Show I Ij j I r y a N ti w. w M 4 t. t t t f 4 2 f r tf SEWS HEWS REVIEW OF OE THE GREAT WAR j Advances of Allies Threaten the t r Whole German Line From 1 y yr l i Ypres to Reims i. i r i fRENCH TRENCH CAPTURE LASSIGNY f is J- J 1 Fall of f N Noyon y n Made Marfe Certain by VIctories VIe VIc P tortes tories of Humbert and Mangin- Mangin I Y lg's Forces Give Huns Several Several Sev Sev- 0 eral Hard Blows North of the Somme A Ac rc C By EDWARD W. W PICKARD S' S ti l Blow mow after blow was delivered at F f- f i 3 the Germans last w week eek along the At t unile front between Soissons and Ypres 1 and with each blow their resistance t grew weaker and their definite retirement retire retIre- r r ment went in more certain At no f point did the allies gain any great r r- r expanse of territory but everywhere e they struck they gained ground that was vas of vital Importance to the defensive t sive save s system stem of the Huns When t the e ert rt week closed It appeared likely that the enemy must withdraw from from the f entire salient and that he het t probably would be forced back to the ChemIn des Dames before long Mari Marshal Marshal Mar Mar- i Foch was not only picking the pockets of the Hun liun but he was turnIng turning turn- turn Ing them inside out More than that he was forcing the Germans to fight i r x where and when he chose Instead of r awaiting ng their attacks In sectors of j 4 their selection Thus he made it al almost almost almost al- al most Impossible for them to reorganize W ize their battered divisions and preto prepare prepare pre pre- to pare iare for a n stroke counter-stroke that might be effective A Ar Pa PaThe r The severest blow sustained by the enemy emmy during the week was the capt capture cap cap- 4 t tare ture re of Lassigny one one one-of of the key points of f his defensive line The town which bas has long been but a mass of ruins f was vas taken by General Humberts Humbert's French Trench army anny Wednesday In the same attack Chiry-Ourscamp Chiry was entered Orval wood was taken with the I grenade and bayonet and the plateau that dominated the valley of the Ette Divette was occupied During the succeeding sight night Humberts Humbert's men drove forward between the Matz and the Oise until they had reached the Allette Humberts Humbert's s troops occupied the height x of on Thursday and then captured Thiescourt thus completing the conquest of the tho hills comprising the Thiescourt rt massif This In the opinion of competent observers observers ob ob- ob- ob servers made Imide certain the early fall of Noyon To make assurance doubly sure ure General Mangin with another French army was steadily forcing his way up the left bank of the Oise not only helping to surround Noyon but endangering the German lines north of the Vesle In this AIsne Olse-AIsne triangle the Huns were retiring rather rapidly and General Mangin took man many thousands thousands thou thou- sands of of prisoners At some points however notably they r brought up re re and counterattacked counterattacked coun coup ter-attacked ter heavily with no result except except except ex ex- to Increase their pan S losses Earlier In the week Mangin's troops had won a brilliant victory In that neighborhood in the valley overcoming very heavy gas attacks of the Huns HunEl Still nearer Soissons on the extreme right of this battle front the Trench took Laval and reached advantageous positions on the plateau north of the AI Aisne ne b On Wednesday General Byng yng with a n British army hit the Huns with on one of his sudden blows attacking on a Ii aA A ten-mile ten front north of the facIng facing facing fac fac- ing Bapaume and ana driving the enemy back bacIe In disorder for several miles Starting at nt dawn In Jn a heavy henvy fog the British took Von Yon Belows Below's troops completelY completely completely com com- by hy surprise and before the day I closed th the t ha lead had pt c captured red villages dins un uns and prisoners ers In large numbers and i had Inflicted heavy casualties Close I behind a sweeping barrage th the tanks ond then the Infantry rushed forward for until they vere were nl almost almost- within reach of 11 k The J e Gep Germans put up pp stout I resistance at some places especially i i but the the tanks r rolled lIe 1 over Q over them remorselessly Meanwhile the i tho the field clean clean- ean- ean whippets tore about c 1 Ing log out the numerous machine gun nests The prisoners were In good condition but seemed very glad to be be- captured Next day Marshal Halg Haig delivered another another another an an- other blow this time immediately south of the scene of Byng's success between the and the Somme Satisfactory progress was made there also On Thursday Haig let loose a n third attack In the Albert sector extending south to Bray The