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which may confidently be expected If
we act now and sweep all interroga-
ton points away.
MUST CARRY OUT
NAVAL PROGRAM.
I take 1t for granted that the con-
gress will carry out the naval pro-
gram which was undertaken before
we entered the war. The secretary
Of the navy has submitted to your
committees for authorization that
part Of the program which covers the
building plans Of the next three years.
These plans have been prepared along
the lines and in accordance with the,
policy which the congress established,
not under the exceptional conditions
of war, but with the intention Of ad-
herring to a definite method Of devel-
opment for the navy. I earnestly rec
ommend the uninterrupted pursuit of
that policy. 1t would clearly be un-
wise for US to attempt to adjust our
programs to a future world policy as
yet undetermined.
ASK CONGRESS FOR
COUNSEL ON RAILROADS.
The question which causes me the
greatest concern is the question OF
the policy to be adopted towards the
railroads. I frankly turn to o for
counsel upon it. have no confident
judgment Of my own. 1 do not see
how any thoughtful man can have
who knows anything of the complex
ity Of the problem. 1t is a problem
which must be studied, studied imme-
diately and studied without bias or
prejudice. Nothing can be gained by
becoming partisans of n particular
plan Of settlement.
Il was necessary that the admins
tration Of the railways should be taxi
en- over by the government so long as
the war. lasted. 1t would have been
impossible otherwise to establish and
carry through under a single direc-
ton the necessary %priorities of ship
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-12-02
NO EMPLOYMENT FOR
MANY RETURNING SOLDIERS.

The ordinary and normal processes
lPf private initiative will not, how
, eyer, provide immediate employment
fpr all Of the men Of our returning
1R81Rtes. Those who are of trained
those who are skilled work.
men, those who have acquired
familiarity with established bust
nesses, those who are ready and will
eng to 60 to the farms, all those
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-12-02

entitled and which should also be &C.
corded the shipments which are to
cave recently liberated peoples from
starvation and many devastated
regions from permanent ruin. May I
not say a special word. about the
needs Of Belgium and northern
France? No sums Of money paid by
way Of indemnity will serve Of them
selves to save them from hopeless dis
advantage for years to come Some
thing more must be. done than merely
find the money. II they had money
and raw materials in abundance to-
place in the industry Of the world to-
morrow-the very important place
they held before the flame Of war
swept cross them. Many Of their
factories are RACED to the ground.
Much Of their machinery is destroy
ed or has been taken away. Their
people are scattered and many Of
their best workmen are dead. Their
markets will be taken by others, II
they are not in some special way az
sisted to rebuild their factories and
replace their lost instruments of
manufacture. They should not be
left to the vicissitudes Of the sharp
competition for materials and for in
Qu6trlal IaclllLies winch IL now 10 set
in. I hope. therefore, that the con-
gress will not be unwilling, IL It
should become necessary to grant to
some such agency as the war trade
board the right to establish priorities
OF export and supply for the benefit OF
these people whom we have teen 80
happy to assist In saving from the
German terror and Vhom we must
not now thoukhtlessly leave to shift
for themselves in a pitiless competi-
tive market.
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BERLIN OFFICIAL REPORT

