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OTIC BUMTKR WATCHMAN, Etta*" Oontolidated Aur. 2,1 BMW AT Ml , striving dksperaely to hold allies. Crow* Prince Believed to Hnve Used All lite Available Meu in Resistance. London. July 26.?-On all aides of the Qerman salient the allies are re? ported today to be continuing to make profjressj. except on tho heights be? hind Hotssons. The German resist? ance to the French pressure baa been very determined In this latter see too. The advance reported else? where are for the most part light. Between the Ourcq and Chateau Thierry, the Franco-American lino now shows an advance beyond the line of a week ago of from six to eight miles. As a result of the past week's activ? ities the whole situation on the wes? tern front has been transformed. The German, according- to dispatches from the front, have used 65 divisions on the Champagne front and the whole of the Crown Prince's reserves have been exhausted. The only fresh re? serves remaining to the Germans aro less than SO divisions attached to Crown Prince Rupprecht's armies. Last week It appeared certain that Prince Rupprecht would be called up? on to launch an attack on the British front but the enemy put off this at? tack and the psychological moment for it probably has passed for the Ger? mans appear committed to the great battle In progress and can not afford to stake heavily on a dubious opera? tion at another part of the front, ac? cording to the view of British ex? perts. The German situation In the sal lent, although awkward. Is not un? tenable. The enemy's difficulties arc not greater than those in which the British army was placed for many months In the Ypres salient, before the capture of Messtnes ridge. The Yprea salient was five miles wide and live miles deep and was dom? inated by the enomy. The present German salient Is now 20 miles wide and 20 miles deep, and, similarly. Is dominated by the allied artillery. Evi? dence has reached the allies In the shape of csptured documents to show that the enemy has made up his mind on the day after the allied offensive begun to undertake a retirement to a line along either the Ardre or Vesle end had actually given orders for this but their orders were later cancelled, presumably owing to the difficulty of effecting an orderly retirement In the pinched salient, and it Is now possible the German comenand has decided to retain the present positions as long as possible. Meanwhile. the military writers point out, the allies are using up the Qerman reserves in a battle where the Germans are continuously in a disad? vantageous position so the situation Is entirely satisfactory to the allies. If the enemy remains in the salient he can not possibly undertake any Im? portant offensive therefrom and the alllee could not hold them lightly and devote their energies elsewhere. One reason for the German abandonment of the plan for retirement Is found In the reports of allied airmen which show tremendous congestion along the line of German communication. The Germans may be merely holding on as long as poeslhl? in order to effect an orderly withdrawal and remove the vast accumulations of stores and mu? nitions which have been gathered in this district ready for a great advance southward. Undoubtedly a big effort will be made to straighten out the confusion which now exists along all the arter lea of the salient. All these arteries are now constantly under the allies' ?hell fire and work along them must be very difficult. SAVE THE PULLETS. An isjcreeanl SSJpfty of Eggs and Poultry Needed. Columbia. July 2?.?The food ad? ministration urges that wherever pos sible the dock of farm chickens be Inn? med Kvitv furnier, or for that matter, every person who raises chick? ens should piovlde to carry u.i manv pullets that were hatched In th? niontha ot March and April as pos? sible These win make good layers for the bite fall and winter months. What the situation with regards to food will be during the months to ?? none can say definitely, but the food administration Is always looking ahead, and tho necessity of Incrons ins the iloojks of all who rulse poultry either for market or for home eon sumption, is urged as a measure to ns sure poultry pioducts In sutlh-mm u " ? n 111 v to meet the demands at home While the temptation of fried < hick en may l?e strong at this time, the M?' h USd April pullets should be carried over to provide lav i* for the fall and winter PUR H TO ADVANCE. Wsr Havings Stamp- Will OSSS 91.1? August int. Charleston. July :s Commencing August 1, the price of Wgff S.ivin? Stamps will advance to $4.1'?, m l tho** who Intend to purchase \v , Havings Htutups during July h.?\e onl S few day* In which to make then purchase* IVv delaying unfit ne.