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MTTIE WITH U-BOATS. HERMAN ATTKMPT To DESTROY AMERICAN TRANSPORTS FAILED. ??atari r*s Deotroycrs Defeated Attack 0? Expedition to France In Mkl-At latulc?Itoi a ship or Man Dot*. Washington. July 3.?Safe arrival at a French port of the last ships of the first American overseas expedi? tion was announced today by Secre? tary Daniels m a statement revealing that twice en the way'across the At Isntle German submarinen attacked In farce and were fought off by convoy las; warships. The Americans did not lose a man. a ship or an animal. At least one of the undersea enemies wss destroyed. The work of aples through whom ths Oer ma ns knew secrets of the ex? pedition Is disclosed by the newa that that first attack was made far at im before tho tr?n?ports and their con voya reached ths point at which a rendesvous had been arranged with tho American d set rover flotilla operat? ing In European waters. The subma rtae oommandera apparently knew where and when to expect the Amer leans hound for ths fighting lines In France, and wsrs assembled In force to meat them. It was? yestsrday. Just a week after tho erst troops landed, that ths Isst 1 sssata pot lato the French port. They were slower craft carrying supplies Tho good newe came to the navy department late this sftsrnoon from Rear Admiral Oleaves, commanding the convoy squadron, and was made public at once as an appropriate an? nouncement on the eve of the Fourth of July. Secretary Daniels' statement, Which teile all of the story dsemed wise to publish, follow*: Secretary Daniela made thla state? ment "It hi with the joy of a great relief that I announce to the people of ths United States ths safe arrival in France of every fighting man and every fighting ship. "Now that the last vessel has reach ad port, it la eafe to disclose the danrr era that were encountered and to tell the complete story of peril and cour The transports bearing our troops were twice attacked by Qsrmao sub Wrasse mm tho way across. On both oosastoas the a-boats wore beaten off with every appearance of loss. One was certainty sunk and there Is reason to believe that the accurate firs of our gunners sent others to ths bottom. "For ths purpose of convenience, the expedition was divided Into con ttngents, sach contingent Including troop ehlps and a naval escort design - ed to kesp off such Oerman raiders as might be met. "An ocean rendezvous had also been arranged with the American de? stroyers now operating In European water* In order that the passage of tho danger sons might be attended by every possible protection. "The first attack took place at 10 SO on the night of June 22. What glvee It peculiar and disturbing signifi? cance la that our ahlps were set upon at a polst well this aide of the ren dssvoue and In that part of the At? lantic presumably free from subma? rines. "The attack waa made Inf force, al? though the night made imp >s*Hde any exact count of the u-boats gathered for what they deemed a slaughter. "The high eeas convoy, circling with their aearchllghta, answer >d with heavy gun tire and Ita accuracy atands proved by the fact that the torpedo discharge became increasingly scat? tered and Inaccurate. It la not known how many torpedoes were launcheJ. but five ware counted ss they aped by how snd stern "A second attack was launched a fsw dsys Ister sgslnst another con? tingent. The point of asaault was beyond the rendezvous and our de? stroyers wsrs sailing aa a screen be? tween the transports and all harm. The reaulta of the battle were in fa? vor of the American gunnery. "Not slons did the destroyer* hold the u-boats at a safe distance, hut their speed slso reaulted In the slnk Ipg of ons submarine at least. Gren? ada* were ueed In firing, a depth charge explosive timed to go off at a certain dletance under water. In one Instance oil snd wreckage cover? ed the surface of the sea after a shot from a destroysr at a periscope und the -sport* make claim of ainklng. "Protected by our high seas con? voy, by our destroyers and by French wsr vessels, the contingent proceeded snd joined the others In a French port 'Ths whole nation will rejoice thit so grsat a fc>srll is pasaed for the van? guard of ths men who will lu-.ht our battlea In France. No more thi riling Fourth of July celebration could have been arranged than thla glad news that lifts the shsdow of dread from the heart of America." U-BOAT IS FAILURE. WEEK'S LOSSES TO ENGLISH SHIPPING EVIDENCE OF OVER CONFIDENCE OF PRUS? SIANS. Associated Press Man Wltiiessee Ef fectlvoiicas of Britiali Methods. London, July ?The weekly ship? ping; summary Issued today shows thai fifteen British merchant ships of more than 1.600 tons were sunk and five vessels of loss than that tonnage. Eleven fishing* vessels also were lost. The summary: Arrivals 2.745; sailings 2.846. British merchant ships sunk hy