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

/\, | , Mhiy 8 ( ih ) \ ’, J > men from re “If It Happens In It’s In The Evening World’’ New York rR IOE Two CENTS. ht, 191 The Press bes Cat (he Now York World), '20,000 PRISONERS AT ST. MIHIEL; TOTAL U. S. GAIN IS 13 MILES. NEW “YORK, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, BRIDGEPORT STRIKE 10 END TUESDAY, PRE WHO GIVES LOYALTY PLEDGE Munitions Manufacturers Of- fer to Reinstate Every Man in Plants. LETTER. GET WILSON’S War Work Must Not Be Ticd Up Now, Says Machinists’ Official in Statement. BRIDGEPORT, Conn., Sept. 4.— Am end of the strike of machinists ‘employed on Government work in riety Bridgeport factories ex- is pected Tuesday morning, a8 a result of @ statement made to-day by John Moss, Chairman of the Executive Committee of the strikers, that the strikers “are willing to do anything the President of the United States asks.” ‘Tre manufacturers have offered to reinstate every man. The letter of President Wilson tol the strikers was recelved to-day. Immediately after receipt of the let- ter the Executive Committees of the) Machinists’ Union was called into) session, Word that the letter had| been received quickly spread and by noon tho headquarters of the union was thronged. Strikers discussed the outlook and recommendation of the committee in charge of the atrike, sentiment seemed to be entirely in favor of obeying President's order. ‘Then came word that the manufac- turers » willing to reinstate every striker his previous position, the rate of comp ation under War Labor Board's de- cision and {n addition pay extra back wage increases as required by that award. In brief, tacturers would live ticular to the award Board. The offer of coming at the time it did, to have effect on the strikers, pending a the in previous the it was stated, the manu- up in every par- of the Labor manufacturers, appeared who entered freely and enthusiastically tate consideration of the proposal mass meeing of the strikers is set for Monday afternoon and for- mai action on the letter is expected to be taken then However, strikers at headquarters waid that unless the strike committee made some specific recommendation nothing to prevent the sporting for work on Mon there would day morning Moss's announcement quickly the receipt by the of President Wilson matum that followed machinists ul they must pick up their tools or join} the Army. No trouble has been ex perienced It is estimated to-day that only about 2,000 of the 6,000 machinists and tool me who struck are at their benches. About 1,000 have left the city and the others have been wait- ing to see what thelr leaders would order them to do. Moss's statement follows “We will wnything us, We are Ainericans and will 1 hy nnot do all the uime directed by utive, We c yuntry nything to-day (Continued on Fourth Page.) ' at} DICTS LEADER, DDEBS SENTENCED 10 10-YEAR TERM; RELEASED ON BAIL Socialist Leader, Convicted of Disloyal Utterances, May Not Leave Home Pending Appeai. , CLEVELAND, SEPT. 4.—Bugene V. Debs, four times candidate for the Presidency on the Socialist ticket, convicted here Thureday of making disloyal utteran was to-day sen- tenced to the penitentiary for 10 ‘The | years on each of three counts. sentences are concurrent. | serve hi atime at Moundsville, W. Va. A writ of error was granted to the | United States Supreme Court on ap- | plication of counsel. Bail was grant- led in the sum of $10,000 upon con- jdition that Mr. Debs would keep and lobserve the law while at large and | would not depart from the jurisdic- | tion of the court without leave, Per- [mission was granted Debs only to |go to end remain at his home, | in imposing sentence, Judge West- | enhaver said: “| do not regard the idealism of the defendant, as expressed by himself, Jas any higher, purer, nobler than the ideakams off thousands of young men 1 have seen marching to defend our country “1 cannot accept the attitude of |mind of any one who claims any right to dispense anybody from ob- |serving the laws of our land for the |protection off peace and safety while thousands of young men are defending the country against the common enemy. “Anyone who strikes Jerom the hand of those young men or causes another young man to refuse to do his duty when called to serve the sword AUTHORS ARE HELD FOR TALKING AND WRITING SEDITION John Reed and Mary Irves Todds Arraigned in Court on Separate Charges. Two authors, charged with writing or talking