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SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1918-08-03
Verna laska
aneb BOZ O MILIONY.
Roman Napsa Julius Mary
aneb BOZ G. MILIONY.

mluvilo: "Ona toho byla schop
ma ona jest vina!"
Usmev pomatenosti objevil
Sc v obliceji Andreove. Ucinil
nekolik nejistych krokd, zavra
voral a pojednou sklesl ma pod
lahu.
Krev zvolna sc mu rinula
pres rty, pres bradu a hrdlo tax
bile a JENNIE jako ono mlade
Givky!
Rouguin dosahnul sveho ha-
E,ebneho zameru - usmrtit to-
hoto mladika. Nepotroboval k
tOmu zadne zbrane - znal je
he slabost, jeho neobycejny
smysl pro pocestnost, hloubku
jeho lasky k Lydii - vedel,
ze jedine slovo postacf ku roz
drcenf tohoto vratkeho zivota.
Pocita1 chladnokrevne -
chladne "a jiste, s prohnanosti
d'abla. Nemohl jej jisteji, ostre
il, zahubneji zasahnouti, kdy-
by mu byl vrazil dyku do srd-
ce! = !.
Nyni odchazel Rouguin tax
jak byl prisel - aniz by byl
special, aniz by byl v obliceji
SVEN jevil sebe mensl pohnuti,
opustil komnatu.
Go Sc stalo mezi tim mar
kyzem? a
Kdyz byl o hodinu drive u
Rouguina meskaI, netajil Sc mu
lotr ten svym 1myslem mlade.
no Senechala odkliditi. PovedeI
Norbertovi o schdzkach mlade
no studerta jeho, Rouguino-
vou zenou, v dome ma nabrezi
de Tournelle, povedel mu,
CO zamysli. Markyz myslel, ze
Eouguin takto dopadeneho "a
vrazdl a tim omlouval svou ma
vSteyu u milence Lydie. Oceka
val krvavy vystup. Ma takovy
ltok chtel Andrea pripraviti a
cekavaje takove prepadnuti,
odevzdal mu svou bambitku.
Dabelskou ukrutnost sveho sou
Gruha nemohl predvidati.
Pc pfichodu pani Rouguino-
ye jsa ponekud upokojen tim,
ze Andrea varoval zbran do
ruky mu vtiskn,ll, Norbert ode
Sci. Vykradk Sc ven ma ulici,
preset nabrezi a zGstal stati v
Jednom prdjezde. Odsud videl,
jak Rouguindv viz prijizdel.
Videl, jak jeho soudruh droz-
ku opustil, do domu vstoupil a
zmizel.,
Markyz opustil svdj 1kryt a
blizil Sc. Naslouchal 1zkostlive
jak Sc truchlohra ia rozvine.
Minuty mijely = nebylo slyse-
seti zadny kirk, zadny vystrel.
Go pax Sc tam delo?
A zatim CO tn stal a naslou-
ohal, pfemyslel Norbert =
skoro bezdeky % sobe. Jaka
Sc to MIN stala zmena? Stalt'
Sc tajnym nepritelem Rougui-
novym. Laska ku Gabrielle OBJ
mekcila jeho srdce a ably 81 III
skal naklonnosti zeniny, snazil
Sc to zle, jehoz Sc byl; dopustil
napraviti!
Rouguin Sc pojednou Ease
objevil We dvcrlch domovych.
Medal Sc byti ami dost malo
pcbouren. Kazdy by byl" mohl
piisahati ma to, re Sc vraci z
prijemne navstevy. Vstoupil do
pcvozu ten odjizdel po moste.
Norbert cekal jeste nekQlik
minut. Doufal, re nyni uvidi wy
jiti Andrea a Lydii = on, vsak
nikdo nepfichazel a markyz
piece jen pocal pocit'ovti nepo
koj.
Mohl by snad jeste jednou
vejiti a pfesvedciti Sc o tom, co
Sc stale, pomysil 81, kdyz tn v
hloubce jednoho povozu, jenz
nestal We velke cd neho vzdale
nosti, shlednul dive jiskrnych O.
Il, jez nan byly upreny.
Markyz Sc Zachvel. Pozpal
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Napsal Julius Mary

