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Established in 1891.
GREATEST CHANCE
A MAN EVER HAD
Can Help Himself, His Boy and
His Country by Buying
Liberty Bonds.
4TE MUST ALL DO OUR BEST
Scores of Things We Can Do Without
Which Seem Necessities and Yet
Are Really Luxuries ? Get
Into the Fight.
By EDWARD BOK.
Editor of the Ladles' Home Journal.
Each time a new Liberty Inun Is announced
we should hall It with pleas
ure. For years we hnve used the
phrase "ns good as a government
bond" as Indicating the safest Investment
possible, but before the war It
was impossible for the average Investor
to secure a government hond.
Periodically an Issue was made, but It
was so quickly subscribed for by the
bankers that the small Investor had
little chnnce. Now we all huve a
chance, and a chance at all that we
can afford to buy.
It will, of course, be argued by some
when the fourth Liberty loan Is announced
that they have not as yet
paid for the third loan bonds for which
they subscribed. That may be true,
but that Is no reason why we should
fall to subscribe again. Before the
fifth loan can be Issued we will have
paid for the third loon bonds and hegun
paying for the fourth loan bonds
that we subscribed for. Thus If we
go on we will have a distinct part In
each loan, hnve ench month pat aside
a sum for the best Investment on
earth, have acquired the steady habit
of saving, nnd when the last loan Is
announced nnd we shall have taken
part of that and puld for It. we shall
find ourselves In possesion of n collection
of bonds that will make us
proud of the share we took In the war
and have a comfortable "nest egg" In
the burgaln.
Must Do Our Best.
Never, really, was there such n
stimulant given us to do without the
nonessential and save. Not only Is It
saving for our boys and helping them
to fight, hut It Is saving for them when
they come home and saving for ourselves.
Is there. In imagination, a
prouder parent than thnt father or
mother, who when his or her hoy
comes home from serving his country,
can open a drawer and pull out a neat
little package of Liberty loan bonds?
Thnt Is what we mean by "keeping the
houie-flres burning;" by "hacking up
our hoys," by "doing out hit." The
only point Is thnt we should chunge
the latter to "doing our best." We've
done Our "bit" in the past loans; In
this fourth loan we should do our
"best." We want to be able to show
our hoy n bond or two or three In ench
loan; not have him ask: "Oh, didn't
you get In on the fourth?"
It Isn't as If we can't do It. We can.
If we will only set our minds to the
Job of real saving. There are scores of
things we can do without which seem
necessities hum yet nne renllv luxuries
Our buys "over there" nre doing without
them and offering their lives hesides.
We ure not asked for the latter.
All we are asked to do Is to do without
here something and there something,
and by doing this we nre put riots!
And all the time while we are adjudged
patriots we are Investing our
money In the safest thlug on earth and
getting a good interest on It In the
bargutn. Frankly, euti you "heat It?"
It Is something to ask a man to give
money, without a return, and he a
patriot. But In these Liberty loans all
the government asks that a man shall
loan is his money, snfely guarded and
at a good Interest, and still he Is a
patriot.
Must Lend or Be Taxed.
Another point we must remember,
taking this whole matter simply on
an economic hosts: That the more of
these Liberty bonds we buy the less
taxes we will have to pay. The government
must have the money to keep
up the war and feed and clothe our
hoys. This year It needs about $"4,000,000,(MiO.
Tills amount it must get from
the people. And If the people won't
loan In bonds. It must take in taxes.
Hence, the more we loan the less we
wilt have to give.
It'u nil .. --- -
.... .... .. .-moitig, saving,
saving?inxl never was there a better
time to begin tban now with the Liberty
loan bonds as an attraction. The
man who has no ready money with
which to buy the bonds Is the very
man that the government wants above
all other classes of men to loan It bis
money: bis money saved here with a
dollar and there with a quarter. It Is
the finest kind of money to give to our
country: the money that we save by
some act of self-denial. It Isn't tbe
money that we have In the bank that
we want to draw out and buy Liberty
bonds with; It is the money that ne\t
winter we can save, month by month.
