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CIRCULATION Avwage FcM- June 14,867 -J SUNDAY INDEPENDENT LEASED WIRE TELEGRAPH REPORT TO 3 A. M. SUNDAY f^^"*""^"*"' rr rrf f rif f rsrr riun I :: THE WEATHER Washington. July 27—Fair^ | I; Simday and Monday; little ; ' I change in temperature. ' >«»«»»< •** PRICE FIVE CENTS The only Sunday Newspaper Published in Luzerne County. WILKESBARRE, PA., SUNDAY, JULY 28, 1918 Kntered at WUkes-Barre. Pa.. aa Second CUss Mail Matter. PRICE FIVE CENTS YANKS GAIN 9 MILES ON THE HUNS MINERS DEMAND A BONUS War Wages Must Rise 25 Per Cent, to Meet Scale of Liv¬ ing Prices OPPOSE COAL BOOST The demand of the anthracite ooal iiiners tor a further increase In wages assumed a material form last night frhSB a call was lesued for a general ni4ss meeting of representatives of all losal unions in this city next Satur¬ day night for the purpose of urging upon ths district leaders of the miners' urgauzaiionc and the operators the ne«d of more money. The initiative has been taken by the miners because they claim thai the in- creasti in wages granted to them some mouths ago has failed to really benefit ih» rank and file of the miners. They also claim that their wage»> barely meet living expenses. The promises of the operators that the men shall parti- cipaie lu the prosperity brought about la ths coal industry b.v the war have not yet been rcallstd, it is claimed. Ae one miner e-xpresaed the situation last night, they feel that th«» victories now attending the cause of the Allies in France will bring the war to an end 'oefore the men have a chance to be benefited unlc£a something is soon done. .Announcement was made yesterday' that the Conciliation Board ^U\ meet toincr.-ow in Philadelphia to take the question of opening the wage ecale. This announcement did not slop Fulton Goes Cold In the 1st. Round More interesting than war news, despite Allied victorie.s on the French front, was the surprisins defeat last night of Fred Fulton, claimant for pugilialic champion¬ ship honors, if telephonic calls lo the Sunday Independent are a cri¬ terion. Jack Dempsey, Fulton's competitor.did about as the Yankees did when they met the Germans. He knocked Fulton into a cold and unconscious state in just thirteen seconds. The fight fans expected some¬ thing else. They would hardly be¬ lieve the reports of the wire asso¬ ciations. Full details of the fight and the subsequent challenge of Jesse Willard lo contest world su¬ premacy with Dempsey are to be found elsewhere in today's paper. CRUSADEI GERMANS ARE FALLING ON vice! to prevent a major SPREADS m BA CK ' DEFEA T Nanticoke and Plymouth Police Take Action on Protests Against Reign of Evil MANY ARE ARRESTED TAX RISES ARE HXED Extension of Draft Goes With Plan to Raise Almost Two Billions of Dollars HEAVY SCHEDULES ISHMENT Starting out on a crusade similar to the one launched in this city recently, the police of Nanticoke descended upon two places in that town last night, where they found gambling in many forms. The raids resulted in the arrest of more than a score of young men found frequenting the stores. The raids In .Vanticoke followed one mad.* on a saloon in Plymouth by the police of that town a few hours pre¬ vious, as related in another column of this paper. These developments indi¬ cate that the raid? in this city three weeks ago have resulted in the cru¬ sade spirit spreading to other towns throughout the county where gambling establishments, disorderly houses and other immoral dives are known to flourish. The two places raided in .Vanticoke last night are the barber shop and pool room of Frank Spheny, on North Main street, and the confectionery store and pool room of William Dukas. on Main street. Hcs.ded by Chief of Police .lohn Boyes. the officers flrst moved on j Spheny's place. It was about 11 o'clock Waahinston. July 27—Urgent neces-'"^^*" ^^•*^' ^a'"**! admittance there. Armies of Crown Prince Cannot Long Withstand the Thrusts of Opponents RAINS ARE A HANDICAP ally for new man power legislation to ],,„.,__ _,._ _„,,i u« , _• , •^ yojng men, mostly youthful mine work op I prevent wholesale invasion of deferred | ers. it is claimed draft classes, tonight threatened to | ing their mone punch boards, games of chance and classes, tonight threatened the loca! miners from proceeding wiih j «^«'>'>' flia> Passage of the revenue bill their plans for a meeting In this city i until after November elections, neal week. A (.ommittcc consisting of | Secretary Baker, la expected to lay Course Isaacs, Kvan Cann and Thomas i. ... , ,. ^,,. ^ Quinn was named by the members of *^' °"^'"" ^' ^*"' *"*" P""*'" ^'» '^- Ix*cal union .Vo. U07, of the South, Wilkes-Barre colliery of the Lehigh & Wilkes-Barre Coal Company lo make fore the house military affairs com- j mittee about the time congress recon- ; venes after the present recess a:'d the bill will be reported lo the house short¬ ly afterward. The revenue bill Is scheduled to come lout of the ways and means committee wrangements to hold th-. mealing ^f h^","'^^'^''f"%^\'»% the represeniailves o? all locals next 1.^"^""P"^"'""*' '**''*"¦ however, say Saturday night at 7:30 o'clock in Inion there Is no disposition to push tht. rev urransements. Ask Big Ineresta. The nvjvbsra uf this cummuiee an- counced last night that they have made i. hall, on East .Market street. At this meeting resolutions will be passed srging the district offlclala of the union to use all possible pressure upon ihe operstore In granting another increase- Twenty-flve per cent. In wages is what the new demands of the miners , WlU probably be. Fp to this time they [ P*s»*» the house. have not given any attention to spe- Discussion in the Senate will prob- ciflc demands. They have used ihelr *^'>' t*"*" another two weeks and after Ume in asking in a general way for "'*t the bill m.u8t go to conference and the action of the conferees ratlfled by enuo bill ahead of the military legisla¬ tion because of the fact that an In- \-asion of deferred classes would seri¬ ously disrupt the industrial fabric of the nation. If this plan is followed il will be laie In September before the revenue bill more money. .Vi next Saturday's msetlnc the demands will be put into cencrets form. The argument that nothing less than a twenty-flve per cenX- raise, help will Ilkely bo used. That the miners do not want their proposed Increase to result in an in¬ crease in the price of coal to the con- sunsr ikis expressed lost nighl by the committee of mine workers from the South Wilkes-Barre colliery. They pointed out Fuel Administrator Gar¬ field's statement made recently that notijios should be done by the opera¬ tors to make the burden any hea\-ler upon the ccnsiumer.j They contend that tbe operators have a sufficient narcln of proflt left to grant the In¬ crease without making the public stand tbr bi£her prlcee. Low Daily Average. In makine their demiaids the min¬ ers claim that the large majorily of their fellow workers were not bene- flted to any appreciable extent by the last Incrsasa. Tbey explained this al- Isgatloa by stating thai only a few miners now receive more money than they did a year ago. They placed the daily wage of the average miner at not more than 12, although the popular belief Is that It is much more. The treat mass of miners fall to re- cel\'e a*y beneflts under the latest in¬ crease because companies have changed working conditions In such a «-ay as to keep down earnings. Only other forms of gambling. From Spheny's place the police went to the I>iioas store, on Main street. Practically the same conditions were found there. As the officers entered the place some of the young men made a dash for liberty but their efforts to escape weie h&lled by the police. City's Safety Valve. Both prporieiors were ordered to ap¬ pear oil Monday before the burgess when the; will be charged with con- dueling gumbliiig establishments. Tho score of young men pulled in the raid will be arraigned as frequenters, but it is believed they will only be compelled to give testimony. The raids proved the as.sertions of the Nanticoke correspondent of thr Sunday Independent who for weeks has been striving to clear the town of all places of immoral nature and ill re¬ pute. Repeatedly the correspondent has called the attention of the au¬ thorities lo the wholesale gamblin<? that ha.s been permitted lo go on. H". London. July 27.