The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, August 10, 1918, Image 1
THE SUMTER WATCHMAN, Estab
Consolidated Aur. 2,:
ALLIES BEeiN OFFENSIVE.
ATTACK MADE AT DAWN SOUTH
EAST OF AMIENS.
French and British Armies Undci
Command of Gen. Haig Attack Ger
man Lines?Satisfactory Advance
Reported.
Paris, Aug. S.?The Franco-British
troops at 5 o'clock this morning be
gan an offensive in the region south
east of A*miens, the war office an
nounces. The attack is developins
under favorable conditions.
TWO ARMIES ATTACK.
Drive Launched in The Amiens-Mont
. ? didier Sector.
London, Aug. 8.?The British
launched an offensive east and south
east of Amiens this morning, says s
statement received r fr?m Field Mar
shal Haig today.
Early reports indicate that the at
tack 'fe progressing satisfactorily.
The attack is under the command
* of Gen. Haig. The troops engaged ar<
the British fourth army and th<
French first army. They advanced a
dawn on a wide front.
GERMAN RESISTANCE INEFFEC
TIVE.
French and British Breaking Line Be
tween Albert and Montdidier.
On French Front, France, Aug. 8
?Eleven A M.??In the combined at
tack by the French and British whicl1
began at dawn today along the from
between Albert and Montdidier, satis
factory progress is being made, de
spite strong enemy resistance.
The assault was made along a fronl
of forty to fifty kilometers, and suc
cess was scored immediately. Arount
Morisel and Moreuil the German re
sistance was terrific. Along the Frencr
front the artillery preparations lastec
forty minutes, while the British
launched their attack in the mist af
ter only three minutes artillery prep
arations.
BRITISH TAKE THREE TOWNS
Drive Against Geimans Makes Prog
ress.
With British Army, France, Aug.
8.?In the offensive on the front east
. of Amiens today the British have
? '-- taken Xahner Wood, Dodo Wood and
probably have possession of the towns
. ?f Marcelcave and Lamotte-en-San
terre. . ^.-i*:'
ALLIES CROSS A\-RE klVER.
French and Brr?sh Tanks Break
Through.
With Britsh Array, Aug. 8.?Reu
ler's correspondent says the French
uid British tanks have?crossed the
vvre river valley in their new drive.
The greatest secrecy surrounded the
plan of attack. An extraordinarily
large number of tanks accompanied
the storming troops.
A SWEEPING VICTORY.
Allied Drive in Picardy Scores Great
% Success at Inception.
London, Aug. 8.?The Evening
Standard learns that several thousand
prisoners have been taken. It is re
ported that the Allies have captured
the towns of Morenie, Beumin, Ablan
court and Morlancourt. heights west
of Cerisy and the heights south of
Morlancourt.
ADVANCE THREE MILES
Allies Make Big Dent in Picardy Sa
lient.
London, Battle Front, Aug. 8.?Ac
cording to advices received this after
noon the French and British forces
attacking this morning in the Picardy
sector advanced at some points to a
depth of more than three miles. A
considerable number of villages have
been' captured and substantial prog
ress was made everywhere. The Brit
ish attacked over a twelve mile front,
on both sides of the Somme river.
They gained all objectives within four
hours and captured a considerable
number of prisoners, guns and mu
nitions.
QUENTTN ROOSEVELT'S GRAVE.
He Was Buried by Germans Wliere He
Fell.
With the American Army on the
Vesle, Wednesday. Aug. 7.?On a
wooden cross at the head of a grave
at the edge of the wood at Chamery
is the inscription: "Lieut. Quontin
Roosevelt, buried by Germans." The
grave was found by an American avi
ator. Lieut. Roosevelt disappeared
in an aerial combat July 17th. The
inscription on the grave was printed
in English.
NEW RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT.
Northern Provinces Slot up Govern/
ment of Their Own.
Washington, Aug. S.?Official no
tice of the establishment of the new
government of northern Russia was
received from Ambassador Francis to
day. The government was et up Au
gust 2nd by a constitutional assem
bly, representing: six districts of Vo
logda, Novogorod, Kazan, Samara.
