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The Washington herald., 1918-07-07
THREATS AIMED
AT OWNERS OF
SUNK STEAMER
Estimate 200 Victims in
Wreck Of Columbia on
Illinois River.

Peoria, Ill. July s.-Threats to
lynch owners and pilots of the
steamboat Columbia which sank In
the midchannel of the Illinois River
late Friday night caused the
authorities late tonight to grant
special police and home guard pro-
lection to the endangered men De-
mands that the men said to be re-
sponsible for the wreck be arrested
have been made. Admission was
made here tonight by the police
that should any one of the men be
arrested and brought here the sit
uation could not be controlled.
200 Victims Probable.
with the bodies of seventy-seyen
victims Of the Inflated steamboat re-
covered tonight, the police estimate
the total dead at 200.
Charges made today indicate the
wrecked steamer was far from sea-
worthy and that she had been operat-
ing for a month an unsafe keel ready
to break when unusual strain was put
upon II. Investigations have been be-
gun by the State. county and Federal
authorities that may result In the ar
rest of several persons within the
next twelve hours.
Drinking On Voyage.
AT least six Of the passengers have
told me of the drinking that marked
the voyage" said Chief Smith of the
Pekin police. THE owners and crew
Of the boat have much to explain.
Needed action will come when we get
time and the situation becomes clear
er." A
Roscoe Naxey. . jeweler is one OF
the Witnesses. being held for the In
quest
Maxey tells a story that puts many
matters squarely up to the crew, de-
clared Smith. We are already hold
ing six Of the passengers as witnesses
but they will probably be only .
minority of those who will testify"
It Is charged She steamboat. which
was condemned in Missouri river
service, snapped In two while in mio-
channel and II Is contended II was
not a collision which caused the dis
aster which sent scores of merry
dancers to their deaths. Information
has been turned over to Coroner
Clary that the Columbia was severely
damaged in an accident four weeks
ago and that the occurrence was
never reported to the proper author
tiles.
Sinking Was Sudden.
Survivors declare the crash and
sinking OF the boat came upon them
almost before they had time to make
a fight for their lives Two bands
were playing on the lower deck where
there was dancing and singing and
where hundreds were looking on.
Charges of carelessness today poured
into the office of John Dougherty. as
sistant federal district attorney at
Peoria. where the majority OF the vic
tins lived. Some Of the survivors de-
clared the boat hit a sandoar instead
of a log and although sinking was
backed into deep water.
It may take many days before
some of the bodies are recovered as
many Of them are X nown to have
fioated down the river.
Allen L. Davidson second engin-
ner oft he boat. declared the vessel
sank within ninety seconds after it
broke.
Charles Stillman, director of the
Bureau of Civilian Relief Of the
Central Division OF the American
Red Cross. went to Pekin today
to take charge of relief work among
the sufferers.
The Washington herald., 1918-07-07
czEcHs INVADE FINLAND.
News of Battle with Huns and Firms
Indicates Activity in North.

London, July s.-Fffty-one Bolshevi-
kis were killed and 15s wounded during
the occupation of Vladivostok by
1900 Czecho-Slovaks, according to sn
exchange telegraph dispatch from
Toxic The occupying force suffered
a loss Of three killed and 15s wounded
The Czecho-Slavs also defeated q
force Of 5000 Germans and Firms near
Kandale, according to an exchange
dispatch from Copenhagen. Kandale
Is In northeastern Finland and ap-
parentiy indicates . Czecho-Slav in
vasion Of Finland.
The Washington herald., 1918-07-07

