New Britain Herald Newspaper, July 22, 1918, Page 1

HERALD BEST OF ALL LOCAL NEWSPAPERS ESTABLISHED 1876. &I:{N BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, MONDAY, JULY 22, 1918. AMERICAN FORCES RUSH ACROSS THE ERMANS LAUNCH COUNTER-ATTA NEW ENGLAND COAST SWEPT FOR Shortage of Ammunition and Food Forced| Germans to Retreat from Vicinity of Chat-; eau Thierry---Allied North of Marne With Shelis 1€ (night) Ry the today advanc The Allied Arti Chat Witl American Army on 1roo; au Thierry line in the hands of the Germans south of a line drawn from Sossons to Rheinis. Northe early Su elleat st of 1 cans rday had made a Some of the n:ost occurred Leween Givry d Vaux, mac e sun Germans Abandon The at dayli city itse continued The bt yundl altho Gers Alies occupi ;it Sunday and shortly Pro ut Sunday. Allied artillery essfully thie guard acrion cos Pris ness ¢ became im both an tl +d ne Focl's plan when jers ca al i Giene point for the Allied flanking movement the railroads and unstabl Streams of prisoners were being taken to the rear all day Sun ans have captured German soldiers representing ten different divisiofis. Believe 10,000,000 Yankees Are There. \ German prisoner captured by the Americans today formerly New York city and Lebanon, Pa. an soldiers thought about the the prisoner said the that was false and rumors among the Germans on this front are \mericans in France. I'wo more German airplanes are reported lown Saturday by Amercan aviators. It day, since Thursday the Americ was a er in what the Gern Since cluded Franc that the Ihursday it the announcement are ten million brought 3 been confirmed ofticially. One of the enemy machines was brought Putnam of Massachusetts. engaged in a fight with a German biplane and tumbled him to the David E ground \ssociated Press.—South of two kilometers (about found the As a result there i northwes advance of five kilometers. terrific fighting sin ol Hill 204, commanding afterward were pressing through the t and nortk by the I th of the Marne were subjected to a terrible 3 The Allied artillervmen were fecling out 1an rear linés with telling effect ma Chateau Thierr, yerative on account of decreased supples. unition and foodstuffs were becoming low they said and > officers had reported that it vir Orders had been issued, the prisoners @ ten miles north, but the indications ton would not for long be permitted to remain that close to the Marne, the wagon roads over wh for the CGerman forces must pass are so menaced as to make them . Guns Deluge Enemy the Aisne-Marne Front, July 2 Soissons American -4 miles.) Soissons- range of the only one railroad t of Chateau Thierry, the Ameri- e¢ the offensve began the Germans using artillery and Chateau Thierry Chateau Thierry rench and Americans today. They responded heartily king the enemy’s rear confirmed the sound- ared a German retreat Stores of they dec tually was impossible to resist. i lded, to retreat to a ght that the Germans sing steadily. Both h the enormous stores is progre He was asked Americans. German a million Amer had con- ns were in to .have been Neither report has down by Lieut. Leut. Baker Brody Freeman TROLLEY CAR HELD ! IN WIRE TANGLE | Pole Snaps Off, Pulling Down Feed Wires—Insurance Clerks Badly Frightened. The off 7 trolley breaking of a trolley bound at pole Hart- the foot of morning, pulled which so on the 8§ for ford the trestle near pman street this do erhead en- tangled the car that it could not until released by the wrecking Motorman Matthew Mazeka motorman on the car and Doherty was charge. running at a rapid rate the time. The wires were for about 100 feet. the car, most of women going to work in insurance offices, W frightened. There was a one young woman was the report was without C routed on the while repairs were being n o\ wires, rew was the Conductor The car speed in was at down of pulled sengers young ford them Hart- badly that but re report blinded Ca ere outbound CKE Vesnik of was hired own man On Stony passenger then shot shoulder. away JITNEY 1geport this ci a late last to dr Hill, struck nik him through The assai sefore h DRIV July jitney drive ight by an unkr him to Danbury. Danbury, the in the necls, the n and rightened Vesnik w Vesni very N near Ve could Tob was sther car approached. is 2 hospital here not seriou hu iERMAN CORPS COMMANDER GIVES UP ACTIV. SRVICE. n. von < 1e Seventh corps the western f 1ys the Lakal A re to and ed | in announcing that their r | serous Pas- | | teurs in | tion delay foundation. { made. | _ALLEGE MILLIONS WASTED. Senate Military Sub-Committee Tells How Fortunes Have Been Frittered Away in Experiments, Washington, July e of mi lions of dollars in experimenting with the Iinglish Bristol and other types of airships will be reported to congr by the senate military sub-committ investigating aircraft production, members of the committee said today 2port now is being drafted. Other fin s of the committee, said Senator Thomas, the irman and some members, will that 1,200 training planes costing $8,- 000,000 recently were ‘“junked” be- cause they were regarded as too dan- far use; that several aviators have been killed in flights with dan- gerous types of planes and that araa the engineering and adminis trative sections have contributed to the delay in production. Responsibility for part of the praduc- was placed by committee- former aircraft production e men board. All members of the committee were agreed that the Liberty motor is a complete success. It is too heavy for the Bristol plane, senators said, and that type, so successful in Great Brit- ain, has been abandoned by the v department. on MOONEY DENIED NEW TRIAL California Supreme Court Refuses to Interfere and Tabor beade Fate Rests with Governor Stephens. 22.—The Cali- supreme court today affirmed its preliminary order denying new trial to Thomas J. Mooney, at San Quentin state penitentiary facing ex cution for participating in the prepar edness day bomb explosion two years ago. The action plac: San fornia Francisco, July now here Mooney's fate up | in | | for | near | fortably today. = NEW ENGLAND COAST COMBED FOR U-BOAT All Eiiorls%t to Trapping Massachusetts Bay Raider (GOST HEAVY, GAIN LIGHT| Torpedoes Valued at $45,000 Used to Sink Barges Off Cape Cod—Boston Shipping Warned to Be on Guard— Attempting to Raise Sunken Vessels. Boston, 2 the distric All the facilities the first naval into play today England waters irine which at- three barges y Cod within view nd of brought arch of New German subn and July comu were at the tacked terday off the Crleans Though the port of Boston was not clesed, merchant ships and other un- protected craft were warned of the danger of leaving the harbor. The submarine was headed south when last seen yesterday, but naval author- ities expressed the opinion that the boat might bob up again off the New England coast and were prepared for any eventuality. Reports to the headquarters of the first naval district here indicated the presence of the submarine in this vicinity since Saturday. Captain Or- rin Bartlett of Plymouth reported that about dusk Saturday he sighted the periscope of a submarine four miles off the port of Plymouth. He said he was in a motor boat and close enough to thé periscope posi tively to identify it as a part of submarine, His reporf. placed the well within Massachuset: reports of the presence hoat a sank 1pe of a submarine Bay. Other of the under- o have been received but not in all cases have they been of a conclusive nature. A feature of the attack yesterday Orleans was the fact that the submarine cpened fire without warn- i In all other reported of attack upon an American coastwise boat, warning was given. sea, cases Trying to Raisc Barges. Orleans, Mass., July fforts were made by a wrecking fleet today to ra the three barg sunk by a German submarine off shore near here yesterday and to salvage a fourth barge and the tug Perth Amboy, damaged by shellfire from the submarin If the barges and tug can be saved, as expected, the exploit of yesterday will prove a costly bit of business for the Germans. It is estimated that the three torpedoes launched at the boat cost $15,000 each, to say nothing of the other ammunition expended in the hour and a half’s bombardment of the vessels. Captain Charles Ainslee, © com- shore. i TWO GERMAN AIR S ARE KILLED IN \msterdan ants Friede members sguadron, hav the Lokal Anzeiger. was credited with 21 Kierschstein with TARS BATTLE. 2. —Tieut Kirschstein, Richthofen killled, Friederichs victories and July richs and the von been of says nt ng — Lieuter ane of the leac French brought down two German airships on July 16, two on July 18 and three on July 19. 