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ALL MERCHANDISE ADVER? TISED IN THE ^TRIBUNE IS GUARANTEED Vol. LXXVin No. 26,180 [Copyright lJ?lf? The Tribune .*??'n e the Truth SUNDAY, JULY 21, 19.18-SEVEN Editorials - Advert is erne ni s Qfribmit PARTS-FIFTY-EIGHT PAGES If. if. sfi WEATHER Fair to-day and to-morrow; litt!? ?-hange in tetnnerature: ventl? shifting winds. Kail Report on Pace 14 FIVE CENTS ?3& Foe in General Retreat O?er Marne; Allies Take 20,000Men and 400 Guns 3 Are Dead, 48 Missing, OnSan Diego All Offices Accounted For Amcng 1,209 Survivors Landed Cause of Disaster Remains a Mystery Captain Christy Believes U-Boat, Not Mine, Sank Cruiser The death toll of the United States cruiser San Diego, which was sent to the bottom of the Atlantic by a tor? pedo or mine ten miles southeast of Fire Island Friday morning, may reach forty-eight This estimate was based upon a rollcall of the survivors on the United States transport piers in Ho boken yesterday, who were brought there late Friday night by three mer? chant vessels, who picked the men up after they had been in the water for more than three hours. All officers have been saved. The veesel carried a complement of ap? proximately 1,257 men. The steamship Bussura brought in 710, the P. F. Jones U and the Maiden 380. These, with tr.e thirty-one men who "were taken aihore at Point o' Woods Friday af? ternoon, makes a total of 1,209 men ac? counted for. Not one was the worse lor the three-hour sojourn in the wtt?. \ The remainder of the ship's compte- ' ment, forty-eight, chiefly firemen, who j were within fatal range of the ex- ' ploiien or who were exposed to escap? ing ?team, is unaccounted for. It is believed that these men were killed in? stantly when the San Diego was ripped along her keel from her stern to to the midship section. Three Known Killed According to advices received last night from the Navy Department, it is known that three men were killed by | the explosion. The names sent from Washington are: James V. Rochet, of engineroom force, fue Lake, Cal. Frasie? O. Thomas, machinist's mate, Charleston, W. Va. Thomas E. Davis, of enerineroom force, 218 Twelfth Street, N. W., Can? ton, Ohio. It was explained by the naval au? thorities that it would be impossible lor gome time definitely to give the casualties, as the only muster roll in existence is in the navy yard at Ports? mouth, N. H. The ship's muster roll went down with her fifteen minutes after she was hit, and until a copy of the ship's complement, sent yesterday from Portsmouth, reaches Washington, it will be impossible to make an accu? rate list of the missing. No Submarine Sighted Although no torpedo or the wake of a torpedo was observed a strong be? lief prevails in Washington that the Han Diego was sent to the bottom by a torpedo. No submarine was seen, and the three merchantmen which went to the rescue of the Bailormen in the water T,'ere not molested by a submarine at teck. Moreover, three British stcam *h'Ps Bteamed by a few miles to the southward of the vicinity of the sink ,n? a few hours later and were not stacked by a U-boat. One of these sank a submarine a year ago, and Ger man U-boats, it is said, have been seek mf to sink her for many months. This, and the fact that several mines "ere picked by government boats off the Fire Island coast after the San "'?go was sunk, would tend to eliminate ?e theory of destruction by an enemy 'orpeoo. c?Ptaln Christy Believes in Torpedo CaPtain Christy, commander of the u*" D>ego, in his report to Washington ?oweyer, expressed the belief that his srT ii'as torpedoed, and his view is in w Pr7 nRva? experts in this city and th?. lnRton- lt was eve" suggested "? one torpedo could not have sunk th,LCruiscr wi*h?n fifteen minutes, as a/!* w?r? recently required to sub ?eeT??>? 9un?rder Carpathia last >een off the Irish coast. of ,i?t*in Christy and the supporters Wr.?M utorpedo the?ry declare that it to h. .Ye becn ?