St. Louis Post-Dispatch
July 22, 1916

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' ees eo) : ; ’ : ; "4 ee ee so me SF re a % {Se i n 2 e Tex E é ; ‘ - - ~ . z : » w ; . : : * wl i J ud 7 : ’ . - Only Evening Paper in St Louis With Associated Press News Service. _ See the best movie features at the leading houses al St. Louis—listed on the ae ; want page Sunday. _ VOL. 68. NO. 337. ST. LOUIS, SATURDAY EVENING, JULY 22, 1916—10 PAGES. PRICE ONE CENT EDITION FINANCIAL __ MARKETS SPORTS |S. FAVORABLE TO FOR COMMISSION Acceptance of Body to Settle Two Countries’ Disputes Con- sidered Certain WIDER SCOPE IS DESIRED. American Officials Would .Also Have Rehabilitation of Mex- ico Taken Up. WASHINGTON, July 22.—Acceptance here of the Carranza Government's pro- posals for a joint commission to settle difficulties between the United ,States and Mexico appeared certain today. An ahnouncement was expected momenta- rily. The only delay apparently was for time for a reply from Carranza to sug- gestions that the proposals be amended somewhat. There have been indications that Presi- dent Wilson is for a more general dis- cussion of the questions involved than is proposed in the Mexican communication of July 11, just made public in Mexico City. The note would hold the commission to three subjects—withdrawal of Amer ican troops, arrangement of a reciprocal egreement under which troops of either government might cross the border in pursuit of bandits and investigation of the source of bandit raids on American towns. American Government officials believe widening the scope of discussion would offer opportunity for evolution of a plan of action that would sergpilitate Mex- ico. In some quarters it is reported that Chief Justice White, aided by Major- General Goethals, who recently resigned as Governor of the Panama Canal Zone, and Frederick Lehmann, former Solicitor-General and a member of the A. B. C. mediation conference at Niagara Falls, had been considered for the American commissioners to negoti- ate with Carranza’s representatives. The name of Louis D. Brandeis, Asso- ciate Justice of the Supreme Court, also was mentioned. There was nothing to indicate, however, that any selections had keen made It appears certain that Luis Cabrera, Mexican Minister of Finance, will head the Mexjcan commission. Mentioned as his trobable assistants are men of great prominence in Mexican economic life, and it is argued from this that Gen. Carranza realizes that the com- mission may. have a far greater task than the mere settlement of the border disputes. Rumor That Villa, With 18.000 Men, Will Attack Torrecn Discredited. WASHINGTON, July 22.—_Rumors that Pancho Villa, with a force of 18,000, is preparing to attack Torreon, were fo-- warded to the War Department yes- terday by Maj. Gen. Funston. He said the story had been brought tv Brigadier- General Pershi by \“‘secret service agents.”” Officials were inclined to give tt little credence, citing that the agents mentioned probably were Mexicans who could not be depended upon for accu- racy. WARM AND GENERALLY FAIR WEEK; SHOWERS PROBABLE Weather Bureau Forecast for Plains States and Upper Mississippi Valley. WASHINGTON, July 22.—Forecasts for the week beginning tomorrow, is- sued by the Weather Bureau today, says: “Plains States and Upper Missis- Bippi Valley: Warm and generally fair, although scattered showers are probable at beginning of the week along the northern border. West Gulf States: Moderately warm and generally fair. “Ohio Valley and Tennessee: Thun- dershowers at beginning of the week, will be followed by fair weather. Temperatures above seasonably nor- “Great Lakes region: Moderately warm and generally fair, although scattered thundershowers are prob- able Monday or Tuesday. — “Rocky Mountain and Plateau re- gion: Fair over plateau region and Seattered local thundershowers in Rocky Mountain region; temperatures near seasonal normal.” ENGLISH WANT $2,250,000,000 MORE FOR WAR PURPOSES Since Hostilities, House of Commons Has Been Asked to Vote Credit Now More Than 14 Biilious. LONDON, July 22.