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> Washington, July 6.—American
r troops actually on the fighting lines
in Burope now number 261,000, accord
ing to information given out today by
General March at the weekly confer-
ence of the senate military committee..
IS General March said that the allies
iSl; * vrere preparing on the western front
v to meet another heavy German as-
. He said there was nothing further
to announce in regard to American
participation in the war except that
the first million troops had been dis-
patched abroad and the movement of
the second million was now being
pressed.
* The situation on the western'front
| had ’developed into a continual nib-
bltag by the allies with complete suc-
Iv cess obtained in all sectors, the most
which, from the Ameri-
dpoint, was the attack at
Vaux on July 1.
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By Associated Press.
Paris, July 6.—The supreme allied
war council held its seventh session
Friday. All the aspects of the present
military situation wereFconsidered and
important decisions were reached ac-
cording to an official statement issued
at the clos£. Among those - present
were Premiers Clemenceau, Lloyd
George and Orland; Stephen Pinchon,
French. foreign minister; A. J. Bal-
four, British secretary of state for for-
eign affaire; Viscount Milney, British
war minister; Baron Connino, Italian
foreign minister; Generalissimo Foch
and Major General Sir Henry-Wilson
of the British army; General John J.
Pershing of the American army and
General Guillain of the Belgian army,
as well as representatives of the other
allies at Versailles.
Congratulations to the Italian army
and people for the memorable victory
over the Austro-Hungarian army were
expressed at the meeting. It was said
it is considered that the victory won
by the Italians at the critical turning
point of the war brings a valuable
contribution to the allies’ efforts and
points to. the final success of their
cause.
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PRESIDENT CARRANZA SENDS
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By Associated Press.
Washington, July 6.—Felicitation of
the Mexican people and government
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finance, prohibits any person from
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Breach, Russian or American paper
money outside of France, the prohi-
bition probably will be extended soon
ttUnwer the currency of other allied
nations. ; : i ■ i ■!
•’ The reason (or the action lies in the
efforts cl tbe enemy to acquire tbe
use Of paper money in all tbe neutral
State* for a purpose wbicb, tbe an-
nouncement of the decree says, is not
yet clear, but which may easily be-
come dangerous.
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were sent to President Wilson and the
American people by President Carran-
za in an Independence
received by Mr. Wilson. Hope for the
early advent off the "everlasting reign
of peace and Justice on both contin-
ents’’ also was expressed. The mes-
sage, made public Idte Friday, was
as follows:
“His Excellency, Woodrow Wilson,
President of the United States of
America, Washington, D. C.:—I take
great pleasure in sending to your ex-
cellency and the American people on
the occasion of the glorious anniver-
sary celebrated on this date the most
cordial felicitations of the Mexican
people and government. 1 am glad at
the same time to express to your ex-
cellency my most sincere and fervent
wishes for the prosperity of the Unit-
ed States and for the very early ad-
vent of the everlasting reign of peace
and Justice in both continents.''
“V. CARRANZA.
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SURPRISED
RECENT OPERATIONS—
By Associated Press.
Washington, July 6 - Increasing
mah power and rapidly extending con
trol of the air have permitted the
adoption of a new policy by Cenejai
Fo^l supreme commander of the nl
li^rirmies cn the western front, in
the opinion of many observers here.
They believe the sequence of hard lo
cal blows that have been struck rec
ently by French, American, British
and Italian troops show a new phase
of the great battle is developing what
might extend into a major bpetalipn
Reports of the recently highly suc-
cessful strokes at the German lines
are taken here to indicate General
Foch no longer feels under ‘he urgent
necessity of keeping rigidly on the de
tensive to conserve his forces. The
fact that the Germans have oeen com
pletely surprised and overwhelmed by
several of the. local counter Operations
is believed to be due to the work of
the allied airmen. American aid a I
ready has served to change the tide
of the fighting. The arrival of Amer
lean troops by the hundreds of thou-
sands has epabled General Foch lo
begin harassing the enemy all along
the line, while the increasing number
of American pilots makes possible
concentrations of air forces that sweep
enemy scouts of the sky in the sectors
selected for limited drives.
The American attacks around Cba
teau Thierry, the French operations
on the Soissons front of the Compieg
ne salient and the British operations
on both sides of the Somme and in
Flanders probably were prompted by
the fact that the weakness of the en-
emy at those particular points had
been revealed by airplane observations
day messageas a result of raids at other points.
General Foch, it is believed here, is
now in position to force the issue and
compel the Germans to assume the
defensive.
BELIEVE8 SON CAPTURED;
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. By Associated Press.
Des Moines, la., July 6.—When the
American transport President Lincoln
was torpedoed May 31, Mrs. M. J.
Clough of Des Moipes believed her
son, Harry, had gone down with the
vessel, as she knew he had been
aboard. No word came from him, and
tl^en it was reported he was a pris-
oner in German hands. Recently,
while discussing her son with a neigh-
bor, he walked into the house unan-
nounced. He had been rescued when
the vessel was sunk after floating in
the water for fourteen hours and was
home on leave.