—One of the decisive i battles of history Is approaching Its I climax. The titanic struggle north of the .Marne. which may change the whole course of the war. militarily anri .poli¬ tically, has attained a stage where a break must soon come, in the opinion j of military men tonight. | Human endurance cannot long with- 1 stand the stra.ln to which the crown I prince's armies are being subjected— i the ceaseless battering of a record con- j ceniraUon of allied artillery, supple- | menied by the continuous pressure of the encircling wall of French. Amerl- I oan. British and Italian troops. While the infanlry clashes at pres ent appear to be on limited portions o the front, li is this constant Ihrustin here and there that will seek out tht weak links In the boche's .T.rmor. The thing lhal will precipitate the expeclCii Deep Cut Into Lines of Germans Made By Americans and French Kinking north of the .Marne. American And French troops today ad¬ vanced on a front of 25 miles, driving the Germans backward from the river at all points and attaining a maximum penetration of more ihan nine miles Battlefront dispatches declared the enemy appeared lo be in full re¬ treat on the entire southerii front of the SolSsons-Rhel-Tis salient. The Frtnch war office reported Franco-American forces within two miles to the eastward they are within three miles and encircling the al- mosr equally important coni enlraiion point of Vllie-En-Tardencis. Thi.'i is the greatest advance attained by the allies since the opening days of their counter offens^ive ond follows a long period of limited pro¬ gress and desperate resistance. Il was made under almost Impossible weather conditions, resulting from the heavy rains. The great forests of Fere and Ris, south and southea.st of Fere-E^- Tardenols. which have been obstacles to the Franco-American advance, have reen passed. Chatillon Sur-Marne, the chief point on the north bank ot the Marne remaining In the hands of the Germans up to today, ap- p.-ircntly has b*cn recaptureri as the allies were reported more than two miles .acrth of that city. This may be the beglnnmg of the long-expected German retirement to the Vesle river line, from 15 to 23 miles north of the Marne. \ta suc¬ cess depends on the ability of the German commanders to overcome the oollosa! difficulties of transportation, resulting from the rains, the allied bombardment and the congested conditions within the pocket. The allied line now apparently runs from Soissons southward to CourmcUes. southeastward to Buxancy, southward to .-t point east of Oulchy-Le-Chaieau. sharply southeastward to Patsy-Grigny through Bruyere*. \'illcneuve-Sur-Fere and Courmont. eastward to Laneville- Ijarrls through Cuisles, sharply northeastward to a point north of Ste Euphrabe through Chaumuzy_ northeastward around Rheims in a semi¬ circle to Eperunay. thence eastward in practically a straight line to Maln- De-Mass;ges. The allies thus have recovered nearly half of the territory lost in the boches drive to the Marne. T FAH BEHIND iRNE French and Americans Are Within Striking Distance of Strong German Positions FIGHT NIGHT AND DAY IJlTRAPOfHiiEiURG OISCERNEDBYFOCH d, who were squander- I , , V \ . ., .\i -.^K^-^^.i , ,. .,., .1^, ~1 Wi crisis may be ihe fall of P'ere-en-Tar- ; y on slot machines, j..„„i. . „ „ i, n j denois. ^now believed Imminent. Franco-American troops are almost upon it. while their artillery has ren- i dered it practically untenable. Its) capture will mean the lo6.« of thei enemy's strongest defensive point j thTvel'c:nSi;arksmTwluid.Will Not Sachflce Security to!Unofficial Reports Claim Encir meaji a retirement of ten miles and ul- ' 8KESTHE LINES I Paris, July 27.—The Germaji armies have fallen back on the whole front : north ot the Marne. and their main 'forces are three miles above the river iat the nearest point, the French war i office announced tonight "Nortli of »he Marne, on the whole front, the Germans have fallen back." the communiriue said- "We reached the line of Bruyerea, j Vil!eneuve-Sur-Fere. Gourmont. Paes>-- iGringny. Cuisles. LA.Veu^nile-A-.ix-La- ; Riss and Chaimury. The right bank of the .Marne has been practically cleared. j "Northeast of Chateau-Thierry, we (advanced over 15 kilometers mine and ! a quarter mlles.> I "South of Mont Sansnom (in the [ Champagne i w<» took more than 300 prisoners." Isolated machine gun nests appar¬ ently remain to be cleaned out in the evacuated territory. Northeast of Chateau-Thierry, ths Allies advanced more than nine mil<;s cn the heels of the Germans. French and American troop? are now within two miles of Fere-En-Tarde- nois. I both houses. has also charged that bawdy houses Tn \Iew of the precedence of the i ^'^^¦*' *•*«" running with brazen bold- milliary legislation, the ways and ! "«'°s ter elimination of the Soissons-Rhelms! salient. I The lip of thp salient, still resting j upon the north bank of the Marne west i of Chatillon, Is being rapidly blunted. ! French. Briiish and Italians are nar- j rowing the pocket by local blows In the I Champagne. As the walls of the sal- i lent are shoved Inward, freedom of movement—so vital to the Germans— becomes more impeded. Meantime the British in the north are set for the blow which may be launched by Rupperecht in a desperate effort to situation Total Offensive Until serve Force is Ready CAUTIOUS TACTICS Re- Paris, July. 27.—Bombardment of German positions in the Soisson- Rheims sailieni. which already has at¬ tained a violence surpassing anything In the war, is steadily increasing as more allied artillery is brought for¬ ward, retrieve the threatening. the Germans on so vast a scale has not | Hundreds of thousands of shells of confronting the German I yel come. General Foch cannot beia" calibers are being hurled into al! New York, July 27—General Foch has shown l>y this week's cautious at¬ tacks of thJ Allien along tho Alsne- Marne salient that he does not Intend to allow the flghtlng to grow Into a major offensive. The time for taking the measure of Cling of Germans at Their Base of Strategy FIERCE BOMBARDMENT Villeneuve-Sur-Fere Is 11 miles north of Chateau-Thierry and two ' miles southeast of Fere-Eu-Tardenoij. Passy-Grlgny i.** flve miles east and South of Courmont and thre miles north of the Mame. Cuisles is four miles east of Passy« Grigny and two miles north of Clu» tillon-Sur-Mame. Ia N«u\ille-Aux« Lariss is ihiee miles east and north of Cuisles. Chsumuzr is two miles and a half north and slightly east of Laneu- vile-Aux-L«ris8. is making raid' led into anj trap of this I means committee today showed an in- I clinatlon to take its time in framing I the revenue measure. Four points of the new revenue bill have been tentatively decided upon by the house committee. Mere Tax Rises. The normal individual Income tax It has been generally known that in¬ dividuals known as "runners" have ap¬ peared ill Wilkes-Barre .since the lid has been put down here, soliciting bus¬ iness for the bawdy houses in Nanti- cpke. From time to time people of that town have denied the existence of such rate of four per cent. In the present' *^*'''*^'' *"'*¦ •developments of last night indicate that the aulhoritie.s of Nan tlcoke ha\e finally decided on ,^ course of action. cent, proflts will be taxed 30 per cent between 20 and 25 per cent- proflts will be taxed 30 per cent., between 20 and 2.S per cent, the tax will be flfty per cent and above 25 per cent, on SO per cent rate will be in force. After deduction of excess proflts, corporate income will be subjected to a tax cf IS per cent unless It is dis¬ tributed to stockholders, when the rate will be lowered to 12 per cent. It appeared almost certain tonight favored workings In tho mines arc the' ^'^¦* ^^*> committee will have to raise bill has been raised to ten per cent. Surtaxes on incomes have not been decided upon- Inheritance taxes decided upon range from three per cent, on a $50,000 estate 10 40 per cent, on an )S.000,000 estate, a boost of approximately 50 per cent, over present rates. Excessive taxes under present plans I "—- will be given a speclflc exemption of ^'"' "^* second time within six hours, $2,000 and an additional exemption of; •.