Fort Mill times. (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, August 08, 1918, Image 1
Established in 1891.
GREAT DEMAND FOR
4 STUDEKT NURSES
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ARMY TO REQUIRE 25,000; RED
CRO88 CAN MAKE USE
OF 12,000 MORE.
DISPATCHES FROM COLOMBIA
Delnga and Happenings That Mark
tha Progress of 8outh Carolina People,
Gathered Around the State
vapiuil.
Columbia.
The woman's committee, co-operating
with the surgeon general of the
United States army, the American Red
Cnoes and the nursing committee have
launched an intensive campaign to
enroll 26.000 nurses by August 11.
The United States government look*
to the State divisions and the county
and local units of the woman's committee
to supply these Btudent nurses.
This great responsibility and opportunity
has been placed in our hands.
Will South Carolina do her part?
It is estimated that the army alone
will require a total of 26.000 graduate
nurses by January 1, 1919. Already
13.000 of this number has been withdrawn
from civilian practice for service
In military and naval hospitals.
Hence the Red Cross has 'ust called
12,000 additional. It Is an Imperative
military necessity that every grnduate
nurse not needed at home should enter
military service.
Graduate nurses can only he released
by recruiting new 3?udcnt
nurses. They can only be supplied
by Ailing the training schools connected
with our hospitals.
Fourth of Winter Supply.
B. B. Gossett, State fuel admlnV.tra
tor, sent the following letter to the
fuel committeemen through the State:
"Due to heavy shipments of domestic
coal to the Great Lakes and army
cantonments, the movement of this
grade of coal into South Carolina is
going to be very light during the
months of August and September.
"In order that all domestic consumers
may be assured of receiving
at least a part of their winter's requirements
before November 1, you
are directed to instruct all dealers not
to deliver to any one consumer until
further advised more than 25 per cent
of his winter requirements.
"This order is intended to apply not
only to future applications made by
consumers, but also covers unfilled orders
already on file with the dealers.
Forage From Local Farmers.
August Kohn. chairman of conservation
and production of the food administration
for South Carolina, has
received a letter from the chief of the
forage branch of the war department,
quartermaster's division, stating that
offers of forage from farmers and dealers
having it for sale in the neighborhood
of the army camps and cantonments
will be gladly received and will
be given consideration.
"In fact" says the letter, "we are
here to buy forage for the government
wherever we can do so to the best advantage,
all things considered."
Grade Crossings Closed.
Several matters of Interest to the
people of the State were considered
at the regular weekly meeting of the
railroad commission.
The attention of Coast Line officials
was called to reports of delayed handling
of short Intrastate freight ship.
ments. Some of these delays. It is
said, have been unusually long and the
commission hopes to effect prompt
movement of such assignments.
Mr. Shealy will make a physical inspection
of several railroads In ihe
upper part of the State. The policy of
eliminating dangerous railroad crossings
will continue during the inspection
of the several railroad systems
In the 8t?te. Over 200 of such crossings
have been eliminated within the
past year, and others will be condemned
and eliminated as soon as
county officials can provide for the
convenience of the tcavellng public
who use the highways.
Recruiting Unskilled Labor.
The United States employment ser lce
began recruiting unskilled labor
for all employees engaged In war
work who have filed their orders with
the State directors of the service. The
total demand will be ascertained ail
divided. Each State's quota will be
announced. In South Carolina, besides
the office of the State Director.
Horace L. Tllghman, at Columbia, offices
of the United States employment
service have been opened at Spartanburg.
Greenville, Anderson. Florence
and Charleston.
Patriotic Co-operation Assured.
All wholesale and retail grocers In
South Carolina have been advised,
through a bulletin sent out by the
food administration, of the stern necessity
for the retailers to supervise
the sale of sugar. Those who are
greedy and unpatriotic must be prevented
from obtaining more than their
share. Such persona will be cut off
from sugar at the source of supply.
Tha dealers are required to see that
an equal distribution of sugar is made
to their customers. A record of all
augar sales must be kept by retailera.
