pp?ipi - l, v '. " t j;. : . v .ey ',: v(;t fcW'.T - .- MUBkV' leuentna tk : l' THE WEATHER rt-J' J &H Washington, July 12,-Fair tonight and Saturday; gentle north uinds be coming tariable TKMI'KKATtJKB AT EACH IIOLR I g I a 1 10 i it I is il a I 3 4T51 and THE EVENING TELEGRAPH I 18 I 70 I 71 I 73 75 I 76 I 77 I I I VOL. IV. NO. 257 Published Dally Except Kundny. Subscription Trice: 8 a Yesr by Mall. Copjrltht, 11)18, by the Tuhllc Ledger Company. PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY, JULY 12, 1918 Entered as Second-Clami Matter at the Pontofllr t Philadelphia, Under the Act of March 8, 1818. r PRICE TWO CBNTS liibfltc meoaet NIGHT ?m EXTRA ' m .V- - i '" a BERGDOLL WANTS TO BUY IMMUNITY WITH AIRPLANES . Offered to Finance Factory 1 if "Brother and He Were Not Prosecuted ARREST DUE IN FEW DAYS No Compromise, Say Federal Officials, as Dragnet Draws Tighter What Principals in Bergdoll Case Say About Latest Move "I am ready to return and do my bit, providing: the United States Attorney announces that 1 will not be arrested and prosecuted upon my return, and I will he permitted to enlist as a flying Instructor." Grover 0. Bergdoll. "He ought to come back. I want him to return and take his chances. He la not a deserter." Mrs. Emma Bergdoll. "It Is a foolish thing for young Bergdoll to stay away any longer. He has absolutely nothing to fear." Henry J, Scott, counsel for Sirs. Bergdoll. "I want to say that the United States will make no bargain with Bergdoll, and wo won't compound this case in any way." United Stales Attorney Kane. An offer to surrender himself and his brother, Erwln, who is legally a de serter from army serlce, and to di lect, operate and finance. If necessary, in aircraft production factory for the Government, If granted immunity fiom prosecution for draft evasion, was made tecently to Government officials by Groer C. Bergdoll. ' This was learned, today, when Gov ernment operatives, spreading their dragnet for the draft evader, announced that his oerture for peace with the JGovernraent'' through a letter to the Public Ledger was his second attempt - to gain leniency. His first overture was made to Wash ington officials, it was stated, by letter. The letter Is now In the hands of the Dfpaxtmem' of Justice. Ejpcrted Heme In JFw Oaj Federal authorities believe that Berg doll wilt- retunvHo.. the city loluntarlly within, the next few days to take ad vantage of, the- acv' that he has not vc"ben fisted as 'a deserter. They be lieve also rt hat 'hi brother may. , return with blm, although facing a deseitlon charge. No one Is waiting more anxiously for Grover C, Bergdoll s return to Philadel phia than the mother of the draft dodger and speed demon, whose case has creafed such Interest and for whom a new nation-wide search has been In stigated. "I can't know what Is. In his mind," declared MrS. Emma C. Bergdoll today, "and I have had no word from him since my" hearings before United States Commissioner Long But I believe he will come back I hope so with all my heart. I "have no idea where he Is, so the only way I could think of to reach him was through an advertisement which. I have inserted in jour paper. ' i io Deserter, Saya Slather "You have had later news than 1 f'rom hinV' she declared, speaking of the letter which the Public Ledger re ceived yesterday from young Bergdoll. "While above all things I want him to come back, because I think he should take his chance, I think he feels the draft, board has not been exactly fair. He is no deserter. He Is right in his statement that I have not aided him in avoiding the draft." A. desertion charge probably will be lodged .against Grover Bergdoll unless he is apprehended or surrenders within the next ten days. Steps toward, this charge were taken today when Federal authorities notified Bronte Greenwood, chief clerk of Dis trict Appeal Board Xo. 2, to forward tha-papers to the adjutant general at onee. Uoon receipt of the papers in Harrisburg Bergdoll will be posted as a ( deserter. At preBem no idwn ujiij charge of falling to comply with the selective service laws. Think Brothers Are Together According to Department of r Justice agents, Grover Bergdoll's original plan .for leniency was made about two months ago. It led to the belief that he and his brother were together, or In posi tion to communicate with each other at any time. Erwln Bergdoll, who is married and matntalnB a home In Broomall, Dela ware County, was only recently listed as a deserter. He failed to return his ques tionnaire and the local board, under the