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TECK StJMTER WATCHMAN, ^taba Consolidated Aug:. 2, Ii TIKE MANY PRISONERS. I SIX THOUSAND CAPTURED eJ SHARP PRIVE. ? Three Mile Advance?British and Australians Wrest Towns From, Germans After Hard Fighting. _ > London, Sept. 18.?The British; have penetrated the enemies' de- j fenses northwest of St. Quentin to a depth of three miles and captured | more than 6.000 prisoners. Field: Marshal Haig reports tonight. The British have captured Fresnoy-le-j Petit, Berthaucourt and Petru, and the Australians have occupied La| Verguier, Villerot and Hargicourt. | The high ground south of Gouze- j aucourt has been carried by the Brit ish who reached i?ie outskirts o^ Villers-'juislain and cccupied Gauche ?wood. i Templeux, le Gue.-eaurd, Ronssoy,; RJpehy and Peiziere have also been taken, the troops penetrating to a great depth along the lines. The German infantry sunendered cuite freely in places. In fact in the' certer oC the attack where the Aus- \ tralians were working, a considera-i ble number of gray coats deliberately: 'charged through the British barrage to give themselves up. Today's operation cannot be con ' Vdered as a major operation as| compared with recent battles. The j objectives sought, however, were afj portant both from the defensive and offensive standpoints. ! The assault began at dawn. Unfor-i tunately rain began to f?ll about 2| o'clock and when the British went! over the top the ground was al ready slimy and hard to negotiate, j ^especially when the ridges were reached and the men had to charge up them. Tanks accompanied the troops and rendered invaluable ser vice in the early stages of the con flict, which waxed warm from thej start. The British preliminary bombard-1 ment was brief and was followed by! the customary barrage for the pro- j tfection of the advancing infantry, j The Germans immediately replied i with a vicious fire from large num- i bers of guns concentrated behind thei St. Quentin canal. Airplane observation was virtually ! impossible during the first hours of j fighting from either side, so that the! gunners were shooting -by > map and j were greatly handicapped. . On the north Peiziere and a j strongly fortified sugar factory to the > northwest were taken by storm after very hard fighting. Epehy proved a tough nut to crack. Here the famous.j ^aa^hie] corps had been brought upj rand--the German army boasts no bet ter troops than these... It was futile I to attempt a frontal attack against j this place, which was fairly bristling! with machine guns. The British ac-j cordingly worked about it to the north and south and squeezed it out ; Rcnasoy was carried by storm and a I hundred prisoners were gleaned j from the surviving garrison. 4Tn the center the Australians h3dj to fight for every inch of ground they; took, but they pushed steadily for- j ward until they reached the crest of j the ridge. By 8.30 o'clock the Aus- j tralians had taken a total of 500 i prisoners. Most of these were Bava- j rians and men of the first German i reserve division and they appeared j to be of a poor class of men as th ?y i came straggling back disconsolately; through the drizzling rain. One of the hottest engagements; took place just south of La Veguier' where the Germans have fortified j themselves in a mill. This strong- j hold was surrounded and ISO of the: garrison forced to surrender. On the right flank there was equal- j ly hard fighting. Holnon *lad been! taken yesterday as a preliminary t*>i today's attack and from this point the British went forward. Last night German airplanes were j busy bombing the St Quentin sector ! and the enemy utilized a number of! new type planes of huge size. Three I of these were shot down east of Peronne. They were capable of j seating eight men. The most astound - \ ing thing about them, however, was ? that they carried bombs 13 feetj long which contained 2.000 pounds of! explosives. This is by far the biggest; bomb the Germans have yet produc-, AMERICAN PLANKS LOST IN LOR RAINE. Five Missing After Bombing; Expe dition When Attack Was Made in Force by Germans. Washington, Sept. 18.?*Five Amer ican planes are missing as the result of an attack by a superior German force during a bombing expedition in Lorraine, Gen. Perching reported in: today's communique received tonight by the war department. With the exception of artillery activity in Lor raine and Alsace the American sec tors remain inactive. The text of the statement reads "Headquarters American Epedit ionary Forces, Sept. 18.?"Section! A?Aside from artillery activity in Lorraine and in Alsace there is noth ing of importance to report from the sectors occupied by our troops. "In the course of a bombing oper ation in Lorraine our aviators were attacked by a superior force. Five of our machines are missing. PRISONERS OF WAR. South Carolinians Hold in Unknown German Prisons. < Washington. Sept. 19.?Amon:; prisoners reported as held in unknown German camps aro Privates Fred Roberts of Gaffney. S. C. Thursto" McSwain of Blacksburg. S. C., and .Mallie A. Averett, of Florala, Ala. ?