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Evening star., 1918-08-15
MATERNAL TRADE PARLEy.,
Eleven Organizations to Meet Herr
September 10 and 20. S

, BOSTON, August 15.-Pfesilentss Of
eleven national trade organizations,
including the National Association OF
Cotton Manufacturers. the National
Association Of Wool Manufacturers.
the. American Association OF WOODEN
and worsted, Manufacturers. the Ma
tionaf Boot and shoe Manufacturers
Association and the New England
Shoe and Leather Association. have
signed q call for . conference OF
manufacturers engaged ON war work
to be held IN Washington on ssptem-
ber 10 and 20.
Plans TOR the conference. throngn
PROGRAM. Of cp-operation between
manufacturers. and the government IL
sexpected to be worked out. are an
nounced by w; Frank Shove. prsai-
dent OF the National Association OF
Cotton Manufacturers.
Evening star., 1918-08-15

and I came to the eighteen minimum
only after thorough study of the situa-
ti0n and with some reluctance, but
finally beHeing it to be necessary to Sc
the 5cefnfnlttse's action in reporting
the bill. The rep5rt says; Ii 'based ,lpsn
lhe NECESSITY t}f the gov erfineiit III
this crisis" aid upon the opinion VI
the SecretaEy Of War. the chief OF
staf and fhe provost marshal gen;
erai, ,tiiat It wodld be better 10 extend
eiasses which have been deferred by
law and by regulations of the War De-
partment"
Work-or-Fxght Amendment.
Regarding the work-or-fight amend
nent OF Senator Reed. providing for
withdrawal of deferred classification
from men absent from work without
cause, the report says:
"It seems to the committee that in
view of the fact We are about to author
Ire the dfaftine Of phys between The
ages Of eighteen and tweniy-6ne as, wei
Tas those above twehty-ene DIP and in
for the exemption ef aflen bAtweer
eighteen and forty-five whe are engaged
in useful and necessity Occupations
from actual service in the ranks thai
when any are exempted solely from tht
cause their services are more valuable
to the nation in the production Of thing
essential to the prosecution of the war
that when they cease in good faith II
follow the essential occupation thei
ought to be subject to the draft as II
other cases:
aThe young man net engaged /,
these occupations must wear the aHi
form. enter the ranks and bear hi
breast to the weapons Of the GefTna,
army. He cannot refuse to work evel
for an hour. and he Is compelled +
fight whether he feels disposed to d.
SO or not. In view of this, when
young man Is exempted from the draf
solely in order that he may engage ii
an essential industry he ought. to con
tfntie in that employment in goo
faith while any grievance is beiui
adjusted by the industrial board. am
! If he fails to do SO he ought to be sub
ject to draft.
THE provision does not pretend t
interfere with the right Of any maj
to cease labef when any man please
to do so, but simply says to him tha
il he does cease he shall, under sucl
regulations as the President may pre-
scribe, subject himself to the draft a
though he had not been exempted i.
the first instance
Evening star., 1918-08-15
PRESIDENTS LOAN PLEA.
Writes Appeal for the Bond Issu.
to Appear as Advertisement.

President Wilson ,shas written an
autograph appeal on behalf of the
fourth Biberty7Alean. tos6e published
in fuil-pase~ Snewspspert advertise
ments and shown sp3moying picture
screens September %, the opening
day of the three-week loan campaign.
In annppncing this today the liberty
loan publicity bureau said arrange
ments had been maSes for the publica-
tion daily throughput the loan period
of display: advert tf5emsHts in news
papers and magaziness consisting Of
special pleas written by prominent
Eershing, Charles-M n ;Sehgab, Samuel
Gompers. and others. - -cH
Evening star., 1918-08-15
Find Readymade Positions.

