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Vol. LXXYITI No. 26,196
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TUESDAY, AUGUST 6, 1918
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THREE CENTl
El Hew he re
Allies Throw New Forces Over the Vesle;
Gain Near Fismes in Desperate Fighting
Wilson Cheers
Hog Island's
First Vessel
100,000 Spectators Join as
the Quistconck Slips
From Ways
Steamer Christened
By President's Wife
Next Keel Is Laid Two
Minutes After 7,500-Ton
Ship Takes Water
By Theodore M. Knappen
PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 5.?Wildly
cheered by the President of the United
States and lOO.noo other Americans,
the $55.000,000 ship plant of the Amer?
ican International Shipbuilding Com?
pany at Hog Island shoved its first boat
into the water to-day.
With the President and Mrs. Wilson
confronting their own portraits on the
bow of the receding vessel and under
the snapping flags of all the allies and
the house flag of the United States
Shipping Board the Quistconck struck
the "whispering sea" on time to the
second, first of a certain fleet of 180
great ships of steel that are to issue
from this yard.
Two minutes after the saws bit
through the saw-off planks and the
Quistconck was released to her own
?ltment. the long-armed derrick booms
were lowering steel into place for the
k?I of the Quistccock's successor,
Ship No. 30, in Berth N'o. 1.
The multitude that witnessed the
launching nn? the beginning of an?
other ship wa3 doubtless the largest
crowd that ever attended a launching
since the Argo, "the first long ship"
sailed the antique seas.
There was no ceremony save the
ancient custom of breaking a bottle of
champagne acrors the bow of the ship.
This Mrs. Wilson did gracefully and
vigorously.
President Wilson
Made No Speech
The great crowd, though warned not
to do so, expected a speech from the
President, and was plainly disappoint?
ed when he contented himself with
waving his hat, smiling and cheer?
ing, and as he left the christening
landing began to disperse, with the
result that no speeches were made,
though Chairman Hurley of the Unit?
ed States Shipping Board, Director
General Charles M. Schwab and Vice
President Baldwin of the American
International Shipbuilding Company
had been counted on for addresses.
These undelivered speeches became in?
terviews or disappeared altogether.
Ten thousand special invitations
Wire sent out for the launching, and
it was announced that no American
citizen would be turned away, ticket
or no ticket. The people began to ar?
rive as early as 7 o'clock in the morn?
ing in search of good places for
viewing the spectacle. By noon the
open spaces around the ship were
jammed for hundreds of yards with a
happy and patient crowd, fully half of
which wa.i made up of the thirty thou?
sand workmen and their families.
Notwithstanding the density of the
crowd, the intense heat of the day and
the swampintr ot all transit arrange?
ments from trucks to steam cars, the
arrangements were ??o excellent,
'hanks largely to the white-helmeted
military guard of the island, that
there was not a single accident,
?hough more than two hundred per?
sons were prostrated by the heat.
These victims were picked up quickly
uy the emergency ambulances of the
Plant and rushed to the hospitals,
where all soon recovered.
No Hitch in Plans
Of Launching
President and Mrs. Wilson and party
arr;v(.fj ln their private car at 12:25,
'he car being pushed right up to the
JWnching stage. (General Hull Super?
intendent Andrew then gave the order
i? clear away," and as Mr. and Mrs.
*H?on, Mr. Hurley, Mr. Baldwin and
<>ne or two others ascended to the
launching pulpit the hollow, cracking
??Ond of the great mats of steel
settling on the sliding wavs and shore
O'oc?h could be heard. A few moments
?ter the .shore blocks were released
?rom their burden, and at 12:35, with
SM\WiIson standing expectantly with
We bottle of champagne in her right
r?n'-, the command to caw away was
At.the precise moment of high tide
**:** the saws bit through the plank:*,
"J* **?t wood fibres snapped with the
*fa^.ul noise that proclaim?, a suc
"???ul launching and the Quistconck
"??JeiHlca?y and silently pulled away
??t not before Mrs. Wilson had
?rnanhed the champagne bottle with a
bow h'Ui * '?*m'n* ??dash across the
,J/'\ |n?Pinng spectacle of the mas
,?"? ?hip moving SO calmly and quietly
'_'J- ?<> inovitably, into the wator quite
*"???>? the President's habitual re
_ _j' jnd no hoy on the bleachers ever
?iA?? ',r '-''I:'d more vigorously than
"? ?!?? white-garbed Chief Magistrate
? ?"? big boat shot into the stream,
Continued on page three
Sinks U. S. Ship
Off Halifax, Then
Shells Lifeboats
U-Boat Fires on Survivors
After 3-Hour Battle
With Tanker
HALIFAX, N. S? Aug. 5.?The Stand?
