Racine Journal-News (Newspaper) - September 6, 1918, Racine, Wisconsin VOL. FRIDAY 6, 1918. j PRICE AMERICAN CANAL DU NORD CROSSED BY BRITISH JN WIDE FRONT AFTER FLEEING FOE French Capture the Tovn of Australians Cross the River South of British Repulse Enemy FIRE OF KAISER'S BIG GUNS SLOWLY DWINDLING AWAY Sept. p. The capture of by the French makes the German positions on tho Chemin Des precarious and ly according to French military Sept. p. British troops are reported to have advanced this morning astride the line on a front of 12 miles to a depth of three 4 WITH THE AMERICAN FORCES ON THT AISNE Sept. their endeavor to keep up with the Germans who arc re- treating beyond the river the Americana have organized bile gun detachments with three men to More than thirty cars were operating north of the Vesle river early As not much German infantry had been sighted the automobile machine ners were uncertain Just where their advance might lead The out- fit had supplies of food and ment to enable them to keep after the Germans for British Cross Sept. p. British troops today captured Neuve Chapelle and Field Marshal forces crossed Canal Du Nord on the whole front except from north to the Between the Somme and the French troops have captured known the which Is within three miles of The feature of this morning's news Is that the Canal Du Nord has been crossed by the Brit- ish on the except to the river and that the French and British have a footing on the eastern side whole water line down to Attention frequently has been ed to the Somme Du Nord and waterline as being a check to the progress of This check now has been overcome and except in tho north is now no line between the entente allies and the Hindenburg From the British line now runs to the west of and through to Athies and miles northwest of French at Sept. p. Gen. Humbert's army is making steady progress today in the region of Guiscard and Advices from the battle front say that the Ham has Virtually taken by the French BRITISH ARMIES IN Sept. troops have crossed the river Somme on a wide front to the south of British troops have captured the towns of St. and Athies and are now advancing to the east of those Germans WITH THE BRITISH ARMIES IN Sept. Germans launched three tacks against Hill 83 In the Lys ent. Two were repulsed and once the British fell back to the north of Pago 9.) YANKS ARE HONORED FOR GALLANT DEEDS WITH THE BRITISH ARMIES IN Sept. Americans have been decorated honors ous gallantry in action on the British They Lieut. Allan F. of San Lieut. Glenn D. of Grand Corp. John Johnston arid Collier and Robert Hurley INITIATIVE TAKEN BY MARSHAL FOCH SCHOOL BOARD NOW READY JO AID CITY'S HEALTH DEPARTMENT New Assistant Health Commissioner Expects to Place Work in Racine On Par with Any Other City in the POINTS OUT URGENT NEED HERE FOR NEW ISOLATION HOSPITAL TABLES ARE REVERSED AND THE ALLIES ARE TAKING THE TIONS FORMERLY OCCUPIED BY GERMAN Sept. course of the fighting on the western front ues to show day after day that Marshal Is of war consists in with telling effect on the As Henry Bidou points out in the Journal Des the battle of the Marne is being reproduced with the positions Six German armies are closely pressed by seven or eight allied as was the case with the allied forces four years The allied armies form the arc of a circle enclosing the Germans just as in the Marne the fight now on the center and now on one or the other -Each made with such skill and decisiveness that Its effect is in every part of the At present Gen. Mangin is having while the British have been resting on their laurels for a brief period and for a further The commander of the French right wing brilliant score placing the entire hinge of the en- defense system north of sons allied The recapture of and all of which had been cleaned out and destroyed by the re- treating the allied troops the foot of the St. Gobain Heights on tho retention of which the present German -in The allied forces so have the river from Conde to and occupy positions north of the Vesle General Humbert's army pursuing its victorious way towards I Ham and MARCH SAYS YANKEES j OVER THERE NOW HAVE SUFFICIENT AIRSHIPS LIEUT. RENE PINTO IS WOUNDED IN FRANCE Second Lieutenant Rene son of Mrs. C. L. 1702 College has been wounded In France and is now believed to be In England at one of the convalescent His mother received a letter from him day in which he stated that he had been wounded to be sent to It waa dated August 11, but he not how long ago it was that his wounding He that he doing fine and all Lieut. Pinto service of the government as an Inspector of rifles at Philadelphia before his en- He graduated from the (New Military where he received his