WITH THE FRENCH CH-ERNr IN
FRANCE Apguat- eussr's2;w -
-sitions OF Tniescodrt nsaesif and the
St. Claude and Ecouyillon farms are
progressing slowly North OF , Curry. z
the old French trenches of 1914. they
have gafned 4ss--ssound-s-1he enemy
readymads.sfas read M "a sihSS sisitioss. !
up his ~s5ow-nfovfng material and is
accommodating an Increasing number OF
guns and quantities Of munitions: Ths
French In advaasi2g. have tended to ss
no tanks to assist The infantry.
the. line. which Is thinly held. but
which is, bristiing with machine guns,
and are Hghtifg ih-the atmosphere OF
mustard gas yet they have wrested
from the enemy 4---
Positions Evacuated by Germans.
LONDON. August t.i4.4The Germans
have evacuated their. forward posi-
tions- at, Beaumont Hamel, Serre
Puisfeux~atf<hfoase and Bucquoy, lying
in the region north of Albert, accord
ing toeRisla Ma rshal Haig's commune
cationiissusd tonight -.
Australian Success.
By the Associated Press.
WITH THE BRITISH ARMY IN
FRANCE August A.-All hostile po-
sitiohssbetween the western outskirts
of Bray aid sEtifahen. have fallen into
the hands, of the Australians thus
placing the river 'banfs southwest OF
Bray under the control of the British
The Australians, also. have cleared
the enemy from Cateaux wood.
-Gaptpre of iRibecourt.
PARIS>> >AAs gust, .l4t-.The town OF
Ribecourt. on the road leading to
Noyon and six-and.onesquarer miles
southwest OF that town, has been cap
tured by the French, according to the
ofhcial statement issued tonight.
Evening star., 1918-08-15
TEUTON AIRA4EN~ STRIKE. BLkNDLY.
SHOWER BOMBS ON AMERICANS
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY ON
THE yESLE. August 14.-From one
endIo the other Of the FraHeo. amer
lean. line betweer ! soissons.- and
Rheims and far into the back areas.
the Germans dropped bombs from the
air Before daylight today. The re-
rnat1Tder of the day was confined to a
sluggish reciprocal artillery duel.
Onthe TANKS of the +pssition. which
are-hsld by the French, light, attacks
weEa-repulsed during Tuesday Night.
bomb attacks. At no point has there
been-any alteration in the line
Not since the German retreat halted
haSH-there been aerial raids of the
Evening star., 1918-08-15
HUMBERT s. AD DAiRATf0M
IS W0N By AMERICANS
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
WITHs THE FRENCH ABMY IN
FRANCE. August i5--peepest adrni-
ration for the American troops which
have heen1 lighting with thes British
and French In the Picardy Offensive
MAS sxpressed. today bys Cen HUM
bert, commapders Of the Sd French
Army, during q talk, to- war cerres
|spondentes
aThe Americans fight. he. said.
s'swith4 en- ardor that is unnprpassed.ss
Evening star., 1918-08-15
PRINCE LEOPOLD FREED
..::| FROM, g q GUARD .oF PEERS:
AMSTERDAM, August

AMSTERDAM, August 15.-The
under which Prince
fFiedfich'f Leopold of Prussia was
piaoed last June has been rescinded,
secordtAato the Heitung am, Mittag Of
HeriiH SsI VI
Prince Friedrich Leopold OF Prussia
q Ihe youngest son of Friedrich Leo
SerInany. Last August he was placed
uhaers ipterdiotiop by Count Won
Esuenh1lE2 mfnfeter of the royal
hpuse, ard; waS charged with, extrava-
gkhce THIS action brought about q
c9nerovefsy In court circles which was
sppToyed the action Of Count Eulen-
bltrs. 60 ~ -.
Evening star., 1918-08-15

pany commander concluded his re-
marzstabout the tanks by saying:
They are q magnificent weapon
none to speak of."
4iiQHrmnu aviator shot down.SgiAhkn
thEnEtiah Lines .dgcIArsd he 1a pst,s
tivEthat the German aerial losses In
reeAnt weeks had been much greater
thkh is admitted officially. He said
heknew of .one -instapce- whera FIVE
Gexman two.seaters crashed 10 -earth
wei msidS ne GsEmsH imss, ,.hnt; he
added, thefe was no mention OF them
inefficial reports -
Evening star., 1918-08-15
MORTALITY INCREASES;
III DEAD LAST WEEK

An increase In washington,s death
rate for the week ended August 10
is shown by q report issued by the
health department today. There were
III deaths, an increase Of forty-three
over the number reported for the pre-
cefing week.
Deaths Of white persons numbered
1I5, making an annual rate per LOCO
inhabitants of 20.4, and of colored
persons, ffty-six. for an annual rate
of 2S4. Il
Evening star., 1918-08-15
U.RoAJ@ OFFICER ARRESTED.
German Failed tp Eenew Pledge at
M Spanish Port