Archangel and Viatka.
Bombing Paris Today.
Paris, Aug. 8.?There was further
long ranjre bombardment of the Paris
region today.
TVh't a different world thi<; wnM
b.? if courtshi?> were an adequate
training school for what comes after.
?Jfc&ed April, 1850.
<(Ba Susi a
1881. ?
FIERCE BATTLE GAINED.
AMERICANS AND FRENCH FORCE
VESLE PASSAGE.
Pershing's Men Fight Way Across
Stream Under Waves of Gas and
Heavy Gun Fire, Winning and Hold
ing New Positions.
With the American Army on the
Aisne-Marne Front, August 7 (By the
Associated Press).?Under an inferno
? I of shrapnel and machine gun fire and
?! waves of gas the Americans forced
! their way over the Vesle River last,
j night and early this morning, while
i rain varying at times from a drizzle
j to a downpour drenched the battle-'
J field.
j French troops .already have gained
11 position's on the American left and
1 the joint movement has straightened
J out the line from a point west of
.! Bazoches to Fismes.
j The Germans lost considerably in
. ] casualties and also a few prisoners,
I whose stories tended to corroborate
j' the expressed opinion of those pre
viously taken that the Germans ex
> i pect to continue their retreat until the
I! banks of the Xisne are reached.
j The attack began between 4 and -5
j o'clock Tuesday afternoon. By mid
I night those men on the right had
* j reached their objectives, the main
j highway east and west extending
j along the foothills which rise norfh
? j of the river and become a series of
j terraces to the Aisne.
?! The left wing was delayed but it
? I also reached the line shortly before S
11 o'clock this morning.
t i The artilleries on both sides are still
? j fighting duels over the captured posi
": tions and the Germans also have con
j tinued small arms resistance. But
1: with every hour the positions of both
?} the French and Americans have been
I; rendered more secure.
"; The attack by the infantry was pre
11 ceded by artillery preparations. Under
lj cover of a barrage the engineers com
1 j pleted the work of throwing light:
" : bridges over the stream while the offi
" leers chosen to lead the dash across:
j the river placed their men in position. |
j working them downward toward the!
. j points where the bridges were known !
j to be. The challenges were accepted \
. j immediately by the German artillery, j
'and in a few minutes the inteimittent\
' reports of the guns which had been j
heard all day were merged into one j
i! great roar,
[i ' T^he clouds, which had lifted slight
;! Jy reappeared just before the attack
j was launched and therefore the ac
tion was conducted without much ad-;
*When the order for their advance
was given the men, for the most part,
swept forward in open formation, but
the Germans were ready with a de
i fense and even more, they had pre- i
j pared, although apparently hastily, a j
i counterattack which they launched j
j without success later in the engage-j
j ment.
i The men cn the American right!
i fought their way along the chosen !
? j routes. Some of them floundered j
j across through the water, while oth
: ers used the bridges which still were
I standing.
! One detachment -* Germans, some- j
what more than company, moved;
; forward into the open, here the Amer-1
;iican machine guns caught them, and
i|sweeping them with bullets, destroyed;
j them almost totally.
The Germans also attempted to;
i strike the Americans a disconcerting!
:l counterblow with a considerable force j
? by plunging down a ravine leading toj
the river. Their path had been cleared;
i by their artillery and they might have j
i succeeded in reaching the Americans, \
! but the movement diad been reported
j to the artillery stations south of the j
; Vesle and from them there swept into |
j the advancing column such a mass ofi
i shells that the formation was quickly
j broken. At another point, a detach- i
;;ment of Germans stood until the.
; Americans were upon them. Then it;
: became a hand to hand conflict, the,
? only one of the kind'during the bat-!
I tie. In the mud and in darkness!
; where the combatants were barely1
i able to distinguish each other they!
fought it out and the Americans won. j
The Americans on the left failed to1
: reach their objectives until they had
called for a second barrage. Under
its cover they rallied and struggled
j forward to the chosen positions.