seditious sentiments, were arraigned by the Federal authorities to-«lay. One was John Reed, former- ly an editor of The Masses, later an agent of the Bolshevik Russian Gov- ernment, The other was Mary Irves Todds, sixty-eight years old, of No. 1887 West Street, Coney Island. Reed, who returned from Russia to answer the changes against him, was arraigned before United States Com- missioner Hitchcock in the Federal BOLSHEVIK! FORCED TOLEAVE MOSCOW; LOSE PETROGRAD Lenine and Trotzky Reporte! Ready for Flight for a Long Time. AMSTERDAM, Sept shevik Government The Bol- from according ta 14. is moving Moscow to a small town, despatches here to-day Anti-Bolshevik oceu- troops have 1918. GERMANS TALK OF QUITTING ALSACE; AILETTE LINE BROKEN BY FRENCH WOMEN OF ST. MIHIEL WEEP AND KISS THE HAND OF BAKER N HOMAGE FOR LIBERATION Band Plays the “Marseillaise’’ as War Secre- tary Enters City, Accompanied by Gen. pied Kazan, despatches from Petro- grad report, Kazan is the seat of government of the Russian province of the samo name, PARIS, Sept 14. —Despatches re- ceived by Englicx newspapers through Helaingfors announce that Petrograd Pershing and Gen. Petain. AMERICAN ARMY IN LORRAINE, Friday, Sept. 13 (Associated Press).—The civilian population, almost wholly feminine because of the forcible removal of practically every male of military age, welcomed} ; Newton D. Baker, the American Secretary Sf War, and Gens. Pershing '™ and Petain when they visited St. Mihiel a few bours after it was captured. Building’ and held ta $6,000 on charges |2#® been taken by the anti-revolu- The village, in effect, was their official host, but in reality they were the of violation of the Espionage Act. He had been arrested last night at Hunt's Point Palace, 1éist Street and ; Southern Boulevard, after making a speech denouncing | Great Britaim toward the Bolsheviki. Debs is to! }and the smaller figure In his speech it is charged Reed a cused the British authorities of hav- ing procured the recent shooting of Lenine. When he was arraigned the prose- cution at first asked for $10,000 bail But Reed said that if a smaller sum were agreed upon he would promise |not to make any more speeches while awaiting trial. This offer was accepted named, Reed said he would be able to furniw) the $5,000 bail and expected to be at Hberty before night Reed is also accused of having made scurrilous remarks about the United States Government and the American flag. Mary Irves Todds is an author well known in New York literary circles. Tho charge against her at ent 1s disorderiy conduct, but it is made by ts of the Department of tuations and is reported to be based on written to President Wilson, Morgan, several newspaper and other prominent persons. letters are not made public described as seditious, For a long time there was mystery as to the of the letters, but Secret Service nts, it is said, re its editors These but are source ay tionists, STOCKHOLM, Sept, 14.—Hotshevik forces, according to telegrams from Moscow, are reported to have cap tured Simbirsk, on the River Volga the attitude of {20% miles southwest of Kazan, and /their deliverers. It was not merely curiosity; it was an emotional out-| their cay counter-re aulry now pursuing the plutionary forces, LONDON, Friday, Sept. 13.—The Government is still ‘without news from Robert H. B. Lockhart, British Consul General in Moscow, and tho other British subjects held prisoner In Russia, but direct negotiations for their release a continuing, The latest information in of quarters confirms the reports of the desperate situation in Russia, indi- cating the break up of the Bolshevik regime. Premier Lanir nd War Minister Trotzky, it is daclared, made all preparations a month ago to es- cape to Switzerland, There is still no direct news of the fate of the former Empress and her family, The Swedish Folkets Dag- bladet, however, says th ‘oreign Minister Tchischerin has denied the reported mur a GERMANS POUND RHEIMS AS SIGNAL OF DEFEAT Bombardment of Cathedral Always. Indicates Distress of Retreating Enemy. | PARIS, pt, 14.