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SWAT RIDING PROHIBITED. MUST ECONOMIZE IN USE OF PLEASURE VEHICLES. Fuel Administration Declares That There May he Shortage of Gas and Places Embargo on Joy Riding. Washington. Aug. 27.?The fuel ad ministration today called upon the public in States east of the Mississippi River to cease using all classes of au tomobiles, with a few named excep tions, motorcycles and motor boats on Sundays until further notice, as a gasoline conservation measure. Only voluntary compliance with the letter and spirit of the request will prevent the issuance of a mandatory order prohibiting the use of gasoline on JSundays, it was declared at the fuel administration. Automobiles for hire are included in the curtailment pro gram. Motor vehicles to which the restrictions do not apply were an nounced as: Tractors and motor trucks employ ed in actual transportation of freight. Vehicles of physicians, used in per ? formance of professional duties. ; Ambulances, fire apparatus, police patrol wagons, undertakers' wagons and conveyances used for funerals. Railway equipment using gasoline. f Repair outfits employed by tele phone and public service companies. Motor vehicles on errands of neces sity in rural communities where transportation by steam or electric ity is not available. The action was taken by the fuel administration^ it was stated, to meet a threatened shortage of gasoline for shipment overseas, created by in creased domestic demands and exten sive military operations in France. ? "The United States fuel adminis tration considers it necessary that a limited conservation of gasoline be undertaken in the States east of the Mississippi, in view of the increased demand for gasoline for war purpos es and the paramount obligation of meeting promptly, and fully, all ever i seas requirements," said a statement issued jointly by Administrator Gar field and Mark S. Requa, director of the oil division of the fuel administra tion. "An appeal is made therefore, to the people of the United States east of the Mississippi River to exercise rigid economy in the consumption of gasoline during the next few weeks as a necessary and practical act of patriotism. "War necessities are being and will continue to be* promptly and fully met, but this is the period of the year when consumption of gasoline is at its highest, and the increased domestic demands, together with the extensive ., military operations in France, have . rendered necessary, for a limited pe riod, the adoption of safeguards 'against possible shortage. . *Tn view of the difficulty,' if not the impossibility, of ^differentiating ? between the various uses to* which automobiles are applied the- United States fuel administration believes that the .greatest-measure of. economy _ can be effected with the least inter ference, with the business of the cbun :$ry through the discontinuance of <H^e> use of all elasses of;, mot^rc^^i pWeles?--" motor*"*boats and motorcycles on Sundays. "The United States fuel adminis tration therefore requests that in the .section of the United States east of the Mississippi River there shall be a discontinuance of the use of the ..Vehicles above specified including all such as are operated for hire onj ' each Sunday hereafter until notified1 - that the neec for such discontinu ance has ceased." "' After listing the exceptions to the reou'"><=?*. the statement makes an ap peal "to the patriotic men and wo . men of America, east of the Miss issippi River, to undertake, voluntar ily, additional conservation in the op^r^ting of their own automobiles, whenever possible. - GOMPERS IN ENGLAND. Party of Labor Leaders Arrive Safely | Overseas. London, Aug. 28.?Samuel Gom pers and party have arrived at an English port, SENATOR JAMES DEAD. OIlie James Dies in Baltimore Hos pital. Baltimore, Aug. 28.?Senator OI lie James, of Kentucky, died this morning at a -hospital here where he has been ill for some time. H?W OFFICIALS NAMED. MINISTRIES OF MUNITIONS AND ! OF AERONAUTICS CREATED. Benedict C. Crowell and John D. Ry an are the Appointees Named in Order. Washington, Aug. 27.?Virtual es tablishment of ministries of munitions and aviation, and the appointment of Benedict C. Crowell, first assistant secretary of war and John D. Ryan, chief of the bureau of military aero nautics, as the respective heads was announced today by Secretary Baker. While the official statement refers to the appointees as "directors of mu nitions" and "director of air ser vice," the changes evidently are in tended to erect separate organizations each under direct control of one man who will hold wide powers and be entrusted with all responsibility in those fields. Mr. Ryan, with his new duties, as sumes, the position cf second assistant secretary of war, vice Edward R. Stettinius, who is now abroad in con nection with important government matters. Mr. Settinius is to remain in France indefinitely, it was an nounced, as special representative of the war department, "with full pow er to carry out the special missions with which he is charged." The