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im SYSTEM DEATH BLOW. MAlfY PUBLICATIONS CAN NOT SURVIVE, Pnbliehrr* and 141 bor Lenders Tell Corsjrrtsjsimen of horror In Plnb for Revenue. Washington. May 29.?Suspension of ths nsw sons system of increase second class postal rates until a year after the war was urged at a confer? ence today of representatives of pub? lishing associations and labor leaders with the New York Stute delegation in congress tohjs Adams Thaye.* for the Periodical Publishers' Associa? tion said ths sone plan unless repeal? ed or suspended, would defeat Its own purpose of collecting additional revenue by putting thousands of mag sslnea. periodicals and farm pa per? oat of business and Increanlnn; the subscription prices of those that sur? vive. He said it would enlarge ad? vertising costs, deprive many adver? tising agents, authors, artists and printers of their livelihood, tend to denationalise the country. Ho pre? sented a memorial to congress signed b) the editors of principal American periodicals against the sone plan. Frank Morrison, secretary of the American Federation of Labor, said that organisation favored repeal of the postal sone plan and other la? bor spokesmen made similar state? ments. Jesse H. Neal. speaking for 200 trades, mechanical and scientific pa? pers of New York, said the law would destroy many publications and crip? ple others. He said that in the Chi? cago federal reserve district alone the space these publications gave the gov? ernment free for the last Liberty loan was worth $5.000.000. Charles Johnson Post, director of ths publishers' advisory board, rep? resenting organisations of public 1 tlon totaling 35,000,000 per issue ?!e dared the sone plan gave preferential treatment to Canadian publishers In the field west of the Mississippi river. Publications Issued anywhere in Can? ada, he said, would deliver to their readers west of the Mississippi in the United SUtes at a postage rate of four cents a pound while Identically the same publications if printed in New York State would have to pay from five to nine cents a pound. GLASS ANSWERS h ITCH IN CHARGE. Newspaper Publishers Have Nothing to Hide. Washington, May 29.?Frank P. Qlass. president of the American Newspaper Publishers' Association. Issued a statement here tonight an? swering and emphatically denying the aseer.ion in the house >esterday by Representative Kitchkn that a news? paper lobby seeking modification or repeal of the new second class post? age none rates, was responsible for the administration's insistence that congieaa remain In session this sum? mer to enact revenue legislation. "The newspapers of the country have not maintained a lobby here," Mr. Haas said. "The American Newspaper Publishers' Assoc.atlon. for which I may speak, did not recon? cile the difficulty among us memberH on tt-ls second class postage oppres ?ten) until the last week of April. 1 then appointed a committee of repre? sentative publishers to come here and to work for relief. A number came early In this month and left after a few days. "Tr?at committee went openly to the senate where a postofflce appro priati >n hill wuh pending, and obtain? ed open hearings from the postofnc" committee when they presented their argument* frankly and forcefully in the presence of the first assistant postmaster general They made a plea either for amendment of the new law so that It would be Just, fair and workable, or In case there was not time for Investigation before July 1 for a suspension of the law until such a new measure could be matur? ed. They made a favorable impres? sion upon that committee und 1 Mh lleve that the senate Is willing todtl) to undo the Injustice for which th< chairman of the senate committee or. finance made a sort of apology l ist fall when he made the conferem 1 committee report. "Neither the chairman of the pub lishers' postal committee nor I have sver asked Mr. Kltchin or the pg I office committee for any hearing m the house and so far as I know no member Of the committee appro,ob" 1 the house leader In any official wav. When the proper tune should < no? il has ?r**n the plan |g ask the house post office or wa\* and means commit? tee for the same sort 01 open hfaffctg oMalned in the senate. ? It Is Interesting to see how ft an tie Mr Kltrhln's seal Is In the mat ter However, he Is In a poor po mtion to cry out against secieey or un due influence when It Is a matter of sggggSj that one of the most oppres slve portions of the new second class 11h?I ige Ihw. vis that providing a WILL HOLD THE GERMANS. LORD M'VMORK REALIZES SE? RIOUS SITUATION, HUT IS CONFIDENT. America to Flay Trumps?Says Al? llea Hill Hold Out Till I ? S. fan Exert Full Force. Cob.mbla, May 30.?Discussing the sltoRi'on on the western front, Col? onel, the Farle of DUnmore, the dis? tinguished British soldier, who de? livered an address here tonight un? der the auspices of the State Council of Defense to an audience