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VOL. XXVII
AN INDEPENDENT FAMILY NEWSPAPER, DEVOTED TO LITERATURE, LOCAL ANDXENERAL INTELLIGENCE
NAZARETH, PA., THURSDAY MORNING, AUGUST 8, 1918
NO. 36a
U. S. BOYS CRUSH KAISEirSJUARDS
Choicest Tr'oops of German Army,
Ordered to Hold Seringas, Are
Annihilated by Americans.
OUH SAVED PT>OD 1 I'KI) TIIF .\M.IES.
A BOX FROM HOME
PRUSSIANS IN FULL RETREAT.
Got Behind Our Men—Two Companies
That Tried  This  Maneuver  An-
nihllated  by  American
Bayonets.
una llie Ainoricnn Army In Frnnce, —After n sliulit lull In the flKlitIng lie¬ tween Sergy nml Serlnges, with llie ninnrlnn reserve division and the Pru.'i.slan Ounnis In fronl of tliem, the Atiierlcans In tliolr nttaik wetit for- wnrd nt 0 o'clock In the nioniln*?. Soon machine guns cnnoenled nlnng the crest hefore Meiircy fnrm. nenr Serey, on the slopes of Uill 200 and in Flan- cliette wood opened fire. The nrtlllery joined In, nnd with Q hall of hullell niul shells In their fnces tlio Amerlcnns dnntiilessly r^e.^sed on for 500 yards.
Here they met ferocious ri>«Istnnce from tho Prussian CiuartL They rush¬ ed tho machine guns, hut the Prusslnns kept on firing. No quarter was given on either side. Around Meurcy farm only the hnyonet could silence the Prussian machine gunners.
From neighboring slopes and from the right bullets and shell.'! came thick, but the Amerlcnns held on grimly to their gains, which were on the slope of the hill.
rigging In under flre, thoy got their •econd breath. The Prussians, arounJ Serliiges In particular, attacked In greater force thnn ever. They swarm- e<l up all nlong the line. Men wtnt down as the Americans, with iiinchlQe guns and ritles, poured lend upon tbe pressing lines.
Ag the enemy cnme nenr the Ameri¬ cans nsKoulted with the boyonot. A terrific hand to hand flght ensued. The Prussians were driven hack. Tliat was at 8 o'clock In the evening. A secoad attack followed almost irnniedlately. It wns of tlie snme clmrncter as the first nnd ns unprofitable. A third as¬ sault was delivered, uud the Amerl¬ cnns allowed tlie enemy to enter Se- ringes. In their ardor tho Prussians walked In unwarily.
The Amerlcnns retired on three sides of the vlUnge, and when tbe Bu.'irdsmen entered they surrounded the plnce. Tlie Priisslans fought des- [lerately to got out—so desperately thnt not one wns taken prisoner. The streets were fllled with the dead and 'lying. No hnnds went up. All fouglit like tigers. The ruibless gunrdsnien had met the Irrosistlble .voung men of America. AVhen night fell nfter the bloodiest dny the .\merlcnns have yet known the Yankees had maintained all of their positions.
Sergy, twice entered by fhe enemy, "¦'is ngaIn in American IinndM, and friim IIIU 18t, overlooking .Serliiges, to nm 212, douiliiatiiig Sergy, their line was Intact.
It wns n groat day In .\merlcan his¬ tory. Farther smith other American troops had taken the wood below Herges.
The handful nf (ierman prisoners wtio wero tnken wero men of flne physique, wlio stood rigidly at atten¬ tion when questioned. They said tliat itiey had been ordered to hold the line at any cost.
Germans in Flight. With the fall of darkness fiLdithiff continued between the allies and the OiTmans on tin? wc-item side of tho Solssons-Rhelms salient. Allied nh- StTvcrs reported that bodies of Ger¬ mans were fleeing precipitately north- wanl along the rond lending from Ijiunoy, which lies about midway be- twern Soissons and Fere-en-TardeiiolH.
