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JMlmifct iScmbUWkla Saunial VOLUME XX. GREAT ADVANCE IS MADE BY FRANCO-AMERICANS CROWN PRINCE, IN RETREAT, CALLS FOR HELP JAPAN AGREES TO 11. S. PROPOSAL ON WHERE PORT Reply of the Government Is Expected in, Washington During the Day, When a Statement Will Be Issued LONDON. July 22.—The Japanese diplomatic council has agreed to the American proposal for joint intervention by Japan and the United States In Siberia, says a Central News dispatch from Tokio under date of July 17. A proclamation will be issued assur ing Russia that the entente has no Ag gressive designs in intervening in Si beria. the dispatch adds. It Is probable that a relief commis sion will accompany the joint expedi tion, it is stated. Red Cross Supplies Are Sent to Russia WASHINGTON. D. C., July XL American Red Cross supplies are be ing sent into Vladivostok, the state de partment revealed today. The allies are rapidly competing the work of selecting a personnel for the economic mission and arranging the small army of soldiers to go along as a protective force. West front developments are expect ed to make the task of the allies easier when news that the Ude appears to have turned against Germany. Japan's stand on the Siberian project may be announced at Tokio shortly. The Japanese embassy was inclined to discredit press reports from London and Tckio that Japan already has decided upon Intervention along the lines desir ed by .President Wilson. However, the admission was made that the matter is receiving careful consideration by the Japanese government and that there is little doubt that a plan of policy and action is practically formulated. It is declared that It has not been Japan's desire to bring about the re establishment of the eastern battle front but merely to protect the Orient from German encroachment through Si beria. The establishment of an allied mili tary base at Vladivostok and possibly at Harbin to supply and support the op erations of the Caecho-Slovaks. it is held, is In line with the general Japa nese defensive policy. It is also as serted that the economic phase of the American plan is demanding the atten tion of Japan, as the island empire is looking to Siberia for raw mat* rials and to Russia as an after the war market for her manufactured wares It is the official Japanese view that the Siberian movement md tae allied protective action on th* M urman coast are to be regarded as two distinct poli cies. The government continued its reserve today on any announcement of plans with Japan for military aid to Russia tn Siberia. Officials sadi that until some official communication from the Japa nese government arrived there would be nothing to say for publication. Japan’s Reply Expected In Washington Today TOKIO, July 19.—(Friday.)—(By the Associated Press.) —It is believed in political circles here that the Japanese government’s reply to the proposal made by the United States relative to entente Allied Intervention in Siberia will be dispatched to Washington today. It is understood that the Japanese govern ment’s answer accepts the American proposal In every particular A session of the diet to consider the question of intervention in Russia is likely to be called, according to the newspapers today. Body of Selectman Found Hanging From Bridge Near Macon CAMP Macon. Ga.. July —Board of officers ere investigating the death of a soldier whose body was found yesterday hanging to one of the bridges over the lake here. Pending receipt of report from the investigators, officers declined to give the name of the soldier or any circumstances in connec tion with his death. It ts generally be lieved he committed suicide. Il was learned, however, that he is a select man and recently came here from De troit. Mich. Dr. Weaver Reported As Mercer President MACON. Ga.. July 22.—When the board of trustees of Mercer university meets here Tuesday Dr. Rufus W. Weaver, of Nashville, Tenn., will be elected president of the university, ac cording to an unofficial report in circu lation here. He has already let it be known that he will accept, it is said. Dr. Weaver will succeed Dr. W. L. Pickard. who resigned during a wran gle at a meeting of the trustees over the election of his suoceaaox. Full Associated Press Service NUMBER OF PRISONERS INCREASED ON OUR WAY : . .J. ( 6 BUDGET BILL IS PISSED 81 IDLE OF THE HOUSE Commission, Under Substitute, Would Recommend Appro priations, Not Order Them The most important feature of Mon day’s session o£ the house was the pas sage of a budget bill providing for the establishment of an efficiency and econ omy commission to make recommenda tions to the general assembly on all appropriations. The budget bill was originally in troduced by Mr. Pace, of Sumter, and provided for a commission to frame all appropriation legislation after proper in- ■ vestigation. Under this measure it ! would have been mandatory upon the . general assembly to consider only sqch ’ appropriation bills as were offered by the commission. A substitute bill, offered by Mr. Pickett, of Terrell, providing that the efficiency commission merely recom mend appropriation measures to the general assembly, was finally passed by vote of 111 to 2. There was also under consideration a substitute J>y Mr. Pace, but this failed of passage, and the budget bill, there fore. goes to the senate by the substi tute of Mr. Pickett. When adjournment was taken short ly before 1 o’clock the house had under consideration a bill by Mr. Williams, of Meriwether, providing for the creation of the office of state superintendent of printing and purchasing agent at a sal ary of 13.600 per year. This measure would put the control of the state printing in the hands of the superintendent and would provide for i the submission of bids on all printing • of suppiles for the various departments. I The bill will come up again Tuesday ! morning as unfinished business. To Bridge St. Marys WAYCROSS. Ga.. July 22.