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ASKS SILENCE WHEN
TROOP SHIPS LEAVE
Whistling and Bell Ringing
Helps U-Boats, Wood Warns.

BosToN, July 24--Rear Admiral
Spencer S Wood. commandant OF the
First Naval District, called attention OF
all shipmasters ,ani factory managerS
tonight to the danger to which troops
and sailors are subjected as the result
OF the blowing of whistles and ringing Of
bells in celebration Of the sailing of
troop transports
1T IL well known by all" the state-
mend continued, that an enemy sub
marine is lurking in the waters adjacent
to this coast. that the sinking Of coal
barges and fishing vessels is merely IN
cidental to the real mission To sink
our transports. to train machine gun fire
mercilessly on our men VINO may be
struggling to save themselves from
drowning, is the real purpose for which
this submarine was sent 5000 miles
from her base.
1T is therefore the plain duty Of
every American not only TO refrain from
any demonstrations whatsoever in con-
nect!on with ship sailinGs but to refrain
even from the discussion of sailings, Of
preparations for sailings which may
come to his attention II must be re-
membcred there are persons in our mids I
who would II opportunity offered make
traitorous use OF any Information OF a
naval or military character"
The sun., 1918-07-25
German Newspapers Make Light
of Americans to Cheer People
By c. E. W. BEAN.
Dsspdtch 10 THE SuS from the London Times

Z
A
WITH THE BRITISH ARMY IN FRANCE, July 24The present
German barrage the American
intended for home consumption,
working alongside the all facts
ing the number of Americans the field their value
fighting
All have to do to is look what is
happening all around We have the country fill
Americans until districts simply
find comfort the thought that
good his troops much the better for his
prise will be upseing
The German military authorities taught
Germans all other fighters faacy quickly
English
better fighters than Germans the Australians
in France and they have all of them
through years say
If the military leaders wish underra
against anger
people will be all the
own military leaders have been lying o them.
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T0LL0F U-B0ATS
SHOWS BIG DROP
Allied June Losses 81.9O5 Tons
Below Those of May,
Britain Reports.
LOWEST IN Is MONTHS
Geddes Calls OminOuS. How
ever. Diminishing Rate of
Production by British.
LOWEST IN Is MONTHS
Special Gable Despntch TO THh sus from the
London Times

Special Gable Despdtch to The suS from the
London Times.
Copyright 1915: oil yighfs resfrred
LoNpoN, July 24.-The Times prints
the following from its naval correspond
ent: .
THE Admiralty return for shipping
losses for June shows a total gross de-
crease Of S1.905 tons over the preceding
month It is almost two years since the
figures Of loss were so low as in June
The impression given is that IL is
either more difficult for the subma arines
to find vulnerable targets or there are
fewer submarines at work, or in the
words OF Sir Eric Geddes, First Lord OF
the Admiralty, that the one time hunters
are now being hunted and given less
time to hunt their prey. The sinking.
however. OF great liner, reported to-
day, as well as other recent mishaps. is
warning that the menace by no means
is overcome one good month is no guar
antee of the continuance OF such i'm
provement.
Against the decrease in los. of 64.S27
tons OF British shipping in June there
should be balanced the diminishing rate
OF production in the British yards A
British ship must be completed for every
British ship sunk. The deficiency ac-
cumulated in the first six months OF this
year now amounts to more than a half
million tons. In other words, the output
should have been nearly double what it
has been in order only to meet the
losses of 1918.
AT the present moment although the
shipbuilding world is outstripping de-
struction, the proportion OF new tonnage
produced in British yards Is far from
having the required standard. II IL not
sufficient to know that the enemy cannot
starve us into submission. Few people
believed he could. our peril lies in the
slow rate at which we are building. The
result is disappointing. even om!nous."
LoSpoS. July 24.-The losses to Brit
ish and allied shipping, due to enemy ac-
tion or marine risk, for June totalled
215,629 gross tons, this being the low
est record for any month since Sep
tember, 1916 The British losses to-
tailed l6l,062 tons, allied and neutral
losses l14,567
Total losses for the quarter ended
June 80 amounted to 946,57S tots.
which was the lowest record for any
quarter since the third quarter Of 1916.
Sailings continue at the high level
OF recent months. The tonnage of steam
ships of 500 gross tons and over enter
ing or clearing from United Kingdom
ports other than coastwise and cross
Channel vessels totals 7.4303S6 tons
The total sailnss for the quarter ended
June 80 was considerably higher than
the sailings OF the two preceding quar-
terS,
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RIGHTS FOR RUMANIAN JEWS.
Government Plans Extension Of
Political Privileges.

