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' N ' '' ' J V:'; rtnUbhed in 1891. WAR STAMP DRIVE WILL INCLUDE ALL EFFORT WILL BE MADE TO CALL UPON EVERYONE IN THE 8TATE IN BIQ DRIVE. A LESSON IN ECONOMY Half Million People In This 8UU Must Purchase to Make Up Our Apportionment. When it Is understood that South Carolina's quota of war savings stamps is more than twice its quota In the last Liberty loan campaign, it can be readily appreciated, an official of the State war savings committee points out, how vastly important a measure the war . savings campaign Is. The State's nominal quota is 138,000,000 worth of stamps to be sold durlnj' ihl? ? > v>?* ?.? quota haa been reduced to $20,000,000 for the June campaign. As no -one individual can own over $1,000 worth ot tamps, it means that about half a million people must be reached if the forthcoming campaign is to be successful. The pledge to be signed in the June campaign ia very simple. The signer pledges to economise, and promises to invest a specified amount in war savings stamps during the year, to be purchased at any stated time. It is expected that by June 28 there shall be no man or woman in the State who has not slg ed the pledge. Owing to the fact that the American nation '.a notoriously spendthrift, the success ol the campaign will mean that the people of this country have won a victory at home without which victory can not be obtained abroad. The moral as well as material effect of the campaign will be highly significant? whether the campaign succeeds or fails. A war savings stamp is really a $5 bond for which a person payB $4.17 in June, and which will be redeemed for $5 on January 1, 1923. This represents interest compounded quarterly at the rate of 4 per cent per annum. In case of necessity, the stamp can be redeem ?u >n; nuie oeiure matunay at the rate of 3 per cent. Its purchasing and redemption value increases one cent each month. By making this Invest ment one makes no sacrifice; but by dispensing with a needless purchase in order to invest, he is doing the most important act a civilian can perform Many Men Report Later In Mouth. Two more drafts tor South Caro linians, to the number of 6 600, will be made within the few weeks. During the five day period bginnlng June 19 local boards have been ordered by CapL R. E. Carwile of the selective service regulations office to complete entrainment of 8,000 negroes foi Camp Jackson. During the five day period begin ning June 24, the boards ara ordered to entrain 2,600 white men. Only men physically qualified foi general military services will be In ducted these two calls and are to be selected from Class 1. The two calli must be filled from this classification New Eenterprlse Authorized. The Bank of Pamlico was chartered uy w. tianKB XJove, secretary of state with a capital stock of $25,000. W. J Steele is president, D. B. Dargan and A. A. Munn rice president and J. W Qregg cashier. The Capital Orlst Separator Com pany of Columbia was commissioned wKh a proposed capital stock of $10, 000. Manufacture and sale of corn and grist mills and grain separators If contemplated. Petitioners are B. B Klrkland and O. B. Bundrick, both o: Columbia. Large User* Must Pile Statement. The large users of sugar In South Carolina are aot fully appreciative oi the actual conditions relative to thi use of sugar. Properly to handle th< supply or sugar, tae government li requiring all large users of sugar t< (lie affidavits of their present suppltei and hauling subsequent use upon rec erft. To Eetablleh Motor Mall Route*. The postoffice department is consld ertng the establishment of several mo tor mall routes between the largei towns of South Carolina and those o adjoining states. With this possibility ( in view the Columbia postmaster hai been. Instructed to secure at once ai many applications as pot?i*ble front persons haying a knowledge of me chanics who are desirous of aoting ai drivers of government motor trucki and with the ability to care for same These applications must be in th< hands of Washington officials Jan. 6. Te Practice Law In State. Graduates of the law school of th< University of South Carolina were ad mitted to the practice of law in Soutl Carolina, the oath being administered by Justice Hydrick in the Supreme Court. Philip Neal Beoton, Bayllt Ru dolph