potOm vysvetliti svou pritOm.
most tamtez? Neucini lepe, zmi
zi-li? Ucinil vse, co ma zachra
neni Andrea uciniti mohl.
Vratlme Sc ku Lydii a Andre
owl. Nest astnik lezel roztazen
ma zemi. Lydia sama sotva jeste
jevila n6jaky zivot - dlouhy
cas- zdstala v tupem omameni
Hluboke ticho - ticho smrti,
jcz nebylo ruseno zadnym po-
vzdechem ami jednoho ami dru
hsho, zavladalo okolo obou v
pokoji. Konecne zdalo Sc, ze Ly
die prichazi k sobe. Povstala.
Oblicej jeji mel vyraz zmateny,
oci jeji byly cervene, pohled je
j divny.
Dovravorala Sc k mfstu, kde
milenec jeff lezel, poklekla u
neho, pojala jeho hlavu We sve
ruce a meme il pozvedla. Hlava
byla bezvladna a klesala ma
zad. Prilozila il k srdci svemu.
V teto bezltesne opustenosti,
oci majic zalite slzami, pozoro
yala Lydie nehybneho mladika,
tohoto mladeho muze, jehoz la
ska il Ease vstipila neco sebe
ucty, jehoz dust il nyni oderva-
Ii.
Sklonila Sc k nemu, ably jej v
jeho cello polibila, pojednou Sc
vsak zarazila, jako by pred spa
chanim n6jake bezectneho sku
tku. Spokojila Sc tim, ze Sc do
tknula svyma rtoma okraje "a
krvaceneho jeho satku.
"Andrea!" zaseptala PAM
Rcuguinova. "Me mile dite, cd
pust' mi to zlo, jez jsem ii zpl
sobila! Andrea, nabud' zivota
= procitni = pohledni ma mne,
nu!"
Ale Andrea neslysel niceho a
nemohl il byti posausen. Zdal
SC byti mrtev - zcela bezvedo
mi, nehybne spocival v klinu
,mlade zeny, MAZE ruce svisle,
zsinale. Sklonila Sc k nemu po
2orovala jej zcela z blizka. Ami
sebe patrnejsi dech neunikal Il
stun mladikovym - ami jedina
brva Sc nepohnula v strnulem
obliceji mladeho muze. Zdal Sc
byti mrtev. Napadla il nyni my
slenka, ze drzi v naruci sve clio
veka mrtveho a mrazeEi proje-
10 j telem.
"Nikoliv, to neni NONE =
to neni mozne!" zaseptala. Po
tom sebrala vsecky sve silly po
darilo Sc il mladeho muze ma
rohovku dostati.
Andrea! Andrea!" zvolala
nyni znovu. "Odpovez mi - 0
tevri oci sve o pohledni ma mne,
Andrea, never tomu, co omen
lnuz tt povedel - zlocin vycha
zel vice z jeho nez z me strany.
0, Andrea, co tt muslin rici, a.
hych te povolala Ease v zivot?'
A prsty jeji lichotive hladily
jeho lice a probiraly Sc jeho Via
sem. Vsak ami lichoceni, ami va
sEive prosby nepomahaly. An
drea zdstaval nehybnym, beze
vsech znamek zivota. Lydie Sc
zmocnil nyni hrozny strach. -
Hrdza, mysenka, ze jest pohro
made milencem, jenz zemrel
Easledkem toho, re zvedel O je
Jim zlocinu, celou il ochromova
10. Domnivala Sc stale, re to je
pouze mdloba - coz pax byl O.
pravdu mrtev? Lydie nyni hroz
ne vykrikla: andrea - An
drea, odpovez mil"
Avsak krasna, bleda ia dsta,
iez tax roztomile mluvivala,
jez tax sladce dovedla sepotati,
zustavala nema. Lydie precha
zela jako silena, S posunky zou
falstvi prozrazujicimi po poko-
il Stkala krecovit6, ,nemohouc
sizi prolevati. Jakousi modlit-
BIZ septaly jeji rtove: "Mij bo
ze," zvolala v silenem poboure
nj, "ty nejsi nespravedlivy -
tvs piece bjh dObrOty. bih ne
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1918-08-03
PR GENE.
NAROKY.


