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J . . t r i ,r - , i - - . . ' 1"-; - ' The JVeather. PAC51ES XODAY. , t ' J. '.. v .1 ONE SECTION Partly cloudy . Friday; showerilwest portion; Saturday partly, oloudy.-1 ?' 1 i '1 .4 , il.. I 1 1 i t -j I : 1 1 7fi .?fcvrvji hxferiB wniAgi vv'r; r 4 - t VOL. CI-NO. 306. WHOSE NCTMBBR 39,484 WiOL i - HUNS STAR T Soldiers Have Ottsttb EMT COUNTER BUT FOCW ALLIED PLAN OF ATTEMPTING CAPTURE WAY But Germans Have Thrown in Thousands of Reinforcements To Counter-At tack. ALLIES REINFORCED ALSO Have Reduced Pocket's Mouth From 37 to 21 Miles and Guns Command That. NO GENERAL RETREAT YET German Commander Determin ed to Fight It Out. (By the Associated Press.) ' General Foch has taken a leaf out of the book of German mili tary strategy and ordained the use by the allied armies of the pincer style of offensive in the Soissons-Rheims salient. Both jaws of the pincer are moving smoothly with the pivot along the Marne workings in uni son and the process of attempt ing to capture many of the near-' ly half a million Germans in the big pocket is well .on the way to what at present , seems like pos sible success. ' ' ;: " Counter-Offenive Starts. The Germans, however,1 evidently do not intend to permit themselves to be entrapped without fighting:. Having thrown thousands of reinforcemetns into the already congested salient, they have started a counter-attack of great violence all along the semi-circular front from the Ourcq river to the re gion immediately southwest of Rheims, and their men are said to have orders to stem the allied tide of advance at all costs. Allies Reinforced Also. Nevertheless, at ail accounts, the Americans, French, British and Italian troops, themselves well reinforced to meet the new turn in affairs, were steadily pressing forward at nearly all points on the battle line to Rheims, while east of the cathedral city, a Pol ish contingent the first of the -Poles to enter the combat is declared to have carried out successful an enterprise against the enemy In whlc?h more than uu Germans were made prisoners. On West Side Salient. The western jaw of the u-incer con tinues to move eastward along the Ourcq river on both sides of the: stream and the Franco-American troops now are virtually knocking at the gates of Fere-En-Tardenois, the important rail way junction and storehouse for Ger many's war supplies. Further south to the Marne new advances, in keeping un those in the north, have been at tained. ' r - At Fincer's Pivot. At the Divot of th ninner north of the Marne. midwav between Chateau- Thierry and Rheims, the French have extended their line northward in the forest of Fere, in the Riz forest and north of Dormans; while the. eastern w of the pincer, under the pressure f the British Via n Tinf iVnn.'hlv moved forward in a northwesterly direction tor about a mile and a half . over a three roue front to Mery Premecy and Greux, fVast named village five miles west trm the Rhpimo.Pi o-moa maA At Mrv Premecy the allied line now stands aOOUt tPn -anl n 1 .At.tan a of Fis mes, which is the central station me railway running between .-Sois- CU11S and Rheims. 7 Cut 37 Miles to 21. ''Or a vaar onq n . w -alllAil 'roops have hammered against the oissons-Rheims salient uhtir jts width across beiwppn KAo.n,n r&wed to about 21 rloB m an nrL iginal width of 37 miles .while the' tH- ngu.ar salient has been welded into a emi.circular cul de eac over the en- tn LIie amea artmery cominues ram shells from all sides and Airmen al't shells from all sides. and airmen e Keeping ud their intensiva homhintr orksOD formation8 and military Germans Are Determined.. F of tt yet notwithstanding he -inroads 8ien e,alHed troops, there has been no en of an impending general retreat eiJt part cf the German, and if he al1iJf to stand and fight it out. and .the suon gains continue with th same hh m as heretofore, U (seems? that, in the daily narrowlhg'of te neck tcontinued on Page Tea.) - - S PIN