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ALL MERCHANDISE ADVER? TISED IN THE TRIBUNE IS GUARANTEED First to Last? the Truth: News Editorials Advertisements Srttrane WEATHER Fair to-day and to-morrow. southwest to west Fall Report on Pajee 7 Vol. LXXVIII No. 26,192 JCopyri-cht 101ft? The Tribune FRIDAY, AUGUST 2, 1918 rp TWO i Greater York nnd I THREE CENTS within disUutr? Allies Advance on 12-Mile Front; Dominate Foe in New Trap U. S.

Increases Carmens Pay; May Raise Fare P. S. Looking to vanee Here, Asks Aid of the President New 6 7 Cent Pieces Predicted Recommendation Is Made That Raise Be Allowed Only for War Period The passing of the nickel as the unit of fare on urban and suburban traction lines both in this city and throughout the country was fore? shadowed in significant developments yesterday. A six-cent or seven-cent fare on subway, elevated and surface lines of New York City, it is pre? dicted, will be ordered within a month as a war measure. The mint? ing of a new coin is an added pos? sibility.

The War Labor Board at Wash? ington yesterday ordered sweeping wage increases of from 35 to 65 per cent to 50,000 employes of street railways operating in sixteen cities. The board also urged Presi? dent Wilson to recommend special legislation to provide for a Federal inquiry into the financial situation of transit lines. Direct appeal to President Wil? son was made yesterday by the Public Service Commission of this district on behalf of the New York City companies. It urged him to appoint a Federal board to cooper? ate with state and municipal au? thorities to readjust wages and rates of fares. P.

S. C. Asks Wilson To Assist in Plan To Raise Car Fares The Public Service Commission yes? terday recommended to President, Wilson the appointment of a street' railway administrator, or board of! three, to advise with the local authori- ties on the question of granting wage increases. "But," said the commission- ers, "any increases granted should of! course be for the war period only." Federal assistance in solving street railway problems is being urged on the that in spite of the "bank- ruptcy" cry of some of the traction companies the lines must be kept run- to their full limit to facilitate! the travel of war workers. Opinion prevailed yesterday that the present 5 cent rate would be raised to 6 cents and possibly 7 cents in less I than a month.

An official of the New Wk Railways Company said that to overcome the inconvenience of pennies a new 6 or 7 cent coin would have to be minted. "The good old nickel, which from time immemorial has been an easy Passport from anywhere to anywhere within the city, is as good a3 gone," said. "A nickel is worth oniy 3 now. There will undoubtedly be new coin minted to meet the new carfare." An increase of even 1 cent in the fare would cost New Yorkers millions annually. On the basis of 1,918,812,000, collected last year, a 1-cent in? crease would amount to $19,181,120 increase in the.

revenue of the New York lines. A 7-cent fare, or 2 cents increase over the present would net the companies $38, additional. Recommendations to Wilson Officials of the New York Railways Company declined to say what effect would have in offsetting the losses they assert have been suffered through higher wages and increased of operation. Public Service Commission's to President Wilson were drawn up as the result of a con- Terence of the war committee of the Rational Association of Railway and -tilities Commissioners, which was Tuesday in Washington. The follow: af Administrator, or board V' of recommenda nW to the state and authorities.

Mem of the rate and ser? f-he state commissions or contractual powers of the rnunicl wities -xcept tho state or municl may subordinate these Federal recommendation? for Continued on Uiet page Baker Bill to Extend Draft Ages Is Ready Congress May Be Urged to Call Men 19 to 36 Into Service WASHINGTON, Aug. De I partment recommendations for enlarg ing the arrny for the extension of draft age limitations in order to provide new reservoirs of man power to back up the forces already at the front will be laid before Congress next week. Members of the two military committees have been recalled to Washington by the chairmen in order to expedite the "bill. In announcing, following a confer? ence" with Chairman Dent, of the House committee, that his increased army project was virtually ready, Sec? retary Baker would not say what age limits had been settled on, nor indi? cate in any way the size of the army which he is planning. "I do not want to say what the ages will be," he said, "because the concur- rent action of the two houses is neces? sary to secure assent to them.

