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PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY, JULY 5, 1918
PRICE TWO CENTSjflJ;
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Bubnerlctton Price: 0 a Tear by Matt.
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Under the Act of March 3. 1878.
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Ofcial Reports on July 4
iiiincliings Show New
World's Record
FfcT honor won
BY PHILADELPHIA
i
Eul cssels Plunge Into
Dawarc River on Record
Making July 4
2WAR VESSELS, TOO
. J. . .
Alltions tO Merchant Marine
ncludc 42 Steel and 53
Wood Craft
Launchings on Fourth,
Official Reports Show
Mficlal figures to date on yester
ll'a launchings were made public
I' the Emergency Fleet Corpora.
tt this afternoon, as follows:
wooden siurs
Deaduelaht
IT Tarda
ft-ntic cnant
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torinairA
shhx.
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IS
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53
42.000
01.000
'otal wooden hl 187.1!')0
STKI-.I. SHIPS
f j-arda . . 3.500
ut Luke . . KT.onit
antlii iimil 8.1.0IMI
lnc roast .. 16I.IW0
ctn ateel .IiIph .
287.4t
;i.tvt
Tirana total
leieral sardh liuie- nut set reported.
Incty-fHe, ships were added to the
ncliant licet of the United States
ycrday, when fortj-two steel cssels
a fifty-three wooden ships were
W'ltcd In yards throughout the
calry. More iaunclilncs may be re
Pied later.
je grand deadweight tonnage was
4161. The total deadweight tonnage
f;'tho steel ships alone was 287,101
ajfor the wooden ships 1S7.000.
ic-o llsures were made public: by
UEmergoncy Fleet Corporation here
tk afternoon as official estimates
n i reports had been received from
vitally- eery u n I where launchings
we scheduled yesterday. The figures
rtjpt Include launchings of approxl-1
trely twenty-five war vessels.
nbtacctl by the totals for the
wtlen ships are eight vessels actually
lscheil on July 1 and 3 In various
y s. to noid additional expense
nth would have been incurred by
dirrins the Uunchings until tin,
rith; eleven in yards at Portland,
(J, where.
according to a telegram
fn
1,. J. Wcntworth, supervisor of
ti IIecntli shipping district, a
fihel In the Columbia River made it
uafe fo rthc hulls to leave the ways,
n' two In Gulf yards, which stuck on
t wajs when launching was at
Kpted. All of these were counted as
hlns been launched on Indepcn
dce Day.
, Sets World Kccord
The records show that ninety-five
sjs in all were launched on July 4,"
sa statement issued today by How-
aCoonley, vice president of the fleet
cforatlon. ."This Is In excess of our
gltcst expectations, and constitutes
aorld record which will be hard to
1),."
jngratulatlons on yesterday s per.
fnancn were sentln a cablegram hy
Tinas Ij. Devitt, chairman of IJoyd's
Ulster of Shipping, to Charles M.
Swab, director general United States
Siplng Board Umergency Fleet Cor
pitlon. this afternoon. Tho cable
B reads as follows:
The committee of Mod's Register of
Sjplne, In general meeting assembled,
dre to offer to the director general
olhlp coiiEtructlon In America on thl8
inorabia anniversary of Independence
if their heartiest congratulations upon
II brilliant success of the efforts of
hfelf and American shipbuilders cul
nittlng In the magnificent launching
pformance today, the full significance
iiivhlch Is recognised by none more
th by Lloyd's Reenter of Shipping,
nl which will contribute so largely to
ttlctory to which we all look for-
wl with confidence,
Jlgned)
"THOMAS L. DEVITT,
' "Chairman."
Philadelphia the Center
hlladelphla was the nerve center ot
ttnation'a wartime way of celebrating
It birth. As each ship, freighter,
tisport or destroyer, sploshed Its way
kfthe water, a miniature vessel sped
or a glistening wire extended from the
ter of City Hall to a window In the
lied Gas Improvement Company
Riding, Broad and Arch streets.
..- ivi.ni launchings from Maine to
tldulf of Mexico; from yards In the
lit and yarus ui me tocuiii -
itv nf thn continent. Director Qen
of Shipping Schwab was present at
t'llaunchlng of twelve ships at his own
yds at San Francisco and Secretary of
. Oimerce Redfleld saw two launchings
nr this city and at Baltimore.
L Tops llecord of Any Yea.
lecords of the launchings were still
lomplete this afternoon, but America
i twenty-four hours yesterday
inched more ships than It ever
inched In twelve months before the
vr. The single day's output more
tin offset the entire shipping loss
othe United States through German
imarlnes, and ripped the teetlt from
Continued on I'm Mi. Column Two
When you thlnx or writing,
think of WlllTlNa.du.
THE EVENING PUBLIC
BASEBALL LOSES
WORK-OR-FIGHT
CASE IN TEXAS
Rourd Hides Two Players Musi
Quit Game for Some Use
ful Occupntiou
lnlla. Tex., July B The first hull
cation of the status baseball plavers j
may have the "work-or-flght" rullnR oflrn g,, tT.. Xifnr-
(he War Department was recorded here i ll'CaSUl'y OllOWS tlUgC War
louay a nen ohih jjkmim, jmuuci iui mc
Dallap (Texas I.eaRUe) club was sum
moned by his local hourd and ordered tu
napo In an essential occupation or lie
placed In Class 1.
