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' "ijt , 7l VOL. 23. NO. 94. SEMI-W AMERICANS $ FIRST SEPARA] ARMY oDCDCUIMP I CAniMr I1 1 LdlOllimj LLMU111U ... MEN ON TOWARDS THE RJVER RHINE! Around St. Mihiel the American E General is Enclosing Enemy s ^ in Pocket. r ST. MIHIEL ITSELF1 IS L \ CAPTURED BY FRENCH J] ^ '^prive Launched on 20-Mile f i, A I' Front and Aim Appears to .%v i Y j Be to Close Mouth of Pocket a SI Before Enemy Can Extricate I! Himself. j |j FIKST SEPARATE DIIIVE OF GEN. PERSHING'S MEN Paris, Sept. 12. The first l?iu American offensive which he^aii today l>et\veen the Meuse and c Moselle rivers was conducted tin- a ' ('i der General Pershing's ^cisotiul li . supervision and was executed tin- s der orders of American officers tl with Anieriran soldiers. ffii* first dlstlr.stl^Xmerlcnn lh ^ operation of thej..aaJor character a launched on the 3w<4itern front. y i == = v With the American on j ^ the Lorraine Front, Sefif. 12, (6 / ' p. m.) St. Mihiel has been re' captured by the French, accord*... h the unofficial information * here Jp The American first army under command of General Pej:- v ahing is in action against .the; | V .Germans on a 20-mile front on t1 1 The famous St. Mihiel salient in s s. ' y.o? -inc. which had stood a 0 "shaip wedge in the French line ,, southeast of Verdun since the N t' commencement of the war. K /' In the preliminary thrust ,, l\ ground was gained on both , y-'y sides of the triangle and also at | its ? >ex at St. Mihiel, and at , I last accounts the Americans, ( with whom some French troops v, are brigaded, were fast sweep- j, p* ing across the salient in an ef- v k' ^fort to close the mouth of the s if \ ?big pocket before the Germans f can extricate themselves from t k The perilous position they are- in a as a result of the suddenness df 0 tne mow and the element of,a surprise it carried with it. a \Although the advance oj, the,a Americans was swift and sure anuj j gains In "excess of four pilles on the i, southern side of-the battle area were e made, the cavalry far outstripped t the tanks and footmen and was-last n reported operating along the railroad near Vlgneulles, almost In the n center of the salldhe and some 10 a miles northeast of St. Mlhlol and Q also .?*-prthwest " Pont-A-Mousson, c through the"*o forest and along thd t railway line ruillt-r?b northward to < Metz, the great German fortress, the c southern outer fortifications of which r are less than 10 miles distant. ^ ^ Thlaucourt. Bouillouvllle, I'annes 0 and several other towns In the south were captured In the Initial dash, while on the west ti( the northern edge of the pocket, the village of |, Comb res was captured and the en- }, vlrons of Demmartln la Montagne p were reached. To the south every- 8 I where the Americans penetratediln- ft to tba heights'of the Meuse and the n Prenoh fought their way Into the c outskirts of St. Mlhlel. Unofficial V.Jort* are to tha effect that the L It town ban been recaptured by the I The Aghttng front at the com- A ftWm?ncemflnt of the battle aggregated t ^ miles eight miles on the west- o *^V. aide and t2 miles' on the* south- n I . .- 4 ? IE LAN I At 1 EEKLY. LANCAS Wgain OF FIVE Mill TE DRIVE OF THE FIRS >ING ACROSS ST MIHIEl IOARDS CANNOT GIVE LLOYD GE( LEAVE TO FARMER HOYS OF AN J iCtter From District Hoard Kx- Nothing Hut plains Inability to Grant Time liritisli ' to Gather Crops. The following letter from J. E.J Manchester, IcDonald, chairman of the District > "Nothing but loard for the Western District of part of the H outh Carolina, to the Local Board vent our achh ar Lancaster county, is self-explan- said Premier 1. tory: today at Mane "It has frequently occurred in the Premier Llo ist month that registrants come to Manchester ye; tie District Board requesting a fur- jon for a gre? >ugh or deferred classification in or- tion. Thousar er that they may have time to munition facto ather a crop, or to finish up a banners, were rork of some kind. way station ph "We take it that you aro already crowds lined t ware of the fact that the District mansion house loard has no power to give deferred drove amid the lassification or a furlough to a reg-1 ,\t the varic it rant under those conditions, but, the way from liat it may not occur so often In the ttie prime m iiture, we are writing to ask that heartiest recr ou make this very plain to your prewe and Sto egistrants. It is only a waste of 0f persons had line and money for them to take