0TO SERVE UNITED SMS

» Enlistment of Fomnlcs Releases M.*iifor Service in Corps'

Front Lines.

CAN RENDER BIG SERVICE

i~JArs. Opha M. Johnson Was Firstv?v"Prlv«te In Feminine Division ofK Famous Organization.Now llu$- ...- Other Companions-in-Arms.*¦'" WASHINGTON. August 31..She's iro-,'J lng to be dressed in forest green: her

> skirt is going to be an appropriate" length, and she will wear one of thosef snappy little overseas hats. And (hej'.'tjat will bear the emblem that one daywas in the muddy trenches on one side

Chateau-Thierry, and on another daywas in the muddy trenches.on tluiother side of Chateau-Thierry.[4 ' But this is but one sicte of the story;Sur-ihe other Is that the murtnes.the devltdogs.have succumbed to femininity,and that Mrs. Opha SI. Johnson was thefirst woman private in the famoux ot-ganlzation. She now has feminine com¬panions in arms, as it were, Tor otherwomen are being enlisted for service in

;1 U\© marines.s»:i Mrs. Johnson's coming and that of<£hcr sister-marines was welcomed 111

Washington, as it means that there will'' Be yet other "marinesses" and that eacnone will release a healthy, two-fisted,

rr fighting marine for duty at the front,r'ft. 18 estimated there are nearly 1.000marines at the capital and in other

[i. parts of the country, who have beenkept from the tiring line ror necessary1 Clerical work at home.L'. Private Johnson has gone to work.hard work, too, but she. lias wanted

;;y-to get into active service tor a longtime. She was employed as a clerk inS the Interstate Commerce Commission

^before joining the soldiers or the sen,and now they say she's a rull-lledgedirhember of'the outfit. That she Is canbest be Judged by what she said Vheifher frldnds gathered round to congratu-late her. They said:

ft "We're so glad to hear you've joined."And she replied:

fi "Tell it to the marines."£>>' Aside from this, however. PrivateEh" Johnson has set a good example tor many of her sex. There have beenmany applications for enlistment byWomen and girls since she entered the

.. service. So strintient are the physicalrequirements, though, that as yet com¬paratively few have been accepted.

; The action of the marine corps com¬manders in enlisting women followssimilar action by the navy, which nowhas many "yeowomen" doing yeomansorvlce. It is expected that the armywill follow suit, and thus release hun¬dreds of soldiers who are kept in tillscountry to perforin clerical tasks.War is constantly enlarging the

possibilities for women and graduallyshunting Into oblivion the term"weaker sex." For instance, how duesthat term shape up in connection withthese occupations.railroad tank paint¬ing. hardware industry processes.garage management and ranch work?Yet the Department of Labor to-dayannounced women were working atthese trades and industries and fillingthe bill every time.The railroad which employs girlsto paint Its tank cars says their work

compares favorably with that of men.Processes In hardware industries in¬clude the work of screw machinehands, spot welders, pas welders, dip

. » braziers, drill press and bench work.All this work was formerly executed

i. by men and boys.These, however, do not complete the

^.¦llst. Firms are n.»w advertising--"women wanted" for baggage porters,ushers, aircraft part assemblers, tele¬graph operators and photographers.

RED SOX CLINCH HOLDON AMERICAN PENNANT

(Continued From First Paire.ller. Stolen base.Sisier, GriccR. Sacri¬fice hit.Johns. Double plays.VItt andGriggs (2). Left on base.Detroit, 11;St. Louis. 5. Bases on balls.off Kallie,

v -2; off Kogci-8, 4. nit by pitcher.TVeach). Struck out.bv Ilogeis, 1!.Wild pitch.Kallio.

£.;. NATIONALS BEsTyANKS[By A*noeiated Press.]

- WASHINGTON. August 31..A tripleT.::)>y Lavan with the bases tilled in thefirst inning gave Washington a lead".7 "In to-day's gatne which Now Vork was

unable to overcome, and the local team72r'"Won the contest, « to 3. The score:JVew York

¦Sjiitk.- AB. II. O. A. K.Se-TrWalter, rf f> l ¦> ft iLr-4.1Huinmel. cf 2 0 4 o oii^lJ^Baker, Sb 4 2 2 4 u-^iiPratt, 2b I o i i Oiitecr-Fournier. lb 4 ;t n li.rgrii'Wyatt. If t o o o ;.i=i~.5?eckinpaugh, ss 3 n i 4 tt.^Jf-'Hannah, c l t l 3 uB2j&£i£ove, p «» 0 it o 0;t'v£4"iSanders, p ;t o o i o

*Mogride v. . l o tt o 0

T. Totals 34 7 1'4 14 1V. Washington

;ai An. H. O. A. E."Shotton, if 2 l 3 o o..Foster. 3b 3 1 0 1 0Judge, lb 2 1 8 0 0

->-MiIan, cf 4 1 4 1 0''"-Schulte, rf 3 1 2 0 0XTShanks, 2b 3 1 2 3 0t Lavan, ss 4 2 0 2 1'.^-vPlclnleh. c 2 0 s 0 0

['ji^haw, p 4 0 0 0 0

¦.M'f Totals 27 S 27 7 1"Batted for Sanders in ninth.

