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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-30
AMERICANS REPEL
3 LUNETILLE RAIDS
With the American Army In France

with the American Army q" France.
Following another heavy gas attack
against the American front on the
Luneville sector. the Germans attempted
to raid our lines at three points early
this morning.
The first attack. which was delivered
over a front of two kilometers (slightly
more than n mile) was completely re-
pulsed by the fire Of the American ma
chine guns.
barrage fire. fifty Germans attacked our
lines a kilometer farther west. Fourteen
Of them penetrated a trench which was
held by Americans. who had been sub
Americans. eager for revenge. pounced
upon the boches Rercely with knife and
bayonet. As result OF the encounter.
mne were redx ksa ed ana a So
aftcrward. The remaining four were
taken prisoners.
The prisoners said that they. had been
ordered to take American prisoners at
captured. Our casualties were very
The artillery firing on the Toul sec
Of eomSats in the air took place. but
Lieutenant ~ George F. Fisher, Of
Chicago. Lieutenant Edward Curtils. Of
Rochester, Lieutenant Edward Buford.
ward Melanahan. Of Philadelphia. are
accredited with bringing down a German
airplane In flames over the Toul front.
on Monday.
Lieutenant Douglas Campbell went
to the aid Of British bombing plane
that was returning from a raid over
Germany. The bomber and observer
had been wounded in an engagement
with two German Albatrosses.
The Germans withdrew after the en-
counter. the British machine landing
safely. Campbell accompanied q mum.
Der Of our pursuit planes that had
crossed the German lines to meet and
escort back the British bombers. who
would attack as they neared the line.
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PERSHINC REPORTS
SUCCESS IN LORRAINE

Ws~hington, May 80.
Continued enemy assaults against the
American positions in Lorraine are 6einG
broken down by the effective work OF
the American forces. says General Perish.
Ing today, In continuation OF last
nights conmunique. In one ,ta.s attack the the
killed with the bayonet. American
aviators got another enemy machine
while patroiiing near at. Mihiel.
The communique says:
"Section Blast night. in Lorraine.
the enemy were again very active against
our troops. There was again consider
able Smelling with gas. but the results
an artillery barrage. a raiding party Of
about nifty men attempted to surround
one Of our advanced posts. The at
tempt was q complete failure. the enemy
losing ten dead and four wounded. or
these, some were killed In bayonet hsht-
Ing. In this case also our casualties
were very light. During the night two
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: CABLE DLSPA TCHES FROM SCENE OF BA TILE

It will supply news copy Of everything,
and every bit Of assistance 20 literally
forthcoming means the surrender Of the
papers political independence more
completely into the hands of Germany.
Papers which resist find themselves
hindered at every step, especially II they
are at all influential. Germans buy, up
any shat es which happen to come on the
market. They buy UP the printers.
They stop German sales by forbidding
the paper to enter Germany. They may
subsidize. or even establish. rival organs,
and they manage in one way or another
very effectively to interfere with the
advertisement revenue. Tho struggle
which pro-Ally papers. such az the Jour.
nal de Geneve. have maintained during
nearly four years to preserve their In.
dependence can easily be described as
heroic,
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KICK KAlSER'S BUCKET"
II Cup Booted by New York
q Society People

EI(6w YsPk, May 30.-One Of the most
Ting chapters in the story Of joyous
Entities heaped upon the Kaiser's gold
Z donated by Wilson Marshall to the
Cross and sold six times in the re-
drive for a total of so21. 900. was at
EAinner given by william Fox.
#lllssing wasn't half distinction enough
the token presented by Willyum.
Inlrs were overturned in the rush to
FS1oese It in a fitting manner. each
Y striving to outdo his neighbor in
Eiag and kicking ana slamming and
1fning the old yellow trophy. II
Slkfum could only have seen the killing
6nAss bestowed in tho polite dismem-
|61Sssnt Of his costly gift the happiness
r ms occasion might have moved even
lron gloved hand to applause.
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GERMANS AGAIN PAID
HIGH FOR SMALL GAIN
Heavy Casualties in Mass At.
tacks Across Aisne-Out.
generated by Foch
BY CHARLES A. SELDEN
Special Cable to Evening Public Ledger

