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ACROSS MARNE Americans Capture 1,500 Prison­ er «r*--Complete Brigade ̂ *!. Staff Taken. HONSSETBEAT BEFORE YANKS W: -m I# PMhing*! Troops Make Counter-At* tack an<l Gain Nearly Two Mi lea #^1©n Four-Mile Front--Enemy , ^Vj Crossed River Under Heavy -'7 ̂ \ , « • ' ; " 9™ Flf^ 4 *#181 flie American Army ~*on $he Marne, July 16.--In a magnificent counter-attack the American troops hurled the Germans back across the Marne In the curve in the river west and southwest of Jaulgonne. Fifteen thousand Germans faced the Ameri­ cans at ten o'clock in the morning, at night there were no Germans across the Marne. The Yankees inflicted heavy losses on the enemy. Many Ger­ mans were drowned in the river. ' U. S. Men Take 1300 Germane. . Disaster, dealt by Americans, over­ took the Germans on the Marne toward tiie end of the first day of their 50-mile drive, launched at dawn between Chauteau Thierry and Massiges. The German prisoners captured In the counter-attack by the Americans at the bend on the Marne number be­ tween 1,000 and 1,500. They include a complete brigade staff. The Americans hurled the Germans back three kilometers (one and seven- eighths miles), on a front of seven kilometers (fonr and three-eighths miles). Yanks Restore Positions. London, July 16.--The American troops yielded slightly to the Germans between the town of Fossoy and the River Sur Melin, which empties into the Marne just east of Messy, but re­ stored their positions by counter-at­ tacks, according to a dispatch to the Central News. - Germans Are Routed by YanWs. With the American Army on the Marne, July 16.--A strong American counter-attack south of the Marne river bend completely upset the Ger- maas, who broke in retreat. The American troops drove the ene­ my back all the way to the railway skirting the Marne, in the region south­ west of Jaulgonne. This position now Is being held. The French general commanding the group of armies on this sector seat a congratulatory message to the Ameri­ cas general commanding the forces wlhdi beat- back the enemyy' *•' Germans Mowed Do^-^*/^;/ At five o'clock Monday night the' Germans were heavily shelling the American forces, but were getting shell for shell in return, and their fire Seemed to be diminishing The Vaux district is comparatively calm now. On the American right heavy fighting is in progress. American machine gunners along the river assisted materially in break- lag np the Boche plans, for they stuck to their posts and poured deadly streams of bullets Into the enemy and' only withdrew when their guns were so hot they could not be flre^. One group of machine gunners hap­ pened to be in a place where the Ger­ mans were anxious to erect a bridge, but their efforts were fruitless. The American bullets piled up the German dead on the opposite side of tjbe riVer every time the enemy started •serosa • No Match ffcr Americana, The correspondent talked with some American soldiers now in hospital, who were in the thick of the fighting. They were in complete agreement that the German infantry was no match for the oSivfiC'ttu. This is evidenced by tire reports from all the American hospitals, there being only a few cases of wounds from rifle and machine gun fire, while most of the men are suffering from shrapnel wounds. Some of these cases are seri­ ous. Advance Behind 8moke Cloud. South of Jaulgonne the enemy Grossed the Marne in the morning on six pontoon bridges hurriedly' thrown over the stream and masses of infan­ try swarmed forward. The artillery constantly had the bridges under the heaviest fire and at least two direct hits were made, two of the bridges be­ ing blown up. After sharp artillery work, German troops advanced behind a great smoke cloud, which completely obscured them for a time from view. The low visi- bility also aided the enemy In his op­ erations. Reports from Vaux Indicate that the Americans had advanced their line in --------- "UVED IN CERMANY; STEALS" - f Attorney Makes Odd Defense for Thief Before Court at Geneva, Switzerland. ^ fleneva, Switzerland, July 16.