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TRF SI MI I It WAUUMAX, Estate Consolidated Au?. 2,1; CHECKED 41 RHEIMS. XEM GEHMAN DltlVF TAILS TO DENT ? MBU til LIXK. Huns Seem to lie Losing Their Punch and AIIIoh are llokLng Fast to Their Main lk?fcnae Line. Pari?, Juno 19.?Standing firmly bo fore Rheims, the French have chocked the new Qorsnaa diivc launched last night. In the llghtln* the active bat? tle front has been extended to a point five miles south of that Cathedral city. According to the Purls statement the enemy was nowhere mu u! in at? tempts to enter the French lines. Fierce attacks are being made b\ tb? Aus?rinn? to overcome Italian re? sistance along the PHive but the de? fensive line still holds. In the moun? tains Austrian* have been put gener? ally on the defensive. ATTACK OX HIIFIMS Fit* ?NT. L< miau* Itcpul?**?! With Heavy Loss? en. Paris. June 19.?The Hermans last night, after a violent preparator> bombardment began an attack on the Rheims front between Vrigny and La Pompells, It Is officially announced Thf? French are resisting the blow with entire success. On the western n <-nt of attacks the enemy was un able even to reach the French line. In ths center before the city, the Ger? mans were completely repulsed and ruff?red h??avy losses. East of RhOtml the French were equally successful. Americans Take Prisoners. Washington, June 19.?Continued .?rt llery fighting In the region of Chateau Thierry and along the Marne Is noted in Gen. Pershing's com? munique for yesterday, received today. American patrols have crossed the Marne and have taken prisoners. British Make Successful Haid. London, June 19.?The British last night successfully raided the German lines in the region south of Bethune and north of Albert, It Is officially an? nounced. Tl e British post near Vleux Berquln was recaptured, and I number of prisoners and two ma? chine guns were taken. SVFFFll DISMAL DFFFAT. fies las ns t' nable to .Make rYoSJrOM Before Rheims. With the French Army in France, Juna 19 (By the gsgeetltll Press' - Large units of German shock tfOOp which had been concentrated on the western side of ltheims bttWOOfl Vrigny ami QffMI and which went over to assault last night were met with such an awful fire from the French de fense that they were unable to make the slightest progress. They suffered such Iokscs after trying time utter time to reach the French po? sition* thai oat) a few of the attack - ers wers able to return to their own lines. U hen the dermal ? launched their attack In full force on llhelms theti Intention was to deal a heavy counter ! a tu compensate for their failure to captors Compeigne FOffty thou? sand troop* participated In the as? sault with Olden tO carry the city gt all costs. They met with dismal de? feat. At svery point they were re? pulsed with iMOWy lowsen In :i must K ill, nt manner the French troops pre vented the enemy from scoring even sn Initial success. The artillery prep ui.itIon lasted for several hours and was one of the mo*t terrific yet car? ried out. t<? tie- seat "i Rheims the caimans at first made some udvnnee. but were soon thrown back to theii original po*ltlon und a considerable number of them wore take n pHeOSSM \t nf>on today the gun flro wa* still vsry heavy. HltlTlslI It AI Hl Hs ACTIVE, NfJSjSJBjajSJ i tSjgfjga at Muhl In Which Oasaaaaa sunvr issna i - lx?nilon, June? ??j Hritish raldin parties weree gatlVS on gOVOtal gOOtorf last night, talng prloon* i s and Infllci ing losses on Germans In SOOtOn u flushes, says the Official anmnin? ment. KTOf K VAItHS Lit FNSFD, Foo?| ArimlnlNt ration Will Eiiforei Mi le t HegiilaHons. Washington. June L"? All stock ysrds in the DgJtod Mates ffert lodaj ordered by the presid? at to be put un der federal license The? geoaMenttfl proclamation rSQQSStl that lieenne bt ?aestaed from the food udmlnt*trntln< hvfoie July 2i. "Bo fad m 381. AUSTRIA FACES CRISIS. KM)!) situation c.U si:s MITCH trouble. Nuvs of PofOOt by Italians Will Pan Flumes of Discontent in Dual Mon? archy. Washington. Juno 19.?Austria's grave food situation, coupled with the apparent failure of the new offensive I against Italy Is exciting pessimistic comment in the Vienna press. An official dispatch today from Zurich quotes the Arbeiter Zeitung of Vienna as saying: "The situation will be Itlll more serious in Vienna when th^ sanguinary defeat of the imperial fOrOOl on tie Italian front becomes known." The Zeitung said also: "The food crisis is more ;>nd more serious. There is a lack of every thing that Is necessary. The situation || very serious In Vienna ami still more serious in the provinces where people do not get even the aromised