^J'__5''5^'^t*.,^*'t_^°?-I'^'^.'l ^^' ™" 10 per cent. Between 10 and 20 per " ~ ' '* ' - '^^ PLYMOUTH POLICE RAID SALOON A SECOND TIME in crown prince. Hal after raid into the German lines toi which Hindenburg Is capable of sot- gran boche prisoners, who In the past j ting. The ccntroUing factor in Gen- have been a valuable source of in- eral Foch's strategy is th? strength formation. British aviators are con-1 of the AUic.-: headquarters until tho stantly spying out rfhe enemy rear t war end?. Since there are lot vet areas to spot any unusual troop con-[enough American troops overseas for centratlona. .^ major offensive. General P'och has The arrival of .^.merican troops ' Italy, announced today, comes at lime when things are warming up on j celerating tie Allied advance with lo- ihat front The Austrians have been ; daV« retreat of the Germans, particularly 'buay on the mountain 1 These cai tious. however, do not front, where Italian and British troops ; mean the (Jerman position within the recently repulsed a whole series "f I salient is ae.-urc. local attacks. j Ailhough lieneral Foch is conserving Pushing Enemy Back, his man poWcr. he is persistently ham- With the American Armies In France mering at the German line along one July 27. ¦(R:40 P. .M.t—Withdrawal of been pressing agaln.'it the Aisne-Marne a; salient very slowly, but apparently ac places where miners now make more money than they did under tho old oondltlons. according to the committee Ust night, and these favored workings are not sufficient In number to benefit the majoritj' of the underground work- era. Seward Button, chief of the Bureau of Mines Inthls stale, urged yesterday that a greater output could be secured from the mines and that the men wpuld work more regularly if the saloons near the mines were all closed. The miners, however, answered that they are fulfilling their part of the add¬ ed war time obligations by workins ever>- day regardless of the existence of saloons. They aaid that In view of the efforts of the men In the past snd par¬ ticularly since the war staried. the op¬ erators should recognize the situation bv granting another increase the 30 to 80 per cent proflt tax, prac¬ tically double the present Income sur¬ taxes and levy a flat retroactive profi¬ teer tax to raise the amount asked by the treasury. There Is strong sentlmVnt in the committee to levy particularly heavy rates on unearned Income. The largest sum the committee has In sight under present tentative rates Is a billion and a half under the treas¬ ury department request. LABOR OPPOSES TORCE .\tlantlc City. N. J., July 27.—The executive committee of the .\merican ' Adam Kowalski, on Main street, Ply¬ mouth, WAS raided •oy the Plymouth police under Ihe direction of Burgess George Gwllliam at 12:20 o'clock this morning. The first time the police ¦visited tht! place was at 7.30 o'clock last night, when thev arrested two girls. In the raid early this morning, the police caught four girls and six men In tho place. They were at tables, but there was no direct evidence that any liquor had been sold after midnight. Burgess Gwllliam discharged all of the prisoners with the exception of Sadie Bollnsk}-, aged 22, of Plymouth, who is being held in the Plymouth lock-up pending an investigation. U-BOAT IN TROUBLE An Atlantic Port, July 27.—Unsub¬ stantiated reports reached here early tonight that a submarine, apparently damaged, was sighted off the south¬ ern New England coast. Efforts to confirm this report were unsuccessful. German forcea fn-m various parts of the front especially on the southern end of the Soissons-Rhelms salient, was more noticeable late today, despite the difficulties resulting from the heavy rains of the past two days. The downpour has turned military roads into a quagmire. Added to this l.s the terrific allied bimbardment^ which continues night and da\'. The heavy going has slowed up the Franco-American advance, but they the pushing forward on wide sectors, despite the Incessant machine gun flre, which covers the boche retirement. The Americans and French are now approaching the plateau which over¬ looks the important enemy base of Fere En Tardcnois. Bitter fighting is under way in the ravines and woods in the region of Fere Forest, lo the south of Fere Eu Tardenois, and Ris Forest, to the southeast. American and French troops are en¬ larging their hold on the north bank of the Marne by squeezing thti southern tip of the salient between Verneuil and Chatlllon-Sur-Marne. The footing still retained by the Ger¬ mans on that narrow- front is becom¬ ing more and more precarious, and al or two important sectors, threatening to throw the Germans off their balance. A break mav come along the sides of the salient, hut llTls is unlikely. It Is more probaNle that rhe slow shoving against the sides of the salient will so narrow 11 Ihnt no room will be left for the German troops to maneuvre. This process is mere likely to result in an immense capture of German pri- .soners than if the Allies were to force open the saiient and pour their troops through the-breach. But, the Germans have so strongly reinforced their posi¬ tions this week that so preaentlous a policy could be attempted only al en¬ ormous cost in casualties. Such have been the tac?lcs of Hindenburg for four months, but the results have been bar¬ ren. To squeeze the Germans northward from the Marne Is far more economical for the Allies and ia accomplishing at the same time highly important strategic results. This 1.S apparently the process that brought on Ihe German retirement re¬ cited in tonight's French official state- character ' parts of the narrowing pocket, where nearly half a million men of the crown prince's armies are in an increasingly dangerous situation. Outposts, support positions, con¬ centration centers and lines of com¬ munication are the targets of tons of steel and high explosives. Bombing squadrons of allied airplanes add to the havoc. Fere-En-Tardenois. the great Ger¬ man concentration and transportation center and chief defensive point in the southern part of the salient. Is rapidly being blasted away. The Allied ar¬ tillery also is paying particular atten¬ tion to the rear areas east of Soissons. in an effort to wreck the bridges across the Aisne. The main highwaj- running from Fismes southward to the Marne is being bombed by airmen, who have caused the greatest confusion in enemy traffic i They report heavy movements of German men and ma¬ teria! both nonh and south along this road. The rains have interfered to some extent with infantry operations, but French and American troops are gradually squeezing the boches out cf' their last foothold on the north bank I of the Marne. a sector of less than flve I miles between Verneuil and Chatillon- Sur-Marne. Allied troops also have! advanced in the Champagne pressing forward nearly a mile on a three-mile front, south of Mont Sansnom. Unofficial reports have been re¬ ceived that the encirclement of Fere- En-Tardenola is slowly but steadily proceeding. II is believed the Ger¬ mans will retire from that town, or be forced to within a few hours. Retreat is Complete. With the French Armies in the Field, July 27 < Night I.—Tho Germans ap¬ parently &r. in full retreat from the bottom of the Solssons-Rheims p' cket. The exteni of this retirement cannot yel be determined. The i->ench and .Americans are in close pursuit. In the French review of the counter attacks between Soissons and Chateau- Thierry, high praise is bestowed upon the American division forming th* pivot of General de Goutte's army. "Composed chiefly of "Vankeej re- I cruited In Boston and othe;; parts of Massachusetts, they followed in this sector the di\1slon which participated in the operr.tlons in Belleau wood and Bouresches and only asked an oppor¬ tunity tr prove the same gallantry." the review paid. "But when acting as a pivot. It la necessary to regulate one's pace to tha flanks. In nn especially commemiatory ¦ manner the Yankees followed orders. "In six days they reaJized at car- tain points ;• gain of 17 kilometerea (t* 1-2 miles.) fighting without respite day and night and proving the most splen^ did mllitar> qualities. In all liaaon service they functioned perfectly. There discipline caused a German^ surprise and unwilling admiration, 'v "They marched wltii their officers ahead, like French units. Ennny prisoners cannot get over this, say¬ ing: "We do not aee enough of o^r officers, it is your good fortune like the French who nave always their of¬ ficers anead.' STEAMER IN TROUBLE Boston. July 27.