The Lancaster news. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, August 23, 1918, Image 1
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VOL. 23. NO. 88. SEI
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ALULb ALf VAI\
^ OVERFRONl
TOWN OF ALBERT
HAS BEEN TAKE
Many More Towns and Vantai
Points Fall Into Hands of
the Allies.
GERMAN LINE CRUMBLI
In Face of Desperate Resistan
L-. on Part of Enemy British ai
French Troops Are Pushii
Forward.
(Thursday.)
The German battle line In Frar
If 1b Btill crumbling under the lmpet
fj of the attacks of the British a
J French.
From the region of Solssr
I around the curve in the front to 1
1 vicinity of I.asslgny the enemy t
%. been visited with further heavy <
feats, while farther north, betwe
thfe Somme river at Bray to t
south, of Arras. Field Marshal Hai
men have continued their victoric
thrusts.
On no sector of the front have t
Germans been able to stay their fo
who have captured a large numl
of additional towns and vants
points, which in the further prosei
tibn of the offensive aie of the
most strategic value. Nowhere
i the enemy being permitted to pa<
for breath. The armies of Ha
Mangln and Humbert are pressl
'v their advantage with a strength tl
brooks no denial of their efforts
% Many Prisoners Taken.
Thousands of prisoners, numeri
guns and machine guns and lai
stores of war supplies have been i
ded to the stocks already in all!
fBrJP hands as trophies for their valor<
work since the tide of hattle \
turned against the enemy by I
commencement of General Foe
offensl< the Marne July 18.
the Bmlnh alone in the past t
days of fighting have come mi
than 5,000 prisoners.
In a new offensive begun by H
from the north of the Somme to
bert an advance of two miles ea
ward already has heen made o'
the six-mile front. In this flghtl
the town of Albert on the Aisne, \
keystone of the German defense p
tecilng the Germans north of \
Ig; Somnie, has been taken. Here i
^ y British made 1.000 German prisi
Wi ?r- The Ancre river to the south
^ vW Albert was crossed by the British
yi'v their drive, thus forming a serir
/J./ menace to the enemy around Bn
' 'sj'lj/ where at last reports the America
? / were In the battle line.
(T/ Desperate resistance has been
i ? ierea to tne runner eastward i
i/ vance of the British In the see
f Immediately south of Arras, wh<
< ? the Important railroad town of I
1 paume seems to he the immedii
i-1 & objective. Particularly heavy fig
fng occurred at Achiet-le-Gnuid 1
although the town changed har
numerous times, the vantage
longed tc the RritUh at last i
+ counts. Further important pei
tratlons of the enemy line had
eurred and the British were oper
Ing well to the east of the Bapaun
Arras railway.
flighty Wedge T>rlven.
TTnder the further progress of t
French armies from the vicinity
tLasslgnv to Soissons. a mlgl
wedge seemingly has been driven
between the armies of General v
Boehn and the German cro
yL prince. Over the entire frnqj^j
h ? ' Germans have been nmP
MWp back, at some dlstRpdflHHOPt^v
f\r three miles, and In tne retrnjfTa
movement the enemy was forred
abandon lar>?e numbers of ku
L| Noyon Is now alt but enveloped a
hill and wooded eountry in tl
rtclnlty almost cleared of the ener
j* The Dlvette river has been reach
and both the Oise and the Alle
rivers have been crossed and the <
* ward thrust of the French on I
twortMW ^ftefern end of the line from S?
jyjM?fons northward seems likely to br
" ' Fn,
'HE LANC
V A LIV
HI-WEEKLY. LANCASTER. S
fC? CONTINUES I :
r OF MANY MILES GO
O
VICTORIES RESULT IN A
SHORTER BATTLE FRONT A11 s,Rns P
.. the people of !
11 Western Division Deduced 50 Miles. They knov
We Have 32 Divisions Gf the nation i
Ke in France. on record as b
vote against W
Washington, Aug. 22.?Allied
successes on the Marne, in Picardy only
and in Flanders in recent operations the voters of t
k have resulted in a contraction of the
western battlefront of more than 50 Never bef<
ce miles. General March, chief of stafT, and SO iniperal
announced. The allies in engagements
conducted this week, he ad- We talk at
?R ded. have rnalhtalned their po..e?. assist that
sion of the initiative by making attacks
on limited fronts and at wide- the world leadi
ly separated points.
