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m Established in 1891. ' SCHOOLS GOT AID . FOR NEW HOUSES EVENTY-TREE BUILDINGS GO UP DURING YEAR?THIRTEEN ARE AIDED. DISPATCHES FROM COLUMBIA Doings and Happenings That Mark , the Progress of 8outh Carolina People, Gathered Around the State Capital. During the scholastic year 1917-1918. 73 buildings in 29 counties receive? $20,626 state building aid. Payment of all building applications has Just been mads by J. E. Swearlngen, state su pW IUkOUUOIll UL OUULttllUU, TV ! IIUllO covering the amounts have been mailed to the several county treasurers I and duplicate copies have been turn[ ished the several county superintendents of education. In discussing the work. Mr. Swearingen said that the number of new school houses erected during the past 11 months is about 40 per cent of the number for the scholastic year, iSxd1917 This policy has been urged by the state department of education, because of the duty of financing the war and also because of the high cost of labor and materials. Anderson has constructed its magnificent new high school and Clinton has also secured its much needed high school building. In both of these cities the necessity for adequate and enlarged quarters was Imperative. All Adequate Structures. An unusually large proportion of the new school buildings will nerve consolidated country schools. Only a negligible share of the new buildings contain only one class room and most of them contain three class rooms. In every case the plana have met the requirements of the state board of education. The drawing department of Clemson College has always furnished cheefully and promptly blue prints approved by the state board. In a few districts the board of trustees have employed licensed architects whose drawings had to be submitted to the state board before they could be legally adopted in the locality, if state and county building aid was granted. Unfortunately a few of these communities neglected this requirement of the law, but the state board of education granted state aid this year in order to keep such districts ont of debt and to insure the operation of these schools. Nevertheless every concession of this kind ii made by lowering the standard of ?jiii'ui arcniiecxure and with a loss In physical comfort to both pupils and taachars. The school building prograjp should certainly be limited to necessary conntruction while the war lasts. Mr. Swearingen said district trustees and county superintendents should not export state aid for temporary and unscientific makeshifts in the way of school houses. 8chools Receiving Aid. County. Schools. State Aid Aiken 2 $350 Anderson 2 600 Bamberg 1 300 Branwell 4 1,100 Calhoun 2 . 397 Cherokee 3 950 Colleton 2 650 Dillon 3 900 Dorchester 1 300 Edgefield 3 800 Florence 1 850 Hampton 1 300 Greenville 2 600 Horry 2 250 Kershaw 1 800 Laurens 2 600 I-ee 6 1,600 Lexington 4 1,13? McCormick 2 600 Marion 4 1.300 Marlboro 1 300 Orangeburg 1 100 h*? 6 1.600 Heltons 2 60.0 Richland 3 3 66g Spartanburg g 2>fl00 Union 1 200 Williamsburg .... g 1512 * .60 79 910,126 The Farmers' fllnnin* -? n wwuhibiij ui Cartersvllle. Florence County, was commissioned with a proposed capital stock of $10,000. Petitioners are A. H. Haskins and N. Duncan McNeill of flmmonsrillo. New Enterprleee. The Roll Rite Manufacturing Company of Charleston was commissioned by W. Banks Dove, secretary of rtate, with a proposed capital of $100,000. The company oontemplates a general realty business and the cultivation and sale of agricultural products, and to manufacture and sell machinery, tools, parts of motors and other articles, or other business to be determined by .the directors Petitioners ars George R. Flshburne and J. C. Lamb. i ''' / ??