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PIE A RIS Er Be 12 PAGES The Daily Fitish W \ big PAGES 18 YEAR 885: NO. 170 HONS SET FIRES REAR OF LINES Looks As 1 They re Making = 31 Heras fn. omy FRAKCOAMERICAN ADVANCE GROUND LOST OVER WEEK AGO 18 RESTORED, The Frencly Have Crossed the Marne 'The Onslsughts of the Enemy Were Beaten Off--French and Bri- tish Troops Have Taken a Number of Planes, RR PT re burning in rear of the German lines in the Soissons-Rheims salient says an official statement, It indicates the general retire. ment from that salient by the Germans, ---- Capturing Move Placed (Canadian Press Despatch) ¥ London, July 23--Franco-American troops are continuing to make pro- gress on the battle front between the Ourcq and the Marne. The advices to-day are that the attacks carried out by the French have restored all the ground which they lost Monday in the region of Grisolles, seven milos northwest of Chateau Thierry. The Americans have taken the town of Jauldonne on the Marne and so far three hundred prisoners. French advices state they stormed the heights north of Courcelles at at three o'clock yesterday. They are wo holding the bend in the neigh- borliood of Chassons as far as Tre- loupe. There towns are close to the Marne to the east of Jaalgonne, Treloupe, at latest advices, was still in the hands of the enemy. The French crossed the Marne north of Port-a-Binson, just to the east of Reuil. The enemy counter-attacked heavily from the direction on Vandi ores, but these onslaughts were beat- pif The French at 8,15 Balogh morning began a new attack the Alan, nnsthaest of Montdidier. The FM ve captured Oulchy le Chatéau,on the front between the Marne and Rheims, The British have captured Petichamp Wood, near Mar- faux, with 200 prisoners and fourteen machine guns. Americans have captured Buzancy, south of Solssons. At eleven o'clock this morning the French in their Montdidier attack, had advanced one mile on a four wile front. The Ger- mans are offering stubborn and well- organized tion at different Points at which the French are erpssing the River Marne. REBUKE TO ENEMY IDEA a after his long wait through four tre- mendous Goran attacks, at last has - found himself strong re , and it . If Foch had taken this Paris agreed unanimously that there could be no doubt that time bas only confirmed this un-jon the spot and wounding a third. x re ---- de confidence. i it 18 realized here to-day thai the offynt mast, under no circum- stances, be 45 a counter-at- able, after all the trials it has gone} through, completely to reverse the] situation in the midst of one of tie | greatest baliles-ef-the war, is a stinging rebuke to the German the-| ory that the armies of the republic] no longer were capable of offering serious resistance. It is also eloquent proof that in spite of their spectacu- lar victories during the last four months, the Germans have not yet begun to attain the only possible ob- Jective of the present war that counts, which is the breaking up and destruction of the Allied armies. As matters stand to-day, French opinion confidently regards the decisive de- feat and destruction of the German armies as a much more likely alter- native, . The enemy's entire plan had al- ready been upset by the stubborn Franco-American resistance, and Foch's well-prepared riposte between the Aisne and the Marme can only add to the difficulty with which the Germans find themselves faced. The German official admission that they have already had to call on their re- serves, is significant of the shrewd- ness of the French blow. It is also confirmation of the belisf widely held here that Fochwould not attack un- til he was convinced that the German losses had reached such a figure through the stubborn French resist- ance -that the margin of their man power was beginning to be seriously entrenched upon. 'Whether this is the fact or not, it is indisputable that the initiative has now passed from the enemy to the Allies, and there are the highest hopes here that the pres- ent battle may develop on a much more important scale during the next two or three days. Already, by their capture of the heights dominating Soissons from the south-east, the French have deprived the Germans of the use of several of their most important lines of com- munication, including the four rail- roads running toward Chateau-Thier- ry, Rheims, Laon and along the Aisne, which will hamper them seri- ously in moving up their reserves, The recapture of Soissons by the French would render very problem- atical the escape northward of the German divisions at present fighting in the deep, wide pocket they follow- ed out between the Marne and Aisne, in their last offensive, : Supposing they could not escape, the present battle would resolve it- self into more than a second battle of the Marne. It would be the com- mencement of the German Sedan, the equal to which would be the enemy's Waterloo. POSTMEN'S STRIKE IS NOW SPREADING There Is Much Trouble In To- ronto the = livery of i. ---- (Canadian. Press De atch) \ Toronto, July 23.