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New-York tribune., 1916-07-15
ROBERT BACON NOW
SECOND LIEUTENANT
Ex-Ambassador Said To Be on
Way to Frontier.

Headquarters. New York Division.
McAllen. Tex. July 14.--Robert Bacon,
formerly Ambassador to France, is said
to be on his way to McAllen. 1t was
said in reliable quarters that Mr..
Bacon had been made second lieu
tenant in the 18th New York Infantry.
Robert Bacon, jr., is in camp. He is
lieutenant in the First Field
Artillery.
Mr.. Bacon is president Of the Ma
tional Security League. He was a
rookie at Plattsburg last year. This
spring he went 10 the citizens train
ing camp at Fort Oglethorpe. Ca, and
was selected as one Of the quarter
masters in Colonel Roosevelt's pro-
posed brigade.
New-York tribune., 1916-07-15

70 the rear This Is regarded as evi-
dence that they expect fresh offensive
in that sector.
A second pcstponement Of the bank
holiday shows that the government
feels that the offensive will continue
a long time.
Fighting on Belgian Front.
The French statement tonight re-
ports that the bombardment along the
Belgian front has reached point OF
greatest intensity. This may presage
q new attack here. Along the frenen
front Paris reports no activity. Berlin,
however. reports the repulse OF heavy
attacks near Rarleux.
Another point Of significance IN the
davis official war reports Is that the
only actions reported on the Verdvn
front were assaults made by ,tne
French. These assaults were notea IN
the German official statement, when
made no claims of any German ohen-
sive action. ,..
Further heavy British casualty lists
issued to-day give the names OF lvs
officers killed, 3ll wounded and l,'oo
men killed and wounded.
New-York tribune., 1916-07-15
FRENCH TOAST
FALL OF BASTILE
War Fails to Curb Merry.
makers, but Celebration
Is Curtailed.

From a bench in Washington Square
Park girl sang the "Marseillaise" last
night. Three men grouped around her
nlmmed softly in accompaniment. The
little crowd that had gathered ap-
nlauded, seized the bright-eyed girl
fron. her platform and carried her aloft
10 a hotel nearby. The Latin Quarter
of New York was emulating in a mild
way the Latin Quarter of Paris, fol-
yesterday was Bastile Day-the day be-
loved of every Frenchmsn.
No bands gathered on the corners Of
this city last night; no men seized
strange girls to dance with them; no
wine casks were rolled through the
streets. the contents free for the ask
ing. The lantern lights were missing
from the windows and trees. But just
the same. New York was celebrating
the holiday of French freedom. In
hotels and restaurants the sons and
daughters Of France and their friends
were making merry. In homes and on
picnic grounds they were dancing the
old Partisan steps.
Jofre's Face on Flags.
Mouquin's, far-famed caravansery,
presented its customers with flags
on one side the face Of the great
Joffre, on the other the words "Liberte,
Egalite, Frsternite; Pour lie Monde
Entier."
"That is the way we celebrats
Bsstile Day." said Peter Fortin. He
raised aloft a banner, waved IL over
his head. One Of the walters brought
his hand 10 his temple.
"He was a soldier" said Peter For
tin.
In the Brevoort, on Fifth Avenue
near Eighth Street, six men were sit
ting at a table. Quietly they raised
their glasses, brought them together
and in chorus pronounced a toast. Then
they slowly drank. They set their
glasses down-all except one. He tossed
"For France!" he cried, as it crashed
on the floor.
For the Patriots.
Waters passed from customer 10
customer. Without apology they pinned
boutonnieres of red, white and blue on
the coat lapels Of the men. II was Bas-
tile Day. they reminded those who had
forgotten or had never known.
In the Lafayette Hotel, University
Place and Eighth Street, the sons OF
France also were celebrating. There
the cheer was more pronounced than in
the Brevoort. There, too, the walters
passed from man to man, bending TO
decorate coat lspels with Frances ma
tional colors.
"If only our country were not at var
New-York tribune., 1916-07-15
CRUSHED BY ELEVATOR,
TESTS DURING RESCUE
Boy, Through Hours Agony,
Tries TO Cheer His Father.

