j. VJ- ii" k r- v' ri atwrv.1 t-thw fT'T -V3 - w E ," ." T..!M & r . ." V I T n i .JCtfZAA i T..a KrTiT ' v'.t!. SVC l uenma public mo get WWrtfo-SMfcly cooler tonight. POSTSi alV J fiurtaay, fair. . 'temperature at each noun in t Mo in in i ii ii .rrm 171 -70 '9 72 na l I I I I I lH 'V I U" .- , f 4 v H,.: . r.t ". H' S fvs f , ; VOL. IV. NO. 232 PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 12, 1918 PRICE TWO CENTaf; ConjionT, 1018. t th Prsue Lrnori CoJtrixi 'TF I "ft I s n 7if F R I iv l I'M w m I? I k COURTS TO FIX P. R. T. TAX BILL ON LEASED LINES t Tfrpspnt Wnr K p. V e n U C Drain on Holding Com pany Held Unjust SUITS BY SUBSIDIARIES "Validity of Contracts Reliev- ing Underlying Concerns to Be Called Into Question The courts will be asked to determine the validity of the leases under which the, Philadelphia Rapid Transit Com ,lnV Is now required to pay all the Aar ...'. n , .nrn'incn nf Itn underlying " na cm o" - companies. Income and excess-pronts taxes of ar.100,000 must be paid lor uie Underlying: companies this year. ... .n.iAH i.M.iiltMi thn ItnnendinB litigation came out In Washington dur ing an appeal by Ellli Ames Ballard, counsel .for the Rapid TranslJ tympany, before the Ways and Means Committee of-Congress for the draf tints of the new 1,000,000,000 war-revenue bill In such r .- t ... .V... MtnP taYM & way inai ine payment, ui .. . will fall upon tne unaenying- uuuii- JlleB. . . B... ...lit ....Y.aVil,. h. Instituted ty . DUliD will (Jluuiiui "' -" counsel for the underlying; companies after the payment of the war tnxes by the. Rapid Transit Company next Satur day. The company has notified the sub sidiary companies that this payment Is merely a loan and will be deducted from next yearns earnings. Hnbildlarles to Bring- Suit 'Owen J. Roberts, counsel for the Ridge Avenue Passenger Railways, and Dlmner Beeber, counsel for the Citizens' Pas censer Railway, both underlying com- i. . .V... Tj T3 p nnnfirm IhA In- formation .from Washington, declaring U action will probably be Instituted after June 18. "It Is a fact that the matter will be taken Into the courts," said Mr. Roberts, si' suppose It will be done after the taxes are paid on June IB and the un ' derlylng .companies stand on their fights i,4,- .Via inH ? full to nee how Con gress can- alter the terms of a contract made between parties, or how any par ties can ask to have the terms of a contract- changed when they deliberately mad them for themselves." He declared Mr. Ballard's computa tion that the P. R. T. would have to pay Increased taxes each successive year Is Incorrect, and said hla statement that the "company would have to pay 150 per cent of ltfl earnings at the end of five years !' "visionary." ,Mr. Beeber expressed surprise at Mr. n.llird'11 annearance -before .tne Con- IH jesalonal Committee. . ' jSus- -'"IV cannot see how the' Philadelphia Wr'-l Unlit Transltiean ask Congress to help V C-rr'- -I-VS' .. ? T- - , . . . tt etcape Hi capital liability, wnicn n Incurred wnen it leasea xne sudbiuwij companies. Confttalon of Weakness "sV'lt ketmi io hi a confession, of weakT rX' nq to uori l u:7 i.o i.u- -.,- ,w 'T .Wythe taxea for the underlyln compa- i'. t- L-i. it... . amIh sulfas Afalnit ,a V"' w?e"'"" S" "'""J.""-.." ". tnem to jiave mai pica imi b court. .-;; i "jor Mr, aitam iu anciiij,. m f uade Congress to say the taxes should fee collected from the leased companies, In my opinion, Is a violent Interference with the right of contract. Of course, tt the transit company can persuade Congress to make a special exemption Of Its obligation to pay the taxes of the underlying roads it will escape liability. Mr, Beeber expressed the belief that none of the underlying companies would accept the transit company's "loan for the payment of the taxes, Fears for1 the existence of the holding company were expressed by Mr. Bal lard, who declared that In five years, under the present procedure, the com pany would be forced to retire from the field "with Its back broken" unless measures of relief iron, me payment oi xcesa profit and Income taxes of Its BUbsldlarlea are adopted. He declared the company will pay this year's taxea text Saturday, but says the underlying companieshave been noti fied that, they are only being loaned the