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VOL. XXIV. NO. 147.
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Appears to Be Exhausted
ALLIED LINE IS STIFFENED
Assaults Now Launched Only
on Isolated Points
of Vantage
HOLDING TO STANDSTILL
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rMiiciitaii lviaumiic vun rire
Converted Part of Cha
teau Thierry Into No
Man's Land
ON
AID OFAMERICANS
Clemenceau Cheered When U.
S. Troops. Are Mentioned
G?rman masses- no longer hurl
themselves at the allied' lines along
extended fronts. The momentum of
the Teuton advance of last week ap
pears to have exhausted itself in strik
ing the yielding lines of the French
and British, which now have stiffened
and are holding the foe except for in
significant gains here and there, es
pecially along the front running south
from the neighborhood of Soissons to
Chateau Thierry. The struggle aD-
WINS ANOTHER VICTORY
Weathers Stormy Session
Chamber and Is Given
Vote of Confidence
OUR DUTY VERY SIMPLE
Premier Has Aged Visibly Un
der Strain, But Is the Same
Adroit Parliamentarian
Foiled Socialists
parently is changing from a war -Jfj over his opponents in the chamber of
uijicuicui, -j a nai Ul position.
Official reports show that the Ger
mans are launching their assaults on
Chezy. Courcy and near Dommiers,
isolated points of vantage. These at
tacfce were, roughly, from five to
seven miles apart alpng the line,
which includes ground where the
Americans have established them
selves and who have fought the Ger
mans to a standstill. The French of
ficial statement says the Teuton at
tacks were all repulsed.
The report of operations along the
British front fails to show any nota
ble activity on the part of the Ger
mans. At Morlancourt, between the
An ere and the Somme, south of Al
bert, the Germans, supported by
heavy artillery fire, attempted to raid
uie onusn posnons, Dut were re
pulsed, leaving prisoners behind.
Details of the fightJtag in -which
American- units have taken part show
rtat General Pershing's men have
one into battle with a spirit which
is magnificent
In their defense of the bridges
across the Marne, they repulsed the
enemy in a decisive manner and with
tfceir rifle fire prevented the Germans
from making further serious attempts
io cross the Marne.
American machine gun Are also ocn
verted the northern part of Chateau
Thierry into No Man's Land. The
Germans, unable to hold their posi
tions under the storm of bullets poured
into them by the Americans, have
withdrawn to the outskirts of that sec
tion of the ciy.
Between the Oise and the Marne the
fighting continued heavier than else
where on the salient. North of Mou-lin-Sous-Touvent,
northwest of Sois
sons, the French have improved their
positions, gaining some hotly contest
ed terrain from the Germans. Enemy
attacks against the Retz forest, al
though strong, are being localized
ear Long Pont, the Germans were
able to penetrate the forest, but
French counter-attacks threw them
out again.
If they follow the tactics employed
in the Picardy and Flanders battles,
the Germans probably will make very
strong efforts to advance. The enemy
anniery fire is very heavy from norh
of the Aisne to the Ourcq on the west-
em Ting and around Rhelms on the
east, which still holds out.
In addition to th present battle
American troops are actively engaged
n four sections and preparing to en
ter the front line on a fifth Flanders.
-Northwest of Toul, east of Lunevllle,
north of St. Mihiel, along the Meuse
?4 west of Montdidier, in Picardy,
ke-iieral Pershing's men had given a
eood account of themselves before;
le entrance of Anterican units into
"e fighting east and west of Chateau-
Ihierry.
ith the halting of the offensive on
tne new salient nv Ltary observers ex
pect the Germani will make another
attempt to reach he channel ports
jnrough Amiens a d crush the Anglo
ch frces bef re tne ran strength
01 the American' Sort can be brought
into play. The upreme war council
na.s expressed c afldence in the situ
Jon and the at iity of General Foch
combat the I -nemy's plans. Pre-
lm pemenceai as told the French
namber of Ho
as on American help
jem.ng operations on the western
Elsewhere than south of the Ail-
Te Qf I : ml 1
v a. minimum. inere aas
2in ""-'"cij miiig oil we X3C1-
kh V. 1 and on Parts of the Brit
W ' ' 'v)lerp the Germans have
n rr-rMUfcfl in raidg north Qf Kem.
