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NO. 72
01800,000
US. TROOPS
"QVERTHERE"
General March States That By July I
There Will Be a Million Americans
In France Four Phases of Bat'Ie
with Germans Haltei but Final
Battles to Come Situation of Al
lies More Favorable Thap for Many
Months Americans Offset Losses.
WASHINGTON', June 15. Marc
than 800,00(1 American lumps have
been sfiil ttt Prance' and the poveni
ment expects to have u million there
Ly July 1.
This disclosure was maile today by
(Uneral Peyton V. .March, chief of
staff, at his first weekly conference.
with newspaper correspondents and
at an early conference with war de
partment officials and members of
the senate military committee.
Four Phases Halted
General March summarized the bat
tie situation as it stands today wit I
four distinct phases of the German
offensive halted but with its final
battles still to come. To meet the
emergency, he added, only luck f
shipping facilities is limiting the rush
of American troops to the iihtinr
front. Their prompt enjrnirement in
the struggle, he said, is n paramount
necessity.
The number of troops now hem;;
transported, General March said, is
limited only by the capacity of the
ships available to carry them. "And
we will continue to ship them alon
this line," he added.
Include. All Brunches
The 800,000 figure includes all
branches of the service necessary t
make, up a complete army, both com
batant and uon-comhatant nmt
General MarWi said. All war depart
merit figures reyardinir troops sent
across will be yiven out on this basis,
General March .;aid that four Ger
man drives so far made were "all part
of a common scheme of offensive
up to this time, he added, the exten
sion of the allied front from Kheims
to the sea had reached 02 mites. To
hold that added line, he said, addi
tional troops were ne-.-esarv ami tl'
importance of retting American
troops over quickly hecamc para
mount.
Ohjecf. of Advance-
General March said that "the ob
vious objective of the advance
first, the channel ports, the capture
of wh'eh would make it necer-ary for
Krnrlaml in shipping troops, to
further up the sea, loading up .tiul
nuikimr the transportation more dan
gerous, and second, Paris, which v
of i:reat strategic importance as we'l
as of importance to the people of
France."
The chief of staff viewed (hp pro
mt offensive more as an endeavor
to straighten out the German tin
rather than an advance with n defi
nite object "like Paris." The salt
between the Oi-e and the Aisne of
lensives he described as a re-entra'i
an-Ie."
Situation Favorable
"The most desirable thiny the Ger
mans could have now," General
arch added, "would be a s' miht-!
itiu out of that line. Oir last in
formation is that they ire sti'l at
tacking that line wet o Soissons.
He said the situation of the allies,
"is now more favorable than it has
been for many month-."
So many American troop? have
been sent abroad General March said
that their number is now reaching. iii
(Continued on rage Two.)
JAP MARINES
LANDED IN CIA
TOKIO, Juno 12. .Japanese mar
ines were landed on Sunday at Swa
low, a treaty port of China and
center of the sugar Industry, 2
miles north of Canton. According to
an official announcement Issued here
today, the Japanese marine were
sent ashore because of the disturbed
conditions of the Chinese port.
LULL FOLLOWS
HEAVY FIGHTING
ON BATTLE LI
Allied Strategy and Tenacity tn Com
bat Checkmate Blows By Massed
Huns No Infantry Fighting of
Moment Germans Reforming
Shattered Divisions.
By the Associated Press, June 15.
Allied strategy and 'tenacity in
combat again have checkmated blows
by massed bodies of German troops
and the German crown prince has
given up his second offensive within
a month without either of them hav
ing affected seriously the general sit
uation on the western front. Except
for artillery duels, a lull has come
to the fighting sectors.
In the offensive which began last
Sunday the Germans used large
masses of troops on a short front.
For three days they gained ground
and were rapidly forcing their way
southward along the Aisne. French
resistance stiffened and then the
French took the offensive. German
efforts to strike south of the Aisne
and reach the Oiso south of Com-
picgne, also failed after a slight gain.
I, nil on Ibitllo I.lno
Friday there was no infantry fight
ing of moment anywhere along the
front from Yprcs to Hhetms, which is
now the vital section of the western
line. The Germans aro probably re
forming their shattered divisions.
