The Seattle Star Newspaper, July 18, 1918, Page 1

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AN LIKE Bl," REPORTS YANK GENERAL | sent the following n Wei © Forecast Tonight and Fri occa sional rain; cooler; moderate sout aterly winds, | He’s Pushing “On to-Berlin” | ALLIES TAKE THE this afternoon. have OFFENSIVE AND GAIN FOUR MILES (BULLETIN)—LONDON, July (4:35 p. m.)—The Americans and French,| attacking between Soissons afid Chateau * Thierry, have so far advanced from three to four miles, it was learned authoritatively The greatest advance was made in the Aisne valley. |German prisoners more than 20 cannon have been captured. POILUS AND FOE TRIES YANKS HOLD NEW PATH Thousands of been taken and THOUSANDS OF ENEM' PRISONERS CAPTURED FIFTH PUSH IN BATTLE ly United Press Leased Wire Direct to The &tar WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN THE CHAMPAGNE, July 18—3:95 a m)—The fourth day of the battle which started Monday finds the Germans still halted in their attempt to en- velop Rhetms Stubbornness of the American and French resistance at the ex- tremitios of the fighting front— east of Chateau Thierry, and cast of Rheims—aafely hold the allies’ flank The Americans not o ing t sund, but the heaviest punishmer | my he region of Me E gonne he dead are piled four and five de One American regimental com | mander extimaten 5,000 dead In front of his command alone Desperate Fight On The Germans have not renewed their attempt to break the Ameri Jean resistance from the Mezy front, land this region remains strangely void of infantry operations, but the Gen. victorious sweep against enemy positions. SCHWAB TACKLES WAGE SCALE) :"::".": Goes in Secret Conference With Workers Over New Demands| Future wages of 40,000 Seattle Sch before going into the con shipyard workers centered | ference stated in a brief interview | Thursday on the outcome of a | that he had neither the power to r e conference in the New Washing- | ject or accept on behalf of the gov ‘utomobiles _| ton hotel, where their leaders ernment any new wage scales which ?) held clave with Charles M. | might be submitted. (| Schwab, director general, and At noon the Schwab and Vice a id 5} Charles Piez, vice president of | President Piex party left for the in ) the emergency fleet corporati Arena, where speeches by the visit }| Schwab's Thursday morning pro-| Ors were programed for 0. More } | gram called for an hour's meeting| than 1,000 covers were laid for the| 4 m with shipyard owners Under a new itinerary the parties of nd Tacoma. The confer-|f Schwab and Piez split Thursday ‘ 4 : 3 two things every normal per i ence with the owners, however, was| (Ooutinies on pace 4) 86n wants to own. are good W brushe je until t rnoon investments. Saturday's classi 4 and ntire mornit en over , to tion with t rkers fied section , will con: U. S. TAKES STEEL PLANT %)| A new wage scale calling for sul men ‘the Piet biye W stantial increases to shipyard work:| WASHINGTON tle market has to % ora was admitted by the leaders t- r Steel Co. ) be the subject of their intense dis | York, with its plar If you are interested in an au i poor ig yy ey lll W. Va., was taken over today by the tomobile or a home watch for f 4 lien property custodian, The secret this insue i Denies Power German process for the making of | New wage programs were submit | high speed steel, owned by the com ted to the owners of Skinner &|pany, will be Americanized, The Kady and the Duthie yards Wednes | Becker conpany is now doing much | day. work on government contracts. John J. Pershing, commanding American troops in France, today making ay | (Continued on page 4) Kill Them! Make } They Say ‘Enough’! Order to Allies } With the Frenc h army in the } |) field, July 18—"KM them! Kill } {them in abundance until they*ve } had enough!” That was « portion of General Gourand’s order of the day to ) the French and American troops n the eve of the new German drive A defensive battle was engaged in under more favorable he declared. “Strong, ) never ( conditions,” brave hearts of free men beat in | your breasts, None will look be- { hind; none will give way." ' REJECT HUN “PROTECTION” July 18.The Germans he Russian government to al rman battalion to proceed * the emba of | wireless dispatch reported today | Premier 1 replied that the Russians were capable of protecting the German embassy and that no foreign soldiers would be permitted to enter the city a day | will away. | Les TURN TO PAGES 4 AND 11 FOR ADDITIONAL BATTLE NEWS Jin the “pe | ly retreat ——_—_-—_—g | slaughter * Dispatch | From Webb Miller By United Leased Wie | Direct to The Star © * PARIS, July 18-46 a. m)— Completely frustrated in their original design to reach the Marne ons wide front and smash toward Chalons, the Ger. * have switched to a sec ‘ YY objective, attempting to encircle Rheims by pushing along the Marne valley toward Epernay with their backs toward Pari A French militar: summed up the situation for the United Press this morning This jw the first time an attack of such weight has collapsed #0 quick ly," he declared Reports received during the night placed the enemy within eight miles of Epernay. Furious fighting was raging on the steep declivities and the banks of the Marne, along which huge masses of Germans were being thrown against the allies in repeated assaults Clashes Are Desperate In their advance toward Epernay, the Germans hive the advantage of moving along a rafiway and a high way wt most parallel lines to the town ve French are ch runs on a (Continued on Page Four) ‘PARIS REPORTS NEW ALLY DRIVE PARIS, American morning on daly 18.