KSBSSSSEOTP 'W v . ' -Ji K -J 'W ' 'l iif i VV atl ; -'TW . afro. "kfi merger P ? & THE WEATHER NIGHT EXTRA Washington, July 24. Partly cloudy with probably showers late tonight or Thursday; little change in temperature TEMPERATURE AT EACH I101JR ' I S I 9 110 111 113 I 11 2 1 8 1 174 179 HI 183 I S8 I 89 I 90 I I THE EVENING TELEGRAPH .1 I f-: 5 lV- VOL. IV. NO. 267 Publlthta Dllr Except Sunday. Subscription Price: 16 a Tear by Mlt Copyright. 1918, by tb Publlo Leaser Compmy. PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, JULY 24, 1918 Entered Second.ri.r. Mutter at th roetotllce at Philadelphia. Pa. Under the Act of March 8. 1879. PRICE TWO CENTS fr GOT j "" ; - i , &. VBSMBk .BBk 4SH BY S icuenmo puD uc P- and .i? w ." . rBERLIN HOLDS OUT SAME OLD BAIT ON PEACE i d i i Germany Makes Pro - posal to Spain for Negotiations CLING TO STATUS QUO IN LATEST FEELER Teutons Stick to Basis of No Annexations or In demnities "SEEK GRIP ON RUSSIA Would Discuss Self-Determi- ' nation by Peoples of Alsace-Lorraine Amsterdam, July 34. Germany has made suggestions for a peace conference to the Spanish Gov ernment, says the Socialist Vorwaerts at Berlin. The suggestions are: First. Germany wants no annexations bv Indemnities In the -west. Second. The peace treaties with Rus sia, and Rumania may not be questioned. Third. The principle of self-determination of peoples has not been dls cuised, but may be settled at the peace conference, where the fate of Belgium also is to be settled. Fourth, the Balkan question Is to he settled around the conference table. Fifth, the freedom of the seas, the dismantling of Gibraltar and the Suez Canal and the right for Germany to ' use coaling stations. Sixth, the colonial question Is to be settled on thej basis of the status quo. The Vorwaerts considers this a very reasonable peace program. v REGARD FOES' PEACE OFFERS INSULTS TO U. S. INTELLIGENCE Washington, July 24. (By T X S ) Iv. "q new German peace offensive will distract our attention from he real ts.Bk of winning -the war."fiucnsugges--tions as now are being put forth from I inspired German sources are insuus io rS American intelligence, wr.en uermiiny J really desires peace she knows on what t tmii olia na ef If ' That was the declaration of a very ,, high Administration olflclal today, when shown the London dispatches outlining ' Germany's new terms of peace which the Berlin Vorwaerts says have been ' sent to Spain with suggestions that they ' b used to bring about a peace con ference. Other Administration officials t united In this declaration. The proposed new German plan was declared to be in sulting in the extreme. 'The terms of a thief negotiating to save his loot, was a favorite character There was a disposition to regard the .., n,nivi an nRkinir more for Ger- , many than previous offers. Acting Sec- retary of State Pollr said the new terms -' ...m.j mnh favorable to the Central It Powers than those hitherto sought I:., At tne spamsn jMnomaf "" . that they had not received any infor mation aeanpg mm m? ;"i'"u.w7;'""" proposals. It was explained that, if any i action were taken In the matter at all. It would be taken In Madrid. The State Department also was wlth 'i out any official information on the or-.- warts Peace proposal. iw An omciai ", ' ..".V"..T.. ;. LJ oence, wnue lneiBinns .muv - - r . t.. AAiiavi tn fin ko. consented to analyze the German terms as follows: First. "Germany is willing to forego annexations and Indemnities in the west, (f nrrmltted to retain her stolen terrl- I i . r . .a . J -IutnntA DllVsl'l '. lorv in me eauc aim uuiumaw .... I 'Srond. Germany Insls "'s-wvind. Germany Insists that Russia. 1$ pnmnnin remain vassal states, so I . . a.. i Aiitn n T. V tli rr(mi aniH mo .iiiicb iw .....-. ready committed against these two eaker peoples. , ThirH prinrtnlpR- at self-determina- lition to be settled at tne peace tame. Stripped of verbiage Germany would "want to trade Belgium ana tne uai ' . Vans for her lost colonies. Iii'i't "Fifth. Germany to dismantle her ." "M-mirm. ine same as numuer mrcc. l-Mmlaa1 eft rnT0-hnMa (n thA WAV 1Kt iff suited to gl her an advantage." Sr In this connection It was pointed out jr that President wnson at .Mount vernon S en July 4 virtually replied to the new .Ruerman terms when he said: nw? "What w Kpk l thi relirn nflawr. 