_ The \ Baptist Hoapital Wanta Nsw Plant. The trustees of the Baptist Hospital have made the first move toward constructing a new hospital pint. The Rev J L. Brlstow. superintendent, was authorised to employ an architect to draw the plans. The plant will be located at the' corner of Hampton und Marlon Streets or at the corner< or Taylor and Marlon Streets. New addltons will be made to the nurses' home at once. Provision will be made to accommodate a number of young ladles who will go Into hospital tralnlnr The hospital haa done considerable charity work and the Baptigts of the state will be called upo to raise $6,000 fo rfree service at the plant. The report of Superintendent Brlstow showed the large amount of charity work that has been done since January 1. The trustees passed resolutions concerning the death of Charles B. Danner of Beaufort, a member of the board. W. R. Eve, Jr., of Beaufort, was elected to succeed the late Mr. Danner. Sale of Querneeys. Under the auspices of the Marlboro County Guernsey Breeders' Association a public auction sale of registered Guernsey heifers, mostly Imported will be held In Bennettsville at noon on June 18. This sale Is the outcome of a campaign, throughout the county, conducted by county demonstration agent, S. E. Evans, who with the able assistance nf n W Wnftrina tn dairying from Clemson College, organized not only a breeders' association, but a Guernsey Bull Association. ! tH with a great deal of pride that Matlboro county can boast of a dozen registered bulls wbose dams have official records o fmoce than SOO pounds of butter fat. These buHs are placed In community blocks which virtually cover the entire county- Aside from the bulls, these men have been Instrumental in the purchasing and placing of a number of registered cows. It is a fair prediction that Marlbor county will Boon be known not only as the home of champion corn grower and cotton producer, but also the new home of the Guernsey cow. Eight Nurses Graduate. The annual commencement exercises of the South Carolina Baptist Training Sehool for Nurses toolc place in the educational building of the First Baptist Chnrch, Columbia. Following the exercises, a reception v*m giveu m nonor 01 uia graduates by Superintendent and Mrs. Louis J. Bristow at their home, 1326 Hampton Avenuo. The order of exercises provided for an address, which was made by the Rev. Goorge K Davis, pastor of the Baptist church of Orangeburg. The diplomas wave delivered to the graduates by Lieut. Gov. Andrew J. Bethea. who is president of the board of trustees. Medals will be delivered by Dr. C. A. Freed, pastor of Ebenezet Lutheran Church of Columbia. The following are the young ladles who received diplomas: Misses Annie Belle Blakely of Spartanburg, Frances Duff of Gaffney, Lily Hardin of Chester, Kittle Hood of Wnlusboro, Llllie Jennings of Greenwood, Pearle Lindler of Columbia, Margferet Miller of JefTerson and Florence Thayer of Columbia Herbert Sneed of Charleston. a lad i about 16 years of age, is suffering : from an attack upon him by a shark while he was In the surf at a nearby beach. Sailors responded to his cries' for aid and rescued him. Just as the young man fell back Into the water unconscious, so great was the pain At the Fort Moultrie hospital, where he was taken for first aid, the wound 'was pronounced that made by a shark, which bit his foot severely. He is recovering from the injury. Underwriter* to Meet. The twentieth annual meeting, qf the South Carolina Underwriters' Association will be held in Columbia Juael 2, and reports indlo#fe an unnsually 1 large attendance. A strong program has been arranged. E. M. Allen of Helena, Ark. president of the atlonat Association of Underwriters, and Channcey d. S. Miller of New York, secrotary and treasurer of the national association, are scheduled for addressee William V. Dunbar of Atlanta, Oa., manager of the Southeastern Underwriters' Association, is another speaker and W. A. McSwain, Insurance commissioner for ?on?h Po?nli?~ ?111 alto speak to the underwriters. A special committee of Columbians, 1 composed of August Kohn, John W. LUlard, James A. Cathcart, David O. i Ellison and George L. Dial, are mak- i ing arrangements for the convention, i Simpson F. Cannon, secretary and i troasurer of the South Carolina asso- ; elation, imports that Indications are i for an n/tendmce this year, surpass- ] ing all previous conventions. A ape i clal feature of entertainment for the i visitors will he an automobile trip < through Camp Jackson. 