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GEN. P. C HARRIS GETS HIGH ARMY POST.
1,450,000 TROOPS SENT OVERSEAS
020 DNISION
NEAR TOUL,
bEN, MARGH
REVEALS
(By International News Servié®y
WASHINGTON, Aug. 17.—High
ranking officers of the American over
seas forces who have begun to give
way undaer the strain of what was
. termed “wonderful work,” will come
back to the United Siites for rest.
Chief of Staff General P. C, March
. announcecd this fact at teday’s con
ference with the newspaper cor
respondents, He stated also that the
first officers to return will be Major
General George B. Duncan, who, in
cidentally, has been awarded the
Croix de Gueurre by the Erench Gov
ernment,
General March also stated that
Major General Henry P. McCain,
present adjutant general, has been
“rewarded for his wonderful work in
handling army details,” by being as
signed to the command of the Tweifth
Infantry Division to be formed at
Camp Devons, Mass. General Me-
Cain will be succeeded as adjutant
general by Brigadier General Peter C.
Harris, of Georgia, now an assistant
4to General McCain.
1,430,000 Sent Overseas.
The general situation on the west
ern front is unchanged since last
Wednesday, General March stated
He let it be known that the small
salient north of Albert has been vol
untarily relinquished by the German
high command. This was the fourth
time since the counter offcnsive wea
begun on July 18 that the Germans
have vecluntarily withdrawn beofore
the Allled forces and was regarded as
extrem:ly significant,
General March announced thot
hereafter all troop movements an-:
nounced will include trcops sent (o
France, (ir-at Rritain, Italy and §i
bherin. He confirmed the statement
made earlier to the Sonate military
pifairs committee, that already the
number of troops overseas and on tiae
way is more than 1,450,000, .
General March read a freo transla
tior. of the remarks of the Frencn
general commanding the sector in
which the second artillery brigade of
the second division—regular army-—
served at Chateau 'Thierry., The
rench commander regretted the
leaving of the origade and expressed
the hope that the time was near when
“these heroes” wonld be back with
their French brothers, “They had
prcven wonderful comrades,” he said,
“and it was to be hoped that tha
fortunes of war would send them
back.
Eighty-second North of Toul.
Asked regarding the heavv casud
alties sustained by the Twenty
¢ elghth Division—Pennsyivania troopa
.-Gencral March gaid that they held
the center of the American sector
during the passage of the Dureq July
26 to 21 and later on August 6 had
#.orced the passage of the Vesle,
“In the thick of the fighting they
did wonderful work and naturally
gustained henvy casualties,” explain
@d the general,
E Major General Jesse Me, Carter haa
ken command of the new division
sing organized at Camp Meade, he
gtated.
" The Righticth Division is in Flan
‘ders in training. The Eighty-eighth
Pivision hag gone “overzeas,” while
. the Eighty-second (trained at Camp
Gordon) i 8 in a sector north of Toul
No word as to whether the latter di
vision has been in action has reached
] here,
Increased U. 8. Troop
. (By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, Aug. 17.—Ameri
ean troops In France and on the way
row total 1,450,000, General Peyton C
arch, chief of staff, informed mem
os the Senate military affairs
mittee today. Increased ship
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A A AA A A A A A A A AA AP intnd
First Game— RHER
Philadelphia. . .000 000 000— 0 6§ 0
Chicago. . . . ,001 002 000— 3 9 0
Batteries—Jacobs and Adams; Hen
dry and O'Farrell.
_ . _SECOND GAME.
Philadelphia— R.H.E.
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At Chicago vl
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Oeschger and Adams; Tyler and O'Far
rell. Umpires, Quigley and Harrison.
First Game. R.H.E
Boston .. .. <. .o 000001 010—2 § 1
St. Louis .. .. .. .. 000 000 000—0 6 O
Batteries, Nehf and Wilson; Tuero,
Sherdell and Gonzales. Umpires, Byron
and O'Day.
