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AMERICANS DEFEAT FLOWER OF GERMAN ARMY
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IMPORTANT GERMAN BASE IS (MURED BY ALUED TROOPS
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Famous Prussian Guards Brought to
Halt by Stone-Wail Defense of
American Troops
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LONDON, .Inly ■_’!». The American troops met (no-many s
finest regiments south of Sergy lasf night, when the Teutons
threw the whole Fourth division of-Trussian (Junrds into des
perate counterattacks in an atteipj*, to check the Americans.
The Americans stood the shock like « stone wall, and brought
the Bermans to a clean stop, inflicting heavy losses upon them.
The dispatches are unstinted in theif praise of the Americans.
The fact that the Bermans picked the Americans as the
opponents for the choicest troops of the Berman army indicates
that tlicv have learned of the increased transportation ot men
from tlm I nited States during the last fortnight, and the show -
ille made hy the Americans in the recent fighting determined
them to attempt, a might effort with a view to shattering tlmir
morale.
Advance Along Twenty Mile Front
I.uNDnN, .1111y -'.f Tlm Bermidn are retreating and dig
ging in all along tlm whole line. The allies are pursuing
closely. The 'Teutons have succeeded in slightly checking hut
not stopping the French.
The French on the north hank df the Oureq have secured
the road between Kheims and Dorttuns. where the Bermans are
stuhhornly resisting and burning vijBgca.
'There is heavy fighting soutWflLSoissons, near Buczancy.
So far thc-Frrnoh "have not ym#gTVai**«T there. 'The (Germans are
burning villages fourteen miles east, between Soissons and Ba
/ouches, leading to the belief that a further retreat is intended.
'The allies have advanced between two and three miles
since vesterdav on a twenty-mile front. It is believed the Bcr
mans are retiring hevond Vesle to a line thirty miles long be
tween Klieims and Soissons, which probably has been in
trenched and provided with good lines of communications. The
(ierman retirement is orderly and deliberately. '1 hey have lost
four guns.
'The Americans are pressing the Bermans vigorously in the
Fere en Tardenois sector.
Village Changes Hands Four Times
\V ASHi XHT< >X. .1 illv _!k Tin* allies have pushed the Her
mans hevond I'Vre **n Tardenois, and have held that position
despite desperate counter attack-. The village of Sergy
changed hands I'oiir times. The allies finally held it.
Americans Likely to Capture German Base
WITH Til 1*1 AMK1HCAX FnliCKS. July Tk 'Hie French
and Americans are slashing vigorously at the stiffening Her
man rear, w it 11 tlm prospect that tin advancing line will he close
to the river Ardre, a few kilometers away, hetore night, and
that the Herman base at Fere en Tardenois will he occupied
Americans Face Fierce Fighting
I tei II forced h\ t wo clack di \ i- mi of i lie I >:i \ a rial i • i Hard-.
It'. ! ellloll- are jiv ing the h.'llde-t resi-lallee yet displayed
• bn - l l ho Americans north of the ' hireq. Although being Icsv
ilv hammered, the Americans replied in kind, and tic Ice ling
i ,,ii i-d hack and Pet h t iirough Syr my, three mile- sontl > a-t
of Fere en Tardenois. At noon the Hermans had been tillable to
I o| ee a reel I > s -1II g of t lie I hll'Cl j.
Allies Successful in Hand to Hand Fighting
W ITH Till-; FL'F.Xl 11 FOIM'KS, July ikk The forward
pro— a re of the allies \v a- uninterrupted on Sunday. 'I heir ad
vanee \\a> i,xtreuielv rapid yesterday, with -light opposition.
Todav the Uernians everywliere demonstrated that their power
of determined resistance was still very strong. Severe lighting
is in progress in tlm streets of Fere en Tardenois. In the hand
to hand fighting the allies eventually gained the upper hand,
and are now fighting for Yilleen Tardenois.
Americans Cross the Ourcq
W ASI11 XHTi >X, J nl v L’th Honeral IVrshing; reported to
day that the Americans have crossed the Ourcq and captured
towns of Scringe et Tcsles, Sergv and Koiioheben.