ration. The culmination point or" the crisis and privations Is approach? ing. The government ought to realise that workmen can not live on such spare raMons, which they do not even receive." Matten In Austria are rapidly np proaehing the breaking point. The Vi MUM Arbeiter Zeltung, which was re eftved hers lonlght, says that repre? sentative! Of IhS government owned mir.es, printing works, mint, telegraph aral posts secured an audience with the premier. Dr. von Sedier and the famous minister, Dr, von Wlmmer, on Friday. Deputy Oloeckel acting as spokes? man for the men. said that the lower ? ing of the workers* efficiency was at? tributable, not to ill will, but entirely to under feeding, and that the state employees needed an Increase i* wages. Dr. von Wlmmer replied that th utmost limit of expense had already been reached and that the state could not possibly hear a heavier burden. The Arbeiter Zeitung, in a heavily censored article, speaks of dire dis? tress outside of Vienna and In places where war industries have been estab? lished. In many communes, it says the people have had no potatoes foi four months and that no fats or flout have been substituted. Children are going tO school hungry, The newspa? per complains of the paucity of th* supplies from Ukraine. Tho rest of the 111 lold Watt censored. BdltOlially the Arbiter Zeitung points out that the Austrian note cir? culation is L'_\:.?>.),000.000 crowns, ai compared with 2,r,0O,0OO,O0? before the war. It makes a strong plea for peace and condemns the action of the Gorman semi-official organ the Nord Deutsche Allgemeine Zeitung, in cut? ting off peace discussions with a blank negative. The Berlin Kraus Zeitung publish es a VTonnS dispatch from a "well in formed source" laying that Austria Hungary can not Independently pro , pose a concrete peace program oi t \ ? n the outline of one for fear tha: tne enemy might use It for propa k i ida purposes although the dispatch addl that a properly authorized offer from the opponents of the oontntl P weis to discuss peace possibilities v. ould not be rejected. GERMAN CRAFT BLOCKADED. Twenty-one Dcstro>cm, Suhuuirlne. and OUSJf Vessels Can Not Come Out. London, June II Twenty-one car? man destroyers, a large number o submarines and numerous auxiliarv era ft are penned In Ihs Bruges Canal does as Ihs result of the recent Hut log naval operations at Zeebrugge, the German submarine base on the lad gl an coast. Thomas J, McN'armara. financial secretary of the admiralty made announcement In the bouse oi commons to this effect today and Mild that the operations were mors sue nessful than ;?t first had been suppns? Cd. HS added that the ?ieiinans w. l now the ?ubjoot of constant bombing I EXCITEMENT IN AUsTiu V 'tread Ration Order Causes Protest Throughout Umpire. _ Amsterdam. June L?n Vienna dis pstohes to German newspapers s:r lhat lh< reduction of Ihe bread ration It tuatro-Hungary has caused im rO? ntm escltement throughout the dual onarchy All Austrian newspapers without distinction an to party, pro ???si i?>.t demand its removal end nsk Immediately help from Germany am' 11 ungai> nd Fear not?Let all the end* Thon Ali SUMTER, S. C, SATU] ITALIANS PUNISH HUMS. ! OVER X IN US THOUSAND PRISON? ERS NOW IX HAND, - Thrust into Aslago Plateau Yield Rieh Retnrni in Men and Materials. Koine, June 19.?The Italians have captured ilnee the beginning of th^ Austro*Hungarian offensive on the Italian front prisoners to the number i j of '.?,??11 and have taken many guns and several hundred machine ?uns,! i the Italian war olfice announced to? day. The text of the Italian Statement follows: "On the nip,ht of June 17-1S and iu the course of yesterday the enemy did not renew his attack from the AslagO plateau to the Montsllo, His partial actions wer?? completely repulsed in the Qrappa and Montello region, ?'We carried out thrusts on the Aalago plateau, the allied detachments capturing many score of prisoners an i lWO guns. ?'With uncoi sing pressure we short ened the front opened by the enemy south of Montobelluno Railway. OUI artillery with deadly concentration ol fire did not give truce to the ene:v> masses waiting along the front of the battle or in movement in the back areas. "Yesterday m< ruing was calm 01 the Plave River, but in the aftcmooi the battle again broke out furiously "New attempts made by the enenv. ! to cross to the right bank from Sa Andrea to Candelu were repulsed. O. the embankment of the river betwasi Qandelu and Fossalta the ?trenuon* defense of our troops tried the ene my sorely and his impetus was brok en by our Infantry, "Equally intense was the Struggle which raged in the sector of Fossa