50ulh of the Somme and between
the Aisne and the Marne the artillery
fire has been above normal.
Military observers believing the
Noyon-Monldldier effort was a feint,
the allies expect, that tuo heaviest
blow yet will come soon on the
Plcardy flcld,,in a drive to reach the
coast.
Berlin reports the number of guns
captured since May 27 by the crown
prince as 1,030. In the latest offen
sive the Germans claim to have gain
ed J So square miles of territory and
captured ir.,000 prisoners and I'll)
guns, the poorest showing in any of
the four major movements since
March 21.
Aviators Active
While tho American infantry has
been inactive on all sectors, American
aviators on tho Toul front have benn
bombing towns behind the German
lines.
Italian troops have checked suc
cessfully, enemy attempts to force a
passage thru the important Tottule
pass, northwest of Trent.
PUTNAM ACE OF
AMERICAN ACES
DOWNS 13 HONS
I'AlilS, June .". Kcriietinl David
K. I'lilnitm of llrooKline, Muss,, is re
ported to have downed five (icrm.-ins
on June Id, Three of I'titmtm's aer
ial victories are now- official mul the
other two are under invest rjnil ion.
This record, if the five victories are
officially credited, nmkes i'lilmtm'.
tottil, Kl, Mipilmiftmr Lieutenant
Frank liiivlies of New Ileilfurd,
Mass., as the American nee of tires.
Tho feat accredited to Sergeant
Putnam Is the most notable perform
ed by an American aviator and has
probably been eclipsed only once dur.
lng the war. The only oilier aviator
getting a larger bag of enemy air
planes in a single day is Lieutenant
Hone Fonek, a French ace, who on
May 9 brought down six Gorman ma
chines.
First Lieutenant Frank E. Ilnylies
is officially credited with 13 enemy
airplanes.
Serjeant Tutnam is a descendant
of General Israel Putnam. Some time
ago It was announred that ha had
been awarded the war cross by the
fr rench government.
Washington .Marriage since the
enactment of the draft will no longer
bo cause for exemption from military
service except In cases of men who
became of age since Juno 5, l!fl"
who may he exempted it they married
before January i:, l!UH.
THREE MILLIONS
AMERICANS IN
ARMY AUGUST 1
General Crowder States Extension of
Age Limit In Army Draft Neces
saryAlt Ciass I Men to Be Ex
hausted By January Navy to Be
. Increased to 131,485.
WASHINGTON, ,ime 35 Three
million Americans wil! be under amis
by next August t, the senate military
committee was told today by Provost
Marshal General Crowder.
Kxtension of the age limits in the
army draft will he necessary, Gen
eral Orow'der said, if the present rate
of draft calls is continued. He esti
mated that ail the men in class one
would bo exhausted soon after next
Januarv 1.
General Crowder said that 1,347,
000 of tho 2,428,000 men placed In
class one already have been called
to tho colors, lie estimated that
some 400,000 additional men for the
first class will ho secured from the
men who registered last June 5 and
that another 200,000 will be added
by tho re-classification of men in the
re-examination of the questionnaires
now being made.
Increase in Navy
WASH I XCTOX, June 15. An in
crease of the navni enlisted strength
to LIIS.l men to man ihe figlilinir
ships now in commission and those
building- will he a minimum require
ment by July J, liHII, Secretary Dan
iels today wrote Chairman Padgett of
the house naval committee. The
present enlisted permanent strength
in 87,0110 men.
Secretary Daniels transmitted a
report from' Rear Admiral Palmer,
chief of tiie bureau of navigation,
emphasiainir the need of additional
olliccr.s, which said that two naval
squadrons now abroad have no des- i
ignnted eotimiiimlcrs olher than a
llritish officer and that five addition
al squadrons that will go across have
no commanders.
1 1 1 I'-lioat. CluiM-rs
Admiral Palmer: report disclosed
that the Inited States within Ihe next
two months wil! have 144 tuibma
rine .chasers operating- in F.uropean
waters and division of new siiier
ilicadniiiights will he added to the
fleet within the year.
