THE ARIZONA REPUBLICAN.
AN INDEPENDENT PROGRESSIVE JOURNAL
TWENTY-NINTH YEAR
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PHOENIX, ARIZONA, SATURDAY MORNING, AUGUST 24, 1918
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VOL. XXIX., NO.
93
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MEET DEFEAT
WAY IS PAVED
FOH ADOPTION
OF DRAFT Ml
President Lends Influence to
Defeat .Amendment Re
stricting Calling Youths.
Dill Likely to Pass Today
Republican A. P. Leased Wire
WASHINGTON, Aug. 23. Cham
pious of the house military committee's
plan to direct the war department to
lielrr calling of youths of 18 and 19
?eat'B until older men have joined the
colors under the man power bill ex
tending draft ape limits to IS and 43
years lost their initial fight in the
linii.se late today and the way was
laved for the passage of the bill by
the house tomorrow.
The senate's disposal of minor
a mendments caused leaders to hope
that the measure could he passed there
also before the week-end adjournment
tomorrow.
Amendments Rejected
At the close of a day of vigorous j
debate the house rejected, 167 to 120 the
amendment of Representative McKen-
xie of Illinois, w ritten into the bill by j
the military committee, directing sep
arate classification and delayed call of
youths from 18 to 20. Amendments by j
Representatives Johnson of Washington
and Hluckman of Alabama to fix the !
draft age minimum at 19 and 21 years,
i spectively, also were defeated.
Some Dramatic Incidents
Dramatic touches were given the de- I
hate in the house by Representative I
Tillson of Connecticut, whoamid cheers
called upon four marines in the galle- !
ries to stand in evidence that youths of
IS make excellent soldiers. This was
afier Representative Johnson of Wash
ington had presented a small 18-year-old
page in a soldier's coat and trench
helmet, to support that 18-year-lds are
mere children. Representative Olney of
Massachusetts, aroused the patriotism
of the house members during the de
bate by declaring British and French
officers conceded that it was the Amer
ican marines who at Chateau Thierry
slopped the German rush in July and
saved Paris.
Final Vote Plan Lost
T'lans for a final vote t,n the meas
ure in the house tonight were lost in
the midst of a wrangle over an amend
ment by Representative Madden of Illi
nois prohibiting deferred classification of
government" employes because of their
employment. Before a vote could be
taken a motion to adjourn was carried
and the amendment with several oth
ers of a minor nature went over until
tomorrow.
President Exerts Influence
President Wilson in a conference
with Senators Martin and Simmons
exerted his influence to have the
Jtmendmei;s placing restrictions on
the calling of youths of IS and 19 de
feated. The president also was un
derstood to have informed the senators
that in his opinion the "work or fight"
amendment as reported in the bill to
the senate, was unnecessary.
Is Aimed at Slackers
Senators Lodge of Massachusetts
and Thomas of Colorado, made the
principal speeches today in the senate
in behalf of the bill, the latter sup
porting his work or fight amendment
and saying It casts no reflection on
organized labor but is aimed at indus
trial slacfters.
Representative Black of Texas, gave
notice in the house that he would in
troduce tomorrow a work or fight
amendment similar to that incorpo
rated in the senate draft of the bill.
Amendments Agreed To
The house agreed to an amendment
l'v Representative Gregg of Texas,
which would make memhers of con
gress and of state legislatures as well
as state and federal executive officers
liable under the draft. More than 100
members of congress would be subject
to the draft If the amendment were
enacted into law. An amendment by
Representative MeCulloch which also
was agreed to would require the en
rollment of all citizens of co-belligerent
nations and make them subject to
draft in this country except where
treaties would be violated.
Farmers Are Deferred
The house also voted favorably on
an amendment hy Uepresenative
Campbell of Kansas, placing farmers
in deferred classification.
All votes in the house -today were
in the committee of the whole and it
is expected that at least one of them,
the MeKenzie amendment, will be the
subject of a separate vote when the
house technically resumes formal ses
sion before the final vote.
