The evening world. Newspaper, May 25, 1918, Page 2

4 tas EVENING WORLD, SATURDAY, _MAY 25, 1918. ~GERMANS SHELL GRA VES IN THE U. S. CEMETERY IN PICARDY ‘ slson appeared to have blown away the ‘sean "| COLLE :CTING FUNDS FOR THE RED CROSS WITH A STRETCHER CERMANS SHELL {TALIANS DESTROY The official statement of the British Admiralty reads: “The armed mercantile cruiser Moldavia was torped esc anc |g, MR We bree | BURL PLACE | ENEMY GARRISONS myo weer ae), OF U.S. SOLDIERS HOLDALL GANS counted for. “It is feared they we plosion. The Moldavia was torpedoed without warning. It vasa moon- | American Surgeons Save|Rome! Siatement Contradicts Scores of Men Wounded | Vienna Claim of “Heavy in Picardy Battle. Defeats.” : 3 ¥ 2 y 1 one compartment by the light night and, although a good lookout was kept, the attacking sub- | marine was not sighted before the torpedo struck. “Most of the men aboard were in their hammocks when the ex- | plosion occurred amidships. The sailors and soldiers alike showed no panic, but fell calmly into line and awaited orders “When it was seen that the Moldavia was settling down, all on board were taken off by the escorting ships. “The men lost all of their belongings, but were supplied with | new clothing at the different naval ports to which they were taken.” | The Moldavia was of 9,600 tons gross and owned by the Peninsular | and Oriental Steam Navigation Company, She was built at Greenock ip 1903 and was 620 feet long. WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY) ROME, Friday, May 24.—The official IN FRA} riday, May 24 (Asso- | statement from the War Office reads jciated Press).—The Germans have| “On Costa ¢ Salo cur patrols pene- @ portion of the enemy line, fean cemetery near the front in | de troyed the garrisons and captured Picardy. Recently one grave was jeleven prisoners, several torn up four times It may be cited in contrast that} yo. the Americans in this sector a few |. nemy counter-attack in the days ago took a German prisoner |ZUsnatorta region was repulsed and |who was mortally wounded. He died ten prisoners Attempted and was accorded a Christian | ks on Monte {funeral and burial in the American | Ves, the Asiago lcemetery near the front. His grave | basin, between the Brenta and the was marked in the samo manner as | Piave on Monte Pertica and at Porte the others. jai Salton failed. The work of the American Hospital| “Five enemy airplanes were brought units in Picardy has won high praise | n. We successfully bombarded from both French and British officials, |@Viation camy s at Feltre and Motta di By the establishment of a non- | /ivenze.” transportable field hospital only a/| oe short distance from the front line, the first of its kind to be introduced, it} yrp Jhas been possible to perform opera- | Lond tions which seem to be little short of | gentin been deliberately shelling an Amert- | trated to | rifles and jother material Se SURVIVORS OF THE MOLDAVIA SANG AS THE BIG SHIP SANK Rescued Troops Full of Fight and Vow to “Get Even” With Germans—No Trace of Panic in Face of Death. { LONDON, May 25.—The true American spirit was shown by all aboard when the armed merchant troopship Moldavia was torpedoed, miraculous. | Austr | Of 155 cases recently admitted! the rt cording to the stories to-day of survivors, who suffered nothing worse FRANCES STARR OM WILKENS \ oe joperations were performed 118 men, and the mortality was only % \Itallans Repulsed in Coun Attack, Says Vienna, Friday, May 24 (via The final repulse after hot an Italian attack on the an positions on Zugnatorta, on allan mountain front, is re- ported in to-day's War Office state- The ans than colds from their experience. | so were re- . é : . ' 5 per ¢ The doctors say that had] outsed in several attemnr “We book it as a debt we will pay old Fritz soon; we sure are f thering funds for the Red Library at Fifth Avenue and 42d coins is being reaped for the Si q AE Hot bean for hie Noaplial eo Hear latieta Au t attempts upon ? t of the Public Sisat. A bilved A | Monte Asolone, between the Brenta an ause by th % ee nd cause by this novel means. a action t' > mort th. scene n a British rest camp. y uns | and th of fight!” said one American i Fy Joubtedly would been 80 or “¥ esl dea ite ert