At the beginning of the German can
lce offensive in March the battle front task by going
us in France measured 2 5.0 miles; today
it is less than 200 miles in If you are
length and the latest British gains America's caUS
ma are reducing it further. General
March said he was without official ' Uesday even 1
as confirmation of the results of the
^e" British advance north of the Scarpe
'fln r.nd therefore would refrain from ========^==
P's| Summarizing the results of re- SFNATORVAF
,us|cent operations he pointed out that * "
the Flanders salient had been flat- TT JL P D?T\T IV
hft tened out by the enemy retiring from |J]
e3, one to two miles on a 14-mile front;
5er on the plains of Roye the line had
l?? been put well baek of the old ifli6- Harrison Has 10,0
cu- i ? i 7 line and between the Aisne and With 52 Out of 8
u*" the Oise the Freneh have carried the
's line forward four miles to the plains Heard t r<
ise surrounding the city of Noyon which
is four miles beyond. CHOIC E OF
>nc Capture of the town of Frapelle,
^a* in the Vosges, the chief of staff
said, had resulted in the elimination Even in Yardaman
of a very sharp salient. This opera- Opponent V
JUB tion was carried out by the fifth # .
r*e American dir talon which has been Majorit> of N
under MaJ. Gen. John E. McMahon Hundred Votes.
led Thirty-two American divisions
>us have arrived in France, General
March said. They are the 1st to Jackson, Miss.. Au
the 6th, inclusive, of regulars; the 26tii, rally complete returi
h's 27th. 28th. 29th, 20th. 32nd, 33rd, the 82 counties o fl
To 35th, 36th, 37th. 41st and 42nd na- Congressman B. P. 1
wottlonal guard; and the 76tb to 83rd jor,|y Qf more than
5re inclusive, and the 85th, 89th, 90th,
91st, 92nd and 93rd national army. OV(>r Senator James
Transportation of troops under anc' former Governor
Al- the enlarged military program Is de opponents in the seni
lSt- pendent in the main upon the abilitv held in Mississippi '
of the government to secure ade- 42 countje9 po?ed a]
log quate shipping, General March CA ,,
tne frankly said. While the shippingI nnouia
ro- hoard's deliveries were constantly keep UP 'n rima
the growing, more tonnage will have to suittiiing i?i
Ihe he chartered and hired to carry out case, Hni
on- the present schedule. General March a maJ?rity of from
_# .. * . ? aii ??. . r? >< 000 making a secon
or mentioned incidentally that Brazil
in had given the United States a vessel noreS8a|y*
>us for two trips without compensa- Senatoi \ardaman
ay tion ington but before lea
(nH ^ following statement:
' "The reports so fa
of 1158,000 young fellows have been very unfav
,d-| are just becoming 21 are not yet defeated.
tor the boat and hope for
f?re .. . . ~ defeat, if I am defi
r"" I'rovost Marshal < rowiler Experts . , ,, ..
^a_ r temporary and if th <
lte That Xuinber to Register Sntur- sissippi have made a l
ht-' day?2.2">? in This State. abide by it with comp
}Uj' as they undoubtedly
|(j8 ??? mistake. As I said
be_, WashingtIn. Aug. 22.?The pro- fonted. the defeat wil
vost marshal general announced porary. I want to thi
ne- th^ approximately 1B8.000 younglfor their loyal suppoi
of,_ men who hafe reached the age of 21 \V Calvin Wells, s
at. are expected to register on August Harrison campaign.
, 24, a special registration day for following statement:
j those attaining their majority since "Unquestionably Mi
I the last racist ration nn inno K r*#
(? ? neen nominated in lh<
h(k this number, the provost marshal Mississippi is vlndicat
of general estimates that North Caro- Gf the world and her
jjy Una's quota will be 3.600. longer be questioned.'
|n "Of this 158,011 representing the in the sixth congrei
Qu total Indicated registration." says it was evident a se
wn Goneral Crowder, "It Is estimated would he necessary to
- roughly that abouj 50 per cent, or winner In the race fr
approximately 79.000 will he avail onted hy Congressti
to able for class one." Fourteen of the 17 c
lrtft! The estimate 'of enrollment hy district show: Hllho
to states include NTew York. 14.932; orSi 2.536; Johnson. !
