The evening world. Newspaper, August 5, 1918, Page 2

FPR Oe tae MANY GERMAN TANKS CAPTURED BY THE AMERICAN TROOPS Pe iis” __THE EVENING WORLD, “MONDAY, Avaus? 5, 1918. stiffer stand here than was anticipated, French detachments which crossed the Vesle are meeting with re- sistance from the Germans, says the official statement from the War Office to-day. 1,500,000 SHELLS FOR 77’S TAKEN. ; Each day adds to the booty captured by the Allies. It will be im- possible to take full stock for some time, but the booty includes a con | siderable number of 77-millimeter guns, many of which were found in| the depths of the woods of Arcy and Tournelie and the Forest of Fere. The number of 77-millimeter shells salvaged up to the present totals 1,500,000. Allied troops hold the entire southern bank of the Vesle between Fismes and Rheims. back, suffering heavy losses. Both banks of the Vesle now are under | heavy artillery fire from the opposing armies. The Germans, it is believed, will try to stop at an intermediate position between the Vesle and the Aisne, but probably they will not | attempt a definite inalt before the Aisne is reached GERMANS ALSO RETREAT IN PICARDY. The German flight is not confined to the Aisne front. In Picardy the Germans have evacuated a front of twelve miles to a depth of two miles, and the British, in close pursuit, have followed them across the Ancre both above and below Albert, from near Beaumont and Hamel to Demancourt, on the Somme front. The surrender of Hamel marks the giving up of a town which cost the German high command an even 100,000 lives in the great offensive against the British. Explosions heard in Albert indicate that the enemy is destroying that town before continuing his flight. The German ;etreat on this sector is taken to indicate an abandon- ment of any plan to have the Bavarian Crown Prince renew his efforts * to take the French Channet ports from the British. On the Avre, too, the Germans have fled, between Montdidier and Moreuil, on a front of approximately ten miles, giving up to the French the heights on the west bank of the river, The Associated Press correspondent with the American Armies wires that from various villages recovered by the Allies come reports that thousands of Germans are marching northward at a great speed, , chanting as they march, “Back, back to Germany.” The Associated Press correspondent declares the Allies have taken immense war supplies from the Germans, in addition to the vast depots the fleeing foe has destroyed. At one depot in Fere-en-Tardenois, $5,000,- 000 worth of munitions fell into the hands of the Allies. Many tanks » have been captured by the Americans: Vesle River banks into swamps and morasses, os, at: they are making a Stubborn resistance was made by Prussian and | : Bavarian Guards between Muizon and Champigny, but they were forced | ALLIED GAINS COMPARED WITH METROPOLITAN DISTRICT SUFFERN | PATERSON : STAMFORD BACK FROM MARN "AMERICANS CAPTURE FISMES; PERSHING’S MEN HOLD 8,400 PRISONERS AND 133 FOE GUNS » “Full Fruits of Victory Reaped—Enemy Incapa- . a ble of Stemming Onslaught,’ General Says. [AMERICAN REPORT] WASHINGTON, Aug. 5.—Gen. Pershing's Ce last night says: “Our troops have taken Fismes by assault sand hold the south bank of the Vesle in this section.” Gen: Pershing’s communique earlier th the day, received by the War Department, says: “The full fruits of victory in the counter offensive, begun so e gloriously by Franco-American troops on July 18, were reaped to-day when the enemy, who met his second great defeat on the Marne, was . driven in confusion beyond the line of the Vesle. “The enemy, in spite of suffering the severest losses, has proved incapable of stemming the onslaught of our troops fighting for liberty side by side with French, British and Italian veterans, In the course = of the operations, 8,400 prisoners and 133 guns have been captured by our men alone.” GERMANS STIFFEN RESISTANCE | | | \ { ‘ AS FRENCH CROSS VESLE RIVER Quiet on the: Rest of the Battle Front, Says the Paris War Office. [FRENCH REPORT] PARIS, Aug. 5.