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a bs EF s * triets in Aleace-Lorraine and Lux; . age was done to blast furnaces in the ‘at aheight Of approximately 2,700 feet and Special Correspondents. THE EVENING WORLD, WEDNESDAY, JULY 17, 1918 THE EVENING WORLD in Reporting the War Has the News Service of the Associated Press, the United Press No Other Evening Paper in New York Has a News Service £9 Complete. BRITISH AVIATORS MAKE NEW RAIDS ON GERMAN TOWNS : A. | Hits Scored at Offenburg, Near! Karlsruhe, and Fire Started | at Thionville. LONDON, July 17—British aviate attacked Offe near again have re. K ar Metz, ind Thionville, 1 fi stry al statement from the Good bursts were Air served at Offenburg, and ain a fire, fol lowed by explosions, was started at Thionville, The statement reads “On July 15 the railway sidings and sheds at Offenburg and a hostile air drome were successfully bombed. ! (jood bursts were observed. “On July 16 our machines attacked | the railway and sidings at Thionville. Several bursts were observed on the railway, a fire was started and sev- eral heavy explosions ensued. All our machines returned safely.” The official statement on other acrial activities reads: “On July 15 storms again handi- apped work in the air, Our machines dropped a few bombs and kept the front under observation. Six hostile | machines were brought down by us. | One of machines ia missing. “Violent thunderstorms prevented night bombing after midnight. Prior to this hour over four tons of bombs were dropped on the Seclin Ratlw:y| Station and on hostile billets. All our | ‘achines returned.” AMSTERDAM, July 11.—Thirty- three air attacks were made during June by the Allies against German towns and cities, mocording to * statement issued at Berlin, Twelve of these were against industrial burg. Four were against the Dillin- | gen and Saarsbruccken regions and one each at various places in the} Rhine district. | The report admits that slight dam- Saarsbruecken region and at Lud- wigshafen, while the damage to pri- | vate houses is said not to be incon- siderable, Thirty-four persons have | been killed and thirty-seven severely iajured. Thirty-five others suffered | slight wounds | AMSTERDAM, July 15.—Particulare regarding the sixth machine (aking | part in the air raid on Coblenz last week are given by the Elberfeld Gen- eral Anzeiger. The newspaper says that at 10.30 o'clock Wednesday eve-| ning a sixteen-year-old college stu | dent named Gerlach, while busy har~| yesting near the village of Schwarzen | in, Hunsbruecck, saw a flying machine in flames, | Boon it descended, It was a French biplane armed with three machine guns and bomb-tbrowing apparatus | and had two occupants, an American Firat Lieutenant and another Lieu- tenant, who were detained by Ger- lach and two other men, who turned over their privoners at 1 o'clock in the O65 GO DO DDD DO-0- + PADOY* ony A Male ODA» ME DO-OS Se kept In the hospital some time for treatment. him in the convalescent stage. AMSTERDAM IS RINGING ‘Paddy,’ Gassed British War Dog, Convislescent After Treatmen BURIAN BRANDS a British war dog, working to and fro in an area cov- ered with shell holes and gas, was so badly gassed that he had to be This photograph shows WAR “SENSELESS, BLAMING. ALLIES Austrian Minister Proclaims Closer Alliance With Ger- many in Future. AMSTERDAM, July 17.—The Aus- tro-Hungarian Government regards the war as “senseless and purposeless bloodshed” and believes it might be ended at the moment when the Allies again manifest feelings of humanity. | Baron Burlan, the Austro-Hungarian | Foreign Minister, made this state- sarian Premiers Tuesday, according to despatches from Vienna After declaring that the Allies would not succeed in their purpose of sowing discord among the nationall- Ues in the Dual Monarchy, the For- eign Minister’ said “It is unnecessary further to characterize this method of fighting. Our races indignantly disavow it. The resolu be carried on to a good end ‘until it brings us the security