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The Washington times., 1918-08-13
AMERICANS help
CAPTURE VILLAGES

LONDON, Aug. 13.-Further i'm
provement of the British positions on
the Picardy front and the repulse of
German attacks on the Flanders front
was reported by the British war office
today. Prisoners were captured.
The British positions were strength
ened and improved north OF the Roye
road ION the center) and on the north.
ern bank OF the Somme.
Americans have been fighting IN the
district Immediately north OF the
Somme, where they helped the English
capture Morlancourt and Chapilly.
The American right flank was said to
rest on the Somme on Saturday. The
extension of the British lines was in
the direction OF Bray, evidently.
The text of the war office state
ment follows:
'In the battle front our troops have
effected further improvements in the
positions held by them north OF the
Roye road and on the northern bank
OF the Somme river, and have captured
additional prisoners.
"a local attack made by the enemy
in the neighborhood Of Fouquescourt
was repulsed.
1--WE captured a few prisoners last
night in patrol encounters south of
the Scarpe river (opposite Arras) and
"a hostile attack against our posi-
tions in the Merris sector was repul-
sed after sharp fighting" (Vieux
Berquin and Merris are on the Elan
ders front)
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DRINKS POISON AS
SHOT MISSES MAN

Joseph Lea . eolored poolroom
owner. today shot At and narrowly
missed John Kelly. . bartender IN
. near-beer saloon and then attempted
to commit suicide By drinking car
bolic acid
A squad Of policemen from the Sec
ond precinct went to the scene. .
block and . half away. Policemen
entered the poolroom owned and oper-
ated by Lee across the street from
the saloon on the heels OF the negro,
who was waving the pistol
Before they reached him, he had
taken . bottle OF carbolic acid from
his pocket and swallowed the con-
tents.
He fired one shot 1t John Kelly and
narrowly missed Bystanders inter
fered, and the negro ran out Of the
saloon into the street, rushing into his
place At 1905 Fifth street northwest,
where he was arrested. Lee is At
Warrington Asylum Hospital
The Washington times., 1918-08-13
AMERICANS PRESS
ON NORTH OF YESLE

WITH THE AMERICAN ARMIES
IN FRANCE. Aug. II Cnight)-The
Americans continue to harass the
Germans north Of the vesle, varying
heavy artillery bombardment with
lightning thrusts into the enemy
lines.
Yesterday the Americans captured
thirty machine guns from . German
stronghold at Chateau Diable. They
brought them back and used them
against the Germans until they ran
out of ammunition Then they dis
patched q detachment OF infantry to
gather in some German machine gun
ammunition from the rear areas.
They now have sufficient to keep the
guns going until they capture q new
supply.
The German positions are held by
Prussian troops, mostly machine-gun
companies
The Washington times., 1918-08-13
SUFFRAGETTES'
CASES IN COURT

Thirty-nine suffragettes who were
arrested last week when they at
tempted to hold . public demonstra-
ton in Lafayette Paris appeared In
police court today to answer charges,
preferred by the district attorney for
violation of laws forbidding the hold
ing of public meetings in public
park without a permit Nine of the
defendants failed to appear. They
have gone back to their homes out
of town.
Assistant District Attorney Ralph
Given appeared against the suf-
fragettes.
The first charge against the wom-
en- was for holding q meeting with
out a permit The second charge was
climbing and walking upon or defac-
Ing q public statue.
Because of an evident misunder-
standing between Mr.. Givens and Mrs.
Herena Hill Weed. who appeared for
the defendants, nine of the women
were absent The court ruled that
as the charges were made out against
the women Jointly. further contlnua-
ton OF the trial was necessary.
Merit Thursday was agreed upon for
the date for the case to come up.
However, the court decided that
the trial OF the eighteen defendants
charged with violation OF section Ave
could begin Immediately. Mrs.
Herena Hill Weed was called up first
The assistant District attorney
rested his case against Mrs. Weed.
after proving that the regulations re-
garding Lafayette Park are still In
effect Mrs. Weed acknowledged that
she participated in the meeting, also
that she had walked on the base and
part Of the structure OF the statue.
At this juncture the court took
recess.
ThIrty-eight members OF the Ma
tional Woman's Party, twice arrested
yesterday for attempting demonstra-
tions in Lafayette Park as a protest
against the failure OF Congress to
grant women the vote, will be ar
raigned in police court tomorrow
morning on charges of holding pub
lie meeting without a permit
The women are at liberty today on
their own recognizance.
When the women started the pro-
test meeting yesterday they were ar
rested and removed to police head
quarters. As soon as they were re-
leased they tried to start a meeting
again, and again they were arrested.
Several were slightly injured while
being arrested. Miss Edna Purtell. OF
Hartford. Conn, says she received
broken finger. Miss Hazel Hunkins Is
today nursing bruised wrists, and
Miss Julia Emory, of Baltimore, had
her back slightly strained
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TRAP HARBOR THIEVES

