The Daily journal-herald. (Delaware, Ohio), 1917-05-07

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WEATHER—Partly  cloudy  tonight and Tuesday;  probably  frost tonUht
DELAWARE, OHIO,  MONDAY  EVENING. MAY  7,  1917
VOLUME 75.       NO.  15
PRICE TEN CENTS PER WI
GERMANY'S RETIREMENT
FROM FRANCE MUST COME
UNLESS DRIVE IS STOPPED
SHOULD GERMANY DEFEAT ALLIES, U. S.
SAFETY WOULD DEPEND ON SUBMARINES
By HENRY WOOD to action  by /he Oerman command-
ITsrited Pres** Nta,ff Correspondent. | ers. It was practically annihilated in
With the French Armies in the1 a vain attempt to retake Craonne.
Field, May 7.—Germany's retirement' The perfect unity underlying the
from France must come unless Hin-' Franeo-Hritish offensive and the Tl-
denburg can soon stop the French j tank- strategy of the whole forward
drive. push culminated in its greatest    ex-
Today's fighting brought proof of pression of effectiveness Saturday,
complete realization of the necessity | On that day—thirty-six hours after
ot euch a retreat by the German the English had wiped out the north-
commanders in the super-human ef- ern pivotal salient of the Hinden-
forts which the enemy is making to burg line in the regions of Bulle-
■ave the Rheims salient. Germany's'court and Croissilles—the French
picked troops are being hurled into! wiped out six kilometers (four miles)
the breach made by the French. The i of the southern pivotal salient re-
flower of the German army, which j gion—Moulin Laffaux.
Hindenberg had saved for what he | The double success of the allied
hoped would be a final decisive often-' armies today menaces the entire Hin-
sive. is now being sacrificed. i denburg  retreat  line from  it's  two
Entirely aside from the Franco-1 most vital points. The victories con-
British offensive between the Aisne, stitute the first great objective to-
and Lens, the Germans are now fac-i ward which every local French and
ing an equal menace in the Cham- English action since the beginning
pagne. They know that the French j of the great offensive has strategic-
offensive -between the Aisne and Mo-; ally contributed. The French advance
ronvllllers threatens to force their j on the Hindenburg salient is only a
evacuation of the Rheims salient, i small portion of their success in the
There Mounts Krimont and Berru . second great drive since April 16.
and forts Nogent LaBesse and VitrytThis fighting has covered a front of
Ies Reims constitute the keysone sup- j nearly twenty two miles—including
porting the superstructure and the I the entire length of Chemis des
entire German front. I Dames (the "ladles' highway "I  with
Desperate necessity of preventing j extensions to the east and northwest,
the cutting off of the salient which! Now the entire Craonne plateau has
would precipitate withdrawal from I been attained; almost the entire
France is causing the Germans to j summit of the ridge dominating the
sacrifice the last of their reserves in ■ plateau and descending toward Laon
an effort to hold back the French, 'has been captured; nearly thirteen
The six thousand prisoners taken miles of Chemin des Dames is held—
up to today does not indicate a all of the road but a small portion
shattered German morale. On the I in the vicinity of Fort Malmaison.
contrary the Germans are resisting The new French positions formerly
with a degree of desperation hitherto I constituted %he> greatest obstacles
unknown. Hut the number of pris-i when they were In Oerman hands, to
oners does not reflect the immense ' General Nivelle's advance to Laon.
bodies of troops which the Germans t They dominate the valley of the Ai-
are throwing into the conflict. j lette down which the French kept up
They are being put to the slaugh-1 Saturday's and  Sunday's operations.
ter like sheep. Today standing on But in addition to this great suc-
a height from which 1 could see the;cess another epochal victory has been
French steadily wiping out the Hin- \ registered by the French on the
denburg salient it was possible with heims front. There on Friday, Gen-
glasses to make out long lines of eral Nivelle initiated an offensive
motor lorries behind the German . northwest and east of Rheims which
trenches, each packed tig^ht with Ger-j carried the FTju^fc^eytar several
man troops and speeding to the char-; heights. The vfctory'may "atton Hb-
nel house of the German front lines. - erate Rheims aa the German  "hate
Arriving there, these fresh re- target."
