New Britain Herald Newspaper, July 19, 1918, Page 1

D LOCAL NEWSPAPERS ESTABLISHED 1876. NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, FRIDAY, JULY 19, 1918.—SIXTEEN PAGES. FRANCO-AMERICAN FORCES CONTINUE D GERMAN COUNTER-ATTACK QUICKLY E WHEN YANKEE ARTILLERY COMES 1N During the Night United States Troops Capture Several To Make Further Progress—Unless Poilus are Stopped Huns Must TAFT CALLS UPON COUNTRY [AMERICANS EXHIBIT TO CHOOSE G. O. P. CONGRESS Former President, Speaking at Saratoga Convention, Declares Republicans Would Stimulate Adminis- tration By Offering Con- structive Criticism. ADVOCATES ARMY OF AT LEAST 5,000,000 Speaker Assel That in the Past President Wilson Has Been Parti- :Strongly Established on Mur- His Appointments and for ¥ san in More Than a Deprived the Nation of the Services of the Bus- incss Geniuses of the Nation. York, July 19 Howard 'Taft elect this fall which he dec would stimul the democrati ident by offering -constructive cism the administration’s action ind Inaction, and, by legislation, en- large the nation’s military prepar: tions was issued by the former pr dent, addressing the state convention of Republicans here today Wants Army of 5,000,000. n army told the to raise win the congress, New Villiam to gres te saratog A 1 by the country publican cc to of i Reiterating his advocacy of My, Taft the time cded to mocratic af me delegates that now the at for war. « With a d aiting the president’s 5,000,000 gr an co-operating with the executive, | aid, this will not be accomplished h the promptness which is impera- bik- the as- tive While conceding the masterful jty of the president in Lt country’s aims in the war Mr. Taft serted that the administration has not had the same success in forming prac- tical w He criticized al the the administration o E: party considerations too much in its appointments to important lared that “politics has dicated by interfer- Wisconsin r dency policies > and adjc he termed in the party Michigan forme ts de not what dential of pre o affair: and president said, in part: Riepubican Party Is Needed. now and every- help win the war. “Politics is ad- right, in so0 d for pe triumph E even in t parties. Party embarrasse o e 40 1y must has said certainly to be party nment on Jurse must by spirit where it hampers - the other hand, party organization public opinion be the way needed ywvernment action present The na- the republicn party to give expression to policy No to S suppressed nay st to secure L is th case needs ar fgaly Its success in ation congre initiate present spur A legisla- will one enact it on wtion mber adopt will carry st o publican tion “The remain By that must leave We not now n election of and adm twa ye though military doubt of concerned of 1920 take i, Its depend upon circumstanc ne fores as patriots and republicans, the present administration the potential force of into Hohe man to to in power time, even our ther the " with th That may outcome will tional care its cannot task, help ganize th kno llern an countr 0 of his com nt Ger people “Wi eparations o fc ministration ? to change ours W ch ar like into Th and modern no ea t of money transition. administi should dit make fective h mu time in been done well done de is effort Much tion minimiz it h a by t We ce the not tn an duc « )n Tenth Page), rather | On | ol of | | | | FOOD HOOV London, Hoover, troller, a ish port fr ER July Americ rrived today rom Amer n at rica. ADMINISTRATOR ARRIVES AT ENGLISH PORT. a —Herhert food c« ¥ 3rit- | — | ALLIES NOW OCCUPY RAILROAD IN RUSSIA| | | | | ve- | ed | norther: pres- | oad criti- | ' miral proclaimed and me. | which i ! 1 i i | | | | | man Coast and Ready to March South An sterdam Kemp, t Serbian of July t ann says there are no Soviet | horities in the whole > newsp: ge to | Italian and at the | the result. | s wheh one | present | ment, were affirmative features of the is to | platform presented by the resolutions or-| who. expe just it decl: ed by t A zoologist returnec trip to North ing ! Zeitung | with to the that king Kem food the mentions om July of the 16 1, the wed he ad fo: “in authorities he local aper print Isvest the erbian wre he lo named to Rubsia Norddeuts the Brit a stro; Engla WHITMAN TO STICK REGARDLESS OF T. R. 19 British were ds, s an ia o occupation tion of the itis American, also would accord with 11 and population Archan ¢ ne Murman rail- Max mann, the Stockholm correspondent | ¢ the Berlin Vossische Zeitung under ! Ad- 4 | vy has of the French | Behr- | the battle east and | entire BRAVERY IN BATTLE Conduct of the Men Is Eliciting Commendation From French | GEN. PERSHING'S REPORT ' Yankee Commander Confirms IPress of Success of Reports Complete Franco-American Attacks DBetween Aisne and Marne. With the American Army In France, July (By the Associated Pre With nightfall the fourth day west of Rheims a | | | 18 af feeling of confidence lied After sault along the pervades the al- hours of his own lines eighty as- lines of se= lection the enemy’s offensive seeming- ha He still behind the for first at- ly failed. is objectives set tack. Furthermore, gains during the operation were considerably than those of any of his pre- offensives during the present the day’s his smaller vious year, ans Show Great Courage. While the American force engaged | in the present battle is small in com-| parison with the total allic strength, Ameri; an- at for Murman ter- 1 Moscow 1 there of a disarmed Soviets. nd men and hmidt who h che ish Petrograd reports. from a accord- Allgemien are busy v fortified place nd that the garrison is well supplied nd Yederal Sufirtage Amendment Fayored N will nation, maries, Roosevelt | Roosevelt | today \firmative By G. O. | tion Not Included. Convention Y, remain July no m accor Wi Hall, 19 a candidatc atter nsents rding to to A 1liam nor’s secretary. word bany the h and a half. ;" war | Pe strength | Mr. Orr over tl The r governor adquarters son. A arty senatc the committee ) 1t nas | | decla shall | W ain that he ind | would said vigorous endorsement dministration, “‘emphatically States vote for he ha eport T h d win-the- o and urgin ors from federal ente Saratoga Governor - whether . Platform—Prohibi- Springs, Whitman t nomi- Colonel he pri- announcement orr, d telephone war f the the received from persisted, howeve opened and as late as last ning had directed his campaign in | P gover- the Al- private lank, a Whitman declaration United ork to iffrage amend- The document contained no mention Kkout blow to Wil- | of prohihition. a > i nk, lost o When the an extre topted by adswortl he suff He had did not be, in ition Willi of the prohibitic ut in the sufs ‘mely the tre comn not c > que inc view platiorn animously. committes un Barnes, who anti-Whitman m re committee fe plank on one, littee, what rendum vote which was Senator explained that he was not pathy with the prohibition and his views on his cours r d slatform by the adopted the | it may be said it is greater than any | participating in a battle since ths | Civil war and the conduct of the men | is eliciting the commendation of the | French. They have performed the | part ned to them with steadiness, 1 cou and skill, rge portion of the Americ these four days have been their first real fighti Reports from along the lines indicate a great deal of clean, open warfare some spontaneous lo- calzed actions undertaken without a preliminary barrage. It is in actions of this character that the American units have won the pra of the French. Troops Arc Very Confident. The tone of Thursda muniques and likewise the the counter begun early e infect nch and \lnex'l-‘ can troops with high confidence in the outcome of the great enemy offen- | sive, which now believed not only to have been effectively checked hut in at least a small measure thrown back. The i | age cor success of today is American transport, both of munitions and of the hospital service, working smoothly and efliciently. Behind the line the correspondent en- countered ambulances and trucks filled with what are known as sitting cascs, which already had heen attended to at the advanced dressing stations. These | were on their way to the rear and in their pa s they forced ta the road- side groups of German prisoners be- ing escorted to the pens Wounded Try wounc to Sing. were comfortable and The men in ane truck were an attempt to sing as they passed Further to the rear long American railway hospital trains, shining. with their newness, moved slowly through the ripening wheat fields and the cool forests to the bases, the wounded waving cheerfully from the windows. The cheerful making Pershing’s Communique, rington, July 19 communique for yesterday confirms press reports of the com- plete success of vesterday’'s attacks be- tween the Aisne and the Marne by combined Ameican and Franch forces. The dispatch follows Section A—American