Leu Is. who Is married and has one
child, had preIously been In Class 4
Ho will appeal. .
Irwin Compel e, another Dallas pitcher,
whiz suppoit!" Ills mother and had been
placed In Class I on a dependent- claim,
was orueieu to uo iiKewise.
H6 expecieu u iiuiiin iiit- linn,
said Connie Mack this uftei noon. "I'ncler
tho C'rowder order baseball plaers are
"We
.... ti iti. .I....
classed as noneFScnuais ami will ro-
main ho until an
met.. n l.i :.n rll-ine
Is taken
playeis In Dallas will .ippal their cases.
I understand
"It muht be leiriembcred. however.
that this Is a minor lcafiiie r.ise. The
I players do not tecehc big salaries, and
I there would be little dlffeum-e m the
i stipend lr tlie viiKngo.1 in w.ir work.
'But In the big liagues It Is illf.'eiint
' r,,r examjile, If a man r-n, SBmi a
month and Is supporting a family
I will he get by on 5100"
"The ball players aic woiriti- about
I this order and something ni oe done i
oon. As toon as the cae.'s .-i apje,tli-d
we expect a quick drclslo. Baseball .
l very popular this ear, and It affords
i rest and itncatlon for thr.v-iiiids el
i fans We aie drawing moie people n
Shlbe Park than in scare, and If base
'ball Is shut down, wlicio will these ptu
I pie go'.'
"j expect to see the matter settled for
good In a ery short time.
FEDERAL AGENTS
RAKE FIRE RUINS
Investigators Comb Vicin
ity of Sewell's Point
Naval Barracks
QUIZ OFFICERS AND MEN
Cape .May, N. .1., July .'.
The ruins of the naval barracks at i
Sew ells Point, swept by flames cs- j
terday. aie being raked today by So ,
eret Service men nnd agents of the '
Naval Intelligence Hunr-an, while m
strong aimed guard p.iliola the sta-1
Hon for a mile on tho latnTside j
Captain Frederick Ilaakc, in com-1
mam! of the station, today established
himself In a clubhouse near the sta
tion. With Governinrnt investigators
flanking him ut n table, he obtained
statements from COO officers and men.
Kvery clue pointing toward inoon-
dlarlm will be run out by picked men.
All roads leading to the station were
patrolled by blueJackctB today. Kven
men in naval uniform were halted and
made to show passes.
Persons who reached the door of
tho clubhouse where Captain Ilaako
was conducting the Investigation, were
escorted by marines to a npnrby load,
and politely told to leave the neigh
borhood. ..
Spy Rumors llj Fast
Spy rumors were flvliig fast here
today. The coincidence that the firo
occurred, while the barracks virtually
was deserted strengthened the in
cendiary belief entertained here.
The loss, estimated at upward of"
$200,000, includes the most complete
equlpmerof naval stores on the New
Jersey coast. Two enlisted men were
overcome by smoke and many acta
of heroism In saving powder and gaso
line for the scout patrol boats were
recorded.
Firemen first on the scene said they
found pieces tif oil-soaked rope, partly
consumed, near tne nurneo. Duuaings,
and spectators said the fire apparently
began ln four different parts ot the
station at the same time.
daze Spreads Rapidly
The fire was discovered shortly after
10:30 o'clock. Within a few minutes
the entire station was a sheet of
flame. Some delay, not fully ex
plained, followed, and it was nearly
thirty minutes before the Capa May
fire department was notified. Calls
were then sent to Wildwood, Anglesea
Continued on race Six. Column Fle
NO CONCESSIONS TO DUTCH
Associated Governments Send
Not on Railroad Question
By the Associated Press
The llncue, July 5. Washington and
the Kntente allied Government have
sent a note to Holland for the purpose
of controverting statements In the Dutch
press that the associated Governments
contemplate making concessions regard
ing transit over the Llmburg Railroad.
Thn note sava this would be contrary
to the agreement made with the Dutch
Government last April, which, wllile re
leasing the Netherlands Governments
from certain engagements regarding the
transit of gravel and send to Germany,
did not contemplate any concession re
garding the transit of military supplies.
BRITISH BAG 10 ENEMY PLANES
Six Machines Destroyed Two
Railway Junctions Bombed
By the United Pren
London, July B. Ten German air
planes were accounted for by British
airmen Wednesday, according to the
official aviation communique. During
the day and night sixteen tons of bombs
dropped on enemy targets.
"Only July 3 the weather was cloudy
and enemy activity was slight," the
statement said
"Our machines carried out a number
of leconnalssances. Six hostile machines
were destroyed and four were driven
down out of control
"During the day and the following
night we dropped sixteen tons of bombs
on the railway junctions at I.llle and
Coutrai. Our machines returned safely."
