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Tit*: M MTUt WAK FIMAV, ?*tatH Cod so lid a ted Aug. 2,1 HUMAN NEAR DEATH. KT1U< KIN WITH FAKAlA SIS AM) no mi of MBUUVM1 I n Iii r I < II Side I'aralwe.l 1111(1 Coildi l.on Im Regarded ??? lM's|m'i utc?I Jiil Not I Mr Off. Washington. June 30.?Hi Tering what la believed to be a fatal attae.v of cen t'i.ii hemorrhage, with Ins com? plete left side paralyzed, Senator II r, Tlllmuii. for ulmoMt the last quarta of a ii'iituiy u member of the senate from South Carolina, in lying at his ? pai tments at th?- Portsmouth in this city ut the point of death, his friends and physician staled tonight. Sen., tor Tillmun was at the Capitol on Thursday and left there at the close of business that da\ II- went to his apartments for the nighl and soo . after reaching there complained of feeling ?Ii 1>> I t I'b kford. th ? Washington physician, who attended h.m when he was paralyzed several years ago, wan called In and Friday th* senator expressed a desire to go to the capitol, hut Mrs. Tlllman per ?ududed htm not to do so and yester? day morning he became decldedU worse. it was determined not to make the matter public until toduy, when news? paper no n were advised as to his true condition. The physicians' bulletin explains fully the situation. There is a ruptured blood vessel in the head and the paralysis is on the left side, with indications that it will attack his throat in a few hours. 11? can talk up to the present time and knows bis .i tends, nut both his left arm and left leg uie completely paralyzed. All the members of the family hav. oeen informed of his serious condi? tion and ure now on their way to Washington. They have been told the Worst Sad that they may not hope foi s recovery. Senator Tillman's closest friends here tonight, those who hav. bean with him in many of his hardest political battles of the last 20 years, flunkly expressed the opinion thai there is but the slightest possibility of recovery, with indications pointing to the senator's pissing away within the next day or two. It will l>e remembered that ghOUl Soven or eight years* ago. Senator Till man suffered a simil ir attack, al though not quite so severe as tin present one. He was ill for a long time and took a trip abroad before resuming his official duties in the s. \ ate. Since that time, although abb to be in Washington he has neve be?n the robust man he was befoi ?? the attack. Many times recently Sen Stor Tlllman has jgg|gffj| that he telt as good as hs ever felt In his life an I in spite of the protests of his friemis ibat be remain out ?4 the rare lor the senate for another term, tin- South Carolina election coming off the lattel par of August of this year, he cently announced himself a candid ttl again, although he state,| many Umei that he would not be able to make a eampalgn over the State When the news of Senator TlllmanN condition became known in Washing ton today, there was an unusual amount of speculation as to what tin ou t come of the senatorial tight in South < ' i f o| i n i would he It was stal e?| that even should Senator Tlllman MVi ua.ll the .bite of the etOOtion, which extremely improbable, that he would In all probablv remain a hopeleHs parahtic ilie remainder of his llle, which would of com sc ?ak him out of the senatoiiil i.o e. That leaves N. R Mai. J. F. Itlce and C. L Hleuae to continue the right unless something extraordtnan should 111 cur ROgSJOJ -ntah\ e UtVOTi it Will le remembered w is In the race, but with ?liew upon the urg- nf rOC|ttOOl Ol Hi. president, that he do so ami off I sgaln for the house ho that he mich' remain chairman of the Important houa* committee on agiu ultuie. Senator Tlllman entered the senate March ? and is exceeded in length of service by two niembei only. ?Oldinger ol New Hampshire, who began In lX'.O. ami Ualgc of Mas sachusetts. wh.> name Washington In 1 HOTi. Henntor Tillman's term will expire March :t. \%\%, no hoff I nit Til.I M \n. 1'neonseioiis sim?c Sunday. Fmuih QfeSJ SJJ ||o|m Washington. July 1 ? flops* of rs eovery of Senator Tillman. who suf? fered a cerebral hemnrmge Satur day wss virtually abandom Hj today b\ his family and friends lie b | be I unconscious since Sumi Moscow. June 2 3.?A state of war has gejSJJi p i - ?< l hi nod In the province of Archangsl. seVd April, 18*0. "Be fust mi 881. EUGENE DEBS ARRESTED. socialist leader held ix cleveland. Former Presidential Candidate Aitcst cd as Result of PtHinnuCl at Patty's Ohio Convention. Cleveland, June 30.?Eugene V. I Dels, lour times Socialist candidate' lot the presidency of the United States, was arrested here today !