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ALL WIRES
N ation's Telegraph arid Telephone
Syitems to Be Operated Under
Government Control, President
Having Issued Executive Order
Present. Rival Systems Will Be
Combined and: Services . In-
; creased " Discharged Keymen
Are to Be Reinstated, Is Word.
WASHINGTON, . Julylb-rt
.'V-rfe nation's communJ-'
ettlon lineg will go under gov.
. ernmcnt control at , midnlgh t,
. President Wilson today signed
n executive, order r providing ' for
fhlerat; wire operation under the
- "AtWWttxfVMQfUUOS. v - .r t.,, t.
Postmasterj . General a Bu"rleon
w 111 supervise the , work, with
David J, Lewis as director.
An official utemnt by Burleson
s vJ . ,.
"The' -operation or control of what are
commonly called 'farmera' telephone
,ltn will be interfered with only for
the purpose of facilitating their connec
tions with tho longer lines.
"There will be no change affecting- the
preaa wire service except to Improve It
wherever posnlble Of course, no gen
eral policy has been decided upon and
will not he until a most careful survey
of the whole situation is had and a grasp
of conditions as they now exist Is 'se
cured. "1 shall freely avail myself to all as
sistance and, suggestions which those in
a positton to do ap may be good enough
to offer me..
"Whenever It. is neceary to Inau
gurate any changes of poHcy. announce-
.(ContistMd on Ptse Three. Column One)
Enlisted' Men in ,
Navy Now 503,793
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' Washington. July23. (U. Pj The en
listed personnel of -the navy has passed
the half million mark. Secretary of the
Navy Daniels announced today,
the total strength of the navy's armed
forces Is M)3.?93 The national volunteers,
comprising nearly 15.000 men. have been
1 combined with the naval reserve forces.
. Iif addition to the armed forces there are
more than 80.000 mechanics and laborers
employed! at n&vyyards and about 10,000
' persona employed In navy department
t bureaus. - .., - .
I This makes the total strength, of the
entire naval establishment approxi
mately 594,006. . . i
;: Berlin;Has .Typhoid
?f Epidemic Is Eeport
' Ameterdam.' Juty;'2I. -fl. S.) A
serious outbreak -of typhoid has occurred
. In Berlin, said a dispatch front that city
, today. "The number, o victims was not
; given. .. .. , .s -M
t Belief Is prevalent in the German capl
tal that the epidemic arose, through the
i use of poisoned or unclean milk. -
roll of; honok
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' Wilnton, Jul, Jl (t K.- a.) On has.
dwd and mmmIUm In the A morion txry
atUnnary f tart; were announced today k thm
er op.mit. follow! , ,
; Twcnty-fonr killed in wtion. thne died mn
, vrauiMto. fi from eiww.. , from .ceMent and
. eilxlns is action. . . ! on
tadMd t Ui Amfrtcaii axpadiUonarr force
wwn annonncad today at Marina Corps baad
etiarUn. Sirided ai adlowt: ; .rTr,
LS ?f ,, .ta ,cti,l' - died from
feomnd raecired In action. 15 wounded MTcnU
- Js -action and on. attains in action. '
. Tba arsiy of Horn named are:
tantjUMrsa A. Blllsharrow. Mapte-
Tharo wa on , aiarine officer in the Mat
Lieutenant Arthur L. Elmore ot VfuhLJ
The army aaoualtr . liet vaa a foUow.
: .- ... .- KHta4 w Artie JU,., ..i-'
, r SEBCKAWT CART. I GILBERT,' Nile" o.
. lORPftRAU STEPHEN P. CRIB Chtea.!
-:. CORPORAL I ST KOLA R, -Chtea to- -
" ; LIrT.XRD A. BEARn. 8t LouK
,p leslh: a ciupiN, aairti;;
TRtVATE JAMES P. ELLI3. Eldorado. T.
Cflnd oa ' Pat Three. Column. . Fror
TO OPERATE WIRE SYSTEMS
BOSTMASTER GENERAL BURLESON, at the left', and
David L. Lewis, former representative, from Mary land
. who wQl take charge of the. telephone arid telegraph sys
tems in the United States. Mr. Burleson is to be supervisor
and Mr. Lewis director of the
MEN! FARE GETS
v HIGH COURT Oi.