; Score by innings: It..;,-New Vork 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 S

r- Washington . 1 " 0 o 2 0 0 0 . 1

Summary: JJuns.Walters, ilummell,Fecklnpaugh. -Shotton, Foster. Judge.Milan, Schulte. Shanks Two-base bits..Baker, Hannah. Three-base hitI,avan. Stolen base.Shotton Shanks,Hannah. Sacrifice hits.Judge i'ici-nich. Double play.Milan to Shanks.Left on bases.New York, 7: Washing- jtor., 6. liases on balls.off I.ove, 3:off Sanders, 4; off Sliaw, 3. Hits.Oft'1Love, 2 in 1 inning. Struck out.ByShaw, 7; Sanders, J. .Losing pitcher.

^ Love.

% PHILLIES AND BRAVESDIVIDE DOUBLE BILL

(Continued Frum l-'irst Page.)Daubert. Left on base.New York, 9;Brooklyn, 3. Bases on balls.offGrimes, 1. Hits.off Grimes. * in 7 in¬nings. Struck out.by Toney, i;Grimes. 2. Losing pitcher.Grimes.

. sk( om) a \mi:.Brooklyn.

AB. II. O. A. R.Johnston, rf 4 2 2 0 0Olson, ss 4 l 5 r. 0

ft'SPaubcrt, lb 4 i 12 it 0, Wheat, if 4 0 11 ii 0[yers, cf 3 i 1 0 0'Mara, 3b 3 0 1 0 <»>oolan, 2b '3 0 0 4 0[iller. c 3 <1 6 3 (1frnith, p 3 0 0 1 0

Totals 31 5 27 13 0New York.

AB. II O. A EBurns, cf 1 ! 3 0 0-Young, rf 4 l 0 0 .0is pOyie, 2b 4 0 1 7 0Fletcher, ss 3 1 2 i <1

K#i®|mmermaii, 3b 3 2 1 ::Kyv Cornpton. If 3 0 0 <. <1

*>>"f:Klrke. lb 3 1 17 1 0narlden, c 3 tt a tt

i Ferrltt, p 3 0 tt 4 0

I Totals 30 C 27 isE Score by Innings: It.c V:- Brooklyn 00020000*. -._»

New York 0 0 0 l 0 0 0 0 0. 1p' s Summary: Runs.Johnston. Olsen.

Burns. Double play Pollan. Olson amiDaubert. Left on base.New Y'.rk. 2

'^'Brooklyn, 2. "Struck cut--l»y PerrittX 8; Smith, 8.

Call Off Anhrvllle (iamri.A8HFJVILLE. N. C. August 31..Bainiterfored A*lth the finals in the ladies'ngles In the tournament at th»* Ashe-® Country Club this mnrnlhg. andj^ame was called before it was

ipleted. No other, play was al¬lied.

U. S. Ambulance Girl. Tells About GermansA'o Rule for 7 eulons-For MostPart Do Not Work Atrocities,

but Humane at Times.NEW YORK, August 31.-."Ono mln-

utc the Germans tire on Americanstretcher bearers and the next theydress the wounds of Americans lyingon the battlefield." salil Miss RosalieMoran, Bernardsville, N. J., yesterday.She has just returned from six months'service overseas as an ambulance driv-er for the American Committee for I)o-vastated France. She Is staying atthe Waldorf.

"There is no rule for the Germans."she continued. "For the most part theydo not work the atrocities you hearabout on this side. *1 know that theyfire on hospitals, for I have been withwomen and children refugees whowere tired on. and yet now and thenyou hear of some isolated instance ofhumanity.

"I will cite one case. During a shorttruce between the lines for the pur¬pose of picking up the wounded theGermans suddenly stopped bringing intheir own wounded and turned theirguns on our stretcher bearers. Yetwhen our line advanced that eveningthey found American wounded livingwith their wounded dressed in the pro¬tection of shell holes. They said theGermans had fed them and promisedto return for them."German food, however, is a doubt¬

ful blessing. 1 have seen a lot of theirwar bread, and it is all black anddamp and has a fearful smell. 1 don'tsee how human beings can eat it.

"The French crops between the Aisnoand the Marne have not all been de¬stroyed," Miss Morgan said. "Har¬vesters have been sent into the recap¬tured country ahead of the rest of thepopulation, and the American commit¬tee has opened canteens to furnishthem with one meal a day."Miss Morgan was slightly injured in

a collision between her motor truckand a war truck. She said that shedid not consider this a "wound," how¬ever.

