The evening world. Newspaper, June 15, 1917, Page 1

Sp Mtn pPeghizns [“Cireulation Books Books Open to All.” | to All’ 1917, by The Press Publishing (The New York Weel “Circulation Books Open to All.’ 1917. 20 PA G E 8 + NEW YORK’S BILLION MAY SEND |__ LOAN UP TO $3,000,000,000 ONE CENT tn Greater New York and Hudson County, N. 3. TWO CENTS elsewhere. PRICE(; Comyea NEW YORK, FRIDAY, “JUNE 15, AP HAIG STRIKES ANOTHER BLOW ANERCANLIER WOOERAT SKE FOGUE ISSUER TAKEN MON TWO SIDES OF MESSINES, MGS GERIANIN” HED ETLESSLOVE BY OVER 2,000,000 gf CHNNG AL HS OBECTIES. serene = Lufberry Sends Ele Eleventh Vic-| But FOUR OF THE BIG CITIES SUBSCRIBED Manning Thought tim Down From Three 0 Oo -Srererr TM phulie SECRETARY M’ADOO SAYS SUCCESS O'Brien Would Be a Com. | OF LOAN IS DEMOCRATIC TRIUMPH [ie ea | a eee ENOUGH TO COVER ENTIRE BOND ISSUE. q Has Advanced From 500 to FREEDOM ERANTED | en i . nd ’ ts seven-Mile PARIS, June 15.—Adjt. Raoul Lut-} john B, Manning, octogenart WASHINGTON, June 16.—Seerelary McAdoo announced this at WASHINGTON, June 15.—From figures at hand at noon, it is esti y? 1,000 Yards on Seven-Mile | bertysht New Haven, premier “ase| p-suce anty ig Gand uedtAe File ternoon the over-subseription of the loan tn the following statement mated that four of the leading citles—New York, Chicago, Boston and “The Liberty Loan has been oversubscribed. it 1» impossible to Cleveland state the amount of the oversubseription at the moment, but the exact figures will be given out as rapidly as the returns are received sent in bids for Liberty Bonds that covered the entire issue of $2,000,000,000. According to Yeturns from many other cities throughout the coun Front in Week. TAKES MEN AND GUNS, | and fighting airman of the Lafayette | oo9 hy Miss Honora May O'Brien be-| Escadrille, has just brought down his! tore Judgo Cropsey in the Supreme! leleventh “official® enemy plane in aj ¢, | | diahanendia’ Sa A piles teiahesh, bwadidiecwn Pear paalligais Ub yegp le “The success of this loan is ‘a genuine triumph for democracy, tt}|] try, the allotments were oversubscribed, In some cases they were Stéadi ing Ti bochen mccordinn, to wand ecelved | {Mitt Wooer, once he got started, ac-|] 15 the unmistakable expression of America’s determination to carry | | almost doubled. Stéadily Pushing Toward Im- Tl H PRISONS Rea aay cording to James O'Brien, brother of |] this war for the protection of American rights and the establishment || Latest indications are that the total subscriptions may reach oF ailroad ¢ Zant aL the pretty plaintif. ¢ , : : 4 $3,000,000,000, but the exact total figures onl: portant Railroad and Canal Tt took the American fighter just] ‘ne Pretty platnti of peace and liberty throughout the world to swift and successtul ||| exceed § \ xact total fg y can determine ‘The brother resumed the stand this morning, after Mrs. Daniel F. Co- cgnelusion, that. i Centre at Comines. twenty-five shots to shatter the wings of the adversary plane nearest to him, ! BERLIN, June 15 (via London).— Retirement of the German force two points on the front in Belgium 4s feported in to-day's official state- 4 ment. ‘The Germans were presse back by the British between Hol- Jebeke and the n of the River Douve and also southwest of Warne ton. LONDON, June 15.— The British struck another blow last night on the \ from: near Messines, the War Office Announces. They gained all their ob- i + Jectives, advancing south and east of Messines and astride the Ypres- Comines Canal The British now occupy the for- mer front ‘trenches of the Germans 4 from the River Lys to the River A Warnave. As a result of last night's r operations and the constant pressure a exerted, the British have advanced if their lines ftom 500 to 1,000 yards on & front of seven miles, Following is the text of the War > Office report: ; “Our troops attacked yesterday at evening south and east of Mes- i ines and astride the Ypres-Co- mines Canal. ‘The enemy's re- fl sistance was quickly overcome ] and the whole of ourxgbjectives were gained in both localities, We captured more than 150 pris- oners, one howtizer and seven FS machine guns. “As the result of these opera- tions and the constant pressure maintained by our troops since June 7, we now occupy the Ger- 7 man front trenches from the River Lys to the River Warnave, 4 and have advanced our line from i 600 