--The . letter carriers' strike is extending gradu- ally to other branches of the ser- vice. Not only is there ne delivery but very little mail is being distri- buted to the erowds gathered at the post office. ---- Strike to Come in Montreal. Montreal, July 25.---The Montreal letter carriers will strike at ' six o'clock to-night unle:s there is a settlement of their grievances aris- ing out of the non-payment of the war bonus voted by ParHament. aE Masked Men Came to His Door Shot Two Dead. Rawdon, Que, July 23.--The shooting of two masked men, sup posed to be burglars who have been holding up the countryside in the northern part of Quebec, is reported from 'Kildare, on the Canadian Northern Raflway, about five miles from this place. On Saturday night three men wearing masks called at the house of a well-to-do farmer. The farmer suspecting their intentions covered them with a gun when they got on to the verandah. . When he saw their masks he warfied them that if they entered the door he would shoot. They push- ed the door, and the farmer fired several times, killing two of 'the men 'BASEBALL, MONDAY, ------------ : National. Pittsburgh . . 7 Boston . . ... 2 ---------- Washingt: } 3 Ohi on. . 3 fcigo . . .. 2 Boston . .i. , 1Detroit . . . . 0 Boston . . .. 3 Detroit. . ...0 New York . .. 4 St Louis, . . 4 International. Toronto . . .. 7 Baltimore . . .% Binghamton ;. 4 Buffalo . . .. 3 Binghamton .. 3 Buffalo . . . 2 cott, fell out of bed in his sleep, and ed at Port Edward, is alleged to have Sarnia {it Is believed by a blowbaek E HME KILLED BANDPPS. = Ue IH THE Ha FR 6a THE LATEST NEWS. BREFLY GIVEN Despatches That Come From Near An Distant Places. TINGS FOR OUR READER PRESENTED IN THE BRIEFEST POSSIBLE FORM, The Whig's Daily Condensation of the News of the Warld From Tele- graph. Service and Newspaper Ex- changes, Mrs. Ann Beattie, London's oldest resident, died at the age of a hun- dred and nine. . Postmen went on strike at Viel toria, Vancouver, New Westminster and Winnipeg. Leo Foote, an Indlan boy of Pres- fracturing 'his neck, died instantly, The British destroyer Marne * has sunk a German submarine,says an of- ficial statement issued to-day by the British Admiralty, Joe Zalenskey, an Austrian, arrest- received gunpowder through the mail from Brantford, Col. Theodore Roosevelt has issued a statement that under no circum- stances would he accept the Republi- can nomination for governor of New York. Richard Lynch, jun., twenty-three years of age, was fatally burned at the Imperial Oil Company's plant at from the furnace, : A thousand metal workers in, Win- nipeg. struck, deciding unanimously to wait no longer for the finding of the Royal Commission on their de- mand for higher wages. Rev. T. H. Cotton, M.A.,'D.D., pro- fessor of apologetics, Wycliffe Col- lege, has been appointed by the Lord Bishop of Toronto to the rectorship of St. Aidan's parish, Toronto, Unknown persons slashed all the tires and vtherwise ruined the auto- mobile of Rev. Father Dogorsky at Brantford, and every window in the Polish Church was broken. An Exchange Telegraph despatch from Amsterdam reports an exten- sive typhoid outbreak in Berlin, Particularly affecting the labor dis- AHCThE Hort hseast of the city. Lieut. Donald H. Charlton, of Sul- phur Springs, Ohio, and Lieut. Ival Eugene Cinnerhom, of Schenectady, N.Y... were instantly killed at Ttlia- fero Field, Fort Worth, Tex., when their airplane fell in a spin. Lieut.-Col. Machin, M.P.P., who re- cently castigated the Methodist church and Methodism generally, was treated with cold ond dignified sil- ence by the Methodist army and navy board meeting on Saturday. Seventeen officers and employees of fifteen manufacturing companies in New York and Brooklyn have been arrested on charges of bribery, fraud or conspiracy in connection with army contracts for rubber raincoats sent to Soldiers in France. The California Supreme Court af- firmed its preliminary order denying a new trial to. Thomas J. Mooney, now at San Quentin State Penitenti- ary facing execution for participation KINGSTON, ONTARIO, TUESDAY, JULY 23, 1918, THE MEN BEHIND THE SHIPBUILDING BOOM IN THE UNITED 'STATES POR a Th Res From left to right: Chas. Schwab, Senator Fletcher and Ed. Hurley, chairman of the Shipping Board. ' Ne, GOT $2,000,000, THEN ENLISTED Montreal Man Made Sure of Big Fortune And Then Signed Up. . New York, July 23.