Hate Ciara Sa Menta Eh 1) GRack \ 9 “Yesterday the Italians repeatedly officers. “When the explosion came we were asleep, so it would not have i FLYERS FORM FOUR GERMAN P| ANES WINGED BY | § Gteorak> ji Acne Ceram rig Ea a ked : po : ns on Zugnatorta r prised me to have seen some of the men ina panic. But they were not,| We Ue U. jturesque bit of country. It is su FAAUTAEERINSTRET he eee eit at abou fic American oes who are mine came at PHASE SUIJADRON F ; BY AMERICAN SOLDIERS [i2.tmact Azserst.countcovam | wit the moment of the explosion. It gave us renewed confidence to see the ; iter im te lai with the Countras . : i st complet: Europe It third he i 4 British destroyers that had been convoying the Moldavia circling around us. | : IN BASEBALL GAMES most “complete ney nirape. iN th ss aia aoe od evonect Tt wen new 804 05° [eary round after wound of sheen aa| 3 2 ie want De Te Ace ann Imperial + os of tho 8d Regis and coolness, It was new and start-|eavy round after round of cheers as (Continued from First Page.) Hank Gowdy Assists in Training | frets nearly 100 4 ny eS re ork uot the ad eae | ling for the men, and you must re- |), " ‘ et front the hospital a Jants | positions and threw themselves upon member they were awakened frei} Them to Use Masks in All have some apare time they pick wild |the encmy with thelr cu | Piave. The statement re linary losses under the e of In the train pulled out, an Corps, Sumner, Wash., and Second Lieut. Kenneth P. Culbert, U. S. he splendid work Capt : arene mary bra- Wl ions. flowers and dec the graves ees sleep suddenly, ey vad pS | Smythe and other officers of |Rickenba shar ne Buford Win] Marines, Orange, N. J., were fatally injured by the accidental fall of ati Conditions. | Many aged French women also spend | The ha mand fight sang he ship slowed up. Moldavia was attested by the men, ted i erop r » rt THE AMERIGC. bden tine in thie way. They say wi a. VictaeeTae ficers paraded them in soldierly|wno gave prolonged New Air Victories, Down- | #¢°0I lane in which they were acting respectively as pilot and observer. é RICAN | this i# little enough for them to dolour troops. The kere ware: ¥6s cheers as they train to their com- ing Their Fc a S . i ARMY IN FRANCE, Fri- Both officers died during the night. In the evening both were decorated day, May to show their appreciation of what ed | American mothers are doing for fashion. They found boats and rafts | walked along the ready to take them off, and there W48 | partment, pelled evciywhere and the final Ital- (Asso: They certainly appreciated | with th Jar Cross, with the p axeatia Mt ‘ | Press).—An innovation in training | Fran n nest was je night. no excitement, no confusion it.” Other survivors in the rest camp / with the War Cross, with the palm for excellent, faithful and courageous rts (hae ath Meaty aM dah zl The Bavarian troops which have ree da At REA tAASICO MEN SING IN THE FACE OF | joined the speaker in declaring amp | WITH THE AMERICAN Any | Work in numerous former flights. Their valor in operations in Seicheprey | the American lines is to have the |Just arrived opposite the American jenor 1 l‘sector northwest of Toul suffered ball in |casualties of 50 per cent. of their ¢ DEATH. ne one was ¢ loast dispirited, IN FRANCE, May 2 ea}on April 20 under hea “The men continued to sing 48 theY) ‘Phe oniy intimation of the ANCE, May 24 (Associated |on April 20 unde! y fire and under adverse weather conditions was, men, while playing ba identity | Press).—An America , “specially mentioned.” their recreation periods, wear their | fectives while they were engi jalso he was every time re fel into their boat stations, And they| of the unite aboard. the tocpedecy| Coes) ~A® American aerial pursuit especially mentioned. | gas masks throughout the game, |the north of France in the rece sas the fourth yaar of thelr ware gave three hearty cheers as the 8hiP| troopship came from Major-Gen, | "1adron Is now operating over the An addition to the communique issued later at the War Department! the idea being to get them accus. |fensive, according to rellable infor.) of conquest was sun with) finally sank, If we had known !t/ piddic of the American headquarters | American sector northwest of Toul, it! cad; Spribd bo Braating