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Gives Home to Science.
Paris, Sept. 26. Dr. Alexis Carrel
of the Rockefeller Institute, seeking
a building at Saint Cloud suitable
for a laboratory and workshop near
certain hospital centers, found the
house he wanted in a park full of
splendid trees. The "Verger" (Or
chard), as the property was called,
belonged to a Andre Bernheim, who
had refused the most tempting of
fers to rent it. When Mr. Bern
heim, heard of Dr. Carrel's wish he
said, "Tell Dr. Carrell I am greatly
flattered at his choice and the Ver
gr and its surroundings are at his
service." When the question of rent
was raised, Mr. Bernheim declared,
"No scientist owes nothing to any
body. It is I who am honored.".
Photographs Fish in Colors.
Honolulu Sept. 26. Prof. W. H.
Longley of Gouray college, Balti
more' has just completed a set of
32 under-water photographs of the
brilliantly colored tropical fish
which inhabit the waters of Ha
waii with a specially designed cam
era. Professor Longley hopes to
develop the plates taken to repro
duce the natural colors. He be
lieves they are the first photo
graphs of the kind taken. The
plates have been packed in airtight
cases for shipment to Baltimore,
where they will be developed.
Salvage Old Warship.
Havana, Sept. 26. Efforts are be
ing made by a local salvaging con
cern to raise the old Spanish sloop-of-war
"Pamona," which sank off
the coast of Cuba more than 100
years ago. Automatic "floaters," the
invention of a Cuban, are being
used. Besides the treasure in silver
plate in the wreckage, the salvagers
expect to 'recover 42 bronze cannon,
with which the ship was armed.
Several of these ancient weapons
can be seen from the surface and
one already is reported brought up.
Submerging the Ice Cream.
Chicago, Sept. 26. More than
2,000,000 ice cream cones were eaten
by sailors at Great Lakes Naval
training station during the summer
months. The men spent more than
.$107 W for cones and consumed
more than 50,000 gallons of ice
cream.
Simplyfying Funeral Settings.
San Francisco, Sept. 26. Bronze
coffins, rich shrouds and fancy trap
pings, including broadcloth, must
give way after October 1, to sim
pler funeral settings, it was announc
ed at the California funeral direct
ors' convention here today. The war
industries board has ordered re
duction of shrouds to four styles
for men, eight for women, and cask
ets from 34 to 4, eliminating metal
lic handles and other special furnish
ings as wastages of wood.
T eL-V TTo A t7 O KQ
New York, Sept. 26. That a prof
itable business was shut down by
the geperal adoption of anti-loan
shark laws was revealed in the su
preme court when an appraisal of
the estate of Daniel H. Tolman,
known as the "king of the loan
sharks" for many years, was ap
praised at $7,259,344, the bulk made
in the money lending business. He
had about 60 offices throughout the
country.
More Books Held Unfit.
Washington, Sept. 26. Sixteen
additional books have been added to
the list which Secretary Baker has
ruled are unfit for American soldiers
to read. They include works by
David Starr Jordan, Hugo Muen
sterburg, Edward Lyell Fox, J.
O'D. Bennett, Lawrence Mott, Mad
eleine Z. Doty and Bernard Dern-
Durg. in tne list aiso is tne uook,
"Two Thousand Questions and An
. swers About the War," which has
been withdrawn by the publishers.
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BULGARIAN ARMY
Of 300,000 MEN IN
PERlLOUSPOSmON
Allies Straining Every Energy to Reach Uskub and
Make Victory Complete as Enemy Retreats in
Confusion, Losing Large Quantities of Ma
terial and Probably Thousands of Men.
-
London, Sept. 26. Reports received today emphasized
the demoralization of the Bulgarians, who are retreating in
confusion, leaving behind an enormous amount of material,
and probably many thousands of prisoners, as the allied
troops strain every energy to get to Uskub and thereby make
the victory complete.
It is pointed out that the Bul--
ganan army, estimated to aggregate
300,000 men, is in a very dangerous
position; but the victory will not
be decisive, in the opinion of the
military experts, until Uskub, the
center of all the enemy's communi
cation lines, is captured. If that is
accomplished, it is believed the vic
tory will be numbered among the
few decisive ones of the war;
Cavalry Enters Bulgaria.
