The Seattle Star Newspaper, July 15, 1918, Page 1

MORE THAN 70,000 PAID COPIES DAILY i 148 INITED PRESS PULL. LIASED ASSOCIATIONS: WIRD SERVICE VOLUMI 20, “NO. -HUNS | 33 | DRIVE TO SMALL GAIN ALONG FIFTY-MILE FRONT , DISPATCH FROM JOHN DE GANTT By United Pr ad Wh Direct t The Stary’ PARIS, July 15 (4 p. m.). h).—The French army of | the Champagne is holding magnificently against the new German drive, according to dispatches received from the battle front this afternoon. The enemy concentration appears to have been greatest between Dormans and Rheims (a front of 25 miles). The Germans are reported to have crossed the Marne at several points between Chateau Thierry and Dormans, which should be easy because of the narrowness of the river. United Press Summary of War Events Elsewhere the French hold: the Germans in their post zones. Barrage Halts For with the Simultaneous ér 50-mile Thierry the front Chateau 1 Main de Massiges Germans mpted a fo tack on the Oureq front Ferre-Milon (15 miles Chateau Thierry). They a crushing barrage to debouch from their own p between able at toward La orthwest of untered ene unable pattions and w CHAMPAGNE FRONT—The The main drive to be an Germans resumed their offensive attempt by Gen. V ite’ art y aps this morning with a drive on | which previously net been en the 50mile front from Chateau gaged in the German offensive, to Thierry eastward to Main De | converge upon Chalons (24 miles ) Massiges. Early reports state | southeast of Rheims) from several that the enemy has crossed the | points Marne at several points, haa There are numerous apparent rea- captured some villages and has penetrated the French lines to the depth of nearly three miles. Two American contingents are sons for the enemy drive, aside from the imrnediate objective of Chalons | It is obviously a part of the atsempt ed advance toward Paris. The ene z cluded in the allied forces op- }my also hopes to take Kheimaywhieh ing the drive—those on the already is surroun on bye aides i 10-mile front from Vaux east: | And, evidently, Von Gallwi ward to Jaulgonne, including | ing to enlarge the salient cr Chateau Thierry, and those in the region of Butte Du Mesnil. four miles west of Main De Mas siges. Other than the declara tion of staff correspondents that the Americans “have the situa tion well in hand,” nothing deft nite has been received to indi- | cate how our forces are faring | | | | the previous Marne drive FOE LOSING IN BALKAN REGION a P. ‘The reports that the Germans July Further have crossed the Marne at sev ROME, 15, ad eral points, however, may indi. | Yances by the Italians and French in cate the Americans have fallen | Southern Albania have seriously back slightly along the river, as |CoO™npromined the enemy positions they held more than half the al and probably will necessitate fur lied line on the south bank ther retreat northward, freeing the sas allied communications between West Alig oe mm Dasault evidently Jern Macedonia and the Adriatic, a tnete deive on Paris, together |@spatch from the Italian front in with an tempt to envelop | Albania stated toda Rheims, which is in the center The Austrians contin to fall back in disorder, burning depots and at (ag Bow Grtve. villages which they The intensity of the enemy at- | abandon. The village of tack is shown by their bombard- |in fiames. Italian troops ment of the allied rear areas an |ing with the French, hav far back as Meaux, 25 miles | Giunaka pass STRIKE PARIS FLANDERS FRONT—Dritish consolidated the positions they won in the Dickebusch lake | region yesterday morning on a | front of more than a mile. | BANIAN FRONT—Italians | PARIS, July 15.