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THOUSANDS OF PRISONERS, MANY GUNS AND HUGE ST0RERS
 OF SUPPLIES IN ALLIED HANDS, BRITISH TAKE ALBERT
Haig's Armies Have Taken 5000 Huns in Two Days Foch Forces Fighting Along Whole Line
 and Threatens Noyon and Laon.
Associated Press War Summary. }

Thc German battle Hnc in France is sti1I crnmbing under the impetus of the attacks of the British and French.
 From the region of Sossons around the in the front to the vicinity of Iassgny the enemy has been visited with further heavy defeats while farther north, between the Somme river at Bray to the south of Aras, Field Marshal Iaigs men have continued their victorious thrlsts
 On sector of the front have the Germans been able to stay their oes who have captured large number of prosecution of the offensive. of the utmost strategic value.
 Nowhere is the enemy being peunitted to pause for breath The armies of Haig Mangn and Humbert are pressing their advantage with strength that brooks denial of their efforts
 Thousands of prisoners, numerous guns and machine
 guns and large stores of supplies have been added to the stocks already in allied hands trophies for their valoros work since the tide of battle turned against the enemy by the commencement of General Foch hs of fensive on the Marne July IS.
 To the British alone in the past two days of fighting have more than 5000 prisoners.
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In a new offensive begun Dy Halg from the north to the Somme to AL bert, and advance of two miles east ward already has been made over the six mile front.
 Albert Falls.
 In this fighting the town of AL bert on the Ancre, the keystone of the German defense protecting the Germans north fthe Somme, has been taken.
 Here the British made l 400 Ger mans prisoners.
 The Ancre river to the south of Albert was crossed by the British in. their drive, thus forming serious menace to the enemy around Bray, where at last reports the Americans were in the battle line.
 Desperate resistance has been offer ed to the further eastward advance of the British in the sector immed- lately south of Arras, where the inn portant railroad town of Bapaume seems to be the immediate objective.
 Particularly heavy fighting occur red at Achiet-Le-Grand, but altho the town changed hands numerous times the vantage belonged to the British at at last accounts.
 Further important penetrations of the enemy line had occurred and the British were operating well to the east of the Baupaume-A -Arras railway.
 French Drive Wedge.
 Under the further progress of the French armies from the vicinity of | O fN O rVnSn h. arlr.Sa seemingly has been driven in between the German crown prince.
 Over the entire front the Germans have been further pushed back at some points for distances of from two to three miles and in the retrograde movement the enemy was forced to abandon large numbers of guns.
 Noyon is now all but enveloped and the hill and wooded country in this vicinity almost cleared of the enemy.
 The Divette river has been reached and obth the Disc and the Ailette ri- vers have been crossed and the on- ward thrust of the French on the east ern end of the line from Soissons northward seems likely to bring about shortly the outflanking of the important town of Laon. and the for ces retirement of the Germans from the Vesle river northward across the Aisne. i.
 viewed in all it's aspects, the allied offensiye seemingly shows that Gen. eral Foeh now has the initiative en- tirely in, his own hands and that the proposes to pursue this advantage for the little more than months of good
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HUN PAPERS NOW
 ADMIT AMERICAN
 ARMY IS MENACE
Agree That Bakers Figures on Troops in France Are
 Really About Correct.