l nN6AA 4NNAA.
| Chicago, I'll. - Dne a. GER
vence lonskeho roku zemrel V
Omaze jeden ze zamoznejsich
tamnajsich krajanu, p. Frant.
Pitelka a kdyz byla otevrena
ljeho zav9t', shledalo Sc, ze po
scbe zanechava jmeni v obnosu
asi $4,000. Jelikoz nemel zad-
nych blfzkych pribuznych, me-
la celia pozdstalost v souhlase $
pranim Pitelkovym prijiti k roz
deleni Inezi jeho synovce a ne
terc. Jako dedici byli v testa-
! mentu uvedeni pi. Marie Lisa z
els. 425O Harvard ave. " Cleve
landu, O., Berbora Jarosova 2
els. 1920 Hamm ave., tamze a
dale Anna Horka, Rdzena Hor-
ka, Jiri KaSpar, Lizzie Rybako-
va, Vac. Pitelka JOS. Pitelka,
usazeni vesmes v Clevelandu.
Zde y Chicago mel zesnuly jc-
dnoho synovce, p. Frantiska Pi-
ltelku, bydliciho elsie 8O8 jiz.
Racine ave. a ten byl rovnez u
|vcden v seznamu st'astnych de-
dicu.
| Vykonavatelcm testamentu
byl IA omazskem probatnim
soudu ustancven jisty John A.
Brand 4 ten podnikl okamzits
kroky, ably pozdstalostni zale-
zitost byla privedena do porad-
ku a jednotliy6 odkazy prislus
nym osobam vyplaceny. Ale
spon V iednom pripadu byly 5
tim vsak spojeny obtize ,jez nj
kdo neocekaval. Cast odkazu
naiezejici p. Frant. Pitelkovi,
mela 5yt totiz pa zadost jeho
byvale manzeiky, ktera tvrdila,
ze ma cd neho k ocekavani o.
krouhle asi $25OO jako vyziv-
ne, ktere il bylc v rozvodni pri
kdysi povoleno, ale jez muz nj
kdy nesplatil.
Kdyz vese2 We znamost, ze Pi
telka ma take dedit a ze nan pri
pada z poz1stalosti asi $4,000,
5yla v zajmu jiste pi. Antonio
Pitelkove zadana u omazskych
soudn zaloba, ably penize tyto
byly zadrzeny v jeji prospech.
| Zalobkyne v sve zadosti uvade
Ia, ze byla obzalovanym odda
ma Y Clevelandu v zari 1888 a
ze nim lila celou fadu let. u
II
iejich manzelstvi vzesly dive dit
ky a sice Is rckG citajici Anto-
| nie a 23lety Slavek. Spoluziti
Pitelkovych vsak nebylo poze-
hnano stestim doslo to tax da-
leko, re Pitelkova byla nucena
pozadati "a rozvod. Dosahla jej
pocatkem roku 1899 a rozvod
| aim dekretem byly il prirknu-
ty ODE ditky a soucasne il pOvo-
leno vyzivne. To vsak odpadlo,
kdyz muz Sc j uvolil vyplatit
jednou pro vzdy $1,000. PAM
Pitelkova ale udava, ze ma to
nedostala nikdy ami jedineho
centu, re az do dneSniho dne
| predstavuje jeJi narok S uroky
$500. Proto, kdyz Sc dovede-
la, ze ieji muz ma nyni dediti,
domaha Sc dluzneho vyzivneho
z obncsu nan pripadajiciho.
V zalobe bylo specificky 1--WE
dero, ze Pae!l:ovi byE o',gilka
o rozvodni procedure jeho ze-
ny dorucena vypomocnym seri
fem dne 20. dubna 1899. To je
bod velmi dalezity, nebot' po-
die zakona muze byt vyzivne
zadano pouze tam, kde uvedo-
mlni obzalovaneho o zadani
zaloby provedeno je osobne, ci-
Ii, kde v pravnickem piazvosloyl
1Jedna sc 0 personal service.
Pl. Pitelkova pravila, re to bylo
ucineno v jeji pripadu a nasle
dovne re pa vyzivne ma pine
pravo, treba j je muz neplatii
bezmaaa dvacet let. Ale Pitel-
ka zas tvrdil pravy opak po-
| darilo Sc mu sehnati nekolik
1
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1
ma zemi mne nezasahnul ale We
cny bIh nemdze mne piece v
tomto mladfku trestati! Mnj bo
re - ia jej miluji laskou, kite
ra nemIze vzbuditi tvIj hnev,
nebot jest cista! Nebudiz bo
hem trestu a neoblomneho hne-
VI - mech jej ziti! Coz pax ne
jsem dosti potrestana jeho utr
peplm, jeho opovrzenfm? Jeho
smrt by take jeSt6 byla pripo-
ctena ku me vine - a to by by
10 prilis mnoho, mdj boze!"
A divoke jeji zoufalstvi, kre
covite jeff vzlykani zmenilo Sc
