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- Progress of Allies. , rv ? .. * GAS FAILS TO HALT THE? 5^' In the Fisme^y'Sectac, Enem mi tluantitic "* oTuas in Effoh to Stop Hi Pursuers. . k ' ' -*0' * + (W?)nrfid?y.> The allied armies have oljtaine fbrther successes over the.Cjertnac In lighting in the Sotesons-^lheini sector and to the north in the Monl ^ didier region and still further nori Hi in" Flayers between the an f CltM^Piriverp. /j - %M ijEvXpl the tov^h of Uraisne on th Vesle. river, nUiilway between Soil v tons and /Ulteims, American " ai\ y French troops*' afteivjhe atlffest kin Uf^ght,i/g, havet sscd .the-rive /and hgt'<\ rttTjttflP positions jtainec jTfye French t^tne n?tth of Hheini i hi*e penetrated thA German pos ' trions for more t"ban"T00 yards in th J. .railroad " triangle beginning a j'. ^"Jtheinis and running northeastwar Rethel and northwestwar ' J.1- ,' to Lou^ In addition all position proyitiJ*'; gained by the allie troops ."dughout the entire Rheinn r f Soissons salient have been solidl ^ held. md-wlthstandintr counter a< . the heavy artillery Are til ?jjmLeni>A hflf^apured down from th henHfttfjkjgEjSLof the Vesle upon thel \ antagirfista. Near where the Vesl ^ enterd| tthe Afsne east of Soissons th r ^'" Xlffirhiwye overcome the resistanc of the enemy and takei^ the villas ' of Circy-3alaogne. 'In . the,. Montdidler sector th V * French south and southeast of th i town have further advanced thei | , line on this important sector, whlc \ _j\ r^presenta the Junction point of th vi armies^he German crown princ J ayid of Crown Prince Rupprecht, c f. . Bavaria. J* It remained for the British, how ever, to deliver the hardest bloi ag-.inst the Germans Wednesday Following up a previous advance i ' 4 the famous Lys sector northwest c f \ L^i Rassee, Field Marshal Haig's me ished forward their Tine over >ront of nearly five miles to a dept ' . o?> 1.000 between the I^aw and ClarencgHRoxs. The details o this a(ivance.are not yet in hand b\i the ftuaneu'ver doubtless will go X far way toward l||8enlng the poln (of the naBty salient, tfjai Mas stoo ti as a menace for months to th. itm \> lsh line north. aprt^^ofltlS^f it Next In (thMptanedLin^^e furl he Raining of b^Troe Frene % and Atnerlchn^ t^omr the Veal m -where the pleasure t\k^a*t the Gei hiana toward .the Afm^^ean he rc fl'umed when* further troops ford th Stream, tf|t. j^ie gain of ground h P . tlt#> the railwav ,triangl - n<li th oftt Jk01* a'so nnuar he look [vAiL ed upoWh^T move of great strntf ' J R|r hjdbnt tJ^^^fiootioos th JP4 Frenrh uou^R-fi fflr to ilnrnin.it their Runs the railway line ove whifh the ^nians have been hrinj! Intf ^orei^Mgrroni the northea* thrnitfrh the Wft'n of Rethel and tha . line /Vu\inineimrth west ward acros the ?.YiBpo flQfajajl Laon. which ur ' deubs^tfly ha|^Wen used since th r^ti$at beRan^ for the removal o trXpfcs, guns and supplies out of th tVrAteneri zone. Iv * Pavld Lloyd OeorRe, the Brltls ''\.t Orime minister, addresslnR the hous ^ ; of cdifbmons. spoke optimistically n the itAtus of the war from the allle standpoint. He characterized th reefent offensive on the Alsne-Marn the most brilliant in the ar s of tfee^rar and praised the pat * . r A In It ^ thfc Americans. Mor aQ .50 submarines had been dt % * > Ok S?nd n.otv river 'Beti^ , . "MMNT ^ 11 VOL. 23. NO. 84. SEM FACING STRQN - AMERICAN 'CROSS VESLE RIVER AT SEVERAL POINT: Bad ^Veather and Heavy Rainl However, Have Retarded \ ! X HUE L s TV.