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Evening star., 1918-07-21
Allies in Striking
Distance of Railway
Serving German Army

By the Associated Press.
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY ON
THE AIsNE FRONT, July 2o.-rhe
advance along the Soissons-Chateau
Thierry road has brought the allies
within artillery striking distance of
the junction of the railroad serving
the Germans as line Of communica-
tion. The junction already is under
fire. and. unless the desperate attempt
which the Germans are making to
hold is successful. thousands of the
crown princes men may be cut on
and forced to retreat.
A less powerful effort is being
made by the French and Amer
leans eastward OF Chateau Thterry.
except in front OF the position where
the Germans crossed the Marne. The
fighting is cofnparatiyely light east
of Chateau Thferry, except at the
river, where the most stubborn resist
ance Of the Germans was unable to
check the allies. who at one point
moved forward half q mile.
Evening star., 1918-07-21
Artillery aallops Forward.

!
Soon thereafter word came back
limit of the barrage 30 that the ar
tillery hitched up and started ahead
at a dead gallop unlimbering again
two or three miles farther along and
began sheliing the boche strongholds
at the greater distance.
Tho Infantry came last, but not
least, for they did the attaching.
Starting at the hour chosen for the
assault. and equipped with rifles.
plenty Of ammunition. automatic
srenades ~ for this a' was s to t tss Ss opsn opsn
fighting. and, accompanied by hard
fighting, hard-digging engineers, they
advanced into the German positions.
Their formation cannot be oofclose-
" described. but It was that which
that its outmost fringe. Its fighting
edge, was composed Of fresh troops.
The infantry advanced at the rate of
. hundred yards In three minutes, and
made two halte as the first and Sec
ond objecttves were reached. The
first was Of ten minutes and the sec
ond Of forty.
The censor does not permit me to
give full details OF the names of the
villages and farms which have been
captured by the American troops. but
the soldiers who attacked east OF
in. 2 deep ravine. where there were
many enemy machine guns. 80 they
simply surrounded the ravine and
outhanked the Germans there.
The Americans who started from the
east edge Of the forest Of viilers-
Cotterets, north Of Longport, stornied
vaucastilIea and Besurephin. The
Americans who attacked north 81
Longport sstimate the number OF
prisoners captured at about 1000, q
meter guns and q regiment Of Gsrman
artillery besides. 81.
Evening star., 1918-07-21
GERMAMSLOSE 40, 900
IN RHEIMS FIGHT

PARIS, July 10, Havas Agen-
ey-Herri CALI. nember Of the
chamber Of deputies. who has
Just returned from the front,
writes the Matfn an interesting
narrative Of the fighting east
of Rheims.
Owing to the maneuver d.
rected by Gen. Gouraud on July
IS, when he ordered his ad-
vanced posts to fall back to the
French main position, the
French lost nearly 1000 men In
killed and wounded. he safd.
On the other hand, the Ger
mans lost ten times that num-
her, he writes. BY 10 O'Clock
I'm the morning . number OF
German regiments had lost more
than half their electives, and
entire companies were almost
annihfIated and had only q few
men left.
Evening star., 1918-07-21
SALVATION ARMY
MAJOR GOES "0VER
TOP" WITH THEM

= -
PARIS, June 19-John T..
Atkins, formerly a Salvation
Army major in Chicago now
serving with 4 famous bat
TALON of the United States
Army rs a Salvation Army
worker, has been mentioned In
battalion and regimental or
ders, has been cover the top
several times with the baf-
TALON, has been acclaimed the
most popular man in the bat.
TALON and recommended for .
commission as chaplain.
sMajor" Atkins, who ID
known to the officers and men
of the battalion as the little
maior,s to distinguish him
from the real major Of the orr
ganizatiorl, Mai. Theodore
Roosevelt, IT, Il said to carry
the good luck Of the.unit with
him. The boys believe that
when he Is present with them
In an engagement their CASUAL
ties are light. On one occa.
sion, when 4 raid was TO be
undertakes, the little majors
unit suffered only four casual-
ties, while the next 0rganixa.
ton suffered severely
When pay day was . long
time coming recently he gave
each man IN the battalion an
order for = francs on tho can.
teen. Each took advantage Of
the '.jawIsone,n 6 the Army
boys call 4 loan, and VIXEN pay
day came not one failed to
visit the little niator with the
rcturn payment, .:zs
Evening star., 1918-07-21