--Having re- ceived an inheritance of about $2.- 000,000, of which $638,789.01 is in cash and the rest in gilt-edge se- curities, Gustav Schulman, 21 years old, yesterday enlisted as a private in the British army at the British and Canadian Recruiting Mission, No. 220 West 42nd street. "Money?" said Mr. Schulman to a recruiting officer at the mission. "What's money got to do with it? I have lots of it, since 1 received an inheritance from my grandfather's estate a few days ago, but that does not make any difference, except that it makes me want to serve my country just that much more." Mr. Schulman is a British subjey a resident of Montreal, He is a grandson of the late Frederigk Gold- smith, a banker and mining prouiot- er, who lived in New York, and died here four years.ago, leaving an es- tate valued at $15,000,000. Mr. Schulman's share was about $2,- 000,000, but the will was contested, and the matter has been in the courts until a few days ago, when the Supreme Court of the United States finally decided im Mr. Schul- man's favor, and ordered the Riggs Natiomal Bank to turn over the bonds and cash to him. After tliat wag settled, and Mr. neys . and arranged for the proper care of his new fortune, he went Straight to the British and Canadian Recruiting Mission, and said that he wanted to enlist in the Jewish Bat- talion, a unit «of the British army, for Palestine. BRITISH AND FRENCH AT OTHER POINTS Are Quite Active and Have Taken Villages And i Isoners. (Canadian Press Despatch) London, July 23.--Advances in local operations were scored by the British last night, to-day's War Of- fice report shows. The line was push- ed forward slightly south of Hebu- terne, on the front between Arras and Albert, and south of Merris and Meteren on the Flanders front, The British positions also were improved in the Hamel sector and north of Al- bert. German artillery showed cotn- siderable 'activity with gas shells in Villers-Bretonne sector east of Am- fens, : Occupied Villages. (Canadian Press Despatch) Paris, July 23.-- Artillery activity along the battle front during the night is reported in the official state- ment issued by the War Office to-day. North of Montdidier, in the Somme sector, local operations brilliantly conducted permitted the French to occupy the villages of Mailly-Raine- val, Sauvillers and Aubvillers, taking 360 prisoners. FL. LT. W. B. FERGUSON 'DROWNED IN ACCIDENT He Had Served in Machine Gun and Pioneer Corps Re- ye Amelialburg, July 23.--Flight- in the preparedness day bomb explo- sion at San Francisco two years ago. A. Mitchel Palmer, alien property custodian, has taken over thé busi- ness of L. Vogelstein & Co., Inc., and Beer, imer & Co., Ine. | Pioneer Lieut. 'W. Bruce Ferguson, son o Mr. and Mrs. Charles Ferguson, Roblin's Mills, was drowned in an airplane accident off the coast of Essex, England, according to offi- cial word received. Lieut. Fergu- son 'enlisted with the 155th Bat- talion, and spent six months in Kingston as machine 'gun instructor. than [In September, 1916, he was sent to England with 300 officers as a orgs: erwards transfer- B.AF., where he gquali- He was oceupied with on work din France =F His [nel is magnificent. Schulman consulted with his attor- |- | 10 KEEP WATCH AT TOP NOTCH ks Sma Being cid Allies Not Relax. STIL IS A WAR FACTOR ESSENTIAL TO KEEP CAMPAIGN AGAINST U-BOAT. This is the Opinion of Sir BE Ged- des--gounter-Steps Will Decide What Part It Will Play--Will Never Be Eliminated. . By Charles HH. Grasty, London, July 23.--Sir Erie Ged- des, First Lord of the Admiralty, gave me an interview to-day: "It would be a mistake for America or Great Britain to settle down into a comfortable attitude about the sub- marine," said Sir Eric. "You .don't think that the Ger- man U-boat campaign can be pro- nounced a failure?" I asked. "lI have said all along that the submarine is held," was the reply. "Whether it definitely ceases to be an important war factor depends on the extent to which the effort against it is sustained. It will never be en- trely eliminated. Submarines, un- like men, can be reproduced indetin- itely. - Human beings must Be born and 'must grow, but U-boats can be turned out practically without: limit. To use another illustration: If you have moles in your garden you can set traps and catch as many as you like, but there wifl still be moles. "As Admiral Sims said in his statement, over-confidence Is a dan- gerous error. In June and July we are realizing on the success we had two months earlier in the sinking of U-boats. We must always be mul- tiplying existing means of dealing with them, and finding new #ffects, we must reckon on increased effort and counter against it. The sight. | est relaxing on our part might be followed by serious consequences." 