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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-17
MANGIN NOW THREATENS
FOES POSITION ON AISNE
Slow but Persistent Advance Will Likely Drive Germans
Out-Foch's Strategy Shows Up Weakness
of Enemy
Bv C.. III. PERRIS

the substantial accuracy of the fig
ures of the decline of the German
army which in my dispatches up tc
July last always seemed to err on the
side of optimism. The turn. of the tide
has justified those STAFF calculators or
whom ] depended.
1t is then, steady ebb rather than
any one current that is carrying us
to victory, but tide may be and is
being helped by two kinds Of in
fuence. One is the individual ability
of the Allied chiefs, from generals
downward.
The slow but persistent advance of
General Mangin's army between the
Ailette and the Aisne, where a corner
of the Hindenburg lire has been
chipped and is in danger of a greater
breach, illustrates wha. determir ed
and resourceful leadership can accom-.
plish. Without any fuss. Mangir has
taken possession OF Monte des Singes
and the west end of Chemin des-
Danes, between Aliemant village and
Mennejean farm and the brick heap
called the mill of Laffaux. The small
French tanks once again proved their
high value.
The whole German position on the
Aisne Is thus threatened, and it seems
most improbable that the enemy can
long hold the Aisne heights. But IL
they are lost, can the st. Gobain block
be retained? Or is Ludendorff already
contemplating another retreat?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-17
SIX DIE IN PARIS RAID;
10 FOE PLANES DOWNED
By the Associated Press

Paris, Sept. 17.-SiX persons were
killed and fifteen others were injured in
Sunday nights air raid over Paris, ac-
cording to the lists given by the news
papers today.
One of the injured was a woman. the
mother of six children.
One German machine, a Gotha, was
brought down in the forest of Com
pieene. The two aviators fled, pursued
by gendarmes.
This makes two of the enemy raidng
I~snachines accounted for by the French.
dispatch last night announced that
one of the bombing planes was brought
down by direct shot from the artillery
defense of Paris, falling in one of the
northern suburbs. The bodies of an Of
sncer and two men were found i'll the
In aerial fighting Sunday, French
aviators destroyed twelve German air
planes and. set on fire sixteen captive
Z Balloons. says the statement on aviation
night. Sunday night bombing squa adrons
dropped forty-siX tons of bombs on mill
tary targets behind the German lines
from Laon to Metz. The text of the
Btatement reads:
'.On September Is our aviators were
extremely active and obtained notice
able results. Notwithstanding marked
attempts by the enemy to protect his
captive balloons we set on fire sixteen
of them. Numerous. aerial combats We're
engaged in, during which We destroyed
twelve German machines
.Our .aviators carried out lombard
menfs on the night of September ISL .
against the communication lines, sta
fions and cantonments behind the
enemy front. The stations at Laon,
Amagne Marie. Longuyon, Dommary-
Baroncourt and Contains were snowered
heavily with projectiles. Large fires and
explosions were observed. especially at
Marie and Longuyon. In all forty-siX
tons of bombs were dropped
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-17

