WORLD HAPPENINGS
OF CURRENT WEEK
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Events of Noted People, Governments
and Pacific Northwest and Other
Things Worth Knowing.
Shoo manufacturers were asked Fri
day by the War Industries board to
confine shades of brown shoes to two
colors, medium and dark.
The mayor of Bordeaux, France, has
proposed to the municipal council n
plan for a permanent memorial of
America's aid in the war.
ThoJ918 wheat crop In Kansas"prob
ably will total 102,000,000 bushels, ac
cording to a statement made public
Friday by the Kansas State Board of
Agriculture.
Arctic heavens In the Dawson, Y. T.,
section were illuminated by a mam
moth meteor at midnight Thursday
night. The sky and Jand were lighted
as bright as at midday.
Laverne W. Noyes, Chicago philan
thropist, has given $2,500,000 to the
University of Chicago to be used In
educating soldiers and sailors and
their descendants after the war.
The main hangar and a dirigible
balloon were destroyed and more than
a dozen airplanes and several build
ings were damaged by fire Friday at
the naval air station at Norfolk, Va.
The "Pershing trot" and the "Rain
bow," lively military dances, will hold
sway next winter, according to the
decree of the "inner circle" of the
American .Cdllego of Dancing, at a
meeting In San Francisco Thursday.
Five children ranging in age from
2 to 12 years, were burned to death,
one other received fatal injuries and
seven were less seriously hurt in a fire
which destroyed the Kent county,
Michigan, Juvenile Home early Thurs
day. Washington's state superintendent
of schools, Mr3. Josephine; Preston,
has befC? asked in a resolution adopt
ed by the state council of defense to
use her influence in having the teach
ing of German eliminated In all public
schools of the state.
Mrs. Myrtle Neal, 25 years old, of
Cheyenne, Wyo., arrested In Omaha
in men's clothing Thursday night, said
she ' rode the rods" of a freight train,
holding her 3-year-pld baby In one
arm, part of the way to Omaha. She
said her husband mistreated her.
J. L. Wilson, Alaskan mining opera
tor, against whom Mrs. Ella Helm, of
Oakland, Cal., won a Judgment for a
share of a $6,000,000 fortune under a
"grubstake" agreement, was denied a
new trial by Superior Judge James M.
Troutt.
The losses to British and allied
shipping due to enemy action or ma
rine risk for the month of June to
taled 275,629 gross tons. This was
the lowest record for any month since
September, 1916. The British losses
totaled 161,062 tons and allied and
neutral losses 114,567 tons.
On account of the scarcity of Class
1 men, Seattle draft officials, it was
announced, have been authorized by
the war department to cease giving
deferred classification to shipyard em
ployes on account of their work and
also to discontinue releasing men to
enlist in the navy and marines.
The treasury virtually has decided
to hold the fourth liberty loan cam
paign In the three weeks' period be
tween Saturday, September 28, and
Saturday, October 19. The length of
the drive will be reduced from the
usual four weeks with the hope of
avoiding the usual slump of Interest
in the middle of the campaign. i
Following charges that he obtained
over $10,000 through the employment
of girls to solicit for spurious charit
able organizations, James J. Worth
Ington, a printer, was arrested at San
Francisco Tuesday.
The Dublin correspondent of the
London Dally News says that addi
tional evidence of a German-Irish plot
has Just come to hand in the form of
extracts from censored private cor
respondence between persons In Ire
land and America.
Secretary Danlols has asked the com
mandant of the First Naval District
for a report as to the reasons for the
failuro of bombs to explodo after thoy
had been dropped by aviators who
Monday attacked a submarine off the
Massachusetts coast.
The war news received In London
since Friday has put dealers on the
Stock Exchange and the public In an
cxcollent mood. Values had risen In
virtually all cases before buyers ap
peared, and the execution of a number
of orders caused a further hardening
in prlcos,
U. S. FORCE ARRIES IN ITALY
First Large Body of. Combat Troops
' Enthusiastically Received.
With the American Army on tho
Italian Front. Amcrlcnn fighting
troops are now on tho Italian front.
Thoy hogan arriving Saturday morn
ing. They nro being billeted with tho
Italians.
Heretofore tho only combatant
American troops wore aviators, and
tho appearance of this largo body of
fighting men from tho United Statos
nt tho present moment has occasioned
tho greatest satisfaction.