*e<i April, 18X0. "B* 9-nmk m 381. STJ BRITISH ?ND FRENCH SUCCESS _ MAXIMUM GAIN OF THREE MILES WITH MANY PRIS ONERS. Fall of St. Qucntin Sure to Come Soon ?Although Allies Have Difficult Operation Before Them Important City is Now Menaced on Three; Sides?Bulgars and Germans Still | Falling Back. British and French veterans have made another vicious and successful smash at the Hindenburg line. Sweep ing- forward on a front of 22 miles, they went ahead from one and a-thirJ to three niiles, taking many prisoners. The most important aspect or the ad vance is that it makes more certain the capture of St. Quentin, which the Germans have been ordered to hold at all costs. This important city is virtually surrounded on three sides and its fall seems only a matter of days. Field Marshal Haig*a Third and Fourth armies charged over thrt trench system occupied by the British before they were pushed back by the Teutonic flood last March. They cap tured, in wide sectors, the outer de fenses of the Hindenburg line. The British assault was over a front of 16 miles, from Holmon, west of St. Quentin, to Gouzeaucourt, north of Epehy. In their advance, which reached a depth of more than three miles at some points, they took more than 6,000 prisoners. Not only did the blow bring nearer the capture of St. Quentin, which the Germans are, struggling desperately to hold, but it went far towards wiping out the only bulge in the Brit ish line which resembles a salient. Epehy, at the apex of the bend, has been taken and the same fate has be fallen Gouzeaucourt and Hardcourt 'which stood at the ends of the wings The importance which the Ger mans attached to the territory wrest ed from them is indicated by the an nouncement that they launched coun terattacks as soon s.s they could or ganize, from Hargicourt to the Omig non rivulet. The success of their efforts remain somewhat obscure, but it is not be - lieved they\ can recover the ground they have lost. While the French advance was less spectacular than the British with whom they cooperated they were equally successful in gaining thei' objectives. They moved forward on a front of six miles to an average depth of one and a-haif miles, add ing several hundred prisoners to the British bag:. They now hoi the southerr outskirts . of Contescourt less; than three miles from the su burbs of St. Quentin. This city, where the troops of von Goeben scored a great victory in 1871 is one of the buttresses of the Douai Cambrai-St. Quentin-Laon line, be yond which it has been announced the Germans would not fall back. The French in the outskirts of La Fere with St. Quentin invested and with the British battling doggedly for Cambrai, the great Hindenburg de fense system is in danger of being breached at three of its strongest points. Once ousted from it the Teutons will have back of them no strong fortifications until they reach the Maubeuge defenses. The taking of St Quentin remains a difficult task, however, for the Ger mans are in strong positions and a captured order from General von Morgen to the Fourteenth reserve corps emphasizes the importance of the terrain they hoid. He orders them not to yield another foot of ground in "the imminent decisive battles." While the British and French were forging ahead relentlessly in the West the Serbs and the Freneh in Mace donia were making more emphatic their defeat of the Bulgars, who! have been reinforced by German! troops. There is every indication that the offensive in the near East is of'j major proportions and that it will de velop to the limit. It has widened to the west of Sakol and the east of Vetrenik until the front extends over! 16 miles. The allies have penetiat-i ed at some points a distance of ter | miles. ! The resistance of King Ferdinand's: troops is weakening as they are beinx forced back. While Marshal Foch was following! his policy of striking at widely sepa rated points along the battle line the) day was one of comparative quiet for General Pershing's field army. There was no activity of consequence or. their front beyond the usual artillery and patro? activity. CROP SVMMAIiY. Synopsis of Weather and Crop Condi tions in South Carolina for The Week Ending September 17. Columbia. Sept. IS.?The past week ?'as one of generally excellent grow ing weather, and all crops have made satisfactory progress. The nights have been rather cool for best de velopment in cotton, however, bu'. much of the intermediate and late crops is still blooming and fruiting, and a late season will be necessary in order to obtain results from current bloom; the crop is opening rapidly, and picking is beinsr pushed, notwith standing shortage and hi?h pr ice <>i labor, with some local congestion at Kins. Intermediate and late corn have improved materially, and the late crop is earing satisfactorily; fod der pulling continues. The sweet potato crop is now in generally fin* condition, .