, i' landers, and between Albert
-"All
Paris, June 4 (Tuesday). Premier
Clemenceau gained another victory
j . .
aepuiies today before a large crowd
which packed the chamber to its ca
pacity, very deputy was in his seat.
The premier argued that this was not
the time to' discuss military operations
and the deputies upheld him in a some-
wnai stormy session. Cool and col
lected as he walked back and forth
on the wide tribune, while a storm of
interruptions from the socialists surg
ed up from the house, the veteran
leader resembled a weather-beaten
captain pacing the bridge of his ship,
lashed by a heavy gale. The premier
spoke without bitterness and when re
ferring tp the sights he had seen at
the front recently his voice assumed
a tone of intense sadness.
Premier Qemenceau eulogized the
French and allied armies, savin o- that
the soldiers had foustht on A Acalnst
JLana sSWnl.Qnagainst ten,
uvlt autyis very simple, the. .pre
mier saia. uur resolve must be to
carry on tne fight to the end. Victory
depends upon the civilians. It is they
who must De exnorted not to become
disheartened. Our soldiers do not
need such exnortations."
Cheers arose from all parts of the
house when the premier mentioned the
American troops, sayine:
"The Americans are arriving. We
are staking the game upon the help of
the Americans."
The premier seemed to have aged
visibly under the great burden of the
intense life he has ben leading the
past few weeks, during -which he has
been continuously traveling between
the front and Paris. He was the same
adroit parliamentarian and cleverly
foiled all attempts by the socialists to
force an immediate discussion of in
terpellations on military questions.
Deputies Violette, Lenoir and Ren
audel, in turn, attempted to create a
diversion and fix a date for the discus
sions but Premier Clemenceau replied
simply:
"It is a question of. confidence. If
we have been bad servants, dismiss
us. if we have done, our duty, give us
your confidence.
The vote was then taken and the
government was victorious by 377 to
110
It has been a long time since a ses
sion of the chamber had been attended
by so many deputies. The only absen
tees today were those whose seats are
decorated with mourning crepe en
twined with the French flag, showing
tnat tney nave died for their country
on tne Dattiefleld.
EX-MAYOR OF COLUMBIA ADMIRATION WON BY VHISON AGAIN SEEKS
BE PUT UNDER ARREST JMFPinSN mm CLEMENCY FOR MOONEY
i ' ii i iial II wl II 1 I UIIUL.U
Dr. Griffith Charged With Tak
ing Seized Liquor From
City Hall
L4iumhia, S. C., June 5. Sheriff Mc
Cain, of Richland county, is expected
to comply immediately with the re
quest made by the county grand jury
yesterday that he issue a warrant for
the arrest of Dr. L. A. Griffith, whose
term as mayor of Columbia expired
on May 16, charging him with "the
unlawful taking away from the citv
m. .
jail or contraband liquors.
The ex-mayor is alleged to have
taken whiskey seized by the citv no
nce ana stored in the city hall.
110 NAMES CONTAINED
IN ARMY CASUALTY UST
PLAN TO SMUGGLE IN
JEWELS OF ROMANOFFS
Two U. S. Officials Are Under
Suspicion to Land the
Crown Gems
fron
ettr
in Picardy.
tt , . Call fcr Nur3es.
ffient -:1!nsn' June 5 a state
can Pprt 'ou today through the Ameri
rs, Secretary of War Ba-
civilian .v 11 ine senerai public
.--u aim denning scaoois
New York, June 5. An alleged plot
to smuggle into America thei crown
jewels of the dethroned Romanoff
dynasty, stones. valued at $2,000,000, is
believed to have been discovered by
united States customs officials, it was
flearned here today.