^Possible for a mine on t? e ne the damage that occurred ?n the San Diego. knot, T0"** was steaming at fifteen j'"" at the time of the accident, and i ?,?.,. ,m,,ne had been in her path she i st?.!i ,ave bet'n r'PPed up forward in ob ?.of aft The explosion took place : Warni Pon side- *U8t ;itt ot' the for- : feed i150? en*lne roo?H bulkhead. The ? bin? i antl circulating purnn were i?UA xuu:l<i the P?rt engine demol- : tha? iu rc was ?othing to indicate in j e?P?Osion bad occurred with- > "' and such a theory is scouted bv the Continued on puye nhu j "Hearts Beat for You," ? ? Wilson Tells Belgians WASHINGTON, July 20.?Presi? dent Wilson sent to King Albert and the Belgian people to-day the follow? ing message upon the occasion of the celebration io-morroiv of their eighty-seventh independence day: "On this day, sacred in the annals I of Belgium, the hearts of my coun? trymen beat in sympathy with the Belgian people, with whom we arc linked in the resolute struggle to consene the rights and liberties of free communities. Your country has been torn asunder before by alien oppression and by attempted domina? tion, and beneath the scaring blasts of oppression has learned to prize and develop the qualities that stimu? late a true-hearted people to assume among the powers that high place that rightly belongs to free and in? dependent nations. "I join with my countrymen in ex? tending to your majesty and to the people of Belgium, who have so nobly given their lives and treasure for the safeguarding of national freedom and e<iual justice, heartfelt greetings on this auspicious clay, in the confidence that it presages for reenfranchised Belgium a still greater and more glorious place in the proud annals of human achieve? ment in the paths of liberty." Theodore, Jr., Is Wounded; Quentin Dead Colonel Gets News of Injury to Son and Confirmation of Death of Youngest (Staff Correspondent of The Tribune) , OYSTETt BAY, July 20.?Hardly had ' Colonel Theodore Roosevelt received ? news confirming the death of his son Lieutenant Quentin Roosevelt than he : received a cablegram from his daugh |ter-in-law, Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt, :jr., from Paris which stated that his son Major Theodore Roosevelt, jr., had been wounded and was in Paris. The i Colonel and his wife bore up bravely under the new trial. The cable mes? sage read: "Ted wounded. Not seriously. Here with me. Not any danger. No cause for anxiety." The Colonel explained that Mrs. I Theodore Roosevelt, jr., is connected with a Red Cross hospital in Paris, i It is thought Major Theodore was ? wounded at the front and taken to the hospital where by chance his wife is stationed. No further communication has been received by the Roosevelt family and nothing has been heard from the War i Department in Washington. Major Theodore Roosevelt, jr., went to France with the iirst American sol? diers. About seven weeks ago he was I gassed. He refused at that time to go to a hospital. Three weeks ago he was | cited for gallantry. I Colonel and Mrs. Roosevelt received | the news confirming the death of Quen? tin during the- morning. With them were their two daughters, Mrs. Alice Longworth and Mrs. Richard Derby. The family remained indoors all day and Colonel Roosevelt saw no one ex? cept the members of the Japanese Red Cross Commission early in the evening, j During the afternoon Colonel Roose- ! velt received the following message of condolence from President Wilson: "The White House, Washington, D. C. "Hon. Theodore Roosevelt. "Am greatly disturbed that the news of your son's death is confirmed. I had hoped for other news. He died serving his country and died with fine gallantry. I am deeply grieved that his services should have come to this tr-agic end. WOODROW WILSON." Colonel Roosevelt replied as follows: "President Woodrow Wilson, Washing? ton. D. C. "I thank you for your courtesy and ; kindness in telegraphing me, and I , deeply appreciate your expression of | sympathy and of approval of my sou's ? conduct. "THEODORE ROOSEVELT." Hundreds of telegrams, cable mes- j sages and letters of sympathy were j received at Sagamore Hill during the j day. Early in the evening the Japanese j Red Cross commisaioners, who are to i be the guests of Henry P. Daviaon at | Locust Valley, Long Island, over Sun- I day. paid a visit. The Japanese were neaded by Prince | Tokugawa, and with him were ten members of the commission. Mr. Dav- I ison and his son Truby, who was se- j vercly injured in an airplane accident, accompanied them. , In addressing the commissioners the ] Colonel spoke of the great work their | Red Cross was doing. He mentioned the peace made at Portsmouth, for which he received the Nobel peace prize. The money, which had been | turned over to the government, has j been returned to him at his request, j the Colonel said, and it will be turned over to war charities, most of it going | to the Red Cross. Lieutenant Roosevelt's death it the third casualty in the Roosevelt family. Captain Archibald Roosevelt was wounded severely on March 11 and has not yet retumed to active duty. The captain won the French War Cross for; bravery. Major Theodore Roosevelt, jr., j the eldest son, was raised about three ! wt?eks ag'1 and cited for