C EE IS OF 500,000 TO POSSIBLE SUCCESS Eastern Edge of Pocket Is Palled Eight Huns Use 70 Divisions; ; - Have Lost 25,000 Men ' Captured, and 500 Guns With the French Army in France, July ,25. (By The Associated Press). Up to the present 70 Ger man divisions have been identified vin the present fighting zone and the battle therefore may be regarded as the biggest since the beginning of the war. r ..The prisoners taken number 25, 000 and more than 500 cannon and thousands of machine guns have been captured. Of the prisoners fourteen per cent belong to the 1919 class, showing that' nearly ail these boys already have been incorporated in fighting units. If all of them have been utilized they would form from 17 to '18 per cent of the" German strength. ' Information received proves that the '1920 class which it was intend ed to Jie incorporated in the army f: October, has been ordered into the units in September. Most of those of this class are not 18 years . old. , ,' :: j French .Official Statement Tells . Of. Gains at Various Points On Line. ALLIES GOING STEADILY Additional Successes Won Yesterday Onrcq, In tae Bottom of Salient . and Along East Side at Vrlgny. Ct Scenes of Warte. J - . - - 'W' 'Paris, July 25.- Franco-American troops today made an advance of near ly two miles at certain points on the Aisne-Marne front, notably in the' Dormans region, says the war office, additional gains are recorded showing that -the progress of the allies in this salient ' is steadily going on. The text of the statement reads: "On ; the Ourcq front the fighting to day met with the same success as on preceeding days; . . North of the river we occupy Oulch Jj& Ville. South of the river Franco American troops made an advance which reached three . , kilometres at certain points, despite stern resist ance especially in the region of Dor mans. ,. Southeast of Armentieres we occupy Hill 11 and have crossed the Nante uil stream. -Further to the south we captured the Village of Coincy and tho greater part of Tournelle ; wood. We extended our progress In the forest of Fere as far as the general Beauvardes Jjb caiarmel. v v. ,t, v Our advance continued under fav orable ,oondltions in the Ris forest and north of Dormans.; v "Southwest -of Rheims the enemy continued bis violent attacks against our positions between .Vrigny and St. Euphralse and succeeded in gaining a foothold on Hill 20. Our troops; soon reconquered this height,' taking . about i00 prisoners." ; ''Aviation 1 On July 24;.; Franco-British airmen brought down nine Ger man' machines and set nre to . three captive baloons.,Our bombing machine carried - out numerous expeditions "be hind the battle i sone. The station and, depots at Amifoutaine-the stations and raiWnsirtn at Bazoches. . Courlandon, Fismes and , Cugnlcourt were copiously bombed. -A total 'of 0 tonsjof project tiles was used with, -good results. Fires and heavy explosions were observed at Courlandon and Fismes. ' , Eastern- theatres, July 24. The , ar tillery activity1 was quite marked on th Dorain front and" vicinity af Kapa; jt was less intense elsewhere . Allied aviators bombed enemy establishments In the" region .of Mourgas north .of Monastir and, at Demlr-Hissar."; v BATTLEFIBJliD SCENE-OF .WASTE; :; K0T HOUSE iWlLIi BE LEFT - With the t American Army ; on the Aisno-.Mame Front; July, 25. :(By . the Associated Press.) A desolate,, sheU-torn- waste; and5 burning, house and towni rrtark the sone evacuated rbyw the. ' t -. f (Continued "bnJPage , Ten.) FRANCO AMERICANS ADYANCE TWO MILES Ste to GERMANS Miles to West British and French Troops Yes terday Advanced to Greux and Premecy. POCKET 21 MILES WIDE Whole Distance Between Allied Lines is Under Fire of the Allied Guns. GAIN OF MUCH IMPORTANCE Narrows Salient -Between Sois sonjrand JElheims. London, July 2.British and Frehch troops have . advanced '.ip "Gueux and Mery Premecy, in the battle deotor Just west of Rheims, 'accordingto Informa tion recctiVed here this