Invincible, 10000 tons capacity,
was launched in Oakland harbor et
high noon today from the Alameda
yard of the Bethlem Shipbuilding
corpoptlon. This is claimed by the
yard managers as worlds record.
The speed in construction was at
the request of Charles NJ Schwab,
head OF the Bethlehem corporation,
director general OF the Emergency
Fleet corporation. When he raised
the blue pennant of the shipping
board, awarded for the best ship
construction for May in the United
States, over the Alameda yard, he
asked the men to ger the Inyincible
ready for launching IN 30 days They
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PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 5,-The
cargo carrier Quisteonck, the first
ship built at the Hog Island plant,
was successfully launched today
with hearty Godspeed from the
president, Mrs. Wilson, with the
president standing beside her,
christened the ship in the presence
of nearly $4,000 standing under a
boiling sun and wildly cheering.
The president made no speech. Re-
spending to an appeal from the
crowd he waved his hat and shout.
ed "Good luck to you" Mrs. Wilson
repeated the sentiment.
The party returned to Washington
after remaining less than 30 min
utes.
Chairman Hurley. Of the shipping
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PARIS. Aug. 4.-(BattIefront, $50
y. m.)-Allied troops in pursuit OF
Germans have passed through yefi
table charnel houses Bodies OF men
and horses are mingled with broken
down vehicles alongside ammunition
dumps, some partially exploded and
others intact Bodies OF Germans are
piled IN clusters beyond the range
of the allied artillery. indicating that
punishment was inflicted on the
fleeing columns by aviators.
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WILLIE LYONS ORDERED
TO THE NAVAL RESERVE

VIII Lyons, who has been acting
as manager of the swimming pool,
received notice yesterday to report
70 the San Diego training station Of
me U. S. naval reserves to enter
upon training before resuming his
studies at the University OF CalIfor-
nA In the autumn. He will leave
Wednesday for his new assignment,
= % = . . .
' TODAY AND A YEAR AGO =
Official readings Of the ther-
mometer by the United States
= observer at Tonopah: =
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HOTTEST IN a MONTH

Sunday was the hottest in six
weeks. The thermometer at the
weather bureau registered a maxi
mum of 81 The record for August
at this station is 81. The next high
est reading this year was s2 in June.
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PAPER MAKING
AN ESSENTIAL
PUBLISHERS MUST REDUCE CON-
SUMPTION is to 20 PER
CENT
tty Associated PrersI

WASHINGTON. Aug. 5-Papsr
mills have been liSted as an essen
tial industry the priority division of
the war industries board announced
today on the understanding that the
greatest possible economy will be ex.
ercised in the use of paper and that
newspapers will reduce consumption
in news print from Is per cent on
daily editions and 20 per cent on
Sunday editions
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BULLION SHIPMENTS
FROM TWO MINES

= Two shipments of bullion for .
. the latter half OF July were sent =
= out yesterday, making a total =
= of s13O.169. The West End sent .
. out so. bars weighing 59,55S =
= ounces valued at $il,469 and the .
= Tonopah Extension shipped 26 .
= bars weighing $3.50 ounces. .
. worth $5S.70O. =
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RETREAT ALONG ENTIRE line
FROM AMIENS TO RHEIMS
WITH ALLIES IN HOT PURSUIT

Thy Associated Pressl
PARIS, Aug. 5.-The lull in the
fighting on the Soissons-Rheims
front which began last night extend
ed into today. Rain transformed the
banks of the Vesle into swamps and
morasses. This favored the Ger
mans, they making a stiffer stand
than anticipated.
A French official statement says
French detachments that crossed the
yesle are meeting with resistance
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everywhere.
The long distance bombardmsnt
of Paris was resumed today.
The American troops glorri-
fled themselves in the close
fighting yesterday at Fismes when
they captured the German base. The
fighting is said to have been the
bitterest Of the whole war. The
Prussian guards, asking no quarters,
were bayoneted or dubbed to death
as they stood By their machine guns
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CALIFORNIA BOYS
ORDERED TO MOVE

thy Associated Preas)
SACRAMENTO. Aug. 5. - The
adjutant general has requested the
county boards to supply the follow
ing draft quotas for entrainment
covering five-day period beginning
August 26th: Tulare. 5s; Merced,
40; Fresno, 7S. Santa Barbara. 4. and
Shasta, 10.
Humboldt. 127; Imperial. ~:
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{ Special from the Associated Press
to the Bonanza)


to the Bonanza)
PARIS, Aug 4-The allied troops
have crossed the Aisne at several
points between Scissors and venezel.
German resistance Is faltering on
the left wing OF the allied advance
while growing desperate on the right
where the Germans still retain their
foothold on the southern bank of the
Yesle between Champigny and jon
cherry northwest Of Rheims.
The number of prisoners captured
by the allies in the last two days
will thrill the world when announc.
ed. The Vesle river flooded owing
10 recent rains, hampered the Ger
man rear guard which was unable
TO ford the stream and forced them
to fight for their lives Most Of
these Germans we're killed and the
rest made prisoners.
Flsmes Is completely surrounded
by American troops The Germans
are retaining foothold in the ax-
treme northern part OF the town
where there is house to house fight
ing with The crack Prussian guard
units offering the most desperate e.
sistance to the Americans
LONDON. Aug 4--on the British
mont the. Germans have withdrawn
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GUNS ON
THE YPRES FRONT

