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THK MM \%ATCIIVANr ^t^h 0oD8olidated Aug. 2,1 GERMAN PUN MISCARRIED. KIVOHT TO sM\s|| M i ll s' I.INES I All 11? ASTitOl'SIA . Now They arc In a IMMciilt Position .mi.i Tlie Flglit in in save Thcni weite?* lioin instruction. (My Associated Press.) Facing Annuic^n, French anil Brit? ish troops strongly ??ntrriu lied ami well equipped lor buttle .the Herman army has lot the moment given up III ?I tect drive against Amiens. Auer utter rci ulse In uis effort* to smash straight th ough to his objeeii.e, the enemy now 1? attempting a new ma? neuver which is intended to broaden the held ot at tion ami reduce the menace of a counter offensive that would nullity all the gains m ide >.\ the Teutt.i s nine Mart h J 1 . Heports from the battle hm- in l'i curdy disclose the first stuges or this new I m i nian offensive aimed at eith? er side or th.? salient in the albe I I ui Kinn, I ?i H.issr ( '.mal in tin north, to the Hectors east of l,?on the great artillery torces ol the enemy are thundering, with the bombardment deepening at places to the intensity or drum tire. The length of this front Is approxi? mately IM miles North of L.ens, east of Arras, ; long the new front run? ning through Bucquoy to Albert south tb Montdldier and thence east? ward past Uissigny und Noyoi tt) a point far be;, oml Oh.iuny the Germans are hammering the allied linen In an .?mpt to break the defenses and pre? pare them ror the Infantry issault ?vhieh may lie expected at any mo? ment ? <>n the western elbow'' of the sn lb (it in the allied lines the Germans sre ItftSi If tight uphill. Their ad mi nee acroAa (In- lower ground along the Horn me. Anere, Avre and Lue? Hivers has carried them up to l para pel of hills which sentinel the re. Amiens. Attacks along this natural bulwark hsvs netted lbs enemy only Intlgnlficiint gains at great COS I At points the German efforts have guine I. but the gams have resulted only in the formation of sharp Sa? ilens which are swept by rifle and ma? chine gun tire and tempests of shells whenever enemy troops ure seen forming for an attack. There H a wholesome respect in the fJsrmof fens el staff foe the al? lied reserve army who h. as yet ap? pears to have been drawn up lightly to meet the Teutonic attacks. The at t < k on the Fr? in h lines sOHthjSSsl Ol Chaum is for the purpose of remov? ing a HemelMj salient and the gain Ing of be.ter protection to the German left flank Tuto assault is still going on end it b is i . -I. niihiilr: able progress. The Oernians struck through the lower forest of Coucy and have rent bed R point south of the village of Fob-in - bray. Tie Berlin official statement ' I .uns Hi it :."<mi prisoners nave been taken. That an attack of large dimensions ia planned for the front of Arras northward to l.ens Is consult red prob? able by military experts. As long as this front is in its present position the ?< munis tan not exert their lull Strength on the line lie fore Amiem Ttie cannonade in thi^ region i inv be the prelude ol .i massed attack such es bent the British line duiing the lal tei d t> s ol Marth. Notwithstanding tlie statement made on Friduy by Hteven Ptiu hm. ths French foreign minister that' "Americans now are fighting in Pi- ' cardy" nothing definite has been learn? ed about where (Jen. Pershing'* him are located, or what part tiny .n? !'...> in? in ti ls battle of b.ittl?-?. 1 ?n the American held ifCtOfl neat Vrnl in SWel of l.nneville. .mil north eimf of Tool onlv ordmarv trench at tixnies hnve seen rofeortod. Ullll bis ..m-ii bend from the Mil inn fiont The concentration of Aus tri.in troops In tb i theater ol the w.n Is considered warning (hat major n tivltb M in.iv l.r Inwhed for fir i Turkish troops ire ropOVtod to be ln\ idmg the fsncisus where I hey wil' like possession of tlie ferritorlf whieli Wefe riven tin in umh-i tin pj mi 111 ?t\ at Drool i diet - h The landing of Ibllish .md JopS ne*e ifeeejM tt Sintis?, im seems le have been niereh lot (be purpose ol policing Ihet < it\ No attempts b] I he i'.t>i-.fievii< irweew ?<? ejeel I hem hnv< teen made. fcfced April, 1850. "B* fust a 881 8 EIRLE READING SPEAKS. only by FORCE CAM GERMANY RE MKT. ! I itghind hi War for Same Reason That Prompted Amcrk'u's Entrance ?Must BS Sacrifice. i ana an you wl'llj Washington, April 8.? President Wilson's pronouncement at Baltimore Saturday that Germany's challenge I . n be nu t only with force was em-; phasized here today hy the Karl Of Beading. British ambassador and high 1 coir missioner, in an address before the National Conference of American j l ? cturers. "Only by force can Germany be met. and with that force she will be met." declared Lord Beading. At an ' other point he said: ' \merica stepped in to this war. and with it a whole new plane Ol thought was raised. America hai fouirht and will light only for ideals of world democracy." The ambassador WUI frequently