--For '"Trading that leniency should be ex­ tended to his client, accused of the theft of some clocks, "because he lived for a long time in Germany," M. Au- foerson, a Geneva attorney, has in­ curred the wrath of the German lega­ te ' / ' / • -•= *- •#•*1 w»t«! »utan in tte .tee The advance extended approximate­ ly TOO yards, but the Americans sub­ sequently withdrew to their original line for strategic reasons. The American barrage here broke up the enemy waves and drove them back in confusion. It is clear that the German attack in the Vaux regtyn completely broke down tinder the American counter-at­ tack. , The American machine gunners here let the enemy come close to their posi­ tions and then opened a deadly fire into the advancing close formati6ns of Germans, • The Americana and their French comrades have resisted the enemy to the utmost and are continuing this character of resistance. , Shortly after Eleven o'clock one of the American infantry regiments launched a counter-attack in the re­ gion of Conde. Reports received here cm the fight­ ing to the east of Reims said that the eiiehiy made no progress there. x Attack All Along Marne. The operation at Vaux appeared to be a feint, for soon after it began the Germans attacked all along the Marne, where they were gallantly opposed by- more of the American troops and the French. <•" The Germans suectedfed in crossing the Marne at three places--at Mesy, at Jaulgonne and at La Bretonnere farm, north of Fossoy. ' The first crossing was made at the peak of the big river bend. The Amer» lean machine gunners and infantry* men fought and died where they stood here. The German attack came after a most violent bombardment of high ex­ plosives and gas shells throughout the night. When the enemy infantry appeared the Americans/swarmed out and met them with a rain of machine gun bul- lets. . The Americans wore their gas masks as they fought the attacking Germans. An enemy bombardment of towns in the rear of the lines began shortly after 6 a. m. Allied Line Unbroken. Paris, July 16.--The great German offensive, advertised as their supreme effort to break the allied line and ob­ tain a German victory, opened Mon­ day morning; The net result of the first day's bat­ tle has been less than that which the Germans achieved on the initial day of any previous major offensive. The allied line is not broken at any point. It has been bent backward for short distances at some points, but much of this ground already has been recovered. Attack Made on $0-Mlle Line. The attack was made on a line more than 50 miles In extent, from Chateau Thierry to Main de Massiges, far to the east of Reims; The official report issued by the war office says the American troops bore the brunt of the attack on the wide front between Fossoy and Dormans. . . Germans Cross Marne. /Che Germans succeeded in crossing the Marne at several points. They en- f gaged in desperate struggles with the Americans at Reuiliy, Courtiezy and Passy. The American counterattacks, or­ ganized Immediately after the Ger­ mans had driven back the first lines in the opening dash, pressed the enemy back to the Marne. There the American line is holding. Italians and French Hold. Between Dormans and Reims the al­ lied line has been pressed back slight­ ly, but the combined French and Ital­ ian forces are holding firmly, on the line of Chastillon-sur-Marne, Cuchery, Marfaux and Boullly. East of Reims the German effort was a complete failure. The official report says he hit against an "irreduci­ ble defense." Repeated efforts at Prunay and Les Marquises and in the region to the north of Presnes and Son- ain brought him nothing. German Losses Terrific. Dispatches from the front say that the Germans suffered terrific losses at every point along the front. Hundreds of their dead were pileu lu ilie Marne when the allied machine gunfire swept the pontoon bridges on which the ene­ my was attempting to cross the river. The Germans made extraordinary preparations for the attack. Their giant new guns swept the country for miles behind the allied lines and division after division of new storm troops wfts thrown in without gaining ground. Over 500 Prisoners Taken. Paris, July 13.