" " '
2183 PER CENT
FOOD PROFITS,
SENATE HEARS
Gains Gouged Out by
Some Dealers
FLOlR MEN REAPED
EXCESSIVE HARVEST
r . r- I e
Kcport Answers UCinniHI lor
n nrnmlinn in 'rn Innr nir
-..-. ...u.. ... 'L.v..aM.ta
in B
usmess
I iniTfiP'S!
lilyUUn J
HEAVY TOLL
.
Small Snfl
Coal Concerns
Took Merc Margin of 504
Per Cent
V tlir Lnitrd I'rci
Washington, Jul 5
Uxecss profits as high as 2183 per
cent weie made by some businesses
in 1917, n Treasury Department repoit
J submitted to the Senate today showed.
The report Is a partial answer to the
i Borah resolution, asking data on
piofiteerlng. The 2183 per cent ex
nmple was that of a food dealer.
( Tlie report listed the percentage of
'excess in 1917 profits oxer those for
191C, together with changes In capital
and other statistics relating to the
business, but gae no names.
Next to n food dealer who made
21S3, canic a liquor man with a capi
tal stock of S5000, who had an excess
of .1220 per rent. Another liquor man,
with $100,000 i-anltnl. made is nt.pl
.cnt.
A cold storaftn concern, capitalized j
at $10,000, exceeded its 191C profits
hy 472 per cent. Another, capitalized
at J219.000, made 31 per cent.
I'llril l IJIir Profit
III the dull lug business, e.sress pionts
tanged fiom o to 1S2 per rent; banking,
0 to 82 pet cent: contracting, 0 to 950
per cent, clothing inanufiii-tuins up to
111 per cent, chemicals, as high as :I77
per cent
A flour miller with $90,000 capital,
showed an c.cess profit of 236 21 per
cent. In 1916 he made $18,000 profit
and in 1917 he made $260,000.
Another, capitalized at $25,000, made
$27,000 In 1910 and in 1917 raised it to
$81,000, an excess of 137,67 jicr cent, on
his capital
A $500,000, meat packed made 14 30
per cent, while a $72,000 concern mdde
204 per cent.
Mine rild A04 Per Cent
On $10,000 capital, a soft coal mining
concern made 504 per cent excess. A
$2,000,000 concern showed an excess of
17.75 per cent, having made $171,000
in 1916 and $526,000 In 1917, A retail
coal concern showed 80 per cent on a
$1,260,uon capital, making $y85,000 In
1916, and $285,000 in 1917.
! Department stores ranged from
nothing to 33. C9 for one with small
capital. Several with capital us high
ns $300 000 showed no excess profit.
Paper manufacture!!, ran from none take the initiative in stopping air laids
to 1"C per cent. on open town-.
i P.evertlng to Secretary von Kuehl
Clothlng alio Orcedy matin's speech of June 24, llerr Schcide-
On $10,000 capital, a concern in the
retail clothing trade made 11 SI per
cent, jumping profits from $08,000 in
191C, to t27,000 In 1917.
Electrical machine makers ran from
no excess to 91 per cent; machine tool
manufacturers from none to 788 per
cent; drygoods concerns up to 117 perl
cent. '
These figures are to be supplemented
by further data as soon as It Is pre
pared. A list of names of all firms
making more than 13 per cent In 1917
is to be submitted. I
No Typical Examples
Today's figures, the department ex-,
plained, were taken from returns as
they wero received, and no attempt
was made to tako typical examples
from theso returns.
The report is the second section of
a round-up of piofiteerlng evidence
for the use of Congress in framing the
war-tax bill.
The first section was submitted last
week1 by the Federal Trade Commis
sion,
RUMORS HURT AUSTRIAN RULER,
Mystery in Reports Affecting the
Emperor and Empress
Amsterdam, July 5. A group of Aus
trian deputies visited Doctor von Seydler,
the Premier, this week, according to dls
patcheH from Vienna, and called atten
tion to current rumors affecting tho Km-
peror and Fanpress "in a way deeply
nurtrui to tne reelings cr tne patriotic
Population " They asked the Premier
... ...i6 l',v'rn"ent nan do ue to deal "lrnpy among enemy aliens of the
with "these disgusting machinations." ill itVil States
The reports received here do not give joml Sebaiiz and John Suttanthlck.
the nature of he rumors. Premier von naturaized Austrian, were also taken
Seydler told the Deputies he vvas well , ,,lo custody. It Is alleged plots were
aware ot "these base and absolutely uncmert,a , (.,eate strikes in Govern
senseless tales." which lie attributed to ! ment-vvorKlnfr tanneries
lite ciiciinca ut iuhuiu. niiu Hon cmcuijjf ,
Intr tn InnKrn the ties nf afTentlon iinr r. '
spect binding the Imperial house to the
loyal population
PASS RUMANIAN TREATIES
.Iteiclutar Members Approve Pacti, Hut
Socialists Diitent
Amsterdam, July 6. The Reichstag
has passed the peace treaty and eup
plementaryi treaties with Rumania, ac
cording to a Berlin dispatch.
