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_. effective assault “If It Happens In New York It’s In The Evening World’’ _ PRICE TWO CENTS. Copyright, 1018, by The Prose Pablishing Co. (The New York NEW YORK, , MONDAY, AvGusT i 1918. 12 PAGES § PRICE TWO CENTS. GERMANS FIGHT STUBBORNLY TO AVOID FLANKING BY FOCH a INJUNCTION STOPS GAS CO. FROM MAKING $1.25 RATE FOR BROOKLYN SUBURBS Berough Concern Temporarily Restrained From Demand- ing More Than 95 Cents, BENEDICT SIGNS WRIT, Corporation Counsel Prepar- ing an Appeal From Hughes Decision, Supreme Court Justice Russell Benedict to-day signed a temporary injunction restraining the Brooklyn Borough Gas Company from raising its rates above the present rate of 9% cents a thousand feet and setting Wednesday next in the Supreme Court of Kings County as the date for argument to show cause why the injunction should not be made per- manent. Justice Benedict's action was taken upon the behest of the Public Service| P. 5. COMMISSION AND NEWTOWN GAS CO. WIN IN SUIT City Loses Action to Stop Re- vision of Prices in Queens Borough ‘Lhe Public Service Commission, hav- ing decided what shall be the maxi- mum rate charged for gas for a pe- riod not exceeding three years, may on its own motion or complamt of the corporation, person or municipality interested decide upon a higher or lower rate, according to a decision handed down to-day by Justice Mc- Commission and is the third and most| 4 yo. in the Supreme Court made against the attempt of the gas companies to carry out their threat of $1.25 gas, follow- 80-cent gas rate to be confiscatory, theréfore unconstitutionah The Corporation Counsel's office to- day was preparing papers for an ap- ped from the Hughes decision to the Api ellate Division and Attoraey Gen- era, Lewis is preparing a second ap- peal. “The time has passed,” said Public Service Commissioner F. J. MH. Kracke, “when the public will permit any gas company to decide for itself what it wil! charge its consumers without any power on the part of @ public tribunal to protect the public interes The action of the Commission in obtaining @ temporary injunction was speeded, according to a statement made by that body to-day, when ‘the Brooklyn Borough Gas Co. challenged the Commission's jurisdiction and started on Friday and Saturday to change its “quarter meters” so as to charge for gas on the $1,25 basis be- fore the Commission's investigation through public hearing could be completed and even before a judg- ment had been entered to make effective the Hughes opinion The petition and injunction order were taken by former Justice Will- jam L, Ransom, counsel for the Com- mission, to the bome of Justice Bene- dict in Flatbush at 9 o'clock, After Justice Benedict had read the rea- sons set forth in the petition he signed the injunction order at once. Commission on Public Service following grounds: (Q) That the company has not filed with the Public fas required by law, any tariff o: schedule “showing the proposed in- crease to $1.25, the Public Service Commission Law specifically prohib- | ting @ gas company from changing a rate without filing a tariff and pro- jibiting the company from charging a rate not specified in a schedule duly filed and published (2) That the company, untarily accepted the having vol- commission's | j-cent order made in 1913, and having | pongn mplied with it before and after the 10L6 enactment of the 80-cent stand- bes or wag on bourw Pages Service Commission, | | | | | i This decision was a victory for the commission and the Newtown Gas | Company, inasmuch as it was adverse ing the Hughes decision declaring the | to the proceedings brought by the city of New York in March of this year to force the Public Service Com mission to refrain from taking any steps in what is known as Public Ser- ‘0. 