The evening world. Newspaper, December 13, 1917, Page 1

os "THREE REE GERMAN DRIVES HALTED BY BYNG The 1“ Cirontation Bor Books Open to All’ Pp R 7 CE ps nT tn Grenier Now Yor ae aoa eleowhere Covrriant, NEW YORK, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 13, “Cirentation Booka Open to All. 1917, 22 PAGES WEATHER PRICE! OFF CENT tw Hadaon Connty Grow Fo-night and To-morrow. Baker Blamed for Failure of Army Gun Supply ALLIES JUMPS TRACK ON “LISHDES sali OF MACHINE GUNS IN ARMY’... Declares Weapon Adopted Never Had a Field Trial— U. S. Output at! Present Only Half as Much as We *« » Madefor the Allies Before the War. |024 strc: stannattan, By Samuel M. Williams. (Special Staff Corresponde nt of The Evening World.) ed by : 13.—Go, WASHINGTON, Dec Military Committee to fix responsibility 1 torces with machine gun of Ordnance, finally said to- Inquiry: “The Secretary of War Amazing conditio' regarding 6 were revealed, OW without machine gun pe deen adopted, but the ‘frat gun will not be delivered until next Apr American troops in Europe are bein and other equipme members of lays ia i} Major Gen, Cre ¢ Military Aflai SAE Naa WUOGE WARNS COUNSEL IN MEANS CASE ARGUMENT supplied by the French Gove Deft Notes Excep ¢ with machine guns and amm ” ns—Ver La of their manufactu ree Here at home our armies are ¢ , without machine gu vave a va \ G. D \ . own € ce in Me war and y \ 1 to la feo had demonstrated the Importance laptn aceeton) The aed of machine guns, of which we had reach the fury be none. Congress than a year | a ago appropriated $12,000,000 for them C. MeDuffie, Atlanta, it t the War De nent did nothing gument for the ¥ ution. cs Sieillacti ears month atte was the defendants lust for Not until June A Caneeniel and dread of an imminent a America deviared wa ¢ 7 unting that drove Means to kill M ment decide on the OF gun. $2) kin buy, Even then ae eH ODES Judge Cline ly checked vawomoial tbe is not yet been] posing couns manded that the ed out in the fleld and no factory is) ¢ bes dd according to the « Sriaa) ou it The defense noted exceptions to ready to ¢ f these interruptions by th Not unt NE | court months off, 1 single ov able. Factories have | to make. ther HAIG THANKS PERSHING American factories were malt | vera. Geiitanuocans' FOR AID OF AMERIGANS the War Department would aoa we” Browning gw nvented by em- |W ot Army Engineers Around ryee of the Colt factory (souzeaucourt on Nov, 30 elays ha arred in sanall arm be ty Depart s WITH THE AMBRICAN ANALY 1D eA Gea lie nee tha FRANCE, Dec. 12 (by the Associated nat the army 4) first Py Wield Marshal Haig, the wooden guns. and 4 | commander British forces in designs, w ven of France, has expressed to Gon, {o go around Pershing in a letter his thanks fo Pactotioa-tn country r the assistance en by American ‘ so ; im. army engineers apts ‘ se n Nov. 30. The ¢ The uth f ar Gen. Vershing: 1 mar 1 rift \ re in f urding here one-half t ‘ MY A report submitted to ome by Ger : Yn minanding rhivd 4 nies oC rally kineers fr rt on \ Fret sand ey if \ ox . ; G Cro ' i 1 f « 1 Bake ha ed, and Tt that you 1 ear to ‘ ea nN ‘ i 1 ' . ' BARTLETT'S BROTHER SLAIN. tor Ne Kinsman of Member of Peary tae pedition Loses Cite tn War Rontinued on Second Page front, F our in " Hospit al, One Likely to Die. Seventeen persons wero injured in| wreck early to-day on the steep hill leading down from the ey palisades to the West yre Ferry In Weehawken, opposite | brake and the jumped the {rack at a sharp curve and to,- failed to work ering momentum, pled over on the naewow promena Je n the track There are doors one side of the car, and thi again 19 ground after the it, So that the passengers, all m laborers on their way to s side of tho broken and these the passengers were SECRETARY OF WAR BLAMED "7 NUREDASCAR (SAND ALLIES SINK U BOATS BY GROZIER FOR SHORTAGE WIPING OUT THE U BOAT FLEET ~AS FAST AS THEY ARE BUILT: GREATEST OFFENGWE FALLS ‘Submarine Dwindling Away,” Says a High British Authority. LONDON, socia authority to-day _—_ Fleet Dec rine wor was going well was the reason for the sinkings in rines at work. the | the answer was past t 1 Steadily ch rate —When the As- ed Press inquired of high naval “if the anti-subme. and what of weeks,” “The enemy had more subma t pi He has actually been attempting a submarine of- fensive of the gr magnitude in an effort to rein- force his offensive on land. He ia trying to bring off a coup which will incline us to peace. “He has failed signally on sea on jand, and he hae had to pay helped out, All were taken to the; @ heavy