troops, co-op- erating with the Irench in an attack on the enemy’s positions between the Aisne and the Marne, penctrated lines to a.depth of scveral miles, turing thany prisoners and guns. Wa eneral Per- ANOTHER DRAFT CALL, Crowder Wants 3,400 Men Who Are Grammar School Graduates, July « 19 1 wder nal school allotted are to and ice t — Provost today drart call | among 12 Gramimar qualified for They will en- and Washingto Marshal Gene sued an additi for 500 men, he men duate iss general military ser train between 1 15. in the vicini EIGHT U. S. DIVISIONS IN BATTLE sht are believed Allied fight- front, Washington, divi- July 19 sions of American troops to be represented in the ing on the ac- Aisne-Marne cording to information given today to members of the house military com- mittee in their Gen. March, Mestated t on will not preparations offensive planned weekly conference with chier of staif drive now nor hinder great Allied in the rey fou for Details of the because official Pershing have Gen. March and king Gen ting dispatches from heen greatly delayed. A ant Secretary ar participated in the con- >d their gratification American troops are Crowell ference, over th playi No 1ble troops who exp part is avail- American great of- certain organ- 1nouncement exactly what engaged in the fensive but it is considered that troops of three recently ized army corps are represented. This wouid include the New Eng- land Rainbow and Sunset divisions of National Guardsmen and selected men from Michigan, Wisconsin, New Yorn, Missouri, Alabama, Georgia, Tennes- see, North and South Carolina, Dis- trict of Columbia and Pennsylvania. These would be in addition to other National Guardsmen and regular: ofticial to are ENEMY UNABLE TO GET RESERVES 19, (Havas) of the Allied offensive, printed by the Paris papers Parig, July Reviews fighting in the counter today lay stres with the upon the interference railway the enem communica- tions occasioned by <peedy Allied advance. “Our southeast b bringing into progress of Sois- sons”, says the Echo de Puris, “pre- vented the from action his enemy reserves over the railways y of Laon, near Chateau- ound Rheims and along the IfIe had expected to segure results from the u of these Thierry Alsne. great reserv. In its description of yvesterday's ac- tion between the Aisne and the Marne the Petit Journal says: “An advance was realized on the | entive 45 kilometer front of the at- tack, of between five and ten kilome- ters. Between the Aisne and the Ourcq the advance of three kilometers by Gen. Mangin’s army, reported in vesterday’s official statement, was completed within one hour. South of the Ourcq the attack was launched at 5:30 o’clock by the troops of Generals Degoutte and Stiree (stirn?). After desperate fight- ing, in which the Americans on our right acquitted themselves gloriously, our front was advanced betwetn three and four kilometers.” | | | ENTENTE IS BELIEVED T0 HAVE UPPER HAND Paris Papers Claims Fully 13,000 Germans Have Been Captured Paris, July 19, (Hay Libre without intending to divulge the number of prisoners and gu cap- tured, says it is fully equivalent to the number announced by the Germans as having been captured on July 15 (the German official statement on Tuesday announced that 000 prisoners had been taken Monday). The newspapers intentionally give little information in regard to the bat- tle going on and the results obtained. They hold themselves generally to the official statement. All the critics ar enthusiastic over the success obtaine yesterday. By taking the initiative, it is held, General I'och has com- pelled the Germans, at the moment of hoasting that were delivering a supreme peace assault, fo use their reserves at the point and time select- ed by the generalissimo. The Echo de Paris the conviction that the Franco-Americ success will be confirmed fully tod It says the German genecral staff do its utmost to straighten out its fairs, but the Allies have the upper hand. The question for General Lu- dendorff now is not whether to enter Epermay, declarves the Matin, but to consider means for the salvation of the divisions he has thrown across the Marne. GERMAN RAIDS REPULSED British Drive Off ¥Foe Who Attempt JHomme they s expresses af- to Attack in Villers-Bretonneux and Morlancourt Scctors. 19.