—The Treasury Doe- partment has issued a ‘‘supplementary estimate” for the vote of credit of £450,000,000, which Premier Asquith will ask the House of Commons to vote the Government on Monday. This vote is the largest asked by the Government since the beginning of the War, and brings the total voted this year to £1,060,000,000, and the total since - Candtaate for President of WU. &. Arrested. te. Mont., July @.—Arthur E. Reimer of Boston, Socialist labor party was fined $10 in the Munisipa! here yesterday for violating the street. FAIR AND CONTINUED WARM FOR TONIGHT AND TOMORROW £5 SC ey To SOG PRL i. coe Faved R4 a 74 lia. m. . . .85 SF YS See, aeaetage Ss: oO eer 85 fF Seo eee 81 Yesterday's Temperatures. Humidity at 7 a. m. today, 50 per cent. Official fore- east for St. Louis and vicinity: Fair and continued warm tonight and tomorrow, WIN A PENNANT. IN THE ART LEAGUE.” Wea WE COULD Missouri — Gen- erally fair and continued warm tonight and to- morrow. oe Illinois — Gener- ally fair tonigh: and tomorrow; somewhat warmer tonight in central portion, cooler in extreme northeast portion tomorrow. Stage of the river: 16.8 feet; a fall of .6 of a foot. I'M A DEPUTY SHERIFF, SAYS SHE AND TAKES NEGRO ON JOURNEY Woman Handcuffs Him to Her, Puts Key in Stocking, and Tells Him Not to Start Anything. CHICAGO, July 22.—Mrs. Robert W. Sheets of Lincoln, Ill., spent a joyous afternoon shopping along State street, consuming ice’ cream sodas. Later she stepped into police headquarters and said to the desk sergeant: “I want my prisoner, please—W. A. Russell.’’ “‘Russell?’’ said the Sergeant. ‘‘Why. Russell’s the negro who's to go back to Lincoln. The Sheriff was to come after him.” “Well, I’m the Sheriff's wife.’’ re- turned Mrs. Sheets. ‘I'm also a deputy. Won't you hurry a little? The train leaves at 6:30.’’ So Russell started with Mrs. Sheets to the Union Station, where she opened her handbag a couple of inches, observ- ing: “‘See, I've got an automatic here and it’s loaded, too, and here are my handcuffs."’ Mrs. Sheets then took out the hand- cuffs, fastened one on one of his wrists and the other on her wrist and put the key in her stocking. “Now, William,”’ she said, ‘‘don’t try to do arything, for I’m ready.” STOGIES ‘2-FER,’ NOT ‘3-FER’ ‘Jitney’ Will Still Be Coin for Popu- lar Smokes, Though. PITTSBURG, July 22.—Pittsburge’s fa- vorite mouthpfece, the famous “‘stogie,”’ is to undergo an increase in price, and while the “jitney” still will be the pop- ular coin offered in exchange for them, it will bring to the buyer a pair of smokes where he has been accustomed to receiving three. The war is blamed, not that the Eu- ropean battlers are sending the Pitts- burg stogie among other things up in smoke, but as the dealers say, because girls who formerly found making the smokes a lucrative diversion, have dis- covered that making munitions for war is more lucrative. The common “three fer," dealers say, must climb up or down to the fleld of “‘two-fer,”’ that is. all the fellow who has helped make Pittsburg famous by clinging to the dis- tinctively Pittsburg habit will get for his nickel. WANTS TO FIX HIS “FENCES” Representative Asks for Leave to At- tend to Politics, WASHINGTON, July 22..—When mem- bers of Congress ask for leave of ab- sence they usually assign sickness or private business. Today Representative Howard, Hemo- crat, of Georgia, amazed his colleagues by asking 10 days leave to go home and fix his political fences. Free Band Concerts Tonight. Fischer's Band at Clifton Heights Park, 7 to 9:30 p. m. Bauer's Band at Lyon Park, 7 to 9:30 BOGY'S TINTYPE WITH GIRL ON lS | LAPHAS FADED OUT Says Essen Men Are Trying to Make Capital of Innocent Incident at Picnic, WANTED TO PUBLISH IT Copy Won’t Reprint, He Says —He Is a Widower and She “Sweet Sixteen.” The average life of a picnic tintype, made by a man who ‘‘finishes them while you wait,”’” may be a burning is- sue in the contest between Bernard P. Bogy of 5943 Maple avenue, member of an old St. Louis French family, and Fred Essen of Clayton, one of the cen- tral powers of St. Louis County, in their contest for the Tenth District Republican nomination for Congress. Exh‘bit