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,uuim. Press Leased Wire Service.]!
WASHINGTON, July 13. United
Kates troops In France now number
1,100,000, General March told the
lenate military committee today. Of
Ihete, 331,000 are in the fighting line
End the others, General March said,
lave reached a stage of training
thlch would make them available in
in extreme emergency.
More than 250 American airplanes
«ve been shlped to France up to
5, March aaid.
Ninety-six Prisoners.
LONDON, Jaly 13.—A successful
nor operation by English and Aus
illan troops between Vleux-Bertjuin
nd Merris, on the Flanders front,
emitted In the-capture of ninety-six
prisoners and a tew machine gnns,
rield Marshal 'Halg reported today,
rhe British casualties were light.
"Daring the night a party of Eng
ih troops raided the German trench
north of Hamel and brought back
renty-two prisoners.
"A raid attempted by the enemy
torth of Meteren was repulsed.
"Hostile artillery has been active
opposite Beamnont-'Ramel and In the
jBtrazecle and Locre sectors."
Driving Forward.
|[By EJd L, Keen, United Press Staff
Correspondent.]
LONDON, July 12.—French forces
Albania are now driving north
ird with apparently the same speed
•that characterized the Italian ad
vance in the first days of the offen
sive.
I Latest reports from the battle front
(Indicate that the Italians have slack
lened their progress to permit the
•French, on their right, to bring their
•lines forward and maintain a prac
tical
ly straight front from Lake
•Okhrida to the Adriatic.
I The Italians, except on their right
I flank, were aided in their advance
I by the comparatively level terrain
I bordering the sea, while the Prench
I have been forced to move forward
lover an extremely difficult moantin
loos country.
|,.Tliat the Anstrlans are availing
themselves of the$ (defensive possi
bilities of this sector Is shown by
lUielr resistance on the heights dotnl
I natlng the oonflnence of the Devoll
Ijjad Tomortca rivers, where they
I have temporarily checked the Prench
I
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VOL. 127 NO. 11
ILUES CONTINUE THEIR VICTORIES
prench Advance Over Mile, Taking Prisoners,
While BritishAlso Push
Forward Again.
sides of these
I Mights the French continue to pro
I Kress.
I Macedonia the Bulgarians are
I pscomlng Increasingly restive, fol
1 rowing op their intensive bombard
I twnt of several sectors by an attack
Ion the SerWan positions near Vara
rnina. Although they gained a tern-
Wrary success, they were lmmedl
I *tely driven back.
I ^hoffldal advices plaoe the tram
troops at close to a
I million, including Italians, Prench,
fourteen Killed in Action, One
Dead from Wounds and
Eight Missing.
[United Press Leased Wire Service.)
WASHINGTON, July 13.—Seventy
•JW casualties reported by General
Pftrshlng today were divided as fol-
Killed In action, 14.
I Dhd of wounds, 1.
Died of accident and other causes,
Wflunded severely, 46.
Missing In action, 8.
'KlHed in action:
H. A. Buermeyer, Brooklyn.
Corporal Ed Harek, St. Paul,
Hiam. Teamster J. J. Gelsert, Chi­
i- ,*
11
MERICAN ARMY
of Million Men on Fighting Line To
day, While Others Are
Almost Ready.
British, Serbians and Greeks. There
are signs of activity along the whole
front of nearly 300 miles, from the
Adriatic to the mouth of the Struma
river, but there are yet no Indications
that a general allied offensive is
contemplated.
Another French Advance.
PARIS, July 13.—Making another
rapier-llke thrust, the Prench advanc
ed more than a quarter of a mile near
Porte farm, between Montdldier and
the Oise, the war office anouoed to
day.
Prisoers were taken In raids north
of the Avre. between the Oise and the
Marne and in the Champagne region.
"Between Montdldier and the Oise,
Prench podts progressed 500 meters
In the region of Porte farm (eleven
miles northwest of Compiegne and
eighteen miles southwest of Montdl
dier)" the communique said.
"North of the Avre between the
Oise and the Marne and in the Cham
pagne we took prisoners In raids."
On the Pi card front, the Prench
advanced a mile and a quarter on a
front of more than three miles yes
terday morning, capturing the village
of Castel and several strong enemy po
sitions.
The advance was made between
Castel and Mallly-Ralneval and gave
the Prench possession of the heights
dominating the Avre river.
TThe Prench attack on the Plcardy
front was made three miles north of
Ainval, which, is reported to be the
northern extremity of the American
Cantigny sector. Other Americans
were reported several weeks ago to
be brigaded with the French along
the I-iiice river between Hangard-Bn
Santerre and Hallles Tire letter,
town is about a mile
Castel.]
