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North and Suth Carolina Gen
erally fair ton'9ht and Wednesday,,
little change in temperature,
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Senate Finance Committee To
day Decided On Increase""
In Bill.
CORPORATION AND
INCOME TX RAISED
Liquor Schedules Also R-
vised and Tax Made Higher;
. . . 5r
I: Taxing Incomes Over $15,-
000 Per Year Two Per
Cent. Tax Made Six.
(By Associated Press.)
of
the pending-$l,670,000,000 war tax bill
to a total of $2,008,000,000 was decided
upon today by the Senate Finance
committee by increases on "corpora-
W
tions, normal income taxes, on in- the features of the year has been the
comes of individuals of $15,000 - and . .. . . . . , .. . , .
over and a further increase of $1 per'fact that short staple cotton has sold
gallon on distilled" spirits and 50. for 25 cents a pound and more, and
cents more on beer, together with a. even at these very-high levels there
.r r -Tiorw tax, increases.
decided to. Increase: A
2 per fcenL-:nofinaU"vi.
on corporate incomes to 6 per cent.?1 hFnr, wprTn riA T; rted subject to reconsideratlori, was i
as against 4 -inide MU WSt&ff
additional revenues. The increase In"000,00(Xlales for the previous sea-'i "'?T!: '" ' ''; 4l
surtax rates on individual incomes of
raise $25,000,000 to $36,000,000 addi-1
tional. ..." J
in revising tne liquor scneduies, tne
commi
mmittee estimated in adding $1 per ;
gallon to the tax-on distilled spirits,
or to a total of $3.20 per gallon $2.10
over the present law that $90,000,000
more revenue would be secured from
that source. The increase of 50 cents
yield $25,000,000 more revenue, mak-
ing the beer tax $3.25 per barrel' as.-
compared with $1.50 under 'existing
law and $2.75 as. originally proposed
m the bill.
OVER-ENLISTMENT
FOR OFFICERS CAMPS
(By Associated Press.) .
Washington, July 31. For the 16,
000 places in the second officer's train
ing camps to open August 27, 72,914 '
men have applied, and the War De- about ?190 a bale. The end of the
partment is considering accepting sev-j season sees this "long staple" posted
erela thousand more than was origi- at ..70 cents a pound, the world's tlgh
naiiy intended Preliminary examina- est" price for . at least a. quarter of a
tionr, given the applicants by civilian century. . '
Physicians indicated that 51.838 are : -i r
Physically satisfactory. (
In most States the number of appli-1
cants ic from three to five times the
otate s quota. . - - .
WHEAT IS DECLARED
IN BAD CONDITION
t, . (By Associated Press.)
neima, Sask.. Julv 31. Renorts re-
hed by the provincial department'
f agriculture from ! the agricultural i
ISu?1 pov;
jnce made public today indicate that.
averlK fleld- b5e Pt1'-'
tn ti! between 10 . and 15 bushel?
troLrrli
needed and in some sections the
trPS are so hnrflv htimerl fhat rnirv F
Will fin nr, trnr. - :- " i I .
BVV,U. . tine negro- g iau&;iuwi e, wuu buui
it is fS rpd5 ff6 ?iftUrln5 f a!t 1 Walter , Heath,V a Vespectid citizen of.
eneH ;condlon:of "rFalsUi in-.a TesWa-t' that place
tpeatea. . . . : ... ... last Saturday night, were lodged Jn
--vmni or I 3fi.RVlC
RASFIY IN MFYIfO
- ' :Wl
WashinVr, t";, o "
ha
yf bpf:nmp ihQ ronnw0 nrman
jPy activities and jn-opaganda in Mexrtown, 'and -tt-df' the demoralizing
i'.iT Ambassador Fletcher is pre-1 enecia oi ure
Parpd tii.on hie ot TwflTi.n'cd "Ju-lark
tuy ,( can the attention of the Mexi-'
- government to the
C0Untl,r Knt
nVn the United Stote.A':--.M.1thrc':Whlto;in were m-
. "iiaia of
it th c Qtoo nn.tmot
MO
not can into auction ih fntrftv :
rL ' Mexjcan government? but- thei
sports ift x j vf
v"c 1'XlSt.P
nce of a OMmani frrnfzfikR
tion jn
Mexico whose machinations '
Hfimoq as a violation or Mex-,1' uao ,TOuD,y,,
L0 neutrality. ; , .-. v H two , homes The? murdered man Mr.