Gently been added to the equipment
Of the department, were used.
A complete smoking outfit was con-
fiscated by the police when they raided
house at 325 Pennsylvania avenue,
while two cans Of opium and several
pipes were found when as Pennsyiva-
mia avenue was raided.
While the police were cleaning out
Chinatown" police Of the Seventh
precinct entered q laundy at 3s24 NJ
street northwest and found nearly q
can full of opium and two lamps.
sheet Much Burned.
A bed with the sheet burned in
thirty places by sparks from q pipe
was in this place.
Another place at 1000 8 street was
raided and an opium pipe and opium
were found on the premises. the po-
lice state.
According to the police In one house
they raided in Chinatown they found
numerous small dens, about large
/ enough for two men to get In. Each
Of these rooms were without windows
and were without ventilation. At the
end of q hall gaming table was
found.
The raid was conducted by 45
men from the local police force and
eight men from the Internal Rev
enue under the direction Of Daniel
l. Porter. assistant chief Of agents
So difficult was the work Of search
ing the places that 30 more police
were detailed by Major Pullman "a
help In the searching.
The eight Cinnamon arrested
pleaded not guilty. and waived pre-
liminary hearing before United
States Commissioner Isaac R Hit
last night.
Held Under Bond.
! Charlie Sue, 3s5 Pennsylvania ave-
nue. and Henry Moy. 317 Pennsylva-
mia avenue. were held under $4,000
bond. They are charged with viola
1 ton of the Harrison act by selling
| opium.
Han Lee. 1924 n street northwest;
Shad Moy. S1S Pennsylvania ave-
nue. northwest; Lee VIII. Charlie
Tuck, both of s25 Pennsylvania ave-
nue. northwest; were held under sl.-
/ 900 bond for violation of the Harrf-
son act by having opium in their
possession. a
Lee Joe, 81 Pennsylvania avenue.
who was also taken In a raid, is being
held for investigation.
Raids by the Department OF Justice
| during the last threeveaTs In Wash
1 ington's Chinatown. during which run
dreds Of pounds Of raw opium have
been seized, Rave resulted In court
fines Of over $4,000. or about $4,000 q
year
Heretofore the courts have been re-
l.e.snt to seli the offenders TO jail,
preferring instead to impose fines
m ae ing from s150 to 5000 on each i'cr-
! son convicte I. OF course, a prison
sentence goes with the fine. but that
has always been suspended.
From Alcohol to Opium.
Since prohibition has been in effect,
many men and women who had here
tofore drowned their troubles in the
! flowing bowl, have turned to the
soothing opium pipe.
One reason why the courts have
suspended sentence IN the cases Of
f, convicted opium sellers Is that the
same person Is almost never arrested
the second time. Every time a raid
IL made, different ones are caught
John Chinaman is never foolish
enough to get caught twice In the
same place for the same offense.
The Washington herald., 1918-07-07
HUN HORDES DRIVEN BACK IN ITALY:
SENATE IN TURMOIL AS RECESS is KILLED
MEDID VI NEW SULTAN.
New Ruler Of Turkey Succeed.
Former Sultan Who Died June II.

London, July 6.-Adbul Medjid Ef-
fendi has been proclaimed Sultan Of
Turkey, with the title Of Mehmed VI.
according to a Central News dispatch
from Amsterdam. He succeeds Msh-
med ". who died in Constantinople
on June Il
The Washington herald., 1918-07-07
Boat Builder Suicides.

Catskill. N. Y. July s.-capt. George
sentner, 90 n,ted yacht and motor
boat builder. shot and killed himself
here today. He was oespondent
The Washington herald., 1918-07-07
French Complete Capture
Of Hill 204.

With the American Army On tht
Marne. July 6-It 10 reported that the
French today completed the capture
OF Hfl 90. east Of vaux
Hill 2c4 was one Of the positions
which figured In the sharp battle
several days ago when the Americans
supported by the French. captured
vaux village and two woods west of
Chateau Thierry. north Of the Marne.
The hill was not one of the American
objectives, but with their dash and
vigor Pershing's troops carried the
fighting up the slopes Of the Hin and
did not draw back until they had in-
f1icted fearful losses on the Germsu
occupants who held the height in
great strength
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-03-24
Every Offensive Has
Had Measure Of Success

