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PARIS, July Id.—Military common-
tutors are unanimous in culling Thurs-
day's Franco- American advnce a fine
success, but deprecate jumping to con-
elusions, as the battle is still going on.
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PARIS, July 19:—More than one hundred guns have been cap-
tured in the allied attack on the Aisne-Marine front, according to
the Herald today.
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LONDON, July 19—French troops, in their counter offensive
on the battle zone between the Aisne and the Marne, captured 16,000
prisoners yesterday, according to news reaching London this after-
noon.
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By Associated Press.
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY ON THE AISNE MARNE
FRONT, July 19.— American and French forces are continuing to
advance their spearhead midway between Soissons. and Chateau
Thierry. The Americans took several towns in the course of the
night.
HUNS ADMIT
BOMBING
U. S. GIVES
WAR CREDIT
SPAIN SAVES
EIGHT BELGIANS
day generally fair, rising temperature
in north portion-
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By Associated Press.
MADRID, July 19—Intervention by
King Alfonso has brought reprieves
to eight Belgians condemned to death
by a German court at Brussels. This
announcement was made by the for-
eign office.
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making
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Drive Makes Progress,
By Associtd Press.
PARI, July 19.—Between the Aisne
and the Marne, in spite of new arrivals
of German reinforcements, the Allies
are making sensible progress and are
capturing a large number of prisoners,
according to the official statement Is-
sued by the war office today.
Battle Continues.
Along the whole front between the
Aisne and the Marne the battle con- •
tinues with violence.
South of the Marne, by a vigorous at-
(Continued on Page Six.)
B, Associated Press.
PARIS, July 19 (Havas Agency).-
The congress of the general confeder-
at ion of labor .after a long and ani-
mated discussion last night, adopted by
a vote of 908 to 233 a resolution ap-
proving the adoption by the leaders of
the confederation of the peace prin-
ciples enunciated by President Wilson.
SOLDIER SHOT.
By Associated Press.
IONDON, July 19.—A labor dispute
which may lead to a srlous situation
has begun in, country and other cen-
ters, says an announcement Issued by
the ministry of munitions today.
A large number of skilled munition
workers, it is stated, have handed in
notices which take effect next week.
BUENOS AIRES, July 19.—One-
half of the 6000 bakers employed in the
city of Buenos Aires have joined the
general strike movement under the
direction of an anarchistic strike com-
mittee.
The Felyu-Kai is one of the two
largest political parties in Japan. Mar-
quis Salonj, a former premier, was
leader of the party until early in 1914,
Prince Yamagata is president of thfi
privy council.
slowly through the ripenjng
fields and the cool forests to
By Associated Press.
WASHINGTON, July 19.—An official
dispatch made public here today says
that in an effort to hide from the Ger-
man public and the crews of subma-
rines the extent of submarine losses
the high naval command has issued an
order forbidding the statement in death
notices that the deceased was a mem-
ber of a submarine crew unless the
loss of the submarine has been offic-
ially announced.
O Farly this morning the Americans
also made further progress.
During the night German reinforce-
ments were coming from the region
in the north, but the expected counter
By Associated Press.
WASHINGTON, July 19 —Italy got
another credit of >100,000,000 from the
United States today and Belgium was
given >9.000,000 additional. This makes
Italy's total loans from the United
States >760,000,000; Belgium’s total,
>145,250,000, and all the Aliks, loans,
$%, 380,040,000.
Farther to the rear,
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nightfall of the fourth day of the bate
tie oust and west of Rhelms u feeling
of confidence pervades the allied lnes.
After eighty hours of assnult along the
lines of hib own selection the enemy*
offensive seemingly ha* failed.
While the American torce engaged
in the present battle is small in com-
parison with the total Allied strength
it may be said that it is greater than
uny participating in a battle nince the
Civil War and the conduct of the mop
is eliciting the commendation of the
French, They have performed tho
part assigned to them with steadinesi,
courage and skill
By Associated Press.
