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Evening star., 1918-08-12
GERMAN.

August 11.-violent enemy. attacks
on the battle front between the Ancre
and the Aisne have failed.
Between, the Yser and the Ancre the
day, but was revived at many points
in the evening. Strong enemy thrusts
on both sides Of the Lys were re-
pulsed.
extended his attacks as far as the
sonrne they collapsed befofe cur
lines. Directly south Of the 'Sotnfne
-thA enemy infantry remained In action
after their failures on August 3.
Strong partial attacks Of the enemy
near Rainecourt and against Lihons
'G The main strength Of the attacks
Yesterday was directed against our
front between the Ancre and the Avre.
East of Resieres and on both sides OF
the Amiens road and Roye we re-
tacks. IN the fiuctuatihe battle
against the masses Of armored cars
the unshAkable attacking strength
of our infantry again made itself fully
felt. at this point. On many occasions
the en6my's assaults broke down even
as q result OF our artillery fire. Be-
fore the sector Of Q single division
alone more than forty afmofed cars
are lying destroyed.
Between the Avr6 and the Disc the
enemy, after violent artillery prepare
ton; made strong attacks against oiif
old positions from Montdidier as far
as Outheuil. He was not able to reach
our new fghting line east Of Mont
didier, which we announced yesterday.
Our rear guards received the enemy
in our old position with strong fife
and then yielded. fighting beyond the
line Of Laboissiere, Hainvillers,
Ricquebourg and Marest.
There has been very lively aerial
activity over the battle field. We have
shot down twenty-three more enemy
airplanes and one captive balloon.
On the vesle the enemy wAS re-
landon.
In Champagne, west Of the Sonim6-
:. .Py-Souain roa6 there were lecal sen.
gagemeuts In which we took prisoners.
Evening star., 1918-08-12
LOSSES CONCEALED,
HUNS GROW BITTER
caustic Newspapers Asking
Pointed Questions About
Reverses In West.
BLAME OFFICIAL CIRCLES
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
THE HAGUE, August 12.-Gernian
newspapers are asking, pointed ques-
tions concerning reverses in the west
and are caustic in their comment. A
Berlin dispatch to the Post Of Munich
complains of the attempts Of certain
German official circles to conceal the
truth from the people. II says this has
done inealeulable harm and is largely
responsible for the public bitterness.
The dispatch adds:
THE same day that Gen. Ludendorff
confessed our strategic plans had fall
ed Prince Henry Of Prussia. in
speech at Hamburg. said the Turkish
attache had just told him he consid-
cred the battle on the Marne . Ger
man victory. So the German public
may choose between Ludendorff and
the Turkish attache. 1t is painful to
see private persons in prominent posi-
tions like Prinoe Henry trying to rep
resent sn facts facts in manner at r,S,r,ns yar'anes
TO suppose that the Importance of
events can be concealed ultimately
from the people"
First Serious Defeat
The Deutsches zeitung Of Berlin de-
clares: The events between the
Somme and the Avre constitute the
first serious defeat of the war"
+. The newspaper attributes the defeat
to the weak morale of the troops of
IDri - Ela Aria
due to the last reichstag speech of
former Foreign Secretary Won Kuehl-
mann.
The socialist vorwaerts of Berlin
ollls upon the government to tell the
people the truth about the war. say
wish to lead the nation through the
war like an ignorant child with the
stereotyped assurance that everything
was going splendidly" are unfulfilfed.
Expects Large-seale Operations.
AMSTERDAM. August 12.-The al
lies attacked the most invulnerable
point on the German western front,
says Capt. Won SalImann in the
vossische Zeitung of Berlin. and
therefore. there is no question of the
aced. He says the decrease in morale
from the giant apparatus of entente
Propaganda must not be underesti-
mated.
The strength of the German posi-
tions from Verdun to the sea. he adds.
lies in a line curved toward the
southeast. and after consolidation
of the Aisne and vesle front Field
Marshal Won Hindenburg can ship his
reserves on the inner line freely. and
send them speedily to every menaeed
point. The captain expects large
scale operations in September and
October.
Evening star., 1918-08-12

