The Manning times. (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, August 21, 1918, Image 1
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VOL. X XVIIIMANNING, S. C. WEDNESDAY, AUGST 21, 1918 n No 3
HUNS UNABLE TO STAND
TERRIFC BLOWS BEING
DELIVERED BY ALLIES b
French and British Forces Strik di
Savagely and Enemy Line Recoils tI
and Then Yields Important o1
Ground - i
OVER 8,000 HUN PRISONERS tli
tI
Offensive Between the Oise and
the Aisne and- Makes 01
Great Progress
From Soissons to the Belgian bor- T
der the German armies in various im
portant sectors are being put to the n
test by the French and British. And st
it is a test that seemingly bodes ill I
for: the Teutonic arms, for nowhere
have they been able to sustain the n
shocks. n
Northwest 'of Soissons, from the "
Aisne to the Oise, north of the Oise I t
to the region around koye in the Ar
ra*. settor and northward on the fa-, tl
'inos Lys salient, the Germans every- s
awhere have been compelled to fall
back under the pressure of the French "
and- British troops. c
New Offensive- 'i
In'a new offensive launched by the a
French general, Mang:n, over a fo::t ft
* of approximately fifteen en'l h,'if 1li
miles, from Bailly, on the Oise to th, o1
Aisne, near Soissons, the Frenh in
their bitter fighting have carried for
ward their line to an average depth
cf two and a half miles, and in the C
first phases of the battle had turned
to French possession numerous' ene
my-held villages and farms. In addi
tion more than 8,000 Germans had E
been herded behind the line ah pris- si
oners. in
On Heels or Foe a
At last reports Manguin's men were "
still hard after thd enemy and unoffi
cial accounts placed the French on va
ridus sectors well in advance of the tI
positions outained in the French offi
cial communication.
Along the Scarpe river, east of Ar
iras, Field Marshal Iaig's forces, also a
have kept up their harassing tactics P1
against the enemy, who has been com
pelled 'to fall back eastward along the b
Searpe river. The Germans resisted
vigorously, but all to no purpose, and
the British advanced their lines to the
east of the village of Fampoux. Al- c
Though Haig claimed only a slight
forward movement here, particular ti
significance attaches to it by reason
of the fact that the Germans have
been driven back untl, they are vir
tually upon the old battle line as it
stood in December, 1917.
Lys Salient Narrowed
Northward the Lys salient again
has been narrowed down by the opera
tions of the British, who, north of C
Merville, have taken the villages of
Vierheek and La Couronne, and also
reached the hamlet of L'Epinette.
This gain represents a forward move- 0
ment of about a mile and a half and a
places the British astride the road 1
running southeastward to Estaires. b
Taken all in all, the new victories
of the Allied troops are highly impor- g
tant ones. The advances of the French
northwest of Soissons, taken in con- O
junction with t1 successful manoe"
kvers on the Lassigne sector.and south i
of Roye, where Beauvraignes has been
captured, seemingly means that the
enemy forces from the Somme to the c
Oise soon must give up their positions c
and retreat eastward. Indeed, it seems
not improbable now that Noyon isa
well outflanked on the south and b
southeast and the German line is none
too secure north of Soissons, and that
the enemy will be under the necessity g
of moving his troops northward from
The Vesle toward, if not across, the h
~A isne.
TFhe Germans still are stubbornly e
contesting with the British points of
vantage on the line .south of the
;omme, near Chaulnes, and north of
Roye, which are still in German hands,
rand which are the keystone to the a
enemy defense line. With the capture "
Qf Beauyraignes by the French, how-a
ever, Roye apparently is on the eve Iil
of fallhng and with its fall doubtless th
the entire line northwvard to the t
Sonmme also will give way.b
The Germans in the Merville sector t
of the Lys salient everywvhere are be-.It
rng closely followed by the British, as
they give us positions under attack at'
last accounts they were showing no
indication that an immediate halt is in tla
their mind. On the Lys front, although a
The Germans are showing some ressit- bj~
anice, they are not putting their wvont-h
ed heart into the work.
There has been little fighting along
the Vesle river, where the Americans
and French are' facing the eenm y.
AN 011L TANKElt0
SEEN IN F'LAMES
An Atlantic Port. Aug. 20.-A
~onker envelopedl in flames and ap- b
areintly abandoned by her crew, was 5
seen off the American conet by per
sons ;on a Biritirlh steamer from South J
American ports which :arrived here to
day.
