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1 VOL. 23. NO. 76. SEMI ALLIES' POSlTIl # IN STRATEG FRENCH PRESSURE YIELDING^ RESULTS Town of Corey, East of ReL Forest and Other Strong Positions Taken. AUSTRALIANS IN ACTIOP* They Have Penetrated Germar Positions and Captured Pris oners?French Push Aus Brians Back. (Thursday.) French pressure along the lint fiom the Marne to the Aisne, whicl began two weeks ago as a series o local attacks, has begun to yield re . suits which are appreciable whei Pr;.' viewed on the map. The town <> Corey, east of Hetz forest has beei taken from the Oerman and stroni positions in the vicinity have beer captured by the slow, methodical ad vance that has been the source o much annoyance to the enemy foi several days. As a result of the assault raad?? bj K the French from Ambleny, s(y -*o: \ the Alsne, to the hills south of Corey \ thir Une has been straightened ant advanced to high ground which lend! ' Itself to d? nsive operations urn give* the Flench good observatior t point* from which they can see wha is going on behind the German lines There has heer?.u utmc rn:>?nn f?-)i Jf believing that when the Germans re Bume their offensive on . ester? [front they will attempt t breaV through between the Marne and th< Aisne in a dash straight for Paris l-'or this reason, the operations whicl tho Prpnoh ito vn nnnwA#! w - - * M ?vu WU V UOO14 ?H ' ' ^<?,'}mpo'rtance. ' South of Core.? the German lln< [ extends slightly to the westward, bui It curves sharply eastward just be rfore it reaches the Olignon river nortwest of Chateau Thierry. Fron the Olignon southward to the Marnt American forces have been ltnprov Ing their positions in recent days anc now have a strong line of positioni I running northward fron hill 204 S. f east of Chateau Thierry to the vil / * lage ot^t'ofcy. ??* On the' British front, the Austra liana have been In action once more ^ penetrating German positions an j capturihg prisoners. On the rest ol \... the lines, held by the British, thei> / have been the usual artillery dueb and patrdl engagements "French and Italian detachment' are steadily pushing Austrian force? back along the western slopes of the mountains that parallel the coast ol Albania. They are reported north or the important town of Herat an?l have moved ah<*V'. in the hilly conntry to the east. "Vienna admits the allien success ri this quarter. In the mo italn'. ^sectors of the ^northern Italian t front. Austriar ljf'ts which approach the Italiar p*.. 'ions have been driven bach. Bolshevik forces have engaged ir battles with the Czecho-Slovaks Ir 1 tEuropean Itussia, and an official I- statement Issued at Moscow claims r that victories have been won at va^ rlous points. The fighting appears to Have been hardest in the region to v., the east and southeast and l'etro? ' grad. which may indicate that th?Czechs-Slovaks have advanced from Urals where they been re-4 ported active for some weeks. A*Veklng dispatch states that the , <"zeAo-Slovaks are In virtual con trol f all western Siberia. Over v iBt wretches of this country thev X have triumphed over the Ilolshevlkl. \ C- The overthrow of the Kolshevikl at Irkutsk has been confirmed. An official statement from Berlin sa's that five of a squadron of six k At .rlMn WIIH II SIM r 1(3(11 ou?i with the Intention of honiMnr k f city of CVo' Jenz fell Intr the hands of the Germans. Sir Oeoree Cave, British home secJ^HBkjatary. haa announced in the house ' * ^Wkoramonft that the British governl|tet \fill apply to the courts f?r an 'jflflfir'to wind up the business of enJ&ft banks and make it impossible, a period of years after the wet. |M f r an enemy bank to be opened In ^H^itaftland. In addition, every mnle he Lai [ WEEKLY. LANCA ONS GAINING PEOPLE IC FORCE DAILY HOLD 0 enemy alien over 18 years of age will be immediately interned. reasury Premier Lloyd George in speaking Warning I on the subject has said that the Sche | work will be carried out "vigorously, rigorously and with fairness." FLAGRAN 1 (Wednesday.) For the moment, the eyes of the New Yorke allied world are turned away from the battle front in France, where the ror .Go' Germans are believed to be prepar- With Bij I ing for a resumption of their offen- ^ ,p slve against the positions held by the soldiers of the entente nations. The I most active urea in the various thea- Washingto ters of the war is in Albania, where loan orgunizt the French and Italians are contin- .,arjmenj j, " uing their success against the AusUKainst scnei irittus. While it is not expected