Ttie Great Wap-I129th Day

Gun Fire ShowsAllies Plan NewFlanders Attack

gain »"d High Winds

Check Military Activityon West Front

french Gain Admitted

j. sfJnT- Activity Indicates

Another Drive by Petain

East of Rheims

iMTJON ! tllad Braalhar,'-j v.£-v- « -d« continue to

.... nithi on the WealI

opera

B forceaceu-

that tha Btraaiaa mid-.v nnd

Ree ean-

French suc-

-e. nenr the¦ u- hemin-dea-Daflaea,

the jrain of a smallforemoat trench

IT*'"1*p»r:« sayi *-at *n* r "" ierman

_.,..,- f. take the lost posi-ered under

rnge, the cnemv troops

| | ',:-

French (ifTen-.tve Kxpeetedn th;a

Maiaons def Rh< me,aug-

.-. have plans for

.-.rive in thi Vi r

S ba'tery t.re isal out as

asch a> ¦' PBblie

iermamiae were

- saya thnt

laBBB tbroatl -<tr A'.lemar.t. towardtke westa the Chemin-dea-pmei. a- i Pera, between this. n, were success-

British

| Havrinceuri. d the

:-.

-.dera. who counter at-

wked. b< tnc'-rjIEvanin? Kaids P.eaten Back.

To-day eaem> raidi at two pointslerthBeat «f U : ofLaBij^pf aren bi

I the oppos-iag klenj littla ty foi

rts two

e, flyina|. an by the

i -..' an p.uto-car.^on,

aad aaetathe eartl

¦sliihed I fal atterylerba report * naron von Rich-

the German pur-Flyinc

C.rcus." aa ath ad-... out in

iif.mbinga 1

ed, ar.d two Brit-

Allies Make NewAttack in Balkans

Sarrail Pressing Assaults at

Several Points WithVarying Success

ve fighting.n mcre

BBsaa,.« he bat-th General

'<»rn..> | -. Serhiaa, Ital-

.npaipn awayfrom the F- ai .1 Aus-

I

.s efforta do*"'. »»etn ore than re-¦'¦'..-.

Southwest-B«r..t. admiti thal the French at-

Ikasd ail jr the

l, bulroops who pot

re either¦¦';"' at'aeka on pobrnpolje

* irii rc-

i' theirThe

aiBimade by the Si north-have all been held. and

and in. tense.

'¦i* Itr. ed one of therougl . bacb

K®r,? "¦ nrhilc the British,be front, be-

L«he Doi-i»j\ Vf rp out raids

THE C.F.RMAN ADVANCE ON RIGA

rrowa indicata tho pointa of attack solo.-tod b-.- Princo Leopold. At

Uskull il'i tho enamy has croaaed tho Dvina, nnd is moving northwardon tho Baltk port.

"It Is All Over; We Are Lost, '

Says German, Seeing PershingTeuton Officer, Captured by French. Refuses to Believe

L'nited States Is Sincere in War Until He LearnsAmericans Are at Front

PAB "II .1- * pity that so

ood has been shcd in vn.n."A t,. taken priaoner In

the rrcrnt French advance north ofthua quoted. by the "Fch>>

de la Bochelle," and a staff ofliccr whothe <¦'.< rman is jriven as

BUthority for the interviear, The (ier¬man rendered b igi the heroictourape of the French soldiers, buttrud to diacourage the idea that helpwould be forthcorr,inp from the I'nitedBtatei"Why delude yourselves w-.th ch>-

Reriea nd thus prolor.p theggle?" he went on.

..You . ara theI'nited States. They promise it, but

ill never | know per-:n Germany what to expect as

to the ir.tentior.s of President BHe is playing vv-.th you; he will tem-

ponzr, a thoul ever going whole-I eartedly into the conflirt."When you are hopelessly beaten he

..rb;t'-r of the situation and- po«.e h peace that will be ad-

vantageous to r.o one but the UnitedStates of America. He will never rom-

promise the Sturs and Stripes in an

bdventnre on \our front."French offieers vain'.y informed the

r that thouaandl of Americansoldiers tnd landed in France and

ind and had marched throuph th"street| of Paris atifl London: that Bdivision of American troops wns pre-paring for service al the front; thatother eontingenta, more important.would arrive before the end of the

year, and thal the I'nited States w.v«

arming millions of men.

"Those aie or.ly adroit manneuvrea,

riesigned to keep up the apirits of thocorvbatanta." replied the prisoner.