The renewed resistance of the
Bulgarian rear guards and the ar
rival of German reinforcements in
Macedonia have not succeeded in
stemming the great allied advance.
British cavalry today entered Bul
garia opposite Kosturino, thus
avoiding the Belachista mountains,
which it was feared might bar its
progress, while the Serbians,
French, Greek and British routed
the Bulgarians from either side of
the great salient, which now
stretches far into Serbia.
The Serbians, who are taking the
leading part in the liberation of
their country are at the gates of
Ishtib, and their cavalry? entering
the town of Isvor, has cut the only
remaining road northward that
running from Prilep to Veles, and
along which a large body of Bul
garians is reported to be attempting
to escape. This probably will lead
to an abandonment by the enemy
of the Babuna mountains, which are
considered virtually impregnable.
Bulgarian Resistance Overcome.
The review of the first day's fight
ing in this attack shows that it is not
a case of the allies chasing an en
emy who was willing to retreat. On
September 18, Greek and British
forces attacked on either side ol
Lake Doiran, which lies almost at
the eastern extremity of the present
line. West of the lake the allies cap
tured the ridge running from Doiran
town westward, but the allied left
was driven back. Some Bulgarian
outposts east of the lake were cap
tured, but all attacks against the
Bulgarian main line were fruitless.
The next day the allied troops gain
ed a little more ground west of the
(Continued on Page Two, Column Three)
BRITISH TROOPS
ADVANCE ABOUT
SEA OF GALILEE
Several Strategic Towns Oc
cupied; Turkish Fourth
Army Almost Encircled
by Allied Forces.
London, Sept. 26. British troops
operating in Palestine are extend
ing their occupation about the Sea
of Galilee. They have occupied Ti
berias and Semakh, on the borders
of that sea, and Es-Samra, it was
officially announced today.
Pushing on to the east of the
Jordan, the British have occupied
the strategic town of Amman, on
the Hedjas railway.
The precarious position of the
Fourth Turkish army may be seen
from the fact that Arab cavalry and
infantry are north of it. Arab and
British forces east and British
troops to the south. All these are
pressing inward on the enemy, while
the Jordan, with its crossings, is in
the hands of the allies.
The British casualties during the
offensive were less than one-tenth
of the number of prisoners taken
from the Turks, the announcement
states. The latest official report,
gave the total prisoners as "more
than 40,000."
brill for Third District Men.
Henry Meyers of the third exemp
tion board district will call a meet
ing of the registrants in his district
the first of next week to arrange for
classes in military instruction. Of
ficers from Fort Omaha will be in
charge of the military drills.
SENATE DEFERS
VOTE ON WOMAN
SUFFRAGE ACT
Action Deferred Awaiting Re
turn of Absentees; Defeat
of Resolution by One
Vote Forecast.
Washington, Sept. 26. The senate
failed again today to reach a vote
on the house resolution proposing
submission to the states of the Su
zan B. Anthony woman suffrage
amendment to the constitution. Af
ter a day of conferences and debates
the senate adjourned until tomor
row, but with little likelihood of a
vote before Saturday, if then.
Absence of senators favoring the
resolution and defections among its
advocates were reported to have suf
fered an unexpected protraction of
debate contributed to postponement
of action and to the disappointment
of the immense throng of spectators.
Some senators supporting the
resolution admitted tonight privately
that without any further change, the
resolution-would be defeated by one
vote.- They said the latest private
polls showed that the senate stood
63 to 33 in favor of the resolution,
Just one short of two-thirds ma k
jority. '
Rains Washing Away
Many Homes in Juneau
Junean, Alaska, Sept. 26. Many
. homes in Juneaa are being torn
away, a big improvement hospital
has been temporarily abandoned,
power plants are idle and all busi-
ness osw -
torrential rains of unusual warmth,
causing a deluge along the main
shore of Gastineau channel. The
main street of Juneaa is threatened
by the floods.
Foole Safe at Stockholm.