In disposing nf minor amendments,
the senate adopted the provisions au
thorizing the transfer of draft board
members within their own states as
desired hy Provost Marshal General
Crowder.i. ( Senator Chamberlain ex
plained that Hitch a provision was
reeded to- insure proper officials in
some districts where the foreign popu
lation predominated and also in dis
tricts in -which local draft officials
have been VHerelict in administering the
law. j
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PHOENIX SOLDIER
KII tiED IN ACTION
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f'! ican A. P. Lead Wire
OTT i Ont.. Aug. 23. Names of
S3 Am- ct&s appear in three Canadian
casualty lUts issued here today. Of
the 1.992 timbers of the Canadian ex
peditionary, force listed. 249 are re
ported as lfMed in action, 48 as having
died of wcMnds, 1,674 as wounded, 12
as missing and 11 as coming under the
head of "miscellaneous."
H. L. Chambers, Buckingham, Colo.,
was wounded, and K. L. Mason, Phoe
nix, Ariz.,, was killed in action.
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ATTACKS ARE GREAT SUCCESS
Republican A. P. Leased Wire
LONDON, Aug. 23. Gen. Byng's at
v tacks are regarded as a great success.
Although 4 he .enemy tried to avoid
battle, he lost more than 3,000 prisoners,
besides great numbers in killed or
wounded. The total British casualties
have been well below the number of
prisoners taken. -
DISASTER
ALL ALONG LINE
(By the Associated Press)
OXEll THE 50 MILE battle front from the region of
Arras to the north of Soissons the German armies
are meeting with defeats which apparently spell
disaster. Everywhere the British and French forces have
continued on the attack the enemy has been sanguinarily
worsted. And the end of his trials is not yet in sight.
To the British, over the 30 miles of the fighting zone
from the Cojeul river southeast of Arras, to Lihons south
of the Somme, numerous towns have fallen. Enemy ter
ritory has been penetrated to a depth of several miles.
Goodly Gains Made by French
The French are fighting between the Matz river and
the territory north of Soissons. Goodly gains have been
made in the envelopment of Xoyon and in the general
maneuver which seeks to crush or drive out the Germans
from the salient between the Somme and the Ailette and
to put into jeopardy the entire German line running to
Reims.
The Germans brought up large reinforcements to stay
Ilaig's armies but without avail. Where they wrere able
momentarily to hold back their on-coming foes the Ger
mans finally were forced to cede the ground. For their
temerity they paid a terrible price in killed, wounded and
men made prisoner.
EXPERTS HOPE FOR
MOST SEVERE DEFEAT
Republican A. P. Leased Wire
WASHINGTON". Aug. 23 Almost
unvarying success described in today's
dispatches telling of the great allied of
fensive on the 50 mile front stretch
ing from Soissons northward to the en
virons of Anas raised Tiopes in military
circles here for the most severe defeat
yet administered to the Germans. Ob
servers were of the opinion that Gen
eral Foch's whittling tactics of the past
six weeks have been so effective that
opportunity has come for a glorious
harvest.
Absence Creates Speculation
Absence of any mention of Ameri
can troops in the descriptions of the
great fight led to interested specula
tion as to the whereabouts of General
Pershing' thirty divisions, which, ac
cording to recent announcement are to
be included in the first American field
army. That practically 'all of these
units have completed the training for
which they we're brigaded with the
French and British has been known for
some time.
At Front If There
It has been thought a considerable
number of Americans still are with the
British Third and Fourth armies and
most military officers were at a loss to
understand why they had not been
identified in the capture of some of the
important enemy positions overrun
during the day.
Recent evidence of the mettle of Per
shing's forces made it certain, it was
believed, that if American divisions
were with the allied troops, their lo
cality tonight would be at the apex ot
the advance.
May Have Important Task
Some advanced the theory the move
ment of American divisions to the sec
tor assigned to the first American ar
my is under way.
Concentration at this time of the
United States divisions on the ail
American ' front, when the forward
movement of the more northern armies
promises so much might mean General
Foch has assigned to Pershing some
important task closely linked with the
major strategy.