A, if it is still exhibitable, would be a picture of Bogy with a girl sitting on his lap. Bogy had a copy of the picture, but when he was ready to spike the enemy’s guns with it today he found that it had faded. Bogy told a Post-Dispatch reporter he had heard that managers of Es- sen’s campaign were threatening to make capital out of what he termed an innocent incident at a picnic at Riech’s Grove, Lemay and Weber roads, in St. Louis County, last Sun- day. Admits the Picture. “IT had my picture taken with a girl sitting on my lap,” said Bogy, “and lI have been told that the Essen crowd has one of the pictures and has threatened to have it published in the newspapers in an effort to blacken my character. With my campaign manager, C. O. A. Brunk, I went to a picnic of the Home Quoit Club at Reich’s Grove last Sunday. “Professional photographers were making pictures of everybody. This suggested all sorts of groupings and poses and I was prevailed on to per- mit a 16-year-old girl to sit on my lap while being photographed. Picture in the Open. “This pictufe was made in the open and in the presence of several hundred onlookers. It was just one of those thoughtless things a man will Go when he is having a good time at a picuic. but I have heard my political enemiés are threatening to make capital of it. “If a widower like me can't do in 1n- nocent think like that without it being used against him it is an outrage. I was going to spring the picture myself to take the wind out of thelr sails, but I find my copy has faded. However. I am not sure that the copy which I am told is in possession of the Essen sup- porters is ir. the same condition.’’ Turned Over to Former Editor, Inquiry at Clayton developed that the picture of Bogy with the girl seated on his knee was turned over to A. C. Me- Kibbin, former editor of Essen’s news- paper, with the request that he pre- pare an article for the press. ‘The existence of the pictures is ad- mitted,”’ sald McKibbin to a Post-Dis- patch reporter this afternoon. “It is my understanding that they were obtained through accident or by mere chance by friends of Mr. Essen, without his knowledge, and their use would not be tolerated except in a cam- paign that would be wholly undignified. “T take it that neither Mr. Essen nor hie most ardent supporters would sanc- eeetememmere tion the use of these pictures, and it is a little surprising that Mr. Bogy should rush into print seemingly trying to shield himself from an imaginary at- tack. ‘“T was introduced to Mr. Bogy at Sub- urban Garden last night by Mr. Brunk, who referred to the pictures. ‘T told Mr. Bogy that Mr. Essen and his supporters were not engaged in a campaign of personalities, but that Mr. Essen's qualifications for the office p. m. were being presented, without malice —_ ee WHAT HENRY REUTER. DAHL SAW ON THE | DEUTSCHLAND— : Noted naval authority and art- ist tells of his visit to Ger- many’s Transatlantic subma- rine as she lay in Baltimore port. SIMON LAKE ON THE FU- TURE OF THE SUBMA- RINE— American who invented the first successful under-water boat discusses its possibilities after a talk with Capt. Koenig of the Deutschland. WHAT UNCLE SAM’S SCORE CARD SHOWS IN THE RACE BETWEEN ST. LOUIS AND HER RIVALS FOR FOURTH PLACE— | Is St. Louis going to win. or lose! Perhaps you will find the answer in this exceedingly Pt at collection of ree- ords. ORDER YOUR LE ere ants eats A a ee a No RCE The fine was ed ~. Todsereds’ s (Sunday) Post-Dispatch toward any of his opponents.”’ —_ ' -_ tae MISSOURI SOLDIERS IN | CAMP— ‘ A page of photographs in the |) ROTOGRAVURE ECTION, | showing how our warriors look after several weeks of real war training. | WASHINGTON UNIVER- SITY PROFESSOR FIGHT- ING IN FRANCE, TELLS HOW HE WON THE CROIX DE GUERRE— A thrilling account of trench | warfare by a St. Louisan who | left his chosen work here to | answer his country’s call to | | arms. STEPHEN BONSAL | WRITES OF STARVING | MEXICO— Noted author’s official report of his investigations to the Red Cross Society after a trip into the interior of the dis- tracted country. COPY TODAY a SET ee eiiitititeeiiv~e:+.2.. CONFESSION