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God'« a K SOCTHRüN. £«tah»*bcd Jon<\ ) 1*4* TECK StJMTER WATCHMAN, ^taba»*e Operation Before Important IS..Gen. Crow- Sept. iS..The betray¬ Washington. Sept. 18..All of the is Now Menaced on Three; ber. Washington, Sept. Washington. London, Sept. 18..The British; City announced orders to iocal al of Roumania and elaborate ad¬ principal tax provisions of the new. the enemies' de- Sides.Bulgars and Germans Still der today have penetrated j London, Sept. IS..It is draft, boards which will permit volun¬ vance plans of Germany and her war revenue bill were approved fcy'¦: of St. to a Back. . fenses northwest Quentin Falling from Berlin that when the tary induction of draft registrants Russian Pol hevik tools for suppress¬ j the house toda almost as fast a3 of three miles and captured Roumanians. two clerks in relays couldv depth | veterans have meets on November 5 there',; into the navy and marine corps, and ing and murdering loyal working more than 6.000 prisoners. Field: British and French are in read them. With a few minorl and successful another peace demonstration also provide for draftsmen to he as- Russians and Poles exposed only Marshal Haig reports tonight. The made another vicious . of the and amendments now to line. Sweep¬ to the one in July. 1917, accor signed to these services if voluni detail by today's chapters provisions British have captured smash at the Hindenburg yj secret Russian documents be considered, leaders believe a final Fresnoy-le-j front of 22 miles, an Amsterdam dispatch to*H enlistments are not sufficient to ij astounding Petit, Berthaucourt and Petru, and ing- forward on a to American is ; vote will be reached Friday with one and a-thirJ change Telegraph. It is F£ demands. Will call men for navy which the government the Australians have occupied La| they went ahead from a that it come tomor- terms of the peace go out before the end of this month giving to the public. possibility may Verguier, Villerot and Hargicourt. to three niiles, taking many prisoners. resolutiorräHj installments of the series row. or the ad¬ drafted by majority leaders Marine corps contingents will be call-! Other The south of Gouze- The most important aspect in?% the Bolshevik After within an hour the high ground certain tation with the chancellor. ed within a few weeks. have described how adopting has been carried by the Brit¬ vance is that it makes more their excess without aucourt which the leaders, Lenine and Trotzky, and war profits provisions ish who reached i?ie outskirts o^ the capture of St. Quentin, associates were by the Ger¬ I change, the house passed important. have been ordered to hold bought Villers-'juislain and cccupied Gauche Germans mans for millions in and engi¬ sections raising many millions of dol-' This city is gold .wood. i at all costs. important 1 neered their bloody overthrow of Rus lars without a word of objection orf surrounded on three sides mm MAKE PRÖ00E TANKS ÄT ST. Ill Templeux, le Gue.-eaurd, Ronssoy,; virtually for the benefit of their masters. even discussion. amendment a matter of sia Every and Peiziere have also been and its fall seems only of while either was sumraar- RJpehy OF AMERICANS PLAY Now the story is told how, j proposed rejected taken, the troops penetrating to a days. TAKE MANY PRIKCNEXtSd^ttRB TANKS the Brest-Litovsk conference or over so that the way3 Third and GUNS. DRAMATIC PART. peace ily passed great depth along the lines. Field Marshal Haig*a MACHINE farce still was in progress, the Bol- I and me*ans committee can consider The German infantry sunendered Fourth armies charged over thrt hired before final action is taken, the British Man Three of sheviki were sending agentsM them j, cuite in In fact in the' trench system occupied by Have Reached Cntpcs£> Positi Men Types thü the war excess sec¬ freely places. back the War With Great Suc¬ into Roumania to disorganize Eesides profits certer oC the attack where the Aus- before they were pushed by Hindenburg Line. ),Pershing'sMaclünes of armies of Russia's ally, dethrone the tion, which yield the greatest returns last March. They cap¬ cess in Attack on St. Mihiel Salient tralians were working, a considera-i Teutonic flood Rumanian king and turn loose the . to come from the bill, provisions of coats deliberately: tured, in wide sectors, the outer de¬ London, Sept. 19..The Bril .Many Difficulties Overcome. estates.