WAR COLLECTING HEAVYTOLL AMONG ATHLETES

Kn^l'iud, Franco nnd Italy Have l,o»t.Many, and America Is

Following.NEW YORK, August 31..The heavy

mailed fist of war has been keenly feltin athletic circles abroad.England, France and Italy have seen

some of their greatest athlets fall onthe battle fields of France and on otherfighting fronts, and their loss to tnoathletic world abroad cannot Liemeasured.And now the hungry tentacles of the

war god are reaching out towardAmerica, many of whoso hoiis of athleticfame are serving the colors in the lightfor democracy.The first great loss In the ranks of

American athletes came with the deathof Johnny Overton, who was killed inaction in the second great battle ofthe Marne, where American troopscovered themselves with glory.Overton was a lieutenant in the

United States marine corps, having en-listed within a few months after UncleSam officially tossed hi> hat into thebig ring. His death came on the morn-ing of July lft, when the marines wentover the top in the face of a storm of'spiteful "German steel, lio died glori-ously, and was buried on the field whereho fell.Overton's loss is keenly felt In ath¬

letic circles, for he was undoubtedlyone of the greatest collegiate trackstars- brought out in this country infifty years.Few runners who have worn the blue

of Yale have covered themselves wltnas much glory as did Johnny Overton.Ho was a wizard in long-distanceevents. He held titles in track eventsfrom the 1.Otto-yard sprint to the six-mile run. and in the latter event. HansKolehittaincn stands lorth as the onlyathlete who made faster time, and Hanst was then at his best, while Overtonwas chock full <>f possibilities as arecord crusher. His greatest collegiaterival during the past two years was.loie Ray, of Chicago, and these twothrilled great crowds on several occa¬sions by their wonderful running.Uverton's death came as a sad blow

to followers of athletics, hut hismemory will live on, for he was madeof the stuff that conquers,

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FANS RAPIDLY LOSINGINTEREST IN BASEBALL

Am Scn.inn Nenr* ICnil, Atlrnitiini'r Knll*Oil' Seriously at Hip: I.fustic

l'ark.N,NEW YORK, AU{rust 81..That base¬

ball funs ar»> fast losing: Interest in thenational game was proven recently bytlie estimated Attendance for one dayat the major league parks. It is esti¬mated that less than 10,000 fans wit¬nessed the panics played by the majorleague clubs on August 20. This num¬ber is much less than the attendanceat n single pame played at the PoloGrounds on the same dates Tor severalyears back. Tin: figures prove morethan anything else that interest in thegame is practically dead. True enough,there was only one game played in theAmerican l.tague, but that gumV wasbetween the two warmest contendersfor the American league pennant, andwas on of the "crucial" games of theseason. This gamo alone drew twiceas many spectators as the entire fourgames played in the National .Leaguecombined.Here are the estimated figures of the

attendance at the major league parkson August 20:

"-American I.rugur.Cleveland at Boston C.S00

\ntioniil League.New York at 1'lttshurgh 2.100ltmoklyn at Cincinnati 800Boston at Chicago 3f<0Philadelphia at St. Bouts 275Total attendance 9.S25

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ARMY AND NAVY BOTHKEEN FOR FOOTBALL

lloth Annapolis and West Point Au¬thorities VnxioiiH /or

Contest.ANNAPOB1S, August 31..The mid¬

shipmen are anxious to stage a grid¬iron battle with their army rivals thisyear. There is every indication here..hat a strong team could be put onhe field. The army athletic authori¬ties would be glad to revive the con-teat, according to reports from WestPoint.As matters stand now, the game can¬

not be played unless Secretaries Bakerand Daniels let down the bars. Thereis no r.niclal order prohibiting the game,ut the rule that all athletic contestsn which either school engages must

played at home makerf it impos¬sible.It is not Impossible, however, thatthe authorities will make provision forthe one violation of the rule by one

r the other team.

MUST REMAIN HOMEAnton Sleelier'n Wile Snyn lie Must

Stay to llrlp Mintl theTv» Inn.

FftKMONT, NUB., August 31..AntonSteeher, brother and trainer of JoeSterher. the well-known wrestler, willnot go to war now.unless Mrs. Antonchanges her mind. Anton and .loesecured releases from their draftboard at Itodue and caine hero to com¬plete the formalities. All whs com¬pleted except Mrs. Anton slirnniL: I hopapers. At the last moment she de¬cided that her husband should stay athome and tuk<: eyre of their twin babiesuntil he was called in the course ofthe draft .loe left for the Great Bakesnaval training station and Anton re¬turned home with his wife.

International l,ei|Kiir.At Jersejj/ylty: Newark, 7: JerseyCity, 2.At Binghamton: Baltimore 0; Bing¬ham ton, ;t.At Toronto: Buffalo, S; Toronto, i.Hamilton at Rochester two gamespostponed rain.

