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DAILY EDITION
Vol .t No. a 17.
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MwinmI lNfat oil Ilia Maine
lmdun, Aug. i Today's develop
ments tend to point to a temporary
shifting of Urn groat battle storm
from land to ocean. Tha belief li
iprtxM'd In well-Informed circles
that Germany will send It fieri out
ttf fight.
Following tit second defeat of tht
kliMr' armlet on tha Marne, Oer
man morale haa undoubtedly weak
ened. Thla fart la to a certain ex
teat confirmed today by the report
contained In a dlspatrh to the Ex
prtwa from Amsterdam of the revolt
by Clerman aallort at Wllhelmahaven
la protect against continuation of
the submarine wr.
The recent resignation of Admiral
von lioltaendorff aa chief of ' the
aval ataff la declared to have been
connected with the arandal. '
la view of all thla, algnlflranre ta
attached to the rumor that an order
Issued by the new chief of the 0r
anan admiralty ataff, Admiral Bcheer,
la aald to express the wlah ot the
fleet to attack the Drltlah naval
force.
. Tha Vorwaerta, of Berlin, iaya
that eventa at lait have shattered
tha Illusion created Jiy Inspired op
timum that Germany la Invincible.
It aaya:
"The German people at last rea
lite the colossal gravity of the situ
ation, tat 11a have courage to admit
that, cm long ai the war li not endnd
It la not won and can be lost."
iniUERING IS
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Washington, Aug. 8. News gath
ering la Independable aa an Indua
try, Secretary of War linker declared
today In discussing draft registra
tion. IT. 8. CASUALTY LIST
Washington, Aug. 8. In the ma
rine casualties, two are killed, one,
died of wounds, ,95 were wounded,
and 10 missing. In the army casu
altliw. 131 are killed. 18 died of
"wounds and 84 wounded.
Camp I-ewls, Aug. 8. For refusal
to drill, Private Edward F. Itolllngs- 0n 8 wooden cross at the hend of
worth of the 30th company, 16Bth K ' wood near Chamery,
depot brigade, was found guilty by l Fer-En-Tardcnola, Is the In
onrtmartlHl trial todny and sen- "crlptlon. "Lieutenant Quontln
Kmcod to 1G yeara on Alratraa Roosevelt, burled by the Gormans."
Inland. He will forfeit all pay nd The grave was discovered today by
te dlahonorably discharged from the an American aviator. The Inscrlp-
army.
APPEAL MADE TO U.S. TO
AID STARVING FINNS
Washington. Aug,
8. Identical
Tiote from Norway, Swoden and
Denmark were prcaonted to the atate
dnnartment today, annealing to Am-
rlca for aid for the famine In Fln -
land.
TriMltt 4'oniiiilliMt U'hiiiiiiimi
That I'rraldiwt Take (her Htork
yenln lo Ihwlmy Monopoly
VahlnKton, Aui. 8 The govern
ment control of all the principal
stockyards and storage planta, wa
rocummonded to the prealdout by the
fiidnral trade commlMlon today. It
would be done to destroy the nion-
oply, which It dailaA-a that the big
packers maintain.
The comnilulon In a report tayi
that Swift Company, Armour
Company; Morrlt ft Company, Wll
on A Company and tb Cudahy
Pscklng Company, have uaed their
power to manipulate the llveetork
market, to control prlcea and to de
fraud both producer and conaumera.
The government control la recom
mended not only for tha meat Indus
try but other food Induatrlet.
i
Buattle, Aug. 8. Resolutions de
manding tha removal of Colonel
Ilrlce P. Dlsque, director of the
spruce production, were adopted by
the Seattle labor council. They
charged Dlsque with preventing the
laborera from organising.
XOItTII CAROLINA HAH
REOULAH PHAYERX FOR I. H.
Ilalolgh, X. C, . Aug. 8. Kvery
evening at 7 o'clock church bolls are
tolled in cities, town, vlllas.es and
In the most remote sections through
out North Carolina while people of
fer up a prayer for the auccesa ot the
allies. Thla Is done In accordance
with a proclamation suggesting It la
sued several weeks ago by Governor
Thomas W. lllckett.
When the Idea was first proposed
It waa not generally observed, but It
now comes natural 'to moat North
Carolinians each evening at 7 o'clock
to pray for the victory of democracy
over autocracy, '
Governor lllckett Is one of those
who atrlctly observes the new cua
torn. Tne other arternoon he was
playing tennis with a party of friends
at a court near the city and when
he heard the sounds of the tolling
bells ho raised his hands and aald:
"Hold on, boyi, there la the An
gelas." The game waa stopped while the
players Joined the governor In allent
prayer.
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With the American Army, Aug. 8.
tlon la In English.
"I CAMM TO HKK HOME
ITAL1AX FLKHII" A HUN
Washington, Aug. 8. "I came to
see Italian flosh." Thla was the ex
clamation of a German military phy
sician In a concentration ramp at
Llebnlei, when he ordered that Hal
jinn women rrom Austrian-conquered
Italian provinces be brought nude
before him. The Incident waa re-
,lated In an official dispatch
from
Rome to tha Italian embassy
SPRUCE DIRECTOR IS
UNDER CRITICISM
Allies Capture Many Villages and Woods in Picardy
Sector-Forces Make Advance to Depth of '
Three Miles on Section South of Socxe
With the British Army, Aug. '8.