\? month the price will Increase mi cent The War Having* q?llttos Is specially anvlnun for ttmse who si n ed pledge* to purchase during jsjlj to make their purchase* at once if they have not already dene so. The Unit ed Htutes government Is depending faithfully on these pledge* and h hope.I thii no one will forgot oi peg Iget Is make their pledges good. fcJned April, 18*0. "Be fool 01 881. CONSTERNATION IN GERMANY. STAGGERING BLOW BY ALLIES ALARM PEOPLE. Mdltary Critic* Take PrcMdmlatlc' View of Situation?Arrival of Amer? icans iu Force Allies Conditions. Amsterdam, July 26.?The impres? sion that the Franco-American coun? ter-offensive has made on the Ger? mans at home and perhaps best illus? trated by an article written by Deputy Traub of the Prussia* lower house in the Pan-German newspaper, The Tagellche Bunschau. Traub fiercely lushes the croakers "who dare doubt the official headquarters reports of victory." He mukes a desperate appeal for "more nerve" and "more faith," and blusters thus: "If 'der Alte Fritz' (Frederick the Oreat) walked the streets today and saw the people's long faces ho would say: 'Remember the seven years' war when fortune was often dead against us. Why grumble because affairs on the Marne are not going as well as ex? pected? Devil take you. Ypu ought to be ashamed of yourselves.' " The German military commentators have begun complimenting the allied , commander, General Foch, now that I they are no longer able to conceal his ! success from the German public. The 1 Vossische Zeitung of Berlin, for in? stance, refers to him repeatedly as an "abb' le-'der," While General von Ar denne in The Tageblatt frankly admits that the shortening of the German lino had become necessary us the re? sult of the French generalissimo's "impetuous counterefTensive." It is noticeable also that all the German newspapers speak of the re? cent operations as a "defensive bat? tle" And General von Ardenne cred? its General Foch with a plan to ex? tend his line northward with tho ob? ject of attacking the crown prince's army in the rear as well as on the Hank. This coupled with the difficult zigzag formation of the German lines, where the fighting is proceeding in the wooden wilderness to the southwest of Rheims, he says, makes a concen? tration of the German forces advis? able. Tho commentator goes on at longth to explain to his German read? ers that this means nothing serious and if any ground is yielded, it is o! course eiemy ground. In Vorwaerts Col. Richard Gaedko pays a handsome tribute to General Foch for profiting by past experiences and gaining his end by launching a flank attack. "He succeeded" Colone! Gaedke says, and he adds what for a German is an astounding admission ( "mainly because the armed assistance | of the American? proved effective." "Tonnage and measures of safety a' sea seem to have been provided in sufficient measure for. the bringing ot hundreds of thousands of Americans across tho ocean." continues th'" writer. "They have rapidly assimilat? ed the art of war. Tor war Is a qutck and thorough trainer." It Is Incorrect to regard Foch's un? dertaking only as a measure for re? lieving his front under the German pre??ure. Colonel Gaedke adds. It Wftl rather, he declared, a well prepared bid for regaining his freedom of ac tion. The writer, however, maintains that after the initial success, the course of Foch's onslaught was spen". on the third day and that since that time he has made no further progress in his dash for Soissons. Thus he con slders that General Foch's counter offensive has brought about no radica change In the situation and remains a mere interlude In the great drama. "The day has been quieter on th< battle front," says the official state? ment Issued by general headquarter this evening. WHITES AND BLACKS FIGMT. One Policeman Killed, Sixty Persons Hurt ami Fifty Arrested in Philadel? phia. Philadelphia, July 28.?One police man was shot and killed, another so badly wounded that he probably w\\ die, and ?0 other persons were Injured a score of them seriously to? day in street tights between whites am. negroes in the southern section ol the city. More than 60 persons were placed under arrest. The trouble started over the kl lln* of a white man by a m gro shortly af? ter midnight and the wounding of two others. It continued Intermittently from ?> o'clock in the morning until it o"( lock tonight and with the tighting miliar on in half a dozen parts of the dial Hot, the police found It hard to c>|>?- S/Ith the situation. At one point 200 marines aided in quelling the dis lurbnitce, Hundreds of shots M/Ort fired and there were but few ho MOS In the district whose windows had not boon shattered by bullets. In addition to the police, more than 100 members of the home guard pa troiled iio st roots tonight. riot in piiii,d\di:lpiii.