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Scraps and .fact*. ? "Th*.* American forc*-s on the wi-stun front ar?- gradually compensating for Icussia's defwtlon and will '.* loading in a i*-lativ*-ly sl.oit tint' to absolute siller.only of the Knt' nrw t.i' h a ill then i'i\ tin- Alii*-? tli.- i * iitis to carry out a thotouirh off*-iihiW," says tj*-n. t'orsi a' iCom*The ability ol Kurh in not 't(? h. I* *| as'iay t?y mji-eesn or discouraged l?> lailiii*- H* has a print i|*l*- that lb* In-mI deft-line In th*- attack. but h* n* *-<ls lli*> ntir*- strength <?t th* Am* m ans to liorn th* prot*-rti\* l*-f*-l?.->?- to an ov* i xvh*liiiii* : im'i.itiM* aiiwhll*- th*- p*-i ni*l tioi*- now until Am* m an j?artici|*ation i> ??i*i|.l* t must t?- employed to rlio k tt** n*-tiiy. obliging him to n-tii*-, |**-i>ia|*s .* void! tlii* Somm**." American Masoni*- l*-a*l<-rs last l-Tiday spurn*-*! th* i*l? a that Masonry in this country will li-ii?l Hs.lt t< ?: -- ' ?.*. o tu.*,l*<* IlKlllJi. What IS Ijinirvi'u 1.1 ... ? , l-.arida moo- within the Merman Masonry. A nri'iil Masonic confer lire in Mcrmany was thought to l.? liii<K<i| h> the kaiser, who wanted Amt'iiian Masons to I.*- influenced l?> the Teuton organization. "The true Free Masons of the l'nite.1 States do not itesii to aiii iti I.ringing iilxutt any kind ot peace except such a one as st.all meet the full approval of the gov 11 niiH-nt of tlie I 'nite.l States." said Meorgo I-'. Moore, sovereign grand i omnia rider ot the supreme council, southern jurisdiction ot Scottish I'ite Masons, lie added the Anierieans vvdl liot he propagandists. The Merman command is faced hy more or less serious difficulty as a result of the presence on the western front of divisions containing tens oi thousands of soldiers from Alsace and l?orralne who up to this time have lieva | i.e. II emplove.l III actio lighting against the French. A captured Maruiuu order declares that tiic Mcnoanw were unable any longer to keep the Alsatians and I<orraincr? awuy from the western front. Other documents reiterating an order issued by tiio Merman crown prince, instruct the commands of the various units to keep the men from Alsace-Lorraine under th>- closest surveillance and not to utilize them at critical points in the lines as many desertions had been reported. Alsatians and I.orinliters must never be left alone in the lighting zone, hut must always he uccompumcd hy Merman soldiers in whom abs lute confidence can be placed" one order says. It Is added thut any soldier from Al.su<-e-Lorraine that comes under suspicion must bo treated with an iron hand. ? Tin- German population along the Ithlno expects an Allied invasion, in iln opinion ol n liiitch woman ot Gci nian descent who has just returned to Aiiistcidmit alter visiting relatives in a small village near tioiine, on the Itliine. Ill a statement to tin- Amsterdam correspondent of the I<ondon I'ally Kx press, sin- said: "The impressions gathered troin what I saw and In-ard In Germany was one ot reiil de s|?alr. In spite ol what newsp.-i|M-rs say and do not say, the German retirement in the west Is niiiking the worst possible impression especially along the It bine. The people there know they will be the llrst to be hit if the Allie.v come over. The idea that German soil is to icinntii inviolate to the last hits disup|M-arid completely and on the Itliine everybody eX|Mt-ts a foreign invasion sooner or litter. Many of the families are preparing to leave tier central Germany. "The ravages of Allied aircraft are simply terrific. When von read: "There was some material damage," it means that whole streets were torn up with a heavy casualty list to complete the picture." ? An antidoto to the opinions of Generals von Illume and von Llebert, who see a menace in a large American army on the western front .dready has appeared in the Cologne Zeitung, says - 1..... iliunntoh To claim tlit un /\ IllOiCI Uttlll Uiu|/uvv ... licniian pill.Ik-. lh?- Tuesday -?!< tlou of the Zeltung contained a long article trying to prove by statistics that America cannot possibly send 300.000 inen to Europe in a m mth. +? T?C L'"CJ.HW th?l ro9re__than forty troop ships already have been sunk it continues: "If tin- Americans i.t the front are fighting well that does not need to cause surprise for it is the tine Mower of American manhood which is now at the front, mainly, lipoid regular army, plus about 10.000 of the most sturdy and most adventurous vleinonts, which all nations have, who volunteered at the outbreak of the war. Then there will be contingents recruited from the New England states who are the best educated and keenest fighters because th .-ir heart "s In the business- So we get an aggregate from 300.000 to 350.000 picked men. Iillt once these are used the picture will be ulte ed because they eannct be replaced." --Payments to the Allies since the I luted States entered the war passed another hillion dollar mark last Saturday and stood at $i?.os9.(ti!1.7J?0. This represents the aggregsite of ehecks actually drawn on the treasury and ( aid. as distinguished from credits established or agreements by the I'nited States government to make loans now amount to $t>,692,010.000. All credit accounts are op?n and unlit-lug drawn on periodically by the governments to which they sin- extended. excepting that to Itussia which lists sin unexpended balance of 4137.000.000. Technically this is still mailable but the Itolsheviki governno nt lias never presented any demands for payment. Credits now established fur the Allies arc as follows: (lli-at lllllsilll, ;3.315.000.000; France. i3.uii5.000.000; Italy, i7tiu.000.000: Itussia. $3-.'fi.O00.OOU: Ittlgiiiin. $151.250.ooo: Greece. $15,000,000; Cuba. $ir..000.000: Serbia. $13,000,000. K.-ports have reached the treasury recently that some Itsilissu commercial interests felt the t'nited Stsites was not making sulet|iisite loans to Italy, nor making stiMlcient effort to bring slown the high rate of exchange which works a hardship on Italian importers. Tn-asury ollloials have explained thsit every riijucst of the Italian government for loans- has been granted and that there is no difference of opinion iai-i u-.