>>' I 'mted States Marshal Lipp und Dep- j uty Marshal llochrue as he was about to d< liver a Socialist address. The ar? rest was made on a federal warrant in connection with l)ebs' speech at the Soc ialist State convention in Canton, Ohio, June 16. The arrest was inn do on a secret in dietment returned yesterday by tht ledcral grand jury. It is understood the Indictment contains ten speciti counts under section 3 of the espion? age act as amended by the passage of the sedition bill. May 16 last, which provides a penalty of 20 years in the penitentiary and a fine of $10,000 and OOOtS for Cecil violation. Debs will be araigned in federal court tomorrow when the matter of bail will be decided. He spent tonight in jail in the custody of Marshal Lnpf>i Debi refused to make a statement regarding his arrest. DobC arrived in Cleveland today to address a Socialist gathering and was I taken into custody as he was about' to enter the garden where the meet- j ing was held. Following the announcement o1 Debs' arrest, a defense fund of more than $1.000 was raised by popular subscription before the meeting end? ed. Rdwlfl i, WertS, United States at? torney for ths northern district Ol <>hio. following ths arrest, made the following statement. "No map is too big to be held re? sponsible for his acts under the es? pionage net or any other law of tin United States." "K.r. Debs was indicted not as b Socialist but as a violator of the law Of the United States because of thing*? he said in his Canton speech." said \ sriatant Attorney Breitenstein. Waehlngton, June 30.?Eugene V Debs, former Socialist eandldats foi pfi ..dent, has been Under SPCCial ob servatton ty" department of juatlc< agents since Iiis speech several week v ago at Canton. ? duo, criticising til government's policies in the war, i eecam< known today that several speeches delivered hy Doha have been recorded by the department's igeni for examination to determine whether the) contain disloyal matter. TO FORIM AII. STItlKE Congress Asked to Act Quickly to . Authori/c t ont ml of Telegraph i Lines. Washington, Juli 1. C.ovcrnment i control and op? ration Of the nation's telegraph and telephone systems was i reeommended to oongresi today by the president. In the face of Impending strike of the union Operator! Of the Western Union, efforts win be made to put through the necessary loglsla tion before the rSOSCs of congress this V. eek. AMERciw CAsr.\l/r\ list. Only Forty-nine Incapacitated Crom aii Cnoeea. Washington. July l.--Tho amr Caanalt) Hal today contains forty-nine names Killed in action. ; died of wounds, 4; died of neoldenl and othe caucoa, died of disease, 7; wounded severely, jt',; missing in action. I. Pn vats Jesse l. Dlxon, of Blaokhear, Ga., died of wounds. Private .l.uoe Jnekaon of Cordelle, <;a.. ami James Palmer of Value. S. C, died Of dis? ease. Private Ulmet F. Mikell. Greenland) Ga., severely wounded. PROTEST TO TURKEY. 1 Apia nation Remanded of Attack on American Hospital. W ii hlngton, July i The Rutted ^l.tt?s government lias formally pre sented In the Turk bib government the not that Turkish troops attacked md sucked the American hospital at Tnhrli and seined the American ?"'?n suhlte Ihore, with a reejuest for an ex? planntlon. Washington, July u?Except for re ports of Increased artillery activity by bath BtdeS in the Chateau-Thierry re? gion. Men pershing's communlfius to .id ihers was nothing in report fOI yesterday. id Fear not?I** all the ende Thon Ah BUMTER, 8. 0., WEDP AWAIT HUN BLOW. ENEMY ACTIVE NORTH OF CHATEAU-THIERRY. Fershlng's Men Prepared tc <;ivo Germans Worm Reception if on? slaught Develops. With the American Forces on the Marne, June SO (By the Associated Press).?Unusual movement of troops ami materlall north of Chateau-Thier? ry, together with the increased artil? lery and aerial activity, form the balls of the belief that American forces in this locality may be called upon to defend themselves in the near future. Long streams of enemy troops and wagon trains have been observed in the neighborhood of the Ronnes wood. There have been more than aO enemy aerial llights over the American lines northwest of Chateau-Thierry in the last 2 1 hours. One German machine was shot down by our anti-aircraft guns. The American artillery has heavily -helled many vital and active spots Within the enemy lines, once obtain? ing a direct hit In a detachment of marching (Jerm.ans. For days the Americans have been expecting that the enemy, stung by the defeat administered to him re? cently on this front, would make a vigorous assault upon the American forces and it was partly for this rea? son that the American operations in the Belleau sector were carried out. With these operations completed, the Americans now have the country for several miles in front of them under tlielf eyes and guns and can see what \& developing. In consequence when the expected blow comes they will be that much better prepared to meet it. The American troops have made preparations and the Germans will get an exceedingly warm reception if they try what the situation today indicates ! they have in mind. The Americans