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The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-06-14
YANKEES AGAIN
SMASH GERMANS
:0N THE Marine
Americans Repu|se and Slaughter
the Enemy, Holding All
Gains Made.
pERSHING'S 'SLOSSES INCREASE
Violent Foe Attack Between Bour-
esches and BeIleau Wood Is Broken
Up With Serious Damage to
the kaise's Forces.

Paris, June 14.-The Germans have
made two attacks on the American
sector between Bouresches and Torcy,
on the Marne front. The Americans
broke up the attacks and inflicted seri-
GUS losses on the enemy, holding all
the gains which they had made.
The Americans took 80 prisoners,
including captain, and captured a
number Of machine guns. The pris-
oner haul resulted from a company Of
Boches quietly f1ltering into a rAvine
to the left Of Belleau wood. The Amer
leans cut them off and after brief
fight the German captain surrendered.
A company of Germans appeared at
the edge Of Boureshes early this morn
ing and sought to attack, but they
fled before the withering fire poured
7 into them by the Americans, leaving
the ground strewn with dead.
Marines Take 400 Huns.
With the American Army in France,
June 14.-The excellence Of the Amer
lean artillery fire was largely respon-
sible for the capture by American ma
rines of approximately 400 prisoners in
the fighting which resulted in the
clearing out of the Belleau wood,
northwest of Chateau Thier1y.~'t The
Germans who had been told to avoid
capture because the Americans would
torture them, started TO 1An after the
American machine guIz1ers had made
the wood untenable, but the artillery
hovo hef
mans were cut off from escape.
Among the prisoners are six officers,
major, captain and four lieuten-
ants. All were poorly clad and some
had pieces of bread tied to their uni
forms with string. The prisoners said
they were glad to be captured, and
several expressed desire to go to the
United States after the war, to live.
Want War TO End This Fail.
All Of Germanys plans, they added,
called for ending the war next fall. The
prisoners were told, they said, that
among the Americans were many ne
groes.
Pershino's Report.
Washington, June 14.-General
Pershing's cOmmunique reads:
During the afternoon our troops
northwest of Chateau Thierry cap
tured the last of the German positions
In the Belleau wood, taking so pris-
oners and a number Of machine guns
and trench mcrtars, in addition to
those taken on the preceding day.
"Early in the morning the enemy
launched heavy attacks on front Of
more than one and one-half miles on
the line Belleau-Bouresches. The at
tacks, which were preceded by intense
artillery preparation and accompanied
by heavy barrage, broke down COM
pletely, leaving our positions intact.
The losses Of the enemy were very Sc
we're.
"At night our aviators bombed with
good effect the station Of Dommary
Baroncourt, northwest of Metz. All
our machines have returned"
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PARIS PREPARES FOR SIEGE
Deputies Continue Their Examination
Into Measures of Defense.

OeputleS CONTINUE Tneir examination
Into Measures Of Defense.
Paris, June 14.-The deputies of
the department Of the Seine, the Seine
Disc, and the Seine and Marne, which
comprise Paris and the contiguous de-
partments, continued their examina-
ton into the measures Of defense Of
the intrenched camp Of Paris, its pro-
visioning, and the security of its popu-
lation. The minister Of the interior,
Jules Pames, and Albert Claveille, min
lister Of public works, were heard par
ticularly with regard to the evacua-
ton Of the population, If it became
necessary,
Deputy Louis Jean Puech's report,
dealing with parlial evacuation of the
population, was discussed, and Minis
ter Claveille furnished information as
to the means OF transport at his dis.
posal which could insure the exodus Of
the population should the occasion
arise.
The minister Of education described
measures already taken to safeguard
artistic treasures.
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URGES VOTE FOR WOMEN
President Wilson Hopes Senate Will
Pass Amendment

Washington, June 14.-President
Wilson expressed the, hope that the
senate would pass the woman suffrage
amendment at the present session Of
congress. His ,attitude was made
known in reply to memorial from
the French Union for Woman Suffrage,
which asked him to proclaim the prin-
eiples of woman suffrage as one of the
fundamental rights of the future.
ut Is my earnest hope" the presi-
dent said, "that III senate of the Unit
ed States will give an unmistakable
answer to this question by passing the
suffrage amendment to the federal
Constitution before the end of the ses-
HOn."
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-06-14
MAY QUIT GRAIN CONTROL
Food Head Intends to Restore Normal
Trading July I.