Major-Gonernt Ebcn F. Swift, of tho
American military mission to Italy,
was tho first to greet tho newly ar
rived Americans. Ho had already mado
arrangements for their comfort.
Tho Italians greeted them with en
thusiasm and rejoiced at tho splendid
physical condition which tho Ameri
can soldiers showed.
Tho Italians appeared greatly aston
ished when tho overseas men Immedi
ately sought out a bathing placo and
then started several games of basoball.
1,250,00 AT FRONT
OR ON WAY THERE
Washington. D. c! Tho United
States has In Franco and on tho ocean
bound for great battle fronts abroad
a total of 1,250,000 men. American
fighting forces are reaching Italy.
With 50,000 troops sont last week,
tho number of American soldiers trans
ported overseas during July is expect
ed to reach a record of 300,000. Sec
retary Baker and General March, chief
of staff, told members of tho senate
military committee.
Trained combat American troops
from Franco have begun to arrlvo In
Italy, General March has announced.
Neither tho number nor the placo
where they are to bo used has been
communicated to tho war department,
the general said.
Secretary Baker told the senators
that ho did not bellevo the torpedoing
of the Justlcla would Interfere with
the transporting ot American troops.
Secretary Baker said so far 753 of
the Havlland-four airplanes have been
completed In this country and more
than 400 shipped to Franco. Tho last
report from General Pershing said 67
had been received, but ho had made
no report regarding the number actu
ally now In use on tho American front
Secretary Baker said General Persh
ing had criticised some of tho Havl
(and machines, suggesting structural
changes.
Five thousand heavy Browning ma
chine guns. Secretary Baker said, have
been completed, but have not yet been
sent to General Pershing. Quantity
production of both the heavy and light
Browning, he added, Is Increasing.
Two additional American corps have
been organized In France, General
March announced. Thoy nro tho
Fourth and Fifth.
BAN ON WHEAT IS RAISED
Washington, D. C Release of ho
tels, clubs, restaurants and dining-cars
throughout the country on August 1
from the voluntary pledge to uso no
wheat until the present harvest, was
announced Sunday in a cablegram re
ceived from Food Administrator
Hoover, now in England. Public eat
ing places, the food administrator said,
will continue to comply with baking
regulations and to serve "victory
bread." Mr. Hoover congratulated the
eating places upon their patriotic serv
ice and voiced confidence that the
spirit shown will enable tho American
people to build up a great food reserve
against the exigencies of the future.
Though exact figures have not been
compiled, It is estimated by the food
administrator that, through the volun
tary pledge made by hotels, restaur
ants, clubs and dining-cars, there has
been effected between October 1, 1917,
and August 1, 1918, a saving of be
tween 175,000,000 and 200,000,000
pounds of wheat and Its products, 150,
000,000 pounds of meat and 50,000,000
pounds of sugar. The action of the
proprietors of public eating places, It
was said, also has been of great edu
cational value In carrying to the homes
of the nation the necessity of food
saving.
Kaiser Reassures Troops.
Amsterdam. Emperor William,
who. according to his favorite corres
pondent, Karl Rosner, watched tho
battle of Ithelms from a tower, which
gave him a good view of a wide sector
of tho front, sent his troops from this
vantage point, Rosner reports, the fol
lowing telegram:
"His majesty informs his troops that
he has arrived behind the front of
the attack and shall watch tho battle
from a tower. His majesty's good
wishes accompany his troops.
"His majesty's word to bis troops is:
'With God for tho emperor and tho
empire.' "
Times Publisher Is Sued.
Son Francisco. Suit for $100,000
damages was filed hero Monday in the
superior court against tho Times
Mirror company, publisher of tho Los
Angeles Times, by Thoodoro Rocho,
one of the advisers of Mayor James
Rolph, of San Francisco, In his cam
paign for the gubernatorial nomina
tion. Tho suit alleges that certain state
ments appearing In tho Times of July
23 and relating to Jtoclio were, untrue
and damaging,
ALLIES CAPTURE BIG
ROCHE SUPPLY BASE
Fere-en-Tardenois Falls; Ourcq
River is Crossed.
HUNS HARD PRESSED
Germans Make Strenuous Resistance
to Prevent Advance of Franco.
Yanks Tanks Numerous.
