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NOME, ALASKA. SATURQ&Y, JULY 20, 1918.
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GERMANS ARE NOW RETREATING
DRIVE GOES ON
WITH FURTHER GAIN
I
PARIS,—Saturday morning the
Franco-American drive continued
■with the usual success. They cap- i
tured five more villages and a con- i
siderable number of prisoners.
The re-capture by the French of
Soissons is announced, the import- 1
ant position being evacuated by the I
Germans.
South of the Marne the French 1
threw back the Germans between 1
Fossy and Oiully, advancing north
wards to the command of the river
tanks.
The situation is capable of rapid
levelopments of a highly important
iature.
WASHINGTON,—General March
old the Senate today, Saturday,
hat the situaion on the West front
vas very satisfactory and realiy
eft nutning to be desired at this
ime.
LONDON,—The British advanced
on a four thousand yard front near
Mcoiren, capturing five hundred Ger
man prisoners and taking possession
of the town of Meteren which lias
beer, in German hands.
The general attacks by the Allies
during tho week have taken the
initiative completely out cf the Ger
man hands.
Great satisfaction is felt in the
more hopeful aspect of the situa
tion on the west front.
U. S. CRUISER IS
LOST NEAR HOME
NEW YORK,—The battleship San
Diego sank ten miles off Fire Island
apparently without any loss of life
The San Diego was really a craisel
but modern in every way and was
formerly known as the California
No details are given as to the
cause of the sinking as yet. Th<
San Diego carried a complement ol
41 officers and 7S7 men, was 50f
feet long and had a beam of 69.(
its mean draft was 24.1. The shif
was a twin screw and fitted witli
vertical triple expansion engines.
NEW YORK,—The crew of the
armored crui.-cr San Diego arrived
today at the Brooklyn Navy yard.
WASHINGTON, D. C.—Saturday
morning the captain of. the San
Diego reported to the Department
of tho Navy. He believes that his
ship was torpedoed by a submarine.
This view is not shared by the
Department officials. They believe
that the ship struck one of the
floating mines which tho German
submarines had sown in the west
Atlantic.
That floating mine was re
sponsible for the loss of the battle
ship is a theory gains ground by the
fact that no submarine was seen
nor bad any been reported in the
vicinity, wh’;!e even the watch has
not reported seeing anything of a
torpedo approaching the ship before
the explosion.
A eompleto investigation is to be
made, and naturally officers and.
men will not speak to the r porters
on the subject. „
Department officials gave out the
captain’s view.
TEDDY GOES AFTER
THE ADMINISTRATION
SARATOGA, N. Y.—The republi
can state convention gave Colonel
Roosevelt a thrilling ovation when he
addressed it on Thursday. Roose
velt urged, that the keynote of the
part be the thorough Americanization
of the people of the United States
and an overwhelming victory to
precede all peace.
Having laid down these principles
the former President then launched
into a bitter attack upon the War
Department scoring its inefficiency
its complete failure in the war and
in scathing terms declared the offi
cials of the administration in charge
of the war as incompetent in every
way.
The democrats, the Colonel con
tended, were not a competent war
party and the administration in the
war had shown its complete ineffi
si«ncy.
To overcome these things Mr
Roosevelt urged the election of a
republican congress next fall and
declared that all republicans must
lend united, effort to secure a major
ity in the House and in the Senate.
Without this republican control
Roosevelt could not hope that the
Administration would mend its ways.
REFUSED TO COMMENT
ON THE STATEMENT
TOKIO,—Newspapers published
Thursday evening stated that the
government of the Mikado had
agreed to accept the American sug
gestion that Japan send troops into
Siberia.
Theso statements appearing in the
Japanese papers are of course un
official although doubtless it is pos
sible that'" some official inspiration
for their publication may exist.
WASHINGTON, L>. C.—Officials
decline absolutely to comment upon
the Tokio report that Japanese and
American troops would be sent into
Siberia.
The Statement in Japanese news
papers to similar effect and that it i
was an American suggestion that
Nippon take this step, is doubtless
the fore runner of some such step
upon the part of tho government
ob that the Mikado’s officials have |
some such step in contemplation j
and tho statements are expected
to excite comment which will indicate |
NOT CONFIRMED
NEW YORK,—Tho report that
a German submarine had been cap
tured off Sandy Hook is not con
firmed.
GERMANS IN FULL, RETREAT
LONDON,—Tho Germans began a
full retreat across the Marne at
noon on Saturday. The French
reached Port Binson, south of the
Marne.
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with what feelings such a step
would be received by the American
people and about which there is
considerable sensitiveness in Japan.
TOLD HIM TO QUIT
WASHINGTON, D. C.—A Zurich
dispatch says thr.t when Scydler en
deavored to speak in the Austrian
parliament he was greeted by cries
of resign from the Czechs and Slavs.