SECOND GAME.
Boston— R.H.E
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At St. Louis ,
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First Game— R.H.E.
Brooklyn. . . .000 000 002— 2 6 0
Pittsburg. . . .000 000 000— 0 5 1
Batteries—Grimes and Archer; Hill
and Sehmidt. Umpires, Klem and
Emslie. 3
: SECOND GAME.
‘Brooklya R. H E
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At Pittsburg
ey . .
Robeitson and Miller; Miller and W.
Smith. Umpires, Klem and Emslie,
New York— R.H.E.
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At Cincinnati
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Perritt and McCarty: Ring and Wingo.
- Umpires, Rigler and Moran,
American League
FIRST GAME— R. H. E
St. louis . . . . 000002100—-3 8 O
Washington . . . 000 ¢OO 000 i
Batteries—Rogers, Wright and Sev
ereid; Matteson and Ainsmith. Um
pires, Nallin and Connolly.
St. Louis R.H. E.
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At Washingto»
000 100 600 1 5 3
Sothoron and Nunamak®r; Ayers and
Ainspith,
FIRST GAME — B E
Detroit . . . . 000 200 000— 2 b 1
Philadelphia . . 060 031 ¢dx— 8 11 2
Batteries—Dauss and Spencer; Wat
son, Gregg and McAvey. ll'mpxres_ Mo
riarty and Owens.
Detroit R.H E
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At Philadeiphir
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Boland and Spencer; Perry and Perkins,
Umpires, Owens and Moriarty.
Cleveland R.H E
000 100 001 2 5 2
At Boston
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Morto nand O'Neill; Ruth and Mayer.
Umpires, Evans and O'Loughlin.
FIRST GAME- R H B
Chicago . . ~ . 500 000 002-—- 7 10 3
New York . . . . 000 004 000 4 12 2
Batteries— Shellenback, Danforth and
Schalk: Magridge, Keating and Wal
ters. Umpires, Hildebrand and Dineen,
SECOND GAME.
Chicago R.H E
000 0000 . . ¥
At New York—
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Danforth and Schalk; Love and Hannah,
Umpires, Dineen and Hildebrand,
Cousin of Wife of
President Wounded
(By International News Service.)
PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 17.-—Lieu
tenant Alexander Russell Bolling, sec
ond cousin of Mrs. Woodrow Wilson,
wife of the President, was gassed and
wounded by shell fire in the offensive
on July 18, according to a letter re
ceived by his parents, Major and Mrs,
R. H. Bolling, of Chestnut Hill, today.
Bolling, a grandson of the late Rear
Admiral A. W. Russell, was in the
medical corps of the aviation section.
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MARGH SEES
AANY PERIL
IN SIBERIA
(By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, July 17.—Opposi
tion to any policy of sending large
increments of American trcops into
Siberia was voiced by General Peyton
C. March, chief of staff, in his weekly
conference with members of the Sen
ate military affairs committee today.
General March is understood to
have told the committee that the
sending of a “handiul of men"” into
Russia would necessitate the rending
cf larger and larger forcez to rescue
these, and that in time the withdraw
al of troops miglht interfere with the
plan of “fighting it out to a finish on
the western front.”
General March, Senators said, ex
pressed the belief that the eastern
front would never be re-established'
as an offensive front, and indicated’
that the Russian situation continues
fraught with grave possibilities, l
Moscow in Hands of
Social Revolutinaries
(By International News Service.) ‘
LONDON, Aug. 17.-—~Moscow is now |
in the power of the Social revolution- |
aries (the anti-Bolsheviki), said a
Stockholm dispatch in The Times to
day. l
The situation at Moscow ig eritical,
The soviet government has re
moved the Russian National Bank
from Moscow,
German troops are dally expectm]‘
to reach Petrograd, said the dispatch,
and occupy part of the railway lend-l
ing from the capital to the northern
coast,
It was reported yesterday that the
Bolsheviki at Moscow had fortified |
and occupied Kremlin palace.