money and that It will be deductedfrbm their earnings next year. A dallng set of figures was'offered ii proof of his assertions by Mr. Bal lard. - He declared that If the Rapid Transit Company Is compelled to continue pay ment of these taxes It will be paying, in Are years, a sum equal to 150 per cent, minus a 7 per cent exemption, of Its earnings for the year In waja taxes" and yearly rentals of the underVlng compa- The company must pay 1293,000 In-, come tax and1 $879,000 excess-pronts tax this" year, he declared, or $1,100,000 that should be paid by the underlying companies. In addition to this the tran sit company, must pay $220,000 on its wn stock, all out of net earnings of. $2,008,000. i The sixcent tare ordinance wnicn is t vending before Councils was mentioned r mmA Tan Committee. '". nenresentatlvel. Hampton Moore, a rC' member of the committee, asked Mr. ?&" - A 1A ..fttl.-4 Im4,A7a aAM Vd &g '.pal lira u no www ... j a. r i gw on the Increased fare, but the lawyer & ..nnAi.f1 far tnrreasa Is connlHerirf a eScartime necessity. si, He aamwea ii company ? .ui .U l1r hIava1 li 1QA7 ,,, I Pfi " UlPUaUl Hi ". .,. , Ti..s v yaa'aeciaeu mav tii .re bjiuuiq oe nve jnts and could not be changed without 7?wiunt of both city and company. rs Wf tnoug nt we were ciever men ana ihat we were preventing; a decrease in srares. a nivKi iwacu uik, men, ne ih- - Blames Corporation Uwi 5wCorportIon laws in this State are re rK.iMu.iiiiil for transit rondltloni In thin ti . .MAIn n XTf TlnHa,. II. XT4 .U Hn nAmnDTIV Yfnt itinBA i nrhAni PVvrpetual franchises were granted could .t.Ls T.'tZ.tt ,.an.U linn In thl .Ifv .,a . ?'' tlv pasaace of legislation In 1858, Ke v mIH th Legislature In that year a-ranted " k'Bcrpetuslt franchises to several com &v iinies to' operate horse cars. These ' nyincniBrp v.. v,.,.ivi , loiv wiicii cable cars made their appearance and again a few year later when the first jectrla trplteys were operated, but per mission to build transit lines was given Mly to those companies holding per wtqal franchises. J. s l., k.,ai.a AianAa In. 1 IBA ...k. If - Quoting ngurea on mo amounts tne fi mpanyl required to pay, Mr. Ballard Cin one mii . -.. ", .! vuijr DL'.SOO of capital, paid In, geta 1140,000 tasVentala from the holding, company, : Shi. -Income and excesa-proftta taxes on : towrnlng. under tho' act of last Oc- ATfZZT.JZJi JiZw. S-li?" .MBJ T4 . MFT4H 11 WITH THE AMERICAN FLIERS "OVER THERE" 3kgBgigw. ' ' Wx'-' ggHgkxw , ftBBgaiL' r-"--- "'- HMiBi'-HB.iiBiHt9!a- 8iiHsiViiiBMEiE.HwKkiiHsiaaii JEFFERSON IN TROUBLE AGAIN " ' rA Former Policeboat Pilot Held on Disorderly Conduct Charge Oramlllo 9. Jefferson, former police boat pilot. 14 is West Venango street. was held In $400 hall today for court on a charge of disorderly conduct by Magistrate Rooney at the Fifteenth and Locust streets police station. Jefferson, uho Is a nephew of fdrmer City Treasurer McCoach, was discharged from the naval reserc at Cape May six months ago, after trial by court martial. He una acquitted In 1915 of a charge of m'urdcr In connection with the death of James Fltzslmmons, a porter, In a saloon on Ninth street, above Chest nut, New Year's ee, 1915. Jefferson shot the porter several times. Jefferson Is alleged to have called Night Police Superintendent Leary by telephone early today, demanding that the police raid a hotel near Ninth and Market streets. Leary questioned Jefferson and the latter Is said to have become abusive. Leary then called detectives and while Jefferson was kept In conversation, the detectives went to the postofflce and ar lested him in a telephone booth. MAY TRY SKIP-STOPS HERE William Potter and Railway Ex perts to Consider Plan Today A plan to reduce stopping points of trolley cars In this city as a means of saving fuel will be threshed out at a conference today between William" Pot ter, fuel administrator for Pennsylvania, and members of the executive committee of street railways of Pennsylvania. The new system. If adopted, would re locate the stopping, points so as best to serve the Interests of the car riders, and would reduce by 10 per cent the time re quired to make the runB. This "skip-stop" Bj'Ftem has been worked successfully In Washington nnd other cities. All of the stopping points are