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where the important of Bapame seems be the I'M
mediate objective Particularly heavy fighting occurred at Acn
Grand but although changed hands numerous nme m
ADVANTAGE belonged British at last accounts M
portant generations line had occurred ana Inc o
were operatng well to of the Bapaume railway
Under the further progress the French armies from e cn
tv of Lssgny to scissors mighty wedge seemingly mas oee
in between the of General Won Boehm ana the
prince Over the entire front the Germans nave oeen
hack at some distance two to three miles, ana IN w
eroode movement the enemy forced to abandon large
hers of guns Noyon is all but enVeoped anu 'ne I'LL a
wooded country in this vicinity almost cleared OF ne enemy
The Dyette river been reached and botn Inc Use anu
rivers have been and the onward thrust OF the
the end of the SCISSORS norhward seems hs
to bring about shortly ouanng OF the toW u
thu forced retirement of Germans from the Vese r'
ward across the Asne 49, , n..o .,o,,n r,v ohous
viewed in all its aspects the allied offensive seemingly sno%s
that General Foch now has initiative entirely IN nus own
that he purpose his advantages TOR the t'e
two months of good fighting weather that remain oelore ne
cots in indeed it is improbable that ne may elect 10 Keep
after his quarry even when the cold descends Inc
are standing with usual zet and Foch now mas
army Foh is obtaining, from across ne as M
snendid man power will permit him to work o' MS
strategy in his own time : =, .-,,e o1bouah re
~ German newspapers accepting as true altnougn re-
the statement by the American secretary OF war;
+reno+h of the American forces in France some OF ne
are endeavong minimize the number actually IN oa
array.
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Railroads to Consume
Greatest Tonnage Of
Steel; Ships Next

WASHINGTON. Aug. eth" rail-
roads Of tho country viii consume lac
,srr,s, amount ~ steel required ny lne
ro, crnIn"nt. the war industries boar"
announced tonight. following an hll-""F
serrc, conference with tho steel COM
mi;tec nr the American Iron and S'e'l
Institute. shin building requirements
eyqnc next. with the wnr d"rart n'ch'
nrncram third and the navy l"ur'n.
Tho mcering was called by steel Au-
ministratur RcpluIl" - ind means ~
meeting in full. n possible. the S''t'
needs nr III" government and the AZ
lies. These demands for the laS' HIN
months IF this year already amount ~
,nrrc than - nnn 400 tons. and arc rap'o-
,v .rrrrnchjng III, -. nNn. hnn mark.
Tn remedy the shnf,aG" Of steel which
q. sc acute hiatt actual requirements
,.,rnn, be met unless drastic action IL
taken by Nh. steel producers and inc
government, according to officials, tne
following measures were delcr'n'h'n a"
urgent: ~
In accordance with present plans. ~"
further SHIPMENTS OF steel Will be mAuc
IN other than plants engaged In war
work Also nnn-war work industries
will have their coal supply further cur
JAILED Ihrra will hr greater CONVEX
sion of mills Ia the production or mu'h
needed steel. and lastly sirIctcr u'-
mand for moro rigorous "o-"rH'ha,
.ion in thr handling IF steel III ali Sle''
mills.
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GERMANS SEE THE
US, HANDWRITING
ON THE WALL Of FATE

AMSTERDAM AuE. 2c.--(Ry tho As
press has given UP struggling against
The truth. In Il short n"lir" which ap-
pcars in virtually all tho papers. the
identical nature Of which suggests off,
cial inspiration. tho reluctant admission
is made that Secretary Bakers figures
regarding tho strength Of tho American
forces in France are about correct.
TN" ~ iw" IGuprrs add the lame eN-
plnuntinn TINT their former figures were
has. Oh the position prior I" May. and
that IN" really Ing shipment Of m:n
from Am"ricn i"gan since then.
The papers now. comfort themselves
with IN. thought that Of the 100000
or NOR" Americans hnly 100000 arc
actually ,iu hattie array. with 3hh,@1g
behind tn" front and that The remain
ing 100000 ar" "tapprn troops (ensi-
uc.,rs. railwaymcn and general work
rrS)
The Berlin Targlisrhr RundSchan adds
as its own Information that no more
than 10000 Americans have up 10 the
prrst MT been noticed GA the west
front"
The Cologne N"lks XcitunE cnrrrSPnn-
trni pays M Involuntary tribute lu tho
efficiency nf the entente pamphlet prnra-
garria carried on by uirllan"s. saying
that these pamphlets 'urc $" Scducttvcly
wn.tl"d that anyone who il not well in
formed may almost. If not entirely. be
persuaded"
He therefore calls for = vigorous
counter propaganda IT, cnlighten
doubling spirits In the army.
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Many Russ Officers
Now in Predicament

