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MBU KIBES MI?. * Commander of American Expeditionary Force and Staff Arrive at British Port. * A British Port, June I.?Major .Qfotnvl Pershlng with hla staff ar? rived this morning after an unevent? ful trip. Hie ehip waa escorted into ?ort by American deetroyera Oen. Pershlng wee welcomed by represen? tative* of the admiralty and war of tme and the municipal authorities. He waa, flven a royal welcome. A bat? talion of Paalliers was drawn up on Use landing stage, while ths regimental head played British and United States Oen. Pershln* said to ths rspreeen iuftn of the Associated Press. "We export la the course of a very ehort Ksae to be playing our part, which 1 ass confident will be a very large part, an the westers front." Ths party preoMdtd toward London. WELCOMED TO LONDON. and Army Officers Lee don. June I.?Oen. Psrshing ar? rive* in London this afternoon. He ease welcomed by Walter Hlnee Page, the American ambassador. Lord Am by. eecretary of Stats for War. Vice cue t French. Commsndlng the sVsttsB home forces and other officers, fcssaiisg Lord Brooks, who will be ?jmeaad to Oea. Psrshlns/s staff dur? ing* his London stay. FOR HOME GTARDS. Previously Adopted in Sen* of Rifles to Washington, June 7.?Ths house to? day passeil the senate bill to author tee Issue of rifles and other equip? ment for organisation of home guards. Ths bill has the approval of the war > It gives the war department die authority to equip "home having the character of State fnHoe er constabulary." CAROLINA ENROLLMENT. Return* Filed by Got. Yfsostdhj fnrgtj Propor COfumbla, June I.?Complete reg feara?on returne from the 4 6 coun? sel of the State were telegraphed by Oov. Manning yesterday. to Provoet Marshal Oensral Crowder In Wash? ington. Ths total number of both whites and negroes was 127,534. Of Obese, 10,12} were white and 66,905 bmcka i those indicating exemption 48,186 whites and 44.831 col? ored. Four hundred and forty-seven wore registered and 68 alien -f amaiL'8 reply to rerun. the Law in Seising Ger? man Ships. Rio Janeiro. JUne f.?Brasil has re pltsd to ths Gsrman note protesting ths requisitioning of Gsrman with a declaration thst ths re subUe baa acted within ths strict lim? its of law, even as Interpreted by Ger? many. Ths Brazilian reply says in part: "The utilisation of German ships by B~esf] follows ths torpedoing of Bra Ulan merchant ehips. and ssauree. directly end Immediately, although by force, satisfaction for the losses caused by German submarines. Brazil la acting lawfully and on the baala Of even German law. It has tf ken a step which all nations take, even without abandoning Its sta.e of pesos, for the sole reason of forcing sa offending nation to maks due repa? ration." RCfUCIAN PEASANTS LOYAL Ceng"? Calls spon Army to Submit eo Dssctpitne ami Fight for Russia. Petrograd. June 8.?The congress of peasants In session here adopted a resolution calling upon the f ?my to submit Itself to dlaclpllne and to de? fend revolutionary Russia. The con frees affirmed It to be the duty of those it represents to defend the country energetically snd to make every sacrlfico to suatain the fighting strength of the army. AMERICAN STEAMER SUBMARIN? ED. ?nip Hank and (kvman Snlmiarinc Has lightered Crew in Open Boats. Parle, June 8.?The aurvlvora of a French bark which was .?ubmsrtned In ts)0 Bngllsh channel sttaed that they enw a big American steamer torpedoed and the submarine shell the small when the crew were trying to sen VICTORY IT YPRES. BRITISH REGAIN STRONG PO? SITION IN BELGIUM. Springing Terrtffk- Mine, Which Blows Trenches end Hill* to Bits, Half's Mem Surge Forwurd and Gain Re? venge for Their Defeat In First Gas Attack. From a Staff Correspondent of the Associated Press With the British Armies In France, June 7 (via Lon? don, June 8, 12:10 a. m.)?The Brit? ish armies struck todsy on a new front and won a victory which Sup? plements the successes at Arras dur? ing the last two months. The Ger? mans, though apparently aware that the blow was coming and seemingly prepared to meet It, were driven from their nearly three years' hold on Mes sines ridge* opposite Tpres, the last remnant of an important Belgian town, which with the help of the French and British In turn haa held out against all the massed attacks the Germans could fling against it, In? cluding the first great surprise of poison gas as a means of supposedly civilised warfare. Tpres In a sense was avenged to? day for Messlnes rldge has been the vantage point from which the Ger? mans have poured torrents of shells Into the stricken city. The British also wiped off an old score against the Germans for they