1 had a conference with Mr. Dent this morn? ing and went over with him the full plan, involving the suggested ages. I am to have a conference with Senator Chamberlain as soon as he gets back. Revision Both Way? "Any suggestion to extend the draft ages is to produce in Class 1 an ade? quate number of men for the enlarged military programme. If the ages are revised they will have to be either be? low twenty-one or above thirty-one, or both.

I think it will be both." The only specinc information regard? ing the new age limits to be drawn from Mr. Baker was a statement that the limits of nineteen to forty had been among the suggestions canvassed but rejected. In many quarters it is believed extension to the ages of nine? teen and thirty-six will be recom? mended. Secretary Baker has heretofore an? nounced that his policy in recommend? ing any change in draft ages would be to seek a sufficient number of men to meet the army's needs in such ages as would least disturb the economic situ? ation at home. The "bulk of the new forces, in his view, should be drawn from the youngest class of men physi? cally able to stand the strain of mod? ern warfare.

250,000 a Month As to the size of the army for which this increased Class is necessary no official has dropped a hint, with the exception of General March, who is an nouncing the creating of July ule of six new followed by an August schedule of the same num? ber, and who has indicated the embarc? ation upon stich a monthly programme. At this rate approximately men a month will be sent their places in the home cantonments to be. taken by 260,000 new men. It is not certain that the department is aiming at the creation of a force of any definite size. There are now up? ward of 1,300,000 American troops either overseas or en route.

Secretary Baker said to-day the shipment rate of the early part of July had been maintained throughout the month, al? though he did not have available the total shipment. Under the 2.50,000 a i suggestion and without mishap! to the supply line, October should see 2,000,000 Americans overseas, and the opening the spring campaign of 1919, when many officers believe the final scenes of the German defeat will begin in a great combined drive against the German lines, miiiht easily see 3,000,000 ready for action, with an? other force of substantially 2,000,000 organized at home. Daniels Opposed to Foreign Decorations Naval Men Are Permitted to Accept Them Under Re? cent Army Laws WASHINGTON, Aug. 1. The accept-? anee of British decorations, conferred by King George on certain American naval officers, is said to have dis? pleased Secretary of the Navy to the point where he may make known his feelings to the officers involved.

Secretary Daniels expressed his opin? ion indirectly on the matter some time I ago, when he congratulated Vice-Admi- ral Sirns, head of the American naval officers abroad, on his declination of a decoration proffered by King George. The of tho navy will issue no I order against th'; acceptance of foreign decorations by officers in the naval service, however, because of the ex- press provision in the last army bill I authorizing men in both the military and naval establishments to accept honors and decorations conferred by the Allied governments. Friends of the Secretary say had he known at the time this provision in the army bill was pending that it would apply to the navy he would have opposed it. German Flour Ration Reported Restored AMSTERDAM, Aug. The flour i ration in Germany will again be raised to 200 grammes on August 19, accord ing to a diapatch from Berlin.

The meatleuH week also will begin Augunt 19. As substitute pound? of potatoes will be supplied. The flour ration of Germany was 200 gramme? daily per person ounce?) up to June 0, when it was re? duced to 140 grammes (5.6 ouaceaj. I New'H'System Brings Worst (Subway Jam I I Lost at Times; i Square Station as the I Routes Are Changed Many Carried Far From Their Homes i Shuttle Service Failure 42d Street Adds Greatly to Confusion Thousands of persons were lost last night in the subway at Times Square. owing to "the confusion resulting from the opening of the new section of the Manhattan underground system.