1,610, based on com- piafnt of the consumers in January, 1913, Justice McAvoy's decision holds that by court review it may later be determined whether the commission's acts are retroactive or prospective. Dab 2 AB vice case ARMOURS, SHIFTS, | PA. RR. INDICTED FOR REBATING Two Bills Against Big Corpor. ations Returned Before Judge Mayer. The Federal Grand Jury this after- noon returned to Judge Julias M Mayer in the United States District |Court two indictments chargiag the This belief was asked for by the] the! Pennsylvania Railroad, Armour & Co., Swift & Co., and the Jersey City Stock Yards Company with engaging in conspiracies to violate the Federal statutes prohibiting the giving or ac- cepting of rebates. The offenses which concern the routing of traffic, according to the indictments, ued from Nov, 6, 1912, to Dee. ‘The total amount alleged rebating is $2,000,000, ~ _ PARIS BOMBARDED AGAIN. , 1917, ned Loone on French Captia' PARIS, Aug, 5.—The long-range bom- cardment of the Paris region was re- eels (Oe uous, , complained ef andj involved in the} [WEEKLY REGISTRATIONS OF ALL REACHING 21 PROPOSED BY CROWDER Only Means of Obtaining the 200,- 000 Men to Be Called in Sep- tember, He Says. ASHINGTON, Aug. 5.— Weekly registration of youths attaining the age of twenty-one during the next few weeks was proposed by Provost General Crowder to-day as the only means of obtaining the 200,900 men to be cated to the colors in September. This could be done by Presidential proclamation and would add about 80,000 to the num- ber of men available. He con- templates Sept. 5 as a National Registration Day. After. carrying out the pro- gramme for July and August, Gen. Crowder pointed out that only 100,- 000 of the 1918 registrants would be left on Sept. 1 for subsequent calls. ¥ Between the ages of thirty-two and forty-five Gen. Crowder esti- mated there are 10,028,973 males, but taking into eonsideration those married or who would be subjedt to deferred classification because of physical conditions or other reasons he estimates the “net effective at 601,236. Between eighteen and twenty he estimates the number of males at 3,171,671 of which the “net effectives" would total 1,797,699. NEW MAN-POWER BILL INTRODUCED IN CONGRESS Measure Fixing Draft Ages From 18 to 45 Referred to Mili- tary Committees. WASHINGTON, Aug. 5.—The new Administration Man-Powcr Bill tending the Selective Service Act to ex- all men between the ages of eighteen and forty-five inclusive and author- izing the President to call such per- sons into military service “in -such sequence of ages and at such times” as he may prescribe was introduced to-day in both houses of Congress. The measure, which was prepared by Secretary Baker with the approval of the President and Provost Marshal General Crowder, was referred to the Military Committees. Congressional leaders plan to have the measure con- sidered soon after the summer recess period is over, the latter part of this month. LESS THAN ONE AMERICAN 1N-20 WOUNDED IN MARNE OFFENSIVE WILL DE ASHINGTON, Aug. '5.—Of \wounded in the Marne- Aisne offensive probably less than one in twenty will die from their wounds, more than four-fifths will be returned to service and only M4 per cent, will be discharged for disability, according to a state- ment of the Chief of Staff to-day, based upon the officially attested experience of the Allies during the four years of war. i ——_ | HOTTER TO-NIGHT. Overcome by heat to-day at Chicago and Corona Avenues, Corona, Pete! Romie, fifty, of No, 305 East 75th Street, Manhattan, died in ten minutes The sh | night, will do for covering to- for its going to be hotter, The |mercury isn't bad, but General Humidity has horned in again and is at his worst. At 3.80 o'clock the temperature 188 dexrees, but going up, and the hun ity had risen from 64 to 67 points— very gprs TORPEDO SINKS | 150 MAY BE DEA Explosion’ on a Carrying Patients Occurred Saturday —Americans Aboard. LONDON, Saturday, 3.—one hundred and fifty patients are re- ported to have been killed by the ex- plosion of a torpedo which sank a ship this morning. Two American Aug. officers and board the vessel Both officers are oMeially reported as five privates were on saved. They were Capt. J. T. Beatty and Lieut. H. T. Hubert. The fate of the privates is uncertain, The off- cial report indicates that two of them wers saved The France and nearing a home port when the torpedo struck her, the war room, where accommodated. About 100 wounded haye been landed at a British port, ship was returning from penetrating patients were coming ashore in what clothing they could reach when rudely awakened, About 400 patients were on board the vessel, It is not known definitely what the loss of life was “One hundred patients, however, are accounted for, all having landed at one port, where they were cared for by British organizations and the American Red Cros: _ U BOAT SINKS TANKER; 14 OF CREW MISSING O. B. Jennings Torpedoed Off Virginia Sunday—30 Survivors Are Landed. WASHINGTON, Aug. 5.