nyni proud slzi, jez Sc il rinu
ly po lfcich. Mlada zena vrati
la Sc ku Andreovi, jenz stale jes
te byl bezvedomy.
'Snad neni mrtev!" zasepta
la, "Ach, niceho neni v tomto
csudnem pokoji - ami trochu
vcdy, abych mu mohla skran6
smociti a jej probuditi! o, jak
rada bych obetovala vlastni
krev, kdybych cd neho mohla
dostati jediny pohled - byt'
by to byl pohled zdeseni!"
A nest'astna zena jsouc obeti
poboureni, kterez bylo skoro 81
lerstvim lomila rukama.
"Lekar!" zvolala, "iekar by
snad jej mohl zachraniti! Musi
ale prijiti lined! Kde jej ale
nalezti = CO mu povedeti? Co
81 nyni pociti?"
Lydia stala tn chvili tise, pal
civym pohledem ma Andrea ii
rajic. Pojednou sebou skubla
- zaslechla tichounky, slabou-
ckv povzdech.
"On zije! On zije!" vyrazila.
::"Mdj boze, smiloval; jsi Sc ma
de mnou?"
Vybehla pokoje, spechala
po schodech dolG a srazila sc s
muzem, jenz stoupal n,ahoru a
ryni il cestu zastoupil. Byl to
Valentin.
"Jakym pravem, pane -"
tazala Sc Lydie.
"Predevsim jen nekolik SLOW
vyrusil j Valentin rychle.
"Prave tu byli diva muzi -
jeden z Mich byNmarkyz z Ar
gentalu."
"Nevim = nevim to -ja jej
reznam," vpadla mu Lydie kva
pne do reci.
"Druhy jmenuje Sc Rouguin,
a w jste jeho zena," pokracoval
Valentin.
ITO jest pravda!" dotvrzova
la.
"Kdyz Sc tito diva muzi Sc
jdou, stava Sc tax vzdy jen pro
to, aby spachali pejaky zlocin.
Chci vedeti, jaky zde byl zlocin
spachan! Wy chcete prchnouti?
Vrat'te Sc jen! Jdete prede
mnou"
A uchopiv il "a rameno, str
ell j nazpet. Lydie Sc ale posta
villa ma odpor, pobourena zde
scna. "Nikoliv- nechte mne |!
Jest zapotrebi lekare - lekare
= lined = sice zenlse 20, jen
iekare
Proti sve Will ucouvla pred
Valentinem. Nemyslela ma mic
netazala Sc, kdo re mlady ten
nluz je - co ze chce - jak ze
proniknul tajuplnou tn udalost,
ktera Sc zde odehrala.
"Lekare - lekare !" opako-
vala pani Rouguinova.
Pri prvnlm pohledu, jejz ma
Andrea uvrhnul, seznal Valen-
tin, re mlady muz umira re tu
predevsim zapotrebi co Lydie
zadala - lekare. Ukazal pr
stem ma nest 'astnaho mladeho
mGze.
"Spachan tu zlocin, neni-liz
pravda?"
"Ano," zvolala a oci jeji zaji
skrily penavisti, "zlocin, jenz
jest tim desnejsi, ponevadz ku
tnhO snSch Sni nanOuzitO ami dV
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-09-04
Ry the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
WITH THE BRITISH ARMIES IN
FRANCE, September (noon).-BritisF
troops were reported this morning tc
have taken the town of Moeuvres, three
and one-half miles southeast of Queant
but the capture Of the place was not
confirmed.
The Germans are in full flight in the
region of the Canal du Nord and appear
to be more than ever disorganized. A
thousand more prisoners were captured
last night by Field Marshal Haig's
forces.
BRITISH HEADQUARTERS IN
FRANCE, September (Reuter's Linn.
ited).-Enemy rear guards yesterday
succeeded in engaging the British ad-
vancing troops here and there and II
fighting delaying actions which were
usually of short duration. But they
did not check the galloping up Of oul
batteries which frequently fired at point
blank range into the struggling columns
retreating to the eastward.
In the rapidity Of his withdrawal
the enemy did not have time to de-
stroy all the crossings over the north
Canal du Nord and last night our pa
trolls were reported by airmen to be
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-09-04
KAIsER's HAIR SNOW WHITE.
Appears to Be Suffering Great sor.
row Suiss 0eo1are

