The evening world. Newspaper, August 23, 1918, Page 1

“If It Happens In It’s In The Eveni MUU bd Ih _. PRICE TWO CENTS. FRENCH HAIG DEALS TERRIFIC New York ng World’? Che bed Circulation Books Open to All. td | NEW YORK, FRIDAY, AUGUST 23, The Press Publishing York World). TWO ARRESTED AS SUSPECTS IK RAHWAY MYSTERY -—> Men Captured in Alleged Stolen Automobile Had Revolver Hidden Under Seat. TWO EMPTY CHAMBE Prisoners Under Severe Ques- tioning Tell of Movements —Taken in Newark. Two men arrested on Lincoln Highway, on the Outskirts of ewark, at 3 o'clock yesterday morning in a stolen automobile, are now being held en the strony suspicion that they were respon- sible for the double murder just an hour before in Rahway of Ar thu Kupfer and Edith Janny, his sweetheart. Under the rear seat cushion of the auto in which the two wers riding was found a 38-calibre re volver with two chambers ex- ploded. An autopsy night revealed the fact that bullets of this calibre caused the deaths of the Perth Amboy couple. The men gave their names as Je seph last Lawrence, thirty-eight years old Selden Street, Hartford, Conn., and Fred Watson, thirty-e ears old, of Atlantic City The police say he had stolen though he did not s driven it to Atlantic City said, he picked up his friend Watson and planned to return with him to New York The two men were arrested by policeman who had just been warned of the Rahway murders on Lincoln Highway and Weiqualic Avenue, 0} the outskirts of Newark. Lincoln Lawrence admitted car last and had ‘There. week, ‘ay where, he x 3 ‘SLIGHT IMPROVEMENT ta |! AAR BE DICTATED, NOT ~ WILLIAMSON OFNY. NEGOTIATED, LODGE sicians Declare, Howeve of Prelate Is Still Wey Critical. Anois improvement in t condition of Cardinal John M, Farley, who is suffering from pneumonia, was reported this morning by Dr. Thomas F McParlan who are and Dr. Fahnestock, tending him at his sum- | mer home at Orienta Point, N. Y They issued the following bul- letin | “Cardinal Farley's day is slightly ndition to- changed for the better, although he is still in a very critical condition. His tem- perature is 102, pulse 100 and re spiration 30,"" Monsignor ¢ rroll, the Cardinal's said: Cardinal is conscious and t him to pass a quiet secretary, this morning We ex day | resting easily. Fee, telegrams and other mes- | ny sages of sympathy have eived." been re- POLICE RESERVES CALLED TO GUARD STREET GAR BARKS *):"' Three Others Bas. and Com-) Senator mander of Orizaba and 18 More Hurt. EXPLOSION AT SEA. Accident Occurred While Will- iamson Was Experimenting With Depth Bombs. WASHINGTON, Aug. men were killed and nineteen others 23, — Four | Also “Warns Againsi “Insidious and Poisonous’ German Propaganda. OUTLINES THE DEMANDS Says Enemy Must Be Beaten to Her Knees, in Talking for Draft Bill. WASHINGTON, earnest Aug. Warning against 23. — An “insidious severely wounded by the explosion of and poisonous” German peace propa- a depth charge on the United States ganda and Steamship Orizaba at sea on Aug. 17, day |New York Railway Company Asks After Dis- charging Employees, Protec | Police reserves were afternoon barns at Tenth Avenue and 54th Stre and at Seventh Avenue and 50th The only explanation thus far tained by the police is that the « pany disc {th and that morning hered at the barns starting @ strike. aid off the moto purpose of Why the company men at a time when it has men to run its cars and been explained FRANCE TO ENGLAND FLIGHT IS MADE IN HALF AN HOU some of thes: to protect the property of the New York Railways Company at the car et Street ob- om- ed @ number of motorme ‘ id it lacks not Highway, coming up {rom the direc- toe of Rahway, is one of the main! British Airplane Makes Trip With travelled auto roads in that part of a ripe eneee Jersey. | rew, Nine Passengers I tis understood that the twain have Baggage. been under constant and severe gr LONDON, Aug. 23.—A big British air ing since th reat and that thoy Plane, carrying its crew and nine pa prone an Bnd, made.a partial rey engers, has made the trip from France ation of their movements nea » Englan ne wh ney, from have admitted, wh the p ® deem | ty one in the interior of I ngland, occu better not to revea nk wh pied but little more than half an hour. At the same time news of the ar-| The test was made under routine con rests in Newark became known it de-| ditions, with an ordinary service air veloped that Kupfer and Miss Janny| plane of the largest type The pas- had been at the Highland Park Hotel| Sense urried a normal am ot from 12 to 1.30 on the night they were were 203 murdered, This information wa »y| FREES SLAVS OF TREASON. oh Osterwa roprietor of the] Rudolph Oster a F 1 | Austrian cafe attached to t ote and hi Pear wife, who both knew M Tanny|| astenenn ar ; well, The couple aim: ar ANd) Charle f Austria has parde made arrangem: for a er to} fou