While city officials, Interborough offi? cials, members of the Public Service Commission and several hundred guests enjoyed a comfortable first trip over the new West and East Side lines and celebrating the opening of the new service at the Astor Hotel, a great I throng of bewildered citizens jammed the old Times Square subway station, scurrying back and forth between that central poisnt and the shuttle stations connecting with the new up and down town lines in an almost vain effort to find trains which would carry them I home. The old service from Times Square to the express station at Grand Cen-1 tral was entirely cut off by the new arrangement. The shuttle which took its place, went bad, the trains running at long intervals, and general confusion resulted. The con- i gestion on the trains when they did arrive to take off the waiting and dis- gruntlcd crowds surpassed anything ever heard of before in the. sad history of the underground strap hangers.

Look in Vain for Trains Hundreds of people who looked for trains to take them uptown from Times Square looked in vain. Sev-? score of Interborough guides per-? Continued on pago six German Chancellor Reported in Holland i By The United Press) LONDON, Aug. Foreign I Minister von Kuehlmann and former Chancellor von Bethmann-Hollweg are rumored to have appeared in Holland, "The Daily Mail" announced to-day. The newspaper pointed out this may possibly mean a renewal of the Ger? man pence offensive in connection with the new open letter of Lord Lans downe. U-Boat Sinks Bark 550 Miles Off U.S.

Coast British Steamer Lands Crew of 18 From Portu? guese Ship WASHINGTON, Aug. Portu? guese bark Porto was sunk by a Ger- man submarine 650 mijes off the At- lantic coast on July 27, the Navy Dc- partment announced to-day. The crew of eighteen men has been landed at an American port by a British steamer. After overhauling the bark the sub? marine's crew destroyed it with bombs placed in the cargo of cotton. No fur- ther details were given, but it, was as- i sumed that the crew was permitted to take to the small boats.

The Porto was bound from Savannah for Oporto. This is the first official word of submarine operating off the coast re- ceived here since a sea wolf appeared i suddenly ol? the Massachusetts sea- board eleven days ago and shelled a lug and the barges it was towing. This occurred several days after the United States cruiser San Diego had been destroyed off "Fire Island. N. presumably by a mine planted by the submersible.

There was no information to show that the submarine which sank the Porto was the same one that attacked the tug and barges, but it was assumed i that it was. There have been several I unofficial reports recently of steam- ers sending radio messages lhat they! were being attacked off the coast, but I if they wore destroyed their crews? have not yet been landed on American I shores so far as the Navy Department has been advised. Tuesday nicht a British ship put into an Atlantic port with its stern dam- aged and its cook wounded by a piece of shrapnel. The crew told a story a five-hour running fight, with a giant I U-boat 600 miles cast of Sandy Hook. 'Lloyd George Urges Stern Peace Penalty 'Premier Wovid Make the Terms Consistent With Duration of Conflict Insists on Harmony Of Policy With U.

S. Cites Kaiser's Methods to Stress Need for Economic Combination LONDON, Aug. man should boast until the battle is over. But all men who know arc pleased at the way it is going." Premier Lloyd George thus comment? ed in addressing a deputation of 200 members of the National Union of Manufacturers, whom he met yesterday for a discussion of after-the-war com? mercial problems. "We must necessarily, in whatever policy we proclaim," said the Premier, "keep in touch and be in complete ac? cord first with our dominions, and, sec? ond, with our Allies.

-There is a good deal of discussion about a league of na? tions. 1 am certainly one of those who ielieve in it. But there are two leagues of nations already in British Empire and the great alliance against the Central Powers." Referring to the Paris resolutions, he said: "Up to the present time America has expressed no opinion upon them, and it is vitally important that the policy of America and that of this country should be in complete agreement on economic, as well as other problems. An agreement among the Allies means that, the economic fate of the world will lie in the hands of the great Allied powers federated together at present." After discussing the necessity of promoting after-war industries essen? tial to the country economically and militarily, the Premier continued: "The longer the war lasts the sterner Continued on page five WILL SOME LITTLE BOY OR GIRL IN THE FIRST GRADE PLEASE TELL LANSDOWNE WHAT WE ARE FIGHTING FOR? I U-Boats Being Sunk Faster Than Ever LONDON, Aug. Bonar Law, Chancellor of the I Exchequer and government I spokesman, stated in the House of Commons to-day that German I submarines were being sunk at a far greater rate than heretofore.