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Republican A. P. Leased Wire
MONTEVIDEO, Aug. 23 The Ions
paralysis of port activities has been
broken by the government putting
soldiers to work loading vessels. This
action was 'taken after striking work
men had refused to obey a government
order to return to work.
BUENOS AIRES, Aug. 2:!. The port
workers union here has declared a boy
cott on all vessels which ordinarily
should have loaded or unloaded at
Montevideo, but came here hecnuao the
port of Montevideo was paralyzed by
ine siriKe. -as a result seven vessels
lie idle here. These include three Brit
ish, two American and two Brazilian
shin.
The union announces that the boy
cott will continue until the end of the
striKe at Montevideo which, according
to information' received here, has not
been relieved to any great extent by
the action of the government in re
placing the striking stevedores with
soldiers.
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WAGE INCREASE GRANTED
WASHINGTON. Aug. 23. 'increased
wages will be granted employes of the
Denver and Salt Lake as of January 1,
and back payment made immediately.
The railroad administration will also
make J60O.OO0 repairs on the road,
which is considered especially, valuable
to the national railroad system because
it reaches a number of high production
"oal mines.
EVER GIVEN GERMANS
BROKEN
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Strong Positions Captured
The entire Arras-Albert road has
been crossed by the British. The
strongly held positions where the Ger
mans saw distaster facing them if they
fell, were stormed and captured and
the British passed them going east
ward. Notable among these places were
Achiet-le-Grand, where bitter fighting
has been in progress for several days;
Boyelles and Gomiecourt, northeast of
Albert.
Fortress Must Capitulate
The taking of Achiet, and farther
east of the town of Bihucourt, gives
Haig a dominating position over Ba
paume from which the railway and
highway runs eastward to Cambrai.
Farther south the old fortress of Thiep-
val is surrounded n three sides and
its capitulation must follow.
Friday night saw the British stand
ing well to the east of Albert and
south of the Somme they were holding
Chuignolles and Chuignes and had
thrown out forces eastward to out
flank Bray on the south and Chaulnes
on the north.
Little Fighting Around Roye
Midway of the battle line south of
the Somme around Roye there has
been little fighting, the allied . com
mander evidently reasoning that with
both wings of his offensive near Ar
ras and Soissons working smoothly in
the movement which is likely to com
pel the Germans to seek refuge behind
the' old Hindenburg line, ground soon
wiil have to be given here automat
ically in order to save large numbers
of men, guns and supplies from cap
ture. Enemy On Dangerous Ground
With the continuation of the French
drive from the Matz River around the
bend in the line to the north of Sois
sons. however, particularly north of
Soissons. the Germans still within the
lower portion of the old salient ap
parently are on dangerous ground. The
French are engaged in their drive in
this region. They have crossed the
Divette River near Evricourt and at
several other points have forded the
Ailette and the Oise and north of Sois
sons are standing east of Bagneux
and to the west of Crecy-ou-Mont. A
swift turning movement across the
Oise from the latter region would be
likely to work havoc.
Americans Probably Moved
Although the Americans at the com
mencement of the Somme offensive
were brigaded with the British along
! the northern bank of the Somme, no
I mention of their having taken part in
the fighting has been made. It is
probable that they have been moved
to some other front where Marshal
Foch contemplates another smash.
IBOlElBS
HE CAPTURED
' Republican A. P. Leased Wire
BISBEE, Ariz., Aug. 23. A military
patrol from Naco, Ariz., recaptured
Privates McHush, Wilson and Hayden,
tenth cavalry (colored) who escaped
from the guard house at Kort Hua
chuca Thursday night, while awaiting
transportation to Fort Leavenworth to
begin serving sentences of 20 years,
imposed by a military court.
Their capture was brought about by
an attack on G. W. Allvvood, a rancher.
After riding several miles with him in
his automobile, they struck him on his
head and stunned him, left him by the
roadside and made away with the car.
Allwood was fpund and the attack re
ported to civil and military authorities.
A civilian posse drove the fugitives
into the clutches of a military patrol
a few hundred yards north of the
Mexican border after they had aban
doned the car.