', The Germans, in attempting to re
pulse the attack, used guns of 77 a.nd
105 calibre and minnenwerfers. They
had them on the higher ground, con-!
siderably to the rear of the battle line.
The American guns did excellent work
not only in covering the advance, but
in breaking up formations, especially
one large assemblage of infantry.
DEATH LIST GROWS.
Nineteen Now Reported Dead and
Twenty Seriously Injured in Tropi
cal Disturbance.
Lake Charles. La.. Aug. 7.?Two
men were killed at Gerstner Field, it
was learned today, in the storm which [
swept this section yesterday, and the
casualty list in the stricken area has
reached U* dead and 20 seriously in- '
jured. The list is being added to by 1
mail and messenger as all telegraph i
and .telephone communication has
been destroyed. ]
Those killed at Gerstner Field were J
Sergt. Oeorsre McGee and Private Les
ter Williams. Their addresses were
not announced nor were details of the
manner in which they were killed
made public. Ten persons were kille 1
at Lake Charles, four at Dequincey
and three at Big Lake.
Twenty-two of the 24 hangars on A
Gerstner Aviation Field near her.- .
were blown down and many airplanes v
d^tro^ed or entirely swept away by T
the storm.
Point of view sometimes blunts the (
intellect. ' <
ad Fear not?Bet all the endi Thon AI
JTJMTER, S. C., SATUflS
LLOYD GEORGE SPEAKS.
PRIME MINISTER TELLS OF
WORK ACCOMPLISHED BY
ALLIES.
j Lloyd George in Speech to House of
j Commons Refers to Brilliant Stroke;
of Allies on Land and Sea*?-Many
I Submarines Destroyed.
-
i London, Aug. 7.?David Lloyd
'George, the British prime minister, in
i a speech before the house oi commoffl
today, reviewed extensively the war
j situation. He referred particularly to
what had been accomplished in the
. recent drive by the Allied forces oif
i the Soissons-Rneims salient, to the
j destruction of German submarines, o|
: which 150 had been accounted for
! since the war began?more than half
j of these in the last year and the part
j the Americans arc playing and will.
I play later in the fight for the cause
! of democracy. 4
"He would be a sanguine man on
the German general staff who wouSf
j now predict that Germany could o%
j tain a military decision this year?'
the premier said, as he characterized
j Marshal Foch's counter offensive as
??the most brilliant in the annals of
I the war."
j Reverting to peace, Mr. Lloyd
j George said the people who had made
j the war still were in evidence and
j that they could have no peace so
jlongias they were predominant in the
i councils of the enemy,
i Mr. Lloyd George referred to the,
! part the British navy had played ?
ithe war and said that until all ttif
i allies were defeated at sea Germany^
j could never triumph,
j "When Great Britain decided to
j throw her whole weight into the;
j war four years ago," he continued^
I "she did so because of an outrage:
j on international rights. Had she no|
' taken this decision the whole course;
of the war would have been different,
1 The premier pictured the part the
! navies have played in the vast wilt
I derness of the *>ca, with no one to
I witness or to describe their opera*
; tions and said he did not think that
many persons realized that if the al
lies were defeated on the water the
'war would be over.
"When the war began," said MrS
Lloyd George the British navy, then
the largest in the world, represented
a tonnage of 2,500,000. Now inj
eluding the auxiliary fleet it is S.~
,000,000. Were it not for this
"crease the seas might be barred fr
the commerce-of uie worhi. Eve;
trade route of the world is pa trollet.
OljE^?usbiiia&forrr* ? ?r^iii^i>^^:
The premier then referred to the
other activities of the navy such as
convoying, patrolling, mine laying,
mine sweeping and the chasing of
submarines. It was here that he said
150 ?lerman submarines had been de
stroyed, more than ?half of them in
the last year.
"During T ae alone" the premier
continued. "British naval ships steam
ed 8.0v0,000 miles. To this must be
added the efforts of the mercantile
marine which is now a branch of the
British navy and whose men face the
same dangers carrying for the Allies
as well as for themselves most of the
American troops that have so valiant
ly acquitted themselves in recent
combats.