LEWIS REPUDIATED NUT VITAL, POLICE SAY Call Evidence in Killing of Pa- trolmen McKenna and Dillon Complete Without It. ; DENY THEY TORTURED HIM Prisoner Asserts He Was Starved, Beaten and Told Mob Was After Kinsmen. The confession of Roy Joe Lewis thai he and his three brothers murdered Po- licemen John F. McKenna and William A. Dillon, April 7, which Chief of De- tectives Allender calls ‘‘no more valu- able than a vesterday’s street car traus- fer,”’ was repudiated last night by Lewis in a statement given out by his attorney, Martin Weiss. The police have not counted on the confession to convict Lewis, and say that it merely corrobprated direct evi- dence they have from evewitnesses t» the killing of Policeman McKenna, and of witnesses wlo saw Lewis near the place where Policeman Dillon’s ood; was buried. In his repudiation Lewis charges that the confession was forced from him by the police, who, he alleges, kept hin for several days without food and w.- ter, beat hin, and threatened him. He is the only one of the four Lewis brothers captured. The others have been fugitives from justice since the killing of the policemen, who were murdered ‘when they attempted to arrest the Lewis brothers. Lewis’ statement is declared by Chief of Detectives Allender to be false. The detective chief says Lewis was not mis- treated, and that every day he was in custody of the police he was seen by newspaper men and others. Says He Could Have Escaped. Lewis, in nis statement, said he was arrested the evening of the day the policemen were killed, and that if he had been a party tu the crime he could have escaped as easily as did his broth- ers. He said he received nothing to eat after being arrested Friday, until Sun- day morning, was given no water, and when thirsty and in a famished condi- tion was beaten with .a billy and with a whip. He said he was not permitted to sleep. He admits he ate two sandwiches before being taken to the morgue to identify the body of Policeman Dillon. When in a condition weakened by lack of food, water and sleep, he said, de- tectives told him that there was danger of a mob killing his mother and sisters, unless he confessed to the murder. He told dramatically of a scene he said was staged by the police to work on his feelings. He heard the cry of “extra’’ and soon afterward a police- man entered his cell and told him the extra edition told of the mob’s deter- mination to kill his mother and sisters. He said he confessed to save them. Says Captain Stopped Beating. Police Capt. O’Brien, he said, re- raonstrated with detectives who were beating him in his cell, and forced then to stop. The statement contains nothing in the nature of evidence to substantiate any- thing in it. It merely repudiates the confession. It could only be used as testimony by the prisoner himself, who is to be tried Sept. 5 on a first degree tr urder charge, in an effort to work on the sympathies of the jury. While the State had intended to in- troduce the confession, the attorneys believe they have sufficient evidence of his guilt from eyewitnesses. Chief Allender said today: ‘‘Lewis’ repudiation is absurd. As a matter of fact his confession was no more val- uable ‘than a yesterday’s street car transfer. ‘We didn’t need it. It merely verified evidence we had from other sources. He has positively been identified by several witnesses who saw the murder of Police- man McKenna and who saw Lewis there. ; Denies He Was Starved. “He never was deprived of food or water, and never complained that he had been beaten. He did not at any time show any marks. As to his mental con- dition, it will be remembered that his confession included details of many crimes which never had been charged to the Lewis brothers. If he had been under the great mental strain he talks about, he hardly would have told all about a lot of crimes which had no con- nection whatever with the murder of the policemen. ‘‘His statement is the stereotyped form which for many years has been used by murder defendants, who had made a con-. fession, when the time for their trial drew near. He even uses the same ex- pressionsg.’’ ARMY BILL UP IN SENATE It Increases Amount Over the House Bill $148,000,000., WASHINGTON, July 22.—The Senate debated today the army Dill, the Iast of the administration's big national de- fense measures. Its advocates urge its adoption without amendment asgerting that its increases $148,000,000 over the House measure are essential. The biii now carries a total of $330,000,000. Debate probably will continue for sev- eral days. Oo Exchange Formed. NEW HAVEN, Conn., July 22.—Or- ganization of the Northern Oyster Ex- change by mer identified with the oys- ter industry in Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Massachusetis and Rhode Island is announced here. The capital DANIEL'S WIFE ALIVE WHEN HE WAS AWAY SECOND TIME Neighbor Saw Her Half Hour Before Murder Moving About Her Bedroom. | HUSBAND WAS DOWNTOWN Testimony Supports His Story of St. Joseph Mystery — In- quest Adjourned to Aug. 3. Special to the Post-Dispatch. ST. JOSEPH, Mo., July 2.—The quest into the murder of Mrs. Oscar D. McDaniel, wife of the Prosecuting Attorney of Buchanan County. who was found dead in her home here a week ago, was adjourned today until Thurs- day, Aug. 3, because W. T. Rutherford, Assistant Attorney-General of the State. has ._official business to attend to in Jefferson City which will take his time until then, A striking feature of today’s testimony was the positive declaration of a neigh- bor that he saw Mrs. McDaniel through a window in her home after her hus- band had left the house the second time the night of the murder, and a short time before her body was found. The importance of this’ testimony is that it shows that Mrs. McDaniel was alive and moving around after McDan- iel had gone downtown to look for his brother. It apparently indicates that she was murdered in the interval be- tween his going downtown and coming back the last time. Another interesting feature of the testimony was the disclosure that on the night of the murder an unidentified woman called Central Bell telephone ex- change and inquired for the name of saloons at Sixth and Messanie streets. Neighbors Are Witnenses. Today’s witnesses were neighbors of McDaniel, and bartenders in the saloons where he went to look for his brother. : Witnesses yesterday in the all-day session of the inquest included McDan- iel, who was questioned at length; Mrs Luke Moss, mother of the dead woman, and members of the Police Department. The inquest, as it progresses, seeming- ly is only deepening the mystery. The hearing is drawing one of the biggest crowds that ever packed a courtroom in this city. More women than men are in the crowd. .They-all stand. They break the seats standing on them; every once in a while one goes down with a crash. Miss Caroline Berghoff, who lives di- rectly across the street from the Mc- Daniel home, testified this morning that she was in bed upstairs in a room fac- irg the McDaniel home when she heard a motor car come up the street from the north and stop in front of the Mc- Daniel garage. It might have been a few minutes or a few seconds later she heard shooting over there. “How many shots were fired?’ “Five.”’ “Did you count them?’ “I think I did,’’ she answered. “She was sure there were only five shots. She got up and looked out the window and saw the motor car in front of the garage, but did not see McDan- iel. in- Saw Woman Alive. Miss Berghoff said that about 9 o'clock that night she looked across the street and saw Mrs. McDaniel in the living room downstairs. Arnold Berghoff, her brother, testified that he heard the shooting. He thinks there were five or six shots but is not sure. Mrs. Anna Madinger testified that she stayed at the Berghoff home the night of the murder. She slept with Miss Car oline Berghoff. About 12:30 she was awakened by McDaniel coming home in Lis motor car. The car stopped and im- mediately a shot was fired, then there was a pause and three or four more shots were fired. Miss Berghoff., she testified, said to her: “Listen to that shooting. I be- lieve someone is after McDaniel’s car.”’ They both got up and looked over and saw the car standing in front of the garage, but did not see McDaniel. E. E. Gard, head of a business col- lege, testified that he lives across th- street from the McDaniel home. Saw McDaniel Come Home. The night of the murder he got home from downtown about 11 o'clock. He sat on his front porch with the women folks of his family. He saw McDaniel come home about 11 o'clock and put his car in the garage. The garage and whole front of the McDaniel hom De oe OSCAR D. McDANIEL. Advises Delay in Letter to Com- missioner Cunliff, If Lindell Drive Residents Object. Mayor Kiel this morning sent to Park Commissioner Cunliff a letter from the St. Louis Art League and the Municipal Art Commission protesting against work cf extending West Pine boulevard from the Grand Drive in Forest Park to Lin- dell boulevard at the Lindell entrance to the park, with a request to discon- tinue the work if it was objectionable t») residents near the park entrance, The Mayor did not base his request on the letter from the organizations. The Mayor said that he had received some protests fron: residents of King’s highway and Lindell boulevard, and he believed that if they did not want the change in roadways leading into the park near the Lindell entrance that ‘t might be well to stop the work. He gaid he did not know what the Park Com- missioner would do about it. Commissioner Cunliff said no work was being done on th» drive today, but that he would resume oprrations unless directcd by the Board of Public Service, wich approved the plans, to discon- tinue them. The letter forwarded by the Mayor to Commissioner Cunliff charged that the work was a step toward carrying cut plans abandoned last winter, after public hearings demonstrated that the »yublic was opposed to elaborate changes at the park entrance. The members of the art organizations requested of the Mayor that he direct Commissioner Cunliff to remove the dirt end rocks from the roadway, or to re- move him from office if that step was necessary. Views as to Benefits Differ. Commissioner Cunliff has contended that the new roadway was necessary to relieve congestion at the Lindell en- trance. The members of the art or- ganizations contend that it will only congest traffic the more. Comptroller Player is opposed to Com- missioner Cunliff's plan. He says the money could have been spent to better purpose on improving Grand Drive and other drives in the park. IGAN LEADERS AGREE TO REPUONPARTISAN BALLOT BILL Submission of Amendment at Novem. ber Election Will Save $70,000, Cest of Special Election. Republican leaders have agreed to the passage of a bill submitting to the voters at the November election a char- ter amendment authorizing the adop- tion of the non-partisan ballot, “prefer. ential voting’ and Ls poet som repre- sentation in municipal elections. The Legisiation Committee of. the Board of Aldermen has favorably re- ported the measure introduced by the ballot conference. The submission of the amendment at the genera! election will save about $70,- 00) for a special election which the bal- lot conference neat ee a neces- - eo, represented approximates $15,000,000, ~ Continued on Page 2, Columa 8, | ory. | MAYOR SUGGESTS. |VOUTH ADMITS HE. THAT WORK STOP NPARK ENTRANCE FIRED SHOT ThAl KILLED CADDY William Robinson Declares Tragedy Was Accident—Rifle Went Off Prematurely. William Robinson, 22 years old, of 1210 West End avenue, today told the police that he was the person who shot Henry Hannich, 18-year-old caddy, at the Algonquin Club Tues- day. Hannich died yesterday at St. John’s Hospital. Robinson, with Charles Bernet, 22 years old, of 3044 Easton avenue, and Vernon Sandusky, 21 years old, of 6058 Thomas street, were arrested as sus- pects at 10:30 o’clock this morning in Gamble Park, Garrison avenue and Dayton street. Robinson told the police that the trio were shooting at a target with Bernet's repeating rifle. He raid he took tie rifle from Bernet, and that it prema- turely went off. He eald that they neard Hannicn cry with pain, ind became frightened and ran away. The police found the rifle at the home of Mrs. Laura Bernet of 299568 Dickson street, mother of Charles. Robinson is held for