Rapid Advance.
ROTVTE, July
13.—The
vance is continuing rapidly," a semi
official statement declared today.
"The enemy Is making only spo-
abandoned ^^f^l^^^en ^Sf^ent
dant war materials, which have Been
captured by our forces.
"The population of Be
rat hailed our
troops as liberators.**
Bad Weather for Flying,
LONDON, July 13.—Bad weather
Snlstry Enounced
machines successfully bombed three
(Continued on page 2.)
[TODAY'S CASUALTY LIST
CONTAINS SEVENTY-ONE NAMES
cago Privates W. W. Cole, Rapid
River, Mich. A. M. Duffy, Hoboken,
N. J. R. Howard, Newell, W. Va. Z.
Kryvoy, Russia D. Murray, Forest
vine, Wis. F. W. Nemneman, Noble,
Ohio W. Orwick, Steubenville, Ohio
Y. Plowman, Glomawr, Ky. M. R.
Roshon, Wadsworth, Ohio A. Rosen,
Los Angeles, Cal. R. E. Williams,
Clifton Forge, Va
Died from wounds:
Musician A. J. Stowell, Freeport,
Maine.
Died from accident and other
causes:
Oapt. James O. B31!s, Jr., Denison,
Texas Private M. McGee, Heckscher
ville, Pa.
Wounded severely inclndea
Capt C. J. Smith, Choteau, Mont
Privates W. A. Marrion, Victoria, B.
C. D. B. Paske, Chicago.
Missins tQ action included:
Lieut. J. r, Ashendftn. CMcaeo.
7
them'
today. Three Brit-1
flage the holes.
-SAt-' .. ...,w .'-r,.,^.,
How Jim Donahue Got Away
From Huns After Hitting
Guard on Head With
Pick.
MADE HIM CUT BRUSH
Took Two Days to Get Back into the
American Lines by Crawling
Through the
Woods.
lBy Lowell Mellett, United Press
Staff Correspondent]
WITH THE AMERICANS ON THE
0 a
broken pick.
northwest of
Albanian ad- like to toe a prisoner in the German
T\
MARNE, June -0 (by mail).—James clumsily begun by Chancellor
a whistle 'blow and went forward.
Every time that a flare would go up
I would drop down. There was a
lot of rifle firing. Just ahead I saw
four or five men and thought they ..
were our fellows. I ran right lnto,^^
I «nn
r*mt
inrn
anb (Constittrtion-Semocrat.
tt uv
hit me on the head with some-
conditions interfered with aerial ac- thing. When I came to, they took
tivity July 11 and 12 and only five ^pfore an officer. He said:
/jprman airplanes were accounted for, "*How many Americans are over aiuereuu»ic nv«r
by the British on those days, the air ^reT I said thirty-two divisions of of Germany"s war l°rd»
An)erlcana (m000 men)
1Kb machines were lost. More than, divisions of French. He said Ach,
nine tons of bombs were dropped. schwein, schwein!' Then they boot
Durin* the night of July 1M2 our
cd me
out
enemy airdromes, at two of *Mch ni™». De-
and shoved me away Going
got a couple more kicks. They
took me down the road a piece. De^
tachments coming along would give
me the once over and say, 'Ach,
American! Schwein?* I don't know
how long I walked, but it was a long
time. I didn't sleep all night.
"Next morning I got an axe ahout
the size of this helmet handed me,
and without anything to eat, they
put me to work cutting with them.
They had machine guns all through
the woods. Then they took me across
an open field and back into another
woods and had me cut more brush.
They were digging emplacements.
They would dig one and set a mar „uulDumcllt.
chine gun in it and try it, turning it
•That night I tried to sleep in an
About the time I
old covering. About the time I
would get started sleeping they
~~A
Then about seven French of-
^.Continued on pace 2J,
KEOKUK, IOWA, SATURDAY, JULY 13, 1918
Street Car Jumps Track,
Killing Seven Passengers
Half of Hundred on Board are Iniured When MofoJ*lhi Col
lects Fares Instead of Driving
f'["United Press Leased Wire Service.]
SAN FRANCISCO, July 13.—Seven men are dead and about
of a street car wreck here early today.
A United Railroads car, loaded with shipyard workers, jumped^*
in the Visitacian valley and overturned. Nearly one hundred were *"1
were taken to several hospitals. Two of them were expected to di^S^»
The motorman, George W. Sweetman, was arrested and charged witn manslaughter.