Conservation nieasures applied hy the Amerlcnn peopU; enabled the I'rdt ed States to ship to the Allied peoples nnd to our own forces overseas 141,- 000,000 bnshelg of whent nnd 844,000.- 000 pounds of meat during the past year, vnlued Ir nil nt $1,400,000,00'J. This wns accompllsliod In the face of a serious food shnrtatre In this country, bespeaking the wholelienrtedness nnd patriotism with which the American pefiple have met the food crisis abroad.
Food Administrator Hoover, In a let¬ ter to I'resident Wilson, exi)latn8 how the situation wns met. The voluntary conservation prngrmn fostered by the Food Admlnl.^tral llin enabled fbe piling up nf thp nillllons of bushels of wheat during 1917-18 anil fhe shipment of meat (luring 1017-18.
Tho totni viilue of all food ship¬ ments to Allied (Ifslinntlons amounted to S1,40n.0iX).iK)0, nil this food being hoiigiit througli or In collaboration wilh the Food Adniinisfrntlon. Those flgtncs are nil lioKod on offlcial reports and rer resent food exports for the harvest yenr that closed .June .^0, 1018.
The shipments (jf ments nnd fats (Including ment pioduct.s, dairy prod¬ ucts, vegetable oils, etc.,) to Allied des¬ tinations were sis follows: Fiscal ^'cnr 1010 17... .2,l(50,.''i00,000 lb«. Fiscal yenr 1017-18... ..?,011,100,000 lbs.
PITH
M^»*»»»»*«*»
OF   THE
WAR  news:
On the Soissona-Rheim* front tM.> G«r- wans are still racing to put the Alsne between themselves an(J their pur- •uers, and the ch.inces now are that they will not succeed entirely.
The second battle of tho Marne !• as decisive a victory for the French as W'ls the first. A great German re¬ tirement under the successive blows tif the French, Americans and Brit¬ ish seems to be beginnlna beyond the ^esle. Airplanes report that G«r- "I'ln columns norlh of the Vesle are moving toward the Aisne.
'he Germane are protecting their re¬ treat with a screen of guns.
The Americans alone have taken more th.in 8,000 prisoners.
0" the Somme front the Germane have f'Jiie another rctieat on the line be¬ tween Montdldler and Moreuil, about t«n miles, and the alliee are preaa- Ify closely behind them.
fhe allies have obliterated the laat femnant of the Marne salient, sweep- ^3 forward on a 30 mile front to the '"'^ -e and  the Vesle and  regalnlna
^0 viiiaQee.
wr.fln troops, according to a cap¬ tured Pruaslan sergeant, wish Amer^ »*ns  to  ruah  forcea  overaeaa  and
, ""d the war.
Incronse       841,GOO,(X)0 lbs. j
Our slnugliternlilo nnlmnls at the be- i ginning of the last fls<-al year were not appreclnbly  larger tlian  flie year be- \ fore  and   pnrtlculnily   In   bogs;   they were  probably less.    The Increase  in shipments Is dne to conservation and [ the extra weight of ftiilmuls added by our farmers.
The full effoct of these efforts began I to bear their itest  result* In  the last i Iinlf of tho  flscnl  year, ti-hen  the ex¬ ports to  the  Allies wero 2,1,H3,100,000' pounds, ns ngalnst l,2t1d,r>0O,(XK) pounds In tho same period of tJie year before. Tills   compares   with   nn   average   of ' SOl.OfKi.Oi^O pounds of total exports for the same half years In tbe three-year | pre-war period.
In cereals and cereal products re¬ duced to terms of cereal bushels crar shipments to Allied destinations have been; i
Fiscal year 1010-17..25f>,fM)0,000bushela \ Fiscal yenr 1OT7-13..340,800,(X)0 bushels
KED CllOSS HOVIE SERVICE
I)i;PA.RTMEN'T.
