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TheLWeatHer; V J? s ? Fair, continued warm Sunday and- Monday. , Ik -.." 1 ' PGESXQPAY OKE SECTION WHOIiE KUMBBB, 39,403 S 2 MERICANW French Cavalry Operating Along, Railroad Between boissons and Rheims. jHE AISNE NO BAERIERj 0ied Advance Guards Have AI-J ready Reached Southern Bank of the. River. BRITISH DRIVE IS NEAR ( j I - -m r Upveral ThrUStS in rlCar dy anQ. mnAya T.tL-olvr ' 'l 1' lOllUtlo Juiuvij (Bv the Associated Press.) ... . SI The great salient oeiweea ooibboub. hnd Rheims. on tne Aisne-aiarne ironi,, in which terrifl-i fightirtgv has beenf going on for two weeks. has beenf virtually cut out by the allied rorces. , French cavalry patrols now are oper- Ltinz along the railroad running be- tween these two cities, constituting the two pivotal points of th previous German advance; American troops hold the outskirts of Fismes, the great supply base of the German army. which the enemy strove wtyh r utmost nrength and determination 10 now; ii illied advance guards have reached ie southern bank of the Alsne. and Jie foice of the combined thrusts 'ot French, British and Americans ap pears great enough now to drive the ermans back even beyond the Alsne o the heights of the Chenim- das Dames, where powerful aerenjces rust then be faced. Allies Speeding TTp Adv. : Both east and west, te- ailies 'on jaturday increased the .Speedy thir ' idvance. a distance of rore tan.six, liles forward being glnf-dajU teerjtaln" ( joints. The line now baa ' ba$ir'toi : itraightened as to escape the danger, jrhich previously threatened the wuthern bend from Soissons, of Weing snfiladed. '4 Notwithstanding the difficulties con-. !ronttng them, the allies are bringing IP their guns almost as-fast as : the Sermans are withdrawing their and ill roads over which the Germans Jare retiring are being subjected to- tne leaviest bombardments. " - ? Coincidently, the British have fained important ground west of thej) Incre river, where the . enemy also isi treating. " After holding back the allies for lays along the Ourcq, the German me seamed to collapse and the retreat lorthward became precipitate..' .- The lecisive blow of the battle between 1 he Msrne and the Aisne seems to have 4 ieen delivered Thursday when the al- ied troops broke the enemy line? atn Hartennes, northwest of Fere-En-- Tardenois. Trutonic Force In Disorder. The whole German line had been pivotim; on this Doint and the allied success there nut the entire Teuton force into what seems to have been disorder. As the result of the allies' sensa tional advance since Thursday they hold the line of the Vesle river from Rheims at least as far" as Brat- Bes. Bpvonrt tViia tnwn t Vik frituatiotl somewhat obscure but it is known at the allies ar on the hills over- Poking the Vesle vallev to""the west ind the northwest. At Venixel the al held the south bank of the "Aisne lnd their lines are extended westward trough Soissnns tn PnmmlPrflS There is no certainty that the Ger mans will find the Aisne. a bulwark Jdo he able to reform their shattered :lumns behind it Advice from Paris "dicate that tho naj-mn' llnta vrth the river are in a dangerous H "ation and thpv mav nrt he able to 'ld them. If this is the case," the re-, iwement will go on until the enemy. "ark aeain tn th linAa nnrtii' of the )aiin des Dames. '. ;. "i i.'i' German Wti-nnirlv Paiul. o tar as tha Int. e front show the situation i about lessons, it is apparent that the-'Ger-c 'ai8 are strongly posted on the W118 we north of the Aisne. There may, however, be other elementatln the sit- !0n which, when reported, will re eai the true situation and itevmenace thd ft .V - ; uie en Am v The retreat- Ai.a'KAAn . - -- v vr J. LUC VJCllUaUO J,KMV M W U ut with skill and, up-until 4aursday it sopmt.ii t t- rrtf1v.' If thl i.IbGrate- Ever sInce that time, eim ve been no reports of large been1"6 f Prisoners and " - there has n no mention of captured cannon. 3 viuuaoie, therefore, - tnai - ine ODer -"'ecu. nan uecu tx luvcegoiui mav v so far as men ana ' u11 GfrL concerned. The loss: to the tnat , "l,wever, tn munitions ana "in very neavy. -Th firman Plan Disjointed, . - .