The evening world. Newspaper, July 5, 1918, Page 1

Wilson Asks Immediate Control of Wire Lines U.S. AND ALLIES WIN BATTLE AT HAMEL Che Circulation Books Open to All.” dé 1018, by The Press Publishing (The New York ek World). “If It Happens In New York It’s In The Evening World’’ UEC Uo “ __. PRICE ‘TWO CENTS. - WILSON ASKS QUIK GROUND TAKEN AT 4 ‘ACTION 0 if BY ANZAGS AND AMERICANS | HELD IN TERRC. BATTLE TELEGRAPH INES Germans Make isis Attack, but| Penne Are Thrown Back, Leaving Pris= wisos special " oners in Allied Hands—French |r cer aint, sues eter Make Raids at Many Points. [BRITISH REPORT] Copyright € gress Pass the Measure Before Recess. iTON, July 6 nas sent a —President request Congressional ss the resolution empowering | him to take over the telegraph, tele- | phone, radio and cable systems of | this country. The President's action was ex- | LONDON, July 5.—The Germans last night delivered a! pected in Administration quarters to | result In passage of the measure. If counter-attack upon the new positions on the Amiens front, to the eerste tad opipoaltlon to: Wei leals east of the village of Hamel, gained yesterday by the Australian |jation may hold Congress from re- cess indefinitely. troops, aided by Americans. The War Office announced to-day | oor ee inn told Repfesentative that the enemy had been repulsed in this attempt and left prison-| aswel ne wants the resolution em powering him to take over the tel ers in the British hands. | phone and telegraph ems passed Following is the text of to-day’s report from the War Office: | before Congress quits for the summer, “The total number of prisoners taken by usin yesterday's successf1 The President, through Secretary Tumulty, also communicated his wishes operations on the Somme exceeds 1,300. Ona@}German field gun, in| to Chairman Pou of the House Rules hy 1. tors haya | Committee, saying it was the Whit addition to over 100 machine guns and a number ‘of trench mortors have Srey eararthaeseaniaration ot th | resoiution not await the close of the in- so far been counted. ; | tended reecss. Special Appeal Asks That Con- | “NEW YORK, FRIDAY, JULY 5, 2,183 PER CENT. PROFIT IN FOOD FOR ONE DEALER Treasury Department Reports | Big Toll Taken in 1917 in Many Lines, SHINGTO! July §. profits as high as 2,183 per cent. | made Exc we! by some businesses in 1917, a | Treasury Department report submitted | to the Senate to-day showed. port is a partial answer to the Borah The re- resolution asking data on profiteering. The 2,183 per cent. example was that of a food dealer. The report listed the perceniage of excess in 1917 profits over those for 1916, together with changes in capital and other statistics relating to the business, but gave no names, Next to the food dealer who made 2,183 per cent came a liquor man, with 4 capital stock of $5,000, who had an excess profit of 1,220 per cent. Another liquor man with $100,000 capital made 152 per cent, A cold storage concern, eded its 1916 profits by Another, capitalized at 31 n the per cent, $249,000, made per cent capitalized | | “A hostile counter-attack against our new position east of Hamel last Demand for passage of the measure | 4 J Lesa Kesroel gle night was easily repulsed, a few prisoners being left in our hands. before to-morrow night was made by lhankinis wersind oh 0 Gor deat on “A. successful raid was carried out by us in the Beaumont-Hamel | Postmaster-General Burleson in @ con | tracting, nothing to 596 per cent.,| ‘ nee ference with Representative Sims t-| ciothing manufacturers up to 191 per sector. An attempted hostile raid in the neighborhood of Strazeele (Flan-|day. He declared the President should | cont, chemicals as high as 377 per ters front) was repulsed.” je mnly aro esate isa ae cent. A flour miller with $90,000 TO-DAY’S OFFICIAL FRENCH REPORT. reer iat Mawaantuiees i bigete an excess profit of PARIS, July 5.—The report issued to-day by the War Office follows: | stoore and Longworth asked why, it] 7, ae he wake sub itn corona “French patrol detachments operating between Montdidier and ihe] the matter was so important the Pres-| nd in 1917 he made $260,000 An- ‘Oise, in the Champagne, on the right bank of the Meuse (Verdun region) tient “bean sent Congress a special | Gen, : capi ai 4 at 5008, male and in Lorraine took prisoners. | Mr. Pou then told of his conversa-| \¢ veion ee Kee a ar uate ee a | ior Secretary Tumulty to-day.