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State's - Right to, .Regulate. Rate
. Is Decision "Given : V -1
Salem, Or., July 23. The eupreme
court today - upheld Portland's six. cent
street ear fare. The public service com
mission had authority to change terms of
the franchise or contract made between
the city of Portland and 'the Portland
Railway; Light & Power company. , ,
Ignoring the existing terms of this con
tract was different from Germany's no
torious "scrap - of paper" attitude, as
Justice Burnett, who wrote - the court's
opinion, points out that the state had the
inherent power to regulate rates, and the
public service commission was acting as
the agent of the state.
He points out that wtiea the city was
given the power to Tlx the rates in the
franchises the city ".was then acting
merely as the agent of the state, and
since then by the law passed by the legis
lature that authority was taken from the
city and placed in the public service com
mission. So, in effect, the same parties
which made the contract for a five cent
fare changed it to a six cent fare, holds
the court, as. in both cases the deal was
made through an "agent" 6f the state. In
the first instance, the "agent" was the
city, 1n the second Instance the "agent"
was the public service commission.
Justice Burnett prepared a synopsis
f the court's opinion, which is as fol
lows : . ' " s
"The contention of the city in the
main is thai the franchise granted by
its ordinance tothe Portland Railway,
Light Power- company constituted a
contract between it and the company,
the obligation of which could not be im
paired by the action of the public serv
ice commission.
"The court holds in substance that
the city could not have granted suob a
franchise unless the power to do so had
been delegated to it by the states that
in granting the right? to maintain the
railway in the city the municipaUty
acted aa a governmental agency of the
State and really entered into the ar
rangement on behalf of the state r that
(Continued oa Pat Two. Column Four)
Divers Eeported to '
'S vgayeShelled Tugs
Baltimore, July 23. (I. N. S.)An of
ficial of a local towing and lightering
company reported to a representative ot
an afternoon newspaper here late1 this
afternoon that he had Just been In
formed that a tug and two barges had
been sunk by a German submarine near
Norfolk, Va.
; The report says that another tug had
been, hit by a shell from the U-boat but
managed to escape, r No confirmation of
the report had been received here from
other sources up to a late hour.
"Kill It"
' s- This letter is typical of many.
Journal" "Want" ads sure get
-results, -r .
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Advertising iManager -Want Ad
Dept. , Journal 7-10-18:
Kill ' the ; Want Ad, Tent for
Sale. ; I "had 43 phone calls.,
. "How do they do It?" -'
Send bill to P. M. MacCoIHs
.ter. City. Phone Sellwood 2882.
v 62 4; Clinton st. - , , . ;
They will get Just as good re
" salts for : you. Phone Main
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TAKE OVER BRIDGE
Free Passage for Soldiers Be-
; r" Insureri'by Action.- :V
After what seemed to be an unbreak
able deadlock between the county com
missions of Clarke, county, Washington,
and Multnomah county in the matter of
granting free bridge tolls for soldiers
In uniform stationed at Vancouver bar
racks, a , solution of the problem came
as a result of the meeting of the Inter
state bridge commission Monday after
noon at the Mu,ltnomah county . court
house. .
The ; solution came . after a lengthy
discussion in which the members of the
commission from both counties wanted
it made known positively that they were
all in favor-of granting free passage to
the soldiers, . it possible, and still to
comply with the law. Major C. P.
Stearns, adjutant of the spruce produc
tion division of the signal corps, repre-'
sfentfng Colonel Disque, commanding of
ficer of, the spruce, division, strongly
urged the commission to take action.
Attorneys, - commissioners - and all
agreed that the government could settle
the legal question-by practically com
mandeering the bridge for the duration
of the.ywar. tor the use of the soldiers
and government war work.
With this idea in view Chairman Hol
man of the ". commission asked Major
Stearns if he would be willing "to com
municate with the secretary of war, ex
plaining the situation and requesting
the war department to direct the com
mission to grant free tolls over the
hridge. Major Stearns complied 'with
this suggestion and a telegram was sent
to the war department from Colonel
Dlsque's office yesterday afternoon ask
ing for such action by the war depart
ment. ' .:.