rilf Clrr:n .-.' '. ' !unh' woa; he1rf..tn his-h pstppm hV
Pfl to b
Hif. i . , . ' . . 1
, uimutdgo oy tne aouse or its;
hosr
that
' 11 t ' TT r i j. J A a. i '
ft, . "" O Mill fill" 1 1 I H I H II T ' W Fl fr II - .
- n;un r( nroGc: tr t
-tpresentatives in Mexico, of
fialiv man foreign office may . be offi-
auestioned as to their activities.
RT3
HlSI? rices A G?d , Dfemandl
i; an n.at A.finf,rPMVc
and Great Activity-- prices
still Soaring.
t . (By Associated Press.) "
Savannah, Ga., July 31r One of the
most remarkable cotton years in Hhe
- V" - wl"co
luaa - 11 nas Deen a year: OI very
high prices, good demand and marked
activity in many directions. ; One; of
no.PTfiat 'dpRirfi nnnntthG Tart. of
- .' . . k I
g0n,
In proportion to the
receipts
fc,avanan
shipped as much
aDroad . for; this; season as
year ago. KThere wks , 442)00 (bales
? . 1. i . . . ...
exported, practically all of it coin? to
England and, France. The coastwise
shipments amounted to 505,507 bales.
A year ago spot cotton was worth-43
'IB
, IhliU UnMnKt
n . . . . .1
the past month for 26 3-4 cents,
il. . xx. . nr n x t ...
The cotton crop condition is ,re-
"""J" "uw tlt v WUH;u 18
ana wnzie inere nas ceen a gooa aeai
-I of talk of reduced acreage, it is h6t
believed that this has been done to
any very marked extent.-
The Sea Island cotton season' has
most spectacular. Savannah re-
tcucu uyci t,vvu Attics ut oca isiauu
cotton during the season against 35,
000 for the year ago. Sea Island
S'l:
during the season, giving a value I Of
Tl Oit: AJ
1 nicr
pie Ueterrmned to Clean
Out the Town. ' -
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' (SpecUr to The Dlsp.tth.)-.
Warsaw, July 31. George Knowles,
No:w.lter Pearce. th,
threeiwhitman . arrested for cojn-
iiHHfv in ; fiirtiisltinsr the wRnon tal
- - ';' rtli-w 2' i. -t.-W-Tl-
I A' direct t result of what may be
termeda double tragedy since Mr.
Gibbons - Westbroow's .death followed
from - excitement s pe'e asioned by the ;
event, wks the -determination bv thei
'people' of Faisoiij: tbt Clean up their ;
cents at oavannan. loaay it lsquot-i tnem to submerge without shoot- -t ment's notice that all men who mar
ed at 25 cents, and it has sold during irs nna nt tho TT.hnato haH ins ried after the start of the war would
b" sale of a beverage caU- so nee of Dr," W. A. Evans, of Chicago All of Second Regiment : Has Russian Seventh army says thesitua
which rendered those! chiiirmani of -the section on ; public" p tn Green ville-Twd "J tlon: isc. more hopefhl. Panics , among
w& drank it partially insane while '
loxicaiea dt iujs uwus ui iue units , ui r
the crimed A number-of arrests have
been made, and; one man,
Ptoil wns hound over, to court;
John
Feeling ' in FaisOn ; and -vicinity is
very strong: against Moore; whosedasj
iL.'v a irtmtviiiWv '.on1 en : d a
me iuu vvuMuii.,.v
nrAi1)
Tf UI 1U
nrA --lAVAtAr) tn his Tfrtnilv. -which con
CftUU w w p --p . r - -
slsts of a young wife and-three small
children, ! the oldest only rh years, old.
links in that "under Jtsinnuencei it is czaimeg ,inar xrasK, ;oi. tne jpeuerai uouc neaitnj .
