Keowee courier. (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, August 21, 1918, Image 2

Below is the OCR text representation for this newspapers page. It is also available as plain text as well as XML.

GERMANS CONTINUE TO I/)SE. Evacuations ut Homo Point?-At Oth ers Driven Before Allies. Washington. Aug. 14.-.North and south of the Somme the (lennans havo lost furthher important ground. In the former region they have evac uated their positions over a live-mile front to tho British north of Albert, while In the latter they have been heaton hack In tho hill and wooded dist riet Just north of tho Oise river hy the Preach. Gorman front lino trenches al Beaumont Hamel, Serre, Puisieux au-.Mont and Bucquoy have been found untenable hy the enemy in the face of tho recent activity by the British all along the line from Albert to Arras, while tho Kreuch have per severed lu their violent attacks against tho Germans on the sector which dominates the lower portion of the Picardy plain und tho oise valley and have encroached further upon the Lassigny Massif and tho Thleucourt plateau, and farther south have captured the Important town of lllbecourt. Unofficial reports have announced tho capture of Lassigny hy tho French and of all the German posi tions between tho western outskirts of Bray-Sur-Sotnine and Btinehetn hy tho Australians. Thore ls, how ever, no official confirmation of them. Prom tho Somme to tho Oiso, ex cept In the latter region whero the French have made further gains, the Germans seemingly have had further success in holding back tho allied troops and still are in possession of Chaulncs and Itoye, upon tho cap ture of which tho efforts of tho Brit ish and French have been centored. On this central part of tho battlo front the enemy continues to deliver counter-attacks and also has further reinforced his line with tuen and guns and ls using them without stint to retain his positions, realizing that their capture would spell disaster. Huns Evacuate Positions. London, Aug. 14.-Tho Germans have evacuated their forward posi tions at Beau mon t-H a mel, Serre, Pulsieux-au-Mont and Bucquoy, ly ing in tho region north of Albert, according to Field Marshal llalg's communication issued to-night. French Take Ribecourt. Paris. Aug. 14.-The town of Itibe court, on tho road leading to Noyon and six and one-half miles south west of that town, has been captured by tho French, according to the olll dal statoment issued to-night. Allies Continue Advance. Now York, Aug. 1"?.-The lighting on the Somme-Oise battle front still continuos Of n minor character, com pared with that of the early pari of the week, when the .lennans rein forced their line and stopped Ibo eastward sweep Of the nilled torcos. Nevertheless, the British and French again have been able to gain -ground on two important sectors - the British a short distance north west of Roye, whero they took the villages of Onmery and Parvillers, and the French on the southern wing Of the battlo front, where they have captured two farms in the process of clearing the hilly and wooded dis irict around Lassigny of tho enemy. Gormans Continue to Fall Hack. North of the Somme, between Al bert and Arras, the Germans are con tinuing to fall back, and tho British are keeping in closo contact with them. Thus far the Germans have definitely given up tho towns of Beaumont-Hamol, Serre, Bucquoy and Puisicu-au-Mont and at several points have crossed the Ancre river, with the British following closely on their trail. No official explanation has yet been advanced of the retro grade of tho Germans over this front, but it is not at all unlikely that the operations on the Somme front nod tho harassing tactics tho British re cently have omployed made the en emy desirous of establishing himself on new ground eastward, with thc Ancre river a barrier between him and his foes. At any rate, thc IIc butorno salient has virtually been ob literated hy tbe retirement of the Germans, and seemingly they now will be compelled to make a read justment ot' their line between the Somme and Arras. LIKE AX FLECTIUC BUTTON ON TOES 'Tells Why a Com is So Pain ful and Says Cutting Makes Them Grow. Press an electric button and you form a contact with a llvo wire which rings tho bell. When your shoes press against your com it pushes its sharp roots down upon a sensitivo nerve and you get a shock of pain. Instead of trimming your corns, which merely makes them grow, Just stop into any drug store and ask for a quarter of an ounce of frcozone. This will cost vory little, but is suffi cient to remove every hard or soft corn or callus from ono's feet. A fow drops applied directly upon a tender, aching corn stops tho soreness In stantly, and soon tho corn shrivels up so lt Hits right out. root and all, without pain. This drug freezono ls harmless and never Inflames or oven irritatos the surrounding skin.