PARIS, August 15.EAccording to a
Barcelona dispatch to the Temps, the
captain-general at cartagena caused
the arrest Monday at midnight Of the
German oHosa ~ 4ctNyfa of the Ger
man submarine fntsfned at Carta-
gena-
The arrest was made at the German
FoMcers hotel and was ordered, the
message adds, on the ground that the
hour had dtexriredesf6f the officer. to
would, mote ft Ito sseaSgs which he he
was reQuiredstv deEAe1sMonday. ~
Evening star., 1918-08-15
al GERMAN PL LANES LOST;
/ 10 PUT OUT OF CONTROL.

3 LONDON. August 14.--Twenty-ons
German airraanesl were brought down.
and ten driven down out OF control
yesterday, according to- an ofncials
statement fsxued tonigtts on avfa-
tiou operations. Six British machines
arm. missing as q result of the aerial.
sencuuntera British end American air
ssunadrnnss co-operHtef in an attack
ON az,zenemy a1rdronse and, deetreyed
six machines Pal t1ked near the hangars.
Evening star., 1918-08-15
Cuban Guarantees Are Revived.

{ HAVANA. Wednesday. August 14.--m
a special decree issued tonight Presi-.
dert Menocal re-estabiished constitu--
FtionaI guarantees throughout Cnba.
They were suspended on July 49,, 1877.
The president also issued a statement
,zraranteeing the purity Of the elections
next November and the protection Of
allsvoters.
Evening star., 1918-08-15
Cana a heal Shows Fall OF.

-soTTAWA, August H. Canada's
wheat crop this year iss z32YSDl, 600
bslskeIs. or, LIZ, $50 bushels less han
81 .S6e Dom7Ii5h bdF sau 81 statisticsss
cenpiled from returns Of Corresponds
ellt Oats are EXPECTED to- Yield 4t6,e
e9A 200 bushels, an increase Of 13,0O0.-
pge oyer last year. q Is, rs
Evening star., 1918-08-15
Urueuayan Mission Coming

SANTIAGO. Cuba "Wednesday. Au-;
gust 1.-THE Urusnayan mission to-
sthe United States, headed by DE-. Bsl-
sthazar Bran. the foreign minister. ar-i
rived here today. The nsemberss were.
Nv e9coneds by b. representative. of
ERresfdenf Menoca5 and q cornrnittefl
|yofs prorniFent Cfthanes The rnisHions
wili go to Hayana later iR The wsek.;
Evening star., 1918-08-15
BRfr1sH..

! August 15.--SeYere local fighting
took place last night to our advan-
| tage east Of Rainscourt. Our line
| was advanced slightly in this neigh
| borhood.
| One OF our patrols rushed hostile
post north Of Albert, capturing ma
| chine gun.
between Albert and Ayette4 our pa
ftrols were active throughout the
| toach q with the enemy. Further
progress was made at a number OF
| points and<~several prisoners and a
few machine guns were taken.
Hostile raiding parties were re-
pulsed last night southeast of Arras
1 and near Merville.
The 3enenxsa artillery was active
east of Robecq and in the Scherpeq-
! berg sector (Flanders).
| The total number of prisoners cap
tured by the British s4th Army
since the morning Of August Snow is
ouers taken by the French 1st Army
| amount to $500, making a total OF
3O,344 German prisoners captured in
| the operation of the allied armies on
the Montdidier-Albert front.
August IA (night) local lighting
front in the neigaborhood OF Parvil-
lers. Our troops have made progress
and have. taken several prisoners
Following upon his recent with
drawals in the Hebuterne sector. the
enemy has evacuated his forward po-
sitions at Beaumont, Hamel. Serre,
iPuisieux-au-Mont and .BucQuoy. Our
natrols are pushing forward in touch
With the enemy and have gained
ground about these villages A few
prisoners have been taken by u.s..
+ Aviation: The fine weather Of Au-
le1ist 13 again enabled us to. carry out
I a large amount OF aerial work. The
continual bombing of the Somme
bridges, coupled with that of railway
lines and functions. which has taken
place night and day since the Begin
| ming Of the offensive, has interfered
with the arrival of. the eHemys rein
lforcements. 1t also has forced the
enemy to employ, large formations OF
air scouts in an endeayor to protect
Itance to his other arms. hut concen-
trations of our air machines, have eff
fectfyelys dealt. with all opposition.
Fifty-efght tons of bombs have been
dropped during the last twenty-four
hours on the. foregoing objectiyeS,
tons by day and thirty
seven tons by, night.
L A. raid also was carried ont on. q, hos
tile airx1rnm& from q low height. by
Rritish and American air sauadrons.
1,he raid resulted In six enemy MAJ
chimes on the ground being destroyed
and the hangars- were seton fire.
IN air fighting twenty-one enemy
machines were brought down and ten
driven DOWN ont OF control Six of
our machines are missing.
Evening star., 1918-08-15
FRFNCH.