WASHINGTON. Aug. 2?.-Mnre thhn
100 Russian army and naval officers
rrw in this country practically llnd
themselves in a "Cai't- work can l-flEht
class Thcv came (" tho United states
in various offirinl capacities for the old
Russian government under car Mich
,.las. hut with ;hr fall Il his empire
rh..ir rrt,rraI ,u.$:il"ns likewise perish
cd
They rmv find themselves as mon
wi;I,ru, :: country. their old land in Iur-
rnnil and their funds iholf2h many Of
hnu.rrd. Many nf tho men wrr" mill
tarv and naval specialists. having h"cn
sent IN This country nS Inspectors ana
buyers At arms ami munitions. All Hr"
we'll cducatrd. some speaking "t"' rnl
lanvuaKcs MI ar" said I" u" anNI"LS
~ return home hut getting IN Russia
Low is most difficult md few "f them
have nome with whirh - travel. Som"
It is n,utrd may 70 mt" Sihcrla. J"In'nS
III" American cApcGitInnnry force. but
thus is question that las not been de-
ridrd by tho war department.
Tn" plight Of the men. however. has
been called tn the attention Of officials
Of tho United states Envci nmcnI vino
arc seeking 10 plncc the men IN govern
1ncnl work il was said to-day. PRIVATE
concerns also are employing the men.
getting in touch with them through the
Russian embassy. Among the army off,
cars arc found men ranking from lieu
tenants 10 major general and among The
navy those ranking from ensign tc COM
mandcr
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TON FOR RETIRED MEMBERS.
WIDOWS AND ORPHANS.
Delegation Met by Representative Local
Brotners-Wu1 Tour Com
munity Today.

Tho special committee representing
tho Masonic bodies nf this stat" arrived
in Wheeling last night To inspect sites
in this community Offered for the "stap-
iishmenj " tho Wcs, Virginia Masonic
Homo for Retired Masons and wldn"s
and orphans OF members "f tho fra
ternity.
The COMMITTEE" Is composed OF Judge
Lewis y. Tavenner. OF FarEersburS.
cha lrman. and Mr.. A. G.. Nad"nbousch, UT
Mar;insbUrG. and MI. l.. Fl. Clark. OF
KYLE Tho trio was met ut the baltimore
& Ohio station by representative" NOM
berS OF I6ral Masonic organizations ami
escorted to tn: Fort Henry 'luh. where
dinner was served. followed by Il CONFER
once. Thu reception Commits" Included
Mcssrs w W. Irwin. II. NJ. Browne.
Louis n. Eachmann. j. II. Miller. +. G.
Striuhicker and David \. McKee,. Tho
visiting committee will b" taken on an
automobile tour Of tn" Wheeling district
today by the local committee. accom-
rnnicd by officials Of the Wheeling Com
ucrcial Associa ticr. Ia be shown the
several available sites Offered IN th'S
community for tho homo. Many StaIcS
already have similar institutions.
Grand Lodge to Meet in Charleston.
THO committee was appointed S"ihc
time aco bv tho Grand Lodge Of West
virginia to make A tour Of tn" stat" and
70 submit their reports at Tho next an
nual session OF the. Grand Lodge. 10 %
held In Charleston In November.
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How Employment Service
Will Handle Labor Rush
Secretary OF state Council OF oeisRs'
Tells OF Plans.