. . : VirttK fha ntiirr!orr Mnnre ' and thAi Jf?.rv'rf.- was the tirlncinal sneaker. - li
FOO
Upable at First Session Today
v to Breaks Deadlock on War'
. Committee. ,
SMITH, OF GEORGIA,
. WOULD CUT IT OUTj
: " ' ,
Drlar That n9f0 V
f erees Will Finally sYield on
This Point ta Reach
Complete Agreement.
' (By Associated Prv?t.)
Washington. Julv- 31.-Th confer
ies on the Administration Food Con
trol bill failed at the" first session to-
day to break their deadlock on the
Congressional war expenditures com
mittee, opposed by the President, and
recessed until later today with a mo
tion Jty Senator Smith, of Georgia,
nonHin r fn" atrilro nut ' the Ssnato Tnr
yZhtV M u n
. Some of the confeeres said it ap-
peared vintually certain that the Sen
ate members would yield on th pro
vision and reach a complete, agree
ment on. the bill for a report to the
House tomorrow. The recess was tak
ten to enable the conferees to confer
withxSenate and House leaders and
learn jf the ..Senate would reject the
conference report sliould the provision
be eliminated.
The conferees today struck out, a
provision authorizing the governnieht
JUi commandeer gas pipe lines for mili
tary of public" defense purposes. The
clauser .empowering the President to
"commandeer oil pipe lines, however
was retained.
The new; provision for a wheat price
board o IthreeVmembersm-
AMERICAN WARSHIPS FIGHT
W wv - i SUB MAR (fl EJS.
it did' a , ; J 4
4?y : - (By; Associated Press.)
American Naval -Base in Brit-
4l ish Waters, July 4 31. American
4 torpedo boat destroyers were re-v
ported today to have v engaged jf
K two hbstile submarines, causing
r . I. T v uwa uic ' ouuutvt moil, vawuik
. "B- wx. w. w J - i
sunk a steamer and-the -other was
attacking a merchantman.
4.
4 4. 4. 4.
MORE TROUBLE
n BETWEEN 1 THE RACES
k (By Associated Press.)
mond, Va., July 31. Another
bloodshed in Danville
Sunday evening occurred last night in
that city, when George Barksdale, a
negro, threatened to kill a number of
soldiers. He was heard to say he
Would ivhip anyjn ember of Battery B
one at a time! He was stoned by the
soldiers, but was rescued before they
could harm him, and fcas been landed
in jail for safe kjeeping. No bloodshed
resulted, however, despite the fact
pthat ther was a great deal of excite
ment. '
i The best, element of the negroes of
Danville met last night and adopted
"(resolutions condemning, members of
j their race who caused Sunday nigfit's
'disorder. ' ;
Southern Sociological Con
gress Met Today; at Blue
mage. f
'-i s " (By Associated Press.)
Asheville. N. C..i July 31. The
Sjtttlrern-1 Sociological 1 Congress held j
its first regular metine at: Blue Ridee.!
hear hereUoday with Prof. J. L.'Kes-1 ,
nfefclth, Assistant .S
iiuiue ituu "ii"u x iui. a. jj.