afternoon, from The'new line' shows in advance -of about two miles toward. Fismes. This gain, when seen on the map,, is -of evl dent importance. for it greatly -narrows the salient created by ..the .Germans in their drlVe',of; ijjilZy.. ;?v;y Jf & Inniger SotsOn-Illlelms.,, It no longer is proper to speak of the pocket as running from Soissons to Rheims, 'for 'the "newest "advance of the Entente allies has; pulled .. the eastern edge of the pocket eight miles to the westward, making Mery " Premecy the marker, of the eastern rim. ' Pocket's Month Only 21 Miles. The mouth of the pocket is now only 21 miles wide and the whole distance between the two sides is under range of Entente allied guns. TheFrench, are continuing their at tacks between' the River Ourcq and the River Marne. They advanced last night f or a; distance; of a mile capturing the southern part of Fere forest and they now occupy a farm on the main road f romu Fere-En-Tardenois to Jaulgonne. The tovrn of ,Fere-En-Tardenois is now within '8,000 yards of . the French lines. - French Went Too Far. The French last night ' also pushed well forward along, the south bank' of the River Ourcq, but this morning they found they were in an isolated position and they, were compelled to fall back. East of; Rheims a" Polish contingent, attached to the French forces, made a successful enterprise and captured 213 prisoners. Gain o 1 Miles on 3-Mile Front. . The advance of the British and French forces along the battle front between; Rheims and the iarne .'to Gueux and Mery Premecy represents a gain of about a mile and a half along a front ol.. three 1 miles. The town of Gueux i. lies to the south of the River Vesle and is about five miles directly west xf ; the cathedrcl city. ' Mery Pre mecy is a short distance northi. of the Fismes-Fargny railroad and about 10 miles southeast o Fismes, which is the center of a line running between Sols sons and Rheims. .- !( 40 Square Miles Taken. On the west side of the pocket the Anglo French troops have straightened their line at the expense of the. Gerr mans 'during . the past " 24 hours, this involving a loss to the enemy of about 40 square miles of territory between Armentieres and Vincelles. The. line in the lower .western part of the pocket now runs .'straight' southeast from Ar foentleresand .along this line: the Ger mans have been compelled to give up ail the little angles and corners, which they had ! been -.holding ,on to . as ot servation posts or strong points. :? -.'. v J.. l' m Fere-EnTardeois- Center. " ' . The German military 'nerve tenter at Fere-EnrTardenoIs;.which.is . Oie . junc tion of several -s great' roads, was s the most important storehouse, and . dis tributing point of : the Germans, lsmow under the - cross fire- from' ."the ' French and American artillery and must be well 'nigh untenable. .' In fact, no place in the whole pocket Is a very comforta ble 'position with the allied long range artillery sweeping back and forth with balloons and -r airplanes directing - the 'fire. , - ,s w ' ' .German' Gnns Belnar Removed. " - drawal. by . the .Germans, is. seen -on- the western-flank of the pocket in the fact that : the , German - artillery fire - Ihas grown . much r lighter fall through thls" sector, and the guns appear-jowhe. firing from greater distances ehind the lines, as if -beirttf. removed to places of safety: The ' allies -are .deflnitelyi,on ,thet x,up - (Continued ; oh. Pase-.Ten),,- - vn Tide of Jklli sTrMmmmmmmpm-Tmm off GEMMOTEraS IKf M I AMERICA IS ASKEIX ? TRYING TO GET AWAY Estimated Crown Prince Has Lost 200,000, Americans Ac counting for Fourth. - APPALLING NUMBER DEAD Whole Complex Allied . Army Streaming Along the Roads : -Leading to the Front. ' With the American Army on th Aisne-Marne Front.. ;July 25. (By The Associated PressywWJth the sides of the Soissona-Rheims sack coming steadily closer - together the German' crown prince's generals, are driving their men depsratelyi in order to hold them off