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AT SARATOGA
tepub lican Convention
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iBbOM FOR GOVERNOR
Greeting Ex.-Presidcrit
Movement on Foot to Nomi-
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filiate Colonel as Logical Can
didate of Patty
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1 By the Associated Press
7 Saratoga Sprint;", Si. Y., July 18.
Ii1 "v Patriotism wan the big feature of
', today's opening, session of the Repub-
' llcan State convention ; patriotism and
"an expression of heartfelt sympathy for
5 the family of Colonel Theodore Roose
velt because of the death of Lieutenant
! Quentlrr Roosevelt, ,ln the cause for
' which his country Is fighting.
Colonel RoORevelt, laying aside per
sonal .feeling, was the principal speaker
on the day s program. Consequently
the rival factions declared a temporary
I, truce In their struggle for partisan
i supremacy and gavp tho day over to a
'fitting reception to the bereaved father
?nd to enthusiastic patriotic demonstrations".
Faasett Flearin for Unity
A blea for narlv unity In this time of
It -war, 'an unauallflcd Indorsement of the
i rar record of Governor Charles a.
'"Whitman and his administration, and an
eloquent enunciation of patriotic prin
ciples marked the address today nf for
;, titer .Representative J. Sloat Fassett,
f. Temporary cnairman or tne convention.
if Mir. Fassett asserted that the Republican
party had stood solidly behind President
Wilson In his war nollcien. and that Re.
S'Jluhllcan '.Representatives and Senators
navo atmnnrtprl th President nnd the
'CAilmlnlstratlrtn better than the members
Is of his own parts-."
After we coming the newly enfran-
I ehlxed Vfomcn , Info Republican' ranks,
l"i.r 'Fae.ett said:
"we meet as Republicans
IPUt, jve.nre.Jar, more than Republicans,
5Vr"p;re' Atnerlcans" believing In our feoun-
Ht; prat and loving- 'our party because
!? lit)ltve It'j Is. the' best, means whererjy
. 7 V 1 u
,. srva.
fS.'This Isith? war of no mar) and or no
Met 'of men. It Is wider than our own
Country. It Is as wide as the welfare
ijijtne world, and we nave no rignt to
irlnlf to the cause of liberty In this war
f anything less than the very best.
i"'-"Tr!ls coriventlon.offers a splendid op-
i'sportunity for ftepuBiicans oi ail snaaes
h'ot dlfferlnR oplnlrfn to bury their non-
'5 essentials and to come solidly together
i?ifor sfrvIOe to our cummon country and
fttfc'tltt) world
&t? At a
?'Xttm nlntfnrm pnmmltten- threshes out
jfthe Jocument on which the fall cam-
itfljahjn Is to be waged, Will H. Hays.
Hchalrman- of the Renubl can national
icommlttee. Miss Varlck Boswell, repre-
t.aentlnrthn orsanlzed Republican women
nffoNthe States and Ellhu Root will be
Lmhtvapeakers. ' ,
Ril?.' t- n ,.-.; n.- ft, 1. 4.
ItliBorrow.
'At an-evening session to be held while
W " Will Round Keynote
1i.K 'Wla rtl Af PklAnAt TYttl la AT.
se vv . "" -' ?-":'.," --n
t seetea to nave important results in
r-,'hiplng the attitude of the party. Not
Ljoniy -will his speecn sound, a Keynote
Kfor the platform, but there is still
,. widespread hopeon.tne part oriinnuen-
slUal. leaders that the pressure being
jXfcroug-ht ' to bear on him to enter the
r- ambernatorlal contest' will be effective.
hJis.Many of. the delegates did not hesitate
E-ioexpress'the-tiope that the convention
m'bt be .stampeded Into indorsing the
Jptquer Preament lor tne guuernuipriai
HAmliutlAil '
KvHin'Bplte,of the fact thtit more recently
i -'than Sunday' he told a man prominent In
th -national councils of the party that
..' could not 'insider being a candidate
.. r thiv nomination, those who are, op-
ijioeied to advernor' whitman. and wno,ao
"ot believe Attorney derieral Lewis
JlJeiuTeaNup to the situation are still
,inrQwina uui inn ,,,-v w vv.v1fv.