By Associated PresHl
LONDON. Aug 5.-PrlsOners were
apiured BY the British in raiding
peratIons last night southeast Of
lrras German guns have been ac-
i've opposite L.aBasse. also north OF
Behune and between Hazebrouck
md Ypres
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llngerath said in speech saturday

lingerath said in a speech Saturday
thy Associated PTesSl
PARIS, Aug. 5.-Few Germans re-
main south OF the Vesle, according
to the Havas News agency. The
enemy suffered serious losses in men
and materials.
Try Associated pressl
WITH THE BRITISH IN FRANCE,
Aug. 5.-The British have occupied
advanced lines which the Germans
evacuated north of La Basse canal.
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SINKING OF A CRUISER
BLAMED ON A MINE

tHN Associated Pressl
WASHINGTON, Aug 5.-A naval
court of inquiry found that the ar
incurred cruiser San Diego which was
sunk recently struck a mine, Secre-
tary Daniels announced today
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LOW DEATH RATE
AMONG AIR MEN.
my Associated Press,

tBy Associated PresAl
WASHINGTON, Aug. 5.-Army
aviation training fatalities in the
United States from September l,
1917, to July 20. 1918, show a total
of 155 deaths. Officials believe this
is new low record for actual train
ng in flight and time
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WAS WITH FUNSTON
IN PHILIPPINES
my Associated Press,

ny Associated PreasD
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 5,-Lieu-
tenant Colonel Craig, killed in
France, rose from the ranks. He was
member OF the famous Twentieth
Kansas under Funston in the Philli-
pines and later joined the regulars.
He served with Pershing in Mexico
and was among the first to arrive in
France. He was As years Of age.
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AL
SHIP SUNK
BY YU-BOAT

A. Associated Pressl
LONDON Saturday, Aug. Sit is
roorted that $50 patients were kill
"A by the explosion Of a torpedo
,hIch sank ship returning from
rance today
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Low Death Ratio
on the Marne


= WASHINGTON. Aug. 5. =
= Probably less than one in TWEEN. =
= " Americans wounded in the .
= Marne fighting will die, more =
= than four-fifths will be returned .
= to service, and only IA per cent .
= will be discharged for disabil- .
= ity. according to General March. .
. = . = = . . . = . .
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WILL LEND MONEY
TO HELP HARVEST

tBy Associated PreSsl
WASHINGTON. Aug. 5-The war
finance corporation announces that
1t would welcome applications from
banks for loans to cover advances to
farmers and merchants for harvest
ing OF marketing wheat or other
crops. The loans will be for four
months at per esnt
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While continuing their retirement
toward the Aisne the Germans have
abandoned their good defensive po-
sitions in Picardy east Of Amiens,
apparently preparatory to assuming
the defensive from Ypres to Rheims
my Associated Pressl
BERNE, Aug. 5.-The German oi-
fensiye has been stopped. Present
operations cannot be publicly dis
cussed. Bavarian War Minister Hell
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SUBMARINE CHASER
SUNK IN COLLISION


WASHINGTON, Aug. 5.--A subma-
rine chaser was sunk last night off
Hog Island in collision with another
vessed The crew was saved.
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TANKER AND A FISH,
ING BOAT SUNK OFF
OUR COAST
my Associated Press)

WASHINGTON. Aug 5--The Amer
lean tanker Jennings was sunk by a
U-boat off the Virginia Capes yes
terday Thirty survivors were land
ed The captain and thirteen of the
crew are missing. Vessels answering
a wireless saying the jennings was
being shelled, arrived after the ves-
sci Swas sunk.
The Jenning carried forty-nine
men according to Standard Oil rec
ords. on March oath the Jenning
colided off England with the Brit
ish steamer War Knight when 81
lives were lost The Jennings was
set afire and was shelled by British
warships until her decks we're awash
American wrecking tugs salvaged the
vessel which was returning to the
United States when sunk.
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PARIS, Aug. battlefront, Ago
p. m. Both flanks of the German
forces between Rheims and scissors
appear to have been turned. The
French have forced a crossing of the
yesle. west of Rheims. German re.
Inducements are reported arriving
on the scissors sector from the
north. The allies continue 10 ad.
vance although held within prudent
limits. for If the allied left wing
moved faster than the right, this
action might expose it to counter
attacks.
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Appalling Execution Wrought Among the Fleeing Germans
SUNDAY SPECIALS
FROM SEAT OF WAR

between Montdidier and Moreuil a
distance OF ten miles. The French
hold the slopes down to the west
ern side of the Avre river,
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Thy Associated Press)
CANADIAN ATLANTIC PORT,
Aug. 5.-The crew Of a fishing
schooner destroyed Saturday by u
boat was landed here.
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LONDON. Aug. 4--on the British
mont the Germans have withdrawn
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ruE WEATHER