The Home Service Department ot the .Vazareth Braneli of the American Red Cross wishes to advise the tami-
' lies of soldiers and sailors that they
lare ever- ready to help them in the many probluma and (juestions con¬ fronting them during the time when tjie boys are away.
iVnyone who desires any Informa¬ tion about their allotment, allowan¬ ce, war risk insiiraace, how to send mail, how to write to friends in for¬ eign countries Including, frineds In the enemies district, soldiers taken prisoners, etc or who is worried a- bout the prtjsent family condition, due to debt, insurance, children sicknefjs, business and legal matters, Is asked to allow the members of the Home Service Committee help them. The members will be at the Local ofllce every Tuesday and Thursday aftcjrnoon,   between  thehours  of two
,and four, and for the convenience of those who worl<, word left at the oflice will insure having a member there some evening convenient to the party  wishing advise.
, Thosep'-oilo who do not bave men in serv ked to aid ns by tell¬
ing fa:. ut tlie Home Service,
the woik liiey are doing and that the work is confidential and help free.
M;\V TK.UIIKKS I <»lt
.^.^zAKl;TH hchools.
L>r&wa by daur WlUlams, Division of Pictorial Publioltjr.
Food aavings of millions of Americans during our first year of war enabled this govern¬ ment to send enormous food shipments abroad for our fighting forces and the AUiedi nations. Our savings in cereals——out of a short crop—amounted to 154,900,000 bushels; all of vrhich waa •hipped to Europe. We increased our meat and fat shipments 844,600,000 pounds. This w^a* America's "box from home" to our army abroad and the civilians and military forces of the Allied nations.
SEIZES   $500,000,000
Property     Custodian     Palmer! Levies on 23,405 Trusts.     '
I,.VIJGK .VLMBER OP
.^PI'I.IC.VNTS FOB TIIHEIE-YK.Art \\ .\R COURSES.
Incrense   8a,(>00.000 bushels
Of these cerenls our shlpm(»nts of tho prime brendstuffs In fhe flscal year 1017-18 to Allied rieftlnntions were: Whent l.Sl.OOO.Of.tO busliels and of rye l.'J.iiOO.noO bushels, n total of lH.OOOr 000 bushels.
The   exports   to   AlDod   destinations dnrlng   the   fiscal   yenr  lOVllT   were: AVlieat    13,"i,U)(l.000   htisliels   and    rye I 2,ri( 10.000 bushels, a total of l,S7,-t0O.0OO bushels.     In   addition  some  10,000,000 , bushels of 1017 wlieftt are now in port j for   .\llled   destinations   or   en   route . thereto.   The total slilpnients to Allied countries   from   our   last   harvest   of whent will be therefore, about 141,0'X>,- 000 liisbcls, or a  total of 151,000,000 bushels of  prime  brendstnfl%.    In  ad¬ dition to  this we havo shiiiped  somr ' 10,000,(X)0 bushels fo neutrals depeml- ' ent  upon   us,   nnd   wo  have  received j some Imports from otber rinarters. i
"This nccoiiipllsiiiiienf of onr pcoi>!e j In this matter sinnds out even more I clearly If we benr In mind that we had ¦ available In the flsciil year 1010-17 from net carry-over nnd as surplus over onr nonnnl consumption about 200.1X10,001 bushels of whent which we were nblo to export that yenr without trenching on oni home iosf," Mr. Hoover said. "ITils last year, however, owing to tho inrgo fniiure of the 1017 wheat crop, wo had available from not cnrry-over nnd production nnd Imports only Just about our normal consumpi- tlon. Therefoi'H onr wheat shipments to Allied destlnailops represent ap- proxiniHtely savings fioi.i our own whent bread.
"These flgures, ^o¦WPve^, do not fuhy convey the voliinie of tbe effort and sncriflce mnde during the pnst yenr by tlie whole Anierican people. De¬ spite the mngnlflcent j'ffort of our agrl- cnlfuml populaflon In planting a much increased aerenge In 1017, not only was there a very Inrge failure in wheat, but also the corn failed fo mature prop¬ erly, nnd our corn Is our dominant crop.
"1 am sure," Jli'. Hoover wrote in concluding his report, "that all fhe millions of onr people, ngrlctiltural as well ns urban, who hnvo contributed to these results should feel a very definite satlsfftcfion that In a yenr of universnl food shnrfnges In fhe north- ern hemisphere nil of those people Joined together against Oermany have come through into sight of the coming hnrvest not only with wealth and Btrenglh fully malnfalneil, but with only temporary periods (if hardship.
