The evening world. Newspaper, August 14, 1918, Page 1

~ \ “If It Happens In It’s In The Evening World’’ TT ZTE ALD New York Che pres! a 1918, by Thi ‘The New Yor! ress Publishing World), LASSIGNY REPORTED TAKEN; FALL OF NOYON IS EXPECTED BRITISH IN HARD BATTLE ON LINE BEFORE CHAULNES STEAM The Kellogg, feipeiiia With- |". out Warning, Reports 4 | Killed, 3 Drowned. | TRANSPORT. GE TS AWAY. Explodes Two Torpedoes With Bombs—Strange Ship Screens Submarine. The Kaiser's threat to “ war to New Y arry the ork” is being made good by his submarine commanders. Between dawn and dark yesterday a British transport was engaged in a two-hour running fight by a subma | rine which desisted only when it was off Fire Island, less than thirty miles from Sandy Hook | and the American tanker Frederick | R. Kellogg, of 4,419 tons, was sunk without warning thirty miles soutn! of the entrauce to Ambrose Channel; from pureutt| with the loss of seven of her crew.| On Monday, the Norwegian freighter Sommerstad sunk Island Light-| was twenty-five miles southeast of I ship in the same waters where oa July 19 the U. & Cruiser San Diego hit a mine left by a U boat and went down with | n her crew. All of these depredations of the under-sea pirate occurred within waters at the very threshold of the| port of New York It is the concensus of | officers and among naval submarine s the Brit-| men that the same the Sommerstad, chased ish transport and sent th the bottom off the Jersey tanker to| | Of ita three exploits f SHIP SUNK OFF HOOK; TRANSPORT FIGHTS U BOAT 1918. FREE Rick RO RELLSGG, BO DDOGTO40d6-.90-05 | “ULS.NAVYLAUDED BV KING QEORGE _INNOTETO WILSON Admires High High Efficiency and General Smartness of Force -—President Replies. 4 4 ; WASHINGTON, of operating 4 United Aus — Upon the visiting one States in of England a personal message to Presid son through the British Am) Lord Reading, which was made pub lie to-day by the State Department Lord Reading wrote: “IT have the honor to inform you| that I have reevived a telegram from | London requesting | warships European waters, King rege sent SEAGIRT me to convey to be Circulation Books Open to All.’’ ‘| 14 PAGES. WEATHER—Fair to-night. 8 PRI NTS. ICE TWO Phe oe) llth atin = A ALLIED DRIVE IN PIGARDY HAS PENETRATED 1 MILES, SAYS. GENERAL MARCH Present 53- Mile | Line in Centre GERMAN AIR SQUADRONS Stands Along Old 16-17 Front. WASHINGTON, “4 |reports to the American Government show that the Franco-British and American thrusts in Picardy extend- ed over a fifty-three mile front and Aur Official had attained a maximum penetration of fifteen miles up to yesterday March, Chief of Staff, closed this to-day in his semi- with dis eekly corres- Gen conference newspaper pondents, adding that at no point is the enomy now within fifty miles of Paris. In the centre, Gen, March aid, the present line 4s along the old front of 1916-1 efore the German withdrawal to the so-catled To the north that wed in places but Hindenburg line. line in th reached it in thelr advance signy and up the valley of the Oise. Gen. March identified the 11st In fantry Regiment of the 31d Division, composed largely of Lilinois National Guard, as the Amorican unit engaged at Chipilly, north of the the British left flank, where ate German counter-attack was re pulsed and three officers, 150 men and has been ere south the French have not yet on Las: Som desper- |man airmen | ing VAINLY TRY TO DRIVE BACK | U. 8. SCOUTS OF THE AIR: Twelve Enemy Planes Attack Single American Photograph- ing Their Lines. WITH THE AMDRICAN ARMIPS NCE, Aug. 14 (United Pres). As an example of bravery and sacrifice, observers in photographing planes have gone over the German lines without protection, knowing the chances are against