' .flnallv will enter the race.
KvftLewla was seriously Injured yesterday
-in an auio accmeni.
PrtOi' Been Hationai Bioa-ani -
tr-f.it U the plan to handle the i national
.v': ,'- t.. -,-. . I...A- ., thai
111 mk the declaration the recognized
.'otiiclaidoctrlne and 'guide or the party
MH MM nation. Tni.is tne ioea oi unuir-
,.Bail riap. ui mc ii,ji v.iiimii
Ma It AS believed me presence una mun
el4f "forjner President Roosevel and
Mrner freeidejij uati. as-wen as uiai
SniK HMit anri Xlflll H TtaVfl nhftlr.
Mil of the RepublicanaNatlonal Com-
.fcaA. . will . vlwA Iha lllm nnia mtlfh
Bi vSie 'in the eyes, of Republicans all
; MJJt the country,
(Attornty uenerar iurion c. iewis,
sustained awrenched back in an
noblle .accident whne coming here
itarday. waa reported early today to
vreatlnr comfortably. His physicians
aid 'that further examination showed
there was no Injury to his spine and
"Hnat he probably would' be about in' a
few days. e iwi not permnteq, now
yer, to see , outsiders, nor to , confer
ylth his campaign lieutenants.
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iBECKER STEEL PLANT SEIZED'
;jProperty Taken ,Ovor Includes
fc fj?ecrei 01 mguopeeu oteei
Ci "y ,l,e uoc'a" Press
"VhlBilon, Ju'y 18. Taking oyer "by
ijovernnirnvJ me ucriimii-uwneu
Rer steel company or.America, wun
' nhnrlanlnn WV a n nf.
'In New York, was announced to-
.- Ai OTliKIICII ttlinu, alien lJIf4-
t eompany cornea to' American
I a cri process tor tne
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LIKE HELL" PURSUED BY U. S.
ARMY, COMMANDER REPORTS
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Along
a thirty-five mile front, from Fontenoy to Belle ju iod. Kranro-Amcriran irooim have oneneil a rrai
counter-offensive with the evident double purpose of diverting the German armies from their original purpose of
niovinp on Chalons and flanking theje forces in the great salient which bulges southward from Soissons and
Rheims. The Germans are continuing their attempt to tighten their noose about Rheims and are endeavoring
to debouch southward from Festiginy, where a fietae battle is raging. In the region of St. Agnan another terrible
Mruggle is taking place. The broken line on the above map represent the extent of the Franco-American counter
offensive. The German gains in their' offensive also are shown'
POLICEMEN USED
. TOAIDDEUTSCH
Restaurant Keeper fho
Wouldn't Canvass Votes
Tells of Persecution
SHIFT NEUTRAL OFFICER
Bu a StojT-'.'CorrrspenrtenI
Went Cheater, July 18.
Benjamin Yanowltx. n restaurant
keeper, who was the victim of police
brutality In the Fifth ward, testified this
morning In the Chester County Court
concerning the political activities of
Isaac Deutsch 'and Lieutenant David
Bennett.
The Commonwealth, on -the fourth day
of the conspiracy trial. of Deutsch. Ben
nett and five policemen, before Judge
Hause, continued Its efforts to show that
police were transferred and shopkeepers
Intimidated to build up a Devtech po
litical machine. Yanowitz said he went
with Bennett and Michael Murphy, a po
liceman, to the Deutsch headquarters.
He told Deutsch he would vote for him,
but couldn't canvass' votes, because It
would hurt his business.
"Don't be afraid of your neighbors,"
the witness declared Bennett said to
him- "If you are" afraid of your'nelgh
bors I can make you,afraht of me and
my officers. I will .put a quarantine
against you and break your business."
- Yanowlta told of visits made by police
men to his restaurant.. They annoyed his
patrons, he said.
