St. Louis Post-Dispatch
July 31, 1918

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Twn to One! ‘ ‘ - IC PAGE \ The POST-DISPATCH Fy: in St. Louis ¥ 30, 1918. ee LOUIS POST-DISPATC ~ Globe-Democrat. — od et ee ; 77, | . The Only Evening Paper in St Louis With the Associated Press News Service ' “VOL. 70. NO. 344, : | fe ST. LOUIS, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JULY 31, 1918—20 PAGES. AMERICANS HOLD GAIN ad —s ey OLD GAINS WON IN VIOLENT FIGHTI U.S. TROOPS NOW OCCUPY SERINGES-ET-NESLES - QUR MEN TOOK "af, CE SUPREME TENACITY OF BATTLENOW MERE (PEDMMAN ATTEMPTS veweesnans—)SERGV HEIGHTS AT SSeS AT SERGY, EYRE ASseRTS CONTEST 10 KILL, | BYBONB ATE cos sew mrss mane SAYS GEN ARG ‘ 4 - ASHINGTON, July 31.—The | BAYONET'S POINT American combatant troops from | : . France are reaching Italy in excel- | ; & lent condition and splendid spirits, . r said a cablegram from the American | ing With Picked Prussian Guard When Village, Changed Hands Nine Times. ‘Chief of Staff Declares wat jective of Marne Salient Red Cross representative with the Fighting Has Been Sub- | Italian Third Army, received today merged by Developments. | : ITALIANS DROP SLIPS READING peso & @~ a ~~ inchatmenteenenenememneeiaateiete Dominated by Machine Guns at headquarters here. At the prin- Field Marshal Von Eichhorn | | mi cipal stops to the front the troops a . Above, Americans Fought were met by American Red Cross and Adjutant, Attacked m bese arg | ; . thi P | Street, Both Die of | BY pee as at EYRE, In the a‘. the enemy was extreme- ? . workers who provided coffee and | sf Through Streets to Get at/ substantial comforts. The Italian A Staff Co ndent of the Post-|1¥ active. Despite the efforts of! Wounds. _ Dispatch d New York World. Franco-American pursuit squadrons, | ; ‘Red Cross also was active. A Small Crack Prussian Guards. a emergency hospital has been estab- , Copyright, 1 18, by Press Pubtighing Co. his anti-infantry planes raced all our | | tew York World.) front line this morning, dropping | > BAT, lished at the American base by ‘the WITH THE AMERICAN FORCES | bombs and firing machine gun vo | POCKET TOO FLAT FOR Enemy Reported to Be G dually ; 4 Red Cross. ; i ENEMY | | The Ameri tr e re- ." SOUGHT TO eeaeed nt thet taée by the Ttalidn ATTACK RESULT OF NORTH OF THE OURCQ, July nat le a epirlously low altitude. | dine G al and ir- : Coincident with the appearance of/ At the same time the German regu- oF | COVER HIS RETREAT Sa eae ie eae en ee | MOSCOW TROUBLE oe rourth Prussian Guards in the/|lating machines assisted their gun-| BIG BAG OF MEN Gi A Both t th | ‘line opposite our troops in the Ourcg | ners to plant big shells on our back) oneness r iving way O S i | Valley, German counter attacks more | areas. Several plages that had been | , 4 ‘Missile Was Thrown at Offi- ‘violent than any that have been at-j|tranquil ever since the Germans | German Withdrawal Short- Right and Left i ‘tempted since the start of the of-} were driven back from them were, ; . . } | cials From Closed Cab fensive have been launched against Pa agp oi —, of the de-; ens Line; Maximum Re- if the Americans from east of Fere-en- | Structive qualities of Krupp high ex- | : E s — me treat 14 Miles; Rainbow ee | | q planes flew overhead, dropping slips Alongside Them as They | Tardenois to the west of Sergey (three | plosives this afternoon. Division in the Fighting. ENEMY CAUGHT IN TRAP ' et state | Necessary to Save Army|wanog TELLS RAILROAD MEN “From Rapid Allied Ad-| THEY MUST NOT STRIKE IN WAR _-vance, London Papers Say. Shop Men Will Be Expected to Show | or. the southeastern end of Fere-en- New Energy in Return for Pay | he terrific bi few places under the which wourded the pbs ity of the Americans, | o¢ them on the roof of a house ana! °?PO%S es i 7 beyond Sergy, the Americans being , . Field Marshal and the Adjutant was sana “ yee saat Pa a PBs finished off the four men operating | This interpretation