Fort Mill times. (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, July 18, 1918, Image 1
| Established in 1891.
BOND EXCHANGES
. DISCOURAGE THRIFT
EXCHANGE OF BONDS FOR MER
CHANDI8E DEFEAT8 PRIMARY
OBJECT OF SALE.
DISPATCHES FROM COLUMBIA
Doing* and Happening* That Mark
the Progress of 8outh Carolina People,
Gathered Around the State
Capital.
Columbia.
In advising the people of South Carolina
against the exchange of Liberty
bonds for securities or merchandise,
the State Council of Defense is acting
with the approval of the Council of
National Defense and the treasury department.
Secretary McAdoo eald recently.
regarding the exchange of merchandise
for Liberty bonds: "When the
bonds are exchanged for merchandise,
it defeats the primary purpose of their
sale, it discourages thrift and in
creases expenditure*, inua aepriving
tbe- government of labor and material
needed for war purpose#. It Is also
pointed out that bonds taken in axchange
are usually sold immediately
in the open market, thus depressing
the market price.
All offers to accept Liberty bonds
in exchange for other securities, or
for merchandise should not only he
decllqed, but the concerns making
such offers should be reported to the
council of defense. Not only are many
of the securities so offered worthless,
but. to quote a communication from
Washington, "the mere fact that any
security is offered in this unpatriotic
way justifies suspicion and an investigation
of its character."
Government bonds are. of course,
the best security in the world.
To Localize Labor Boards.
Establishment of community labor
boards in co-operation with the United
States employment service to have
general Jurisdiction over the recruiting
and distribution of labor has been
announced by the war labor policies
* board at Washington. It will he the
function of these boards to localize in
each industrial region the enforcement
of the policies of the employment
service.
The State director of the United
States public service reserve will designate
the number and bounds of the
industrial communities in his State,
governing himself by the requirements
and status of labor In the Tarlous
industrial communities
Chambers of commerce and manufacturers'
associations will be asked
to nominate representatives of employers
und State and city federations
of labor will be requested to name the
labor members, both of whom are to
be appointed by the 8tate diroctor of
the public service reserve.
Community local hoards will assist
In mobilizing labor in thejr respective*
communities and will decide upon the
relative needs of local establishments
seeking labor. In the event that the
supply of labor ie less than the demand.
the existing reserve will be prorated
among the applicants.
Horace L. Tilghmnn, State director,
said that the public service reserve
waa organized in every county and
community in the State with few exceptions
where organisation la under
way at thlv time.
Beef Ssven Meals Weekly.
Roast beef and beef steak make
thedr reappearance on the bill of fare.
Recently the food administration, in
view of the necessity of conserving
beef, prohibited the serving of beef
in any form, except by-products of
beef, for more than one meal on one
day in any one week at restaurants,
hotels, on dining cars and in public
eating places. Throughout the State,
in order to live strictly up to the
regulations, proprietors of public eating
places eliminated beef steak and
roast beef from the menus.
A bulletin just issued by the food
administration authorizes hotels and
restaurants to serve beef in any form
at ono meal dally.
sine uairymen protest.
Complaint by the dairy interests of
this State on account of the delayeJ
delivery of milk cans by the public
carriers was brought to the attention
of the railroad commission through a
letter from W. W. Ixmg, director of
i co-operative extension work in agriculture
and home economics at Clemson
College. Representative Dairy
men. dairymen from CJemson. and representatives
of the railroad and express
companies attended the hearing.
The commission took the matter
under advisement.
Mnny Stills Are Raided.
The report of T. J. 9myrl. chief
State constable, for the month of June
shows that the State constabulary
have se'r.ed and assisted the federul
authorities in seizing 22 blockade
stills, 125 quarts of whiskey. 3.150 gallons
of beer and mash and one Ford
car. These stills were located in the
following counties: Anderson 1. Aiken
3, Cherokee 1. Dillon 1, Greehvllle 6.
Oconee 2. Orangeburg 6 and Saluda 3.