Flnletter Club Raid Recounted
Under' severe grilling by Attorney
Gray In cross-examination, the witness
K.jMltlaJ Iknl a Sarin, fa VtOWM fiari faaPfl
made against him by a gtrl employe,
and that ha served a prison term as a
result. V
Qrayjendeavored to convince the jury
that a suicidal attempt by Yanowitx had
feen a !!frameup" for publicity purposes
to. Injure' Deutsch andv, Bennett, The
witness had testified that he tried to
kill hlrmjeif because' of police persecu
tion. A vivid account of the attack on
the Finletter Club, the Carey vheadquar
tars. September 18, was related by Ar
nold Blumberg, 409 South Fifth street,
a young lawyer, and the son of a Carey
lieutenant.
Blumberc Identified a leather.uphbl
stered chair In the courtroom b the
Chair through' whlch,a" bullet had been
Continued a rate 3Two. Column Two
2M0REFR0MHJERE
ARE DEAD .NUANCE
Rocco Di Sciascio .and W.
Upton Reported in Pershing's
Casualty Lists
Two mqre youths of this city are
dead as the result' of engagements with
the Germans In France.
The casualty list Issued by, the War
Department .today, contained the namea
of Rocco-dl Sciascio, 1013 Cress street,
and W. Upton, S350 North Lee street.
PI. Sciascio was killed In action, ac
cordfnr ' to "General Pershing's report,
and Upton died of. wounds.
. Dl Sciascio enlisted in July, 1917, and
went to France last A)rll. His. mother,
Mrs. Jemm Di Sciascio, dled July 1
last. ,
According to the telegram received
by tho family from the War Department,
DI Sclasco was killed June18. He has
a brother, Nicholas, In France with the
quartermaster's department and has
another brother and. Ave sisters In this
country. -"
Mr. and Mra, John' Upton, parents of
Private Upton, received an enthusiastic
letter from their aon a shqrt time agt.
He made no mention of being near the
firing line.
"He was twenty-three years' old and
enlisted last November, going to France
three monthn ago. He died June 29.
Before enlisting Upton xwas employed b
unnvetius improvement; uepny.
IW'II'MWMII:W
AUTO RAMS CAR
WOMAN MAY DIE
Six Passengers Injured in
Collision on Elmtvood
Avenue
U.S. TROOPS WIN
GLORY ON MARNE
ALLIES FOIL
ATTEMPT TO
TRAP RHEIMS
German 'Armies Halted in
New Movement to En
velop City
, , .
ITALIANS MAKE GAIN
NORTH OF THE MARNE
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CM?
V.7SRS
American and French Resist
ance Holds Both Champagne
Flanks Safe
Enemy Dead Piled Five Deep
Before Pershing's
Positions
STEERING GEAR BREAKS
One woman was probobl$ fatally hurt,
five .other persons were less seriously
Injured, and perhaps .a-doxei-jore-euf-
fered alight cuts and bruises today In
a head-on collision between a trolley
car and a motortruck at Sixty-eighth
street and Elmwood avenue.
-Those seriously hurt were:
FRANCES MARTIN. 7D2S ItrewMrr avenue:
fractured akull. may die; taken to the
University Hospital.
RUTH nilim.K. Seventy-nlnth street and
llulst Hvenuaj lacerations about the head:
treated at the University Hospital and
son! hnm.
JAMKN WATKRS. thirty-live years old. 2.119
.Went r-.int street, truck driver; oo-
llili 'i.i I Injuries cuts about face,
.Jfi'.' 'lv" Unlveralty Hoapltal.
JOHN Ml ,;ti:i.l,. twenty-tix yeara old, 1409
South Ch.HhvIok street, motorman: rut
and brulnn and poailble Internal Injuries;
Unlvvmlty llnnpllVl.
THEODORE ANDERSON, forty yeara old.
1425 South Paxon 'street; arms, legs and
fare badly cut: University Hospital.
F. CMSMNON. 6100 Reedland street, con
ductor; atruck by wood splinters; treated
on scene and sejit home.
The accident wap unavoidable, police
Investigation showed, and no arrests
were made.