Earle. Minna Layton Holman Jamea Robert Lyles, Cyrus Luthei ano?iy, viaua i;unon ?i:wn, i.iauau James Sulltraa, Marcus Wesley Price and Philemon David Huff , presentee their petitions, praying to be admitted to practice law in the courts ot Soutl Carolina. . V . oJ-N . . T. , ! , - - - J-lC - Mate Ceuncll of Dtfina* Mtata. An enthusiastic meeting of the State Council of Defense was held In Columbia recently and an enlarged program of activity to put the 8tate on an effective war basis mapped out. The biggest project to engage the at* tentlon of the body the coming months will be a Statewide public health campaign to help the State and public health service to eliminate the social evil, and to stimulate activity which will assist In the extermination of contagious and infectious diseases. As much as $5,000 will be expended In this work, if such amount be necessary, and a committee was appointed to hold conferences with representatives of public health agencies and workers and to formulate plans of procedure. The council will be careful not to overlap or duplicate the work the federal and State health representatives are prosecuting, but will become a vital factor in the extension of this work. D. R. Coker, State chairman. was instructed to direct a letter to all mayors and intendents of cities and towns of the State, to solicit co-operation In ridding the State of social evil resorts. Several instructive talks were made at the meeting, emphasizing the great inroads made on the fighting forces of the country by deaths from preventable diseases. Oovernor Manning returned from Washington and came to the meeting | directly from the train. He did not wish to unduly alarm the members of the council, but felt impelled to bring to them the apprehension that exists in Washington relative to the situation abroad. The members of the body should take back to the people the facts as nearly as could be given, and to encourage and urge that the people realize the utmost necessity of getting upon an effective war basis He could not speak officially, but from information he had gained, the ' opinion of military experts was that the struggle on the western front wnlll^ ramilt l? n atalAmntik m r, V. n the German lines were Impregnable. 1 "Germany must be struck from anoth' er direction," he emphasized, and he would not be surprised to see America strike at German through Russia. It Was also in the realm of possibility for Germany to land troops in Mexico and strike at AmeHca through that country. The raid by German submarines along the Atlantic seaboard, he believed was only a prelude The draft is to be swift and heavy. Governor Manning pointed out, and the men are* to be mobilized in great numbers just as fast as they can be | equipped, which would necessitate the waiving of agricultul.7.1 exemptions. Sacrifices would be increasingly neces[ sary. In Germany, he said, the people , are only allowed t* buy two suits of ( clothing a year, and the people of America would be called on to make similar sacrifices. Governor Manning said impressions in Washington were that all war activities are making excellent progress. ( He was pleased with the work the , Council of Defense has been accom' olishinsr and told lh? forts were highly commended in the , national capital. > Magistrates File Monthly Reports. Nine county magistrates have died . their reports for the month of May, [ leaving six to be heard from. Magistrate Busby led in the amount of fines collected, his report showing receipts . totaling $317.50. Magistrate Griffith , came next with a collection ot $225. i The following reports were ITIed: f Magistrate S. M. Busby, Waverley, 32 warrants issued and $317.50 collected in fines. Eleven deefndants I were fined for violation of the speed , laws. E. U. Shealy, White Rock, one case 1 tried and $25 collected. J. B. Weston, Gadsden, six cases tried and $100 collected in fines. Dis. orderly conduct was charged In the I majority of cases. R. F. Griffith, Olympia, 36 cases I docketed end 159R i? *?? i E. H. Thompson, Eastover, five . cases tried and $40 collected in fines, r W. T. Lucius, Garners, two cases tried and both defendants declared not guilty. No collections. C. E. Hlnnant, Upper Township, five i cases tried and $1S0 collected in fines, f Gamine and disorderly conduct were i the