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VEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. SEPT. 18. 1918 NO. 212 AMERICANS DRIVE TOWARD GERMAN BORDER; FRENCH STRIKE ON W-MllE LINE NEAR VERDUN; RITISH MAKE AN ATTACK NEAR ST.

QUENTIN mm PERSHING PROMISES MORE MEDICINE OF THE SAME NATURE PERSHING'S FORCES, IN DRIVE TOWARD FRONTIER, CAPTURE IMPORTANT POSITIONS COTTON PRICE MUST BE FIXED IF THE CROP IS TO BE DISTRIBUTED EQUITABLY, SENATOR SMITH SAYS WILL BE DRAFTED AS I By Called Pre i Leaden, Keel. IK General reran lag. repljlag 1 Premier LU)d 5 lievrfV le leers ef reagralala lUas a lb KU IlkH ib-Ury, aaU Ike Aavertraa army ld "endear GERMANY MAY WITHDRAW FROM BALTIC PROVINCES la realise sappljlag Ike Pre South Carolina Member Irvdi- SOLICITOR BEHERU. Provost Marshal General Crowder Announce New Policy of War Dept. cate That Southern Co' rMiBM ere Com! af Around i TOBEAMBASSADQB mier with rratUaal 4 the sbm rt ef atrdlrlae." (LUid-Gewrtr.

ah dictated lb ae.aa-e te Penh lag aklle III la bed, said Ike sac re 'rrhla aa heller laua any Ike ether aedklae be had lakea.) "tnr IrkvraM rngralla Ilea la deeply are Uled," ftlrrd lrklag. ball be Ike resetter Advice Received by State Department Today Say That Teuton Have Begun Removal of all Useful Material, With Apparent Intent of Getting Out Later. lo resident WiUoeTe Viw of Situation. President Being Urged to Do I tennis Government Policy Before) The Liberty Loan FIRST CALLS EXPECTED WITHIN A FEW WEEKS Present Physical Standard Of Army Will Apply, With a Few Exception. John W.

Davi Selected a American Representative at Court of St Jam. Whlaeton. Kept -German the lloUhevlkl. Thla effort having failed the Hermans look the only other Ik Aevrrlraa araij la sapply give som Indication of preparing for wit errasleaal de ef Ike Americana Make Substantial Progress Along Rupt de Mad Valley in The Dirwctioa of Chambley and Cora. French Advance on Ten Mil Front Northeast of Verdtin, Driving a Sharp Salient lato the German Lines.

HINDENBURG LINE CROSSED. (By United Ptm) London, Sept IS. The British have crossed the Hindenburg, lino ia their new attack at Villeret and at tho sugar beet factory, south of Couieaucourt, aa cording to battle front die patches received here this evening. (By United PrM) Aavriraa Preach aad British far sane aerl medlclae, as needed. Campaign Opens Lata This Month.

Iiy Robert Header, foiled Pre available course and made a treat) with th llolshevlkl a hereby lb latter waa lo attempt lo hold the AIM" In the north. frvai new nlll Ike Baal virlary baa been allalaed. a future withdrawal from th llslllc iTirvlnres Htate Department advice today related that the Teutons hsd begun removal of all useful material from th province with th apparent li.tent of getting out later. Htaff Correspondent I Washington, Kept 11 Julia Pa "I lrt Ibis Nad yea (ally re- condition wss reported I -nine's Improved. vts.

solicitor general of lb United reirred frsB jeer Illness." State, ha been selected by President Th4 advices ramo from Moscow, via (By tailed Proas) Washington. Sept. 11. Iteglnalng the latter part of thla month mn for the navy and marln corps will be, drafted aa wall as those for th army. Provoal Marshal General Crowder an aonneed today Calls fur th nsry probably will be snnounced at th end Wilson a Amerlran Ambassador to Great Britain.

It officially aanoua red today John William Davis, selected by All the dopartment Information, coupled with the press message, tend to how that th Antl-llolebevikl movement and the Allied advance ar beginning to bear fruit and lhat th Germans apparently will hav a new astern front or at teaat a big eastern problem to cope with be fur long. Kamara and lrku(k They said that hunger and disorder ar everywhere In UuMla A new light waa shed on the recent Ikilshevlki treaty, according to thla meeage. It allowed th Hermans hsd tried to form an alliance with soma strong factions against President Wilson to th highly trnpor Waahlagtoa, Rpt. II Fixing o( lb price of eottoa la Inevitable l( a qK-able achenM of distribution be worked oat that will prevent gobbling op of the available cotton supply by oae aatloa. declared Senator Smith of Boa lb Carolina today.