WASHINGTON, July 19.—Eight di-
visions of American troops are believed
to be represented in the allied fighting
on the Alsne-Marne front, according
to information given to day to mem-
bers of the House military committee
in their weekly conference with Gen-
eral March, chief of staff.
It was stated that the drive now
going on will not replace nor hinder
the preparations for the great allied
offensive planned for later in the year.
Details of the fighting are lacking
because official dispatches from Gen.
eral Pershing have been greatly de-
layed. General March and Assistant
for the first days' attack. Furthermore,
his gains during the entire operation
were considerably smaller than those
of any of his previous offensives dur-
ing the present year.
EAGLE PASS, Texas, July 19.—Pri-
vate Clements Jim Fix, aged 25, of a
supply company of the Third Infantry,
stationed here, was found dead here
today with his head shot off. A gun
was found by his side. The body will
be shipped to Monroe, Mich., where the
father, W. H. Fix, resides.
where on Thursday the Germans made
their first organised counter attack.
This soon fell rown, however, as soon
as the American heavy artillery got
into action
This was one of the fiercest strug-
sles in connection with the Frahco-
American offensive. The battle raged
southwest of Solssons for some time
it resulted in the Germans falling back
finally under the rain of the heavy
gunfire of the Americans.
One of the towns taken by the Amer-
icans last night was Vierzy, six miles
south of Soissons, Towns to the north
and south of this were also taken in
the carrying out of the plan to straight-
en the entire line on the Soissny-Cha-
teueu Thierry front.
By Arnoblated Preus
LONDON, July 19.- Great efforts ap-
parently are being made to break down
political opposition to Japanese partic-
patiton in Intervention in Siberia and
there is a continuous coming and going
of political and military personages,
says a dispatch to the Daily -Express
from Tokio, dated July 17.
The leaders of the Selyu-Kal, (he
chief opponents of intervention, had
long interviews with Marquis Halonji
and Prince Yamagata. Some quar-
ters, it is added, expect that a coalition
ministry will be created.
By Associated Press.
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N. Y., July 19.
The Republican State convention which
has been in seesion here two days, ad-
journed shortly after 1 o'clock without
hearing from Colonel Theodore Roose-
velt as to his stand on the governor-
ship proposal made to him last night
in a telegram sent by Attorney Gen-
eral Merten K. Lewis, that the Colonel
enter the primaries. In his message
Mr. Lewis offered to withdraw from
the race if the Colonel would become
a candidate.
The convention today listened to a
stirring patriotic address by former
President Taft, adopted a platform and
participated in several Roosevelt and
Whitman demonstrajons...
By Associated Presa
AMSTERDAM, July 19.—Rear Ad-
miral Kemp of the British navy has
proclaimed the occupation of the north-
ern section of the Murman Railway
by British,- French, American and
Serbian forces, says Max Behrmann,
the Stockholm correspondent of the
Berlin Vossiche Zeitung, under a date
of July 16. The admiral, he added,
also announced that the forces would
advance "in accord with the local Sov-
iet authorities and at the request of
the local population for help.” Behr-
mann says there are no Soviet author-
ities in the Murman Railway.
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JAP POLITICS
ARE STIRRING
By Associat d Press.
PARIS, July 19.—Deputies Abel Fer-
ry and Louis Des Champs have made
an important report to the army com*
mittee of the chamber of deputies con-
cerning the government inquiry into
the German offensive of May 27 (when
the Germans captured the ('hemin des
Dames and advanced to (he Marne).
The committee adopted the recom-
mendations made by the deputies,
which invites the government to Inform
them of the disciplinary measures tak.
en and to introduce a bil by which
general officers seriously at fault in
the future can be punished.
and along the Marne South of the
Aisne the Americans advanced six
miles to within a mile of Soissons- At
other points the penetraton was al-
most as great and the average ad-
vance is between three and fur miles,
according to latest advices received in
Paris. .This compares most favorably
with the German progress in three
days on both sides of Rheims.