- ^ [-WEEKLY. ^ ^ G RESISTANCE PUSH FORWARD ^3* v. IT'S SO HOT l\ VIIW.INIA APPI.KS ON THJOKS 5 Winchester, Va., Ayx' pies cooking on ti>|s^trh^?ln the great orchard re^onfoT' northern ^ | Virginia is one joC^the frrVks of ' nature being caused by tiie luit spell. State Fuel Administrator Byrd'is displaying fruit from his orchard, where the thermometer registered- 120 degrees in the sun. if which has been thoroughly sizziCfd if it actually has not been baked, and other growers say the y fruits are being threatened with >g ruin. Other growing crops are withering under the hot wave and s it is said tremendous losses are - likely. MAKERS OF MOTOR CARS 18 PROPOSE A CURTAILMENT 19 I. Voluntarily Submit Pro|H?sal to Hell dnce Manufacture of Passenger d Cars 50 Per Cent. G Washington. Aug. 8.?Hugh Chal piers, vice president of the autoiho^ bile chamber of commerce arptared today before the war industries j board and submitted a proposal for s a voluntary curtailment of Ihe menu j ian 11 rt? ui jiiisseiiiier auioiuoDiies 01 50 per cent. Mr. Chalniet s informed t the hoard that manufacturers at a recent meeting In Detroit determined (j they would sign a pledg ? making ef' fective the proposed curtailment, j Tlid board apprtinted a committee with full power to act in the mutter of automobile production. A virtual ^ curtailment of 100 per cent on steel for passenger cars is now in effect, officials said today, and the war de6 r mands are increasing so rapidly that ' there is hardly a possibility of e granting the figure suggested by the ^ luauufucluiers. Fuel Administrator Garfield has e announced that a 75 per cent fuel curtailment for passenger cars would be put Into effect August 1. * ? OFFICES OF DKIt ZEITGEIST ARK RAIDED BY OFFICERS Chicago, Aug. 8.?The offices of ^ Der Zeitgeist, published by Dr. Michael Singer, were raided by federal officials who seized a suitcase of correspondence and documents. This action was taken at the request of government agents at Philadelphia, f where similar raids were made. Dr. Singer formerly was editor of the " Illinois Stauts Zeitung. a h e > f RED CROSS NOTES. 11 * a The work of the Home Service de itjpartment of the I^ancaater Red Cross d ' has increased to such art extent that 11 >! it has been found necessary to enlargp the committee which works in fr' conjunction with the secretary. Miss h Etta Skipper. The chapter officials e wish to secure a patriotic and kindly . person in each school district who (. will assist the Home Service secree tary in keeping in touch with the y families of our fighting men. Lete ters are being sent out to the varlous communities notifying men and women of their appointments on this r committee and requesting them to c meet at Red Cross headquarters Sat r urday, May 17th. it' There will be an important meot!t ing of the executive committee at l9 headquarters Saturday evening. May i. 10th at 6 o'clock. All members are e urged to attend. f n Mrs. R. K. Wylie's packing committee is now preparing for shlph ment a box of pajamas. i ,f Mrs. John Poag. suprevisor of a general supplies, with the faithful - .-Jl- ^ - v vu-u|>oianuii 111 a mrgn unmoor or ? workers, will complete within the week the rush order of 100 nary -t'comfort kits. ? e ? Mrs. W. D. Cral*. chairman of the ? canteen committee, was at the station, as usual, to see the boys leave ^for camp last - Monday. , Eacfc boy |"w>>^Klven. tobacco and a hearty * * 1* A LIVE PAPER IN A L1VI LANCASTER, S. C., FRIDAY*, AUG1 new offtmj lt u?e? : begun by^allies ml ' ' * ?' * J..jr L . _ War Pro Ht^tish and French Begin Milits "WM i .. l?