THE WEATHEK RENT RAISED? IF SO REPORT IT AT ONCE Today.Fair and warm. Tomor¬ row.Probably the tame. Highest TO THE temperature yesterday,.87; lowest, 68. DISTRICT COUNCIL OF DEFENSE

NO. 4320. WASHINGTON. D. C.. .SATURDAY, AUGUST 24. 1918. ONE CENT

GERMANS BATTERED ALL ALONG LINE5 BRITISH TAKE TOWNS AND 3,000 HUNS; YANK FRONTAL DRIVE ON FOE NEAR

/ HOUSE DRAFTS Men of Newest Draft 23,000 FREED RETIRE BEYOND Several Towns Near Fall To Register Today AISNE, to ALLYOUTHS With Proper Boards FROM PRISON Haig's Men. Byng's Army has been set by proc¬ OR Today FOE'S ATTACK . of PLAN, Reaches lamation of the President Objectives. "the United States for the reg¬ men la IN CITY 18 all RUSS TO 21 istration of young the country who have reached their 31st birthday since June, FROM YANKS HIS FEAR S, 1»1S. and on or before Au¬ MANGIN'S FORCES PUSH ON Defeats Proposal to Defer gust 34, 1918. Populace Threaten Kremlin Lake Edon Victim of U- Members of religious faiths Them for Late Calls which observe Saturday as the Destruction Unless Army Boat in European Sabbath day may register on Violent of Batteries French Now Line From Oise Monday, August 26. Men Are Released. Activity Enemy Occupy After Elders Go. oncers and enlisted men of Waters. the regular army, the navy, the Shows He Feels Menace Canal Ailette and North Marine Corps, the National Resulting Along CONGRESSMEN include Ouard and Naval Militia while JAPS MOVE IN SIBERIA OTHER VESSELS SUNK In the service af the United from Mangin's Push North. to Juvigny Station. selves' and senators States, officers in tIn Officers i Reserve Corps, enlisted men In Cross Active in Vladi¬ the enlisted Reserve Corpe Red With the American* on the Aisne-Vesle Front, Aug. 23 (evening). West Bridge and Cubore, while In active service are ex¬ London, le Grand Republicans Block Man i empted from registration. vostok; Hun Envoy .The German* are either preparing to retire behind the Ai*ne, owing U. S. Ships; Diomed, Aug. 23..Achiet (three Local men subject to the draft to menace north of or fear an a half miles northwest and Power Bill registration should register with Passes Moscow. Mangin'* Soissom, they American British. and of Bapaume) by Naming their respective local boards Up frontal attack again*t the Vesle line. between the hours of 7 in the the ridge, overlooking (west of Government Clerks. morning and ft In the evening. Amsterdam London, Aug. 28. The enemy batterie* are manifesting violent activity, sprinkling The Na*y Department receded Information concerning the The Bolshevik government, according cablegram lata afternoon were the British draft be secured from Ma¬ the ground all around with hot metal, except the back areas. yesterday Bapaume) captured by today, DENT CALLS HALT UNTIL may to Fleff advices, has been forced to stating that the steamahlp Lake Edon. jor D. J. Donovan, at the Mu¬ are announces in his re¬ fifth floor. release 23.000 former oBcer* In the Machine-gun bursts also frequent in the German front lines. an army-chartered cargo transport, Field Marshal Haig night TODAY TO ENACT MEASURE nicipal Building, Russian army who had been Impris¬ All and all the Germans are feverish reconnaissance waa eunk by an enemy aubmarlne in - oned In the Alexleff barracks at Mos¬ day night doing j =====J of the dis¬ European water* August H. There port. Senate to Vote at Once; cow. The people Moscow, work. Enemy planes dot the sky throughout the day, while during the Anti-1 patch adds, threatened to blow up were forty-nine tn the crew, sixteen Thousands of prisoners were taken in to¬ Strike Clause to the Kremlin unless these former offl- night myriads of star shells shoot skyward, testifying to the enemy's are reported miaetng The namea of Changed cers were given their freedom. A state of thoae miaaing were not given In the advance. Protect Workmen: FIVE HUNDRED __ high expectancy. day's Tokio. Aug. 2S>.Japanese troop* are TMl