1 Officers of the South Carolina Underwriters' Association are: A- O. Fur- I man, Greenville, president ; Lawrence M. Pinckncy, Charleston, vice president, and Simpson F. Cannon, Spartanburg. secretary and treasurer, t These three offlcors and seven other ' members compose the executive committee; L. A. Walker, Summerville: 1 William L. Reld, Rishopvllle; Frank I M. Robertson, Charleston; James H. I Frnser, Georgetown; W. A. Douglass ( Rock Hill; William McNab. Barn- j well, and James A. Cathcart, Cok I umbia. t I ' '' 'r ' ; For' VOET MILL I IIIQQ UAPIC niuu il ^ ^ ^ III ^ ^ I MIm Marl* Dihm, twenty-two years 1 old, la on* of th* navy's leading fingerprint experts, th* **cond of her sex j to *nter this branch of government 1 service and th* first In Now York i ? >k- ? 4V Vllt?l %n? i?wr?o. < FORTS NEAR RHEIMIS FALL?: i i FRENCH HAVE STOOD THEIR j GROUND IN VICINITY OF SOIS- j SONS AND ELSEWHERE. I I 1 Germans Claim to Have Captured ' More Than 35,000 Prisoners During New Drive Slowly but aurely the plunge of the ' German crown prince's armies Is being halted by French and British ar- , mies. While the momentum of the | German masses has not as yet spent < itself, there has been a notable slack- ' eniiig in its advance during the put i s>. Hlmj. The chief efforts of the German* now seem to be devoted to the widening of the gap they have torn In the positions of the allies between Pinon and Brimont. This work seems to be progressing slowly against the desperate resistance of the allied forces. The French having fallen back from the limits of the city of Soissons, have stood their ground against the attacks of the enemy and the German official statement fails to show material advances there during the day's fighting. The French are here fighting on familiar ground which has been made historic by numerous battles some of which are named among the decisive combats of history. On the eastern end of the fighting line some of the forts before RheimB are said to have fallen, which was to J be expected from the fact that they have been outflanked by the tide of Invasion that has swept far to the south of the city. The fighting has taken on the familiar nannrt rtf lha flrat Invo.lnti n.t France in 191'4. the advance of von Mackensen along: thj Dunajeo and the ' fighting in iPcardy in March. After ! breaking the French and British de- ' fense positions, but not breaking the 1 allied line, the Germans are again 1 moving their forces out in a fanshaped figure, fighting hardest on the (kinks of the extreme front of their advance. 8erlous But Not Critical. The situation, while apparently extremely serious, has not assumed the critical aspect of the fighting late In March. The allies are resisting .the enemy's attacks stubbornly, giving ground when ovei powered, and always maintaining a solid front. NATION OFFERS PRAYERS FOR THOSE FIGHTING Washington.?The American people paid homage to the memory of the nation's defenders who have fallen in battle and prayed for the success of those who are fighting overseas. Added solemnity wis given this memorial day by the great battle raging on the fields of France, where American soldiers are standing with the allied troops abreast the charging German armies. For the ultimate 1 victory of these Americans and the 1 ' thousands who are to follow them, ' President Wilson, in response to a 1 resolution by Congress. had asked the people to make of Memorial day a ' day of fasting and supplication. The President and Mrs. Wilson attended services this morning at the Central Presbyterian church and in I the afternoon went to Arlington na- ) tional cemetery, where annual me- | mnr'.al exercises were held by the 1 [J:and Army of the Republic. The ] presidential party was escorted j through the grounds to the speakers' i stand by a troops of cavalry and a i company of engineers. Secretary Ba- ; l ker occupied a scat on the stand. i < LONDON PAPER PRAI8ES I AMERICAN FIGHTERS London.?Commenting on the capture of Cantigny by the Americans. The Evening News says: "Bravo! The young Americans! Nothing in today's battle narrative from the front Is more exhilarating than the account of their fight at Cantigny. It was clean-cut from beginning to end. like one of their countrymen's short stories and *he short itory of Cantigny is going to oxj/and nto a full length novel. r Mi ? S. 0., THURSDAY, JUNE 