.V.'MVWi :jfnf& tnfVi. mm)mi,t,Jii,i MiVr S7V1M) OF OUTNUMBERED ALLIES ON AISNE SPECIAL CABLE DISPA ' rt- &. if V"; nTmci nnAii ftij iifiwf I ' rw m rl 't w" IVl " I 7 w 'sT fe Pi ! .. PA i "',! CH BOMBERS .'Si,' PW DOWN FOE : .? i k.I.iva t len's Attack on Enemy Troops Makes Victory ' 'K-.J 1-( -r riasy ior iniantry m L GERMANS IN WOOD che Fliers Flee When Allied , Planes Try to Give I Battle 14, Si. J Bv WALTER DURANTY ytjftxtal Cable to Evening Public Ledger 3is CWto'.' IBlt-yfiv Sev York Time Co. , J YVItU k 1T.Xm1. AmmIab Tnito 7 I .T mihi uic a iciii.ii nii'v', .. .. -a.1 ,,In the valley of the Savlere our PsfiS Hnbardment squadrons threw more KVSli r W. . !,!, iJS? rttmmv trnrm nnnpisntrflttnnR.' RnVQ thft - - - r i ft,fi r, Imnph rnmmun hup. 1 our corre. fr&Kr Mnnrfunr vfitorHav vleltrt nnn nf the V.' tf - - - rf"- .7 ' i,inest aviation groups In the l-rencn army and obtained a first-hand story V V& II1LI CAU1U11. ." 'Tn ti arR aftarnnnn nf WednpR.. a .' 4Jy the airmen were Informed that a 'i TaUrge number of Germans were as- mbllng In the valley of the SaMere. V little affluent of the Ourcn whose course Is almost parallel with the front between Troesnes and Corey wins to the configuration of the ground, they weio sheltered from the Sr40f artillery, and it was eident that they Intended to re-enforce the German move westward Into the for- tot 6f Vlllers-Cotterets. Bomb plinus were, sent out. oThe effect of the bombs was tre mendous. The German soldiers bioko headlong for cover, abandoning all thought of fight. Ten minutes later a bomb plane group of the same strength arrived on the scene. At first no Ger- ,'-'??-A! . S . ... . . ?5v, nns were visioie, tnen, circling low, j f tne airmen aiscoverea tne enemy hid. yt Ins in the horseshoe wood of Haut- wlson on the eastern side of the val ley. Again the devoted battalions were subjected to a terrible bombardment amid trees that gave no protection Before the decimated units could re form the first squadron had returned With a new load, and once more the I fir wood was filled with the roar of ex- M loions. . 7 Ko human morale could Ktanri euch l- 4nrrlbln strain. In vain the German wSirJ officers tried to re-form their panlc- Jv atricken men. When the French in- lRg tantry counter-attacked they had an S easy victory over the weakened forces rrw that had made the advance The alr- J ,L R5"- owoa uu....ub .. ,l.. . ..UU Vkaen dangerous .f"- Tlv pannltfnr .lrtt,allv all tVialp avail. , able air forces In the sector of attack S th inemv won a hort-Ued sunerloritv sfsi -..:. i... .u: . ... j..! ;. .air flghtliig, that day turning- more Bfcrtgcjfjateadlly in our favor. By Wednesday RKl'Sfr w had put the boche back whore he CiJ .-, J r. . l. . .... U-- tt-fr, i iOW daylight bombers have been .3 t !normously active throughout the bat itfe tie, but In the whole period they hae Eyr enly had three combats altogether, in IwV the course of which one boche has been Es?,OWB ur l0SSM were nil, save for IgfiiS 'fne pilot wounded, who was brought jylack in his machine. SJJSW' The planes went right to St Quentin (KV On the way they fell in with a notma C'-f of thirty Fokkers, which. Instead of at- : tacking, followed them at a great height. i liOnr. formation was to cood and solid l$l h Anmv wouldn't tak anv risk. At the moment bombs were actually "falling on the objectives the leading Sf toches assailed our rearmost plane The E.'-jSS others, perceiving this, slowed up and W advancing KoKKers met the run lab W fc" fc"W V. ...... U....V uuvj k.uii. FiMiA '! an bolted, anJ the bombers re- Im-ft:, turned without further Interference Fafc. " On one occasion a French squadrille ffifcj' epotted a large force of boche icfantry y reetlng on the ground of a farm. Fly a. j?&A tn. flftv feet hieh In snlral formation. KAfftJlke a cavalry charge, we swept them fiy - -...-w bw-0... ...c bf'WU hHw tho shelter of a creat wall on !JSatt opposite side from which the attack ,P?V4Wa .coming. It was an unfortunate JFjaea, xs swinging swiftly around, the fgKRmtHtita concentratea tneir nre on tne V?aS4dled mob and literally mowed them l?ra&??WB' &. Germans Aiked to Be Killed fKF&tThe airmen said afterward that the -wwji'- -- ....-. "--"-- - .UtM ana naa piaceti uiembeies an dy in position. Elf ivalnat Altt, ,nH artfl1rr nKCAn'af .' arnt forced to flv fairlv low. we had 'VjaUM same iv Ui aawta. iiava an araln the. fla-- 'vft&'jfaf R fighters refuted to i attempt rescue. KK'At' One pilou sarqier, ju jumped his score C n? 1 Ti i m i fl.A tn t ain five to eleven In six days, and fri-others -R4a.BW W w .... ,'jtitothers had numerous victories, though, ': course, mosv. oi me wurii was ai ' tfljnFtid arainst land forces That and iJ",eev"ausafes" From the outset the 'oi i ,; fcoche moved his rautages extraordlnar- .