The French oflicer then said: "Wewill convince you; you ahall be con-

dueted before (ieneral Pershing:. theeommander in rhief of the Americanexpeditionary forces in France, now

here on the' Verdun front You can

question him yourself, and you willleam whether it ia the German people'or UI who are beinjr deceived by those

govern."When the e<rort came »o conduct the

prisoner brfore General Pershing, bigrolled down his eheahs, and heIced sadly:

"Since that ia the rase. it ia all over.

BTe are laat."

Official StatementsWestBRITISH

LONDON, -.¦ U>\)a heavy .

rttaeh Ehthoura ,e*rp ¦

)Pellcd to v

>!'^'. , beea aetJva smrlna

UTS IC-

osrlafl

.:- ..rplane. "rriedhe.ti.e

meB «"d railway atauoru.

In air ficbtinK one German machine was

are miaain*.

FRENCHpa«U "epl DAY). On the Alsae

t the I ' ..?!a,nAdtt*ml\Z,. night, Attempted

failed Northwest oi Hurtebtse tne

Germa. '". '' tUck*d °» 'th, ereninf of tl.,

h»ir.B unable t" appr-sacn our II

On the l.- ¦¦""^Hill 31«tor.ped two enemy surpriss stacks.

Aviation. Two German BirpUaes uee

bi-ouant »ur «Va,S.meali!, partieular difficulty. The

SraTfl "'n. ind the.ndfellbel .

fi_, iinaa The ..¦ ond ni na, vahirh waa

Svua-t by . sh.ll fm

...,1 to the |-r..u.

(NIGHT) There vaaa prrat arl llerj ar-

,i-tv rlon ol HurteWse. near

Maiaons de Champa eai the Verdun, SnmoKneu*

.nn.nt.

GERMANnacBI IN Bepl PAY). Front rf Gro«n

.'ah^dTnth. '/ N>Brtof i.- '¦ ,!;

Kuina,. in theiance On th.

rsr *w

TaUl S^Paron von Riel

.cth nennl l

Italian FrontITALIAN

.nm ., ii thaJ-a?«VMB*U-a «.

Owing to the death of MR. JOHN L MURRAYMURRAY'S ROMAN GARDENS

228 W 42nd Street

Will be cloied until 5 P. M. Mondey, Sept. 3rd

PATR1CK V. KYNE.MANAGER.

(oonter atta ki »»r* ropwleed ea th* *outh-.'. of thr RairMTta platea-j. on the

^ of Monte S»n Gahriele. north-w<at ol eaal of f.oriiia Otu air-

rffortively Umharded the re\er«e ofthe enemy. peeitioni «t Monte San Gabrtele.At Gabriji, ear-t of Monte San Gahriele. th*

light BrtilleTT repeatedly ahelled a- .- Itation, rauung some raaual-

tie,.Ii th* BreatovixM Valley ard on th*

.... im ¦¦¦¦¦ U| i*»l on Thursdaj a'Hwere rttended. 4vith tha .apture ef

i'.'..<.- priaoners ard u eonsiderahle amountof -..ar materiaL So fnr we hav* reiv.oved1,400 riflaa, nme marhine flWaB, fi'* trenchmertan and a Kreat quantity of ammunitinnand matrrial.

Above Bellune an *nemy ma'-hin* waa

n in an r:r fivhtIn the npper Z*hn Ynllev, ln thr Stelvio

.» parties ol Alpinl, ln .¦» brilliant at-e beight eaeeedinfl 1,600 netrea, have<i the aalsratwed peel ahaaafeaed on

Auguat *, capturing tae entin enemy gar-

In Maeedonia on Triday in conjunrtionther eonUngeata of the Allied army in

tr.e Eaat, our troop* after ibert artillerypreparatioB raided the -ummit of Hill 1,050,ln the bend of the Terna, rapturir.g aome

ICOfO of German aoldiers.

AUSTRIANVIENNA, Bept S. Th* open town of

Trieate again wai vieited hy ftaJian airmen

Ther drappel aereatj nomha.the I-.oi.zo front there was ro fifrhtirr

Ol a !ark-e aeaie y.ti.erday Fartial attaoki-;,,. Italiai ¦alneiBBa-HeiHgeae-

ateail, i"ar Gorisia ann near .lamiam.failed. These «*re replied to hy enterprifes.carried out by our atormmv troops, 4vhirhwrrr aueeeaafui. ln the rejrion of Monte San

flWM k»v>t down the Italian in¬

fantry.Imrintr Saturday niyht ten oflleer* and 350

.lor.sring to li* Italian regimentj, fellthe haneh ef ..ur hrave defendera.