\. (Junker tlty Folk Don't Like Negroes for Near NoightMirs. Philadelphia, July It.?Another negro was shot and killed today in s??uth Philadelphia where i sueees slon of raee riots bave occurred since Saturday Tbls BjiOkll three deaths. Oge of them, a policeman, was shot yesterday. The trouble. ac? cording to the polios, started when neoroes begun moving into n residential eeetlon populated exelu< stvely by whites The Berniter county campaign opena on August 9th with the m-st meeting nt Wedsefleld. The entry list tor can dldatee oleosa at noon August nth hj Whlcb lime nil candidates must bave Bled their pledget and pnld th. ssesments, Bd Fear not?Dot all the ende Thon Ali SUMTES,, S. 0., WEDN] BATTLE NEAR SOISSONS. HEAVY FIGHTING IX PROGRESS BI T ALMES GAIN NO GROIN D. Villages Mast <u (Tlty on Fire Indicat? ing I aii hei- Retreat 1>y Germans is to Ik* ExiMM'tcd to Line Bcyoiul Vcsle River. London, July 2.?Heavy fighting is progressing south of Soissons. In this neighborhood so far the French have made no progress. The villages be? tween Soissons and Bazoches, about fourteen miles east, are on fire, lead? ing to the belief that the Germans in? tend a further retreat. Since yesterday the Allies have ad ! vanced two to three miles on a two I mile front. The enemy has definitely abandoned the line of the Ourcq. There is little doubt now that they will go back beyond the Vesle to the thirty mile line between Soissons and I Rheims, which is probably well en i trenched. The Americans particularly in the Fere-en-Tardenois sector are pressing the Germans vigorously. TOBACCO KING DEAD. i R. J. Reynolds of Wlnston-Snlcm Loaves Ten Millions. ! Winston-Salem, July 2.?Richard i Joshua Reynolds, aged 68, head of j the Reynolds Tobacco Company, died j today after a year's illness. His es I t?te is estimated at ten millions. ADVANCE ON SUNDAY. HOLD ON ENEMY'S FLANKS PROMISES MUCH. _ i IVrslilngV Men Go Forward Under i Cover of Artillery and Capture ? Town of Scrgy. With Amerhan Army on the Alsne Marne Front, July 28, 7 p. m. (By the Associated Press).?The German lino is again north of the Ourcq and Fere en-Tardenois, which has been entered by French troops, is at the mercy Ol the alllea, The tightening of the Hanks holds promise that the retreat will be continued. The line along the greater part of the bottom of the Soissons-Rheims sa? lient hiis been pushed forward in some places as much as five miles. The Germans are bringing into play their artillery in force to check the plunges of the Franco-American troops. The Americans have played a brilliant part in the advance, which includes the occupation of Sergy on the north bank of the river, and a number of small villages. The line tonight follows the Ourcq River to Sergy and to CoUSSancourt, the latter place lying about six miles north of the Marne. The Germans of? fered hitter resistance, but not to com pare with that which began late today for the retention of the higher ground further north of the river. There they supplemented their defense with artillery fire reaching over the Amer? ican front lines to the supports, the volume of fire at times attaining enor? mous proportions. Unwavering the Americans held their ground and even advanced slight ly. while the French on their sectors to the right and left resisted as stead? ily against the vicious efforts of the Germans. From behind the advancing lines the allied heavy guns kept) up a con? tinuous bombardment throughout the day, shelling the German position* wherever the airmen reported troop concentrations. "Heavy artillery has been used to some extent by the Germans in theii rear guard actions, but to no such extent as today, and this gives some basis for belief that von Boehm, the German commander, is preparing to make a stand. It Is pointed out, however, that un? til the Ardre River is reached all the advantages of ground are with the al? lies. So it Is generally believed the use of his heavy guhs is merely an in? dication that his armies arc being withdrawn with all speed from a posi? tion which is untenable and which unless relieved might result in the demoralization of what so far has been an admirably conducted retreat. The Americans began their advance on Sergy early in the morning. They had been driven back a short distance Saturday night but when they moved Ibis morning under cover of the ar? tillery?a few pieces going forward With the advanced line?they proceed? ed almost unchecked to the river crosssd the bridge and occupied tl> town about mid-forenoon. The Germans used gas, but the g? taeklng party long ago had had its baptism of gas fumes and knew how to utilize the masks and to avoid the ravines through which the fumSS filtered. When the town was occupied there was some street fighting, but not mueh, the Germans retreating to higher ground. Until today the wounds received by the American soldiers have not been as a result of the failure of the Gor mans to use artillery. The majority of tin wounds were clean flesh wounds made by bullets from machine guns ami rifles Considerable material has been captured, Including s few loco* motives which tin- Germane put out