| cent, on his capital. TANKS LED THE WAY \Mr, Sims also declared that Secre-| $500,000 meat packer made 14.20 taries Baker, Daniels and Burleson] per cent, while a $72,000 concern | |had testified for the resolution before Interstate Commerce Commit. AMERICAN FLYERS SHOOT DOWN THREE | GERMAN AIRPLANES . IN SURPRISE ATTACK 10 CELEBRATE THE FOURTH ‘Australian Troops, Aided by Ameri- cans, Advance Mile on Four-Mile the tee Representative Pou later presented a special rule for immediate cons d- ration and’ action on the resoluticn I imagine all this has become nec-s- ij sary 0 of the propos:d Fi f y Hamel. sary on unt Pron Taine strike," ‘he said. LONDON, July S—In the action “This rule should be adopted and yesterday and as a fitting celebrant this legislation for wire contyol of the Fourth of July the America! Two Battles To-Day Above| passed by to-night by this hows,” detachments, Acne A in i Sims declared. “We cannot be ve- Lines on Marne Front—Two U. S. Flyers Missing. and following a| fleet of British tanks, smashed into the German trenches on a four-mile frool and ead to a depth of a mile and a halt, taking the immensely | WITH THE AMERICANS ON THE important village of Hamel and the MARNE, July 6 (United Migopregnable” trench system beyond !nn i. German airplanes wero it, More than 1,300 prisoners were | | down taken. A second British blow, with Australians, for what is done by the sponsible other ‘hous Chairman Sims of the House Inter- to-day failed once to get the Sanders wire control resolution before the House when Representative Madden of Illi- nois objected to a request for unani- ideration of the erce Committee Press),— shot in two battles which seria took place on this front this mous consent for the Asso- morning. ciated Press correspondent says, was|Two American airmen are missing,| measure. Mr, Sims announced he wiruck between the Somme and the] pour An an and six German ma-| WOUd seek to have a special rule Snere, where the attacking trooPs| chines participated in each fight considered later in the day, The ined to a depth of a quarter of al py 4 occurred north of House then proceeded to the dispo- ih h at-| Bole ae € app’ on measures with & mile on a two-mile front, Both at-| ges Eroding (BelleG: wrocer{sinen of $7 i tacks, the corresponde as, Were | One German was brought down and|* View of bewinning the recess to staged as a Fourth of July cc two Americans failed to return to|™orrow Might. tion for the Yankees lous ding | The question of a recess was raised ‘The French were not to be out-| ‘The second fight was north of Chau-| to-day in the Senate by Senator Bo- done in honoring America’s natal/teau-Thierry. Lieuts. O'Nei)l and | Tt Who asked Majo: eader Mar- day, They attacked the German lines | painie re a ‘they, believed thay |tin what the programme is for ps on a front of a mile and a qu brought down one German each, | 2& the empowering measure in the neighborhood of A hes, | wil American raid last "I knaw of No programme,” eaid montnwest of Solssons, and ed | re curing pris Senator Martin, “I am still hopeful half a mile Into the enemy y ; - a Pearse cen pane se Later a fres k was Monday." He said | had heard deat rian Na varding the President's insistence on tne oo ABT BETWEEN U, S, JAPAN Germans massed ql u that the House is approach them an advar f three-Me t t a mile und 1,036 unwounded 5 1 ry Ask nent sahara tachments and I From Lin " Ms alia Was a comp , Gerimar : iilyers d a contere tance, since Hu ‘ wulsbucy, Delaware, to-day introduced |. Without a quorum one member heights were regarded as vital points}a resolution asking that the Uniteg| Hold up business indefinitely in the defense of the Amiens railway States, Japan and Great Britain form sai: «alt centre, toward which ghe German an agreement to prevent German ag- AS WE Vilanders drive was admittedly aimed, gression on the Pacific Ocean, 5. i oe { ’ OO, i TEL “ a made 204 per cent. On $10,000 cxp! concern made 604 per cent. excess. A $2,000,000 concern showed an excess of 17.15 per cent, having made $171,000 in 1916 and $526,000 in 1917, A retail coal concern showed 80 per cent. on a $1,250,000 capital, making $185,000 in 1916 and $286,000 in 1917 Departm ing to 331.69 for one with small capi- tal, Several with capital as high as $300,000 showed $ profits. Paper manufacturers ran from none to 176 per cent. On $50,000 capital, retail clothing trade made cent, no exce 1,181 per jumping profits from $68,000 in 1916 to $127,000 in 1917, Electrical machine makers ran from no excess to 91 per cent., ma chine tool manufacturers from none to 188 per cent, dry up to 117 per cent, ‘These figures are to be supple mented by further data as soon as ft 4s prepared, A list of names of all firms making over 16 per 1917 is to be sul g00ds concerns cent. in NOON PRAYER FOR VICTORY. Senate Adopts Resoln Pett WASHINGTON, July § | to-day gave official panction to th “Angelus,” America’s noon prayer victory, by intro duced b A, ash |ing the Preaident to announce by pr |lammation the setting aside of one rin | ute at noon for ator Thomas, tution, quoted Napoleon's famous maxim that “The Lord was on the sid | of the strongest battalion oe Three Killed Nv Explosio al a soft coal mining | nt stores ranged from noth-| a concern in the, sing the reso- | Partly cloudy to-night and Saturday; probably chewerds acer m Books Open to All”? 