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" ' The Lancaster News ALLIES IN ASCENDENCY FIRST DRAF ON WESTERN FRONT NOT El MILITARY ACTIVITIES IN (>87'000 L,K1 Dip T] FRANCE REVIEWED. _ ^ ...... Whether I net Entente Content Merely to Wear Down the Enemy Until Force *,G ?r of U. S. Army Is Felt. Issued ^ "Washington. Washington. Sept. 26.?The mt,e douM no> American government's first olllcial cU>noy of men statement concerning military oper- ,^porta on thc , atlon in Europe, was issued tonight army. by Secretary Ilakor, inaugurating a Leen ma(le series which in time ^ ill be devoted Guard (llvIs,ona largely to activities of the United tp war 8trength States expeditionary forces. It says aorvlnn ? though ascendency on the western rP8ervoir, so l"h front has passed definitely to the mon remaining allies, they are content merely to hardly will tie wear Q-own the enemy until the force sjxtnat of the American *Tmy makes Itself at a fulj Rtren felt in the field. incomplete dlvi Operations for the week ending or a 8PCOnd cai September 22 are reviewed by Mr. not been indlcr Baker, without reference to the Secretary Ba American force now In France. The (|Pfinite figures statement follows: national army i "The secretary' of war authorizes pf8ary to trans the following statement dealing, Quard were no with military activities in Europe Tho fighting for the week ending September 22: (i|V|sion is now At Standstill Soon. Seventeen guar "As the time draws near when basis will have military operations on a large scale 4:17.500 men. on the western front must come to The guard p a standstill, owing to the approach the federal sei of winter, it becomes evident that more than 3 0i the enemy does not feel himself in take there, at 1< a position to undertake the much army men to (11 v advertised offensive action so often ions. Another * boasted af at home during the nasi 1 ' I IUIIiII it I III y w I summer. in order to end the war vie- vice, and eertai toriously by Christmas. other special si "It may be stated affirmatively leave not more that the ascendency in the -west has forrn (he sixte< definitely past to the allies, though visions, which the latter are content by tactics of RrePate war sti attrition to wear down the enemy, Must I giving no rest or respite, until such with the ad< a time as the force of our army may pp-,n regimental mpke Itself felt in the flehl. a,d. every gu; "The week just closed has been was to he inclm one of increased activity on the part (n he expanded of the allies on the western front. part?, of regim and may be taken as a pressage of solidated to fu what the enemy Is to expect next regimental unit spring. The guard Week's Activities. brought upon tl "Beginning with desultory artII- c,onr(>e of trout lery fire along a broad front, which nPjR an,( reglu gradually narrowed down to an in- ?>10?.a ??-? tense bombardment along What Is! r0mmands. sine known as the Anzac ridge, about one reK|monts has mile southwest of Zonnebeke. south- jias a]rearty pro ward through Nun's * wood to the protest fron Ypres-Menin road, the British in- tbe p0fjCy 0f t ereased their artillery preparation sa|(j %vjj| be (o to a density hlthorto unattained. guard officers li "The early days of the week were a8 poB8|ble an<1 marked by wet foggy weather, mak Ing artillery observation difficult and FtMOVs any offensive undertaking almost impossible. .. . . . . . ( aptain C>uyner The weather having cleared by ^ ? r llcrYit ( Thursday, September 20, the British ? . _ Paris Sent. launched their attack. The infantry _ ' * , , , , Ouvnemer. the advance was preceded hv a barrage . ,, , . . .. . . . ator, is believed of greater depth and Intensity than _ , _ . . # ? . , , Captain Ouyt has ever before been undertaken in , . , ... , have been killer any