Smith Indicated that cotton alitei preaenutlve In Congr are coming around to Pmldent Wilson's rlaw or the cotton altaatlon and the jieed for tabllhmnt, of nopg.ieatH Pf dlstrfbatloa which will prmnt the Balance el trad and the United LATE BULLETINS of September or the first of October nd marine corps calls also will be lesued whhln a few weeks. lant poet of American A-hador at th court of St. Jam, la a medium tall, aimer niaa who almost whit Thla eaUBtkm of th draft trtonnr hair give him a distinctly dlatlngn uhed appearaac. ar graaJjyTevif giiati a a th permanent abolishment of vftluu ry ellunnt In breach, and Incidentally places In the hands of the War Department the rnllr ork of PmfllOUETO He la married. 42 year old and on are agalast the Gerauas (a the Weerre of th most able orator of the Govern HRlTISIf DKITK rOHWAKD, (By Catted Prt WHb lb Rrlllsb Aral la Iraare, Kept.

K-() Bi.MJtk troop at- aad Pirardy. mtnt. He la a personal friend of manning th nation's defense arms I aeffirlal re part rai parts a. Calls for th navy and marines li: VICTORIES OF ALLIES THE TIGER SAYS rlara the Aaveriraai have Dade sab. taaflal nertbrastward sJag mad exactly as thos for th army A distinctly arm-band will be provid ed for th men inducted under navy calls, bearing th letter 8.

NV. In lecllag men for the navy the pres Military Succeca ia Only Argument Cermana Can Understand, Daniel Declares. Secretary of Bute I anting. President Wilson, Colonel Hous and lord Read Ing. British Ambassador, and hi training In handling "big basin" case for th government before the supreme court give him th necessary foundation.

It la held, for handling m-trloal International trade problems that will arise after the war adjustments In making official announcement of Davis' cholre, the State Department Issued the following larked a a freat ef ahwat 1J mt west and aertbwe (of NI. (yaealla lM morning. They drvv forward spiritedly after a heavy bemliardment of nly three Mlaete. They nrre pre. reded by the asRal kurruge.

The British are reported lo bsn reached Krrsaoy.le.PrUi, (In and three qaartrr aatle aerthwrnt of Kl. Qaeatla.) Ntlff enemy rewlMaarr hn 'era eareaalrred la and at Hnoy (three miles southeast- of1 the valley ef the Rapt De Mad, aad apparently ar alraiaf St lb bnpert. aat towa ef Chambley aad Oarta, At lb aaate Ibae the Preark adva red i freat ef aboat mile rtb. at aad east ef Terdaa, drlvtag a sharp salleat late th Oraaa Use la the dlreelJoa EUla, which 1 ae ent physical standard of th army will apply With th following exceptions: No vnreels; no color blindness; no Clemenceau Declare There Will bo no Victory Till Huns Pay in Full. (Rr United Praas) Pari.

Sept. IS. Premier Clomen- BUtea' friendly relation with alt It Allle. hT 11.000,000 bale and a bale demand, he declared, "I'd-let ombody control distribution the available upply will be gobbled up by th buyer with moat money Th prio under tuch an arrangement might go beyond all reason. Therefore, It will hav to bo fixed." "The President la gathering data on th situation.

Cotton producer are ehlafly Interested how I lb m-thor of distribution to be Th President la being urged to de-termln th government policy on rot-ton before the Liberty Loan campaign open lata thla month. Cotton men man with a vision, minus glasses, of (By United Pre) Annapolis. Md Sept. 18 Austria's less ttian 1S-20 In either eye: no man lb kaslleas ef the ew Hbeeabarg tin la the Weerre rerloa, The Preach pear conference note, Germany's peace offer to Belgium and th "crara wftk traaaraittabl akin disease and no man over 74 Inches in height shall In forwarded. ceau, speaking In th Senate last night "The Secretary of Slate announce the selection of John William Davi of the Kaiser at Rssen" were all due declared the Allies must keep on fighting until Germany understanda there L'peby.) Veraiand (Nve mile west of St.

Quenlln) aad Ilelaoa wood (three mile southeast of Vernaad) are un-der heavy ga bombardment. aa ambassador to Great can be no compromise between crime directly to the Allied-American victories. Secretary Daniels said today at the graduation of 656 ensign from Dnvlg Is now attached to the Ameri and right. "France desires the honor of ex can prisoners commission to meet with 1 5,000 wore SET OVKK, (Bv United Press) London, )rpt. H.

Three hundred pressing her gratitude to the splen Benet Holds The Deciding Vote On Woman Suffrage (By United Press) Washington, Kept. IN The fate of th suffrage resolution in the Senate appear to be In the band of Senntor hav pointed out to him that with 10,000,000,000 worth of business involved In th prat uncertalnlty. even the moit patriotic cotton producer ar likely to go alow on Liberty loan purcha nnd thirteen thousand American troops embarked for Europe during are reported atlbJa three stiles ef Elala. British troop, after eaptarlag th little vllUge ef Rolaoa, tw aad three quartermne of St. Qncatta, yesterday etralng suddenly atUrked aertbwest of Nt.