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON. August 12.-Writing of
the stiffening German defense. the
correspondent of the Daily Mail on
the British front in a message filled
Sunday. says that the shellfire from
the enemy is increasing. its effect
being noted even in some areas many
miles behind the front, and he de-
ciares that the action of the Germans
in setting depots and ammunition
dumps ablaze does not mean the wip-
ing out of their means of resistance.
German aircraft are swarming over
head and $50 of their machines are
said to have been counted on Satur-
day Trench mortarS have come up
also, and it was reported that two
German tanks had appeared behind
the lines at Quesnoy. The approaches
to .Roye are being heavily held by
the enemy.
Complicates Hun Defense.
The brilliant storming of Goyencourt.
to the northwest of Roye. by infantry
and cavalry on Sunday morning. how
ever. is pointed to by the correspond
ent as complicating the German de-
fense of Roye. while near Chaulnes, he
reports, the opposing troops are look
ing at each other across the no man. s
land of the battle lines.
These lines and the country about
Evening star., 1918-08-12
NAMES MRS. A. c. STEWART
HIS PRIVATE SECRETARY

secretary Redneld OF the commerce
Department set . precedent today: by
appoiiitinf Mrs. Asathe G. Stewart
Of Port Riehfnond. N. T., MIS- private
secretary. Mrs. stewart, who has been
Mr.. Redneld's confidential clerk for
several yeAft, tfopAbly 10 the Afst
woman ever to hold the post OF tft-
.yate secretary to q cabinet member.
Evening star., 1918-08-12
PART OF Jury OBTAINED
FOR MRS.bURGESS' TRIAL
Woman Accused of Participation in
the Murder of John p.
Werres.
Special Correspondence Of The star.

Special Correspondents Of The star.
ALEXANDRIA COUNTY COURT.
HOUSE, August 12-Seven members
of the Jury which is to try Mrs. Kath.
leen Burgess. eighteen years old. oi
gree murder in connection with the
staying of John P. Werres of Wash,
ington, D. c.. were selected at the
opening of the young woman's trial
here this morning.
Sixteen men were called. but nine
were rejected for various reasons. and
morrow morning, when an effort will
be made to complete the jury and be-
gin taking testimony.
WomAn's Counsel Confident.
william C. Cloth. counsel for the
accused gffl. is confident that he will
be able to convince a jury that his
client is innocent Of the charge
against her. Commonwealth Attorney
Frank L. Ball will represent the
Mrs. Burgess was with Charles e
Gamble and Robert Newman, soldiers
the night they came into this count,
in the automobile Of Werres. who
worked in the government printing
office in the day time and hired hi
machine out at night.
Werres was killed on a lonely road
and dragged into nearby woods. Near,
ly a week later the. two soldiers wers
arrested in the dead mans automobile
in Richmond.
Gamble Convicted and Sentenced.
Gamble already has been convicted
and sentenced to die at Richmond n
October. Newman will be tried short.
ly after Mrs. Burgess case is ended
Judge 9oolrick will be- on the bench
during Mrs., Buraess' trial.
Evening star., 1918-08-12
HUN AIRSHIP DESTROYED
NORTH Of DUTCH COAST

LONDON. August IA German
airship has been brought down in
flames north Of Ameiand. on the north
ern Dutch coast. tho admiralty an
nounced. today.
Evening star., 1918-08-12
FAILS TO GET DRAFT
AGES At 21 TO As
Senator Kirby to Renew Ef.
fort on Senate FIoor-May
Report Bill Thursday.

An EFFORT BY Senator Kirby Of Ar.
kansas to amend the administration
man-power bill so as to extend the
draft ages from twenty-one to forty
flve, inclusive. instead Of eighteen tc
forty-fve as proposed. failed today ir
the Senate military committee by al
overwhelming vote. Senator Kirby an.
nounced that he would renew his ef.
fort when the bill reached the floor
There was no opposition In the com
nfttee to extend the draft age so al
to include men Of forty-five.
when the committee adjourned to-
day it had before 1t the amendment
Of Senator Thomas Of Colorado pro-
viding that men who are exempted
from military service so that they
may work In Industries needed fol
the war shall no longer have that
exemption II they quit work. The
amendment Is designed to prevent
strikes in munition plants. ship
yards. etc. Senator Reed Of Missouri
this amendment which he will submit,
when the committee meets at 1886
tomorrow. -.--=-----.-
The COMMITTEES made several mino,
amendments to the BILL 1t is ex-
pected that as. soon as the Thomas
aIHcnQLnCnL 10 ul5pOScu VI tH0 COfuLllI-
tee will be ready to report the bill
Senator Chafnberlin. chairman Of the
COMMITTEES, said he hopes to. be able
to report II when the Senate meets
Thursday and. to get the Senate back
to Washington so that it may begin
work on the bill next Monday.
Irresistible Force Urged.
Immediate extension Of tine draft
ages to include all men between eighteen
and forty-hves SO that an Irresistible
force" can be sent to Europe to shorten
the war, was urged by Senator Reed
at the semi-wGekly session Of the Sen.
ate.
Senator RSed warned against over.
confidence on the allies' part, and de.
clafed that now that this country ID II
the war 1t will have to nght to d finish
He asserted that "even with oul
presence there IL IL q very. serious ques.
tion whether the central powers will
not have more men there or aati pu,
them there than the alIiAs."
lnterruptinG the Missouri senator
Senator Chamberlain quoted b French
authority as saying. that this yea,
Germany can mobilize 28.000.o0o mer
compared to 10000. eco for the allies
Evening star., 1918-08-12

