The evening world. Newspaper, May 29, 1918, Page 1

SRE Troe EARN Tee ee oor - - eaaneennenan rn rr — —_—_—— — rr, WEATHER—Fair To-night and To-morrow, "If It Happens In New York It’s In The Evening World’’ % EDITION ; “Cirenlation Books Open to All.” | a : NEW. ‘YORK, WEDNESDAY, “MAY 29, 1918. : 14 PAGES FRENCH TROOPS FALL BACK TO SOISSONS; 1,200 SHELLS STRIKE CITY: CIVILIANS FLEE NEW YORK’S SUPPLY OF COAL “tettootsAstionmene sou Be STL ATION NOW ve. IN HAND; | (Special to The Evening World.) | | WASHINGTON, May 29.—Over-sensitive and ill-informed friends | of Gen, Leonard Wood would do well to withhold comment on his | assignment to the command of troops in the west until such time as | | the War Department deems It wise to give details. | ? PER CENT OVER [ AST \E AR dea, Gea, Weo's anit may prove ht peronnti AMERIC ANS HOLD ( ANTIGNY Tait pubteatette of Communication second only'to that of Gen, Pershing Is Yet Threatened, and French Gen. Wood will not be sesigned to Italy. WlU“CtMMe« WEE: jew York moc! Sat ENS MEN REACHING ZT NO SLACKER PARTY; AGAINST COUNTER DRIVES; Sateccwitnintrty-tiphe Hours Fuel Administration. swcsrnoveo MOTT” YL BE CALLED SAY REPBLECANS | STREW FIELD) WITH DEAD e=stts=iecmnstecnsnace sons-Rheims front, the French War Office reported to-day. ‘Ye scapes Death Miraculously When ; Sections Net Bituminous Thrown Clear of Wreckage AT ONCE IN DRAFT IN INDIANAPOLIS 25 pw Bs More py aes ven up by the F wn ell ines at Mineola. nae , eo) | Laphisa been rench Mines Must Depend on Soft ‘ ; now at the eastern border of Soissons, representing a retirement Coal for Their Needs. bea He ig EL Es Drive Germans Back a Mile in Cap-of nine mites in that sector. ees Gardiner C. Means of Brookline, Mass | Class 4 Practically Cleaned Up|State Platform Appeals for é On the right wing British and French troops were forced to By Amedee J. Casey nis atistasen’ hin kw fat wih uis| 888/334) Record Number, Full Participation in W turing the Town and Now Occupy withdraw after a vigorous defense of the Massif and St. Thierry, ator of the American Coal JOUrMAL) eropiane 1,800 fect near the Mazel-| Are Sent to Camp. Activities High Ground—Brooklyn Captain | four mites northwest of Rheims. They are now holding the heights PHILADELPHIA, Pa., May 29.—|hurst aviation field pachhet mie i : between the Vesle Canal and the Aisne River. In the centre the Over a million and a halt tons in-|, Sits Mace and contusions. He was| The Interval between the registra] innraNAPOLIS, Ind, May 3%— Among Slightly Wounded. French are defending the heights on the south bank if the Verie. be “There is for every individual and ans was taking part in a fc t with five other aviator i 1 ft erease of anthracite will b uneonscious when picked up and -|tion and the calling into camp o| . amount proportioned to New York in moved to the Nassau County Hoantt “A laeasery Men who have recently! very poitical party but one suprome PARIS, May 29.—American troops have broken two succes- Hard fighting is in progress at all these fronts, and Jester taken to the “eld hospite! : 4 ) + the general. plan of distribution yas) Ti ition Ia not Uelteved to pe | reached the age sre one y duty and that is to end the war.” | give German attacks on the newly captured town of Cantigny, the The Echo de Paris said to-day the German advance, at cer- 3. S01 hi cal rec- Z -outlined by Joseph B. Dickson, Chair | serious * | expected to be the happen be) ‘That was the declaration of the | h War Office announced to-day. tain points, had reached a depth of fifteen and a half miles. » Committee of mnatior ay be only a few days. renc! nol ° ‘ h man of the Anthracite Committee o nation) ord, It may platform presented to the Republican S vhic! 2 f in the 3 A ae Soissons, which the Germans began to bombard vi Mon- the United States Fuel Admtnistr vith five other aviators fron the | ay. aay, after the departure of 6,336 State Convention ip session here to- LONDON, May 29.—A Reuter despatch says: “The enemy yaa Hing - heavily on Mon: - : ; " e New York dis- |” 4 i . oe day, has been evacua by civilia pulati ‘ 2 advic to volplane to earth. The mach’re| draft men from the New day by Will H. Hays, National Chair- | counter-attack on the new American positions was met by the Al- |‘) cuated by the civilian population uncer the advice of ne stalled and, pointed nose downs| trict, the last of the present quota, tion before the National Coal As pata for New Yor ee ee t announced at Draft Director ™&" Of the Republican Party and ied gunners with a hurricane of fire. Waves of German infantry-|(¢ military authorities, the correspondent of the Intransigeant reports, The total allotment for New York » machine beman to twirl’ arouna| ie wae D y Chairman of the Resolutions Commit- More than 1,200 shells fell in Soissons on Monday, and the patient: is 18,855,300 te in increase of 11.89! 