ard Oil Company's tank steamer Louis
Blanchet war- torpedoed and sunk forty
miles west of this port to day after a
thrilling three-hour bat'le with a Ger?
man submarine.
The crew took to their small boats,
where they were shelled by the sub?
marine, but escaped without being hit.
The chief cook and the chief steward
of the tanker, however, were killed
when the explosion of the German's
torpedo smashed the steamer's stern.
U-Boat Sinks'
U. 5. Tanker Off
Virginia Coast
WASHINGTON*, Aug. 5.?German
submarines now are operating at two
widely separated points along the At?
lantic seaboard- one in the important
sea lane off the Virginia coast, where
the American tank steamship 0. B.
Jennings was sunk Sunday, and the
other in Canadian waters, where fish?
ing smacks and other unimportant
craft have been destroyed.
Presence of another raider in the
waters off the middle Atlantic coast,
where in May and June upward of
twenty vessels were sunk, became
known to-day, when the Navy Depart?
ment announced the sinl-ing of the
Jennings and the landing of thirty
members of the crew at Norfolk by
an American patrol boat.
To-night the Navy Department an?
nounced that the captain and thirteen
more members of the crew had arrived
safely at Norfolk. This accounts for
all the vessel's complement.
Shelled by U-Boat
Full details of the sinking of the :
Jennings were lacking to-night, but !
from the fact that the steamer sent a
wireless message saying she was being i
shelled and asking for assistance offi?
cials assumed that the submarine
opened tire wilthout giving the crew \
time to take to the boats, though there
was the possibility that the steamer
had undertaken to make a run for
safety.
Patrol boats answered the radio
calls, but neither the Jennings nor the
submarine was in sight when they ar?
rived Sunday night at the position
given by the steamer. Later survivors
were found.
The submarine which has been oper?
ating for several days in Canadian wa?
ters is believed by officials to have
sowed the mines of foreign manufact?
ure picked up off the coast of Long
Island after the armored cruiser San
Diego was sunk near Fire Island, New
York, July 19.
Cruiser Sunk by Mine
Belief of officials that one of these
', mines caused the destruction of the
cruiser was confirmed to-day by tho
report of the naval court of inquiry,
: which expressed the opinion that the
I loss of the ship "was due to an exter
; nal explosion of a mine."
The court found that the San Diego
: was steering a proper course to mini
i mize the submarine and mine clangers
in those waters, with a careful watch
maintained and the ship zigzagging at
: a speed of iifteen knots. Loss of the
! vessel, with the death of six men, was
, in no way due to any negligence, fail
I ure to take proper precautions or in?
efficiency of Captain H. H. Christy or
1 any of the ship's personnel, the report
I says.
This is the second appearance of the i
0. B. Jennings in the marine casualty
news this year. On March 24 the j
tanker collided off the British const |
with the British steamship War Knight,
also oil laden, and thirty-seven lives ;
were lost. All but one were burned to
death on the decks of the War Knight,;
set afire by the collision, and one of i
the Jennings's crew was drowned.
The Jennings, a menace to shipping!
with its cargo of oil afire, was shelled
by British warships until her decks
were awash, extinguishing the fire. The
ship then was towed into shallow water
and salvaged by wrecking tugs in the
service of the United States forces
abroad. Temporary repairs were made,
and she was on her way to a United
States shipyard when sunk. The value
of the ship is said to have been more
than $1,000,000.
Passengers on an Italian steamship
which arrived at an Atlantic port Sun?
day night reported that the wireless
operator had received messages shortly
after noon of that day from an Ameri?
can freighter saying that she was being
attacked by guntiro from a submarine.