Siberian Line No
(By Inteinauional News Seorvice.) |
WASHINGTON, Aug. 17. »--(‘unflr-‘
mation of the taking of lkrutsk by
the Czecho-Slavs and the Slb».ri:m'
peoples’ arm was received today by
the State Department from the Amer
ican charge at Peking, who reported
that communication had been estab
lished with that city and that tho-|
railway line running between Irkutsk
and Samara s now open, Communi- |
cation between irkutsk and Mosuow'
is still shut off, however, according
to the dispatch,
Casualties in the Czecho-Slovak
forces up to July 10 were announced
by the commander at 250 killed and
1,200 wounded,
A new Siberian government is be
ing organized with headquarters at
Omsk, the dispatch sald. The people
at Omsk, it was sald, generally dis- |
regard the Brest-Litovsk treaty und‘
are in favor of war upon the Central
Powers, Americans in the city urc‘
reported to be safe, |
Another dispatch from Consul Gen- |
eral Poole at Moscow, forwarded by
American Minister Morris at Stock
holm and dated August 9, sald th.'nt‘
the Japancse Consul General had left
the city on the preceding night. Con- |
sul General Poole could have gone
at the same time, he believed, bul
elccied to stay, hecause he believed
he could be of assistance to the mem- |
bers of the British and French dlplu-‘
matle parties who had been threaten.
ed by the Bolshevik authoritles, |
Japanese to Fight
Huns in Mongolia
(By International News Service.)
TOKIO, Aug. 17,1 t is off'cially an.
nounced that the activity of the Aus.
trian and German war prisoners who
have crossed the line from Siberia
into Mongolia necessitates the enact.
ment of the military agreement re
cently arranged between China and
Japan. It is announced that Japa
nese troops wiil be dispatched into
Manchuria. It is specifically stated
that the territorial integrity of China
is guaranteed by Japan.
ATLANTA, GA., SATURDAY, AUGUST 17, 1918
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SARATOGA RESULTS.
FIRST—SBix furlongs: Louise V., 113
(Walls), 9-5, 3-5, 1-4, won; Adele, 101
(McAtee), 10, 3, 6-5, seoond; Petrovna,
118 (Sande), 8-, 3-5, 1-4, third. Time,
1:13 2-5. Busy Joe, Pleasant Dreams and
Junebug also ran.
SECOND—About two miles: Bet, 142
(Williams), 5-2, 7-10, 1-4, won: Shannon
River, 142 (Allen), 15, 5 and 2, second;
Dramaturge, 142 (Campbell), 20, 6 and 2,
third. Time, 4:18 1-5, Weldship, Gar
ter, Cresthill, Robin, Goodfellow and
Trumpater also ran.
THIRD—Five and one-half furlongs:
Passing Shower, 112 (Johnson), 20, 8,4,
first; Lady Rosebud, 116 «Colling), 12.5,
5-2, second; Tuscaloosa, 112 (Walls), 4,
8-5, 4-5, third. Time, 1:05 4-5. My
Friend, Scoots, Blushing Beauty, Merry
Princess. Strickling, Sketchy, Phales,
Joyful, Ophelia Catspaw, Terentia and
Sweetbroer also ran.
FOURTH—MiIe and quarter; Sunbri
ar, 120 (Knapp), 11-10, 1-3 out: Johren,
126 (Robinson), 3-7-10 out; War Cloud,
126 (Buxton), 12-5, 1-2, out third. Time,
2:()?l 1-5. Exterminater also ran. Cou
pled.
EDIS—In third race, Madra's Gingham
and Dinah added starters and also ran.
Stickling and Sketchy coupled.
FIFLH--Mile:Smart Money, 120 (Rob=
inson), 2 and even; Wiseman, 112
(Bell), 4, 8-5 and 7-10; Valais. 112 (San
de), 13-5 and 5-2. third. Ti :38 2-5.