special Cable to Evening Public Ledger
| Copyright, 1918. by Nc,c York Times Co.
With the French Army in Lorraine,
Sept II.
Inc bronzed and rather grim-look
ing american lads whom 7 have met
today showed no signs OF national
eiatlon. yet an event has occurred that
VIII loom large even in the abnormal
records Of this war.
The first separate American army
mas Fought its first victorious battle
on European soil, and it has made a
wonderful clean and quick job OF II.
Rarely can there have been a mill
tary success at once SO rapid and so
complete. Some 200 square miles.
forming triangle with a base of
twenty miles and with a depth from
the apex at st. Mihiel of fourteen
mlles-an area occupied by the enemy
for four years and during the greater
part OF that time without challenge
has been torn from him in two short
days. His dead and wounded we can
| not count, but he has left behind over
! $4,000 prisoners and great amount
Of material
1t was in one of the French sectors
that I crossed the Meuse to the re-
| covered territory. For nearly four
years the wedge or salient of St. Mi
hiel had been a thorn in the flesh OF
France and her defenders. This block
of hills. rising from 300 to 800 feet
above the Meuse on one hand and the
clay plain of the Woevre on the otner
remained to the Germans after theil
Intellectual attempt during the battle
of the Marine to cut across the Meuse
and to take Nerdun in reverse.
The superb resistance of Fort Troy.
on from September 8 to 10. 1914
thwarted that effort. but on Septem
ber % a large body OF troops from
Metz came through the gap of Spade
and captured the old French fort o.
the Roman camp on the cliff beside st
Mihiel From this fastness, while the
infantry was obtaining a foothold or
the west bank of the river. the Ger.
man gunners amused themselves b,
bombarding the neighboring villages
including Sampigny, where President
Poincare has his country home.
They were never able to enlarge
their position at Chauvoncourt. bu
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-17

Special Cable to Euening Public Ledger
CopyriDht, 1918. bD Nc,C York Times Co.
With the French Armies, Sept. II.
The regular rhythm Of Marshal
Foch's strategy is AT least as impress
sive for the serious observer, and, we
may be sure. for the German staff, as
any of its more sensational episodes.
Continuity in time with alienation in
spaCe-these two characteristics keep
the enemy harassed and give the
Allies always some benefit or surprise.
The extension of the active front
toward the east is particularly i'm.
portant, not only because it brings us
nearer the points the enemy must
regard with special anxiety, but be-
cause in what have so long been qui t
sectors he will have very heavy work
to create defenses comparable with
those further west These sectors,
too. have been so slightly held that
whenever they are seriously attacked
a considerable number of divisions
must he brought II time to meet the
onset. The abandonment successfully
of the Marine, Somme and Meuse
salients shows how difficult it has be.
come for Berlin to find these divisions.
In this fact lies the confession of
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-17

cussions. 1t Is also regarded as a direct
effort TO get at the moderates and pac-
fists in the Allied countries, especially In
England. before the general elections. As
already has been slated, every efort is
being made to affect these elections by
the deliberate staging of democratic ap-
pearances.
The Vossische Zeitung comments that
a new situation has been created ps
Austria -Hungary's step, and that II "
a separate offer, for which Austria mus'
bear the responsibility alone. The pa
per refers to the constant negotiations
with the Prince of Parma and Kaiser
Karl's letter to the French Presideht
which Is not yet forgotten In Germany
but says that this is the hrst t,li.
Austria has sent note ana the nrs'
time during the war that one ot 'ne
Central Powers has acted witnout u.
Allies. People. 1t says, might interpret
this as a separation from the aiilanct
were II not for the fact that oinc,a
reports have just announced 10 lne
world that Austro- o-Hungarian troops
helped in the recent offensive. a.,
The Lokal Anzeiger remarks Una. wv
failure of all former and similar unue'
takings does not encourage op'''l,sn,
The Tageblatt AYERS that the proposah ~
Il
only Vienna's initiative.
I'VE must see an honest motive pe
fore peace. Every friend of peace must
ask whether this Is the right rnoh'eh.
for Il. The Central Powers have carried
on a peace offensive for year anu
half without much success. we Will not
go into the details of the failure
Fails to Make Good Impression
In the last few weeks, the paper ADDS
Germany has opened systematic cam
paign of speeches for peace. EVERY frienu
of peace must approve Won fa!er
ideas especially as regards the Wes,
and the colonies. but these woros nau
hardly reached abroad when the wen
uese note hastens after them' "h'ch ooes
not make a good impression.
The paper assumes. from the utter
ances of Wilson, Balfour ana Lioso
George. that Austria Hungary Is not TO
he divided up and Germanys internhi
affairs are not to be interfered with by
the Entente. President wilson's four
teen points, It says, are easily reconciied
with like interests of the separate bel
ligerents. and it is only question OF
eDpIication The note. however. over
looks the important question OF Aisace-
Lorraine. After all other steps nave
failed. there is hardly another means
to peace except confidential discus
sion.
The paper concludes that Austria
separate action, may, however. only en-
courage the Allies to more desperate
stand. vet the dual monarchy can resi-
assured that the majority of German
people will welcome its peace step with
sympathy.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-17
HINE TOWNS HIT
BY BRITISH FLIERS
More Than 100 Tons of Ex-
plosives Dropped During
August
BOMB RAILWAY CENTER
Mannheim Poison Gas Factory
Badly Wrecked - Twenty
one Cities Attacked

