The Lancaster news. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, August 09, 1918, Image 1
- Progress of Allies.
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GAS FAILS TO HALT THE?
5^'
In the Fisme^y'Sectac, Enem
mi tluantitic
"* oTuas in Effoh to Stop Hi
Pursuers. .
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(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
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Ok S?nd n.otv
river 'Beti^
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VOL. 23. NO. 84. SEM
FACING STRQN
- AMERICAN
'CROSS VESLE RIVER
AT SEVERAL POINT:
Bad ^Veather and Heavy Rainl
However, Have Retarded
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G RESISTANCE
PUSH FORWARD
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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.
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? 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.
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f RED CROSS NOTES.
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a The work of the Home Service de
itjpartment of the I^ancaater Red Cross
d ' has increased to such art extent that
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>! 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
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A LIVE PAPER IN A L1VI
LANCASTER, S. C., FRIDAY*, AUG1
new offtmj lt u?e?
: begun by^allies ml
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Ht^tish and French Begin Milits
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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
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9, 1918. - -^jCTr\ SUBSC
AN ARMY 0FJ1YE MLLyfi WILL / j;
IEADY FOR&ARLY SFRINGJQFFENSIVE i
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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. '
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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. | (
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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
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.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-'
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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.
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STRAIN AUGUST 2.1 TO 3(T - '
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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
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'eergia, 2.750. Cnnv.3f.ifl ?on. e.
"lorida. 1,300, Camp Jacason.
tklahoma. 7,000, Camp Pike*.
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'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"
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. 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.
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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.
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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.
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