6, WESTERN UNION DECLINES TERMS rELEGRAPH COMPANY WILL NOT YIELD TO LABOR BOARD'S RECOMMENDATIONS. HEAD SAYS IT MEANS STRIKE Taft-Walsh Board Renders Decision in Controversy With the Operators. New York.?The Western Union Telegraph Company has declined to sub nit to the jurisdiction ot the national war labor board which sought to adjust the differences between the com)any and those of Its employes who ire members of the Commercial Telegraphers' Union of America. The Western Union's decision be:cme known when the report of the xecutlv session of the war board, was made public. It embodied a report ay W. H. Taft and Frauk P. Walsh, loint chairman of the board, who con tarred with Newcomb Carlton, presi- P lent of the Western Union, in an effort ^ Lo compose the differences between a the company and those of its em- * ployes who had ben discahrged, It was * charged, because they jolnel the Com- r merclal Telegraphers' Union of America- ft Complaint against the company's ictlon was taken to the war board and Mr. Taft and Mr. Walsh made an Investigation. They then submitted a 0 proposition In the nature of a compromise based on the principles unlerlylng the work of the war board. This platform recognizes the right of nen to organize and holds they should g not be discharged for membership In .rades unions or for legitimate trade union activities. "The Western Union is not seeking :o deprive any one of his inalienable rights," said Mr. Carlton in a state- 11 ment issued, 'but. it recognises that ts employes must chose employment i 1 with it or membership in the C. T. U. i * if A., with employment in the many j F jther telegraph positions open to them ! for the Western Union employs less J c' :han 20 per cent of the total telegra- v phers In the United States. | b " 'If you desire to Join the C. T. U. a if A., then we must part. So long as p rou retain your position with the company you will have every protection ? ind a full right of appeal, but we can- e lot agree that you shall Join any or- P ganization which imperils the contln- P lity of the telegraph service which :his company is expected to provide for the government and public of the w United States.'" 0 Mr. Taft and Mr. Walsh, their re- \ * port showed, recommended to Mr. j F Uarlton that the Western Union re- b ?eive a committee of its own men only, I b who desired to present requests for ! a Petter working conditions or compen- rl lation, an dif an agreement could not w be reached, the matter should be re- u ferred to the war board and the ques- 0 :ion disposed of according to its rules. d MAGNIFICENT OPPOSITION e IS BEING IMPOSED 1 ti v 3 The strength of General Foch's reserves has been felt by the armies of the German crown prince In the "bat- ^ tie for Paris." ^ East of the line running from Solssons to Chateau-Thierry where the n Germans In a continuation of their mighty strokes gained several addt- t< tlonal villages and then attempted to proceed further westward, magnificent opposition was imposed by the newly strengthened lines and. with terrific smashes, the French forces recaptured j Long ont, Corey. Favorellees and Tro- | tj esnes. vantage points in the center of . a the line leading to the forest of Vlllers y Cotterets. which seems to be the pres-v ^ snt objective here of the enemy. p. The Germans, however, still have In their possession the villages of Vau-* A revis, lying to the west of Solssona. and further south of Saconin Et Breuil. Chaudun, Licy and Bouresches, the last named directly west of Cha- w teau Thierry. A little to the south- a| west of Chateau Thierry the enemy j ^ has reached the Marne. I n MO HOPE ENTERTAINED FOR FAIRBANK'S RECOVERY fs Indianapolis. ? Charles W. Fair- si Sanks, former vice president, who Is w t Y II at his Lome here, lost ground con- . ilnuously during the day and no hope s now entertained for his recovery by j u' ?'s chief physician. Dr. J. A. McDon- I II' ild Dr. McDonald said thnt the for- j mer vice president's condition Is 1 p< nore critical than at any time during | lis illness. Mr. Fairbanks has been ,ri ;oriously 111 for about four weeks. v' VIERCY FUND CLIMBS TO N UNPRECEDENTED HEIGHTS Washlng'on.?The American Red Toss second war mercy fund now to- r( als J166.439.291 with indications that e< vhen all reports from the drive of a i( veek ago are tabulated a $70,000,000 , f jver-subscrlption of the $100 000.000 111 roal will be shown. In announcing hese figures. Henry P. Davidson. w chairman of the P.ed Cross war counill, said the returns show that more tafl the total population of America. rjr?contributed. Ui y r ~ -fv.