YESTERDAY'S WEATHER U. B. WEATHfcS BUREAU August 5, 1818 Last twenty four hours' rnlafall, . O.U. Temperature, fclin. 70; Ma. 82. Weather, Partly, Cloudy, - ; . ; FOOD FORtCAST FOR TODAY, . An MeaJa Meatiest ud Om Wboatloas VOL, LII. NO. -63 f; :iv ';.".', ;'.;'..; HUN REAR: mm. l,v Allies Press Ttongh Qoagmires; Cross Vesle At Several Points and Build Bridges To Up, Artillery; Americans ; Win Glory : LONDON August 6 (Associated Press) The continuous arrival of fresh regiments, brigades and divisions of Amer icans In France, with the record these troops have already made In battle, has greatly hastened the ebbing German morale, according to the statements of German prisoners and information otherwise obtained by the Allies. Distrust ot themselves, of their leaders and of their chance for ultimate victory Is now rife in the enemy's ranks and von Ludendorf's official statements of the situation are being generally discredited by the civilian populations The people are growing conscious that the truth is being concealed from them. - ; j''.rv.t -: TARLSf Aogust $-(As!kciated A iorSes are streaming north to the Aisne and the shelter afforded by the heights pf the Chemins des pames to the north of that rfver, a strong rear guard has taken up positions north of the Ancre River and it is now apparent that the Germans will attempt to make a stand there., sufficient at least to hold up the Allies' pursuit and give the Crown Prince time to take up a defensive position on the select ed line. ' ,' The Germans, are again using their artillery and a heavy duel is in progress, with the Allied guns south of the Vesle and the Ger man guns placed on the r high ground north of the Vesle, along a front from north of Rheims to the Aisne, northeas.of Soissons. The American field artillery is. taking an active part in this battle. The Germans are vigorously resisting an further advance of the j..' AIUi$.(FKJK5S NORTH;: .,J ... A Despite, thiavlhc AiUea- toward tvetxinff. yestljra'crcwsed; the Vesl m a MHit'it'et places and are already Bringing heavy, pres-, sure against the hw German line, despite ; the quagmires and'tlie floods. Last night the engineers wiere worTng feverishly in pre paring bridged over whicK the guns 'may be transported to the north of the river and the German defenses blasted in preparation for the infantry. ' , - ' In th,e air fightjflg on the Vesle Saturday the Americans shot down four German, machines. On the Soissons front the French advanced and took up posi tions north of the Aisne. The Allies' advance of Friday, and Saturday brought their in fantry and cavalry far ahead of their guns and Sunday and yesterday were employed in bringing the artillery forward anJ getting it into position to force the passage of the Vesle. The lowland of the Vesle Valley have been transformed into swamps and morasses and while these held the retreating Germans and made their losses tremendous during their crossing of the Vesle, they are now helping the Ger mans and preventing the Allies from bringing their big guns quickly into place. In completing the occupation of the important base town of rismes on the Vesle River on Sunday the Americans in hand-to-hand fighting in the streets with Prussian guards covered themselves with Klory. This street fighting became one of the bitterest bits of bat tling of the war, the Prussians neither asking nor giving quarter. It was a fight to the death, with the Americans using the, bayonet and ritle butt and clearing the streets with machine guns. The Prussians were wiped out. The interest in the western "front is divided now between the reports from the particular battlefront on the Soissons-Rheims front and the reports from the various sectors from Soissons to Ypres. The defeat on the Marne, the smashing in of the Soissons-Rheims -alient and the heavy losses the Germans have sustained in men and material are being felt all along the German front. The col lapse of the Soissons-Rheims front appears to have .seriously affect ed the entire plan of von Ludendorf and the indications are now that i he Germans wijl resume the defensive for the time being from Rheims to