New Britain Herald Newspaper, July 23, 1918, Page 1

LOCAL NEWSPAPERS 1876. ESTABLISHED7 ¥ AMERICANS TAKE JAULGONNE AND BUZ OULCHY-LE-CHATEAU IN HANDS OF | FOCH OPENS ATTACK ON MONTDII R . HUNS WITHIN JAWS | THOUSANDS OF PRISONERS, ' MOUNTAIN OF MUNITIONS TAKEN BY ALLIED FORCES OF FGCH'S PING * Frantic Eiforts Being Made b Germans fo Prevent Deba ERS| g| v le MENACED fi;T THREE POINTS‘3 Tuto h Go Hand-to-Hand A With Kaiser’s Coho of Salient—=s W Allics. ou N obstinate extending most £ the i vy enir e continuing Allies in vie on Vors, 1 covered fusion cmpting here s main ¢ trated on defensive fi desperate T effort to extrica their forces from the Allies! who have been simultaneously from three the com The position enemy is said to be critical, of the relentless pressure mairn by Foch, tactics, considered po: the enemy retr ve & actions bulk of f the con series of in the whose ible may ill 1t into an cnem Gen nt Frenc Germans Fij 1la With Army or Aisne-Marne Front, July (1 ociated Press.)-—The fiercest continued throughout the « wi the German salic n the Aisne and Marne dorts of the enemy were ed on attempt prevent t lied troops from cutting throu either nd t imperillin troop to Save both twe o an to de us f German within the semi-circle Despite tl rman French, American and 1 le determi British progre the irred on salient wh The Briti the scene only the enemy in donflict in the extreme southwest of Rheims fresh divisions ed One German division which 1 he line inst the Italians h. wnnihilated, only a few ning The Gern number of machine inity but the British captured them course of a stro n whic progress a more tb prisoners. Altogether the day was very for the Allies who ar German commun There ever the ermans are divisions to add have thrown i fighti ern w heaviest the eas British who- recent ha wooded by part rived B on o ar ms in t in the h they made faotory ening the everywhere to, belie forward 60 they ¥ battle morc already Relentlgss Drive North of M dom, \ July 2 v continuing the battle front and. the Marne. t attacks carrivd have restored which they lost on of Grisolles, of Chatean 00Ds to are on a Mor ion IREBRUSGE CANAL GLOSED | Germans Unable to U on Belgian Coast Becaust tivity of Allied Airmen. - ¥ made the July Amsterdam, ¥ rmans had ch t and + e 'been ‘x, according {o th wo torpedo harbor, closed tower at irmen sbru adds, The G in it remains vation it sualties among the = al b nd amon seweg hut th , Bl nt Ghent ve in the reported evacuate from He: and work mole 1gge he to July No minimu we et car emvployes the war labor board. oy in concent troops took i-to-hand hundred had a betwe en e U-Boat destroyed es I deep- ws the ohse ne ghtin guard te the clutch dvanc- of the 1tained turn nks. W the 3y The | fight- | lay on | nt La- he ef- Al- on | g the| s still | he gh nation, troops | ng to- ing. of d ar- ly, en- region them. held been d lar his vi- | 40 of attack | 1d took 1tis- threat- cations reason |Mmen hurrying to the nto th arne. make n Advices out by 11 the nday in miles Base of Ac- \ tepairs to the Jock by e Tele- boats have heen nd ' the rermian ne also narine s the ci- e h: susandss burg! bee'n neighborhogd zrznc' ral #und wili be Hach be declded geparately. § 4 { i Overaig | and immediately ran into a fog which { engulfed the aviators until the ¥ | rescued and brought here. The course | estima j ing | | parently. | General the 40 Army on ited Pre information does not indi- cate any radical change in the situa- tion along the battle front. The pros pects seemed to be that today would be another of heavy attacks and or-atizcks, with not more than 5 in th line. Gen. Pershing and holding nearly every ! they have gained blow began on the A TFront A: Wit meric Aisne A M (By ‘the soc Lt ch The troo Gen. Petain inch of srou the cou of S 1ter forces north are holding and a bit co-American now he Fra ateau-Thierry s and nearby village erritory northeast of Mont St Further east the enemy is con- tir to counter-attack unsuccess- fully. Along ater part of the front the gr try operations are taking place, while machine gun nests make every open field a potential trap. The number of prisoners has been increased by thousands, and a verit- able mountain of captured and aban- doned material is in possession of the Allies. Many of the guns taken had been blown up or damaged by the enemy before he