say that, no matter where the enemy strikes, he is bound to pay dearly for his effort and that the bigger the tar? get the better the American forces will like it. To the east of Chateau ?Thierry ?long the river Marne, except for con? stantly Increasing long range shell Ing on both sides, compartlve quiei reigns, There has been no patrolling because the bright moonlight on the water prevents a crossing, but the Americ an snipers have been so active in the last four clays that the Onnaus rarely ever make an appearance. AIRPLANES HAM) GERMANY. Five Killed and Great Property Dam age at Mannheim. Paris, July ],?Five were killed and fourteen Injured at Mannheim, Germany, Saturday In an allied aerial attack on that town, says a liavas dis? patch from Hasel. Severe propert) damage was also indicted. FRENCH GAIN ON MARNE, Paris, July 1. The French in oper? ations last night on the Marne front South of Oureq succeeded in Improv? ing their positions In the vicinity of Pasayon Valola, the war office repor ts. Gorman counter attacks to regain ground taken by the French Saturday night in tire vicinity of Mosloy were repulsed, Taking the aggressive south of the Alane the French captured a Ger? man strong point near Coutry. south? west of Bolssons, adding to their re? cent gains in this sector. FIGHTING IN FLANDERS. London, .inly i in minor opera? tions last night the British improved their position In the region northwest of Albert, ami captured machine guns snd prisoners, the war office announc? ed. Activity bv German artillery In the region between Albert and Arras, and in the sectors of the Flanders front is Also reported. CONTROL WIRES ALSO. President Wilson Favors Taking Over Telegraph and Telephones. Washington. July L?-President Wilson has informed the house com meres committee that he heartily fa? vored legislation authorising the gov crnment to take over telegraph end telephone lines A resolution to that ? ITect win be ia\orably reported. Washington, July l.r- Fourteen de stroyers will ???? launc hed Mum Ameri ? an yards on July 4th. These with n number of eagle boats represent the navy's share of the tonnage to take the water on the celebration of Independ? ence day. I ms't at be thy Country's* Thy God's ? IESDAY, JULY 3, 1918 BRITISH ATTACK HOWS. STRIKE SUCCESSFULLY ALONG A FRONT OF THREE MILES. Operation Prove* Unqualified Success ?Infantry Reaching All Objectives and Porcine stau led Germane Rack to Average Depth of Fifteen Hun? dred Yards. i With the British Army in France, June L'S (By the Associated Press).? Field Marshal von Hindcnburg s troops cast 01 the forest Neippe got a , nusty and unexpected knock today when the British suddenly drove for ' ward in a surprise attack along a ' irout 01 more than three miles and burled the startled Germans back to an average depth of 1,500 yards. Th?-. operation was an unqualified SUCCORS from its inception, and the attacking I infantry reached all their objective.:. By this thrust the British not only . have greatly Improved their position in this important and much contested sector, which lies just north of Mor viHe, but they inflicted heavy punish? ment on two hostile divisions tb/?t were holding the line here?the i Thirty-second Division of Saxons and j the Forty-fourth Reserve Division of ' Prussians, ( Large numbers of the enemy were I j killed in the hurricane onslaught and : some 250 had been collected In the prison cages before noon. The front of the attack was 6,000 ' yards In lengh and lay approximate I ly between ViCUX BruqUin on th?3 north and Font Tournal, which is 2. I 000 yards northwee* of Merville, on the south. West of Merville the British an i German lines were jammed almost i against the edge of the NisUpPS Forest with the result that the British felt a j lack of elbow loom. It was in order to acquire more leeway that today*d nssault was projected. The objectives settled upon lay j alone the winding little stream known as Plate Becque. Prussian ami Saxons were holding this zone. Tin first stages of the drive were com? paratively easy. In fact, all the lina objectives were reached without mud difficulty. The losses among the storming Infantry for the entire en? gagements were extremely lisht. Aus 1 tralian troops on the left of th< ' columns carried out a stimulated at? tack of their own which had at amusing result, adding nearly half n hundred prisoners, The morale of the prisoners taker today was not i11k 11. These men an?! others captured recently have an pea red to be much disheartened i>\ their failure to got bigger results in their offensive. These med have pro? fessed to have believed that the Unit? ed States was not to be able to ren? der much assistance to the allies. With the German officers naturalis it is different, for they have no delu? sions on the subject. I The British pushed off at 6 o'clock this morning after a sharp