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NO. 220 PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, MAY 29, 1918 CnrrmoiiT. litis. r Tim Pt Mir l.rtxirn Compant PRICE TWO ,1 1 i i fc Vi PENNSYLVANIA LEADS STATES m COAL QUOTA Only Commonwealth to Re ceive Greater Allotment Than Asked GETS 8,059,700 TONS; NONE FOR 24 STATES Distribution Is Announced at Final Session of Na- tional Body COMMANDEERING HINT Must Produce Enough or Give Up Mines, Warns New President Anthracite Allotment Among Atlantic States Comparison of the actual distri bution of anthracite to Pennsjlva nla and nearby States. In the coal year of 1916.17, and the Goernment allotment for the curient coal year, announced today, is shown below: 1916-17 'Allotment N'ewYork.. ..14,169,809 16,855.300 New Jersey .. 1.961,622 5,460,784 Pennsylxnnla. 6,815,650 8.059,700 Delaware . .. 223.503 245.853 Maryland 933,889 1,027,317 Dlst. of Colum 517.760 665,800 Virginia 256,000 102,400 Pennsylvania is the only State to which the Government has officially allotted more anthracite for consump tion this year than was asked by its fuel administrator, Twenty-foui States hive had their supplies of hard coal shut off entirely, while Pennsylvania will get between now and April 1, 1919, 232.970 tons more than requested by William Pot ter, State administrator. Mr. Potter asked 7.828,730 tons as Pennsylvania's allotment for this year. He was ei anted 8,039,700 tons. The Increased allotment was glv'en this State because of its importance as a war-work center, with a network of war-industry plants stretching from one end of the State to the other. Announcement of the- allotment was made by the anthracite committee of the Federal fuel administration, made up of Joseph B. Dickson, S. D. War riner and William .1. Richards. Chair man Dickson made the announcement at this afternoon's bession of the Na tional Coal Association, now meeting ct the Bellevue-Stiatford. At the same time he told of allotments for other sections of the country. Hint of Commandeering Another feature of this afternoon's cession was a warning that unless the operators produce sufficient coal the Government will commandeer the mines for the duration of the war. This prediction was uttered by J. H. Wheelwright, Baltimore, who was to day elected president of the associa tion. Anthracite miners of Pennsylvania and other States will waive their holi day tomorrow and mine cdal to help ward off a shortage next winter. The national association was so advised today by William Potter, whose pro posal of Memorial Day mining had been approved by Frank J. Hayes, president of the United Mine Workers of America. If the American people are to have an adequate supply of anthracite next winter. It is "highly important and very necessary," In the belief of the Federal fuel- administration, that the available labor supply for the mines hall be increased both in volume and effectiveness. This statement was made by Chair man Dickson during his address at the convention. "There are new demands of an Im perative kind for anthracite," said Mr. Dickson. "At the same time the war, through the draft and even In larger ways, has drawn down the anthracite mine workers from 175,000 to about 145,000. A further reduction In the force, which Is' already down to a point where It restricts the production of coal, Is going on and is most threaten ing." New Allotment Plan Mr. Dickson outlined to the coal operators a new plan of allotment and distribution of anthracite coal for the present year, under which Pennsyl vania's supply will be Increased 18.25 per cent, making, jthe State's total supply for the next twelve months 1,069,700 tons. 'The allotment, he said, had become n imperative need. States with an available supply of bituminous coal will suffer the biggest reductions In their supply of anthracite-. Needs of the war industries have been given first consideration In the plan of dls trlbutlon. In the New England. States the anthracite supply will be Increased from 8.83J.J79 tons 10 9,833,879 tons. The AtlantlcStates also will have a greater supply-31,417,154 tons this year as against 27,8,18,238 tons' last year. Army and( navy camps and v cantonments will be restricted to 600,. L aaa .