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Evening star., 1918-08-13
TRAVEL ABOUT UKRAINE
ONLY IN LARGE SQUADS
Bitterness Among Peasants Toward
German Soldiers Reported
Growing Steadily.

Bitterness among the peasants of
the Ukraine against the Germans is
steadily increasing. according to ad-
vices reaching the State Department
today from an eyewitness to what
is going on in the Russian provinces
German soldiers when they travel
about tho country do 10 only in large
squads. according to his informant.
otherwise they are attacked By
bands Of peasants who endeavor to
capture them for torture or burial
alive. It is declared that the Ger
mans will not be successful in get
ting food in any appreciable guam
tity from the Ukraine or in securing
forces for the fighting on the west
front.
The Ukrainian government Is re-
uported training troops for Ukraine
army. and 1t is reported that the or
ganization at present has approx
mately SOC, 900 men
Banks in the cities are being re-
opened and = charge Of - per cent
commission is being made on the
withdrawal Of old accounts. As q re-
suit large amounts Of boarded money
are being put into circulation.
The same informant reports that
when in Petrograd recently he saw
100 aged men being taken to Kron-
stadt.
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ARE TWICE ARRESTED.
38 Woman's Party Adherents Hold
Meetings Without Permits.

Thirty-eight members of the ma
tional woman's party were arrested
twice yesterday by the police on the
charge of holding meeting without
a permit. The women appeared at 4:45
o'clock yesterday afternoon with ban
ners and marched from their head
quarters, In Jackson place, to the La
fayette statue in Lafayette Square. Po-
licemen Immediately arrested thirty
eight of them and they were taken to
detective headquarters. being released
within a short time.
Following their release the women
again formed in line and paraded up
Pennsylvania avenue past the White
House to the Lafayette statue. For
the second time they were loaded into
police patrol wagons and carried to
the District building. where they re-
sisted efforts of the police to remove
their suffrage regalia.
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Allies Driven Back at FIsmette,
ButRegain Their OldP0siti0ns

LONDON. August 13.-Heavy local
fighting is reported in progress a.
Fismette. on the north bank of the
Vesle, where the F>rench-American
forces are holding the line. The al
lies here were attacked by the enemy
and forced to retire to the south
bank of the river. An immediate
counter attack was launched, and,
according "a the latest reports, the
old positions or the allies on the
north bank of the river have been
restored.
BY JUNIUS b. WOOD.
Cablegram to The Evening Star and
Chicago Daily News. Copyright, 191S.
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY AT
THE FRONT, August 13.-Soaked
from the tops of their heads to their
toes from swimming the turbulent
waters of the Vesle river. the Ameri-
cans charged through a valley flooded
with gas this morning in the face of
German machine guns. 1t was one of
the most brilliant deeds CT the week
OF the Soissons-EheimS offcnsives.
There were two attacking parties
one led by Capt. William c. Williams
of Philadelphia and the other by
Lieut.. Lennert of Pittsburgh. The
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PARIS. August 13 (Havas Agency.
Germany has been compelled to call
upon Austria Hungary for help on the
western front and Austro-Hungarian
troops are arriving there, the Echo
de Paris says today. These troops. it
adds, are being sent to the quiet sec
tors of the front.
The furious counter attacks which
the Germans continued to launch yes
terday are attributed here TO their i'm
perative need of holding the Chaulnes-
Roye-Noyon line. the loss of which
would amount to disaster to them.
The counter attacks were all broken.
although the enemy had reached
ground with which he was perfectly
familiar in previous fighting, and was
occupying a line which gave him good
holding ground because of the old
defenSeS there.
The German resistance along this
line is compared by commentators to
Evening star., 1918-08-13
Doubt U-Boat Mariner
Was Formerly Connected
With U. S. Fisheries

