SKC? Wi' 4 1 n A L, tfaahingtohFair tonight and Sun- Y KX aoyi tlightly tcrrmer Sunday. TRMrr.KATURE AT KAMI flOUR 7C772A 8 I 9 110 111 I 18 ( II 51 3 1 4 1 8 M I 66 j 6t 68 69 170 173 I I VOL. IV.NO. 235 PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY, JUNE 15, 1918 CorTMonr, 1016, sr tint I'cittc l.rnora CoMM.vt ' PRICE TWO CEN1 ' 3? f w ft I r & lh i I " a E, & i& i ffv' SAY MANY WED IN ANTICIPATION OF DRAFT ACT Local Boards' Raise Ques tion of Dealing With Slacker Marriages ,. MUST HAVE FAMILIES .11 yCrowder's New Ruling, Hits PrN'" Thousands Now in Do fcrred Class Coincident with the announcement of fc.iFroVost Marshal General Crowder today lJ 4lmt 1ml UiHiil viillHrra nn BiianlfltinV rJT.'-i. "" ian. i 1U....BO u.. ......w.......,, t"-would clearly define the policy of the War Department with regard t6 recent marriages, local draft boards raised the & question of disposition of registrants Sf married previous to May 18, 1917, with ra. Intent to evade conscription. ifr'-' npnerat f!rnwder'H rullmrs dealt only-. & with men married since May 18, 1917, wnen me seiecwve bciwl-i; iu ..i .-n-y acted, and provided that henceforth mar- t rlake alone would not bo considered sui- 'is flclent grounds for deferred classlflca ? tlon. ? A 1 --I., t... Mn, Inn.1 rl ,fl f t hnflFrl ;w it ia euiu uy iimnj tuviti u. ..,... V .members that tho greatest rusn oi "slacker weddings' occurred within a font mulfa hrlnr tn the enactment of the IE draft law. . . . , . No provision Is made for the dlsposl-' ju Won or ineso registrants in mu 'i. b Tuimgs. Viv- Many local boards have already taken fc the stand that men who married after ,.' the draft law becamo effective did bo E " With the full knowledge that they were re t liable to 'military service, placing all v such registrants in Class 1. '5 l But they have been at sea aa to the . m a - a A -tAA Via A ! al disposition oi registrants wnu niaii.cu .... .!...,. wlnn tn annimAtlt of til P. I il j a. t r...il1. V.i Inttnr Wtrt Iv, , a rait iuw, uwhciuh, " ... X given deferred classtflcatlon it depen Iaa.. amWM .VlAl.m UCIIU nunc Duvii... Thn nupstinn of the! disposition of men I iL married before the United States entered the war, afid who are not fathers, is also rused by the local Doaroa in mm cnj. Ai..nH r..n.rni TOofirv. rtrinclnal j AUJUlAllk v. w rf, B . Vi draft ofneer or tno aiaie, wno m at i" 1 .-.!.. I lll&ntniim Btat.rl tndflV hft be- Ijf.i JIUI1IC 111 .VMCI11VHM, ... --- -- Wvlleved the latest rulings would clarify t 'the draft situation In Philadelphia. He said an official Interpretation ot tne new rulings will be made by the State draft head's within a short time and will fta conveyed to the boards throughout the State. Walter Willard, chairman of District Board- Xo. 2, against which complaints . j',. ....- s.Ai.tnln flflristtn X were maue ucv.-uao w. vv..... - . tC cations, stated the new rulings are to be t regarded-ns -an amendment to previous V6' 11 :..4 Hnfta nntv thntA mt?n ruuilEB. iiu n'v w...rf ----- .nM.ia .iH niav 1ft. lni?. He sala f the board would abide by General Crow a " der's trulings. . f ,New Bole Hits Iliousano Thn:'i.,nrt. of vnimc married meh in K thlacltyVylU b. given new draft classl-J Fffi" r.n- h Tesult of the order on I fc)l dependency promulgatea by uenerai K-' crowaer, . Jga, urait .-Doard,. oniciais in va -'w lb-4. ,md 4i.a ,mmh.i nf men who Will ? . ..'... ..! . 1.A Kk. ajL, Dan?ciea py tne, new ruunn iu o ". So? ...n mnnn .nnd "R.nnn r -Particularlv are the youths who regls- Aj Itered on June 5 last affected by the feT ' new ruling. " It provides that a regls H trarit who 'attained thp age of twenty- iT pne sines June 6. 1917, ana nas Deen '5 married slnce.January 15, 2018,-the date F Hit me mtroduciion oi me jvihvicoium.. v i" rnmrm.q .i-Annirin hia' registration. I cannot base a claim for deferred classi fication on his marriage. . 1 It also nrovidea that' a youth married lnce the enactment of tho selective. aervlce law. May 18, 1917, but before January IB, this year, will not be given deferred classification unless he was a" father before June 9. EveOy marriage contracted since May XI, 19"i7, is to be gone over by the draft boards and reclassification fot. all who have been placed in classes lower than .Class 2 Is ordered by the provost marshal. No registrant married since .May 18, 1917. when the selective service law 'was SSA enacted, can, hereafter be placed In tf Class 4, and all) who have been placed "$ in that class must be placed in Class 2. xnis reciassincation win mean mai thousands of Philadelphia youths who have been married since the. draft law became effective will 'go to military camps many months ahead of the time they had expected to go. Baling Upholdr'HIra, BayajPwyer Secretary John "P. Dwyer. of Local Board No. 32, who recently made charges against District Board No. 2 because of 'certain classifications, declared the rul- ' iiik ua. ucubiai iunui una juawucu uia ln flanAval Pi-Auriga ti n a 4itBtHfljt tils fe" charges. 