-i ' t r oaiuv oeiween Amiens and Montdidier. OVER A 20 MILE FRONT Wash In Germans Taken Completely IJy onaetment Surprise and They Fled Fell manpowei Mell Befo\ ihe (ireat Tanks to [r"'n 1 eral Marc and Machine Guns. committee departiner , . . proximate The historic battle ground beas soon as Iwccti Amiens ami .Montdidier again W h i 1 c i is tlio scene of a mighty contest. This time tlie licitisl^ and French are ,mMM the aggressors and under their fierce not '' onslaughts in the first day's battle -re a" con' tliey have penetrated deeply into the cess P|an (ierniHn positions over u front of more than 20 miles, reaching from t^methe region of iiraches to the neigh* About . ^ * "^snirl Hip 1 Inn-hood of Morlancourt. ^ Following short but -tn'tenslve ar- ris'on ,() tillery preparation and tided by pra,u ,l' ' misty weather,"the allied attack took uP?n 1,1 ' the (ierinans completely hy surprise4 ''erP'" ' at and they flltl almost everywhere pel! cu*' B mell before the tanks, motor * ma- ron( (lilac gun batteries, cavalry and in- > ,-1" '" flintry sent against tliem.- All the , objectives set for the Austria'kins' JP< ' <UU' ' < finadlans, Englishmen and French- pi'set .. , . , . , nV iit give men were attained in remarkably ... . closed dm quick time, and at last accounts Thursday night the allied forces '*ial 1 were still making progress. Wlier 1 row ?r Questloi ever the enemy turned to give battle i i i ? . 'he appar he was decisively defeated. Thousands of Germans were mada v ar ' , . . grain Gen prisoner. Large numbers of guns . ernment's were captured, great quantities ot . . . , . Faris con( war materials were taken and a ... , . For the score or more of villages and hami _ , , . Baker an lets were reoccupied. In addition, then heavy casualties were inflicted on ' . .. the draft the enemy. While i To Depth of Over Seven Miles. now undP At its deepest point the penetra- there sho tlon of the German lire was about 00d n seven and a half miles eastward jn ^idei from Villers-Bretonneux to Kramer- (jrnft sys, vllle, while from two to five miles men wj,o were gained all along the front from northwest of Montdidler to the region around Morelancourt. The NA\ * fighting extended north of Morlan- U court to the Albert sector, but no official details concerning it have been , OpiHirtuni received. 1 The advance of the allies in the Given cenier places tnem well astride the railroad leading from Vlllers-Bretonneux to the important junction at Chaulnes, where lines radiate north- The lTn eastward toward Peronne and south- try's first ward through Rove to Compiegne.. to unliml Well out on the plains and press which has ing forward, seemingly with great main recr rapidity, the present offensive of the Columbia, French and British gives promise of thousands seriously menacing the entire Ger- Carolina man front from near the sea to P?t into t] Rheims. If the drive should proceed The re^ eastward to any great depth it can- very activ not but affect the armies of the tier- this war, man crown prince now fighting he- nities and twen the Aisne and the Vfisle and men of thi possibly make impracticable a stand of service by them even north of the Aisne innding ol along the Chemin-des-Dames. soldiers 01 .Menace of fhniincl Ports Vanish. plied this Under the pressure of the offensive aP(' 0(luiP the menace to the channel ports al- ,,r:nP the so seems for the moment at least, to American vanish. Already there have been western f signs to the northward from the po- The tho sitions where Crown Prince Rup- 'pp camps nrecht had formed his men for a sands tha drive toward the channel that a re vice with lion rani! movement oy ine *?? i mans me propo was not Improbable. With the ar- navy Job titles of his