Copyright. 1919. bv Ne,p York Times Co.
Paris. May 2s (afternoon).
News received here this afternoon
shows that the enemy has rapidly fol-
lowed up the advantages Of his unex-
pected success Of the Chemin- -des- -Dar,es
Yesterday tMonday) and during the
night he succeeded in crossing the Aisne
on wide front. running between Vailiy
and Berry-au-Bac. Desperate fighting
was proceeding this (Tuesday) morning
in the form Of stubborn attacks in
Allied positions between the Alsne and
vesle.
The Germans are striving to force the
passage Of the vesle 2. Fisr,es. which
In a center of very important communi-
cations. The enemy Is constantly throw
ing fresh troops into the battle.
His reserves had been concentrated
in such manner that they could be
utilized either toward the Aisne or the
Disc. as circumstances might demand.
The unhoped-for success yesterday
tMonday) on the Chemin-des-Dam de-
cided the Germans to hammer home
the results obtained by pushing all avail
able forces toward the south.
Once this fact was made clear Cen
eral Foch was able to take steps to
stem the enemy's onslaught. which he
naturally could not do until the German
intention revealed itself.
The Allied reserves had begun this
(Tuesday) morning to flow toward the
south Of the vesle River and have
already begun to make their influence
felt in the region of Fismes. which Is
the central point Of the struggle.
There Is every reason to suppose that
the entry Of Foch's reserves will. as
zt- hiring
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DSTRIA WILL GRANT NOTHING.
sss EMPEROR INFORMS PROVINCES
les Despite Professed Desire for Peace Refuses Help
sin Trieste Trade Oppose Southern Slav Movement
ss. and Virtually Kowtows to Germany

phasis on Austria's obligations to Ger
many.
within our national frontiers" he
said. - great and important duty has
dsvsloped upon the German people Of
Austria worthy Of the high achieve.
msnts which they have shown during
this war and Of which they may be
proud In, the futura. I rely upon the
fnffhful aAA precious collaboration Of
~ Germans Tor the. development Of the
tnteeests a the State. Bs fully assured
ithat nevef In any manner whatever will
to ytohts and developments Of the Ger.
maa inhabitant9 1t Austria bs checked. -
Perhaps not uneonnsctsA with this
teanrhing snSrsnder = ths pevs that dis
tugheDeee heve broksa cut In aistircts
Waeqeo 4anA -msmbpss - thess dsputa-
'tj) ~ 0naa spA LAthaeh thAes hays
4(m qegtqA Aoppg4eeA an9 4 appsaag
% ~ :. ~ s, :. =, sss
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GERMAN PROPAGANDA
SPREAD AMONG SWISS
Kaiser's Agents Constantly
Strive to Violate Neutrality
and Control Press
BY JULIUS WEST
Special Cable to Evening Public Ledger


COPYRIGHT. 1919. bv New York Times Co.
Geneva, May 80.
A leading citizen Of Geneva told me
of son,e Of the difficulties encountered in
maintaining Swiss neutrality In the face
Of German encroachments. Germany has
spared no pains to make Switzerland n
base Of operations. military, commercial
and political, and an example Of each
type may be instructive.
French soldiers often used to spend
their leave with relatives in Geneva,
where there IL an important French
colony. German agents used to ask
these soldiers under various pretexts to
take letters through into French terri
tory. where they were posted. SINH
larry. soldiers coming to spend their
leave here were often asked to bring
letters across the frontier. In this way
unsuspecting soldiers were frequently the
bearers Of apparently perfectly innocent
epistles which were really communica-
tions of German agents. The Swiss nat
urally objected to their territory being
used as base for espionage. and now
decline to admit men on leave.
Ono Scheme stopped
Enemy agents also used Switzerland
as a base for distributing German goods
in Allied countries. These goods were
sometimes marked with limitations of
British and French trade marks. In
some cases Germans established fictitious
Swiss companies to act as cover for
the distribution of German goods by ac-
quiring the right to use Swiss trade.
marks. This now Ia also prohibited.
The most subtle and difficult to fight
Of all her methods Of propa aganda is Ger.
many's attempt to control the Swiss
press. This is especially dangerous in
view of the fact that many French Swiss
papers are widely read In France An
organization has been formed with head.
quarters at Zurich with this object. A ia.
vorite method Ia to place advertisements
Of German firms. offering generous rates
of payment. but on condition that the
paper receiving these advertisements
shall also print articles supplied by the
organizations. which are naturally pro-
Nerman in tone.
Papers which once allow themselves
to step into the SPIDERS parior struggle
in vain to get back their Independence
BY some occult means, they find. the
German organisation acquires even q
stronger hold upon their advertisement,
revenues.
Supplies News Copy
The organization puts forward usefu
suggestions. all tending to save money
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Roma, 30 maggi


