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Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1918-07-12
Dr.. Edward A. RumeIy Of New
York Mail and Express in
the Tolls.
Mo SEVi2tL DEALINGS
Attorney General Alleges That German
Government Paid Or. RumeIy $780,,
GOO in Transactions Connected
With Purchase Of the Mail.

New York, July 9.-eharged with
perjury in a report to A. Mitchell
Palmer, alien property custodian, DR..
Edward A. Rumely, vice president and
treasurer of the Mail and Express
company, publishers of the New York
Evening Mail, has been arrested here.
The attorney general charged the
German government paid $1,361 900 to
Rumely in several transactions con.
.nected with the purchase of the Mail.
The payments, it is alleged, were con.
cealed until their details were discov.
cred by Investigators for the Depart
ment of Justice.
Concealed Bernstorff,s Dealing.
The complaint against DR.. Rumely
charges that in making his report to
the alien property custodian he failed
to disclose his relation with Count Won
Bernstorff, German ambassador to the
United States, and DR.. Heinrich F.
Albert, commercial attache Of the Ger
man embassy.
The warrant was issued by fed
eral commissioner upon the complaint
of Attorney General Lewis, who had
been conducting an investigation for
some time into the affairs Of the Mail.
The attorney general charged Rumely
purchased the stock of the Mail and
Express company in June, 1915, from
Henry L. Stoddard and that in doing
60 he acted on behalf Of the Imperial
!! Germa ngovernment. s.......
In an announcement Of the arrest
of DR.. Rumely, Attorney General Lew
is declared that the money was paid
to Rumely from deposits of the Ger
man government standing in the name
of DR.. Albert or Of Albert and Won
Bernstorff, jointly, in this city. The
total so far traced, he added, is ST.
361 900.
How Deal Was Concealed.
The transfers of money. Mr.. Lewis
said, were concealed in this manner:
albert procured various banks,
where the government had accounts,
to issue cashiers checks to the order
Of one Walter Lyon, q member Of the
former Wall Street firm Of Renskorf,
Lyon and Co. This hrm in turn paid
! the money over to Rumely or to the
is. 8. Mcclure Newspaper corporation.
which had been. organized by Rumely
for the purpose Of the transaction.
In some cases Albert drew the
money in cash and delivered 1t to the
attorneys of the embassy, Messrs.
Hays, Kaufman and Lindheim, who
took the cash to Renskorf, Lyon and
Co. They in turn made payments to
Rumely. In one transaction $4,000
in bills was handled in this manner.
Rumely then drew his notes to the or
der of Walter Lyon, covering the
transfers in money and pledged stock
in the S. s. Mcclure Newspaper cor
poration to secure the loans"
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1918-07-12
Intensive Training Course.

Washington, July "a 60-day in
tensive course to train college me1
AZ assistant instructors in the students
army training corps will open July
10 at Plattsburg, N. Y, Fort Sheri-
dan, ILL.,, and Preside, Cal. The War
department announced that colleges
which enroll the minimum of 100 able
bodied students for the students
training corps will be invited to &C.
lect number of men for the course.
Regular army officers will have charge
and members of faculties as well a.
students are eligible.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1918-07-12
THREE KILLED; TWO INJURED

Frankfort, Mich, July 9.-Three
men were killed and two seriously
scalded in an explosion of steampipe
on the Ann Arbor car ferry No. here.
Following a loud report there was
a burst of steam and ashes SO great
that no one was able to reach the
place of the explosion until all the
steam in the pipe had escaped.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1918-07-12
GAIN GROUND ALONG PAVE
Austrians Are Forced to Retreat By
italian Forces.

London, July S.-The Italians have
cleared the Austrians from Q c0nsid-
cradle part of the terrain. to. which
the enemy had been clinging near
the mouth Of the Piave.
In hard fighting the Austrian resist
ance was broken In the area close
to the Adriatic. General Diaz' troops
have driven the invaders out of the
contested district and across the new
bed of the river from Grisolera to
the sea, approximately five miles. Four
hundred of the enemy we're taken
prisoner. tz4
Vienna admits loss of ground, con.
ceding that the Austrian advanced
forces were driven back on their
main body. ~,
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1918-07-12
Illinois Football End IL Killed,

Urbana, ILL.,, Juy 9.-Tom Goodfel.
low, an end of the Illinois freshman
eleven in 1916, who was considered
a promising athlete, has been killed in
action in France. He was lieuten-
ant in infantry. Goodfellow was .
member of Delta Tau Delta and a
leader in class activities.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1918-07-12