questionnaire plan, Immediately for warded his name to the adjutant general, Xotice was Eent to his wife that he would be posted as a deserter unless heard from In ten days. He was not heard from, J3. Clarence Gibbony. one of Jlrsf Bergdoll's attornejsand Assistant Unit ed States Attopey Sterrett today reached'an agreement whereby the hab eas corpus, proceedings threatened by Jtrs. Bergdoll's attornejs to obtain her telcaee from charges against her will not be started for a month. To Bus for Seized rrfpera I Mr, Sterrett Is leaving the city for a Ings would be postponed until his return, Meantime, however, action to recover papers of. Mrs. Bergdoll, which wefo seiz ed by Federal agents, will bo Instituted. The Government has made no mention of Contlsued on rase Two, Column Four THE WEATHER VANE 'Parity cloudy tonloht" Said the Weather Man gently, "Aqd on Saturday," lUghtl yova vce're hoping Intently "White the northern uHnds blow .xrh. nur inarm, nnttrohattnn That good weather we'll know .On our Sunday vacation. DK. HANS 1IL1NZ EWAUS German litterateur arreted J,y Fed oral apculs on Mispii'mi of dis tributing pro-German propaganda DR. HANS EWARS HELD AS ENEMY PROPAGANDIST Author Is Temporarily Interned While U. S. Probes Funds Received by Him New York, July 12 (By 1. X S) Dr Hans liners, president of the Society of German Authors and the writer of many books, was arrested to- aay Dy ueparimeni or justice operatives; and Intel ned temporarily while Federal officers completer their investigations of, i.i- -..,. , r-. -..,., on, m. his-suspected pro-German activities. His an est was brought about. Federal authorities say. through disclosures arls-. SfonT ,., , nnVh .h wh Vr? ' , vas found he had been the recipient of , - ........... t. .. nll.H.J -n.. large nui.is i muiic, """ "'"-"'" ""' I man sourcu, wim:n n oeiiu m nuic .-I1 paid to .German-language newspape men. Doctor Hwers Is a formei classmate of Johann von Betnstorff, son of the former German ambassador to the United States According to Govern ment officials, Doctor Ewers was the leader of an organized band lime dls nominating pio-Gcnnan literatuie. Dr. Hans Heinz Kwcrs and Carl ("hos tel ton. editor the New W'ltness.fdebated the "Bight and Viong of the J,Var" at Qhe Academy of Music, in tins city, on Maarch 1, 1915, Doctor Eers taking tha ,),i;3 lIX.lft L.,a German aide and vti- Chesterton that Mr. Chesterton that of the Allies. - BOY DROWNS AT SHORE Swept Seaward by Heaw Under- Im,. 'nmnnnnn Hcirupi Atlanlli- ril, July 12 Sammie Bloom, nlne-v ear-old son of Mr. and Mrs. .Inrnh Blnom. Is believed to have perished In the breakers yesterdav, thet first bathing fatality of the season Guards late In the atternoon dragged William .lame's, eight ears old, back to shore, as he .was being swept seaward by a heavy undertow. Several other lads scampered from the water to their homes In panic at the same time. Two hours later the James lad admit ted that Samuel Bloom, a plavmate, had been bathing with him and that he saw him struggling in a heavy wave. CLARK FOR REAR ADMIRAL Named Judge Advocate General of Navv by President W aahington, Jul 12. (By I. X' S.) The President today nominated Cap tain George It. Clark to be judge advo vate general of the navy, with rank of tear admiral for a teim of four vears. Lieutenant Colonel Kenneth Morton to be colonel ordnance depattment; An drew r. 'WitherspooD. of Penns.vjvanla, to be junior hjdrographis and geodetic engineer, coast and geodetic suivey. Hemv W, Hemple, of Illinois, to be aid coast and geodetic survev. - CIVILIANS LEAVE ZEEBRUGGE Moved Eastward bv Germans, Says Holland TCcfjort i By the United Prcsi I tmkterrfnm. July 12. Reports from ' the Belgian frontier declared that' civi lians are being evacuated from Zee brugge and are being moved eastward. No reason can be assigned for removal of the civilian population of Zeebrugge, ither than that the Germans rnav have decided that Belgian spies co-operated with the British In the recent naval raid on that port, or that the Belgians aie being removed to act as laboiers. "The Germans are BULLIES and will give in surpris ingly soon once the for tune of war turns against them." This is the opinion of Dr. Wilhelm Muehlon, former Krupp 'chief and intimate' of the Kaiser, expressed in an amazing interview just granted to B. F. Kospoth, the Evening Public Ledger special correspondent at Berne, Switzerland. Dr. Muehlon's inter view, the first he has granted sincd he fled from his deluded country, will be printed exclusively in the E v c n in g P u b I i c Ledger