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WEATHER.
Partly cloudy and continued warm
tonight and tomorrow.
Temperatures for twenty-four hours
ending: 2 p.m. today: Highest, 96, at
3:20 p.m. yesterday; lowest, 67, at
6:45 a.m. today.
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AMERICAN TROOPS FORCE MARNE PASSAGE
COUNTER ATTACKS BY HUNS,
INTENDED TO HALT PURSUIT,
WITHER UNDER ALLIES' FIRE
Foch's Guns ControlRailroads;
Foe Is Being Squeezed
From Both Sides.
SECOND VICTORY ON MARNE
NOW AN ACCOMPLISHED FACT
American and French Troops Have Enormous
Booty in Prisoners, Guns and Other War
Materials?Germans Demoralized.
By the Associated Press.
LONDON, July 22.?American troops yes
terday crossed the river Marne between Char
teves and Gland, east of Chateau Thierry, and
captured the wood of Barbillon, according to
authoritative announcement made here today.
The Germans are stubbornly resisting the
French crossing of the Marne, but the French
have succeeded in getting two elements over at
Mezy and Courcelles, which are constructing
foot bridges under heavy fire. The Germans
are using gas shells in large numbers.
AMERICANS MAKE BIG ADVANCE.
The capture of Barbillon wood by the Americans means that
the overseas men have advanced between three and four miles
from their old position on the Marne.
Owing to faulty working of the telegraph line between Paris
and London, news of the French advance up to 8:30 o'clock last
night is not very detailed. It is learned, however, that the French
line now runs from Breny along the main Chateau Thierry road
to Rocourt and then through Le Charme and Epieds to the Marne
at Charteves. /
Between the Ourcq and the Aisne the Germans again are
making violent counter attacks, but the French are maintaining
their lines.
GERMANS RESISTING DESPERATELY.
On every front the Germans are resisting desperately and are
making violent counter attacks. Nevertheless, the French troops
yesterday made progress along the River Marne to a maximum
depth of eight miles.
The object of the enemy counter attack is to expedite the
extrication of his troops from the pocket between Soissons and
Rheims. Meanwhile German troops on the southern end of the
pocket must be experiencing great difficulty in getting supplies.
Southwest of Rheims there has been fighting and the French
have made progress.
Between the Ourcq and the Marne rivers the French yester
day took 400 prisonars.
CROWN PRINCE CALLS FOR HELP.
By the Associated Press.
WITH THE FRENCH ARMY IN FRANCE, July 22.?
Frederick William, the German imperial crown prince, has been
obliged to call for help from his cousin, Crown Prince Rup-J
precht of Bavaria. German divisions from the army in the north
have been hurried down to protect the western flank of the defeated
army which has been driven back over the Marne and ejected
from Chateau Thierry by Franco-American troops.
GERMAN COUNTER ATTACKS VAIN.
PARIS, July 22.?Strong counter attacks delivered last night
by the Germans on the front between the Ourcq and the Marne
were broken by the allies, the war office announced today. The
allied positions have been maintained.
The enemy counter blows were delivered in the region of
Grisolles, seven miles northwest of Chateau Thierry and Besu
St. Germaine, four miles north of Chateau Thierry.
North of the Ourcq and between the Marne and Rheims the
enemy's reaction was limited to artillery fire. The fire was par
ticularly notable in the region of the woods of Courton and Roi.
Gales Made by British.
By the Associated Press.
LONDON, July 22.?Further ground
has been grained by the British In the
Hebuterne region on the front be
tween Albert and Arras, the war office
announced today. The British like
wise, in conjunction with the Trench,
carried out a successful enterprise to
ifce south of Vlllers-Bretonnsux, east
of Amiens, In which prisoners were
taken.
The German trenches were entered
during: the night by British raiding
parties at several points on the front,
including Neuvilie Vitasse and north
bf Bailleul, and prisoners taken.
The statement reads:
"Further ground was mads by our
troops yesterday southeast of Hebu
terne and a hostile bombing attack
(Continued on Fifth Page.)
CLOSING IN OF NUTCRACKER
PUTS RETREATING GERMANS
IN PERIL OF BIG DISASTER
By the Associated Press.
Rear guard actions arc being fought by the Germans north
of Chateau Thierry. These were probably organized for the pur
pose of delaying the relentless pursuit of the fleeing enemy by the
French and Americans, who on Sunday morning passed through
Chateau Thierry and advanced northeast of that corner-stone of
German conquest in eastern France.