The Ford car which was taken
by the constables sold in Anderson
for $437 60.
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The
Christie B?nn?tt U Senator.
Governor Manning haa appointed
Christie Benet. prominent attorney of
Columbia and close personal friend
and political adviser of the governor,
to be the successor to the late United
States Senator B. R. Tillman. In that
the vacancy extends through approximately
eight months and as an appointee
by the governor could hold but
six months, Mr. Benet will go before
the people and ask for the short term
nomination. Mr. Benet announced
that he would go In the primary immediately
after the appointment had
been made. In making the appointment
Governor Manning said:
"My responsibility in appointing
Senator Tillman's succesor impresses
me deeply.
"The occasion calls for a man of
full physical and mental vigor, who
can present to the people of our
state the grave issues of the war and
'he supreme necessity taht every sacrifice
should be made, who can gair
or the government the full support
of our citizens, and who knows and
ran explain the colossal task that confronts
President Wilson and his assistants.
I have appointed one whose
sterling Americanism is undoubted,
who is familiar with the plans and
the needs of the administration, and
who will stand four square and undismayed
in support of the war and
suceessrui ana iorcioie conclusion 01
It.
"I hava appointed Christie nonet of
Columbia. He had his papers prepared
to enlist in the army, and had notified
the proper military officera to
hat effect, but I am Justified in appointing
him by the valuable work he
can do."
Many Doctora Volunteer
In response to th ecall for volun'eers
in the medical profession, many
are writing to the state board of
health expressing their desire to go
into service or telling that they are
already in service. South Carolina
lacks 150 medical men to All the quota
asked.
Men over 55 years of age who wish
0 answer their country's call are phyically
disqualified for active service,
but can do their patriotic duty by joln!ng
volunteer reserve corps. For information
regarding this branch applicants
may get in touch with the
committee, of which Dr. T. G. Simmons
of Charleston is Chairman. The
other members of the committee are:
Drs. Hlnes, Neuffer, Mood and Bratton.
This comittee decides whether
those who volunter are entitled to the
'nslgr.la given by the war department
"o this corps.
Some Recent Charters.
The Gents' Outfitting Company of
Andrews has been chartered by W.
Ranks Dove, secretary of state, with
1 capital stock of $2,000. The officers
P II U Anb?
ui me v,ui aiiuu aic u. x 1. x laimo,
president. and W. T. Croft, secretary
and treasurer, both of Andrews.
Tho Pampllco Warehouse Company
of Pamplico has been dfcartered with
\ rapital stock of $10,000. The officers
are A. A. Munn, president; H. F.
Dargan, vice president, and B. D. Dar~an.
secretary and treasurer.
An Increase in rapital stock from
$125,000 to $150,000 has been granted
the Spartanburg Hotel Corporation
by the secretary of state.
The Community Cannery of Charleston
has been chartered with a cap
ital stock of $1,000. The officers of
the cannery are Mrs. H. L. Beck,
president; Mrs. John C. Tiedeman,
rice-president; Mr. Isaac Marks, secretary
and treasurer.
One Year for Pro-German Editor.
Information was received In Columbia
that the judgment of the federal
court in South Carolina in the case
if Albert Orth had been affirmed and
that Orth will now go to the federal
oenitentlary in Atlanta for a term of
one year for aiding nnd abetting a
C.erman prisoner to escape. The case
attracted unusual attention. Orth
vas editor.of the Statts Zeitung. a
f*ernian paper published in Charleston.
Knobloch and another German
irisoner named Fay, escaped from tho
"edernl penitentiary, where they had
been sent for conspiracy to sink
Vmerlean vessels. Knobloch after escaping
appealed to Orth for assistince.
This was denial, but Knobloch
was directed by Orth to two men who
donated $20.
Manning V.-P. of Peace League.
The I.eague to Enforce Peace announced
that Governor Manning of
, South Carolina had accepted election
as a vice president of the organization.