EXCITED COTTON MARKET.
Loss of Six Dollars a Bale Results
From Better Crop Reports.
New York, Aug. 7.?There was a
break of between $6 and $7 per bale
in the cotton market today as a re
sult of better weather or crop news
and reports of increased new crop of
ferings. The general list closed;
steady at a net loss of 24 to 140 j
points.
First prices were 50 to 85 points!
under realizing and reselling by some:
of yesterday's buyers who were evi-|
dently influenced by indications that!
the tropical storm had caused rains!
along the gulf coast, but had not beenj
violent enough to damage cotton inj
the interior. There was renewed cov-j
ering at the decline in anticipation of]
a bullish weekly report from weather I
bureau and prices rallied some 20 to!
60 points from the lowest This bulge:
met increased offerings, however, and]
the market later broke very sharply
on the more favorable report than ex-j
pected and reports of rain in Texas. !
The detailed report for the Houston!
district showed precipitation at only!
eight points, but there was rain inj
northeast Texas as well as along thoj
coast and private advices suggested j
that tomorrow details might show
the drought pretty well broken so far;
as the northern part of the State was
concerned. These reports brought in
larger offerings on moderate early,
afternoon rallies and the market!
reached the lowest level of the day.
Selling was also encouraged by the;
talk of increased early now crop
shipments on an easier basir^ Activei
months generally showing net loss of
124 to 130 points, and with the close
at approximately the lowest point of.
the day. The weekly report indicat- .
id satisfactory crop progress in East
arn belt section and fair conditions in .
parts of Texas, Arkansas and Louis
iana. 1
AMERICAN STEAMER SUNK. !
Mibmarine Find?; Victim Ofl ( ape Hat- i
terns. <
New York. Aug. 8.?Information 1
vas received today in marine insur- ?
mce circles here tb:it the American
steamship Merak. 3.200 tons, was sub- 1
narined off Cape Hatteras Tuesday 1
liirht. one small boat containing 1
members of the crew is still unac- 1
counted for. The captain and 23 ?'
)f the crew have landed at Norfolk, t
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Wt at be thy Country's. Thy God's I
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pAY, AUGUST 10, 1918
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TO DESTROY MONOPOLY.
ACQUISITION OF PACKING
HOUSES AND STOCK YARDS
REC< >MMEN DED.
[Federal Trade Commission Makes Re
port on Monopoly Exercised by the
Big Packers.
?h ? -
g Washington, Aug. 8.?Government
Requisition and control of all the prin
cipal stock yards, cold storage plar.t-s,
warehouses, both refrigerator and
/cattle car is the recommendation
fmade to the president by the federal
(trade commission, to destroy the mo
jnopoly which it declares Swift, Ar
ranour, Wilson, Morris and Cudahy
^Companies exercise not only over the
{meat industry of the country but over
?other necessary food supplies.
WHEAT SUBSTITUTE ORDER.
' TS -
?? Regulation Requiring Use of Fifty
\f: Per Cent of Substitutes Still in
Force.
'.Columbia, AuC'. 7.?Release of
housewives from their "n. >at"
pledges, made last spring wnea the
ation's wheat bin was running low.
fd?es not mean that anyone is privil
eged to use wheat flour without substi
tutes. Although the new crop has
Come in and the harvests are large,
the uncertainties of war and the ne
cessity for building up a food reserve
jtre incentives to caution. The "fifty
fifty" rule is still in force and effect,
says the Food Administration, and
I under, this, housewives will continue
Mo purchase and use an equal weight
Ibf wheat substitutes with their wheat
flour.
p Bakers are still required to make
tVictory bread, which must contain at
ist twenty-five pe?- cent wheat sub
tutes.
^Hotels, restaurant: /.nd public ent
lang places are likewise released from
"no Wheat" pledges made by their
uroprietors in a spirit of patriotism,
ut with the coming in of the new
eat crop they are required to con
rm to the regulations of the Food
dministration, and to use wheat sub
Jtutes.
