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SUNDAY, JULY 21, 19.18-SEVEN
Editorials - Advert is erne ni s
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PARTS-FIFTY-EIGHT PAGES
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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