Ypret. ENTIRE FRONT ACTIVE The entire western line in France, from the angle at Montdi dier into Flanders, is more or less active, with the Germans with drawing from their more exposed positions. Opposite Albert the Germans have Withdrawn along a wide front, destroying all the bridges across the Ancre in the AUiert sector except one, retaining possession of that. This is the crossing in Albert itself. The Bri tish have moved forward and occupied the territory evacuated by the enemy. Further south, following Saturday's withdrawal, the Germans have also destroyed the bridges crossing the Avre, dynamiting these after their guns had been withdrawn. This retrograde movement by Prince Ruprccht gives the Bri tish once more possession of Hamel and Dernancourt. Further south, west of Montdidier, between that town and I'.taihes. the Germans retreated two miles over a front of seven, flossing to the east bank of the Avre. On the north, the British have been actively raiding at Arras, t. iking prisoners, while heavy artillery duels are taking place in the Ypres salient on both angles, north of Jiethune and south of Ypres, between that point and Hazebrouck. Fast of Robecq, in the Ypres salient, the British advanced -lightly yesterday. The Berlin report issued yesterday says that British attacks GUARD . RETREAT Press)--While the main German HONOLULU. HAWAII TERRITORY, TUESDAY, AUGUST 6,' 1918. -SEMI-WEEKf, ' ', ... : 1 .'':- liTtrkT -r. i- a' nmi fAV ID LLOYD GEOROE, war Anniversary message aftd the danger of entering upon logan "Hold Fast". italiShip . , ,.i'.-i .;"f 1 ' r-v ' uiver LONDON,' August 6 (Associated Press) Clearly Indicated as a bos pltal Hhip the ambulance transport warilda, homeward bound, loaded with nick and wounded, was torpedoed with- out warning by a German submarine , on Saturday. Of the nearly eight hun dred passengers and crew one hundred and twenty three are reported missing ! by the Admiralty which .gave the news of the disaster yesterday and further details last night. With more than four hundred pa iivnta aboard, unmistakably marked as hovpital ship, the Warilda was ruth lessly attacked. The torpedo struck her t below a wardroom in which were more than a hundred patients, most of whom were trapped as they lay in their berths or on their rots, and perished. Six hundred and fifty survivors from the destroyed' merey ship have been safely landed but 123 are still miss ing. . Splendid heroism and self sacrifice was displayed by the nurses and medi cal corps men. w. a. a. CAMP KKARNY, California, August ((Associated Press) The Thirty sec ond Infantry, recently arrived from the Hawaiian Islands will form the nucle oli s of a new army division. It has been determined the members of the regiment shall act as instructors to the national army men who arc in training here and these duties the reg ulars have already undertaken. w. a. a. E E WASHINGTON, August 5 (Associa ted Press) Contact with a mine is determined to have been the cause for the loss of the armored cruiser San Diego io the report that has been rend ered by the naval committee which has investigated the disaster. Kvidence clearly showed that the ex plosion was from without and the thory of torpedoing was then exploded. The committee exonerates the orhY.eis of the Han Diego from all blunie in the affair. fit V&.T; ?:iHv A ' it . . ' r t - r. A! 3! VW:-( 7,- v eft " torth of Albert and on both sides of the Sornme have l.i. n repulsed, vhile northwest of Montdidier the Germans have withdrawn and taken up positions on the east bank of the Avre. premier of Great. Britain. In he warns aeainst Teuton Euile a premature peacei souding the -8 Fishing Boats FurnislipSfpbrt To Diver Graft WAHI1 INQTON, August 6 (Asso ciateil Press) Fixlting craft are the ray prov of, gleeful Teuton submarine romnmndora. Three American finning m-noonem were sunk off the coast of Nova Scotia on Htunlay by German siibinnrines it was reported yesterday in nieasAges which were received from Halifax. The. American filiinir craft that are known to have fallen victims Jft the divers were the Hol Roy, Annie M. Perry and Muriel. Their crews landed in