New Britain Herald Newspaper, May 30, 1918, Page 1

HERALD BEST OF ALL HERALD “ADS” MEAN | LOCAL NEWSPAPERS ‘ BETTER BUSI-NESS PRICE THREE CLNTS. : BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, THURS DAY 'MAY 30, 1918. —TEN PAGES FRENCH STAND AT SOISSONS " RESERVES REACH FRONT LINE > Battle Continues Throughout Night With Germans Unable to Crush Defenders--- Assaults on Allies Force Northwest of Rheims Meet With Disaster | NP ' i —CLEMENCEAU NEARLY CAPTURED “German Flood Will Soon Be Dammed”, S LONDON MADE SERIOUS BY AMERICANBAYONETS " BY UHLAN PATROL NEAR FRONT| Semi-Official Statement Issued in Paris SOISSONS-RHEIMS WEDGE REPEL F[]E RA"]ERS — Fresh Entente Troops Force Slackening Pari; May 30.—Premier Clemen- | When the rmans entered the | ceau had the narrowest possible | little town the premier had just quit > e - . ol 5 escape from falling into German hands | they cornered j few of the Irench DflVe---French Sp"‘lt St]ll Good German Hammering at Point MEMORIAL DAY FINDS US Those WI]O Reaohed 0111' Ll[]g vesterday, according to the Petit Jour- | who was examining operations with a | o L R nal. He left a certain point on the | who was examining operaions with a e » of Contact Between‘ OM,“, ’\'Vm' I‘“'",”M' “"? EI g [ d FI| m Wal‘ifil‘e front only a few minutes before the | field glass, the newspaper adds. The Paris, May 30.—The battle along the fighting front contif i MANKIND'S EMANCIPATION Iminate 0 gnivalUEa A etiol HorEsURU R LS Gl ek LallEl bt ) Gty all night with the French maintaining the western outlets British and French Be- e ‘— “* ey Soissons, the war office announced today - . NESlInEIon END Y 5 Northwest of Rheims the Franco-British forces broke all lieved to Be Bearing Fl‘ult.l :‘"‘,',:f:II,“‘;"‘,;“\“:],,'}\,,% \,;,‘.:';” ¢ GAME TO GET PRISONERS FLOWERS STREWN ON GRAVES OF German assaults and maintained the defensive positions. = : ! the fuller participation of the French reserves are continuing to arrive on the front and United States in' the war and London, May 29.—The news from' Tiiove Mlenifoantibsuss of i ¥ of 11 Succeeds in Entering De- AMERICA DE D German (\<I‘\<xmn is being resisted with great tenacity. the front tonight is regarded here few LAsibrican] eoaves’ Th P e b T _ The Germans made repeated 111(‘111])1\ to break’ through with utmost gravity. With Soissons France: was obsarved today by CRCes Bae it e I'rench defense in the Soissons region, but were each time h in the hands of the enemy and the American people as a day Until Entire Squad Is Accounted { With the American Army in France, | other exercises were at various tim up by the determined Irench’ resistance. l:hcim; c;:-&vl‘.\i threatened, l_“f‘ 'llll;’;- of public humiliation, prayer May 30, (By the Associated Pri y-— | throughout t]\{c day. Daylight saw |'“ the center of the German advance fi;.;htinq is tnking pl tion whether the enemy’s original in- || and fasting, in accordance with oy L 5 ! BoTast aravas lascs e i ] rma 1 g 1s taking tention was to make the thrust on the T e ; From Flanders to Switzerland and | V08 SIOVES decor tod ) vieinity ot | it the neighborhood of Vexilly (approximately 18 miles so Aisne front his main operation hardly Wilson in response to a reso- With the American Army in France, | from the battle line to the sea, the | Luneville, the graves had been dec-| Of the Chemin des Dames, where the German attack was launcl arises. Yesterday the situation lution of congress asking that Wednesday, May 29, (By the Asso- American Expeditionary Forces today , orated in the morning darkness when | on Monday.) e 1 o) BSl a0 Rorefu R Do ARohl s dayiite setiaside] ciated Press.)—The purpose of the|are Paving homage to their dead. |the enemy could not see clearly, for The German flood will soon be dammed, says a semi-offid the fact that the two wings of the Whilel'in: no manner was the ¥ : X Wherever American flags are flying | the soldiers performing this duty S ; . 