The governor nttended the na
tlonal convention of the league In
Philadelphia last May and spoke at
the conference of governors in Independence
Hall. A photographic facsimile
of the "Win the War" declaration.
adopted and signed by ten governors
and a number of ex-governors,
has been framed and sent to Governor
Manning.
Semi-Annual Inspection.
Recent semiannual inspections bj
'he state board of charities and cor
rections revealed that "encouraging
progress is being made, especially at
he South Carolina Industrial School,
'he State Hospital for the Insane and
he stnte penitentiary. The human unfortunate
in these institutions is be
ing Increasingly considered. The phyileal
plants are being improved
Crops are good in the three instltu
ions mentioned as well as at the state
reformatory for negro boys and at the
state farm.'
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FOR'
FORT!
HKIU. UtN. JAMES G. HARBORD j
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Wi^TMlnTW,^rTi-:' v.-.-.-.-.nv .^.y-t
Brig. Qen. James Q. Harbord has !
besn temporarily In command of the I
United States marines fighting In |
France. j
AMERICANS LOSE AIRPLANES
GERMANS GREATLY ANNOYED BY \
SLOW AND METHODICAL AD
VANCE OF FRENCH.
French and Italians Are Steadily
Pressing the Germans Back
Along Front.
French pressure along the line
from the Marne to the Aisne, which
began two weeks ago as a series of
local attacks, has begun to yield re
suits which are appreciable when
taken from the Germane and strong
viewed on the map. The town of
Courcy, east of Retz forest, has been
taken from the Germans and strong
positions captured by the slow, methodical
advance that has been the
source of much annoyance to the enemy
for several days.
As a result of the assaults made
by the French from Ambleny, south
of the Aisne, to the hills south of
Courcy, their line has been straightened
and adv&nced to high ground.
There has been some reason for be'
lleving that when the Germans re|
sume their offensive on the western
front they will attempt to break
through between the Marne and the
Aisne in a dash straight for Paris.
On the British front, the Australians
have been in action once more, penetrating
German positions and capturing
prisoners. On the rest of the lines,
held by the British, there have been
the usual artillery duels and patrol
engagements.
French and Italian detachments are
steadily pushing Austrian force? back
along the western slopes of the mountains
that parallel the coast of Albania.
They are reported north of the
important town of Berat and have
moved ahead in the hilly country to
the east.
A Peking dispatch states that the
Ciecho-Slovaks are in virtual control
of all the western Siberia. Over vast
stretches of this country they have
triumphed over the bolshevik!. The
overthrow of the bolsheviki at Irkutsk
has been confirmed.
An official statement from Berlin
Hays that five of a squadron of six
American airplanes which started out
with the intention of bombing the city
of Coblenz fell into the hands of the
Germans.
8UGAR EQUALIZATION
BOARD CREATED
Washington.?To equalize the price
of sugar to the consumer In the face
of prospects for an Increase due to a
threatened shortage, and to secure
better distribution. President Wilson
created the sugar equalization
board on recommendation of Food
Administrator Hoover. The board
will be incorporated at $5,000,000, the
capital to be furnished by the president
from his special war fund, and
will have authority to acquire even at
a loss to the government the production
of beet sugar factories that cannot
under the present price of beets
be sold to the public at a reasonable
price, and other high cost cugar. Th's,
will be resold in the common lot at
the stabilized price, thus saving con
siderable to the consumer.
AMERICANS TO OBSERVE
GREAT FRENCH HOLIDAY
With the American Army in France j
?Rastlle day, July 14. has been declared
a general holiday by a general
' order rfom hendquarters for all troops
i of the Amerienn exped:tionary force
not actually engaged with tho enemy.
"It will be the privilege and duty
1 of the American soldiers," says the
order, "to celebrnte the French inde
I pendcnce day, which appeals alike to ]
every citizen and soldier of France
and America."
j TO RECRUIT MALE
STUDENTS FOR COLLEGE
WashlnKton.?President Wilson was
asked by-a committee of the emergency
council of the National Education
Association to endorse a camoain
to recruit male students for col- j
le^es and prevent the present tend- ,
ency of youn? men to leave the col- i
e*r? for military service. The com- :
mittee announced that a meetln* of,
the council will be held here when
plans for the cnmpalRn will be formuVttM
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DLL, 8. 0., THURSDAY, JUL!