Two United States government offi
cials are under suspicion, it was an
nounced. One is in Russia and the
other arrived at an Atlantic port re
cently on a Danish steamship and hur
ried to Washington "on official busi
ness" and now is missing.
Federal agents are said to have lo
cated $150,000 worth of the jewels and
to be on the trail of the rest
to
ampjp J"a'e actively to ensure
. rj" l' u nurses to
t the army and navy.
an
Savannah Man Elected
Atlantic City, N. J., June 5. Elias
Jacoby was, elected today as imperial
potentate of the 'imperial council, An
cient Arabic Order of the Mystic
Shrine. Other officers elected includ
ed Ernest A. Cutts, Savannah, high
priest and prophet
Seven Southern Men Are In
cluded Among the Dead
and Wounded
Washington, June 5. The army
casualty list today contained 110
names, divided as follows:
Killed in action 39
Died of wounds 13
Died of accident 3
Died of disease 6
Wounded severely 57
Missing in aation 2
Officers named were:
Col. Bertram T. Clayton, Salisbury,
N. C: Capts. Harry A. Bullock. Cam.
bridge, Mass.; Edward O. ;Fleur, Des
Moines, la.; Ldeuts. Clarence Green,
Winterset, la.; Richard Mortimer, Jr.,
Tuxedo Park, N. Y., killed in action.
Laeut Howard R. Smith, New Cas-
tie, Ind., died of accident. .
Lieuts. Abram P. Craddock, Lynch
burg, Va.; Adam P. , Dambrauckas,
Philadelphia; WTalter J: Sullivan, Chi
cago; and Frederick August West
phal, Providence, R. I., severely
wounded.
Lieut. Ralph M. Noble, Galesburg,
111., missing in action.
Lieuts. Benjamin C. Byrd, Hartford,
Conn., and Robert Baker McDowell,
Jersey City, N. J:, prisoners, previous
ly reported missing.
The list includes the following from
southern states:
Killed in action: Privates Willford
Funderburk, R. F. D. No. 1, Durand,
Ga., and Admiral D. Hulsey, Rebecca,
Ga.
Died of disease: Private Shellie J.
oole, R. F. D. No. 1, Wedowe, Ala.
Severely wounded: Privates Clyde
Fulcher, 14 Galloway avenue, Talla
dega, Ala.; Willie E. Pierce, Exeter,
Va.
Missing m action: Private John W.
Jones, 1014 Church street, Oxford, Ala.
Hun Battalions Mowed Down
by Trans-Atlantic Gunners
ENEMY IS THROWN BACK
Faced Pershing's Men Again
When They Attempted
to Cross Marne
Writes45econcl Letter t6 Gov.
Stephens and Urges
Pardon
Under Heavy Machine Gun
Fire Rush Hun Positions
GREAT BAYONET DUEL
Enemy Forces on Left Bank
of Marne River Almost
Wiped Out
GUNS SKILFULLY HIDDEN
KNewsDaDer Man Finrls r rpnrh
A --w ViiVi A
and Americans Are Confi
dent Many Villages
Almost Deserted
' v?il !fl
Don't Use Wireless" Is Latest
in Germany War Slogan
THRILLING STORY TOLD
Young Operator Played Grea
Part in Dramatic Raid-
ing of Ships
4?
With the American Army in France.
June 4 (Tuesday). The American
troops thrown into the present great
battle on the front northwest of Cha
teau Thierry in a brilliant bayonet at
tack drove the Germans from Neuilly
wood in which the enemy was attempt
ing to establish himself after occupy
ing the village of Neuilly-La-Poterie
In severe fighting.
The Germans poured a heavy ma
chine gun fire into the American ranks
but the Americans rushed forward and
destroyed the hastily erected machine
gun positions on the edge of the
woods. Continuing their advance,
they engaged the Germans at close
quarters and cleared them entirelv
from their positions, driving thein
back upon the ruined village.