AmsterdamI Aug. 22.-(By the Associated Press. .)-At last the Ger man press has given Up struggling against the truth.
 In short notice, which apepars in virtually all the papers the identica, nature of which suggests official in- spiration, the frank admission is made that Secretary Bakers figur. es regarding the strength of the Am erican forces in France are about correct
 One or two papers add the lame explanation that their former fig. ures were based on the position prior to May and that the really big ship ments of men America began since then.
 The papers now comfort themsel- yes with the thought that of the 1,3O0.0OO only 100000 are actually in battle array with 100000 behind the front and that the remaining 60O,- 900 in etaphen troops (e(ngineers railwaymen and general workers.) ' The Berlin Taeglisch Rundaschau adds as its own information that no more than 15O,000 Americans have up to the present been noticed" on the west front.
 The anxiety of the German war correspondent is very apparent now adays to impress the home readers that the "elastic" defense in nowise fmpairs German discipline or fight ing spirit.
 Thus lthe correspondent sof tthe Cologne Gazette tells of stiff figh! on August 16 and IT west of Rove in which the Hessians let the enemy come to close quarters, when, under cover of machine gun-fire, they leap ed out and repulsed the attack in a etandinjg-up fight with voleysl o1 rifle fire and, that likewise Eas1 Prussian infantry beat off tank at- tack on Aug. IT, southwest of Rove
 He adds that 145 disabled tanks were counted in front of the lines held by Won Hutier's army be. tween Aug. 8 and 12.
 The Cologne Wolkze6tung cores pondent pays an involuntary tribute tc the efficiency of the entente pamph- let propaganda carried on by air planes, saying that these pamphlets .are so seductively worded that any one who is not we'll informed may almost, if not entirely. be persuaded ! He therefore calls for vigorous counter propaganda to "enlighten' doubhting spirits in the army.
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fling non-essentials easier"

'talllng non-e essentials easier"
 Indication of how the nOn-esentials may be combed out was given today when the community labor board of the District of Columbia announced a list of "A classes of work regarded as non-essential. Employers in these classes are called to voluntarily re- alese their unskilled labor for war work
 List NOn- Essentials.
 Community boards are being organ ized throughout the country by the department of labor and they are to work in close cooperation with local draft boards.
 Following are the industries which the district board, the first to make an announcement, has listed as non essential:
 Automobile industry accessories, drivers of pleasure cars, cleaning, re- pairing and delivery of some; sight seeing cars, auto trucks, other than those hauling fuel or doing govern ment work; bath and barber shop at- tendants; bowling, billiard and pool rooms,: bottlers and bottle supplies, candy manufacturers, cigars and to- baeco,; cleaners and dyers; clothing; confectioners; and delicatessen estab- llshments; builders and contractors, not engaged in erection of structures for war work; dancing academies; mercantile store; florists; fruit stands, junk dealers livery and sales stables; pawn brokers; soft drink es- tablishments; soda fountain supplies.
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REPORT TR0ISKY DECLARES WAR 0N UNITED STATES
 
 Consul at Petrograd Lowers U. $. Flag-Americans Reported Prosecuted.
ALLIES TAKE HAND
 IN RUSS. CONTROL
Form International Councils a Archangel and VladiyOStOk- State Department Troubled
 Over Petrograd Report.

Washington, Aug. Dispatches from Russia today were oi a some what disturbing nature to State De- partment officials.
 Vice Consul Robert w. Tmbrie at 'Petrograd reported in delayed dis patch that members of the Bolshevik government at the former Russian capital has issued pronunciamento declaring that state of war existed between Russia and the United States.
 In view of the Bolsheviki declara- tion, Mr. lmbrie reported in his dis patch, which was dated August ?, that he had lowered the United States flag over the consulate and, following the recent action of Consul General Poole at oMscow, closed the consulate and turned over the affairs of the United States to the Norwegian consul.
 Americans ill Petrograd, believed to number about 20, were warned to leave, Consul lmbrie's dispatch said, although the consul indicated that he would remain at his post until he had received instructions from the State Department. '-=t-re'
 Form Allied Councils.
 Announcement in dispatch from France of the appointment of two in ternaational councils at Archangel and the other at Vladivostok, however, counter-balanced the unfavorable news contained in the dispatch from Petrograd.
 Ambassador Francis. as dean of diplomatic corps, will act as the pre- siding officer of the Archangel coun- cil, the other members of which will be the diplomatic representatives of the allied nations.
 The personnel of the Vladivostok council is not yet complete. Great Britain will be represented by Sir Charles Eliot as high commissioner at Vladivostok, Japan by Mir. Matsu- daria and France by Eugene Rcgnault. Consul Caldwell will be the American ambassador until President Wilson designates a representative
 Americans Prosecuted.
 Persecution of the few Americans in Petrograd for the 10 days prior to the dispatch of Consul Imbries cable gram made State Department officials apprehensive as to their safety.
 Officials regard it as evident that further messages from the consul
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-08-23
500 TEXANS MUST
 "WORK OR FIGHT