of several thousand persons, said that he is ?'confident that we shall hold the Germans, perhaps not on the line we hold today, yet wc shall hold them until your boys arrive over there in sufficient numbers to take the initia? tive." Realizing that the situation on the western front is as grave as it is pos? sible to be, Lord Dunmore stated" that he was of the opinion that the Al? lied line would not be broken, even if it Is considerably bent. "They might break our first line, our second line and even our third line defenses," he said, "but there is one thing that they cannot break, and that is the un? conquerable Anglo-American and the spirit of the gallant French. He cautioned the people that they must be prepared to sacrifice to the uttermost in dollars and in lives if they expect to win this war, which, he said, would be won by the Allied democracies. He told them not to listen to the illusion of an economic upheaval in Germany or Austria; that there was no hope of such: that "our task is to defeat Germany in the field, and that is in our power." The real problem to be met Is to get the men from America to Europe and the solution of that problem Is the build? ing of ships and more ships. Lord Dunmore delivered one of the most instructive speeches on the war that has been heard in Columbia since the entrance of this country into the struggle. Ho gave a close-knit analysis of the war and its causes. He was liberally and enthusiatsically applauded. The British earl arrived in Colum? bia on the (Carolina Special from Charleston this afternoon. He was rendered a reception at the executive mansion by Gov. and Mrs. Manning, at which were present a number of officers from Camp Jackson, Including Brig. Gen. French and tho French military mission there, and a number of civilians. Lord Dunmore was in? troduced at the meeting tonight, by Gov. Manning. PVBLIO MIST COOPER ATF. In Enforcement of Law* Against All Disloyalty. Washington. May 30.?Cooperation of the public In the fair enforcement of laws and proclamations against disloyalty and other war crimes is urged by Attorney General Gregory In a letter mado public tonight by the department of Justice. The letter was addressed to Judge S. II. Howard, of tho Georgia Superior Court, who had written to express apprehension less loyal citizens suffer through the ac? tivities of officers or citizens seeking to bring about the surveillance or prosecution of suspected persons. Mr. Gregory said any case of disloyalty or crime will bo vigorously prosecut? ed but that no law abiding person, whether alien or citizen should be subjected to unjust discrimination. CALLED TO THE COLORS. Two Hundred Eighty Thousand Men Called June 21th. Washington, May 31.?The oftlcla announcement was made today that two hundred and eighty thousand men to be called to the colors in lune. will be ordered to iepdrt June -'Ith. special tax on the advertising sections of newspapers and magazines was not in the original revenue bill as pass.-u by either house. It was sneaked into tho conference committee report without a hearing from those whom it If. to oppress, and without discus? sion In either house. It is well un lerstod that Mr. Kltchin had a I nge hand in that Indefensible course. "I have not seen Secretary Mc? Adoo about this matter nor Presi? dent Wilson, but I have faith in the -it ability of both of them and in their spirit of Justice, and I also have to Ith in the majority of the ver house, to which Mr. Kite bin made hD hysteria appeals. I am confident that all the true representatives of tin people of this country do not want to <?. the publications unfairly taxed it ggjj tune BjOf have they ;mv patienc With innovations at this juncture win u th? press of the country must main? tain its highest efficiency in new Ittallty and in circulation to the end that the morale of the American pee pie he developed t<> the highest dc grre." A DESPERATE BATTLE. " FORCED HACK, THE ALLIES AMI FIGHTING WITH DETERMI? NATION. German Drive Has Been Cliccketl at Some Points, Bat at Others They Still Push Forward by Weight of Numbers. Paris, \Uy 31.?The allied left' Hank, on the Ais?.e front, has been forced back by violent German at? tacks In the region of tho Ailette riv? er, was announced officially today. Near Soissons, further south, the German attacks broke down, the French maintaining1 their positions. In the center the Germans made a slight advance north of the Marne. Further east and also nothwest and north of Rheims all German efforts to advance were vain. The French won back the town of Thillois, west of Rheims, in a coun? terattack. Withdrawing before the Genna onslaught in the region of the Ailette river the French fell back on posi? tions north of Blerancourt, nine miles southeast of Noyon and L'pagny, and seven miles northwest of Soissons. AMERICANS HOLD FAST. In Village) of Cnstigny They Defeat the German Attacks. With the American Army, France, Thursday, May 30.?The