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PAGE EIGHT T CROSS VESLE RIVER |to AT SEVERAL POINTS bc i* - in (Continued From Pago 1.) eons und Rheiins remain unchanged, S" and, relatively speaking, there have'(* l?e?-n no developments of outstanding ' 1 importance on the line running from' the region uwm *t?tU;|idier toward'" - . ii.'tiliih t*?i(lM!Fl in t?Mih re-1 ' rious, however, there is a tenseness' , p' which seems to forecast the anOf preach ni the big events. * - - . he * The bad Weather?heavv rain-1 ot /alls, the swollen river and the **e-(. edltant wretched condition of the ( terriun with which the allied troops | along the Vesle now have to contend,, not to mention the necessity, of (u bringing up guns, ammunition and ^ supplies which were left far behind () . fu the rapid advance, doubtless is ^ - /having more to do'with the he'ditig ( in leach of Marshal Foch's troops, than the opposition-the Germans are throwing in their yay. ^ The Germans have been shelling | ^ s<?v <* for ' thh, American and French ^o. \tl Bnd have made their way p. it Ab5\i",e no.thcrn hank of the ^ J I Iande4 e,iv<t^K in^vy counter at- a] # ? .,? against them, but everywhere () tiiev have anet with a Mono wall of resistance that has not permitted theni to countei l>alance their losses f p< ot ground.^ They alfTo have deluged the southern line of the stream with shells of p all calibers, including gas projectiles. (( and even have brought their famous . flame throwers into plav. but all to . tti no purpose. The allies everywhere ^bave remained firm in the ground , they have won. | Americans Cnharnicd By Gas. i ^ But the Germans have not been . h ff- permitted by the allies to have a .jnonopolv of the initiative. Where , ii Ihev have thrown shells against the H Americans in the Fismes sector. CI American missies have been return- j ^ ed with added interest. This par- p ticular sector has been a veritable ( inferno. Gas in large quantities was reifiiscu against inn .Americans wno, with their tits masks adjusted, were l( virtually unharmed by the noxious fumes. A kindly switch in the wind at one time even turned hack the gas against the enemy. The French al- (J . so have answered the Germans in / ' ' K ' kind. j During the hiatus in the fighting on the Soissons-Rheims sector the ( Germans are believed to be moving | their main bodies northward to the j positions thev have chosen for a t? stand, and doubtless the German crown prince is endeavoring hastily to reconstitute as well as he mav. si with the forces at his command, his t| badlv shattered armies. u An inkling of what the Germans have lost in men made prisoners and guns captured by the allies has be come public through an utterance of ( the French premier at a session of ( the ministerial council at which General Foch was made a marshal of ^ France. "Thirty-five thousand pris oners and 70ft cannon have been f captured." said the premier, who adefedrthat Paris no longer was In o . ? iiiiiikt, i nit i nmssons ana i;naieau ( # Thierry had boon reconquered and that 200 villages had boon delivered si through the formidable thrust of ^ Foch's ni?*n through the SoissonsFheims salient. U Allies t'niitinue Advance. . hi Much interest attaches to the ma- . t? neuvers of the Germans and the French and British troops, with tiie ni latter ot whom, some Americans ate ^ believed to l>? brigaded, on the front ^ running from Montdldier to the region a rout I Yores. Ultimately the ' 01 * operations here may have a strong ( bearing on those now in progress in the south, and. if the allies keep up ' their successful thrusts and the (jerntans continue to withdraw, compel ^ a realignment of the entire battleti "front. ? w The French north of Montdldier (| have crossed to the west side of the n Avre river between Reaches and . Morlsel. Here a faily deep penetra- ( tlon into the German line would he-' ' come a direct menace to the junction a point of the armies of the German } crown prince and of Grown Prince ^ Pupprecht. On both sides of . Amiens, where the Germans have ^ . ^ given ground, they now are heavily shelling British positions, using quantities of gas, evidently with thei Intention of preventing an attack in a force. 