Important strategic positions
attack has not appeared up to an early 1
hour this afternoon.
American troops continue to hold
the vlateau nouthwest of Solssons,
Progress Made.
By Associated Press.
PARIS, July 19.—On the front be-
tween Rhelms and the Marne the
French have recaptured Montvoisin
and made progress In the Rol wood and
the Courton wood, capturing four can-
non and 400 prisoners .
By Associated Press.
NEW YORK, July 19.—The British
transport Car pa thia, 19,603 tons gross,
has been sunk by a German submarine
off the Irish coast, while outward
bound from a British port, it was
learned here. Bo far as known here
no lives were lost.
The Carpathia was owned by the
Cunard line. Prior to the war she
was engaged in trans-Atantlc service
By Associted Press.
THE HAGUE. July 19.—in outspoken
comment on the growth of American
strength in France, the Soclalist Ar-
beiter Zeitung of Vienna says there is
no doubt that more than 1,000,000
American troops already have arrived
in Europa it declares that this is a
By Associated Press.
PARIS, July 19 (Havas Agency).—
Reviews of the fighting in the allied
counter offensive, printed by the Paris
papers today, lay stress upon the inter-
ference with the enemy's railway com-
munications occasioned by the speedy
allied advance.
"Our progress southeast of Sols-
sons," says the Elcho de Paris, "pre-
vented the enemy from bringing into
action his reserves over the railways
in the vicinity of Laon, near Chateau
Thierry, around Rhelms and along the
Aisne.
The Petit Jou rnd says:
'An advance realized on the entire
forty-five kilometer. front of attack by
General Mangin’s army, reported in
yesterday’s official statement, was
completed within one hour.”
According to advices received here
today’the French are again advancing
and it is probable that the Germans
will have to make a readjustment in
(Continued on Page Six).
By Associated Press.
PARIS, July 19 (Havas Agency).—
UHomme Libre, without intending to
divulge the number of prisoners and
guns captured by the Germans, says
it is fully equivalent to the number
announced by the Germans as having
been captured on July 15. (The Ger-
man official statement on Tuesday an-
nounced that 13,000 prisoners had been
taken Monday.)
Open Warfare,
To a large portion of the Americans
these four days have been their first
real fighting.
Reports from along the lines indi-
cate « great deal of clean, open war-
fare, some spontaneous localised ac-
tions being undertaken without a pre;
liminary barrage and it is in actions
of this character that the American
units have won the praise of the
French.
TrooopConfident. .
The tone of Thursday’s communique
and likewise th success of the coun-
ter attacks begun early today have
infected the ’French and American
troops with' high confidence in the
outcome of the great enemy offensive,
which now, is believed not only to
have been effectively checked, but in
at least a small measure thrown back.
Americans Working Smoothly.
The American transport, both of
munitions and the hospital service, is
working smoothly and efficiently.
Behind the line the correspondent
encountered ambulances and trucks’
filled with what are known as sitting
vases, which had already been at-
tended to at advanced dressing sta-
tions- These were on their way to the
rear Frequently in their passage they
forced to the roadside groups of Ger-
man prisoners being escorted to the
pens.
By Associated Press.
AMSTERDAM, July 19.—Prince IA1
chnowsky, German ambassador in Lon-
don at th eoutbreak of the war, whose
disclosures attributing responsibility to
Germany for the bringing on of the
conflict, brought him in tho disfavor
at home, has been permanently exclud-
ed from membershi pin the Prussian
house of lords, according to the Dus sel-
dorf Nachrichten. A minority of th
members voted for the temporary ex-
clusion of the prince.
American hospital railway
shining with their newness,
enter the primaries, according to an-
nounement this morning by William
A. Orr, the Governor’s secretary/
A call by William Howard Taft to
the country to elect this fall a Re-
publican Congress, which ho declared
would stimulte the Democrat President
by offering constructive criticism of
the administration’s action and inac-
tion and, by legislation, enlarge the
Americans Are With
Forces On Murman
Coast.