price. Our counter: ) Hudson Four were measures are meeting with in- adly hurt th had to stay) creased success and the enemy the The others, after receiving) will experience constantly in tren | for minor injuries, went) creasing difficulty in maintain v ing his campaign. Cha Lay N 8 Kighth) “If the shipbuild in W New Kk, suffered ©) property spurred on | nid vetured sh + Robert! Americu, the A will be ‘ > t, Union| eay hin a measura t uw us en-arm and a dis- s being laun 1 sore 1 shoulder; James Cabot, No he sinking s ‘ew York, has! — “If the naval measures continue n log and James mella, the | to improve, as it is reasonable to 1 1 from severe) expect, the Allies will also be uble shox hose are in the hospital. to say that U boats are being 1 was Uocked for hours and gunk faster than the Germans are passengers on thelr way to New York| able to build them and that the ul to walk at th urths ef @! German U boat fleet is steadily mile from the wreck to the ferry. | dwindling away. OMicials of the Public Service Cor-} wstucn sti! depend Amor tlon of New Jersey, whlch oper-| shinbutiding, but as er ates the ca ‘ « trying to find} to those who are putting out what wa matter with the into that work It ma be sald v brake confidence that the Allied navis f New Jersey are also In-/ adie to handle the U boat | ter an ing 18 to why the} Phe month of November was a t ted by the de-| setter month in tho anti | ; mail’ Gait 1 1 for just such] or three rea me ¢ witoh ts situated | pirse—opne to b es leading down} the month wax the to the ferry he and had worked | unrestricted submarine camp would have runaway car to gan. fe stop. mpany 18 sald tol” second—The sinking ‘ a depende tho automatic marines were the e working of the derail instead Of sta- | ooraeq in a aingle month tioning a mar @ permanently to Third—The launchings 1" pe it and keep it in order. One! onantmen from British the tha 1 up the switch. |swithin measureable distar The car was de ued equalling the loss of tonna — marine attack MAVERICK MAY BE RAIDER, | This destruction of sube by no means due t 1 tn nin Plot Againet/run of luck but to the —simhted by Three Vewmels, of a dotatiod, compre 13.—That| paign involving 1 ) figured embracing i Phases evolutionary which will é wo more off “i trlale for than jess as tim 4 ar betwee, (8 to expe “inion & as the bolier | The first ten days of De . Moers of y | Muintained tho good | vember as far as the U boat « SY canée Moers declared | are concerned, Moreover averiok, was | sidered inev e 1 5. approxi-| American su a1 a i ‘They | will find a reflection in 1 ted by the submarine crews MY IN- | ess confider ie ve *DID. | same time that the I A , foo n 4 A nave om MMB) confident und more efficter to| Tho « system of | for shipping teh t A — adopted port Another Pleet the Brig | the subn npa ahten Bt treet An, Caused ; son elevated ea ar ” ¢ of running t ° A jam on the surface lines follow ring the rush | hqur, nued on Tenth Page) - CHILDREN DIE FROM LACK BOLD, BAD THIEF ROBS WIFE OF POLICE COMMISSIONER Probabl Will Be Hanged it] Caught Betore New Adminis- tration Takes Charge. the unluckse the lot. if he ever gets gold and platinum st g of Mis, A thur W " t ice Com 1 wel wn An lying Hono i anise eporte I a Aid Conneisslone niet f caur ° CARRIES $2, 000, 000 ACROSS SIBERIA ALONE, UNARMED American Engineer Brings Fortune in Platinum to U.S. From | Petrograd A PACIFIC PORT, Dev earcied ay Lugano, ericun engineer Petrograd, 21,000 ounce platinum, safe arvival of whieh 4 cifte port Was announced in Wasl mn vester dvy, ‘The metal, valued at nearly $2,000,000, I consigned to the etary war purpores Draper, in relating to-day the a of hin trip, sald he travelled alone and inar across Siberin to Vladivostok where he took a steamer —_—>- OF COAL, SAY SENATORS Smith Ma a Michi ichusett \ Administrati ASHIN Der 1 children have died from ponure f coal, tterly attac Puel Administra ho Senate t Phe situ n higan becau wil ae one Sen Week. ew Engler —s fo Make High ix keepate OUGHBKEBPSI 1 Pomgh Soto Ma Mota tp 10 tn Got Hank) Get YOU KEN DOWN? PP SESSPARD Vostcs Ve aad. Dew My om denier, — Adit BLACK SEA FLEET HINDEN “SHELLS. COSSACK DON STRONGHOLD —~.—— 7,000 Corpses in Canals f dence of Iron Hand of PETROGRAD, Doc b the Rostoff, received here, The vessels are firing on the Cossacks at Novo war Extremists. 