1 In Monday night's attempted Zeppelin raid on London one of the big dirigibles was sent crashing in flames Into the North Sea, by Hritlsh air- t men, while another, wounded by the irons of the defending fires, had to' j, curry homeward to evade destruc- { tlon Of the five machines which set s out on the infssion of devastation. ( not one readied London. , - ' t (Monday.) r The Germans are now Imposing h at ronj^. opposition to the further advance Of the allied troops along the 1 Vesle river from the east of Solssona t< . THE LANO the region west of Hheims. Meantime, however, the main until Tfl f*n ri?T dies of the enemy continue to ||U|| | (J hfl rill ake their way toward the Aistie, tc e north of which stream they hope P^O'I ||J TU mew here to reach a liaven of safe- Uwllll 111 III from the persistent onslaught o' ~ i e American, French. British and Columbia.?Jnr.-ea W. alian troops, who In less than three Loslie. York County, hai eeks have all hut blotted out thr workable record in Core lissons-Hheims salient. "U8 ? member ,Not w ithstanding the bringing Into fojs Corn f nib f< , ... , ana has been a county Lv the enemy oi laige nam be . < . . ' *>> c each year. Twice he ha? machine guns and artillery o 0?a Sfa|^ prjzo winVler. ?avier caliber and the employment OQ "How I Select Mv R large numbers of picked troops the Field, which is given I eluding the well-tried Prussia! very interesting reading mrd and the Bavariuns; and it "One of the essential* ite Of the fact that the rains have torb growing Is proper nt the Yesle out of bounds run' i"kpd. Stalks of the p rneil the lowlands Into nURg.nirOs S ,yl,e ,n thft row or , . " I chosen. If equally resist, ,e Ainei leans and the other allied pam, UR other> Qo( oops have loreod. crossings of tli" t|,? idon 1 stalk well fix vol m a number of new points ami mind, and look for It. 1 the north side of the stream an ! the typo front year to y< igaging the enemy. ! change unless you shou Situation Wit In hange. a difTeront strain o- seec The latest French offlclnl com "? Wi4'? wntll all ,i.nieation. xxhieh recently has beer. ,n ,hp rr,ib to se,e'" m>' 1 . years planting. If vou ctremely modest In chronic,Ing fa|| ,n |h# crop Th, ? tins made hy the allies, says that w?| answer the question i fonday saw only local engagements tselected ears have coi id that the situation on the battle stalks.- I always try to b ont is without change, t'orres- plants that grow not les? indents with the allied hendquart not more than three goo< !'s, however, assert that at several 'stalk, and not more thar [lints between Serniolse. which lies 'he stalk. I select the w , the east of Soissons. and Fismes not to? larR* nor to? ? ... ... , m i .? dlum slse, and sound, id between Fismes and Muizon the , should he loose on th tench and Americans have take;-. ?hou,d har# a whol#Bom irther ground across the Vesle and wayB try to Belect my BB live nullified (Jerman counter at- the stalks standing whai n-ks delivered in an endeavor to re- an soon as ripe, and be jup the losses. Between Muizon hard freeie. I select a nd Ohatupigny the Prussian guards stalks that hare produc nd the Bavarians again suffered corn without having an eavv casualties in their efforts to TRnta***? such as space ... , .. . fertility, The moet In old back their antagonists. .. ' . . , (deration la to select ae< Germans jealously are guard- p,BntB wh,rh hava th# ( lg this particular part of the line. n,,h fh#l largest quantity ..... . i ? . lyounR mo n of H'is c orces fronting to ward off possible .. * . . . . your ow n gnnrl, voting in ttaoks and in endeavoring to asrrr... . , . . ..little sister and l?ro ain what chances he has to hold ther positions from which he had'""""1 HI"' f<l"1< 1 ,lM ntended ultimately to launch a "" gem rat . . ... . , . I country, vonr country i rive toward the channel ports. now Come forward, ei A German submarine has sunk the lr sprvj(.e |f> yo(|r rf British ambulance steamer Warilda I ,eader Rn<| hp)p ,?ad s the vessel was homeward bound Mpn jn thp draf( aRe t(J rom France with sick and wounded requlred to obtaln a - their local board. (exceedingly Hot. Sub-stations for reci The temperature in Lancaster for state are located In t he past several days has hovered towns, and full inform