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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-07-17
Gen. Gouraud Leads French
Troops in the Resistance to
Enemy ::''lnoffensiue Offensive

PARIS, July 1.-THE German inof-
fensive offensive" is how witty
writer, Gustav Thery, describes the
latest effort of General Ludendorff,
and the advices from the front seem
to justify this paradox. If the fight
ing has not resulted in a French vic
tory, it is held here, it has at least
been a serious failure for the Ger.
mans.
The objective Of the enemy was
Chalons, against which he directed a
converging attack from the north by
way OF Souain and from the north
west by way of the Prunay sector.
The Action on his right was more or
less secondary in character. while the
center marked time, awaiting the sue
cesses on the two wings.
1t was the right wing Of the Ger
mans which achieved the only gain,
which was a tactical one merely and
was won more by luck than by good
management
Enemy Makes False Stroke.
The converging attack of the Ger.
mans was smashed by the brilliant
leadership of General H. ]. E. Gour.
aud. who. according to Henri Ridou,
military critic of the Journal des De-
bats, leaving his first lines lightly
held and putting the line of resistance
will to the rear. allowed the German
blow to expend itself on empty space.
After this false stroke the enemy was
obliged to cross deadly zone, where
he was shot to pieces before reaching
the real French line The French
losses were quite insignificant.
Gen. H. ]. E. Gouraud Is believed
to be the General c." who has
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-07-17
French Reserves Counter
Shock of Enemy Attack;
Spirit Of Troops Strong
(By Associated Press)

PARIS, July 17.No French troops
from other points on the western front
were sent to the present fighting line
and their reserves bore and countered
the shock of the German attack. All
circumstances, it is added, point to a
favorable outcome of the battle.
On the southern bank of the Marne,
the German position at present is diff
flcult. The French artillery and aerial
forces are working actively to prevent
the enemy being reinforced and to
hamper his supply lines. The spirit
Of the French troops remains strong.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-07-17
PREPARE 1t1e.FEEE
.REvOLuT|ONISTS IN
GERMAN ARMY BURN
81 WAR AIRPLANES
(By Associated Press.)

LONDON, July 1.-THE destruction
by fire Of a new German alrdrome,
with two airpIanes, near NivelIes. is
attributed to the work Of German rev.
oIutionists in the army, says an Ex-
change Telegraph dispatch from Am
sterdam today. Nivilles Is II miles
south Of Brussels.
Ten Beleians and two German non-
commissioned officers have been ar
rested.
The day before the fire, adds the
dispatch, secret meeting occurred in
the canteen at NivelIes where the
scheme for the destruction Of the air
drome was discussed.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-07-17
Nine-Year-Old Boy
Leaves His Home in
Winchester to Join Army

WINCHESTER, Ind, July IA
grandson of Louis Smock, who lives
four miles northwest of Winchester,
decided he wanted to be a soldier, and
left his home early Saturday morning
taking a few clothes and little
money.
His grandparents missed him before
noon, and as he is only nine years of
age, quickly began the search He
was located at Bartonia He had told
some playmates be was going to join
the army. He makes his home with
his grandparents.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-07-17
WHEAT MUST Be DRY
BEFORE THRESHINC

W. W. Keller. chairman of the coun-
ty council of defense. issued warn
ing Wednesday to farmers against
threshing their wheat unless they are
sure that it is dry enough. Where
there is doubt, Keller said, sample
of wheat should be taken to the mills
in order to learn whether it would
be accepted as first grade wheat. The
necessity of taking every precaution
to insure high quality of wheat in
the county is urged by the defense
council
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-07-17
ATTACKS SLOW DOWN
(By Associated Press)

