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CALL FOR AID BY CROWN PRINCE;
8-MILE RETREAT ABOVE MARNE
U BOAT REPORTED
SIGHTED 50 MILES
OFF FIRE ISLAND
Fails to Attack British Ship
Heavy Cannonading Heard
Off Cape Cod.
PLANES HUNT RAIDER.
Wo Warning Given Before
Submarines Attacked Barges
Yesterday.
" A? A.TXIANTIC PORT. July 13. A
SBrlblfrti steamer arriving hero to-day
reported having sighted a submarine
fifty milea off Flro Island during the
night. "When first seen the U boat
tt-as astern. It raadc no attempt to
Attack.
..VKOVTNCETOWN. Mass., July 22.
Heavy cannonading wan heard off
chore hero at 11.45 A. H. to-day.
Navnl vessels havo been off this
fort hunting German submarines.
3'rovincetown harbor Is closed to all
Ships.
The firing appeared heaviest off a
point between Coast Guard Stations
.N'os, 38 and 39. Itc.sldcntM of Cahoon's
follow, Nuuset and Wellflect all re
ported hearing the explosions.
Implosions rcHcmbllng thoso of
-Jcpth bombs wero heard shortly after
4 A. M.
BOSTON'. July 22. Alt the facilities
at the command of the First Naval
District woro brought Into play to-day
In a search of Now ICngland waters
for the German submarine which at
tacked and sank threo barges and
damaged n tug yesterday off Capo Cod
within view of the Orleans shore. I'a
trol vessels, larger war craft, airplanes,
hydroplanes and submarines Joined In
the hunt.
Though the port of Itoston was not
cloecd, merchant ships mid other un
protected craft vvero warned of the
danger of leaving the harbor. The
submarine was headed south when
last Ecen yesterday, but naval authori
ties expressed the opinion that t ho
boat might bob up again off the New
Kngland coast.
SUBMARINE REPORTED SIGHT
ED ON SATURDAY NIGHT.
Heports to the headquarters of the
First Naval District here Indicated
the presence of the submarine In this
vicinity since Saturday. Cnpt. Orrln
Hartlett of I'lyruouth reported that
about dusk Saturday night he sighted
the periscope, of a submarine four
mllej off the port of I'lymouth.
A feature of tho attack yesterdny
near Orleans was tho fact that the
mibmcrxlblo nncned lire without
warning. In nil other roportcd cases
of attack upon un American coastwise
boat warning was given.
Three w.omen. a young girl and
two boyB wero among tho thirty. two
perso' . forced to take to smnll boats
and run th. rink of the U boat shells.
John llotovich. an Austrian, n mem
ber of the tug's crew, had hts right
arm almost blown off by a piece of
bhell. Ho protwiblv will lose tho arm.
Cajit. Charles Alnaleo of one of tho
barges was wounded In both arms by
shrapnel and John Vltz, also a mem
ber of tho lug crew had a hand
blown off. Tho attack laited for more
than an hour and wn.s witnessed by
many persons three miles away on
tliore.
The tug w.i.i the rt i Amwoy,
owned by Hie l. lugli i'o.i! mil
led of threo empty barges und one
Continued on Sixth I'age.)
tKNOTII JlUII.niNO FOOD.
703 ttj, JLdrt
IPLOT IS EXPOSED 10 RAISE
! GERMAN AMY OF 150,000
HERE TO INVADE CANADA
Strentsch, Held as Enemy Alien,
Said to Have Planned to
Organize Reservists.
ALSO AIMED AT MEXICO.
Physician Believed by U. S.
Officials to Be Unrecognized
Brother of Kaiser.
Government otllclals to-day seized
corrc.pcmdcnco that rcvralcd Fried
rich August Richard von Strentsch.
an elderly phyttelan held as an enemy
alien, headed a movement to organize
German reservists In New York State
for an Invasion of Canada.