Secretary Of the State Council o. DC
ronse lessee V. Sullivan Of Charleston
last cvcningtold how the L. 5. employ
last evening told how the L. S. employ
rroat rush Of labor which is now taxing
about ton different counties throughout
vhirh the different scrric" OFFICES arc
handling the big job. The kccFlnf
rack Of all the laborinG men Of IN"
s,atr * almost as an enormous TASK as
the registration Of the youth OF tnE
cnuntrv and is n matter. which must nc
handled with the greatest ut care.
secretary Sullivan said there arc en-
nlnvnrnt offices TO be esthpllSheo ~
tho head Of the community labor boards
tho state other than where the employ
mrnr service Offices are located under'
r Shaun and Samuel r. Montgomery
which will handle the men IN tneir IT.
Spcctivc localities.
STATE L. S. Employment director l..
y. Sraum and Samuel y. montgomery;
public Service Reserve secretary VIII
direct the working OF these boards IN
directly through local directors. Mcn
,,.Grktnk. MT non-cssential work Will Dc
nIaced where needed in carrying out the
ror program and many other important
factors will be taken care or by these
offices. ,,.
Al present there are employment
office. nj RIuefeld. ClarksburE, Charles
Ton Huntington. Clarksburg and mere.
Fred sondcrman is in charge or the To-
cal office.
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Lieut.. Blair Thaw, Of
Pittsburgh, Killed in
Fall of War Plane

WITH THE. AMERICAN ARMY IN
FRANCE. Aug. @2.-(Ry tho Associated
Press. )--LIcutenun Blur Thaw. "1
Pittsburgh. a member Of the American
aviation service was killed Sunday rTe-
ming when his Hirplan" fell as II result
Of engine trouble.
. Lieutenant Thaw. who was n brother
Of Major William Thaw. and Il son ~
BENJAMIN Thaw of Pittsburgh. wa"
travelling in n pursuit group near III"
front towards Paris. The engine trouble
developed nj an altitude Of 1000 feet
and the machine. when ii tell. struck
r. number IF telephone wires and col
lapsrd upside down.
Thaw was killed Instantly. and MS
companion aviator was badly injured
Thaw. although less we'll known than
his brother. had just heen promoted 70
command a flying squadron and WAS
on his way tn take over the squadron
when he fell tn his death. Ills body
was taken to an evacuation hospital
where impressive funeral services were
Held Tuesday afternoon. Burial was
in the Same plot whrro the body III
Major Raoul Lufbnrry is inferred.
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:C0N|M| TTEE HERE To INSPECT
SITES FOR STATE MASP'1C HOME

This is tho MT time in the history OF
rho Masonic ord.r in West Virginia the
Scottish Kite bodies Of III" southern part
of tho state will not come to this city
for their annual reunion this year. The
meeting will he known as the South
eastern West Virginia Scottish Rite Rs
union.
\ mart Of the state has already been
toured hv the committee. but there Is
Srlll a number Gf other places To visit.
Thus far the COMMITTEES has visited Salt
SULPHUR AMI Red sulphur Springs IN
Monroe county: Oak Hill. Fayette
county. Point Pleasant. Mason county:
Huntington and rarkcrsburE. From here
the cmmmitt"c will visit Euckhannon.
tpshur county.
Judge Tavrnn"r snid last night that
the homo will be one nf the finest of the
kind In the country: that it will be cor
s,rurIcd along the lines or the Spring
n4ld. o., Masonic institution. which 10
an ;dnnl hnm, Of the kind. lie said no
site would be- selected until il has been
acted upon by the stale Hranu i|ouh'
meeting this fall.
Wheeling Offers Many Advantages.
II is understood that Wheeling has a
number nf excellent sites 10 offer the
committee and Other inducements that
viii have great bearing In having I'M
stirutinn buildcd here. Wheeling Is
the heart Of commercial and industrH'I
activities OF tn, Mountain State. whlis
it is perhaps the strongest Masonic c"n'
ter in this section Of the country, In ad-
iItinn To II being one Of tho most pr"m'-
nrnt social communities in tho Ohio val
lov. I'll" geographical location is Ideal
for such IL homo. and in other ways this
city has tn" advantage over many cities
of this state for the location Of such a
large and worthy institution.
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II 1RIaAp1ERs PROMOTED.