2~The tanker was supposed! to have
been a U-boat victim, although the
"stoa~mer *encounteredl no iiubmas ine.
asengers on the ,stamship were abled
descry empty davits on the burning si
nker, from which it was gathered o'
at the' crew hadl made off in her Y
eboats. No signs of life were seen si
ard and the passeng1er vesselI did Ili
y enture to aproach. Steamship|
eera declined to disclose the tank.-n
- hdentity. itI
LIFEBOATS SWEPT ASHORE
-aft of .Bark Nordhain Found Intact
Near Norrolk ,
N folk, Va., Aug. 19.-Two aban
ne life boats of, th 'Norwegian
o dhav, sunk 1 tday by' a
bmarne ff the
t a N es, w ulore to
near p a found in
e breake bI s life saving crew
the Virginia Beach station, eleven
iles from Norfolk and later the surf
en of the Little Island Life Station
irty miles further south, reported
e recovery of the second.
Both boats contained a few articles
wearing apparel and a food supply
hich evidently had be4n hastily
rown into the bottom of the craft.
re life preservers in the boats were
so intach in their racks and the surf
en think the men were picked up by
me other vessel. There was no cvi
mee that either boat had capsized or
id been swamped. With a thirty-five
ile gale blowing and a high sea run
ng, surfmen declared it probably
as impossible for the rescuing ship
sav ethe small boats.
The boat that came ashore at Lit
e Island contained storm coats of
amen, a water cask, sea biscuits,
)ttles of wine and whiskey and down
the bilge water was found a purse
ntaining French and Italian coins. A
nail black satchel, securely locked,
d which was turned over to the
deral authorities of the pl(rt, is be
ved to contain the pirvate papers
the vess ..
SUB IRELEASES PRISONERS I
aptain of Torpedoed Ship and Others
Sent Ashore .
Boston. Aug. 19.-Capt. David I
vans, of the British steamer Peni
one, who vas taken aboard a Ger
an submarine as a prisoner of war.
ter the undersea boat sank the ves
I off Nantucket last week, was land.
I here late today. With Capt. Evans
ere eight members of the crew of
le Norwegian steamer San Jose, al
a victim of the same submarine
at destroyed the Penistone.
The San .Jose was sunk rome time
o. Capt. Evans, who had been kept
risoner on the submarine eight days,
as put imto one of the San Jose's t
nail boats, which was prcsed up later e
~-at government vessel. h
Twenty-five other members of the i
in Jose's crew had not been account
I for tonight. Naval authorities re- I
ised to give out anything concerning e
!e experiences of Capt. Evans or th i
eking of the San Jose. C
Capt. Evans anepeared little he b1
orse for his adventures. lie was d
szed by the German commander (
hen he tried to return to his sinking
ssel for the ship's paper...
-W-S-S- .i:
FIllST WAR OF ITS K INI)
- It
onflict Fought on Tobacco, Says.
lAndon Paper e
ILondon, July 1 .-(Correspondence
the Associated Press).--This war, d
London paper points out, is the first u
reat conflict in history which 'has e
yen fought on tobacco. Is
In all previous wars the nation' en- I
agedl have supplied their fighters I
ore or less generously with food, i
ipment and munitions, but rarely t
ith luxuries. In the present war pub
e and private agencies have been f
'Irking from the outset in all the i
?lligerent countries to provide the t
>ldiers with little "extras," and the t
Lief of these has been tobacco. V
To British soldiers almost uncount- i
le millions of cigarettes and hun- u
reds of tons of pipe tobacco have
:en sent, duty free. But despite these I
iormous shipments, the consumption v
tobacco in the British Isles has 1.
eadily increased. The cost of tobacco s
ts climbed from 12 cents to 18 cents r
1)ound( for the low grade Ameri- .(
mn proiduet, and a light China tobac
used for blending purposes has hi
Impledl from 12 cents to 90 cents a ii
:>und.
A nxiety andI nervo~us st ra in inse4.par. Ca
ble from a great war are held re- IJ
>onsible for the increase in smnok ing lu
home. Testimony from the. fromnt is v
at without generous supplies at .J
>mo. Testimony fronm the front is
at without generous supplies of to- I
meco the men could not withstand C
me strain of continuous conflict.I
Englandi's chief source of suipply ik
me United States, and the fear is en
rtnined here that, owving toi the war's
>ssible interference with product ion
mere antd an increasetd demandI, thie
niount available for this country may
materially lessened. Ronded stocks
re are even now dlanger-ously depilet
I owing tto decreased imports.