of the battle! By the Associated Press. nig ee that the thrown from i rougn, ough sergy ¢ : . in the valley. It was aere that the | Goterat army Stalfs..at: Tokio’ ati a cab which Grove closé | Fae nine times between 10:30 Sun- |{¢, mighty quick. ‘Them we went baci) was, formally presented toflay by| WITH. THE AMERICAN ARMY ON THE AISNEDMARIE 3 fighting Monday afternoon was most to their carriage as they were ap-. to our lines.” Gen, March, chief of staff, in his ‘ BER OPS 2 AE YF Pekin Making Preparations; No’ 'day night and noon Monday. Our ee | NT, er TF ’ The Americans had no cov- Encroachments coh sgh | -proaching the agg apa nasi ib re , 4 * of Serinaes{ Since this.¢ the French have mid-week. conference with newspe- FRO duly 3] ac DSRS Y > ee | er, and were obliged to lie in street nclate’ Pre eg sete sie sence % nt Se a . ) | oys ere in an out o ringe completed the ") : | | fines ‘- inst sa ene Pinte : ea ES te gutters for shel.er, but-with the bay- | BS he aay Seas Pes + Se. ite eaeademer thrice before they. coutd make good ; . - ba gai ren ~-onet and machine guns they stormed | staffs at Tokio ie Satin ‘are: pres! have-been arrested. their occupation af che village. 'Brooktvn. ie was about the Gee.) ama ‘ind edireions BP het et tm, | noon were fruitless. The ‘Apeorleuass for thei part, sateen. paring joint plans under the agree-| It has been established, the tele- Effect of ur Rapid ppennce. /mans deliberately shelting an infirm-|ter-plow, he said, it is now perfectly! to hold their positions along their slightly advanced line for the ment. between China and Japan for | Sram declares, that the crime origi-, The reason for the foe's furious! ary established in Vieers-sur-Fere| evident that these have been set j if ‘nated with the social revolutionists resistance lies in the fact that our (two miles south of Fere-en-Tarde-|. aside. . The object of each aftmy. now time. The German line, however, is reported gradually giving i 4 roche ov ongnectee th * ae ne eae cone nem |nois). Kieffert was liason agent be-| is the other army; each is seeking to| way, both to the right and left. | ‘The assassin of Field Marshal von While the bulk of their ronces Were | tween his battalion commander an4| ill as many as possible. + hes ‘cht. | . by the fact that t1e Americans have | intention to encroaen upon the in- Eichhorn was a lad of 23. He de- still hurrying northward they were | the regiment combat post. He was! In making ¢ this announcement! There was hard fighting throughout the night, but no concen- only taken a few prisoners. The men |ternal affairs of Siberia or Russia,|C/ared at the inquiry held after tho obliged to use up crousands of lirst- ‘passing through the village when a! Gen. March frankly admitted that, trated attacks in force by either side. | aré exultant over having defeated so| but is inspired by the principle of |CTime, the advices state, that he | Class fighting men in checking the | pig caliber shell landed in the mid@ie\the German resistance in holding | 3 = 4 | came from the province of Ryazan, Franco-Americans long enough to! o¢ the station, which naturally was). apart the! javel: dl.i: tae ealeenet ae During the night the Americans made a pretense of retiring 7 severely the fresh suard divisions. 'gelf-determination for nationalities. ~“o T eee Ste American Wounded Bayoneted. Hé says that this right was denied | @dJacent to Moscow, on orders from wet ¢ elt guns out ant gute 4v€N full of wounded. frustrated any hope of bagging any! from a part of the town of Seringes. The Germans advanced into + “The Americans . found their) China by Germany. |}@ communist committee, to xill the | this morning they had batteries on’ «Tt was a terrible sight.” he ob- considerable portion of the German) 4, b th d ti T Ger-| armies in the salient. In two weeks! ‘the town, on observing the supposed evacuation. wo companies | He reached Kiey the southern edge of Nesle