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210 17,000 PRISONERS, MORE PICARDY WEDGE i RIVEN GERMANS EVA I ATE THAN 200 GUNS TAKEN; 11 MILES; FOE IN RETREAT; POSITIONS IN FLANDERS Wedge Driven lit nan Line in on Picardy Drive MALCOLM ROBERTSON DECLARES LENINE British Advance 2,000 Yards on That Front Hold Seven Towns There. Gain South of the Somme Reaches Maximum Depth of 11 Miles Allied Airmen Vreck Bridges Over the River, Hampering Enemy's Retreat Germans Blow Up Own Ammunition Dumps as They Fall Back. The shaded portion shows Allied gains. Dotted line advance shows subsequent gains. (By the Associated Press.) London, August 9 More than 17,000 prisoners had been captured" by the Allies in the Somme drive up to 'noon according to advices this afternoon.

More than 200 guns also have been taken. It is reported that a German divisional general has been captured in the drive. Canadian horse troopers, co-operating with French cavalry, cut off a large force of the enemy in today's operations on the Somme front. The Allied progress is continuing. The text of today's British official statement follows: "Our progress on the battlefront continues.

The French have taken Fresnoy-en-Chaussee. British troops are east of Le Quesnel and Caix. "North of the Somme the enemy is making vigorous resistance to our advance. Heavy fighting has taken place between Chipilly and Morlancour. "The number of prisoners taken by the Allied armies yesterday exceeded 14,000 and the number of guns captured cannot be estimated.

"During the past day the enemy has continued to evacuate forward positions held by him in the Lys valley. Our line there has advanced along the whole front from the Lawe River to the Bourre River northwest of Merville to a maximum depth of 2,000 yards. Our troops now hold Locon, Le Cornet, Malo, Quentin, La Petit, Pacaut and Lesart. "We carried out a successful local operation last night north of Kemmel, advancing our line a short distance over a front of 1,000 yards and capturing thirty prisoners." The Franco-British advance south of the Somme has reached a maximum depth of eleven miles, according to news received here shortly after noon. Advices from the battlefront report British cavalry, armored cars and tanks, in advance of the infantry, to have reached within a mile of the Chaulnes railway junction.

IS KILLED IN FRANCE; HAD HEROIC CAREER Drove Ambulance in Belgium in 1915, Later Enlisted in Seventh. AT FRONT WITH THE 165TH Malcolm T. Robertson, 23 years old, son of Dr, and Mrs. Victor A. Robertson of 61 Eighth avenue, was killed in action- on July 13.

His father received a telegram last night con taining the news. Robertson served as an ambulance driver in Belgium in 1915. Returning to this country after several months he was preparing to enter the service with the Canadians when the United States Joined in the conflict. He enlisted in the Seventh Regiment on July 2, 1917. When the call for volunteers from that command to Join the 165th was received he was among the first to offer himself, as he thought he would get into action that much quicker.

Robertson's name has not yet appeared on General Pershing's casualty list. Private Robertson would have graduated from Princeton In 1915, but in February of that year, with a few classmates, he volunteered with American Ambulance Section 1 for service in France and Belgium. He sailed in April. Though only 20 years old, reports received by his father quickly indicated that he was making good. His chief work was among the English soldiers at Dunkirk and vicinity.

After five months, during which he collected more than 400 photographs and hundreds of souvenirs, whici are now in the Princeton Library, he returned to this country to resume his studies. He gave an account of his experiences at a lecture at tho Hotel Bossert, under the auspices of the Brooklyn Red Cross Chapter, on the night of April 29. 1916. Several interesting letters, containing his experiences, were published in The Eagle while he was "over then?" tne first time. Parents Recently Ketiirncd.

Private Robertson's parents have just returned to America after a year spent in Belgium and Frnnce, where they served in base hospitals under the Military Department of the Amuri-an Red Cross. Dr. Robertson for a time served as surgeon at a base hospital in Belgium which was only five miles back of the front line trenches. It was in the same set-tor that his son served so heroically while driving an American ambulance two years before. The ambulance which the youth drove was through the first battle of the Marne and among the relics Dr.

Robertson has Is the American Hag which was flown from the vehicle during the battle. While abroad Dr. Robertson saw his son three times at Lhe front. Malcolm Robertson was born in Brooklyn. He attended the Prospect Heights School for Boys, and was graduated from Polytechnic Preparatory School in 1911, after which he went to Princeton.