AIRMEN BOMB COLOGNE
Republican A. P. Leased Wire
AMSTERDAM, Aug. 23. Five per
sons were killed and two persons badly
injured and considerable damage wan
done to private property by. bombs
dropped from allied airplanes on Co
logne early Thursday morning, accord
ing to an official announcement in
Thursday evening's Cologne Gazette.
i a copy of which has been received
here.
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KEEPjLK
u in onare u un Allies Tiieir
Sacrifice of Food as Well
As Blood In the Cause
of "Worl d Democracy
Republican A. P. Leased Wire
NEW YORK, Aug. 23. The United
States will share' with the allies then
sacrifice of food as well as blood in
the cause of world democracy, declared
Herbert C. Hoover, federal food admin
istrator, on his arrival here today, en
route to Washington, after a brief visit
to England and France.
We Have to "Make Good;
Asserting that "we have to make
good," a pledge to this effect which
he had given to the allied food admin
istrators while sitting "at a common
table in a common cause," Mr. Hoover
said that, to do so America will next
year have to supply the allies 4.000,
000,000 pounds of fats, 000,000,000
pounds of beef products, 500,000,000
bushels of cereals, and 1, 500,000 tons
of sugar. However, Mr. Hoover added,
beginning September 1 there will be
no need for drastic food rationing in
the allied countries, except in the case
of sugar and beef.
Women Reaping Harvests
"The harvests of France, England
and Italy are better than one could
expect in the tremendous drain of man
power to the front." Mr. Hoover said
in a statement tonight. "This is due
to the 'women. There is no sight in
the world that would, appeal to the
American heart as that of the literally
millions of women doing all the work
of getting in the harvests while their
men are at work in the shops and driv
ing back the Germans."
Burden Falls on U. S.
Of the foodstuffs which America
must export, Mr. Hoover said: "Upon
North America falls the burden of food
supply. We have -also to feed our
own enormous army. We ran do it
if we simply hsve the will to live
with every economy i and to waste
nothing. ' "
"By the great efforts of our farmers,
our United States harvests are better
this year but in order that we may
build up a surplus of wheat this year,
as against possible crop failures sucn
as we had last year, we have decided
to mix 20 per cent of other grains with
wheat flour in all the countries fight
ing Germany.
We cannot ask for better bread than
France. Under these arrangements,
however, the bread situation in the
United States will be much easier than
last year and in allied countries -n
enormous improvement.
' "It will lie a bad winter in Europe,
hecause coal will be much shorter there
than even last winter, and the health
of their populations cannot be main
tained if they, in addition, are to be
also restricted in their allowances of
bread and fats.
Sugar Our Only Difficulty
"The only difficulty in the United
States is about sugar, and that is a
shortage that cannot be helped. We
cannot take ships from our army or
allies and send them to the East Indies
to fetch us candy and sweet drinks,
and we will simply hav to divide the
West Indian sugar with the allies."
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WASHINGTON, Aug. 23. Assur
ances reached the State Department
today that the anti-bolshevik govern
ments at Omsk and Vladivostok are in
full accord which, officials said, meant
that all Siberia virtually is under one
government with a small portion near
Irkutsk controlled by bolsheviki forces
aided by former German and Austrian
prisoners. . .
Difficulties to Overcome
The agreement between the two gov
ernments was considered by officials
here as one of the most important
developments in the Russian tangle
since the overthrow of the Kerensky
government. The first difficulty the
Siberian governments have to face is
the eradication of the bolshevik Red
Guards and the Austro-German pris
oners of war now fighting side by side.
They control the trans-Siberian rail
road from Irkutsk on Late Baikal to
Manchuria station, about two hundred
miles from Karimskaya where the'
Amur River line branches off to the
north. Troops of the allies aided by
the Czecho-Slovaks. control the Man
churian line from Vladivostok to Man
churia station.
