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By Associated Press.
With the British Army in
; France, Aug. 26. With the
battle front widened by a sur
prise attack in the north, so
that it now extends all the way
to the River Scarpe the British
again made steady progress
eastward all day long.
The enemy's resistance has
taken the aspect of rear guard
actions.-
There are rumors a counter
attack has developed by the
. enemy in an effort to gadn time,
is his main roads, especially' in
the center required for moving
material to the rear, have been
broken or are under fire. Big
guns have been shoved up so
that; they range far behind the
enemy's line?.
J3UN CREW WIPED OUT.
In : many localities the retreating
Germans have left strong posts of
machine V guns supported by single
field gunslh ari effort to delay the ad-
.itni .' Rv-iticli ,Tlici (rune
' ?rfw.i.. UVUV llv.u
have, had no effect.
Cappy, the little town just south,
of the Somme, was lined withma
chine guns when the Australians, in
tt;e middle ot tne nignt ana auring a
driving rainstorm, attacked it. A lone
field gun from the rear of the town
-threatened to do some damage until
a daring erour)circUd around and
rcpi upon ii ,119111 ,. mc i car ... aim
killing, themr- With the assistance
tanks, Cappy wis pleared of the live
macnine gunners ana me Australians
pressed on-.'1 - About the tame time
Susanne, ' almost across the river
from Cappy. fell in somewhat the
same manner.
V Tanks Again Used.
To the. north. British- patrols are
now , operating with more freedom.
CfmKlis ..an imnnrtant nnsition south
of Bapaume, has been gradually en
croached uppn and the town, through
"which . pass many roads, jvhich the :
Germans must use; is under a hot fire.
Combles also is a logical point for
the concentration of troops and un
doubtedly heavy damage has been in-
tiictcd upon men and material nere.
It is an interesting feature of the
battle that the Mameti wood, which
has been taken and passed, was at
tacked and captured by the same units
of Welsh troops which attacked the
pueiuun hi J "'J', "
. The ' attack s south of the Scarpe
was delivered in co-operation with
tanks. -These steel monsters rolled;
through the rain and shot their way
through the German first lines al
most before the- Germans realized
that they were being attacked.
Again Ask Banks to
' Conserve on Credit
"New Yor, Aug. 26. A new appeal)
for further conservation of credit by
banks "in order to furnish the gov
ernment thet increasing volume of j
has been, sent by the federal reserve
, bank of New York to all banks in its
district, it was announced tonight.
One effective step suggested is that
agreements for common action in
respect to tht extension of credit be
reached by all banks iti cities and
country. .... : " '
Banks. are asked not to issue credit
to .new coriimercial lines or for the
acquisition or improvement of prop
erty, "unless they are to aid directly
in the prosecution of the war." (
Book Publishers Must
" V Cut Output October 1
Washington. Aug.; 26. Publishers
of trade books, copyright reprints,
juvenile,' toy and noncopyright books
have been directed to restrict their
output commencing wctooer i to
per cent of the new titles issued on
the average of the last three years of
.their business. The ruling will be
" enforced by diminishing their, paper
supplies, the war industries board
stated tdnight, but protests against
the ruling will be considered if pre
sented before September 1.
Excepted from the. ruling are books
of research, published under subsidy
and war service books published for
the United .States' or allied govern
ments. ;'; ' ' " ' . ,
Registration Rules, Not
Changed for New Draft
Washington,' Aug. '26. Copies- oW
tmpfficial advance regulations cover
ing, the registration, which will take
place "when the man-power bill, with
its ttcw'age limitsris enacted, have
been ;sent to local draft officials by
: the provost marshal general. Nearly
"30 printed, pages incorporate the de
tails of the process by which 13,000,
000 men .-.wilt- be enrolled. 1 In the
main., the restrations are similar to
'previous' rules ' - -' , -: . -
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TREASURY-HOUSE
CONTROVERSY ON
VAR REVENUE ACT
Differences Regarding Levy of
3 Per Cent Differential on ,
Unearned Incomes Ob
stacle, to Drafting. .
Washington, Aug. 26. Differences
between the treasury and house ways
and means. committee as to the levying
of a 3 per cent differential on un
earned incomes appeared tonight to
be the only obstacle to completion
of the drafting of the revenue bill.
Steps toward an agreement were
considered at a conference between
Chairman Kitchin and Secretary Mc
Adoo. -Another will be held tomor
row. Mr. Kitchin tonight indicated
the committee might not be able to
report the bill before Friday instead
of Thursday, as had been planned, be
cause of the temporary disagreement.