serves were unendingly launched; When the French on Saturday
against the French. And they melt- morning leaped out of their trenches
ed away unendingly in the French! in the Aisne assualt tbe German first
machine gun fire, the deadly accur- lines were literally gorged with men
ate barrage of the famous Soixante: under orders to.die resisting. *
Quenses, the cold steel of the French ' Hardly had the French beat down
bayonets, or the explosions of French j these lines of human flesh and at-
grenades. i tained their first objective, capturing
Not only has the number of the: and killing thousands than the Ger-
enemy troops in the past few days' mans initiated furious counterat-
nghting been greater than that em- tacks. They were made with a
ployed in any previous engagements, promptitude and utter disregard of
since the early days of the war, but I cost in human lives, little in accord-
the quality of the troops is higher, ance  with  Germany's recently    an-
Prisoners showed there were no decrepit reserves. All those captured
were of choice regiments.
Saturday, around Craonne, for instance, a complete division of the
picked Prussian guard was called in-
nounced tactical plan to save troops.
Throughout-the 24 hours that ensued the French were forced to wipe
out repeated counter attacks against
every position they gained before attacking their next objective.
SQUAD
OFDETECnVES
PUT TO WORK
By United Prees.
Columbus, O., May 7.—An extra
squad of detectives was added to
the police force today in an effort
to solve the murder of two person,
here ln the last two day*.
Police yesterday found the body
of Francis 3. Byrnes, 43, a machinist, on a picket fence. His skull was
fractured and half of his clothes
gone. Byrnes had $42 in his possesion Saturday night.
Circumstances in the Byrnes case
were similar to those presented in
the murder of John Holmes, colored
liveryman, in his stable late Saturday. He had been robbed of $1200
after having been beaten to death
with a hatchet.
ASHLAND—Representative Ashbrook ha. designated Wayne A. McDowell, thi. city, and Friend P. Dye,
Mt. Vernon, to take competitive examination for admission to Annapolis naval academy.
$1000 REWARD"
OFFERED FOR
CONVICTIONS
ANOTHER LOAN MADE
By United Press.
Washington, May 7.—An additional loan or $25,000,000 was made today to Great Britain.
MUNITIONS
PLANT IS
DESTROYED;
ONE KILLED
PRESIDENT WILL OUTLINE
VITAL NEEDS OF NEW RUSSIA
TO RAILROAD EXPERTS
By United Press.
Kingsport, Tenn., May 7.—One-
third of the mammoth munitions
plant of the Federal Dye Stuff &
(Chemical Co. was destroyed here early today by a terrific explosion.
One man was killed and two
others probably fatally burned. No
statement was obtainable this forenoon as to the cause of the explosion.
Some of the federal troops stationed outside the factory were
thrown to the ground by the shock
of the explosion. None were reported
injured.
Wildest excitement followed the
explosion and officials feared for the
safety of suspects should any be arrested.
For weeks the greatest precautions have been taken to protect the
plant. All new employes have been
carefully scrutinized. Extra precautions had been taken to guard the
munitions works following the Eddy-
stone, Pa., explosion. The plant has
been running 24 hours daily with
three  shifts.
By United Press . attitude and   purposes     in    sending
Washington, May 7.—President j commissions to Russia, After a long
Wilson this week—probablv tomor-1 00nference yesterday with Elihu Root
row—will outline the immediate and | ^Ti^.111 Go.m»ers' of the America*
vital   needs of   new Russia    to
j federation of labor, sent a cablegram
the | to Petrograd, addressed to the work-
American commission of railroad ex
perts  which  leaves    for     Petrograd
soon.