LONDON, July "a bill granting
equal political privileges to Jews is be-
ing prepared by the Rumanian Govern
ment, according to Bucharest advices.
Full political rights will be granted
to Jews who participated in the war
and who were born IN Rumania of
Rumanian born parents and to Jews OF
professional callings who at the time
of the 1916 campaign had been in prsc-
tce ten years.
The sun., 1918-07-25
EPIEDS THRICE
CHANGED HANDS
Americans Employed Tactics
of Indians in Effort
to Hold 1t.
MEN TOOK TO AMBUSH
Germans Assert That 1873
Were Captured by Their
Counter Attack.
MEN TOOK TO AMBUSH

Speciai cable Despatch 10 THE srN from TIE
London Times
CobyrioLt 1915: OIL rights reserved
WITH THE AMERIcAN ARMY IN FRANCE.
july 24-Tn the fighting yesterday
around Epicds. north OF Chateau Thier-
ry. in which the Americans participated,
there was fierce machine gun work and
the village changed hands three times
and is almost levelled to the ground
The Americans attacked in the morning
and the fighting almost Immediately be-
came what the Americans term as m
dian warfare.
With their machine guns concealed
behind rocks and trces--the section
where the fighting occurred is extremely
well wooded-the men rely on their
sodierly initiative and accurate rife
shooting and creep up IN their ob-
Jectives. The Americans are peculiarly
well fitted for this type OF fighting by
temperament and trainrg.
To harass the enemy. make his re-
treat more preclpitate and dsorganize
his transport is the main idea in all the
present operations. Up until now the
ehemy has withGr9 wn in good order.
Two Americans were escortinG two
German prisoners .es' erdoy with "A cap
tured machine gTl They had gone
some distance when they decided that it
would he less tedious for them IL the
Germans carried gun The Germans
acquiesced as "A matter OF necessity and
the party moved on Then the Ameri-
can pacNs began to seem heavy in the
sun and so OF they cam" and the Ger
mans took on n fresh load. Seeing two
Germans dead beside the roadside the
Americans stopped and made the pris-
oners bury their fallen comrades
AMSTERDAM, July 24.--AmerioanS lost
heavily in the fighting at Epieds on July
~. according to the Wolf Bureau cor
respondent AZ the front. He says that
after desperate struggle, during which
the village changed hands frequently.
the Germans were vlctors. Eight Amer
lean officers and 1870 men were taken
prisoner by the Germans he adds. and
twelve machine guns were also taken.
The sun., 1918-07-25
RESTRICT HOUSING,
WASHINGTON PLANS
Tourists May Be Asked to Re-
main AWay.
Specia, DcspotcL 10 TuE srx.

WAsHINGToN, July 24,-Restrict on of
the residences and the housing facilities
Of Washington to the use oC men and
their families who have long lived here
or are directly connected with Govern
ment. war or department work is in
contemplation by the housing bur5 au OF
the War Labor Administration and other
housing agencies here Soaring rental
prices and costsjof living are handicap
ping the Government in securing suffi-
Cient persons for war work
Many individuals connected with war
bureaus and boards have resigned and
returned TO their homes this summer be-
cause OF the e.housing situation. Not only
las difficulty been experienced in OBJ
tanning competent persons for their
places but their living quarters have
been taken in many instances by per-
sons who had no connection with the
Government or with business concerns
here but desired to spend few weeks or
months IN the city,
Tourists and persons without connec-
tons in Washington may he asked to re-
main away ,as a patriotic move on their
part for the remainder Of the war.
The sun., 1918-07-25
Speed the Victory
by Aiding the Fund

rs THE SUN Tobacco Fund
helping to win the war for
democracy and humanity? Ask
the soldier. He knows.
Our brave sons and husbands
and brothers and sweethearts at
the front write home that nothing
else cheers them like smokes.
You may enroll in the fund
army to-day. Send your check this
morning. Also turn to page 7 of
this paper and read of some of
the attractions offered as bene-
fits.
WARNING! THE SUN To-
BACCO FUND has no connection
with any other fund, organiza-
ton or publication. 1t employs
no agents or solicitors.
The sun., 1918-07-25