\ IT T 1JJJ JL 1918 JOHN F. STEVENS ky jgrew'v*? y y^Kf^B^/<v 9.vfl : ,g9^BBu9QKHf>j9BQ^^/y -va-jB The bolahavikl government of Rue- 1 la haa aaked tha United Statee to ermit John F. Stevens, head of tha American railway oommiulon that waa ant avar there laat year, to go back < o Ruaala Immediately and aoalat la , he reorganisation of tha country's ail roads. , 11 irr? nnrinv niiTiiminrnn i LLILG UnCAILf UUIRUITIDLnU iREAT GERMAN MILITARY MACHINE 18 IN ACTION ALONG 20-MILE FRONT IN AISNE. ome Unofficial Estimates Place Numbar of Qtrman Shock Troops at 25 Divisions. The great German military machine i In full motion along the 26-mlle ront in the Aisne river sector beween Vailly and Berry Au Bac. and. reatly outnumbered, the British and 'rench everywhere are giving ground. According to the German official ommunications, numerous towns and lllageu in the fighting tone have een taken by the enemy and 16,000 llled troops already have been made rlsoner. At last accoiyits the Germans were ^ nuouvonng 10 press dsck tne deientfrs upon the Vesle river, which runs arallel with the Alsne, and at several oints had reached positions dominatlg the Vesle valley. The offensive is being carried out dth the greatest rapidity for the lerman high command evidently is rell aware of the fact that Qeneral 'och's reserves have been reported to e coming up rapidly to reinforce the ard pressed British and French, who re fighting valiantly against the terIble odds and making wave upon 'ave of the enemy pay dearly in casalties for every foot of ground they btaln. Notwithstanding the rapidity of the rive and the large number of the nemy pressing it?some unofficial estimates place the number of shock roops alone at 25 divisions, or about 00,000 picked men?the allied front owhere has been piereced, but under ie onslaughts has bent back in persot liaison, and all the time giving attle. With such precision has the retiretent been conducted that both the British and the French have been able ) carry back with them all of their upplies and guns or to destroy those ley were not able to handle. Although the Germans, for the molent at least, seemingly are having leir own way on the southern part of ie line in France, on the. sectors round Montdldler and southwest of a pres they are being sorely harrassed 1 y the American and British and tench. o i MERICAN TROOPS CAPTURE i THEIR FIR8T VILLAGE c \ Fighting in the vicinity of Mondidier t ill mark an epoch in the war. ao far v i American troopa are concerned, v (ere In an attack they captured their ? rat village?Cantlgny?whlAh Ilea a lort diatance northwest of Montdidl- / r. They also took several other obsctlves and held all of them la the ice of counter-attacks. The Qermana iffered severe losses in men killed or I ounded and in addition left behind / tern 200 men made prisoner, among ism two offlcera. The American caa- > ilties were relatively small. The Ger- e an offlc'.al report announca the tak- C ig of American prisoners. The reset from American headquarters, t iwovcr, shows only two missing, one ii i Picardy and the other in the Lune- F He sector. n 0 MORE OLIVE DRAB T AND KHAKI FOR CIVILIANS New York.?Olive drab and khaki ilored cloth will not be manufactur- n 1 hereafter for civilian use, the Amer- a an Association of Woolon and Worst- i c i Manufacturers announced after a 1 b ieetlng here. The restriction was j e ?cided upon at the request of the | c ar department, which pointed out f< lat the olive drab and khaki have 11 ?en consecrated to the use of United d ates troops an dthat the commercial a e of the colors is improper. < n ffSKjHHHHHHEFIHHB)* w? IMES bci we inn i nil tn mi r rnniiT UN IU - IliILt MUNI RATE OF 3PEED OF THE ADVANCE 18, HOWEVER, SLOWED DOWN 80ME?RHEIM8 L08T. I CHATEAU THEIRY IS OCCUPIED Allied Forces Vastly Outnumbered; | Reserves Have Nowhere