necessary for morning to the authorities at Kirch- our future peaceful existence.” berge The Foreign Minister declared that The prisoners, according to the] WITH AMERICAN VICTORY |" arfare and diplomacy served the Newspapers, said they belonged to an| \s end in time of war, adding: air squadron of six Machines the goal : “la every step it takes diplomatic of which was Coblenz, and’ that they Vienna, Too, Hears the News, and| activity will pay due regurd to the had Sean. wepatated’ Homi; the olbae meni PIC 1 jwar. The results of the conduct of flyers during a thunderstorm, Receives It Lea Most Pe |the war will have a determining in- —iierasccmenens simistic Spirit. | fluence on the division of labor. On : the other hand, diplomacy has a duty, $1,500,000 NITRATE BLAZE. Coorrignt. 1058. fr The. Drm fubiitine O8. | being continually on the watch and AMSTERDAM, July 17 of Amsterdam in T Fertilizer Plant rr De JACKSONVILLE, Fla, July 17.—Fire | caused by the explosion of nitrate yes terday destroyed the fertilizer plant of the American Agricultural Chemical Company, near here. ntailing a Joms) of © nililion and a quarter dollars. The fire is believed to have been caused by spontaneous combustion, re- sulting in a series of mighty explosions of nitrate, which could be heard for miles, Debris and wreckage were tary situation the Vien thrown hundreds of feet in the air.| Zeitung, the leading Aus Recause of the early hour of the fire| Loran. sa few employees were on the ground and] jai fe enn tl no one was hurt. inoue Many thousands of tons of fertilizers and many tons of nitrate were de stroyed. It is estimated that the loos of materinis and finished products| fmounted to $1,000,000, and that the joss to the plant and property was 0,000, Forty box cars standing {nj the yards were consumed. Most of the) Joss is covered by_insuranc a | tory over Germans! hundred American greatly public prisoners!" official featuring report, which man offensive au the year m Brench soil, and it is said the next shipments of troops are going to Italy.” Daten Lh ves Of Holland. Ane ROTTERDAM, Tuesday, Jul CHICAGO, July 17--The work of| The Holland-America 1) Nieuw the convention of the Association of Western Union Employees is nearing completion. This is the union,” the impetus for the organiza: | tion of which waa given by President Hook of Holland to-day a Refused to Issue & o streets © ringing with shouts of newswomen crying “American vic- One thousand tiv tho has impressed the neutral Dutch opinion as the most important news item in connection with the Ger- In a pessimistic review of the mili- Arbeiter an Social Ny the lavish Amer- which has evened up the action of French and English from the defeats in the first part of |¢ All reports agree that more than 1,000,000 American troops stand t American —---- NIEUW AMSTERDAM ACROSS r From New York Ar- 16. Am sterdam, from New York, arrived off the nen Againat | paying heed to the possibilities of ef- fective activity, “Thus the willingness of the Central Powers ce be conceived. It will not moment hamper the invinci- defense, but after victorious bat- just as during pauses in a bi . it will, even without new peace offers, always be intent in recalling that we regard this war as senseless and purposeless bloodshed which might at any moment be ended by the re-emergence of feelings of humanity in our enemies.” The Foreign Minister said that his confidence was based on the war ai- ances, particularly the old alliances with Germany, He said that Austria many would seek means of ‘tending the alliance so that it 1 quate for all the requirement. w times. n these endeavors,” he continued, “the Governments know they are in agreement with the desires of the preponderating mass of their people. ‘The alliance will henceforth, as hith erto, preserve its exclusively defen- sive character, * e “Henceforth the mean a threat toward any included in it calc imulus to th B t alliance will or not unfriendliness idea of ehall find in our alli: t , ut a favorable nucleus and Cariton of the Western Union, Besing Prometem, pared group which can easily and Explosion at Tank ‘Training Camp ee eet te ge rote ate Mate |combination of states resting on con- Killa One, \teatants in the boxing exhibition ataged | Crete principles, WASHINGTON, July 17.