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mm m peril C OMMANDKKS MAKING pKSPER ATE EFFORTS TO SAVE THEIR ARMIES. Trying to Hold Open Rase of Salient Between Sotesons and it ho mo* Until Troops Can be Withdrawn From I Center of Marne Pocket?Many Men and Gun* Lost. Washington, July 22.?The German hlfh command apparently Is making desperate efforts to hold open the base of the salient between Soiseons and Hhelms until troops far down the cen? ter of the great pocket toward the Marne can be withdrawn. With French and American troops ham? mering away from the west and French. British and Italian forces battering at the east flank of the Ger? man position. It was still far from certain tonight that the enemy would be able to get his forces out of the southern end of the salient without terrlfto loss. Already great numbers of prisoners and guns have been taken by Ameri? can and allied force*. The only esti? mate from official sources covering the aggregate cr.pt u reo by French, American and Italian troops during the first two days of the counter of? fensive, gave 20,000 as the probable total. There are Indications that the number captured on Sunday might be Aer sJthough enemy withdrawals m the Marne and Chateau-Thierry tors probably accounted In some pert for the swiftness of the ad? vances during that day. The situation on the flanks of the salient was not so clear tonight, al? though It wss plain that on both sides the effort to pinch the enemy retirement wss making progress). Heavy srtlllery fire and airplane bombs are raining over all hla com? munication lines In the center of the salient over which the retiring divis? ions must msks their escape. Apparently the enemy is fighting hard to hold his position around Oulchy-le-Chateau, where a railway fine from Ftsmea, probably his chief advance base and located at the ap? proximate center of the base >lne of the salient between Solssotu and Rheims has permitted him to assem? ble considerable forces to resist the Franco-American advance. Should the counterattack succeed in forcing this position or in breaking through either to the north or south of Oulchy, however. It is Indicated that the Ger? man defeat might be turned into a disastrous rout. Similarly if the Franco-Brltish-Ital Ua forces, as official* here hope, are sbl* to break through strong enemy concentration towards Flsmes itself disaster would threaten the whole German position south of that place. As to the position of the American fernst, ??veretary Baker had this to say The general effect of the news of last nicht nd this morning Is to show v.- v *ubstantlal gains of terri? tory, bets In the chateau-Thierry sa? lient rnd further east. The exact lo? cation the line change* from time to time, hut for two days has changed favorably with every change. "There has been no recent substan? tial addition to the number of prlson eis snd no exact estimate of war ma? teriel captured but it seems quite elear that large quantities of war ma? terial have been taken. As opera? tions are still very active we can not look for definite detaila "I have had estimations, of course, as to the number of prisoners. I have had official estimates of 20,000 pris? oners. "The Inference drawn this morning of 17/O00 prisoners and f>60 guns as raptured by Americans were an erro? neous Inference from the American dispatch. I think General Pershiug meant that the allies rather than the American forces had captured that number of prlsonera "We have nothing official on our loeees of sny kind. The railroad line in certainly brok? en from Nolssons to Chateau-Thierry. This deprives the Germans of their main reliance in th.- matter of sup? plies ft appeared Increasingly evident to? night that the Germans have hurried large forces of reserves hoth from the north and south to keep open the sa? lient which may prove a death trsp to a large section of their army. It t* noth ?** ahle however that Ceneral Foeh apparently has heen quite gills fled to post his forces on the heights overlooking Solsaons and has not at? tempted very seriously If at nil to tske that place. It Is also notlceahie that no attack ha? been launched from the strong position of Hhelms. Just what purpose may underlie these limitations of the front of the ? otinterattack to the south of these* two wings of great salient is not clear. Reports Indicated tonight, however, that withdrawal of Oermnn reserves from the territory east of Rheims had hrcught prompt action hy (tenerul Couraud. the French commander there, who bus won back all ground NEW DRIVE BEGINS. FRENCH ATTACKED NORTHWEST OF MONTI) I DIKK THIS MORNING. Battle Still Rages In Solssons-Rheinis Sector With Unabated Fury?Frencrh niul AniericaiiH Driving' Germans lluck ami Capturing Towns. London, July 23.?The French be? gan a new attack this morning north? west of Montdidier, according to ad? vices received here today. The French were reported to have advan ed one mile on a front of four