The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1917-08-24
THE LATEST
ERIpAY.

FRIDAY.
Nal. GcI. r. c. lIale yesterday was
assigned % command camp Taylor
when the drafted forces frcm Kentuck,
and indiana are assembled here. Ma.
Gen. W T. Sage was assigned TO hat
tiesturg Miss, where Kentucky AMI
Indinra &ntiornl Cunrdsmen win BE
1rniDed IN al the Var Department ar
signed thirty-iwo Major Generals =
command ih, National Guard aud M
tional army divisions Of the war arm
les on The Isl are all Of tie present
regular departmental commanders In
clAdlng MAJ. Gcn. Leonard Wood rank
ing officer Of the service. who now are
called upon fer duty ia the field ano
probably ~ the front In fiF,nce Botn
of the National Guard Major Generals
nominated Tuesday by he President
Joh1 r.. O'Ryan Of New York. and
Charl,E VI. Clement. OF Pennsylvania
are plased al the heads of divisions In
their branch. with some regular army
Brigadiers under thcm.
Again the great Anglo French war
machine has struck the Germans IN
Flanders and again It has been sue
cessful. The tillaRe OF Langemarck
and other Important positions were
taken THURSDAY and more thar l,Soe
prisoners already have been counted
The latest blow In the Ypres area was
on front 81 nine miles. and only on
the extreme right ware the allied ior-
ces unable 20 make progress TIE
Germans resisted stubborfly rnffer-
INK heavy iosres, hat on the ErnYter
part OF the front they were forced 10
leave valuable bosliioEs IN the posses
sion Of the Allies, Turnout Thursday
hitter fighting continued. on the len
the French occupied the ground be-
tween the User Canal ard Martienart
ard then drove the Germans from the
important bridgehcad Of Dreigraehten
Important provisions Of the War Tax
Bin were tentatlvelS approved by the
Senate late yesterday. LIQUOR sections
leyyIng $4,000. 900 additional taxes on
distilled ard rectlaed spirits and in
Guiding clauses effective during tho
war providing for u prohibitory TAX OF
SEQ per hundred pounds upon their fur
Their manufacture from foodstuffs were
among those approved. Increase 81 rev
enues from beer and other malt AMI
fcrmcnted liquors OF 4sO00,o0O, as com
pared with Ssf.b0O. 000 under the House
Bin. was also approved
Englands supply OF wheat NJ pres
ont II nearly one-fourth larger than
~ this time last year, and with reas'
enable economy there Is no chance OF
starvlnr framhd, Premier Lloyd
George declared IN the House Of Com
mons Yesterday He declared Germany
was now not able TO hold her own and.
that the submarine menace was beins
met and overcome.
Seer, farY Baker has warned tho MAY
orr 81 cities near army trailing canipl
or cAntonmenis that they VIII be held
Responsible Tor maintenance ~ whole
soma moral conditions H. ihcir Gem
mnniiira II the desired results cam
not BE- nbtaincd IN amy other way The
S,erafaff said IN a letter g. the May
orr. ne win not hesitate a. move camps
10 othtt aiiea
nmcinls IN Washington sec in the
rrowing activities ~ Industrial work
err Of the World leaders ln the North
west n crave menace to industries. the
continuation 81, which az high speed Is
vital 70 prosecution OF The war.
American loans IL the Allies now TO
mi u.9iG 400 600 Italy yesterday OBJ
taincd s4p,c0o,0oo and Belgium $1,000.
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