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9 % > 9 . . Established in 1891. Donm luiTinu nr rnubutniHiiun ur ' MOMENTOUS EVENT THUR8UAY, StcT. i2 ,18 NAMED BY PRE8IDENT WILSON A8 REGISTRATION DAY. ABOUT 13,000,000 AFFECTED The Date of Registration Will Mark Creation of Mightiest Army In History. Washington.?All men from 18 to 45 years of age In the continental United States, except those in the army or navy or already registered, were sum monea Dy President Wilson to register for military service on Thursday. September 12. Machinery of the provost marshal general's office was set in motion to carry out the second great enrollment under a presidential proclamation issued soon after the President had signed the new. manpower act extending the draft ages. It Is estimated that at least 12.778.758 men will register this time, compared with nearly ten million on the first registration of men from 21 to 31 on June 5. 1917. Of those who enroll now it is estimated ttiat 2,300.000 will be called for general military service, probably tworthVrds of the number coming from among the 3, 500,000 or more between the ages of 18 and 21. Registration this time will be conducted as heretofore by the local draft boards. All federal, state, county and municipal officers are called upon to aid the boards in their work, to preserve order and to round up slackers. All registrants will be classified us quickly as possible under the questionnaire system, and a drawing will be held at the capltol to fix the order of registrants in their respective classes. In a proclamation Issued immediately after he signed the new manpower bill authorizing extension of 21-31 draft ages, the President called ^ on the younger and older men to enroll on that day with local draft boards, where they make their permanent homes, "We solemnly purpose a decisive victory of arms." said the President, "and deliberately to devote the-larger part of the military manpower of the nation to the accomplishment of that purpose. It is the call to duty towhich every true man in the country will respond with pride nnd with the consciousness that in doing so he plays his part In vindication of a great cause at whose summons everv true heart offers in supreme service." Youth in their eighteenth year will he placed in a separate group, the war department has announced, to be subject to a special educational program. and will not be called until the supply of other available, men in the new classes is exhausted. Aftor *.! <*%?* - ? ?tiuh mo inn, mill milling 111R regulations for the registration, the President's proclamation read as follows : Proclamation. "Fifteen months ago the men of the country from twenty-one to thirty years of age were registered. Three months ago and again this month, those who had Just reached the age of twenty-one were added. It now remains to include all men between the ages of 18 and 45. "This is nto a new policy. A century and a quarter ago it was deliberately ordained by those who were then responsible for the safety and defense of the nation that the duty of military service should rest upon all able bodiod men between the ages of IS and 45. We now accept and fulfill the obligation which they established. an obligation expressed in our national status from that time until now. We solemnly purpose a decisive victory of arms and deliberately to devote the larger part of he military manpower of the nation to the accomplishment of that purpose. "The younger men have from the first been ready to go. # They have furnished voluntary enlistments out of all proportion to their numbers. Our military authorities regard them as havinr the hiarhnst combatant mn.ll. ties. "The Older Men. "By the men of the older group now called upon, the opportunity now opened to them will be accopted with W* the calm resolution of those who realIre to the full the deep and solemn .significance of what they do. Having made a place for themselves In their respective communities, having assumed at home the graver responsibilities of life In manv spheres, look' Ing back unon honorable service records In civil and industrial life, they will realize as perhaps no others could, how entirely their own fortunes and the. fortunes of all whom they love are put at stake In this war for right, and will know that the very records thev have made render their new duty the cc aimandtng duty ol their lives. They know how surely this Is the nation's war. how imperatively it demands the mobilization and massing of all our resources of every kind. They will regard this call as the supreme call of their dav and will answer it accordingly." . .