—-Word was! last fant at Madison Square Garden = OR a ee Heb ad “tate ‘or the. ber of the Army Jeti received here to-day that Private] fuignent und” Wet the Mee’ BURIAN PEACE TALK William 'T. Lusby of Washington was) trate iearned that the Honorary, Com kil and three other soldiers wound- ed at the tank training camp at Get- tysburg, Pa, yesterday, by a prema- ture explosion. mittee Included Mayor Stern Brothers West 42nd Street Men’s (Between 5th and 6th Avenues) West 43rd Street and Young Men’s SUMMER SUITS $1 ar $17.50, Worth up to $35.00 7.50 and 24.50 we offer two and three piece suits,. of pure wool cheviots, tweeds, homespuns and flannels. .. . In the $24.50, these have also been ‘included blue serges, finished and unfinished wors- teds. . . . Since these clothes were made up for us by A. B. Kirschbaum Co. their market worth has increased trom 25 to 30 per cent.—but instead of marking the m up, we have marked them down very considerably. Many of the fabrics cannot be duplicated at any price. lan, United | H Btates Marshal Mccarthy, Charles Dans | Gibson and other notables, he refused to act. FOUNDED UPON HOPE | DRIVE WILL SUCCEED | Washington Finds Nothing New in | Minister's Note and No | Reply Is Likely. WAHINGTON, July 17.—There is only one opinion in official circles here to the note addressed by Raron von Burian, the Austro-Hun- | garian Foreign Minister, to the Aus- | trian and Hungarian Premiers on the subject of peace, That is that this evidently care- fully framed communteation was de- signed to prepare the way for peace negotiations immediately upon the | hoped-for successful conclusion of the | present great German drive against the Entente forees along the Marne and east of Rheims, In the assurance that tts drive would be guocesstul, if not in opening | the road to Parts, at least tu inflicting | great losses upon the enemy, the | Central Powers, \t is believed, felt that, in thetr panic and desperation, the tente Powers would be pre pared to discuss peace A study of the Hurian note by the |oMfiolais here raveais nothing new in substance. present, at fedet, this last note will not elictt any formal response trom ) the Alles or America | _ t dacoht OMe in German | Dr. | Democracy. Dr. APraham Jacobi, physician and author, has accepted the Honor Presidency of the Friends of Gern | Democracy, offered him by unanimous | vote at 4 recent meeting of the N tional Executive Council of the soe: jg my et Union Square, BELL-ANS ment in the concluding portion of his/ address to the Austrian and Hun- | battle of defense must now | and not otherwise should}. It iw believed that for the | NY WY JEWISH WELFARE AND ROT AT CAMP OPTON A GROOP SF WORKERS Onn Faw sem $5,000,000 CHECK TO MARK | Knights of Columbus Raised That} Sum in Recent War | Fund Drive. A check for $5,000,000, representing} the results of the recent national tholic War Fund drive in New York| . will be presented to the Knights} ot Columbus at the Victory Convention of the order at the Waldorf on Aug. 6th and 7th, James A, Flaherty, Su- pr Knight of the order, will re- ceive the check for the K. of C. The presentation will be made by a Church dignitary. Delegates from all parts of the United States and its provinces will be air, ‘This represents 10 per cent. of the order's total membership. 500 JAPANESE KILLED IN DREADNOUGHT EXPLOSION Huge Battleship, With 960 Men on ¥ | grant his request because he was in | Absolutely Removes Indigestion, Druggists' it tall 28 und money if pe the marines, but the board refused to | active service with Troop By New York Cavalry. The board placed him in the deferred class, SEA HEROES COMMENDED. Yorker Among Naval Men Praised by Danteli WASHLINC ‘, July 17.