Trading July I.
New York, June 14.-Government
control of the grain trade, together
with a modification of the present
fixed prices Of 1920 a bushel for
wheat, the food administration grain
corporation announced, will be relin-
uuished so far as possible, in the near
future. It was learned that the food
administration intends to restore nor
NAL trading in grain so far as possible
by about July 1, when the new crop
year begins. President Wilson will
be asked to pass on the whole pro-
gram and supplement his proclamation
Of February 25, which put all grain
under government control and guar
anteed to the farmers price of 1920
a bushel on wheat. It was indicated
that the large grain crop assured, and
Increase in railroad freight rates rem
dered essential, changes In the system
Of grain controlH
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Thursdays Results.

NAT1ONAL LEAGUE.
New York, 4; Chicago, 8.
Brooklyn, 6; Cincinnati, 0.
Boston, 2; Pittsburgh, !.
Philadelphia, 8; st. Louis. 8 tcalled 18th
inning; darkness).
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
Detroit, 10; Philadelphia, 2.
Cleveland. 2; New York. 3 90 innings).
Chicago, 0; Boston, 6.
st. Louis, 2; Washington, o.
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION.
st. Paul, g.; Louisville, Q3 nings).
Minneapolis. IL; Columbus. 6.
Milwaukee, Is; indianapolis, 1.
Toledo, 2;Kansas City, 0.
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lows
During the night the Germans did
not renew their attacks between Mont
didier and the region Of Antheuil The
French troops are consolidating their
positions there"
ION the right wing Of this battle
field the French, by counter attack.
hurled the enemy back to the north
bank Of the Matz river.
East Of the Disc the French have
occupied their new positions on the
heights of .Croix Ricard and Melicoco.
Hundreds of prisoners and many
machine guns remain In the hands Of
the French.
"Violent combats continue between
the Aisne river and Villers-C Cotterets.
The Germans have made progress as
far as the rayine- east Of Laversine. !
.After violent fighting the. enemy
has obtained foothold in Coeuvres
and st. Pierre-Aigle.
"The Germans made q violent at
tack on the front between Bouresches
and aBalleau wood. American. troops
broke up the attack and inflicted seri-
GUS losses upon the enemy, holding
to all the. gains which they had made" !"
French Take Foes Guns.
Berlin, June -14.-Strong French
cOunter-attacks between Roys and
Estrees st. Denis have been repulsed
according to the official report from
general headquarters. The number of
prisoners taken by the Germans has
increased to more than 1900 and the
guns to $50.
Some German guns, it is admitted
have fallen into the hands of the
French.
The night statement says the posi-
ton, is unchanged
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ILLINOIS LEvEE GIVES WAY

Loss of Half-Million Dollars in Crops
Near Quincy.
Quincy, H.. June 14.-Loss Of a halt
million dollars in crops, damage to
levees and to new pumping station
resulted when the Indian Grave levee
broke, three miles north of Quincy.
There was no loss Of life or live stock.
Eight tho,,soaN sereS are hundsted.
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Health In Army Good.

Washington, June 14.-Generol
health conditions In army camps. con-
tinue satisfactory, the surgeon sen-
erals report said.
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THREE SLAYERS DIE IN CHAIR

Triple Execution Takes Place at o.
shining, N. Y.
Ossining, n. Y, June 14.-Alvay
Briggs, Peter Lischuck and Herman
Ostransky, murderers, were electro
cuted in the electric chair at Sing Sing
prison.
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REGISTER ON ISLES JULY 5
President Names Day for Hawaii, Por.
to Rico and Alaska.

Washington, June IA proclama-
ton designating July as draft regis
tration day for all Alaskans, Hawaii
ans and Porto Ricans reaching twenty
one years Of age since June 5. 1917,
was signed by President Wilson.
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FRENCH SLAUGHTER FOE
With ART|l lERY FIRE
may RAISE DRAFT AGE
IWsr Department toiAsk Congress
to Make il 18 to 49.
Crowder Favors Exemption Of Ball
Piayers-M'Adoo Would Release
Rail and Mine Workers.