Premier Llo; lips to Greenwood in order to so for longu ure a Jurlough for a few months, |n fact a leap nd, if possible, we would like to |M,KUn The B Ave them so well advised on this was a league o object that they will not continue inn auiea cour lis practice. | tie for interna ."Trusting that we may have your ieaKUG of fr< earty co-operation in tills matter, j "This must nd with our best wishes for you in j uoyd George f our work, we beg to remain, yours mi8led that tt ery truly." league of natic in Itself secun FRANCE PAYS TRIBUTE | catastrophe. A TO HEROES OF MARNE the Prussian phant would b Celebration of KoukUi Anniversary onei fo* .. geese would of HLMric Conflict llu.1 mbe,, " Added Significance. Tlie onjy R - league cf nati Paris, Sept. 12. All France paid was a victory rtbute to the heroes of the Marne, must be of a a celebration of thu fourth anniver-1 commends its ary of the historic conilict. The <,anso ronscien elebratlon took on an added sig-;a whole, it nn lificance from the recent series of extreme men < ictorios over the same fighting Continuing t round as four years ago and the ?We Fhall r articipation of American troops ; selves nor imi lie new battle of the Marne. j n rest-T.I tovsk Although the day was overcast, ?wP cannot here was a great pilgrimage to the j0 force on us tattle fields and many ceremonies ns f0 dishonor ;ere held in villnges slowly recover- |0 niake a r?T ug from the devastation wrought j0f this war inr /hen the Germans made their first. Speaking at weep toward Paris. The principal presentation o unction was at Meaux, which bears city. Mr. l.loyc he scars of the battle four years, "There are go. Memorial services were held drop It and lei it the Meaux cathedral and were entintlon.'' nn ttended by representatives of the, no compromise Hied pnvnmmcnto ?'""" """" v..~ ???.' i tyranny, no nd all branches of public life. '4\n!||ght and darl mpreBsive discourse was delivered (s hotter to s? y the Rishop of Arras, who liken- than to sacri d the battle of the Marne to the That is what rtiracle which brought about the re- nnfj heaven let of Orleans. through to thi On the battle field, Jacques Du rtnsnil, under secretary of war for p viation, made an address on behalf f the French government. Other WHOLE I' eremonles were held in many cities hroughout Franco. Necessary for General Pershing sent a magnifl- Houses t? ent wreath, on behalf of the Ameri- ^la< an army to Meaux, where Bishop farheau placed it among the graves n the battlefield. London, So| ^ uprooted a wl Special Commission to France. stop the flrc Washington, Sept. 12. Arrival Kuns 'rom the i Kngland of a special committee. offensive eaded by Dr. W. O. Thompson. ^ ronr'1 resident of' the Ohio State unlver- r'OUH'y hampe Ity, to study food production there mar,,'ne K"ns nd In France and Itaiy, was an- 'IOUHOH- Tnnki ounced by the department of agri- anf* a ulture. assistance. ?\ + Gorman mafhi l?lg Man Heads "V" Work. protected to 1) CJ. R. Caldwell, the business man- nrP from the *ei ui ui? army mm navy r. M. (' IV <n'" mnK < i. In the southeast, Is president of a* the far onf' h? Fermars; and Merchants' hank, elded, In a hi f Staunton, Va., and has wide busl- council, to de ess Interests In that state. sheer weight o . The tanks Secretary Panlets Praises Paper. house after hoi 'Secretary of the Navy Danlols machine gum rrltlntf to'Gr^fC. Rutledgo, editor of selves from th Afloat and- Asjiore*' the Y. M. C. thfen proceodln l. paper at Charleston naval train- way' the vlllag ig camp, recently .-ernressed warm out a single B yMU/fUloc of thdT?*"?'^? InvolK /-^ ^>ccuple<U n : " ~ -V '%Z+.y V if jV': V"; ^ ( CASTER A LIVE PAPER IN A LIVE TOWN ... _ *L ... . 1 . 1 T TER, S. C., FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1918. is In LINER TORPEDOED s t field IN THE WAR ZONE : salient American Troops to Number of! I 2,800 Rescued By Accom)R(iIE CERTAIN panying Destroyers. VL1 JED VICTORY U-BOAT ACCOUNTED. FOR \ Heart Fuilure of ^ 111ion ( an Pre- 11 r , i i i 11 i*i Washington Looks I pon Inci- / vent It. dent as Allied Success Rather Kor.. Sept. 12. Than Disaster The Steamer heart failure on the Is Beached, ritisli nation ran pre iving a real victory." ...... . ... .. . . . , . Washington, Sept. 12. News of .loyd George, speaking . . , . . hester torpedoing of the British liner 0 ,* . , Persic, with 2,800 American troops C yd George b arrival at . , , , ., on board in the war zone, September h iterday was the occas . , 6, waa given to the American people ii it popular demonstra- . . , . ' . 