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“If It Happens In New York It’s In The Evening World’’ PRICE TWO CENTS. Co. (The Ne Ceprtight, 1918, by The Press Publishing U. s SHIP REPORTS SINKING U BOAT WITH THREE SHO TS w York World). NEW. YORK, TUESDAY, MAY 7, 1918. AMERICANS AVENGE GAS SHELL AIDS REPULSED BY BRITISH AND GERMAN SUBMARINE SUNK AFTER AMERICAN SHIP FIRES THREE SHOTS IN NIGHT FIGHT oe Officers of Steamer Tidewater Report That Atty d Shot es AMAA Out of Commission on St. Patrick’s Da WASHINGTON, May 1.—With three Maurice Charges Ws War Ministry | .wall placed shots the Amorican| With Lack of Veracity— ; steamer Tidewater disposed of an en-| (Court of Honor Requested. emy submarine, March 17, the Navy | a Department announced today. | LONDON, May 7.—A public letter The second shot was.a “clean hit” from Gen. I’. BR. Maurice, former Di- @n the U boat, the Tidewater’s guard rector of Military Operations, sub- commander reported si é ; stantialy charging Premter Ltoyd- © Navy Department's announce-| Geor, id Cha isent ead: jorge and Chancellor Bonar law/¢ “The commander of the armod guara| With lack of veracity concerning on the steamship Tidewater reports to the Navy Department that on March 17, about 11.30 P. M., # sub- marine was sighted off the star- {board Gow, heading toward the vessel, about 150 yards off.+-As the ship turned, {t missed the submarine by ‘not more than twenty feet. The U boat was then submerging. ‘The ship’ guns were brought to bear and the tirst shot hit some distance ahead of vital war matters, presents the gra lest situation with which the recently assailed Government has yet n confronted, Herbert Asquith, former Premier, started a debate in the House of Commons this afternoon by bhintly sking the Government what steps intended to take regarding Mau- rice's letter, | Bonar Law, acting as spokesman ‘her wake {for the government, replied that the ‘ "The pointer tired the second shot army council ts inquiring into the and had what the captain, the chief|question of military discipline raised engineer and myself and other mem- |y, | the letter, He said that the gov- bers of the crew called a clean Mt) ernment had asked that two judges 4 was satisfied that It was effec- *- |he appointed as a court of honor to The third shot was fired by the| investigate Maurice's gations 1 boatswain's mute in charge of the against the ministers, He offered to atter-gun's crew, having her spotted permit Asquith to name one of the and firing in the position she last | jiagey ‘eubmerged in, We resumed our!’ Bonar Law said that secret docu core a oe td LETAEEINE: /ments of the utmost tmportance must tetanding by for an attack, but the lye examined, and because of this a submarine did not appear again. We house committee would be unsuitable to deal with the matter. He said, however, that the government would set a date to discuss Maurice Admiral Sir Hedworth Meux that Bonar answer made all preparations for an attack ‘at daybreak, but there were no signs of a submarine.” First U Bout dee clared AN ATLANTIC PORT, May 7.~| Would be received with the greatest | he frst Canadian vessel to aink a.| d!ssatistaction by the army and navy,; en So areive r vort,| “Who are sick to death of the way submarine has arrived in this port. | wings are running in Commons.’ When about 700 miles out from tho The concensus of op Gritish Isles the vessel sighted a 300- was that unless the on to-day used minis- foot submarine crossing her bows,|ters explain things satisfactorily o spout 1,500 yards off, and getting up certain nt” inquiry {# practically ull steam attempted to ram it. The ‘ —2—_— eubmarine dived so as to obtain a BRI evon came up again, cause of engine trouble. The merchant vessel! meanwhile cir- cled and probably be- 38,691 IN LAST WEEK trained its stern gun oD| Killed in Action or Died of Wounds, the spot where the submarine had 99 Offic, Z : submerged, and when the U boat 499 Officers and 6,056 again appeared on the surface one shot was fired which hit it amidships. ‘There was an explosion and the sub- marine disappeared, AMERICAN TROOPS — CONTINUE TO POUR IN, = |: SAYS CLEMENCEAU Men, LON tles reported during the w: to-day reached a total of 38,69 Of this number, 6,655 ome: men were killed or died of 136 were wounded or reported The casualties were divided as follows Killed or Died of Wounds—Officers, ek ending 8 and he 499; men, 6,056 ee Wounded or Missing—Oftice 1,859; Premier Brings From Front Feeling} men, of Confidence in Invincibility 2 British | April, starting with low figure | first week, mounted rapidly, | the total for the month reac! |The returns from the h of Allies, RIS, May 17. — American troops are continuing to ar- rive on the front in France, in the 1 avy figh Premier Clemenceau told Marcel | against the German offensive in | Hutin, editor of the Echo de | March and April aro now apparently Paris, on returning to-day fron n full Sow @ two days’ visit to the front It appears probable that thos area, ported during the cu t The Premier brought back, he | the heaviest in any said, a feeling of contidence in the ] the war, At the Somme | invincibility. of the Entente |1916 the losses reported in Augu forces, averaged 80,000 per week. ‘ DON, May 1,—British casual- | unds | GALLANT BROOKLYN ‘vgrameaswa VALLOPSUBOAT =GERMAN TRENCHES SHELLED WAR GROSS IN FRANGE Perrys CAPTAIN, DIVES OOO OG-HOG-8-8-4:0.5.06 after his name; but Skipper McDon- from England on an \s Skipper McDonald, His \¢ Schooner Sunk, Resented . Being Made Prisoner, : A NAMERICAN PORT, May 7.