Other Son in Service. Dr. Robertson has another son, Donald J. C. Robertson, who is attached to the Ninetieth Division of the American Expeditionary Forces.

Private Robertson was a nephew of Major George G. Cochran, long connected with the Thirteenth Regiment, who also has a son, David Austen Cochran, in the service. In letter from Xaboth Hedin, who is in charge of The Eagle Paris Bureau, to Major Cochran, dated July 15, Robertson was referred to. The letter in part follows: "A few days ago I received a letter from Malcolm Robertson. He has mOved, and as things stand now, I expect we shall hear lively things from that set of Boys.

Tnis morning the Kaiser turned loose another little hell of his, and though the nearest point is over forty-five miles away, the racket woke everybody up in Paris. I never heard such artillery fire from the front. It seemed the whole city vibrated. Imagine heavy artillery firing faster than an alarm clock rattles. I have a feeling that tho outcome of this drive will settle the war.

If it fails we may expect several more years. While If it succeeds entirely, which God forbid, we may be done for very soon. "Please give my best regards to Dr. and Mrs. Robertson, and tell them to be as calm as they can.

It is our civilian duty to keep our nerves while the soldier buys face death. After four years of it steady we are pretty tired of it over here, and every new drive sets us on edge." OTANI U. WILL LEAD S. AND ENTENTE TROOPS IN SIBERIA Washington, August 9 General Kikuzo Otnni, one of Japan's most distinguished soldiers, has been chosen to command the Japanese section and will be the ranking officer of the American and Allied expedition in Siberia. 11 STATE OF AGAINST ALLIES Commissary of Foreign Affairs Interprets It As a "State of Defense" MAY CLEAR THE AIR Washington, August 9 American Consul Poole at Moscow has Informed the State Department that Lenine, the Bolshevik Premier, recently declared before a gathering of Soviets in Moscow that a state of war existed between the Russian Government and the Entente Allies.

In response to questions from the Allied Consuls, Tchitcherin, Commissary of Foreign Affairs, publicly said the Premier's statement need not be considered a declaration of war, but that It rather was a declaration of a sttae of defense on the part of Russia similar to the situation that existed at one time with Germany. BoLsheviki in Ugly Mood. The Consul's report, received by cable today, gave the State Department its first official information confirming reports that the Bolshevik! were formally characterizig as an act of war the operations of Allied forces on the Murmansk coast. The attitude of Lenine may tend to clarify the situation and strengthen the understanding between the Allies and the new Russian government of the north. Mr.

Poole also reported that In spite of denials of the authorities the Bol-sheviki were throwing obstacles in the way of the departure from Russia of British and French military represen tatives. From Archangel today the State Department received word that the Bolshevikl, upon hearing of the landing of Allied troops at Onega had asxea ior an explanation. Allied aviators dropped propaganda in the City of Archangel, whereupon the Bolshevikl evacuated the town before the Allied troops marched in. The British, French and United States Consuls were arrested on August 3 by a detachment of Caucasian calvary ror tneir protection," but as previously reported, were released upon the appearance of the Allied soldiers. The reception to the Allied troops by the native population, today's message said, was so cordial that Revolutionists fled the city and have caused no further trouble.

A new "Revolution" proclaimed by the Caucasian soldiers after their flight is not taken seriously. New Government Organizing. The new Government of the north at Archangel is rapidly organizing its aitrerent departments. Information reaching the State Department shows that orders have been issued appointing a commander-in-chief of the Rus sian forces, military and naval; abolishing all organs of the so-called So viet ijuveruineni una ordering me arrest of all Soviet commissaire officials: appointing government commissaries of three for provinces and counties re-establishing municipal governments and zemstvos; empowering local self-government organs to control food supply, maintaining so far as possible existing nppartus, but cleaning out the Bolshevik elements; re-establishing judicial organizations; re-establishing free existence and activity of co-operative associations, labor unions and organizations to further the prosecution of war, and nationalizing transportation, financial and industrial institutions. U.