plainly marked by signs bearing the words "Car Stops." The new system may bring some of the stops on the near Side of the street, some on the far side and others In the middle of the block. It is believed better to have such a diver, slty with the. points -properly located. than'to have'upiformlty If convenience of location is sacrmceu. m CLEAR AND COOL TONIGHT Thunder Showers Expected to Clear Atmospheric Conditions The weather schedule today began with n thunder shower which arrived In the central part of tho city about 9 o'clock. Asked what It meant, the local weatherman said that In all prob ability clearing conditions would follow the storm and that the remainder of the day would be fair. Present Indications are that tonight will be cyoler. The heavy pall of clouds which yester day morning made necessary artificial lighting in qfllces and homes, again spread Its gloomy mantle over the city. I tain began to fall and flashes of light ning and the roll of thunder pae unmis takable evidence that the storm-maker was in earnest. ' The temperature registered 71 degrees, while the humidity stood at SO. the two readings standing as a combined warn ing 'that the day will bo more or less of a "sticky" one. This condition Is to be relieved, however, by raln-washcd streets ana generally cooi conditions atter the passing of the thunder clouds. TRANSPORT SUNK; 40 MISSING Cunarder Ausonia Victim of U-Boat in Mid-Atlantic New York, June 12. The British transport Ausonia. owned by the Cun- ard Line, has been torpedoed by a Ger man suDmarine, in tne Atlantic, on ner way westward, and ninety of her crew have been landed on the English coast, according to private cable dispatches re ceived here yesterday. She left a British port on May 25, and was some hundreds of miles out In the Atlantic when attacked. The sur vivors were 'picked up by an eastbound Bteamshlp, and search Is being made for the missing members of the crew, which numbered 130 officers and men. In June, 1917, the Ausonia was at tacked off the English coast while under convoy, and had her stern blown off by a torpedo. She managed to reach port, and was repaired. She was a steel vessel of 815J gross t6nnage. built In 1907 for the Canadian passenger trade. She was 450.6 feet long, and had twin-screw engines, which gave her a speed of 14 kpots. NEW ARCHBISHOP HERE JULY a , Formal Documents From Rome Reach Mgr. Dougherty , Bishop Denis J. Dougherty, of the Catholic diocese of Buffalo, has recived Roosevelt will be a candidate for Presl the formal documents elevating him' to (dent In 1920, It Is announced here by the archbishopric of Philadelphia, He has canceled all local engagements ana appointments so he might have time to prepare for his departure from Buffalo eariy in juij-. ... . Bishop Dougherty could not say when he would be Installed as Archbishop of Philadelphia, but It was said by others close to him the ceremony might be held in mid-July. It is certain the prelate will go into a retreat soon, and this method of rest and spiritual recupera tion may extend more than ;a week. T. P. SHONTS OPERATED UPON New York Trolley Companies' President in Serious Condition New York. June 12. Theodore ' J Shonts. president of the Interborough Rapid Transit Company and of the New York Railways Company, who was op erated upon tBtthe Post-Graduate Hos pital yesterday for a severe Internal trouble, passed the ordeal splendidly, It was said today. Dr. Jt Bentley Snuler, who performed the operation, said his patient's con dition was serlouB, but that he hoped for recovery Mr. Shonts has been ill several weeks. liY THIS ISSUE , A,rC0MICS pit PAGE, SI i.4 h -? - - 'WyWM',' Copyright Committee on Public Informntton. The upper photograph shows American soldiers riplilinp one of our planes which came clown bottom-siilc-up. Below j Lieutenant Douglas Campbell, of California, the first "are" with the American Expeditionary Force, who has been wounded in a battle in ihe air VARE YEAR AGO FAVORED SPROUL t Supported Chester M a n Throughout Campaign, Senator Declares INDORSE WHOLE TICKET All Republican candidates, city and State, for election next autumn, were Indorsed tpday by the Republican City Committee, at Its annual reorganization session following the May prlmary- Davld H. Lane offered