Cardinal Sebastian Martinelii, per
iect of the sacred congregation OF
rates and former papal delegate to the
United States, is dead. Cardinal Mar
tiuelli was the second apostolic dele
gate to the United States, serving
from 1896 to 1902, when he returned
to Rome. He was born in San Anna,
Italy, August 20, 1s4S, and was created
and proclaimed cardinal on April 25,
1901 during his service in the United
States. From 1907 to 1909 he was
chamberlain of the sacred college.
Cardinal MartinelM was ninth OF the
list OF cardinal priests in order OF
their precedence.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1918-07-12

Rear Admiral Aaron 8. Ward, u. 8.
N, retired, died at his home at Ros'
Ign, N. Y, after three days illness
from heart trouble. Rear Admiral
Ward was born in Philadelphia, Oct.
10, 1851, and served with distinction
in the Spanish.American war. He was
commander of the Wasp in 1898 and
was advanced in grade for conspicu-
GUS bravery in battle. He was named
rear admiral in 1910. and was second
In command in the Atlantic fleet in
1911 and 1912, serving on the flagship
Minnesota and the Florida. He was
retired in 1913.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1918-07-12
MoHAmMED vi. IS SULTAN
Proclaimed Turkish Ruler In Throne
Room Of Palace.

Room Of Palace.
Amsterdam, July S.-Mohammed VI.
was proclaimed Sultan of Turkey in
the throne room of the Top Kapu
palace, according to . Constantinople
dispatch received here.
The burial of Mohammed V, was
held later, the coffin being transport
ed from the palace to the mosque of
Ejub by motorboat. --r
The new sultan followed the burial
,arty in his steam yacht.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1918-07-12
Wins 22nd Air Victory

Paris, July Sit is officially an
nounced that Under-Lieutenant Boyau
shot down his twentieth airpla1e July
1 and that he won his twenty-first
and twenty-second air victories July s.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1918-07-12
Howard County Registration

following list contains the in Howard County
who have reached the age Of q since day 1917
in order liability for service This list Of the orig
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steadfastly maintaining they had no information on which to believe that the submarines had come again.
 The official dispatches to the navy department tonight were so far be- hind the news reports of the disaster and so lacking in details that little official opinion could be formed. The popular effect of the loss of the San Diego on the psychology of the na- tional capital, however, was the cause Of great deal of comment. It aroused a war spirit and a porular commotion far exceeding the news os the great drive by American troops in France, which, as a proposition of military importance is of vastly more concern than the loss of a compara- lively unimportant ship and the loss of probably very few lives. if any.
 It may be stated that all the agencies which the navy department has at it's command for hunting the submarines are in action and off, cials are still entirely confident of their ability to protect the coasts If another raid has been started with the object of popular agitation to cause the return of American naval forces iii the war zoffe it wifi lii- doubtedly prove d failure.
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STEAMSHIP CARPATBIA
 SUNK OFF IRISH COAST
Three Torpedoes Are Fired Into the Vessel That Rescued the Passengers
 From the Ill.Fated Titanic.

London. July l9--The steamship Carpathia was sunk off the Irish coast as she was 0ound outSard this morning about 9.l5. Very few per sons were on board her.
 Those who were saved from the Carpathia after she was sunk will be landed tcmorrcw. the Central News says
 Three torpedoes were fired at the Carpathia and all hit the vessel. Splendid discipline was maintained. I The survivors were in the water two hours, the Exchange Telegraph company says, when picked up by the steamer which brought them into port The Carpathia disappeared very quickly.
 Five persons were killed on the Cunard liner through a torpedo en- tering the engine room. The re- mainder of those on board took to the life5oats
 All the passengers on board the CarpathiaA were saved They include 36 saloon passengers and 21 from the steera3e,
 The survivors number 2l5.
 Some survivors who have been
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landed state that the vessel was sunk by German submarine al about 9: 15 o'clock Wednesday morning All of the passengers and crew were saved with the exception of three firemen and two trimmers, who are supposed to have been killed in the engine room by the explosion.
 Mem CTS of the crew say that just after the passengers had brea kfasted torpedo struck tho vessel slightly forward of the engine room and a minute or two later second tor pedo crashed into the engine room.
 There was no panic of any descrip-
 tion.
 Both the passengers and the sur
 viying members of the crew got away in the ships small boats without diff ficulty. For time it appeared a. though the Carpathia might remain afloat. but the U-boat came to the surface and fired third torpedo The liner filled rapidly and sank about two hours after being strucl by the first torpedo. After his dis appearance the submarine approach ed the Carpathia's boats. but did noi ] fire on them.
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BRITISH CAPTURE A
 VALUABLE PIECE OF GROUND