It is admitted in government circles that the situation in Russia is
still critical and for that reason it
is desired that the first of the two
commissions  to   Russia     leaves
ing classes, explaining it is not the
purpose of the United States to interfere, but merely to help in the readjustment of Russia's internal affairs.
This was done because information
has reached here that efforts are be-
as r ing  in  Russia  to  create  widespread
quickly  as  possible.     The  executive!dissatisfaction   with
commission   headed   by   Elihu   Root  Root as chairman.
will start later.
Pending arrival of the commission
the American  federation of labor is
i being depended upon to a great degree to keep the    laboring    classes
properly   informed   as  to   America's reconsidered
the selection of
The feeling in
certain quarters against Root haa
reached such a stage that some of
the outspoken semi-Socialist friend*
and advisers of President Wilson are-
urging  that   Root's  appointment   be
WARNING
SENT TO
COUNTRYMEN
NEW YORK — Mistaking William
Mass*  of  the  home   defense  league
j for a  German,  five     United    States
! sailors  tried  to  make  him   kiss  the
j insignia on their sleeves.    Blows followed.     Sailors  jailed.
American submarine under full headway.
Should Germany succeed in .tarring England and Frsnee into submission by means of her U-boats, the submarine as a defensive weapon
would immediately become a thing of tremendous importance to the United
states. With many submarines Uncle Sam could prevent Germans*- from
landing troops and supplies on his coasts The photograph gives a clear
conception of the power of this American undersea craft and shows clearly
its construction above the waterline.   '
UNIFORMED
MILITIAMEN
TO RIDE FREE
AUSTRIAN TROOPS
FORGE AHEAD INTO
GERMAN LINES
By WILLIAM PHILLIP SIMMS.
I nited  Press Staff Correspondent.
With the British Armies in the
Field, May 7.—Australian troops
forged ahead a mile into the German
lines early this morning. At the
moment of cabling, this great hole
in the German line is being successfully maintained against all enemy
counter attacks. The penetration of
the German front thus achieved is
around Riencourt. The Australians
began their drive at dawn. Their
whole salient was pushed forward,
yard after yard, to the mile depth,
in the face of violent resistance. The
thrust carried them to the east of
a village lying in a northern direction   from  Riencourt.
Riencourt itself is thus hemmed
in by British troops to the west, to
the east and the south.
The Riencourt attack was a part
of a general progressing movement
achieved on the right flank early today. More than a hundred prisoners
were taken.
Elsewhere on  tbe    British    front
there were no major actions of ln
fantry, but all along the line artillery on both sides was violently active.
Cleveland, May 7.—Uniformed militiamen would be permitted to ride
city car lines free of charge if city
council adopts the resolution, sponsored by Councilman Meyers. Many
patriotic citisens have offered their
autos for transporting the guardsmen.
MASS MEETING
G. 0. P. DRYS
ANNOUNCED
I5>   ARTHUR K. MANN
I'nited Press .Staff Corrcsponiient   j
Copenhagen, May 7.— "Anv Ger-1
man peace proposal at this time simply indicates the determination of a I
tremendously organized and still!
powerful nation to gain its own!
ends" declared American Minister!
Maurice Francis Egan today in a J
warning to the people of America
voiced through the United Press. He
appealed to his fellow countrymen
not to be deceived by German peace
duplicity and not to slacken their
war preparations under the mistaken
impression that the Germans are'
really ready to quit.
No American official is more conversant with German conditions than
Minister Egan
STATEWIDE
REGISTRATION
OF WOMEN
SUGGESTED
By  United  Press.
Columbus. May 7.—Statewide registration of Ohio women for war service, notably in the fields and industries, has been suggested to the
state council of defense.
Allen T. Burns, member of Cleveland's city ''war commission" told
the Ohio council plans are afoot in
Cleveland to register women on con
A veteran diplomat.jscrlptlon day at school houses, later
long and brilliantly serving the Uni-j directing them into channels for acted States at Copenhagen  has madejtual   service   through   the   city-state
A,
GAMBIER—President William F.
