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Daily Kennebec journal., 1918-07-25
Fierce German Counter Attacks in Effort to Check
Advance and Prevent Large Number Of Troops
and Much War Material Falling to Enemy
GERMAN RAIDER
Reported by Captain of
Fishing Schooner
Seen About 20 Miles Off Nantucket
South shoaI Lishtship-of About
300 Tonnage and Unusually Hiah
Wireless Masts-Bis Crew Aboard

Gloucester. Mass, July 24-Cap-
tain William Price of the fchtinp
schooner Elizabeth King. which ar.
rived here tonight, reoprted an on.
counter Sunday with what he be-
lleved was a German raider about On
miles southeast of Nantucket south
shoal llghtship. A description of the
NcsseI was sent the first naval dis
trict headquarters in Boston.
Capt. Price said the steamer an
peared within 100 feet of the Eliza
beth King keeping forward and aft
guns trained on the schooner. Il ex-
pected he would hail u.s." said Cant
Price, but he did not. so I asked him
through megaphone if he had seen
any fishing vessels in that vicinity.
An officer shouted back something in
q foreign language that none Of us
understood"
The steamer was Of about 500 tons
and looked as if she had been at sea
long time. Two unusually high
wireless masts rose from her deck.
She bore no name or home port or
no flag was seen. She had been
camoufaged apparently but the paint
was nearly washed off and her sides
were covered with iron rust. There
was very large crew aboard. Can't.
Price thought. The incident occurred
between eight and nine O'Clock in the
morning. This was three hours be-
fore German submarine appeared
eff Orleans on the Cape Cod shore
and attacked a tug boat and its tow
of barges. The position given by
Capt. Price places the steamer in the
lane of transatlantic travel The
sinking of the schooner Robert and
Richard Monday by a German sub
marine has not intimidated fisher
men. Schooners have gone to sea
since the news was received and the
captains agree that they will keep on
fishing in spite of enemy submarines.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1918-07-25
Democratic Choice for
Governor New York
BY Convention at Saratoga Springs
Unless Osborne and Hearst With
draw There Will Be Three Cor
nered Contest in Primaries

Saratoga Springs. n. Y, July "a
Subsequent to recommending full
state ticket headed by Alfred E. Smith
OF New York. Democrats OF the state
informal convention today paved the
way for party harmony after the pri-
maries, although as result OF the rec
ommendation they face three-cornered
primary fight unless one or both Of the
announo cd independent Democratic can
didates-Wiliiam Church Osborne and
William Randolph Hearst-withdraws
his candidacy. Both have signified their
intention OF remaining in the contest
until the votes are counted on primary
night.
The ticket was named by q roll can
of the counties and which later by for
NAL resolution was recommended to the
enrolled voters OF the party for support
on primary day
The movement looking to party har-
mony was led =" former Judge Seabury
who was responsible for the only dis
cordant notes In the convention after
| Mr.. Smith had been endorsed. He
pressed to unanimous passage his mo-
| ton that II Mr. Smith were successful
IN the primaries 1t would be the sense
Of the convention that he receive the
united support Of the party in the cleo
ton campaign.
As was the case yesterday when Judge
Seabury threw a bombshell into the
proceedings by forcing the passage of
an anti trucker" resolution. so today
confusion followed his appearance on
the floor. Maintaining that although he
had the highest respect for Mr.. Smith
personally. but that he wished to sup
port a candidate entirely free from
amy possible influence by Tammany
Hall ,r William Randolph Hearst" he
cast his vote for Mr.. Osborne. That
was the only time Mr. Hearst's name
was mentioned publicly in the entire
convention proceedings
Subsequently Judge Seabury charac-
ter'Zed Mr.. Smith as representing 1.-THE
best Of the worst element Of the Demo-
cratic party" Both OF his statements
were greeted with hisses and other dem
orstrations of disapproval
Daily Kennebec journal., 1918-07-25
MAIN RAILROAD NOW
USELESS TO GERMANS

With the American Army on the
Aisne- Marine Front. July 2f-(By
the Associated Press) )-Extreme
hard fighting has been going on
along the line south of scissors.
where the Germans are concentrat-
ing in full strength in order to pre-
vent the further imperiling OF their
lines over which supplies must reach
them. But Notwithstanding the
strong German resistance, the Allies
have made gains here also. The
main railroad is now useless so far
as the Germans are concerned,
while the heavy guns Of the Allies
are reaching many OF the wagon
roads which the enemy has fought
so hard to retain. The Germans
can, of coure, obtain limited supplies
but it is believed that they will not
be sufficient to warrant keeping the
big army in the salients which has
been greatly narrowed by week OF
cattle.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1918-07-25
BRITISH LABOR
Will Back Statement of
Premier
That Germany Can Have Peace To-
morrow If She VIII Accept Pres
ident Wilson's Formula for Future
Government of World