Roma, 30 maggie.
Dai rapport pervenuti dal Quarter
Generate Italiano ST rileva che II nemco
con due poderosi attacchi. cominciati Ia
notte di lunedi' G continuati durante II
successive giorno. ha tentato df ricattu-
rare lie posizioni occupate dagli italiani
presso Capo Sile, ma = state respinto
con perdite gravi.
Anche nella Vale Fresena eli aus
triaci hanno effettuato simili tentativi.
immediatamente frustrati dale truppe
italiane. In delta vale una ptttuglia
nemica, composta di un ufficiale dodici
uomini di truppa e stata fatta prigio-
niera.
Distaccamenti di truppe austro-
ungariche hanno operate attacchi contro
lie posizioni di Monte Corno e Monte
Asolone, ma sono stati costrettt ad una
Immediate ritirata di fronte al micidiale
fuoco di fucileria delle mitragliatrici
della truppe italiane.
I riparti italiani d'incursione lie
pattuglie operanti nellarea di Col
Caprile catturarono parecchi prigionieri.
I'm dispaccio giunto Londra da vi.
emma annunzia che II Ministero della
Guerra austriaco ha Teri pubblicato II
seguente communicate ufficiale:
"Nella regione del Tonale combatti-
di martedi'. Due attacchi italiani sop
portati da violento fuoco di art.glieria
e di mine. contro Monticello, sud del
passo, furono spezzati. II fuoco dellarti-
glieria nemica contro le nostre posiztoni
lungo II basso corso del Piave conti-
nua."
Lo notizia dell'imminente partenza di
truppe americana per II fronte italiano
e. giunta, ieri. in Italia. ed e. stata ac-
Gotta con WA sCddisfazione. Ovunque
Ia notizia e. commentata simpatica-
mente.
La spedizione rappresentera' una no.
vella prcva di sincera amicizia del
rAmerica per la nostra malone. GIL
americani quando arr.veranno In Italia
riceveranno accoglienze indimenticabili,
ma / dettagli ed II carattere del ricevi-
mento che ad essi 81 prepara non e state
ancora ben del.neato.
Innanzi la Corte Marziale di Roma ST
discute Il processo per to tradimento
contro eli imputati di commercio illecito
di cascami con gil irferi centrali. II
tribunale ha ammesso costituzione di
parte civile da parte dello state,
rhenendo, cos'il diritto di questo
al riscarcimento di damn. Gil
imputati appartengono allie Ditte di
Como e Cornegliano Carlo Bianchi.
proprietario dello stabilimento di Como.
e. state esonerato dall'accusa per man
canza di prove, ma per sua mDgle
Rosa, una donna di origine tedesca,
e'per Il Comm. Attilio Firotta. compro-
prietario, sennbra che l'accusa sia
fondata.
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FTNNS APPEAL TO WORLD
Ask Humanity to End Teutonic
Reign of Terror

London, May 30.-The central com.
mittee Of the Finnish workmen has Ia.
sued an appeal to the world In the name
Of humanity that pressure be brought
upon the White Guard government anS
Germany to end the terrorism In Fin
land. says the Russian wireless press.
About 10000 persons. including $4,000
civilians, have been imprisoned. the ap.
neal said. They are being submitted t.
horrible treatment and thousands are IN
from starvation.
Executions are taking place daily.
The Government, under Dictator Swim
hufyud, q wiping out the Social Demo.
Gratis, IL was declared.
"SayaGe Finnish troops. assisted by
Germans, killed 1853 women prisoners In
one day at Lachti." said the appeal.
EiEh. sisters Of mercy were executed At
yibCrG.
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GERMANS USE TANKS
TO PROTECT INFANTRY
Enemy Making Efforts to Cor.
rect Errors of March
Offensive
By WALTER DURANTY
Special Gable to Evening Public Ledger