3,m based upon the consent of the governed fand sustained by the organized opinion ht of mankind-" 'i'At that time the President told the i?i world that there can be no compromise; 7J&o half-way -decision would be toler ?4tble ; no half-way decision Is concelv Vfable. And he made It plain, once and Jrfor all. that there could be no "peace" J3by negotiation. TV Until Germany accepts the principles g outlined by, the Freslden,t, omciais ae .Jxfclared again today, there will be no In- Continued on Tate SU, Column Two "PQLLYANNA" REPEATED .. ELEANQR" H. POR TER, who gave "Pollyanna" to the world, has again placed lovers o a good story under lasting obligations. "Oh, Money, Money!" is brimful of humor .ahd loving kind ness. It will begin Mon day, July 29, in , 'StMt Cbemng r,V 7 I. 1 SVw! GERMANS CLAMP YOKE ON RUSSIA; MOBILIZE ARMY Bolsheviki Summon Troops, as Trotsky Recently Predicted, to "Maintain Internal Order" , By the United Press Amsterdam, July 21. General mobllzatlon of all military forces under Bolshevik control In Russia was begun July 17, a Moscow dispatch declared today. No reason was assigned for this, al though War Minister Trotsky announced some time ago that certain classes of workmen, soldiers and peasants would be called out to "maintain Internal order." By th'e Associated Press rektn. July 21 General Horvath, the anti-Bolshevik commander in Siberia, has declined to withdraw his proclamation of a dicta torship, as the Allied legations had re' quested him to do, but appears to have arrived at an amicable agreement with General Dledrlchs, commander of the Czecho-Slovaks, and Is re-enforclng Dledrlchs to the extent of a detachment of Kalmykoff's Cossacks with artillery London, July 24. A Reuter despatch from Harbin, dated July 13, confirms the report that General Horvath will aid the Czechoslovaks., The dispatch adds that Horvath's government will assume the civil administration of N'l Ikolsk and Vladivostok, with Vladivostok as headquarters, and Is expected to pro ceed to Vladivostok shortly. According to the Daily Mall's Tientsin correspondent, telegraphing Friday, China will participate in the Interven tion in Siberia. - ALL CLASS 1 MEN GO IN FEW WEEKS Local Draft Boards Notified to Speed Up Ex aminations N UNFIT ARE INCLUDED Every man In Class 1, no matter what his physical qualifications. Is to be noti fied to respond to the call of the selective draft within the next few weeksr-artvurd- Ing to a notification from Washington today Even men of questionable phy sical condition are included. All local draft boards ware notified by JIaJor,J..f!5.wr.dock,,chlejtdraf.t.oncr. or Tennsyivania, to speen up examina tions And have every man- In Class 1 tlon followed receipt of orders from Pro vost Marshal General Crowder. Men of questionable physical condition are not to be exempted except after special ex aminations. Many of the boards already are get ting down toward the bottom of Class 1 registrants, and Major Murdock's warn ing of toda"y was based upon the receipt of orders from Washington calling upon Pennsylvania to furnish during August, In quotas and on dates to be announcec. as many men for the army as were call ed during July. ' To Call 25,000 Iramrdiately The War Department announces that about 25,000 white men and negroes in proportion will be called immediately. Jo further releases of registrants to the Marine Corps, the navy or the .Emergency Fleet Corporation will be permitted. This will Interfere greatly with the marine drive now under way in some cities, but will have little effect, it Is understood, on recruiting men for the shipping board Industry as comparative ly few men of draft age have gone In to that service recently in this State. Local boards have been Instructed that where there are questions concerning physical qualifications of draftees, medi cal boards are to give them thorough examinations before assigning