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mm OF RHELMS-SOIS-; BATTLE TO RILL AS MASi' AS TOSSIBLE. / , Ge?^ MsfcEcii Gives; Newspaper Corres ^a?ente Official View of the Bat . tie 5& Fmnce^Hans Driven Back ? Fourteen Miieft. ic^^^^?^'^^^'^^:^ to kiHj {grauen-as^ po^?le^Gexu Marchs '^'??it^''^^%p?^:'^:1?e semi ^. cox?ei^?e ;wit^tHe newspa^ l per4 cx>rrespohe^n*s. He";pointed out sd, thus virtually ^?smpating any rtfcai. the al?'xnay have had of "He; said^&t; the * ma$m ret^t.:in the eentferis\ fourteen] " miles. - ! He announced that i tie Rainbow 1 IXvtp??n participated in the fighting] ea*t>~. oX Fere-.en-Tardenois. The . Th4c?l.regn?ar division was also in ac /4ion?at :SeEgy and 'Ciefges; He an notti^ed the, formation in the United States-, of six m*>re divisions, also the] ewv$i^h~ of Sfteen National Array cavalry1 regiments- into field artillery. . Gen*' March said he had ?.nothing to reveal; as*to the extent of the: casual ties sustained by Americans in the " recent' fighting. He said, . however. ?> that GW ^ershing had been ordered ;^o cable casualties as soon as receiv FIGHTING IN FLADDERS. Am^nAl^nA f^ttm flprman Trenches] and. Capture Prisoners. I^>ndo*jr July-' 3?-?German posi * ttfrjx& region of' Flan ders froni ^exe^ entered last night-by / the Austra^bBa^^who took 40 prison-, ers, it is efflcfe?ly announced. - The enemy's artatei^y was active today northwest of'Albert and between ~Xa ; sbasse Canal aadl ^pres. ^ ! ,'. r" ? ?*-". '.'V AIXiES* AI>YA^&CE UNCHECKED^ ??; ?.>'i ; ? .' ? Additional. Ground Gained on Easter I^ondon, Jul^ ?^^?i?e advances v^^^^bi^;.'i<0BBi^(^::;5y tie allies in toe .Axdre valley, along^fcbe easterly ^^w^ds^^e.vil^ge ?aitt ' tas also been; j'nch are ^fcere ' progressing north] onto the crest of a pieateau between j the Vesle and Ourcq rivers. HUNS MAKE STAND. Retreat Believed to Have Reached | the Limit. Paris, July 30.?The fierceness of the fighting'on Monday is believed here as a sign that the German re treat has reached its limit and that the enemy will make a stand with the right wing on the plateau south of Crise river and the left on the hills south of Ardre. AMERICAN CASUALTY LIST. Thirty-six Killed in Battle and Forty Died of Wounds. Washington, July 31.?Army cas ualties number one . hundred and ninety-four. Killed in action, 36; died of wounds. 40; died of disease, 6; died of accident, 6; wounded severely, 67; wounded degree undetermined. 15; missing in action, 24. Marines Lose Eighteen. Washington, July 31.?The marine corps casualties number eighteen. Killed in action, 4; died of wounds, 2; wounded severely, 12. Private Walter V. Norton, of Lake City, Fla.,i was killed in action; Gunner Walter! Cornell, of Eustis, Fla., died of; wounds; Private James J. Brown, of j Jefferson. Ga.. wounded severely. FIGHTING ON FLANDERS FRONT.) I - German Artillery Was Active Lastj Night Near Merris, London, July 31.?The German ar-, tillery was active last night in the re- j gion of Merris. on the Flanders front.; which was taken yesterday by the j Australians and in the Kemmel sec-< tor, it was officially announced. *' AMERICANS HOLD POSITIONS. : _ i ? Allies Stem Violent Attacks in Mara Salient. Paris, July 31.?The Americans' maintained their positions in the re gion of Seringes-et-Nesles, which they carried after violent fighting, it is offi- j dally announced. The French held their line intact against four German! attacks east of Oulchy le Chateau.] There is no change in the general sit- ; uation. INVESTIGATION AT SPARTAN BURG. Profiteering at Expense of Soldiers' Results in Inquiry. Spartanburg, July 31.?Army offi cers from Camp Wadsworth have been directed to make investigation of the charge that soldiers have been discriminated against in the matter of prices in Spartanburg. The office of tho Supervisors of Registration for Sumt^r county T>i?l remain open until August 31st and tho"se who wish to qualify to vote in the general election should applv for o. certificate at the earliest possible Ifcx? April, I860. ?Beffo*? 