Some of the passengers declared Sweetman was collecting fares when the accident oc
curred and a passenger was running the car.
Two fire companies and a wrecking car were on the scene soon after the wreck. It
was necessary to raise the car in order to extricate some of the injured.
United Press
War Summary
[United Press Leased Wire Service.]
1,441 day of the war.
Albanian front—French troops, on
the Italian right, are continuing their
advance between the Tomorica, river
and Lake Okhrida while the Italians
apparently have slowed up their drive
to permit the French to draw abreast.
There is increasing activity along the
whole Balkan front.
Oise front—Striking between Oise
and Montdldier, the French advanced
more than a quarter of a mile west of
AntheuM.
Flanders front—Australian -and Eng
lish troops took 96 prisoners lri a Min
or operation between Marris and
Vieux-Berquin.
Lorraine front—General .Pershing
personally decorated officers and men
of the New England division and con
gratulated the entire unit on the work
on its front.
Great Britain—British casualties
published In official lists during the
week, totaled 14,874.
Germany—An Anr»-*erdam report
said that Vice Chancellor VonPayer
had resigned, contingent on Von Hint
ze's attempt to carry out patvGerman
policies.
Russia "Considerable" British
forces are reported to have been sent
to the Murman coast.
Deceiving German Peopjle.
[By J. W. T. Mason, United Press
War Expert.]
NEW YORK, July 13.—Germany's
anticipated peace offensive has been
I
A. Donahue, of Newark, N. J., felt Hertling. His purpose is to throw
around in the dark till he got hold initiative for making detailed of-
sleepy German guard over the head
and two days later—yepfcerday—(he
made tho following report to second
division headquarters on what it is
army:
"I went down in the woods (Bel
leau) and Joined my command—
what there was left of It. They were
1 .1.1. ITI.n Mo 1, At. nnnn thfl el. »V Jl«
lfle UUUlHVt3
I heard
lUi
Then he hit his fers for ending the war upon the al-
lies, hoping thus to bury the princi
pal allied demand that German mili
tarism be crushed before a peace
treaty can be signed.
Von Hertling interprets America's
resolve that the German militarists
be made impotent, as meaning Amer
ica is determined upon the destruc
tion of Germany. This is a charac-
tion or uermany. _itnatlona
consenting to further Wood
from the P°°ish®°"L
progresg ln war
all around, and then move to an- that retribution shall be
other place and try it. Then exacted before civilization is itself
would cut more brush and camou-
pHshed by
mo
would come along and give me a
boot and take me to another place.
Then they took me on another
march.
"That evening three men in
lean uniforms walked up to an offi
cer and talked with him. Then they
turned and walked back toward the
^P^sr-
sacrifices
for the Hohenzollern megalomaniacs,
the divlne
right of kings.
The last hope of the kaiser to con
tinue the destruction of German man
hood is that his subjects will fail to
differentiate between the overthrow
SO
and forty throw of Germany as a sovereign
mav be
statesmanship. VonHwtl *lnto remarks. But in that case it
ing to ^^i^es argued there is all the more
ynreign
throw of Germany as a sovereign
state. Von Hertling has now been
set to work to confuse the Germans
over this issue and to clear the
ground for new German cemeteries.
It is difficult to believe the German
people can long be deceived by do-
Fh
alt Citg
jd as a result
,cks on a curve
he car. Injured
German Chancellor Hertling's
Remarks are Declared Out
of Order by the
Allies.
EFFORTS ARE IN VAIN
Military Efforts Preceded by Peace
Offensive Before and No At
tention Paid to This
One.
uBiinraiur nefuiusn utt..uuu .o
URCiess at
ii
a
eg declared emp
wh
that never were the nations fighting!
teristic deceptive ei^ having an influence upon Hertling's Upon these facts they will base
a^gue^
world shall
spairing effort of the kaiser to amx, resignation, to be effective in the
the selfish ambitions of his blood-
the selfish ambitions
stained royal house upon Germany
future. If he succeeds in doing this.
Germany will have no future.
wirnau/
Hertling's camouflage means the Kats
el's diplomats are now retiring to de
fensive positions. They are befigmg
the cruelly maltreated German peo
ple to save their
increasing steadily. These tools in-j
sure some lively shoo tine bye-and-bye. 1
Qn tQ vIctory
jw
io
prooo uu
It was recalled that Germany morel In
than once has preceded a military ef
fort by a peace offensive.
Von Payer Will Resign.