the resolution and amendment and moved Its adoption. Senator Vare seconded the motion, say ing that a year ago he pledged him self to support Senator Sproul for the nomination for C.overnor. After a committee had been named to select en for the committee heats which (nc Penrose ward en refused to take, addresses were made by three State can didates. Senator Sproul. for Governor: Senator Beldleman. for Lieutenant Gov ernor, and tSate Representative James V. Woodward, for Secretaiy of Internal Affairs. Harmony was the keynote of all the nddresses. The following were named to select men for the seven seats the Penrose men refused to take on the committee: Joseph! Fay, of the Thirty-second Ward: Pat rick Connor, of the Twenty-ninth Ward; Ferd G. Zwieg, of the Seventeenth Ward. , Through the refusal of James A. Carey to accept the Fifth Ward seat, "Ike" Deutsch. Carey's foe, who figured so prominently In the Fifth Ward mur der case, probably will get the seat. At noon the members of the Vare controlled committee, together with the chairmen of the ward committees nnd the local candidates, were the guests of Senator Sproul at a luncheon In the Hotel Adelphta. Sheriff Harry C. Ransley retains his post ns chairman of the committee, and Magistrate Thomas F Watson remains treasurer and William K. Flnleyexecu tlve director as a result of the reorgan ization. No changes In the personnel of the officials of the committee were considered. State Republicans will gather here Friday for a meeting of the State com mitteei In the Bellevue-Stratford Hotel, at which Will H. Hays, Republican na tional chairman, will try to pour oil on the troubled factional waters, and on Saturday Judge Bonnlwell, the Demo cratic gubernatorial nominee, will con fer with his supporters at a meeting In the Hotel Adelphta. SAYS T. R. WILL RUN AGAIN Nephew in New York Declares He Will Be Elected Xw York. June 12 Colonel Thenrtnr- oenaior ineoaure uuu iiomnson, chairman of the Lewis antl-Whltman primary campaign committee, frankly ueciarea '.'Colonel Roosevelt will be nominated and elected President of the United States In 1920. "Merton K. Lewis will be nominated and elected Governor of New York this year." Robinson is a .nephew of Colonel Roosevelt. S DIRIGIBLE FOR CAPE MAY Big Balloon Passes Over Atlantic City on Way to Post Atlantic City. June 12. Sailing ma jestically 500 feet over the Boardwalk, a Inrge United States Government dirigible attracted the attention of Boardwalk piomenaders and liathers yesterday afternoon. Airplanes .".re common sights along the Wooden Way. but a dirigible Is a derided novelty, and the course of the balloon-Bhaped craft down the coast was followed by many Interested spectators. There were Oiree men aboard, yrhe. cnft vvsh marked bv a bul'spve on each side and stripes on Its tall, denoting United State Government ownership. According to officials of the Curtlss Fly ing Station here the machine was a motor-equipped observation balloon on Its way from Mlneola, L. L. to Cape May. U.S. MAY SEND AIDT0RUSSIA President Awaiting Situ ation Such as Cadets Threaten CAN'S WAIT LONG, BELIEF By CLINTON W. GILBERT Staff Corrriponicnt Eiriifiio Piihlr I.rdoer Washington, June 12. If Intervention Is Invited hy the Gov ernment nf Russia, whatever that Gov ernment may be, provided It appears 10 represent tne win or the majority of tho Russian people, there Is little reason to doubfthnt Intervention will have President Wilson's approval. The President Islinderstood to have op posed only Intervention against the will of Russia. In this way events In Russia have probably brought Allied action there against Germany near. But In any event, whether or not tho Constitu tional Democrats effect a counter-i evo lution, the progress of Germany in the east is forcing a reconsideration of the Administration's attitude with regard to Intervention. The intervention nllst hentlment was never as strong as It has been In the last few ilajs. The President hesitates, awaiting, perhaps, Just such a situation as the Constitu tional Democrats now threaten to create. But the general belief Is that he cannot hesitate long. He must de cide upon some constructive policy within the next lew days. If the 'Constitutional Democrats should go to the people of Russia