In a sharp combat, marked bv the,
fierceness of the allied machine enn-
fire, French and American tronns
fighting side by side, almost wiped
out small German forces which had
reached the left bank of the Marne
near Jaulgonne, east of Chateau-Thier
DEFIANTLY SENT S. O.
- - - V '
Star-Spangled Banner WluW
tied by Survivors As They V j
Floated About on Life- Si
Boats in Ocean
New VorV Tii-nrs c in t
o.- Ail DUl 1U OfrWif
tne Ji8 passengers aboard the Ne
rto Kicq liner Carolina: - I
Uy & auomanne, nave been ac-'M
xi: "dicers or tne line an. - if
"uuiiLcu mis arternoon,
"Don't use your wireless and we't
wont shoot," is the newest "made-in Si
If,
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Germany slogan under which th-)
submarine commanders are carrying"!
Uieir campatgn of frightfulness intoif
American waters, according to per' '
sons among 250 survivors of tha i
steamship Carolina who were brought 1
to this port aboard a coastwise schoon- )
er early today. The CaroUna was de-. I
ciiuyea Dy u-ooat gunfire 50 miles Qf
the Delaware capes Sunday evening.
Stones told by passengers and crew
of the sunken vessel indicated that
Edwm W. Vogel, of New York city;'
the ship's 19-year-old wireless opera
tor, played a spectacular part of the
dramatic raiding of the Carolina. V
When the submarine messaged tha
You no wireless we don't shoot,".
vogel defiantly repeated his "S. O q
signals, which he had ralerady begun
flashing, and was on th
swering queries from Cape May and IS
rooKiyn navy yard stations fori
ry. Most of the -enemy survivors ! 5? plT 8 po,srltlo when Captain
were rounaea up. m; Bmall groups and
LOST ALL WHO CROSSED
Evident Siems Germans Ar
Withdrawing Storming Di
visions From New
, Battle Line
With the French Army on the
Marne, Tuesday, June 5. American
troops made their presence felt at sev
eral points in the big battle yesterday
and today won the admiration of their
allied comrades. The town of Neuilly.
La Poterie, between Villers Cotterets
and Chateau Thierry, was the scene
of the most violent combats in which
the Americans took part. With their
rench comrades , they succeeded in
throwing the Germans back.
When the Americans first came into
action here the Germans were trying
to enter Neuilly wood. The enemy
battalions were mowed down by the
trans-Atlantic machine gunners, who
ater supported the French infantry in
a counter attack in which the enemy
was forced to retire beyond the north
ern edge of the wood.
A serious effort by the Germans to
cross th Marne in the neighborhood
of Jaugonne also brought American
machine gunners into the fight. The
German battalion succeeded In obtain
ing a footing on the southern bank,
but not for long. The Americans and
French together resisted with the
greatest vigor and killed or captured
all the Germans who had crossed the
river.
The other parts of the new battle
line are almost without change, but
there are evident signs the Germans
are withdrawing their specially train
ed storming dlvisons which executed
the first assault.
Whether the enemy ntends to make
another desperate effort of the same
kind somewhere else cannot be fore
seen.
The German crown prince has not
thrown all the divisions of his general
reserve into the furnace and probably
Is saving them for another dash.
Washington, June 5. President
Wi son has written a second letter to
Governor Stephens, of California, urg
ing the pardon of Thomas J. Mooney.
The president asked for clemency
for Moohey in March, but Governor
Stephens replied that he could not act
until an appeal for the convicted man
had been passed on by the courts. The
courts have refused the plea.
Mooney was convicted of complicity
in the bomb exposion that killed 10
persons during San Francisco's pre
paredness parade July 22, 1916.
