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ANOTHER $4,000, 100000
OF CERTIFICATES OUT

The Treasury Department yesterday
announced another $1,000. 100000 block
Of Treasury certificates OF indebted
ness. the sixth bi-weekly issue, dated
September II.
Subscriptions are to be received up
to September IA. and payable January
1s at ~ per cent interest, with other
terms similar to loan certificates. in
the past.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-09-13
BELGIUM TO BE SUBSTITUTED
dermania Statue on New York Gus
toms House viii Be CHANGED

NEW YORK, September 1s.-The
statue Of Germania on the New York
customhouse will be changed to rep
resent Belgium. 1t was announced to-
day by Cass Gilbert. the architect,
who said he had bsen authorized by
Secretary McAdoo to make the change.
The statue II ono OF twelve above
the main cornice Of tho building rep
resenting ancient and modern nations
which have had an important COM
mercs 1T sea. The German eagle. the
word "Kis" and the initials wv III
On the shield Of the statue will Be
removed ana the Belgian Hon and the
word Belgium" substituted.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-09-13
SWISS yoURNALIsrs COMING.
Entertained ct Paris En- Route by
James Karnsy.

+ PARIS 'ThuPedAy. September H.
A party Of Swiss journalists en- route
to America was entertained here at
luncheon today by James Kerney, d.
ROTOR Of the Franco-Ameriean CONF
mtttee on public Information. AM
bassador Sharp was the principal
speaker and assured the Swiss edi-
Aors Of the warm reception they
would Fecefvs in the Unitsd States.
william Martin Of the Journal dc
Geneve and DR.. Feutsr OF the Meme
Zuricher Zeitung responded express
ing the gratitude Of the Swiss for the
relief brought to switzerland to ~.
iisxe the food shoftsee.
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american ATTACK !.
MILESTONE IN:'W|ARl:
British Hail Advance IN St.
MihieI Region With
Enthusiasm.
SEE DANGER FOR HUNS

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, September 1.-THE as
sault on the st. Mihiel salient DOM
mates the news columns OF the news
papers today. which feature It with
the biggest headlines. The, opening
blow in Marshal Foch's great o6en-
sive scheme claims attention n any
case, but this one has . spsci0 at
traction as the Arst stroke Of the IN
. dependent American Army under d.
rect American command and a. such
is hailed as one Of the milestones OF
the war.
The blow thus far has succeeded so
well and has brought such large
haul of prisoners as to afford an OPP
portunity for congratulations by the
press. - 7a- :.
1.-The day adds a glowing page OF Q,
glory to American history. says the
Graphic, land it will be proud recol,
lection for America that her sons had
a lions share in wipfng on the pat,
tie map a salient which persisted
there for almost four years.
Adds to Foes Perplexitiss.
The Daily News calls attention to
the "strikingly restrained" tone OF
Cen Pershing's communicate and
says:
"rhis new formidable thrust adds
to the enemy's perplexities and gives
nroof Of the commanding superiority
and resources OF the allies Whc1
Iforeshadews the future eeafse OF
NJ The Daily Mail describes the incident
as ',one of the great moments OK ens
.'The enemy" says the Times. pas
yery good reason for disentan9lln9 him-
self without delay. He ts In Q SACK aqa
| the strings are being drawn on o0tn
other of the American forces he must
resort with all speed to the elastic O.
| fensive' he has been pract1cing % fno
Marine and the Somme or run the tlSls
Of having the strings drawn ana "a
well conceived and the Americam may
be trusted to deliver II with thsSr 0uaS
vigor and determination"
Blow Not Expected 80 eeoo. =
The British public has been aaxiob
looking for another American nova bud
hardly expected it so soon. and the
news of the Franco-American attack
l
which the Germans drove into the
French line in September, 1914. and has
held ever since was received here with
the greatest enthusiasm, and, accord
ing to British correspondents at the
front who heard Of the good progress
the Americans are making, with equal
enthusiasm there.
AS a big advance in this direction
would soon cause great Inconvenience to
| the enemy before Metx, it 10 fully ex-
pected that heavy resistance will be
met.
According to military experts the Ger
man front between Verdun and the
swiss frontier for many months has.
fbeen only thinly held with inferior
troops in comparison to the remainder
Of the front to the sea, and one OF the
objects Gen. Ludendorff had In short
ening the front was to utilize troops
thus obtained to strengthen this line.
Cen. Ludendorff undoubtedly expected
this section of the battle line to be the
object Of an attack by the American
Army. which was generally supposed
to be somewhere in this neighborhood.
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COAL IS ONLY. FREIGHT
B.. & O. WILL CARRY