—The long range bombardment of Paris was resumed | this afternoon, cessation of several weeks gunfire on the battle front has audible sin early ui co-operat reached a F; French continue to advance ¥ and are forcing the Austrians into a dangerous positi MACEDONIAN FRONT—Brit ish successfully raided Bulgarian lines near Lake Doiran GERMANY — Foreign Secretary Von Dem reported to have resig: 16 AIRPLANES chief of the anti-Bolshevik forces t the | LONDON irplanes were brow after The been this morning nder Omsk a my. and has entered head of a large Sixteen Ger man nt down b Move Government British airmen Satur while the | Away From Moscow "itis lov three machines, the air STOCKHOLM, July 11—The so More than 23 tons of bombs were viet government t* about to be) aronned on ene pitta dati the hel trom Momow. to, Marcu, @6-la' era ane ee cording to dispatches from Moscow. As a result of insubordination among soviet troops War Minister LIEUTENANT INJURED ‘Trotak has state of war a ah ciat"ani ait, WHEN AIRPLANE FALLS way. 3AN NTONIO, ‘Tex Jul Murom is one of the oldest cities! 1) ideas das H, Santo itd in Ru a. It is on the Oka river, more, Md, was probab fat in and at the last census had a pop-|jured today when his aeroplane fell wlation of about 13,000. during a flight above Kelly field. ‘MAYOR TAKES OVER TONS OF FISH FROM NEAH BAY } Tons of fresh spring salmon, red the mayor. “You've got weighing 20 to 50 pounds each, # Market right here the were being sold thru the munici- People of Heattle ~ pal publi at 15 cents @ board, as threatened pound—cut lar salmon City Health iperintendent § prices almost in two—following McBride had inspectors working Hanson agreement, at noon, examin the catch ay, to buy the catch of trol- brought on the Denver and { Jers working out of Neah Bay, Pauline L. § 140 miles dis Two and one-half tons were $ H. H. Gibs A. Smith, accepted after examination and 7 ) fishermen waited on pd on wal the ma morning to I mn wal would continue the fisherm consumer plan Indefinite order to cut high living costs, Thousands of pounds weekly will be purchased. plead against the dictatgrship ex ercised by the one cannery oper- ating at the bay. ‘Seattle will buy all your (ish, subject to inspection,” an- CS AECL CREDO LE RI ¥ ntaet THE ANY PAPER IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWI Congress March GREATEST DAILY Dotered as Hee CIRCULATION OF at th Matter May 3, under the Act SE ATTL E, Ww ASH., ‘omtoffice at Beattie, Wash. MONDAY, 1918, JU L Y 15, BEGIN FIFTH OFFENSIVE; CROS *YANKS ROLL FOE BAC FRENCH HOLD NEW HUN Front Now “uncce saws new arrorvey’ New Drive AMERICANS MEET FOE et nr ae Last Try, Is Belief Military Leaders Say Diffi- cult Days Are Ahead for Allied Nations CONFIDENT OF OUTCOME BY CARL D. GROAT United Press Correspondent WASHINGTON, many’s fifth great drive Moving On | to Berlin Latest Thrust by Kaiser Moves the Battle Lines Toward East YANKS SHIELD PARIS Ger July 15. tions this afternoon are that Von “ Hindenburg’s new offensive is being held at all exsential points, The failure of the Germans to break the American line at Vaux n the west opening today against the Franco: American forces on a 60-mile front wo ted by military men here expec and the success unter at o be her greatest and last major of tack by the Americans in that Ricans Gite. Iie joeantion indieatad area strengthens the assurance the Germans have elected to. try that Paris is safe. Ph ec of th anew for Paris, or to strike #o heavy vim igen + eee byw ily as to draw strength from the Germans in, however, an unfortunate ily Pnue'so: i case ghar ‘Their apparent intention # due be tol esse Bs er AB aa to be the former. If, however, the ig ao: 8 apa bow “ German is seeking to divert strength ee meric an counter task may from farther north, then he pring about a disaster for the Ger : opes to strike the channe mans a hop t r nn he fact that the main German as ports, ae ms e rman a Military men agree that difficult Gakitlonn. tthe an6! Shaina re ahead. But, they-eay, the at pasiantantee Fock French and Americans are in better This tag cheap ‘ , h oe shape to withetand the blow than edge farther rom Paris drive started March 21 and the channel ‘The attack in that area means that the enem This operation, they predict, will has turned his back on P and the be halted. Some ground will be chann in trying to shove the given, but none believes the German allied front eastward. will win @ stra jeal vietory The farther he goes in