Copurioht. 1918. bv NcT York Times 60.
With the French Armies. May 30.
Interesting details come In regarding
the efforts made by the enemy to cor
rect the errors Of their March offensive.
Officers Of the British division in the
Craonne region declare that the ad.
vancing infantry were accompanied by
tanks ''in very large numbers" In order
to minimize as far as possible the losses
by machine gun fire that proved SO dis
astrous In the former battle.
The German air force. too. is described
as numerous and aggressive" and II
is clear that the enemy airmen have
been taken to task severely for their
previous inefficlency.
Prisoners relate that the utmost has
been done to revive the tagging morale.
Some had been told that they would be
In Paris in a fortnight. but they hardly
appear to believe It.
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Continued from PAGE One
and others between forty.Ave and
fifty. All are poorly clothed and ap.
pear to he underfed.
The Germans trooped out of their
dugouts when they saw the futility
Of resistance. their hands held up,
shouting "Kamerad!'' Apparently
they were glad to surrender. One OF
them said he did not want to fight,
but had been compelled to do so.
Fast Of village
The American line now runs $50 to
200 yards east Of Cantigny. as a result
Of the successful attack today The
nearest German trench Is several hum
dred yards east Of where the Ameri-
cans have dug in. The Germans. It
has been found. had many outposts
and machine.gun emplacements in
Cantigny.
angle which has now been straight.
ened out. The Americans have OBJ
section of plateaulike country.
Many Of the American soldiers who
took part In the successful attack also
participated in the repulse of the Ger
man raid against the American lines
Monday.
One participant In MONDAYS affair
is said to have been found today In
a shell hole in No Mans land with
two wounded Germans as his pris.
oners. He was unable to get hack to
the American lines Monday night. so
he stood guard over them until the
attack this morning liberated him and
secured the prisoners to the Amer,-
cans.
BLOW struck In Mat
Americas first offensive blow was
struck in a mist. The French tanks
apparently did not have much to do. as
the American artillery already had
prepared the way. A bright sun came
out and shone on the Americans as
they dug in their new positions.
As the Americans started out across
No Mans Land there were many Jokes
about "eating boche for breakfast"
Several officers. describing the scene
agreed that the outstanding feature In
their minds was the wonderful morale
of the men and their absolute conn.,
dence In themselves. The Germans
poured machine.gun bullets all around
the Americans as they were digging in
but no attention was paid to them as
jokes and quips were handed back and
forth.
Fierce hand.to.hand fighting oc-
Cured In Canttgny, winch contained q
large tunnel and a number Of caves
The tunnel sheltered a hundred Ger.
mans. The Americans hurled hand
grenades like baseballs into thesa
shelters.
Berlin, May 3o.-A German statement
says:
West of Montdidier the enemy during
a local advance penetrated into Can
tigny yesterday.
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BAN FRICHTFULNESS TODAY
British Agree to Halt Air Raids Excep,
at Front

London, May 3o.-On religious and
humane grounds, that, 20 far as the
British Government IL concerned.
there shall be no air raids on cities
not in the vicinity Of the battlefront
during the daytime tomorrow-the
feast OF Corpus Christi.
The decision followed the receipt
through the Vatican Of the request re.
Gently made by the Archbishop Of
Cologne. Cardinal Won Hartmann. that
in view OF the serious damage done
lately by British air raids In that city
there should be no bombing there
during the time Of the Corpus Christi
procession.
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IcCESSOR FOR LUXBURC
Berlin Envoy Presents Credentials
in Argentina

icnss Aires. May 30. = Count Dom
Who was secretary to the German
IN here under Count Won Luxburg.
3 ESmissed ambassador. presented his
6tsals today to the Foreign Once
IN legation and the Argentine
l2S0 Once, which has existed since
Expulsion OF Count Luxburg. after
FfeVelation Of his messages advising
Z lH1nking Of Argentine vessels with
SxAce," may thus be clarified.
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IF GREAT DRIVE EXPLAINED IN SPECIAL CABLl
ARmEN TRY TO RAID PARIS
Barrage Blocks Second Teuton
Effort in Two Nights

Paris. May 3o-ror the second time
in two nights. German airmen tried to
raid Paris early today, but the machines
were unable to penetrate the barrage fire
from the high angle cannon
One Of the raiding planes was brought
down in flames Some of the raiders
got as far as the suburbs. where a mum.
Der of bombs were dropped.
The danger signal was sounded at
1880 last night. but II was not until 3
O'Clock that the 'ali clear" was given.
In addition to dropping bombs on the
outskirts Of Paris. some Of the boche
airmen bombed points behind the battle
front,
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BRITISH TRANSPORT SUNK
Leasowe Castle Torpedoed in tn,
Mediterranean

London, May 3o.-The British trans.
port ship Leasowe Castle has been
torpedoed and sunk the Admiralty
announced last night. One hundred
and one persons were drowned.
The Leasowe Castle, which was of
9737 tons gross, was sunk in the
Mediterranean on May 26. Among
those who lost their lives were thir.
teen military officers and seventy.nine
soldiers OF other rank.
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Sir Gilbert Parker, M. p, RESIGNS