"If Is dltlkult.to <Il»llngul.8h between ¦various sections of our people- -the homes, public enlliig pini'es, food trades, urban or aKrlcultnral popula¬ tions—In nssessluB crc(li! for these re¬ sults, but no one will deny the doiiU'- nanl part of the .Amerlcnn women."
Allen  Property Custodian  Largest In¬ dividual   Buyer  of   Lltjerty Loan Secucltlee.
New York.—A. Mitchell Palmer, fhe alien property custodian, announced In New York thnt the totnl amount of en- eu7y owned money nnd property taken over by lilm had inissed tlie $500,000,- 000 mark. The total number of trusts reported to the alien property custo¬ dian Is 2n,40i3, of which l.S.TO.'i trusts hnve been opene<l. The total of the latter Is $441,.S0r.,79.-..
The largo amount of enemy money and property now In Mr. Palmer's hnnds awaiting formal opening as trusts win bring tbe amount of enemy money nnd proi)erfy he has taken over to considerably above the half billion dollar mark.
The formal statement of tlie tnists already opened discloses the fact that the alien property custodian Is the largest Individual buyer of IJberty Bonn's in this country. Every dollnr of enemy money taken over by him Is sent to the treasury to be Invested in Liberty Bonds.
Up to July ?,\ the snm of $42,070,027 had been Investivl In Liberty IJonds. There is on de[ioslf In the treasur.v, awaiting the next l.iberty Bond issue, $2,807,005.
It is estimated at the ofllce of the alien property ciiatodlnn, 110 West Forty-second stri'<'t, that more than 50 per cent, of the property taken over had belonged to (^»rporattons owned or directed by alien enemies. It was fhe policy of the government, nn ofTlclal la the ofllce explained, to break np alien enemy control of corporal Ion.s.
This property, iiiion Its conversion, passed out of the bands of Its former owners pemianeniiy. It was explained.
i      Dr. H. S. Drinker, I'resident of Le- ; high    University, in a recent    Slate- ! ment reported that there has been a very large number of applicants for admission  to the  University's three-' year war courses entitling graduates I to   degrees  in  engineering   and  arts i j and   science.     He   pointed   out  that, 1 wliio these new course cover the full schedules     formerly     given  in   four years,    sufflcient    vacation    time is nevertheless afforded.
Tho Lehigh University three-year course in Ship Construction and .Ma¬ rino Transportation, to be started in September, will be under the direc¬ tion of Prof. F. P. .McKibben, head of the Department of Civil Engineering. The new course will be a combination of engineering and economics to pre¬ pare students (or ship construction during fhe war and, in addition, for¬ eign commerce after tli.e w^ar.
Lehigh now has a full quota of .stu¬ dent reiireseutatives at the Govern¬ ment Camp at Plattsburg, N. Y.whi.MC thoy are receiving training that will equip them fo assist Army officers at the University next year in the War Uepartmeni instruction iu military drill and science.
HARVESTERJO. QUITS
Decree of District Court Accepted aa Final by Both Sides.
.vt    a  meeting     of  the    Xaz :-¦- uool Board, Professor Uobert > ler    tendered   his     rosignati<jiU member  of  the  faculiv  of  *ho
place.     i'rofeboor    ;-¦
tion came as a s-nri'
retli people.     V.
areth, he was :
land   public   schools.     Hu  grj.i;ua:.ed
from the    Keystone    State    Xormal
School, Kutztown.
i     Mr. .Stocker has been employed in
\ the Lehigh Valley railroad ofRce, at Bethlehem. Profesabr Ziegler has accepted a foromanship in the Xaza-
; reth waist mill.
Miss Lizzie  Dietrich  has  resigned
; as a teacher la tha eighth grade schools, and MissMyra Druckenmiller has been advanced to hor place. A number of bills were ordered paid. .Action on a proposal to close the Xaz¬ areth  schools  during Xazareth   Fair
\ week was deferred until the Septem¬ ber meeting.