7 Rhei Allied line were holding firmly but || hanor shown to the veterans of, || German attack today against the|yher qe at half-staff and before the | might have drawn the German fire | NOte issued today summarizing the situation between Rheints the enemy has developed attacks of | the past wars lessened, yet, American positions mear Bremenil, { day is over the Star Spangled Ban- as did the burial party. Here both | S0iSsons. such strength on both the right and | thought of the nation largely east of Luneville, was to capture |ner and flowers will be placed on vir- | the American and French flags were The note says: left that this is no longer the ¢ o was centered on the battlefields Americans. The determined American | thally cvery American grave, ~ | piaced on the mounds with bunches “The Germans again progressed yesterday, but while, on d The salient created at the s | of France, where the German : At some points the ceremony took |of wild flowers—great blood-red pop- o = S ? . e P being widened swiftly and, as one military machine is engaged in | | resistance, however, repulsed the|pjace carly in the morning, while | pies and yellow and white daisies. hand, they failed to pierce our lines, on the other it is comig correspondent describes it, “the new another drive against the enemy with heavy losses and no ing to observe that their march was slackened considerably by battle is flooding over the ground of forces of democracy. Americans were taken prisoners. -~ grcival of ouk reserves. the Marne battle” The Germans | That American troops ate The Germans attacked at three B\ ; : oo " Vare in possession of Fismes, an im- aiding in the attempt (xu stem points and at one point a group of 14 BO CHE PLANE FELLED ‘FAILS TO REGISTER As these come into play the l)alapu will gradually be portant railway and highway junction. | the German tide was a source got into the American trenches. Tt & stored and soon the German flood _W|H be (!an'm]cd. They claim 25,000 prisoners, although of satisfaction, as well as the ||never went back. Nine of the four- IN RAID ON PARIS AND IS ARRESTED “The French command retains undiminished confide thus far the,\'l m.\v;v said n‘mhl;\;:_ ]:“t‘r'xunt news that the Americans e e e based as it is on the power of our resources and the incomp S| e J aces . Fur- The prisoners reportec ha hey . » . ~ fine co-operation hetweén the Ifrench || ther news of the German offen- || were ordered to capture Americans at | G man Machines Turned Back by | Carl L. Helm Ages Quickly When e 3ritish he retirement. Con- ! sive was awaited with a feeling s R o T T , A il . A i o j_flf‘» & pidien vne et R S e od v“‘,‘.h Lh 1n'1,, any cost, their superior bem_gl Curtain of Fire and I Registration Day Comes Around Gell-‘man A“-ac.k Sl Repu-lsed i Ghomlle somarnn HOECRRR Ren 1 Y b ofiiaisiliere thiak anxious to determine where Ameri- London, May 30.—A German attack on a strong Allied pg :”h“:; (r;::“::“\‘m‘ohplyd % s Adaria | Allied ,‘,C":i”‘.m:o l:.(::”:“,.:"; i:u can troops are s n_unrifi and their Bombs in Suburbs. —New Fountain of Youth. tion in Flanders, northwest of Festubert, has been repulsed cg who P 0 & x5 Sk + fall ¢ present fighting strength. R B = Y operations reported their progres that. the onrush of the Kaiser’s Al oTn i est o Bratonil aftir a0 P May 30.—An enemy airplanc | A new fountain of youth has been pletely, it is announced officially. bhas ceased since yesterday's cvening armies would soon be stopped. heavy barrage, 50 German soldiers at- | W8S brought down by French anti- | discovered and ‘tis said, he who announcement to make any reference tempted to reach the American line, | 2ITCraft suns during an attempted raid | Arinks of the waters from this foun- ; ; 1 18 g, ; e mrEeihyerol inlitivee Jefounst analue)| on EagiE e skl ENcne ot el alnRCas e eRa” fonEvenrs B oo v Reserves Reach Battle Line. B e LU R two larger ones were held up and | German machines was able to fly over :yl:)_n)\ h,” 1‘1 g.