Quenlln lhl naralag The scope of attack wa set WrlaUy aa mo need. The British were forced bark slight ly at Moevres, seven mile west ef (amoral, last night, bat advanced Ifcelr lines soath of La Basse. French Advance a 11 Mil Freat. (By United Press) Paris, Sept. 18 American forces.

August, It was announced today. Of did soldiers of the entente, whose efforts are about to free the populations from the subjugation of the premier said. Referring to Gorman atrocities, he said: "There will be no victory until such these I HOJMMt were carried on British the Naval Academy. "If the Allied forces had not won military victories," said Dnnlels," no such remarkable speech as Wilhelm made to the workers In Krupps would have been delivered, the tender to Bel-glum would not have been made and the Austrian feeler would not have been put forth. "There Is a lesson for us today In tho sequence of these events.

Military success Is the only argument that the (Germans at Heme September 2.1 Davis was born at Clarksburg. April 1871. He graduated from Washington and lee law school snd later was assistant professor of law In the institution. He bus been prominent in Democratic politics all his life, being a former member of the West VIrgipia House of Delegates, delegate to Democratic national conventions and member of the 62nd and 63rd congresses, from which be resigned ships. Christie Benet.

South Curollna, who hat never told which sldu he will criminals are made to pay In fu.ll. vot ou. Suffrage leaders are counting on Benst because his wifo uud daughter AUSTRIAN ARMY STILL A VERY STRONG FORCE ITALIAN KING SAYS (Br United Pre) Peru. Bent. It.

Klnc Emanuel of "A reversal of fortune has brought HELUK REJECTS PEACE OFFEK. (Bv United Press London. -Sept. IH. Belgium, after consultation with the Allies hs de.

elded to reject absolutely (iermany's offer of a separate peace, the IVIII Purlxlea announced today. 1 about a falling hack of the Kaiser's ar ardent suffragettes. Herman militarists can now under- armies before the peoples of free con- striking northeastward along the val August 30, l'JK! to become solicitor general at the request of President Wilson. He is a 32nd degree Mason. sianu.

i ne Aiuea advances I lw. -whoi .1,. are alone responsible for the offer of want. Bd you wat? You peace to Belgium and the proposition i mugl hpep on fighting until the mo- of the Austrian emperor for a confer GERMAN PRIMCK TRANSMITTED IT (By I'nlted Pressv Amsterdam, Sept. The German effrr of peace to Belgium, It wns learn ment when the enemy can understand there can be compromise between wrong and right." Twelve Soldiers Killed, 38 Hurt In a Train Wreck If Benst votes for suffrage the resolution should pass tho Senate by one vote.

If he votes no it will be lost Senator Curtis. Republican whip, notified all absent Republicans to be on (jand the 26th. Curtis said that the Republican lineup Is unchanged 33 for suffrage and 11 against. This make It Imperative to obtain 21 Democratic votes to make up the 64 necessary for adoption of the resolution. ence.

"The American courage on land and soa wrote the first notes of the peace offensive. Having failed of their ed here, today, was transmitted to King Albert through a German Prince objectives by brutal disregard of the who Is a relative to Queen EllMtbeth humane standards of warfare, the Ger- of Belgium, bins; Albert Immediately man war lords and their associates ley of the Rupt De Mad In the direction of Gorze and Chambley, hav captured a series of Important fortified positions, La Libert announced today. i Gorze seven miles southwest of Metz and a mile within the German frontier. Chambley I fir mllea west of Gorze.) At the same time the French, operating in the Woevre, advanced two to three kilometers (a mil and quarter to a mile and three quarter) on a front of 18 kilometers) about 11 miles.) They reached a line east of Watron-ville, Hautecourt, Dieppe and Moran-vllle, it was reported. (Dieppe is six miles northeast of Verdun, Hautecourt is three miles southeast of Dieppe.

Moranville is a mile south of Hautecourt). transmitted the proposal to the Allies. Italy, In an Interview with the correspondent of th Matin, declared that while the civilian population of Austria-Hungary may suffering, It army "la etlll a vry atrong force." "It cannot be aalfl that the front and rear hav th ama aolidarldy in Austria-Hungary aa in our united democratic nation," the king Is quoted as saying. "If Austria suffers hunger, her troops are wll fed. The country may be short of leather, but the troops have food boot, while their armament la being constantly improved.