with the promise of Allied aid. aid chiefly In getting the food that Is already In Russia properly distributed and aid In restoring Russian Industry and agri culture, so as to afford employment and a livelihood lo the Russian people. they may conceivably overthrow the Continued on race Mi, Column Six PATROL VESSEL BATTLES U-BOAT Authenticated Case OI Clash Between Naval Vessel and Raider DEPARTMENT SILENTlBRAVE ENEMY FLEET Washington, June 12. An American coast patrol vessel hao had one battle with a German U-boat raider. From an unquestionable source today came this fact, togetner with the fact that the pavy has had a mass of reports from patrol commanders. None of these has been made public. Reports have been received here of a battle between a tanker and a U-boat In which a destroyed arrived in time to fire on the raider, which disappeared. The tescue seventy miles at sea of an ensign and enlisted man of the Ameri can navy Was reported to the Navy De partment today by the steamer Jose. No details were given, but It Is sup posed the men were victims of a sea plane accident while searching for Ger man submarines. A dispatch from Norfolk, Va., says thhl crews of the steamers Walter D. Nojes and the Pajos, upon arrival there, reported that they had been fired upon by submarines Sunday night off the Virginia coast. Secretary Daniels hao taken the posi tion that only absolutely authenticated cases ot sinking or capture will be an nounced, But it may be said flatly that one of tho many reports Indicates beyond a doubt that a patrol vessel fired on a submarine and dropped depth bombs about her. The effect can only be conjectured. A second case, not quite so clear-cut. yet believed by some officials to be au thentic Is also on record. Neither of tho above-mentioned Inci dents Includes the case whwe United U. S. MARINES ROUT ENEMY AT BELLEAU Artillery Aids French ! Counter-Attack West of Montdidier DEFENDERS OF. WOOD BADLY SLAUGHTERED Survivors of Dashing Attack Flee in Great Disorder 300 PRISONERS TAKEN ! Captives Declare They Had No Freshli Food in Stxiy Hours With the Amerlrnn Armies In Franre, June 12 American marines have entirely clearetUthe Important Belleau Wood, five miles west of Chateau-Thierry, of enemy foreex, It was cstabllshul today The Oerman defenders were slaugh-' teied In great numbers and thoe who suivlved (led In disorder . .AmfT'" nr,l"cl. .trr'la,?'..w."'.1B naru!-.iiiK lire, nei ii rri'ifii niiiiiier- attack against the Hermans west of ,5 "...I.,?.. . " i.ermans """,' ., American artillery preparation began at .130 vesterd.iy nintnlllg All hour later the marines nttneked The were under oulers to puh through to the 01 e. battalion annihilated than an nmtheastem limits of Belleau Wood and .,.,.., , ,, , carried out their Instructions to the letter In addition to Inflicting heavy casual ties the mailnes tok at least 3"0 prison ers, including ten officers, and captured two three-Inch field pieces, some mlnnen. werfeis and many machine guns. Theii own casualties were light with the ex ception of those suffered at one point where a machine-gun nest held out for some time. Belleau Wood was defended by ciack Prussian and Saxon trnops, the flower of the Kaiser's aimy, hut they weie no match for the dauntless United States Marines, who swept through tho north ern fringes of the wood, driving out the Germans Glad In He rrlinnern Prisoners taken by the marines are the gladdest lot seen et Many of them aie extremely jnuthful and look well caied for, though pome of them said they have had little to eat Iatel, Several who served on the usslRau front said they liked It better there than on this front. Many of the German regiments, they said, are reel lilted from Jews. These are .unwilling to fight and are compelled to ! go Into battle by niachlne-gunH placed i In the rear of their lines. After they have eniereo tne iignung line iney are chained to guns and wagons. While this fighting was under way tho Germans launched an attaik at f a. m. against the American units hold ing Bouresches. on the light The as sault was completely repulsed, great masses of the enemy being broken up by artillery and rifle lire. .Mntlilne Gunner Surrender On Monday night the Americans re duced a group of machine gunners who had