581. PH INYING THE HONS. AMERICANS ANI> FRENCH START NEW MOVEMENT AGAINST GERMANS. ? if the Operation Succeeds Germans .v-:/W?l lie Forced to Retreat on Wide Front. ? _____ V t i ' Paris, Aug. 1.?American a... ;French troops have begvn a turning j ^movement, which, if successful, will Compel a German retirement over .aT 'wide area east of Fere-en-Tardenois. j Tney have attacked over a front' of" 3 -miles on each side of the village of festes. The greatest advance was. Imade toward the east where Amer icans pushed on some., distance, from the town of.Sergy and approached^ Chamery. ji ~ The enemy is- still holding - strong [positions at Soncheres and St ^nftne, where his line is still less than '^ve miles from the Marne, and the cx?n-? tinaed advance of the Allies between Nesles and Sierges will-force him to Nail back to escape being cut-off from I the;rear. imSS RENEW ATTACK; In "Minor Action Southeast of Rheims Allies Have Advantage. Paris, Aug. 1>?The Germans this morning attacked French posi?oris th< region of Bligny, southwest of j Rheims, but the attack was" repulsed; I it ir officially anhbunced. $ I . ?i?--v ?. 1 GERMAN ART?iLERY ACTIVE. ABifrd Lines on Amiens and Flanders i Fronts Bombarded. X<ondon, Aug. 1.?German guns] werci active last night in: the Somini^j ? region, vicinity of "Villers-Brett?pettx j and-also farther north? near Bucqupy and in Flanders, it is officially ? staged.' _?_ -. ? - ? . AMERICANS PUSH AHEAD. ; j - . . Straighten Line on Marne Front and Advance Beyond 'Sergy.r ' With. American Forces 6n the; Aisne-Marhe Front, Aug. 1, 8 a,, m.. ?The Franco-American forces on the main/, battle front continued yester day the process of: straightening their J line.."- They also advanced, the Ameri caus pushing beyond Sergy to, with? hi ir^ kilometres of Chamery, wherejj ri^utvj^tentin Roosevelt fell rec^at^j Jy with his airplane. Out in Fierce Fight With the American Army on the Aisne-Marne Front, July 31, 8 P. 31. (By the Associated Press).?General] Degoutte;, commanding the army on this front, expressed to the. corres pondents today his satisfaction at thej progress already made and the hope that the advance would continue until the Germans were forced beyond their new positions. It has been a keen satisfaction to him, he said, to have American co operation in the battle and he was; frank in his praise of the manner in which the Americans were carrying out their part. Some of the officers now in the line, he said, he met at the time of the( Boxer uprising in China when he was a captain. The American forces now occupy; . the hills beyond Seringes and Sergy. j One of - the fiercest encounters in the j present, offensive was brought about by the Americans who occupied Seo inges. During the night the Ameri cans pretended to withdraw from the j 1 village. Some of them did withdraw j j but others remained in the houses and j i other points of vantage. The Germans I ! began pouring into the place, and the j ! Americans opened fire. Two enemy | companies were virtually annihilated, i The Americans used machine guns, rifles and pistols and employed both the bayonet and the rifle butt with j great effectiveness. The fighting in i the streets was savage, but of com : paratively brief duration. The Amer I icans awaited the coming of other j Germans, but they came not. So French and American together mov-1 ed beyond the village. When the Germans learned that the! Americans in Seringes were winnirgj they used their artillery and there Is unquestionable evidence that numer-1 ous Germans were killed by German j shells. i Some prisoners I taken declared the' ! orders were that the Germans must j hold on at all costs. Among the 'pris-j oners are men attached to the Fifth I foot Guards from Lorraine and others who had been on leave in Germany, i who said that the German people I were thoroughly tired of the war and did not care who governed, so long as the war came to an end. The Germans now are using high explosive shells simultaneously with gas shells. The high explosives xre. designed to drown > the "pop" of thai gas projectiles which the allies hove learned to distinguish from the oth ers. The percentage of gas casualties is small as a result of discovery of the German trick, because the allies generally anticipate attacks with gas. BANKS SUPPORT GOVERNMENT. Last Offering of Certificates Over Sub scribed. Washington. Aug. 1.?A five hun dred million block of certilicates of indebtedness, subscriptions to which closed ten days ago. was oversubscrib ed eighty-four million, seven hundred and fifty thousand, making the total certificates now outstanding, in antic ipation of the Fourth Liberty Unn, noarlv two billion, two hundred mil-' lion dollars. CX>VERNMENT ESTIMATE LY TWO M&J??S LESS* THAN I/AST MONTH. Drouth in. Texas ?i&'Bo? WeevftV*| Southeast Responsible for Treraea& dous Slump iii Prospective Crop.^: ???. Washington, Aug.. 1.?A cotton cr% of thiri^n. iimilHon,V^six hundred\? balesxwas ~fo ent of agriculj?ire estimate on the co ^oplonv July .2 5th, irait of normal. . _ loss of. orte in t jrondred and sir1 th l ^rincipaUy to dr??thy c .'t&ei western part of The.Ct?gditi?V in South Caro was 8f?