--The French troops struck a l*avy blow at the German line on the Picardy front. ' Attacking oh a front approximately three miles In length between Caste and Mailly Raineval, they captured German positions to a depth of more than a mile. The ruins of the village of Castel, which had been turned into a German fortress, were captured. The Anchin farm and a number of other German strongholds also fell to the French. The number of prisoners already sent back is more than 500. Says Patriotic Farmers Do Not Need Increase to Stimulate t Cy^lProductioip " * WOULD ADD TO LIVING COST Arbitrary Basis la Not Pair to tho WWucer or Consumer, Asaerti President in Message to Congress. Washington, July lfi.--President Wilson vetoed on Friday the annual agricultural appropriatioh bill, con­ taining an amendment increasing the price of wheat to $2.40 per bushel. Members of congress from wheat- growing states will make a fight tp pass the bill over the veto, but indi­ cations are that the wheat-price pro­ visions will be eliminated. The presi­ dent's message said the Increase in the price of wheat would add $2 to the cost of a barrel of flour, and would add $387,000,000 to the price of the 900,000,000 bushel crop of 1018 wheat '.v The president's message follows; "I regret to return without my sig­ nature so Important a measure as H. R. 9054, entitled 'An Act Making Appropriations for the Department of Agriculture for the Fiscal Year End­ ing June 80, 1919/ but I feel con­ strained to do so because of my earn­ est dissent from the point of view of principle as well as wise expediency; from the provisions, of that part of section 14 which prescribes a uniform minimum price for No. 2 northern spring wheat of $2.40 a bushel. "I dissent upon principle because 1 believe that such inelastic legislative price provisions are insusceptible of being administered in a way that will be advantageous either to * the pro­ ducer or to the consumer, establish­ ing as they do arbitrary levels which are quite Independent of, the normal market conditions. "It is evident that the present method of determining the.price to be paid for wheat has had the most stiqt- nlating effect upon production, the es­ timated crop of spring wheat for this year exceeding all high records in a very remarkable and gratifying Way. By an overwhelming majority of the farmers of the United States the price administratively fixed has been re­ garded as fair and liberal, and object tions to it have come only from those sections of the country where, unfortu­ nately, it has in recent years proved Impossible to rely upon climatic con­ ditions to produce a full crop of wheat and where, therefore, many disap­ pointments to the farme^ have proven to be unavoidable. - "Personally, I do not believe that the farmers of the country depend upon the stimulation of price to do their utmost to serve the nation and the world at this time of crisis by ex­ erting themselves to an extraordinary degree to produce the largest and best crops possible. Their patriotic spirit In this matter has been worthy of all praise and has shown them playing a most admirable and gratifying part In the full mobilisation of the resources of the country. "To a very greatly increased pro­ duction of wheat they have added an increased production of almost every other Important grain, so that our granaries are likely to overflow, twd the anxiety of the nations arrayed against Germany with regard to their food supplies has been relieved. "The administrative method of agreeing upon a fair price has this very great advantage, which any ele­ ment of rigidity would in large parf destroy--namely: the advantage of flexibility, of rendering possible nt ifevery stage and in the view of every change of experience a readjustment which will be fair alike producer and consumer. . h': r "A fixed minimum price of $2.40 a bushel would, It is estimated, rtdd $2 a barrel to the price of flour; in other words, raise the price of flour from the present price of $10.50 to $12.50 at the mill; and Inasmuch as we are antici­ pating a crop of approximately 900,- 000,000 bushels of wheat, this Increase would be equivalent to immense Sum of $387,000,000. "Such