Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-07-05
HlmEl. Am|ENS KEY. RETAKEM BY ALLIES
AMERICANS HELP
BRITISH TO VICTORY
London, July 5.-The number of prisoners
taken by the allied forces in the fighting around
Hamel yesterday now numbers more than 300


lmbers more than 300
the war Office announced
today. One hundred Ger
machine guns were
taken. German counter attacks
against the new positions east Of
1ameI were left in the hands Of the
allies.
The War in Summary.
That Americans are now helping
the British defend the road 10
Amiens. down the SOmme valley,
has just been revealed by the Bri-
tish war Office. The Americans
again gave good account OF them
selves, for the allies stormed the
village of Hamel. sweeping on to
the east Of that place where they
repelled counter attacks.
Americans are brigaded with
French and British in all OF the i'm
portant zones of fighting in France.
From the great number OF prison
ers and German machine guns cap.
tured in the operation on the
Somme yesterday. it is evident that
the Australians and the Americans
lighting with them carried out their
assaults with great dash and bril-
Liant vigor.
More 6oehe earbarity.
Paris, July 5.--Following their
usual inhuman tactics of warfare, q
German aviator attacked Red Cross
hospital behind the lines with ma.
chine gun fire wonndingtwo American
men.
The Germans flew only about fifteen
feet above the hospital firing upon the
French wounded The large Red
Cross flag on the building was plain
ly visible to the German airman.
Dynamite Hun Positions.
l.. ndon. July 5.---One hundred and
twenty-five tons of bombs were drop.
ped in one day by British airmen upon
German stores and camps. the In
ternatimal News Service learned this
afternoon from reliable source.
More than one-half of the bombs
were of dynamite construction. The
bombs were thrown with remarkable
accuracy, twelve military establish
ments were bombed twenty.three
times in one week German lines OF
communication were tied up.
Riots Daily in Vienna.
London, July 5.--There are daily
riots in the markets of Vienna. said q
Reuter- dispatch from Zurich, Switzer
land, today.
People stand in line all night to OBJ
tain meat, nine-tenths Of them fail
ing to do so.
The hotel allowances in Viennt
have been reduced twenty per cent
and the hospital rations ten per cent
Bar Germans on Pacific.
Washington, July "a resolution
proposing that Great Britain and ia
pan enter into an agreement to shu
the Central Powers ont Of the Pacif
ocean was introduced in the Senat
this afternoon. The resolution Pre-
poses that these countries and Chin
and Russia, whenever the two latte
shall be able 10 Contribute reason
able proportions of sea power TO b
admitted as signatories. shall ente
into lasting agreements to make it in
possible for the Central Powers /
wage war on the Pacific ocean.
Car is Still Dead.
London. July 5.--Former Car Mel
olas. his wife. and their daughte
/ Grand Duchess Tatana. have all bee
murdered by the Bolsheviki. accordin
to an Exchange Telegraph dspatc
! today.
There is no confirmation OF the r
ported assassination from any otht
source. According to the report
priest at Tsarskoye on June 2S praye
, for the souls Of the dead. at the sam
time announcing that the assassin
tions had taken place