advanced tary enlistment occurred at Camp N. and ho was assigned to duty in early in tho His letter stated that he had boon from his first com- mand and was now connected with the 33rd division which Is made up of the Illinois National guard During his entire period in the service he had been in the infantry He was well known In. this three years he col- lege from that tutlon 1911, man In year's 24; years of DUTCH WILL PROTEST AGAINST HUN DIVERS D. Sept. Confidential messages from Gen. Pershing and other reports from France indicate that the American now Is supplied with lanes of all kinds to protect Its in Gen. of I 10 I of house military committee at tb ft thf Transportation of United States troops In France has been highly by Col. Samuel M. i who has returned home and reported I that the situation is eminently i Gen. told the i Representative of called attention to reports of a shortage of planes and said the public should know the March replied that all ing Gen. Pershing's confidential indicated that there was no shortage Gen. March said the advance of the allied forces continued tb be entirely satisfactory and that the reports from all sources regarding the situation were of an encouraging Final action was taken by the board of education in monthly sion last evening to transfer the tion of school nurse to the board of with the nurse department funds This is in ance with a recommendation made in a report of the committee on tation and health March 7, 1918, Dr. formerly of as has been has been engaged as assistant health He has been her for some weeks and it is his in- with the co-operation of the to give Racine a. de- equal to that in The committee on i sanitation and In its report to board of education last stated that ing to the fact that the board of health has employed physician who will give all of his time to the work planning to employ sufficient nurses to obtain satisfactory it re- commended that the board turn over to said board such school nurse de- as are still on and also the school nurse and offer such co-operation as will make the work in the schools a In the future the city council funds for the erection of a modern and isolation in such tion would have been taken this year were it not for the fact that the government asked for a ment of all expenses in ties during the The present hospital is entirely ate and the old house on Lake used in is not fit for such MEN NEEDED HOME ARE URGED TO FILE EXEMPTION PAPERS D. Sept. Because many men of the new draft ages are expected to refuse to claim exemption from military regardless of provost marshal general's office today suggested that employers or interested dependents should not full to file formal claims in such It is pointed out the form of the questionnaire purposely 1 eaves the exemption claim open to be filled by others than the registrant Gen. der's staff feels that failure to present legitimate exemption claims for sentimental reasons will almost certainly work ship and especially since the local boards now are asked to conduct fication at top failure to have such claims it is also will serve to slow up the DIVER TORPEDOES U.S. TRANSPORT RESULT OF RACE FOR GOVERNOR IS Is Increasing Belated Re- turns Are He May Under the a OFFICIAL FIGURES WILL BE NECESSARY TO SHOW RESULT Gov. Philipp gained a few votes by the report of the ial canvassing board which worked at the court house The report of the gave 1717 and Philipp 2010. The of- canvass today shows that Wilcox received 1703 and ipp 2016. Those figures in- crease Philipp's majority over Wilcox in Racine county from 293 to 313.......... Sept. Gov. Philipp was in the lead by 197 votes over Wilcox in the Re- publican gubernatorial primary race at o'clock this after- About 100 precincts were still to be heard THE Sept. minister at Berlin has been to protest against the destruction by German submarines of vessels within what is designated .as barred zone and the sinking of seven Dutch fishing on August 24, D. Sept. News reached the navy department I today that the American transport Mount homeward has been torpedoed by an enemy rine 200 miles from the French but had turned and arrived ly at a French port. WEATHER FORECAST Sept. Fair tonight and slightly warmer tonight south Yesterday's Minimum Range Cubs Put Three Runs Over Home Plate Sept. the return of good baseball weather the crowd for the second game of the world between Boston and Chicago was slow in assembling as Half an hour before game time the increased attendance was visible in only a few sections of the bleachers and The batteries today are Bush for Tyler and for FIRST INNING On the hit and Shean He in- with throw and Hildebrand called Hooper out at This gave a double Killifer