-, ffarast actually kept them at an aver. H or aoout a mue oenina tne aavanc JLTJroops. i Soyau. who has eighteen official victims : , Ma credit, had a regular picnic He . wet three one day In five minutes. The ,,ViWt, two were In flames before the 'Wtuiusnn could t-scaoe. Thev Imrntii 'ixf',itfH the third In a parachute and the " lilt . 4 a Vilrta fanMlir niitAj . feWfi Boyau swooped and set it on fire L( frw4 .w-jr icci Hum U)D iuuiiu. STRANGE ILLNESS IN SWEDEN a.j. jWomen Drop in Convulsions j i 'i From Being Underfed C I fcof fnf Cobffl fo Evening Pubtic Ledger WA'Ciivriaht. ltll. bv .Vvo Vorfc TJmc Co. eoenhectto, June 7. The newspapers re inai a itiysiciiuus eiLHncss sirni 0 that In Spain has shown Itself In nagen. aevcrai uioea are ciiea oi flronnlncc In the street In convul. by reason of being underfed. sea provisions orcoming scarce, utes are poor, not affording euf- nouriinmtnt. &'&iG TO OBSERVE FOURTH Monarch Will Attend Baseball 'Y Game in Celebrallon Caote to bvening Public Ledger fht, tilt. lfeu York Ttme$ Co. mtn. June 7. King George has Stoed- to attend the Fourth o' .Tulv lllaniaja pamPCIt llltl UnilCQ i aoiy and navy teama at Chelsea. L wVl e tMfi Sret occasion on whlcl HEAVY MOVEMENTS OF AMERICAN TROOPS IN FRANCE I m Sffij ir, ri'Hflf m I HIP " F " nHH;' 1 I j irwrTf UKM v v - r Tu. W giw mwww I The photograph ehous a field REMNANT OF ARMY TELLS BRAVE STORY OF CHEMIN-DES-DAMES Submerged by Slorm of Fire and Gas and ft aves of Assault Battle Raged Four Days By G. H. PERRIS Special Cable to Kieninp Public Ledper Cninjrtolit. 10 tf. bv Nf'i' York Tlmrs Cn With the French Armies, June 7. Some time must jet elapse ere we . ... . .. . . - can Know tuny ana exactly wnat oc curred on the Chemln des-Dames at and after 4 a m on May 27. Many of the combatants, have died a martv r's death and been burled by alien hands where they fell. Many more will long languish In prisoners' camps, but the remnants of some regiments have now come down from the front to rest, and by piecing together the narratives of these weary men, It is possible to make the first outline of the story that will one day be told In all Its pitiful ness and terror. Ono of them Is the French infantry regiment which had long held the cen tral sector of this fiont For this last trial it had been prepared by months of trench raiding and strengthening its defenses. Submerged by a stoim of fire and poison gas and by wave upon wave of assault, it went down In a single morning, fighting the hopeless! fight to the bitter end. A small num ber lived to cross the Aisno in the afternoon, and these had to continue the struggle for four days and nights, virtualy without respite. Few are those, even in this war, who have sur vived such agony. They were warned and, so far as their local means allowed, were pre pared for the attack. Gas masks, machine guns, grenade stores every thing was ready. The order was to hold ground between the second and third positions or to die In the effort, and it was carried out. It was to be ex pected that th telephone wires would bo cut. There remained carrier pigeons. A rolling barrase two miles deep and of indescribable violence ex tinguished the poor efforts of the local batteries in reply. Smoke Hid Their Signals Thick clouds of artificial smoke, gas and dust shrouded the assault, so that rocket clgnals were not seen at the rear, and the enemy was invisible till he reached the parapets. The line was almost immediately broken and the battle became a struggle of Isolated groups, heavily outnumbered. without the possibility o re-enforcement, defending scraps of broken trench dugouts or quarries and still resisting long after tho main tide of the conflict had passed south A copy lies before me of messages dated from 3 30 to S: 30 a m and sent back from these ibolated groups b pigeon Xo words could be so eloquent as their laconic brevity When permis sion to retreat was given seme officers refused to avail themselves of It. The colonel, with his staff papers, crossed the Alsne at 10 a m ind or ganized the defense of the passage The survivors of the regiment were re formed on the south bank and on th following day received :1 re-enforce mem of men bringing it up to a quarter of Its original strength This handful had to meet the heayy attack southwest of Solvons on May 23 and a series of attacks on the following two cfays. Xo more was humanly possible ; and they were withdrawn They say that not a man had uttered a complaint. Homer's Different Picture Karl Rosner. war correspondent of the Berliner Lokal Anzelger, has Just been entertaining his jeaders with a different picture of these tragic days. 