—A bridge ‘across the St. Marys river at Wilds I Landing looks like an assured fact, as ' the Nassau county commissioners have ■ requested the Florlida state road com missioners to prepare plans. When erected this bridge will be owned by the counties of Nassau and Camden Jointly. FIRING IS HEARD ON THE COAST OF MASSACHUSETTS Sound Is Like Discharge of Depth Bombs —Navy Patrol Alert Since Raider’s Attack Off Cape Cod , PROVINCETOWN, Mass.. July 22. — ■ Heavy cannonading was heard off here ‘ today at 11:45. Naval vessels have 1 been off this port hunting German sub marines. Provincetown harbor is closed J to all ships. Explosions resembling ! those of depth bombs, were heard short . i ly aften 4 a. m. t : " ; WASHINGTON, July 22. —The navy i ordnance bureau was asked by Secre- • tary Daniels today to investigate the apparent failure of bombs dropped by Ja seaplane upon the U-boat raider at • Orleans, Mass., to explode. Secretary Daniels said his report » showed seaplanes had attacked the r raider but there was nothing to in dicate that bombs had made a hit. He i feared they had not exploded. ! It was admitted there had been some - Instances here and abroad of failure of - the intricate bombs to function prop erly. • Daniels desires to know whether ' there has been any tampering with the t mechanicism or whether there has been i carelessness in -manufacturing. E Private concerns make the bombs, but - , the finishing touches such as fusing is done at Newport by the navy. f The secretary said the majority .of • naval opinions indicated that the Unit r ed States cruiser San Diego was . mined. Troop shipments to sewll the great r American army in France will go on, undiminished and unafraid, despite Ger many's second U-boat coastal raid now under way. July movements will aggregate at 9 least 300,000 men from this side. 3 The war department intends to keep 3 at its accelerated program, and the navy e department is ready to afford the need- ■ ed protection. 1 This Is the answer to the new Ger ' man effort to shake American morale 1 (Continued on Page a, Column 1.) ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY, JULY 23, 1918. fURTH ER GROUND ■ MEN THEN 8? BRITISH General Haig Reports Ad vances Near Hebuterne and Near Villers-Bretonneaux LONDON, July 22.—The British de stroyer Marne has sunk a German sub- I marine, says an official statement, is- I sued today, by the British admiralty. LONDON, July 22.—Further ground | has been gained by the British in the Hebuterne region, on the front between Albert and Arras, the war office an nounced today. The British likewise, in conjunction with the French, carried out , a successful enterprise to the south of Villers-Bretonneux east of Amiens, in which prisoners were taken. The German trenches were entered ■ during the night by British raiding par ! ties at several points on the front,- in- I eluding Neuville-Vitasse, and north of Bailleul, and prisoners taken. ’Further ground was made by our troops yesterday southeast of Hebuterne and a hostile bombing attack in this neighborhood was repulsed,” the state ment said. ‘‘We captured a tew pr:s --i oners. ’’ln conjunction with French troops, : we carried out a successful minor en terprise last night south of Villers r Bretonneaux, capturing a few prisoners and machine guns. "Our raiding parties, entered the ene ' my’s trenches during the night at 1 Neuille, at Callonne-sur-La-Lys and north of Bailleul, and brought back ! prisoners. A hostile raid in the last I mentioned sector was repulsed. i "Hostile artillery was active in the I Locre sector.” Italian Troops Continue To Gain in Albania ROME, July 22. —The Italian troops are continuing to gain ground in the bend of the Devoli river, in Albania, the Italian war office announced today. The advancing troops yesterday took a hun dred prisoners and captured seven ma chine guns. AMERICANS GASSING IK WITH FRENCH IN CHEAT AMBERS Crown Prince's Army Group in Retreat Everywhere North of Marne River,. Ferguson Declares BY FRED S. FTTESUSON WITH THE AMERICAN ARMIES TN FRANCE, July 22.—(1 a. m.) —The Franco-American advance continues ev erywhere from Soissons to east of Chateau Thierry. Oulchy le Chateau has been pene trated, placing the railway and main highway from Chateau Thierry to Flames under allied control and thus adding to the difficulties of the German retirement from the Marne. American and French infantry have recrossed the Marne in great qumbers and are heavily reinforced by allied ar tillery, which effected the passage with out opposition. French cavalry is operat ing northeast of Chateau Thierry far in advance of infantry. American field guns are firing on Soissons, while the Franco-American line has been straightened south of that city until practically all the main high way from Soissons to Chateau Thierry is in our possession. German prisopers say their orders are to retire northward from the Marne to Fere-en-Tardenois, twelve miles north east of Chateau Thierry and fifteen miles southeast of Soissons. The crown prince’s army group is now on the retreat everywhere north of the