-Adv. Kt MIK HT FAY HACK IX) PRISON. German Bomb Plotter, Ksmped, lias Been Apprehended in Spain. Washington, Au?. 16.- Robert Fay. who wa? convicted of placing bombs on ships carrying supplies and troops to Furope, and who escaped ufter being sentenced to the Atlanta penitentiary, lias been apprehended in Spain. Secretary Lansing an nounced to-day that he is being brought back to the Knited States without extradition. Fay has been at liberty Just two years, lt was in August, i'll (J, he escaped from the Federal prison in Atlanta by forging a pass and getting by the guards. His ruse was to pose as an electrician who had been at work within the prison. William Knoblock. who had been made a "trusty," escaped at tho same time, but was apprehended in a short time. Fay was sentenced in Now York to servo eight years, and had served only three mouths of his term when ho escaped. drove's Tasteless chill Tonic .estores vitality and energy by purifying and en riching the blood. You can soon feel it? Strength ening, Invigorating Effect. Price 60c. Allies (living Gerninn Medicine ? (leneva, Switzerland, Aug. 15,-An official dispatch received hore from Frankfort; Germany, says that Mon day morning at lt o'clock that city was attacked by 12 enemy aviators, who dropped 2G bombs, killing 12 persons and injuring five others. Reports from Pasel assert that tho casualties were far more numer ous. These say a bomb fell in the crowded Kaiser Strasse, killing many persons and stopping the street cars, that another fell in the middle of the large station and several in its vi cinity, whilo two more fell in the barracks and still another near Go t lies house, which was undamaged. The Kasel dispatch says the aerial attack has increased the panic reign ing in the Rhine towns. Premier and Roosevelt, Jr. Paris, Aug. IC.-Major Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., was cordially received by Premier Clemenceau to-day. Ma jor Roosevelt's wounds were still un healed and he is using crutches. $10,24 I Prisoners lu Week. In the week of lighting In the Pic ardy front, .'10,214 prisoners have fallen into the hands of the British and French armies, according to an official announcement. Of this number tho li ri tish captured 21,844. j Unofficial reports, probably compiled i since the official data was sent from the front, give the number of pris oners in the allies' hands since Au gust S as 34,000, and say also that 070. captured guns thus far have been counted. i U ri i n Admits Retirement. Berlin, Aug. 16.--Admission that tho Germans have evacuated posi tions near Pulsleux and Beau mon t llamel, which He to the north of Al bert, ls made in the official commu nication issued to-day. Pressure Renewed in Royo Region. New York, Aug. 16.--Allied pres sure has been effectively renewed against tho German line in the region of Roye, on the Picardy battle front. The enemy is clinging determinedly to this town as a bulwark of the po sitions he took up after being driven hack from the Amiens region. Both tho French and the British are push ing closer, however, and making bia prolonged tenancy of the place doubt ful. London last night reported the British lines advanced northwest of Roye, in the neighborhood of Damery and Parvillors, whilo to-day Paris re ports a forward movement on the part of the French west and south west of Roye, on a front of about two and a half miles. Roye ls fast becoming the virtual apex of a salient which will soon in vite a crushing allied stroke if the Franco-British pressure can lu; effect ively maintained as it has been re cently. Appointment of Gen. Von Boonu, who led the retirement from the Marne, to tho command of the Ger man group In Picardy is confirmed officially from Berlin. It ls believed In London that because of tho scar city of reserves the Germans will light on tho defensive on their pres ent line. Fifteen reserve divisions havo boon thrown In between the Ancre- and the Oise, and the enemy ls said to have only 10 frosh divisions on the ontlro front from tho North Sea to Switzerland. Germans Strike on Vesle Front. With tho American Army on tho Vesle Front, Aug. 16.