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The Sentinel=record., 1918-08-03

ively and there are many signs that his punishment Is just beginnms. General Foch holds the initiative firmly and is master of the situation. He can choose now the time and place to fight for the enemy is compelled to act on the defensive and to give ground to save his forces from ami hilation. General March has seen in the flattening out of the Aisne-Marne salient while the Germans were able to hold the Soissons and Rheims jaws fast, the vanishing of any reasonable prospect of begging the German ar- mies. Other officials have had a deep conviction that the Germans would not escape from that salient without serious losses and tonight s developments added to their uncer- tainty. There are renewed possibil- ties of a coup of decisive character, 1t is believed
 Among the officers there is a strong feeling that operations on other fronts of the western line are impending.
 Observers here think the time has come for the launching of an assault. They believe it certain that such a stroke will be ordered by General Foch before the fighting in the Aisne- Marne has been stabilized.
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GERMAN NEWSPAPERS
 PUT ON BOLD FRONT
SPEAK WITH PRIDE OF GER MANY'S SHINING ARMoR" "RESoLvE TO BREAK THE
 ENEMYS WAR WILL"

Amsterdam, Aug. 2.-The German newspapers commenting on the begin ming of the fifth year of the war speak with pride of Germany's shining ar nor" and resolve to break the en- emys war will," at all costs.
 "The Lord has done great things unto us," is frequent quotation in their reviews of the four war years.
 The Cologne Gazette says:
 "We have become spare of figure subdued in mind, hard of face. We all know privation, but Germany Is an impregnable stronghold. The ques- ton is not whether we shall win, but when we shall win"
 The Frankfurt Gazette says:
 At the beginning of the war we all ardently wished 1t might be soor over. Today, in Germany, the worc 'Peace' drowns all other sounds. O all the belligerents none is ready fol peace as we arc. But our enemies still nourish the murderous self-d fusion that with the help of American gold and men Germany can be forced to bow to their terms"
 The newspaper acknowledges thai no peace is in sight and for this planes the United States, "whict would not let Germany win"
 It says that European sentiment il dead and that only America and Japaf stand to win in a material sense. Il appears to extract some comfort from predicting "the Union Jack will in the future float below the Stars ant Stripes"
 The paper has also declared that General Foch's counter offensive could never have succeeded to the extent it did without the direct assistance Of American forces.
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BERLIN OFFICIAL STATEMENT '

Berlin, Aug. 2.-The official bull ietin of the fighting on Thursday says that the allies between Sois- sons and Fere- e-en-T Tardenois suffered complete repulse and failed to gain territory. British and British tanks which crossed the front German lines and reached the heights north of Beugneux were shot to pieces, &C., cording to the report.
 The text of the communication fol- lows
 "Betwoen Soissons and Fere-en Tardenois the enemy yesterday con- tinucd his useless attacks. Strong artillery duels preceded these attacks which were directed in the morning against our front on both sides of Nillc montoire and in the afternoon extended as far south as Hartennes. I hey were repulsed before our lines, sometimes in hand to hand fighting Here the enemy once again suffered complete failure, without any gain in territory.
 "Brineing the strongest forces into action, British and French divisions attacked i'll the early morning the line north of Grand Rozoy and Fere- -Tardenois On both sides of (CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE)
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THE AMERICAN TROOPS
 STARTED GERMANS BACK
From the Day the kaiser's Forces Met the Americans Northwest of Chateau Thierry the Drive of the Germans was Stopped and They Have Been on the Run Ever Since