that dire If he fails, as expected, it ts prob tion, the nearer will the front be able he cannot undertake another moved to Gernan territery If the gree | major operation this year. Then, it erican strength constantly kaiser is satinfied with that kind of Charlotte Koimits, Assistant United States Attorney bk Mer i ke te Gai-bewes be Pap ex’ dea dogte often ¢, the Twenty-two-year-old Charlottesin as assistant. United, States dis-| balance will swing against him. That 77 . Kolmitz broke traditions all to 7 iiedha bh Wil be on the defensive t 3 ‘ 1 savin the federal building Mon. {ttt attorney before Judge Edward {and that in time he will be when she\ was sworn — TOBACCO FUND (Continued on page 9) day morning, BRITISH ENTE ARCTIC HAuBOR ROTTERDAM, July 15 {Here Are Five Phases of Big ' Hun Offensive Liritin forces have occupied Kem, on 5 Murman coast, according to the } { Frankfurter Zeitung ) PICARDY DRIVE — Started om } March 21, on a 50-mile front be Kem ia an important port in the 27 680 M tween Arras and the Oise.- Stop- White sea, about 275 miles south of ’ sree 0.0 610% 0 hoo 6 006 00 6s ¢ SNM EEMOER S| 562 in just one week, after, the Kola and 375 miles north of Petro 11 075 * Germans had advanced about 40 grad, on the railroad connecting y ee 2 ed miles to within striking distance these two cities. o of Amien# Se ee, sper wes SEO Elis ces cov bce ARMERE | EBine ore ares ombine forces of Germans and April e a 25-mile front be forces the Murm days after the Germa: ad pen would appear that t etrated 15 miles to within strik y either retired bef ng distance of Hazebrouck the British or was driven back | fighting oe. &. & a — <e n "MARNE DRIVE Started May 27, on a 40-mile front between Coucy Le Chateau and Rheims Stopped in a week after eo Ger mans had penetrated 30 miles to Chateau Thierry IMPORTANT T OISE DRIVE—Started June 9 $1,986.32! on a 35-mile front betwee Mont | Y nt was the amount raised CALL UP TITUS didier and Coucy Le Chateau . 5 I in hree days he COPENHAGEN, Jul 5.—Czecho- for The Star's “Our Boys in It yout © the Sth, 10th, Stopped in thr 1 rth troops have captured the city peers eae ep dian 15th or 20th number, get in Germans had advanced six miles ae aaa, tated vebletance, & | oo. a oo touch with Hagen J. Titus, They were later pushed back * Ristori g ror ima emepiminead alo pov ten vgs oy Toe Elliott 583, or with the tobac- neasty half this distance rom } Rane se tas ani he past co editor of The Star, Main Case as site yd nyc # be ed Ju 5, o D. le be- 5 ‘That's all the campaign lasted. 00 || ed July 16, on a S0-mile front It was one of the shortest and * tween Chateau Thierry and Main one of the most successful drives rel, containing 39,000 numbers. He De Maasiges, continuing with initial German gains reported in Seattle. called upon a soldier and a sailor in A full statement is printed in the crowd to mount the stand and GAIN IN NORTH the box below, as reported today = shake up the barrel in plain view LONDON, Ju ish troops| %@ The Star by Manager Titus, of the audience A . advanced on a front a more than a| "is assistant, W. § King, and The fifth number was for the Mar mile east of Dickebusch lake Y George Dowling, of the National (mon auto, the 10th number for the Flanders, yesterday morning, taking| Cas Resister Co. ‘who was | king, and the nh number for the 296 prisoners, Field Marshal Haig| ‘easurer of the drive. The bank: | Buick bth. number for the reported today ing was, done at the National — yaxwe!l cs Re , aie sai 1 souk ioe t ape Refore an audience of 15,000 to| Horr explained that if the h WIRES SOON “rplap rday morning |; 600, little Maxine Worthen, 10) of the fifth number was. completely successful’ (he). ns old, daughter. o¢ Mr. and Mra,|the Marmon within a WASHINGTON, July 15.