long enough to extricate the armies threatened at-'theVb.ottom,." north of the Marne.' . ' The American1 and French troops are never far behind the' . Retreating'" forces and the vicious rear 'guard actions are not sufficiently, resistat; enable the Germans to proceed in therdrderly man ner planned. ' -' ' g' . t ' At' Dormans. hrtn--cvthe Marne and east' of.' Chateau-Thierry, the" Germans counter-attacked, taking' th' position, -but were promptly driven out." Tbey occuMed" Treloup,: v?estroDrmans andr alUesih the woods in that Jart of. the sector, while to the-" east, south of Rheims, there were additional allied successes.;- '5. . - :r. -. : The Americans have occupied Cour polf 'on the road'td' r'ere-En-Ta'rdenois and. the French 'positions,- and the French positions have been advanced until Oulchy Le Chr teau is dominated by the guns.; '""""V Nearer Soissons ' tne Germans failed to hold all " their-' positions notwith standing reinforcements and their des perate need.. . - A ' t It Is estimated -unofficially tonight that the enemy losses" are more than 200,000, of which; 50,000 were Unflicted by the Americans. - -Trie prisoners alone number over 20,000 and - the losses in dead and wounded are appalling. The French used more armored cars than usual and cavalry or mounted pa trols were effectively employed in clearing the- forests and 'maintaining contact. c". ""''; Toward Soissons there has been -increased artillery work, and bitterer and steadier fighting. The Frepch and American soldiers disregarded caution almost entirely yesterday, advancing their lines lns bpenx order and taking what came without , bothering to. hunt down machine gun nests. This brought them into closer contact ,with the main body of the -retreating forces. - In numerous cases machine compa nies surrendered, although it was nec essary to clean up many others., . Division headquarters Jare constantly closing o naccount of the comparative- continued on . Page Tfcn : ' Jt BRITONS AT HOME FIGHT FOR ; KAISER Tens of Thousands Munition Vbjkers Strike. i At a Time When EVery Shell Is JVeeded Byt Brothers at Front1 Tsej-VCatK'; Off Vital Supplies ' of War - r Embargo Canse. - : 1 Birmingham, En?., July '25.-I1 was estimated that 100,000 munitions .work ers were out on strikf, ini the'BirmingT ham district this morning. Workers in a few f aotoriesecided to.- remain ya work pending .thsgtotco tion .whiohiars proceed ministry of munitions , at Xiondonand the result df ; the. conference of. engif ueeruif ana nuio uaues wnicn openeo at IJeeds'today:.5.''"";'''': -.-;.. y:.'--. The workmen of tne "slack..country,f! one of the htef Industrial districts-of the midlands, are, joining the strike sjnd and the situation -is . considered -more serious; &:i:':'&z&uk.&?M IACK OF SKILLED-WORKERS XED' h TO EMBARGO--MISU1VDER8TOOII Lin'donV-Juiy-f 5Vi8ftOttawai) Tha..'trlke''lia4'Ji6rfirislh:-::the'.la ciency ; of skilled labor; this liefit' ciency. : necessItatedtfteWgvnment making- plans ' tqTyni enpjtrthsr tlon of lahoi-j but som firms. ,5y- offery. ihg' attractive. wages,. managed to sey' curs : an unfair proportion - of skilled I - n v tCatlaueaon.aceTeaj;yii DRIVE MEN.FIERGELY ? y ma favance m GREA T EVENTS IN FRANCE 'How Many Sons Has Ypur Majesty Lost?" All-Highest Is Asked .Geneva, July 25. (By The Asso ciated Press). "How many sons has. Your Majesty lost? How many have been wounded , or mutilated?" 1 ; These questions, incorporated in - a tSiegram, were sent to the ' Ger man emperor yesterday by' Pastor Dryander, .founder of the new Iib eral German-American newspaper. .Ffiedensruif (Peace Call) of Zurich. ,In the . event there have ' been no casualties in the imperial family, the- telegram continues, "we demand Jui ;'immediate explanation." 'Emperor William - has not re- plled -. - ' v.. T. PROPOSED REVENUE Present Tax Plans Will Not - Raise the Six Billions As Desired. ' r' WEiSTLING Wlte WAR TAX Wr nd Means .tee iVUlHay: if J ' Three Plans. " f ': ' - 'cWasnington, rJuly ' 24.