Basis cA  Settlement Sustains  Govern¬ ment's Contention In Last Big Tr'jst Ca&e.
N.\Z.\UETH B(A'
KILLED I.N .VCTIOV.
WOMEN'S CO.MMTTEE
COUXCL OF DEFENSE.
PULL   CASUALTY   LIST   SOON,
Qenoral   Pershing   to   Cable  All   Data as Soon   as Completed.
Waehlngton. — IXact Informntloa about the lo.sHi'S suffered by fhe Atner- icans In this offensive will be given fhe American peopU- ulthln a short time.
Oeneral I'ershing Ls beginning to ob¬ tain complete data uf casualties, which he wlil cable as soon as possibb'. ThU announcemeut was made by Secretary Baker.
Arrnngements ha\e been completed by the post olllce d»>partinent, which now controls the telegraph nnd tele- phono systems, and by tbo Comtnlifee on Public Inforinatliin for the prompt trnnsportntlon of lho reports to par¬ ents nnd relatives of men killed and Injured In battle. The natlou must brace Itself for hi-avy losses.
Mrs. J. W. Tupper, Mrs. T. S. Fill¬ more and Mrs. B. W. Kunkel, of tho Women's Committee Council ol Xat¬ ional Defense, of Baston, were iu Xu¬ zareth yesterday to explain the work to Xazareth Women, after which an organization was effected here with chairman Mrs. I'. S. Trumbower ot the Borough, Mrs. James S. Fry, chairman of Food Conservation Com¬ mittee, Jlrs. Arthur Schmidt, chair¬ man of Registration committee,, Mrs. T. Honeyman, chairman of child Wel¬ fare committee and Miss Alico Schmidt, chairman of Educational Committee.
It is urgent that young women from 19 to 35 enlist as student nur¬ ses Thero is a dearth of nurses, and surely the young .Vmerican wo¬ men are as ready to make sacrifices, and as willing to serve as wero fath¬ er, husband, brother or lover wheu the call came for voluatoers.
The goverumant provides for a two yoar course, and it is imperative that those who can, enlist at once.
Any one interested and desiring in¬ formation can got it by calling on .Mra P.  S. Trumbower,  3 7 South Main St.
b<)Ili:r m.akfks w.wtki)
by u.vitko st.\tks navy.
HINDENBURG    ADMITS    FAILURB.
Knlistments of nollerinakers for thn Regular Navy, (duration of fhe war) aro specially needed. Tho pre¬ sent war pay is $77.50 per month. In addition to your salary you aro Iiriviieged to make siiccini monthly allotments to ynur dependents which, is paid by tho Govi'rntnent. and also substrib^ for insurance which the .Vavy t/ffors nt a \ery low rate. .\ge limits 2h to 35 years. Lleuteiij ' ant Commander Manslleld, Uocrult- ing Inspector, Kiistorii Division, 21.'5- ¦I'll West 4L'nd St., New York, N. Y. .\pply at any llecrulting Station
But Asserts Germans Are Still Mastera of Situation.
Oop^-nhngen.— l^eld Marshal von Hindenburg and fJeneral lyUdendorff roeelved the (li-nnan correspoudonta, nci-orillng to ad v l''es» reaching here, nnd ofienly Bdinlited thnt this tima their strategic plans Imd failed.
They nsserfed. however, that tha Oernums were silll innsfers of the situ¬ ation anil that ibe terruuiles given to the enemy wero th'is dlsfiosed of a*- c«irdlng to plans
SKiNEILS OF \VHE.VTIJ-:SH
PLKIMiK  KKLIFVKD
TKMI'Oll.VUILY.