-a-n i he two govemments. ? The $S,000.000,000 rcvonuo bill, providing for the greatest tax in the history of the t'nited States, was iiKtviii u|h>ii tlnally by the house ways aial means committee yesterday. It will t>e reported to the house next Thursday and will t>c taken tip for consideration on next Monday. September 2. Final estimates submitted to the committee by the treasury experts made it unnecessary to contemplate necessity of resorting to consumption taxes or any new devices or plans for raising additional revenue beyond those already in the measure. These estimates gave $s.lu0.000.000 as the total probable annual yield of the bill, as now framed. The excess proiits schedule, agreed to at a meeting last Saturday, will provide the largest amount of revenue, estimated at $3.oo0.000.000. The income tax. both individual and corporate, is expected to yield $2,400,000,000. the estate or inheritance tax. $110,000,000: beverages, including liquors as well as soft drinks. $1,100,000,000; tobacco, cigars ami cigarettes. $350,000,000: automobiles. manufactures' tax. $125,000.000 and users ot automobiles and motorcycles $73,000,000. Other items, including luxuries, make up the ballanee. The committee in adopting the excess pronts schedule, completed the drafting of the measure except for some details of the Income tax. especially the three per cent differential against unearned incomes. ? Announcing that to date more than 1,500.000 American soldiers have embarked for foreign >hores, tlcneral March, chief of staff, reiterated last Saturday his firm belief that the presence of 4.000.000 troops of the I'nited States in Franco t?y next summer would enable the Allies to carry out any campaign they may adopt for the defeat of Cernuny and the end of the war. Such declarations. Gen. March said, were founded upon cold blooded study of the respective manpower of the Alftes and of the enemy in June. 1918. and are "not issued as spread eajrle statements." General March impressed the newspaper men who met him in conferences Saturday with the absolute confidence American officers have in their men as a result of their Initial tests on the battlefields of France. He intimated that the somewhat sensational prediction which he had made was based as much upon these soldierly qualities as in the nu merica.1 superioiity which the war ai department plant* to give the Allied 9e command by midsummer of next year. "The American soldier deserves the 1 confidence of the Am rican people," said General March. "On every occa- ,] sion so far he has been tested he has .. absolutely delivered th?- goods. My < ontldence in them is inspired and de- h< v.-lc?|?e<l i.> serving with them and l" beside th?m in battle. I have order- t(J ed hack Irorn (-'ranee certain men who I have distinguished themselves over then- to give them increased rank in ' ? the divisions organizing tit home. )( Tiiese men talk the same language I do. you do not find anv luck of confidence on the front in France among tiie American tore* s. Tin se officers A I aie now telling me interesting tilings vvhleh iiave not vet come OVef ill oflii itil reports. One otticer reported . specifically that In one engagement 1,1 vt ilie tlist American division, tliev cap- jj lured 'is German guns and brought them in at the rear of our ranks, fin I-? ?.L, * -.1,1, in t IN* NUIl'* 'MlttfllVII III' ,? i?7Vr\ U..IW ./ oners. Another officer reported that w th<- second division, which he was h< with, captured ten complete fierman , batteries which they brouuht in and I pit s? nted to General 1'ershinjj." ?lif \(orhiiUc (Snquirrr. ? Kntered at the Postofflce at York as Mall Matter of the Second Class. ol ai I w i TUESDAY, AUGUST 27. 1918. til I y< All <oiTeN|H*ndeiits are especially si ' unntl to & t in their election reports 21 this cveriini; at the earliest possible bt iiioun nt. si B? Somehow, it seems to us that tinless the present rate of movement slows down pretty soon the war will . have to eOlllc to an end. Si! I'lemier Clemeiici.au thinks the Germans Will have elloliull I'V t lie colli- ^ ^ uur Christmas, i.et us hoiie tlial tinei , splendid <dil gentleman Knows what . In* is talkuiK about. ^ ll I it II. IVrshlllK completes Ills job j"' I \ the spring of I'.i.'u he Will lie tie i next i?r? si?|i-nt. ( M hti w isc Air. Wilson tl will liuvi- to holil tilings .low ii tor atlst otlii-r four >cars. . ? . at Tin- long range una that lias been sc tiring stalls into I'aris from tin- St. ct Coliaiu forest, lias liifli silenced. Tin, iimP-i standing is tlial it lias been i moved back out of the w a > to avohl in capture by tho Allies. M tl France may be "bled white," its Ucr- f, many s;iid several months ago, but it n is a notable fact that she has fully a |,j million iiiul a half more imputation to- js , day than she had a year ago, and the \ increase is full grown and red blooded. w 1 " in ' The difference between the manner j,. in which the t'nited States went to ^ war and the manner in which tin ... I C4 i other countries went to war hits just ^ i been this: All the other countries. including (Scrmany, went in little l?> ^ , little, ami the t'nited States went in n, for everything she was worth front 0| the beginning. The virtue of the plan p, with at once, ami this plan is gotfig to jn work, too. in - Is ll we were seeking :t say in the lii direction of patronage and the like, m ' quite (Missibly we also would lie help- w , ing to abuse and misrepresent the si > candidates who are least likely to In ' let us have u say-so. 1 tut we are not it in the news|itiper business for that A i purpose. We desire no recognition of ei any kind front anybody, except in the ill shape of such appreciation its our hi patrons may feel disposed to show in If return lor the best service we are ot able to give tlicni. ot tii It is said that the ticrinan press litis w about ceased to deny the presence of bt 1.400.000 Americans in Kuro|>c. This t i< fact has been hooted for quite awhile, w It is doomed the wise policy now to si admit the presence tit the Americans; si hut to claim that only n small per to cent of th?m are lighters. This last pro|Misitioii is loss impressive than tIn IIrst. The Cormans know along with albthe lialanoo of the worM, that howover low or many the Americans in ? France, there are no Amorieans over .j( there except fighting Amorieans. " * " th Polities is a peculiar thing. It I to v. J. K. Ma ha (Toy hail remained in the . t ii senatorial raee, the probability is that ( lie would now have the nnti-IUease support that is behind Dial and would be standing a very good chance of election. Mr. Mahaffey is a mueh better speaker than Mr. Dial and w would have no doubt inside si latter n) impression on the jn-oplc. Had he re- . inainod in the raee, he would have either led all opponents or compelled a second race. As the thing stands |i( now there Is no rosisonable probability of a second primary. 1 1 of The More-Sheep-More-Wool associ- m sition of the United States, with head- In quarters in I'hiludelphin, lias started a a? campaign for a Federal tax on dogs, tli Dogs do more harm to sheep than any vi other element, the sheep men say, and they point out that since Pennsylvania at began taxing dogs two and a half years re ago, there has been an increase of 2,- (p mm mm in the sheen population of the ki state. They further point out If Amer- ot lea must have an army of 6,000,000 )n men calling for an annual supply of pi 105 pounds of wool per man per year, tr the country needs 160,000,000 sheep, ?