EastRUSSIAN

PETROGRAD, Sept 2 Western RussianFront. Yeeterdajr, after rtronj: artillery' rrep-

aratlon, th* German-. rro,«*d tne Blvet IH'.r.a¦I Kiipfermanimer and deveioped their

.ueceaa in a nertberi) dirertion. Our troopa..:. ke.i withoot Maeeees.

To-da) the ciifmy al,o a.«; umed th* offen¬sive in the readon of Mitau. The hattle i«

p-till proeeeding-.ln the direetiea ol Kovel. in the repion of

Vellck-Kukhary. laal m«ht the eeteaay hHveral ra, rlouds and then laun<-h*d an

ttack, bul not with large forres. H* WBI(.. OUT '(-fni*. ,vhirh have n'.w ar¬

rived. After a ihort time the enemy ajrainInoeed vn< ehwda, nol areompenying them byi,r. infantry attaek

ln the dirertion of Vladimir-Volynaki. af'*rthe bomberdnaenl of mr poaition (¦>. caeniealihelkt. the enemy asMimed the offensive in theregion of Zuhilno-I're»hem and ,u.-cee.|e.l li.

.he aertor SOUth of the village in hreakingIhe trenehea of one of our rompames

!, it waa ilriven out by n counter attaek>: :n mian r'ront. In th* dlre-tion of

inl laat nighl the enemy atfarked aev-

te - of the Rumanian poaition, northrtheaal ol Ireshti. All were repelled

Yeaterdaj th* aaamr, Bfte? atrong artilleryreparation, attaeked air.-m viih .-. -viderahl*M -he Rumanian peaitiona in the region

north of Ire.-hti. hut v.ere repelled v ith h*avyW* captured a aumber of priaonera.

In th» direetion of Praiia :he enemy, afteritien, att.-i.-kel our poall

northwest of the Buieu River,hut a Bl repelled.

Aviati-.n. In th* region of Pvinak our

aviator. Kns-ign Kfinnff. brought down n 'Ier¬man airplane, whieh fell within our line*.Thr aviators were 'nsde priaoner. In th*region ot BrOfl] one of our mach'.ne* p.l'.'edh\ Aviator Ueutenant I.udnov.k*. engaeedhi an aerial hattle with *n enemy battle-plane. Both marhme, fell in the enemylir.es.

GERMANPF.R1.IN. Sept I (DAY). Kront of Trincai

! aopold AkMlfl the Pvina. near Smorgon andnear Paranovirhi. the artillery actmty haa

*ad. Southeaat of Riga. at Krirdrirh-jtadt and lllukat, «ome of our enterpn,*,were suceeaaful

We-t of I.utak a -hnist by our ,t«rmir.gtroopa reeoHed in tha captura of rri,or.erai4nd hooty.

t ef Arrhduke Joaeph Between thePruth and the Miehava a deatiurtive fire w»-

mainUined. and there were ,ome akirnii,he*l.etween aJvanced partie*.

Italians PrepareA New OffenaiveOn Carso Front

Heavy Fighting Continues,but Bainsizza Drive

Slows Down

Austrian Attacks Fail

Cadorna's Airplanes BombRear Fortifications of

Mont San Gabriele

laONDON, SepL 1..Heavy fightingatill continuea in the Italian theatrefrom below Monte Santo to Hreatovizzaon the Carso Platrau. Littla ehanjre ofpoaitian, however, waa reported todayezcop! a further extension of GeneralCadema'a gains nenr the !att«r point.The Italian drive ia slowing down,

particalaiiy on the Bainsizza I'lateau,where it wns moat niecessful. but jndg-ing from the ineffectivcneas of theAustrian rounter attacks a frcsh Mrokeby King Victor's troops ia impending.The new onalaaghl i.a expeeted eitheron the I'ar.ao, north of Mount Her-r.iidi. or down rhe valley of the Wippaih, which hor.ieis the CaiBB on thei.ortii.Rome reporta the eaptur" of addi-

tional prisonerB, both dur.ng AustrianCOUnter thrBSta and ia the course ofItaliafl advances, but appurently thei umber waa not large enough totecord. I'ndorna's men further extendrdtheir aurcess of Thursday in theBreatavisza valley, and thua far 1.400rifles. nine machine guns and livetrench motara, m add.tion to otherl ooty, have been removed from theeunqucred trenches. It ia from thisdirection tha' the Mount Ilermada de>i!M'S, which block the road toTrieste, are most seriour.ly menaced.The Austriatis are still mmter at-

tacking on the southern ed>;e of theBainaisza I'lateau, on the northernslopea of Monte San Gabriele, vvherethe Italians bave a lirm foothold, northweal of Tivoli nnd euat of Gorisia.Rome BSaerte these attacks were un-

SUCCaaafal. Thn Italians are determir.ed to take Monte San Gabriele, andtheir Caproni airplanes are now drop-piag bombs on the rear of the hostilefortificatiana. At Gabrijl, eaat of thismountain stronghold, the Austrian lightartillery, the Italian oftlcial atatementdeclares, has peraistontly shelled »

field dreaaing station, CBUsing a num¬ber of eaaaaltiaa amaag the wounded.