While there has been no change in Ilie ruling of the Food Administra¬ tion that purchasers of wheat uour must purchase an eciual amount of substitutes. It Is announced that un til tho next harvest restaurants, ho¬ tels, eating houses, dininc cars and clubs that havo signed fhe wheatless plwlge will be released from th.'ir pledge. Householders who have beein on a wheatless basis are also advised that hey may eat Victory bread without v!(dat:ng the spirit of their patriotic pri>miso to the Gov¬ ernment In order to ho of tho grea¬ test possible help diirin.g the winter. spring and Sum nur, many persnns have been alist.iinMig alt.it;' tbcr from tho uso of whftiU. Tlif^ saving thus affected has been highlv cT'a'lfyin.g to   the  Governnient   ai: an I
whilo tho rules as los will
probably prevail for a ;.,ii4 i.iiio to come, the wheat sltnation i« now moro fuvoraldo
Washington.—Tlu' IIar\ ester trust Is to he dissolved. .\ decree will be eiitere<l 10 the supreme court nt the October tenn making flnal the decree of the district court adjudging the Harvester company a combination In restraint of trade an! ordering its dis- s<jluflcin.
Tills action will fillow withdrawal by Uie Intematloin',1 Harvester Com¬ pany of Its apiH'al iidiii the district court decision.
The decision will bo the most far reaching to American business slrKw tho decree ordering dissolution of the Standard Oil Company. F. Carroll Todd, a.ssl6tatit attorney general ta charge of anti-trust eases, In comment¬ ing on the action to be taken aald In effect It sustained the contention of the govemment on which the decroa of the If I wer c<iurt wns Insetl.
department of Justice ofllcials be¬ lieve that the dissolution of the trust will bare an effect on tho steel trust, a suit aealnst which Is before tlie sn- preme cotirt on appeal by the govern¬ ment, as well as upi'i! other important trust actions, even though the willing¬ ness of the ITar\"ester company to withdraw I'lO doulif in a measure haa been prompted by the fact that Henry Ford la making harvester machinery nnd the International Harvester Cora¬ pany Is turning more and more to trucks and tractors.
The court order will provide aa fol¬ lows :
"The Harvester company to dlsposa of the harvesting machinery branda known under the trude names of Os¬ borne, Milwaukee nnd Champion, tlie trade names themselves nnd all pat¬ terns, drawings, bine prints, dies, Jigs nnd other macliln>-3 and equipment used in the mnnufa.ture of thoso lines to a reaponsiblo and Independent man- ufacturiT or manufacturers.
"The Harvester company nlso to dla¬ poae of the plants and works at SprlQ0> field, O., and .\uhuni, N. V., wher«i tlis Champion and Osborne Unea of har¬ vesting machines nre manufnetnred.
"If not otherwise dlsiios*-! "f within ODe year after the cloae of the exist¬ ing war the before mentlonefj lines of harvesting n.acblnes to be sold at pub¬ lic auction to fhe highest bidder.
"Tho Har\'ester conipany to bo pro hlblted after December 7i\, 1019, from having more than oue reiiresentative or agent In any city or town In the United States for the snle uf har\-e8t- Ing machines or other ugrlcultiirul Im piemen ts."
The War was liroiight home to Naz¬ areth an dits vicinity with startling vividness lato last week when Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kaiser, residing on tho jXazarefh-Tatamy road, near Xazareth received a telegram from the war de¬ partment, stating that their son, Cor¬ poral Clayton B Kaiser ,in an artil¬ lery company, had been killed in ac¬ tion July 19.
I     The young man was 21 years of age
Ho enlisted in the army on June 19
1917.    and received    h's training in
Texas    Before enlisting, he had been
employed in a machine shop of the In-
¦jersoll-Rand plant, Phillipsburg.    His
, I teat  letters   reflected  an   optimistic
lout look as to ho early ending of the
war, and he stated tliat he liked army
life
Kaiser, who was the first man in -Nazareth and vicinity to give up his Ufo for the great cause of Democracy, was born at .Stockertown Besides his parents he is surt'ived b ya broth¬ er, Edward, and three sisters. Esther, ;:atharine and .Anna, all at home. He was a member of St John's Lutheran Church, Tatamy. The young sold¬ ier waa a member of Baterv C. Sixth Field Artllierv.
IMI'UIS«>\K|>   JOI!   I>II'i:i!S(»- \.VTi.\« I KUKlt.VL
()I'FICEU.S.
