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wm ,-i i: 'I-} .JJ 1 ii'! 11 1 'A 11? I ,i i I N! i i i' i i U. S. TRANSPORT IS TORPEDOED All of 2,800 Yankee Soldiers on Board Are Saved and Landed,Safely. MEN SHOW TRUE SPIRIT iffo Sign of Panic and Admirable Be havior of Troops Gratifying to Of- fleersAttack Was Off English CoastDestroyers Rescue. London, Sept. 12.An enemy sub pmarine torpedoed a troopship with 12,800 American soldiers on board. All bands were saved and the troopship 'was beached. In order to save time, instead of {launching the boats the men clambered (down ropes to destroyers which jswarmed around the stricken vessel and came close alongside. This oper ation was greatly facilitated by the jfact that the sea was not' rough. Member of Large Convoy. The troopship was a member of a tlarge convoy approaching the English coast. The vessel was torpedoed 200 unites from shore at 3 p. in. i The transfer of the American sol Idlers from the stricken vessel to es corting British and American torpedo Iboat destroyers was made without in jury to anyone. They all escaped -when the torpedo exploded and they moon were on their way to a British port. Yanks Show True Spirit. Thero was no sign of panic on [board and the admirable behavior of the men was especially gratifying to fthe officers. Many of the troops came from Chi jcago and Cleveland and a large per centage of them were factory hands of (foreign extraction. Their behavior jproved that they had assimilated the {true spirit of the American soldier. Several soldiers told the Associated Press that they saw the German sub marine lifted clear out of the water after one of the depth bombs explod ed, and then entirely disappear. Something had gone wrbng with the troopship's engines which compelled iher for a time to lag behind the rest of the convoy, but the trouble had leeii fixed up and she was fast catch ing up with the other transports when *i torpedo hit her just forward of the ^engine-room. Vessel Starts to Sink. The vessel at once began to sink by the bow. Many of the soldiers at the time were taking baths. They did mot wait to dress but made for the leck with what little clothing they could hastily lay hands on. The wa ter was rushing in at such a rate that it was thought the steamer would quickly founder. To the surprise of most of the sol diers the troopship did not sink. Some means apparently were found to check the inrush of water and she got near enough to the shore to be beached. It is hoped that the vessel ultimately can be saved. MUTINY OF ENEMY TROOPS Said to Have Occurred at Cologne a Few Days Ago. Amsterdam, Sept. 12.A German regiment, the 25th, mutinied at Co logne, Aug. 31, according to the Tele graaf. An eyewitness said the soldiers, ordered to leave for the western front, refused to board a train. Another regi ment was ordered to force the refrac tory troops. They refused to Are on their comrades. The Home Defense Guard, composed of youths, then was ordered to undertake the task and a fight followed in which 11 boys of the guard were killed and many injured. SELF SACRIFICE FORBIDDEN Yankees Ordered Not to Leave Ranks for Rescue. With the American Army in France, Sept. 13.Such a large proportion of the American casualties in recent ac tions has been due to gallant attempts to rescue wounded officers and men by unwounded comrades that General J. J. Pershing has been compelled to Issue a general order calling atten tion to the fact that the regulations prohibit members of the fighting force leaving their proper position even for this purpose. OUARREL OVER WAR SPOILS Turkey and Bulgaria Are on Verge of Hostilities. Washington, Sept. 12.Information reached here from a source usually re liable that Turkey has sent a large force to the border of Bulgaria, where trouble is brewing over division of territorial spoils of war between these two allies of Germany and Austro Kungary. Gorman Leaders Will Confer. Amsterdam, Sept. 13.German For Minister von Hintz has been sum jed to army headquarters, to confer vtth Generals Ludendorff and Hinden according to reports from Berlin, from Germany also brought of the tfeath at the front of Prince Albert of Saxe. The Berlin w spapur Vorwaerts flatly denied jrcports that Mathias Erzberger, mem, ."or of the Catholic Center party, and JFWMp Scheidemana. the Socialist, to be members cf the new cabl- NEW PEACE OFFENSIVE German Emperor and Officials Start Ball Rolling. i Allied and American Governments Positive That Overtures Lack Sincerity. Washington, Sept. 13. Officials here now recognize that, the German peace offensive is in full swing. A progressive campaign is clearly indicated to their minds by the ap parently casual remarks of Chancellor von Hertling a few days ago, follow ed by the more formal statement to the visiting German. newspaper men in Vienna by Count Burian, the Aus trian foreign minister, the remarks of the German crown prince and now the speech of Emperor William him self to the working people at Essen. Peace proposals emanating from these sources would appear incongru ous were the officials not firmly con vinced of the insincerity of the move ment, which again is recognized as conceived with the double purpose of placating the uneasy and restless Ger man Socialists and at the same time appealing to the pacifists