tomorrow. MERCHANT FLEET OF U. S. TO OPEN PORTS OFWORLD Will Transport American Manufactures. With Fair Play as Basis IHURLEY OUTLINES PLANS After-War Projects for Cargq Carrying Argosy Big Ship ping Board Problem Opening of world polls to American manufacturers, with fair play, fair prices and quick deliveries the basis of a com plete understanding between foreign and American business, is to be the future of the mammoth merchant fleet being con structed b the Emergency Fleet Cor poration After-the-war plans for the use of thin flept of cai go-carriers, which, 'will be second to that of no nation, nre now one of the biggest problems engaging the 'attention of the United Stales shipping board Kdwajd V Hurley, chairman of the hoard, who tame here today to attend a conference between Southern wood ship builders and officials of the Emergency Fleet Corporation, briefly outlined the future world scope of this country's merchant marine. .South American Trade nought The great trade markets of South America will be brought close to Amer ica through the fleet, Mr. Hurley said. And the fair play program, which will ! permit no gouging of the foreign bujer, will open up the resources of the South , American countries. "Here Is the proposition," said Mr Hurlej enthusiastically. "Our gigantic. flee, jjj I be utilized to serve the world in the most ambitious plan ever devised, j In othe1' words, this fleet will serve ax , a great delvery svstem taking American1 1T,araP,r , , Ami, ..I... A and h , ' Mf. U , ,, the fleet " th, de. '.?' big stores. reaching out eveivwheie. "Vet its service will be available to even the smallest American business man and foreign buyer," he -nH "Woild commerce will be lifted to a nigner plane than ever before by thlH'and asked that the Senate be so in ers' U Ires. Fair Play to rrevail "We will build up a system of fair play ever where. The fleet will open up the great resources of the Latin coun tues In South America and bring thbse countries In closer touch with the United States? Buenos Aires and other South American! Dorts will become ilmnm as . ... - '-- - ' ''"" as our own -New lorK." JIn Hur ago g enthuslftstlcallv of the support that Is being given the nation's shipbuilding program bv all sections. "There has been a wonderful stimulus to shipbuilding all over the countrv In th last fw mnnthi " h i sld. ,"Tve'ry day I receive resolutions. ' "-"! " " i, i..uu,o.iib uic ' piogram. "This Is because the war Is at last brought home to the people. Tho cas ualty lists are bringing to them a ieaU zatlon of what war means, and thev are also coming to see that vlctoi will! ciine I i a gnat extent t'ruinj'i tha me dii'm r ships " SUICIDE FEARED INTERNMENT German Woman Hangs Self, Mis understanding Summons Mrs. Margaret Lelbach, forty-seven ears old, 1426 West Thompson street, a German woman, hanged herself today when under a misapprehension that she was about to be Interned. Mrs. Lelbach and her husband. Max Lelbach, both Germans, were registered as alien enemies In accordance with law. Mrs. Lelbach registered at the Twenty third district police station. Nineteenth and Oxford streets. As Is usual, her finger prints were taken. It was noted jesterday that herflnger ptints were blurred and notice was sent Jier that she must report at the Twenty third district station again today. She was called only that better finger-prints could be taken. GET ALLEGED DRAFT EVADER Posse Arrests One of Gang Who Fired on Officers , By the Associated Prcsi Beber Sprlnga, Ark , July 12. Sam West, an alleged member of the band of draft evade! a that has been hiding in the Cleburne County hlls since "jast Sunday, was captuifd at his home near heie by a posse of deputy sheriffs that had been watching the place continu ously for forty houis. West was brought to jail here. According to the authorities. West was at the home of one of the band last Sunday when rifle fire was opened upon tho ofllcers, one of whom was killed. AMERICAN MUSTARD SHELLS SCATTER ENEMY IN WOOD American Army Receiving Projectiles in Large Quantities, Allies Finally Being Able to Produce Munitions) on Big Scale . By EDWIN Special Cable to Etening Public Ledger ! Corfriaht. IStS, bv .Veto Vorle Tuata Co, With (he American Arm on the Mmrne, 1 July 12. 