The Independent Socialists voted
against all the treaties.
LEDGER HAS S1Xk AN UNEQUALED NEWS SERVICE
Today's Official Reports
rmiTisu
The total number of prlsoncis
taken by Us In jesterday's success
ful operations on the Sornme ex
ceeds 1300. One German field gnu,
more lhan 100 machine guns and a
number of trench moitars have bo
far been counted.
A hostile attack against our new
position cast of Ilamel djlcaidy)
last night was easily tepulsed.
Prisoners were left In our hands.
A successful raid was curled out
by us In the Beiumont-Hnmel sec
tor. An attempted hostile raid in
the neighborhood of Strazcele
(Flanders front) was iepuls"d
FRENCH
Flench patiol partle, operating
between Montdidier and the Oise
(Plcardj), In the Champagne, on the
right bank of the Meuse (Verdun
lesion) and in l.onaine, took pi Is-oners.
GERMAN PEOPLE
WOULD COMPEL
Socialist Press Says Reason
able Terms Would Be
Acceptable
DEPENDS UPON
Admits German Forces; Not
Inexhaustible and Supplies
Arc Curtailed
Ity the Associated Pre?
Amsterdam, JllU 5
In a leading article, the Socialist
newspaper Voiwaert. ot Berlin, declares
that the desire of the German people for
a speedy peace with honor is so rtrongi
that a sensible accommodation from the
other side would be bound lo lead to its
realization.
"Our enemiet today," continues the
newspaper, 'hae the opportunity of ob-1
tabling a peace not presoi Ibed bv thei
war map, but based on the equipoise of
the military and economic forces on both
sides
"Tho pulicy of truth demanded by
Philllpp Scheidemann (Socialist leader)
requires an admltflon that the economic
forces or the German people aie not In
exhaustible and the fact that wc are
rut off from overman raw nv-iterlal Is
belne Increasingly felt.
."The more candidly w speak of tills
matter, the most readily will our enemies
believe us, when we say that this op
pressive situation can only Induce us
for yearn to make greater military ef
forts, hut not to accede to conditions dis
honoring the German people and damag
ing their Interests permanently.
"The conclusion of a pe.ipe with honor
thus corresponds to the Interests of our
adveisary in the
own."
same degree as ouHj,.! neutrals and belligerents Hih pledges
snrlalUti
Uppoieil Treaty
During the debate
In tho German
Reichstag on the Rumanian peace treaty
Phllipp Kcheidemaun said the .Socialists
objected to many stipulations of the
treaty and reserved their attitude to
ward it. He asked that the liovernment
mann declared it nan created a scnmi
tlon because "it expressed In the form
of a program what has long been unuwn
tn he the Government's opinion.'
"Unfortunately," he continued, "Doc
tor von Kuehlmann was obliged next day
.. nkiu..ain the Imnression causeu. ills .
lJ UUII1L,-.. .. ....,.-
. n. i.afnrn tYialu lieHflntiarters onena
CUCftl "".' -
up unpleasant vistas.
Attacking the Government for not
representing Its views as a whole, Herr
Scheldemannsald
I "We, want a Government which knows
like the army leaders, how to beat Its
adversary. To the present Government
we are unable to vote even a budget.
George Ledebour, a Social Democ
'Jf'.... ...-.i
'
Continued on riw Two. Column Three
CZARINA SLAIN, NEW RUMOR I
Pcriehed With Husband and
Daughter, Says Swedish Paper
By the Associated Press
London, July 5. Former Czar Nlchol
ii... ev.nzarlna. wife, and their
daughter, Grand Duchess Tltlana. have
all been murdered by the Bolshevlklac -
"rd ng, to an ..xcnanKe 1 fc",... .--
the Swedish newspaper Polltlken, as Its
imiuji " -- ;--"-- r -,7.-, - ".-
authority. , ...
There Is no confirmation of the re
potted assassination from any other
source.
THREE HELD FOR STRIKE PLOT
Charged With Conspiracy to Re
strict Leather Output
Wy ic tssoci'olcd Press
MielinyEun. Vfli., July 5. VMuard K.
Schilling, of Chicago, general vice presi
dent of the United Leather Workers
I ," ,h Authorities on the charge of sub
,&' "ulnhror irk.?? and allfged con
International union, is dcihk new. neie
TAFT TAKES LONG VACATION
Frederick N. Judson Represents
Him on War Labor Board
By the Associated Press
VVsiililnntun, July B -r-Announcenient
was made here by the National war
labor board that former President Taft,
one of the joint chairmen, has gone to
Murray Day. Canada, for the summer
and has nominated Frederick N. Judson,
of St. J.ouls, Mo., as his alternate on
the board during his absence.
WILSON FOILS
NEW GERMAN
PEACmiVE
"No Compromise" Dec
laration Forestalls Plan
of Enemy
ADDRESS IS SPEEDED
OVER ENTIRE GLOBE
News o'f Forcign-Born's Pledge
Reaches Every Corner
of World
CARRIED INTO R I SSI A
l'. S. Propaganda Designed to
Quicken Revolts of Op
pressed Peoples
WnililliKtnn, .Till v T.