The new Kagle or Ford vessels,
larger than the old destroyers, to ho
put into operation noon. Admiral
Palmer said, "will plan an important
part in our war operations.'
AMERICANS GIVE
GERMANS DOSE
OF POISON GAS!
WITIt TIJK AMKIi WAX ARMY IX
f'l.WXCK. Jane 15. (By the Asso
ciated Fres. ) American batteries
btst fti'lit hurled thousands of pas
ii Its into Jhe German lines itlonjc
(he Maine line, northwest of C'lta
'ean Thierry. The bombardment was
m retaliation for a heavy gas attack
fiv the Germans.
WASHINGTON, Juno 1.',. tn ad
dition to last night's eoumi'inisue.
'ieneral Pershing- officially reported
n day the downing of two eneeiy ma
chine yesterday by American avia
tors. Aide from heavy shelli-ii: hy
both side northwest of Chateau
1 merry, uie ttisptneii said, there ,va..
nothing el-o to remirt.
I'AKIS, June I."i,-The artillery on
ledh sides was active last niebt ru
the front between Monfdidier and tin
river Disc, the war office announced
today.
The pin fire was also rather mark
ed in the rrttmn south of the Ai-nc
and west of I'iiciiiis, jn t!, ('hatmdat-
IHigny sector. No infanlrv netiou-
oeciirretl.
LONDON', .June 15. A successful
locii loperation was carried out last
night hy liriti-h ami Scottish, hiittal-
i"iis north of licllmne, on the Fland
ers front, and over tilt prisoners were
taken, according to the statement is-
-iicd b ithe war office toilav.
U. S. WARSHIPS
HUNTING U-BOATS
OFF GIBRATLER
l.ONSXXV, Juno 15. (&x be As
sociated Press.) German submarine
activity off the Atlantic coast of the
United States should not bo taken
seriosiyt as the Germans probably
will not attempt to blockade the
American shores. This Is the opinion
of Vice Admiral Rosslyn Wemyss,
first sea lord of the British admiral
ty. The admiral believes that there
is only one submarine operating off
the American coast and the purpose
of its trip across tho Atlantic was to
frighten tho Americans.
"We mast fight the U-hoata in the
narrow seas he said.
Admiral Wemyss paid triimto to
tho co-operation of tho American
niival forces in Knropean waters, lie
said tho American nhips not only
wore stationed in the North sea hut
wero also operating in tho Mediter
ranean and off Gibraltar.
"Yon know of course," ho conclud-
ed," that for more than a year past
Ameriran men of war have been op
erating from Qneenstown. H aiso
has been known for somo lime that
there aro Amorhan ships in tho Med
iterranean. I do not think it can Us
regarded as a secret from tho Ger
mans that American men of war aro
also acting against tho enemy off
Gibraltar."
KIEV SHAKEN BY
BIG EXPLOSION
AMHTKiUiAM, Juno ! 5 .'Situ
damage, whs caused In Kiev, tho
1,'krainian capital, hy an explosion in
a munitions works there on June K,
says tho l.otiut Anzeiger of licrtin.
There woro VI big explosions and sev
eral smaller ones.
When the blsgest explosion oc
curred, people mantling on the rain
partB at Petcherf k were hurled to Urn
ground. Shells fell tn all directions
over tho city.
The Svjerinetz cathedral collapsed.
Houses wero blown over and the
streets turned Into smouldering
masscB of debris, while the neighbor
hood of tho munitions plant wits a sett
of firo. Tho Toisltl convent was de
stroyed. Tho correspondent refers to ru
mors that tho explosion was duo fa
the machination of tho bolshevik!
against Skuropadskt the t'ltraine
hejmsn.
PROSIT!
SERIOUS CRISIS
Iff AUSTRIA OIR
PEACE DEMANDS
Rioting Reported In Vienna Grave
Events Rumored Occurring Re
ports Come From Outside Sources
and Confirmation Lacking For
eign Minister Visits Berlin.
LONDON, June !.-. Reports of a
serious crisis in Austria aro eurront
today. They come from various out
side sources, but Users is no direct
confirmatory news.