Washington, Sept. 26. The safe
arrival at Stockholm of Consul
General Poole from Russia was an
nounced tod fry, crjt'ry1-
Ottoman Government
To Seek Separate Peace,
Constantinople Rumor
Lausanne, Switzerland, Sept. 26.
(Havas.) Public irritation in
Constantinople has become so
great, according to a dispatch
from the Turkish capital to the
Lausanne Gazette, that rumors are
again spreading that the Ottoman
government will seek a separate
peace. The sultan himself, the
message says, would favor a sep
arate peace if he could obtain fa
vorable conditions from the en
tente powers.
hntramment Calls
Cancelled Because of
Epidemic in Camps
Washington, Sept. 26. Because
of epidemics of Spanish influenza in
army camps Provost Marshal Gen
eral Crowder tonight cancelled calls
for the entrainment between Oc
tober 7 and 11 of 142,000 draft regis
trants. Industries Board Puts
Restrictions on Wrapping
Washington, Sept. 26. Retail
merchants were directed today by
the War Industries board to dis
continue the unnecessary wrapping
of merchandise and to reduce to the
point of absolute necessity the use
of wrapping paper bags, paper
boxes and office stationery. The
order is due to the fact that the
government soon would be forced
to divert to munition manufacturers
a large quantity of chemical pulp
used heretofore in making wrap
ping paper.
Bolshevik Government
Issues Decree Rescinding
Reign of Terror inRussia
Amsterdam, Sept. 26. The Rus
sian bolshevik government has is
sued a decree rescinding its reign
of terror, according to the Mir of
Moscow. The question was dis
cussed at a meeting of the cen
tral committees of the soviet, the
newspaper says, and when Pre
mier Lenine expressed an, earnest
desire to return to orderly meth
ods of government a majority of
those present supported him,
NEW AUTHORITY
COMING OUT OF
CHAOS INRUSSIA
Ruling Committee Formed at
Conference of All Ele
ments Opposed to the
Bolsheviki.
Washington, Sept. 2 .Out of
the chaos which has existed in Rus
sia since the overthrow of the Ke
rensky government by the bolshe
viki, there is emerging a central au
thority, which officials and diplo
mats here hope will be able to re
establish otder and renew the fight
against the common enemy.
Official information reached the
Russian embassy today that the pan
Russian conference at Oufa, Euro
pean Russia, which has been recog
nized by all the provisional govern
ments opposing the bolsheviki, in
cluding the Siberian government,
has constituted a committee of five
as the lawful authority for all Rus
sia. This committee will be respon
sible to the constituent assembly of
all Russia, which will convene next
January 1, provided 250 members at
tend. The committee of five set up as the
sovereign authority is composed of
M. Tschaicovsky, of the government
of the north Archangel; M. Volo
godsky, head of the wesfern Siberian
government; M. Astor, former
mayor of Moscow and member of
the constitutional democratic party;
Lieutenant-General Boldireff, one of
the foremost experts of Russia, and
M. Avksentieff.
Senator Hitchcock Meets
Mullen in Washington
Washington, Sept. 26. (Special
Telegram.) Senator Hitchcock re
turned to Washington from New
York this morning to be present at
the consideration . of the suffrage
amendment
"Sir Arthur" Mullen is in the
capital on private business, inci
dentally, however, to report to Sen
ator Hitchcock on the postoffices
MtiU pigeonholedf
Colorado Troops Turn
On Their Captors and
Make Them Prisoners
Pueblo, Colo., Sept. 26. A por
tion of a Colorado regiment,
fighting in France recently was
made prisoner by the Germans,
but before the Germans had time
to get their captives behind their
lines, the Coloradoans turned on
their captors, made them prison
ers and resumed the fighting.
, This was the announcement
made by Gov. Julius C. Gunter
after he received a telegram while
he was speaking at the Colorado
state fair today.
PADDLE WHEEL
AND CARNIVAL
BREAKCOMPAfiY
Ak-Sar-Ben Grounds Filled
With Stellar Attractions;
Crowds Come for Hilar
ious Good Time.
ATTENDANCE RECORD.
1917. 1918.
Wednesday 4,102 5,8a4
Thursday 7,790 7,567
Buzzing with life and merriment,
the Ak-Sar-Ben catnival went on
yesterday and last night with crowds
that were out to have a good time.