The i-all to the peoples of the wor'd
lo adopt Amerlias declaration of inde-
pendente and the reiteration of Amcr-
ea's purpose to permit of "no cempro-
mle ' in the itsue now at stake, mane
hv President Wilson In his Fourth nf
luly addres at Mount Vernon na" In
OKFFR rtortei1 today by officials and d.ploinats
here.
The t-tatement or the President that
'no half-way decision Is tolerable." nor,
"i conceivable," many odlcials believed I
will have mi lmpoitant effect in fore-
stalling anotho- "neace offensive" bv
Gtrmanv. minors of which have reached j
Allied capitals for several weeks
Although only a single reference wasi
made to Itustla, the enumeration of "the ;
' people of stilcken Russia still among the
I . .. ., ,-- .. . ,,.
rest, though they re for the moment un-
.
organized and helples", was counted
upon
to be a poient factor in ino in-
fluencts woiklng
for rehabilitation in
lhat country.
Mont Clenr-rilt MMtrnienl
The Mount Vernon address. It war
pointfd out by ioiiip officials, while noi
so .spcciflr as Fome of President Wilton's
previous addressee, conrtitutes In main
whh the moht forceful nnd clear-cut
statement ot Allied war aims, that li
has given.
America today is completing its great
est propaganda effort ot tl' wut.
Following the "pledge nf allegiance
by the foreign-born of this couutrj"
.ycSterday at' Wahlngtcii' tomb and the
gigantic parades throughout the nation,
staged in testimony of the faith of many
nationalities In the cause of the Allies,
th news of the evenl is being sent into
every cevrner of the world
Throughout tho night and today Hie
cables, wireless and every means of
communication at the disposal of the
Government are being utilized to send lo
of the forelen-born here, the President
undress at Mount Vernon details and of
the great Fouitb of July celebration in
.....
the I'nltcd Slates
Cnrrled Into KiiMtlft
Messengers are can; ving Ihe news into
Russia and Isolated corners or the glotie.
At evcrv point of access the word 1
being carried Into Geimnnv and Aus
tria. Allied airplanes are dropping the
President's speech and the resolutions of
forelgn-boru citizens here over the enem
lines. It Is the pin pose of the Govern
ment to see that all peoples be shown
the trend of all opinion toward the
.. . ... .... i n.n -!-... va-
me vvnoie run-is"-""' " - -
. .. . i ...i.i. i. u.f.ia T.nr.
pose of getting ' hack to the homes of
i.rnnv wuh Hijiuni nil ...ci n.... ,'
, .
I ine
foreign born vvnat tneir peojnt:-.
I here are thinking Un route to Mount
I Vernon on the Mayflower yesterday
I President Wilson talked personally with
'every representative of the thirty-three
I groups of foreigners represented on the
Journey. He fold each the pjrposes.
I America has In fighting the war through
' in c, flnlnh and held out the nledgo-to
I them of enual voice, in the dclibeiatlons
which will come with peace.
To Quicken Kevoltii ,-
ft was a move designed and, it is I
believed, destined to stiffen the morale
of all the fighting forces and quicken
the desire ot the oppressed to revolt
against "the bllng Prussian rulers." I
In this connection It is now permis-1
slble to state that previous to the re-)
cent Austrian offensive Italians, Czechs,
Slovenes and other nationalities were
Jglven the cable and wireless to flood Italy
,vlth mesBages assuring the people there
1 . imerica is behind them lo the
mc,. , thou
last.
eands, and for dajs the cables were
jammed with these messages. To them
todav is attributed the remarkable
change ln morale of the Italian troops
and the wonderful "comeback" staged
ron tlie Plave
In all quarters today there was a
great reaction of approval to President
Wilson's Independence Day address
Continued on Pane FUe. Column Mi
BIRTHPLACE HONORS PERSHING j
LaClcde, Mo., Enjoys Double
Celebration on Fourth of Jul) '
l.arlede. Mo., July E. This small town '
was bedecked with Hags jesterday fori
one of the greatest celebrations ln its
history Independence and "Pershing
Day" recalling in the one event the1
birth of the nation and the birth of the .
leader of the American expeditionary 1
force here September 13, 1800. ,
Governor ri euirl?!' Gardner and his ,
staff came here, together with officers ,
from several of the cantonments of the
Central vvest
Effort to F.ud Textile Strike
By the Associated Veil
llo.tnn. July 5. Secretary of War
Baker today asked Henry
11. Kudlcott
executive manager of the Slate commit
tee of public safety, to endeavor to end
u strike of textile opreators at Lowell,
Manchester, K, II., and Paw tucket. It. I,
in order that' soldiers who are being sent
to France may be properly equipped.
AMERICANS AND AUSTRALIANS
MARK "FOURTH" BY ADVANCE
Ity the Associated Prcsi
Harassing of the Oerman lines In the wset shows no signs of letting
up. An advance of a mile and a half on a width of four miles with the
capture of 1300 prlsoncis was made south of the Somme by Australians
nnd Americans. German efforts to hold the attacking Australians and
Americans, who have appeared on this part of tho line for the first time,
were in aln. The Germans delivered a counter-attack which was easily
repulsed. In nddltlon to the prisoners taken a German field gun and
more than 100 machine guns were captured.