mine or submarines over 1.600 tons, 16; under 1,600 tons. 5. British merchant ships unsuccess? fully attacked including five previous? ly. 16. British fishing vessels sunk, 11. Oen. von. Hindenburg's boasting pronouncement that "if we hold our ground until the submarine war has done Its work," has a pleasant sound to the British navy ear, for the navy la now finally convinced that the sub? marine war has failed. A staff correspondent of the As? sociated Press waa privileged to spend two days last week in observing the anti-u-boat campaign at close quar? ters at a big naval base on the south? east coast. There waa plenty of evi? dence of the effectiveness of the ad? miralty work In nearby waters, as well as of the tremendous effort being put forth. The navy still maintains secrecy re? garding the submarines sunk but the pursuit has become so lively that a u-boat shows its periscope In chan? nel waters only with the greatest risk. It Is impossible to keep entirely se? cret auch incidents as that of an oil driven* destroyer, which, a few dayi ago, swept Into port with part of a rammed submarine hanging triumph? antly from her plow. Airplane and dirigible patrols in the channel are proving highly effective and a u-boat once sighted by a dirig? ible has small chance of getting away. In water further afield one of the best evidences of the success of the Atlantic patrol la the safe arrival of the American transports at a French port. PLEDGES POURING IN. Wdtoe* Frossjex at Do T*e4r Part in Odiums1* lug of Nation's Food Sup Washington, July 2.?Responses to the plea of Herbert C. Hoover to have American housewives again pledge to assist the food administration by prac? ticing thrift in the home began to pour In today from every aection. When Mr. Hoover asked the cooper? ation of the women's committee of the council of national defense, tele? grams wc, e flashed to the chairman of the State defense councils. The answers received are practical? ly identical: ' "We will see that every housewife in the State is aaked to sign the pledge of the food administration. We find women eve .where eager to pledge themselves to work for food conserva? tion." Mr. Hoover, in a statement to? night, condemned the action of Mrs. Henry Wade Bogers, treasurer of the National American Suffrage association, for discouraging the food administration's efforts to induce wo? men of the country to practice house? hold economies. "There Is no action that can assist the German government so much at this time." said Mr. Hoover, "as the Intentional discouragement of the ef? forts of the food administration. If this lady does not wish herself to help that lies between her and her consci? ence, but when she advises others not to help such action requires the at? tention of the United States govern? ment." WAR IN CHINA. Factions Opposed to Manchu Mon? archy Organizing for Fight. Tien Tsln, July I,?A military clash In China is Imminent. The Pekln troops are showing opposition to General Chang Hsun's dictatorship under the guise of a monarchy. The troops of Chill province are mobiliz? ing nnd preparing to proceed to Pe? kln. Executions and Imprisonments of prominent officials that have re? sulted from the disturbed state of af? fairs caused added unrest. The pro? visional government has been estab? lished at Nanking. FOB LOVE OF FATHER LAX l>. Saxons Not Fighting for King But for Country. Copenhagen, July !>.?That Saxon soldiers are not fighting because of loyalty to the king, but for love of the fatherland and the monarchical principle was the declaration made in the Saxon diet yesterday. The state? ment was concuri ??<! in by all parties, except the conservatives. SUBMARINES WINNING WAR. (herman ska minister re. feats ius boast. Increasing Number of U-boats, Ife Says, More Than Makes up for Ene? my Efforts. Amsterdam, July 4.?Admiral von Capelle, German minister of marine, made an optimistic statement on the progress of the submarine war during a discussion of the political situation in the main committee of the relch stag, says a dispatch from Berlin. The admiral said the navy had the fullest confidence In the future of the submarine campaign and added: "The continuously Increasing enemy efforts to overcome the submarine danger by countermeasures are more than equalized by the continually growing number of submarines set in operation against the enemy. Subma? rine losses now, as hitherto, are kept within moderate limits and all reports, to the contrary in the enemy and neu? tral press are untrue. To sum up, there is not the least reason for doubting the success of the subma? rine war." A representative of the German gen? eral staff described the military situ? ation as favorable in every respect and in agreement with the plans of the supreme army command. He ex? pressed the conviction that In spite of the number of Germany's oppo? nents the war would be brought to a happy end. BAKER CENSORS THE NEWS. "A. P.'