-.,,obt and Tuesday Fair
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ENVIRONMENT ON MORAL {.

Students OF the effect OF environ
ment upon the morale OF mankind
are convinced that Getmany's SUBJ
marine warfare did more than mere.
~ sink ships, as the uncertainty of
the sub crews as to whether they
would ever return to the land Of the
living broke their morale and caused
the first characterization marking the
decline and disintegration of the
German forces. There Is nothing in
the record to show that these men
rebelled against the heartless deaths
they brought without warning TO
thousands, but the mystery attend
ing the fate OF the non-returning
submarines, and the certainty that
they themselves might drown like
rats in their steel cages, as their
mates had undoubtedly done, got
on their nerves and ruined them as
fighting units. May their feelings
and experiences be a testimony
against the most inhuulan war prac-
tice the world has ever seen.
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GOOD SOLDIERS ALL.

1t was wise in the war depart
ment to include all classes OF troops,
national guard. volunteers and select
ed men, in the regular army organi-
zation. They are all members of
the United States army and no pre-
ferred classification is possible. In
the minds Of some a distinction has
been, or may be made between the
officers and men who were sent
abroad and those held for duty at
home.
This should not be, for all are in
the service for the best they can do
for their country and all anxious
for service at the front. But the
government, recognizing the particu-
lar fitness Of many for duty as in
structors or In other lines, has, 10
their great disappointment, awaited
itself Of their ability and kept them
lin this country. This is no fault of
these officers and men and when
the boys come back no distinction
should be made In their welcome be-
cause Of the fortune Of service. All
OF them have served their country
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Supreme Battle Of the World War and
Complete Victory for the. Dem0cyacies