Ferance and Italy, with less exten
ye rources of supp~lly, have spared no
*forts to meet the tobacco needs- of
heir 0o(die*rs, and1( the same istre
Gsermany.
TIhe London0i press is speltulat in
hether it may not yet become nece- d
try to institute some systern of to
tcco rationing for those smokers no(t
gagedl in protductive war work.
tPANESE MOB AP'PI,IES TORCII.
ioters and Policeman are Wooundted .t
-Magy Ilousies Burned h
Thok io ,Aug. I17.--A mob of four p
otusandl persons attacked stores and s
~t fire to many houses in the city
:Kofu, capitol of the prefecture of
amashina, alccordling to an official
atement issued today. Rioters, po0
3eman and soldiers were wounded. i
Twenty houses were destroyed and t
uch property damagea at Hiroshima s
to statement addls.
The Times Will
Per Year Afte
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highly, and they are all got
hind in thejr su iptions.
few until the " l as coi
them no longer. The gover
people getting a paper with
Not only are we forced to
paid in advance, but we ml
15 per cent. We are allow
copies; not even to custon
purposes. NoW, friends, th
this and not us. So if you
blame yourself, and not us.
tell you how you stand.
In order to keep from
we are advised by the W,
raise the subscription prict
we will do after Septembe
scribing or paying their pm
September will get in for
the price will be $2.00.
M[RICAN PAR 1 C
DISCOYER NUN DENS
nlantry Captain Has Exciting Ex
perience itecunnoitering re
ISO
KILLED SEVEltAl. HO(C'ES se
reported hiding Places on Return th
antd American Gunners f
('leaned Them Out at
---- ha
With the American Army on the
'esle, Aug. 18.---While the French
nd American and German heavy
uns have been barking at each oth- fu
r across the Vesle American patrols an
ave been particularly busy endcav- co
ifantry movement and to aseettnin
enerally what the enemy is accom
lishing. A few days ago an infantry l"
aptain, while reconnoitering, killed at !
'ast two Germans, and, in order to
scape, hid in a small hole for thirteen
ours, while the midsuniner heat beat ba
own upon him. IHere is the captain's A.
fficial report of his experience: Gi
"The patrol, consisting of myself ,Ii
nd two corporals, started at 8 o'clock , th
I the morning to as(ertain whetheri1.
'e Germans had retired. We enoui. I
L're(l a German posi in a semi-circu- vyl
ir hole. There were eleven of the en- to
my there, ten of whom were asleep
ad the othr was on sentry duty. 1 .1
"I :,hot the sentry. We then with- v.:
rew, and in doing so ran into an- ml
ther post similar to the first, also at
ontaiig about ten Germans. We 'm
hot two of them and then we went
ack toward our line. The Germans (
egan firing, wounding one corporal re
' the leg, but both corporals reached of
be American line, to
"I was behind, having stopped to ap
ire on the Germans. I reached a point
bout sixty yards from them when ti
heir fire got too hot, so I dropped in. fa
t1 a small hollow, pretending to be th
sounded. I stayed there for thirteen it
ours. After dark I crawled back to Ai
ur own lines. ex
'During my return trip to our lines IJ
discovered a third German post ik
hich was occupied, apparently, only Pc
ite at iight. All these posts were well ,s
upplied with light machine guns, n:
ifles and hand grenades, and the to
"At noon, while I was hildden in the ar
ollow, a lieutenant took out a irty
tnd five to search for mue. TPhey lid m;
ot find mte, butt crept. upl to the see'- S
nd Ger'man, post and threw some "
ombls into it, inflictinig several cas- nei
alties. I heard a Germiani screami
'ithi pain. These Germans also threw
onmbs, wounding one of the lieuten
nt's party.
"I request thatt (our atrt illerv elean .
utt these points tomtorr'ow.