—Following is the text of to-day’s War Office statement; “There is nothing of importance to report from the battle front. Small French detachments which crossed the Vesle are meeting with German resistance everywhere.” OFFICIAL BRITISH REPORT. ; LONDON, Aug. 5.—A successful raid near Arras and German artil- lery activity in Flanders were reported by Field Marshal Haig to-day. The statement says: “We captured a few prisoners last night at Neuville-Vitasse, souti- east of Arras. There wa$ enemy artillery firing along the La Bassee Canal, at Bethune and at at different points between Hazebrouck and Ypres.” a BERLIN ADMITS PICARDY FLIGHT; IS MUM ABOUT MARNE RETREAT Boast Their Retirement From Albert Sector Was Without Interference by the British. [GERMAN REPORT] BERLIN, Aug. 6.—Yesterday’s official statement says: During the night there was reviving artillery activity, which in- @reased to great intensity at times south of Ypres and on both sides ef the Somme. On both sides of Albert we withdrew, without enemy interference, eur posts on the west of the Ancre to the eastern bank of the river, « In successful forefield engagements south of the Luce Brook and southwest of Montdidier we captured prisoners. There have been no fighting operations on the Aisne north and SHELLED HOSPITAL Bombs on 1 Jouy Kil Killed 3 and Injured 19 Wounded Inmates, AN ATLANTIC PORT, Aug. 5.—A French steamer arrived here .this morning from a Huropean port with 332 passengers, among them being Red Cross men and women, soldiers and aviators jdirect from fighting| along the Marne. Capt. L. W. Harris of San Fran- cisco is returning home after a year's work with the Red Cross, on a short leave of absence. Capt. Harris was stationed at the Jouoy Hospital, lo- cated in a chateau one and @ half miles from the town, which is on the Marne, when the hospital was de- molished by three bombs from a Ger- man aviator, Three orderlies were killed outright and nineteen American soldiers who were convalescing were injured, “There was no mistaking the objet of the Germans’ aim," said the Cap- tain, ‘Two Red Cross flags, each 100 feet in length, were always flying in front of and behind the chateau, aad at night the place was well lighted. Photographs of the hospital had been taken by American aviators from an altitude of 6,000 feet. Three bombs were droppe* right on top of the hos- pital, but only two of them exploded, The attack occurred at 11 o'clock cn the night of July 16, “Too much pratae cannot be accord- ed the women nurses of the Red Crows,” continued Capt, Harris. “They were in the thickest of the fighting In the fromt trenches, caring for and car- trying back the wounded. They thought more of their hair’ falling away than they did of German shells, Col. J. H. Perkins, formerly of the *| National Bank in New York, is doing great work over there with his unit, You have no idea over here how many German prisoners the Americans have captured. They were dazed when brought in at sight of American troops. One German Captain told me that before the drive they had been informed, and he believed implicitly, that there were no American troops in France. “Talking with a wouhded marine Jin the hospital, I said to him: ‘T'll | bet those Germans gave you hell.’ He looked up at me very seriously |and answered: ‘I ain't no bookkeeper, but if they didn't owe us hell, I'll eat the ledger.’ Mrs. James H. Snowden of No. Park Avenue, New York, was at La Oanne Hospital in Belgium for @ year and a half, In May, she sald, the hospital was shelled and forty-seven Belgian women, acting as nurses, were killed. On May 1 she was just arising at 5.30 o'clock in the morning when a shell crashed into her chats eau and rolled under the bed she had Just left, | “1 ran," said Mrs. Snowden, “but Inthe Visio We aie te Gebilug coulact wib he s Spst of Sctssons. ‘enemy. fortunately the shell was a dud, or I wouldn't bave run very far and very TELLSHOWTEUTONS; |" LATEST SPORTING EXTRAL GERMANS BEAT YANKEES icans Wind Themselves in Pur- suit, but Sprinting “Victors” Make Their Getaway. W's: THE AMERICAN ARMY ON THE AISNE-MARNE FRONT, Aug. 5 (Associated Press).