them to deferred groups, It Is taken from this that men fit for limited service physi cally, otherwise qualified for Class 1, are to be used more extensively in branches of the service where they will not be subjected to so much physical strain as in theS'anks. County Farm Agent Exempt An Important ruling announced today exempto county farm agents frorp the draft, many of these having been taken at a time when their services are badly needed in crop production work. All local boards and others who have business with draft headquarters are or dered hereafter to send their letters or telegrams direct to- Major Murdock. In stead of to officials in other depart ments as has been customary. The headquarters force Is engaged to day In the preparation of quotas for the 1B28 men to be sent shortly to Camp ForreEt, Lytle, Ga. The quotas will be announced tomorrow. HELFFERICH TO GO TO RUSSIA Will Succeed Mirbach as German Ambassador By the United Press, Amrterdam, July 24. Dr Karl Helf ferich, who will succeed the late Count von Mirbach as German Ambassador to Russia, will take 'two battalions of troops to guard the embassy, according to a Berlin dispatch received today, This Is the first Intimation that Helf ferlph. First Vice Chancellor and Minis ter of the Treasury and one of the strongest figures in German politics, would bo Ambassador to Russia. Premier Lentne recently Issued an of. ficlal statement In which he declared the Bolsheviki are capable of guarding for eign diplomats and that in no circum stances would German troops be allowed to enter Moscow or Petrograd. TROOPS SWIFTLY MOVED 19 Trains Carry 10,320 Soldiers From Camp in six Hours By the Associated Press Wathlncton, July 24, A record for rapid troop movement was established at a training camp on July 7 when nine teen trains with 220 coaches, .carried 10,120 soldiers from the camp between t o'clock- and 9 o'clock p, m.. over two rallrot fTfce -record lor , JUSTICIA SUNK ' ' i bB i bv5 sm - v jMP'aiBipR sB 'MBAtrT' ... --.-- . !-.. I '- i .V. .. ' ft wBBPPIWelHWWWMjWi"Wisft!i7'(l lews ' fHtfiiiMmSPSUffffKtffi I The British fhip, formerly the Slatchdam. was sent to the bottom off llie lrith Coasfjuly 20 TROOPSHffJUSTICIA SUNK BY UB0AT OFF IREAND WHILE HOMEWARD BOUND Giant Liner Downed Satur day After 24-Hour Battle With Pirate TEN OF CREW LOST; OVER 400 ARE LANDED Transport Carried 10,000 U. S. Troops on Last Trip Overseas SHIP TWICE TORPEDOED First Explosion Wrecked En: gine Room and Stopped Vessel's Flight ir&4"ttHi;ntiZPm u An Irish fort, July 24 Four hundred of the crew of the torpedoed liner Justicia have been landed here. They report that the marlncsllner was sunk on nRturrlay, off the northwest coast of Ireland, after a twenty-four-hour fight with submarines. No passengers were, lost, but ten of the crew were killed. rri. .. .nrr,in -,,,.v v,o .ndn. V", ' , . j. room and the ship then stopped. Sev eral other torpedoes' vere fired, but only two of the missies were effective. The vessel was first attacked on Fri day, but It was not unUl aSturday that the ocean greyhound sank The story of the fight between the German submarine and the Justiciar if it could be told, would make one of the finest stories In the annals of anti-submarine warfare. Nothing which has occurred In con nection with the sinking of the former White Star liner gives navy men any cause for misgivings over the sub marine war. The defensive measures and methods showed up to excellent advantage and Indicate that the En tente naval forces can ' always be Continued on Pae Two. Column File 4PHILADELPHIANS DIE FOR COUNTRY Youths Give Lives in France That Democracy May Live AVIATOR IS MISSING Four more Phlladelphlans are listed among America's honored dead In France "and a fifth, an aviator In the Lafayette Escadrille. is reported missing after a flight over the enemy lines. General Pershing's casualty list to day contains the names of three of those dead, while news dispatches told of the death of the other. They are listed as follows: KILLED IN ACTION Lieutenant WlUlam C. Orr, Jr., 2207 South Fifteenth street. Lientenant Ewlnr Andera Oebryel, Twenty-third and Dauphin streets. DIED OF WOUNDS Private Norrla J- Deland, 13 North Thlrty-nlnth street. DIED OF DISEASE Bugler Frank E. Trandle. 