ap? plauded by the audience, composed largely of speakers gathered here for a conference preliminary to launch? ing a. new patriotic speaking cam? paign. In addition to the Earl of Beading addresses were delivered by the Belgian and Servian ministers. Cecrgc Creel, chairman of the com? mittee of public information, and John Barrett, director of the Pan American Union. In explaining the entrance of Great Britain into the war Lord Heading said his nation cast her lot with the ; Hi's. not because she was bodnd by treaties, but because, like the United Sta es. she could not stand by and set the smaller nations suffer from Ger? many's aggressions. He urged the fostering of u spirit of self sacrilice. "Is the sacrilice worth it," he asked. "Yes. worth it again and again. It is worth it if we realize that we are fighting for liberty and Justice. This war is a challenge of brutalltv to Jus? tice. If the allies win?and they as sm 'dly will right and justice will triumph. Lend all your aid and all your power to- ft. "And. by our assistance l ave done your part In driving down under ground the power of wrong, and in upholding and enthroning on high, to shine forever in the world, the SOS I r of right." While admitting the seriousness oi the submarine menace the smbassador pointed out that deal I'litain has l..'imported millions of lighting men ; rroSS the sens with a loss of on\\ 18,(61 ,,r them, including the 660 wounded men who have gone down with torpedoed hospital ships. The SargO ships have suffered heavily, he said, but England has been able to move mere than 110,600,000 tons of HNnmOctttlOS oversea^ despite the u t oats. Both Great Britain and Americ are working feverishly on their ship? ping programs, suni the ambassador. to ?rovide great Meets to take men, munitions and supplies to Prance, Lord Beading spoke of the third Liberty Loan\*nd expressed England's gratitude to this country for the readiness with which the treasury hat. aid <i by frequent loans the purchase of British war materlall In the United ?tales, Declaring that America's economic srsl ttanee Is of the greatest v.cue. the amhSSSadOf Urged the lecturers to disseminate the doctrine thai "every Strolls Of the laboring man is SQUlVS leu to a shot at the enemy." FLORENCE man INJURED. G T. Walker and .Members or UK I'milly Hurt When Machine Strikes m sen p. Florence. April I, In an aUtomoblh wreak, near Florence, Cl, T, Walker sul ?red an Injury to ins leg, neces Mt.il im amputation, his wile was se? vere!) eut about the face and head; I ISO gC W alker. Jr.. aged four years. a/as serlouel) but In the head und the twe othei children, one of them a el months old bnhy, were palnfull) bul not ierlously hurt, The entire family ? i uped from fatal Injurj almost by a miracle. The limousine was shet? tired when it struck ? stump and phanged Inte n dltek live feel deep The nesjre chauffeur escaped without Intery. though It is stated he was thrown through the glass windshield a eni csms up Immediate!) aftei ih secident end brouahl the family to the Inflrmnr) lo re Mr, Walker am! ins little son are still confined lo ih< Infirmary, The driver swerved ion far to the left, it la said, to allow another car to pass him on the nar row i and Hs was going al n fast rate of speed Mi Walkei Is a met chant of this city. od Fear not?Ltet all the und? Thon At UMTER. S. 0., WEDNI ARMY MOVEMENTS HASTENED. TK WsPOliT.vi ion OF TROOPS TO PRANCE GOEi ON. Estimated That Thirty Bays Training With British Veterans Will Make Americans Heady for Service. Washington. April 8.?Transporta? tion of American troops to France al roady is proceeding at the ac celerated rale contemplated by the speeding up me; sni es taken after the battle of Picardy began. Acting Secretary Crowell made this statement today, hut would give no details. For military reasons the extent ot the increased troop movement has not been made public. Following the conference between 'Secretary Baker and allied officials I orders were given under which a Brit? ish official statement was Issued say? ing that American forces were to be , brigaded with British troops in order to hasten American participation in the war. Officials explained today that the process to be followed was similar to that adopted in plaoing American troops in the front lines with the French for training. I It has been estimated that 30 days training of this character, with American battalion units assigned With the British organizations will fit the new comers for active duty at the i front. All divisions now moved from this side are composed of men who have had several months of preliml i nary instruction to take their full share in the fighting. The training process will be quicker , with the British than with the French, it is believed, because the language dilllculty does not exist. It was indicated that the new plans oall for a more extensive training scheme with the British army than has been the case with General Per llltaC'l original forces. There prob? ably will, be no attempt to set up a purely American force within the Uiitish ranks as has been done with the French. The Americans are to be withdrawn wfien trained and turnen* over to Gen? eral Pershing as a part of his army. BARNWELL BOARD REFUSES PAY Gives Money Allowed for Service to Bed C ross Chapters of the County. Barttwell, April I.