Marne. The allied line runs well north of Chateau Thierry, and contact has been established with our lines northwest of that place. In addition to crossing the Solssons-Chateau Thierry road on a wide front south of the former city, the Americans and French are marching on the road northwest of the latter. French cavalry is scouting ahead of the infantry, seeking to keep in con stant touch with the retreating Germans. Franco-American troops crossed the Marne without opposition early Sunday, using to a large extent the boats and foot bridges, which the Germans were forced to abandon in their hast 3. Long lines of infantry and artillery poured across the river all day and Into the night. The guns were set up quickly and shelled the enemy's rear guards. South of Soissons, the boches are put ting up a desperate resistance. Ameri cans and FYench are advancing there across alternating plateaus and wojd ravines. The latter are filled with ma chine guns nests, about which German resistance centers. American troops, fighting tirelessly, are cleaning up these nests. The small streams running through some of the ravines are no barrier to the doughboys. ' Some are so narrow the men leap across, while others are forced to wade, with guns and packs held high above their heads. Every sort of unit is begging to get into the fight. Several hundred military policemen, a supply company and sever al other units normally rated as non combatants, as a result of their con stant pleading were put into the line. Soissons and all the Aisne bridges are qnder fire of the allied artillery. Heavy movements have been observed toward the rear, back of the German lines, indicating possible withdrawal from the Soissons region similar to that of Chateau Thierry. The allied advance Is continuing on the whole Soissons-Rheims salient, va rying in speed with the degree of Ger man resistance. The Germans apparently are concen trating their defense south of Soissons and north of Chateau Thierry, to protect the west and center of their retirement Elsewhere the enemy is depending jnost ly upon its artillery to stem the allied attacks—probably' employing the guns in covering further withdrawals of men and supplies. Admission by’ enemy prisoners that the retirement will continue to Fere en-Tardenois means the Germans will attempt to make a stand along the Ourcq, twelve miles north of Chateau Thierry. Dramatic Scenes Some of the most dramatic scenes are enacted in this war of movement. Every unit is working tirelessly. Trucks have 1 been running day and night for four days, the drivers alternating in sleeping I on the seat, while the others drive. Ar j tillerymen lie down beside their guns snatching winks of sleep while the I pieces roar away almost on top of them. It is a common to see rein | forcements along the roads in the rear, | the men asleep on the ground, using their gas masks as pillows. Further for ward. the units engaged in battle are denied even this slight rest. One machine gun unit got so far ; ahead that it received no food for twen ! ty-four hours. It sent word back and I two motorcycles with side cars were I loaded up with The drivers 1 were told to reach the machine gunners at any cost. They rode over hills pitted with shell holes, across fields and dodged among Boche Aesd. but they reached the machine gunners. Cigarettes are now an important part (Coßtiixuad on Page 3, Column 8) BIG RAILWAY AND HIGHWAY CENTER TAKEN, HUNS RETREAT WITH THE FRENCH ARMY IN FRANCE, July 22. —(By the Asso ciated Press.) —Fredrick William, the German imperial crown prince, has been obliged to call for help from his cousin. Crown Prince Rupprecht of Bavaria. German divisions from the army in the north have been hur ried down to protect the western flank of the defeated army, which has been driven back over the Marne and ejected from Chateau Thierry by Franco-American troops. * * * LONDON, July 22.—American troops yesterday crossed the River Marne between Chartoves and Gland, east of Chateau Thierry, and cap tured the wood of Barbillon, according to an authoritative announcement made here today. The Germans are stubbornly resisting the French crossing of the Marne, but the French have succeeded in getting two elements over at Mezy and Courcelles, which are constructing foot bridges under heavy fire. The Germans are using gas shells in large numbers. Owing to faulty working of the telegraph line between Paris and London news of the French advance up to 8:30 o’clock last night is not very detailed. It is learned, however, tUat the French line now runs from Breny along the main Chateau Thierry road to Rocourt and then through Le Charme and Epieds to the Marne at Chartoves. The capture of Barbillon wood by the Americans means that the overseas men have advanced between three and four miles *from their old position on the Marne. Between the Ourcq and the Aisne the Germans again are making violent counter attacks, but the French are maintaining their lines. On every front the Germans are resiting desperately, and are mak- ( Ing violent counter attacks. Nevertheless the French troops yesterday made progress along the River Marne to a maximum depth of eight miles. The objective of the enemy counter attack is to expedite the extri cation of his troops from the pocket between Soissons and Rheims. Meanwhile, German troops on the southern end of the pocket must be experiencing great difficulty in getting supplies. Southwest of Rheims there has been fighting, and the French have made progress. Between the Ourcq and the Marne rivers the French yesterday took 400 prisoners. FOCH PREPARES TO MEET GERMANY’S COUNTERATTACKS Moderates His Drive Between Aisne and Marne for Purpose of Consolidating Gains —Will Not Sacrifice Men BT J. W. T. MASON. NEW YORK, July 22.