Coincident with negotiations start
ed in the senate between prohibition
and anti-prohibition leaders to post
pone the effective date of the war
time national prohibition measure,
provisions of the revenue bill dealing
with taxes on intoxicating liquors be
came known.
The session of the committee today
was marked by an attempt by Rep
resentative Moore, republican of
Pennsylvania, to attach to the bill an
amendment authorizing the appoint
ment of a joint congressional com
mittee to co-operate with the presi
dent in eliminating waste and extrava
gance in the conduct of the war. The
plan, which would have authorized a
joint committee of six . members of
the senate and seven members of the
house to confer with the president and
heads bf departments on all matters
relating to war expenditures reporting
to congresi, was rejected by the com
mittee by a strict party vote. .
Legion of Honor Is
Bestowed on Young
Officerfor Bravery
Sfoulf Vernon, Y., :A6.t"
Because he wiped. utf a' mac.hjneguii'
nesT'neaf TiVeiy,"ai(fed Ty: only one
man,' and ciptured two German offi
cer and 16 privates. Lt. Hart V.
,CayiIl was made a member, of the
Legion of Honor at the decoration
ceremony :n France yesterday, s ac
cording to word received by his par
ents nere today.
Lieutenant Caycill was unable to
receive the decoration in person as he
is in a Paris hospital. He had just
recovered from a wound after 55 days
in a hospital, when he performed the
exploit for which he was decorated.
PJssing through that. fray unharmed,
he was wounded and gassed two days
later.
Lieutenant Caygill, whoxis 23 years
old, attended the first Plattsburg camp
and was commissioned a second lieu
tenartTT He was made a first lieuten
ant for gallantry before he was first
wounded.
Rumely Tries to Put War
Blame on Great Britain
New York, Aug. 26. In order to
make it appear that Great Britain
was responsible for the submarine war
on American shipping, Dr. Edward
Rumely not only tried to put out
German nrooatranda through Georee
T. O'Delf, Evening Mail correspond
ent in Germany, but endeavored to
distribute through the committee on
public information an article by Ger
hardt von Schulze Gaevennitz. mem
ber of the Reichstag, designed to al
leviate growing feeling against Ger
many, according to a statement made
today by Deputy Attorney General
Fred L. Becker. ,
Jewish Army Chaplains "
Will Wear Star of David
New" York, Aug. 26. The govern
ment has. ordered a miniature tablet
and the Star o David to be worn by
Jewish chaplains in the army a'nd
navy, according to Col. Harry Cutler,
chairman of the Jewish welfare board.
The board tonight appealed for 400
workers for home and overseas duty.
- Student Aviator Killed.
Miami, Fla., Aug. 26. Theodore F.
Canfield of Seattle, Wash., a student
aviator at the Miami naval air station,
was killed today in a seaplane acci
Victory Dreams of Enemy
Dwindle as Allies Succeed
By Associated Press.
-With the British Army in France,
Aug. 26. South of the . Scarpe the
Canadians, driving along the Arras-Albert-Cambrai
road, have gained
more ground and added more than
1.000 -Germans to the British total of
prisoners during today's fighting.
aiany letters taKen irom prisoners
and dead Germans indicate that hope
less' despair, is beginning to prevail
on tliq ; German side of the line. A
letter written home by .a German who
was Stationed in a town which has
now been captured said: s '
"The war has been lost . for some
time, only, those high up are failing
to' admit it." ,
' The letter added: . . s ",. '. ,
"Oh,-poor -Germany, only the dead
Americans Camouflage Machine Gun Nest
From Which to Pour Steel Into . Hun Lines
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CA.KBS iOACtHNEi 6UKiTEE 1T ACTlOiTi
DRY BILL TO PASS
WITH MORE TIME
FOR LIQUOR MEN
President Wilson Not Opposed
to Legislation Pending in
Senate, but Suggests
Later Date.
Washington, Aug. 26. Nation-wide
"bone dry" prohibition effective. July
1, 1919, and continuing during the
war at l?ast", loomed "today as a strong
probability through compromise ne
gotiations in congres?. i; (. J
. President'iiWilson.V senate prohibii
tion leaders, declared, is not opposed
to legislation pending" in the senate
proposing national prohibition during
the war; but. has suggested that the
proposed time for its becoming ef
fective January 1 next be extended.
Negotiations to that end, it was said,
seemed to assure. agreement for pass
age of the bill and also' for some ex
tension of time to liquor interests.
The prohibition bill was temporar
ily sidetracked today in the senate in
favdr of the man-power legislation
and also to give time for the negoti
ations between the opposing factions.