- MtHtafltA Thft linnlv fn K-Ai..- ifM.4 ia1a 1111. TBI tun . WfijffrT . ,t ""--. ' , " Another Record Set by Hog Island Boys Another record wai shattered today at Hog Tsland. Within three and a half hours 'after the twenty second keel was laid, 14S tons of steel had been bolted Into place, and the work was held up several minutes by an accident to a derrick. One hundred and nine men set this record. They were under the J direction of J. J. Blandfoid. super intendent of the first five nays. The keel was laid on May 5. The best previous record was made yesterday, when 190 tons of steel was laid. But th.it work re quired nearly eight houis. NAVAL OFFICER ruAor.rn with m-"'" V w I HOARDING FOOD 11 1 tt-t t? . tj He and Wife Experts in Pro pnrcdtless Home Resembled Warehouse Wa.lilntttnn, Ma 29 The first indictment for food hoarding In the United States was returned today agalnbt a United States naval officer. Medical Director F T. Nash, U. S N and his wife, Caroline. An inventory taken at his residence showed $2000 vvorthrf supplies on hand, Including two tons of sugar, one-halt ton of rice, one-half ton of flour, 700amore definite support will be Riven pounds of ham and bacon, hundreds of l1 seeking to throw off the Austrian cans of meats, fish, vegetables and, Th-e EtatPnient a tno fruits, many quarts of cordials, chain- "The Secretary of State desires to munrs. wlnps. whlsUv and hrandv. and 'announce that the proceedlncs of the even tea. oysters, sal,, talcum ,-' ana snaring tuup were iuuiiu m h :. quantities. BODIES OF AVIATORS ARRIVE Local Men Were Victims of Air plane Collision --The bodlts of Lieutenant William -. lie iiuuivn vi wnmiiinni tnin.ni Besse Kuen. Cynvvyd. and Private Wll- , nam w. snyner, '" ,onn smw llch w.h-?w..re-k'"'4,;ine.n...t.'.eirJ!;l.r:l nlanes collided at Blch Kleld, treat Waco, Tele., wero brought home today on the same train. S. Eugene Kuen, father of Lieutenant Kuen, and a brother of Private Snyder met tne train. The two caekets. draped with Amer ican flags and floral tributes, arrived at North Philadelphia station at 11:53, and ns thev were lemoved from the car passengers and bystanders stood witn Dow en neau as tnry were lanen to the undertaker's carriages. Lieutenant M A Sharp, roommate of Lieutenant Kuen, accompanied thc bodies. AIR MAIL PLANE THRILLS Crowds in City's Center See Pretty Glide Toward Bustlcton Lieutenant Kllgore, piloting the mall plane from Washington to Philadelphia, thrilled thoubands of persons in the cen tral business district this afternoon. Thousands of feet in the all, the plane passed over the city's center peon after one o'clock. . At It passed It started a downward Tilde which landed it at the Bustleton Field at "1:32. Lieutenant Bonsall, from New York, arrived at 12:12, and Lieutenant Culver continued the trip to Washington, de parting at 1:17. Lieutenant Miller took thc Washington mall to New York. Airplane mall service was stamped a success today by the Postofflce Depart ment with the completion erf vthe first two weeks of aerial mall flights between Washington, Philadelphia and New York. SCHWAB HERE TONIGHT Director General of Emergency Fleet to Attend Dinner Charles M. Schwab, director .general of the Kmergency Fleet Corporation, and Kdvvard Hurley, of the shipping board, will arrive here thu evening. Mr. Schwab left Washington at 2-40 o'clock on the Pennslvanla, and arrives here at 6:03 o'clock. He will attend to personal business, and tonight will at tend a dinner given by W, H. Donner, of the Donner Steel Company, at the Belle-vue-Stratford Mr. Schwab will make an effort to night to get away for New York, where he will spend the rest of the week. He exnects to return to Philadelphia