3 of these machines were brought down in flames. Fonck's total now is officially 56 machines. Paris, July Rene Fonck, aces, BRITISH PRESSURE IN | NORTH ENGAGES ENEMY Activity Near Hebuterne to Prevent Germans From Sending Aid South. July be; ined by further the British in tk Tebuterne region, on the front be. tween Albert and Arras, the war of- fice annaunced today. The British likewise, in conjunction with th French, carried out a successful en- terprise to the south of Villers-Bre- tonneux, east of Amiens, in which prisoners were taken. The German trenches were enterad during the night by British raiding parties at several points on the front, including Neuville-Vitasse and north Bailleul, and prisoners were taken. London, ground s Ilit Enemy in Vosges, With the American Army in I Sunday, 21 (By the Assaciated —American troops i the raid n-Unes in the Vosges night inflicted 150 casualties on the enemy and sustained virtually nons themselves. The German prisoners declare they had been receiving bad food and poor ammunition, Six officers and 16 men have been commeénded in French and American orders for *‘canspicuous bravery in the reparation and execution of a raid in the Vosges region today. This was preceded by a half hour's artille preparation. Two hundred Americans including bandmen stretcher bearers, penetrated $00 yards into th German trenches and infiicted nearly 100 casualties. They also took se n prisoners fram crack Uhlan troop: sent into the line several days befor to make raid on the: American trenches. The American raid antici- pated the Gegman plan by only a few hours and occupied only 45 minutes. JAPAN AGGEPTS VIEWS OF U. S. ON SIBERIA Yanl nder of the < wounded in ments of shells, ba Lansford, Loth arms by was resting _com- His wounds, while painful, are not serious. Other mem- bers of the crew and their families who passed the night here were none the worse for their experience. REVOLTS IN DUAL KINGDOM who frag- | | [ | Bohemia and Tungary Affected by Mutiny—/Jugo-Slaves Desert After Murdering Own Officers. | London, volts and July 22—Very serious re- mutinies have occurred in Bohemia and Hungary. At Manaros- Szjet officers and 500 Czecho- Slovaks who mutinied were shot and a further 3,000 arrested. From a reliable source news has come to hand that serious mutinies have taken place in Dalmatia and Bohemia. Jugo-Slav soldiers have deserted by the wholesale and es- caped to the mountains after klilling their officers and officials. Armed bands, completely organized, are said to be operating in some districts. ENEMY PROPERT SEIZED A. Mitchell Palmer Takes Over Two German-Owned Concerns With To- tal Valuation of $14,000,000. | Washington, July 22.—A. Mitchell Palmer, alien proberty custodian, an- nounced today that he had taken ove the business of L. Vogelstein & Co. Inc., and Beer, Sondheimer & Co., Inc., both large German-owned metal con- corns of New York city. The assets to Governor Stephens,”” said Attorney \ppointment V. McKenzie, appeared for vho of the former are upwards of $9,000,- 000 ang those of the latter more than 200,000, Joint Intervention A;freed to and Expedition Will Be Sent. London, July 22.—The Japanese diplomatic council American proposal ntion by Japan es in Siberia from has agreed to tte for joint inter- and the United a Central News under date of = s dispatch July 17. A proclar suring Russia that the Kntente ha: no aggressive designs in intervening in Siberla, the dispatch adds. It is probable that a relief com- mission will accompany the joint ex- pedition, it is stated. says Tokio ation will be issued as- Washington Maintains Silence. July 2 he govern- ment continued its reserve today to any announcements of plans with Japan for military aid to Russia in Siberia. Officials said that until some official communication from the Japanese government arrived there would be nothing fo say for publ tion. Details of published in ever disclosed military aid to assistance to the C: Washington, plan, and the previously '0kio how- project for contemplated no-Slovak army. the London that (Continued on Ninth Page) July —TFore- Britain and vi. tonight and Tues- nge in tempers- cast cinity: (ALLIES HIT HARD AT APEX OF HUN WEDGE Germans Forced to Fall Back De- spite Furious Resistance IN FEAR OF FRENCH STEEL y Heights Near La Croix Poilus and Grisolles At Point of Bayonet— Fnemy Fights With Desperation