August 15.-The night was marked
BY the rather intense activity of the
artillery between the Avre and the
An enemy raid In Champagne
against the Marquis sector was with
out result.
AUGUST il. {yight).-During the day
our troops, continuing their progress
Ribecourt. s ~
East of Belval our infantry eler
neIits, having discovered preparations
FOR. 4 Gernan counter attack. succeed
ed in taking AS prisoners sseven on.
and g certain plumber 1of
soldiers.
In the region of Roye and Lassigny
thss artillery fFe has shscna aNery spir-
|fted.
AVIATION Our crews haze aowtsedpf
Evening star., 1918-08-15
Observing Enemy Movements.

BRITISH HEADQUARTERS IN
FRANCE---Kugust- -f4.-. Reuter.s.-y1a
Montreal.-Glorious weather contin-
[ues on .Pioardr;s ksakt "a frdr en-
tabling Mg,aft tlaffes' e'asily .HoeDseeMN
the enemy movements. The allies
thus know exactly whence he is
kbrin gin gsAis reinforcements~&Rdg guns
and whsEs5 he is FreQtgatins-.th them.
Raids.> an the snaf4hah .1x6rt are
probably HptenSG tgIeriHd tES Brit
fish of the poss6nfty"en a0erman
offanSIye elsewhere. :
Evening star., 1918-08-15
Size Of Army Concealed.

/ For military reasons it is not pos
lsible to even hint at the number of
troops that might be-. available for.
such service, but it is recalled that in
an address delivered. last week. Pre-
mier Terauchi stated Japan was pre-
pared to employ a much larger force
than had been originally contemplated
in Siberia if il should be necessary to
check the activities Of the Austre-
German prisoners and the elements
under their control
1 Al great number Of Russian prison.
Isefs. according to an official dispatch
from. Copenhagen today. are escaping
ifforn Germany into Denmark. The
dispatch says that nearly every day
fuEftives arrive at Ribe, where they
are we'll treated by the Danes A
camp has been established for them
near Ribe.
Evening star., 1918-08-15
ITALIAN.

August 14.-Monday night attempt
fed enemy attacks ON advanced posts
ton the Payerioch and Konigspitze
were repulsed- In the Tonale region
between the head of Noce torrent and
the head Of the Geneva valley our ar
tillery carried ont effective cencen-
itrations.. infiiating heavy losses on the
enemy.
Under this bombardment our de-
tachments carried out thrusts and
succeeded in .occupying Monte Man
tello, Punta. df St Matfeos and the. spur
southeastern Gina zigolon. One hun
dred prisoners. machine guns and ma
teriaI weret captured.
The enemy made thrusts against
where the Noce. Sarca and Geneva
have their sources. Except for push-
ing back few mountain posts he
nowhere achieved successful results.
Evening star., 1918-08-15
Thanks Of Congress to Fighters.