an increase In the price of wheat In the United States would force a corresponding increase in the price of Canadian wheat. "The increase would also add very materially to the cost of living, and there would inevitably ensue an in­ crease in the wage paid in practically every industry in the country. These added financial and economic difficul­ ties, affecting practically the whole world, cannot, I assume, have been in contemplation by the congress In pass- *** ^WOODROW WILSON." of Baron von Romberg, German minis- tor, the attorney general of the confed­ eration has been asked to proceed against Attorney Auberson. The thiefs case was drawing to a close and it was evident to his attorney that a convic­ tion was probable. The lawyer elect­ ed. therefore, to throw his client on the mercy of the court. He counted rather too liberally on the anti-German sentiment prevailing in western Swit­ zerland when he pleaded long-time resi­ dence in Germany as extenuating cir- in Switzerland. At the losUare | comnmncs for hit client wa. couvlcted. PICTURES U. S. WORLD LEADER JIBormer Minister of Education In Qhtna Expects to See America Civilian* tton's Center. - Chicago, July 16.--Tung Hua Lung, ift^nar minister of education in China laud more recently minister of the ln- itttftr under the new Chinese republic, [admires America's schools so much he ' warti to see China Imitate them, but ifcefloesn't think much of American katt-Ojinese legislation. . < < . : t, v Exchange 500,000 Captives. Berne, July 15.--More than 600.000 invalid and sick prisoners of war of different nationalities have been ex­ changed and repatriated through Swit­ zerland since the beginning of g^gar, according to official statistics.? ; ' Kuehlmann "Sick of It Alt* Amsterdam, July 16.--Dr. Richard Kuehlmann will go to Switzerland for a long vacation, a Berlin dispatch states. "I will be glad to get a bit of fresh air," he was quoted as spying to a friend. "I am sick of it allr*'v'.:t; my r#§ftafe Adopts Meawre Glving President Contf# if . l.<C- Lady Winnifred Pennoyer, widow of Viscount Ingestre and formerly Lady Winnifred Constance Paget, who was recently married to Richard Pennoyer of California, secretary to the Ameri­ can embassy In London. She is a sis­ ter of Viscount Anglesey and mother of the young heir to tho earl of Shrewsbury. DRYS WIN TEST VOTE RULING OF CHAIR IS DEFEATED 36 TO 33. ' 'Bon# Dry* Prohibition of ManufM- ttafe and Sale of Intoxicant* , . Expected to Pass. '• - Washington, July 12.--"Bone dry" prohibition of the manufacture and sale of intoxicating liquor throughout the United States for the remainder of the war will go into effect on Janu­ ary 1 next unless President Wilson de­ feats the proposed action of congress. The road to immediate passage of the measure, for which the prohibition­ ists have been fighting for several months, was cleared on Wednesday when the senate, by a vote of 36 to 33, went on record in favor of attaching the nation-wide wartime prohibition rider to the pending agricultural ex­ tension bill. By this vote the senate reversed the chair's ruling, holding the rider out of order. The indications are that the senate will adopt the prohibition amendment by an even larger majority- * The concurrence of the house is re­ garded as a foregone conclusion, inas­ much as that body initiated the move for war prohibition by adopting an amendment to the pending bill de­ signed to suspend the liquor traffic. BAGGED 4,102 HUN PLANES British Give Enemy's Air Lossep Dur­ ing Year Ending July 1--.England Lost 1,121 Machines. London, July 15.--British airmen brought down 4,102 hostile machines during the year ending July 1, the Brit­ ish press bureau announced on Sat­ urday. During the same period the British lost 1,121 planes. The bureau declared |but British aerial superiority Is continually grow­ ing and that the American output will give the allies a "very great advan­ tage." "During the year/ending July 1' Brit­ ish airmen on the west front destroyed ;,150 hostile airplanes and drove down ,083 out of control," the statement said. 