town of Albert was taken and the British rushed forward forward forward for for- ward for a a- a again gain of several miles despite desperate resistance by the enemy l the Germans were slowly slowly slowly slow slow- ly getting out of the salient between Ypres and La Bassee under steady pressure by the British The fighting here v as vas c continuous and sharp for the Huns did did not wish to be hurried but w when hen they moved too slowly they were prodded with vicious attacks as north of Bailleul and near Merville i Pa- Pa a- a News from the Americans chiefly concerned those holding the center of the Vesle river line These men made madeno no especial efforts to advance but successfully held on to all their positions positions despite the great activity of the enemy artillery Their aviators did I much excellent work during the week especially in the line of bombing This seems destined to be their j particular duty and it will prove to be of Utmost utmost utmost ut ut- most importance The arrival at the front of American made AmerIcan made planes caused great eat rejoicing In the army In the the Americans by quick work vork with rifle and aDd grenade frustrated attempts to raid their trenches Pa- Pa All of the Japan Japanese se troops for the Siberian expedition have been landed at it Vladivostok k and more of the AmerIcan American American Amer Amer- ican contingent have arrived there Despite rumors to the contrary these two nations and China are operating there in complete harmony and their forces are getting into action at once to assist the Slovaks Czecho-Slovaks and to maintain control over the trans Si berian berlan railway The enemy opposing the Czechs in eastern Siberia made up of soviet troops and war wal prisoners has a strength of men with 70 big guns and machine guns In trans also the Czechs are fighting against heavy odds and haste is needed to secure and western w est tD Siberia In Russia the Slovaks Czecho-Slovaks captured nn an important railway Junction east of the Ural mountains and between and Kurgan No definite news came from Archangel Archangel Archangel Arch Arch- angel and the Murman l coast though German dispatches asserted the allies aIlles had withdrawn be beyond ond range of the bolshevik Iki artillery Pe Petrograd has been the scene of bloody battles between guards and rioters demanded food Hundreds Hun lIun- dr ds w were ere killed and wounded and finally martial law was pro proclaimed In In Moscow 1 there is a veritable reign of or terror and se several eral hundred of the 15 eo P officers arrested have been shot A Scarcity of rice caused serious riots In Japan the trouble spreading to many parts of the empire The government gov gov- took toole forceful action to o stop i ithe the trio disorders and also bought up all nil the rl rice e in storage to be sold to the people at re reasonable prices The outbreaks outbreaks out out- breaks brals were due to the taking over overby overby over overby by the war department of large stores of provisions for the Siberian expedition expedition tion and to the hoarding of stocks and Inflation of prices by th the rl rice e growers and specula speculators tors b The submarines operating off oft the Atlantic Atlantic Atlantic At At- lantic coast have turned their att attention attention atten atten- n- n tion mainly to the fishing fleets on the Grand banks and have destroyed a n number of trawlers One On of the latter latter latter lat lat- lat lat- ter was captured fitted out with two guns and a n German crew and sent out I as a raider It sank s several veral fishing vessels but the navy put a large number number number num num- ber of swift craft on Its trail and I it was predicted that Its career would be brief It Is believed there ar arthree are three three submarines In American waters and a number of steamships have reported reported reported re re- re- re ported battles with them The navy navy department announced that the American steamer Montanan used as an army supply ship was torpedoed torpedoed tor tor- and nd In foreign waters with the pro probable able loss of three e members members mem mem- bers of the civilian crew and two members of the naval armed guard lab dom nom r. r y e ey x S SS y S Yrs l V y t 3 S Sf f i j p Western q 1 Remarkable I-Remarkable photograph showing the last plunge of a torpedoed steamship 2 American 2 American 2 troops at the dedication of the new Wilson bridge at Lyons France 3 3 Ruins Ruins of the beautiful Albert cathedral which the t w Huns have been using as a site for their guns I Losses of allied and neutral merchant merchant mer mer- chant shipping during July aggregated gross tons an Increase over the month of ot June but a big decrease from the losses Josses of July 1917 1017 There Is nothing In the shipping situation to change the