GENEVA. September 3.-Swiss who
saw Emperor William and King
Ferdinand quite closely at their
Nauheim conference recently. accord
ing to the Democratic, declare that the
German ruler has greatly aged and
that his hair is snow white and his
shoulders stopped The emperor's
eyes are feverish. his gestures abrupt
and his face. which is severely lined
and tanned, gives the general impress
sion of a man suffering a great sor-
row.
The Democratic learns that the en-
perors visit to King Ferdinand was
for the object of obtaining Bulgarian
divisions for the western front in
order to release German reserves
similar to the way Austro-Hungarian
troops are being used to fill the gaps
caused by the heavy losses during the
present retreat. In the meantime
German recruits. barely eighteen
years old, have received orders to pre-
pare to Join the fighting forces on
the 1st Of October.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-09-04
Hdig Reaches Canal du Nord;;
Captures Several TOvns

f1cial statement today. North of the
Arras-Cambrai road they have occu-
pied the town of Ecourt St Quentin.
North of Peronne the advance has
carried the British through the Vaux
woods, above Moislans. Slight ad-
vances have been scored at other
points.
Germans New Switch Line.
LONDON. September s.-The new
switch line behind the Drocourt-
Queant line, to which the Germans are
believed to be retiring and which was
recently completed, is some six miles
to the rear Of the old line. 1t runs
from Brebieres. five miles southeast
of Drocourt, southwark to Moeuvres
and joins the Hindenburg line in the
vicinity of Graincourt, three and a
half miles northwest of Marcoing.
Between Peronne and the Sensee
river the British are continuing their
successful advances against the Ger
mans. according to Field Marshal
Naig's communication issued tonight.
Field Marshal Haig's forces this
afternoon continued their advance
north of the River Somme. They cap
tured LIE Mesnil. which lies to the
southeast Of Le Transloy. This con-
stitutod Q further two-mile advance
on q SIX. mile trent since this morE.-Ss
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Front Along Canal.
Farther south the British likewise
have reached the line Of the canal well
down to Peronne, on the Somme, max.
ing their front along this artificial water
way cover an extent of more than twen-
ty miles. AS a matter Of fact they
are reported to have even crossed the
canal along its southern length, just
to the north Of Peronne.
The menace to both Cambria and
Douai may be indicated by the fact
that the British are within five and a
half miles Of the outskirts of the for
mer city and not more than six miles
distant from Douai. At Inchy-en-Artois
they are little more than two miles
from the Bourbon wood position, where
Gen. Byng was temporarily anchored
in his drive at Cambria last fall. mark
ing what was virtually his nearest ap-
proach to the city.
Little Chance Of Counter Blow.
In Byng's drive. however. the Brit
ish approached Cambria on only a
narrow front, whence German
counter attack on the flank ousted
them disastrously, whereas at present
the advance is on far wider front
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and offering no apparent opportunity
for an effective counter blow, es-
pecially in the present reported state
of German disorganization from the
constant pounding the enemy armies
have received all along the front
from Rheims to Arras since mid July.
British Gain in Jys Salient.
To the north the Germans are still
in retreat and the British have oc-
cupied additional towns in the Lys
salient The enemy's reported re-
tirement in the sector south of La
Bassee has not been confirmed, how
ever, and the Germans apparently
are still holding the greater part of
the coal mining city of Lens, in this
area, although the British are under
stood to be in the western section Of
the town.
On the French front Gen. Mangin's
army has made important progress
in the direction of the forest of St
Gobain, which defends Laon His
forces have reached the edge of the
important town of Coucy le Chateau
and have pushed further eastward in
their fianking movement to the north
of scissors.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-09-04
Citizens Asked to Offer
Cars for Registration

