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aysxr '". w,hw Jl. JJZ1U 3 .one section VOL. CI-NO. 320. WlIMiyGTOB; 2T. O. Fit ll AY" MORy AUGUST 0, 1918 "WHOLE NUMBBB 39i498 ' ' ANGL O-FRENCH GAIN ON 20-MILE FROMM: HISTORIC AMIENS -MONTDIDIER BATTLE GROUND IS AGAIN THE SCENE OF A MIGHTY STRUGGLE British and French Surprise the Germans and Advance Along a Broad Front. HUNS FLEE DISORDERLY t Thousands of Prisoners, Many Guns and Much War Ma- terial Captured. OVER 20 VILLAGES TAKEN Farthest Advance is Seven and a Half Miles. (By the Associated Press.) The historic battle ground, between Amiens and Montdidier again is the scene of a mighty contest. This time the British and French are the aggres sors and under' their fierce onslaughts in the first day's battle they have pen etrated deeply into the German posi tions over a front of more than 20 miles, reaching from the region of Braches to the neighborhood of Mor lancourt.J Following short out intensive artil lery preparation and iided by ' misty weather the allied attack took the Germans completely by surprise, and they fled almost everywhere pell-mell before the tanks, motor machine gun batteries, cavalry and infantry sent against them. All the objectives set for the Australians, Canadians, Eng lishmen and Frenchmen were attained in remarkably quick time and at last accounts Thursday night the allied, forces were still nraking- progress. Wherever the enemy turned - to give battle he was decisively defeated. Thousands of Germans were made prisoner. Large numbers of guns were captured, great quantities of war ma terials wvre taken and a score or more villages and hamlets were re occupied. In addition, heavy casual ties were inflicted ojj the hemy. At its deepest point the penetration of the German line was about seven and a half miles eastward from Villers Bretonneux to Framerville, while from two to five miles were gained along the front from northwest of Montdidier to the region around Mprlancourt. The fighting extended north 'of Morlancourt to the Albert sector, but no official details concerning it have -been re ceived. x The advance of the allies in the cen ter places them well astride the rail road leading from Villers Bretonneux to the important junction at Chaulnes, where lines radiate northeastward to ward Peronne and southward through Roye to Compiegne. " The railway running northward to Brave was crossed when the allies took Framerville. Well out on the plains and pressing forward, seemingly with great rapid ity, the present offensive of the French and British give promise of seriously menacing the entire German front frnm near the sea to Rheims. If the irive should proced eastward to any great depth it cannot but affect the armies 0f the German crown prince now fiehting beveen the Aisne and the Vesle and possibly make impracti cable a stand by them even north of the Alsne along the Chemin des Dames. Under the pressure of the offensive the menace to the channel ports also seems, for the moment at least, to vanish. Already there have been signs to the northward from the positions where Crown Prince Rupprecht had formed his men for a drive toward the channel that a retrograde movemenjt b" the Germans was not Improbable, ith the armiesof his imperial cousin 'f the Poisons-Rheims saliently badly shattered and unable to lend him aid hen hi? own forces north of Mont didier are in a rather precarious posi Mon as a result of the new offensive; !t is apparent that Rupprecht will have to defer his campaign to cut off the emss-rhannel service. On the Vesle front little fighting oc curred Thursday except in .the process of line straightening operations-on the rorth hank, where, under an almost in cessant rain of enemy shels, both the American and French troops improved their ctnnrlo nvw. A nriiTiu tin! alone are playing upon the allied hut also are hammerlnir at force? bridge across the stream over which tnen constantly are making their way 'he northern bank of the stream to reinforce their comrades already there. What effect the present battle fcouth- ast of Amiens is to have on the Vesle--ae front remains to be seen. British Tonnage Now 15)00,000. London, Aug. 8. The British . mer Cartile tonnoge at the outbreak of the "dr amounted to 18,500,000 tons gross the figure at the present time Is 'f't.ono tons gross. Sir Leo G. Chiozza ' 0ne Parliamentary secretary to the n.s,,.y of shipping announced in the ' JJe of commons today. ' J'' v Sr.,000,000 Government Plant. tfKnoxvnie, Tenn.. Aug. 8. A?5,000r hinhIernment PIe-nt- the nature- of i. ?as nt been divulged, is to Caroi.n eat Clinchfleld. Va.,.on the Shipm; Cllincnfle & Ohio ramoad. cm.ents f mater hls from Enorvitu fcin . -uuon uuituu or in b i imwr nf ntrht - Ann tntv .n a vudadu i ;-.