New Britain Herald Newspaper, November 21, 1917, Page 1

HERALD BEST OF ALL LOCAL NEWSPAPERS BRITAIN HERALD HERALD “ADS” MEAN & BETTER BUSINESS PRICE THREE CELNTS. e NEW BRITAIN CONNECTICUT, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1917. —TWELVE PAGES. ESTABLISHED 1876 HIS COUGH NEARLY CAUSED AN ORDER FOR HIS COFFIN American Soldier Had Cold in Head, and Innocently Gave Enemy Warning of Attack IS LATER WOUNDED IN HAND BY A BULLET First Regimental Flag To Be Carried By Our Forces To the Front Line Trenches Has Been Returned to Headquarters, With Commanding Officer’s Inscription—Staff Officers’ Narrow Escape. . With the American Army in France, Nov. 20, (By theyAssociated Press)— Only the fact that the Germans failed to venture into No Man’s Land on a recent night saved them from an American surprise. One hundred and sixty men of the first battalions to enter the trenches for a week were given special ‘training and after being transported to the front, crawled No Man's Land and took posi- in front of and in the German wire entanglements at a point where it had been discovered the enemy came out every night. Each man had been trained to a special task, and the entire unit had rehearsed the part it intended to play under conditions similar to that in front of German lines. The Ameri- cans reached the positions soon after dark and remained in waiting all night but not one German appeared. The plan was to allow . several groups of 10 to 156 Germans to emerge and to meet at a rendezvous. Then the Americans would fall on the ene- my and repay them fully for recent trench raids. A cold which a soldier caught in the trenches brought him a wound in the hand and gave warning to a German patrol of an ambuscade on another night. An American patrol had ar- | ranged an ambush near a shell-ruined farm house in No Man’s Land. Several of the Americans had cold and coughs but managed to control them. Final- 1y when the shadowy forms of an ene- my patrol were seen approaching, one of the Americans coughed. The ene- my patrol promptly disappeared to- wards its own lines, from where soon afterward came a hail of machine gun bullets, one hitting the man who had coughed. Two staff officers recently had a narrow escape while walking along a road in the rear of the lines. They heard the whizz of an enemy shell and jumped, thinking it was close by when the projectile came down in the cen- {er of the road on either side of which they were walking. The first American regimental col- ors to be carried on the battle front in France have been returned to reg!- mental headquarters. Written on it in ink over the signature of the French commander is a certification | that this was the first flag to reach | {he front lines. The flag did not fly | at the front, as no flags are exhibited | there. It was actually carried, how- | ever, to a dug out in the rear of the second line, remaining there several days. Premier’s War Alm. Paris, Nov. 20.—The war aim of Premier Crlemenceau is to be a vie- tor, he told the chamber of deputies today. “If Germany tomorrow expressed a wish to enter into the society of na- tions, I would not agree, M. Clemen- ceau sald, “for Germany’s signature | cannot be trusted. “You ask what my war alms are? My aim s to be a victor.” Leon Trotzky, Chief. Petrograd, Nov. 20.—The foreign office has been taken over by Leon Trotzky, sub-secretary Neratoff, who has had charge since the arrest of M. Terestchenko formally surrendering | control and departing along with the | other employes. Military staff head- quarters work is reported to be at a standstill, except the business of army supplies. The Volna Naroda says that within a few days Lenine and Trotzky will announce the successful establishment of a workmen's and peasants’ gov- ernment after which it is hoped that foreign governments will enter into official negotiations through the new forelgn minister. Revulsion of Feeling. Stockholm, Nov. 21.—Reports brought by the latest travelers to reach Tornea from Petrograd indicate that 2 revulsion of feeling is setting in against the Bolsheviki. Regiments of soldiers have paraded the streets of the Russiun capital bearing ban- ners with inscriptions such as “we Want no separate peace”, “‘down with Petro I's domination by a minority (\yranny”, and “Nicholas’ re- was never so tyrannic as the eviki rogime’. 