New York. July A-The statemen.
that British labor is behind Premier
Lloyd George in his recent declaration
that Germany can have peace tomorrow
If she will accept President Wilson's
formula for the future government Of
the world is contained in a message to
the American people from George n
Barnes, labor representative in the Brit
ish war cabinet Tho message. made
public through the American Alliance
for Labor and Democracy. follows:
Although there has been no specific
declaration by any prominent labor
leader on the subject ofsthe prime min
isters address to he4American troops
on July 9Th. there can be no doubt that
by endorsement Of the war aims as laid
down By President Wilson has met with
general approval throughout labor
ranks in Great Britain.
The principal journals both OF Lon
don and Of the provincial press have
stated that they welcome the emphatic
words in which the prime minister de-
ciared that the Kaiser might have
President Wilson's formula for the fu-
ture government Of the world.
1T is generally felt that it Is the AL
lied statesmen could make as clear to
the German people as President Wilson
has made II throughout the war and as
Mr.. Churchill did in such striking Ian
guage on Independence day. that Ger
manys existence as an organized state
would be as safe in the hands Of a,
league Of nations as the existence OF
Great Britain and the United States, the
war might be shortened by months II
not by years.
Even the most extreme paciflst
press has nothing worse to say Of the
announcement. the prime minister
ti:an that it was belated and that had
it been made last year the opportun-
ity of making peace-an opportunity
which exists wholly in the minds Of
the peace at any price press-might
not have been lost.
But 1t may be said without exag-
geration that the general mass Of the
working classes of this country.
while there has been no definite
statement to that effect have tacitly
approved the statements Of he prime
miniser since he announcement of the
war aims by the prime minister in
! January last. closely followed by the
| announcement Of President Wilson
and again by the declaration of War
aims of the British labor party"
! The subject has been to a large
! extent regarded as one Of which all
! reasonable men were agreed. If the
| contral Powers will only state that
they are prpared to meet this triple
| announcement of war aims which are
! held by the entente countries then al
least the end of the war might be
said to be clearly in sight, If not &C
tually present"
Daily Kennebec journal., 1918-07-25
TO PUT TRIANGLE
INSTEAD OF CROSS
OVER GRAVES OF JEWS

Providence. r. l.. July PA dou-
BILE triangle will be pla ed above the
graves of the Jewish soldiers who fell
in France. instead Of the Cross, as
the result of conferences between
Col. Harry Cutler of this city, chair
man of the Jewish Welfare Board,
and the war department. Col. Cutler
today received a letter from Third
Assistant Secretary Of War Keppel,
stating that his recommendation had
been adopted and that General Per-
shine had been informed by Ca
ble TO make the substitution Of In
sigma for the Jews and to notify the
American graves registration SER
vice IN France Of this order.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1918-07-25
Nickel Fares On
Portland TrOilevs

.' VI" I1ly = Acceptance
fo Cumberland County
''' ~ '..''t ro. ot the suggestions
't' y relstc,. the States en-
.' 'r echedle Of fares on the
rar lncs IN Portland and
= brought to an abrupt terri-
~" hearings before the Pub
'..'.os mmtssion on the COM
f"H4on t.r Increased fares.
o. a"''man ren.amin r. Cleaves said
~. y. mm'ssson would accept the
= '''eh' reached between the attor-
PAW l"F 'ne COM
f"T's IN tho old city limits will no,
n. H. increased from five cents on the
III y 'he saturbS the rate iwll hs
,n .ta's. Instead Of eight. Which the
.u'pahy ,...phy desired, and on the more
'gmo'" ''5' places the fares viii be reg
milo - TWO cents a
ps,,., ~,a.''.nai revenue of sIfooo is ex-
r..'ed p be produced hv tho ad-
Daily Kennebec journal., 1918-07-25
Scores Craft Hunting U-Boat