- Several weeks ago. ;\\ ;i meeting Of the local board lor Bamwell county, Messrs. \V. 1. Johns, of Bladoek; \V. H. Duncan, of la in well, and Dr. D. K. Briggs, of Blaokville, passed a resolution in favor of donating the money that they will receive from the government for clas? sifying the registrants i". this county i to the local organizations of the American Bed Cross. As the number Of registrants to be finally classified total around three thousand the chap teis in Ihls county wdll receive sever? al bundled dollars with which to car? ry on the excellent work that they are doing. j Too much cannot be said In com? mendation of the patriotic spirit that prompts these gentlemen to make this liberal donation, thus giving the fruits of their arduous labor back to the government. It is not amiss to state here that the members of the bourd did not receive a cent for their ser? vices in the first draft. It is true that they put in claims for the work per? formed, but ths money was used for clerk hire and to defray other eNpens ea incurred in carrying out the law an 1 or which apparently no provision had hi en mad*'. When told of the board's action a gentleman remarked one day Ibis week: "Well, that's what I call true patriotism." And it is the sort of patriotism that is going to lick the Kaiser. I BOLD GRANTED \ REPRIEVE. Claims Convicted Man Mas Revela? tions to Make. I'm is. April 8, Shortly following the action of President Polncalrs In i ei using clemency to Bolo Pasha, con? victed oi treaeon in acting as tin agent df Qerman propaganda In i ran? . which caused the expectation lha! his execution would not be long delayed) it was announced today that be military Judicial authorities had Slanted Uolo a reprieve, Then action wui based on the representation ol his nttorney, Alberl Salles. th,t tbe convicted man had revelations to in.i. e to the authorities, Tl ?? length of the reprieve is not given in the official announcement in which making public the fact of the reprieve elates thai it |g granted "for tin- moment." II nn't at be thy Country's, Toy God's a 5SDAY, APRIL 10, 1918 ANOTHER BIG BUYER BOBS DP.] A Live Agency Makes a Good Sale*? Lancaster county is Pushing Bum Mej For Place. Add to Big Buyers: I J. S. Riddle, through Claremont Ci? gar counter, $500.00. He sure was welcome, its been a long time since a Big Buyer joined the jcluh; Saving Sammy was afraid that jthe club would have to do like all the ?? other clubs did when dry times hit 1 : the State; quit. There is life in the ranks once 'more; another recruit has waltzed in. j A few more coming up would make, I Dig Buyers look like a Liberty Bond I rally. "All right, sir; what name shall I' put down, sir?" 1 nee On the report of sales for week end? ing March 23rd l^ancastor county was next to bottom. 44th in number, with sales of 1976.00. On the report of, March 30th. one week later Laneas tor county ranked llth, with sales of j $6,607.75. We have heard of jumping, but that ! J is jumping. Something must have] I happened in that burrough; the cap'n j , must have told the boys to get busy, i All the spare change in the bailiwick j must have gone into Thrift Stamps, j Thai jump took Lancaster right j next to Sumter, who on the same re? port was 10th place. The Sumter people wdl please take notice that there is a strong tighter right behind her. If the Sumter people do not keep a'going and a'going fast some i body is going to pass somebody else, I and you can make your own guess, for ' we are not calling names. ana Get this straight. A War Saving Society, or a school class, has bought ! as many stamps as its members own. i Own. Catch the idea? Own. Not j what you have bought for others, or J what you have nought and sold agalnj J hut what you have bought and stiii jhave and intend to keep till you cash them in January 1st, 1923. There arc ' two objects to War Savings; one is to ieXre money for yourself. When you buy stamps for your neighbor or for your brother or your sist??r or some? one else you are not doing a bit of saving. You are not handling one cent of your own money. You are merely acting as an agent for somebody else. ! The somebody else is doing all that, I but you are not. I The other object is to lend money ito the government, when you buy a! stamp lor somebody else you have not loaned a cent to the government. When you buy It through your society and sell it again the other person has loaned the goVetnment; you have not. If all were passerson there would be j no sales. Its nice to