Another Washington man has met
death in action in France. Second
Lieut.. Hiram F. Cash. 61st Infantry.
former playmate of Quentin Roose-
welt and Charles Taft. is reported a
war victim. He was known as one
of the foremost all-round athletes
in the National Capital.
The brief announcement that Lieut.
Cash had died near the firing line in
France August from wounds re-
ceived in action was sent to his
father. Frank B. Cash. 1900 Harvard
street. yesterday by the War Depart
ment. His name, however. has not
yet appeared in the casualty list.
Lieut. Cash probably received the
wounds from which he died during
the brilliant operation of the Ameri-
cans on the Aisne Marine front. when
the Yankees forced the enemy back
about two miles.
Was Born in Michigan.
Lieut.. Cash was twenty-six years
old. He was born in Ann Arbor.
Mich. and came to Washington when
an infant, He was educated in the
public schools of the District and
graduated from Central High School
The young officer had been captain
of the Braddeck Athletic team OF the
Olympia League and later played with
the Interstate Commerce team Of the
Departmental League. He was also
captain of the Braddock foot ball
team and was considered one of the
best foot ball players in the city. He
also was noted as tennis player
having played with the Racquet Club
at which time he was its president.
After graduating from Central Higf
School Lieut.. Cash was employed fr
the Interstate Commerce Commission
where he remained until the outbreak
and Navy School. In November, 1917
the was sent to Fort Leavenworth
Kan, and was commissioned a sec
ond lieutenant in March. After visit.
ing his parents here in April he left
for France.
James s. Petit Wounded.
James, Sumner Petit, a former
Washington man, is reported as
wounded in action" Until three
years ago Petit resided with his
mother. Mrs. Stemson Brown, 1904
street northwest. but was married and
moved to Brookville, Md:
sailed for France in December. ant
upon arrival there was assigned te
the French Ambulance Corps. For re.
moving wounded under shell fire h
was awarded the croix de gberre.
He is the son OF the late Col. J.
Petit and the grandnephew of Gen
II s. Grant
Evening star., 1918-08-12
BORIS DANsKl0 EXECUTED;
WAS EICHH0RN ASSASSIN

AMSTERDAM. August 1s.--roris
Danskio. the assassin Of Field Marshal
Herman Won Eichhofn. was executed
on Saturday, according to adviees from
Kiev.
The sentence was pronounced BY L
German military court ana was car
firnnAtiof, BY the competent judicial
tribunal
Evening star., 1918-08-12
BRITISH

August 12s-Yesterday evening the
enemy again attacked our positions
south of Lihons. He was repulsed.
"A a result Of q successful operation
carried out by us Immediately south
| Of the Somme we captured zoe prison.
ers and linked up our positions east
Of Meficourt with the line east OF
Etinehem on the north bank OF the
river. - ,..,
Army our allies made progress yes.
teriay afternoon in the. direction oi
Rove. capturing the villages of Ar
mancourt and Ti1loloy.
On the northern portion o fthe Brit
ish front we effected local improve,
,nasts in chr line east of Robecq and
| between vieux- Berduin and Merris.
| August II (night).-This morning
! the enemy delivered strong attacks
with fresh divisions brougn,t. g,.,sh up 1,ns,n Irom
tinns at Idhons and to the south and
north Of that place.
| Ali these attacks have been re-
| pulsed after severe fighting. in wn1ch
| dur troops inflicted great losses upon
the enemy's advanclng ts,v Mne, .o Tho
north Of hIi6ns, German assault
troops broke into our positions and
| penetrated to the west side or the
| Village. They were then counter at
tackled with ~ tss aoarse of epee
| erhtine over the difficult ground were
| d1iven back to the east and north OF
| the village.
On the right OF the Britisn .roops t9l.
| With them, have made progress south
| west ana south Of Roye.
| On the remainder of the British
front a few prisoners have been cap
tured by our patrols during the day.
Au~ust 11.-By successful opera
4,nn curing the night we advanced
AYR line north OF the Somme on the
hiah ground between Etinehem ano
Dernancourt. South of the river local
fghting is reported at dinefen'
The French troops made further
nroetess along the south bank OF the
Axre- river and reached the outskirts
OF. f.L'Esehelle-St.A Aurin.
I fiarIy this morning the enemy
latinched q local attack against POSI-
tions north OF KENNEL. The attack
was renulsed after sharp fighting
| prisoners being left in our hands.
Hostile raiding parties were driven
of north Of the Scarpe.
| We Improved our positions slightly
east OF RobScq (Flanders ffontJ.
ITALIAN.
| August 11.--Hafassing are was
| more frequent In the Lagarina and
Brenta valleys. On the lower Piave
| our. batteries caused fires and dis
persed workers in the enemy lines OF
| communication.
FRENCH.
August 12.-Between the Avre and
1.-THE. oise the situation 10 without
change. During the. night there was
artillery fghting in, the region Of
IMarduiviiIers and Grivil1ers. Nothing
Il is reported from the remainder of the
front.
| August II (night)-Ouf troops have
lcontinued to gain grotnd between the
lAvre and the Disc in spite of the re-
lsistaflce Of the enemy.
Icupied Marquivil1ers and arivillers
and have reached the line of Arndan-
couft and Tilloloy ana progressed
tkilometers az FAR 6s the outskirts Of
! Canny- -Matz. Further to the
Evening star., 1918-08-12
COUNTER ATTACK MORE THAN
THE GERMANS BARGAINED FOR