* Dispatches Held up by War Deportment. Washington, July 4.?Since yester? day dispatches to the Associated Press I telling of the American troops In . France have diverted by official order from their usual channel of delivery and have been delivered first to the Secretary of War for his approval, ^ There is no censorship of the press in the United States, congress having refused to enact such a law, but nsws 1 papers and press associations have 1 voluntarily been observing the re? quests of the government. . Heretofore news dispatches leaving Fnance have been censored by A the French officials or the American cen? sor With Gen. Pershing's expedition! or by arrangement with London. ^Tttn; ii hoajaver, is the first Instance in which an executive department of the United States government has seen fit to dl 1 vert dispatches from their destination and withhold them for official inspec? tion. In this ease no notice of the gov? ernment's intention was given and the first intimation of the practice came when, last night, dispatches address? ed to the Associated Press, New York, by its Paris correspondent, were by of? ficial order delivered to the secretary of war in Washington, who after In? specting the dispatches delivered them to the Associated Press bureau here. Other i dispatches addressed In the same way were delivered to the sec? retary of war here today and through the committee on public information delivered to the Associated Press in Washington with certain portions eliminated. The volume of mattfor diverted, to Washington was very large, and no adequate provision for the examina? tion or censorship had been made. The war department was overwhelmed and a consequent delay of hours in important dispatches resulted. Assurance has been given by Secre? tary Baker that the new procedure is to be practiced only temporarily and that double censorship will be short? lived. Statement by Mr. Baker. New York, July 4.?Secretary of War Raker reiterated on his arrival here tonight to delivers an Independ? ence Day address that the new War Department censorship is only tem? porary. "The present arangement is only a temporary one," he said, "and will be maintained only so long as is nec? essary to perfect a smooth working plan to handle this matter without imperilling the lives of American cit? izens. I am sure the Associated Press Is just as much interested In this ob? ject as we are." Asked as to the probable duration of the present arrangement Secretary Baker said it was impos..ble to state. army of AIR. Bill to Appropriate $flU?,000,O00 for Aircraft Before Congress. Washington, July f?.?The house military committee today began con? sideration of the administration air? craft bills, providing for the expendi? ture of six hundred and thirty-nine million dollars. It Includes the pur chase of twenty-two thousand alr P planes and forty-five thousand engine. It Is estimated that seventy-five thou sand men will be needed, One Pill rives the president draft power to ob tain the men. THE FOURTH IN PARIS. FRENCH GREET PEHSiiING'S MEN ENTHUSIASTICALLY. Streets of Paris Thronged With Cheering Thousands as American Troops Pass in Review. Paris, July 4.?All France celebrat? ed the fourth of July. Paris turned out a crowd that no American city ever surpassed for size, enthusiasm and profusion of stars and stripes. A battalion of the first American expeditionary force about to leave re? training behind the battle front had its first official review in France and about the centre of the celebration. Everywhere the American tlag was flying from public buildings, hotels and residences and from automobiles, cabs and carts; horses' bridles and the lapels of pedes'rlans carried them. The crowds began to gather early *ai vantage points. Hue de Varenne was choked long before 8 o'clock this morning when the republican guards band executed a field reveille under Gen. Pershing's windows and all routes towards the Invalides were thronged even before Pershing's men turned out. About the court of honor, where the Americans were drawn up with a detachment of French territorials, the buildings overflowed to the roofs. All around the khaki-clad men from the United States were trophies and souvenirs of war; German cannon, airplanes, machine guns and many ap? pliances for burning suffiocating gas. Behind them in the chapel separat? ing the court of honor from Napole? on's tomb were German battle flags, trophies of the Marne and Alsace, besides Prussian banners of 1870. There in the chapel before the tomb of Napoleon, Gen. Pershing re? ceived American flags and banners from the hands of President Poinearo. Almost the entire history of the strug? gles of the French against the Ger? mans looked down upon the scene from paintings portraying heroic in? cidents, in French battles from Charle? magne to