Houston, Texas. Aug. 22.-Nearly 800 persons, whites and negroes, were picked up in Houston Thursday in a roundup by citizens, police and military officers in order to enforce the work or fight" order.
 Of the number picked up, 20 were held on vagrancy charges, seven for the government. Of the remained it is stated the arm will profit ex- tensvely.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-08-23
WOUNDS FATAL TO FLYER.

With the American Forces in France, Aug. 22-(By tre Associated Press. .)-Lieut. H. T. Baker of Will Transport, Pa., member Of the American flying corps. died August 15 from wounds received three days earlier when his reconnaissance plane swas attacked by German aviator
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Report Hun Spies Active.

Augusta, Me-, Aug. 22.-The opin- ion that enemy spies are operating in this state with connection with German submarine activities was ex- pressed today by the Maine com mittee of the Public Safety.
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CITY EDITION.

,,;,o full leased wire news ''rr tarry,ffFT of Ths Associated Press
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-08-23

Arkansas-Friday and Saturday generally fair.
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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-06-12

artificial irrigation. But in heavy black
loan. such as 10 common in this city.
artificial irrigation Of any kind Is sell
way Of irrigation. Each system has its
advantages. A system should be adopt
ed that dts the character Of the garden
soil and the plan of the garden. The
one wholly poor way to irrigate is by
light and frequent sprinkling with a
hose More harm than good is done by
this common method. Sprinkling that
does no more than wet tho surface OF
the ground encourages the plant roots
to turn upward toward the surface In
their search for water. when they
should be sinking deep into the soil.
That is the reason why lawns that are
lightly sprinkled in dry weather keep
right on dying out, even faster In fact
than IL no water at all had been applied
to them.
Whatever the method used. put on
an abundance OF water. Soak the soil
down to the plant roots. 1t is much
better to take of the hose nozzle and
let the water flow in a strong stream
than to sprinkle. Even better yet Is
the plan Of digging shallow trenches
along the rows of plants and running
the water into them until the ground
all about them is thoroughly saturated.
Then All in the bitches by cultivatlng
over them as soon as the soil can be
worked. But whatever plan you adopt
put on enough water thoroughly to soak
the ground to depth Of several inches
then cultivate
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-06-12
Your War Garden

A few weeks Of weather extremes.
such as this week and last, the one Of
torrential rains. the other Of extreme
heat, is going to test the metal of many
war gardeners. Gardening in the spring
and early summer when the weather
is cool and planting is at. hand and the
crops are breaking thru the ground is
not such a difficult or hard task. But
when the crops are all up and 1t is up
to the gardener to hoe and cultivate.
hoe and cultivate, his ardor is likely to
wane in the heat Of summer evening.
This is Just the time when he should
be hard at 1t. This is the critical time
in the development of the garden.
What must be done now can not be put
of If the gardener would profit from
his labor Of early in the season.
An abundance Of MOISTURE and in
some cases too much-has been provld-
ed in the last few weeks. To9conserve
this and to keep the weeds from get
ting most of 1t is the work the gardener
must now do. The conservation Of
moisture in the garden can best be ac-
comphshed by cultivation. What re-
suits when moisture fills the soil and
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-06-12

