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VOL. XXXII.—NO. 143. NEW YORK, FRIDAY, AUGUST 30, 1918.- ■Copyright, ISIS, by the Sun Printing and Publishing Association. PRICE TWO CENTS. BRITISH ARE ENVELOPING PERONNE; TAKE COMBLES IN THEIR ADVANCE I MUST PROVE AGES IN DRAFT. AMERICAN LINE Those Between 18-21 and S2-46 NIGHT AIR RAID Monte Carlo Offered W arned to Produce FiTidrnee. as C. I Registrants in the new draft, whose Y. M. A. Resort. ages are between 18 and,2l and 32 to FRENCH PUSH ON FROM NOYON; VOSGES 16, produce must birth ON IN THE certificates or RHINE TOWN PARIS, Aug. 30.—Monaco, I other written evidences of the .correct dates of theit births, says Martin Con- the famous little principality RAIDED NIGHTLY hoy, New York Director of the Draft. British Attack on Mannheim which enfolds within its bor- I Men in these classes are warned .v ders the famous Monte Carlo, have this detail attended to at once. AMERICANS IN STIFF FIGHT Real Thriller. has been offered through the Our Troops Kept Busy Driv- AGAINST MITTELEUROPA. Y. M. C. A. to the American Expeditionary Forces in War Office Reports. ing Off Foes Specially German Writer Say* It Would ONLY 200 FEET CITY France as a place for men on Surely Lead to War. JDVER leave. Allies Now Hold Entire West Bank of Units. Amsterdam, Aug. 36.—Wilting in the Headquarters is seriously BRITISH. Trained Berlin TaycUott, LONDON, Herr dottier advo- German Guns Not Mounted at considering the offer, which, Aug. 30.—British troops have crossed the Somme cates a league of nations as a road to west of Peronne, an- Angle. may River south and Field Marshal Haig peace. He declares it include Low however, prove unaccept- Somme—Keep Up must nounced to-day. Pressure TRICKS AND GUERRILLA WAR all civilized States and that its purpose able owing to the distance of The official bulletin follows: must be to guarantee their peaceful Lon'do.v, Aug. 30.—Describing to- Monaco from the front. “Between Hendecourt and the Arras-Cambrai road an at- development. day ihe “housetop" air raid over Soldiers will not be allowed Beating Germans at Establishment of a tack by on Whole Front. “Mitteleuropa,” Canadian troops early this morning feported de- Yankees Mannheim the night of Aug. 23, an to gamble in case the offer was he said, would bring a return of the! is veloping favorably. Their Own Game When old rivalry, which would lead inevit- officer of the Royal Independent Air accepted. “Astride the Scarpe, and Scottish continued ably to war. Force to-da.v declared it an “extraor- English divisions Patrols Meet. to Aug. dinary and unparalleled feat of war.” advance yesterday afternoon and gained valuable ground in WITH THE BRITISH ARMIES IN FRANCE, the direction of Eterpigny, “It struck terror into the heart of Hamblain-les-Pres and Plouvain. We 30.—The British to-day had Peronne under the same With tug American Armies ix hold Remy. A number of were in TWO AVIATORS KILLED every citizen,” he declared. prisoners taken these opera- France. Aug. 30.-—The Germans are direct and flanking threat which resulted in the fall of "According to documentary and tions. continuous raiding' in the LONDON POLICE attempting BY 2,000 FOOT other we have “In the valleys of the Lawe and Lys (Flanders front) we con- Bapaume. using spe- FALL evidence accumulated Vosges mountain sectors, tinue to push forward. in other raids we knew that Mannheim Bapaume a picture as com- cially trained units for nightly in- OUT ON STRIKE “In spite is of desolation almost Brig.-Gen. was one of file best defended of the of the destruction of bridges our advanced troops of No Man’s Land in efforts Son of Babcock and vasions Rhine cities, and this time we decided crossed the Somme both south and west of Peronne. Clery-sur- plete as that of Albert. lines. to reach the American Lieut. McGiffin Lose Lives. upon a fresh method of attack. Somme and Combles have been taken. Here alone over 200 pris- At noon the Australians faced Peronne across the Somme Germans showing consider- ‘Bobbies’ Demand War The are “We approached the city over a oners and a few guns were captured yesterday. striking this region, contrary to from the south and were almost within distance on able fight in Wichita Fauls, Tex.. Aug. 30.—Ca- large stretch of hostile territory, at- “North of Bapaume, London and West Lancashire troops using det Kills B. son of Brig.-Gen. Pay. their usual custom. They are Babcpck, altitudes. The Bonus and Higher made important progress yesterday afternoon east the north. Babcock, U. A., taining the usual high of the Sensee tricks in attempts to catch S. now in- France, and British hold the Western bank of the river in numerous Lieut. F. 11. McGiffin. instructor of night was clear. The b'.ack mass of River, capturing Bullecourt and Hendecourt-lez-Gagnicourt after The entire American patrols, but the latter are aerial acrobatics at Cali Field, were tile city was seen far below sil- l.oknox, Aug. 30.