Washington. Aug. 2.-The collapse or the German defensive positions just north of the Ourcq forced by the dash Of American troops in the center and the brilliant French and British flank operations which followed is sweeping the enemy swiftly back out of the Aisne-Marne salient. The rush for ward today came so swiftly that 1t was difficult for the army officials here to appraise the full extent of the victory. As the situation stood ac-- cording to reports late tonight, how eyer' there was strong possibility that the Germans would be unable to hold the Vesle line, toward which they are hastening and would be driven to tho heights. north of the Aisne.
 Tonight's official report from Paris carried the most startling message from the battlefield in several days. Soissons. the key of the German right flank in the whole Aisne-Marne posi- ton, was again in French hands. Al the same time the brief announce ment that Thillois, west of Rheims, had been taken, showed that the jaws of the great trap created by General Foch at last had begun to close. What the final result will prove to be can not be foreseen at this time.
 The re-entry of Soissons Is note- worthy. The French were forced out of the city, the largest on that sec- tor of the front, in the first German assault on the Chemins- des-Dames last May. Its capture by the enemy was long stride on the road to Paris, stride that was in fact definitely checked only when the Germns met American troops northwest of Cha teau Thierry, weeks later, and were halted in their tracks and hurled back.
 To many officials here the little stretch of line where the first two American divisions came into action below the Villers- -Cotterets for est will mark the German highwater mark.
 Of great military significance in to- nights report, however, is the advance of the other jaw of the trap at Thil- lois. This was taken to mean the French are pushing into the north and west of Rheims an advance that may we'll serve to force the enemy to con- tinue his hurried withdrawal to the Aisne without a chance to stand along the Vesle.
 The left flank of his line at the Ves- To is in danger of being turned be- fore his forces south of that river reach 1t. If the advance of the French on this line continues 1t may well become race for the Aisne with the enemy forced to abandon heavy ma terial in a desperate attempt to get his forces into line beyond the river before they are cut off.
 The picture of struggle to the death between the two armies drawn by General March recently is being revised sharply.
 The greatest value seen by many officials in all that has happened since the counter blow was launched is that a precedent of victory on the western front has been established. It has been fully determined already that th eenemy can be fought offens-
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CBy the Associated Press.J


 The crisis in the allied offensive or the Soissons -Rheims salient appar- ently has been reached.
 French troops have entered tn, ;own of Soissons, the western anchor point of what remains of the famous salient, and all along the thirty -siS miles Of curving battle line iron Soissons to Thillois which lies about lhree miles west of Rheims, French American and British troops have pushed in the entire enemy front and sent the Germans backward every where in precipitate retreat
 Over the cattle front the allies, by 'Dick forclSlc methods Of onslaught nave deeply indented the German do- fense line for splendid gains which seemingly f0reshadow the necessity ot the eventual retirement of the forces of the German crown prince to more tenable ground in the north.
 The plains behind the northwest - -rn portion of the battlefront now are entirely dominated Ly the allied big guns; in the south the French and Americans have negotiated all most all the hin and forest country and are encroaching preceptibly to- ward the Fishes railway. while oa he fkr lrst set. almost astride the Rheims -Soissons railway and have their guns now 80 placed that the enemy is sure to be sorely tried as he endeavors to press back and gain haven of refuge along the vesle river.
 Just how far the retreat of the Germans will go cannot at present Ge forecast but with the southern line swinging northward in conjunc- ton with that on the east toward the Nesle and with the French domi- mating the Aisne eastward from Sois- sons, it is not improbable that the Germans may be compelled to take refuge north of the Aisne.
 Numerous towns and hamlcts have been captured by the allied troops during the lasest fighting and at some points they have advanced from two to three miles.
 South of Soissons the entire Crise river has been forded by the allied troops; northeast of Fere en Tarde . nois the allied line has been pushed we'll to the west of the region ol Grand Rozoy, and the town of Sapo- nay has been taken Tn the center the Nesles wood is being swept clean of Germans by the French cavalry and American and French troop are pressing the Germans hard north of Sergy and the hamlet of ,Nesles
 Further eastward, almost to the gates of Rheims combined forces of British and French everywhere are sorely harrassing the enemy.
 In this latter region. in addition to Thillois the village of Vile -en Tarde- fois Is in allied hands, and the French are now on the heels of the Germans two and one half miles north of the Germans Rheims highroad over a front of nearly four miles.
 Altogether, viewed from the wal
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INCLUDES MARRIED MEN
 IN NUMBER OF CASES
Many of the Number In the List Are in the Service and Others Have Ap- plications for Officers Schools, An tlcIpating the Orders of the Gov ernment In This Respect.