losely around 100. Not as hot, to- had about the various le-sure, as is recorded In several are open: Greenville, ila'es, but hot a'plenty. fin Penn- Anderson. Florence an ylvanla avenue in Washington Tnes- The main station for t! lay. thermometers are said to have rated in the Arcade Hi eglstered 114. South Carolina,j lumbia. * ^orth Carolina and VirRinla towns eported from 0 5 to 108 The nights ' Idnes llu* lave been extremely hot. ? . . , .. ' Speakin* of the hn Pajll'G. MoC#rkle, of York, wan In nothtn* suits a flsherm 5wn Wednesday on business. }' for his to be.?Florida * ' ' ^ . * *v 4 .ii.wii^ii ?in. ii i.? mi> #a corn. Early maturity msidorable depth would compel quality, and so are ahort liem entirely to lose their hold on Arm stalks; ton-heavy 01 lie territory in whieh they are en- borne too high are Ilk renched around the shell torn citv f Uheinis. In addition to the heavy *** ro"ect mJ plant* i lfnntrv actions here, v'olent hoin- *Rr* cut off bottom and hang the p. ardments also are in progress. .. . . . the ears are faatened, Wl.en Will ( erntiins Slop? venlent place In the cr It is not expected In allied mill-j Tt,U will keep In mind h iry circles that it is the purpose of looked in the field. tie flermans to turn about and face | "I r? through my cort tieir enemies south of the Aisne. The diseased and atuiitad iil region to the north of the Aisn?- Ju'y flr?t or August first. probably the old Chemin l)rs T*nt crossing with the lames hattlefront?is considered JJ1*' *r? to 'urn'*'1 my tie more probable sector on which . ^ ,u'an\, ' do not use seed that h io crown prince will elect again toj ffrown on ,owlandt , -st the mettSo of the men of Gen-| to plant on i?wland. I us ral Foch's command. lected aeed that has give It is not beyond the realm of nos on that kind of land aa fa Ibillty that the greater portion of I plant aeed that grew lie western battle front shortly may tTP* o' ?oil that I am g indergo material changes In posi-i * always try to ions From the southeast of Amiens' 'rom corn that ' * ,, . .. duca large yields. It hai lear Montdidier northward to the, ? . ' . . , I wall demonstrated that egion around Yores the German .... - corua arc mu but ran ront seem all atremble with expeo-j Houth. They do not mat fcncy. and beat ahow eara. but In addition to a retreat near Mum the largest yields and idier to the west hank of the AvreJ money value per acre. I iver, retrograde movements in tin- man's Prolific Variety." ace of attacks around Albert and anj vacuation of territory over a front: Columbia.?The State < f half a mile north of La Hassoej fenae haa gone on record anal, the Germans arc nervously, t'OB resolutions at tl nmbarding British and French po- held here, as fa itions at various points, possiblv Brnm*nt liesnced cotton ,t.u , i. i r . ... and recommendation ha nth the idea of ascertaining their _ . ... I 'o Prealdant W'.lson and renef h The Bethune. I .a Bassee,, b# throuf lazehrouck and Ypres sectors arej tlon of ,ncb a |OT,rim cing particularly chosen for the at-, to fig a minimum price ntion of the German artillerymen, farmer may be ruarante* Just what the Germans have in ilnd cannot he foretold. It is NAVY WANTS MEI nown, however, that Crown Prince upprecht of Bavaria during th? I NI.IMTEI) irly stages of the allied offensive a the Soissons-Rheims sector de-J (Continued from i("bed large numbers of his men and' ?? ?nt them to the aid of his sorely ! ha8 *"nk ?,,r ships an led Imperial cousin, the German our ,i,iz*>ns: ""ampled o rown prince, thereby weakening his Tl"* naMon who8fi ne while Field Marshal IIalg'?I,,rc,s have hrought ront was not materially touched hv'shnreH an,, wh,oh wiM rithdrawals. It is not improbable 'to m,r v"ry hon,n8 if w tierefore, that Rupprecht is won y-1 anrt wa,trig somewhat over this diminution' > is a ,u-''u ,h n strength and already has placed 's," "'ss ",is ,,K'' arriers between himself ,h.. "inrderous Huns dep. , ?. * *. " . "Jj iSTER .NBWS, LANCASTER S. L> ' inr ld WManc Draffin. of r ?*< - -1 ? i mad* i ra> i Cl?b work, of tba York j >r four yoar/, j m ^ ji sll Depar >elow. make* ' I !? 4============================: tisrs | "the best place i redeminating 1 should ha j i int and woll- ! \ the form of I \ ed In your j \ ^1 1 Remember I " B ;ar ...