Paris French advanced guards havo
reached the north bank ot tho Ourcq
rlvor, arid allied troops havo entered
Foro-on-Tardonols, tho great Gorman
supply base, which lies In tho mtddto
lino ot tho Atsne-Marno sector.
Tho announcement of tho war offlco
Sunday night adds that tho villages ot
Anthenay and Ollsy-Et-VIolalno on tho
east flank lying to tho southwest ot
Rholms havo been occupied.
In tho Champagno a number of Gor
man attacks wore repulsed by tho
French.
Tho text ot tho statement reads:
"North of tho Marno wo havo con
tinued our onward march In tho region
ot tho Ourcq. Notwithstanding tho
rcslstanca of tho enemy who employed
every effort to chock our passage of
tho rlvor, wo succeeded In throwing
advanced eloments on tho north bank.
Wo havo penetrated Into Foroon-Tar-dcnols.
"Northeast of tho forest of RIs wo
reached Champvolsy.
"On tho right our troops havo occu
pied Anthenay and Ollsy-Et-VIolalno
and havo approached appreciably tho
lino of tho road from Rholms to Dor
mans. "In Champagno two enemy attempts
In tho region south of Monts wore re
pulsed." In a supplementary official state
ment issued Sunday afternoon tho
French war office says:
"Since tho opening ot tho artillery
bombardment on July 18, tho day ot
tho French counter oftonslvo on tho
front between the Alsno and tho
Marne, our tanks havo taken more or
less part In tho battle. After piercing
the enemy lines and enabling tho In
fantry to enter tho break thoy havo
not ceased to accompany or precede
the troops.
''Throughout tho battlo tho tanks
have given proof ot their ability to
manouver and of their Incomparablo
audacity. Tho crews drovo tho tanks
into tho hottest parts of tho battlo nnd
recoiled from no obstacles. Thoy at
tacked the centers of resistance and
the batteries of tho enemy under ter
rific fires from machine guns and spo
clal German cannon.
"Their gallantry attained tho great
est results. One tank accounted for
15 or 20 German machine guns. Some
of tho tanks attacked tho Gorman bat
teries, putting tho gunners out of ac
tion and Insuring the capture ot tho
cannon and material.
"Tho losses sustained by tho Ger
mans as the result of tho tanks were
very high, according to reports of
prisoners. From July 18 to July 23
the tanks took part ovcry day in tho
attacks. Most of them were In action
twice and soma returned to tho fight
four or five times in tho same day.
Some tank companies fought for threo
full days. Drivers operated their tanks
for 30 hours in the two-day period of
July 1819."
Germans Forage in Russia.
Washington, D. C Tho food situa
tion between Germany and Russia has
reached an acuto stage, according to
advices received Sunday at the stato
department. There Is not enough food
for both countries and tho question as
to who will get what provisions there
are has reached a critical stage.
German soldiers with threshing ma
chines are sent into tho grain coun
tries and tho grain Is requisitioned.
Tho Russian peasants are allowed only
such amounts as tho soldiers decido
they need.
Tho Germans wero also said to bo
requisitioning cattlo and horses in Po
land and Lithuania and to bo helping
themselves to timber In thoso court
tries.
Information also reached tho depart
ment that tho reason for tho refusal ot
tho allied diplomats at Vologda to ac
cept tho Bolshovikl Invitation to movo
to Moscow was that tho Soviet capital
is already controlled by tho German
armed forces.
8layden Out of Race.
San Antonio, Tex. James L. Slay
den, for tho last 22 years representa
tive in congress for tho fourteenth dis
trict, and candidate for rcnomlnatlon
in tho primaries, has withdrawn from
tho raco following publication of a
telegram from President Wilson which
said: "Tho administration as between
candidate equally loyal never lakes
jmrt hut In tho light of Mr. Slaydou's
record no one can claim ho has given
support to tho administration,"
SAYS FOOD CRISIS ENDED
Hoover In Address In London Delivers
Reassuring Message.
London. Speaking at n luncheon
given lu his honor by tho Ldrd Mayor
at tho Mansion house Wednesday,
Herbert C. Hoover, tho American food
administrator, gavo a highly reassur
ing rovtow ot tho food altuntton.
"Wo can Bay emphatically that all
anxiety is to tho groat essentials of
food Is now past," Mr, Hoover de
clared. Rovlowlng what already has boon
done In tho wny ot Increased produc
tion and saving In consumption by vol
untary efforts and rationing, Mr.