held the ridge in October, 1914, and with very thin force and virtually no artillery fought bloodily but vainly to hold It * hen the Prussian troops massed their modern and overpowering weapons of war against it. Today's attack lacked many of the elements of surprise which accom? panied the battle of Arras and the successful storming of Vlmy ridge. There has been no doubt for three weeks past as to the intentions of the British. The Germans knew that a big push was to be made against Messlnee and they had plenty of time to prepare for the defense of that place. Today's successes, won along about a 10 mile front from Observa? tory ridge, southeast of Ypres, to Ploegstert wood, just north of Arm en - tierce, proved another triumph for British artillery supremacy. As the fighting was wholly on Bel? gian soil, however, the Belgian artil? lery, stationed some distance north of the actual line of attack, lent aid with a violent bombardment of the, German positions within range of its varl-callbred weapons. Messlnes rldge is a low lying promontory extending along the greater part of today's fighting front. It Is an Insignificant bit of ground to look at from below. At its greatest height It rises barely 70 metres above sea level. The surrounding country Is so low and flat, however, that I Messlnes had an observation value virtually Incalculable. It was a pcsl tion which dominated the northern half of the Brltiah line In the West and no operation of a large character could be planned without its posses? sion. Today's attack was accompanied by all the arts and deviltries of latt er day warfare. The enemy guns and gun crews had been bathed for days In gas shells sent over by the long range British guns. The night Mas filled with red incendiary flame. 8hells that spurted molten metal in surging streams of golden rain crash* ed in appalling numbers about tho heads of the defending soldiers. Hl?h explosives aryl shrapnel fire was car? ried out with such rapidity that tho very earth wtlthed under the force of the attack. Mines that had taken two years to dig and nil with an overwhelming ex? plosive broke Into an avalanche of flaming destruction in the half light of dawn. This was Indeed a Ypres day fo retaliation for the vicious suf? ferings of two years and eight months. Hill 60, of evil renown, always tne nearest menace to Ypres, wont Up with other strong points under th< impulse of hundreds and hundreds of tonn of acid explosive compound. DAMAGE NOT SO GREAT. Iditer Reports From Sau Salvadt r More Encouraging. New York, June 9.?The damage fit San Salvador is not as great as at first feared, according to a message received by Bloom Bros., fiscal agens for the republic of Salvador. The central and newer part of the cit;\ It Is reported, suffered less than out? lying portions. TO CHOOSE BEST MEN. ADJT. C>EN. M'CAIN ANNOUNCES POLIOY IN RESPECT TO RE? SERVE TR AINING CAMP. Remainder Will be Commissioned as Reserve Officers to Help Train New Armies. Washington, June 7.?The policy of the war department with respect tOj men now under training to become reserve officers was outlined in a state? ment today by Adjt. Gen. McCain, stating the process to be followed with each class of candidates. "The best qualified of all reserve of? ficers and candidates will be selected to become officers of the regiments which the training company repre? sents," it says, adding that these offi? cers will be supplemental to the men appointed from the regular service for each new regiment. The number of men to be taken in each grade cannot be decided until the number to come fiom the regulars has been determin? ed. The remainder of the qualified men at tho training camps will be com? missioned as reserve officers, to aid in the training of the new armies as additional officers of each regiment and this class will be drawn upon to supply temporary officers for the regu? lars and active officers for the second 500,000 of the selective draft. "It Is more a matter of enforcing a high standard than of approaching a large number," the statement adds, "It should be borne in mind that oth? er training camps will follow if the war continues. "An excellent man with three months' training Is much superior to a weak man with a year's training.' Gen. McCain says that only those men who give definite promise of be? ing efficient officers with additional training will be encouraged to repeat the course and enter the second camp. All others who are not selected Xor the first 500,000 army, for the reserve corps or for additional training will be discharged. Members of the reg? ular army and the National Guard v/ho fall to qualify in any case will be sent back to