-ind other late field crops and gardens have advanced corre spondingly. Peavine harvest is pro gressing. Fall plowing has proceeded satisfactorily, with some indications of increased small grain acreage, and some oats and rye are > ? * - i n planted in scattered sections. od Fear not?Det ali the en MTER, S. C. SA PE?CE MOVE IN GEB MAJORITY LEADERS IX STAG TO MAKE DEM STRATIOX. Peace Resolution Saul to be; ' aration in Consultation WJii cellor to be Introduced in? ber. London, Sept. IS.?It is from Berlin that when the meets on November 5 there',; another peace demonstration to the one in July. 1917, accor an Amsterdam dispatch to*H change Telegraph. It is F? terms of the peace resolutiorr?Hj drafted by majority leaders in?% tation with the chancellor. mm MAKE PR?00E 1 ! TAKE MANY PRIKCNEXtSd^ttRB MACHINE GUNS. Have Reached Cntpcs?> Positi Hindenburg Line. London, Sept. 19.?The Bril I night made further progress* I drive on the Hindenburg line; ! Quentin. At north of Ponton I reached the outpost positions*' j Hindenburg lines, i Haig's statement adds: ! ians in a new attack carried I denburg line outposts. Many2 ! ers and nfcn?i>ers of machine^ were taken by them. The ti Lempire, four miles west of and Gauchy wood was capture ter intense bombardment of between Gouzeaucourt and the} Cambrai road the enemy deliye strong infantry attack on a widf northward from the vicinity of cault. This was tompletely rt at. all points i with great Ic strong attack north of Movrc likewise driven off. MORE BRITISH SCCCJ 8,000 Prisoners and Several Yards of Ilindenlmrg line of Yesterday's Drive. With British Forces in Fr Sept. 19.?Haig's forces up to. night last night captured morfef; eight thousand Germans, the of the drive yesterday on the front ' Several thousand yards of; denburg outpost line are in hands this morning in the" ; sector, southwest o&;??^et&^j^ French Continue P*dgr^ss. Paris. Sept. 13.?The French last night continued progress in the region of St. Quentin and penetrated the German positions of Contescourt, 3 miles southwest of St. Quentin. INVESTIGATE DEATH DIERS. OF SOL Federal Inquiry to Place Responsibil ity for Train Wreck Near Missouri Town. Springfield. Mo., Sept. 18.?A fed eral investigation to place responsi bility for the headon collision of a freight train and a troop train on th? St. Louis & San Francisco Railroad near Marshfield last night, was be .?un today by the department of jus tice and the railroad administration A coroner's inquest will be held to morrow. Xo list of the dead wac available, army officers in charge ob serving the strictest secrecy even as to the exact number killed. A revised list of 45 injured was given out by railroad officials. The cause of the wreck continues a puzzle to railroad and government of ficials. A report persisted that the block system signal had been tamp ered with, so as to clear both trains but there was no official intimation to verifv it. Five Soldiers Killed. Washington. Sept. IS.?Five sol diers were killed and at least 24 in | jured in the wreck last night of a I troop.train near Marshffeld. Mo. This j was announced tonight by the wa: I department. SENATE WILL INVESTIGATE BREWERS. Charged that Unprecedented Sums Were Contributed to Propaganda Activities. Washington. Sept. 19.?Investiga tion of political propaganda activi j ties of brewing interests was ordered I today by the senate, directed princi i pally at charges that brewers bough: a Washington newspaper and con tributed through advertising con tracts, also paid money to citizens and even government officials obtain ed pledges from members of con gress. ITALY WILL NOT CONSIDER PEACE OPFER. The Government Has No Official Knowledge of It. Rome. Wednesday, Sept. 17?The Italian government has no knowledge (-;' the Austrian peace proposal except for the te>\'1 of th?' document carried by telegraphic agencies the semi-of ficial Staffln news agency has an nounced. Tin- government, how ever, is indicated by the agency to l>>' in no mood for opening s-ieh ne gotiations as suggested by .inofficial text. Spanish Influenza at Charleston. Charleston. K<-pt. l!t?Several cases of Spanish influenza have made its appearance at the aviation camp near here. ma't at be thy Country'*. Ttoy God'? a LY, SEPTEMBER 21, 19 NEED MEN IN NAVY. GEM. CHOWDER ANNOUNCES OR DE