-The Germans launched a combined gas, artillery and air bombing attack upon tho French and Americans along tho Vesle early Friday morning. This was ir. retaliation for a bombing raid by American airmen upon bridges over thc- Alsne late Thursday. SUBMARINE SINKS ANOTHER. oil Tanker Torpedoed Near New York-Seven ol' Crow Dead. New York, August 14.-A German submarine, approaching the very j gates of New York harbor, sank tho oil tanker Frederick H. Kellogg, off ? the Ambrose Channel last night. Thirty-five members of thc crew brought here to-day, reported that seven others are missing. These sur vivors were picked up by an Ameri can steamship. The Frederick H. Kellogg was a new tank steamship of 7,127 lons gross register, valued at more than \ $1,500,000. Under command of ? Capt. C. H. White, she was on her way from Tampico, Mexico, to Bos ton, with a cargo of approximately i 7 0,000 barrels of crude oil. | The ship was owned by the Petro- , leam Transport Company and was launched a year ago this month at Oakland, Cal. . j Torpedoed without warning at 6.10 o'clock last evening, the Kellog sank In three minutes, said members of her crew on coming ashore here to-day. The force of the explosion was terrific, they declared, and the seven missing men who were in the engine room, are believed to have been killed. No submarine was seen, according to Capt. White. i Bowed for Three Hours. The survivors, in small boats, rowed for three hours toward shore when a freighter took them aboard, j One of the crew reported his narrow escape when be was caught below decks by the rapidly sinking ship. He was carried down by the suction, he asserted, but swam to tho surface and reached one of the boats. Members of the Kellogg's crew declared that while making for shore I they saw a submarine operating un der attempted concealment. A dory suddenly rose out of tho water, they said, and from one of the many holes In Its keel a periscope protruded. The dory floated for some time, tho sailors asserted, as though de signed to attract passing steamships toward it, then disappeared. Five members of the crew of the sunken oil tanker were to-day offi cially reported dead. Another Schooner Sunk. Washington, Aug. 15.-Seaplanes and naval patrol boats attacked with depth charges a German submarine which shelled and set fire to the American schooner Dorothy Barrett yesterday afternoon off Cape May, New Jersey. Navy reports to-day said one bomb from a seaplane exploded within 75 feet of tho bubbles and wake from the U-boat which had sub merged when the planes and patrols were sighted. When the planes had completed their attack two patrol boats closed in and let go depth bombs. Tlie result luis not been de termined. The crew abandoned the schooner as soon as the submarine appeared and opened tire and have been land ed safely at Cape May. Navy dis patchos to-day did not make clear whether the vessel was destroyed. She was bound from New York for Norfolk when attacked six miles from the northeast-end lightship near Cape May. Mine sweepers have been sent to the scene, as there is a possibility that mines were laid in the vicinity, as was the case when tho raiders made their ilrst appearance in American waters last May. This submarine probably is the one which Tuesday evening torpe doed the oil tanker Frederick lt. Kel logg ?IO milos south of Ambrose light. Kellogg Still Afloat ? Washington, Aug. 15.-The Amer ican tank steamer Kellogg, torpedoed Tuesday evening by a German sub* marine, is still atloat 16 miles off Barnogat, N. J., the Navy Depart ment was advised to-day, and there ls a chance that she may be brought into port. Seven men Of the crew are still missing, hut the navy has no confir mation of reports that live men were killed by the explosion of the torpedo. SOME STARTLING FACTS. More children die during tho teeth ing period than consumption kills annually. The pain and discomfort that comes with this diseaso of chll hood may be avoided. Save doctor bills and sleepless nights by giving the sick, crying and restless child a few doses of Dr. Thornton's Easy Teethor as directed. It tides the tiny folks over tho critical porlod of life safely. "Glvo tho baby a chance." 18 doses for 25c, nt all dealers. Easy Toother Medicine Co., Canon, Ga.-Adv. --. Submarine Fires Oil Tank. Beaufort, N. C. Aug. 16.