Pierce of Kenyon college, Is in Washington trying to persuade Secretary
of War Baker to detail an officer as
military instructor at Kenyon.
BELLEFONTAINE—Logan county
citisens organized war work council
at patriotic mass meeting and decided to raise $1000 for support of T.
X. C. A, among soldiers.
NAPOLEON—Fred Goff 19, killed
by B. ft O. freight train.
By United Press.
Cincinnati, O., May 7.—The systematic hunt was begun today for
the ghouls who stole the heart trom
the body of Daniel Hill, 84, while
It rested in its newly made grave at
Bethel, near here, Saturday. Authorities are agreed the deed was
committed by a man and a woman.
Footprints lead them to this conclusion.
One of the grave robbers was
skilled in the use of a surgeon's
saw as the heart was taken out with
that Instrument. A small packet
like those used for wrapping narcotics which was found near by, leaJs
to the belief that one of the ghouls
was a drug addict
Rewards totalling $1000 have
been offered for convictions. The
only motive seen for the crime is
that the grave robbers believe they
could extort money from Rill's widow. Mrs. Hill is 74 and has not
been told of the affair.
DETROIT — Two hundred angry
patriots chased George Taylor thru
lower Woodward avenue because he
had refused to stand during the playing of the national anthem in a theater. He told the police who rescued
him he had a cramp and couldn't
get up.
American affairs, as papal secretary
of state for extraordinary ecclesiastical affairs. Mgr. Cerretti was formerly papal representative In Mexico
and papal auditor at Washington. At
present he Is papal nuncio to Australia.
BOPE BENEDICT
MAY THROW
INFLUENCE ON
Creation of the new Vatican post
aroused further interest today in reports that the Vatican had been advised by its South American ministers of the pending entry into the
war of "amost all" Latin-American
nations. The pope's peace message
of Saturday was regarded as significant in this connection.
ini£i] CIT1T ATIAW    The holy fattier nas also been in"
lKlull ulll)AllUW!formed' " was ,aid' that other na"
! tions In  Europe and Asia may    be
I drawn into tho conflict.
By JOHN H.  HEARLEY	
United Frees Staff Correspondent.
Rome, May 7.—Pope Benedict may j NEW YORK — More than 200 Co-
throw the weight of hia influence in I lumbia students who leave for war
the Irish situation, according to m-|work abroad this week marched on
formation from his Vatican authori- j the campus with 85 West Point ca-
ties today. dets, then all joined in singing war
Official expression was unobtain- hymns,
able, but lt was' reiterated that the
holy father "emphatically endorses"
the rights of small nations. Thia ex- j FREMONT—Mayor Harry Kiryland
pression was given significance as j Toledo, and Congressman A. W. Ov
applying to Ireland by announcement j ermyer spoke at patriotic mass meet
of the impending selection of Mgr.ling in which 3000 persons partici
Cerretti, long a student of Irish andjpated. I
Columbus, 0., May 17.—Columbus
witnessed a mass meeting of Ohio
'"Dry" Democrats a few weeks ago.
The word is that It will soon see a
similar gathering of Dry Republicans.
A mass convention of Dry Republicans is being planned for Columbus, in June, the idea being to go
on record in favor of state and national prohibition. Some of the
boosters declare for prohibition at
least during the period of the war.
The majority. however, say that they
want to see the prohibition of liquor
manufacture made permanent.
It is understood that the Republican state organization will not be
asked to take part In the convention.
There is no general desire, at this
time, to have the party as a whole
placed on record in favor of the dry
cause, for the very good reason that
the meeting will have no authority
to speak for the party. This must
await the regular state convention.
More than a thousand Republicans
have signed the pledge to attend this
convention, it is reported. The
movement has been unusually quiet
and those behind it did not inform
the state advisory subcommittee,
which ls working out the new organization of the party, of their
plans.
an especial study of Germany and
the Germans no iess than the ramifications of Teutonic chicanery and
propaganda.