Von Strentsch was arrested a week
ngo Saturday and Is now held at tho
Raymond Street Jail. Government
officials said they had reason to be
licvo he Is an unrecognized brother of
the Kaiser.
The Department of Justice said the
correspondence showed that the plot
extended from Kovombcr. 1915, to
April 20. 1017.
Thu letters seized exposed n plot
with many ramifications against the
Allied cause. tSomo of tho lcttcrsiwcre
from an American citizen and others
were from a wealthy woman. Thoso
from tho woman were said to have
been of tho most Incriminating na
ture. Cermans to the number of 150,000
wero to have been gathered Into a
fighting force and were to have been
drawn from New York City as well
as all parta of the State. They were
to have gono into Canada and curry
on a guerilla -warfare with the Idea
of compelling tho Dominion, to pro
tect her own safety, to erase sending
troops from Canada.
Von Strentsch also planned mili
tary nctlon In .Mexico, according to
the papers seized, lie was to havo
aidnd tho lawless bands that have
been making war on tho United
States. Part of the plan was tho
reorganization of tho Mexicans' ar
tillery' forces. As a former officer
In tho German Army von Strentsch
apparently considered hlmsch fitted
for this work.
Another part of tho plot was an
attempt to get German spies Into
tho Government service in Washing
ton. Tho investigation Into von
Htrentsch's activities wns carried on
by officers of tho Naval Intelligence
Hureau.
One lotter. dated Oct. 15. 151C.
reads: "Tho Canadians at Hrldgc
burg havo asked for help as they
are in fear of Germans In this vicin
ity. Hrldgeburg 1 about twenty-live
miles from here."
This would Indicate that tho corre
spondent wns writing from a pl.ico
near lluffalo. inasmuch as Hrldgo.
burg is Just across tho Niagara
River, about seven miles from lluf
falo. Hrldgeburg Is tho Canadian
terminal of tho International llrldgn,
which connects tho United States
and C.uiada at this point.
Another letter, written a few days
later, read: h.ive been thml:i-.'
over t! Mtuat.on In Nen York u.d
wondering why ou ,ind your ico.uoo
men do not go into gut-her .md pir.
vent I'.in.id.i l rum -Hiding un- muir
men to help the lirltlsh."
TIhmo letters were from an Ainer.
can woman who, It :a tielievi-d, wis
a tool of von Strcnsch In the plot.
.(Continued on Second. Pjt.)
MERCURY 92 AT NOON;
: ONE WOMAN DIES OF HEAT
Waithcr Experts Say It Will Be
Hotter-Humidity Falls
Steadily.
Here's tho way tho mercury
climbed to. day:
Temperature. Humidity.
8 A. M 76 degrees
9 A. M 81 degrees 60
10 A. H 85 degrees 4
11 A. M 88 degrees 4 5
12 Noon 92 degrcra 30
1 1 M 91 degrees 32
1..10 1. !SI 91 degree 32
2 1 3L 92 degrees 30
3 I. St 92 degress 20
Tho sidewalks wero sizzling to-day
with the hottest day of tho year,
and the hottest July 22 Klnco 1S85.
Just tho faintest Husplciou of a
breeto fanned tho air. and thu
humidity kept going clown an the
tnoruury went up, a saving grace
from sunstroko and pro-rtratlon.
Tho predlctliu wua that thu mer
cury would go still higher and put
jiMtonlay's hot day In tho shade.
The, day isn't tho hottest for July by
several degrees. Ixutt year and tho
yir beforo tho thermometer re
corded 90.
Whllo working in tho plant of tho
Hoffman Kraft Uhfinlrat Company
at No. 538 l'orter Avenue., Williams
burg, Sirs. Alice Delaney was over
come. Sho died before tho arrival of
Dr. Icvy of tho Gretmpulnt Hospital.
Mrs. Delaney lived at No. 84 Dt-bo-volso
Avenue. Her husband Is an In
valid. Dorothy .McGill, four years old, of
No. 754 .Manhattan Avenue, wis over
como and removed to the Grecnpolnt
Hospital.