to Strunk ped to NO NO NO with o. line single to Hollocher forced Bush to the batsman taking ori Strunk purposely Mann's center then forced Hollocher throwing the to Shean at reached first on signalled the hit and but He then filed to ONE NO Second Inn again had trouble finding the corners and walked man on four dropped a hunt between Killifer and Tyler and when the fielders collided beat throw for a man going Scott Killifer to latter covering Thomas Ball ball Ball hit through Pick Whitman was out at the Sept. Returns from a few missing pre- during the forenoon switched the standing of Gov. Philipp and Roy P. the latest figures favoring Wilcox by 07 Of the 120 are said to be to Philipp and GO to the advantage of Because of the closeness of the race ann the usual slight variations in the unofficial and official the it is expected will not be known until the official canvass has been The county canvassing boards in the various counties morning find it will not be before they have completed their work that the ner of primary can. be named with any degree of Philipp Thursday night de- clared that in the event he is a will Invite Senator Wilcox to the field against him as an ent governor said that a victory over Wilcox by a small vote would not be considered as an in- by him and in order to settle the matter as to which of tho two candidates electorate of consin favors he would urge Mr. cox to the field against Not HJI would not consider it an in- if I am renominated by a. few hundred was the ment made by the Asked whether lie would enter the field as an independent candidate in case Senator Wilcox is Gov. Philipp answered that the statement he made speaks for When Senator Wilcox was ed of the governor's statement he de- will cross Abridge when I come to he have always been a firm believer -in the rule of the Until it Is settled who is nominated I prefer not to discuss this Nelson Is returns from the congressional district received day night assure the nomination of Nelson to congress over figures give and 6.023. Several small pre- are but Nelson men claim that their man will go in re- of how precincts SENATE DISCUSSES SLACKER SENATOR JONES OF NEW VIGOROUSLY PROTESTS ADOPTION OF THE KENOSHA MAY HAVE TWO CANDIDATES IN RACE FOR CONGRESS Judge Randall Is Grateful to Voters for Favor Shown Calvin Stewart Claims His Nomination Over SAYS COMPLETE RETURNS WILL LAND HIM WINNER IX DEMOCRATIC CONTEST WOULD EXTEND CITY WATER SERVICE TO THE OUTLYING DISTRICTS IN NEED OF IT Says the Kenosha Judge did not have much to say about the outcome of the as the reports indicate I have been I am deeply grateful to the people the First Wisconsin Judge Randall said Wednesday can not but feel that the vote given to me was an endorsement of the stand for simon pure Americanism taken by the convention which honored me by making me its I feel deeply the debt of gratitude that I owe the people of my own home town county and though the nomination had gone my op- ponent I should have felt a great pride in this that the ple who know me Best have shown in me. on I shall of have something to say in regard to the coming campaign but at this time I want the people of the district know that I am grateful to Attorney Calvin Stewart was just a little doubtful about no- am not conceding the nomination for Mr. Whaley no ter what the Associated Press and the United Press say about he said Wednesday want is figures and they are not Evidently in some parts of the district the votes cast for Democratic candidates were ered as Until I get these figures I am going to keep right on believing that the splendid in- given to me by the osha county Democrats Is going to be to overcome any lead which may have been given to my op- ponent in Racine or any other part of the In Racine county where it was ex- that Whaley would receive a very large he received but 484 CHICAGO BOMB PLOT SOLUTION NEARS FINISH Attorney Declares a Man Named J. W. Wilson Is Bomb in Federal Building in WILSON MEMBER OF I. W. W. BUT DENIES THAT HE IS GUILTY 111., Sept. in- today Michael F. What I i sistant state's declared that Council Asks City Attorney to Take Up with Federal Authorities Claim It Can Not Lay New Mains During the SOLONS WILL ALSO INVESTIGATE CLAIM OF STREET CAR CO. otes while Stewart received 1-15 same in John W. arrested last So great is the need for water ice in some sections of the city that the city council has requested City torney Burgess to direct from the federal confirmation of the reply of the Racine Water com- pany is to the that the not them to lay any more water mains this There sections where residents are deprived of ing water and are forced to rely on the purity bf the water which cannot be upon and