The president interested himself in
the case after receiving the report of
a special commission be sent west to
investigate the labor situation. Labor
leaders have worked hard for Mooaey
and Russian agitators have used the
case as one of their chief argiments
to convince the Russian people that
the pleadings of the Unite 1 States ofr
the cause of democracy have been
insincere.
Not Received.
Sacramento, Cal., June 5. The sec
ond letter written by President Wil
son to Governor William D. Stephens
urging a pardon for Thomas J. Moo
ney, sentenced to hang for murder in
connection with the nreDarednesn .
rade bomb explosion in San Francisco
in July, 19,16, had not reached the
governor's office up to an earlv hrmr
toaay, it was announced.
HEDGE
Mill
Ell HI
MAY CLOSE TONIGHT
Unwritten Law and Self -De
fense Stressed by Defend
ant's Counsel
Prizes Be War Stamps.
Washington, June 5. Suggestions
that all prizes given by state, county
and other fairs this year be war sav
ings stamps is made by the depart
ment of agriculture in a statement is
sued today. The idea was advanced by
Lake Charles, La., chamber of com
merce and has already been adopted
by a number of fair associations.
Lexington, N. C, June 5. It was
believed at noon today that the case
of J. Graham Hege, on trial here
charged with the killing of J. F.
Deaderick, would reach the iurv hv
nightfall. Two attorneys for the de
fendant already had spoken and the
third spokesman of the state was near,
ing the end of his argument at thai
hour. Four more lawyers are to ad
dress tne jury.
The state in its argument this morn
ing sought to hold the defendant sole
ly to his plea of self defense and en
deavored to show the improbability of
self defense on account of the alleged
condition of the room in which Dead
erick was shot. Counsel for the de
fense are stressing heavily "the un
written law" as a leading cause,
coupling it closely with the self de
fense plea.
A. L. Brooks will close for the de
fense and Samuel G. Helskell, of
Knoxville, Tenn., uncle of the slain
man. will sum up for the state.
ii"iuB ynsuiiers. s&a
On Monday, in tha-attack asrainst
tne uermans at Vo&ffiyr' the Ameri
cans drove them back QnA.and a half
kilometres on the-front, fof a narrow
salient. :r-egfinid-Vware",f;
me enemy ana me Americans are now
holding their position there. The
American losses, according to the lat-
' est reports available, were exceeding
ly slight, most of them resulting from
shell fire.
The first Americans to enter the
battle zone were troops of a machine
gun battalion. They rode on trucks
during all of Friday night and ar
rived at their new position on Sat
urday morning. These were the
troops which repulsed the enemy
forces which attempted to cross the
Marne river.
The machine gunners were station-
ed within a certain town and began
operations by poking the muzzles of
their weapons through broken walls
buBhes and holes knocked in the side
of houses. The guns were skilfully
hidden and the Germans were unable
to locate them.
The Germans shelled the town heav
ily and the Americans took positions
accordingly. Later the enemy entered
the outskirts only to be pounded by
the allied artillery. The correspondent
today went over the battle area and
interviewed many of the American
and French soldiers. They are in ex
cellent spirits and confident that the
line will hold, although the worst
probably is yet to come, as the Ger
mans have not been able to bring up
much heavy artillery. Until then
probably the outcome cannot be de
termined. The battle is raging over a hilly
country where crops are growing and
there are no prepared trenches. When
the Americans entered the line the
fighting was shifting back and forth
like a seething mealstrom. The Amer
icans each dug in and they went at It
like experienced hands. One of the
American officers said:
"The Germans are now learning that
the Americans are as resourceful as
any. The Germans do not like the
Americans because they can dig in
with one hand and fight with the other
and smile at the same time."
In villages along the Marne the
Americans are aiding the French in
guarding the homes of the civilians
who were driven out by the enemy
shelling by day and bombing by night.
Many of the hitherto peaceful villages
are almost deserted.