16 PAGES “PRICE TWO CENTS. 1918. i GOVERNMENT WARNED WAR DISGUSTS THE MASSES; SOCIALISTS WITHHOLD AID End the Strife, but With Honor, Now Only Cry, Declares Scheide- mann—Exasperation of the People at Highest Pitch. AMSTERDAM, July 5.—Philip Scheidemann, leader of the majorit: Socialists, replying in the German Reichstag Wednesday to Vice Chan- President Speaking at Mt. Vernon With Mrs. Wilson at His Side POE DED DE DH DD 9O9.6-6-0-04 6-96 Hr DD TE HD cellor Payer's reproof for Socialist opposition to Government measures, declared he -had nothing to withdraw, “We will co-operate with the Government only if the peace question is clarified,” Scheidemann said. “The exasperation of the masses has reached its highest pitch,” Scheidemann added. “There is only one cry: ‘End the war, but with honor.’” 36 09. Scheidemann charged that the German press had been officially in- structed how to comment on the recent astonishing utteran: eign Minister Kuehlmann He declared that ihe greatest military victory, by bring peace—only an armistice ces of For never wit Scheidemann’s action is regarded as important, as it was the first time during the war that the majority Socialists had refused to vote for the Goy- ernment budget. It is bound to produce a far-reaching effect on the people. It is learned that Scheidemann, in his recent conference with Pieter Troelstra, the Dutch Socialist leader at The Hague, declared the German Socialists will not support the Government until the latter makes a reason- able step toward peace. This is the message that Troclstra wanted to bring to the London Labor Conference, TAT VEMnON IRISH ARMS SEIZED BY POLICE IN RAIDS s Made in CAPTURED GERMAN In a leading article the Socialist newspaper Vorwaerts of Berlin de- Many clares that the desire of the German people for a speedy peace with honor is so strong that a sensible accommodation from the other side would be bound to lead to its realization, “Our enemies to-day,” continues the newspaper, “have the opportunity ral 's ine a badness Ba lina te of obtaining peace not prescribed by the war map, but based on the equi- wats aria ea é poise of the military and economic forces on both sides. ests were made Pershing Bestows D. S. C, and “The policy of truth demanded by Philipp Scheidemann requires an ad i cae Jy FY : ae Prices Congratulates Private—32 | mission that the economic forces of the German people are not {nexhausti- in Ireland, to-day prohibited all meet Others Decorated. ble, and the fact that we are cut off from overscas raw material is being ings and public place acca ingly felt. except the —_— WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY ‘The more candidly we speak of this matter the more readily will our HUDSON TUBE INQUIRY IN FRANCE, Thursday, July 4) enemies believe us when we say that this oppressive situation can only in- (Associa Press) capturing | quce us for years to make greater military efforts, but not to accede to con- ORDERED BY SENATE a German gun and ts crew single-| qitions dishonoring the German people and damaging their inter handed, Private John Kukoskt has| 1 anentiy, crests per- been awarded the Distinguished Ser- Committee to Investigate Taki “The conclusion of a peace with honor thus corresponds to the in- vice Cross I r Kukoski of Over of New York-New the award, Gen, Pershing wrote bim| rent? Of Our adversary in the same degree as our own.” WASHINGTON, July nventiza t heard of your splendia| 7 dey an Armeatan tion by the Senate Interstate Comme a ’ strong, ha 2 the Railroad Administration of the Hudson n an “a r and rT Q ur titty les inside River or McAdoo t ecting New , the T: u York with J J., was authorized to biped pope f \aie. the Borvice Crogs and congratulate you.” | |30 ON MARINE CORPS clive i ng at + and inthe! arg ce ae Ol FOE OF ALLIS, UST OF cxsuacnes the far be Ww 4) at hateau-T ect not used for military r Rinwiiehon sin ethane TOCKHOLM and is] tically ent y Seinlae 1 men of the! rey 1 a f declare Railroud Act ; ' Sey . | wa Marine 3 Fry psthur w thers went He ¢ . ontained MISS RANKIN FOR SENATE, 2"!0" the others wont) (1 ws In co with | thirty vied WASHINGTON, J Represe ‘ ' 1 arry a ca en wounded be 4 : 1 Ja s J w ° fed ve n * MI fT ) \ 4 ” wA KILLEO IN ACTION, r ny A tard, New Or» nate. es Ay >” \ tes Joseph ©. Clark, Alexandria, THB WORLD TRAVEL BORRAL, + have : elves |H. Balser, Belvidere Im wont Farr wenn ACING ne aia a 53-@ Part Row NOY Cu, By wer # dl Ver BMussian tere | st. Louis; Rosi e Db. Rivard, No A AR ESULTS, Page 2 tory, according to reports from| Paul Minn; George D. Snow, Gefsasn gy oe hg CH ENTRIES, Page 4 }/kiev. The latest ‘advices trom this Robert Vitntce, Cotula, Tenn: i Horace quoted by the Berlin Lokal, Wilkes, Sait Lake City, Gian OE SET TE AEA — —. =" fooeraes wee