necessity for the eventual con solidation of the various activities connected with the munitions pro gram has been repeatedly predicted since the early days of the war. Ex periences of Great Britain, prior to the establishment of a distinct min istry of munitions, led f many experts to recommend similar action as a remedy for difficulties in this country. Secretary Baker is understood to have hesitated to approve the proposal, be lieving it was not necessary at the time when the United States army was in the making, but that it might be taken up when the country's in dustry was organized for the tremen dous production required by an army numbering millions instead of thou sands. Mr. Crowell, since his appointment as chief assistant to Mr. Baker has had special charge of industrial mat ters coming before th* war depart ment. His designation as director of munitions, will mean in reality, but slight change from the work in which he has already been engaged. Addi tional authority now has* been dele gated, however, which will enable Mr. Crowell to handle the large prob lems embraced in the task described by Secretary Baker as seeing "the j munitions required for our military j operations are procured and furnish ! ed to the army in the field." Full control of the bureau of mili j tary aeronautics and of the bureau of aircraft production has been given I to Secretary Ryan who is authorized : to name a head for the latter organ ization. He will thus have charge of the production of aeroplanes and of the ; training of personnel to man them, bringing the. entire air pro gram under *fee single authority rec | ommended by Maj. Gen. William L. Kenly, chief of military aeronautics, I and ,oth er experts before the senate mifitary affairs committee. Mr. Ryan is expeced to put into effect,immediately changes in organ ization which will result in the co ordination of the two bureaus which he will control. The third secretary of war, Fred erick P. Keppel, will continue in his present duties. These include mainly matters other than military routine i concerning the personnel of the army. ANTI-BOLSHEVTKI SUCCESS IN SI BERIA. Raflroadls Reported Taken Over by i Allies and to Be Operated by American. Engineers. Pekin, Friday, Aug. 23.?(By As sociated Press.)?Gen. Hemenoff, the j anti-Bolsheviki leader, has crossed j the Siberian border, and retaken Matseivski station, west of Manchuli, j Capturing prisoners. The Japanese; are engaged with the Bolsheviki near Dauria. It is reported that the Allies have taken over the operation of the I railways, which will probably be ope- I rated by American engineers under | the direction,of John F. Stevens. nincss o:f German Empress Takes! Tnm for Worse. London, Aug. 28.?The German] empress, who has been ill for sever-I al days, has taken a turn for the worse, according to a message from J D?sseldorf, received at Amsterdam. | ??tO SUPRISED OERM?NS. I -^ BRITISH AND FRENCH SCORE new successes d?ring day; British Commander Launches Blowj North of Old Battle Zone and is Re- | warded by Gain of Two Miles inj Some Places. j While the Germans were busily en-1 gaged in defending themselves against1 the attacks of the British and French: armies from the Ancre^fiver to the! region of Soissons, Field. Marshal Haig early Monday morning struck another surprise blow over aimew front north j of the old battle zone. The new offen sive was launched from' the cast of Arras on the Scarpe river and south ward to the Cojeul. Ail along the front the British pressed forward, at some places to a depth of more than two miles and captured ^st, ,half dozen or more villages, among^ them Monchy le-Preux, Guemappe and Wancourt. Across the Cojeul.;: the new British attacks on the old ' battle front brought them to the villages of Morey and St. Leger, and farther south the small town of Favreufl, one and a half miles northeast of -Bapaume, from which the British pressed on east ward about a mile. Farther south the British are reported unofficially to have reached the western outskirts of Thilloy in the nipper movement they are carrying ojat -against Bapa ume. With Haig's -inert now stand ing well within gun range of the town, it seems likely that the-Germans will be forced to evacuate -Bapaume in short order. Additional gains>also have been made by the British east of Albert and on both sides of, the Somme riv er. In fact, notwithstanding the ef forts of the Germans through the use of large reinforcements to hold them in check, the British and French all along the line from Albert to Soissons have materialy betfeced . their po sitions and carried further forward their plan of making the" Picardy bat tle ground untenable, for the enemy. The French again; azje hammering away at the environs of Rove, one of the strong points of'<the Somme-Oise front, the capture of which doubtless would cause the giving up by the enemy of the entire Client from the Somme in the north to Noyon-Fesnoy les-Roye to the north and St. Mard, to the south of Roye, both, have been captured by the French despite the desperate resistance of ithe Germans and Roye, like Bapaum^ in the north apparently is in danger of being pinched out of the linedn an envelop ing movement. More than six hun dred prisoners were; taten by the Fr ench in the operation^ The Germans have^'tlirown further heavy counterattack^ Oagainst the French in the region north of Sois sons, where the French continue their pressure northward in maneuvers which seriously threaten to outflank' the Chemin-des-Dames^?hd Laon sec tions and to put theW 'elrtire German line from Ypres to f?l|tais in jeop ardy. All the attack^;3fi?ye been sus tained by General Mangin's army and the French even-?