-An. laetti ot- ixie - Kipuuu -.uyBr'nimcBt ereasftjx .rnaTnn unaer aavise.meni. .ana ri,u.wv w vw. ...w ., "e Slven nriority on the railroads. I- . -tContinued.'on Pag'-EighO. - 4 -ry.Contlnti, oitFag 'Wa-i-J.toVTOariiannwncemeat oon,' ;jpftlcer were commissioned- Saturday, Friday mornpg. " JfV- CCnunuea German Line at One Point Driven In 7 Miles and Half Seven Thousand Germans and 100 Guns Captured; All Objectives Reached London, Aug. 8. Seven thousand prisoners and 100 guns have been captured in the Franco-British of fensive, Andrew Bonar Law, chan cellor said, "we had reached all our tonight. He was addressing the house of commons. "Up to 3 o'clock this afternoon on a- 20-kilometre front, between Mor lancourt and Montdidier," the chan cellor said, we, had reached all our objectives and captured 100 guns and 7,000 prisoners. "The advance was between four and fve miles and at one point seven miles." GERMANS FLEE AS ALLIES ADVANCE British and French Troops Press Forward in Speedy Fashion. C ENEMY LOSSES ARE HEAVY On the Other Hand, the Allies Suffer Only Small Catraalties Artillery ' Hurling: Shells Among Fleeing; Hani. ... With the British Army in France, August 8. (By the Associated Press.) - Fighting their way through the Ger mans at dawn on a front of over fifteen miles astride the river Somme, British and French troops this evening had reached points from five to six miles inside lines which this morning be longed to the enemy. The Prussians and Bavarians fled be fore the advancing infantry and tanks, leaving' many of their guns behind them. . Large numbers of prisoners have been taken both by the French and British, and heavy casualties undoubt edly have been inflicted on the enemy. Thus far everything has " been ac complished with exce'ssively small los ses .to the allies Of one entire British corps, for- in stance, two hours after the attack be gan, only two officers and fifteen men of - the ranks were reported as casual ties. ; ' The artillery has followed up " the storm troops closely and now is hurl ing shells down upon the enemy for ces, which, taken by suprise and fierc ely attacked, must be in a more- or less crippled condition. It ' is believed re inforcements ai;e on the way to help them. What tomorrow holds for the ene my cannot be forecast, but the outlok is not a promising one under present conditions. Moreuil and the country front ad joining' Villers-Aux-Erables have been taken -by the French, while the British have ' captured the Dono and . Hamel woods and.M-arcercave after' hard fight ing andpttshed'a considerable distance beyond. .. ' ' V specially hard fighting was exper ienced iitd; still .Is in progress the leff flank , of . the fighting front ; in the neighbor hood" of Morlancourt. - ..TheWeather helped in the adVance. - North jpfthe attacked zone the bar rage begaft at 4 o'clock this morning and pasted four minutes. Tanks then roljed forward and with them the- In fantry swarming- toward the enemy lines. These lines .were reached and passed as a midst started to roll in. All along the line except . possibly northward on theleft flank, very little en'emy shelling was experienced after the attack got well tinder way, Nearly all the country already foughrt over and that now in front of the allied forces Is a low and roll ing and ? espeoiaHyr adapted to open warfare. ' V'- " One new -German division which had Just arrived in 'the, line before the at tack was launched," was told . to expect local attacks. - Prisoners taken from this -division said Ahey had heard-,noth-ing of a general attack being contem plated. , . ' .