1 Jt Is now permitted to slate that the ('American army Is leceivlng mustard gas shells in large quantities. ' Since tho Germans started using mus tard gas, In November, It has been the most used of all their gases against the Allied troops. It Is not a letha) gas, and seldom kills outright, but it berl ously afTects the skin and piembranes. Inflicting most painful burns and putting men out of service for three months. Mustard gas Is heavier than the others, and will remain In woods or valleys or shell holes for daa at a time, while other gases evaporate. Soon after tho GermaiiH started using mustard ras the Allied chemists found out how It was made uud inanufactured j ',STv"U '-' 1 & I i - ABM '' 4m f l V,;-. ' H -' I i1 '";' mmm. 'mmm I i -v-yy mW mmn -: I lv''v' . I i BHHi ; ikwsw!!" r -., 'Wstxrzjn..-. ;.,i s NEW SKIP-STOP SIGtN Placards such a tbc above at many street corners announie that cars will not stop there WILSON ASSURES PRESS FREEDOM Will Forhid Censoring News Under Government Control of Wires nrrMD rn i i t- nn.,n -t Iii-'li30 J Vljlx OUiLO Ui By the United Vreu Wahlnston, July 12 President Wilson will forbid censor ship of news dispatches under Govern ment control of wlies He assured Congicsslonal leadets to day that press association and press bu reau business will be left undisturbed, The President intends that newspaper wires shall continued to bo operated with the same freedom as now, it was stated. Despite this, however, Senators Reed and Watson announced they wllj press their amendments exempttnr newspaper wires from Government control. Indica tions today were that the resolution would pass without amendment by to morrow night. Meantime talk of recess went forward rapidly. Negotiations were begun to fix August 20 as the date for a ote on wartime prohibition. Drs are willing to postpone action on the amendment to give Congress a'h opportunity to recess as soon as the wire resolution Is passed, If the wets will agree to a fixed date for a vote- Wets are willing to agree that the prohibi tion question be made the order of busi ness immedlatelv after a recess, but some are not willing to concede a defi nite voting dale. In an effort to obtain a tecess, Senatoi Simmons and Representative Kltchln planned today to see President Wilson Simmons wished to tell the President that the prohibition question should go iover, and a recess be taken to give opportunity for working out some plan wherebv imposition of prohibition will not seriously interfered Ith the work of the framers of the new revenue bill. Simmons and Kltchln declare prohibi tion will cut into revenues seriously, and will, In addition, send many banks Into receiverships It it is imposed too seriously. Jnview of imminence of a fourth Liberty Loan, the embarrassment of banks would be disastrous, the two leaders will tell the President. Sena'tor Pomerene, of Ohio, opened de bate on the wire resolution this after noon with an attack on the Interstate Commerce Committee for denying pub lic hearings in consideration of the rebo lution. Pomerene said the President did not expect the resolution would be adopted without due consideration "Comm'ttee members who favpr im mediate action excuse themselves, on the ground that while, tt confers power on the President to take over the cpm parles, It does not require him to do so "No one has presumed p say that lie wnnted the resolution railroaded through without consideration," he de clared. Pomerene insisted that theie were m puit&nt datalls Incident to taking over the lines that should have the most care ful consideration before taking action, llcarli gs, when it was excepted many of tneso matters would be clearfcd, up, weie denied, he declared. L. JAMES ' some. But up to tecently the Allied forces at the front have had no mus tard gas to use.. for, while the chemists could produce' It in the laboratory, they could not manufacture It In large quan tities. Now a method has been found, and henceforth tha Allied iorces will be supplied with mustard gas far use against the German. The first use of mustard gas by our troops took place two nights ago, when (deleted) thousand shells of tt ware hurjed against a' concentrator; 'of enemy troops In1 a -neck of woods -west of Chateau-Thterry 'and north of. the Marne. The concentration was broken up. Next mot nlng It was found that the Germans had at the edge of the woods materials for making pontoon bridges- and some boats alteady con- sirucea. ne-!iaci mat mereis a gooa supply of mustard gab is welcome news to all Allied force - MANY BANDS ARE PRESSING ON MOSCOW Part of Unarmed Pcasaiit Forces Reaches Out- aumrfcuy FORMER KERENSKY CHIEF IN COMMAND TchernofT, Previously Re ported Prisoner, in Charge of New Move iREDS DEFEAT CZECHS, Anti-Bolslicvik Troops in Rc- treat Before Counter Offensive By the Associated Prej Paris, Jul 12 M. Tcheinoff, a