In tha offensive east of Amiens
which wa begun today, tha British
have taken llaher wood, Dodo wood
and probably have possession of
Mtrcelcav and Lamotte-En-8anyer-
r.
Paris, Aug. 8. British troop un
der Field Marshal llalg at f o'clock
today began an offensive on a wide
front eaat and southeast ot Amiens.
It Is progressing favorably.
Tha attack la under the command
or Field Marshal tialg and la on a
wide front. The troop that are en
gaged In the battle are the British
Fourth army and the French First
army. They advanced at dawn.
The attack southeast of Amiens I
probably aimed at weakening, It not
wiping out the German positions In
and around Montdldler, where the
battle line awlnga to the north. If
the alllea should break through Into
Montdldler It would probably, have a
menacing effect on the German
lines all the way from Rhelm on the
south to Ypres on the north.
London, Aug. 8. According to re
port thla afternoon the allies have
captured the towns of Moreull, De-
muln, Ablancourt and Morlsncourt,
in the Picardy sector. Besides this
they have taken the height west of
Cerlsy and south of Morlsncourt.
LIFE III ACTIVE SERVICE HOT
IIIELY
COMPOSED
Behind the British Lines In
Frsnce, July 14. (Correspondence
of the Associated Press)- Life on
active service Is not entirely com
posed, sa some people are Inclined
to imagine, ot fighting, of sitting In
trenches, of resting In billets, of
marching, eating and sleeping. I Is
true that the main activities ot the
soldier are comprised ot the above
Hat, but there are countleas other du
ties which he Is called upon to per
form, duties which might best be
called "odd Jobs," and some ot
which are distinctly odd. ,
The days of camp-followers, who
used to perform the more menial
tasks of the battle aone, are gone
never to return. The soldier must
now be his own 'hewer of wood and I
drawer of water, lie must attend
himself to all the little details otj
life, the cleaning of his quarters, the,
rllirfrlntr nf tranphfta tha nrrvtnir of i
, , , , , , , . . , h luetween a fatigue party and a work
lils food. Broken trenches must bei ,
mendod, fresh trenches dug, and
dug-outs built. Alt these odd Jobs, i
which the soldier Is called upon to
do In what would otherwise be his
spare time, he sums up under the
comprehensive heading of "fatigue."
Fatigue duty, aa the name Implies,
Is not often a light or restful form
of occupation. It may Involve a long
march with a night' work at the
end of It.
The first men to be picked tor a
fatigue party are the defaulters, men
guilty of minor delinquencies such
aa the possession ot a rusty rifle or
an unshaven chin at the morning.
parade. It follows that the term "fa
tigue" has fallen somewhat Into die
repute, for It has come to be asso-
Paris, Aug. 8. Giving the Gcr-
mana no time to catch their breath
after the crashing defeat on the
Alsne-Marne front, General Foch baa
launched a fresh blow In a new sec
tor.
The Franco-British troops attach
ed this morning from Albert north
east of A mien to Montdldler ou a
front ot approximately 88 mile.
Report indicate that the allies
have advanced to a depth of three
miles south of the Somme and have
taken the villages of Marsecelcave
and Lamlttenaentera. An early ob
jective la said to have been . com
pletely attained. The attack started
at dawn, the French Flrat army and
the British Fourth army being en
gaged. Field Marshal Halg la In
direct command ot the new offen
sive.
The Franco-American troops have
crossed the Vesle on a front of about
five mile, between Braisen and Fla-
mea on the end of the Soltsons
Rhelm front. The artillery duel
continued and la very Interne.
On the Italian front Isolated artil
lery fire continues.
London, Aug. 8. Several thous
and prisoners were taken by the
Franco-British forces In the Picardy
offensive today, the British news
paper Standard announced this after
noon.
OF
elated, at least In the civilian mind,
with an Idea ot punishment. In con
sequence, an attempt has been made
to differentiate between extra work
which Is definitely allotted as a form
of punishment, and extra work
which is Included In the duties ot
every soldier, be his character never
so stainless. For thla purpose a new
phrase has been Introduced. This
new phare is "working party." Men
are elected for . working parties In
turn, so that everyone contributes a
share.
So tar as possible, working partlea
are employed on essentially military
operations, such as the putting up
of wire entanglements, the digging
of trenches the mrrvlnir nf rut Inns
Lnd gtoreg wh(?reag a fatglle w,y
Is likely to be employed on more me-
itiai forms of occupation.
But It Is difficult to change oiu
distinction
L, . ' . .. '
tlclal orders, the British soldier him-
, self Is still inclined to apply the old
name "fatigue" indiscriminately to
all forms ot extra work.
In the main, It Is unfortunate In
fantrymen who are called, upon to
supply working parties The engi
neers, tor example, depend to a great
extend on Infantry labor for the
carrying out ot their various opera
tions.
