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THE
Forty-elfthth Tear.
Pally Thirteenth Tear.
M.EDFORD, OUlXiON, WEDNESDAY, JULY 17, 191S
NO. 98
GERMAN CASUALTI
HIINSRARRFIl ROOSEVELT'S SON GERMANILUSSES
MM PftPIQ QUENT1N KILLED UP TO PRESENT
occlnSo IN AERIAL FIGHT TOTAL 100,000
0tflLllild
Germans Masses Held for 48 Hours,
Turn Up Marne Offensive Loses
Its Character of General Attack
and Becomes Series of Local Op
erations Turning Move Agninst
Rhelms Salient In Progress Pro
gress Made On Two Sectors.
WJTll TUB AMKHIl'AX AU.MY IX
FHANCK, July 17 (liy the Asso
ciated Press, 7 p. in.) Kxtraordin
ary heavy artilh'i'y fire has been in
progress toilay on both sides alone;
tile Marne I'nint between Chateau
Thierry and Dormnns.
Kast of Kheiias the American
troops in their sectors are linhlin-; all
their positions. In some localities
periods ol' quiet equalling that pre
ceding the offensive prevail, hut there
appear to be sijiiis of further activity.
Americans Attacked
WITH THE AMKHKUX AH MY IN
FRANC 'K, July 17. (My the Asso
ciated Press, 7 p. m.) The American
troops eo-operatiiiK with the French
at a point where counter attacks
were carried oat "cstcrdnv. were at
tacked njtiihi this nioinin-r by the
enemy who by reason of the nature
of the ground was able to make slight
pains at some place;-, while at others
the Americans uain pushed their
wa buck. The lines here have been
wavering back and forth for the past
24 hours and the result of the entire
operation is indefinite.
In the reirion of Vaax, west of Cha
teau Thierry, conditions today were
normal. The ticriuans there were
lnyinsi low after the two minor but
nevertheless important defeats they
had suffered there in two consecu
tive days.
Attacks Purely laical
(IX THE FRENCH FRONT IN
FRANCE, July 17. (Hv the Asso
eiated l'ress.) Noon.. This morn
ing's ficjiliiifr on the active front of
the (lerman drive was marked hv
purely local attacks, which, however,
Were very fierce in character.
The (iciinaiis had sent a heavy col
umn against the lioiirbonnerie farm,
in ihe vicinity of St. Anau, which
had been recaptured by the Franco
American forces and succeeded in re
ocupyin it after a furious battle.
This is still coiitiiiuiiiir at this hour.
Further eastward alonjf the southern
hank of the Maine, the (iermans at
tacked and temporarily occupied
Mont Voisoti, until the French came
hack and ejected them.
ON TDK KKKNCII Kl.'oNT IN
I'll ANt K, July 17. (liy Ihe Asso
ciated Press.) For -IS hours have
the Herman masses launched in Un
crown Prince's c.rcat offensive on
Monday been held. The enemy units
which were turned buck from 1he di
rection ol' I'aris are endcavorin- to
ascend the Marne and are hein held
in check hv the French troops.
(Contln-ed on Page Two.)
NEWARK, N. J., July 17. Be
tween seven and eight thousand
skilled machinists, tool milkers and
thefr apprentices, mostly employed
on government contracts, walked out
In various manufacturing plants In
this district today, on strike for
higher wages.
Lieutenant Qucntin Roosevelt Shot
Down By Hun In Air Battle In Vi
cinity of Chateau Thierry About 10
Miles Inside of German Lines
fought Two Machines.
OYSTER HAY, X. Y., July 17.
"(uenlin's mother and 1 are
very Mail that he pit to the
front and had a chance to ren
der some service to bis country
and to show the stuff there was
in him before his late b- fell
him."
This statement was issued by
Colonel Roosevelt todav after
press dispatches bad furnished
confirmntiui of earlier reports
that his son, Lieutenant (Juoatin
Roosevelt, had beer, killed in an
aerial battle in France.
PARIS, July 17. Lieutenant
(iiicnlin Itoosevelt, youngest son or
the former president, has been killed
in an air fight, the. semi-official
liavas News Agency announces. His
machine fell Into the enemy lines.