It-adcr of th Ttu slan Social Itevolutlonlsts, is march ing on Moscow at the head of numer ous bands of unarmed peasants, says a dispatch from Stockholm to The f-Matln. Bart of his force has arrived in the outskirts of the Bolshev lie capital. I A dispatch received in Pris on Julv 9 reported that M. Tchernoff and three other members of the Kercnsky cabinet had been ariested In Moscow as alleged leaders of a revolt against the RolshcvikJ. German repoi ts have declared that the Social Revolutionists were responsible for the aboitlve re volt. Bolshevik foices have taken the offensive against the Cecho-Slovak army In the Volga region, and the Government troops have won a great success, says a Russian official state ment received by wireless from Mos cow. Russian lailway men aie on strike in heveral districts, nccording to a Zuiich dispatch, quoting the Leipzig Neueste Nachrlchten. The strike threatens to become general, the news paper icports. The Czecho-Slovaks In Siberia an reported to be retreating before a counter-offensive of the Bolshevlkl. . ........ ....... ...., ,.,,.,, n ,H out by the department of mllitar operations of the people's commissariat of war, reads: July 9, Czechoslovak fiont: After preparations for an offensive, our troops have reached a gieat success. Almost without loss we took Syzran (seventy miles south of Simbirsk) and Bugulma (130 miles northwest of Ufa). The Czecho-Slovaks and White Guaids fled In disorder In tho dlrec tlon of Samaia. We aie reaching Stavropol (in Ciscaucasia), Yaroslav (160 miles northeast of Moscow) and Ryblnsky (fifty-two miles northwest of Yaroslav) An armed train has violently shelled towns occupied bv While Guards, who aie fleeing in panic over the River Volga. Detachments fled to Rybsk, wlieie thev tried to raise a mutiny. Measuies have been taken against them. Alleges Cieclis In Retreat Eastern sector. Cecho-Slovaks after occupying Tcheshardinsk, aie letreating before a counter offensive of the council's tioops. Our commandei -In-chief of the Uralo Siberian front. Birzln, leports that Czechoslovak troops command ed by Russian officers have com mitted many atrocities upon the pel sonnel of the west Slberlal railway. According to a Reuter dispatch from Pekin virtually all of western Siberia is in control of the Czecho-Slovaks. A Pekin dispatch says the Bolshevik! have been overthrown in tho whole region from Tobolsk east of the Utals to Semlpalatlnsk, 750 miles to the southeast, near the Chinese frontier. The Trans-Siberian Railway is under Czecho-Slovak control from Tclclia binslc, in the Ural Mountains, at the Junction of the branches of the load which lea dto bouth and north Rus sia, to Krasnojarsk, 1300 miles to the east. JAPS BELIEVE ACTION IN SIBERIA NECESSARY By the Associated Press London. July 12 Japan's reported de cision refusing to intervene In Siberia Is authoritatively denied, according to advices from Tokio under date of July 2 It is added that the attiude of Japan is unchanged, and that the feeling in un official circles there Is almost unanimous that it is unnecessary to send troopstto Siberia at present. A dispatch from ToMo on June 1 stated that Japanese Intel ventlon tn Itunia was extremely Improbable unless Japan should receive the complete sup port of. the United States. This alti tude on the prt of Japan has been evl denced by conversations betweon the Japanese Ambassador, Viscount Ishil, and Secretary Lansing, and President It'll. i ft., Itlna t I.m ...A, am li ..... I.IIOUll. w, mu,i , nunctci, n WilS ' icported from Toklo that, bs a result of I tne aeuoeraiions oi me aaviuory boa id on dlplomatln affairs, Japan had decided not to comply with the request of the Entente that she Intervene In Siberia, ONE.OF MURDERERS 'OF MIRBACH CAUGHT, By the Associated Press i London, Julv IJ. . One of the murderers of General Count , von Mlrbaoh, Gorman Ambassador to I Russia, was arrestea lnursaay, accord Ing to a Moscow dispatch to the Frank furter Zeltung, which Is transmitted from Copenhagen by the Uxchange Tele graph Company. BERLIN REPLY TO POPE GAVE NO PEACE TERMS Germany's answer to the Pope's peace anneal, made Public Sentember ?. 1417 I nresented no definite statement nf tertnn ,.. :.-.. . . -."- .