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U-BOAT IS REPORTED SUNK
BY DESTROYER NEAR CAPES
Bib U.S. CONVOY ATTACKED
HUN RAIDER MAY
HAVE BEEN SUNK
BY U. S. WARSHIP
Crew of Destroyer Returning
From Search in High Spirits.
But They Won't Say a Word
About It.
ANOTHER U-BOAT STILL HERE
Chases Stenmer Laden With
Food to Race Back to Port.
Ten Craft Sunk Off U. S. Coast
This Week.
An Atlantic Port. June 8. An un
confirmed report In shipping circles
here today was to the effect that a
German U-boat had either been cap
tured or sunk off the Virginia coast
some time during yesterday by a
United States destroyer.
A destroyer which had been patrol
ling the Atlantic coast in this vicinity
returned to port today. Members of
the crew were In high spirits but re
fused to say a word regarding their
operations.
U-Boat Chases Ship Into V. S. Port,
An Atlantic Port. June 8. An
American steamer loaded with food
stuffs put back to port here today and
reported she had been chased by a
submarine. The ship's captain was
said to have requested the naval au
thorities to arm his vessel that he
nileht proceed again.
The captain is said to have told
naval officers that the submarine was
sighted off the Virginia capes, and be
fore torpedoes could be dispatched
with any accuracy of aim the steam
ship turned toward this port, leaving
the submarine behind.
Sank 10 Ships This Week Near V. S.
New Yo-k. June 8. Ten vessels, to
taling sl.ghtly more vhan 22,200 tons
were lost as a result of German sub
marine activities in American waters
during the week endir.g June 8. ac
cording to unofficial figures com
piled iere.
During the week ending June 1,
approximately 3,130 tons were des
troyed. One of the biggest ships sunk was
the New York and Porto Rico liner,
Carolina. The Herbert L. Pratt,
tanker of 7,200 tons, was damaged by
a mine or torpedo, but was brought
Into port after sinking in shallow
waters.
These figures include the Norwegian
ship Vineland, 1,143 tons, the last
one officially reported lost.
U-Boat Toll of Dead, 13.
The toll of life so far as known, to
tals thirteen, all from the Carolina.
In addition, a number of ships have
been reported attacked unsuccess
fully. T7-Boat on Maine Coast,
Blddeford, Me., June 8. The com
mander of the lightship seven miles
off Bidderford Pool today reported a
German submarine near his vessel.
Several members of the lightship's
crew saw the U-boat. The lightship
has been ordered to put into Portland,
Me.
Florida Has U-Boat Scare.
Jacksonville, Fla., June 8. Enemy
submarines are operating off the east
coast of Florida, according to reports
received here today.
The captain of a passenger steamer
who sought safety in a harbor near
here last night, declares that he
sighted a periscope some miles off
Mayport, Fla.
Fearing attack from hostile craft,
lights in Mayport were dimmed last
night and all shipping was ordered
into the St. Johns river.
Coastwise craft in this vicinity
have been ordered under heavy con
voy. NEWlAlESTO IN
Three Cent Rail Fares Begin
Sunday Night.
Administration Refuses Pleas
to D'ay Advance.
Washington, June 8. New passen
ger rates of three cents a mile will go
Into effect Sunday midnight, despite
plans to suspend or modify them. It
was officially stated today that pas
sengers enroute to destinations at that
time will be carried according to terms
of their tickets as originally pur
chased, except that stopovers will not
be permitted at the old rates. Return
stubs of round-trip tickets purchased
before then also will be honored.
Mileage books will not be recog
nized, hut unused portions will be re
deemed at the rate of the original
chsrge.
TWO MILLION HAVE T. B.
"TpcTts Pctcsi Ravages of the White
Plague.
Boston Mass.. June 8. Two mil
lion peon In the United States are
suffering jrom tuberculosis, according
to statist.' read at today's session of
me Ann' .tuberculosis association.
U-BOATS ATTACK
TROOP SHIPS BUT
DO NO DAMAGE
Convoy Carried U. S. Soldiers
and Red'ross Workers.
Attacked as They Neared the
English Coast.
DESTROYERS WERE ON THE JOB
Drove Plungers Under Before
They Could Harm Ships.
