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WEATHER.
Partly cloudy tonight; tomorrow
fair, warmer.
Temperature for twenty-fonr hour*
ending * p.m. today: Higheit, at, at
4:30 p.m. yesterday; lowest, ft, at 4
ajn. today.
Foil report on pace lL
two CENTS.
WASHINGTON, D.' C., FRIDAY, JULY 19, 1918-SIXTEEN PAGES.
FRENCH AND YANKEES1
CAPTURE THOUSANDS
OF ENEMY AND GUNS
- %
Germans Hurry Reserves Into Strag
gle Below Soissons?Boche Lines
of Communication Under Fire.
FCCH ALSO PROGRESSING
ON HARNE'S SOUTH BANK
Recaptures Montvoisin and Drives Foe From Outskirts of
Oeuilly?Allies Strike Below Rheims?Italians
Capture Moulin d'Ardre.
JJy tte Associated Press.
American and French troops are still advancing along the line
from the Aisne to the Marne, where, on Thursday morning, they
launched a counter offensive of large proportions. German re
serves, hurried up to meet the threat against the enemy's right
flank in the Soissons-Chateau Thierry-Rheims salient; are engaged
in the struggle, which is raging with great violence along the
whole front.
The reaction of the allies is not restricted to the line from the
Aisne to the Marne. South of the Marne, at the point where th6
Germans had made their greatest advance during the first three
day^lof their offensive, the French have retaken Montvoisin and_
tlfeAtaAiu. ?
North of the Marne and between the river and Rheims the
French and Italians have struck back at the German forces, forced
their line westward in the Roi and Court on woods, retaken Moulin
d'Ardre and improved the line at Bouilly. The capture of four
cannon, machine guns and 400 prisoners in these operations is
reported.
The allied plunge against the German line south of the Aisne,
so far as definitely known, has advanced to art extreme depth of
nearly six miles, the deepest penetration being at Buzancy, on the
western bank of the Crise river, southeast of Soissons. - '
/ Railroad Under Fire.
The railroad leading sooth from
Soissons to Chateau Thierry is thus
under the direct fire of the allied ar
tillery, while the railroad leading
from Courmelles to Longpont has
bean cut. Further south. the allies
hm reached Choup, which is within
soieu miles of Nanteuil Notre Dame,
on the only other line of railroad
upon which the Germans can rely* for.
?applies for their forces alone the
Man* from Chafean Thierry to Dor
?Thus the railroad communi
cations of the enemy are placed in ex
tnsne Jeopardy.
While it is much too early to am
siSer the allied smash against the
German lines as a great success, ex
cept In so far as it may well serye to
complete the check of the German
offensive, the results obtained during
the first day's fighting may fee reason
ably compared with those reported by
the Germans after the first day's
lighting south of the Aisne in their
great attack on May 27.
18,000 Prisoners Reported.
The allies advanced at all points to
an average depth of a little less than
three miles. They captured, according
to unofficial reports, 13,000 prisoners
??< 100 cannon. The number of men
involved is not known. The Germans,
- wtth 325,000 troops engaged, broke
through the allied line north of the
Aisae on May 27 and advanced a little
mare than three miles to the Aisne.
They captured 15,000 prisoners, ac
cording to their own figures. Berlin
did not report the captures of cannon
in Its statement on the first day's
fighting.
Although it Is probable the allies
did not faee such strong positions as
those held by the French along the
C hem in des Dairies, the actual results
of the first day's battle compare very
favorably with the German effort on
May 27, when the Germans were not
called upon simultaneously to face a
major offensive against another sec
tor of the line not many miles away.
There is a note of conservatism Evi
dent In the language of the French
official statement and in the com
ment of the Parisian press on the
Mnt phase of the struggle. It is
evident that the results of Gen. Man
giifa mighty effort are awaited be
fore anything mere than a mere
cosntwr stroke against the enemy is
cHroolcled. ,
TtimiTt Soon. Will Be Xiwn.
He nest uuepte of days will, de
termine the exact character of the
operation that Is now going on be
tween the Aisne and the Marne.
Even if it comes to a halt today
it seems probable that it will have
accomplished its purpose?the reliev
ing of the pressure against Rheims,
tor Gen. Lundendorf probably will not
continue his offensive on the south
while his right flank and rear are seri
ously menaced.
A matter of Intense interest is the
manner in which the Germans meet
the new onslaught. There have been
reports relative to the low morale of
tb? enemy forces,-bat these must bo
me?ed fey actual development before
tbsv osb be.generally credited. If the
Oil i ijl ly?ft theajllaa
could be desired by the German high
command.