iKesler, ean of Baylor University,
Texas, presiding. Speakers Included
N C. Prof. R. H.White Murfrees-
iboro; Tenn.; Prof. W ;T.. Carstarphen,
Wake Forest College, N. .C. ; Dr. POw-
natan s. scnencx, iMorioiis; miss iviary1
M.-Bethune, Dvton, Fla., and Samuel
-rh TiiHt TTiPAtiTie will hft lipid fif -
Asheville with Federal Judge Pritch-1
BIT IL SESSION
t Tko-congress today also consldeiea L
ard .presiding and ;Asslstant .surgeon
General Trask as the principal speak-.ing
er
.'.;. f;,- BIG ; RAIuROApUlSPUTE I, f
. i - ; . c' ' ' SETTLED.-.-- :
' i,- . (By Associated Press). :
Washington July 31. The niain
' questions, in dispute between .. 40, 1'
t u uu . employes or jsoutneas tern rail-
4 roads and' roads have -been - set-
tied- by f Secretary o Labor Wil-
son, who today gave a decision 4
accepted b both sides.: -The set-
tlement aifects hours of labor and 4
' wages . of inspectors . repairers.'
train .'airbrake Tpairers, . safety
applian,ce maintainers, oilers and
packers and .. other; employes in 4
the car departments.
John R'.rAQuid iuperintendent i
j of motive power 'of the - Chesa- .
peake and Ohio;; representing the
roads, and. A. O. 'Wharton, head
of the railway .department of the
Federation of, Labor.
A 4 representing . the men;: notified
their principals that the remain-
ing and minor points in the con
troversy probably ?wbuld be set-
tied by a decision' of Secretary 4
! Wilson later today.; Details were
UWI UUUVlWVUl s. -
'.:..",..
EFFORT TO ES
Clerks in New York and Brook
lyn License BureaiislKecfti';
'-" ' - '""' JX i
RUSH FOROCENSES '
Against?Any Rulinorto
tion.'
1 : (By Associated Press.?
- New York, July 31. Clerks in the
marriage license, bureau of the cif;y
rM-APii hronirfntr mimhor Ar onnionta
to wed. Although the number of H-
censes issued yesterday did not -equal
tne nign marK set on one or the days
jnst p-evious to tne war Depart-
not toe exempt from the draft, the!
- - - - - -
rnumber of marriages previously an
MILITARY SEOVICE
.nounced surpassed the record by onIyiM a rpsirf, nf fftllinff a floor
one
a : .3 ni m i-T 1 M, j 1
yesterday at the bureau, shows that li
censes were issued to 351. couples.
The previous record for a- single day
is 483. ;. --, r A
' Matrimony was nearly as popular in
Brooklyn yesterday as in'ManhattanJ
land 300 licenses were issued.
United'. States. Senator Calder said,
after watching the crowds about the
uureau, mat ne wuuia-go uacK - ui
Washington to protest against any rul
ing which would -allor these, men 'ex
emption i under the selective ' draft.
-
THREATEN GIANT STRIKE; -K-
- - ' '
By Associated Press).
Chicago, July 3x. Miners,
. harvest hands and lumber men
workers of ; the middle west
threaten to go on a sympathetic
strike unless the deported Indus-.
trial Workers of the World are ,
returned to" their homes in the
Warren district 6f - Arizona. A'
4f telegram voicing the intention of
a walkout of-more than .a quareer"
of a million -taen waa rsent from'
Chicago to President - Wilson late
55- yesterday by W. I. -Hay wood, "
'secretary-of the Industrial Work-' :
erx.of tne World.' ? ? :
: -'.:-: .ri - ( '-
!
, j r".rj ' ; ;
i Hottest - Uays.. . g-
; (Special to The Dtapatcn. 1' !
isboro,' N.; CJulyli-Af ter to-
"Shnrrt will have TIO more'SOl-n
t.., - ww . , ... - T -..
aay t,5ooro m u "4
diers encamped nerev "
CampRoyster late ? this raitef noon , t or
Greenville, S. :U. wnerejiuej 'jiJ
training at ; tne ., uiviiuutti wx a .
camp m uie ' - IdT-"
. I ... ,v A v. r. . . n i n VU. Illll
ininoldsboro. - A temperature; oif
was recorded here at nop,n today, and
Hundreds oi peopie . ui fbsu.
to tHe soda fountains and electric:
, fan's in "an effort to keep rcooL
LRU I UI IIIUUI O f
.killtii8iiri&Blln.n!