1 central committee of the anti- sheviki - socialist coalition has 1 a resolution demanding liber- of the press. the dismissal of the | arguments. RIOTS IN MOSCOW; OVER 8,000 KILLE s Washington, Nov. 21.—Swed- ish press reports on the situa- tion In Russia received by the state department today said Gen. Kaledines with an army of Cossacks was moying against Moscow, where 8,000 were re- ported to have been killed in riots. )‘I | | BRIDEGROON, ALIE, DION'T HAVE PERMIT So Federal Agents Are Un- expected and Uninvited Guests at Wedding. Hartford, Nov. 21.—Joyous aspects of a wedding at Maennerchor hall Tuesday night were somewhat inter- fered with by the presence of govern- ment Agent Ernest Sherburn and as- sistants' who learned that the bridge- groom and two of his best men were German aliens and had no permits to be at'the hall, even for a wedding. Henry Breiltgens and Elsie Schlel- cher were married at the hall Tuesday evening. XKarl Otto Beck and Ferd~ inand .G. Schmiegel were among the groom’s attendants, and while they and Breiltgens are all aliens the fed- eral officers took away with them only Schmeigel, who was taken to the United States Marshal's office and questioned. Breiltgens and Beck were at the marshal’s office all day today in the custody of the marshal and his deputies while Assistant District At- torney Begley is investigating the case. Breiltgens has a permit to go to and from his work but he did not have the forethought to get the marshal’s permit to get marriefl at the hall. HELD RESPONSIBLE. Man Who Shot Three Men in Seymour Classed as Murderer. New Haven, Nov., 21.—Antonios Dorotheas is held criminally re- sponsible for the death of Polikronis Boharis, at Seymour, on November 13, by Coroner Mix today in a finding following an inquiry into the shoot- ing affray in that town. There was a dispute on the street in which sev- eral men took part, and during this Stanislieu took Antonios by the throat, pushing him against a fence. There- upon the latter backed away from the ‘group and, drawing a pistol, fired five or more bullets, one of these striking Boharis, three Stansilien and one Pantelas Joanides. The first died in the Griffin hospital. sailant was arrested. The| as- DARING B. DITS. Drive Three Clerks Into Rear Room, Then Secure $40,000. Minneapolis, Nov. 21.—Three auto- mobile bandits steered into a jewelry store on the principal downtown street here today, drove three clerks into a back room, forced another to open the safe and escaped with dia- monds and other gems valued at be- tween $45,000 and $50,000, according to the estimate of the proprietor, H. H. Green. DISMISSES APPLICATION. Poli Will Not Be Able to Show Legit. New Haven, Nov. 21.—Application for injunctions to restrain city officers from interfering with the opening of S. Z. Poli’s new theater here, were de- nied by Judge Webb of the superior court today. The city was represented by Corporation Counsel Kleiner while Mr. Poli had counsel to present his side of the matter. There were only Judge Webb said he could not see wherein he was called upon to interfere with city officials who are enforcing ordinances. So S. Z. REV. MR. BUCKLEY DIES. Prominent Waterbury Pastor Suc- cumbs After Long Illness. Waterbury, Nov. 21.—The - Rev. Frederick D. Buckley, rector of Trinity Episopal church for the past 25 years, died early today after an illness of several weeks. He was graduate of Trinity college and Berke- ley divinity school. In church cir- cles and among well known throughout the state. Hc was a 32nd. degree mason formerly @ | Blue He is survived wife and two daughters. Max Teschenberger of Waterbury Giv- en Hearing in Hartford. Hartford, Nov. 21.