Between tho Olse and the Aisne where the latest Frenrh blow gained
considerable ground and more lhan 1000 prisoners, the Germans have not
attempted countor-thrusts. The Germans have given up counter-attacks
and heavy gunfire against the new American positions west of Chateau
Thierry, hut are bomb'irdlng the village of St Pierre Aigle, south of the
Alsne, gained by tho French Tuesday.
In the thrust south of the Somme the Allies recaptured the village
of Hamel and the Hamel Rnd Valre woods The woods are on high ground.
The Krench gain at Autreches also taUes elevations from the Germans.
Along the Ancie, Australian troops piogressed RO Ojards on a front of
1200 yards
Through the successful nnd successive thrusts in the past ten davs
or more, the Allies on the western front have taken from the Germans
positions which would have been vrv useful In future offensive opera
tions. The number of prisoners taken in the last week is nearH 6000
The Italians continue their iperatlons near the north of the Plave
and rapidlv are driving the Austrians back to the line of the old rher bed.
FINLAND READY
TO FIGHT ALLIES
'
Ma DoCuU'P Wat'
At An
Ho
ii r
. Stockholm
Hears
AKlM hi I A h j TOWN1
Washington, July .".
A dclajcd dispatch from Irkutsk
June 28 and received at the State1
Department today said all commu-'
,: . , ..,. ,,tnll .
several places in western Siberia bad
been
-... ,." r . . 1 fl '
-...-... .... -c.iui uup. nu
JnK..l ... I . . . e . I
" iini-iii s iai report ironi Am-
uiiiiuuur i ranris ai Vologda was
dated June 21.
MeiMiolm, .Illlv 5
At iilitui ,i nfllcs rf a declaration
or war In I 'niand .is.iinst Ihe Kntmte
nation N tn, . led jnc houi.
A i ;i mini and Finnish aiinv of
uO.OftO men ahradv lia i begun ,. minn
acre -i ihe I!usinn frontier to cantuie a
baP on the Mnrm.in llnUi-iiv f.,r n...rt..!
tlons agaliibt the port ot Kola, which
commands the rchanget Allied forces,
including a few .-oie Aiiici leans, ale
guarding Kola
Finland i bi if. broU5.lilJnlo the war
lindcr t;enttIrr-4nlluriiec?TETlit-m ypite
of the w ' '" ' rr tl-t. proifle. flreat
anxiety pievniN among the priiulace of
Finland and nil nrtlili subject.- aie
leaving that country. The attitude of
the Tinlshevlkl troops is uncertain.
Finn, asifted by Germans, are push
ing toward Petchenga- It is suggested
that Trotzky's proposal of a Polshevlk
allianco vv Ith Berlin may be brought
about
London, JuU ."
da aininpncnl thai KorHfrn Miniatri
Tchit hn .ti li:rl prntrtr to Berlin
a rraliiur ttwi ii lvfiniinl Inn rt f Tti ni'i ii
. 0,rUf.', s ,n ,-,-0, -aids and against
thp ,.frlar, ,n,v,ull.r fron, xikolaeft
i
Vinterilnm, .Illlv Ti
Aiui'Mii.in oii.es on th? aggressive in
lrans- 'auc a.ia have established them
welvea welt w ahln thl foimer Russian
territon . .-ircui dins to reports from
Kiev
The latest advices from this nuri
nuoieri
bv i'. i ll'illn l.okal Vn'.elger
i , . ,, .
Piaie nun
an i incnlan force, 25.0i"i
strong, has ocuplcd the city of I.rivan,
Cnntlinia en t'nire Live Column He
20 Norwrpiait lliip ?nnk in June
77v f'tr ( r.iled Trrii
Wiisliiiiti.it, l'i!v 3 Twentv N'or
wegi.i .-.s.l-i tntalinir 2t 8R.I giosH
tons, in f I. e i 1 v through L'-boatn
and mines dunnc June, olflrial cables
to the legation here slate. Tlilrlv -nine
' are missing, all supposed to be lost.
WILSON ASKS WIRES LEGISLATION AT ONCE
WASHINGTON, July 5. President Wilson this afternoon
gave notice to Congress that he wished the Asvvell resolution,
giving him control of telegraphs and telephones, passed before
a recess is taken. The message was given to Chairman Pou, of
the Rules Committee in a telephone conversation. Chairman
Pou's committee sat immediately and reported out the special rule
which will make the resolution ln order for consideration late
thisafternoon.
SERIOUS UNREST EXISTS IN SOUTH AFRICA
PRETORIA, July 5. Premer 3otha, of the Union of South
Africa, has issued a statement showing that serious unrest exists
in South Africa. Strong police and military measures are being
taken to cope wth the situation.