Imperial cousin on the sea, and I Soissnns-Hhotms salient bid'v sliat- Sant c tered and unable to lend him aid thl" state when It's own forces north of Mont- supply 01 didler are in a rather precarious po. munitions sition as a result of the new often- dlers and sive, it Is apparent that Rlipprecht without n will have to defer his campaign to Rrp being cut oft the cross-channel service. he success On the Vesle front little Quitting FJnlistni occurred Thursday, eicept In the tween th? process Qf line-straightening - opera-! desirable tlons on the north bank; where, un- those tha uvr an mmoni inreuant rain or en- penris ent emy shells both the American and this is th the French troops JmprovecV their months t tands. The Gorman guhs not alone have beer played upon the nllted forces, /1?ut enlist in ' ft ar*Jbamnierlng awa* at^rt4l??? ,\we are across th? stream d^ar wjfflcn men ^efn)|K m 'constantly are making tft}fr way The natlo 'the portharu bank of tnd^Slream Ta<|e our ? re'nforoa \jf*j |/comr#(l(.i already I .lay.orl*^? / 'V. ' .J .fLL 5j' Hours 9:00 m.jk 4:00 p. k. \M * \ ' - MiW1 \ . * ? V J ? "-J#-:' iUS.T 9, 1918. - -^jCTr\ SUBSC AN ARMY 0FJ1YE MLLyfi WILL / j; IEADY FOR&ARLY SFRINGJQFFENSIVE i : * >. i i ?* , S gram To Be So Enlarged That AW Po*w of F.niiro iTr.;<..#i ~ Of try Strength of France, Great Bri^ttln ahd America Will Be Hurled Against the EnemiVon Western Front to Bring War to Successful and Speedv Conclusion. ' ? JS V . E gton, Auu. S.?In urging v\ij^/Cio^yf flie draft ayes is nec- ^ of the adminlstrati mi's Q^ary-Jp^ hill extending draft auejr General March's testimony 8 to 4 5 years of aire. Goo- and <5rh?;r information received, the ? h told the senate military Committee has trained the impression yesterday that the war th*t while all men between the ngos 1 it plans an army of*ap-'of 18 and 4 5 would he subject to ly 5,000,000, to be raised*'military duty under the new law, it is , i possible. I proposed those between 18 and 20 ealizlng the importance of years of age shall be kept in this ^or ire. General' Mardh said he country until the last. ielieve it was necessary to General March said the shipment wei gress before the present re- of men overseas would be continued nia expires on August 2 4 pro- according to program now in effect ( ; bill could be reported at for the present. jpti I'pon the suggestion of Senator ent July' 50, General March Wadsworth that the draft system he ^u United States reached a de- extended to the navy. Senator Cham- the enlarge its military pro- berlain announced that either Sec. to arry out the policies agreed retarv Daniels ???- ??? . ? - n-uowi to he recent inter-allied ron-. would be asked to appear before t^e q L Paris to speed up prose-1 committee to discuss the advisabil.iv niei the war and bring it to an of the subject. 30c lusion: j Senator Chamberlain said he was jn lef of staff entered into a not sure just when the committee |. scussion of the entire sub- would he able to report out the hill. fIOi he necessity for amending Secretary Baker is expected to return will it law. Much of his state-j Saturday and the committee desires ^nr] n to the committee behind to hear from him before taking any ,1 ors was supplemented to action. A number of other witnesr- > Provost Marshal General probably will be called in addition jacl resterday. J to representatives of the navy Oo g aed by senators regarding partment. son ent "change of front" of The prohibition controversy ma\ \ lepartment in its war pro- hold up consideration of the draft Meat eral March told of the gov- bill. Cnder the unanimous consent! c decision in accord with the agreement proposed war-time pro-I v erencc. Ihibiti n is to be taken up when th"! ( new program Secretary I senate reconvenes, with a final vot Ark d other officials concluded!on August 26. T ? must be an extension of This can only he set aside n> ( age. J unanimous consent, and Senator can ibout .1.000.ftrtb men are Sheppard. of Texas, prohibtion lead i' r arms, army officials think or in the senate, expressed the opin- ; ('or uld he approximately 5.