Hoover said tho exertion ot tho Amort
can agricultural authorities nnd farm
ers had borno such fruit that "thoro
will bo no need during tho next 12
inonthB for any restriction on tho vol
ume ot brcadstuffs to bo shipped to
tho European allies."
Continuing, Mr. Hoover said:
"It will bo tho Joint conclusion ot
my colleagues In tho European coun
tries that wo cau got along with a loss
modornto mixture ot othor cereals In
tho loaf and thus provide hotter broad
tor tho 220,000,000 pooplo who are op
poped to Germany."
Mr. Hoover pointed out, howovcr,
that with restricted shipping the en
tente allies must faco a reduction in
fodder imports nnd thus a decrease lu
animal products until tho submnrino
has been overcome nnd shipping re
stored. This degonorntlon In produc
tion, ho added, would be continuous
throughout tho war.
Mr. Hoovor addod:
"In seeking Prcsldont Wilson's c"un
scl as to tho conference ot food offi
cials which now Is in progress, I ro
eolved from him this stntomont ot our
point of view In all our food negotia
tions: '"That tho Amorlcan people will
gladly and willingly make any sacri
fice In consumption and In tho produc
tion ot foodstuffs that will maintain
tho health, comfort and tho courage
ot tho pcoplo of tho allied countries.
We are, In fact, catfng nt the common
lablo with them.' "
U. S. TO TAKE OVER
TELEGRAPH JULY 31
Washington, D. C Acting under
tho authority recontly conferred by
congress, President Wilson Wednes
day Issued a proclamation tnklng all
telephono and telegraph lines under
government oporatlon at midnight,
Wednesday, July 31.
Although congress empowered him
to do so tho president did not Includo
wireless systems, becauso tho navy
already Is In control ot them.
Ho did not Includo ocean cables pre
sumably becauso contracts tho cable
companies havo with foreign govern
ments on whoso shores thoy land, con
tain clauses respecting government
operation which rnisod involved ques
tions. Tho navy is already In practi
cal control ot tho cables through Its
censorship.
Tho president's proclamation placod
administration of the wire systems
with Postmastor-Gonoral Burleson and
provided that until othorwlso decided
tho present managements and em
ployes will continue. Present finan
cial arrangements also will contlnuo
with tho approval of tho postmaster
general. In a statement accompanying tho
president's proclamation, Postmaster
General Burleson announced to tho
country that his policy would bo ono
ot the least posslblo Interference with
tho wire communication systems con
sistent with tho Interests and needs
of tho government.
Press wire sorvlco, Mr. Burleson
said, would bo Interfered with only to
Improve its facilities, and farmers' tel
ephones would bo Interfered with only
to facllitato tholr connection with tho
lnrgor lines.
Postmaster - General Burleson will
personally tako chargo ot tho adminis
tration of tho wire communications
and will bo assisted by a commlttco of
three composed ot John L. Koons, first
assistant ' postmnstor-gcnoral, In sub
jects of organization and administra
tion; David L. Lewis, former congress
man from Maryland, now n member
ot tho tariff commlttco, on subjocts
of operation; and William If. Lamar,
solicitor for the postofflco department,
on matters of finance.
German Raider Off West Coast.
San Diego, A Gorman rnldor Is re
ported operating on tho west coast
and Amorlcan aircraft and warships
have Joined In tho chase ot tho enemy
vessel.
Following tho report from tho Brit
ish consul at La Paz that tho raldor
was cruising oft tho Mexican coast,
all vessels In tho 12th naval district
were advised to obsorvo special pre
cautions of tho submarlno zone.
Airplanes from stations In tho vi
cinity ot this city and warships within
call havo been sont In search of tho
prowler, according to navy authorities.
Industrial Survey Taken.
Washington, D. C An industrial
survoy to detormlno tho nation's tax
able resources as an aid to tho ways
and means committee In framing tho
Incomo and excess profits sections of
tho now 18,000,000,000 rovonuo bill Is
undor way.
Commlttco members said Wednes
day they oxpect to ralso approximately
15,000,000,000 from excess profits anil
Incomes, Homo members still hope to
ralso $0,000,000,000 by taxes on war
profits and Incomes.