- --- iror enoinr tne war ana was for the most ipart couched In reneraltles. Jt was thl 'Continued on Tne Ihr. Column n.e Five U. 5. Planes Fail to Return From Raul ... .I flv the Associated I'rcsi AVaslilngton, July 12. FlVe Amer ican airplanes which went on a bombing expedition have failed to return. General Pershing's commu nique l'eported today. Berlin1 rcpoiled five American ilrplanes in German hands yestei-da. ITALIANS TAKE ALBANIAN CITY Capture of Berat. in the Interior. Blocks Enemy Drive at Valona ADVANCE LINE 19 MILES' London, .!ul i: -(By I X h ) Tne Important Austro-Hungarlan base I of Berat in touthern AlOAnla, has ben captuied by the Italian" said a Central "ews dispatch from Home today (Berat Is thirty miles northeast of Valona. B the capture of Berat all dangei of a successful Austro-Hungarian dilve against Valona has ben eliminated. The Italian lines are being advanced thirty kilometers (about nineteen mllcn tn Bnnthm Albania ami have, been shortened more than thirtj mtles The Italians took manV AU'tro-Hun- garlan pllsoners In tne fighting around Berat B) the Lnited Prcs London, lul 12 .ctivlt Is developing along the whole j Balklu front, and there are Increasing Indications that the Albanian" fighting may spread to the entire .TOO-mlle line from the Adriatic to the Gulf of Ren dlna ' Tho( Italians have crossed the Smeni River' at one or more points, ncc&idingj to the latest reports fiom the battle front, ai,d aie nearlng the new Austrian defense line along the Skumbl River . Infantiv has progressed at leafct tuent-1 five miles noith of the original line on I the VoUsa. while cavalry detachments are lepoiled to have advanced even fm- thet This wc'jld bring the Italians Into the region of Lushne, about mldwaj be tween Hie leinenl and the Skumbl In Macedonia. Bulgarian attillen is heavilv bonihaidlng the Vrench and Greek polt'ons, especlalh north of Monastn and e t of the Vaidur River British alimen made bombing ta'ds on oncm.v depots In the htrumma val'f The btiummi represents the etreine right nlng of th Allied fiont. The Vai dar flov s into tin Gulf of Salonlca, at ilia aIii nf I ilf nntvlB l'".'rhtf 'l 'ghf' wills' of 'Uie'TVuitWai s re treating on the hlvtv-imle Iiont fiom the sea east'a-rt 's said to be falling bac'. so lapldl tha th retirement in soin place bolder-" on a lout. Great quan tities of -v ' a e "illlng Into tlit hands of tn Italians and Albati ant. while thu ene.n, Is cestio.Mtig othe quantities. lZffectlve resistance D.v tne enemy is becoming less frequent as whenever a temporary stand is made, the Italians ucc-eu ni iiiiui.-unKm:j touni- , By the lnited Press Jteme, Jul 1-! Alien m" defeat in Albania is propor tionate! as vei whelming, a reverse as the Piaie rout, battlefront dispatches received heie toda dcclaied. In a iluee-dav advance or from twentv to tnentv-five tulle' the Italian" and theii allies swept foiward Irresist ibly, ocoup.ving the whole southern bank of the Seineini, accoiding to a message from Valona Fie ce fighting look p'ace on the Aus trian 1 ght w u g. where strong resist- arce was oKeied to the ince-sant at- tacks of the Italians dispatches said After a th e-d.iv fight the enem ' Hub- born defence was smashed and Italian I ravalrv nlvc'd th 1 Ichl w Inc. sweeniiiB into r e-l The Hal a 1 cuv.lrv advance a so rapid the AuMi'an eie foiced to flee preclpila.el fion in" tow 11, abandoning anahdioni- and t -eiul all planes whim fell uuuan tkci! - '11 o the hands of tht attack " B"tl''i monitors and uli- nlanaL at I .1 1 111 ( ll liTl til V tlie .n.mi into confusion VMmen demolished six , bridges on tlir s-ni tl with bombs,, ..i.i. ..-rni.in ............... Oropi'CU Mini niii.inowie aLLUiabj BRITISH AIRMEN BOMB GERMAN DOCKS LONDON, July 12. Between July 8 and 10 British naval airmen dropped eight tons of bombs on German docks and wharves and destroyed one German fhachlne, the Admiralty announced today. All of the British planes returned safely. Oerman air planes attacked Dunkirk on the night of July 7, but no material damage was done. SIX HUNDRED REVOLVER MAKERS STRIKE SPRINGFIELD, Mass., July 12 Between 500 and 600 employes out ofa thousand at the revolver plant of Smith & Wesson went on strike today to enforce beter pay and worklug hours, he strike was hastened by the discharge yesterday of several employes because they were members of a labor union. U. S. LAUNCH SUNK BY GERMAN GUNS WASHINGTON, July 12. Two seamen are unaccounted for as the result of the sinking of a motor launch by Oerman shore batteries after the boat had assisted a French destroyer to tow an American seaplane to safety, the Navy Department today announced. INVESTIGATES U.S. HOSPITALS ! A. E. F. Chief Surgeon Goes Into i Treatment of Wounded . By the Associated Press rrl, July 12. General Merlte lie- land, chief surgeon of the American ex- nmtltlnnnlt tr.Tf It, Vranee Is pneatreH r. -......, ..... . . ,- in