S. TO BUILD BIG GUN RE-LINING PLANT IN FRANCE; WILL RIVAL THE KRUPPS Washington, August 9 Approval of plans for a big gun rc-linine nlant. to be built in France, at a cost of from $5,000,000 to $30,000,000, was announced today by the Wiar Department. It is said engineering work for the great project, which will com. pare in size to the Krupp works at Essen, Germany, wer completed and orders for onnlnment.

nptnnllv Within thirty days after conception of ne piau uy me orunance omcers. AERO CLUB'S WAR MEDAL FOR 7 ALLIED FLYERS Paris. August 9 The Foreign So ice Committee of the Aero Club of America has awarded the War Medal of the ciud to tne ronowing aviators: Belgian Lieutenant Willy Con- pens. British Major Edward Mannock, jviajor jamcs n. mcuunuen, captain Roderick S.

Dallas and Captain Henry W. Woolott. Italian Lieutenant Fuilio Barc-chini and Captain Huffo di Calabria. CITY BUYS 12 AUTOS The Board of Estimate today passed a resolution appropriating $20,500 to provide for the purchase of twelve automobiles which are to be used for the transportation of poliomyelitis victims to and from the various clinics where they aro receiving treatment. The request for the funds is made by the Commissioner of Public Charities and presented by the Committee on Finance and Budget.

Sixteen cars aro now in use but they aro rapidly wearing out. Tho now mnchlnea will cost $3,320, but tho dealer will accept twelve of the cars now in use. 90 DAYS FOR RUSSELLITE Roanoke, August 9 Charles W. Morris, a pacifist, arrested for distributing Russellite literature and who told tho court he would not fight if the Turks sent nn army to America and carried oft American women for their harems, whs sentenced by the Federal court hero today to ninety days in Jail, WAR reported this morning, Full line and south, east of the advancing Allied line, which is bisected by the Amiens-Laon railroad. It is the main enemy communication line.

With this under short artillery range, the German positions north to Arras and south and east almost to Rheims must now be in great danger. Montdidier, the pillar of the German positions where the battle front swings toward the east, is surrounded on three sides. Should Montdidier fall or the Peronne-Roye road be cut, the German situation between Arras and Rheims would.be most difficult, military observers believe. The first result probably, would be a withdrawal from Montdidier to Rheims to the line of the Oise and the Aisne or perhaps to part of the old Hindenburg line. The terrain before the Allies is rolling iund rather difficult of defense, except north of the Somme.

JUSTICE VALENTINE QUITS RACE; CHARGES McCOOEY MADE DEAL County Leader "Trafficking With Opposition," He Writes Followers. MAY SUBSTITUTE HANSON Justice John' A. Valentine, who has been serving on the Bench in the Second District Municipal Court by appointment of the Mayor, since early in the year, and for whom designating petitions as the regular organization candidate for the Municipal Court nomination in the Democratic primaries were filed on Tuesday, withdrew from the race today. Justice Valentine announced his withdrawal in the form of an open letter addressed to the voters of the Municipal Court District, giving as his reason that he had made the discovery ten days ago that County Leader John H. McCooey was "trafficking with the opposition." Efforts 'to reach the writer of the letter today to get him to amplify the charge were unavailing.

His homo at 83 Halsey street was closed and at the Second District Municipal Court it was stated that he had left today on his vacation and would be gone until September 3, which is Primary Day. The Valentine letter came like a bolt from a clear sky upon the organization. So far as could be learned only County Leader McCooey and Peter B. Hanson, the Democratic leader In Valentine's home district, the Seventeenth, had any knowledge of the lat-ter's desire to quit the race and they learned of it too late to substitute another's name for that of Valentine upon the designating petitions for the Municipal Court nomination. Upon learning through Hanson of how the wind was blowing, the county leader sent for Valentine a few days ago and had a conference with him.

According to the version of the story heard today, Valentine made strong objection to a recent appointment of Charles Tollerls, Sixth Assembly District, as a referee by County Judge Charles J. McDermott. Tolleris is making a primary contest against Deputy Fire Commissioner William F. Thompson, Democratic leader in the Sixth, for the control of the party organization there and Valentine charged that McCooey was encouraging the opposition by securing Tollerls' appointment. Tho county leader explained that the name had originally been submitted by Thompson himself before there was any talk of Tolleris making a fight and that Judge McDermott, unaware of the turn of events had taken, and having Tolleris' name before him, had appointed him.

Tho explanation did not appear to satisfy Valentino and ho left, stating that he had determined to withdraw as a candidate. McCooey Is Silent-County Leader McCooey today declined to discuss tho Incident or to make -any answer to the charge brought against him in the Valentine letter other than to say: "If Justice Valentine wishes to withdraw that is his privilege." Hanson declared thnt he knew of no reason why Valentine should have withdrawn. The 'trafficking" charge Continued on Taso 3. merous points, but the towns officially reported to have been reached are evidence that the momentum of the Allied drive has not nearly spent itself. In its larger aspects the success of the Allies south of the Somme constitutes a very serious threat to the German line, especially to the southward.

