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Heavy fighting continued all night
along the whole front northwestward
&to the Ourcq, a distance of about fif
teen miles, the French driving home
Bumerous counter attacks with the re
mit that the Germans were forced to
five ground at several points. Pris
oners by the hundreds were taken by
the French who likewise cut the Ger
---nans up severely during the various
-sgagements.
FRENCH CLAIM ADVANTAGE
Apparently tile Germans have made
W farther progress since Saturday in
her sectors, either on the other side
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ALLIES BRACE LINE,
RETAKE SOME GROUND
FROM CROWN PRINCE
^German Rush is Slowed Up Soissons
Sector Stands Firm Rheims De
fenses Turn Back Huns Brit-
ons Gain In Flanders
TWO FORTIFIED TOWNS TAKEN
Paris, June 3.- -An allied offensive maneuver is predicted by
Le Matin and the Petit Parisien. They express the conviction
that Generals Foch and Petain who proved themselves good of
fensive men in subordinate commands will display the same
lalities in the supreme commands of the allied and French
armies.
FORCES EVENLY BALANCED
All the newspapers, according to a Havas agency review,
believe that the equilibrium seems to have been re-established
all points of the front and the fluctuations are growing in
extent.'
The German assaults are still furious and violent, while the
A French resistance is fierce and energetic with numerous strong
counter attacks. Sunday the French held the enemy in check
and even forced him to withdraw from some points.
V. ALLIES' LINE STRENGTHENED
A so at re S a or re on
With the French Army in France, June 2.—(Delayed)—
With every step taken by the Germans the resistance of the allied
troops is growing. All along the front facing Paris the reserves
of the allies are beginning to make their presence felt.
The Germans having crossed the Dormans-Rheims road
along the eastern side of the salient the town of Ville En Tar
^enoiSj.which was the obje,ct of a serious attack some days ago,
masse^^^German artillery, has been evacuated. En-
CoK%nkly. j. i, ?outh of the town.
cited tures to show
tfr&i TO DIVIDE ALLIES' FORCES
bitumlous
jptgcirife have accentuated their movement to the south
ope^i&f&st of Villers-Cotterets and in the valley of the* Ourcq
the same time are attempting to push forward farther to
Chateau Thierry along the Marne
to the northeast, or in the Sois
and Noyon regions to the north.
French are reported holding
positions everywhere.
ENCH TAKE FOUR TOWNS
fighting continued all day
east of Villers-Cotterets and
rest of the same name east of
the town. Saturday the French re
captured four towns in this region,
tinder the enemy pressure the French
again were compelled to give up FVv
ftrolles, about three miles southeast of
Villers-Cotterets. Assuming the in
itiative west of Neuilly-St. Front, the
French recaptured Passy-En-Valois,
southeast of Faverolles, and bill 163
nearby. German attacks elsewhere
southward toward the Marne at
Chateau Thierry were repulsed. Paris
reports.
ALLIES HOLD MARNE LINE
The Germans have not crossed the
Marne and apparently have not made'
very strong efforts to do so. They
now hold a greater part of Chateau'
^JThierry with th? French maintaining!
foothold in tl^e western section.
3J1lOn the eastern wing the Germans
who crossed the Dormans-Rheims
toad and took Ville-En-Tardenots have'
J»en driven from Ohamplat.
Around Rheims the situation is un-'
vt&anged, the Germans probably hop
•h
ConU&U£(1 on
a M*
nq^ the Aisne and-the Oise rivers.' "lH~iTtfPTtfrSiieti i&TOrme'wrtf
-cated clearly bytKefr concentration of troops.
The enemy is able to command the portion of Chateau
Thierry which lies on the northern bank of the Marne but the
-Allies still retain the southern portion.
AMERICAN STORES NOT LOST
Washington, D. C., June 3.—General Pershing in a continuation of yes
\j£terday's communication denies the German official statement that Franco
"%American depots at Fere-En-Tardenois have been captured. No American
Mwpota were located there, he declares.
ENEMY'S RUSH IS HALTED
[Associated Press Summary]
The German rush towards Paris between the rivers Marne and Ourcq,
halted last night, according to today's official statement from Paris.
French troops stood their ground firmly at the point of greatest im
pact, near the Marne, and in dashing counter attacks drove back the ene
my in othel* sections of the battlefiel 1 to the northwest.
Although able to push back the French line between Soissons and Noy
en the Germans have been unable to break it and, while continuing their
strong attacks there, are making most
violent attempts from the line of the
Marne to north of the Ourcq. The in-
intention probably is to outflank the
northern sector by forcing back the
sector south of Soissons to west of
iVillers-Cotterets.