early next Monday and start into business at his new offices at 140 North Broad street. , Mr. Hurley also will attend the Donner dinner. Mr. Hurley will spend tomor row (Memorial Day) In Philadelphia taking a partial vacation. He expects to return to Washington on Friday. NO PRIVATE CARLOAD COAL Sales at Mines for Individual Family Use Forbidden Wealthy families of Philadelphia who In the past have been purchasing coal in car lots, direct from the mines, must hereafter buy from retailers, un1r an order issued today by State Fuel Ad ministration Potter. Francis A. Lewis, city, fuel adminis trator, announced the new order and said he would enforce it, . Mr. Lewis sald'Bll preferential ship ments would be cut off, the rule being that every consumer get tne same treat ment in procuring fuel for the winter. Wealthy people who have Urge houses and plenty of room for storage have generally ordered a carload direct from the mines, and in this way obtained large rge the supplies more cneapiy man tnrougn retailers. BRITISH WREATH FOR GRANT English Officers to dorn' Statue In Park Tomorrow " Officers of the British army will, piece a wreath uponNthe statue of Qeiu-ral Grant In Falrmount Park tomorrow. .- ' Lieutenant Angus 8. Fletcher,', Royal Horse Artillery, asked and reoelved.'per mission to honor the Civil War bero In this manner from Thomas 8. Martin, secretary, of, the Falrmount Park Com-, mlssionera. , ' The British army officers, a number, of whom are visiting this city, expressed a desire to participate' In the day's services. ? BIGGER GUN BOMBING PARIS' ' " - Higher-Powered. Explosive Alto ' Used by Germans Perls. Hay J9.Lonran' shelling of Paris continued today. 'The Oer mans appeared to be using- a shell ot adbhtlr different model. jniMimiot irinnisufx snejis U.S. ENCOURAGES JUGO-SLAV FIGHT TO GAIN FREEDOM State Department Espouses Cause of Downtrodden Austrian Provinces AMERICAN SYMPATHY Marks Beginning of Definite Support of Moves to Discard Yoke wa.him-tnn. mv 29 TJir iaiin iU. .... ..! ,l,l..t 1 1,,onIes of Autrla-HunRar was openly iepc.sed by the Ignited States Oocrn- ' mont for ,hp nr"t '"" today. In a formill ,,,,., thc -(ate ne. p.irtmnnt declared that "the nritlonnlli- aspirations of the rzecho-SloaU nnn jugo-fias for freedom hae the crimen syitipathy of this lioxernmnnt " Copies ,f the communication were (lashfrt to all part", of the world by rable.and wireless The action of the State Department, in line with the avowed friendship of this nation for all oppressed peoples. Is expected to have a mot heartening ef fect upon the rtriij-Rllni? southern Slavs and Czechs in some quarters. It was accepted as Indliatlmr that, from now nn. SXhT.d SiSSnU't npru, nave neen followed with ereat IntesjRt by the Government nf the Pntted ! States and that thc nationalistic asplra- i tlnn$ Of Ihf ISonhrt-MIn, nl.o .. A '..- Slavs for freedom have the'ca'rncst sm- pathy of this Government. New Liberty ('ontrr "A -ongress. organized by a committee forme.1 at Homo 'for tho liberation of tne onnieFRed natlonn It eq of Austria - -, Hungary. waa ne)(l , jlomc on tll0 8tn u, ivin o, apni, inn, "All the people dircrtlv concerned were represented Italians. Czechn- imiovbk", uumanians, roles Jugo-slavs " """a ine in, lowing resolutions were unanimously adopted The representatives of the nation alities wholly or partly subject to the domination of Austria-Hungary Italians. Poles. Rumanians Czechs, Jugo-slavs hav united In affirming as follows, the principles by which their common action shall be guided First. Kach of thee peoples pro claims Its right to establish its own nationality and State unity, to com plete this unity, and to attain full political and economic Independence. nominated by fltrmnn Second. Each of these peoples recog nizes In the Aurtro-Hungarlan mon archy the instrument of Germanic domination and the fundamental ob stacle to the realization of its asplra-t'.Kii- and its rights. Third. The assembly consequently