F. D. HDBBELT
LONDON. July 29. Franklin D
Roosevelt, assistant secretary of the
United StateB navy, had a long in
terview with King tleorge yesterday.
Mr Roosevelt is now inspecting the
American marine bases in England
Sir Eric (leddes, first lord of the
British admiralty, declared today that
there is no branch of Anglo-American
activity in which co-operation and
comradeship are more marked and
more complete than in the navy, lie
said there were now upwards of 250
American warships stationed on this
side of the Atlantic, and he had been
assured by Assistant Secretary Roose
velt that this number would be in
< reused faster in the future than in
tile past.
ITALIAN VESSEL
BLOWN UP By
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RIO JANEIRO. July 29. - The Italian
steamship (Juiseppe (Jnribaldi. of 4,00o
tons, was destroyed by an explosion
two hundred miles off the Brazilian
roast. Six members of the crew were
killed.
II is believed that the disaster was
due to the placing of a bomb on board
the ship by enemy spies.
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Otto Strom, the well-known Me
( arthy barber, who was arrested and
brought down on yesterday's train, will
be tried in the commissioner’s eoi.it
tomorrow morning at 11 o'clock on a
(barge of insanity
m MUIR GASUAUItS
ARE REPORTED F00 TODAY
WASHINGTON, July 29 -The army 1
casualty list today contains 199 names
Korty-seven of these were of men
killed in action, 17 died of wounds, 4
of disease, 11 of accidents and other
causes, 97 were severely wounded, 7
wounded to a degeee not determined,
and 20 are missing.
RECEIVER APPOINTED F00
NAT GOODWIN'S PROPERTY
NEW YORK. July 29. A receiver
has been appointed for the property
of Nat Goodwin, the actor This
action is the outcome of a judgment
for $10ti.000 in suits based upon notes
given for land near Hemet, Cal., where
the actor has a ranch
EFFICIENCY OF CONVOYS
OUTWITS GEOMAN SUBS
I.ONHON, July 29 V« evidence of
the wfftcfremit of .1«te system of con
voying transports and supply vessels
across the Atlantic, it is pointed out
that only one scout vessel out of
nearly two hundred in the convoys has
been lost.
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NEW YORK, July 29.—Alaska Gold,
:!•%,; Alaska Juneau, 2V*.
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♦ A TYPICAL ACT ♦
♦ OF HUN KULTUR ♦
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♦ GENEVA, July 29. -Thirty. ♦
♦ ivvo American prisoners, includ- ♦
♦ iim ot'lirors. havt* boon lodnod ♦
♦ m*ar tin* Mannheim railway sia ♦
♦ lion, in I'lad«*n. in an effort to ♦
♦ discourage allied air raids ♦
OFFICIALS PROTEST
REJECTION OF BIDS
SKA III K. .Illlv 1?! *. Sclltth* >t i'll 11 isl l i 11 olliciuls liaV'C tell"
graphed to I’ostinastei General Burleson protesting against the
reject ion nf liids for carrying mail to anil from Alaska and the
d1 -e,>nt i 1111 a i ice el postal clerks mi Alaska steamships mi and
.r.'t• • r August I.
Because the liids for mail ser\ ice hot Weed Seattle and
Alaska port s were considered an reasonable, the companies were
tilled by the department on Saturday last that all bids had
been rejected. It Was also st at ed that t he employ men t of post ill
clerks on these vessels would be discontinued, and that mail
would be shipped partly by express and partly by freight.
75,000 PEASANTS REVOLT;
SERIOUS UNREST IN UKRAINE
WASHINGTON, duly •_’!).—Seventy five thousand peas
ants are marching on Kiev, the capital of I krainia, according
to reports from Stockholm. Serious unrest in the Ukraine is
reported.
It is reported that a monarchist congress at Kiev recently
it solved to form centers throughout Russia for the re-establish
ment of imperial rule, according to Amsterdam reports.