abandoned them. The British efforts along the line near Rheims have been rewarded by a. bag of prisoners and machine guns. Germans Resisting Bitterly. With the Army on the Aisne-Marne Front, July 22, (By the Associated Press)—German resist- ance resulted in harder fizhting today. The operations were robbed of some of their spectacular features as the day advanced by the determination of American fire was the chief activ- (Continued on Ninth Page) LOSS IN FOUR NG MILLIONY ESTIMATES. GERMAN MONTHS NEAR CLEMENCEAU 3 (Hava | since Mar | are approaching 1,000,000 men, (e to a review of the J military Situation -in L'Homme Paris, July | { | German Joss| Libre, the newspaper owned by Premier Clemenceau. ! of the fighting in the Soisso { Germans Burning Supplies, Probably in Preparation For General Withdrawal | Stores Being Destroyed As Enemy'Prepares to Re- treat Across the Vesle River, Paris Hears. July 23, . (Havas) —Reports Rheims salient appearing in the Par newspapers -tell of fires burning | Fere-en-Tardenois and enois. Some of thesé were, no doubt, Paris DIRIGIBLE ADRIFT, AVIATORS RESCUED Three American Airmen, Lost'in Fog, Picked Up At Sv:l of Halifax. Three American Chatham, Mass., by a vessel ten vesterday, drifted nights along the x, July 3 from the picked up this port days and Halifs aviators station, miles oft for three without definite knowledge of their course or location. The dirigible left th: tion Friday mornir loon Chatham sta- for patrol duty ;W balloon travelled, if in a straight line, was about 400 miles. The considerably from cold flight. over which their it continued d at suffered during their MARTYR TO Dr. Sanford Victim of Blood Poise TENCE, | ing During Experiments. nco-Ameri- | Haven, July 2 Eldon W. sanford, a member of the medical ulty of Johns Hopkins universit; died at his home in Centerville near here today from blood poisoning, su- perinduced, 1t is understood through accidental inocn ions while study- for the overnine as part of war work development of blood poisoning in Guinea pigs and pigeons. He had the first indication self-inoculation a week go. This was met and overcome ap- A few days ago there were additional symptoms and Sanford, | informing his parents of his belief that the poison would kill him, made preparations for death. Medical aid brought .no relief and he died after much suffering. Dr. Sanford was graduate of Sheflield ! A while ago a letter of praise for his research work came to Dr. Sanford from Dean J. W. Williams of Johns Hopkins | New cruption years old, a ientific school. N Washington sand negro registrant leral military service | the colors today Provost Marshal Crowder. They will | between August | and nd will comc from 41 states the District of Tumbia AROKE July ADIVE ifty qualified were called 50,000 thou- for to { | by and A’F()ll EXCHANGE OF PRISONERS. Berne, Switzerland, 3 tiations betw 5 man delegates change and r will begin days of August, July Ameri concerning the treatment ot prisoners of at Berne in the Brst an © | peated counter at entrain , caused by bombs dropped by the Al- 11€a aviators, but' it is believed: the | enemy js_destroying stores that can- not Be moved back With thé German | defensivé! line along the' Vesle river. | Fere-en-Tardenois is near the west i flank of the salient, while Ville-en- Tardenois is farther east and is\near !the Allied lines, southwest of Rheims. | The burning of stores in both places {may be an indication of a general re- tirement from the salient by the Ger- mans. New forces of Gen. de Mitry's army have crossed the Marne between Pa i sy and Dormans, says the Petit Jour- | north Atlantic coast in a dirigible bal- | na1 which concludes that the north- ern bank of the Marne in this region will soon be cleared of the enemy. In spite of the desperate resistance of the Germans the entry into. the {line of enemy reinforcements and re- by the foe, the | victory of the Allies continues to de- i velop. | Not only have the Allied positions { been held intact against the enemy’'s | attacks but at certain points further progress has been made. TYPHOID IN BERLIN Serious Epidemic Breaks Out in Kaiser’s Capital—Labor District Reported Hardest Hit. London, July 23—A serious out- | break of typhoid has occurred in Ber- lin, the Exchange Telegraph corre- spondent at Amsterdam reports. The epidemic is believed to- have been caused by poisoned or unclean milk. The number of cases is not stated, but it is believed to be large especial- Iy in the labor districts of the north- | eastern section of the city | CHILDREN BURN T0 DEATH | Fire Destroys County Home for Juve- niles at Grand Rapids, Mich.