A brilhant feat of Alpini in the re-

g.on of tne Stclvm Pa^s. in the weatemTrcntino la reeorded by Rome. Thenemountain aoldierc, operating in a re

gion more than ln.*. l'eet above aea

level. attacked an advance post out ofwh'ch they had been forced Auguat 27.Tl ey recencjuered it and made the en¬

tire 1',-irnaon priaoners.Vienna says oaeratieaa on the

Isonzo fron' yeaterdav eonaiated ehief-ly of Italian partial attacks, whichwere repulsed. Saturday night, it isaaid. the Austrian* cnptured IM Ital¬ians belonging to six different regi-mer.ts. Trieste has been bombedagain, seventy propertilrs hsving beendropped by the Italian fliers.

Italians TransformRocky 'No Man's Land'

100,000 Engineera Work Won-ders Behind Line of

Fighting Armiest'PINF. Sept. 2. The advance of the

Italian armles along sixty miles offront over every variety of grounl is

a scarcely more lmpressive spectaclethan the work nf the hundred thou¬sand men engaged In aaflf, engineer-ing operations in the oreupied terri-tories behind the flghting forces. Oneuains an impresaion of power in theleeonstruction of roads, the thrawiag<.f new bridges scross streams andrhaama, eractiaa oi new militsrvworhs, and by the immense movementj.lnng every npproarh of guns, muni¬tions, supplies, ambulaneea, watertnnks and herds of ra't>

li.sertcl rocky rcgions svvept a week:<EO by gunAre have now become a partof Italian territory and are beingtrnnsformrd as though by magic into., babitable rnun'r.. Where "No Man'sLand" il being steadily pushed for-v.ard formidable fortifications are fall-i-iK. °ne by one, to the astonishmentof the enemy, who ronsidered theminvulnerahle.

lt iv amazing to see how the Alpin*Hersaglier; and little infantrymenfrom Sicily, Calahria and Batrainial^ave transformed themselves into road.nenders and builders, masons, carpen-t. rs and pardenera."The Engliab call their sailors

'handy men.'" remarked a general"They aro not a patch to our sol¬diers."

S.-"»¦

Italians Laud Red Cross

Generals Receive AmericanCommission as Brothers

ROME, Sept. 1 The Amenean R*dCross Commission was reeeived to daybv Ger.eral Gaatano Grandina. Miniater of War, who told the members in-structions had been given that therom-

iali ;i woald have the same standingal 'he front as if it enmpnaed Italianoflcers.General Ifontanari, I'r.de* Serretary

..*" State for War, aaid he wa* proud tnsee the eontributiofl of America "inthis aolemn moment when PresidentWilson's voice ri^ea nobly to proclaimthe principles of justice and liberty.fnr which we are all fighting. indeliblyir.scrihing his name in the book of hi.«-tory."

General Montanari thanked the corn-

missioil for th" flattermg opinion? re-

gardmg Italian military operationa."The commission arill be reeeived at

the front as brothers," he adlei.

15,000 Jews Pledge Aid

Live* and Fortunes at Call ofAmerica

BOSTON, Sept. 2. Resolutionapledging to the government during thewar the livei and fortunes of lMOfiN'ew Knglandera of Jawiah fRit'n were

unanimoualv adopted at the operungto-day of the joint annual conventionOf the Assr.nated HehrOB A"-sociat:ons

.' New Kngland, the Associated YaungB/omen'i Hebrew Aasoeiatioas of N'ewKngland and the Hebrew Teschers afMnssachusetts. A cory of the decla--ntiona waa telegrsphed tn PreaidentV/ilaan.The reanlutmns were intrnduced by

Judge Jacob Asher, of Worceeter.