Philip Koosevelt, Cjuontln's cousin,
witnessed the air bnttlo in the vicin
ity of Chateau Thierry, In which
I Qucntin was engaged and saw the
machine, fall hut did not know until
later that tho airplane was that or
his cousin, Lo Journal says today.
Tho machine was not in flames
when-It fell.
KoiiKht' Two Huns
Lieutenant Hoosevolt was last seen
In combat on Sunday morning wltn
two enemy airplanes about ten miles
Inside tho German lines In tho Cha
teau Thierry sector. .Ho started out
with a patrol of thirteen American
machines. They encountered seven
Germans and were chasing them
hack when two of thorn turned on
Lieutenant Koosevelt.
Heporta of tho fight stato that the j
(iermans appeared to ho shooting at ;
tho Lieutenant from tho rear, the
threo machines being close together.
Then one of tho machines was seen
tumbling thru tho clouds and a pa
trol which went in search of Lieuten
ant Itoosevelt returned without trace
of hlni. I lo appeared to lie fighting
up to the last moment.
One account of tho romhat states
that the machlno caught fire before
it began to fall.
Mortally Wounded 1
LONDON, July 17. Lieutenant,
Qucntin Itoosevelt, Colonel Uoosc-j
volt's youngest son, who has been ;
attached to the American line forces1
on tho Marno front, was killed at j
Chateau Thierry on Juy H. says a:
dispatch from I'aris lo Hie Kxchangu
Telegraph company. '
lieutenant Koosevelt, tho dispatch
says, was returninc from a patrol
fight when he was attacked by a Ger
man squadron.
(Continued on Pace Four.)
CONVICT'S DEATH CEIL
SAN' KK A NCI SCO, July 17 Ac
companied only by hhcrlff Thomas
Klnn and a deputy, Thomas J.
Mooney left this city at 10 o'clock
today for the "death row" In Kan
CJuentln penitentiary, whore he is
under sentence to he handed on Aug.
23 for murder in connection with a
preparedness day bomb explosloi
here.
French Losses Very Small No Guns
Lost Counter Attacks Bring Ger
man Bridges Across Marne Under
Fire Festigny Furthest Point
Beached by Crown Prince's Force.
LONDON', July 1 7. Casualties
sustained by tho German troops in
the offensive up to the present are
estimated lo number 100,000, accor- j
ding to news received In London to- j
day from the battlofront in France.
The position for tho allies at tho
present stage of the German offen- j
sive, is said to Iuj distinctly satisfac
tory in advices received today. The
French losses are stated to havo been
very small. They havo lost no guns,
tho report declares. j
Ilridges I'mler Fire I
French counter attacks have
brought Ihe German bridges over tho
river Marne under tho fire of the
French artillery of medium calibre.
General von ftnim's army which
was engaged on tho Gorman left in
the-Champagne yesterday, tlelivorod
fivo attacks between Suippe and
Massigcs. All tho attacks were re
pulsed with heavy losses.
Forces of thp German crown prince
advanced another three miles down
tho Marne valley yesterday. This
makes a total penetration of the
French lino of about six miles at
Festigny, the most southern point
reached by the Invaders.
Six Mile Advance
The six mile penetration of the
Germans to Festigny, noted In tho
foregoing dispatch does not mean a j
German advanco of that distance,
south of tho Marne, as Festigny is
only about two and three-quarter 1
miles south of the river at Its near--
est point. Tho penetration is calcu-
Iated from tho nearest point of do-i
parturo at tho beginning of' tho of-
tensive. As a matter of fact there
appears to have been a penetration to
approximately the samo depth nix
miles north of tho Marne and this
has been pointed to as probably more
menarlnK to tho situation as rewards
Ithoims than the German advance
south of tho river.
Tho French already havo begun to
react strongly In tho region below
tho river hut tho Herman pressure
north of tho stream, where the safe
ty of the Ithelms salient Is Involved,
seems on the basis of the latest offic
ial advices, not to have been as fully
met.
BURLESON 10 RUN .
