The evening world. Newspaper, June 6, 1918, Page 1

+ ‘The report made by Capt eo “ur it Happens In New York dt’s In The Evening World’? bad “ Cirenlation Books Open to All,’”’ PRICE TWO CENTS. ror by The Press Publishiog _N York Seria) “Circulation Books Open EW “YORK, THURSDAY, JUNE 6, “1918. 18° PAGES to All.” “PRICE TWO CENTS. _ FOCH GAINS IN BATTLE NORTH OF MARNE U.S. TROOPS CHECK TWICE THEIR NUMBER 6 AIR STATIONS ON COAST IN ARMY PLAN FOR DEFENSE: SES ALREADY SELECTED Baker Asks Congress for $16,000,000 Appropriation for Protection Against U Boats and Air Raids— Mobile Fortifications Planned. *~ WASHINGTON, June 6.—A $16,000,000 appropriation for eabblishing balloon and seaplane stations to guard the United tes against submarines and air attacks was asked of Congress yy by the War Department. The department desires to establish sixteen stations, thirteen of them the Atlantic Coast and three on the Gulf Coast. Definite locations were given, but are said to have been already selected. They can be oom- Neted in six weeks. The coast defense plan as submitted by the department also calls for the establishment of mobile fortifications along the coasts by which guns | wuld be transferred on railroads from one point to another to meet possible ettacks. The House Appropriations mittee, to whom the request informed that there are in oper ation a sufficient number of aircraft to defend the coasts adequately, but | that the stations are needed. The | only possible airplane attacks that oould be made, it was said, would come from collapsible airplanes car ried by submarines. Operation of observation balloons | would be largely for signal purposes past aay JDISGUISED MOTHER SHIP, J rnasce, sune 6 (Associated Prose SAID TO SUPPLY U BOATS, |. Pxivor lsieanieate from the northeast to the HUNTED BY U.S, WARSHIPS son's hs wart non lines northwest of Toul weré Com- @ went, GERMAN TROOPS PASS BY THE TRAINLOAD NEAR U. S, LORRAINE FRONT Soldiers Going All Night To- ward St. Mihiel. ily heavy railway train Navy Officials ‘paleve Vestal Flying | {M!* morning by the American patrols | Aerial observers made similar re- Neutral or American Flag | porta, saying that at one time the Aids Raiders. | Mares from the funnels of the locomo- Ray of |tives of several trains were visible Joel Cook, | simultaneously The trains, apparently headed in the direction of St. Mihicl, passed during the better part et the the night. BRITISH BELIEVE U BOATS the American just arrived at an gives strong substantiation to the growing beliof of the Navy Depart- ment at Washington that the German schooner American port mubmarines which have been operat ing off the Atlant $B are relying upon a “mother ship,” | Coast since Ma Qtnguised as American or neut Feneel, to | London Newspapers Say German re Warships Orders are said t Seek to | Home to all submarir chasers and auxiliaries ongeged | the hunt f but Will Fail the U posta to look sharply fora mer | VONPON, June 6—English new chant steamer, presumably out of a ve th wbmarin pera Mexican port and fying an American |‘ » American coast are or neutral flag, which cannot give a | inte lure back American de clear account of itself. Lvery vessel |stroyers and patrol boats now in im coast waters is being overhauled | muropean waters, but and her papers closely examined tr t will not be accomp ‘ ch for a disguised supp Nati rsing” the raiders : bt 2 American coust tay's story was that wh a ee erie hooner was off the Virgin n May 2, with | vgn will mean some «tos nip in sight, t eee ow , bu nich tovnin f Americar rail ays the Exp steamer, to ure the skipg mn. tAT i ; sf Neither sicamer nor submarine dis. |help 4 played @ flag or other Ident s] Archibald Mure nw mark, The steamer speeded up after | q ‘ : lagging astern the schoor som some time, and passed Joel Coon ‘etlican withoyt huiling. A fog it steamer and submari tly therenfter Bo far as reports } by wireless and, inc German submarines which have op- | erated off the Atlant Sasnbanmaniaannaeeamarcimnnnanas R.4.°: Page ENTRIES, Page ¢ @ontinued on Becond Page.) American Aviators Report Enemy} WITH THE AMPRICAN ARMY IN| | reportod | WILL BOMBARD U, S. CITIES U BOATS INVITED HERE BY SENATORS, False € hee 6 on Conduct of War Blamed for Sub- marine Raid. WASHINGTON, on the Navy for June 6.