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The
' Uh Still Leu Sugar.
Further reduction of th>) consumption
of sugar Is made necessary by the
present critical shortage; and the food
administration, in calling upon the
home consumers to cut down the use
of sugar to even less than the ration
which had previously been established,
emphasizes the fact that unless
the new regulations are voluntarily
carried out by the people, the sugar
supply will not last Tt is to safeguard
against a sugarless ration or a sugar
famine that the food administration
has cut down the allotment, which ic
now three pounds per person per
month, to two pounds per person per
month. This allotment applies particularly
to the month of August.
In public eating places, restaurants
hotels, boarding houses and diningcars
the new allotment will be two
pounds for each 90 meals served.
Manufacurers of soft drinks and
candy are now receiving only 50 per
cent of their normal supply, or of their
last year's consumption of sugar. The
private homes have not been asked
by the food administration to make so
deep a cut as that.
Sugar bowls have disappeared from
the tables of many of the hotels, restaurants
and cafes, and sugar is carefully
measured out to guests and cus'
tomers. Under these existing conditions.
there can be no unlimited use of
sugar, even for a portion of a month,
in the homes of those who are endeavoring
to conscientiously and patriotically
live up to the food administration
rules and regulations. Sugar must
be used with the greatest care.
The situation Is such as to call for
the co-operation of every individual
and every householder In the State.
Only a certain amount of sugar has
been alloted to South Carolina for the
month of August. The dealers can
procure only a certain amount. This
allotment must cover all needs. The
fnnH u H m Inlutrotlnn haa oorafnllw
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ured that It can not be stretched to
cover the needs of the State unless
the Individual consumption Is cut
down to two pounds per person per
month. In naming that amount as the
ration, therefore, the food administration
states clearly what Is the patriotic
duty of every person in South
Carolina for the month of August?to
live within the limit, and to cut thut
down if possible.
County Community Boards.
The organization committee of the
United States employment service met
at the Chamber of Commerce and appointed
the State advisory board: V.
M. Montgomery of Spartanburg and
William M. Otis of Columbia, to represent
the interests of employers; A.
C. Thompson of Charleston and George
Narey of Columbia, to represent the
interests of labor. Horace Tllghman,
State director of the employment service,
is ex officio chairman of the
board.
At the same meeting the decision
was made to establish a community
labor board in each county of the
State, members of which will ba appointed
when recommendations are
made by the proper officials. Thjs is
a departure from the plan as first projected
which contemplated the establishment
of these boards in a few of
the larger towns and cities. It is felt
that the needs of the service justify
the change and the people at large
will approve of the action.
me personnel or the organisation
committee which met and the interests
represented by the members are
as follows: Horace L. Tilghman, representing
the employment service; A.
V. Snell of Charleston, representfng
the employees, and John L. Davis, representing
the State federation of labor.
Some Charters and Commissions.
Qarco Realty Company of Charleston
has been chartered with a capital
stack of 199,000 to conduct a development
Business. Officers of the
corporation are C. B. Jenkins, president;
M. B. Barkley. vice president;
John P. Thomas, secretary and treasurer.
The Farmers' Ginning Company of
Cartereville has been commissioned
with a capital stock of $10 000. A. N.
Asklns and N. D. McNeill are the petitioners.
The Black River Brokerage Company
has been commissioned with a
capital stock of $20,000. The petitioners
are P. R. Alderman, R. J. Alderman
and W. B. Hall.
Names Additional Boards.
Seventeen of the 45 community labor
boards which will be established
in the State have been completed,
leaving 28 to be appinted. At
ii-uoi uiir uunru win d? esiaimsrieu in
each county and it is the policy of
the State office to establish additional
agencies in counties where the needs
| of the service require the employment
of supplementary boards. It has been
found that Darlington county, for instance.
will require two boards to
properly discharge the duties assigned
| to the county units.
Colored Branch Campaign.