TELEGRAPH LINES
WASHINGTON. July 17. An exe
cution order delegating control of
j trunk lino telephone and telegraph
systems to 'Postmaster General llur
Inson, Is expected today or tomorrow.
Arrangements for government opera
tion of the lines virtually are com
pleted. FLDERAL
LONDON, July 1 7. - (icneral John
.1. rumhlnx Iihk ben awarded the
(irand ( rom of tho Order of ihe Hath
ana tienerni lasKer ii. mini, Aiiicn-
can representative at tno nupremo
war council, hn been Riven tho
(Irand (.'rosn of the Order of Michael
and St. (ieorne. Thin was officially
announced today.
ESEXC
AMERICAN FLAG REFUSES
TO RETIRE FOR GERMANS
PARIS, July 17. "We rotfivi; Vintf uiinlile on tins
occasion to follow the counsels of our masters, Ihe French,
but the .American l'l.'itf litis been forced to retire. This is
unendurable and none of our soldiers would understand
their not bciiifr asked to do whatever is necessary to re
establish a situation which is liuniiliiiiiiitf to us and unac
ceptable to our countrv's honor. We are going to counter
attack."
This was a nicsage sent by an American general in
command of American forces south of the .Marne on Mon-
dav afternoon after the (iermans had succeeded in forcing
the Americans back toward Coiide-Hn-Hrei. . The French
commander informed the American general that the early
German success could not have tiny great effect on the late
of the battle, that it was understood perfect I v that after
hard fighting the Americans had slowly retired and that
it was not expected that they immediately launch a coun
ter attack. He addetl that a counter attack could be post
poned without risk and that it might be better Jo give the
American troops an hour's rest.
Immediately after the American general sent; the above
message, which is qilotcd by the correspondent of the Ma
tin, the Americans launched their counter attack and the
lost ground was soon recovered, with an additional half
mile taken from the (Iermans for good measure.
WASHINGTON, July 17 (icneral
lY.vshing's cmuiiiuiiioue lor Moudnv
rcachinr the war department today,
reported that .'illO prisoners were ta
ken by the Americans in their counter
attack which drove the Hermans :.uck
to the Marne east ol" Chateau Thier
rv. The dispatch follows:
"Section A. Kast of Cha-'-ini
Thcirry where the enemy succeeded
this morniiii; in crossing the Marne
on our front and iininine; sonic louud
our troops counter attacked and
drove the eiieuiv hack lo the Manic,
Inking ."h0 prisoners. In the Ynsj-es
five French raids attempted by the
enemy, broke down under our lire."
The Tuesday cotuniunhpic says:
"Section A. American troops east
of IiMieims co-operated with the
French in repulsing the enemy's at
tnek. They maintained nil their po
sitions nmh ruptured prisoners mid
maeliine nuns. Yesterday in I lie Vos
gos the enemy ullcmpted In attack
our lines on a front of 1,(100 yards.
The attack broke down under our ar
tillery fire.
"Section II. -Tho counter ill I nek
by American troops on the south of
the Murne on July l. was a complete
success. The enemy who hud crossed
ihe river near l''o-ov and hud forc
ed buck part of our line was thrown
back with severe losses. One Initial
inn wih praclieallv annihilated. thoM
who were iml killed or wounded beiii";
capl ur'd. ' t l icers ennmiiimliri'j
French rnop near this point, u- wi ll
as other- licloiiuim; to (lie higher
1 command, -have i-Nprrs-ed reit snt-
ifaet ioll enlicei'tlllii: the roild'tcl of
our forces ami the result whirh they
' achieved.''
LONDON', Julv
!!'! AtllcMCHII tl'oi
rope in the Ni"hlh
June :i.Ml.'i'iH v.cre
1". Of the li;l".
ps hnui-ht lo Kn
ot Auil, .May and
carried in tiiti-l.