- ble number gray line. Hermans occupied there for service adopted today were taxes on through the British barrage fenses of the Hindenburg night made further progress* on the Western> to raise 'charged over a on the in a great offensive estimated $110,000,000;! to themselves up. The British assault was drive on the Hindenburg line; With the American Army $187,000,000; give from Holmon, west 18 the As front. I transportation, amuse-j Today's operation cannot be con- front of 16 miles, ! Quentin. At north of Ponton [Lorraine Front, Sept. (By The second phase cf the latest dis ment admissions, $200,000,000; ' Gouzeaucourt, north of Amer¬ j ex-j Vdered as a major operation as| of St. Quentin, to reached the outpost positions*' sociated Press)..Squadrons closure shows the Bolsheviki, at Ger- cess taxes including automobiles, with recent battles. The of Epehy. In their advance, which Hindenburg lines, ican manned tank:;, operating for th. Ij compared j three the at¬ man direction, undertaking not dnfy jewelry, luxuries and semi-luxuries, sought, however, were afj reached a depth of more than i Haig's statement adds: first time on a large scale, in Russian objectives took more St. salient, to kill refractory generals, $18,000.000; beverages. $1,137,000,-' both from the defensive and miles at some points, they ! ians in a new attack carried tack on the Ivlihiel played to shoot and whole¬ tobacco. portant and dramatic part in thc- but individually G00; 3341,000.000; capital; offensive standpoints. ! than 6,000 prisoners. denburg line outposts. Many2 an important sale Polish soldiers who were refus¬ tsock, $20,000,000, and the federal, at dawn. Unfor-i Not only did the blow bring nearer ers and nfcn»i>ers of ,.defeat of the Germans. The assault began machine^ inter¬ ing to be sold to Grenmya U. . . .ssd automobile license provisions, $7,-, rain began to fäll about the capture of St. Quentin, which the were taken by them. The ti Divided into brigades.light, and and taxes tunately 2| tanks swung ing to be sold to Germany pa¬ 330.C00, stamp $32,000,- o'clock and when the British went! Germans are, struggling desperately Lempire, four miles west of and heavy.the the field 000. went far towards mediate of battle immedi¬ triotically keeping against over the top the ground was al¬ to hold, but it and Gauchy wood was capture :-cut o» the field One of the docu- The taxes caused some dis¬ in the Brit¬ the Before th. their enemies. luxury slimy and hard to negotiate, wiping out the only bulge ter intense bombardment of ately after barrage. ments transmits orders from the Ger¬ cussion, some members contending ready j - were which resembles a salient. ended had entered the . ^especially when the ridges ish line between Gouzeaucourt and the} &ay they man service -*> "take the bill's rates too low and others of the bend, has of Nonsard, Pannes, Lama rent intelligence reached and the men had to charge Epehy, at the apex Cambrai road the enemy deliye gages Yiost decisive measures, up to shoot- that they were too high. An amend¬ the and the same fate has be¬ on a considerably ahead of tht- up them. Tanks accompanied been taken strong infantry attack widf Binney, .ng en mase, against Polish troops' ment by Representative Platt, New and rendered invaluable ser¬ fallen Gouzeaucourt and Hardcourt northward from the vicinity of ifantry. surveillance of insti¬ to reduce the luxuries rafe from troops wings was and to institute York, vice in the early stages of the con¬ 'which stood at the ends of the cault. This was tompletely rt $f.E£:r!y in the action difficulty zh* cent., was defeated. the Ger¬ to the front tutions and persons, including 20 to 10 per flict, which waxed warm from The importance which at. all points with great Ic tperienced in getting Catholic Polish The most matters re-' thej wrest¬ a Reman clergy. important start. mans attached to the territory strong attack north of Movrc ifficient gasoline, although greai notes Edgar Sis- to be of are the is the an¬ tanks had Explanatory by maining disposed The British preliminary bombard-1 ed from them indicated by likewise driven off. feel of gasoline been'pre son, who obtained the documents, ad:i to tax cotton $3 a bale and that launched coun¬ to The gas tank proposal ment was brief and was followed by! nouncement they Spared carry supplies. many details lacking in the papers to impose a 5 per cent, tax on pro- as soon s.s could or¬ the enemy or were the customary barrage for the pro- terattacks they MORE BRITISH SCCCJ grtcre attacked by Lhemselves, including a story of how ducts of child labor. The cotton tax j from to the Omig- and it was here ti.e American tfection of the advancing infantry, ganize, Hargicourt the Roumanian minister barely es¬ was formally proposed today by Rep¬ j g&red came to the rescue. The Germans immediately replied i non rivulet. 