The reaction of the Germans is said to have been marked be
tween Grisolles and Bezu-St. Germaine, two villages north-north
west and north of Chateau Thierry at distances of approximately
(even and four miles, respectively. The distance between
Grisolles and Bezu-St. Germaine is about four mile*. Along thi?
the German attacks were broken and the allied line was main
tained throughout.
North of the Ourcq river the reaction of the enemy was
limited to artillery fire. This was also the case between the
Marne and Rheims, notably in the region west of the Rheims
mountain and in the Courton and Roi woods.
WHERE HUNS ARE BEINQ PRESSED.
Since the Germans have been ousted from Chateau Thierry
under conditions which suggest that the withdrawal was precipi
tate, the most interesting developments in the battle are south of
Soissons, where the Americans are reported to have advanced a
distance of a mile and a quarter; the Ourcq valley, where the
allies are steadily pounding their way toward Nanteuil-Notre
Dame, and southwest of Rheims, where there seems to be an in
dication that the allies have initiated a new drive for the pur
pose of outflanking the Germans between Marfaux and Chatillon.
If this last movement develops, the allies' "nutcracker" will
be in full motion. Between the known allied front south of Sois
sons to the town of Bouilly, southwest of Rheims, there is a gay.
of about twenty-four miles. This gip, hn??ar.yhaMy i?wnrh-*.
smaller at present, fof.the allies' positions south of Soisson* set?
likely to have been advanced materially since they were reported
at Hartennes-et-Taux on Saturday. If the French, Italian and
British troops southwest of Rheims make an advance of any im
portance the position of the Germans farther south will be made
even more critical than it is known to be at present
ENVELOPING OPERATIONS BY ALLIES.
There appear to be at least two, and possibly three, envelop
ing operations along the western side of the salient south of
Soissons. The first of these, evidenced by the breaking through
of the allies northwest of Chateau Thierry on Sunday morning,
had immediate results in forcing the Germans back from the
extreme tip of the salient. The second enveloping movement is
proceeding up the Ourcq valley, and at last accounts was very
near Oulchy-le-Chateau. The third is the advance of the allies
south of Soissons.
Thus Foch has projected tentacles eastward to catch the
Germans retreating from the Marne. If another claw is thrust
out from the Rheims salient the situation will become much
more perilous for the enemy. There are few details of the fight
ing between the Aisne and the Ourcq. It appears, however, that
the reported advance of the allies south of the Aisne, below Sois
sons, is simply the carrying out of the French strategic plan of
keeping the Aisne on the French left flank. The actual occupa
tion of Soissons would be a matter of slight importance in com
parison to the demoralization or capture of the German armies
to the southward, which appears to have been in Gen. Foch's
mind as a possibility when the smash on the German flank was
begun by Gen. Mangin on Thursday morning.
GERMANS LOSE CONTROL OF RAILROADS.
If the allied "nutcracker" continues to close in the remorse
less manner that it has for the last three days, the Germans will
be fortunate if they extricate all their forces from the Marne
salient. Their railroad communications are virtually all under
allied control or are under heavy fire. The tired and defeated
Germans must retreat over wagon roads by way of Fere-en
Tardenois, or to the eastward of that place, and the task of
bringing them safely out of the sack in which they have been
caught is a heavy one.
Continued allied successes, it might appear, would compel a
German retreat at least as far as the Veale river. If the Germans
are able to maintain this line Gen. Foch still will have succeeded
in straightening out his front, which will then run in an almost
direct line from Montdidier to the heights of the Meuse.
British forces on the northern side of the Picardy sector
have gained further ground near Hebuterne, while east of
Amiens, near Arras, and in the Lys salient, raiding operation*
characterized the activities of the British last night
FONCK DOWNS 8 PLANES,
RAISING RECORD TO 56
Cablegram to The Evening: Star and
Chicago Dally News. Copyright, 1918.
WITH THE FRENCH ARMY, July
22.?Lieut. Rene Fonck In the last
three days has destroyed In aerial
combats eight German airplanes,
seven of the triumphs having been
officially confirmed, making: the total
victories credited to France's ace of
aces flfty-six.
GERMAN GENERAL QUITS,
BUT GETS SOFT BERTH
AMSTERDAM, July 22.?Oen. von
Francois, commander of the 7th Array
Corps, on the western front, has re
signed, according to the Lokal An
seiger. The emperor has refused to
accept the resignation and has given
him an honorary appointment In one
of the guard regiments.
The Lokal Anaelger hopes that the
army will only temporarily lgsa/the
general's service*.
BOTH HOUSES HOLD
VERY BRIEF SESSIONS
The House waa In session about four
minutes today, and the Senate half
an hour, both adjourning until next
Thursday at noon.