ALL PET ALONG
WESTERN FRONT
PREVALENCE OF BAD WEATHER1
PREVENTS MOVEMENTS OF
IMPORTANCE.
FRENCH TROOpS TAKE VILLAGES j
Morale of Austrian# Extremely Bed.
and Surrender# Are of Frequent
Occurrence.
Bad weather conditions continue to
prevail on the greater portion of th#
oat tie front In France and Flanders
and the military operations are still
far below normal. Nowhere have i
there been any engagements ranking
?r. importance above trench raids and
patrol encounters.
On several sectors, however, the .big i
| guns are constantly hammer.ng away |
at opposing positions, particularly qn
the American front along the Mame; |
on the sectors held by the British and <
near Corey, where tha Preach face tb? 1
enemy. ' . <
As yet there is no indication htat
the date for the commencement of the i
expected grand offensive by the Oer- |
mans is at hnnd.
The British troops In Macedonia
seemingly have started an operation |
against the Teutonic allies which may
develop westward along the battlefront
and eventually conform with the
succsesful drive which is being carried
out by the French and Italians
in Albania. West of the town of
Doiran, which lies on the railroad (
north of Saloniki. the British have delivered
a blow against the Bulgarians
which was productive of good results.
Meanwhile, in Albania, the French
and Italians are giving the enemy no
rcst,( pressing him bark daily mile after
mile over the trackless country
and capturing strategic positions and
villages. The latest French official
communication shows that the French
troops have taken the villages of Narta
and Gramshi.
The morale of the Austrlans is declared
to be extremely bad and surrenders
of war-worn soldiers are reported
constantly to be taking place. I
HEROE8 IN MONSTER PARADE
CELEBRATING BASTILE DAY
Paris.?Heroes distinguished during
the war in all the entente allied armies
participated in a monster parade
through the streets of Paris in cele>
bration of the fourteenth of July?
Bastille day. American troops from
the First and Second divisions, recently
cited in army ordors, represented
he United States army. One detachment
took part In the capture of Can- I
tlgny. while others were in the Chateau-Thierry
fighting.
All the American units had ben in
. u.wic lunii a jror anu wore |
two service stripes. The American
expeditonary force was showered
with flowers by French girls and were
-eceivod all along the route with the i
neatest enthusiasm. 'j
The parade was reviewed by Presi- |
dent Poineare. who was accompanied i
by General John J. Pershing, the com- i
mander-in-chief of the United States (
'orces in France. The Americans oc- (
upied second place in the column. ; i
NO. PEACE SAVE BY THE
SWORD, SAYS GEN. LLOYD ,
London.?MtvJ. Gen. John Riddle. ,
commanding the American forces in i
the United Kingdom, was among the
guests at the annual Anglo-French i
dinner organized by the Alsace-Lor- i
raine Patriotic League i>n London in |
connection with the French national i
fete. Baron Rurnham presided.
General Sir Francis Lloyd replying
to the toast "Success to the allied
forces." said:
"There can be no peace hy negotiations
and nothing but peace hy the J
sword. Now that we have an indescribable
asset which has come over '
to us across the western waves at a '
time when we most need it we surely '
should carry through andflttain the 1
desired end." V
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TOTAL AMERICAN DEATH 1
LIST TO DATE 18 4.673 1
Washington.?Casualties in the '
army and marine corps overseas in- j
creased 647 during the week compar- <
ed with 703 the previous week, and !
aggregated 11.733 with the inclusion
of the latest army list giving 72
antes and the marine corps list givI
ing 51 names. Total deaths, including
.91 men lost at sea. men killed in action.
dead of wounds, disease, accl- .
dent and other causes number 4.673? |
army men 4.100. marines 57.1 i <
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GOVERNMENT CONTROL OF ?