The German offensive is in it's third
day and, according to the views of the
entente observers, it has no longer the
character Of general attack. 1t al
ready, they declare, has worked itsel;
into series OF comparatively local
operations.
The success of at least one CT these
operations. however. would amount TO
considerable achievement for tho
Germans, however much it might fall
short of their original designs.
What the German high command in
tended the offensive to be can not be
surmised, but it apparently encounter
ed defense that was sufficiently
stubborn to prevent the immediate
achievements of more important OBJ
jectives and the Germans have pur-
sued their usual tactics at making the
most Of local successes at various
points along the front
Thus the offensive now appears
largely to take on the aspect of turn
ing movement against the Rheims
salient.
Hume Make Progress.
Reports from the battle field show
that the Germans during the night
made progress In two sectors Of the
front South of the Marne they at
tackled the positions on the heights
commanding the river crossing taken
by the French in their counter often
sive on Tuesday. The French reached
the Bourdannerie and Close Milon
farms north of St Agnan and LaCha-
pelle-M -Monthoden, but there they en-.
countered fresh enemy troops who ap-
pear to have again forced them back
The battle is continuing on the slope
and in the woods south of the heights
Further east the Germans seem to
have made little or no progress in
their attempt to debauch from the
Bouquigny wood and through the
village of Nesles.
Near the Marne the Germans appar-
emily took some ground southwest of
Fenteuil, but counter attack by the
French elected them from this locality
North Of the Marne the turning
movement against Rheims becomes
quite apparent.
They have forged forward along the
line farther to the northwest toward
Rheins.
Today's report tells OF violent fight
ing in the Courton wood but does not
give the result of the struggle there.
French Lines intact.
Here and further west in Rodemat-
wood the Germans are making the
steadiest and most threatening gain,
pushing southeast toward Epernay.
which lies south of Rheims. Near
Rheims the Germans have been re-
pulsed at Vrigny and no fighting is
reported in the district Immediately
surrounding the cathedral city Eas,
of Rheims, the Germans have attacked
the new French position on the south
side of the Vesle. to which the French
retired on Tuesday. The French Of
fetal statement records that the at
tack was a failure.
Continued on Page Eighty
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-07-17
PREMIERS TOLD
AUSTRIA MUST
CARRY BATTLE
TO GOOD END
Austro-Hungarian Govern
ment Regards War as
"Senseless and Purposeless
Bloodshed'' Burian Says.
up TO ALLIES, He SAYS
(By Associated Press)

AMSTERDAM, July 1.-THE Aus
tro Hungarian government regards the
war "as senseless and purposeless
bloodshed" and believes it might be
ended at the moment when the allies
again manifest feelings Of humanity
Baron Burian, the Austro-Hungarian
foreign minister. makes this state
ment in the concluding portion OF his
address to the Austrian and Hun
garian premiers Tuesday. according
to dispatches from Vienna.
After declaring that the allies would
not succeed in their purpose OF sowing
discord among the nationalities in the
dual monarchy, the foreign minister
said:
1T is unnecessary further to charac.
terize this method Of fighting. Our
races Indignantly disavow it. The
resolute battle of defense must now
be carried on to good end until ii
brings us the security necessary for
our future peaceful existence"
Serves Some End.
There should be no public belief
that diplomatic action and warlike
action are inseperable. The foreign
minister declared that warfare and
diplomacy served the same end in
time Of war, adding: ''In every step
it takes, diplomatic activity will pay
due regard to the war. The results
of the conduct OF the war will have a
determined influence on the division
of labor. On the other hand, diplo-
macy has a duty. being continually
on the watch and paying heed to the
possibilities Of effective activity.
THUS and not otherwise should the
willingness of the central powers for
peace be conceived. 1t will not for
the moment hamper the invincible
defence, but after victorious battles,
just as during pauses in a battle. it
will. even without new peace offers.
always be intent in recalling that we
regard this war as senseless and pur-
poseless blood shed which might at
any moment be ended by the re-
emergence Of feelings Of humanity in
our enemies.
"Fiehtins Against Windmill"
Insofar as they are not aiming at
acquisition Of territory, they are fight
ing against a windmill. They are ex-
hausting their strength and ours in
order to build on the ruins of civili-
zation arrangement of the world
whereas the ideas underlying such
an arrangement, which are capable OF
realization and which also are warmly
approved by us, might be realized
much more completely by the peace.
able cooperation Of all peoples.
in spite OF all, we look even more
hopefully toward the people now at
war with us to see whether at last
they have been delivered from the
blindness. which, after fearful afflic-
tions in four years Of wa rfare. is driv-
ing the world ever farther into that
destruction which they can avert il
they only will
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-07-17

been mentioned for his magnificent
generalship in the operations in the
Champa gne region. In 1915 he was in
command of the French expeditionary
forces to the Gallipoli peninsula,
where he lost an arm and was serious
ly wounded in the right thigh. He was
succeeded by General Sarrail and re-
turned to France, where an official
statement said that he had been as
signed to the command of one of the
armies at the front.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-07-17
LIEUT.. QUENTIN ROOSEVELT
KILLED BY ENEMY AVIATOR