4s it went i the earth. Wher|Conboy's office, that many of th€ tee phe platform was framed under Men were stopped and thrown back, leaving large numbers of ft f | , patient per cent, over the distribution figures | the machine str Lieut. Means was! jooa1 poards in this district have sent Hays's directing hand and voieced| |killed or wounded on the ground. in the hospitals there were hastily removed by American light cars to cent. over J | | thrown clear of the wreckage and this | 1 aI cally sentiments of tional Republicar 2 vlace safe evacuati »ginni " . of 1916-1917, The total amount al-| fact undoubtedly saved his life away all of thelr physically fit men “il Hell nae nes sige bs ublica a} WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN FRANCE, Tuesday, May | Places of safety, the evacuation beginning as soon as the shelling started, lowed for the North Atlantic States jin Class 1-A. Since it is the pres- tala Biasorm ma’ an S&P “4 peal for the right of full partici he A . li 1s 130 to 200 yards east The nursing and medical stafls remained in the town until Tuesday. The pea r the right of full partic! ciated Press). —The American line now runs ‘0 200 yards east ji {es $1,417,154, an increase of 12.69 per UL §, BUYS BLOCK oF GROUND | Jent policy to call only men of this; roi ne Republican Party in| (Associated Press).—The Americ ) population got away as best it could. At the latest report the bombard- ant lass to fighting service, these local) yi.) aotivities, jof Cantigny, as a result of the successful attack to-day The nearest} ment was continuing. New England will receive 1 INN. Y. FINANCIAL DISTRIGT Boasce minal depsnd) excise We prereby denounce any eriticisin| German trench is several hundred yards east of where the Americans There was local fighting in Flanders and considerable arlillery activ- tons of anthracite, an increase ¢ 1, on the newly registered boys in| of public off high or Jow, when | nt, over the allotment for that to All new quotas. such criticisms inspired by perti-|have dug in, The Germans, it has been found, had many outposts and) ity on the entire British front, Haig’s troops were successful in two raids aien for 1916-1917. Gets $5,000,000 Property From oe will, be com-)*@"8hip.” says the platform. “We in- |ma chine gun emplacements in Cantigny. ind defeated two attacks by Germans. Ree at. ae ta Now Sork and tea fi dha | sist that every possible efficient in- ie sete Berlir $ ) c “rence! Jn i Aer > 5 Naito. Nem Ter aie Mutual Life at Na saul, Liberty, | picted in @ few days, and then everY| wtrument, man and material which ts The Americans penetrated the German positions to a depth of ne arly] erlin claims the capture of eleven towns and 15,000 French and thracite coal it was necessary to cur-| William Sts, and Maiden Lane J iocqi poard will have a large new| available shall be used to aid in win-| ‘cial thered the Germans, ‘The roar} Btitish troops, but a4 accounts show that the enemy has paid a terrible fa the react Ah he pont th the cans (Chae Uniled ctatea Govarnment han| aunty, of Class 1-A men, And the/ ning the war and the ineMciency siiati/a mile, Their artillery completely smothered the Germ price for the gains ive. has made. uurchased th. eater part of a bloc evies will be almost exclusively) be replaced pb: eney erover | nan & 7 y 5 he iear, Sev- 4 ; je tral. northwest and trans Mississippi | pureché : t Ry be 1a os Hock | ne | $ ty ie aaa cae Ya [es tse ed by eMiciency wherever! of the American guns could be heard for many miles in the ie e Notwithstanding the losses suffered by Allied troops it is now the i ' 3 i eia: hel 4|0f Kround in the heart of New York's} made up o! ¢ founc - ‘ walve Bre s| a as . Pree : ‘ i Lage’ vee arti is ‘ es ' district, It was announced t0- | reached their majority—unless an| ‘The party pledged itself for “peace {eral fires can be seen behind the German fine, Twelve French tanks} petief in Paris that Gen. Foch has the situation well in hand. French jat