WANTS PACIFIC PROTECTED AGAINST GERMANS
WASHINGTON, July 5, Senator Saulsbury, of Delaware,
toJp.y inttoduced a resolution asking that the United States,
Jipaa and Great Britain form an agreement to prevent German
B
GERMANS SHELL HOSPITAL
j Philadelphia!! Wounded W
j ., ' ,. ,, . . .,
Fher Uecs Machine Gun
Wh
rr!. July 5 Following their usual
Inhuman tactics of warfare u boche avl-
, ator attacked a Red Cross hospital be.
i,i,.,l the lines w it i inuclUue-Kun tire
wounding John M Naval, of Phlladel
phla. and Harry K. James, of Bristol,
R, I . both ambulance men.
The German flew only about fifteen
feet above the hospital, tiring upon Ihe
French wounded.
U. S. ARTILLERY
BLOTS OUT VAUX
Not One House Standing
After Twelve Hours
of Shelling
bv the Rritisli forces in yesterday's
ntniJl?c riTir ttv firr I T?C i,rratlon ln the Somme area. In ad
liULULS Ulh Ji LLLL,AK5 ( riltioll 100 machine guns and a number
- of trench mortars were captured.
Itv EDWIN I.. JMKS
Special Cable to Liming Public Ledger
Copyrioht, ItJf. by .Vftc Vorfc 7fmf3 Co.
With flic American Army on the
Mnrne, July 5.
Fne davs ago it was the pretty vll-
Inge of Vnnx
fodav it is a few acres
rT ilnuiJnflnn T 1 luiioil Mr X'lllnrn
- --- - -...,.......,., ,., raiuumicn American in-
U 1 f l llio AT.lf.flf.ina li.in In blow nitlnn.i.liMn. T- .... ..,. - ..
- , ,
oi existence necaute uie prenencu m nations advanced on three fronts,
the Germans there constituted a men- j making important gains and taklns
ace to the safety of Palis. 'more than 2000 prisoners.
Tourists in France tnav remember n picarHy, Australian' and Amerl
that on the Parls-Metr. road just about ,.., tlof)pai mipporte,, ,, tanks nt
four kilometers out of ChateauThicr- ( tiU,icd on ., fn)nt of aboJt fQur
ty. tliev passed a ncal village nestling , between Vilicrs-Brteonncux ana th
between a hill, iiovv known as Xo. 204, Sommc. jesterday morning, advanc-
and tne Hols e in i c.cne. it was
tlipin that the ral roa.l ran over the
highway
...... .-
on n heavy biidge ot u-
en.,,... rr ... i'firi-Aip 's. rnurt vrenr
. ... . .
thropgli its renter and there were
nb.iit sli. cross htreet". About 600"
six cross street". About 600
fcjilived there before the war. There
. Mf:.. ....,.;" -J. .... ....
a phnrch and a market place.
.r i .. ... i-
lliere were lvo uuMlliesa niitrew. lie
.... . ill 1 r... l. Hilt.. .Irrn
wie viiitiKu, itin. .... ...-. ..M.c. i..h-
stood about twenty good, big rcsi
i"nces . . . .
When the boclie came down rrom
.-.L-. . .Ml. t. ....... l.n ..r...nA,l In I'm.
inaiciiu iini-ii ii i-'iuuuvi. ... iuu-i
on the approach to Paris, making It
a stronghold in the valley between ,estcrrt,.. mnr, , , ...T '
the Pols de la Rocho and Hill 20-1. estcrrt'' mormns-. follovvinr; artillery
The French people all fled and the i Preparation, aceordlnf,- to a dispatch
Germans had entrenched themselves from the field The enemv was severs
in the old s.tone houses and cellars. y pnishPcI. A captlJrej officer rft.
Not a House Standing ported thut eight were killed
The .scene of what was Vaux con- Between ihe 'Pull front and fh
stitutes an eloquent tribute to what ,ower A,,atlon KPetors ,ho American
Ameiican artillery can do upon occa .,. ,. .s," 10 mecan
.(, I., all tlml. n
In all that place 1 saw not one,
house standing, not mi much as one
storv of a Utilise ,lll was ruin ...... .. .i.uiiv,
heaps nf bricks and stones, with here Fiench tioops in two attacks be
nnd tliere a great block of ancient ' twor-n tlie Oso and the Alsno advanced
masonry. Kven the streets had been ' ""arlv a mile, nn a three-mile front,
blotted out. only jagged edges of rem-1 'nlilnc 1066 prisoneis on the eve of
mints of walls maikins generallj the '1 ourth
vvmere thev had been. ' ,, "p Italians made further gains on
The PailsMetz road is piled twenty , ' 1P lower Piave, on both sides of th
fpft hiirh with wreckage or nuiimnsp
on either side mpth nun cm-re is ii
piece of bedstead stuck through the
ruin, while Iving on one pile of stones
are a child's school books and rem
nants of a rag dollbabv. Where the
church bad stood vvas a big hole.