the regiments. "Immature, weak-looking or unpre? sentable officers are absolutely out of j the question," says the adjutant gen? eral. "The other requisite is military efficiency, which implies both the abil ! ity and the mental and physical ener? gy to lffstruct, manage and lead." '' In conclusion Gen. McCain states that, during the period of organization of the first 500,000 men officers for the second 500,000 must be trained and selected. Many of these will he so lected from the reserve officers, from the ranks of the regulars, National Guard or the selective forces In the first increment and also of the second series of officers' training camps. ' "Thereafter," he adds, "officers will be obtained by promoting officers and men alrea dy in the service, thus giving those who have volunteered or have been drafted for military service full opportunity to earn promotion, to the exclusion of those not in actual mili? tary service." CONSPIRACY CASE POSTPONED. Charges Against Paul Wierse Con? tinued. Charleston, June 7.?The two cases against Paul Wierse. a Charleston American editorial writer, in connec? tion with the sinking of the German Rteamshtp Liebenfels, when called, were also both continued by the gov? ernment. It is expected that they will come up at the next term of the court, to be held in Alken in October, when Capt. Klattenhoff will be tried with him on the conspiracy charge. Capt. Klattenhoff will probably not be taken to Atlanta until after the dismissal of the petit jury when Judge Smith has promised to enter, tain a motion from his counsel for dismissal of the one of the two orig? inal indictments still hanging over him, that of conspiring with the members of tho crew to sink the Hohenfels. All the rest of the crew I have been acquitted on this charge, so that Capt. Klattenhoff is now, his counsel argues, in the unique posi? tion of being under suspicion of hav? ing conspired with himself. GERMAN CAPTAIN INDICTED. Will Stand Trial on Three Grave Charges. Philadelphia, June 9.?The federal grand Jury today indicted Max Thlerichens, former captain of the seized German auxiliary cruiser, Prince Eitel Friedrich, Adelbert Fisch? er, Mrs. Fischer and Harry K. Rohn er, of Philadelphia, all charged with conspiracy and smuggling. Thier eheiiH Is also charged with violating the white slave act. Dublin, June ?.??William H. K Redmond, member! of parliament and a brother <>f John Redmond, one ol the leaders of the Irish Nationalises in the house of commons was killed in action in Franoe, GRAY VETERANS MARCH UP PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE. Harrison Agaii Re-elected Command cr-iii-Clilpf of U. C. V.?Carr Heads Nortlicrn Virginia. Washington, June 7.?The Confed? erate veterans re-elected Gen. George P. Harrison of OpeLka, Ala., com mandor-in-chief and selected Tulsa, Okla., as the place for the 1918 meet? ing late today. The attendance ran far beyond ex? pectations, the Southern railway alone having brought 25,000 persons from the South. Gen. Harrison was placed in nomi? nation for another term by Judge John T. Gorlick of Fredericksburg and re-elected l y acclamation. In expressing his apreciation he was almost overcome with emotion. Lieut. Gen. J. M. Van Zandt of Texas was reelected commander of the Trans-Mississippi department by a rising vote. The fir3t contest was over the com? mander of v.hQ Army of Tennessee, which resulted in the election of Lieut. Gen. Calvin B. Vance of Mississippi over Gen. John P. Hickman of Ten? nessee. Gen. Julian S. Carr of North Caro? lina was chosen lieutenant general commanding the department of the Army of Northern Virginia over Gen. J. Thompson Brown of Virginia. Gen. W. B. Haldeman of Louisville, Ky., gave notice that at the next con? vention he would move to amend the constitution so as to provide that hereafter department commanders be cbosen by the States composing the command instead of by the entire convention. A resolution by M. M. Buford of South Carolina indorsing the bill of Representative Tillman of Arkansas to refund to the Southern States the cotton tax collected at the close of the war was unanimously adopted, as was one protesting against statemnets that the South went to war for the same cause for which the Teutonic powers are defying the world. The veterans went on record with an emphatic declaration that any such statements are slanderous and called on the men of the North who were their antag? onists to help them to refute such charges. Thanks of tnS veterans were ex? pressed to the people of Washington for their hospitality and to the men who wore the blue for their warm greetings. The veterans pledged their sup? port to President