—An indication of the stern chase the Germai forced upon the Allies was contained in a mes- sage which came over the field wires to headquarters from a com- mander leading an American unit. y men must rest,” he said. “Must rest?” exclaimed head- quarters. “Yes," was the answer. “Our men are absolutely tired out run- ning to keep up with the Ger- mans.” likely wouldn't be on my way home to-day.” Miss Mary Stewart Claflin, a niece of the late H. B. Claflin of New York, was perhaps the only dissatisfied passenger on the steamer, She was in a Paris hospital for three months, and then they learned she was only seventeen years old and sent her home, Miss Claflin declared that it was a shame, Alexander Calligari, who has been on a special mission for the Gov- ernment in Paris for two years, said that up to July 28 the Americans alone had taken 48,000 prisoners and 700 guns, mostly of the 155 and 75 a Japanese Ambassa- ‘agoro Miura, dor to Switzerland for two years, “hy OcKGRoy Ai AMERICANS CROSS THE EW MARATHON RAGE) VESLE: GERMANS TURN BIGGEST GUNS ON THEM (Continued From First Page.) having smashed them with hammers. Not a house is intact All about may, be seen typical Ger- man signs, from’ those directing traf- the latter bears the name “Kalser- straffe."” guage railways built by the Germans, with small steel freight cars stand- further construction, The correspondent ‘stood beside 1 battery manned by American young- sters yesterday afternoon wi shells were being hurled across {iw Vesle. These boys had been working night and day, either working th guns or trying to keep up with tre infantry. From a rise in the rear of the battery the shells could be see’ | bursting on the German side of the river. Salvage corps and burial parties| are busy cleaning up the battlefield. Near the front there is a great num- | ber of dead horses, but these are rap- idly being buried. As soon as the Americans move into a village the streets are cleaned up, the debris ‘3 arranged in piles and all is soon in or- returning to Japan by way of San Francisco, He says that Germany has only about 100 Japanese prisoners, most of whom were taken by the sea raider Wolf and that they are recatv- ing the same treatment er pris- oners, none of which good. Seventy per cent, of ‘Switzerland, he said, is pro-German, The steamer was held three days at its sailing port owing to lack of coal. She encountered the roughest weather her Captain had ever exper!- enced crossing the Atlantic, On last Wednesday a French soldier, wh» went from here three years ago aad had been fighting ever since, hanged himself in his stateroom and was given a military burial at sea, Ho was returning home wounded and with a disease pronounced incurable, ee GERMAN SIGN BOARDS _ NOW POINT WRONG WAY Indicate What Was the German Front, but in the Old Marne Pocket. WITH THE FRENCH ARMIBS IN THE FIELD, Aug, 6 (United Press).— Among many German signboards found on the battlefield was one reading “Ven der Front," It pointed in the direction where the front was—but which is the opposite direction from the present front, a KAISER CALLS ENVOY HOME, Will Receive Instructions Regard- ing New F ZURICH, Aug. 5 von Hintze has summoned Germany's representatives abroad to Berlin to re= ceive instructions relative to a new for- elgn policy, it was stated im despatches recelved here to-day, lisa << eS SARATOGA RESULTS. FIRST RACE—Punse $600; longs,--Wyndover, 116 (Connelly), 7 a (Ensor), 7 to 1, 6 to 2 and 7 Bunerana, 115. Gentry). ac 1 awd & bo 5, . ‘bie, isle tog Mud 10 6, 6e0- n uv prusem saa Wt OV ETT six fur- to to 6 and 3 to 6, first; Belario, 110 13 1s, Pivrenai | ie der, The American dead are marked by an upright rifle, the bayonet being thrust into the ‘ground, ‘Three aged women have returned to the little village of Vaux, north of Fere-en-Tardenois, in which not a single house was left whole by the Germans, But these women, with the aid of doughboys, have erected a tem~- porary shelter and are living on what is left in their kitchens, OFFENSIVE STOPPED, SAYS BAVARIAN MINISTER First Chamber Told Present Opera- tions Cannot Be Publicly Discussed. BERNE, Aug. 5.