TOBACCO IS POS9IBLE
Washington.?Government control
of the tobacco Industry of the United i
States may result from the heavy re- >
quirements of the allies and the Am- t
erican military forces abroad. Ra- I
tioning of the American population ia t
believed to be a possibility. The war c
industries board announced that it has r
been conducting an investigation to I
determine the requirements abroad j 1
and the amount that muat be conserv- : <
ed in this country | t
uaiue rront in France, where the
Hermans are believed to be preparing
for a resumption of their offensive
against the positions held by the soldiers
of the entente nations. The
most vital area in the various theaters
of the war is in Albania, where
the French and Italians are continuing
their succees against the Austrlans.
While It is not expected that farreaching
results will be brought about
by the offensive in this section of the
world, the movement has in it possibilities
which seem interesting. The
rapid progress made by the French
and Italians, the probability that tho
Austro-Rulgar line to the east past
Lake Ochrida may be outflanked and
the possibility that an offensive may
be launched along the Salonica front
tend to give the events in Albania
some importance at a time when the
main battle area is aulet.
There have been Indications recently
that an offensive might be begun
in Macedonia, if for no other reason
than to draw Austrian, nnd possibly
German troops from Italy and
France. It is reported that the Bulgarians
are w;ar-weary and that a
powerful blow along the front north
of Saloniki might bring about notable
military and political results.
There have been no events of an
unusual character along the American-held
sectors of the line, except
ai i naieau-Thterry, where American
aviators have been active. One squadron
has penetrated far behind the
German lineu.
The remarkable ruccess of the C*erho-Slovak
legions in re-establishing
law and order in Siberia and in overcoming
armed opposition from former
German and Austrian prisoners of
war has had the elTert of suspending
the preparation of plans by the entente
powers and the I'nited States
Tor the organization of an international
military force to campaign iti
Siberia.
KERENSKY IS INVITED HERE
BY SOCIAL DEMOCRATS
London.-?John Spargo. a member
of the committee sent to Europe by
the Social Democratic League of
America, has telegraphed, on behalf
of that organization, an invitation to
Alexander F. Kerensky, who is now
In F'aris. to tour the principal cities of
(he United States. It is planned that
the Social Democratic League will
guarantee satisfactory arrangement?
for the tour.
AMERICAN AVIATORS
PENETRATE GERMAN LINES
With the American Forres on the
Marne?American pursuit planes flyng
in squadron formation penetrated
German occupied territory north of
Chateau-Thierry for a distance of 50
miles and chased several German machines
which they encountered.
HOUSE COMMITTEE CONSIDERS
LIST OF TAXABLE LUXURIES
Washington?Members of the house
vays and means committee studied
vith interest the list of luxury taxaions
suggested by the treasury detriment,
but opposition was apparent
o many of the proposals which some
ommitteemen regarded as impraetial.
The committee will take up the
1st item by item when it begins framng
the new war revenue bill. Several
protests have already been
lied.
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I 18, 1918
COL. J. 8. FAIR
Col. J. 8. Fair, assistant to tha acting
quartermaster ganaral a/ tha army,
haa perfected plana' wharaby acvaral
thousand acraa of land near Unltad
Stataa army eampa will ba turned Into
war gardens. Soma 6,000 "eonaelentloua
ebjectore" and German prisoners
will be uaad In cultivating tha land.
AMERICAN SECTORS ARE QUIET
PRESENT ALLIED OFFENSIVE IN
THIS SECTION TO HAVE INTERESTING
PO88IBILITIE8.
Allied Plane for Ruaaia Arc Changed
by Recent Successes of CzechsSlovaks.
For the moment the eyes of the
allied world are turned away from the
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ATTACK GERMANS
ON PICARDY FRONT
BLOW DELIVERED ALONG FRONT
OF THREE MILES TO DEPTH
OF ONE MILE.
BRITISH FORGES ARE ACTIVE
Austrians Revolt In Serbia as Does
Turklsn Garrison In Asia
Minor.