-..auess or tne allies, moreoverr man iparently thrwn the whole Ger- Tw of camP,aign out of joint. irawn f ve been larse "hits wlth- to ,,' cne nortnern hattie rroni; ana iv. e "own prince'a ,? arrolea the i J-an withdrawal ' across tor n .. Aiocn noiaw(u miie oi more tnan wrw ln in'J8 considered by LondonTt0! e ban ; on that -the enemy haa Utn:2"ed that section of the Plcardy lefieM a me scene oi oneniv "il DrtT Tpwabtn--rz I Ahme rica and Japan Will Send Each Country 'Will Dispatch a "Few Thousand Men" to Vladivos tok to Safeguard the City and Protect Czecho-Slovaks From . Armed Austro-German Prisoners. Washington, Aug. 3. Official state- i ments by the American and Japanese J governments, made here tonight, an nounce that the plans for extending military aid to Russia in Siberia will be undertaken by the Onlted States and Japan alone, with the other allied co Deuigerents assenting, m principle. The United States and Japan will each sent a "few thousand men" to Vladivostok to acty as a common force in occupying and safeguarding the city and protecting the rear of the west wara.movmg Uzecho-Slovak army Whil the UnDted States and Japan are extending aid to the Czechoslovak LIGGETT IS DRIVING ; AT HUNS' CENTER f Americans Reach Fismea, the Germans' Main Base For Aisne-Marne Area. THE ADVANCE IS SWIFT Geaeml March" l Elated Over Decisive Jefeat o Knemy -Aronad 300)00 ?. ;' PWktoa? Mai ".Were Washington, Aug. S. The first army corpa,"- commanded by Major General Hunter Liggett, is still driving at the Center of "the?retreating German lines and . has reached Fismes, the enemy's main base fdr the Aisne-Marne battle theatre, according to the French an nouncement' tonight. There was every indication, officers here believed, that the enemy could "not -halt his retire ment short of the Aisne line. Within a few hours today unofficial adyices showed that the whole line had eurged forward to the Aisne-Vesle front and thrown cavalry patrols beyond it. - General March, chief of staff, had difficulty today in his conference with the newspaper men In concealing his elation over the decisive defeat admlnT istered to the enemy. He announced that General Pershing now had more than a . milion men under his direct command "In his own area." Presumably he referred to the sec tion of the front from north of Verdun to the f Swiss border where American troops have been rapidly taking over the - line from the French. The first army corps, first of the major tactical American units to be formed, -probably represents, the mobile reserve to be contributed b.y General Pershing to the pooled reserves plan and is counted as part of the million men. There are eight divisions of Ameri cans, or in the neighborhood of 300, 000 men, now in the fighting aone where the great battle is going for ward and general March pointed out that" General Liggett had set hi head auart&rs in the center of the line hM his six divisions are assembled, together with tw.p additional divisions. General iiuisgett mv -: ci"i oS5cp to command a wide section of theront and to his lot has fallen the advance that has broken , the back of the German effort to halt nis line within the f alient. General March again described the objective of the American and allied drive as roly the other army.' It was apparent that he expected jt to be pressed vigorously in an effort to de stroy yas much of the crown prince's JSS&g force as possible. He ?ead a cabled report, showing that vastvquan tlties: of guns., ammunition and war maStol h4 - been captured and that Se' Gerrnanead around Pere-en-Tar-denola carpeted the ground. . NOHTHt CAROLINA WILL V State. -CiaUed i'lTpoiiy. to V4PPly Tkoaan;Mem for -pfi 'M3ii.'-., Washington. Aug. r.. stas. and J the district obh, were called upon, today byfroTMtMar; sbatSGeneral rowdeetoXauppl thonBandhite reglsrantsuafiedfor limited military : tfalnlngi 4TheyKwUl entriin: August .6 tor the .Syracuse. ;N. , v recruiting caxnjr. ;?7;,-. uthernntats roupw , .r t.MnrTiiSnd: .ibOiS. FISMES, THE SUPPLY BASE Troops to Siberia army in Siberia, the United States will continue to co-operate with the aHIes operating from Murmansk and Arch angel. To what extent and in what nature is not announced. Protect Caecko-Siovatc Force. The only present objects of the Japanese-American forces will.be to give such aid and protection as is possible to the Csecho-Slovak forces against the armed body of German and Austrian prisoners of war and to steady any ef forts at self-government and self-defense in which the Russians themselves may be willing to accept assistance. Later the United States will send a commission of merchants, agricultural experts, labor advisors, Red Cross rep (Conttnued On Page Three.) HUNS CAUGHT IN HELPLESS PLIGHT With Railroad