That Is really helping your hoy "over
th? ?ehelping the government to
ket p hint warm and fit. ami. Incidentally.
helping yourself to lay by the most
valuable pieces of paper that you can
buy, put away, and all the tlm# getting
a good Interest on them.
Black Eye for the Hun.
Seventeen million Individual subscribers
weir part of the third Liberty
loan. That means one In every six
of tbe population of the United States.
R.j\ there Is no reason why with the
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The
comfng fourth loan this should not be
changed to one in every thfee persona
In the United States and finally that
r>n,r iici nun 111 me i. uiiHd nuues snail
own n bond. Fnncy the state of mind of
the German wnr lord.s If. they were
made to realize thHt every one of the
one hundred millions of Americana
were so determined to bent them that
they had all Invested with the one Idea
to heat them. Would the wur continue
another year? Most unlikely.
Most of us ask each other or ourselves,
"When will this war end?" There l?
no quicker way to end It than to make
It possible for our government to throw
into It every resource that we have
The moment that the Prussian wai
lords realize fhls fact, they will conn |
to their senses. And the only way to
bring this about Is for you and me to
do our part and to do It fully. Tills
means to loan every cent we can to the j
government; hold nothing back, but
give It our nil. It Isn't u question of
when can we end the wnr; It Is a question
of when you or I end the war. It
Is what you and I do. It Is the drop
of water, multiplied by millions, that ;
makes the deluge. It Is what you and I
do In our small way that, multiplied
by the millions, makes for a united
strength before which notnlng can
stand. Win the war we will, but when
WO win It llonontlc tin/vn lie /?on't 1
I?e too soon for me," we say. Then
let's Ret busy, renl busy, and save and
loan to our government wliut we save.
U-BOATS USE OIL CAMOUFLAGE
Submarine Commanders Try a New
Trick, but 'Twaa Quickly
Found Out.
London. ? Tricky Herman T'-hoat
commanders bnve conceived a new plan
designated to deceive crews of the allied
submarine destroyers in the game
of bide and seek In Kuropean waters.
When a depth bomb Is discharged and
does not cripple or destroy the tierman
undersea boat, as sometiipes happens,
a quantity of oil is released by
some device of the submersible and
quickly rises to the water's surface.
The hope of the Herman I* boat captain
Is that the commander of the do
stroyer will see the oil. believe that the
submarine has heen wrecked and drop
no more depth charges. Meantime, the
Herman is endeavoring to escape.
American ami British commanders of
destroyers ami submarine chasers discovered
the scheme of the (ioniums
some time ago and since then have
been dropping depth bombs In greater
numbers than previously, using the oil
as a guide to the general location of
their target. "(Ml camouflage" the
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miit-iiMiu nun nruiMi niivy men call
| tills latest (ierman submarine trick.
WOMEN HANDLE BIG SHELLS
Young British Mother Settles Question
of Their Physical
Fitness to Do So.
Liverpool. Eng.?When women first
were put to work In shell factories here
they handled only the light field-gun
shells. Later It became necessary for
them to turn out larger shells, and
doubts were raised as to whether the
women were strong enough to handle
them. A young mother settled the
question.
"Let me heft the shell." she said,
picking one up from the lloor. "Aye,"
she commented, "this shell Is n nilfe
heavy, 'tis true, hut It's not so heavy
as my baby."
There Is a shell factory In this district
operated almost exclusively by
the daughters of business and professional
men. Many are young girls
who had never done any kind of work
other than needle work and cooking.
The heavy work of the establishment
Is performed by the wives of sailors.
This Is a nonprofit making factory
and It Is the reply of the funnrd company
to the <?ermnns for the sinking
of the Lusltunln.
FINDS SON AMONG WOUNDED
New York Woman In Paris Voluntarily
Aiding Nurses Discovers
Own Boy.
Purls.?A NVw York woman attached
to the American Hod Cross happened
to be in Paris and volunteered to help
In earing for the wounded mining In
from the battle Held. She was working
busily when startled by a loud cry
of "Mother!"
Turning, she saw her own son. a
young lieutenant In the American
army. He had been wounded in the
leg by shrapnel. The first news she
had had that her son was engaged In
the battle was when she heard bis cry.