A<a5t night tho focal draft board as nounced the names of l22 yourig men of this city and county who had n
 der the new rules been brought fo.
 lower classifications than they had received formerly by the board, in . Class Al, which means that they will be next in line to answer the coln- try's call.
 The information had been general of the conditions under which tho local board would be required to re- classify the young men, and in in- numerable instances the men had an- ticipated the move and either entered training quarters for special duty, or applied to officers training schools sor place there. In many other inatansas the young men are already in the service.
 There are many married men in the list. these being the men whose wives are not dependent on them for support and under the new laws they pass automatically into Class 1. Under the orders in anothher column, hereat.es the young men who come into an ad- vanced class mrst themselves make the changed conditions known to the board. and within five days serve the notice on tho board.
 The reclassification up to date aa announced by the board last nignl brings the following into Class A-a.
 Willie T. Hummer. Gladstone, Ak.
 Leslie Thomas Cox. Box 3S9.
 Willie Victor North. East St.
 Gilbert Kincannon, R. F. D. No. I. Dr. Bethel T. Bourdier. 641 Park A4a.
 Thomas Beavers, 8S1 Quapaw Ave.
 Thos. Mays, Bridge Junction, Tcau.
 Lew Wallace Princehouse, PA Pgas- pect Ave.
 Wm. H. Keller. GIawes, Ark.
 John nT. Washington, ' Violet s' Roderick R. Beall, 445 s. Border :is.
 David A. Sanders. R. F. D. No :. Albert Washington, 224 2nd s. James S. Dodd. Bear. Ark. Hurley Cozart, Pearcy, Ark. Harry B. Elam, 514 Reserve Age. Norman Lester, k. F. D. NO. l, Mack Crutchfield, City. Dillon o. Sims, Como Trust Go Harvey D. Ferguson, 522 Sprin- Chas Nose Stanley, 1017 1-2 Mai vern Ave.
 Geo. W. Murders, Cedar Glades, Ark. Benj. F. Johnson. 130 Helfrich St, Wm. c. Melton, Cedar Glades. Ak. Tom Story, 116 King St. Melantchton Elliott. 66 West Grani Ave.
 John Milton Mann, awrence, Ark. John Henry Cloak, BIO Lincoln 5t Oscar Chatham, 22S Runyan St. Win. T. Goodwin, Hawes, Ark. Drew Stavall, 257 Pine St. Joe c. Floyd. Mt. Valley. Ark. Walter NJ. Castle. 1915 Malvern Ave. James Beavers, Til School St James Carmody. Gen. Delivery Whit Stearns, 210 Hobson Ave. T.. L. Brackens, Detroit. Zach Clardy, 106 Gold St. Jno. B. Lowrey, IS Bloom St. Robt. F Rigsby Lonsdale.
 Othie Griffin. Mt. Valley Route.
 Edgar K. Walker. 151 Cedar St
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With the American Army in the Aisne-Marne Front, Aug, 2,-The French and American troops north of Fere- en -Tardenois advanced simui- taneously early Friday. the French oc- cupying Craimaille before o'clock and French infantrymen entering Sa- ponay at o'clock. The Americans meantime kept pace with the French through the forests of Nesles. Several locomotives and forty railroad cars were taken at Saponay. The allies advanced under barrage, the Germans withdrawing notthward through the valley stretching from Saponay, feeb- ly replying at intervals with artillery.
 There were many fires behind the lines, the Germans having destroyed ammunition dumps before starting northward.
 The allies in this district encoun- French tonight are sleeping in Sa- ponay for the first time in two months.
 Another jump forward was made today by the French and Americans on the Aisne- -MaIne front. From ono to two miles were gained and with al- most no fighting.
 Plans had been made to strike hard blows against the resisting German rear but the German war council evil dently had decided that the time was inopportune to fight for when the allies moved forward 1t was only to follow upon the trail of the retreating enemy.
 At a few places there were sharp encounters, but they were nothing as compared with the terrible engage ments that previously had been fought or what was expected.
 The French cavalry operated near Dravegny, about two and one half miles north of Coulonges with the American infantry close behind while another detachment of mounted French troops opened the way a short distance to the west with French in fantry and American foot troops close up.
 The penetration by the French and Americans to the region of Drayegnv would place them only a scant eight miles southeast of Fismes on the rail- road line midway between Soissons and Rheims.
 To the westward the French reached the southern borders of the loupegine Mauriel and Asuizy woods and the French cavalry to the south ern borders of Moines Wood.
 Occasional bursts ot machine sun fire challenged the line b t it was ap- parent early in the movement that the Germans had gone. The stitfest fighting encountered by the Amer jeans was in little piece Of ground east of Chameray where, aceordin2 to the German newspaper, the body or Lieutenant Quentin Roosevelt was buried after his aeroplane had been brought down early in the present op- erations.
 Through wheat fields, and over wooded trails soaked with the ram that fell almost all day the Americans moved slowly and cautiously but al most continuously over farms anu past villages, among them Coulonges and Coban. To the westward another force of Americans was moving through and around the Nesles woods and the rolling country east of the woods. To both east and west or that part of the line held by the l~.1>~ ,,ruA-,rrrr, CNr phC.JF iIstcIIT i
The Sentinel=record., 1918-08-03
FIVE MEN KILLED.