Others overcome by the heat to
day were:
Robert Glotter, fifteen, a schoolboy,
of No. 1316 St, John's Place, dropped
unconscious at Flatbush and Atlantic
Avenues. Removed to Hrooklyn Hos
Pltal. John Alphonson, forty-two, a car
penter, of No. 92 40th Street, ovor
como nt No. 3910 Fifth Avenue. At
tended by surgeon from Norwegian
Hospital and removed to his home.
Klizabeth Kearney, tlftey-slx. of
No. 2062 Kant 10th Street, fell ascend
ing Flatbush Avenuo station of Fulton
Street elevated. Token to Hrooklyn
Hospital.
Frank Sheridan, twonty-soven, a
clerk, living at No. 3.11 West 21st
Street, was nttended at thu 40th Pre.
clnct Station and removed to SL
I.aurenco Hospital.
Thomas McQuailo, fifty-eight years
old, a laborer, living at No. 332 Water
.Street, was overcome at No, 130 Jano
Street and wan removed to SU Vin
cent's Hospital.
Jut in slightest breeze tempered tho
climbing tncrcuiy. All the cars trolley,
rlevated and subway and trains for
tho seaside were Jammed at sn early
hour nnJ the Ulggost crowds of the year
were nt the beaches and In tho park.
Six wire drowned yegtenlay while
Hfedlni; relief from the heat. They wero
rreduri'-k Huff. Stalin Island. .Soatnui
.1 1 Ma.' ii" of llio N'.nul Itficrviii ,
Ulni. r Mr fee, - v eii.. N'.i '.tO'j llrn-j !
I'liarli' ltei.1 evr.teen: Vnlen
Iligliv. es.ni. ltihwiv. N J,
and J.ni'i IU,'..ic, i, Itamblersvtlle, t. 1
riu; u'otu.ii TitAVKi, nimcAi).
An.! Pullur (WwW) IViiiMir,
M-m I'M nw, .N. Y. (itj,
Tfintmt lliiikmw VXD,
Ook urn for Itattv ul mli avm Aw i4
bum. Montr sraen ua uinaa' ttMcsa M
ONE MILLION AMERICANS?
ACHI TEN MILLION FIGHTING,
GERMANS CONVINCED NOW
Prisoner Who Was a Baker Here
Says Soldiers Have Changed
Minds Since Thursday.
WITH. THK AMERICAN
ARSIY ON TUB AISNI3
FRONT, Sunday, July
21 (Associated Press). A Oennau
prisoner captured by tho Amerl
cans to-day formerly was a bal;r
In New York City and Lebanon,
Pa. IIo was asked what tho
German soldiers thought about
the Amorlcans.
Since Thursday, tho prisoner
said, tho Gormans bad concluded
that tho announcement that a
million Americans wero In Franco
was falso and rumors among tho
Germans on this front are that
there aro ten million Americans In
France.
$145,000,000 MEAT ORDER
IS PLACED FOR THE ARMY
Qucago to Furnish 99,560,000
Pounds of Bacon and 13-1,000,000
of Canned Products.
I CHICAGO. July 22. The Oorern
. ment's latest mrt order, received at
the stack yards to-day, Is iraJd by
I packers to break all records. It calls
for 99,CO).O0O pounds of bacon and 1.14,-
OW.000 pounds of canned moats for the
army.
The oart will run twtween IHO.ono.000
and fH5.000.000, it la said, or which fl30,
OuO.OOD will go to growers of livestock.
Deliveries are to be completed by Jan.
1. LH9.
EIGHT HURT IN TROLLEY
CAR WRECK IN BROOKLYN
Crowded Car Jumps Track on
Wallabout Basin Bridge at Hcwes
Street and Washington Avenue.