Some Of the hardest fighting on the
whole battlefield Is now raging on the
new British front astrIde the Ardre In
Montague de Rheims. The British ar
rived a. the point of concentration south
of the Marue on the 18th inst. and at
tackled ON ;hc morning of the 10th on
q five mile front between the southern
edge or Court0u Wood and the village
OF :, Euphrasc,
They were opposed by four German
divisions the EIghty-fourth. lo3d. l23h
and the Twenty second, which have been
engaged since the 10Th and have suf-
fered heavily In an attempt to pierce
the Italian front with a view To reach
ing the Marne and turning the Frencn
position at Montague de Rheims. The
l23d division suffered heavily and was
replaced by the F,ft!eth, which was or
dereN to hold ~ al costs
The | ghianders, attaching south ot
the Arfrc against Cuurtou Wood, Tough;
their way Two miles across the wood
and cstahl shed themselves on the west
crn border. They took St Euphrase
and Bouilly on Monday, and then at
Tackled again south NJ the Ardre
The line last night ran roughly along
the railway from Nanteuil to Chateau
Thlerry, The Germans are using artil.
The sun., 1918-07-25
ALIEN PROPERTY HUNT URGED
Palmer Asks Help Of Building and
Loan Associations.

WAsHINGToN, July IA. Mitchell
Palmer. Alien Property Custodian. sent
a telegram to-day to ths National Con-
ventfon OF the United States League OF
Building and Loan Associa Ions in
Newark asking assistance in locating
enemy owned property
Each local association Is requested to
make a close examination OF its books
and report on all property which even
is SUSPECTED OF being owned by an
enamv
The sun., 1918-07-25
ALLIES GAIN 2 MILES MORE IN OURCQ DRIVE;
POCKET OF GERMANS NARROWS TO II MILES;
JUS77CZA SUNK IN FIGHT WITH EIGHT U-BOAT<
Austrian Defence in
Albania Now Broken
Special Gable Despatch TO TIE srx.

cpcttst tuOfe DesputCN 10 lHh oCN.
Copyright. 1915; all rights reserred.
PARIS, July 24.-Latest ad-
vices from the Albanian front
indicate that the allied offensive
operations have attained all their
objectives and that the entire
Austrian scheme of defence has
been broken. Enemy depots,
barracks, munition and food sup
ply trains have been destroyed
or taken by the Franco-Italian
forces.
The allied line has been
Strengthened at certain points for
more than fifteen miles and the
success of the Albanian move
ment is likely to result in some
sort of an offensive action on the
Salonica front, which has been
unusually tranquil, perhaps an
indication of an imminent storm.
The sun., 1918-07-25

This system. devised to prevent Job
jumping worked to the detrment Of
skilled employees who are paid n time
rate and who were largely engaged in
regulating machinery for unshilled men
This system led TO much abor ''poach-
ing" on the part OF employers who were
interested in getting larger contracts
from the Government. As result many
firms having important work in hand
were unable to get sufficient skilled labor
This and the taking of many men for
the army intensified the labor shortage,
and II was with the dea Of providing n
remedy for this situation that the De-
partments Of Labor and Munitions re-
Gently announced the scheme OF redis-
tributrg skilled men.
This announcement, made to indiv.d-
ual employers instead Of to the industry
and the trade unions generally, caused
much confusion.
The sun., 1918-07-25

Further 10 the west the Americans
gained the asceudency over the Ger
mans and drove through beyond the
town OF Epeds.
Extremely hard hgntng has been
going on along the line snsth of Sos
sons where tho Germans are concentrate
ing in full strength to prevent the fur
ther impcr!lrg Of their lines over winch
supplies must reach them. BUy notW.tH-
standing the strong German resistance
the Allies have made gains mere also.
The man railroad IS now useless 50
far as the Germans are concerned. while
the heavy guns of the Allies are reach
ing many Of the wagon roads " hicn the
enemy has fought 50 hard To- retain.
The Germans can OF course obtain lin
tied supplies, but il - believed that these
VIII not be sufficient to warrant keeping
the big army in the salient which has
been greatly narrowed 10y week Il
battle.
To-day's fighting was not character
zed by any great ARTILLERY activity. al
though the heavy guns continued to drop
shells on the rotreatng enemy yud
served 20 some extent TO dSorganizC h.s
movements,
The sun., 1918-07-25
FIRST FIGHTOF
SURFACE AND
U-B0AT FLEETS
Destr0yers. Submarines and
Liner Battle Eighteen
Hours.
THREE TORPEDOES HIT
Others Either Exploded by
Ships Fire or Miss. Mark
Entirely.