Berlin, July 22-The war office claims that the fighting in France on Sunday resulted in complete sue cess for the German arms
 The official statement issued today describes numerous heavy operations on all parts of the salient between Soissons and Rheims and declares that all assaults Of the allied forces were repslsed
 Between the Aisne and the Marne the battle continues with undiminished violence. In spite of his heavy de feajs of July 20 the enemy, bringing into action fresh divisions and tanks, which had been newly brought uD, again advanced to violent attacks against our line His assaults broke down. and prisoners confirm heavy losses
 Yesterdays fighting again resulted in a complete success for the Germ an arms. Between the Aisne and south west of Hartennes in the early morn ing the strongest drumfire preceded enemy infantry attacks Southwest of Soissons and southwest of Hartennes these attacks broke down in front ot our line.
 North of Villemontoire some of the enemy pushed forward temporarily over the Soissons Chateau Thierry road. Our counter attack completely threw thhem back again.
 '1n the evening renewed enemy al tacks southwest of Soissons were checked at the starting point, Where they were oarried'out they oroks uown with heavy losses.
 "On both sides of the Ourcq river Tn the forenoon the enemy frequently but in vain advanced against our lines. By bringing up fresh forces lie returned to the attack in the afternoon. After heavy fighting the enemys assault on both sides of Outchy- y-le-Chateau was defeated by our counter attacks.
 North and northeast of Chateau Thierry our detachments which had been left in the forefield, hindereH the approach of the enemy to our new
 lines. It was not until evening that he succeeded in launching strong attacks here which brclSe down with heavy losses to the enemy.
 There has been artillery activity on the Marne front, Between the Marne and the Ardre the British and French continued their attacks; these were sanguinely attacksd.
 "A second attack has been made on the enemys line near the Ancre riFer.
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that General Foch's success is going to prove more damaging to the enemy thanhitherto has been assumed and that the number of prisoners and guns captured largely exceeds the present estimates. The correspondent cites that one army corps returned their captured guns at thirty. whereas they actually numbered eighty and asserts that there is also great disparity in the casualties of the enemy and of the allies. He says the German killed or wounded are extremely numerous ana that in one case virtually the whoie of one battaliOS was found dead on the ground in a wood in which they were taking shelter. On the other hand he declares, the French and American casualties during an attack were less than half the number of prisoners taken.
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'PERSHING VISITS THE
 WOUNDED IN HOSPITALS
"YOUR COUNTRY IS PROUD OF YOU, AND | AM MORE THAN PROUD TO COMMAND SUCH
 MEN AS YOU.'

Paris, July 22.-"Your country is proud of you, and 1 am more than proud to command such men as you. You have fought splendidly."
 General Pershing thus addressed wounded American soldiers lying in the American Red Cross hospitals in Paris today. In each ward of every hospital he talked to the men. He in- quired if they were being well cared for, how and where they were wound ed, what regiments they belonged to and expressed his sympathy to scores of patients.
 General Pershing also talked to the physicians, surgeons and nurses and thanked them for the work they were doing in caring for the wounded.
 NO one can ask more of any fight ing force that they should do as well as you have done," he said to his troops
 The general added that he wished he could talk personally with each and every man in the hospital, but this was impossible. 50 he asked Major Per kins to repeat his message and say to each individual man: The Amer ican people are proud of you"
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ANOTHER STEAMER MAY
 BE SUBMARINE VICTIM
AEROPLANE BRINGS MESSAGE THAT VESSEL WAS IN DlS- TRESS NEAR GREAT ROUND
 SHOALS

Nantucket, Mass, July 22.--An aero plane which landed at the village ot Wauwinet tonight brought word that a steamer was in distress near Great Round Shoals about five miles off the eastern end of the island The vessel was described as in need of immediate assistance but the nature of her in uries were not disclosed.
 After requestion that the navy de- partment be notified and that word be sent also to the nearest coast guard station, the aviator again ascended and was lost to view.
 The crew of Coskata coast guard station has gone to the assistance of the vessel The sea is calm. The viii lage of Wauwinet is at the extreme eastern end of the island.
 Great Round Shoals is 15 nautical miles distant from the point off Or sans on the Cape Cod coast where a German submarine sank empty coal barges yesterday.
 In the absence of any definite in- formation it was thought that the steamer possibly was the victim of submarine attack. Whether she was merchant steamer or a naval yes sel was not disclosed.
 Sounds of heavy firing were heard this afternoon in the general direction of the shoals but thick haze prevented observation from shore.
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GERMANS PREPARING
 FOR FURTHER RETREAT