Ulght persons were slightly Injured
to-day when a crosstown car, north
bound. Jumped the rails on tho Wulla
bout Dasln Hrldge at Howes Street and
Washington Avenuo, Hrooklyn. All
were treated by physldana from the
Williamsburg Hoeupital and ent to
their homes.
The bridge had Just been set In plac
when the car tried to cross. When It
struck tho place where the tracks Join
It It Jumped and threw thoee on tho
roar platform off the air.
Tho oar was crowded at the time.
All tho windows of the car wero
gnvuihed and the upper part of the car
was lifted from the trucks.
MARNE VICTORY AT SEA, TOO.
Destroyer Slnlta V Hunt an Germans
Crass Itlvrr,
IX).ST)ON, July 22 The same dv
the Germans were driven a cross the
Marno (Saturday), a German subma
rine was sunk by the lirltlsh destroyer
Marne, the Admiralty announces to-day.
DAMAGED U BOATS AT KIEL.
Ila.r llrporlnl I'lllril Willi III.
ii Mr it Craft.
GDNDVA. July 22 The submnrine
base nt Kiel is filled with submarines
undergoing repairs, according to ad
vices reaching here from Hamburg,
AIR RAID ON PARIS FOILED.
fiermnn Mnrhlnr Driven Off In H117
llghl Attarli.
PARIS, July 22 A (Jermin airplane
I made an unsuecful nt'.empi to rwu h
I the legion of Pans to-da It w n
I driven off b the 1'rciw.h a nti u 1 1 ruft
I fire
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ESULTS, Paae 2
ENTRIES, Page 6
AMERICANS CUT
FRENCH GAIN
HERE'S THE GERMAN EXCUSE
FOR RETREATING ACROSS MARNE
"Object Had Been Attained," Says Cologn6
Gazette "Not Dangerous to Go Back
to Save Unnecessary Losses."
AMSTERDAM, July 22. "Tho withdrawal of our troops to tho
northern bank ot the Marnu came as no surprise to well
informed circles becauso tho supremo command had conll
dentlally communicated 1U Intention beforehand," says the Cologne
Gazette,, and adds:
"The object which tho forcing of tho Mama had In view was
attained. Thereto It did not appear dangerous to retreat locally In
order to savo unnecessary losses."
BARBILL0N WOOD CAPTURED
BY THE AMERICAN TROOPS;
FRENCH ADVANCE EIGHT MILES
Stubborn Resistance and Use of Gas Shells
Fails to Stop Allied Drive Across
Marne and Northward.
LONDON, July 22. American troops ytstealay crossed llie River
.Marne between Clurtevcs and Gland, east of Chatrau-Thierry, and cap
tured the Wood of ll.u billon, according to authoritative announcement
made In-rc to-day.
(Gland la two miles east or Cliutean-Thlrrry and Charteves la flvu
or Blx miles up tliu Marne. 1
The capture of Barbillon Wood means that the Americans have ad
vanced between three and four miles from their old position on the
Marne.
On every front the Germans are resisting desperately and are mak
ing violent counter attacks. Nevertheless, the French troops yesterday
made progress along llie Uiver Maine to a maximum depth of eight
miles.
llie Germans stubbornly resisted the French crossing of the river,
but the French succeeded in getting two elements over at Mezy and
Courcelles, which arc constructing foot bridges under heavy fire. The
Germans are using gas shells In large numbers.
Between the Ourcq and the Aisne the Germans again are making
violent counter attacks, but the French are maintaining their lines. The
object of the enemy counter attack probably is to expedite the withdrawal
of his troops from the pocket between Soissons and Rheims. Meanwhile
German troops on the southern end of the pocket must be experiencing
great difficulty in getting supplies.
Southwest of Rheims there has been heavy fighting and tlie F'rench
have made progress. Between the Ourcq and the Marne itivers the
French yesterday took -1oo prisoners.