Investigation by Commissioner Hugh
M. Smith of the bureau Of fisheries has
failed to develop evidence to support
reports published yesterday that the
commander OF the German submarine
on the New England coast formerly
was in the United States fisheries
service.
Commissioner Smith has returned
from Gloucester, where he inquired
one who recognized the submarine
commander, and that he had been in
formed that a former fisheries service
navigator whose name was mentioned
Gloucester has, been interned in
Sweden. This man was IN the fisheries
service from 1896 until January, 1916,
according to the records. when he was
discharged as being unsatisfactory"
He was born in Sweden and had be-
come an American citizen by natu.
ralization.
At the fisheries bureau It is con-
ceded that ths U-boat operating OF
New England has been in charge Of
a skilled and well informed navigator.
since it has operated safely in some
Of the most dangerous places.
The fact that Capt. Robert Whar-
ton, Of the schooner Robert and Rich.
ard, which was sunk July %. made no
report Of recognising the u-boat COM
mander is regarded making 1t certain
that the lattea IL not the mar men,
toned by rumor. since Capt Wharton
knew that man well.
Tho captain Of the U-boat 10 quoted
a. having said when he sank the Rob-
eet and Richard:
'sThis is the second American nag !
have now. have one in my summer
home in Maine and I'll keep this to
| 60 with It some day" He also told
Capt Wharton that he had lived in
America for o long time and had had
q summer home in Maine since 1895.
The man mentioned as the suspect in
0A1nA ss
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Story Of sommerstad's Captain.

Reporting the sinking of the Nor
wegian steamer Sommerstad without
warning by German submarine yes
terday morning tive twentySfiye -. miles 4ss
Navy Department. the commandant
of the third naval district said that
the captain reported that he saw the
wake of a torpedo and Immediately
passed under the bow of the vessel.
which was drawing only ACen feet
Of water. Full speed ahead was then
ordered, but the torpedo turned
ting the vessel between the third
and fourth holds on the port side.
The force of the explosion tore q
great hole in The side of the ship and
in i've minutes the whole deck amid
ship was awash. The crew succeeded
in safety. They saw the vessel go
down stern FIRST and finally stand al
most upright in the water. about four
teen feet of the bow being visible.
The crew made for Sandy Hook and
sighted the patrol boat ten hours later
The submarine showed only its peri
scope. which was observed at some
distance, standing some six feet out
| of water, and moving rapidly.
Naval officials believe this 10 the
same raider that accounted for the
British steamer Penfstone. the Swed-
| ish steamer Eydfand ana some dozen
fishing boats on the Massachusetts,
coast within the past rev Gays
No further information regarding
the operations Of the raiders either
| ON the north or middle Atlantic coast
had reached the Navy Department to-
day, but It was expected that the sub
marines would continue their activity
| for awhile. as the present raid has
been In progress only about three
| weeks. It 10 estimated that the sub
ne-sibles can remain on this side OF
fha Atlantic at least q month.
Evening star., 1918-08-13
Germany Forced to Call
Upon Austria; Gets Aid

that offered by the enemy in his re-
tirement from the Marine, when he
based his intermediate defense upon
Oulchy and Fere-en-Tardenois. When
these two centers of resistance were
broken the entire front fell in, and the
Germans were compelled to evacuate
the pocket and withdraw to the Vesle.
The same effect is looked for here
when. as anticipated, Chaulnes and
Noyon fall. The Germans then will
have to retreat across the upper
Somme.
A dispatch from London last night
stated II had been ascertained that
there was one Austrian division on
the western front. but that it had not
yet been brought into action.
French Take Town of Curry.
By the Associated Press.
PARIS. August 12.-French troops
have captured the town of Curry. about
eight and one-half miles south of
Roye. according to the French official
communication tonight
Evening star., 1918-08-13
Labor Problem stu Troubles.
ALABAMA PRIMARY EXCITING
Intense Interest Over Prohibition
Issue and Huddleston Vote.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala, August H.
On account Of the question Of ratify-
ing the national prohibition amend
ment and the strenuous Tight being
waged in the ninth congressional dis
trict to defeat Representative George
Huddleston. whose record President
Wilson has declared, proved him in
every way an opponent Of the Wilson
administration. intense interest is be-
ing manifested in today's democratic
primary in Alabama
One senator. ten representatives In
Congress. two associate Justices Of the
supreme court, one associate. judge Of
the court Of appeals. two members of
the public service commission. all state
officers, members of the Legislature.
district attorneys, county sherins and
members OF the party state executime
committee are to be nominated
Evening star., 1918-08-13