opinion that the submarine campaign is a flat fiat failure Its outbreaks outbreaks outbreaks out out- breaks now are arc and more annoying an an- t than an serious Among the ventral neutral neutral neu ven- nations that have suffered from it Spai is showing the most resentment resentment resentment resent resent- ment and last week it notified the thA Imperial Ger German nan government that Spanish tonnage having been reduced to the extreme limit Spain will be obliged In case gise of new to substitute German vessels Interned interned interned in In- in Spanish ports At the same time the Spanish cabinet announced Spain will continue to observe neutral neutral- ity There Is a strong pro-German pro clement element In Spain Spate and every hint of ofa a rupture of relations brings violent protest fr from m the pro-German pro press there Pa- Pa Germanys Germany's latest peace offensive consisting of speeches by leading men was opened by Doctor Solf minister of colonies who devoted himself maInly mainly mainly main maIn- ly to blaming England for starting the tha war and attacking the British Intention intentIon In in- to retain the conquered German German German Ger Ger- man colonies He lIe also defended Germans German's Germans German's Germans German's Ger Ger- mans man's course In the near East asserting asserting asserting as as- that she was merely protecting protecting protect protect- ing the frontier peoples of Russia untIl until until un un- un- un til they are capable of f determining their own national national future The Czecho Slovaks Czecho-Slovaks Slovaks he denounced as landless landless landless land less robber bands The expressed determination determInation determination de de- termination of the allied nations to defeat the Germans on the battlefield gives Doctor Solf great pain and arouses his bitter anger Pa With troops going across the AtlantIc Atlantic Atlantic Atlan Atlan- tic at the rate of about a month with the new draft law about to be put on Its passage and I with war Industries well organized and ready leady to operate full blast the AmerIcan American American Amer Amer- ican government Is confronted with a serious shortage of labor A million workers are need needed d at once and the the- administration intends that they shall I II I be provided for the concerns that are I making war materials no matter what happens to private business Nonessential Nonessential Nones- Nones Industries will be called on to give up many of their men all alt idlers will be put to work and women will willbe willbe be used to release men for war work that women cannot do The emergency cy Is one that must be met and those in authority propose to meet It In the same Rame spirit In which they have met the need for a huge army of fighters I IA Pa PaA J A general fe feeling of satisfaction pervaded the country when it ft was announced that the I I. I W. W W W. leaders leaders leaders lead lead- ers on trial In Chicago for disloyalty had been convicted Next on the list of alleged to be given a adose adose dose of Justice are five Socialists Victor L. L Berger Adolph Germer Irwin Irwin Irwin Ir- Ir win St St. John Tucker J J. J Louis Louts Engdahl and William F F. F Kruse The charges charges' against them are even even more serious than were tho those against the I blies Mies a JQ sa aThe The house ways and means committee commit commit- tee nearly completed the draft of the revenue bill but had still to decide between two propositions propositions loris l- l oris for the excess profits tax tux According According According Ac Ac- cording to Chairman Kitchin these were first An 8 per cent deduction n nIn in addition n to the specific exemption exemption exemption ex ex- ex- ex emption with n a 35 85 per per cent tax on profits between 8 8 and 15 per cent 50 per cent tax tux on profits between 15 and 20 per cent and 70 per cent tax on profits above 20 per cent and second second second sec sec- ond the s same me exemption and deduction deduction deduc deduc- tion with 40 per cent tax on profits between 8 and 20 per cent and 70 per percent percent I. I cent tax on profits exceeding 20 per cen cent The committee decided decide on a n flat fiat 10 per cent deduction as a n minimum on war profits The proportion of excess profits and war profits taxes will remain remain re re- re- re main the same that Is 00 per cent rent of business will fall under the tho war profits profits prof prof- its tax It decided on a flat fiat 10 JO per percent percent percent cent minimum deduction for prewar earnings in computing the war profits ta tax tar A provision affecting corporations with swollen profits directs that any corpor corporation Uon whose capital l exceeds 1 1 shall pay a tax of at least leaf t 10 per per cent cent of Qt Its Ita net Income as excess t |