bravery. Ker- ! mit Roosevelt, who accepted a commis- ! sion in the British array, recently was ! transferred to the American force in I France. PARIS, -luly 20,?Germon aviators have rtr?ped notes irit.o A'merican jv.?ia tiun camps connnaing the death of i Lieutenant Quentin Roosevelt. Ex-Czar Shot By Bolsheviki Without Trial Moscow Officially An? nounces Nicholas Was Plotting New Revolt Wife and Son Now in "A Place of Security" Royal Correspondence, In? cluding Rasputin Letters, To Be Published LONDON, July 20.?Former Emperor Nicholas of Russia has been shot, a Russian ?wireless statement to-day an? nounces. The former Emperor's cor? respondence, including letters from the monk Rasputin, who was killed shortly before the revolution, written to the then Emperor and his family, will be published in the near future, the wire? less message declares. The former Empress and young Alexis Romanoff, the former heir ap? parent, have been sent to a place of security. The central executive body of the Bolshevik government announces thai it has at its disposal important ma? terial documents concerning the for? mer Emperor's affairs, including his own diaries. i Revolt Plot Charged The message announces that, a coun? ter revolutionary conspiracy was dis? covered, with the object of wresting the ex-Empcror from the authority of the Soviet Council. In view of this fact the president of the Ural Regional Council decided to execute the former j ruler, and the decision was carried out on Julv 16. Documents concerning the conspir? acy were forwarded to Moscow by a special messenger. It had been re? cently decided, the message explains, j to bring the ex-Emperor before a trib- j unal "to be tried for his crimes against | the people." Later occurrences, how- j ever, led to delay in adopting this I course. The text of the Russian wireless j message reads: I "At the first, session of the Central ] Executive Committee, elected by the i Continued 07i page seven \ 90 Square Miles Reconquered In Foch Drive 20,000 Men, 30 Towns and 400 Cannon Taken by Americans and French I Crown Prince to Aim at Soissons Intensity of Drive Lessens as Both Sides Prepare for New Blows By Wilbur Forrest (Special Cablr. to The Tribune) (Copyright. 1918, by Thti Tribune Association) ' WITH TPIE FRENCH ARMIES,! ?July 20 (afternoon).?Up to Satur 1 day morning the Franco-Americans I had recaptured roughly ninety ! square miles of territory between the Aisne and the Marne, over thirty | villages, and, according to unofficial j reports, about 400 cannon and 20,000 I prisoners. While the advance is proceeding more slowly there, the French troops | south of the Marne on a fifteen-mile front from Fossoy to Oeuilly have I thrown the enemy back and are ad- i j vancing toward the Mame. The latter is an indication that th? Germans are denuding the terri- j tory south of the Marne of reserves j for the Aisne-Marne front, and are i probably contemplating a complete | withdrawal, due to the danger of having the Marne at their backs. Enemy Loses Recent Gains It is one of the first results of the Aisne-Marne advance. From pr?s- I ent indications the enemy's entire advantage gained in his offensive launched last Monday has dwindled, leaving the situation to be summed up as the briefest, bloodiest German defeat. The heaviest enemy reactions may | Continued on page three j "All Germans Beyond Marne Dead Or Prisoner"; Foe Issues an Alibi LONDON, July 20.?"No Germans remain routh of the Marne except prisoners and dead." This message is sent by the Reuter correspondent at French head? quarters, and is timed Saturday evening. AMSTERDAM, July 20.?A semi-official statement received here from Berlin says the German Supreme Army Command had several aims in its attack on the southern bank of the Marne, the crossing of which river, it asserts, was unobserved by the Entente Allies. ' The statement goes so far as to claim that the German objectives have been fully attained. . The first aims of the Marne crossing, the semi-official statement says, were to broaden the basis of attack for a German blow on both sides of Rheims and to attack and to hold strong enemy forces. Fur? thermore, the attack on the southern bank of the Marne which was so menacing for the Entente, the statement adds, finally unloosed the long expected French counter offensive. After urging that the counter offensive has miscarried because a ' break through has been prevented, the message naively adds: "The task of the German troops fighting on the southern bank of the Marne was thereby entirely fulfiled and the further holding of the lines there