U-Boats Sighted Twice in the
Submarine Zone.
London, June 6, (Thursday). Ger
man submarines were foiled In their
attempts against a convoy which in
cluded ships carrying American troops
and American Red Cross workers ac
cording to the Rev. Father Joseph
Wareing of Baltimore, one of the Red
Cross party and who arrived in Lon
don yesterday. The protecting des
troyers got into action quickly on two
occasions last Sunday, but Rev. Ware
ing did not know whether any sub
marines had been sunk.
To the Associated Press, Rev. Father
Wareing, who had a trying experience
following the torpedoing of the British
steamer Laconia in February, 1917,
said:
"Soon after we reached the danger
zone our convoy was attacked by
German submarines and for a few
minutes I thought I was in for an
other experience of the same kind as
I had on the Laconia.
Carried Biff V. S. Force.
"Fifteen depth charges were
dropped into the nest of German sub
marines. Whether any submarines
were sunk I cannot say for we were
on a fast ship and enveloped in
smoke, but I know we did not lose a
single ship. Our convoy - carried a
large number of American troops I
cannot tell you how many."
Still In Northern Waters.
Newport R. I., June 8. Captain
Parker, of the steamer Westerner, de
clared today his ship was attacked by
a submarine, 100 miles off Nantucket
shoals last Thursday. Naval patrol
boats appeared and the U-boat, van
ished. In mid-ocean, Parker said,
another submarine chased him but he
was too fast for it.
IN ECLIPSE TODAY
Kansas in Path of Event Rarely
Seen in America.
Next Total Eclipse Here Will
Be in 2017.
Ninety per cent of the normal sun
light In Kansas will be shut off
this afternoon between hours of 5:22
and 6:28 o'clock, when the moon will
pass between the sun and the earth.
In some parts of the country the
eclipse will be total.
The total eclipse of the sun takes
place when the lunar shadow actually
reaches the earth. While the moon
passes eastward, approaching grad
ually the point where it is exactly be
tween us and the sun, steadily the
darkness deepens as more and more
sunlight is withdrawn. Then quite
suddenly the darkness of late twi
light comes on, when the moon
reaches just the point where the
moon first shuts off completely the
light of the. sun. At that instant the
solar corona flashes out and the total
eclipse begins.
Shadow Passes Rapidly.
The observer is then within the
umbra and totality lasts only so long
as he remains within it. As &n aver
age, the umbra will require leM than
three minutes to pass by any one
place, but the extreme length of a
total solar eclipse is nearly eight
minutes.
Those who will be lucky enough to
"make the Journey to any of the towns
over which the shadow of the eclipse
will appear will do well to get as near
the center of the favored zone as pos
sible. It will not be necessary to take
a telescope, but a smoked or dark
glass can be used to advantage to watch
the progress of the moon in its pre
II .nary phase, the glass should be
discarded as soon as the totality ar
rives. 100 Years Until Next Eclipse In U. S.
Not until 2017 will another total
solar eclipse be visible over so large
an area of this country, and it is rare
that an eclipse track anywhere in the
world offers so great a choice of ac
cessible sites for observing the eclipse.
The solar eclipse of today began at
sunrise at Borodino Islands, south of
Japan, and Is visible as a partial
eclipse jj. southeastern Asia, in the
Arctic ani North Pacific oceans and
thruout North America. It passes
thru the United States and ends at the
Bahama Islands.
It is known the Chinese hold the
credit of possessing the very firt rec
ord of a solar eclipse which occurred
in 21 J6 B. C. x Another eclipse, -hat of
685 B. C, was foretold by the Greek
astronomer. Thales of Miletus, and
thus was the fi.-st one prophesied by
a European.
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MORGAN MEN ARE
GETTING IN DEEP
WATER, IT SEEMS
Claim of Capper Alliance Used
In Parts of State.
Some of Governor's Friends Do
Not Like the Scheme.
ARE ASKING WHAT'S WHAT
They See Danger in Fake to
Their Senatorial Candidate.
Allen, Troutman and Brewster
Men Make Kick.
