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New Britain herald., 1918-08-12
BRITISH IN WESTERN PART OF BRAY

difficult to say whether the French are on the crest, but they must be close to it. The whole position on the southern line depends upon posses sion of it.
 In the region between the Rove road and the Somme the position has been stabilized. The Germans have massed heavy artillery on this front and are heavily counter attacking.
 The towns Of Albert and Chaulnes seem today to be held by the enemy and Rove has not fallen.
 London. Aug. 12, 4:33 D. m. (By the Associated Press) - American troops are in the suburbs of Bray, to- day, fighting a continuous battle for the outskirts of the little French city.
 Only slight changes in the line as a whole are reported in dispatches reaching London this afternoon but a ding-dong battle is raging all up and down the northern section of the pres ent battle line.
New Britain herald., 1918-08-12
FIVE NEW BRITAIN
 SOLDIERS WOUNDED
Cases "SeVere," According to
 TOday's Army Casualty List HITTING THE HUN HARD
James Mcintyre, Santa Motta, William Temple, Jacob F. BernaSconi and Henry J. Doucette Fighters Named 1905 on Complete List.

Achievements of the New Britain boys in the present big drive agains the Huns will make a most brilliant chapter in the history of New Britain Casualty lists issued daily enrol New Britain fighters. Reports of the fight ing going on over there show that five have shed ther blood for the Red White and Blue. Their wounds are described as ''severe." Local casualties are: James Mcintyre, Company H, 102d Infantry.
 Santa Motta, Company I, 102d h. fantry.
 William Temple, 9th Infantry. Jacob +. BernascOni, Company H, 102d Infantry.
 Henry J. Doucette, Company H, 102d Infantry.
 The fighting 1O2d apparently has been in the thick of the fighting, judg- ing from the fact that four of the five casualties on the list were 1O2d men. Telegrams received indicate that the fighting in which they were victims took place on July 21. James Mcintyre is the son of Thom- as Mcintyre of 153 Cherry street, The soldier was one of the early volun- teers.
 Mcintyre was one of the first draf- tees sent from New Britain and on arrival at Camp Devens was selected to fill the quota for the old First reg iment. When receiving instructions Chairman A. F. Corbin was giving the routing, saying, You change at Hart ford and again at Putnam and then at Worcester, and then you go to Dev- ens" Mcintyre promptly added "and from there to France" Twelve hours after arrival in Camp he was sent to New Haven and in a few days was on his way to France.
 Santa Motta was a draft eligible, but enlisted in Company l, after registra- ton. His home address is not known.
 Motta was employed by the Con- necticut Light and Power Co.,, pre- vious to July 15, 1917, when he en- listed at Fort Slocum. He Is married and his wife lives in this city. He was born in Italy.
 Private Temple is the son of Will liam Temple of Church street. He joined the 9th United States Infantry which is better known as the Syracuse brigade. He joined July IS last
 Jacob Bernasconi lived at S3 CleVe- land street, and is the son of Jacob J. Bernasconi. He is rated as a motor mechanic. He joined the service Sep tember r, 1917.
 Henry J. Doucette's home is at 22 Seymour street, where his father Fred Doucette, lives. He enlisted Septem- Der 1917
 Army Casualty List.
 Washington, Aug. 12-The army cas-
 Continued on Seventh Page)-
New Britain herald., 1918-08-12
SUBMARINE ATTACK
 ON FISHING FLEET Undersea Pirate Appears in Midst of 30 and Sinks
 Nine.