-A largo oil tank steamer is afire about 25 miles off Cape Hatteras, according to reports brought here. A submarine is lying close by. The members of the crew havo boen taken off by life guards. It is presumed the subma rine is a Gorman and the tankor was set on fire ns a result of shell fire. LIVES LOST IN AVIATION. Capt. Norris, British Aviator, Crush ed Under i'lttlie at Cincinnati. | Cincinnati. Aug. 14.-Coining to | Cincinnati to participate in the "Hy- j ing circus" just previous to the start on a 3,000-mile air cruise to west ern points, Capt Ja? Norris. British Royal Flying Corps, was Instantly killed late this afternoon. The cap tain had just left the grounds at Western Hills Coif Club for Cincin nati, when his engine died and the plano took a nose dive, crushing Nor ris beneath it. Lieutenant Killed. Kantoul, lil., Aug. 14.-Lieut. J. W. Johnson, of the aviation corps, stationed at Chanute Aviation Field, was killed to-day when his plane fell at Gifford, six miles oast of here. An other aviator in the plane was only slightly hurt. The plane fell about a thousand feet. Lieut. Johnson lived at Trafford, Ala. He was an instructor at Cha nute Held. The name of the other aviator was withheld by military au thorities. Witnesses of the accident said the plane in which Johnson and his pupil were manoeuvreing went into a tail spin at a height of about 1,000 feet. The pilot apparently was unable to j regain control of the machine and lt crashed to thc earth. Lieut. John son's death was the second at Cha nute field in two week?. Cadets Collide in Air. I Fort Worth, Texas, Aug. 14.-Ca det Wm. R. Turnstall, son of John . R. Turttstall, of Brookfield, Mass., ; was killed to-day when his airplane j collided with another machine seve ! ral thousand feet in the air. The second machine landed safely and the cadet occupant escaped uninjured. Plano Plunged lu Seu. Pensacola, Fla., Aug. 14.-Joseph J. Fenton, of Bellows Falls, Vt., a student aviator at the Pensacola sta j tion, was killed late Tuesday night ; when his seaplane fell into Pensacola ! Bay. Fenton, who had the rank of chief quartermaster, was the fourth j aviator to lose his life here within : two days. Three others were killed I late Monday when their plane fell I into tho bay. Fenton's body was shipped to his relatives In Vermont. Two Moro Aviators Killed. Comack, N. Y., Aug. 16.-Lieut. ! Harold F. Maxon, of Los Angeles, and ? Cadet G. F. Gedeon', of Titusville, Fla., were killed to-day when their airplane crashed to the ground in a ; hay hold near here. ! Tho machine was one of the group : of 17 from Brin ley Field. L. I., which j were flying in this vicinity. An ex i plosion in mid-air, it is reported, j hurled Gedeon from the airship. , Maxon was crushed under the ma I chine when it struck tho earth. ! Maxon was 25 years old and Gedeon I 24. There is more catarrh In this sec I tion of the country than all other dis eases put together, and for years lt was supposed to 1)0 incurable. Doc tors prescribed local remedies, and by constantly falling to cure with local treatment, pronounced it incur able. Catarrh is a local disease, greatly influenced by constitutional conditions and therefore requires constitutional treatment. Hall's Ca tarrh Medicine, manufactured by P. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio, is a constitutional remedy, is taken inter nally and acts through the blood on the mucous surfaces of the system. One Hundred Dolars Reward ls offer ed for any case that Hall's Catarrh Medicine falls to euro. Send for cir culars and testimonials. P. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, Ohio. Sold by druggists, 75c. Hall's Family Pills for constipa tion.-Adv. WORK OF U-BOATS IN JULY. Total of 270,000 Tons of Shipping Were I )estroyed. Paris, Aug. 14.-The allied and neutral shipping sunk by enemy sub marine during July amounted to 270,000 tons, compared with 534, 830 tons sunk in July, 10 17. This radical decrease in losses is doubly significant whoa the increase in mer chant marino navigation resulting from tho American shipbuilding ef fort is considered. The entente na tions constructed during July a ton nage in excess of 2X0,000 tons more than destroyed during the month by enemy operations. Over $a5,ot)(),ooo Saved. Washington, Aug. 16.