--The house ways 'sand means committee . in . tenta tively agfe.ii)g today f upon Ja gradua ted tax w;w5 excess 'profits estimated by ' the,., treasury to 'yield ' only f 1,690, 000,000 rteehue;; found ! that Either all its .plans so . far tentatiyely .agreed upon' would - have1 to be readjusted in . order, to procure": the' '$6,1)00.000,000 'sought ' from excessii: profits and in comes or to resort to some new tax: proposition. As" now; p'lanhed the reve nue from these two sources would fall fli'660,000,000 shorts -'.The committee' after. an all-day ses sion, tentatively agreed to a specific -exemption of $2,000 plus 10 per cent, on -invested capital, instead of ?3,000 plus" 7 to 9 per-cent: exempted, from excess profits tax under -'the present tax;.'? Various taxing plans also were discussed with th ecommittee favoring .30 per. cent.; on all net income in ex cess of the .exemption of .10 per cent, and not -in excess of 20 per cent, ex cess, profits ;&0 per cent, on net income in. excess of 20, per cent, and not in ex c.ess 'ojf. 25per cent, and 80 per centrj on net income in excess of 25 per cent. Under the present law the war ex cess profits, tax runs' from 20 per cent. on net Income in excess or? tne deduc tion nd not; in excess of 15 per cent. rof Invested, capital for the . taxable year to 60 per cent, in excess of 33 per cent.' of such invested capital, togeth er with ? 'per cent. , on net income in excess of deduction, for trade or busi ness' Tisving no invested capital. . Discovery that the- total revenues likely to be derived from: income and -excess -profits taxes will amount to only $4,340,000,000 instead of tne $6, 000,000,000. contemplated . by the treas ury ; as capable- of being - raised from these1 "'sources Is considered as proha bly -forcing a revision of the sched ules so far tentatively agreed upon. ; " Should it. be necessary, to revise the tentatively agreed upon tax upon ex cess -profits, Chairman Kitchin y today stated, the committee leaned to "th three following plans: ".Tax Of Si) ; per cent on all, net in comes in , excess of the 10 -per cent, exemption, estimated by the treasury to y.ield72,40p,000,000. . , , . ' ;.Tax of 4 per cent, "on all net incomes Jri-lexceSSj of,xemptioA.ofi 10-per, cent, and -hot in excess of 20 per cent., and 80 per cent. ' on. all net income in ex cess of 20"; per centV. estimated - by the treasury as possible of- yielding, , ,750:000,000. - ';. . ' , i'-Tax.o 0 to .80 per cent, on the;dif f erOnce between the average per: cent. of profits -for 'the best four 'of the; six years from 1911 to 1916, inclusive,? the years" to Ue elected - "by ' the corpora tion .andt the profits for the taxable year. rwith-a deduction of ten per cent, for capital "put-, in "since -1916. No es timate1 of-tho revenue to be raised .urt-1 rder ?thi" piatt Svasmadeby the ' treas- UryDUt ifetWaa wia xnis wouiu f set i concerns which made large profits before the -war as well as since; the-be- lirC4i:Bagne:Inr 4, Rlchmd July s 25--The bureau.5Jc)f staOfMc8 11 United '..iStatSsridepsJrt TOeht-'ofiaborStodayannbuneedHhat censuf taken1 oh June l'revealed.Bich mond as having the highest 'food prices of iny city In the- stat6 outside of Nor-, folk," notwithstanding it ;. is , the fiaeat of ;thoi statV-iiood'-admlnistration.' 'it .! v ; wi?The0report -etstfothhatntslde iof Norfolk,1' Philadelphia ; and "W8 ashington. prices.; in ;:Richmond. are ' , the t highest ViUtfV;y BILL IS INSUFFICIENT liii liij : , . v . V : v . OF PENDING Capital Siirred by Untraceable Reports Crown Prince Had . Surrendered. ARMY OFFICERS: DOUBTFUL Do Not Believe Foch's Pincer Yet Ready to Be Crushed Down oh, Huns. WEST OF RHEIMS VITAL If Allies Succeed There, the 1 Game Is Up. Washington, July, 25.