principal charges. A man and a i woman were each fined $?0 on the i charge of disorderly conduct. > M. C. Coker, Columbia, 24 warrants i issued and $15 collected in fines. N. G. Martin, Davis, reported no business for May. Liberal Treatment For Wheat Raleers. With reference to the grinding of . wheat in South Carolina, Mr. Elliott, r the food administrator, has returned f to Columbia from Washington and r makes the announcement that the i question of grinding wheat in South i Carolina was most carefully consideri ed. Mr. Hoover authorizes the state. ment that liberal treatment will be i given the raisers of wheat in South i Carolina with reference to grinding. The exact terms of the instructions to i millers have not been decided upon but will be Issued in a few days. Rural Sanitation Workers Meet. ? A meeting of rural sanitation work. era in Darlington. Lexington, Orangei burg and Florence counties was held I -in the offices of the State board of i health where plans for standardising - the work and the summer campaign , wag mapped out. The force in each r of these counties consists of one pliyt siclan and a nurse and great progi, ress is being made. Just now in Lex1 ington a strenuous campaign Is being 1 waged against flies, many school boys i being taught how to construct fly traps. roRTMn BRIG. GEN. W. L KENLY Brig. General William L. Kenly, who directs the newly oreated division of military aeronautlea. It will be re, sponsible for the training of aviators and will direct the air forcee. BERLIN RE? "NOCK RESPONSIBLE FOR CHANGE ON ONE OF THE M08T IMPORTANT SECTORS. Comnalled to Reinforce Front?May Attack Other American Sector*. Although the latest German official communication announces that the situation on the battle front is unchanged. there has been a "Fhange on one of the most important sectors in Picardy. And American marines were responsible for it. Attacking on a front of about two and one-half miles in a fight that began Thursday with the break of dawn, the marines In four hours drove back the em ay over a distance of virtually two and one-quarter miles and occupied all the important high ground northwest of Chateau Thierry, which village in a previous fight the American machine gunners had turned into nhnmhln? hv Ihs arcurnrv nf th'clr Rim , as the Germans tried to wrest a I bridge from them. After a breathing space, the Amerl| cans late in the afternoon returned to ' thefray and at last accounts hard fighting was in progress for this important sector, which commands the Marne at that part of the front where the battle line swings eastward toward Rheims. The marines took 100 Germans prisoner in the early encounter, while the French troops on their left also guined an advantage over the enemy and made 160 of his men captives. So hard pressed have the Germans been by the attacks of the Americans in the Chateau Thierry sector during the last few days that they have been compelled strongly to reinforce their front, using three divisions of picked troops in an attempt to hold back the men from overseas. Thus far, however. their efforts have been unavailing. The Americans could not be denied their objectives. are designated to take over all men not lmmedltely fit for service, with a view to giving them intensive training to overcome their faults, mental or physical, or to eliminate such as are unfit for either combatant or non combatant service fc To the northwest around Veuily-LaPoterie. where recently the Americans ! have dealt the German several savage ! blows and captured portions of the j terrain they were occupying the en' emy now seems fearful of another onslaught and is deluging the region 1 with shells. No infantry attacked by , either side has been reported, I ? EIGHT BILLIONS BY TAXATION PLAN OF SECRETARY M'ADOO Washington. ? Secretary McAdoo recommended in a letter to Chairman Kitchin, of the house ways and means committee, that the new revenue bill be drafted to raise $8,000,000,000 by ) taxation, one-third of the estimated $24,000,000,000 expenditures In the fiscal year 1919. He also recommended that a new war profits tax be estabed at a high rate to be superimposed upon existing excess profits taxes; I that the normal Income tax on unearn 1 ed incomes be raised; and that heavv , taxation be Imposed on luxuries. 