The i :i! .11 .States 1-^oud .Vdminis- j tration announces the conviction [and imprisonment of Charles K. ¦ .Meyers and James A. .\lvin for false- ^ ly representing theimselves to be a- ' gents of the United States Fod Ad¬ ministration.
Meyers and .\lwin were indicted in May. They had made several vi..;- its to Donora, Fa., and obtain.-d mo¬ ney while representing themselves to be Government Inspectors. Tlo'v were finally arreated iu (Ohio. They were tried by the United States Court I for the Western District of Pennsyl¬ vania and Imprisoned in the Ailegh t-ny County jail.
The Food .A.dniin Istration announ ' es that every person authorize*! t. act as an inspector, or to do anv other Government work, will be fur¬ nished with credentials, so tha- there may be no doubt of his authoi- ity. The public is warned again-' dealing with auy person claiming to ' ¦ Government .-Vgents buf having ..o proof of tfceir authority.
IIKK UKS3 PvOVS
IIMIIFU MII.I.
.^T L.\KI-:
U,  8.   DRAFT  18 TO  45.
.\. lumber     mil! .". •  ss-iylor"?     I..-i\-^
Ll.S   i.i Wil hin
Class of 31 to 49 Expected to Yield 2,(X)0,000. Waahlngton.- An urrny of 7,000.00«> flghfing men will tie one result of the Hitciislon of the draft ages Ix-twei'n 18 and -lo, In the opinion of war d.^ partment offlclals. This Is the mlnl- niuiii figure, and It means that every iiisu of the 7.()()0,y(tO will be of thi- tyiH< and pbystTTe nf tli,,»,. ii,)w on fh.- bstfle front In iiruv. .\Iillfnry tn.n Ix'lleN.'  iIh- is to i;0 wlli  yield
2.0iHI.(KI0 y.
waa «;uciro4\
Watch lho "Itprn" advortlseraanti WIU cau surly Qnd sumetbtng to suit >'j«..
in-'i..\Yi;i>.
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.wn TO .A imoKK.v piikss  it ii.vs iu:f\ impos.siiu.f to (;i:r tmk 'itf.M" oit .\t thf isf \l ti.mi:
.VN  KM'KUT has 1JKK.\ C.\IJ.K1i   FIIOM  PIIII..\l>Kia'HL\  TO  I'LT TIIK I'HKS.S I.N OKDEK.
'¦ '¦ ' '¦ -ours beiorw ;..
were V.
The liiRs w ii .uiiount to sov thiusand dollars, and is partly c ered by nsurance
SOISSONS TAKEN BY THE ALLIE
V
Franco-Americans  Push  Across
River Crise in Wake of Teutons,
Who Fire Villages and Stores.
FOE RETREATS PRECIPITATELY
Germans Leave Wake of Ruin In Fllghl Toward   Vallly,   Nine   Miles   From    '• Soissons—Crossing    of    River Would Cut Forces to South.
I'aris.—Soisson.s, the western pivot of tlie Crown Prince's Alsne front, waa captured by the tillle.s. With the fall ef this big ba.se the entire Gennan right between tlie Alsne and the Ourcfl collapses.
Vllle-on-Tari. "t of the flep-
man east Hank st of Khelina,
alsi) has bei-n tnken. (jHpture of both cities wns announced by the wnr ofllcs In XXr, nlfrht connminifpie. The Ge^ n.ans now must fall back to Vallly, nine miles northeast of Soissons. The "trent   of   all   '¦•       "i   forces   below
.'.' Aisne, how. be cut off 11
,  <,:;;..u  ).r,,„i nortli of that
.,,,..,   L. .    . (Stern   gate  ol
.  and,   with  Uiat  gone,  the
u.re   retreating   precipitately
the   Ve.-iJe,   losing  heavily   Id
i-s as they flee.    The allies are
(< them closely on all sides, and
iL ,.^   i. lleved In London that the allied
victory over  the  Germans  marks  tho
turning point of the war.    The Alsne
Is verj- likely tho ultimate destination
of tlie present German retreat.