1 had not previously had the pleas- ure of meeting the head of the great service in which Great Britain holds supremacy. It is one of the romances of this war that a comparatively youthful business man should oecupy this position. He is not one of the Europeans to whom American help fylness and efficiency have come as a surprise. He discusses America with a friendly understanding of our mo- tives and resources, and knows our power as well as our difficulties. "The - quality -of the: American navy is just what I expected," he sald, "but we need more and more assistance to keep open the vital line of communication with America. If it be true that the present favorable position on. the western front is «ne to protecting the transport, it follows that this protection must be maintained. We Jook to America to carry out het building Jrogtamme. Any serious alpration in. the time table would certainly affect military operations. The flow of reinforce- ments must be continuous. "The naval effort," added Sir Bric "has been carried on with complete harmony among the Allies, and in this as well as in his separate func- tions as an American commander, Admiral Si has rendered signal service. 1 appreciate very greatly his Teosmion of what te Sritish v! § accomplished neh whole American person. - The . it i= a pleasure to-work with such men." = °° 0 i -------------------------- fae s : Ss LA ST EDITION CHILDREN PRAYED FOR FOCH'S SUCCESS Thousands in France and Eng-| land Received Word From Priests. : London, July 23. --Ganeral Foch is not only a scientific soldier and: a keen analyst, but is a devout Cath- olic with a touch of the mystie. His- tory may ask in vain whether the great strategist ascribes the German breakdown and his great victory be- tween the Aisne and the Marne more to his own plans and dispositions and the valour of troops, or to pray- ers offered by scores of thousands of young girls in France and England, who have scarcely hoard his name or comprehended the war. Last Sunday a mysterious message was whispered by the priests in thou- sands of the parishes to the girl com- municants under their charge. They were asked "Pray for the intentions of General Foch." Without understanding the mean- ing of the message any more than the children prayed, and one of the great defensive successes of the war was quickly followed by a brilliant attack. There is no direct confirma- tion of the natural inference that General Foch himself asked the pray- er of the children, but no other ex- planation seems to fit the facts, The use of the word "intentions," which seems to have been universal in the message given to the children, new is seen to refer to the secretly planned Franco-Americai™ offensive. Had General Foch only desired pray- ers that the German offensive might be stopped, he hardly would have used this word. PREMIER CANNOT RETURN HOME NOW Sir Robert Must Stay Overseas While Crisis Continues In France. London, July 23.--Despite the de- sire of Canada for the immediate re- turn of Bir Robert Borden, the Prime Minister, cannot accede to the request. Jt was never so essential as now that Canada be represented at the Imperral War Cabinet by her most outstanding personality. All the Dominions are represented by their strongest men and Canada, tike most important of the overseas coun- tries, must be in the same position. While a crisis remains on the western front the Prime Minister of Canada must remain here. Canada is vitally interested in the peace terms of the Empire, and Pre- mier Borden is the one Canadian who has a thorough grasp of the situs tion. Already his influence is felt in the War Cabinet, and his with- drawal now would be a bitter disap- pointment to the other Dominions and the leading Imperial statesmen. Sir Robert will return to Canada as soon as he can - consistently leave London." Most of his colleagues will retpfn home shortly. he Prime Minister is fully cog- nfzant of the situation at home, and is in daily communication with his colleagues at Ottawa. To leave here under present conditions would be doing an injustice to the Empire and Canada. | MUST DMIT GUILT, Only So Can Germany Save Herself From De- struction. London, July 23.