WASHINGTON, Aug. submarine is no longer a deter mining factor in the war, and i statements by Emperor William 1 in a proclamation to the German i army and navy that submarines "are attacking and fighting the vital forces which are streaming across the sea" are without foundation, Secretary Daniels said to-day. "The reduction in sinkings has been steady," Mr. Daniels said. "The submarine, as a leading, im portant factor in the war, is end- I ed.

It is always a menace as i long ns there is one in the seas, and we are losing shipssand will continue to lose ships now and then, but as for its being a de? termining factor in the war, that fear is ended." AmericanGuns Blast a Path For New Gain Let-Up in Enemy's Artillery Fire Indicates He Is Retiring to Vesle (By The Atsocatttd Press) WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY ON THE AISNE-MARNE FRONT, Aug. 1 18 P. -The American troops pushed forward their lines at certain points Thursday on the centre of the Rheims-Soissons salient, notwithstand? ing the resistance of the Germans, who did not give ground on some sectors until they actually had been shot from their positions, The Germans are desperately cling? ing to their strongholds at Nesles and in Wood, northeast of Ron but the Americans have gained a hold on the northern edge of the I Wood. The Nesles Forest is i under the range of the American heavy guns. Enemy Guns Active Aviators report that the Germans aro rushing up reinforcements, including tanks.

The enemy's heavy guns are pounding the Nesles and woods unmercifully. Observers and prisoners who had been brought behind the lines pre- viously reported the forests as having been jammed with German troops and also with large quantities of supplies. The German losses in men, therefore, must have been very great, as the heavy guns started shelling the woods several days ago. The Allied troops continued to-day i to encounter barbed wire. Between i Scringes and Sergy there were woven fields of wire entanglements.

At. creek crossings and in the valleys the Ger- i man machine gunners held their com- manding positions until the heavy guns of the French and Americans blasted a way through the wire and ousted the enemy from his positions. Some of the enemy machine gunner? stuck to their, posts under terrine tire until they were killed. Sway Rack and Forth The American heavy artillery com- mands the village of Chamery, north? east of Sergy. the Americans having wrested the hill beyond the last-named village from the Germans in a battle lasting for hour--.

The'lines swayed hack and forth many times, but the Americans eventually pushed the Ger- mans back. This lighting was in the open, and the American infantrymen showed great courage. To the north of Cierges the Ameri? cans also advanced their line. The light began early Thursday for the pos- session of a farm, from which the Americans swept away the Germans. North of Sergy the Americans crossed wheat fields that had been planted by French peasants, the crops of which had been partially garnered by the Germans.

What remained of the wheat, was recovered by the Americans. There was much aerial activity throughout Thursday. The Germans sent out large numbers of aviators, who appeared to bp determined to pro- tect the forests from the Allied airmen. were numerous battles in the air. i Noon Germans used less art.il-, lery late yesterday against the attack- ing forces on this front, depending more upon their machine gunners for defending their lines.

This fact coupled with stories of prisoners and deserters, tends to strengthen the belief that they are planning a withdrawal to new positions along the River Vesle. A deserter who came into the lines last night declared that orders had been issued for a series of retrograde movements until on the Vesle, had been reached. American and French troops launched an attack Wednesday a.lternoon from Scringes to Cierges, on the centre of I Continued on next page i Franco-American Fire Near Rozoy Hems in Germans Cramoiselle and Entire Forest Occu? pied, and All Roads to Great Enemy Supply Base Are Brought Under Allied Guns in Day of Violent Fighting General Retreat to River Vesle Is Believed To Be Under Way British and French Smash On Two Miles and Capture Beugneux and Cierges; Rheims Cathedral District and West Part of City Afire By Wilbur Forrest Special fable to The Tribune) Copyright. 191 by The Tribune Assocation WITH THE FRENCH ARMIES, Aug. 1 eral Mangin's Franco-American forces north of the Ourcq began an attack at daybreak to-day from Le Ples.sier-Huleu to Fere-en Tardenois (a front of about twelve miles on the west side of the salient).