Ambitious and somewhat over
zealous friends of W. Y. Morgan, of
Hutchinson, have recently opened
some very extensive veins of trouble
in Kansas politics. In a rather fran
tic effort to give the Hutchinson man
a rather established position in the
governorship fight, Morgan's friends
have busily circulated reports of a
Capper - Morgan conblnation. And
that little report may keep more peo
ple awake these summer nights than
the noise of the growing Kansas corn
crop.
For some weeks these stories of deals
and combinations and amalgamations
have been slipping back to Topeka.
In a good many instances they have
been rather beneficial to the Morgan
interests, but quite disastrious to the
Capper organization. Just at this time
Capper's friends are more concerned
with the selection of an easy and di
rect route to the United States senate
than In the nomination of Morgan for
governor. None the less the Morgan
workers have assumed and presumed
a combination of interests that have
not only occasioned trouble for Cap
per, but threaten nightmare for the
Morgan interests.
Carefully Pick Territory.
Morgan's friends carefully selected
the route which their candidate would
take In the governorship race. They
decided to run him as the second sec
tion of the Capper special. As a con
sequence a plan was hatched at the
Kansas Day club gathering which sent
certain persons into the state with a
report that the Capper-Morgan slate
was the proper thing. These stories
were used extensively in strong Cap
per territory but were just as care
fully forgotten in the counties where
Scott or Stubbs or Brlstow seemed to
have the stronger following. In these
counties the ir.formation was gen
erally spread to the effect that "Mor
gan maintained a strict neutrality con-c-rning
each and every senatorial can
didate. In the strong Capper counties the
stories of Capper-Morgan combination
proved somewhat beneficial to the
Morgan interests, according to stories
sent to Topeka. The Morgan workers
smilingly looked at the matter in the
light that reports of an honorable
amalgamation with a formidable sena
torial candidate could do no harm to
Morgan. But it didn't follow that all
of the Capper supporters were for
Morgan. Ard right there the long
days of trouble began. A good many
men and women who held a decided'
preference for Governor Capper for
senator, didn't relish the idea that
their senatorial choice Bhould dictate
their choice for other state offices.
Especially distasteful was the idea
that a governor should seek to name
his successor. So the revolt began
to gain strength. Anti-Morgan voters
who favored Capper began a new
process of political reasoning.
Capper Has a Say.
Then it was that Governor Capper
called his appointees and workers to
gether. He made it clear that he
didn't want to dictate any appointee's
choice for governor, but any attempt
at a combination wasn't appreciated.
In short he welcomed all the aid his
appointees might give, but he ardently
discouraged amalgamation with a can
didate for another office.
Reports of this statement went to
the country precincts. The earnest
Capper friends learned of the decep
tion. They became aware of an at
tempt by the Morgan interests to
capitalize their senatorial candidate's
popularity for Morgan's own gain. In
short. Morgan, with little to give, had
taken m-ich. And against this ef
fort to gobble the Capper strength in
the stronger Capper counties, Mor
gan's friends evaded the responsibility
of a Capper combination in anti-Capper
territory by playing a neutral
game.
Recently friends of Morgan have
gone into various localities with Mor
gan for governor posters. There they
have sought to carry out the deception
by nailing a Morgan poster on every
post or building which carries a Cap
per for senator lithograph. In scores
of railway stations, the practice has
been followed. '
Voters Are Curious.
Now the country districts are send
ing some rather earnest reports to
Topeka. They are asking flat, short,
snappy questions. The Allen and
Troutman and Brewster supporters
want to know about the combination
which Morgan's friends have assumed.
And each looks to Governor Capper
for an answer. On the other hand,
hundreds of Governor Capper's friends
make but slight efforts to conceal re
sentment toward the Morgan cam
paign forces whiPh deceived Capper's
friends into acceptance of the fake
combination story.
KANSAN IS WOUNDED
Andrew C. Crane-re of Clifton In Cas
ualty List Today.
General Pershing's casualty 11st sent
from France by cable today an
nounces the injury of Andrew C. Cra
nere of Clifton, Kan. He Is Injured
slightly. ,
British War Cabinet to Meet.