—For hero- jem in rescuing men overboard at sea, Secretary Daniels has commended | Boatswain Charles J, Lyons, Dorches itor, Masa; Seaman Arthur ‘Schoener, New. York City: Ghiet New chinists’ Mate Hi years old and to have com country in the autumn of 1914, the German EF sociated with Dr AS A DANGEROUS ENEMY ALIE ced SO Federal Agents Arrest Alex-|! "andra Viarda von Scheele of Posen. Countese Alexandra a Scheele of No. Viarda von to this s » communicated with nbassy soon after her She is said to have been Freiderich Ftetm: August von Strensch, who was er is said to ha arrival. rested Monday, work Is ex about forty days Opened about Sept. 1 marines in and around 399 Cooks Ordered for Camps at On WASHINGTON, July 17.—The army 1s calling for cooks and bakers, and soon there may be a shortage of cull- nary experts in the land. Provost Marshal General Crowder to-day sent out an order for the induction of 399 cooks, to be distributed to Camp Up- ton, N. ¥.; Fort Rilez, Kan,, and the Presidio, Cal. New York City is ex- the allotment for igus Waals eae \ 15 Bast 59th Street |" a Jewish Welfare Hut Erected at Ci Upt | ee ne Theee Who Provide Comforts Poe soldiers DUVAL EXECUTED TEETH OF 1,500,000 FIGHTERS TREATED reparedness League of Dentist: Does Work Without Pay and Supplies Mate The Preparedness League an Den organized te lected for the A ANY 60d Be ne Corps, a record of 1,500,006 of Amer. ist has Given Medal Firewan, WASHINGTON, July is all this and more, Ks most delicious, Besides theres no waste, and these are when one should Save. Try INSTANT POSTUM attend men 17.—Award ON BONNET ROUGE Was Director of Newspape- Bolo Pasha Bought With German Money. PARIS, July 17 (Havas Agency). M. Duval, director of the German- ophile newspaper Bonnet Rouge, was executed early to-day for treasonabie actions against the Government Duval was pale but composed. Ho refused to allow the gendarmes to take him by the arms on the way to the execution post, saying when near That's the litte affair, is it? He would not permit the guards to blindfold hin The execution is the second grow ing out of the German propaganda of The firs man to face the firing squad was Bolo “Boloism" or “Defeatism.” Pasha. Soon after his execution the trial of Duval and six other defend ants was begun. The trial of Duval and his assoot« ates began on April 28 and ended May 15 with the th sentence being In posed v aval and the six others being given terms ranging from two to ten years. Among the convicted were M. Marion, As- sistant Manager of the Bonnet Rouge, and Jean Leymarie, former Director of the Ministry of the Interior, prison others —_—_—____—___—_— Ss 0 represented at the convention, which oper ns to its credit to date, will direct the policy of raising and| was taken into custody by agents of| According to the present law, only expending of $50,000,000 in the next) in, rtment of Justice to-day as|one dentist tted to every 1,000 twelve months in the development of Depa! wi lien inthe Raheem oO the order's war work here and over-|@ dangerous enemy alien, She Was) gi otomenting “work of making seas, and the campaign to send 2,000| indimposed and Rufus W. Sprague jr. | recruits dente fit by making not additional secretaries to Europe before ; : : only fillings and extractions, but by the end of the year. jhead of the New York Port Enemy guyspiying thousands of crowns and More than 40,000 members of the Alien Bureau, tad her gent to Belle. bridges f In this way, order are in the service of the United yye Hospital, many thou who had loss States on land, on the sea and in the ame Gountons ts said to de fifty “an the n ental require- He who takes a shot at our ‘“Westpointer” shoes , 2 scores a bull for both com- + fort and wear. ’, The last officially ap- proved for West Point for Saving Cadets. Leather throughout! TREASON CHARGE ~ t | Countese von Scheele was born ‘ = i i , H of a sold medal to Commander Henry Board, Is Blown Up in |!n Posen, Germany, but In maié to % G, Mustin, U. 8. N for herotam in $7.50 per pair. 3 /aters. a ess, She a * ‘ 7 Dress boots, Field boots. Cordovam-~ ome Nts |® Hungarian Countess, She ts sud) saving tho life of Fireman H. |iecgina,, Officers Stetson hats, Alleor@ TOKIO, July 17.