War Profits TaxFight to Become

Political Issue

Senate Leader PredictsNew Measure When Con-gress Meets in December

Warns Big Business

Finance Committee Plans to

Levy on Surpluaes to Sur-

prise Corporations

(Hpe^lal < nrrmonden-*!WASHINGTON, Sept 2 Fmm now

on the fight on thr war profits sectionof tha reveaae biil is a political tightThe men who support the committeeplan, which now seems assured of sue

cess, will be held up to the country bythe wealth ronsrriptionists n* thr men

rrsponsilile for so nuich of the bunknof Ihe war being plnced on the littlefellow."Hy the time we come bark iiere in

Pecembcr," said one of thr radicalIraders to The Tribune correspondentto-night, "the Finance Committee willhold a hurrled mec'lng and report out

a straight out war profits tax measure

as n BBBatltate for thia thing which now

probahly wiii g.> threagi.¦ Hije baaiaeaa, alwaya slow to find

out just what a tax measure will do inthe way of imposmg burden*, arill be

plending with tears in its eyes for n

revision of the men,ure. Why. I reallybelieve, if th* heads of those concerns

sometimes characterized ns legitimatebusiness, could reall7e what the com¬

mittee plan will do to them, when cou-

pled with the increase in the corpora¬tion income tax, they would be downhere now lohbymg for the Johnsonamendment."

This reproonts nn exfreme view, butth"ie ifl Mttle. doubt 'hat the businessintereflta of the country havo not gon"very f;ir below the larfaCO in studyingthe tax bill.

Country Has Not Heen Heard From

For instar.cr, very little has beenhetrd from the country on the propo-ai to taa nndiatributed surplusos.

* Seiii* hoo>ted the tax on rorpo-lation inromes from L' per cent to finer cent. which lnts all corporationsbefore any lew Ofl war profits ismade, but, in addition, there is thislittle section:

"In addition to the income tax im-|.o$ed by Sub<liv;sio:i A of this sec¬

tion, there shall be levied. assessed,collected ar.d paid annually nn addi-tional tax of 10 per cent upon thenmount, rcmaininjj \ndistributed sixmonths after the end of each calen-..ir or Bfleal year, of the total net In¬come of every corporation, joint stoekcompany or BBBOCiation or insurance

rompaay, received during the year''Fhrre is ,i raving elauaa, a little lowerdown, which reads as folloars:"The tax imposrd hy this subdivi-

sion shall not apply to that portionof such ur.distributed net incorr.ewhich is actuallv mvested ar.d em-

ployed in the business or il retaiaedfor BBtplajraaeal Ifl the reasonable re-(juirements of the hu-ineas."

May Worry ( orporalionsThen comes a provision. however,

which may caw- wrinkles Tn corpora¬tion lawvera' brows:

"Provided, that if the Secretary ofthe Treaeury aaeertaiafl nnd Bada thntnny portion of *\irn amOBBt so retainedat any time fnr employrr.ent in thebusiness is not *o employed, or is notreasonobly required in the business, h

tax of 15 per cent shall be levied, as-

secsed. eoliCCted Bl d paid thereon, nndthe ftadiag and ruling of the SeeTBl n;of the Trtf.sury in any and all -.icn

.-ii-.-.- ihall bi eoacluaive and fmal."This might work out Ia a most inter¬

esting way in the case of thr FordMotor Company, for insfance. TheFord eompaay is now being --led m

court by thr findi;. Brothera, who own

some of the Ford s'oek. Podge Rroth-< n allege that H*nry Ford i* arith-holdiag divideada on Ford stork in or¬

der to dovelap a smeifer which i- ofdoobtfal -alue to the Ford plant.

If thr proposed amendment bad be*nenacted last year IBfltead of th:s, Sec¬retary of the Trensury McAdoo mitrh'have the linol sav as te whether thatmoney being apeflt by Henry Ford was

really "reasnnibiy required in the busi¬ness." If h« thought it was not. hecould levy B little 'ar of 15 per cent..f the ,n".re nmount proposed to brjpen* for the smelt;r.g plant.

Italy Seeks TeutonConcession in China

Effort to Obtain Tien-tsin Ter-ritory Arousea Indignation

of Peking PressPEKING, Aig 2K Ministrr \.

of Italy has asked thr Foreign Officeto trnnsfrr the Austrian concession at

Tien tsm IO Italy in recognifion of

Ilaly's war icrvices. He also has askedthnt Italians be employed in place of

Germaaa in the salt administration. to

indemnify loBBOa auffored by Italiansin the bonibardment of July 12.Thr Chlaese press expreasea indig-

nation over what it rharaetemrs as

Italy's attrmpt to gi.in territory."If the Italian Minister," says the

I'eking "N'w>." "cannot understandth* principle invol'.'ed in the demandwe shall have tO te.l him that Chir.a isBOl prepered to cede to Italy or to anyother natioa at the present time anypart of hei territory.'

Ll Yuar-hur.g, former Presiden*. lefttn-dav f. r Tien*tein on a special train.guarded by troopa ef Feng Kwo-chang.actmg President. The former* Presi¬dent Bill rlail hia family. He l*ftPeking arith the '.ir.d.*r«tanding that hewas to r turn ifl a w*ek.