5t ''It wll now be necessary for those .J "who have violated the provisions of the ;.-" selective-service regulations on the plea "of Ignorance to reverse themselves or be i "Placed In the position whefe .they can v 'be' taken care of In the criminal courts t i it .the United States, as brazen violators ? 1 of the law," said Mr. Dwyer. ' ! ' . He declared several married men with xj children who had been placed In Class 4 '. by his own board will now have tn h 4 placed in Class 2-D. .-; General Crowder's, Message ?'X Kfnlnr William n nr,.-Anu n... Wi exeeutlve officer for the draft, received gW-r the Crowder opinion tn a telegram which j..' ne is to relay to every draft board In the M.-, State. The message was as fniinum. Vt' Pleam nrnmtilnt. nn.a n !-... 1 .. 3S? following; Important amendment to th iE?.w"Th f.act ' dependency resultlnr from hrSST1, "nt-n,Jrar of f lnca June s. titl lilt T nnrt uihn Kit mivrlait IA. t- j . Rf the Introduction of the joint resolution myilt. " J.nuajr 16. WIS. will ' B"iiSS,!rdi8 SJ..4 as a around for deferred classification rii a registrant who has attained th ?. (.a of twanty-ona alnce June 0. 1017. and r'.'. ahA haa contracted marrlin K-n..-K. .- SJdi'tha data of the enactment of the aclectlve fKy service law. to-d. May 18. IB1T. but on fc-;or prior to JwlSWlS. 1918. claims deferred fVelasstncatlon on the around of dependency feVVreu1lln from' his marriage, the fact of B.iyfapenilency resulting from Ma marriage will l V. j slflcatlon. unless the dependent Is a child i-rai me marriage, porn on or prior to June 9 s Tt'l18. In which case .such a registrant unon V aatiaiacinry prooc Ming made shall be claaai - Bed In Class 2. a-.-.'i'.'A r.i',ir";:.oJ!','..h" wh . Jun B. 1917 who'hoi contracted marrUc w;Uacatlon on the ground of dependency resulting t)-Vrom his marriage,', tha fact of detiendency , ''; rulllng rrom ma . marriage will be ilia. . regarded as a ground for deferred claaslfl.' Vest Ion, unless tba dependent Is a child of the mi ii.bv, uuiu u uuuuiu uii u ueiora juna -lBlS. 'In which caan auch a rulitr.ni 'upon, satisfactory proof being, made shall ba 'Placed In Class 2, - ."Nothing contained lri this amendment to alma u piieu u. tomirura aa requiring tne aster, to Class 3 of any registrant who rmatUe finding that his marriage alnca Deen-jinaiijr chhiicq in ijmhh k nn in. r IS. 1911. was made with the primary r of adlng military service." T lalroe' all local board forthwith to re- wmszimz, 4 If V " j MkakW i is ii. -..'.n;,-vT".ji t i tacflS8 t i. I ImHRi I Cod CATLIN WOUNDED Commanding officer of the Sixth Regiment, United Stales marines, ami one of the oldest officers of the marine corps, , who has been seriously wounded in France RICHARD L. FOX; -BANKER, ENLISTS. IN MARINE CORPS "Well-Knovvii Young Member of Stock Exchange to Enter Signal Battalion Richard L. Fox, of Downlngtown, Philadelphia banker and real estate man, today enlisted In the United States Marine Corps, at the local of fice, 1409 Arch street. Hn will pntpr the signal battalion at the- Philadel phia Xavy Yard next .week. So many of my friends am In tho Marine Corps I Just couldn't stand It any longer," said Fox. who will be 24 years mid June -27. "1 was beginning to feel lonely. Besides, I think every man, regardless of age. who is physi cally fit should respond to the call made for men. The sooner wc get into It, the sooner the war will he over. I am glad 1 was able to get Into the Marine Corps, as I regard it as the fine branch of the military service. Mr. Fox Is a member of the banking and brokerage firm of Moyer nnd Com pany, 301 Chestnut street, nnd nlso of the real estate firm of Fox and Will iams on Walnut street. Ho has been a member of the Philadelphia. Stock Exchange-since 1913. ,He Id aTie'rriber of the Union League, fhe Shrlners, the Racquet, Manufacturers, Automobile, Merlon Cricket and West Chester Coun try Clubs. He Is tho owner ' of " two large farms In Chester County and has made a speciality of first class products. John H. Rlchter, of Diincannon, Pa'., another Pennsylvania agriculturist of note, also Joined the marines today. P. R. T. PAYS $1,100,000 faxes on. Underlying Companies Are Met