Pennsylvania, 13,538; Ohio, 9.636 Indlcati*tu,< were tl
nfl' The quota for several southern would be ' nominated
hifl states Is as follows: Alabama, 3.- congressional district
ny 305; Georgia. 3,648; North Caroll- man Venable apparenl
ied "a. 3,600; South Carolina, 2,258; winner. In the fifth di
tf Tennessee, 3,786; Virginia. 3.249. he ts nt nri^ont wit
r,M. m * :* fllojinl naval commit
the Mr"' Brttn.?W Ma'run of Honor. a?d has been unable
)jH Nashville. ^Te^n., Aug. 22.?Mrs. cntnpalspeeches.
lnr Ooopro Hranddiu-<Up Jackson. Tenn.. in Jackson, Yard
lhi has been seb^tetj^s matron of Jjniv conin'ete. returns
the ?r of Tennhs^ee for the Confede-; VardRttjajj,
l ' reunion, which will be held at Tulsa, R9^"H|n Vardamiijj'e
dikla., August 27. She was a^jba-^was itarrlson, ;
w fc^,0nf'r tor MLAh%, 1p'a(,feBn('Kfc,cou?ty' Varr,<,<
anJ '' /^Vdama^^ g.
FASTER W
E PAPER IN A LIVE TOWN
i. C., FRIDAY, AUGUST 23, 1918.
TO THE POLLS NEXT TUESL
loint to the failure of Cole L. Blease and the Blease spokes
South Carolina. The people have not been fooled.
/ that a vote for Blease is a vote to withdraw South Car
n the great war in which we are engaged, a vote to put !
eing opposed to America's cause. They know that a vote
'oodrow Wilson.
hope which Blease and his spokesmen have is that a larg
he State will not go to the polls on the day of the primar
:>re has the duty of every qualified voter to cast his ballot
tive as it is now.
>out the desire to do what we can to help win the war and
iat Arr?orjcan an(j statesman at Washington who is recogi
zr of democracy. Now is our chance to do it.
elp win the war, we can support and assist President Wils
to the polls next Tuesday and voting against Blease and I
a believer in America's cause and if you are determine*
;e in this war, you must cast your vote against Bleq^e and
f you have to travel hundreds of miles in order to do it.
_ , uiiKiumiy in i.ivur in a ien por | "? >ne enicier
rt." J rent deduction, and It may return'tem of govei
ecretary of the to It by some compromise action. Mr. Hines
gave out the Both Chairman Kitrhin and Secre- missioners sh
tary McAdoo have stated that they people and r
\ Harrison has would "get together" on some mu- "Suppose the
e first primary, tually satisfactory plan on this sub- il mistake," 1
:ed In the eyes Ject, for ?ix years,
loyalty can no ___ mistakes."
" . IhiPont Builds "V" Buildings. The candid
sstohal district. Two Red Triangle buildings, one day and tomo
icond primary for white men and one for colored i paign at the
i determine the men, estimated to cost $20,000 '
>r the seat va- each, will be erected for DuPont ONLY (JKVK!
nan Harrison Powder company employees at Pen- l\ ONE
ounties In the ?man, near Williamsburg, Va. Birminghar
i. 3.945; Bow-' ...
I . , . ... . rrr. "v asualties of
5,294. | cincts missing: Harrison, 1.559;
. ! *r 1-ac xt i iro were sustain*
lat incumbents Vardaman. 595; Noel, 152.
11 c*s so in or \ I <i
in the other: A letter from President Wilson A*
fanfrv ltaifit
s. Olongress- stating he "could not but regard (. ^ (
ly was an e'atrv Vardaman's election as a condamna- j mK W
trlct although tion of xnv adrpinistration bv the ,,
salient arcor
h the congres- people of Mississippi** was regarded
. ^ ^ ? . ed troni (at
tee in Europe as having been a strong factor In ,
' * by his wifo
to deliver anv cutting down the Vardaman vote.
_ j vt i i 'be conipi
Both Harrison and Noel in their . ?
. CL * . . ... , l*i0 were wo
laman s home campaigns, stressed patriotism and ,
, , ,. ., A eluding Cap
showed Hsrr'- loyalty. , ? .