Every offensive on any considerable
scale undertaken for many months past
has had that measure of success.
The line gives before the thrust, alb
serbs the shock and the enemy's troops
come on. gradually losing power; the
offensive stops Of its own weight, is
thrown back, at least part of the dis
lance it has traversed, by the counter
offensive; both lines take the new po-
sition and the warfare goes on as be-
fore.
The latest considerable instance Of
this sort was the Cambria offensive Of
General Byng, which made astonishing
gains with comparative ease and was
just as easily thrust back nearly the
whole distance it had advanced. Be-
fore that the most striking case was
General Haig's great victory, when he
drove the Germans back to the So
called Hindenburg line, a success SO
easily obtained that it was debated for
some time whether the Germans had
not yielded voluntarily. The loss of
ground meant nothing to the German
capacity to defend himself. and even
to come back with smashing force, as
the present gigantic effort shows
thrust Of the British line back, equal
ling either Of these or even SURPRISING
them, may mean little or nothing
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-03-24
Counter~Blow Will
Follow, London View

LONDON, March Accommodating
on the great battle iii France. the Sun
day Times" says:
I'm all previous great assaults the
chief success has been gained at the
first thrust, but III this battle, where
as the Germans were unable to issue
a iowery report at the close of the
first day. it has to be admitted that
their second and third communicates
viii be more satisfactory from this
point OF view. The German military
caste are out for victory, even if to
gain it they must destroy the people
to whom they promised its fruits They
have already flung nearly one-third Of
their entire Western resources against
the sector measuring one-tenth of the
Western front, and must continue to
fling fresh divisions into the blood bath
with time on our side and fewer
troops exposed to the death blast, we
may reasonably count on holding in
hand reserves powerful enough to deal
q crushing commensurate when Won
has shattered his last le-
gions against the mpregnable British
wall y
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-03-24

Mass; John F. Murphy. SO Hall Avenue.
Newport r. |.
At Camp Duimen
r. At camp Duimen--From the steamer
nmore Thomas w. Ballon, 625 Mouroy
p-lace. Baltimore; Charles Carroll Bobart
t III. North Sticke Street. Baltimore; Eugene
troit: j. William Breen, 1O3 Fulton Street
BOSTON; Oscar c. Byrd Roanoke, Va: John
Carr. Dublin, Ireland; Frederick w. Carter.
Newpoft News, Va. Edward B. Caskey, 100
E In, walton. Fla. Harry Mason. sis Barrey
Street, Baltimore; Walter Mason. S15 Barrev
Greet baltimore; John Miller 1926 Thames
S Sorete' G6altimore: j. j. Louis Mitchell 100
Moore, Norfolk Va; Joseph W. Morgan
ifawtucket, K. L.: Joseph O'Conner, 1913 La
1 aye n Ayenue Baltimore: Patrick oConner
leslie =. Pedigo. 4S11 Haldeman Avenue,
Louisville; Paul Phillips, ISL Fairoaks Ave
nue., Pasadena, Cal; Allen Reynolds. Ian
f Everetta rem Bernard Rogers Ceres Va.
Hosery Ferry, Middletown, Conn., William
N. Fitzgerald. 3l5 East Thirty-seventh Street.
New N York; Clifford l.. Godsie, Appamattox.
h H Norfolk. Va; Mike Holland, Bati
more George H. Jolly, New York III; J. A..
lL.aroome, IA Clinton Street, Chelsea, Mass. !;
thomas n; Mccarthy. Richmond. Va. Sam
Smith; 200 Fait Avenue, Baltimore lore viii.
IAN ian, w. Smith, Harpers Ferry. W. Va. :;
N Wlilett G. Smith. South Norwalk. Conn !:
W Waiter %.. Trout. 1913 Thirty,ffth Street, N
s. c.; Howard Warren, Myersville. Md. !:
Thomas Wheatley,. 2132 North Fulton Ave.
rue. Baltimore; Zibulon Williams. Richmond
Va Harry Rogers, Babylon, l.. l.; John
Rome, 42S Rose Street, New York; Albert
w. Santee. Dumbarton Va
From the steamer Georgia. captured De-
e c 10, 1916: Walter Abcre, 453 Gold
Avenue, N Brooklyn; John Smith, $50 Mnnroe
ty-frst Street, West New York; Frank f.
Taylor, 10 Willow Place, Brooklyn; Arthur
+; Thimmc. 40S Fifth Avenue. New York ::
Charles E. Williams. 23l Columbia Street
Cambridge. Mass; Joseph Blake. 1o1 Nor
gan Avenue, Brooklyn; John Allen, 444 East
Twentieth Street. New York John Brady.
Marginvale Street. East Boston. Mass Ed
ward Joseph Brennan Brooklyn Edward w.
6 Brown. As 90 Mud Hudson Avenue Albany: Edward
Edward Clark. Pennsylvania Hospital, phila
d a,lpaa Martin j; Connolly, s. Atlantic
Street. Indianapolis Albert Depew. 13s
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-03-24