LLnUL DULUUUUNU
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Temporary-Relief From Local
Storms is Held v. Out For
.-. Some Sections.
NO IMPROVEMENT
FOR SEVFRALDAYS
Is Promised T by t i e Weather
, Bureau-A-Increawthgin : ;
, New York- any : '
, ; Kostratlotlsl J
(Iy Associated Press.)
Washington, July 31. The most in
tense hot wate of this year continued
today In. the 'Central-valleys, the Mid
dle Atlantic States, New England and
the Lower Lake region.. Weather Bu
reau officials held out no promise of
relief during the next two days.
Fromv the Rocky;. Mountain region
westward, and from Montana eastward
through the Upper Lake region today
moderate - temperature - prevailed. ; In
theS6uth and Southwest high , temper
atures also prevailed. . .
: ; Local thunder showers , at some
points may , bring temporary relief.
.r :.' Hotter Than Yesterday.
- NeWv York, July 31 With the official-reading?7
of , the 4 thermometer
showing 90 degrees - at r 9'. 30 a m., 4
degrees higher; than the - same hour
yesterday, New York prepared to face
another period of sweltering; heat to-
i day. ?, Several prostrations had been
ported by;the police up. Jto, hdti
Relief c is-in. 'sight, however, Jaccord
ing to the Weather'
f 5 $
"5fiibatarealuly: 31AX ilmificx felec
trical storm, last night, after the ; hot
test day here in -ve years, started- a
number of fires, destroyed trees and
demoralized telegraph and telephone
T wi fii rwtignv uwswite' ncetu.
'T "
intense at wewport. news. t
Newport News, Va., July 31. This
city is experiencing the most intense
heat wave in its history, and cthe first
heat prostration recorded . here ''in a
number of, years was ; reported this
morning at 10 o'clock. George F.
Payne, a prominent business man, sue-
- 7" "J " Z Ju .f o Va
f The thermometer here registered 96
degrees at noon.' -
Deaths in Boston.
Boston, Mass., July 31.7Another
heat-wave which in its early stage
was more intense than, that' of yester
day, and caused twto deaths' ana many
prostrations, spread over this city to
day. A moderate breeze from - the
northwest alleviated somewhat the
- neatcd condition.V It-was the hottest
spell experienced here in 5 years.
Fifteen Deaths at ChicagoL c.
Chicago, July 31. Fifteen deaths at
tributed to the heat occurred is Chica
go within the last 24 hours," Coroner
Jiuffmann said today.. The i govern
ment thermometer? registered -93 de
crees at 11a. m. with prospects that V
"11 WUUIU ItSltU IU XUU UitUb ,11 LCI 1U
the day. - - . - . ' '..
Hottest in Six Years. V
J Philadelphia, July v 31. PhiladelDhia
experienced the hottest weather ins 6
years today, the government thermom
eter registering 98 degrees at 1 p. m.
' The Weather Bureau expected the
temperatire togo higher dUring " the
afternoon. - i -: v
,' -r .:'':'':,; :'C
RESTORING 0R0
RUSSIAN ARIY
vSituatibn.i More Hopeful--
.Ruthless Suppression- of
Desertion-pies Executed
y'ir-'. . (By Associated Press.)
London, July 31 AdispatcH to the
the retreaters are suppressed rutn-
lessly;;Three divisions of cavalry have
taken positions across, the whole front
retreat. V; 'i .:V
11 t "t n
- Deserters are shot and attempts xp
nalir
are ; suppressed by
; prompt .; execution.- .Deserters, spies
-and agitators, wno iwyjeu wmyic
immunity undef the committee sys-
fpm lie dead "on the highways. A pa-
Tf . v. .... .
lies a traitor.v w-Mia. -uuV.