recognizes the necessity for a common struggle against the common oppres sor, in order that each people may attain Its complete liberation and complete national unity as a single free state. The representatives of the Italian people and the Jugoslav people are rgrecd In particular an follows: Freedom Vital to Italy First As regards the relations be tween the Italian nation , and the na tion of the Seibs, Croats and Slovenes known also under the name of the Jugoslav nation Uic representatives of the two peoples recognize that the unity and independence of the Jugo- Continued on 1'nte Five. Column One P0ILU RESERVES BACK FRONT LINE Several Divisions Arrive at Sectors Attacked by Germans BELIEVE WORST OVER " Dy G. H. FERRIS Special Cable to Evening Public Ledger Copyright, IHIB. by Kew York Times Co. With the French Armies In Cham pagne, May 29. FRENCH reserves have arrived at the front and It Is believed the worst is over. It is now clear that the German plans were for a big offensive and not for a mere diversion. With the French Armies. May 2D. Hindenbure has scored -mother spec tacular success. At dawn Monday, after three hours' bombardment, com posed largely of gas shells, a new German mass attack was thrown upon a twenty-five mile front, extending from the Ailette near Vauxalllon to the Alsne-Marne Canal near Brimont. It was four or Ave times as nu merous as the defenders, and in other regards correspondingly stronger. In these clcumstances, an attempt to re tain the line,. of the Chemln des Dames would have meant that the French troops would have been mas sacred before reserves could reach them, and there' was nothing for It to do but to fall back steadily and In good order, using- successive lines ot trenches and deep folds of! ground to punish the enemy for every forward step he made. As I anticipated In my -last mes sage, the method of the first phase of the German' offensive was again emptoyed with some Improvements. This method rests, as I have shown, upon two main elements the prodi gal expenditure of the large reserves obtained by- the collapse of Russia and. Rumania and the skillful use of the great advantage of what are called interior lines of communication to throw a 'mass 'attack suddenly upon the chosen sector, and so to gain the further advantage of surprise. Th''front now chosen was held till si day or two ago by parts, ot two armies,, belonging to the. group of wmen w r ruMir-.11 viuwn crtuv w titular cmsr, t. ueaerat von 1 ZMm ' 1 ' .IHa bbbbbbbbbbl"'- '?4&Jfc-1 bbbbbbbbbbV?. vk.ffilP mL ' A .1 ;mv mA Thoto l Gutfkiiniu. CYRUS u. ross. JR. Formerlv 'ciretarv to the late Major Rlankftilturc, now prav ch ill at the I.atikciiiiu Hospital. GRAND JURY LAYS fRIMR TO M0II0R H Prohibition Would Cause' Tremendous Decrease, Savs Presentment ' RAPS INDIGENTS' HOME "The drawl Jury feels impelled to B'1v that a ,arR'' nart of ,he b,IFlnPS that I .came before this bodv '.is due to Hip liquor traffic, and we believe tint if it were annus,, ,ne amount or rmne ann criminal would be tiemenrlously rln. 1,,.. .- v.(riiicii T)(i Hst plrnBraph ot thp flm, prP. sentment of the May Grand Jury, which I was made this afternoon to .ludge Mr- Cormlck. Quarter Sessions rourt. con- ' tainea tne foregoing lecommcnuation i tor proninmon it is ine nrs, time win- In the memory of the attaches of the courts that such a suggestion was made by a Grand Jurv The report Is signed by Gllmour Mc Qullken, timekeeper, 23" West Ontario street, as foreman of the body, and Ed ward Stulb, clerk, 43 Alleas lane, Ger mantovvn Home for Indigent Crltlrlted The Jurors visited the city's penal ana hospital Institutions, and with thc ex ception of the Home for the Indigent, find the places in good order The re pot t says: "On May 23, 1J18, we visited the Home or the Indigent and it was the. unanimous opinion of the Jurv thit al most everything that rould be desired was lacking. "The buildings are good, but the cinder walks are a menace, the Inmates