—The Germans con- tinue to bombard Rheims Cathedral, | of War’ whose armies had guests of women and children. Aged women and girls crowded about Secretary Baker and the two generals accompanying him to express their thanks and pay homage to burst following almost four years of the conqueror’s suppression, The word was passed about that the small civilian was the American Secrelary | accomplished their relief and from half destroyed houses and from points far removed from the centre of the| village they poured forth to get a glimpse of the visitors. A military band was brought up from the rear, the Marscillaise was played and the down completely. Women crowded forward ostensibly to shake the Secretary's hand, jan restraint in the presence of the visitors broke) but instead they kissed his hands and wept and then they joined in a chorus of “Vives.” There were no speeches but many times Secretary Baker responded briefly to expressions of gratitude ofttimes half hysterl- cally uttered by the women and children, The Associated Press correspondent wires that when Gen, Pershing, gccompanied by Secretary of War Baker, walked through the streets of St. Mihiel the inhabitants told them the Germans had forced almost every male between the ages of sixteen and forty-five to accompany them for service in the German Army. The town was completely looted by the Germans, who robbed every house and church, PARIS, Sept. 14.—Newton D, Baker, American Secretary of War, who has been on the American front since Thursday morning watching will return to Paris to-night, When the Germans fled from St. the offensive, Mihiel the first Frenchman to enter the city was Michel Clemenceau, son of the French Premier. cently traced them to Miss Todds by [108 00 0! Sas taba to tall | A s “ © nol ower threatens to tall, — | i by their side, or anyone se obstruct | means of a letter addressed to he After every Gorman defeat the bom-, Premier Clemenceau has intormed Marcel Hutin, military expert of ing service, does just as}. one aviation camp. When] ng t ath “i ; |the recruiting servi nephew in an avid bardment of Rheima Cathedral is re-| iy ‘o de Pa 4 ¢ Germans carried « event yes a |much injury and wrong to oUF COUN- arraigned before Magistrate Geismar | vowed j tne Ech ae Paris, that the Germans carried off seventy-six boys and try as if he were a soldier in the| she gamitted having written the let a ie jgirls when they evacuated St Mihiel jranks of the Germs ters and was remanded until Tues BETHLEHEM STEEL STRIKE - a Debs asked for no merey and said] gay, It was said she might be sen ly), $. TELEPHONE GIRLS |MARSHAL FOCH “ my he had no fault to find with the con-|to a hospital for p olmerretion 1S AVERTED BY COMPANY 0, K. y duct ‘of the trial, He resented the ——— AD PERSHING’S MEN STEPS TAKEN BY PE manner in which the name of Rose AVERAGE TAX $16 FOR FACGH = | ASHING ‘pastor Stokes was handled at the Will Put Into. I ff ect Immediatel 10 WIN BIG VICTORY | FOR SI. MIHIEL ATTACK a MAN, WOMAN AND GHILD | Wir ator po | Award > Sep meee | AGE 101, BUT HE REGISTERS. ae PARI, Sept Visited the Lorraine Frort and In- | Roper ve $8,000,000,000| WASHINGTON, Sept. 14 HEN the time came si ‘ * difficulties at the Ameri telephor spected Troops Just Be- Lindem, No Jy Man Insists on Reve Bill in Urging Close ened labor difficulties a | Enrolling for Service. eyenue he Tging hem, Pa ave been| delivered the good fore the Drive LIND J, Sept. 14,—Among Income Tax Calculation. | ed by a promise from th ” York, Boston, Chicagu and Phila ; | e who registered here on Thurs waned one 44 | to abey an order fr War| delphia girls are sharing the ane. Sept. 34.-—-Hetore tae | war ilten C. Lauden, 101 years * 7 sual kee Tue 1 4 to put inte effe mme honors of the great American mericans launched their Id. He insisted on registering and | merchants are urged by Interna |diately t purd's award in the wage| gaccene in the Bt. Mihlel salient reat attack at the St gave him a registration |enue Commissioner Roper to install | oo, Perfect te lephone oornninisas Mihiel salient they were inspected card . business accountin tems to en-| C. Grace, Chairman of the] eee eee ecolsion oF hi, Maraliay Woah, 0 enthiniacs | Louden was born in 1817. He Is le ° Joulate accuratel sration, wos directed t ohe 9, pies tically approved eo step: For a time he was United States Mar- | ‘heir Inco: axe had presented a forma omplaint] operate the phones right at the , ax a preparation for shal in Manhattan and tsa veteran of} Explaining that the $8,000,000,000 | jac the corporation was delaying ac front, but central exchanges are the brow the Civil War. Revenue Bill pending in Congress | thon , worked by the very pick of as | ‘a - = means an average tax of $76 for Mr. Grace protested to th Board omen operators trot he cittel | a at Naval Bane, Jevery man, woman and child in the|that application of the award would] Women