Forest, | carveq. “and those ——— ] r . | was assigned to the Russian front. other American divisions under the The quotas by states and assign-| He commanded the German army French higher command are swiftly ments foilow: | which captured the Russian strong- cetching up with the forces in the Eilinets 205; Northwestern Univer | held: of ‘Kovno in August, 1915. He Ourey Valley, and in the town of re ees, On: oe Branch | continued to direct opefations in Fere-en-Tardenois the poilus are Normal School; Louisiana 164, Lou-/ Southern Poland until Russia’s col-| wiping out the last vestige of Ger- isiana State University; Mississippi | Janse. icaitee chaieiad: stig | ‘peeping up over the wheat. Then you} let him have it good and duck down! on the ground quick. I got two ifn five minutes, and one wasn;t 15 yards away. Say. if Teddy Roosevelt ever tried that he wouldn't want to shoot no tigers in Africa no more.” (negro) 103, Western University. In April, 1918, he was sant to | ae Macha 2 | Kansas; Oklahoma 509, Arkansas | tJkraj be G : University: Oklahoma 154, Oklaho- | rival he ‘placed ake wine eet ABE SLUPSKY'S NEPHEW, UNDER ma University. Meader German martial law and ar-| Bees garnet of the ministry who, SENTENCE FOR KILLING, IN ARMY 1e sa wer agi DANIELS CALLS THOUSANDS OF ae aa. vps merece Uncle Told Henry Finkelstein Must G : s ° , RESERVISTS FOR NEW SHIPS | Feb. 18, 1848, at Breslau. Ho ie cun,| 000 Bond Will Be Asked. vived by his widow, one son and one Abe Slups:.y, politician and bonds- | All Training Camp Space Available 0 daughter. ‘man, today made it known that his Be Used for Men to Serve on nephew, Henry Finkelstein, of 1414) Recently Built Vessels. Franklin avenue, under a 10-year) By the Associated Press. ALLIED EMBASSIES sentence for killing Thomas Mulroo- | WASHINGTON, July 31.—Orders|) NOT ALLOWED TO ney, is in the drafted army. Rec-| have been issued by the ‘Navy De- |ords of the Fifth Ward Board show | partment calling into active service STAY IN ARCHANGEL that Finkelstein was sent to Jeffer- | thousands of reservists for duty on son Barracks with a draft contingent | ships constructed under the Shipping) By _the Associatea eiaeis > | July 7. Board and navy building programs, KANDALASKA, Russian Lap-| Finkelstein was once sentenced to| The exact number of men trans-/| 'and, July 30.—The allied embassies, life imprisonment, but on a second | ferred to the active duty list was not} Which recently left Vologda for'trial last Detember the penalty was/| announced, but it was said today that| Archangel, were not permitted to fixed at 10 years. He appealed to. o_——- a eS —— ee FAIR AND WARMER TONIGHT AND TOMORROW THE TEMPER ATURES. A SKIP- STOP | m.; Igw. 65 at 7) SCH DULe a. m. tonight and to- morrow. a x b a _| this fact. 1 a. . ‘ yi 3 ee Mivcvestevente ey OO ce sb oteawnl 72 7 = See ee 60 Ms £dte's naliucs 77 7a. m.. eo Y est erday—.) THe KAISER'S : w RETREAT |S ON | ‘lsh. 80 at © p. Official fore-| ' Si mpeent Rheims has made it practically im | there were lively Combate necth and = vicinity — Fair and warmer Rainbow Division at Apex. By the Associated Press. The Americans hold the apex of| the outcome of the struggle PARIS, July 31.—American troops maintain their woah in |the allied drive, the vital point mv the region of Seringes-et-Neshes, which they carried after viohemt which may hinge. and the fury of German! fighting, according to an officia) statement from the War Office counter-attacks is accounted for by today. The appearance of the all-, American (Rainbow) division, the | Forty-second, at this point was dis-/ of Oulehy-le-Chateau. clésed today. The principal portion of Gen. | was held intact. March's statement follows: “Whatever the enemy's was at the start of the drive and) ’ at The statement reads: salient, it is now perfectly evident “Atte hy ee: TRAE that those aims have been set aside. | ., ra heavy bombardment, the The objective of each army is the Germans attacked the new French positions east of Oulcy-Le-Chateau. n f th wants |other army; each one of them |Our troops repulsed four enemy as- to kill as many of the other as pos-| sible. The holding back of the jaws | — and maintained their lines by the Germans at Soissons and near} “On the right bank of the Ourca possible for us to expect a bag. They | 4° were.en-Tardenois. The village have had two weeks now to with- . Steue wn tatiana pints | of Seringes-Et-Nesles passed from oo Fe Oak a a &.. 