—The Japanese! to be an actress and Is sald to have po Gette Jan, 15 last, was announced (of accessories éreadnought Kawachi, of 21,420 tons, | formerly lived at No, 124 West 34t \to-day by Secretary Daniels, Com-| Phe Rogers Peet Camp’ blew up and sank in Tokoyama Ray, | Street. ; Atha P 150 miles northeast of Nagasaki, on| She will be taken to the Enemy te aftor i! t Toilet Case. Jnty 12. Five hundred. members of the| Alien Bureau and questioned a9 #000 | thon ‘near the drow CGAL ASS bald health t ee hed ' st thelr lives, as her health permits \der peril of being crushed e flee ° Pate tear waa. bolt -atekare fide a |iido" oF tho “ship, which was ro Army officers’ uniforms ‘ | | heavily in the sea, supported Le ( mahit nat in"yoiz she carried « complement “LITTLE PINKIE” AGCUSED sia” rate antu"iSEQ"Wenl“isu.c4 | —~highest type of tailoring, 960 officers and men, Her arma- lee the aenk. Gnent consisted of twelve 121uch| F STEALING A HUSBAND ‘s ——— ROGERS PEET COMPANY ten 6-inch guns. | | Trial of Russellite Set for Ags. 7 Broadway Broadway one 4 | _ | Federai Judge Garvin set down the g¢ 13th St. “The at 34th 5 Aine wat ties ek weasht bh 4 i | rial of Willlam i. Hudgings, Secre- Pad The lom of the beitieship Hawac e 1 a ‘wine Dealer tary of the Russellite Watch Tower = eo aa inieies celia bins macnn | eee ee fry Ea Tract Society, for Aug. 7 Broadway — Cornera”” —Fifth Avy the modern Japanese Navy. On Sept. 9, Recites Loss in Asking for peremptorily yesterday. at Warren at 41st St. 1905, shortly after the conotasion of the Alimony. = Peace of Portamouth, which brought the ‘ | Russo-Japanese War to a close, the bat-|_ Mra. Helen Singer, in asking Su-| Tastip Mikasa, flagship of Admiral Tose, Preme Court Justice Lehman to-day blew up and sank in the harbor of!¢or alimony and counsel fees, pending Bagedo, with the loge of 58? once ana trial ef a suit for separation from| MO ec are by part of her crew as a Hernard Singer, a wholesale paper | inst the terms of peace. | and twine dealer, informed the court | TEGh, Coe Oru any Mats) that @ woman who styled herself ughima blew Up and sank off the Pes- writtie Pinkie” had alienated her tadoren Islands with a loss of 240 men.| /Tittle | Pintow’ | hae “Wy husband and ‘Little Pinkte’ ANXIOUS FOR SERVICE corresponded quite regularly and % frequently im an endearing, confi OFFICER BECOMES PRIVATE! dential and serious manner,” the plaintiff recited in an affidavit. “In | March, 1917, he disappeared and 1| i \ did jot hear f. his ain inthh Albany Man, in New York Cavalry, | 4!4_ ne rom him again until | A Py ~ ly, when | was informed, by Joins National Army to Get others who had men him, that he renches Quickly. claimed to have obtained a divorce | 4 Into T: Q y _ [in Reno and married ‘Little Pinkie.’ | “300 - CAMP DIX, WRIGHTSTOWN, N.| “at one time he stated that if I did as between POSTUM FREE Brass pep J, July 17.—Unable, despite several! not leave him voluntarily he would With Kvery years of active military experience, to| make Ife miserable for me, and did and other table Ferghese get into a line organization, with a|do everything he possibly could to ages - WEEK { » of going to ‘ease | make things disagreeable and miser-| eos pees \ chance of going to the front, hecause | Make thing is in favor of the eo (OPENS of conflicting military jurisdiction, ay o a Justice Lohman reserved decision, Wholesome, ap First Licut. Edgur B. Clerk of Albany seas . uaa AN N, Y., cut the knot of red tape by |tegin Work on Rifle Range Near Healthful : enlisting here. To-day he was mus- Caldwell, N. J. | drink é - tered in as a private in the 153d] Lieut. A. H. Jenkins of the U. 8. N.| Depot Brigade. with Ensign W Davidson, three | Open Saturday Evenings Lieut, Clerk had appealed to his| Petty officers and fifty seamen, ar- home board for iasion to enlist in | « © mead |