The evening world. Newspaper, August 27, 1918, Page 1

A enema oeaneneser .17 LOST AS SHIP SINKS CHASER AS U E “If It Happens In New York It’s In The Evening World’’ _PRICE | Two ‘CENTS. Copyright, 101% by The Pr (The New York Wi Che lation Books Open to All.’) “ Circulation Books Open to All.’ Publishing a). ;ROYE CAPTURED BY FRENCH } BRITISH TROOPS FIGHTING IN BAPAUME chad PAGES 1 WEATHER—Fair and cooler. PRICE ‘TWO ‘CENTS. WALTER HINES PAGE, WHO | HAS RESIGNED AS U.S. AMBASSADOR TO ENGLAND ’ SHIP'S SHELLS SIN CHASER AS U BOAT: a SEVENTEEN LOST } Nine elias te Landed, Four *' of Them Wounded, After Attack Off Fire Island. IN DARKNESS } Hy |! dy 3609600006 ; ERROR \ { Commander and Executive| } Officer Among Missing— | % ‘Victims Naval Reserves. | AN ATLANTIC PORT, Aug. United States Patrol Boat No. 209 was | H gunk by shell fire at 3.15 o'clock this morning by the Felix Toussig, chant ship, fifteen miles off Fire Island. | a mer-| Seventeen members of the crew, in- | ) eluding the commander, are reported fost. Nine survivors suffering from injury and exposure were picked up by the merchant ship and brought to : Atlantic ports to-day ‘The gun crew of the merchantman WOMAN r CITY HALL PARK oe at ot Gatton cuvmasme, DENOUNCES THE PRESIDENT; and instantly opened fire. Before the HALTS A W.S. , MEETING crew of the patrol boat could signal \\ back to correct the error their craf Ambassador Page has been the was riddled and sinking. T ur- | Police Save Daughter of Austrian} representative of the United States Yivors on arrival aide were trans Officer When Crowd Threat- | at the Court of St. James's since April erred io. e HOARIIAL ADD Sa peiio arn 21, 1918. Before his appointment he he patrol boat was a con was editor of the World's Work and a yacht of small tonnage. It c A young woman who described het-] member of the firm of Doubleday, safety mattresses and eight survivors | self as Anna Carlyn of No. 289 Bra Page & Co., publishers were clinging to one of these w Giimai: Menke cMA@ CCA. eran Fast Pnuatarnh (isld he acitacied, Gone they were picked up sixty miles ¢@St! trom a crowd in City Hall Park this| siderable attention by remarks he ot Sandy Hook Four of them were afternoon after had broken up 4) made at @ dinner in referring to the ‘wounded | War Sa Stamp meeting by de-| Monroe Doctrine and the ama The Navy Department issued the | y dent Wilson and dech ha’ addreaa) which wae following statement Kaiser was for peace and Mompinment ib aiemblent “The Department is informed | the greatest man living, Wilson's speech on Central American phat aubmaring: ohaaer 209 was) ie combined efforts ct the | relations, caused discussion, dut It shelled and sunk by the American) POMe & _ st tad Pot e thought.|was indoresd by the President efter steamship Felix Taussig at 3.15 this} ind teade lered the playing of|Mr, Page had cabled its full text to meraine aauth Of Ode AMIANG. “Inline aier @oankiod Banner” As (sa lAvaaniagton she darkness the armed gu f e} thelr hate and won When American troops were at steamship mistook hap spe » wo patrolmen Vera Cruz and were 0) ating across chaser for an enemy submarine and jcarrie the Mexican border, Mr. Page had a opened fire. The commander, the|Traff» difficult role to play, but his work executive officer and fifteen members |¢ Ha semsitad 1h @ portect suamenatinn @f the crew of the submarine chaser | Bllsabe between America and Great Britain Byer renorsed: tniselng Pe whi ity Hall etation the] on the Mexican situation. ‘ering ‘of the survivors have been women attack on the n the war broke out Mr Page fYanded, eight at New York and one] peg rea he Was. Dro aijad upon to Garey on heave R A. Corcoran, at Lewes, Del | Soa hele ad tra pea haa SCS ORRAUMD OMY C8 Rh emaun.: of phone ANded ware! tho tered the war the American Embassy RRDEAeH TOMAR: Herth oR aid ber ‘¢ r than she was. at London was one of the busiest ‘hoatewain; Claude W MAC ete | tet cchether she was German, the|spote in England, Many thousands mates nFRnO® = a SOARHID OTE Ip We came from Aus- |of Americans who w abroad when Seb: ANS th A pags lh adel f° was a Colone the | the war demoralized travel went to ae | Au t Tam proud London and there got in touch with Sy I uae Ge ned’ Were unin-| ‘tise Carlyn will be turned over tol mee relatives in this country or mares E F i b K ae € ante ibe poeete Sie a2 found means to continue their jour Claude — ka quartermast n to the United States. ee b. Ws hiner th } 191 1 December, 1916, that Mr. ¥ silo nurvivore, LITTLE HOPE IS HELD QUT | rage intenaed to resign, but they r was manned by Nava proved erroneous. It was also said ; that he was involved in a controversy ig ion Show No ¢ hange for with other American diplomats in GERMANY YiiLDS TO SPAIN Hours and Doctors Burop: this proved untrue re . | Since America entered the war Mr. Aavonte AN ¢ Are Alarmed Page has been active in conferences | o Beat Binut , sry to Cardinal! with Governmental officials of the ees ih tha Renn nate on » {his Summer home at Oriental ¢r-Allied War Council