h i southeast of Meolo and north of Capo SUe. "Every yard of ground was th theater of epic struggles, in which our own and allied airplanes tool part, bombarding with 15,000 kilo? grams of bombs and firing tens 0 thousands of machine gun rounds | ritt the vulnerable targets offered by the enemy troops forced into the narrow space on the right bank of the river "The battle is continuing bitterly. The enemy in order to preserve sonn of the initial advantages gained l>.. him takes no heed of the Immense iossis which our rille lire and the gum of our airmen have been Inflicting In '.he past live days. "Prisoners taken since the begin? ning of the battle amount to 8,011. Many gum and several hundred Aus? trian machine guns remain in our hands. "The number of enemy airplane* brought down now amounts to ;>u Two Of our own or allied machines ar< missing/1 GERMAN LINKS HA I DPI). French Make Attack at Xight Neai Montdldier. Paris, June 20.?French troops en tared the Herman lines between Mont duller and the Olse river last night tnd captured twenty prisoners, it i officially announeed. There wat nothing of Importance reported from the rest of the front, the statement adds. TELEGRAPH MEN ARRESTED. Special Messengers of Western Union Seized by Postal Inspectors, Washington, June 20.?Postal in spOCtOrS today arrested a number oi traveling agents of the Western Union on* trains between Boston, New York Philadelphia, Baltimore and Wash? ington and seized the suit cases they were carrying Riled with messages filed for transmission by telegraph The practice Is said to have been in operation! for sometime, and II !? con tldered a violation of the postal laws forbidding traffic In communications o\ er post roe d. BREAD RIOTS IN VIENNA. _ Itrports by \\'a> of Amsterdam of Be* rlous Outbreaks in Austria. [*nndon, June 20.? Serious rioting broke out in Vienna yesterday says an ; "change Telegt iph dispatch from \msterdam. The mob broke Into n number of bakeries, stoned Iho resi? dent promlei and also one wing of the Hof burp Palace. The me tags adds, thnf nn 1 vary Is being rushed to the capital to restore order, it is stated that it is probable that martial law will be proclaimed The rioting was in protest agnlnsi the reduction of the bread ration mfi M be U?y country'*. Thy ?od'? ? rday, June 22,1918. PR?P?SjO 1MJBES. in BJ ic ACCq^xtaxt pkesi:xts - Suggestion Incudes various Persons and i?*litullons In Search for Dol? lars. Washington, of taxation w present sourc? June 19.?New sources, v\h increased taxes on l Mi estimated to raise more than $1 )(jo,000,00(1 were sug jlOUSS ways and means y by Joseph J. Klein, lant ol' New York been associated with ational defense. The holding hearings on Isvenpe bill, de by Mr. Klein In? gested to the committee todj t public acc City who hi LhO council o1 I committee j the new war Proposals eluded: A tax of 1 I telephone me j which are not I to raise an a fit per cent on all toll ges below 15 cents bject to tax estimated dtional $150,000,000. a flat io cerT documentary tax on all legal ?oc\ments not otherwise taxed revenues^ noaliniated. A stamp tax T ejjcn morcantlle In? voice on transations of $i or more, 'estimated to rt se |&o,000,000. A tint 2 or ccnt l;ix on bank 1 checks, estimat a tQ ylei,i fr0m $30. 000,000 to lt?.lo.000; or a graduate ! tax beginning Iitn ] CentS Ppr $1,">. estimated to nl8e $70,000,000. A cent t^f even' car fare on street railways \r lnterurban lines es? timated mlnlmUL roVenues $120,000, 000. A tax of 10 pOj. cent tc 25 per cent, on tuition fees f<r private schools, not Including colleg^ and universities. A tax on Btati Qr t.ity officials, in? cluding high eairiftd judges and the I great corps of labile school teachers axpectcd to ylel4"from $25.000,00(1 to 130.000.000. (v I lection "at ^a BOUrCS" Ol S grad? uated tax on all ^^eS and wages In excess of $20 pe week, with an esti? mate revenue of LoO,000,000. A 2 per cent. i% on aU gr0s.s sales. Many other Wl^ogge- appeared be? t?re the com-niltt,c toaay> John Quinn o*"New Yo.k speaking for the AssoC|ition o( American painters and lndepcndent mlttee not to A. Bcotl Th appea ing for parts Of MUU homa, teatlfle tax is impose capital and w< government w revenue from year as it did |ptors and Society of Its, urg d the com 0rtists. |s';n Of Miami, Okla.. s ore producers in Kansas and Okla at 00 natter what [nless it be a tax on lot expect that," the lot derive as much zinc industry this 1917." AMERICAN VsUALTY LIST. As Our Army oAj th0 Battle Front crows tbe ll^ [ncresuee. Washtngtogf JuL casualty Inn todaj and four names, died ofjpounds, l[. r?; died of diseas verely, 47; woun sing in action, 1; 1 vat es John M. G |Thos. C, Littlejoh and Dewey Price I were wounded sev 19.?The army has one hundred Hied In action, 18; died of accidents g; wounded se d slightly. 