FIGHT THROUGHOUT NIGHT
The main force.of the German blow
Was directed along the road that runs
from Chateau Thierry to Paris. The
French met it astride that road to the
leoutheast of Bouresches within less
than two miles of the river and broke
the assault by their fire.
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FEAR OF LOYALISTS
SENDS MAN TO JAIL
Ashland, Wis., June 3.—Fear that
the Knights of Liberty would do him
violence, it is alleged, caused Emil
Kunze, driver for a local agency of a
brewing company, to quit his job and
leave the city. About midnight he ap
peared at police headquarters and ask
ed that he be permitted to sleep in the
jail.
He said he had heard alleged
"knights" talking outside his door as
to the advisability of tarring and
feathering him because he was al
leged to be pro-German. William
Landraint, a recent victim of the "tpr
and feather Bquad." yesterday appeal
ed to the chief of police for protec
tion because of a letter lie is said to
have received from Knights of
Liberty.
iconfldent in tneir aoun
SEMk
U-BOATS SINK SHIPS IN U.
HUNS' CRACK
DIVISION IS
DECIMATED
Prussian Guards Are* Re
moved From Battle Be
cause of Heavy Losses
Germans Fall Back On
Mass Attacks.
ALLIES SAY TEUTONS'
ASSAULT IS STEMMED
[By The Associated Press]
Correspondent]
With the French Army in France,
June 3.—Owing to the terrible casual
ties inflicted on the Prussian guards
division it has been withdrawn by the
German high command, from the bat
tle. The German losseB are becoming
heavier daily.
The Germans & the beginning of
the offensive followed out a system of
filtering through the allied lines.
Bodies of picked troops would find
their way, to thinly held portions of
the lines and then would open fire on
the allied troops from the rear.
RENEW MASS FORMATION.
This feature of the offensive is now
giving way in most places to attack
in Trussed formation. The enemy has
found it impossible to carry out the
first maneuver since the allied troops
have received reinforcements. The al
lied troops feel that the enemy has
reached ^he virtual end of his rush.
Ground is now given up only when the
allied commanders consider it useless
to hold it and when combats occur
they are fought on a much more equal
basic than heretofore.
REINFORCEMENTS ARRIVED
The troops have never felt more
onfldent in their ability to prevent a
wifhTftrflf
ish and French reinforcements arriv
ing rapidly, the morale of the allied
armies is higher than ever.
The enemy now holds the northern
bank of the Marne to a distance of
about fifteen miles. A further advance
in this section seems to have been
prevented, although the Germans may
feel out the opposite bank of the
river by making efforts to cross at
various points.
WILL ADDRESS
GCO.MOTHERS
CORPORAL MERLE SKINNER TO
MEET RELATIVES OF COMRADES
AT CHRISTIAN CHURCH.
Corporal Merle Skinner who re
turned home Friday from Waterloo
and was to report this evening at Des
Moines, received a wire today order
ing him to remain here until further
notice. He has no idea how long he
will be in town. In view of this fact
he will speak to the mothers and
wives of the men of company at the
First Christian church this evening.
He will give a special talk to the
relatives of his comrades bringing
messages from their sons and hus
bands.
This evening Corporal and Mrs.
Skinner and Corporal's Skinner's par
ents will be entertained at the home
of Dr. and Mrs. F. E. Day at 5:30 din
ner.
NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS
to the
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OTTUMWA, IOWA, TUESDAY, JUNE 4, 1318
REVOLUTION
I. WW. AIM,
TO BOLE U.S.
Letters Introduced In Judge
Landis' Court Show Hay
wood Planned Organiza
tion of Army To Over
throw Government.
FIRES IN WESTERN
FIELDS EXPLAINED
Chicago, June 3.—In 1914 the Indus
trial Workers of the World planned ,to
organize a huge revolutionary army,
fully drilled and equipped with big
guns and superior in number to the
available federal troops, to overthrow
the government and enftirce its rule
in the western mining districts.
This fact was brought out,by gov
ernment attorneys today at the trial
of 112 I. W. W. leaders before Federal
Judge Landis in a letter written by
Wm. D. Haywood, general secretary
and treasurer of the organization, to
F. Cady, under date of June 18, 1914.
After discussing the activity of thd
national guard in several western
states against the I. W. W., Haywood
advocated the organisation of a train
ed military force for use in combatting
the governinpnt-
GRAIN BURNED IN FIEL.D8
In a letter to St. John in August,
1914, E. Krauss described the reign of
lawlessness in the harvest fields of
Oregon and Washington by members
of the I. W. W, as follows:
"The stiffs In this part of the coun
try are certainly raising hell, as more
than fifty threshers have been burn
ed up around here and the farmers
offered $100 reward for the guilty per
sons supposed to have put matches in
the grain, but up to this time they
have met with no success. As a re
sult all Insurance has been cancelled,,
as the insurance companies have been
hard hit"
HAYWOOD ADVISES PLOTTERS
In another letter Haywood warned
his organizers in the Held of the dan
ger of describing definite revolution
ary plans. He advised them to speak
in very general terms and not to go
into details, as the letters might fall
into the handfr of government agents.