leaves it can best be illustrated by this:
Take piece of sugar and dip the lower
end in your tea, coffee or water. Lift
the sugar out and watch how the mois-
ture rises in the sugar until it has per-
meated every particle of the lump.
What you have been watching is what
the text books call ascent Of liquid
by capillary attraction" This process
is constantly going on in the garden,
unless it should be raining. When the
process has developed far enough the
soil cracks open and to these cracks are
fed thru numberless minute channels
all the moisture the soil contains that
escapes thru the cracks by evaporation.
When this process goes on without
interruption for weeks the plants be-
come weakened, their constitutions be-
come undermined. and they become
easy victims Of disease and attacks of
insects. The greatest insurance against
plant diseases and insects Is to keep
vegetables strong and growing all the
time. This can best be done by cult
walton that is frequent enough and
thorough enough to keep the surface of
the soil stirred and loosened into fine
mulch of earth thru which it is next to
impossible for the moisture to escape
by evaporation.
Another way to fight drought is by
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-06-12
onlle - Submarine nst.eter..

Or. A. D. Pentx, Jr., Of New Bright
on. L. l.. has developed 4 plan for
using gulls to disclose the presence Of
submarines. He suggests that hoppers
"a inches long be made Of sheet steel
and bolted to the tops Of submarines.
to be Oiled with chopped fish, which
may b released from time to time by
means Of crank apparatus inside the
vessel. In this way sulls will be taught
to associate submarines with food and
will gather clamorously over any rub
marine that may appear in the waters.
The scheme has the Endorsement Of the
National Association Of Audubon Soci-
cites and II receiving serious attention
from he United States naval author.
ttiea
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-06-12

WHAT with keeping the wolf from
her own door and helping France. her
next door neighbor. keep from her
premises the groundhogs who have
overrun Europe. England has been hav-
Ing tolerably busy time. But, I'M
daunted, she is"now engaged In cru.
sade to keep the rats from her food,
according 10 an address on the war
service being rendered by the women
Of England which was recently deliv-
cred before the women's department
Of the National Civic federation.
II in listing the residences Of the
rodent population Of 100000 upon
whom war Is being relentlessiy waged
the women served AZ census takers and
went without chairs upon which to
stand at tho nrst sound Of 4 mouse's
squeak. It 10 evidence Of the heights
OF heroism to which the necessities Of
battle have lifted them.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-06-12
Mu,Ie . wa nerr.r.

4 grin .sc-y :: eel: :ss.SS 6 & :: 81. -.iA =.
Paris. II its truth were not vouched
for by the most resnecfahlA authority
one would say that 1t was IN invention
of De Maupassant IN his most macabre
vein. While the work of rescue was
going on BY candle light In one Of the
houses which had suffered most the
crowd was suddenly horrined BY the
defiant notes Of the "Rakoc1y March,"
blared ont apparently BY strong brass
band. Every one Was aghast q 90
brutal y, ipaak III the tanaat ae i
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-06-12

nat on m upper door said that ne had
an orchestfion which played that par
ticular tune. The explosion must have
set n In motion. At the risk Of their
lives some nremen managed to reach
the machine. but In the dark. and not
knowing about its mechanism, they
conld not stop II. II went on till tho
floor on which II stood collapsed.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-06-12
Daily rhouoht.

The key to every man is his thought
Sturdy and defyins though he look. he
has helm which he obeys. which IL
the idea after which all his facts are
CLASSIFIED. He can DO reformed only
by showing him new idea which
commands his own.--Emerson.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-06-12

Satin Is the favorite fabric for sports
costumes this summer. Sports suits,
sweaters. sleeveless Jackets, separate
skirts, and shirt waists are all made Of
this soft lustrous material. Baronette
satin is the most popular but 1t Is
rather prohibitive in price.
Pictured is an attractive satin skirt
in green and white with patch pockets
put on at a clever angle. 1t Is worn
with simple lingerie blouse OF white
batiste. Broad tucks in the front and
q roll collar OF lace are the only trim
ming used on the blouse and green
tie to match the skirt Ii = rather strtk-
ing addition.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-08-07
HEAVY INRoADs ON U-BoATs..
Allies Set Record by Sinking Twenty.
five in One Month.