|have pushed back the Germans bev^td <the points from which they .smarted. The fa mous Prussian Guard has been thrown into the battle to check the French, but, as in their efforts against the French and Americans in the Vesle sector, they met with defeat. The operations of the British on the northern part of the front from the I east of Arras to the: region of Bulle- j court have brought them virtually j upon, or very near the old Hinden burg line. There is still considerable activity on the eastern part of-the battle front in the Vosges mountain region where I forces of Americans recently have I been fighting. The operations how- j ever continue of the nature of raids i and small surprise attacks. Several of the latter maneuvers have been j put down by the French. There has been an increase in thei activity in the Albanian theatre. Here j the Austrians twice attacked the Franco-Italian troops but were re-1 pulsed. Later the French slightly withdrew their line in order to main tain liason with the Italians. ADVANCE IN SIBERIA. Allies Pursue Retreating Bolshcviki North of Vladivostok. London. Aug. 28.?On Ussur front, north of Vladivostok the Bolsheviki have retreated six miles before a gen eral advance of all Allied forces, ac cording to reports received at Shan ghai. Material LIME, LATH, BRICK, CEMENT, SIDIN8, CEILING. FLASTER, SHINGLES, FLOORING, MOULDINGS, FIRE CLAY, FIRE 3RICK. ROUGH LUMBER ROOFING PAPER ootb 6 McLeod, Feed- Stuffs HAY, CORN, OATS, x HULLS, TANKAGE, MIDDLINGS, RICE FLOUR, WHEAT BRAN, SUGAR FEED, MEAT SCRAP, CHICKEN FEED, OYSTER SHELL, SEED OATS AND RYE, COTTON SEED MEAL I MW SMASH GERMANS. ! COUNTER ATTACKS CRUSHED, AND FRENCH ADVANCE. I - Further Gains in Direction of Chcm in-dcs-Dames Will Pocket Ene my. i With the French Army on the Oise, Aug. 26.?Violent counterattacks launched by the Germans this morn ing between the River Ailette, at Mont Saint Mard and Juvigny, north of Soissons, were completely smashed by j the French. General Mangin's army > is still menacing the German commu ! nications between the River Aisne and j the Soissons and Laon region, j The French troops are still stoutly j holding the positions they have won in this sector and further gains on j the plateau to the eastward in the di j rection of the Chemins-des-Dames j would put the enemy in another dan gerous pocket. I The French at Juvigny are within j four miles of the railroad running to ! ward Laon and they also are within seven miles of the high roa'd going in the same direction. This high road j joins the Chemin-des-Dames, eight ! miles away near Malmaison, the west j ern pillar of the celebrated Chemin I des-Dames position, j The first division of the Prussian i Guard was bi-ought up yesterday but j it gained no success. The first rush of the Prussian Guard j gained ground between Pon St. Mard and Orme deMontecouve, north of Ju Ivigny. They were obliged to abandon I the field soon after, however, leaving i behind him' a considerable number of ! dead and 41)0 unwounded prisoners. Enemy troops between the Aisne! j River and the road from Soissons to j ! Chauny are in the same danger as j that which threatens General von j Hutier's men in the Lassigny sailentl I unless they are able to resist the I 'pressure from General Mangin's! troops. I i DRAFTSMEN MUST REGISTER, j - Local Authorities to Be Called Upon j to Enforce New Law. Washington, Aug. 27.?The loefcl authorities in all parts of the country j will be called upon to cooperate with j the government in enforcing the or- j der and in bringing about a complete j registration of all men within the new draft ages on the day to be fixed as soon as congress passes the man pow er bill. AN AIRPLANE ACCIDENT. Lieut. Donald and Mechanic Hill In jured at Cordcle, Ga. Cordele. Ga., Aug. 27.?Lieut. B. Donald, instructor, and F. B- Hill, a mechanic, at southern aviation field, near here, were injured this morning when they lost control of their ma chine and fell fifty feet. The machine was wrecked. , GERMANS IN DESPAIR. in X S COUNTER MOVE BROKEN CP?CANADIANS GAIN. Letters Taken From Prisoners and Dead Teutons Indicate Hopeless Despair of Victory. ? "With the British Army in France. I Aug. 26 (By the Associated Press).? The German retirement is continuing ; along many parts of the battle front j tonight. The British are overwhelm ing the enemy's rear guards in heavy fighting. I Reports indicate that at least one I counterattack has been broken up by the British artillery concentrating its I fire on masses of enemy troops. South of the Scarpe the Canadians I driving along the Arras-Albert-Cam ! brai Road, have gained more ground and added more than a thousand Ger ! mans to the British total of prisoners ? during today's fighting. Many letters taken from prisoners and dead Germans indicate that hope less despair is beginning to prevail j on the German side of the line. A let ter written home hy a German who 1 was stationed in a town which has now been captured, said: - "The war has been lost for seme time, only those high up are failing to admit it." The letter added: "Oh, poor Germany, only the dead at the front have forgotten this jswindle." Another letter said: "This can not last much longer!