The evening world. Newspaper, August 12, 1918, Page 1

“If It Happens In New York It’s In The Evening World’’ MMM Ld Che “ Circulation Books Open to All.’’ |. H NEW DRAFT BILL PASSA _| “Circulation Books Open to All.’’ |_| os PRICE inl CENTS. Copyright, 1918, by The Press Publishing ‘Co. (The New York World). NEW YORK, MONDAY, AUGUST 12, _ 1918, 12 PAGES PRICE TWO CENTS. ENCH DRIVE ON LA SSIGNY; | TAKE POSITIONS ON EACH SIDE es (BOAT SINKS 3 VESSELS OFF NEW EN ENGLAND. Three sare Among Vic- tims—Rescued Men Believe All Crews Saved. | Penistone, British, and Syd-| land, Swedish, Are the Known Steamships. | AN ATLANTIC PORT, Aug. 12.— ‘A steamship has been sunk off the| north coast of Maine, according to un- | confirmed reports reaching here to- | day. No other tortheoming. WASHINGTON, Aug. 12.—German submarine raiders operating off the North Atlantic Coast have destroyed three more vessels, the Navy Depart- {aformation was) ment to-day announced. The British steamer Penistone, of 4,139 gross tons, was torpedoed 100 miles east of Nantucket Lightship yesterday morning; the Swedish steamer Sydland, of 3,031 gross tons, 100 miles and was sunk by bombs Aug. §, southeast Nantucket, American schooner, reported as the Herman Winter, but whose identity has not been definitely established, of an was destroyed by gunfire yesterday, 200 miles east of New York. All members of the crew of the Sydland were reported saved, but the Navy's despatches did not clear up the fate of the crews of the other vessels, The and the Winter were sent down in the vicinity of Georges Bank, off the Massachu- | setts coast, where a submarine came | to the surface Sunday in the midst of | @ fleet of American fishing vessels, nine of which were destroyed. AN ATLANTIC PORT, Aug, 12.— The Swedish steamship Sydiand was sunk by a submarine 120 miles south- west of Cape Sable Thursday after- Penistone Herman | noon, it became known to-day when thirty survivors were landed here, | The survivors were brought here) by the steam trawler Spray, which “TA OF U BOAT OFF NANTUCKET ISLAND ONCE IN U, S, SERVICE non Sunken Vessels Claim They ecognized Him as Skilled Navi- gator Formerly With Fisheries. GLOUCESTER, Aug. 12. —Fishermen claim to have identi- Mass., fied the commander of a German submarine which has been sink- ing fishing boats off the Atlantic Coast as a skilled navigator for- merly in the United States Fisher- les Service. Two men from different schoon- ers that were sunk claim to have recognized a former acquaiutance who had changed little except that he had grown a beard since they last saw him. The German is described as about fifty years of age, five feet nine inches in height, broad shoul- dered with light hair and beard. Shipping men are satisfied that he has an exact knowledge of the New England coast, as he operat- ed at dangerous points with safe- ty. The suspected man is said to know these waters from Woods Hole to Nova Scotia as well as any on TAX ON IGE REAM sok AND OTHER SOFT DRINKS Rate on Delicacies Sold at Fountains to Be 2 Cents for Each 10 Cents. WASHINGTON, Aug, 12.—The House Ways to-~day voted to tax ice cream soda, sundaes and Means Committee and other delicacies sold at soda foun- tains at the rate of 2 cents for each 10 cents or fraction thereof. ‘The committee also adopted a 10 per cent. tax on bottled soft drinks, to be paid by the manufacturer, Under this system bottled soft drinks will have to |bear both the manufacturer's tax and the retail sales tax of 2 cents or more. Ma SS ‘ANOTHER RUSH TO MARRY BY MEN SUBJECT T0 DRAFT Intimation From Washington of Automatic Exemption of Married Men Believed Responsible. ‘The machinery of the Marriage Bu- |reau in the Municipal Building {s again| creaking to-day under the weight of another drive of men between the ages RECALL SENATORS TO RUSH PASSAGE Measure Will Up Next Monday. CHANGE IN AGE FAILS. to 45 Tumed Down by Big Vote in Committee. WASHINGTON, Aug. Steps to reconvene the Senate so that the Ad- ministration Man Power Bill extend- ing draft ages from eighteen to forty- five can be taken up without delay were taken to-day by Senate leaders, who ordered telegrams sent to all ab- sentees asking them to be present next Thursday when the bill is re- | ported to the Senate. Under