“ Iho,r(-,. some specu- With the French Admy in Frands, -*vfl(‘l‘ 3“}]&:' (’lh:‘fz‘q:o“;]“m(‘“i“ : BREAD bHORTAGE Ehendisposerionil i oiEN e | Khe DR fodiomtsiiexs ide ot PR OB el e soncs on H oW~ ! May 29 (evening) By The Assoclated { yween the Vesle River and the machine gun and rifle fire. bt GG L ing bhas its. orltin o e o8 el brcss—Allied reserves are now taking | o o 5 IN SCANDINAVIA | Bayoncts Write “Finis” to Story. The following official statement was (\,pf“km,l'(;(]‘i\(,‘}“d:] ,'::“im jatal Sta- | 1 positions In the battle line. They (‘Tf:"' the center’ the. AsHEAA MEM RY “F LUFBERY TReVAHEYyRroup, oonsisting of 14; -m-:d o8 poda o fice at Stafford Springs—a :mm . ((‘ are being thrown in to strengthen | tinujng with varying results onl men, managed by reason of terrain Bnemy alrplanes were most active | {18 o B e vart o ConailY (1o defending forces whers ihey ‘ars - ciy e bentciof (i yre kAN ‘ Sl ; e conf DN géeh. . fhe dmepiven | last RIBHE And hombed yanious doeeil- i - S0 C 0 T Bt L Renes f‘f" weakest, in preparation for the plac- | {roops are defending the helghts Mormon Missionary Declares Situation | e trerdées and Jump into them. Under | tes behind (fi\o front. Several were | Jimed fov | SR "}f’c dfip‘gi‘ gL ing of a barrier to a further German | oamirable courage. is Sékious in Norway and Town Mourns Loss of In-|the leadership of a lanky youth, who | Ohsetves madng towards Faris and |;ure tno point. They say that|2dvance. “Spirited artillery fighting contl 2 was a farmer until he enlisted, a group | 80 alarm was given at 11:24 o'clock. ique” Sullivan’s Jjitney is the | French enemy divisions have been | on both banks of the Meuse ( Sweden, trepid Flying Ace, Killed of Americans gave the Germans a hot [ The air defense organization got to | o " s this are reducer. Sullivan | Prought forward hastily to take the|gun front.) 2 reception. Bayonets on the end of | Work and no enemy machine got past jitney has brought joy to ‘many. As | Places of those exhausted by the ad- “The French fire broke up @& Salt Lake City, Utah, May 31.— e o American rifies flashed white and then | Our curtain of fire and none flew over |1 Y. As| ce of the last three days and cof-{ bep of German ralds in the il - : in France. ; v = L e ol e it has loomed up at times he has Missionaries of the Church of Jesus 2 Snlamn red almost as quickly as it takes to tell | Paris. A few bombs were dropped in | yoon" s most welcome sight. One op | tinue the pressure on the Alles. Embermentl, north: of; Bezcitl ;Christ of Latter Day Saints, (Mor- s it and the enemy party was soon over- | the suburbs. the other has had n hearing on the| The territory south of the Vesle|the reglon of Badonvillers and mons). returning to the United States| New Haven, May 30.—Observance | o 0 o “An enemy airplane was struck by | 1izs o Garl Lovty Boha 8 | river, which the Germans have|the Rhone-Rhine Canal. trom foreign work, in their reports to | 0f Memorial Day throughout Connec- | "I\ 1ing the engagement a big Ger- | @ shell from an anti-aireraft battery | ' garl T outs, who has sat at the | Crossed at several points, is more the church tell stories of desperate | ticut not only had in it all elements | ,;,,n non.commissioned officer, who |and fell in flames. ‘Al Clear’ was|paim op Sallie sca-gotng, aviating | dificult for the attack. NG food scarcity in parts of Europe. of previous occasions of this nature | girocted the enemy party, stood on a | Sounded at 12:34 a. m.” and road-rolling ’bus was ~arrested | NOw that the Allled command has Statement From Berlin. S e e « the | Put underlying it was the sentiment o . 2 > c s P e on- Although food scarcity among the |.DUt LACeVVING 1k was the sentiment | pyyapet. He raised his arm to hurl _ M St this morning by Detective Sergeant A. | Feached the conclusion (h:(lll\\ ]fn‘ nations allied with Germany and S g a grenade at an American soldier, hut C. Malone for failing to register for | ®My intends this rush to be his chie i oy et e ; g e g |in ssued today foll smeutral nations is well known, the PV \‘“_'l t pu V,“;\‘.