French Army Headquarters, July 22-North of the Marne the Ger mans are making preparations for d further retreat
 In the angle between the Marne and the Ardre on the eastern side of the salient the enemy is blowing up ammunition dumps and burning stores which they had not had time to remove.
 To feed tho Soissons -Marnc front the Germans have only one railway line from the Aisne in the neighbor hood of Bourg to Ba2oches where 1t joins the main line of the Hoissons Rheims road The latter road is sti'l in condition for use a certain dis tance on either side of Bazoches, bu. the junction there is Icing bombed constantly.
 The remaining forces of the enemy may possibly fall back to the line of the eVsle. abandoning the Crise and the commanding plateau surrounding the Crise and Nesle valleys.
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INVESTIGATION HAS BEEN
 STARTED BY OFFICIALS
Admiral Wood Gives Out Statement in Which He Declares He Cannot Un- derstand Why Submarine Com mander Picked Two Old Scows to Waste Ills Ammunition On.

Boston, July 22.--An investigation
 was started today to determine why
 bombs carried by naval aviators failed to explode when dropped on or about
 the German submarine which attacked the tugs Perth Amboy and Herburges off Cape Cod. Experts at the head quarters said that the bombs were
 provided to the different naval dis tricts with explicit instructions that the mechanism must not be over hauled or any effort made to improve it. It was reported that some of the aviators had said that some of the bombs had failed in tests.
 Rear Admiral Spencer S. Wood, commanding the district, refused to comment on the report that the bombs dropped by the airmen yesterday were "duds." In regard tofthe attack he said:
 Fl want to correct the impression given currency by certain published stories that the Chatham aircraft we're late in getting to the scene of the at tack or not otherwise promptly 'on the job Such stories know to be misrepresentation of the facts. They were there and dropped two bombs, the explosion of either one of which might have been effective in destroy ing the hostile craft
 The whole occurrence from a stra-- tegic point of view impresses me as little short of ridiculous. I gave the Germans credit for having more sense than to waste good ammunition on couple of scows worth hardly more than the ammunition that sank them, and believe the whole performance was due to a desire to impress the American public with the nearness of German operations and to excite pa cificists whom they think so numer- ous in this country, to renewed ac- tivities to end the war. It was more or less in the nature of "circum- stunt done also to impress the Ger man people with the idea that the sub- marine warfare is being acrricd to the very shores of America and that the campaign of frightfulness is being waged relentlessly."
 No further reports from the slih marine were received today althoueh a vigilant watch was kept along tho coast by naval patrol boats and hydre- aerOplanes
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GROWN PRINCE CALLS FOR
 HELP TO SAVE HIS ARMY

to the number of prisoners. They are mere estimates. l have had estimates of 10000 prisoners.
 The inference drawn this morning of 1000 prisoners and $50 guns as captured by the Americans was an erroneous inference from the Amer ican dispatch. l think General Per shing meant that the allies rather than the American forces had cap tured that number of prisoners.
 We have nothing official on our losses of any kind.
 "The railroad line is certainly broken from Soissons to Chateau Thierry. This depriyes the Germans Of their main reliance in the matter of supplies,
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SAMMY APOLOGIES
 FOR LOSING PRISONERS

With the American Army in the Champagne. July 23.--After killing or capturing the crews of four machine guns and raking a boche filled trench with his automatic rifle until the sur vivors surrendered. Sergt J F. Brown walked into Ameri0an headquarters with 159 prisoners.
 "I am sorry, sir, that I was unable to bring in all had he said, in re- porting, "but four of the wounded died on me-
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GE RMANY HAS NO INTEREST
 IN DEATH OF NICHOLAS

Copenhagen, July 22 The Polit- kens Berlin correspondent says he has learned from a well informed person that Germany does not intend to change her friendly relations with Russia on account of the killing CT former Emperor Nicholas. The cor respondent adds that no party in Germany entertained any sympathy with Nicholas and that his death must be regarded as purely affecting the Russian people.
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EQUAL THE AUSTRALIANS
 IN OPEN WARFARE
Germans Realize that a Retreat Is Inevitable and Are Burning Villages Several Miles Behind Their Lines and a Great Congestion of Troops Can Be Seen.

