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0 Established in 1891. MOST IMPORTANT HIEEIji fUHED STATE COUNCIL OF DEFEN8E TO CONDUCT STATEWIDE CAMPAIGN AFTER MEETING. DISPATCHES FROM COLUMBIA Dolnga and Happening* That Mark the Progrea* of South Carolina People, Gathered Around the State Capital. Columbia. The program for the two-day health institute, to be held at Columbia. August 1 and August 2, by the state council of defense and the state board of health, and which will be followed by a statewide campaign, has been tentatively announced. The sessions of the health institute will begin Thursday afternoon following the* regular bi-monthly meeting of the state council of defense. which will be held that morning. D. R. Coker, chairman of the defense council, will open the session with an outline of the general health situation. Mr. Coker will explain the plans and purpose of the council of defense in launching the health campaign in South Carolina at this time. The National council of defense has repeatedly urged the Btate councils to use every means possible to protect and conserve the public health, as a definite and a very vital war measure. This request is based upon the fact. that healthy people enjoy great advantaged over those who are not perfectly well; they cannot only fight better, making more effclent soldiers, but they can produce more food, manufacture more war supplies, and can back up the fighting men stronger than people who do not enjoy such advantages. Dr. J. A. Hayne, secretary of the etate board of health, will follow Mr. Coker. and will speak on the public health laws of the state. "Public Health Work in the Rural Districts" will be discussed by Vance Brabham. ] The Thursday night session will be | given over to a discussion of "Child I Welfare," to be led by Dr. E. A. Mines. , Friday morning venereal diseases will be discussed by Capt. C. V. Akin of ; the United States Public Health Ser- | vice, and Lieut. L. A. Larremore. of I the War camp community service. At the Friday afternoon session tuberculosis and malaria will be considered, the discussions to be led by Dr. Ernest Cooper of Columbia and j Dr. Wm. Eggleston of Hartsville. re- I spectively. Friday night will be given over to a discussion of fly borne diseases ? typhoid and dysentery ? by Capt. Frlench Simpson of the United States Public Health Service. These discussions will be heard by a large number of physicians, social workers, speakers and campaigners | wno win attend tTx* Institute and who will then go out for a campaign j throughout the state. The women's i division of the detense council will have 50 delegates In attendance. Fifty negroes will attend In order that they may carry the message back home. Use of Sugar Further Curtailed. Columbia.?Sugar bowls will be banished from the tables of dining cars as part of the conservation pro- ; gram and hereafter travelers who eat n route will receive not more than two-half lumps or one teaspoonful per meal. This information is contained in a message to the Food Administration from B. S. Harvey, of Chicago, chairman of the administrative committee of dining car superintendents which was formed to cooperate with the Food Administration. Mr. Harvey announced that telegrams had been sent to the various dining car services asking that the sugar bowl he taken from the table of diners, and that individual service be Instituted. Individual service has tjeen Instituted In many hotels and restaurants throughout the stm? TVhlle the Food Administration has prescribed no method of serving sugar on dining cars, it recognizes that the ' action of the dining car superintendents Is prompted by a desire to co-operate in the present emergency. Committee on Labor Employment. John L. Davis, .for State Federation of I,abor, A. V. Snail, employers, and Horace L. Tllghman, the United 1 ' States employment service compose the organization committee authoriz- 1 ed by recent instructions from the do- 1 partment of labor. This committee < will appoint community labor and < State advisory boards for the employ- | < ment service. The State advisory i board will be composed of the State 1 director, as chairman, and two rep- i resentatives of labor and two of man- i agement. i State Meeting Bar Association. The