NEW YORK, Aug. 13.-The art of
eamoufiaxe was used BY detectives 70
obtain details Of harbor thefts- Il was
revealed last Saturday By the distries
attorneys offce these thefts may
total more than $500. 900. A police
patrol boat, painted battieship gray
and altered to resemble tunkman'e
boat followed suspicious craft about
the bay, II was learned yesterday. .
The detectives, however, apDeared
IN their true color when eanoits
boarded the lighter Lena Arrests
and indictments followed
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Kaiser Calls Crown Council
To Consider Defeat

PARIS Aug 1sAccordng the Sassburger Post the Kaiser
called an important crown imperial headquarters
Although subject the conference not announced b.
Heed that question the present advance and the Of The
allies against the German front France due the
launching heavy offensive viii be discussed At the
situation win be considered view Of the
ported totterng Of the BolShevik regime
According latest from Berlin Ambassador Hee
does not intend to return after his with
demonstrations made against him said
have driven him mad
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MANY FIRES Seen
BEHIND FOE LINES

LONDON, Aus. - u2:Ss ,. MY
Peronne, ten miles behind the German
lines in Pieardy, Is reported IN flames.
Other conhagrations are observed
behind the German front
The enemy stiu holds Chaulnes, his
chief remaining rail base west OF the
Somme.
Thirty-thres German divisions have
now been Identified on the Pieardy
front
There n ~ yet no official eonnrma-
tion OF the report that the allies have
captured $1,000 prisoners and 1000
guns.
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ATTACK U-BOAT RAIDER

AN ATLANTIC PORT, Aug. ia
British vessel arriving here shortly
before noon today reported that IL had
picked UP two wireless calls at sea
yesterday, one saying that mer-
chant vessel was being sunk by a
U-boat of Nantucket and the other
that q destroyer was attacking a sub
marine 100 miles on Fire Island
The wireless reporting that q ship
was being sunk was picked up in the
morning. It was believed to have
been sent from the vessel that was
attacked.
The other wireless was picked up
in the afternoon. 1t was not known
what vessel sent out the report Of the
attack on the submarine.
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of the money given him By Mrs.
Christopher, he said: IF any record
of the money was kept 1t was done
By Mrs. Christopher, as she intended
to be my wife and she knew she
could trust me with her funds"
Mrs. Frank, recalled to the stand.
testified that she had used her money
to support Mrs. Roth, her daughters
and son-in-law, and that the checks
showing her expenditures would
prove her assertion
The Washington times., 1918-08-13

BECAUSE 1T was . hot day.
AND I was in New York
1 ACCEPTED the suggestion
OF LITTLE Willie McNuIty.
AND LITTLE Johnnie Bechdoit
WITH WHOM 1 used to work
YEARS AND years ago
OUT IN the West
AND WE got our bathing suitA
AND OUR three wives.
AND DISAPPEARED.
AT THE Pennsylvania Station
AND CAME up again
SOMEWHERE ON Long Island
AND IN . little while
WE WERE a. Long Beach.
AND THE tide was coming in
AND WE went out
AND HUNG onto the ropeA
AND LET the surf.
ROLL OVER our heads
AND THROW Us around
AND ONE time
WHILE THE whole crowd
WAS UNDER the water.
I KICKED the face
OF A strange sentlemAn
AND IN the afternoon
WHEN HE was dressed
HE WAS a colonel
AND ANYWAY.
WE WE'RE fooiing around
AND WILLIE dared me-
TO GO on out
TO THE farthest rope
AND WE went out
AND WILLIE asked me-
II 1 could swim.
AND I said I could
AND THEN he suggested
THAT WE ride in
ON THE next wave
AND I said all right
AND SAW It coming
AND PRAYED.
The Washington times., 1918-08-13
U-BOAT SINKS DESTROYER

LONDON. Aug. 13.-A British de-
stroyer which had been damaged in
collision was sunk by a German sub
marine in the Mediterranean on Au-
gust 6, 1t was announced by the ad-
miralty today.
Two officers and fve seamen were
killed by the collision
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BOLSHEV WIKI
MASSACREDAS
NEW REVOLT.
MAKES GAINS
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held as hostages at Moscow, says the
correspondent Of the Berlin Lokal An
Eeiger.
The BoIsheviki took this course,
that paper asserts, by way OF retail
alton, asserting that the British,
without any declaration Of war, have
occupied Russian towns and are
shooting Russian citizens. especially
members Of the Soviet"
Premier Lenine and War Minister
TrotzlEy have already fed Moscow for
Kronstadt They will be followed by
the Bolshevik government
The greatest menace to the Boil
shsviki is the Czecho-Sloyak uprising.
In q few months this element has in
creased its strength from 1900 to
800, 900. and re-enforcements are be-
ing added daily by the Serbians. Co.'S
sacks, and counter revolutionaries.
Newspapers taken over by the So-
Wet carry the slogan, Crush the
CSeeho-SlovakS"
The anti-German element Is in con-
troll at Moscow. and q reign of ter
ror is imminent, according to dis
patches to German and neutral pa
The Washington times., 1918-08-13
AIRCRAFT PROBE RESUMED.