Senator, Sheppard of Texas, man
ager of the-prohibition bill, stated
today, following a recent conference
at the White House, that the presi
dent did not object to action by
congress on the legislaion, but dis
cussed extending the effective date
of the restriction. Additional time,
the president was said to feel, should
be given many interests involved in
the liquor business to close up their
affairs, including banks holding bond
ed warehouse certificates. July J,
1919, was the new date suggested.
The new date, it was said, would
not interfere with government revenue
collections on liquor for the fiscal
year and thus avoid re-drafting the
war revenue bill, which is based on
estimated returns of about $900,000,
000 from intoxicants.
According to Senator Sheppard, the
bill's opponents concede its passage
and the only question at issue now is
the time when it will become effec
tive. . .
Plumbers Still on Strike;
Asking 12-Cent Increase
Newport News, Aug. 26. Two
thousand plumbers who quit work on
government construction hee last
week were still out today, insisting
upon a wage increase from 75 cents
to cents an hour. The govern
ment has agreed to their demands for
double time after 4, p. m. five days a
week,- after 11. a. m. on Saturdays
and on Sundays.
Allied Airmen Continue Their '.
. Bombing Raids on Germany'
Amsterdam, Aug. 26. "Two hostile
air squadron attacked Constantino
ple Wednesday night," says-a Turkish
official statement received today.
at the. front have forgotten this
swindle."
Another letter said:
"This cannot last much longer;"
while still another German wrote:
"Our losses 'greatly exceed all the
drafts. , Germany is sure to lose very
soon." .',,
' Many letters taken from prisoners,
whether.' written: or received by them,
are in the 6ame vein. One German
in Berlin ' chided his brother at the
front about making rapid progress
to the, rear. He then predicted the
war was surely coming to an end and
tht with the allies then making an
economic : war,' Germany would be
ruined. ' '
.Many of these were written before
the British began their drive.
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AUSTRIAN!
IN SECTOR OF
BATTLE LINE
May Be Held as Reserves;
American Guns Blow Up
Enemy's Ammunition !
'Dumps on Vesle.' '
, :'Wjth iMei';Amrjc,atv tAfjfijt'
France, Aug. f . 26.xAustrf;tn - troops
have -have been identified opposite tho
position of a Certain American unit.
It is not known whether they are
in the line, but they are known defi
nitely to be lying in reserve.
Several German ammunition dumps
north of the Velse river were blown
up today by high explosives from the
American guns. This was the only
notable incident in the operations be
tween Soissons and Rheims, although
the usual exchange between" the ar
tilleries continued.
The destruction of the dumps was
made possible by aerial observation
by American aviators. They were
located near Revillon and early in
the day a battery of long range guns
began dropping shells at points in
dicated. The observation posts soon
after reported great clouds of snioke
from the targets.
Ford's Name on Both
Tickets in Michigan
Primary Race Today
Detroit, Mich., Aug. 26. Michi
gan's primary election campaign clos
ed tonight with interest in the sena
torial race lieightened by the fact that
Henry Ford's name will appear on
both republican and democratic tick
ets. The state election laws permit
a candidate to seek nomination on
more than one ticket, but requires
that if he receives more than one
nomination he must choose within
five days after the official canvass the
ticket upon which he will seek elec
tion. Three others seek the republican
nomination Truman H. Newberry,
now a naval commander in the cast;
former Gdvernor Chase S. Osborn,
and Wm. G. Simpson. Contesting
with Ford for the democratic nomi
nation is James W. Helme.
Twj) Food Violators Give
. Donations to Red Cross
Penalties were handed out to two
violators of food regulations yesterday
for infractions by the federal food
administration for Nebraska. In both
instances, the offenders chose to
make voluntary contributions to the
Red Cross rather than have their busi
nesses hampered by restrictions.
For making a false affadavit as to
the amount of flour substitutes on
hand "ani purchasing an excessive
quantity of flour, the Crystal Bakery
of Gordon, Neb., contributed $100 to
the Red Cross. In addition the excess
ive flour was taken from the company
and redistributed.
For failing to thresh grain for a
farmer with whom he had agreed,
Murray Rich, a thresherman of Valley
County contributed $25. . Rich was
called into the Omaha affice and
admitted his violatipn. .
Are You Reading
Oh, Money! Money!
By ELEANOS H. PORTER
Author of "Pollyanna" and
"Fust David"
Today's Installment on Page 3.
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SENATE TO VOTE
TODAY TO EXPEND
THE DRAFT AGES
Agree to Take Count Not Later
Than 4 o'Clock This After
noon; Debate Is
Limited.