Both truck and trolley car were mov
ing' rapidly eastbound on Tlmwood ave
nue, the. truck on the right side of the
track, when suddenly the steering gear
broke. The heavy vehicle Bwerved to
the left and rammed tne trolley, passing
half way through the car. The crash
was heard, several blocks away.
Waters waa hurled off his seat and
fell some distance away. Morrell, taken
unawares, had no time to Jump to safety
and waa dashed beckward the length ot
the car. The passengers, of whom there
.were more than a dozen, were thrown
Into a struggling heaplver seats and
to the rear of the car. "A terrific blow
on the head fro ma piece of flying
wreckage knocked Frances Martin un
conscious. Women less seriously hurt
became hysterical and struggled -madly
to.cHmb out from .beneath the wreckage.
-Police and ambulances within a few
mlnuteB had adptinlstered first aid to
those who needed It most and carried
them to the hospital. Others, suffering
only from fright and shock, were sent
home.
The motortruck, which was a" total
wreck, was owned by the Beam.Fltecher
Corporation, Thirty-first and Master
streets.
French High Officer Lauds With the American Army in the
Brilliant Work of Amer
ican Soldiers
HOLD ALL THEIR GAINS
YANKEES ENRAGE GERMANS
Press Endeavors to Belittle Suc
cess of U. S. Soldiers
Paris. July .18. (By I. X. S.)The
North German Gazette, -enraged at the
American success on 'the Marne, says,
"The Americans' cannon fodder is Inca
pable of battllngthe war-hardened Ger
mans," according to a dispatch, from A
Swiss source today. "
. The newspaper declares that America
Is powerless to Instruct a sufficient num
ber of men and to get them to the front
in fime,
By EDWIN L. JAMES
Special Cable to Evening. Public Ledger
c"oiWflntr 1)1), tv XrvKrkTimtB-Co.
With the American Army on the
Marne, July 18.
The American troops are'holdlnnr all
the gnlns they made against the Oer-,
mans) on the Marne front between
Chateau-Thierry nnd Dormans. From
Chateau-Thierry to Qourterhont the
enemy has been completely thrown
back across the Marne and counter
attacks by the French and Americans
yesterday arjd last night pushed the
Germans back on the river to a line
running through Savlgny, Bols de
Conde, north of Chezy; Kerme-des-Clos-Mllon
to Nesle-Le-Hepons. .
Despite violent attacks thrown
against them nnd bloody flghtlnrT, tho
American troops have suffered no re
verse. Against the furious German
onslaught they have held fast with a
tenacity which evoked unbounded en
thusiasm and praise in the French
ranks. . f
I asked a French high ' officer
what he thought of the conduct of the
American troops fighting east of Chateau-Thierry.
He replied: "They have
covered themselves with glory. They
are glorious."
That officer knew, for" the success
of his role lit the Battle depended
largelyjm what the Americana did.
What Aniericans Accomplished
To. comprehend what the Americans
accomplished, it should be understood
that on Sunday we he a line along
the Marne from Chateau-Thierry to
Just west of Jaulgonne. Since then
we have thrown more troops Intb the
battle, so that from a point due aouth
of Jaulgonne to a point Just west of
Kesle-Le-Repons we. are fighting with
the French. When the Germans
launched their drive on Monday morn
ing it was with the objective of a
line sweeping from Chateau-Thierry
through Coutons, through Montlgny,
and thence aouth to Epernay and
Chalons, the grand objective. Mon
tlgny waa to have been reached on the
first day through the Americans.
It was after extraordinarily vicious
artilery preparations that the Ger
mans, got troops across the Marne at
ten points between Chateau-Thierry
and Dormans. Against the Americans
who were then holding the south bank
of the Marne up through Mezy, the
crck German (deleted) Guard Divi
sion got across about 15,000 men by
French and Yankees Smash Foe's Lines On 25-Mile Aisne-MarnehO
Front Seize 18 Guns at Courcliamps Pershing's Plunge
Continues Number of Captives Enormous German
Salient Imperilled
By the Vnited Press ;
With the American Army in the Champagne, July 18 (4:20 p. m.).