MORE EVIDENCE FOUND
OF GERMAN-IRISH PLOT
LONDON, July It.?The Dublin cor
respondent of the Dally News mya
that a considerable quantity of what
the government regards as useful and
additional evidence of a German-Irish
plot has just come to hand In the
form of extracts from censored pri
vate correspondence between persons
In Ireland and In America.
Some of the detailed Information as
to times, places and quantities of mu
nitions to be landed la understood to
be remarkable, .. _ _
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A TELEGRAM THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN SENT.
Checking of Teuton Schemes
Important Feature of
Present Move.
Alp OF CZECHOSLOVAKS
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Copyright, lfia^br ^Uw^New Tor* Er**lng
Aid for RomU appeari on the hor
izon at last as a definite and tangible
thine. Our own government is not
yet In a position to make an an- j
nouncement. but certain facts are
clear.
First, tbe assistance to the Russian
p*eople Is not to be rendered by a sin
gle nstlon, but by the United States
and all the allies. It is International
In character and an earnest of the
solidarity of the entente which is anxi
ous that Russian democracy too be
made safe from the incursions of Ger
man autocracy as the other free na
tions.
8econdly, the movement is In no
sense an "intervention." which the
American press has hitherto been
Inclined to use as the term express
ing allied intentions. But neither
political not militay intervention is
contemplated, which ough\ to do much
to offset the impressions so assidu
ously spread by the Germans of a
selfish Interference by the entente
with the affairs of the Russian people.
To Guard Nation.
What the United .States and the
allies hope to do is help Russia to
her feet by measures of economic re
lief that will tend to resuscitate
trade, both domestic and foreign, and
at the same time to take care that
Germany does not use Russia as a
base Of operations against the en-1
tente. That Is the phase of the situ- j
ation which Introduces the military]
and is the most delicate of all.
Strictly speaking, the Russian fac
tions have a right to contend for the
mastery of their country, and it has
been traditional policy to allow t'.iese
Internal forces to work out their own
salvation, and when popular support ad
heres to a central government recogni
tion is extended. But there isn't time to
wait for such an evolution, and in self
defense the allies must see to it that
Germany does not reach out to the
Pacific ocean or other points of con
tact with the entente.
Has Arisen Spontaneously.
Fortunately for the allies, the Cxecho
Slovak movement has arisen so spon
taneously and naturally as to remove
any impression of studied Interference
which might be used disastrously by
the German propogandlst in alienating
the support of the Russian people.
The Csecho-Slovaks are not fighting
the Russians, and none of the muni
tions or equipment whfch will be sent
to Vladivostok will be used for that
purpose. The Csecho-Slovaks, how
ever, are fighting the German prison
ers domiciled In Russia who have
been surreptitiously equipped by the
German government through the con
nivance or passivity of those Rus
sians who are not yet aware that Ger
man domination would mean the end
of Russian liberty.
Bed Cross Aid for Csecho-Slovaks.
The Department of State today re*
vealed that large quantities of Red
Cross supplies were being sent to
Vladivostok for the Csecho-Slovaks,
and. unquestionably if in their fight
against the former German prisoner*
rifles should be needed a large sup
ply of Russian rifles ordered in the
United 8tates before the overthrow of
Keren sky will be made available.
Similarly the United States Ship
ping Board has agreed to assign cer
tain tonnage for the Russian situa
tion, as it has been found desirable
to get. If possible, certain raw mate
rials from Russia by the Pacific route.
In other words, the ships that take
war supplies to Russia can bring back
products needed In our war planta
The Department of Commerce al
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American Fighters in France
Impress Friend and Foe Alike
Huns Now Think There Are Ten Millions of
Them, German Prisoner Says?Fight Like
Bulldogs, French Writer Asserts.
By the Associated Pr*sa.
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY ON THE AISNE-MARNE
FRONTS, Sunday, July 21.?A German prisoner captured by the
Americans today formerly was a baker in New York city and
Lebanon, Pa. rle was asked what the German soldiers thought
about the Americans.
Since Thursday, the prisoner said, the Germans had concluded
that the announcement that a million Americans were in France
was false, and rumors among the Germans on this front are that
there are ten million Americans in France.
American Results "Stupefying."
GENEVA. Switzerland, Saturday, July
20.?Americans are mentioned today for
the first time by the Arbeiter Zeitung
of Vienna. The newspaper states that
the Americans have changed the situa
tion for the entente nations, not only
in the political, but in the military
phases of the conflict. The newspaper
says;
"There is no further doubt that there
are a million Americans in France. The
genius of American organization has
obtained stupefying results. Germany
finds herself faced by three powers
whose combined population is three
times greater than hex's.