miles. Ii was thought, on the basis of ad? vices, that the attack in the Mont? didier region might be on a wider tront than mentioned. The Franco-American forces are continuing to make progress near (Jrisolles. The French are reported to have stormed the heights of Corcelles yes? terday and are holding the line near Chasaons as far as Treluop. The French have crossed the Marne east of Reull. The enemy counter? attacked heavily but were beaten off. The French have captured Oulchy, le Chateau. The Americans captured Buzancy. The British captured Petltchamp wood with two hundred prisoners and fourteen machine guns. THOUSANDS OF PRISONERS. Franco-American Forces Have Cap? tured immense Amount of Material and Many Prisoners, With American Army on Aisne Marne front, July 23.?Over night Information does not Indicate any radical change along the battle front. The prospects seemed to be that to? day would be another of heavy at? tacks and counter attacks, with no more than slight changes. The Franco-Americans are holding almost every Inch of ground they have gained. The number of prison era L*ken has been Increased by thou? sands and a veritable mountain of captured and abandoned material is In tho hands of the allies near Rheims. They bagged many prisoners and ma? chin? guns. AMERICANS CAPTURE JAUL G?NNE. Important Stronghold In Chateau Thierry Taken. London, July 23,?The Americans have caturcd Jaulgonne on the Murne with three hundred prisoners. The Americans are continuing their advance. THRICE VILLAGES CAPTURED. French Carry Out Brilliant Opera? tion. Paris. July 23.?Artillery activity along the battle front during last night was all that the official bulle? tins announced today, except for brilliant, operations by which the French occupied three villages ;ind took three hundred and fifty prison? ers. Ireland Prosperous. Dublin, June 2 (Correspondence of The Associated Press)?The Irish Registrar General's return for the tlrst quarter of this year shows a drop In the Irish birth rate of 3.6 below the average for the previous ten years. The, marriage rate Is prac? tically stationary. The deuth rate la 3.3 below the average. The general prosperity of Ireland ia reflected by the fact that the returns on Irish pauperism shows a decrease of 3.122 in the average number of work house Inmates. gulned by the Germans in the assault launched Just a week ago. Possibly his advance is the forerunner of an attack in that direction designed to force the Oermuns to return theli reserves eastward, thus weakening their Hanks in the Aisne salient. Just whert? the C.ermuns plan to make a stand is not clear. It seema evident from the language of tonight'a statement from Heilin. however, that they hope to check the allied force* as soon as thoy have llattened out their line sufficiently to protect theJt Hanks. Pihhohljf they are seeking to set up a gradually curving front from Sols sons to Rheims which will rent in the eent**r on somo naturally strong pc* sltion south to "Flsmes. If such a line can be formed and the attacking forces held, some part of the gains made In the great Oer man drive across the Chemln de* Dames last May would remain in en ?ggf hands, 'the danger to Pauls front this direction however, would no longer exhgt. The French capital appears now go be secure, so far uh the route by Chateau-Thierry is con? cerned, whatever happens elsewhere, and all that the Germans have ac? complished Sfjnee May In this region has been set at nuughi in four days f.n an attack by tho allied armies HAVE LOST MILLION. NOTCH MARCH GERMANS HAVE] SAC 111CTOED IMM BNSE HOST. Premier Clomenccnu Estimates Tluit Rattles for Paris Have Already Cost Germans One Million Men. Paris, July 23.?L'Homme Libre, the newspaper owned by Premier Clemenceaii, says the German losses since March 20th are approaching a million men. BRITISH ADVANCE IN FLANDERS. C ampaign of Local Attacks Continues With Success. London, July 23.?The British made local advances last night be? tween Arras and Albert in Flanders, it was officially announced today. In Montdldier fighting today the French besides capturing the villages of Aubvillers and Sauvillers swept on to the crest of Mailly-Itaineval and captured it. BURNING AS THEY GO. Villages Destroyed Behind Huns In? dicating That They Realize Retreat Must Conic. London, July 22.?Hard fighting is proceeding in all sections of the line from Soissons to Rheims, according to dispatches reaching London this af? ternoon but always with the allies on the offensive and the Germans fight? ing desperately to save what they can before the oncrush. The French gathered up 45 more guns, including six of large calibre in the fighting along tho Marne, where the Germans were compelled to re? treat very hastily, leaving behind large quantities of material of all kinds. Although the Germans are fighting bitterly along the bottom of the sa? lient, there are indications that they realize a retreat is inevitable for they are burning