Torchbearer, Herald, Tro
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- SARATOGA ENTRIES.
FIRST — Two-year-olds, conditions,
five and one-half furlongs: Duc de
Guize 108, Thunderclap 108, Polygon
(imp.) 112, Kiss Again (imp.) 112, Lad’s
Love 115, Madhatter 108, Scotch Ver-
Adict 108, Leather Face (imp.) 108 Min
uet 105, Colonella 102, Farmingdale 108,
Sam Reh 115, Lien D'Or 120, Unele
White 120, Sweepment 108, Rodgers 108,
War Marvel (imp.) 115.
SECOND-—Four-year-olds and up,
steeplechase, about two miles: First
Out 132, Eagle Thistle 142, Reddest 152,
Toppy Nix 132, Manslayer 187, Infidel 1I
137, Sun King 156, Larmarsouin 144,
THIRD—The Red Cross handicap,
three-year-olds and upward, one mile.
Bondage 107, Sauberk 112, Crank 105,
Regal Lodge 102, Sun Flasgh II 126, Nut
Cracker 98, Hollister 117, Naturalist
122, Jus Quai, Bout 97, Slippery Elm
11%‘:3' Sasin 105, Corn Tassel 117, Franklin
FOURH-The Mahawak, three-year
o'ds, selling, one mile: Princeps 105,
Wyoming 102, Panaman 108, Sweep Up
11 104, Seafarer 101, Elmendorf 108, Jap
het 104,
~ FlFTH—Three-year-olds and up,
claiming, one mile: Deckmate 110,
Wood Thrush 93, Nigel 106, Fleucia 105,
- Boxer 115, Square Set 106, Benefactor
98, Little Cottage 113, Barry Shannon
106, Dan 113, Indian Chant 110, Sand
'man II 115, Peerless One 110, Greetings
101, Pleasant Dreams 101, Happy Val
ley 102,
L SIXTH-—Maiden fillies, two-year-olds,
five furlongs: Virago 114, Catspaw 114,
| Minuet 114, Susan M 114, Queen Meni
| lig 114, Yvette 114, Marion Hollins 114
| Bettie Bluff 114, Herodias (imp.) H“.
Cyra 114, Miss Voski 114, Pupsy 114,
.“h:\d;’ 114, Goldvale 114, Vesper Hour
114, Trompeuse 114, Rose Leaves 114,
Warkins 114, Rhajes 114,
Weather, clear; track, fast.
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Aug. 17.—-Summaries: '
INTERNATIONAL SWEEPSTAK RS-
Two-mile race, won by Depalma. Resta,
second; Ralph Mulford, third, Arthur
Duray, fourth. Time, 1:05 3.5, Score-—
DePalma, %: Resta, 5; Mullford, 2: Du
ray, 2. Chevrolet broke crank shaft
;Wl_n!wrn time new world's record,
SECOND RACE-~Ten miles, flve laps:
Won by DePalma. Dario Resta, second;
Ralph Mulford, third; Arthur Duray,
"Yuurlh. Time, §:23 4.5. Noew world's rec
-Intn"d,mfl(“(l)rc;; Toml? DePalma, 12; Res-
A, » Mulford, 8: Duray, 6. Scratches:
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i (By International News Service.)
| PARIS, Aug. 17.—The French cruis-
S{lr Dupetit Thouars, while cruising
| ;
| with the American fleet in the Atlan-l
tie, was submarined August 7.
American destroyers rescued all but
thirteen members of the crew.
The Dupetit Thouars was an ar
mored cruiser. She was 452.7 feet
long and had a displacement of 9,367
, tons,
iG f American
l WASHINGTON, Aug. 17.-—~The crew
of the American schooner Madinga
dah, destroyed by a submarine Au
gust 15, has been landed at an At
, lantic port by a Norwegian vessel,
' the Navy Department announced !hie,i
afternoon. They were picked up elev- |
{en miles south of Winter Ql].lrl("l"]
Shoals light, near where the .’lfl?h'l\‘
took place '
i The master of the veasel l‘fi_r\nrtmi.
that the Madingadah had been .'nllll('k-i
ted at 7:15 o'clock on the evening of |
| .