1612 North Marston street. MISSING Sergeant Loula Leslie Byen, 1123 South Forty-eighth street. Lieutenant Orr was the son of Wil liam C Orr. and enlisted In May, 1917. In the old Sixth Regiment. N. G. P., now th 117th Infantry. He won his commls tlon at Camp Haridcock, Ga He was a graduate of Southern Hlfh School in 1912. His brother Albert twen, . ' ,. I- a arn-ennt In thA ty-one years um. - .--... - coatl artillery. Lieutenant Orr was twenty-four years old. In his last letter, recelVed June 18. he stated he had not yet been In action, and was well and happy. Wounded Lett Month Lieutenant Gabryel was tha son of u.. Ma M. Gabryel-Wfts. His death Wwm. reported some time, ajo, but was BY U-BOAT r5r tH n Facts About Justicia, Victim of Submarine Built as Dutch liner Stntendam and commandeered on ways at Belfast. Tonnage of 32.234 gros; tons made her almost as large as. the Vaterland. She was "50 feet long .Had been, for some time, used as U. S. transport, carryins 10,000 soldiers on her last trip Her crew numbered about 600. AMERICA SHOWING HOW FOODjnUJWN THE WAR British Amazed and Gratified by Voluntary Conservation of People of U. S. By the Associated Press London, July 24 In commenting Upoa-bvlew.of.-Hwi4o(l- -(tuni. given bv Herhert r. Hoover .,ri!,n food administrator, the Manchester! Guardian calls attention to the nrlma factor in the fortunate resuit",hc X' did peo'VothopTa. "hal'they'uld!"01 W' thr0h t0 the coveted economizo to help feed us " clt'' , , , . , ., "The American Got eminent 1 ejected I Prisoners are doubtful as to whether the motion of attempting a rationing ifheso other two drives will be carried system for its enormous and varied I out as planned, since a great number country," the newspaper continues, "ana e -wra ilivislons were used on this Lummnhle'".'0., rf, SI" for the Allies has been achieved by the ' organized exhortation 11 of 20,000.000 householders in tho United States. Next to raising their armies, this Is the most memorable of all proofs of Intense ' earnestness of the American people." ' COAST GUARD FLIER INJURED Pilot and Companion Driven Down by Lack of Fuel New York, July 24. (I N.S.) A coast guard airplane was driven to the earth in Drooklyn today by lack of fuel In making the landing in a acant lot Lieu tenant Lorene Capey, pilot, was painfully Injured His companion, Lieutenant Donal Hinman. escaped intury Both are stationed at Garden Cltv. L I., nnrl wpro returning from an Inspection of the coa.:. Lloutenant Hinman. whose home Is in Chicago, said he had been a pilot for nearly a year, and that this was his first mishap. N.Y. DEMOCRATS INDORSE SMITH Saratoga Convention Rec ommends Tammany Man for Governor HEARST CERTAIN TO RUN By the Associated Pres Sornlojrn. Springs, X. y., Juy 24. . New York'Democrats in Informal State convention today named Alfred H. Smith, president of the New York City Board of lAldermen. as the party organization's choice for nomination as Governor. Tut nam County, the home .of William Church Osborn. was recoriWd as "not voting." The voto was officially announced as .follows: For-Smlth, 440 votes'; for -Osborn, VJ, i-ftt, 1 Not recorded (Putman county), 3, ouusequeiu io the announcement Judge seabury moved that th nnmin. uon 01 oir. hmiih, when ratified by the primaries, be made unanimous. The mo- nun wan carried unanimously. Confidence was freely expressed that me ucKei namea at today's session cratic organization. The delegates anrt leaders, however, looked forward-to a .nt.l,- Mi, I .a 1 .-., - - .. 