1RITI8H 8HIP SUNK BY GERMAN U-BOAT. Washington.?Sinking of the British steamship Harpathlan 100 miles off the Virginia capes was announced at i the navy department. The entire ; crew was rescued by the steamer Palmer, which arrived in Chesapeake bay. The submarine used a torpedo. One member of the Brlitsh crew was injured. The Harpathlan was a freighter of 2,800 net tons. Only meager details had reached the department at last report. SUBMARINE EFFORTS FUTILE SAYS FOOD SECRETARY. Washington.?Organization of "development battalions" at every national army, national guard and regular army camp was ordered by the war department. These new units - . - T * > - v > -v* TO /* !H3Srafe!w'J - iLTvU. T Ml A, 8. 0., THURSDAY, JUNE 12 GERMANS LAUNCH NEW OFFENSIVE . BETWEEN MONTDIDIER AND NOYON OVER FRONT OF ABOUT TWENTY MILE8. ALLIES ARE NOT SURPRISED Fighting Declared to be of Extremely 8anguinary Character ? Quiet North of Marne. The armies of Crown Prince Rupprecht of Bavaria again are hitting the allied line in a new offensive with Paris apparently their objective. Between Montdidier and Noyon over a front of about 20 miles preceded as usual by a heavy bombardment with shells of all calibers and ^ with noxious gases, the enemy's ini- ? tial maneuver evidently has In view ai the bending back of the al..ed frort AI toward the town of St. Just on the northern wing and toward the railroad Junction of Compeigne on the ^ southern flank, getting astride of Olse river ad driving southwest toward the French capital. The French troops are resisting the impact with their usual valor, but the Germans on their right and in the N center have been able to penetrate the line for distances ranging from two-thirds of a mile south of Montdidier to relatively two and a half miles at Resaons-Sur-Matx. in the center. Thence to Noyon, however, A the allied line is holding strongly. t< If success should rest with the en- w emy on the new battle front, it pos- tl sibly might badly affect the stability C of the line of the defenders from the e: Oise to the Marne and compel a fall- b ing back westward from the Oi*e to na the rerion of th? Memo norfhwp?t of H Chateau Thierry in order to straighten . fr out the deep salient that would then n project eastward with the Soissons e< sector as its apex. tl The allied commanders, it Is as- w serted. were not taken unawares by the new offensive. On the other hand t( they had anticipated, since the fail 01 ure of the army of the Germon crowi 01 prince to gain its objectives between Soissons and the Marne and thence on the southern part of the line run- w nlng to Rheims that the German high w command would decree another maneuver to the north and prepaiauons 4, accordingly were made to withstand h the .shock ri Tho f.gl.Lng is of extreine-.v i ailguinary chaiacter. and waelaer it w.ll be confined to the area a', prasont at- 11 fected rcmuins to be seen. At last accounts it had not spread north of Montdidier. *1 a b U. 8. CASUALTIES IN FRANCE n THUS FAR TOTAL 7.315 s Washington.?Casualties among the w American expeditionary forces thuB ^ far reported by General Pershing total 7,315, tho war department announced in making public the first of regular w weekly summaries of casualties, q Deaths In action and from wounds. ai diseases, accidents and all other R causes number 2.927, while 4,046 men 0 have been wounded and 342 are missing in action, including men held prlsoners in Germany. The department's recapitulation follows: Killed in action ( Including 291 at a sea), 1 033. tl Died of disease, 1 192. Died of accidents and other causes, p 392. Wounded in action, 4.046. Missing in action (including prisoners), 342. ^ Total, 7,315. Ip a n SLACKERS AND DESERTERS S HIDING IN ALABAMA ?! SI Scottsboro. Ala.?A gang of slackers Q: and deserters, who are said to have B] organized a band to res.st capture, are w hiding in the fastnesses of Sand a mountain near here and officers are preparing to swoop down upon their g lair. DEALERS AND CONSUMERS CLAMOR FOR SUPPLIES jg ei Washington. ? Curtailment of thej k production of less essential articles' rr has greatly stimulated the demand for a them. The monthly business condi- si tions report of the federal reserve g< board, says retail dealers and consum- rr era clamor fo rsupplies before they ir are exhausted and place abnormally ei large orders, which