London, July 22.-tHard fighting is proceeding in all sections of the line from Soissons to Rheims, according to dispatches reaching London this afternoon, but always with the allies on the offensive and the Germans fighting desperately to save what they can before the on-rush.
 The French gathered up 45 moro guns, including six of large calibre in the fighting along the Marne where the Germans were compelled to retreat very hastily, leaving behind large quantities of material of all kinds. Although the Germans are fighting along the bottom of the salient there are indications that they realize that a retreat is inevitable for they are burning villages several miles behind their lines and there is a great con- gestion of troops around the top of the salient which may indicate prepa rations for a new line.
 With the district south of the Marne cleared of the Germans the allies are busy constructing bridges and getting large bodies and supplies across for pursuit. The Germans undoubtedly will continue to fight in the most stub born manner for tue salient, but if things continue to go well with the al- lies in their attack, the enemy is like ly to be forced back to the line of the river Vesle, which offers good defeDs- es and har good communications The Germans made several heavy counter attacks on the western side of the sa- lient and the fighting appears to bel growing in intensity all along this western tip.
 A German counter attack near Grl- solles won for the Germans a slight advantage but all these moves are on ly in the nature of an attempt 10 hold up the allies temporarily
 All these counter attacks are cost ing the Germans heavily, as they must be launched without adequate prepara- tions and on ground i'll adapted for the German purpose.
 One of the German high command, actively engaged i'll endeacvoring to- find some way of holding up the American forces at the bottom of the pocket, is Maor General He'll formerly Field Marshal von Mackenzen's chief of staff who formerly vas sent to the west front from the Ukraine. The Americans captured several docu- ments bearing Helps signature.
 Many compliments have been show cred on the Americans by British of ficers and reports reaching London from their two sectors praise their fighting ability, discipline and adapta- bility. One staff officer reported:
 "The Americans have already earned a great reputation for the thoroughness with which they clean up the territory they move across. They are just as good as the Austral- and that is very high compliment
 The French report the capture of a thousand more prisoners in the last 2i hours. The British also have taken several hundred and the Americans a considerable number.
 On the west side of the salient tho fighting continued al! night with great intensity as well as this morning, with the allies everywhere on tpe az gressive.
 At 3 o'clock this morning east of Rheims the enemy gained little
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GERMAN ARMY IS IN PRECARIOUS POSITION
Should the Allies be Able to Force the Line at Either of Two Places the German Defeat Might Be Turned Into Disastrous Rout-Rairoad Line Between Sossons to Chateau Thierry Broken.