an Investigation if the methods em ployed in handling and treating the wounded in the recent battles In which American troops were engaged. General Ireland has detailed several of the leading surgeons from the regu lar medical corps ang the medical re serve corps ito visit the hospitals and confer with the medical officers on the subject The Eoldlem themselves also are to be questioned as to how they nere pleated with the treatment they received and If they hud beep neglected in any way. M HERTLING TALKS OF PEACE DESIRE, BUT i GERMANY'S IKElNtH ADVAINIL WINSLONGPONT Important Gains Made in Forward Drive Between Marne and Aisne HAIG RAIDS IN FLANDERS By the Associated Prcw I Paris, Julv 12. j The village of Longpont on thp Savieres Itlver, cast of VllleiaCotj terets. has been captuied bv the Viench says the olllcial statement from the "War Office toda The French also continued thelt piogress noi th of Chavigny faim and east of T'avcrollcs Javagp farm, noithcasl of I'averolles ai-n .,;, nmnnlorl In raids north of Montdidler an( in Champagne the Flench captured fifteen prisoners. The official text reads 'Our tioops continued their progress north of Chavign farm and east of j raverolles. Last night our troops oc , cupied the village of Longpont and , "Two raids one no. tb of Montdidler! and the other in Champagne resulted in the capture of fifteen prisoneis 'The German artillery was lather, active on the left bank of the Meuse (Verdun region) (Allied gains between the Aisne nnd ' the Marne are Increasing in impor- I tance. Capture of Longpont village and the castle of Corey adds anothei valuable gain to that of esterdav in the same sector. Longpont is stiagetlcall valuable from its loca tlon on the eastern rim of Retz (VII- I lers Cotterets) forest. This Is about a dozen miles southwest of Soissons and about the same due north of tl.O 1-nltn.l U.n.na l.nlJ n. TJ . . 1 Cmcv Is less than a mile due souh of Longpont. Faverolles is three miles southwest of Core Chavign faim is a mile northwest of Long pont) tfj the Associated Press Ixnidon, .lull ' V2 I can leu out Dv British troons night notably in the Flanders area 1 iv" um. t,v uiuiii iiuuji-s iai near Meiris and Meteren, the War Office announced todav Another British paitv raided the German lines near Hamel south of the Somme. A patrol clash in the neighborhod of Gav relle, northeast of Anas, also tesulted In the taking of piisoneis. In their operation In thp vicinit of .vierns tne Hrltlsn took 120 prisoners i ne uruisii ngiuing roi ces in i-i aiice , "U" bt,cfcvc ,vvv,uvu IIICII, ftrtj M Lilt Havas correspondent on the British front. This equals the number on the front in 1917 I T1..I.... .-I ,.- ..., l 1 lavm-i -, nfir inhvn 111 a pairoi encounter in the Kemmel sector on the Ypres front. i EXT GERMAN DRIVE MAY BE UPOi CALAIS VV 1 1 li Ihr 1nerirn11 rni tin the ttrlt Ish Front, .lulv U iBy 1 N S ) 1Tiann l mlcnriAic f ni nl A,A.to- , t'n'e,, OeVman capto.s Tnd made thel, ,wdJ to the Belslan lines, sav that I the Germans are planning an offensive south of pres, with Calais as Its ob- Jectlve, and mat It ma develop this' month Theie ts also talk In the German ranks ( nntinned on Tare Five, tolnmn Tour Hanj: Negro for Girl's Murder Bs the Lmted Press nnapolU, Md . Till 1 Vrchie laac -"1 .-u h ...! ,n m .i.j.i, .in.inr . i Anrll I hmn ....... . .v... .w ..., .. ...B..,4 AUSTRIANS MUTINY IN SERBIA Garrison fill. rif. i . . i jvujs irtiiccrs. Dill Js Supprcsse mi.i1 Aft.r Unil Cssea Alter liattle , By the Associated Press rorfn. July 12 A serious mutlnv among the Austrian tioops m one of .,. ,-j ..,... ...... . ule otcuiJicu uioincis ot eerDia is an nounced b tha Serbian press bureau here. The garrison at Kraguevatz, the fonner Serbian arsenal, bioka Into re bellion because of bad food, the state- ment declares, and many of the officers were killed, The mutiny was cuppressed after :u,' 'j"' ,"idi,,s, ,?p?"V" ifetevGhsnce,ior',nmfi veritable battle in which machine gunslout Ule Pllcy Vhlch lias been folk and artillery were freely used. hitherto. As to'the policy of the C. 1 cellor. who has thrown over Von K Wlim jou think nt writing, think ot UHIT1ML Aiv, uih fc r . ' 1 ADHERES 16 i. rssta w4? fll,i ($fc5 J'HS? iftCWS.VT, '? iJ 'V OLD PLANS Declares Berlin' Is Ready to Receive Any "Sin- cere" Offers SHOWS NO CHANGE IN HIS VIEWPOINT Forced to Fight on by Allied "Destruction Policy," He Says CITES REPLY TO POPE' Hintzc Gncs Pledge He Will Follow in Chancellor's Footsteps II) the Associated Press London, July 12. There is the closest union between me political leaders or uermany ana German army headquarters regarding their readiness to receive peace pro posals from the Allies, if they are offered In a spirit of sincerity. This statement vva& made In the Reichstag by Imperial Chancellor von ""tllnar. sajs an Exchange Telegraph' despatch from Copenhagen, Program Unchanged ThB r,m-.nm nr nmn,- ,..!