She obtained permission to accompany
iter son to a hospital. After seeing
that he was attended to, she went back
in nit- >1111mil in rnt'iT, ns sn?> said,
the hoys who hud no hope of finding
it mother to welcome thorn.
Th?' mother Is n prominent sochil
worker In New York, nntl hits hoen
doing lied Cross relief work among the
refugees In France. Her work usually
keeps her in the south of France.
FAILS TO REMOVE HIS HAT
Manager Knocks Down Employee and
Then Hands Him "Blue
Envelope."
.Miami, Okln.?Because an employee
of the lllversldc park here would not
take off his hat when the hand plnyeil
"The Star-Spangled Banner," Manager
A. 11. I>e Yaux knocked the offending
lid oft the man's heart, after
he had asked him three times to remove
It. As the man stooped over to
pick up the hat. Mr. He Yaus gave him
n right uppercut to the Jaw and he took
the count, lie also received a "blue
envelope."
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FORT MILL,
MISS MARION DAVJES 1(
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Miss Marion L. Davies, a graduate |
*f ths University of Wisconsin, Is or# |
of the first women to be appointed ex- '
aminer under the federal trade com- i
mission. She Is doing research work
In ths congressional library, Investlgating
facte about the manufacture of |
various articles.
CHANNEL PORTS NOW SAFE
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FOCH'S NEW OFFENSIVE GIVES
PROMISE OF SERIOUS MENACE
TO GERMAN FRONT.
Evident That Rupprecht Must Defer,
Campaign to Cut Off the CrossChannel
Service.
The historic bnttle ground between)
Amier.s nnd Montdidier again is the
scene of n mighty contest. This time
the British and French are the ag
gressors and under their fierce onslaughts
in the first day's battle they
have penetrated deeply into the German
positions over a lront of more
than 20 miles, reaching from the re-j
gion of Hraches to the neighborhood)
of Morlancourt.
Following short but intensive artil-;
lory preparation and aided by misty;
weather, the allied attack took the
Germans completely by surprise and
thev fled almost everywhere pell mell
before the tanks, motor machine gun
uanenes, cavairy and tnrnntry sent ,
againut them. A1 the objectives set for, (
the Australians, nnadians. English-!
men nnd Frenchmen were attained in
remarkably quick time, and at last ar-j
counts the allied forces were still ntak-1
inn progress. Wherever the enemy
turned to give battle he was decisive-j
ly defeated.
Thousands of Germans wore made1 I
prisoner Imrge numbers of guns
were captured, great quantities of war,
materials were taken and a score or i
more of villages and hamlets were re- 1
occupied. In addition, heavy casual- j
ties were inflicted on the enemy.
At its deepest point the penetration,
of the German line was ahout seven
and a half miles eastward from VIIlers
Hretonneux to Framerville, while
from two to five miles were gained
all along the front from northwest of i
Montdidier to the region around Morlaniourt
The fighting extended north <
of Morlancourt to the Albert sector,
but no official details concerning It i
have been received.
Well out on the plains and press- ,
ing forward, seemingly with great rapidity.
the present offensive of the
French nnd Rrltsh gives promise of
seriously menacing the entire German
front from near the sea to
Uheims. If the drive should proceed
eastward to any great depth it cannot
hut affect the armies of the German
crown prince now fighting hot wen the
Aisne and the Vesle and possibly make
Impracticable a stand by them even
north of the Alsne
I'nder the pressure of the offensive
the menace to the channel ports
also seems for the moment at least. 1
to vanish. Already there have heen 1
signs to the northward front the posi
tions where Crown Prince Kpprecht 1
had formed his men for a drive toward !
ih' channel that a retrograde movement
by the Germans was not Improb- I
able It is apparent that Rupprecht *
will have to defer bis campaign to cut
off the cross-chattel serivce. i 1
ICE FAMINE BLAMED ON *
NORFOLK MANUFACTURERS
Norfolk. Vn Roar Admiral Harris,
chairman of fho war industries com- r
ti.ilto of the fifth naval district, no- ^
tilled the Norfolk <C- Portsmouth Traction
Companv that ho would take ovor
and direct the distribution of all oloc- 1
trie current, in order to conserve and '
Utilize the sunnlv for the more im '
iiorfnnt Unes of Industrv and tnnipnr '
tation The step was decided upon '
in order to relieve the present acute '
traction situation. '
NO MORE ENLISTMENTS '
IN THE ARMY AND NAVY
Wrshinetton. Voluntary enlistment
In the army and navy were oonmletely i
suspended today *o prevent diarup- ?