'In the same period naval aviators, co-operating, shot down 028. The total of ours missing was ^,121. "On the Italian front, during the last quarter, the British destroyed 166 en­ emy planes and drove down sii: out of control; on the Salonlkl front, In the last half year, we destroyed 21 and drove down 13; in Egypt and Palestine, from March to June, we destroyed 26 and drove down 15.** Suave, grave and diplomatic, Tung discussed these matters at the Black stone hotel. He ts traveling unofficial­ ly in America, accompanied only by his secretary. Liber T. H. Ho, and Ling Fu, a young Chinese student from the University of Washington. He is studying the educational and political life of America, he said, believing that after the war America will V>e the ceo- ter of civilization and wishing to intro­ duce into China any new idea that he can pick up. He will visit the Univer* sity nC QhicagOf vt Air Instructor is Kllleft Belleville, Dl., July 13.--Lieut Lee C. Giddings of Duluth, Minn., an in­ structor, was killed and Cadet Ed­ ward C. Darlington of Washington, D. C., was severely Injured when an air­ plane dropped 800 feet at Scott field. Edison, Jr., Joins Tank Forces. MorrlstowiT, N. J., July 13.--William L. Edison, son of Thomas A. Edison, the inventor, and honorary chairman of the navy consulting board, enlisted In a tank division of the United States irapt» mr m MiMwaU COLUMBIA FLOATS TO PEKIN Excursion Boat on Which 85 Persons Lost Lives Rises to Surface Whlls Workers Are on Board. Peoria, HI., July 18.---Like some ghost craft oome to strike fear with Its hoary outlines, the steamer Co­ lumbia, which crumpled np in the Illi­ nois river last Saturday with mora than 600 persons aboard, rose abrupt­ ly out of Its grave Thursday after­ noon and floated almost to the water front of Pekin, 85 of whose citizens lost their Uves in the wreck. When finally the wreck stopped and was boarded by rescue workers two more bodies were recovered. Coroner Clary and Sheriff Wilson, together with 15 or more workers, were aboard the Co­ lumbia when it suddenly popped to th& surface. There was a hasty scramble to quit the vessel and all reache^L ^ifljall boats la safety.- J - "H 1 v. Launch 8ix Ships In Daf. Portland, Ore., July 16.--A world's record for the number of large ships launched at any one time was estab­ lished here when the G. M. Stan'difer Construction corporation sejpj wooden hulls Into the water. -- -- • »w" Want Huns Interred. ' London, July 16.--Demanding a "clean sweep" in interning enemy aliens, London citizens on Saturday staged the biggest demonstration in Trafalgar square since the begjitplpg of the war. -- AttsnHMs tyado <o Except Phone* s«d - Press Lines Def#rted*-8e»*i* : to Meet Momhsyo and Thursdays. " WAjhipgton, July 16.--By a irote of 46 tb 16, &e '.iHlifc adopted the re*olhti6t^i§&eady ]g|^ by the house, empowering the. presi­ dent to take ov4r the tefe^raplr and telephone wires. t All attempts to limit the power of the president were defeated and the bill passed In the form demanded by Mr. Wilson and his cabinet. The sennte entered into a unanimous consent agreement Jo recess three days at a time until August 26 and during that time to transact nothing but rou­ tine morning business. Senator Watson of Indiana proposed an amendment to exempt telephone wires from public control. The amend­ ment was rejected by a vote of 41 to 20. Another amendment by Senator Watson to exempt press wires was voted down, 39 to 2L The resolution follows; "Resolved, That the president dur­ ing the continuance of the present war, is authorized and empowered, whenever he shall deem it neces­ sary for the national security or de­ fense, to supervise or to take posses­ sion and assume control of any tele­ graph, telephone, marine cable or ra­ dio system or systems, or any part thereof. $nd to operate the same in such manner as may be needful or de­ sirable for the duration of the war, which supervision, possession, control, or operation shall not extend beyond the date of the proclamation by the president of the exchange of ratifica­ tions of the treaty of peace- "Provided, That - Just compensation shall be made for such supervision, possession, control or operation, to be determined by the president; and if