The Statewide health campaign to
be conducted by the State Council of
Defense in the interest of better health
among the people of South Carolina
will play a large part in the negro
health problem In this State. Already
the negroes have been at work, and
have formed an organization in every
, county in the State as a branch to the
county councils and have their State
headquarters at 1107^ Washington
street where Seymour Carroll, field
secretary of the State work among
| the negroes. Is In charge
For
FORT BULL
FRANK L BAYLIES
; Frank L. Baylies of New Bedford,
Mass., who has distinguished himself
forces was reported missing reoently.
| SORRY PL'GHT OF GERMANS
NOTABLE GAINS OF GROUND AND
TREMENDOUS LO8SE8 BY ENEMY
MARK FIGHTING.
Foe Is Fighting Stubbornly But to
No Avail; Allies Have Taken
More Than 34,000 Prisoners.
After a short period of relative calm
on the SoisBonH-Rhelms salient the
Central and weufern nepHnns r>f tho
battle front aguln have been the
scenes of mighty struggles.
On both sectors the allied forces
have achieved notable gains of ground
which, observed on the war maps,
seemingly place the Cerman armies in
front of them in precarious positions.
In battles extending from the region
immediately south of Soiasons to the
northwest of Fere En Tardenois and
southwest of the last named town over
the upper portion of the left branch
of the "V" salient running ton miles
eastward from Neslos to Ville En
Tardenois and with St. Gemme as its
southern base. America, French and
| British troops have pushed back the
i armies of the German crown prince.
Northwest of Fere the entire elbow
of the line where It turned eastward
along the northe.n bank of the Oureq
has been blotted out, making the line
a straight one from Fere to Hartennes j
and giving the all'es much better
ground over which to work in further
outflanking SoisBons on the southeast
and for pressing on toward Fismes.
SECOND BATTLE OF MARNE
SEEMS PRACTICALLY AT END
New York.?Despite minor fluctuations
in the immediate future, such
as remains possible after every similar
conflict has reached its real term,
the second battle of the Marne has \
ended. It was practically over last j
Sunday when the Germans began to
take root in the hills north of the
Ourcq and south of the valley of the
Cerise about Soissons and of the
Andre west of Rheims. Boehm's army
has found at least a temporary halting
place on this front, as did Kluck's j
a little further to the north after the >
retreat from the Marne four years
ago.
The largest number of divisions
which have been reported as fighting I
1 in the defeated army is 71. and there i
have been other estimates smaller, but j
not materially smaller. Three quar- |
j ters of a million men is perhaps a
fair appraisal of the fighting strength ;
! of the Germans at the Marne, at least
a quarter less than were used in the
first battle of the Marne, and comparing
with 80 divisions used in the battle
of PIcardy in March. Of their
forces engaged the Germans have lost
between a quarter and a third, from
200,000 to 250,000, upwards of 500 ;
guns and a mass of war material, i
which has not yet been tubulated, but
; is known to be enormous. ?
LARGE BODIES OF GERMANS
ARE FLEEING NORTHWARD
With the French Army in France.'
i ?With the fall of darkness fighting
continued bewteen the allies and the
Germans on the western side of the
1 Soissons-Itheims salient. Allied observers
reported that bodies of Germans
were fleeing precipitately northward
along the road leading front LauI
noy, which lies about midway between
Soissccns and Kcrp-Kn.Tonlonnl^
| the first time allied reserves are said
| to outnumber those of enemy.
FRENCH TAKE GREAT BOOTY
FOLLOWING UP HUN RETREAT
London.?The booty captured by i
, the French in following up the German
retreat from the Marne included
a large amount of bridging material
which the Germans had collected
just north of the Marne.
It is pointed out that the Intention
of the Germans to effect the passage
of the river in great strength and
drive in th? direction of Paris is 'hus
Htilcated. I
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HUNS RACING FOB
BANKSJF AISNE
QERMAN8 FLEEING FOR SAFETY
ARE HOTLY PRES8ED ALONG
TEN MILE FRONT.
