Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, July 22, 1918, Page 1

TO AID | HUNS FLEE TO SAVE CAPTURE Allies Follow Up Success by Swarming Over the Marne in Pursuit of Boches, Now Ex-| pected to Make Stand on Ourcq River, 12 Miles North; Battle Rages [By Asnociated Press.] WITH _THE FRENCH ARMY IN FRANCE, July 22.— Frederick William, Generan Imperial Crown Prince, has been obliged to call for help from his cousin, Crown Prince Rupp- recht of Bavaria. German divisions from the army in the north have been hurried down to protect the western flank of the de-! feated army, which has been driven back over the Marne and ejected from Chauteau-Thierry by Franco-Americans. ee RT ors | LONDON, July 22.—Americans yesterday crossed the} Marne between Charteves and Gland, east of Chateau-Thierry, | and captured the wood near Barbillon. ‘The Germans stub-| bornly resisted the French crossing the Marne, but the French succeeded im getting two elements over at Mezy and Courcelles by the construction of footbridges under heavy fire. The Ger- mans are using gas shells. The French line now runs from Breny along the main| Chateau-Thierry road to Rocourt, thru Le Charme and Epides | to the Marne at Charteves. The capture of Barbillon wood by Americans means that our overseas men have advanced between three and four miles from their old position on the Marne. On every front the Germans are resisting desperately, mak- | ing desperate counters. The French yesterday progressed along} the Marne eight miles. | The object of the enemy counter is to expediate extrication of his troops from the pocket between Soissons and Rheims. Meanwhile, the Germans on the southern end of the pocket | must be experiencing great difficulty getting supplies. South- | west of Rheims, there has been heavy fighting, and the French lively. made progress, ~ 4 ' ttn ta 3 {By United Presa] LONDON, »July 21.—4:25 p. m.)—Fighting along the whole line from Soissons southward is growing in intensity. The Germans, in a rear guard action north of Chateau-Thierry, penetrated the Allied line half a mile by a fierce counter at Griscolles. The battle is. most violent just south of Sovissons, around Berzy, which changed hands several times. The Germans have thrown six more divisions into the fighting between the! Aisne and the Marne. At the same time the Germans are burning villages inside the Soissons-Rheims salient and are believed to be preparing | for a general withdrawal to the Vesle river line. This would | represent a retirement of 20 miles north of Chateau-Thierry. PARIS, July 22.—Allied forces are progressing every- where on the Soissons-Rheims salient, except for a small front north of Chateau-Thierry, where the Germans slowed down the! Franco-American advance by a heavy rear guard action. This desperate resistance on a seven-mile front south of Oulchy-le-! Chateau is covering the retirement of heavy German forces northeastward toward Fere-en-Tardenois. | The Allies crossed the Marne at several new places in the| region of Vernsuil. The number of prisoners 3 increasing) rapidly. German artillerying is becoming more feeble hourly. LONDON, July 22.—American troops have completely | cleared the Germans from Barbillon wood, along the north bank! of the Marne, and have driven the Germans five miles north of Chateau-Thierry. (Continued on page 3) LOCAL WHISTLES TO SHRIEK _ JUBILATION AT 7 TOMORROW |sons to the town of Boully, southwest of Rheims, there is a | troops southwest of Rhiems make an advance of ‘any import- |Soissons.. First: By the breaking thru of the Allies northwest Che Casper Daily WEATHER FORECAST Partly cloudy, with possi- TRIBUNE ADVERTISERS Receive the benefit al off ble showers tonight and “extra” editions with addi- Tuesday Warmer Tuesday. tional cost. VOLUME TWO NUMBER 236 ENVELOPING OPERATIONS OF ALLIES THREATEN BIG FORCE Capture of Chateau-Thierry and Advance Beyond Marne Paves Way for Flank Move- ment Southwest of Soissons to Be Used as ‘Nut-Cracker’ in Squeezing Germans from Salient Gained Last Week; Franco- Americans Advance Steadily Along Oursq River in Addition to Gains at Other Points on Battle Line [By Associated Press.