BANKHEAD PATHFINDERSWILL INSPECT HIGHWAYS

Due to Arrive In Itlchmond on Septem¬ber U for InMpeetlon of l'c-

trniburR Itond.BIRMINGHAM. ALA., August 31..At

the recent meeting of the board of di¬rectors of the HunKhoad National llign-w ay Association, at Charlotte. N. C..the ollleial route was adopted fromWashington via Fredericksburg, ltleh-11 ond, Petersburg, Raleigh, Greensboro,Charlotte, Greenville to Atlanta. Theboard of directors decided to adopt asa feeder, or branch, a naval road fromPetersburg to Norfolk, and one fromRaleigh to Norfolk.A pnthlluding party will start Sep¬

tember 2 for the purpose of inspectingi»nd logging these two branch routes.This party will be headed by Colonel T.S. Plowman, of Talladega, Ala., presi¬dent. and J. A. Itountreee. secretary ofthe Hankhead National Highway. Theywill leave DirmIngham Sunday, Septein-bcr 1, and arrive in Haleigh Monday,September 2. In Kaleigli Messrs. Plow-n an and Routitree will 1>« joined byMorris Eldridge, United States govern-nient engineer from Washington; C. M.Vanstory, director at large HankheadNational* Highway, from Greensboro,and Colonel Hennehan Cameron, of Ha-leigh. All live will go by train toWilliamston, while Highway KngineerW. .<. Fa lias and Maintenance KngineerI). H. Winslow, of the North Carolinahighway department, will go by autotc Williamston.

,Monday niglit, September 2. therewill be a great good roads meeting.The following morning the mapping oftho route will benin, the pathfindersheading for Raleigh. Rocky Mountwill provide a luncheon for the path¬finders and there will be receptionsand speaking that day at Roberson-ville. Bethel. Tarboro, .Nashville, SpringHope an«l Zebulon. The same nightthe Chamber of Commerce of Raleighwill entertain the party.On the morning of September 4. ttie

start for Norfolk will bo made. Therewill l>e receptions at Franklinton,Warrenton and Dittletan. and luncheonat Henderson. The night will bespent at Roanoke or Weldon and nextday slops will he made at Jackson,Murfreeshoro (where lunch will beserved). Franklin, Holland and Suffolk,the party going to Norfolk for the.>iKht of the fifth, where the RotaryClub. Chamber of Commerce and Tide¬water Automobile Association will bohosts.September filh the route from Nor¬folk to Petersburg 'and Richmond willbe mapped out and the following daythat from Richmond to NewportNews.

SILVER WATER SERVICEFOR CAPTAIN SHEPPARD

Police of first District ShOTr Affectionand llespeet for Transferred

Captain.As a token of their affection nnd

respect for the man who has laboredwith them (or so many years as patrol¬man. sergeant and captain, tho police¬men of the First District Station lastnight presented to Captain .luck W.Slieppard a silver water pitcher andcup at the moment of his leaving thatstation for similar duties in the SecondDistrict.Sergeant Cliff M. Johnson, dean of

tho district, made the presentationspeech, and drew a touching responsefrom Captain Jack, who, perhaps,stands closer to his men than doesany other captain of the department.Captain Sheppard had had no intima¬tion that the tnen were thus to honorhim, and when Sergeant Johnson calledhim Into tho little, room, where thepitcher had been kept since early after¬noon. he was a much surprised captain.The pitcher is of solid silver, stand¬ing eighteen inches high, and Is pivotedon a base and handle which permitseasy tipping. The base also has aspace for the cup, which in itself isi thing of beauty. The cup, too, is ofsilver, lined with gold.Captain Sheppard left the First Dis¬

trict Station at midnight. To-day hewl|l take up his duties at the SecondDistrict Station, succeeding CaptainZimmer, who goes to the Third Dis¬trict. Captain McMahon. of the ThirdDistrict, will succeed Captain Sheppardat the First District Station.

TWO GRIPS OFLIQUORFOUND ON CURBSTONE

Ardent Ilrvrrnjtc Cntisen I'tillccmrii toIII- Suspicious of All Kinds

of lliiKgUKe.Richmond c«j>s Had the ardent bev-

ft'ntii! ill mom any old place in tliosudays of threatened universal prohibi-tion. Tins perhaps is responsible fort)>e attitude most of them tuke towardall kinds of baggage, whether it be inthe hands of banker or boozer. Justto show how easy It Is 10 pick upliquor, Policeman C. A. L.ee wanderedinto Canal Street, near Seventh, yes¬terday afternoon and nonchalantlypicked up two grips some one hudearejessly left sitting near the curb,He found them to contain eight quartsof whisky when they were opened atthe First District Station.