—The wireless oper¬ ator of the steam trawler Kingfisher] .reported here today that he picked up Federation of Labor, in session here s. O. S. calls from an unknown steamer 1 Sunday while his vessel was off the coast of Main. The calls for help asked "immediate armed assistance," GIRLS WASTE POWDER London, July S.—iB> Maili—An of- ftcial report sutes that 100 000 soldiers' rations of good rice are -wasted" dally on women's powder puffs. lis a certalntv- those 100.000 sol¬ diers would gladly deny themselves milk puddings all their natural lives rather than see the fair sex deprived of i the "approved nuitt surface' skin- NEW SHIP RECORD Washington, July 27.—A new recori has been established in shipbuilding. Fourteen da.vs after the laying of the keel a 8500 ton steel vessel was launch¬ ed at the Ecorse. Michigan, plant of the Great Lakes Engineering company. Thia litformatlon was received tonight at the United States shipping board. The ship's keel was laid on July XI, this afternoon, adopted a resoluiloii opposing the efforts of several large shipyards to oblige their workers to undergo a physical examination. ; and ended abruptly before the Strang- • The committee, it is understood, be-I ers operator could flash the ship's i I'.&ves the shipyards intend to compel]name. I the workers to take out casually in-| — i surance and declares the federation isl,.,,, ,,,_ ,,,,__ „,,._,-,_ opposed to compulson. insurance. I MAN AND VVlrC SUICIDE JACKIES HELP WILSON Chicago. July 27. -- .\cting in the spirit of President Wilsons anti-vio¬ lence proclamation .lackies from the great lakes naval training station to¬ day calmed a crowd that threatened to tear down a double headed Austrian eagle above the doors of the X'ogelsang cafe here. The sailors held back the crowd with demands of "remember what the presi¬ dent said about moba." The proprietor of the rafe averred his pairioiiam and promised to take down the enemy tmeiem. He hlamed disgruntled waiters for trouble. soon establish a bridgehead there, thus eliminating the last obstruction lo crossing the Marne at any point. American troops who advanced be¬ yond Brecy (seven miles north of Chateau-Thierry) found an emplace¬ ment formerly occupied . by a lony; runge cannon believed lo have been used to shell Paris. This is the flrst discovery of evidence of these guns ao j far soulh, as the main batieiy was con- ; cealed In St. Gobain forest. 25 miles to , the north. Tn CCnUOC ADtsv mil r ! ^^^hine guns continue lo constitule IU toLArt AKMY nULt ;the Ooches principal means of resi.«- : lance. The gunners are ordered to re- Bar Horhnr. Maine. July 27. - - The 1 ™^-" *^ *'^*''" I"*'^*'''"^''^I^^J'*'"« '''ll*'^ bodies of s man and a woman tightiy ' •"¦ captured. Most of them flght brave- lashed together with heavy rope, which '^ enouK^i i^"''' the bayonets are upon were picke.J up in the .larbor here to- them. They cant stand the .steel an Qernisns CIsim Repulse. Berlin, via London, July 27.—Fight¬ ing between Soissons and Rhetms de¬ ment and In battle front disp tiches '.o creased while French attacks east of the United Press. Rheims were repulsed, the German war Paris has been made secure against | office announced today, any possible German drive and von | "Astride the Scarpe unsuccessful al¬ lied commanders are confident they will Hindenburg's own future plans for of- ; tacks were made by the British," the fenslve warfare have been terminated. | statement said. These are aufficiently Important trI umphs, without the capture of two or three full German armies. WOMEN CLERKS WANTED GOVERN.ME.VT NEEDS 20,000 WO- ME.V CLERKS at Washington. Ex- aminallon.s everywhere in August. Eot- pcrience unnecessary. Women desir¬ ing government positions write for free particulars to .1 C. Leonard, former Civil Servic? Examiner, 4fl'2 Kenois Bldg.. WashingLon. "Between Soissons and Rhelms. the fighting decreased. Astride Perthes- Les-Hurlus (10 miles east of Rheims I French partial attacks were repulsed. "In the \'osses, the enemy was un¬ successful In reconnoitering opera¬ tions near Sundgau. The day wts quieter on all fronts." HELP SENT TO ITALY; ALLIED LINE SHORTENS day b.v a patrol boat, were later Iden¬ tified hy means of a note as Mi. and Mrs. Harr>- Morse of Lynn. Mass. .\t »*.rst n was suggested the hodies might have oome from some ship tor-, pedoed hy a submarine. b»it the note revealed that they had been married only a few weeks and thst Worse who wa» a soldier, had overstayed his leave, starling thej Rather than face disgrace they sought ^tt.th in a suicide pact. , better than their comrades of the in¬ fantry. TEUTONS SUPPORT CRIMEA. Amsterdam. July 27.—German news¬ papers announce that ,the Ukrainian government has seized the wharves at Nicholaievsk. despite the claim.-! of the Crimean republic. ATTENTION TYPEWRITER PROSPECTS We SELL or RENT Guaranteed; Typewriters—Easy monthly payments] $3 up. Machines range from SIS to $90. | (Bell Phone SSl-M.i Multigraphing [ Co.. 1012 ro^\ Exchange Bldg.. (Top; floor) London. .luly 27—Hostile artillery flring In the northern portion of the British front was reported by Field Marshal Haig tonight. "Hostile artillery has shown some activlly during the da;, on the north¬ ern portion of the Briiish front. There Is nothing further to report." Washington. July 27. — .American fighters have reached Italy. Seasoned men from France, they have gone to take their pl.tces beside the Italians as an evidence of the unity of purpose represented in the Allied cause. Chief of StefT March made it known today* that these men have been for¬ warded, but he did not reveal the aunr^ bers or location. This news was coupled with the tid¬ ings that two new United States corps have been formed in France, that the Allied advan< e has shortened the whole Marne battle line by ten miles and that the Germans hitherto within 3( miles of Paris are now 59 miles dis¬ tant MOONEf ISTePRIEVED FROM DEATH PENALTY AGENTS WANTED • 'ASH IN ON BO.VE DRY BILL. Make $* a (tay easy. Will show you how with oiu^Concentrated Pure Fruit Wanted Drinks, package- everywhere. Small -Just add water. Here's the War is said to be expected between i chance of a life time. Grab yojr terri- Ukraine and Crimea, with Germany, ton'. Write quick- American Products I supporting tbe latter. Co„ 27 2d. St., CincinnaU, O- iSUHSii^^: - ¦:,; ¦. ^i.:i 1..08 .\ngtle.s, Gallf. July 27.—Another hope atands between Thomas J. Mooney ard the gallovvs. Governor D Stephens today reprieved Mooney. who is under senienc* of ileath in connection with San Francisco preparedness day bomb outrage. The- new date set for ?he execution nf "—:r~~ . ! Mooney is De-ember 13 .Meantime th« Rome. July a. -Hostilities h:ive <^''-. go\tTr\oT will examine personally the curred between Turkish and Bnlgar- volumiuous record of ti.« trial in which lans along the Adrianople-Dedeagatch ,'j,^„n^, ,^„ .^..^^ ^^,,j,,. ^, murder. I take th!/> action," said the gover- nor in annoinrlng the '•eprteve. "la GERMANS DROWN 8AtL0R«. [order that all persons in this state an4 London. July 28 . Sunday).—Four ' *'''**''^*'"'""' '^ *•¦"''*<'^*'*' 'h«'ufl- members of the crews of a British!*'' "^nsideration will be given this trawler and a Belgian trawler wer* j <*J«- I ^»" require all the time be« drowned off fhe east roast nf England ¦ *'»'«^" i"*' af"! December \% to give when a submarine which had sunk th" ' ^h!» matter 'he rareful consideration vessels placed the crews on her own I which J'lstiee both to Mooney and ths dfck and then snbmerred. • people demands railwav. according Switjerland today. to advices from »«>.¦# JE-,i.MlWnh k icii.