It was a big day and a big night,
with perfect "circus" weather to
help along.
And while all was going so mer
rily on the carnival grounds, the
Board of Governors of Ak-Sar-Ben
were up in the city hall having
heart-to-heart talks with Smith and
Ringer.
These gentlemen, having been
duly elected to the positions of
mayor and police commissioner,
respectively, have put the kibosh on
the "paddle wheels" and the numer
ous booths on the carnival grounds
where from time immemorial it has
been possible to win a box of candy,
a kewpie doll, a ham, a pocket
knife, dream book, nearly gold
watch and various other useful
articles for a nickel or a dime. - v
Last night "Dad" Weaver-announced
that there was "nothing
doing," and so more than a score of
booths were dark, their canvas cur
tains hanging before them and the
spielers resting their voices, but not
their legs around the grounds.
Crowd Didn't Care.
But apparently the crowd didn't
care a bit about the "gambling de
vices," as Messrs. Ringer and Smith
rudely designate these scientific
games. They didn't seem to languish
for want of kewpie dolls and if they
wanted candy they bought it in the
regular legitimate channels of com
merce. It seems there are three times
as many attractions on the grounds
as at any previous carnival. Con
fettti was used in profusion to the
joy of the revelers.
Mogy's Paddle Wheel
Forms Basis of Test
Case in Police Court
"Mogey" Bernstein, was arrested
on the carnival grounds last night
and brought to the station, where
he was charged with operating a
gambling device. He was imme
diately released on bond and or
dered to appear in police court this
morning.
The "device" referred to is the
paddle wheel, which police heads
say, according to city ordinance, is
prohibited. "Mogy" was indignant
over his arrest, as he says he has
operated similar devices before for
the benefit of various war activities
and the Red Cross, and asserts the
proceeds of the "wheel" on the
grounds were to go toward financing
the military parade next week.
This is considered a test case,
however, and will come before
Police Judge Fitzgerald for de
cision. According to Bernstein, this is
the kind of "stuff" the people want..
He says he "took in" over $75 in less
than ten minutes last night.
Public Advised How
To Send Christmas
v Packages to Navy
Washington, Sept. 26. Christ
mas packages for men serving
on naval vessels abroad must
reach New York not later than
November 15, Secretary Daniels
announced today.
Packages sent by parcel post
must be enclosed in substantial
boxes with hinged or screw top
covers, to facilitate opening and
inspecting. '
Boxes sent by express are lim
ited to 20 pounds, should be not
more than two cubic feet in vol
ume, be of wood, well strapped
and have hinged or screw tpps.
No perishable food product
other than those in cans or glass
jars should be tacked.
All packages must be marked
with the name and address of
the sender, with a notation
"Christmas box," and must be
forwarded in care of the supply
officer, fleet supply base, Twen
tieth street and Third avenue,
South Brooklyn, New York.
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PERSHING'S ARMY CAPTURES ,
12 TOWNS, 5,000 PRISONERS
Attacking Over Front of 20 Miles West of Verdun, Ameri
n
in Conjunction Conquer Positions in the Cham
pagne Germans Have Been Fortifying
for the Last Four Years
By Associated Press. "
Washington, Sept. 26. Attacking this morning over a front of 20 miles, west of Verdun, in co
operation with the French, the American first army advanced to an average depth of seven miles and cap;,
tured 12 towns and more than 5,000 prisoners.
Four of the towns were carried by storm by Pennsylvania, Kansas and Missouri troops of Majof
General Liggett's corps, General Pershing said in his official statement on the battle, received tonightat
the War deparment. The enemy offered stubborn resistance.
Troops of the other corps forced their way across the Forges brook, took the Bois De Forges and
wrested from the enemy the towns of Malancourt, Bethincourt, Montfaucon' Cuisy, Nantilles, Zeptzarges,
-?Danneoux and Gercourt-Et-Dnllancourt. . ,
BLOW AIMED AT KEYSTONE
OF GERMAN DEFENSIVE ARCH
-
Success of New Move Would
Menace Communication
of the Enemy in Bel
gium and France.