IT. S. Fighters Like Bulldog*.
PARIS, July 21.?"The finest thing of
the combat was the dash of the Ameri
cans," writes Lieut. Entraygues, the
special correspondent at the front for
the Temps, in describing the opening of
the great counter offensive. "It was a
fine thing to see those grand fellows,
with their tunics thrown off and their
shirt sleeves rolled up above their el
bows, wading the rivers with the water
to their shoulders and throwing them
selves on the boche like bulldogs.
"Any one who has seen such a
sight," he goes on, "knows what the
American Army is good for hence
forth and to the end of the war. At
the sight of these men, magnificent In
their youth, physical force, good tem
per and dash, the Germans fled 'with
every leg' or surrendered without
awaiting the order to throw away
their arms and take off their sus
penders, which is the first thing a
prisoner is told to do In order that
he may be compelled to keep his
hands employed and out of mischief.
"The Germans hurried toward our
lines gripping their trousers, haggard
and mad with terror.
"Would that every mother in France
who has lost a son in the war could
have seen that epic sight. They would
have seen themselves revenged and
it would have been some consolation
to them in their sorrow."
Revelation to French Poilus.
? 4 P?Hu who was wounded
July 18, early in the morning of the
first day of the offensive begun by the
American and French troops on the
Alsne-Marne battle front, came In to
Paris today. He belonged to a regi
ment which was In immediate contact
with the American troops. He lost
his left hand in the fighting but such
was his vitality that he was walking
the streets proudly today. In a con
versation today the soldier said:
"The fighting of the Americans was
a revelation to us. They could hardly
wait until the word was given to go
over the top. They seemed impatient
to get at the boches.
"When finally the word came they
leaped over the trenches, some of
them peeling off their coats after run
ning a few hundred metes in the
great heat and fighting in their shirt
sleeves."
Wishing to honor the American
forces on the Alsne-Marne front. Gen.
Mangin placed a renowned French in
fantry division between two American
divisions when the attack against the
Germans began. The Americans
proved themselves worthy of the hon
or given them. The fine conduct and
hign spirits of the Americans, who
sang as they crossed the marshes and
river with water up to their shoulders,
have elicited the admiration and en
thusiasm of all.
AMERICAN GUNS IN ACTION
72 HOURS WITHOUT A REST
LONDON, July 22.?How an Ameri
can battery on the bank of the Marne
shelled the Germans for seventy-two
hours while under fire from enemy
guns is described by Reuter's corre
spondent at French headquarters. A
young lieutenant, after telephone
wires had been severed, maintained
communication between the battery
and the infantry. He had eight horses
shot under him in making sixteen
trips, and on the last Journey was
wounded in the knees. The corre
spondent says:
. "I spent yesterday (Saturday) on
the bank of the Marne with the Amer
ican troops. They were the officers
and men of a battery of American
75s, which had been in position on a
bare, exposed plateau above the river
about' a thousand yards from the
boche bridges during the entire week.
They were aroused by terrific artillery
preparation on the part of the enemy
on the night of July 14. The Ameri
can battery was in the open and of
the thirty enemy batteries which had
been identified in the sector, five were
concentrating their fire on the Ameri
can battery. The men had to turn out
and open on the enemy without a mo
ments delay. They continued to fire
as hard as they could for seventy-two
hours.
"The Americans were under a heavy
shellfire themselves during the whole
time, but they never relaxed their
efforts for a moment. The whole
plateau is plowed up by German shells.
The Americans, who had never been
in a serious action before, lost both
men and horses, but the battery was
never silenced.
"In the first hour of the bombard
ment every telephone wire In the
sector was cut by German shells and
the battery was left without means
of communication with the American
infantry In the river valley below,
which it had to support.
"A young lieutenant volunteered to
restore the liaison' himself. Taking
a horse he rode down the river
through the German barrage and
back, and during the night galloped
sixteen times between the battery
and the river, always under a terribly
heavy fire. He had eight horses hit
under him, and on the last journey he
himself was hit in the knees.
"A battery commander told me he
had the greatest difficulty with his
slightly wounded men. None of them
wanted to leave the battlefield, and
the men ordered to go away for treat
ment would hide themselves in order
to avoid notice, hoping in this way
to be able to remain with their cora
1 rades. One gun. the crew of which
had been knocked out by a single big
shell, was kept working by the tele
phone men, who, realizing what had
happened, dashed out of their shelter
and began to man the gun themselves
without orders."