manufacturers are ! r< unable to fill. This has been true of j t) me aemann lor pianos, taixing ma- ti chinos and other musical Instruments, ol JAPANESE SHIP STRIKES N ON LEOQE IN DENSE FOQ A Pacific Port.?Striking on a ledge in a dense fog off the North Pacific A coast the Japanese freighter Aikoku C Maru, said to be the first Japanese vessel taken over by the United | R< States shipping board, is in a preca- cc rlous condition and may slip off to deep J w water at high tide, according to a Hi message received by merchants* ex- *?? change. The vessel which recently arrived hero with cargo for the Orient P' was turned over to the shipping board. *>< I, 1918 FIELD MARSHAL FRENCH IP V * Ck fl^H^Hs w^^^JhHA7<PJM|&V^ * Al BflBB fl^^BCiCfil^^Hi^^K v ERk?S9B t'hoio b>'ffsB *SBB ' Mtw?y*pfr Untoojg ai jl This Is a new portrait of Field Mar- Q hal Lord French, who has been made tr >rd lieutenant of Ireland. H: m NOW OVER 2,000,000 < a ti MILLION MEN JUST TWENTY- * ONE HAVE REGISTERED & fl FOR SERVICE. T tl 8 ew Requisition May Exhaust First e Class in Some States?Hereafter a May Register Every Three Months. ^ ti Washington.?While a million young f( mericana Just turned 21 were regis- a sring for service in the war for ti orld freedom, orders went out from le office of Provost Marshal General p rowder to the governors of all States c ccept Arizona, for the mobilization s etween June 24 and 28 of 200,000 R lore registrants. This was in addi- a on to 40,000 negro men requisitioned ( om 20 States and brings the total q umber of selective service men calli to the colors to 1,696,704 and when ley are in camp the nation's army ? ill number well over 2,000,000 men. The registration apparently was at>nded by the perfect order that mark- * it the enrolling a year ago of 10,000,30 men who form the great reservoir pon which the nation is drawing to c irnlsh the balance of power on the F estern front to crush the German ar machine. c The men who appeared before the ? 500 local boards over the country ave become of age 6ince the first " ?gistration day, June 5, 1917. Mill ii y auuiiiriiies t'summe mat irom isir number there will be had 750,000 " len fit for active dutty. While an act of Congress requires ^ lat the new registrants be placed at c le bottom of the class to which- they re assigned, many of them may soon a e called to the colors, as the recent squlsitlon upon governors probably ? 'ill exhaust the first class in some tates. While no formal explanation 'as made, this was believed to have een the reason why Arizona was not J lcluded in the last call. Results of the second registration 'ill not be known for several days, eneral Crowder has requested the ? djutant general of eah State to teleraph him a comprehensive summary ? f the result, giving the total registraon the proportion to the number lat had been expected to enrol, rea- ? aha obtained for any difference beveen the figures, and the nature of ny untoward occurrence attending n le registration. 8 RUSSIA HAVING SOUGHT WAR 8 MUST HAVE ENOUGH OF IT New York.?Suggestions of Deace I ased on a "perpetuation of Prussianim." and criticisms of the government c nd the conduct of the war "which are ot constructive" were condemned by ? ecretary of State Lansing here. Prusia having "wickedly sought war," the J1 ecretary sa!d, it Is the determination r the American people that "Prussia tall have war and more war and more ? ar. until the very thought of war la bhorrent to the Prussian mind." c ERMAN U-BOATS 8TILL p OPERATING NEAR COAST e o New York.?Two more vessels, a Norwegian steamship and one schoonr, were added to the list of ships nown to have been sunk by the Gerlac submarines which are raiding in merican waters. The total now ^ lands at 13?five steamers and eight 'hooners. The fact which stood out c lost prominently In the day's develop- Q lents Is that the U-hoats are still op- ^ latlng near the toasi and have not sturned to their bases, assuming that le two which already have been iden- y fled are the only ones on this siae f the Atlantic. INETY PER CENT OF WOUNDED WILL RECOVER Paris.?Ninety out of every 100 merican soldiers wounded In tho ^ antlgnay battle will recover. This Is J le judgment of the principal aur- (] sons in the American army medical j >rps, which is caring for them. The n ounded were brought away from the a