-By reduc tion of passenger service, elimination of freight train duplication and pool ing of facilities under government operation, economies at tho rate of $25,000,000 a year have been effect ed in the northwestern oporatlng dis trict, Regional Director Aishton re ported to-day to Director General Mc Adoo. Moro than $20,000,000 of this was In passenger economies. Offi cials say tho other six districts are making similar rocords. Grove's Tasteless chill Tonic destroys the malarial ?erm? which uro transmuted to tho blood by th? Malaria Mosquito. Price COc. WITH OCONEE WAH BOARD. Reclassification Still hi Order-oth ers Qualified for Servile. 1017 Be?istmilts. Class 1-A-Edgar Young! (Mass 1-G-J. L. Mauldin. Class 2-B-Carl L. Bryan. Class 'Mi W. K. Marshall, Malus Homer Herd. Class 4-A-Thos. H. Reynolds, Pickens Rice. C. C. Kelley. 10. H. Murphree, Sam Turnor, L. Ft. Cox, C. C. Mason, E. I). Simpson, Doss A. Barkley. ' ll)is Registrante Classified. Class 1-A-Chas. M. Stribling, Os car TOilison. Herbert Doyle Morgan. Class 3-B-Joe Monroe Murphree. ('lass 1-A-Yancy Sligli Garrett. I 11)18 Registrants Reclassified. Class 2-B-Albert Johnson. Class 4-A-Dewitt T. Eades. j Class 6-D-W. L. England, Jr., ' .Wm. T. Palmer, C. P. Addis, Rubin ! Moss Davis, R. A. Palmer, Wm. L. Austin, Hewis M. Poag, Bains W. Harrison. j , Classified on Physical Examination, j For General Military Service Mack V. Burton, David Lewis, John Lewis Sun.mey, Ed Stancil, James Parnell Hughes, McCager B. Alexan- ? der, Alex M. Rogers, Ernest Manly ' Bright, Horace W. Bradberry, Wm. , Harley Moore, Sam Neal Hunnlcutt, 1 Ace Garfield Vickory, S. P. Adams, Wm. Andrew Johnson, Robt. James , Grogan. King Jefferson Burton, Jas. Berkley Davis, Ed. Carver, Aiding- ! ton Spellman Ables, Jordan Poole, Henry Edwin Shiver, Grady Addis, Fred Herman Willis, j Qualified for General Military Ser vice, When Remedied-Thomas Jos. QuarlcB, Leander Majors, Geo. Rose Hunter, Leonard Vissage. I Qualified for Special or Limited Military Service - Charlie Norris, Thos. Seaborn Martin, John H. Baitty. j Disqualified for Military Service and Placed in Class 5.-Milton Nicholson. I D. A. Smith. Chief Clerk. AUGUST 24 REGISTRATION DAY. Young Men Who Have Reached 'SI Since June 5th to Register. Washington, Aug. 24.-Registra tion on Saturday, August 24th, of all youths who have reached the age of 21 si'ice the second registration last Juno 5th was ordered to-day by Pro vost Marshal General Crowder, un der a proclamation by the President. The purpose is to add quickly to the almost exhausted class one [J meet arny draft calls In September. .About 150,000 young men will reg ister. Most of thom will qualify for Class 1. and, therefore, will join the army probably within a month after their names are recorded. J Telegraphic orders to local au thorities to arrange for the registra tion have already boen distributed. i President Wilson's proclamation ex cepts the Territories of Alaska, . Hawaii and Porto Rico temporarily, I but a later day will be Axed for these divisions. I Only men In the armed service are exempted from registration. It was ! pointed out at the provost marshal ! general's office thal this registration I would bo entirely distinct from the j registration that will be necessary j shortly when the draft ages are ox I tended, and it also was announced that thc suggested date, September 5, would not be the day for the reg istration of men from 18 to 4 5, even if Congress passes the bill in time because several of the largest States hold primary elections on that date. The provost marshal had no inten tion, it was said, of creating regis tration dates for men roaching 21 throughout the year, but the present j registration was made necessary My ? tho approaching deficiency of man power. Sume Rules Apply. Under tho Presidential proclama ' lion the same rules as governed the previous registrations will prevail. j Any person who on account of sick ness will bo unable to present him ! self at the appointed time and place, may apply at the office of any local j board and receive Instruction as to , how he. may mgister hy agent. Per sons absent from their districts on ! August 2 4 may register by mail, but, as in tho previous registrations, his card must reach his board hy the day named. Persons who have no permanent . residence may roglster with the local board in whoso tl 1st ric ts they are on August 24th. American Aviator Killed. Paris, Aug. 16.-Lieut. Walter B. Miller, of Now York city, a former member of the Lafayette Escadrille, who was transferred to tho American service, was killod In an aerial com bat on August 3. Ills patrol, consist ing of olght machines, was attackod by a German squadron of thirty air planes. Ho fell inside tho American lines. The. other members of tho patrol escaped after a fierce struggle 2,000,000 NOW UNDER AKM?. Movement of Mon Not to Ile Inter rupted by Kv!'