.-.-¦

Swiss Quarantine Border

Take Protective MeaauresAgainst German EpidemicaGENEVA, Sept I The Bariaa aaai-

tary authorities at Basle and all alongthe German frontier are taking meas-

ures to prevent dysentery. typhus andscarlatina, arhich prrva.l in Rhine

towns, from eateriag Saritflarlaael Alltravellers eomine fmm Germany are

required to undergo medical examina-tion, and neuTals crosung the frinto Germany from SwitaerUad are

araraed to tske precautions.The epidemiefl are said to be due to

insuffieient r.ourishment. The fror.tierat Pasle i* virtaaHl closed. The troopithere have been trebled to mair.Um a

itrlct quarantine.

Vast Preparations Being MadeAt American Bases in France

Medical Division Has Supplies for Six Months.FrenchGirls Learn Pokrr from Marines Guarding

Commissary Warehousea

By Heywood Broun{.4i-cr»ri(i,4 ln thi F'ruhxng Armu ifl Frnnrm

f "prrtihi. i»ir. pT Iha Maasae Aai'via-i^l

AMKRMAN FXPFDITIONARY ARMY.Sept. 2. A trip along the line of rom-

munieation nf thn Amer'ean army re-

veala the fact thnt preparations ar» heing made on s bijr. scale. Despita a

few lapsea, the work is proceeding on

or ahend of srhed'iie.The medical hase, for instance, re¬

ported that it had supplies to last the

army now in France at least lll rr-ontha,and the baae hakery ia ready to meet s

much h»avier denvind thar. is being puton it at present. Kach soldier get.aeighteen ounees nf white bread a day,and nne of the many over.s at the baaeeun turn out 2,^00 four-pound loavrs in

twenty-four houra.Laaviag the hakery, we cut acroas a

large section of F'ra/ice whirh had seen

no American soldiers. Our army car

and the sergeant who drove it were

greeted with the greateM enthuaiasm,and even the correspondents came infor a share of rhe WeleBBSC berause

they wore the Ameriran uniform. Kv-eryFrench prasant can make a speech, andmoat nf 'hem did. There were fioweraalso and no end of huzzaa and cnea of"Yive I'Amerique!" Evafl the smallestchildren seemed to ident.fy ui at once

as Americans and to cheer accordingly.Kverywhere "Vlve I'Amerique"

In one village, however, the sight ofthe unfsmiliar uniform brought a cryof "Boche!" and everybody in the mainstreet, including a fat pig. ran ir.doorsin great alarm. Here we halted to

establish our good faith by distribut-ing loaves of bread we had bnrrowedfrom the American bakery. The in-habitanta regarded it with ind.rTerer.eeuntil one old lady ehanced to break a

loaf, and found that it was no war

bread, but plain "blanc." She beganta sat the breud as thouijh it had been'rare cake. Indeed. it .vaa the firstwhite bread ahe hai seen ifl two yeara,and aa ahe ate slvi wept and rried, "IIeat beau.''The region through which we trav-

elled, though out of the fighting zone.

had felt the war directly ennngh, andyet It had abundance of spint left toweleome B new ally. In one town threechildren elustered about the cir ardpresented a bouquet of flowers tO S

large, fat reporter, boraur.e some wagin the party had identified him aa GeBeral Pershing. Diaarmed by the aTability of the "general," one of the .-h.!dren" beaan to boast. "Mv father wa<

killed in the war," added the second.

French WorkmenUrged to Strive

Harder to Win

PARIS, Sept. 2. Albert Thomas, Min-i.'ter of Munitions, addreeeiag workmenof the Renaud establishment of Billan-court yesterday, vigorously appealedf..r "continue.1 and intaaaa applica-t;on" of their efforts during the re-

mainder of the war.

"C'omrades," he aaid, "a' presentthere is a little uneertain'y in thespirits of the workingman. I know thetroubloua prcp^'lf^nda that affecta you.I appreciate the anguish of the workerwhen in the fatigue of the evening hereviev/S his effort and saya to himself,'Is it worth while" What will come

of all this hard work"' How muchlenger muat we struggle? Ian't it true

that victory Is a long way off?'