"T'he artillery catrriedl tout the worktt
tie f irst thobg the nie;t umorning-' l
UIMIIINE SUJNK o
OFFl NA N'LT'lCKET
J'hiladlelphia, l'au., Aug. 19.--A Ger G
inn submarine wvas sitnk in a run- r<
ing battle with at Biishxi tatnk steam-t ha
r last Friday about. 300 miles nolrth-t
1st of Nantucket, accordingt to mnem- ae
ers of the taker's crew. The oil ship,
rrivedl here tonight from Mexico. s
When first sightted the UJ-boat wa~s col
vo miles away, accolrdling to the cap- b)
din of the tanker, whio said lhe immie-f
iately op~enedl fire. TIwo shots from wi
le sitlmer'sible str'uck the lBritish Ifo:
lip, one of them passing through thi
tnk. Neither' of the shells ex
loded, anid did no mater'ial daniage, wV
le captain rep~orted. ti
Twenty-seven shots weire fited by b
we tank ship, one or' miore of wihich it
er master dlechuyred scodedl hits. a
lames were seen bursting from the of
ort- side of the submarine which he lis
nid sank in a few inutes later. or'
Goverrnent to Sell Rtice
-.------foi
Tokio, F'riday, Aug. 16.--An imptler- no0
il ordlinance issued today authorizes
te government to requisition all
~ocke of rice, Trhe rice will be put on da
ie narket. Mi
OUTING-IIAS DONE HIM GOOD
President's Improvement IIas Been
Steady and Pronounced
Manchester, Mass., Aug. 19..--'res
ident Wilson's outing has dlone him a
world of good. Except for the first
(lay ,when the abrupt change from a
temp; rature of 70. degrees or mtore
.t Washington to a. daily average of
605 degrees here was felt by the whole
party the improvemetnt in the P*
dent's condition has been steady t
pronounced.
Iolahy at the Essex Coutty golf
links I'., played the ').1 game of
his stay, and won from I)r. Gravson
n a har<dl fought matcn. T'.e pleasure
and profit the President has had for
five days was largely due to the se
elusion made possible by the most
thorough guard that ever has bt en
thrown about the chief executive on
a vacation.
While the 'resident atwA Mrs. Wil
son drove along the short or :truled
on the beach and in the wood. they
were accompanied as usual by secret
service men. Less noticeable and ob
served by but few was the part played
by the navy, three tranches of which
kept vigilant watch over his safety.
Martes picqueted the grounds that
he occupied. Two hydroairplanes per
sistently searched adjacent waters and
at a little distance off the coast two
torpedo boats destroyers and a fleet
of submarine chasers made sure that
no unwelcome craft ventured in. This
watch over the sea was aken Decause
of some uneasiness due to the selec
tion of the vacation or the President
and Mirs. Wilson of a house standing
almost at the edge of a promontory
that commands a wide view of the sea
and which, in turn can be plainly
seen from some distaice out. It was
believed to be not beyond the ranige
of possibility that sonw German sub
marine commander would be tempted
to risk his ship to take a shot at so
eo: spicuous a target.
I 'T'hrough constant touch with Wash
l.ngton the President has kept in
lormed of important levelopnents in
the worbl's news and each evening
had an extended conference with Col.
llouse.
(-\.1s;) IN FRlIONT LIN- HEUT
I11(v. Daniel I. Ketnndy, .Jr.. for
nierly of savannah, Ga., a Red Tri
.ngle work- r has ben no-ntione.1 in
$Jitpatchcs to America from } Paris as
havmng <bspla:ye:l splendiid co.lne.
and brav'r'y when g.'::ed in a --Y
t:t dlurmin a: German attack some
where in Fr-ce. lIe is recov.ring now
and has written back: "I gtue.s. no one
is a1'ra(d to p::y ti'e price if ner".s
I{E1 ('iOSS NOTES
This following have stileri :! to
h (ecnIl Red Cross atr J"n..J site
he last list was published:
\liss Vallye A ppe t 101.1
Rtufus Biri-gs 50
W..l. Brunson .4.33
I'homras Hlampton 110
Alim iss Sallie llodlge"l 1(
Aiosn . -oh n 5.
-James .Johnson, Sr. uei
tlleyward indsy
ohn Nelson .
.\.len Roberitson 0
.line Sm ith :,tlt
aul 'I'horN psNo :.ill
l.. i. Harwick . 11
lchmnley runso n:,nr
ohinny ' iampton
WI\V. W'.'. . 1oi}hnson j t. (I'
.htme:s Kingwood~
Lawrence le''addin :010
Zolia Nelson ..'- -I. II).
Edward Spann _1~~
anne' T'homna:" t
ir. ('. 1.:. o.orrf I
1(Yi'S ON MIANNING; ROUTE- ONI:
js' r. 211 ~id Bradh:-.m. .('., 81f C lul
b tia was evi reien vi.:1 ito atthe bouw.
ofAls..! wP re...e
St(littss -'rt'.ens o ett s te a
I V.\bs. 513 bts lnigCrecy (ll:Sw.. wit
Ai~tltt't 31. (. orb ptt. ndio, i- t
r(3f f Pxi late, viNt. at, the have
ef Alire .'r. P.t thec Ilats.hrdy
'ihebrief-:libeol Ui cya of tihem.