that far ure attempt! reaching results will be brought of liberty hoi about by the offensive in this section eminent sect 9 of the world, the movement has in It stocks or Ws 1 possibilities which seem interesting, treasury alia ^ The rapid progress made by the addressed p French and Italians, the pobahility bondholders 1 that the Austro-Hulgar line to the banks being ' east past Lake Ochrida may be out- titers to sell 1 flanked and the possibility that an One indiv S offensive may be launched along the partinent saj 1 Saloniki front tend to give the events "rural" ow " in Albania some importance at a tongued sale ' time when the main battle area is away from t '* cjuiet. ing issued In There have been ^ indications re- Despite th r cently that an offensive might he he- department i ' gun in Macedonia, if for no other successfully reason than to withdraw Austrian dure liberty ' and possibly German troops from icallv keep t ? Italy and France. It is reported that j various allur 1 the iiulgarians are war weary and ing this pur] 1 that a powerful blow along the front heads. 1 north of Saloniki might tiring about One of th notable military and political results, cases is that '""The Teutonic aiiieir" in Macedonia j self "Sanfo " have been savagely attacking the en- Street. New 1 tente lines, but have been driven through a ci i bark. co-operation 5 French troops continue their of- Liberty bond fensive tactics east of the Retz for-! government 1 est. along the line front tlie Marne known stock *.to the Aisne. The fighting has grad-jsaid. would I ualtv extended southward along the turns to the } front southwest of Soissons. with the the fact thai ' French repeating their operation of would yield " pushing the enemy bock from strong land place in position front which he might easily of liberty be 1 reach vital ground along the French of very mucl line of defense. As a meat Along the British, there have been sciences of i ' | intermittent artillery duels, deepen- ates. Mr. Hoi 4ling here and there into bombard- lie\'ing the ments of great Intensity. This has they would r " been the case east of Antiens, where of "good Sa the Germans have drenched Austra- not unselfish lian positions with shells and then holders to e: attacked in an attempt to regain tc- nient seeurit ' ritory lost when the Australians and "tire insuran f Americans nttacked on July 4. The tongued sto< . tend to it," 4 (Continued on Page 5.) The alluri stock which ? WHEAT ( HOP REDUCED RY |exchange wa ' FORTY MILLION RUSH ELS ,,e attempted 5 erty bonds. f . ed Mav 21. As Shown by Government s JuL . , 1 banks and a 1 Forecast as Compared With the "presid That of June. cashier." Mr shares of st? tSfi." for .( Washington, July 11.?Govern- any issue. 1 I ment hopes for a billion-bushel wheat an annual 1<1 i crop received a setback when the stock and 4 n department of agriculture's July Mr. Holmes i forecast shed a reduction of 40.000.- 21 shares of i 000 bushels in the prospective cron *90 more a I Unfavorable weather conditions dur- *.1.000 in lit i in* June cut the estimate harvest to One very ii > 891,000,000 bushels from the 911.- Holmes failei i 000,000 bushels forecast in June. May 18. the r ? Production estimates on other crops 21 shares of '"'so were slightly reduced v ere worth, i ? A Vecord production of corn, the *2,15401 on i mo%t valuable of all the country's exchange, \\ h crop#, is promised with an estimate ty bonds for of 1,1fi0,000,000 bushels trade this nu i . Although June weather was some- could have I what unfavorable for most crops. In- than $2,850. ' dicatlons are that the se>so'<'s har- point out thi ' -eat will make this a bumper year, deal as he m j In addition to n record crop^ of corn :t7. while the | barley, rye. sweet potatoes and ric\? a reputable s 1 are forecast to exceed all previous a transaction i yearly production and the harvest of Mr. Holme jonts, white potatoes tobacco and hay commission < will be larger than the average of the epch such t five years, 1912-16. helped him i Wheat, notwithstanding th? rednc bankers, howi tlon caused by the month's poor ing with the weather, will have a larger produc- ?eekt"g to tr tion th the five year average of their bonds, i 809,000,000 bushels. Government Mr. Holmes crop experts explain that the final votlfled the i output of the crops will be larger It., or smaller than forecnst 1-r them as Owners of conditions frofn now to time of h*r- ed to deal on vest are fetter, or worse than th- In transaction itveragp. ? j their bonds a _____ 0r "' ?? ' MCASTE STEU, S. FRIDAY, JULY 12, 1918. URGED TO !llI:xst: and M, THEIR BONDS 0F FAR' Efforts to Betray Dem< Department Issues ,, ,8 Left |o th, % 5 Against Certain mary Next M| minp Persons. gn T CASE IS GIVEN Several hours were consu terday by the State Demoi r Would Trade Stock ,catlve c?mm,ttee ,leb vernment Securities proposal of taking the name ? Profit for Himself L. Hlease and John L. 