dories yesterday Ht'ter three days on the open sea. One of the Nuliimiri no commanders houstcd to the American skippers that from Boston to Gloucester on Friday they had sunk other fishing craft but he did nut give the niimlier nor tell the names or say what was the fate of the rews. On Sunday the tanker O. B. Jennings was destroyed by enemy divers when about Kill miles off tlie V irginia' capes. Thirty membors of her crew have been landed hut the captain and thirteen other members of the crew in another small boat are missing. w. a. . BANKS ENCOURAGED TO WAKE LOANS ON CROPS 'WASHINGTON, August 5 (Associ ated Press) The I'. s. War Finance I Corporation announced today that it ! would welcome bank applications for ! loans to cover advances by the banks to farmers and merchants for harvest ing and marketing wheat and other crops. The louns are to be made for four months at six percent interest. w. a. s. NEWSPAPERS CALLED ON TO ECONOMIZE FURTHER WASHINGTON, August 5 (Assoc! ated Press) The priorities division of the war industries hniird announced . today Hint it will list paper mills as i 'essential industries provided the pa pers economize. Newspapers must re duce their consumption by fifteen per cent of their dnily issue and twenty of the Sunday issue. w. a. s. DRY ZONES TO SURROUND MERCHANT MARINE' CAMPS SAN FRANCISCO, August 5 (As sociated Press) Orders were received here today showing that the prohibi tion of intoxicants or the establish ment of "dry" .ones has been ex tended to the vicinity ot merchant ma rine traiiiinr,eaiups and quarters. , 'HOLDFAST'KEYNOTE OF MESSAGE SENT BY BRITISH PREMIER - LONDON, Aagutt (AMOcUtd Trmt) "Bold furt" U thm kr twU Mmn4d by Premier Dm rid Lloyd (Morn la tfc mtmigt wlilch k en to Ui Brltiah pabUe ftad which ni tmi In chnrcbM, t tburt and bft ail jmbUo UMmttltin ot tha kaaiwcwr of Oru BrlUla't ontrr in m af Unst tfco Oonaas (ovoramwit. Ho warned tbt cu aa wall m vtoUnco nuat bo oxpoctod and hinted Uat ovorturea of peace accept co of which would be Incompatible with' the purposes for which the tons of the Brltiah empire had laid down their Uvea ud offered their aU night bo oxpoctod. , , J la part the meauce of the premier said: "The enemr'i dream of ronqnert will never be rnlflUed bat it moot bo kept in mind that the bat tle la not yet won. The great autocracy of Prnaala will itlll endeavor, by violence and by guile to avoid defeat and to give to ita militarlam a new lease of life. , , . , . -V "We cannot ear ape for oomolvoa the h errors of war hr Urine them p for onr children, ' ho continued maiore peaoo ononngs. ."we BM teO tbia throngh untu a lasting set tlement haa been achieved .a "Hold fast." kflHog Island Ship Launching lvxarKs dpocn in niszory ' WASHINGTON, August (Offlolal) Io America 'h r proKram against tlid Oermaa government another milestone baa been reaWuM anl pssncl ia the laOachlng of a 7500 deadweight ton cargo carrying veiwl, the (juistronck, at Tito Hog island Yard.- . Mm. Wilson christened the new -msel, the President waa in attendance for the ceremonies and a great crowd of more than 50,000 lieraon gave the steamer a great ovation as she slid from the ways into her natural element. Tble la the first of 180 vessels that ye to be built and launched at this pew government shiprard, the largest in the world. Chairman Barley of the shipping board, speaking at the launching, said: "This ii the beginning of aa epoch 'ia the natioa'a history. It msrks the be ginning of quantity production in all of the Yards Of the United States. ' . . . ' OZAMA1TT rOBXiCD Vt "It la doubtful if any nation ever would have undertaken a ship building program on sack a magujflrent scale .If Germany had not plunged the world into war. We are u it and we are going through with it. We are producing more tonnage today than the submarines are ainking and from this time for ward our task will be to replace the tonnage that haa been lost through Praa sino ruthleaspese.. ' ; ' '," .. nyB-YRAi rSOOKAM "The vast scope of this program la duo to the vision of President 'Wilson. Wo are going, "through with that shipbhiMing program to a finish aad wa are going