their return. The staff found that new photo- kraphs of the enemy's rear areas absolutely No Americ: chasse" available urd the heavier and slower obser- A staff officer put it up to the observers, The latter said they appreciated the Importance 7 necessary planes were vation machines. fice. As soon as the nd over the photographers up- German lines, Wer 4 at them, some Germans attack- The latter then times ten or twel a single American. would dodge, turn and escape, return hours without cessation, The Ameri. | cans persisted in their Job, knowing and were willing to make any sacri-| ‘The unequal struggle continued for} ” legas, fhe tatiaat's nan aaa ieee on Southern End of Picardy Bat- tlefront—Germans Making a Stiff Resistance to Advance of Gen. Rawlinson’s British Army on Northern Wing. LONDON, Aug. 14.—The town of Lassigny, on the lange part of the Picardy battle front, for which the | French have been struggling over the hills to the west and |south, was captured by them this morning, the Pall Mall | Gazette to-day says it understands. The Evening Standard reports terrific fighting on the Lassigny Ridge, and says the French there are fighting their way stubbornly forward this afternoon, pushing sol- idly down the far side of the elevation. PARIS, Aug. 14.—Gen. Humbert’s Army, operating on the southern end of the Picardy battle line, is reported to-day to be progressing steadily toward Noyon. The desperate German de- fense of the Chaulnes-Roye road has caused delay in the storming of the Noyon position, which is now said to be impending. “Our methodical pressure,” says one authority, “warrants the hope that the whole triangle formed by Lassigny, Ribecourt and Noyon soon will be occupied.” The British army of Gen. Rawlinson, which is holding the line just to the north of the French positions, is meeting most desperate re: The Germans seem determined to retain the Chaulnes Heights at all costs. ance along its whole front. (A despatch from Zurich quotes the Frankfurter Zeitung as say- ing the German high command will make a great effort to defend Chaulnes, the fall of which would mean a fresh retreat on the whole Somme-Olse front.) STIFF RESISTANCE AGAINST BRITISH. quick succession, the most sensation, at] ¢ pik s ‘ seven 10 milimeter guns were taken|it must be completed. Despite the was the running batlie with held PAne ta Fe ine petanal meteee by thle one regiment handicap, the Americans shot dowa| WITH THE BRITISH ARMIES IN FRANCE, Aug. 14 (United transport which occurred off the| 3 It has given me mire to havs| WOULD DISCOURAGE USE OF | two German planes | Press).—Resistance of the German Second and Eighteenth Armies i Long Island Coast carly yesterday, | ¢ visited the United Btates ship (ae-| _THE NICKNAME “SAMMY.” ) : and Eighteenth Armlee i the report of ie ch was brought tole], leted) and to have made the acquaint- | The Chae of Staff urged sowspaver | BRONX DRAFT CLERK daily becoming more obstinate. During the last twenty-four hours there New York to-day by the officers of | men to discourage the use of the] ¥ . i i ; 2 \¢@ Jance of Read Admiral (deleted) and Hee | has been a notable increase in enemy shelling, especially gas shells, north the transport \¢ |the captains of the remarkable bat- nickname “Sammy” in speaking of UNDER INDICTMENT i y I y i The teanaeort which ia.one of the} } |tleship force now operating with my | American troops, The serra is alte ia Morlancourt, about Dernancourt, north of that town, and in the val- largest ne ecetest in the transat-| © | liked by the men themselves, he sai Hy . ° grand fiect and I also had an oppor- ley of the Ancre. Allied troops north of the Somme repulsed mi lantic service and would be a fat} ¢ ltunity of seeing representatives