Today Income and excess profits .taxes to the amount of $1,100,000 were paid to the Government today by the Philadel phia, Rapid -Transit Company for Its underlying companies. A court fight to test the validity of the existing contracts between the Rapid Transit Company and Its under lying companies Is expected to follow. inasmucn a ma noioing company nas announced that- the money advanced In payment, of the taxes Is only a loan and Will be deducted from the underlying companies' earnings next year. Counsel for the seventeen underlying companies held a conference yesterday to discuss-means for fighting the transit company's decision, and It is said a plan was adopted. None of the lawyers who attended the conference" would say what plan of ac tion -would be followed, but It was ad mitted that a bitter fight would be waged to prove the valldltypf, the con tracts. . MOTHER DEARER THAN ERMINE Judge Declines App6inment io State SupremeCourt ' s ficranton. Pa., June'lS. Judge Edward Newcomb's devotion to his family und his mother, now In the eighties, has prompted him to decline an'appolntment to the Supreme Court bench fn Pennsyl vania. Judge Newcomb. was tendered the place some days. ago. He has sent word? to, Governor Brum baugh that as his going on the Appellate Court would necessitate' his living In Philadelphia, he cannot see his way clear to accept the post. a Judge 'Newcomb, elected -as a Demo crat, Is serving his second term;on the Common Pleas bench In' Lackawanna. He wasre-eiectea witnout oppositii his term-will not expire until 1922. Judge N'pwcomb is known In the ciurtB below and the Appellate Courts as'aiworker: fThe Secret WitnetsL A New Mystery Romance of Lovo ami War By GEORGE GIBBS Author of "The Yellow Dove" DEGINS ON PAGE 5 Other Exclusive " Features in This Edition CPECIAL copyrighted cables from war' front and European capitals. CONGRESSMAN J. HAMPTON MOORE'S weekly review ' vof events 61 Washington. TVTORE than a page of comici for l" young anj old, A PAGE of Pictures . showing ? Atuerda.'s participation in the war. iiVHE CRACK IN THE BELL," - "Dreamland Adventures" and a "Daily Complete Novelette." nPHE EAGLE'S EYE" exposes, -- through its recently retired chief, William J. Flynn, Teuton plots in ibb unueu siataa. mmmmmmmmmmmmmmr wr '3A- POWER OF TEUTON BLOWS LESSENS The Inst. German drive was the least successful of trie four Ludendorff has launched this year. By every1' measure of the success of a military offensive, the effort whlch.hS Just closed falls far below Its predecessors, aa the following figures .show: AMIENS. March 21. Maximum advance 35 miles Territory won 976 sq. m. Prisoners claimed 90,000 Guns claimed 1,300 DANIELS AGREES TO LARGER NAVY Withdraws Opposition to Permanent Increase in Personnel to 131,485 REVERSES HIS POSITION Wanhlncton, June 15. Secretary of the. Navy Daniels Joday withdrew his opposition to n permanent Increase in tho personnel of the Amer ican navy to 131,(85. In a letter to Chairman Tadgett, of tho House Naval Affairs Committee, he reversed his former position against the Senate amendment to the naval appro priation bill which would mnke the In crease permanent Instead' of temporary. Accompanying his letter were letters by Admiral Benson and Admiral Pal mer, which showed that 131,485 men will be barely enough to man the ships that will be completed for the navy before the end of the present year. Tho House conferees, supposing they were following the wishes of the secre tary, refused to ngree to the Senate amendment and rported a disagreement on this and other amendments to the House this afternoon. A separate vote on tho permanent Increase amendment will come In the House on Monday or Tuesday. Advocates of the permanent Increase pointed out this afternoon that the en tire navy could be crippled at the end of the war by a failure of Congress to pro vide for sufficient men to run the new vessels If the Increase were only tem porarily. This would be Impossible, they said, under the Senate amendment mak ing the increase permanent. REVOLT IMPER.LS DUAL MONARCHY; RIOTS IN VIENNA Unrest Among People Breaks Into Revolution, Threatening- the Dual Monarchy LontlonJune 15. Reports received aUAroa.Jerdanifrom the German frontier says that furious rioting ls,EMng on In Vienna, according to'lhe Dally Sketch: ( " Throughout Austria, the outbreaks .approach the else of a revolution, the advices say. The political crisis has been Increased, because ot the outlook for Immediate peace being poor. BORN GERMAN, DIES FOR U. S. New Yorker Loved America and Its Army New York, June 15.. Lieutenant