—A majority oC the hard fighting, together with the powerful German trench systems conjunction with the French, while at one point south of La- The Yankees to-day when plane I'iatropolitan here struck too keen and skilful.' killed their fell houetted in the moonlight, astride the Police at protecting them.” Chapelette cross- their 2,000 feet while executing a loop. (south of Peronne) they have succeeded .in are beat Ag the Germans at own curving Rhine Railway. midnight, asking higher pay and rec? Lieut. McOiffln’s home was in Can- FRENCH. game, trapping them in guerrilla .gnition of their union. Only four ing the canal, which here is practically identical with the ada. He was married in May. His "The Germans signalled our ap- PARIS, Aug. 30.—German counter attacks northwest of .stations refused to go out. s lighting. wife was at the field when the acci- and hero and there the Archies Soissons were repulsed last night, the War an- | river. proach, The latest estimates .are that be- French Office One outfit encountered German dent occurred. -a put up spasmodic shells. As soon as ta reen nine and ten thousand Metros nounced to-day. 1here was no change in the Somme and Canal All the bridges have been smashed except at Clevy, patrol yesterday morning and after we wei-e over the outskirts of the pc- litan pollcement are striking. The du Nprd regions. toward which the Australians have advanced on both sides' grenades pc.‘lice -in the financial business- driving tjtem off with and OF city the German gunners got, to work and The statement follows: BAIL $25,000 CUT which is known of the river. i tides.Sound a yipundfid Geretyip Irleu- in There yas a., terrirhy^R- district. iJe hvthe Cfaal.Jn Gomb'les'lnvs been taken togetheF-With a iUd'fl tt’nonf. The enemy patrol-turned and IN FILM THEFT CASE tireaJr of barrage fire, which'Vuirß"at V.Veav. theft’-was no cfc'S&ge. ir?*d rescue the officer, but was £ guns. To tii© bright tv had maintained cri pre- ;jrhe strikers demand that the pres- “Between the; Ailette and the Aisne German counter attacks Comparatively fe>v prisoners have been reported. So a,.tin beaten off. bonus of twelve shillings vious raids. ent war east of Pasly (a mile and a half northwest of Soissons) were re- far only 260 have been taken along the river below Peronne. An increased number of German de- Jersey Movie Manager we ekly be increased to one pound and Accused in 200 Feel Above City. s rters are coming into the American be'come part of the permanent pay. pulsed and the French gains were maintained. While visiting Bapaume this morning the only evidences including in addition survey ] lines, Prussians, Nationwide Plot. r “After a careful of our bear- Th ey also demand a new' war bonus “On the Vesle and in the Champagne region German raids de- the correspondent saw' of the Germans, was an occasional to Alsatians and Poles. Prussian mgs, taking in the military objectives, ] of 'J2tj per cent, and demand reen- were repulsed.” sertions wore almost unheard of here- constable. shell dropping town. guns, ready to move Barnet Albin, manager of the Savoy we began a nerve-rending two-mile j sta.tement of a dischargee) in the The British tofore, and can he explained only by Theatre, a moving picture play house Th.ey point out that their present pay, dive. Down we went, on our .noses, ; immediately, were making the air writhe with shells directed the low German morale. In Madison, N. J., was held In $lO,OOO including the bonus, is only two in An Austrian prisoner declared the bail by Judge Malone, in General Ses- wiics of the machines breaking pounds, ten shillings weekly (about toward Beaulencourt, on the road toward Peronne, and morale of his country Is at Its lowest sions to-day, charged with stealing spots, and the air whistling and hum- $12.75). they Fremicourt, on the road toward Cambrai, the ruins of which ebb. Some of the men said were films belonging to the Triangle Cor- ming as the speed indicator's hand A. majority of the police at the SPANISH CABINET HOLD 12 MILES OF held in the front line by picked troops poration. and in the dockyard towns the Germans evidently are trying to keep the Albin was indicted yester- crept from 90 to 100 and then to 120 Wofi'lwich Arsenal for who have orders to shoot slackers and day and held in $25,000 bail by Magis- district have joined in the strike. 150 miles an hour. We swept present. deserters. trate Groehl in the West Fifty-fourth and MAY SEEK ADVICE HINDENBURG LINE American fliers shot down a German j Street Police Court and lie was in the ! down in this fashion until we were a Fokker plane near Pont-a-Mousson, in I Tombs until his ball was lowered. hare 200 feet above the city. Thou- British Are Nearing Queant. Lorraine, yesterday. GOMPERS AND HIS PARTY Alfred J. Talley says the District sands of feet above us the enemy bar- LONDON, 30 (1:08 P. M.).