Jammed between the elevator and the
dcorsil on the third Aoor Of 5ls West
liith Street,> yesterday afternoon,
James ". Peterson, thirteen years old,
persisted in jokes to cheer up his fran
tic father.
Firemen worked for an hour with
axes and hooks TO extricate the boy.
He refused an anesthetic offered by an
ambulance surgeon. His right arm and
leg were crushed. and 1t was said st
Knickerbocker Hospital that his condi-
ton was serious. His father is super
intendent of the building.
Benjsmin Brown. the elevator opera
tor, was arrested. Helen L. Stearn, tele-
phone operator in the apartment house,
told the police she had heard him di-
rect the boy to run the elevator from
the third floor to the ground floor,
while he was doing an errand
Henry Peterson. the boys father.
thought that the lad had jumped into
the car to play Q joke on sbe operator.
New-York tribune., 1916-07-15
BRITAIN CHALLENGES
GERMAN FOOD PROMISE
Doubts if Northern French Re-
ceived Full Harvest Last Year.

London, July 1.-The Foreign Of
fee to-day issued this statement in
regard to feeding populations of terri
tories occupied by Germany:
"On July the German government
called il a conscious falsehood to say
that in northern France only a small
part of the harvest was left over for
the French inhabitants. In view Of
this, it must NV say whether the al
lowance for French inhabitants out
Of the last harvest was 100 grammes
of -four per capita daily, and wheth-
er this did not mean that at most
only 10000 tons was reserved for these
inhabitants, whereas the normal
amount is about 100000 tons.
"It may be doubted il Germany will
care to answer the question. but we
take note of this statement, and ex-
pect the coming harvest will really
be reserved wholly for the French"
New-York tribune., 1916-07-15

man front between Rheims and Arras
will be in grave peril.
Operations Slow but Successful.
The British and French operations
are proceeding methodically and slow
ly, but successfully. They resemble
the operation of mason breaking a
hole in a wall-having opened small
hole he pushes his crowbar IN ana
widens il by pressure on all sides OF
the hole. The British are now press,
ing on the north side of the hole and
the French may shortly be expected 10
push on the south side.
Il is well to recall, as Mr.. Asqulth
said, that the operation is just begin
ming; but it has progressed far enough
to disclose its nature and purpose. IL
is not drive in the sense OF the
Champagne operation. 1t Is not one
terrific effort TO break through; 1t is
slow, methodical gnawing and boring,
followed by similarly methodical
widening Of the original hole.
Unless the thing is stopped before
very long the Germans Will have TO
quit the Arras-Estrees salient; IL they
are not able to hold the new line that
they must construct behind the salient
they will have to retire from their
present positions between Arras and
Rheims, and they may have to leave all
of Northern France from the Argonne
to Flanders. At the present moment
the Germans are threatened not alone
with a breach in their line but with
the isolation Of the troops in the Arras-
Estrees salient and their capture.
In the desperate Artois battle of May
and June, 1915, the French under Foch
took the Lorette Heights and a num-
Der Of villages by a similar method Of
attack; but the Germans were always
able to construct a new line behind the
lost salient and check the French there.
In addition the French losses were
colossal. and the operation had to be
abandoned on that account. The British
can now afford the losses, as the
French could not. They have adopted
Foch's strategy and so far are en-
joying-with French aid-about the
same measure Of success that came to
him; but the real test lies ahead, when
the British reach Bapaume-if they do.
New-York tribune., 1916-07-15
KAISER'S VERDUN
ARMIES INTACT
NOT a Man Nor a Gun
Withdrawn, Berlin
Boasts.

Berlin. July l4.-The offensive Of the
r,,ants Allies on the Western front
has not caused the withdrawal by the
Germans Of single man or single
gun from the Nerdun front. The at
tack on the French fortress is being
consistently and successfully pressed
saws A statement issued to-day by the
Overseas News Agency.
"The German success reported yes
terday to have been won on the rlgnt
bank Of the Meuse near Fort Souviile
and Laufee Plateau is commented upon
bv the German newspapers as an event
of remarkable importance" saws the
news agency summary. "This. the hrst
enterprise attempted at Nerdun since
the beginning Of the great enemy Of
fensive. proves conclusively that the
head of the German army. despite all
hostile attacks on both the Eastern
and the Western front. has not lost
sight of the original object in view.
"No German soldier and no German
cannon have been withdrawn from Ver-
dun. and the battle is continuing sue
oessfully. with the initiative in German
hands. II Germany's enemies hao
hoped 10 seize the initiative by the.
attacks of their armies of millions OF
men and lay down course OF action
for the Germans they have been Dit
terly disappointed.
After their brief successes won at
the beginning of their offensive. the
advances Of hostile masses have up to
this time been broken up by the heroic
resistance and tenacious endurance OF
the brave German defenders of the
Somme. German headquarters remains
~ roes.er Of the course of operations.
"The success won near Souville Is
worthy of mention as one of the means
taken to achieve the German end, as
il shows the whole world the SUPERIOR
ty of German arms and proves 'nat
Germany has reason for viewing the
military situation with the same con-
fidencc as before"
New-York tribune., 1916-07-15
KING CONSTANTINE'S
SUMNER HONE BURNS
Ruler Has Narrow Escape from
Flames at TatOi.