- policy tlie Chancellor added, was laid down in Germany's reply to the papal peace note and it would be adhered tit I'hat would be a tlghteous peace; and Geimany has not and will not change. hei policy, however strong the Idea of destruction was expressed In speeches in Allied countiics The recent utterances of Piesidenl Wilson and Foreign Secretary Balfour. ... he continued, forced Germany to con-t tinue the struggle. Admit al von Hlntze, the new Ger- man Foreign Secretary in succession , in rr.r, V iinlilm. .. .. -.a l) a, .w , .. .vuniuuiii, muue a. oinaingi; declaration to Count von Hprtlln Vi'SyJ he vvaa willinir in everv wav in fr.llnw-S'J thV-tnlJerI'GhBnrMinr,'iriifrfMrS! 1 n-.. ..I JrZa Chan ncellor von Hertllng told thc'3i at n rt" tMllii nnMmlli.. II..1 At - U nIchstag main committee that the Government intended vigorously to prosecute the reforms aheady begun. He commented on the pioblems in the east and in the west and concluded with remutks on the Government's fu ture proiam legarding the declara- tlon made in November 1917, which . , , . . nad been acceP'ed b a laige majority '" he Reichstag. The chancre In the fnrplsrn minl.trv D .......uv.j, the Chancellor said, was not caused by any real diffeiences of opinion, but arose out of personal discussions re vealing matteis which should not be made public CHOICE OF HINTZE THOROUGHLY STIRS JP'RATH OF LIBERALS Hv GEORGE RENWICK ! Special Cable to Evening Public Ledger Copvrioht. tSIS, fcyNcio York Times'co. Amsterdam, July 12. v The appointment of ex-Admiral on lllnt.e to the post of German Foreign Ministei, an event which I foietold In a message fiom Anistetdam on June 30, has moused the vviath of a great portion of the Reichstag majority par ties to an even gi eater extent than was stlned up In the last desperate das of Bethmann-Hollweg and dur ing the clumsy, shuffling course of Doctot Mlchaells The impudent vva in which the ap pointment has been made is regarded in such circles as intentionally .pro vocative. Chancellor von Hertllng went to headquai teis, it Is definitely htated, to dlbcuss almost everything except tho political ciisls Inspired joui nals l idlculed the idea of V-n Kuehlmann's resignation Von Hlntze came to Berlin, and the Wolff Bureau, I in announcing his appearance, prompt 1 stated that It had nothing what ever to do with political matteis. The I Inspired (jet mania, as late as Tues t day afternoon, authoritatively In I formed Its leaders that Von Hlntze vvould be Count von Mirbach's sue- cessor at Moscow I Suspicions having been lulled, the KaiRer, Litdendorft nnd the Chancellor, i it headquarters, becretl arranged this challenging appointment, for a ver considerable proportion of the , Reichstag Left parties legard the ap I polntment as a direct challenge to the people nnd the Reichstag With out a woid being whispered to the ..in. a ,inu ucimk " luspeivu to ine t people's representatives oiQthe head 'WJ of parties, a violent Pan-German in t.iA I set up as Foreien Minister in a eov. ri j eminent which is presumed to accepti i the Reichstag majority's policy, 5 I It is also reearded as a challenge tru i all those sections which, In the coun' tiles allied with Germany, are de-jy inarming an eariy peace, tnose counj -tj tries are plainly told from ImperIalj?S headnuaiters that thev must VnYfr.J ii.... ... . ... ",.,,-,.. . T.1 'w "lc" ") i nasuiminiciifaionu,, ran Herman btar starving and da- feated Austila must still bleed pour j icaiuu nuouitt lliuai Hllll JJlCCa ptlUT ' le foit de prusse, nnd Ttukev and Bui. gaii.t. becomlntr more hnstltp In mm. ..V another ever day can eive nn theft-'" hopes of nil early conclusion nf thn '. , ' war. . . ft.s That the appointment Is a challenrJ to the Entente goes without sajing. l-,zss-; uovernmeni papers in uermany shouf louoiy, ot course, that no change '"wni". result from the appointment, the Ger mania, the Chancellor's organ, declatv Ing that Von Hlntie will give loya( u. alonaon to ma Lnancenor in carrV! 'maim to take Von JUntta auoant film In. narnmnv h. arii lj-.iu -.' 3d& ,m sa ,.& 1 'V7. "K tsa w. Jiii Vi 'fS . 5i-U V.J ' H-v t WiL "" vttr i Wf 0 W i " , ;",. MMlU?k
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