German ar? tillery in the course of the night bombarded the new positions of the Americans at Castigny. Several at? tempts were made by the Germans to come over but they were repulsed with heavy losses by the Americans. LONG RANGE BOMBARDMENT. Hun Slaughter of Civilians Continues. Paris, May 31.?The German long range bombardment of Paris was re? sumed early this morning. STILL PI SHING SOUTH. German Drive Not Checked But Thierry Has Not Fallen. Paris, May 31, 5.45 A. M.?The Germans continued to push forward south of Ferent-Ardenols, according to the latest advices, but neither Chatteau Thierry nor Dormans has fallen into their hands. GERMANS NEAR MARNE Extreme Point of Advance is Only Two Miles North of River. Paris, May 31.?The extreme point of the German advance is LJcharmel. two miles north of the River Marne, according to the outline of the bat? tle front marked out by newspaper correpondence. the Havas agency say 8. HOSPITALS BOMBED AGAIN. German Airplanes Attack American Hospital Far in Rear of Lines. With American Army, Thursday. May 30.?German airnun made a pretentious raid in the area behind the American lines in Picardy last night. Bombs were dropped all about one of the largest hospitals far in the rear of the lines. American and French wounded were carried into cellars and caves. Only a few per? sons were Injured by flying glass. However, in private houses which were wrecked a number of civilians, including several babies, were killed or injured. ATTACK NEAR ALBERT. German Artillery Very Active In Amiens Sector. London. May 31.?Activity of Ger? man artillery in the Villers-Breton neu sector, east of Amiens, in the Albert region, is reported otllcially. Gunfire is also lively from the ene? my lines of Flanders front between Festubert and Clarence rivers. AMERICAN CASUALTY LIST. Fifteen Killed in Action?One South Carolinian Beverly Wounded. Washington. May SI.?The casual? ty list today contains sixty names, as follows: Killed in action. lf>; died of wounds. f>; died of accident, 11; died of disease, 4; wounded severely, 15; wounded slightly, 'X missing In action 1. Lieut. Robert .1. Griffiths, or Ath? ens. Go., and Private Claud Hngram. of Hawkinsville. <5a.. dud of acci? dent. Private Humbert Hook. of North, B, C? died of disease; Private William K. Trussell. of Honea Path. 5t. C, severely wounded. BHITISII CASUALTY LIST. Loss Dgrlng Month of May IM,S0S. London. May I i ? Casualties in the British ranks reported for the month of May were one hundred and sixty* Sis thousand, Sight hundred and two, This compares with fifty-two thou? sand, four bandied and seventy-live in April, HUN HORDE UNCHECKED. RCS1UNG TOWARD MARNE IN CENTER THEY ALSO STRIKE TOWARD SOMME. LotMC News From Rattle Front Not Encouraging?Dispatches Indicate That Germans Will Reach the Marne. Keeping the tide of their advance in the center flowing strongly the Germans simultaneously have exe? cuted a stroke on the allied left flank that extended the battle line and virtually linked up the preEent battle field with that of the Somme. The probability of German penetration to right to the banks of the Marne is in? dicated in the news dispatches. LOSS OF RHEIMS INEVITABLE. Crushing Force of Cor in an Attack Seems Irresistible. London, May 31.?The abandon? ment of Rheims seems inevitable. The German advance forces are near ing the Marne and the Paris-Chalons railway, which is the main avenue of communication between Paris and Verdun. BRITISH HOSPITAL BOMBED. Attack Made on British Base Hospital Early Yesterday. With British Army in France, May 31.?Another big British hospital was bombed by German airmen early yes? terday morning, and once more med cial workers and some patients were killed and wounded. RAID NEAR TOVL. American? Carry Out Successful At? tack on German Trenches. With American Army in France, May 31.?American forces northwest of Toul carried out a succesful raid against the German line late last night. BRITISH TRANSPORT SI NK. One Hundred \nd One Persons Drowned, Including Thirteen Mili? tary Officers. London, May 29.?The transport ship Leasowe Castle has been sunk by an enemy submarine, the British ad? miralty announced tonight. Owj hundred and one persons were drown? ed. The LeaSOWe Castle which was of 1\737 tons gross was sunk in the Mediterranean on May 26. Among those who lost their lives were lU military officers and 79 soldiers of other ranks. The Leasowe Castle was built in 1917 at Birkenhead and was owned by the Union Castle Mail Steamship , Company. MORE SELECTMEN CALLED. Notice to Men Qualified toi Limited or Special Military Service. Your attention is invited to the fol? lowing telegram just received from the Provost Marshal General: "The military aeronautical branch is in need of certain skilled men. Men qualified for special or limited military service only will be accept? ed under this 0..11. Men qualified for general military service are not de? sired for this service. "Repeated