I As the nation goes back practically
&<g''its old habits of eating the Food
|4?ninistration makes the following
' itement:
;| *'The resonse of the American
ffieusewife last spring, when the
*'" pun try's wheat reserves were ex
listed and only wheat saved by ab
tinence could be sent abroad in re
^Se. -tOiihe- .Rfevand .death appeals
oi me A^ieir lsn^aro^bfTy^tne ? ^?6otT'
Administration as one of the finest
manifestations of patriotic spirit*
since America entered the war. Hun
dreds of thousands of homes went
partly or wholly on a wheatless ba
sis."
A LEGION OF SLAVS.
[?European Races Mobilize at Wads*
worth.
I Washington, Aug. 7.?The Slavic
, Legion of the United States, author
J ized in the army appropriation of July
j 9, will be sent to Camp Wadsworth
J for training preparatory to service in
Europe, according to general order
No. 70 of Gen. Peyton C. March, chief i
of staff, which will be made public j
in a day or two. The Legion will be;
composed of Jugo-Slavs, Czecho-j
Slovaks and Ruthenians, Ukrainians!
in the United States who are not citi-'
zens of the United States but are de-j
? sirous of engaging in the war against1
j the central powers. For the most part
I they are of the races under oppression
in Austria-Hungary. ^ ' !
Officers of the United States army
! whd so desire may be assigned to
these regiments provided that all of-1
ficers below the rank of field officer!
must be able to speak both English j
and the language of the race in thej
regiment to which they desire trans- j
fer.
The Legion will be organized as in
fan try regiments of the National Armyj
and so far as practicable the compa-.1
nies will be composed of the samej
race. Enlistment will be voluntary,
and will be handled through the reg-j
ular recruiting stations. Proof ofi
loyalty to the cause of the Unitedj
States and of a desire to fight the Ger- ?
mans, and the Austro-Hungarian gov-,
ernment will be required.
DUBLIN WAR REPORTS.
War Office Says Attacks of Allies
Broke Down Before German Lines.
Berlin, via London, Aug. 7.?North
of the Somme the Germans yesterday]
captured nearly 2o() more British
prisoners, according to the German
official communication issued today.
British counterattacks south of
the Braye-Corbie road broke down,
before the German lines. There were '
violent artillery duels. followed by !
strong enemy attacks southeast of the i
Soissons. These attacks were re <
pulsed.
The text of the communication fol- <
lows: 1
"The number of prisoners captured ;
by us as result of yesterday's fighting
north of Somme has increased to -ss.
British counteratacks south of the
Braye-Corbie road broke down before
Dur lines. .
"Northwest of Montdidier the ene
my's partial attacks were unable *<>
develop owing to our- fire. In the
morning there were partial engage
ments on the Vesle am! we captured *
"ome prisoners, in the evening there 1
were violent artillery duels which '
tvere followed i>y strong enemy fit- ?
:aeks. on both sides of Braisne and 1
Bazoches. These attacks were re- r
>ulsed, at some places by our lire and
it isolated points by our counterat
:acks." a
mA Tnttk't" THE TR?1
TROOPS FOB SIBERIA
TWO REGIMENTS OF REGULARS
IN PHILIPPINES ARE TO GO.
General March Makes First Announce
ment of Details of Military Aid to
Re Sent Siberia for Protection of
Rear of Czecho-SIovak Forces.
Washington, Aug. 7.?First details
American military aid to be sen*
a) Siberia for the protection of the
rear of- the Czecho-SIovak forces in
their movement westward against
Hermans, Austrians and hostile fac
tions were made public today with the
announcement by General March,
chief of staff, that Maj. Gen. William
S. Graves, will command the Ameri
can forces, the nucleus of which will
be two regiments of regulars from
Philippines. General Graves now is
in command of the Eighth division at
Camp Fremont. Cal. The regiments
to form the vanguard of the Ameri
can contingent, General March an
nounced, will be the 27th and 31st,
neither of which is recruited to war
strength. This force will be supple
mented by troops from the United
States the number of which has not
been revealed, the chief of staff said,
however, that the American force
would not be a large one.