The advance has not so much weakened the German positions northward toward Arras, but the enemy finds himself In an embarrassing position around Montdldier, and from that town southeastward at least as far as the Oise River. A further advance of the Allies in Picardy would outflank the whole German line as far as the Oise and probably cause an immedia te retreat to positions which can be linked up with tho Alsne line. The Peronne-Roye road, with its parallel line of railroad, runs north OUT OF PLACE We print the reports of the German War Office on the front page because we have no comic supplement. openly because they are not enthusiastic over the Governor's candidacy, but they do believe that he is a stronger candidate to pit against the Democrats than Lewis and that he can whip Lewis in the primaries, and since, therefore, they believe they will have to support him anyway after the primaries, they are very careful to say nothing against him now. LONG ISLAND MEN KILLED BY BOILER EXPLOSION ON U.S.S.

NOPATIN, ABROAD Washington, August 9 Two men were killed and three injured in. a boiler explosion on the U. S. S. No-patin, in foreign waters, announced today by the Navy Department.

The dead arc: Thomas W. Ben-ham, fireman, Freeport, L. Roger Hackett, fireman, 28 Academy street. New Haven, Conn. The injured Ernest F.

Adams, fireman, Westbrook, Goettfried Ahrendt, Bayou Labart, Percy Cranford, water tender, Annapolis, Md. LONG-RANGE CANNON STILL HAMMERS PARIS Paris, August 9 The Paris region was again under bombardment today from the German long-range cannon. GERMAN PAPER ADMITS FOCH IS GOOD SOLDIER Washington, August 9 Commenting on the conferring of the title of Marshal of France on Gen-erul Foch, the Frankfurter Zeitung, according to an official dispatch today from Switzerland, says: "In any case General Foch Is a good soldier, and his strategy has been crowned with success." THE PICTURE SECTION will be found inserted in the news section of The Eagle toda J0 A wedge has been driven into enemy territory to a depth of eleven miles along the Amiens-Chaulnes-La Fere railway and early today the British were only a mile away from the Chaulnes-Roye railway, which runs southward from Chaulnes' and forms the chief artery of supplies for the German troops fighting in the Mont-didier sector of the front. So far as reports show, the progress of the fighting south of the Somme, the Allies are going forward almost without serious opppositlon. On the north bank of the stream the Germans have held their lines strongly, but have lost Morlancourt, their stronghold there, after hard fighting.

The French, further to the south, have had their advance retarded at nu CALDER TO SUPPORT WHITMAN IN FIGHT AGAINST M.E. LEWIS Governor's Campaign Managers Assured of Senator's Backing in Primaries. ISSUES NO STATEMENT YET United States Senator William M. Calder will support Governor Whitman for renomination. Definite assurances of this have been given the Whitman campaign managers, and although, at least for the present, the Senator will make no public statement, it is now well understood that the Calder influence is to be thrown to the Governor during the remainder of the fight between him and Merton E.

Lewis for the Republican gubernatorial nomination. Mr. Calder at no stage of the fight was for Lewis, but he had maintained a neutral attitude and had expressed to friends strong disapproval of the Whitman candidacy on the ground that ho believed the Governor was not strong enough to lead the party to victory this fall. When the movement to nominate Colonel Theodore Roosevelt gained momentum during the G. O.

P. State conference at Saratoga, Calder came out strongly for T. R. and signed the round robin asking him to declare his candidacy. Subsequently he appealed personally to the Colonel, and when the latter finally declined to run for Governor Mr.

Calder visited him at Oyster Bay and urged him to become a candidate for Congress, arguing that it was his duty to participate actively in public life where he could do the most to help win the war. Tho Colonel declined to consider the matter and subsequently Senator Calder dropped consideration of the State situation for some time. A short time ago, however, he conferred again with some of the State leaders and as a result, it is stated upon excellent authority, determined to support Whitman in preference to Lewis. The first indication of his decision was evidenced in the signing of petitions at the clubhouse of tho Twelfth A. D.