London, July 1.-THE royal chateau
at Tatoi. Greece. the summer residence
OF King Constantine, has been de-
stroyed By fire. says n Reuter- dispatch
from Athens. The King. Queen Sophie
and members of the royal family es-
capped and took refuge with Prince
Nicholas at his home in Kephisia.
The fire started in the forest near
the chateau and spread to that building
and TO the adjoining barracks Of the
rural police Several lives, including
those OF officers. were lost.
The King. says the dispatch, escaped
from dangerous position where he
was directing the foresters fighting the
fire. His motor had been surrounded
by flames, and he darted on foot
through the danger zone. reached an
other automobile and got away in
safety.
The forest. which was the largest in
Greece. was burned over. the total loss
from the flames exceeding 100000
francs. The pavilion OF the Queen
Mother Olga and the palace of the
Crown Prince were destroyed. and also,
il is feared. the tomb OF King George.
New-York tribune., 1916-07-15
AMERICAN HOSPITAL
CORPS MADE A UNIT
By the End of August 1t VIII
Have 200 Cars in France.

Paris, July 14.-The American Fieid
Ambulance, which now has 15O cars IN
service, has been made an independent
unit and separated from the ambulance
organization at Neuilly. A. Piatt An
drew will continue as chief inspector
and will be assisted by Stephen gaia
tin, Of New York.
OF the cars now In service l26 are on
the Vordun front New cars are being
fitted out. and young men are coming
from the United States to drive tnem,
40 that BY the end Of August goo cars
will be in service, or five times az
many ms a year ago. The Field Ambu-
lance will have a suburban villa, wnere
the drivers can rest when on furiough'
William Motley Barber. OF ToIsdo,
Ohio. who was dangerously wounded oy
a ,hell while picking up wounoed on
the Verdun front at night, has passeo
tho danger point. The government mas
conferred upon him the military medal
making tho fortieth American amou-
lance man to be decorated by France
for conspicucus devotion to duty.
Lew Wallace, grandson OF Genera
Lew Wallace, and Allan G. thurman
Of Ohio, have Just Joined the fieid AM
bulance.
New-York tribune., 1916-07-15

French May Turn South.
Again. il is altogether probable that
we shall now see the French attack not
toward the east, but toward the south,
since before Peronne they are behind
the German front at Chaulnes and
Roye, exactly as the British are be-
hind the German position at Bspaume'
In other words, the Allies. having
pushed a wedge into the German lines
are attacking not from the point of the
wedge, but from the sides, thus widen
ing, not deepening, the original breach.
BY doing this they are endeavoring to
turn the Germans out of a wide front
after having penetrated on a narrow
front.
There are no important roads or rail-
roads Immediately behind the present
German front about Bapaume which
,he French and British can reach by a
slight advance. But if they continue
to eat into the German front they will
create a dangerous salient to the south,
and the Germans may be forced to
evacuate all the region between
Peronne and scissors. | have ex-
planned this in detail in my article for
next Sunday.
To return to the present British at
tack, the British are trying to turn the
Germans out Of all the country to the
west of the Peronne-Bapaume-Arras
line. They are now attacking from the
south and in the flank and rear Of what
is left 70 the Germans of the Arras-
Estrees salient. They have taken all
the first line trenches and are now PEN
etrating the second. The immediate
effect Of their operations, if they are
able to advance little more. will be to
force the Germans to evacuate the rest
of the salient. II the Germans have
no reserve line behind the salient, then
there will be opened wide breach in
the whole German line, and the Ger
New-York tribune., 1916-07-15
The Albert Salient
Continued from page I

the concelVaDy the
fourth inea all the way fromE Estrees Arras.
would effect breach In the wne herman
than and perhaps as much as thirty
miles Through Allies would then endeavo to send huge mass
Of They would be successful or unuccessiu as
had been made Germans foeng this break have con-
straight south from Arra through bapaum
then the Allies would encounter th
have to halt bring their artillery and begin again.
line exists then the Allies would nave
wide breach their troops pouring through TINS
the poured through the u oreach Ill
he Anstro. lines in the East.
New-York tribune., 1916-07-15
NAN AND 3 WOMEN HELD
IN POLICE GRAFT CASE
Eighteen of Force To Be In.
dicted. Is Report.