awaiting rf be served them . f high treason at Seralevo, Bos and doparted alor © auto at Jing to a despatch 1 At the time of t 4 y 4 body of Miss Junny, d 1 nd f ' , the back of 4 P - (Continued on Fourth Page) | WILL IT BE A YANKEE ECHO? ~ ego 2 Days of Big Sale! g Men's Suitn, 87.05 blacks, and Seeiiee be rt hight-tll 10." Hub Clothe tere, ‘Broadway,corner Barclay St,—Advt, » ese bs es tenses re Paris Hints Answer to Great Berth WIL be Heard Se 2%, In PARIS L'Heure Aug print Will the soon be he Yankee echo to the e 4? Will that echo — ‘THIN PEOPLE GAIN FLESH Taking Vather John's Medicine,—Aavt. ae Ree Nana " rtha |the Navy Department announced to- Lieutenant Commander William Price Willlamson of No. 280 Madison New York City, executive of the ship, was instantly killed.” Commander R, D. White, in com- called out this! , mand of the vessel, suffered a broken jaw and his kneecap was fractured »y the explosion The three enlisted men who were killed are muel T. Lambert, U 8. N. RF. », 562 Fairview Street, Riverside, N. J.; Frank J. Mayer, U. 8. N,, of Cincinnati, and Arthur K Beira, U. 8. N. R. F., of Pitts: burgh, Pa ‘The announcement did not give the names of the wounded enlisted men The Ortzaba was in the troop transport service but was westbound without soldiers aboard. Tt was learned here to-day that the explosion was caused by an accident in an experiment which Commander Williamson was making for the im- provement of depth bombs, His death was described by Lieut of the same ship in a conversation with Williamson's brother-in-law, Howard C, Beam of No, 280 Madison | Avenue. “Williamson had perfected a most promising device," said Lieut. Webb, | “for the control of the explosion of depth bombs—but it did not contro! | in this case, For some reason the| experimental bomb had failed to wr | and Williamson approached to look at it when the belated explosion oc urred, He died “wo minutes later and I heard him fore the end; goner.”” Commander Williamson was thirty- five years and had been for twelve the service—four of these years having been passed at Annap- say gamely just be “Well, I guess I’ a years in olis, After leaving the academy he went around the world with the ficet Next he specialized in telescopic work, then in armor plate and tor. pedoes and was considered one of the most promising of the young officers. On Aug. 10 he was chosen for th ank of commander, but did not tive port on which he died and had mad hree round trips. H survived his widow in Hackensack, N. J. Lieut Commander Williamson was @ son of the late Rear Admiral Thom William on, His brother, Thom, is a naval Paymaster in the transport service a THE WORLD TRAVEL BUREAU, wevp| ‘the Man i a declaration that peace must b@ dictated and not negotiated with Germany to place her in a pos tion where she never again dis turb the world’s peace, were made in the Senate to-day by ranking R Relation Lodge of Massachusett Publican of the Foreign Committee. Pe be forced on Germany ace terms which must and will were specifi cally detailed by Lodge in Senator addressing the Senate in support of Power Bill army draft Complete panied Belgium. Unconditional return of Alsace Lorraine to France and of Italia . Irredenta to Italy Safety for Greece. Independence for Roumania. An independent Poland Independence of the Slav peo- ples and freedom of Russia from German domination, including re turn of Russian territory wrested by Germany in the Brest-Litovsk treaty, to extend: the Serbia and Furthermore, Senator Lodge de- clared Constantinople must be made a free port and Palestine never re stored to Turkish rule “These are the principal cond tions,” he said, “wh will give a vietory worth havi No peace that satisfies Germany can ever sat sfy us, It cannot be a otlated | peace, It must be a dictated peace and we and aur A 1 dictat Germany undoubtedly will attempt a strong peace drive when she fee (Continued on Second Page.) ARRIGAN'S SON LEADS RAID THAT DRIVES FOE OUT OF TOWN WEST OF FISMES American Detachment Captures Germans and Gains Foothe a in Tannieres, WITH THE AMERICAN ARMIES IN FRANCH, Aug (By t iPr DETACHMBPNT € Aw Harrigan ix miles west of 1 night ina all lo r ‘ fn They if retained the pc {rom which the Germans were driven, and maintained a foothold in the town, — y RIgReTION With Horst Acid Phosphate, eowsiice pevveats dishes, “Big” «bottle oul tg'Be orld, “Circulation Books Open to All.’’ 1918. 12 PAGES i WEATHER— —Partly cloudy; warmer. ‘PRICE ‘Two CENTS. STILL SWEEPING GERMANS BACK © eee ern FOE 5 BLOW BRITISH CAPTURE SIX TOWNS; THREATEN GREAT ENEMY FRONT FIVE TOWNS IN GERMANY Cine ob Cereatuet Teatiins, oe eine Oe BOMBED BY BRITISH FLYERS veloping in Northern Picardy— Many PrisonersTaken—Germans Military Targets at Frankfort and Cologne Hit} Rushing Up Rei —Five Airdromes Bombarded. 1g SP Der nenteerierica, ONDON, Aug. 23.