program for the annual meeting of the South Carolina Bar Asaoci- 1 ation, which is to bo held In Spartan- 1 burg August 1 and 2. wan announced I 7 Ben Hill Brown, member of I the executive committee and chairman of the program committee. An i iterestlng and entertaining program .as been arranged, and it is expected ' that the meeting will be a delightful , one. The attendance will doubtless < be large. At least 200 members of the association from every part of the I State are expected to be present. ' mmpw The Up-to-dDate In Forestry, Few people realize that South Car? llna Is up to date In forestry in one respect at least, as the owner of a thousand acre forest. This is more than cen be claimed by many other states. It all came about through the foresight of Joann de la Howe, who bequeathed 1,700 acres to the state, specifying in his will that 1,000 acres should forever remain In forest. This French nobleman with a broad vision died in 1797, when the idea of an endowed school for teaching agriculture, Including forestry, was far beyond average human vision. The forest is locatel along Little River, in McCormick county, and is composed mostly of short leaf or yellow pine yith scattered hardwoods. In the low places some loblolly pine occurs. Many of the pines are 125 feet in height and measure 30 to 35 iiivucp in uiamcitr ai ureuBi neigni. One measured acre contains 30.000 board feet of pine. Fira has been excluded for many years and consequently there are large numbers of young pine, as well as various shrubs and young broad leafed trees. The absence of Are has resulted also in a deep leaf mulch over the soil, conserving all the moisture. Report of 8tate Game Warden. 'After paying 3,005.50 more money back to the counties than was paid out of 1916 collections, the cash on hand and back debts paid amounted to 19,765.26 and the larger warden force of 1917-18 received $2,534.16 more than all the warden force received in 1916," according to a comparative statement of total receipts and expenditures by the state game department given out by W. Hampton Glbbes. state game warden. The total collection for the year 1916 amounted to $30,593,36, of which $10,294.00 were returned to the counties, as compared with gross receipts of $34,599 02 for the fiscal year of office (11 months) running from July 28 to June 30, with a payment of $13,299.50 to the counties. The total expenditures for expenses for 1916 were $20,888.37, as compared with $24,320.89 for the fls- 1 cal year which haB just closed. No fines have been refunded by the pres- ' ent administration. The statement continues: "In 1916 $4,533 was drawn out of , the state treasury to support the game , department, and in 117-18 all ex- | penses were met out the income of the department. I "Comparative results are reported, t as has been the custom of the department in order to show progress and ] improvement. This has been accom l plished in spite of the fact that Oco- I nee and Jasper counties and Bluffton 1 and Yemassee townships In Beaufort county were license territory in 1916, < and were exempted in 1917-18. < "No report of the department seems to have been made for the ptriod running from Januury 1. 1917 to July 28." 1 i Recent S. C. Casaulties. ; Casualties among South Carolina i troops oerseas as shown in latest re- < ports are as follows: Killed in action?Corp. J. D. Gilles- 1 pie. Central; Private L. P. Petty, Trough. 1 Died of wounds?Corp J .E. Fitzwilson. Charleston. i Died of disease?Privates Arnold ; Doe JackBon, Philip Whitfield, Salter* ] Depot. Severely wounded?Thos. D. Hoi- i combe. Union; Thos. J. Carraway, i Rhemo. Accidental death ? Sam Johnson, 1 Huthwood. Officers 1st Regiment Reserves. General orders No. 19 promulgated by W. W. Moore, adjutant general. 1 makes the felie?'in?? ~1? *- -- ?!)(] I ^ assignments to commands In the First Regiment, South Carolina Reserve Militia: 1 Julius E. Cogswell of Charleston, colonel. i Charles J. Epps of Conway, lieutenant colonel. . i j William M. Scott of Bishipville, ] James R. Hammond of Columbia, ] Harry E. Wilkins of Groenville and 1 Henry W. Mclver of Cheraw. majors. ] Dr. J. G. MeMaster of Florence as- ? sistant surgeon with rank of captain. 