'ansaction. front the rollB of the 1> party. n, July 11. The war Strenuous argument on itlon or the treasury do- of 8PVe,nl committeemen t people themselves deter as issued a warning . tjuestion at the polls at th tiling individuals who primary finally prevailed a; ng to persuade holders disposition of the coniniitti :tds to exchange the gov- sunintarily. The alleged f irities for commercial "'eas<' stnd McLaurin, as re ill Street securities. The McLaurin's recent exposure, iges that the appeal is 'eniPf to sell the Democra articulurly to "rural" ou* ,wo ><>ars aRo, the 111 through banks, the dependent ticket two ye requested to invite far- which was alleged by \V. their government bonds P"t ?ut the ticket, to 1 idual. the treasury de- "anted by Cole I., ltlease, ,s. argued'that if there announcement by Hlease tin iters some smooth- ho nor ,,is followers were sman might get them lh,'ir onths to S"PP"rt the he farmers. The warn- of ,hp Party in 1!t 1 f> an<1 ni pre reads: iteration of fraud were the e desire of the treasury Joctives of the rnmmitteem< tnd others interested in Would Kick tint of I' bouncing the war. to in- t. ii Ketcliin, State sen.bond owners to patriot- I'lyriiebl county, and ntentli heir bonds, agents with o< <utlve committee, urged ing schemes for defeat- 4 ^ntment of a committee o [lose are raising their fore whom Hlease and should be summoned and if ie most flagrant recent were found to be as publii ol a man sighing him- the names of those friendly ,|-H 1 I. .1Ac C7 Ul-ll i .... . .. aim .vrci,aurin at toe time < York." .Mr. Holmes,! rlous incidents, then to "ki< rcular letter, sought thejniease and McHanrin. ut of bankers in inducing j jnusly out of the party rar I owners to trade their duration of this authori securities for a well. lodged with the executive Such an exchange, he tee, was the storm center < greatly increase the re- hate. There was no divisio investor, but he ignored ion as to the just deserts o t execution of his plans didates in question. Sot him an enormous profit 1 committeemen took the pos tHe hands of the owner \ the elimination of Hlease mils another investment j I.aurin from the Democrat It less value, v ou!d cause a great furor ts of solving the con- State If left to the voter lis proposed confeder- disposition would he mad? Irpes declared that in re- sue in casting ballots. T people of their bonds, could he trusted to retain eally he playing the part in its purity and to rehi maritans." If they did who had sought to betray ly induce "rural" bond publicans xchange their govern- The question was raised !es for something else, Gary Kvans, State chain ce and other smooth- said he was tired of the i k salesmen" would at- chinery being villified and i he confided. Hlease throughout the F ng "hook value" of the charges of fraud two yearMr. Holmes aimed to iterated, when Hlease did s the hook upon which the courage or manhood t to catch holders of lib- tire election before the com In a circular letter dat- to carry the question into tl 101 8, sent broadcast to He was continuing this ddressed particularly to fraud and partisanship ag ent, vice-president or present committee in re Holmes offered 21 speak in York "under the >ck. "hook value $3,- of a partisan executive cc ,000 in liberty bonds of and would not speak until figuring on the basis of lar meeting had been dism per cent return on thn _ ...%?? uiov vuimmini ny I t*I IIM e>- cent on lih?Tty bond*, low the itinerary as arrangi deelared the holder of executive committee, in fui the stock would receive phasis of his disregard for year than the holder of machinery of the State. F.ft< lerty bonds. out the party at a time like mportant thing that Mr. destroy the faith of the peoi d to state was that on party which controls the S losing day for his offer, the national government en the stock he mentioneo treachery to the State, th including brokerage, and the head of the nation i the New York stock finally agreed to Issue the a ile the amount of liber- Mr. Kvans as a warning tf which he proposed to ters of the State against pos tuber of shares of stock trayal by candidates now been sold for not less their suffrage. He also neglected to fn <?o Into ('ampaig it his profit by such a In providing for the e'er oposed would be $49f?.