Kennebunkport, Maine, July "a
Scores Of patrol boats. chasers and
private craft were sweeping up and
down the coast today searching for a
dory containing eight Of the crew of
the Gloucester fishing schooner Rob
ert and Richard, which was sunk by
an enemy submarine on Monday
morning 65 miles off Cape PorpoiSe.
Other members of the crew. includ
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Daily Kennebec journal., 1918-07-25

violent bombardment, and struck the
German line at Arvigny for sood gain.
This maneuver If it is pressed to
further advantage. will seriously
menace the "Reminiscences railway.
scant three miles to the north and
also will tend materially to lessen the
width Of the mouth of the pocket
through which the Germans are en-
deavorinS to retreat from the Sois.
sons-Rheims salient.
Gauged by the war maps. the new
tnroads of the allied troops into tho
German held territory necessarily add
further to the extreme gravity of the
situation of the Germans inside the
h -.ge pocket, and with the long range
guns on both sides of the heavily
shelling far behind the actual fight
ing fronts, with airmen bombing them
assiduously and with the infantry at.
tacking them on all sides with rifles
and light gunfire the situation evi.
IDENTIFY is a hazardous one.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1918-07-25
MUNITION WORKERS
OUT ON STRIKE AT
BIRMINGHAM, ENG.

London. July 24.-A strike Of mu-
milton workers began at Birming-
ham at s o'clock this evening, the
hour the day workers finished their
work and when the night shift was
to come on duty, according to a dis
patch to the Central News from
Birmingham.
The aggregate membership Of the
T. societies affiliated with the joint
committee of the engineering trades
unions is about $1,000 including some
5000 women Officials Of the joint COM
mittees say they have no reason to
doubt that all the workers will be
loyal to the resolution to stop work.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1918-07-25
Wages Increased to 6S
Cents Per Hour
BY Director General McAdoo-pfo-
portionate Advance for Assistants
beginning Aug. I, Eight Hours
Will Be Standard Work Day
Applies to 100000 Men

-6eginning Aug. l, Eight HourS
Will Be Standard Work Day
Applies to 100000 Men
Washington, July 24-Wages of
railroad shopmen were increased to
6S cents an hour today by director
general McAdoo with proportionate
advances for assistants and miscel-
laneous classes in mechanical de-
partments. The new rates, which
are retroacti to last January !.
are from five to thirteen cents an
hour higher than wages paid these
men in most shops under the gen.
eral wage advance allowed two
months ago by the director general
but are somewhat less than the la
Dor organizations sought.
Beginning August 1. eight hours
will be recognized as standard
working day and overtime, Sundays
and holiday work will be paid for at
the rate of one and one-half times
the usual rate. Back pay will be
given the men as soon as it can be
calculated.
The advances apply to about 50O.-
900 men and apply fatty to all Sec
tons of the country. despite local
differences prevailing heretofore.
The addition to the aggregate an
nual pay roll is estimated as nearly
500. 100000. The new scale OF
wages was announced I. follows:
"Machinists, boilermakers, black
smiths. sheet metal workers, mould
ers and first class electrical work
ers. 6S cents per hour: carmen ard
second class electrical workers, 5S
cents per hour: helpers As cents per
hour: foremen paid on hourly basis.
five cents per hour more than their
respective crafts.
"Foremen paid on monthly basis,
increase forty dollars per month:
min:r- um S155 and maximum $3.50
beginning August ], 1918, eight
hours day with time and one-halt
for overtime. Sunday work and sew
en- specified holidays.
The full text OF the new order
which dcals in detail with methods
Of calculating specific increase, will
be issued within the next week. The
former wage increase order provid-
ed for percentage advances. with a
minimum of 80 cents an hour for
shopmen
Daily Kennebec journal., 1918-07-25
MAXIMUM ADVANCE OF
1912 MILES BY ALLIES
SINCE STARTING OF DRIVE
(By the Associated Press)

Violent German counter attacks and guard actions
great strength still fail to the German High Command
barriers the advance of he Aer troops the Sos
sons Rheims salient.
True they aided hat in slowing the fast
set by the allies at the of the offensive
but nevertheless the three sides of the Ubattefed
further important gains have been made Driving slowly
but surely south of Sosons the American and French troops
have pushed their fronts fah eastward to where the part
of the scissors Chateau Therry Railroad line that is still in
the hands of the and farther SOUTH along both sides
the Oucq River and the road leading Fere En- Tardenos
eanys great storehouses for the supply of her troops
SOUTH important positions into enemy territory have
made until the maximum point where the allies fighting
Concy about 10 12 mile from their point of depar-
ture last Thursday.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1918-07-25
ALL CREW SAVED
Of Fishing Schooner
Sunk by U-Boat
or Cape porpoise. Monday-cap:a;n
and Crew Interviewed by Naval
Authorities - Patrol Boats and
Private Craft Hunting for Sub
marine