LONDON. July ei-The great White
star inner Jusucia was sunk saturday
OF 'he west coast OF lreiand after
desperate oattIe between a group OF
German submarines and number OF
destroyers. which continued for eighteen
hours until the big ship went down.
AT least ten torpedoes were fired. of
which three hit the ship Two were ex-
poded by being struck with shells fired
from the liner The others missed the
marx altogether From late Friday
night, when the first torpedo hit the
Justicia, until 10 o'clock Saturday MORN
ing. escorting destroyers circled the
liner firing depth charges. searching the
ocean for the concealed enemy. Guns
on 'he liner compelled the U-ooats to
subfnerge as soon as they came TO the
surface
" one ''nne curing .he nsh' one OF
"e sunhers aooard Inc Ius'icia sue
with a well placed shot, and at another
ume an accurate shot from one OF the
"'s lher guns diverted the night OF
"'peuo anu sa'e' 'he sh'p from oe'hs
'"uN" ~ '"e "e'iia'' hhisse'
81, q, r,-. u..u
=. ..
y. '"e "u"ape Vi
-. ,, "o.a
r,sy re,r.,ra ~ ha dr,,on %, h., ,n.
.,o.rd desh.s -, ds,,ro,.ars uh,ch
steamed at ton speed crossing and re-
,rossinV the araa around the stricken
gAip The d.strovers .used their guns
constantly when they sighted the enemy
perjscopes and dropped deuth bombs
wherever they thought the raiders were
r,,l,,un hon.s,, 49, s,,rtaca
Time and again the submarines
emerged only to be forced by the fire
~ the sh,n,s defensive guns and tbe
satt, annroacb ~ tbs dss,rovers IN y,h-
,,o-,o hotor. dischar.ir ,hs;r tor
,.da
:, =. ,bo ars, ,,, ~ ra =, q
60, .. ,..,
,,,-.., 80 a-.,,,s
Most Remarkable Sen Fight.
The submarine attack began late Fri
odS fH=ht' according 10 'he statement OF
"!'Nors' several torpedoes were hred'
o'' missed the target In the morning
'he attack was resumed on foggy sea,
IN" '-noats manruHring for position as
me snip lodged in its course to avoid
We torpedoes, two OF which were ex-
pIoded by gunfire.
The sea fight was one OF the most re-
narkable in history. judging by the
m'acre details so far available The
perS.stency of the German craft in day
Eight and the tactical evasion and ex-
pert craftsmanship of the ships gun
herS promise most unusual story of.
u" sea.
The Justc!a had just lost sight of
hhH Friday night when the raider ap-
pe"r@I, Two torpedoes went wild A
mira struck amidships In the engine
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Enemy Falls Back Under
Most Desperate Fight
ing Of Entire War.
NEW LINES SEVERED
Americans and French Now
Within Five Miles of Fere,
Il Railway Base.
ROADS RAkED BY GUNS
Army Sweeping North From
the Marne Gains New Towns
From Invaders.
ROADS RAkED BY GUNS

LONDON. July 24.--Highly impor-
tant gains by the French and Ameri-
cans. perhaps the most important in
n military sense since the great FOch
offensive began last Thursday in the
NIurne salient. were made to-day In
the central part of the line. In the
Ourc1 region. against the most des-
perntc fighting that the Germans
have exhibited this year and equal
in it's ferocity To any in the war.
Driving through what seemed to be
an impregnable living wall of gray,
the Franco American troops struck
strn ght toward the very heart of the
German position. Fere-en-Tardenois.
When the Allies reach that point,
now only fiye miles away, the Ger
man defence must crumble, for their
iast remaining railroad, except for
some temporary structures. will have
passed out of their control. 1t Is
now only seventeen miles across the
pocket AT the points where the Allies
have pinched in the sides hardest. and
today If II great mass Of men at
tempted To escape out of II they
would he within the range of the
heavy French guns from both sides
A few miles further in would make
their fire fearfully effective.
Gnin Also Near SoIssons.
Although this operation in the
Franco American centre is by far the
most important element in the mill
tary situation, other features were
not neglected, In the north, imme-
diatelv below scissors, the French
advanced 10 Barry and beyond, while
in the south the Americans crushing
the most powerful German resistance
that they have yet encountered, re-
captured the villages of Epieds and
Trugny. which the Germans had
taken from them last night and
pushed ON 10 courpoil. which is about
6ia miles northeast of Chateau
Thierry
The French also made additional
Ea.nS north of ChartCvcs and Jaui-
Gonne and extended their bridgehead
at Treloup, west Of and close to Dor
mans They a,so advanced to the
cast of This point. On the eastern
SIDE of the salient, up towards Rheims,
the British and French in severe
fighting cHtcnded their lines to the
west in the vicinity of Nrigny and
between that place ana MarfauX, on
tho wCste n edge of the Forest Of
Rheims.
The sun., 1918-07-25
NEW U-BOAT TACTICS
SHOWN IN BATTLE
First Time More Than TDo
HaUe Attacked.
speciai Dsspatch 10 THK Sun