It wan said that the battling freighter
was then about 110 miles southeast of
Scotland Lightship.
No Relief in Sight
From Intense Heat
WASHINGTON, Aug. 6. Relief is
not in sight from uny quarter from
theat wave which has overspread the
entire country east of the Rocky Moun?
tains, bringing record high tempera?
tures to-day to the Middle, West at the
Weather Bureau, it wuh said to-nigh*.
The heated are? to-morrow will over?
spread the <'aKt<'rn and middle Atlantic
?tatet, cnuiiing ?till higher tempera?
ture? than those recorded to-day.
Kvansville, Ind., with an official tem?
perature of 104, wan the hottest placo
east of tke Mississippi to-day.
Registration
of New Draft
Sept. 5 Urged
Crowder A. ?es Congress to
Speed Maji-Power Bill
to 1'assage
1918 Class Depleted
By Former Demands
Senate Leaders Agree to
Wait Final Action Until
Full Discussion Is Had
WASHINGTON', Aug. 5.?With an
urgent recommendation from Provost
Marshal General Crowder that it bt
cnacted without delay and a sugges?
tion that September 5 next might be
fixed as registration day for approxi?
mately 13,000,000 men throughout the
country who are involved, the Ad?
ministration's man power bill requir?
ing the registration for military ser?
vice of men between the ages of
eighteen and forty-five, years was in?
troduced to-day in the Senate and
House.
Unless immediate steps are taken
to provide additional men, General
Crowder said the weekly registration
of men as they attain twenty-one years
of age will be necessary to fill the
draft quotas after September 1, when
only 100,000 of the 1918 registrants
will be available.
Senate to Rush Bill
Upon the introduction of the bill.
Chairman Chamberlain announced that
the Senate Military Committee would
meet to-morrow to consider the bill.
He said he did not think hearings
would be necessary and only three or
four day* should be required to report
the bill. Chairman Dent of the House
committee said since only three mem?
bers of hia committee are in Washing?
ton, it vas doubtful whether the bill
could be acted upon before the House
reconvenes, on August 19.
Suggestions made on the Senate
floor by Senator Curtis, of Kansas,
that the Senate abandon its programme
of recesses and perfunctory sessions
until August 24, if the bill can be
favorably reported by the committee
within a few days, were indorsed by
Continued on last page
Kaiser Now Poses as
World's Liberator!
AMSTERDAM, Aug. f..?The "Nord
deutsche Allgemeine Zeitung" says (
that the German Emperor, on receiv- |
ing a Finnish deputation which Con- j
f?rred on him the Finnish Liberty j
Cross, expressed the hope that the j
present alliance of the Finns and
Germans would lay the foundation
for a trustful and cordial relation?
ship between "two progressive peo- |
pies struggling for their freedom."
Declaring that Germany's world i
struggle had the effect of helping
other peoples to hurst their bonds
and obtain freedom, the Emperor
said:
"By our deeds we succeeded, with?
out much tall'ing, in accomplishing !
what our enemies never tire of pro- '
claiming as their aim, but which they ,
never intended to realize namely,
the protection of small nations in
their struggle for freedom."
U. S. Forces
Are Landed
At Archangel
Allied Detachments Are
Received in City With
Rejoicing
KANPALASKA, Aug. 4.?American
troops participated in the landing of
the Allied forces at Archangel last
week.
The first detachment of the interna?
tional forces included members of the
Russian Officers' League.
The participation of the Americans
in the Ian ling has been greeted en?
thusiastically in Northern Russia.
The people consider that the United
States is absolutely without selfish in?
terests as regards Russia and look
upon the Americans as a guarantee of
the friendliness of the Allies.
The population of Archangel re?
ceived the troops with cheering. The
men debarked and advanced toward
Archangel, where already an anti
Bolshevik revolution had taken place.
' The leaders in this movement invited
?the protection of the Allied troops.
The final resistance of the Bol
: shoviki occurred Saturday. They were
definitely defeated at the station of
Ysakagorka, on the left bank of the
i Dvina.
In their flight from Archangel the
; Bolshevik forces carried away forty
i million rubles in money and much
other treasure, hut left many supplies
behind them. The bridges and rail
? way lines were not damaged.