to 1,000 yards on the whole f front from the River Warnave to Klein Zillebeke, a distance of \ about seven miles ty “We made a successful raid last night north of Lens. Many » Germans were killed in, hand-to- i i | hand fighting and a few prison- mi ers-were taken by us.” The Ypres-Comines Canal, along which Haig has achieved this “follow up” victory to that of Messines Ric forms the northern angle-line of a triangle at which Comineg is the point i At Comines the canal joins with the River Lys, ready been ARMED MERCHANT SHIP AVENGER SUNK BY U BOAT steadily advancing British Admir ily Announces That All on Board Were Saved Except One. t LONDON, June 15.—The British armed merchant cruiser Avenge was torp: loed and « in the North } \ Sea on Wednesday night All but one were saved = AN 5 HING HEAD take Horsford’s held mate, Huai fl anal ee agrees Bees alesse tad intigorsien, “Ute ie be visce of a Bw ¢ bottle, —adre, along which Haig has al- | Many of Them Serving Life Sentences as a Result of the “Rising” Last Year. LONDON, June 15.—It nounced in th was an- House of Commons this afternoon that the Government had decided to release all the pris- taken ia: We than. vauallion unday a year ago. of them are inca erated prisons, several under life Others are in concentra- In ma Law king the announcement said that the pri sed without re DUBLIN, June 15 Mr. oners would servation News the Government's decision to release the Irish prisoners withe distin which was published here before t ficial Lon annour ment was made in on, created tha greatest en thusiasm. Newspapers which pub- lished the announcement, with the | plotures of many of the more promi- nent prisoners, were quickly bought up. “Nhe news’ was better than was ex jected, as it was believed that the Governmen releasing most of |the prisone make some ex- ceptions. | ‘GERMANS DRIVEN BAGK IN ATTACKS ON FRENCH Paris Reports Successes in the Verdun Sector and on Heights of Meuse. | PARIS, June 15,—Reconnoltring parties were sent ont by the Ger- |mans last night in the Verdun sector, Jat Hi Meuse, 804 and on the War were caught fire and dispersed, the Heights of the Office announces. under the French They | | official statement: | “Art y fighting ing the night. the buise and | were rather violen court brief and severe bombardments were carried out by enemy batteri German reconnoitring parties caught by our fire near Hill 304, in the Chevaliers Wood, on the heights |of the Meuse, and in the vicinity of | Bioncourt, in Lorraine, and were un able to approac hy our lines, Every- else the ul was calm,” where jNEW INCOME T. TAX CHANGED. Exe continued dur- region of Hur- these onne actions South of Juvin pil of #200 Allow Each Child of Taxable WASHINGTON, June .13 ‘ome tax exemption al fo’ each depend of a taxable parent and reduction of the two-cent mp tax on bank checks to one cent reached to-day by the Yommittee revising the stamp taxes 1 were formal) change from exempt be ome and quests and exisung in Following is the | were | the German whirling down from the He ox- the remaining four and then when more Lafayette ue the enemy 15,000-foot altitude to death, changed shots with flyers came to his ri quartet hurriedly sped away. Lufberry was due afternoon, burgh, 8 with Lieut t. Charles Sergt neapolis and Corpl Boston, Harold In Paris late this Thaw of Pitts- Johnson of St. Willis Haviland of Min- Willis of to attend a dinner tendered halan had testified to having re- ceived a telephone message from Mr. Manning a few days before Thanks- giving Day of last year, asking for Miss O'Brien's address. Mrs. Cohalan said she was a cousin of the plaintiff and Mr Mr, Manning’s home on the evening of Dee. defendant O'Brien told of having gone to 13 of last year, in response to a message from the aged million- them by thb Aero Club of France, aire. He went there with his sister The Americans were to be awardea| “There were four of us at dinner,” club medals and a eum of money|said the witness, “Mr. Manning, his raised by subscription in commem-| daughter Mary, my sister and my oration for their bravery and devo-|self. After dinner, Mr. Manning left tlon to the cause of France, Luf-|the table with my «ister, leaving berry was the guest yesterday of the|Mary and me behing. In a little Fren, General commanding ny, to which the e will shortly be attached. latest exploit of the squadron, as a wa markably s the tion over enemy reserve barracks at @ point six miles inside the Ger- man lines, The entire Evscadrille flew at ana disregarding fired thelr m bombs ove military establishments, roads and batteries with good eff cccemeciniere LOST JOBS AS COOKS itude of a bare 600 feet antiairoraft guns, WHILE REGISTERING Lafayette | Lafayette a re- ssful bombing expedl- | and chine guns and dropped | e|while I heard Mr. Manning calling. Jimmy, Jimmy.’ I went upstairs to him to the library and Mary contin- ued to the upper floor “He had hold of my sister's hand. He took one of my hands and said ‘Jimmy, I have asked May to be my wife and I want your consent to our marriage, I have known her for ten . | years and I know she is a hard work |ing girl who has made her own way and never asked any help from her ) | relatives. I know that there is a great difference in our years and I don't expect May to love me as much as she would @ younger man, but she will be a great comfort Dad me and she will have no regre When O'Brien told the millionaire that he feared there would be fric- Grand Jury Investigates Charge | tion in the family, Manning said he ainst Hotel Astor Chef Who Dis- | “14 "ot care whether there was or charged Men for Being Late, | I told my sister that it was her ‘The Federal Grand Jury to-day is| business, not mine, but that if she wanted my consent she had it. He inve-tigating comp | ney Paul Yasselli by three as-| Jim passed the night at the Man sistant cooks of the Hotel Astor, who |ning home. They took a walk for a claim to have been discharged by|smoke and the millionaire spoke con Chet Otto Gentsch because they were |tinually of the virtues and its of delayed while registering under the|Miss O'Brien, Next morning the] | Selective Draft Law on June 5, The|banker showed Jim his vibrator and |complainants are Cesare Scarabelli, | used it for a spell on his head Salvatore Guisepp! and Giacinto] Mr, O'Brien told of a visit to his Giotti |sister, himself and Mr. Manning to Prosecutor Yasselli sent for Chef|Carginal Farley, The Cardinal was Gentsch, who describes himself as a| surprised at the news of the engage German-Swiss and c Ally. He admitted discharging the|known Miss O'Brien for te years, men for being late in reporting on|knew her as a good girl, a hard work June 5, ling girl and a good Catho Afte The Selective Draft Law, Prosecu-|the meeting Mr. Manning told Jim tor Yassolli says, provides for the jhe was a fine boy and asked him to punishment any one interfering! get the application for a license, He With another registering in com-|gsaid he would and loaned the n pliance with it. He construes the /jonaire ten dollars, chef's act as an interference with its | The witness told of being praesent operation lin the M ing library when it (For Racing Results See Page 2) | Panker broke the r Mary ie Dr, John Manning, Mary, he said , i was very excited and ran or walke $15 Men’s Blue Serge Suits,$9.95 : The “HUB" Clothing Corner, Broad= way, corner Barclay Street (Opp, Wools (Cont Page.) Worth Building), will sell to-day & sate z Blue Serge also browns, greens, baal WORLD TRAVEL BUREAW, freasted, pinched or belted backs, slash i Park Bow, N.Y. City Or patch ‘pockets; very. latest models? rations, eallings, dec. via all Rew some silk lined: al! sizes. Our special wise Central and Sith American price for to-day & Saturday, $9.95. Open * Baggage and parcel check Saturday night till 10. Hub Clothiers, open day and t Travellers’ checks and money Broedway, corney Barclay Streeh—aqve s made to As- |sistant United States District Attor- alms to be pro- | ment, wanted her to name the day and she hesitated, but the broker sald he had wrdere fay gain, Telephone Bryiemag 4000-ajri No New Loan Necessary Before Fall, McAdoo Announces—All but Two of Nation’s Districts Oversubscribed. | Grdaed Watching Big Loan Clock Billion Mark Passed by New York | at Noon With Tabulators Far’ Behind—Greatest Response to Any First Loan. By Samuel M. Williams. | } (Special Gtaft Corremondent of The Evening | way <= The billion dollar mark in the Lib- erty ned by Loan campaign was re New York at noon to-day and will be | _ Striking the Two Billion Mark WASHINGTON, June 16.