1; mis prisoners. 2. Pri er, Pelham, Ga.. of Gaffney, S. C, f Seneca, S. C, rely. . The Mailnclrnft,m|t|Ps. Washington, Juit 19_The marine corps casualty list ,,ontalns one hun? dred and thirty naiiea< Killed In ac tion. :*<>; died of ^oun(iH. 7; died ot disease, i; woundei ^verely, 92. Pri? vate James C. Thorough, of Atlan ! ta was killed in act m; privates Wil? lis m. Beaton, of rlton, Ga., Wm. J Attaway of Romeig^ anj John B Montgomery, of C^|fe?| r,a.. were wounded severely AEROPLANE STRIKE Union Leaders IhLgumtO "'Ian i shut Downl^iorien. Buffalo, June 20. A BtP||ce in the main plant of the -.nl-tiss Aeroplane ami Motor corporati n %vMS inaugurat? ed at 10 o'clock thF roornlng and union leaders are cTjm|ng that two hundred men quit.! They also an linists in Oth( plants would be calltj oUt ;it noon. nounc? fl that macl HAVE PROOF Ol TUi:ASON. Government in Posti^ to prosecute Sinn l'eiiiMS London, June 1(>iwnd Bhortt, for l Com ni chief secretar> tbe House of there is sufficient evld Sun Feint rs r< cently ;.i.le their prosecutlo that it Is not deeme? ossary to institute it. eland stated In ns today th it nce sgalnst the arrested to pn* for treason, but sirable or nee m? Trath'o." THE TRU1 MAY ADOPT PROHIBITION. BY SENATE AS RIDER TO IM P<) 1 ITA Si T MRASU UK. President Wilson tnderstood to Have Declined to Interfere in Much Dis? cussed Question. I Washington, June 19.?President Wilson is understood to have declined today to interpose active opposition for the present at least to the Jones i amendment to the $11,000,000 emer? gency agricultural appropriation bill providing for absolute prohibition during the war. The president is said to have taken ! the position that, while he would hare preferred precipitation of the prohibi? tion question in separate legislation ? he would not at this time interfere in the matter, or so long as it does not hold up final enactment of the emer? gency agricultural bill or other neces? sary legislation. Should it interfere with such legislation, it is understood the president might ask that the amendment be eliminated. Senator Smith of South Card Uta acting chairman of the senate agricul? ture commitee, discussed the question with the president late today after I Balubrldgc Colby, representing chair? man Hurley of the shipping board had offered vigorous objection to ab? solute prohibition at the hearing on the Jones amendment before the agri? culture committee. Mr. Colby of the shipping board told the committee that to take beer away from shipyard employees would re? duce their efficiency and result in a reduction of new ship tonnage oi about 25 per cent. , In spite of this opposition prohibi? tion leaders expressed confidence to? night that the Jones .amendment would be favorably reported to tht senate. The committee will meet again to? morrow and Acting Chairman Smith ' hopes to reach a vote before the end of the day. The opposition of ihe shipping [board to the amendment came as a ' surprise to drv leaders. Mr. Colby told the committee that Chairman Hurley and members of the shipping board believed prohibition at this time would prove a detriment to the shin building as many workmen think beer drinking unharmful and essen? tial. Former Secretary of state Bryan, ihe principal witness for the prohUd ti( niste, told the committee he favor i led absolute prohibition, but thought iL should be brought about gradually I instead of precipitately as the Jones [amendment provides. He also said i he would have preferred to have seen i it proposed in separate legislation in . tead of as a rider to an appropria? tion bill. Mr. Bryan predicted that even it' Jones amendment is defeat j ed national prohibition is sure to ' come. Many other witnesses appeared be? fore the committee both in support and in opposition to the measure. Jo? seph Proebstle of Cincinnati, general secretary of the United Brewery and Soft Drink Workers, presented pe? titions signed by head of internation? al labor unions representing msre than 2,000,000 union men, protest inf against the amendment. Anna A. Cordon, national president of the Women's Christian Temper? ance Pnion, Bishop James B. Can? non. Jr., chairman of the commission on temperance of the social lorvlc* of the Methodist Episcopal Church. South, and Representative Randall of California, a dry leader in the house, also supported the amend? ment. ITALIANS REGAIN TERRITORY. Battle on Plave Turns Against The Austrians. London, June 20.?News reached London today thai the Italians have regained Cape Sile, west of the Plave and near the mouth of the river, which was captured by the Austrians. and that the Italians have regained all ter rltory between Henson-Fosaetta ca ? nal. AMERICAN CASUALTY MST. Seventeen Killed and a Number Wounded. Washington. June 20.?The casualty list contains 7:1 names. Killed in ac? tion. 17; died of wounds. 