With the British Army in France, July 19.-The German high com mand will not be pleased with the news that the British captured a val uable piece of eround-Meyteren this morning It is but a trible com pared with the big events on the French front but in war trifles count, and Prince Itupprecht will not at least underest innate the loss of q position which new gives the Brit ish an observation ground he might wish to keep his doings secret
 Scottish trocl2s, among others. made the assault which extended south of Meteren, and in front of Morris. They formed without the Germans getting hint of lmpend / ing trouble. and moved forward in full daylight
 1t was nearly eight o'clock in the morning and the Germans were down in cellars, with false sense of se- curity after the dawn lookout.
 The Scots were on them so rap idly after the barrage that they were unable to organize machine gun defense and most of them seemed to have surrendered easily.
 The Australians, whh artillery help. which opened ahead of them, bounced upon the German outpostS and in a very short time sent in 70 prisoners to add to the 60 taken in the ruins of Meteren
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New York, July 19.-German sub marines appeared to have renewed operations off the American coast The United States armored cruiser San Diego was sunk not far from the entrance of New York harbor today. Circumstantial reports reaching here indicate that she was torpedoed.
 There were also reports tonight, though not confirmed, that other ships had been attacked, one being described as a coastwise passenger ship.
 Whether there had been toll of lives taken on the San Diego wal not known up to the late evening hours. Not more than 1885 had been accounted for out of a crew oe LILA men aboard the warshlp, of which some 300 reached New York on tank steamship at 10 o'clock tonight Thirty two men, 6 lieutenant and an ensign and thirty sailors, were landed in life boats this afternoon on the Long ls- land shore.
 Survivors weer reported to have been picked up by other ships, how ever, and to be on their way to New York.
 The San Diego was sunk at 11:5C am about ten miles southeast of Fire Island light, which is off the Long Island shore about fifty miles east ol the entrance to New York harbor and on the main Eighkay of trans Atlantic ships bound in and out of the port. Although the navy department an- nounced that the cause of the loss ol the San Diego had not been de- termined. information received from
 reliable sources in the afternoon indi- cated that submarines had been oper- ating off the coast and that she hdc
 bee ntorpedoed.
 There were rumors that the cruisers had been in collision, also that she had struck mine. but reports cur rent where survivors landed on the Long Island shore bore out the indi- cations that German submarine had
 been responsible.
 l At Bay Shore and Babylon villagers
 said that they heard gunfire and ex-
 plosions at sea shortly before noon
 The 32 officers and sailors cam'
 ashore in three boats between and
 p.m. at Point O,Woods which is a re | CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO)
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ATLANTA STREET CAR
 STRIKE IS SETTLED
COMPANY IS TO MAINTAIN OPEN SHOP Rut MEN GAN JOIN THE UNION.

Atlanta, Ga, July 13.-lThe differ- ences between the striking street car men and the Georgia Railway & Power company, were settled at a conference tonight and the men have, agreed to return to work tomorrow morning, according to a statement given out late tonight.
 The agreement provides recogni- tion by the company of the fact that union known as Local 732 of the Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway Employes ex- ists. and comedies the right of the employees to join this union. Another clause gives the company the right to maintain an open shop. All other points in dispute. including hours. scale Of wages, and working condi- tions are left to the decision of the war labor board. together with any future disputes. The strike has tied up completely street car service in the city since Monday night,
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Germans Attempted to Stem the Tide of the Allied Ad- vance With a Heavy She'll Fire.
In a Desperate Effort to Head Off the Hard Fighting Franco-Americans and Save HisLine of Communication Heavy Achievements Were Rushed Up By the Enemy.

With the American Army Between the Aisne and the Marne. July 19- The Franco American troops made an advance late this afternoon on the Soissons Chateau Thierry front averaging about two klometers (albout mile and quarterl
 Vicious German machine gunfre southwest of Soissons hampered the advance for only short period. In the same section the Germans at tempted to use tanks against the Americans, but a hot fire soon com pelled the tanks to retreat.
 The advance began with a barra ge opening at 5: 90 o'clock. Tanks were sent in by the allies to assist the infantry and machine gunners and the Germans endeavored to stem the tide with heavy shell fire
 The advance was one of the best organized the allies ever attempted. the system working wonderfully well from one end of the line to the other. The machine gun defense of the Ger mans was feeble and was qnickly si . fenced, the Germans falling back upon their rear defenses.
 Southwest of Soissons the Ger mans repeatedly attempted to reach the allies big guns The German firing continued until long after dark, but the French and American guns responded in kind and gave full protection to the allied forces as they advanced along tho line.
 Several towns were captured.
 Heavy endorsements were rushed up from the north by the German command in a desperate effort to head off the hard fighting allies.
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EDITOR OF SAN FRANCISCO
 BULLETIN RESIGNS