in the Allied countries and America in the hope of weakening the hands of the Allied governments in the prosecution of the war. Analysis of the abstract of the em peror's remarks reported by cable fails to disclose any new feature. UNTIL PRUSSIA IS CRUSHED Duke of Devonshire Says Britain Will Remain at War. Chicago, Sept. 12. Chicago has authoritative word as to British and Canadian ideas of peace. "The war will only end when we have certain assurance that the men ace of Prussian autocracy and mili tarism is not only defeated but wiped out for all time." The speaker was the Duke of Devon shire, governor general of Canada, here for the war exposition. "Heaven help the enemy if this is a fair sample of American prepara- tion," exclaimed the governor general at the conclusion of a review of 30,000 sailors at the Great Lakes training station." PLANS MORE SLACKER RAIDS Attorney General Will Not Use Soldiers or Sailors. Washington, Sept. 13.Full respon sibility for the recent slacker raids in New York and adjoining cities has been assumed by Attorney General Gregory, who promises continuance of the round-ups, but without use of sol diers, sailors and members of the American Protective Association to make arrests. In a letter to President Wilson, made public, the attorney general said the latter practice which was criticized so severely in the Senate last week, was illegal, ill-judged, and without his authority, but was prompted by "ex- cess of zeal for the public good." BOSTON WINS 1918 PENNANT Chicago Cubs Are Defeated in Sixth Game of Series. Fenway Park, Boston. Sept. 13. The Boston Red Sox are the non essential world's series champions of 1918. They defeated the Chicago Cubs by a score of 2 to 1 in a hot game which was replete with fine fielding plays. Flack's error in the third erased the National league cham pions from the world series picture, the last to be shown on the baseball screen until the great war is over. The score by innings: Chicago 0 0 0 10000 01 Boston 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 x2 BatteriesChicago, Tyler and Kille fer Boston, Mays and Schang. USING "ORANGE" GAS BOMBS Germans Throw New Missiles Into British Lines. With the British Armies in France, Sept. 13. Just before the British launched their attack on enemy trenches northwest of Peizeire, below Gouzeaucourt, the Germans for the first time employed a new kind of projectile in an effort to drive the New Zealand troops from nearby posi tions. The projectiles, which were about the size of oranges, were fired at short range in salvos of from 200 to 300 each. These projectiles burst into flame as they hit the ground, and gave off gas. Minerals Bill Passed. Washington, Sept. 13.With niinor amendments the bill providing govern ment stimulation of production and distribution of minerals needed in the prosecution of the war, was passed by the Senate without a record vote. A similar measure has passed the House and differences now will be ad justed in conference. Japanese Riveter Held. Chicago. Sept. 13.With little more than a week in which to dispose of the cases of nine I. W. W. members held in connection with the federal building bombing here, officers re newed the search for evidence. A tenth member of the I. W. W. waa in custody with the apprehension of G. T. Toahihara, Japanese riveter. Yoshlhara was here at the recent trial in which 93 I. W. W. were con victed of war obstruction plotting, and returned to Chicago after sentence was passed. His story will be investigated. THE TOMAHAWK. WHITE EARTH, MINN. OLD GLORY ON GERMAN TERRITORY This French official photograph shows American and French officers salut- ing the American colors in Alsace. JURY CONVICTS EOCENE V. DEBS Found Guilty at Cleveland on Three Counts of Violating Espionage Act. DEFENDANT IS CALM Four Times Candidates of the Social ist Party for President Faces Maximum Penalty of Twenty Years in Prison. Cleveland, Sept. 13.A federal jury here found guilty Eugene V. Deebs, four times candidate of the Socialist party for president, charged with vio lating the espionage act. Talking to newspapermen after the verdict, Debs said: "It Is all right, I have no complaint to make. It will come out all right in God's good time." Of the original 10 counts of the in dictment but four remained when the Jury retired to consider the evidence. The verdict found him guilty of three, not guilty of one. He was found guilty of attempting to incite insubordination, disloyalty, mutiny or refusal of duty in the military and naval forces attempting to obstruct recruiting and uttering language tend ing to incite, provoke and encourage resistence to the United States and pro-mote the cause of the enemy. The count on which he was adjudged innocent charged that he opposed the cause of the United States. Judge's Charge Suits Both Sides. Counsel for bcth sides said that they considered Judge Westenhaver's in structions fair. They were exhaustive and couched in simple language and delivered in a kindly manner, required one and a half hours. He made no comment on the evidence, which, pre sented by the government, was af firmed by the defendant, but assured the jury that the espionage act was wholly valid. When it was announced that the jury was ready to report the crush be came great. Mrs. Rose Pastor Stokes, herself