pievlously been surioundrd In the wood. The gun crewH suirendeicd with out a struggle and the Americans cap tured all of the guns. Continuous shell ing from all sides prevented the Gei mans from putting up any resistance Two 77-mllllmeter field guns were cap tured, these being the first cannon to fall Into the hands of the Americans. American storming units worked their way through the wood and advanced upon the German defensive positions charging the gunners with the boyonet and shattering all resistance. Fo quickly weie the Germans overcome that they did not have time to put their gunu out of commission Immediately after their capture. nun Ines attached ropes to the pieces and Continued on I'aice Six, Column rive ITALIANS SINK 2 DREADNOUGHTS lair Ot lorpedOnoatS rJOHl- I ly Attack Big Austrians Itomp, June 12, Two Austrian dreadnoughts of the Vlribus Unltls class were sunk by two small Italian torpedi,boats near the Dal matian Islands June 10, It was officially announced today. The torpedohoats. under command of Captains Itlzzo and Lulgl de Mllazzo. passed boldly through a line cf enemy destroyers and attacked the two lead ing bhlps of a battle squadron, which was steaming In fleet formation. Two torpedoes were fired at the first ship In the line and one torpedo at the ship Immediately following. The little Italian craft returned safely, the htatement said, badly damaging one of the Austrian destroyers which pur sued them. There are four battleships of the Vlri bus Unltls type, displacing 20,000 tons. Recently three Italian sailors penetrated Pola harbor In a "sea tank" toipedolng another Austrian battleship of the Vlrl bus Unlfis tvpe. CURE U.S. WOUNDED QUICKLY Gorgas Announces 80 Per Cent Restored in Four Weeks Washington. June 12, Eighty per cent of the American troops wuunded In battle are now being cured and returned to their forces within three or four weeks,- tiurgean General Gorgas an nounced today. It formerly required months of attention In military hospitals before they could return to the fighting. Army surgeons are if the rate of !'; re sewf instructed FRENCH STOP ENEMY RUSH AT EVERY BALK MARNE LINE ATTAC MOUNDS OF TEUTONS CARPET BATTLE HILLS Limit of Human Endurance Reached in Noyon Sector by Kaiser's War-Maddened Hordes Engulfed in Sea of Blood By WALTER DURANTY greatly employed for liaison work, Special Cablp to Evening Public Ledger fought their way back Monday to the rorr(i7lif. wit. bw .Vrw York Timrs Co. French lines from the surrounded hill With the French Armies, June 12. of Plemont. They reported that the As the battle continues, it seems survivors of the French battalion oc Ihat tho second week of June will I n-vlnK position were still holding i r ., , , ,. . , . out when they left, nnd that no fewer rank as one of the bloodiest antl most .. , , .. , . . , . . ... ... , "mn fourteen attacks had already been decisive periods in the world's his- repulscd. tory' I Hideous Carpel of Dead It is the veritable climax of four i The grassy slopes of the hill bore a years of struggle. In the last tvven- hideous carpet of thousands of German ty-four hours the violence of the deart- t,ver which new forcei still ad fichtinr has increased still further vnnced with the same madness of sac 1, ,. , , , ease" su" lunner- rirtce as the Carthaginians of old, fling. The limit of human endurance has Ing their children, their possessions l.non fnrrnH wof nnntnor nntnn bio-no, 'and themselves Into Moloch's furnace. . , , . , , h ' Along a front of nearly twenty miles the Germans are driving moie than a quarter of a million men for- .1 . . . ,, , ward through a sea of blood. The , ...... j ... .