>| not making any allowance for the civilian population. Less dogs is one way s< to secure more wool, they argue. si m nt Vic Cheshire's Farmers' Tribune t1< has suddenly come into high favor cc among newspapers that had formerly at eased to recognize it because of a K sudden change of front as to the senatorial race. So far we have realized It eleven "dollars on this senatorial cam- n| paign?50 cents per inch for printing ol a 21' inch political advertisement for ol Mr. Dial. We did not hunt that. We N took it merely as a matter of busi- w ness and we gave value received. No. m we do not mean to suggest that Mr. er Dial's advertisement netted him any votes. It may have or it may have ni not. That is of no moment so far as F we are concerned, and it is not the hj point. We laid Mr. Dial's stuff be- h< fore 3,000 subscribers and if there is te another paper in South Carolina that n< | would have given his message to a m larger number of people In greater n? ' space for the same money we do not lx know which one it is. But we are not trying to sell votes, understand. In D the first place, we have none to sell, I* id If we had them we would not 11 them?neither for Blease nor Dial. In a speech in Spartanburg last Frliy. Mr. Christie Benet, the young .vorite of Governor Manning, who is aiding the latter*s appointment as nlted States senator, saicf. according > the Spartanburg Herald. that a few i>s ago he had succeeded in getting leijtenant Hunter of York, and Lieu narit Barnwell Bhett out of ''n-rmaJi isons. and that he will continue to i evert thing in his power for the inerican hoys in their fight with the rmans. \\V are printing thus pararaph solely because of the news due of the reference to Lieutenant uliter. As to whether he has heen (changed, we have no definite inforat ion; hut in any event we do not ant to be understood as trying to lp an impression that Christie Benhas had nn.vthing to do with the atter further than receiving inforstion ot what is going on. Of course e sincerely hope that Lieutenant unter has I>?en exchanged. There is very considerable objection i the drafting of boys under 21 years ' age. The arguments to the contrary e: 1. Ought not to require a man to ?ht until he can vote- 2. Boys of lk e not mature enough to stand up to le fearfully exacting requirements of .Idler life. 3. And others. So far as e are concerned we would be very ad Indeed if it were not necessary to ilist anybody, much less to draft anydy. We would rather that there were j war. But it is not that way. The ar is on and we need the men to meet ie situation. Kighteen and nineteen ar-old boys are probably not as derable for soldiers as are men of from I to 31. We are not sure about that; Jt that is not the point. We need the ddiers, and since it is impossible to ;t them without going into the eighen-your-old class we must take that ass the same as others. Talk about dug up from 45 to 60 is more or less incombe Most men are useless for ddier work long before they have ached 50. and the proportion of fcctives that Would be secured out ol iuul numbers of men in the IS and i classes will likely turn out about one i live in favor of the boys. The rnili,ry people know this very well and lat is why they are insisting on the gbteen-year-old men more strongly tun upon the 45-year-old men. To be ire there are thousands of men who o still good for soldiering- private ildiering at CO; but they are the ex ptious to tlieir class. Although Col. .lames It. Allison is command of ll.uon men at Camp eudc, w hiili is a high position even in lis lug siriny of ours, friends who I thai they have a right to say lings for him that lie would not say us. If. arc fully of the belief that lie IK >1 IlltOKl'thi'l' satisfied. II' ("ill. Ilison could have his own way. he otild Rithor be on tIk fighting line command of a regiment than to ivc command of a division back in nicricu. I!ut things have not shapI themselves np i? tin* way Colonel Ilison would have thorn. Ho trot ini the army just at the close of the IKtnish-Aincricnn scrap, and allough he has seen service throughit the Cnit?d States and insular issessions, most of his time has been >ent in highly specialized TeeTrnfCht struct ion. and when America went to this war. he simply could not spared for the fighting line. Those ghor up have felt that he was far ore important in charge of training ork than any one ollicer could poslily In- at the front, and that Is why has never gotten to France. I tut is not to be understood that Col. Ilison is complaining or that he is a uiiplainer. He is essentially a soler and lie realizes that it is his tsiness to obey those in authority. he could have the ordering of his ,vn service in accordance with his ,vn notion for awhile, it is not dif-ult to imagine where lie would be it bin about two weeks from now; it of course that is out of the qticsiin. Col. Allison will continue to do hat he has always been doing ever nee lie arrived at the age of responIdlity?discharge Ids full duty down i the last requirement. Vagaries of Politics. The vagaries of politics have been marked so frequently that it is irdly worth while to talk about such ings. - - u_i...,? ...,.iar?|!in.l MOST ;>oiii!l i .immiiiiiii... ........... ie i nil till- thoroughly anyway. Tlio object of South Carolina jm>1 irs is to oloot your man so as to soiro political control for yourself nn?l it-nils. The most essential rule In play in? it- frame is to camouflage your real irposes under the guise of desire to be orth while to the country and proote the well-being and happiness of imanity generally. There have In-en men in polities ith eyes and purposes single to the iblic good: but there are not many. The average politician looks upon le honor, power and emolument of fee sis private benefits that belong as ueh to ttie man who succeeds in inging them down or raking them In i do the contents of a gold mine to le man who has discovered and dedoped the same. There is such a thin? as patriotism nong the people, and that Is the iison why we hear so much of that lestion among the iioliticians. It is town that the people esteem patriism as a quality above all other inian attributes and that is why the iblic hears so much about the paiotistn or lack of patriotism of the iposing candidate. The principal meaning of politics In nuth Carolina is that If Cole Blcase lOUld set to the Cnlted States sene. it will be very much more dif-?ilt for the crowd that has political >ntrol In Columbia to say who shall id who shall not hold the various i>dcral ottlces. That was the objection to Mr. lease in 1914. when he was running rainst Mr. E. D. Smith, and It Is the jection in 1918, and it is the only ejection. Circumstance in evidence: ot a sinple pround on which Blease as foupht in 1914 has ever been mentioned in connection with the unpaipn of 191.8. Mr. Dial was a candidate in 1912. id was as much of a joke as James ranklin Rice is today. If Tillman id lived Dial would still be the Joke ? was in 1912. If Dial had not onred this race, and there had been il>ody left after the death of Tlllan but Mr. Rice, Mr. Rice would >w be the patriot that Mr. Dial has x-otne. As to whether Mr. Blease or Mr. ial or Mr. Rice is elected to the nited States senate makes very lit tie difference to us, that is. very little personaJ difference. Really, It makes no personal difference at all. We are . ?i-.i.. i? tv?. humtile canacitv of publishing a newspaper. We are 1 doing that as a matter of duty rather than us a matter of profit. None of J the candidates have anything that Is worth while that they can give to the publishers of this fiaper or that the j publishers of this paper would have from them. We have no opinion or influence that we have any right to believe ls of commercial value, and if J we had such opinion or influence, we would never sell it or compromise it and according to our view we are rather disinterested than otherwise. J CHESTER POSTMASTERSHIP I As to Where it Goes