The following. is the telegram as sent
by Colonel Disque to the secretary of
war: ; ;
"Request instructions be sent Inter
state bridge commission, Multnomah
county courthouse, Portland, Or., that
you direct free tolls for men in govern
ment uniform and government trans
portation over Interstate bridge be
tween , Portland, Or., and Vancouver,
Wash. ! This matter held up by county
commissioners Clarke county for reason
that .the attorney general, state of
Washington, has stated that they have
no authority: toremove tollp. .Commis
sioners from both' counties agree that
order from you win toe all sufficient for
them to comply with our request for
free toJls
Turkey Agrees to Do
Duty to Satisfy IT. S.
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Washington, July 23. (TJ.- P.) Tur
key iias promised to do her "full duty"
toward the United States, should It de
velop that her , troops are responsible
for anti-American outrages against
Tabrls. 1 - ' - - . ,
This' means she would attempt to
avoid war through the pledge of repara-'
tion damages. . The Swedish foreikm of
fice notified the state .department todayH
inai liiraey is buu investigating, but
is haVing difficulties with poor com
munications. Aviators Picked '
: ; Up at Sea by Ships
Washington, July 3. X, N. 8.) En
signs Briscoe and O riff in and Chief Ma
chinists' Mate Upton. U. a N.,,. flying
corps, arrived in pOrt yesterday aboard
a Swedish vessel that had picked thn
up at "sea, -the navyt department an-j
nounced this afternoon. No other detail!
'were maopuoiic, . - - . J
GOV
RNMENT WILL
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to on in
General Downfall in Western
Oregon of Great Benefit to
Willamette Valley Crops; Rec
ord Drouth' Broken by Storm.
Rain, general along the coast of Ore
gon and Northern California, insuring
millions of doyaraln additional crops,
fell Monday night and today, breaking
one of the longest drouths Western Ore
gon has known. At 9 o'clock this morn
ing .37 of an inch precipitation had
been recorded at the weather bureau
and heavy showers fell since that time.
The precipitation ' Is not general
throughout the Northwest, however, the
Oregon-Washington line marking the
extent of the rainfall to the north and
precipitation extended only about 10ff
miles inland up to early this morning.
Fair weather for Portland and for Ore
gon and Washington, both east and
west. Is predicted for tonight and
Wednesday.
With the .03 of an Inch rain of July
9, the precipitation for July totaled .40.
the showers of Tuesday night and. this
morning being recorded at .37. ' The
normal for July up to the present tjate
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The spring and sarry summer of 191
Will go down In the weather Human
roHtf nrtrr 4rteeVowr slheerecords
were . avept la-'Fprtland. -47 k years. . The
driest Previous- sm-inir and KiurirrisVs from
Aprfl',.1 te July 23. was in 1909. when
4.34 inches of rain felL This year, how
ever, from April 1 to 9 o'clock this morn
ing, but 3.03 inches had fallen, establish
ing a. new mark for drouth in Portland.
Last year the rainfall from April 1 to
August 23 was 3.85.
At 5 o'clock this morning, when
weather bureau reports were received.
Marsh field had .14 of an inch rain, Rose
burg .16; while Baker, on the east side
of the mountains, had precipitation.
Eureka, Cal.,-reported .06 of an inch.
On the interior in the Northwest, no
rahvwas reported from Spokane. Walla
Walla or Yakima, in Washington, nor
had any fallen in Seattle.
Up and down the Willamette valley
i Concluded on Pag fifteen. Column Seren)
CONTRACT ONLY
SCRAP OF PAPER
District Attorney Gives Opinion
on Employment of School
Superintendent.
The superintendent, of schools In Mult
nomah county may be discharged sum
marily by the school board at any time,
regardless of previous contract, accord
ing to an opinion given Monday by Dis
trict Attorney Evans. A contract of em
ployment for a fixed period is only a
scrap of paper and no legal obligation
to observe it . rests upon the school di
rectors. This remarkable condition results from
the enactment of the "teachers tenure
law" by the legislature of 1917. If the
district attorney's interpretation of the
law is correct, the school board has been
vested with absolute power to dismiss
the school superintendent at any time
with no more notice and with scarcely
any more ceremony than would be used
in discharging a day laborer. .