Ron of industrv pendms. disposition of
the bill nropesine te extend draft astes
to include all men between IS and 4f? v
years. Orders wore Issued by Secro- 1
tnrios Tinker and Daniels directing 1
that no \o'untnrv enlistment? be ae- r
.opted until further orders. The orilers
also exclude civilians from ap- c
ooir.fment to officers' training camps, i 8
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S. C., THURSDAY, AUGUST
36,000 PRISONERS^
taken \irnm
IN ESTIMATES OF CAPTURED ARE '
1,000 OFFICERS FROM GENERAL
TO CORPORAL.
OVER 500 CANNON IN SPOIL.
Enemy Resistance Is Stiffening
Aniin.t A All;-.. PI? I
n^uiMot nu ?nnvc Ul ninca, I/O*
perate Stand Expected.
The number of prisoners taken so
far in the allied offensive in Picardy
is now estimated at 36.000, inrluding
more than 1,000 officers. More than
500 guns have been captured, accord- j
ing to the latest advices. | .
The pivot of the German resistance'
at this stage of the battle, it now appear^
is the town of Noyon. about
midway between Montdidler and Solssons.
The enemy is throwing in reserves
from this base in an effort to
prevent, regardless of cost, the allies
from gaining control of the Noyon- [
Ham road, which is choked with ma- i
terlal. guns and troops.
The Germans are expected to make
a desperate stand on the Roye-Noyon
to permit the columns which are retreating
in the direction of Nesle and
Ham to reach safety.
The resistance of the Germans is
stiffening against the fourth British
urniy under General Rawlinson They
ate reacting violently In the region of
I.ihnns. which changed hands twice
during the night but which was firmly
held by the British.
All the bridges across the Somnie
between I'eronne and Ham, a stretch
of about 15 miles, have been destroyed
by allied aviators. The Hermans
have been attempting to throw temporary
bridges across the streum and i
the allied airmen are now systematic- i
ally bombing these improvised structures.
I i
All morning reports show extreme
confusion among the enemy force*
In their precipitate retreat.
Among the prisoners taken are generals.
colonels and officers of all other '
grades. Eleven divisions of Generals 1
von Huties and von Marwita have
been identified by prisoners takon. i i
I (
3erman8 digging in
along the vesle river
With the American Army on the
Vesle.- Allied aviators have reported
that the Germans are digging in oppo- <
site the Franco-American line along <
the Vesle. The observer* also have re- I
ported that the enemy is stringing
barbed wire along the hills northwest <
nf Fismes. Allied officers express the |
>ellef that the Germans will not give 1
ground here unless they are deliberately
pushed off the plateaus. I
The Americans learned from Ger ]
man prisoners that the enemy wa*
using ad old rock quarry cave in the
region of Longuval. large enough to
roncal two regiments. He employed
t as a tefuce for troops to rest The
Franco-American heavy artillery shellsd
the cave all day and the Germans ,
wcie hnally compelled to abandon It ,
as a hiding place.
The guns of the Franco-Americans
got the range of the entrance to the '
cave and kept up a continuous fire
all May. Observers reported that the
rave bad been considerably damaged
and was rendered very untenable 1
The Germans are digging trenches
along the line west and east of I.ongu- J
.. I a I'm n-su in hip Yftiiey or tne
Perles.
COAL SHORTAGE IS
SOURCE OF DANGER
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Washington ?Coal minors ami oper
ators wore called upon in n proelama- '
ion hv President WPson to civ 'he'*" T
maximum effort to the production of t
foal to the e>l 'hat the threatened ?
shortage next winter may he averted. <
The president asked miners partiru- '
larlv to work full time and urged those <
vho are essen'ial to 'h? industry t<? ?
u-eept deferred classification In the I
draft.