-; Where the tank, and armored car batteries pressed ; far - f onward ' in ' the rolling country there was muchiaglta tlon among the eitemyA report came back that a British tank, probably one of the fast little Whippets, had. been seen chasing a frightened German gen erai up the road. BuC the enemy genr era! was.not alorv in the 'direction in which; he was going. Observers re ported considerable columns of enemy transport , going . eastward In J aj hurry durincr the middle of the day.'vri .,: . Further south the tanks-likewise did J excellent; f wpric. vThey f alsoAhabeen taken across the. -river J? Luce - unaer, Haig in His Statement Gives No Estimate of Number of Prisoners. GERMAN LINES STORMED Allied Troops Assemble Under Cover of Night Nnnoticed. By the Enemy. THE DRIVE ' CONTINUES Large Number of British Tanks Participate. , London, Aug. 8. Field Marshal Haig's statement concerning the new offensive by the British and French troops shows that the enemy, line has been driven in about seven miles and a half in the center at Plessier which lies southeast of Moreuil. It shows that goodly gains also have been made eastward over the front of fifteen miles lying between Plessier and Mor lancourt. ,The statement says that no estimate can be made concerning the prisoners, guns and material captured, but that several thousand prisoners and many guns have been taken... TheText of ttte stateme'nV'folIowsf , The operations commenced this morning ou the Amiens front by the French first army under command of Gen. DeBentry and the British fourth army under Sir Henry Rawlinson, are proceeding successfully. The assembly of alied troops was completed under cover of night, unnoticed by the fnemy,. "At the hour of assault, French, Ca nadian, Australian and English divisions,- assisted by a large number of British tanks, stormed the Germans on a front of over 20 miles from the Avre river at' Branches to the neighborhood of Morlancourt. The enemy was taken by surprise and at all points the allied troops have made rapid progress. "At, an early hour our fl.rst objec tives had been reached on the whole of the front attacked. During the morning the advance of - the alied In fantry continued, actively assisted by British cavalry, light tanks and mo tor machine gun batteries. The resistance of German divisions in the line were overcome at certain points after sharp fighting and many prisoners and a number of guns were captured by our troops. "The French troops, attacking with great gallantry, crossed the. Avre river and despite the enemy's opposi tion carried hostile defenses. "North of the Somme the greater part of our final objectives were gain ed before noon, but in the neighbor hood of Chipily and south of Lancourt (Morlancourt?) parties of the enemy observed1 prolonged resistance. "In both localities the fighting was heavy, but ultimately our troops broke down the opposition of the German in fantry and gained their objectives. "South of the Somme he gallantry of the allied infantry and the vdash and vigor of their attack had gained during the afternoon the final objec tives for the day on practically the whole of the battle iront. "Assisted by our light tanks and armored acrs, cavalry passed . through the infantry and beyond our objectives, riding down the German transport and limbers in their retreat and capturing villages and taking many prisoners. 'The general line reached by our troops runs -from . Plessler-Rozaln vil lers to Beaucourt, to Caix, to Framer ville, to Chlpilly and to the west of Morlancourt "No accurate estimate canbe given concerning, the number of prisoners or guns or the amount of material cap tured, but it is' known that, several thousand prisoners and many ' guns have falen into our-, hands." HARBONNIERES IS REACHED BY THE BRITISH FORCES London, Aug. 8. Harbonnlerjss, si, miles east: of Villers-Bretonneux, has been reached by the British, according to the Evening News. ADVANCE OF THE DRIVE .'IS PROGRESSING FAVORABLY . Paris, Aug. 8. (7 p." m.) The pro gress of the . 'Franco-British offensive continues favorable. ; - In some . In stances the advance has reached to a depth of more than six milea.. SLOPES OP THE VALLEY,- OF THE AVBE TAKEJI BY ALLIF.S irWith the French, Army inFranftf Aug,;: 8.-ii(By the Associated. PressO-i-The slopes of the valley, of ' the ,Avre have been carried and , the allies -have reached ' the : plateau ;V.beyond,.'; ;They are making. further progress and' over- coming- every obstacle - along jthe.