tracking In the dirt, the walls wero filthy and need cleaning badly, no door pulls on screen doors and a general lack of discipline and men l Ing around the cinder walks like pigs. "In the bakery and kitchen a very unclean condition was apparent, dirty aprons on workers, a leak flooding the floors of one building On the end of a table in the dining hall were clothes that needed soap and water very badly. "In general the contrast between the criminal institutions and the inbtitu- Contlnu-d on l'nte Two. Column Rtirn PERSHING KEEPS WOOD FROM WAR Omitted His Name From List of Division Com manders He Desired NO EXPLANATION GIVEN By CLINTON W. GILBERT Staff Corrc)orfrMf Excnino Public Ledger Vt'aKlilnstnn, n, C May 29. It was Oeneral Pershing who pre vented General Wood from going to the front in Frsnce. The American commander abroad sent some time ago to the War Depart ment a list of generals who were ac ceptable to him as commanders of divisions. Wood's name was not on this list Other names emitted were those of Major Generals Scott, Franklin. Bell and Morrison. So much is clear. There Is some doubt why the Adminis tration, In the face of this, allowed the situation to drift until, In a most dramatic way. Wood was relieved of his 1 command Just as he was about to em- bark, One report Is that the Administration did not take the mere omission of Wood's name by Pershing as final, but was proceeding to send him anyway, when a positive veto came in the shape of a dispatch from General Pershing- re questing that Wood should not be sent. A better view is that the "War Depart ment merely met the situation created by Pershing's attitude timidly, allow, ing 'the matter to drift until the last moment, when the unexpectedly swift and vigorous movements of Wood got him away from Camp Funston before orders relieving him could be sent. At any rate, General Pershing prevented Wood's going to France. It is evident that the War Department wishes the country to know that It was Pershing who did It. though officially It is making no explanation ot what happened. Wood saw the President yesterday and he Is likely' to 'continue the training of American troops. Instead of being sent to San Francisco, which is a very Inactive and unimportant post As to the Italian front, there Is not the slight est 'reason for believing that the Ad ministration has, any idea ot sending Wood to command Americans there. The Administration does not tike the Wood issue'' and it has done Just the very things that will raise it In Its most acuta fortav It might have dls- ALLIES' ATTACK; RESERVES IN B A TTL U. S. CHECKS FOE A T CANTIG, Yankees Beat Back Two Counter Assaults ENEMY DRIVES PROVE FUTILE Americans S p ti r r e A to Greater Effort by Cap ture of Village GAIN THEIR BIGGEST VICTORY OF WAR Dashing Charge Completes - Jo nb in Forty-five Minutes TAKE 18 PRISONERS ! Hand Grenades Used Ef- ' fectively Against Teuton Ma chine Gun Positions Paris," May 29. American troops have broken two , ,uccesslve German attacks on the . ..,,, ,ow f Canticnv. " " " the French War Office announced to day. , , , ,. )llo t.,,,. . American losses In the battle Of Canticnv were lieht. it was orncialir announced today. Artillery activity has increased in all sectors held by American troops. With the Americans in Pieardy, May 29. American troops charged to the capture of Cantigny yelling: "Now were in Germany. Let's wallop h out of 'em and go on to Berlin '." t Back at headquarters, when the boys went over, officers waited anx iously for news of the attack. After forty-five minutes of fierce fighting, a voice came over thc field telephone: "Hello! this is Cantigny!" And headquarters knew the Amer icans had taken one of the most im portant towns on the Amiens front and had won their biggest victory of the war to date. The leport caue from a signal corps captain. Wire carriers, ignor ing the German counter-barrage, fol lowed America.i infantry and French tanks in the attack. When