—Vic- tims 2 to 12 Years of Age. Grand Rapids, Mich., July 23—Five children, ranging in age from two to 11z ere burned to death, one other received probably fatal injur- ies and seven were less seriously hurt in a fire which destroyed the Kent County Juvenile home here early to- day. The origin of the fire has not been determined | CzZheHS CHEER EXIT OF KING KARL'S MINISTRY. | Am —Loud cheers | from th s in the lower house of the Austrian parliament greeted the announcement there by the pres- ! ident of the chamber that the entire | cabinet had resigned and that the resignations had been accepted by { Emperor Charles, sav Vienna dl I patch today, terdam, Ju s 3 Washington, Juiy Wilson today issued a 23.—President proclamation taking over control of teiegraph and telephone systems for the duration of the duration of the war, effective July 31 [ | tems eral. 'WIRES TAKEN OVER Authority to operate the wire sys- vested in the postmaster gen- was Complete details, it an- nounced, would be made public later in the day. FOOD SITUATION OF ALLIES EXCELLENT Has Says Pa In All Anxiety ssed, Hoover London. London, July 23.—In a statement today on food problems, Herbert C. Hoover, the American food trator, spoke of the great problem of agricultural substitution, which, he said, was dominated by two critical and related factors, the first of which was time and the cond expenditure in fodder and land productivity, “To increase our beef production,” -ontinued Mr. Hoover, “would require ffrom three to five year: On the other hand, we could bring about an enormous increase in our meat and fat production through swine, within nine to 12 months.” After announcing that all anxioty had passed, Mr. Hoover continued: “We are building ships as a part of our submarine defense. We now h: built up our food reserves in the ne { est market as a further defense. The call for ships for food next will | be less than Jast, and consequently we will have more ships for Ameri- can soldiers.” . SAW STEAMER IN DAMAGED CONDITION ENptatnieaching Port Hbports Vos- adminis- ear &el Being Towed in by Gov- crnment Pug. An Atlantic Port, July 23.—A large steamer with part of her smokestack gone and her bridge damaged, in tow of a government tug off the southern New' England coast, was reported by the captain of a steamer which rived here today. The captain be- lieved thc disabled vessel to be a Belgian relief steamer. The tug and her tow were in the vicinity of the scene of the operations of the Ger- man submarine which on Sunday at- tacked a tug and four barg The government boat and the eamer she had in tow were someo distance from the?’sound steamer but the captain of the latter said he was quite sure he could make out the words “Belgian Relief” in large white letters on (he side of the disabled S The steamer had four masts, The tug was taking its tow westward. FROM GRAVE, SERIOUSLY ILL ¢ London, July 23.—Tield Marshal von Hindenburg, chief of the German general staff, is seriously ill and has taken no part in military operatons of the present year, according to in- formation from Berlin, says a Central News dispatch from Berne today. At great personal effort, the sage adds, the field marshal present at a few of the imperial ceptions, but went through the func- tions without spea He is quite incapable of writing, advices de- clare. mes- was re- king. the FATHER OF FIVE DS LIFE BY ASPHYXIATION. Hartford, July 23.—John Gunder, about 45 years old, married, of 11 Dean street, was found dead in a room of the third floor of the building this morning, evidently from the effects of gas inhaled with suicidal intent. His wife was away leaving him purposely the police were given to understand, and there was found in the room a letter that he had written bidding her goodbye. . She had taken their five children with her. CAPE COD CANAT TAKEN MCADOO ORDERED TO RUN 11 Washington, Wilson today by sumed control of the Cape connecting Cape Cod wrds Bay, M and ailroad adw tion President ymation Cod and Buz- directed the to operate it. July proc as- can nistr: July Britain and vi- Wednes- little