8,000 Prisoners and Several gptg^nuity caped execution, was arrested by the resentative Moore of Pennsylvania a vicious fire from large num- The success of their efforts remain Yards of line ^Barrels of gasoline were trundlec the instant with Ilindenlmrg fields b> Bolsheviki and released through and the amendment met with bers of concentrated behind thei somewhat obscure, but it is not be of Yesterday's Drive. [carolled over the roadless ami Leaders guns the most efforts of Ambassador Francis and spirited opposition. pre¬ St. Quentin canal. lieved they\ can recover the ground With British Forces in Fr ^ig" volunteers to meet other diplomats. dicted tonight that the amendment was have lost. to. needs. Boosleds, curiouslj Airplane observation virtually they Sept. 19..Haig's forces up ^»ing would be rejected. (> \ during the first hours of While the French advance was less last night captured morfef; vwere found more efficient of Iowa impossible j night 1$gh. sine ILLEGAL TRADING. Representative Green gave from either side, so that the! spectacular than the British with eight thousand Germans, the [.wagons in carrying supplies ¦notice that tomorrow he will offer his fighting were mud were shooting -by > map and j whom they cooperated they of the drive yesterday on the £ cou$d be dragged over the saves German From Starva¬ with gunners ' People child labor amendment, predie-: thei' on them ' were greatly handicapped. . equally successful in gaining front tout being mired and tion. tions general that it would be re¬ On the north Peiziere and a j objectives. They moved forward on Several thousand yards of; Etreds of gallons of gasoline were jected. strongly fortified sugar factory to the a front of six miles to an average denburg outpost line are in reyed to the fighting tanks, add the tanks northwest were taken by storm after depth of one and a-haif miles, hands this morning in the" ; e.adyance of. ^ brought very hard fighting. Epehy proved a ing several hundred prisoners to the sector, southwest nut to crack. Here the famous.j British bag:. They now hoi the o&;.ä^et&^j^ tough with &r'Zl- mi corps had been brought southerr outskirts of Contescourt French Continue P*dgr^ss. machine was equipped trading,** Depuiy von Herzberg- ^aa^hie] upj su¬ of machine legal gross Teceip rand--the German army boasts no bet¬ less; than three miles from the Paris. Sept. 13..The French last li-metre gun instead gun Lottum said in a food debate in the for hire. ahea :. ter troops than these... It was futile burbs of St. Quentin. night continued progress in the region violated his orders and went far Prussian lower house, according U An amendment jby Representative to attempt a frontal attack against This city, where the troops of von of St. Quentin and penetrated the until-he was within range of Nonsard he Berlin Tageblatt. Bland of Indiana to exempt traveling a in 1871 shot he knocke ? this place, which was fairly bristling! Goeben scored great victory German positions of Contescourt, 3 With one well placed "The larger cities of Germany are salesmen from the $100 annual brok¬ one of buttresses of the Douai- out of a church I with machine guns. The British is the miles southwest of St. Quentin. two Germans 'steeple obtaining one-quarter of their neces¬ ers license tax. ac-j line, be¬ a ma- cordingly worked about it to the Cambrai-St. Quentin-Laon from which "'hey were firing sary stock of foodstuffs through ille An amendment by Representative it out yond which it has been announced OF SOL- chine north and south and squeezed INVESTIGATE DEATH t gun. ^al that would Tread of Massachusetts to 10 would not fall The the !ef trading.without they way Jevy Rcnasoy was carried by storm and a I the Germans back. DIERS. I A lieutenant, shot through starve," the deputy asserted. cent, on gross receipts from bill¬ of La Fere was sent per hundred prisoners were gleaned j French in the outskirts ! hand by an explosive bullet, "The increasing severity of pen¬ board, street car, electric signs and from the surviving garrison. with St. Quentin invested and with Federal Inquiry to Place Responsibil j to a hospital, but escaped and walke; alties heighten the risk of indulging similar advertising. 