182. anrl Noel Vardaman throughout the fam- " "
ward F th<*?>td paign d- nt. - all charge* of dtaloyal ' ? ""'n wrre
Vardaman, ?8. condui t og, aeUorr:- H?--*?id he "of
t laat time'by .*?il-tMtfagre^ with the PreTsideQt" Mia* Nana
dth a. f^w pre-' ui>er*dMoyal. < he t?-i thin \
in AM AKI A IJ1KAUKEEMENT ARISES TAKininJ
[DAMAN j OVER REVENUE MEASURE VtANDlD/
EFEATED Treasury Submits Loiter Protesting AT HE
Against Inereasos in Kxcess
'00 Majority Prodis Tax Kates. Fair-Sized I
2 Counties pirants
Washington Aug. 22.?Disagreeiment
arose again between the treasury
department and tlie house ways
PRESIDEN1 ancl means committee as to provis- REGULAR
lions of tlie new $8,000,000,000 rev-J
s Home City V""" ",e '"'""""J1""'"1"" ?I Count v tie
letter protesting against increases in
if as (?iven a the excess profits tax rates of the Forges to
early Eight present law. - 4 ored and
j The committee and the treasury
jhave reached an agreement as to an I lorent ( a
| 80 per cent war.profits tax based on
g. 22.?Practi-'pre-war earnings, but have been un18
from 52 of to arrive at a common standing
he state give'on ,ho metho,l reaching e\?-e?s.at ,,ei1
j profits, which classificalion. it has vv?s held
larrison a ma- . .. . , ... _ . ,
been estimated, will affect only P<>t and was
10,000 votes ahout 10 per cent of the total cor- Hruee, preclr
K. Vardaman porations to be taxed. troduced the
K. F. Noel, his The treasury has asked that the fair-sized and
atorial primary rresfM,t excess profits ^ law be in- listened to t
, eluded in the new bill with alternn- terest.
ruesday. These ., ? ,, ,,
five war tax of 80 per cent. The H. /h.. \\ y
a aggregate of .committee has tentatively agreed to county entitle
the proportion an eight per cent exemption, in ad- 'he candidate
ining counties' dition to a specific $.1,000 exemp- j if resting and
turns indicate tion, on excess profits, with a tax of ("public healt
rtson will win j 40 per cent on profits between eight 1 he health cai
i 15,000^to 20,- per cent and 20 per cent and a 60 I The speech
d primary un- per cent tax on all profits exceeding \ were much tl
20 per cent. . The committee sub-'1** other plac
left for Wash- mitted Its decision to the treasury 1one declaring
ving made the for its views. The treasury in its administratis
letter, which was nor made public,: education anc
ir, my friends, stood Hint in its position in opposi- usual division
orable, but we1 tion to Increase of excess profits tax. j oounty govori
Sit steady in There were indications, however, ^'r Hailes d<
the best. My that the committee would increase present syster
eated. is only, the present rates by either the plan clared againsi
ipeople of Mis-| that was tentatively agreed upon or vv;,s the tirst :
uistake we will some modification. The committee tion that the
ilete composure may change the deduction rate so as, satisfactory t
correct their to make it an exemption of ten per finds nothing
before, if de- cent, instead of eight, in addition to roads of the
1 be only tern- the specific $3,000 exemption. It time were sei
inlf mv f llowf'o tin. Asl?In?H.. I- ? - ? '* *
lEWS v
SUBSCRIPTION $2.00 A YEAR
WILL WIN THE WAR
>AY ON WESTERN FRONT
! General March Says With 4,men
to delude ' ,.,Wk ?, ,* ~ ,
000,000 Men in ! ranee End
Will Come Next Year,
olina's support j
South Carolina I HE TALKS TO COMMITTEE
for Blease is a
Suggestion That the .">,000,000
e proportion of Armv ^gram Would Exv
haust America's Manpower
Laughingly Denied.
been so plain
Washington, Aug. 22.?Congress
prepared to enact quickly the new
to suppoi t ana manpower legislation, extending tho
nized tot1 *y as draft age limits to 18 and' 4 5 years,
for the American military program v
which General March, chief of staff,
on in his great thP house military, should win
the war in 1019. ,
easeism. While the house committee began[\
to support work on the bill by hearing General o*
March. Secretary Raker The dvjyost ^'^ssel
Bleaseism next Marshal General Crowder,?riously\tGr
set aside its summer vacation agreement
in order to take up the measure
Thursday. It appeared proba'
hie that the hill would be debated
? simultaneously in ?he senate and
I rrpP CDC A V house the last of this week and
II fjJ uIlA^ passed soon thereafter Senate prohibition
advocates agreed to tempoATH
SPRINGS I rarity lay aside the national prohibi- ^
"... ? m ? r me iiiaupuv\ tfr pro?
gram the right of way. i
Before the house committee. See- / g
Audience Hears As- retary Baker and iiis aides again
for the Count V urged action Oil the hill, discussing
various phases of the enlarged proOlhces.