of commission. There were relative? ly few prisoners, Man) stories are told among the old lines of the depreciation In the German morale. Greatest signifi? cance is attached to n letter taken from sn officer written by his brother in Germany giving it ss his opinion that revolt was imminent unless the War was atoppod. I Ml at be thy Country'*, IV OoA'? ? ESDAY, JULY 31, 1918 FIGHT PICKED TROOPS. GERMANS THROW BAVARIAN DI? VISIONS AGAINST AMER? ICANS. Our Boys Go up Against the Flower of Germany's Veteran Troop* and Give Good Account of Themselves. With the American Army on the Aisne-Marne Front, July 29.?Rein? forced by two crack divisions of Ba? varian guards, the Teutons today set? tled down to the hardest resistance that they have yet displayed against the American forces north of the River Ourcq, although heavily ham? mered by the Americans they replied in like manner along the river and the righting shifted back and forth through the three miles east of Fere en-Tardenois. Up to midday the Germans had been unable to force a recrossing of the Ourcy River. AMERICAN CASUALTY LIST. Two Hundred, Lacking One, Names on The List. Washington, July 29.?The army casualties reported number one hun? dred and ninety-nine. Killed in ac? tion, 47; died of wounds, 17; died of disease, 4; died of accident, 7; woun e severely, 93; wounded, degree unde? termined, 7; missing, 20. Captain Ju? lius A. Mood, Jr., of Summerton, S. C., was killed In action; Private John W. I.*ambert, of Newman, Ga., died of wounds; Private Will Anderson, of Greenville, S. C, died of disease. RATTLE IN THE WOODS. GERMAN FORCES SWEPT OUT Ol FORESTS. Franco-American Forces Contend Constantly With Rear Guard Action-* and Hun Trickery. With the American Army on the Aisne-Marne Front, July 28 (By the Associated Press).?The "Battle of the Woods" has ended and the Germans have been swept from the forests ot Fere and Ris. Towards the last of this four days' struggle the Franco-Ameri? can advance became so rapid that the retreat of the Germans was greatly disorganized. The edge of the Ger? man salient to the south and south east Of Fere-en-Tardenois was ground down by the whirl of the allied troops and dulled to an extent that German weakness was Indicated at many points. The first Indication of this was seen Saturday when the ene? my retreated so rapidly that the Fran co-American troops entirely lost con ? tact with him. In the "Eattle of th" Woods." however the stiffest res'st ance the Americans ever faced In this kind of warfare was " encountered. Here the Franco-American troops j were compelled to contend constantly ? With a rear guard action composed completely of machine gunners most of whom, dressed in green clothing had nests in trees. Day after day during the fighting the Allied troop ducked the German machine nests, using artillery and machine guns and some gas. lrt the rear guard fighting, which was carried on to permit of the with? drawal of the heavier German guns, the enemy resorted to numerous tricks, such as carrying machine guns in stretchers when endeavoring to reach some points under the Allied fire. When they realized that their stretch? er trick had been discovered the Ger? mans resorted to other means to de? ceive. The Franco-American Infantrymen and machine gunners were notified by their commanding officers to be on the alert for Germans wearing American or French uniforms, several cases hav? ing been reported where the Germans i did this. On one occasion the soldiers were notified by field orders that Ger? mans had appeared in the tunics of French and American soldiers. Rush? ing across an open place in the forest when the German nests had been dis? covered, one German, acting as a leader and speaking perfect English, yelled to the American machine gunners, "Don't shoot; there are Americans in that thicket." The Americans quickly realized that of the forest, peppering a wood oppo? site. They ceased when the detach? ment appeared. The detachment en? tered a forest to the right of the Americans and in a few minutes a hail of machine gun bullets came from that direction. The American quickly realized that they had been duped and turned their machine guns upon the Impostors, : 'ng them out In short order. intelligence ofneere in the AmerL army say numerous cases have been reported by soldiers of being en? countered by individual Germans wearing American uniforms and of some east s of Geilnaus wearing mere? ly an American or French Tunic, pre sumably having obtained them on some other front. The allies have lost few prisoners in the "Battle of1 the Woods" and the Germans wore unable to obtain uniforms from the, dead, owing to their retreat. SEVERAL VILLAGES CAPTURED.1 Gen. Perslilng Reports Advance by in-. Army. Washington, July 2.?The crossing of the Ourcq by tbe Americans In the continue,l pursuit Of the enemy north? ward is reported In Gen, Pershiwr's Communique