- line everywhere. :,v:sf VSJ TEN PER CENT TAX WILL BE PLACED ON LEASED WIRES Automobile Owners Will Have To Pay Horsepower Tax Under New Law. DOUBLE TOBACCO RATES Kitchin Talks Of Progress Made By Committee on Reve nue Measure. Washington, Aug. 8. Tax of 10 per cent on amounts paid for leased tele phone and telegraph lines, including press associations and brokerage cir cuits, a horsepower . tax on automobile owners and a doubling of the tobacco taxes of the present law, instead of a higher range rate previously agreed upon, were writterf into the $8,000,000, 000 revenue Dill today by the house ways and means committee. : Chairman Kitcnfn In a statement is sued tonight replied to the telegram of Secretary McAdoo favoring reten tion of the present excess profits law and a flat 80 per eehf war profits tax as an alternative, according to the greater revenue likely to be raised in each corporation's case. Mr. Kltehin's statement indicated the committee will retain in substance the dual or alter native system it agreed upon but will insist that the excess profits tax, in stead of remaining at. the present rates shall be Increased either as the; com mittee has agreed upon them or by some compromise adjustment. "I received Secretary itcAdoo's tele gram on August 5," said Mr. Kitchin, "and with the exception of the retain ing of the rate on excess profits in the existing law ,1 agree and I think the committee -does. I think the ways and means committee, ten days before the telegram was received determined on the motio Of Representative Crisp, of Georgia, to have a war profits tax, the treasury to. seiecwhBhevc . taxshaljH , give this action to the press because we were trying to work out the in equalities Involved in the alternative system and to fix a proper relation be tween the excess profits and war profits tax methods. "I . have no doubt the secretary of the treasury, the treasury department and the ways and means committee will work out an equitable way in which to equalize these relations and adjust them. The committee is thor oughly convinced that with the alter native war profits tax, the excess prof its tax rates in the. present law are too low. I think the committee is unanimously of that opinion; With the excess profits rates tentatively agreed to by the committee and the alterrtive war profits plan we will catch everybody." - Mr. Kltehin's resume of today's' committee work follows: "The committee agreed to put a tax of 3 per cent on freight transportation within the United States originating in a foreign country, to apply on that part of the shipment within the United States. Mr. Kltehin's resume of today's com mittee work follows: "The committee agreed to put a tax of 3 per cent on freight, transportation within the UnltedLStates originating- in a foreign country, to apply on that part of the shipment within the United States.. "We Increased the tax on transpor tation of oil by pipe line from 5 .to 6 1-2 per cent. ' " . "A tax of It per cent of the amount paid for leased lines .and talking cir cuits was agreed to. That Includes telephones. There is no tax now on these leased lines. I have no estimate of revenue from this source. The tax will be paid by the lessees . "On motion picture films, we agreed upon a new tax of 5 per cent on the rentals -received by the "producer. "The committee reconsidered the to bacco schedule and in substance agreed to double; all the present law rates on cigars, cigarettes and to bacco. Heretofore the committee ten tatively proposed , rates that in some cases trebled the present law rates. I The committee now has agreed to dou ble and believe that It will obtain much revenue thereby. , "The committee reconsidered the, tax on users of automobiles and levied , a Jax on the. basis of horsepower, as fol lows: 20 horsepower or less, $10;, 26 to 30 horsepower, ?20i 31 to 40 horse power 30; more than 40 fcorsepo yer. $50.- This Includes truck as well as passenger vehicles." r Mr., Kitchen said the committee had finally decided to allow 'payment - of Income-and. .excess profits taxes in three instalments with, a discount of one and - one-ninth per cent - if -all the tax is paid when due.: , i COTTON. SBEDMEN. CQJf ITER .; - . '."