as Yet Been Brought Into Action. Plunidng southward, with Its momentum still unspent, the German war machine has driven its wedge into the allleJ lines along the front urtil its apex has reached the Marne river south of Fere-en-Tardenols. The desperate effeorts of the French tfnd Brit- i Ish to stem the tide against the in- ( radars have served only to slow down ] the rate of speed of the German ad- J ranee; the defenders of the heights i north of the Marne seem to have been i jwept aside in the rush of thte enemy < toward the road to Paris. i Aside from the movement of the German armies southward two other 1 ilgnlficant Incidents of the tremendou t 1 battle have occurred. One is that the I 3ermans have extended their attack to < the northwest, along the Allette river. i from which the French have fallen back for some distance. The other is that the battle has extended to the 1 saat of Rheims, which city, during the < First few days of the battle formed the 1 extreme eastern end of the line of battle. * A Innr Ilia .Mo. of IKa ..M.r, form. ' by the rapid German advance to :he Marne the French and British lave been holding their positions gallantly. South of Solssons, the French lave defended their line with such rigor that the Germans have not made much impression upon It. On the othsr side of the battle area, the British tie still holding the forts of Rhelms tnd positions just west of that war stricken city. Between the extreme sides of the salient the front sags toward the south, the line from Rhelms to the Marne running to the southwest at a fentle angle, while the French are lolding a front at right angles to the lirectlon of the German advance. 2ERMAN AIRMEN BOMB BIG CANADIAN HOSPITAL German airmen have bombed another lospital?this time a Canadian instiution?and exacted a considerable toll >f casualties. Among those killed by he explosion of flames was an Amercan medical officer who was admlnstering an anaesthetic to a British sfTlcer in the operating room when hat pgrt of the hospital was demolishid. The raid occurred at 12:30 o'clock n the morning. The hospital attacked was a large >ne. It had been in existence since he early day of the war and was , narked by huge Red Cross signs. The 3erman airmen, working partly by he light of the moon, dropped four x>mbs near the hospital and then not ( innarentlv able to see exactly where hey were hitting, lighted a brilliant lare which was let fall to illuminate he surroundings. As the place was lighted up by the lare, they released another bomb or wo which dropped squarely on a. large ring of the hospital. In the wing here were thre floors, on the botom one of which was the operating oom. On the story above were the >ffice and patients' room and above hem were members of the hospital >ersonnel. Part of the wing was denolished by the terrific explosion and nany unfortunate persons were killed ind wounded when the building colapsed and buried them. The surgeons were just about to iperate on an aviation officer and the American medical officer was standng by with the anaesthetic when the irash fHTTlO All Ihnaa In that ... ...... ' t vere burled under an avalanche of t rick and woodwork. The demolished t ving caught Are and burned fiercely | ( eith many victims till pinned In the , vreckage. r ATTACKS ON FRENCH ( POSITIONS REPULSED Paris.?German stacks on French >osltions on the right bank of the ( Lilette river have been repulsed. t The Germans have reached the ? fame, light detachments having pen- t rtated as far as the river between c lharteves and Jaugonne. t On the right flank of the battle K D ult 1IQ t i/-? n la V 1 - L - * 1 rv,.. in uiK.naiiKru WHICH BIBO [ l| b the condition went and north of h theims, according to the official state- r Dent Issued by thd war office- a O FACILITATE SHIPMENT F OF COTTON TO ITALY Washington.?To facilitate the shiplent of raw cotton to Italy and to r t ran i;then the Italian government's d ontrol of imports, the war trade o oard has advanced by 20 days the o ffective date on which individual 11- n enses for cotton exports now in ef- a set to Italy wil be required. Special ft icenses now in effect will be with- s -awn June 10 instead of June 30, F fter which Individual