<1 .loot \ gJClJIC VjX J 1?1 change to ^ \ the corn Is \ Rood for next \ do. you will \ andipK plant j \ C^JX xr to whether ? < \ ^ / \ me from Rood I _ \ A/ . xji e sure to get . \ \ i than two or j \ (n(/C2 d ears to the 11 / \ ^ \v a'ti i half-way up VVV^k In I \ ell-fllled ears, J . VA l,.J^!ujiiiiWi11 nail, but me- | The shuck I N, *bl||''p' * ' j'P jJmilllii^mV ( e grain and j |P|s^ ""^-^XulijK ;;; if e look. I al- I BaiuH^. all*,I/ jSm ed corn from I lii j e they grow, j \ ara* from Vhe ' All tlleSO sllOeS WC oflfoV ill tllis C ed the most i bllsillCSS till. TllOV a IT tllO SUIHC that y special ad- ,.rs \\hoil the old Ollt'S HIT WiVll OUt. \ w?>?'rty Ho,uis. \ sd from thoae J N ?>11 should 11<?t tail to pi'OvMc VO ability to fur- { them lor wear on alternate <lays\thiiis a dTsirahie I alternate days, next; for, simiiar \>in thick, wind- ^ct next season at sneli saving prhVs nes with ears _ \ :sly to mean 11 $ 1 .?)0 Ox fords , $1,2 ) j $1.75 Oxfords $1.45 that hear mr I tha top and i $2.25 Oxfords $1.95 *" "" ?"""! $2.75 Oxfords $2.35 la noma con- III lb or bnm. Ill _______^^_ ow tha plants III 3! Sale of All good italic* eed Now, on upland. I jumnii my fleld ien bait reiulta 1 ir ai pontbi*. y a on th# am a vKr^O procure way ^ <>U j mown to pr<* jgjS VVjA //m il / L\ SOC'Ul > baan pretty A IK 11 [ the prollfla -t18 111 \ tViS St'l'V etle# tor the r "Jju IJj h ,/ f ia tha largeit / Vi^yJL/ / ("Jill they do maka (BhH ( /.'/ I ! i the gra.teat j iRt U \ | J) !,,?<l prefer Qood- I j\,^ ^ VoHnrrior al^Md ^]U CO,? Congreee that ^ 11(' ^ h the formaental agency. $5.50 Sllits $3.95 Tor'?.. ? $6.50 Suits $4.75 $7.75 Suits $5.25 V IN j NUMBERS _ page i) Tiiis Summer r u (1 murdered ? v Your btay Uut to our very ..'.T-rrr ?untry. a || rDon't bo led. || HW 1 enllajt will be || f ^ r^j;.;:; Sale of Piec^ ( branchea that II ?> .. Wo haye boon saving the. rminaii sgartanburK, II for some past. Such a lyge nu d charienton: II before liacl the pleasure of puPsentin nidinjcP|n"co- II .They arc in various go<yf weaves "* V* II lv,s^ enough to make * waist; o ?. II skirt; and so on. Thev'J*} sort of *-*?# II . iu. .... +1 i/i ifi .i >/lij u/tl / .r?i i l/A K/l jr. . v i|| jM'Mii.rt 'Mi tin: i i win un; ini ,e beinjg busy ?l pricCS. an more than Times- Union. ^sSsEsSsEEsEEEEEsEsESEaSsssaSBsssps - i /? V* FRIDAY, AUGUST 9, 1918. ?? 1 aster mt Oft ores ' 0 shop/after all" / > 4 / ti'. ' / ,1?& Footwear 3 j For 1 AU ; ix: The m Family * i '> vi-nt are of the <|iiality we have built our : matte our customers come back for oth- ' Th#y are as reliable as Uncle Sam's ursi/lf with at least a couple of pair "of I J ? season and a pail" or two for wear on \ a v#e feel sure, you will not be able to I j i as these. . * v '$3.75 Oxfords .. .. $2.85 ^ $5.00 Oxfords $.*; $3.85 V \ $7.00 Oxfords $5.95 ^ {>87.50 Oxfords $6.45 ' ~W ? ! Our Men's fy 1 .. 1 jr isuits ft lie summer Wcison is still in its infancy * jnen will haveudenty of opportunity to ^ fe lots of servied <mt of these suits. What ee is left in thcni after this season is over >e gotten out of them next; for they are Is that are alwavV in style, in season and ey are in plain and pinch hacks, fash1 with the fabrics I on like best, with the s, you prefer most:; sensibly styled and ididly tailored. Tlley'll be snapped up in me at these prices.! A $7.95 Suits. . . . \ $5.95 $9.50 Suits. . . . \ $7.25 1 J *n">Q \ " " " " ' $8 75 ^ irniture Will Make 'doors Enjoyable || Place some of it k>n the porch, in the -j* B Rummer house, or irl some shady nook on the lawn?any plade, where you can I stretch out your liitibs to your heart's ? content and catch eviry breeze that stirs. The little it would! cost you to place some of it in one of tpese places for family recreation would l>e more than overcome by the numerous summers of use that can be gotten outlof it. 1 J Gtoods Remnants ; its we are offering to you Yn this sale now, It ^ imber of odd size pieces we have never raff g to you for choice. \ I weights, colors and patterns. Home are i.i .. . i .1 I ? ' Tm-nft a mm or a t*(>aii oinerv, a dress or a JJ V extras as it were; and, as w<\ realized our II tt It, we ctfci yell afford to offeiXthem at low IMV; y ' % m