the agreement by which the recess was three days must elapse before unanimous consent taken, any business can be transacted after a quorum has deen called, and as a result the bill will be taken up next Monday. An effort ty Senato rKirby of Ar- to ex- | kansas to amend the bill so as tend the draft ages from twenty-one to forty-five, instead of eighteen to forty-five as proposed, failed to-day in the Senate Military Committee by an overwhelming vote. Senator Kirby announced that he would renew his effort when the bill | reached the floor. ‘The committee to-day discussed an amendment providing that ‘any order granting deferred classification to any man for industrial reasons shall be revoked If he is absent from work for more than five days. Senator Reed of Missouri proposed some modifica- tions which will be considered to- morrow. Immediate extension of the draft ages to include all men between eighteen and forty-five so that an ‘irresistible force’ can be sent to |®urope to shorten the war was urged | |by Senator Reed. He warned against | over-confidence on the Allies’ part} inclusive, picked up fifteen in a boat Saturday |cf thirty-one and forty-five who would|anq declamed that now this country night eighty miles southeast of} Highland Light. The other fifteen were picked up by the steam trawl Kingfisher of the Eastern Coast Fish. eries Company, and later transferred to the Spray. Capt. Larson of the Sydiand sald his ship was sunk Thursday after- noon when a submarine appeared muddenly and fired a shot across the | bows, The crew was given time to take to the boats and the ship was sunk by bor laced in her hold. The Sydland was carrying supplies to Belgium. A British merchant steamer was| sunk recently off the North Afanie Coast, accord to the second cer of the German submarine which sent nine fishing schoor to the ks an Satur. bottom off George's day and Sunday given members of the « Kate Palmer, a fish when they U_ boat, their ve learn the name were informed emokestacks. The fishermen were early to-day aboard echooner Helen Murley, | (@omtinued on Fourth Page.) 8 report was or to the dostruct 1. The fishermen did not f the that she bre the wuxidary after having | nonin rather a wife than rifle support carry a It is believed that the announce- ngton intimating the ment from W Jautomaite exemption of married men ts| had been issued and there was a long ine of quiet, conservative looking prospective brides and grooms patiently waiting. An examination of the licenses |showed that just one-half were taken nut by men whose ages were either be- tween thirty-one and forty-five years, or be eighteen and twenty-one yenrs. REPORT DANSIKO EXECUTED. Rnasian Social Nevol a of Killing Vou PARIS, Aug. 12—The Russian Social Revolutionary Danstko, accused of kill- ing Field Marshal von Etchhorn, Ger: man di in Ukr executed aturday ived here to fonary Ac- ichhorn, tator ainia, was to adviee by THR WORLD TRAVEL Arate. Pullteer (Wor'd r G4 Park Row NY. City, Toleohone Beekman 4050 Check room for beguage and parcels open dag Mossy oudare wwerellen” is in the war it will have to fight |to a finish. He asserted that | with our present forces there is a se- rious question whether the Central “ev responsible for the big rush to the| Powers will not have more men there altar, or can put them there than the Up to noon ninety marriage licenses’ Allies.” Interrupting the Senator, Chamberlain quoted a French author- {ty as saying that this year Germany can mobilize 28,000,000 men compared to 20,000,000 men for the Allies Senator Reed said if disaster should occur there would be no means of getting the American forces home and for that reason this coun try must fight to the end Senator Borah of Idaho urged that should be reassembled delay to act on the bill Se Get Another Zeppelin, LONDON Congress without Brit 1 brought man Zeppe in far coast, according ne machine was o: of this a ACING ESULTS, Page 2 ENTRIES, Page 2 owent type OF NEW DRAFT BILL Be Reported] Thursday and Will Be Taken | Amendment Fixing Limits 21} Senator | THREE GERMAN GENERALS ARE GASHIERED; MANY MEN COURT-MARTIALLED | Punished for Losses Around Mont- didier—Kaiser Said to Have Moved to Brussels. ONDON, Ang. 12.