U-Boat Sinks
Hospital Ship;
123 Missing
British Transport Warilda,
With 400 Wounded, Is
Torpedoed in Channel
650 Survivors Land;
7 Americans Aboard
Explosion and Smashing of
Boats Kill Many; Vessel
Floats Two Hours
LONDON, Aug. 5.?The British am?
bulance transport Warilda, bringing
wounded n.en from France to England,
was torpedoed and sunk off the Brit?
ish coast Saturday morning, the Ad?
miralty announced this evening.
One hundred and twenty-three per?
sons are missing. Most of the loss
was caused when the explosion of the
torpedo wrecked the ward room, which
contained too wounded men. Many
were, killed outright and others were
trapped by debris and drowned when
the vessel sank.
The missing are as follows: Two
military officers, a commandant in
Qm?m Mary's Auxiliary Corps, one
American soldier, Corporal Buckman;
seven of the crew and 112 others.
Hit Near Home Port
The ship was nearing a home port
when the torpedo struck her. About
100 wounded have been landed at a
British port, coming ashore in what
clrthing they could reach when awak?
ened by the explosion.
About 400 patients were on board
the vessel. One hundred have landed
at, one port, where they were cared
for by British organizations and the
American Red Cross.
Two American officers and five pri?
vates were en board. Both the offi?
cers are officially reported as saved.
They were Captain .1. T. Realty and
Lieutenant H, T. Hubert.
Afloat Over Two Hours
After being torpedoed the ship re?
mained afloat for two hours and a
quarter. Five boats were launched im
Continned on next page
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ANTHEM
U. S. Experts Predict Foch Drive
On AU Fronts Before Winter
(Special Dispatch in The Tribune)
WASHINGTON, Aug. 5.?Allied military experts expressed the
belief to-day that possibly before next winter General Koch would
order a general offensive by all the Allied armies, from Sal?nica to
the English Channel. Before winter, it was believed, the Allies, if
they did not then possess a preponderance of men, would have a
preponderance of material, and be in a position on every front to
strike a determined and irresistible blow.
On the Italian and Balkan fronts, it was explained, the Allied
armies have not been able to undertake general offensive operations
in conjunction with General Foch's counter thrust in France, owing
to shortage of various kinds, but these defects are being rapidly
remedied.
The contributions of the United States to the man power of the
Allies, it was declared, were such as soon to create a decisive nu?
merical superiority on the Western front.
Military experts asserted that it should be expected that Germany
would make fresh efforts toward optaining a negotiated peace, and
that in the very near future there would be emanations from Berlin
showing the desire of the imperial government to come to an agree?
ment with the Entente governments.
Allies Push
Relentlessly
After Enemy
Ludendorff Still Retreats
in Effort to Avoid a
Decisive Combat
By Arthur S. Draper
(Special Cable to The Tribune)
'C-.pyrlght.. 1318, by Tho Tribuno Association)
LONDON, > Aug. 5.- Because of the!
need of caution and the difficulty of !
bringing forward their artillery, the ,
Allies are advancing slowly between
Soissons and Rheims.
; The Allies hold the whole line of
the Vesle, and between Fismes and
Rheims they have gone some distance
beyond the. river at certain points.
1 From the heights south of the Aisne
the German guns are shelling all the
roads and towns aiong the Vesle, show
ing that the line of the Aisne is where [
the Crown Prince intends to make his
stand.
It is essential to keep in mind the j
fact that Ludendorff is directing his
campaign with the object of conser?
ving his strength, and that he delib- i
erately abandoned positions of consid?
erable tactical value, because he wants
to save soldiers and shorten his lines. ;
The retirement to the Aisne, the
withdrawal on the Avre and the re- !
adjustment on the Ancre all point to I
the same thing. By shortening his line '
and strengthening his defences, Luden?
dorff hopes to counterbalance his loss j
on the Marne and have his army rela
tively as strong as the one he com
mafided July 15.
Ludendorff refused to accept the '
Marne as a field for a decisive battle.
He refused to fight on the ground se?
lected by Foch. He followed the old
adage about the boy who fights and
runs away.