**; / ? ' % The TREMENDOUS FI6HTI IS GALLANTLY WON 3REATE8T VICTORY OF WAR ENTAILS GREATEST LOSSES FOE HAS 8UFFERED. THOUSANDS OF PRISONERS Situation of Germans Is Most Perilous That Has Faced Them Since the War Began. Over a front of 30 miles the region of Arras to Peronne. Field Marshal Hale's forms have lllorallv umnaliail the German front. The southern portion of the famous Drocourt-Queant switch line, which ! has been heralded as thp impregnable bulwark of the German defense in I the north, has given way under the ; violence of the British onslaught over j its entire front from the Scarpe river | to Queant, a distance of virtually 10 1 miles. Thousands of prisoners have been taken from the strongly resisting enemy, who at last accounts, was fighting violently as he gave ground toward the Canal Du Nord. By this victory seeingly is ended the menace of the Hlndenburg line to the south, which the British are | gradually approaching over its entire j front. Already thoroughly outaflnked I on the north and with the French well ! upon its southern base, military necessity apparently will require that the Germans relinquish the Hlndenburg fortifications and realign their front from Flanders to Rheims. The situation of the enemy, viewed from the war maps, is the most perilous he has yet been in. The Americans, who took Voormezeele, are well into the region of the town, having overcome the strong resistance of the Germans who endeavorede to bar their way. HnrH fl ch t\r\fr hoc lw>un In nrnrrrnua between the British and Germans around Peronne, where the Australians successfully withstood violent attacks and have takeo several thousand prisoners. These gains, if they are continued, seemingly cannot but result shortly in the enemy withdrawing northward from the Vesle river positions he holds adn reconstituting his entire front to Rhelms. GREAT REVENUE BILL NOW READY FOR CONSIDERATION Washington.?The new revenue bill ?greatest of all tax measures in the history of the nation?with a levy affecting every individual and business concern in the country, was approved unanimously by the house ways and means committee. Chairman Kitchin introduced the measure in the house. Leaders hope to send it to the senate within 10 days after debate begins. The final committee estimate of the revenue to he yielded under the new bill is $8,012,792,000, as against $3.941,633.000 last year under the presj ent law. The largest source of estij mated sevenue is from taxes on excess wur profits, $3,100,000,000, and the j next is from taxes on incomes?$1.482.186.000 from individuals and $828,! 000,000 from corporations. j BITTERNESS OF DEFEAT IS BROUGHT HOME TO GERMANS Washington. ? Germany's growing i realization of what the allied victories in France and Flanders mean continues to be reflected in the changed tone of the German press. An offii rial dispatch quotes the following I from The Cologne Gazette: "The struggle now going on on the I southern front becomes every day ' greater and more formidable. The greatest German offensive cannot even bo compared to the present tights. We must not let the relative calm reigning in some sections deceive. Formidable forces nre gathered there. Are these troops in need of rest, or are they designed for * fresh tights, ready to attack on the first opportu| nlty?" '".LABOR PLEDGES LOYAL AID IN BRINGING QUICK SUCCESS Washington.?Organized labor at celebrations throughout the country answered President Wilson's appeal . to speed up war work by pledging loy' al support to the government in turn! ing out materials need to bring the [ war to a quick and victorious con ! elusion. Speakers at meotings brought volleys of cheers from the workiugmen by quoting Mie President's Labor Day ! Tnossago. AMERICAN VESSEL IS STRUCK BY TORPEDO AND SUNK A British Port.?The American steamship Onega has been torpedoed. The vessel foundered. Twenty-nine persons were saved. Twenty-six are missing. Many bodies have been washed ahore. The captain of the Onega was drowned. The Onega was 3,636 tons grbsa and built at Belfast In 1880. She was owned by Barber & Co.. of New York. The vessel was 400 feet long. 39-toot beam and 21 feet deep. r Fori rOET MILL, S CAPT. H. FROST ^jBpsT irO^^B^BOBKM|p|>P W?l?m Nt*?