said about fifty German prisoners in
cellar in Fismette were killed by
! German gas attack Saturday night.
They had lost their gas masks
The Germans are using gas lavish
French and Americans are recipro-
eating with gas projeetiles in pro-
| fusion.
The Americana hold the outskirts
q Fismette. There also are many
A general survey of conditions along
| the Soissons- Rheims front indicates
the ifnprobability Of ahy immediate
radical change there. The Germans
vesle and the Aisne and the Ameri-
| cans and French continue their per-
sistant reconnaissance work. which
| may or may not develop into a gen.
eral action.
Minor thrusts by both sides con-
means for securing Information they
are serving little purpose. In gen.
| eral the Franco-American line In now
| along the river and the railroad. with
| beyond. American aviators have Sc
| cured photographs of bridges over
| the Aisfie and of German military
| works. despite the enormous odds in
enemy aircraft against them. Four
| machines were sent out today, and
I
| swarm Of enemy aircraft. two Of them
| returned. Two German planes also
were sent down.
Aviators Report Huns Digging.
Allied aviators have reported that
the Germans are digging in opposite
the Franco o-Amefican line along the
| Ves1e. The observers also have re.
ported that the enemy is stringing
barbed wire along the hills northwest
| of Fismes. Allied officers express the
belief that the Germans will not give
| ground here uf1ess they are deliber.
ately pushed of the plateau.
| The Americans on Saturday learned
from German prisoners that the en-
| emy was using an old rock quarry
cave in the region Of Lonsueval
| large enough to conceal two reKi-
ments. He employed II as refuge
| for troops at rest. The Franco Amer
lean heavy artillery shelled the cave
all day Saturday and the Germans
were finally compelled to abandon 1t
as q hiding place.
Evening star., 1918-08-12
Navy Department Statement.

According to reports to the Navy
Department the echooners sunk in
clude the Kate Palmer. the Anita
May, the Reliance. the Star Buck and
the Progress.
A statement issued by the Navy De-
partment last night follows:
The fishing schooner Helen Aufley
has reached an Atlantic port with
four survivors from the crew OF the
fishing schooner Kate Palmer. who
report that q German submarine
came to the surface in the middle OF
q fishing feet on the Massachusetts
coast and sank the Kate Palmer. the
Anita May. the Reliance. the Star
Buck. the Progress and four others.
whose names are unknown. The sur
vivors of the Kate Palmer were taken
aboard the German submarine and
held prisoners one hour and then set
adrift in q dory" :
Evening star., 1918-08-12
Aviators Report Huns Digging.
OFFICIAL WAR REPORTS.

south we. captured and passed the
village Of La BAfliefe.
Between the Mats ana the oise our
advance has assumed a more pro-
nounced character north of Chevin-
court. Machefnont and Cambronne
|are ours.
Army Of the east: The artillery and
patrols have been very active on the
lStruma and vafdAf rivers and on the
Serbian front An English detachment
has made q successful raid on the
|Bulgrfan lines west of Lake Doiran.
August 11:-Durihs yesterday even-
ing ana last night the French troops
continued their progress along the
entire front between the Avre and
the Oise. They captured the entire
massif Of Bodlogne-LA-ar and
carried their lines to the east Of
Bus.
Farther south they penetrated the
wooded region between the Mats and
the Oise. reaching the outskirts Of
La Befliefe and Curry. They took
Moreuil-Lamotte and realised in the
vance OF three kilometers in the
region to the north of Chevincourt.
Evening star., 1918-08-12
Two Steamers Sunk
By the Associated Press.