RS TO LOC AL DRAFT BOARDS. Men i'or Navy and Marine Corps to be ' Called Soon. Washington, Sept. IS.?Gen. Crow der today announced orders to iocal draft, boards which will permit volun tary induction of draft registrants into the navy and marine corps, and j also provide for draftsmen to he as- i signed to these services if voluni ? yj enlistments are not sufficient to ij demands. Will call men for navy to J go out before the end of this month j Marine corps contingents will be call-! ed within a few weeks. TANKS ?T ST. Ill TANKS OF AMERICANS PLAY DRAMATIC PART. ),Pershing's Men Man Three Types of Macl?nes of War With Great Suc cess in Attack on St. Mihiel Salient ?Many Difficulties Overcome. With the American Army on the [Lorraine Front, Sept. 18 (By the As sociated Press).?Squadrons of Amer ican manned tank:;, operating for th. first time on a large scale, in the at tack on the St. Ivlihiel salient, played an important and dramatic part in thc ,.defeat of the Germans. Divided into brigades?light, inter mediate and heavy?the tanks swung I :-cut o? the field of battle immedi ately after the barrage. Before th. &ay ended they had entered the . - gages of Nonsard, Pannes, Lama rent Binney, considerably ahead of tht ifantry. $f.E?:r!y in the action difficulty was tperienced in getting to the front ifficient gasoline, although a greai feel of gasoline tanks had been'pre - Spared to carry supplies. The gas tank grtcre attacked by the enemy or were g&red and it was here ti.e American gptg^nuity came to the rescue. ^Barrels of gasoline were trundlec [carolled over the roadless fields b> ^ig" volunteers to meet the most ^?ing needs. Boosleds, curiouslj 1$gh. vwere found more efficient [.wagons in carrying supplies sine ? cou$d be dragged over the mud tout being mired and on them Etreds of gallons of gasoline were reyed to the fighting tanks, e.adyance of. the tanks ^ brought machine was equipped with &r'Zl- mi li-metre gun instead of machine gun violated his orders and went far ahea :? until-he was within range of Nonsard With one well placed shot he knocke ? two Germans out of a church 'steeple from which "'hey were firing a ma t chine gun. I A lieutenant, shot through the !ef ! hand by an explosive bullet, was sent j to a hospital, but escaped and walke; I six miles back to the field. He ap i neared at his tank with the statement j that he could "carry on" with his right hand. I Several others were wounded, but j remained on duty. No one was killed I however, even though a German si: j inch shell ploughed clear through a j small tank, destroying it. but injur j ing only one of the crow. Another tank captured a battery of "77's" bu was so far ahead of the infantry i could not turn over the guns to them. The story is told of another tank ; which went into a town with a sor : ge?nt armed with a rifle perched on ; The turret. This machine captured twe I batteries of "77's," five machine gun j and many men. I TYtnks were oe^n tonally as much ! os two miles ahead of the infantry ! \ throwing eonsf-rnation into the Ger j mans. Part of the success which at j j tended their share in the battle un doubtedly was due to the intensive '.raining given drivers who are taught to operato the machines blindfolded j guided only by signals from the gun j ners. This sometimes is ' necessary ' when the drivers are blinded tem I porarily by splashes of mud. I For several days before the offen j sive the tanks which were to take j part were maneuvered in an interioi I town while the civilians watched I them with amazement with no knowb j edge of what it portended. Some tim^ j before the battle the tank crews were j sivon their final instructions on a i hypothetical battle field mathemati joally divided up into debarking points ; and supply depots. THE V \C?<TAN AND PEACE PRO-j POSA LS. The Pope Will Act Only at Request of Both Parties. Rome. Tuesday. Sept. 17?Tt is stated by the Vatican today with ref- ! erence to peace proposals, if the Pop- ! is to act in such matter it will !>? I only when asked by both parties j However, it was added, if diplomats representations are received fro pi [ one of the parties, inquiries will hv j mad" of the other i" it is desired to j receive such representation. GERMAN PEOPLE DESPONDENT, j Loiters Pound on Prisoners Show the Peeling of Home People. With Americans in Lorraine. Wed nesday. Sept. " is.?Fear lest tb<> American advance will overwhelm them; bitter complaint of bad food and general despondency are the key notes of letters written from th< homes of German soldiers and found on th?