licenses will be n ecossary. c | f f 11.20 P*r Tmt. SUBMARINES IffT; 1 ALTANIIG COAST SINKS NINE SNIPS U 3ERMANY BRINGS FRIGHTFUL U. BOATS TO AMERICAN WATER8 IN NUMBERS. { iNE OFF CAROLINA COAST *j 'Ji - 1 Most of Vessels Sunk by Bombs After Their Crews Had Been Removed to Life oats?Daniels Says Defeases Adequate. Germany's sea wolves?the submarines which have caused so much levastatlon during the war?ar^ preying on commerce in the Atlantic ocean lust off the shores of the United States. They are known to have sunk it least nine vessels, only a short ilstance out of sight of land off the *outhern New Jersey shore. It is feared that still other vessels liave been sent to the bottom by the marauders, the movements of which Have been reported at various times luring the last fortnight by ships com ilia luiu pun irom southern waters. New York.?Nine American vessels were known to have been sunk by German submarines ofT the north Atlantic coast since May 26. The largest to fall prey to the raldsrs. which are seeking to prevent tha calling of transports with troops for the battlefields of France was the Mew York to Porto Rico liner Carolina, of 8.000 tons, which was attacked Sunday night about 125 miles southeast of Sandy Hook. The fate of ler 220 passengers and crew of 130, who took to the boats when shells legen to fall about tho vessel, is unmown, but there was hope that they lad been picked up by aomo passing ihlp or would reach ahore aafely in :h? small boats. Not a life was lost in .he sinking of the other ships, accordug to late reports. Reports brought ashore by the survivors indicated that the Winnleconlie and nearly all the schooners were sunk by the same U-boat which had ieen lurking in the path of shipping iff the New Jersey coast and the Delaware capes since late last month. The itorles told by the skippers of the schooners indicated that the comnander of the submersible was unisually humane for a German subma-Ine officer. In no instance, so far as mown, was a lifeboat shelled and in ill cases reported the crews were tlven opportunity to escape or were aken aboard the submarine where tome of them were kept prisoners fpr sight days before they were turned idrift for eight days before they were urned adrift to be picked up by a lassing vessel. SUPREME COURT HOLDS CHILD LABOR LAW INVALID Washington.?The federal child la)or law of 1916 forbidding interstate ihipment of products of child labor las been declared unconstiutlonal ind invalid by the supreme court. Injunctions restraining the governnent from putting the statute into >ffect and restraining a Charlotte. N. Z., cotton mill from discharging chlllren employed by it were sustalnod jy the court. Justices Holmes. McKenna, Branleis and Clarke dissented. In deciding the case. Justice Day, srho rendered the opinion, said: "Over interstate transportation or ts incidents, the regulatory power of Congress is ample, but the production >f articles intended for interstate ommerce is a matter of local rcgulalon. "If it wore otherwise, all manufacure intended for interstate shipment vould be brought under fedral conrol to the practical exclusion of the luthority of the states, a result cerainly not contemplated by the frames of the constitution when thev rested In Congress the authority to emulate commerce among the states. 5ERMAN DRIVE IS PRACTICALLY HALTED Although It cannot be said that the lermans In their new offensive have >een definitely stopped, there Is. nevirtheless. a marked diminution In he speed with which they started iut. and their gains have been relaIvely small. And, according to the acocunts of inofficial observers, wherever they lave been able since the stiffening of he allied lines to attain low positions, i heavy price In lives has been paid. rLOCKS OF AIRPLANES ARE PATROLLING COAST New York.?Fifty or more airplanes, elnforced by hydroplanes were toay patrolling the I*ong Island coast, ncn|iiilK 1? ?/llirp mOHUt for hostile submarines. All Infornation was refused by the military uthoritles, but It was reported the oroe of fliers would be augmented as oon as possible by numbers of 'rench, British and Italian airmen who r.w are scattered In aviation training amps throughout the country.