—Max Teschen- berger, editor of Beobacher, a foreign language newspaper in Waterbury was arrested there today by U. S. | Deputy Marshal Hawley on a charge | of mailing copies of the paper printed | in a foreign language without filing an English translation of the articles with the postmaster. The deputy brought Editor Teschenberger to Hartford this afternoon, where he was given a hear- ing by U. S. Commissioner Curroll. JARVIS BOY DYING. At the New Britain General hos- pital it was stated this afternoon that John Jarvis. the youngster who re- ceived a fractured skull in an auto- niobile accident on East Main street, Siturday, is in a dying condition and (Continued on Eleventh Page) hiz recovery is despaired of. —THISTORIG BATTLE named | & ! trated his fire first of all on the Marie, Freemasans he was and was sociate grand chaplain of by his N THE CATTEGAT Big Fight When German Cruiser and Patrol Boats Sink BRITISH ARE THE VICTORS | Like the Famous Battle of Manila Bay by Admiral Dewey, Not a Single | Life Was Lost by Pnzlmnd During the Engagement. Base of British Grand Hleet, Nov. 9.—(Correspondence of the Associat- ed Press.)—The recent naval action in the Cattegat, where the British sank a (ierman cruiser and ten armed patrol ships, is an example of the careful planning which lies behind every move on the naval chart. A comparatively Insignificant force of | British destroyers and light cruisers | were the performers in the little | Skaggerak drama. The actual fight | in the Cattegat began about 7 o’clock | in the morning and was over three hours later. The German fleet be- hind its fortifications received the calls for help but dared not take a chance, probably well knowing that any at- tempt to send out help would be con- ! fronted with enemies rising out of the sea from all directions. i The Cattegat is a deep bay lying between Denmark and Sweden and | leading out through the Skaggerak into the North Sea near the scene of | the famous Jutland battle. A fog lay over the entire Cattegat through- out the action, and the British de- stroyers picked off their victims one by one and sank them. The German auxilary cruiser Marie, which was leading the fleet of patrol boats, was a ship of 3,000 tons. Her captain, Herr Lauterbach, was wounded but reached the Danish shore safely. His ship, which had four guns and a crew of ninety, was “suddenly attacked,” he said in an interview with a Danish newspaperman, “by a fleet of Brit- | ish destroyers, and the shells fired ! Ly them descended with such rapidity | that the men on the Marie were al- | most unable to use the guns. Only u few shots were fired before the ship was a mass of flames.” British and American naval men who have been on the China station in years past will remember Captain | Lauterbach. He was known from Shanghai to Vladivostok as ‘“‘Baron Munchausen,” and is sald to have been the most unpopular German naval officer in the Far East. ‘lis unpopularity extended n to his own men, and in the Cattegat battie the first remark made by a Germin oy bluejacket rescued from the sea was a fervently expressed hope that the British had not made the mistake of rescuing his captain. Lauterbach’s | naval reputation probably will suffer | somewhat from the Cattegat battle. His report that he fired his guns as long as possible is denied by hix | own men, who declared that Lauter: | bach was “seized with funk as soon as the encmy appeared and that not | a single shot was fired from the Murie’s \guns.” On the occasion of the British vie- tory the fight occurred, not in thal North Sea, but on Germany’s door- step, not at night, but in daylight; not hurriedly or nervously, for sixty- four prisoners were taken, drowning men rescued from the water, thus ! providing another vivid contrast be- tween German and British methods of warfare. Moreover non-combatant lives were lost or endangered in the British action whereas the Germans ruthlessly and unnecessarily sacrificed scores of innocent neutrals. The return of the British squadron to its base was quiet and unostenta- tious. By nightfall, they were off again on their business of sweeping the sea. The cruise of the fleet into the Cat- tegat and the little victory which the British won there without the loss of a single life, while not largely im- portant in itself, is a concrete illus- tration and proof of the manner in which the Allied fleets control the seas and enable the Allied govern- | ments to use their resources in full strength on the various fronts. The British commander concen- and then detached his fastest vessels to round up the escorting patrol ves- sels. This was thoroughly done