- London. June 8. The Imperial war
cabinet conference, announced some
time ago will be held shortlv. It was
announced today. Attending will he
representatives from Canada. Austra
lia, New Zealand. South Africa, New
foundland and India,
RUSS SHOW SIGN
OF TAKING PART
WISH U. S, WELL
Moscow Chamber of Commerce
Sends Message to Wilson.
Hope for Complete Defeat of
Prussian Autocracy.
ALLIES TO ENCOURAGE RUSS
.
State Definitely Plans for Res-
. toratlon of Russia.
German Treachery Awakening
. Rebelllor- Spirit.
Washington, June 8. Hope for a
complete victory over Germany -is ex
pressed in a communication received
by President Wilson today from the
Russian-American chamber of com
merce at Moscow. The Russian peo
ple, it is declared, rely on the eco-
HOW ALLIES'
CM.t eX.Wll.lS
nomic support of the allies for the. re
construction of the power of Russia. .
Definite Promises to Russ.
London, June 8. The entente allies
have a great opportunity for a com
bined diplomatic offensive with a view
to explaining to Russia and the Aus
trian Slavs what an allied victory will
mean for them, in the opinion of the
Daily Express. The newspaper calls
upon the allies to translate vague
references of self determination Into
concrete terms and to let their pro
nouncement appear above the signa
ture of the United States as well as
the European allies.
"The German jackboot is heavy and
the foot within it is ruthless and vig
orous. The foot stamps and the boot
grinds, but men are sometimes made
of hard metal. The crushing may be
incomplete and may stimulate resent
ment sooner than subjection," the Ex
press says. These reflections are sug
gested by the present conditions in
Russia and Austria, it continues. "The
better the details of the Brest-Litovsk
treaty are understood, the more gen
eral is Russia's discontent and hos
tility." REVEAL. HUN HOPE
Von Reventlow Says U-Boats
Will Force uJ'S. Fleet Horned
German Papers Predict Sinking
of Transports Near U..S.
London, June 8. Count von Revent
low, foremost German advocate of
"f rightfulness," believes the subma
rine operations in. the western Atlan
tic will force the United States to
withdraw Its chief naval forces to de
fend its coast. The German press sees
in it a close connection with the west
front offensive 'thru the possible tor
pedoing of American transports.
"The submarine attack on America
means the holding of the American
navy in home waters," von Revent
low declared, according to advices re
ceived today from The Hague.
Says It Cannot Fall.
"This attack on America cannot
fail, as others have," the Cologne Ga
zette said. "We can picture great suc
cesses as the result of thla offensive
gainst America. They have not had
experience and they apparently have
sent their best 'destroyers to Europe.
"It is a campaign against prolonga
tion of the war by America," said the
Nord Deutsch Allgemeine. "It is con
nected with the west front offensive."
To Watch r. S. Harbors.
The newspaper admits it is hard to
attack American transport in the open
sea. but thinks more favorable results
will be obtained as the result of sub
marines operating near the harbors
on the American side of the Atlantic.
HUNS GLOAT OVER
KILLING PATIENTS
IN R. C. HOSPITAL
Boast They Bombed Mercy
'' Bases Behind U. S. Lines.
Surgeon Performing Operation
. Killed, Berlin Says.
NURSES AND BABIES KILLED!
Red Cross Signs Made Glaring
Targets for Yultures.
Savagery Shown in Bulletin Al
most Unbelievable.
Washington, June 8. Under the
heading "not wholly Imaginary." the
Red Cross bulletins will contain the
following "dispatch" this month:
. "Berlin, June 6. The official state
ment from German general head
quarters: . "There were successful raids on Red
RESERVES CHECKED HUNS; DAILY CHANGE IN MAIN
BATTLE LINE
Cross hospitals behind the American
lines in Picardy on ' the 29th ult.
Enemy nurses were compelled to re
tire to cellars and caves, carrying such
of their wounded patients as they were
able to save. Civilians and babies in
surrounding houses met sanguinary
losses from the bombs of our airmen.
Red Cross Signs Targets,
"On the morning of the 30th press
ing our great successes earlier in the
week when hospitals back of the Brit
ish lines were bombed with losses
among staffs and patients of many
scores, we attacked a Canadian hospi
tal. Large Red Cross signs made the
target plain for our unerring bomb
ers. An American surgeon, perform
ing an operation, was among the
killed.