London. May 30.-sir Gilbert Parker.
the novelist who has been q member
Of Parliament for Gravesend since 1900.
has resigned his seat. 1t Is understood
that Sir william Weir. Secretary Of
State for the air forces. will be the
Government candidate at a by.election In
the Gravesend. district to MI the va.
cancy.
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SULTAN ANXIOUS FOR PEACE
Turkish Ruler Urges Kaiser I.
Moderate His Ambitions

London. May 3o-The Sultan recently
urged the Kaiser to moderate his ambi-
tions and oner reasonable peace ap-
peal but received no response, said a
Central News dispatch from Rome.
The Sultan based his appeal on the
deplorable conditions in Turkey. 1t was
said
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firms HALT SWEDISH SHIPS
Germans Wanted to Search
Them, Is the Reason Given
SpeciaL Gable to Evening Public Ledger

Copenhagen, May 30.-Swedish steam.
ships leaving Stockholm on wednesday
for Petrograd. after n long interruption
of direct traffic between Sweden and
Russia, were stopped at Helsingfcrs by
the Finnish authorities.
A special dispatch to the Berlinsske
Tidende now discloses that the reason
for their detention Is that the Germans
wanted to search the vessels.
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3 BLACK SEA SHIPS ESCAPE
Prove Obstacle to German At.
tempts to Resume Shipping

Amsterdam, May 30.-Three battle
ships Of the Russian Black Sea feet
have escaped to Novorosaysk. says the
Cologne, Volks Zeitung.
The paper adds they are proving
serious obstacle to the Germans at
tempts to resume Black Sea shipping.
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BERLIN WOULD GUST ENVOY

Amsterdam. May 80. - Germany has
demanded the recall Of the Bolshevik
Ambassador Jef1e,
The Russian envoy is accused of
spreading Bolshevik propaganda.
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III JULIUS WEST

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5Gs.eve. Nay 10.
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- fkasiss. " spite Of
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l6ndS - ~ ihfesnsi poltcy
= ttsast = ~ ssAs Assst aA-
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GRAVIDISORDIN IN
AUSTRIA.UNGHERIA
LIE Rivolte Inferno Avrebbero
Paralizzata rOffensiva
Contro l'Italia
SUGGEST ITALIAN l
Published and Distributed Under
PERMIT No. 341
Authorized by the nct nf October u,
1911. on file at the Postoficc Of Phila-
deiphia. Pa.
By order Of the President.
A. 8. BURLESON.
Postma ster General.

Gineva, 80 maggie,
Tn dispaccio. giunto da Innsbruck.
reca che | disordini interni In Austria
Ungheria hanno paralizzata Ia progret-
tata offensive austriaca control rItalia.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-30

Berlin, May 30.-A German statement
says:
West of Montdidier the enemy during
a local advance penetrated into Cam
tigny yesterday.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1918-03-22
CHAPTER VI.
nRaek Of the LIne.s

Our tour in the front-line trench
lasted four days, and then we were
relieved by the - brigade.
Going down the communication
trench we were In a merry mood, al
though we were cold and wet, and
every bone in our bodies ached. 1t
makes q lot Of difference whether you
are "gOlng in" or 'golng out"
At the end Of the communication
trench, llmbers were waiting on the
road for us. i thought we were going
to ride back to rest blllets, but soon
found out that the only time an in
fantrymRn rides is when he is
wounded and Is bound for the base or
Bllghty. These llmbers carried our
reserve ammunition and rations. Our
march to rest billets was thoroughly
enjoyed by me. It seemed as IL I
were on furlOugh, and was leaving be-
hind everything that was disagree
able and horrible. Every recruit feels
this wny after being relieved from the
trenches.
We marched eight kilOs and then
halted in front of a French estaminet.
The captain gave the order to turn
out on each side OF the road and wait
his return. Pretty soon he came back
and told B company to occupy biilets
lit, 11S and 119. Billet 1T was an
old stable which had previously been
occupied by ows. About four feet In
front of the entrance was a huge ma
nure pile, and the Odor from 1t was
anything but pleasant. Using my
fiashllght l stumbled through the door.
Just before entering l observed a
white sign reading; sitting 80, lying
90" but, at the time, its significance
did not strike me. Next morning 1
asked the sergeant major what It
meant. He n%onchalantly answered:
'That's some Of the work Of the Il.
A. n. @. .Royal Army Medical corps).
II simply means that In case Of an at
tack. this billet will accommodate
fifty wounded who are able to sit up
and take notice. or twenty stretcher
cases."