Superior. Wis, Aug. 2.-Five men were killed and one probably fatally injured, when a steel tank burst at a powder plant at Berksdale today.
The Sentinel=record., 1918-08-03
TICKET scALpeRs MUST QUIT

Washington, Aug. 2.-fNotice was served today upon ticket scalpers by the railroad administration to quit business af once under the threat of prosecution.
The Sentinel=record., 1918-08-03
Americans Pursuit of Re- treating Germans Was So Close That Several LOCO- motives and Railroad Cars Were Taken.

Ground Over Which the American Army Fought Was Where Quintin Roosevelt Fell to His Death and Where His Body is Buried-.Huns Are Burning Villages as They Re- treat.
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BRING NC UP THE PRUSSIAN GUARDS AND BAVARiAN FORCES PROVED OF NO
 AVAIL.
MISSILES WOOD BEING SWEPT CLEAR OF ENEMY

The Huns in Their Retreat Are True to All Their Traditions by Burning and Destroying All Villages as They Are Being Driven by the Forces of General Foch.
The Sentinel=record., 1918-08-03

With the French Army in France. Aug, 2,-The Germans are in retreat on all sides of the salient between the Aisne and the Marne. On the west the French and the British troops continuing their push of Thursday have reached the valley O fthe Crise a little river which joins at Aisne at Soissons. Tue Germans therefore have abandoned the whole of the Chaudun plateau between the Coeuv- res and Crse valley.
 This ground has been a desperately disputed battlefield for weeks. It had been swept by the German heavy guns from the north Of the line and from sector of the whole battle front.
 Tn the center the French cavalry are in the big woods called the Fort Des Nesles. a mile northeast of Fere- en-Tardenois. On the allied left the troops are in touch with tho forests of the Ardre, two miles north of Villers Agron.
 The Germans, dsregarding the mil itary considerations which counseled frank acceptance of defeat and rapid retreat many days ago in order to spre their men for new offensive have been obliged to accept the iuevi- table, and falling back, probably to the Nesle river.
 The German crown princes offens- i've on the Marne has failed signally as that of Won Kluck in 1914 and the last word IS with the allies
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With the French Army in France, i1.20 D. m, Aug. 2.-Soissons has been retaken and the valley of the Crise has been crossed.
 The allied line this evening runs from Pommiers to Soissons, thence. to Belleau the valley ol the Cri Q, Chacrise and ArcySt Restituc. through the center of the forest ot Nesles to the village of the same name and through the center of the forest cf Rheims to Laghery, LIIery and Tramery
 North of the last named three places French cavalry has advanced about another mile to the Bois -le- Moyne and Treslon. Brouillet is still in the enemys hands, in flames. and further east near Rheims. Thil- lois has been retaken
 The day was one of continued suc- cesses for the armies of General Manginn. DeGouttem and Bertholet. All along the line the Germans have been forced to hurry their retreat. especially on the west on the center Of the salient. The enemy is com plctclY devastating the country as h. retires, carrying out the settled Ger man policy.
 The French are now on Inc edge of the plateau between the Crise and the Vesle, after an advance, which at some places was three miles deep within seven miles of Fishes. The enemy, it now seems certain, mus retire to the Vesle and very probably to the Aisne
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People looking for rooms turn to the classified ads of the newspapers to see what is offered. An ad In the Sentinel Record may bring a customer.