?Mistbm Class 1. Washington, Aug. IT?.-The draft program and plans of the War De partment are of such a character that the rapid movement of troops to France is continuing, Secretary Ba ker said to-day, and by reason of the very great assistance given hy the British government in ( placing so much shipping at the disposal of the American government, tho depart ment hopes to continue the acceler ated movement overseas. There now are approximately 2, GOO.OOO American soldiers in this country and ov irseas, Mr. Baker added. The reservoir in the United States is such that even with tho ex hausting for a time of the eligibles In Class" 1, the movement of men over seas would not be interrupted. Fourteen national army diviulons already are in France, the Secretary said, and these have been included In the new field army organization recently announced by Gen. Persh ing. There also arc twelve national guard divisions, including the Rain bow organization, overseas, together with five regular anny divisions. GERMANY FIGURES MAN-POWER. Losses Estimated at ?,000,000 Since thc Beginning of tho War. Paris, Aug. 16.-The total German losses from the beginning of the war to the end of July, 1918, are under stood to be 6,000,000, according to the morning newspapers. The figures Include 1,4 00,000 kill ed up to the beginning of the Ger man offensive last March. From March 27 to June 17, the Germans are said to have lost 1 20,000 killed alone. Ludendorff Seeks More Men, With the British Army in France, Aug. 16.-Germany bas acknowledg ed that her man-power, once so freely wasted, now ls dwindling in proportions great enough, apparent ly, to cause considerable anxiety to the high command. The toll taken, particularly in recent fighting, by the allied armies, and the prospect of be ing confronted by ever-growing American forces, has caused Gen. Ludendorff to issue most imperative orders for a vigorous, immediate comb-out in the German army iu or der to recover from auxiliary units all men capable of entering the trenches. The comb-out, says the order issued by Gen. Ludendorff, first considera tion will he given to men over 43 ? who have served In the front lines longer than six months. He an nounces that commissions have been appointed to investigate the ontire j situation, including men of every ' rank. All men available for the in fantry must be sent to depots in BeJ : gium, the special purpose of the high ; command being to get more infantry '[ reserves. i Appended to the order are special instructions to Field Marshal Von i Mackensen and Gen. Von Schlots to J make "a greater demand upon the local personnel," Instead of using Germans In tho auxiliary service as reinforcements. British Casualties for Week, ? London, Aug. 14.-British casual [ ties reported in the week ending to , day totalled 8,620, compared with j an aggregate of 9,866 reported in the previous week. These aro divided as follows: Killed or died of wounds Officers. 21 ?5 Men .1,441 Wounded or missing Officers . 6 47 Men .6,317 MOTHER ! YOUR CHILD IS CROSS, FEVERISH FROM CONSTIPATION If Tongue is Coated, Breath Had, Sto mach Sour, Olean Liver and Bowels, Give "California Syrup of Figs" at once-a teaspoonful to-day often savos a sick child to-morrow, j If your llttlo ono is out-of-sorts, j half-sick, isn't resting, eating and I acting naturally-look, mother! see j If tongue is coated. This is a sure , sign that its little stomach, liver and j bowels nie clogged with waste. When I cross, Irritable, feverish, stomach isour, breath had or bas stomach-ache. 1 diarrhoea, sore throat, full of cold, 1 givo a teaspoonful of "California Syrup of Figs," and in a fow hours all the constipated poison, undigest ed food and sour hilo gently moves out of Its llttlo bowels 'without grip ing, nnd you have a well, playful child again. Mothers can rost easy aftor giving this harmlos? "fruit laxative," be cause lt never fall? to cleanse the lit t'e one's liver and bowels and sweeten the stomach, and they doarly love tts pleasant taste. Kuli directions for hablos, childron of all ages and for grown-ups printed on each bottle. Bewaro of counterfeit fig syrups. Ask your druggist for a bottlo of "California Syrup of Figs;" thon see that it ls made by the "California Fig Syrup Company."--Adv.