—The British Attorney’s investigations show the rage was bursting in stars of fiery Considers Laying Situation British, Astride It, Aim to Aug. advanced NO BAN ON NEW SCHOOLS. film thefts are nationwide and amount light. LLOYD GEORGE’S GUESTS 2,000 yards on a front of seven miles between Bullecourt and to several hundred thousand dollars. “When diving the city seemed to be Before Parliament. Roll Up North Wing. Washington Telegram Reports the Scarpe to-day, are now a Queant, Films have been shipped to Mexico, flying toward us in a black mass and within mile of the Subject Yet Undecided. China, ’lndia and the Fiji Islands. which dissolved as the wider streets Reading and Robert Cecil junction of the Wotan and Siegfried sections of the Hinden- Lords 30.—The Spanish Cab- ! London. Aug. 30.-—The ciuestion to- President Arthur S. Somers of the Albin’s arrest grew out of his alleged became visible. This split the city Madrid, Aug'. It as at day is not whether the Germans will burg line, it was learned here this afternoon. They have cap- Board of Education made public to- connection with films which were sent into small masses. seemed Also Luncheon. inet will consider ■whether Parliament day the following telegram from the to Shanghai and were 1-eturned to this though we could almost touch the Shall be consulted in reference to in- retreat to the Hindenburg: line, but tured Riencourt, two miles southeast of Bapaume. .spires and of the buildings. Priorities Committee at Washington country because they bore no mark chimneys London, Aug. 30.— Samuel Gompers ternational politics, the Herald de- whether they will stop there. showing they had been .passed by the Bach and crevice was visible in The Allies now hold a line on the Somme and south of the concerning the building' of schools in brick and party of American labor lead- to-day. ’ the moonlight. his clared In the Arras region, the British New York city: customs authorities. The stolen films “This is hour of serious decisions Somme from Buscourt to Noyon. ers were guests of the British Govern- an are now two to three miles past the "Report in the papers premature. include “Lover’s Might,’’ “The Good No Nurses or Patients Bombed. for Spain,’’ said the Diario Universal. Bad Man,’’ and the ment at a luncheon to-day. .'..nong- Hindenburg line on a front of about The French have captured Quigninv, Rouy-le-Grand, The matter is being considered by the “Villa of Movies.’’ “Soon we were skimming over the War At least $20,00-0 worth Rouy-le-Petit, Industries Board and you will be of films has housetops, steeply banking now and the hosts were Premier Lloyd George, ; twelve miles. They are already be- La Panneterie and Ferme des Fonds-Gometz. advised of their been stolen from New York, says the findings in a day or then to avoid the taller buildings. Lord Reading. Ambassador to the I ginning a movement designed to crum- The this morning Arleux-en-Gohelle, two.” District Attorney’s office. ATTACKS British line ran from Quickly swinging- our noses around we United States; Lord Cecil, Assistant WHITNEY GAS ; pie up the end of the line and fold Mr. Somers said that the message two miles and a half southeast of Vimy, west Oppy and 1 flew toward the appointed military’ ob- Secretary of State for Foreign Af- enemy's of was in accord with the opinions given NAME KIRCHWEY LABOR HEAD. I back tile northern wing'. jectives--no hospitals, no nursing fairs; Lord Milner, War Minister, and ORDER AS ‘HIGHHANDED’ east Remy, h:m when he Washington The fall Bapaume of Bullecourt and Bapaume. through Beaulen- was in last . homes, no bombing for of Noyon and in lie Will Ulrect Action* of Com- indiscriminate Winston Churchill, Minister of Muni- Mednesdor. a Washington despatch the British—and released bombs. a single illustrates the momentum court. Morval and Combles and east of Maurepas. stated tions. day recently that the War Indus- munity Hoard* In Thi* State. “The German gunners depressed tries Gompers -made a stirring speech, in Resists Proposed Fuel Regulation :of the Allied steam roller at a. time Board had definitely ruled against George .Kirchwey, guns to the possible the W. former dean their which he again pledged t.he labor peo- when it might be expected to be Our Juvigny. construction of new schools in Xew the I.aw School, angles, but the Archies are not Washington Hearing. Guns Pound city of Columbia has been ple of the United States to “stay with at slowing up. York during the war. mounted so as to hit a machine at a i appointed Federal Director of Labor the Allies in this struggle until the Pennine is practically lost, and the WITH THE AMERICAN ARMIES IN FRANCE, Aug. 30 play height of 200 and the hail shells for New York State. He will an feet, of end.” He was roundly applauded. At the hearing of the Fuel Adminis- Germans seem to have definitely aban- (10 CAN’T THROW US ACROSS RHINE important in the Fed- burst harmlessly over us, roofing the A. M.).