M.-io, this attitude toward the inno¬cent grip was responsible for Police¬man Davis's landing a bag of loottaken from the Bachracii store in BroadStreot Saturday morninc;. lJa.vis sawa negro toting a hand hag. It arousedft is suspicion. He thought he smelledliquor. The negro grew uneasy. Whenthe cop approached, he dropped thegrip contained liquor and carried itgrip contained liquor an dearried itto the station. It really containedfifteen revolvers and a quantity ofJewelry belonging to Baehrach.

R EGISTRATION CARD~FOR BIRTHDAY PRESENT

>oki-o Hoy Situs I'p for Miiltnry Ser¬vice on l)ny lie Im 'rnenty-

Ojic Yenrs Old.A little shrimp of a negro sidled into

the ofllce. of local Board No. 2. Justfifty-eight inches tail and weighinga bare fraction of a pound over the100 mark. Chairman Ellerson express¬ed doubt whether he could he twenty-one years old.

"Ynssjir, 1 had my birthday last Sat¬urday." said the negro. "I got a birth¬day present, too.a blue registrationcard." he continued. The boy had be¬come twenty-one on the very day setfor registration of those who had comeof age since June 5. Me was disquali-Ilied on physical grounds.There is said to have been but one

previous case with the local hoardswhere a registrant registered for ser¬vice on the very day he became of age.

DUE TCPDEFECTIVEBRAKESCoroner'* Jury IJlnme* Car Company

for Ilentli of John II.Fari-er.

"We. the Jury, say that John H.Farmer came to his death August 28as the result of injuries received in acollision between the street car and afreight train on the Chesapeake andf»hin railway. We believe that the ac¬cident was caused by defectivemechanism of the street car."That was the verdict of the Jury

called by Coroner Whitfield to deter¬mine the cause of the accident tn whichJohn 11. Farmer lost his life andseveral others were injured when atrolley car collided with a freighttrain of the Chesapeake and OntoKailway at Seventh and Byrd StreetsWednesday morning- Through theverdict Motorman W. II. Harris isexonerated from blame.

BEGIN SKIP-STOP:FtO DAYfunster Service In I'rom Ised an Result

of Fuel Conservation>love.

To-day the Virginia Railway andPower Company will inaugurate itssystem of skip-stops on the electriclines in the city in accordance withthe ordinance recently adopted by theCity Council.Some discomfiture will necessarily

greet the new system until patronsbecome ufced to the stops. Improvedand faster service Is the assurancegiven by the street-railway officialswhich Is calculated to tnako up forinconveniences thnt may bo caused.v

To nil a position or net n posltloiuto liny, rell or exelmnge, Tlmes-Dls-fintch Want Ad* lend In nctusl results.

ALLIES TO FOLLOW HUNSHOME VIA TWO VALLEYSJ

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Seemingly Irresistible Thrust of American and FrenchEastward of the Chavigny-Juvigny Front to

Be Continued on High Ground.

WASHINGTON. August 31..Ulti¬mately the Americans and their Euro¬pean allies arc to follow the Germanshome via the valleys of the Moselleayd the Meuse.The seemingly irresistible thrust ofthe Americans anil French eastward ofthe Chavigny-Juvlgny front is to bo

continued on the high ground theyhave won and probably will be thetlrst operation to turn the left of theGerman army. In this major operationthe Americans have lite predominatingmilitary power in men, Runs and muni¬tions.The German army is not able to con¬

centrate ut any point on the flfty-inllefront, on which they are incessantlyattacked, so that it is the whole Ger¬man army that is being driven backfollowed closely by several Held armies,which are urged on by the impetus andspirit of unchecked success.

OllieijU intimations came from Gen¬eral March to-day that there will basoon somewhere on the great battloline all American field armies andgroups of armies. JThese are the salient points of viewof the continuous battle which is rag¬ing from the north of the llindenburgline to the German troops, which are

lighting to-day rear-guard actionsagainst the advance of the Americansfrom Chavigny and Juvigny. With theexception of the tlrst proposition, whichIs from a strategic source, the state¬ments made to-day are Justified by anexamination of the military maps atthe War Department.General March, because of pressureof work, was not able to see the news¬

paper men to-day, but the lines andmasses of stickers on the charts ofaction show clearly the retrograde ofthe Germans from day\ to day, and theswift pursuit of the victorious alliesand Americans.MIHIAHV KXI*10UTS CKIITAIN

wixc;s will. uto ltot.i.Ki) urThe deliberate Judgment of statf of¬ficers to-day is* that nothing can now

prevent the rolling up 'if the German1wings. The point is made by theseauthorities, who talk from the dallyrecord of positions and purposes ofthoi enemy, that neither the crownprince nor Prince ltupprecht now hasthe ability to throw any great massof troops at any point against thegeneral advance toward the llinden¬burg line. That point, which seemsto throw a flood of light on the de¬pressing situation, from the Germanpoint of view, has not been made bo-fore because It is only within thepast few days that it has become ap¬parent even to the military observershere. The fact is, however, of tre¬mendous present and future conse¬quence and boars directly on tho prop¬osition that tho Germans will be fol-

WILL DISCUSS PLANS TO AIDSOLDIERS CRIPPLED IN WAR

("onvolition Oprn.i In Cotorndo nnd WillHe Attended liy Hundred* of .Mine

OineialM.[By Associated Prers.)