District citizens who own
automobiles and employ chauf-
feurs are asked to volunteer
the use Of the machines and
drivers for various registration
precincts on registration day,
September IL.
Similar appeal was made for
the first reEistrati0n. June s,
last year. Response more than
met demand.
Melvin C.. Hazen. chairman q
draft board No. 4; Thomas
Bones and HI. G. Todd compose
the committee ON transportation
appointed for the registration.
which today issued the. appeal
for the free use Of motor cars.
Volunteers should send their
names to ChAirmaA Hazen at
the District building.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-09-04
PRESIDENT SAVES TEN
SOLDIERS FROM MOOSE

The death sentences of ten negro
soldiers, who participated in the riot
at Houston, Tex. August %, 1917.
have been commuted to life imprison-
ment by President Wilson.
In six other cases the President at
firmed the death sentences because
the condemned men had been found
guilty of having deliberately and
with great cruelty murdered civilians.
This action, announced today by
the War Department, concludes the
cases Of twenty-nine negroes given
the death penalty for their part in the
riot. Thirteen were executed and the
President was called upon to review
the findings in sixteen cases.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-09-04
LOYAL RUSSIANS
JOIN THE CzECHS
10000 Reported Operating
With Forces Along Trans
siberian Railroad.
CITIZENS SUPPL YING FOOD