I
JEVERAL VILLAGES TAKEN I
BY THE FRENCH TROOPS
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Tnris. Notwithstanding rv1 t.ince r
>f Germans. French troops gained '
urther ground between the \vre and j
he Oise rivers, taking several villages |
roni the west and south of Hove to y
be Olse. Further south on Mto line, t
e French have penetrated the wood .
1 area between the Rivers Matt and a
i? reaching in this region the envi- e
is of LaBerllere and Oury. Mortui' v
aiMotte has beon captured. s
>IR RAIDS HAVE BEEN C
MADE ON KARLSRUHE
London.?An official communication
ssuod by the air miritsary an- r
lounces that air raids have heen >
nade on Karlsruhe and that there (
ras an explosion In the Karlsruhe sta- , t
ion. A dispatch irom Stockholm says j "
I.at as result of efforts of Sweden's II
epresentatives in Moscow, the Brit- G
sh and French consuls who were re- o
ently arrested by ord?r of the bol j h
heviki council were release'* i s
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15, 1918
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ALONZO E. TAYLOR
A new photograph of Dr. Alonzo E.
Taylor, a member of the war trade .
board and also of the House mission
to Europe. He was In charge ;
of the feeding of French and English
In Germany before the United States
entered the war. In private life he :
ranks as one of the leading food chem- |
lets and bioloolsts in the world.
upraised byiloyd-george;
ALL POSITIONS PREVIOUSLY
GAINED STEADILY HELD
BY STIFF FIGHTING.
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British Premier Praises Part Taken
in Present Offensive by the
American Troops.
The allied armies have obtained
further successes over the Germane
in fighting in the Soissons ltheims
sector and to the north in the Monlilidier
region afld still further north
in Flanders between the La we ami
Clarence rivers.
East of the town of Bra I sue on the
Vesle River, niidwnv between Soissons
and Rheims. American and
French troops afier the slifl'est kind
af fighting have crossed the river and
held all the positions gained In addition
all the positions previously
gained by the allied troops throughout
the entire Rheims Soissons salient
have been solidly held, notwithstanding
counter-atacks and the heavy ar
tillery fire the enemy has poured
down from the heights north of the j
Vesle upon their antagonists. Near
where the Vesle enters the Aisne
fas', of Soissons the French have overrome
the resistance of the enemy and
laken the village of dry Salsogne.
In the Montdidier sector the French
jouth and southeast of the town have
further advanced their line on this
important sector which represents the
(unction point of the armies of the
Herman crown prince and of Crown
Prince Rupprecht of Bavaria.
It remained for the Britsh, how
ever to deliver the hardest blow
.(gainst the Germans. Following up
? previous advance in the famous I.vs
sector northwest of La Basse, Field
Marshal liaig's men pushed forward
heir line over a front of nearly tlve
idles to a depth of a thousand yards
David Dloyd-George. the Britsih
;?rime minister, addressing the house!
if commons, spoke optimistically of
he stutus of the war from the allied I
standpoint. He characterized thoj
iresent offensive on the Aisne Marne j
front as the most brilliant In the an- |
lain of the war and praised the part I
aken in it by the American troops, i
ro HURL ENTIRE STRENGTH
AMERICAN ARMY ON GERMANS
YVashingon Rackd by a reservoir
if 5,000,000 American troops. Field t
darshal Foch. supreme comander of
he American and alied armies, is pre- 1
>aring to harl the entire united mili
arv strength of France, Great Britlin
and the I'nited States against the
Sernians on the western front in time
o bring the war to a victorious contusion
in the shortest possible time,
'.'ext spring will see the terrific conflict,
already in progress on the
\isne Marne line. in full swing with
"ocli'a armies striking with all their j
lower.