Republicans Calder's home Assembly District organization. Both Lewis and Whitman petitions were sent to the club to be signed, and while several hundred signatures were secured for the Governor's candidacy enly six names of organization men found thoir way onto the Lewis petitions, Mr. Calder has been spending the month at Spring Lake, N. but has boen In town on several visits. He was here for a few hours yesterday.

He made no public stutement of his but his friends today declare that he is now thoroughly In favor of Whitman's nomination and that he Is likely to doclare himself within a short time. Since County Leader Livingston has declined to come out again for Lewis, after Roosevelt declined to run, there remains not a single big Republican leuder In Kings who Is openly opposing tho Governor, and unless Livingston returns to his first love there is not likely to bo. Most of the leaders, including Lewis M. Swasey and Senator C. K.

Murphy, who ennin out for Roosevelt, have mado up their minds to stand by the Governor. They are not "shouting about it.1' Most of them even decline to say so Cavalry and Tanks In Lead. The cavalry, tanks and armored cars, it is indicated, have gone ahead to the line running from Framerville to Lihons. From Lihons the line runs southward to Meharicourt, southeast of Ro-sieres. This represents a total maximum advance of eleven miles.

Morlancourt Captured. The British have captured Morlancourt on the northern end of the Somme battlefront, and the infantry line now runs from that point southward to a point southeast of Horcuil. This represents an infantry advance to the maximum depth of seven miles In the center along the Amiens-Chaulnes-La Fere railway. Along the whole front the average advance of tho infantry is from five to six miles. The French have taken Fresnoy-cn-Chuussee, while the British have reached a point east of Le Quesnel and Calx.

Germans Blow I'p Dumps. With the British Army in France, August 9 (Reuters) The Germans are blowing up their ammunition dumps in the battle area. This Is considered an indicatior. that they aro preparing to retreat. The British casualties since the beginning of the present drive are but threq-fifths of the number of prisoners counted up to 3 o'clock this afternoon.

Cavalry patrols, accompanied by swift "whippet" tanks, are reported VALLEYOFTHE LYS British Hold Seven More Towns on the Flanders Front London, August 9 The Germans are evacuating their positions in the Lys valley, on the Flanders front. On the Lys front the British now hold Locon. Le Cornet, Malo, Quentin, Le Petit, Pacaut and Lesart. Above the Lys region, on the front north of Kemmel, the British carried out a local operation last night in which their line was advanced somewhat on a front of more than 1,000 yards. GERMANS LEAVING by airmen far out ahead -of the infantry advance.

The infantry at many places was apparently checked only by sheer physical inability to push any farther. Allied Airmen Smash Sonunc Bridges. Allied airmen have blown up many of the bridges over the Somme River, and the enemy's retreat is seriously embarrassed. The British cavalry has rounded up many prisoners, but the larger part of the 14,000 so far taken were cap-tured by Australians and Canadians. An enormous quantity of stores and ammunition has been abandoned by the Germans In their hasty reti'eat.

This afternoon the enemy's transport lorries have been rolling along the few good roads left in the Somme valley. They afforded excellent targets for airmen, who played havoa with the escaping convoys and speedily littered the roads so that they were impassable. Prisoners rounded up by the British cavalry divisions are coming-back rapidly. Enemy Resistance "Generally Over, come. Early this morning tho combined Franco-British forces began following up the victory of yesterday from the positions reached last night.

Reports received from along the front shortly before 11 a.m. said that satis-factory progress was being made. Undoubtedly resistance developed al several points, but this seems to hava been generally overcome, except al the left, where during the night sharp fighting developed and the Allied troops were unable to maintain thoir footing on the Chipilly spur, principally because of the nature or the ground. The French at the south began their push forward at thp same tima as did the British this morning, and it is reported, but not otllcinlly confirmed, that they have captured La Qiient I Le juusnel The enemy in the Montdidier pocket is now generally in an even more precarious position than yesterday. Cavalry ('leaning I'p Country.

British cavalry and some infantry were signalled in the neighborhood ot CluuihH's this morning. When last beard from directly they, together with armored cars, were operating back of I'Yamerville, and have now progressed many kilometres beyond, continuing the cleaning up of thfl country and capturing villages. The wide-dung operations of tha British cavalry menaces all the moil and materials the enemy has there. The Allied r.ir forces continued tho vigorous operations they Initiated yes-tonlay, and besides blowing up many of the Commn bridges, seriously hampering the German effort to re. move material, the airmen attacked troops billits and transports.

The prisoners tuken by tho-Billlsl.