enemy was making the last stand of
his resistance, and centered his
heaviest artillery fire on the tenn
porary bridges forming barrages
along the narrow river until the fall
ing shrapnel resembled rain.
The men avoided the bridges. swan
the river and made the charge in their
water-soaked clothes. They captured
a large number of machine guns,
thirty in a single chateau which the
Germans were using as a fort, and
turned them on the retreating foe.
Among the many messages sent back
to headquarters during the hours Of
terrific fighting was one which asked
for an additional supply of German
machine gun ammunition from the
large quantities of stores captured in
previous days.
After our men had crossed. the pom
toon bridges were hit by shells. 1t
was necessary to bring up ambulances
to carry back the wounded. Private
O'Neil. of a Pittsburgh ambulance
company. especially distinguished
himself by driving an ambulance
across a bridge. supposedly unsafe
for passage, under fire. returned and
led convoy of ambulances over the
shaky structure. eventually evacuat-
ing the wounded and saving many
lives
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could be gained by staying there.
Chilly is now in no mans land. An
other counter attack east of Lihons.
north of Chilly, was smothered under
British fire.
Among the new troops the enemy has
hurled into the line in front of the Brit
;sh are Two from the north and one from
Flanders. An told, over thirty German
divisions have SO far been engaged by
the allied forIes in this battle. OF this
number some twentyfour have been in
action against the British alone At
least five of the enemy divisions are ex-
hausted and either have been or soon
will be removed from the line
Evening star., 1918-08-13

Georges Banks Saturday. and the
crews of the fishing schooners Old
Time and Cruiser probably were lost
when their boats were sunk by gun
IRE without warning. according to
the crew Of the fishing schooner Mary
Mary Sennett was also sunk by gun
fire and shells were fred at the boats
when they were putting away, the
fishermen said.
The Mary Sennett. Old Time and
Cruiser were fishing in the same
nett's lookout noticed two submarines
several miles away. As the under
water boats apparently were paying
no attention to the fishermen at the
time the Mary Sennett's crew contin-
ued fishing after putting water and
provisions in the boats as precau-
tionary measure.
As they kept an eye on the stran-
gers. thinking they might be Ameri-
merged. and the other took a wide
circle around the little group of three
fishermen. The first intimation the
fishermen had that the submarines
denly crashed into the side of the Old
Time. She heeled over and sank SO
quickly that the Mary Sennett's crew
were certain the man could not have es-
capped. At any rate. they saw moth
ing Of them
Men Had No Chance.
The oldtime had hardly disap-
peared when a shell dropped along
side the cruiser, Immediately fol-
lowed by another shot which explod-
ed on the water line. The little craft
crumpled up and went down before
the crew had chance to jump for
their lives. E
wait for a similar end. They threw
over their dories and tumbled in Just
as q shot crashed into her. She was
heavily loaded and sank like stone.
But the German apparently was not
satisfied. He sent four other shells
all the shots went wild
The crew Of the Swedish steamer
Sydland which was sunk by Ger
man submarine Thursday. southeast
port today. The Germans in sinking
this neutral ship proceeded in a leis-
urely manner. spending three or four
hours in examining the papers. in ex-
ploring her holds and in making
ready the bombs which finally sank
her, acCOTQluk " Iuc Stoiy eoAo ~ sAAS
The sydland was bound in ballast
from Gothenburg. Sweden. to Hamp-
ton roads for orders. According to
the officers. the ship was halted by
shot across the bow, but it was sew
eral moments later before they could
make out the submersible as she came
tout Of the haze.
ON signals from the raider the cap
tain of the Sydland rowed to the U
boats side with the ships papeRs. He
was invited on deck while the Ger
man commander slowly scanned the
documents. A boarding party then
went on the steamship and search
of the ship was made. The Germans
were courteous, the crew said. and
told them to stock up their boats with
whatever provisions and personal ef-
fects they wanted. The captain was
i allowed to retain his valuable navi-
eating instruments, and, after the
German commander had expressed re-
grets at being obliged to destroy the
vessel, the men were ordered to the
boats. When they had rowed some
distance away they heard explosions
i and the Sydland disappeared.
Evening star., 1918-08-13

During last night the enemy launch
ed a counter attack east of Fouques-
court, but was driven Off with CASUAL
ties, the British positions remaining
intact.
Enemy achievements now are re-
ported concentrating east of Roye, but
they are being badly mauled by bombs
and shells from both the British and
the French.
There was an action last night well
up the line in Flanders toward Kem-
mel. but reports of it's results have
not been received. At any rate, it was
a small and relatively unimportant at
fair.
Evening star., 1918-08-13
BANS RAIL LIQUOR SALES.
Mr.. McAdoo's Order Affects Train
and Station Traffic.