? .' WITH PEDEBAL OF ICIALS Washington,- Aug. 8.S The cost V of . doing business-'and ; general conditions In industry were discussed : today; ,by dealers In. cottonseed for planting pur poses, aat'' a conference with members iJthpartmeifr'Va'giricultureraiid, food;. adnUni8tratl9n;Vr:The''rdeMerCC4e clared cost' his appreciably . Increased (and the margin of .profits allowed deal ers infilling; seed -by -recent food ad nitrtionVreguiationafci: $3 perton would' rtot e.: adequate ; - ' ; ; . -i AVLi-i MIiffloult1eMffttIme-:aroevft! Lhejvfaot "t thltUeBe; dealers hanctie' AHia'" Ar1toTVArtf frT IKi fAA kAS'i miniatratien- nas ine ;piea -ior -an in- Allies Continue Pressure Against the Germans Along The Soissons-Rheims Front Is Virtually Certain That the Aisne-Vesle Triangle Will Be Cleared Of the Enemy Shortly- American Army Officials Elated Over the Success of the British and French Drive Farther North. Washington, Aug. 8 American army officials greeted with delight today news that the Franco-British forces had launched a smashing blow at the enemy on a wide front in the Picardy theatre The full extent of the thrust was not discernable in a military way at a late hour tonight, but the out standing fact to observers here was that. Field Marsnal Foch found himself able to strike again on the heels of the victory at the Marne, which still is being pressed. v The supreme commander has made SHIP IS SUNK OFF N. CAROLINA COAST Steamer Merak Sent Down By U-Boat in Vicinity, of Cape Hat teras. THE CREW LANDS SAFELY Id Sunk Within Less Than 24 Honrs af ter Destruction of Diamond Shoal Lightship Probably By the Same Submarine. Washington, August 8. Within less theiamondShjalXl30,207 djgftft , iistrants qualified,. lightship off Cape ' ' HStteras, r lftlt Carolina, had been destroyed by shell fire the small American unarmed steamer Mterak was shelled, torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine near the North Carolina coast Tuesday af ternoon. Announcement of destruction of the ship the third went down in that vicinity since Tast Sunday was made today Dy the navy department. The Merak's prew of 43 men got away in small boats and were landed safely, 23 at Norfolk and the remainder at Elizabeth City, N. C, Complete de tails were lacking tonight. Naval officials feel certain that the submarine which accounted for the Merak was the same that sank the tank steamer C. B. Jennings Sunday off the Virginia capes and the Diamond Shoal lightship Monday.. In some-quarters suprise was expressed that the sub marine wculd have lingered near the spot where the lightship was sent down. Secretary Daniels said today that he had nothing to add , to h8 former op inion as to the operations of the raid ers on. this side of the Atlantic that they are instructed to hinder commerce as" much as possible without expos ing themselves to danger. Mr. Daniels said other s sinkings probably would follow. v ATTACK WAS THREE MILES ' FROM DIAMOND SHOALS Norfolk, Va., August 8. An Ameri can steamer bound from Cuba to a New England port touched here today to land 23 members of the American steamer Merak, shelled by a German submarine and sunk by a bomb . on Tuesday off the North Carolina coast. The' Merak was attacked by the U boat at 2:30 in the afternoon three miles northwest of the Diamond Shoals lightship. The vessel of 3,000 tons dis placement was unarmed and unable to put up any fight against the enemy. According to reports brought . ashore from the surviviors who are, still held aboard the rescuing steamer pending instructions as to -their disposition by the naval Intelligence bureau, the Merak was shelled while the crew was taking lifeboats. Later the U-boat sent off a small boat and after ransacking the steamer sunk her with a bomb. Twenty, members of the crew land ed at Elizabeth Cty, N.-C, are expect ed H to reach this port late tonight or early, tomorrow morning. STEAMER SUNK OFF FRENCH COAST WAS AMERICAN SHIP New York, August 8. The Steamer Berwlnd, announced as having v been sunk on August 3 off the French coast, is the American steamship Berwind, not a British steamship, it, was learn ed here today. .' TheiBerwind,. 2,589 tins gross, owned by. the New York and Porto Rico Steamship company and formerly engaged- in the sugar carrying trade be tween'; Porto' Rico and New York,Vwaa reduisitioned by the , shipping board Hast". Se'ptember : and consigned to the use-of . the. American army in France. Since, that time she has been plying be tween British and French ports. . The vessel-was built in 1893 at Sunderland, England, ' under ,jthev name of Boston City.. ... ' ,; -:.jJ -J- ' -" " : , Tw . New Officer Killed. :.-J-Ft.-'' Worth, Tex., . Aug. - 8. Second Lieutenants Harry S. Herr.and .Leon W.