AMSTERDAM, July 13.—Confirma
tion was received here today that
vfce
chancellor Von Payer has filed
th Admlral
pan-Germans.
paf
to infl
punishment. America's wondeifal
preparations is
cmghed in the
process. The^hope of
1
^militarists has vanished that thel. I most serious violations of public
downfall could only be accom-1 rlsrht Germany has committed, the I
the exhaustion of the dem-
nations.
America ^as -es-
cuei the world from the possibility of
that catastrophe. When the German
people realize this fact, peace and
the death of German militarism, will
not be far distant
1.100.000 SOLDIERS
[By L. O. Martin, United Press Staff
Correspondent.]
WASHINGTON, July 13.—The sen
ate went to work on the wire control
bill today, determined to dispose of
it by night—and then go home.
If the measure Is passed and the
house is agreeable, a Joint resolution
may send congress off on its vacation
tonight until late in August—probably
a series of three days recesses.
genes
01
uiree uaja
today on amendments exempting news
wires from government control. Wat
son's amendment would exempt tele
phones also—and probably will be re
fused.
Reed would provide merely that
the president shall have the power to
prevent use of news wires for disloy
al purposes and this may be adopted.
the president shall have the power to
prevent use of news wires for disloy-,
[By Carl D. Groat, United Press Staff They will point out the aid given
Correspondent.] th« Liberty loan, war savings stamp
WASHINGTON, July 13.—German and recruiting campaigns through the
Chancellor Hertling's peace balloon is newspapers. They will tell how news-
this time, American author- papers educated the country to the
..it. _. v. I Ail V» a Amtn rw fn tha
hatically today. draft, how they have carried news of
lues ueciaiwu euij^uciucan.v iuua/.]uittti, uuw
Whether or no he is serious in trying all that the government was doing an igon~
to draw a peace offer from the Unit- why. and of its needs, Into every cuyjwould
ed States and the entente, his efforts and hamlet in the country. 000.000 above the present price,
are vain. The authorities declared They also will emphasize the loyalty
cf
mowing worse,! to the voluntary censorship rules.
was
reason
on Hintae. the
event that Admiral Von Hintae, the
new foreign minister, attempts to fol
low the war alms and policies of the
Impossible to Consider.
LONDON, July 13.—London news
papers agreed today that the princi-
polnTin~ChMiceHo"r Hertling's ad-
iCt dress in the reichstag Thursday was
ihVXted ^utathat this Is Imposl
(Continued on pase 2.)
their arguments that the press should
I not be placed In danger of being pre-.
vent-d by menace of censorship from
dnlne Its Dart to the fullest towards
doing its part to the fullest towards
References to Russia were evident- -po
ly intended as a sop to that nation, winning the
in line with the known German pol- Both believe that: government con
icy of getting control in that coun- trol either by the military or the post
try, even at the sacrifice of holdings office department will ultimately mean
in the west. censorship.
thls
Eleven Killed in Action, Five
Dead from Wounds and
Seventeen Wounded.
the Brest-LltovJi treaty. 'today was divided as follows:
Killed in action 11.
"The allies will not sanction a i\mru tu ax.
treaty which is considered one of the Dje(j of wounds received in action
5
right Germany has committed," the severely wounded 17.
News said. Killed in action:
"We are impenitentlv ungrateful Sergeants D. A. Moskovltch, Jersey
for any offer of Hertling's kind oflcity, N. J. B. T. Strain. Greensburg,
peace," said the Chronicle. |lnd. Corporal E. H. Coldwell*. Medway,
The Express declared that "the al ,Mas^ Wy»tes F. A |ed"now
Ilea' watchword is 'no compromise." jfornia, Pa. rL B. Renarat, cincinnau. ,_*£ n^r^nn
"With the first official announcement I Ohio. H. G. I^uhman. Oakffeld, i. Y.,
of British operations on the Mu'"* ^j
Ax^rica'n'Xs tan°d ^Tim^ed^onairy'rged aUied ac- ^are Ohio F, Riciardson^Salt ject^now reported P-sent^or duty:
Lake'city, Utah R. Waldran,
lxnond, Tenn.
V^'1* ", "M'*!"
the great majority of newspapers
Teuton autocracy firmer In their jn abstaining from printing: facts and:and inexpedient
unity and in their determination to figures tending to givo lnformatl to I
press on to victory. the enemy. They will point to the fl- German Language Newspapers.
Some did see the possibility that dellty with which press associations WASHINGTON, July 13.—First
the Austrian and German internal and newspapers alike have adhered
THE WEATHER
Partly Cloudy. Slightly Warm
er. Local temp. 8 p. m., 76 8 a.
iru, 63.