requests have been re? ceived at this olllce for an opportun? ity for limited service men to enter the service. These men will be en? gaged in spruce production work for aeroplanes, which is interesting and healthful work and if properly pre? sented should appeal strongly to qual? ified registrants. The following typet of men are desired: Locomotive en gineers, firemen, railroad graue fore man, railroad track foreman, wooden bridge carpenters, locomotive repair men, telephone linemen, surveyors oi railroad instrument men, telegraph ers, draftsmen, pile driver foremen Stationary engineers for donkey en gines. steamshovel Operators, car Pinters, steam fitters, electricians auto mechanics, auto drivers, cooks dsrks, railroad brakemen, railron? conductors and a large number of la? borers. "Let it be known that no one cat volunteer in any branch of the abovi after June 7th, 191K. For further in formation appear personally at th? office of the Local Board for Bumter Bi c. OFFICERS FOR REGIMENT. Adjutant Gen. Moore Makes Appoint' moots for Reserves. Columbia, May |9.?The Adjutant General today announced the follow? ing appointments Dr. .1. A. Hayne of Columbia, surgeon of the South Carolina reserve regiment, with ranV of major; George w. Hutchison, ol Sumter, as regimental supply offlcei ?d' the South Carolins reserve militia with tank of captain; the Rev. B. A Ppnlctc, of Columbia, as chaplain o* the regiment, NEWS MORE FAVORABLE. ALLIES HOLDING ENEMY ON TWO FLANKS. Danger by No Means Passed, How? ever, and Hot Fighthig Continues at Many Points. London, May 30.?Tonight's news from the battle Held of the Aisne is more favorable inasmuch as the allies are holding the enemy on the two flanks at Soissons and Rheims and the Germans' rate of progress has been slowed down. The danger is by no means passed, however, and hot lighting continues along the whole front, especially to the northward, the German official statement claiming that they are fighting their way to? ward the Marne from Fere-en-Tarde nois. According to the statement the ene? my claims to have taken 35.000 pris? oners and tremendous amount of booty in cannon and materials. The indications from official and unofficial reports are that while continuing his efforts to widen his salient, the ene? my appears to be turning the main direction of his movement westward, doubtless with the intention of cap? turing the railroads connecting with Paris. The push outward to the Marne is an attempt to cut the Paris Chalons line, in the opinion of mili? tary critics here. There is still some disagreement as to whether the German high com? mand is likely to make a bigger main attack elsewhere, but the movement for Paris seems to hedge with the idea of the German press for a blow at the capital. t Critics are beginning to be heard here whether the allied air suprem? acy was employed to the best advan? tage since the Germans have been able for a second time to assemble huge forces for a surprise attack on a thinly held sector of the allied line. - * NATION WARNED AGAIN. No Unlimited Wheat Bread Until the War Ends. ?Washington, May 30.?The nation was warned again today by the food administration that there must be no relaxing in the conservation of wheat it the necessary shipments are to be made to the American fighters over? seas and the Allied peoples. "Every prospect of the wheat situ? ation, both present and future," said the warning. "Intensifies the need for the greatest possible limitation in the American consumption of wheat and wheat products. If present restric? tions should be in the slightest de? gree relaxed it would result in seri? ous want for the people of Europe before the new crop can reach them." The food administration's estimate of the position on June 1 indicates a total available supply until the new harvest of about 50,000,000 bushels Of this 30,000,000 must be exported before new wheat is available for ex? port if we are to maintain the abso lutely necessary shipments to out army and the Allies. "State administrators meeting herr this week were unanimous in the view that, even if the coming harvest does prove abundant, it will be the first duty of the American people tc place every grain they can save into storage to build up a reserve against possible bad years ahead. In consc? ience there should be no anticipa? tion of unlimited wheat bread until he war is over." WHOLE COMMUNITIES EXTERMI? NATED. (>crmati8 Turn Gas Flood on Ukran iun Villages. London, May 31.?Germans in re? prisals against peasant disorders it; .he Ukraine, drenched several village*, near Kiev with gas, according to a Petrograd dispatch to the Daily Ex? press. Whole communities were asphyixatcd, adds the message. WILL TRY BOLLIVER. Special Term of Court for Orangcburg County. Columbia, May 30.?A special term of court has been ordered for the trial of Norman Boliver of Orange la: tg, accused of abusing a little nine year old girl. The extra term of court has been called for the third Monday in June. The judge to pre lide has not yet been determined. Bolliver is a white man. 26 year* d(l and married. He is in the Stab penitentiary where he was brough or safe keeping soon alter the com aission of the crime. SWEEDEN RELEASES SHIPS. Washington, May 31. More than four hundred thousand tons of ship.