{ August 15, the submarine firing vlm‘-l
;v»n shots into her hull. After !hp:
is(-?mnn/ r had been abandoned the I'-}
boat drew alongside and fired t\\'n;
| more shots into her. |
} When last seen the vessel was in|
flames and it i{s assumed that she |
{ was burned tothe water's «dge. ‘
‘ The crew consisted of 22 men, in
-I«Zudiu,: a naval wireless operator,
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Nine Missi
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ine Missing From
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| Tanker Sunk Off U. 8.
{ (By International News Service.) |
| WASHINGTON, Aug. 17.—Nine
! members of the crew of the British
tanker, Mirto, are missing, the Nuvy
Department announced today, follow
ing the destruction of the vessel by a
submarine about 25 miie off Cape |
| Hatteras. The Mirlo was a vesse! of
16,700 tons i
i Although it is an accepted theoty |
| that the Mirlo was attacked by a sub- |
!n:.nrtm- no one on board sighted Hw‘
| U-boat or saw the wake of a torpe .]n_'
| The commander of the vessel report- |
ted that an externa! explosion had oc |
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jeurred and that a few minutes later
{ the vessel, which was loaded with|
: gasoline, was §in flames Several |
| members of the crew were injured as |
‘JI result of the explosion
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Long Range U.B.Guns
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i (By International! News Service.)
i WIT HTHE AMERICAN ARMY ON
| THE AISNE-VESLE FRONT, Aug.|
116 (7 p. m.).~—Long-range American |
| cannon are violently shelling Hwi
{ bridges over the Alsne River betws en |
‘l‘um! Arcy and Pont-Avert, ('un"rn-!
‘Uzmvu against the Bourg H'ulrwul|
lmnl;;v. where the railway line from |
| Lano forms a Junction with the!
ll:lwlnw Soissons road. Direct hH_ui
| were observed .
There have been no further infan
try actions on the Vesle front, but the
guns have bean active,
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Wounded Still Fit
(By International News Service.)
LONDON, Aug 1. —~Eighty-ona
’I"" cent of the American wounded
in the fighting in [rance have return.
ed or will return to the front for serv.
{ice, 14 per centbeing discharged from
the army as unfit for further service
and only 5 per cent have died,
I |
(By Agence Radio to the In(ornationnl‘
News Service.) ‘
BERNE, Aug. 17.——The splitting up
of the Austro-Hungarian empire ln‘.;\l
a confederation of three States, a(--‘
cording to nationalities, is to be pro
rosed by Premier Hussarek of Aus
tria, according to Vienna dispatches
printed in German newspapers,
The States are to be German, Hun
garian and Czecho-Slav Polish, ac
cording to information received hu'el
today. ‘
Minor points in the proposed trans |
formation of the Austro-Hungarian
T“mpire into a three-state monarchial
confederation are in the direction of
:
parliamentary development and a
central government by means of par
liamentary commissions from each
state in question affecting them joint.
ly. It is said that the confederation
scheme has the approval of l‘lmpvrnrl
Charles and the support of the Aus
trian Parliament. The Germans nrv}
said to be skeptical, but Vienna is r'ui
ported very hopeful that this will be a |
|
solution, <
A somewhat similar propesition with
regard to Poland failed in 1916, It
was then proposed to make Poland the
third of a tri-state Austrian mon
archy, but failed because 2f the op
position of Hungary.