7 . , . , .. yesterday, first through the British Ii ida of girls from the ... . . . ... . admiralty and then later-through the 1 ries, with flags and , .... . .. ,, navy department. All the soldiers S drawn up on (he rail- . . .. ... . were rescued by accompanying de- b itforms, while great H . . . , . .. stroyera, the steamer itself was r he whole route to the . . , , . beached and the enemv submarine la 1 . to which the premier , . . . , , .. believed to have been accounted for. e cheers of the throng. ... Officials here viewed the result of v nia stopping places o n , , ... , . ... , the attack more as an allied success s London to Manchester . ., than a disaster. The fact that the t mister received the , steamer was torpedoed when she was t 'ption. At Rugby, . , * . . ... endeavoring to overtake the con- e ckport some hundreds _ _ , , , voyed fleet of transports after over- 1 assembled. . . . , . . . . , , . . rom nir engine trouble wbirh had yd George said be was ... , , . .. . ton'-d her to lag. convinced ofllcers n e of nations, and that . . , , , that submarine commanders still are < [lie already had been . , ... ... , . .. tearful of attacking troop ships in n ritisb empire, he said. . . convov. '1 r free nations and that ... . . . And the immediate and comnlete- 8 itries fighting the bat- , , , , . ...... lv successful assistance rendered bv tional right were now , . , the destroyers was taken as an ad- v ee nations. .... .... ditional evidence that the convoying s be the last war,' Mr. , , ... .... . system now in vogue is practically I >aid. "Don t let us be , ? | * . . , perfect. f, le establishment of a . . .. ... ... . , ... h irst word of the attack on the p ins without power will ,, , .. , . . Persic, it was learned officially, 1 e the world against a .... , . . reached the navy department on the c league of nations with , , . ... . , . , . night of September 6. in a brief dis- t military power trlum- ... . , . , o- > patch from vice Admiral Suns, ale a league of fox and .. - . . _ . . . . . though navy officials have emphat- g : and manv geese. The , ., , . . , .. ... A ..... . Icallv denied, in the. interim, that s greatly diminish in . . . , . any important news of submarine ( activities was being withheld. It was i ure foundation for a . . ...... : understood that 'he Rritish admi- P ons, the premier said. ... .... raltv expressed the request that thev f for the allies. Peace .. . . he permitted to announce the news i kind, he added, that f ., ... of the attack. ?elf to the common ., , , . . . , . Rumors that a troop ship had been i ce of the nations. As . . . . ... . , , ' sunk, probably with heavv loss of 1st not be dictated bv . . . . '... . life, have been current in Washingm either side ton since th? publication of what ho premier said: .... evidently was an inspired London icither accept for our- . ... , , dispatch stating that allied naval r>oso upon our foes a , , . , , ... circles bad reason to believe that treatv. ~ , uornian submarines soon would conallow the 'Polsbeviks' . .. . . centrate their efforts in an attempt a peace so humiliating , . . ,, , n , . . , to impede the steady flow of Ameri- 1 the national flag and ... ' . can soldiers overseas. No explnnaletition of the horrors - .. ? ... , 1 lion of the purpose of this articlei svltable." ... . , . . . , could lie obtained. however, from a luncheon after the . . . . naval officials here, f the freedom of the .... . . , . , Attacks on troop ships hv submaI fjporco sn id * rines constantly are expected by ofsome men who say ,, _ .. . _ . ... .i.i.i < 11... v hi. i iiiti a new anil | \ us have peace hy nr"jmoro determined campaign has been < d added: There is. determined upon hv the Germans he- < . between freedom and! HO nf ,hfi roV(M.sos sllfT(.ird hv t eompromise between ,hftjr Hrnii<.s Tho crPn,ost possible , tness. I know that it profO0||on |s afforded troop ships l lerifiee one generation nm, jnrroasP ns the American ! flee liberty forever. navaj forros jn the war zone are adwe are fighting for. ,o ,)y new construction in l grant ^ that we flght AmPrlcan yards. f 9 en<L The records achieved hy the American and allied navies in the trans- l VNKS UPROOT porting of more than 1.600.000 < 'RENCH VILLAGE American soldiers overseas with the loss of only 201 of them, still is con- \ ,n sidered miraculous. And it is acTliem to Push