Navy Ieti Pirntllowm;smer
'irt. T.v A.eprtah tm snt the' past
''llsko with anotho r in threlemon.l a
borniwng tfo rharles ort.. veto
Sh.l3of Hrdape hlitthias
w.eCk h tost her vsiser.a io ei
the cw of the r.oW'limu ir."a
lastweek
CONGRESS WORKING
HARD ON NEW
MAN-POW[R it
~o 1.. Hlouses 1Hope to 'ass Meast:rf.
T!his Week
(0 \'I'ES'T 1: IPE(" 'Ei)
Controversy 1rew ig in house Over
A. 1nd( tent. to ('all Older
len IFirst
Wt ahin;ton, Aug. '0.- 8oth Se'iait
and flouset wil begin c-onsideration of
he man power bill, (.tending 0-v
a' draft age lin''.s to 18 and
,,s, next Tihury'day unoder' plan.
emtpleted hate tooay, in a rare to c'om.'
l let( the legi; at ion :as Soon as po -,i.
With the blil ready for S'enate <i
bale 'I'hursdasy ti R hloust, cuommtte
late today closed its hearing, ant
virtually comn tied the twnsure.
Th' bill, :"-o d ing to the coi n. -
tee's plan, will be reported to tr.,
louse tomorrow-- with an ameteI:e'(r,t
to defer ser.' -' of youths 18 an I '
Years of a.e u nuIl ril others are cal..
--and '.iscuss .. a the llou:i-:e T 'ur
dlay. 1:' agr'1een"' nit w ith :S akei:
(lark and !bo.'nentaclve' Sim. of
'Tennessee, in c(harge of the pendine
man ;.o)wetr b'!!, to vive the man lwur
1easnres rig ht o, way -Thursday, wa.0
senr':dt~s[ 1,1:' by ( h airmn D lh t. w
helieve': thl' 'Ir ft bi a i;n 1'! p' .
in a sin;le < y.
l'assage 'T'his Week
Passage of the bill in the louse
Ihursday and in the Senate by Satin'
lay is planned by leaders. Vigor:.oar
(contests, howe'ver, are expected it
both branches. In the Senate sharp de
bate is expected on the "work or
fight" ameniment, while'in the icuse
a controversy is brewing over the
conimittee's anendmient to defer call
ing boys '~tf .18 and 19I years, a mania.
tory provision which Secretary Baker,
Gen. March, chief of staff, and Pro
vost Marshal General (rowder have
vigorously oposed. With both Senate
and lhouse committees pledged to
lowering the mi ininutm ace to 18 years
it appeared the age limits will be
fixed as recommended hv the W'ar
!h-'partment.
Sentiment in Conglress
. . sentiment in ((ontrress against call,
;g youths found exp ession toiay ir
the Ilouse (011mitlee's amendl ment.
After a stormy session, in which Rep
esentative Kahn, of California, lel s
fight which he promised to r.'new or.
he Iloust' floor, to retain the admin
istration matsur. provision giving the
'resiident discretion c-t. fix i h order
,t' calls for all men within( the newi
draft limits, the c(onntlloittee \(Oted. P
to 7, to writ' in an ameniment offeii''
bvli epresentative .\'!Kenzie, of liii.
nois, Republican. providing: that all
m-n 2(1 years and above shall be
called bftore thiose of IS and 1I9 y:ar-.
with th- eighteetin-tear-old youth.- to
be, c:dh-d last. The lat :me- n.t
moakes umndatory v .mt Si'cr ta'v
tI;aker has indicated! will lit' the polic
of" thg" Wair I1,partmlent.
l'he .leiAenzi. Alin'tdment
Ii ll, .\ euzhi - it :ul d - r(- a,:'
"l'ro\ hh-d, ho ,r r that r.'gis.trantsr
t i , t' 1:) y..ars an.! n~ot .eetr
S.s di':h'1<h-sign:-.ta a(si 'Iins 10
nd shall be drafteld subregit ntet.: to
rhi' 't r I of the e of 2i) ar..d ,\ t'r
;1 yeair.;, :a ld re i (r1t1f, h a
~f '1. Year' ; anud niot O,:."r 19 :I ", rc
-hall b15 .ei:Si 'es :ated a:" -C '' " r'id
shall b. called for s-rvice 1.i-! . n a m
reuianaabo~ve thet :(gn of _'"01:ha,
h,' enih-"d prior to t to-t, i t I . h.ne,
hereby ated."