—Liberty | passed before the first definite fig Loan subscriptions will total between ures are given out at 4 o'clock this 9900000000 nih Dedede blah des #4495 | 40,500,900,000 and $3,000,000,000, ae- Jafternoon, Three hundred clerks }, | cording to an official announcement |working all last night and through | by the Treasury this afternoon. The to-day were four hours behind in | subscribers is placed at over two million. | number of individual thelr tabulation | Uncle Sam+will get his first real Now York City’s subscriptions will | money out of the Liberty Loan to- | run considerably over one billion. It day when the New York banks wil! | leads all other districts by @ margin turn over to the Reserve Bank for of more than double the next highest. this district $20,000,000, representing wv, the 2 per cent, fnitial payment. The all Street has led in an amasing meney will be deposited at the Sub- ; demonstration of patriotism, (Tréwaury and later taken to the Treas- Other cities, particularly those of ury Department in Washington. After a conference with the Gen- | eral Liberty Loan Committee in the] Bankers’ Club, Guy Emerson, jeou- tive manager of the Publicity Com- | mittee, announced that at 11 o'clock the tabulated figures show<* $910,- 000,000 subscribed, At 10 o'cldck the figures were $962,000,000, showing a $2,000,000 jump overnight and an in- crease of $18,000,000 in one hour. Belated subscribers and bank clerks bearing their banks’ subscrip- tions swamped the clerical forces at Liberty Loan headquarters, and for a Ume great confusion reigned A part of the jong line that serpentined from the office of the committee on the fifth floor of the Equitable Build- the Middle West, reported to the Treasury enormous last hour rushes, showing that at last the country has awakened. Long lines were report- ed at banks in Baltimore, Richmond, Boston, Cleveland and Chicago, hop- | ing to get thelr subscriptions entered pS erin ‘ | before the noon closing of the lists, Migidedittin acs | At noon It was announced that BUY A BOND TODAY $2,000,000,000 of subscriptions bad al- : ready been counted. | Four banner districts appeared on the face of the returns at that | time, to have subscribed the full $2,000,000,000 offering alone. They are: a|'n@ to the second floor was told to | NEW YORK, CHICAGO. fo to No, 60 Wall Street, another of- BOSTON. CLEVELAND. | fice used by the committee. When the crowd got there they found the | same conditions and were finally ad- | vised to go to some bank and make Secretary McAdoo announced just before the Cabinet meeting this after- | noon that another Liberty Bond tssue fall, would not be necessary before their deposits and they would be of- | An “election night” system has been Acully vaccuntued | set up to receive returns in the men Five minutes before the books and tabulate them for immediate closed and while the belis of Trinity The first “too late” subserip- were a@nnouncing the Wash- approach of | tlon came from a Woman in noon, United States District Judge | ington who telephoned frantically to Larned Hand signed an order mak ‘Treasury at five minutes past ne it possible for the o| lve begging to have her applicas frust Company and the Bankers’ | tlon received. She was refused. Trust Company to invest more than | s only the people of the eclties $3,000,000 of the funds of the Denver er towns that have rallied to and Rio Grande Railroad in Liberty | of the Government, ‘The Loan Bonds. he road's funds are! have failed. The wheat 1 {n escrow by the Equitable, pend the West, the corn grows det nation of a stockholder’s! Mississippi Valley and the sult | cotton planters of the South are the ALL OTHER FIRST WAR LOANS Liberty Loan slackers, But ers ts being the indifference of the farms nade up by the efforts und women. Reports res Treasury this morning SURPASSED HERE, | wing the ing of the | was held ‘ ceived by the of city men ttee anothi é "Aig anc sper pepe ll ae g «hls income, ana nie! fom New York, Boston and other imy Niauait staff of the Governor dustrial centres show an enormous (Continued on Second Page.) | 1 i. v a, Ba 1 his most re- rallying to the loan in the last weal, an | mand elihinan Tandads hie dite:t ent pulabt and particularly during the past DEWEX'S WINKS GRACE ANY TABLE ing himself at elvedere this! twenty-four hours, The demand for GAINED 440 Tubes ee, N. ¥. Paege $061" Cancodan, afternoon. Hip ae ieee aut ie mawain’ ay Gate RE Va Ne WeSit Rin, Laberty Loan buttons being made by