AUSTRIAN CABINET QUITS;
EMPEROR KARL ACCEPTS
LONDON, July 21.?The entire Aus
trian cabinet has resigned, says an
Exchange Telegraph dispatch tram
Copenhagen today. Emperor Charles,
It Is aaaed, has aocepted the resigna
tion. of the ministers.
GERMAN CONTROL
Two of Largest Concerns in
America Are Taken Over
as Alien Property.
ASSETS WILL TOTAL
FOURTEEN MILLIONS
Firms Are L. Vogelrtein 6 Co. and
Beer, Sondheimer & Co., Both
of New York City.
By taking over today two of the
largest metal businesses of the coun
try, In addition to others already
seised, A, Mitchell Palmer, alien prop
erty custodian, has smashed for all
time German control of the metal in
dustry In the United Btatea.
The concerns announced today to
be taken over were those of L. Vogrel
stein & Co., nc., 42 Broadway. New
York, with assets of about 19,000,000,
and of Beer, Sondhelmer & Co., Inc..
61 Broadway. New York, with assets
of about $5,000,000.
Other Property Already Taken.
Already the large enemy Interest In
the American Metals Company, has
been taken over by the alien property
custodian. Also the enemy Interest in
Stallforth and Company, of New York,
dealers In sliver bullion, capitalised
at 11,000,000. has been taken over.
This concern is described in a state
ment by the alien property custodian's
office as "another link in the chain of
German control of the metal markets
of this country."
Mr. Stall-worth, principal stock
holder of this company, now is In
terned at Fort Oglethorpe, Ga.
The Vogelstein and Beer. Sond
helmer plants were taken over by
Mr. Palmer as the result of Investi
g&Uaca s?a<Jwcte<J-*ry Trancls P. Gar
van. director of the bureau of in
vestigation of the alien property cus
todian's office. Further investigation
into the metal situation la being
made by him.
Companies Closely Alfliated.
The two companies in queetlon
were closely affiliated with the Ger
man Metal Qesellschaft, which for
some years has dominated the entire
metal market of the world. They
dominated the market In this coun
' try. it was stated, in such a manner
that they were able to sell copper,
aluminum, sine and other metals in
Germany at a price much lower than
that charged the American, consumer.
"Beer, Sondhelmer & Co.. owns one
half interest in the National Zinc
Company, the entire stock of the Cuba
Copper Company, the Cuba Copper
Leasing Company and the Norfolk
Smelting Company, 30,000 shares of
the Minerals Separation American
Syndicate, Ltd," a statement says.
"Vogeisteln tc Co. have large hold
ings in the United States Metal Re
fining Company and the American
Zinc. Lead and Smelting Company.
"Of the 70,000 shares of capital stock
of the American Metals Company, 16.
180 shares are owned by the Metall
bank and M. C. of Frankfurt. A. M..
and 18,180 shares by the Metalls
gesellschaft of the same place."
Owns Many Subsidiary Companies.
The American Metals Company com
pletely owns a large number of sub
sidiary companies.
"From the evidence which Mr. Gar
van unearthed it is apparent that L.
Vogelstein and Beer, Sondheime & Co.
played an Important part In Ger
many's declaration of war, and of the
continuation of the war after Ger
many had gotten into it. Through
their domination of the metal Indus
try In this country these concerns
were enabled to send vast supplies of
copper and other necessary metals to
Germany." the statement continues.
"The activities of these German con
cerns in supplying necessary metals
to Germany seems to have continued
even after the beginning of the war
in August, 1914, and only came to an
end when the United States Joined In
the Euuropean struggle.
"In 1914 the profits nf Beer. Sond
helmer & Co. were $116,624; in lilS
the profits of this concern Jumped to
i $1,011,676. and In 1916 they reached
the large total of $2,000,000. In 1917.
after the United States got Into the
war, the profits of this company
dropped to $196,900.
Profits Extremely Large.
"The profits of L. Vogelstein & Co.
since April. 1916. were extremely
large, the firm's business for the last
three years approximating $70,000,000
Between April a?d December of 1?1?
the profits of Vogelstein A Co.
amounted to upward of $2,500,000.
Directors named by the alien prop
erty custodian for Vogelstein * Co.
are Edward M. Mcllvaln, Louie A.
Watres, James N. Wallace, Alfred H.
Smith and C. C. Daniels. Messrs.
Wallace, Mcllvaln and Watres also
will act for the custodians office aa
directors of eBer. Sondhelmer & Co^,
in addition to John P. Greer and Ford
Huntington.
GERMAN U-BOAT SUNK
BY DESTROYER MARNE
i ??
LONDON, July 11.?The Britlah de
stroyer Marne haa aunk a German
submarine, says as offlolal statement
issued today by the British admiralty.
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