after a hunt lasting nearly three hours. | This action, it should be remembered, | occurred in waters which the Germans regard as practically one of their “inland seas.” The Cattegat is the gateway to the Baltic. The scene of the fight is 500 miles from the near- est British coast, but less than 200 miles from Kiel. The Germans held their favorite “interior lines” while the Rritish forces had to ~ross the North Sea, go up through the Skag- gerak. and then around the Skaw. The Germans had every charce execute a coup. treat .of the British forces by bring- ing superior units up the coast to the entrance of the Skaggerak. That they did not dare to attempt, this is cvidenc appreciation’ of the resource of the British ting comparison might { Lo made between this clean victory by the British destroyers and the hit- and-ran eoid by the German light ‘uisers on a British convoy October 17. The Germans sent out two‘ or their fastest cruisers in the darkness, struck their blow in nervous haste in i L | (Continued on leventh Page) { Coal and Grain company. | if his company has to sell | & ! any | considers all of them insured auto- i the third officer: CONNECTICUT SLACKER GIVEN TWENTY YEARS DU Ayer, Nov. 21.—Military au- thorities at Camp Devens an- nounced today that a sentence of 20 years in the federal pen- itentiary at Atlanta had been imposed on Tony Petroshki, of Norwich, Conn., convicted by court martial for failure to re- port here with other drafted men from his district. The dis- trict quota was assighed to the 304th infantry regiment and when the men arrived Petrosh- ki was not among them. He was arrested by federal offi- cers. FOR SOLDIERS’ SMOKES New Britain Herald Turns Over $174.03 to George P. Spear, Treas- urer of War Burcau. The fund for soldiers’ tobacco was | strengthened today when the Herald transferred $174.03 to George P. Spear, treasurer of the War Bureau. The money was collected recently dur- ing a campaign to raise money to buy tobacco, cigarettes, cigars and chocolates for New Britain men un- der arms. . In view of the fact that soldiers in France are appealing for American tobacco, the contribution of the money today comes at the psycholog- | ical moment. COAL DEALER KICKS Severin Johnson Intimates to Mayor Quigley City Has Only Two Weeks® Supply on Hand. That there is still a pronounced feeling of disatisfaction among the local coal dealers at the prices fixed for coal in this city by the New Brit- ain Fuel administration was stated to Mayor G. A. Quigley this morning by Severin Johnson of the Stanley Svea Mr. John- son submitted figures to show that.it is impossible for his concern to sell coal at the ‘fixed prices and make any profit and, the mayor is led to be- lieve, other coal dealers have similar | alleged grievances. In his talk Mr. Johnson said that coal at $9.65 per ton the income wil not even pay the interest an the money in- vested and the company would be doing business at a loss, according to Mayor Quigle; Furthermore, the mayor says that Mr. Johnson ex- pressed a fear of « coal famine in New Britain and estimated that there only about two wecks supply in the city While Mayor Quigley has made it plain that he has absolutely nothing to do regarding fixing the price of coal, that matter being in the hands of E. W, Christ, W. F. Farley and N. Abbe, he also states that he ig interested to the extent that he does not want citizens to suffer through a scarcity of coal. Neither | does he want the public to pay an excessive price, the mayor asserts. Mayor Quigley intends to’ have a consultation with Chairman E. W. Christ of the fuel committee as soon as he return to the city from a busi- ness trip. TRGES FOR INSURANCE. nts All Enlisted Men and Nurses to Take Out Insurance. Washington, Nov. 21.—All officers and enlisted men and nurses in the army and navy were urged in an ad- | dress issued today by Secretary Mec- Adoo to apply to the bureau of war risk insuranceat Washington for government life insurance before | February 12 next. Failure to apply by that date, he i explained, would bar them from the benefits of what he characterized as “the greatest measure of protection ever offered to its fighting forces by nation in the history of the world.” Dependents of any man | killed before that time, however, will receive insurance payments, regard- less of whether applications were made, inasmuch as the government matically until then. WILL CHOOSE 26. That Number Will Be Taken From Yale Training Corps. New Haven, Nov. 21.