WHEELING. ". Va. September -,
THE lines of the Baltimore and Ohio
viii during the remainder OF tho war
be devoted TO hauling coal, exclu-
sivsiy. according to an announcement
made here following reported con-
ference in Baltimore between Director
General McAdoo ana national food
and war industries officials.
An=s1Asrgo 70. laid on all other
freight over the Baltimore and Ohio
lines. Il 10 asserted. The coal will be
AsijvsesA 70 munition plants and
x nkhaR Yng AnlnG1gaaR
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-09-13
ANTHRACITE PRODUCTION
OF WEEK ENDED SEPT.

Producttop Of anthracite GOAL for the
week ended September was 1,ss3.-
Ss4 gross tons. according to estimates
reported to the United States yuel
Administration. This amount IN
cludes all coal shipped and sold
locally, but il exclusive Of coal con-
sumed at the mines.
OF the total output s4s.s18 tons was
nrenared sizes and pea, ana 44e,S2t
TONS of steam sizes. The daily aver
age was z5S,579 tons.
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GERMANY uNCENsEs CHILE.
Attempt to Destroy Interned Ships
May Stop Rental Plan.

BUENOS AIRES. September Ia
Press dispatches from Chile indicate
that a. result Of the recent attempt
By intsrned German crews to destroy
their vessels the Chilean government
win drop the negotiations for renting
German vessels from the German gov
eminent. This change Of policy j. re-
ceiving the vigorous support Of lead
ing newspapers. which were formerly
urging that these vessels 6e rented;
destroy their vessels has caused pro-
found indignation throughout Chile -
an example Of bad faith. a. the orders
to destroy the ships came while Ger
many apparently was still willing to
negotiate for their lsase. :.
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D. c. LEADS NATION
|INREPORT|NGDAY'S.
| WAR !IIi !. REGISTRATION |;'|| /
52,751 Men in Capital Be-
1 tween is and As Now
on Roll.
DIVISION NO. 3FlRsT
ToFitE ITS REPORT
Officials Commend Registrars in Re.
spending to Gen. crowder's
Appeal for Speed.
Keep Your Registration
Card IN Your Pocket

Questfonnaires will 20 out 70
District fegistrants Of the Mae
teen and twenty year gfoups,
and the thirty-two to thirty
six year groups on a day to
be set by Provost Marshal Gen-
eTal Crowder.
Members Of the legal advisory
board, which will help regis
trants with the documents, met
this afternoon to perfect plans
for this Important phase Of the
work.
In the meantime resistrants
are warned to take the greatest
care Of their rexistration eer-
ti1cates, and to keep the little
blue cards On their persons ut
all tfmes. ~ Dolicenea have .
right to. demAna their display.
at any time.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-09-13
REPUBLICANS, NAME
FINANCE COMMITTEE

Appointment Of . finance, commit
tee Of the republican congressional
campaign COMMITTEES 10 announced by
Representative Fess Of Ohio. chair
man Of tho eommittss Gov. Miller
of Delaware 10 Its only member who
is not in Congress.
The other members are Represent
ativss Gould. New York. chairman;
Kahn. California; -eeottz. Michigan:
Winslew. Massachusetts,: NoFsddsu.
Psnnsylvania: coplsy. Illinois; Bach
ssuch. New jersey. and Aasy3tt Con-
nAo<anat. Is.
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milk PRODUCERS CLAIM
OPERATIONS YIELD Loss
National Association Officers Visit
Food Administration to Obtain
War Industry Rating.

Milo D, Campbell OF 7Coldwater,
Mich, president OF the National Milk
Producers Association. and r. C..
Reed Of Howell. Mich, a director Of
the national association. are in the city
to confer with the food administration
relative to giving the producer higher
price for milk.
Mr.. Reed, in an interview with a Star
representative, said dairy farmers are
operating at a loss, generally speaking
The men will ask the food admins
tration to establish some equitable basis
of production upon which a reasonable
profit, which. Mr.. Reed said. ia 10 per
cent, can be guaranteed the producer.
Not on War Production Basis.
milk is considered" said Mr.. Reed.
Va war essential, but the production Of
milk is not put upon a war production
basis. as in the case Of other war indus
tries, where q basis Of cost OF produc-
ton plus a reasonable profit Is the foun-
dalton.
'If tho farmers consider that milk
producing Is not war industry ana
remain in force. we would hold up
producing milk until a higher price
was given US by the consumer. But
MT Hoover asked not to have the as.
ISOLATION discourage the keeping 0k
cattle tor milking purposes, as milk
was a highly essential food at this
time. Now. the milk producers OF the
country are patriotic and will not do
thing to hinder the prosecution OF
the war, but we simply cannot go on
keeping mich cows at the present
price paid the farmer for milk OF we
will fall financially"
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DIET MUST AGREE Oh QUIT.
Prussian Government Firm 0,
franchise Reform Question.