-With Ameri can, French and British forces press ing the' enemy- hard, on all sides of the Aisne-Marne. battle front, the air of Washington was electric- tonight with a feeling ; of; expectancy, as- of great events impending. - Rumors, of decis ive victory ran through official circles like -wildfire.1 ;TtTntraceabie ' reportB were current . that. lthe " army - of the .Gerinancr'awMA'-vTtace'tiad' been trap ped and; that' even' the crown " prince on whicaptfeeHti of Suppressed dtemehtf could be base'd - X?aninned Allied Advances. "The latest dispatches," said Secre tary Baker;1. 'sh6rif.t)htnued advances in several .'places JbyrPi'ench, British and , American trobps. 4 -4They- are . not extenslve,-';hu"f: aifelmfiortant and show that thdatthfttJi continuing- with great vigor.''"; " V - Early- .in the ' day a press dispatch told of rumbrs'in London that the JBritr ish" west of :'RheIms ...had scored a de cided success '. andt .advanced toward Fismes, theermaivrail base midway between . Soissons . ahd' Rheims. Later reports confirmed .this., to the extent of a stride forward, :by British and French forces ' oh ' a 'three-mile front just west of Rheims throwing the ene my, back -ar mile1 'and a half. Proba bly it was", this which" started wild re ports of a sweeping victory. Franco-Amerf cap 1 Gains. Still later, came i hews .of "decided gains by ;v Franco-rAfltiercan . troops around Fere-En-TardC-hois- and north' of Dormans on the Marhe It was evi dent that the. southern; and southwest ern angle of the German position were yielding to; the. pressure against them. News came also .of 'important advances along -the Ourcq. front? The outstanding, fact" tonight ap peared to be- that - the..-iehemy' frbnt was being forced back all along the sixty-mile line, oi the gains recorded the Franco-British drive probably' has the greatest 'possibilities, for it means that the ' eastern . Jaw - of Gen. Foch's gigantic trap is closing ' in. ' Other reports show that the German high command i' had massed . reserves and concentrated artillery, to prevent movement at this point or at its coun terpart,: hear Soissons, where the west ern jaw has already been driven ahead in .a wsek's fighting and now faced German "reserves., assembled from the Whole bate line. ' - . When Trap' May be Sprang. Should the Franco-British forces be able to enlarge .their , advance mate rially 1;he great " trapAmlght : be. finally sprung ; by final overwhelming blows on both sides.. In., that .event, all. of the victories pictured ,1n tonight's ru mors . might well .be realized. To the cool . judgment of army ofn-? cers,; however, th sitpation ; did ' not warrant,, on-the-basis of any informa tionavailable at a late hour tonight the assumption 'that the - time . had come when the jawsof Foch's great vise might be erusheUtbgether. Know ing - what- they- know- of the strength of the: Germans massed- to -hold back the menacing ' Hank' a.ttaocs they .be lieved, it entirely possible for the ene my to escape nbrthrd.- 'The ques? tion in their , minds was whether he had' finally determinedto :: retreat and surrender .all the ground ' gained in his efforts since1 h struck, the, French lines', on ",the Chem-iA jdes -'Damesxlast May or ' had, rerablyed I to fight it out ; to a 1 finish ; where lie : iidw' stands or . on lines : snghtlywrtljdra'wn'. from'; their present position.;. near- 'the 'idarne. - . ' .' HniwZW'aAfcW-';l' South.. l. Today's advices Indicated .that fur-. tner witnarawa was m progress . aionar the southern looifi p?: the'; "li ne. Franco American advance8..orth-. of Dormans shows that joints" ;b;vwhich.; the enemy has clung i tenaciously, for days "a-e. beiug tak-en. . Pressure vail, along ,the line from, Jaulgonne to. the Ourcq prob-i ably : has made ' thSem6st southerly GermanlporftibhsntsnaTjle-;i : was saidai- The - situation. ;oannot bo ; : clearly guaged. juntiL l; further information - is received ias tothe FrancbrBrltish op- ifi?JtCo . ' , v t- v J7J7 r;-v-:v'' j&u cosies TO GO ON RATION i OF TWO LBS. SUGAR it World Shortage and Demands of War Make - It - Necessary to Reduce Consumption. ' 1 SUPPLIES AT LOW EBB Crops Shot, Ships Scarce ana Submarines Have Sunk Overi , Fifty Million Pounds. Washington, July 25.