—Of the forty four applications for admission to training corps _1in | January. twenty-six men of the Yale | reserve officers training corps will be hosen, it was announced today. It was also stated that because of ex- ceptional facilities in New Haven a limited number of universities may be trained in ordnance work with a view to their taking examinations for the ordnance officers reserve corps. ROGERS:BRADL GAGEMENT Mr. and Mrs. D. E. Bradley of Hartford announce the engagement of their daughter, Miss Edith Bradley, to Lieutenant James P. Rogers of the U Reserves, son of Mrs. D, O, Jogers of Camp street, this city. O e e WEATHFI¢ Hartford, Nov. Fore- cast for New and vicinity: Rain and {dount. j aszociated | dicted for Thursday. Warmey tonight, s o S, VON HINDENBURG’S LINES PIERCED FOR FOUR MILES LEAPS TO HIS DEATH FROM HOTEL WINDOW Former Congressman From | Massachusetts Falls Eight Stories to Ground New - York, Nov. 21.—George R. Lawrence of North Adams, Mass., Jumped to his death from the eighth floor of the Hotel Belmont to the vard in the rear today. ’ Mr. Lawrence, who was about 57 vears of age, registered at the hotel Monday. He was unaccompanied. The hotel management said it knew noth- ing of him further than what ap- peared on the register. North Adams, Mass, Nov. 21.— George P. Lawrence, who was killed in New York today by jumping from a hotel window, was a member of Congress from the first Massachusetts districts from 1898 to 1913. He pre- viously had served as judge of the dis- trict court for Northern Berkhire and in 1896 was president of the state senate. He had practiced law for number of years. THE WAR CONFERENCE ONE OF IMPORTANCE a London Papers Say the Meeting Is One of the Highest Possible Importance. London, Nov. 21—The Anglo-Amer- ican war conference yesterday is treat- ed by this morning’s newspapers as an event of the highest importance. The point is made that it is neces- sary for the Allies to remember the United States is not in the war solely or mainly for their benefit. The Post sa; “Americans know as well as we that they are in the war tc protect them- selves from a danger which surely menaced them. They are business ! men over here strictly on business.” The Daily News dwells on the event of the United States heing a bulwark of confidence, for the Allies it has changed the charactor - and placed the I« ind says the hevond of IMPORTANT PAPERS. of Industrial Workers of the World Known in Ka 5. Plans Kansas City, Nov. 21.—Two trunks full of papers, some of which are said to contain plans of the Tndustrihl Workers of the World have seized in Butler county, Kansas, was announced today by son. U, S: district attorney for Kansas. Arrests in Butler county reached fifty today, but a number had been re- leased.© At El Dorado, Kas, 18 men have been arrested, charged with con- spiring to foment riots in the oil fields, it DISMISSES PETITION. Hartford, Nov. 21.—The Public Util- ities Commission has dismissed the pe tition of the American Telephone and Telegraph company to sustain the plans of the officials of East Granby, in regard to the alignment of poles for their wires. The dismissal does not involve an expression of approval or disapproval of the claim of the co >mpany, but s the present loca- tion of the poles is preferable for the rendering of service. New York, Nov. 21.—Max Eastman, editor of the Masses, socialist publi- cation, and three other defendants with the publication in- alleged violation of the es- pleaded not guilty when court today. Bail was A plea of not guilty for the Masses. pionage act. arvaigned. in fixed for each. also was entered S TO BOSTON. Iartford, Nov. 21.—Richard T. Hig- rman of the Public Utilitles . went to Boston today to h the commission of Massa- chusetts and other New England states in relation to the proposed increase in fare rates of the New Haven rail- road. A member of the Interstate Commerce is also present at the con- ference. ONLY MARRIED WOMEN. London, Nov. 21.