Can tigny fell the field telephone station was ready for business. The attack took place over a front of more than a mile. Within forty five minutes after the infantry had gone over, Cantigny, the Chateau and several hundred yards of Ger man second-line trenches were Amer ican territory. The regiment sent back 182 prisoners, including five officers. After crossing the enemy trenches it was a game of hunting the German machine guns. The corporal attacked an enemy machine-gun crew of four men. The corporal was wounded five times, but he killed three Germans and captured the fourth. He carried off the machine gun on his shoulder Continued, en Time Five, Column Foot CY WILLIAMS'S DEBUT RUN-GETTING SINGLE Giants Get Lead, However, Scoring in First and Sec ond Rounds First Games of Double-Headers New York, Ii Athlttim, 2. ItaMftn. 4t Wsiihlnsten, 3, Brooklyn, 5 Doftton. S, By ROBERT W. MAXWELL , rhllllei Park. May 29. Cy Williams made hlc debut with the Phillies here today by slapping out a Btngle In the third Inning, which scored Bancroft. The Giants, who opened the series with the Phils, scored one in the first and another in the second inning. Prendergast started in the box against Tesreau FIRST INNING Toung grounded to McGafllgan. Kauff doubled against the right field wall. Burns filed to Williams. Zimmerman doubled to right center, scoring Kauff. Fletcher filed to Will.lams. One run, two hits, no errors. Bancroft filed to G. Burns. Cy Williams was given a hand when he stepped to the plate. Tesreau threw out Williams. Niehoff fumbled Stock's grounder, Stock was sate at second when Fletcher dropped Mccarty's throw, Luderus filed to Kauff. No runs, no hits, two errors. SECOND INNINO Hoiks doubled to right center. Me- Ceatiaset rate Ttlrteesu ectasia Iwe FLANKS THE WAR SITUATION TODAY Aided by fr'li divisions, the Germans continue their advance on the ninus of thc forty-mile Snlssons-nhelms front, but are held In the renter. On the left the French apparently have withdrawn to the outskirts of Solssons, nine miles from the orlpIn.il line. On the risht the Ilrltlsh have retired about three miles, midway be tween Itheims and the Aisne. Kolloulnp: the capture of Cantlpny by United States troops, two suc cessive German (.uunter-attacks wcte lepulsed by the Americans. PHILS CEl.EBRA.TF UOTvTFCOVT-vTn tv p"tw .--- PHILLIKS a1 r h Bancroft, fs. . . 4 2 1 1 a p 1 2 0 Williams, cf. . . 3 1 1 5 Stock, 3b 4 0 10 Luderus, lb..., 3 I 3 13 Cravalh, rf.... 4 10 1 Meusel. If AZIZ 0 4 0 0 0 McGaffi'n.2b.. 2 n 0 Burns, c 0 0 I'rcnd'gast, p.. 4 0 -, 4 4 Totals 3: z s 27 1C 0 YANKS TAKE PAIR FROM MACKMEI" ATHLETICS ah r Ii o a .Tamieson, rf. . . 4 0 ? 1 n 1 Dugan, 2b 4 0 0 4 4 0 Walker, cf.... 4 114 0 2 Burns, lb 4 1 " ." 3 1 Gardner, 3b. . . 4 0 0 0 3 1 Shannon, as... 4 0 10 2 0 Fahey, If 1 0 n 0 0 0 McAvoy, c. ... 3 0 2 3 2 D 'Myira, p 1 0 1 1 1 0 Adams, p 2 0 0 1 1 0 Davidson, If . . . 1 0 0 1 1 0 Tot.) Is. 32 2 i 21 17 4 BASEBALL SCORES NEW YORK 11000000 0283 PHILLIES.. 0 0100040 x 680 Tesreau-McCarty; rrenderga3t-Burn;.j umpires, O'Day-Byron. ATHTICS.. 0 00S0000 0 294 N Y (2d g) . . 1 0 5 0 0 1 5 0 X 12 16 0 Myers-Adanii-McAvoy; Finue rau-Mogridge-Han n n h . AMERICAN LEAGUE ATHLETICS 00100000 1-282 NEW YORK 1st g.... 03102001 X- 793 Geary-Perkins; Love-Waltcis; umpires, O'Loughlin-Moriarlty. 'WASHINGTON 000000000-051 BOSTON (2d G.).... 10000002 X- 370 Johnson-Alnsmith; Jones-Agnew. DETROIT 0 10 0 0 CLEVELAND 12 0 3 0 James-Stanage; Couinbe-O'Nelll. NATIONAL LEAGUE BOSTON (2d G.).... 000011010-380 BROOKLYN 000000000-043 Fillingim-Henry; Chtney-Miller. OTHEE MAJOR LEAGUE GAMES POSTPONED OTHER GAMES SOUTHERN 10 0 0 CENTRAL H 4 0 0 0, STATE TO PAY $120-000 TO FREE TRENTON BRIDGE HABBXSBURO, May 290. The State Board 'of Public Grounds and Buildings today directed that the State pay $123,030 toward freeing the Trenton bridge, New Jerseyto bear the re mainder of the cost. YANKEES TAKE U-BOAT CREW Capture Follows Torpedoing of British Ship Inniscarra trsriilacten. May St. Seventeen Qer-v man submarine sailors America's sec ond group of this kind have been taken prisoner by an American destroyer, ac cording to official Information to the Navy Department today. The Germans were capturtd after their, vessel hsd torpedoed the British steam ship Inniscarra. The first grovp, was captured some months ago by the de stroyer Fanning. . . UNDER NKW YORK Yriinir. rf. . . . K:ni IT. ef trt 4 ". 