-Attacks permitting sub- off t precipitated 4 marines to sink American ships the Atlantic Co: sharp debate to-day in the Senate. Charges that Senators invited the attacks by ments as to conditions in the United States were made by Senator Lewis {of Illinois, editorial read by Senator Brandegee of Connecticut, which attacked the Navy Department fo) not warning craft, and asked a» to the whe: abouts of destroyers and pitches chasers the Navy has been getting ready to repel attacks. The U boat raids were | tempted, Senator Lewis declared, wi- j tu Germany was advised by inac | rate Information that the American | Government was “honeycombed with | traua and “reeking land corruption,” that the United | States bad no army or navy, and that we had fallen down in ever unde! ing.” : charges,” he said, * Germany to believe that we could not defend our own country.’ “rT think Germany was invited to our shores,” Senator Lewis contin- } ued, “by the false charges made against the Administration by those who sought to benefit politically or by ‘aspersion upon their own country.” Senator Nelson of Minne: ie publican, sharply interjected | at ator think he can stop man spbmarines by making an uit on the Republican Party?” nator Lewis replied that he had Republican Party against that He not mentioned the and that such a organization woul added, sharge be untruthful swever, that many changes of edness had come from indi- and official life as e British navy the subma- aid that with stance submarine menace on what might e hae n que Lodge fr BOATS SPEED INDUCTIONS INTO NATIONAL ARMY Gen, Crowder Issue hibit Acceptance of Limited Service Men WASHINGTON, June 6.—German U| H eN LAUNCH 23 SHIPS JULY 4, making inaccurate state- | in reply to a newspaper | mariners of the prescace of eee it with eeuutlea| | nduced “larger con- | Orders to Pro-\°" FIRST AMERICAN AGE | WHO HAS WON ANOTHER VIGTORY IN THE AIR AMERICAN PATROL BATTLES WITH DOUBLE OWN NUMBER TILL AMMUNITION IS GONE ‘Pershing Cables Story of Combat in| Which Rifles, Pistols and Gren- Fs) Lieut. _bieat. DOUGLAS ‘S CAMPBELL. | “= RERIAL POSTMAN = GOMPLETESFIRST FLIGHT TO BOSTON day morning an American patrol battled with twice ily number of Ger- mans, U.S. Ace, Wins New Air Battle. [AMERICAN REPORT] WASHINGTON, June 6.—Sharp fighting between | patrols and German forces in Lorraine has been going on nigitly American since Gen. Pershing reported to-day, Sunday night and early Mon- blazing away for nearly an hour with rifles, pistois and gren- ides until their ammunition was exhausted and they were forced to retire. Lieut. Webb Carries Mail foi Hub and Another Airman Goes to Phils adelphia. | BOSTON, June 6.—The New Yor ky to Boston airplane mail! arrived at Tuesday night an American patrol penetrated to a point beyond the enemy's second line in Lorraine, withdrawing successfully after inflicting | considerable losses on the enemy in killed and wounded. The com- | munique follows 'AMERICAN CASUALTIES LIGHT. | Saugus Field at 3.55 this afternoon “During the night of June 2 and June 3 one of our patrols oper- Two airplanes in t ating in Lorraine and consisting of about forty men encountered a hos- |wervice started at no o-day from | tile patrol of double its size, drawn up in skirmish formation along a Peete by line parallel to that of our own patrol. Both patrois opened tire with | Lieut. pv R. Hicks, and ages of mail, rose from the and automatic rifles, and each tried to out- Our patrol in spite of being greatly outnumbered held rifles, pistols and grenades mechanic. 1 at|flank the other last half of the trip to Wa ind withdrew successfully under cover of barrage from our Stokes mor- Both avistors used a Inte ae Curtiss machine ec ‘ — ,| erty motors : OFFICIAL FRENCH REPORT OF THIERRY BATTLE. Planes are enabled A French re of an American machine gun bat- mum of 625 po and a mnimu e Reaane to = hot rabilit t lion which has re 1 in action at the Chateau-Thie include air the following | The fight to Roston was nttem ‘On May 34 the enemy threatened to take Chateau-Thierry, at- “se I \ i A dr tempting to flank the town on our left and a breach was produced, Tic pleted on i 1 mee Machine Gun Hattalion, U. S. A,, was immediately thrown into Lieut, W mi fie iteaul-Thie i colonial infantry battuli imme Jwwhicn ¢ diately the Americ entire defense, especial end of the bridg Their rage and ability as marksmen evok e al | pe