COPENHAGEN. 1hursday. ssptsmbsr
1.-THE government 10 firmly decided
to dissolve the Prussisn diet II no asree.
ment is reached In the franchise reform
question, according 70 tho Rsriin Lokal
Anzeiger.
Chancellor Won Hertling. however. win
for q conference, the article Continue.
and every effort will be made to End =
solution TO the question. II adds thaf
ghe house OF lords viii b given fun o.,
portunity to consider the question de-
spite Attsaaptea '1tsss4sistie ta6thods,,
plainly referring TO the social demo.
~ IS dissoivsd tansdistsiy. e -.
0eaxs Nkely that . &ee3aoa Win 1oG Sc
teacAsd ~ D tegtpigat e. mesA
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-09-13

Leading the nation, the District Of
Columbia at noon today presented to
Provost Marshal General Crowder q
complete, tabulated report of yester.
days registration Of the remaining
man power Of tho National Capital,
showing that 52,751 men between the
ages Of eighteen and forty-fve years
are now on the war roll.
While cities and counties throughout
the nation toiled manfully all through
the night in efforts to complete their
reports, Maj. Daniel J. Donovan, dt
rector Of the draft, and the other draft
officials Of Washington worked on,
with the result that the complete Off
cial tabulation was turned over to Gen.
Crowder at noon. The District was the
first to report last night with pre-
liminary figures, which today were
somewhat modified.
Mr.. Chances District Leads.
Local board for division No. 3. Mer-
rift D. Chance. chafrmsu. ebtaipedaH.
other record for the District last
night. At II o'clock he presented to
Col. James 8. Easby-S Smith of the pro-
vost marshal generals Office COM
plete summarized tabulation Of the
men registered by No. 3 board, to-
gether with a typewriter list of the
1858 registrants, with serial numbers
attached. This board was undoubted-
ly the first board in the nation to pre-
sent its list Of registrants. with their
serial numbers. 49,
Two Philadelphia boards and one
New York board sent representative
board Of this city beat these. and
other boards fastening their lists
here by many hours.
Compliments Board No. 8.
BOARD No. is entitled to great
credit for the magnificent record
achieved yesterday" Maj. Donovan
said today. At the same time he paid
tribute to the "unswerving loyalty Of
registrars and others connected with
yesterdays successful registration
here"
seventeen Germans. ninety-three
Austro-Hungarians, three Bulgarians
and ia Turks registered in Wash
nigton yesterday. This is ono Of tho
interesting facts brought out by the
intricate report of registration made
by the District to Gen. Crowder today.
The city exceeded Gen. Crowder's
estimated registration Of 1890 by
table Of registration here yesterday
follows. together with the estimated
registration expected:
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Would Prefer "to Fight"

BRIDGEPORT. Conn, septembsr -.
The letter of President Wilson to
the striking machinists and toolnak.
ers of this city, in which the latter 6fe
been received here up until moon to.
dSy. samuel Lavit. business agent q
the maehinists' union and chief dc
rector OF the strike, said that u The
Presidents letter 10 ~ drastic a. In.
dicated by press dispatches he would
advise the strikers ''to Tight" He aa34
thst the Presidents letter. OF such Me-
formation about 1t ~ has been -.
ceiyed, viii be taken up at the naas
meeting Of the strikers this afternoon.
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St. MiMel Taken by French;
u. s. Losses Remarkably Lou

been carried out on schedule. Near
Maizerais the troops went ahead
against machine gun fire by crawling
and tanks were sent to their aid.
To the north Les Eparges hill and
the neishboring Hin 322i were cap
tured. Numbers of the enemy surren-
dered at the latter place.
The American casualties have been
remarkably few.
BY o'clock in the afternoon the
Americans had gained possession of
the villages OF Nonsard. Pannes, Bouil-
l0OYille and Thiauc0Nrt
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EACH OF 5000 AMERICAN
WOUNDED IS PAID VISIT

More than 5000 American soldiers
In hospitals in England have received
personal calls from women OF the
care committee of the American Red
Cross in the last few weeks.
In every instance efforts were made
to keep the mon in touch with rela-
tives and friends, q service which re-
ports to headquarters here indicated
convinced the sick and wounded that
England was much like home.
Mrs. Robert Peet Skinner, wife Of
the American consul general at Lon
don. directs the activities Of the COM
mittee, which has branch organi1a-
lions In twenty cities
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-09-13
Condensed MIX Prizes.