London, Aug. 8. Losses ot mer
chantmen during July were less than
In June, Sir Leo Money, parliamen
tary secretary to the shipping Indus
try, announced In the house of com'
mons this afternoon.
FIGHTING
CZECHS CAPTURE VESLE RIVER
SIBERUFj CITIES $mm
Itrltlah and French Are Advancing
Along Itailrowl at Archangel
Bays IluHMltto Montage
London, Aug. 8. A Russian gov
ernment - wireless message received
here say:
"At Archangel, British and French
have landed. They are advancing
along the railway. Our staff Is at
Odozerskala (100. miles south ot
Archangel.)
"On the Czecho-Slovak front, the
Czechs have captured Novo Nikolai
vesk, Ekaterinburg and Simbirsk
We hate retreated to Poverlno. We
are sending reinforcements toward
Kazan and Simbirsk. Today the
Czercho-Slovaks ahelled Kazan."
FOURTH LIBERTY LOAN
RATE FIXED AT 4
Chicago, Aug. 8. Secretary W.
O. McAdoo, apeaklng here today of
the next liberty loan, said:
"The rate ot Interest will be 414
per cent It would be rldiculou to
raise thla Interest. It would mean
that the American people were try
tng to lift themselves up by their
bootstraps. We must have a stabil
ised Interest system In the loan
that business will not reel It ne
cessary to raise tba Intereat In Its
transactions up and down the line.
OF WHEAT FOR YEAR
Washington, Aug. 8. The depart
ment ot agriculture today announced
that the estimates ot the year'
wheat production Is 878,000,000
bushels. The estimate tor oats is
1.428.000.000 bushels. These, are
preliminary estimatea.
THK RRIIKilXG OF THE
ATLANTIC FIUK.RK881XO
Washington, Aug. 8. Smashing
all records, the United States ship
ping board has turned out 131 ves
sels since July 1. During the month
of July "quantity production" waa
carried' on at the rate of four ahlps
for every calendar day. They regis
tered a total deadweight tonnage of
631,944. Eight ships have slid down
the ways In the last five days, adding
53,600 tons to the total.
TO
Salem, Aug. 8. Forest fires have
all been extinguished or controlled.
Forester Elliott reported to Gover
nor Wlthycombe today. After a con
ference they announced that the
hunting season will open on sched
ule, August 15, unless new fires
break out.
TURKEY AX1 BULGARIA
CAUSE UNREST IN BERLIN
Zurich, Aug. 8. According to a
neutral authority of high repute,
there is considerable uneasiness In
Berlin on account of the strained re
lations between Bulgaria and Tur
key. Many Turkish desertions are
reported. Three thousand deserter
are said to have banded together in
the mountains ot Asia Minor.
U.S. INFAIM
LINE ADVANCE BY JOINT MOVE-
MOT FROM F18ME8 TO
BAZOCHES
Americana An Breaking np Hsna
Counter Attack on Newly-woa
PoltioTui Prrorh Also Gala
With the American Army, Aug. 8.
The Veal river was crossed by
additional American Infantry men to
the east and west of Flame lata yes
terday afternoon. The Americana
have aucceeded In breaking up all
counter attack on the new poaltlona.
With the American Forcea on the
Alsne-Marne Front, Aug. 8. Under
an inferno of ahrapnel and machine
gun fire and wave ot gaa the Ameri
cans forced their way over the Vesle
river last night and early this morn
ing, while rain, varying at times
from a drizzle to a downpour.
drenched the battle field.
French troop already have gained
positions on the American lett and
the Joint movement has atralgbtened '
out the line from a point west of
Bazoches to Flsmes.
The Germans lost considerably tax
casualties. Prisoners' stories tended
to corroborate the opinion of those
previously taken that the Germans
expect to continue their retreat until
the Alsne Is reached.
The attack began between 4 and 5
o'clock Tuesday afternoon. By mid
night thoae on the right had reached
their objectives, the main highway
east and . west extending along tha
foothills that rise north ot the river
and become a aeries ot terraces to
the Alsne. ,
The left wing was delayed, but It
also reached the line shortly before
8 o'clock this morning.
Under eover of a barrage the en
gineers threw light bridges over the
stream while the officers placed their
men In position, working them down
ward toward tht bridges. The chal
lenges were accepted by the German
artillery, and In a few minutes the
intermittent reports of the guna
which had been heard all day were
merged Into one great roar.
The clouds, which had lifted slight
ly, reappeared just before the attack
was launched and the action waa
conducted without much advantage
In observation by aircraft.
When the order for the advance
was given, the men, tor the most
part, swept forward In open forma
tion. The Germans launched a coun
ter attack without success. 1
The men on the American right
fought their way along the chosen
routes. Some ot them floundered
across through tb water, while
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ED.
Edward Jenks suffered from a se
vere accident this morning when the
turrtiel In which he was working,
caved In, crushing his chest and
breaking two ribs.
Jenks was working for the Copper
King Company, 20 miles east of
Placer, when the accident occurred.
He was In the mining tunnel when
the top suddenly gave way, crushing
him under the weight ot the earth.
Beside his more serious injuries,
ha waa badly bruised.