4}. | band to hand, but was finally taken flown nea Marne ‘ . by American troops in a counter at- jective of each army its the other | tack. army During the last few days the “A number of raids were made by The Germans made four attacks on the French positions pellt They were repulsed and the Frenéh Tite se oe The French and Germans carried out raids at a number-ot onjec’** | other points on sectors east and west of the Marne salient, but whatever our hope was in the coun- there was no change i in the general situation at these points. ~ ‘ter offensive on the flank of this! | They believe that the German line of resistance has been reached, al- though the allies were able to make additional gains. Several military experts do not de- Neve that the Germans have vet reached the end of their retiring movement. The Echo de Paris says the Germans have thrown five fre- serve divisions into the fighting, proving the tmportance the German command places on rhaintaining ite present position which ie equally good for offense or defense. Strong German reaction Tues‘tay 5 6 th Medeor , ‘ wont - ee eo ee hands, every man for whom space existed in| remain in Archangel and have ar- the Supreme Court, where the case / : at caitend tase | ; “The correspondent writes: “The the training camps has been sum-' rived in Kandalaska. is still pending. - Slupsky is on his % Missouri and) American fore — on oe a wtp the Gonunens near Mesnii-st.| S®ows. tn the opinion of French mili- : enemy may certainly plume himself} moned. The embassies left Vologda July $10,000 appeal bond. fiithots — Fa tr| 20ee Rasnee Sy Se ve ,.| Georges, west of Montdidier; in La| ‘fy experts. that the enemy ts ée- . on his retirement according to plan, : ial cistiibs “5 in response to a message of He revealed the drafting of Finkel- | ‘| and warmer to- Forty-second Divis a =” SE | antes. Weaken the right bank of | t¢T™ined to postpone a retreat to but ii can scarcely be acco.ding to F ILS T0 DEATH IN TEXAS | Tchitcherin, Bolshevik Foreign Min- Stein in an effort to prevent a bot a FP Feet ., part in (he Gee ORF Pure! i. Meus and i thd Vosges. They! the Vesie. as long as possible, npt- plan that he left tundreds of tons FLYER FA ister, declaring that they were in forfeiture. At the Circuit Attor- & | oe ee | ee ereenem eae ay: me Amer! were without result. Our fevend withstanding the wastage in man- of. ammunition behind him. There ‘great danger and that a bomba:2- mey's office he was told that fér-| . \ ght Free Bergin BS ns tea tyr) made @ successful incursion into the} Dower that rte Mer involves. 4 is a8 yet no conception of the enor- Alabama Cadet Loses Life at Fort! ment of Vologda was threatened for feiture will be asked ‘for if Finkel-| If Stage of river| cheres and Clergee & Thiré Di. Sermnts Hanes nelttian keene. oe HM y ae ” . i a . : : a ee mous figures to which these losses 'n| ,,_. elegy the next day. He urged the emnas- Stein does not come in when the case | | Wy i ee ai ——— _Les-Hurlus (in Champagne) and AZ LIES QUIET i al i] When the By the Associate reas. sies to come to Moscow, but the is finally decided. whether he is in; Jt, . ¢ 02) ‘brought back prisoners. The night fad “$e Eas at Guanes act sally FORT WORTH, Tex., July 31.— | Ambassadors decided to proceed to 2Fmy service or not. | 8. se feet, a fall of -83| “I have ordered the t.quation Of) outst op the reulainier Of the AFTER REPULSE, — } Fae caaec ape agate Ang Flying Cadet William Vann Weir of/ Archangel, where they expected to ‘a hy? ae, 5 AA of a foot. “six new American i? - 2” the trent.’ ; a | oe i exploded either by himeelf or| (aay when his plane crashed to| communicate with their Govern- “HUNGER STONE” AS VISIBLE PRISONERS Oe cee Uaten Te ond Wrearanl ——— | BERLIN REPORTS ; get in there?” ip- by. the allied fire, some idea of his). in at Carruthers Field. At eas C0 testis. kotha BRITISH TAKE 14, 500 wanized at Campe Loran, Kearney, | ee sm = wawky Resistance Thought “ . a4 | } “) a tat By the Associated Press. ’ ee den Been Reached. 4 “e less may be gained. The enemy has ‘under orders from Moscow, refused grresmome LONDON, July 31.—Since March | Bauregard, Trav! O60 ‘BOS OU | sink aicnceeie eel By the Associated Press eB | teat tn Co Oved his" gune wonderfully well. Baltimore Population 800,000. {to permit the foreign representa. 0 CR DAM. July 31.——The fa- 4, of this year the British have tak-| vie PARIS. July 31-—French aerisi!| BERLIN. July 30, Tuesday —“ate- et n's Weekly. t his gunners have been warned to! gy the Associated Press. ‘tives to remain, but placed two mour ,hunger stone”: in the River | on 14,500 prisoners on the western; “These divisions = wave ae 8 siiene , th -eorein a t\ er his defeat of yesterday the enemy = a ee aia 6 be sparing of animunitio. .nd to BALTIMORE, July $1.—The | , Elbe. near Tetschen which, xeccording | / ne one mt. cletia, as the six divisions organ- ere, GSys {He MSUA, reper . a ~ n le te d 's@fal) Russian ships at their dis- »front. James lan MacPherson, par- | nu that there are signs behind the pres. bas remained quiet.” esys the Ger- . ' fre only when necessary to sup; ort Maryland Court of tals se Rigs teh posal and aboard these they ieft Jury to popular Seliet in Germany. pre~'| liamentary secretary of the War Of- ized last month did, two reguiar in- p offi . tified. \ hie Infantry.” clared constitutional the annexation, = pede utes gai Rp y dic = @ famine when seen, is now vis- formed the House of Com-| fantry: regiments, following the pol- ent German battle front of prepara~-| man cial communication tesued a _The Reu ondent with the act passed by the Legislature which | ~ y a ussian trawler. no. gor the first tf ; he & | fice, inform peeoage , _ tions for a continuation of the re-| thie (Tuesday) evening. ae TRY: Halt] Whe ter corresp P ; on an uneventful voyage across the fF UMS Nee AS 90-! mons today ‘icy of the War Department to re tire ¢ northward. The The German official . American r my on the Aisne-Marne increases Baltimore Be cag gece gpd am Whi Bea. ¢ ginnihbe of the war. | place as far as possible every sol- : eae ae ye Bens goog 2s front sends the following under about 80 square miies an a 8 The stone lies in the bed of the > | dAler at home who is fit for service estro uch 2 <r | da about 150,000 persons to its popu- | On the night they were leaving river and h been visib! ‘ Free Band Concerts Tonight. h the h a fires have been seen. : Advance and re- | Tuesdgy’s date: . q| Archangel it was reported that the BS USVET, SOCH Faroe FANS tte | Abroad with the home guards or) 1. mein desk teen the angled Banner.” “Yesterday (Monday), was ajiation. Baltimore formerly covered) ., oo. Government had ordereq *t #0 exceptionally low tide. On tne Poepping’s Band, at Lafayette men of limited service. The regular ewspapers know it en. ae of ne fighting in which/ 30 square miles and had a popula- roars |stone is chiseled. in old German:! Park; Fa enhainer’s Band; at Co- fighting Tuesday was marked »y : Proceed, Amerh » er 2, Colame 1, tion of 650,000, — ‘a Continued om Page 2, Column 3. ‘When ye see me, ye will weep.” lumbus Square; 7:30 to 10 o'clock. Continued on Page 2, Column 4. brisk but ‘Vines enemy reactions. emit 8 } ‘ f ‘ ie ; S t ert Pie rons Pw ——e : evacashcatic beasts Me abee ceed CaeE ibs Pete egt tt) aa amen ay nbeHit apa AAG it Ae aR: OH RGSS i; } taht } . . ipe se} epee} Tee ie HAs hats