villages several miles be? hind their lines, and there is a great congestion of troops around the top of the salient, which may indicate preparations for a new line. With the district south of the Marne cleared of Germans the allies are busy Constructing bridges and getting large bodies of troops and supplies across for pursuit. The Germans made several heavy counterattacks on the western side of the salient and the fighting appears to be growing in intensity all along j this western lip. A German counter? attack near Grisolles won for the Ger | mans a slight advantage, but all these moves are only in the nature of an attempt to hold up the allies tempor? arily. AH these counterattacks are costing the Germans heavily. One of the German high command actively engaged in endeavoring V find some way of holding up the Americans at the bottom of the pock? et is Major General Hell formerly Field Marshal von Mackensen'? ehiet of staff, who recently was sent to the vest from Ukraine. The American* captured several documents hearing General Hell's signature. I Many compliments have been show? ered on the Americans by British , liaison officers and reports reaching 'London from their two sectors praise their fighting ability, discipline and \ adaptability. GERMAN PEOPLE DECEIVED. , Tl?e> Were Not Told What They Wore , to Fight For. Amsterdam, June 13 ?Correspond? ence of the Associated Press)?The Frankfurter Zeitung is not pleased with Emperor Williams' speech on the occasion of the thirtieth anniver? sary of his acce?ion. The paper dis putes his assertion that the great wai I is a struggle between two different ' world conceptions?on one hand the : German conception of right, freedom. honor and morals, and on the othei I the Anglo-Saxon conception, i "It is not a question of two world i conceptions" aays the Frankfurter but of two world powers each posses I sing might the like of which th? world has never seen before. "The German people were not toh. ! on August 4!, 1U14, they were going ?|out to light the Anglo Saxon conccp i tion of the world until it conquered 1 Had that been said, even in veiled i terms, the high unity of the will ot the German people would have been j rent asunder on the first day. For the German did not think of this or I that kind of world conception. H ' thought of the Fatherland's need, o' 1 home, and wife, and mother." i_ ? I FOURTH LIBERTY LOAN. r Treasury Department Decides on Dab of Campaign. Washington, July 24.?The treas? ury department has virtually decided to hold the fourth Liberty loan cam? paign between September 2Rth and 11 n tober ttth. CANDIDATES AT GEORGETOWN.1 -i DIAL AND POLLOCK PLEASE] AUDIENCE. La ii ions ami Cheraw Men Lay Stress on Utterances of Blees* Since War i Hegau. Georgetown, July 22.?Candidates for the United States senate put in another effective day's campaigning here today. The court house was filled beyond seating capacity and voters heard the best speeches of the cam? paign delivered by Messrs. Dial and Pollock. Senator Benet was detained in Co? lumbia on account of the cotton mar I ket stabilizing measure pending in congress. He telegraphed AI. W. Py att, county chairman, explaining the cause of his als. nee, and requesting that he emphasize to the voters the keynote of the campaign, "You can not vote for a disloyal man and be loyal yourself." Senator Benet will join the campaign party tomorrow or Wednesday. The most interesting angle of the meeting today was W. P. Pollock's arraignment of Thomas H. Peeples, opposing candidate for the short term Mr. Peeples was designated as "The accidental attorney general of South Carolina, put in the senatorial race by a little band of willful men, headed by Cole L. Blease to hold Blease in the senatorial race, while Blease dodged about in the bushes over the State." Mr. Peeples had slipped Into the ofhee of attorney general s.x years ago by "honeyed words, soft smiles and by hanging on to Blease's coat tail." Mr. Peeples now has a strangl hold on Blease's coattail. "No man could vote for Cole L. Blease or Tom Peeples and be loyal himself." Mr. Pollock paid a tribute to the Bleaseites of finer texture ever the State, referring by name to Dr. Olin Sawyer of Georgetown, who had shaken all allegiance to Bloase and was striving in a commendable man? ner to wipe out the contagion In the community. Dr. Sawyer wan present and was one of the most enthusiastic contributors to the volume of ap? plause. It was emphasized by the Cheraw candidate that these men are worthy of much honor and tnat their action deserves the plauults of alt good people. / According to the Charleston Amer ican today Blease is now a patriot and Is willing to raise a regiment or brigade and "lead them to hell if need be." The direction In which he would lead It would be opposite to that in which the American boys in France now are romping and would be "in retreat as he led little Tom Peeples from Florence last Monday, when Peeples wilted