4Tn the center the Australians h3dj the British battling doggedly for for Train Wreck Near Missouri six miles back to the field. He ap- in secret and raises Allowances for of oil and de¬ ity statement trading prices,' depletion to fight for every inch of ground they; Cambrai, the great Hindenburg Town. neared at his tank with the he continued. "There are now 100,- wells and mines. fense is in danger of being on" with his gas took, but they pushed steadily for- j system j that he could "carry 000 persons employed by the war foo-.l Exemption from income and inheri¬ ward until they reached the crest of j breached at three of its strongest Springfield. Mo., Sept. 18..A fed¬ right hand. administration and that under the cir¬ tance taxation of in the mili- Once ousted from it the but persons the ridge. By 8.30 o'clock the Aus- points. eral investigation to place responsi¬ I Several others were wounded, cumstances we deliver 30 eggs per tary service. Teutons will have back of them no was killed j tralians had taken a total of 500 bility for the headon collision of a j remained on duty. No one year per person is really no heroic prisoners. Most of these were Bava- j strong fortifications until they reach freight train and a troop train on th? I however, even though a German si: deed." AMERICAN SOLDIERS POPULAR. the defenses. a % rians and men of the first German Maubeuge St. Louis & San Francisco Railroad j inch shell ploughed clear through Other speakers toft? of pitiable con reserve division and they appeared The taking of St Quentin remains near Marshfield last night, was be- small tank, destroying it. but injur- dition in Austria-Hungary.. Coun! Applauded and Admired by the Al-j to be of a poor class of men as th ?y i a difficult task, however, for the Ger¬ .?un today by the department of jus¬ ing only one of the crow. Another Stolberg said: lied Soldiers. mans are in and a bu- came straggling back disconsolately; strong positions tice and the railroad administration tank captured a battery of "77's" *T have seen now in Austria that order from General von i ' through the drizzling rain. captured A coroner's inquest will be held to¬ was so far ahead of the infantry the rich man has everything, the poor Behind the British Lines in France. to the Fourteenth reserve j One of the hottest engagements; Morgen morrow. Xo list of the dead wac could not turn over the guns to them. an it is a to see how 25 of The As- the of tank nothing, pity Aug. (Correspondence took place just south of La Veguier' corps emphasizes importance available, army officers in charge ob¬ The story is told of another the poor people there are sufferin,:; I sociated Press).To an American the terrain hoid. He orders sor- where the Germans have fortified they serving the strictest secrecy even as which went into a town with a t.m Hunger. In comparison to con¬ visiting the Western front in these them not to yield another foot of on themselves in a mill. This strong- to the exact number killed. A revised geünt armed with a rifle perched ditions there things in our country i stirring times, it is a surprise and a the: in "the imminent decisive twe hold was surrounded and ISO of ground list of 45 injured was given out by The turret. This machine captured re much better.'' pleasure to note the interest and an- garrison forced to surrender. battles." railroad officials. batteries of "77's," five machine gun .Tri Budapest in rich Hungary, th- ! ticipation with which the more active On the right flank there was equal- While the British and French were The cause of the wreck continues a and many men. wait in line all for the 30- of the Americans is ahead in the West j poor night participation ly hard fighting. Holnon *lad been! forging relentlessly puzzle to railroad and government of¬ TYtnks were oe^n tonally as much gram fat ration, and then they don't greeted on every han<£ taken yesterday as a preliminary t*>i the Serbs and the Freneh in Mace¬ ficials. A report persisted that the ! os two miles ahead of the infantry .eceive that. .Major Koch of Cassel The Canadian soldiers invariably today's attack and from this point donia were making more emphatic block system signal had been tamp¬ throwing eonsf-rnation into the Ger- the attitude of .'