Cut, They Have To Leave Locomotives and v Cars Behind. ALLIES' GUNS DOMINATE IVorth . Carollma Lieutenant Heads Grovp t Amefkaa Enir Aid Ibk in ReitorlnK VillaKes ef -4 - S'elreiftietfolSi'rC - With the American Army on - thf Aisne-Marne Front Aiag. 8 (Morn ing.) Before evacuating SaponayVthe Germans desperately -endeavored to re move several locomotives and railway cars, which, finally, they were com pelled to leave behind. The French and American; heavy vguns previously had severed the Tailway running north from Sapo nay and the Germans were unable to make repairs on account of continued shelling. Saponay and the district extending to Fere-En-Tardenois formed an im portant railway center, of which the Germans made much use until the al lied guns cut the line. When the French entered Saponay on Friday they found two locomotives which the Ger mans had attempted to destroy when they discovered that the railroad had been, severed and the railroad yards also -had been damaged by German ex plosives. ' Friday was the first day Fere-En-Tardenois was not under the German artillery . since the Germans evacuated the village. The French and Ameri cans already have started to restore the . shell swept village. A group of American engineers under a lieuten ant from North Carolina, today worked side by side with French engineers, repairing the roads and streets, and other detachments were busy burying the German dead. Previous to evacuating Fere-En-Tardenois the Germans destroyed virtu ally everything which could be made use of, including mirrors, beds and furniture. There was not a single house which 4iad not been shelled or dynamited. Most of the stone houses are mere shells, with gaping holes in the rdofs and side. Some houses were totally demolished and the church stands with many large holes in the roof -end. sides. Virtually the only things in Fere-En-Tardenois that are nearly. Intact are the weathercock on the church steeple and the cobblestones of the streets. The trees Jn the village square were twisted as if by a cyclone by the fare well shells of the Germans. 'A large sign in German at the en trance of the church reads: "Remove hats upon entering." Down the' street a German sign, stretched across the roadway, reads: "Captured arms and loot must be stored . here." The sign bears a hand pointing to where a house once stood. This building now is a mass of ruins, the, result of dynamite or some other " explosive used by the retreating Germans. From Fere-En-Tardenois a valley stretches northwest to Saponay and be yond and' this valley on Friday was a great battlefield. At one place near Saponay, at' a cross .roads, lay five sad dled horses, apparently killed by the same shell. Beside two of the horses lay dead Germans just as they fell from their saddles. " ' The roadways are littered with am munition, wagons and dead horses, some -of them with their drivers as they fell when struck by the big shells of the Franco-American allies. Many "of the wheat fields are partly harvested 'with the wheat stacked, the Germans ' having . reaped - what - the French peasants, had planted. Here and there , dots can be sea n from the road way. Indicating where ,;some - German dropped.-. At one? place a. German killed by .shrapnel had - fallen .head .first- into a shell hole- filled; yrlth a downpour of ifltvraa ilnto- tM lley of death that ALLIES CAPTURE FIFTY Franco-Americans on Yesterday Continued to 'Advance Along - : a Broad ' Front. HUNS QUITTING FISMES 1 ,,- Information Indicates They Are "ly RembVirigiAll Pos M sible Supplies. iMi.-- r - v"X-1 " . Parlay Aug. S.-r-American troops hold the outskirts of Fismes, the' great Ger man base Inthe xsenter of the Aisne Mare.sallent, according to the war office announcement tonight. - v The allies continued their successful advance todajr '16iltf a front ef about 30 mile, towards the Vesle river. They have ' reached .'the 6butlternT blanks of the Aisne d sth Vesle, the line ex tending f Pfru .Soisspns to Flxmes. i - FrenchilatfliP patrols ndw are . op erating along : tne railroad betweerj Soissons andAKhelnis i v y. The text- of J.he statement, reads: - "During the? -faurse or the day our troops, driving back the enemy rear guards? continued, -their victorious march orr a irtfnt! about bO' kilometres in the direction of the Vesle river. -. "On oUTJeftr'or line extends along the southern bahks' of the Aisne and the Vesle f&aiSoietions .as far as Fismes. the-? outskirts of which the Americans hold.