Three more women and a man we're
sent to the House Of Detention yester.
day by Assistant District Attorney
Smith, to be held until the state Is
ready to arrest the police involved Ia
the alleged graft ring. IL was an
nounced yesterday that six other police:
men, making a total OF eighteen. would
be indicted. II is said that the money
was extorted from women Of the streets
and proprietors of disorderly houses.
The still elusive imam higher up ne
ured in the gossip of the case yesssr;;
day. However, the story was change
to the extent that the much -talked-oi
individual, instead Of being civilian
employe of the department. was an IN
spector.
New-York tribune., 1916-07-15
u. S. PATROL WOUNDED
BY COMRADES BULLETS
Detachments Fire on Each Other
by Mistake.

Preside, Tex, July 14.-One detaeh-
ment of the United States border pa
troll fired on a second detachment near
here to-day, mistaking it for a body Of
bandits. Private Milhoun. Of the 9th
Cavalry. was wounded.
Milhoun. with several other troopers,
was returning to camp with horses
they had rounded up. Nearing a small
thicket in which they detected a move
ment. they called out and fred several
shots. A patrol hidden in the brush,
mistaking them for enemies, fired on
them, Milhoun being shot through the
jaw. He was brought here, where it
was found that his wound was not
dangerous.
New-York tribune., 1916-07-15

British Front in France. July a.
British generals and staff officers are
elated over the results Of the night
attack against the German second line,
although careful to say that the great
task against q powerful foe 10 only
begun. News Of the success WAS tele-
phoned along the British line shortly
after daylight.
As a spectacle this action Of the sec
ond big stage Of the battle of the
Somme surpassed, in the opinion of an
eyewitness, that Of July l. Taking
needed ground for organizing new
trenches and throwing out small par
ties who dug themselves in, the army
has been gradually gaining a position
near Ovillers, La Boisselle and Mon
tauban from which to deliver A blow.
At many points the outposts were
within 200 yards of the German second
line.
An Early Start.
Tomorrow morning at g." came the
laconic word yesterday evening, pre-
ceded by the usual intensive prelimi-
nary bombardment, only a little hot
ter
The ground gained by the British on
July l and in subsequent operations
gave the observer a viewpoint from
which the whole line of attack could
be seen. The faint moonlight enabled
the gunners dimly TO see their work.
the infantry and the contour of the
ground.
"This is a real daylight saving show"
said one of the gunners.
Seemingly, as the observer pushed
close to the German line, there was the
greatest concentration of guns of all
calbrcs ever made in one place. From
behind the German trenches gained on
July darted dagger flashes Of fire.
One! Twol Three. Four! For battery
after battery was shooting at high
speed from the bottom of the hillside
to the top. Waiting infantry battalion
New-York tribune., 1916-07-15
CACED FROM SHARKS,
WILL TRY LONG SWIM
Bowling Will Attempt to Make
Sandy Hook from Battery.

Asbury Park, N. j., July l4.-Far
from being shaken in his resolve to
swim from the Battery, New York, to
Sandy Hook, because of the sharks that
have taken four lives, Robert Bowling
is going to Aaunt himself right in the
teeth of the man.eaters.
He is having a thir.y-foot basket
constructed OF wire mesh, and will
cover the distance swimming inside the
cage while it is towed by a motorboat.
Bowling has been training here for
his Sandy Hook swim, which will be
made on July 20. Last year he swan
around Manhattan Island.
New-York tribune., 1916-07-15
MISSING AvIATORS RETURN
Lieutenants Of Pershing Force Struck
Uncharted District.

Columbus, N. NJ, July 1.-Two army
aviators, Lieutenants Ira A. RAIDER and
John Brooks, who had been missing
from General Pershing's headquarters
camp at Colonia Dublan since early
yesterday, returned tonight, according
to a wireless report received by Major
c. S. Farnsworth, commandsnt here.
The dispatch said that the officers
had been forced through lack Of gaso-
lene TO alight on an uncharted stretch
of country and that they had walked
forty-fve miles into camp. The aero
planes were reported undamaged, and
il was announced that they will be
brought back shortly.
New-York tribune., 1916-07-15