By Associated Press.
LONDON, July 19, via Ottawa,—The
strength with which General Foch
transformed the battle position is wel-
comed by the newspapers as equally
surprising and brilliant in its results.
Even the mosj.optimistic wore hard-
ly prepared for the dramatic speed
with which GenerafFoch's strategy de-
veloped. Experts compare it to the
battle of the Ourcq in 1914, when Ma-
nouyr prepared the way for the great
victory of the Marne. None of the pre-
vious brilliant episodes of the war. they
declare, have given such solid ground
for confidence as the double operation,
defense and attack.
Warning is uttered, nevertheless,
against any over sanguine anticipation.
It is pointed out that the enemy will
certainly react violently against the
menace of the whole position on the
Marne, and General Foch, now that he
has reached the enemy communica-
tions, may be content to hold the ter-
ritory won without attempting to push
the advantage further.
feat of organization as amazlng ;aa
the creation of the British army.
"American participation in the fight-
ing," it adds. "increase the. German
task to one of gigantic magnitude. It
is easily understandable that the Ger-
man command is trying to reach a
great decision before the full weight
of the United States is elt."
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ALLIES NET
By Associated Press.
VIENNA. via London, July 1«.—Ad-
mission is made in the Austrian of-
ficial communication Issued today that
Italian airmen again have bombarded
Pola, Austria’s naval base on the
Adriatic- Tho communication fol-
lows:
"Early Wednesday several squad-
rons of enemy airplanes and seaplanes
dropped about 200 bombs on Pola- Two
persons were killed and several were
wounded.
"The damage was insignificant.”
the offensive of July 15 have rushed
to the rescue of General von Boehm
makes the continuation of the enemy
drive toward Epernay difficult.
"What will the enemy do?" adds Bi-
dou. "Will he attempt to continue the
offensive maneuver southward while
defending himself on the west, or will
he, on the other hand, slacken his
hold? Will he attempt to counter ma-
neuver? We have arrived at the mo-
ment when the manipulation of tho
French divisions is going to be de-
cisive and in that game we may be-
Ijeve that the last word has not been
said.”
Colonel de Thomasson writes that
common prudence dictated that General
Ludendorf should keep forces in re-
serve to parry a thrust on the right
flank. By the resistance which tho'
French meet, he adds, it will be known
if tills elementary precaution' was
taken. It may be asked, he concludes,
if the infatuation, which seized Luden-
dorf after a long series of successes,
has not let him to make fatal blunders.
The newspavers intentionally give
little information in regard to the bat-
tle going on and the results obtained.
They hold themselves generally to tho
official statement. AB the critics are
enthusaistic over the success obtained
yesterday.
By taking the initiative. It s held,
General Foch has compelled the Ger-
mans, at the moment of boasting that
they were delivering a supreme peace
assault, to use their reserves at the
point selected by the Eenaltssimo
Secretary Crowell, who participated in
the conference, expressed their gratifi-
cation over the part American troops
are playing.
Shipment of supplies to the Amer-
ican forces isprogressing satisfactor-
ily, General March told the committee,
and the time made by transports has
materially Improved in the last few
weeks.
It was made plain to the committee
that while eight divisions probably are
represented in the fighting, that is not
taken to mean that that number is
actually engaged in the combat. The
best trained men, however, are be-
lieved to have been picked for the
operation, the committee was told.
B} Associated Press.