privaSe Crdft Hunting for Sub
marine
Portland, Me. July 24-All those
on the Gloucester fishing schooner
Robert and Richard, sunk by Ger
marine off the Maine coast Monday.
had been accounted for today.
There were % persons on the ves-
sell Three men were landed at Ken
nebunkport and II at this port last
night Four more were brought in
here today and four men and a boy
were picked up at sea and taken to
Boston.
The fishermen who arrived here to-
day were picked up by naval pa
troll boat.
The four men and the boy taken
into Boston were rescued at sea by a
tug and transferred to naval boat
which took them to Boston
Captain Robert Wharton and his
men were interviewed by the naval
authorities-the captain and II men
at the naval coast defense reserve
headquarters here. and five at the
headquarters of Of the first naval dis
trict in Boston.
A hunt for the enemy submarine
was underway today. Scores of pa
troll boats were searching up and
d-wn the Maine coast and hydro
planes were on the lookout from
above.
At the conclusion OF tho examina-
ton hero of the officers and crew Of
the Robert and Richard. Capt Whar-
ton in company with a naval intel
ligence officer left for Boston to re-
peat the story of his experiences at
the naval headquarters of the first
district ir that city. The members
OF the crew probably will be detained
here until tomorrow at least, pend
ing a further examination as to the
circumstances of the schooner's sink
ing
Daily Kennebec journal., 1918-07-25
Sunk by Submarine OF
Irish Coast Last
Saturday
10 CREW KILLED
REMAINDER
ARE RESCUED
Liner Makes Game Fight With
U-Boat-Vessel One of Larg-
est Craft Afloat, 1924
Tonnage-Being Used as
Troop Shin

An Irish Port, Monday. July %
(By the Associated Press)-The
giant White Star liner Justicia has
been torpedoed and sunk. The JUS
ticia was formerly the Dutch steam
er Statendam. which was taken ov-
er by the British government on the
stocks at Belfast when she was near
ing completion. She was a vessel of
3322,23f tons gross.
The Justicia carried cre-v of be-
tween 800 and 700. Eleven men,
bers of the crew are dead.
The Justicia, says Belfast de-
spatch, was sunk off the north Irish
coast on Saturday morning last.
New York. July o4-The Justicia
was returning TO an American port
after delivering a large contingent
of American troops, it was learned
here.
One of the crew of the Justicia
is quoted py lHe belIdSt Evening
Telegraph as saying that ten torpe-
does were discharged at the JUS
tecia. Four Of the approaching
missiles, he added. were exploded
by gunfire from the ship.
The Justicia had a troop carrying
capacity of between 1000 and 5000
men.
In size sne approached the levia-
than Vaterland. now in the service
Of the American government carry
ing troops to Europe.
The Justicia was designed as a
modern passenger liner for the trade
(conti7ued on Page 4-CoIunn y
Daily Kennebec journal., 1918-07-25
rOuRTH ~! LOAN TO
oIART IN SEPT

rr,yau 'on' July 24-The treasury
tsn-.s 'a" mas decided 70 hold the
~. Liberty loan campaign in The
q, sa,. .eNs period between satur-
y sepI = and Saturday Oct 10
Daily Kennebec journal., 1918-07-25
THE WEATHER
PARTLY CLOUDY

Northern New England. partly
cloudy Thursday and Friday. East
New York and Southern New Eng
land Local showers Thursday: Fri
day partly cloudy.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1918-07-25
PEACE Terms
Suggested by Germany
Through Spain
Wants No Annexations or lnden-
mites in West-Treaties With
Russia and Rumana May Not Be
Questioned-People's Rule to be
Discussed at Conferenee-Other
Terms