---The Amerl can public- is asked by the food ad ministration to go on'a stlgar ratlin ' of two pounds per capita monthly be ginning August 1, to meet' a world ; shortage in i this commodity 1 and to care for immediate ' demands of .the allies ahd American military forces.', 1 1 The public -at present. Is on a three ' pounds per capita monthly ration, on a request issued by the food admini stration a month ago. Household rat-' ioning will be voluntary at' present, -but public eating places . will bo ; re quired to obBervehew' regulations' et- f fectlve August 1, permitting the vuie : . of two pounds , of sugar for every JO meals served instead of three "pounds r under - existing regulations. ? . ' Sasar Situation Described. 'v ; The sugar situation confronting the United- Statesis describedby thSt food administration as follows' : a-:Kega'r:irup9ltes:aroughout Jtns " teotttry,-n;hittie8;strss( factories , and bakeries" are at" Id w! ebb; the pro-, duction from (ho American beet -and Lo.uisiana cane crops' " have been Adis i : . appointing; , the yield in: Porto Rico has likewise been - smaller than -anti- cipated ahd the inability of the United States and the allies to secure sugar . , from -Java and other . distant .sources on account of the imperative call f6r , ships lor "the movement 0 f troops and their-T supplies, has- materially reduced the supply from such quarters. Added to this already difficult situation, the quontity needed by the afrny and navy greatly exceeds e arlier estimates.. We mustsend a large amount to France and .Italy to take the; : place of the great volume loBt through the German and . Austrian invasions during whleh much beet land was overrun and many factories destroyed. .We have to eupply fcertain quantities . to neutral notions under agreements;, and finally; over fifty million pounds were . lost- recently through submarine . , sinkings off our; Atlantic ppast." , ... h ' ; , ;M Sugar Essential to Victory, f In asking the public voluntarily to reduce their . consumption ...to a : level more nearly equal to the compulsory restrictions in effect in France, Eng- land, and Italy, .the statement says that while sugar is often used as ''a luxury in ; America; It has become . an "essential elemSnt for the success of the .war- among nations of Europe."'. j J "Upon our - action here, "the -state-" ment continues," depends the possi bility of maintaining the ration to our (Continued on Page Two).' " MONSISi KEEL1 TO Invited to Speak ; by Liberty Shipbuilding Company. : - , J A S r Lay First Concrete Ship Keel at Early Date Largest i Feaeh - Crop la Moore and Montffomery . ' Coaatles. ' - t f . . r By S. R WIWTEP.S, j . Washington, ! July S5 The. -Liberty Shipbuilding Co.; has invited Sehator F. ' M. Simmons ' to. make the 1 dedlca tofy address : on the occasion of ,the .. laying of th first keel at the Wliming ton shipyards. The event is scheduled for an early date. Frank Hampton- clerk to the ' senate finance . Oommillee, V ; has forwarded the invitation 'to "New -v Bern," where the senior senator . is rest. Ing'irom. labsirsCV'"5;;'.-' ' ' -;'. " ' Toarcd Wew'.Vork'siate. V , l'k '. Goodwin -B.. .: Ellsworth, superintend- i1 ent of . the., division . of mail service "of the' post offics': department and a Tar Heel who spent hl boyhood days "in Duplin attd .Vahce counties, ' returned today from v a ,00mlle ' auto tour 'of . New, York taie In ;the interest of the, " post: oftlco orylcsVHs addressed the ; . conyentioh of New" Torfc.;: state post-, masters at Syracuse' and - motored A.o waiertown,; Aiexanoer iay i nousana- . ? rIslands, .Ogdenburg, Canton, . Malono, Pa'Ul ' Smlth'tv lAke- Placid.' and thence ; to" .PJattsburg, where his son, Wortfc SENATOR SIM DEDICATE 1 1 1 i r 1 S t 1? ''if h ; 1 hi fW ' f ' . 'Hi', (Mi 1 'j: (. my s i 1 hi hi it r 1 t UK Kit I ' i f 11 l a 1 I t j . , 1
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