Washington, Sept. 26. The key
stone of the great German defensive
arch in France is under assault in the
Franco-American offensive launched
this morning in the Champagne over
a front of 40 miles. Because of the
place of attack selected by Marshal
Foch, military officials regarded the
new blow as one of wide strategic
possibilities.
It was not until General Per
shing's official statement arrived late
tonight that a definite idea was given
of the extent and success of the
initial rush. The Americans ad
vanced on a front of 20 miles to an
average depth of seven miles, tak
ing more than 5,000 prisoners and
12 towns. The French war office
previously had reported that "Wie
French troops further west had ad
vanced nearly four miles at certain
points.
The point of attack selected by
Marshal Foch caused no great sur
prise here. As far back as 1915 the
French strategists saw that the
Champagne front offered the great
est possibilities in repelling the in
vaders with the least expenditure of
men. There was fierce fighting that
year on this sector, but the French
lacked the reserve power to press
forward in accordance with their
strategic designs and were forced
(Continued on Page Two, Column Two.)
NATIONAL GUARD DIVISIONS IN FIGHT.
The Pennsylvania troops referred to by General Persh
ing evidently are those forming the Twenty-eighth national
guard division, while the Kansas and Missouri troops make -up
the Thirty-fifth national guard division. At last accounts
the Twenty-eighth division was under Major General C. H.
Muir and the Thirty-fifth under Major General W. R. Smith.'
As the army corps originally were announced, these two
divisions were in the second corps under Major General
Robert Lee Bullard. 1
The Twenty-eighth, or "Iron" division, had been in hard f
fichtintr riprptnforp. havincr hplrl the ppntpr nf tVift American
line in the advance across the Ourcq July 26 to 31, uunSg1,
GERMANS DAZED
BY FEROCITY OF
AMERICAN DASH
Huns Fail to Discover' Intent
to Attack Until They Are
Overwhelmed by Rush
of Troops.
With the American Army on the
Champagne . Front, Sept. 26. The
assumption of the general staff that
the Germans had not discovered the
intention of the Americans to at
tack was proved by the earlier
phases of the fighting today. Ap
parently dazed by the suddenness
and ferocity of the artillery pre
paration, the German artillery reac
tion was slow in being registered.
It never recovered its balance.
From the minute the- Americans
swarmed forward the inferiority of
the enemy resistance was marked.
Early this morning the enemy had
laid down artillery fire calculated to
cover a Jocal raid. That incident
was quickly forgotten in the mag
nitude of the operations that fol
lowed. One division reports the capture
of twenty .77 guns and plentiful sup
plies of ammunition. The check on
the amount of booty has not yet
been taken, but every report indi
cates that the amount of it will be
large.
Officer prisoners say there was
much enemy perplexity as to the
exact point of attack, but they say
they were unaware that one was im
pending. Bankers Forget Quarrel
In Jubilee Over War News
Chicago, Sept. 26. A battle which
threatened to disrupt the American
Bankers' association ended today
after a noisy and turbulent session
of the convention when Charles A.
Hinsch, president of the organiza
tion, read a telegram, which told of
the beginning of another great
French-American drive on jht west
ern front in France.
The tumult of the factional con
test immediately subsided. The
leader of the jackie band called for
"Over There," 'and the crowd stood
and thundered the words. When
the demonstration had subsided few
could remember what the contest
had bc;n about
HAIG
HAMMERS
HUNS' DEFENSES
AT STjilENTIN
System of Trenches With
1,500 Prisoners Captured;
Line Advanced Also
in Flanders.
London, Sept. 26. Two British
divisions have captured in the last
few days a German system of
trenches and strong points north
west of St. Quentin with 1,500 pri
soners, according to the war office
announcement tonight. There were
only minor encounters today.
In Flanders the British line has
likewise been advanced, progress
having been made in the sector
north of LaBassee.
North of Gricourt, on the St.
Quentin sector, the British repulsed
German counter attacks.
Class I Registrants
Will Be Called m
Their Number Order
Washington, Sept. 26. Announce
ment of the date for the third draft
lottery to give numbers determin
ing in part the order of. service of
each of the 13,000.000 men registered
for military service on September
12, will be withheld by Provost
Marshal General Crowder for an
other day or two.