Washington. June 14.-Prospective
extension of the draft age to include
practically all the able-bOdied men OF
the country and proposed changes In
the exi7ting cOnscriptiOn regulations
came to the fore. The important de-
velopments we're:
Representative Kahn. ranking Re
publican member Of the house commit
tee on military affairs, stated that the
war department intends to present to
congress at the winter session an
amendment to the selective draft law
making the draft age eighteen to forty
nine years. Secretary of War Baker
said the department does not contem-
plate this move now, but would not
commit himself as to the future.
Senator Smith Of Michigan, member
OF the committee on foreign arelationat
asserted that by virtue either OF the
effect of the pending draft treaty with
Great Britain or an alleged secret
agreement among the allies the Ameri-
can draft age Is to be fixed soon at
eighteen to forty-nine years.
Senator Hitchcock. chairman Of the
committee on foreign relations, dis
closed the intention of the administra-
tion to procure the amendment of the
draft law SO as tp exempt from mill
itary service aliens who have taken out
first American citizenship papers.
Provost Marshal General Crowder
reached a decision to recommend to
the secretary Of war the exemption of
professional baseball players from the
operation OF the "work or fight order
! during the remainder ef the baseball
season.
Director General McAdoo requested
the provost marshal general to exempt
all railroad men Of draft age. and the
coal mine operators Of the country
made q similar appeal applicable to
miners.
The professional baseball players of
draft age will not be required to "work
or fight" till next winter IL Secretary
I Baker, and eventually President VIII
son, approve General Crowders rec
ommendation of temporary, exemption
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Among the persons recently indicted
In New York for conspiracy to commit
treason and espionage Is Baroness
Marie de Victorica, who is under ar
rest. She is said to be cousin of the
German empress.
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FORTY SICK SOLDIERS BACK
Disabled Americans Landed Hero Dur.
inc Past Week.

Washington, June 14.--Forty sick
and wounded soldiers from the expedi-
4tiOnary army were landed In the Unit
ed States last week. the surgeon gen
eral reported.
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BIG ESTATE HELD FOR TAX
$4,000, 900 Property of Late Henry
Miller Seized by U. S.

San Francisco, June 1.-THE $40.
OOO, 900 properties Of Miller & Lux, Inc.
which represents the estate Of the late
Henry Miller, cattle king, were seized
by the government In default of $685.
24O inheritance tax, alleged due.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-10-06
CENTRAL POWERS RUSH
TROOPS INTO BULGARIA
Forces Being Drawn From Russia
in Effort to Hold Railroad
to Constantinople.

LONDON. October 5--The Germans
and Austrians. the Daily Mail says,
are making great efforts to place a
new army in Bulgaria in order to hold
the railroad to Constantinople. Men
are being drawn from thirty-four
German and twelve Austrian divisions
in Russia, but the divisions are gener-
ally POOR in quality and weak in num-
bers. Germany can use railroads and
the Black sea to throw troops quickly
into Constantinople, their chief aim,
the paper adds, being to maintain
land communications with Constanti-
nople and to prevent the allies from
getting in touch with Rumania
Constantinople is at the mercy of
the guns of the battleship Goeben
and the forts at the Dardaneiles are
manned by picked Germans.
The Turkish attitude, concludes the
Daily Mail, is one of helpless expecta-
tion, and Turkey will be the prize Of
the army which wins the race for the
railroad.
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EACH SOL0N MAY NAME
TWO FOR ARMY SCHOOL

Members of Congress yesterday were
notified by Acting. Adjt. Gen. Harris that
they may nominate two candidates.
instead of one for appointment to the
West Point Military Academy. Two
alternates also may be named for
each candidate.
Examinations will be held October
is to determine admission on Novem-
Der 1, when the classes of 1920 and
1921 will be graduated.
Gen. Harris asked that nominations
be confined to youths of eighteen
years of age, although the minimum
entrance age remains at seventeen.
He also urged that candidates be TAX
en- from the Students Army Training
Corps who have completed their
sophomore year in college.
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Mitteleuropa Created.

A year later the brief Rumanian
episode completed the creation OF Nit
teleuropa. Brought into the war by
Russian command, betrayed by the
Russian cabinet, Rumanian armies
defeated and the country overrun. the
Rumanian government had no escape
from the surrender which followed
the Russian revolution and placed
Rumania completely under German
control. At the close of 1916 Mittel-
europa was an even more impressive
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Offensive Stops London Raids.
Special Correspondence of The Sunday
Star and New York World.