I>o\vn cepted by naval officers as testifying i > (Jot at (Jerninii . .. , .. to the success of the convoy system, r -hine (Juns. ^ . FRANK MICHAEL CHOKES i nt. 12 British tanks T0 DEATH ON A STEAK ' iole French village to .' nf German machine ()f Hoof Steak l*>?lgc?l in Wiiul- T ^houses, in the recent p|pfj WhJlp ,|p WjMi n( |Mnncr J B troops bad been se- ,n Charlotte, red by the German ~( in or on top of the Charlotte, Sept. 12. Frank 3. s s were In the vicinity Michael, superintendent of the steam was sent to them for plant of the Southern Power com- < hee complied, but the pany, located near this city, was r he guns were too well choked to death at a supper party, ( nocked out hy the while eating a piece of beef steak, c tank, guns. According- lie was the guest of Mr. and Mrs. O. 1 ommanders conferred S. Ogletree, of Seventh street, and * of the village and de- while eating, coughed and turned 1* irrled impromptu war blue in the face, got up. walked to stroy the village by the hath room, and died shortly 0 f metal. thereafter.' An examination by a t; accordingly rammed physician. arrived shortly, re- fl use, bringing down the vealed a piece of steak lodged In the r j, extricating them- wind ptpe, causing strangulation, o ruins of one house, Mr. Michael came here aiaht ??? !? g to the next. In thfa ago from Allentowdf. Pa., and wasl I e waa captured with- highly regarded. Hla wife ia dead.lt irltlah casualty and at hnt^hla parent*. living In Allentown, t "V v V V t ,he <^*ney)fc, ?. \ >he " ttP-ftionJ.S an ' ^ ' ** pro<!la< I ' j I V New SI iAPP IS DEFEATED IN SECONDPRIMARl 'ollock Wins Race for Senat Short Term Over Thomas H. Peeples. VOLFE'S MAJORITY 8,00 trnold Wins for Railroad Con missioner and Harris ft Commissioner of Agricu ture. By a majority of more than 15 00 votes William 1'. Pollock, < 'heraw. Tuesdav dBfpnii>ii T?w??m I. Peoples, of Barnwell, tor the non nation for the short senate term i ill out the unexpired term of tl ate Senator Tillman, succeedit lenator Christie Benet, now servir iy appointment of Governor Ma inn until a successor is elected. M 'ollock's majority was decisiv arly returns giving him a lead thi tas never challenged. Mr. Peeph eems on the face of the early r urns to have carried only two cou: ies. The incomplete returns sho\ <1: Pollock, 35,242; Peeples, 2C 74. Sain M. Wolfe, of Anderson, wi ominatcd for attorney general ov? Maude N Sapp, of Lancaster, by najority of more than R.oon vote "he figures available give: Wolf 1.460; Sapp. 22,916. 11. II. Arnold, of Spartanburi as nominated for railroad commii ioner over A. A. Richardson, t tiehlund, by a vote of 2.0,400 to 23 7 8 with returns incomplete, whil I. Harris, of Anderson, defeated \\ >. Garrison, also of Anderson, f< ommissioner of agriculture 28,98 o 24.826. In the primary for comptrolb teneral a second race will be neoe ary between R. L. Osborne and '. Elmore, J. A. Summersett havir >oen eliminated, on the face of tl arlv returns. The vote in this ra< Allows: Osborne. 21.628; Klmor 4,508; Summersett, 12,495.. HEAVY LOSSES IN THE CORN CROP REPORTE atck of Ka'n in August in Cm licit Caused Itcduetion of :t!7.ttoo.ooo lliislicls. Washington, Sept. 12. TIcjo risers in the prospective corn oro >ut a considerable increase in tl orccasl of spring wheat productir eatured the September crop repo ssued by the department of agi ulture. back of rain during August in tl rincipnl producing sections of tl *orn belt caused a reduction of .111 iiiO.OOO bushels in the crop foreca ringing the loss in prospective pr luction since .July 1. to 4R7.OO0.Oi lUshels, representing more th; 1800,000,000. A corn crop of 2,072.000.0< nishels this year was forecast fro September 1 conditions. That would be almost half a b ion bushels less than last yeai -rop and slightly smaller than t vcrage crop of the live years fro 1012 to 1016. The spring wheat crop show mprovement and there was an i rease of 21.000.000 bushels in t orecast of production bringing tl " respective crop of 141.000.00 bus Is. With the winter wheat crop I.06.0 00.000 bushels, previously a miinced. this year's total wheat cr< Mil be $99,000,000 bushels. Th s almost 250,000.000 more thl vas harvested last year and 90.00( 00 bushels more than the 1912-1 iverage. Estimates of production of othi rops compared with those made nonth ago showed various change tats had a 49,000,000 bushel b rcase; tobacco a 20.000.000 pour nss; hay a 12,000.000 ton loss ar rhlte potatoes a 6,000.000 bush J8S. Other changes were: Barley 4 00.000 bushels increase; sweet p atoes 2.600,000 bushel decreasi ax 1.100.000 btishels increase; ar Ice 700,000 bushels decrease. Heaviest reduction In the coi iroduetlon forecast came fro Cansas with a loss of 62.000.0( ushels; Nebraska with 60.000.0( iushels; Missouri with 67,000,01 ushels. i ,ND?