West of Rheims Mountain. With the French Army in 21, (By the ociated Press)— the main battlefield between the Aisne and Marne the Germans again have been driven back a éonsiderable ‘They been pushed back over the Soissons-Chateau-Thier- ry road at several points north of the Ourcq. South of the river under the com- bined pressure of French troops ad- vancing from the west and the Fran- co-American forces who followed the cnemy across the Marne and who now are pushing him northward, the Germans fell back rapidly during the day and tonight the Allies were on a line marked by the village of La Croix, Grisolles and Epieds, which means an advance of five miles from the west and three miles™ from ' the south. French troops carried the heights overlooking La Crolx and Grisolles at the point of the bayonet. Enemy Leaves Guns Behind. In the abandoned Boche positions south of the Marne the Franco-Amer- icans made a'rich haul of material, including 400 machine guns and 30 cennon, including two big zuns. The heaviest fighting today on the eastern side of the salient was in the hills and woods west of the mountain of Rheims where the enemy was fighting tooth and nail to maintain himself. The Germans were attacked fiercely in this region today by Brit- ish troops, including a Highland divi- sion, who took from him Courton Woods, Rheims Wood and the villages of Bouily and St. T'uphraisie. The Germans evidently mean to hold on at all costs to their flanking positions in the mountain of Rheims and on the plateau above Soissons. Grapple For Soissons, France, distance. have jon immediately south of Soissons forms the key to the Ger- man position, and here the enemy has concentrated heavy forces for the purpose of holding back the advanc- ing tide of the Allies. The latter, however, continue their progress, al- though the fighting is becoming heavier each hour. They have taken a large mumber of prisone the number being more | than has been announced, and new batches of captives are arriving. The number of unwounded prisoners alone far exceeds the total casualties of the Allies’ troops since the victorious ad- vance began. The correspondent has seen a large column of these prisoners coming in and, from their appearance, they were certainly picked men. The number of undamaged cannon which has been taken by the Allies js very large and constantly increas- ing, while at the same time large quantities of ammunition have been captured. The advance of the armies manded by General Mangin and Gen. de Goutte on this flank averages ten kilomete: while General Berthelot, who is smashing at the other side of the pocket containing the defeated Jermans, also is progressing appreci- ably. The French, Americans and British are working in closest «co- operation and with absolute confi- dence. The reg com- SUBMARINE SUNK British Destroyer Marne Successfully Attacks U-Boat, British Admiralty Officially Announces, The British de- troyer Marne b sunk a German wys an official statement the admiralty. London, July submarine, issued today YULE TO BE PLAYED OU’ zton, July 22.—Secretary Ba- ker and Provost Marshal (eneral Crowder are considering today the ad- | visability of extending the effec time of the work or fight order as it apples ta bassball players as to { permut the completion of the season. Rupprec _ Weaki Reports Lond Marne bhetwe captured the woR nouncement made & Paris, July 22} the Germans on the broken hy the Allie positions have been The enemy counts Grisolles seven miles né Germain, four miles nortH North of the Ourcq an enemy’s reacton was limited" larly notable n the region of Press) Precht of Bavaria. German div been hurried down to protect the Washington, July 22.—Frest war department. mortars and machine guns hav ported. This was accepted as m day’s statement to 17,000 p the French and American unit Amsterdam, July “The cbjective which the for in order *. save unnecessary loss: F.D.ROOSEVELT OVER .OCEAN ON DESTRCQYER sistant Secretary of Navy Arrives in France to Inspect Administra~ tion on Other Side. Washington, July 22.