"As'IHGToS, july 24,-The loss to-
'H' Of the British transport Justcia Is
"'Tl0ed ny officials here to be a Sc
'F' t'"a, The loss was confirmed IN
on "0c'al despatch to the Navy Depart
nT'' from Admiral Sims, THIS makes
ne 'ITd British transport sunk in a
"'e', ne Carpathia having been lost
Continued on Fourth Page.
The sun., 1918-07-25
Workers in Birmingham Go
Out. With 10000 More
Ready to Follow.
SITUATION IS GRAVE
Churchill Says irresponsible
Opponents of Transfer Or
der Are to Blame.
Special Gable Despatch 10 Tar SrN.


LoNpoS. Jul" 24.-The strike situa-
tion in the munitions manufacturing area
has assumed grave aspects. with the
possibility that 100000 skilled workers
may walk out in Coventry. Birmingham,
Manchester, Lincoln and Liverpool fac
tories and yarde. This would throw
hundreds of thousands of unskilled
workers out Of employment. as they
would he unable to continue the manu-
facture of urgently needed materials
of war.
The situation was made extremely
critical tonight by the news from Bir-
mingham that the munitions workers
there had gone on strike and that
more than $1,000 members Of ,all the
societies affiliated with the Engineering
Trade Unions were ready TO follow the
order of the leaders to lay down their
tools.
The sun., 1918-07-25
Important Rail Centres.

Along the base OF the salient runs the
great eastern route from scissors to
Rheims the first five miles along the
valley Of the Aisne and then the rest of
the way in the valley Of the Vesle,
Continued on Second PAGE
The sun., 1918-07-25

Owing to the fact thai the day was
brigh, and there VAS little wind l,il'o,s
played an important role in the hglt.ag
The newspaper correspondents wit
messed to-day an aerial engagement in
the Chateau ThieiIy front in which the
enemy was driven orf. An enem, ayIa-
tor appeared over two observation bal
looms, The anti-airCraf, gunners saw
him dropping to obtain the ranga and
let loose scores Of shrapnel shells above
him. In less than three minute,, tNo
French planes went to the rescue OF tue
balloons, but the German declined to
fight.
Nose diving directly through the rain
of shells he rightcd himself and ncw
away before the anti-aircraft guns could
swing upon him or the slower flying
planes could get at him,
American avators in combats north
OF the Marne on Wednesday dowred Ave
German ma. hines. Tho Americans suf-
fered no losses. Their first fight was with
a German squadron oi twelve planes. tie
battle lasting nearly two hours, -Four
Germans were downed. Later the Amer
leans shot down another enemy plane.
The sun., 1918-07-25

South Cf this point it was the Germans
who attacked the American troops and
retook Epeds and Trugfly. although
they once more lost the latter to the
Americans. who also attacked the Bois
dc Barbllon. close by. Still luither
south. the bridgehead between Mon: ST.
Pcre and charteves mas been extended 4
mile and a half from the river and other
bridgeheads east OF this point also We're
enlarged in the course OF the day.
On both sides OF the OurCq the Ge.-
man batteries were very active and the
French on their part bombarded Fore
en-Tardenois and the railway from La
Forte Mllom to ,Bazoches. on the whole
the day went in our favor
The Germans are hghting hard on
both faces OF the salient in order to de-
lay our advance. bat there is not much
doubt that their first object at the pres
ent moment Is to withdraw n they can
from the awkward position which their
offensive and the fine French counter at
tack has placed them. one problem
among others that they have TO face Is
the feeding OF some thirty-fve divisions
,42O. 600 mem. TO do which they need
at least> seventeen or eighteen trains n
day. to say nothing OF those required
for bringing ammunition to the front
and taking the men and stores away.
Arrangements to control and handle
all this traffic with the limited road and
railway facilities at the command of the
Germans must he a daily task OF eX-
treme difficulty | return again to this
point because Of its great Importance.
The seriousness OF their situation can he
realized best by considering a few simple
figures.