1 Meeting of Cotton Seed Men. ! I Representative farmers, ginners and cottonseed oil men of the State at- j tended the meeting in the Richland i i-uumy courrnouse and discussed the 1 problems affecting the cottonseed in- < luiflry from the standpoint of every i on?. Dr. George H. Denny, the head 1 [)f the cottonseed division of the food : ' administration, presided. He made a i very forceful presentation of the situ- i ation confronting ttie producers and < all others connected with the cotton- t seed industry. 1 To 8pend $50,000 for Health Work. Dr. J. A. Hayne. State health officer, has returned from Washington where he Interviewed the surgeon general of the United States Public Health Serv- t Ice in regard to the distribution of i funds for venereal d seases recently i appropriated by Congress This sum i is about $;100,000.000 and its allotment will be based on the census of the < population taken in 1910. South Car- . ollna will probably get about $50,000 i which will be spent by the State t board of health under the rules ol i the U. S. Public Health Service. < A V* ' ' I For ; FORT MISS ANNE GOODRICH I BjrV r | \ ? i KJSjMfl j ^wSr?a^WB8^^^3EBSS53S5!^^^5!?^^^ Mies Anne Goodrich, inspector of nurvvi in ?rrnjr nw?^i\in iuienoa wp the surgeon general's office. FOCH'S TRAP MAY 8F SPRUNG AMERICANS ARE CREDITED WITH ONE-FOURTH OF LOSSES INFLICTED ON GERMANS. Will Foes Yield to Fate and Withdraw, or Continue the Fight to a Finish? With the American Army on the Aisne-Marne Front.?With the sideB of the Soissons-Khelms sack coming Bteadily closer together, the German crown prlnce'B genet als are driving their men mercilessly in an effort to hold them off long enough to extricate the armies threatened at the bottom, north of the Marne. The American and French troopB are never far behind the retreating forces, and the vicious rear guard actions are not sufficiently resistant to enable the Germans to proceed in the orderly manner planned. At Dprmans, north of the Marne and 1 Bast of Chateau-Thierry, the Germans counter-attacked, taking the position, but weer promptly driven out. Minor advances have been made by the allies in the woods In that part of the sector The Americans have occupied Courpoil on the road to Fere-En-Tardenois, and the French positions have been advanced until Oulchy-Le-Chateau is dominated by the guns. It is estimated unofficially that the enemy losses are more than 200.000, of which 50.000 were inflicted by the Americans. The prisoners alone number over 20.000 and the losses in dead and wounded are appalling. Should the Franco-British forces be able to enlarge their advance materially. the great trap might be finally sprung by final overwhelming blows on both sides. In that event, all of the victories pictured in tonight's rumors might be weJl realized. To the cool Judgment of ariny officers, however the situation did not warrnnt. on the basis of any information available at a late hour, the assumption that the time had come when the jaws of Foch's great vise might be crushod together. Knowing what they know of the strength of the Germans massed to hold back the menacing flank attacks, they believed it entirely possible for the enemy to escape northward. The question in their minds was whether he had finally determined to retreat and surrender all the ground gained in his efforts since he struck the French lines on the Chemin-Des-Pames last May, or had resolved to fight it out to a finish where he now stands or on lines slightly withdrawn from their present position near the Marne. Late advices indicated that further withdrawal was in progress along the southern loop of the line. Frani'oAmerican advances north of Pormans *hows that points to which the enemy has clung tenaciously for days are being taken. Treasure all along the ine from Jaulgonne to the Oureq probably has made these most southerly German positions untenable, it tvas said. MOUTH OF POCKET REDUCED TO 21 MILES IN WIDTH London.