Washington, Aug. 26. By unani
nious consent the senate aereed to
night to vote, not later than, 4; o'clock.
tomorrow afternoon on,th adminis
tration 'manpower, bill extending the
draft ages to 18 and 45 years. Debate
will bo limited after! o'clock1
; Discussion ef . thtvYnilitir commit-
tee', Work ot fights; amendment was Jrt
progress when the senate adjourned.
Other important questions In contro
versy left over for settlement to'rnOf
row included several .proposals for.
exempting 6r restricting the service
of -youths under 2L , ,
Free ' education pf boys ' under 21
who enlist or are drafted is provided
for in an amendment by Senator Reed
of Missouri, adopted during today's
debate.. ; Under its ternjs ' youths
would 'be permitted to enter educa
tional institutions! at' the government
expense for a period equalling their
military service, not to exceed two
year. - 1 ; ' 1 '
Work or Fight.
In discussing the Thomas "work or
fight" amendment which was added to
the house draft of the bill by the
senate military committee Senators
Jones of Washington and Cummins
of Iowa both said they believed the
present law covers all the exigencies
which the amendment is intended to
touch, the latter adding he believed
some restrictions such as through
heavy taxation should be imposed on
employers placing unfair conditions
on their employes.
Senator Thomas said he did not be
lieve the duty' of the soldier at thf
front, although in most cases more
dangerous, is any different than that
of the. producer at home and that
there should be no distinction. He
denied that there were any rights
except those of fundamental origin
such as trial by jury that should be
allowed to continue wjien the destiny
of a nation is at stake.
Because the war is 3,000 miles away,
Senator Thomas declared, the Amer
ican people apparently do not realize
the stupendous task that is ahead.
Reed Goes to Front.
Washington. Aug. 26. Senator
Reed of Missouri will leave Washing
ton tomorrow to spend two months
visiting the battle fronts and Euro
pean capitals. ' He expects to ' pay
particular attention abroad to avia
tion affairs.
Fighting in Water to Their
Waists French Make Gains
, By Associated Press.
With the French Army in France,
Aug. 26. Fighting in water up to
their waists in marshes along the Avre
and charging the, - crews of machine
guns who served their weapons until
killed the troops of the Third French
army today took two of the strongest
defenses of Roye. They also captured
600 prisoners and took important
booty including a large number of
machine guns.
The first attack was upon the vil
lage of Roye, where the Germans had
restored the old fortifications of 1914
17, reinforced them ith' wire and in
stalled many machine gun, nests.
After a short artillery preparation the
French infantry stormed the position,
rushing the concrete blockhouses and
killing the gunners at their pieces.
Fresnoy was one of the centers of
enemy resistance around Roye that
had" held out against previous assaults
and from it the Germans had launched
counter attacks in an effort to check
the French offensive. Prisoners .say
FIERCE FIGHTING
MARKS PROGRESS
Of BRITISH ARMY
While Germans Busy on Defense Near Ancre, Haig
Strikes Surprise Blow on New Front North of Old
Battle Line; Enemy Soon to Evacu
ate Bapaume.
BULLETIN.
By Associated Press.
Paris, Aug. 26. French forces on the Avre have captured
Fresnoy-Les-Roye and St. Mard. They have also taken more
than 600 prisoners, according to the war office announcement
tonight x
With the British Army in France, Aug. M. The German
retirement is continuing along many parts of the battle front
tonight. The British are overwhelming the enemy's rear guarda
in heavy fighting. .
Reports indicate that at least one counter attack has been
broken up by the British artillery concentrating -its -fire on
massed enemy troops. ' ;
Surprise Attack. . ' ;
While the Germans were busily engaged in defending them
selves against attacks of the British and French' armies from the
Ancre river to the region of Soissons, Field Marshal Haig early
Monday morning struck another surprise blow over a new front
north of the old battle zone. . - : ,
The new offensive was launched from the east of Arras on
the Scarpe river and southward t6 the' CojeuU All along the
front the British pressed forward; at some places to a depth of
more than two miles and captured a half-dozen or more villages,
among mem woncny-Le-r reux, Uuemappe and Wancourt.
, , Across the Cojeul the.new British attacks on the old battle
fr6nt brought them to the villages of Mory and St. Leger, and
farther south the small town of Favreuil,'on6 and a half miles
northeast of Bapaume, from which'the British pressed on east
ward about a mile. Farther south the British are reported un
officially to have reached, the western outskirts of Thilloy in tho
nipper movement they are carrying ou$ against Bapaume: With
Haig's men now standing well within gun range of the town it
seems iiKiy inai me uermans.wiu oe torcea to evacuate Ba
paume. in snor order
Prisoners and
'More prisoners, heavy, lina and "machine guns have been
taken in the last 12 hours. Y''y:v.rr:r::'' .;'; . ', ' - -
Everywhere from the Kfver Scarpe , to , Lihons the 'battle
Continues today and the British are. making progress notwith
standing a stiff resistance from the German machine gunners.