The boy was born naturalist, with
a special love for animal life, and
many were the stories told Of his
early days In the White House when
he kept the family and attendants in
state of anxiety over his strange
pets, which often escaped to wander
through the grounds or around the
house. Birds, beasts, wild and domes-
tic, even reptiles, were included in
the miniature menageries which the
child gathered from all parts of the
country, for when it was known that
the color~l, so far from being dis
turbed by the boys traits, encouraged
first hand studies in natural history,
friends and admirers in every part of
the country contributed all sorts of
strange pets to the White House col.
lection.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-07-17
ALLIES ARE OPTIMISTIC.

LONDON, July 1.-THE end Of the
second day of the German offensive.
in view of all circumstances, found the
situation distinctly good for the allies,
according to opinion here. The ex-
treme depth of the enemy advance
since the attack began Monday morn
ing does not exceed five miles at any
point which compares poorly with the
intention to move forward 20 kilo-
metres OBS milesl on the first day
as revealed in captured German or
ders. Compared with the results at
tanned in the offensive in March and
May the present gain is insignificant.
The view here is that the allied
position thus far has been endangered
at no point and that the future may
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-07-17
PREMIER LEN|NE
THREATENS BREAK
WITH entente
Objects to Landing of Allied
Troops on the Murman
Coast.
(By Associated Press)

AMSTERDAM. July IL (Per Wire
less Press) s).-Premier Lenine is about
to break of diplomatic relations with
Great Britain and any other entente
power connected with the landing OF
armed forces on the Murman coast, &C
cordlng to news said to have been re-
reived from Moscow by Berlin news
papers.
A dispatch received in London Mon
day from Moscow, by way Of Amster-
dam, reported that American and Brit
ish troops had occupied the entire
Murman coast in northern Russia. An
earlier dispatch on the same date,
said that the Russian war office had
sent to Great Britain a demand that
British detachments on the Murman
coast be re-embarked without delay.
The allied troops on the Murman
coast are there at the express request
of the Russian citizens there The
local population has been aiding the
troops in defending the ice-free har-
bors and the railway running south to-
ward Petrograd. German and Finnish
forces have been reported to be threat
ening the Murman railway near KEN.
cZEcHo-sLoVAkS TAKE TOWN
PEKING, July Is. = The town of
Klutshevsk, in the southwestern ex-
tremity of the Transbaikal region has
been occupied by the Czecho-Slovak
forces, following their capture OF Irk-
utsk The Bolsheviki are reported
concentrating at .Verhenudinsk.
PREPARE TU~rEEE g - - :
LONDON, July 17.-Reports receiv.
ed in Toxic state that the Bolshevik
leaders in the Irkutsk region have TAX
en- alarm at the coup executed by the
anti-Bolshevik elements at Vladivostok
and are preparing to flee toward Mon
golia, according to an Exchange Tele.
graph dispatch from Tien-tsin.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-07-17
American Generals Are
Awarded War Crosse.
(Bv Associated Press)

LONDON, July 17-General John J.
Pershing has been awarded the grand
cross of the order of the Bath and
General Tasker E. Bliss. American re-
preventative at the supreme war coun-
Gil, has been given the grand cross OF
the order of st. Michael and ST.
George. This was officially announced
today.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-07-17
Expected Success in Drive.
(By Associated Press;

WASHINGTON, July 17-There is
only one opinion in official circles
here as the note addressed by Baron
Won Burain the Austro-Hungarian for
egn minister, to the Austrian and
Hungarian premiers, upon the sub
Ject Of peace. That is that this evil
IDENTIFY carefully framed communica.
tion was designed to prepare the way
for peace negotiations Immediately
upon the hoped-for successful con-
clusion OF the present great German
drive against the entente forces along
the Marne and east of Rheims.
In the assurance that this drive
would be successful. if not in opening
the road TO Paris at least in inflicting
great losses upon the enemy. the cen
trail powers, it is believed. felt that in
their panic and desperation, the en-
tente powers would be prepared to
discuss peace.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-07-17
READY FOR U. S.
WIRE CONTROL
(By Associated Press.)