Striking the Germans on a front
that hlla h*(in mllat frt. IU A ?. . _1
- WVW.i HUIUI IUI IIITT |ia?l SII
weeks, the French have once more
broken through the enemy defenses
and advanced their Unes. This new
blow at the enemy was launched between
Castel and Mailly-Raineval, on
the Picardy front, southeast of
Amiens, where there has been but
little fighting sinco the French by a
local attack pushed the Germans out
of Senecat wood late in May.
The attack was along a front of
approximately three miles. It swept
the Germans back out (' the village .
of Castel and the Anchin farm, about
a mile to the south, and cleared out '
a number of strong enemy positions. I
The French penetrated the Germun 1
lines to a depth of more than a mile.
The American attack on Cantigny.
some time ago. advanced the line ma- J
terially at that point, while the Aus- '
tralians and Americans on July 4 and
6 cut deeply into the German lines at
Hamel and Villers Bretonneaux, south
of the Somme. The French attack
was launched at a point between positions
of the Americans at Cantigny
and the Australians further north.
Between the Marne ?n<t the
the French have continued their offensive
operaticns. It is reported that
the village of Longpont. south of
Corey, the capture of which was ro'
ported on- Thursday, has been taken
by General Petain's men who havo
I also made progress north of Corey, at
! the Chavigny farm. East of Faverolles,
according to the French official
statement the allied lines have
been advanced, this marking a southerly
extension of the fighting line
which has heretofore not been unusually
active farther south than
Longpont.
On the British front there has been
spirited fighting, according to the
German official report which indicates
J that from Ypres around the Lys
salient and down in the Picardy sector
as far as Albert there have been
l scattered attacks made by the British.
| A revolt of Austrian troops in Ser:
bia is reported from Italian sources.
| The mutiny was suppressed after hard
fighting. Athens reports a similar
j state of affairs in a Turkish garrison
I in Asia Minor, where it is said Ger- !
! man officers were murdered by Turk'
ish soldiers.
PRESIDENT VETOES PRICE SET
FOR COMING WHEAT CROP
Washington.?In vetoing the $28.000,000
annual agricultural appropriation
bill because of its amendment fixj
log the government guaranteed mini,
mum wheat price at $2.40 a bushel, :
' the President informed Congress that
he did not believe the farmers of
America "depend upon a stimulation
of price to do their utmost to serve
the nation and the world at this time
of crisis."
A fixed minimum price of $2.40 a
; bushel, the President said, would In'
crease the price of flour from $10 50
| to $12.50 a barrel and would put an
additional burden of $387,000,000 this
! year on the consumers. Such an inI
crease in price, he said, would force
a similar increase in Canada, thus enlarging
the whole scale of financial
operations in this country.
The President said the patriotic
spirit of the farmers has beet) "wor
. thy of all praise and has shown them
playing a most admirable and gratifying
part in the full mobilization of
! th<? rpannrrpa r?f Ihn i-nnnti-i/ " II ?
added that the bumper crops they
| have raised this year have relieved
! "the anxiety of the nations arrayed
I against Germany with regard to their
| food supplies."
VOTE ON PROHIBITION IS
POSTPONED UNTIL AUGUST 16
Washington ?-While the senate conj
tinned to debate house resolution
authorizing government Control dur*'
ing the war of telegraph, telephone,
j cable and radio systems, leaders
framed a program for presentation
I calling for a vote on the resolution at
that time, postponement of a vote on
prohibition legislation until late next
| month and a mid summer vacation by
I interim recesses for three days until
August 26.
OTHER SHORT LINES TAKEN
OVER BY GOVERNMENT
Washington.?The short line situation
seems to be clearing up. Senator
Simmons was notified that the Piedmont
& Northern would be taken
over. The Aberdeen & Rockflsh, the
Kast Carolina and the Durham '&
Southern will also be taken over.' '
The- Piedmont & Northern lines
formerly were operated by the government,
but this was one of the
lines the railroad administration re|
turned into the control of th? owners.