the Coroner, and the other two as witnesses. A Coroner's Jury returned a ver- dict of homicide in the inquest into the death of Hannich. William Auer. who was caddying with Hannich, testified that he and Hannich went to look for a ball near where three youths were sitting on a fence. The three appeared to be about 21 years old, he said. No words were passed, he said, but one of the trio deliberately pointed a rifle at Han- nich and fired. The bullet struck Hannich in the hip. Walter Helfrich of 416 Hunt avenue told the jury Hannich told him at the hospital Wednesday afternoon that one of the youths had told him not to pick up the ball. He did pick it up, he said, and the youth with the rifle pointed it at him ard fired. Other witnesses testi- fied that the shooting was deliberate. A tranacript of the testimuny will be turned over to the County Prosecuting Attorney. NEGRESS PINS HER FAITH TO VOOD00 MAN, AND LOSES Ri RING Mrs. Henry 611 Vermont Bhosue cn steel’ Gare her faith to a negro “voodoo man™ and lost her diamond ring. She is relying on the po- lice, not magic, to recover it. é E38 2 = ‘e a ne Se 5% . te = Brae ee pipet zs, pen ao ee | Preach o° oa BERLIN SAYS BIG. SOMME ENS tack at Night to the North- west of St. Die, in the Vosges. sate BERLIN, July 2. —The German army headquarters staff, in the official state- ment issued today, claims that the great uniform Anglo-French attack on the Somme sector in France has been aban- doned. LONDON, July 2.—A spirited artil- lery duel along the British front in Northern France, during which British front line and supporting trenches were bombarded with gas shells and projec- tiles containing eye trritants, is record- ed in today’s War Office report. “ia Aside from these heavy bombardments at several points on the front in the last 12 hours there have been no importans developments. The statement says: “The artillery on both sides hase been more active during the past 12 hours, and British front line and sup- porting trenches in several places have been heavily bombarded with importance has occurred.” The Germans in an attack on the Brit- ish on the northern edge of the — salient, succeeded yesterday in ing Britis: front trenches, were driven out, according to ish official communication issued midnight. Elsewhere along the front comparative calm prevailed. *tatement says: “Except for local encounters there has been a comparative lull in the main battle area today (Friday) and there has been no change in the situation since the last report. “The enemy made a bombing attack on the north edge of our positions in point in entering our front trenches, but at once was driven out. Flying Corps Active, ‘Taking advantage of the fine weather, the Rayal Flying Corps yesterday con- tinued their bombing operations against points of military importance with suc- cessful results. The hostile aircraft were inactive until evening, when a good deal of fighting took place behind the German lines. One of our offensive patrols encountered 11 German ma- chines, and, as a result, three German machines were shot down, one bursting into flames. “Another encounter between fous ot our machines and six of the enemy Inat- ed 4 minutes. One Fokker was then shot down and another badiy damaged. The remainder fied. “During other air combats «a fifth German machine was forced to the ground. Our total loss during the day day was one machine. “Tt now has been ascertained that the furious assault on July 18 on the Deiville Wood area, over a front of 2000 yards was made by at least 13 bat- talions, drawn from four different @t- visions. The enemy's losses Were Gor respondingly great.” SUBMARINES SINK 6 TRAWLERS OFF ENGLISH COAST BERLIN, by wireless to Sayviiie, July 22.—Six British trawlers were sunk by German submarines off the English coast on July 17, says a Ger- man Admiralty statement today. Lioyds from Alglers says that the ofl British steamship Karma, 3854 tena, and the French steamer Cettols, 1200 + May ee let Set ne tee => ’ 1 <n ee eed 5 gas and tear-shells. Nothing else of the Leipsic salient and succeeded at one — LONDON, July 22.—A dispatch to 4 ‘ 4 me