The evening world. Newspaper, June 7, 1918, Page 1

Vf It Happens In New York It’s In The Evening World’’ Copyright, 1018, by The Pres A Rddicbonll TWO © CENTS. Co. (The Nei AMERICAN MARINES REPULSE [SS w York Wo NEW YORK, FRIDAY, JUNE 7, 1918. 22 PAGES ' REPEATED COUNTER ATTACKS + FRENCH SHIP FIGHTS U BOAT OFF THE VIRGINIA CAPES: ISSUE OF BATTLE IN DOUBT Port After Using Guns mt JERSEY CAR MEN conse ves cos RETURNTO WOR, Armed aie Reaches Harpathian Survivors, Adrif 26 Hours, Saw Three Submarines. {Vote to Submit Vheir Griev- t RT, June 7. Be Apa Genes atte ances to the War Labor —A French armed merchant ship eame into port here to-day and | Board for Settlement. reported an encounter with a German submarine off thé Vir natives of the ginia Capes. Details of the battle New Jersey P ervice Corpora are lacking, but it is said the | tion, whore strike affected lines in six fight occurred a short distance northern ¢ f New Jersey, this outside the Capes. The extent of 9, *fternoon accepted the offer of the the damage to the merchantman n that their grievances be is unknown e War Labor Board for oat nm and voted to return .o HARPATHIAN TORPEDOED No ee ssioners Br nan and of Newark a Hours, Report Seeing Three eats a tine Submarines, | AN ATLANTIC —Members of the the issue to PORT, ew June 7 f th 1. wherein he s of the - TUG DESTROYED BY MINE ees Sailors on British Sh Ship, Raitt Commi ny's Willingness to abida by the British steamer Harpathian. tration board's de . senti- sunk off the Virginia nd | ment in favor of calling off the ike r brought here night ta and returning to work immediately base hospital recovering from | was unanimous, { exposure, after being adrift for The official time for the men to re twenty-six hours. turn to their cars was set for 4 o'clock Twenty-six of the crew are |this afternoon. Many of the men Chinese, Two men were injured, | started for the barns as soon as the One severely. Most of the men jdecision to arbitrate was announced will be able to leave the hospital | agli \CHIGAGO TRIBUNE MAN Ve With the sinking Wednesday morn- | ing off the Virginia Capes of the 4,600-ton British steel stesmer Har pathian, the German submarines which have been raiding the Atlantic ooast since May 25 have now em-| | and Arm by Machine Gun |Floyd Gibbons Struck in an Eye inoursion almost into th our harbors, mouths of the submarines d that Mr. Gibbe loss of one eye now (Continued | on Fourth Page.) T1 SHIPS LAUNCHED | IN U.S. DURING MAY sesso: reves Emergency Fleet Corporation Ex- steamer was at ceeds April Production by acetal 122,000 Tons. WASHINGTON, June the ship production of Ap tons, the Emergency Meet d in an arm and a sim of the skull Tribune in Mexico of revolutions and the ent tacked by a U boat and WANT WHOLE U, S. DRY. Pronibitionises Ask Sub stitute for Randall May, the United State pping Board d ‘ vd announced to-da There were launched du: nonth thirty-nine ote tonnage of wooden ships totallians 13, W tons, Exceeding Ammenday gud Fovd Administrator Hoover, WILL ARBITRATE WOUNDED IN BATTLE, barked upon a new policy, naval au thorities at Washington and shipping Bullet me bape Relieve June 7.-Floyd Gibbens, ‘The Virking raiders are now prow- A ai I Ying farther out to sea and tying in| epondent, UE the “Ching wait for bigger game than nere J merican Headquarter echooners and coastal steamers—such |“ wounded b; machine gun fir big game as transports or transatian while following tho c tor f th © tho passenger riers. Am an Ch u Analyzing the situation through | 'P!er n vening, He German eyes, Washington sees that now rea ar na fear having now been struck 2 w 8 cond a hearts of all Americans by 15 * n not vd Gibbons represented the Chi-| ALLIES GAIN IN BATTLES “OFTHE MARNE AND PICARDY; BiG SUCCESS NEAR RHEIMS ———_—__24¢ 2, Bo Officially Announces New Vic-! tory of American Troops—French| Recapture a Hill and British Re- gain Village of Bligny. (FRENCH REPORT) June 7.