Must Assure Yirtory."I know well a little dou'ot is capablej

of*affecting your stoutness of heart.You know me, comrade.a! I am one

of those who deslre by every possiblemeans. by diplomatic and sociahstieaction to attaifl as rapidly as possible a

durable and a juat p.-aee. But ifl or¬

der that the peace be durable. iti orderthat the 'Soeiety of Nations' may guar-antee that peaee shall b<> e.atabl.siiedin tbe entire world, do you not feel, as

your comradea of the trenches feel,that military victory must be assured""Comradea, we have just gree'ed the

Russ.an revolution. It inspired hopein hastening the hour of peace. ltawaited, aniuoualy turning toward Ber¬lin and Yienna. a German or an Aus¬trian revolution, which would bring to

Furope peace with added liberty..Tne Kasaiaa rovelal liaeav'

ered. after several mOBtha, that it was

lndispenaable to deatroy Pmaaian mih-tarian and to pursue military efforts.

Yirtory for I^bor"At this very hour Premier Kerensky

is making an appeal for war with allthe energv of the Russian people, whileGeneral Korr.'.lo'T is afemptir.g to co-

ordinate all the military forces of theraMon. The *reat American republie.alsn has recognized that it was india-pensable to c< ndurt a war against thehrutal force of the Caatral Empiree."And we alao BIOBt aak that the

French working clas^es continue whole-hearfedly. ar.d with unity of apirit,their eaargatie labor; that Is, they mul-tiply their effor'a in order thar to-mor¬row with its military victory maybring likewise an endurmg victory forlnbnr the eeonomic victory that you ao

much wish for as your?."

Stores e m p t y to-day.holiday!

To-morrow, full of Fallthings to wear.

Rogebj Pkf.t CompanyBroadway Broadwayat 13th St. "The at 34th St

FourBroadway Corners" Fifth Ave.at Warren at 41st St.

fnr Thr S'rw York Tnhvna ni.4 Zymiivnt*

qaiekly. "My uncle was wounded."added the littleat on* apolog*tiral!y

French Girls I.earn PokerFurther along thp road we found a

lore company of marines, guarding thefirst great. wnrehouse in the commissary base of th* Am*rican army. Al-readv the marin*s had adapted them-«*lves to the life of tho town, and 'hatown was adaptlng itself to thflmarine*. Indrrd. we found three ma-

rirros instiucting four French girls in

poker Bt the centre table of the chiefcafe."Jouz I*s eart*s prrs ia8BBpoitrme,

BBid a marine, and explained, "That'show you sny, 'Play in close to yourchesf in French. They do pretty goodfor girls," he added, "but we ean'tk**p >m from drawing to iniidestraight <"The only plamt of the commissary

department was that more men fromeivil life should be reeruited as re¬

serve officers for the qiiartermai'er.Wo found on* of th* biggest import-ers in New York sen.--.ng as captain incharge of a warrhouse, and the vice-pr»sident of a big packing concernheaded another. As yet, however, m-

sufficient nttention has been paid to

getting the most out of the civil re-

rni:',. by assigning each to his own

particular line. The sysfem may intime be rarrien much further, so tha?a baker will be assigned to head a bak-ery i-ompany and a butcher to thebut'-her company, rather than impress-ing regular army men for those posts.We heard that the first military as-

signment of on* young West Pointgrnduate had b*en to go out and buytwo million socks, but the army au¬

thorities are row being won over tethe theory that tVer* are branches ofthe army service naturally beyond th*scope of the merely military man.

Pershing Army to TakeOver Auto Transport

PARIS, ?ept. 2.-It is offlcially an-

noUBCed 'nat the camion 'auto trucktranaport) aaetioB of the AmericanField Service w b* taken over bythe Amencnn i»-r. and incorporated inthe quartermaster's department. Theambulance section. of the same serv-]ire are now being taken over by theAmerican Army Medical Corpi.

In the French army, to which thefield service men have been attached.'h«se two sections were under one

.-ad. that of the automohile servicr.The rnlistmer.t of the personnel of.

?ho ambulance sections probably willre.j-i're some time. as they are scat-j'ered along the front from the Somme.o A'.sace. The tranaport sections are

eoaeeatlBted ifl a single sector. and th*work of medical examinafion and en-

liitmeal can be completed soon. This-vork will be undertaken by thr quar¬termaster's department within a fort-:night.

Overconfidence ofGermans to BlameFor Trawler Loss

COPENHAGEN, Sept 2. Th* demora-lized remnants of the German armedtrawler fleet that was attaeked andshattered by a British destroyer forceyesterday ofT the Jutland coast ifl theNorth Sea, four of the German craft

l.eir.g driven ashore and destroyed,made off to the southward, scatteringnnd sending wireless messages for as-

liataaee as they ran.