Amsterdam, July 24-Germany has
made suggestions for a peace confer
ence to the Spanish government, says
the Socialist Norwaerts of Berlin.
~he suggestions are:
TirSt-Germany wants no annex
ations or indemnities in the west.
Second-The peace treaties with
Russia and Rumania may not be
questioned.
Third-The principle Of self-deter-
mination of peoples has not been dis
cussed, but may be settled at the
peace conference. wnere the fate Of
Belgium also is to be settled.
-rourth-The Balkan question is to
be settled around the conference ta-
BILE.
Fifth-The freedom of the seas, the
dismantling of Gibraltar and the
Suez canal and the right for Ger
many TO use coaling stations.
Sixth-The colonial question is to
be settled on the basis of the status
quo.
The Vorwaerts considers this a
very reasonable peace program.
Washington, July "a In the
y&ace suggestions which the Berlin
Norwaerts declares the German
government is about to advance
through the Spanish government
officials here detect the German de-
sign. embodied in some shape in al
most every one of the peace pro-
posals which hav, emanated from
Berlin of Vienna, to leave to a
round table conference the actual
definition of peace terms.
President Wilson and Premiiers
Lloyd George of Great Britain and
Clemenceau of France have record
ed themselves definitely that no
peace conference shall be entered
by the Central Powers Of the ex-
act ter: ); upon which the confer
encc s all be conducted and of the
broad principles to govern tie ne
gotiation-.
Presi dent Wilson's definition of
the terms upon which America is
willing to discuss peace has been ac-
cepted by all of the Great Entente
powers as representative of their
ow ndesires. Officials here point out
that Germany is well aware of these
conditions, and consequently they
can only view this reported new at
tempt at peace negotiation as
another appeal to the pacif1st ele-
ments in the entente and also in
tended to quiet the uneasy social
istic elements within the Central
Powers, who are believed to be
again in a dangerous mood.
Acting Secy. of State Pol: said
the new terms seemed more favor
able to Germany than any that had
been made hitherto.
It is also noted that vorwaerts is
not representative of the German
government in any sense; that it is
the socialistic mouthpiece and that
it ordinarily would be the last
among the great German papers to
set forth the purposes of the gov
ernment.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1918-07-25
Boston Forecast

Boston. July 24.-Forecast for Bos-
ton and vicinity: Thursday unset
tied; occasional loca, showers: Fri
day generally fair, not much change
in temperature; moderate easterly
winds.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1918-07-25


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Daily Kennebec journal., 1918-07-25
THURSDAY; Partly Cloudy

.r;re TO Re-tire-the
v.iser" Buy a War Stamp
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1918-07-27

es and the men become more expert,
there is a greater tendency toward
flying far afield to some of the
dozen little towns ten to twenty
miles from Dallas. The landing of
an airship is an event in these towns
and the aviator who lands is feted
and made much of. The instructors
discourage these trips by penalties
but when a flyer is having his cross
country training, forced" landings
are inevitable and the towns which
have the best reputation for hos
pitality get numerous visitors.
Now the traffic squad will patrol
the air, the boundaries of the train
ing field except for those engaged
at stunts or cross country flying,
will be we'll marked and reprimand
will be due for flyers who pass out
of bounds.
Reports both from Love and Call
Field at Wichita Falls are that
both these camps are to be made
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1918-07-27

schools for advanced flying and
men will be sent to them direct
from the ground schools, but only
after they have been put through
its fundamentals of flying and had
certain number of hours in the
air in some of the other schools.
Then they will come to Love and
Call fields and receive their train
ing in stunts and in war duties.
These include acrobatic work., ex-
tensve formation flying of the diff
cult military type, and cross country
flying with advanced instruction in
wireless, aerial gunnery and photo
graphic work
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1918-07-27
REAL WHALE CAPTURED
BY LONDON R|VERMEN

LONDON.-The capture of real
whale eighteen feet long and weigh
ing half ton, in the River Thames
just above the Parliament buildings,
constitutes something new in Lon
don riverside history.
Splashing and Laundering in shall
low water about 100 yards from the
Battersea bridge, the young whale
quickly attracted attention. 1t had
failed to take advantage of the ebb
tide and was trapped on the fore
shore 1t was killed with a boat
hook and small party of boatmen
raised it by means of a crane to
wharf where it was measured and
weighed.
Under a strict Interpretation of
the British law, the whale might
have been Communicated as the
property of the crown Any whale
captured in British waters consti-
tutes royal perquisite The tail,
according to law, would belong to
Queen Mary, and the head to King
George. 1t is generally believed
that this partition was originally de-
cided upon in order that the queen
should always have a stock of bone,
but the founder of this act of cour-
tesy made the error of giving her
the wrong half.
The sturgeon also can be claimed
as a royal perquisite, and this right
has been exercised in recent times.
A sturgeon caught in the Thames
was served at Queen Victoria's we'd
ding banquet, and few years ago
Welshman who captured one in
Welsh harbor, complied with the
dictates of loyalty by sending it to
King George.