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The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-05

The Germans have destroyed all the bridges and crossings over the canal Exhausted and in confusion, the enemy is being subjected to heavy shell fire But the British, for the moment are It seems quite evident that the Ger mans intend to make desperate stand here in front of the famous Bourbon wood and Cambrai
 Meanwhile, the northern part of the Hindenburg line continues to be cleared The troops are making some progress astride it in a. southeasterly direction. Northeast of Peronne the British have advanced to the east and while the ac- tions have not been fought with the vio : fence which characterized those in the past four days, being mainly between strong British advanced patrols and Ger man reer guards. additional ground has been gained. The enemy artillery seems to have stiffened all along the line.
 TOWNS EVACUATED
 Villages which have been taken at the crest of the advance had previously been evacuated by the enemy. In at least one town some French inhabitants, including women, managed to hide themselves in the cellars. and after enduring several days of shell fire. first from the approach ing British then from the retreating Ger mans, finally were rescued.
 When British patrols approached the town of Ecourt-St. Quentin three men ini civilian clothing emerged to meet them. and on the strength of the story they told rushed into the town and there fclnd 4s persons, 90 of whom were wom- cn, hiding in cellars. They were helped ont, and came back across the battle field, struggling over shell craters and occasionally menaced by a hail of in- direct machine gun fire from the Ger mans.
 It was a strange and pitlful procession. Both men and women had been under the don.ination of the Germans since September, 1914. They had not seen d single allied soldier since then, for this was the first time that the ground in the loc9lity of their village had been out of the possession of the Germans since the Leginning of the war.
 There were unkept old Frenchmen, staring at the bare, shell-shattered fields and roads alive with troops. and women carrying parcels or limping pushing per ambulators bearing the few belongings or children across fields where one of the most furious battles of the war had been fought.
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-05
Gen. March announces
 the Arriual esI,6OO, 900 American4I Ouerseas
United States Now Has Soldiers in France, Italy and Siberia-Major General Graves Arrives
 at VladivOstOk to Command Forces

Washington September 4-Announcement today by General March chief of sa that than 600000 American troops had been embarked all fronts up August 31 furnished of the forces Marshal Foch has at his disposal with which follow up the victories already the tern front
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-05
DEMANDS PREPARATION

London, September 4--The British government has sent telegram to the boishevik government at Moscow de- mHndtnS reparntiOn and prompt punish ment of those cuipabie In the attack on the British embassy rt Petr0Erad on Saturday, when the embasAy was sacked. Captain Croniie. the British at- tache. wns killed.
 The British government threatens in the event of the failure 0f the bOI- shevik government to give sntiSfaction, |, or if there should lie n repetition of acts of violence, to mnkc the members of the soviet government individually responsible ana hnve them treated ms outlaws by civilized nations.
 Captain Cromie was one of the
 first British submarine officers to
 earn the distinguished service or-
 der medal. He wns accorded this
 honor for his prowess in sinking
 number of German vessels, includ-
 ing the cruiser Undine, which was
 sent to the bottom of the Baltic
 when Captain Cromie was in com-
 mand of the British submarine
 fIOtilla in those waters,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-05

and Boursies. beating off coun- ter attack.
 "British troops entered Mocu- vs~s from the north and the fight ing continues here among the old Hiudenburg line defenses.
 '.in the course of our advance further prisoners and material have fallen into our hands, includ- ing two or three German tanks used by the enemy in an unsuc- cessfuI counter attack on August 21.
 ''On the Lys front also we made progress at different points.S
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-05
PERSHINGs REPORT

Washington. September 4.--GenernI Pershing's c0,nnauniaue for Tuesday sayss
 '.SectiOM A-AsIde from successful patrol encounters along the vesle and hostile rnid In LOrrrine, which was rcpuIsed, therc is nothing to report"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-05
American Transatlantic Co.'s Ships Taken Over
 by Custodian Palmer
CONCERN DECEIVED
 THE GOVERNMENT
Ships Were Bought With German Gold Supplied Through Bernstorff. Reported to Have Supplied Ger
 man Raiders With Provisions