Washington, July 23.-The German high command apparently is making desperate efforts to hold open the base of the salient between Soissons and Rheims until troops far down the cen- ter ot the great pocket toward the Marne can be withdrawn With the French and Amersoan troops ham mering away from the west and { French, British and Italian forces bat i tering a. the east flank of the Ger man position it was still far from cer- 1 tain tonight that the enemy would be able to get his forces out of the south ern end of the salient without terrific losses.
 Already great numbers of prisoners and guns have been taken by the American and allied forces The on iy estimate from official sources c0y- ering the aggregate captures by French American and Italian troops during the first two days of the coun- ter offensive gave 2O,000 as the prob able total. There are indications that the number captured on Sunday might be greater although enemy withdraw als from the Marne and Chateau Thi cary sectors probably accounted in some part for the swiftness of the ad- vances made during that day.
 The situation on the Hanks of the salient was not so clear tonight, al- though it was plain that on both sides the effort to pinch the enemy retire ment was making progress. Heavy artillery fire and aeroplane bombs are raining over all his communication lines in the center of the salient over which the retiring divisions must make their escalpe
 Apparently the enemy is fighting hard to hold his position around Oul- chy-le- Chateau, where railway line from fismes. proOably his chief ad- vance base and located at the approx innate center of the base line of the salient between Soissons and Rheims has permitted him to assemble con siderable forces to resist the Franco American advance.
 Should the counter attack succeed is forcing this position or in break ing through either to the north or south of Oulchy, however, the German defeat might be turned into dsas- trous rout.
 Similarly if the Franco-British- ltal - ian forces, as officers here hope. are able to break through strong enemy concentrations toward Fishes itself. disaster would threaten the whols German position south of this place.
 As to the position of the American forces Secretary Baker had this to say today:
 The general effect of thes news last night and this morning is to show very favorable gains of territory both in the Chateau Thierry salient and farther east The exact location ot the line changes from time to time, but for two days has changed favorably every time.
 There has been no recent consid- erahle addition to the number of pris- oners but it seems quite clear that large quantities of war material have been taken. As operations are still very active, we cannot look for defi- mite details.
 "1 have had estimates, of course. as
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Paris. July 22.-When the Bavarlan crown prince answered the German crown princes appeal for help and sent some of his divisions from the Picardy front to aid the Germans in the Marne salient an equal number of British divisions was detached from the northern front and moved to the battle sector southwest of Rheims, The British divisions are composed of picked troops.
 It is interesting to note that the British divisions on the front south west of Rheims have again taken the same place in the battle offensive as when driven back May 27 Their transport from the British front 10 the Champaigne front was executed in most successful manner. French troops, says i-aliberte continue to cross the river Marne in strong force northeast of Chateau Thierry They are following rapidly on the heels of the enemy who cannot long hold ground with General DeMitry's army coming from the west.
 General DeGoutte's troops. which have been lighting hard since the beginning of the counter offensive, last night crushed the effort made by the Germans and took 1000 prison CTS
 information received in Paris this morning says that French patrols op- erating beyond Chateau Thierry have learned that the retreat of the Ger mans extends several miles deep. The German artillery can scarcely be heard. this seemingly indicating that the big guns have been ordered re- moved to the rear.
 In their rapid advance north of the river Ourcq French infantry recap tured a battery of French six inch guns which the French had abandoned on May 27. Since that time the guns had been used by the Germans. The French immediately put them into ac- tion against the enemy as the Germans did not have time to destroy them.
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OIL TRAIN WRECKED.

Tulsa. Okla, July 22.-A freight train of F tank cars, filled with re- fined oil from the Continental Refin- ing company plant at Brstow, was wrecked this evening near Heyhun. 25 miles from here. The oil is on fire and the entire trainload will be a. total loss.
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NEW YORK HEAT WAVE

New York. July 22.-With a tenn perature of 94 degrees at three this afternoon and of S7 at nine o'clock New York had two deaths caused by the heat and score or more of pros trations. It was the hottest July 22 on record at the weather bureau The suffering was increased by the fact the humidity was also high
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ground. On the whole front between the rivers there was heavy German bombardment and several local at tacks were delivered by the enemy but not on large scale These were re- pulsed al all points except at Perthes
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Railway Traffic is Disorgan- iZed With Hospital Trains Carrying the Wounded Back to Germany.

Germans Are Preparing for Further Retreat. t-.-French Have Recaptured Some of the Six.Inch Guns They Lost in Their Retreat on May 27-- British Forces Shifted to Meet the Achievements.
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FRENCH OFFICIAL REPORT.

Paris, July 22 lsfeavy German counter attacks launched for the pur- pose of checking the progress of the allies between the Marne and Ourco rivers today were without avail ac--
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GENERAL FocH's SUCCESSES
 GREATER THAN ANNOUNCED

London, July 22 AThe correspond ent of the Daily Mail. with the French army. says there is reason to believe
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Geneva, July 22-RaiIway traf- fife between the Rhine towns is greatly disorganized owing to the number of wounded arriving daily from the French front in hospital trains. Trains from Germany are arriving at the Swiss frontier many hours fate.
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CONTINUED ON PAGE SEVEN.
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