GERMANS RUSH UP
RESERVE FORCES
Frantic Efforts Are Made to
Evade Allied Trap.
OUTLOOK 1$ CHEERING
General March Points Out Danger to
Enemy Positions If Kntentc
Continue Gains.
Washington, D. C Mosnod Gorman
rosorvos nro keeping open tho Jaws of
tho trnp Gonoral Koch has sprung In
tho Alsno-Mnrno region, In a desporato
effort to Btnblllzo tholr linos without
tho crushing of tho forces withdraw
ing from tho Chateau Thlorry and
Marno salients,
Official reports to tho war depart
ment show, ttho enemy has hut a sin
gle railway to got material out of tho
pocket Into which ho hns been forced.
Tho situation was graphically ex
plained Thursday by General March,
chief of staff, In a mid-week confer
ence with newspapermen. For tho last
two days, General March said, the em
ployment of probnbly 15 divisions ot
fresh German reserves on tho Sols
sons Jaw ot tho trap has practically
steadied tho Jluu there. On tho east
ern Jaw front tho enemy has been
crushed back more than a mile and a
halt on a ten-mile front, furlhor Im
periling his wholo position In tho sali
ent from which hu Is endeavoring to
extricate his troops.
"Tho railroad running from Sols
sons to Chateau Thlorry now Is either
In our hands or undor our flro," Gon
oral March said. "Tho only wny In
which tho enemy can got out now or
get supplies over n railroad Is by tho
remaining lino from Nniitoull on Uio
Ourcq to Uasochoa on tho'Veslo river.
"It was necessary for him, If ho did
nut Intend to bo caught absolutely In
a pocket, to keep troops from advanc
ing and cutting oft this road, which
would put him entirely at tho mercy
of tho allied forcos."
Some officers hero are of tho opin
ion that General Foch was rushing for
ward masses of heavy artillery which,
with airplanes, would pound tho In
terior ot tho Gorman positions from
three sides.
They say tho very strength of tho
German linos now established wilt
make his losses great from tho con
centrated flro. Tho enemy forcos oc
cupy a wedgo, tho center of which is
less than 15 miles distant from tho
hard pressing lines of tho allies at
any point. All his communication
linos nro within gun rnuge, once tho
"hcnvles" get up behind tho allied
linos.
Lacking railway lines on which to
mnnouver, tho enemy probably Is mak
ing desperate offorts to got his biggest
guns nwny safely. Tho attacking lines
nro backed by circling railways on
which long-range weapons on railway
mounts enn bo shuttled back and forth
at will. It Is recalled that tho Gorman
attack on Chateau Thlorry llttlo more (
than a week ngo was accompanied by
tho fire of big naval guns, sholls from
which fell 10 and 15 miles behind tho
linos,
Tho bitterness of tho battlo around
Chateau Thierry and nlong that por
tion of the north bank of tho Marno
whore tho enemy still retains a foot
ing probably Ih largely duo to his de
termination to stnvo off Franco-American
nttacks from tho south, at loast,
until big weapons havo been dragged
back to satoty. Tho Amorlcan ad
vance reported through Chatolot for
est and to tho northeast of Epleds Is
boglnnlng to monaco seriously enemy
positions furthor onstward on tho ,
Marno, which uro covorlng his with
drawal within tho salient.
It has bcou estimated that tho Gor
mans now havo as many as 500,000
men lu tho limited sallont thoy still
hold. About 40 divisions nro under
stood to havo boon Identified thoro.
Tho irrcgulnrly shapod pocket Is about
30 miles broad at Its baso, botwoon
Solssons and Rholms, whllo Its great
est depth is around 20 miles,
Should the final rail connection
northward como undor direct gunfire,
It is regarded as posslblo a veritable
rout would result, as tho massed
forces of tho enemy could not all bo
gotten away.
Much Wheat Is Stored,
Washington, D, C Nearly 300,000,
000 bushels of whoat Is stored InAus
trallu, tho food administration Is In
formed. Details of tho guarantoos sur
rounding tho 1918-1010 whoat harvest
In Australia also wero transmitted,
The Australian government has guar
anteed 83 cents a bushel mid to this
tho commonwealth has added 12 conts,
making the price 05 cents to tho pro
ilucor. In Iliiuuos Aires the cash prlco
for whoatjs U.U a huihol,