^ Georgia, 77 ; Florida, A decrease in the older Sea ls sections of Georgia and. _ vrhere the boll weevil is active, is||l noted, r . . ; ?? :" .-~* ,<tu - ? WiLD COTTON >IARKETV ^ ??/ -- M00^ Government Crop Report passesf . "vance of $4 a Baic*^ . . New-Xork,; Aug. : 1.?Wild^? took place in the t^?S )?t:{ ; fDr a few minutes'after the' pnbl?s t-on of the - governrnent' -report, positions rose eighty points, V?r ? bale, from ;the low -ftuotatioris of / eariier trading. The market fern* ed steady after the advance. GEEAfAN VIEW OF W?R. lells People That Him ; Torces Are Retreating, Bnfc; i ises Them :Thai>Tnelr Idol \ Strike Decisive Blowjn Eati Washington, JuFy Official .' patches . received, iliere today France tell how^e^.'^rmajiv conimand has caused";ib be publi in '.thjC., hewspapers.r -throughout many, an bmcial^statement prei the people to'aocept the defeat in ^ second battle of the Marne, but 7i swing the proniise of a decisrj bl ow against the ? Anglo-French. 'After several, days - of v disp* jyfcicr.^? accentuate the gravity ;dofeat of the *G erman- army,' Idi sp^a&h- >Hmdeir??rg and Luc & >rfi decided; to, -make ,'a -full note man public profoundly deceived, ac cept the total failure of the ambitious program which was destined to de velop into the investment of Paris and the ultimate crushing of the military forces of the entente. "Hindenburg's defense renews thej promise of a decisive blow against; the Anglo-French front, but the physiognomy which the struggle pre sents on the front between Soissons and Rheims and in the Champagne in consequence of the German at-1 tacks and the Franco-British coun terattacks (one must note here with what care the American intervention is omitted) has led to the necessity of postponing for some time the de cisive blow, x "With this end in view 'new bases for subsequent operations, proceed ings for deplacements and strategi cal regroupings have to be created. Whilst awaiting until preparations] for future operations can be com pleted they have been forced 'to re- j tire in the northern direction of the Marne front.' " 'How far will this retirement be carried out?' a retreat of about a dozen kilometres will perhaps be sufficient.' It is not thought 'neces sary today that Hindenburg should find himself under the obligation of withdrawing the front as far back as the Vesle.' "The German interior front' is im plored 'not to renounce its confidence in our Hindenburg on account o that.' "The tone of this official note is! significant. The impression caused in Germany by the defeat must must have been very profound; their con fidence has been seriously shaken for the high command to solicit, and with a sort of humility that is scarce ly habitual to it, fresh favors. "The Badisch Landes Zeitung is! trying to persuade its readers that the German retreat was a part of Hindenburg's plan and that he is still continuing to impose his will on Germany's enemies. In the Frank furter Zeitung Deputy Conrad Hauss- J mann states von Kuehlmann is more popular now than before his fall." BOLSHEVIK PRESS ALARMED., i . Success of Counter Revolution Causes Panic Among Trotzky-IyCnine Party i Amsterdam. Aug. 1.?The town of j Kekaterinburg. in the province of j Perm, near the Siberian border. has; been taken by the Czecho-Slovaks. j according to the Moscow newspapei i Izvestia. The Bolsheviki press is{ raising a cry of alarm, declaring that j the counter revolutionary movement; is spreading. CHARLESTON WATER WORKS.] War Department Authorizes Expendi ture of $2.>O.O90 for Additions. Washington. Aug. 1.?The expendi ture of a quarter of a million dollars as its share for additions to the Char leston. S. C. water works to meet the increased army and navy demands was authorized by the war depart ment today. The navy will author ize a similar amount. at at be thy Country'* Thy Qod'i a DAY, AUGUST 3, 1918. 