American troops are till advancing everywhere along the twenty-five-milfi
a: f A .i .. ... . i -i aj. i
rtuic-marne ironi wnere tney are co-operating witn tne v rencn in wraay s sr iW&m
counter-offensive, as this is cabled. 4WM
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By the United Press ff$!
With the American Army in the Champagne, July 18. The Americans arfl
advancing with the French" on the' forty-kilometer front (twenty-five miles') beJfm
tween boissons (on the Aisne) and Chateau-Thierry (on the Marne). Vw
The Americans had captured more than a dozen towns and villages, takMly
numerous prisoners ana advanced more than three Kilometers ineany two mnes; -rage
l-m.
Village After Village Falls
up to noon.
35,000. DRIVE AT PETROGRAD
Lithuanian Army Reported on
Move Reds Meet Defeat
Paris, July, 18. jThlrty-flvk thousand
Lithuanians and loyal Russian veterans.
under General Klimattls, are. marching
on Petrngrad, according to a report
received here today.
The Bolshevik forces have been de
feated at Vitebsk, on the Mld-Dvlna
River, and are said to be (teeing In dis
order. ' , v
LINED WITH SILVER, THOUGH
Fair taniaht. but Fridau lad.
l What's the reason. boT
There's a friend of his ",in bad"
Temperature, you know,
'Neath a partly cloudy sky
Bunnltjess is slim.,
Poor, oldjTemp'raturel Poor old
ji4ttlevhanoe for htmt
Contained on Taita. Fire. Column Four
KAISER GRATEFUL. FOR CREDIT
- V
Says It Proves People; Are Back
ing "Invincible" Army
Genera, -July 18. (By J, .V. s.). The
Kaiser, hi thanklnsr Rootsrv i c.V..
.Uoerdern or the voting of the new
uerman war credit, was quoted in a
Berlin dispatch today as saying:
"It Istjiroof that the people In the
re.ar are backing ,up the army, Oer-'
many will be Invlnclhl. tr it r.m.in.
conscious of Its force and maintains Its
ennnrinnrA In Clnii "
DISASTER CAUSED BY NEGLECT
Unskillful Navigation Also Is
Charged vin Columbia Report
' By the Associated Press
Washington, July 18. "Unskillful
navigation and neglect" are charged,
""V V1" ,"-""S7"'. " i oi tne
steamboat Columbia In a preliminary.' re
port to Secretary Redfleld by the local
Inspectors on the Illinois river disaster
Champagne, July 18,
The fourth day of the battle finds
the Germans' still halted in their at
tempt to envelop 'Rheims.
Stubbornness ofthe American and
French resistance at the extremities
of the fighting front east of Chateau-Thierry
and cast of Rheims
safely holds the Allies flanks.
""The AtfVcTtctrn noi'only arVkioldP
ing their ground, but are inflict
ing the hreaviest punishment on the
.enemy. In the region of Mezy and ;
Jaulgonne the boche dead are piled
four and five deep.
One American regimental com
mander estimates 5000 dead In front
of his command alone.
Tho Germans have not renewed
their attempt to break the American
resistance on the Megy front and this
region remains strangely void of In
fantry operations, but the most des
perate encounter continues Jo the
eastward In the region of Conde wood,,
Stagnan and Ba Chapelle-Monthodon,
with the "Americans fighting elbow to
elbow with the French.
In Grapple of Heath
The battle line south of the Marne
sways back and forth as the opposing
armies continue In their grapple of
death. The latest definite information
showed that the Marne line, involving
the Americans, extends from Mezy to St.
Agnan to I.a Chapelle-Monthodon to
Combllrey to Le Mensnil-Huttleh, thence
northeastward to the river, A gain of
one kilometer (.621 miles) at I.e Mes-nll-Huttler
represents the total progress
made by the enemy In Jwo days of
terrible fighting, Attacks and counter
attacks follow each other in bewilder
ing succession, and are. acompanled by
unprecedented artillery fire.