"On the night of the 8 1st our gal
lant airmen made a surprise attack
on British hospitals which had been
bombed on the 19th, inflicting severe
losses on sisters and patients and re
tiring to base without casualty.
' Aim Was Good.
"The aim of our heroic flyers was
made certain by a flare lighted by an
imperial ace at great personal risk.
"While attacking" hospitals at Vil-lers-Cotterets,
where five women
nurses and canteeners were killed,
German aviators were treacherously
fired upon by French aces. Five
German machines were maliciously
destroyed."
MORE SURPRISES
Prussians' Promise Fresh Blows
at Allied Linesl
Say Americans Will Be Called
on Again for Help.
' The Hague, June 8. "The allies
will again be surprised and will be
forced to call on the Americans for
help," Von Salzmunn declared in the
Vossische Zeitung, according to copies
received here today.-
congonaTbaILIe
Annual Republican-Democratic Con
test Funds to Red Cross.
Washington. June 8. Cares imposed
by the war were to be laid aside for
a time today by members of the
house of representatives as the Re
publicans and Democrats met in the
annual congressional baseball game
at the Washington American league
park. Claims issued early today by
managers of the - rival teams indi
cated that the yearly game would lose
none of. Its interest because of the
war: -
Funds derived from admissions will
be turned over to the Red Cross.
Speaker Clark and former Speaker
Cannon were selected as honorary
umpires.
SHOE SALESMAN
KILLS HIMSELF
WITH A RAZOR!
George Fetcher Found Dead by
Wife This Morning. .
Death Gash Almost Severed
Head From Body.
HAD FINANCIAL REVERSES
111 Health Also Thought to
Have Been Cause.
Home Life Was All That Could
Be Desired.
Financial reverses, coupled with ill
health, are said to have been the mo
tives which lead George Fetcher, a
salesman at the Boston Shoe Store, to
take his own life at his home. 60s W.
Sixth street, at an early hour this
morning, by cutting his throat with
a razor.
Fetcher was 40 years old and had
been in the employe of the Boston
Shoe Store, 614 Kansas avenue, for
about ten years. He had resided in
Topeka for over twenty years, pre
vious to which he had lived at Alma.
He is survived by his wife and a. 3-year-old
son. Harold.
Wife Found Him Dead. j
Mrs. Fetcher said that they retired
about 10 o'clock Friday night and
tnat -aDout s:su tms morning sne
awakened and noticed that Fetcher
was absent - from the bed. Seeing a
light in the bath room and thinking it
strange that he should be up at that
hour, Mrs. Fetcher said she went and
opened the door, to find her husband
lying dead on the floor. Dr. O. F.
Marcotte, county coroner, was sum
moned and the body taken to Shella
barger's undertaking establishment.
It was said that the man's head was
almost severed from his body.
No one acquainted with Fetcher
can advance any theory as to the mo
tive -for the deed except that he had
apparently been worried over financial
affairs. Walter Henderson, . who
worked with Fetcher, said that the
man had lost money in a real estate
deal about a year ago and that since
that time luck had seemed to break
against him at every turn.
Used Insurance Money.
Henderson stated that he understood
Fetcher bad drawn heavily on old
line insurance policies of late to make
up for losses in real estate deals, but
supposed that his father, Henry
Fetcher, a wealthy Wabaunsee county
farmer, had assisted him to a certain
extent.
Fetcher's home life was said to be
a picture of happiness and it is
thought impossible that any domestic
unrest could have- had any bearing in
the case.
Clerks at the shoe store said that
they had noticed a change in Fetcher's
mental state' during the last few
months and that he had grown de
spondent and melancholy. It had be
come his custom, they said, to sit in
the rear of the store In his spare time.
aeep in" tnougnt, wnereas he had
heretofore been alert and active, talk
ing and Joking, with his fellow clerks.
TO WATCH MISS LUSK
Physicians Will Report to Court on
, Bar Mental Condition.
Waukesha. Wis.. June 8. Judge
Martin Luec . today notified the cir
cuit clerk of his appointment of allen
: ts to obse ve Grace Lusk. who Is be
lieved to have become Insane since a
Jury found her guilty of the murder of
Mrs. Mary Newman Roberts.