—Five important towns in Germany and five hostile airdromes were heavily bombarded by British aerial squadrons on the night of Aug. 21-22, according to an official statement issued to-day by the British Air Ministry. Military objectives at Frankfort and Cologne, the state- ment adds, were heavily attacked and good results were ob- WITH THE BRITISH ARMIES IN FRANCE, Aug. 23 (By the Associated Press).—British troops this morning are reported to have captured Chiegnolles and Herleville, south of the Somme River. More than a thou- sand prisoners were taken in this operation, which elimi- nates the bend in the line. Field Marshal Haig’s forces also are reported to have taken Boyelles and Boiry Becquerelles and to be s |ing forward. They are piling up prisoners and guns. The British have reached Gommecourt, which is con- served. . Despite vociferous protests from Germany against Allied air raids in retaliation for German attacks on London and Paris activity along push- line i th his FRENCH GAINS 15 apparently increasing. MILES DEEP. PARIS, Aug, 25.—-Gen, Debeny, commanding the French Army | sidered to be the chief point of the German defense posi- north and west of the Oise, issued the following order of the day: p “The battle has won ground to the depth of twenty-five kilo. | "Ons. metres (15 1-2 miles) and has liberated scores of villages. Sixteen South of Gommecourt the British this morning were German divisions (192,000 men) have been beaten. More thin |attacking and pushing forward all along the line. 10,000 prisoners and 220 guns have been captured. We will win.’ A battle has developed which seems to be one of the greatest of the war. The town of Meaulte, southeast of Albert, The British troops pressing on here FRENCH ATTACKING NOYON FROM THREE SIDES AS ARMY | OF MANGIN SWEEPS AHEAD Germans Thrown Back Near Chauny and Ad- vancing Troops Cross Oise to Morlincourt. fell early in the British drive. sing the Bray-Albert are cro: 1 ud Happy Valley, Haig’s Ro: to the north of Bray, was taken by Field Marshal troops after hard fighting Three German battalion headquarters have been taken in the locality of Happy Valley British, ) Additional guns also have fallen into the hands of the A number of fresh new German divisions have been identified. They 1° PARIS, Aug. 23 (4 P. M.).—The French advance has swept the] were rushed up in the hope of saving something from the disaster which Germans back to within three miles of Chauny, the highly important | threatens the whole German Army on this front | railw: d highway centre between Noyon and La Fere. | the fighting south of the River Somme the British have extended Gen, Mangin's men are reported to inave reached the borders of] their tine on a front of more than five miles, pushing into the German Coucy-le-Chateau onl th miles from the old H n tenb rg line. Tt fefenses at the greatest depth for about two miles MPTP patil hal nie . a aa j : es at hi a Details of the fighting just north of the Somme, which continues, th of t »w that Albert actually was stormed by the British who crossed the Noyon is being attacked f ithe northwest east a » the south and struck, anticipating the probable German intention | ie aati ee withdraw from the pocket which was rapidly being created here | he latest reports from the battle line say that the British are rea@- | L ing out in the direction of Tara Hill, which is a thousand yards beyond CALLS GERMAN CAUSE EXALTED, | | tert | BUT ADMITS IT’ S IN DANGE BATTLE RAGING ON 25-MILE FRONT. | LONDON, Aug, 23.—A battle is being fought on the line between fare © zs | Lihons, south of the Somme, to the Cojeul River, south of Arras, a front Foreign Secretary y Tells Press| by poet ail by re ne Bove of more than twenty-five miles. according to the official statement issued "| Entire Truth at Times Harms | ment. we p mn Thaye a at the War Office to-day Public Interest meres . i ; : yi te baer The British troops are making progress cf a number of points, the AMSTERDAM Rie ray 4 ie i tatement ind adds that two my-attacks east of Beaucourt were at da A u : } ‘ On I { tlement sa ¢ British line was slightly pbnisoaule : 1 ast of I ton west ot Neuf Berquin and east of ’ r ‘ O \ e 4 6,000 PRISONERS IN THREE DAYS. operate w Af i 1 WITH THE BRITISH ARMIES IN FRANCE, Aug. 23.—Prisoners peony ene f : i J! taken by the British in the last three days total nearly 6,000, More than “In these times » OF r thw alted on 1 thousand of these were taken south of the Somme this morning, |the pres# and the nat must hold Jar u ; together with one aim—to win the w Albert is me a battered heap of ruins which can no longer be 135 shoes: tors do not hold together ne } ecretary called a city, The famous church, from which the figures of the Mas/ “The post of Foreign Seorstery ts ' mea, “Idonna, and child bung suspended for so long, did not greet the \ io 4 ; 4 } d J