The evening world. Newspaper, April 25, 1917, Page 1

~ GREAT CROWDS CHEER JOFFRE AND VIVIAN EXTRA @be WEATHER—Rain To-Night. id, ALL ZDITION spell ideas . “Circulation Books Open to All.” ‘i [ “Circulation Rooks Open to All. | Books ion Rooks Open to All.” | to All”’} _ panes: Pee Ryne se ‘PRICE R PRI “J E {fe Ce bedi nda Yoru Wert). ene NEW Y oO RK K, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 25, 1917. 16 P A GES P PR I © E RESeLR Hifo TE ere UNNERS SINK U BOAT FROM N.Y. LINER MONGOLIA IN FIRST SHOT OF WAR Capt. Rice of the American Liner Periscope of Submarine Shattered— Orders Full Speed Ahead When Sinking Takes Place on April 19, U Boat Is Sighted—Raider Sub- Anniversary of the Battle of Lex- merges, but Is Sunk When She ington and on the Last Day of the Reappearsand Before She Can Fire Voyage of the Mongolia tq a Torpedo. England. LONDON, April 2£---4.45 P. M.—Capt. Rice of the American ioe Mongolia, which has arrived at a British port, told the Associated Press to-day that the Mongolia had fired the first gun of the war for the United States and sunk a German submarine. Re ss The naval ganners on board made a clean hit at 1,000 yards. The periscope was seen to be shattered. HERO OF MARNE ACCLAIMED 3 O00 GERMANS CAPTURED ants; stom ht mnt rm ann Ar mh The periscope disappeared, and a few minutes later reappeared on the ship’s bicadside. The gunners fired, hit- FRENCH WA WAR COMMIS | N Haig’s Troops in in Battle on Nine - FRENCH BEAT BACK BEAT BACK ting the periscope squarely and throwing up a mountain of water. Mile Front on the Road ALL GERMAN ATTACKS, The Mongolia was going at full speed and was a long distance away when the spray and foam subsided, but from the bridge the officers observed the spot through their glasses, and they are confident the submarine was sunk. — to Cambrai Bu Sanniel Mi. Witltamse . srremrrcrety <<! GAIN IN CHAMPAGNE Even more pertinent a fact, as regards the ultimate fate of the submarine, was that the shell disappeared imme- (Special sat ocreceendente? The Evening Wortd,) Psa la eal te Bees Many. Bead Lett ina fie Wire. De diately after the hit was made. The Captain stated that a shell always ricochets in the water and can be seen again WASHINGTON, April 25.—The French Comunission, headed by| prisoners, including 66 officers, since oe © Entanelements, Sa ie ~ unless it finds the mark. Oil also was seen on the water after the submarine disappeared. Gen, Joffre and former Premier Viviani, arrived in Washington soon i gales srcheiasbeai af us B i a Paris War Office. { April 19, the day on which the Mongolia fired the first shot of the war, is the anniversary of the Battle of PARIS, April 25.—Vto tine Lexington, when the first shot v was fired in the American Revolution. } after noon to-day The Commission | d from the} bit along most of the a orem President's yacht Mayflower. Five staff officers ne The American steamship Mongo lia 1s one of the largest cargo carriers b h h Ne attached to the Commission came from Fort Monroe by train. was ®/ afloat, She has a tounage of 13,638, The vessel formerly belonged to the Pu lishers Cheer t e ews Pacific Mail uship Company, but was acquired in 1916 by the Atlantic The sinking of a German submarine by the gun crew of the Mongolia The ion of the principals or the French Mission transcended ‘i t } h : ; : Transport « ny, one of the subsidary companies of the International) in the first American shot in the war was announced to the meeting of the he usu: natic courtesie i 1g cheers and handclapping, both Mercantile J ne American Newspaper Publish ation at their executive meeting in The Mongoila left New York on April 7 with @ tremendous cary Waldorf-Astoria by The Evening rid, and the announcement was rom officials and private citizens, g ed the Frene 1 ii rh ri ‘i | wf munith and supples, This was her second trip e Ge q ed wit which lasted for several minutes Marshal Joffre was the re of attraction, although Rene Viviar fi és ; ri g ed with cheers which last c era Jol ‘ gh Rene Viviar ' ab declaration of Feb, 1, The vessel was equipped with three Kun The members hurried out from the meeting, eager for further news iead of the Commission, was ve armly received we ranged forward and the third astern ind the crowd avout the hotel in a few minutes learned of what had hap As Marshal Joffre stepped f ie Mayflower a young French The Mongolla was built at Camden, N. J., in 1906 H arried DAS Dened. A bulletin was put up at the hotel desk and there were cheers ’ : ; - me and freight in the Californta-Ortental service throughout the place as the news spread ind Kissed ind. Tears glistened ——-= = a -_-- —-—— ; H it at mark of devotion to the great Frenc guns A Me Li > 1 Jobn Great vg aere ae 67 Amer icans in ongolia qo 6) rew year General w dad kK the German armies on their drive to Paris | * mia 1 ’ ae ee ly wit and crew | Ar n, A.M, ¢ uns " in the \ ving F W AB, Bt I Mt , Amer-@* \ Hellsart 1 1 nen every honor of grecting. Pe : fiicer, Now ¥ A rad ' e: ’ nf gathered ' stant stew 4, ¢ feld » Walter Me Derm Waahis 5 ly Delle . . - Y.; M. Burns, A.B, New Y Island City; J ets on ¢ ne of march from the | d Jusserand. Berlin Claims © 450 , j 1M ) h ~ ee, Brooklyn Navy Yard to the headquartors of the | Roosevelt, Assistant ) Britian, i C Riley, Fourth | ersncisoo, Ci Martin Wh risston, applauded enthusiastically r Gen. Hugh L € as S¥ia Zeondar rips epee ag espa coryy PNET art Hu MARINES AND SAILORS LINE|!iral Huse and \ ment dt ( : A. a Noatewain, Ro. | Wilam Hodgkins ay THE DRIVEWAY. to Hampton I e sab n Arr duu 5 : Sis n Oakland, Ca WASHINGTON, April 25.—Oppoai he Mayflower camo to hor whart it reed Ta) UL ' w. J ermaate rd assistant eng ile Cr United States ettizens, | tion to the selective draft reached its Aa the May bai ! t art one f ' Scot W ". Total, 146 narines an Ors lined th way , ' ‘ 1 i eat Herean es PERCU 4 ' dl, |climax in the House to-day when ! 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