Astride the River Sbmme the British have materially advanced
thejrlines. - v;: ,
' With the French Army, on the Oise Front, Aug. 26. The.
first rush of the, Prussian guard gained ground between Pont St.,
Mard and.Orme-Ue-Montecouve. north . of Juvigny: The.v were
obliged to leave the field soon
them'a' number of dead and. 400
The'enemy troops between the Aisne river and road from'
Soissons to Chauny are in the same danger as that which threat
ens General Von Hutier's men in the Lassigny salient unless
t(hey are able to resist the pressure of General Mangin's troops.
AERIAL WARFARE
OVER HUN LINES
CAUSES BIG LOSS
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American Flyers Drop 40
Bombs on Con flans Rail
road Yards; Britons At
tack Mannheim.
By Associated Press.
With the American Army in France,
Aug. 26,--American bombing ma
chines again raided Conflans Sunday,
dropping 40 bombs on the railroad
yards, despite heavy anti-aircraft fire.
All the bursts were well together
at the east end of the yards, one caus
ing a big explosion, as though an am
munition car had been hit. The north
(Cootlnoed on Pars Two, Column Throe.)
the garrison had orders to hold out at
any ccst. The French attacked from
the north and south simultaneously
and with such dash that the enemy al
though aware of the impending attack
was overwhelmed. J-our hundred pris
oners including 16 officers were cap
tured in the attack.
The village of St. Mard, in the low
marsh lands of the Avre south of
Roye, and also a strong outpost of
that town, fell into the; hands of
General Debney's men after a violent
struggle by afternoon. The Germans
had reinforced their old defenses by
flooding the ground around their con
crete block houses with water turned
out from the Avre.
Roye is now invested from the
west, north and south and the Ger
mans have but a feeble hold on it.
The successes of the French today In
breaking through the old entrench
ments and with the growing British
advance in the north increases the
threat to the entire Chaulnes-Roye j
line, which may break at any moment.
Guns Taken. '
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after, however, leaving behind
unwounddd troops. V
9 ' . Gains On Somme.
Additional gains also have been
mads by the British east of Albert and
on both sides of the Somme river.
In fact, notwithstanding the efforts ot
the Germans through the use of large
reinforcements to hold thera in check,
the British and French all along the
line from Albert toSoissons have ma-
tenally bettered their. positions .and;
carried further forward their plan of
making the Picardy battle ground un-.
tenable for the enemy. 1
The French again are hammering
away at tle environs of Roye, one of
the strong points of the Somme-Oi&e
front, the capture of which doubtless
would cause giving up by the enemy
of the entire salient from the Somme
in the north to Noyon. Fresnoy-Les-Roye
to the north and St. Mard to the
south of Roye, both have been cap-.
tired by the French, despite the des-
(Cootlnoed oa Page Two, Column One.)
More Ships Are Launched.
For the Merchant Marine
Washington, Aug. 26.-More than
40,000 deadweight tons of ships were
added to the American merchant mar
ine in the week ending August 22 by i
the completion of eight more vessels
in American shipyards. Seven of the
ships were of steel and one of wood.
Launchings m the week ending An-"
gust 24 totalled 19, nine steel and 10 .
wooden ships.' The new' deliveries
brought the grand total of ships add
ed to the merchant marine in the last
year to 281, with an aggregate dead
weight tonnagon25731.
Yacht Is Taken by Navy on
Suspicion ot Being Hun Aid
' An Atlantic Port, Aug, 25,. Naval
authorities late today brought - ths
steam yacht Vega into port and
placed it under an armed guard pend
ing an investigation of the status of
several foreigners, among its crew.
Activities of enemy submarines along .
the Atlantic coast, naval officials said. '
have caused a strict examination of
all craft with persons of foreign birth
on boad. : ' '
The Vego, it is understood, "was :
bound from New London, Conn., for
Eastport.' Me. - 7-
Baltimore Papers Baise Price.
Baltimore, Md., Aug. 26.A11 three
of Baltimore's evening - newspapers.
the News, Star and Evening Sun, to- '
day announced an advance ! in ; price '
from 1 cent due to the mounting cost
of white paper and general overbed
charges of newspapers.
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