- I nlted States senator for t regular commission on pired term of the late Sent tock exchange for such man, which will expire app w mi in no ly two months beyond the I s generously offered a Senator Henet, the appo >f $100 to hankers on Oovernor Manning, it was ransaetion which they that candidates for the sh [>ut through Patriotic would canvass with the ever, who are co-operat- I'nited States senatorial p treasury department in separate ticket will he pro iduce people to hold the executive committee aot only declined to aid short term candidates, whr In his scheme hut nls:> voted for in the regular pri treasury department of other candidates The as fee was fixed at $50. Mai liberty bonds are waru-?31? ? 1 unrated as ^he lMtidiiy ly with rel'ablc^Serpo"* pledges nrd fffeca in pa i ^ n i? is of any'kind in which the following' day '' w ith ire concerned. s? natorlal candidates Dil ._Y . L..i R NEH aLAUR1N ALMOST READ TY BUT NOT THROWN Oi ?cracy Brings Censure Upon Them ] Voters to Put Them Out in the PriDnth?No New Candidates Will ter Senatorial Race. imed yes-Oator Itenet and Thomas H. Pe? :ratic ex-Jare thus far the only candidates ating the ""Y^ Mnuuuneea lor tne snort n 's of Cole John Gary Kvans. State chain was elected a member of the nati McKaurin pemoeratic executive romm emocratic from this State to succeed the Senator Tillman. Mr. Evanr the part P,aim'd that the elec.Ion of o let the mprr>her would be merely con mine the mentary as the State conven e August vvonl(t l)e called on in 1920 to < ;ainst the rePu,ar committeeman, which i r-e to act *'nn would be in advance of the erfldy of l'onal convention. Mr. Kvans vealed in beon closely associated with the of an at- ,ional committee the last eight y< tic party sprving as a proxy for Senator ease "in- "lan. (Jen. Wilie Jones of Colui ars ago. b;u> annonnced his candidacy for P. Heard Phtce, but had his name withdr iave been when h? 'earned that the nam and the '^'r '''vans was being considerer *t neither sn,nP of 'he committeemen. \< bound by fnrt was ,ua('e to the "full t nominees I<n11 y ease's re-1 Address to Voters. . .. . In h is 1,? o/.mint rnioi on. which address the eommitteemer ?n s tire. ... structed he issued as a warnini 1,1 the voters of the State, Mr. E iter from sa|d: er of the ..T() the Democracy of South < I the ap- una: A crisis confronts the I f five, he-, (({,|?tjr party in this State heret< Mchaurin unparalleled in its history. Youi the facts ecutive committee is powerless died over deal with it. hut as guardians of to lti ae | p-rty it is on, d..ly i?> call to if the v>i- attention existing conditions, k them." '-^t the last State conventlo icerenion- Die party a rule was passed den iks. The to any citizen who voted against ty being regular nominees of the primai commit-, i ?i i?; as declared hy the State f the d?- county executive committee, n of opin- right to participate in a Dem >o f the can- priamry subsequent thereto. A lie of the] ition that (Continued on Page 6.) and Mi- ? ic tickets .AMERICAN AVIATORS I> sOVproper THRILLINCi AIR HATT1 of the is he voters 4 >)u. (ieriimn Machine Sliot l>o\\n ,1l1' ^ One Other lle'leved Put Out like those it to He- Control in Its Pilings. b> -'M'm With the Ameri an Armv party ma-1 France, July 11 Four Am** 11> ii s?*?l hy I aviators. Lieutenants Carlisle Ftli itate. and of Terre Haute, Ind.. S. IV Th s "'" | son, Honeoye Falls, N. Y Wald not have , Heinrichs, of (Sranville, Ohio, o protest i mlttee or|*??'in Mitchell, of Manchester, M he courts engaged in a thrilling air b charge of northwest of Chateau Thierry, ainst the German machine was shot ( fusing to during the combat and it is beli hammer that Lieutenant Helnriehs was immittee'' American who sent the enemy the regu- plane to earth, issed. He The four American aviators >d to fol- patrolling the line live or six Ml by the meters inside the German f -tber em- when they encc entered six en the party machines. The batt>e began ai >rt to sell altitude of 4.200 meters and this and tinued until the machines had d ile in th* bed down to 2,200 meters from itate and earth. The combat lasted for institute*! minutes. e nation An hour later eight American It was chines engaged in a batttr. witt ddress ?m fnemy airplanes at a height oi ) the vo 700 meters. The eomhat swi ssible tin- backward and forward over the ' s?ekin* man and American lines near i teau Thierry. The German macV n. were higher than the Americans, tion of .? the latter maneuvered their he une\- planes admirably in the fight itor Till denly one of the enemy airpl roximate- dived toward the earth and ' tenure of spinning downward, being ch intee of down by two of the A merit arranged Lieutenants Ralph A O'Ne |l. ort term | Nogales. Arizona, and .1 Ka regular of New York, arty. A It is he.Ieved that the German v'ded by -lane was out of control durinf tor the pTungs. mary for * Two daughters of Postmas isesament Central Burleson have epterrd ldav was naval service as second class for filing women and^tre now on duty in < to 6n?n he other (>^ ,,ie paymaster-genera io^. Sen- the navy. vs subs< HIPTION .