>ir persons when captured Thes-- j letters were never intended for Arnei ican consumption and showed moral eagerness of Germans running low. ' ?5 18. TALE OF BETRAYAL. CEX2XE AND TROTZKY WORKER IN ROUMAMA. Many Hans Released?Documents Re veal Advance Plans of Germany and Her Russian Bolshevik Tools. Washington. Sept. iS.?The betray al of Roumania and elaborate ad vance plans of Germany and her Russian Pol hevik tools for suppress ing and murdering loyal Roumanians. Russians and Poles are exposed in detail by today's chapters of the astounding secret Russian documents which the American government is giving to the public. Other installments of the series have described how the Bolshevik leaders, Lenine and Trotzky, and their associates were bought by the Ger mans for millions in gold and engi neered their bloody overthrow of Rus sia for the benefit of their masters. Now the story is told of how, while the Brest-Litovsk peace conference farce still was in progress, the Bol sheviki were sending hired agents into Roumania to disorganize th? armies of Russia's ally, dethrone the Rumanian king and turn loose the Hermans occupied there for service in a great offensive on the Western I front. The second phase cf the latest dis closure shows the Bolsheviki, at Ger 1 man direction, undertaking not dnfy to kill refractory Russian generals, but to shoot individually and whole sale Polish soldiers who were refus ing to be sold to Grenmya U. . . .ssd 1 ing to be sold to Germany and pa triotically keeping the field against I their enemies. One of the docu j ments transmits orders from the Ger man intelligence service -*> "take I Yiost decisive measures, up to shoot .ng en mase, against Polish troops' and to institute surveillance of insti tutions and persons, including zh* Reman Catholic Polish clergy. Explanatory notes by Edgar Sis son, who obtained the documents, ad:i many details lacking in the papers Lhemselves, including a story of how the Roumanian minister barely es caped execution, was arrested by the Bolsheviki and released through the efforts of Ambassador Francis ami other diplomats. ILLEGAL TRADING. saves German People From Starva tion. legal trading,** Depuiy von Herzberg Lottum said in a food debate in the Prussian lower house, ? according U he Berlin Tageblatt. "The larger cities of Germany are obtaining one-quarter of their neces sary stock of foodstuffs through ille ^al trading?without that they would starve," the deputy asserted. "The increasing severity of pen alties heighten the risk of indulging in secret trading and raises prices,' he continued. "There are now 100, 000 persons employed by the war foo-.l administration and that under the cir cumstances we deliver 30 eggs per year per person is really no heroic deed." % Other speakers toft? of pitiable con dition in Austria-Hungary.. Coun! Stolberg said: *T have seen now in Austria that the rich man has everything, the poor an nothing, it is a pity to see how the poor people there are sufferin,: t.m Hunger. In comparison to con ditions there things in our country re much better.'' ?Tri Budapest in rich Hungary, th poor wait in line all night for the 30 gram fat ration, and then they don't ?eceive that. .Major Koch of Cassel ?;aid. The i *al or secret trading re ferred to probably means that th*: German cities violate the law which fixes a maximum price for food and prohibits consumers from paying more than that price. German oifi cials have attempted to stop sucli violations by some cities. CZECHS CAPTURE PERM. Fall of Important Russian City Re ported. Paris, Sept. IS.?Havas?A dis patch from Vladivostok announces that the Czecho-Slovak forces have captured Perm. If the report of the capture of Perm is true it means that tho Czecho-Slovaks have advanced across the Ural Mountains a.bout ISO mile* from clkateringburg which they cap tured motile time ago. Perm i:: the capital of the govern ment of Perm and is situated on the Kama river, near it is one of the la'-ge Russian ordnance works. Tin population of the last census was about 50 000. American Casualty List. Washington. Sept. in.?The Ameri can army casualty list numbers 2t>:;. divided as follows: Killed in action. 59: missing in action. 68; wounded se verely. Si'; died of wounds. 2'2: died from aeroplane accident. I; died of other accidents. died of disease. IT: wounded degree undetermined. ?: prisoners. 3. Corporal Peter Carter. Go van, S. C, and Robert Parnell. Williamston. y. are reported to have died of disease. The Marine Corps casualty list i-? as follows: Killed in action '?'>: die?' of wounds received in action ?!: se verely wounded in action, To*a '?. The Marine Corps casualty ]ir/> to d:*t. number:; 3 132, of whom 102 :ir. <;:f'eors. K SOCTHR?N. ??tah?