fleorge Stein, reported killed in action in yesterday's casualty list. waB born In Clermnny and had nerved ten years In the United States army. He formerly lived with Charles M. Sensman at 424 East 149th street, .Manhattan. Lieutenant Stelh came to this country i fr0m Germany twelve years ago and met Sensman In this city. He joined the regular army two years later as a pri vate, and was stationed at Fort Leaven worth, Kan., for three years. At the time of hi 8 enlistment he was unable to read or write, but by hard study became proficient In English. Mr. Sensman received a letter from Lieutenant Stein written on "Mother's Day," In which he said he and his men wereup to their knees In mud ready for action. In every letter he wrote there was praise 'for the United States'army, and he said it was the best move he ever made In his life when he became a part of.lt. KAISER'S BEST BADLY BEA TEN BY U.S. FORCE Picked Divisions Fail to' Routr Americans, and War Lord Is Amazed at the' Defeat , of Crack Troops. By EDWIN L. JAMES With the Americans on the Marne, June 15 (4 p; m.). I Both American and German artil- !e'ry yis active northwest of Chateau-Thierry today. The bodies threw a large quantity of gas shells into Bouresches and the vicinity. There were no infantry actions. Special Cable to Evtning Public Ledger CopvTtaht. till, bu New York Timet Co.' With (he American Army on the Marne, June 15. I have learend positively that the American successes of the last week southwest of Chateau-Thierry were achieved despite orders by the Ger man high command to two of the Kaiser's best divisions. Theso forces were sent against the Americans spe cially to prevent at all costs their winning the fight. It Is also stated in an official report ot the French army with, which the Americans are fighting that In the last ten days" fighting- the Americans have .proved a source of great anxiety to the German high command, and this means to his Imperial Majesty, Wil liam II. The fact that the Kaiser took two crack divisions which had been ordered elsewhere and suddenly sent them against our troops, when the Gtrmina learned of our presenca.-dls- posea'once for all of, th oft-rspaated m.m,A U nvMM tWt ft nmuai :'M' XMvTMl:-wyttMiXU;Scmttmmr L,ir.-a.. 1 - -. i.vli.T- " .. Jir . YPrtES. CHAMPAGNE. OISE. April 9. May 27. June 9. 10 miles 32 miles 6 miles 90 sq.m. 950 sq.m. 180 sq.m. 20,000 65,000 13,000 200 900 150 BRITISH AWAITING jRUPPRECHT BLOW Officers and Men Watching Result of Fighting Farther South NOTE GERMAN WASTAGE By PHILIP GIBBS Special Cable to Evening Public Ledger Comrlo'it. I9M. fcu .Vrto Vorfc Timrs Co. War Correspondents' Headquarters, June 15. The British front still remains "quiet." That word Is only relative, ns I need hardly explain at this time of day, because there Is always the noise of things "going off," as n friend of mine puts It. "I hate things thnt go off," ho says, sind we all cordially agree with him. Along most Bettors of the line there are no Infantry actions of Importance with British troops engaged, nnd noth ing moro than raids on either side for the purpose of securing prisoners. A hundred Germans came out nt dawn for this body-grabbing business up by Strazecle, but a counter-attack chased them back to their own trenches be fore they could take any of the British, and they suffered some casualties In making their escape. ' Here and there along the line the British have been raiding, nnd their patrols in most cases have brought back a specimen or two of the enemy in line. Thursday the French, who are on the left In Flanders, made n sudden pounce on German outposts In n rldgc of woods, brought back about forty prisoners nnd cleared the woods of enemies. A few hours later, however, the Germans made a strong counter attack and re-established their forward positions for the time being. This kjnd of warfare Is only of local im portance, though to tho men engaged as dangerous and deadly in Its possi bilities as any big battle. Broadly speaking, the situation on this front is still ono of waiting nnd watching, while greater hl.ttory. Is being written in the book nf battles the French front far to the south, butO"'Lr"tA'u1f',l-"": "" rmany in with the knowledge among all tttm i. i " w !, fI"ll,mi.,lort"' fc"BK.nd British officers and men' that what- VUe,!? tc?L . " " " ?kS.r s.h!p? ever happens down there In good or evil luck Is of vital and direct influence upon themselves, because they cannot stand aloof 'for long. Upon the wastage' off German re nervesndXv ."enKAgecUlbetween--Mont-didter . and Rhelms depends tho strength