Director General McAdoo has issued
an order forbidding the sale of liquor
on trains or at railway stations on
lines which are under government
control.
on trains and at stations is forbidden
by law, and where It Is not SO pro-
scribed, many railways have volun-
tary prohibited it
Evening star., 1918-08-13
FAVORABLE REPORT
FOR 18-TO-45 BILL
New Draft Age Measure to
Be Presented to Senate
Thursday.
HAS BEEN AMENDED

The Senate military affairs COM
mittee today ordered a favorable re-
port on the administration man
power bill extending the draft ages
so as to include eighteen to forty-fve.
The bill will be reported to the Sem
ate Thursday by Senator Chamber
lain. 1t is his plan to have the bill
taken up in the Senate and passed
next week. Notices have been sent
to the absent senators to return to
Washington for that purpose.
Amendment Aimed at Strikes.
The committee adopted number of
amendments to the bill. One of them
is Senator Thomas "work-or-fght"
amendment as modified by Senator Reed
1t is designed to put an end to strikes
in munitions plants and shipyards,
where government work is being d0ne.
The language of the proposed amend
ment is as follows:
That when any person shall have
been placed in a deferred or exempt
ed class for any of the reasons in this
paragraph set forth, he shall not be
entitled to remain therein unless he
shall in good faith continue, while
physically able to do SO. to work at
and follow such occupation. employ
ment or business, and il he fails so
to do he shall again become subject
to the draft; the President shall make
regulations for enforcing this provision I"
Provides for Education After War.
Another amendment provides that
any person under the age OF twenty
one who shall have been accepted as
a volunteer or who shall have been
drafted and served in the Army or
Navy shall be entitled. at the conclu-
sion of the present war. to receive an
education at the expense of the United
States government at approved edu-
cattonal institutions. The period of
such education shall be equivalent in
point of time to the period by him
served in the Army or Navy, but shall
not exceed two years.
Applications for such educational
privileges shall be made within six
months after discharges, and the ap-
plicant shall promptly begin his stud
been approved. The President is to
promulSate regulations for carrying
out this provision.
The third amendment provides that
soldiers aid sailors. regardless Of age,
when they are accepted as volunteers
or when they shall have been draft
ed. be eligible to receive commissions
in either the Army or the Navy.
They shall likewise be eligible for
admission to officers schools under
such rules and regulations as may be
adopted for entrance They shall not
be disseminated against on account
of age.
For Wives of Soldiers.
The fourth amendment provides that
the wife of a soldier or sailor serving
in the present war shall not be dis
qualified for any position under the
government because she is a married
woman.
These amendments were offered hu
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Berlin Denies $50 U-Boat Losses.

reference to the recent statement by
Premier Lloyd George in the British
house Of commons that $50 German
submarines had bsen sunk, the Dus-
seldorf Nachrichten's Berlin CORE.
spondent says: We are able to state
definitely that the enemy's anti-U-
caSs.s
Evening star., 1918-08-13
FRENCH.

There were no events Of Importance
reported during the course Of the
night on the battle front
Several enemy raids in the Vosges
and Upper Alsace were without re-
suit.
August IL (night).-Between the
Avre and the Disc our troops have
captured the village of Curry. We
have made some progress to the north
OF Roye-sur-Matz and Chevincourt.
On the Vesle front we have repulsed
two violent counter attacks against
our positions on the north bank Of
the stream in the region of Fismes.
Army of the East, August Hip
Calm has prevailed on the whole OF
the front. French aviators have bonn
barded enemy encampments to the
northeast of Monastir and to the east
OF Seres.
Aviation: During the day of August
IL our bombing squadrons carried out
successful expeditions over the enemy
lines Concentration centers. road
crossings. bridges and railroads were
copiously drenched with projectileS
Marching columns were subjected to
machine gun fire. The important cen
ter of communication of PorQuericourt
received for it's part seventeen tons
of explosives during the day:
Numerous transports have been bot
tied up. A total of f1fty-seven tons
were dropped. of which twenty-five
tons fell during the night on the re-
Tcrgnier.
The same day fifteen airplanes and
four captive balloons were downed
and twenty-one machines were put
out of action by our pilots, operating
in collaboration with American crews.
Evening star., 1918-08-13
GERMAN.