AMSTERDAM, July ,2o.-A semi
odicial statement received here from
Berlin says the German supreme army
command had several aims in its at
tack on the southern bank Of the
Marne, the crossing of which river. it
asserts, was unobserved by the en-
tente allies. The statement goes so
far as to claim that the German OBJ
Jectives have been fully attained.
Called Belief Offensive.
A semi official telegram received here
from Berlin while admitting that the
s'enemy has succeeded in penetrating
into and pressing back our lines at some
points," avoids particulars Of the allied
success. The telegram calls the Franco
American offensive "a relief offensive
brought about by the German offensive
THE attack was carried out by very
strong and deeply echeloned forces sup
ported by low-dying airplanes and num-
erous tank sQuadrons. Before some sec
tors between the Aisne and northwest Of
Chateau Thierry some eighty tanks were
counted In the first attack"
Sees Great Battle.
Lieut.. Gen. Won Krdonne. comment
ing in the Tageblatt on the German
offensive. says:
I'VE clearly are only at the beginning
of probably the greatest battle in the
entire history of the world. Most Sc
we're fighting still lies ahead. It would
| be presumptuous and in bad taste to talk
already about the fresh destruction Of
enemy fighting forces"
The statement reads:
"The activity of the British In
| creased in isolated sectors toward
| Meteren. They obtained q footing in
Neteren, but otherwise their repulse
| left prisoners In our hands.
Between the Afsne and the Marne
the battle continues Again the enemy
started an attack with a view to a
breach on the whole front. Tanks
penetrated early in the morning into
desperate struggle the first enemy
| thrust had been defeated toward noon
! on the heights southwest of Soissons.
| west of Hartennes-St. NeuflIy and
northwest of Chateau Thierry.
"Between the Aisne and the Ourcq
an attack broke down under our coun-
| ter thrusts. and to the south of the
ourcq mostly by our fire. North of
Evening star., 1918-07-21

By the Associated Press.
LONDON, July 20.-The Germans.
under heavy pressure, have been
forced to withdraw from Rossignol
wood. between Hebuterne and Buc-
quoy. and this strategtcally important
position is now in the hands Of the
British.
This announcement was made to-
night in the Official statement from
the war Office. The text OF the COM
munication says:
During the day our minor opera
tions In the Hebuterne sector have
been continued with success. Under
the pressure Of our troops the
enemy has been compelled to with
draw from Rossignol wood. between
Hehuterne and BucQuoy, and this i'm
portant local feature is now in our
possession. The enemy was followed
up closely by our troops and suffered
a number of casualties.
"our total capture in yesterdays
operations at Meteren amounted to
Evening star., 1918-07-21
BERLIN CALLS COUNTER
DRIVE RELIEF OFFENSIVE:

Hartennes we threw back the enemy
beyond the original line: our troops
report the heaviest enemy losses. A
large number Of tanks were demolish-
ed before our front
South of the Marne there was mod
crate firing activity during the day.
Southeast of. Mareun enemy partial
attacks were repulsed-
During the night our troops south
Of the Marne were withdrawn to the
north bank of the river without being
noticed by the enemy.
Northwest OF Souain French ad-
vances were sanguinarily repulsed
Yesterday again thirty enemy air
planes and seven captive balloons
were shot down"
Evening star., 1918-07-21
.GERMAN-MAGYARS
FORM RED GUARD
czecho- -sIoyaks Say They
Must Have Army From
Outside.

Most of the red guards who op-
posed the czecho-Slovaks when the
latter took control of the government
at y1adtyostok were Germans and
Magyars, said message received by
Prof. Masaryk. president Of the Czecho-
sloyak national council. The message
was made public here last night
The dispatch said the bolshevists
had surrendered control Of the gov
ernment to the Germans and Mag
vars. and that the Czecho-Slovaks de-
cided for that reason. and because OF
attacks on Czecho-Slovak forces else
where in Siberia, to take charge OF az
fairs at the seaport.
Dead Bodies the Proof.
I'm our fighting here" said the dis
patch, most of our opponents have
been Magyars and Germans, proof OF
this being furnished by prisoners and
by dead bodies. The bolshevists have
completely lost their popularity with
the majority of the Russian people,
and, in places where they stu retain
power this is only with the help OF
enemy prisoners. who hold control of
everything by force. We do not mix
In any way in Russian domestic af-
fairs. and we find that this secures US
the sympathy of the people every
where.
1--WE have also kept in close touch
with the representatives of the allies
and all our measures are taken with
their knowledge and concurrence. All
the allies representatives are in sym
pathy with us and afford US all the
assistance they can, supplying us
with medical assistance.
Must Have Army from Outside.
I'm our opinion. it is most desirable
and also possible to reconstitute
Russian-German front in the east.
but we feel certain that q combined
and single-minded military effort by
the allied powers is essential to eject
this.
I'VE also feel certain that an army
capable of fighting the Germans can
not be raised by Russia herself in the
Immediate future The army must
come from outside to begin with.
Evening star., 1918-07-21
Navy to Seize Norfolk Houses.