—The of Assistant Secretary the Roosevelt was announced today by the navy department. Mr. Roosevelt destroyer. The is to inspect the naval administration on the other side of the Atlantic, pecially with reference to contract: leases of buildings, of lands, expendi- tures and other matters connbcted with the business organization of department. He also will confer with representatives of other Amer government deparments regarding matters which require co-operation and close co-ordination abroad. During Mr. Roosevelt’s absence the office of assistant secretary will be in charge of D. McL. Howe, Mr. velt's 1t London, July 22 velt, the American of the navy, who a conference this Eric C. Geddes, first lord of the miralty, and later lunched with A Balfour, secretary of state for fo eign affairs, and Viscount Milner, sec- retary for war. arrival of Navy in France made the trip on a purpose of his visit es- assis| ~Franklin Roose- assistant secretary is in London, morning with IOE CUTTERS SCORN SPEAK Brockton, Mass, July 22 shoe cutters refused to permit John F. Tobin, general president of the Boot and Shoe Werkers' union, to them at a mass-meeting today left the hall amid shouts of the s ers. Plan were completed meeting for taking a vote latc the manufacturers' proposal men return to work pending tions on their demands for pay . address He today that on th increased SMITH & WESSON STRIKE ENDS. Springficld, Mase., July The striking employes of the Smith & Wes- son company today voted to returs work lomorrow morning pe decision on the points at issue jor O. J. Getchell, representative of cretary Baker, who, it was nounced, will come here within a days. an few which has been driven back over the Marne Chateau Thierry by Franco-American troops. Roose- | had | —Striking | negotin- | ling a | Ma- | Crown Prince Wea With the French Army in France, Jaly" -Frederick William, the German impe been obliged to call for help from his cousin, Criv ions from the army in 1 western flank of the defé; and ejected’ American Machine Rolls Ahead. 1 successes for the American for in their drive between the Aisne and the Marne were reported i General Pershicg’s communique for yesterday, received today at ¢ The Americans were driving ahead with u diminished vigor and spirit, the statement said. Mov« than 6,000 prisoners, over 10| {cannon and many trenc| been taken by American divisio in the last few days on the Aisne-Marne front, Gen. Pershing rd eaning that the reference in Satu: oners included those captured by bot! Seeks to Excuse Enemy Retreat. I'he withdrawal of our troops to th northern bank of the Marne came as no surpr circles because the supreme command had confidentally communi cated its intention beforehand” sa. € to well informe s the Cologne Gazette, and adds cing of the Marne had in view wal attained. Therefore, it did not appear dangerous to retreat locall French Bridge Marne Under Fire. London, July 22.—The Germal are stubbornly resisting the Fren crossing of the Marne but the Fren: have succeeded in getting two el ments over at Mezy and Courcsell which are constructing foot bridg under heavy fire. The Germans aj using gas shells in large numbers, Owing to the faulty working of t telegraph line between Paris af London news of the French advan up to 8:30 o'clock last night is n| very detalled. It is learned, howeve that the French line now runs fro| Breny along the main Chatel Thierry road to Rocourt and thd through Le Charme and Epieds to tH Marne at Charteve Between the Ourcq and the Als the Germans again are making viole counter-attacks but the French a maintaining their lines Americans Advance Four. Miles. The capture of Barbillon Wood H the Americans means that the ove: seas men have advanced betwed three and four miles from their ol position on the Marne. On every front the Germans a resisting desperately and are maki counter Neverth the French yesterd: made progress along the river Man to a maximum of eight mile| 't of the enemy counter-af to expedite the e troops from oissons and Rheim| Meanwhile German troops -in ! southern end of the pocket must Hj | experiencing great difficulty in getti supplies Southw | been neavy f have Be viol less, troops depth prob: ion of pocket between st of Rheims ting and there hg the Frenc] made pro the Ourcq French tween and vesterc the Mar rivers t tool | 400 prisoners, AUSTRIAN CABINET 0UT Charles Emperor Reported (o Hay at Last Accepted Resignation of K tire Ministry, London, July { trian cabinet has resigned, | change telegra | penhagen today is adde: of the The e tire Aus says an By h from Cg Emperor Charles , has accepted the resignation nisters, ke