WASHINGTON. August ":.-EleFcn
hrigadicr generals Of the army "cr.
nominated by President wilson To-Day
for promotion To the grad" nl major e"
cral. They are: william H. '''''
Beaumnn, H. buck. William "iese''
Robert l.. Howe. Robert AleHahu' '.
John l.. Hines. (irot" HItcheshn. "a''rr
u. Gordon. Eli A. Hrlmick. Mi'''a" L.
Lassrirr and William II. McNair.
I,r;rad,er General Jesse Mel. Carter.
,.ri.r or tho militia bureau. also was
,,p,i,nt4d major general and hriEadi"r
General Merrittee ". Ireland WAS noml-
mated assistant Surgeon General with the
rank of m%jor general. Thirty two col
oncls. Including Colonel MARLBOROUGH
churchill If tho general staff. chier ar
nv censor. were nominated hriSadiers.
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|, {, ATTACK ON
ON THE vESLE:
IS 5UCCESSF: Ill

WITH THE AMERICAN AkMl a.,
FRANCE. Aug. 22.-tBy the ASSOC, 90,
rrcss. )--Thc Americans made '"I,'.
attack west Of Tismes. on tht' >.e
river. between scissors and Nhf''''c'
Wednesday night. Tho attack rehacr'N
thu vcsle holdings more secure ana a'so
resulted in the cleaning out OF pos'
lion from which German Shippers ha'
hcrn causing tho Americans CONSIDER
able annoyance. The attack was pre-
ccdrd ny barrage.
The Germans made counter ATTACK
al daylight this morning. IN an en-
dcavur To offset the American success
The Americans however, killed num-
her " lhr Germans. made fourteen
prisoners and forced the remainder 10
flee in disorder.
Patrol encounters. between the amer
leans and Germans have been frequent
in the voSgcS mountains. The town OF
Frnpcll". captured several days ago ny
rhr Americans. is still under nigh on
plosiv" shell and gas rr"jcctile attacks
hut they are gradually lcssening. as tne
hnrclcssncss If rctaking the town ne
comes apparent.
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BOLSHEVIK|
Continued from Page oueo

"a ,esre. Consul Imhric's despatch SalH.
although the consul indicated 'ha' ne
n.o,,lb remain at his post until hc had
received instructions from the state d.
partmcnt.
announcement in a dispatch from
france Of the appointment Of twH inter
national councils. one at NT"haS"l ana
rho other at Vladivostok. however. c"hiI-
tsrbalanctd the unfarnraGl" hHWS cons
t,ined In the despatch from FctroSrnd.
nhassadcr Francis. as dean "i the
Diplomatic corps. will act as III" rr"sid-
iur officer Of the ArChanEcl C"unc'l, tue
other members OF whirh will he the
automatic representatives OF III" n'llcn
n.tiors The personnel az the lhdlv"S-
tok council Is not yet complete. treat
Britain will be represented ny Sir
Charles Eliot as high commissioners ut
yladivostok: Japan ny Consul MhtSu-
dojra and France by Eugene krenauf.
consul Caldwell will h~ the American
member until President Wilson desis-
mates Il representative.
Persecution Of the few Americans in
re,rurrad for tho ten days pr!"r L" The
d.sna,ch Of Consul 1mhri''S "ahlrgrnn
made state department officials appre-
hensive rs In their safety.
Officials rrSnrd 1t as evident that fur
thrr messages from the consul hay" been
held up by the Ii"lSierlkl.
The referenc" In Consul lmhrt"S dis
| match to n declaration Of wnr against tho
United S,"t"s hy the EnlshcViki author
iti"s. was regarded most seriously hS
! officials II WAS suggested that The
SInecn Of Minister OF War Tr"t2ky ii
| Moscow Int" in July. in which II" do
| tlurrd that Il state IF var existed be-
tween Russia and Iircnt Britain and
| Franc" AMI thCir allies. which Foreign
| Minister TrhitrIcrin modified in re
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g KILLED IN
WESTERN BLOW