Six states have not yet reported
complete totals of the September 12
registrations.
Frovost Marshal General Crow
der today instructed local draft
boards throughout the country to
call draft registrants for physical
examination as soon asthey have
been placed in Class 1 by their
board, even though they may have
appealed for reclassification to the
district board. The examination
will be postponed only in case there
is also pending a claim for deferred
classification on industrial grounds.
Actual induction into the service
of those found physically fit will be
in accordance with their order num
bers as 'determined by the drawing
to be held here, except in individual
cases, where loCal boards receive
orders for the voluntary induction
of certain registrants at the request
of the army,, navy or marin corps.
the beginning of the general allied offensive, when the Aisne-
Marne salient was wiped out. They remained in the line
until August 6, advancing to Fismes, where they were reliev
ed by the Thirty-second national guard division.
The Thirty-fifth division landed in France last June 9,
and went on the firing line 11 days later; They were last
reported on the Vosges front September 4.
FRENCH ADVANCE NEARLY FOUR MILES.
With the French In the Champagne Front, Sept. 26.
Troops of the French army, operating in conjunction with
the Americans in a new battle along Champagne front, have
today conquered positions that the Germans have been "forti- '
fying for four years, and have sacrificed thousands of men
to hold. The French losses have been remarkably light, in
spite of the fact' that the German resistance stiffened this
afternoon. The advance reached nearly four mile : at certain '
points west of the Argonne. .
General Gouraud's soldiers who advanced to those posi- :
tions three years ago and have been facing them ever since,
are now enjoying a peculiar satisfaction in being in them.
In the battle of the Champagne in 1915, the taking of
these positions would have demanded a sacrifice, that the .
strategic advantage to be gained then did not warrant. The v
situation is changed now. Successive blows administered
to the Germans on different parts of the front give a differ
ent meaning to the attack. '
MANY PRISONERS MERE BOYS.
The number of prisoners taken by the French is in
creasing steadily. They are filing back by all roads in groups
of from a score to several hundred. Among them there is
a larger proportion of very young men than heretofore taken.
Some of the captives are recruits of the 1920 contingent.
They are leaving behind them scores of burning villages.
Thirty have been observed in flames up to noon today. Even
this additional and unjustifiable devastation can scarecly
add to the desolaton that has been spread all over this sharp- .
ly disputed ground. , '
The ridges are covered with shell holes that touch each'
other everywhere; all vestige of vegetation long ago dis-.
appeared, the surface of the ground giving the impression ,
that it must have been reduced to a state of mud violently
churned and then left to dry. The ground is crossed and!
crisscrossed in every direction by trenches that have been
blown out of shape. ; . x
A feature of today's operations was the activity of the
enemy airmen, which furnished several spectacular en
counters with French observation balloons and anti-aircraft
artillery. While puffs from the French shrapnel were seen
fcverywhere over the field.
OPPOSITION READILY OVERCOME.
The French troops attacked the German positions In tha
Champagne from Auberive to the main Massignes this morn- "
ing about 5 o'clock and carried their first objectives without
much opposition, except on the left, where rather stiff fight
ing was required.
Champagne in July. Then General
' By 9 o'clock General Gouraud's
troops had taken Servon, which had
been in German hands since 1914,
and were iit possession of the main
Massignes, Butte Du Mesnil and
Navarin.
The operation, which was person
ally directed by General Petain, re
calls in some of its features the first
battle of Champagne, of which yes
terday was the anniversary. Gen
eral Petain was then, as now, in
command and the direction of th
attack was the same, but the means
available for the attack then were
less in proportion to the material
obstacles to be overcome.
Developments today resembled
also those of the second battle of
Gouraud skillfully parried the great
German thrust by drawing his in
fantry back out of range of the artil
lery, leaving his own guns in posi
tion to inflict smarting losses on the
advancing infantry. It is learned
from prisoners that the (Germans -were
imitating General Gouraud in
retiring their infantry from the first
line. But that is as far 'as they
profited from Gouraud's ' lesson.
Their artillery went back witli the '
infantry. .. .
By Associated Press.
Taken in conjunction with the al
lied offensive, which has materially
bent back the German front n
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