The Germans still remaining in the anl lent must withdraw hy way of tha Rhelms end of tJte salient., which lucka meatLS of communication.
Moreover, five capture of Solssona ends all chances of the Germans mak¬ ing a stand on tlie Tesle. The entire line of the Crown Prince resting oq the Alsne Is Imrieriled by the vlctorl- on.s advano\
The Crown Prince's right has caved In. It is swln^-dug back limply, aim¬ lessly. Uke an arm out of Joint at the shoulder. His left Is collapsing. Vllle- en-Tardenols wns its soutiiern fore¬ arm ; its ni>i«.>r liintre, wt-st of lihfIms, hne boen smaslied ont of Joint. Full two inil(^ the Germans have t)een thrown back there. Thlliols and Ououx or© no loncer theirs. Down at the apex- the Crown Prince's front is on the mn. Tliere. and on the lower end of the Tenton right, .\merlcans In the fore, flve miles haye been gained In places. The "box" haa become a linRo ¦•w'"-shape<!, ruuninf: front. I>-ery- where the allies are attacking, pursu¬ ing.
The French ¦" •' •¦ -rlcnns In tho Fere sector tJi: .-d In almost
half a dozen di:;. . . , rectlons. Like spokes radinilim i'roni the hug of a wheel, tlieir colunms are threatenlnK the Oemian left in the rear, menailng Braisne and FLsines on the Vesle, and have taken  VIlb-cii-TnrdenoIs.
Rnperte villaure, a little to the north of Fere, la already in Frnnco-Amerl- can liands. From Si^rgy. Cierges and Serlngis. all sci., s of many days' flghtin^r, in whirh the Atnerleans cov¬ ered tbemaelves \sith undying glory, the Americans tind pollus debouched In a northeasterly direction, advancing between two and throe miles.
The whole Insi.le of the "box." which is aow being swifily flattened fo a typlcnl trench warl'.-ire front. Is ablaze. Streams of shells are pouring from all sides Upon tile German conimunica- tlona. The Gi'n^uis are adding to the grt-nf orxy of r.iune by setting atlrw all the material they cannot fake along nr.i I.i.'-v.il' "lany towns and vil¬ lages.
No Winter Coal  Famine. U'asbiiiKlon.—The    rallronds    under fe'lcriU  Control  have save<I  the  coun¬ try from tb<' tbn'ut '>f a coal famlneu j Last year tbe ro«ds broke down under ] pressure   of  -wTir   conditions,   but   th* I railroad administration this year has ker>t «4>(u1lly at woi-k on the Rltuatlr>a.
WORLD'S NEWS IN
CONDENSED FORM
Wi.»mN_rON.—The United SUte* snd Japan will ccvopcrat,e In aiding tlie C!'.c<'ho-Kl0Tak forces in Siberia.   fow thoiuuind troops will compose the military coiitlngint whii-li will be used to guard supplies and Uie rear of the C«H'ho-Sl<rvaks, wlio are moving west¬ ward.
WASHINGTON.—Senator Smith o* South Carolina fella the Presid«-nt the world Is on \'.-i- \. r<.. of u cotton fam¬ ine ; that Co n In the last tliree yeara \»-H8 ". O bales more ibaa proiliution. IU' also declcns chaifc.-K ahoiUd be made In the wu\ excliai.i,'«e (ju.d.' prlc,.8 of cotton.
NEW YORK.—Three and one-half per cent Liberty Loan boinls of (he flrst I.ssue made a new hi^^h for the year, when tliey touched par. It la the general belief of traders tbat the 8\4 p*r cent. Liberties will go wi.|| above par before they reach a level coinin ens urate w ifii fhe heavy demand and soiint siipi'ly.
WASHINGTON.—Joint action be¬ tween Japan, the j-ntciite poucrs and Amerleu U assure)!. Japan s r<'ply Us on  the way to  WashlnK'on
LONDON.—The House of Commone roted nnuiilinously to a'hpt fhe 93.fiOUC- Xa>,ouu credit aiiked by lionar l^w.