A detachment of (ierman light BBValfrrces, aecompanied hy hydro-airplanesand submarmes, nrrived shortly after-

erard, but too late to save the fourtrawlrrs that had bren run ashore. Inthe course of the encounter that en-

sued a (ierman hydro-airplane. was

brought down and a rompanion craftwa* ,een to dive to the water, pre-sumably to rescue survlvors.The German armed trawler fleet, con-

fident in its protectlon by Zeppelin ob-servation and the proximity of a sup-porting squa.iron, has of late workedir, hold fashion in swerping the seas

clear on the route for submarines ar.dhas been extending its srher* of opera-tions northward.Krequent reports from the Danish

coust towns mentioned the s.ghting ofuarships, and the daily Zeppelin patrolwas one of the sights of the b:g Danish

of Fanoe.

McClellan, MajorIn Army, AssignedTo Hoboken Post

Former Mayor Served TwoMonths at Frankford

Arsenal

In Ordnance Bureau

Will Have Charge of TroopSuppliea; 0'Shaughr(eaay,

of Erie, Succeaaor

PHILADFLPHIA. Sept. 2. Wordtnekled through the rigid governmentcensorship to day that former MayorGeorge B. McClellan of New York and144 o»her men in professlonal and In¬

dustrial life have been for more than

two months on duty at Frankford Ar¬senal as reserv* officrs of th* Ord¬nance Peparrrrient of th* Cr.ited S'^atei

Army. Former Mayor MeCleUBB ranksas major, and 'was asugr.ed to Frank¬ford Arsrnal to eucceed LieutenantColonel Fdwln J. Brioker aa flrat Bl-

alstant to Colonel George Montg«mery,commanding th* araenal.Major McClellan waa aeiigr.ed to the

duty of purehasing war materlal and

takirg charg* of government propertyat the arsenal. Bfl has just b**n trans-

ferred from the anenal to taks eharg*of troops ar.d supplles at Hoboken.

Major McClellan'i succeisor at Frank¬ford li Major Patr.ck J. CShaughneny,t'orm»r purehasing agent of rhe ErleRailroad.Another new reserve army officer at

the arsenal Is M*ior Hugo J. Plemer.whose works on efficient shop mer.age-ment are largely used as textbooki lnrchooN and universities. He Is knownas a forerr.ost expert accountant, and isrecer-ir.g ir.itruction at the arsenal forinapectiea duty.

Pr. AHerton S Cushman, now incharge of th* leboratory work atFrankford Arsenal, is atill another oneof Secretary Baker's recer.tly appointedreserve officers. He also ranks asmajor. In civ:l hfr he was a leader inth* ronsarvateon movement.

Since his assignment at Frar.kfordArsenal Major McClellan'i preier.ee in

Phlladelphia was carefully guarded byth* censorship.

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Germans WithholdFire While WoundedBelgian Is Rescued

Armiatice Declared on WeatFront When Soldier Ia

Trapped in MudBy Hey-wood Broun

l Aerrntittd to tKa PeraAmfl AfOBfl t« Frome*

1or Thr Srv York Trihunr i\n<i Sv^l<r1t*>[Copyrlirit. 181T. br Th* Tribura Aj*r*t»Ua>:

PARIS. Sept. 2..Word comes fromth* Pelg'on front of the f.rst armts-t;ce since the early daya of the war. ARelg.an loldier was trapped in NoMan's Land and took rrfuge in a shel!hole. The hole was a well of mud andthe exhausted loldier began tfl sink in.Comrades saw his plight, and several

parties atrempted to r»scue htm. onlvto be driven back by the machine g-unfir* of the Germans. F.nally the Bel-pians ui the trench raised a white flag,and upon an answering signal from th*(iermans. who were only a f*w yardsdistant, a parley was h*ld midway be¬tween the tren?h*«.

It was agreed t-iat a (ierman doctornnd a Belgian doc'or should go to th*shell hole and rescu* the man fromthe mud. If, upon examination. he was

found to bo wounded, he would be al-loared to go back to the Belgian line*.If h* were unweunded. he would be a

(ierman prlsoncr.When the soldier was pul'.rd out tt

was found that he had a shrapnel in

hi* shoulder. and he was allowed to goback with his comrade*The re«eued riBti took his escape

from death lil naturedly. He iwore at

| s fellow soldiers, ar.d said that hewould rather have died than be ur.derany obligat.on to the Germans.

Austrian Cabinet Sworn InAIISTEtOAM, Sept. 2 The mem-

h*rs of th" r.rw Austrian Cabinet tookthe oath before Kmperor Charles y*«-t»rdav. says a Vienna dispatch to-dav.Afterward the Kmperor gave an audi-er.ee tfl Pr raB Kuhlmann, the new

(ierman Foreign S*er*'ary.

Tomorrow, TuesdayOpening Day of the

Important Half- YearlySalesOF

China, GlassLamps9ArtwaresHousefurnishingsSewing Machines

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