miration of a carry ing 4 adam phew 3 between Crushed t lire, the enem r 1 oun ter-attacks, vigor upported b American machine . the ; rt of the town, Chaieau-Thie emained e we hand O e firs: of June, toward night, taking ad 4 Germ, ¢ toward the large bride wnks of the Marr TRY TO BLIND AMERICANS WITH SMOKE HOSES, jon | | 1 ' 1 nents the nade 1 anid’ tovda Nc i i machine g it an extre rT Att G rrived ge f ( ‘ yall I The A yma Hd the ga o w ' A the n y wevaved utter’ the| vf " 4 GERMANS DRIVEN ACROSS OISE: STILL HELD BACK AT THIERRY | ades Are Used—Campbell, First; Bene yee ane pe hould tits ground for three-quarters of an hour, inflicting losses on the enemy, from Boston, in two and one-halt|and retired only when its ammunition was almost exhausted. Our cas- | hours, Lieut. Walter Miller, alone) will eve packs ualties were very slight started on the first lap o: “During the ni 1 June 4 to 5 one of our patrols operating in aN Bee ae ere "I | Lorraine penetrate! enemy's position and advanced behind the sec- | phia, 6 will be ay | rh \Lieut, Culver, who will t nd line trenches. It inflicted on emy losses in killed aid wounded iHaig Reports the ‘Defeat of German Raids Before Amiens, in Flanders and Near Lens—Prisoners Taken on Both Fronts. PARIS, June 6,—Repulses of German atiack: side of the Marne battlefront and before Amiens in Picardy are re- ported to-day. on the western At no point have the German forces been able to make | headway, One unit of the Crown Prince’s army did succeed in crossing the Oise near Sempigny, two or three miles below Noyon, but was driven | back, leaving 100 prisoners, Further south and above the Aisne north- west of Soissons the French by counter-attack improved their posi- tions. Fifty prisoners were taken there. There was heavy artillery fire on the entire front, especially around Longpont and Veuilly-la-Poterie, ‘near the sector where the American troops have been engaged. In Picardy the British repulsed an attempted raid’ on (he Morlan- court region. Raids were also repulsed north of Lens, north of Béthune and east of Nieppe Forest in Flanders. GERMANS PREPARING ANOTHER BLOW. In Paris the situation is regarded as satisfactory. enemy) It is believed the is not likely at this time to make concerted attacks all along the front between Rheims and the Oise, Local attempts seem to indi- cate that the Germans have renounced for the moment their purpose o win a decision on the battlefield picked out by their commanders n May 27. Nevertheless, it is not believed the German offensive is lended, Gen, Ludendorff is preparing another blow. | American machine gunners, supported by French infantry, are Stil holding the south bank of the Marne between Chateau-Thierry and Jaul- gonne—about seven miles. As a result uf the Americans’ deadly marksmanship, the Gernvans | have refrained from occupying the sulle portion of Chateau-Thierry, | where they would be constantly under tne Americans’ fire. | The official German report, issued last night, made no claim uf further gains, It is said fifty German divisions, about 700,000 men, have been used up by the Crown Prince. te HEAVY GERMAN GUN ATTACKS ON THE ENTIRE MARNE FRONT Fire Especially Violent in Sector Where Ameri- cans Are Fighting Above Chateau-Thierry [FRENCH REPORT] PARIS, June 6,—Following is the statement issued to-day by the French War Office; “East of Sempigny French troops late yesterday / drove back enemy groups which had succeeded in crossing the Oise. The French took 100 prisoners, “North of the Aisne the Frens h improved appreciably their posi tions north and west of Hautebraye Fifty prisoners remained in our hands, “The artillery fighting was mnt and Veuilly-La-Poterie, OFFICIAL BRITI. heavy, especially in the regions of Longe and of Rheims.” SH REPORT. west LONDON, June 6.—Following is the report issued to-day by the War Office ' ; “Last night the enemy again attempted to raid our positions southey west of Morlancourt and was repulsed with loss “Another hostile raiding party succeeded in ing one of y afternoon in the neighborhood of Boyelles. Two of ing. enginy al s yesterd men are mi » attempted raids during the night north ‘of Li north of Bet ind east of Nieppe Forest. All of the raids were pulsed and casualties inflicted on the enemy The hostile artitlers: has been active in the Strazelle sector,” a Fintia i =: ay _