-M. considerable po"hover threw it, Another American, BOY FORGER ARRESTED the draft. Carl Louis has maintained | ttack, prompt measures arc being | communication lssued today returning missionaries bring detailed ‘;”‘ oswons, ‘*‘)‘“‘“”’1"‘ in ““":“' who had come through a severe gas for several months that his age was | t2ken to stay the movement. “On the battle fronts from slaces, such as have mark ¢ the . s s ? age was A S B . il :"“}““‘” h””[;”ni: T;;r:« F(:‘r‘\‘l: h“f attack last Monday morning, reached —_— ) s iy o il e ot ; & Yser to the Oise the increased and exceptional attention paid to | (¢ German with his bayonet. The| gonn Nork Takes Pen in Hand and |2 the wheel of the Ford that caused Evacustion sof Sosont ing activity continued. Krench /08 Adornine the craves ot Givii e | gzenadeizell fromi the dying|German's him to age quickly? asked policemen | Parls, May 80.—After desperate |, ks outh of Ypres failed. cently returned from Sweden, and . | FEOVNEE A0 USO8 OV VWS | hand and exploded harmlessly on the| Signs Stepfather’s Name to An Or- | at the station this morning. sistance and fighting in_the streets, | “.pne armies of Col, Gen. (8 L. Ofteson of Spanish Fork, Utah, just iwwmm' et BRanE parapet. The police received a statement | lasting several hours, the French have | =" o0 von Below of the arrived from Norway, said that the | VESEIG L o | ) The gas bombardment that preceded der on Bank for $15. from Town Clerk J. Carl Converse |evacuated Solssons, which the Ger-| ¢ inp German Crown Prince, bread pr:-)M(:m in these countries ‘”"‘r..nL which ‘was a memorial service to | L1e Infantry advance by the enemy! [ . e S bt s« an | Of Stafford Springs today to the ef- |mans occupied, n(‘('ofnl\ni-.(;o t“_"_n,,l!: victoriously continued their g peared critical. Long lines of women | Major: Reoul Tiitbery. the Arasrican | peganiat 0 o'clock this morning. S years old, was ar-| fect that Carl Louis Helm was born | cial announcement from the war French and English reserves rugi and children, waiting for hours with | Medor Raoul Lufters, the Amerlean | mye' Germans had broughi up addi | rested this morning by Detective Ser- | ir that town, February 23, 188 fice last night. Saissons has been m]m il o their food cards and often turned away | ¢ 0O CEFETE R0 B S HOIETE | tonal S-inch projectiles to replace | geant Andrew Richardson and will be Among the papers taken from |by the Allles since the Battle of the The right wing divisions in fainting condition with empty hands R e those destroyed by the American guns | i, i T T e Fielm was a souvenir postal card of | Marne. ra1: Larisch . dfter.repeliin because the supply gave out, was a [ was % JOURe "T:‘.“"T particibated in bY | yjonday night, and mustard, phosgene e LTl o o e Leanel 20l in \Upton N dlgne it by| Bihel troopel covering RRncime haus R \\P‘xm‘ur'e‘d the. iTq trequent sight, according to those men, | T1°EY officers and the peonle ‘l'f the | ana_chlorine shells fell by the hun-| With obtaining money under false |y,uis Grosko and bearing the mes- | Withdrawn behind the Aisne Canal,| counter-euack eqpiawes —Coeiies Foreigners, especially in some parts | .onD- To it Governor Holcomb had ) reqy on the American positions, In|Pretenses. A day or two ago Nork | oo way gotting along fine. Wish | northwest of the city. The statement | s i : 2 of Norw .. Otteson said, were | cch invited but as he could not at-| one small area alone, 300 of these ar- | Stole his mother's bankbook and with | 105 were here. 3 e east, of Solssons. ASCEG SN b e o _| tend he sent a letter which was read | ... / e an order to which he forged his step- |~ . o battle took on particular vio-| the toops of General Wichura ve, the government offictals | (o (00 Sonc & Stver WS rived. Many of the Americans, as & 4 ' T Helm will ‘be turned over to the The battle took on I 2 Broke the reststance of TREREEEE aring there