through with the war to a finish, Cvea then, when the war shall have ended with oor victory the program of Ameriaa moat go on. It will take five years to complete the program: and place at the service of mankind a merchant feet that will make peace enduring .by bringing cloeer the nations of the world as the Eastern, Western, Northern and Bouthera States were brought closer by our nationwide system of railroads.1 ' . AT E2TD GT WAB . "The end of the war will find the United States master of a procOsa for quantity production of ship. wllr build ships for the world.' Through the efforts of nor shlnvard and through their eentinaooo work aa overwhelm the carefully topstfneted military machine wUh-euush -4 twHiirb 4 - mate ae. wow , France Is Seflding $ War Mission to Its Allies In Australia WAHHINOTON, Aoeust (Offi cial) Franee'e special war mission to Australia, en route to the anti podes, with. Albert Idetin, a. mem ber of the ehkmbor of deputies and former cabinet minister, at ita head and with the famous General Pau as chief of the military division, has arrived here for a short otay before taking train for a. Pacific Port. . ' v Arrangements have been made for the members of the mission to meet President Wilson and for their en tertainment while in the nation's capital. (9 w. s. a. CASUALTY LIS! IS MOUNTING FASTER Totals So Far As Announced Pass Fifteen Thousand WASHINGTON, August 8 (Official) Army and Marines casualties, so far as they have as yet been reported to and announced by the official sources of in formation have been, aince the begin ning of the war 13,196 of whloh 13,164 were of the army and 2032 wore of the Marine Corps. The army summary it at follows: Killed in action, including 91 loat at sea. L'.'i7.'!; died of wounds, 007; died of disease, 1514; died of accidents and other causes, 616; wounded in action, 7044; missing in action, including pris oners, 710. Marine Corps: Deaths, 734; wounds, 1220; in hands of enemy 5; missing, 73. Totals announced during the week ending August 4 were 1430. The largest number of casualties an nouneed in any tingle day were told in the reports which were issued todsy. These showed 459 killed in action, M0 died of wounds, 16 dead of other causes, 148 wounded and 3 missing. Marines: Killed in action nine died of wounds, one. ; Officers killed in action include Lieut. Col. J. M. Craig, Lieut. Oecyge Ander son, Karle Billings, James Duncan, Proctor Oilson, Glenn Hall, George Hy ley, Cameurt Woods. Of the Americans wounded at the Marne, probably less than one-twentieth will die, and more than four-fifths will he returned to military service, ac cording to the cheering estimates of the chief of staff today, in a atatement giveu to the public. General March says that the major ity of wounds will be so light and me dical sud surgical science it to effeat in warning against considering pre- tnilld ahipa for ourselves and wo will works a larre arm v la now Ls Frames army is steadily growing larger and will uh tiermanr'has - -v - j m. IB BEFOREQONGRESS Bills Extending Age Limits Simul taneously Introduced in Both Houses WASHINGTON, August 5 (Associ ated Press) Legislation which will ex tend the draft age to eighteen and forty-Ave years from the present twen ty one to thirty one age limits were introduced simultaneously in house and senate today. In both houses the meas ure was referred to the committee on military affairs and an early and favorable report out la eipected. Senator Chamberlain of the senate committee on military affairt has given assurance that passage of the amend ment to the selective draft law will be eidited and it is known that the eitension of age meets the approval of a majority of the members of the committee. General Crowder, provost marshal general, haa suggested that, if the measure can be passed and receives the presidential signature in time, Sep tember 5 may be selected as the day for registration. He favored the pro posed limits when the measure wat suggested earlier in the aession but at that time it met with opposition of the war department increase in the limits and if occasion required this could be done at a