—Sinking of the American tank steamer O. B. Jen- nings yesterday, 100 miles off the Vir- ginia Coast, announced to-day, re- vealed the presence of at least two German submarines on this side of the Atlantic. been operating off the coast of Nova The second raider has Scotia and nearby waters for several days. ‘ Radio calls for assistance from the Jennings apparently brought the first information that a submersible was in the waters where the first raid was carried out in May and June Patrol boats rushed to the assist- ance of the tanker but when they arrived the ship had been sent to the bottom. They picked up one boat load of survivors and search is now being made for the second boat con- taining the captain and thirteen men. First reports to the vy Depart- |ment to-day placed the number of survivors landed at thirty, but later |it appeared that thirty-two might yesterday r|have been picked up. Only meagre details of the sinking have been received. Presumably the Jennings was sent down by shell fire, but this will not be known ‘initely until naval officers have had an op- portunity to question the survivors. All hands on board got away in the small boats and as the weather was fair it is expected the missing men will be found either by patrols or Pavsliig oivaumore, |FISMES TAKEN BY AMERICAN TROOPS IN BITTEREST BATTLE OF THE WAR an WO, ee ora ae WILD RUMORS ABOUT KAISER “Such Outbreaks of Discouragement Never Be- fore Witnessed,” Says Tageblatt—Report of Duel Between Crown Prince and Hindenburg. ERNE, Aug. 5.—“The Marne defeat has produced unspeaka- ble scenes of despair in Berlin,’ the Tageblatt declares. “Such outbreaks of utter discouragement and downhearted- hess never before were witnessed.” the most dangerous nervousness. The Frankische Tagepost deplores the wild rumors that the Kaiser and yon Hindenburg have been assassinated, and that von Hindenburg was killed in a duel with tie Crown Prince, as betraying The Government threatens severe penalties for the ones re- spe onsible f for Spreading these rumors. AMERICANS CROSS THE VESLE; GERMANS TRYING TO STOP THEM WITH THEIR HEAVY ARTILLERY Steady’ Advance Made Under a Heavy Down- pour Saturday Night and Sunday—Ameri- can Casualties Light in Last 48 Hours. WITH THE AMERICAN ARMIES Press).—German artillery has opened up on the American lines and toads more vigorously than for the last few days and there iy mac FRANCE, Aug. 5 (United a gun activity from about the region of Fismes, indicating the enemy may possibly plan temporary resistance there. American patrols are across the Vesle, Fismes other United States troops moved northward in the Mareuil- After the Americans took Dole region. -They marched steadily forward through a downpour of rain Saturday night and Sunday, and spent most of the day feeling the Boche positions in an effort to establish contact believe the Germans must now, of a ‘necessity, retreat beyond the The entire retreat was marked by vigorous shelling, just prior to an extended artillery silence. After a great outburst of shelifire, the Boche artillery remained quiet for two days, and the American guns necessarily were less active. American casualties during the last forty-eight hours have bi ingly slight, considering th their advance, The saw an advanced dressing station empty, the doctors idle and ambu- lances lined up with the drivers rest- ing, Everything bears out the state- ment of officers and men that “there hasn't been a battle for the past two days—just a march,” Over the ground of the recent bit- ter fighting, a striking note was that amaz depth of correspondent all the German dead lay in valleys, woods and towns, while the Ameri- can dead were on the ridges, This is due to the German system of es tablishing machine gun nests. When in villages’or woods, the hemy ma chine guns are carefully placed in hollows 200 