—He : wears no decorations on his pea- ° jacket aud he has no fancy initials ald, in to-day American steamer, floored a German commander submarine with a blow | under th chin, left him sprawling 9 | his own deck and escaped to tell the tule. One of these tough Nova Scotian nen of the sea is § pper McDonald weathered of gnarled and as the Truro built He carries a shrewd brain in his akcuill Joaken "“knee’ a schooner. and a terrific wallop tn his right arm. But he is loath to talk of a painful process of extraction with- out gas that the reporters manage! to glean from him the yarn of his! of the hoo Fritz Je | bash G Walters, was zone on March 24th story runs—"when ono of these latest type of subs, with guny And aft, bobbed to the surfac d fired a couple ws. ALOvsIOS T BROWN 005-060-4505 BROOKLYN HERO. - MINUS ONE LEE, of shots across our There was nothing to @) but rowed over to us {n a collapsible dory the sub, My men were out in four AND IS RESCUED to heave to and wait to see what vould happen The vander of the U boat was | ‘In the same region we carried out a local operation and brought back self, and {t was only after | and came aboard. He told me to pre-| with slight casualties of our troops. A raid attempted by the pare to abandon at 1 i b f vare to abandon ship and his men be- ” gas ombe ifthe: hold. Hte| enemy near Boyelles was repulsed. | ‘ hasty sort of chap and| OFFICIAL FRENCH REPORT. | ! dislike to him from the PARIS, May 7.—Following is the report issued to-day by the i : ‘And as for you, my man,’ says! French War Office Spurned Surrender, Honor- | jou: {A German raid against a small French post near Hangard was repulsed, ed By French General. ‘So he takes me back with him to ‘Cironlation: Books Open to All. dd 1 8 PAGES WEATHER—Thunder Showers; Cooler To-Morrews PRICE TWO CENTS. _ ATTACK FRENCH > ENTIRE NIGHT DRUG FOOLS GERMAN STOMACHS, ALLAYING HUNGER WITHOUT FOOD Berlin Chemical Firm Advertises Preparation “To Enable One to Hold Out Until the Next Meal Time.” A time suffering from headache or other indisposition 1s very dificult for most people,” reads the opening sentence of a sig- nificant advertisement inserted in Sunday's Taeglische Rundschau of Berlin by a Berlin chemical firm, praising a newly-invented drug which “though not forming a substitute for the minimum dally sustenance ts an excellent preparation for stilling premature hunger and enables one to hold out until the nert meal time.” PRISONERS AND MACHINE GUNS CAPTURED BY THE CANADIANS; | | MSTERDRAM, May 7.—"To bear hunger without at the same BY U. S. GUNNERS 'Pershing’s Men Expect a Great As- sault in Picardy, but Are Ready to Meet and Overcome It—Cap- ture Prisoners Every Night. WITH THE AMERICANS IN PICARDY, May 6 (United Press).—The rear German organizations have been bathed {h ges, jn retaliation for the gassing of the American areas. The guns roared all night. During the German gas attack Lieut. Morgan of the medical corps heroically stuck to his post in a shell hole, rendering first until he was exhausted. He threw off his gas mask in an effort to work faster, as mustard gas principally affects the eyes temporarily. The American patrols are bringing in German prisoners every night. They also are developing the deepest hatred for the treachery of the Germans. One entered the front line alone, yelling “Kamerad!”" The suspicions of Americans were aroused and they surrounded him. GERMANS MASS 900,000 TROOPS Von Below Expected to Strike a Great Blow) at Arras With Reserve Army. They found that he Was loaded down with hand grenades. He tried to escape, but was overpowered. The German Infantry is displaying its fire and sending up numerous rockets at night | GERMANS USE NEW KIND OF POISON GAS. WITH THE AMERICAN ARMIES IN FRANCE, May signs of nervousness, increasing 7.—The [BRITISH REPORT] LONDON, May 7.—Following is the statement issued to-day b, the British War Office: “We carried out a successful raid last night in the neighbor- hood of Neuville-Vitasse (on the front recently taken over by the Canadians), and captured a few prisoners and three machine-guns, y Germans have devised a new system of cruelty to violate the ivilized warfare. § soldiers to wear gas masks. so effective their favorite method of breaking The Hague conventions was useless, tules of They invented poison gas, compellir The masks proved Now they are sending shells containing sneezing powders into tt American lines. The powder percolates through the masks, causing the soldier to sneeze and forcing him to remove his mask, whereupon gas shells are fired. Effective methdds have already been latest display of German kultur. 