So far as reports tell of the situation
the German &OTance from Dormans to
Rheims has'come to a This is the
situation, likewise, fast of Rheims.- Raid
ing operation!) are reported on the Mont
dldler-Noyon and Woevre fronts and
also along the British lines.
Capturing Many
PARIS, JMy It.?Between tSe Atae
and the Marne In spite of now arrivals
of German reinforcements tin antes are
making sensible jsihii?
taring a large number of
cording to the official
by the war office today.
Alnny the Whoto fttWt
Aisne and the Mama the battle contin
ues with violence.
On the front between and
the Marne the Trench have recaptured
Montvoisin and made progress in the
Rol wood and the Courton wood, cap
turing four cannon and 400 prisoners.
Success on Marne.
South of' the Marne. by a vigorous
attack the French have ejected the
enemy from the outskirts of OeuUly.
Between Rheims and the Marne
Italian troops have taken Moulin
d'Ardre, south of Marfaux. and north
west of Pourcy.
More than 100 guns have been cap
tured in the allied attack on the
Aisne-Marhe front, according to the
Herald today.
I/Homme Libre, without intending
to divulge the number of prisoners
and guns captured, ssys it -Is fully
equivalent to the number announced
by the Germans as having been cap
tured on July lt_ (The German'offi
cial statement on Tuesday announced
that 12,000 prisoners had been taken
Monday).
Stubborb German resistance at Cour
champs, northwest of Chateau Thierry,
has been bloke? by the French, says
the Havas correspondent at, the front.
Eighteen guns and numerous ma
chine guns were captured by the
French troops.
)
Text of Repoft.
The statement reads:
^Between the Aisne and the Marne
our troops, surmounting the-, resist
ance of the enemy, which was in
creased by the arrival-of new reserves,
realised sensible progress at the close
of yesterday.
"The nmnber of prisoners counted
Is being augmented. The battle con
tinues with violence along the whole
front. ,
"West of Rheims and sooth of the
Marne our troops yesterday, by a vig
orous attack, retook Montvoisin and
threw the enemy out of the outskirts
of Oeuilly.
To the north of th* Marne we have
made progress In the Rot wood and
the Courton wood and carried our line
a kilometer to the westward.
"Italian, troops have taken Moulin
d'Ardre. In this'region we have cap
tured four' cannon, fifty machine guns
and 400 prisoners."^
BERLIN, via London, July IS.-?
German -headquarters this evening
chronicles th? great counter offensive
carried out today by the French and
American troops along the Marne as
follows: ;
"Between Aisne and the Marne
the JTrencfc.. attacked With ?
'mSm ?
WHIM REFUSES
TO QUIT THEM
? I
Saratoga Convention Learns
That He'll Run Despite
Roosevelt Boom.
"ROUND ROBIN" GROWING
Br the iamjtM Fm.
SARATOGA SPBXNGS, N. T, July
19.?Got. Whitman will remain a can
didate for renomination no matter
whether Col. Boosevelt consents to en
ter the primaries, according to an
nouncement this forenoon by William
A. Orr, the governor's secretary.
Ur. Orr said he had received the
word over the telephone from Albany.
The report persisted, however, that the
governor had opened private headquar
ters here, and as late as last evening
had directed his campaign in person.
Attorney General Merton EL Lewis,
chief rival of Gov. Whitman, last
night Issued a statement announcing
he. woo Id withdraw if CoL Roosevelt
would become a candidate. Coinci
dentally a round robin was circulated
by the anti-Whitman faction of the
party, headed by William Barnes, urg
ing the colonel to enter the primaries.
In a short time It had received several
hundred signatures. Among the sign
ers. besides Mr. Barnes, were Senators
M'adsworth and Calder and Kllhu Root.
During the evening Roosevelt-for-gov
ernor talk was revived to an extent
which became alarming to the Whit
man adherents.
Await Roosevelt's Answer.
"What will CoL Roosevelt's answer
be?" This question was uppermost in
the miqds of *11 the delegates to the
republican state convention ss they
gathered for the second day's session.
Notwithstanding Gov. Whitman's an
Sbuncement of his intention to remain
in the Held, the Roosevelt "round robin
continued to be circulated this fore
noon and found plenty of signers. One
of the early reports was that Charles
Evans Hughes, in Washington, had been
in communication by telephone with the
petition circulators here and had author
ized the use of his name. It also was
announced that Francis Hendricks of
Onondaga, hitherto one of the Whitman
supporters, had signed. Pending re
ceipt of definite wortf- from the colonel
the informal slatemakers were discuss-,
ing eertotosiy a tentative ticket, to be
headed by OeL Roosevelt.