under conviction on a similar charge, came inside the railing for the first time. Previously, at Debs' request, she had remained hidden in the body of the audience. Mrs. Stokes and Debs Hold Hands. She drew her chair beside his and into her hands he slipped one of'his own, where It remained -while the clerk was reading the verdict and polling the jury. She had expected an adverse verdict from the first, admit ting it to her friends. Nor was it a surprise to Debs. In his address to the jury he said he had not one word to retract and 'rather went out of his way to accept the damaging St. Louis anti-war platform. The maximum penalty is 20 years' imprisonment and a fine of 110,000 on each count. Debs was Indicted for violation of the espionage act as an outgrowth of remarks he is alleged to have made in an address on June 16 before the state convention of the Ohio Socialist party at Canton, Ohio. AUSTRIAN TRENCHES RAIDED Britiah Troops Inflict Serious Casual ties on Enemy. Rome, Sept. 13.British troops raided the Austro-Hungarlan positions on the Asiaga plateau of the mountain front and inflicted considerable losses on the enemy, according to the official statement issued by the Italian war office. Formaldehyde Fume* Foil Bandits. Kankakee, 111., Sept 13.A small bottle of formaldehyde accidently placed in the vanlt of the Farmers' State bank at Buckingham saved thou sands of dollars when bandits at tempted to reach the safe within the vanlt. The robbers blew open the door of the outer vault, the force of the explosion bursting the bottle of formaldehyde. The fumes which re sulted were so intense that the robbers were unable to get to the safe. Twenty two safety deposit boxes were broken into. NAVAL BASE SEIZED German Property in Virgin Islands Is Taken Over. Steamship Line Holdings Are Said to Have Concrete Gun Em placements. Washington, Sept. 13.Alien Prop erty Custodian Palmer has seized a potential German naval, base in the Virgin islands at St. Thomas and it will be used for the needs of the American navy and customs depart ment. The base consists of land, buildings, docks, warehouses, large water tanks and cisterns, lighters, loading para phernalia and coaling facilities, for merly owned by the Hamburg line. Mr. Palmer said Germany considered that the marine plant admitted of pos sibilities as a naval base, as. "was shown by the fact that their principal building commanding the harbor is of reinforced concrete and the plaza in front of it is said to have an eight foot foundation of concrete, fit for gun emplacements. After the United States acquired the island from Denmark and when it ap peared that it would declare war on Germany, Mr. Palmer said, the Ham burg-American line agent, who also was the German consul, "sold" the plant to the line's lawyer, a Danish citizen named Jorgensen. The sole consideration mentioned was a note for $210,000, which Jor gensen was said to have given the German company. This note was pay able three months after date and re newable every three months until after the war and bore no interest, Mr. Palmer said. WORST OVER, GEORGE AVERS British Premier Declares Real Allied Victory Certain. Manchester, Eng., Sept. 13."Noth- ing but heart failure on the part of the British nation can prevent our achieving a real victory," said Premier Lloyd George. "The worst is over," he declared. "The news now is distinctly good really good," he said. "The tunnel is long and there are some steep grad ients still to be climbed, but it is get ting shorter. "The casualties in the latest ad vance were less than one-fifth those suffered in the advance of 1916. The main difference between 1916 and 1918 is the unity of command." PEASANTS J0JN WITH RIOTERS Enter Petrograd and Are Joined by Population. London, Sept. 13.Russian peasants who revolted against the bolshevik government a few days ago are re ported to have entered Petrograd and to have been joined by a large part of the population, says a dispatch from Copenhagen to the Central News Agen cy. Severe fighting Is proceeding in the city and fires have broken out at some places. DIVER BOMBARDS LIFEBOATS Sinks Norwegian Vessel and Kills Captain and Five Men. Christiania, Sept. 13.A survivor of the torpedoed Norwegian ship Eglan tine, arriving at Bergen, declared the vessel was sunk without warning. The Huns shelled the lifeboats. Tha captain and five of the crew died from wounds and the mate went Insane. Christiania newspapers declared the U-boat brutality has surpassed all limits. Approves Lord liner's Letter. London, Sept. 13.Commenting on Lord Mutter's letter urging no let-up in American troop movements to Europe, the London Globe said the war sec retary was well qualified to make a statement on so vital a subject. "Lord Milner has done well In scotching a doubtless well-intentioned bnt miser ably mischievous estimate of the sit uation." the paper said. "Every ounce of weight the Allies can throw in against the Boche must be thrown In, and the process most continue until too enemy Is beaten.'' I YANKEES START 8IG OFFENSIVE First Drive Under Direct Com mand of Pershing Begins Be tween Verdun and Metz. TEN VILLAGES TAKEN Americans Intensely Eager and Fight ing MagnificentlyAttack Preceded by Four-Hour Barrage Fire Allies Have Air Supremacy. London, Sept. 13.The Ameri can first