It is likely that Ludendorff has or- |
acred further withdrawals south and j
east of Amiens and thnt considerable ;
further readjustment.-, of the line will
be made. Unquestionably a shortage !
of man power is a fundamental reason '<
for these withdrawals, hut it is ;;lso ;
likely that they presage an enemy of- ?
fensive operation on a more or less ,
big scale.
Ludendorff must play for a spectacu?
lar coup, an operation requiring a large
element of surprise and yielding speedy '
results. There is always a natural ten- !
dency to underrate the enemy's strength !
and to exaggerate his losses, and the
developments of the last fortnight are
calculated to give a false impression of
the seneral situation.
\\ ithout doubt the odds have grown
sharply in favor of the Allies, but Lu?
dendorff is far from the end of his ,
rope. If he fails to spring an offensive
operation in the next six weeks it will
be time then to consider the enemy as
merely a defensive force.
North of Montdidier Ludendorff has
been prepared to strike for over a
month, and the blow would have come
before this if the Crown Prince hadn't
failed on the Marne. Ludendorff
needs success in the worst way, and
he cannot afford to sit tight, because
time is his enemy, not his friend.
Germany Reported to
Have Planned Gigantic
Drive for Next Month
Hindenburg "Grand Offen?
sive" in West "To Be Opened
at Three Points"
By George F. Steward
(Special Cablr to The Tribune)
Copyright, 19IS, by The Tri'-une Association.
AMSTERDAM, Aug. 5. An offen?
sive on the most gigantic scale of
the year has been planned by Luden
dorff and Hindenburp-, to be launched
next month, according to information
reaching here from German source?.
That Germany believes September
is the latest possible month in which
it can hop<i to fore-; a decision be?
fore th; constantly increasing stream
of American forces from overseas
becomes preponderant is the state?
ment from Teutonic sources close to
tlip General Staff.
This report, widely credited here,
goes on to state that the "grand of?
fensive" will be opened simultane?
ously at three widely separated
points. The first is to be in Cham?
pagne, the ne.\t further to the north
in an effort to force the road to the
Channel and the third in the Veraun
region, with Paris again as the prob?
able objective.
Enemy Falls
Back North
Of La Bassee
Third Voluntary Defensive
Withdrawal Is on Half
Mile Front
LONDON', Aur. 5. The Germans to?
day made a third defensive withdrawal
from a sector where there was no im?
mediate Allied pressure. Following
their voluntary retirements northeast
and . southeast of Amiens, they fell
back from their front lines on a half
mile front north of La Bassee Canal,
on the south wing of the Lys Valley
salient.
The British pu-hed forward, occupy?
ing the enemy's old position.- and con?
solidating their line.
After their evacuations of the west.
bank of the Ancre, south of Albert, the
Germans destroyed the bridges over
the river, holding only their crossing
at Albert, which they have succeeded
in defending.
The enemy also destroyed his bridges
on the Avre, northwest of Montdidier,
after his retirement there. Reuter's
correspondent at French headquarters
telegraphed his afternoon:
"On the Avre River, in the Mont?
didier section, the French have occu?
pied the whole of the line of wooded
hills overlooking the steep river valley
from Braches to Mesnil-St. Georges. It
is reported that there is fighting in
Hargicourt, on the left bank of the
river, where the Germans hold the rail?
road station. The enemy is still in
Morisel."
Observers believe that the enemy's
voluntary retirements in the West in?
dicate a decision to fall back on the
defensive and to give up all intention
of launching another drive at this time
in these sectors.
Montdidier?Amiens
Road and Avre Hills
Occupied by French
(By The Associated Press)
WITH THF FRENCH ARMY IN
FRANCE, Sunday, Aug. 4. French
troops have reached the railroad line
between Montdidier and Amiens over
virtually its entire length. They oc?
cupy all the hills dominating the val?
ley of the Avre.
The towns of Merisel and Moreuil,
on opposite sides of the Avre, about
ten miles north of Montdidier, are still
in the hands of the Germans. During
the retirement of the enemy from the
hills on the west bank of the Avre a
few prisoners were captured by the
French.
On the front before Rheims French
artillery fire caught a body of Ger?
mans who had congregated near St.
Thierry, about four miles north of the
city. The tire of the heavy French
guns quickly dispersed the enemy.