BooMvalt Backing fbJaaT
The announcement of Attorney Gen
eral Lewis and the circulation of the
round robin completely overshadowed
the program of the day. This called
for the adoption of a platform and a
speech by former President William
H. ? Taft. The resolutions committee,
labored well Into the night, only to
And that Interest In Its product tem
porarily had sunk to comparative In
significance.
Platform Indorses Suffrage.
A vigorous wln-the-war plank, a
hearty Indorsement of the Whitman
administration and declaration "em
phatically urging** the United States
senators from New York to vote for
the federal suffrage amendment were
affirmative, features of the platform
presented by the resolutions committee
to the convention today. /
The document contained no men
tion of prohibition. William Barnes,
who led the fight of the antl-Whlt
man forces for a.prohibition referen
dum plank, lost out in the committee
by a vote of 11 to II.
.When the suffrage plank, which
was an' extremely strong one, was
adopted by the committee. Senator
Wadsworth explained that he. was not
In sympathy with the provision and
that he had not changed Ms views on
the saffrage question.
The convention was lata tn assem
bling. Consequently the address of
former President Taft was much de
layed. He was given a rousing recep
tion. and his address was gumy times
Interrupted by applause and cheering.
A prolonged demonstration followed
his declaration that we "here now
have nothing with the presidential
campaign of 1*20. That will take
care of itself." -,.
"Against All Sides."?Taft.
In the speech Mr. Taft made no
mention of the Roosevelt movement
Asked afterward if he wonld express
an opinion, he replied:
?Ton don't want to drag me Into
New York politics, do you 7"
When .informed that his views wonld
be interestngt he said: "Weli. then,
I am against all sides."
While here Mr. Taft wss the guest
I of fonner Senator Braokett. one of the I
antf-Whitman leaders. His brother.
Henry W. Taft. also associated Mi
ss? with the anti-Whitman' faction.
C. V. Collins and W. W. Cocks, cam
paign manager for Mr. Whitman, who'
talked with CoL Roosevelt yesterday,
declared today that the former Presi
dent "absolutely will not be a candi
date for governor."
The convention hurried through the
work after the delivery of Mr. Taft'?
speech. Reading ofi the platform was
followed by Its adoption, as presented
by unanimous vote, and final adjourn
ment was taken shortly after 1
o'clock.'
ROOSEVELT WILL NOT
v. DISCUSS NOMINATION
/ "?~r
MBW TORTC. My Theodore
Roosevelt, before leaving here today
for Oyster Bay-on his return from
the unofficial republican convention
Bantoga. Spring*, declared the#
he had "nothing to say" regarding
the- proposal to nominate him for
"fcor: He would not comment on
the statement of Attorney General
Merton X. Lewis, at the cnventlon
last night, that he wonld withdraw
from the, race should the colonel be
come a candidate.
"I Aid not have a conference with a
living man In Saratoga yesterday,
except possibly a newspaper ">??)
who 1* a member of my kitchen cabi
net," was the colonel's reply to a
question by newspaper men.
?you boys know what Is now fare
most in my mind." ha added, re
I have only see thought in my mind.
ijHJBjuet interested in polities Just
NEXT FEW HOURS MAY COST
GERMANS LAST MAY S GAINS
?# ?
Decisive Thrust of Americans aftd French
Has Serious Possibilities for Foe Troops
Between Aisne and Marne.
BT FRANK H. SIHOXOS.
The announcement that F"renoh and |
American troops have taken the of
fensive on a vide front between the j
Aisne and the ttarne i? not merely
yet oome from the latest battlefield,
bat It la the most encouraging word
that has come from any western con
flict In the present year/
What it means beyond all else Is
that the first phase of the German
offenstre has proven a failure and
that Gen. Foch, assured of the secur
ity of hi* main front, has been able
to launch a counter. thrust designed
to relieve the one imperiled, position
?the Rhelms salient. v
Hitherto, In the three great Ger
man attacks?toward Amiens, south
of Ypres and .on the Aisne?allied re
serves &ave been consumed in saving
& situation gravely 'imperiled by a
complete break In their fronts." To
day, the first liner troops having per
formed their mission ?nd held up the
German attack, the reserves have
been able to make a counter offensive
at a chosen moment against wearied
and dispirited German forces.
Wans Against Exaggeration.