jilting line without delay when the C) Lttie was at its bitterest. Wounded u ive been brought to American hos- t] Itals In the - neighborhood of Paris. c, 3th from Cantignay and Veuilly wood sj IMES iiiinnr iiirninum iMt Affltniw WITH ESPIONAGE WO GERMANS SUBJECTS ARE NAMED IN INDICTMENT AS CO-CONSPIRATORS. OME PLEAD NOT GUILTY peratlona Declared to Have Been Sensational?Indicted by New York Grand Jury. Now York.?Five American citizens nd two subjects of the German em ire, one 01 mem a woman, are named b fellow-conspirators In two indlctlents returned by a federal grand iry here. Investigators declared their perations the most sensational underiken by Qerman intelligence agents Ince the war began. The indictments allege conspiracy > commit treason and conspiracy to ommlt espionage. The assembling nd transmission of information rela- \ Ive to America's prosecution of the rar; the destruction of American lers docks and troop transports with re bombs, destruction of quicksiler mines in this country to hamper tie manufacture of munitions ; as- ; isting Oermany in taking an armed xpeditlon in Ireland; fomentation of revolt against British rule in Ireind. raising of funds in this country rlth which to finance these operaIons, and destruction of munitions ictories and mines in Great Britain i re charged as ramifications of the lnrlgue. The wordlnc nf tho ln/U(>tmnnf.i nnm rising: 30 pages, intimates that the onspiracy may be of even broader cope. This is suggested by a para- ] raph in the troason indictment which lieges that in July last year, one of he defendants sent a cablegram to >lten, Switzerland. "Madame" de Victories. Rodigcr, tobinson, Frioke and Kipper pleaded not guilty" to both Indictments be- \ ore Judge Augustus N. Hand and I rere remanded to the Tombs to await rial today. O'Leary, now wanted on three harges, and Ryan have not been apirehended. The treason conspiracy indictment harges that "Madame" de Victorica ,nd Rodlger, "from April 6, 1917, to he date of the presentation and filing f this indictment, were enemies of he United States and spies for and ecret representatives, secret ngents nd secret employes of said imperial lerman government" and still are. After naming Ryan. O'Leary, Robnson, Frlcke, Kipper, Binder and Ichweltzer as citizens owing allegl- , .nee to the United States, the indictuent charges that they "and divers ither persons within and without the Jnited States" whose names are un:nown, conspired to commit treason, n that they "wov.ld knowingly and rilfully adhere and give aid and comort" to the German government, and o Madame de Victories and Rodlger iy sending to the German government ommunications "connected with and n prosecution of the war." receiving rom German officials communications ; connected with and in promotion of he war" and hy furnishing money and redits to Rodiger and de Victorica; i >y concealing the presence and activlies of the two alleged from American ; authorities and by furnishing messen;ers to the two suspects. IUBMARINE8 CHA8E TRAN8POPRT 12 HOURS An Atlantic Port?The story of a ransport's race up the Atlantic coast, losely hugging the coast, with darkined lights at night and under a full treasure of steam In order to elude lerman U-boats, at least two of whom ;ave chase, were told by men on shore eave here. Members of the crew declared hat they were warned In ample time iy wireless of the nearness of the sea rolves and were advised to keep In i lose to thef coast and to make all lossible speed to this port. They ask- ! d In return that the ship be met at >nce by American destroyers. AOVE TO REDUCE COST OF FOOD TO CON8UMER Washington.?A country-wide move o reduce the cost of food to the con- j umer and standardize methods of | ompelllng the observance by dealers f "fair price lists" was ordered by ! 