50VERNWENT RECRUITS LABOR FEDERAL AUTHORITIES TO TAKE CONTROL OF COMMON LA BOR. Requirements for War Industries Will be Apportioned to Various States] ?Men Will be Sent W here Needed, j New York, July 31.?The federal government will take over in every j State tomorrow the recruiting of com- j ffion labor for the furtherance of the! war. Labor requirements for war in- j Jiustriesl have been (apportioned to the various States on a basis of popu-j lation and as men are needed theyj will be moved forward to meet thej demand wherever this iay be. The; aim is to eliminate the wasteful turn-! over of labor, stabilize wages, in crease the: production Of essentials1 and give efficient support to the man in the trenches, who needs from six to ten men to work for him in this country every day he is in France. Announcement of this plan was made at a luncheon given in New" York today for Secretary Wilson by Grosvenor B. Clarkson, secretary of the Council of National Defense, to a gathering of newspaper publishers. Mr. Wilson in an address dwelt upon the proMems facing the government in tho matter of mobilizing labor and the steps taken to meet the situa tion. ' John B. Densmore, director general of the federal employment bureau, outlined the plans for prompt trans fer of workers to the field where they are most neeaed, and from the non essential to the essential industry. Independent recruiting of common labor by plants employing over 100 men will be diverted, effective Au gust 1, to the United States employ ment service, and there will be re strictions upon private advertising for labor. At the same time the project will be conducted with the least possible injury to labor as a whole. The country has been divided into -S federal districts, each district in ; charge of a superintendent of the fed l'eral employment service. The States (. within each district are in turn in I charge of a State director who ha* full control of the service within his State. ' In each community there has been -formed a local community labor board which has jurisdiction over recruiting and distributing labor in its locality, ^these boards will, if necessary, ask employers of non-war workers to give [up labor to meet the needed require [jj^nl^;^^^ order that ea^^TOnM^m^^^^S^^^OT? protected, rulings have been issued that ho labor shall be transported out of any community by the v United States employment service without the approval of the State director: nor shall any labor be removed by the service from one State to another without the approval of the United States employment service at Wash ington. While the restrictions against the private employment of labor apply to 'common labor now, these restrictions will, as soon as possible, be extended to include skilled labor. In the mean time skilled labor for war production will be subject to federal regulations now being prepared. While nonessential industries will be drawn upon to supply necessary labor for war work, the withdrawal will be conducted on an equitable basis in order to protect the individual employer as much as possible. Farm labor will be protected, for the industrial program includes spe cial efforts to ! keep the farmer sup plied with labor. This federal labor program doe3 not at present apply in the following cases: J 1. Labor which is not directly or indirectly solicited. 2. Labor for the railroads. 3. Farm labor, to be recruited in accordance with existing arrange ment with department of agriculture. 4. Labor for nonwar work. 5. Labor for establishments whose maximum forces does not exceed 100. In certain cases it mipht be advis able to issue permits for employers having enrollment machinery of their own to do a little independent recruit ing wherever this is permitted, re cruiting will have to be done entirely upon the direction of the State direc tor and wherever labor is removed from one community under govern ment order that community will be credited for the number of men re-, moved. \ AMERICAN CASUALTY LIST. One Hundred and Twenty for Army \and Five for Marines. Washington. Aug. 1.?Army casual ties numbered one hundred and twen ty. Killed in action. 12; died of wounds. 23; died of disease. 11; died of accidents. 7; wounded severely, 61: wounded. 2; missing, 3; prisoners, 1. Lieut. Wm. L. Leconte, of Atlanta, died of wounds: Private Lee Bird, of Mattem, Ga., died of disease. Lieut. Frank B. Sanders. Chesterfield. S. C. died oi' accident and other causes; Lieut. Albert G. Kennedy, of Jones vi?!e. S. ;\. Sergt John M. Theus. of Reynolds, Ga., wounded severely; Lieut. Edward O. Merritt. of North Augusta, S. C. wounded. Marines Lose Five. Washington. Aug. 1.?Marine corps casualties, .". Killed in action. 3: wounded seven iy. 7. riOOVEH VISITS FRANCE. London. Aug. 1.?Herbert C Hoov er, American food administrator, who has been in London for a fortnight, left today for Faris. 