Depends Upon the Vote of the Incumbent. ] Columbia State. Saturday. Chester, Aug. 23.?CoL T. J. Cunningham. postmaster of Chester, this < afternoon made the statement that Sam Johnson of the internal revenue office in Columbia had met him at a , Southern railway train Tuesday morn- ' ing and stated that X. B. Dial, candidate for the tinted States senate, had | said that if he (Colonel Cunningham) would throw his support to him (Dial) that he would take care of him in the forthcoming postmaster appointment . here. A telegram received here from \Lr. Dial stated: "Have not made | promise to support anyone for any office nor have I authorized any prom- 1 ise." In connection with the above statement and telegram, Mr. Dial tele- y phoned James H. Glenn, county chairman. to give this additional statement to the press: "Mr. Dial stated that he had reason to expect that soine such eleventh hour tactics would be used against ' , nun. i mil so mi ?j? ?? . jtort any one in Chester for postmaster. he had not done so. Further, that he. as a candidate, had made no promise of support to any one for apjKiintive offices; that he was running for the senate on his own merit ;uid was seeking no man's vote by promise of office, relying solely on his merit and platform of patriotism. No Knowledge of Offer. "He further stated that he knew of no such offer being made Mr. Cunningham, nor had he authorized any one to make any such offer; that the telegram from the Chester News was the tirst that he knew of the entire nuttier, and no such offer of this kind to Mr. Cunningham, or to any one. at any time, had ever been made or authorized by him. "Mr. Dial further stated that he would trust the thinking voters of Chester county to |Kty no attention to eleventh hour reports ntude too lute | for him to have an opportunity to answer." Colonel Cunningham's Statement Colonel Cunningham this afternoon made the following statement to the State's correspondent: "I received it long distance message front Columbia at 6 o'clock Tuesday morning saying that Mr. Sam Johnson would be on No. 36 and had a very iui|iortaiit message for ine. I anticipated when 1 got the message that it was a business message from Mr. Johnson of Fairfield, connected with the power company, but, being delayed on reaching the train and finding it to be Mr. Sam Johnson of Kock 11 ill. I realized at once that It was not the jH-rson thut 1 expected to see. "lie Hist said that he was sorry lie didn't reach the train earlier, that he would have liked to have had u talk with me. 'However, I have a message from Mr. Dial asking your support, stating that he would take care of you and the rest of the late D. E. FLnley's appointees,' Mr. Johnson said. The train at that time moving off, I gave him to understand that Mr. Dial could not expect my support. "Immediately upon the arrival of the Southern at Hock Hill, Mr. Johnson culled me over the long distance phone saying that he was apprehensive that I misunderstood his motive, and that he was only giving Mr. Dial's message . "J ifcinSiiit Hiii.i kniritae matteriul confidence." The State yesterday received the following telegram from Mr. Dial: "Spartanburg, Aug. 23. | heard report from Chester about Cunningham. I have never promised or authorized any one to make any promise for me in reference to any appointment in my office in case 1 should be elected to the senate. "N. B. Dial." Mr. Johnson's Part. When the foregoing statement of Mr. Cunningham was called to the attention of Mr. Johnson last night, he said: "It is perfectly true that, in a personal and unofficial way, as an old friend of the late Congresman Finley. to whom Mr. Cunningham owes his appointment, 1 suggested to him. without authority from N. B. Dial that if Mr. Dial were elected, his chances of confirmation would be promoted. The postmaster is appointed by the president, and President Wilson had said Over his signature in unequivocal terms that Mr. Blease cannot be a friend of the administration. It seemed plain to me that Mr. Cunningham could not hope longer to hold the postmastcrship by the president's indulgence and at the same time challenge him by supporting Mr. Blease. It was intended to confer a favor by calling this aspect of his case to his attention, and I have no apologies to make. "Having been the secretary of the late Congressman Finley for five years I was familiar with Mr. Cunningham's case. If he resents the service that I proffered him in good part and with the best of intentions and insists in placing himself in a posture of antagonism to the president, then it is up to him to take care of himself." SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS ? Col. Arthur uaston, wno nas t>een chairman of Chester's local exemption board since its creation, has tendered his resignation with a view to going into active service as soon as the new manpower bill becomes a law. ? Charlton Wilkes Sawyer, comptroller general of the state of South Carolina, shot and almost instantly killed himself at his home in Columbia last Friday afternoon about 2 o'clock. He was cleaning his gun preparatory to a dove hunt which he was to take on Saturday in his home county of Orangeburg, when the gun was accidentally discharged. A verdict of accidental death from gunshot wounds at his own hands was returned by the coroner's jury Friday night. Witnesses testified that Mr. Sawyer had made all preparations for a hunt Saturday and that he had gone to his home for the purpose of cleaning his gun. Mr. Sawyer was 39 years of age. and had been comptroller general since April, 1915, having been appointed by Governor Manning to succeed A. W. Jones, when the latter became chairman of the state tax commission. Mr. Sawyer had no opposition this year and would have been re-elected today. ? Sentiment in Paris Is against wasting any time or thought on any idea of peace before July or August of next year. The French are much pleased with the announcements of General March and Secretary Baker that eirhtv American divisions are to be sent to , France, and while not at all belittling the prowess of Germany's military ef- * forts and frankly facing the possibility 1 of temporary changes in the fortunes of war, there is a feeling that with the coming of America's eighty or more divisions, with the additional forces of France, England and Italy, the time for forcing Germany to her knees and 1 ending the war can be figured out to ' a mathematical certainty. Early and plausible peace proposals are expected from Berlin, but the disposition is to 1 not waste time in parleys. Germany's < good faith is distrusted and none be- i lieve that a single life or a minute of time can be saved by treating seriously any approach she may make. Ultl- 1 mate success is confidently expected, because of the efforts ef America on i the battlefields and at home. It Is rec- I ognlzed that America has undertaken i a tremendous task in its determination | to see the war through to a successful finish, whether that finish Is a year off 1 or ten years off, but the belief that ] America will do pust that is very j strong. locai? affaih8. new advertisements > o Box l&s. Bock Hill?Wants experienced *?u. ladies (or dry goods and ready-to-wear deuiruneDtJ. r J Matthews. Bock Hill No. 4?Wants renter 'for four to aix boras farm in King's Mountain township. See him or J. T. Hannon on the farmC Wiley- Pastor?Announces that Rev. Rich' ard Carroll will deliver an address on the Wesley M E. church grounds Friday afternoon and in the evening in the church. I i) Hope, Sharon?Invites you to become one 'of his customers today if not already a customer. He is still selling laundry soap at 6 een'.s a cake. It is a good time to buy to now if you are a user. in J- L- Houston, Pres.?Invites the ladies | of the town to attend a mating of the Mothers' '-'Cith Century Class in the courthouse on liureday evening at 6 o'clock. Lesslie Smith, Clerk?Urges members of Filbert camp No. ISC, W. O. W? to attend a meeting of the camp Friday evening. L K. Williams. Probate Judge?Gives notice that B. M. Love has applied for letters of administration on the estate of Margaret L. Hodman, deceased. 