^p<r UnloilBB One of the best equipped as well as most beautiful and spacious of the Red Cross hospitals overseas Is Unit 1 21 of* the American Red Cross at Paignton, England, of which Capt. H. Frost Is the chief surgeon. Captain Frost has under him expert surgeons ind physicians and well-trained attendin ts. THE GERMANS SHELLING LINES THE TAKING OF QUESNOY WOOD I " TIGHTENS POCKET ON WEST ON MAIN ROAD TO HAM. Enemy is Compelled to Abandon Its Ammunition All Over The Field of the Avre. With the French Army in France. ?The operations of the past to days have put the Germans into another pocket between the Canal Du Nord and the Iliver Aisne. They will have to evacuate it promptly or run a big risk of having their positions there turned from the north by the French ulong the valley of the Somme. Since the fall of Noyon, which was the apex of the salient. Mont. St. Simeon, mile and a quarter to the east, is its udvanced defense. This height dominates the valley of the Aisne eastward and the valley of the River Meve and the Canal Du Nord to the north. These valleys were lines in the salient. The taking of Quesnoy wood has tightened the pocket from the western side, bringing the French within shelling distance of the main road leading out of it in the direction of Ham. Between the roads to Ham and ! Chauny. a succession of heights ex L<T1I<1<HK limn tiiuui ni. niuifun iu ; Chauny, form a position of great | strength. The Germans are violently shelling the French lines from there but the imminence of danger threat I ening their communications, to the north suggests that they are merely using part of their immense ammunition supples there is to ease the I pressure which had become so strong as to require them to abandon ammunition all over the field of the Avre. TOWN OF BAPAUME CAPTURED AND PERONNE OUTFLANKED London.?In addition to the capture 1 of Bapaume and Noyon, the British ' : were reported to be In Lesboeufs and Morvl. according to the latest news from the battle front. The town of i Peronne has been outflanked by the I British on the south. French troops are reported to have captured Juvlgny. north of Soissons. They are reported to have lost Chaj vlgny. Just south of Juvigny to the j Germans. Field Marshal Haig's men are reported to have taken Ginchy and I Giuulemont and to have reached the ufPQtorn nutclrlrt u /*f Vfanrnnao British patrols are said to be In I I.esboeufs and Morval. These places j are all south of Bapaume. SOME UNITS OF FRENCH ARMY MAKE ADVANCE OF 12 MILES Paris.?Some units of the armies of General Debeney and General Humbert north of the Oise river advanced for more than 12 miles, according j to The Intransigeant. The newspaper j confirms the report that French 1 troops have reached the region of j Ham and adds that it does not seem possible that the Germans will be able to hold Guiscard for any length of time. Guiscard 1s on the hgh road midway between Noyon and Ham. RAILROAD MEN TO BE PLACED IN DEFERRED CLASS Washington.?President Wilson was told by Director McAdoo that sucessful operation of the railroads demands that deferred classification he given most railroad employes and that those actually taken into army service should be conserved for military railway service in France to lessen the drain on railroad personnel in this country. Mr. McAdoo conferred with the president more than an hour, and submitted many reports. "Hp . vv' *'> ^ V ? r Mn . 0., THURSDAY, SEPTEMB CITY OF PERONNE TAKEN BY ALLIES GERMANS CONTINUE TO GIVE GROUND; INSECURITY OF THEIR POSITION SHOWN. ACCOMPLISH 6REAT CHANCES All Danger to Channel Porta Has Been Averted and Overcome By Sueceu of Recent Movements. I .nnrf nn Po rnn n a t ho pq llrno/Y nan. ter at the bend of the River Snmine, taken bj* the Germans In their offensive of last March, was recaptured by forces of Field Marshal Haig. The towns of Bullecourt and Morval also were captured by the British. The British have reached the suburbs of Lens. Large fires are burning in the neighborhood of Lens and Armentieres. These are regarded as an indication of a further German retirement. All along the western battle front the Germans continue to give ground before the entente allies. Daily the trend of events accentuates the insecurity of the German lines and the inability of the German high command to hold back the aggressors. Where two months ago great salients projected into the allied front, these have either been flattened or are in the process of being blotted out. and in some instances the allies themeselves have driven in wedges that seriously menace the enemy. With the Marne and Picardy sectors now virtually all reclaimed, the wings of the present allied offensive are moving in a manner that bodes ill to the Germans. In the north, the vxr In o nn Vi o T vo oilinnt amithnrnof a# Ypres is being advanced under voluntary retirements and the pressure of Field Marshal Haig's forces. Following the fall of Kemmel, the nllied line has been moved further forward until^ it now rests almost upon the Estaires-LaBasse road. less than seven miles southwest of Armentieres. By wiping out of this salient the menace to the channel ports has been overcome. American troops advancing alongside British have had their first battle on Belgian soil. They captured Voormezeele and joined with their allies in the Important operations which were carried out all along this sector. The Americans, besides