Napoleon. There was a sharp contrast between the khaki and plain wide brimmed hats of Pershlng'8 men and the gay dress of D'Artagnan's plumed musketeers and Napoleon's grenadiers. The enthusiasm of the vast crowd reached its highest pitch when Gen Pershing escorted by President Poin care and Marshal Joffre, .passed along reviewing the lines of the American! drawn up In square formations. Cheering broke out anew when the American band struck up the "Mar? seillaise," and again when the French band played "The Star Spangled Ban? ner" and Gen. Pershing received the flags from the president. "Vive les Americans! Vive Persh? ing! Vive les Etats Unis!" shouted ov? er and over by the crowd, greeted the American standard bearers as they ad? vanced. The crowd that had waited three hours to witness the ceremony that was over in 15 minutes surged toward the exit cheering frantically after the departing Americans and trying to break through a cordon ol! poliei troops. Outside a greater crowd that covered the entire esplanade of the Invalides took up the cheers and Gen. Pershing's men marched away. TO END WILD SPECULATION. Lord Northcliffe Presents Plan for Cotton Exchanges. Washington, July 2.?A plan for preventing wild speculation in cotton futures on British and American ex? changes was presented to Secretary Bedfleld today by Lord Northcliffe, head of the British mission in the United states. Lord Nothcllffe later took the plan to the department of agriculture. The British government is seeking I an arrangement for coordinating deal? ings to check wild price movements I similar to the recent flurry which forced the Liverpool Exchange to close down for several days. BOYS ABE SHOCKED IN BATH. Electric Light Falls into Tub and Se? riously Injures Union Lads. Union, July 4.?A very unusual ac? cident happened here today about 't o'clock when Archer Myers. 13 year old son of J. E. Myers, overseers of the weave room at ottaray mills, and Hoy Greer, 14 year old son of E. C. Qreer, superintendent of the same mills, came near being electrocuted. An electric light suspended over the bath tub in which both lads were bathing slipped and fell into the tub, breaking the bulb and charging the water With electricity. Young Greer with great effort got out of the. tub but WM severely shocked and In at? tempting to turn off the current atid remove the plug to allow the water to escape be was severely burned. The Myers boy when rescued was uncon* scions and although several hoots has elapsed he has not regained conscious DSM. Great fears are entertained for bis recovery. UtimilHmillimf?fffffffffll>f>HffffMffT!ll>l"M>Mff>ff.1.iiiiriiiiiiiimni Program for the Week of July 9th, at REX THEATRE, Sumter Monday, "The False Friend," featuring Robert Warwick and Gail Kane. A World Brady. Tuesday, "The <Iirl Philippa." The greatest show ever shown to Bumter public. Taken from the famous story by Robert W. Chambers, which was read by millions. Featuring Anita Stewart. Worth miles to come and see, and will leave remembrance as long as you live. "The Girl Philippa" from the pen of America'. greatest novelist, is a tale of two hearts told in terms of love, war, beauty and adventures. "The Girl Philippa" is as fragrnnt as the wild rose. Its tempo is like the speed tire of a machine gun. The story plays the music of the heart. Come hear also the beau? tiful music accompanist With the show. Admission I? and 20c. Wednesday, "The Girl at Home," featuring Vivian Mat tin and Jack Piekford. The great, ^reat story. , ?MSflSaSSaaSaMSBBSBBBB^BMBSHMMMM^M^HSBSSMMSSBaSSHi^^ I ? i * Thursday, "lireakers," featuring Bryant Washbure Friday, "Heart Desire," featuring Marie Doro. Saturday, Mary Miles Minter. I nsk all country folks to give their name to the cashier at Rex ticket office and will mail you a weekly program of Rex in advance. INVESTIGATING RAGE RIOTS. AH.MY OFFICER BEGINS EAST ST. LOUIS PROBE. Quiet Again Hcigns in dty Afflicted for Days With Plrei and Murders. East St. Louis, 111., July 4.?A fed? eral Investigation of race riots here in which 33 negroes and four whites were killed nnd approximately 310 negro homes were burn ad Monday was begun today by Col. George If. Hunt? er, chief quartermaster of the Central division of the United States army. Col. Hunter is under instructions to make a full report of the trouble to Maj. Gen. Thomas If. Barry at Chi? cago, commander of the Central de? partment. The city was absolutely quiet today and residents for the most part re? mained in their homes. More than 2, 000 Illinois National Guardsmen pa troled the streets under order to shoot if necessary. The city's Fourth of July celebration was called off and all saloons and theatres remained closed. Three negroes' bodies were found today in Cahokia creek, bringing the death list to 37. Civil authorities be? gan the work of collecting and pre? paring evidence to be presented