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Full Text | CIRCULATION Avwage FcM- June 14,867 -J SUNDAY INDEPENDENT LEASED WIRE TELEGRAPH REPORT TO 3 A. M. SUNDAY f^^"*""^"*"' rr rrf f rif f rsrr riun I :: THE WEATHER Washington. July 27—Fair^ | I; Simday and Monday; little ; ' I change in temperature. ' >«»«»»< •** PRICE FIVE CENTS The only Sunday Newspaper Published in Luzerne County. WILKESBARRE, PA., SUNDAY, JULY 28, 1918 Kntered at WUkes-Barre. Pa.. aa Second CUss Mail Matter. PRICE FIVE CENTS YANKS GAIN 9 MILES ON THE HUNS MINERS DEMAND A BONUS War Wages Must Rise 25 Per Cent, to Meet Scale of Liv¬ ing Prices OPPOSE COAL BOOST The demand of the anthracite ooal iiiners tor a further increase In wages assumed a material form last night frhSB a call was lesued for a general ni4ss meeting of representatives of all losal unions in this city next Satur¬ day night for the purpose of urging upon ths district leaders of the miners' urgauzaiionc and the operators the ne«d of more money. The initiative has been taken by the miners because they claim thai the in- creasti in wages granted to them some mouths ago has failed to really benefit ih» rank and file of the miners. They also claim that their wage»> barely meet living expenses. The promises of the operators that the men shall parti- cipaie lu the prosperity brought about la ths coal industry b.v the war have not yet been rcallstd, it is claimed. Ae one miner e-xpresaed the situation last night, they feel that th«» victories now attending the cause of the Allies in France will bring the war to an end 'oefore the men have a chance to be benefited unlc£a something is soon done. .Announcement was made yesterday' that the Conciliation Board ^U\ meet toincr.-ow in Philadelphia to take the question of opening the wage ecale. This announcement did not slop Fulton Goes Cold In the 1st. Round More interesting than war news, despite Allied victorie.s on the French front, was the surprisins defeat last night of Fred Fulton, claimant for pugilialic champion¬ ship honors, if telephonic calls lo the Sunday Independent are a cri¬ terion. Jack Dempsey, Fulton's competitor.did about as the Yankees did when they met the Germans. He knocked Fulton into a cold and unconscious state in just thirteen seconds. The fight fans expected some¬ thing else. They would hardly be¬ lieve the reports of the wire asso¬ ciations. Full details of the fight and the subsequent challenge of Jesse Willard lo contest world su¬ premacy with Dempsey are to be found elsewhere in today's paper. CRUSADEI GERMANS ARE FALLING ON vice! to prevent a major SPREADS m BA CK ' DEFEA T Nanticoke and Plymouth Police Take Action on Protests Against Reign of Evil MANY ARE ARRESTED TAX RISES ARE HXED Extension of Draft Goes With Plan to Raise Almost Two Billions of Dollars HEAVY SCHEDULES ISHMENT Starting out on a crusade similar to the one launched in this city recently, the police of Nanticoke descended upon two places in that town last night, where they found gambling in many forms. The raids resulted in the arrest of more than a score of young men found frequenting the stores. The raids In .Vanticoke followed one mad.* on a saloon in Plymouth by the police of that town a few hours pre¬ vious, as related in another column of this paper. These developments indi¬ cate that the raid? in this city three weeks ago have resulted in the cru¬ sade spirit spreading to other towns throughout the county where gambling establishments, disorderly houses and other immoral dives are known to flourish. The two places raided in .Vanticoke last night are the barber shop and pool room of Frank Spheny, on North Main street, and the confectionery store and pool room of William Dukas. on Main street. Hcs.ded by Chief of Police .lohn Boyes. the officers flrst moved on j Spheny's place. It was about 11 o'clock Waahinston. July 27—Urgent neces-'"^^*" ^^•*^' ^a'"**! admittance there. Armies of Crown Prince Cannot Long Withstand the Thrusts of Opponents RAINS ARE A HANDICAP ally for new man power legislation to ],,„.,__ _,._ _„,,i u« , _• , •^ yojng men, mostly youthful mine work op I prevent wholesale invasion of deferred | ers. it is claimed draft classes, tonight threatened to | ing their mone punch boards, games of chance and classes, tonight threatened the loca! miners from proceeding wiih j «^«'>'>' flia> Passage of the revenue bill their plans for a meeting In this city i until after November elections, neal week. A (.ommittcc consisting of | Secretary Baker, la expected to lay Course Isaacs, Kvan Cann and Thomas i. ... , ,. ^,,. ^ Quinn was named by the members of *^' °"^'"" ^' ^*"' *"*" P""*'" ^'» '^- Ix*cal union .Vo. U07, of the South, Wilkes-Barre colliery of the Lehigh & Wilkes-Barre Coal Company lo make fore the house military affairs com- j mittee about the time congress recon- ; venes after the present recess a:'d the bill will be reported lo the house short¬ ly afterward. The revenue bill Is scheduled to come lout of the ways and means committee wrangements to hold th-. mealing ^f h^","'^^'^''f"%^\'»% the represeniailves o? all locals next 1.^"^""P"^"'""*' '**''*"¦ however, say Saturday night at 7:30 o'clock in Inion there Is no disposition to push tht. rev urransements. Ask Big Ineresta. The nvjvbsra uf this cummuiee an- counced last night that they have made i. hall, on East .Market street. At this meeting resolutions will be passed srging the district offlclala of the union to use all possible pressure upon ihe operstore In granting another increase- Twenty-flve per cent. In wages is what the new demands of the miners , WlU probably be. Fp to this time they [ P*s»*» the house. have not given any attention to spe- Discussion in the Senate will prob- ciflc demands. They have used ihelr *^'>' t*"*" another two weeks and after Ume in asking in a general way for "'*t the bill m.u8t go to conference and the action of the conferees ratlfled by enuo bill ahead of the military legisla¬ tion because of the fact that an In- \-asion of deferred classes would seri¬ ously disrupt the industrial fabric of the nation. If this plan is followed il will be laie In September before the revenue bill more money. .Vi next Saturday's msetlnc the demands will be put into cencrets form. The argument that nothing less than a twenty-flve per cenX- raise, help will Ilkely bo used. That the miners do not want their proposed Increase to result in an in¬ crease in the price of coal to the con- sunsr ikis expressed lost nighl by the committee of mine workers from the South Wilkes-Barre colliery. They pointed out Fuel Administrator Gar¬ field's statement made recently that notijios should be done by the opera¬ tors to make the burden any hea\-ler upon the ccnsiumer.j They contend that tbe operators have a sufficient narcln of proflt left to grant the In¬ crease without making the public stand tbr bi£her prlcee. Low Daily Average. In makine their demiaids the min¬ ers claim that the large majorily of their fellow workers were not bene- flted to any appreciable extent by the last Incrsasa. Tbey explained this al- Isgatloa by stating thai only a few miners now receive more money than they did a year ago. They placed the daily wage of the average miner at not more than 12, although the popular belief Is that It is much more. The treat mass of miners fall to re- cel\'e a*y beneflts under the latest in¬ crease because companies have changed working conditions In such a «-ay as to keep down earnings. Only other forms of gambling. From Spheny's place the police went to the I>iioas store, on Main street. Practically the same conditions were found there. As the officers entered the place some of the young men made a dash for liberty but their efforts to escape weie h&lled by the police. City's Safety Valve. Both prporieiors were ordered to ap¬ pear oil Monday before the burgess when the; will be charged with con- dueling gumbliiig establishments. Tho score of young men pulled in the raid will be arraigned as frequenters, but it is believed they will only be compelled to give testimony. The raids proved the as.sertions of the Nanticoke correspondent of thr Sunday Independent who for weeks has been striving to clear the town of all places of immoral nature and ill re¬ pute. Repeatedly the correspondent has called the attention of the au¬ thorities lo the wholesale gamblin that ha.s been permitted lo go on. H". London. July 27.