before the bar of public opinion." Blease had been trying to lead the people of South Carolina to hell all his life, said the speaker, and had succeeded in leading several of his compatriots to the cells of the federal prisons. Nobody but a coward bad ever fodJhd It necessary to go around the State with a band of thugs or gun? men, he continued, and Blease had any number of them four years ago, "commissioned by himself as governor to carry guns to defend him." Fos slbly because he was not governor there were now no gunmen going around over the State with the cam? paign party. Mr. Pollock got an ovation when he concluded his npeech. The people of Georgetown were told today that the vilest slander ever ut? tered uguinst the memory of ihe late Senator Tillman was that Blease stood for the same things Senator Tillman stood for. "No one ever had leeasion to question Senator Tllman's loyalty or patriotism down to the very day of his death," Mr. Dial said. The Luurens county candidate is not ot those who says the war must be rought to a successful conclusion 'since we're in it." "We went to war because no self-respecting nu tion could keep out and I don't want is to quit lighting until we have whip >ed the devil out of Germany." This was no time to send to the Jnited States senate a man who said me thing today and another tomor? row. Blease had often brought the name of the State to shame by his ut erances and acts and was now run ling from one end of the State to the ither, "whining because the people re? used to elect him to a third term as governor." Mr. Dial also read again the letter from the son of O. L. Jones of M netta. a soldier in France, in which th? boy said: "Beg the people of South Carolina for God's sake not to send 'ole L. Blease to the United States senate after making those bitter speeches against President Wilson." The president was commander in chief of the army, but could do aothlng to help the hoys in France win the war with such men as Blease n tho United States senate. Speeches like those by Blease at Poniarla and Filbert after war hail TAKE OVER WjBES. resident issues proclama? tion effective 91l\ 31st. Government Will Coim?l Telegraph, Telephone Cable and Radio Systems for Duration of the War. Washington, July 23.?President I Wilson today issued a proclamation taking over control of the telegraph and telephone systems for the du? ration of the war. The order is ef? fective July 31st. Complete authority to operate the wire system has been vested in the postmaster general. GERMAN LONG RANGE SHELLS. French Guessing as to tlie Explosive Charge. Paris, June 25 (Correspondence of The Associated Press)?That the bursting-charge of shells from the German long-range guns is mixed while the projectiles are in actual flight is the belief of French scientists, according to a technical journal pub? lished here. When the shelling of Paris began it wan noticed that the explosion of a shell produced a cloud of black smoke mixed with a little that was white and accompanied, by a strong smell of ether. Recently the smoke has been enticoly white and very light, the eth? er odor persisting. No shell that failed to explode has been found, nor even an entire fuse, indicating how delicate and reliable the explosive is. This fact leads ex? perts to euppose that the shell is charged with two liquid explosives, separated by the perforated partition which is known to exist in the center of the projectile. When the shell is fired at a high angle the liquid in the upper end combines with that In the lower cham? ber, and churned by the violent rota? tion, produces at the moment of im? pact, three minutes later, a perfect mixture. This would explain, it is said, the ability of the charge to resist the enormous shock when fired and the remarkable uniformity of the ex? plosions. HEARST SURE TO RUN. Will Enter Primaries in Spite of Con? vention. Saratoga Springs, N. Y., July 22.? William Randolph Hearst intends to enter the primaries for the Democrat? ic nomination for governor no mat ter who is recommended to the party voters in the State by the unofficial convention which will open here to? morrow,, according to statement made tonight by L. J. O'Reilly, long Mr. Hearsts confidential secretary and now commissioner of water sup? ply in New York City. The announcement served further to complicate a much involved situa? tion. Another candidate, William Church Osborne. one of the seven men recommended by the committee of 15 at its Syracuse meeting, al? ready has announced that he will go into the primaries regardless of what the conference does. AN AUTOMATIC BOLD HSR. Dutch Engineer Invents a Wireless Controlled Fighting Machine. London, July 12.? (Correspond? ence Associated Press.)