the we he ens | da 18 o dip} . aaa i i ; i ply taken care of in connection with | "1ie property ix bounded by Naamua, |order comes from ah paisley to Fei with Victory and never peace by @| supported the American infantry. troops are beginning to gain on the German advanced forces in a con- ; ne APOE OY ie tees Assuaelinto Class or fighting men, © | compromise arg 5 of princi. | is i iu Bathracite balivO her sec-|tiberty and Willlam Streeta and} 1019 © ‘ Ww ee inted dut recently| oles wiien come katy a all [A despatch from Washington says the army officers there belleve | test of speed. No important line of communication is yet threatened by 1 rreviously had this| Maiden Lane, contains nineteen fo avening Wé 0 ples whic ld violate erica tigi ory pi o meus aM vagrnge tiie Hol ee a Feuer y bulldinwe end. weg |that some calle Cor Clase § men Nave) rights interest and honor and mak | the quick consolidation of the ground Won ‘gives satisfactory proot ‘ the advance of the German Crown Prince, boat wi giana te: bitue | weed BY Mutual Life Insurance| already been planned, but such calls/ of our sacrifices a sacrilege to be made} the aptitude of American officers and men in learning the methods o Those on the scene assert it is not too much to say tha h iy) thene bee Ee combatants who were t Achill f fMcers believe the American attack may fore say that another aged id can Hoth pave anc | COlnpaay ued at $5,000,000. were fog non-combata c again by our grandchildren modern warfare, Some officers be e erican attack | f Bees cure will aes ie ‘ . +, 1 ‘ pal in in #9 ean HOt AY a Aichi need what the prop-| wanted for army industries. . Declaring President Wilson is the] east the launching of a counter offensive of large scope by Gen. Foch forty-eight hours will see the German drive definitely stopped. High praise thracite coal f ‘ Mand tasty wil 1 for, but it is said] ere exodus of draft men from New! most astute leader the Democratic| { be time and place of the operations as right fo feeling | is given the French reserves for the perfect order in which they are come save the care from making such 1ON6 hut present plana for Improvemental york to-day was the: largest on| party has ever had, “the shrowdes, | THY Fesard the time er assault in force.} ing into the fighting line, hauls. |ca'l for the immediate expenditure of | 0 for a single day, exceeding intitermatrens tomenae voce! out thrust as a preliminary to @ counter a saul ig t ighting line. Under the plan put forward by Mr. sn additional $5,000,000. eign ace ig taRdave aren aye eerie ge i he on Mpls es America’s first offensive "blow was struck in a mist The French Not the least encouraging news yesterday was the brilliant success Dickson in behalf of the Hee H t ae or 4 | vious records had been broken ahh hae occupied the White House i have much to do, as the American artillery al-|Of the Americans in the Montdidier sector, which ail the newspapers anthracite in the sections where for Camp Servier, y. A bright sun came oui and shone on the} © Senator Harry 8, New, Chairman of ready tad prepares “J the \ |the convention, made an attack on| the President's methods. | Americans as “He is partisan in everything he| As the Americans started out across No Man's Land there were thinks and does adroit as he is} kes about “eating Boche for breakfast.” eaeed ie east | Perulstent,"” New declared |many jokes abot ; | 7 BE ew added there ae enh cal ete he they were veterans, and there was no hestiation when the offi-| AMERICAN DOCTORS WITH BRITISH TAKEN. he les sibies ever had such ine rs sprang forward and shouted: “Come on, boys AMSTLI Hancock, 1,025 and 2,815 for Cz for np It was the first important action carried out alone by the Americans, All reports agree that they behaved like veterans, This is pronounced he best augury for the early future, when American help will weigh ¢ Americans fought) heavily in the balance. bituminous coal cannot be so easily Al samp Wade serious shortage of labo at the Gi ee mines there is no reason why this * idee weliaiee 1 Captured ay il Ss. Jestroyer Scenes of great confus a | Bey ctaact ve eucossatully, aleried | AP Ud by F «| the departure of men bound for south out. After British Steamer Innis- The labor question as il t anthraci rious one ; ae ‘ and must be reckoned with in no| WASHINGTON, May 29.