Premier Lloyd George declared it
would be far better that the govern
ment should go out Of Office than to
have its decisions disobeyed, adding:
of the sanction of the community
rs going to decide whether a law should
be obeyed, then, believe me, you will
have a condition OF things where the
PEOPLE who will suffer most will not be
the people at the top, who are general
" able to take care of themselves, but
the poor devils at the bottom. 1t has
always been so in the history Of the
world.
1T is better to talk plainly, and I
am speaking with great deal Of feel
ing, because | have just heard Of this
overwhelming attack, brought about by
the failure of the Russian democracy
to have its orders obcyed.
IF the attack succeeds the Germans
might be at Calais, and the only an
swer we can give is vote of the
Miners Confederation saying they are
not prepared to fight. You cannot
give that answer"
The executives of the federation
later passed resolution advising the
men not to resist the combing out of
nifty thousand men from the mines.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-03-24
Official Statements
West
FRENCH


PARIS, March % DAY. intermit-
tent bombardment of considerable violence
was carried out against our front lines and
positions in the rear north of the Chemin-
des-Dames. in the region of Rheims and in
Lorraine. An enemy raid east of Louvre was
without success. There were patrol encoun-
tiers north of Hill 3la (Verdun 'front.'.
In the Wocvre. in the region of Bemcray
the Gernans made an attack which was dis
persed hy the French fire. They suffered
considerable losses and left prisoners in our
hands
.(NEGHT) Artillery actions. occasionally
Disc. in the region of Rheims. in Lorraine
between Harracourt and the Vosges Noun
tains, and in the Heights of Alsacc. An
enemy attack against the Rirtzcach Wood
was complete failure.
In the period from March u to March 90
twcnty-siX German airplancs and one cap
tive balloon were shot down by our aviators
Nineteen enemy machines were seriously hit
and brought down within the enemy lines
On March % five German airplancs were
shot down or gravcly damaged by our aerial
units.
On the night of March 22-23 our raidinp
tiles upon establishments. cantonments and
railroad terminals in the enemy zone. 1t was
! asccrtained that tho damage done was very
great.
BELGIAN
PARIS. March 23.--In the course of the
last two days the activity of the enemy artl-
Icry has been manifested principally upon
our zone by the commandment of cur COM
nuncations in the vicinity OF Adnkcrke.
Furncs and Loo. also upon the environments
in the region of Nicuport. Ilvcrnguck and
PolIinchovc. We have carried out rcprisals
upon enemy installations and environments
at Kcycm, St Pierre Capcle and Lidlclkcrkc
and against numerous enemy batteries
On tn" night of March II German air
plane fired unon by our artillery and
torced to descend behind our lines. Two Of
ficers and one aub-olIiccr made pris-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-03-24
Washington Gables
Pershirg to Report
HolU Battle rs Going

