The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, July 24, 1918, Image 1
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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)
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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 ^