A resolution rendering the thanks- -nf
Congress to. the men Of the Army and
trodqced foday by ssEaasps 1ones ofsSeW
Evening star., 1918-08-15
SEAHA|ESb()ND
NEARLY HITS SUB
Attack Made With Naval
Patrol on U-eoat Off
Cape May.
DEPTH CHARGES ARE USED

Seaplanes and naval patrol boats
attacked with depth charges Ger
man submarine. which shelled and
set fire to the American schooner
Dorothy Barrett, New York for Nor
folk, yesterday afternoon OF Cape
May, N. J.
Navy reports today said one bomb
from q seaplane exploded within sew
enty-five feet Of the bubbles and
wake from the U.-baat, which had
submerged when the planes and pa
trolls were sighted. When the planes
had completed their attack. two pa
troll boats closed in and let go depth
bombs over the spot where bubbles
were observed. Tho result has not
been determined,- but the submarine
did not again appear.
schooner's Crew Safe.
The. crew abandoned the schooner
as soon as ths submarine appeared
and opened fre. and have been, land
ed safely at, Cape May.
E DISPATCHES To the department today
dia not make clear whether the ves-
sci was 0eStr1yeu. Sn6 WAS pouno
from New York for Norfolk when at
tackled six and q half miles from North
east End lightship, near Cape May.
IS Mine sweepers have been sent to
the scane. an, there IL possibility that
the submarine laid mines in the VII
cinity, as was the case when the raid
ers made their. first appeErxnce In
American waters last May. -
Nay HAVE Attacked the Kellogg.
Thfs submaTins probably. is ths, one
which Tuesday evening sorpedesd the
oil tank, steamer Frederick r Kei-
Ioss thirty miles. south OF Ambrose
|iigfat with the. probsbre loss Of seven
men of the tanker's CREW. The tanker
today was reported still afoat. with
q chance of being salyaged.
BATH Me-, August 15.-The. fixe-
lmasted schooner Dorothy Barrett, the
victim Of German submarine near
Cane May N. T.. yesterday, was own
led by the G.. Gs Deerfng Co. OF this
city, the builders, and was valued at
81 81, 600. The Barrett, a vessel of
|2.OSS tons gross, was proceeding to a
New England port with coal
Evening star., 1918-08-15
GERMAN.

August There have been snccess-
full foreheid engsgemsnts between the
User and the Scarpe. South Of Merris
/ and south of the Lys enemy thrusts
broke down. There has bean partial
fighting on, both sides OF the somme and
north, of the Ayre. West and SOUTH
west Of Lassigny the enemy again. at
tackled on both sides Of Canny. The
attacks broke down under our fire. Fur
ther south we repplsed an attack by a
counter attack. = fessF-
There has been minor infantry fieht.
ing On the Vesle and. east of Rheims.
Evening star., 1918-08-15
RUSSIAN REPUBLIC
Is IN DANGER, SAYS
SOVIET WARNING
Continued from First Page.)

guard of the army which has arrived
in the neighborhood of Vladivostok-
Knowing the limited capacity of the
Siberian railroad in its eastern ex-
trernetfes to transport considerabie
military forces ana supplies with
speed. and. realizing the danger of in-'
terrupton of such traffic by hostile
boisheviii and German-officered ele-
merts along the road in that part OF
Siberia, 1T is understood the Japanese
general staf has planned to strike
directly at Lake Baikal, the most
important center of action on the
Siberian railroad
To accomplish this, while the first
expeditionary force which may be
landing at vladivostok. headed by
Gen. Otani, is operating from there,
considerable number of japanese
troops already in Manchuria and
along the line of the railroad rum
ming northward from Darien, for
rnerly Port Arthur. are in a position
to be speedily dispatched to Harbin,
whence they can be forwarded west
ward to Lake Baikai, or can be di-
sverted eastwardly to open up the sec-
ton of the Siberian railroad terrni-
mating at Vladivostok.
Evening star., 1918-08-15
Source Of Enduring Optimism. 4.

But 1t is a source Of enduring op-
tinism to realize that within the dis
tanee of the twenty miles which sepa-
rate the Hindenburg line from the pres
ent front all the conseouences of fhe
Russian collapse have been liquidated.
And as result Of a gigantic EFFORT to
win. the war by one Campaign Luden-
dorm has conquered only the Picardy
desert which Hindenburg created, and
is now facing the problem of whether
he can maintain himself ON lines thai
VIII leave him In. possession OF the Sdes
ert. without military value, but useful
TO bolster up weakening morale OF
the German people.
Evening star., 1918-08-15
By FRANe H. sImoNDs.