—One of the decisive i battles of history Is approaching Its I climax. The titanic struggle north of the .Marne. which may change the whole course of the war. militarily anri .poli¬ tically, has attained a stage where a break must soon come, in the opinion j of military men tonight. | Human endurance cannot long with- 1 stand the stra.ln to which the crown I prince's armies are being subjected— i the ceaseless battering of a record con- j ceniraUon of allied artillery, supple- | menied by the continuous pressure of the encircling wall of French. Amerl- I oan. British and Italian troops. While the infanlry clashes at pres ent appear to be on limited portions o the front, li is this constant Ihrustin here and there that will seek out tht weak links In the boche's .T.rmor. The thing lhal will precipitate the expeclCii Deep Cut Into Lines of Germans Made By Americans and French Kinking north of the .Marne. American And French troops today ad¬ vanced on a front of 25 miles, driving the Germans backward from the river at all points and attaining a maximum penetration of more ihan nine miles Battlefront dispatches declared the enemy appeared lo be in full re¬ treat on the entire southerii front of the SolSsons-Rhel-Tis salient. The Frtnch war office reported Franco-American forces within two miles to the eastward they are within three miles and encircling the al- mosr equally important coni enlraiion point of Vllie-En-Tardencis. Thi.'i is the greatest advance attained by the allies since the opening days of their counter offens^ive ond follows a long period of limited pro¬ gress and desperate resistance. Il was made under almost Impossible weather conditions, resulting from the heavy rains. The great forests of Fere and Ris, south and southea.st of Fere-E^- Tardenols. which have been obstacles to the Franco-American advance, have reen passed. Chatillon Sur-Marne, the chief point on the north bank ot the Marne remaining In the hands of the Germans up to today, ap- p.-ircntly has b*cn recaptureri as the allies were reported more than two miles .acrth of that city. This may be the beglnnmg of the long-expected German retirement to the Vesle river line, from 15 to 23 miles north of the Marne. \ta suc¬ cess depends on the ability of the German commanders to overcome the oollosa! difficulties of transportation, resulting from the rains, the allied bombardment and the congested conditions within the pocket. The allied line now apparently runs from Soissons southward to CourmcUes. southeastward to Buxancy, southward to .-t point east of Oulchy-Le-Chaieau. sharply southeastward to Patsy-Grigny through Bruyere*. \'illcneuve-Sur-Fere and Courmont. eastward to Laneville- Ijarrls through Cuisles, sharply northeastward to a point north of Ste Euphrabe through Chaumuzy_ northeastward around Rheims in a semi¬ circle to Eperunay. thence eastward in practically a straight line to Maln- De-Mass;ges. The allies thus have recovered nearly half of the territory lost in the boches drive to the Marne. T FAH BEHIND iRNE French and Americans Are Within Striking Distance of Strong German Positions FIGHT NIGHT AND DAY IJlTRAPOfHiiEiURG OISCERNEDBYFOCH d, who were squander- I , , V \ . ., .\i -.^K^-^^.i , ,. .,., .1^, ~1 Wi crisis may be ihe fall of P'ere-en-Tar- ; y on slot machines, j..„„i. . „ „ i, n j denois. ^now believed Imminent. Franco-American troops are almost upon it. while their artillery has ren- i dered it practically untenable. Its) capture will mean the lo6.« of thei enemy's strongest defensive point j thTvel'c:nSi;arksmTwluid.Will Not Sachflce Security to!Unofficial Reports Claim Encir meaji a retirement of ten miles and ul- ' 8KESTHE LINES I Paris, July 27.—The Germaji armies have fallen back on the whole front : north ot the Marne. and their main 'forces are three miles above the river iat the nearest point, the French war i office announced tonight "Nortli of »he Marne, on the whole front, the Germans have fallen back." the communiriue said- "We reached the line of Bruyerea, j Vil!eneuve-Sur-Fere. Gourmont. Paes>-- iGringny. Cuisles. LA.Veu^nile-A-.ix-La- ; Riss and Chaimury. The right bank of the .Marne has been practically cleared. j "Northeast of Chateau-Thierry, we (advanced over 15 kilometers mine and ! a quarter mlles.> I "South of Mont Sansnom (in the [ Champagne i w<» took more than 300 prisoners." Isolated machine gun nests appar¬ ently remain to be cleaned out in the evacuated territory. Northeast of Chateau-Thierry, ths Allies advanced more than nine mil<;s cn the heels of the Germans. French and American troop? are now within two miles of Fere-En-Tarde- nois. I both houses. has also charged that bawdy houses Tn \Iew of the precedence of the i ^'^^¦*' *•*«" running with brazen bold- milliary legislation, the ways and ! "«'°s ter elimination of the Soissons-Rhelms! salient. I The lip of thp salient, still resting j upon the north bank of the Marne west i of Chatillon, Is being rapidly blunted. ! French. Briiish and Italians are nar- j rowing the pocket by local blows In the I Champagne. As the walls of the sal- i lent are shoved Inward, freedom of movement—so vital to the Germans— becomes more impeded. Meantime the British in the north are set for the blow which may be launched by Rupperecht in a desperate effort to situation Total Offensive Until serve Force is Ready CAUTIOUS TACTICS Re- Paris, July. 27.—Bombardment of German positions in the Soisson- Rheims sailieni. which already has at¬ tained a violence surpassing anything In the war, is steadily increasing as more allied artillery is brought for¬ ward, retrieve the threatening. the Germans on so vast a scale has not | Hundreds of thousands of shells of confronting the German I yel come. General Foch cannot beia" calibers are being hurled into al! New York, July 27—General Foch has shown l>y this week's cautious at¬ tacks of thJ Allien along tho Alsne- Marne salient that he does not Intend to allow the flghtlng to grow Into a major offensive. The time for taking the measure of Cling of Germans at Their Base of Strategy FIERCE BOMBARDMENT Villeneuve-Sur-Fere Is 11 miles north of Chateau-Thierry and two ' miles southeast of Fere-Eu-Tardenoij. Passy-Grlgny i.** flve miles east and South of Courmont and thre miles north of the Mame. Cuisles is four miles east of Passy« Grigny and two miles north of Clu» tillon-Sur-Mame. Ia N«u\ille-Aux« Lariss is ihiee miles east and north of Cuisles. Chsumuzr is two miles and a half north and slightly east of Laneu- vile-Aux-L«ris8. is making raid' led into anj trap of this I means committee today showed an in- I clinatlon to take its time in framing I the revenue measure. Four points of the new revenue bill have been tentatively decided upon by the house committee. Mere Tax Rises. The normal individual Income tax It has been generally known that in¬ dividuals known as "runners" have ap¬ peared ill Wilkes-Barre .since the lid has been put down here, soliciting bus¬ iness for the bawdy houses in Nanti- cpke. From time to time people of that town have denied the existence of such rate of four per cent. In the present' *^*'''*^'' *"'*¦ •developments of last night indicate that the aulhoritie.s of Nan tlcoke ha\e finally decided on ,^ course of action. cent, proflts will be taxed 30 per cent between 20 and 25 per cent- proflts will be taxed 30 per cent., between 20 and 2.S per cent, the tax will be flfty per cent and above 25 per cent, on SO per cent rate will be in force. After deduction of excess proflts, corporate income will be subjected to a tax cf IS per cent unless It is dis¬ tributed to stockholders, when the rate will be lowered to 12 per cent. It appeared almost certain tonight favored workings In tho mines arc the' ^'^¦* ^^*> committee will have to raise bill has been raised to ten per cent. Surtaxes on incomes have not been decided upon- Inheritance taxes decided upon range from three per cent, on a $50,000 estate 10 40 per cent, on an )S.000,000 estate, a boost of approximately 50 per cent, over present rates. Excessive taxes under present plans I "—- will be given a speclflc exemption of ^'"' "^* second time within six hours, $2,000 and an additional exemption of; •.