and has| marine sit was 4 4 |Mama aid to-day that visited a number of the Entente na- Spanish ports w D ar 4 a lve nd wa ng on @& Vacation. over ‘0 pale “ W r M ever made p - : : July 18 it was announced . resumed his work a punisn t ad y do Replying 5 o 2 hip ow A without warning w M1 ie day. Norwegian newspapers ad igure , equivaicnt German tor FATHER JOHN'S MEDICINS uch as @pain forced upon German; Pure, wholesome fo dy builder —Adyt, . al a “ m PAGE QUTSPOST WORK OR FIGHT. ~AMERICANS OPEN NEW ATTACK; HINDENBURG LINE PENETRATED AS AMBASSADOR TOGREATBRTAN Resignation Tendered Because of Ill Health Accepted by President Wilson. | NAMED ENVOY IN 1913 Represented United States in Many Allied Conferences Since the War Began. cinsclinras | WASHINGTON, Aug. 27.—Walter| Hines Page of Garden City, N. Y..| Ambassador of the United States to Britain since April, 3913, be- Great resignation to President Wilson, who epted it. The fact that the resignation had been accepted became known unof- ficially after the news that it had been an Associated atch from of- ficials would not discuss Mr, Page's in the absence of announcement of his retire- has acc tendered had come i ress des London probable successor a formal ment | SENATE VOT cause of ill health, has submitted his! tne Senate to-day by « vote of 40 to CLAUSE, CHANGED, INNEW W DRAFT BLL Amendment ae Strikers] Who Return to Labor Pend- ing Settlements. 40 TO 2. Triumph, Hitchcock, Supporting 18 Age. WASHINGTON, 21.—The work Aug. |or fight amendment, written into the new Manpower bill by the Military Committee was approved by Senate 20, with an amendment that it shall not apply who return to work and submit their demands to the War Labor Board. The test came providing to strikers on a motion by Sena- tor McKellar of Tennessee to strike out the clause after the modification Proposed by Senator Cummins < Iowa had been adopted, 73 to 0. Senator Fall's amendment to make men up to sixty years of age su Ject to draft and providing for thei classification or military, industrial or other service, subject to the Pres dent's regulations, was rejected, 54 to 9, Speaking in support of making eighteen years the minimum Senator Hitchcock declared before peace can » the Allies must have a great military triumph. He said the German people must be taught that their only way to live is as other na tions live, and must learn to accept Justice in preference to force t m They will not agree to that, he added, until they have tasted of military de- feat. Regarding Senator outlining probable Senator Hitchcock said think it was time to dis that he preferred President in his position now necessary. Senator Hitchcock said originally he had been opposed to lowering the minimum draft age blow twenty-onc years, but that time The army must be er Lodge's speech terms of that force Allies Must Have Big Military | ny {Canadians Advance Behind Old Ger- man Defenses East of Heninel— Mangin’s Army on Heights Be- yond Soissons—21,000 Prisoners | in Six Days. PARIS, Aug. 27 (Associated Pres: |have captured the town of Roye. PARIS, Aug. 27, 4 P. M. (United Press).—The last German defense before Roye was broken by the French ).—F rench troops this morning. Resumption of activity is reported in the Noyon region. The French are ‘also attacking along the Ailette line and pushing southward toward Coury-le-Chateau The French advanced three-quarters of a mile east of Bagneux (five miles north and west of Soissbns) yesterday and repulsed a cot er: | b ons), the attack west (midway between Bagneux and Soi War Office Artillery Aisne and the| | Ailette. The French took 1,100 prisoners yesterday, including thirty-six] ign announced to-da fighting continued last night between the ere two battalion commanders. sion of high ground south of Creey- » German positions north and east of Soissons cted to a French line along mong whom Mangin has , from where t officers, Gen. au-Mon being won p hel) These positions are now subj helled from the are heavily e, east of Soi double fire, as they are » being the Aisne, active front the French continue to secure Along the wh “jump. ing-off”’ place WITH THE attack o for future operation FRENCH ARMY IN FRANCE, Aug the First Army ag making prog from Roye by One company a suburb on the southwestern side of jock this morning. Reconnoltering arties advanced to aud a half miles south of Roy They also crossed the line north of Roye. 27 (By the Associated ainst the German line ess all along the line. the Germans during the which was advancing from Roye to Press).—The Freneh rom south of Chaulnes to Laucourt is Counter-attacks night, but were launche were repulsed at Laucourt, wa ed St, Gille re-enforce the Fr Roye. Crapeaumesnil, three RoyeChaulnes Railwa Local ks advanced their lines They have line ps ente continue on the Aisne front. Gen, Mangin’s men housand yard front to a depth of 1,200 yards trengthened their hold on the plateau and have sir position near Juvigny. The Germans made a counter-at south, fust west of Chevigny, in which they lost prisoners artillery was resumed during the evening along uth of N The German ell leny a Jiast nigh reinfor tack further The bi extens tivity of the the Oise use of ga nd of on are resorting to an the n the region of Dag Hes 46 the 8 ii mes ‘| BRITISH IN OUTSKIRTS OF BAPAUME, etal ca be eae LONDON, Aug. 27.