taking Voormezeele, have captured several strong positions. AMERICANS MAKE A TWO MILE ADVANCE With the American Army in France. ?The American troops in theiv drive bevond Jnvigny advanced about two miles and captured nearly 600 prisoners. together with considerable war supplies. The advance from Juvigny began at 4 o'clock and the Americans had gained their objective by night. Ragged points in the new line were smoothed out. In addition to tl\e 600 prisoners, two pieces of artillery were captured and a great number of machine guns and trecnch mortars. Trenches, shell holes and the open field were strewn with German dead. The drive forward from the positions north and south of Juvigny proved a field day for the Americans and their allies the French. The artillery literally blasted a way through the enemy ranks, tearing down defenses nnd leveling the ground, while allied planes maintained complete and uninterrupted connection by radio with battery commanders throughout the engagement. The infantry, when called upon for its part in the dramatic venture, responded like veteran troops after a long period of rest, and with enthusiastic shouts began the pursuit of the Germans who were not caught in the terrlffc barrage. With the infantry went the tanks, and it was a different story from that when they first advanced against Juvigny. Two companies, 30 tanks, had ' been detailed for the work. SPAIN TAKES OVER INTERNED GERMAN SHIPS Madrid.?The Spanish government has decided to take all the German steamships interned in Spanish ports, in accordance with Spain's recent note to Berlin, because of the torpedoing of Spanish vessels by German submarines. Foreicn Minister Dato announced at a meeting of the cabinet that the Spanish steamship Ataz-Mendi, has been torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine. NEW WAR REVENUE MEASURE TASK OF HOUSE AND SENATE Washington.-?Congress begins the tenth month of its present session with the new $8,200,000,000 war revenue bill as the principal task ahead of both senate and house. The national prohibition bill pending in the senate, tho waterpower development bill before the house and other measures will be given consideration, but both branches expect to devote themselves from now on largely to the revenue legislation 4 LL T] EE 5, 1918 KATHLEEN X. PHILLIPS I P>" :-'? j">>*^"-v. I Miss Kathleen X. Phillips, British Red Cross nurse recently arrived In San Francisco on furlough after three years on the front In France. She rentes stories of Qerman atrocities she personally witnessed In Belgium and France; THE AMERICANS ARE FIGHTING COUNTER OFFENSIVE TACTIC8 FAIL TO STAY ONWARD ADVANCE OF ALLIES. Germans Endeavor *o Ford Vesle But Are Prevented and Held by General Pershing's Men. ? 1 ? 1 1 I ? -1 0 a tie uci aiouo mi uift lilt? uiucu lurtcs from Arras to Soissons everywhere are in dire peril. On almost every sector of the battlefront the enemy line continues to crumble before the allied attack, notwithstanding the violence, born of desperation. of the counter offensive tactics. Near Arras, the old Hindenburg line now is well outflanked; from the Scarpe to the Somme the hostile line gradually is falling back, while from the south of the Somme to Soissons the enemy front has literally been smashed and the German hosts apparently are caught in two distinct traps, escape from which without heavy losses in men ihade prisoner and guns and material captured, seems almost impossible of achievement. The first trap in which the enemy finds himself is the trinngle formed by the sharp curve of the Somme river with Peronne its apex and with Curlu on the Somme and Fresnes respectively its northern and southern bases. This triangle is a little more thun three miles deep and six miles wide, and in it the Germans are fighting with their backs toward the Somme on both the north and the east. Tt ntua tho Pronoh trnnn? urhn unruntr the other trap. With the fall of Chaulnes the French forces routed the enemy over a front of about 19 miles and penetrated the region to a depth at some points of nearly seven miles. From the north of Chaulnes to Nesle the penetration of the French reached the heights on the left bank bf the Somme; southward the advance left the French along the Canal Dunord at various points between Nesle and the outskirts rf Noyon. south and southeast of Noyon gains also were made and Noyon and the entire region between Nesle and Soissons now are in a great pocket and with the French pincers working hard to close upon it. The Americans and the Germans also are engaged in bitter battles around Bazoches and Fismette on the Vesle. The Germans endeavored to ford the Vesle south of Bazoches. but were held by the Americans. Likewise an enemy assault against Fismette