(This shows the Amer.cans are holding
an unbroken front of more than twenty
miles south of the' Marne. From Chateau-Thierry
easjward to Mezy, five
miles east and north of Chateau-Thierry
the Ctermans have been pushed back
across the river, and have not attempted
to recrqss.' From Mesy southeastward to
St. Agnan, a distance of six miles, the
Americans apparently are opposing the
bpches alone. From there eastward and
northeastward they are brigaded with
the French. La Chapelle-Monthodon is
two miles directly east of St. Agnan.
Combllzey is four m,les northeast of La
Chapelle-Monthodon.. Le. Mesnll-Huttier
lai about four miles farther to the north
east and about two miles south of the
Marne.)
French Laud V. H. Bravery
The .Americans' ability and dash In
resisting attacks and In counter-attacking
has won the hlgh.st .praise from the
French officers. American bravery and
Initiative "and French experience and gal
lantry, coupled with the most excellent
artillery support, both by FrenchNand
Americans guns, Is what has held up
the, boches.
Along the Montmtrail road, which the
enemy expected to hold,, old men an-1
women were peacefully working In gar
dens. The stoppage of- the Germans by
the Americans, east of Chateau-Thierry
upset the enemy program of operations
toward MontmlratU ,
The attack today was centering toward
the French on the American right In
an apparent effort to reach Epernay.
. Wipe Out German Kesianent
As an' Instance .of the German losses,
prisoners said the American artillery
wiped out 'one entire regiment before
It was able to cross the Marne, Of a
group of six boats each holding twenty
men, five were destroyed. The famoos
tlxth Grander ttexlmant .was alter"?
annihilated, every man being killed er
raptured. Three German divisions (38,.
00) jircre so demoralised that they have
not appeared in the battle since the first
day. .
Extraordinary weather has marked
the battle (tally. Searching sunshine has
which caused the loss of more thin 100 P1 uccaea " ncs Md rain
Uvea. ! " almost every hour with monotonouy lr-
autewatlcaUyxwunTplraw., The rnasU The lateatAinformit.i
rovmaiHM ,?. VJ. -. - ;. I
rTrtia.'S
njvswftsa
Up to the hour of cabling the Americans had captured the following .towMsls&a
west of Chateau-Thierry: Viller-Heldon,Dammard, Courchamps, Licy-Clignonigji
Monthiers, Torcy, Belleau, Givray, St. Gengoulph, Hautesvenes and other sliliMw
11 .. i. J J 1 ! -I J xek'&
villages, minis, jieignts aim woous, including uivery woou.
W1I
mssses,
The advance reached a depth of three kilometers within three hours aftCTif?
it began. Manv towns within that denth northward clear.to Fantenov were .tekefc!&1
Kir 4-nrt A Wtf-aMiskn -r. rs 4-V j-a TPmsv rl nxntr'!'
Rnrhp "Turner! Tail anrl Ran" S&:1
The American commander at Givray, reporting the .capture of the toyrriMWM
headquarters, sent 'the-f ollowing :
' Met boche on his line of resistance. Sharp fight. Boche turned tail 'inl
and ran like hell, pursued by our troops. Hope have more prisoners.
At headquarters messages w.ere coming in from everywhere asking pet ,4f$
mission tn rniKri' nn fnrrhpr. M5
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it was essential tnat tne nne snouiu ne Kept straignt, ana in some instance
it was necessary tA8SLhc)RB)s to hold back until adjoining units came upi;
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BRITISH BRING DOWN TWENTY GERMAN AIRCRAFT
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LPNDON, July 18. (Fourteen German nirplanes were
brought down by 'British airmen and six hostile balloons were
destroyed Tuesday, the Air Ministry announced today. Nine
British machines were lost. Successful bombing operations trere
carried out.
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AISNE-MARNE DRIVE BIGGEST
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ALLIED PUSH SINCE APRIL, 1917
LONDON, July 18 (4.35 p. m.) The drive between the A:..
and the Marne is the biggest Allied ojitnslve since Tp;il, i.