HARDING'S EDICT
CLOSES CHURCHES
Waterloo, June 3.—The three Dan
ish churches in Cedar Falls and the
one at Fredsville, near here, were
closed yesterday in compliance with
the orders of the boards of trustees.
No services of any character were con
ducted. Posted on each edifice was
the notice "Closed by order of the
governor's proclamation until further
notice."
The order referred to is Governor
Harding's proclamation forbidding, as
the Danish people interpret it, the
use of any language other than Eng
lish in public in the state of Iowa.
MOLDAVIA VICTIMS
WERE ALL INSURED
Washington, D. C., June 3.—All of
the fifty-three soldiers reported lost
on the torpedoed transport Moldavia,
were insured by the government and
their dependents will be paid an aver
age of about $50 a month for twenty
years. In addition those with wives,
children or dependent widowed moth
ers will be enrolled for additional
death compensation payments rang
ing from $20 to $75 a month. The
-war risk insurance has received
2,162.021 applications from soldiers
and sailors totalling about $18,000,
000,000.
S.
NEW SUBMERSIBLE CRUISERS
WOULD BLOCKADE EAST COAST
TRANSPORTS ESCAPE ATTACK
That Large Flotilla Is Engaged In Raid
On Shipping Is Indicated By S. O.
S. Appeals Patrol Vessels Bat
tle With Invaders.
V.' S. DESTROYERS SEEK FOE
BULLETIN
New York, Jane 3.—A rumor has reached the office
of the Third Naval district here that a submarine operat
ing: off the coast has been captured by a United States
warship and that the U-boat is being towed to this port.
There is no confirmation of the rumor as yet.
BULLETIN
Washington, D. C., June 3.—Orders issued by the
navy department have closed all the North Atlantic ports
until further notice. Outgoing vessels were turned back
to port today.
BULLETIN
An Atlantic Port, June 3.—Passengers on an incom
ing steamship from Cuba today said that the Cuban gov
ernment, presumably in fear of submarines, had kept the
port of Havana closed to all outgoing vessels from May 20
to May 25.
BULLETIN.
New York, June 3.—A wireless S. O. S. call from the
New York and Porto Rico line passenger steamship Caro
lina, saying that she was being attacked by a submarine,
was received here today.
The Carolina with 220 passengers aboard and 120 in
her crew, was bound for an Atlantic port at which she is
this afternoon twelve hours overdue.
BULLETIN
JBariiejeat^N.. J* Jraebaa been passed
alfihgthe Atlantic coast 10 be on the watch for crewsof
ships sunk by submarines. All of the government,life
guard stations have been communicated with.
BULLETIN
Chatham, Mass., June 3.—A report is current on
the cape that a ship has been torpedoed off Nantucket
shoals. No official confirmation of the report is
obtainable.
New York, June 3.—Germany has carried her unrestricted
submarine warfare to this side of the ocean and several ves
sels have been sunk by submarine attacks off the Atlantic coast.
Some reports say that the number of victims already has
reached fifteen.
TWO TANKERS ARE VICTIMS
A British steamship which came into an Atlantic port at full
«need today reported having picked up wireless appeals for help
from two American tank steamers which were being attacked off
the New Jersey coast. Both tankers reported they were sinking.
The City of Columbus, a passenger ship in the Atlantic coast
trade, is reported to have been sunk.
VICTIMS LAND AT NEW YORK
Although the presence of German undersea boats had been
reported in American waters for several days past, the first defi
the news that they were operating off this coast came today when
the crew of one victim, the schooner Edward H. Cole, was landed
here.
BATTLE IS ON, REPORT
It is presumed here that the submarine or submarines are
now in battle with American destroyers.
Beside the Edward H. Cole, the names of two other sunken
ships have been reported to the navy. They are the Schooner
Jacob S. Haskell and the Isabella D. Willey.
Two more American vessels, the Hattie Dunn and the Samuel
V/. Hathaway,* have been sunk by German submarines.
ATTACKED BY TWO U-BOATS
Two submarines attacked the Edward H. Cole, according to
the commander of the vessel, Captain Newcomb. According to
the survivors, the Edward H. Cole was sunk 75 miles off the
highlands of New Jersey yesterday.