- " "East of Fft9esiiKe haje reached ?a general line hbyth- of Courville, Brans court, CourqeHs. and Champigny. "Our cavalry patrels are operating along thes,i?pTd etweeh Soissons and Rheimftf ?rrys!J " '. "t " "t. y "Cftir progress iSVtCcertalnpomts since yesterday-expeeds0,.ci.-r ; ?More thanflfylHates have vbeen delivered stdlayj i ' ,...Wlth tixii-tXt&t'hi Information reaching the Amerlcafl army commanders 'indicates Jthatvthe Germans are" engaging in removing as large a part; of lAthelr, supplies from Fisraes as possible. Smoke cleuds and detonations confirm information, gain ed Friday,- that large quantities of am- munition are being destroyed. At dif ferent places behind the German lines the effects of .the- destruction of am-r munition could be seen today. It is not expected that the Germans will give up the i advantageous terrain along the Vesle without a renewal of the struggle. It Is' believed probable that the Germans., realising the diffi culty of niaintaining Fismes" as a" sup ply point in view of the ease with which the guns of the allies can bom bard it, have decided to establish a new base far to the" rear;, but not to yield the line of which Fismes is an integral part. , "n - ' It is believed !: possible th German strategists may have assumed that the French and "Americans.' over-ex"hiUriat-ed by their triumphs might plunge for ward into Fismes; where-they could be terribly punished by the German guns. ARMY ADVANCED PN , FRONT OF ALMOST 45 MILES With the , American Army , on the Aisne-Marne Front, Aug 8. 10 P. M- .American troops entered the southern part of Fismestodtty while, other forces of. the allies -hold the southern banks of the Aisne and "Vesle rivers from Soissons to Fismes. -" i Eastward, it is almost a straight line through Courville. Branscourt, Courcel les and Champlgny." The advance-.of the whole army was along a front of almost 45 miles. To the east of Soissons the extension of the line northward along the Aisne. as well as the extension of the general line, makes it probable, In the opinion of military experts, hat. the Germans will hesitate,- ' before concentrating themselves for . a.stand .along, the pla teau to the east between the Aisne and the Vesle, as the branch' railroad 'fronS Sermoise to the. north now is dominat ed by the allied -guns. , . .. . . ; . - , The broad field covered by tlje adr Vance today Includes at least 50 small towns and villages; - - . GERMAN? IN ALBERT SECTOR YIELDS TO BRITISH FORCES London, Aug 3. The "; British in the Albert sector have' recaptured most of the ground previously held by the Ger-. mans west qf. che,,Ancre, , according; to Field Marthal Haig's report from Brit ish . head; uarters- tonight. Numerous German attacks" have been repulsed. ; CRUMBLING OF HUNS RIGHT PIVOT OF -GREAT SiUJMlFfCANCE Paris, Aug. 3-;The latest news xrom the Solssons-Rheims fropt shows that the Entente artillery is growing swift ly, in magnitude, v It is significant that Paris refrains -from exultation, but watches with feverish interest f or, every scrap of news, having learned ,: that the .progress of . eyen this is always ahead of the eonseryatlve official .com munications. ':5;,',asJ,i ?".' ::t -i Particular . significance is : attributed by commentators? to the, crumbling, of the right pivot f the German positions in the region of 'Soissons. which opens up . great possibilities .and provokes speculation as to. .where the" Germans, w;lll be able sto' reorganise their .-d-. lenses, .-s -?: ' r t ; . t tv- Vr.mnt venerallv dwells n-the fact that: this Is a, real - Entente victory. 1 With. French, Land,; Scottish, forces, uner (General Mangin,wtn AJnerrcanaunuergaitw NO ESTIMATE OF U. S. CASUALTIES IN HARNE BATTLE March; Flatly Denies Saying That Pershing Placed the ; ' " ; Losses at 12,000. FIGURES NOT AVAILABLE False Reports Cause Consterna tion and Regret at the War Department. Washington, Aug. 3. Widely pub lished reports today that General March, chief of staff, has told' the sen ate military " committee that General Pershing estimated the American cas ualties at 12,000 not only grossly mis- Informed the country, but caused con sternation and regret among war de partment officials. Not - only did General March hotly deny that he had matte any such state ment, but 'the senators who conferred. wjth'h.:m, as well, also declared he had not" done so.' " Secretary Baker, In a talk to news paper correspondents' and the commit