engagement during the cours* , .. .. .. . . . sance flight ovei of the war. Five distinct curtains . , ? _ , , . , . , m .. he left Dunkir of fire were stretched ahead of the . , .. . . m Nothing has i men as they began to advance , , ,A ui nen on/1 * ? ' niruuKii ino Man 8 I.and. """ , " had been lost, I llestwtnnre Deeper,.te. toniRht that ar I "In spite of the desperate resist- gued a conflrim | ance of the enemy, whose lines were y protected by concrete dugouts scat- TO HKVK1 | tered over a wide area and deep mud holes which Impeded the at- ? ? . . . . A. _ ... . I ruguayan t oni tacklner Infantro tJi? 1 " ? j, i..? uiiiidii were able to gain important tactical po- .. 0 " .lllon., Montcvldo. 3, "In the face of six counter attack* Kun>a" rongres? pushed home vigorously by the en. mee n *Peo fl emy, the British remained in full %f>,< ?n 1 ' (|'" ... , . .. . lations with Ge possession of the captured object- . ... Ives which thflv .till hold. w?" ut" "In other .ectorr ?f the front there have been trench raids * ?pH a_f" J , , j ... I Kress. The fo on a large scale and general activ- , . ... , . (explain the gov ity of some importance. I ; . ..." .h. ? ... . . .. a break with G< "While the British were busily , ... ..... . .. Ing of the specli engaged in breaking down the en-, \ emy resistance in Flanders, the Qer mans attempted minor diversions IlKNOMB elong the French line, particularly; Washington, ! northeast of Nancy, which were re- Wilson late tod pulsed. | tnatlon of John "Bast of Craonne the French ar- mer governor o tlllery broke up an attempted Oer- member of the man attack while French detach- mission. Gover menu penetrated German trenches, pointed last Fe - the unexpired 'mBl Continued on pafe nigkt. Rublee of New T WILL MEANS TO FACE A SI OP RANKS TAR HEEUURY SOON SLY TO SHOW MAGiSTRATE HOLDS HIM S' EFIENCY. WITHOUT BAIL. jmplete Divisions .... ... . j r Waives an Examination and T Second Call Be Agrees to Be Bound Over to I 1 Not Known. October Term of Court. \ ? S,p, 26.-Th,TC i, Concor 25.?Gaston S, V thllt n lnrcro dfth. m" i r, ' Means waived examination in the at will be shown when , > , . . , .. I midst of his preliminary hearing | 2: list increment of the' to- aaa ? here late today and consented to be ti ?687.000 men have , .. .. .'bound over to the October term of! si Seventeen National , ... . , the Cabarrus ( ounty grand jurv on w must be brought up' . ... . . . , . , i a charge ot having murdered Mrs. IT i and several special ! . . . ?... ! Maude A. King of New i ork and za irganized out of this , . . . Chicago. Magistrate Pitts ordered r; e number of drafted i . . him held without bail. The grand ir at the cantonments * ?. , . . jury meets October 2ft. fi sufficient to organize . .. . . Counsel for Means stated they Mj lonal army divisions, .. , . . .. had "been informed that threats w gth basis. Whether _ ..... , had been made" that New "York ofusions will be formed . . ? , . . c'.als "here had brought extradition bi 1 for men issued has , . warrents to take the defendent hack pi ited. . . , . , ., . to New York on "some undisclosed w ker said tndav that ,. . . criminal charge." and that they Telt s as t<? the number of . , . "he would be safer in the custodv of p lien it would be nec- * . , .. .. , the sheriff of this countv." It also b ifer to the National j .. .. was announced that Means did not n t available. .. . .. "want to risk facing anv charges else-ial strength of the new1 t " . a- -aa ! where with an unsettled murder] fixed at 27..*>00 men. d divisions on that thar,;e aK:,inst h,rr' in ->'?rth Car?