It Is wen not to eraggesate the
probabilities of this latest develop
ment. It la deafened, manifestly, by
euitlna piessiue upen the western
flank of the Germans operating
against the Rhelms salient- to com
pel them to give over their attack.
It is entirety analogous to the thrust
ef Man gin on the western flank .of
the Germana in the recent >attle for
Complegae. Xangln's thrust Aid not
force the Germans to abandon their
recent gains, but It did compel them
to abandon further effort to advance.
In the same fashion this new thrust
| of Foch may have no further resuit
than to-save the Rheims aallent. But.
?on the other hand, as the news liows
? *!>? CVAnnh
-on meuunn mm~
in it becomes clear that the French
and the Americans have made ^sub
stantial breach in the first,line of the
German defenses between- the Aisne
aild the Marne and are advancing
upon: those lines of communication
rssrn*'*1- to the safety of the fterman
troops who have passed the Marne
and those other Ge:?nan troot>s which
are operating astride the Marne,
seeking to reach Epernay and.break
down the Rheims salient. In fact, the
Freneh and the Americans'are today
making the same kind of attack upon
the Germans in the German salient
between Soissons and Rheimi that the
Germans w?re yesterday nuiking upon
the French in the French salient be
tween Dormans and Slllery.
As it now stands, on the fourth day
of this the fifth German offensive
the force of the. German effort has
been completely checked east of
Rheims, with no material gains of im- '
portance- It has be4n substantially [
checKed at points between Rhelms
and Chauteau Thierry, except in a I
narrow area on .either side of the
Marne, and even here the lines are
tending to stabilise themselves.
Thus the full fury of the German
blow in those , days in which great
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NEW TORE. July 1??The British
transport Carp*this. 1S.M1 ton# iron
has been sunk by a German subma
rine off the Irish coast while outward
bound from a British port. It was
learned here today. So tar as known
here no lives were lost. ~
The, Carpathla was owned Dy the
Cunard Hne. Brtor U tha war ik?
VOfWOV, July H?Herbert c.
Hoover. American food controller, ar
rived today at a port -from America.
Food Administrator Hoover left
Washington for London Jply 8, and
sailed from an Atlantic port a few
days later, to make a survey of the'
food situation In Burope. He was
accompanied by Joseph P. Cotton,
chief of the meat division; James W.
6ell of the milling division, George s.
Jackson, vice president of the grain
corporation of the food administra
tion, and Lewis Straoss, Mr. HsiovtfB
gf^et&ry.
Mr. Hoover will confer with the food
ministries' of the allies and endeavor
to determine their requirements aad
to take ^measures-to unify distribu
tion. The entile" problem of pooling
of food supplies will oocupy a large
nart of his time while In Bunpa Dr.
Alonso Taylor, ohlef dietician of the
food administration, who had-wlde ex
perience with food problems In Europe,
particularly in Germany and Austria,
since the outbreak of war, has been
la London for several weeks, pre
I paring data for the conferences,
Which Begin next .Monday.
Best Results,
and Quickest
DRIVING A SPEARHEAD
IN FOE LINE BETWEEN
SOISSONS AND MARNE
Americans Take Several Towns in
Night Fighting ? Progress
Not Yet Stayed.
U. S. LADS SOON BREAK UP ?
ONE GERMAN COUNTER BLOW
Heavy Gunfire* Soon Forces Enemy Backward in the
Soissons Region?Pershing's Men Carrying
< Everything Before Them.
While no confirmation of the capture of the city of
Soissons has reached the War Department, Secretary
Baker said today that the fall of that city seems to be indi
cated by dispatches.
""WITH THE AMERICAN FORCES ON THE AISNE
MARNE, FRONT, July 19 (1 p.m.)*?American and French
forces are continuing to advance their spearhead midway between '
Soissons and Chateau Thierry. The Americans took sevepl towns
in the courstf of the night. Early this morning the Americans also
made further progress.
During the night German reinforcements were coming from
the region in the north, but the expected counter attack has not
appeared ug to an- early hour this afternoon.
American ^troops continue to hold the plateau southwest of
Soissons, whine, ?? Thursday,, the'Germans made their first or
(HjMP!eonnteer attack. This sodB fetl down, however, as soon
aSithe American heavy artillery got.into action.
This was one of the fiercest struggles in connection with the
Franco-American offensive. The battle raged southwest of Sois
j sons for some time. It resulted in the Germans falling back finally
nnder*the rain of the heavy gunfire of the Americans. '
Canity Thrown in Action.