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FIERCE BATTLE IS 1
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ENEMY ATTACK ON BOTH SIDE8
OF RHEIM8 GALLANTLY MET.
BUT SMALL GAINS MADE.
AMERICANS STERN FIGHTERS
6omplete German Brigade Staff Is
Among Prisoners Taken; Tanks
Used in the Assault.
The expected renewal of the Oerman
offensive In France hat* begun.
Fierce battles are in' progress on both
sides of the famous cathedral city
of Kheims. which Rince the first offensive
along tho Marne has stood the
apex of a sharp salient Into the German
line.
West of Rheims the Germans with
the pressure of large numbers of
troops, the unleashing of which was
preceded by a veritable hail of high
explosives and gas shells, have been
enabled to cross the Marne at several
places. Fast of the city, hov.ever, they
have boen held for the smallest of
gains by the tenacious resistance of
the defenders of the line. Altogether
the two bade fronts aggregate about
65 miles in length.
American troops are fighting valiantly
on the sectors they have been
holding and at two points have met
with rt nt A hi n tnu?ci?oc At Von* t how
not only broke down a violent attack
by the enemy, but drove him back several
hundred yards and only returned
to their former positions when the advance
of the Germans southeast of
Chateau-Thierry across the Marue
made the reoceupation of their
trenches of strategic value.
Along the Marne. between the town
of Fossov and the river Sumerlin,
where the Germans crossed the Marne
the Americans in a strong counterattack
forced hack the enemy to the
right bank of the stream. At other
points along the river they used to the
greatest advantage their machine
guns against enemy elements which
were crossing the river on pontoon
bridges, killing or wounding many of
them. In the counter-attack near
Fossoy between 1.000 and 1.500 Germans
were made prisoner by the Americans.
The captured contingents included
a complete brigade staff. The
French general in command on this
sector sent a congratulatory message
to the general in command of the
American troops.
The Germans in addition to their
tremendous expenditure of explosive
and gas shells used numerous tanks
againsi me lines or me cieiemiers end
also opened with numerous naval
(funs bombardments of towns and cities
far behind the battle line, dropping
upon them shells from 10 to 12-inch
pieces.
The details of the strategic scheme
the Germans have in view haye not
yet been unfolded. It seems apparent,
however, that the main objective in
the first stages of the offensive is the
throwing of their lines southward on
both sides of Rheims, enveloping that
city and forcing its capitulation.
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RESULTS SO FAR SHOW
FOCH WAS FOREWARNED
The fact that stubborn resistance
met every German rush all along the
line shows that General Foch was
fully forewarned of the general territory
in which the attack was develop- (
ed. It appears certain that he had his
reserves close up and outgeneralled
the enemy in. this vital factor. Officials
were strongly inclined to believe
that the present German effort is
Intended only as a forerunner for a
later assault to the north toward the
channel ports. If it proves successful
in dislodging the Franco-Italian defenders
of Rheims by later direct as- >
saults or by pressing their pincer .s .
movement, it is argued that the
Franco-British reserves back of
Amions might be drawn into the defense
of Paris, weakening the line in
the Albert region which is regarded
as the certain prime objective of the
whole German plan of campaign.
NEWS OF ACTION WAS
RECEIVED WITH ELATION HERE
Washington..?An air of elation was < ?
apparent in government circles as
press dispatches from France unfolded
the story of the valiant stand of
American troops along tho Marne,.
where they hold the left flank of the
great battle front, while the French
army, aided near Rheims by Italian
divisions, stood fast over the far
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defended against fierce assaults
by the enetny.
GERMAN INFANTRY NO
MATCH FOR AMERICAN
With the American Army on the
Marne.?The correspondent talked to
some American soldiers now in hospital.
They were in. complete
agreement that the German infantry
was no match for the American. This
is evidenced by the reports from all
the American hospitals, there being
only a few,cases of wounds from rWe
and machine gon' Are. while most of
the men are suffering from shr&pno)
wounds.
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