- badges and othef: .symbols which act
eomDanjeQ. the demoralization have ah
v . . .A
most disappeared
MyferrEtldr
Ilk
X- :
GANGPLANK BROKE.
. By Associated Press).
New York, July 31.--The snap-
ping of a gang ; plank leading
from a hew battleship at the -New
4f York navy yard precipitated a
score, or more of workmen into
the water this afternoon, injur-
ing a .number, Dut all were res- I
cued. ' i
Others Were hurled to the dock
but the injuries of none it was '.
-Jf stated were -serious. .
First reports - had it that; a
ik number were "drowned. '
" - ;v. ' ;. -'";v-: '',
X- . y( -5f
iThis-Way.
(By
Associated -Press.) C
, guly l.j-A."p4litioh yas
New, York,
circulated today in hospitals - and
provide for a 'selective draft of J the
American' doctors for military service.
Thes petition also asks the exemption
of "bona fide" physicansx , from v the
present draft law. , ' v '-.
The proposed draft would takt
physicians aVd : surgeons betweenthe
ages of 21 and 45 and would be car1
ried out similarly to the draft for the
army. According to the heads of sev
eral hospitals here, the petition was
sent from the Councirof National De
fense at Washington , which is. sup
porting, the plan. -
The petition declares that the meth
on or recruiting me mearcai corps or
ji - m i i t : li. .1 I . I 1
the army by commissioning officers in
that corps who volunteer has proved a
f ailure and asks that, in behalf "of the
welfare' of the nation, a draft for
physicians be made.
Persons Convicted of This
Will be Dealt With Harshly
IConvicted Says Recorder
, , - - , r . , . -
This morning's session of Recbrd
r's court vwas - featured bv an an-
er s court vwas reaturea Dy an
nouncement fronTLths bench relative
to alleged short weights measures
tnat so-caiiea cut price stores are eu-j
gaging in witn a mnt rrom-Tne ttecora-
" . - j . i
patronizing such . stores ;-to weighj
their ' purchases. " Recorder. . Harriss
further informed i the4 solicitor that
such practice was actionable and stat
ed further .that; any person .convicted
on a charge of this nature would be
dealt with severely.;- ? - t ' i'.
The Recorderl stated that the mat
ter had been brought very- forcibly to
his attentions that persons bad report-
ii .TtAnn n rripni and that vso.
SELECTIVE
KureauomciaisrAS.::'.; -,--..-s;v- .. - t is--': . - -.?i':v v,
COURT LECTURES
ON SHORT WEIGHT
called five pound r packages of sugar. ltn i.vvo6:
purchased at 8 1-2 cents p.er pound ported by the artillery which as jbe
as agamst a universal jirlce of 9 cents,j ing held,npras i he.antry .wefror
Weighed but' 1-2" pounds. Solicitor ward. U x ':.:. ;. --T " ' . v iV
Burton informed Ihe court rthat re-l NeveHn, history, .according to,aU,
We ' itva.'natnro'. Vmd ; rparh pd accouLr "hiw there been a more are-
Sm and thatvhe'was investigating!
th matter now and vwouldrprbbably;
order arrests m tne eany. ruture,;? -
W. A - Galloway," , colored, charged
With violation - of the tax ordinance,
escaped by the nol pros route, : the
State admitting that it was in J pos
session of ; insufficient evidence tcJ con
vict Daniel Webster, ' colored, J was
paroled with' Probation- Qfficer John
son for a period 'ot' 12. months. .
pPU
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Combiiled Attack Follows the
ixaiung r ire or: Dig vMnt;
n . The West.