- PARIS, have gained ground on the line of Tor Ottice announced in to-day’s statement. ¢y-Belleau and Bouresches, west of Chateau- Thierry, West of No) the War on and north of Montdidier, in the Picardy area, local operations by French were successful and prisoners were taken. the nflicting larse AS APPLICANT FOR JOB Aisne th ae ‘ silent Apy { Unnanounced at Aircraft] On t hwest of tand Attendant Made CAS eae Shia P roops cap Him Sign a Card FRENCH RAIDS IN PICARDY,| giizABETH, N. J, June T.—A me AROUND MONTDIDIER. ss A cullenusesbulle-atualane (1 yeday's re : ng man appeared a * 7 : aft here Vn averal, suc- 894 said he wa » ae Arisonane Harry BoM French troops| “Sign thie card,” sald the attendan | red the vil Newton 1. Baker, Secretary of Wa . ort, west of Fontenoy. | wrote the stranger. ‘The at c nuth of the Aisne the French. ti ' | Sou the A French im- a wild dash for n ‘ proved thelr postt southeast of Amblen Between the O: nd the Marne cretary was looking Progress of Soon he ng t Poterie anc They made tt ' me a been recently. ct LE a aptured the limited for the time the Village of Vinly, north of the Clignon | in operatfon. Mr. Baker then addre River east of the 1,0" employees, urging them to Poterie and the stati f Veu hard and help win the war then ge of this village gained ground on the tront ot Torey, AMERIGAN WOMEN ee 1 Boures: s, west of Cha ARE SAFE IN PARIS attack made by the e: hides scenture Of French Deputy Assures Relatives i sh * regained a ¢ Is No n vi f Bligny and 1, inf vy lon the Ger visas f ate he « ft On th I . ® |@RITISH “REPORT TELLS OF ca fs | RAID NEAR BETHUNE e LONDO Jun \ entful at right a the F 1 ty of ou a [nota ae . BENAY KAUFE ORDERED |ties on the garris ra INTO MILITARY SERVICE fron "the Brit "| Giants’ Outfielder Probably \\ | Be to Camp $ Argentine En {Hin Fin Roate Fae 4 M4 P 1 ren ca Check 1 nen day ged * uae sua Were woos tor f aaa — | | | | | American troops figating on the main apy 60 PER CENT. OF ALL U BOATS | DESTROYED BY AMERICAN AND ALLIED NAVAL FORCES \Shipping Losses Cut in Half, Says Senator| Swanson After Conference With Heads of the Navy. ASHING'TON, June 7.—-Senator Swanson, acting Chairman of W the Naval Committee, after a conference with navy heads to-day, declared that the Allied and American naval forces have destroyed 60 per cent. of all German submarines constructed and that they have cut shipping losses in half. ‘The indications of the last few days are that the German sub- marines that came over have been driven At present from the coast and from the main lines of travel of American vessels,” the Senator said “The Navy Department is not disturbed and is doing everything possible, and I am confident no German submarine will be abte any serious damage on this side, Movement of troops and food to Europe will eontinue uninterruptedly.” In a statement to assure the country Senator Tillman, Chairman Daniels saying of the committee, read a letter from Secretary “Everything 1s being done that can be done.” Senator Tillman added I want to assure those who are panic stricken that navy that is up to snuff and will go after those damn devils down in the sea, and, I hope, sink ‘em all.” we have a “MANY ACTS OF HEROISM AMONG AMERICAN MARINES IN ROLLING BACK GERMANS “!One Sergeant Knocks His Captor Down and Escapes—Former New York Newsboy Takes German in Shell Hele. WITH THR AMPRICAN ARMY® Hei on™. GORSETLESS. WOMEN TO HELP WIN THE WAR; Thursday Press) rr {ual bravery nany instances of ind and heroism in the su sful attack ¢ the, Amerigan mariasn'in the Char| NO STEEL FOR STAYS eau-Thierry sector jay. Many of ¢ Americans who were wounded re-| War Industries Board Intimat |fused to leave the fight on that ac These Feminine ials May ant Be Classed Non-Essentia Sergt. J. TL. Dulswerth of Kansas ASHINGTON, J ty was