^J'__5''5^'^t*.,^*'t_^°?-I'^'^.'l ^^' ™" 10 per cent. Between 10 and 20 per " ~ ' '* ' - '^^ PLYMOUTH POLICE RAID SALOON A SECOND TIME in crown prince. Hal after raid into the German lines toi which Hindenburg Is capable of sot- gran boche prisoners, who In the past j ting. The ccntroUing factor in Gen- have been a valuable source of in- eral Foch's strategy is th? strength formation. British aviators are con-1 of the AUic.-: headquarters until tho stantly spying out rfhe enemy rear t war end?. Since there are lot vet areas to spot any unusual troop con-[enough American troops overseas for centratlona. .^ major offensive. General P'och has The arrival of .^.merican troops ' Italy, announced today, comes at lime when things are warming up on j celerating tie Allied advance with lo- ihat front The Austrians have been ; daV« retreat of the Germans, particularly 'buay on the mountain 1 These cai tious. however, do not front, where Italian and British troops ; mean the (Jerman position within the recently repulsed a whole series "f I salient is ae.-urc. local attacks. j Ailhough lieneral Foch is conserving Pushing Enemy Back, his man poWcr. he is persistently ham- With the American Armies In France mering at the German line along one July 27. ¦(R:40 P. .M.t—Withdrawal of been pressing agaln.'it the Aisne-Marne a; salient very slowly, but apparently ac places where miners now make more money than they did under tho old oondltlons. according to the committee Ust night, and these favored workings are not sufficient In number to benefit the majoritj' of the underground work- era. Seward Button, chief of the Bureau of Mines Inthls stale, urged yesterday that a greater output could be secured from the mines and that the men wpuld work more regularly if the saloons near the mines were all closed. The miners, however, answered that they are fulfilling their part of the add¬ ed war time obligations by workins ever>- day regardless of the existence of saloons. They aaid that In view of the efforts of the men In the past snd par¬ ticularly since the war staried. the op¬ erators should recognize the situation bv granting another increase the 30 to 80 per cent proflt tax, prac¬ tically double the present Income sur¬ taxes and levy a flat retroactive profi¬ teer tax to raise the amount asked by the treasury. There Is strong sentlmVnt in the committee to levy particularly heavy rates on unearned Income. The largest sum the committee has In sight under present tentative rates Is a billion and a half under the treas¬ ury department request. LABOR OPPOSES TORCE .\tlantlc City. N. J., July 27.—The executive committee of the .\merican ' Adam Kowalski, on Main street, Ply¬ mouth, WAS raided •oy the Plymouth police under Ihe direction of Burgess George Gwllliam at 12:20 o'clock this morning. The first time the police ¦visited tht! place was at 7.30 o'clock last night, when thev arrested two girls. In the raid early this morning, the police caught four girls and six men In tho place. They were at tables, but there was no direct evidence that any liquor had been sold after midnight. Burgess Gwllliam discharged all of the prisoners with the exception of Sadie Bollnsk}-, aged 22, of Plymouth, who is being held in the Plymouth lock-up pending an investigation. U-BOAT IN TROUBLE An Atlantic Port, July 27.—Unsub¬ stantiated reports reached here early tonight that a submarine, apparently damaged, was sighted off the south¬ ern New England coast. Efforts to confirm this report were unsuccessful. German forcea fn-m various parts of the front especially on the southern end of the Soissons-Rhelms salient, was more noticeable late today, despite the difficulties resulting from the heavy rains of the past two days. The downpour has turned military roads into a quagmire. Added to this l.s the terrific allied bimbardment^ which continues night and da\'. The heavy going has slowed up the Franco-American advance, but they the pushing forward on wide sectors, despite the Incessant machine gun flre, which covers the boche retirement. The Americans and French are now approaching the plateau which over¬ looks the important enemy base of Fere En Tardcnois. Bitter fighting is under way in the ravines and woods in the region of Fere Forest, lo the south of Fere Eu Tardenois, and Ris Forest, to the southeast. American and French troops are en¬ larging their hold on the north bank of the Marne by squeezing thti southern tip of the salient between Verneuil and Chatlllon-Sur-Marne. The footing still retained by the Ger¬ mans on that narrow- front is becom¬ ing more and more precarious, and al or two important sectors, threatening to throw the Germans off their balance. A break mav come along the sides of the salient, hut llTls is unlikely. It Is more probaNle that rhe slow shoving against the sides of the salient will so narrow 11 Ihnt no room will be left for the German troops to maneuvre. This process is mere likely to result in an immense capture of German pri- .soners than if the Allies were to force open the saiient and pour their troops through the-breach. But, the Germans have so strongly reinforced their posi¬ tions this week that so preaentlous a policy could be attempted only al en¬ ormous cost in casualties. Such have been the tac?lcs of Hindenburg for four months, but the results have been bar¬ ren. To squeeze the Germans northward from the Marne Is far more economical for the Allies and ia accomplishing at the same time highly important strategic results. This 1.S apparently the process that brought on Ihe German retirement re¬ cited in tonight's French official state- character ' parts of the narrowing pocket, where nearly half a million men of the crown prince's armies are in an increasingly dangerous situation. Outposts, support positions, con¬ centration centers and lines of com¬ munication are the targets of tons of steel and high explosives. Bombing squadrons of allied airplanes add to the havoc. Fere-En-Tardenois. the great Ger¬ man concentration and transportation center and chief defensive point in the southern part of the salient. Is rapidly being blasted away. The Allied ar¬ tillery also is paying particular atten¬ tion to the rear areas east of Soissons. in an effort to wreck the bridges across the Aisne. The main highwaj- running from Fismes southward to the Marne is being bombed by airmen, who have caused the greatest confusion in enemy traffic i They report heavy movements of German men and ma¬ teria! both nonh and south along this road. The rains have interfered to some extent with infantry operations, but French and American troops are gradually squeezing the boches out cf' their last foothold on the north bank I of the Marne. a sector of less than flve I miles between Verneuil and Chatillon- Sur-Marne. Allied troops also have! advanced in the Champagne pressing forward nearly a mile on a three-mile front, south of Mont Sansnom. Unofficial reports have been re¬ ceived that the encirclement of Fere- En-Tardenola is slowly but steadily proceeding. II is believed the Ger¬ mans will retire from that town, or be forced to within a few hours. Retreat is Complete. With the French Armies in the Field, July 27 < Night I.—Tho Germans ap¬ parently &r. in full retreat from the bottom of the Solssons-Rheims p' cket. The exteni of this retirement cannot yel be determined. The i->ench and .Americans are in close pursuit. In the French review of the counter attacks between Soissons and Chateau- Thierry, high praise is bestowed upon the American division forming th* pivot of General de Goutte's army. "Composed chiefly of "Vankeej re- I cruited In Boston and othe;; parts of Massachusetts, they followed in this sector the di\1slon which participated in the operr.tlons in Belleau wood and Bouresches and only asked an oppor¬ tunity tr prove the same gallantry." the review paid. "But when acting as a pivot. It la necessary to regulate one's pace to tha flanks. In nn especially commemiatory ¦ manner the Yankees followed orders. "In six days they reaJized at car- tain points ;• gain of 17 kilometerea (t* 1-2 miles.) fighting without respite day and night and proving the most splen^ did mllitar> qualities. In all liaaon service they functioned perfectly. There discipline caused a German^ surprise and unwilling admiration, 'v "They marched wltii their officers ahead, like French units. Ennny prisoners cannot get over this, say¬ ing: "We do not aee enough of o^r officers, it is your good fortune like the French who nave always their of¬ ficers anead.' STEAMER IN TROUBLE Boston. July 27.