'I tittucu iiiiiiain i.aiuuain uh, neioro tne choice of today's convention was made, wo candidates, William Randolph Hearst and William Church Osborn had an nounced their Intention of conducting individual campaigns for the nomination. The convention slate was not by any means "official" as. under 'the direct primary law. primaries offer the only legal means of nominating The slate "suggested" or recommended by' the convention, however,-' was expected to have organization backing Many of the Tammany Hall delegates n the convention wearing Smith badges. J - you M& 01 -l PERSHING'SARMY rVK&mbtLVMm' GERMAN TROOPS! Continues to Press Retreat ing Enemy South of the ' Ourcq River ' 'WINS JAULGONNE WOODS Prisoners Predict Germany Will Attempt Another Of fensive on Larger Scale By the Associated Press Wnftliinctnn, July 24 Continued pursuit of the retreating enemy south of tne wver uuruq is " nnrtert In General Pershing s com munique for yesterday, received today at the War Department, The capture of positions north of the Marne alo Is reported The statement follows: Headquarters American Expedition ary Forces, July 23. 1S18 Section A South of the Ourcq our troops have continued to press the retrnatlng enemy. Our units crossing the Marne hae gained possession of Jaulgnnno and the woods to the west Section H In Lorraine a hostile raiding party was repulsed by our troops during the night, July 22 to .3 In the Thnnn sector on July 20 our troops cairlert out a successful raid on the enemy's lines, capturing seeral prisoners On the same day one or our patrols in the Saint Din sector entered a German trench and hilled seeral of the enemy By fhe United Press With the American Armies In rranre, jly 21 The German pusn s-uu......".- between Solssons and Main-le-Masslges, was one of the three drives they con templated this summer two toward Parla and one toward ine i,iwii i" according to information obtained from prisoners , The recent effort, which resulted so dlsastrotislv, and gummed up the whole program, .was aimed toward Chalons and Epernny The Krench and Ameri cans have cap'tured German officers who were prematurely appointed mayors of French cities to be occupied,, Captured bodies also declare that a large number of divisions were nnssed In Flanders for a drive against the British while they were concentrating thirty-five dlvlrlons (420,000 men) for ih. rii.imnncno oneratlon The Flanders drive was to follow tho Crown' Prince's push as soon as the latter had attainea a certain degree of success. Mnnv prisoners captured near Sols- sons have been Identified as recently re-l rmived from Flanders. indicating tna 8ilurfcxhChunDafine.AriV9,j,l!rup.tsd . the contemplated Flanders' campaign, German officers say the third drive- I towarn l?arls-was n be unaertaKen late I front last week and many of them. were I so badly shattered they will not ne ni 1 for use as storm iroops msiuc i mm months. Th. m.ilorltv of intelligent German prisoners, however, believe tho Kaiser will start another offensive this summer, on even a larger scale, to regain the -to,i.a of th German people, which is admitted to be at low ebb Many pris oners frankly say they do not know and do not care about Germany's future ac .1.. ,ielarlnc they are sick of the wa.r;..i ..i,tors and German prisoners testify to the destruction wrought by our heavy guns on the railways, roads " .Irtant lunctions, which were necessary to the enemy's retirement The German plan of retreat left the machine gun squads to fight rear-guard act on" a? many points On "vera, oc caslons when these guns and their crews were captured the boche gunners did not know that their comrades already had fallen hack. J WILSON'S PLAN FOR RUSSIA Publication of Pronouncement Awaits Japan's Reply to America By the Associated Pres Wa.hlngton. July 24 President Wil son has completed his pronouncement as fS tB2 nians of the United States for !rt legation In the expedition to glie nfl ary aid to Russl' and It will he made public as soon aS Japan's reply to the American proposals (.as been re ceived HUSSAUER AUSTRIAN PREMIER Vienna Reports His Succession to Von Seytller By the United Press im.i.r,ltim July 24 Former Minis ter rf Pub'lte instruction Hussauer has succeeded Von Seydler aB head of the Austria" cabinet, dispatches from Vienna today declared It has been reported that Count Czernln. former Austro-Hungarlan For eign Minister, was trying to forma cabinet of which he would have been the 624 DRAFTED FOR AIR BOARD Crowder AUoAsks for 1753 Skilled in Trades ,... i.i. Tnlv 24. fBv INS) Provost