Have Little to Gain
The Bolsheviki and prisoners on the
I'ssuri River are not considered here
as formidable as they have little to
gain even if victorious. Their hope is
to get as far south as Xikolsk, about
forty miles west of Vladivostok, thus
cutting off Vladivostok from the Man
churiau railroad, but even if they suc
ceed in this it will not interfere ith
the sending of allied troops westward
to aid the Czechs and Japanese in
fighting the bolsheviki from Manchu
ria to Karimskaya, as the road from
Port Arthur will still be open to them.
When the allied troops reach Karim
skaya, it is pointed out here, they will
cut off the bolsheviki along the Amur
River branch of the railroad from their
comrades between Karimskaya and Ir
kutsk. The stability of the Western Siberi
an government is shown by the -fact
that it has been in existence and prac
tically' peaceful for nearly a year. .
LATE DEVELOPMENTS
1 TANGLE
HIGHLY IMPORTANT
ENTIRE BATTALION
IS ANNIHILATED
BY BRITISH GUNS
. (By the Associated Press) . x
WITH THE BRITISH ARMY IN FRANCE, Aug.
2:. 4 :30 p. m. (By the Associated Press) Vic
torious on 'a battle front of 23 miles extending
from the Cojeul river on the north, across the Ancre and
Somme rivers almost to Lihons, the third and fourth
British armies under General Byng and General Rawlin
son at mid-afternoon were vigorously following up their
successes of today, which apparently has been one of the
most disastrous days ever experienced by the Germans.
The enemy has lost wide stretches, of ground, numer
ous towns, thousands of men made prisoner and large
quantities of materials and guns. He also again has had
heavy casualties.
Dead Germans Cover Battle Field
Crown Prince Rupprecht of Bavaria, the German
commander, has thrown his men in before the advancing
British armies in an effort to stave off the inevitable, bu
only to have them mowed down again and again by storms
of metal which poured from the British guns. One entire
enemy battalion was annihilated during the fighting.
Dead Germans in great numbers are scattered every
where over the battlefield. As an example, 400 enemv
dead were observed this morning on one small piece of j
ground over which the battle
Official Statements
FRENCH
Republican A. P. Leased Wire
PARIS, Aug. 23. The French
troops in their fighting Friday
crossed the Divette river in the
region of Evricourt and made pro
gress to the east of Bagneux and
to the west of Crecy-Au-Mont, ly
ing north of Soissons, according
to the official communication is
sued this evening. The text of
the communication follows:
"Between th Matz and the Oise
there have been violent artillery
actions.
"We have crossed the Divette
river in the direction of Evricourt.
Between the Ailette and the Aisne
we have made progress to the east
of Bagneux and west of Crecy au
Mont."
"Aviation: Our chasing squad
krons have brought down or put out
of action 14 enemy machines and
set on fire nine captive balloons.
"Our day bombing aviators
dropped 18 tons of explosives and
fired thousands of rounds of car
tridges on enemy assemblages and
convi in the Margival ravine, on
the road to Soissons and Chauny,
and on Vauxaillon, Anizy le Cha
teau and Laffaux.
"During the night, 25 tons of
bombs were dropped on the sta
tions of Ham, Laon and Guiscard.
We blew up the ammunition depot
of Sommettes Faucourt. The rail-wr-
stations of Mezieres. Maison
Bleue, Mauchault and Pontavert
also were bombarded.
"A strong attack was carried
out on the very important air
drome at Mars la Tour. From the
effects of the first bombs dropped
a fire of considerable proportions
broke out. An efficacious bom
bardment also was carried out on
other hangars and sheds and on
the aviators themselves.
"Numerous machines on the
ground were sf to be burned.
"A total of 43 tons of explosive
was dropped on the twenty-second
day and night."
BRITISH
Republican A. P. Leased Wire
LONDON, Aug. 23. On a front
of about six miles, from the south
east of Albert to the neighborhood
of Grandicourt, east of the Ancre
river, the British have pushed for-,
ward and gained ground after
heavy fighting, says Field Marshal
Haig's communication from head
quarters tonight. South of Grandi
court a German counter attack
was repulsed.