HONDURAS DECLARES WAR; -23D
GERMAN FOE
Decree Issued on July 19, Legation
at Washington An
nounces. WASHINGTON'. July 22 -Ilnmlurai
riiflan-d war cm (ii-rmany on July 10.
the legjtlon nmiiiiinerd to-day.
Hu'idii'M !. 'lie twrnty-t.i id nation
to deciiire ir on i ii'iin.in .
MrrlllnK Itrturn In llnllra Aflrr
III lllnr.. j
AMSTU'II'A.M. July 3:- -Vtrjnt vo-i
Ilertllng. the Jerman Imperial (,lia-i-cellor
who has been In Inn c.iro of phy
sicians at main headquarters, ha. re
covered from hi lndiMisliion and liai
fully ruutntl his duties.
"WE GLORY IN DEATH,"
CHANTED 300 CZECHS
ON WAYJTO EXECUTION
Soldiers Taken by Austrians in
Fighting With Italians Defv
Captor to lind.
BIlHN'i:, July 22 Tilt en hun
dred t'ri!is i.ipiured by the
Austrinns In the rieeut
fighting with the Italians wero
exocuted by shooting, ndvlces re
celved llro (date.
"Wo go to our death calmly and
gladly, glorying In It," they
chanted as they went to their
execution.
RAILROAD;
NEAR SOISSONS
Fighting Grows Heavier Each Hour,
but Heavy Concentration of
Troops Fails to Stop Progress of
the Allies Number of Unwound
ed Prisoners Greater Than Total
Allied Casualties.
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY ON THE AISNE FRONT,
July 22 (Associated Press). The Germans nre clinging desper
ately to the line south of Soissons in an effort to protect their
flanks. Tho Americans, fighting on this front, have completed
the cutting of the narrow guagc railway to Chateau-Thierry.
PARIS, July 22. Pushing in south of Soissons, the French
have crossed the Soissons-Chateau-Thierry Road, north of Ville
montoirc, opposite Ru.nncy, the Temps announces.
Villetnonloire is five and a half miles south of Soissons.
Buzancy is about a mile and a half northeast of Villcmontoire, on the
easterly side of the SoLssons-Chatcaii-Thicrry mad.l
The Allied advance is approaching this road still further to
the north. On the front to the west of Soissons the situation has
remained stationary. Tlie Germans are offering desperate re
sistance to the Allies in the entire Soissons area, as the grave con
sequences to them of a withdrawal from tho town are apparent,
and the struggle is continuing with great severity.
CROWN 1'KINCE GETS AID FROM THE NORTH.
WITH THE FRENCH ARMY IN FRANCE, July 22 (Asso
ciated Press). Frederick William, the German Imperial Crown
Prince, has been obliged to call for help from his cousin, Crown
Prince Rupprccht of Bavaria. German divisions from the army
in the north have been hurried down to protect tho western flank
ot the defeated army which has been driven back over the Marne
and ejected from Chateau-Thierry by Franco-American troops.
Despatches from London show that American troops have
advanced three or four miles from the Marne and that the French
advanced to a maximum depth of eight miles.
The region immediately south of Soissons forms the key of
the German position, and here the enemy has concentrated heavy
forces for the purpose of holding hack the advancing tide of the
Allies. The latter continue their progress, although tlie fighting is
becoming heavier each hour.
They have taken many prisoners, the number being more than
has been announced, and new batches of captives are arriving. The
number of unwounded prisoners alone far exceeds the total casu
alties of the Allied troops since the victorious advance began.
AMERICANS DRIVE AHEAD
OVER HALF MILE AN HOUR
NORTH OF THE MARNE RIVER
U. S. Guns A re Firing On Soissons and Oulchy-Le-Chateau
Has Been Reached Allied
Artillery Also Across Marne.
Willi THti UkKK: U.vilt:s l MtWCE. July 22 (United
Press). The Americans continue to advance from the Mirne, and are
beyond BzihSt. .Germain k(five miles northeast of Chateau-ThlenyX 'as
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