Hartford, cast for New cinit, Fair tonight; ay, parxly cloudy; change in temperafure. | Huns’ Best Blows Fail to Stop Us (By the Associated Press) Intense struggles the progress of the Allies in the fac of furious German counter-at- tacks, probably designed to cover a retirement on large scale within the Rheims-Soissons sali- ent. mark ess a attacks between the Ourcq and the Marne failed to check the French and Americans who continue to ad- Between Rheims and the Enemy have vance. Marne the Allies maintain their the past several days. South of Soissons to the Ourcq and in Champagne very violent artillery bombardments are tak- ing pls The| burnin the ar in the gains of Germans are reported stores and munitions in 1 north of the Marne and angle between the Marne and the Ardre, which flows into the Vesle at Fismes. Observers hold that the Germans probably are preparing for a retirement to the Vesle or to a line based on that riyer, which parallels the Marne 15 miles to the north. Despite heavy German attacks French and American troops north and northeast of Chateau- Thierry still push on and are now on a line well to the east of La Croix and Grisolles and northeast of Mont St. Pere. Two towns in this area have been captured by the Americans. The Germans in this area probably will retire more to the north as their- posl- tions are without adequate means of supply and support and the slightest Allied advance along the Ourcq would render them unten- able. Ineffectual attempts by the enemy to drive the Allies back on the eastern leg of the salient have resulted in stiff fighting. In Courton and Roi woods, where the enemy blows were heaviest, Allies repulsed all attacks. Near Courton Wood, British troops in an advance have taken 200 pris- oners and 40 machine guns. Tt is reported unofficially from London that Gen. Gouraud has driven the enemy back bevond the old French front line betw the Suippes river and Mas a front of 12 miles. Coupled with French gains just east of Rheims last week, this report, if irue, means that the French now hold the same front lines as be- fore t rman offensive east and west of Rheims. German troops within the sali- ent south of the Vesle not only have lost all their supply lines but are being subjected to a ver: great bombardment by big guns and French airmen. In the Vesle and Ardre valleys French bomb- ers have dropped 50 tons of bombs. All the important rail- road and convoy centers likewise have been liberally deluged from the air and several large fires have been observed. German re- ports of the fighting say that on Sunday all Allied efforts were re- pulsed and that the Germans gained complete success in the battles. Admission is made, however, that the Allies have ad- vanced to the new German line north and northeast of Chateau- Thie; Divisions hurried from the north to the aid of the German crown prince have been counter- balanced by the arrival on the Allied front of British dlvisions. When it became known some days ago that the Germans werc sending troops from the British front toward 1l Marne, n cqual number of British divisions were sent south by Gen. Foch and been making good gain fighting southwest n in of On the vemainder of the west- ern front and in Italy the oppos ing troops have been occupied with raids and artillery duels more or less violent. British air. men in further raids into Ger- many have dropped bombs with effective results on Mannheim, Zweibrucken and Rottweil. Heay explosions vers esusad at the two last u. ies lPoilus Hold Trelo But are BRITISH PU GAIN London, Julys been canptured b vance. So far the this advance is repof The French, thel Courcelles, at. 3 o’clock! ing the bend in the neig (These towns-are just to# Jaulgonne, taken by the Anfig still was in the hands of the ef The French crossed the east of Reuilly. The enemy counter-attacked heaVvil Vanideres but these onslaughts were beaten French Attack Near Montdidier The French at 8:15 o’clock this morning began in the region northwest of Montdidier according to ceived here shortly after noon today. Well informed opinion in London regards the situation on the battle front as going well for the Allies. It is not expected, however, that the advance will be so rapid as previously, the Geri mans having now had plenty of time to get their reserves into position. They are also displaying a