NEW YORK, August 31..To use sol-dler-cripiples in * preference to anyoneelse, wherever possible after the war,will be one of the plans discussed atthe war work meeting of the Arneri-can Institute of Mining Engineers,which opens in Colorado on September1 and continues for six days. The eon-vention will be attended by severalhundred prominent mining companiesof the country.Mining engineers are taking a spe-

j cial interest in the problem of the em-

plo.vment of cripples after the war, andeach of the fifteen sections of tho na-tional institute Is undertaking worktending to prevent the cripplrd soldierfrom being a charge on tho public.at'least so far as the mining industry isconcerned. The work js being done indirect co-operation with the govern-ment through some of the hundredsof American Institute members con¬nected with war work departments atWashington.

PENNSYLVANIA MINERSSHATTER COAL RECORDS

Illntrlct of Norton, Vn., Alno Mndo(.reut Showing for the

Week.

WASHINGTON. August 31..The big-pest coal production this year, and con¬

sequently a coal production reocrd hasbeen made by the Central Pennsylvaniacoal fields, the fuel administration an¬nounced to-night.The output for the week ending Au¬

gust 24 was l,30fi.075 tons, which was

7.007 tons more than the highest pre\>ions week In the present coal year. TheClearfield Rituminous Coal Corporationshows the progress being made by theminers in that field by the followingfigures: (

In May the percentage of absenteeswns 20.OS; in Juno it was 12.5 and inJuly it was 9.3. Compared to this thetonnage a man per day, rose from 4.Sin May to 5.4 in June and 5.C in July.The district of Norton, Va.. also made

a fine showing for the week, the dis¬trict output being 202,035 tons not,which Is 1,100 not tons more than inany previous week of the coal year.The mines worked to 05.t! per centcapacity.

War Worker* Given Cornet*.LONDON. August 31..Corsets are

war essentials. During the hearings ofan appeal before a local tribunal onbehalf of three men by ;i firm makingsteels for corsets, it was stated thatthe "ministry of munitions had recog¬nized that to ~et efficiency In workfrom women munition workers it Isnecessary to see that they have cor¬sets, and despite great scarcity of steel,had released 1,500 tons for makingcorsets.

lowed to the Rhine at least overthe two great roads on which theyburst Into Belgium and moved towardVerdun.According to the experts who went

over the immediate present In the ab<sence of General March, the movomentthat is attracting most attention isthat of the Americans east of Chavlgnyand Juvigny. The conditions of aforward thrust have been radicallychanged here in favor of the . Ameri¬cans. They now are enabled to followthe Germans on the plateau runningapproximately east from tholr furthestsalient because of the brilliant, Hteadyadvance of other American units op¬erating in the region of Fisines andFlsmette. It is predicted that theGermans, having tailed to move theAmericans from the Fisines sector, nowwill be obliged to yield dally to theAmerican thrust along the plateau andvalley extending eastward from Cha-vlgny,FRENCH KOIK ES CONTINUE

STOIOllNti (iKIlJlAX CK.VTKHWith the French storming away at

the German center near Noyon and theBritish doggedly pushing on over theHindenburg line ind now detlectlngthoir main body southeast. It Is statedto-day that any important gain by theAmericans now northwest of Rhciins(and it is hourly expected), will en¬danger the German center. That cen¬ter, It is pointed out, has become athin line fighting rear-guard actions,which are intended for delny while thearmies that are left to the Germanstaff are digging In somewhere on theMouse or somewhere hack of thevaunted Hindenburg line.According to General March, who

had conferences to-d;iv with Senatorsat the Capitol, the time is near at handwhen all of the American forces willbo consolidated. The brigades andother units which have been operatingfor training with the British arc beingwithdrawn to till up the all-Amerlcaucorps, which are to form the futurefield armies and "groups of armies" tobe eventually under the imtnediule, butnot independent, command of GeneralPershing. General Foeh. it seems, willhe the leader and commander untilpeace has been won.Army officers took pains to point out

to-day that the advancing armies stillare a lonp way from the Rhine. Prog¬ress in that direction, however. Is de¬scribed as "eminently satisfactory." Forthe present they say the Interest mustbe concentrated on the battle frontwhich stretches in Its most acute formfrom the British wedge southeast ofArras to the American battle front ail;he way from the Flstnes section to theJuvigny-Chav' .iy salient, with theFrench plunging ahead against thecenter of the German retreat.