NORFOLK. Va. July 20.-In order
to break up profiteering at the ex-
pense of Navy employees and acting on
the opinion of the Navy Departments
legal advisers, Secretary Daniels to-
day, following a conference at the
Norfolk navy yard, directed Admiral
Watt. commandant of the industrial
section of the yard. to commander
all houses needed by his men, where
the landlords participated in profteer-
ing.
Evening star., 1918-07-21

after daylight, but the allied guns
were much more effective. as reports
from the aviators and observation
balloons on the enemy positions came
in. There were numerous bombing
raids by airmen this morning.
The northern half of the Soissons-
Chateau Thierry line is now far be-
yond Viezy. to the cast. and there
have been bitter struggles in this ter
|ritory. The allies big guns com
Hmand the bridges southeast OF sois-
Evening star., 1918-07-21
ASK NOON PRAYER HEARING.
Military Affairs Committee Urged
to Set Date,

Hearing before tho military affairs
committee Of the House has been
asked on the joint resolution request
ing the President to commend by
proclamation prayers by the people
for ono minute at noon each day for
the success Of the war.
This measure has passed the Sem
ate The hearing has been asked by
John D. Bradley, president Of the
Washington Secular League and rep
resentative Of tho American. Secular
Union, the Freethought Federation
and the Nationalist Association Of
America. e-s-..st- = =. q :. -
Evening star., 1918-07-21
Dr.. Christopher Tompkins Dead.

RICHMOND. Va, July 20.-Dr.
Christopher Tompkins. formerly dean
of the Medical College of Virginia.
died at his home tonight at the age of
seventy years. He was for many years
one Of the leading physicians of the
state. DR.. Tompkins was about his
home Friday, but was striken seri-
ously i'll during the night AID his
death followed tonight.
Evening star., 1918-07-21
Brooklyn Pitchers Enlist in Navy.

CHICAGO. July 2o.-"Rube" Mar
guard and "Burley" Grimes. pitchers
for the Brooklyn National League
base ball club. enlisted in the United
States Navy here tonight. They took
the oath on the stage of local thea
ter. the announcement being made
that they were the latest players to
obey the work or fight" order.
Evening star., 1918-07-21
Secretary McAdoo Leads Parade.

SEATTLE. Wash., July 20.--March-
ing on foot. William q. McAdoo, di-
rector general of railroads; Mrs. Mo-
Adco and Charles N. schwab. dirsctor
general Of the Emergency Fleet Cor
poration. led parade OF 10000 OVER
aIi-clad shipyard workers through the
downtown section here late today in
honor Of the American victories in
tho present Franco-American Of
Evening star., 1918-07-21
SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, 1e1s-PART
Americans and French1le,l
Fight Brarely Side By Side

sons to, Chataeu Thierrv. Great suc-
cess on the line from Sotssons 20
Rheims. while 1t might break the
German morale. an error by the enemy
might also give the operation results
OF tremendous Importance.
Divide Important Positions.
Americans had positions equal in
Importance with the tried French
veterans. CAntfgny was a SHOW"
Bois de Belleau was fight. but this
was battle In Q great counter oten-
sive. 1t is not advisable to give ex-
act locations, but American units
were near the end Of the spoke, near
the middle and near the hub, and
other units were on the other side Of
the salient.
rapidly Of all. advanced lighting one
kilometer (about half mile) an hour
for fifteen hours. Those in the middle
made their detectives on exact sched-
ule time. Torcy, one objective Of the
first day for the unit at the hub. was
Of this, unit was taken quickly and
tho INIT then was forced to mark
time while the point thirty kilo-
meters (about eighteen miles) north
Americans Magnificent Attackers.
II the movement ended with only
the present moderate gain Of towns
and ground 1t has great additional
can. are magnificent attacking troops.
which knowledge the grand COM
mander needed in ordering his bat
ties.
Fraternization between French and
American troopss always good. Is
now perfect among these troops
who fought together. I have seen
coming back Americans with leg
wounds. with their arms over the
shoulder Of q Frenchman with an arm
tionaiity in giving aid, either by other
wounded men or in dressing stations
and hospitals.
Cheer French "Going In.s
A line Of American walking cases''
coming out passed French supports
going in and gave cheer after cheer.
Prisoners coming back were OF a
good class. but their morale is not as
high as that OF those taken earlier.
The complete surprise has knocked
them out and they are much discour-
aged. One said he stayed awake until
o'clock in the morning. then fell
asleep in his dugout and was awaken
ed by an American punching him with
q bayonet and saying It was time to
get up.
The rapid retreat Of the enemy was
an Immense surprise to the Americans.
who expected stir resistance. A
slightly wounded doughboy said he
would be out only two weeks, but the
war would ''be over. sure-them Ger
mans won't fight U.S."
The haste Of the retreat Is shown by
the booty captured and the quantities
Of souvenirs gathered. Aviators fly
ing over the German back area report
that the roads are clogged with men.
transports and guns
Evening star., 1918-07-21
Pajamas for Gassed Men