This was the impression gained by j
nembers of the senate military coin 1
nittee who heard General March, chief j
>f staff, explain in executive session
he war department's reasons for ask
ng extension of draft age limits to
nclude all men bet wen 18 and 451
ears of age They learned also that j
he definite decision to enlarge the j
American military program to an
rmv of five million men was reachd
about July 30 and is in acordnnce
vith an agrement reched in Paris
hortly before tha' time
1ERMAN SUBMARINE
IS AGAIN AT WORK
Washington Destruction by a sub- j
narine off Diamond Shoals lightship
Co. 71. a helpless craft anchored off
ape H'-i^ura* '4? Aarn shipping from,
he treacherous shoals forming the
graveyard of the Atlantic coast," con- t
trms the belief of naval officials that i
ierman sea wolves aent to this side t
f the Atlantic are under orders to I
landlcap commerce in all ways pos- <
lble without exposing themsolvea. 1
'TH/I" 171C1
liYlEjp
GERMAN ARMIES
STILL SWEPT BACK
;
TANKS. CARS, CAVALRY AND
INFANTRY ALL COMBINE TO
OVERWHELM FOE.
PDITIT miRinrn nr nmnnurnn
uncHi numocn ur rniouncna
Allies Capture 17,000 Prisoners. Mors
Than Two Hundred Cannon and
Other War Munitions.
Over a curving front of more than
20 miles the British and French
troops are continuing to sweep back
the Germans eastward across the
north of the Somine east of Morlancourt
to the eastern bank of the Avre
northwest of Montdidier.
As on the first day of the offensive,
material progress w*ns made over the
entire battle front. Many additional
villages were captured; the hag of
prisoners was largely Increased; numerous
guns and great quantities of
war stores were taken, and heavy
casualties were inflicted on the enemy
by tanks, armored motor cars, the
cavalrymen and the infantry. The
losses sustained hv the Anglo-French
forces are declared to he relatively
small.
To the allied forces there have
fallen 17.001 German prisoners and
between 200 and 200 guns, many of
them of heavy caliber and innumerable
machine guns, trench mortars
end kindred smal weapons.
Already having penetrated the
Plcardy salient to a depth of nearly
12 miles in the center toward the
vicinity of the important railroad
Junction of Ghaulees. and at othor
points along the arc. pushed forward
bet won five and seven miles. the
northern ami southern tank.* of the
baitle front whore th? Germans had
l eon resisting dospo*v>,e,y. pave way
before the pressure rospeetively of
the liritish and French.
A CORRESPONDENT SAYS
GERMANY IS SCARED WHITE
London. England. Germany is scared
white
She's scared, first of all. over the
turn of things on the west front; over
the thousands of Americans regularly i
outfighting her; over the hundreds of
thousands of Americans waiting to
get into line: over the millions of
o'her Americans "on the way."
This Information comes from an al- 1
lied source whose business it is to
know conditions in the enemy countries
She's frightened about Austrfa. She
doesn't know what moment Austria
may blow up. She knows what is
known and conceded in official allied
sources?that the Austrian economic
situation is worse now than it has
been since the opening of the war and
the people are holder.
She's frightened about Russia Allied
warships and American troops
up north have puffed out her hope
of getting her hands on the hundreds
of thousands of tons of military
stores at Archangel, there since the
revolution; she can't take a step toward
Petrogrnd or the northern rallway
lest these allies forces swoop
south; and for all she knows they
mav he going to swoop south without
waiting for that menace; she can't
span* men from the west front.
GOVERNMENT. NOT DRAFTEE.
WILL DO THE SELECTING
Washington?New draft regulations
under which the government would
do the selecting rather than leaving
it to the reeistrant. nre under considoration
t>v the war department.
The war secretary made it plain
that he is not Ratified with the present
system under which the registrant
must claim deferred classification.
as many men with dependents
hesitate for patriotic reasons to make
such a claim In this connection. Mr.
Haker said, he was inclined to the
opinion that the marriage relation
will in Itself constitute deferred
classification.
VILLAGE AND PRISONERS
CAPTURED BY AMERICANS
Taris (Havas Agency) American
troops have captured the village of
Kit "net. on the north hank of the
Vesle river, a short distance north
v est o* Fismes
The official communication savs the
British and French troops continued
t -eir advance and won new victories
' rench troops took 4.000 prisoners.
' -sides a large quantity of war materials
PARIS-AMIENS RAILWAY
AVAILABLE TO THE ALLIES
Bondon Another mportant result I
of the British and French advance is
that it has freed the main Paris- 1
Amiens railway for use by the allies
again. This line heretofore has been
within easy ranee of the German guns
and the restriction thus placed on Its
use has been a considerable handicap
to allied communications. A similar
freeing of the Paris-Verdun line was
r>no of the flrat important results of
Lhe recent advance on the Marne
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$1.25 Per Year.