TOWN OF FISMES IS TAKEN
Former Great German 8upply Baae
Between 8oissona and Rheima
Taken by Allies.
The German retreat continues unabated,
with the allies everywhere In
hot pursuit.
Aparently the situation now has
resolved itself into a race for the j
northern bank of the Aiene river by |
the Germans, who have been evicted ;
from strategic positions along the {
Vesle river, in the center of the line
and directly east of Rheims. which
seemingly renders necessary that they !
put the Aisne between themselves and i
their pursuers an quickly as possible
in order to escape further large losses j
of men made prisoners.
Just how large this hag of captives
is at present cannot be reckon-'
ed, but unofficial advices from Paris
assert that when the figures are made
public they will thrill the allied'
world. General Pershing in hiB com-1
munique says the Americans alone
have taken 8.400 prisoners and. in
addition, 233 guns.
After hard fighting the Americans
and French have succeeded in taking!
from the Germans the important town
of Flames, once Germany's great i
ammunition and supply depot, midway!
on the railway between Soissons and i
Rhelms, while to the east at a num-j
ber of places along the Vesle river
the French have crossed the stream,
driving the enemy northeastward.
East of Soissons allied trops have
negotiated the passage of the Alsne to
the northern bank of that stream,
where they are in a position to harass
the enemy as he endeavors to straigten
out his line in conformity with that
running northeastward.
So fast as has been the retreat of,
the Germans in the center that al-|
ready some element of their forces i
have succeeded In reaching the north-1
ern bank of the Aisne and getting
numbers of their big guns across with 1
them. All through the salient towns:
are still ablaze behind the retreating j
German, and even corn fields have
been set afire In order to prevent the !
nllied troops from garnering the ripened
crop.
With the river at freshet and the
Germans unable to ford it, they stood
with their backs to it and gave battle
for their liveB. A majority of them
were killed and the remainder were :
made prisoners. One of the most im-'
portant manuevers north of the Vesle
was the penetration bv the French to
the village of LaNeuvillette which re-,
leases the German hold on the north-1
ern outskirts of Rheims and seemingly
delivers the cathedral city from I
the German menace.
8PEEDY ENACTMENT OF
DRAFT EXTENSION MEASURE
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Washington.?Legislation to extend
the selective service act to all men
between the ages of 18 and 4fi. as
recommended by the war department,
will be introduced in both houses of
Congress at the semi-weeklv recess
sessions. According to plans of con-'
gressional leaders, snending their vacation
here, the hill, which w'll be
identical as introduced in each house,
will be referred to the senate and
house military aa*rs committees of
which Fenatnr Chamberlain and Representative
Dent are the respective
chairmen.
Thoueh the house does not reassemble
until August 19 and the senate on
August 24. it is expected that the draft
extension bills will be enacted speedily.
Chairman Dent, of the house milltnrv
affairs commtitee. sa!d he would
call his committee together as soon
as the house reassembles and hearings
are held.
GERMAN U-BOAT MAKES FORAY
IN NOVA SCOTIAN WATEF.S
Halifax, N. R?Three American
schooners were sunk by German submarines
off Seal Island. Yarmouth
county, on the Nova Scotia coast. The
crews landed on the Nova Seotian J
coast. The commander of the subma- I
rine told an American skipper that
he had sunk more American schoon- ;
crs hailing from Roston and Gloucester
recently. He did not give the
names of the vessel3.
GENERAL PERSHING GIVEN
CROSS LEGION OF HONOR
Paris.?General J. Pershing commander
in chief of the American expeditionary
forces in France. was i
awarded the grand cross of the Legion
of Honor by the French government.
Premier Clemenceau sent the following
telegram to General Pershing:
"I take pleasure in informing you. my
dear general, that the government of ,
the French republic has decided to I
eonfer upon you the dignity of the
Grand Cross of the Legion of Honor." J
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r 8, 1918
ELIAS J. JACOBY
BBm
Ellas J. Jacoby of Indlanapoiia, for
many years associated in law practice
with the late Charles W. Fairbanks,
former vice president of the United
States, and who Is now vice president
of the Railroadmen's Building and
8avlngs association, was advanced to
the highest office of the Order of the
Mystic 8hrlne for North Amerler at
the meeting of the Imperial Council,
Ancient Arabic Order, Nobles of the
Mystic Shrine, at At'antlc City, being
mcde imperial potentate.