was stopped. WORK OR FIGHT AMENDMENT THROWN OUT BY SENATE Washingjm.?Senate and house conrerees on the manpower diii resetted a complete aRreement eliminating the senate work or fight amendment. This assures final passage of the measure. The "work or fight" proposal was regarded as the only dispute likely to cause delay and the senate's managers consented to its deletion from the hill largely to expedite Its enactment. SENATOR OLLIE M. JAMES OF KENTUCKY DIES IN HOSPITAL Baltimore.?Senator Ollie M. James, of Kentucky, died at Johns Hopkins hospital of an acute affection of the kidneys. Senator James had been a patient at the hospital for about three month*. Physicians at first believed that he nad a good chance to regain his health and an operation was performed. Later his- condition became more serious and transfusion of blood was ] made on several occasions. t ' . / ? [MES STEADY PROGRESS MADE BY ALLIES NO ABATEMENT IN STRENGTH OF OFFENSIVE ALLIES ARE PRESSING ON THE ENEMY. HARDEST KIND OF FIGHTING Successes Gained Render More Secure Lines Outflanking Aisne and Other Points. There has been no abatement in the strength of the offensive tho British, French and American troops are throwing against the German armies from Arras to the region of Solssons. And as yet there is no indication uiui 11 is uie purpose or tne H?emlng- ] ly demoralized enemy to turn about 1 and face their aggressors or to offer j more resistance for the present than through the activities of strong rear guardB. Not alone have the allied troops all over the battle front from Arras to Soissons gained further important terrain. but to the north the British have advanced their line materially in the famous Lys sector?and apparently without much effort on the part of the foe to restrain them. Of greater significance than any of the othef victories achieved in Friday's fighting is the gain of the French with whom Americans are brigaded in this general sector north of Soissons. \ The latest French official communl- , cation records the capture by the French here at Chavigny, three miles northwest, and Cuffies, a mile and a half north of Soissons. and the entry j into the outskirts of Crony, a short distance to the northeast. These victories, gained only after the hardest kind of fighting, make more secure the ullied line running northward and outflanking the Alsne and the Chemin-Des-Dames positions. Also bettering this general stiuatlon has been the crossing by the French of the Ailette river .at Champs. BIG SHIPBUILDING PLANT TO BE ESTABLISHED AT NEW BERN Washington.?New Bern has been sleeted as the site of a big shipbuilding plant. Several million dollars will be spent there. The West Coast Shipbuilding Company .of Everett, Washington, whleh has several large plants on the Atlantic and Pacific coasts, will build the yard. Harry B. Spear, the Washington representative, will reach New Bern next week to begin preparations. Five hundred to one thousand men will be employed at the outset in construction of the yard. In reality it will be two plants, as both wooden and concrete ships are to ho built. The emergency fleet corporation, through General Manager Piez, ap? proved the site, which was really ee* leeted by the war department, since the vessels to be built are for that department. Five 265-foot car ferries wlil be the first products of the plant. Tugs, concrete schooners, river steamers and transports will also be built there. PREACHER CHANGES HIS . OCCUPATION TO SAILOR MAN Washington. ? Rev Paul Plunkett Boggs. of Greenwood, S. C.. soon will "ship out" aboard a merchant ship as an ordinary seamon. Quitting his pulpit recently, he signs da contract to remain in the merchant marine for the period of the war. and he is now among the recruits in training at Boston. Scrubbing paint and polishing brass are a part of his sen education that he had gone through. "I thought I knew human nature, when I was preaching, but T am just beginning to see the real meaning of life," he says. "Thousands of boys, I whose uncomplaining spirit is one of genuine ano wunng saerince. arc neiping save democracy and I am proud ! to be among them In that work." AMERICANS' POSITIONS ARE PERHAPS NOT SO GOOD Wth the American Army in France. ?The positions of the Americans are perhaps not so good and the contest seems to have narrowed down to one of comparative merits of officers and men of the two organizations. Before the day was over the Germans had begun to show signs of wenKening ann onservers reported j troop mpvements which appeared to Indicate a regrouping and perhaps retirement. RUSSIAN VOLUNTEER ARMY CAPTURES BLACK SEA PORT Amsterdam.?A Russian volunteer army has captured the Hlack sea port of Nororosslsk, according to a dispatch from Kiev. When