—Only married women over 30, whose husbands also are entitled to the municipal franchise e affected by the unanimous de- on of the house of commons yes- terday to extend the municipal vote to women, BLACKBERRY RIVER. Hartford, Nov. 21.—The state coun- cil of heaith will hold its first hes ing under the law of 1917 in Canaan, Thursday, in relation to the polution of the Blackberry river in that town. Last summer thousands of fish were | feund dead in the river from polution. | The public is invited. | took place last evening in the Elk ' \ the push just launched apparenti the business meeting details regarding | el at Cambral along this ros been | red Robert- ffirst rehea | State Armory. IPAGEANT OF. ALLIES IN MINSTREL SHOW Young Women Selected to ' Countries ' Fighting Teutons. Represent | 1 At a meeting of the auxilary com- | mittee of the Camp Devens athletic | fund, last evening in Mayor Quig- | ley's office in City Hall, selections | were made of the assistants at the minstrel entertainment in Fox's the- | ater, December 7, and also at the re- ccption and dance at the State Armory o the same evening. For the closing tableau, “The Gathering of the Allied Nations,” the following young women will take part, representing the va- rious countries: America (Red Cross), Misses Marion White snd Mary &. Curtin; Italy, Misses Marie Dascola and Rita Cooney; Belgium, Misses Margaret Meehan; France, Misses Elizabeth Morrin and Margaret Meehan; France, Misses Florence Cashion and Loretta Sullivan; Ireland, Misses Mae Cox and Mad- cline Caufield; Russia, Misses Ag- nes Curtin and Gertrude Pilz; Scot- land, Misses Genevieve and Mildred Anderson; England, Misses Gertrude Larson and Irene Trask; Canada, Misses Anna Ahern and Mary Collins. Dircetor Joseph Haffey will arrange a meeting of the participants for the tableau in a few days and rehearsals will be commenced. It promises to be one of the best scenic events ever staged under amateur production in this city. The costumes of the various countrics have been ordered and will a* Fox's theater on the Sunday pre- ceding the performance. The following young women wil] act as ushers Misses Loretta Caufield, Marion ISgan, Helen Monsees, Mary Monsees, Renc Dorsey, Mary Kiniry, Ella Moore, Elecanor M. Bunny, Grace Reilly, Grace Burns, Catherine Camp- bell and Julia Sullivan. The committee in charge of the flower sale is as follows: Miss Mary Smith, Mi Anna Murphy and Miss ! Catherine McCarthy. The program sale will be in charge of Mrs. William . Mangan. Miss Ren Byrne, Miss May IFlannery and Mrs. Amy Christen- sen. 75 Present For Rehearsal, One of the best rehearsals yet held hall, with members present. Durin: the clothes to be worn were decided men to be attired in colonial costume was also made. Twenty assistant: Horace La Valley in the *Plants Scene” have been decided on and the al was held last evening. La Valley is one of the hest soft shoe dancers in the state, poss well a fine voice for southern melody. Several surprises are being arranged by Director Haffey in tho olio. The excellent directing of John J. Crean can be seen in the boys in the over- ture, there being a finesse to their work at this early date. An eight page souvenir program is being arranged, and Harry Ginsberg is at work' preparing a roll of honor for the program. This will make it wor- thy of keepsake as well as valuable. The cover design is being worked out by Joseph Wiseltier of the High school and an original poem dedicated to the local soldiers and sailors by John Jay Daly, editor of the Herald, will be contained in the souvenir. The committee in charge has been compelled to end the sale of the tick- ets as most of the reserved seats have been taken. The matinee perform- ance will, however, afford many the opportunity of attending and then en- joying the reception and dance in the THE FIRST ORDER. Electric Tight Signs in Danbury Are Barred by Administrator. Danbury, Nov. 21.