of those forces held in leash by Crown Prince Hupprecht of Bararla against the British, and the problem of our own mllltarv decisions may depend on how many divisions In the group of armies will be called down south to take part in the enemy's thrust toward Paris. So long as Prince Rupprecht maintains his pres ent power in men' and guns opposite the British main lines, we must expect heavy attacks In anothc attempt to smash us back to sea. The weather still holds good, but if a deluge comes It will be for once In our favor, and the more mud the merrier, though last year It was our curse. PUTNAM DOWNS 13TH GERMAN American Flier Accounts for Five in One Day Tarls, June J5'. A total of thirteen air victories is the record of Sergeant David B. Putnam, of Brookllne, Mass., as a result of his teats of June( 10, when he downed Ave Germans. .4 Three, of Putnam's victories on that date are now official and the other two are being, investigated. It he Is credited with the Ave on June 10 his total of thirteen will make him ace high of American aces, .supplanting Frank Baylies, of New Bedford, Mass. Putnam Is a direct descendant of Gen eral Israel Putnam, of Revolutionary fame, and was a student at Harvard when he enlisted. Americans, preferring not to arouse American spirit. The Kaiser sent his best' troops against the Americans, and the Kaiser's best troops were beaten. Many of them arc dead, and we have a thousand ot them prisoners. There was considerable wonderment among "the French and American offi cers last week when. It was discovered that the crack Fifth Guard and Twenty-eighth great, divisions were in front of us. It was generally believed then that the Germans planned no imme diate attempt to advance northwest of Chateau-Thierry, and. there was much speculation as to why Hlnden burg had sent these troops there. This Is now explained by a captured Ger man officer's statement, and Is sub stantiated by documents found on him. To Prevent United States Victory He said these two divisions already were on their way to the rear for a four weeks', rest to take part in an other offensive, when suddenly they were ordered to go at once to' the front northwest of Chateau-TJilerry, "In or der to prevent, at All costs, the Amer icans being able' to achieve success." This showed the anxiety of the Ger man high command regarding the ef fect that an American success would have on the German army and the populace, and of the great desirability of preventing such a happening, When I visited the headquarters of this rencn army toaay a sheet or caner was handed to me on' which was .witter, arepwof information,. alned rrom.xno uaminauon ot ix.;numo ,- u t ,str r. '- ":-. - . . . ir t.. AMERICANS SENT OVERSEAS REACH 800,000 FIGURE March Says U. S. Shipments Will Be Limited Only by Facilities PORTS OBJECT OF DRIVE Does Not Predict When Allies' Numbers Will Equal Foe By CLINTON W. GILBERT Staff Corrcsuonrfnit Kfciiliiu Public t.tdo'T Washington, June 18. General March, Chief of Staff of the United StntC3 army, today announced that this country had passed the 800,000 mark In shipping men to France. This number included those on tho seas, as well ns those who had nlrendy arrived abroad, and noncom batnnts ns well ns combatants, ns they enter Into the make-up of nn army. He said this country would continue sending men Rtthe present rate, tho only limitation upon the numbers sent being that Imposed by shipping facili ties. The General said these things in the course of what is to bo n regular week ly talk to the newspaper correspon dents here, whose purposo is to keep tho country better Informed upon tho war than it has been In the past. In tho course of his remarks, he reviewed tho whole German effort since the first drive begnn on the 21st of March, and Indicated the American army view of its purposes. This view Is that the main object of the German efforts Is to capture the channel ports. The secondary object Is the capture of Paris. Tho General dis misses from mind all of the other ob jectives that have been frequently mentioned, such as the taking of Amiens nnd the separation of the French nnd British armies. The Ger man generals ore aiming one blow at England nnd another blow at France. Channel Won- Independent The blow at England Is the most Im portant because. If it succeeds, it will have nn Immense practical, as well as to maintain her army In France than It does now nnd tho course of shipping between the two countries will be more dangerous. The effect of. the loss of Paris would bo moral and bolltlcal. L though-. General March -Jiidlcated.that