the use of which may cause an epidemic of The board of health has been asked to that the health of persons and resulted in serious injury Then again there ijs need of a to a score of j hydrants in and Wilson is a member of the I. W. j extensions there can b DEPARTMENT MEN PHYSICALLY DISQUALIFIED MEN FOR GENERAL MILITARY JCK TO TAKE POSITIONS OF EM- PLOYES NEW D. Sept. Secretary Baker has ordered the chief of each bureau in the war department i to replace Dec. 31 all men within the draft ages who would be fied in class one now assigned to duty i in Washington or in war department with men ically disqualified for general military j RACINE PEOPLE IN AUTOMOBILE SMASH Mr. and Mrs. of The positions thus vacated may also West Catherine of 1 rt I be filled by men in the deferred classes where such deferment has been ed on the grounds of ceptions are to be made only where incumbents are and i where men not within the draft age are not available to take their The chiefs of bureaus are ed to report to the adjutant general on December 31, the number and names of all men within the draft age then i employed in their bureaus and to certificate that each of these is indispensable and that others not within the draft age are not available to replace PERSHING TELLS OF BIG ALLIED ADVANCE D. Sept. Gen. communique for tells briefly of the ued advance of the Americans and French north of the Vesle and says there is nothing to report from other The dispatch Section Our continuing their advance in co-operation the have crossed the plateau north of the Vesle and have reached the crest of the slopes leading to the ley of the There is nothing of Importance to report from the other sections occupied by our Pick and Mclnnis went to third and Thomas to first on the er's Agnew put up a tall foul which Flack caught on the NO NO Pick dumped a swinging bunt third base line and When missed the the official scorers called it a Merkle went to Deal popped to fer hit to right for a two kle scoring and Pick went to This was the first extra of Tyler Strike Tyler singled over second scoring Pick and He tried to reach second on the throw to the but was to Agnew to Flack hit to Mclnnis and beat the first baseman to the Mclnnis made no attempt to throw to Bush who was running to cover On attempt to Agnew and but the runner Shean Flack was credited with a new with an arid Shean with an THREE NO THIRD I Hooper forced Tyler to the shortstop making a fine stop of a wild Hooper on the er's Shean forced to Pick and reached second throw through Strunck fouled NO grounded out Mann to Mclnnis and was out at kert popped to NO NO NO D. Sept. 6. Controversy over draft slacker ups broke out again today in the Senator Smoot of called up his resolution ing an Investigation by senate committee of the arrests in New York and particularly to disclose by whose orders soldiers and Jones of New vigorously protested against adoption of the In the midst of the Smoot resolution automatically was laid aside under the rules to give place to the cultural with its prohibition The resolution goes to the where it must remain until en up by majority AIRPLANE CARRYING MAIL FROM NEW TO CHICAGO LEAVES CLEVELAND THIS P. M. were injured last evening they The discussion of these two matters ing brought to a definite by derman Alderman on Page 7.) had been positively identified as tne Is the re- ing been implicated in the planting coming from the federal of the bomb in the Federal ciais see the i need of conserving Explosion of the bomb killed four j the public health lat a time like id without be no W. and is believed at one time to i havt been private secretary to iam D. general at the close of last In his session Of the the matter be- Sullivan said Wilson had been by four persons as the man seen running away from the Adams street entrance to the federal ing shortly before the bomb He was described as man with a black fedora who ran out of the leaped into a black automobile and was whirled Detectives who questioned Wilson said he admitted that he was em- ployed as a by the I. W. W. and that he spent the greater part of Wednesday in the Federal building whither he to arrange for the transfer of to the the federal prosecutor in order that Haywood might attend to some private business He denied any connection with the FORMER MAN JOHN WHO WAS PROMINENT BUSINESS YEARS HAS CROSSED OVER THE GREAT Adam 822 Fourteenth received a telegram this ing from the death of his John land He was born in Scotland about 63 years When 15 or 1C years of age he came to where he resided for some going from here to Kenosha where he operated a From that county he went to Milwaukee and was employed in the T. A. Chapman dry goods From that city he came