-?British anil French troops have advanced to Gueux and Mery Premecy, in the battle sector Just west of Rheims. according to information received here from the battle front. The new line shows an adranee of about two miles toward Fismes. The mouth of the pocket is now only 21 miles wide and the whole listance between the two sides is inder the range of the entente ailed guns. TO STOP PROFITEERING IN CEREAL PRODUCTS Y/ashington.?Fair prices to govern he sale of flour and milling products it every milling point in the Cnited States have been worked out with a riew to stopping all profiteering. Lo*al prices represent the freight deluctions from the seaboard prices. Jobbers' prices are required to be not more than 25 to 50 cents a barrel over he delivered cost, and retailers' prices tot more than $1 20 a barrel over his :ost pric*. y"fm f ' H ' / . T Ml ' MILL, S. 0, THUB8DAT, A ALLIES HAVE TAKEN FERE-EN-TARDENDI3 FRANCO-AMERICAN TROOPS CONTINUE PURSUIT OF HUN8; CAPTURE GREAT SUPPLY BASE. RETREAT IS NOT YET A ROUT Expected That Enemy Will Succeed in | Retreating in Orderly Line When 8tand May Be Made. The Franco-American troops, continuing their pressure on the Germans in retreat from the Marne, have reached and crossed the Ourcq river and penetrated the town of Fere-EnTardenoiB, one of the great German supply bases for the enemy troops inside the Soissons'lheims salient. Meantime on the center of the allied right wing, southwest of Rheims, attacks by the French have forced the enemy to give further ground and enabled the French to capture several towns of strategic value and to draw their front appreciably nearer the high road which runs northeastward from Dormans to Rheims. On the extreme wings of the gradually decreasing pocket?near Sotscons and Rheims?the enemy, heavily reinforced, is holding tenaciously to his ground realizing that successes there would result in a general crumbling of his plans of defense against the locking up of his entire armies inside the big bag. The crossing of the Ourcq. even if only by advanced elements of the allied forces, rresages a general crossing later on. The French official communications thus far during the battle have been remarkably conservative in their estimates of the gains that daily have been made and it is indicated in unofficial dispatches that allied troops are considerably in advance of the line as announced officially. Where the Germans are in retreat from the south the cavalry has been brought into the fighting and numerous tanks and machine guns in pro fusion are everywhere harrying the enemy whose losses are heavy. Meantime, airplanes are flying over the retreating hordes dropping bombs while the big allied guns from the sides of the salient are keeping up their intensive firing from all angles into the densely congested area. The retreat of the enemy has by no means become a rout, and so long as the picked troops around Soissons and Rheims are able to keep well open the mouth of the bag through which the Germans are falling back It is expected that the greater portion of the armies of the crown prince will be successful in reaching in order the line where it is intended for them to turn and make a stand. Just where this stand will be made is problematical. More than half the pocket has been recaptured by the American, French, British and Italian troops opposing the enemy, and there have as yet been no signs of a let up in the retrograde movement. FIVE AMERICAN ARMY CORPS ARE ORGANIZED IN FRANCE Washington.?No additional American forces have been thrown into the Alsne-Marne battle as yet. General March said, although he announced the formation of two additional army corps, the fourth and fifth. The chief of staff explained, however, that the assignment of the 30 divisions which compose the five corps now organized to their respective higher units, did not mean that the corps ..ad been actually drawn together for operations. Members of the senate military committee learned from General March that the July movement of the troops to France probably would reach a total of 300;000. making a new record. Incidentally the movement last week was put at.50.000 men, or about one-half of what has been the rule. With the shipment of men last week the total number of troops embarking for France was 1,250.000. COMMITEE ADOPTS GRADUATED SCALE Washington.?The graduated excess profits tax of from 30 to 80 per cent on net Income beyond exemptions practi- j cllv as adopted. Treasury experts have advised the i committee that by doubling the pres- j ent tax on liquors, tobrco. soft drinks, admissions to amusements, transportation, clubs and excise on such articles as