—French and troops attacked this the 35-mile front from Fontenoy to Belleau, the French war office announced. Initial advances of from one to nearly two miles were made at some points, and prisoners were taken. This action is an allied offensive area to the north of the Marne-Champagne front, where th Germans launched their fifth drive fonday “We attacked the German posi tions this morning from the region of Fontenoy to Belleau. the munique said At certain points we progressed from two to three kilometers “Prisoners were taken on com Lithuanians Start Drive on Petrograd VA, July | 18.—Thirty-five 1 Lithuanians, after defe ing Vitebsk, on the Dvina, are marching on Petrograd, according to a di patch from Laussanne today. The Bolsheviki are said to be in disorder ficial pishevik forces and capturing | ALLY TP FLEEING HUNS sd ONpirect to The Bar fo ets el eee ee ee WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY ~ THE CHAMPAGNE, July 18.—The icans and French are advancing in a c¢ ter-offensive launched today on a front between Chateau Thierry and eens re a the north of the Marne-Champag | ween antenoy and” Belieau may line, where the Germans began their fi feneive if the" German ‘front erm drive on Monday. ; the moment. however ea. Foch is The allied attack is being pushed fectiver ee me’°*\ spectacular success. The Americans captured more than a dozen towns lages, taken numerous prisoners and vanced more than three kilometers (n A major offensive by the allies be two miles) up to noon. fore America’s armies are fully ready to participate, has practically Up to the hour of cabling, the Americans had capt ir the following towns west of Chateau Thierry: NEW YORK, July 18.—Von Hindenburg has been caught in bis own trap. Trying to lure the allies’ reserves to the castern area of the Aisne-Marne salient, he has weakened the German front along the western side of the salient and Gen. Foch has seined the opportunity to deliver & counter stroke for the better been shown not to be part of Gen Foch’s plans. Thin limitation of strategy, never- theless, would change if Von Hinden- burg were to commit any stupendous blunder in his mad passion for Triple Objective Gen. Foch's present attack has a List of Towns triple objec Tt ts fi ffort to push the Germans farther away | Paken by Yanks from the routes to Paris; secondly, it Villers-Heldon, ~Dammard, Couchamps, Licy-Clig Monthiers, Torcy, Belleau, Givray, St. Gengoulph, H will act as a diversion to interfere with a continuation ef the German . farms, heights and offensive between Rheims and the Vesnes and other small villages, Marne, and thirdly, it will seriously ‘including Giyray wood. the direction of his offensive from | Within three hours after it began. Many towns will the east to Paris. that depth northward clear to Fontenoy were taken by # Hindenburg has Americans and the French. Biggest Allied Drive Since 1917 check Von created a large amount hind the German 1 gives an unusual allies to deliver an ef. fective stroke, #uch as Gen. Foch LONDON, July 18—(4:35 p. m.)—The drive has ordered today between the Aisne and the Marne is the The Aisne-Marne salient is so nar row that increased disquietude among the Germans within its pocket might lead to demoralization Certainly Gen. Foch has not had as excellent an opportunity as the pres ent to safeguard the road to Paris since the Germans extended their front to the Aisne United Press Summary of War Events allied counter-offensive since April, 1917, it was learned authoritatively this afternoon. Many tanks are in action with the French and American troops, The American commander at Givray, reporting capture of the town to headquarters, sent the follo message: ‘Met boche on his line of resistance. Sharp Boche turned tail and ran like hell, pursued by our t Hope have more prisoners.” At headquarters, messages were coming in from where, asking permission to push on farther. |Capture Enormous |Numbers of Foes It was essential that the line should be kept straight |and in some instances it was necessary to order the i to hold back until adjoining units could come up. AISNE-MARNE French and American troops be FRONT— gan an offensive this morning a ae pean patent beLween te It is the greatest pursuit of boches the ‘Amerioaaal tack is reported to have been | have yet engaged in. Enormous numbers of pris a4 made on a large have been taken. It is impossible to estimate how many. Americans have taken 12 towns® American airplanes, flying over the lines, fought the and many prisoners. An ad : Ay 7 vance of two miles has been |DOChes above, while the doughboys and machine gunners made. | fought them below. Aerial observers dashed thru thé CHAMPA FRONT—The |Clouds and others carried back messages. German effort now seems to be Advance Completely limited to taking ernay, on the south bank of th arne, 14 Hy miles south of Rheims—and to | Surprises Enemy pinching off the Rheims salient The surprise not only was complete but the concen- Menon, war orice renorted “Xe |tration for the attack was unusually rapid. Field front agg? were loaded on truc and these dashed up to the f PICARDY The horses were carried up the same way, i jan troc Lines of trucks, carrying six and eight horses apiece, front east of Villers Bretonneux |have been hurried up for the past 24 hours. . a night. East of oo igen The German artillery resistance was feeble until 4 dae Improved thelr posi: | Gelock, Then their guns opened up, but the Ame! ; FLANDERS FRONT—Ger. |had advanced too far for the enemy guns to stop them, man artillery active north of Torcy was captured in 15 minutes, Bailleul during the night 8:20 and Givray half an hour later. AUSTRIA-HUNGARY —Buda pest newspaper Pester Lloyd ad. mitted that “American interven. Advance Continues tion is having ita effects.” |All Along Front et ke Pada | The greatest force of Americans which has yet ’ ticipated in a single engagement is advancing with the | erman battalion to Continued on Page 4. Belleau fell at RUSSIA—Premier Ls fused ar guard Moscow an embassy in