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Eleven Men of Crew of Another Victim of U-boat Are Landed Stories of Attack Are Told.

OFFICIALS ON CAROLINA

LEWES, Del., June 5. Report prevail here that the German U-boat which raided coast-wise shipping on Sunday and Monday have strewn the Delaware Bay and the waters around the Delaware cape with floating mines. Tan mines have been found, It is reported, and government mine sweepers are searching for others. Two of them were exploded by gun fire and the remaining eight were recovered Intact.. No confirmation of these reports can be obtained from government officials. Shipping has been held up for the present, no vessels being allowed to leave without permission of the naval authorities. (By Associated Press.) NEW YORK, June 5. All but ten of the 218 passengers aboard the New York and Porto Rico steamer, Carolina, sunk by submarines, have been accounted for, officers of the line announced this morning. CBy Associated Press.) WASHINGTON. June 5. Submarine danger is not sufficient at this time to justify advances in government insurance rates, the treasury announced today. The rate of life insurance for officers and crew of merchant vessels

engaged in traffic through the war

sone was reduced today from 2o cents to 15 cents per $100 as recommended before the submarine attack off the Atlantic coast. NEW YORK, June 5. A schooner carrying Captain Barbour and 156 passengers and 84 of the crew of steamer Carolina of th New York and Porto Rico line which was torpedoed by a German submarine last Sunday night, arrived here early today. The schooner picked up the survivors off Barnegat, N. J., about noon yesterday. Among those brought here are ten United States army officers, graduates of the second officers training camp at San Juan, Porto Rico. The survivors were met at the dock by a detachment of Red Cross workers and were driven in ambulances and automobiles to hotels and boarding houses. 18 Arrive by Train. Eighteen other survivors from the Carolina arriverd in New York during the night by train from Lewes, Del. In the party were ten passengers and eight of the crew. Ah had been supplied with clothing by the Red Cross and bore no resemblance to a group of survivors. They would have passed unnoticed except for the fact that naval officers accompanied them and piloted them to ur. uptown hotel where they retired immediately. "DON'T USE WIRELESS" (By Associated Tress) NEW YORK, June 5. "Don't ' use your wireless and we won't shoot," is the newest "made in Germany" war slogan under which the emperor's submarine commanders are carrying their campaign of frightfulnesa into American Atlantic waters, according to persons among 250 survivors of the steamship Carolina, who were brought to this port aboard a coastwise schooner early today. The Carolina was destroyed by U-boat gun fire 50 miles off the Delaware capes on Sunday evening. Stories told by passengers and crew of the sunken vessel indicated that Edwin W. Vogel of New York city, the ship's 19-year-old chief wireless operator, played a spectacular part in the dramatic raiding 'of the Carolina. When the submarine messaged the "you-no-wireless we don't shoot" Vogel defiantly repeated his "S. O. S" s'gnals which he had already begun flashing and was on the verge of answering queries from Cape May and the Brooklyn navy yard stations' for the Carolina's position when Captain T. R. IX Barbour, Vogel's commander, ordered him to quit his key and see whether the Germans would keep their rledge, passengers declared. Captain Barbour said he decided to accept the proposition laid down by the U-boat skipper because he believrd dissent would have meant forfeiture of the lives of the women and children aboard the vessel. Whistles National Anthem. After abandoning ship, survivors reaching here said some one in a lifeboat began whistling "The Star-Spangled Banner" and it was almost instantly taken up by those in the other boats the men joining in the whistling and many of the women singing the words of the national anthem. Veteran mariners who superintended the allotting of lifeboats to those on the Carolina declared the coolness and expedition with which this tack was accomplished was remarkable. Few women became hysterical, they declared, and most of these collected their wits under the rebukes promptly accorded by other women of stouter courage. , Continued On Pane Seven.! I

Street and Private Lights May be Extinguished in New York

NEW YORK, June 5. Upon the results of photographic observations obtained by army aviators who flew over darkened New York last night, will be determined the question of further darkening the city as a precaution against possible German air raids, it was stated today. Electric signs and all lights, except street lamps and lights !n dwelling houses were out last night by order of Police Commissioner Enright, at the suggestion of the war department officials, and it was New. York's dark

est night for many years, rot even ex-

ceptlng the "lightless nights' during last winter's fuel famine. Crowds in the 'white light' " district and at the shore resorts took the "lights out" order quite good-naturedly. The main object of the observation,

it was 6aid, was to show how far the lights permitted an aviator familiar with the map to find strategic spots or places where bombs would do the greatest damage. Darkening of advertising and similar illuminations would be virtually valueless in a raid, unless street lights were discontinued, some army officers said today. Plans are being considered, it is said, for the extinguishing of all street and private lights and ordering windowshades down after dark. While the probability of an air raid was doubted by officials, it was urged that all precautions should be taken. Army officers thought that it vas far from impossible for German submarines, now lurking off the coast, to assemble an airplane and launch it on a raid on American cities.

Call is Received for 25 More Selects; May Dram Class Two Men Soon A call has been received by the Richmond selective service board for the induction of 25 men from Class 1, to be sent to Camp Sherman, at Chillicothe, O. The men will leave here during the five day period beginning June 24, and those to go will be se

lected by the board within the next!

few days. With the departure of these men, and the 20 who were recently sent for training courses to Purdue university and to Indianapolis, Class 1 will be practically exhausted, the chairman of the board said. The next call made will have to extend into Class 2.

REGISTRATION SLOW IN CITY AND COUNTY

The registration of young men for the new selective service draft proceeded slowly during the morning at the division No. 1 headquarters in the court house, and at division No. 2 headquarters in the town hall at Cambridge City. , - Up to noon a total of 60 men had registered with the Richmond board, and it is estimated by Chairman Carr that the total registration for the day will exceed 250. The government's estimate was 10 per cent of the total registration last year, and this would make 270 to register here. It is not believed, however, that this number will be reached because of the fact that so many young men have enlisted within the last month in order to be in service before registration day. The same conditions exist at Cambridge City where it was reported 37 men registered up to noon. The total number who will register during the day is estimated at about 75 or SO. Basing the estimate on the 10 per cent basis of last year's registration the number would be about 110.

ALIEN WOMEN TO BE REGISTERED

Arrangements are being perfected for the registration of alien females in Richmond between June 17 and 26. All natives, citizens, denizens, or subjects of the German empire or of the Imperial German Government, being females of the age of 14 and upwards, who are within the United States and not actually naturalized as American citizens are required to register as German alien females. A German alien female who fails to register within the time limits is liable to detention and imprisonment for the duration of the war and to, other penalties prescribed by the American government. Registration will be at police headquarters. The registration affidavit must be filed, signed, and sworn to in triplicate and accompanied by four unmounted photographs not larger than 3 by 3 inches. Rules are Given. The rules governing the registration of women are practically the same as the ones regarding the registration of the men. The rules are: "All females, subjects of the German empire, of the age of fourteen years of age and upward, living in cities of 5,000 inhabitants or more, who have never been naturalized as American citizens, must present themselves at the office of the chief of police during the period, June 17 to June 26, 191S, inclusive, and register. "American-born women married to unnaturalized German citizens, and all women Of foreign birth married to unnaturalized Germans must register. "Each female must furnish four unmounted photographs three by three inches in size, on thin paper with light background. The photographs shall be of the shoulders and full face, without hat or head covering, and the registrant must sign her name on the front of the photographs, in marginal space at top or bottom. "Registrants will greatly aid the police officers by calling, for the blanks early and having them filled out and return them to the chief of police, who

will swear them and take their finger) Drints. ' I

"Registrants within ten days after registering will call at the office of the chief of police and get their registration f7r.'7."

MILLION YOUTHS ARE EXPECTED TO REGISTER TODAY General Crowder Estimates 750,000 Will Be Eligible for Military Service. (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, June 5. Today, on the anniversary of America's first manpower mobilization, another million youths, the estimated strength of the class of 191S, register on the first station of the journey to the colors. When their draft registration cards come into their hands, they come to the disposition of a swift, smoothlyworking and practiced organization, whose agencies in every country-side, hamlet, and city of the land have assumed successfully the task of discriminating between the nation's need for men who can fight or work, and its additional need for men at home to support its dependent population. Observers, foreign and domestic, military and civilian alike, class the performance to date under the American selective service law as the most tangibly successful of Its military efforts, and regard the accretion to the man-power reservoir of the youngsters who had not reached their majority one year ago as the most certain assurance of the final downfall of the Prussian autocracy. Be it near or far, the day of Allied victory cannot -be evaded, the practical military view Is, so long" as the rising flood "of the American armies, drilledequipped and equipping, can be turned to the European battle front. 75 Per Cent Believed Eligible. Provost-Marshal General Crowder, who supervises the draft, fixes the tentative number given above for the day's new total, and likewise from th experience tables of the year places the number of potential soldiers to be added to the list today 'at 750,000, concluding that the class will be 75 per cent composed of military effectives. As they assemble at the registering stations today, the total of men raised b;- the draft in the United States for its armies will pass 1,300,000. Before the end of the present month, the mobilized total will have passed 1.500.000, for the immense military machine that owes its existence to the readiness of plain Americans to fight moving forward to a goal that will meet President Wilson's demand for "force, force to the utmost, and force without stint." The 4,500 local boards throughout the country who take the burden of the work have named registering clerks for every 100 of the young men within their jurisdiction. Men absent unavoidably from their homes on registering day may apply to any board for their cards. Names as recorded will pass into the existing classifications of registered men and. in accordance with their physical qualifications, their status as to dependents and as to industrial or agricultural oooupitions, they will be assigned to Cla One, Two, Three, Four or Five. The overwhelming majority, however, as indicated by the estimate given, the provost marshal general expects to find placed In Class One. Foot of 1917 List. They will go to the foot of the list of 1917 registrants in each class, and will not be called, the regulations provide, until those above them have been taken, unless by trade or education they are fitted for specialized army service, then they may be called sooner. The system of determining the order of their call as among themContinued On Page Eight.

FOREIGN BORN TO TAKE PART IN JULY 4TH OBSERVANCE

Loyalty Demonstration to Be Staged on Day Marking Independence of Nation Entire County to Take Part

TO SHOW PATRIOTISM

A great demonstration of patriotism and loyalty will be held here on the Fourth of July. Civic organizations, patriotic bodies, native-born and foreign-born residents will unite in voicing the love of the community for the Stars and Stripes and the unanimity of its citizens in supporting the president and his war policy. The South Side Improvement association some time ago appointed a committee, consisting of Henry Bode, Hans Koll and John Zwissler, to arrange a patriotic demonstration for Independence Day. When the county council of defense was called on by the state council to arrange a celpbration in which all foreign-born and native-born citizens would unite in a common profession of their love for democratic institutions and hatred for militarism, its leaders arranged with the South Side Improvement association to combine the two celebrations. B'g Parade Planned. Not only American-born and German-born citizens will co-onerate, but also the members of the Italian, Greek, Hungarian, Polish and ohpr nationalities. Residents of the rural districts and the towns and cities of Wavne count v

will be invited. The Cambridge City i and the Richmond militia companies j will be asked to participate in a par

ade, patriotic noats ani other aisplays will be arranged for the event. A committee to represent the county council of defense and all nationalities represented in Richmond will be appointed to help make arrangements. The state council of defense asks every community to make preparations for a Fourth of July celebration in which citizens of foreign birth or extraction will co-operate in proving to Germany that America Is wholehearted and in earnest in waging war against Teutonic jmiUlattsm . The celebration is intended to stimulate patriotism-and create a clearer understanding of the necessity for maintaining a united and outspoken declaration of public opinion. It v. Ill make all citizens, irrespective of birth and nationality, native-born or foreign(Continued on Page Eight.)

Merchant Marine Recruiting Office is Established Here

Richmond boys now have opportunity to enroy in the Merchant Marine, under direction of the United States Shipping Board. John Fosler of - the Fosler Drug company.Main and Sixth streets, is the authorized enrolling agent for Richmond. Men between the ages of 21 and 30 years are eligible for training. The shipping board maintains a squadron of training ships on which young men are trained for service in the new merchant marine. Previous sea-going experience is not necessary to qualify, for admission. From the time of bis acceptance as an apprentice on a training ship, the young man is exempted from military draft, and he will remain exempted so long as b.3 continues in the service

of the Merchant Marine. The pay is $30 a month and he receives also food and quarters and is furnished with uniform. Those accepted are placed on board the training ships as apprentices and are trained to serve as sailors, Bremen, coal-passers, cooks or messmen. This is not a fighting service, but one that supplies the thousands of ships that are being turned out by the government with sailors and crews. It is just as patriotic to serve on these ships as on the fighters, for these boats transport the supplies and men needed in Europe. Qualifications Named. Applicants for training as sailors, cooks and messmen must be at least 5 feet 4 inches in height, and must Continued On Page Eight.

HUNS SUBJECT U. S. LINES TO STORMJF SHELL American Troops Make Brilliant Showing in Battle at Veuilly Wood. (By Associated Press) WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN FRANCE, Tuesday. June 4. In an en

counter between an American patrol and a party of seventeen Germans on

j the Luneville front early today, three

of the Germans are reported to have been killed. Another patrol destroyed an enemy concrete observation post. German guns were most active on the Luneville sector today. The artillery shelled areas behind the Amer-

j ican lines with explosive shrapnel and

gas shells to a degree unknown for weeks. Four German airplanes came some distance behind the American lines. They were attacked by American aviators. , There were numerous other air combat.

SIX MORE SHIPS MAY BE SUNK

(By Associated Press.) NE WYORK, June 5. The American auxiliary schooner Samuel C. Mengel is another victim of submarine attack She was sunk Sunday afternoon 175 miles off New York and eleven men of her crew wer" brought here today by a Danish steamship. The Mengel's commander Captain K. T. Hanson, said the sinking of his vessel occured at 6:30 p. m. and that he was told by the commander of the submarine that the U-boat had previously sunk three schooners and three steamers, one of which was a large passenger ship of about 5,000 tons. These sinkings. Captain Hanson said, had taken place tho submarine commander told him, on the day previous, Saturday- If this is true, it means the d?structiou of six vessels not previously known to have been

j sunk. i Officials who heard the capta'n's story were inclined to doubt that the J U-boat commander had told the truth

or thought there had been some misunderstanding.

Navel Recruiting Offices Swamped Following Raids (By Associated Press.) NEW YORK, June 5. Since the raid of German submarines off the north Atlantic coast, all of the naval recruiting stations have been swamped by thousands of applicants for enlistment in the naval reserve. At the central recruiting station alone officers said today that there were more than 3,000 applications yesterday. The volume of business has been so great at headquarters that it has been found necessary to send the applicants to sub-offices where the rush was not so heavy. -

Norwegian Skip is Captured by Sabs By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, June 5. The Norwegian ship Eikundasund which had a German safe conduct was captured by German submarines and taken to Swinemunde as a prize, advices to the state department said today. The Ship was on its way to , Stolkholm with a cargo of herring confined to Swedish food commission. "

Plot to Smuggle Jewels cf Romanoffs Into U. S. is Discovered

NEW YORK. June 5. An alleged plot to smuggle into America the crown jewels of the dethroned Romanoff dynasty stones valued at $2,000,000 is believed to have been discovered by United States customs officials, it was learned here today.

GIVE WAR STAMPS.

WASHINGTON. June 5. Suggestion that all prizes given by the state, county and other fairs this year, be war savings stamps, is made by the department of agriculture in a statement issued today.

DRIVE GERMANS OUT WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN FRANCE, Tuesday, June 4. The American troops thrown into the present great battle on the front northwest of Chateau Thierry in a brilliant bayonet attack, drove the Germans from Veuilly wood, In which the enemy.was attempting to establish him--self after occupying the village of Veuilly-la-Poterie in severe fighting. The Germans poured a heavy ma

chine gun fire into the American ranks, but the Americans rushed forward and destroyed the hastily erected machine gun position on the edge

, of the woods. Contiauing their ad

vance tney engaged the Germans at close quarters and cleared them entirely from their positions, driving them back upon the ruined village. In a sharp combat, marked by the fierceness of the allied machine gun fire, French and American troops, fighting side by side, almost wiped out small German forces which had reached the left bank of the Marne near Jauigonne, east of Chateau Thierry. Most of the enemy survivors were rounded up in small groups and made prisoners. Ground Cleared of Foe. On Monday in the attack against the Germans at Veuilly, the Americans drove them back one and a half kilometres on the front of a narrow

i salient. The ground was cleared of

the enemy and the Americans now are holding their position there. The American losses, according to the latest reports available, were exceedingly slight, most of them resulting from shell fire. The first Americans to enter the battle zone were troops of a machine gun battalion. They rode on trucks

i during all of Friday night and arrived i at their new position on Saturday j morninar. These were the troops which i repulsed the enemy forces which attempted to cross the Marne river. The machine gunners were sta- ' tioned within a certain town and be

gan operations by poking the muzzles cf their weapons through broken walls, bashes and holes knocked in the side of houses. The guns were skilfully hidden and the Germans were unable to locate them. The Germans

' shelled the town heavily and the

Americans took positions acordingly. Later on the epemy entered the outskirts only to be pounded by the allied artillery. The battle is raging over a hilly country where crops are growing and there are no prepared trenches. When the Americans entered the line the fighting was shifting back and forth like a seething haelstrom. The Americans each dug in and they went at it like experienced hands. One of the American officers said: "The Germans are now learning that the Americans are as resourceful as any. The Germans do not like the Americans because they can dig in with one hand and fight with the other and smile at the same time."

U. 5. Officials Probe Mysterious Fire at

Chicago Stockyards

(By Associated Press.) CHICAGO. June 5. Federal offic

ials began an inquiry today into a mysterious fire last night at the stockyards, the second dangerous fire to take place there since the first of the year. The last fire followed an explosion and destroyed the pay barns of the Union Stock Yards Transit company and caused loss estimated at upward of $100,000 before being brought under control. The 150 carloads of baled hay stored in the barns, made such a hot fire, that great difficulty was found in preventing a spread of the fire" to adjacent buildings.

STATE WILL PAY HONOR TO LATE C. VV, FAIRBANKS Body of Former Vice President to Lie in State at Indiana Capitol. (By Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, June 5. President Wilson tcday sent a message of sympathy to the family of former Vice President Charles W. Fairbanks, who died at Indianapolis last night

J After tribute had been paid by Senator Watson of Indiana and Majority

Leader Martin the senate today ad-

THE WEATHER

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For .Indiana, by .United .States Weather Bureau Generally fair tonight and Thursday. Warmer tonight in northeast portion.. Today's Temperature. Noon 87 Yesterday. Maximum 88 Minimum 55 For Wayne County by W. E. Moore Partly cloudy mostly fair tonight and Thursday. Continued warm. General Conditions Weather continues generally fair east of the Rockies with a local range in the LaLe region and Tj?xas. There is no storm of any size in the United States.

U. S. Minister to Denmark Quits Post (By Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, June 5. Maurice Francis Egan, United States minister to Denmark has tendered his . resignation to the state department owing to ill health.

j journed until tomorrow out of respect

to Air. tairoanKs. (By Associated Press) INDIANAPOLIS, June P. Arrangements were being made today for the body of Charles W. Fairbanks, former vice-president of the United States, who died at his home here last night, to lie in state in the Indiana state capitol from 10:30 o'clock until 1 o'clock Friday. The funeral will be held at the Fairbanks home at 3 o'clock Friday afternoon, and burial will be made in Crown Hill cemetery here. From the residence to state capitol and for the return trip Indiana militia men will act as escorts. Hundreds of messages of condolence were being received at the Fairbanks home today. They come from all parts of the country. Born in Log Cabin. The distinction of birth In a log cabin, which illustrious Americans of an earlier day commonly had, was that of Vice President Fairbanks. The one where he was born on May 11, 1852, was at Unionville Center, O. Mr. Fairbanks traced his ancestere to the days of Oliver Cromwell, who counted "Fayerbankes" among his supporters. Jonathan Fayerbankes, the first member of the family to come to America. landed at Boston in 1636. Mr. Fairbanks' father was Loriston Monroe Fairbanks, a wagon maker of Vermont, who tmigrated to Union county, O. His mother was a sister of the late William Henry Smith, once general manager of the Associated Press. The Fairbanks home frequently was the hiding plac of runaway slaves, and no black man ever was turned away from the door. Fairbanks was 8 years old when Abraham Lincoln was elected president. Then followed the civil war, the stirring scenes of which the future vice president followed with keen interest. Attic Room in College. Fairbanks at 15 entered Ohio Wesleyan college, at Delaware, O., sharing an attic room with the son of another farmer, and the two cooked their own meals. Fairbanks did carpenter work to earn his first law books. Soon after he was graduated Mr. Fairbanks was appointed agent of the Associated Press at Pittsburgh, Pa., and held that position for one year. Later in life he frequently referred with keen delight to his work as a newspaper man. From Pittsburgh Mr. Fairbanks went to Cleveland and completed his law course. In 1874 he married Miss Cornelia Cole, the culmination of a romance that began when both were members of the editorial staff of their college paper. To them (Continued on Page Eight.)

President Again Asks Pardon for Tom Mooney (By Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, June 5. President Wilson has written a second letter to Governor Stephens of California urging the pardon of Thomas Mooney.

Orders are Issued for Mobilization of Forty Thousand Negro Troops (By Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, June 5 Orders for the mobilization of forty thousand negro draft registrants qualified for general military service to entrain from June 20 to 25 were sent out today by provost-Marshal General Crowder. The registrants will come from twenty states.

r,ior,iENTor,i of HUN ADVANCE CHECKED BY THE ALLIES

Struggle Changes to War of Positions Allied Lines Stiffen and Hold Hun Masses Along Extended Fronts.

BRITISH REPULSE RAID

(By Associated Press) German masses no longer hurl themselves at the allied line along extended fronts. The momentum of the Teuton advance of last week appears to have exhausted itself in striking the yielding lines of the French and British, which now have stiffened and are holding the foe except for Insignificant gains here and ther, especially along the front running south from the neighborhood or Soissons to Chateau Thierry. The struggle apparently Is changing from war of movements to a war of positions. Official reports show that the Germans are launching their assaults on Chezy, Corey, and near Dommiers, issolated points of vantage. These attacks were, roughly, from 5 to 7 miles apart along the line which Includes ground where the Americans have established themselves and have fought the Germans to a stand still. The French official statement 6ays the Teuton attacks were all repulsed. British Repulse Raid. The report of operations along the British front fails to show any notable activity on the part of the Germans. At Morlan court. between tho Ancre and the Soinme south of Albert, the Germans supported by heavy artillery fire, attempted to raid the British positions, but were repulsed, leaving prisoners behind. Details of the fighting In which American units have taken part show that General Pershing's men have gone into battle with a spirit that is magnificent. In their defense of tho bridges across the Marne, they repulsed the enemy In a decisive manner and with their rifle fire prevented the Germans from making further serious attempts to cross the Marne. American machine gun fire has converted the northern part of ChateauThierry Into no man's land. The Germans, unable, to hold their positions, under the storm of bullets poured Into them by the Americans have withdrawn to the outskirts of that section of the city. Force la Broken. Allied defensive measures have broken the force of the German offensive in the salient south of the Ailette and the enemy now is making only strong local attacks. Although recording "successful engagements" in its latest report. Berlin, for the first time since May 17, does not claim any new advance. Foiled by the French In their efforts to overcome the barrier of the Retz forest, east of Villers-Cotterets. by frontal attacks, the Germans attempted to outflank the position by assaults north and south of it. After slight gains, the French stopped them on both flanks. American troops taking part in the fighting around Cheateau Theirry, where the western wing of the battle front joins the Marne. Between the Oise and the Marne, the fighting continues heavier than elsewhere on the new salient. North of Moulin-Sous-Touvent, northwest of Soissons, the French have improved their positions, gaining some hotly contested terrain from the Germans. Enemy attacks against the Retz forest, although strong, are being localized. Near Longpont, the Germans were able to penetrate the forest, but French counter attacks threw them out again. If they follow the tactics employed in the Plcardy and Flanders battles, the Germans probably will make very strong efforts to Improve locally important positions before they finally give up their efforts to advance. The ememy artillery fire is very heavy from north of the Alsne to the Ourcq, on the western wing, and around Rheiros, on the east, which still holds out. In addition to the present battle. American troops are actively engaged on four sectors and preparing to enter the front line on a fifth Flanders. Northwest of Toul. east of Luneville, north of St. Mihiel, along the Meuse and west of Montdidier, in Plcardy, General Pershing's men had given a good account of themselves before the entrance of American units into the fighting east and west of Chateau Thierry. With the halting of the offensive on the new salient, military observers expect the Germans will make another attempt to reach the channel port3. through Amiens and crush the AngloFrench forces before the full strength of the American effort can be brought into play. The supreme war council has expressed confidence in the situation and the ability of General Foch to combat the enemy's plans. Premier Clemenceau has told the French chamber of deputies that the future depends on American help. Fighting operations on the western front elsewhere than south of the Ailette are at a minimum. There has been active artillery firing on the Belgian sector and on parts of the British front where the Germans have been repulsed in raids north of Kemmel. in Flanders, and between Albert and Arras, In Picardy. The German submarines apparently have not left the Atlantic coast. Off the Maryland shore early Tuesday an American destroyer rescued a French tanker from an enemy U-boat, which previously, bad sunk a small schooner. Nearly half a hundred persons are still missing from the Carolina.: although It is believed 16 of these per isbed from exposure. . "