A news message today from a semi
official agency of Madrid says private
imormntton trout retiabto sources
state that grave events are about to
occur in Austria, where the popula
tion is demanding peace at any price.
Amsterdam messages say a rumor
was circulated on the Bourse yester
day that rioting had begun in Vienna.
AMSTBItfiAM, Juno 15. Oa the
Amsterdam Ilourso tho Journey of
iiaron fturian, tho Austra-ttungaiian
foreign minister, to Berlin, is con
nected with tha tension in Austro-
(inrmuu affairs. It i believed tho
tension now has become more critical
Austrian exchange receded ft full
point on tho Hourso Friday,
NINETY-FIRST OFF
FOR SOMEWHERE
A'-eotdni-' to ;t number f Ihe L'UO
i soldiers from Tamp t-w who pass
led through the city this fttreiumn en-
' route to Ihe Pre-idlo l Sail I'rall--
i
eiseo, by June the entire !ti-t di
vision will have been moved from that
i?!eat eiiiiiiuiment en route to an un
known de-tmatlim.
They were n line tnohin and wet!
behaved body of youn men. Only
from six weeks to three months ng
these same bovs in citizen arh and
somewhat downcast passed through
Medl'ord euroute to Camp f.ewis as
drafted fronfM, Todtty titev present
ed it happy, tsenhhy, welt disciplined
arid soldierly appearance. At ihe de.
pot t!m -oldiers during the train .Mop
went through some exercises ami
played leap lroK on the station pini-
inlllt.
BOLSHEVIK IDEAS
SECURE FOOTHOLD
N GERMAN ARMY
LONDON June 15. German aal-
diem returning from RnHttt are ira
hweri with bolshevik ilenfi nm! are ev
erywhere circulating rvInlifmary
tamtitiets. tJeneral Von Itisherfr Mtirf
in the German; n'iehKtajr (hiring tht
Friday sitting aeeortlmg to a tpen-
hngen tHsptneh to the xthtme
Telegraph company. For thus vcaHont
he .naif, si net tiiseipiine was neees-!
sary in tho army.
Tiie sittmj; wan market) hy nharv
atiks hy various menthers on the
military attffroriticH. Iterr Sfuelter of
MetutttKtftf eriejin the ((reiert'lire
system in use in the hfthvv (feeiarei?
that titero were IKTMi oifteern hi
IttehareHt, where they nre nselenft.
Ho ehareri, rt rs saiii, that ae.ttvc nt
n-eiH are feejirt an far as jxihle he
htttti ihe frsmt that reserve otTreers
are uset in the fir.iii; tine am) that
vtmteT ot't'ieer nre sent, U the
Tronf wifhorrf proper trainiiij: or pasK
mff th Beeesry xttmttiwt. Oen-
erai Vhh Kts-in, the FrHssiait war
minister,, nunie a vit!ent attack nm
Herr Siuetir Ur hi reveiation of
coruIjliorrK irr the arrow
SWEIY RAZORS FOR
MEREAN SOLDIERS
WASHIXtmiX, Jnim (.- Kr-
mbm; ot Kiiicly rfi5tor onp, tunr
l,riihc., condiw, i(,we!i mid tooth
I. rushes to ciiHled men in the Amer
t on cvpeditioiofry forces in Knuiee
bus been put itilo el'j'ecf, n wjir de-
pertmetit iinnoifircmeiil. -.fotes today.
(ieieiviil Cersdin a-ked the siipplvtti'r
1 tiiiiict urii'-h-s- on the ground thii!
pi rsomit eh-ifulim- s iiu-rf-iit-fi the
tiioriile of hi men.
WARMER WEATHER
MIDDLE OF WEEK
er prt'tijctMvas for ihe week ttiinmm
Motitiayt iiird by th weather htt
reati toHay are;
Nfrrilu'in Uw-ky mtumfniit ntut tht-
fe n'tm. rrrf wanner in anvth
pfrt(o Mort'ht.w
I'aeit'ie ntie-; Fair rrm njf;ht-
frrrt of week, flanniui up hy miiUth
CZECH-SLOVAK
TROOPS SEIZE
SIBERIAN ROAD
Alt Towns Ott Siberian Raiirsatf for
Distance ef 1,500 Mites !rt Posses
start of Bohemians and Grain Sup
ply Cut Off From Moscow and
Petrsgrad Anfi-Savtet Rotters
Arrested.