tee on- publication, in a formal state ment denounced the reports. When the. senators at their weekly confer ence asked the chief of staff if he had sjny -estimate of the American casual ties1 ' In the Marne fighting, General Marfch ' replied ' that he had , not. " Later at his semi-weekly confer ence with the Washington correspon dents.' the chief of staff was asked: ;"Have you any estimate "as to the number of casualties?" J General March's reply, was: "None whatever.'" Statement Distorted, General March "and the senators who conferred wlth, him explained, that .he had been asked what the total of cas-ualtlss-already reported was- and that the general had replied .between 12, 000 ,and 14,0bp, This number is the sun. total of the war department's of ficial daily lists and is published in ''tawntryCfew'lt nalEe?AnS ?aefemintMf the ;MarneintTO8v plys-was distorted, into -representing him' as saying General Pershing esti- f mated -the CosTE -ef the Mrane battle?! at . tnt . number.. : - . . r , The real situation as . to- tbe, casual ties in the J)lg, flgjht l. that General Perflhinsr' has. been . unable to - estimate the - number or begin sending . the names because the wounded re T scat tered through French? and. British hos pitals' at Scattered points-and it "haa been' physically 'impossible' to assem ble1 ah accurate and complete list. This, however, is being done as 'rapidly as possible, but Secretary Baiter and General March are determined that the ' country shall not ne needlessly distressed by an inaccurate . casualty list( which will ne3l to be corrected later. The list will be brought to the Unit ed States at , the , earliest, possible 3 mo fnent. " At. his conference today, referring to 'Secretary Baker's statement of last nighty General March said: -The casualty question, . I understood,'- was to be covered by the secre tary of war and I believe he did say something about it. General Pershing replied to our order to send' in alf casualties that the delay in sending thm 'ln was due to the fact that our men "were serving under the British and' the French as well as under our own commanders but that casualties wotild' be- cabled as soon as they had been completely certified. You: can well imagine how disastrous it. would be If the casualties . were: cabled and then - corrections had to be made. The distress would be beyond question, and so these "lists are going to come in and as soon as they do come in, they will be" given out, whatever they are." f Secretary: Baker told newspaper cor respondents that neither he' nor Gen eral ?March had 'made any statement as to the number of casualties In the present fighting. What actually hap pened, he said, was that there had been, seme discussion' with members of the senate military committee of the cas ualties suffered by the American- ar pty in France since the beginning of its 'participation in the war and the, figure .mentioned was 12,168. These however, did not include any that re sulted from, the operations since July 15. Neither General -March nor the secretary, himself, had anyknowledge of these particular casualties, Mr. Bak- said. i Committee Denies- Report. ' ;:.Tne committee on public Informa tion issued this statement: ? "The statement as published today that the chief of staff, General March, informed the senate committee on mil itary affairs that a "rough estimate of the casualties as computed by Gener al" Pershing - was about 12,000.'- An other? was '16,000.' "These statements are absolutely false sv.. General . March . did not -give any; .estimate or intimate any number of;. American casualties. .On the con trary,. General March's announcement ta the ,newspper correspondents to dayrwas available and explained, tne 'situation i as regards casualties, j -' ' - At the request of the chief p staff, editor'aland correspondents, are hereby cautioned 0 against publishing these fa.le. statements that -any estimate has ( been : made . regarding the number of AmeTfcaa-caattwues." : t . - f r Austrian .Olftelal jStatement. . : Vienna,- Aug; 3. (via London, f,Aug. 3.")Tbe official communication issued Lfcx the-war office today soys: ? jOn the Venetian mountain: f ront. lively fight-. ing.cV.vtx.,con.tlnues.j n Alhania- yre galnea grouna on oom jiaes oi ni extension 4$ YEARS PROPOSEB 4- Coveted Cross Awarded TovGeneral Pershing: By The French Government Paris, Aug. 3. General - John J. Pershing, commander-in-chief of the American expeditionary