automobiles and perfumes, the pres- j ent revenue from those sources of $9(51,000,000 can be doubled. TITANIC TASK TO FEED uun i uruivihin i s , Washington.?Feeding soldiers in the cantonmentes and abroad is taking a largo proportion of the country's farm products. August requirements of the army, the department of agriculture estimated will call for 25.157,000 pounds of potatoes and 1.7331.000 pounds of onions. One-third of the output of canned tomatoes, 25 per cent of the total output of canned peas, corn and string beans and one-half that of dried peaches. * LL T UGUST 1, 1918 LIEUT. JAMES A. MEISSNER In a thrilling fight 15,000 feet above lU. A I - I a . . Ills nmcricifl line* LICUX. J me" A. Melssner, a young Brooklyn pilot, pur ued an Albatroaa scout and shot It down In flam** In the sight of hie cheering comrades. Melasner Is twenty-one years of age and a graduate of Cornell. VIOLENT COUNTER-ATTACK8 AND FIERCE REAR-GUARD ACTIONS BUT WEAK BARRIERS ENEMY IS IN SORE STRAITS Guaged by War Maps the Situation of the Germans Seems to Be Extremely Hazardous. Violent German counter attacks and rear guard actions in great strength still fail to serve the German high command as barriers to the advance of the allied troops on the SoissonsRheims salient. Driving slowly, but surely, south of Soissons, the American and French troops have pushed their fronts further eastward toward that part of the Soissons-Chateau-Thierry railway line that is still in the hands of the enemy. | and further south, along both sides of the Ourcq river and the road leading to Fere En Tardenoia. Germany's great storehouse for the supply of her trops to the south, important penetrations into enemy-held territory, have been made until the maximum point i whum IhA flllna nro flirhliMff nflu- Cnin. ey is about 10 1-2 miles from their point of doparture last Thursday. In the Marne region north of Chateau-Thierry. the Americans and French have met with the fiercest kind of resistance, for here the German machine gunners and infantry- 1 men are striving hard to stay their i progress in an endeavor to extricate j large numbers of the German forces | who are In danger of capture, and ! also to save part of the great number of guns and quantities of war materials which it is impossible to get i out except by the high roads over the i undulating and wooded country. The advantage in the fighting, how- J ever, has rested with the amalgamat- ! ed allied troops, who have pushed on | northward past the village of Fpieds j and ousted the Germans from the | greater part of the Chatelet forest. In the region between the Marne and Rheims, where the German crown prince has brought forward large num: bers of picked reinforcements to stay ; the British, French and Italians, his ! warriors are meeting with hard usage. ! Following up the advances of the ' French and Italians, the British ira! mediately to the southwest of Rheims. j apparently have begun a movement j which possibly portends good results. Here the British have overcome a ] strong counter attack and, following 1 it, a violent bombardment, and struck I rlie Greman line at Vrigny for a good- , I ly gain. u.. ' uuancu uy lilt" w it r limps. IIIO UPW | inroads to the allied troops into the Gorman-held territory necessarily add I further to the extreme gravity of the I situation of the Germans inside the j huge pocket. FEDERA LCONTROL OF WIRES TO TAKE EFFECT JULY 31 Washington.?Acting under the authority recently conferred hv Congress. President Wilson issued a proclamation taking all telephone and telegraph lines under government operation nnd control. The President did not include wireless systems, because the navy already is in control of them; nnd he albo did not include ocean cables. The navy already is in practical control of the cables through its censorship. NAVY PERSONNEL NOW STRIKES 500,000 MARK ! Washington.?Secretary Daniels an- ! nounced that the navy has passed the half million mark. Regular navy enlisted men 200.831, officers 9.327. total 219,158; naval reserve force 203.720 enlisted men. 15.848 officers, total 219.566; marine corps 56.545 enlisted men. 1,918 officers,, total 58.463; coast guard 6.377 enlisted men. 228 officers, total 6.605. Total enlisted men 476.473. officers 27.319; grand total 