ees ir mation received today. Vir tally a avy defeats fo " Would be so long afloat we might] staff in London, who went to see the, |! a (aaa ihe 0 ath 1 these losses were Killed a - i sondon, who went to see the | Is now per ed to ounce. All a“ i x ar: ; tore * , ese protective device: der 4 0 , as the Bavarians, It 1s de have saved more than the clothes men, Pie athe 7 ay heat a xi Hostile machines referred to in to-day’s communique were brought} ‘hete Protective devices under all | wounded nu te sation pris. PALACE AT MANNHEIM yore woe, our money and our trink: | “Phoy {rained in camp in North! recorded to this time belong. to{ WN by Lieut. Rickenbacher and Lieut. Buford, | fo-morrow an exhibition game Ba aanslach appa tanileicel ots.” | Carolina,” he #aid, “which gave them |. me H esas « nie ‘ ' ; ; ; ese Germans are apparently cel- | 0 DIN t was just one big crash of an ex-| experience in a lot of w rend mrad. | {his squadron, which has a special in= In Lorraine on May 21 a hostile airplane flying over our lines! will be staged with Hank Gowdy, ing their arrival in & compara B MBE D the forme quiet sector as for the past r Boston star z The signia, The squadron is flying in] was disable, ‘ore ¥ tn it terri There it w; . nd other | tively plosion,” said a member of the crew. aay bhysieally hardy and in fine BeRUANAMne cctloee ying was disabled and fi reed t » land in its own territor: There it was de-| gciaiers with big reputations on |two nights loud singing and ; “That was the only warning t aaah safe trem onmauently they should be!” che pret victories in which the stroyed by our artillery fire adjusted with balloon observation, the baseball field participating. | fOU4S Of suniiation have been: heard Royal Reside nts Had Left Before one of the lookouts sa e naw yuk pHeumonia, Except fo i ying ae : sF ce Deer ot a bes t ne of the lookouts says bi Golds a tow of them hava, ihe Oootee | ican equadron brought down two | Gowdy, wearing his mask, Li f absence again are being | the Attack by Britisi the American Expediti day after will catch for one of the teams | granted | I Aoiaters similarly equipped. It was freely | Where than an. the northern | nASBL, SWITZERLAND, ¥ submarine an instant before the to tells n tt ; wa ; ells me they show no bad effects fro: a pedo struck. The men actually OM | the shock of thoir experience. s from man m duty, practie the only ones on | middle hines was Kained th ok up tly »{ they t f the n t by an explosion, 1 01 p, sald th oon was . “Phey were mustered, The occupants of the German ma- Be ee ann Haniie, ; dice SG ramet | r t during this contes' will bi utomatical discontinued n he sh air id “The American soldiers who are! “nd ra eady to take them off his squadron, ve permitted to m | 2 ie th n ne SA hae eis bse Aclier eats ei the botto: t especta fon, also a@ ying on the Toul | no d ft for Berlin ' missing were asleep on the bottom tT ie enp ally | t | rthwar 1 » fired the care and} fros The fact that an American] : | No confirmation s obtain bi © dropped with« bicelles ware heer ng Like 4 to be able| , 2 ¢s American air planes have been sh n yar hie ba soldiers lost must have been killed) D ui emergency, but they| Mentioned previously ecaue | it was and the District East of ease Gassed. neds eA the hve fees ipal ‘i ce ar od the r ay by the explosion itself or swept away | "700 Ub Wt fae ot desired that the Germans should Peale oS whee neomplote accounts of} the by tho inrush of water a moment | bert of apie Yoacr Mtge At Hie] Know of he fact, IBRITIBH REPORT| OF $25,000,000 IN BRITISH MISSION LANDS; mo Soo suet nave ec hood joking.” He Jaushing ry ge ihe ae “is st $f Late! } LONDON, May 25.—The German artillery was increasingly active ’ ’ ! ureied Out there during the war Me TRCvERS - OOnTINUeVeLY. “hominy wn a Ger-|last night on the westerly side of the Lys salient in Flanders, in the! RED CROSS DRIVE WILL 60 T0 WASHINGTON PENNY IN FEDERAL POST tal, and he| credited with shooting FIRED AT U BOAT. uld be fit | | at man eroplane over “Mihlel on —— — “Our ship steamed on slowly, the | sknown, all the members of | M2" #eror neighborhood of Straze the War Office announced y. The} opie Ae f 22 t of Strazeele, ice a ced to-day. The WASHINGTO: ay 25.