to the grand jury when it convenes July 9. Only two of the 97 men arrested Monday night on charges of inciting to riot are being held. The authorities say that action will be taken against them at the proper time. Gov. Frank O. Lowdon, who was here last night and early today, has promised the Chamber of Commerce a full Investigation of charges of in? efficiency and lack of discipline against the militiamen who were here during the height of the rioting. Estimates were made by the au? thorities today that more than half o! the city's negro population has de? parted. BANS TARHEEL PAPER. Postmaster Refutes to Deliver The Yellow Jacket. Tampa, Fla., July 2.?PostmastSI James McKay today refused to deliver copies of The Yellow Jacket, a bi? weekly paper published at Moravian Falls, N. C, because It contained radi? cal criticism of the president and the administration's war policy. An edi? torial headed "He Kept Es Out of War," according to the postmaster, came under the provisions of the re? cently passed espionage law. A close watch is being kept on all anarch.stic publications and the use of the mails will be refused all that violate the espionage act, according to Postmaster McKay. I BON CROSS TO PRISONERS. Provided They Dhl Not Voluntarily Surrender. London. July 4.?Emperor William, according to jm Exchange Te legraph dispatch from Amsterdam, has de? rided that all German men who have been made prisoners of war will re? ceive the. iron cross on their return home after the war. if they can prove they did not surrender voluntarily. PRESIDENT LI MAKES ESCAPE. Chinese President Takes Refuge With Japanese. Tien Tsin. Chins, July I. -l.i Yuan Hung, the Chinese president, with two attendants, escaped from the palace.it !? o'clock last night and sought refuge in the Japanese legation. The Japa? nese, considering the urgency of the case, granted him refuge. No one is allowed to interview the president. DESPERATE DRIVE COWING. BRITISH AND FRENCH PREPAR? ING TO RENEW OFFENSIVE. Ability of Russian Army 10 Strike T' Hum Blow Against Germans En? ables OllMV Allies to l*ut Forth Strength Aga lust llindcnhurg Line? Big Things in Prospect. With Russia proving her army can agnin strike telling blows the entente forces are apparently preparing to re? sume the offensive on the western front. Notable activity Is developing in Belgium. That the Germans apprehend the trend of affairs there, and the extra i ordinary efforts of her airmen to as? certain what is gcing on behind the lines, is reflected in the official state? ments. The Teuton airmen are hav? ing little success. London reports that nine Germans have been put out of action to one Britisher lost. The Prussian minister of war be? lieves that next British blow will come north of Arras, according to a statement he mad ? to the Reichstag comm'ttee yesterday. In this connec? tion is noted that the British advanc? ed slightly on a six hundred yard front in a local action southwest of Ilollebck. Gen. Petain is lending even- effort to keep the advantageous positions the French now hold. The latest ef? fort of the Germans to win control of the sector in the Aisne district not only gained nothing and brought heavy losses, but the French in coun? ter-attacks took a salient near Cerny. The Americans who participated in the Fourth of July celebration have proceeded to thei- permanent training camp, and the entire expedition is ex? pected to be in camp by July loth. SUNK BY HYDROPLANE. I -Boat I icpnr;cd Viel im of Flyer'? Bombs. New York, July 2.?Belief that a U-boat was sunk by two bombs drop? ped by a hydroplane in a fight at sea. with a torpedo boat, a swift subma? rine chaser and the aircraft was ex? pressed by passengers and officials on an Italian steamship which arrived here today from Mediterranean ports. The steamship left Italy June 7. Five hours later when 1*0 miles out a sub? marine appeared. The merchantman was accompanied by a torpedo boat and a fast submarine chaser. The tor? pedo boat promptly opened Are on the submarine and a hydroplane swooped out over the u-boat from shore and dropped two bombs on the craft. The submardine went down an 1 was not seen again. It tu thought she was destroyed. HUNTING GERMAN SPIES. (?real Mass of Information of Value Collect od. Washington, July |.?Officials stat? ed today If the government s activities against German spies In the United States were published tin1 story would startle 1ho world. The combined forces of the war, navy, justice de? partments have been unearthing an amazing amount of information of great value to the government. COTTON CROP IMPROVING. Good Weather Una Brought About Better Conditions. Washington, July &.?With temper Mure above normal and fairly well listributed rain fall l.ist week's weath? er brought about general cotton Im? provement, says government report. Cotton is in all stages of development n South Carolina.