from |4Pd appeared foolish to th hand] Accused of Accepting $200 to Let} if read flehtt p : ne 9 THRO 1 ‘or the ans, was proceed-| + ‘ applied to the big ile jattacks, advancing sli e] ‘ay, Beige for c Ge aoe yin fe F. otter ships of the squadron, I should | yess rear eigtt saps ote Di, Yrihe Man's Brother Enlist as i ; ncing slightly near Bray se towarc ne Ld couple! ¢ like to express my admiration of the | jerse ng men Americans co-operated with British t ture watehes set when at 6 A.M. the peri-| ? WHERE THe < | hich eMfciency and gencral smartnesa| The Chief of Staff said the Mne on} Substitute. Kerner agi ee oh. eogpa tn: fae. onptnte: scope and conni wer of a sub-|{ peepericn & ‘Joe the force and the happy relations| the Alsne-Marne front has remained | Gus W. Busch, chief clerk of Locai| Moriancourt. ‘They also fought side by side tn the British attack at marine c of the] 4 ae Sone i ' Piwhich exist between the United | stationary. American troops have |Toard No. 4, aded not guilty) Bray and with them penetratd the outskirts of that town.) waves be the starboard | } i | 5 | etat squadron and thelr Brith. recaptured Fismette, on the north | to-day before Judge Mayer to] Rupprecht’s gunners are cot ° ‘i ° L, { States squadron and the c ‘onsiderably busier on the forw; of the ve $ —i. REOSSS CREVT™ ° |comradea and the unity of purpose | bank of the Vesle, from which they | two Indictments charging conspiracy to} Pr g e ef ard areas, ros 844990-:8..9- HOHE HOTDTODIGHDI-DDD HOODIE DG DOE THOTOHOW | Vrioh characterizes their work and| Were driven tolate the ; ectiys Service Lam i | South of the Villers-Bretonneux-Chaulnes railway the Germans are turn- and, thr siadany } T: « , r re ntees he conti cussing the work of the h Wusch an¢ athan Letaler, now A One er eacia ih crows | Map of the Scene Where the Tank Steamer Fr Reokolloge: Was jeune. Syaraniina ok Mie! Babbiais d men u Bas ; ae ft wi soldier at Camp Dix, are named in one|ing their high velocity pieces on places like Caix, A long train loaded x redoe Sunk -*hotograp! Som rew muceceas of the arms at sea," mio COM RIA neyive dietmen nich alleged that Nathar A A A running to the six-inch guns forward | Torpedoed and Sunk, and Photographs of Some of Her Crew. President Wilson replied as follows: |Guardamen, in the Alsne-Marne sa-ltntsier guid Tusch $200 and ottered to] With high explosives was abandoned on a siding at Caix and the Germans f nn t The t + r sn ep . ’ Thank you for your letter convey- | Hent, Gen, March said ly report] vesizn the presidency of the Bronx po-| are attempting to blow . hellfire n are atte ing to blow up the train with shelltire r nee of 9 ¢ lue of His Majesty, the |400 men had been hit during four|Nathan Letaler be drafted in place of TWO-MILE ADVANCE BY FRENCH ld and put ponal ra ft t to our hours on July 80 in the advance to|his brother Isadore. ‘The | kK nt after visit. to our y 2 : ee. sisre an IN FACE OF THE KAISER STS AT FETT cL RSG gae elie Sacer De teat aeuek chats WITH THE FRENCH ARMY IN FRANCE, Aug. 14 (Associated The German ned fire from a 4 - s aepienanancencad London, Will you not be kind enough ne 28th Division, Gen. March satd, a it ie biota fg ted Bae | Pres ).