-Adelspergerm,' both of . Springfield. p.;f were ik led ?atj .Taliaferro field -'-to- njghtwhentne maenmes they were pJloting: collided at an altitude of about it evident that he has the men and the means to keep up the aggressivee battle for which American officers have been desirous.. .. The reputation the great French strategist is that he , is the advocate of attacking the enemy without rest. He is living up to that reputation today as never be fore and indications' tonight were that he had scored another punishing sur prise blow on an enemy already stag gering under the rush that swept him out of the Marne salient in two weeks time. As the situation is seen here, the enemy how faces alternative opera (Continued' ion Page Ten). 130,207 ADDITIONAL SELECTMEN CALLED North Carolina Will Send 4,500 White and 2,738 Colored To Camp. 300,000 IS AUGUST TOTAL The Additional Men Called Will En train For Camp Before the End of the Month Q,uota For Southern States. Washington, August 8.-w-Calls 4 for fox general mTUlafy service to join . tire colors before the ned of August were issued tonight by the provost marshal general. -One hundred thousand white regis trants from 43 states are ordered en trained between August 26 and August 30. Twenty-one states and the District of Columbia are directed to furnish 30,207 negro .registrants, to entrain August 22-24. These orders being the number of men called out in August to about 300,000, the number contemplated in the present military program. Following are the Southern states from which the white men are called and the, caps, to which acth quota is assigned: Alabama, 850, Camp Gordon, Geor gia. North Carolina, 4,500, Camp Jack son S. C. South' Carolina, 1,400, Camp Jacksop, S. C. . West Virginia, ' 1,500,; Camp Green leaf, Georgia. Georgia 2,750, Camp Gordon Florida, 1,300, Camp Jackson, Oklahoma, 7t000, Camp Pike, Ark, Texas, 4., 000, Camp Travis, Texas. Other assignments to Southern states follows: Camp Greenleaf, Ga., 2,500 from Con necticut; Camp Wodsworth, S. C, 4, 000 from Illinois; Camp Jackson, S. C, 2,800 from Massachusetts; Camp Gor-. don, Ga., 6,400 from New York; Camp Lee, Va., 10,000 from Pennsylvania. Negro registrants are called as fol lows: Virginia, 651, Camp Lee, Va. North Carolina, 2,738, Camp Greene, N. C. - South Carolina, 1,848, Camp Jack son! S. C. Tennessee, 1,266, Camp Greene, N; C. , Mississippi, 2,000, Camp Shelby, Miss. Texas, 1,750, Camp Travis, Texas. Louisiania, 897, Camp Pike,. Ark.i 25r Camp Travis, 2,000, Camp Beauregard, La. " ' ' t Georgia, 1,152, Camp Jackson; 2,000 Camp Gordon. Florida, 1,000, Camp J. E'. Johnston; Fla. Alabama, 1,994, Camp Taylor. , " , Other assignments of negro regisr trants .o Southern campr follows:.; Camp Lee, Va., 457 from " District' of Columbia, and. 892 from Pennsyl vania. ; 1 BRAKEMAN IS BELIEVED TO BE EXPRESS ROBBER Im Arrested by Deeettve Who Are 'of Opinion That Mystery. Will Now Be Clejred Up'. , . Staunton, Va., Aug. 8. With the ar rest here tonight of B. C. Goodbare, alias H." C. Garland- Chesapeake & Ohio" brakeman, of Clifton Forge, detectives are of the opinion that the mysterious robbery of the express car v on. - the Chesapeake & Ohio road ten 'days agou til . 1 1 A J - oH.,u... -J 1 will uo .uieai eu - uuuuuui e - was ta ken Into custody , tonight" ; charged w.th entering an ; express car on the morning of July 2. between . Char lottesvile and Staunton, bin-ding ' the messenger, A- L. Mafghl;svof ; Washing ton and rifling the safe, of f 10,000 in money and other valuables : The prisoner spent v the - past week at the ;same hotel With the detectives working. on the case. He spent money lavishly f; Detectives tclaimv they.' have evidence enough-, to:- convict. "' Goodbare Is to: be given , a' -preliminary: hearing ROAD DEPARTMENT HAS BECOME MOST. IMPORTANT OF ALL In New Era of Good Roads Ad ministration it is Vital Branch, Of the Government. - v APPROVE MILITARY ROAD North Carolina Good Roads As sociation Hears Many High- , way Discussions. H 1 The second day of the convention pf ; the North Carolina Good Roads associa-;3':'s tion, which convened in Harbor Island auditorium, Wrightsviile Beach, nesday morning, was featured by;a!!f!I number of notable addresses including ?i an address by Henry G. Shirley, ;of V" . ' Washington, D. C, secretary of '; the Highway Industries association, and the adoption of a resolution endorsing the proposed Wilmington -Charlotte ?i 1 military highway, while interesting dis cussions were made during the day by other men of authority on the subjects which had beeh assigned -them. D. M. Clark, of Pitt - county. . and W. S. Wilson of Raleigh, spoke on the''0'f financing of road construction; L. ' R. Ferguson general 'manager of the Llb-v r.'' erty Shipbuilding company, discussed concrete roads for permanence, while; John W. To wle. - resident engineer for:.?! p; : the emergency fleet corporation spoke on concrete and steel briAges. v V--1 Mr. Shirley' Address. " The day's session was opened wlth ;.: prayer by Rev. J. A. Sullivan, pastor Hp ;.n of Calvary Baptist church. FollowtngK: music by Elam's orchestra,. Henry G. sniriey maue an aaaress on ine work i ;s. of the Highway Industries association;. between the federal, state and county :?r-fvi much- experience in road.