PARIS, July 20.-Hospital pajamas
made by American women have been
found Of the utmost service in re-
placing gas-infected. clothing at the
seventeen Red Cross bath stations
which have been started In Francs.
Evening star., 1918-07-21


fifty machine guns"
Text Of Day Statement.
The British day statement follows:
'As a result Of our operations yes
terday our line in the Meteren sector
has been advanced on a front of about
1000 yards and both the village of
Meteren and the group Of buildings
to the southwest of 1t known as LIE
Walton are now held by our troops.
The enemy offered considerable re-
sistance on the extreme left Of our
attack. but at other points our OBJ
iectives were gained rapidly and with
out great difficulty. The number of
prisoners reported u 346.
English troops carried out a sue
cessful raid during the night near
Beaumont-Hamel and captured few
prisoners and a machine gun.
Farther north English troops push
ed our line forward on a front of
about mile south of Hebuterne. after
sharp fighting.
Hostile artillery has been active in
the neighborhood of st. Venant and
Ypre6."
Evening star., 1918-07-21

and peach stones" has been launched
in Germany. For stones Of cherries,
plums and peaches collectors will re-
ceive government soup squares" at
the rate OF two for a pound.
Evening star., 1918-07-21
This Is the
Age Of Youth
Strands of Gray Hair
May Be Removed.

Strands Of gray hair are unat.
traetlve and very unnecessary and
accelerate the appearance Of ap-
preaching age. Why not remove all
traces Of gray In the hair and pos
sess an even shade of beautiful dark
hair In bounteous quantities by the
use of "La Creole" Hair Dressing?
Used by thousands Of people every
day - everywhere - with perfect
satisfaction. No one need be an
. noyed with gray hair-hair streaked
with gray, diseased scalp or dandruff
when offered such q preparation as
"La Creole" Hair Dressing. Apply
II freely to scalp and hair, rubbing
II In well, and after d few ,applica-
lions You will be delightfully."- sur.
prised with tho results.
USE 49,
Ma CreoleD Hair Dressing
for gray or faded hair and retain
the appearance Of youth. Used by
4enflemen In every walk of life to
restore an even dark color to their
gray hair, beard or mustache. For
EaIs by Peoples Drug Stores,
ODonnelrs Drug Stores and an
good drug stores everywhere. sLa
creoIer Hair Dressing b sold o. .
.{1e1o4.eaeik Guatzz1el.
Evening star., 1918-07-21

It pays to read the want columns OF
The Star. Hundreds of situations are
filed through them
Evening star., 1918-07-21
Bumstead's Worm Syrup

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the test for 30 years. IT NEVER FAILS. To
children angel Of mercy. PLEASANT TO
TAKE. NO SICKNESS; NO PHYsIc NEEDED.
One bottle has killed 132 worms. All druggists
ard dsalers, or by mail. 25c q bottle.
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Evening star., 1918-07-21
FRANCO AMERICANS
SQUEEZE SACK ABOUT
THE GERMANS

CONTINUED from First Pase.)
Among the prisoners were colonel
and two majors. all in one group.
The firing on both sides increased
Evening star., 1918-07-21
BY CLAIR. KENAMoRn.