tcpDrtphf lgIS. oD NeW lork i'WeS 'o'
London, Sept. II.
During August the Independent Royal
! Air Forces made successful raids upon
no fewer than twenty-one important
towns In Germany in addition to large
number of raids upon such aircraft sta
tions as Buhl, BOuiay, Freisdorf. Nor
hange and other military objectives. The
total weight of bombs dropped was well
over 100 tons, as compared with forty
eight tons in May. sixty-six tons in June
and eighty-cne tons in July.
Large industrial centers exclusive of
airdromes. etc. attacked were Bettem-
bourg railway station. the Burbach fac
tories, the Coblentz railways. Cologne
railways and factories. Darmstadt raI!-
ways, Bilingen factories, Duren fac
tories and Ehrange railway junction,
once each Frankfort factories and rail-
ways three times; Karlsruhe station and
luxembourg railway station once each {;
Mannheim chemical factories and Metz
Sablcn railways three times each; Often
burg station and railways, Remilly rail-
way junction. itombach factories and
Saaralbe chemical factory, once each {;
Saarbourg railway workshops and
Treves railways and workshops three
times each, and NOlkngen blast furnaces
once.
The German territory brought def
nitely into the war zone by British air
men represents a belt of the Rhine val
ley ESQ miles long, from Cologne in the
north 10 the Grand Duchy of Baden in
the south.
The big Industrial Centers on the
Rhine contain in addition to important
railway functions, some of the largest
munition. poison gas, and electrical
undertakings in western Germany
The profound and widespread moral
effect of this persistent British air Of
fensive over Germany Is seen in the
fact that at dozens of public meetings in
the Rhine towns the excited citizens have
passed resolutions protesting against
raids, calling for their mutual limita-
,tions or in default of this for drastic
.and often impracticable measures of de-
;fense.
i Captured letters from places as widely
&eparated at Mannheim and Cologne all
estify to the terror and panic inspired
by the raids among the civil population
while the well-to-do families in increas'
hing number are seeking the temporary
(security of more distant inland, towns
tThere are indications that this latter fact
lis causing intense resentment among
<ADf Dfworiing population, who, being FOL
the most part engaged il war Industries
are peculiarly exposed to almost night,
danger from the British raiders.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-17

neither were the French able to drive
them out of the st. Mihiel hills.
In the spring and summer of 1915
the French made desperate attempts
to break through the south side. of
the salient, and some of the hardest
fighting of those days took place on
the slopes of Apremont forest and
lower ground. whence the present at
tack started.
Then through the regular phase.
of mine and grenade warfare the Sec
tor fell into complete calm for three
years. No serious action had taken
place in the front Of the southern
Woevre and at st. Mihiel the sentinels
of the two armies from the promon-
tories on either side of the river,
watched each other.
The immobility of this situation had
considerable and important influence
upon the armv of Verdun when the
Crown Princes offensive against that
fortress was begun. There were only
two railway lines into Verdun, of
which one, coming west through the
Argonne, was soon under German fire
Hence the creation, under General Pc
tain's impusion, of the famous motor
wagon service, by means of which
Nerdun was saved
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-17
Special Cable to Euening Public Ledger
Copyright, f9IS, Jy NclU York Times 90.
The Hague, Sept. II.