—The first order in the state for thé complete elimina- tion of electric advprtising signs owing to the scarcity of. coal, was recetved by the local coal committee today from Fuel Administrator Russell of Hartford. The order which applies to this city only, at the present time, is made because of a serious shortage in the soft coal supply of the local utilities companies. It prohibits the use of electric signs until further or- | ders. S i B W. F, STERNBERG HONORED. Appointed Alde-de-Camp to National Commander of G, A. R. | W. F. Sternberg, sergeant-major of | Stanley post, G. A. R., has been ap- pointed aide-de-camp to the national commander, it was announced today. Commander Woods of Stanley post urges a large attendance this evening at. the reception to be given to State Commander Cheeney and staff. An interesting program will be presented. Dbe here in time for the dress rehearsal | on and the selection of the 23 young | British Plow Throug the Germans ¢ Capture Many portant Points. PRISONERS CAPTURELR BY THE THOUSANDS Infantry and Tanks Press Beyond thi First Line Defense and Without Aid of the Artillery to Pave Way Succeed in Capturing ObJe tive Points, 5 London Nov. 21.—The Hindenl | line has been broken to. a deptl ! four to five miles, the war ! announces. British troops stormed th system of the line defense on whole front between St. Quentin s _the Scarpe river. The British i | fantry and tanks prsesed on and p#f | tured the second system of defem | over a_mile beyond. E The'attack was begun yesterday | | the Third army. There was no' ! tillery preparation and the Germ | were taken by surprise. B The second system of Germanif fenses captured by the Brif known as the Hindenburg su line. The British captured. Liaj wood La Vavcquerie the defer known as Welsh ridge and .Rib village. Their operations are tinuing. TR E Several thousand prisoners ha been taken. 3 The whole German line west of ti canal Du Nord to the Bapaus | Chambrai road has been captured The towns of Havrincourt, M ing Graincourt and Anneux, and wood have heen captured by British. The British fought way through Couillet wood: { Lieut. Gen. Sir Jullan Byng i | command of the attacking army., | The British® drive covers a pai the field of last vear's offensivef the Somme and the section of Arras battlefront south of Arras. ¥ Tl Pritish center in this thrust is n opposite Cambrai, the important raan base and railway center, frel | which the British line on the paume-Cambrai road was about ) distant as it has stood for. eral months past. The main fo) i What is known as the Hindenb line was cstablished by the Gern { commands last spring when the ¥ 1n:ous strategetic retreat’ on . scmme front was carried out. It a supposedly impregnable bharry | which had been in careful prepsi tion. The British and French, ha! ever, showed in the Arras battle spring and in the French driy the Aisne front that the line was: no means a bar to their progress, serious inroads were made upoRy in various attacks on both fronts. No definite break, howe sufficient to permit the penetration’ a large force which would deboud for large fleld operations had evd ‘been effected. ¥ | General Pershing There. | British Army Headquarters France, Nov. 21.—Gen. Pershli commander of the American forces. France, was present at the Britid | headquarters as the guest of Fiel ! Marshal Haig, the British command Ito witness the British offensive. T American commander followed ti battle with the deepest interest. Germans in Last Ditch. British Army Headquarters Prance, Nov. 21.—(By the Press.)—The Germans are fighting their last lines of defense at one pd of the British attack. E Berlin Statement. Berlin, Nov. 21, via Londo Gel man reserves checked the British i the rear positlons after ground hi been gained by the attackers, says td duy's officlal communication. Thé lo is announced of Marcoing, Graingal and portions of the permanently tablished works. WILL SPARE VENICE.' Paris Hears That Austrians Will Ni Destroy City. Paris, Nov. 21.—The Matin that the Austrians have agreed spare Venice, in response to an nif peal from the Vatican but say that al authority must be left in the hand of the patriarch. It is certain, thf newspaper adds, that Venice will nd be defended in the event that a fun thér retreat of the Italian forces b comes necessary. IS NAMED ASSISTANT. Washington, Nov. 21.—David Bwing of St. Louls was named assig ant director today of the shippin board’'s department of operations. l