in some acgree 11 wouia ue aiso prac tical. The general discussed the all-Important manpower question and. while dis crediting the reports from France that superiority of tho Allies would' be re established In a month, declined to pre dict when the balance would change. Apparently, too little Is known of Ger many's resources In men for the gen eral to hazard a guess. He said, how ever, that Kngland was sending men to tho front' nnd he Indicated the great importance of manpower by pointing out that the Allies now had to hold slxtyj- fontlnned on Tax Four, Column Mi NEWP.R.R.TRAIN SCHEDULE GIVEN Changes Go Into Effect To morrow Suburbs Lit- ' tie Affected FEW STOPS ELIMINATED Many changes In the train scheduleon the Pennsylvania Railroad go into effect tomorrow. But very few changes have been made In train schedules to suburban point's, those made are what" Is known as "non stop" changes. The train which leaves here for Kew York at 7:03 a. m. will discontinue stop ping at Frankford, Torresdale and Corn wells. The train service on the Chestnut Hill branch will be rearranged and the schedules announced lat'er. The Wet Chester train which leaves Broad street at 10:40 a. m. will make all stops except Flrty-nlnth street and Amgora. The schedule' revision will affect not only the timetable, but also the distri bution ot diners, Pullmans and sleepers throughout the system. All the large cities in the easteri dlision will be affected In one way op another. Under the new echedule the Federal Express will be operated In two sections. The Washington -section will run via West Philadelphia, leaving Washington at 10:45 p. m. and arriving In New York at 12:55 a. m. The Philadelphia section will leave Broad Street Station at 1045 P. M. and arrive In New York at 1 a. m. The 6:15 a. m. train will he discon tinued as a passenger train between Har risburg and Pittsburgh, and will b oper ated as a mail and express train, but will carry passengers from Philadelphia to Harrisburg. The train which leaves Chlcag at 8:45 a, m. arrives at North' Philadelphia on the following morning at 7:29 a. m. and, New York at 9:35. The Baltimore train which leaves Philadelphia at 3:10 arrives at Baltimore at 6:64 p. m. On the Delaware Division additional train service" to Behoboth will be pro vided, during July and August. It was announced. The New York-Chicago sleeping car will be chanced to run between Phlla. delphla and Chtcagr and the.; Chicago New' York sleeping car will run front Chicago to Pittsburgh. The New York 'U si ininiVar w U b; - - w.tWM.n v.tf Ynrk ibj inrfim. .'" ' w4tai"v,il..'' -,rL-.,v. 1 ;. FOURTH THRUST AT FAILS; FOE A T STANDSTILL ENEMY POWER I NOW ON WANE; CHECK SHOWS Five Days' Fighting Re-' suits in Brilliant Vic tory for Allies j BOCHE AIM MADE CLEAR ' nv prririwT ni?ppMsivp, Converging Operations Planned to Destroy Both I French and British F A I L U R E IS- CRITICAL Ambitions Design Meant to Achieve More Than Di vide Allies By G. H. PERRIS Special Cable to Evening Public Ledger Covirlril.l. IBM. ;,( .Vno Vorfc rfnira Co. Willi the I'rrneh ,rmlc, June IB, The front has subsided Into actions of no more than local Importance. The five days' hrti'e west of the Olse has ended for the Germans, after nn advance varying from two to s'x miles, In a very costly reverse, and for the Allies In a brilliant success of good general ship and Indomitable spirit In the ranks. Beside losses of the enemy, the French loss of the Thlescourt hills nnd the wooded part of the valley opposite is of little Importrnce. The offensive which was to give n decision against them Is far from finished, but In relation to the resistance It encounters it sho.vs a fall ing, not a rising, gamut of power. The first ll'jsh townrrl AmUn. nr1H In ten days, having entailed nnnn th Allies the sacrifice of a tr.-ct forty miles deep and serious easualtlr The fol- lnu'lnff ntt.irtf It, (1,a ...it, lnn..j -t.-... as lone, hut with murh ilpiitnr .i. The German success on tho Chcmin-des- vlTuard'To'V1 Mar'uvent-nv: miles from Its starting point, but" thnt it touched much less vital irround proved hy the transfer of Its center of pressure- to the Ourcq Valley near VII-lers-Cottcrots. From these results to those ot the present week's flclitlrc them Is n marked desront. nnd th's failure p ccurs ! 11 .i.u iiiu.il. ne Hccouiuea one or the most critical directions the enemy can pursue. The nmhit'ous tfinracter of his design Is now clear, t !s not merely to dlvldo tlir British from the French army and then destroy one of them, but also by a single series of converging operations to destrov them both. Ills approach to Amiens ns the center of their joint communications and to Hazebrouck as trie door to the channel ... ,-.,,nv. nni-tu hie h fnllM.