'ood Administrator Hoover. Lists will be published in every ounty, town and city and consumers rill be asked to co-operate with offilals in forcing merchants to bring heir prices to a uniform level. .LOYD GEORGE PRAISES VALOR OF AM ERIC AN8 London. ? Premier David Lloyd I leorge. in replying to a toast to the j uccess of the entente allied arms a? he dinner to the Printers' Society of .ondon. said that Britishers have lade sacrifices for a great purpose nd ji high ideal. One of the most enauraging things, the premier contined, was the "superb valor and the rained skill with which the Amerluna have taken their part In the ruggle. i 9 MORE THAN 700,000 AMERICANS OVERSEA j BAKER TELLS "BLUE DEVUJT THAT NUMBER HAS SAILED FOR FRANCE. ALPINE CHASSEURS FAREWELL ' War Secretary Saya Hereafter We Are Going to Believe In Strength of Moral Foroe. Washington. ? More than 700.MS American soldiers have gone overseen to carry back to France the encouragement and assistance which Laffepette and Rochambeau brought to America, secretary Haker tola IM Preach Alpine Chasseurs In bidding them farewell here at the base of the Washington monument. The war secretary's last announcement some weeks ago concerning the size of the American forces abroad was 600,000 men had sailed for the battle front. The Alpine Chasseurs, better known as the "Blue Devils" of France, came to America last month to asslat In the third Liberty loan campaign and since have toured the south and middle went. They were reviewed and received by the secretar yof war before leaving for their native land. "You soldiers of Prance," said Mr. Baker, in addressing the chasseurs, "came to this country in order that the people of America might see wit* their own eyes in your persons the kind of men who have written a new page in the record of human heroine and success. You were welcomed In this country from one end of it to the other. "You are going back to your oww country?still, thank Qod. your own? and when you get there you will find that the small beginning of our armjr which you left there has grown into a mighty manifestation. When yon laflL France, the American army was there in small representation, but now more than 700,000 Americans hare sailed from their shore to carry back to your army and your people the ew- , couragement and assistance which LaFayette and Rochambeau brought to America in the early and struggling days of American freedom. "Instead of believing in mere phytocal force, hereafter, we are going to believe in the strength of moral fere*. . JAPANESE TO TAKE / HAND IN SIBERlW Harbin, Manchuria.?Although K has been reported that General Semonoff, commander of the forces operating against bolahevlki in Siberia, la hourly expecting Japanese troops to support him. there is no con fir matins that these troops actunlly are oa tit way. It has been learned, however, that strong recommendations base been made by the diplomatic corpc for the Immediate intervention of tba Japanese in the face of the growing German menace. These recommendations have been forwarded to the gnrrernments of the respective diplomats, including the Washington government.. ADDITIONAL GROUND GAINED BY GERMANS The Germans in the center of their new attack on the front between Monfcdldler and Noyon have gained addi tiuuai wuiiu af^ui iini II1C3 r I CIILH, DHL on both the right and left wings they are being held. In violent successive attacks they captured the villages tit Mery. Bclloy nad St. Maure and also pressed fd.ward and gained a footbay In the village of Marqueglise, the last named place representing the deepest point of pentratlon since the offensive began?between five and si* miles. The French still are exacting a i heavy toll In lives from the Germans as they deliver their attacks lp waves and are giving ground only frhea forced to do so under superiority of numbers. Nowhere has the snem^v been able to pierce the front, whiek has been sent back in perfect ordsri; whenever the necessity arose. gH AMERICAN TRAN8PORT FIRE8 AT 8UBMARTICE An Atlantic Port.?An American transport fired five shots at a German submarine 75 miles off the Jersey coast, with unknown results, according to Information brought here. Tha freight ship, sighted the submarine soon after 10 o'clock. Immediatelyfull speed ahead was ordered. A tew *. minutes later a United States army* transport, opened fire on the submarine. GERMAN U-BOAT. ON THI8 SIDE 350 FEET LONO Newport News. Va.?One of the Oweman U-boats operating off the AtlfcatJc coast Is 350 feet long, carries twp * Irtoh gons and 75 men and is prates*ed with a heavy belt of armor ebrfi* the water line, according to n avsmu. who/was held prisoner on the <xnu&erw;der craft several days. The seaman says be talked with a member ?f the crew and was Informed Chat Ike U-boat had been in these waters about tea days. S&W * ' 1(1