9; died of disease, 7; died of wounds and Other causes, 3; wounded severely. 32; wounded. I; missing in action. 1. Cor? porals John Dennett. Jacksonville. Fla., wounded severely. Private Clarence L Masse v. Columbus. Ca.. prisoner (previously reported mis dug). : SOUTHRON, EMaMMM* Jut, MM VoLXLVI. NO. 37. OFFICER FACES CHARGES. LIEUTENANT STALY ARRESTED IN NEW YORK. Believed That Several otlier Men May Soon 1 lud Themselves in Toils. Washington, June 18.?The trail of the government's pursuit of illegal pi of Reers in war contracts today led to the arrest in New York of Lieut. James C. Staly, a reserve army officer, on a charge or' accepting money from the Truetit Raincoat Company of New lork for a contract which he promis? ed to procure. The arrest was made by floport ' mcnt of justice agents who Led fol? lowed the officer during his inspection of the plant of the raincoat company, WhOOB proprietors acted in coopera tlon with the government to detect the f?aud. The secret tcgent arrested him im? mediately after he was said to have received a sum of money from Joshea Romenthal and Louis Wener, proprie? tors ol the plant It was charged he had told them he would expect more i. ( ney as soon as they got the con? ti acts which ihey sought for 50,000 rain coats costing nearly $250,000. This was th( first arrest of an army officer since the department of justice started its investigation into the sys? tem which contingent fee agents hl VS made millions by obtaining con? tracts for manufacturers who wero charged a commission. Other arrests may follow soon. Lieutenant Staly is about 50 years old He entered a training camp in Iowa last summer and was com? missioned in August. Last December IT he was appointed an inspector in the quartermaster's department. Ho has been stationed in New York most of the time since. After being arrested today Lieuten? ant Staiy made a complete confession of his part in the transaction, depart? ment of justice officials said, and much Valuable information was gained which may lead to the detection of other cases ol fraud. He will be tried by a. courtmartial. _ <; RAFTERS REt; MERCY. War Order Prodteetl When Exposed Ask for Leniency. Washington, June 19.?Many self , acknowledged contingent fee agents appeared today at the department of justice to explain their operations, and ask for leniency. Many were here I totere unknown, this fact proved that .he system of making commissions out of war orders was even more ex? tensive than the officials believed. - FIGHT OR WORK. j ? After July 1st Every Man of Draft ! Age Will he Requested to Do His Duty. > Columbia, June 17.?"Every man In , the draft must do effective work or . fight," is the statement of Provost Marshal General Crowder. The work or fight order will become operative on Ji.ly lit. The State Council of Defense has been called upon by the Council of National Defense at Washington to as? sist in enforcement of this order, at least to extent of working in coopera? tion with tb?> local draft boards : throughout this State. The local draft boards have or w II have full instructions prior to July 1st. These boards are responsable for the enforcement of this new order, but the local draft boards are very bu v and will be busy probably through? out the summer months. The boards must have assistance. The state Council of Defense is therefoie calling on the county coun? cils for special duty, asking thai through the county councils the St tenttOH of the local draft boards throughout the State be directed to all idlers and all men in noa-CSBSn tial occupations. This is an oppor? tunity for real service of a nature that will not only assist tbe Kovernment but which will at the same time help to retain men in useful and essential occupations for their work at hone* for a longer period of time, putting Into the army instead men who are not so employed but who. for one reason or another, have not been so classified as to be subject to call for : rmy service at this time. London. June 20.?Heavily censor? ed messages received in Stockholm in? dicate that during peace demonstra? tions held recently in Rerlin. Ham burg and Cologne, several workmen were killed, many persona were ar reated by the police and the military dispersed the crowds, says a dispatch to The Morning Post.