The fact that Superintendent Alder
man was formally employed by written
contract for a period of two years from
July. 1917, is. In the opinion of the dis
trict attorney, entirely immaterial. "The
board," says Mr. Evarw. "has the power
to dispense with the services of Mr.
Alderman whenever It sees fit."
If this is the meaning of the law, it' is
obvious that In future any skilled and
competent educator - who is invited to
com to Portland and accept the office
of, superintendent of schools will not be
tOomlodwl m Pair Two. Ctaa M
French Ste
v Give Signal for Own Guns to Fire
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', WITH THE FRENCH ARMIES IN -THE FIELD,' July 23. (U.P.) -The
first day of the Germaa. offensive. Commandant Georges Mellerai,
holding Baslieux (two miles northeast of Chatillon) with two companies,
was encircled by the Germans.' Darin the afternoon he sent a message
back by carrier pigeon, telling of his plight and giving the artillery val
uable information. - V-- : . ,-.
. The little body of French held;; off J the Germans for ' seven hours.
Then, knowing he was lost, Mellerai sent la final message, asking that the
French artillery be turned on the village; which the Germans entered. r.
.-. "Les Boches. soot sw nous, v Nous sommes perdus mais nous avoni
-fait de belle besogne.. 'A Fait feu r sur la villel"- w . . v - - .j ,
J ; "The Boches are upon us. r Wf.are lost, but we have done goodiwork;
Fire upoft the .village."- v--r--; .- : . : j. . ...
Handwriting Expert Reports Sig-1
nature to 16,000 Acres of Pa
cific Livestock Holding Are
Either Forged or Doubtful.
Salem. Or., July 23. Attorney Gen
eral Brown today Received from T.
Kytka, widely known writing expert of
San Francisco, a report showing that
signatures to deeds to more than 16,000
acres of land now held by the Pacific
Livestock company in .Harney county
are either forged, faked, or very doubt
ful as to their genuineness.
This report will be submitted to the
state land board by the attorney general
for the board's consideration In deciding
what shall be done with suits brought
by the state against the Pacific Live
stock company to recover thousands of
acres which it is alleged were obtained
from the state by fraudulent means.
Ready to Try Cases
With this report in hand, the attor
ney ' general is now ready to proceed to
trial with these 'land fraud cases, which
hae played an- Important part in the
politics of this slate in the .last few
years. lfforts were made in the last
legislature to namstrtng we prosecution
ar- refusing; to- make needed appropria
tions, -while" Governor Wlthyconibe and
State Treasurer Kay have endeavored
to have the adits dismissed, but former
Governor West "and Attorney General
Brown Insisted on the state making an
effort to recover . the lands, which had
been taken from the heritage of the
school children of the state by. fraud.
In light of the report from Mr. Kytka,
who is almost continuously employed in
the service of the government as hand
writing expert, it is not considered pos
sible that the state land board can do
anything else than direct the attorney
general to proceed with the prosecution.
In proceeding, the attorney general will
seek to amend the complaint which has
been filed inithe circuit court for Har
ney county, and failing In that, the pres
ent suit will be dismissed and a new
actio will be instituted, as the pres
ent complaint is based on a wrong
theory as to how the lands were fraudu
lently acquired.
Many Forgeries Claimed
"In many instances," says Mr. Kytka's
report, "the evidence submitted has con
vinced me that the signatures were
forged, and in many other cases, due to
the limited material available, I have
been unable to say positively that the
signatures were forged, or that the
transactions were fraudulent. These I
have classified aa doubtful, for the rea
son t cannot pass "he signatures as
genuine because of so many circum
stances connected with the transaction
and because of their close relationship
to other transactions clearly shown to
be fraudulent.
Assistant Attorney General J. O. Bai
ley, who has done much work on the
case,' said that in many cases it was
found that names or cowboys and other
employes of the cattle company were
forged in acquiring the land, and in
other cases fictitious names were used.
The Pacific Livestock company ob
jected to turning over the deeds to a
handwriting expert for study, of. the
signatures until after the attorney gen
eral had filed a motion In court de
manding opportunity to see the deeds.
Then the - company turned them over
without waiting- for the order of the
court.' The papers Involved were turned
over- to Mr. Kytka in August. 1917, so
practically a year has been -taken In
making the study.