! told you so* their defeat of the who! .;aid. [adopt the British went forward. Bulgars, ered with, so as to clear both trains mans. Part of the success which at The i *al or secret re¬ when the official reports chronicle have been reinforced German! trading j Last night German airplanes were by but there was no official intimation tended their share in the battle un¬ ferred to probably means that th*: American successes. The Australians busy bombing the St Quentin sector troops. There is every indication that to verifv it. doubtedly was due to the intensive German cities violate the law which also pride themselves on their inti- the offensive in the near East is j and the enemy utilized a number of! of'j '.raining given drivers who are taught fixes a maximum for food and with the Americans, and take a and that it will de¬ price macy new type planes of huge size. Three major proportions Five Soldiers Killed. to operato the machines blindfolded consumers from paying personal pride in every good deed, east to the limit. It has widened to prohibits of these were shot down of velop Washington. Sept. IS..Five sol¬ guided only by signals from the gun- more than that price. German oifi- I which the Americans do, as if in the west of Sakol and the east of ' Peronne. They were capable of j diers were killed and at least 24 in- ners. This sometimes is necessary cials have attempted to stop sucli some way they, themselves, had some - Vetrenik until extends seating eight men. The most astound \ the front over! of a when the drivers are blinded tem- some cities. share in it. 16 miles. The allies have jured in the wreck last night violations by j ing thing about them, however, was penetiat-i troop.train near Marshffeld. Mo. This porarily by splashes of mud. The English Tommies are content to that they carried bombs 13 feetj ed at some points a distance of ter For several days before the offen- j and satisfaction, but miles. ! was announced tonight by the wa: express delight long which contained 2.000 pounds of! sive the tanks which were to take PERM. as ir to belieVfe the best The department. CZECHS CAPTURE always eager explosives. This is by far the biggest; resistance of King Ferdinand's: part were maneuvered in an interioi land give credit for every excuse. The bomb the Germans have yet produc-, troops is weakening as they are beinx I town while the civilians watched Fall of Russian Re¬ their unassuming forced back. SENATE WILL INVESTIGATE Important City j Americans, by them with amazement with no knowb ported. ways and insistent aggressiveness in While Marshal Foch was BREWERS. following! edge of what it portended. Some tim^ : the line, have won the good will of his of at AMERICAN PLANKS LOST IN LOR- policy striking widely sepa¬ Charged that Unprecedented Sums before the battle the tank crews were Paris, Sept. IS..Havas.A dis¬ the whole Imperial British army. rated points the battle line a RAINE. along the) Were Contributed to Propaganda sivon their final instructions on patch from Vladivostok announces When a German report came in the day was one of comparative quiet for Activities. hypothetical battle field mathemati- that the Czecho-Slovak forces have other day of five airplanes brought General Pershing's field army. There Five Missing After Bombing; Expe¬ joally divided up into debarking points captured Perm. i down from a patrol of six American was no activity of consequence or. and supply depots. raiders, frank incredulity was ex-' dition When Attack Was Made in their front beyond the usual artillery Washington. Sept. 19..Investiga¬ Force by Germans. of activi- If the report of the capture of pressed everywhere. When the Amer¬ and patro? activity. tion political propaganda it. there was noth¬ ties of interests was ordered Perm is true it means that tho ican report verified brewing a basis for Washington, Sept. 18..*Five Amer¬ the senate, directed THE V \C£