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All correspondence in the strictest confidence. , ADDRESS M335 LEDGER OFFICE battalion of Pershing's men getting read the ruins of Rhelms are wreathed in moke and flame To him comes old Hlnd"nburg, humbly saluting his master Thft I'mperor exprees his Fatisfactlon at seeing him at such a moment In such a place with the proof of their trium phant destiny visible before them The two walk about amid thr trenches, wire fields and shell holes of this old battle field His majesfj fear tne aged mar shal may b fatigued Xo no," Is the cheerful reply; "It was time I moved about a little again" Then to complete the combination, the Crown Prince appears to hurry awav after compliments and hand shikes not to tho rear, as you may have thought, but to the front The typewriter betrays me Whv do I cast the shadow of these miserable men across the pure record of France's silent heroes? HOPE FOR PEACE IN CHINA Northern Generals Tinr! of Civil War Both Lack Money Special Cable to Evening Public Ledger Copyright. lOlf, bv Xeio York Times Co rUln, June 7 The northern generals. tired of civil war. are withdrawing from the front and returning north The Government Is unable to finance further military effort. The south is in similar circumstances, thus leading to a lively hope that peace can be arranged A convention of pro vincial assemblies is meeting at Xan kong, where peace discussions will take place President Teng Kwo-chang Is sending a representative to the con ference Disaster Is Impending In the Yangtz valley The river is rising rapidly Changhal Is under eight feet of water ALLIES' FAITH UNSHAKEN Judge Benjamin Lindsay in Rome Praises U. S. Effort Special Cable to Evening Public Ledger Copyright, 1919, bv S'eu York Ttmen Co. Rome, June 7 Judge Benjamin Lind say, speaking on the present war, sild he had been able personally to ascer tain that the Allies realize the gravity of the struggle and are fully determined to win. He concluded: "I bring with me to America this deep conviction What Italy has done Is admirable I shall be happy to re peat it. I wish you could see what the United States Is doing for the war. If any one is still skeptical, he can now realize he has ened Our resolution and faith are unshakable." OFFERS BLACK SEA FLEET Bolshevik to Surrender Ships Keturned, Unused rarln, June 7. The Bolshevik Gov ernment Is ready to surrender the Black Sea fleet to Germany on condition that the warships be restored to Russia after the war and that the Germans refrain from using the vessels, according to a dispatch received by the Havas Agency from Moscow telling of a wireless mes sage from M Tchltcherln. 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Socialist Journals were re fused for transmission to certain sections of the army on instructions from high authority "In Breslau the general In command not onb prohibits public Socialist gather ings but refuses to allow members of the party to meet On the ether hand, the campaign of the annexationists Is offtciallv encouraged The Socialist party's secretary In Breslau was pro ceeded against by the army authorities because he forwarded to the military au thorities n petition bv wives of soldiers. He had to leave Breslau and go to Hatlshen The commanding general In Breslau has made It Impossible for me to speak to my ow n constituents. This policy of fore? in German domestic politics must lead to disaster." , The Minister for the Interior gave the usual denials, but stated that in 1917 there had been 204 cases of newspapers being suppressed In 1 3 IS, up to date, the number was 73 DOC For that reason an cal than you will be, inspects every thread that goes into MomlQ.Hose It is absolutely perfect Hose when it comes to your service; and every wearer of Monito Hose must know perfect satisfaction, or we want to know it. Monito Pure Silk Silk and Lisle Lisle Moalte for Men Staple colors and Novelty effects. ferWemea Ask for "Mo-knit-o" that wijl get you the best. Moorhead Knitting Company, Inc., Harrisburg, Pa. 3 j W U Whim wS)V Millinery $.00 Reduced From $10.00 and $15.00 Refreshingly new abundant variety to ..iTSSaS" v4Bif if r creations