Ihii", iicriii'flinu' to a Nlatcment inudc
I in the hon-e -t' common t-Mhivhv
I Moiiiv iiarliaiNcntar;. sec
retin v to the aiini.-try of shipiiiit-. lie
added :
"ArrMii-'enunts are beim: made
whereby we hope to carry liiraer
(nimbi r- in the future,"
EED .100,000
FUTSL
YANKEE FLIERS
AMSTKKDAM, July 17 I'nrlicu
lars retfiirdirif the sixth American
machine lakiu; part in Ihe air mid on
Coblen. last week are iven by the
Klberfeld (icneral An.eijier. The
newspaper says (hat at 10:;ill o'clock
Wednesday evening a lli-year old col
lege student named (ierlach, while
busy harvesting near the village of
Sehwarzm in llunsbrueek, saw a
flying machine at u height of about
2,700 feet in flames.
When it came down he saw it was a
French bipbirie armed with Ihree ma
chine Kims and bomb throwing ap
paratus and had two occupants, an
American first lieutenant and another
lieutenant, who were detained by (ier
lach and two other men, who turned
over their prisoners at I o'clock in
Ihe morning at Kirehbere. 1 he pris
oners said Ihev belonged to an air
squadron of .six machines the yoal of
which was ('ohlcii,, and (hat they had
been separated from the others fly era
duriu'r n thunder storm.
A Merlin official communication on
July 11. said five airplanes of an
American squadron of .six, bent on
raiding Cohlenz, were captured and
their crews made prisoner. The fol
lowing day atiot her s ateaicnt said
"all six of the American airplanct,"
had fallen into German hands.
'WHITE ARMLET" TO
PROTECT SOLDIERS
LONDON". July IX. Tin- "while
itnnlct" i ui(icar:tiy all over
land. I)i-ahh'd ot ticcr- and men, fit -(--I
with artificial limb-, in order to
-roter t Ill-Ill cr. I rolll .j(l-lllll
crowiU, are wciirin- white armlets
with thi- crown cmhioidcivil in red.
The in ll if- has been rciiic-lcd to
h-iw all coiiideriitii-ii to men wear
ing thi- in-i'jiiin.
4
Viltot M STIIAYV
IN I IWISII llltl;.l
LONDON', July I7.-- I'coplo
In North l-'lnland are i-iiIIiik not
only bark bread, lint, utrniv
bread, hoiiicIIiiich ciintalnlim un
Kround pleci-H of nlraw half an
Inch Ioiik. The l-'lmilnh ficnato
han cut the ordinary bread ra
tion In half, except that of man
ual lahorern, which Is cut only
ono-nixth.
ttttt
E ASSAULTS
TEUTONS HUR
L
T
Allied Lines Attacked North of St.
Arjnan and Bourdonherle Entered
Further East Advance Halted
No Reserves Sent to Present Fight
ing Line By French.
PARIS, July 17. Tho Germans
last night throw now forces Into the
battle on tho front south of the
Marne and attacked tho allied Hues
north of St. Agnan, tho war office
announced today. Tho enemy suc
ceeded In penetrating into Hourdon
ncrie. Tho battle is continuing in
tho woods inunedlutel to tho south j
of this point
On tho front farther to tho east
tho French held tho enemy In the
southern outskirts of tho ilouipiicny
wood and at tho village of Nonius.
A powerful attack Hkowlso was
made by tho GermatiB in tho direction
of Monvolsin but woro driven from
this locality by a French countor ut
tack. ., . ;
' Oh tho front 'between tho Marno
and Ithelms tho fighting developed
centering In Courton wood. Tho Ger
mans attacked in tho Vrigny region,
on this front but their assault here
broke down completely.
Along the lino to tho cast of
kheims tho Germans delivered local
attacks, notably In the Prnnay ro
gion. Theso efforts of tho enemy
woro fruitless.
In renewed assaults upon Ikmu
mont tho enemy suffered a sanguin
ary- ropulso,
NEW FORGES ON
MARNE F ON
Tho French positions turnout thojtions in four years of wnr, is driving
region to the east, of HheiniH wero
maintained intact.
PARIS, July 17. tXo French
troops from other points on tho wes
tern front wero sent to the prosent
fighting lino and tho reserves boro
and countered the shock of the Ger
man attack. All circumstances point
to a favorable outcome of the battle.
CUT OFF STEEL
AUTO FACTORIES
WASHINGTON, July 17. Further
curtailment of tho soculled lesser es
sential Industries may result from
tho enlargement of the war program,
tho cnnKC'picut Increasing demand
for steel and existing shortago in the
supply.