3inton Bros.?Have mill feed at 12.76 per aack. Good for milk cows and for fattening hogs. Remember the reduced prices on groJtar'^TOestre?Programme for Monday night. Tuesday Wednesday and Thursday. Five net drama tonight. Wm. Hart Tuesday. =Vnstein Bargain House?Announces the coming of a representative of the Columbia Tailoring company to its store tomorrow, Wednesday, with full line of sample fabrica for men's made-to-measure clothing, tie. J. M. Ferguson?Has established s millinery' parlor in her home and will be pleaacd la have the ladiee inspect what she has to offer in the newest millinery styles, fork Furniture Co.?Gives notice that after next Saturday the 10 per cent discount on furniture and bouse furnishings will be discontinued. Buy this week. V. E Ferguson?Talks about groceries and the service that he is giving to his customers. He sells only the best qualities that are to be had. Phone or call on him for your wanta. Both cotton and corn have deteriorited tremendously within the past two veeks. The deterioration amounts to iardl> less than 30 per cent. Henry B. James of Yorkville, says le still has the luile of 1914 cotton hat he bought for 10 cents when the narkct was under 8 cents. He menioned the matter Incidentally a few lays ago. The food administration is advising ill retail dealers to at once get to voik securing their supplies of salt or next winter. It is explained that he outlook for a shortage Ls about the ?uiie as it was at the same time l:ust iear. Salt refiners and packers need ots of coal in their business, and here is no certainty of getting a sufictent quantity. "Whore did you get all these peo>le?" usked the reporter of Conducor Smith of the Southern lust Sun? - - - ?... .,...?..,i lay niKiii, iviwims i? " > ? ??. if (tassengers on his train. "1 can't xplain It," replied the conductor. "It ias been that way at every station all he way down from Marion. They iave been getting on antl off in crowds ind the truin has been full all the vhlle. Or. W. W. Kennel I has about llnish d a handsome bungalow that he has teen building on his form at Isuido or some time past. The busy doctor ias had ait idea that he should have i place to which he can retire for rest old seclusion when tired, and the >ungalow is the outcome of that idea. That he is perfectly sincere in his dea there is absolutely no question; >ut to people who know the doctor, tis disposition, and the demands upon lis knowledge and skill, the idea of est is amusing rather than otherwise. It is the purpose of The Enquirer to ;ollect and tabulate the returns from oday's election, state and county, ^Mviil^the county as usual, and also Wlf~our purpose to bulletiiT those reurns as rapidly as received for the >eneflt of the public. We shall not ittempt, however, to issue an extra nlitlon, as we have been doing, for the enson that such effort would not be ipproved by the war industries board, rhc full returns from the county elecion, as well as all available informnlon from the state election will be lubllshed Friday. Now it is your hat that is to add its >it to winning the war. Heretofore evsry individual man and woman could iave his or her hat just any shape, size ind color that taste demanded; but 191? Ol/ ICO ai c iv uc icovi ivvcu iv mnc ihadcs and twelve shapes. By order of he war industries board felt hats are jut under restrictions to save wool and nanufacturers of spring: hats must tovern themselves accordingly. The toard requests that hat linings be ibolished and cords, buttons, eyelets ind other additional ornaments to hat ixterlors are prohibitedSave them. The government needs hem. And saving them might actualy protect your son or brother from he Hun gas attacks in France. The rovernment wants all the plum and jeach seeds, hickorynut und walnut ihells It can get for making carbon for ras masks. The gas defense division >f the United States army says that 100 tons of nut shells are being used >ach day and the demand is growing. Vext to cocoanut shells, the supply of vhich has already been taken over by he government, fruit pits of various clnds are best Schools, stores, llbra ies and banks are to be requested to ict as gathering stations and the Red >oss chapters are to be given final nstructions as to bagging and shipping. School children will not be especially worried about a recent order of the war industries board, and possibly tome parents may be actually pleased with it. The order relates to the proluctlon of school and college textpooks, the publishing of which is orlered reduced to BO per cent or less of lormal during the period of the war. Phe object of the order Is to conserve :he paper supply and to save transporjit ion space. The use of certain kinds )f paper is prohibited entirely and the ichools and colleges and boards of edication are requested to make no :hanges of textbooks now in use except where the books are very clearly unlulted to the needs of the schools. Buying new books for the children iach year is a constant irritant to nany parents and under the order of ?- - inHnatriM hoard there will be .HO fewer books to select from and the rhlldren will have fewer books to carry. Revision of old books to meet the present conditions wilt not be considered as new books and will be allowed f the revision Is justifiable. HOTEL BURNED Piedmont Springs hotel was deitroyed by Are of unknown origin last Thursday afternoon. The Are broke out In an upper room, possibly from a carelessly thrown iigarette, and had made such head*ray before it was discovered that ppthing could be done to check the lames. The hotel was being conducted this lummer by Mrs. J. E. Castles. It was Ming well patronized and was probibly doing better than during any previous season. The loss on the building was pret;y well covered by Insurance; but tfrs. Castles lost furniture and other property of considerable value. The hotel building which was a * handsome and expensive structure, was erected alout 190S. and it has been open to the public every season since with varvinp financial success. WITHIN THE TOWN ? Oeortte I- Wallace, who was wounded not lon<r ajro. will not likely ever gat back into his old outfit, notwithstanding his brave talk. His father has a letter, written by some one connected with the hospital, that elves more