by the water barriers OF the scheldt
and the Meuse rivers.
Lines Divided Into Sections.
So much for the four lines. They
We're divided into compartments by
the following north and south sys-
TENS: From Lille line followed the
east bank of the Lys and the Isys
canal to the Dutch frontier. This
made it possible to hold all four of
the east and west lines from Lille
eastward, even IL the British and
Belgians should break through be-
tween the Lys and the sea in the
Ypres area. A second line followed
the east bank of the ScheIdt and
served the same purpose, if after
forcing the front between the sea
and the Lys the enemy should cross
the Lys.
A third switch line followed the
east bank of the Disc, the Sambre-
else canal and the Sambre river,
thus enabling the central sectors of
the German front in France to hold
on even IL the enemy should break
through all three Of the east and
west lines, west of the Sambre, pro-
vided only that the fourth line be-
tween the Sambre and the Scheldt
held. A fifth switch line extended
from the second east and west line
at Marie, on the Serre, back to the
third line at Hirson, thus supplying
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another barrier to the allied flood,
even If it should penetrate in the
center north of Laon.
Like Watertisht Compartments.
Such was the German system,
complex when described. simple to
understand when explained by
events. The value of the various
parallel and perpendicular lines is
fully disclosed by the progress of the
offensive. The best figure is always
that of the watertight compartments
of ship. In this case the compart-
ments did, not serve to keep the ship
atloat finally, but they did serve the
highly useful purpose Of delaying
the thrush Of the enemy flood; they
prevented local break from devel-
oping into a general disaster. All
through this fight the water was one
of positions, not of movement; such
movement as there was amounted
merely to the operations between
positions; there was nothing to sug-
gest the d-fashioned war, dear to
the soldiers OF all ages, the war of
full and free manoeuvre.
Turning now tn the fashion in
which F'och solved his problem, we
see that on September 26 he threw
Pershing and Gouraud against that
portion OF the first German lines be-
tween the Suippes and the Meuse;
that is, between the Champagne
plain east of Rheims and Verdun.
This operation, Immediately success
full to a marked degree, resulted in
the eventual expulsion Of the Ger
mans from their first line from the
Mouse to the Aisne, west OF the
Argonne. But after his first success
I'd -, L., 49,.
he avoided great casualties by meth
odical rather than precipitate ex-
ploitation of his first success.
Belgians and British Break Through.
One day after he had launched his
attack on the eastern end of the OPP
erative front, that north of Verdun,
Foch threw the Belgians and Plum
ers Second British army against the
Germans at the other end and broke
through their first line defences be-
tween the Lys and the sea. Again
he did not Immediately insist after
his first success. and the lines mo-
mentarily stabilized themselves on
front between Courtrai and Nieu-
port, the Germans standing on a
rather sketchy second line.
On the same day, Foch threw
Horne's First British army against
III NJetiiLDGpL anu I1ylies =
Third British army against the Ger
mans on the stretch of the Scheldt
canal on either side of lie Catelet.
Here the progress was much slower,
as the British had to fight their way
through a twelve-mile defensive
zone. But material gains were
scored at once. Next, on September
So Foch launched Berthelot's French
army against the Germans still
lingering between the Vesle and the
Aisne in the ground familiar to
Americans as the scene of the figlt-
ing Of many of our troops in July
and August.
Set the German Line to Rocking.
The result of these attacks vas to
set the whole German line from the
sea to the Meuse rocking. At either
end the first line was completely
| broken through and the enemy were
tcennelled to retire t. the second
I Elsewhere the presume WIS less dis
astrous at the moment hut the nn-
erny found himself nnal9ie to ccn-
centrata Against 50 many wide
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attacks; the Hindenburg line had
fallen at both ends and was seriously
threatened by the growing pressure
OF the British frontal attack nearer
the centre.
On October 8, which was the de-
cisiye day, Foch threw three British
armies against the stretch OF the
Hindenburg line between Cambria
and st. Quentin. In the next three
days they drove right through this
line, cut the second line behind 1t,
between the Disc and the Scheldt,
and advanced until they had reached
the third line between the Scheldt
and the Sambre just south of
Valenciees.
Foch Redoubies Activities.
While this great drive was going
forward F'ooh redoubled his aetiv-
tiles both in Flanders and IN Cham
payne. In Flanders the British and
Belgians, reinforced by a French
army, broke through the last line Of
German defences between the sea
and the Lys and began 20 swing
round north OF Lille and threaten
the crossings Of the Lys, which con-
stltuted the third German line. In
Champagne Berthelot and Gouraud
struck north, one reaching the Aisne,
south of Rethel, the other clearing
the hills north Of Rheims and cross
ing the Aisne east of I4aon. This
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pursuit to and beyond the Mouse by
Pershing's young army, whose
achievement it was to retake Sedan
and by new splendors ,extinguish the
old, unhappy memories attaching to
that city.
BY Sunday, November 10, whose
official statements, in fact, close the
military historyeof the war, the brok-
en- German armies were fleeing east
ward from the Dutch frontier to the
outskirts of Metz, they were still
fighting back as they retired at GER
tain points. They were not yet rout-
ed in the narrow sense of the word,
but their power for offensive or even
for prolonged defensive operations
was at an end. That they could have
rallied and made a successful stand
west Of the Rhine may well be
doubted as military question, even
if the nation had not collapsed be-
hind the army and the home front
broken before the military front
yielded.
Now we have to contrast the Foch
method with that of Ludendorff.
Both had the same problem before
them. Ludendorff worked at his
from March ri to July Is. Foch
opened his offensive on July S, and
had his solution in hand by the first
day of November. Both soldiers
were troubled by the element Of
time, Ludendorff by the necessity Of
getting decision before America
could take a. real hand. Foch had
to have a decision before winter
stopped the operations. Ludendorff
had almost four months; Foch is
stiff fortnight poorer in time, But
bad weather now will not affect him,
his success has been so complete.
Ludendorf conceived that he could
win the victory by one gigantic
days Of the war and undertook to
succeed where Moltke had failed.
His first blow, on March 81, was
one of the finest pieces OF military
mechanics in the history Of war. 1t
came mighty near to winning the
continental phase of the conflict 1t
failed because the human machine
was not equal to the task set for 1T,
BY the end of a week the great,
victorious army was out of breath,
out OF ammunition; it had outrun
its guns, and, once more, as at Ver-
dun, there was just time for French
troops to arrive. Beaten as they
were, the. British had managed to
hold on, as the French had at Ver-
dun, until aid could come.
by April / Ludendorff's great
gamble had failed. in the midst Of
success. A week later, after a
futile attack before Arras, he tried
a new venture in the north with
such reserves as remained to him.
Again he succeeded at the start,
seemed to be on the open road to the
channel, and then was halted west
of KENNEL in the last days of April
when another French army arrived
to support the British. who had
fought nagnificently and had sur
fered no such disaster as had over
whelned Coughs Fifth army. BY
May i Ludendorff was at the end of
his resources. He could do not
more, and for d whole month he gpsve
his enemy q respite. while he pre-
pared a new blow
The new blow was again, a bril-
liant success. Ut swept over the
frhemin des DANES. across the
Yesle, the 0urcu and reached the
Marine. But again II exhausted IT.