In announcing the selection of Gen
frai Graves to command the Ameri
can forces. General March took occa
sion to state *hat so far as he knew
no commander in chief for the whole
expedition has yet been designated.
He recalled that this could only be
done by international agreemnt such
as was found to be necessary to con
centrate the supreme command of all
the entente and American troops in
Europe in the hands of General Foch.
From other sources it was learned
that negotiations are under way to
this end and that the chief of staff of
the Japanese army, General Baron
Uvehara, has been suggested and his
name is under consideration as com
mander in chief.
General March said that the sailing
of the expedition of General Graves
will not be announced, but that upon
arrival of the forces the news will be
made public. It was not stated
whether an announcement of the size
of the American contingent may be
expected. The Japanese force, in con
junction with the Chinese which will
act under Japanese dire i, prob
ably will be more numer .. in fact,
Japan is preparing to send into Si
beria any number of troops necessary
to carry out the declared purpose to
give effective aid to the Czecho
ECONOMY IN USE OF SUGAR.
Food Administration Emphasises Ne
cessity of Conservation of Supply.
Columbia. Aug. 6.?The Food Ad
ministration at Washington has is
sued a sugar program, in which a
household conservation policy to meet
the sugar situation for the summer is
outlined. In this program the abso
lute necessity of saving sugar is em
phasized. This means careful use
and no waste of sugar or sugar sub
stitutes, as lavish use is bound to mis
appropriate what some o,ne actually
needs.
"We need only enough sugar tc
make our meals palatable," says the
Food Administration." One and one
half ounces, or about three level table
spoons of sugar, honey, molasses, or
syrup a day for each person will do
'.his. This includes the sugar substi
aites used in cooking."
Economy means using:
Dates, raisins, tigs, to sweeten pud
dings and cereals.
' Honey, syrups, maple sugar and mo-;
lasses in cakes, cookies and desserts.
. Less sugar in beverages.
Thinner syrups or no syrups in can-j
ning. i
No frosting unless made without!
sugar. I
Waste means losing:
Sugar dregs in coffee cups and iced;
tea tumblers.
Sugar leavings in cereals bowls and j
saucers.
Sugar spilled in cooking.
Sugar spent to make caramel for
flavor or coloring.
Pieces of cake or any sweetened i
desert left to be thrown away.
The American sweet tooth con-!
sumes as candy in a year enough su-:
gar to meet all sugar requirements;
under the rationing standard of Eng
land lor one year, or France for one'
year, or Italy for two years. The;
money spent in the United States for,
candy in one year is double the
amount required to feed Belgium for
one year.
Rigid restrictions have been placed
upon all manufacturers of candy, ic v
cream and other products requiring
sugar. Sugar supplies are short, ow
ing to submarine sinkings, losses to
beet-sugar land and factories in bat
tle areas and curtailment of shipping
tlouseholders are allowed a maximum
>f two pounds per person per month,
exclusive requirements; but this should
>e regarded as the maximum, and an
'ffort made by every patriotic house
loider to use only the minimum (
imount of sugar.
Sugar is precious.
NO DRAFT FOB NAVY
Extension of Draft to Navy Not Re
garded as Neeessary.
Washington. Aug. 8.?The exten- j
ion of the draft sy.--.tem t'. the navy
s not regarded as necessary at this
ime by the navy department. Rear -
idmiral Palmer, representing Secre- (
ary Daniels told the senate military .
ommittec today. \
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In sonn- social circles only men with \
n income can come in. *
S SOUTHRON. EttaMtebed June, >?M.
Vol. XLVI. No. 51.
MORE ViOOROUS WARFARE.
PROSECUTION OP WAR TO BE
SPEEDED UP TO BRING IT TO
EARLY CONCLUSION.
? War Department Now Plans for Army
of l ive Million to Be Raised and
Equipped as Soon as Possible?
Change of Programme Result of In
| ter-Allied Conference.