TYLER. Mimi, Aug. 2c.-Tyl'r TO.
might presents a scene OF death ano
desolation as the result Of the TORNADO
which struck this little town last nignl.
The death list mounted to % tonight
all Of whom have been Identified sH-
ccpt one. Between fifty anr sixty per.
sons were injured. five Of whom are IN
an mproviscd hospital in serious con,
dition. Thirty business houses ana
about as many residences we're hemol'
ished. Only four business estanhsn-
mcnts ESCAPED the path OF tho storm"
which tore through the town hve p'ockS
long and two blocks wide. The 2n pro-
erty loss is estimated at about s5oQ'ooo.
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No Meeting Of the Greater
Wheeling Committee

The Meeting of the subcommittee 10
arrange for the rassinE Of r. greater
wheeling movement. which was 20 hay"
heen held last evening nj the Market
auditorium. has been postponed ind"h-
n!tery owing to many members or IN"
committee being unable 10 attend. There
we-e but few present last evening.
The meeting will be all important ono
anil there /. much to he planned by this
committee if there Is to be n greater
WhrnliuQ
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Sends Iron Cross Home
From the Battlefield
Greggsytue Boy Wins Hand to Hand
Fight With German And Kills Him.

Mr. and Mrs W G. Stein OF Grcggs-
willie. hay. received an Iron Cross given
a German soldier for yalor in service.
from lh"ir son. Private George Stein.
who is serving overseas with tn" Amcri-
,an forces The medal is on display in
the window Of the Fort Henry smoke
house and is attracting much attention.
il is suspended on u black and white
ribbon und hcnrs the date 1914.
In n recent letter home Private Stein
told Of having II hand In hand fight with
tho Hun and killed him. and latcn took
the medal.
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BAKER D. K. FOR
N0RLD'S SERIES

WASHINGTON. August %. - When
asked today whether the work or fight
order would Interfere with. the world
baseball series this year Secretary BaK-
er said today the question had not
come before him. but indicated MS
strong opinion that the series would be
and should be played.
Since only TWO teams would take par
The secretary thought the humber OF
mon affected by the work or fight ora
or would be very small and moreover
he added. the soldiers in France are m
tenScly Interested in the results
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INSTANTLY KILLED.

ELKINS. ". Va. Aug. :2.-FauI Gar
roll. aged Is years. An apprentice
machinist. was instantly Killed at: mo
western Maryland railroad shops al
o'clock yesterday morning while In tho
act of passing between two wrecked cars
fran, which the coupling had been
broken. and which wore chained together.
,rc,her car was switched against one ~
tho damaged .rars crushing III" boy 10
dn,,h He WAS the son Of Mr. and Mrs
LII CARROLL
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Mooney Will Appeal
To u. S. Supreme Court

SAN FRANCISCO. August o9.-Thom-
as ]. Mooney Is to appeal al once TO
the United States suprcn" court for 4
reversal Of his conviction for murder
in connection with II bomb explosion
heren officials nf the International
Workers Defence League announced to-
day.
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RAIDER STILL
At LARGE; MAY
|. HAVE BEEN SUNK