-| a total strength of llna- Th,s rharp"* his counsel oon-;" tended, would be cleared away at f; ... . . . . . the trial. p> robably brought into |l' ... - . Seeks to Recover Papers. i n rvice a total of not! ' 11 ^ aaa ?. ... i Agreement came nftor r>nncol fa** i %_ I',""" men. n will I " . , ->- . Means had made an unsuccessful at- oi east 137,000 national . I up the guard dlvis- lf,nlpf l? ROt P?sspssion ^ P?Per3 <1 100.000 of the nn- and do mentR *pi*pd b>' strict i( ?. Attorney Swann's representatives In a II go to the air ser- ? * ? , . Means New i ork apartment, and it nly as many more to , 1 . was accompanied by a lengthy expla- ft srvlces. That would 1 11 , nnn , nation by the defendant of bis tea- 0( than 250,000 men to ....... A. . sens for abruptrlv ending his fight si >n national army di- 1 s' , , , . in the magistrate s court, should have an ag- ? .. ? ? . , . ! . nnr. Mrs. Mary C. Melvln, sister bf n rength of 433,000. ? ... . , . _ , airs. wing, joined him in obtaining n, 1c Expanded. , ,, _ a writ from Circuit Judge "Webb at :,t iption of the Eupro- " " , , , , C.ustonia, ordering Assistant District tc I and company stand- ' , . .ill. Attorney John Pooling of New r., ard regiment which , , . ,. . . . , York and other officials, who came ? led in a division, had 11 .... , here with Pooling to aid the prose- ? I. Regiments and * ' . . _ cution, to turn over the documents n. ents are being con. i u .u -? roo 1he clerk of the superior court of e] rnish the 3.000 man , . , Cabarrus County. The writ is madei \ now desired. I ... returnable before Superior Judge consolidation has he department a new P,,np at S?Hsbury October 8. Offl?le. Numerous colo- oial* named ,n ,bp ordPr '"formed riental staffs of the Sher,ff Caldwell the documents <> in to be left without werp in Possession of Solicitor Cle?e the number of mPn,s- Tbe ,attPr ,Mued a statp" been reduced. This ment. sayin*: | tl ved a fruitful source wm kppP tbp documents un-^c r ianKiin r on. lor- rated" of the charge of murder po f New Jersey. as a when the case went to a Jury. of federal trade com- Assistant District Attorney Dool- wl nor Fort was ap- Ing of New York aald counsel would Ca bruary to serve out represent the men named In the In term of George 8. writ ordering them to turn over the pr Hampshire. documents seised in Means' apart- M< ... ? ? . , , it-ss ornerea nv tne court after the e* i State officials and . . ? <*' i? hearlnp to pive them up. $ he department. 1t is _ _ , , , . . Sorond Will Among Them. a find places for such * " . . Among the documents was the al- $: a other froces as far * ? . . leped second will of the late J. C. rc <^s ra Kinp of Chlcapo, which if finally n, | held lepal would pive to the estate _ FIA KR DEAD i ^jrs Mande A. Kinp approximate, nn Mv $2,000,000 more than the wife pot I ner Killed During ? | when hor husband died. Mrs. Mel-' til hrer Flanders | yjn believes, accordinp to the order, f?eorpe tbat C. II. Ambrose, a department of J" famous French avi- j?s(jro spent named in the order, isjf'I to be dead. an agent of the Northern Trust Com- R1 lemer is thought to. . ... .. I pany of ( hirago and is vttallv In- h( I during a reconnois-!, ... .... * terested in preventing the will he- ,T r Flanders, on whlch||n>|f probated." The trust company J( k September 11th. the je.O'OO.OOO in trust for a T. ,een heard of him | charltable organlzatlon. Y as assumed that he i ... , .. . . , .. I don t worrv about what thev but it was not until ... T ,, .... .' believe I am. said Ambrose. I| mv headquarters is- . . . . ... .. i r? ' have papers showing what I am. ! itory report. ^ Means claimed in the order for Kr the papers and documents that the? in Ft RELATIONS were necessary for his defense. Pr Solicitor Clement argued for a he gress (ailed to Kpe- commitment binding Means over nf Session. i an<j stating that evidence justiflen rn spt. 25. The I ru- BUOh action, while Means' attorneys t has been called to contended that the order should nr session