1 ?4 Trmtk'u." THE TRUE ?NGLE SIM, TELEGRAPHER. GOVERNMENT HAS TAKEN! I CHARGE OF WIRES. Postmaster General Burleson, Who Will Supervise Systems, Issues Statement. Washington, July 31.?Control of telephone and telegraph lines was taken over at midnight tonight by the postoffice department and their operations placed under the general supervision of a special committee; created for the purpose by Postmas-j ter General Burleson. Mr. Burleson! announced that until further notice, the companies will continue opera- ' tion in the ordinary course through! the regular channels and that all of-j ficers and employees will continue inj the performance of their present du Ities on the same terms of employ-! j ment. The plan is, however, to co- J j ordinate the facilities of the various j companies to the best interest of the' public and the stockholders. Investigations into wire conditions; ! being conducted by the special com j mittee composed of First Assistant j t Postmaster General Kerns, David J. j Lewis! former member of the tariff! commission and William H. Lamar,; j solicitor of the postoffice department, j will be continued so that all possible! information can be secured' before any! changes are undertaken. "Pursuant to the proclamation ofi the president of the United States," j said Mr. Burleson's statement. "I have t asiumed possession, control and su pervision of the telegraph and tele phone systems of the United States. "Until further notice the telegraph; and telephone companies will continue operation in the ordinary course of business through regular channels. Regular dividends heretofore declar ed and .maturing interest on bonds, debentures and other obligations may be paid in due course and the compa nies may renew or extend their ma turing obligations unless otherwise or dered by the postmaster general. "All officers, operators and em ployees of the telegraph and telephone companies will continue in the per formance of their present duties, re porting to the same officers as hereto fore and in the same terms of em ployment. Should any officer, oper ator or employee desire to leave the service he should give notice as here tofore to the proper officer. "I earnestly request the loyal coop eration of all officers, operators and employees and the public in order that the service rendered shall be not only maintained ai a. high standard, but. fte^f%ve^^h^v^ purpose to coordinate and unify tljese services so that they may be operated as a national system with due regard to the interests of the public and the owners of t.he properties. "No changes will be made until af ter the most careful consideration of all the facts. When deemed advis able to make changes announcement will be made." LAND-SAILORS TO SEA. Several Thousand Reservists Called From Clerical WTork to Active Ser vice at Sea. Washington, July 31.?In accord ance with the prearranged plan for the navy to take over control of all shipping . engaged in transporting troops and war supplies, orders have been issued by the navy department calling several thousand reservists into active duty. The number called, it was stated officially today was lim ited only by the available facilities for handling them at the naval training stations. After a few weeks intensive train ing the men will be organized into crews to replace the civilian sailors j now manning the troop and supply j ships, and for the vessels which are j constantly being .turned over to the j navy under its own construction pro } gram. To hasten the process heads of the various departmental bureaus have inaugurated a strict canvass of the men on shore duty in their organiza tions to determine how many can be spared for service with ships or troops. At marine corps headquarters or ders have been issued to detach every j man whose place can be filled by a i woman. The men will be sent to one j of the corps stations for duty with a ! unit. Similarly Rear Admiral McGowan, ! paymaster general of the navy, has j started a campaign for reduction in j the number of petty officers, yeomen j and enlisted men who are filling cleri j cal positions in the bureau office of 'supplies and accounts. The bureau of J navigation under Rear Admiral Palm ; er was the first to take this step as a result of which several hundred ! men will be added to the force avail able for service at sea. GERMANS EXAGGERATE LOSS. Wolff Bureau Sends Out Reports of Heavy American Casualties. Amsterdam. Aug. 1.?The semi-of Mcial Wolff Bureau of Berlin con- ! tinues to send out reports of heavy! losses to the American forces in the Marne fighting. BILL NOT SCARED. Kaiser Resorts to Proclamation to Bolster up Army. .Amsterdam. Aug. 1.?The coming of the American armies to France :md the numerical superiority of the al !lo;; does not frighten Germany, de clared Rmperor1 