- constr uctibnvi ! and maintenance ;wqrk having:; heenfpf j, state highway engineer tor Matlahdv! for' a number of veara and ati nreseht -'1 being secretary of the Highway Indus- tries association, an association f ortot V ed for the promotion of a .national sys; i tem of good roads, and is considered "as : being about the best authority on road building and maintaining in the court-. try. After giving a brief resume of the organization of the Highway Indus--,? ;'.VU:j tries association, the purpose for .wJiicl:P'j it was organized and Its accTOplish;'!' ments, Mr. Shirley went into the MniiXK-t j.1 i r-.- i::;'v: bliab lr.,C2 f..V . . V . n .) f 1 there should be a federal, a state andr.!: 4... . -m. - r CIItl.l V . said that his association st06d i ready ? i to co-operate with such bodies to tth ?$fA'f end that the most beneficial results mkyyX' t be obtained. But no great results may i' be expected, he stated, until closer rela-;,?;I tions and- more earnest co-operation ia'.,vi , given each other by' the federal and I ' state governments and the-county and y, township authorities. , 5A to which we shall have to look for' the greatest amount of this work to be. ac-... complished',' said Mr. Shirley, 'will fbev the , state highway departments, and therefore I wish to more particularly I ' f call your attention .. to , the important;.', " .. A functions of such a department, .'.and. oration-with the same; '-. vi..Vil:'?. Host Important Department. . i5$fyt "The1 highway department of - manyl states has become the most important '; t-;!, single branch of the state government, '0 and in many instances supervise an' an- -H nual expenditure of more than the total Vn)1 amount expended by all. the other do--J'; j partments of th state. -. .!':cv "New Jersey, Jh the early 9Cs,;-es- J r! tablished a ftato highway department, j and was soon followed by Massachu-i ii'j' setts and other states, until today 'wo ;:f'v:.' havj a - state highway- department in . ;' v. ' ' every' state. The authority of these -.48 ;i.;r highway, departments "fvary fronv-'an '; -piX' educational and ; advisory cwacityta , ! having full "charge of rtl' expenditures, y plans, and the supervision pf the work..- r "The. time,, Is -iiero When :it is necas;.i'. ;- '' sary for. the federal "gdvernment to take : ;. t ? i J overibuilds ad maintain' . the : -truakV'' t linestof this'nationViboth east and west, it, and. north and, iouthi the state highway j; ?;.:: deprtmntsto'Hkke:.over build'. -andf j;' maintain'vtheyaialft::tat arterieilead-;Av i Ing lntolltbif ederar system,; and Tth I countles. and I tpwnshibs : to take over WyA'f I thse'rbada.o j6aI Importance. , "The rela!ttanship between, thed fi?- ; partmen t0,'prrmpi-AlyluTon8, of, our gov-.-.r-.v-eminent is so 'close that one can .not do Vi.- effective work without t the active heipyft,af "The . great irAPortanee .'oftho ( state r. highway departments. hiTi 7' been, inf creasing by leaps and ounas untu to- ( day we see the state msnway;aepari. . ment the actuaii head of all road pd,3f -; street work n their . respect Jve states,.-.'-';.; for no, city, town, county orv township.'!; can proceed with any road. work, where 'fi'. the materials have to be transported ,V' by rail until they have first secured the i' t approval- of their state highway de-; .. nartmcnC tar, the TTnited States Hifh-?V.5 '-if ways CCTuncil will not consider ..any ;Tr.!ji;: quests .ior ..snipmenv;' oi ,.mijri w -vyx,: .j other . road supplies, until first passed if i on and approved by the state higbwa,y;;t-.;p'- - "The war has 6nly emphasized .the.-f'' .; close and logical co-operation acii;-- necessary between the tate . and fed- v j i-, r oral 'government to ; secure , the I very best results, is,nd the same co-operation must ;i exst- betweea the counties- veq-,y ') . , 4 I St ..'t-'-.-i-; '-1 1 wm ' v : : :rM- .v y: - v v v ; i- '-yy:-si y,:;:: ; r;yy y -:- w " d Vi t.-ZM