In Insure Indl- vldual preference. Distinctive modes of iTeora-eues. mallnes and georsctte combinations. Some with facings of georcetta and others with transparent brims. L e Mavfeon & DeMair? J115 Chestnut Street U. S. BATTLE TEST ' SUPREMELY MET Troops Submitted to De cisive Proof and Tri umphed, Paper Says ASKS POLITICAL UNITY Echo de Paris Hopes for Early Victory With Coming of Yankee Effectives i Special Cable to Evening Public Ledger Copyrtght, isif, by .Vne yorfc r(mr Co. Paris, June 7 The brilliant work of the American troops qn the Marne Is emphasizing In the French mind more than anything else could have done the supreme Im portance of America as a factor in the war The Echo de Paris describes Tues- idav's French communique, telling of the entry of the American troops Into battle, as an unforgettable historical dopument. In an editorial the paper re marks: American troops have for the first time submitted to the decisive proof i:very witness of their behsvlor agrees that they triumphed. Henceforward the t'nited States Is no longer a military power of unknown value. The Amer ican soldiers, whose numbers we know to be virtually without limit, are of the finest qual'tv "The number of effectives brought to France In April and May proves, on the other hand, that Atlantic communica tions arc assured to such a point that every day on the average several thous and men can land in French ports'. "The result is the apparently para doxical concluslan that, although the enemy Is today nearer Paris than he has ever been since the first battle of the Marne, our victory never appeared more certain. "In saving this we da not mean to deny the gravity of the present situa tion Our civilization is being struck to the heart in the most precious of Its cities, but the crisis w-e are going through is more moral than material. "The Germans have very little time available in which to curb our fighting spirit a few weeks or months at the longest. Its duration depends on the relation existing between the speed with which our American friends can mo bilize and transport their men acrora the sea and throw them into the strug gle and the rapidity with which the Germans can assemble their troops In the half-exhausted regions on which they can still levy requisitions. "We have no doubt as to which of these two antagonistic factors will tri umph. Every Indication teels us we shall not be those who fall. But It is the early coming of victory that we want. The continued and Increasing Inflow of American troops promises us this "But when? Shall we see the German armies, checked from moment to mo ment, continue to throw themselves on us, weaker no doubt at each drive, but still formidable enough to slaughter us? It Is only a question of time be fore they are mastered, but the length DOC Hosiery is No Stronger than its weakest thread. expert, who is more criti . :mim I 4aflWXT"v4V 1 of our suffering must be reduced at any price." rolltlr.il Unity Need The article goes on to call for unity. In the political direction of the war. "Only this," It says, "can bring suc cess but no matter what be the unity of views between London, Paris and Rome, no real unity can exist so long as America does not participate In It, so long as she wishes to be only a 'co ally' and refuses to be completely and entirely an ally. The Idea that armies can be brought Into effective collobora tlon without political policies being also unified Is fundamentally false. Let us remember that, according to the Ger-i mans, war Is essentially a matter of policy. "Political policy comes In where the work of the soldier leaves oft and crowns effort b tho force of economic restrictions, which are already such a powerful factor and will be still more so In the future "We are In agreement with Wilson on many of his political ideas, but how can we come to an agreement on others while we are forbidden to have an entire political program In common. The eternal Indecision In our Russian policy Is a 'case In point. We are happy to learn that at the moment the American troops are reaching their greatest ef ficiency In France and effort Is being made to provide that henceforward political policy In Washington shall be conducted on the same lines as In the other capitals of our league. If this ef fort succeeds we shall be brought much nearer to the happy result we hope for." GERMANS MASS NEAR TOUL Bip Troop Trains Moving to the Sector Containing Americans With the American Army In France, June 7. 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