LONDON. September 1.-The one def
mite reason why German aircraft have
not visited London during the last month
is the British offensive.
They may have refrained from COM
ing because they are afraid of our night
scouts and our barrage. They may have
stayed away because they are afraid
that air raids on Rhine towns would be
made yet more frequent. 1t may be
because their airdromes have been torn
up, their hangers destroyed and their
giant airplanes burned. 1t may be be-
cause so many of their night bombing
machines have been shot down in France
1t may be because they are being used
down the line against the allies back
areas in an endeavor to interfere with
their plans of attack.
All Of these causes come under the
one heading of the British offensive 1t
is owing to our relentless policy of at
tack in the air and on the land that Lon
don has been immune during these re-
cent clear nights, ideal for night bomb
ers
Even if German aircraft were to re-
commence their attacks in a few days,
yet by their recent freedom of raids the
British would have achieved a victory
over the German air force and the Ger
man air policy.
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Germans to Lose
Submarine Bases.

tending far back into Belgium. posi-
, bly, as far as Antwerp. 1t is practical
~ conceded that the submarine bases
.on the Belgian coast must be given
up by the Germans.
With the Belgian retreat the Ger
mans also started a retrograde move
!. ment, moving back toward Lille under
& the impact of allied blows. The Brit
ish here are within four miles of Lille,
and this important coal field soon
[; completely will be in the hands of al
! lied armies Retreat in Flanders abb
) ,solutely precluded the possibility of
the enemy, safely holding the Lille
sector, particularly in view Of the
-<British gains in the direction of Cam
brai. Below this point British and
American forces in furious lighting
breeched the Hindenburg line over a
front of eight miles. they now fight
ing well east of this strong defensive
front.
To the south of ST. Quentin the
French pressed home numerous blows
and the fall of the city was a natural
result The French now are operat-
ing well east of st. Quentin. Gen.
aIangin gained more height positions
10 the southwest of Laon, and Gen.
sBerthelot. operating between the Aisne
sand the Vesle, advanced to such
distance as to place the Germans
operating Immediately to the east of
1theims in a deep pocket, from which
they will have difficulty in extricating
themselves. Gen. Gouraud. in the
Champagne regions, scored steady
. progress northward. and his opera
- lons here. coupled with those of the
Americans between the Argonne and
tho Mouse. placed the Germans in
such predicament as to usher in re-
!. rirement on the Teutons' left flank.
Americans and French are pressing
an with such SteadineSS that the Ger
man peril in the Champagne and the
Argonne is acute. There is every rea-
. son for believing that allied progress
in this region soon will so completely
dominate the enemy's east and west
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ZEPPELIN RAIDERS
DREAD A|RPLANE
Prussian Noble Who Has
Been in Several Raids Tells
of Difficulties.
Especial Correspondence of The Sum
day Star and Chicago Daily News.D

Especial Correspondence of The Sum
day Star and Chicago Daily News.D
ZURICH, Switzerland, August %
The Popular Cologne Gazette pub
fishes the following statement by a
Prussian noble, one Capt. Baron
Treusch Won Buttlar -Brandeufels.
who has taken part in several air raids
over London:
1.-THE weather always decides air
raids, because they cannot be made
when there is moonlight, and there
are only a dozen nights month
when there is no moonlight. The
various Zeppelins which are ready to
raid England meet near the Dutch
Islands! But it must be owned that
during this war the English have in
cessan4ly perfected their aerial de-
fense arrangements.
Exposed to Strong Lights.
TN w, at the exterior ring of de-
fense of London, for instance, we are
always exposed to very strong lights
andS heavy firing, especially when we
are making for an east-northeast di-
rection of the city. I have counted
between twenty-four and thirty huge
searchlights, besides smaller ones,
and theif lights are so we'll concen-
trated upon us that We could read a
newspaper while sitting in our air.
ships.
"our favorite aim is always Lon
don, because there are more people
moving about, and the chief public
buildings are there. When our Yep
pelin is we'll over the city the COM
mandant gives the order to send the
bombs down. We alternate explo-
sive bombs with incendiary ones, SO
that the objects hit by the first bomb
are set afire by the second.
"Airplanes are now a very extensive
kind Of defense against Zeppelins. and
several of our large Zeppelins have heen
their victims lately. For us the air.
plane is very disagreeable adversary
We hardly ever see it approaching us
because our Zeppelin is so lighted up
by the enemy's searchlights. Neither
can we hear it, because our own ma
chimes make such terrible noise that
it is impossible for us to hear anything
else"
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Conditions in 1914.