captured t nans WW Women have K war Tremendous amou sr onked more Ware if GERMAN PARTIES AGREE mie ecient TO OFFER ALLIES PEAGE FORMER NEW YORK NEWSBOY TAKES A PRISONER Private Chart uf mer newsboy of ashington, Ga jerma + she G ched th ‘ pons, ar aphs of ! / " . pri i} . tomrap Z os PP a snews > and Lexia _eeeeeeern ne eeeeeeer aaa d the G lines two ESULTS, Page 2 ENTRIES, Page 15 (Continued om Second Page) U.S.BAYONETS AND GUN FIRE DRIVE GERMANS FROM TWO VILLAGES |Marines Push Pacer Ahead Than Was Provided For in the Plan of Attack, Aided by Splendid Work | of American Artillery. WITH THE AMERICAN FORCES ON THE MARNE, June | \7 (Associated Press)—The American marines who went into battle singing and whistling Yankee Doodle and who began a sec- ond attack on the German lines late yesterday captured the village of Torcy and drove their way into Bouresches, northwest of Chateau-Thierry. This morning they were holding Toréy in tha face of repeated counter-attacks and were pushing back the Ger- jectives in this attack were attained. The American plan did not include the taking of Torcy, but the marines swept into it and drove out the Germans. [An oficial French statemept says the Americans captured 170 jof Belleau We Prisoners and the French 100 in yesterday's fighting. The German loss tn dead Is reported to be heavy.) The one point where the objective was not reached was on the right of the attack, in the Balleau Wood. The fiercest fighting is continuing here. The American marines had last night reached the outskirts of Bouresches and poured volleys of machine gun fire into the enemy inflicting terrific casualti Bayonets were used freely against many of the Germans who attempted to make a stand in the streets. At daybreak to- day the marines were slowly driving the Germans back in the face of heavy artillery fire, including gas shells. The American artillery wae performing magnificently in this operation, The marines in the forward sweep took strong ground on either side xd and cleaned out the ravine south of Torcy, which linked up the line wit Hill 142, which was taken Thursday morning. This gava __.| them a strong and dominating position for the continuation of their eb. tack, Their total advance was approximately two miles. on a three-mile | front, TIRED OF THE WAR, SAY PRISONERS. A notable development was the low morale of the prisoners, all of whom are Prusst They expressed themselves as tired of the war and glad to get out of the fighting, This was despite the fact, they say, that they are farnished with food although the Saxons, the Wuer. temberg troops and others may go without. It must not be imagined that they did not put up a fight, for thelr mong them urging them on, but the marines dashed into onet and ritle. One marine who 4 prisoner ran into two German officers and ten men. ingle handed with his rifle and bayonet, killed both the ‘tlicers were heii yelling like indians and piying bay aS taking back tackled them ers and w Jed seven of the mer Another S nt was about to take a prisoner when the German nself e ground and discharged his revolver at the American al Comrade.” That settled the German, for the Sergeant n, a { tour others who also had surrendered but refused to > their hand MARINES ADVANCE IN FOUR WAVES. incing’in the Belleau Wood region Thursday more formation, The men in the forward in four waves in ¢ ¢ for the most part a with rifles and bombs, whils eq tomatic rifles, and with them came inners lugging r collapsible guis. They crossed r r nt over like gnome The 4 I ) \ early visible from below, but lame, for they were simply lines of little holes bed wire was lacking there, f Belleau Woog, pu the fticers with glasses were directing nile bar the tree Qut in the open tield artil mans through the streets of Bouresches. Virtually all their ob- pcan yA EERE PENNE SEE SP ae re ee eee ce eee ee one es 9 or