SARATOGA SPRINGS. N. Y., July
19 —Governor Whitman will remain a
candidate for re-nom ination no matter
whether Colonel Roosevelt consents to Henri’Bidou sys the (act "that the
German reserves intended to support
Bonds of Henning Bruhn, Charles
Grossman and C. T. Priest, officers of
the Lone Star and the San Antonio
Brewing Associations, were filed witn
the Federal district clerk this morning
The brewery officials are under Fed-
eral indictments alleging fraudulent
returns of Income taxes. «
The bonds wen for >5000 each and
were signed by C. T. Priest and John
J. Stevens for Priest, Henning Bruhn
and Charles Grossman for Bruhn and
Charles Grossman and Henning Bruhn
for Grossman.
Federal District Judge Duval West
is out of the city today and will not
return until Monday, but the cases of
the brewery officials and of County
Attorney John W- Hornsby are ex-
pected to be called early in the week.
Judge Hornsby having demanded an
immediate trial.
It was pointed out by official# that
it is possible under the statutes gov-
erning such cases as those against the
brewery officials to file a plea for dis-
missal on payment of revenues claimed
by the Government to have been with-
held, in addition to a penalty. How-
ever, the court is given the discretion
in the matter of accepting such plea
or ordering prosecution to continue.
None of the brewery officials was
here today and no indication has been
given of their line of defense.
The cases against C- T- Priest, vice
president of the Han Antonio Brewing
Association; Henning Bruhn, presi-
dent, and Charles Grossman, treasurer
of the Lone Star Brewing Company,
will be called for trial next Monday in
the United States District Court, it
was announced.
In a statement Hugh R. Bobertson,
assistant United States district attor-
ney, said that the trial of the Bruhn
and Grossman cases probably will be
called first on next Monday morning.
He insisted there was nothing "sen-
sation in these suite and they have no
political significance.” F. M. Eth-
ridge, an attorney of Dallas, who has
been employed in the internal revenue
department, will assist in the trial of
these cases. Mr. Robertson indicated
these two breweries are not the only
concerns "which are being investi-
gated,” and that other concerns are
under investigation for alleged viola-
tion of the same law.
By Associated Press.
WASHINGTON, July 19.—The Amer-
ican Nation today came to a realization
that its army in co-operation with the
gallant soldiers of France had won its
1irst great victory on European soil.
Surprised and scarcely able th grasp
the extent of the offensive operations
between the Aisne and the Marne as
the fragmentary details came in dur-
ing the day yesterday, the American
people today saw what American sol-
diers, many of whom were in civilian
life twelve months ago, had received
their first batpism of fire and in six
hours had won more ground, taken
more prisoners and captured more war
supplies from the enemy than did the
Germans in three days of a carefully
prepared offensive along the Mame
early in the week.
The belief was expressed widely in
official circles that the tables had been
definitely turned, that yesterday’s suc-
cesses between Chateau Thierry and
Soissons, the first allied offensive oi
any consequence of the yea,r mark the
end of the allied defensive policy and
that the point has been reached in
the accumulation of man power and
munitions in France where General
Foch is enabled to assume his favorite
role as an offensive leader.
Majestic: William Farnum in
“The Heart of a Lion."
Crescent: Norma Talmadge
in "Bv Right of Purchase”
Queen: Mary Miles Minter in
“Social Briars ”
Grand Central: . “It Pays to
Exercise.”
By Associated Press.
American and French troops are still
advancing along the line from the
Aisne to the Marne, where on Thurs-
day morning they launched ft counter
offensive of large proportions.
German reserves, hurried up to meet
the threat against the enemy's right
flank in the Soissons-Chateau Thierry-
Rhelms salient, are engaged In the
struggle which is raging with great
violence along the whole front.
The reaction of the Allies is not re-
stricted to the line from the Aisne
to the Marne.
South of the Marne, at the point
where the Germans had made their
greatest advance during the first three
days of their offensive, they first have
retaken Montvoisin and ejected the
enemy from the outskirts of oeuilly,
two miles to the westward.
North of the Marne and between the
river and Rhelms, the French and Ital-
ians have struck back .at the German
forces, forced their lines westward and
improved the line at Bouilly.
The capture of four cannon, ma-
chine guns and 400 prisoners in these
operations is reported.