} ‘ Rear guard actions are being fought by the Germans: north of Chateau-Thierry today, following up the pursuit of the fleeing enemy by the French and Americans, who Sunday passed thru Chateau-Thierry and advanced northeast of that jcornerstone of German conquest in. Eastern France. The reaction was marked between Grisolles and Bezu- St. Germaine, two villages north-northwest and north of Chateau-Thierry, at a distance of approximately seven and four miles, respect- Between Grisolles and Bezu-St. Germaine, German attacks have broken, and the Allied line maintained thruout. This is also the case between the Marne and Rheims, notably in the region west of Rheims mountain and in Courtan Rio “woods. South of Soissons Americans reported to have-advanced.a distance of a mile and a quarter. wie In the Ourcq Valley the Allies are stéadily pounding their way toward Nantueil Notre Dame. Southwest of Rheims there seems to be an indication that the Allies have initiated the new drive for the purpose of outflanking the Germans be- see LATE NEWS FLASHES If this last movement develops, the Allies’ “nut-cracker” will be in full’motion. Between the Allied front south of Sois- WITH THE AMERICAN ARMIES IN FRANCE, July 22.— (2 p. m.)—Americans continue to advance from Marne, and are beyond Bezu-St. Germaine, five miles northeast of Chateau- Thierry. As this is cabled, both ends of the Soissons-Rheims salient are being pinched in by combined Franco-American- British attacks. and gap of twenty-four miles. If the French ,Italiamiand British ance, positions held by the Germans further south will be made even more critical than at present. There appears to be at least two and possibly three envel: oping operations along the western side of the salient south of of Chateau-Thierry, they forced the Germans back from the extreme tip of the salient. Second: Proceeding up the Ourcq Valley, and at last accounts very near Qulch-le-Chateau. The [By United Press} third is the advance of the Allies south of Soissons. Thus Gen- than holding their own. LONDON, July 21.—American pa- The German retreat CROWN PRINCE CALLS GREAT FORCE OF BOCHES BATTERED B 1,200 WORTHLESS AIRPLANES ARE ‘JUNKED’ across the » wer MILLIONSLOST —INEXPERIMENT | | WITH AIRCRAFT ‘Startling Report Is Pre pared by the Sub- Committee | | [By Axsocinted Press.) WASHINGTON, July 22.—3 The waste of millions of dollars|- in experimenting with English! Bristol and other types of air- planes will be reported to Con- gress by the Senate Military sub-committee, engaged in in- vestigating aircraft production, a member of the committee ad- mitted today. Other findings to be made: public will be that 1,200 train- ing planes, costing $6,000,000, recently were “junked” be- cause they were too dangerous for use; that several aviators have been killed in flights with dangerous types of planes that amateurs in engineering con- nected with administrative sec- tors contributed to the delay in production. RESIGNATIONS _ OF AUSTRIANS = ARE ACCEPTED | LONDON, July 22.—The entir Austrian cabinet has resigned, say jan Exchange Telegraph dispatel from Copenhagen. Emperor Charle accepted the resignations, it i | stated. pet aE HONDURAS NOW “IN WORLD WAR WITH ENTENTE [By United Press. WASHINGTON, July eral Foch has projected tentacles eastward to catch the Ger- mans retreating from the Marne. There are few details avail- able of the fighting between the Aisne and the Ourcq. WASHINGTON, July 22.—General. Pershing today re- ported that Americans in the past few days-had taken over 6,000 prisoners, over 100 cannon, and many trench mortars and machine guns. Sunday brot fresh successes to our troops be-| tween the Aisne and the Marne. With undiminished vigor and| spirit, they continued to force the enemy to yield bitterly con-| SUB SCARE NOT TO AFFECT U. S. SHIP MCVEMENT WASHINGTON, July 22.—Troop | movements overseas will be speeded | trols have crossed the Marne and are raiding German positions on the northern bank. A Franco-American barrage directed at the north bank exacted a costly toll from the Ger- mans in their flight from the entire scuthern bank. Many were drowned in attempting to swim. Fighting is continuous northwest of Chateau-Thierry, which was re- captured by the French and Ameri- cans, [By Associnted Press.] WITH THE AMERICANS ON THE MARNE, July 21.—The attack from Chateau-Thierry to Rheims be- gan Saturday. American forces cap- advanced more than two kilometers. At last accounts they were more ROOSEVELT DIED tured Hill 193 north of Vaux, and} Marne Segan Friday under cover of « great smoke screen. At last accounts great hordes of Germans were con- tinuing north. Organized resistance has been met with so far only at a few places. The district south of the Marne and east of Chateau-Thierry has teen entirely cleared of Germans. Two badly cut up German regiments were left south of the Marne in the Ger- man retreat. Allied aviators bombed the bridges across the river +1i es- cape is impossible. All Saturday night, the Allies ham- mered away at widening the wedge between the Germans and Paris as the Germans withdrew north of the Marne. “A hot time'in the old town,” is in store for Casper people to- morrow night, incidental to the de- parture of the largest increment the Mothers’ league and a dinner at 6 o'clock Tuesday at the Method- ist church by the ladies of the Bap- tist