disposition to fight for all they are worth. “, On thé front between the Marne and Rheims the British have captured the Petitchamp Wood, near Marfaux, with 200 prisoners and 14 machine guns. The French have captured Oulchy-le-Chateau. Americans Capture Buzancy. The Americans on‘the front south of Soissons h town of Buzancy In their fighting along the Marne the French are reported to be experiencing great difficulty in making a passage of the river at some ‘points, being stubbornly opposed by the German infantry, well supported by artillery and machine guns. 1 At 11 o’clock this morning the French were reported #o have advanced a mile on a front of four miles. It was thought, on the basis of the advices, that the attack in the Montdidier region might be on a wider front than the one mentioned. The *Germans are stiffening their resistance Ourcq and the Aisne rivers and are bringing up guns. British Adance Lines in North. Advances in local operations were scored by the British last night, today’s war office report show: The line was pushed forward slightly south of Hebuterne, on the front between Arras and Albert, and south of Merris and Meteren, on the Flanders front. The British positions also were improved in the Hamel sector and north of Albert. The German artillery showed considerable activity last night with gas shells in the Villers-Bretonneux sector, east of Am!@bns, the war office announced today. THREAT T0 STRIKERS Chairman of State Board of Concilia- ave captured the between the SECURE CLEWS IN $250,000 GEM THEFT\ tion Talks Business to Labor in 1 Police on Trail of Jewelry Robbery Massachusetts. Who Looted Chicago Concern Boston, July —Declaring that “the epidemic of strikes in Massachu- setts must cease at once,” Charles G. Wood af the state board of concilia- tion and arbitration today issued an ultimatum to employers and employes concerned in the labor disputes in .ynn, Brockton, Haverhill, Attleboro, ast Hampton and elsewhere, that un- less they reached an agreement wifhin 24 hours the board would order public investigations to ascertain the of the strikes and the parties sponsible for their continuance. Last January. New York, July 23.—Clews whichy are expected by the police to lead to| the capture of the thieves who, lasti January, robbed the Heller Rose com-| pany of Chicago of $250,000 warth o jewelry, were furnished here today by J. Scott Anderson, an insurance brok-| er of Upper Montclair, N. J ] Mr. Apderson went to police head= quarters’and later to the district at-| forney’s office and told what he knew concerning his purchase of two pearl, and diamond necklaces worth $20,000 each, one of which he had bought for $14,000 and the other of which hey h in a ark (N. J.) safety des= posit vault pending purchase. A jeweler is said to have negotiated| the sale of the stolen gems on March: 4. Detectives here the learned the igentity of the pure of nearly all of the jewels and arrests in the case imminent. caus ELASTICITY DID IT! Attack Has Failed, Public Is Informed. Allied German ~The public is being told by all the German and break Ar- TRIES TO FLE caused = Would-Be West Pointer Caught Afier Chase in Mincola, Mineola, N. Y., Allison, of Brooklyn months’ sentence obtain entr by for inili academy: at wing attempt Amsterdam, July Gern military e that the French Ame through” denna's a decisive chan, on the west front,” has wuse of the famous Gern tem of an elastic defense. | 1t is explained that ti obtained initial success et t Gen. von Boehm's | flank of 25 miles was not and his main strength lay on the | cape from the garden of. gs [ castern flank ificant, however, | jail, where he had been put jaron von Ardenne's admission th uddenly dropping his hoe h Thierry and hedge and, although bulle two cornerstones of the German |after him, ran a mile be e was fense and that the former has been | overtaken in asbarn. ANIGoH ot o st to the foe, “who was aided by not | haeng with a ball and cheth aitsche derable American auxiliary | to his leg. He said he had teigd e ©5028g ik, arder Lo, enlist 14 the army, ¢ R i R s P S arc “ambitious attack to ican which in Baron von “might e in the milit words, situ tailed n sys- ation July Henry T, conspiracy lui documents | West Poin today only o tr right strongly enemy for duc to th A made a d to. Mineola to work. jumped s whistled Ty es-| eau Soissons wer o