I LULL OCCURS ON BATTLE FRONTS TODAV
L New Draft Bill is Introduced Today 1
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(By The Asssociated Press.)
Paris, August 5.—A lull was reported this morning in the battle
on the Soissons-Rheims front. The Germans are favored by weather
conditions, which transformed the banks of the Vesle into morasses, mak
| ing a stiffer resistance than was anticipated.
(By the Associated Press.)
Paris, Aug. 5.—The Americans covered themselves with glory in
hand to hand fighting in the streets yesterday.; This fighting is said to
have been the bitterest of the whole war, Prussian guards asking no
quarter and being bayoneted or clubbed to death as they stood by their
machine guns.
(Associated Press War Summary.)
Weakened by the defeat suffered on the Soissons-Rheims front,
the Germans apparently are preparing to assume the defensive on the
jy. front from Ypres to Rheims. While continuing their retirement toward
the Aisne, the Germans have abandoned their defensive positions in Pi
cardy, east of Amiens. Movements north and south of the Somme are
only of a local character but indicate the German command is aware of
. the danger of an gllied attack north of the present battle field. Between
Soissons and Rheims the Vesle has I_01. virtually cleared of the enemy.
The fight is in the hands of Amrica ns. West of RtrCirT.S the French made
important gains and in the region of Soissons and north the Aisne.
' The allied advance was not so rapid during the last forty-eight flours;
but the leading units are still in close touch with the Germans. Great
1 quantities of munitions and guns were captured by the allies south of the
Vesle.
(By The Associated Press.)
Paris, Aug. 5.—French detach
ments which crossed the Vesle river
are meeting with resistance from
the Germans, says the war office an
nounement. The statement declares
there is nothing of importance to re
port from the battlefront.
(By The Associated Press.)
Paris, Aug. 5.—The long range
bombardment in the Paris region was
resumed this morning.
Casualty List
(By The Associated Press.)
Washington, Aug. 5.—Army casu
alties show wounded, degree unde
termined, Private Garland Moore,
Feenyville, Drew county, Arkansas.
(By The Associated Press.)
Washington, Aug. 5.—Army casu
alties show killed irv action, 203; died
of wounds, thirty-seven; disease,
nine; airplane accident, one; acci
dent and other causes, six; wounded
severely, forty-eight; degree unde
termined, one hundred; missing, 3.
(By The Associated Press.)
Washington, Aug. 5. — Marine
corps casualties show killed in action,
| nine; died of wounds, one.
ELEVEN CO TO
CAMP SHELBY
The following young men leave to
night for Camp Shelby for training:
John G. Hamby, Samuel N. Street,
Powell Scales, Jesse Crain, John
Henry Teague, Walter Smith, Wm.
F. Smith, Willie A. Lamb, 'Ernest
Cotter, Robert Davidson and Wm. H.
Diamond.
AMERICANS ALONE
TAKE J,400 MEN.
Washington, Aug. 4.—Allied troops
in the Aisne-Marne salient reaped
“the full fruits of victory” on Satu
day,” when the enemy, who met his
second great defeat on the Marne,
was driven in confusion beyond the
line of the Vesle,” General Pershing
reported in his communique for yes
terday, received today by the war de
partment. American troops alone
have captured 8,400 prisoners and
133 guns.
The text of the statement follows:
“Section A. Vhe full fruits of vic
tory in the counter-offensive begun
so gloriously by Franco-American
troops on July 18 were reaped today
when the enemy, who met his second
great defeat on the Marne, was
driven in confffision beyond the line of
the Vesle..
“The enemy, in spite of suffering
the severest losses, has proved incap
able of stemming the onslaught of
our troops, fighting for liberty, side
by side with French, British and Ital
ian volunteers. IifcAhe course of the
operations 8,400 prisoners and 133
guns have been captured by our men
alone.
“Section B. There is nothing to
report in this section.”
PRAYER FOR OUR NURSES.
God bless cur nurses brave
Help them our men to save,
God bless them all;
May their devotion true
Strengthen each heart anew,
Sweet mercies may they strew,
God bless them all!
Fines and court costs were imposed
Saturday at Greenwood by Justice R.
M. Joyce on 10 farmers for failure to
dip their cattle. Of those who were
fined, all paid except one man, who
appealed.
The Jefferson county Council of
Defense has requested the city coun
cil not to reissue licenses now held
by the several pool rooms in the city.
CASUALTIES ARE “
(By The Associated Press.)
Washington, Aug. 5.— Casualties
of Americans engaged in fighting
since July 15, when the German of
fensive was launched, are now being
reported in the daily casualty lists
from Pershing, though no estimate of
the total has yet been received. To
day’s army list contained the names
of 407 , men from forty-five states.
The marine corps list contained ten
names.
(By The Associated Press.)
Washington, Aug. 5.—An addi
tional list of three hundred names,
bringing the total for the day up to
about seven hundred, is being check
ed at the war department for publica
tion in the morning papers tomor
row.
AMERICAN SOLDIERS
UNDERGO EXAMINATION
WHEN REACH ENGLAND.