August ~ (night)-on the battle
front between the Ancre and the Avre
the day has been quieter.
Between the Avre and the Disc en-
emy attacks failed.
Between the User and the Ancre.
partial enemy thrusts frequently
broke down before our lines. North
Of the Lys we beat back a strong
British attack. The enemy in the
early morning launched violent at
tween the Somme and Lihons. They
were repulsed chiefly by our fire and
sometimes by our counter attacks.
In the fighting around Lihons the en-
emy advanced beyond that place to-
ward the east. Our counter attacks
eastern edges of the village.
There have been violent partial en-
gagements between Lihons and the
Avre. Southwest Of Chaulnes we at
On both sides Of the Amiens- -Roye
road we repulsed enemy attacks.
Between the Avre and the Disc
river strong enemy attacks continued
until nightfall. They were complete-
ly repulsed.
heavy losses near Tilloloy. By ad-
vancing their artillery, which fol-
lowed closely after their tanks. they
tried to effect break through here.
Our infantry and artillery shot the
enemy to pieces before our lines.
Seventeen enemy airplanes and four
captive balloons were shot down yes
terday. In July. 518 enemy airplanes
were shot down by our airmen on the
German front and sixty-nine by our
anti-aircraft guns. Thirty-six cap
tive balloons also were shot down.
Two hundred and thirty-nine Of these
airplanes are in our possession and the
others were seen to fall inside the
enemy's positions. We lost 129 air
planes and sixty-three captive bal
looms in battle during the Same Pc
riod.
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the saving from this source will exceed
1000, 900 pounds a day.
The proposal close down the soft
drink concerns and the many fountains
in Washington. that the ice being con-
sumed by them may be used for house
distribution, is not looked upon favor
ably by the local administrator. He
said today that such action would be
taken only in case Of extreme necessity.
Conditions now do not warrant this
step, he said. These Industries have
been asked to use strict economy in
using ice and to prevent all possible
waste.
Labor Problem Still Troubles.
The labor problem is still trouble
some one. Little success has been
met in obtaining additional help for
the ice plants and the delivery wag-
ons. The government is said to
have promised to furnish twenty five
soldiers to help at the plants. but
they had not arrived at noon today.
The ice cream makers are furnishing
men who can be spared because they
had been engaged in the making Of
ice cream. These men are to be dis
tributed among the ice plants and
will be Of great assistance.
Evening star., 1918-08-13

When station masters on the line of
the Transsiberian railway are out of
printed tickets the trains are held
while they write out for each passen-
ger the ticket form required, some-
times delaying . train an hour
Evening star., 1918-08-13
SUFFICIENT |CEF0R
HOMES0F THE CITY
No Suffering Apprehended,
Although Today's Shipments
Fell Short by Half.

Although the quantity of ice re-
ceived in Washington this morning
from the Pocomo mountains and 9TH
er Pennsylvania points was about
one-half tho amount expected. there
will be nc suffering in this city today
or tomorrow morning because Of a
lack of ice In the homes and for other
necessary purposes.
This was the opinion expressed to-
day BY the District food admins
traitor, who has direct supervision
over the ice production and distribu-
tion here, and who has been kept or
the alert for the past ten days avert
ing a real shortage Of ice IN Wash-
ington.
Cutting Ice Cream Big Help.
The leo situation has been greatly re-
lieved by the. shutting down Of ice
cream plants until next Tuesday. This
step, which was taken yesterday, viii
result in . great saving in the genera,
supply. However. its real effect vii
not begin to be actually felt until to.
night or tomorrow. The local admins.
traitor estimates that the saving In ics
win not be more than s75.ooo pounds 1
day. This estimate IL looked upon a,
sxtrsmsly low by the leo cream men
nuA hrcs xnanufantmsr eoutsnds tha;
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Not Of Submerging Depth.

WILMINGTON, N. c., August 13.-
Local fishermen who are thoroughly
acquainted with the entire stretch Of
Carolina coast and particularly that
portion lying adjacent to Corncake
Inlet and Frying Pan shoals, serious
ly doubt the existence Of the subma-
rine that is reported to have dis
charged quantities of gas and oil Off
the mouth of the Cape Fear river Fri
day last, contending that the water
for miles out is too shallow to per-
init submersion of a U-boat. Asked
about the matter, Col. A W. Chase.
commandant at Fort Caswell. stated
that he made a report to the War De-
partment Friday concerning the mat
ter, which he could not talk about
until he had secured his releases. He
refused to either verify or deny the
reported presence of the submarine.
No information could be obtained as
to the condition of the men said to
have been gassed by fumes Of drifting
oil