New York, September 4 On the ground of German own ership, the American Transat- lantic company which, until It's ships were Communicated by the United States shipping board in October, 1917, oper- ated in ocean trade a fleet of II steamships flying the Stars and Stripes, has been taken over by A. Mitchell Palmer, alien property custodian.
 Richard G. Wagner, formerly of Mil waukse, an American born citizen, head of the concern for three years, deceived the American government with truly Prussiau arrogance" as we'll as British and French prize courts, as to the real ownership of the property, according to Francis F. Garvan, investigator for tue custodian, who made public tonight "a summary of Wagners activities
 The ships were. in fact, bought with German gold. and the company was or ganized eight months after the outbreak of hossiiities with funds which Count Won BerIsssorff, the German ambassador, caused to .e transmitted here for Wag ner's benefit. Wagner, under the exam ination of Mir. Garvan, protested the ships were American owned until the last, bus f1ally confessed before ths weight of evidence.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-05

Included in the American shipments, are men sent to Italy and Siberia, the arrival of Major General Graves, the American commander, at vladi- vostok, with nearly 140o men of the forces dispatched direct from the Uni- ted States having been announced to- day by General March The total number of men sent elsewhere than to France, however, is less than 10000, leaving more than 1,50o, 900 American troops available for the use of the su- preme commander in the great bat tie.
 The size of this American force be- comes increasingly important as the stroke of the British at the very cen- ter of the line at Douai- Chambrai becomes apparent.
 In the opinion of army officials here. the breakdown of the German off, fensive lines on this front may prove the entering wedge for allied successes of sweeping nature since the fact that General Pershings army has not yet been largely employed is proof that Marshal Foch has ample reserves with which to press his advantage
 REVIEWS SITUATION
 In his mid-week conference with newspaper correspondents, General March reviewed briefly the battle sit- uation of the last three or four days, noting particularly that the British in the most impressive phase of the battle east of Arras, had smashed their way across the Hindenburg line on an eight-mile front with Cambrai as their objective. The major enemy resist ance along the whole 60-mile battle front from the Scarpe to the Disc, he said. had been encountered and over- come by the British and the swift ad- vance of the French troops last week. when they gained five or six miles 9n
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-05
Big Gains Northeast of NoyOn

Pari,S forcing a o tnotho of theOne big flee thu which of ytwenty miles
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-05
OVERCOME WITH JOY

They were almost delirious with joy as they threaded their way to the rear be- tween long stretches of guns. ambu- lances. horses and khaki-clad soldiers
 On the road they passed men who ha been wounded or killed, the combination O. such sights and their grateful emo
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-05
Whole of Du Nord Canal Held

With the British Army France September mB the Associated Press)Br 
 
 
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-05

Canal Du Nord and Tortie River Crossed
   of Peronne
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-05
WAS CLOSELY WATCHED

ouSpiCtOl tOWdTu tue AIneT1Can Ira nS- atlantic colnT any was entertai ined by this government from the time that Wagner sought so have his eleven ships then flying neutral flags. trdnsrerred to Amer ican registry. While he succeeded by complying with all the technicalities of the, law, it is known mat the Americas Transatlantic company was closely watched. At the time the ships of the company were communicated by tke shipping toard as were other ships flying the AmeIiclr flag, the navy department, it is hnOwr,, refused to deliver to the commanders of the ships confidential ia. structions and other naval secrets be cause they were not American citizens. The American Transatlantic company refused to remove the commanders and the navy department, it is said, was obliged to place a naval officer aboard each ship from whom the alien skipper received his sailing directions.
 Wagner's ships were reported at vari ous times to have been supplying Ger man raiders with provisions and to have conveyed German gold from, the United States for use in South America, out these charges Wagner indignantly de- nied, always protesting his Americanisrd. ' PUT UP BLUFF
 In citing these reports Mr. Garvan recalled that Wagner had published a half page advertisement offering a re. ward If $50.OO0 to any one who cou.a produce evidence that his ships had been supplying German raiders and at another
 tCOntinued on Page Three)
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-05

bombed the railroad yards at Longuy- on. Dormary- Daroucourt and Con- flans"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-05