NANTUCKET. Mass. August IA
Sinking OF the British steamer Peni.
stone by q German submarine on
Georges bank was reported Aerv ..
Evening star., 1918-08-12
AUSTRIAN.

August 11-On the plain Of Settle
morning. tFriday!) repeated their
spasmodic attacks The battlefield
extended from Canove as far aS the
region Of Col Del Rosso. After des-
pefate fghting the enemy was re-
pulsed everywhere and suffered very
heavy losses. Among the prisoners
were British. French and Italians.
Evening star., 1918-08-12
ITALIAN.

August 11.--Hafassing are was
more frequent In the Lagarina and
Brenta valleys. On the lower Piave
our. batteries caused fires and dis
persed workers in the enemy lines OF
communication.
Evening star., 1918-08-12
Frantic Germans Rush
4 NeU Divisions into Line

Avre. It IL believed to be certain
that they will spare nothing in an en-
deavor to push it back. e..
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-09-18
FEAR A SCORE
WERE KILLED
Already Bodies of Eleven
Soldiers Taken from
Wreckage
FREIGHT CRASHED
INTO TROOP TRAIN
On st. Louis & San Fran
cisco r. R. Near Marsh
field, Ohio

Springfield, Mo, Sept. WreckinG
crews of the st. Louis & San Francisco
railroad were working to-day to recover
additional bodies of soldiers killed last
night when a troop train and a freight
train met in a head-on collision near
IMarshfeld, No, 20 miles northeast Of
here.
The exact number Of dead was un-
known, but II bodies were in undertak.
ing establishments at Marshfield, and il
was believed at least five and perhaps a
dozen still were in the wreckage.
Fifty Of the most seriously injured
men were in Springfield hospital, having
been brought here in a relief train.
Soon after the wreck military guards
were posted along the track Il was
stated that most of the soldiers in the
forward coach, which was wrecked. were
from Colorado and Minnesota, with few
from Missouri. In the second coach were
troops from Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska and
West Virginia. Railroad officials decline
TO ascribe cause for the wreck, which
occurred near sharp curve.
The freight train was not badly dam
aged but the engine of the troop train
was stripped and the baggage coach
ground TO pieces. The first coach. from
which most Of the dead were taken. was
partly telescoped by the tender Of the
engine
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-09-18
Notice to Registrants.

Questionnaires will soon be mailed tc
all registrants of certain ages and are
required by law to be returned TO the
local board within seven days from the
date they are mailed
The questionnaires require accurate fig.
ures which only the registrants them
selves can supply. Registrants, or. at
any rate most Of them, will probably
seek the assistance of some member Of
the legal advisory board Attorneys who
act as members of this board do so with.
out compensation from registrants or
from the state or federal government
and as consequence are compelled to
devote great deal of time to this work
and thereby sacrifice much time from
their own business.
They do this willingly, but the least
the registrants can do is to study their
questionnaires carefully and be prepared
with the figures and other data required
for the answers before they apply for
assistance TO members Of the legal ad-
visory board. Thus they can save much
time for all concerned and greatly as
sist the attorneys who are ready to help
without charge. IT is better not to un.
lertake to fill out the QUESTIONABLE
without assistance, but first to read over
The questions carefully and be prepared
10 answer them when instructed how to
TO so, Local board, Washington county
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-09-18
TRAIN STRUCK TRUCK.
Tony Pisano, Driver of Truck, Was Not
Injured.

Tony Pisano, who drives motor Goa
truck for the d. NJ Miles Coal Co., bears
charmed life in the opinion of those
who saw him figure in a miraculous es-
cape this morning. 1t happened on a
crossing near the coal company's scales
on Smith street when the Central Yer
mont yard shifter, with string of
heavy cars in the rear, bumped the last
car into the truck The collision swung
the front end of the truck squarely about
and for few moments Tony was miss
ing. Led by Yardmaster Frank Cassiva,
the trainmen Joined with employees at the
coal pockets in a feverish hunt for the
driver. He was found under the wreck.
age and to the surprise of everyone he
emerged unscathed.
The motor truck was badly damaged
and will be out of commission for some
days. Mr.. Pisano says he saw the car
approaching, but it was too late TO
Jump and impossible also, because Of
the proximity of the train, to guide the
truck out of danger. Employees of the
coal company say they have always been
greatly concerned over the hazard near
the scales, and customarily they have
used great care in their operations at
that point.