In 1914. therefore. when the world
war came. Germany controlled the Ber-
lin-Bagdad roadway except for the
short span between Belgrade and the
Eulgar frontier. This was the one
barrier to her great Mitteleuropa.
Could she dispose of Serbia, then, with
the King of Greece in her control and
a strong element in Russia at her dis
posal she might hope to establish her
great world empire. In these condi-
lions Austria attacked Serbia in 1914
and thus precipitated the world war,
for Russia was bound to support Serbia
and Britain and France could not
abandon their Russian friend.
After the war came we saw the total
failure of the allies to grasp the near
eastern situation as it existed. In
stead of reinforcing the splendid Serb
army, which twice, of it's own initia-
tive and with only it's limited re-
sources, defeated Austrian armies, the
allies were caught by the lure of Con-
stantinople and wasted their human
and material resources at Gallipoli.
AS a result when the time was come
Germany and Austria attacked Serbia;
Bulgaria abandoned her neutrality and
treacherously assailed the Serbs in the
rear, and in a brief campaign the little
Slav state was overrun and the last
barrier between Berlin and the near
east abolished. In 1915 Mitteleuropa
was a fact
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New Serb State Needed.

Nor is this all. If we are to insure
ourseivs against a new German drive
to the near east we can only do it by
erecting a Serb state between the Ad-
Ratio and the Danube. sufficiently
strong to bar German advance when
supported by an even stronger Ru-
manian state to the east. We can do
this merely by adding to the Serb and
Rumanian states which existed be-
fore this war Austrian and Hungarian
districts peopled almost entirely by
Serbs and Rumanians. We are soon to
have the chance to reward our brave
Serb and Rumanian allies and in re-
warding them to build a stronger dixie
against the German flood. We allies
have already paid a heavy price be-
cause three years ago we offered to
Bulgaria Greek, Serb and Rumanian
territories as a price of support. The
Price did not prevent the Bulgar from
must avoid repeating that mistake ie
we would keep our Greek. Serb and
Rumanian friends and thus insure the
ultimate creation of Balkan confed-
Grafton strong enough to bar the Ger
man pathway to the east and abolish
all German dreams of Mitteleuropa.
In the present article I have con-
fined myself to the political rather
than the military aspects of the Bull
garian situation, for the military as.
poets are by contrast minor. Politi'
cally the action OF the Bulgarians is
the most important eastern event
ICOntinued- on Eourth Pa
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Germany Sure to Fight.

Now, recognizing that if Bulgaria
makes separate peace Germany will
lose all possible Balkan profit for her
great sacrifices, and will be thrown
back upon the dubious Russian fields
as the sole opportunity to acquire po-
litical or eventual economic gain from
the war, realizing that the existence
of Austria will be gravely imperiled
by a restoration of the Serbian front,
nothing is more certain than that
both Germany and Austria will make
a supreme effort to restore the COM
promised situation in the Balkans
And that this is being done we are
already informed by Berlin and VII
emma. in both of which capitals there
is to be discovered unconcealed dis
may. for the loss of Bulgaria would
be a far greater disaster than an en-
forced retreat behind the Mouse on
the west front.
And here. at last. we may turn to
the military aspect. For nearly three
years the Saloniki front has been
source of weakness TO the allies. be-
cause it has drawn their troops away
from the main fields. while the Ger
mans have-been able to ASSIGN their
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Turkey Will Soon
Ask Allies for Peace.

and Talaat Pasha. wish this course or
not. If the Turks themselves do not
capitulate and accept such terms as
will be given them. then the Turks
will be forced to give up through COM
plete military defeat. Should Turkey
persist in her allegiance to the kali
ser and his pan-German advisers the
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CONTINUED on Fourth Page.)
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Turkey soon will have been separ-
ated from the quadruple alliance,
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communications as to hasten the day
of retirement from the Laon salient.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-10-06

The loss of, Bulgaria has created
pangs of despair, not only among the
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The retirement of the Germans in
Belgium occasioned by the great Brit