How strongly he feels the insincerity of Germany's peace "feelers'
whieh have been Hooding Europe recently is indicated in the fact that
he decided to violate diplomat precedent which forbids an envoy expressing personal views or granting interviews. But Egan decided the exigencies of the situation justified it.
Relaxation of America* preparedness would increase the contempt of
powerful Germans toward the United States," Egan declared. "Advices from Hamburg, Stettin and
elsewhere in Germany prove that although food conditions are bad everywhere, still the people are sanguine
of victory and are willing to make
further sacrifices.
"Any peace suggestions by Germany at this time merely aim to
eliminate Russia as a military force
and obtain the Russian larder, the
Germans—especially those in Berlin—regard American military pretensions as a bluff.
"There is no danger of dethronement of the Hohenzollerns In Germany. Let me emphasize—peace
talk in America will only prolong the
war.
"Germany will have constitutional
reforms—perhaps in the near future.
free job bureau there.
The scheme later may be followed
throughout the state, said Fred C.
Croxton, labor member of the Ohio
Defense Council.
LABOR LEADER
IN OHIO
ENLISTED
By United Press.
Columbus, May 7.—News that
Percy Tetlow, Letonia, has enlisted
as a private in the army caused much
surprise here today.
Tetlow for years was prominent
as a labor leader in Ohio—having
served in the constitutional convention, the legislature, and on the former state mining commission.
Tetlow, until recently, an organizer for the United Mine Workers
of America, ran for congress in the
Republican primaries iri the 19th
district last summer, but was defeated.
MANY  WERE  HURT
By  United  Press.
Gibsonburg, Ohio, May 7.—David
Mayer, 31, of Cleveland is reported
to have suffered a fractured hip when
two Lake Shore Electric cars crashed
But there isn't the slightest reason |at Gibsonburg Junction late last
for believing such reforms will im- niSnt- About 25 persons were hurt,
pose  the   czar's  fate  on   the  kaiser :most of them  being Toledoans  who
and his line.
"The German reptile press has imbued the German populace with the
belief that victory is simply a question of time. The German populace
is willing to fight and to wait."
Every American here who know?
German conditions is eager that the
people of the United States be
warned in advance of the hollowness
of German professions for peace.
They hold peace proposals are part
of the whole German plot to gain
I time.—and   in   the  meanwhile     Ger-
were   returning   from   a  Knights
Columbus meeting at Fremont.
of
Chicago. May 7.—Food will be
cheaper soon, George M. Reynolds,
president of the Continental and National bank, declared upon his return from the West today.
Reynolds blamed the present high
prices   on   attempts   of   speculators!m™/ stm h_0Des t°,win 1,v her 8UQ
to  reap  abnormal  profits  and  upon
persons who    have    become  panic-
stricken  and  are boarding food.
NEW YORK — Three thousand
Russians in Carnegie Hall staged a
wild demonstration when Dr. B. E.
Shatzky declared he was authorized
by the Petrograd government to announce "no separate peace possible."
| marine warfare. They predict careful dissection of any formal peace
plans or war aims which may be announced will reveal them utterly insincere, although on their face they
may hint at great concessions. The
best brains of German, are now believed to be working on the list of
war aims which Imperial Chancellor
Von Bethman Hollweg is announced
as about to state to -the Reichstag..
APPRAISERS
APPOINTED
OFJ., D. & M.
Judge Kinkead Monday appointed
E. K. Stewart. W. F. Burdell and F.
W. Herbst to appraise the C , D, &
M. traction line preparatory to selling the line at receiver's sale.
The date for the sale will not be
fixed until after the appraisement
has been made. Overdue mortgages
has made necessary the sale of the
line.
Judge Kinkead also ordered the
receiver to issue $25,000 worth of
Certificates to pay the company's
share for the paving of North High
street, Clintonvilie.