—, ; hope being that her watertight com-| and the marines were saved,| May 22 8 y Lieut. Col. Sir W. Wiseman and Sir | pAY”! lek N. May 2%—D. H. ¢. | Huford while patroling encountered | district east of Bethune was again subjected to a gas bombardment. The nt of the Irving | partments would keep her afloat until : ; vo \ “i a mh | acral n Ch National Ba ew York City * wo could land, The British destroy- WASHINGTON REPO |two German pursuit planes, ‘The| Britis vaptured numerous prisoners and two machine guns in raiding (Continued trom First Page.) =| R, Paget Are in Charge been appo E direator ete "ers had been firing at the Ub .t Ae une OBR S ee ant a aae, ith operation . r of the Party. Federal” Re i's Division “ae es, Lieut. Buford attacking one of | OP Ss . aay” Xchange and has severed tei with every available gun from the 0 L utes, Lieut 4 | ts 5 Vivian, a 200-pound ay’ AN ATLANTIC PORT, May al porariiy. Bi v em ment the torpedo struck LOSS F THE MO DAVIA the German planes, which all of the| The text of the War Office statement reads as follow porker contributed by Rohe Bros, of |srocia! mission from Greet Britain ar with the bank. When it was seen the Moldavia time was trying to Ie 1 into the “Last night our troops raided the enemy’s trenches in the neighbor-| No. 527 West 36th Street, goes on the | rived here to-day on a British | JAMAICA W bani Has No Information Beyond That! “te, from the other. Suddenly Lieut Buford looked overhead and saw two| Hood of Hamel, north of Albert, and captured over forty prisoners and slave Dio the convoy destroyers was sinkin k of the stage women for] the members are expected to # d up; sell made for rafts and lifeboats into! Contained a itich ; xale to the highest bidder this after- | for Washington. The purpose is ’ eb Fe ee ne aan peae Mined in British Admiralty more Germans coming down fromout|two machine guns. A successful raid was carried out by us north of| noon fonaemnlaninauies it ahasane? He Will . ) r Announcement % sda for t 430 tonh aig ig " , . f Col. Sir W, Wiseman 8 ‘ us off, A dozen mer ibaa i | : ok #/Lens, resulting in the capture o ew prisoners by our troop: Walter Stabl hairman of th Sir lseman and 8} taking us i aulcat the cavmcane Civing at ihe |! ens, resulting in aptu f a few prisone y our troops, Irman of the! oy branch of the army | wasurarc dive : : F ; : ABHINGTON, May $5.—Oftiolal| oi, time, and when he came up he “The hostile artillery was active yesterday evening with gas shells ne Moldavia ved in) Washington Ja House-to House apaign Commit- Riad ‘ t tee of the Red Cross, to-day an- * in front |east of Bethune. During the night it has shown increased activity in the} nounced that permission had deen an firing with hi trom a r but they were with nothing worse t service is represented, and the party cludes several aviators whose decora- | tlons are suficient evidence of their itr ows of the sinking had on the enemy plar of him, Buford be It was the on transshipmen Strazeele sector.” obtained from the Police Department | portan tement was issued ; ; | We were some distan ment Porites aoa ay OFFICIAL FRENCH REPORT nyass on Sunday Major Norman Thwaites, liaison officer | when the ship sank, ar ation has been received | 'O “1#aF " Al 4 a 4 As soon as this permission was] between the British War Mission and } SPARE Wa-wara 1h q - though he was sure he had hit the PARIS, May 25.—The following report was issued to-day by the|grantea Mrs, Joseph R, Swan, Vice je British Consulate, went out in @) padi ope . \ gency k a sen ne | t the. .yiovary ‘wee 08! a ‘ th 1 nok > ' captains, and it is likely that 50,000 had a conference with th le as fol m: : “There wa sign ' of the A ; big A few min uter Lieut, B | In the course of the night French repulsed two German raids, | (P _ z ne ; My ne thesraaid |fore the shiv was docked, Aft T RATE —4 See be arawes | board 2 ie 4 omen i © garb of t ted Cross plese) de yaa EA tl ee ; } r we ment among the me ad of| are rr by m s managed to get be- fone south of Bois Hangard and the other in the Vosges. French pa-|nurse will be canvassing on the |" member of eB ould ‘tals fe . 