PRACTICAL SUGGESTION
IN AID OF TEMPERANCE
DUBLIN, July 29.—The lrlnh Aaao
clation for the Prevention of Intern
perance has approved the recommen
dation of the liquor trade finance com
mittee that at least one-half of the
lti.dHt! houses for the sale of drink In
Ireland should cease to be licenses,
and that compensation for the loss of
the licenses should be provided by a
levy on the remaining houses
niniMtinb iraitu
IN EXCELLENT HEALTH;
AMSTERDAM. July Jib- The (lei
man main headquarters denies the ru
Ynors that (Jeneral Non Hindenburg
Ip dead He is reported there as be
Jug in- excellent health
bhitish^sttlTofcaps
FOR AAAERICAN SOLDIERS
LONDON. July Jib Ntneriean head
quarters here have issued an order
forbidding the wearing of the ^oin
brero type of hat. which has been a fa
vorite with American soldiers tor a
long time The\ have been ordered
to wear a rap similar to those worn
by British aviators.
LABOR PROTESTS AGAINST
EXECUTION Of MOONEb
SAN F1LNN' ISCO. July —Labor|
meetings protesting against the exe- (
cution of Thomas Mooney "ere held
yesterday in Seattle. Hutto. Henrer.;
San Francisco and New York
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N MSTKKDA M. July :*.* it is re
ported that the weekly meat ration in
Herman} is to be reduced from Jan
in Jon gramme^ beginning Nugusf L
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The freighter Cordova arrived at
Jo litis morning Site will stop at
Orea and thr Moore Hacking Com
pan\'s plant, taking a lull cargo ot
salmon, but no ore The t'ordova will
earr> mail for the* States, wh eh will
be tc i • Led at tin postoifh • until s
o’clock tonight
HMIItNHIIb
II. 5. MARINES
W ASHINGTON. July 29 Three en
•ounter# between the I’nited State#
marines and Dominical and Haitian
(•audits in Santo Domingo have been
• ■ported to the navy department
Two murines have b«*n -lightly
wounded and twenty bandits Killed,
■several wounded and other* raptured.
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AMSTERDAM. July 29 Deputy
sfanck. on behalf of th** <7.erh-. to
Jay oil* red a resolution in th* Aus
rian lower house declaring in favor
if peace without annexation or indem
nities. The house rejected the reso
lution a# inadmissible.
13 NEW SHIPS
DELIVERED TO
O.S. LIST WEEK
WASHINGTON. Julv :• Tho
'I'nited States -hipping board an
nounces that eight steed ship aggro
g..tiu M*o ton.-, and live wooden
ship-, with a tonnage of 1 tons,
were delivered to fh*‘ o\ntient
last vv“*‘k
RACE RIOTS RESULT
IN THREE DEATHS
I ' I I I I . A I > I I I . I ' I I I A . .Illiv •_’!». \ III :|e ".'I- 'lint . I! 11 1 k III
ill Si lilt li I ' 11 i 1: 1111 -111 i i i ;l In. lav . V\ I III- a 'llrre."ion lit Mil- t '
lias hern ill |imn|n>~ .'iiii'u Satiirdnv. I Imr «11 ■ a t it' i i a \ * i
' 11111 a I in tin* disorder--. < »n«- | >< > I i ■ • 111 a 11 was killed vespidav
and inure than three >eure |u• r-n11' have henii injured.
The trouble started when the Murks started 11 m\ i iii> iiiui
tlie white residential seel inn. Inited Stall's marine' are 11 > ■! | •
lie; tlie jioliee to keep order.
AERIAL OFFENSIVE POSSIBLE
AGAINST GERMAN CITIES
LOXlKlX. .July 2d. Major (u ncial \V. S. Brancker, con
(roller general of the British air ministry, believes that an aer
ial offensive against German cities, including Berlin, is posi
ble. He said the bombing would be feasible when more Ameri
can Liberty motors were available.
General Brancker thinks the United States will be obliged
to create a secretary of the air forces, as Kngland created an
air ministry.