Br tie Awciitrt rm.
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN
FRANCE, July 18.?The* American
troops had carried all before them by
late in the afternoon and had pro
ceeded. bo fast that cavalry was
thrown into the action. All the
American headquarters staffs tonight
were well inside the territory which
lie Germems held this morning.
The allies have reached, roughly,
the line of Be 11 earn Com Champa,
Cbony, Vmers-HeieH, Cbndm and the
eights iVmitnatlng Sotsi
French cavalry has '
the BoiaeasOataH Thtsiij road to
openings made by tbe Fraaco-Aiaerl
. (he third objectives
set for the operations of the morn
ing, the Americans, in _jo-operation
with tbe French .south of Soissons,
launched a second powerful attack
at noon.
Showing the effect of splendid
training, the American troops went
forward -ewiftly and fought with
fury. Nothing seemed .to stop them,
especially in the region of Soissons
and to the south of that city. Light
and heavy pieces were move<K|ip as
the troops advanced, and soon after
each barrage ended shells from the
American guns were deluging the
enemy's rear areas, playing- havoc
with his forces, whether those in re
treat or reserves endeavoring to
n*
Terrific Iiosses Inflicted.
It. was open warfare, with all the
attending excitement, and through
the gapa made by heavy 'guns and
infantry the. French cavalry dashed.
baaUug down those in their path. Ter
rf?o losses were inflicted at all points
on the enemy. The tanks did all that
was expected of them. The great
lumbering engines rolled along in
front of the Infantry, driving the Ger
mans before them with streams of
bullets and clearing away many ob
structions that had escaped the ar
tillery.
The enemy early began to bring up
strong reinforcements. Fresh troops
have appeared at various points and
a heavy counter attack will prob
ably have to be withstood.
Carry AD Objectives.
On the llse sooth of Soissons the
carried all their ob
lesnd attack with the
.W mated and for tbe
sd before the American
abandoning even light guns
laulUon.. Only here and there
along the line was strong resistance
offered, and at these points the Ger
mans wets attacked with rifle and
bayonet, before which they retreated
steadily.
-So far has the attack progreesed
that tonight the enemy in the vicinity
of-the Chateau Thierry is considered
to be In a somewhat dangerous positron
ha will. have to
including
are in high
have received
Sfc-r
S, .
feeling of confidence pervades the mi
lled lines. After eighty hours of as
sault along- lines of his own selection
the enemy's offensive seemingly has
failed.
He is still behind the Objectives set
Tor the first day's attack. Furthermore,
bis gains during the entire opera
tion were considerably smaller than
these of any of his previous offensives
during the present year.
b While the American force engaged
in the present battle is small in com
parison with the total allies' strength,
i it may be said that it is greater than
any participating in a battle since the
civil war, and the conduct of the men
I is eliciting the commendation of the
French. s They have performed the
part assigned to them with steadi
ness, courage and skilL
"Win Praise <rf French.
"Tb a large portion of tbm Ameri
cans these four days have been tfeeir
first real lighting. Reports from along
the lines Indicate a great 4e*l of
dean, open warfare, some spontane
ous localised actions being under
taken without a preliminary barrage,
and it is in actions of this character
that the American tfnits have- won the
praise ^of the French. The tone of
Thursday's communiques, and like
wise the success of the counter at
tacks begun early today have Infected
I the French and American trooife with
! high confidence in the outcome of the
Ipreat enemy offensive, which now is
believed not only to have been ef
fectively checkd, but in at least a
small measure thrown back.
MlHLED
A NON-ESSENTIAL
Secretary Baker's Decision
in Ainsmith Case Will Hit
Many Players.
Secretary Saker this afternoon
1 ruled that base ball Is a non naan
tial occupation, odder tfcre **work-or
flght" order recently promulgate*.by
Provost Marshal. General GrawAsr
and that ban playsra Oil mutism Aa
nation vto may be wtt^ta the draft
mast either seek employment ta aa
"essential" occupation or ga lata tUmm
1 under the selective sej ?lue law.
The decision came as the result of
the teat case of Eddie Ainsmith.
catcher on the Washington ball clab.
who recently was told by his' looti
board here to get Into an "e&nm n?l"
occupation. Tbe case was appealed tb
tne district board. %ad from there to
the President.
The offlee of the provost marshal
general steadfastly refused to give a
decision oa the matter, holding the
by the War Department, hot urinals
jtsatly bsrtiv the ImprsMtos slUi
? that the sport eoaM aac he
classed aa "essential."
~ r