HEIDELBERG MAN TO PROVEGERMAN PROSPECTS GOOD

Went Is Drrnylnj;, He Siijh, While the iRant In the Hudrilnc

Future.LONDON, August 31.. Or. Hans K.

Henhrenburg. of Hoidelherg. has seti ut to prove that the prospects of Ger-many are really quite good at the!present time. Writing in the VossischcZeitung. he says:"The West is for us almost the prov¬

ince of the world. There we can onlylive In future on tolerance. Hut In theFast we a»e the pioneers of life, thechosen leaders of history."On the West, on the Atlantic, on

America, wo shall henceforth turn oprbacks. Our gaze shall henceforth hodirected toward the Kant."The West is decaying. The Fast

ir. rising. The West is the witheredpast. The Fast is the budding future.Our Western orientation was the. Amer¬ican Ideal of intense production andever-advancing technique. The idealof the East is education. Here lies themission of Germany."

ROBBERIES REPORTEDThree Resiliences Kntrrrd . Dctrey

Crawford Is Held naSuspect.

Three burglaries were yesterday !added to the long list of similar crimes;reported to the Police Department dur- \Ing the past fortnight. These reports]were from Harry M. Smith, BeverlyStreet and Boulevard: James T. Hiekey, I

Park Avenue, and Mrs. J. M. Lewis, J1713 First Avenue, Highland Park. IFor the last named crimes' Dewey I

Crawford, wanted also for his allegedrobberies at the home of Mrs. GeorgeW. Kemper, Barton Avenue, wherejewelry was stolen, and rt the South¬ern Express Company warehouse,where cigars and cigarettes werestolen, was arrested by officers Way-mack, Tiller, Macsin, Thuriimn andAtkinson.Mr. Smith reported the theft of a

paper cutter and a thermometer fromhis home, Mr. Hlckey the theft of atire, and Mrs. Lewis the theft of $7.75in cash.

P. W. Goodman also reported threeattempts to enter his home, 1507 FirstAvenue. Highland Park, durlryj thepast tw# weeks.

Doe llltes Itln^Kold Hoy.DANVILLE, VA. August 31..Harveyllerndon, the eleven-year-old son of

Mr. und Mrs. D. L. Herndon, of Iting-L'old, was attacked and bitten a fewdays ago by a dog. The animal waskilled and the head analysis in Wash¬ington gave positive indications ofrabies?

ItiiKsInns Are Drtren Ont,ZURICH, August 31..Large numbersof Russians have been expelled fromKiev, according to a dispatch re¬ceived here to-day and the hetmanspalaco and German staff quartersthere have been isolated.

"U-conserve" by buying the best!What excuse has any man for buying twocheap'suits when one good one, well made, will

long outwear those two?Material!

Labor!"U-conserve" by buying the best!.Rogers-Peet Suits, for example.

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DRAFTEES AT CAMP MEADEARE TAUGHT TO BITE BOCHE

Alao Are Shotvu IIoot to Deliver ¦ KneeKick. That Will be Mure Knock-

x Out.CAMP MEADE, MD. August 31..

MaJor-GcnertU Jeaso Mcl. Carter, coin-niundcr of the Eleventh Division, a Vir¬ginian. hat> picked as bin aid a youngVirginian athlete, football pluyer, Itox-er, and wrestler, who will l>o able todeal with any Hun in a hand-to-handstruggle for lire. The aid if Liouton-ant C. S. Grant. Lieutenant Craut hasworked with Tom Gibboim. the boxerwho is going after Dempscy.

(ribbons and Lieutenant Grant haveways to break a Hun neck, even If theHun happens to be big, and the Amer¬ican adversary only half as big or asstrong.Gibbons and Grant aro teaching a

wjky aS v"Uug teot.V. *»» w*v!Aand of delivering a knee kick that willbe a sure knock-out. A little studyof anatomy goes along with the co(irseso that the soldier will know whereto Indict the most suffering and thusget the enemy where a death-blowcan be dealt. The Idea is lx> make itcertain that when one Gcrmavn and oneAmerican meet and one must die, theGerman must be th*t one.

SURRENDER CHARTERTwo Thousand Plumbers and Stfain-

llttera Will Upturn to WorkMonday.

Illy Associated Press. 1NEWPOUT XKW.S, VA. August 31..

The strike of approximately 2,0<10plumbers and steamlitters employed aitthe various military camps and otheu"government contracts in this section,which has been in effect two weeks,was declared oft to-day. The men will...turn to work Monday. It is statedthe" men decided to forfeit the charterof llieir union here and to allow eachof Us members to return to work a*a patriotic duty. The forfeiture wasnecessary as the pay the men will re¬ceive is less than that allowed by theunion regulations, it Is said. They willreceive 75 cents an hour, with doublepay for overtime. Instead of S7'/a centsand double pay for overtime, as de¬manded by the strikers.Government activities, which include

camp construction work and erection ofhouses for shipyard workers, has beenheld up pending settlement of thestrike. The resolution to return towork as a duty to the government wasnot adopted until after a stormy fight.In which several of those championingthe plan came to blows with those whoInsisted on continuing the strike.