The Austrian army is still a very strong force. appreciate that the Czechs are lighting against the present organization of the Auatro-Hungarian monarchy, especially sine Italy waa not content with merely recognizing them as belligerents but made an agreement with them. PREDICT GREAT BATTLE. fBv Knifed Pre) Amsterdnai, Sept 1 German war LOSSES IN ITALIAN ARMY ARE 1,350,000 Bloody i ollldlon Occur. (By I'nlted Press) Amsterdam, Sept.

IS. "Sevornl bloody collisions" have occurred Lelglum between Austrian and German soldiers, according to th') Hclgi-si be Dagblad. The trouble from tho fact that the Austrian are bolng uted only for garrison duty, whlly ine Germans are being sent to the front. It lg estimated that more than .10,001) Austrian soldiers are on garrison duty in Belgium. correspondents predicted that activity soon will be revived on the Verdun start a peace drive." nanlels scoffed at the Kaiser's Essen speech.

"Let nobody question the truthfulness of the statement that he did all he could to shorten the war," the Secretary continued. "For no Hun, no Attila, sought his end by less consideration of those upon whom his soldiers trampled In their eagerness to 'shorten the war' and fatten upon the fruits of the labor of the conquered." front, where a great battle Is suld to (By I'nlted Press) St. Louis, Sept. 18. Twelve soldiers and two trainmen are dead, 38 soldlors are injured and two trainmen were unaccounted for today In the wreck of a troop train and a freight train near Marshfleld, last night.

Reports received at the general office of the secretary of the lines here declared that six soldiers, burled In the debris, had been removed and the wreckage was being cleared. Military censorship did not permit any publication of names of the dead and Injured. The officer in command said a casualty list would be announced' as soon as completed. be likely. Failure of Peace Move May Retire Teuton Leaders (By United Press) Rome, Sept.

18 losses in the Italian armies since Italy entered the war amounted to in killed and permanently disabled, according to a statement of Francesco Nittl. minister Of the treasury, here today in an interview. However, he declared: "After the war, Italy will be stronger than ever In men due to the cessation of emmlgratlon. Our difficulties today areln the labor Acid, for no fewer than 5,000,000 have been called to arms sine the beginning of the war. iil RAILROAD MEN MUST (By United Press) Zurich, Sept.

18. Vienna newspa Spunish "Flu" Invades Atlunlu. (By United Press) Atlanta, Sept. 18. Spanish Influenza has invaded Atlanta.

Several hundred cases of the malady have been reported In the city. The second In PROVE SELVES ESSENTIAL British Capture Holnon. (By United Press) London. Sept. 18.

The British attacked this morning northwest of St. Quentin. Field Harshal Halg announced. British troops yesterday captured Holnon, two and three quarter miles west of St. Quentin.

The Germans recaptured most of Moeuvres (seven miles west of Camforal) by a counterattack yesterday evening. The British advanced last night slightly south of the LaBassee canal In Flanders. "As the result of our operations yesterday on the southern portion of the pers are greatly excited over E-ltisli and American press comment on the Austrian peace proposal. It rumored that Foreign Minister Burinn ill resign. A Berlin dispatch declares that the same excitement la evident in Germun poliltcal circles, and that th? fantry replacement regiment at Camp Gordon is under quarantine for the disease.

A number of cases have been Sick and Wounded Arrive. (By United Press) Washington, Sept 18. Eight hundred and eighty-four sick and wounded soldiers of th A. E. P.

were landed in the United States during the week ending September 13. The number the preceding wek was 447. These men ar sent to army hospitals, where facilities for physical reconstruction have been provided, the War Department announced today. reported in the ranks, it is stated. Bolshevlkl Retake Kazan.

(By United Press) Pekin, Sept. 17. Bolshevik! It oops have recaptured Kazan, according to dispatches today. Siberian troops are retiring in good order. It was stated.

Kazan was reported several day ago to have fallen to the Siberian troops. It is the seat of government Washington, Sept. 18. Railroad employes, even as all other workers, must prove their services are essential to avoid the draft. Provost Marshal General Crowder haa ruled that there can be no blanket class exemption of any kind.

Director General McAdoo, who sought such blanket exemption, today directed regional chiefs to ask deferred classification for eveyr necessary employee. Iiosition of Chancellor Von Hnrtllng and Foreign Minister Von HintM ap German Join (By United Press) London, Sept. 18. German regulars have Joined the Bolsheviki troops along th Volga river, according to a dispatch received from Vladivostok today. It la believed that a serious op- pears critical.

Forecast For South Carolina. (By United Press) Washington. Sept. 18. Fair tonight The resignation of Hungarian Pre mier Wekerle, also la Iran.

incut, ac and Thursday. eratlba 1 pending. of the province of Kazan. (Continued on P( ElflU a cording to Budapest lvics..