-rt.l K,. u u UJ l",a tun vciiuun nicy cnuai. or en ports has been followed by an approach . roll ln the t0TCea ot th.fr own countrv. along four converging lines to the region or rans. me cenier ot t-rencn adminls - trative life. In fact, the attainment of all these objectives would not end the war, for I nm sure there la in France, and there probably Is In the other coun tries concerned, a deadly resolution that It shall not be ended In any such way; that, If Paris should be destroyed which heaven forbid another capital shall bo round, and that there shall be no surrender while there Is nn army on Its legs. Happily, these extremities are not In view, but It l well that tho Ger man people should understand what they are up against. This offensive has had two alms to reach thu crescent north nnd east of Parts, whence n general attack could be launched, end to draw down, disperse, and harry th" Alllrd rsserves prepara tory to the final "Kalsen'chlacht," the crowning blow along the whole line. Its relative failure is a greaf encouragement. U. S. GIVES ,NEW CREDITS TO ENGLAND AND BELGIUM WASHINGTON, June 15. Ths Government today nu- thorized ftdtlt.lohftl credits to 3ritain . of $175,000,000 and $9,000,060 to Belgium. Britain's indebtedness to the United ' States is now $3,170,000,000 and Belgium's $121,550,000. Total credit to nil Allies stands at $5,054,550,000. CHARLES H. EWING. READING FEDERAL MANAGER Chnilcs II. Ewlng, vice preslden of tUo Heading Hallway, has been appointed Federal manager of that line and the, Cen tral Itailroad of New Jersey by Charles H. 'Markham, regional director of the Allegheny district. He will be lu full charge Cf all departments of the roads. PUBLIC DEMONSTRATIONS FORBIDDEN IN DUBLIN DUBLIN, June 15. A proclamation- issued.. today prqjlbits . all public meetings and processions in Dublin until further uotlce. ' - BLIND COUPLE HIT By MOTOR William II Hosell and his wife Mary both blind, were rucfc' by 'an automobile at Eighth and Fitawater. streets this aftenao6n and seriously injured. They were taken to ,the .Pennsylvania, Hospital, The couple wera hit when he driver of the car tried to avoid another outo. - ' y RUSSIA AND UKRAINIA . . . AMtiiii4iJA., dune o. . ... . " - i i it?'i - 1" .lHB.WiutytMF" w w wwurai w r:rz--TrxB. 427--, 3 - 2L& Only Gunfire Now, Paris Communique Reports Paris, June 15. Paris Is safe. The fourth German drive has been brought to n dead 6top. Cannonading continues on the Oise-Marnc front, but tho en emy's Infantry has ceased nssaults. The War Offlce reported today as follows: "There was rather heavy artillery activity on both sides during the night between Montdldier nnd tho Olse River, south of the Alsnc nnd west of Ithelms, near Champlea and Bllgny. "Near Chnmplat and Bligny (on the Alsne-Marnc front) our patrols, operating in Champagne, brought back some prisoners. "The night was calm on the rest of the front." Compiegne Is now being shelled by the Germans, a correspondent wires from the Marno-Oise front. ANGLO-AMERICAN DRAFT PACT OUT Irish and Australians in This Country Exempted- bv Provisions EFFECT ON AMERICANS Wimhinicton, June 15. Irish and Australians In this country are exempted and only Americans be tween the ages of twenty-one and thirty-one are subject to draft In Great Britain and Canada under the BrltlBh American military convention now awaiting ratification by the United States Senate. Details of the treaty, which became known today, disclose that It required I n formal exchange of notes between tho I United States nnd Great Britain to settle .questions relating to application of ' American draft age limits to Americans '" Grm BHta,n M Can The British military service nets. would make all Americans' in Great Britain or Canada, between eighteen and forty-itlne, liable to draft into the British army, Bilt In the notes ex changed by- Lord Beading and Secretary Lansing, It is agreed that the United States may claim exemption for Us citizens Under twenty-one and over thirty-one. Principal Frovlilons The text of Article 1, the principal article In the treaty, reads: All male citizens of the United States In Great Britain and all male I British subjects In the United States. shall, unless before the time limited 1 - ,l.l pnn,.ntfnn IhliV Anita r.w nn- forces of their own country. ' or return to the United States or Great 1 UNtain, respectively, lor tne purpose of military service, be subject to