Huns on Run Between Somme and Disc French Army Headquars September puig he h meandH River and norh f Noyon.
 Of In NOrd Cana Hold
The Hawaiian gazette., 1918-08-06
ALLIES SWEEP ON
. ALONG THIRTY-SIX
'.@ MILES OF FRONT
German Retreat Precipitdte at
q. 81 Many Points While Entente
IT, Armies Pursue Vigorously

their advance dawn yesterday AFTER an
Smelling Of the German defense positions throughout
the scissors Rheims salient the Allies gained important
ground at every point From SCISSORS clear around the
e arS s;a smaaeea the German
guards taking many prisoners and hfietng most severe
So The most significant progress made the north
ern end Of the western line where British and French
drove the enemy along five mile front into and from the
valley Of the Crse which flows into the Aisne AT scissors
from the southeast This river has now been crossed by
the Alies along their whole front and the German right
flank Has been turned their hold upon the Chaudun
plateau being wrested away. ID.
-&'"'>' MUST CONTINUE TO RETREAT
AS the line the Vese Valley planned by the Ger
the basis Of the security afforded by this plateau yeser
days likely force abandonment of the plan
may Compel the withdraw his entire force back
north q the sne from which he launched his drive for
= Along lie entire line the Germans have compelled give
up many places being precipi
RATE vicinity Of Rheims, directly the salient from
The Sht had progressed three for the day when
night s The British occupation of Thlois west of Rheims
lthreatehs.the 'Vesle line most seriously.
- ADVANCE AT ALL POINTS
Reuters CORRESPONDENT headquarters summing the
situation at noon yesterday, said:
HDur theast twenyour hours General Magnns advance
stey continued Tau and Hartennes southeast
wards the ocq he had advanced his forces along tenme front
oceupyng Hsennes and bringing the line Cramae and Sapo
making almost straight line from artenne to Fere
Further To- the south miles past Sergy
opposite on the line of the salient patrols have
ADVANCED thousand yards beyond Tardeno which town
is enveloped :ig@% "
GERMAN RESERVES DISAPPEARING
"he etreating reluctantly and the Grown Princes
Being used much rapidly than ours
~ = ~? HSWEEPING OURcQ VALLEY
French Army headquarters reported that yesterday morning the
forces along both banks of the Ourcq advanced
driving before occupying Cra
mae Camoise and entering Saponay north of the river
Of the the Nese forest
ITO Germans cngng the attacking forces
keeping pace in their advance.
s'" ." " WEDNESDAY GAINS IMPORTANT
Details battle OF Wednesday show that
part all the Allies with the
credit of the British French between
St Genne soshern of the salient and Fere FarenoiS
Here along hVene front depth OF three
miles gains giving the Allies possession Of the heights between
the Marine and the Ourcq
This described probably the important since the
through which the Germans retiring and
orderly possible
pivotal of the and perhaps of the
! - .%ut RRs1sTANoE IEssENED
in Americans
the
The
name aekto the outskirts of Vlles Agron Aiguizy
On % stms SIDE 81 the salient neted still Allies
burning villages ruined countrywide
Throughout
Allies eeaing foe with the greatest zeek
sEATTiE Aueps (oheall August g. sOated
q
way Ys'en Turkey where residing
the
able
nothing
ernmen railwa
l I7nal Saa hah nnfR
The Hawaiian gazette., 1918-08-06
SPIRIT OF REVOLT
GROWING Stronger
Bolshevism and Germanisr1 More
Than People Are Willing p.
To Longer Endure 2

WASHINGTON, August 3-=(Assoei
ated PressJ-0n the Thurman coast, in
the Aland Islands and in Turkestan
tho feeling of bitter resentment against
Bolsheyism and Germanisn grows
steadily aud the position Of the Boil
sbeyikf leaders and the Germats be,
comes steadily less tenable.
ofhcial announcement from Moscow
came to London yesterday that the
Archangel frontier had been ordered
closed for two weeks, for i'military''
purposes, indicating the probability Of
Ia movement against the Mlirinhn Coast
AMI Kola Peninsular regions as well
as possible cOnbined German and
Finnish expedition, ., v,[.. b.
In Iurkestan a stropg revolt against
Bolshevism has burst forth, according
TO Swiss dispatches and in the Aland
Islands the Inhabitants have dynapited
the Notifications and other military
buildings, The entire population speaks
the Swedish language and the Islands
formerly belonged to Sweden. The i'm
habitants are incPnsed at German con.
troll of Finland which they. fear will
be q menace to Sweden and to them
selves o.. T.
Fearing the Outspoken and pointed
articles of Maxim Gorky the soviet
government has ordered his arrest and
the permanent suppression of his paper,
it is reported in dispatches arriving
in London via Copenhagen.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1918-08-06
How Americas Amateur Soldiers Met
kaiser's Veterans and Smashed Them