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AMERICAN TROOPS HELPED AUS-
TRALIANS TAKE HAMEL
FROM HUNS.
Washington, July 6.—General Per
shing Friday reported on American
patrol activity in the Chateau Thierry
region Thursday, and announced that
American troops were engaged with
the Australians in their Fourth of
July offensive which resulted in the
capture of Hamel. The communique
follows:
“Sec. A. In the course of successful
patrolling activity in Picardy and in
the Chateau-Thierry region we captur-
ed prisoners. In Picardy a machine
gun was also taken. Hostile planes
which approached our lines near
Vaux and in the Vosges were driven
back by our fire.
“Sec. B. Near Cantigny one of our
raiding parties this morning encoun-
tered an enemy raiding party of sev-
enty ready to start out. Twenty-five
of our men penetrated the enemy’s
wire, killing at least twenty Germans,
wounding others and capturing three
with machine guns.
“Further details are now available
of machine gun fire on the right of our
line and sending out a patrol which
attempted to occupy a house north
of Vaux. The patrol was easily driven
back.
“At the same time two of our own
men penetrated the German lines in
the same region and brought back two
prisoners. Throughout the night the
hostile artillery shelled our front and
rear positions on the right of our line,
using more than tbe usual amount of
gas. American artillery vigorously re-
plied. During the day of July 3 there
was some machine gun fire and snip-
ing on the right half of our sector, but
such aggressiveness as was shown by
the enemy was developed mainly by
his air forces. • Once again, however,
the American planes showed them-
selves able to cope with the situation,
driving some of the German machines
back over their own lines.
“In Picardy, the day extending from
noon June 30 to noon July 1 was mark-
ed only by the aggressiveness of the
enemy’s ""Airplanes. The German ma-
chines were more active in combat
than has been the case recently. They
were fired on by our own-planes and
anti-aircraft batteries. No results are
as yet reported. The enemy’s artil-
lery fire was of moderate intensity and
was concentrated only on some of our
positions in the vicinity of Broyes and
Viilers Tournelle. Very few shells fell
on our front lines. His machine gun
fire, originating mainly from tbe vicin-
ity of Chateau Jeniis, was directed
principally on our lines near Cantigny.
“In the Mulhouse sector on July1 1
the feature of the day was tbe at-
tempt at the enemy to raidour trench-
es after artillery preparation. In con-
nection with this our advanced posi-
tions between the Doller river and
llhlschwiier were heavily bombarded
between 3 o’clock in the morning and
5 o’clock in the morning. The bom-
bardment involved the use or small,
medium and large caliber, but our cas-
ualties were exceptionally light. The
raid ' itsejf was entirely repulsed by
our counter barrage. Besides the ar-
tillery activity on both sides connect-
ed with the attempted raid, much shel-
ling Occurred during1 the day. The
most notable concentration on the
part of the enemy was one placed in
the vicinity of the Doller river shortly
after noon. Our own batteries, in con-
junction* With the French artillery,
were active along the whole front.
“pie German machine guns kept up
a continuous fire from the direction of
Pfint d’Aspach and Burnhabpp Ie Haut.
Between 7 o’clock in the evening a
number of German planes circled oyer
our lines, and over the enemy’s ad-
vanced positions, Some penetrated
our lines, but were forced back by
anti-aircraft batteries in our rear
areas. During'tfee night the enemy of-
fered a particularly fine exhibition of
signal lights, including 300 flares and
rockets at various points along the
front, and red and yellow balloons.
Our own infantry was active in patrol
and raiding operations. One party en-
tered the German trenches at Pont
d’Aspach on the night of June 30-July
1. Results are not yet reporetd.
• “In the -Woevre sector the day of
June 39 to June 30 passed quietly for
our troops. The enemy’s artillery de-
livered a scattered fire which included
moderate concentrations during the
early evening and about midnight on
the Bois de Jury. A small amount of
gas was used."
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By Associated Press.
Washington, July 6—The marine
casualty list today contains 114 names
concerning the German counter-attack,divided as follows:
in the vicinity of JPois de la Roche
in the early morning of July 2. The
attack broke down completely under
our artillery, rifle and machine gun
fire. Besides inflicting heavy losses
in killed and wounded, our troops took
140 prisoners. These were included
in the total of 500 previously reported.
For some time after the counter-attack
the enemy kept up a continuous har-
assing fire on our front lines and dur-
ing the day of July 2 intermittent fire
on our front lines and on points in
our rear areas.
“Our own batteries were equally ac-
tive. The German air forces were also
active, but met considerable opposi
tion from our airplanes, whose activ-
ity is increasing. Conflicts occurred
of which the results have not been re-
ported. In the German rear areas
troops were in position around- Bonnes
and near Gicry, Epaux and the Pic-
ardy farm. During the night of July
3 to July 4, a hostile Infantry showed
some Might activity directing bursts
Killed in action, 6.
Died of wounds, 15.
Wounded severely, 23.
Missing in action, 18.
W’ounded, degree undetermined, 52
The army casualty list contains for
ty-three names, divided as follows:
Killed in action, 16.
Died of wounds, 2.
Died of airplane accident, 1. ,
Died of disease, 5.