I.OXDOJT, June la. TaV Czecho
slovak troops operating agaissl tha
Russian soviet government ta Siberia
and the Ural region continues their
saeeess, according to an Exchange
Telegraph dispatch from Moscow dat
ed Jans 1!. Inrfng the ninth and.
tenth of June, having eeeapted Sa
mara, they advanced rapidly toward
Ottffa.
On the Siberian railroad from
TcheBabfnsk to Tomsk (a distance of
t2J0 miles) alt tho towns are fa Hta
hands of the Cxecha-Siovufca, Omsk
was occupied on June g hy a united,
fores of Slavs and Cossack peasants
nadsr command of Colonel fvaooff,
the Soviet forces having retired from
Omsk and Tanen.
Cat Off Moscow
MOSCOW, June 7. t'By the Asso
ciated Press.) Tho Czecno-SIorak
troops ta their operations along tha
railways connecting Siberia with cen
tral Russia have temporarily cat off:
communication between tha Siberian
grain stores and Moscow and Petro-'
grad seriously menacing the bread
rations, which, already are inade
quate. The Cieeho-Slovaks bow control
the stations of Omsk, Novo Ntchnia-ev-Sts
and Tehetiablnsit and alss many
smaiier stations. Conseqaeatly tfcsy:
are sb!s to prevent traffie frem the
Siberian granaries to both Moscsur
and Pefrograd.
At Novo Nicholaevsk, which fs the
nearest targe city east ef Omsk, ths
Csaefco-Stavaka Joined with tha
White guards tn overthrowing tha
sovfots and have established what
they call a new Siberian central gov-
erameat which la the fourth govern
ment now claiming control ta Siberia.
The bolshevlkl has seat emissaries ta
negotiate with tho Ciccho-SIorak of
ficers, and hopes to arbitrate the dis
putes growing out of the attempt ta
disarm the Citec Bo-Slovaks, who in
sist that they must be given the right
to pass thru Sfhoria to Vladivostok
oa their way to the fighting front fa
France.
Arrests In Moscow
More than three knadred arrests
already have boon made by the soviet
government tn connection with tha
anft-sovlet plot. Among those under
arrest are M. Ktshkfa, ailaistsr of
pttltlls welfare ta the Kerensky cab
inet, and SI. Maiyantovltch, minister
of jtisfica in tho Kerensky cabinet.
and many other social democrat and
social revolutionist leaders.
Tha counter revolutionary fcea4
quarters In Moscow, tha soviet gov
ernment says, extended fts organiza
tion fbritoitt Siberia and centra! Rus
sia under the name of "'naloa for de
fense of the fatherland aud ef free
tiou, v
Tho organization is accused, of
piiisiiing tho overthrow of ths serials
Htttt tho establishment of a govern
ment standing for the national Inter
est of Russia, ro-organiiaUort ef the
army on the otd basis and continua
tion of the war against Germany
with tha support of the Bittea. Tha
orRtmixistfon is said to have consisted
chiefly of former officers disguised its
shabby ctothos travelling as laborers.
TUNNEL CAVES IM KILLS
RAILROAD FOREMAN
S.VI.KNE, Ore., June t.'i, E. K.
Petit, fureuiuti of u nana working in
ttntttet K. ft tif the Southern I'aetfti;
romfaByt near f.ehmrf Josfsfsliins
toimi v, Kb tntriett snd pmhahly in
Mantty killed hy a rave is ef rtsck,
futu vesierduy, neeorditig to advice
received , by the Hildin service r-om-aiixsion
tmluy. t'rttk Cherfowstit
wti Herion-ly injured ami K, S, Sjew
roiia and Fred Sexton lens seriously
hurt, it wuh reported, Traffie a tfca
tine wits tietiijed five hours, .