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?1 ITItTER WATOIUfAN, EstatVI Consolidated Aug. 2,1 HEADED FOR PARIS. COMPIEGNE GO AD OF NEW HUN DRIVE. British Henr That French Army Kohls M?fnlftecntl) Igsinst German Of fvisrfvo. With the British Army in France. June 9. 2 P. M. (By the Associated Preen)?Thus far the utteck launch? ed by the Germans this morning earn!nat the French between Noyon and Montdldter has developed nc con? junctive operation on the British front, although heavy bombardments, last night and early today against the British right gave promise for a time af s more extensive enemy offensive. German high command is content with a southerly drive with the Idea of capturing Compiegne, with its rail? ways and straightening out the salient which the enem\ has driven into the French front between Soiasons und Rheims. It would he unsafe to predict at this Juncture that fighting would not boil Up farther north. Certainly, von Hin denburg has for a considerable time had hla effectives ready for u drive against pait of the British front . Whether the enemy will wl.hdraw troops from the Hrttlsh front and make the preeent operations opposite Peris, his big gamble, only time will tell. It can only be said that today the German buttle line is still pre? pared for sctlon along the British ?one. Added Interest for the American soldiers training heie Is i,.ven by the fact that Cantlgny. which the Ameri? can troop* captured, in Juet north of the ight wing of the German storm troops and likely to have to come In for a share of the heavy bombard? ment with which the enemy preceded his new move. latest reports here are cheerful and it appears from the meagre news that the French are holding m titnlftcently. Intense oom bariment developed at various points along the British front during the night. The forward srea on the Brit? ish right was heavily shelled from nUenbjht to 2 o'clock. From 1 to 4 o'clock the sector east of LaVievllle to the southwest of Albert was under a severe gss shell bombardment and between 3 and 4 the front sone went of Albert was pounded hard. The Ar? ras sector also was put under a se? vere barrage. The attack between Noyon and Montldldler had been expected and there eeemed a possibility that the enemy would include at least the British right in this drive. The bombardment presaged some? thing of this sort today and troops were on the alert waiting lor any en? emy advance. Ths German artillery warn active last night between Givenchy und the Robecq and In the Givenchy sector th?? Germans attempted a raid which Wee eharply repulsed During the night the British conducted a raid of considerable slse against the enemy Iran--hen south of Beaumont Hamel. The operation waa entirely successful ?nd 10 prisoners were brought back. Local fighting has continued east of Dlckebusch Lake and ul lutettt re? ports the Germans by a violent coun? terattack appear to have regained the ground which was wrested from them Saturday. I PIN AR DKL RIO HUNK. American Strainer submarined Off Maryland ( oast. Washington. June ?The Ameri? can steamer Plnar del Rio was sunl by a German submarine 70 miles oft coast of Maryland yestei ii\ morning f?n*\ of her boats, with the csptaln and 17 members of the crew. Is missing; another with 1? nun Rai landed on the Virginia coast. A brief dtapatch to the navy de ptirt.nent tonight announcing the sinking did n??? si. w b-'hrr tin- ship * is shelled or torpedoed Hope 1 held that th - eithor has been i> < laOi up t.\ Rome passing ves? sel or will turn up at gSjgnf point along the coast. < OVTEMPT OF (MR i;i DECISION. fold i. at ion off Xcwspnitcr Articles May he Punishable Offer**' M isblngton. June 1ft.? PWioral (?'?nd decrees prohihitir.g nswunanori from publishing articles held to em? barrass the administration of Justu? although not acts committed within the presence of the court, were MM talned todr. by Hie Supreme COUH In upholding the Judgment against ? Toledo newspaper company and \ p. Corhran. editor In chief of the Toledo News Hee for contempt of C lid fefeed April, 18*0. "B* Burnt I 881. GERMAN DRIVE CONTINUES. ATTACK ON MONTDIDIER-NOYON FRONT VERY VIOLENT. Irenen Resist AssuuH of Ger? mans With Stubborn Valor? French and Americans Attack on Manic Front, Tu king Prisoners. Paris. June 10.?The new German attack on the front between Montdi dier and Noyon continued last night with undiminished violence, the war office reports. On the French leVt wing furious German attacks were broken up by French fire. In the cen? ter the enemy is bringing up rein? forcements, and made further pro? gress, reaehing the southern part of Cuvilly Wood. Ressona-sur-Matz. French and American troops are continuing