Saturday to contain Means' reason for agreeing of stion of severing re- he hound over. ne rmany. This action Explanation Not Admitted. St in by the 1 ruguayan Magistrate Pitts signed the writ an the result of the jfge]f hut declined to sign the at- an the Argentine con_ farhed explanation, which also con- lu reign minister will tajn#,d a statement that Means in no ernmept s plans for manner agreed that there was any w< armany at the open- evidence by which he could have do al session. been held to the grand jury if he fcr had seen fit to continue to fight the M< i.ATES FORT. case and also described him as ov Sept. 25.?President "fully believing that he would bel ay signed a renom- "completely acquitted and vindl-|ed HIPBUILDERS TO GO HON ON STRIKE SATURDAY . I riLL AT WORK PENDING|AGAI NEGOTIATIONS. hree Steel Shipyards, Sixteen 1? ^ Wooden Shipyards and Forty me Contract Shops Affected. -vo ^attle, Wash., Sept. 25.?A strike 'i0r 10 o'clock Saturday morning of 1''** a 2,000 members of the 15 metal P'are ades unions employed In Seattle tac'<8 ilpyards and allied contract shops ll*ps as ordered by the Scuttle Metal *>UU8 rades Council, the central organ!- <"s^r'1 ition of the 15 unions. The strike 1,1 ill, it was said. Is the result of the isistent demand of the rank and on,y le the shipyard workers for a show down" on the long pending losir'1 age increase controversy. Th' As near as can be estimated, three ?uns ig steel shipyards, about 10 wood- ' ri shipyards and 40 contract shops ^,na^l ill be affected by the strike. The ^inc kinner & Eddie plant. having ranted the wage increases will not e affected. Three wooden ship- ' ' it rds and six or more contract shops Iso have signed toe new wage "u" ? greement. evenii Receipt yesterday of telegrams | v :,s ' "om President Wilson > ?wi <2nm,,r,i i a tew nmpcrs, president of the Ameri- c:,s,,!l in Federation of Labor. urging tat no action he taken, pave some! ope that a walkout might he avert-j',1P s 1. hut this vanished when pres*' ispatrhes announced that tiie pre? ! soniP lent was planning to have the eattle wage controversy settled by le wage adjustment committee of inp ? le United States shipping board in '-ol^ nnnectfon with similar controver_ es in other Pacific Coast cities. :,il r: Though aliout the same demand* ^ ave been made in ail three cities, fon<e etnl tradesmen explained, the Se-!s^ow ttle case differed front that in Sanjw'li<'1 rancisco, in that the workers had 0,1 ?' at gone on strike, but had eontin- K"nsed ;it work pending negotiations ith their employers under an r srei'inent that the wage increases ,r'r'v ranted should be retroactive to 'ni,m ugust 1st. was n - "A COTTON PKirfcs OOOI>. j erossc | shire ne Hale and SiwmI Sold at Fort ! " a" Mill i(ring SiilU.HO. their Fort Mill, Sept. 25.?Compet i-1 ' 1 nrp on among the local cotton buyers iday forced the price above 2 5 >nts, while cotton seed sold for f)ronr' 1.25 per bushel. One farmer sold onp 0 bale of cotton and the seed for !12.8h, which is the record for this immunity. The ruling price fori 11 1 Iddling was 25 1-2 cents. i v,'bich ti-airc erif when the case was brought up the rt >r hearing. The writ also orders dropp lose named in it to show cau^e why their ley should not he permanently en-, homb< dned from removing the documents bridgf om the jurisdiction of the court, so hit esides Dooling and Ambrose. Dr. tbe w hultze. medical assistant to Disict Attorney Swann in New York: The >hn Cunlff, William Jones and W. at ? R Jones, connected with the New of tw ork police force were named in to hai e writ. but It Arguments on whether Magistrate the pi tts should bind Means over to the f?av tl and jury consumed all the morn- probal g session of the second day of the ties w ellminary hearing and it had bad fi **n announced that all the attor. A r iva ronrftonntU? ' J "'' 1 " vK.v?vu?.iue inrnim wuuiU 1^1 I ake arRumenln for dismissal. Ar-excitei iments began after It was an-' Rep >unced the defendant would not; that a for evidence. Two of his attor- ped ir ys had attacked the case of the to a 1 ate, which closed late yesterday, town ( id Solicitor Clement had delivered came i argument for commitment when 1 ti-airci ncheon hour Intervened. 