Senate Takes Up Measure Today Determined
to Settle Question Before
ft!
Sundown.
FREEDOM OF PBKSJS CONSIDERED
Censorship Angle in Telegraph Control Pro
ject, Is Puzzling Tangle 1
of Senate Debate.
EIGHT PAGES
dent's failure to send written Instead
of verbal assurances to congress on
this, or to say anything concerning)
the resolution directly, lends strength
to those demanding a no censorship
amendment. „f
Will Visit Europe.
WASHINGTON, July 13.—Thirteen
members of the house naval commit
tee will soon sail for Europe. They
rxbobco. nwu
«ui
lulling in this, it is the plan of will be gone six weeks, returning: ear
house and senate leaders to recess ly in September to take up their of.
separately under a "gentlemen's agree
ment," that no business shall be trans
acted until August 26, in the senate at
least.
But even this plan is contingent up
on agreement between the senate
wets and drys. Wets want to make
prohibition the unfinished business,
agreeing to keep it continuously be
fore the senate, after the recess, until
disposed of. Drys insist on fixing a
definite date for a vote on it.
The chief fight on the wire bill con
tinued today on efforts made to safe
guard the freedom of the press. Sen
ators Reed and Watson, failing to gain
the floor yesterday, planned to speak rl
iui
a 3OT
view they are supported by
many others, notwithstanding Presi
dent Wilson's assurance that no cen
sorship will be tolerated. The presl-
uuiuim.
™.ug
llpe of
iuoj
ficlal duties. The committee will
visit and inspect American naval forc
es abroad with the idea of helping the
navy department formulate |a con
structive program for the next naval
appropriation bill.
French and British naval methods
will be studied In this connection.
Those who will take the trip are:
Ciiadtfman Pailgett and Represents#
tives Rlordan, of New York Hensley,
of Missouri Connelly, of Kansas
dipver, or Aiauama lUittJepage.
West Virginia Wilson, of Texas But
ler, of Pennsylvania, Drowning, of
New Jersey Farr, of Pennsylvania
ormar, money in the United
gtftt were
taken today by a senate
RUh committP
afnr
e. At the request of Sen-
finir rTt.ih th^ Renate Judiciary
ator King, Utah, the senate Judiciary
committee to whom his bill for sup
pression of the foreign lanquage press
was referred, met to determine wheth
er to recommend passage of the hill
or to institute an Investigation.
King favors going into the whole
matter, including the case of the New
(Continued on page 2.)
MARINE CASUALTY LIST
CONTAINS THIRTY-THREE NAMES
Died of wounds received in action:
Gunnery Sergeant C. H. Horton,
Macy, Ind. Corporal D. W. Keffer,
Clalrton, Pa., Privates R. R. Eames,
Blue Island. 111. W. B. Flanagan, Con
ception Junction, Mo. E. W. Mattl
more, Classon. Mich.
Wounded severely ln action includ
ed:
Sergeant B. Runqulst. Warren, Pa.
Corporals R. C. Sheer, Mayfleld, Ky.
H. H. Thode, OTland, Calif. Privates
B. Blals, riuluth, Minn. C. F. De
GranKe, Berkeley Springs, W. Va.
CJ. Giles. Oak Park, 111. O. Harris,
(Jrantville, W. Va J. L. Whited, Gay,
W. Va. I. Schettler, St Louis. Mo.
HJ. G. Strubbe, Cincinnati, Ohio. H.
W. Wentz. Rocton, 111. L. Zak, Cleve
land, Ohio.
Previously reported severely wound-
repijrte 8
,Ck:
F^Re'vnolds Previouslv reported severely wound-
Drum-j^^Prlvate
Hich.
t*
im
Peters,
of Mayland of
Maine and Blcks, of New York
Veto of $2 40 Wheat.
WASHINGTON, July 13.—President
Wilson's veto of the agricultural ap
propriatlon bill because of the pro
vision for $2.40 wheat Is expected to
b(j accepted toda by both hoages.
Tho hougo wm acccde
quickiyi bul
the senate may insist on debating tb«
question. Senators have warned that
the veto means considerable reduc
tion in the acreage to be sown in wint
er wheat, plowinji for which has ^al
ready begun in some Btates.
In making his vsto President Wil
pointed out that
Tho me
J2.40 wheat
reprePPnt an
increase of about
thod of fixing an arbitrary
price Was
deemed by him as unwise
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to the voluntary censorship rules, steps in what may ultimately oecome
searching inquiry into the present
hnt nltlmatelv become
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