Wilson and the country in a resolution introduced by Samuel W. Williams, former attor? ney general of Virginia, "on the un? sullied honor and word of true Con? federate soldiers."' Secretary Daniels entertained Gen. Harrison and the corps and division commanders at dinner tonight aboard the presidential yacht Mayflower. NO NAVAL BATTLE. Secretary Daniels Contradicts Lying Reports Circulated to Alarm Amer? icans. Washington, June 8.?Persistent and widely circulated reports of a na? val battle and disaster to American forces have reached a point where Secretary Daniels issued a formal statement today saying he believes the reports to be the result of an organ? ized conspiracy to alarm Americans. He said the circulation of such re? ports is a disloyal act. He states that no naval engagement has taken place, no vessel has been lost and the people will be Informed if such a thing hap? pens. MORGAN BUYS $30,000,000 BONDS. Company's Philadelphia House Sub? scribes Ten Millions of the Totul Amount. New York, June 8.?J. P. Morgan & Co. have subscribed for $50,000,000 worth of liberty loan bonds, it was announced today, of which Drexel & Co., the firm's Philadelphia house subscribed $10,000,000. ANTI-GERMAN PREMIER. Austria-Hungary Will Have New Cab? inet Headed by Estcrha/y. Amsterdam, June 9.?A Budapest dispatch says Count Moritz Esterhazy has been selected for premier of the new cabinet. Ho is afllUutOd with the Liberal element, and Is generally credited with being anti-German in sentiment. AUTOMOBILE OWNERS TO BE TAXED. One Per Cent, on Cost of Machines Is Amount Agreed Upon. Washington, June 9.?The senate finance committee adopted the plan to tax one per cent, of original .selling price of automobile, tax to be paid by owners. The confectionary tax pro? posal has been abandoned. Sill SUDl DID. Volcanic Eruption, Earthquake and Fire Wrecks Central American City of Sixty Thousand Inhabitants. OFFICIALS DECLARE RETTRXS INDICATE TOTAL WILL FALL BELOW EXPECTED 10, 200,000. Seven States Reported?Their Totnl 816,107, Compared With Census Bureau's Estimate of 818,917. Washington, June 7.?Seven States and the District of Columbia had made complete reports on Tuesday's war registration, showing 816,407 men registered, compared with the census estimate of their aggregate quota of 348,817, when the provost marshal general's, office closed tonight at 11 o'clock. Tabulation of returns will be resumed tomorrow. Registration returns came in slowly today and tonight from Tuesday's great military census, preventing any? thing approaching a conclusive esti? mate as to the number of men ac? tually enrolled. An official statement today, however, said such complete re? turns as were at hand indicated that the 10,200,000 estimate of the census bureau for the total number of men within the prescribed ages would not be equalled. A feature of the few complete re? turns is the high percentage of in? dicated exemption, averaging approxi? mately 50 per cent, of the total reg? istration. Officials pointed out, how? ever, that this did not mean actual exemptions, as the indicated figures included all married men and those in executive, judicial or legislative of? fices. Until exemption regulations have beer? promulgated, it will be impossi? ble to say how many will be mark? ed off the military rolls. The one conclusive result of the registration that cannot be altered in the slightest degree by any possible variation from the estimates is that millions of young Americans have put in their names claiming no exemption and stating no reason for re'easc from war service. SENTINEL FIRED ON. Corporal Anthony of Company M Shot at Near Lyncliburg by Unknown Party. Florence, June 8.?A report has been received in Florence of one of the guardsmen at Lynch's creek be? ing fired upon by an unknown party. While on patrol duty yesterday Cor? poral Anthony of Company M ffll shot at. He reported the occurrence and he and a detail from the com? pany and the sheriffs deputies scour ed ths territory in the vicinity, but could find no trace of the guilty party. The investigation is being pur? sued today. PERSHING VISITS KING. American Commander Received at Special Audience by King George. London, June 9.?Gen. Pershlng with his personal staff of twelve of? ficers, was received by King George at Buckingham palace today. He later paid a formal call at the United States embassy. BODY OF KELT BABY FOUND. Abductors of Child Will Face Murder Cluirge If Caught. Springiield, Mo., June 9.?The body of the fourteen-months-old son of J. Holland Keet, wealthy banker, was found in a well near here, according to reliable reports. The baby is be? lieved to have been kidnapped on May 