'dronin 'During the noon hour the writs I could ?re served demanding t.he seized this t< cuments and reconvening of court hours, ought the announcement that j could sans would consent to he bound were > er. j was n Attorneys for Means were expect-1 The to continue their efforts to get j Yorksl ssesslon of the documents. None' did n them, however, would discuss driven tat action would be taken. E. T. en we nsler of Means' counsel indicated T open court that no habeas corpus Onlj oceedings would be started to get penetr tans out of Jail. last nl AIR FLEETS ARE BRITISH DRIVEN OFF AGAIN E IN AN OBJECT OF GER-I FIFTEE> MAN RAID. TO HA' I icond Attack Enemy Air- Infantry . n Fail to Penetrate Be- Verdun nd Outskirts of London. man ulon. Sept. 25.?Another hos- For the ir plane raid on London took sion Germa tonight. There were two at-1,southeastei apparently, for after a 4 0 tnin- and reacht quiet interval anti-aircraft, visitation s resumed tiring in the London jjer than n. the Germai the first attack, after brisk etrating to liy the defense guns, lasting i score of c ten minutes, the raiders werej have been j off without succeeding in which the ing the city of London. drop. Lat j firing of the anti-aircraft J Monday ni in the second attack was only i injured, ef duration. The raiders were The Get y driven off and the police; njj?ht folk out the "all clear" signal at i tjie reaidi o'clock. tempting report of the raid was Issued | through K eld Marshal French as follows: POUrse of ie Thames estuary was a train bject ??f a hostile air raid this The arn ng. The Kent and .Kssex coast Kupprechl crossed at various points and (lesporate bombs were dropped, bttt no p,.oumj Itles there are as yet reported, j Thursday Twenty t nsualties. noad in 1 in* raider penetrated as far as u,t tJie outhwestern outskirts of Lon- tGrjnp tj10 where two bombs, fell causing pojnj, 20 casualties." f()Ught bft( ened out ulon. Sept . 2.-?.?The follow- for(s brmi ffieial report was given out by mang b,|t French. commander of the German defenses, on Monday night s prop|.eSs 1Ypres. Irplane raid: The last reports xorthem unit: nisi iiikiii s airpiane raid j (hat the group of raiders a' ,iv:,-v ha approached London was driv. After if T by the fire of anti-aircraft " ' Only one or at the most two 1,1,0,1 ne Ines. penetrated lhe defenses. ?arly T"?' asualties in all the raided dis- tho?sh ai<l reported by the police up to r,>^ll,s0', Ml 70. The material damage have ,ako' ot great. : have held irship raid: Enemy airships {f he artil!ei d the Yorkshire and Lincoln- * coasts between midnight and rho''? h in. There is no evidence of|?n ?" having penetrated to any dis-|,ino the inland. They were driven ,'<1 a mJn< gunfire from defended local ,ions- hut which they attempted to ap- Prevented h. Hombs were dropped at ;iny K'lins. oast town, three women being nn,Sf,(1 flir Iv injured. Little damage was ,{a,n'zza I j." German ippeared that the fierce battle. new P?s,ti the British airplanes and an-|'v,ans sout raft artillery put up forced I decked by liders to leave London without 1 ,lv a vo' ing any considerable part of ,im" ?ham eargo of explosives. Two|f'are(' in fi i fell in the Thames near the 'oatic rela . iu..a...i . - i ("Jront H -. iiiiifiv iik <i ci'i'inin 01 water) rh that it splashed clear over B?8 governmen < >ver City Two Hours. include a enemy remained