his behalf at division headquarters
that the peace strength units we're
sent TO the border in heavy uniforms
because the government did not provide
the men with lighter weight ones. II
was further explained that Colonel
Sternberger asked several months ago
for a supply of cotton uniforms for
storage, but that the government
turned down the proposition. II is
known, too, that Major General Wood
tried for months to effect similar
arrangement.
Supply Call Was Unanswered.
The result was that when the call
for the militia came Che government
supply store for the whole eastern de-
partment at Philadelphia was so
swamped with acquisitions that it be-
came a physical impossibility for the
stores four tracks to accommodate the
rush.
On the other hand the word from
the regular army officers at the border
was that merely a telephone call from
Colonel Sternberger would have an
swered the needs Of his men. In re-
ply to this assertion, division head
quarters gave out copy of paragraph
B, Section ass. of Article 46. of the
u. s. Army regulations OF 1913. en-
titled "The Organized Militia" The
paragraph reads: whenever an order
or proclamation is issued calling the
organized militia or any part thereof
into the service of the United States.
the War Department will inform each
Governor concerned or the command
ing general of the District of Colum-
bia militia of the maximum strength
20 which organizations will be re-
cruited and the Federal supply depart
ments concerned will ship at once to
the senior mastering officers at the
proper state mobilization camps with
out requisition sufficient arms, equip
ment and clothing TO enable the or
ganization so called forth TO be filled,
armed and equipped at the war
strength ordered"
Uniform Problem Not Solved.
the statement that it was the under
standing of the local Guard officers
that cotton uniforms for the peace
strength units first sent TO the border
would be waiting upon their arrva!
NHcics me HlcH TeCTullcu since tNc
first departures have been supplied
here with the lightweight uniforms.
Governor Whitman's promise to look
after the wellbeing Of the New York
troops was contained in the following
statement, which he issued In an
nouncing the inspection 10 be made by
Lieutenant Colonel Wainwright:
Although they have passed out Of
the jurisdiction of the state, we are
by no means relieved Of the duty and
responsibility of considering their well
fare and Of providing so far as we can
for their comfort. Whatever the state
can reasonably and properly do for
these men without infringing or en-
croaching on the Federal or military
control. am sure our citizens desire
to do"
The Governor believes there are suf-
ficient state funds available to meet al
requirements Of the New York Guard
which this state may see fit to fulfil.
New-York tribune., 1916-07-15

sentiment to Major Moynahan. He ac-
cu.ed the soldiers Of committing acts
as lawless and uncivilized as the Mexi-
cans.
Food Needed-And Taken.
The Cleveland riot, 1t appears, was
duplicated in Erie yesterday morning
and at Kansas City. Before the New
York Central train carrying list Regi-
ment and other recruits stopped at
Erie, hundreds of hungry militiamen
sprang from the cars and seized the
contents Of bread wagon standing
near the station and the fruit from a
vender's cart. Then they rifed a small
bakery. Officers were stunned by the
incident, but with arms they managed
to get the men back to the cars without
further raiding, and insisted that the
stolen food be paid for. At Kansas
City ice cream stands and restaurants
along the railroad were attacked and
twelve militiamen temporarily arrested.
Inefficiency Of the national guard sys-
TEN. the slipshod preparedness that the
regular army officers have had to meet
since the call came and the general in
adequacy of il all are still further en-
phasized by the food situation reported
from the border.
The Administration friends are con-
tending that opponents are endeavor-
ing to make political capital out Of the
fasco. Bliss is making an in
spection OF conditions at the border
camps that is expected to support the
contention of army men in general that
drastic remedy must be applied 10
the state militia-not TO improve the
morale Of the men, but TO build up a
system that can be depended upon in
an emergency.
Railroad Fails Soldiers.
General Organs statement depre-
eating reports of food complaints shows
clearly that the men in camp have
not been getting the variety that
soldiers receive in garrison. His ex-
planstion was railroad congestion. This
is the situation: McAllen business men
are getting their supplies without in
terruption apparently, while the gov
ernment single-track facilities from
Harlngen 70 McAllen are so jammed
that il is now proposed to install a
motor truck service 10 insure the deiv-
cry of food supplies TO the men in
camp.
A Tribune reporter Yesterday in
vestigated reports from McAllcn that
militiamen were sent TO the border,
wearing heavy olive drab cloth uni
forms instead of the cotton variety
provided for warm weather service.
IL appeared from the border reports
that at least one of the regular army
officers. Major General Jim" Parker,
blamed Colonel Sternberger's depart
ment in the Municipal Building.
Colonel Sternberger refused to dis
cuss the matter, but II was stated in