May Be First M
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~ Of Real Peace Drive
(By International News Service)
PARIS Aug. 17.—~The report from
Switzerland that Austria proposes to
turn the dual monarchy into a tri
state monarchy by creating a ("zecho-
Slovak state, has created considerable
interest he:re It is regarded as pos
ibly the first move of a most serious
peace drive. The announcement may
be the result of the two Kaiser con
ferencee, But, like a change of Ger
man Chancellors, it is felt here that
the necessity of ("zecho independence
bas been recognized too late hy [Pre
mler Hussarek.
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| (By International News Service.)
| WASHINGTON, Aug. 17.-—Priori
ties for manufacturers of cotton gins
have been denied by the War Indus
tries Board, it wag announced today
Additional ginning plants and gins
are unnecessary, it wag neld
| Manufacturers appeared before the
board and pleaded for additional
equipment, but the committee ruled
that present equipment was sufficlient
to take care of even a normally large
Crop,
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Negotiations Off for
- Pri 'E
i risoners’ Lxchange
(By Agence Radio to the Interna
| tional News Service,
| GENEVA, Aug. 17..~The negotin
tions between Germany and Ameriea
z'.. arrange fo* an exchange of pris
| oners have been adjourned at the re
quest of the German Government,
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U. 8. Senator, Dies
(By International News Service.)
FRANKLIN, N. H, Aug 15,
ITnited States Senator Jacob H. Gal
linger died early today at the Frank
lin Hospital, where he had been a pa
tient for the last week, He had been
in poor health for two months
One week ago his condition became
eritical and he was removed fromn nis
home to the hospital for treatment.
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0 TER CHARLES HARRIS, t
$ who has been named adju- ;
, tant general of the army, suc
. ceeding Genera! McCain, trans- g
$ ferred to active service, is a native |
! Georgian, his home having been in ;
Cedartown until his appointment
é to West Point. He is a brother of §
! William J. Harris, candidate for §
! the United States Senate; of Dr.
. Seals Harris, formerly of Mobile, g
; Ala, now of the army: of Major é
| Hunter Harris, of the army, and of |
{ Professor J. C. Harris, superin- 2
| tendent of the School for the Deaf \I
z at Cave Spring. §
General Harris was gnduatedfi
! from West Point in 1887 and has g
2 served continuously in the army |
| since that time. He hae seen much |
| foreign service and is generally
| considered one of the ablest men
§ in the military service of the
. country today. He recently has
! been serving as assistant to Gen- $
¢ eral McCain, $
. General Harris had expressed a;‘
E great desire to the War Depart- ¢
$ ment for overseas service, "‘df
! doubtless will now see his ambi- !
tion gratified. He has a son, Cap- |
tain Charles D. Harris, who is now |
on the firing line in France. Cap- 5
tain Harris graduated with first )
honors at West Point last year, 5
and was rewarded by being ap- §
{ pointed immed-ately to a captaincy
i in the regular army. ;
AR AR AR AR AR ANANA AR S
Quentin Roosevelt
Given Posthumous
By HENRY J. WALES,
Staff Correspondent of Interna
tional News Service,
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY
ON THE AISNE-VESLE FRONT,
Aug, 16, 7 p. m.~—~The French war
cross, with the palm, has been
posthumously conferred upon
Lieutenant Quentin Roosevelt,
who was killed in an air fight
near Fere-en-Tardennois by the
French general commanding that
sector of the Marne front,
The decoration will be sent to
Licutenant Roosevelt's parents at
Oyster Bay.
Lieutenant Roosevelt {s now of
ficially credited with destroying a
German alrplane during the bat
tle which resuited in his death
Comrades of Lieutenant Roose.
velt said they saw a machine fal)
in flames behind the German lines
about the time the American dis
appeared,
Four U. 8. Flyres Get
By HENRY G. WALES,
Staff Correspondent of the Interna
tional News Service.