Vashington, Aug. 7.?In urging the
I enactment of the new man power bill
i ("en. Marsh told the senate military
committee today that the war de part -
' ment plans an army of approximately
j five million, which will be raised as
; soon as possible. About July 30th he
! said the United Sttaes reached the de
i cision to er.la.rge the military pro
| gramme to carry out the policies
j agreed upon by the recent inter-Al
! lied conference in Paris to speed up
; the prosecution of the war and to
I bring it to an early conclusion. He
? said the shipment of men. ? overseas
j would be continued according to the
plan now in effect for the present.
PARIS UNDER FIRE.
i
; Long Range Bombardment Resumed
Today.
Paris, Aug. 7.?The long range
shelling of the Paris region was re
| sumed today.
French Repulse Germans and Take
Prisoners.
Paris, Aug. 7.?Along the Vesle riv
er the French continue to repulse the
j German attacks, especially between
j Brasne and Soissons. A hundred pris
J oners captured east of Braines, it is of
j ficially announced. A German local
j attack today against the French po
'? sitions south of Auberivc, in the Cham
I pagne region was respulsed. Last night
j French made further gains in the
j Montdidier region. In the fighting
! near Vesle the French occupied the
I station at Ciry Salsogne, just west of
j the bend in the Vesle. where it turns
j northward to join the Aisne.
I British Gain Ground From Germans.
London, Aug. 1.-?In an attack this
I morning southwest of Morlancourt
j the British regained the ground tak
j en from them by the Germans, yes
i terday along the Braye-Corbie road
I north of the Somme. The British line
i astride the river on - the Flanders
! front, has been advanced, a short dis
t tance and a few prisoners were taken,
j it is officially, announced.
Louisiana for Ratification of Federal
Amendment.
Eaton Rogue, Aug. 6.?The sen
ate tonight voted 21 to 20 in favor of'
ratification of the federal prohibition
; amendment. The resolution now goes
j to the house which at the regular
j session adopted the resolution by a
j large majority.
A tie vote in the senate at the re
j cent regular session of the legislature
i prevented ratification and necessitated
: calling of an extraordinary session.
JAP SHIP TORPEDOED.
Crew of Freighter Landed at Canadian
Port.
! Canadian Atlantic Port, Aug. 7.?An
j American schooner arrived here to
I day with CIS members of the crew of
i a Japanese freight steamer- * "ilJh had
i been torpedoed off the itovascotian
, coast.
i The vessel was the Tokuyama Maru,
j of s3\ en thousand tons. It was sunk
I without warning two hundred miles
.' off shore on August 1st.
BRITISH AT VLADIVOSTOK.
Force Landed Saturday and Well Re
ceived.
Shanghai. Saturday, Aug. 3.?British
troops which landed at Vladivostok at
dawn today were given a friendly re
ception, says a dispatch from that
city. * ? jgg|
LIGHT SHIP SUNK.
German Submarines Raiding Off Cape
Hatteras.
Washington, Aug. 7.?The Diamond
Shoals lightship, off Cape Hatteras.
was sunk by an enemy submarine late
yesterday, the navy department was
informed today. The crew reached
shore safely. The submarine came
within half a mile of shore, accord
ing to the brief report received.
SIBERIA UP IN ARMS.
Will Declare War on Soviet Govern
ment.
London. Aug. 5.?The semi-official ?
Russian newspapers Pravda and
Izvestia declare that the provisional
government of Siberia intends for
mally to declare war on the soviet
government within a few days, ac
cording to an Exchange Telegraph
dispatch from Copenhagen. The Omsk
(Siberia) government it is added, has
infornnal all neutral and allied pow
ers of tIn' establishment of an inde
pendent Siberian government.
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LORD READING IN LONDON.
British Ambassador (iocs Home to
Confer With Cabinet.
Canadian Atlantic Port. Aug. fi.?
The British ambasador and high
lommissioner to the United States has
irrived in London, it was announced
lore today by the* British bureau of
n format ion. 7 Tis mision is to confer
vith the British war cabinet, it was
itated. A ;L k^umJ