Details Of some of the earlier fight
ing on the Marine reached Honolulu by
mail ,sterday, showing the stagger
ing success with which the Americans
met the German onslaught south of the
river and smashed some of the finest
trOopes Of the kaiser.
LAST night the tales of heriOsm of
these men were being told," cabled Il
correspondent from American headqunr'
tiers on July Is of the Sammies who
met the Hun rush, stemmed it and final
" drove IL back in q stern counter. L
believe he reported, "Of all of them
the story of Sergt J. F. Brown is the
most notable. Brown commanded Il
detachment of eleven when the Ger
man onslaught came. When the ad-
vnneing BOehe came along they were
allowed to pass and then our boys got
rcndy to turn the machine guns loose.
But Just then Il hundred or so Germans
came along. Brown ordered the men
to scatter quick. He dueked into the
woods and saw the Huns nut the be-
loved machine gun out of the way.
1.-The Germans passed on. Brown
looked around and seemed to be alone.
He started toward the Marine away
from his own lines and met his cap
tain also alone. These two Americans
were out theEe in the dark, the eaptai n
with an automatic pistol and Brown
with an automatic rifle
Out on BY Barrage
"'They say the Boche narroge kept
them from getting to their own lines
and decided to kin All the Boches they
could before they Themselves were kill
ed. They lay in thicket while the
Germans passed by in large numbers
According to Brown $ report they heard
two machine guns going back Of them
aud decided to go and gct them. The
two crept close and charged the ma
The Hawaiian gazette., 1918-08-06
D0cTORRUN|IELYS
UNDER INDICTMENT

NEW YORK, August q Associated
Press Indictments have been return,
I'd BY the federal grand jury against
Dr. Edward A. Rumely and s., Walter
Kaufman, former counsel for the Ger
man embassy Mt Washington IN 'cOnnee-
pttun with the false Statements which
ere rendered to A. Mitchell Palmer
rstodiun of enemy property, in refer.
eHce to the German ownership and con
troll Of the Evening Mail.
Doctor Rumely is charged with hav-
Iirg received money from the German
government to secure control of tho
n"per while he represented to its editor
hat the purchase was for German
mericans who were desirous of maiu.
tHiuinr the friendly relations that then
existed between the United States aud
Germany. RumelX, as. business man
ager, it is charged made affidavits as
o ownership to, be Submitted. to the
custodian Of enemy property in which
the true facts relative to ownership
were concealed. 49,
The paper has since been taken OveI
bv the bondhOlders and is run by the
same editor as loyal American pub
licatiOn. -
The Hawaiian gazette., 1918-08-06
ALBANIA REPORTS
:. ARE IN CONFLICT
Both italians and AustrianS Are
Claiming Victories and
80 Steady Progress

NEW YORK, August 3-(Associated
PressJ- -Confhcting reports came from
the opposing fronts in Albania, the
Italians claiming a halt for a few days
in preparation for further advances
and the Austrians claiming gains and
progress.
Fighting activities in Albania have
almost ceased for a few days, Rome
reported last night. "Our covering
troops have made progress and are near
er to the positions where enemy resist
anee is to be expected, Meantime prep
aratons are being made for further ad-
vances." :, ~ .,.s@-,,,, .'.g!'
In the Austrian oficiat report issued
from Vienna last night it was claimed
that fighting was in progress and the
Austrians were moving forward bn
both sides of the Semipi. They had
reached points close to the Feirebrat
line and had taken several supports
further up the Devoli Valley.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1918-08-06

chine gun, which killed the American
captain. Brown got the lone German
gunner with his rifle. Then came an
American corporal also left alone in the
woods and Brown and the corporal
started after the second machine gun
behind n clump of bushes. They got
close and Brown with his automatic
Tifle killed three of the German crew
Of tho gun. Then, attracted by the
shooting close ut hand, came eleven
other Americans
''Brown resumed command and led
the party whore they could see the
Germans in 4 trench taken from the
Americans
Then these thirteen Americans per.
formed "A feat never to be forgotten
The Germans were evidently left in the
trenches with machine guns to meet a
counter attack should the Americans
make one. Brown sent twelve men
about the Hun positions in twelve di'
rections He himself took a position
where he could rage the trench with his
automatic rifle.
Battle Opens
At Il signal the twelve America MS
opened up with rifles from twelve
points end Brown started working his
automatic rifle. Brown said he did
not know how many Germans were
killed but he shot the rifle until ii got
50 hot he could not hold it and had tC
rest it across a stump. The German'
then thinking they were attacked by
large party decided TO surrender. A
G"Im"n major stepped out of the trench
with his hands high calling Kane
rad.
Brown laid down the rifle an'
while the three hidden American
guarded him he advanced toward the
maiotg Then all thirteen American
moved in and disarmed the Germans
The Hawaiian gazette., 1918-08-06
pERSHING REPORTS
HIS MEN CHASING
RETREATINGE ENEMY