*^ released to the United States and Al? les by Sweden, under the terms of ; lommercial agreement signed at Stockholm by representatives of tin two governments, the St. te depart? ment .v >s notified today. AS BRITISH STAFF SEES IT. MENACE WILL CONTINUE AS LONG AS ENEMY HAS RE? SERVES. Attack Not Surprise But Allies Did Not Suspect Move on Scale Develop? ed. London, May 31.?The German? in their Champagne offensive in France have now reached the light bank of the River Marne on a ten mile front, according to a statement given to the Associated Press today by the British general staff. The statement says that the Ger? mans have not yet entered Chateau Thierry, but that they are attacking heavily there and to the northward. The announcement which is said to express the opinion of the general staff continues: "The situation around Rheims is not quite clear, but if it is not already lost it seems clear it must fall soon. "Yesterday the French were driven back to a line from Noyon to Sols sons." "A new development is the German attempt to extend their attacks to the east of Rheims, where thev were re? ported to be attacking la.?t night, but no further details have yet been re? ceived. "The situation is a very anxious one, not only because the Germans have made such rapid progress?an advance of 26 miles in four days?but also because they still have such large reserves available to be thrown into the battle at any point. "Our transport of reserves has worked very well and there is reason to hope that the Germans will not make any further progress, although the situation must remain anxious as long as they have plenty of reserves. The immediate future depends on what course the enemy takes. The crown prince has used up virtually all his own reserves and some from the army groups to the eastward, but the great bulk of the German reserves are to the north. It remains to be seen whether the enemy will use them to pursue his original intention in I striking toward Amiens with a view 1 to cutting^ the allied armies in two. "The attack during the past week has not been so serious as other at? tacks at other points in the allied line because we have more room for maneuver and can better afford to fall back. Another thing that must always be considered is that the Ger? mans are rapidly using up their ef? fectives. Thus far they have employ? ed probably 45 divisions in the pres? ent attack. "The question has been much dis? cussed in the past few days whethei this German attack was a surprise t< he allies. It can not be called a com? plete surprise because of the fad that enemy concentrations in th? lixm area were known, but until a day or two before the battle we had no indication that an attack on a bigl scale was intended. The Germans! deserve full credit for maintaining secrecy of their plans. The main masses of men were brought up to the actual front lines only on the night before the attack, which was preceded by only two hours of bom? bardment for the purpose of cutting wire entanglements. The Germans are not making the same use of ar? tillery as heretofore. They are using trench mortars in large numbers for wire cutting. "Is this the enemy's main attack? "He probably did not know when he initiated it whether it would prove to be a subsidiary or leading opera? tion. It must be remembered that the enemy has three great geographi? cal objectives as means towards his great objective of destroying the Franco-British armies?the channel ports, separation of the .allied armies by an attack through Amiens and an ittack on Paris. "In the present operations he is do ng all possible to develop his initial uccess by attacks both on the center and on the tlanks of the salient. He lias achieved considerable success in .he center, but on the flanks the French are holding well on the heights west of Boissons and the British are Umilarly lighting hard on the heights around Rheims. I "No review of the past week would be complete without mention of the fine exploit of the American troops in the capture of Cantigny. It was an extremely well conducted operation, and, in view of the fact that the troops were Untried, it is notable that they not only captured their objective but held it. It is always much more dlfll cult to consolidate and retain a posi? tion than to capture it. and the per 'ormance of the Americans shows thn very high standard as welt as their raining, bravery and lighting quali? ties." Xmcricans Anxious to Fight. With French Army. .lune 1 American troops reaching useful po? sitions In the battle area display ? most ardent desire to share In the present great battle