! SIGNS POINT TO
is
GREAT OFFENSIVB
c i r n ' -y "
l ernnCffJnsIaUgnt being MadC;
on Germans VRight Flank- "
ln iyiany-: riaces Attackers
; Haveylready Reached Teii-
t6nsSecond line - ofe ; J)
'.. fense;ivi-'.r-3'?-; Vi::i".M-";
v-.-.-.-rr:;; .--::,;;:-
. ' One V of' the big- moves vof theirar
apparently is-'' under .way', in Flander,
wbete ; the . right flank of the German -army
is anchored upon the sand duhes
and y flat ; fields' that Vskirt ; the North -
Sea j coast. Unprecedented ;! terpflq ;
battle ; of big 5 gunsthaf hasVb'een
ing for days past ha? been, succeeded,
by ; a charge of the: infantry. .. and a 1,
wfnint' "'forward i'rvr Iho Tntrifitrt
burporti It seems significant: how
ever, that French forces -have cbmbia' .
ed 1 with the'Brltisir for' anassaultj on :
this front, -.wheres an' attempt to." break .
through or turn the; German flank has '
been expected for some. 'time. yf.
A kceh desir bnt ihe part .of 'tue
Entente command; to . get at .the .Ger: .
man submarine bases which line - the
shores" of Belgium' has also .been", n
evidence and this : purpose would ?be . ,
accomplished ;by any sweeping yi(S
tory achieved on the ; Flanders front.;
The attack: of the two allied armies,
is ; marked "on the southern boxmdaryi
of -the field by the river Lys.v about;
30--miles from - the coast. . "X- wide'
front" is the official British express
sion describing its scope whichpb-,'
viously does not. make it clear rhow
far towards ; the coast the thrust ex
tends . .... .' -. "' -'-
The pperationa; gives every evidence'
of. being a' major one, however, and it"
. . . A . iLl. IX ........ 1 t jirf
MS ciear. mat ii.wa.ts BULueaBiui iu iu
j initial stages, the . war office -accoUnt.
Aann , that ' t. flrsf nhc.tlvpl
were attained on the' entire : front at
tacked and that 'satisfactory -'prog-;
ress" was .continuing at i all points.
Many prisoners already have been
taken. i' -V ?.';'' -''..;', fV
. The launching of the . drive;. r (
H';emingly a surprise d the Germans :
who . only ye'sterday were boasttnt; ,
that the- intensity -of their reply -the
British gunners to lessen the Mo- .
Ien3e of Itheir, .'It 'comes, mbr-
over, after the failure of the treiaen- '
! dous efforts the German Crown Prince
has been: putting forth rto jbreakvtbe
French front in-the Aisne .jegion.-rThe i
French reserve force, ; evidently, M
great enough not only to' withstand:
such .powerfuil hammering ;;puccessiul-:
ly, but to allow , of co-operationwJth
the British .in a. stroke at; another -portion
of the line.;.. : ; K-'r'-
;In add-on General Petain last,
night made a successful attack, on nlsj;
pwn account on' the Aisne front, caT-,
rvine:: German positions 1:500 ' yaids
wide on the Chemln des Dames ; at 'VsL .:'
regny, breaking a German counter ,at
uack ana capturing more man
torisoners. ' -.'1. -'':.; V'
' iiHotinff.corlv tnHit nn n 20 mile
, fi$lgiunv from itUe river; pUTf
to within abouivia.miles otjthe f?p4st
General Sir Douglas: Haig's? troops,; in
conjunction with . French forees' swepjU
rapidly over the first, line German Vo
litions ' and :; at' tnani points , rtfScnd
the Teijtonic f second line. They .ttjtolc
numerous prisdnera as they 'adyancedi
. Disbatches fromthe front VwhicSi
reached, London in mid-afternoon toe-,
scribed ithe- situation as entirely 'satis-
t'f actory from the Entente viewpoint,.
mendous volume': shell1 poufed;upon
a position under- attack than T , mat
ivhih -availed the German Jine lor
days: pafit., This 'marvelous 'ectoe'entra? ;
tion - of gunfire ; manifested itself also
in fcUHp!'iuentary fashion r after tne. ...
drive htarted1 in" .what: is y rep'6rted.tQ. ,
huve been . the - weightiest barragej rn
the arnals of warfares- t.
' 1 he field, of.' the, attack; beginning
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