$2.00 A YEAH i EXPRESSMEN FACE VT CHARGE OF AIDING IN LIQUOR SELLING William Finlev, Messenger Between Charlotte and Colum>Pies bia A"ested. who erm. pineVUlle agent bondei* nan* ___ i ?n ?1 it tee Sixty-three Quarts of Liquor ,a,? Seized Which Was Addressed! thi~ to Agent at That Placeip!i Found in Office. tion sleet Rock Hill, July 11.?Another linK. plec- was forged in the chain.beipp woven na- about illicit whiskey selling herea bouts when federal officers this na- morning arrested William Finley, exuirs, press messenger on the train beTill tween Columbia and Charlotte, via nbia of Kingville. Finley Is chargecS 'be with aiding in the illegal transporawn tation of liquor in violation of the* e of R,.p,] amendment to the prohibition ' by jaw. Me was taken to York this 1 of- afternoon and was held by Commlserm sioner Marion in a bond of $1,000 . which was furnished. The case was worked up by local ttee, officers and department of justice* i in-1 officers and denotes the activity tac ,01 ken to break up the illicit shipment vans ot whiskey into prohibition territory. w Several trunks of whiskey recently^, 'aro- have been seized by officials, the )em- latest occurring last night when ^ fore | trunk containing about 20 quarts, r ex-!w*as taken. It developed that a por? ? to t'on of the whiskey had been r*?~ tlie.rnoved In transit. your I 1MNKVII/I-F. A OF. NT GIVES n of I HON I) IN SIM OF Sl.fMHt ivinpj t>1p Charlotte Observer this niorn'^jlng says: > inj S. M. Raggett. agent for the South? ! nT ern .Express company at Rineviilft., was ^nrested yesterday afternoon by r. t ie ?. 1'ppuiy Marshal K. S. Williams' ,*1'1 chnrped with being implicated in the| shipping of whiskey from wef "points | 'nto this section .jnf tho country. Hr ? ' was placed undpr a hond of $1.00" ' %. for his appearance before United | s; States Commissioner .1 \\ Cobb Jnly 20, when a preliminary hearingwill be piven him. and | The arrest of Bagcett followed the of seizure Wednesday afternoon of ? t'linli containing OS ouarts of wMskev at the express office at Pinevill?? by agents of the denartment of jnsin tire. under Sneoial Agent A A, ric n The trunk was addressed t.r the acent at T'ineviile and eacH lodes nuart bottle within the trunk was addressed to an individual whose adlo N. dress was given as Pineville but an?l | who, it was found follow.,* lass., j tigation hv agents, did not live at. attle that placeOne 1* was announced at department lown ofViust'ce hendouarters last night ieved ^hat other arrests had been made trt t the South Carolina by department of jusrajr. tice agents in that state, but thenames of those apprehended coulr? were' 1101 bp obtained here. The agents kilo-' charged there has been a conspiracy ront ! for ,ho purpose of shipping whiskey* emy wet points into North antf t an South Carolina. nm- The building at Pineville occupies! rop- ' v t>>e express office also holds the the Southern passenger station there In 20 th's building the agents said they i found two harrels and a trunk fnlT ma of empty whiskey cartons. Tt I?, , 1 15 claimed others are tang'ed up in the A 3 ' ' "* - alleged conspiracy who have not been 1 i arrested, but that soon the threads ( a 61'will be wound about them also. 1 ha- . _ fines but S?:N XTOR RFAKT CHAIRMAN air- f?F RANKS COMMITTKUT Washington. July ^11- Senator went ,,PnPf of Carolina yas^flflay.- y' ased appointed chairman of the nationals' ^ ans, banks committee. He was also ajJpointed a member of the appropria^ | 'il,lp* tions. Cuban relations, expenditure? n the nnvv department, five civilized". a'i 1 rll.no ..f T .. ,1 1 ? -- r wi xnn.Hih, inrrsT reserve?ions. private land claims and rtwr transportation and sale of meats* <te> on mi (tees, the . yon The skin of ihe female shark. the ' hieh is smoother than that of fh?> 1 oi iielo <h used extensively for iwortf handles. ' t ... . i J1- JP^..