their attack in the region of Rusassiercs on the Marne front and gained more ground and took prisoners. On the French right wing along the front of the new attack fierce fighting is continuing. The French took more than five hundred prison? ers in various engagements. The prisoners report unanimously that the losses of the Germans In the battle begun yesterday have been ex? tremely heavy . London. June 10.?Comparatively slow progress attended by what is described as enormous lusses, is be? ing made by the Germans i their latest effort to break the filled front in France. The advance against the Noyon Montdldler line encountered stern re? sistance and it is only in a compara thely short section that the enemy made appreciable gains. The deepest penetration reported is approximately two and three-quarter miles. The Germans are reported to have used two hundred thousand men against a line only a littlo over twen? ty miles in length. REPULSE HUN ATTACK. Americans Inflict Heavy Losses on Germans. Washington. June 10 ?Gen. Persh ing's communique today reports the repulse of a heavy enemy attack in the vicinity of Uousches, with severe ene? my losses. There was lively artillery fighting in the Chateau-Thierry and Picardy regions. On the Marne sec? tor yesterday the fighting was marked i by decreased artillery activity . GAIN ON SOMME. 1 With the British Army in France. June 10.?Considerable local im? provement of the British line just ! south of the Somme was effected last night through a slight advance in the neighborhood of Rourscn Court. Oth? erwise the night was genet ally qu. et. ATTACK NEAR ALBERT. London, June 10.?German troops, last night who attacked the British post in Aveluy Wood, north of Albert, were repulsed, the war office an? nounced today. PARIS UNDER FIRE. Paris, June 10.?The long range ! bombardment of Paris district con? tinued today. SURVIVORS UBACH LAND. - ( ept Mackenzie and Sixteen or Crew Picked Up. New York, June 10.? Captain Mac? kenzie and sixteen of the crew of the AtHrim steamer Pinar Del Kio. who have been missing since the vessel was submarined off the Maryland eo.ist Saturday ,ic,n bed here today on a Norwegian steamship which rescued them from small life boats off the N. u Jersey coast. FRIEND OF EDUCATION, D. D. Davenport Gives Fifty Thou -.11??I for Grcer Seins?! Building. Greer. June H.?Fifty thousand dol? lars has been given by D. D. Daven? port, one of I'.reer's old**! and most prominent citizens, for th ? erection of a high school building. Announce* merit of this generous gift was made bj Dr. A. <; Ward law ;tt the high School commencement exercises Fri? day evening The entire audience ?met :m<l risked that Dr. Wardlaw sx lend to Mr, Davenport the thanks ot the people of Qroer fof his generous gtft Ji R, ffwoarlngen. state super? Intsndent of education, who was pres? ent, aakeel Ihaf the thanks of the state a)mi i.e extended to Mr. Dnven? pert ad Fear not?Det an the ende Thon AU 8UMTER, S. 0., WEDN3 AMERICANS PUSH FORWARD. SHARPEST FIGHTING CONTINUES WHERE U. S. MARINES AD? VANCED. Germans Relieved to Be Held at Ev? ery Point of Their Recent Advance. With the French Armies in France, June 7, Evening.? (By the Associated Press): The sharpest fighting con? tinues around the sector of Veuilly La Poterle. Bussiares and Bouresches, where the Americans and French have been attacking shoulder to shoulder for some days, making almost unin? terrupted progress, notwithstanding strong enemy resistance. The Germans, it is generally be? lieved, are held at every point of their recent advance. They seem unable to execute more than minor attacks, which are invariably repulsed, where? as the Allied counter-attacks are proving notably successful. Thoughout yesterday, except in the sector northwest of Chateau-Thierry, where the French and Americans made their brilliant incursion into the enem> lines, and on the Champlat Pllgny line, where the Frertch and British cooperated in opposing a Ger? man attack! there was little activity along the battle line by the infantry. As for the artillery, the enemy has increased his volume, but he confined his attentions chiefly to bombing the rear of the Allied positions. In re? turn the allied cannon left the enemy positions very little peace, constant showers of shells being thrown in. Wherever the Americans were en? gaged they gave fresh proof of their rapid adaptation to modern war con? ditions and they displayed the great? est initiative. While the Americans were fighting to the north of Lucy-Le-Bocage, their front lines were greatly harried by a German machine gun. When the position had been located an Ameri? can patrol made a daring advance, killed all the enemy machine gunners