Wholesale Fraud in
Army Coats, Charge
New Tork. July 23. (U. P.) Charged
with wholesale fraud and conspiracy to
commit fraud In connection with the
manufacture of raincoats for the army,
17 men were under arrest here today.
Civilian Inspectors of the quartermaster's
department, it was declared, will be
taken next In the net spread by the de
partment of justice.
Americans Go
Into Hun Lines
United Press Man Gathers Some
More Thrilling Stories From
Battle Front '
By Fred 8. Fergatea
With the American Armies In Franca,
July 23. fU. P.) Despite stiffening re
sistance, the allied advance continues
generally In the Souwons-Rhelma salient.
American troops are pusrlng forward
on a five mile front between Brisolles
and Besu-St. Germain, north of Cha
teau-Thierry. French and Americans
are making some progress farther east
ward, north of the Marn. French. Brit
ish and Italians are advancing slowly on
wide sectors between the Marne and
Rheims. Between Oulchy-le-Chateau
and Solssons. the Germans are making
a desperate stand, and the fighting, fol
lowing unsuccessful counter attacks, has
temporarily resolved Itself Into an ar
tillery duel as this Is cabled.
As I went among officers and men
fresh from the ' fight early today, I
heard some of the most thrilling stories
of the war.
A certain brigadier general personally
led his men In a charge, going over the
top with the first wave of infantry. One
unit fought 36 hours without water be
cause of lack of transportation. Quanti
ties of canned tomatoes were hurried
up. The men opened the tins with their
bayonets and quenched their thirst with
canned tomatoes.
Fight After Long March.
The same unit arrived at . the . front
line just' five minutes before the time
set for the attack on the . morning of
the eighteenth, They, had marched at
double quJclt. through ,mljes of woods
and roads that erere ankle deep in mud
to" get there. 'When the advance was
ordered they outstripped .the units ' on
either side ot them.
At the end of the first day they had
taken 2600 prisoners and captured 13
batteries, including six batteries of 77's,
two of .210's and four of .ISO's. In ad
dition to an uncounted number of ma
chine guns. Their prisoners Included
66 officers, one of them a colonel ot
artillery.
' The first day this unit advanced IVi
kilometers (more than 64 miles). Tho
second day they had totalled nearly 13
kilometers (more than S 1-3 miles).
Finds Owa Brother Prisoner
The engineers jumped Into the fight
ing at Vleray, south of Solssons, taking
the town toy storm.
All fighting was through wheat fields,
with packs thrown aside.-the men going
to it In old style bayonet charges.
At one place the Americans charged a
hill, repeatedly without success. They
kept right at It and finally swept over
the Boehes' positions,, despite a murder
ous rifle and machine gun fire.
As they swept down upon one group,
all .- the Boches yelled -"Ka.nerad 1" A
German-ArrMrican among the dough
boys advanced to take charge of the pris
oners and found that one of them a was
his own brother.
The advance was so rapid that head
quarters in two automobiles moved from
place to place, telling the couriers where
the new location wouid toe each time.
Dodges Under Ammaaltlos Damp
A staff officer was in a farm yard not
far from the advance line when a Boche
airplane came over. The officer dodged
under an ammunition pile to escape the
airman's machine gun fire. The airplane
continued to circle above him and he
wrote out orders for the next advance
while still under the ammunition pile.
The Infantry in this unit brought down
two airplanes with rifles when a flock of
Boches came over and tried to strafe
them. Returning from a part; of the line
occupied by these fighters, I saw their SI
captured German guns in a village. . All
bore feminine names, such as Hedwlg,
Anna. Dora. Margot and Ena.
Portland BoyHero
At Chateau-Thierry
Edward Stewart Smith, formerly of
Portland, enlisted In the . United
8tates Mae Corps August, 1917, and
received his training at Mare Island,
was one of the members of the party of
10 marines .who charged across the Ger
maa lines at Chateau-Thierry sweeping
along with machine guns, and returned
with 20 captured guns and 170 prisoners,
according to. word received at the local
Marine. Corps recruiting ; station in the
Panama building.
Mr. Smith was formerly employed by
one of the milling companies in Port
land. ,
Dr. Jacob Anderson ..