—Three Ger- man generals, recently com- manding near Montdidier, have been cashiered for negiect of duty, according to Belgian re- ports received in Amsterdam and transmitted by the Exchange Telegraph Company. A large number of soldiers were courtmartialed at St. Quen. tin Saturday for high tr nm. The Germans in Belgium are showing signs of great uneasiness and the German Emperor is re- ported to have moved to Brussels. Reports of uneasiness among the Germans in Belgium may have a deep significance, due to the announcement that the Kaiser has removed to Brussels. There is a possibility that he will order repressive measures against the malcontents or employ them in taking sterner measures against the Belgian population, The sit- uation there must be very serious if it has caused him to take his eyes off the Picardy and Aisne battlefronts. In connection with the reported cashlering of Generale for losses around Montdidier, it will be recalled that last week it was that nineteen German including ¢ von Planitz and two Major Gen- erals, had been retired on account of defeats above the Marne. TWO CHUMS IN WAR WOUNDED ON SAME DAY Drafted Together, Waived Exemp- tion and Went to France in Same Company. PASSAIC, N. J., Aug saic boys, chums, who were drafted at German announced officers, 12.—Two Pas- the same time, walved exemption, were assigned to the same company and regi- ment, and were wounded on the same day, were reported in the War De- partment's latest casualty lst. Private John J. Fallott, twenty-eight, Hved at No. 1 River Ride with his parents. Velensky Adams Owyez, twenty-one, lived at No. 78 Sherman Street, Both boys were assigned to Company F of the 7th Infantry and were severely | wounded on on July a FIRST WOMAN SECRETARY TO A GABINET OFFICER Mrs, Stewart of Staten Island Ap- pointed to Post With Secretary | of Commerce. | WASHINGTON Avs 12. — Mrs. Agatha O. Stewart of Port mond, Staten Island, N. ¥., has been appointed private secretary to Secretary of Com | merce Redfield Mrs, Steward ts the first woman to She departure \be secretary to a Cabinet officer, 'succeads F th, w | trom employ created consider: able cur No explanation was given. > OFFICERS’ PISTOL PRACTICE. sistance on the Southern Battle} Line, and Capture Several More Towns in the Neighborhood of Roye. Germans Bring Up Reinforcements and Put Upa Hard Fight Against Safely Held. the important base of Lassigny, have advanced to within’ two miles of that place. They have captured Gury (less) than two miles to the southwest) and have advanced south | \of Loges wood (two miles northwest). WITH THE BRITISH ARMY IN FRANCE, Aug. 12 (Associated Press).—There is an unofficial report ihis afternoon that the town of Roye, which the Germans have been defending so desperately, has been evacuated. Brit- ish tanks have been seen operating a considerable distance east of that town. As nearly as can be learned the battle line from north to south runs to-day near Mericourt, Proyart, Rainecourt and Li- hons, which aparently is finally secure in British hands after bitter fighting; thence west of Chaulnes, through or near Chilly, which has changed hands twice; then through Fouquescourt, Parvillers, Damery, Andechy, L’Echelle, Armancourt, Dancourt, Popincourt, Roye-sur-Mato, Mareuil, Sam son and Antoval, striking the old line near Ribecourt. BATTLE NEAR THE END OF FIRST PHASE. The battle appears to be aproaching the end of the first phase with the lines steadily hardening on the front, speaking generally, that the Germans held before they retired to the Hindenburg line. It must be understood that hard fighting like that in which the Allies have been engaged since Thursday cannot go on indefinitely with- out giving the troops opportunity for rest. The horses, which have been working constantly day and night bringing up heavier and less mobile artillery, are exhausted, and it is important that the crews of tanks be given time to recuperate from the effects of their hardest work. FRENCH TAKE MORE TOWNS LONDON, Aug. 12.—Although the official statement ned to- day by the Paris War Office says there was no marked change in the | fighting during the night on the French front in Picardy, Field Marshal Haig reports that French troops have advanced nearer to the important point of Roye from the southwest bythe capture of the villages of Ar- | |mancourt and Tilloloy lau Below ¢ ela Rank Muat Extremely bitter resistance is being encountered from ern Learn to theat Automation, along the line of Chaulnes-Roye-Noyon, The enemy is bringing WASHINGTON 2 ificers . 