The advance of the British was
to a depth of two miles and a large
number of Germans were killed or
made prisoners. Five villages to
the north of Achiet-le-Grand were
captured and the British pressed on
eastward from them, says General
Haig's statement.
The town of Achiet le Grand has
been captured by the British and
also Bihucourt, just to the south
east of Achiet le Grand, and about
2'i miles from the railroad junction
of Bapaume.
The text of the communication
follows:
"We pressed our attacks vigor
ously and successfully today on a
front of thirty miles from Lihons
to Mercatel. South of the Somme
we carried the villages of Herle"
ville, Chuignes and Chuignolles,
with the woods lying between the
villages and the river.
"In the course of an advance of
over two miles into German posi
tions great numbers of Gemans
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had swept.
Battle Grows More Disastrous
With all this fierce fighting and not
withstanding the fact that the British
at many places have fought over open
ground against an enemy protected in
"pot holes" and strong points of other
kinds, the British losses everywhere
seem to have been extraordinarily light.
This probably is due to the confusion
the Uermans find reigning behind their
lines as they are fighting a losing
battle which for them hourly grows
more disastrous.
Crown Prince Rupprecht today had
strengthened his line at many places,
but this instead of stopping the Brit
ish, simply meant that the Germans
suffered bigger losses.
Battle Front Appreciably Widened
During the night and this morning
the front upon which the battle was
being fought yesterday was widened
appreciably both to the north and the
south, while the ground in the middle
between ' Albert and Beaueourt-sui-Anc're
which heretofore had been fairly
quiet, suddenly was drawn into the
whirl,
FrcJm the northern edge of the battle
field to the south the situation at last
reports eeemed to be as follows:
British Cross Railroad
New attacks from the river Cojeul
and south carried the British across
the Albert-Arras railroad cmbankmtnt.
The British apparently hold Boiry-Be-cquerelle
and Boyelles and have passed
beyond the Arras-Bapaume road.
The troops just to the south who,
for two days had been fighting for
and afterwards from the embankment,
stormed forward and reached Hame
lincou'rt and are pushing on toward Er
villers, St. Leger and Croisilles. Air
planes reported that British tanks had
crossed the road between Ervillers and
St. Leger, while some infantry was re
ported to be less.than a thousand yards
west of Ervillers some hours ago.
Germans Abandon Positions
At about that time an airplane re
ported the Germans had disappeared
from their positions northwest of St.
Leger and between that town and
Hamelincourt and that the fighting
British found time to cheer heartily.
'Apparently the Germans, rather than
suffer more here, where they have met
with some of their heaviest losses,
decided to get out. This locality was
ona of the places where the Germans
hatl .doubled their strength.
T Upset Enemy Plans
The fighting to the south of this
region began in the night, when strong
British forces assailed Gomiecourt just
a few minutes before the Germans had
anticipated launching an attack. Go
miecourt was British at daylight. As
it happened the British upset all the
enemy plans and, after killing many
Germans and capturing 500 in the
town of Gomiecourt alone, they went
on. At last reports they were pushing
ahead steadily.
Gomiecourt, by reason of its terrain,
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AVIATORS KILLED
HERE AND ABROAD
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY ON
THE VESLE FRONT. Aug. 23.
Lieutenant Louis Verdier, formerly
head of the Lafayette flying squadron,
a brother of Paul Verdier of San
Francisco, has been killed in action,
according to information received
here. No details are given In the re
Port. .
SACRAMENTO. Cal, Aug. 23. Ca
det Marion L. Burns, f East Pasa
dena, Cal.; a student aviator at Mather
Field, near Sacramento, died tonight
from injuries sustained in an airplane
accident this afternoon. A compan
ion aviator, whose name was withheld
by Mather Field officers, was slightly
injured.
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REPUBLICAN
HI
ffTEH ATTACK
Submarine Said to Have
Been One That Sunk the
Lusitania ; British Freight
er Sunk; Two 'Are Lost
Republican A. P. Leased Wire
TOULON, Aug. 23. The British pas
senger steamship Bandy, while between
Malta and Sicily was torpedoed by a
German submarine. Although the ex
plosion tore a gaping wound in her
starboard side, the vessel succeeded in
reaching the harbor here today.