AHo NoWinS down OF the uRhttHB
between the Disc and tho SoHma eivea
AN opportunity for little more ieis-
turely suryey OF what has ACTUALLY
happened, since last FhGfsday, when
Foch launched his great thrust. In
such q survey. the analogy between
the Somme and the Marne fighting is
very illuminating. -, ESQ.,
The immediate effect Of the attack
of Gen. RawIinsou's 4th British Army
on, August & was to break. the German
line on a fFsM Of o dozen miles, from
the aoFnme to the Luce brook on
sither side of the Roman road, which
runs from Amiens to st. Quentin. Far
tther to the south Geh. Debeny's lat
French Army crossed the Avre and
made material but lass considerable
gains. For a period of at least forty
eight hours there was wide gap In
fther German lines. into which the VIC
tterious Canadians and Australians
poured. - -.
Exactly the same thing had happen
ed southwest of Soissons on the 18th
of July, when Gen. -Mangin suddenly
to the hills above tRescity. But ihsrs
was this difference: Ludendorff was
liable tEfthIn@ twenty-four hours to
check the- Mangin blow. It was no,
until .forty-eight hours had passed
that Rawltnson's attack came TO o
I.pause.
Like Situation on. Narns. --,.~-,
1 The situation of Ludendorff on the
lmorning Of Saturday last was the same
which he had faced on the morning oi
July 19 in the Marine battle He had
hrst, and Immediately, to reconstitute a
broken line by filling a gap. He had
secondly. to draw back all his troops on
the fmperiled front until they presented
united front to the, enemy. This in
volped the immediate evacuation OF
Monsdidier, as three weeks before q
prompt withdrawal from Chateau
'Faierry had been required
l4-By Sunday the first duty. bad been
net. There was no. longer gap in the
German lines, ahd reserves and fresh
3'arfiheryy had taken root along the old
| to The Dise. fhe first rush Of the allied
defensive was over: The situation was
| N fand exactly as il had been in hand
tbeen stopped before Scissors. -and on
1.-THE 20th. when AFTER the -eracuation of
FfShateeia- Tlaierry all danger Of flank
Esnyelepfnent and resulting Sedan was
lat an end.
we have the testimony-of the official
EeFnan. REPORTS to progs that on the
fattf- Of. July Lndendorf reached his
decision to evacuate the whole of the
tsMarne salient as far as the yesle, and
thatsheneeforth the movement within
the. salient conf6rmed in speed to
lLuqyudorff's Arrangements for d de-
| iihetate Withdrawal. WeF saw then
| all orderly retreat covered by the
n md ri ~
Now, IN the @Somme opsrafion, we
have reached that second phase, In
which,.if .Ludendorff has resolved to
retire to the line of the upper Sornme
from PERFUME to Noson, We may look
| for gradual, orderly and systematic
iretirainetlt under cover of strong rear
suarso sosoperations. s,e
Evening star., 1918-08-15
Bad Country Behind Ludendortr.

what we do not yet know is whether
I,udend6rH decided last Sunday to re-
tire or to stand. The problem is one
which scaH1znts be answered. atna dis
tanee, because we do not know the
condition ef-the lines on which he is
at present. standing.,no nor the degree OF
exhaustion OF his reserves. He is not
Immediately threatened, as he was at
the Marne. by pressure on both tanks.
He Is not stil1 in a salient, as he was
for mahy days after July Is at the
Marine, His. line runs fairly straight
now SAfd rests SssolidlyE upon high
ground above the Disc and between
the Semme and the ,Ayre, His dif-
Evening star., 1918-08-15
Proposed Luxury Taxes.

taxes, tkeeSecfst4ry told the Commit
Zee, that the purpose of the proposed
bill should be not merely to raise
revenue. but should also be effective
far the curtafIing of wastefu1 expendi-
:Aires--aFIsS saId- that, therefore. ''such
sIoymsnt sIo q of domsstic st:a servants % are Of
gfeat Importance"
The committee was advised against
too great an increase in super. taxes
on aground that such taxes might
kacoms AAstrlctfse rather than pro-
'ducttta, 6fageSenue. &,
Evening star., 1918-08-15
ne SEND ENOUGH
MEN re- win WAR
ON WEST FRONT

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