An Atlantic Port, Aug. 12.-A Brit 1 ish merchant steamer was sunk re- gently off the North Atlantic coast, l according to the second officer of the 1 German submarine which sent nine l fishing schooners to the bottom off This report was given members of the crew of the Kate Palmer, a fishing schooner, when they were taken aboard the U-boat prior to the de- men did not learn the name of the Britisher, but were informed she had two smokestacks.
 The fishermen were brought here early today aboard the auxiliary schooner Helen Murlry after having been set 'adrift in a dory shortly be- fore nightfall by the submarines commander. They reported that probably 60 fishermen were cast adrift in small boats after the U-boat's attack upon the fleet. Naval and marine men expected, however, that most of these soon would be picked up.
 The crew of the Palmer reported that proba bly, 30 sailing vessels were in the immediate vicinity at the time of the attack They said they heard firing alh day Saturday from 10 a. m. Most sinkings occurred on Saturday rather than Sunday, as early reports indicated.
 The men brought in by the Mrulry included Captain Edward Russell, of the Kate Palmer. and Frederick w. Quinlan, one of the crew, and two Nova Scotia fishermen, They said that when the submarine appeared they attempted to get away, but changed their minds and surrendered. Captain Russell and his small crew were ordered alongside the submarine and taken aboard. Hmm ediately they were sent below and were kept there for about an hour while the subma- rine proceeded in a westerly direc- ton. Later they were told to get into their dory and were cast adrift about 6 o'clock Saturday night They were picked up five hours later by the Murlry.
 They did not see their schooner sunk, by assumed she was destroyed by a bomb
 The fishermen reported that che submarine was 300 feet long and car ried a crew of about 70 men. A six inch gun was mounted forward and 8 smaller one astern. The second of- ficer told them the submarine could make 21 knots on the surface.
 The auxiliary schooner Albert Black, owned at Portland, Me-, was one of the fishermen attacked by German submarine off Georges bank Saturday afternoon and yesterday. Captain Granville Johnson reported upon arrival here today that several shells were fired at his craft at 9 o'clock yesterday morning, one of which struck close by. The submarine was three miles away and was firing at other boats.
 With the aid of all her sails and auxiliary power, the schooner escap- ed unharmed, with her crew of ten.
New Britain herald., 1918-08-12
CASE OF INFANTTLE
 PARALYSIS REPORTED
Three Year Old Girl Living On Olive Street First Victim Of
 Season..

The first case of infantile paralysis reported this season and the first in about a year was reported at the board of health office this afternoon. The patient is Pearl Trachenroth of Olive street. She is three years old Her mouth is affected.
 Health board officials immediately took steps to arrange for the placing of the child in one of %he several iso- lation hospitals. She will probably be admitted to the Hartford isolation hospital
New Britain herald., 1918-08-12

Amsterdam, Aug. 12.-Boris Dan sIio, the assassin of Field Marshal Herman won Eichhorn, was executed on Saturday, according to advices from kiev. The sentence was pronounced by a German military court and was carried out immediately after it's con- firmation by the competent judicial tribunal.
 The position of the Soviet govern ment in Russia is considered very se- rious by the Moscow correspondent of the Tagebatt of Berlin. He announces that the Czecho -Slovak forces have in- creased from 7,500 to 100000 and are being reinforced by Serbians, Cossacks and counter revolutionists.
New Britain herald., 1918-08-12
ARRIVE OVERSEAS.
New Britain Men in 303d Ambulance s Company Cross Atlantic.

Word has been received that the following New Britain boys have ar rived safely overseas, With the 303d ambulance company Privates Frank F. Brown, Daniel ODea, James Mar tim Carl H. Anderson, John Stadler, Howard Hartman, John Kraus, Otto Mckee, Joseph Pynch Philip Neu- rath, Clifford Barrett, Lewis $. Mum ger Walter Bradley, Charles Traceski, George Lucas, Harry Shahinian and Sergeant John H. Flannery.
New Britain herald., 1918-08-12
Nantucket Learns of Sinking.

Nantucket, Mass, Aug. 12.-Sink- ing of the British steamer Penistone, by German submarine off Georges bank was reported here today.
 The Penistone, vessel of about 4,- GOO tons gross. apparently was sunk by the same U-boat that destroyed nine fishing schooners Saturday. First reports made no reference to the crews safety and gave no details of the attack.
New Britain herald., 1918-08-12
CALL FOR SENATOR'S
 TO REPORT THURSDAY

Washington, Aug. 12,--Steps to re- convene the senate so that the ad- ministration man power bill extend ing draft ages from IS to 45 can be taken up without delay were taken today by senate leaders, who ordered telegrams sent to all absentees asking thems to be present next Thursday when the bill is reported to the sen 9S
New Britain herald., 1918-08-12
Insurance Rates Increased.

New York, Aug. 12.-Marine under writes today advanced war risk rates on sailing vessels both for coastwise and trans ocean routes because of the continued activity of U-boats in coast al waters. Rates jumped to per cent and in some cases to 4 per cent for sailing between American ports while trans ocean rates were advanced to 10 per cent by some underwriters.
New Britain herald., 1918-08-12
British and Swedish
 Steamers Sunk, in Addition to Nine Fishing Fleet Vessels
COMMANDER OF T-BOAT
 WAS IN II. s. SERVICE.