MAKE BIG GAINS
ROME,—The War Office bulletins
a flash from the Italian front an
nouncing the capture of Monte Bel
and Como Di Cavento. They in
flicted heavy losses on the Aus
trians.
GERMANS ADMIT THE
GRAVE GAINS ALLIES
AMSTERDAM,—The official Ger
man report admits the serious na
ture of the Franco-American counter
^ttack. The usual effort to mini
mize the importance of the counter
stroke by the Allies is in evidence
but cannot wholly conceal the grave
nature of the German defeat.
The report says that the French
and Americans between the Aisne
and the Marne broke thru th? Ger
man lines at three points and made
large gains in territory and men.
The report concludes by stating
'that progress of the Allied attack
was stopped, by the German re
serves and that further gains will
not be reported.
PARIS,—German aviators dropped
a note from their machines over
the French and American lines an
nouncing that Quentin Roosevelt was
killed on Sunday and when his
body was recovered after the fall
of his machine life was quite ex
tinct. This removes the last hope
that he had succeeded in landing
safely and might possibly be a pris
jner in German hands.
LONDON,—British airmen bomb
id German fortifications in Schles
wig Holstein and that they success
fully destroyed several airdromes
which had been used by the sea
flyers, co-operating with the German
warships from the Kiel Canal.
BIG PUSH RESULTED
IN LARGE GAINS
LONDON,—The French have now
occupied their old positions north of
Messignes on the Champagne front.
WASHINGTON, D. C.—General
March, the United States Chief of
Staff speaking Saturday noon said,
that six American divisions, making
a total of two hundred thousand
men had been co-operating with the
French in the big push in the Aisne
Marne front.
They were especially engaged near
Soirasons.
March confi-med dispatches ar
riving Saturday morning which
stated that seventeen thousand Ger
man prisoners had b-cn captured and
three hundred and sixty guns taken
by the Allies.
Reports offi'ia'ly received do not
show that Soicsons had been cap
tured said General March.
General Pershing’s reports receiv
ed at noon today show that the of
fensive on a 22 mile front had an
average penetration of seven miles.
LONDON,—Between noon and
nine o’clock Friday night the French
and American troops gained one
mile on a twenty mile front. The
total number of prisoners then ac
counted for is said to be eighteen
thousand. The captured ground in
the latest attack includes nine vil
lages. On the whole success of the
offensive has been remarkable. The
Allies have captured, whole muni
tion dumps that the Germans had
stacked up for future campaigning,
the booty being enormous.
CRUSHING BLOW SAYS
SECRETARY BAKER
WASHINGTON, D. C.—A crush
ing blow” is the announcement of
official Washington, “has been dealt
the Germans in the victory of the
Franco-American forces on the west
front.
Further details reveal the fact
that the Germans have been com
pletely unable to check the advance
of the troops and the Allies have
gained enormous quantities of war
material as a result of their counter
according to official advices.
LONDON,—Further reports from
the Marne show that the Franco
American troops in gaining their
second objective and before the ad
vance had ceased for the evening,
on Thursday had sent to the rear
over four thousand prisoners and
that thousands were still coming in.
They captured thirty field, guna
md advanced five miles, clearing the
ground of Germans around Fon
tenoy, and tho American troops cap
turing Virmy and advancing three
miles beyond this position. The
French were reported on Thursday
evening to be within a mile of.
Soissons.
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IMMENSE LOOT FALLS
TO THE ALLIED TROOPS
PARIS,—Friday night’s official
communique announces that the
Franco-Amoriean drive netted' the
Allies twenty thousand prisoners
and fifty heavy guns with innum
erable machine guns. The material
captured is enormous, having been
stored in the captured section pre
paratory to reinforcing the drive
which last Sunday the Germans had
projected would reach a consider
advance.
The drive continues, the Germans
retreating.
WASHINGTON. D. C.—The Sec
retary of War Friday afternoon
said that he hoped and believed
that Soissons would be in our hands
before nightfall.
LONDON,—Friday night the War
Office bulletins the successful for
ward movement of the Australian
JARS WILL INTERVENE
SAYS NIPPON CABLE
TOKIO,—Japanese aewspapers
contain what Is regarded as a semi
official announcement that the Mi
kados governme it intends to inter
yeni? in Siberia.
The announcement has created a
considerable stir.
forces in the vic'nity of Villiers Itrct
toneaux.
Supported by tanks the troops
from the land of the Kangaroo
drove their positions ahead and
captured thirteen hundred prisoners.
The gains In this sector are sec
ondary only to the great Franco
American thrust in the Marne,Aisna
' sector.
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WASHINGTON, D. C.—Whilo of
ficial Washington is non-commital
| on the subject of the alleged Jap
intervention in Siberia, it is be
lieved hero that no such step would
be taken without American approval
or support.
NUMBER MISSING
WASHINGTON, D. C.—1Three of
the crew of the San Diego peilshed.
Others are unaccounted for, tiio ex
act number unknown.