forces , In France, was today awarded the grand cross of the legion, of honor by the French government. . Premier Clemenceau sent the fol lowing -telegram to General Per shing: "I take great -pleasure In In forming you, my dear general, that the government-of . the French re public has decided to confer upon you the dignity of the grand Cross of the legion of honor. The govern ment desires to recognize by this distinction" the eminent qualities that you have displayed and the re markable service, rendered by you -in organising so promptly, and effi ciently the "American forces in France. "France shall never forget that it was at a moment when the struggle was 'most" bitter that your splendid troops came to' add their efforts to ours. This cross shall be the symbol of our gratitude' UNDER $5,000 BOND Former Chairman of Corpora . tion Commission Sp?ht f - - Nighiin Jftit - ; t:. ' t LAWYER , SAWfi NQCENT rtr'Tv.stIfei0, Attorney. j&r& JDe j 3,2 f -i';3mk ik."i ' He' Decbires Of jrieiaiii Have v Br 8. m WtJfTERS. Washington, . Aug. .' 3. Edward I Travis, recent chairman of te North Carolina corporation commission and a lawyer of "Halifax; Halifax county; was this afternoon released from the cus tody of the department of justice under & bond of $500, subject to his appear ance before I. 'S. Commissioner Mason N. Richardson, August 14, at 12:45 o'clock p. m. . . Ball was furnished by Wm. W. Stew art, a lawyer of Washington City, and after remaining in Jail all night at No. 6 precinct police station, Mr. Travis was given his liberty; '"'?' Charged jointly With Lee Myer Green, of -Sumter, S. C, and Seltm Barnett Jo- seph, of Chicago, on an indictment .om the department of justice of conspiring to evade the draft law.-Mr.- Travis was arrested last night at the Raleigh hotel. He was lodged in jail at 7:40 and all communication to .-friends- was denied him until he held -a conference with his attorney-this morning. The preliminary hearing, was set for 12:45 today .before IT...S., Commissioner Mason Richardson at his office. No. 4 t street. The three men under in dictment were ' arraigned promptly at the appointed hour, but an hour's delay was noted by the commissioner in the arrival of Assistant Attorney General James B. -Archer, delegated to handle the case for the department of justice. A. Bruce Blelaskl of the department of Justice, came . In person to direct-, the trial, but upon motion of Robert H, JtylcNelll. ..attorney for Mr. Travis; post ponement ' was granted until Wednes day week. The dramatic incident of the preliminary setting, toc'ay took place when counsel for Mr. TraVis in troduced the former . chairman of the North Carolina corporation commission to Bruce Bielaski, ' conductor of the investigations." Both men shook hands," but neither expressed pleasure over the Alleging tbat back of the warrant is evidence of fraud designed to profiteer by reason of shipbuilding contracts, the report is made that Edward L Travis was to receive a fee of $100,000 for his efforts in landing a.$4O,0dtf.6OO contract. Barnett Joseph, according to the allega tion .was to expect $1.50 a ton. on each ship built, and Lee .Green was to be given a berthln the: Shipbuilding, con cern, ' - '. ,1 ' :, "The warrant, however, was issued on the pretext that there ras a con spiracy to evade the selective, draft law by obtaining, for Green a- deferred classification.., Green wno as a papive of Sumter. S. ,C tdld, the, waiter today that he was a former, newspaper man and had acquaintances with newspaper workers in Greensboro, Winston-Salem, Raleigh and Wilmington, .? He was for merly employed, on ,the Columbia State and the r Charleston .-.News,, and. Courier and serVed . a' syndicate that ' supplied advertising copy id North Carolina, pa pers. ' j j. !:.. L'.'-' "" ' - The,warrant alleges, that Green had. been ln coTrespondenoe irith the- S. shinnlne" board ' for. .elxu months .in ef- forts to secure a 40,000.000 contract fqr tne i?ertn mwr v. iw rantinned on Fare Teri.1 " TRAVIS IS RELEASED ntinaed 'in ; face Ten.! of mm Secretary Baker 'Will Ittakc Recommendations in the! -New Man-Power Rill. ii -t1 ' .- . . - v - TO DRAFT YOUTHS. LAST They WiU Be Placed in a; De f erred Class Until the Older Men Are Called. 