army under command of General Pershing is in action against the Germans on a 20-mile front on the famous St. Mihiel salient in Lorraine, which has stood aa a sharp wedge in the French line southeast of Verdun since the beginning of the war. In the preliminary, thrust, ground was gained on both sides of the triangle and also at its apex at St. Mihiel and at last accounts the Americans, with whom some French troops are brigaded, were fast sweeping acroas the salient in an effort to close the mouth of the big pocket before the Germans can extricate themselves from the perilous position they are in as a result of the suddenness of the blow and the element of surprise it carried with it. With the Americans on the Metz Front, Sept. 13.Between the Meuse and Moselle rivers the Americans have started their first big offensive. The attack was carried out by the First army under the direct command of General J. J. Pershing. On the early advance the Americans captured 10 villages. i The French, are assisting toward the right and also toward the left. This dispatch is filed from the St. Mihiel salient. The region of the Meuse and the Moselle is on the Toul front, before the important fortress of Metz, in German Lorraine. This is the point where the American concentration has been on for months. The American line is within two or three miles of the German border. At some points the line actually touches the Lorraine line. The battlefront is approximately 15 miles from Metz. Tanks Manned by Yanks. More than 100 tanks manned by Americans aided in smashing the pow erful concrete reinforced first line of the enemy, in the region of St. Baus sant (12 miles east of St. Mihiel). The tanks drove forward at sunrise, be hind a dense smoke screen. The town of Montsec (seven miles east of St. Mihiel) was kept shrouded in a smoke screen all morning long to prevent effective German observa tion. The Allies have complete supremacy of the air. The Germans now are falling back on the fronts on each side of the St. Mihiel salient. The American attack was preceded by a barrage lasting four hours. American infantry attacked behind a heavy rolling barrage timed to go forward 100 yards every 40 minutes. The Americans are intensely eager and fighting magnificently. American and French troops today began an offensive on a 20-mile front in Lorraine near the German border. The movement evidently is aimed pri marily at the elimination of the fa mous St. Mihiel salient, which for more than four years has projected into the Allied line southeast of Ver dun. Attack on Both Sides. The attacks were launched on both sides of the salient on a 12-mile front on the south and an eight-mile front on the westerly side. The assaults were progressing favorably at the lat est reports. A barrage lasting several hours pre ceded the thrust. Heavy concentra tions of French and'American artil lery and airplanes had been effected. The fire poured In on the Germans from the Allied guns was a terrible one, while the German reply on the whole was weak. The St. Mihiel salient Is nearly 20 miles wide at its mouth, from Fresnes, 12 miles southeast of Verdun, to Pont a Mousson, and somewhat more than 15 miles in depth with ita apex just to the southwest of St. Mihiel. It was driven Into the French line In a sud den German eruption southeast of Verdun early In the fall oM914. Former Senator Blackburn Dies. Washington, Sept 13.Joseph C. S. Blackburn, former senator from Ken tucky and in recent years resident commissioner of the Lincoln Memorial commission, died at his home here. He was stricken shortly after arising with a reoccurence of heart attacks, from which he was a chronic sufferer. Disloyal Placards Appear. New York, 8epL 13.The appear ance of disloyal placards urging oppo sition to the new draft in Harlem re sulted in the institution of a search by police and Department of Justice men for their authors. The posters were found on windows, billboards and scattered in the streets. 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Q. by car to some vantage point, from which he sees what he can of the action and, even were visibility perfect, un der conditions of modern war he could only hope to witness a tiny corner of the battlepicks up what facts he can at brigade, divisional, corps or army headquarters, and from the "walking wounded," who begin to stream down from the front within an hour of "zero," studies his maps, and makes his notes. Morning papers go to press early these days. So in the early aft ernoon he Is whirled homeward, maybe through shell Are, fifty, sixty or sev enty miles, and then only,' at the end of a long, exhausting day, his work proper, begins. He must sit down and write promptly a clear and comprehen sive account of the day's doings, graphic if possible, as complete as may be, yet containing nothing that in fringes on censorship rules. It Is a task demanding the utmost concentra tion from a mind and body already* fatigued. Said It First. "Did you tell the landlord yen were going to move?" "No. He's the one who broke the news." Many a man who meanders around tiie free-lunch route daily, likes to bo seen entering a first-class hotel. Neighborly sympathy often turns out to be about nine-tenths cariosity. POST TOASTIES corn food ought iobo andstsvts tht wheal BBSBSSSSBSBBBl