?An auto? matic soldier consisting of a steel cylinder which rises vertically out of another steel cylinder in the ground, and fires a rifle 400 times, all con? trolled by wireless, has been patented by a Dutch engineer. been declared were the means of per? petuating pro-German activities and l inlluences in this country and had led innocent peoplo into trouble. Mr. Dial knew of a recent case where a man, under the dominating iniluence of Hlease, was led to abuse the Unit? ed States In relation to the war and v as taken off his farm, from his fam? ily, and sent to the federal peniten? tiary in Atlanta for two years. The speeches were the most phasing mes? sage that could be sent to the German kaiser, and Mr. Dial had roeently heard an estimate made of the BiOSOS speeches in which it was held that "the speeches were worth 250,000 ! sohllers to the German army." j Mr. Dial Jllso discussed at length many constructive measures, such as the necessity for drainage in this section of the State, which would he one of the first steps necessary for ex? tensive cattle raising, the use by the farmers of the federal land hank, the development of a national wsrshouss system, highway building and othei industries. Mr. Rl4s was the first speaker and urged the voters to ask themselves the Question, Which was the closer to their I hearts, their own sons in France or certain politicians whose loyalty had been brought into question. MORE GRAFTERS ARRESTED. I ON> PIRACY TO SWINDLE GOV? ERNMENT ON RAIN COATS. Big Man in National Council of De? fense Arrested on Charge of At? tempting to Bribe Government Offi? cial. New York, July 23.?Agencies of Council of National Defense were in? volved today in the nation-wide conspiracy and alleged bribery and graft in the manufacture of soldiers' rubber rain coats, through the arrest of E. Lazarus, a member of the De? fense Council's subcommittee super? vising rain coat production. He is accused of attempting to bribe a gov? ernment inspector. The department of justice agents also took into custody Charles I* Fullerfi chief government Inspector of the New York manufacturing district. It is announced that he confessed the full details of an extensive bribery system. HOG ISLAND SHIP PLANT. ni|fisg in the World, to Turn Out Two n Week. Philadelphia, July 2.?Steel is now arriving at the big government ship? building p'.jtnt at Hog Island in ade? quate quantities, according to H. W. Blood, an engineer for the America international Corporation. "The fabricators of steel ?>~. . ?r ships," Mr. Blood said, "are making good, and the steel committee, recent? ly appointed to see that the shipyards are stocked with steel parts, has done much toward the solution of the prob? lem. The Hog Island yard, the largest in the world, Is preparing for its, first luunching on August 4. The ship is the Bed Jacket. It is an SOOO-tou freighter. Two more 8000-ton freight carriers are nearly half completed. The second launching is expected to take place a week after the Red Jacket leave? the ways. The third vessel will follow shortly after the second, and then it will be a week or ten days before there are further launchtngs. After that Hog Island expects to turn out completed hulls at the rate of two a week. M'LAURIN STILL A-RUNNIN'. Released Friends But Officially in Race. The following letters are self-ex? planatory: I "Hon. John L. McLaurin, Beonetts ville, S. C. ' "Dear Sir: Will you please be kind enough to advise me whether you de? sire me not to place your name upon the ballot as candidate for governor? "I have, of course, read your pub? lished statement to the effect that you intend to withdraw from the campaign, but as you do doubt appre? ciate no information has been receiv? ed by the committee, and I shall* therefore, be very glad to have you formally advise me. "Very truly yours, (Signed) "Ashley C. Tobias, Jr., "Secretary Democratic Executive Committee." "July 19, 1918." "Mr. Ashley C. Tobias. Jr.. Secretary Democratic Executive Committee, Columbia, S. C. "Dear Sir.?Your letter to hand in? quiring if I desire my name upon the otlicial ballot. I reply In the affirma? tive. "My recent letter addressed "to my friends" was intended to release them from such obligations as they might feel to support me. If, however, there rre those who desire to vote for me. because of the principles of which x I am the exponent, and the policies which I advocate, I have no intention of denying them the opportunity, and you will, therefore, place my name upon the ballot. "Respectfully, ".I no. Lowndes McLaurin, "Hygeia Hospital, Richmond, Ve July 22, 1918." (.1 KM AN ATTACK REPULSED. No Ground Gained South west of Rlveims. Paris, July 24.?A German counter? attack was repulsed last night south? west of Rheims, it is officially an? nounced. There was great artillery activity ktst night between the Alsne and Marne and northeast toward Rheims. LITTLE CK AHOY ITCH DEAD. \le\iv Romanoff Dead of Exposute According; to German Report. Amsterdam, July 24.?Alexis Ro? manoff, the former 'telr apparent to the Russian throne, died of exposure a few days after the executloa of hie father, says a Moscow dispatch to the Berlin Lokal Anzeiger.