**" While still another German wrote: "Our losses greatly exceed all the drafts. Germany is sure to lose very soon." It is a fact that many letters taken from prisoners, whether written by them to be posted home or received by them from civilians in the inter ior of Germany, are in the same line. A German in Berlin chicled his broth er at the front about making rapid progress to the rear. He then pre dicted that the war was surely com ing to an end and that with the Allies then making an economic war, Germany would be ruined. Many of these letters were written before the British began their drive. SUBMARINE CHASER SUNK. An Unfortunate and Fatal Mistake Off I New York Harbor. Washington. Aug. 27.?American! submarine chaser No. 200 was mis taken for a submarine by the Ameri can merchant steamer Felix Taussig off Fire Island, New York, early this morning and sent to the bottom. Sev enteen of the crew, including the commander and executive officer are missing. Nine survivors, some of them wounded, have been landed. Sweden has harnessed its waterfalls to produce about 4.0^0,000 horsepow-! er electrically, about one-fourth of the plants being completed last year. E DRY LAW. COMPROMISE IN CONGRESS BRINGS PROBABILITY. Agreement Readied to Have Propos ed Prohibition Law Effective in July Instead of January. .^p Washington, Aug.. 26.?Nationwide : "bone dry" prohibition, effective July 1, 1919, and continuing during the war at least, loomed today as a strong probability through compro- ' mise in congress. An agreement for passage of legis- : lation to stop sales of all intoxicating beverages on that date, leaders of both wet and dry factions in the sen ate stated tonight seemed to be in sight. President Wilson was repre-; sented as not opposing the legislation and senators believed the house would accept the proposal under negotia tions. A definite "gentlemen's agree ment" in the senate is expected in a\ few days. i The war time prohibtion bill pend ing in the senate came up for con sideration under the consent agree ment made several weeks ago giving it right, of way until disposed, of, but was temporarily displaced while the senate proceeded with the man power . bill. Then leaders supporting and lighting the prohibition legislation proceeded with corridor and dark room discussions on the compro mise. As it now stands the bill would stop ~ the sale of intoxican|s - Jan nary ^ 1.;' next. At" President" Wilson's sugg&i^ tion, according to Senator Sheppard of Texas, prohibition advocate, post ponement of the debate was agreed to. The president, it was stated, be lieves additional time should be given for financial and other adjustmenti-. In today's negotiations most of the' prohibition advocates were agreeable to fixing July 1, as the date. They first insisted that it should be April 1 but a majority were said to have con- % sented to the later date. Opponents of the legislation were declared to be convinced that it can not be defeated and to be satisfied with the proposed extension of time. Formal conclusion of an agreement is expected to pave the way for pas sage of the bill by the senate jate this week or early next week. 1 FIGHTING IN ALBANIA. Auslrians Report Defeat of Italians on Eastern Front. Vienna, Monday, Aug. 23.?In Al bania the Austrians recaptured Bereat and Fieri, near the mouth of the Semeni, i" is officially announced; The Italians lost heavily in material. French Take Roye. ^1 Paris. Aug. 27.?The FrencWJhav<3 captured Roye. .7$. In a Paris aerodynamic laboratory" for testing model aeroplanes wind speeds up to 71 miles an hour are produced by ingenious machinery. SOLID CAR MULES IiitiMltiin:; m? ;<] i'iirnii::ihiii:i'M>;::ii;ii<t:Miii.::i*ti!ii:iiiiitiili;!'nutUiJU(niafU':i 1 Several Nice Pairs of Small, Medium and Large Mules, And All Good Individuals We have what you want. The prices are RIGHT. Another Solid Car of HORSES AND MULES expected SATURDAY MORNING. One Car of BUGGIES just unloaded, and two other Car Loads due to arrive this week. About 100 HACKNEY WAGONS now on hand, and another shipment expected this week. We have a Large and Complete Assortment of BUGGY AND WAGON HARNESS. LAP ROBES AND ACCESSORIES. We have bought in Quantities, prior to the advance, thereby enabling us to supply your wants and SAVE you money. Let us show you our line. % SUMTER, ? 2 s. c. Booth-Boyle Live Stock Co