Copyright. i9IS, by NclC York Times %.
The Hague, Sept. II.
Austria- Hungary is again made the
sGapegoat in Germanys frantic effort to
obtain a peace before she is forced to
yield.
Although the ground for peace pro-
posals had been for some weeks pre-
pared by a heavy fire Of pacitist and con-
ciliatory speeches. the Berlain press now
unanimously declares thatahis is a sepa-
rate, unexpected offer by the Dual Mon
archy. for which the latter State is alone
responsible. The German military party
can thus avert the internal consequences
of suggesting peace after all the prom
ises they have held out to the people for
a strong German peace
For some time past reliable reports
have indicated that public feeling against
Austria. was being encouraged, the rea-
son being that Austria could be blamed
for the crash Wien it came. as she
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-17

ment." says the newspaper Temp. sum-
ming UP the universal conviction both
Of official circles and of the general
population here.
The view taken is that a peace OF the
status quo ante for the west, with a
freeman for the Central Empires In the
east, which is obviously what Austria
Hungary and Germany hope to be OBJ
tainable, would be simply a disastrous
peace the worst catastrophe imagin-
able for the Entente. for the liberty of
EUROPE and the whole world.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-17
RAIDERS KILL FRENCH OFFICIAL
Two Bombarding Planes Shot
Down by Anti-Aircraft Guns
RN the Associated Press

Paris. Sept. 17.-Antoine Troubat, un-
der chief of the questoirship in the SEN
ate. was killed during the aerial hom-
bardment on this city Sunday night
Two German airplanes which had
participated in the raid on the region of
Paris Sunday night were shot down by
anti-aircraft guns. They fell in the
forest of Compegne. Three dead Ger
mans We're found in one of the nlnnes
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-17
NO ILLUSORY PEACE
Entente Will Not Discuss Status
Quo Ante, Says Rome Newspaper
Sno,;,I T,LI. ,> n

Copyright 1918. by Neo York Times Co.
Rome. Sept. 17.--"The Entente IL
ready loyalty to discuss a true peace
which would eliminate the Fundamental
reasons which brought about the ex-
plosion of war. putting an end at least
to the most important causes of con-
hict; but, putting aside the question
whether 1t Is opportune or even possible
at the moment to talk peace, The En-
tente neither now nor in the future, In
ready to discuss an illusory peace. made
only of words, of diplo~atic arrange
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-17

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45-inch Loose Model. Handsome
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Handsomely Marked Skins.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-17
UPHOLD RED TERROR"
Bolshevik Government Won't Per.
nit Interference by Diplomatic
Corps
Ry the Associated Press

Amsterdam. Sept. I'm. Tchitcherin
the BolsheviR Foreign Minister. has ad-
dressed a long and sharp note to the
diplomatic corps at Petrograd in reply
to their protest of September relative
to the Red Terror according to
Isvestia. The note concludes:
I'VE energetically rejected interfer-
ence by neutral and capitalistic Powers
in favor of the Russian bourgeoisie. we
shall regard any attempt by the repre-.
sentatives of these Powers to oversteI
the limits of lawful protection of IN"
tempt to support the Russiap counter
revolution"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-17
NeWest Fur Coats
That Are UnmatchabLe at These Prices

$500 Marmot Coats. =. $500
Smart Loose Belted Model.
Large Shawl Collar.
1000 Natural Muskrat. $500
Three-quarter Length Full Model.
Large Shawl Collar.
1880 Natural Raccoon. 1880
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Model. Selected Quality Skins.
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Loose. Jaunty Belted Model.
Selected Quality Skins
215.00 Hudson Seal. .172.00
Three-auarter Length Loose Model.
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245.00 Hudson Seal. 1860
45-inch Full Model, Large Cape
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$1,000 Hudson Seal. .248.0O
45-inch Very Full Model Wide Bor-
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Smart Loose Belted Model.
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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-17
GRIM AMERICANS
SHOW NO ELATION
First American Victory
Will Loom Large on Rec.
ords of War
SUCCESS IS COMPLETE
st. Mihiel Sector Defied All
French Efforts at Recatpure
for Four Years
SUCCESS is COMPLETE
BY C. H. PERRIS

special Cable TO Evening Public Ledger
copvright, 1918. by Nc,o York Times Co.
with the French Army in Lorraine.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-17
Casless Order Applies to Naval Officers