for yesterday. The cap? ture i>y the Americans of the towns of Berlnges-et-Nestes, Sergy. Roneh eres. beyond the Ourcq is also an? nounced. *m\ Truth's." THE TRU1 ? CONDENSED WAR REPORTS. SUPPLY BASK OF GERMANS PEN? ETRATED BY ALLIES. Pocket Decreasing for (Huns Near Soissons and Rheims?Cavalry and Tanks Active in Fighting. The Franco-American troops, con? tinuing their pressure on the Germans in retreat from the Marne, have reach? ed and crossed the Ourcq river and penetrated the town of Fere-en-Tar? denois, one of the great German sup? ply bases for the enemy troops inside the Soissons-Rheims salient. Meantime, on the center of the al | lied, right wing southwest of Rheims, j violent attacks by the French have , forced the enemy to give further j ground and enabled the French to ! capture several towns of strategic ; value and to draw their front ap J preciably nearer the high road which : runs northward from Dormans to ! Rheims. I On the extreme wings of the grad | ually decreasing pocket?near Soissons and Rheims?the enemy, heavily re ! inforced is holding tenaciously to his I ground, realizing that success there I would result in a general crumbling I of his plans of defense against the j locking up of his entire army inside the big bag. In addition to the large number of troops for reinforcen ents that have been thrown on these two sectors the German long range guns from the re? gion north of Soissons and north and j northeast of Rheims are keeping both I wings of the salient under a heavy j enfilading fire. Under the battering tactics of the j Americans and frenchmen the Ger ! man line on the south has now been driven back more than 12 miles from 'he point south of Chateau-Thierry where the Allied troops locked the door to Paris against the enemy July IS and themselves became the aggres? sors in what has turned out to be one of the greatest battles of the war. The erossing of the Ourcq,, even if only by advanced elements of the Al? lied forces, presages a general cross? ing later on. The French official com j munications thus far during the bat tie have been remarkably conservative I in their estimates of the gains thai ' daily have been made and it is indh ! cated in unofficial dispatches that al j lied troops are considerably in ad? vance of the line as announced offi? cially. Where the Germans are in ret reu1 from the south, the cavalry has bee^ ' brought into the fighting and numer? ous tanks and machine guns are every where harassing the enemy, whose losses are heavy . Meantime, airplanes are flying ovei the retreating hordes dropping bombs while the big allied guns from th< sides of the salient are keeping ur their intensive tiring from all alon* the line In the densely congested area The retreat of the enemy has by n< means become a rout and so long M the picked troops around Soisson: and Rheims are able to keep well oper the mouth of the bag through Whtetl the Germans are falling back, it is expected that the greater portion ol ! the armies of the Crown Prince wil! be successful In reaching in order the line where it is Intended for them tc turn and make a stand. Just where this stand will be made is problematical. More than half the pocket has been recaptured by the American, French, British and Italian troops opposing the enemy, and ther e have as yet been no signs of a let up In the retrograde movement. If, as some of the military critics have sug? gested. Crown Prince Rupprecht of Bavaria purposes to start an offensive 0gainst the British in France and Flanders, as a diversion ?against the big battle now in progress, no signs of it are apparent at present. What little fighing has been going on in this region has been In the nature of patrol raids in which th? British have taken a number of prisoners and ma? chine guns. Evidently impressed by the threat of the British premier that if they re? mained on strike until Monday they would be liable to military service, a majority of the dissatisfied munitions workers in England will return to work immediately. NO LOAFERS TOLERATED. If This German Rule Could be Enforc? ed In America There Would Be No Labor shortage. Amsterdam. June 2.r>.? The Bavarian Minister of War has issued an order In all towns and villages of Bavaria, di? recting that "every person capable of work, Irrespective of rank, age or sex, shall he compelled 10 aid in the harvest on the order of the local au? thorities." INTERVIEWS KING GEORGE, Assistant Secretary of Navy Has Con? ference With King. London. July 1%. Franklin D, Roosevelt, assistant secretary of the American navy, had a long interview with King George this morning. Germnnjr*e Food shortage. New- York, July tf,?Booty. Bteg srwold of the German War Food Board announced In a meeting in Dresden that Germany's supply of potatoes was nol quite sufficient to last until tin4 next harvest, according to the Ber? lin Tageblatt Me added that the supply of sugar and early vegetables met the require* mens better than last year but the shortage of meats and fats was greet* er. Owing to the Shortage of food it is proposed to rest riot tourists in Bavarian communities savs the Tne? blatt. C SOUTHRON, ITstsnllsfied Jot, rm VoLXLVI. No. 48. AMERICAN ARMY GROWS. -?