Gloucester. Mass, Aug. 12.- Fishermen claim to have iden- tified the commander of a Ger man submarine which has been sinking fishing boats off the Atlantic coast as a skilled navi- gator formerly in the United States fisheries service. Two men from different schooners that were sunk claim to have recognized a former acquaint- ance who had changed little ex- cept that he had grown a beard since they last saw him.
New Britain herald., 1918-08-12
STABLE ENIPLOYE TS
 MURDERED AND ROppxr,

Saratoga, N, Y, Aug. 12.-A. c. Mann' of Queens, Long Island. a Watchman at the stable of Congress- man George w. Lofterbach here, was murdered and robbed of $2oo today. Mann was struck on the head with an axe. The slayer escaped. A stable boy is missing.
New Britain herald., 1918-08-12
30 of SydIand Crew Picked Up.

Boston, Aug. 12.-Fifteen survivors of the Swedish steamer Sydland ar rived here today and reported that their vessel had been sunk by a Ger man submarine Saturday. Fifteen others of the crew were picked up by another ship.
New Britain herald., 1918-08-12
LEVINE AND TROTZKY
 FLEE TO KRONSTADT
Boris DansIio Pays Extreme PenaIt, for Assassination of Ambassa-
 dor von Eichhorn

London Aug. 12.-Premier Lenine and his chief assistant, Leon Trotzky, have fled to Kronstadt, the naval base near Petrograd, according to a dis patch sent out by the semi official Wolff bureau of Berlin and printed in Zurich newspapers, says a Havas re- port from Paris.
New Britain herald., 1918-08-12
THREE GERMAN GENERALS DISMISSED

London, Aug. 12.-Three German generals recently commanding near Montdidier have been cashiered for ne- glect of duty, according to Belgian re- ports received in Amsterdam and transmitted by the Exchange Tele- graph company.
New Britain herald., 1918-08-12

A large number of soldiers were court-martialed at St, Quentin Satur- day for high treason.
 The Germans in Belgium are show ing signs of great uneasiness and the German emperor is reported to have moved to Brussels.
New Britain herald., 1918-08-12
TOWN OF ROVE REPORTED EVACUATED

With the British Army in France, Aug. 12, 2:16 p. m. (By the Associated Press) There is an unconfirmed re-
 port this afternoon that the town of Rove, which the Germans have been
New Britain herald., 1918-08-12

defending so desperately, has been evacuated.
 British tanks have been seen operat- ing a considerable distance east of that town.
New Britain herald., 1918-08-12

line; the British have a
 the past night although
 5o35a i; an 4asqssr%sd R 3P sas5, Fspa1 5ss''
 On the right the French are stil ga reached the crest of the hills of the S1lseA
 cleared the Maz valley of the enemy.
 The battle still is confined within the limits f14[ [.4u French extended the fighting Disc It has but this development not as yet been Teported "
 Interest in the Picardy battle now upon German
 oS 10 saD1ze the front along the line from Albert Chaunes and to check the French efforts enveop measure o success hold the northern line firmly and Ham On the oue end of of e @ on e
 mans nave been unable far to do than the
 In this sector important advance reported in the fact We e a Reno nave @ AnoXa on the crest of the hills AnoTa proved fatal French hopes hold the valley Disc firmly held by the French along the Oise seems are in danger and if the French continue the enemy retirement from territory held along the the river may be forced
 Reports would appear indicate the line the present heavy fighting going the upon which Germans have decided to stand definitely the defensive sened three weeks ago when the stand along the Ourcq river and the heights of Feren rdnos This
 developed for the purpose of permitting enemy get his artillery out of danger and from the threatened
 The coming day probably marked by savage fighting especially the south where the continued progress turn the flank of the NoyonNesle line Which, appea % npe s be the first defensive front upon which the enemy effect
 The front today in generally straight line from the oOne SouthWard to lOlOy where begins until it reaches the Ose The high ground the north prov ing difficult of capture by the Allies while the south heavy forces ot German reported coming fight
 Paris unoficially that 10000 prisoners taken Thursday morning. This brings the Germans captured in Marshal Fochs great drives up 5ooo he number of far taken by the Allies the ofensives totals almost 1OOO
 All the railroad lines leading out of Rove within easy cannon of Allied guns and French troops ndec three miles to the and within less than four miles the southwest where they have hills Lassgny between Rove and Noyon, within halt mes ot the French the south important position South of Noyon the French fighting way LID the O1se and are within five miles of the town. s
 NoyOn S only the present battle 1n but to the German position and the enemy fighting desperately the French advance toward It. The fall O NOyOn undoubtedly compel arrangement of the enemy line
 Berlin reports the fighting growing and says that Sunday all Allied efforts failed calls the present battle the first the war;
 Between SOsons and Rheims Germans apparently arc prepared to hold fast and the French are nan no attack III force The German artillery heavier Enemy preparations for all attack Sunday were stopped by American artillery fire The field army been organized with five under of General Pershing.
New Britain herald., 1918-08-12
BRITISH FORCES OCCUPY WEST PART O
 GERMANS REPORTED TO HAVE EVACUA1
 FOCH TAKES 75,OOO CAPTIVES IN Tl
NEARLY 4O,OOO PRISONERS
 AND 700 GUNS CAPTURED