help others to, be purchasers, but to be patriotic i yoti too must be one. Act as an agent! too if \ou like to; but also loan your own money to your government. V. j needs it. I Societies and classes in reporting' j thole records must report in dollars' land cents what their members own ai! i the time of the report. Report War I [Savings Stamps at $5.0') each. Teach-: err. may be members of their clans so-1 j cieties. see j Saving Sammy says: Because your big brother or your wealthier neighbor can buy bonds and you cannot, do not feel that you can ! not help. Buy stamps. GERMANS TRY TO CALM REPUB? LIC. General Staff Instructs Military Cor? respondents. Washington, April 8.?A digest of German opinion on the situation in Picardy, given In an official dispatch today from France, says the German neral staff U Instructing the military correspondents lo reassure the public und With o\er emphasised explann lions is betrayinp, Ihe dismay of the public at the prospect ol u check ol the great offensive. The dispatch fol? lows: "Among the descriptions of the war and the notices in the newspapers the different currents of German opinion produced i i Germany by the offensiv? can be defined. There is first tin anx? iety caused l>\ Ihe eMent Of the lOPSCB. The gem nil staff chargi m the Wolf bu> Man und the militarj correspondent) io rcasi iiif ihe public ami to put ihem on guard against the enem> communl qties. "The staff no longer contends that the losses of the assailants hud been minimum but it now affirms that they now are normal ami proportionate to the rSSUltS <>l tained. The general stall mm Troftk'e.? THE TRUI CONDENSED WAR BULLETINS. FORCE8 OF AIXIKK MEET El RIOU8 GERMAN DRIVE. Teutonic Commanders Throw Massed Divisions Against French and Brit? ish in Great Conflict Which Has Boen ICavJng Sin<*e Thursday With? out Giving Invaders Advantage Commensurate to Sacrifice or Lives Made?Withdrawals Do Not Beeraj to Have Cost Defenders so Much us Enemy. _ \ I In a battle which has lasted since, Thursday and which probably is eon* tinning with utmost fury, the Ger? mans have been hurling massed di-' visions against the British and French lines from far north of Albert to a short distance north of Montdidier. Probably there has not been a more j .sanguinary battle fought since the beginning of tlie Teutonic offensiv.., I March 21. than this, which has for its objective the driving of a wedge between the British and Frenv Ii armies, the cutting of the Paris Amiens railroad south of Amiens and the capture of that city. Eut, in spite, of the power of the attack and the disposition of the lighting, the entente allied legions have stood firm over the most of their front. Only at points have they been forced to give ground, and these seern, on the map, to be only minor successes when compared with the sacrifice of lives which they have ccst. Just to the southwest of Albert, ; the British have withdrawn a short distance, and the French have given up the village of Castjpl, west of More Oil. It seems probable that the entente i allies have abandoned their Fabian actics and now are prepared to give attle to the Germans. They have fixed their lines about' 12 miles east of the city of Amiens, and it is evi? dent that here they have turned at bay against the invaders. The contour of the country back of the allied line^ lends itself to defensive Laetics. it i?? o.ulte high and is of a character which compois attacking fore esu4.o.ax ? pose themselves to concentrations of j Are from artillery and infantry. It is necessary for the Germans fo I break through the British and I French lines in this region or to out dank the allies by a drive to the north and south of it. The fighting near Al beet and '-orth of Montdidier seems to have for its Object the turning or the allied positions. J The dawning of tho first anniver? sary of the entry of I ho United States j into the war finds General Pershing's veteran! somewhere in the battle zone. j How many are there, what units have j been chosen for the fight and where they will make their first appearance is not known. ' In spite of the terrific strain to which they have been subjected, the allies have struck back at the Ger? mans and have regained some ground. One of these points is near Grivenes, a short distance northwest Of Mont? didier. another near Hebutoune and another between .Montdidier and Xoyon, near the village of Orvillers 9 ?rel. It is in this latter region that the great allied counterattack has been expected to be launched. There have been artillery engage? ments In various sectors of the Bel? gian and French fronts outside of the battle area in Picardy. The city of Rheims has again been subjected to bombardment by the Germans, [n no sector, however, has there bei n infan try fighting of an unusual nature. |u Italy there has been only the usual patrol activity. SODA IIAS COME. Government Nitrate of Soda nt Depot For Delivery. Tb - first allotment of government nitrate of soda for Suinter couiry farmers has arrived at the Bumter depot and at other depots and sid? ings it, Sumter county, and is now ready for immediate delivery, farm? ers having soda in tins allotment are notified to call at once at their de? pot or siding for the soda. explains to the impatient public what lilib ulty the transports are encounter? ing in supplying the army, difficulties which have been augmented by the l?a I weather. It recalls the success of i in preceding days and describes the lemornllxntlon of the enemy armies, ihe exhaustion ol their reserves, 'These over emphasized explana? tions and these encouragements betray the dismay of public opinion in Qer nnny which begins to fear n cheek of the great Herman attempt on tin nrest front." roil. E 80VTHKON, E?i*bttabe? Jane, MM VoLXLVI. No. 10. BATTLE G ISIS NEAR. SECOND PHASE OF OFFENSIVE CLOSELY WATCHED. America Getting \n and War Depart? ment Busy Willi Plans to Speed Troop Movements and Call More Men. Washington, vpril *j?Develop? ments of the second phase of the Ger? man offensive in Picardy was watch? ed closely here today, army officers apparently feelinp that the critical point of the great, struggle is rapidly approaching. Meagre official reports gave little Inforn ation on which to base definite opinions as to the trend of the fighting, though it seemed evi? dent that the Germans were trying to force a footh' d in strategic posi ! tions before Amiens, and at the same time to increase pressure against the j junction point between the French and British armies. Tnder the new policy laid down by Secretary Baker the war department again had nothing to add to official re? ports from London and Paris on the battle. Strict silence on all matters relating to the program of the battle or the participation of American troops in the fighting was maintained. The department is forging ahead ' with its efforts to speed additional American forces across the water to back up the beleaguered lines. One clement of the speeding up plans waa i learned authorita tively. The first incre? ment of the second draft, to be sum? moned this month, will be 150,000 men instead of 50,000 as previously planned. They will be the first con? siderable force lobilized of the 800, 000 drafted mer. to be called to the colors this year. The remaining 650, <t(m will be called out in monthly in? crements. There are indications that troop movements towards the Seaboard of I unusual proportions are already in progress. Railway passenger and .freight schedules in some sections of the'country ha.e been set aside tem r to give the fighting The call for American man power is boing answered promptly and to the fullest extent of shipping facili? ties that can be spared. Movement of American troops al? ready in France is screened com? pletely behind the rigid censorship Imposed by Oeneral Pershing. Press dispatches give no hint of the where? abouts of the #*rces last reported as hastening through France to the front. Accounts of American movements in England have indicated that the most seasoned veterans of General Per shing's army, Lie men of the first ex? pedition ,are im uded in the units sent into the battle In Picardy. The mes? sage specified that American regulars were to bear th" brunt of the first en? try of the crus ders from the new world into the center of the convulsion that is shaking 'he old world tq t. foundation. With the inc seats] menace against Amiens, otlicers recalled hopefully the calm confidenc with which General Foch, supreme commander, has as? serted that the town will not fall into German hands. They visualised reserve forces of great strength n iSSSSd behind the ac? tual fighting lines, or the possibility that a counter-movement will be ini? tiated if the pressure becomes danger? ous. So far, it Is said, the allies have not been comp* led to resort to use of their reserve- to meet the German efforts. The endurance of the Germans in this second stape is being watched closely. The Frmch have rioted that seven out of 15 divisions hurled against their Hues bist night and to? day were newcomers to the fighting. This means that the lull which pre? ceded this second storm was occupied by the Garment n replacing wornout nnits and rushing up from far in the reat men who had been held there for just this emerge cy. LANDING AT VLADIVOSTOK. Washington. April S.? News of the landing of the British force at Vladi? vostok, which allowed a Japanese Party into the city, reached the State department ofllically today from the American consul at Vladivostok. No details were giv? a. Additional advices to the State de partment said that only fifty sailors were landed from a British crulasr. They were sent ashore to guard the consulate. The Japanese fOTCS was increased Saturday by 25i men. No resistance was rifered either to the I n. ing of the British Ol the seeond Japanese force.