Washington. sept. 17-(By |, n. S.
ministrator Garfield, Secretary of the
Navy Daniels has issued an order pro-
hibiting naval officers using gas-driven
automobiles on Sundays while the gas
less Sunday prohibition remains in ef-
feet.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-09-30
PORTO R|CANS ON
EMERGENCY WORK
Those Employed by Government at
New Orleans Not to Interfere
with Organized Labor.

New Orleans. La. Sept. 2s-As
common la borers. the l.24i Porto
Ricans who arrived in New Orleans
on Wednesday went to work Thurs
day al the $40. 0oo 600 warehouse be-
ing erected by the quartermaster' s
department below the city. Major j.
l. Lee. construction quarterma!ster,
said the Porto Ricans would have 10
work as laborers until they showed
their ability to do other work. The
government has fitted up quarters for
the men and will feed them. ANY
bar-room in the neighborhood OF
their quarters that sells liquor to the
Porto Ricans will be closed immedi :
ately," announced Major Lee.
1t is stated that organized labor has
nothing 10 fear from the importation
OF Porto Rlcans for emergency work
by the war department In certain
quarters the opinion had been ex-
pressed that the government was try
ing 10 hear" the labor markets, and
George W. Moore. president Of the
Building Trades council. had heard
that the carpenters and other skilled
-Xnrktnsn II The shi prnent were To sub
stitute skilled labor at common la Dor
prices.
Major Lee assured Mr Moore that
there was nothing to this, These
men all came here as unskiled la
Dor" said The major They agreed
to work for 80 cents an hour. and
that lie what they are doing now If
there are some skilled mechanics
among them, and believe there are,
they will he given an opportunity 10
rise when vacancy occurs,
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-09-30
DON'T LET ANYBODY
SPIT IN YOUR FACE
crs Who Arc Allies OF Spanish
Grippe

Don't spit in anybody's face and
don't let anybody spit in yours
IT was,in these blunt words that the
state health commissioner today ex-
pressed himself when he began to dis
cuss the alarming increase of Spanish
grippe in Virginia and the one sure
method of preventing a further spread
of the disease, Yes, he added with
the emphasis OF conviction, 'the sit
uauon calls for plain, unvarnished
speech. And SO l repeat my warning
It's spit--fresh spit--thats doing the
m ischief--gern ridden spit scattered
abroad by careless personal habits
| IL one gets grippe he either has put
into his mouth spit OF somebody who
has grippe, or somebody has spit in
his face by coughing or sneeZing at
him TIP comes one of your friends
and sneezes in your face. Then comes
another who coughs right at you as
If he engaged in target practice.
while third gives you a cordial
handshake with an infected fist on
which he has coughed, Better by far
II they whacked us on the head with
a stick instead of spraying us with
his disease producing spit"
And may we also be saved from
the common drinking cup-another
menace almost as bad as the coughers
and SneeZers."
The health commissioner is frank
to say that he does not sec muhc hope
OF heading off Spanish influenza I'M
less this advice is followed. And yet
he fears that the very simplicity of
his suggestions will cause them to be
ignored
II will be the part of wisdom for
everybody to hearken to the ugly lit
tie lecture on spit, for 1t tells, alas.
the story of Spanish grippe and ex-
plains the reason for its wide spread
at a time when war conditions make
doctors and nurses hard to find in
the country.
The state department of health now
is busily engaged in sending out pla-
cards and bulletins giving informa-
ton as to preventive methods. Any
one who will post or circulate these
may procure the publications free of
cost