—The Germans are now in Plemont, about a mile southeast of ance of seve thousand yards, and! @ tania 4 t : , ne r r r 2 force; Pete Sea Ertr as soul tare nk a on | i@teler as president of the political club. yen ' gine ae Capt. Dingle, Alone With His Dog, | Hungarian Ga Reinforced to express to the King, in person, my | Was “ POCIAns Nees si: 1) The 6 5 that | Lassigny, to which they retired following a new advance by the French. the fa 7 uted he had Will Sail His 28-Foot Sloo snd Atos [ Ture appreciation of the message and my | July 16 and participated in the ad-|Gus 1. Gol’ ‘ t ansport in range, The British | ! a an s100p ‘ , pleasure that he found our men so fit, | Y4ACe across the Ourca River on July | paid Huse ia tans Gen, Humbert's army moved forward two miles yesterday and took | ship's. gun crews, meanwhile, had to Bermuda moil in t Ife may be sure that our co-operation | 38 when the attack against the Ger-|°% Gold DNOE OUR quickly ur 1 vo nd LONDON, A vee ; : with the British s rendered | man lnos pe <n aa lke fall iaeenanoatn |I the St. Claude Farm, which makes the hold of the French on the south- ] Ghioat LONDON, Aug i ra feat papery m nos atta n rifles and an to return tho fire ‘ rg Seki Nib scad fs hs beeen a % Jana thrust the enemy back to the|SBE6 AIRCRAFT PROSECUTION ern part of the Thiescourt Plateau secure. } So great wa n parat i es yates Bus phi cater advantages to the « The 28th was flanked on one | } ing pursuer and pursued that “ = sere and re nations associated against ise aida ky the. 48d and on| QFewerr's Report WII Go to Preat- At Plemont the Germans found positions all ready to receive them } British fell short. ‘Tr t sloop Hae PMR Lcapay the other by the war Di) wasHINnGTON ind were able to offer strong resistance. The enemy took Plemont ] nery ff it th " f ¥ . : , blige visions. Its px n Hines | ¢ eral Gregory Aa nye 1 1 une ar the tren Wa are i that ey ‘ na tare. iy (eee ANOTHER SCORCHING DAY, | were between sere and Ronohere " , vg early in June and their old trenches there are still | rine barra Petes Hr ; ; Icspa ' Th The work of the American troop by the H vi glement | ; L \ : Tt wa hy {uy thaw your hat] yory on the French fr t b Vhe e ion about Lassig cut "y spurs and ridges, which 1 1 : ; De : PL | sitarh ve atfae™ i / : rae ne EL Ht facilitate defensive operatior At Canny-sur-Matz, two miles northwest r i f D v F mer comm s N q : fla he Germans are in the old trench positions, where wira ; \ FWA RAT : as 4 the hu-| : ( > \ 1! rh ; : } t "4 F t Gen, Pershing’s a ment o' entanglements still remain le enemy is seeking to unite parts of tig when are 1 g é parts of tue he W : } min and one d ‘ month, Al), quur f re say it ogre He ea Flap POA 12 HURT IN TRAIN WRECK, line with some of their own former positions and are von- stretched acr Water £fOM payigation book and a revolver com- pring abo Cabrini LUE ay ead Sr AAMnaKt . amaksh N. Y, Aug. 14.—The | tinuing *fforts to hold on there. = pl the equipm There are fifty hemia : {with 92 in. the bead i (Continued Seevad Lage.) water { Li do} eral = 6 Mark at there we ¥ These tactics have again changed the entire character of the fignt- - >_> -- t f be rt Kipoer. | Baker Nom fF Ohio State!) ba Glyiaiona ln § ? ing, bringi tro OPS sb ack to har i renade encounters in the tr \ the Field Army fed appr § trenches THR WORLD TRAVEL LJ bi . 4 6 for the ‘ he Army included approx ne : ) Park Row, N. goes mad-—Trixie being the do, Secret f | tion of tional corps a subse. , > yr. s ha “ 7 5,61 are Tow NY : mad T Isle ng th 108 Bake vere “i! ot Wa we nomi | tion st aalti i 1 ‘ rps and subs: E Swande onal LONDON, Me 14,.—British troops have faire furthae ground at Check reom wl ' J nate as Jemoe State Jentri | quen additional armies w rO~ 4 1 } 3} . ab, a Stroer Seda aad! arclens caste elit in six daye—or ten at most. My wife's Committeeman from the 22d district at | gt, pra la tditional armies will pro- | nthe “wreck ; a gmiten, the apex of the Lys salient in Flanders, says the official statement frova } ‘i iby ~) % three cars leavin, he rails ver- 3} . ™~ J an. , coming later in @ bigger boat, yeatgyday's primary, z ~ (Continued on Second Page.) turning. ne One overs Figld Marshal Haig to-day. East of Meteren the line was advansst ad | ) \ eal -