Dr. Harry E. Bradley, Dr. Richard
Dewey and Dr.' Albert Sauthoff will
make bservatiens and report to the
court June 18. If if Is Lusk is not
found insane Judge Lueck will pass
sentence upon her.
s
MARINES AGAIN DRIVE AT
GERMANS-WIN MORE HUNS
GEN. PERSHING AT CANTIGNY
PERSHING WAS AT
CANTIGNYTOSEE
YANKS IN ACTION
U. S. Commander in Chief Per
gonal Charge of Operation.
HALTED HUNS AT VITAL POINT
Senate Committee Gets Inside
rews of First Victory.
Situation Satisfactory at 'All
Points, Say U. S. Experts.
Washington, June 8. General
Pershing, commander-in-chief of the
American forces abroad, personally
directed the attack that resulted In the
capture of Cantlgny, a few days, the
senate military affairs committee was
told today at the meeting of the war
council.
And at the same time it was reveal
ed that the Americans topped the Ger
man advance Just In time. A few miles
additional gain by Hindenburg at that
point and some of the French muni
tion factories would have been within
reach of the German long range guns.
. The village was taken by the Ameri
cans. Ma 28, and all German attempts
to recapture it have been in vain. -
Pershing's resencn at Cantlgny
shows the victory there bore the
trademaik "made in America" from
the commandirg officer down to the
rookie.
Situation b Favorable.
The. general situation now on the
west front is favora ble, . the senate
committee was told. The German at
tack was virtually stopped in six days.
Fighting during the last week has
either been to the advantage of the
allies or without advantage to either
side, committee members learned. .
Ordnance production in this country
is greatly Improved now. A number
of heavy Browning guns are being
'turned ouU.lt -mM. said. . .;.
' French In At Locre. - "
. With the British Army In France,
June 8. Locre Hospice, which the
Germans captured on- Wednesday
night, was retaken by the French yes
terday, v They battled their way to
this much-contested position and com
pletely re-established their original
line.
The French have thus removed a
more or less serious threat 'to the vil
lage of Loere. which itself is an im
portant defense for Mont Rouge and
other hills lying Immediately to the
west. The Hospice lies only about 600
yards southeast of Locre, and is on
rising ground which is but slightly
lower than the site of the village. The
enemy nas long coveted Locre. and
retention of the Hospice would give
him a good Jumping off place for
another assault in the long list which
he has delivered against the village.
German Gnns Active. .
There were heavy bursts of shelling
from German guns at various points
along the British front last night, but
no unusual operations have been re
ported. -
SEA DRiVESOON
German Grand Fleet Shows
Signs of Coming Out.
Ordered to Get Ready to Sail
. All Officers Are Recalled.
Milan, Italy, June 8. Reports are
in circulation here that the German
admiralty is preparing a huge naval
stroke against the allies.
Orders are said to have been given
the high fleet officers to be in readi
ness to move. Numerous high Ger
man naval officer have been recalled
from Switzerland and all leaves are
said to have been suspended.
SKIES ARE CLEAR
Topekans Will "ive Good View
of the Eclipse.
Warmer Temperatures Weath
er Program Tonight.
Today's Temperatures.
7 o'clock 67111 o'clock...... (8
8 o'clock 80112 o'clock 70
o'clock. .... .841 1 o'clock. .... .72
10 o'clock 6 8 o'clock.-. .... 78
Meteorologist Flora announced this
! feared would obscure the sun eclipse
this afternoon had practically all
cleared away and that Indications were
Topekans would have as good a view
of the phenomena aa is possible to be
obtained this far away from the total
eclipse. The time of the eclipse, Mr.
Flora said, has been - reckoned ac
cording to the present time system
and the time given will be the time
by the clocks. - - '
The wind was blowing 8 miles an
hour from the southeast this after
noon. .The average temperature for
the day was t degrees below normal.
Mr. Flora had early announced to
day that Topekans might be able to
observe the sun eclipse this afternoon
but that he was afraid a veil of clouds
would obscure the phenomena that
people of this generation will not be
able to see again. He said it was pos-
. ICeauanrl oa Page TweJ
MARINES STILL '
GOING-BEAT OFF
ENEMY ATTACKS
U. S. Soldiers of the Sea Con
tinue Their Victorious March.