specific information of his condition. This letter describes the young man as having a hole in his bq-1 hip enough to Insert a fist, and the' bullet that made the hole also fractured the bone. In his last letter Mr. Wallace also tells his father that he does not expect to receive any pay during his stay in that particular hospital?Base Hospital No. 15?meaning that he probably will be transferred before the paymaster pets around?and that he could use a little money to advantage. The Enquirer beps to suggest that local people might very well raise some $25 or $3(1 for the comforl and convenience of the wounded soldier. SATURDAY'S ENROLLMENT The enrollment last Saturday of the young men under the Jurisdiction of Local Board N'o. 2, who came of age between June 5 to August 24, added thirty-five names to the board's list of selectives?twenty-live whites and ten blacks. The board figures that there ought to have been as many blacks as whites, and thinks that the failure of the blacks to come up with a full quota is due to two causes, first, possible lack of information as to requirements, and second, lack of exact dates as to birth records. The enrollment was as follows: Whites?Wallace Lewis Brakefleld, Willis Mack Biggers, Ralph McDowell Branch, Lebie Costner. John George Conley, John David Campbell, Floyd McAllister Davis. Jess Leroy Deas, Walter Hines, Carl Lesslie Killian V ester Ratchford Martin, William Sadler Moore, William Paul Nickel). Robert Frank Plaxlco. Wllburn Ruff, Andral Bratton Plexico, George Rufus Wal - vMm-criu Oarar lace, Anurew nuiw Love Smarr, Robert Hilton Taylor, Irby McLaurin Wallace, James Dale White, Joseph Clarence Wylie, Luther Jennings Wright, Thomas Hlcklin Whi taker. Negroes?James Howard Rurton, John Evans. Henry Oilmore, Everoy King, Dee Littlejohn, John Wesley Ross, Stark Robert, Lige Stewart, Richard Smith, Claude Wade. OFF FOR THE ARMY Fifty-live negroes went to Camp Jackson front the jurisdiction of l<ocul Hoard No. 2 last Saturday morning. This is the largest increment that h;ts yet gone down. It includes many men who have heretofore been held back until they could work out the crops and about cleans up all of that list. A number of men were inclined to hold back a while longer to finish gathering the crops; but when it was explained that within another few weeks there would be a clean sweep an>way, most objections to immediate induction were withdrawn. Following is a list of the men who went to camp last Saturday: James Archie, Albert Anderson, Wade Anderson, Harry Armstrong, Alaska Alexander, Clarence Bird, Harris Bratton, Tom Blair, Noisy Burris, Clinton Burris, George Burris Accie Dievey Carter, Sam Collins, James Coleman, Sherman Davis, Clinton Feemster. Perry Hardin, Boyd Hall, Sumter Hardin, Sam Hemphill, Frank Hardin, Earnest Hardin, Sam Love, John Loyd, McKinley Love, M. BHudson McCleney, Will Moore, John Edward McDowell, Robert Miller, RoyMiller, Albert Meeks, John Miller, Ruben Nance, Moses Roberts, Waddell Roberts, Bertus Roberts, Alexander Bobbins, Walter Robinson, H. C. Robinson, Mannie Steel, Edd Sanders, Louis Tomison, James Walker Thompson, Frank Thomasson, Brown Thomasson. Marshal Tigler, Lembrick Thomas, William Worthy, Amos Williams, William, Withcrspoon, Frank Walker, Albert Williams, James Wilks, | Leonard Woods, l^ang Wilkes. Wash pot still Of course the churches are not running them and neither arc the church members supporting them, but the moonshine stills seem to show an inclination to stick pretty close in the neighborhood of the churches. Stills have been broken up all around Bethany and there are right now quite a number in that neighborhood that have not been broken. There was no church right close to tlie still that was broken up on the Blue Kock spring l>ranch not long ago; but so close have been the distillers to Beth-Shiloh anil Allison Creek that they could hear the singing while they worked. It has not been long since a moonshine plant was broken up near BethShiloh, and now the sheriff has broken one up out near Allison Creek church, on the D. A. A. Watson old place. This was lost Saturday afternoon. Magistrate T. B. Glenn of Ebenezer, repotted the existence of the plant and he and Magistrate H. L. Johnson, accompanied the sheriff to the spot. The party found what they went for and a curious find it was?a distilling outfit improvised out of an old iron washpot with a cider keg for a cap and a piece of galvanized pipe for a worm. The thing had been in operation and a considerable amount of whisky had been manufactured at the place. In connection with the breaking up of the still the officers arrested Boss Hawkins, Friedheim Hawkins and \V. A. Cook, who were bound over for a preliminary hearing yesterday. next increment of whites Thirty white men are to be inducted into the service by Local Board No. 2 on next Wednesday afternoon at 4 o'clock and they will be sent to camp on Thursday morning. The list will be made ud from the following forty two young men who have been instructed to appear for selection: to appear for selection: John Franklin Kiser. John Croswell Slaughter. Van Buren Presaly. Kobert Berry Kobinson. Kellie Fish. Frazier Lester Price. Fred Cui-tis Snider. John Gary Bryan. Ebenezer Berry Faulkner. Columbus Harrison Ferguson. Arthur Nelson Brown. George Franklin Ashley. William Thomas Lockridge. Jonathan Forest Boheler. Ernest Walker. William Orr Sparrow. William Arthur Smart. Bratton Gist Smith. William Mack Turner. Blossom McAfee. Jessie James Collins. Robert Meek Hope. John Crowley Thrift. William Winford Campbell. Theodore Ernest Sturgis. Idrell Evans Boyd. Claud Edward SmJth. Harry Hunter Jackson. Benjamin Purcell. Andral Dover. Willie Thomas Moore. Daxld Henry Brown. Charles William Hullett. William Neil Wallace. William Burt Queen. Marion Howe. Jesse Walker Lynn. Newton DeLoach Whltesldes. Prentiss Quay Hamhright. William Leroy Stephenson. Thomas Houston Hopper. William Wtnford Campbell. ABOUT PEOPLE. Mis Dotyithy Neil of Columbia, is visiting Miss Gladys Neil in Torkville. Miss Dorthov Neil of Columbia. Is visiting her aunt, Mrs. J. R. Hart, in Torkville. Mrs. I'. W. Patrick and children of Torkville, are visiting relatives in St. George. Mrs- B. M. Nivens and son. Master Hazel, of Torkville. visited relatives at Lesslie last week. Mr. J. A. Jenkins of New Tork. la visiting his father, Mr. W. W. Jenkins, in Yorkville. E Seaman Perry Ashe of the L". S. navy, is visiting his mother. Mi's. S. C\ Ashe, In Yorkville. Mrs. Sam Moore of Charlotte, was 1 the guest of the family of Mr- J. M. J Starr in Yorkville last week. Mr. and Mrs. W. Mason McConnell and children, of Yorkville. nro spendlog a few days at Blowing Rock. N. C. Mr. S. P. Johnson, who has been e spending a few days near Stanley. N. i C., has returned to his home in York- * ville. i Private Arthur T. Hart of Camp ' Given, Charlotte, visited his father. ' Mr. G- W. S. Hart in Yorkville. Sun- ? day. Mrs- C. J. Youngblood, who has been spending several days at Piedmont springs, has returned to ner nome in . Yorkvllle. Miss Lydla Richardson, who has "v been spending some time at her home , in Bryan, Ohio, has returned to York- i ville : Mr. and Mrs. H. B. James and little | daughter, who have been visiting at I Mt. Airy. N. C., have returned to their home in Yorkvillc. r Mrs. W. S. Pa :erson, who has been ' visiting her parents. Mr. and Mrs. J. * M. Stroup, in Yorkvillc, has returned > to her home in Lancaster. Dr. Eleanora Saunders of Columbia, J and Miss Belva Saunders are visiting '. their |>arents, Mr. and Mrs. O. I.. ' Saunders, in Yorkvillc. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Kimball of Fort , Mill, and Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Bailes of Shepton, X. C., spent Thursday with | Mrs. S. A. Xivens in Yorkvllle. t Private Paul Dutilap of Camp t Jackson, spent Sunday with the hum- \ ly of his father, Mr. Thus. Dunlap, on r Yorkvllle No. 3. ? Mr. R. L. Robinson of Yorkvillc No. x 6. has received a card from his son. II. C. Robinson, announcing the hitter's ' safe arrival in France. Mr. J. H. Good of No. l, Yorkvllle, has information of the safe arrival of , his son. lamis P. Good, in France, lb , went over with the hist division. Mrs- J. it. Ashe and daughters. Miss- i es Esther and Mabel, who have been | visiting at Brevard, N. C., have return- i ed to their home in Yorkvllle. ; Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Seabrook ami 1 Miss Pauline Seabrook of Edisto is- | land, vistied the family of Dr- J. D. t McDowell in Yorkvllle last week. Otto Starr, colored, of Rock Hill, is J mentioned in last Saturday's overseas casualty list, among three who "have died of accident and other causes." Mrs. Robert Witherspoon and daugh- ( ter, Miss Rita, who have been spend- | ing some time at Blowing Rock, have returned to their home in YorkvllleWalter Carroll, son of Mr. J. J. Car- . roll, formerly of Yorkvillc. now of Greenville. N*. C.. has advised York- ! ville friends that he has arrived over ( Miss Amelia Kennedy and Masters | William and James Kennedy, who i have been visiting friends in Hickory i Grove, have returned to their homes in ( Yorkville. I Mrs. W. M. Kennedy and her father, Mr. M. A. Carlisle, who have been 1 spending some time at Piedmont ; springs, have returned to their home ! In Yorkville. Prof. D. L. Rambo of Yorkville, was advised on last Friday afternoon of ' the death of his mother, aged 89, in ' Philadelphia, and left that afternoon for the purpose of attending the funeral Mr. W. T. Moore of Yorkville, has a letter from his son, James Moore, who ' is In the British merchant marine ser- ' vice, saying that he is now in a British ' hospital at Buenos Aires, recovering 1 from injuries sustained as the result of un accident on shipbourd. The young 1 man does not explain the nature of the i accident in which he was hurt; but 1 says he hopes to be up and about with- 1 in a few weeks. Mr. Morris F. Cobb, who has for ' tile past several years been cashier ( of tin- Loan and Savings bank of Yorkville, will shortly leave for Ltiin- . herton. N. C\, to take a similar po- , sition with a hank at that place at a ( largely Increased salary. The Loan and Savings hank, not feeling war- ' ranted in meeting the fine offer ol the j Luinherton hank, generously released him; hut nevertheless it has given j him up with much regret. The com- , munity generally will regret the departure of Mr. and Mrs. Cobb, who 1 have made many friends here. LOCAL LACONICS I Colonel Alliton at Camp Meade. , Greenville Piedmont: Greenville J friends of Col. James B. Allison and ' the public generally, will be interested * to learn that he has been assigned to 1 the command of 11.000 men to be sta- 1 tioned at the new signal corps camp ' at Camp Meade. Md. Col. Allison was ' formerly colonel of the Second South 1 Carolina National Guard. He is a na- 1 tive South Carolinian, having been 1 horn and raised in Yorkville. where J his brother and two sisters reside. The following from the Camp Meade ' edition of Trench and Camp, in con- 1 neetion with Colonel Allison's new as- 1 signn.ent, will be of general interest: ' "Col. Allison will have charge of ' eighteen training battalions, two tele- ' graph battalions, a school for 1.000 ' "buzzers" and an officers' training 1 school fitted for 500 candidates, in j addition to this there will he a school ' where 200 commissioned men will j study specialties In the signal work. ' In view of the size of his task it is not ' unlikely that the colonel will be made 1 a brigadier general. The officers' ' training school will be under the im- 1 mediate direction of Col. John B. 1 Christian, now in charge of a similar 1 school at Leon Springs, Tex. All the ! signal work will now T>e centered at 1 Meade. It was stated positively that ' there will be no aviation field estab- ' lished here. Meade is to have the first 1 out-and-out signal corps camp in the ! I nlted States and it will be the most ! Modern iruriK in nn lull; nmvi ivu* I'our million dollars will be spent on it. Camps, heretofore, have been built with the idea tluit soldiers can drill In all kinds of weather, regardless of their health. This is to be changed entirely. When the wintry winds blow and the rain, hail or snow beat down from the heavens the signal men in the camp at Kelly's crossing will be drilling in their own hall. .00x300 feet, one of the largest floors in the country." United States Jurors. The following grand and petit jurors have been drawn to serve at the approaching term of the fnitid States district court, to convene at Kock 11ill on September 10th: Ontnd Jurors? '' * U*KI?<* DioHmimt I l-l V iltf>n .Montlcello: Harry L. White, Spartan- ' burg; W. D. Byrd, laurens : J. T. J Morgan, Welford; W. H. Chastine, ' Taylors: A. B. Cromley, Saluda: B. H. 1 Crawford, Union; J. J. Lister, C'ampo- ' hello; T. M. Miller, Greenwood: R. T. { Allison. Yorkvllle; J. H. Tate, Ander son: James Anderson. Travelers' Rest: ; T. J. Brltt, Handover: Brennan Hlte, ' LeesvUle; J. M. Evans, Anderson: T. ' C. Jeter, Carlisle; E. M. Cothran, Toney Creek: J. H. Prultt, Starr: A- M. McGill, Yorkvllle; Joe Cox, Toney t Creek; W. B. Keller, Yorkvllle: Joseph t P. Simmons, Ware Shoals. The Petit < Jurors?J. L. McMillan. Abbeville; E. i F. Parker. Spartanburg: Mason Wil- i hereon, Hickory Grove; W, H. Crews, t Spartanburg: B. R. Fuller, Mount- 1 vllle; T. M. Garrett, Norrls: Calhoun \ Prultt, Starr; Oscar W. Potts. Fort / Mill; J. R. Caskey, Lancaster; Lonnle i Kldson, Johnston; Joe Freeman, Tay- t 'ors: L. V. Livingston. Pomarla: W. j K. Leslie. Abbeville: W. F. McGee, < Iva; T. A. Barron, Rock Hill; L. D. i Itonner. Gaffney: Charles H. Sparks, t Gaffney; H, B. Perry, Lancaster; A. < % lonner MoOrau-. Gnffney: Mills Fstos. lookton: S. J. DuPree. Glendale: S. >. Gibson, Oampobello; J. S. Smith, "airplay: W. H. Prince. Walhalla: H. >1. A all. Pendleton: I. \V. Henry, .lountjun Rest: W. W. Robinson. Anlerson: K. 11. Patrick. White Oak: G. I. Trotter, Saluda: It. P. Massoy. took Hill: H. W. Quarrels, Cold springs; J. A. Hyatt. Van Wyck: I. I. Clyde. Concsteo: A. O. Kennedy, West: V. X. lianna. Knorve: \V. d. Harvey. Woedtvaril: Hump Sims, 'rineetou; W. Kd' Hendrix. Pickens: \ W. Potts. Pott Mill: W. P. Xlmnons. S- teen. STILL PUSHING ONWARD iritikh Have Captured 17.000 Germuns Since Wednesday. Not withstanding- the fact that the crmans have brought up strong renfoivenn-nts on botli wines of the attie front, the Itritish and Ftvnch oreos everywhere have beaten off the nenty and continued their victorious ro gross. Many additional towns have been apturvd bv Field Marshal Haiti's men n the north, while the French have uccessfull> overcome obstacles placed n their way and reached territory lorth of Soissons which adds further o the dangers of the Hermans in the Co>on sector and to their line running astward trotn Soissons to Uheims. All along the fiont from Arms to he Sontme the Hermans arc gradually cum driven back to the old llindcnMirtr line by th?