yards from the top of a rise or plateau. The advancing Americans have no hint of resistance until they reach the vation The Germans are to open a wurprise fire and the dough- boys have to rush the nests, ‘The entire country from the Marne to the Vesle is now a vast scene of wreckage. Scarcely even, est of the e| then abi a mirror, lremains unbrok n, the Germans out American officers Aisne. MARRIAGE LICENSES JUMP AMONG MEN WHO COME UNDER NEW DRAFT AGE Applications for lie censes took a wonderful jump to. day, more than 180 being granted, Between 60 and 60 per cent. of the applicants, the marriage males at least, were between ages of thirty- one and forty-five, while a num- ber, accompanted by their par. ents, gave their ages between hteen And twenty-one. The majority of the applicants were from the East Side, Cupid letting his arrows fly promiscu ously in all directions pver there. A year age this date, 160 appli- cations were granted, 70 per cent of the ages being between twen ty-one and thirty-one, the draft ages at the time. ‘The marriage license officials regard the rush as the opening of the Slackers’ Drive The newly married slackers of last ye event- ually landed in the draft net, - _ THR WORLD TRAVE), BUREAU, iter (World) Butiding, Hom, N.Y. City, hone Beekwan 4000, baggage and parcels pen day y orders ad traveller’ chooks jihey captured that German base Germans Stiffen Their Resistance Along the Aisne and the Vesle Their Salient to the Neighbor- | hood of Montdidier and Reach Railroad to Amiens. WITH THE FRENCH ARMY IN FRANCE, Aug. 5 (Asso- ciated Press).—German resistance along the banks of the Aisne Rivers is growing more stubborn. Allied patrols waich ; have crossed these rivers have met with the sternest resistance, - In the neighborhood of Muizon, on the south side of the Vesle (five miles west of Rheims), the Germans fought fiercely | last evening before they were forced back. The battle was espe- \ cially severe around the Vautes Farm and the adjacent woods. On the end of the line nearest Rheims a heavy artillery duel is going on. The machine gun fire in this region is very severe. Similar onditions prevail between Fismes and Sermois, near the conflu- ence of the Vesle and the Aisne. The enemy artillery maintained a steady fire on the valleys south of the two rivers all yesterday and last night in an attempt to catch Allied concentrations. German aviators also were active, descending often to harass Allied infantry with machine guns. (German resistance at the battle lines nearest Rheims and Sois- sons probably indicates they are determind to thwart Foch’s attempts to flank them.) " French troops have reached the railroad line between Mont- didier and Amiens over virtually its entire length. They occupy all the hills dominating the Valley of the Avre. The towns of Morisel and Moreuil, on opposite sides of the Avre about ten miles north of Mont. ir, are still in the hands of Germans. During the retirement of the enemy from the hills on the west bank of the Avre a few prisoners were captured by the French. On the front before Rheims French artillery fire caught a body of Germans which had congregated near St. Thierry, about four miles north of the city. The fire of the heavy French guns quickly dispersed the enemy. ———_ U. S. SOLDIERS BAYONETTED PRUSSIAN GUARDS TO DEATH IN- BITTER FISMES BATTLE ry |Kaiser’s Best Troops Asked No Quarter and Were Slain at Their Machine Guns in Hand-to-Hand Fighting. Aug. PARIS, in the \hand-to-hand fighting in the street 5.—The “Americans covered themselves with glory 5 of Fismes yesterday when The fighting is said to have been jihe bitterest of the whole war, the Prussian Guards asking no quarter and | | Is | | being bayonetted sy clubbed to death as they stood by their machine guns- More than 500 guns have been captured by one French army alone, Allied offensive on July also took an equal number of trench mortars in the that of Gen, Mangin, since the beginning 18. ame ‘perio. There was a lull in the battle along the Soissons-Rheims front last f the This army (night apd the breathing spell extended into this morning, The Germans are being fay nitions, which have transformed tie ~<a” Of Rivers—French Troops Widen’ D % > aes :