The price on condensed milk has
been hxed by the food administration.
hence the condensers are limited - to
the price they can pay the producer.
This stops the elastic operation OF the
economic law of supply ana demand
as related to the farmer and CON
denser, and places the farmer ut the
mercy Of the condenser and food ad-
ministration.
1t is suggested that the sdministra-
tio1 fix tho price to be paid the farm
above the cost Of feeding cows and
their general upkeep.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-09-13
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY ON
THE LORRAINE FRONT, September
12.-St. Mihiel has been recaptured by
the French. according to.the unofficial
information here.
The Americans in their drive reached
the first detectives at some points an
hour. ahead Of schedule time. Seven
hundred prisoners have already been
taken.
All along the limo the advance has
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RESTRICTS TRAVEL TO q. s.
American Consul to Jamaica o. KS
Only MUrgent Cases.

CableErnn to The Evening Star and
ChAea1e Daily News. Copyright. 1918.
KINGSTON, Jamaica September
are being put upon
the suzpber Of passsnEeFs Jssying the
island Tor the United States. The
Ansrfcan consul refuses to wise pass-
Dorts unless the Intending travellers
eefi0ly kjn that their Seasons Tor
t1ayetl1e asosvS9eat
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-09-13

The District registered 1851 native
born citizens, 2,055 naturalized citi-
GEMS, 5s7 citizens by fathers naturali-
cation before registrant's majority,
1884 declarant aliens and 2.194 nom
declarant aliens, total OF 3.46S
aliens.
OF the men registered here yester-
day a7.lS3 were white. 1888 negroes,
$40 oriental. 81 citizen Indians and
8 non-citixen Indians.
The official table Of District regis
tfauta by age groups follows:
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Tanks Lumber On.
Meet Little Resistance.

Tho Germans have offered very lit
tie resistance to the advancing Amer
leans. Occasionally a stray machine
gun or automatic rife has been dis
covered, but 1t is apparent that the
enemy has withdrawn his main forces
TO . second line. which possibly he will
defend with certain degree Of tenacity.
His artillery has been firing from
behind Q ridge which runs in front
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-09-13
Makes Provision for Loans.

In the bill is incorporated a provision
with respect to loans made by national
banks. The effect is to permit any
national bank to lend to borrowers in
addition to the amount now regulated
an additional amount not to exceed
10 per cent OF the capital stock and
surplus of the bank, in case the bor-
rewerer discounts a note or notes Sc
cured by a like amount Of the bonds
Of the United States Issued since
April ~, 1917.
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final Official age groups, eighteen and
forty-five, showed up we'll with $500
and 1905 registrants