was unnecessary. The German command could now withdraw the troops to the northern bank for fresh important tasks." "Rainbow" Division On Champagne Fr?nt, Says General March WASHINGTON, July 20.? General March, Chief of Staff, revealed the lo? cation of American units at the front to-day, as follows: In the great battle on the Soissons Rheims front: 1st, 2d, 3d and 4th reg-ular divisions, and the 26th (New England) and 28th (Pennsylvania) National Guard. In the Champagne, east of Rhelms: 42d National Guard (Rainbow). An unattached regiment of negro troops from the 93d National Army Division i? in the main battle and. an? other east of Rheims. The 77th National Army Division, composed largely of New Jersey troops, but including New York and Delaware men, is in line near Lun? ville. It is operating as a division under its own commander. The Illinois National Guard Divi? sion, commanded by Major General George Bell, jr., is in an English training sector. A unit of this divi? sion last week cooperated with the Australians in a successful advance already reported. Earthquake Felt in Panama PANAMA, July 20.?Earthquake shocks have been felt eighty miles to the west of this city, causing some ap? prehension among the people of that region. No casualties occurred nor was there any damage done. HOME FROM THE RAID?AND NARY A WORM Enemy's Lines Penetrated to 10-Mile Depth Gen. March Reveals Amer? icans Sent Abroad Now Exceed 1,200,000 WASHINGTON, July 20.-The high i water mark of the German offensive | movement in France has been reached I and the initiative now is passing to j the Allied and American armies. i that is the lesson drawn from G?n j eral Foch'3 sudden counter attack on ? the Aisne-Marne front by American I military leaders, General March, chief i of staff, to-day told members of the j Senate Military Committee. He said i General Mangin's drive had now pene ; trated ten miles into the German lines. Later he announced that American 'troop shipments had now exceeded 1,200;000 men, insuring the man power I to hold the initiative on the Western j front. I The direct objective of General ! Foch's counter stroke, General March t told newspaper men in his weekly con? ference, is the railway that feed3 the German forces in the Ch?'teau Thierry region. Already it has been attained, for the French and American forces are either astride the line at certain points or have it under direct gunfire at short range, making it useless for the foe. Six U. S. Divisions Engaged Even as General March spoke un? official reports flashed, over the cables indicated that the German withdrawal from the sector south of the Marne j had begun under the threat of the on- , rush of General Mangin's attacking j army in the enemy's rear. The with- ; drawal was foreseen by General March i when French and American shells be- j gan raining on the railway. The American chief of staff told with ; evident satisfaction of the fact that six American divisions are in the present ; battle with the French and for the ! first time revealed 'their identity. They either are on the advancing lines be tween Soissons and Ch?teau Thierry or on those that are pressing the en- ; emy along the Marne front, where there is reason to believe the Germans may surfer serious losses in men and ; material before they reach safety. Still another division of Americans is with General Gouraud, the French leader, who commands east of Rheims, where the enemy assault hit against a j stone-wall defence. Two Negro Regiments in Battle | Two regiments of American negro troops also are known to be engaged. ' One is east of Rheims, where the Americans held the right flank of the whole front of attack when the German I assault began, just as the Americans at Chateau Thierry held firm on the left flank. The other is with the at tacking forces on the Soissons-Ch?tfaa 1 Thierry line. General March made little effort to conceal his elation over the turn of the ; lighting. His explanation of the dispo? sition of the American forces indicates that at least 160,000 American fighting troops are 'in the battle, and probably the total force is nearer 300,000 than 200,000. Each division ha:; a fighting strength of 27,000 men, and each of the ; two detached negro regiments a : strength of 3,600. The full strength of each division, with auxiliary units, is i 4o',000 men. General March';? Statement General March said: "Since I last talked with you the , field of interest has_ shifted'from the, Italian and Balkan fronts to our own ? sector in Franc*. Last Monday, the ? 