- ion that unanimous consent agree- * ten at home and in France, ment could not be obtained unless if* iot to disturb the present the draft hill can be taken up and < em and to avoid calling disposed of with practically no de- ' yrt had been given exemption, hate. | ( -?? Ne> VANTS MEN IN I HEALTH INSTITUTE WAS | < NLIMITED NUMBERS j HELD IN COLUMBIA j ^ I foil ty for Knllstment Again Beginning of Campaign to Safeguard 1 * .Men in South Carolina Health Throughout South J, G re From IS to -IO. j Carolina. <; - ' son 1 ited States navy, our eoun- Columbia. S. C.. Aug. 8.?The line of defense, is open now Health Institute, held here for two *s' ted?c-.mberR. This order days last week, launching the state i just been received at th" health compaign, which has been unuiting station for the state dei taken by the Council of Defense t ] gives an opportunity to as an important war measure, has of young men in S,..th not only proven a success in every '' " who have been anxious tot way, but is attracting nation-wide his branch of service. attention A rpnrp?onon'.? u~ jular navy today, with the Council of National Defense came " e part that it is taking in down from Washington to attend the ' offers wonderful opportu- institute and to acquaint himself at s*nr I adventu-es to the young first hand with the plans for the A s country. It is the branch state-wide campaign.' It is the pur- f that has made possible the pose of the Council of National 1 >e- ,r',, f over 1.300,000 American i fense to adopt the best features of ' 1 French soil, and has sup- 'he plans of the South Carolina ''sl vast army with all suppliesiCouncil of Defense for a national ' ' n ment that must be had to1 movement along the same lines, to be wonderful results that the recommended to the several state dearmy is making along the fense councils for their adoption rorft today. The movement which has been ( usands of soldiers in train- launched will now he extended into today, and with the thou- the several count es Kopresenta- <,;M t' will he brought into ser- lives of the county councils who atthe lowering and rais ng of tended the Health Institute will nr- rPn Red draft law. it is a real range, through then- organizations 0011 to transport them across fo spread the message throughout uni t is for this work that Ur their home counties. It is expected alls on the young men of that meetings will be held In many r,s to help carry on. We must parts of the state, beginning withir soldiers with food and in the next week. What t'>e dele. . and In addition, the sol- vntes learned at the institute they people of our allies, and will be expected to Impart to their len to man the ships that people, and besides public meetings me built, thia work can not many agencies will be emp'oyed in *fully done. this big efTort to acquaint the peo- tor tents are open to men be P,p wi,h th?