and brought baeK the weapon. A. L. MILLS DROWNED. Prominent Greenville Mill Owner Sacrltlces Elfe Attempting to Save Asheville Man. Hendersonville, N. C, June 9.?Inj j vainly trying to save the life of Ed , Johnson, until recently a member of! I the press room force of the Ashe I vllle Citizen, A. L. Mills, cotton mill owner and a leading business man of Greenville, S. C, lost his own life at Laurel Park Lake, near here this afternoon . Johnson, who was unknown to the Greenville man, became exhausted while attempting to swim across the i lake. His cries for help caused Mills i to attempt his rescue. Reaching I Johnson after the latter had gone down for the second time. Mills was seized around the neck by Johnson, j who dragged his would be rescuer '< down to death. Both bodies were re 1 covered. i_ j MANY TELEGRAPHERS ARE LOY? AL. i Several Thousand Wire President Wil? son 'Hint They Will Not Be Parties ' to Strike. I - Washington, June 8.?Several thou-j s;md telegraphers employed by the \\ estern Union*Telegraph Company in Chicago. Seattle and Spokane wired President Wilson today that they would not be parties to any movement looking to a disruption of the coun? try's commercial telegraph service during the war. They deplored agi ! tatlon looking to a strike of telegraph , Operators and pledged their loyalty , to the government. s. j. Konsnkamp? President of thei Commercial Telegraphers' Union, an-J : nouneed recently that he would call a I strike of members of the union as ai result of the refusal Of the Western Union (Company to submit to the juris- j diction of the national war labor; board Which sought to compose dlf> forences between the company and i men growing out of the discharge of' operators for Joining the union. Some 3.naft telegraphers in Chi oagO told the president they were not j represented by any labor leaders who had threatened to call a strike and that they resented the inference that | they might he "so base and disloyal as to support a strike, Harbin. June 10, Gen. Semenoff. the leader of the anti-Bolshevik forces In Siberia has driven back the Bus-i slan troops which crosssd the Onsnj River in trans*Balkalllla. Advices, however, say that Gen. Semeneff is facing heavy odds. J Ml at be thy Country's* Thy God's m ESDAY, JUNE 12, 1918. BREAKING GERMAN LINE. FRENCH AND AMERICANS DRIV? ING WEDGE INTO FRONT. Pressing Northwest or Chateau-Thier? ry Shows No Signs or Relaxation? Whole German Line Pushed Back. The Allied pressure against the German lines northwest ot Chateau Thierry shows no indication of re? laxation. The enemy having yielded readily to the first thrust against him Thursday, the Entente forces have pursued their advantage, realizing! new progress in a series of local ep erations. The whole German line at the top of the salient has been push? ed back. The allied line is now astride the Clignon river and points of vantage have been secured north of that stream. According to offi? cial statements the heights east of! Hautevesnes have been taken by the | French which may indicate that a wedge has been driven into the Ger? man line north of Clignon. BRITISH TAKE PRISONERS. Night Fighting on the Northern Front Near Albert. London. June 8.?British troops took prisoners and Inflicted casualties 00 raiding patrols in actions along I the northern part of the front last night, the war office announced to? day. Hostile artillery was active north of Albert and southeast of Ar-1 ras. NEW PROGRESS MADE. French Harass The Enemy Along the Marne. Paris, June 8.?New progress was made by the French last night in the region between the Marne and Ourcq rivers of Chateau-Thierry, it is* offi? cially announced today. In this sec? tor the French pushed their way through Chezy to its eastern outskirts and reached the western edge of Dammard village. In the district south of Veuilly-La Poterie the Germans made two vio? lent attacks along the Bouresches Thielot front. The enemy was repuls? ed with heavy losses in each case. FRENCH RETAKE LOCHE. With British Army in France, June 3.? Locre Hospice which the Germans captured Wednesday night, was re? taken yesterday by the French, who completely reestablished their orig? inal line. MORE CONCRETE SHIPS. Government Considers New Type or Vessel as Having Passed Beyond Experiment Stage. Washington, June 8.?Evidence that the government regards the concrete ship as having passed beyond the stage of experiment to become a practical and efficient aid in the country's transportation system was given to? day in a statement by the shipping board, showing that no less than five different branches of the government contemplate building concrete vessels. Chairman Hurley soon will place contracts