18. forces in the fighting cording » Kollida Teherkask Novo Don mpc Vietory ¢ of Co! LONDON, Kus Cos Teherkask Is a ver tw of Ro: near & tof. enty- It ts con ate selgorod, Ss. Tie Black yon th widered nghold. + co-operating with to despatcoes other = five miles north. an ¢, 1A battle haw oc. n Southern | between Holshevik forces and the out ome hin some artillery DIVIDES ARMY AND SENOS ONE PART AHEAD. When encountered ( Gen, Ke rniloft, bu ms not been established ps it and Petrograd advices ave conflicting. The Petrograd correspe nt of the Daily Mail reports that Gen Kornilott | wit defeated and wounded and tha pturs was to be expected A Atch from the representative o t, howey ortod Bolshevik viet Kor- niotf ba ouled b yOnte med “ soon join Gen, Katedine at Novo Teherk isk Jeelved bis information from an un named source, send a detailed de seription of the battle, He suys Gen Korniloff had about 4. i making up what isk as tle “Wild Division” of Cavalie of Bt George, “Battalions of Death" and were livided his army and sent one part forward by train, Thiv was soon ollowed up. by the Dolshevite 4 promptly rumpeted a , Gen iki and attacked with arth 1 f iy opponents fled and others surr ed or joined the Hed Guard section of the Korntloft army Phe remaining Hols ur nded and dealt with very drastl In a long inte woof the Russian situation the Pe eapond tof the Post » no pros of \ Prussia, 7 GAINING GROUND BECAUSE THEY USE STRONG HAND ' Ra 1 eeks th 4 ‘ rad 7,000 na aused by de . (Continu' Powe BURG IS PREPARING GREATEST BLOW OF THE WAR IN FRANCE AND FLANDERS British Line Is Being Firmly Held Against Terrific Attacks—Entire French Front Under a Hot Ar- tillery Fire. LONDON, Dec, 13.—While Gen, Haig reported to-day that che British lines are holding against tremendous attacks from Cambrai. to Bullecourt, Paris announced that artillery fighting was in Progress slong the entire French front. Despatches from Zurich declare that German tewspapers received there are tilled with stories that the Central Powers are preparing for the greatest blow they have ever struck in the wesi. RIOTS AT VLADIVOSTOK BUT NO JAPANESE TROOPS American Consul Tells of Need of Armed Forces in the City. TON, the WASH ines troops Dee. 13.—No Jap- Vindivostok, the American Consul there informed t are ut ite Depart Ile co nent to-day firmed reports of rioting there, how- ever, and pointed to the need of troops in the elty, nrbvesiabteiieiiite “DONT GARP AT WASTE IF WE DESTROY KAISER” McAdoo Doesn't Care if It Costs} One Hundred and Fitty Cents mm the Dollar, | WASHINGTON, Dev, 13.—Seeretary | McAdoo defended the Government agmingt charges of waste in the war in address to-day before @ conference Liberty Lown aad war savings cam ou 4 there waste aid the But waat Jo we care abe i a to Ke » the field if it costs on the here and qui dol ok » about expenditur anil mur enemies Le " waste of ars, hut TWIN CITY STRIKE OFF BY WILSON’S QUICK ACTION tnd Men Said t fave Irdered Ba ~ (Pacing Entries on { Page 15) } These despatches declare that dia. derburg, in conjunction with the Aur lan command will “subject the Allies on tho west front to the same treat- ment meted out to Italy.” ‘The great blow, accord) man to the Ger- is expected to finisn the war and to compel the Allies “to @¢- cept our peace,” Following is the text of to-dayts War € ce report Accounts of the Nghting yestere day in the vicinity of Bullegot show that two attacks were made by the Germans at dawn, atter « heavy preparatory bombardment Tho frst was delivered trom the north against our positions in the Hindenburg line immediate at of Bullecourt and tho ot On My wider front from the northeast and east agoinst the angle formed by our trench lines south of Riensy, court-lez-Cagnicourt. Both were* repulsed with heavy loss to the e..emy ‘Shortly afterward another ate tack was made on the latter front and parties of the enemy pene- trated our oblitera trenches at the apex of the angle in our new: A fow Germans who reached our trenches other points were killed or taken prisoner. Locat fighting continued all day and until late the evening in a smal! por » trench tf whieh th nemy had obtained @ footing but wi change ip the situation A he raiding party was epulsed last night southwest of La Basseo, Woe inflicted casuale ties on the enemy and secured a few prisoners as a result of patrol encounters eas Zonnodeke.” The attacks were designed Prin Ruppreeht to bre hyn es, The German objectives vote’ & ¢ {the British positions, pe attacked in * a. vmpaniment rullery five whieh ved emendo neenteativg —~»—— BATTLE BY BIG GUNS ON ALONG THE ENTIRE FRONT, SAYS PARIS REPORT Drought Kauds on artillery the an Uthivw reagih Caurterys “ye Geral, planes wore Lrougut dowa by eum lots, im} (he same period our avis » } | q|