-. uiui 1. JO ,i wiuukii tu .nni f h fi0,,n .,,. , ..... . engaged against them; no sooner IS other takes its place and another and another. A handful of dismounted cavalry CALL DRAFT BOARD BEFORE GRAND JURY A downtown draft board, said to be controlled by pollticlAns, will be haled before the Federal Grand Jury next week. Assist ant District Attorney T. Henry Walnut made this statement this afternoon. This board is said to have placed its polltiacl friends in deferred classes and sent its political enemies to camp. 4 LIGHTNING STRIKES HOUSE; FOUR BURNED TO DEATH. ROME, N. Y., June 12. Four small children of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Hennes were burned to death here today when their home was struck by lightning during a terrific electric 6torm. 4 NO AMERICANS LOST IN AUSONIA SINKING WASHINGTON, June 12. Official report of the sinking of the Cunard liner Afisonla, used as a British transport, was re ceived by the Navy Department today. No American lives vveit involved as far as the department knows. The steamship was torpedoed while westward bound. FRENCHSTRONGLYAUSTRALIAN RAID RESIST ATTACKS SURPRISES FOE i Reserves Break German Reach Trenches Before Ranks and Drive Foe to Old Positions OISE REGION ABANDONED By C. H. FERRIS Special Cable to Evening Public Ledger Covuriaht. I9IK. 61 .Vrui York Times Co. Willi the French Annies, June 12. The evacuation of the Dresllncourt Rlbecourt angle was carried out yes- terday This region of deep valleys and thickly wooded hills was very favor- able ground for the tactics of "Infll- . i i J . ..l.n. mi i-i a It ii-oe IllrnOrt ny ay of the Matz its defenders; with '.. M..-..( I L.n..1. ...... .1.4 lin. , A tne uoise ai. ineir uatn, iuu, ,mc risked useless loss of life and material by holding out. The longer line of the Matz, five miles from the German point of departure, now marks the front on this side. Further west the French have done better. Monday night the new enemy offensive with masses of fresh troops had thrown them back along' the Estrees load as far as the Aronde val ley. Tho French reserves were ready to Intervene, however, and a fine counter-attack broke the German ranks asy,!ri5w3aS quegllse, A charge of black troops, supported bv tanks, at Porte farm and Loges farm, southwest of Marquegllse, was one of the chief Incidents of this ad mirable recoil. Further west the village of Mery was recovered Just before midnight. The strength of the French re sistance on. this flank greatly limits the value' of such success as the enemy has obtained. Inhuman Logic of Germans Rarely has thenhuman logic of the German war doctrine been more relent lessly pursued than today. It may be within the strict limits of military sci ence and true doctrine. I neither deny nor admit It. but leave the facts to speak for themselves. Monday nlghtVon Hutler had to face the prospect of 'a success so small that It would have been indistinguishable In the future. The aim of his operation to level the battlefront from Montdidier to Chateau Thierry Is important, but can hardly be called vital. It Is only one rtep of many toward a proposed deci sion, and an easier alternative might, perhaps, have been found. But In the orthodox German doctrine, when the plan has been, adopted and a beginning .mad, ,pcu4nt calculatltm POINT ALONG 0IS1 The bloody rellclon of militarism that j Germany has followed for fotty years hn8, le1 'jH vntnrles to culminating But the defender' are not nppalled . ,, . u ,,,, Jr v, ..,.,,.,,.1,. " v... ' e furv of the struggle, nor by numbers. I.ach position Is held untl every foot of ground has beeil paid fnr bv (.erninn blond. Amin km) nrnln B,vlfl rnmitnr-nttnrk ilnllvernri nf tho 1 .lr,h. mom., has wrested from h assailant the fruits of the success he won so dearly and forced him to pay a toll of lives twice over. In the villages thus retaken, the Continued on Pure Hlv, Column Two Enemy Can Man Machine Guns MANY PRISONERS TAKEN By PHILIP GIBBS Speciaf Cable to Evening Public Ledger Copsriohl, s8, b Xtw York Tlmrs Co. War Correspondents' Headquarters, June 12. The Australians have not left the , enemy In peace on their sectors of j tne rront, and an attack they made in ( the small hours of Monday night was , very similar In Its operation and sue- PARS t r Ono rlnna n ii-n.l, ... by Strazeele. where another body of til A .V. .nlt n ha .., 1.... 1 . 1 . . - ,i.i, wun a. Bijmu uut important ridge. mulcted heavy losses and brought oac .-bo ptisoners. ) The latest Australian exploit was i . . . between Morlancourt and Sallly-le-Sec beyond Amiens, and It seems as if their total of prisoners will be well above 300 when all come down. T .