for 2 4 more concrete vessels, in addition to the 18 already let, mak? ing a total tonnage of 298,500 ordered by the shipping board. Most of the new ships will be 7.500 ton tankers Mid will be built in the five govern? ment yards announced several days sgo. Concrete barges can be built in one-fourth of the time and at one-half I the cost of steel barges, while con I crete ships complete cost only half I as much as steel vessels. "When concrete ship building is well organized" the statement quotes P. J. Wig, head of the department of concrete ship construction "the only limit on the capacity to produce; concrete ships will be limit of UlO machinery and equipment. There Is no reason why we can not turn out j hundreds of thousands of tons a' year." AMERICAN STEAMER SUNK. Belated News of Submarine Attacks In Mediterranean. New York. June 10.?News of the sinking of the American steamer Mauban off the coast of Italy late in May was brought here today by twenty-six members of the crew who arrived on a freighter. The freight er also brought twelve of the crew of the auxiliary schooner City of Pensscola, which was submarined in May near Genoa, and thirty of the crew of the steamer City of Wilming? ton, which was destroyed by Are at sea. M Trtife'i." THJC TRUE GERMANY STERNLY WARNED. REPRISALS FOR RIXTELEN WILL NOT RE TOLERATED. Huns Threaten Mistreatment of Amer leans Unless Washington Releases Bomb Plotter. Washington, June 7.?The German government, threatening mistreat? ment of Americans because of the im? prisonment of the bomb plotter Franz Rintelen, has been warned by the United States to remember that such a step will draw swift retalia? tory action upon the thousands of Germans in this country. Germany's threat and the answer of the United States were disclosed today by the state department. In a note presented by the Swiss minis? ter here, the Berlin foreign office pro? posed to exchange Seig Fried Paul London, a German born naturalized American citizen, serving ten years in prison in Germany for acting as a Russian spy. Notice is given that an answer to this proposal was awaited before putting into execution contem? plated measures of reprisal against Americans In Germany because of failure of previous efforts to relieve Rintelen. Secretary Lansing replied with a terse communication refusing to con? sider the exchange, and suggesting that, while the United States does not acknowledge the principles of repri? sals occasioning physical suffering, it would be wise for Germany to consid? er that if it acts upon that principle it inevitably would invite similar action by the United States. Point was given to the Secretary's suggestion by a statement issued to? night by the war department. It shows that 133 American soldiers have been located in German prison camos and 216 American civilians, Including merchant sailors. Interned in, while there are some 5,000 Germans intern? ed In this country, including 1,310 j prisoners of war. No mention was made of the fact that there are not more than a few hundred Americans I all told in Germany, while there are hundreds of thousands of Germans in the United States who have been subjected only to the minor restric? tions attending the registration. Capt. Lieut. Franz Rintelen oper? ated as an arch-plotter and German ! agent before the United States enter | ed the war. He was convicted at New York last year of conspiring to cause : strikes in munitions plants and in February of this year of conspiring to destroy food and munitions on ships and was sentenced to four years im? prisonment. Strenuous efforts have been made by the German govern? ment to bring about his release. London is a native of Leipsig, Ger? many. He was born in 1862, and when twenty years old came to New York. He was naturalized May 2. 1887. Just when he went to Warsaw is not known here, but he was there in 1903 rep? resenting various American business firms and remained continuously until arrested. In 1915 he was charged with inducing young men to enter the service of a Russian spy in Germany. In January, 1916, he was to have been tried on an espionage charge, but escaped the day before the.t set for the trial. He was rearrested in War? saw in September, 1917. At his trial his defense was that he did not know the nature of the employment for which he directed three young men to the home of the spy. He was guilty and sentenced tr death on December 20, 1 17. but on January 9, 1918, Jais sentence was commuted to ten years imprisonment. His citizenship is questioned by the State department because of his long expatriation. A REHEARING ASKED. Federal Child Labor Imw Legislation I Not Ended. Washington, June 10.?Solicitor General Davis