1 ' A ce strong reinforcements, while the Allies are preparing for a further ad low the rank of Colonel in the Ord E nance Department will be required to, VA%?é | practice with the 45 calibre automatic Gen. Haig said the British positions south of Lib e atta | pistol, according to an announcement, last evening by the Germans. The attack was rept h of of the War Department The purpose of the order {s to enable lotficera assigned to overseas duty to | protect themselves. Many of them hav- ing been commissioned from civilian lite Rave hed no military training. Britis’ with Somme British troops captured 200 prisoners Mericourt, south of the river, have been linked of Btinehem, north of the river. positions east of British lines east Nearly 40,000 prisoners and 700 guns have been taken by the Allies French bene a Stiffening Re-| | German resi ee GERMANS REPORTED IN FLIGHT FROM THEIR BASE AT ROYE; LOSSES NOW TOTAL 100,000 AMERICAN TROGPS FIGHTING A CONTINUOUS BATTLE IN THE OUTSKIRTS OF BRAY Have Captured and Held Positions Strongly Defended at One of the Most Difficult Points in the Line. LONDON, Aug. 12. (Associated Press).—American troops \are in the suburbs of Bray to-day fighting a continuous battle for British—Haig Reports Repulse) of Attack South of Lihons, Now| the outskirts of the little French city. A ding-dong battle is in progress all up and down the northern section of the present battle line. The assistance by the Americans in this fighting has been WITH THE FRENCH ARMIES IN THE FIELD, | comparatively small, but nevertheless important, for they have Aug. 12 (United Press).—French troops, closing in upon) | captured and held positions strongly defended by the enemy at one of the most difficult points in the lines at a time when the ance here was threatening to hold up the left flank jof the advance. in Picardy, according to reliable information here. The total German casualties are now reliably estimated at more than 100,000, Ut is estimated that since the Germans began their offensive on the Marne four weeks ago to-day they have lost nearly 75,000 men im privoners and more than 1,200 guns, including many of the highest calibre.] Thirty-one new divisions have been identified in Picardy, making a total of 114 divisions (probably 1,368,000 men) used since July tg. One German long-range gun has been located between Ham and Guis- card (twelve miles east of Roye) and is being shelled by Allied artillery. FRENCH ADVANCE BETWEEN ARVE AND OUISE. Later reports from the front say the French are continuing their advance between the Avre and the Oise, and have captured the town of L’Echelle-St. Aurin, three miles directly west of Roye. The line on this front now runs from L'Echelle-St. Aurin southeast through Armancourt and Tilloloy, three miles southwest of Roye, and continues on in a southeasterly direction through Gury, eleven imiles southeast of Montdidier. It then curves more to the east and passes through the Montigny Quarry to the hill north of Antoval, just north- west of Ribecourt, on the Oise. (At the nearest point the Germans are now seventeen miles from Amiens, while they are no nearer than sixteen miles to the Amiens Paris railway) In the region between the Roye Road and the Somme the position has been stabilized. The Germans have massed heavy artillery on this front and are heavily counter attacking. The t Albert and Chaulnes seemed to-day to be held by the enemy, Roye has not fallen, VON HUTIER ESCAPES POCKET, BUT WITH FORCES DAMAGED IS NOW FIGHTING FOR TIME owns of 4 |Brings Up Fresh Divisions in Desperate Effort | to Stop Further Advances of the | Allied Forces. PARIS, Aug, 12.—The ha certain amount Germans are reacting on the Allied left to line divisions relieved here the fresh troops vor to block the had time to get i tushed frantically trom the nort are being thrown into the fight Allied advance toward Nesle. Gen. von Hutier, who escaped, much damaged, from the Manididier t v H 2 PO ONE NT SS As rae ar” Fae REN IS re ameees { — gto eet en