WASHINGTON, July 17.--An execu,
tive order by President Wilson taking
over the trunk line telephones and tel.
egraph systems and delegating con-
troll of them to Postmaster General
Burleson, is expected today or tomor-
row. Arrangement for government
operation of the line virtually are com
pleted but there will be no announce.
ment of details until the president S
order is issued.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-07-17
Examination of 1918
Selects Begins Monday

Work of examining the men who
registered for selective service on
June 5, 1918, will begin next Monday
and continue through Tuesday and
Wednesday, in the offices of the Rich
mcnd board in the court house
All of the 10 men who registered
with this board were notified Wednes-
day to appear for physical classified
tion during the first three days Of the
week.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-07-17

For Wayne County by w. e. Moore
Partly cloudy tonight and Thursday.
Somewhat unsettled. possibly local
thundershowers.
General Conditions-The rain storm
of yesterday has moved eastward to
Pennsylvania. but the weather con-
tinues unsettled south of the Great
Lakes and north of Ohio river. A
stor mis- developing over the Rocky
mountains. Warm wave continues
over Alaska, Sc at Eagle at s p. m
Monday evening.
M.~ rAonArA$nraa ~
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-07-17
7. r. WILL SPEAK.
(By Associated Press.)

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N. Y, July
17.-Cql. Theodore Roosevelt will de-
liver the principal address at the Re
publican state convention tomorrow,
notwithstanding the death of his son,
Lieut.. Quentin Roosevelt in an areal
combat in France. This word was re-
ceived this afternoon.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-07-17
DRIVE APPEARS STOPPED

WITH THE FRENCH ARMY IN
FRANCE. July 16.-The stoppage or
the general German attack appears TO
have been the feature of todays fight
ing The enemy is resorting momen-
tarily at least, to local actions sup
ported by strong artillery.
South of the Marne the Germans
were turned out of ST. Agnan and Cha
pelle Menthodon by counter attack
which enabled the French and Ameri-
cans to regain heights overlooking
portion of the course of the Marne.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-07-17
173 AMERICANS IN
CAUSALTY LIST
nv Associated Press.)

WASHINGTON, July 1.-THE army
casualty list today shows: Killed in
action, &c. died Of wounds, 16: died of
disease. a. died of airplane accident,
2: died of accident and other causes,
6; wounded severely. 96; missing 9;
prisoner, l total, 173.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-07-17
BABY OF FAMILY
(By Associated Press)

WASHINGTON, July 17-Quentin
Roosevelt was the baby of the Roose-
welt administration and his pranks at
the White House and school are affec-
tionately remembered by Washington.
He was born here in November, 1897,
at the family home when his father
was assistant secretary of the navy in
the Mckinley administration.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-07-17
3 WEEKS DRIVE
FOR NEXT LOAN
PLANNED BY U. s.
Campaign Plans Made for &c.
OO0,0O0,000 Loan Issue
May Start Sept. 28.
(By Associated Press

WASHINGTON, July 17-Announce
ment of the date and length OF cam.
paign for the fourth liberty loan may
be expected soon, 1t is believed, as a
result of conference here today OF
the twelve federal reserve districts
and smaller financial areas. Sec1e-
tary McAdoo has announced that the
fourth loan will total s6,000.000,O 900 or
more and that the interest rate will
probably be IA percent.
Suggestions were to be made at to.
days conference that the campaign
for the fourth loan be started Sept %
to favor a campaign lasting only three
weeks with more intensified effort
rather than the four-weeks cam
paign followed in raising the previous
three loans.
WOMEN WORKERS MEET
CHICAGO, July 17.-With leading
women from every part of the United
States in attendance, conference to
prepare plans for the fourth liberty
loan campaign opened two-day ses
sion today under the auspices of the
National Committee of the Wonan's S
Loan organization.
Efforts will be made to enlist one
million women in the campaign to dis
pose Of one-half of the ,000,000.0 .000
issue. The elimination of all luxuries
will be urged as necessary to make
the loan a success.
At preliminary meetings Of the ma
tional committee, it has been suggest
ed that all women engaged in war
work wear uniforms. 1t was also de-
cided to seek the cooperation of
stenographers Of the country in adopt
ing methods Of paper conservation.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-07-17
The Weather