They appeared simultaneously, one on each side of the vessel
and signalled the captain to heave to. The commander of one of
the submarines then boarded the schooner in a small boat and
gave the crew ten minutes to leave the ship.
The crew took to their own boats immediately and the Ger
man sailors then planted a bomb on the vessel and blew her up.
RESCUE SHIP ESCAPES HUNS
Just before the explosion occurred an American steamship
appeared in the offing and the U-boat immediately gave chase.
The crew of the Edward H. Cole was subsequently picked up
by an American auxiliary naval vessel, brought to an Atlantic port
test night and thence sent here by train. They were taken in
charge by naval officials.
The vessel carrying the Edward H. Cole's crew was pursued
by the submarine but escaped by taking refuge in an Atlantic port.
The Edward H. Cole was an American schooner of 1,791 tons
^ross, owned in Boston. She was built at Rockland, Maine, in
1904. The crew of the Edward H. Cole has been landed here.
SIGNALS INTENSIVE CAMPAIGN
Rumors of the presence of German submarines off the Amer
ican coast have been current for the past two weeks, the reports
e'ling of one or more having been sighted in southern waters.
The attack upon American shipping almost at the very en
trance of New York harbor is taken to mean that Germany has at
I last inaugurated a submarine campaign to break up transport of
troops to France.
I Within the last week a South American ship arriving here
[brougfll reports of the presence of two German submarines in
'the vicinity of Bermuda. The report that fifteen vessels had
been sunk indicate the presence of a number of submarines and
the enemiy has inaugurated an attack in farce.
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NUMBER 85
WATERS
HOME FLEET
WILL GUARD'
TROOPSHIPS
Navy Has Expected Raid
On American Side of
Atlantic, Officials Say
Many Patrol Vessels Arc
Available For Defense.
BASE IN SOUTHERN
WATERS, IS BELIEF
Washington, D. C., June 3. All
those who were passengers and all
the returning army officers and
men on transport PreafcMnt Lin
coln were saved after she had
been torpedoed last week. This
confines the loss of life to the
crew of the ship.
Washington, D. C.. June 3.—Ger
many, by striking with her subma
rines at the ve*y doors of America,
has admitted to the "world that the
American
army
will turn the tide
against her on the battlefields of
Prance.
As the first news ot the submarine
raid on the Atlantic coast, brought
to the navy department today by
Associated Press dispatches, was fol
lowed by official reports, naval of
ficials declared that the American
anti-submarine forces In home waters
are ample to meet the attack,
WILL NOT 8TOP TROOPS
All officials declared that the navy
department is fully equipped to meet
the thrust at the fountain head ot the
flow of American troops to Europe
and that all its agencies are being
brought into full force to find the
submarines and destroy them. This
challenge to the fighting forces ot the
United States will be met, official!
said, with the same measures which
have driven the submarines to cover
in the war zone, and the steady flow
of American transports to France will
be guarded with the same effective
protection which has carried them
through the infested waters of th«
British isles and France with a re
markable low'loss of life.
GERMANY'S ACT ANTICIPATED1
Submarine blockade in the principal
transport lanes and about the terri
tory containing the-principal embark
ation ports for the American army
has long been counted upon by Amer
ican naval officers aa one of Ger
many's last cards and preparations
have been made to meet it
Pending receipts of official informa
tion navy officials withheld their com
ment. It is known however, that In
creased vigilance has been exercised
along the coast since the sinking of
the transport President Lincoln. That
ship was torpedoed so far at sea that
the incident suggested the presence
of cruiser submarines in which case
efforts to check the movement ot
American troops at the source were
to be expected.
RUMORS PRECEDED RAIDERS'
The navy department has heard
rumors for months ot great new Ger
man U-boats, so large that they could
operate efficiently even across- the
Atlantic without re-fueiing places on
this side, but no definite confirmation
has ever been received.
Extensive provision against possi
ble submarine operations on this, side
have characterized the navy's war ef
forts from the start. The 110-foot
submarine chasers were really built
for the protection of shipping on the
American coast. Sent abroad as an
experiment when the German U-boat
strategy confined operations to the
North sea and the British and French
coasts, they proved so useful that the
type Is being copied here for the
French government.
NAVY IS CONFIDENT.
Navy officials all along have e9
pressed confidence that they would bft
able to cope with such German U
boats as might reach the Atlantic
coast. Until full detain of the sink
ings
already
reported are received 11
cannot be said whether they now have
to deal with a single raider or with an
organized attempt to bottle up Ameri
can troop ships on this side while the
great battle is being fought out In,
France.
Many navy officers have considered
it highly improbable that German}'
could put more than a few raiders in
to such service. To maintain a defi
nite patrol off the whole American
coast would require an impossible
number of submarines in constant