—Seve | dug in in their new positions: | ern camps, This wa cara Was Torpedoed by the fact that Uh having ferried to Jersey City railroad |' few York men, | minin tf din Berlin n Tuesday, in giving an reaeret of the fighting pin ‘he Chemin-des- teen | uncertain way very soon, Tho Idea | German submarine sailors—America’s | stations, t und ies BADE MRE | President Wilson | German prisoners include men Hoda t : ' . ‘ congested by New Jersey contingents) Declaring the Republican Party Isleon a Bavarian and a Silesian F ENT RMI NS R James, says among the prisoners taken from the British were a nu the minors should be exempt frm taken prisoner by an American de-| Sew Jersey men entrained and thelr {have a part in the war, he said teen and others be-| of American doc produce that coal. Coal is a muni-|tion he Navy Department to-day, | : 00 swarmed throveh the |!# the Ps war. js tween forty-five s : +e essary for winning the was ver vessel had torpedoed the Brit- | stations nderted rs Dickson suid the arrangements ia one Tha tire | aa ee Is made mui 1 oui VORA PAeae I6 HURT, The Germans trooped out of | and proposed distribution of the an-|Sroup Ww tured some mont Fight J ; S. Romenthal in Machine That Kills! their dugouts when they saw the ‘Come and Get ‘Em,’ He Says IRE ‘ 4 ) fey by the destroyer Fanning. The| there were as many bands from New Cc | istance, their hands | thracite committee had the approval inning prisoners were brought te that two or three bands] pesononro, Ont. of | futility of ree smaraat | to American Officers at * of Dr. Garfield, L nited States Fuel Ad- | ountry, but the disposition of |. ing at Of and the air wae |ajeut 7. Heinteman ef held up, shauting seats ware Cantien tninistrator Yuring the coal year. | ihe second lot is unknown except that that orders coul He gr Gee! " Apparently they wer ag Pua jj which runs until April 1, 1919, he said tiey were taken to a British port a gy saat ay Gan werlousie tateren om] render, One of them said he did | vritrie ameaicans iy Allied Troops Give Up More Ground, but Are $4,345,783 tons of anthracite of dome _— Sp akg ra aha oa ork City was seriously tntured in an} Tenders ets ight but had been | W PICALDY, May An a a : : Pteiase would be avaliaiie: toe dlattl MMiuinter of Auntentia Cutty at) The situation at the Cariton Ave fe Ria erat ee eslled (ede 96 Tee tie tocne's Wigorously Defending All Important Points. ion to consumers, an increase of Khe Hoane, nue yards in Brooklyn, where most : = Cantigny was 4 rey: * . Desc tas tone ciatite aca gear 1aiae| WABHINGTON: (Mar an of the Camp Upton contingents ene yy TAKES OVER HOSPITAL | The gerrioen nonleny was analety to surrender in th [FRENCH REPORT] . He announced the distribution in| Morris H i Be Hn pc tap erage Bhag ou aes | sicher surrendered or wore kille Ree tweut ae tse PARIS, May 29.—Followirig is the report issued to-day by the 1916-17 and the allotment for the cur | aegis ompanying him on his way a eraibe 8 41 plans had been nm 1. | 000 Bed batiae. in London for) Many German dead were stre tured by an una 1- | Paris War Office e rent coal year as follows 4 War conference at Lond Met actoast ie American Wounded: over the ground | ent “The French left Jrawn back to the eastern border of Soiss eived to-day by Presiden LONDON, May 29.—The United States The old German lines formed an Jimmie " magazine he French left was drawn back to the ea order of Soissons, one oy Army to-de 4 a bed hose ! hich has new been battle is going on furious! ’ _ angle whi h n writer, went top with the eve the battle is going on furiously, i It is to be op straightened out. The Amer Americans. A " e On the right flank the French and British, after an energetic des i. ; cans have obtained high ground? | Guniigny 4 Germa , ri SF . i . THY WORLD TRAVEL, BUREAD, : ) commanding a section of plateau piston vat rg carnestty tense of the Massif and St, Thierry, were drawn back slowly to the ae (World) Baldee . | 1 a im i nae i . lieve siactetan mitheast of these heigits ey are hold " ' ‘ : aa ESULTS, Page 2 aias Port Row. N.S One ates like country t | 1 f th heigit They are holding between the e ‘ame Telephone Beekman 4000. Take At Amereoan aerial observers as H r wih nplused, ut \ le Canal nd the Aisne He ENTRIES, Page 10 } uct rom ft nites sts tiv tng ty amt uted ver esle Canal and the Aisne ssersannec LOTT G60 “BLB4b Bee TRO ere Oi ” Real, Nowrahiobelia mana (Continued on Second Page.) ‘ 1 in the center the fighting continued fiercely on the south bank of 4 j 1 t ! } bol —