The IT boat which fired the torpedo
was sunk by patrol boats. Six of the
submarine's crew were saved, includ
ing the first mate.
German Officer Attempts Suicide
The mate of the submarine when
hoisted aboard a destroyer attempted
to commit suicide. He appeared to be
insane. He said the lost I' boat had
torpedoed the Cunard liner Lusitania
and had destroyed an aggregate of
600,000 tons of other allied shipping.
Killed When Ship Struck Mine
Available shipping registers do not
list the British steamship Bandy and
she probably is a new- vessel.
Advices from London on August 10
said that Lieutenant Commander
Schwieger, who commanded the sub
marine which sank the Lusitania, had
been killed when his L"-boat struck a
mine in the North sea.
Freighter Sunk; Two Men Lost
NEW YORK, Aug. 23. Shelled and
torpedoed by a big German submarine
just at sunrise Wednesday, the British
freighter Diomed was sunk with the
loss of two of her crew and wounding
of many others, 125 miles east of New
York. Of the 104 survivors brought
here by another steamship, many had
been cut by shrapnel and scalded by
steam w hen a torpedo crashed through
the boiler room.
Torpedo Kills Seaman
Though attacked without warning,
the Diomed's gun crew answered the
German fire but without effect. After
their twelfth shot at the I boat, 'one
of the submersible's shells disabled the
freighter s steering gear. The raider's
commander- then supplanted gun fire
with a torpedo. As the projectile tor
amidships through the Diomed, a sea
man was killed. Others were caught
in a flood of steam as the boilers burst,
and one died aboard a lifeboat.
Submarine Modern Craft
The submarine was a large craft of
the newest type, with deck guns fore
and aft. It cruised among the small
boats, the captain said, and offered
medical assistance to his wounded, but
he declined., fearing a ruse to make
some. of his men prisoners.
The Diomeo, a 4,700 ton steel ves
sel, was bound in ballast from Liver
pool to New York in service of ths
British admiralty.
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AT LAST GIVEN UP
Republican A. P. Leased Wire
AMSTERDAM. Aus. 23. Empress
Auguste Victoria of Germany is ill at
Castle Wilhelmshoehe, Cassel, the Lo
kalanzeiger of Berlin says, owing to
over-strain from her war relief work.
Physicians' in attendance promise hcr
full recovery; within a few weeks.
The Be?finer Vossische Zeitung savi
that the ' empress is suffering from
nervous depression, due to her numer
ous visits to the hospitals and talks
with the wounded from the most recent
offensive.
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WASHINGTON, Aug. 23. The mo
tion picture industry in all its branches
has been recognized as an essential
industry by the war industries board.
Chairman Baruch announced tnrlav
I mat mis action naa oeen taKen in line
witn provost Marshal General Crowd
er's ruling under the work or fight
regulation that the industry afforded
useful occupation.
Recognition of its value in affording
an educational medium for the great
masses of the people, as well as a
governed the board in placing the in
dustry upon the preferred list foe pri
ority. The extensive uso or motion
pictures by all war recreation agencies
also was considered.
The erection of new picture theaters,
however, will not be permitted, dur
ing the war. Saving of materials used
in the manufacture of films, several
or Which are essential in the produc
tion of explosives, will be effected by
a ruling of the board, that only one
The industry also has been called unon
to institute other economies in ma
terial, chiefly tin and iron.
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AVIATOR KILLED
MEMPHIS, Tcnn.,- Aug. 23. Lieut
enant Samuel il Topping of Bingham
ton, J. -7Y., was fatally injured and
Jos))h V. Cary, student aviator, sus
tained a broken leg at Park Field to
daywhen their airplane went into a
tailspin and fell 400 feet. Lieutenant
Topping died an hour later. The acci
dent is attributed to engine trouble.
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GERMAN PRESS HAS
EVADING THE TRUTH
MOVES
DECLARED
ESSENTIAL