—German raids Villers-Bretonneux on London, July last night in the and Morlancourt side of the the British ment from Field Mar e British captured in successful ralds in Eucquoy, Willerval and sector; driven off official state E rew the Loc Somme, by 1ig today prisoners regions of a July 19.—Fore.- w Britain and vi- . mot much chang, Hartford, N = i charming suburb, the demand cannot either | HOPE T0 BREAK DOWN OPPOSITION IN JAPAN Political Leaders Divided On Question of Interven- tion In Si beria. 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Early today the Americans also'} gress. During the night German reinforceme; ing from the region in the north but the expected attack has not appeared up to an early hour this noon. COUNTER ATTACK SMASHED. American troops continue to hold the plateau southl west of Soissons where on Thusday the Germans madd their first organized counter.attack. This soon fell dowr however, as soon as the American heavy artillery got in| to action. This was one of the fiercest struggles in tion with the Franco-American offensive. The south west of Soissons for some time. It rest Germans falling back finally.under the rain o gun fire of the Americans. 2 p. m.—One of the towns taken by the Americang last night was Vierzy, six miles south of Soissons. Town{ to the north and south of this also were taken in carry: ing out of the plan to straighten the entire line on thd Soissons-Chateau Thierry front. No resistance was encountered at Vierzq or in th neighborhood villages taken. At two villages on the southern portion of the line thd hands of the clocks had been stopped by shell fire at 4:4 o'clock, indicating the time the Allies had started thei bombardment on Thursday morning. ENEMY FLEES BEFORE YANKEE DRIVE One of the greatest surprises for the Americans i the opening of the offensive was the flight of the Ger mans before the attack. The Americans, many of whom were going over the top for the first time, were fully pre pared for a stiff fight, and as the hours went on withou a German counter blow they began to wonder when thel enemy would retaliate. 0o P conneg| attle raged ilted in thd f the hea risoners Between the Aisnc and the Marne, in spite of new arrivals of German reinforcements the Allies are making sensible progress and are capturi a la number of prisoncrs, accord ing the official tement ued by war office today the front between Marne the French Montvoisin and Roi Wood Wood capturing 100 prisoncrs. Aleng the whole front between Aisne and Marne the battlc tinues with violence South of the Marne vigorous attack, the French have ejected the enemy from the outskirts of Between Rheims and the Italian troops have taken Moulin Ardre, south of Marfaux and west of Rourcy 100 Guns Captured. 100 guns Allied tront, Taken. miles, from The according the latest advice] front gains southwest of Soj prevent the enemy from > railways to Laon, Chateay] nd and along th which vital importane Soi the keystone ind it is expeet in the heavi to fend o ] | Rheims { Aisne, are of | to nim the to t the on g On the tured in the German the Ru have and ms enemy forces in will {1 row madc tempt the cannon pros and Cour four ent danger. German Resistance Broken the stub. at - Cour. Chateau-Thjer pondent af enemy’s gun e captured, “h Buzancy. the con- French have broken | born ck German tance res nps, northwest the of by a ry, says the front nd mact Ameri Havas corre the we 1 @ 1 north- London, July 1 are advancing {the Germans will readjustment in their jcan immediately French, according here today On > Soiss The French agai it is probable tha ke a big ne unless they throw tk to ceive and Over h More than stured in the \isne-Marne Herald today. Adv nee is thrilled have attack according been the the on 1% o ices 1 B S he e includes in the the Clerman American tr ive from t nd soundly 5 Placc t ons Allic th troop: higk wu-Thier:; rom the ck Thurs s<ons to n cut news that ot beat 15 mile front Thur y marked ti s offensive of from fensive French and snatched the initi my by surprise his divisions It is felt that ehb of Germany filtration rried out through line village move . pow« out by ' cavd So completely hat in vere the ( the F places They the in owing resistance The depth of the gains for the whole day | zancy, an advance of whic! was between three and four mile: At ‘Wnuld bring them ‘across both thel points the Allies advanged five | road and the railway mentigne Aps i est farther irprised tvanced hour. ranco-Amer two miles in continued their afternoon teet th nd s in been report ave ially i d Bu ] ed unoft some