Paris, Aug. 12.-Nearly 40, ,0O0 pris- oners and 700 guns have been taken
New Britain herald., 1918-08-12

by the allies in Picardy, according to
 reliable information here.
New Britain herald., 1918-08-12

 Cent
 Gain
 Blows tOFurt

Mighty efforts
 mand to check the Peronne, Rove and N line, the British have the past night, althous village of Bray has be
 In the center strc held Up the advance 3 is an unconflrmed rep doned by the enemy.
New Britain herald., 1918-08-12

N1n the r1ght the French still reached the crest of the hills west of fheS llz4~. cleared the Matz valley of the enemy
 The battle still is confined within the 1rnte SV4 French extended the fighting the Disc It has the combat might spread along the line especially to 0N but this development has been renor+ed
New Britain herald., 1918-08-12

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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-16
FIE ON SUCH FOOD SLACKERS

MTE HASTEN to sound a paean in honor
w of the fifteen officials of the local food
administration who fare wholesomely, we
have no doubt, but not as gourmets. at the
humble noon board, scientifically calorized
and legally Hooverized by the expert
dietitian who tells housewives how to put
war food regulations into the family
menus. If we had the barbed satire of
the ancient versifier Archiochus we might
sing sarcastical ode that would bring
kiting back to the luncheon table the
score of officials who have deserted the
food squad for more fanciful fare.
All honor to the corn-fed, sugar-saving,
fat.conserving fifteen patriots who are men
enough to take their own medicine, or at
least, if it is not so bitter a dose as that,
who smlingly partake Of plain food and
high thinking. And fie on the score of
food slackers who are quick to dictate but
slow to diet.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-16
GOV. PENNYPACKER
CRITICIZES WILSON
Objected to Presidents Actions
Just Before He Became the
Nations Executive
PENNYPACKER AUTOBIOGRAPHY-NO. Ios
copyright. 1913. bv Public Ledger CompanyJ

JOHN r. BROOKE
John r. BROOKE, who fought at Cettys.
- burg commanded in Cuba during our war
with srain, who has been the senior major
general in the United States army. called
on me. November &c. 1913, together with
Major David $. b. Chew, to ask me to
try to prevent the memorial erected I'm
Germantown, to commemorate the battle,
from being disturbed.
BY my appointment he had been a
member of the commission which erected
the memorial. and had been much talked
OF for the governorship at the time was
selected. He told me OF his trouble and
then sat in my office and talked. A large
man, weighing perhaps 220 pounds with
gray hair, blue eyes and a double chin. he
did pretty much all of the talking and was
deliberate with low unemphatic utter
ance to the point almost of eAasperation.
He had been in the same class with DR..
Nathan a. Pennypacker in the school OF
the Trappe He had been at the fiftieth
anniversary of the battle of Gettysburg
and had there spoken. In creating the COM
mission, Governor Stuart had asked him
to be n subordinate to General Louis Wag-
ner, who was never at Gettysburg at all,
and had only commanded single regiment
and was turned out Of the commission by
Governor Tener, but the general had held
too high a rank to be a bob to any kite,
and he had declined He had gone at one
time to the office of General Wagner. AS
he entered he stepped on a mat and a
bell rang. Wagner yelled at him:
Get off of the mat"
He turned around on the mat and the
bell again rang.
Get off OF the mat" Wagner yelled
more loudly.
Gle probably did not recognize you.'
I gently suggested.
1T makes no difference who l was" re.
piled the general. "He is no gentleman.
turned on my heel and have had nothing
to do with him since" And the general
continued
"The rebels who tried to break up the
Government are now in control of it. The
Secretary of War has ordered that where.
ever in the records of his department the
word Rebellion is written. il shall be
oblterated and the words The Civil War
be substituted IT is all due to that fellow
Roosevelt, who is disordered but pas an
infinite capacity for mischief"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-16
ANOTHER RUSSIAN PHASE