ini'" w it h i I i in s u p p o r t (f O . 5 -
thority( .ithe i' ''si~ht t t e lla
has are lof e rsul I Ira- th - 'r'iv
to opsiehe .\lX~eaIni lamt'eall :n.h .'i
tfroor the liteune tondll exprei
hea-t th ist'imsnofneiat w1! ibe
rejecteds ha'ima'n hurneil.her
oIf t he conuity t eni ihloors dprind
a(theleardiss cted what' of-th.
dct thae hiecus wdrein thoed awa
mrenat.otr mau
Charge $2.00
r Sept. 15.
our subscribers very
d, though some are be
We have carried these
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nment has put a stop to
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cut off all that are not
ast also reduce our list
ed to send out no free
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going into bankruptcy,
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R. &PROTT, Jr.
WOUND[D IN FRANCE
On last F riday Mr. C. R. Sprott
:eived a. cablegram stating that his
n, Sergt. C. R. Sprott, Jr., had been
vterely wounded on il.uly :1ist. Al
ugijh he has made every effort to
Id out something more definite
out his son's condition, .Mr. Sprott
s not been able to get any further
Pormation.
All of Manning anxiously awaits
rther news from this young soldier
d earnestly wishes him a speedy re
very.
1i)Y DRItVING TRUtCKi
ON FtEN('II FRlONT
New York, Aug. 22.---Fiat on his
ck in the Waldorf Astoria I lot-!, W.
Rioberts, winer o: the Croix de
lerre, the badge of the LA:gion of
mnor: and t.- .l-'dal Militaire within
ree months, is enjoying well-earned
.t and is talking treely :bout al
i.t evrything cxcept the bravery
lich cat.8ed the FretcI Cove-.,n.ent
s.ow'r honor.-' on him.
Rtobe::; wts assist:u:t audite:' of the
ichiganx Central r:- :dft1 before he
is t to b' audl'er I b
nts for th.' V. .l. C. A. ;n I r::nc
d humdle mo' th!n a1 Ilu- r t-r c f a
lioa l dolars a d::y. lie I. I f-.fr aver
as se'vice I ebru: "y 12, w s wo.:nd
by a laun machin -gun t 8.his;mu
seued a "Y" secretary mn uIo a Ii
bullets in the 'foul sector and was
ached up by German inutrksmanshif
ain at Chateau T hierry.
For th se things he was decorat :M
ree times by the French, but his
vorite anecdote, out of all the
ings he saw and did in the war zone,
about "a mere mit: of a woman,
OIe Walcott, who, becaure of the
treme shortage of "Y" :ecretarie.
ersea's, has volunteer.'d for the per
us duty of driving truck-loads of
d Iriangle supplies to the front. She
the wife of the c:hief clerk of ti'!
v:xI bu:'eau in 'aris, and, acordiny
ltoberts, is dloinhg work t hat t hou
xids. of a bfe-bodlied men ina A mericai
e fitted to perform.
"'It miak:'s you want to grab eve'ry
naiabove the d raft age,"' says the
Ii.9ons-Toul-(Chat ea u Thierry' hero,
11d shxi P him ove'rsea s where he i
INF"OllAlTbON ON WVoUNDI)i
W~ashbig.ton, Au g. I10.--xsact i nfor
it ion concern ing won ded axnd sickl
ne(rican 1d ndirs adm1 i tteI to hosp;
Is e ,er:eaus will he mlade( innuedfiate
availablIe to relatives or friends of
li aI iln undr a pilan being worked
at the War D epartment.
S 'ewry Hanker saiul todany he had
Iitedl t (ofh e of Su rgeon (Gell
irga.; to look into the (daily reports
00 the hxospit als with a view toi
ving: t hem card'ed , cata loguedI anld
bulfat ed so that the most inistantx
Lion enn beu given to all inqoiries.
.The hospital records, Mr. IHak er
id,. willI be brought here weekly by
irier from France and thus it will
possible to give the exact nauture
the wvound~ or the d isease' from;
ochx the men are su ffering. The in..
ration will be available through
ad(jutaunt general.
'l'h~e task of installing the syst em
11 he a big one, but the war secre
ry beh'leves the information should
available., for ill thousands of' cases
will relieve unnecessary dlist ress
d dloubt which follows aplpearainces
the names of the men on casualty
ts as wounded, degree undetermi ined
severely.
Mr. 11.. .D. DuBrowv left ont sunday
a visit to Newv York and other
rthern markets.
Mr. and Mrs. Fischer and little
uighter of Charleston are visiting
.and Mrs. A. 11 n-,edn.