Allies Set Record by Sinking Twenty
five in One Month.
An Atlantic Port, Aug. An officer
of senior rank in the royal naval re-
serve, who arrived here on his way to
Japan after serving two years In the
North sea, said that the allied war
ships and destroyers had sunk twenty
five U-boats between June Is and July
Is. and that this was the official best
record for month since the submarine
menace started.
| What we require is more fast de-
stroyers," he said, which can drop
depth charges on the U-boats as fast
as. they can be located. When this is
accomplished it will be as safe to go
across the Atlantic under convoy az 1t
is now to go up Broadway. I was a
year with the grand feet up north and
saw only one German submarine the
whole time. The poor beggar came UP
almost in front of the bow of a battle
ship, which turned him over gently,
and, before the Hun could realize what
had happened, six of the destroyers
dropped T. N. T. depth bombs around
him and reduced him to fine strips Of
metal and wood. -
1.-THE German admiralty gives On
structions to the U-boat commanders
to avoid the grand fleet when they put
to sea. You see we know, because we
have picked up messages and de-
ciphered the code. The reason for this
order is that the fleet is so well pros
tected by destroyers that it is pare
tically suicide for submarine to at
tempt to get one of the battleships.
Besides the destroyers we have
boats which fire torpedoes at them and
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-08-07
Crime Increased
in Germany as
Result of War
Correspondent Associated prcssl

Correspondent Associated Press
New York, Aug, War has caused
an increase of crime and depravity
among the German people according to
an analysis published by the Berlin
Vorwaerts. The paper recalls that a,
the beginning OF the VAR prophets
spoke of u steel bath" in the waters
of which the morals nt the German
people would Iecupera,c.
Since Aug. 4. 1914 says the Vor-
waerts. I'VE have allowed the blessings
of this bath to act on us with steadily
increasing vigor and the result Is a
moral condition of health of the Ger
man people Of which the compilations
OF criminal statistics give convincing
reports. These tell us OF the steadily
increasing number Of crimes OF brutal
ity and serious crimes against property
and glance at any newspaper con-
firms the horribly increasing number OF
robberics and burglaries in the cities
and rs we'll in rural districts. System
atically Organized and methodically OPP
Grating bands Of robbers menace con-
tinually life and property of 'respec-
table citizens.
Also honesty of the latter has SUI
fered perceptible crank and here
the influence OF the steel bath Is direct
~ proved. We do not fear that we arc
disclosing any state-endangering secre,
when we announce the fact that al
present there probably are few German
subjects left who have not in some
more or less serious manner violated
the existing government DEGREES anc
n nd ttNaA 40 S1nvS ~. III e.
punishment"
The Vorwaerts. then cites the in.
stances OF the citizen.-who on Sundaye
goes to the country to buy food FOL
boarding purposes: OF the proud wife
Of the owner OF large estate. whose
chickens ''lay" eggs only for mark
apiece; OF the wife Of the first lieuten.
ant who sells the food articles received
from her husband at the front at fancy
prices and the army Of usurers. secre,
traders and forgers.
The vorwacrts then dwells on tns
effect Of the steel bath on the growing
generation and cites complaints by the
clergy and teachers to show that de.
pravfty is one OF It's results.
The paper calls attention to what 1,
describes as the fruits of the best
education as shown during the Radeck.
Bernstorn libel case" 1t adds: when
refined cavaliers Of the most prominent
society apply the most common names
to each other and box each Others ears
then no one has the right to claim 70.
one certain class, decency and we'll
behavior.
sThe steel bath exerts It's effects or
everyone and eplashes over the home
OF the proletariat as well as over the
playroom in the family OF the count
concludes the Berlin publication.