-4- ) TRAINED TROOPS ARE ARRIV? ING IN ITALY. Two More Army Corps Organized in Fraiu??Americans on Battle Front of Chateau-Thierry Still Hammer? ing Retreating Germans. Washington, July 27.?Trained com? batant American troops from France have begun to arrive in Italy, General March told the newspaper men to ! day. Twa additional American army corps have been organized in France, ' the fourth and fifth commanded by Major Generals George W. Reed and Omar Bundy, Gen. March said. Summing up the Aisne-Marne sit? uation, Gen. March said that official advices showed that the allies had forced the Germans back eleven miles further from Paris and shortened the ? allied line ten miles. I The allied position on the flanks , of the salient near Soissons and Rheims is relatively unchanged. The German withdrawal from : Chateau-Thierry continues. The al ! lies are within three and a-half miles ! from Fere-en-Tardenois and that town is under constant shell fire. The most .striking advance since Wednesday, I Gen. March said, was by the British just west of Rheims. The German at , tack at Epieds only delayed the Amer | icans and they are again moving 1 forward. BUY NO FIREWORKS. | Merchants Advised That Sale Will Probably be Prohibited. Columbia, July 26.?This Is the sea ! sop when merchants who deal in ftre i works usually buy their supplies foj* ! the Christmas trade. This year, how? ever, when the government is making every effort to eliminate waste, al? though no official order has been is? sued forbidding the use of fireworks, it is felt in many quarters that the sale should be absolutely eliminated. ; It Is really left for the merchants of South Carolina to say whether this shall be done, or if they decline, as a whole, to lay in stocks of fireworks, none will be available at Christmas time, and the money that would be uselessly spent burning up gun pow I der, will be used for other purposes, j Furthermore, it is believed by many that a government order may later be i issued, in which event, merchants who . have stocked up on fireworks would be . forbidden to sell them. ? -* MUST WORK OR FIGHT. ' i Premier Lloyd George Gives Warning to Strikers. London, July 26.?Premier Lloyd : George tonight announced in behalf of the government that all men who are 1 wilfully absent from work on or after 1 Monday next will be deemed to have ! voluntarily placed themselves outside 1 the munitions industries. Protection certificates will cease to have effect 'jend the men wib become liable to the j provisions of the military service act, the prsmler added. The statement pointed out that cer 'tain workers had quit their jobs in disregard of their leaders and remaln , ed Idle aginst the advice of the un? ion advisory committee. , "They have ceased work," the state? ment said, "not in pursuance of a trade dispute, but in an endeavor to i force the government to change a nat? ional policy essential to the prosecu ; tion of the war. "While millions of their fellow coun? trymen hourly are facing danger and j death for their country, the men on strike have been granted exemptions i from these perils only because their i services are considered more valu? able to the state in the worshops than j in the army." - SUMMONS COUNTY OFFICIALS. 1 Fuilure in Duty Alleged by Tax Com? mission. ? Columbia. July 27.?For having failed or refused to execute orders 1s ; sued by the South Carolina tax com? mission, Gov. Manning yesterday sum? moned EL A. Townes, auditor for Plekene county, and 12. P. Furtlck. auditor for Calhoun county, to ap? pear before him next Monday morn? ing to show cause why they should not be suspended from office. The governor's wire to the county officials is as follows: "The South Carolina tax commis? sion reports you have failed or re? fused to execute orders issued by them under the statutes. I hereby summon you to appear before me at my office Monday. July || at 10 a. m., to show cause why you should not bo removed from office." MORE HUN Cl'SSEDNESS. American Prisoners Lodged in Place of Danger to Pre IC SO Air Rabis. Geneve, Sunday, .inly it.?Thlrty two Americana, Including some officers recently captured by the Germans have been io?ige,i near the railroad station at Mannheim in l aden on the Rhine, According to s report receiv? ed at Hasel, the Americans have been plnced In this position to prevent air l a Ida ENGLISH STRIKE ENDED. Munition Workers Rather Work Than right. Coventry ? lulj M 'At a mass meeting today the striking munition workers, It was decided to return to work Immedlntoly. At Plrmlngfcem the strikers returned to their places this morning.