--A despatch to the Chronicle from Stockholm under date of Friday says that Dr. Wilhelm Muehlon, former director of the Krunps works, known already for his striking revelations about German war preparations in the summer of 1914, has contributed another very Nenifioant article to the German pa- per ledenswarte, ! "On Germany lés the greatest blame not only for starting this war, but also for the way it has been con- du There can be no two opinions about that, and only by admitting her guilt can Germany again bring order ofit of the present chaos which threat: ens to lead to destruction." The writer maintains throughout his article that this can only be brought about by a general awaken- ing of the nation, as those who want to wage war are dependent on the in- dividual and not he on them. ------------ "REMEMBRANCE DAY" °* August 4th Is To Be Celebrated in ¥ Canada. 2 4 London, "July 23.---August 4. will be celebrated in Great Britain, France, Italy, China, Japan and the Dominion of Canada as "Remem- brance Day," being the anniversary of the day Great Britain declared war on Germany. In London the King and Queen and the members of Parliament will participate in the morning in a procession Lo St. Mar- garet's, Westminster, when the Arch- bishop of Canterbury will deliver a gertion In honor of those fallen in t : Fa CS "| Washington, July 23.-- The pri- ! did the priests who gave it to them, | SAYS DR. MUEHLON| FE002 0000002000 FIGHTING HARD FOR THEIR LIVES The Allies Arc Still on the Offensive And Doing Wel. TAKE MEN AND MONTIONS CUTTING OF THE NARROW GAUGE RAILWAY. | The Germans are to Withdraw Fure "ther North And to Make a Desper- ate Stand--Blowing Up Towns And Munitions--Railway Traffic Disorganized, (Canadian Press Despatch) London, July 23.---Hard fighting still continues along the front from Soissons to Rheims. The Allies are still on the offensive. The" French gathered up forty-five guns, six of large calibre, along the Marne which Have not been heretofore re- ported. * ° Pushing south of Soissons the French have crossed the Soissons- Chateau Thierry road north of Villér- ontoire, opposite Buzancy. The en- emy is offering desperate resistance to the Allies in the Solssons district. The Americans have completed the cutting of the narrow gauge rail- Way to Chateau Thierry. The pound- ing pwocess is being continued by the Americans in this sector. On the Aisne front prisoners were taken by Americans. The strenuous offensive of the Allies continues. The German will withdraw further north where they will fight for their lives, The Germans are blowing up muni- tions and towns in their rear, aorth of the Marne, evidently with a view to their complete evacuations. ' The railway traffic between Rhine towns is disorganized owing to the number of German wounded arriving daily from the French front. Cut Cavalry To Bits, : With the American Armies in France, July 23.---American troops, facing their first tavalry charge of the war, utterly wiped out a large force of 'German horsemen east of Rheims and defeated what apparent ly was an ambitious attempt to out the American }ines and feach Cha- lons. Bo far as is known, this 1s the first time the enemy bas employed cavalry since the counter-offensive began, . Over-night information does' hot indicate any radicnl change in the situation along the battle front. The prospects seemed to be that to-day would be another heavy attacks and counter-attacks, with not more than slight changes in the line. Gen. Pershing and Gen. Petain are hol- fog almost every inch of ground they have gained since the counter blow began on Thursday, The of prisoners have been increased thousands and a veritable mountain of captured and abandoned material is in possession of the Allies. Many of the guns taken have up or damaged by the enemy before they were abandoned. HEROISM OF ENGLISH "WOMEN. -- Decorated by French---Wounded Driving Ambulance. Paris, July 23. --Upon recomimen- dation from General Foch, Premier Clemenceau hag decorated , Misa Prager, an English ambulance driver, with the Cross of the Legion of Honor and the War Cross. The citation reads: 'Charged with the transport of wounded men on Thursday night under heavy bombardment, she re- ceived two serious wounds from a torpedo which destroyed her ambul- ance. She 'had the oo courage to reach the hospital feet away afoot to inform the doctor of the plight of the wounded men. She then fell unconscious. n trans- povted to the hospital for an opera- tion she insisted that her wounds should not be treated the doctors attended the injured mefl for whom she was responsible." They Want Increased Govern- Not Ottawa, July 25 Dota, ment has ordered that the bonus voted by Parlia riers, $150 to those minimum to $1,000, mum to §1.400, This the sizes up J gard to the strike of carriers developed in i to, Winnipss and me ite fa roa Torna to go w ve A J back without delay. : = o i i Re blown 2