THE ONE GREAT OBJECT
PRESENT LULL 18 INDICATION OF
FIERCE STRUGGLE?MAY BEGIN
AT ANY M' 1ENT.
To Kill as Many of the Other Is
Prime Object of Opposing Forces.
Field Marshal Assassinated.
Washington.?An odd calm fell over
the Aisne-Marne battle area with only
the thunder of the guns to tell of new
and more terrible guits of the war
storm to come. Paris and Berlin both
noted it. The infantry had paused for
breath, while the artillery pounded
new roads of advance for General
Foch's victorious armies.
The victory was given new significance
by General March, chief of staff.
Putting aside the reserve with which
he hitherto has commented on the
wider aspects of the battle. General
March told the newspaper men at
his mid-week conference that each
army was now bent on the destruction
of the other; all lesser strategy objectives
had been swept away on both
sides. The mission of eachls to
destroy the fighting power of the
other. It is the ultimate military objective
that both are now seeking and
there can be no halting short of the
goal.
"The objective of each army is the
other army, each one of them wants
to kill as many of the other as possible.
The chief of staff had prefaced this
..w ..uiKoiiuiii ui IHC Rroai struggle
with a careful outline of the battle
positions, showing that since last Saturday
another ten miless had beeh cut
out of the length of the battle line
by allied successes. It is now barely
54 miles around the flattened salient
in which the enemy has massed virtually
a million men as against 74
miles when the counter-assault was
set in motion. From Chateau-Thierry,
the Americans have made the maximum
advance, covering 14 miles to
reach the positions where they rpsted.
CONTROL OF TELEGRAPH AND
TELEPHONE LINE8 TAKEN OVER
Washington.?Control of telephone
and telegraph lines were taken over
by the postoffice department and their
operation placed under the general supervision
of a special committee created
for the purpose by Postmaster General
Burleson.
Mr. Burleson announced that dntil
further notice the companies will con- i
tlnue operation in the ordinary course
through the tegular channels and that
all officers and employes will continue1
I.. tha ^ -r a--.- * >
* ,.< iw. .limit*- in incur present
duties of the same terms of employment.
The plan *. however, to eo-ordinate
the facilities of the various'
companies.
BIG LOCOMOTIVE ORDER
FOR MILITARY RAILROADS
Washington ? Th? war department
has ordered RIO locomotives for military
railroads in France from the Raidwin
Locomotive Works at a total
cost of about S2R.000.000. it was announced.
About 10.000 freight cars
for service In France, costing about
Slfc.000.000 will he ordered within a
.few days. The locomotives will be
of the American mogul consolidation
t>pe weighing 270,000 pounds and will
cost about 150.000 each.
COAL IN BELGIUM IS
NOW SCARCEST ARTICLE
Havre, France.?Coal, which before j
the war was the basis of Belgium's
prosperity Is now the scarcest article ,
In Belgium?for the Belgians. The
year's production of coal was 23,000,- j
000 tons and 150,000 men were em-]
ployed in the mines, before the Gor-:
man Invasion. Now Germany Is tak-l
ing all the coal, and the Belgian gov-j
eminent Is wondering how the civil-!
Ian population will keep warm ne*t .
winter. I
IMES
CRISIS IN ALLIED
OFFENSIVE NEAR
ALL ALONG FRONT OF 36 MILE8
ALLIED FORCES HAVE STEADILY
PRESSED ENEMY.
bU'bSUNb HAb BttN KtlAKtN
Americans Now Control Almost All
Hill and Forest Country In
Southern Area.