Marshal Genera Crowder today issued a call for 624 limited service men for dutv with the aircraft production board. Twenty-four of the men. estimate makers and clerks, will report nere au gust 2. and 600 at Kelly Field, San An tonio. Texas, for work at various me- C TheVovost marshal general has also accented the voluntary enlistments of 1753 men for the engineer, corps who are Fkllled In trades These men will entrain July 29 for Camp Forrest. Lytle, Ga WHERE'S THAT UMBRELLA? jiYot a klndlu word 0 cheer I Bttll the wcatner nas us neixica. When we're hopeful, then we hear: "Partly cloudy and unsettled." But, at that, the, news Is good And evokes our plaudits vocal When its Import' Knrferjfood; "Bhowers on Thursday, purely local," U : CROWN PRINCE HALTS ,-,,-, tUK u&sr&KA in&i aij; TEUTON THRUST FAILS GERMAN BITTERNESS SHO WN BY BRUTALITY Wounded Americans Cruelly Treated by Coivardly Re prisals Beaten Bodies Disguise Themselves as U. S. Soldiers By WALTER Special Cahle tn F.rrnins Public Ledger . rnpyriijht, ;1J, by Srw York rim Co With (he French Annies July 24. "The nermann have again played the trick of dressing units In khaki and posing as Americans. They cap tured one of our patrols thus on the noith bank of the Marne yesterday morning and a second patrol only Just spotted the ruse in time." said a staff officer of a Frencli division en gaged nlong the line of the river to your correspondent. "They probably stripped American dead or wounded In the first das of the lighting, as all acotints agree that hardly any valid American prisoners were taken. "Your men fought with extraordi nary resolution even in circumstances that proved hopeless One body of twentv. led by a lieutenant, was sur- lounded on Monday to the left of Conde Wood. They foimed a little center of ri'Mstnnce in a corner of the tXTRA GERMANS VIOLENTLY SHELL ALIES UPON 12-MILE FRONT WITH THE FRENCH AKMIES IN THE FIELD, July 21 (4 p. m.) The Gcimaus nve violently bombarding Allied posi tions on the twclvc-iuilo front from Vriguy southward to the Xilmne mid are also tin owing great quantities ,of shells across the ULfUno i ronv, Dgunans. Thice German, divisions have been iden ... i.a in tho region of Vriguy and Coulommes' (southwest of KhcJluo). Fiencli and British tioops held off strong counter r..i.a.:.. vc:t of Kheims late Inst night. TO FORM SIX NEW ARMY DIVISIONS Military Body to Include National Army Troops I .mid Rpmilnrs D COMPRISES 168,000 MEN By thr Associated Press M'mMncton, July 24. Chief of staff March today announced that he had ordered six new infantry division- f numbered 1 to 14) organized in this crtljntrv during July, stationed respectively at Camps Devenh. -Mass , I Meade, Md . Sheridan, Ala , Custer, Mich ; Funston. Kan, and Lewis, Wash (An Infantry division comprlres about 28,000 men The six divisions, therefore, would be composed of 168.000 men) Two regular Infantry regiments will form the nucleus of each new division Honie guards have replaced regulars at Interior r-ll.irrl tlOStS for tills PUmOiW and the regulars are now moving to the . -- ..J nnM-l -VtnrAU c.U ."'r.::r .::...," ... ..-.. Asitie iiuni nif i"" ,iiiuj ...e,,!,,,.., ( of regulars, the divisions will be com posed of National Arm troops'. ConcrehH to Art in August Action by Congress on the plans of Secretary Baker to extend the arniy draft ase limits and provide for a larger army organization until af'er the vaca-1 tlon recss period ends late in August, today app.ared improbable Most of the leaders of both StnJte and House are absent, and those remaining raid they did not look for resumption of Congres- slonal activity until the end of the nccss term I ro-'dr-lrgthe new legislation, Sec retary Baker, It was learned today, se- cuiccl tho view j of Coifri. iona! leaders as well an his mllitarv adv'sers There Is known to be strong bentlment in 1.011 grss for reducing the minimum age to nineteen or twenty, but there also is vigorous opposition to calling youths be low twenty-one. The maximum proba bly will be forty or forty-five. It Is esti mated 1,250,000 men woum oe securea in the nineteen and twenty-year