Died of accident and other cause* 1.
Wounded severely, 17.
Missing in action, 2.
Southerners in the marine list in-
clude: W’ounded severely in action,
Corpora^, Warren S. Freund, Austin,
Texas; Private William Morgan, Em
ory, Texas; Corporal William Peve-
house, Muskogee, Okla.; Private Joe
S. Brus, Bryan, Texas.
The army list: Killed in action,
Private Lee Caudle, McCroery. Ark.;
severely wounded. Corporal Edward
Hagdorn, Paoli, Okla., and Private
Ray Minor, Boerne, Tens.
BRITISH CASUALTIES FOR
THE WEEK NUMBER 17,336
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By Associated Press.
Washington, July 6.—The United
States army transport Covington,
homeward bound with a fleet of troop
ships convoyed by American destroy-
ers, was torpedoed in the war zone
Monday night last and sank the hexi
day while an effort was being made
to tow her to port. Six men of the
crew are missing, but the others with
the officers were reported landed at a
French port. No soldfers or passen-
gers were aboard. In announcing the
sinking of the Covington, formerly the
Hamburg-American liner Cincinnati,
the navy department said the subma-
rine was not sighted.
The Covrftgton was the first Ameri-
can transport to be sunk while in
convoy. Few details were given by
the navy department’s announcement
and there was no explanation of Ad-
miral Sims’ report that none of those
from the Covington, who were landed
at a French port, was seriously in-
jured. Apparently some of them were
hurt, but evidently Admiral Sims did
not give the number.
The Covington is the second of the
great German liners seized at the out
break of the war to be sent down by
German sea wolves and is the third
American troop ship destroyed. All
were homeward bound. The former
American-Hamburg liner President
Lincoln was sunk last May 31 and the
Antilles, formerly a Morgan liner, was
sent down last Oct. 17.
The missing are: Ernest C. Ander-
son, fireman, Lynn, Mass.; Joseph P.
Bowden, seaman,' Mountain Lakes, N.
J.; Ambrose C. Ford, fireman, Somer
ville, Mass.; William Henry Lynch Jr.,
fireman, Manchester, N. H.; Lloyd H.
Silvernail, seaman, Bainbridge, N. Y.
The Covington was struck at 9:17
o'clock Monday night while proceed
ing with a fleet of other transports
convoyed by destroyers. The subma-
rine was not sighted. The transport’
remained afloat until Tuesday, when
efforts were made by another vessel
and two tugs to tow her to port, but
she was too badly damaged to keep
afloat.
Transport Afire, But Makes Port.
Washington, July 5.—The United
Sattes army transport Henderson has
been afire at sea, but has made an At-
lantic port in safety. There was no
loss of life. Few details could be had,
but it was said that the vessel was
not badly damaged. It was not made
known whether the Henderson was
outward bound or homeward bound,
nor was there any information as to
how the fire occurred.
DIVERS AT WORK BRINGING OUT
BODIES OF VICTIMS—SHIP
HIT BANK IN FOG.
By Associated Press.
Peoria, 111., July 6—The number of
deaths resulting when the excursion
steamer Columbia struck an obstruc-
tion in the Illinois river last night
now totals 150. Many persons were
drowned and crushed in the panic
which followed the accident. Twenty
bodies had been recovered by work-
ers at daylight.
At daylight divers went down
into the wreck of the Columbia to re-
cover the bodies of victims. Soldiers
have arrived from nearby camps to
preserve order.
Most of the dead are from Pekin
and other nearby Illinois towns.
The steamer overturned in the Illi-
nois river five miles south of here last
night. The boat Jammed against the
Peoria side of the river in a fog and
tore a huge hole in the bow. It sank
almost immediately.
The Columbia was carrying an ex-
cursion party from Pekin and was
homeward bound when the accident
happened. •
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DECLARES GERMANY MUST A&-
CEPT CONDITIONS LAID DOWN
BY PRESIDENT WILSON.
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With the American Army on ther
British Front, July 6.—“Until Ger-
many accepts the conditions laid down
by President Wilson in his Fourth off
July speech, she can not have peace;
but she can have peace tomorrow it
she accepts,”, said British Premier
Lloyd George in addressing the re-
view of American troops today.
He said the arrival in France of one-
million American troops Aade the Kai-
ser realize that defeat was certain.,'
He said the Kaiser had been confiden-
tially informed that Americans were
too pacific to fight and the part they
are now playing in the war was a tre-
mendous shock -tq him. .
Lloyd George reiterated the state-
ment that the allies do not covet a
yard of German soil, nor do they wisln
to deprive the German people of thein
legislative rights.
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Successful allied thrusts have not.
yet drawn from the enemy a resump-
tion of his strong offensive movements-
but there is little doubt but that an-
other German blow is in preparation!.
General Foch has profited by the de-
lay and is improving his positions oni
the different fronts.
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RUSSIAN SITUATION. 4
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mate theatrical performers in an or-
der issued today by General Crowder.
Draft boards were ordered to consider
such players, musicians and all skilled
labor engaged in the production and
presentation of pictures as in product
tive employment. *
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