—General Foch is moderating his drive between the Aisne and the Marne for the apparent purpose of consolidating his gains and preparing for inevitable German counter attacks. Great caution is now necessary on the part of the allied commanders, and Gen eral Foch is splendidly demonstrating that he cannot be run off his feet, it wouW serve the German purpose ad mirably if General Foch were to extend the battle along the Aisne-Marne salient into a major offensive. A forward allied movement on so gi gantic a scale before the Americans are fully ready to participate would be to accept the Germans’ terms on which such a battle should be fought. General Foch Is now declining to be inveigled into playing Germany’s game under such conditions. The Aisne-Marne thrust must be con sidered as a local offensive, which, how ever, has already had major conse quences through safeguarding Paris and driving the Germans north of the Marne. General Foch must not be ex pected to press forward recklessly after he had alreadj* secured such highly* im portant results. General Foch above all has demonstrated that he will not sac rifice his own men on the barbarous principle of the Hohenzollerns. The entmy is unquestionably piling his reserves into the northern and cen tral areas of the Aisne-Marne salient, especially about Soissons and Fere-en Tardenois, which are the most impor tant pivots of the present German re sistance. In this respect. General Foch has gravely interrupted the enemy’s fu ture offensive plans. The moral effect in Germany of a confused offensive strategy at the kaiser’s headquarters will be very great, coming so closely upon the dismissal of Foreign Minister von Kuehlmann for predicting that peace cannot be W’on on the battlefield. Ludendorff, therefore, will tresort to desperate expedients in order to try to wrest the initiative from General Foch. German Correspondent Admits Defeat of Huns AMSTERDAM, July 22.—" These days assuredly will bring to their senses these who represented that the German campaign in 1918 would be a graniose promenade and would result In complete destruction of the enemy," declared the war correspondent of the Berlin Vor waorta NUMBER 86. The region immediately south of Sols sons forms the key to the German po sition and here the enemy has concen trated heavy forces for the purpose of “ holding back the advancing tide of the allies. The latter, however, continue their progress, although the fighting is becoming heavier each hour. They have taken a large number of prisoners, the number being more than has been an nounced, and new batches of captives are arriving. The number of unwound ed prisoners alone far exceeds the total casualties of the allied troops since the victorious advance began. The correspondent has seen a large column of these prisoners coming in, and from their appearance, they were certainly picked men. The number of undamaged cannon taken b ythe allies is very large and is constantly increasing, while at the same time large quantities of ammunition have been captured. The advance of the armies command ed by General Mangin and General Degoutte on this flank averages ten kilometers, while General Berthelot, wlio is smashing at the other side of the pocket containing the defeated Ger mans, is also progressing appreciably. The French, Americans and British are working in closest co-operation and with absolute confidence. Allies Start New Drive to Outflank Retreating Huns NEW YO?.K, July 22.—(Summary of European Cables to the Associated Press. —Rear guard actions are being fought by the Germans north of Chateau Thierry. These were probably organiz ed for the purpose of delaying the re lentless pursuit of the fleeing enemy by the French and Americans who on Sun day forning passed through Chateau Thierry ad advanced northeast of Gat cornerstone of German conquest in eastern France. The reaction of the Germans is said to have been marked between Grisopes and Bezu-St. Germaine, two villages north-northwest and north of Chateau Thierry, at a distance of approximately seven and four miles, respectively. Tho distance between Grisolles and Bezu-St. * Germaine is about four miles. Along this line German attacks were broken and the allied line was maintained throughout. North of the Onrcq river the reac tion of the enemy was lim.ted to ar tillery fire. This was also the ca« 3 between the Marne and Rheims, notably in the region west of the Rheims moun tain and in the Courto and Roi woods. Sice the Germans have been usted from Chateau Thierry uder conditions which suggest that the withdrawal was precipitate, the most interesting de velopments in the battle are south of Soissons where the Americans are re ported to have advanced a distance of a mile and a quarter; the Ourcq vallev, where the allies are steadily pounding their way toward Nanteuil-Notre Dame and southwest of Rheims, where there seems to be an indication that the allies have Initiated a new drive for the pur pose of outflanking the Germans between Marfaux and Chatillon. • 24-Mile Gap If this last movement develops, the allies’ “nut cracker" will be in full mo tion. Between the known allied front south of Soissons to the town of Bouil ly, southwest of Rheims, there Is a gap of about twenty-four miles. This gap, (Continued on Psge 3, Column 3J