Many, tanks are in action with the French nnd Amerlian t.u-f
WILL TRADE ON BELGIUM
Fattarland Party Wants to Use
Flanders to 'Gain Ends
By thi Associated Press
.Amsterdam, July 18.' While declining
to give Its Interpretation of the .recent
statement' by Chancellor von Hertllng
regarding Belgium, the German Father
land party, according to current German
newspapers, has issued the following
statement on the subject:
"As far as we are concerned. Belgium
ia'a nledaro to safearuard a lasting peace.
to strengthen Germany's hands In Bel
gium, to preserve U from Anglo-Ameri--
n exploitation, to preserve me iiem
ra and their Industries from becomln
Frenchified ana trom engusn tyranny.
We want i free nanaers, as a real
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Vast Number of Captives jsa
It is the greatest pursuit of boches 'JA&t&M
sYL A kUAb.AAMn 1aj aaV as.tfl ! y.ils -
iiiu liiivi icniia iiuyc yci, cnuavcu in. . .Vu
Enormous numbers of Drisonera hava ?'
been taken. It is impo'ssible to eatl-.
mate how many.
The greatest force of Americans iJs
wnicn nas yet participated in tt:'l-w&'.a
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single engagement is advancing wil
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the French in this 'offensive, whim jMSJ
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wna lnnnrhpH nt. A'.RO this morninr.
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CJiKiiLCL-n cuiiiiuii were t-uiurni i j'?m
flhc Prnrh anrl Anrtavrlpnns t fiaik' lJrl
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Latest reports say that the
vance continues everywhere.
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tear for .the. vital necessities of thi
RULES FOR CAMP MAIL
Major Simpson Tells How to Ad
dress Letters to Wadsworth, S, C.
Rules to be followed In sending mail
to soldiers In Camp Wadsworth, S. C,
have .been Issued my Major David B.
Simpson, Fifty-fourth Pioneer Infantry,
head' of the camp mall service and, for
mer superintendent of the West Market
street postofflce.
The major urged care . be taken to
have the company letter and regimental
number of the soldier on all letters or
packages. Iteturn' addressee also should
be on all mall. Sending ot fruits or
other perishable things la prohibited.
Bend -money to soldiers by registered
mall. and. the major saya. they may'
buy things from the post exchange much
ihill ban , tkia naala . lkaSMaa.
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Fight Foe in Air gi
American airplanes, flying qyeT
the lines, fought the boches above,
while the "doughboys and machine
gunners fought them below. Aerial
observers dashed through the clouds
and others carried back messages. itfAm
The surprise not only was com- .n$S
tnK"'. " '"".. " "'. :. i.&
...-.1. ....H ..n..n..Il.. ..n J Ui-lil .'.'.MM
InsVierl iin tn thn lines. The horses- j"S2S
" r. . :. 3ai
were carried up tne same way. v,
T.in.s nf rnrWK rnrrviniy nix ainil .sf5a
..,..u -. v---.-- ..,... ,
eight horses apiece have been hur-
Tiea up lur tne itti. ivciiiy-iw fj4j
hours.
Enemy Guns Useless
The German artillery resistance '
was feeble until 7 o'clock, then them 't5S
fime onened ud. but the Americans itSSI
had advanced too far for the enemy 1J&i
cruna to aton them. L..ittSx5yS
'Torcv was captured in fifteiMi
minutes. Belleau fell at 8:20 wjta$
r.lvriv linlf nn hour later.
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Th tntuna named In the dlSDatdkt.-j
cover a front of more than seven mmjftpn
Reiican is five miles northwest-iertf.. r-5
rhatpaii.Thlerrv. Toicy Ishatf -tteisJ-SS"3
west of Belleau. Llcy-CUgnon ' toysPWf" ,".T
nlle north of Torcy. Vlnly U tlirM-H' Zft
a rr.a,m. ain iiraavains ia,i.'L .-
mues west vi uj, nH-wtw -i
two mllea northwest, St. GensGUlplJWC
till re iinivo i " T- Z ZZ. r ii
a mile and a half north and Glvry
n mile east. Dammaro. is two. a
and a half north and west ot
ue.iBuu.j.... t m
By the Vnited Press $
t rsr, Juiy
French and American
tacked this morning on. the
five-mile front from Fonl
'Belleau. .the French WwrljJ
announced. v. ;?
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