*bcd Jon<\ ) 1*4* Vol.XLVII. Nr. am imoyes m provisions. REVENVE BILL MAKES DECIDED PROGRESS. j Will be Passed Soon?Final Action ! Certain to Come Tomorrow With I Possibility of Vote Today. I Washington. Sept. 18.?All of the i principal tax provisions of the new. j war revenue bill were approved fcy'?: j the house toda ? almost as fast a3 j two clerks working in relays couldv ; read them. With only a few minorl ' provisions and amendments now to I be considered, leaders believe a final ; vote will be reached Friday with j a possibility that it may come tomor | row. j After adopting within an hour the I war excess profits provisions without I change, the house passed important. ! sections raising many millions of dol-' I lars without a word of objection orf I even discussion. Every amendment j proposed either was rejected sumraar i ily or passed over so that the way3 I and me*ans committee can consider M them before final action is taken, j, Eesides the war excess profits sec tion, which yield the greatest returns ? to come from the bill, provisions ? adopted today were taxes on estates. > estimated to raise $110,000,000;! I transportation, $187,000,000; amuse-j j ment admissions, $200,000,000; ex-j ? cess taxes including automobiles, j ' I jewelry, luxuries and semi-luxuries, I $18,000.000; beverages. $1,137,000,-' G00; tobacco. 3341,000.000; capital; tsock, $20,000,000, and the federal, automobile license provisions, $7,-, 330.C00, and stamp taxes $32,000, 000. The luxury taxes caused some dis cussion, some members contending the bill's rates too low and others that they were too high. An amend ment by Representative Platt, New York, to reduce the luxuries rafe from 20 to 10 per cent., was defeated. The most important matters re-' maining to be disposed of are the proposal to tax cotton $3 a bale and to impose a . 5 per cent, tax on pro- | ducts of child labor. The cotton tax was formally proposed today by Rep resentative Moore of Pennsylvania and the amendment met with instant and spirited opposition. Leaders pre dicted tonight that the amendment would be rejected. (> \ Representative Green of Iowa gave ?notice that tomorrow he will offer his child labor amendment, with predie-: tions general that it ' would be re jected. gross Teceip for hire. An amendment jby Representative Bland of Indiana to exempt traveling I salesmen from the $100 annual brok ers license tax. An amendment by Representative Tread way of Massachusetts to Jevy 10 per cent, on gross receipts from bill board, street car, electric signs and similar advertising. Allowances for depletion of oil and gas wells and mines. Exemption from income and inheri tance taxation of persons in the mili j tary service. AMERICAN SOLDIERS POPULAR. Applauded and Admired by the Al-j lied Soldiers. ' j Behind the British Lines in France. ? Aug. 25 (Correspondence of The As ; I sociated Press)?To an American ? visiting the Western . front in these i stirring times, it is a surprise and a pleasure to note the interest and an ! ticipation with which the more active ! participation of the Americans is j greeted on every han<? The Canadian soldiers invariably [adopt the attitude of ?'! told you so* j when the official reports chronicle ? American successes. The Australians ; j also pride themselves on their inti ! macy with the Americans, and take a j personal pride in every good deed, I which the Americans do, as if in ! some way they, themselves, had some j share in it. j The English Tommies are content to express delight and satisfaction, but always as ir eager to belieVfe the best land give credit for every excuse. The j Americans, by their unassuming j ways and insistent aggressiveness in : the line, have won the good will of the whole Imperial British army. When a German report came in the other day of five airplanes brought i down from a patrol of six American : raiders, frank incredulity was ex-' pressed everywhere. When the Amer ican report verified it. there was noth ing in it but hard luck and a basis for further avenging exploits. The American Hying men have a hard time before them to sustain the : hopes hold out for them by their ad mirers in the British and Canadian battalions. The kindly applause showered on American methods by th.' English newspapers?whi<m have from the first ignored the mistakes certain to creep into any war admin istration?is either accepted in France us the complete story or is a reflec tion of the feeling here. Nowhere was the amity of feeling between the Americans and the va rious British units better demonstrat ed than at the recent Dominion Day sports behind the British lines. Tho events of that day are acknowledged to have be* n the greatest gala-day celebration ever helel in the war area. SpeciaJ War Tax on Occupations. Washington. Sept. 19.?The exten sion of the proposed special war tax of ten dollars a year on business or occupations, to include all persons in professions and trades earning two thousand or more, has been approved by the house committee.