The battle area presented a pecu
liar and impressive picture this morn
ing. The correspondent had motored
all night in the rear of the front where
th low rumble of guns was followed
by flashes along the battle line and
shrapnel bursting against a starry sky,
thick with enemy airplanes. There
was a lull at dawn and the clouds
meitea into silvery patches. The rays
of the sun shone upon the battlefield
where for a moment it might have
been imagined the hell by night had
been turned into peace by day.
T. R. Barbonr. Vnn-el's nmmn...-.
ordered him to quit his -key and se9 ;
whether the Germans would s kee ;
lucu jjieuse, passengers declared.
II
Captain Barbour said he deeMArt.trttlihi
J fTt e Proposition, laiddcwn, byffl
lieved to dissent meant forfeiture irfrrin
the lives of the women and children' fl
aboard the vessel. ' 'h
Arrival of the 250 survivors here- to- 'f
day, 156 of whom were passenger )!
and 94 members of the crew, appaiw-vi
ently leaves 29 persons to be acconnt- : 4
ed for. This calculation by officials 4
of the New York " and Porto BJcokS
Carolina, is based on advices that 18 1
are known to have been lost from !
lifeboat which reached Lewes Del- f :
yesterday, with only 19 of its orlafnai V'"
burden of 35 persons; and that 28 t !
were landed yesterday at Atlantic) 1
City. The arrivals here todav an Ml
at Atlantic City and Lewes yesterday; !
together With the 1ft rleafl. o
313 persons. The officers of the Car-Jt
ollna who reached here today said th tf'
vessel carried 342 passengers and' ,
crew.
After abandoning ship,
survivor '
reaching here said some one in a life :
!ti.
Doat DeKan wnistnne. "The stot- Sn.. s
gled Banner," and it was almost iu
stantly taken up by those in the other
boats. j ' it
Veteran mariners who superintend ?!
ed the allotting of lifeboats to thos h
on the Carolina declared the coolness
was accomplished was remarkable.- i-
Few women became hysterical, they
declared, and most of these collected
their wits under the rebukes DrornDtly
accorded by other women of stoutet
courage. v
Those who reached here after eseATW
ing the triple menace of German gun
fire, drowning and starvation wera
unable to understand why the com
mander of the U-boat chose to let
unmolested 10 newly commissioned
lieutenants from the second United f
States army officers' training camn at - 1
San Juan. It was manifestly impost ?
sible for these men to escaDe the na: i
tice of the Hun captain, It was said, -i I
out ne evinced no more interest m .
them seeminelv than in anv ftrm. i
aboard. Ii
Because the boats in which the Cart l
oiina s survivors quic tne snip er
came widelv separated and vera ,l-S !
ing accounted for at various pot its ii,1
alone: the coast, official of the tamJi i-r.f
w - n 1 1 1
shiD line early todav were nnahfa tt
furnish a complete list of those known f j
iu ue sale. ig
Lichtenstein Found Dead.
New York, June 5 Sol Lichtenstein'
63 years old, one of the most promi
nent race course followers in the
country, was found dead on the side
walk under a window of his home here
today. It was presumed that he fell
from the window.
Lichtenstein was Teputed to have
amassed a fortune from the race
track. -
BODY OF FAIRBANKS -j
TO LIE IN STATE
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Indianapolis, Ind., June 5 Arrange-' f j
ments were being made today for the i)
body of Charles W. Fairbanks, former , f
vice-president of the United States, r
who died at his home last night, jto-H
lie in state in the Indiana state capital' 'I
day. The funeral will be held at the ,-. I
Fairbanks hnme at 5 tjj"rJ
w v viuvu f liuaj n
afternoon. . :.
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Good Weather For Cotton $dj
Washington, June 5. Weather dutw ;
ing the week yesterday continued fa-Xlf
vorable for cotton growing, according r jj
iu uie nauonai weather and crop bul- if
letin issued today. Good showers oc-V i
curred in most districts of the belt ; i
from Mississippi and western' Texas ' I
westward. j
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