503,972 I 1MES III IK ARC CTlFl l flLLILU nilL UIILL I AT OEAOLY GRIPS ALONG MARNE AND SEVERAL OTHER SECTORS, STRUGGLE CONTINUES UNABATED. IMPORTANT POINTS ARE TAKEN Considerable Fighting In Macedonia and Albania with Allies Holding the Upper Hand. The ninth day of the allied offensive on the Solssons- Rheims salient saw a 1 lessening In the intensity of the battle 1 along the western side of the salient, where only mutual bombardments were In progress. Along the Marne, however, and southwest of RheimR, the Franco-Americans. British and Italian troops were still at deadly | grips with the fnemy on various sec- ! tors. The Germans strove hard in the forest region north of the Marne to hold hack the French and American troops, debouching from the woods in strong counter attacks. The enemy, however. everywhere was forced slightly further back to the north and the forests now hnve been almost entirely cleared of Germans. Southwest of RheimR heavy reinforcements evidently have been thrown along the front, where the British, French and Italians are fight- i Ing. In the immediate region of Reuil. | where the battle line turns sharply towards Rheims. the French hnve captured several Important points of , vantage, including the village of Reuil | and also advanced their line rrorth- | ward, notwithstanding the violence of the fiprmnn rnnnter move Refore the fighting died down along the western side of the Rhelms-Sois- j Bona salient the villages of Ouichy le Chatenu and Ville Monoire were captured by French nnd American troops. Rig allied guns have been pulled up ( in this region and ure heavily . "helling the sectors before them over ( which it is purposed to push forward f for the capture of Fore En Tardenois. , In France and Flanders the Rritish have been compeled to withstand f several violent attacks by the Ger- t n.ans. near Hebuterne and in the vi- t cinity of Moteren. The enemy in both t sectors was repulsed with heavy cas- r unities. f On the other battle fronts the mili- j tarv activity is nominal, although con- ( siderable fighting in Macedonia nnd Albania with the allied troops holding 1 the upper hand. ( MAY BE SETTING STAGE '? FOR DECISIVE BATTLE ' ( Washington.?Behind the apparent lull in the struggle around the AisneMnrne salient the high command of ( the allied nnd German armies ma?* he setting stage for the decisive battle of ( the war. In that event it seems more than likely to observers here that ( the fourth anniversary of the beginning of the world conflict will see a flame of fighting raging from east of f Rheims to the North sea; but with the crucial conflict in progress somewhere ^ Just north of the historic Marne where ^ the Germans have twice tasted the , bitterness of defeat. There is nothing as yet in unofficial ^ reports, however, nor in official advices so far as known, to show the plan of General Focli. Flickers of fighting have occurred to the north ( that may have more than local signifi- i cance behind them. There is some , evidence of a feelinv here that the time has not yet come when a suffi- j cient Amerlran army has been asscmbird in Prance to warrant passing definitely to offensive tactics. It was recalled that General March recently indicated to members of Congress that this was not to bo expected until later K in the year. The situation has chang- ' ed grea'ly at the front since then, j, however, and only developments there will show what decision has been f made. I BRITISH CRUISER AND DESTROYER TORPEDOED London.- The British armed cruiser Marmora was torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine, according to an f announcement made by the British j admiralty. Ten members of the crew t of the vessel are missing and it is pre- , sumed they were killed. The admi- , ralty also announces that a British , torpedoboat destroyer ran ashore and later sank. Thirteen of her crew are ( missing and it is presumed they were f drowned. ( GERMAN EMPEROR THINKS ^ FINAL DECISION IS NEAR The Hague.?"The hardest part : of the Job is otill before us. The enemy knows the war is about to reach the point of de clsion and Is summoning all his strength for a final defense and counter offensive." This was the observetion of the German emperor recorded by Karl Rosner, ic the Berlin Lokal Anzeiger and ap parently made on the eve Of Genera. Poch's offensive. . j 4 '< ' if ; $1.25 Per Yea& GERMANS GREATLY STRENGTHEN UNE DESPITE OBSTINATE RES1STANC8 ENEMY BATTLE LINE FORCED BACK AT ALL POINTS. THE FIGHTING IS SANGUM *ih, i Americans Prove Themselves Masters of Picked Enemy Troops In 8e?eral Bloody Combats. Notwithstanding the fact that tbs jermans have powerfully strengths#5d their battle line running across he Soissons-Rheims salient with ?