San Francisco, July f9.--The resig- nation of Fremont Older, managing edito rof the San Francisco Bulletin. was announced by officials of the pa per heer today.
 Older has been picturesque figure In San Francisco journalism. His ac- tivities durng the prosecution of Mayor Schmitz and Abraham Reuf here in 1906 for bribe taking led to his being spirited away from the city, supposed ly by his enemies. He was released later at Santa Barbara after his ex periences had been given naton wide publicity. Recently Older has worked consistently for new trial for Thom- as J. Mooney, whom he insists was convicted on manufactured evidence.
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Washington, July 19.-Announce- ment by the navy department tonight that the United tSates armored cruiser San Diego had been sunk to- day off the ISng Island coast indi- cated that German submarines. may again be operating in American waters. The cause of the vessels destruction and the casualties that may have resulted were unknown at late hour.
 The vessel itself was not regarded as a serious military loss. If she was victim of enemy submarines, it is obvious that the boats are in the transport lane and close to the entrance of New York harbor, for the San Diego went down ten miles southeast of Fire Island.
 Until the statements of survivors definitely establish that the vessel was sunk by a torpedo, there will be a possibility that she struck a drift ing defense or was sent down by ac- cidental internal explosion, or other wise
 The only formal statement issued by the department was based on first reports. It follows:
 "The navy department has re- ceived reports from the third naval district stating that the U. $. s. San Diego was sunk ten miles southeast of Fire Island light at 11:30 o'clock this morning One officer and two boats crews were landed at life sav- ing station No. S2 on Long Island Other survivors are in boats and fou. steamers are standing By. "So far as can be ascertained there appears to have been no loss of life. The cause of the sinking has not yet been determined. The San Diego was an armored cruiser of | 13,680 tons displacement and carried
 a complement of 1,114 officers and men,"
 Late tonight the navy department would add nothing to this statement
 and officers professed to have no in- | formation as to the cause of the loss or the number of survivors. It was | apparent, however, that officials
 were prepared to hear that some
 lives were lost despite the optimistic | tone of the initial dispatches. The return of the underseas raid CTS was not to be unexpected, since the sinkings of May and June had l shown that the German admiralty
 was capable of carrying submarine warfare to the very doors of America l The San Diego was the first major
 warship to be lost since the country ] entered the war.
 | None but commercial coastwist ships fell prey to the submersibles or ! their first raids and in the war zone none but destroyers. transports ant small patrol boats have been sue. cessfully attacked.
 l Despite reports of attacks on othe ships and that warnings had beel
 sent to coastwise shipping to kee, close to the coast, naval official
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AMERICANS AND ERE NCh KEEP UP DRIVE ON HUNS
WAR AT A GLANCE
(By the Associated Press)

Notwithstanding the fact that the Germans have thrown large rein forcements into the new battle line between Soissons and the region of Chateau Thierry, they nowhere thus far have been able to stem the tide of the onslaughts the American and French troops are making against them.
 Friday saw the Americans and French batter their way further east ward into the deep triangular salient which has Soissons, Rheims and Chateau Thierry as it's points and successfully withstand a terrific counter attack by the Germans on the plateau southwest or tSoissons, where the allied guns dominate this important strategic tdgn.
 The gains of Friday were carried to their greatest depth in the cen- ter of the % mile line and on the southern flank northwest of Chateau Thierry, where the Americans are holding forth.
 The fighting was particularly vio- lent throughout the day around Sois- sons and in the region of Chaudun, where the Germans sent in largo forces of reserves in an endeavor to push back the allied troops. iiere the American artillery did notable work killing or wounding many of the enemy and aiding greatly in stay ing off the Germans.
 On the sector where the Americans are fighting northwest of Chateau l Thierry the German line was driven l in on the plateau northwest of Ponnes and to the height to the north | of Courchamps, the former position | representing a gain of three and a ! half miles from the point of original departure at Torcy.
 While it is not possible as yet l geographically to delimit with exact 1 tude the gains made in the two days fighting along the front by the French and Americans, it is known that at it's deepest point the pene- tration has reached approximately l seven miles and that over the entire 25 miles it ranges down to about two miles.
 In addition to the infliction of ex- | tremely heavy casualties on the en- emy, the French and American forces up to the present have taken more than 17G00 prisoners, including two i colones with their chiefs of staff, and in excess of 360 cannon
 The offensive on the entire west
 ern frcnt in France seems now defi- nitely to have shifted from the hands of the Germans to those Of the en-
 tente allies. East and west of
 Rheims, where the Germans last Monday started battle along a 65-
 mile front, from Chateau Thierry to
 eastern Cha mpaigne, the enemy is
 now on the defensive on most of the
 sectors where there is any fighting. ' Friday saw the Germans lose aGdi-
 tiona ground along the Marne to the ? French and Italian troops.
 East of Rheims the Germans have not seen fit to resume the fighting. , In the region southwest of Ypres the British have carried out another
 successful incursion into the Ger
 man lines. capturing the village of ) Meteren. d point of strategetic value l for observation purposes, while fur ! ther south Australian troops gained
 ground. The two maneuvers cost the | Germans nearly 400 men made pris-
 oner and the loss of number ol . machine guns.