homhurd l ment just as the white mists were beginning to arise along the numer? ous streams which thread their tor? tuous way about this region. State? ments by prisoners show that the ene ! my had not the slightest expectation |of the British taking the initiative The Germans felt so secure that they i were devoting most of their time to ( a campaign agaitist the epidemic known locally as the Flandet s grippe. The British were over the top and I at the enemy before the latter realised their danger. Machine gun posts were stormed and cleaned out with hand grenades and bayonets. Where th ? Germans were holding n stretch o' t enches the attacking troops rushed up with rapid flrera and swept th*? ditches with an intense fire that an lli'iat? d the defenders. Londmi. June 28.?British troops ill attacks against the Germans have ad vanced their line over n front o. nearly three and a half miles to an nverage depth Ol neatly a mile east > Ihe Nieppe Forest, which lies between Bailleul and Ib thune, according to th< British official communication Issued this evening. West of Merrls An. tralian troops also captured enemy positions. On both sectors prisoners iiml machine guns were taken, The text of the communication fol lows: "This morning Kngllsh troops ear i led out ;i Hucoes il ul operation on ? trout of about three and one-half miles ens! of the Nieppe Forest. Out line on this in>nt has been advanced to an average depth of nearly a mile and more than 300 prisoners and 22 machine glins have been captured All our objectives were gained, Including the hamlets of L'Bptgetto, Verteu ad Troth'*.* THE TRUI Bjjjjj TO FRANCE. BISHOP GUERRY COMMISSIONED AS A SPECIAL PREACHER TO THE SOLDIERS. For Six Months Work?Volunteers for the Service at the Front?Now Ar? ranging for Departure. The Right Reverend William A. Luerry, bishop of the Protestant Episcopal diocese of South Carolina. ! who was in Columbia yesterday, ex j pecta to go to France within the next , two months as a special preacher to the American army, under the author? isation of the Young Men's Christian Association. The bishop will not be attached to the Young Men's Chrls tiap Association forces in the ordinary at will be one of the special p ..? ms to the soldiers. He is now I nrrur.fcing the affairs of his dioces? with a view to his absence. Approval of his acc eptance of the appointm?nt j remains to be granted by the stand I ing committee of the diocese, which, j during bis services abroad, will ' have direction of the diocese, but that j it will be granted is a foregone con j elusion. The bishop has already suc ! cessfully undergone a physican exami j nation. Two other bishops of the Episcopal Church were considered for jthe appointment, but neither of them was able to accept it. whereupon the I bishop of South Carolina volunteered ; for the mission. He will be abroad about six months. Bishop Querry is regarded as one i of the most forceful pulpit speakers in his church or in any church in the United States and in all circles is looked upon as a consecrated man ot distinguished qualifications for the leadership of men. It is expected that bishops of neigh? boring dioceses will perform the Epis ' copal duties for the parishes of South (Carolins while Bishop duerry shall br j overseas. The bishop's expenses will be paid by the y. M. C. A. bjt he will draw no salary from it. ONONDAGA SUNK. Freighter from Boston for Florid; Sunk Off Watch Hill?Crew Saved .! Boston. June L'a.?The Clyde hn< i ? freighter Onondaga bound fron Boston for Florida points, struck i reef off of Watch Hill last night, an? i went to the bottom. The crew of 3! were saved. I GERMAN INTERVENTION. Germany Will send Troops to Reaton i Order in Russia. London. June 29.?The Germai . government, according to Gormai I newspapers, is taking preparator) measures with a view to intervention . in Russia, says a Zurich dispatch tc The Exchange Telegraph Co. Undei this plan it is stated troops will bf . sent to restore order, assisted by . Maximalist forces. CASUALTY LIST. Five From Army ami Twenty Ftoi:i Marines Killed in Action. Washington. June 29.?The army casualty list contains 42 names. Ki'.i i led in action. ; died of wounds. It, died of accident and other causes. 2; died of disease, 2; wounded severely, 14; Missing in action, 7. Private Jim T. Harrison, of Whigham, C.a.. died of disease. Washington. June 29.?The marine corps casualty list contains names. Killed in action, l!4; d ed of wounds, 8; severely wounded. 