the- amount thereof, so determined by the president, is unsatisfactory to the person entitle to receive the same, such person shall be paid 75 per, cent of the amount so determined by th* president and shall be entitled to sue the United States to recover such fur­ ther sum as, added to said 75 per centi will make up such amount as will be Just compensation therefor, in the manner provided for by section twen­ ty-four, paragraph twenty, and section one hundred and forty-five of the judi­ cial code. "Provided further. That nothing In this act shp.ll be construed to amend, repeal, Impair, or affect existipg laws or powers of the statefe in relation to taxation or the lawful police regular tion of the several states, except wherein such laws, powers or regula­ tions may affect the transmission oi government communications or the use of .stocks and' bonds by suds system or systems/' Boldlers In Camps Healthy. Washington, July 13.--The weekly army health report Issued here on Thursday says health conditions at home camps continue very satisfac­ tory. Deaths this week last week, 8L -• • •.' .; • - m' ' • v<"' - ; Tell of Big Loss«fc 14 Italian Army Headquarters, July IS. •--Evidence obtained from Austrian prisoners indicates that the Austro- Hnngarian losses during the recent of­ fensive were in the neighborhood of mm? U. S. OBSERVES BASTILE DAT Big Demonstrations In Now York and Chlcaflo--general Foch Sands , Massage. . ' NeW York, July 16.--A ftfcmster demonstration by a vast audience In Madison Square garden on Sunday was the culminating event of the day's celebration here of France's national holiday, commemorating the fall of the Bastile. . • General Focfrs message read ss fal­ lows: , "We are celebrating today the An­ niversary of our independence and wo are fighting for that Of the whole world. After four years of struggle the plans of the enemy for domination are sfopped. He sees the number of his adversaries increase each day and the young American army bring into the battle a valor and a faith wtth- out equal. Is not this a sure pledge of the definite triumph of a just cause?" Chicago, July 16.--The fall of the Bastile echoed through Chicago on Uo onhnu mllal Bfin/frnnslv OUUUa^ • aw vvmwm ---- -- -- -- -- -- --- - through sermons. They mingled with the thunder of salutes from warships. They hovered amid the drum beats of "La Marseillaise," as the tricolor crept aloft in Grant park before the eyes of 50,000. ^ With the American Forces In France, July 16.--On all the American fronts In France United States soldiers Sun­ day Joined their French comrades in enthusiastically celebrating the French fete. The parade was reviewed by Presi­ dent Polncare, who 'was by Gen. John J. Pershing. . > t Italy Reduces Generals. Rome, July 16.--A military bulletin decrees the retirement, with loss oi rank and pay, of Generals Cadorna, Parro and Capello. General Diaz has been decorated with the grand of the Milium 0rder Si -------------------- Huns Kill Five Belgians. ~ Amsterdam, July 16.--Five Belgian peasants were killed find 15 were in­ jured by German soldiers during a riot in the city market at Brussels. The trouble resulted from Gera^n of- ftoers requisitioning vegetables. ^ White Soldier Is Hanged.:vsC ; ;': Waco, Tex,, July 13.--Nat Hoffman, aged twenty-five, a white soldier, was' hanged fit Camp MacArthur. He was convicted of attacking a schoolgirl last April. The court-martial sentence was affirmed by Washington. - v :--; --. Street Car Men Get Raloft ̂ -* Washington, July l8.~ Forty per cent increases in the pay of street car conductors and motormen all over the nation will be recommended by the war labor board. Many cities will liilM the fiuce fojH c®ut*;7 - j ̂ A new pnotograpiB of Maj. Bennett Clark of the National ahny, son of speaker CliatRp Clark of the house of representative*. VICTORY IS CLAIMED BOL8HEVIKI DRIVE CZECHS FROM SIBERIAN CITIES. Aimed Trains 8hell Towns--Enemy Reported Retreating Before Counter Offensive. London, July 13.