the Germans captured Sehastopol. the base of the Russian Hlack sea fleet a part of the Russian fleet escaped to Novorosslsk. In Msy the Germans threatened the port wi?h submarines and arplanes. but It apparently remained under control of the tfana-Caucasln government. ;'. m . ! . -uf* $1.25 Per Tear. INTERESTING ITEMS FROM JHE GUMPS THE HARDAWAY CONTRACTING COMPANY CONTRACT8 TO COMPLETE EXTENSION. OISLOYAL PRIVATE IS BROKEN Soldier, Convicted of Indulging in 8e I r.?4. TUIPEU UI%IUU? wvici anvus vawfc* mi / Year* in Prison. Camp Jackson. Lieut. Col. William Couper. of the Quartermaster's Corps, has been ordered to Camp Jackson and will have charge of the construction wortt under the direction of the quartermaster department In charge of the construction In reply to a telegram Benedict Crowell, assistant secretary of war. replied that the contract for the completion of the extension to Camp Jackson has boen awarded to the Hardawav Contracting Company. When the greater part of Columbia was wrapped In slumber, a romance which began in Marlon. Miss., reached a happy culmination at the city Y. M. C. A., when Miss Susie Emma Terry was married to Private James L. Cooper by the Rev. George E. Mennen. Lutheran camp pastor. Between 20 and 25 of the Yale training unit at Camp Jackson have attained their majority during the last three montus. Five of these registered at Camp Jackson. The others mail ed their registration cards to their homes. More than 250 Yale students are In training at Camp Jackson. Senator Benet conferred with Gen. W. J. Snow and other officials of th^ war department regarding camp matters In South Carolina and was Informed that the situation regarding Camp Jackson Is now such that enlargement of the camp will begin Immediately and that 19.000,000 will be expended there. Ernest W. Leslie, district secretary for the Southeastern Division of the ' Y. M. C. A., with headquarters In Atlanta, was at Camp JackBon inspecting the work being done here by the. Y. M. C. A. Jack Ross, a wrestler of skill and strength, and MacDonald, another athlete, may meet on the mat. Jack Rosa said that he had secured a hall, and that he was ready to meet MacDonald In a ftnlsh match. Articles of agreement will be drawn up shortly, a referee secured, and the usual formalities gone through with. Robs says ho believes the boxing man at the camp. If he meets him. will wish he had stuck to his own game. If the match Is arranged it Is sure to attract attention as both men have many friends in the city and camp. Disloyal utterances of Private Ersklne Agranal of the_ Headquarters Company. Sixth Battalion F. A. It. D., resulted in his being sentenced to 30 years at hard labor at the disciplinary barracks. Fort Leavenworth, Kan. At the end of his term of service it is also ordered that he be given a dishonorable discharge. Agranal was charged wltn ":'iislng disloyal utterances. scurrilous and abusive Ian' gunge, regarding the military forcos or tli* United Mtates. Camp Wadsworth. German prisoner* stationed at CamiJ Wadsworth ar* now engaged in constructing a new stockade which they will themselves occupy when completed. The stockade will he surrounded by three rows of ten foot poles, each row cloaely interwoven with barbed wire. Armed guards will be stationed on the outside of the stockade to ae? that aone of the Huns escape. Water Matter Taken Up. Columbia.?At the regular meeting ?f the board of directors of the Chamber of Commerce General French of Camp Jackson was present and the question of the water supply at Camp Jackson was taken up. It developed during the discussion that the pumps and machlnary ordered by the city and roady for shipment had been taken over by the government before It, could be shipped. Leads in Activities. Columbia.?According to the ofTlclal report just made public. Camp Jackson again leads the Southeastern Department In the Y. M C. A physical activities, reaching a total of 590,886 men during the month of July. This is an Increase of a ouarter of a mil lion men over the number of men reached during the month of June During the niontb of July, according to the official report, there were at Camp Jackson 8,(561 games with 10(5,(579 participants, and 487,207 spectators. Negro Chauffeur Driveo Wild. Columbia ?Harmon Ruy, a negro chauffer, made a furious drive on Main street while several hundred people were waching the election returns being Hashed upon the screen in front of The State office. # The men were run down without a moment's warning and several were painfully hurt. The car knocked tho men in all directions like they were so many ten pins. Several officers rushed to th? car and hurriod the negro to the police station. Tha recorder heard the case and Imposed a fine of $100 on Ray.