back to and was the manager of the when machine in which were riding came into collision with the automobile of Dr. J. G. 201S North Geneva this on the Ryan road six miles south of They were removed to the Emergency hospital in from which place it is reported their injuries are not Mr. Wilkes suffered injuries to his and face While his wife was injured on the face Miss cev suffered from leg and in- The 14 months old daughter afternoon of Mr. and Mrs. Wilkes was next Dr. Gruber escaped injury as did his wife who accompanied him on the Mrs. Gruber stated this morning that they were returning from waukee when the accident They had just turned a corner on all sides of which there were trees which the view when the crash she The hub of the rear wheel of the West Allis car came against their front wheel and it is believed that it ran up the front wheel of the Racine ing the Wilkes automobile to over- turn in the Dr. Gruber aided the occupants of the overturned machine and then volunteered to take the victims to the Milwaukee ferred call ambulance which responded with Sheriff Must Save 15 Per Cent Such Is the Government Order to All Newspapers in Conserving Print Sept. Max who Is driving the first carrying mall New York and resumed to at 2 o'clock this afternoon from an aviation field eight miles east Miller will stop at deliver mail and then continua on to Fireman Is 1549 Phillips a. fireman at the plant of the Racine Rubber sustained serious his head and back this after- noon by a. flare back He was removed to St. Luke's in the The edict has gone forth that papers must use 15 per cent less print paper than have in the This means that the will have to practice the utmost economy in order to supply all of its When it is taken into ation that the number larger I than during the period which forms I a basis for the lessened it will be readily seen that j ble will be taken to the paper its I present Undoubtedly when the i government ordered this and same time another order that no. arrearages would be it had in mind ing print paper through forbidding publications to continue sending ies unless they were paid Arrearages Be On account of that all j mail and in- the pay up their ar- a. product the use of which has been On account of this manifestly fair way is to continue sending tne paper to the subscriber who The one who does not cannot expect to con- receiving it. Mail Subscribers The has published several calling attention to cine Gaslight company for some years and prominent in business circles of the Twelve years ago Racine and went to and was the superintendent of Railway company and in that city up to the time of He Is survived by a two- who are in the U. S. one daughter living at The funeral will take place at RACINE MAN IS HURT OVER IN THE WAR ZONE CHARLES AMONG FIRST S. TROOPS TO CROSS THE LISTED WITH OTHERS Charles 1614 Douglas has been wounded in cording to the government list released for publication His Joseph the war department's notification off Friday of last stating that Charles been wounded severely Private 34 years of and a member of Co. try His brother could not state what division he belonged but said he was among the first troops to across with He is be- to be connected with one of regular army Schuetta worked as a tester at Mitchell Motors company's plant some living with 324 Hagerer street at the time of his was working In going to kee to .In the service at the beginning of the NOT 46? THEN YOU MUST REGISTER D. Sept. but there are still remove misunderstanding who paid the collector or Mail can find the date they are paid up to either on the wrapper encloses the birthday or before they -Or on the imprint at the tration 12. will be in upper left-hand of the first the maximum age limit Mail subscribers should not wait for a collector come around as there is not enough time for The would therefore ask that they send money order or check to the for the amount and a substantial in make payment direct at the It who have reached birthday on or before will i be included within the All men within those age limits who have not heretofore registered will Dancing school every beginning Sept. 10th. Prof. It would be imperative that this be done as the unfair to continue I government offers no 1 to those who are delinquent in. hopes payments when is -a shortage of that all of will paper all over It will to help out in effecting the require every possible effort to ings demanded by the nish who are prompt in- their The subscriber who is indifferent about paying is thus re- adv. required to do Sept. 12 burden is on the man who fails to register to that he does not come within age Crowder Eagles Band playing at College Saturday and Sunday Great Lakes t