* importance of health P i ages of 18 and 40. and conservation and with methods of Fr< ratings can be had for Preventing and combating the prln- Pai it qualify. The navy de- ?'Pal menaces to the public health. l*t Irely upon volunteers, and Three hundred delegates attend- ho ie first time in several **d these meetings, hat the men of this state Those attending the Health Instii given the opportunity to tute from I^ancnster county were: unlimited numbers W. (\ Hough, R. E. Wylie. Mrs W. at war with the most dan-,E Taylor, Mrs. M. J. Perry ; Dr. W. 16 llltary power in the world S Moore. Heath Springs in n that had planned to in- * p'v country. The nation that Harvey Witherappon. now 1q the * J - r'vv at Charleston, is' "borne for a tha Pa*? 8.) ? short while ma few-' i' '^- ' 1 K1PT10N $2.00 A YEAR 50,207 HEN ARE CALLED FOR AUGUST* ' These 100,000 Are White and 50,207- Colored?Carolinians to Camp Jackson. ? . "*w STRAIN AUGUST 2.1 TO 3(T - ' >. i nth Carolina to Furnishr l,8ll8-^This"^all Will Make Total of 300,000^nt to Camp jfj in Month. -p?-* . primer &nd Tills acnedu1 Washington, Aug. 8.^. D.207 draft reBi8tr4>iN^?r,' ?- ~ general milita?. | ? ' J . colors before!^ I ^ re issued totJp " cV^ rshal genera^ w )ne hundred thousand' i"eg?antR from 43 states are i\ *e(l' rained between August^ m~ gust 3 0. Twenty-one state* District of Columbia are din furnish 30.207 negro registrants^ entrain August 22-24. , ? ' These orders bring the number n called out in August to about1,000. the number contemplated* the present military program, following are the southern states n which the white men new callett I come, and the camps to which h quota is assigned: Alabama, 850. Camp Gordon, Gau Corth Carolina, 4,500, Campl,0~. t. kson. S. C. outh Carolina. 1,400. Camp JackVest Virginia. 1.500, Camp Green- ^ g . Ga. ( " . ~ n ?> 'eergia, 2.750. Cnnv.3f.ifl ?on. e. "lorida. 1,300, Camp Jacason. tklahoma. 7,000, Camp Pike*. \ 'exas, 4.000. Camp Travis, Tex. tiJ- .. )ther assignments to southern"". Kt.1 ips f pi low: v.ieenloaf. fia. 2.500 frono tnecticut. kmp Wadsworth. S. C., 4.00(V \ Illinois. F'Up Jackson. S. C., 2.800 frotrx ^ ssachusetts. 'amp Gordon. Ga., 6.400 fron.^JJP v York. ? 'amp Lee. Va., 10,000 from Penn- ( .*anla. Cegro registrants are called an . ows: Virginia, 657. Camp Lee. Va sorth Carolina, 2,73 8. Camp ?-ne, X. C. . louth Carolina. 1.84 8,*Camp Jacir- | S C Tennessee, 1,266, Canrtp 'Greene-. C. dississippi, 2,000, Camp Shelby, sissippi. y ""exas, 1,750, Camp Travis, Tex. Louisiana. 807. Camp Pike Ar? \ sas; 2ijrt Camp Travis. 2.00 Camp nregard, Louisiana. eorgia, 1.152, Camp Jackson. >0 Camp Gordon. "lorida. l.ooo. Camp J. K. John- ** i, Florida. ilahama. 1.904, Camp Taylor. i >ther essignments of negro regis- J its to southern camps follow: ? ^ 'amp Lee, Virginia. 4 57 frojj. ^ Irict of Columbia, and 892 f i oo* * nsylvania. y P" v - ^ . McAHOO WWTS RIGHT! e?n.' IT.)! CKXT WAR PROFITS TXY|fc fj? 'hieago. Aug. 8.?Williem >o. secretary of the. on, ed himself unreservedly in ^ a flat war profits tax " o'f So t "Tim adoption.*) >i"-an 8'<> |AAit war profits "ftxfshouid rorjd^* accessary and I believe undcsire. any increase in the existing exs profits tax rate," he declared. * * ? ITAIN s'l 11,1, ll\s KIFTKF,\?M?V Mil,I.ION IONS OK Slfll'l'f^? London, Aug. 8.?The British roan tile tonnage at the outbreak the war amounted to 18.500.00t> is gross, and the figures at th? isent time Is 15,000,000 ton* >ss. Sir l.eo (1 Chiozza Money., rliamentary secretary to the minry of shipping, announced in theuse of commons. ? ' A KI'T. fi. K. ItATTRIt.Vf.4N -=2 IN (iKKMAN PRISON DAMP ' % Washington* Aug. I.?Name* or * Americans held prisoners of war (amp Kaflarune, uermany, were** jm en out by the war department. rhe (only aoutherner Included l(V. > list is Lieut. Oeorgo K. Hatter- ? n, Nashvlll^ Tenn. ' T -V" ~ K "