... ,, r ?
gram which calls for an army of
nearly 4 000,000 Americans in ?
SPEECHES MADE France by June .to, 1919, w th an_____
other million in training in this
i count rv.
vernment Again Vi(n,.nI Ve?r.
I Front and is Fay- Piedicting that the war will bo
, , ., won or lost on the western front, r?r- *C?-,
Opposed by the Dif- .. , , , . , *1
* pardlesss of what happens else- |
ndidates. where. General March told the rora
mittee that with 80 trained Ameri- '
can divisions of about 45,000 men
candidates spoke jt >- ?>a< ^ jn France, under an American
ith Springs. lire meet- commander, victory ought to rest on
in a grove near the de-j American arms next year. Reiteratpresided
over by W. B. ing his belief that such a force could j
ict chairman, who in- go through the German lines at will",
speakers. There was a General March went further and.
tience present and the. electrified the committeemen \ .. '
... .ocn^ . needi
he candidates with in- ' hiring such a force ' noiii
. , .V hand nee
the war to a successful cchidYi tim0
lie, chairman of the 1919."
il of defense, piececlecl To exert this Americ^^^jfij^* A
s and made a very in- j in securing victory,
instructive address on! said "every single ?SK8S I i
h," in the interest of [ and 45 in class one, Hfjg I
npaign now under way. ed by next spring. Shit. F* / j *
as of the candidates ties are assured, he added, and
ie same as those made maintenance problems have been \
? ? mi me county, each considered in the program. J
loyalty to the Wilson tSuggostlons that the 5.000.00 (
n. favored prohibition army program would exhaus*^"
I good roads, and the ica's manpower were laughing, ^ <
of sentiment as to the nied hy General March, but he join- "
anient was manifest, i ed Secretary Baker in e\p!.?ining' *
iclasa^rin favor of thej'hat it represents America's' u.axlII
and Mr. Hines de-imum effort for Ihe present.
I it. Mr. Hough, who Three Classes Proposed
speaker, takes the posi- Plans for calling new re -drama/?r"
present system will be under the proposal explained b\ Seeo
him so long as hojretary Ilaker, provide for three
better. The good ("lasses? probably to be called irf nrcounty
at the present der. those between 1ft and 37 years '
t up as an illustration of age those between 37 and 4 5 and
icy of the present sys- those between IS and 1ft. Mr. Ba nment.
ker did not object to separate clasthinks
the county com- situation of 18 year old youths, but
ould be vlected by the he and General March said ah eligilot
by the legislature, '.ilea probably would be called out
delegates should make not later than next spring.
" would last The secretary told the ooinmitt<'o
and everybody makes that his previous statement of tho '?
department's intention, to liberalize . .
ates are at Carmel to- the draft regulation in dealing with
rrow will end the cam- the older men to be made subject to x
court house. call had been misconstrued. He said"
there was no intention to exempt
S'TY-FIVK I.KI'T married men as a < lasv and that mar- ^
AbAllAMA COMPANY r'pd men who do not support their
n ^la 22 - w'vos or i,r? not engaged in useful
the most severe nature f>,,,'upatiom- w.ll he called as they
d bv Company I), tlte now ai?
i.. unit of the 167th in- JHwussfti* "work or fight"
inw division. In the *n?'n<lment ?f Senator Thomas, of
Ich accompanied the Colo do the senate hill, Secroof
the Soissons-Hheims iary Hak"r *a,(1 " "spem? entirely
dine to a letter rece v insistent" with the present regulattaln
Lacv Edmondson ,ions and is unobjectionable. Ho
Twentv-five members said 11 not P">vlde for c"n~
tnv were killed, about f'riP,ion "f 'a,'or' ? contended by
unded and several. ,n. j " P' esentatlvas of organized labor,
tain Edmondson ?,.r? >'?? wo",d ? declaration
'Iter statea. Oi.lv about hy conBrof rhe '"work or n*ht"
left in the company. Principle already put into effect hy *
rhe draft regulations.
Secretary Morrison, of the AmerlPeery
was a visitor in- % -
veek. (Continued on Page 4.)
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