later date. USTWORDSOFCZAR AMSTERDAM, August 6 (Asso ciatpil Press) What seem to have been the last words of Nicholas Romanoff, former Cur of Russia, as he faced a firing squad voiced a pica for his fami ly and a hope for the country he hail formerly ruled. "Spare my wife and my innocent, unhappy children," the former Cr.ar of all the Russiss besought the Bolsheviki rifleman. Then be added: "May my blood pre serve Russia from ruin." tive that tour-fifths will soon be able to rejoin their commands, and only 14 percent will be discharged for disahil ity. This statement is based on the officially tested records of the Allied experience. It is apparent that the casualty lists thst are now being reported cover the losses which occurred about the middle of IsHt month and yesterday 's list iiihv be of the July IS German offeimive when, it is understood, the Americana In (If icd their heaviest losses. DRAFTAME WHOLE NUMBER 4762 JAPAN ORDERS L108ILIZATI0II INTO SIBERIA Declares Purpose Is To Save : .Russia From Teutons and Will : Withdraw Forces When This Is , Achieved and Order Restored MAY RECONSIDER IF CHAOS IS CONTINUOUS German Influence Is Seeking To Impede Progress of Czecho slovak Forces In Expectation of American-Japanese : Action . TOKIO, August 5 (Special to the Nippu Jiji)-Partial mobilization of the Japanese array was ordered this morning by General Flaron Y. Uyehara, ' ) chief. of general staff of Japan.' This is the first actual step taken for .military activities by Japan in Siberia. ' '; ; ' ' Official declaration of Japan's military activities in Siberia was made public Friday evening when an extra edition of the official gazette was issued by the govern ment. The declaration was sign ed by aU members of cabinet. ' . READY FORTHWITH In 'this declaration it. was-'' an-;.', nouneed that Jiipan has consent ed wall of the proposals of the-; United States for joint 'action' in Siberia. v "Japan, is eady, , it .-was1" juiumilll IdUIVUMUK IU nnu the. Czecho-Siovak army in; a struggle for independent Siberia, free from any influence of Ger many. TO SAVE RUSSIA The object of this expedition is, it was emphatically asserted,' to save Russia from becoming the prey of Germany. Therefore the territorial integrity of Russia is to be fully respected by Japan, Russia's sovereignty will npt'be the least impaired and Japan will never attempt to interfere with Russia's internal policies. The troops are to be withdrawn from Siberia once the object of the ex pedition is fulfilled. In explaining the announce ment. General Count Terauchi, Japan's premier, stated that Japan conforms with the extension of the Czecho-Siovak activity and their influence in Siberia. "In case the situation in Sibe ria remains continuously chaotic," he declared, "Japan will then re consider and take new action at the right time to remedy it." TEUTON ACTIVITIES In the face of impending military ac tivities of Japan and the United BUtoa in Hiberia, the German influence in the vast Russian territory is making every effort to head off the progress of the Czecho Slovak army, to aasist which ioint American-Japanese expedition hat been proposed by the former and ae cepted by the latter. The trans Sibe rian railway ia destroyed at many points and released German and Aus trian prisonera of war are being quick ly orgnnir.ed into an army to make aome resistance. Besides these thing being done, the Germans are desperately en gaged in a radical movement looking for an iuufiediate disruption of Russia to make the situation in that country more tangled and helpless. RESIOM ATION WITHDRAWN General Uyehara 's resignation as the rliief of general staff of the .Ispanese army, which was presented a few days ago, has been withdrawn at the in stance of General l'riuce Yamagata, one of the two remaining "genro or elder statesmen. General Uyehara has rei iinsidervd his action and decided to remnin at the head of the general staff to direct Japan's military activities in tlie present crisis in rliheria. M ERIC AN FORCE WARMLY WELCOMED WASHINGTON, August 6 Asso ciated l'ress) American troopa partici FOR EXPEDTO (Continued on Pago S Column 8.)