-. those who had already been sent back from the captured trenches, and tbW looked a good crowd of men, number ing over 200. A good many of them were young fellows of the 1919 class, mixed with older and stronger men, rpt.. ,,n-i. ,..... guns. but as soon as the barrage lifted and their officers shouted to the men to ibko up tneir machine-gun positions, they saw the Australians were on them and knew they were lost. Their battalions are divided among Prussians and Wurtembergers. and It seems reserves were sent up from the south side of the Somme. In case the Australians' attack should spread fur ther. It was on a front of about 4000 yards and over 700 yards in depth, taking In the whole of the spur or saddle,- as tbe Australians call It. over looking Morlancourt and Sallly-Lau-'ret, which lie low In marshes. The dash forward and capture of this ground was made with the usual spirit ot the Australian troops, who look upon these early morning .ad ventures as a kind ,of fierce sport with a risk or death, in it that only tunes them up to Intenser vitality,' Attacks Are BeheerMtl - f ., The Australian hays aclence aa.well as snirit.v Because courage ;aiom -' out ttic most severe trahHHt'M clpllned action t every, attack, w(tn every the Un iM1 j $. j? Germans Hit SinO ultaneously on TNvoH Fronts . " $y ALLIES ADVANC EAST OE MER v- :m Foil Foe's Attempt to PuiS Again to Aronde TFriTHlv t r.co TTtr,nn, k'M . latent .jk CALLED HEAVIEST-! & 1 ..J In... uaenaorn Delivers Hea Blow South of the Aisne &i HIT AT VILLERS ' WOO! y Haig Reports Raiding and tillerying on Lens-AI-bert Front wS -. rans, June 12; Zl - Germans, striking along tfitf- ... uise rront yesterday evenlsTii and ast nlht ,.- m..,..' . "U""T-? ......, ..tlc uiuuxea at every, nolnt hv ho i . . "? v J . ola"vr- ana gallantV trench resistance .' The battln la .tin .. rm . ""sing-, tne war j? Office rennrteri .,.. -y a The Frenrh hlnnV.j ... .. ,. wi-nvu an Hliempt?) "... mem Dack to the Aronde, w ". Biouna tney took from the.ii jesitraay. A simultaneous attack on the ern portion of the Marne fronts nung back. ' ? The Allied advance east of Menrfi bressea. The Picardy and Flandere weie quiet. Unsuccessful raidi artillery firing west of Irw atvi the Albert line were noted In a. iRsued today by the London War flee. . iv '.Ivi -vFrenrh r,nnilni. -.-! , ........ v "Between Montdidier and the the battle Is going on without chti the communique said. "llihi icsicruay evening ana last jm German attempts on the leftM ,--.- . . . - .. broken up. The French prog east of Mery and Senile wood. "The Germans attempted to th us back upon the Aronde River, spite the violence of the shock 'i the heaviest enemy losses .hey to succeed. "On the. right the Germans, ' repeated -efforts, did not succeed IM bauchlng from the south bank;JLf i Matz, we holding the mat Soch court and Maretz-sur-Matz. VKy'i .. ..... . -.. 5i .... . . ... .'l teraay s counter-aiiacx prevent powerful German attack undetv'l ration on the same front, t .&i Prisoners taken by. a single- division belonged to four Ger visions. "South of the Alsne the Gt aiiacKea inis morning uhiwbthj i river and Vlllers-CottereU fore,'";! most violent combat 'are 'goMJI along the Domlers Outry j front." ' f a; HAIG REPORTS RAlDSt AND ARTILLERYWG ALLIES MAKE q'A Lsndon.'JU rtalrilnir nnerations and afUltery 4 were reported by Field Marsh ' """i. rvt, : "An attack on one of our Aveluv wood (near Albert! ' was repulsed," the statement's "We captured a few prle successful raid at Boyelles. ttv "Th.r. uan hnntlle Krttllervieal of Lens at Intervals Hast. rl The French are making enlna on the center an onthe according to the night report." right wing the Hermans, at rr nf life, 'were able to Dreaa-i through the Olse' valley, paat." and as a result the Frenehw evacuated the Dresllnoouit-1 angle In -order to a.voia 'n Foeh's HBTjr. General Foch struck twice hammer blows againewwe n tmnt nf titarlv euHit.H Rubescourt und .8U iMUHV Germans baeJK1 aoouivw perate resistance, jjaa -i mans, bat the FreehJ tanks., liunga;.lornr waves, wjiin i nji The. French' ,avne4 approaches or J- - l..!.,. h.tJ.M I mr and carried i tne point about a mile anal i east of Mery. v,,v ;- (The recaoiure'ef' nouncea ay int . Tuesday ). e The .OWW Belloy attirtt ruins' ot'-ne.i now In FiiagB ' South el? St.. gulnary etrn uaanie .,ui' .lBllhl'.' .1 sotttkeii ' .:iiw:m line naa Tl JM b "??'. ','. MM in HWK 1w f,ia BK3Sa&eK ' . . t .1 r 3';ii.. "'
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