—-Presi wtatement sald. “We advanced on a o Scant wale “| ume, the sixth namber would get it: | gent Wilson will announce gi pees 2,000 yard mac 8 K Pring. ; od the fate of The Star's “Our then the seventh, the eighth and SoaANeh witk® Gonteel ii the ‘United tives. We captured 296 prisoners,| Boys in France Tobacco Fund” au ninth Staten “eoon several machine guns and much| tomobiles If the 10th number failed to call! White withholding a other materi So far, the holders of the winning for the King, the eleventh would get | statement r the president's “ oes numbers have failed to make them: it , the 13th, the 14th. course, until : yntrol meas Par a ene If the 15th number failed to call/ ure, finally pas at British Capture Promptly at 7:20 Saturday at (Continued on Page Twelve) — | urday night { twas stated 350 Germans in Woodland park, as previously an a the president would not leave the sit nounced, came the climax to the big uation uncertain long Palestine Fight ov SIX-CENT FARES NOW gutsura c¢ Pie elesraph iinesjand IANDON, Ju 15 British troops Following an explanation by Ralph IN KANSAS CITY, mo. combination of th ling telephone t 610 prisoners, including 850 Ger. | A- Horr of how the automobiles were gph companies in at least 1,000 cities in mee Shah 4 ts he distributed, Manager J. Hasen| KANSAS CITY, Mo., July 15.--|the country were forecast by con eum Mie age poppe. Titus, under whowe direction the Kansas City’s pennies went on 4 | gressional leader today who have oe perm be ap. Sam announced drive was conducted, called upon ride today when ho Kansas City peen in intimate touch with th wire ah np» Chief of Police Warren to act as Railways company oy a grant of the | situation ‘saturday night and Sunday morn-| aster of ceremonies public ser commission of M Nico Veh okinan ‘hans, Cadbats “ovee it ing, the enemy, Semone Our Pes |, ‘The: ohiet took charge of the bar. vourt atarted,collectin ntstares, lea plan tc leave ¢ egtating Opera pie ip llsed ed Ba dat i Aer eee _ _— —— mooie | (30 agencies virtually intact, the wey Sle Rg adit whole work, however, to be under a ri¢ ne statement sald he rk, ho first was dispersed. The second pen TOBACCO FUND STATEMENT single directing 1 etrated our lines, but a counter at , apie Fe Sd EO tack reestablishing our positions, Cost of four autos (dealers’ prices)...... $6,916. isics saan odt Sains clereed ee “Ae DAs TP Pe EaTa ON P OR tt, H. A. Chadwick, printing auto tickets ... 120.00 peacding ofticata at:thh gennte- aah ark Pioneer Printing Co., cards and reprints the house today and sent to the p ident for hi DESERTERS GIVE UP Cloth signs, Seattle Sign Agi snature IN FACE OF U. S. TROOPS Dba expec’ Ce -sceveceeess $7,189.68 | Telegraphers Will LITTLE ROCK Ark July 15. . Awe by the seaaenae ek toacia wit Tickets issued for sale ... 40,000 Demand Raise Boost perme pp rilorethe amet leh Tickets returned unsold (returned too Lic Aal detent wan four of the band had surrendered to be put on sale again)... 24 shorter hours and reinstatement of discharged employes as soon as the Tickets sold ..... Net proceeds .... Clybourne county officials today | Other members of the band were to \follow them soon, they told the au- | thorities. stems, 8. J. Konenkamp, president | of. the union, announced today. government assumes control of wire | east of Chateau Thierry. NIGHT EDITION — We ttled, o¢ weather to i y winds, { ther Voreeast: tr PRICERY*; ONE CENT where MARNE) ASSAULT BY STARTING * DISPATCH FROM FRED S. FERGUSON By United Press Leased Wire, Direct to The Btar) WITH THE AMERICANS “ON THE July 15 (2 p. m.).—The Americans, shortly noon, launched a heavy counter attack against forces of Germans who had forced a crossing Marne at three points on a four-mile front, Chateau Thierry. The result of this fighting is known. hortly before this the Americans counter-attad Vaux, west of Chateau Thierry, completely German assault. The Americans caught the boches terrific charge, hurling them back 700 meters (almost a mile) beyond the point where they began the attack. In the Vaux fighting the Americans took 30 p They fought from shell holes, or, jumping into the hurled grenades and wielded bayonets until the GERMANS ST of east not The German drive extends from west of Chateau Thierry. The Ger mans appufently are trying to reach Bitter Fight On Ritter fighting is in progress eapect long the Marne east of Chateau Thierry, where an Ameri can counterattack is under way 4s 50 MILE FF Ty) this ix cabled. 