For Indiana by United States Wealth
er G1reau-Probably showers tonight
and Thursday in scouth portion. Part
ly cloudy in north.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-07-17
fBy Associated Pr,ss)

ON THE FRENCH FRONT
IN FRANCE, July 17-Forty-
eight hours have sufficed for the
holding of the German masses
launched in the crown princes
great offensive on Monday. The
enemy units which were turned
back from the direction of Paris
and are endeavoring to ascend
the Marne are being held in
check by the French troops.
The position of the German
columns which had gained q
footing on the south bank of the
Marine, has become perilous,
while to the east of Rheims the
German efforts to advance have
each time been foiled.
Comparatively slight progress
has been made by the enemy on
the front west of Rheims but his
hope of effecting a breach in the
line was not realized.
The allied methods of defense
proved wonderfully efficacious,
everywhere resulting in main
tanning the army intact.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-07-17
Joined in 1917.

Quentin Roosevelt, in April, 1917,
joined the aviation corps to train for
service with the American army He
was commissioned last fall and in the
present spring began active service
with the American air forces on the
French front. On July he took part
in an aerial battle between American
and German machines in the Marne
region, and few days later, on July
10. it was announced that he had
brought down his first German air
plane in a fight north of Chateau
Thierry
In this fight Lieutenant Roosevelt,
with three other pilots was eight
miles inside the German lines at a
height of 5000 yards, when he became
separated from his companions. Sight
ing three airplanes which he thought
were those of his fellows he started
toward them and was close by when
he saw he had been mistaken and that
the airplanes were German. He open
ed fire and saw that after some fifty
shots his tracer bullets had penetrated
the fuselage of the nearest German
plane. The machine went into a spin
ming nose dive and fell through the
clouds 1000 yards below. Lieutenant
Roosevelt was certain that the enemy
machine must have been crashed.
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LAST SEEN ON SUNDAY.
(Rv AaSnntafad praac

PARIS, July 17.-Lieut. Roosevelt
was last seen in combat on Sunday
morning with two enemy airplanes
about 10 miles inside the German lines
in the Chateau Thierry sector He
started out with patrol of 13 Ameri-
can machines. They encountered
Z Germans and were chasing them
back when two of them turned on
Lieut.. Roosevelt
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(By Associated Press)

LONDON, July 1.-THE positions
for the allies at the present state OF
the German offensive In France Is
said to be distinctly satisfactory in ad-
vices received today. The French
losses are stated to have been very
small They have lost no guns, the
report declares.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-07-17
fBy Associated Press,

OYSTER BAY, NJ. ", July ~
"Quentin's mother and are very glad
that he got to the front and had the
chance to render some service to his
country and to show the stuff there
was in him before his fate befeii him"
This statement was issued by Col.
Roosevelt after press reports had fur
nished confirmation of earlier reports
that his son, Lieut.. Quentin Roosevelt,
had been killed in an aerial battle in
France.
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FOE IS HELD
BY STUBBORN
RESIS
OF ENTENTE
Offensive, Entente Observers
Declare, Works Itself Into
Series of Local Operations
Slight Progress is Made.
FOE CHANGES TACTICS
(By Associated Press)

PARIS, July lion the
Marine front our troops of the
second line and perhaps our gen.
eral reserves already are enter.
ing action" says the Temps to.
day in reviewing the progress OF
the enemy offensive. "Where
our troops have assumed the of.
fensive to the north of La Cha.
pelle-MonthOden, we have re.
gained ground"
(By Associated Press)
LONDON, July 17-Forces OF
the German crown prince ad-
vanced three miles down the
Marine valley yesterday. This
makes total penetration Of the
French line of about six miles
at Festigny, the most southern
point reached by the invaders.