30th. DROPPED BOMBS NEAR EMPER? OR WILLIAM. Unfortunately the Emperor and Von Hindenhurg Escape Unharmed. London, June 9.?Emperor Wil? liam, Gen. von Hindenburg, Prince ECltel Friedrich, and other members of the emperor's staff were inside St. Peter's station at Ghent when it was bombarded by airmen, accord ins; to an exchange telegraph report. The emperor's party escaped unhurt. The 21st annual convention of the Baptist YouAg People's Union of South Carolina, will be held in the Alumni hall of Furman university, June 29 through July 1. London, June 9.?Another contin? gent of American officers arrived on the vessel bearing Foreign Secretary Palfour. San Juan Del Sur, Nicuaragua, June 8.?A dispatch from Tegucigalpa, Honduras, says that an earthquake and fire, besides destroying San Sal Salvador the capital of Salvador, a city of sixty (thousand inhabitants, destroyed the towns of Quezaltepegue, Nejapa, Suehichoto, Paisnal, Armenois and Mejcanos. Telegraph operators who reached the edge of the destroyed zone re? ported at 9.20 this morning that San Salvador is in ruins, and that every? thing within a radius of thirty miles of the city was destroyed by the e ii thquake. The town of Santa Cecla was also destroyed according to the operators who report that residents of San Sal? vador are camping in the streets and pnrks. At the time the report was tent it had been raining heavily for i3vc hours. The disaster is supposed to have bten caused by the eruption of the volcano San Salvador at the foot of which the city is situated. American Minister Reported on First Stages of Disaster. Washington, June 8.?Dispatches from Minister Long at San Salvador sent at 9 o'clock last night said the volcano was in eruption and that part of the city had been destroyed by fire which was then under control after great damage was done. The dispatch said the earthquake began at 6.35 yesterday and contin? ued until 8.45. At 8.45 volcano erupt? ed, belching fire, smoke and a steady shower of dry ashes. No deaths were reported at that time. It is i possible there was a further eruption, fire or earthquake wrought the damage after the dispatch was filed. The American legation was rendered uninhabitable. CAMP CONTRACTS TO BE LET. War Department Adopts Cost Plus Percentage of Profit Form of Con? tract. Washington, June 7.?Contracts for the construction of cantonments for the selective army will be awarded this week. The war department an? nounced this today and disclosed that it had adopted the cost plus a percen? tage of profit form of contract in or? der to get maximum speed and effi? ciency in the work. Sites for five of the sixteen canton? ments have been selected. They are Ayers, Mass., in the northeastern mil? itary department; American Lake, Washington, in the Western Depart? ment; Wrightstown, X. J., in the East? ern Department, and Atlanta, Ga., and Columbia, S. C. in the Southeastern The remaining sites are now under consideration. Secretary Baker said today, and he ho;>es to announce the selections Saturday. Lengthy reports from the boards of officers appointed by the department commanders to recommend sites have reached the department. In several cases alternative sites were named, Mr. Baker said, and the department experts are studying the relative mer iis- of each before a decision is made. In a statement Issued tonight through the public information com? mittee announcing the plan under which the cantonments would be built, it is pointed out that quarters for more than 600,000 men are to be provided before September 1, the date when the first selective draft troops are to be called to the colors, bach training center will house 40,000 persons and to build them in twelve ueeks will cost more than went into the construction of the Panama Canal ir any one year. ENTOMBED IN MINE. Hundreds of Miners Trapped in Mon? tana Mine. Butte, Mont., June 9.?One hundred and fifty are reported dead and lit? tle hope is held out for saving two hundred other miners trapped under? ground by a fire in Spectacular mine. O four hundred and twenty-five in the mine when the fire started, more than two-thirds arc unaccounted for. Twelve bodies have been recovered. The fire started in the twenty-four hi Itdred foot level and spread quick? ly. Rescuers are not ablo to do much because of the dense smoke thnt fills the mine. The men were ordered to report to the time keeper as they emerged from the mine. Two hundred and eleven of four hundred and fifteen in the mine had so reported, materially reducing the number at first believed lost. The tire started from a carbide lamp Two who were rescued from the seven hundred foot level said forty-eight were dead there.