—The wireless oper¬ ator of the steam trawler Kingfisher] .reported here today that he picked up Federation of Labor, in session here s. O. S. calls from an unknown steamer 1 Sunday while his vessel was off the coast of Main. The calls for help asked "immediate armed assistance," GIRLS WASTE POWDER London, July S.—iB> Maili—An of- ftcial report sutes that 100 000 soldiers' rations of good rice are -wasted" dally on women's powder puffs. lis a certalntv- those 100.000 sol¬ diers would gladly deny themselves milk puddings all their natural lives rather than see the fair sex deprived of i the "approved nuitt surface' skin- NEW SHIP RECORD Washington, July 27.—A new recori has been established in shipbuilding. Fourteen da.vs after the laying of the keel a 8500 ton steel vessel was launch¬ ed at the Ecorse. Michigan, plant of the Great Lakes Engineering company. Thia litformatlon was received tonight at the United States shipping board. The ship's keel was laid on July XI, this afternoon, adopted a resoluiloii opposing the efforts of several large shipyards to oblige their workers to undergo a physical examination. ; and ended abruptly before the Strang- • The committee, it is understood, be-I ers operator could flash the ship's i I'.&ves the shipyards intend to compel]name. I the workers to take out casually in-| — i surance and declares the federation isl,.,,, ,,,_ ,,,,__ „,,._,-,_ opposed to compulson. insurance. I MAN AND VVlrC SUICIDE JACKIES HELP WILSON Chicago. July 27. -- .\cting in the spirit of President Wilsons anti-vio¬ lence proclamation .lackies from the great lakes naval training station to¬ day calmed a crowd that threatened to tear down a double headed Austrian eagle above the doors of the X'ogelsang cafe here. The sailors held back the crowd with demands of "remember what the presi¬ dent said about moba." The proprietor of the rafe averred his pairioiiam and promised to take down the enemy tmeiem. He hlamed disgruntled waiters for trouble. soon establish a bridgehead there, thus eliminating the last obstruction lo crossing the Marne at any point. American troops who advanced be¬ yond Brecy (seven miles north of Chateau-Thierry) found an emplace¬ ment formerly occupied . by a lony; runge cannon believed lo have been used to shell Paris. This is the flrst discovery of evidence of these guns ao j far soulh, as the main batieiy was con- ; cealed In St. Gobain forest. 25 miles to , the north. Tn CCnUOC ADtsv mil r ! ^^^hine guns continue lo constitule IU toLArt AKMY nULt ;the Ooches principal means of resi.«- : lance. The gunners are ordered to re- Bar Horhnr. Maine. July 27. - - The 1 ™^-" *^ *'^*''" I"*'^*'''"^''^I^^J'*'"« '''ll*'^ bodies of s man and a woman tightiy ' •"¦ captured. Most of them flght brave- lashed together with heavy rope, which '^ enouK^i i^"''' the bayonets are upon were picke.J up in the .larbor here to- them. They cant stand the .steel an Qernisns CIsim Repulse. Berlin, via London, July 27.—Fight¬ ing between Soissons and Rhetms de¬ ment and In battle front disp tiches '.o creased while French attacks east of the United Press. Rheims were repulsed, the German war Paris has been made secure against | office announced today, any possible German drive and von | "Astride the Scarpe unsuccessful al¬ lied commanders are confident they will Hindenburg's own future plans for of- ; tacks were made by the British," the fenslve warfare have been terminated. | statement said. These are aufficiently Important trI umphs, without the capture of two or three full German armies. WOMEN CLERKS WANTED GOVERN.ME.VT NEEDS 20,000 WO- ME.V CLERKS at Washington. Ex- aminallon.s everywhere in August. Eot- pcrience unnecessary. Women desir¬ ing government positions write for free particulars to .1 C. Leonard, former Civil Servic? Examiner, 4fl'2 Kenois Bldg.. WashingLon. "Between Soissons and Rhelms. the fighting decreased. Astride Perthes- Les-Hurlus (10 miles east of Rheims I French partial attacks were repulsed. "In the \'osses, the enemy was un¬ successful In reconnoitering opera¬ tions near Sundgau. The day wts quieter on all fronts." HELP SENT TO ITALY; ALLIED LINE SHORTENS day b.v a patrol boat, were later Iden¬ tified hy means of a note as Mi. and Mrs. Harr>- Morse of Lynn. Mass. .\t »*.rst n was suggested the hodies might have oome from some ship tor-, pedoed hy a submarine. b»it the note revealed that they had been married only a few weeks and thst Worse who wa» a soldier, had overstayed his leave, starling thej Rather than face disgrace they sought ^tt.th in a suicide pact. , better than their comrades of the in¬ fantry. TEUTONS SUPPORT CRIMEA. Amsterdam. July 27.—German news¬ papers announce that ,the Ukrainian government has seized the wharves at Nicholaievsk. despite the claim.-! of the Crimean republic. ATTENTION TYPEWRITER PROSPECTS We SELL or RENT Guaranteed; Typewriters—Easy monthly payments] $3 up. Machines range from SIS to $90. | (Bell Phone SSl-M.i Multigraphing [ Co.. 1012 ro^\ Exchange Bldg.. (Top; floor) London. .luly 27—Hostile artillery flring In the northern portion of the British front was reported by Field Marshal Haig tonight. "Hostile artillery has shown some activlly during the da;, on the north¬ ern portion of the Briiish front. There Is nothing further to report." Washington. July 27. — .American fighters have reached Italy. Seasoned men from France, they have gone to take their pl.tces beside the Italians as an evidence of the unity of purpose represented in the Allied cause. Chief of StefT March made it known today* that these men have been for¬ warded, but he did not reveal the aunr^ bers or location. This news was coupled with the tid¬ ings that two new United States corps have been formed in France, that the Allied advan< e has shortened the whole Marne battle line by ten miles and that the Germans hitherto within 3( miles of Paris are now 59 miles dis¬ tant MOONEf ISTePRIEVED FROM DEATH PENALTY AGENTS WANTED • 'ASH IN ON BO.VE DRY BILL. Make $* a (tay easy. Will show you how with oiu^Concentrated Pure Fruit Wanted Drinks, package- everywhere. Small -Just add water. Here's the War is said to be expected between i chance of a life time. Grab yojr terri- Ukraine and Crimea, with Germany, ton'. Write quick- American Products I supporting tbe latter. Co„ 27 2d. St., CincinnaU, O- iSUHSii^^: - ¦:,; ¦. ^i.:i 1..08 .\ngtle.s, Gallf. July 27.—Another hope atands between Thomas J. Mooney ard the gallovvs. Governor D Stephens today reprieved Mooney. who is under senienc* of ileath in connection with San Francisco preparedness day bomb outrage. The- new date set for ?he execution nf "—:r~~ . ! Mooney is De-ember 13 .Meantime th« Rome. July a. -Hostilities h:ive <^''-. go\tTr\oT will examine personally the curred between Turkish and Bnlgar- volumiuous record of ti.« trial in which lans along the Adrianople-Dedeagatch ,'j,^„n^, ,^„ .^..^^ ^^,,j,,. ^, murder. I take th!/> action," said the gover- nor in annoinrlng the '•eprteve. "la GERMANS DROWN 8AtL0R«. [order that all persons in this state an4 London. July 28 . Sunday).—Four ' *'''**''^*'"'""' '^ *•¦"''*<'^*'*' 'h«'ufl- members of the crews of a British!*'' "^nsideration will be given this trawler and a Belgian trawler wer* j <*J«- I ^»" require all the time be« drowned off fhe east roast nf England ¦ *'»'«^" i"*' af"! December \% to give when a submarine which had sunk th" ' ^h!» matter 'he rareful consideration vessels placed the crews on her own I which J'lstiee both to Mooney and ths dfck and then snbmerred. • people demands railwav. according Switjerland today. to advices from »«>.¦# JE-,i.MlWnh k icii. |
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