WASHINGTON, March 23.-The War
tonight to forward Immediately def
mite inform ton Of the exact situation
or the battle front where the British
troops are under the German onslaught.
The only official word at hand was
contained in the official statements is
sued from London and Berlin.
American army officers would hazard
no opinion, lacking definite and COM
prehensive advices. Privately, how
ever, their confidence in the eventual
repulse of the German thrust remained
mistaken in the face Of all reports re-
ceived.
Both American officers and those at
tached to the British and French mill
tary missions looked with confidence
on the story unfolded from hour to
hour, as the German effort progressed
A review of the days events, as told
in Associated Press dispatches, they
said, gave no ground for assuming that
Allied resisting power would prove un-
equal to its task.
Stake All OIL Quick Blow
All reports were taken to prove that
the Germans had staked lives by the
hundred thousand upon quick blow,
designed to be overpowering both be-
cause of the masses of men used and
also because of the absolute disregard
of losses which marked it's delivery.
+-here was evidence that seemed to
bear out predictions that Germany was
prepared to sacrifice 100000 men in
the effort. 1t was with man power in
great masses, and not gun power, that
the first lines of the British defcnces
were penetrated.
The greatest .hock ever hurled at an
army appeared to observers here to
have been met by the British with
great skill. 1t appeared that the Brit
ish had stopped the rush where they
could, withdrawn slowly before it
where they could not. Their orderly
retirement. American officers believe,
means defeat for the Germans in the
end. There has been no loss of British
organization, it was pointed out, and
every foot of ground surrendered has
been bought with blood.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-03-24
Washington Gets List Of 200
American Prisoners in Germany
Official Report From Berlin Records Death of Charles
t4emphl, Shot When Trying to Escape; Andrew
c. MURRAY, Aviator Dead

WASHINGTON, March 23.-An Off
clal list of 200 Americans now prison
ers IN German camps, made public to-
night by the State Department. records
the death of Charles Hemphill, shot
while attempting to escape in Septem-
Der, 1917, and the death of Andrew
Campbell Murtroy, an aviator, brought
down near Pargny September 80, 1917.
The only American officer in the list
IS Lieutenant Harold Willis. of Newton,
Mass. an aviator, captured at Verdun
on August 10, 1917. He is interned at
Camp Gutersloh. Evidently Willis was
an officer in French cscadrille.
The list, reported by the Royal Prus-
the German government to the State
department through the Spanish En-
bassy in Berne, contains the names of
American troops captured in trench
RAIDS, crews of captured ships and sur
vivors of cautured ships.
The list also includes the names of
American engineers caught in the Ger
man turning movement at Cambria.
statement by the Committee on
Public Information accompanying the
list of prisoners said:
Mail intended for any prisoner of
war interned in Germany should be ad-
dressed to the prisoner by name, fol-
lowed by American prisoner of war.
via New York City, and the name and
location of the prison camp at which he
is interned"
At Camp Brandenburg
At Camp Brandenburg-Fro the steamer
Souchan. captured in the North Sea October
., lyl6: Herbert Henry. SO Prince Street,
Brooklyn; Cecil Savely. 7l3 Lombard Street,
South Philadelphia; Arthur Crissie. 2o6
West Sixty-second Street, New York ; Mike
Perrible. 335 East Forty-iifth Street. Los
Angeles; Iheophilus Jones, 349 Bridge
Street, Brooklyn.
From the steamer Esmeradas, captured in
the Atlantic March 10, 1917: Elmer Sorren-
sen, ~ Master Street. Philadelphia; Daniel
Penn. Walter Perkins. Whitley. Ky: Ed
ward Mcdonald, address not given; William
Thompson. 6S Thayer Street. jamestown.
n: II; FREDERICK 1,Ic Stone, ~ Fourth Street,
Edward Martin. 1927 South Chapel Street,
baltimore; John Sawyer Dubuque, Iowa ::
Thomas Durfec, Union Court. Boston: Paul
Nasel. Al Tappan Avenue. Belevile. N. J. !;
sam foudin. 215 Henry Street, New York
From the steamer Campania, captured in
Bay of Biscay. August G. 1917: Alfred Oil
YER. 225 East l23d Street, New York; James
Delaney 265 Carlton Avenue, Brooklyn Ray
Charles Kleine, 24e West Buttonwood Street
Reading, Penn; Fred Jacobs, 30 Eureka
Street Pittsburgh; Albert William Miller
SS45 Burley Street, South Chicago.
From the steamer Bergen, captured in the
Atlantic. February /, 1917: John Lepo. 2243
Eastern Avenue, Baltimore.
From the steamer Bulgarian, captured in
the Atlantic. January p. 1917: James Sam
uels, 81 Bedford Street, Kingston, Jamaica.
From the steamer Mount Temple. place
and date of capture not given: Raoul Bou
lois, address unknown.
From the destroyer Jacob Jones, sunk in
English Channel December 6, 1917: Albert dc
Melo. III Hathaway Avenue. New Bedford,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-03-24
British Forces
Cross the Jordan