15,000 GAS SHELLS HURLED AT AMERICANS, WITH THE AMERICAN FORCES ON THE FRENCH FRONT, May 7 (by the Associated Press),—The Germans launched a heavy ga attack against the American troops on tne Picardy front during Sunday night. Early in the evening they sent over 15,000 shells, composed chiefly of mustard gas, within a brief period. These shells were followed by aa intense artillery fire, and at midnigh dropped into the Américan lines. Enemy airplanes appeared over the American jines time. Anti-aircraft guns brought down aged another. The extreme activity of the artillery and aviators, rifle fire and devised to overcome this several hundred gas shells were about the same one German machine and dam WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY bone and hia aay went back to ths! p;jsoners. There is here is nothing to report elsewhere on the front. IN FRANCE, Ma (Associated poe Provisions trom our stores AMSTERDAM, May 7.-The Ger-| Press).—One American officer and ii | as prowe eaye the resumption of the | nding on the deck of TNVan Citea atc ac Hompital haar Ver-| Putting off in our boats when he or |» huge offensive in Ita! | {dun Sund. eve for gallautry| dered me to climb Into the conning ] “The combined effort will thus ‘in the recent ra German shock |‘?** aoe se NbeD I didn't like t ; [tring the longed-for German auc- troops on America positions, Phe! toon a chance. He we dowr 198 43," the German newspapers @ay, awards were m a French Gen-|the deck when I caught him | v inning of t st front Jeral, who was accompanted by an|the chin, and I went oard, | ee was definite forecast American General. ‘Tho soldiers dece| “! came up a long ways from the irises Ganman preled orated are kb . petri si se i LONDON, May 7 rts ent Lieut. Harry J. Kelly of Ottawa, | t der the German ¢ an ; 2 © indicate an early renewal of} tL ed there with just im 1! Bleven Lives Lost as Vessel, |10 German dr wt the bi | Private Aloys Brown of No, 316|°f water, will be struck von Below's East 29th Street, Brooklyn, N, ¥, | _"“Tuere was Ay aboa Laden With: Grain fOr |i oie assund arree s bor- i be s Torpedoe | rowed from other infore- Private Dowey PD. Smith of Steens, % Italy, Is Torpedoed rowed from oth n Miss 7 Caer ‘ a ee ing von Below a ning ar J waiting to Be nae eor.| The Canadian Army, which haa not Private Godrge A. Hopkins of Bal-|a shot, I swam under water ar menmallp °F | heen seriously engaged in the grea timore, Md. |to one of my own boats. Whe ¢ n trem WAS | offensive, has taken es in eut, Kelly and ate Brown are an dory cam od k off the French coast] tne c of € rn Jer, receiving a|t@ another of my boa ‘ nf n re-| Mercatel B » "ts medal, They and Pri-| “Of course, t dt tte ¢ les here to-day.| addition to front fr t ach leg. Private| in the end: but smok ed or evan mamibere of the crew were kiled | Gavesile a horls A Bi royer ¥ % According to the best available performed hig duty;coming up t D ritz : information here, the German i assault, Ho T " . high command has 70 divisions ¢ 8 ° p 1 tne ar . (approximately 900,000 men) for hand w ts ft the d six we the new attempt. Of these, 40 and demanded tt CANADIAN SHIP SUNK wand fi divisions (approximately 480,000 Lieut, K 8 men) have not yet been engaged 4 nl roha w n the battle. p Age b . ru third a. . wince ‘ One reg i] bravely defend nip Me T " Ue eines Pas | dentified cig fie form \ 1 “K Ma ir jerman divisi¢ t 0.0 Company which read: 07 uF Meh eee ' 0,000 me A t oe Sere sophie 1 2 '9 ESULTS, Page 2 sa Bypanis Au W an > . | MME AO BUIRD. STRENGTH aving Portiond, Me, March @ for ENTRIES, Page g (Continued oa Sixt Pages Ak ee 5 eens Genou with » cargo of grain, night flares and the reported movements behind enemy lines in thi sector may forecast a new attack, but Gen. Pershing’s men are ready for iny emergency. They are countering th / preparations blow fe biow, keeping up a harassing arti rifle and machine gua fire and ate actively patrolling The spirit of the Americans i ind a typical expression is: “Let Fritz e enemy a mm a a a i ee exc They start something are to figh all tha He |is coming to him.” —— 4 : NEW YORK SOLDIERS, CAPTIVES - OF GERMANS, BRUTALLY TREATED Escaping Frénch Prisoner Describes Hunger and Excessive Work Inflicted on Yankees by Cruel Enemy Guards in Prison Camps. WITH THB AMERICAN ARMY " was so prince FRANCK, May 7 (A the Freaee Presy).—American pr f wa 1 wounded, be wa are sha treated in Germ i y i prise » if ail ha ad the| We ed by exe . viewed a French n tble to sta » 1 an's ot 1 do not remember the name of the old to A ar f W an or the number of bis regimen 4 ol 1 it be had been among the fra H \ to have a Americans in the trenches and bi» ve wito ap American) home was in New York, He told we