7 Aiatlane publication, we « down bey stu a “we The a u ment was made | trolling detachments successtully penetrated the German lines west of | streets to-morrow ae er. Me aster, sia ‘aces out the windows of train 1 A ye | Se anal ie kaupa Ta’ Brana } “Sunday ts going to be a big day W 1a) dy 08: sunflash walt » bring them here, They| 1 was tunde to give out the| Nore) ang) ey Ap ly, in He Appel Bir sone smuroes for us,” said Mrs. Swan, “In adaition | 20,000 CZECO-SLOVA $ Bie Line Kalitgn, 188 gd hl 4 se with a number of prisone n the remainder of the front there was|to the large number of women who | Nid ohle and Ometa 1 haha was successf . thing off the i aU ae t ave given thelr Sundays eneeneremenes ‘ f : fe did not Ss once) ; | . WF onives Head z vv three enemy planes to the Red Cross, ve eve ae THIRD RACE —t welling That “GARDEN bound nF nook and corner wi be| Flag Presented to Fighters at Anni- li fe fat it oe rmer It includes the | canvassed. versary Celebration, Rome 1s N | another aerial victory to his record HOL! INE NEAR VERDUN“ Argonne forest and the city of| “A special drive on Broadway will ayer i ict. * a Announcement was made toud 0 l St. Menehold, which { | The 8 Paper Announces ‘ 2 ay i about six | be conducted to-night Saturday FRESHNESS” of press channels hae theta the genuine Aloe to ancl verse) MW Melanie, OF . heung it had been cont Licu saad miles back of the line, night crowds will afford us territory | ROME, May 25.—Twenty thousund | States, are 5 Or casas ae ¥ : enant shot down a G sane |Co-Operate With French and Make eke to work with - squad, to be known as | © jovak a e. vmeriy “ rd transpert| in the ne rho " rete eye ia 7 the ‘flying nurse Th nurses will ogee : On I Seen ata call Eg May 22 e fight place 5,504 Exceptionally Good Showing | WILSON SETS S_ ZINC PRICES, have a roving commission and can |*erving in the lallan ‘Spmy. aoonuing Amerigan tt torpedoed’ oft | meters in the wi in Trenches. | work where they will. 2 8 atatemon e hewspape na tho J H . : wissal an Basia ae 40 day W. C. Breed, C to-day | 7 t i most sig ant features fon of the d annive ntribu- | sary of Italy's entrance into the war n-| pacher engaged # fight withlIN LORRAINE, May 23 (United! wAagHINGTON, May 26—Zine prices| Committee, announced that late fig. [of the celeb rships, was} er achines Fe e Ie returning | (79 SAAmy maces Nickenbacher | pross).—American negro troops are " d New York's ¢ ee ee P were fixed on a basis of 14 cents a ures had rai 8 of 238) With another pi Lieut. Ricken-| WITH THE AMBRICAN ARMY Cry man of the Second Red Cross Pund| "0% is perfectly preserved in venty lives were nally got on the tail of one machine} y.1 ' tlon to $24,30 But other sources| was the entation o o the mp the sealed metal packets. Pinan etre Rit | Sent a Aa care’ ina, machine | holding a portion of the line west of | pound for gerade A to-day by Preal-| of Information indicated a desire on| Cococstoven battalion oF A fae to the ltt, Lane Win Meat iN cntice tire ait rae nite BAVY, but! and fire ‘ score of shots] Verdun in conjunction with French |dent Wilson, the War Industries Board | Mr. Breed’s part to minimize the city's| uaas soncrbuting. te the fulfenemt oe {foun nwtea tia ou will notice the dif- lier Invalided back The enemy hine /forces, it 18 now permitted to an- | announced Jachlevement and confirmed the fact] jtaly's pledge to ald the oppresset ne ‘ ference at once—try t t pinnit » but | nounce ranemeeersatinnr that New Fork je eyed its quota! tfonalities under the Austrian yoke fa ji in) app RB yy a comfortable marge! | rega ein lady fi game today. a — - J ! ©) Headquarters declares these Amer- | DUNKIRK QUADRUPLES QUOTA eal [poe siti OMEN ENROLL TO-DAY vi ns are “maki n exceptionally re \ ; " a: ans are “ma an exceptionally! | i WOMEN ENROLL TO-DAY. WOMEN ENROLL TO-DA Wil At your grocer. ,Wemen whe wish to vote in the| cred i. |good showing in the trenches Laer = Far 5—The City! Women who wish to vote in the| Women who wish to vote in the |!!! * 42) ' s_next September must enro ) ' ; [ot Dunkirk has raised four times 1 primaries next September must enroll | primaries next September must enroll |) F 900000600 snes Span Tr For some time official despatghes|avota for the Red Cross, It claims to-day, Enrolment booths open from to-day. Enrolment booths open from mn 1 n F he United States, 8 A, M. to 10 P. M. 8 A.M. to 10 P.M. track