classes, and from 300,000 to 1,000.000 in the older group Ilijr Draft rianned The number of men to be called under the September draft will be much great er than in the past. The War Depart ment Intends to utilize every possible re source for the training of those men. There will be substantial Increases In the local and States' quotas. Although the number of men In camps may not be very much greater than that of last fall. It is explained the regular army and National Guard camps held men not called under the draft. The camps will be full vt drafted men, and, added to the facilities at the National Army canton ments and the special technical training schooU. will provide for approximately 2.000.000 men. ,-.,-,- min nun t x--r- ,i .i i,ifi nut until only four wool with a corporal was left nllve. On Frl- led rt.iv ivn m.iflp n cniinter-aiiain, ! hahv mnu Tli latter were ham pered bv the density of the wood the rnmm.inder of the tank company In question later corroborated this statement but we regained consider- able ground and the five Americans , were able to rejoin us. "For two divs. they had been with- I out food or water, but the thought of giving In to the bodies never seem- ed to enter their minds. The points were croatlv lmmessed by their feat and gave our hoys ti regular ovation when they reached Conde village." Reprisals On t'. S. Wnuntlcil The bitterness of tho American re sistance led the Germans to take cowardly reprisals against the wound ed who fell Into their hands. Mary i Iloyt Wyborg, who is well known In ow 1 tJrK socieiy una now js a nurse i in .i r 11-111:11 iiu&piiiti .it .tiuiiiuiiruu, Continued on Pace Hie. Column Tour BRAVE AMERICANS DISREGARD PERIL Doctor Takes Squad and Rescues Fort)r Wounded Soldiers CHAPLAIN ALSO A HERO Hy EDWIN L. JAMES Special Cable to Evening Public Ledger Copuriaht. lilt, by Sew Yorl; Times Co. With the American Army On tho Marne, July 24. Stories of American bravery and disregard of peril in the last week's fighting are so numerous that it seems unfair to others to recount their feats There are two or three that .seem supreme. During the fighting north of Chateau-Thierry, a well-known physician hailing from West Virginia, a cap tain in the ranks, was In charge of a certain hospital corps. Word came that Jeh.lml a" embankment, sheltered by ....u w. .,,,,. ,. ,u:. were iouriecn viri?f. "oing captured mieriuan wounaeci. inls point was a kilometer behind the German front line. Ills stretcher bearers were all busy, so this captain got eight privates in charge of a corporal, supplied them with stretchers and went to get the American wounded, who had been seven hours without medical aid ine erstwmie dignified practition fortv years old, crawled on his stom- t acn wun nis srjuaa past our front line, down a big ditch, and drew near the Germans and tho wounded cap. i tives. Crawling close to the group tho captain stepped boldly into the open I and demanded the surrender of the 1 Germans. The enemy began shootln- , despite 'the doctor's Red Cross, where' I'U cuiporui ami his eight prl "" "i"-" " mi me ueimans, kill Innnc L-tlt ins eight. The other six sui rendered. Wounded Ynnks Carry German The captured Germans and the Americans who could walk acted as stretcher bearers for the more i,e"ri. ously wounded Two slightly wounded Americans insisted on being allowed to carry on a stretcher a wounded German, saying he had saved E lives. According to tho Americans the German guards were going to' kill ihlZ hut the wounded GermaV person the guards to agree to await untii nightfall for the execution. U1 Led, by tho medical cantaln u. cavalcade with forty vvoed" & on the edge of the wood until dart Next day this doctor was viii.j i... a German sniper, and therefore I am not permitted to give his name. This is a typical Instance of the bravery nnd devotion of the American armv doctors, No less ia to be said of - ii ..' wsITczrrzi ' a!