-A - j >'r defined " ^ /Whacked t ^ back. - t . ... ? ? JHSCRIPTION $2.00 A YEAR / HEN OF 19 AND 20 I AND 9? Tft Ifi PIRCT . V vrw A V U\J A 111UA e Until Those Are Exhausted OI der Men Will Not lie Called Into Service. 0 CKOWDEK SO ANNOUNCES Of Men Above 31 Provost Mar>r shal Expects Only 601,000 I- Physically Fit and Not Entitled to Exemption. Washington, Sept. 12. Youths of 11* and 2(J years and men between is the ages of 32 and 36, inclusive, who J- register today will first be called to / to the colors. Provost Marshal (Aneral ie Crowder has announced, and until ig the supply of available fighting maig terial in their ranks has been exn hausted. older men will he inducted r. into service. Questionnaires will go e, out first to registrants of those ages at and local boards have been ordered es to proceed with their speedy classie fication so that some of them may bo n- called in October, v- Pointing out that in classifying man above the ages of 31, the army draft would he "attacking the counts try's economical life and entering an >r | unexplored Held." General Crowder, a | in a public statement to all otns.1 plovers and industrial representae tives, besought their aid in applying * 11" the plans of industrial deferments ra z, so that "the maintenance of the milt- (lj_ s- tary establishment of the national ir )f interest during the emergency'' may ,-lnot be interfered with. -* : e Before issuing his appeal, General w >' Crowder has again pointed out that ?" on estimates of experts the war de~ryj '7 partment could expect to draw from *tfj the classes above 31, only 601,000 es<| ar nien physically fit for military ser- im s- vice and not entitled to deferred <5 , >. classification on the grounds of de-th<ig ! pendency or occupation. He (also au" ?e said that men of 10 and 20 called** ' ( fe were entitled to admission to the G students' training corps at the 4 00 ^ secondary schools with which the war department has made contracts hut added that this corps would nnm|) her 1 .">0,000 men, while over 3JH>o.000 youths below 21 will regis' ,n Thursday. "* >? vl< Methods of selecting those to he inducted into military service and educational training corps, he said, were the concern of other branches tv I of the administration. P. General Crowder asks employers m: to study their plants and indififcv ^ rtjto single out really indispensable iti>1 1 dividual* and to study the conditions of deferment as provided in the regie illations mentioning the possibility ciu of "training substitutes and tho ' 4 _ availability of women workers." Ho'' st discussed the figures of the last uraft 0_innd said that Ihe number of Class 1 registrants under it amounted to on,n ly per cent of the population. 1 Cessation r?f onHot~n~i r* uunerai no Crowder said, will protect industry V. mjagainst irregular and uncontrollable 1 nonri'i'S of derangement. i>ut throw * il- much responsibility on the draft ma- * r's chinery and be ashed employers and r ho industrial representatives |bo share .r . ,ni that responsibility with him. '9*"V Pd , LARGE Tl'KKISII FORCE TO Bl'LGARlAN BORDER f 4 he * 1 h- Trouble Is Brewing Between tho of Two Countries and 0|>eii War- "dllLn~ fare May Be tlie Itesult. >P at 0 in Washington. Sept. 12. Informa^ __ tion has reached here from a source usually reliable that Turkey has sent .a III J a large force to the border of But- r f garia where trouble is brewing over division of territorial spoils of wafr ' " a ( between these two allies of Germany n jand Austria-Hungary. j I TKn iui.I* ,n . ..? iMinniDilliy oi open conflict heid tween Turkey and Bulgaria is watchp ed here with groat interest, and is known to be causing serious misgivl( in us at Merlin. o- The revolutionary spirit is rife In e; the Bulgarian army and among the * id civilian population, according to reports. The Bulgarians want moio rn territory and are said to he determm Ined to secure all of Serbia and even a portion of Austria. They already >0|have secured a strip off northern >01 Turkey, including one half oX the jptty of Adrianople. g ' ' i- s .. _ **"" - *? in/iir 'hwer the ai ed troops atGerman line* moved