--Bolshevlk Jorces have taken- the offensive against the Czecho-Slovak army in the Volga re­ gion and the .government troops have won a great success, says a Russian of­ ficial statement received here by wire­ less from Moscow. The Czechoslo­ vaks In Siberia also are reported to be retreating before a counter-,offensive of the Russian bolshevik. The communication, which was sent out by the department of military op­ eration of the people's commissariat of war, reads: "July 9.--Czecho-Slovak front: After preparations for an offensive our troops, have reached a great success. Almost without loss we took Syzran (TO miles south of Simbirsk) and Bu- gulma (130 miles northwest of Ufa). The Czecho-Slovaks and White guards fled in disorder in the direction of Sa­ mara. We are;- reachlfig Stavropol (In Ciscaucasia, Yaroslav >: (160 miles northeast of Moscow) "and Rybinsk (52 miles northwest of Yaroslav). "An armed train has violently shelled towns occupied by the White guard, who are fleeing in panic over the River Volga. Detachments fled to Ry­ binsk,where they tried to raise a mu­ tiny. Measures have beep taken against them. "Eastern sector: Czecho-Slovaks af­ ter occupying Techesahrdrlnsk, now arc retreating before a counter-offensive of the councils' troops." Allies Occupy Whole of Surman Coast--Boteheviki Offietak Foreign Minister In Moscow Demand* That English Withdraw Army Without Delay--Czecho-Sio- 12 * ... vak Soldiers Take Kazan. ̂ m London, July 17.--American and British troops have occupied the whole of the Murman coast, in northern Rus­ sia, says a dispatch received Monday from Moscow to the Central News agency by way of Amsterdam. After capturing Kem, a railroad sta­ tion on the White sea coast, the dis­ patch adds, the American and British forces advanced toward Teroki, the Russian bolshevik! authorities having withdrawn to Nirok, The commanders of the entente at> ,.4 lied forces have Issued an appeal to the population on the Murman coast ^ requesting help against Germany and Finland. It is declared that the Mur­ man coast Is Russian territory under ^ the protection of the entente powers. ; v Meanwhile the Germans are making f\j a desperate attempt to control the Murman coast. They need the har- ^ bors for submarine bases now that Zeebrugge has been closed and Ostend ^ rendered of little value, while the Brit- ish mine fields make It ever more dlf- p ficult for their submarines to reach |>i the Atlantic. . • .. 0 The total German force la Russia i» 32 German and 15 Austrian division^ <k>mposed mainly of old and lnferitor :k:; men. M. Tchltcherin, the Russian foreign minister, has addressed a note to % Great Britain, demanding that the,- 'S British detachments now on the SJdi*- man coast be re-embarked witWtit- de­ lay. ' ! ' 'S Czecho-Slovak t¥bt>t>s have captured | the city of Kazan, 430 miles east of ^ Moscow, an Exchange Telegraph dl»- ^ patch from Copenhagen says it is re- ^ ported from Moscow. The city wa# g| taken after the bolsheviki had put up V violent resistance. NTA000 STOPS SPECULATION. •)!>- % R.'S" SON BAQS AIRPLANE Lieut. Quentln (Roosevelt Brings Down German Machine Northwest of \ Chateau Thierry. With flie American Force* on the Marne, July 12. -- Lieut. Quentin Roosevelt, son of ex-President Roose­ velt, brought down his first German airplane in a fight north of Chateau Thierry. Lieutenant Roosevelt with three other' pilots was flying at a height of 5,000 yards eight miles Inside the German lines when the machines became separated. Soon after Roose­ velt saw three planes which he thought were his companlpns, and started to Join them. He was approaching the machines from the rear when he saw his mistake, for the planes were Ger­ man. The American opened fire and after 50 shots tracers penetrated the fusllage of the nearest German ma­ chine and it went into a spinning nose dive, falling through the cloud* 2,000 yards below; * H BIG ROUND-UP NETS 5,000 Hundreds Seized at Cub Baseball Park In Chicago--Movies and M* liard Halls Combed for Men. Chicago, July IS.