Cablegram to The Sunday Star and
the New York world. Copyright 1slS.
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY ON
THE MARINE, July 2o.-The past week
has been by far the most important
since America entered the war. 1t
began with the German offensive on
the Marne with the design. it now
seems established. Of isolatfng and
overthrowing Rheims by undermining
at Epernay and Chalons. The attempts
lat Chalons failed at the start. Toward
Epernay progress was slow and made
at great cost. Americans were In op-
position at both places.
At other points the enemy made
gains of various dimensions, but none
was important. On the second day he
moved very slowly and on the third
day his movement was halted COM
pletely as an offensive though vicious
local lighting, attacks. counter attacks
and heavy cannonading continued.
Foch Gets His Chance.
This gave Gen. Foch his chance.
Along the roads back Of the sa-
lient nearest Paris sped magnificent
French motor trains miles long. All
the implements OF war, save one were
carried on rubber tires to the ap-
pointed places. Cavalry horses were
saddled and taken fresh to the scene,
guns, munitions men and kitchen ra-
tions went by motor. Fortune fa-
vored. and black night with rain COW
tered the gathering. a
1t was joy to on1ookers as the
lfhnnGanhAa v1nNrhtAI r~lr
along the dark roads. to realize that
they now moved as our generals
wished and not as the German gem
erals made it Necessary.
! This time the cards had, 50 fallen
that we had the lead. and men Of
of the forest Of villers Cottereta
Truck drivers carried French and
Americans, and alongside them the
infantry marched. while farther on in
the trees iancers rode. A lightning
Hash might have revealed any OF
these ploddinG. methodical trucks
crawling along. t#
Surprise Was Complete.
Similar scenes were witnessed in
the raid from the Aisne TO well be-
ceased at o'clock in the morning.
Prisoners say an attack was expected
at early dawn. but none came. and
when. through the heavy ground mist,
the advance began at 4:s0 the sur
prise was complete.
The action began and developed
with the apparent design to swing
eastward the line running north from
the point of the German salient
Torcy was the hub and the end Of
the spoke was near the Aisne. Sue
cess would cause abandonment of the
territory east. Of the line from Soils
Evening star., 1918-07-21
YANKEES BOLD PLUNGE
AFTER HIKE IN THE DARK

Continued from Second Page,
Evening star., 1918-07-21

moments only. Just enough to keep
the Germans in the front line down.
Then they shifted to q rolling bar
rage, which preceded the infantry in
the same manner as had been done
at vaux and Cantigny.
Evening star., 1918-07-21
Germans Forced Back
Bu British Near Hebuterne
Text of Day Statement.

453 prisoners, ten trench mortars ant
fifty machine guns"
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-12-24
LAST BASKETS
DISTRIBUTED.
over Three Hundred Of Them Were
Distributed by Community
Christmas Committee
Of City.
PEOPLE COME FOR THEM
The snow and Blocked Transportation
Prevent Them Being Sent Out
in Trucks as Pfan-
ned.

This morning before the doors
were open at 40S Main street, there
stood in the shelter of the doorway
out of the driving snow little group
OF women and children who had come
in response to the cards. All day
they came and carried away baskets
filled to the top with good things for
Christmas.
The last Of the Christmas baskets
are going out today from the COM
munity headquarters, both baskets OF
food and clothing with candy, toys
and oranges for the little folks.
The plan followed this year was to
send cards to all who are on the city
Santa Claus list, and ask them to
come to 4O8 Main street for basket.
Mrs. w. X. Hodge provided holly
for the baskets.
The following contributions came
In yesterday afternoon:
Fruit, Mr.. and Mrs. ]. j. Donnelly;
jelly, Mrs w. G. Blood; two boxes of
toys and gifts from Santa Claus; po-
tatoes and fruit from Mrs. A. N.
Morgan, Mrs. e. NJ. Morgan, Mrs.
Charles Jenkins, and Mrs. Henry
Krichel A bushel of potatoes were
sent by F. P. Spring; fruit from Mrs.
Caywood; potatoes and fruit from
friendy potatoes and fruit from Mr..
and Mrs. M. F. King; fruit and cloth
ing from Mrs. Joseph Skinner; pota-
toes from Mrs. Otto Absolute; fruit
and potatoes from Mrs. G. r. Beck
and Mrs. j. j. Hiley; potatoes from
Mrs. Millspaugh; jelly from Mrs.
Harry Duncan; jelly, tomatoes and
preserves from v. A. Starr toma-
toes, onions and apples from Mr..
Renard; potatoes and canned goods,
Harry Carter; fruit and potatoes from
a friend; potatoes and preserves
from Mrs. ]. G.. Schiebel; oranges
from Miss Nettie Younker, and jelly
and fruit from Mrs. Lorenz.