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-12-13
IN A SECOND ISSUE.
Change in Color and Size for
1919 w. $. S. Certificates.
Meanwhile Many 1918 Pledges
Have Not Been Paid.

Contrary to almost general belief,
the war savings stamps are not to be
taken off the market the first of the
year. A new issue of the stamps will
replace the present ones.
The new issue of war savings GER
tificates will differ from the present
issue in color, accordir : to a state
ment made today by Charles S. Ell
lott. county chairman of the war
savings certificate campaign. The
1919 will be blue and a little smaller in
size. But stamps of both issues may
be placed in the same savings folder
and held until the folder is filled
when it is replaceable by one 500
United States government bond.
The thrift stamps are expected to
continue in popularity and will be sold
as usual and will be redeemable as has
been the custom during the last year.
The thrift stamp method of saving
has made an especial appeal to the
school children and small ! wage
Garner. Elliott says. and it is noted
that a result a new wave of sys-
tematic thrift has taken a firm hold
on the younger generation.
But just at this time the county war
savings stamp committee is more con-
cerned over the present issue of the
war savings certificates than it is over
the incoming issue. 1t seems that
thousands of dollars in pledges are
still unredeeTned. and 1t is the sole OBJ
jective of the county committee at this
time to have these pledges taken up at
once by their signers.
Notices are being sent out today to
delinquent pledge signers urging that
they at once make good their notes.
and 1t is expected that by the time the
pledges are supposed to expire Janu-
airy l. very few of them will still
be classed in the "unfulfilled pledge"
list. According to a statement on the
delinquent notices being sent out. the
pledge cards are Outstanding obliga-
tions to the secretary of the United
States treasury until returned to the
signer's possession"
In a statement issued today in con-
nection with the campaign to bring in
the delinquent subscriptions for war
savings certificates. Elliott announced
that he is in receipt of a report from
the Federal Reserve bank in Kansas
City which states that the tenth fed
eral reserve district. of which Topeka
is part, ranks second in the nation
in the sale of war savings stamps
Elliott says that in his opinion if every
signer of a pledge card come to the
front as he should that the district
will be able to show on the next re-
port as the first in the nation in per
capita subscription to war savings
EtamnS
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-12-13
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Children'S Handkerchiefs; plain
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Mems plain linen Handkerchief are
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Mems Silk Handkerchief are
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-12-13
WAIT WILSON THERE
Switzerland Asks President To Visit
Their Country Soon.

Berne, Dec. 13.-The Swiss govern
ment has addressed an invitation to
President Wilson to visit Switzerland.
The invitation says the Swiss authorf-
ties would consider a visit from the
president as fresh proof of the friend
ship between America, the greatest,
and Switzerland, the oldest republic
in the world.
The visit, adds the invitation, would
give President Wilson the opportunity
to learn for himself the sincere SYM
pathies of the Swiss people with the
people of the United States.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-12-13

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