The crisis in the allied offensive on
the Soissons-Rheims salient apparently
has been reached. French troops
have entered the town of Scissons, the
western anchor point of what remains
of the famous salient, and all along
the 36 miles of curving battle lino
from Solssons to Thllois, which lies
about three miles west of Rheims.
French. American and British troops
have pushed in the entire enemy front
and sent the Ge mans backward everywhere
in precipitate retreat. Over
the battle front the allies, by quick
and forcible methods of onslaught,
have deeply indented the German defense
line for splendid gains, which
seemingly foreshadow the necessity
of the eventual retirement of the
forces of the German crown'prince
to more tenable ground in the north.
The plains behind the northwestern
portion of the battle front now are
entirely dominated by the allied big
guns, in the south the French and
Americans have negotiated almost all
of the hill and forest country and are
encroaching precipitately toward the
Klsmes railway, while on the east the
British and French are almost astride
the Rheims-Soissons railway and have
their Runs now so placed that the enemy
Is sure to be sorely tried as he
endeavors to press back and gain a
haven of refuge along the Vesle river.
Just how far the retreat of the Germans
will go cannot at present he
forecast, but with the southern line
swinging northward in conjunction
with that on the east toward the
Vesle. and with the French dominating
the Aisne eastward from Soissons.
it is not improbable that the Germans
may be compelled to take refuge
north of the Alsne.
Numerous towns and hamlets have
been captured by the allied troops
during the latest fighting and at some
points they have advanced from two
to three miles. South of Soissons the
entire Crise river has been forded by
the allied troops, northeast of Fereen-Tardenois
the allied line has been
pushed well to the east of the region
of Grand Rozoy and the town of Saponay
has been taken. In the center
the Nesles wood is being swept clean
of Germans by the French cavalry
and American and French troops are
pressing the Germans hard north of
Sergy and the hamlet of Nesles.
runner eastward almost to the
antes of Rheims. combined forces of
British and French everywhere are
aorely harassing the enemy. In this
latter region, in addition to Thillois
the village of Ville-en-Hardenols is in
allied hands and the French now are
on the heels of the Germans two and
a half miles north of the DormansRheims
high road over a front of
nearly four miles.
Altogether, viewed from the war
maps, the situation for the allied
troops at present is a most promising
one for complete success in ridding
the Soissons-Rheims salient entirely
of the enemy.
250,000 CHRISTIAN GREEKS
ARE DEPORTED BY TURK3
New York.?More than 250.000 Christian
Greeks have been deported by the
Turks from their homes in the flourishing
regions of Turkey bordering on
the coast, notably from Samsoun, Aivall.
Trebizond and Smyrna, according
to a report from the Greek foreign office
of the relief committee for Greeks
of Asia Minor, given out here.
"They have been taxed out of business,
their homes and property confiscated
and themselves driven into
the deserts to die of starvation."
DR WILLIS HEADS NAVAL
BASE HOSPITAL UNIT
Richmond, Va.?Announcement was
made of the organization of a naval
base hospital unit headed by Dr. A.
Murat Willis, of the Johnston-Willis
hospital. The unit will he comprised
of 60 nurses and 10 doctors who are
qnocililiutu vnt.U..? * L - -*
. ..I muuun liraill-lieg OI
medicine and surgery.
Word was received a few days ago
announcing the arrival of the Doctor
McGuire unit in France.
FORMER NORTH CAROLINIAN
ARRESTED IN WASHINGTON
Washington.?E. L. Travis, of Hall- :
fax. N. C., former member of the corporation
commission of that state and
a leader in North Carolina politics
and two other men. E. J. Joseph and
Leon Green, were arrested a* a Washington
hotel by federal aut>orities
charged with conspiring to obtain a
contract illegally from the shipping
board for a New Jersey coippany. Tho
name of the concern was not announced
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Prince Rupprecht of Bavaria ia Mock
Worried on Diminution of
Strength.
The Germans now are imposing
| strong opposition to the further ad\
vanre of the allied troops along the
Vesle river from the east of Solaaons
to the region west of Rheims.