1 At daybreak the boches threw es | pontoon bridges across the Marne. PARIS, July 15—The Ger Supported by artillery and machine| sasny launched an attack i rushed across ire. guns, their infantry in the face of heavy morning on the 50-mile fromt €-" tending from Chateau The Germans succeeded in cross ing the river at three places—at| eastward to Main De y ulgonne and at La| The battle is continuing, the’ rm, north of Fossoy.| office announced today. Thea (Fossoy is four miles east of Chateau| tack followed a violent Thierry y is two miles north-| preparation. east of Fosso) Jaulgonne is the! “The Germans attacked this same distance northeast of Mezy |ing from Chateau Thierry to Their first rush carried the Ger-|De Massiges, after the most mans forward three kilometers (a/artillery preparation, mile and three quarters). At noon|munique said the battle line east of Chateau Thier-| “The French are sustaining ry ran, roughly, from Fossey thru| positions energetically before Paroy and between Courtemont and|emy assault, on a front of abt Varennes to Reuilly | kilometers (49.68 miles). The Parroy is three-quarters of | continuing.” & mile east of Fossoy. Va _ rennes is two miles north and) Main De Massiges is in the C east of Paroy the center pagne district, 32 miles east 1 bend of the| Rheims. The latter city is almost is half a mile| the center of the new drive, arennes, Reuilly is a mile; At least two distinct south and slightly east of Courte | forces are thus involved in the’ mont on the south bank of the river. drive—those in the region of This indicates that the Americans Thierry and those near Butte were pushed back from the Marne Mesnil, four miles west of Main not more than a mile and a quarter | Massiges ut the point of greatest penetration Fossoy—and held the Germans to even smaller gains east of Chateau Thierr Huns Slow Down | psistance finally slowed German advance Pr unter-attack began im “HIT BY ae ac and the Ameri swept WITH THE AMERICANS ON forward to the attack before the enemy could reorganize his badly i shattered units | American peniiieds’ in the regien. West of Chateau Thierry, the. of Vaux (two miles west of Cha enemy's efforts to recapture Vaux) teau Thierry) at 6 o'clock this — lasted only a couple of hours, after) morning, following a heavy bom- which the American counter-attack bardment with gas and high ex- thrust them back far beyond their plosives. ng point The American artillery re Four miles in the rear of the line sponded with « barrage, and at the country is shaken by the artil the hour of cabling the situation — ery firing as tho by arthquake. well in hand. Phe valleys near Vaux were heavil Itaneously the enemy st delugeg th ga forcing the Ameri-| a heavy bombardment in the rea tania ns to fight in gas mask of Jaulgonne (seven miles east a Foe Losses Heavy (Continued on page 9) . German losses were heavy every where they attacked but they weee/ CAPT, WRIGHT IS DEAD particularly severe along the Marne| IOWA CITY, Ia, July 15.—Capiy where the boches paid a heavy toll| Andrew C. Wright. commandant at for the privilege of bridging teh his-|lowa State university, died Monday toric river morning, two hours after having Withdrawal of the Americans and suffered a stroke of apoplexy, He French troops to their right to the| was a retired army officer, havi " of the salient formed by the served in the Philippine islands need bend in the Marne, was effected in| eral years. He leaves a widow and excellent order four ¢ dren K ra . oo of the new German drive against Franco. The attack against the Americans cen The map shows the se American lines on the west front. tered on Vaux and Ja mericans in the recent advance, is two miles west | of Chateau Thierry. Jaulgonne, the point on the Marne where the Gers mans were hurled back by the Americans in the last drive, is seven miles: The drive extends against the Americans and French from (l Thierry to Main De Massiges, 32 miles cast of Rheims.