WASHINGTON. Aug. 22.-Absence ri
any definite report Of activity today on,
tho part nf the raider Triumph. the con-
vcrtrd steamtrawlcr armed by sixteen
members Of German I-hoats crew.
slrcnglhc tho belief held In naval
circles that tho vessel is no longer on
tho north Atlantic nshing grouhns.
While numerous dispatches were re-
reivrd during the day detailing inc
effects of the Triumph's foray into the
ranks of tho American and Canadian
smacks and traulcrS, all dealt with
sinkinEs which occurred yesterday and
Tuesday night.
So thorough have hecn the steps
taken To safeguard the fishing fleets.
as described by Admiral Benson. chief
Of naval operations. that officials here
arc positive the Triumph could not have.
escaped the net spread for her capture
The only possible explanation Of the
future of patrol craft to capture the
raider will he that she has been sunk
by her crew. possibly after the men
have returned To the submarine.
A CANADIAN ATLANTIC PORT,
August o2-The American schooner
Sylvania was sunk yesterday by nm
armed truwlcr on the RanRuereau, Fish
lnS iianRS. 1t is TTESuIIlCu VIC alNhNH
ing vessel was the Irawlcr Triumph
"a plured Tuesday by German sub
marine and manned as a raider. The
Sylvania'S crew reached 4 fishing port
near here this morning.
Tho trawler also sunk the Nova
Scotia fishing schooner PaSadena The
crew, which reached port today. report
ed that their vessel was sent tn the bot
tom al midnight Tuesday
MONTREAL. Aug. 2@.--N1rtuallr the
entire rlct Of the Maritime Fish Corpora
ton has been destroyed hy tho trawlsr
Triumph. which WIS captured by Ger
man submarine crew and armed. accord
ing To reports 20 tho corporations Office
hero today. The fleet was operating OH
tho Grand banks of New Fhundland. IL
was composed of boats Of both CANADIAN
and American registry.
The exac, number Of vessels destroyed
Is not known here. but the corporate
flee, general consists Of eight or nine
vessels.
AN ATLANTIC FORT. Aug. --.-~'A
British freight steamer while arrived
here today from European waters was
attacked By a submarine yesterday AFTER
noon when near Nantucket. one Tot
ncdo was fired b. the t-hoat. when
missed tho frciSht"r by about 20 yards
members of tho crew said.
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morning.
CHARLESTON, ". Va, Aug. a.
United States Attorney L. II. Kelly,
Of this city, tonight authorized,
through his assistant, +. ". Nc
Cullough, tho following statement re-
gardtng tho lack OF definite news
from Mingo county, whore posses are
pursuing q band Of army dssertsrs
and noonshtnsrs.
by reason Of the fact that Mar
shall Osborne and those with him in
pursuit Of the Mingo county de-
linqusnts and deserters are in tho
mountain 1astness OF that county. re-
mote from means Of communication,
1t Is impossible to get any accurate
or reliable reports Of what IL happea-
ing there.
"one thing IL fairly certain: All
OF tho outlaws will BIO captured either
dead or alive, although there IL appre-
hsnsion that the pursuing officers
may not be aole to escape casualtiss-
TT must not be understood that
there Is a lack Of patriotism In Mingo
county, generally speaking. The Mt
most confidence Is felt that tho ofhc-
ers, aided by loyal and law abiding
citizens Of Mingo county will prove
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DRIVE FoE CANT.

NEW YORK. Aug. ga zane drive.
The latest Of the many movements
started for tho. aid OF wounded and con-
vaI-scent soldiers has resulted in hum
,!reds Of canes and walking sticks being
collected at various agencies throughout
the city. Walter u. McElroy. assistant
field director Of the American Red Cross.
recently started the drive in a small way.
but the the news spread with such good
results that soon he had collected hum
drcds Of walking sticks. William II.
Edwards. collector Of Internal revenue IN
the Wall street district. contributed u
collection he had been many years In
gathering. =
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ANOTHER AMERICAN
REGIMENT ARRIVES

WASHINGTON. Aug. 22.-The thirty
first regiment Of tho United States regu-
lars has arrived at Fladivostok from
Manila. Secretary Baker announced to-
day.
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vO5GES ATTACK
IS A FAILURE
WASHINGTON. Angus

WASHINGTON. August 2"".--G"ncraI
prrshins's rnnuunInu" Tor yesterday
Announces III. failure nf small h"Stilr
at,orks in tho VnSers and tn" safe re-
turn of all The American machines
which successfully bombed the railways
W T'Ihcuyilir Tuesday.