Kven the pavement of the market
place is torn up , There was no place
vvlieie a shell hnd not hit. Thousands
nf spells nan ranen men uie iimge -
. 11, a twelve bnilr of nllr bomh.inl
tlie
menf
A Dritish correspondent with me sail
f'ontlnni-.l on I'ate rile. Column heten
I SEEK FAIR VOTING IN PANAMA
buper-
American aoicuers
Will
vise Assembly Elections Sunday
"
By the Associated Press
Panama, July 5. It was announced
at the American legation here today that
American soldiers would supervise the
elections for the Panama National As
tembly on Sunday.
This action, it was stated, vvas taken
at the request of berth the political par
ties to insure a chance for all to vote.
HAIG BREAKS;!
FOE'S BLOW
ife
REWIN HAMEL
Strategic Picardy Poijit
Captured by Americans
and Australians
, GAIN MILE, GRIP VILLAGE
IN "FOURTH"' SURPRISE
French Strike Again on Front,
North of Aihiic, Adding
lo Captives
ADVANCE HALF A MILE
Italians Continue Offensive in
, Piave and Asiago Battle
i fields
Hy the Lnitcd Press
fjonilon, July 6.
A German counter-attack on Hamel,
captured by Australian and American
troops yesterday morning, was re
pulsed last night, Field Marshal Half?
i eported today.
More than 1300 prisoners were taken
Patrol activities, which resulted ln
additional prisoners, were reported by
the Fienrli War Office In a commu
nique received hole today.
These engagements snannwl Hi. n-
tire front from Flanders to Lorraine,
AVhiie the pitlzona of a1ii ..-.
.!- n. . . ...
"'"'"""n "uj, cue yoiaiers or tlioga
,nB n maxlmum d,8Un f , j
n ,..n .i &
tt (ill-, iii r:i i up nn iiia -.i ii .ht.
. . . " "'" U,MS ot'1f..i
name nnri n... n-AA.i.. . . -i
.... ...u i. uviu-i ul i-iamei nfi.T'i..j
Valre. fflktf
At fbr, . .. ... .. -vijiSi
" ""- "me .Australians ana
Vanced BOO vnrrlu r . . .. 1AI
yards on a front of threads
nuariern nr a inii n.a. -i-m- ..-ya
i .. ... r.i .,va
I - -.ao-i - - i" i.-v ui ' Au;
' AnprP. Ill IIid.a ... .1 Sl
- -' "- i-iiL lipciucions
than 1000 prisoners weie taken
a-.i..... . '..-..'
.....- ..lihiisi nam wjji
TllA r!nnion -. .J. .. ,, . . . ?M
-..- ....mua iiidtif a ruiu ugainnt'lTi
an American .sector in the Vnir..r
- "s-- -i..ivu muav i-oor visl-
billly interfered
witli aerial and ar-
"; ;. ' .""". "" l,I vhiuko
River and on the
piatcau .eariv hull prisoners wer
taken in tnee engagements,
Italians Hurl Itarragn '
The Italian attack on the lower
Piave Thursday, was preceded by ona
of the most formidable bombardments
nf the present campaign, says a dis
patch fiom the Italian front.
.Most or tne Austrian!.' small bridges
, uen, EPt afire bv floating burnimr
...... 1 . ., ., r" ""i'"i
netrol boats down ilm Ii- n-t..
,,'laiger bridges were destroyed by the
"" nrllllerv
artillery.
j il "'ln ""ops surrounded and rap-
tuied several groups of f.ie
enemy
, among he many canals this
I gion.
re-
SURPRISE OA' 'FOURTH1
WINS HAMEL VILLAGE;
TAKES MANY PRISONERS
riy pinr.ip Grnns
Special Cable to Evening Public Ledger
ropurtaht. ;3s. D Vne Vorfc Timet Co.
Mar Correspondents Headquarters In
Franco On the Western Front.
July B.
Tiy a surprise attack yesterday, the
Australians have taken possibly 1500
prisoners In an advance of one and
a half miles on a four-mile front. In.
I eluding the village of Hamel and the.
trench system beyond it, south of the
Somme. Their own losses have been
I astonishingly light.
J When I went Into the Australian
"ii n vvas aiiiicuic to neueve nn at-
la-in. iimu miveil lliu.ee,
fnr thitrtt Yvi
ing the price that must be paid nearly
...wv.. ..Ui.x.a .JULVruoiuli HilUW
always lor victory.
Theie was no gieat traffic of am
bulances on the roads I passed sew
i oral casualty clearing stations above
vv hlch Red Cross Hags waved, but their
tents were emutv and there vvas noth.
ing doing at that hour lu the morning.
There vvas no long trail of lightly.
' wounded men. Even tlie guns seemed
nn mrid tinlttV 1111)11 flfl II 11 V fltlA vmawh .
i tK when there Is good visibility for
a harassing fire, nnd behind the lines
nt the headquarters of the division
....n.,r-A.l tliem was an nip nr ipnn.
none of the usual scenea which follow &
fl Imftlf lmt(iJf ft DllniacuCut ..I. .. Qm
qullllty which did not suggest a morn-.p'
Ing of battle. j V 4
The truth is that the enemv wa
so utterly (.urprlsed and the Austin. '
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