Berlin in Despair
Over Marne Defeat
( By The United h're*?\
BERNE, Aug. 5. "The Marne de?
feat has produced unspeakable scenes
of despair in Berlin," the "Tage?
blatt" declares. "Such outbreaks of
utter discouragement and downheart- j
edness never before were witnessed."
The -Fr?nkische Tagepost" de?
plores the wild rumors that the
Kaiser and von Hindenburg have
been assassinated, and that von Hin?
denburg was killed in a duel with the
Crown Prince, as betraying the most
dangerous nervousness. The govern?
ment threatens severe penalties for
the ones responsible for spreading
these rumors.
Enemy Airships Raid
English East Coast
LONDON, Aug. 6.?Hostile airships
approached the east coast of England
about 9:30 o'clock Monday night, '.he
Admiralty announced early this morn?
ing. The enemy aircraft did not pene?
trate far inland.
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Duel of Big
Guns Raging
Over Nearly
Entire Line
Germans Mass Artil?
lery and Battle Stub?
bornly to Cover
Retreat
Play for Time
To Reach Aisne
Sanguinary Rearguard
Struggle Waged to
Keep Avenue of
Escape Open
The Allied armies yesterday con?
tinued their attacks against the
enemy's bolstered defences north
of the Vesle River, throwing new
forces across at several points be?
tween Soissons and Rheims to
meet the enemy's growing resist?
ance.
Heavy fighting took place at many
points along the line, the Ger?
mans struggling desperately to
hold Foch's victorious armies and
to prevent further advances at
critical points.
The Germans have again brought
their heavy artillery into action,
and the big gun duel was espe?
cially strong, General Pershing
reported. The enemy seems to he
fighting a delaying action to win
time for a withdrawal to the line
of the Aisne River.
Despite this resistance, the Allied
forces made new advances on
both sides of Fismes.
Near the tip of the Lys salient, in
Flanders, the Germans fell hack
along a half-mile front near Ro
becq, north of La Bass?e Ca?
nal, closely pursued by British
troops, which occupied the ene?
my's evacuated lines.
This is the third defensive retire?
ment by the enemy in as many
days, and seems to indicate that
Ludendorff has abandoned any
plan he may have had for an im?
m?diat" offensive in Flanders or
Picardy.
Advance Along Vesle
Slows Down Until
Guns Are Moved
LONDON, Aug. 6. The correspon?
dent of Reuter's at American Head'
quarters in France, in a dispatch timed
1 o'clock Monday afternoon, gays:
"The rapid advance of the last two
days has become slower and steadier,
not only owing to the fresh show of
enemy resistance, but from the neces?
sity of getting the implements of bat?
tle again into their proper place?. The
German retirement throughout has
been conducted with the greatest skill,
and not a single man or gun has been
used to delay our advance that was
not absolutely necessary for the pur?
pose.
"consequently only a very small
force of the enemy was left facing us
when the final order came to them to
withdraw to the Vesle, and this force,
with a few hours' start, had no diffi?
culty in eluding us. Indeed, it had no
more trouble than to keep our cavalry
patrols at a distance.
"The Americans were just a? keen
at chasing the enemy as they were at
fighting, but the cavalry screen of the
old days, which was used as a guard
agairift surprise, was absent, and the
infantry, which has to rely on its own
precautions, always must go some?
what slowly.
Rains Delay Transport
"Also, the roads w?-re bad, and ar?
becoming worse. The heavy raim
storm.- of the last week fell while thi
German retreat was in progress, and
the guns and the lorries have churnef
these limestone hills until they art
nearly impassable. Moreover. th<
French roads, thickly bordered bi
trees that often are of great size, ar?
very easily dislocated by shell fire.
"Only those who have tried with
makeshifts to clear such an incum
brance as a fallen tree can have any
conception of the delay involved. On?
French column had its 'ponies' in
readiness, but in other instances the
infantry had to fall to and hack away
with anything at hand to clear thi
road.
"Notwithstanding all the difficulties,
the enemy nowhere managed to get sit
far away as to feel free from tnkine
precautions. However, we continued
to see only a dwindling proportion off
hia rearguard, which, as far as was ob