—The German offen- sive been stopped and present operations cannot be publicly discusseds declared Gen, Hellengrath, Bavarian Minister of War, in speaking in’ the First Chamber Saturday. “The fourth year of the war ends by what amounts to a stoppage of our offensive,” he said, “but it is not pos- pible to judge the situation apart trom the operations now in pro which cannot be discussed in public. Bealdes our people are sufficiently steady and patiently will accept the events which delay a final reeye” GERMAN LOSSES PLAGED AS HIGH AS 350,000 Of These 40,000 Are Prisoners, Says an Unofficial Estimate Cabled From London, LONDON, Aug. 5 (United Presi German losses since July 15, the date when the Crown Prince began his last ALLIED AIRMEN KILL 12 WITH BOMBS AT DUEREN Six Injured, Says Cologne Official Announcement—Royal Palace at Stuttgart Damaged. AMSTERDAM, Aug. 5.—Twelve per- sons were killed and sixteen injured when Allied airmen dropped twenty- eight bombs on Dueren, nouncement made in Cologne. THE HAGUE, Aug. 6.—Bombs from Allied planes recently fell in the midst | fic to ones renaming streets, One of {of a group of 400 German m: Bruges, killing many of them, There are numerous narrow | been learned here. GENEVA, Aug. on Stuttgart and Coblenz last Thursday ing on the tracks, and more rails for | were the most destructive ever made, a Large por- tlons of the railway stations were de- troyed and traffic was seriously inter- At Stuttgart the royal palace was damaged, while in Coblenz an am- de- Basle despatch said to-day. rupted. munition etroyed, LONDON, Aus. airplanes were shot factory was‘ partially turn, the British nounced to-d HYLAN APPOINTS WOMAN Air Ministry Take Place of John F. Sinnott, Who Is Drafted. Mayor Hylan has Frances W. Rokus of No. tery at a salary of $4,800 a ye will fill this office during th of John F. Sinnott, the regular ap: pointe, who was recently drafted. Miss Rokus’s appointment to the Ex Mayor at $1,800 a year. Grovet A, Whalen, Mayor, Executive Brooklyn, GERMAN GAFE KEEPERS The Germania Catering Co., operated the Kaiserhof, and Broadway; the German Restaurant Company, conducting the Stadtkeller at Broadway and Chambers Street, and Rudolph Oc¢lsner, a director and heavily interested in both concerns, were indicted by a Federal Grand Jury to-day for food hoarding. The specific count is the possession of 10,607 pounds of sugar, nis MAY RAISE SURTAX RATES, Discussion in Committee Plan to Reach High Incomes, WASHINGTON, Aug. the tentative framework of to-day by the House Ways and Mean: Committee. There was a general drive, were unofficially estimated to- a ‘om 300,000 to 360,000, of which 20. Allied losses cer- an ig | rer es for averane whut Saas bt TOG of Vouna:—aave surtax rates to reach the higher comes in the country. Representative Helvering of Kansa: offered an amendment to ineveace th taxes on all incomes from $100, ann 2 we irom bios. 0ee Dar obnheutiak’ latina’ of BS pos dae as heretofore tentatively ag ‘upon. ‘Thursday Every town and village is wrecked. | morning, according to an official an- ‘ines at it has 5.—British alr raids 5.—Seven German down by British airmen and one balloon was destroyed, while three British planes failed to re- an- EXECUTIVE SECRETARY} Miss Rokus, at $4,800 a Year, Will appointed Miss| 737 Grand Street, Brooklyn, his executive secre-| Tichiy spiced. Crea ecutive Secretaryship means a $3,000 a iat matic year advance in salary, she having cloak of our. been confidential stenographer to the the faSeeday ute According to secretary to the Miss Rokus will act as both secretary and confidential stenographer. The young woman was Mayor Hylan’s private stenographer when he was a County Judge in| INDICTED FOR HOARDING which later known as the Cafe New York, at 39th Street KELLY, N.Y: SERGEANT, SLAYS GERMAN OFFICER IN AMERICAN UNIFORM j Bavarian Dies for His His Treachery When He Tries to Throw Hand Grenade at American. WITH THE AMERICAN FORCES NORTH OF THE OURCQ, Aug. 5.