1 , -k ! . TO PUSH- LEGISLATION : WiU Introdtiet ; Bills J irf : Both Houses ombrrp Wash In gto'nt Aug: 3. Dra ft age s ' oi t" J ' from- IS to years will be recommend-, -f ed to congVss in ; theWll embodying' , the war. department's new man-power ' program whlch"wm : be: introduced 'In-. both hoUses'bf congress Monday' and expedited by committees with a v.iijw.to prompt consideration-when regular sss- : slons of the senate and, house are ?e; sumed late this. months 4-., I ' f 'J. - These , LimltBi. Neeeaaaryl . ' ,: ,T 1 ' " After formally announcing the'7' -new draft ages today; Secretary Baker said all' the possible 1 combinations of the r age' limits -were oarefuily 'studied and : It - was found that-In order to get-. th : men Into class one; for the program? i? proposed, 18 to '4l r was' neceesary J He '-?'-said; h6wever, that the bill aSr recom- mended td congress 'will contaln. a pro-,: vision -authorising the president to calj- . men out 'of 1 class one' by classes se-' eordmg'tOragBs so" that if Its;f6un4 - V IU W callftii eiit iaUr' than the bolder I one.'- " ,tj;yitJvr The war "department "prrajm .the - warsecretaryisafdila: purely a' miiitavy t3wnand daatnot .Derailed!'' a'coOacrlption 1 ; or laoor aitnougn-tc naiuraiiy win nave beJfixed. h&&itHW&Htt?p; In recommending ; this- ettensfon-of the ate limits, - Mr. Baker ' continued,; the department had 'It in" mind simply to get for the army th number of men5 whichit believed necessary to defeat,; Germany. The aecretAry. waa net pfe-i pared to say how hiafiythat would be nor to give any estimate as to the plo-L portion of males "between the dges of 18 ! to45 inclasiver which would-be found ; eligible. " '""'," , 'i' 4 In 1 making up the' list' and ' classes, ' the same rule wilU be followed thai has goyeraed - in the. first draft, with ' ' the same exceptions from the first call ; of married men with" dependents - and ; those engaged ln essential industries. " 1 Mr. Baker gave it as his opinion that, so far about 1,00.000 haVe been dfaft ed but of class one from the existing li6t. ' L ' Lower Limit Opposed.- "; There ' has been Considerable onposi- tion in' congress to lowering1-the mln- im . tantto 'draft yoiiths before they- attain their 'majority and come into full" citl.r sen$hlp. Senator Chamberlain, .'chair.; man of the senate ,rn,llltary committee, - -Said today that he' expected opposition qn .that score.. bu expressed, the Opfn-:, ion that there , woyld not be unusual j ' delay ln passing the bllL. r ' "?-, ; P Some, members 'of congress believe that the man-power bill will be .taken up immediately, after, congress resumes , regular sessions and disposed of before the new war reyenue legislation is con sldered. , . i . , . ' t ijij ; ' GET ABSENTftB' VOTER. . Wake County Democrats ' Start Store ' meat to Secnre Their Ballots. i ; ,. (Special Star Telegram.) j , Raleigh, Aug. i. The sWCke court ty democratic 'executive committee,- with ? the co-oper4tlon of the democratic state chairman Thomas E. Warren, ( launched a movement today to locate, and -perfect the - machinery ' f or- the ' ab- sentee Voting' Irt the election this fall, with speelaf reference 5 to ".the ballota ). of the boys In' concentration camps and . r: overseas. ". ' ' ;V' , t ' ' ' " Chairman Warren, in ft talk to' the committee, stressed, the importance of : procuring the Vbtes' of all ihd (demo-, cratic voters In the war sertice? With a ; ' view to' maintain the state's big demo. -cratic majorities. ; ---''W - ' , State Chairman Warren has recently V appealed to" leading. dem6craU In all ; parts of . the, state thrlstugh. persona letters, to get out among, their people and see to it that all. these democratic' absentee' vdter are. reached ;and, their votes: procured 'in ample ".tim "tot the ,Novemb"err"lectlon.'" ' j-. , 'Vf PIERRE 'AaLE-irr .CHIP OFfI ?' ?J ' THE FAMILY, BLOCK DECOCTED . Fayettevile;"Auv S.'UFieVre "Mailett,; son of Mr. and. Mrsl. Charles E.r Maljett, of Washington., 4. has been" decorat ed by a French." commander,,, with th; croix du guerre, for, distinguished. cqr.- duct in operaUons ,.n' No Men's Lam", according "to rWfcnWtlon reoeived J9v1 ' relatives ef-Mr. Mallett here.' Mr.' Ma) -lett Is a member, of thf "American , expe - dltlonary force. '..Both his parents ari North j?? CarollnlAns.- He . la , a., great firreat.erandsbn "of -General, Feter .Mai- tt tti.Rvolut!on' and a grandson of do.' Petermileti of thV Cdilledexata liUtej arn'-;-?'ifl the effectr of pdttlhgjat Useful labor tor ih"lhN8f army :aU rabtBeiedrtWita In tWaaeIWnKJKias the 3 flaTl'w ;.l i i XCoatiaued on . . uaeii i im f.Bt r tnna fo: Mississippi irl ITTooatiai '?.?vi'.-4'"C.---. ' . a: