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Ii THK Hl' MIb It WATCH MAN, SstabU Consolidated Aur. 2, Ii NUN SUB SCORES. AMU CAM ImHHI sink OFF M U YORK. 4 miser Kan Diego Destroyed Within a Few Mll? s of liOiig I sin ml (oast. New York, July 19.?Herman sub? marines appear to have renewed op? erations oh* the American coast. The! United States armored cruiser San Dtego wss sunk not far from the en? trance of New York harbor today. Circumstantial reports reaching *ierft Indicate that she was torpedoed. There were alto reports tonight, al? though not confirmed, that other ships had been attacked, one being described as a coastwise passenger ?hip. Whether there had been a toll of lives taken on the San Diego was not "known up to the late evening hours. Three hundred reached New York on a tank ship at 10 o'clock tonight. Thirty-two, a lleutenunt. an ensign aad 3? sailors, were landed in life boats this afternoon oi the Dong Shore shore. Survivors were reported to hist been picked op by othet ships, how? ever, and to l*p on their way to New Tork. The San Diego was sunk at 1 l 30 a. m . about 10 miles southeast of Fire Inland light, which is off the L**ng Island shore about GO miles oust of tho entrance to New York harbor and on the Marine highway of trans Atlantic ships bound In and out of th* port. Although the navy department an? nounced that the cause of the loss of the San Diego hnd not been deter? mined. Information received from re .table sources In the afternoon indi? cated that submarines had been oper itlng off the coast and that she had I een torpedoed. There were rumors ?hat the cruiser had been In collision, '.so that she had struck a mine, but ?ports current whero survivors land Mi on the Dong Iidund shore bore out he Indications that a German subma : hie has been responsible. Inhabitants o? Bay Shore and Bal>\ on said they hoard gun Are and e\ plosions at sea shortly before noon. ITie 32 officers and sailors came mhore in three hoats between 3 and p m. at Point o'Woods. which Is a remote sand spit. They were held at the coast guard station, where in? quirers were barred. The firing continued during the af? ternoon ami tho < venlng, the vill ig era reported. The reason for it could only be con Jecturad. Fleets of submarine chasers. It is known, put out from N*m Fork and other const ports immediately upon receipt of the news of the disaster, Slid destroyers \v?-re also rushed to the scene. Seven merchant steamers SfOfS re? ported to have responded to S. O. S. call? of Son Die*?* and shore wireless stations and to have stood by puking up survivors. ? >ws of the Klre Island and Oak Island coast guard station* left for the scene of the disaster and had not re? turned St I'1 30 o'clock tonight. Details of the Shu I Metro's ieatrW \n>n lemalned whollv relied tonight vaeept for a story told by an unldon tlfted naval aviator on patrol who ap? parently witnessed the disaster from the sir. The story as obtained by villagers was that while Hying along lh?- Lone Island shore he saw the San DlegO sud lenly itst and later saw hun? dreds of men struggling l> the water He Irumedi ite>\ sped to Point o' W oods, where he I m b d and got into com mn no- it Inn with a wireless station Which he nii'M .1 If ? nd out S < >. S calls. Kirs Island, where the cruiser San Diego was sunk. Is about ton Miles off the south shine of Long Island snd shout 60 miles east of the en? trance ?| NftSJ York h.ib.u. A light house of the Island provides a mark for trans-Atlantic shipping In and out ef New York. The San Diego was bound from the Portsmouth. N If.. navy yaid for New York when she was sunk. Capt. II. II Christi was In com mund ami on boa id wen? ."1 officers I.'?3? enllsti d men and ?;.: marines The vessel had been undergoing re? pairs at the nav vard. An aviator, flying along tlo Long Island shore at the time the San t lego was sunk, notleed the Vessel s iddenlv list and was Instrumental in having the S <? S e.tll sent out from the wireless station on Fife Island, according to statement by elvlllnns on the shore. After a brief Investigation tin avlstor. whose name could not be learned, land* d ft! Point of Woods near Fire Island beach Getting into telegraphic communication with the ?ed April, ISM. "Bft ftu* m 881. 1 MINED TEN MILES. FRANt O- \MKHK AN DIUVB AP? PEARS TO HA VF, HALTED. Official Reports Show That Allies Ad vanccd Soven to Ton Miles on Twen? ty-two Mile Front?Soissons Not Yet Taken. Washington. July 20.?Official re ports to the war department show a maximum penetration by the Franco Amortonn counter attack of ten miles, ami an average penetration of seven miles on a twenty-two mile front, General March told the newspaper men today. Allied military opinion, Gen. March id, is unanimous that the German onvnsive has been completely stop? ped. The allied counter offensive will continue as long as it is possible to force the Germans back. About two hundred thousand Amer? icans are taking part in the opera? tions, Gen. March said, and the at tack is still being pressed against lie; vy German reserves. The Ameri? ca r troops engaged on this front are the First, Second. Third and Fourth regular divisions, the Twenty-sixth and Twenty eight National Guards. The Rainbow Division is in the Cham? pagne region. An unattached negro regiment from the Ninety-third divis? ion of the national army is in each sector. General March also disclosed the fact that the embarkation of Ameri? can troops has passed the mdlion. two hundred thousand mark. The war department has no information that Solssons has fallen, but it Is un? der heavy fire from American artil? lery and Iis fall seems imminent. AMERICAN CASUALTY LIST. Hundred ami Twenty Names on List ?- Three From South Carolina. Washington, July 19.?The army t . - ualty list contain sseventy-i lire* names, and includes Sergeant Thomas Duncan Holcombe, of Union, S. C, who was wounded severely. Washington. July 10.? The army | easualtv list contained one hundred ! and twenty names and includes ttlO following South Carolinians: Corpor-j al Jesse 1>. Gillespie, of Con trot, killed In action; Private Arnold DOO, of Jackson, and Private Sam Johnson, Kathwood, died of geotdent. Marines Lose Fighty. Washington. July JO.?The marine casualty list contains eighty names and includes Corporal Thomas J. Car roway, Ithems, S. C, wounded severe? ly. ATLANTA Si It I Iv I ENDED. Agreement Peached Tluit Recognises I nlon?RolBH Other Issues to Wae Hoard. Atlanta. July 20.?The street ear service was resumed today following lOOl nights agreement which "rec? ognised the unioh is a fact." hut gran4 td the eotnpany open shop privilege! and placed other questions before the national war labor hoard. A U ST HI AN CABIN FT RESIGNS. Ministers Find Task of Government Impossible. London. July 2'i?The entire Aus- ' train cabinet has resigned and their resignations have been accepted says aa Baohango Telegraph dispatch from Copenhagen today. HONDI HAS DE< LAUFS WAR. Central American Republic Joins B)|-| tente Against Germany. Washington, July II,?Honduras has declared war on Germany, the State deportment was notified toda) ________________________________ wireless station he ordered the opera? tor to call all vessels in the vicinity to the aid Of Uli San Diego Civilian! said that the aviator re? pot teil nearly a thousand nu n ap? peared to be struggling In the watei when he circled over the cm leer, Soon aftei tin- S I ? S. call had been nl out. seven or more vessels raced to the eeene end, circling around the Han Diego began n systematic search for survivors. Hundreds of these. \\ u <s said, Were taken aboard t Im r?-s CUe ShlpO Which included several tanker* and one naval vessel. That another visit from submarines ' 00 this coast had been expected by i naval officials became known today i when it was learned that during the i post few day! masters of coastwise i ve e'M have received orders to take I 1 eOOrOl that S/OUld keep them as | rlose to shore .is safety would per- i mit I Ml Fear not?Dec nil the ends Thon Air 3UMTER, S. C, WEDNl AMERICANS LEAD DRIVE. ATTACK CONCENTRATED ON SOIS sons SECTOR, Gorman Reserves Thrown in to" Check Advance With Total Disregard of tdffe Fail to Stay Victorious Ameri? cans. Paris, .July 19.?Foch's great coun? ter-drive is hammering forward. The sp??>d has slackened, for the Ger? mans are throwing every pound of ivailable reserve llesh into its path, hut progress on the second day was .steady, relentless. Not a foot of gained ground has been yielded any .vhere. Again the Americans did the lions' share in the day's push. So important was their part that tonight General Pershing issued the hist American of? ficial report to record his troop's do? ings in a battle of this magnitude. It shows that the Americans concenrat ed today upon swinging their center and right forward. with Soissons. where their left stands in undisputed possession of the heights dominating the city, as a pivot. In the center, the Americans have pressed forward two miles, beyond the Vaux- Castillo- Villers-Holon rNoroy Sur-ourcq line, east of Yillers-Cot terets. On their right, they passed the vil? lage of Torcy (northwest of Chateau Thierry) where many a hot local com? bat was fought before this battle be? gan. Further northwestward they have captured the plateau north of Bonnes and the heights north of ? lotirchampe. Thus the German Hank, resting pre? cariously on the heights north and eaal of Boleeons?the town itself has been a llame for 12 hours?is being steadily rolled up ,to the northeast. Put with their main lines of commu? nication either cut or under fire, the Germans cannot keep up this mile by-mile withdrawal. Within the next || hours they must either check the Franeo-Ameriean drive definitely or start the greatest retreat since the Marne battle of la 14. Where the Franco-American troops contented themselves with de? fending yesterday's gains against the fury-driven German counter-assaults, they slashed bloody lanes through the Teuton masses and not the slightest breach was made in their own lines Again and again, especially in the Soissons area?for that is the vital sector for the present?the crown prince's reserves came on in dense llold-gray masses; again and again scattered rows of Teutons streamed back, their ranks decimated and de? feated. A triple object already has been s?rved by the great counter-push, the Gorman menace has been avert? ed from Paris; Khelms is virtually re? lieved, and, most important of all. the Initiative has been wrested from Lndendorff (on this front, at least.) As yetx the kaiser's heir has not drawn on the Bavarian crown prince's reserves. There is. consequently, still i strong expectation of a German drive against the British somewhere between kfontdldter and the ohan< net, if it comes, the British are ready. The allies are certain it will mod the same fate Foeh has meted out in the SOtlth, And as Bavaria's throne heir hesitates, the British are busy snatch? ing jumping off places from his troops. Today agajn they made important gains. They captured the village of Meteren. in Flanders, and made a con? siderable advance to the south, giving Ihe Teutons the heaviest drubbing they have received for some time in a local encounter. Nearly 400 prison? ers were taken. To Paris, fresh from the front, to? day, came "the happiest man in the WOrld," as he described himself, Pre? mier tntmeneeau. His wrinkled face wrapped in a smile that made the oc? togenarian lOOk Ilk? tin- youth he is in energy ami snthuelasm. He told Of the grand spectacle he saw at the front, a mile from Soissons. \esterday. He was bubbling over with joy. One <d the first things he said was: "i am tremendously phased with the line work of Ihe Americans." As he spoke, Prance's "tiger" was indeed the personification Of triumph Herman newspapers published yes? terday began to come hi late tonight. I lie soberest tone set adopted by the Herman press marks their military ar? mies. The French official com muni I lines are reproduced without coin-; ment, FSxperts admit the reliance of the French, but not without tin- usual Hfterthought! hoch, they say. is idoptlng the Qerman scheme of elas tic defense. Dfl't at be thy Country's, Toy God's a 3SDAY, JULY 24, 1918 U-BOATS OFF COAST. THREE BARGES SUNK BYT ENE? MY OFF CAPE COD. Two Hound for New York Attacked Without Warning?Thousands on Store Witness One Sided Fight? II ydroaii pianos Heilder No Assist? ance. Orleans, Mass.. July 21.?An enemy submarine attacked a tow oiY the east? ernmost point of Cape Cod today sank three barges, set a fourth and their tug on tire and dropped foui ?helli on the mainland. The action j lasted an hour and was unchallenge< except for two hydroplanes, which circled over the u-boat, causing her to submerge for only a moment to re? appear ami resume tiring. The crew of the two, numbering 41 and including three women and live children, escaped amid the shell (ire in life boats. Several were wounded, hut only one seriously. John Hoto i vich, an Austrian, of the Grew of the tug, had his right arm near the shoulder torn away by a fragment o shell. The minor injuries of the oth? ers were from shell splinters. The barges were in tow of the tug Perth Am boy, and were bound from Gloucester for New York. One was loaded with stone but the others were light, being on their return trip alter bringing coal to New England. The attack was without warning and only the poor marksmanship of the German gunners permitted the escape of the crews. The onesided light took place three miles south Of the Orleans coastguard station, which is located midway be? tween Chatham, at the elbow, and Highland light and the etreme tip on the cape. The Illing was heard for miles and brought thousands to the beach, from which the Hashes of the guns and the outline of the u-boat were plainly visible. Possiide dange to the onlookers was not tnought of until a sludl whizzed over their heads and splashed in a pond a mile inland. Three other shells buried themselves in the sand of the beach. The survivors of the tow, wdth the exception of two injured, were taken to the Orleans coast guard station, communication with which by tele? phone under navy regulations was not permitted. No information could be obtained from official sources on the cape. Botovich and another man from one of the barges, both of whose arms had been injured, were removed to a private hospital. Later Botovich was taken to a hospital in Boston. The survivors lost all of their personal ef? fects and some of them who were having their turn in their bunks when j the u-boat appeared came ashore inj their night clothing. The Perth Amhoy with her four barges in line was puffing along leis? urely just olT the shoals, two miles from shore at 11 o'clock this morning when the u-boat of an estimated length of 4 00 feet rose suddenly orm mile seaward and trained her guns on the tow. A moment later and with? out warning to the crew a sheb struck the seeond barge amidships. The empty craft doubled up H.nd sunk SO quickly that her crew barely hail time to lower and enter their small boat. Capt. J. H. Tapley of the tug had sounded his whistle as soon as the u-boat was sighted and ordered the barges abandoned. The first shot was followed by a rain of shells that drop ped on and all about the Perth Am? hoy and her barges. A lucky shot next sank the last barge. Meanwhile hits on the tug had set her afire, but she stood by her barges to the finish. The third barge in the line, th smallest of all, proved a hard marl; and the German gunners OCCUple I half an hour in disposing of her. By this time the firing had alarmed the whole cape and cries for assist? ance were sent broadcast. , No Ameri? can warships, however, appeared to be in the vicinity and the exhibition of Herman gunner} went on methodical? ly. Then two bydro-alrplaries roue from the station at Chatham and Hy ing low darted toward the enemy ,1 < though to attack, it could not be teen thai they dropped any bombs but he Germans evidently anticipated an ittack from the air for they stopped iring and ele vated their guns agains he hydro-airplanes. They did UOl ire. however, ami a moment lai> ubmerged. The planes Circled about white th ?ncmy was last seen and then t?rm I iose toward their station. Bearcel! lad they reached shore when the l-boat reappeared and resUUl >d her dtack on the tug and the on i light ?arge remaining afloat, Both the tug ind this barge were in flames and vere held wheie they were by th ad TmataVa." THE TRL ii CHATEAU-THIERRY TAKEN. RETREAT OF GERMANS BEGINS NORTHWARD. Ficih^i, Americana and British Cap? ture Cornerstone .Marking Fartiu?st Advance of (.en nans Toward I'arts. With the French Army in France, July 21, Noon (By the Associated Press).?Chateau-Thierry, the corner? stone ol' the line of the farthest Ger? man advance, fell early this morning when the French occupied the city, driving the Germans before them. The enemy has begun his retreat north? ward, under heavy pressure from all sides, French. Americans and British all participating in the thrust which is pushing the Germans back. Where the retreat will end can not be con? jectured, as everything now depends on the will of the allied commander in chief. The German position in the vicinity of Chateau-Thierry was doom? ed from the moment their divisions re erossed the Marne. Franco-American troops carried out an encircling move? ment from the northwest at the same time, which made it absolutely neces? sary for the enemy to withdraw. In the course of the night reconnais? sances were effected by the French to test the strength of the Germans stii in the city and shortly after dawn the allied reocoupation became an accom? plished fact. BURIED WITH HONORS. Military Immoral Given Quentiu Roosevelt, Says Berlin Dispatch. Amsterdam, July 21.?The death of Quentin Roosevelt is confirmed by a Wolff bureau message from the front, according to a Berlin dispatch received here. The message adds that young Roosevelt was buried with military honors by the Germans. The story of the fatal encounter, as told by the Wolff bureau correspondent, follows "On Sunday, July 14, an American Isquadron of 12 battle planes was try ing to break through the German de? fense over the Marne. In the violent combat which ensued with seven Ger? man machines, one American aviator stubbornly made repeated attach This culminated in a duel between hi ami a German non-commissioned of heer who, after a short light, succeed? ed in getting good aim at his brave hut Inexperienced opponent, whose machine fell after a few shots near the village of Chamhry, 10 kilometres north of the Marne. ?His pocket case showed him to be Lieut. Quentin Roosevelt of the avia? tion section of the Tinted State* army. The personal belongings of the fallen airman are being carefully kept with a view to sending them later to his relatives. The earthly remains of the brave young airman were burie.l with military honors by German avia? tors near Chamhry at the spot where he fell." sunken barge, one of which with a load of stone made an effective an? chor. When the tiring began the crews lost no time in abandoning the tow. Koch of the four barges had one small boat intended to carry only flvo persons and all the craft were greatly overloaded. in addition the occupants were ex* posed to constant danger from shell fire. Several merchant craft were in the vicinity and regardless of the menace to themselves, went to the rescue of the crews and towed the small boats to shore. The men of the Perth Amboy who stood by their ship until it was ablaze from how to stern were taken off by life boats from the coast guard station. The u-boat was still trying to find vulnerable spots in the Perth Amboy and the remaining barge when the hydro-airplanes again approached. At sight of the plain s the submarine again submerged and did not reap? pear. The three women and five children did not suffer physical harm. Among the children was an 11 year old hoy. who at the llrsl sign of battle grabbed in American ban ami shook it defiant? ly toward the u-boat. The (ad eras dill clinging 1?? the colors held proud |y above his le ad when he landed on In- bench. The German commander either took 1 lt.ii! chance or had an exact charl >f tie dangerous shoals and shifting and bars off the cape. I\ would 1"' in possible for him to submerge to any iroat depth and the sc? ne of his e\ lloltS was not one in water in which n undersea boat might be expected o operate. Tonight he was being united by patrol vessels snd othei rar craft. ; bot I if run, "n -i Iii mil n jaa* M?a> Vol. XLVI. No. 46. AMERICANS CROSS WAHNE. have ADVANCED fofr miles against hin opposi? TION. The (ipinuns arc Fighting DoOgWoafb* ly, l muh Gat shells und Counter Attacking hut Allies are Still Go ing Forward. London, July 22.?The American forces crossed the Marne east of < 'hateau-Thierry yesterday, and cap? tured D'Arlillon wood, according to the ofltai&l announcement today. That means the Americans have advanced three to four miles. The Germans are violently resisting their movement at every place, using a large number of gas shells and making desperate counter atUfcks, but the allies are maintaining their ground everywhere. j The French succeeded in getting two elements across the Marne and advanced eight miles yesterday along the Marne. The French also advanc? ed southwest of Rheims. CALIaS for help. Prussian Frown Prince Appeals to Crown Prince of Bavaria. With American Forces in France, July 22.?The German crown prince has been obliged to call on his cousin, the crown prince of Bavaria for help. German divisions from the north have hurried down to protect the western Hank which has been driven back across the Marne and ejected from Chateau-Thierry. FIGHTING NEAR ARRAS. British Gain More Ground in Import? ant Sector. London. July 22.?The British have gained additional ground between Al? bert and Arras, it was officially an? nounced today. The British in con? junction with the French likewise <ar rred out a successful enterprise east i of Amiens, taking prisoners. The Pritish also made succesful raids at. other points. COUNTER ATTACKS FAl Gcimans Fighting on Defensive in tiinteau-Thierry Section. Paris, July 22.?Strong Germnn counter attacks north and northwest of Chateau-Thierry last night between the < )urcq and Marne rivers were broken up by the Allies, it was offi? cially announced today. The Allied positions are being maintained north of the Ourcq and between the Marne and Rheims. The enemy's reaction is limited to artillery fire, which was par? ticularly- notable near Courton and Kio woods. J j ITALIANS GAIN GROUND. Advance In Albania Continues Cn rJsscstcel. Rome, July 22.?The Italian army continues to gain ground in Albania, it was officially announced today. t TO TAKE OYFR WIKKS. President Will Take Action When Iiepartment of Justice l-^inialies Ex? amination of I .mv*. (_ Washington, July 19.?President Wilsons proclamation taking over telegraph, telephone, cable and radio systems for the period of the war will be issued as soon as the department of justice has completed and examined the status of certain companies' fran hises in South American countries which might be cancelled if opera? tion passed into the hands of a foreign government, It became known today that any negotiations that may be necessary to secure consent of the South Amer ean governments to the operation of he cables by the United States will tot be permitted to delay the taking wer of telegraph and telephone lines, it is probable that -?H lines will be aken over except those of cable com Minlee having contracts with foreign rovernments prohibiting operation of he esl les by another government. GEN. m'< omr DEAD, >nc of The Few Geneva! officers of Confederate Army. GordonsvilU . Vs., July 22.?Tho eath of Brigadier General IfoComb i his home here yesterday leaves only ve surviving general officers of the 'on federate a liny. Me was born in 'eniisx 1\ania and went to Tennessee ^ isr.?;. lb- enlisted in a Tennessee Sgtment as a private at the beginning f the war. _ m ^