* litional reserves and have stubbornly lisputed further passage northward te he entente allied troops, the enenay 'ront has been compelled to bend back ippreclably on all sides of the salient, except at the anchor points resting mmediately on Soissons and Rheims. South of Solsaons further wedges lave been driven eastward into the memy front down to the Ourcq rivers astward along the Ourcq. French aadi \merican troons have crnaaed tkw itream at various points and advanced their line well to the northwarA, vhlle southwest of Rheims the allien lave debouched from the wooded tecosr and Rained the plains, notwitJBitanding the violenee of the enenry"b 'ounter maneuvers. At some points he Germans succeeded somewhat in heeking the forward movement. The retirement of the Germans stJB emains orderly, but everywhere tilled troops, and especially the A? >rlcans near Fere-En-Tardenois. axe messing them hard. Particularly biter fighting has taken place inranl ^ere-En-Tanlenols and at Sergy, both if which towns are now well la the lands of the French and Americana. \.t Sergy the Germans paid the Amee cans the compliment of reinforcing heir battle line with two divisions of veil-trained Bavarian troops, mw vhose courage previously has ben osted when the tide of battle was gong against the Germans. It was an ITort either to destroy the Americans >r to herd them hack across th? )urcq. The effort resulted In failure. The battle line shifted back anf orth and Sergy changed hands four imes. but the Americans proved to bw he masters of the picked enemy roops and Anally drove them out anA etalned the village. Heavy caawilties were inflicted on the German. 3ERMAN RELATIONS WITH TURKEY PA PIT London.?"The relations between Germany and Turkey have been sev>red. according to direct information rom Constantinople." This announcement is made by 'openhagen correspondent of the Est hange Telegraph company. The excitement against Germany, he advices further say, has been growing, particularly after last week's vents. The Germans recently demanded he cruiser llamidieh, the only large ihip then in possession of Turkey, u ompensation for the Hreslau. the fur ner German cruiser which was d? itroyed in the Dardanelles, while w?ler the Turkish flag. Despite Tot;ey's protest the llamidieh departed. WASHINGTON OFFICIALS NOT MUCH SURPRISED. Washington. While no official no Ice of the brench of relations between Turkey and Germany?or ratk r the central powers, for without louht Austria is involved with Gew nany In the dispute with the Ottnm?.? :overnment- hns reached Washingon, officials expressed little surprhw it the Copenhagen dispatch thaf icrniany and Turkey had severed reeceived from Lonuon saying thai ations. In official circles here for onto time past, it has been realist ef hat Oertiiuny, in her efforts to servt 10th Turkey and Bulgaria in the drvt ion of spoils resulting from the orced peace treaty with Rumania. hn4 ncurred the ill-will of both her ?il)if*. TREMENDOUS STORE OF GERMAN AMMUNITION With the American Army on tW Mane -Marne Front.?The trtmeroiorre ttores of German ammunition toand! ly the Franco American troops in tbr 'uresis of Fere and Ris, leads officer* to believe that the allied offensive lipped in the bud German plans for s nomentous drive upon Epernay. The forests and the surround isg ountry north of the Mnrne were *i?ually one great arsenal for Grnnai immunltlon of all kinds. IGOROUS FORWARD ALLIED PRESSURE Washington.?French and America* rops were still ore??<ng forward "vif irously the campaign that has ta his time succeeded in ejecttr.j f.bt >nemy from more than half iJ ft>e Msne Marne anient. IJelalwJ an louncement front Merlin that farther vithdrawnl had been In prograst sdnra. ast Friday night left It greatly la loubt as to where the German hijjjt omniand plana to make a stuad ;?