mili tary service and entitled to exemption or discharge therefrom under the laws and regulations from time to time In force, of the country in which they are; provided, that tn respect to British subjects in the United States 'in Hires for military Bervlce shall be for the time being twenty to forty four years, both Inclusive; provided, however, that no citizen of the United States In Great Britain nnd no British subject ln the United States, who, be fore proceeding to Great Britain or the United States, respectively, was or dinarily resident ln h place of the pos--lnns of the United States or In His Majesty's dominions respectively, where the laws does not Impose com pulsory military service, shall, by vir tue of this convention, b liable to mil itary service under the laws and regu lotions of Great Brita'n or the United States, respectively: provided, further, that in the event of compulsory mili tary service being applied to any part Centtnoed n Pace Two, Column One TO NEGOTIATE J1ACE $- ..' :;'. &jq xne- prpvistewU'tW''- Ti. ztv vx: V.. Mv FOILED BLOWS, - 4 PROVE FOOTS "t$ .' Germ a ns' "Thunderbolt! Att.nr.lfQ" Not Tt-rociQt. ?Sm 11 V ime " 'LB jl.uiils anuw ruwn. ms. -- - -..- w--s.r -. Maarfi 1U KL.UUK. KUK IN WKSTytf Next Drive May Be Directed! ' - iHBI at the Lhannol IS?J Ports jm raa UJNEMY PLAN NULLIFIED &, French Counter on Called a Stroke of, Genius Leftf By WALTER DURANTY Special Cable to Evening Public Led$tM Conurlulit. i',. m .Wit Vork. Times C.7,l huh tne irrncit Armies, June lB.sa The fifth day of the battle marltii PARIS SUPERI0RIT1 tho definite check of the German opwSSfl I atlons after gains of little lmportariej! and prodigious losses. The credit soe 5 in no small degree to the general 1 mandlng the nrmy that held the. tor, whormore than justified his'l rpfldv hrllllnnf foniltottnn ri . ,, ............ . l,.u.4t.W.,. rf.I It Is now known that the bi Frerie counter-attack on the left whtchA launched on Tuesday was a veritabU 3 stroke of genius, ns an essential faciei tor or the enemy plan was an Immejv dlate advance in that very region wtttt-- the object of reaching the AroiMNO valley so as to turn tho French centeirs nnd undertake a converging mowj incut, upon uompiegne. a; 5 The complete dislocation of the" Jected attack and the substantial'- i-pss of the French, despite thetytf I fTCkS PP3lte t0 '"l had .been moved up In preparation J ' i. 1 ,T unliamn tnt rt rrai SV1 .;;,;:.. . . , - ---a mnaenDurg aitemptea to courm -,,.. . -..- .... ,. 3 1jzs:i eisut uours uiter me r rencn aay began by a powerful dlverslpgj iween me Aisne ana viuers-uoire forest. Here, too, the .Germans cuecKi-u uy wis .troops in line. , a .Foci's Counter ni.insirnint ""- -T- - - - , in desperation, strong rorces, mated at 30,000 to 40.000 men; flung against the re-won line Courcelles to Mery. The result,' literally disastrous. The Trenofc diers, keyed to the highest pit'di: the successes of the last .forty- hours, surpassed their farmerji formances and refused to alloWi'l Germans to gain a yard of After eight hours' vain and.i efforts, the attack was nbamd through sheer exhaustion. What will Hlndenburs do? Noyon and Montdldier the AIHm.J at .the acme of victorious. and hill and plain andforestja neted with German dead." once more .attempt to shift' ttoVjl center by a drive north of Anfe knows that nothing short 'of " nenetratlnn to the seacoast him now, It Is more 'in keeping German strategy- that the right , ot the huge plncers,thatin squeeze tne Allien, armies 1 lanea 10 act,- me leu win on be, set In movement, and a:nl-3 oe maae Deiween me uurcqfjj Marne, in tne curecuon oi-f Tho Germans may cherlshy hope of dlscouragingthe. by a stunning blow before7tl fully accustomed to battle ,c Certainly the shock, Jf It; be very,, 'different ' f romvTthe tlvely 'mhior, actions In '.which visions' so gallantly won "thttr i but 'the Americans nave?alr4rJM their reIstance.by no Hear. tlon than the rest of tne 'J . - - Tight, Uk Mad 'These Americans 'flglit'JM,! They absolutely 'refuse;,! ti runs a letter.f6undbri'. of the Prussian BAjirtJ-lj, wiw sucn spijuisyie.-.i racea in compiete-coiuM Until the prsfrit;wJJ oust optimism ioi?mi J confidence, in., tjjtt'ii epemy nm tanen moor hJd InnictedmwB tM'. though perhapartafprfer tej talnly did. not nMJW ance of iur4rtvr" V3 latest attempt m Not. only areinn.i but 'the 'tosses' ara out. to'those- r.theiAWe, j. no ibi. iw mm q many, h iwt yt t"- stroke tlat tempt wn are stHl mi tea., Am Tr! ,.,'' ';ii "3.4 "- 1 - T- -, l i-VV. ," f - 3 U.i
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