LONDON, March 23.-The British in
Palestine have forced a passage of the
River Jordan, bridged the stream and
established themselves on the east
bank. They afterward advanced east
ward against considerable opposition
and are continuing their operations, &C.
cording to the official report announce
ing the crossing.
The text of the statement reads:
"ln the early hours of Friday our
troops effected passage Of the Jordan,
despite the strong current. The river
was then bridged and passed by our
forces, which established themselves
on the left bank and made progress
eastward, encountering considerable re-
sistance.
"The operations are continuing"
The British are steadily forging
northeastward from Jerusalem, with
the evident object of cutting the rail-
road that runs from Damascus to the
south, east of the Dead Sea, to South
ern Arabia. This is the supply line for
all the Turkish forces in Southern
Arabia. To cut it would mean the en-
vclopment of the Turkish forces oppos-
ing the troops raised by the new Ara
bian kingdom of the Hedjaz.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-03-24
Germans Bombard
Chel1lin-des-Danes
And Lorraine Line
Two Attempted Raids Are
Broken Up by French
With Losses

LONDON, March 23.-Paris reported
officially to-day that the Germans are
carrying on an intermittent lombard
ment of considerable violence" against
certain portions Of the French line.
This bombardment has continued now
for several days and is evidently linked
up with the foes offensive against the
British as kind Of distracting orer-
alton.
The enemy directed his principal fire
against the Chemin- s-Dames, the
neighborhood of Rheims and the Lor,
raine line. Part Ct the Lorraine front
is held by American troops Positions
in the rear were bombarded, as we'll as
the front trenches.
The Germans were unsuccessful in
two raids-one east of the Louvre and
the other near Blemeray, in the
Woevre. In the latter case they had
many killed and wounded and left pris
oners in the hands of the French.
There were also some encounters be-
tween patrols on the Verdun front
north of Hill 344.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-03-24
More Troops Sorely Needed;
Lloyd George Warns Miners

LONDON, Friday, March % (dc-
l"yed).-Premier Lloyd George, in an
exceedingly outspoken speech to a
reputation of the Miners Federation
yesterday, concerning the result of the
nQners' ballot ON the combing out Of
men for military service, declared that
TO avoid defeat in the field it is abso-
!useiy essential to have more men.
Il am utterly at loss" he said. "to
Know where the men arc to be found
II FIRST the engineers and then the
miners say we will not find the men.
other trades will quickly take the
same course. That would mean an
archy, not government.
Il have just had news that the Ger
mans have attacked us on a front of
nearly sixty miles with overwhelming
forces. | am amazed that it should
be considered debatable whether the
n''ners and engineers arc going to
make their contribution to the defence
OF the country"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-03-24
Guns Are Active on
The Italian Front

LONDON, March 23-Artillery &C
tivity continues lively along the Italian
front, with numerous encounters be-
tween patrolling parties, Rome an
nounced officially to-day. No large OPP
erations have developed.
Fights between recommending parties
took place north of Val di Ledro and
in the Lagarina Valley; also at the
island OF Eolna, in the Pavc and
east of Cavazuc~herina Bombs were
dropped from Italian airplanes on rail-
way lines in the Lagarina Valley.
The artillery fighting was strongest
in the mountainous portion of the
front.