There is no mention in the official
reports of fighting along the Marne
east of Chateau Thierry or east of
Rhelms in the Champagne sectors.
The allied plunge against the Ger-
man line south of the Aisne, so far as
definitely known, has advanced to an’
extreme depth of nearly six miles, the
deepest penetration being at Buzancy,
on the western bank of the Crise River,
southeast of Soissons.
The railroad leading south from Sols-
sons to Chateau Thierry is under the
direct fire of the allied artillery, whit
the railroad leading from €ourmeHes
to Longpont has been cut. Further
south the Allies have reached Chouy,
which is within seven miles of Nanteui
Notre Dame, on the only other line or
the railroad which the Germans can
rely for supplies for their forces along
the Marne from Chateau Thiery to
Dormans.
The Allies advanced at all points to
an average depth of a little less than
three miles. They captured, accord-
ing to unofficial reports. 13,000 pris-
oners and 100 cannon. The number of
men Invoiced is not known.
The Germans with 325,000 troops en-
gaged, broke through the allied line
north of the Aisne on May 27 and .ad-
vanced a little more than three miles
to the Aisne. They captured 15,000
prisoners, according to their own fig-
ures. Berlin did not report the cam-
tures of cannon in its statement on the
first day's fighting.
There is a note of conservatism in
the language of the French official
statement and in the comment of the
Parisian press on the newest phase of
the struggle. It is evident that the
results of General Mangin’s mighty ef-
fort awaited before anything more than
a mere counter stroke against the en-
emy is chronicled.
Moving swiftly and powerfully, the
brilliant French-American stroke be-
tween the Aisne and the Marne, the
first offensive in which the Americans
have taken part, is rolling eastward,
gathering in its path thousands of
prisoners, scores of cannon, hundreds
of machine guns and large quantities
of supplies.
From the heights west of Solssons
the Allies now command that base
and the railway lines to it. Cannon
brought up elsewhere dominate the
important communication and trans-
port lines in the triangle of Rhelms.
Chateau Thierry and Soissons.
All accounts agree that the smash
planned by General Foch was a com-
plete surprise to the enemy all along
the twenty-mile front. It stopped the
German offensive astride the Marna
and around Rhelms.
The Allied blow was as effective as
an offensive, as it was a move to les-
sen the pressure southwest of Rhelms
16,000 GERMANS TAKEN
--——■ - - - --------‘
FRENCH TAKE SEVERAL MORE; GREATEST AMERICAN FORCE IN
TOWNS, 100 GUNS AND HUNS ACTION SINCE THE CIVIL WAR
HUN’S DRIVE
By Associated Presa.
PARIS, July 19—France la thrilled
by the news that on the fourth day of
the German offensive French and
American troops snatched the initiative
from the enemy by surprise and sound-
ly beat fifteen of his division on a
thirty-mile front.* It is felt that Thurs-
day marked the ebb of Germany’s of-
fensive power.
The official statements have been
brief and discreet, recording only in
general terms the most definite re-
sults, but when the full details are
made public it will be seen how skil-
fully General Foch has outgeneralled
the enemy who has been puffed up ny
hls recent successes. Genetai Foch,
it is held here, not only dealt a se-
vere blow to German military pres-
tige, but raised high the hopes of the
allied nations. So completely were
the Germans surprised that the Fran-
co-Americans advanced In places two
miles in the first hour. They con-
tinued their progress in the afternoon
in the teeth of growing resistance. The
average depth of the gains for the
whole day was between three and four
miles. At some points the Allies ad-
vanced five miles, according to lat-
est advices from the front.
The nlled gains southwest of Bols*
sons will prevent the enemy from using
the railways to Laon, Chateau Thierry
and Rhelms, and along the Aisne,
Which are of vital importance to him.
Soissons is the keystone of the Ger-
man ssytem and it is thought the
enemy will throw in the highest forces
in nn attempt to fend off the present
danger.
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