1 1 Hums If 4 Xim'man. 3h. . 4 0 4 0 0 2 1 7 0 1 3 2 3 Pli'tcher, ss. , Holke. lb... McCarly.c. XiehoIT, 2b.. Ti-srcau, p . . 'i'ctalb 33 2 8 i'4 U 3 'EW YORK nli G'lirnli-y, rf, . 4 P'paiiRh.fiS.. 4 Ra!r.3b 4 Pratt, 2b 4 Pipp, lb 5 Hodic, If 4 Miller, cf 3 3 5 1 14 2 1 Hannah, c. . Finnercn, p.. Mop-ridge, p. Totals 34 12 16 27 17 0 "MOTHER'S DAF MAIL Letters Written by Soldiers in Trenches Distributed Today "Mother's Day" mail from the trenches In France is being distributed In this city, t f Several thousand tender missives from the" "boys' of the American expedi tionary forces, many of 'them written under Are, and most of them written within sound of big guns,- were among the XQI.S00 letters which arrived at an Atlantis nort Monday. Mothers who have .not yet receive 'a letter sfcovVI not b.;4lsaala)te tfr UW-M-iapi " v? L FIERCk French Valiaj Hold Heights fl Aisne Center?! .All y .m BERLIN CLAIMS , 11-MILE ADV AMI ,'i Capture of 15,000 H oners Also Is An-J s Also Is nounced TM el -j-jj hm AL.HLS KfcSTUKE SS DICKEBUSCH Germans Outnumber Eb Fnrnoa Tan Ia MS w M ENEMY PASSES VES1 .t$ Several Villages in RiverH gion Reported Oo rA f-iiniAi-l M . M5 rang, gv The German rush, with thc of fresh divisions, cpntinwsl night on the two wings of tki; sons-Rhelms front, the French Office rnnrtJ oJ.v J,'(i'C ---- .-, .,. -r: "The French left was draw to the eastern border of where the battle is going op ously," the communique. saiie$ iims represent a maxim tirement of about nine miles, extreme French left) K vi lire riKiu nann me r( British, after an energetic' of the Massif of St Thierry". miles northwest of. Rhelms' drawn back slowly to the southeast of these heights; holding between the Veale the Aisne. "In the center, the fl until tinued fiercely on the sohUi of the Vesle. where the FreM valiantly defending the height' mere is active cannons! both banks of the Meuse and' Lorraine sector. ,J "A BArlae stf !?!, -.lik'i north of Bexonvaux (no: Verdun, where Americans aril line) and in the Badonvilleni (which includes the Americas! ville sector)." k a. m ffer j) -i xiuge iorces or uerman r apparently remain inside tha didier bulge within equal distance of the Amiens front' RniRnnns.nhAlma camw hw. patch from the French army; neid. There is reason to bel are backed by tremendous of materials of all sorts an-i all calibers held in places whi can easily be swung to the w or southward. "The German advance at points on the Aisne front has'fi a depth of fifteen and a halTi the Echo de Paris declared M SttS 'mi Lionaon, AiajM rieid Marshal Haig xeport' today in infantry action. The J communique received here&J stresses continuation of enemi sure, heavily re-enforced, dur night on the two wings rranco-imiisn aoissons-KneM acainst the center nt whirh-.tl mans have been progressing Artillerying is heavy fronts, and Haig specifically! of hostile cannonading the Albert sector. His1 giveg substantial confirmat predictions made by milit yesterday that the chief, tensive is still in reserve 1 against Amiens, impor control of the Paris-. railroad, and its relation'- yz:'c:r- :. & ana tne cnannei porta, -f.-ii Only artillery activity,! were -reported by the Office today. ' uVl nowever, in ins aoiencwa infantry assaults the big? i thundering along the Ha ' The German, guns larly active north ot All Arras-Amiens front). was heavy in the dlst and in the sectors of!,' Merville (on the .Flajuef IMAKei l-JBMB 't payaicai tit&tfeXy&arS&t. AUtf&-&
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