final Official age groups, eighteen and
forty-five, showed up we'll with $500
and 1905 registrants - =, ....
twenty-seven men are twenty-seven
years old and thirty men thirty years
In addition to the II Germans, III
Turks. 50 Austro-Hungarians and
Bulgarians listed, tabuiations were
kept Of all other aliens. While there
were $40 Russians registered here yes
terday, there were put 3. Philippines
listed. -Four Serbians signed UP. u
Belgians and 30 Englishmen. British
subjects, including the English prop
err. totaled $50 men. French ctti1ens
to the number of 10 registered a. oio
Local boards OF the city. with the
exception Of No. 3 board. which has
completed its Hst-of registrants. with
their serial numbers. are today work.
this work finished tomorrow, II pos
sible.
Provost Marshal General Crowder per-
sonally inspected the system through
which No. 3 board completed its tabu-
lation and list almost simultaneously
with its completion of registration at
8 o'clock last night. He and other
officials expressed admiration at the
manner in which the work was han
died..
Fletcher Registers in Mexico.
Ambassador Fletcher was the first
American in Mexico City to register
yesterday, the State Department was
Informed. The message said that
practically every American citizen IN
age limits followed tho example of
the ambassador. although such action
was purely voluntary, as the law does
not require Americana In foreign
countries to register. II they return
to the United States. however tnes
Provost Marshal General Crowder
has announced that the work-or-
neht order now being enforced by
district boards would not AFFECT all
industries falling to obtain obtain, a PA Place &c
lished by tho War Industries Board.
An erroneous impression was current,
he said, that the list of non-produc-
tive occupations in which men OF
draft age cannot be employed II tney
has been enlarged to include all In
dsstriesrwshich the preference list
omitted.
~ .sr, Regulates Idea.
"calIs for prompt reputation. The
'non-productive' list of five CLASSIFIED
occupations has not been enlarged and
it will not be enlarged without the
amplest and most explicit notice.
selective service boards are expressly
directed until further notice to bring
no other occupation under the work
pr-fght order except those expressly
listed
The preference list Of the War In
dustries Board. Gen. Crowder said.
strengthened the position OF limited
number of industries most essential
to the conduct of the war. in that
they are commended to the district
draft boards as being necessary and
the boards may take advantage of
that recommendation in determining
whether an indispensable man in such
an Industry should be given deferred
classification. On the other hand, the
work-or- fight order. he said. strength
ened the Army by taking registrants
who chose to stay in small group
of occupations in which they could be
replaced by women or older men or
boys.
The two groups, Gen. Crowder ex-
planned, ARE not identical and pre-
sumably never will become identical"
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SEEKS Q. s. RECOGNITION.

G. 7. Wang to Present Plea Of Can
ton Independent Government.
Cablexram to The Evening" Star and
Chicago Daily News. Copyright, 1918.
PNKING. China, September lie.
T. Wang is being sent to America by
the Canton Independent government
In m endsavor to secure recognition
hy the United States Of Its independ-
anca. The former speaker Of the
house Of representatives. has been sssas-
SlnaAek.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-09-13

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON. September 13.-The Daily
Mail correspondent at the American
front sends tho following description
of the battle along the st. Mihiel Sec
tor:
The first American Army. under
personal command Of Gen. Pershing
for the first time. went into action to-
day in the st. Mihiel salient. Never
before has there been such q large
concentration Of American troops for
. one operation, and never have the
Americans been In such complete con-
troll Of their own operations.
''The event had long been anticipated.
Some people assigned to 1t grandiose
detectives. but in reality the attack Is
for limited detectives only.
"At l o'clock Thursday morning the
artillery preparation began with a
roar that could be heard many miles
away. and all night it rose and fell
the roads that ran parallel the flashes
of innumerable guns told of the i'm
pending assault. Toward 5 o'clock
the hour of the attack-the firing be-
came even more rapid. and its sullen
tone mingled strangely with the sound
Of the rain.
Tanks Lumber On.
AT dawn whole fleets Of tanks.
manned by strong young Americans
and French, were to be seen moving
out Of their shelters to lead the at
tack. They numbered on. but the Ger
mans offered little OPPOSITION. The
American infantry followed in open
order. blowing through the mud. but
they were little troubled by the feeble
artillery resistance.
AT one poipt near Seicheprey.
whore the Americans had previously
fought desperately with the Germans.
machine gun and automatic fire swept
down upon the Yankees right dank,
but the tanks and artillery quickly
moved in that direction and the Amer
acans went steadily forward.
Eat Z O'Clock the tanks had disap-
DeaYed amid q smoke cloud over the
ftdGe in front Of Seicheprey.
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OFFICIAL WAR REPORTS.

November 20. 1917, attacked for a
second time over the aame ground.
and with like success. Other English
troops attacked across the canal Du
Nord north of Havrincourt. After
sharp fighting our troops captured
the village, t0gther with the section
Of the Hindenburg line between the
village and the canal.
North of Rapaume-Cambrai road
Lancashire troops completed the cap
ture OF Moeuvres, also after sharp
lighting.
About one thousand prisoners have
been taken by us in these operations.
On the northern portion Of the front
further progress has been made by
US today south Of La Bassee canal
and northwest Of Armentieres.
Northumberland transforms and
z high wind severely limited opera
ttons on September IL, and there is
nothing of interest to report.
Independent air forces-In spite OF
the strong wind several attempts
were made to bomb targets along this
front. Bombs we're dropped on the
railway at Courcelles and direct hits
were attained ON the tracks The viii
large Of Verny (south of Metz) and
the railway west of 1t also were
bombed with good results.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-09-13

boards will bs instructed 70 reject
any claim Of exemption based on
your alleged usefulness on war
production:
"WOODROw Wilson's