War reipiliementH for the last six'
months of this year will bo approx
imately :''i,MMi,imm) tons, I lii) war In
dustries hoard announced today. The
greatest output of u like period for
Ihe steel Industry was Hi.Ci'Hi.UUU
tons.
Automobjlo manufacturers have
asked tho war tmliiHtrioK board to al
low them Hiiiriclcnl steel to produce
sixty percent of their normal produc
tion of pattM-iiuer cars. The board
replied (bat It could not promise even
twenty-tlve per cent and thai possib
ly none at all could be granted.
GERMANS SEEK GOODS
DELIVEREDAFTER WAR
TIIK IIAGI K, July 1 7. -Germany
Is making every effort lo seeum In
Holland contracts for delivery two
years after tho war, with tho proviso
that the prices shall ho those now
obtaining, decreasing as product Inn
cheapens. Supplies of Hrltlsh manu
facture are especially houkM,
AUSTRIA VIEWS
WAR SENSELESS
states mm
Country Which Precipitated Conflict
Would Wash Its Hands of It Al
lies Wasting Eeoergies In Attempt
ing to Sow Discord Among the
United Central Democracies.
AMSTKKhAM, Julv 17. The Aus-tro-Hungarian
government regards
the war as "senseless and purposeless:
bloodshed" and believes it might bo
ended when the allien again manifest
feelings of humanity. Huron Huriuu,
the Auslro-llungarian foreign minis
ter made Ibis statement in the con-
hiding portion of his address to the
Austrian mid Hungarian premiers
Tuesday, according to dispatches
from Vienna.
After declaring1 that the allies
would not succeed in their "iirpose of
sowing discord among national it irn
in the monarchy, the foreign minister
said : .
Kxhnustinjr, Strength
"Insofar as they (Jibe entente) nre
tint aiming at the aeipiisilion of ter
ritory, (hey tiro .. exhnuiiiiig ' their
strength mid ours in order to build on
(he ruins of civilization n new nr
rangement of (ho world, whereas the
ideas underlying such an arrange
ment, which are capable of realiza
tion ami which ulso are approved by
us, ran be realized more easih'. bit
the peaceable eo-operalioti of nil
peoples.
' In spite ol all, we look ever more
: hopefully toward the people now at
i war with ns to see whether at last
(hey have been delivered from the
blindness which, nfler fearful aflir-
the world ever into that destruction.
which thev run avert if they only
will.
The foreign minister said Unit his
confidence was based mi the war al
liances, particularly tiie obi alliances
with Germany, lie said thai Austria
and Germany would seek means of
extending I lie alliance so that it w ill
be adequate for all reuuircinenls.
Supported! by People
"In the-ie endeavors," be continued,
"The governments know they are in
agreement with the desires of (he
mass of people. Keoiiomir, military
and other relations are to be drawn
closer. The airrecment must comprise
a solution with due regard to desires
of the populations.
''Henceforth the alliance will not
mean a threat or unfriendliness to
ward anyone. Nothing will be in
cluded in it calculated to offer a
stimulus to I lie formation of counter
l roups. Kvenlhilig which in the fu
ture ran be realized of the sublime
idea of a universal league of nations
-hall find in our alliance u p ret tared
ymup which can eail" and naturally
unite with every general combination
of stales resting on concrete prin
ciple.
WITH
ITALY,
ed I 'res
( 'hica';o.
TIM-: ITALIAN A It MY IN
Inly 1 7. - ( I ty the Asociat-O-
Krne-t Hemingway of
formerly oi the -taff of the
Kansas City Star, and lately an am
bulance driver lor the American lied
("rn-s in Italy, ha, been recommended
for the Italian ero". While serv
ing at u canteen lie received 'JOO sep
arate wounds by explosion of a
trench inorlnr. None were danger
ous, la-spite bis wounds, he brought
into a dressing station several Ital
ian snlduTs who bad been seriously
wounded.
All the drafted men will bo admit
ted free to the Mono dunco which
w(lj he held Saturday night,