--More than 5,000 men of draft age were seised on Thurs­ day as suspects by agents of the de- in the great*** round-up of slackers in the city's his­ tory. The drive was prosecuted by federal operatives and the police. The scene of the first .raid was the Cubs* baseball park. Hundreds who could not produce registration cards were Pushed to liear- by police stations. ... Meanwhile other details of police and secret service men entered ho­ tels, barber shops, saloons, motion pUv ture houses--every place». In where men of dnift afB might be found--while the streets similarly were combed. Concrete Boat is Launched... Pittsburgh, Pa., July 16.--With pomp ceremony as though it were at bat­ tleship of the line, the Concrete, the first motor-propelled concrete boat ever constructed, was launched in the Monongahela river Saturday afternoon. Berlin Tells of Air Victories, Berlin, July 10.--An official state­ ment says: "During June, 468 hostile airplanes and 62 balloons were shot down. Two hundred and seventeen ef the former are In our possession. We lost j58 airplanes and 51 ballooa«.V t • • • 29,900 Work at Hog Island* , Philadelphia, July 15.--Rapid prog­ ress Is being made toward the comple­ tion of the Hog Island shipyards. Thir- ty-flve keels have been laid and the number of workers at the yards has reached 28,500. v; • r • - •• - ,V ' % Turk Capital Bombfi ̂̂ London, July 15.--Air force contin­ gents acting with the British navy dropped a half-ton of bombs upon the city of Constantinople on July 7, it was announced by the admiralty on Fri­ day crtscnooa. \ „ American Secretary of the Treasurjt JaKpa Steps to Prevent Gam- | , blind •" exchange. j. ^Kfej^July 17.--A note IsotMI tfoe semiofficial Stefanl agency says that William G. McAdoo, American secretary of the treasury, has advised the Italian ministry of finance that measures have been taken to prevent speculation in Italian exchange in the United States. All matters concern­ ing'Italian purchases In America also have been settled for a long period. Credits will be opened In the United States, with the object of absorbing offers of Italian lire there In accord­ ance with rules readied by common agreement. 450 BATTLEPLANES SHtPPEO Deliveries of New Liberty, Motors U|| to July 8 Are 2,614, S«ys | Baker. ^ ,r^. W&shlngton, July 17.--Four hundred and fifty American-built battleplanes have been sent abroad or delivered at ports for shipment on July 5, the date of the latest complete official report reaching the war department In an­ nouncing this figure on Monday, Sec­ retary Baker disclosed also that de­ liveries of Liberty motors of all classes on the same date had reached 2,514. I £ HAITI JOINS WAR ON HUNS D^ciaraiiofi »• Voted U nib!mens!y bj ^ ^^unoll of State, , § a Dispatch, -v- $ • Port au Prince, Haiti, July council of state, acting in accordance with the legislative powers given It under the new Haitian constitution* has unanimously voted the declaration of war upon Germany denumae^by the president of the republic * House Adjourns Till Aujoit^tt Washington, July 17.--Following the lead of the senate the house readi­ ed A unanimous consent agreement to adjourn in a service of three-day recesses until August 1». The agree­ ment was presented in formal form bv Majority Leader Claude Kltchin and was not finally passed upon until an hour had been consumed in debate. The agreement provides that the house meet Mondays and Thurs­ days and shall adjourn Immediately alter the prayer and the realms the Journal, Deny Afd to Mooney. * Ran Francisco, July 17.--A petition for a writ of probable cause, designed to keep Thomas J. Mooney out of the penitentiary until his case could be acted on by Governor Stephens «as denied by the supreme court. • ; : : Lumber Director Chosen.' Washington, July 17.--J. H. KIrby of Houston, Ky., has been appointed liitnh ber administrator of the Emergency Fleet corporation, to administer all Activities of the shipbuilding connected with lumbar. U. S. Orders Fifty More ' Washington, July 17.--Contracts for 80 additional steel cargo ships have been let by the shipping board to Jap­ anese yards. Contracts also have been let for building 20 transports; |o^||ms Bethlehem corporation. V* %• Iowa U. Commandant blelLM ^ Cedar Rapids, la., July .17.--Qspt. i| Andrew C. Wright, commandant at- Iowa university. Is dead at Iowa City, * according to a dispatch received njr * the Evening Ga*ett*. ae w»s a. x* . ̂ ittrtd ana* oOc«s \ v : r%i /.