church. Charles Gearhart of the Burl- of selective recruits to leave the city this year. Whistles will shriek, bells will peal, horns will blare and every kind of noise not bar- red from gridirons or Fourth of July celebrations will be expected to increase the din to be raised in celebration of American victories, on the Marne, in the Champagne and with the various French ai ies not recruited with entire divis- ions of Yankees Seven o'clock is the hour and The Tribune has been asked to request the blowing of all whistles and the ringing of all | bells i jimultaneous burst of ap- plause. Something over 100 selectives will depart for Fort Riley, Kan., tomorrow evening and the program has been suggested as a sendoff for them on the first stage of their Journey overseas. The band will be asked to turn out in force. Among other things arranged for the en- tertainment of the men is a vaude- ville show and dance at the Em- Press tonight under‘the auspices of ington today donated a dollar to- ward a flag fund for the draft se- lectives and this has been turned over to The Tribune with the re- quest that subscriptions be called for. The amount secured will be (hy United Press} PROVI{CETOWN, Mass., July 22. —Heavy cannonading was heard off marines. The harbor is closed. BOSTON, Mass., July 22.—Naval craft are sweeping the seas for the submarine which sank the tug Perth- off Orleans, Mass., Sunday. The invested in a great flag to be borne by the first increment of Wyoming telectives to enter the Jayhawker state. No subscriptions too large or too small. Bring yours to The Tribune early Tuesday. Help make the celebratoin and the entrain- ment a big success and remember | —-blow ‘the whistles ring the bells | and get out yourself tomorrow evening. the coast twice this morning. Naval | vessels wert off the ort hunting sub:/| Amboy and her tow of four barges | up despite the second U-boat threat. | The navy department is ready tc af-| ford the necessary protection. | The war department is planning| to send 300,000 men overseas this month. Secretary of the Navy Daniels is investigating the failure of bombs dropped upon hte submarine off Or- leans to explode. with thebombs or whether it was careless manufacture. BEFORE STRIR’G | GROUND, REPORT) | [By United Press.) | AMSTERDAN, July 22.—A Ger- duras has declared war on Ger: 3 says a dispatch to the State Depart ment. _ BIG DRIVE ON ITALIAN FRON| [By United Press.] ROME, July It is reporte here that the Aus' ns are prepa » ing a monster offensive against tl» Italians. The drive will be led by tl |Germans, with Austrians in nomin * ‘command. TT G90 EXECUTED | b > » |man named Greper | Roosevelt, |twice in the head. with full honors, say Berlin advices. |two men hurt by shell fire are in a | eritical condition. ORLEANS, Mass., July 22.—An enemy submarine Sunday attacked a tug and tow four miles south, of | the Orleans life saving station and sunk three barges of the tow. The tug stood by until she was shelled and set afire, when it dis- appeared. The crews of the barges, com- prising 16 men, three women and five children, reached shore in small boats. One was injured by flying wood splinters. The submarine was plainly visi- ble from the shore. The attack began at 11 a. m., and lasted an hour;\when the sub- marine withdrew. Two shells struck the water 500 yards from killed Quentin They engaged in an air He wants to know / duel, in which Greper’s greater exper- whether there was any tamperingjience counted.. He shot Roosevelt He was buried BEACH CROWDS VIEW SINKING OF TUG AND BARGES FOUR MILES OFF COAST shore, which was lined with 1,000 , people. The crew of the tug, 17 men, were rescued and brot ashore. Two were seriously hurt. The flashes of the submarine guns’ were plainly visible from the shore. The tug, with three barges in line, was puffing along when surprised. The first torpedo struck the | nerable, and the tug w: FOR MUTINIES [By United Press.} WASHINGTON, July | Rumanian uprising, resulting fror German attempts to take grain, ha compelled Germany to send 300 000 troops there, says a cable frox Rome today. 22.—A volts and mutinies have broken o in occupied portions of Bohemi and in Hungary. At Manaros-Szjet, 150 officer leading barge, which sank. The | and 500 Czecho-Slovaks, who m+ second disposed of the third | barge. The second barge, the smallest of the tow, was vul- elled that serious mu place in Bohemia Jugo-Slav soldiers are desertic by the whole: and great nur bers of them ed to the me) tains after killing their offi: +. Armed bands of revoltérs are sa te be operating in many district an hour before it sank. Meanwhile, the tug was repeat- edly hit and in flames, when an aviator appeared, circling the suby marine. merged. sub- The latter quickly ‘