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY
ON THE AISNE-VESLE FRONT,
Aug. 16, 10 p, m.~—Three German air
planes were shot down and another
was driven down out of control by
American alrmen this afternoon over
the Rheims-Vesle-Aigne front,
Lieutenants Buckley, Cravatt, Cur
tis and Mitchell were protecting
American obgervation machines and
werae patrolling above the front when
seven Fokkers and three Rumplers
were encountered,
The fight which followed proved a
decisive defeat for the Germaons
Buckley, Curtls and Gravatt enen
shot down » machine, Another wag
driven dawn out of control by Curtis
but it is not officially confirmed that
the boche machine crashed to earth,
The German survivore rlew away
without molesting the Americans any
further, while all the Americans r
turned safely to their base,
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THE WEATHER. ¢
Forecast—Probably showers Sat- |
urday night and Sunday. !
Temperatures—6 a. m, 71; 8;
a.m, 76; 10 a. m., 80; 12 noon, 84;
1 p.m,886; 2p, m, 88, é
Sunrise, 6:01; sunset, 7:23, !
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By FRANK CHARLTON,
International News Service Cable
Editor,
Allied troops have again smashed
ahead on the Picardy and Flanders
front.
On the Picardy front the British
,rnd French are carrying out with
| steady success their triple eavelop
'ing movement against the Germaa
| key positions of Albert and Lassigny
| and the German base at Roye.
; North of Roye road the British last
right lunged forward, making an
| cther gain, while the F'rench fought
| their way through Loges forest, south
| of the city, attaining the eastern bor
| der,
|
| Although the operations of the
|
| past 24 hours have been on a mincr
scale, the Allies are biting huge
chunks cut of the German front in
{ the Merris-Vieux-Berquiun sector of
| the Flanders front and on the southe
lern end of the Picardy battle zone
! The Allies are only abecut one mile
from Roye and are pushing onward
|‘lvsmh- the desperate resistance of
{ the Germans,
i Germans Hurled Back.
| The greatest German efforts to
| #tem the Allied advance were center.
| ed late yesterday and last night just
| west of the Oise River, where the
French are pushing up the Chani
pugne-Noyon railway to gep behind
the German defonses of Lassigny
| Two powerful German counter as
saults were made in that region, but
the attacking troops wer~ hurled bachk
|and the rench pos remained
| absolutely intact
The German line bulges in a south
‘\\. terly direction in that area and
| f the French advance conctinues mucen
| further the Germans probakly will be
| compelled to withdraw, just as thev
{ have been retiring on the Lys salient
land north of Albert
| Acting in the closest co-operation
| the British and Frerch are deliver
| Ing a sorieg of concerted thrusts over
| Individual sectors, which, taken gol
lective make up a very wide front
Already the complete result of these
| tactics is piainly en, Roye is half
| encireled and the British are pushing
least of Albert both to the north and
| south of the ecity
! Back on Old Line.
| In the zoues around Koye and Las
! signy the Germans are now back
upon the line which they ocecupled so
I long before the offensive operations
| began early this yea:r
Violent ecannonading {lB reported
from the northern end of the Flanders
ront, particularly along the Francos-
Belgia frontier south of Yopres
Whetner or not the increasing activity
of the German artillery in that region
preludes in infant: diversion can
not he foresecn 11 probable, how
ever, that the bombarding is mainly
for the purpose of harassing the Brit
h and doing as much damage to
their defensive works and transport
rvice as possible L
This was the tenth day of the Al
' newest offensive in Pleardy,
There s a lull in the infantry fighting
WJdong the Vesle River (south of the
\fgne) here American soldiers are
holding the line
itish Make Gai
] \ ¢
British Make Gains
| "0 t
In Three Sectors
! (By International News Service.)
| LONDON, Aug. 17.—British forces
\ e advienced In three sectors of
the" Ploardy ind Flanders ‘hattle
fronts, the War Office announced to
Aaa Further progres was made by
the British north of the Roye road
rorth of the Ancre River and near
Vieux Berquin
Sharp patro! fighting occurred in
the Vieux PBerquin sector (Flanders
| front), where the British have been
| il
| Continued va Page 2, Column & _