Clear Huns From Wood and
Take' Prisoners.
REPULSE THREE HUN ATTACKS
Germans Used Gas Shells and
Then Charged at Yankees.
Stopped Before They Beached
Line Held by Marines.
BT LOWELL MELLETT.
With the American armies la
France, June 8 (4 p. m.) American
marines and adjoining units again
drove forward northwest of Chateau
Thierry today. German counter-attacks
were blocked by the American
advance
Artillery fire, which had been inces
sant along Belleau wood thruout the
night, Increased violently abou894 a.
m. At that moment the right wing of
the marines attacked In the south part
of the wood, where the Germans had
retained & foothold. The success ef
this attack has not fully reported, al
tho numerous prisoners have been
sent back.
Indications, are that the Americans
eliminated the enemy north of sunk
en road between Torcy and Belleau (a
front of about mile.)
Easily Stopped Hun Attack.
At 12:80 the enemy attempted to
advance. Their infantry was sup
ported by artillery and machine guna
and their attack was preceded by a
barrage of gas shells and clouds of
poisonous smoke. - :
- The marines donned their gas masks
and stopped them four hundred yards
from the trenches, with artillery and
rifle fire.
At the same time, the boches at
tacked an adjoining unit, losing a
hundred men and suffering a complete
repulse.- The American loss was smalt.
Marines Retain Bouresches. -
Less than an hour later the Ger
mans attacked the marines who are
holding Bouresches (two mTies south
east of the previous attack against
the marines.) The marines who had
been strengthened during the night,'
repulsed the enemy with sanguinary
losses.
t Advanced Half Mile.
Earlier In the night the Americans
attacked at the right of Torcy. ad
vancing half a kilometer (a third of a
mile) and holding their, gain. The
Americans found the ground covered
with unburied Germans, as well as
many new graves marked by German
helmets. Here the Germans had dug
in, but were ousted.
Germans Get Reinforcement.
There are evidences that the Ger
man elements are again receiving
fresh reinforcements in an effort to
hold the Americans.
Americans Hold All Gains.
With the Americans on the Marne,.
June 8. American troops, co-oper&t-ing
with the French this mornln hold
all gains of the last two days' fight
ing on a ten-mile front northwest of
Chateau-Thierry. There is a tem
porary lull as this la cabled, but the
battle threatens to break out anew at
any moment. The Americana and
French now hold a line extending
from northwest of Vlnly, thru Bus
stares and Belleau to southeast of
Bouresches. This represents an ad
vance ranging from less than a mil
at some points to nearly three mile
at other points.
The American advance adds anoth
er chapter to the accomplishment of
our troops, which are playing the role
of General Galllenu's famous "taxi
cab army" In this second battle of the
Marne.
The official report of the command
ing general reveals the fate Is fully
as impressive as first reported.
Arrived at a Critical Time.
Receiving orders to move from th4
region of Gisors at E p. m. on May 80,
they departed by rail and motor truck.
At 6.80 a. m. the next day, the first
(Continued on Pegs Two.J
FOR PROTECTION OF PARIS
Defense Committee) Taking; An ITea.
. eesary Steps.
Paris, June 8. In an article In tha
Matin dealing with the recent ap
pointment of the Paris committee de
fense. Frederic Brunet, a socialist
deputy says:
"By another drive, made without
regard to sacrifices, the Germans, if
they did not enter fim, pernapa
could approach near enough to hold,
the capital under the fire of long
lange guns, not as now for an inter
mittent bombardment, but for meth
odic, permanent fire."
The committee In question' whosa
duty it is to defend the Paris area,
will not only study plans to meet the
threat of invasion, which is regarded
as improbable, but will deal with the
problems caused by night air raids
and the long range bombardment, saya
a Havaa agency review of the com
mittee's work. The committee alas
win laice imo consiaerauon me ques
tion of the morale of the population
with the confident assumption that
while the enemy can strike at, he can-,
not break own the resolution or cour-'
age of the people."
. This morning the long rang bona
bardment of the Paris region was aa.
sumtd.
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