rrHE news that the Congress of Soyiets
in Moscow has ratified the Brest-
Litovsk peace treaty will surprise no one
however much the friends of Russia among
the Allies may regret 1t.
The Petrograd revolutionists who con-
sented to the treaty in the first place were
bound to do all In their power TO bring
about its ratification. They are experts in
political manipulation. Without doubt they
persuaded the Soviet delegates from other
parts of Russia that ratification was the
only course possible.
The action OF the Congress, however,
does not definitely fix the attitude Of the
great Elass of the Russian people toward
the Germans nor toward the war. It Is
but phase of the great movement under
way. The Russian people themselves have
not spoken. The Bolshevikl make up only
small part Of the mass; but they are the
active, agitating part. They were ready to
seize power as soon as the opportunity
offered and they have been making the
most OF the situation.
They have had the sympathy ofeimerica,
but that sympathy was extended to them
not as the custodians of all Russian wis.
dom, but as the de facto agents OF the
revolution seeking to establish some form
of democratic rule. They ,ill doubtless be
succeeded in time by other groups in turn
until. the great inarticrlate mass of people,
emerging from centuries of autocratic rule,
discovers its voice and learns what it
wants. The process will be slow and 1t will
be accompanied by many setbacks. But
the process has begun.
The hope of the Allies in the present
situation is that the uncertainty about the
acceptance>o the verdict of the Congress
OF the Soyiets by the people outside the
Congress may be so great as to make it
impossible for the Germans TO regard it as
final ms conclusive. Such an outcome will
compel the German military forces to be on
the alert on the Russian front. And the
longer the uncertainty continues the
greater are the chances that Russia itself.
the rea, Russia, will find itself and decide
that the Germanization OF the great ma
tion Is the one thing to which it will not
consent
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-16
TRANSIT APOLOGIZE

"MANY cars had to be run by green
AVA men," is one of the six ways in
which Mr.. Mitten, of the T.. r. T., ad-
mitted the deficient transit service which
was a menace to public health and COM
fort and a handicap to public business
during the winter
That accounts for the green cars. But
what about the yellow cars on the Fifty
second and Sixtieth streets and other lines
main Travelled routes where conditions
were the worst?
1t is easy to realize that drafting of its
employees and priority orders for war work
in shops that had contracts for its equip.
ment hampered the system and slackened
the service.
1t Is not easy to understand a total
breakdown Of any system, that was sys-
tematic, at the first test. 1t is still less
easy TO condone inefficient service and in
adequate rolling stock when preparedness
for emergencies was within the companys
control
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-16
CONVENTIONS AS USUAL? OF
COURSE

CONVENTIONS as usual are good thing
~ and Philadelphia is good place for
them. This week we have welcomed the
clothing merchants. the grocers and the
dairy food and drug men. Their sessions
have meant solutions of many war prob
lens affecting their several activities. The
city will be better clothed, fed and apothc.
carried as a result of their deliberations
Conventions are a good deal like the
quality Of mercy. They confer a double
blessing. They stimulate those who confer
and benefit those among whom they confer.
And there is no better place in the
United States to hold them than Philadcl.
phia. with its traditional and perennial
hospitality, its historic sites and scenes, its
adequate accommodations and convent.
ences.
Phiadephia's welcome is warm and =
heart is big enough for all the conventions
there are.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-16
IN THE MARKET AGAIN

nEMETRA VAkA, an expert on the
II Balkan situation, reports in her latest
book an interesting conversation with the
former chief of staff of the Grecian army
about Bulgaria. Here is Fart of it:
when did she definitely decide to go
with Germany
"The day she attacked Serbia"
do you mean to be humorous?"
Il am never humorous. She could have
been bought up to the last day. He made
long pause; then added: I'VE. could
have bought her."
''Then she was honest when she was
parleying with both parties?"
you misuse the word. madame. She
was up for sale, and she was knocked
down to the highest bidder
Now comes the news from Washington
that King Ferdinand is understood to have
offered to desert Germany and join the
Allies if the Allies will guarantee to him
possession of those parts of Greece, Ru-
mania and Serbia which are now in the
control of his troops.
In brief. now that he has got everything
possible from Germany, he is offering him
self to the Allies provided thoy will assure
him that he may retain the price paid him
when he last put himself on the auction
block.
1t is not likely that he will find any
bidders