William in a procla mation to tho German array andi javy. ! SOUTHRON, BAMUlM Jons, VoLXLVI. No. 49. GERMAN GENERAL KILLED. COMMANDER IN UKRAINE AS? SASSINATED AT KEEVE. young Man Sent from Moscow by Communist Committee for The Pnr pose Made Quick Work of German Tyrant. ^ ,k \? Amsterdam, July SI.?Field Mar shall von Bichhorn, the German com mander in the Ukraine and his ad jutant, Captain von Dresster, died last night from injuries received when a bomb was thrown at their carriage at Kieve Tuesday, says an official an nouncement from the Ukrainian cap ital. The bomb was thrown from a cab which drove close to their car riage. The assassin and the cab driv er were arrested. The telegram says it has been established that the crime originated with the Social revolution ists in Moscow. The assassin was a lad only twenty-* three years old. He declared at the inquiry after the - crime, advices say, that he came from the Province of Ryaban, adjacent to Moscow, on or ders from the communist commit tee, to kill field marshall. He reach* ed Kiev yesterday. - L-l COTTON CROP CONDITION. Drouth Injures Crop in Texas But Cotton Stood up Well in Rest of Belt ? Deterioration 6.8 Per Cent During Month. (Memphis v^ Commercial-Appeal.) The cotton crop deteriorated 6.8 during the condition period ended July 25? and that date Stood at 79.0 per cent, as compared with normal, according to figures compiled from information sent in by Commercial Appeal correspondents. This compares with a condition of So.8, given by the government as .ot June 25. It indicates a yield, accord ing to the government method of com putation of 190 pounds of lint "per. acre, against an indication of approx imately 200 pounds on Juri? 25. The average deterioration during the July period for 10 years has been 2.8, the greatest deterioration 8.8,. in 1916. The lowest end-July condition re ported officially during the past 10 years was 70.3, in 1917, and the high-' est 89.1 in 191l. The 10-year aver*! age for July is 77.0 per cent. Texas, according to Commercial Ap peal figures, shows a loss of 14 points in condition. Elsewhere the crop has held up fairly weiL The lO-year^J -cent, which . was recorded last Deterioration everywhere it has oc^ curred in the west is attributable en tirely to drouth and high tempera tures, and to dry weather and Cool nights in the eastern belt. Bool weevil seems less numerot than a month ago, and loas not be4 active. Picking has become general in Tej as coast counties, and well into Ceh I tral Texas. Louisiana has ginned) I some new cotton. I Except where farmers are continu 1 ing cultivation to preserve moisture j and to combat the boll weevil the crbp j has been finished and has been laid I by with fields clear and well worked. I Labor with some difficulty has been I sufficient to meet the demand, but the greatest need will not occur until picking becomes general throughout the belt. Condition by States with govern ! ment figures for last month, for com-* j parison, was as follows: Last ' I Condition. Month. [North Carolina .. ..89 91 jSouth Carolina . . .89 83 j Georgia.79 80 I Alabama.,84 .84 Mississippi.87 90 j Louisiana..79 87 [Texas.70 84 ! Arkansas.84 91 [Tennessee.89 94 'Oklahoma.85 90 j All others.89 j General averagre . .79 85.8 PHILADELPHIA QUIET AGAIN. Three Killed and Scores Injured in Clash Between Whites and Negroes Philadelphia, July 29.?With the saloons in the affected area closed by order of the police and nearly 400 pa trollmen on duty, comparative quiet prevailed tonight in South Philadel phia where three persons have been killed and scores injured since early Sunday in race riots. The police were augmented by four companies of home reserves. The only disturbance tonight oc curred when a negro shot a white wo man in the arm. inflicting a slight wound. Immediately a large crowd of whites gathered and threatened the negro with violence, but the po lice managed to get him safely to the police station. Sporadic outbreaks, in which one negro was shot to death and others badly beaten, occurred during the day. A large number of arrests were made. The majority of the 48 pris oners arrested yesterday were held in jail on charges of inciting to riot. JUMPED FROM AIRPLANE. French Aviator Makes J&iccessful Descent /With Parachute. With American Army in France, Tuesday. .lulv 30.?Captain Sarret, French aviator, carried out the first experiment on record of falling from a moving airplane with a parachute, lie dropped eight hundred yards with an umbrella twelve yards in diameter, and landed safely.