today asked Supreme Court for permission to Hie a petition for a rehearing of the suit In which the federal child labor law was held unconstitutional. The court took the motion under advisement, f SMALLPOX IN GERMANY. Deadly Epimcdic Said to He Raging at Essen. London, June 10.?A dispatch to The Times from The Hague quotes a neutral arriving there from Germany is stating that an epidemic of black smallpox Is raging among the work? men of the Krupp plant at Essen, with four or five fatal CS SOS daily. The Outbreak is attributed to under feed* Ing and unsanitary conditions. I SOUTHRON, imimmul Jam, I Ma, VoLXLVI. No. 34. THE U-BOAT MENACE. GERMAN RAIDERS EXPECTED TO LURK OFF COAST. American Navy Will Wage Offensive und Defensive Campaign Against German Submarines. Washington, June 7.?The possi? bility that German submarines are lurking off the Atlantic coast here? after must be regarded as a continu? ing factor in American war measurei in the opinion of many naval officials. They believe that the present raid fa practically certain to be followed by others and that it will never be safe again to assume that American wa? ters are free of this rr?nace as long as the u-boats are at large. Besides vigilant guard at home, unremitting efforts against the sub? marines at tho point* of egress is the antidote favored here. A carefully planned campaign, having both offen? sive and defensive phases, is known to have been approved long ago and probably now is well under way. An indication of the deadly work of the allied and American fleets in European waters was given today when Senator Swanson of Virginia stated that according to information furnished the naval affairs commit? tee, 60 per cent, of the submarines constructed by Germany have been destroyed. Monthly totals of tonnage destroy? ed by u-boats continue to decrease. While some officials are of the opin? ion that this is due to no small ex? tent to better systems .of convoy and other protective steps others believe the diminishing number of subma? rines in active service is the basic factor. Secretary Daniels said the percentage quoted by Sesator Swan son represented the "best opinion of our naval officers." "Of course," he added, "the actual number of submarines put out of ac? tion will not be made public." The coast patrol forces today still were searching vigorously for the raiders. Precautions will be steadily increased and no relaxation of vigi? lance will follow even when it de? velops that the u-boats have headed for home. There are many puzzling things about the raid. The reluctance of the raiders to expose themselves to any possibility of attack was again de? monstrated with the British Happa thian which went down by torpedo off the Virginia capes before the subma? rine showed itself. Apparently the German got close enough to deter? mine that he hafl an armed craft to deal with then took no chances, but used one of his carefully conserved torpedoes. Some officers think the raid was planned to obtain Information as* well as to sink craft in American waters and that the commanders have orders to bring home report without risking their vessels. Such information as he may have been able to gather, it was argued, would be of value if it was planned to send similar craft out from coast line, always with the possibil? ity that a laden transport or two could be bagged. STATE RESERVES MOBILIZE. Train One Week in Camp Near Co? lumbia. Columbia, June 9.?Three commis? sioned officers and five enlisted men from each of the 16 compantes of the First Regiment of South Carolina Re? serve Militia will be mobilized at Camp Moore, Styx, today for a week of intensive training. The personnel of the camp will be between 130 and 140. Maj. George W. Martin, for? merly instructor in military science and tactics at the University of Arkan? sas, has been assigned by the South? ern department to direct the instruc? tion. All representtaives of the 16 companies are expected to be in camp by 7 o'clock this evening The camp will be under the com? mand of Lieut. Col. Julius E. Cogs? well of Charleston, in the absence of Col. Henry T. Thompson, who was as? signed last week to comr.and a bat? talion of troops in the I nited States army in Te*as. The camp will termi? nate next Sunday. Lieut. CJeorge C. Warren, supply of? ficer for the regiment, was in Colum? bia yesterday placing ordere for sup? plies for the training period. In that the officers were unable to procure ample tentage. the men will sleep on cots in the warehouses. Mr. Bryan at least must be happy that his work for world peace has been effective enough to make Hol? land hesitate about declaring wsr on the Foiled States und Allies.? Greensboro News.