&4 dm m -rr Germans End Retreat; In Rheims-Soissons Salient FRESH FORCES ARE RUSHED IN 'French and A mprirnriB Still x-ittuMucr v laims on .aisne Marne Front FOE'S LOSSES NOW PLACED AT 180,00, JJanv Fortified Farms SpitpiI ;M' rorlmc(1 arms BeiZeO. Despite Ludcndorff's Stif- fened Resistance I BRIDGEHEADS SPREAD! Pershing's Troops Have - Big, 5 'M Battle With Prussian Army X at Epicds By the United Press rnrls, July 24 (4 p. m.). The Germans appear determined to avoid a prolonged retreat and are re ported from the front to be preparing for a desperate stand along the present nnrtlellnr, j.r ...... ... . Ul r unncr wined successes unaer ineWfK wiiuuiuiw win 111U3 iiiii-rii inure inajijtn 400,000 Germans in the SolssonSt? Rhelms pocket, as their forces wltMii the salient have grown to that figure- yfi& rrencn ana American iroops, over-. J-; -fa coming bitter resistance, are progress Mi'S Inr- nnrllioaof rf r,htlaa,t.Tlil..m. wA .TVi.Anl ... ... ...iv.... . w.u.vou i.,.v..w a.u If,, south of the nurrn. ..Sli,, The enemy position at Ouchy-le-Cha-' ,fga te.-llt (whloh nlrpnrtv fa rermroA tn lifttJ..iT - ' .".-,--. . -w .. r v jrr-a been rendered untenable by the AUiea TCJ Is .outflanked. . , . JsdBiJm rt n- . . m. 4.,' denly changed his plans for a straX tegic retreat in the Solssons-Rhelma salient. Ills decision, Indicated by stiffen ing enemy resistance and Increasing; re-enforcements, was borne out by German prisoners today, who declared the withdrawal order had been coun termanded. Military experts believe German politicians, fearing the in ternal effects of a huge retirement, forced the change in plans. The Crown Prince continues to or der new divisions Into the pocket, drawing these re-enforcements from'a far north as the main British front.' German losses on the Atsne-Marne front are now estimated at 150,000 men, including 25,000 prisoners. By the Associated Press , Paris, July 24.' The French, the British and the Americans are still hammering the flanks of the Crown Prince's army, according to dispatches from tha front today The Germans are known to have brought up fresh support forces at some points, but the Allies report the situation as favorable. The Germans last night delivered a co'-n'er-attack upon the Allied lines' In the vicinity of Vrlgny, five miles southwest of Rhelms. The War Office ' annorvneed today that the attack had been repulsed. There was great ac tivity by the artillery during the night along the front between the Alsne and the Marne and northeast toward Rhelms, according to the War Offlcie. The text of the statement follows:; The night was marked by great artillery activity between the Marne-. and the Aisne and In the Courton and Rol Woods, In the Rhelms seo tor At 9 o'clock last night the Ger mans launched a counter-attack west of Rhelms In the region of Vrlgny. Fiench troops broke all' assaults and held their positions intact , There are no events of importance' tn .--moi-t com ,Un .... -I - , vninn 1 mint iiaJis xvcirfiit tft.-.-i The German Crown Prince has suehiS n.. .1. 1 . t r, V-jr-iraae. u) we jjjuciaiea rress L,tSm mi 1110 American army on wsjoas-Aisnc-Marno Front, July 24. r'jSS3 ire armies or i-eiain ana I'ersninf;. u(Jl'aiciiu UAIlvwr.r'. nave torceci tneir way through ralR-iH--rf soaked woods and fields further intesfcl the German lines. The strategy ofeH";J General Foch has apparently calleiW'' ".' i for the delivery of smashing blowe?v, and at numerous points craek wSf"- visions 01 tne army ot tne Gerras'A- " '-, wrown iriiitu were lorcea to slVSJ ground before the French and .Ameriu cans. .M Tuesday closed with the Gem having been pushed well back at 1 points by the Franco-American Tt tacks which followed a night ot hesfj ariuiery nre. ja U. 8. Troops in Heavy FfchtbMrM American troops participated 'hflrfc some of the heaviest fighting yestiij.. aay 111 iiiv tiw.iii.jr ui &jivu9 eiSJi ITUBIiy, WIlv.vT mm wad ailug continued throughout the day, At I end of the day the Americans t J advanced some distance in the ; borhood 01 narDinon we im3 . MJ fe J JM' i'a-j fiff "1 res jBe,ji'".-a ,M .. -aJI . 'J-V 'i "(6 k -'St JS SM 1 JX ,vs si-. -V. 'fe!f '. - m $m 3 'wl mi s Jli . YM.a W t Vfct 2m$' j .!-:' j T-..T 7iwmmmm e " .. -"-V l'.-Hftt-v'. 'j- -.-- ?9M?- . r.
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