— Sergt. Frank Kelly of New York, while advancing through Nesles For- est, caught sight of what appeared to be an American officer beckoning him, Alongside the officer: was a lit- ter on which lay an unconsctous wounded American, “Come help me get this man away!" | the officer yelled, Kelly saw he had an automatic pis- tol in his hand and for some reason he can't define grew suspicious, The officer noticed this and exclaimed: “What are you afraid of? Here, I'll throw this away.” And he tossed the weapon aside. Kelly cautiously moved toward ‘him, He got within ten feet, when ‘suddenly he got a glimpse of gray- green cloth beneath the olive-drab | tunic worn by the supposed officer. He fired his rifle just as the dis- | guised Boche tried to pull out a band | grenade. | ‘The German was a Bavarian officer, | wearing the coat, breeches and tin jhat of an American ee eer “FOR GOD AND HUMANITY" | ON THE GAS MASK COVER OF | SLAIN AMERICAN SOLDIER | Most of the Hospital Cases Are Men Who Have Dropped Out From Exhaustion. PARIS, Aug. 5.—Most of the hospital cases are men who have dropped out from the sheer exhaustion of chasing fleeing Germans. Advancing Americans have had many narrow escapes from German traps and pitfalls. Explosives were at- tached to every door in every house in the hope of ane Americans who might seek to ent On a hilt north of Mont St. an American fell, the victim of man shell, On the canvas gas mask was found print God and Humanit; U, S. TROOPS THOROUGHLY GOOD FIGHTERS, ADMITS Martin Enhances Success Which Teuton Soldiers and Commanders Have Attained, Says Correspondent. AMSTERDAM, Aug. 5.—"American troops who have been employed in battle have shown themselves thor- oughly good fighters,” remarks the Berlin correspondent of the Cologne Volkszeitung. “That enhances the | success our brave troops and their command- ers have attained,” he adds ————— PAPER MILLS AN ESSENTIAL. Action Granted on Understanding Economy Will Be Exerc! a. WASHINGTON, Aug. 5.—Paper mills have been listed as an essential indus- try, the Priorities Division of the War Industries Boatd announced to-day, on the understanding that the greatest {possible economy will he exercised in the use of paper and that newspapers will reduce their consumption of news print 15 per cent, on daily editions and 20 per cent. on Sunday editions. r | Aske Immed A GERMAN WAR WRITER! which | AMERICANS ON RAID IN THE TOUL SECTOR CAPTURE MACHINE 6U Many German Soldiers Slain, cluding the Entire Crew of a Machine Gun, WITH THE AMZRICAN ARMIL IN FRANCE, Aug. 5 (United Press) —American troops raided enemy posi- tions north of Toal yesterday morning, capturing a great quantity of smal arms, materials and machine guns) One of the latter was taken while in | action, the doughboys killing the en- In- tire crew. The number of Germang killed duricg the raid was conside able. In the Lorraine area American aft!l- leny frustrated a raid by 9 patrol of Specially trained troops, citting off several, who were captured. The pris- oners explained that patrols of spe- cially picked and trained troops are now touring the “quiet” sectors of the lines in companies of twenty to fifty for the purpose of capturing outposts and obtaining information, The fact that the Germans ar obliged to form special units for thi work means a scarcity of men intel! gent or interested enough to conduc! the uuual lapel tion gathering ratd 12. MORE INDICTMENTS IN RAINCOAT SCAND; Twelve of the raincoat manufacturer arrested recently for alleged offering of bribes to United States Army officers, hoping thereby to influence their opin fon, were Indicted by the Federal Grand Jury at 4 o'clock this afternoon. Those named in the indictments ara Benjamin Plottel of No, 153 West 2 Street, Willlam Sydeman of No, 22 Fourth Avenue, Arthur Zittel of No. 21 Washington Place, Samuel Halpern of No, 681 Broadway, Tolly Clamon of No. $21 Broadway, Ralph Cohan of No. $$ Untyersity Pi Simon Harris of N 1119 Broadway, Morris Lesser of No. Ei 20th Street, Ralph Rosenthal of No, 243 Seventh Avenue, Harry FP. Lazarus of No. 307 Sixth Avenue, Louis Fried of No, 43 East 12th Street and Joseph Sydeman of No. 2 Avenue. Fourtn Lessee peliponlcandeies te Adoption of Saf- frage Amendment. WASHINGTON, Aug. 5.—Immediate adoption of the resolution submitting the Woman's Suffrage Constitutional . Amendment to the States was urged in the Senate to-day by Sepator Sheppard of Texas, He said, “Millions of people DIED. NAUTHTON.—At Madison. N. J, on @un day, Aug 4, 1918, ABBEY C., beloved daughter of Mr. and Mrs, Patrick Nauthton, Funeral on Wednesday, Aug. 7 from her home, 193 Greenvil Road « 8.30 A. 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