w WASHINGTON, August Associated Press1-.
I" Dispatches last night from General Pershing
" dealing with the fighting in the Rheims scissors
salient say that when darkness fell over the battlefield
yesterday it found the Americans pressing forward for
gain of five miles at points since morning with the
For the last two miles of this advance the Americans
had practically no fighting, the only Germans found beng
dead bodies and severely wounded that they had to
he abandoned by their retreatng comrades.
CAVALRY LEADS THE WAY
This is along the front northeast of Nese and in
the direction Of Dravengy, where the American infantry
is following in the wake of French cavalry which is hang
ing the of the Germans and marrying them con-
stantv The Americans are following the French closely,
ready forward should the enemy attempt to make stand
Hill go.
Early morning American ayiato took in great raid
German lines the share Of the Americans being to bop
the German concentrations Contains
DODGED DEATH VALLEY
dispatches from London describing the American
Thursday and yesterday morning say that the tide OF ba
had dted eastward from the previous tight
ing Feeen Tardenos The town Of Cerges southeast OF
Sergy proved stumbling block the advance at that point
The hollow and in this had collected feet OF poison
gas into which dared The battle line divided
reached the place and the force split until the
'N"@' OFFICIAL REPORTS
official reports ssuedere yesterday said that the Amer
lean advancing without meeting and
even finding groups machine in the ground they passed
over right the Rheims pressing the
hard.
Under date of July Pershing issued commu"ique
telling Of the progress made and quoting copy order cap
prisoner relating the policies be pursued against
Americans This communique said:
Last night Oucq the enemy renewed counter
attacks region Sernges and Nees assaung parties
temporarily penetrated lines off by machine gun
fire and the members killed. wounded or captured
Meuniers wood after bay
fighting enemy before them through the woods
taken and reached the village of Cierges
Following translation of order taken to Great Head
quarters transmitted to the Schmettow june 1913
hinder the formation of army in France it is
troops engaged along the front be struck
possible 1t intended these the nucleus
for formations (Signed) Ludendorf
The Hawaiian gazette., 1918-08-06
German Report
Clues Distorted
Vie,os: of Battle

LONDON, August 3--(Assoeia-
ted Press Berlin official reports
Of yesterday Indicate clearly that
the German people are being kept
IN the dark and misinformed up
- on the results of the fighting in
the scissors. Rheims salient. This
official report, dealing with the
BATHS on Thursday said: "fhere
was only desultory fighting on
Thursday and between Scissors
and Fere- onTardenois the Allies
were everywhere completely re-
pulsed. ~FHE w 80
d. "a French British tank was
shot to pieces on the Heights of
Beugneux." - .., s,rs I +. -
The Hawaiian gazette., 1918-08-06
AMERICA SHOWS
Z. ''' large IMPORT
Japan and Russia Send More
Goods and European Ma
tons Generally Less

WASHINGTON, August 2-(OficiaD
Increases of imports into the United
States of nearly a quarter of n billion
dollars in spite of the fact that imports
from Great Britain, France and Italy
showed considerable decrease are
shown in the report of the department
of commerce for the fiscal year ending
June 30
Imports for the year amounted to
81 ,946, 1884 and showed an increase
Of $2S7 100000 approximately, over
those of the preceding year. From Japan
imports were considerably increased,
especially silks, rice and cotton goods.
From European Russia there was All in
crease of $4,000 900 the total amount,
ing to $I5, la6,s26 and the increase be
ing largely the result of quantities of
hides and larger shipments of platinum
of which Russia is the chief producer
From the United Kingdom, France
Italy and the European neutrais i'm
ports showed decreases.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1918-08-06

NEW YORK, August 3'-(AssOciated
Press More than a quaFteF of mil.
lion Greeks have been deported from
Turkey, where they had been residing
it is announced by the Greecian for
cign Office. These refugees were able
to take little or nothing with them
when they were driven forth and now
in their destitutiOn they are looking to
the United States in the hope of relief
Unless it can be secured from this
source they do not know where to turn.