was no food. oy the Rev. Arthur P. Greenleaf as|ogif, began to show the effects of her’s name and his mother's mark | yoqaral authorities lence on our left wing. In the region | broke the resistance o 3 One missionary stated that he saw | CHOWS: slight gassing and were harboring a | Sccured $15. He then went out to 0% of Solssons, affer stubborn resistance | the Platcau of Conde (northeas in Chistiana 12,000 people standing In | .y DenE Mr. Greenlen Targe grudge adainst the enomy on tnis | soc the world. After a day spent T and fighting in the strects, which held | Soissons.) Fort Conde was take o = “Your invitation of this d to at-'1 = * in New Haven he returned, but was | ¢ » = - for several hours | storm. Vregny and Missy also c ) o ) account, h E e ) as 2 back the enemy for line f!‘”' allow; ity of jhotatocs, SIX | tend the memorial for Major Lufbery | ““Whon the gas shells began to fall|afrald to go home, so he went to NON-ESSENTIALS” IN troops evacuated the town, the west-|taken. On the southern bank off pounds to a family, ar 18 s WAS | on Memorial Day is received. I re - - ern outskirts of which we occup; Aisne and the Vesle, heights to there wa rdly v aki ' on. He spent last night in a s 8 4 B vmnnn. oo i |EFL (hat prior engagements Will ap- | coriain’ that e fames would rematn | bem and made up his mind to g0 | NATION’S CAPITAL GO | uinenst of Soissons the battis | \est of Ciry were occupied. been given thmv‘nHfln‘w(mxfl: oo:- PUID | parently preclude my presence in Thi the localition “,,p“io the Germans|home today. Frank admission was oxtonded ta the plateau marked by “Thy corps of General Vor Yl H DRl Lacd i S e DIbaL Wallinzford. | placed them, and the men in the|Promptly made and his mother re- i o Belleu, Septmonts, ~Ambrief and| General Von Conta and Gef tions in much of the bread, along with It would be pleasing to me if T| American trenches hoped the enemy | gretted that she had complained to Chaerise. Schmetow have crossed the mixtures of various wheat substitutes. |cowd thus recognize the supreime sac- | wauld follow up the shelling with an | the police, realizing that his offense “In the center, under the pressure| graine and Fismes have been Only six “Mormon” missionaries are | rifice of M p the s g : left in Norway, where there were |fao on ajor Lufbery. T had the | infantry attack. would probably result in a term in mestic Employes For More of the enemy, we gave sround in the| i eq, and we are standing on % sl 20 2 f | our state capitol displayed at The hopes of the resentful defend- |Jail. region of Loupeigne, north of Fere-| 4 o pis que south of the Vesle. formerly as many'as 120, according o haif mast in his honor on Wednesday | ers were fully realized, 'and the re- S o Necessary War Work. en-Tardenois. (This represents a gain| 4,.,5h¢ of General ITlsa have take Mr. Otteson, Twelve are left in Sweden, | of this week and again on Thursday | sult complotery etioned the Acacs e i five milés on the rosd 1ol UoorE oL GenmE Ry e 10 of whomi are now dug 10 return 1o |1n honor of Lieut. James Pallache of | cans, for In one tronch at Savheenis FLYING INSTRUCTOR DIF Washington, May 30.—Members of | paris, The Germans are now 62 miles | 111 DOVORERS O 0 and EES LT (o S tebien [Farmington. Our best are sacrificing | this morning lay the nine dead Gor o the president’s official family are|f.om the French capital.) and Courcy, and are now fightini T [their lives for the country and their | mans who perished in the bayonet Licut. Mibleder Succumbs to Injuries looking. over thelr establishments to| = wrne Franco-Britsh troops further| i o'y, wwepta, of. THilSrri (ORI ANXIOU: MEET KAISER. | deeds will be a matter of history. They | tack, while to the east, where the men at Taliaferro Field see if they have any servants engaged | {, the east maintained their positions| = " pyimqy Mayor George A. Quigley returned [have kept the faith and given their |in the trenches had gone to work with| . T ; ; In ~non-essentlal” ocoupatlons, who | oy the line of Broulllet, Savigny and| ™Sy & ingeatianie . advt last night from a visit to Camp Upton, jall. No man can do more. their machine. guns. the raund s | Fort Worth, Texas, May 30.—Lieut. | might be employed more to the coun- | filloy. o e where he went a week ago as honor- incerely your dotted with gray-clad bodies, | P. G." Mihleder, instructor at Talia- | try’s advantage elsewhere. “On the right the troops which are| fimtriy €05 €W atd THOC ary captain of the second district M. H. HOLCOMB.” Many of the machine gunners, still|ferro Ttield, died this morning from Secretary Redfleld told friends to- | covering Rheims have withdrawn be-] 5 0% il o T, oo Araft quota. The mayor states that = wearing their masis, stuck to thely | injuries. received ‘Wednesday | after- | oY, (At the blisters on his hands|nind |the Alsne:Canal, northwest ofj “ii'a. ciiffor Mners : the New Britain boys are entering into [ CRUMBS FOR STARVING SLAVES. | guns throughout the preliminary bom- | when his machine crashed to - ~0° o mork o i yard and the town.' ¥y . office] “The energetic labors Of their new life as soldiers with a spirit| London, May 29, (By the Associat- | bardment and when they saw the ad-|earth. Lieut. Buckus, who was with | (¢ formerly done by (wo men whom | = The afternoon French war office ploneersf and’ railway.‘sqiioA and determination that hodes ill for|ed Press)— Bread crumbs are being | vancing forms of the Germans j him at the time, Apeiwitniol e e -aretanirel szt OR 0BRSS | repartiatited S construction troops have Tem the kaiser and his barbaric hordes | collected by hool children in ce outside the American wire they cut| corafehes & in shipyarc ast night the German advance, | €0 ‘m 1 conquest of thel and the city has just reason to be[tain parts of Austria to be sent (o |loose with their fire. “I'mafraid its not going 10 be 0 | agsisted by the arrival of fresh .n\‘.‘ ?,“ .‘» @ tlu ”‘“r{ ‘«}y_ly’:ll‘“ b proud of its sons who so recently have | starving children in Crotin. A news The enemy was reported lute yes % | mucn ot w garden wa it might have | glons,. was more powerful, oapecially | BUSEK and ringing Lo taken off the civilian clothes to don | paper in Sarajevo reports that 48 fterday to be massing troops hehind = — e —ibsen Itedfield said, while is]on both wings, in the directions of | ing means by co o the honorable uniform of the United | hoxes of bread crumbs were despaich- | his lines, in the sector of the Ameri WEATHER, cyes twinkled at the memory of “his [ goissons and Rheims. . In self-sacrificlng activity o States army. In conclusion the 1 -|ed recently from that town. The|ean attack which resulted in the cap chores” done afier office hours “On the left, French troops, fsht-|stretcher bearers ftc = IGOKIG L e 5 NS e i i e i S Cahane o Hartford, May 80.—Torc- Ifood Administrator Hoover regent- fiiig- overy foot of the Way, foll backifitHe wounded on’ the b CHER soldiers not to. forget o write to them | Slavs, is said to be starving as a re- | forts thus far to hurl back the Amer- || cast for New Britain and vi- ly dismissed his chauffeur, put in[to the eastern autskirts of Soissons, “In ,\,,,1.}” : changing and above all, to send them all the |sult of food shortage. s in |icans have been rather feeble. They cinity: Probably showers o= storage his large (nnomolule,,ilnd an- | where the battle continues with vio- | our aerial st attacking news of the old home town, both in |that region have received only four S night: Friday cloud nounced he would do his owl \driving | jence. On the right, lfrmwo-firlt!sfl enemy again and again wlth letters and in the form of new.paper-.hm.uds of flour sincg Christmas, (Continued On Seventh lage), = S 3 hereafter in a small car, twoops, after-an encrgetic defense“of]and machino.gur £ Berlin, May 29.—The German o stories describing the condition as a trazed Carl T, Peterson of Logan, Utah, re- Members of Cabinet Releasing Do-