A Czecho- o-Slovak officer has arrived
at Archangel with word that 10000
loyal Russians are operating with the
10000 Czecho-Slovak forces moving
westward along the Transsiberian
railroad from Ekaterinburg. News OF
the officers arrival reached the State
Department today in a message from
Ambassador Francis under date OF Auz
gust 26.
Since the officer left Ekaterinburg,
vances by the Czechs have been an
nounced by telegraph, but his report
is regarded as important, because of
the light it throws upon the relations
of the Czechs with the people of the
country through which they are NOV
ing. He says the Russians are pleased
with the overthrow of the bolshevik
control. and that bolshevik soldiers
are focking to the support of the
Czechs.
Ekaterinburg Ek Occupied.
Leaving Ekaterinburg on August 2.
on orders from the commanding Of
ficer who had been asked by the al
lied consuls to get messenger to
Archangel, the officer arrived at Vo-
logda on the 18th and at Archangel
on the oath after many vicissitudes.
He said Ekaterinburg was captured
July 25 by 200 Cossacks, and that 500
Czechs arrived there on the follow
ing day. Citizens supplied the Czechs
with food, of which there seemed to
be plenty in that region.
According to this officer the former
Emperor Nicholas was shot July 16,
but the bolshevik officials withheld
the information for twofdays. The
disposition of the body was unknown,
but it was rumored that 1t had been
burned in coal mine. The empress
and the czarevitch were said to have
been taken by the bolsheviki from
Ekaterinburg to an unknown desti-
nation.
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By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
LONDON, September 4, 1 p.m.-The
British have secured a hold on the
west bank Of the Canal du Nord by
taking Rumaucourt, to the, north of
Sains-lez-Marquion, according to ad-
vices from the battle front today.
Farther south along the canal they
are reported to have captured Inchy-
en-Artofs, Demicourt, to the east Of
Doignies. and Hermies. three miles
northeast Of Bertincourt.
Near the Somme the British, the ad-
vices state, have crossed the canal at
Haut Allaines, slightly more than
two miles north of Peronne.
From Hermies southwark the Brit
ish line is indicated as running to the
west of Ruyaulcourt. a mile and a
half east of Bertincourt.
Since the opening of the combined
Franco-British operations august s
no less than ninety-seven German d.
visions have been engaged on the
battle front.
Field Marshal Haig's Report.
In their push beyond the Drocourt-
Queant line British troops have
reached the line Of the Canal du
Ncrd. Gays Field Marshal HaiS's Of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-09-04
LENS STILL Is MAINLY
IN HANDS OF GERMANS

LONDON, September 4.-Informa-
t,on from the front today is that the
coal mining city of Lens is still mainly
in German possession. British patrols,
however, are reported to be in the
western portion Of the town.
There were widespread reports yes
+.rdav that Lens had been evacuated
Nv the Germans and occupied by the
Rr,tish, These reports emanated from
On authoritative source in London and
We're generally accepted as correct un-
III the receipt of last nights official
Rritish communication, which failed to
confirm them.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-09-04
Haig at Canal du Nord After
Advance of ofNearly 4Maes;
More Towns Captured.
ALLIED ARMIES SMASH ON
AT MANY POINTS ON LINE
By the Associated Press.


The British have driven home their push through the Wotan
line far the Nor and their
reported checked Already the wedge they have driven into the
German defenses in the between the railway OF
Doua and Cambria is menacin the enemy who
the British the canal line here he hopes these
basesva points in the German defensive system the
Disoganzation in the German reported in uno
ca advces from the 'front.' however, there be
than possibility that the enemy command will be able
its defensive formations in hold the
British temporarily along the canal positions.
The main of the British push be the dre
ton of Cambria along both the Bapaume Camrai and Arra
and in terrain lying between these highways
they reported today have captured
and Moeuves This advance of
between three and miles Yesterday beyond
the southern section of the famous wch line Queant
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-09-04
CONDITION NOW
CRITICAL FROM WOUNDS

LONDON, September 4.-The con.
dition of Nikolai Lenine. the boIshe-
vik premier, against whose life ar
attempt was made last Friday, has
become highly critical, according tc
a dispatch from Moscow to the Cen.
pected within three days.
Surgeons have removed . bulls,
from Lenine's body.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-09-04

Miss Marie Sims, daughter of Repre-
sentative Thetus w. Sims OF Tennes-
see, and sister -fn-1aw of Commis-
sioner Brownlow. today was appoint
ed private secretary to the Commits
sioner. She succeeds Francis L. Fahy,
who has been called into the military
service.
Miss Sims is the second woman sec
retary to a Commissioner in the his
tory of the District government. the
fret having been Miss Alice George,
secretary to former District Com
missioner Newman. now a major in
the Army.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-09-04
U. S. FLIER COMMENDED
BY BRITISH ADMIRALTY

LONDON, September 4.-The British
admiralty has commended Ensign
John Jay SchiefSelin of New York for
his action while plotting an airplane
over the North sea. which resulted in
an enemy submarine being seriously
damaged on the night of August IS.
The ensign was especially commend
ed for promptly sighting and report
ing the submarine to destroyers.