With the American Army in Eng
land, July 10.—(Correspondence of
! The Associated Press.)—When a sol
i dier leaves the United States he
I should not feel certain that he is go
ing to win glory on the battlefield in
France. Whether officer or enlisted
man he is subjected to further scru
tiny in England and in France and
until a little corps of keen-eyed and
careful offciers have completed the
examination no one can tell into just
what part of the big army machine
he is going to fit.
There are in England camps where
every man who passes through is
“trade indexed.” This is especially
i true of one camp where a large part
| of the airmen and motor transport
forces arrive shortly after debarka
| tiOn. The records accompanying
i them show what the men have been
| doing in civil life and a further ex
j amination of them and a scrutiny of
| the demands often determine the
part they are to take, sometimes on
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(By The Asssociated Press.)
Washington, August 5.—The administration man power bill ex- j
tending the selective service act to men between the ages of 18 and 45,
inclusive, was introduced in both houses of congress today. Plafts were
made to expedite the action and announcement is made that General
Crowder has suggested September 5th as the date of registration for men ',;‘l
of these ages. Gen. Crowder also suggested September 5th as the date
for registration of youths attaining the age of twenty-one within the
next few weeks as a means of obtaining two hundred thousand men to be
called to the colors in September.
FISH SCHOONER
SUNK B1 B-Bflll
(By The Associated Press.)
At a Canadian Atlantic Port, Aug.
5.—The fishing schooner, Nelson A,
was sunk by a German submarine
off the North Atlantic Coast Satur
day. The crew was landed.
(By The Associated Press.)
Washington, Aug. 5.—The Amer
ican tank steamer, 0. B. Jennings,
sunk by a German submarine yes
terday one hundred miles off the
Virginia Capes, according to informa
tion reaching the navy department.
Thirty of the crew were landed. The
The captain and thirteen -a?., the crew
art M*’O tilt; .
, ie missing.
ly for temporary duty but in some
cases for an indefinite period.
From this lot are selected the men
who will go into the big repair shops
at once. Men experienced in electri
cal work are sent to stations where
their service is most needed. Orders
for automobile experts are filled and
not infrequently the men in command
of the station are called upon to sup
ply men for following, for a time at
least, exactly the same kind of woik
they were doing in the United States
before their numbers in the draft
were called.
A big hospittal is being erected at
one camp. The money for the mate
rial was furnished by the Red Cross.
The work is being done by the army.
The construction of the buildings is
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iiv v iiiwi/vt iuiij vii v aa viii vnuv v* 1
war hospitals being erected in the
United States, and the same class of
skilled labor is being used. Experts
in the use of cement are working
there. Plumbers are doing the same
sort of work they were paid to do in
the United States, carpenters are
employed in doing as high grade la
bor as could be found anywhere, and
the drawing of the plans and speci
fications was done by achitects and
engineers. All the men whose work
is going into the buildings have been
taken from the rank and file of those
who reached camp on their way from
the ports of debarkation. They will |
be held there only so long as their
work on the struction is required and
then they will rejoin their organiza
tions unless detailed for other work.
Officers engaged in fixing the
trade index of the army have boasted
that from the ranks of the national
Army there may be found men who
can do any class of work required,
from grading a diamond to working
on the rifling of a big gun.
EDWARTBROCK
DIES IN ACTION
Late this afternoon a telegram was
received announcing the death of Ed
ward Brock, who was killed in action
in France. He was a son of Mr. and
Mrs. E. J. Brock, who reside west of
Tuckerman, and a few days ago a
letter from him was published in this
paper.
Young Brock was a member of Co.
E.
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^ The more you help the men at the
front the Quicker the end will come.
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Sunday was the hottest day in lo-. ? 'wf
cal history, according to
L0Cf^®
Weather Reporter G. L. Robinson, "
who reports the government th«r- ,y
mometer at his home on Main street J
as having attained a registration of |a
106, and so far as we have learned
no one has felt prone to dispute this \‘ij|
as a record mark. Saturday the1;
thermometer registered 104.
There was no comfort to be hid
Sunday unless one lived in close
proximity with an electric fan*; and
the person who became used to tWS^
artificial means of cooling’ off ds*sd sj
not part with it and suffer the
.; . -Hir >r o the after
alty of meik.^ig. Late •».
noon a breeze was prevalent., PT* nSlI
did not carry any cooling qualities^ - $
Though crops over the country iH*#?!
not suffering for rain, a good ihdlWSf^^
at this time would prove a great hed^H
"RR. 1
Theopolis Simpson, a negro ag4df*| ]
20 years, was seriously inJuga&lllSlll |
day morning about 7 o’clock ip |
Kolrimv Y>AAm Af fVn* r.ifv Rnlrarv 1
Walnut street when in some UiUMIW^ « 1
he came in contact with an eleet*f>*4
arms being broken and left leg -j
jured. As soon as it was found ^
the boy had fallen into the machiiwttk’'^ 1
the power was turned, off and a WS&M f
thrown from the wheel operating tJwfJjj: 1
medical aid. . ' ' . j|
the boy came to fall in the mixer, and. JIB
count of himself. Though in opk$i&» % 9
tion, the machinery at the time uij|
not being used to mix dough. m
Simpson’s right arm was brokenat 4* fl
the shoulder and his left arm near the^44 «
injured, but not broken, it is said* IS M
While his injuries are of a very
rious nature, it is believed he will
cover. wk
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