operators from ¢ see GERMANS SEE PEACE STEP, The Rresing Wort nation, ner Roper says th rpdration $2,500,000 «| named , . yew LON DON, Conn, Sep every mere ould atudy the In-|month and asked f pro n for Millions of dollars in) Wall Papers Reneee 6 von Payer's Speer Miva than dOO bheAR Geui nile levee mea nee aey Vinton’ gna eadllonal aumpor a Board| Street and tte Chicago wheat ‘aa Bia Advanta | reported among the naval forc «| unts are kept in aldectined to pass an n the pit have depended on the sktil : silat The Naval Hospital is o enable hin ¢ thject, but in fal tit! and quickness of t nen, | AMAT AM, Sep! 14 —German used as an isolation hospital. All| purposes that {f merchants | ation Lo obtain addititn al co ficient in plug a ot VieeChancelle . are mild attacks and the ariny for- would keep even the kimplest books pensation from War and Nave! “Aucetonn Meee ve |apeech ot hancellor von Payer ls tifications mearby are not yet af- of ount the "bad debt” wastage Depariments on the contracts al American tradition and ® DIE atep toward peace, igdging from fected. ‘ would be reduced materially, ready held German papers received here to-day. \ } Circulation Books Open to All.”’ | 12 three % ___ PRICE TWO CENTS. oe American Troops Still Striking Hard Blows on St. Mihiel Front, While French Are Advancing on an 11 Mile Line Along the Ailette— British Also_ Gain. LONDON, Sept. 14. (A 14 (Associated Press).—The maximum depth of the new positions taken by the American forces in the St. Mihiel sector is thirteen miles from the former line. North of the old St. Mihiel salient the Germans are readjust- g their lines, In the neighborhood of Chatillon, six miles north- west of Fresnes, the enemy is retiring and patrols are in touch with him. ..The Germans have gone back for a distance of one to | two miles at this point. (Chatillon is east of Verdun.) PARIS, Sept. 14.—The French alone took 7,000 prisoners in the St. Mihiel operations, including 5,000 Austrians, making a total of 20,000 Prisoners taken by the Americans and French, the Echo de Paris announced to-day, More prisoners are expected, as the territory won by the Americans ts not yet cleared of all Germans who were caught in the pocket. United States troops are practically on the German frontier. have reached and taken Pagny, on the Moselle, many. They across the river from Gers Metz, the greatest German stronghold, 1s only ten miles away and can be taken under fire of the American guns whenever the Supreme Com: mander so orders, Already more than thirty French towns have been ret captured by the advancing Americans. It is now permissible to state that the task of wiping out St. Mihiel salient, which had existed for four years, was actually accomplished in twenty-seven hours. Approximately 150 square miles of territory was captured by Pershing and forty-five towns and villages were taken, DRIVE SPREADS ALARM AMONG GERMANS. WASHINGTON, Sept. 14.—The American offensive at their very doors and stories of a long range gun about to be turned loose upon their towns are giving the war a new aspect to the Germans. An official cespatch from France to-day says there are evidences of excitement every= where across the German border and quotes the following from the Mulhausen Tageblatt: "The American offensive in Upper Alsace and the long range fun supposed to be intended to reduce to ashes the towns of this country is madly alarming the inhavitants, Even people of a high rank tremple at the news like little children listening to ghost stories. Of course the »vacuation of Mulhausen and the wuole of Alsace ie again in question and it Is said that all measures for the actual evacu- ation of the Grand Duchy from Baden to Friburg have already been taken.” The German papers remind the public that those who spread such tumors of the punishment they may incur and say there is not the slightest reason for,anxiety, but at the same time continue to publish the reyorts, FOCH SHIFTS HIS ATTACKS; FRENCH DRIVE ON 11-MILE LINE, TAKING TOWNS AND 1,800 MEN Important Gains Along Ailette River Threaten Chemin-des-Dames and Endangers the Big Base at Laon. LONDON, Sept. 14 (Associated Press.) —French troops began a new on both sides of the Ailette River and bee tween the River Aisne and the Vesle River. One division at an early hou 95 had taken 1,000 prisoners, making a total of 1,800 Germans captured on” that front alone, South of the Ailette River the French captured attack at 4 o'clock this morning