Meantime, however, the main bodies
of the enemy a -my continue to mako
| their way toward the Aisne, to Um
| north of which stream they hope somewere
to reach a haven of safety (rose
I the persiBtent onslaught of the American.
French, British and Italian troops
who in less than three weks hare all
but blotted out the Soiasons-Rheimn
salient.
Notwithstanding the bringing Into
play by the onemy of large numbers
of machine guns and artillery of
heavier caliber and the employment
of large numbers of picked troops, ii?r
eluding the wel-tried Prussian guard
and the Bavarians; and in spite of tho
fact that the rains have sent the Vesln
out of tKuinds and turned the krwlunds
into quagmires, the Americana
and the other allied troops have forced?
| crossings of the river at a number of
new points and on the north side of
the stream are engaging the enemy.
Just what the Germans have la
mind cannot he fortetold. It is known
however, that Crown Prince Rap
pacht of Bavaria during the early
stages of the allied offensive oa tha
Siiissoiis Itheims snnlnr nhmV
large numbers of his men and sent
thorn to the aid of his sorely-tried imperial
cousin. the (Jerinaa ceo wn
prince, thereby weakening hi* Um
while Field Marshal Halg's front vu
not materially touched by wlthdraw^als.
It is not improbable, therefore,
that Ituprecht is worrying somewhat
over this diminution in strength and.
already has placed barrier* belweesi
himself and the forces fronting htm
to ward off posible attacks and ia endeavoring
to ascertain what chance*
he lias to bold other positions which
he had intended ultimately to launch
a drive toward the channel port*.
ONE OF MOST HARROWING
DISASTERS RECORDED
A British Tort. -The ship torpedoed
as she was nearing home from France
was struck in the after part of the engine
room. Three member* of the
stuff were killed here and the dynamos
were destroyed, plunging the *e?sei
into darkness.
Just over the dynamo was the ward
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room, containing more than 100 p?
tients. Most of these were killed outright
by the explosion. The other*,
injured by the explosion, were trapped
and perished except for a few eh*
jumped overboard and were picked up.
A majority of the survlvorx had
only slight protectin of their nighl
j clothing and suffered severely fmnr
' exposure. All the Americans were
sick cases, and the two officer* were
suffering with pneumonlu. The Americans
have been sent to a hospital.
SURTAXES ON INCOMES
IBOVE $200,000 RAISED
Washington Surtaxes on xTI Inromrs
above $200,000 were imrcaMl
with a maximum of 75 per cent or
all above $5,000,000 hv the house ways
and means committee in its consider*
tion of the $8,000,000,000 revenue KM
Incomes between $200,000 and 1300,00ft
will pay f?.r? per cent surtax, instetu! of
the 52 per cent heretofore planned; Incomes
of $300.0n0 to $500,000, M per
cent, instead of 58; $500,000 tx> $1.006,
0000. 05 per cent instead of 83; $1,000,000,
to $5,000,000, 70 per rent and alt
above $5,000,OoO, 75 per cent Insteal
of t!4 per cent as at present.
INFLUX OF AMERICAN*
DISCOURAGES GERMANS
London. The ebbing of the German
morale resulting from recent eveatn
has been noticeably hastened by the
grent influx of American troop* It
this particular regard, the German
high command is paying the penalty
of concealment and misrepresent*
tion. The appearance in the battle
line of powerful Anierir.au Torres and
the striking proof of their splemlMt
lighting quality gives the lie direct 10
all German official bom hast
ALL-AMERICAN CREWS ARE
TO MAN MERCHANT SHIPS *
Washington- Manning of the Ames
lean merchant marine with 10b per
rent American crews is to be htrtadrd
in the program of activities r?J iht
shipping hoard. Chairman HuTke>? ??nounced.
ading that the suor-w rJ j'Jfco
huge shipbuilding program eu tsiur?d.
New training ships are I* I* placed
at New Orleans and Cleielnd. be
said, and 36,00b men are expected to
be ttnined in the next year.
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