—British forces are established in t rt! for men exempted tskirts of Bapaume, accor to the official statement issued at th gther service was adopted without chet War Office tods l New Zealanders made the advance in fierce jection | fightin The amendment offered by Senator| !&MUNg , 5; Cummina provided that the work or Canadian tr ave cary t ridg of Wan ' fight proviso shall not apply in the tablished themselves to tl ast of | Jcase of strikers who at once submit a : ie : an |their grievance to the War Labor| English and We i sie Aa | | Board, agree to abide by its deciaic tan, thr nor f the Somme, and, capturin, 1e@ Ww at and pending that decision have reached Le eval, th tatement say | ately Fabia to werk Australian forces have made substantial progress toward Dompierre, | This amendment was a compro 7 i mise between those favoring a s-, south of the Somine east canne, norin of the river, the | tice anti-strike nt and t ment adds. | who felt that labor must be pro Haier ren fish troops renewed’ thelr attack’ tected in legitimate efforts to im- ; 43 sa | prove conditions, It was at or the Gerinans | e advanced towards Plouvain, the} accepted by Senator Thomas, author ent sa i of the work or fight amendment, and Since lash WA ; Bri svat taken’ a1 000 th the Senate speedily gave ova sila a i : ' ' Local authoritie in- | Statement sa ihe n Galled MPUR ta ae HINDENBURG LINE IS PENETRATED. ate w Government in enfore , Relais poral WITH THE BRITISH ARMY IN FRANCE, Aug (by the A “1 new | ciated Press).—The Hindenburg line has been penetrated by British tro: power bul res of Field Marshal Haig to-day are advancing astride the River! } a re ES YANKEES ATTACK AT BAZOCHES, GAIN IN HAND-TO-HAND FIGHT; GERMANS BOMBARD FISMETTE Enemy Artillery and Airplanes Fail in Attempt to Force Way for Machine Gun Posi- tions on Vesle Fronts. WITH THE AMERICAN FORCES ON THE VESLE FRONT, 27 (By the Associated Press) —American troops to-day attacked \ Aug. the Germans in the region of Bazoches, three miles west of Fismes. lar Simultaneously the Germans attacked the American lines at Fismette, | about a mile northwest of Fisme: Infantry fighting in the outskirts of Bazoches still is continuing. The Americans at present are holding the upper hand In their attack on Fismette the Germans bombarded the town with heavy guns and aerial bombs, German aviators endeavored to drive the Americans from the houses in Fismette so that German machine gun- ners in the hills could pick them off escended within One German 500 feet of the Pismette Americans drove it away with their airplane roofs, firing machine gun machine The continued to bombard the village at intervals during the day gun Americans are holding Fismette German artiller securely Scarpe and are pushing forward to the south of Bapaume. Elsewhere along the British front their progress also continues. There has been heavy fighting at Longueval,and on the adjacent ground, where the Germans launched a heavy counter-attack with fresh torces brought up especially for the purpose from Sedan In the face of this counter-attack the British fell back to the edge of Longueval In the course of the night the New Zealanders, according to reports, wept around Bapaume at the north and reached the railway just north of the Bapaume4"ambrai road. The Germans are offering stiff resistance in the neighborhood of Thilloy, to the south of Bapaume. Reports have been received from the advanced lines that British pa- have again entered the outskirts of Bapaume and that there has been treet fighting between the British and Germans on the edge of the town HARD FIGHTING NEAR HENINEL Where the British penetrated the Hindenburg vhich is between Bapaume is reported t line to the east of River, hard fighting {vanced lines are now re- Heninel, and the Scarpe The British le-Preux. gre f Monch ure fi ported to be cast German r ing uth bank of the British to retain , hold on Pelves, on the having reached the edge of the town North of the Scarpe progre being made by the British on both ides of the road to Douai. As Haig’s forces advanced south of the river } German at the ground north of the stream was ex- nely dar forced leaving their reay otected hine guns, and are employing rest of the battle- Scarpe, the tre 2rOU are being ack, with a large number of mac ame tactics as they generally are using mg the ce of jemporarily slowing up at rvals of comparative slow move- < of a battle such as this, fur ind and continuous open fighting ed during t our German battalion com into the hands of the Britis! supaume. | iken from the Germans in the thousands. Stacks of these able there will be no oppor- immediate future. Agency).—In their advance in the regiou ‘ 4 ' PARIS, Aug. yy 27 (Havas