7. Privates Claude A. Babb, Hamilton, Ca., and Harold C. Geiger, of Mountalnvernon, c.a., killed in action. Washington. June 29.?The first in? stallment of American troops were i landed in Italv yesterday, Gen. March announced today. These are not the force sent by Pershlng, but units sent from this country. They consist large , ly of sanitary units, on the whole 'mostly non-combatant troope. Com ? ???taut toil's will be Bent by Cen Pershlng. He had no announcement of total number of troops shipped. '. n March declared that the situa? tion is extremely favorable to tin- al? lies an.I La Becque. The enemy was taK eii by surprise and our casualties were light." At the same time Australian troops attacked and captured certain hat He posts west of Merrls, together with 13 prisoners and six machine guns Ol the remainder of the British front tin ?Ituation is unchanged. C SOCTHRON, EMtttM June, MM Vol.XLVI. No. 40. THE CAMPAIGN MEETING. - CANDIDATES FOR SENATE AND CONGRESS ADDRESS SMALL* CROWD IN COURT HOUSE. Dial Cl Uli ITS Tillman for Xot At t?? 1111m^ Meetings and Blease for Dodging tlio Issues Tliat he Would*"' Meet on the Stump?Rice Introduces Himself?MeLood Makes tl?e Speech Of the Day With Ttmmerman n Close Second. The senatorial campaign meeting with the Congressional annex was called to order in the Court House shortly after 11 o'clock Saturday by County Chairman J. H. Clifton, the opening having been delayed as the crowd was slow in gathering. Chairman Clifton opened the proceed? ings by reading a letter from Senator Tillman announcing his candidacy for re-election and giving his reasons for net attending the campaign meetings. This letter was identical with letters read at meetings in other counties and has been printed in this paper heretofore. Mr. J. F. Rice, of Anderson, was introduced as the first of the sena? torial candidates and Mr. Rice jspent j the entire half hour alloted to him in amplifying the introduction and try? ing to tell the crowd who he was. As a speaker Mr Rice is just about the most futile and aimless that has ever appeared before a Sumter aud? ience. There have been some weird candidates seeking high office in South Carolina in the past thirty years?in , I eluding Whitman, who toured the State with the campaign circus on a ' bicycle; Cansler, of Tirzah, who tour ed the State many times; John T. j Duncan who is still following the ! campaign patty, having acquired a habit that he cannot break; J. M. I DesCham pa, who bids fair to be a sec j J ond puncan; but Rice is the most in I explicable specimen that has yet made its appearance. He has one unique and distinctive oratorical trick?hs almost Invariably speaks of himself 1 as "we." That was about the only feature of his rambling remarks I that attracted attention. Mr. X. B. Dial, who is remembered etas candidate for senate six years ago, l is at home on the stump and lost no ? , time in getting down to business. He I criticised Blease for dodging the is S ue. saying that he was afraid to meet the other candidates face to face adn had violated the rules of the party by refusing to attend the regu . lar meeting provided by the party 5 for candidates to face the people and their opponents. He also criticised Tillman for remaining away, saying i that if he was unable to stand the fa i tigue of the campaign he should have heeded the advice of his family and i closest friend, who, Tillman, himself > has said, advised him not to <seek re? election. In this connection he stat? ed that this is no time for sending old and infirm men to congress. "In the senate now there are several men un? able to perform full duty?Culberson, , who is very infirm: Gore, who is in a 'sanitarium; Hatdwick. who is a dls ! grace to the South and the Democrat? ic party, not to mention Vardamah and Tillman. The Democratic party and the country needs vigorous and active men in the senate. He denied that Tillman is the only man capable of properly repiesenting the State there are men in Sumter county and In every other county who have the ability and the character to accept? ably represent South Carolina. Till? man has a record as an office seeker ?that class that Tillman characteris? ed years ago as of which few die and none resign." He discussed the Till? man letters to Burteeon and Burle son's letter to Tillman, and drew the conclusion that this correspondence was not an endorsement of Tillman's candidacy but quite the reverse as it told him that the administration had not put Lever In the race and would not Interfere In any State election con? test. He read from the record to show that Tillnu n took little part In the proceedings of the senate, bnv Ing cast n \ote in only a few of the Important questions thai had been before that body during the last ses? sion. He said 'that there are seven? teen members of the naval commit? tee of which Tillman is chairman and that any of the other sixteen could carry on work of the committee as well as Tillman?as a matter of fact. Senator Swanson. of Virginia, is act? ing chairman of the committee and doei most of the work. Turning aside from the purely political aspect of the senatorial contest Mr. Dial spoke of the war and probable condi? tions after the war He discussed finance and economic conditions and