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FURTHER GAINS OF"
HIGH IMPORTANCE
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STEADY GAINS OF GREAT STRATEGIC
VALUE ARE MADE BY
ALLIED FORCES. <
GERMAN COUNTFR ATTACKS
Violent Counter Attacks by Foe Ar?
as Uusal Repulsed With Heavy
Losses.
Although the Germans are employing
fresh forces of reserves in efforts
to hold back the allied troops who are
pressing them from the region of the
Sonnne to the Oise. the American,
British and French armies continue to
make progress. Monday witnessed
gains of ground at various points
along the battle front of high importance
for the further prosecution of
the endeavors of the allies to drive
out the Germans from the old
Amiens Montdidier sector.
After an extremely bitter contest
the Americans and British have gained
a foothold in the important little
\ town of Bray Sur Somme. on the
northern bank of the Somme. A short
distance across the river to the south
the Urtlitsh have taken Proyart and
midway of the line have pressed on
to the east of Fonqueseourt in a further
outflanking of Uhauines from the
south and of Hove from the north.
On their part, the French in the
rolling country itnediately north of
the Oise river have captured (Jury, a
position of great strategic value, lying
southwest of I-asslgnv. and at several
other points southward to the region
of the Oise. have advanced their
line further toward Noyon.
In Monday's fighting hundreds of
additional Germans were made pris
oner and the enemy also lost heavily
l.i men killed or wounded. Unofficial
reports give the number of Germans
raptured during the present offensive
as in the neighborhood of 40,000.
The Germans at last aerounts were
still throwing reinfroeements to the
east of the road running through
Chaulnes, Koye and Noyon, the passage
of which by the allies would se
t lously menace all the German f 'ires
inside the pocket formed by the
nllid airplanes continue to bom' Ger
Disc on the south. Not alone nte the
allies endeavoring to press their advantage
bv frontal attacks, but they
have drawn up to their bars lines
guns of medium and heavy calibers
and with these they are heavily shell
ing the areas held by the Germans,
even as far hack as Rethencourl.
which lies on the Somme. seven and a
half miles east of Chaulnes Meantime
allid airplanes continue to bonth German
positions.
GAS ATTACK BY SUBMARINE
OVERCOMES COAST GUARDS
Washington Gas from oil dis
charged on the water by the German
submarine operating off the middle
Atlantic coast, overcame six men in
the coast guard station and lighthouse
on Smith's island. North Carolina,
the navy department was advised by
the commandant of the sixth naval
district.
If tho gas attack was deliberate ?
and most officials believed that it was
It const it uH's a new ami ingenuous
form of "frightfulness" ami, so far
as has boon reported, was the first direct
effort of the (oTtnan raiders to
hnr persons or property on American
shores
ant of the const gtird sttion to hva
TWELVE MORE RAINCOAT
INDICTMENTS RETURNED
N'ew York Twelve Indictments,
charging 1 f? Individuals and two tirms
operating factories here with furnishing
defective army raincoats for
the government, were returned in tho
federal court Several of the persons
accuser* are under previous indictments
alleging payments of commissions
to federal officials who are said
to have aided them In obtaining contracts.
PRISONERS CAPTURED
VS. ALLIED CASUALTIES
With the British Army in Prance.?
The contract between the number of ,
pr soners taken nml the allied casualties
is regarded as remarkable. For
inslancr' the casualties of the entire
allied forces were considerably less
than the total prisoners taken When
if is understood tipu this battle has
not boon waged for the purpose of
taking prisoners, the casualties inflicted
on the (Jertuans must have
reached a large figure.
THREE STUDENT AVIATORS
ARE INSTANTLY KILLED
Penaacola, Fin Three student aviators
of the United States training
school were Instantly killed here
when a large seaplane in which they
were making a practice plane, which
was equipped with double Ia.>??rty motors,
was making a flight from the lo
cal aviation station when it suddenly
plunged into the bay with great force.
No cause was assigned for the accl'
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