- Itritish. Along the :;>n:tne the eneniv is being harassed cell to the east of Itrnv. while furher north strong counter-attacks lave been repulsed and the town of datnetz. the Mantel z wood. Martin uich. l/csars and la* Ifcmiuc have >een captured. It is around Itapaunie that the Hernans an- keeping up their strongest fforts to hold hack the tide that is airging against them, but the Itriish are continuing to make slight :ains daily in the process of surroundng the town, which seemingly soon mist be evacuated. The taking of a'sars and l.e Baniuc np|?enrs to be i forerunner of this eventuality. I.e >ar<iue is onl\ two and one-half idles southwest of I to pantile. Kv? r> wlu-i e I'Xci'liI directly south of l>a ui in- the Itritish a if will across lu MiilKitlliK - Ml>t it 11>.hI aiiii north of ho town they are fast prcsslm; forvtLl'il the llinili'iihiinr line. I'notlicial i'l>oi'tM have placed tin- llritbh in the utskirts ol' liiilh eoin t, uhieli is just vtst of tile olil line. Since last Wednesday. the Itritish ia\e taken more than IT.ooo |>risoners liuI I.lire number.-. oi mills ami ureal iiiantities of supplies have fallen into heir hands. Some of the prisma rs alien have heell identified its eoiniim ruin Austin-Hungarian units. The fiertnans are lauiiehiiin stroiia ounter-at lacks against tin ITeiieh etweell the Oise and Allette livers n an endeavor to hold haeli tSeiieral daiiKtn's ailliy. whieli is threateninu he entire Herman front in this rculmi. lire also the Hermans have hern ivnfoived hy troops from the Hun I tlonarehy. North of Soissons. in the 'ejfion ol linum ii\. the l-'reneh have nade fmtiter protrres* eastward and low hiv alireast the railroad line -iiniiinu from Soissons to l.aon. A onsiderahle number ol additional risoiiers have fallen into l-Tcllctl lands. Detachment Reaches Pys. In the neighborhood of Thiepval. a Srilish detaehinent duiinu the early art ol the advanee. innnam-d to reach 'ys, init soon found itsell siirroiinded n all sides h> the enemy. An airplane saw the detachment's ilifjld and droppid a message. "Stick 0 it," and soon after heavy Itritish ormutioiis attacked at this point and 1 rove olT the tierinaiis relieving their lard pressed vomrtides. Since then I'ys has been left well lehind. I'ozieres southeast of Tliiep al. fell Sunday morning and later Vlauu Iz uas oeeiipied, as Well as ilai tinpmch. Tllero was no siuil of the Itoclic iround Martinpuieh. although Just to lie south, bitter tluhtinu eontinm-s. MERE-MENTION Certain Italian newspapers are try* tig to fori'i' tin* r<Micnsiti?>n of For* i).n Minister Sonniim. I > stirring up itl'ife l>etween liitll Mild Premier < >i ando. Other impcrs sn> that any disigrec tin lit that may apls-ar to exist s only imaginary ami is part of a tolithal guym- to interfere with Italy's 'orcign poliey \ British sliipmascr last week signed up eleven ?"liI lese sailors at I'hilailelphia tit illo >er month, the highest priee ever |Kii<l !iriental ship lalior Muring the week ending AllKUSt 1 *>. ICi.'i woliiuieil Vmoriean soldiers were brought hack 0 hospitals in the t'niteii States from France Seven enemy aliens attacked a guard at a war prison eanip it Foil Douglas, I'tali, last T hurst lay. Ml st ven are in the |sjst hospital, laving been shot l?> the guard with a Ctin loaded with luiekshot. The famous 'Jut bee bridge across the St. luiwrcncc river, that twice collapsed 1 ii rim; construct ion, was completed tint tested last week, sustaining a lead weight ol' 23,000,01)11 pounds, file Pennsylvania state council of defense. in co-operation with the Ked ral department of labor, is placing workers at the rate of 30,000 jht Month The war de|turtinent has iiithorizfd volunteer t list meats of ac'ountants, statistical ilraftsiuen, slatsticians, stenographers, etc., for service with the statistics branch of the ;c*n? i.-il stall". \ toru.'ulo wreeketl he town of Tyler, Minn., last Wednesday night. Fifteen or more lives ivere lost and probably 100 people were wounded ..The pulp and pal*>r division of the war Industries loard. has advised the Weekly Hullfiin of Butte. Mont., that it will not be :ifi milted to change from a weekly to i daily i>uper at this time \j| of !ho "conscientious objectors" of the irmy from tin eastern part of the ountry are to he sent to I'.imu Memie Vltl The Coascaruppa. the second ihip to be launched at the Hog Island ihipyard, Philadelphia, took the water Saturday afternoon Herbert C. Hoover, Federal food administrator, irrlved at an Atlantic port Friday, aft?r a stay of several weeks In England ind France Two Philadelphia army clothing manufacturers are under ar-est on charges of selling cloth scraps ?nd clippings belonging to the government, to a Junk dealer. A Polish ?ditor, writing the Pall Mall Gazette, [x>ndon, says that the president of the council of Cracow, has officially announced that the authorities could no onger guarantee the safety and peace )f the population. Many prisoners hu\n neen released from Jails because of the inability of the authorities to supply hem with food Paris newspapers ire vaguely hinting that a "great Hertha will soon be heard. Will that echo tnave a Yankee accent?" They are referring to an American gun with a tremendously long range, soon expected to be heard on the French front. The capture of General Petapoff, jomnrander of the Red Guard army in the Murmansk region of Russia, by peasants, who turned him over to the British, is reported from Petrograd. Impress Augusta Victoria of Germany, s reported as being quite ill, due to 'overstrain from her war work activities." Four men were killed and nineteen injured by the explosion of a lepth bomb aboard the U. S. S. Orizaba it sea on August 16th? Following the death of Senator Galllnger of New Hampshire, Senator Eodee of Massa;husetts, will become the Republican eader of the senate The fleet corporation Is preparing to build 75 truwl?rs to take the place of Ashing vessels iunk by German submarines off the S'ew Found coast .-General John I. rersning win celebrate his &tsth jirthday on Friday, the 13th of Sep:ember. ? America's aircraft programme for ;he great army that is counted upon :o win the war next year calls for 3'0 :omplete squadrons of planes, and th nan part of the programme already a ahead of schedule with t.000 pllo's rained. This Information, given l>y Major General Kenly, chief of the ?!',-islon of military aeronautics, and nany other facts hitherto held secret, sere disclosed last Saturday when ;he senate military committee mm'e iiibllc testimony taken behind clos< 1 loom, during three months of Investigations by the aviation sub-commitee, headed by Senator Thomas of Colorado.