V Is Dead hi Salem
Salem, Or- July .23. Dr. Jacob An
derson of Portland, widely known base
ball fan. died her today, at the state
hospital for tuberculosis. " He came to
the hospital two weeks ago. when la
the , last, stages of the disease. He was
Ct years old and leaves two sons and
two daughters. One daughter, Mrs. Nel
lie Kane, ' lives in Salem and another
lives In Portland. - The sons 11 ve at
Condon and Carlton. .The body will be
seat to Portland this afternoon for- In
terment under the auspices of the Moose
lodg. . -. ; - : .
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AST OF SOISS
Buzancyand Oulchy-le-Chateau Are Re
taken as Germans Are Pressed Back
vvard Toward Vesle River; Tons' of
Bombs Dropped on Junction Points
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Germans Believed to Be Retiring From
the Salient With Heavy Artillery and
Increasing Resistance at Flanks as Al
lies Advance; French Make Gains
T ONDON, July 23U.
L
and American troops have resumed the initiative be
tween the Ourcq and Solssons and are attacking
fiercely along-the enure front (about 15 miles), it was :
learned from an authoritative source ihis afternoon.
f British troops capturjcd.pietitschamps wood, near Mar-
faux (KtWten' the Marne arid Rheiim), taJdnr some pris
oners and guns.'"' '"V:-,' V ; .
London, July 23, 4:30 P. M. (L N. S.) The
Franco-American forces on the, Aisne-Marne front have '
advanced from one half to two miles between Oulchy-le-Chateau
and Bezu-St Germain (north and northeast of '
Chateau-Thierry). , ?-
Bois de Chatelet was recaptured from the Germans. ;
Part of Prince Rupprecht's reserves from Flanders
have been used in the fighting.
By John De Gandt
Paris, July 23. (U. P.) (4:30 P. M.) Allied aviators' have :."
set fire to Fere-en-Tardenois and Fismes, the points of enemy con
centration within the Soissons-Rheims salient, i
More than 32,000 pounds of bombs were dropped on the two
cities. ' . v 1
The allies still are progressing at several points on the front '
and the Germans continue to withdraw toward the Vesle.
The operation north of Montdidier this morning is regarded as
an effort to improve the French positions in that region. -
ONDON, July 23.--(U. P.) (1:10 P. M.) American troom
I M are reported to have captured Buzancy (four miles south of
Soissons and east of the Soissons-Chateau-Thierry highway).
The French are said to have taken Oulchy-le-Chatcau. The''
reports are unofficial. . . '
London, July 23. (U. P.) (2:15 P. M.) The Americans
have captured Jaulgonne (one the north bank of the Marne) and
are continuing their advance, it was learned authoritatively this
afternoon. They took 300 prisoners.
A German counter attack at Vandiers (10 miles east of Jaul
gonne) was repulsed. '
The French hold the entire Marne bend from Chassins to
Prelop. -. . v ,
Between the Aisne and Ourcq, Franco-American troops i are :
progressing. The French are reported to have regained, all the'
ground they lost yesterday at Grisolles, (An official report said
yesterday the French were driven back ' half ; a" mile north of ;-;
Chateau-Thierry by a counter attack.) .
Along the Marne valley the French are experiencing difficulty
in crossijig near Verneuil, owing to artillery and machine gun fire.
They crossed at Port-a-Binson late yesterday. i ' ,
Paris, July 23. (U. P.) As at result: of the allies' bombard
ment from both sides of the Rheims"- Soissons pocket, the German
crown prince has only a seven mile passage or withdrawal of his"
troops, it was reported from the front today.- : .
The width of the salient on the Fere'-en-Tardenois line is about -25
miles. - '
London, July 23. (U, P.) -i The German artillery in the
Rheims and Soissons regions is comparatively inactive, indicating
a withdrawal of the guns, according to authoritative information
received here today. . ; ;
With the American Array at he -Marne, -'July 23, 8:40 a. m.
(L N. S.) American troops advancing east of Epieds have formed
a contact with the Americans that struck, northward from the
Monte St. Pere sector. ,. . - ' .' r i".
The Germans are being cleared from the Barbillon wood and'
the tip of the Chateau-Thierry salient is being wiped out:. '
, German- resistance's getting stiffen: . , - : v
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