over London " mPn* reat height for the better part w fM' n hours and the raid appears 'rrit N'i< e been on a pretentious scale, j ?! inP was even more abortive than ,H n^' of ' evious attemps. It is safe to| tat at least three-fourths and BHITIH t>ly four-fifths of the casualrere stiffered by persons who London, tiled to take cover. r{lj(j ^y Br suburban county official nam- man airdro jwood dropped dead from over ders, on ^ nent during the raid. an official orts from a Kentish town say miralty. bout eight bombs were drop. i last night's raid. According The Dai elegram from an Essex coast commentint !he first intimation of the raid calls for r< about 7:30 o'clock, when an- "The Br raft guns opened fire and the these attac g of the airplanes' motois ence if th< be heard. The bombing over of them wi jwn continued for about two in which tv at intervals, but so far as dropped he be learned only three bomhs man towns, iropped and apparently therejbit them h o great propprty damage. Zeppelins whleh crossed thej Berlin, hire and Lincolnshire eoaRts nounoemeni ot penetrate inland. being German avi off by gunfire. Three worn- bombs on t re Injured by bombs. on Dover, i Wo Penetrated Defenses. Sheerness. t two airplanes at the most northern P: ated the defenses of London returned ui ght. It la reported officially. aaya. I VOL. 12, NO. 88, ShiMl-WEEivLY. LANCASTER, S. C., FRIDAY, SEPT. 28, 1917. $2.00 A YFAR WALLOP THE IAVAR1AN TROOPS t PERSONS KNOWN V'E BEEN KILLED. Action to Northeast of Slackens and Oers Attack French. second night In succesin airmen hav<* raided the n section of England ?d London. Last night's ipparently was staged earthe one on Monday, but ns did not succeed in penthe heart of the city. A usiiaiiiff art- reporieu 10 caused by the few bombs Germans were able to est reports on the raid of ght show 15 dead and 70 man airplanes Tuesday nved the same course as trs of Monday night, atto approach London out and Kssex and up the the Thames, iiian Assaults Kail, lv of the Crown Prince of Bavaria Tuesday made attempts to retake the lined by the ur jsh last near the Ypres_Menin 'landers. In the first asGennans succeeded in en~ Hritish lines at twe 'ield Marshal llaig's men k valiantly and straiglittheir line. The day's efight nothing to the Geradditional casualties, artillery activity is in in the sector east of st of Verdun the infantry s slackened. teir ineffectual efforts of he Germans attacked the H f t hn 1/v . - ...c uum ic v nauine ?day. This attack, aled by liquid fire, nlso was Berlin claims officially to i trenches here and to them. On the Aisne front y battle continues, ustrians Repulsed, as been no great activity tor fronts. In the TrenVustro-Hungarians explod1 under the Italian posithe Italian barrage fire the enemy from making The Italians have rether local attacks on the 'lateau. efforts to recapture the ons gained by the Rusheast of Riga have beeir r the Russians, le of off to 18 the Argen. her of deputies has deavor of breaking off diplofions with Germany, ritain and France have notified the provisional t that they would not separate peace to the of Russia. These assur? in reply to reports cur?sia that Germany was onto make peace at the exhe new republic. + H R\ll> AIRDROME Sept. 25.?A successful itish airmen on the Germe at Varssenaere, Flanlonday. is atinounced in statement from the adI ly Mail, in an editorial l on la?t night's air raid, >prisal?t saying: ltinti people would view ks with entire indiffer?y knew that every one us followed by an attack rice the weight of bombs re was showered on GerDet's hit the Germans; ard!" Sept. 25.?Official an- / t was made today rt.hat iators last nixht dropped he heart of Dondon and 3outh End, Chatham and and also on Dunkirk, ranee. All the machines ndam&fted. the statement <*