Before noon, Hill 205, overlooking all the communica? tions as far as Fismes, was taken in violent fighting. Cramoiselle, four miles northwest of Fere-en-Tardenois, and the Wood, seven miles southeast of Fere en-Tardenois, were captured in the pfiffest struggle. Enemy troops now occupying the Hartennes-Grand Rozoy salient and enfiladed by the Allied artillery fire are in a most delicate situation. The enemy artillery on Wednesday carried out a heavy bombardment along the whole line, including the regions east and west of Rheims, and made raids at several points, presuma? bly in an effort to "feel the Allied intentions. The cathedral quarter of Rheims was aflame yesterday evening, as was also the western part of that martyred city.

In their two-mile advance north of Grand Rozoy the Franco British forces also captured the villages of Beugneu.x and Cra maille, and took more than six hundred prisoners, General Foch announced last night. In the second two-mile drive, farther south, the Allies occu? pied Cierges, crushing another German' pocket in the battle line, according to the French War Office. Near the tip of the great salient a sharp local operation threw the enemy back and captured the village of Romigny. One hundred Germans were taken prisoner. The Germans are now being forced to retreat from the for? tified line their official statements have said they chose to stand on.

The Allies have captured 34,100 prisoners, including yes? terday's tolls, since July 15, the date of the launching of the Crown Prince's drive on the Marne, the French War Office an? nounced last night. This is the largest number of prisoners ever taken by the Allies in a single offensive in the West. Bitter Battle Rages Beyond Ourcq; Last German Rail Line Under Fire The Associated Press) WITH THE FRENCH ARMY IN FRANCE, Aug. 1 i Evening). General Mangin, with the French and British troops of his command, is fighting a severe battle north of the Ourcq River and is making considerable progress.

After taking the village of Grand Rozoy, northwest of Fere-en-Tardenois. the Allied troops advanced to le Fles siere Wood, where the combatants are in the closest of grips and the combat is extraordinarily fierce. The heights north of Grand Rozoy have fallen into the hands of the Allies, and it several points the Allied troops have approached within five miles of the railroad leading to Bazoches, which is the only railroad that can be used by the Germans for maintaining com? munication. With the fall of darkness to-night fighting continued between the Allies and the Germans on the western side of the Soissons-Rheims salient. Allied observers reported that bodies of Ger? mans were fleeing precipitately north? ward along the road leading from Lau noy, which lie? about midway between Soissona and Fere-en-Tardenois.

The attack by the Allied forces, which brought them such good results during the day, started at 4 o'clock this with the aid of tanks. The British joined with the French in attacking the woods, thickets and villages, each of which had been trans? formed into a fortress with the aid of machine guns. By o'clock Hill 205 and the village of Courdoux, Servenay and Cramoi selles had fallen before the deter? mined Allied and prisoners were coming in. By 7 o'clock the ad? vance was so marked that the Britisii snd French batteries were able to go forward to new positionr. The German guns replied feebly, but their mitrail? leuses were very numerous.

The enemy counter attacked furi? ously from Buzancy and Eveque Wood. but their efforts were splendidly held up by the Allied infantry. By evening the Allies had occupied C-amaille. northwest of Fere-en-Tar- i (itnois and the hillocks to the north of it. Allied Advance Forcing Germans To Vesle Line, Washington Believes WASHINGTON, Aug.

1. The Ger? man armies apparently are again on the retreat in the Aisne-Marne salient. The American thrust in the centre of the line, at Seringes, already has given results. The Paris statement to-night showed that the Allied forces had leaped forward on the German on both sides, indicating to here that the withdrawal to the Veslfl was in full swine This has been expected by here since the American divisions out? fought crack German regiments in XAjof.