—American artillery is pouring a heavy fire into part shaping tration order proposing- to lower gas ■ ! doned all pretence of holding- the squadron a mantle smoke, eral labor programme in This State, with of shot standards held in Washington to-day | South Somme and the West Somme, the woods east of the Juvigny-Chavigny line, smashing Ger- Germnn X.w.pnper Admit* Pnin- file. and will head the division having | through w’ith scarlet Public Service Commissioner Travis H. There is only one point of resistance ,nl “Dazzling from scores of f machine gun nests in thickets and the entrances to caves. A Fnllnrp, l>nt See* Hope. under its charge the operations of the beams POPE WANTS BULLETINS Whitney attacked the regulation, pro- this side of the river searchlights made the city light lon now—the Amsterdam, Aug. community labor boards throug-hout as nouncing it “arbitrary and high angle where the river heavy destructive fire has been turnd on Juvigny. 30.—“We have day, illuminating the buildings and turns southward everything to lose by big- enemy ad- the State. Mr. Kirohwey also will | ON CARDINAL FARLEY handed.” The Commissioner charged near Peronne. a actually guiding us toward our tar- Two new German divisions have been identified opposite tance, while if we have much to do with defining essen- that the proposed order was “an at- In the capture of Morlincourt Gen.- advance our ene- gets. crashing burst of the bar- mies loss will be little, tial industries here. The tempt to improve the financial condi- Mangin turned the Nesle-Noyon canal the Americans. comparatively rage fire and the of because they rattle the machine : to tion of-the gas companies through the line, where Gen. von Ludendorfl un- always have behind them great Prelate Continues Gain, but Is positions are along the railway, with our patrols ® guns combined in one crescendo by the Our still °')en sea > which is dominated by fixing- of a lower gas standard doubtedly intended to make a stand. of tumult as we wound in and out. Not Out of Danger. Government under the guise of oil penetrating beyond. l 'Allies,” declares Capl. Salzmann, Soldier Thanks Fund; military writer of the Vossische Zei- Every- Bomb Found it Billet. conservation.” tung. Whitney Forget “We were so low that we dropped Rome. Aug. 30.—Pope Benedict has Commissioner said that he Wo “Will Never It” had called on Robert B. Livingston of CZECH SAILORS MUTINY Americans Defeat Foe’s Cavalry. cannot give in. Wo. must con- 1 our bombs With the deadliest pre- cabled the Papal Delegate to Washing- Jtmc to fight, if the Consolidated Gas Company to sup- we had Foch’s in- -1 cision. Every -missile found a billet. daily exhaustible Sergeant Earl E. Connor, ton instructions to send bulle- port his claims, but that this company ABOARD AUSTRIAN SHIPS PARIS, Aug. 30 (4 P. M.).—American troops, attacking ago human material we long [ “Bumping and swaying wildly in only condition of Cardinal Far- any i. • v not would have been in Paris Company A, Third Balloon the explosive concussions of our own tins on the had not taken action. with the French north and east of Soissons, engaged in their T'’ ouM ley. The Ordnance Department and the :. have spread over the en- Squadron, A. E. F., in France, bombs, we opened the throttles and tire ’ opposed first battle with German cavalry to-day. world. 1 thanks a SUN fund donor for ! sped westward, keeping low until Bureau of Standards are to' Revolt Inspired by Successes of bet standards, us have no illusions,” declares smokes in these words: ! away from the batteries. Then we Cardinal Farley, who is seriously ill the contemplated change of The enemy hurled a large body of mounted troops against l Countrymen V i rnnkfurter Zeitung. “Our retreat Many, many thanks for the regained our height and flew homo- 1 in his summer home at Mamaroneck, Commissioner Whitney said. in Siberia. i bo out of danger in few forces in an their i*, r> alntul failure, but the way it It , ward without the loss of a single ma- I probably will a the Franco-American effort to break up , tobacco. is the one good * a 6n gives days, if his present rate of improve- - , Place us the right to thing that keeps a j chine. i Washington, Aug, 30. Czecho- advance. The attack was entirely unsuccessful, the ' soldier and Allies op our ' ment continues, his secretary, Mgr. TURKS TAKE CAUCASUS TOWN. lea