15th. the Germans began an attack' which covered a sixty-mile front, one- , half of which covered the very hilly! ground bctv.-een Ch?teau Thierry and ! Rheims. the other half the plain of the Champagne between Rheims and the forest of Argonne. "In the Champagne district the poii- , tion, which was held largely by French \ Continued on page nin? British Troops Join in Attacks; 30 Villages Won Indications Point to Withdrawal by Germans From Entire Salient; Desperate Fighting Continues Along Entire Line Entente Armies Advance on Enemy prom Three Sides Teuton Retirement a Rout at Some Points; Italians Drive Austrians From Last June Gains; English Win in Blow to North LONDON, July 20.?The Germans have been driven back across the Marne. Their complete withdrawal is announced by the War Office in Paris to-night and grudgingly admitted by the Berlin War Office statement, which says, "Our troops south of the Marne were withdrawn to the north bank of the river without being noticed by the enemy." The victorious Allies to-day continued their attacks against the three sides of the German salient between the Aisne and the Marne, and were rewarded with new gains in every sector. Attacked in the rear and with #11 communications menaced ! by the onmarch of the Franco-Americans, the Germans beyond the Marne have begun a general retreat, giving up all their hard Won gains to the south, and falling back in hasty confusion. The evacuation of the whole salient may now be under way as ? the result of the tremendous Allied pressure. | Allies Take 20,000 Captives, 400 Guns Twenty thousand prisoners have been taken by the Allies, jthe French War Office announced to-night, besides more than j 400 guns and other vast booty. Along the whole twenty-odd-mile front of the counter I offensive, from Chateau Thierry to beyond Soissons, the French and Americans are pressing forward despite the enemy's grow j ing resistance. The Americans have taken numbers of additional prison ! ers, one unit bringing its total capture to 2,889 since the attack ?began Thursday, and another's total reaching 2,261. In all, more than thirty villages have fallen into Allied I hands between the Aisne and the Marne. Around on the east side the Franco-Italian forces have brought new pressure to bear on the defeated enemy, beating his lines back where he reached furthest eastward in his last effort to cut off the city of Rheims and helping to narrow the neck of the great salient. Italians and British Score Successes Meanwhile, on other fronts the Allied armies have sought to disconcert the enemy by sharp attacks. The British in Flan? ders and further south in the valley of the Lys have continued their local hammering for tactical advantages, and in Picardy have driven the Germans from Rossignal Wood, north of the Somme. And on the Italian front the Italian forces have thrown the Austrians back from one of the last remnants of the Aus? trian drive in June, capturing Monte Stabel and Como di Cavento. British troops have been thrown into the struggle between the Marne and Rheims. Two American Units Have Captured 5,150 Germans in Last Two Days (By The Associated Press) WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY ON THE AISNE-MABNE FRONT, July 20.?One American unit since Thursday has taken 2.?** prisoners, including 91 officers, while another American unit on v.\e naz*?. em front has captured 2.2G1, including 32 officers. Among tiie prisoners were a colonel and two majors, all in one group. The firing on both sides increased after daylight, but the Allied guns were much more effective, report;; from the aviators and observation balloons on the enemy positions showed. There were numerous bombing raids by the airmen this morning. The northern half of the Soissons-Ch?teau Thierry line is now far beyond Vierzy, to the east, and there have been bitter struggles in this territory. The Allies' big guns command the bridges southeast ofrSoissons. Allied Guns Shell Foes' Supply Junction The advance along the Soissons-Ch?teau Thierry road has brought the Allies within artillery striking distance of the junction of the railroad serving the Germans as a line of communication. The junction already is under fire and unless the desperate attempt which the Germans are making to hold is successful thousands of the Crown Prince's men may be cut off and forced to retreat. A less powerful effort in being made by the French and Americans eastward of Chateau Thierry. The French and Americans squeezed the sack in which the Germans appear to be caught somewhat tighter Saturday. At midday they ha<i made an average gain of more than a mile along the line from Chateau