MEMBERS OF STUDENT ARMYTO MOBILIZE ON OCTOBER 1

Will Be Itrovldeil With l'nlform» nndItntloiiN nnd Will Itecrlve Pny

of Privates.WASHINGTON, August 31..Members

of the students' army training corps,onslsting of youths between the agesof eighteen and twenty-one, will hemobilized October 1 at more than 300colleges selected for that purpose nythe SVur Department, according to de-tatls of the plan announced to-nlglit.The members of the students' armytraining corps will be "soldiers on ac¬tive duty.' 'n statement Issued by theWar Department says, t.'pon their In¬duction Into service their subsistence,quarters, clothing anil tuition will beprovided by the. government, and thestudent-soldiers will receive the Hayor privates in the army.High school graduates will be eligi¬ble to the collegiate training «ll>* -'onof the corps anil Kiammar school I# 1 -uates may enter the vocational si .on.The War Department In its state¬

ment advises youths ready for collegeentrance or already enrolled in a col¬lege to adhere to their plaits and ob¬tain voluntary induction into the corps.

MACHINISTS STRIKESix Thousand .Mm Km ployed nt Bridge¬

port, Conn., Plant AreMill I,||e.

[By Associated Pre»n.lrminOEPOUT. CONN., August 31..With all union machinists and tool-makers in every plant in this city ex-

cept the Lake Torpedo-Moat. Company!out on strike, there was no change inthe situation at the munitions plants,here to-night. Union leaders said that6,000 men were on strike, while thbmanufacturers declared that no more ithan 4,000 had walked out.

Officers of sheet-metal trades unionheld a meeting to-day anil decided toleave the question of Joining the strike,with their national oflicera.No effort is expected to be made to

end the strike until after Labor Day. jAttempt to Kill (ienrrnl.

IjONDON, August 31..An attemptupon the life of a British general has Ibeen made at Murmnn. according to a jdispatch to the Exchange Telegraph,Copenhagen, quoting a Moscow tcie-gram. '

OPPOSITION HALTS SENATEACTION ON PROHIBITION

Senator Keuyoti, of Iowa. Proposes toStrike jtrm* From Hill Ag-

KrrKiitliiK WUO.IHH).(By Awoclalcd 1'rtn.]

WASHINGTON, August 31..Opposi¬tion to ©inergcncy agricultural prohi¬bition Items in tho bill carrying' theamendment for national prohibitionbeginning next July prevented tho Sen¬ate from disposing of the measure to¬day. anil postponed final notion untilnext week. ,Tho measure, according to arrange¬

ments-made lato to-day by Spnate lead¬ers, will not be called up again untilTuesday, as Monday is a holiday andthe only huttings proposed then is me¬morial services for tho lato SenatorNewlands, of Nevada.

Senator Kunyon, of Iowa, proposedto-day to strike out items In the hill

'\an SoQO.OOO. whichhe said aro totaiiy uuiwuLury instimulating food production. Senatorlohnson. of South Dakota, declared tho'Measure proposed an extravagant out-lay, and he could support It only be¬cause of the prohibition provision.. Failure of the food administration to.revent extortion was charged by Sen¬ator Sherman, of Illinois, who said theadministration's only real attemptswere In regulating flour and a fewother prices. *

(°4inninK r)riupnntratlon.The following schedule of classes in

food conservation given by the homodemonstration agents In the demon¬stration plant at tho Sixth Street Mar¬ket was announced yesterday for thisweek: Tuesday. Jellies, marmalades,preserves; Thursday, canning; Friday,home drying; all at 10 o'clock.

Itol.ibrvik Furred Start Drtl,PICKING, Thursday, August 29..

General Semen off. the antl-Bolnhevikleader, yesterd-iy captured Boersia Sta¬tion. The Bolshevik forces are re¬treating along the Oiioii Kivcr, burn¬ing villages and destroying bridges. *

Itrgiirdrd a» I'ro-Amrriran.BOGODA, i 'MiJ 'M HI A, August 31..

Dr. Marco Tie-del Squares, the presi¬ded of Colombia. Is regarded here asanti-German and pro-American, andin this respect is believed to enjoythe confidence of the greater part ofthe Colombian people.

Dr. Suarez is a member of the Na¬tionalist party, one of tho two par¬ties Into which the old conservativeparty lias split. The other wing of thoformer conservative party Is knownas tho Old IliRtoricas composed main¬ly of the olcrlcais. The Colombiaclergy arc believed to be almost en¬tirely pro-German.To till n pnnlMon or get o ponltloni

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