Hearings in the Department Of
Justice aircraft investigation. will be
resumed today before former Justice
Charles E. Hughes and Assistant At
torney General Frierson. These
hearings will conclude the inyesti-
CATION, 1t was believed. and will con-
tinue until the first Of next week.
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HAS FATHER JAILED;
SED|T|ON CHARGE

EUREKA. Kan. AnE. R-Federal
Judge Dooling sentenced Chris Ammer.
wealthy Humbold county rancher, to
fve years at McNeirs Island for making
Seditious utterances. Ammer's daughter
was the complainant Ammer pleaded
guilty.
The Washington times., 1918-08-13

The closing of the Austrian from
tier may be the forerunner OF an
other offensive against Italy.
II has been the custom OF Austria
IN the past to seal her borders prior
to q big military campaign. so that
news Of troop movements may not
leak out through the medium Of trav-
elers.
For some time there has been an
Increase of activity on the Italian
battle front, Indicating that bigger
movements were to como
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SHELL GUIDED BY
RADIO SINKS SHIP
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nor Its effect on trees and shruobery.
The enemy loosed three discharges
Of oil from the U-boat. each discharge
covering q space Of about an acre. II
Is believed the gas emanated from the
oil None Of the six lighthouse men
gassed was killed by the poison
Attack On somerzfsd-
The Navy Department issued the
following statement on the sinking
of the Somerstad:
Tho Navy Department Il inform
ed that the Norwegian steamer Som
erstad was sunk at S;15 O. m yester-
day, August IL, twenty-five miles
southeast by east from Fire Island.
The captain and thirty members OF
the crew were rescued and have
reached port There were no CASUAL
ties
Captain Hansen reports that he
saw the wake of q torpedo: the en-
gines were reversed, avoiding the
torpedo, which was seen to 20 under
the bow of the vessel. The ship was
drawing only feet of water and
the torpedo continued on its course.
The captain ordered full speed ahead
The torpedo, he states, turned sharp
Iy to the left and returned, hitting
the vessel between the third and
fourth hold on the port side In nve
minutes after being struck the, whole
deck Rmidships was awash, and the
crew left the ship. The ship, they
state, was standing directly up and
down, with the bow out Of water,
about IA feet being visible.
Tho captain and his thirty men got
into two boats and made for Sandy Hook.
They were sighted by q submarine
chaser at s Is p. m and rescued -Four
Of the men Of the crew reported that
they saw a periscope sticking about SIX
feet out Of the water, and moving very
rapidly. The torpedo, they estimated
was about twelve feet long.
One U-B0at SunkG
Naval officials today felt confident
that one at least OF the German sub
marines that have been harassing the
Atlantic coast-the one which sunk
the Hatteras lightship-either has
been sunk or badly damaged They
based this belief on the appearance
Of patches of oil on the water after
q destroyer dropped q depth bomb
over the spot where the submarine
was seen to submerge.
Elaborate precautions have been
taken to prevent submarines doing
serious damage on this side. Officers
refuse to discuss the submarine nttu-
alton. They promise that develop
ments will be made public as fast as
is consistent with safety. There will
be no concealment OF facts which the
country should know.
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K. C. BIS TOWN GOSSIP

AND LET 60 Of the rop&
AND WENT under.
AND WHEREVER Il wAA
THAT 1 was going
1 COULD feel
Twas going fast
AND IT was dark.
AND IN . little while
TWAS dragging around.
ON THE bottom.
AND 1 thought Of my wife.
SITTING UP there
ON THE beach
IN A hired chair.
WATCHING ron bubbles
WHERE I went down
AND ALL the timA
I"T feeling around
FOR WILLIE
AND ooULDNT nnd him
AND IT grew lighter.
AND THERE I was
WASHED Up on the beach
AND NoBoDY'D missed ma
AND MY wife was reading.
AND WILLIE McNulty.
WAS HANGING on TO the rope
AND TT didn't look
As II anybody cared
II 1 ever came mp.
EXCEPT THE man
WHERE I rented the suit
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DRIVE
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tack against the Americans on the
northern bank of the stream In the
Fismettes sector.
The Americans were forced back TO
the southern bank, but made Q counter
assault. retaking all their former 20
sitions.
The Washington times., 1918-08-13

AMSTERDAM, Aug. 13.-The streets
Of Petrcgrad are being patrolled day
and night by cavalry, and all persons
found without Identity cards are be-
ing arrested, according to q dispatch
from Moscow received by the Weser-
seeitung. The dispatch added that
guns have been placed at street cor
ners to prevent q coup d. etat
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struck Girl Twiee.

SHs struck her on both sides oe
the head and knocked her down and
then started after me again
~HeIen went into the bedroom ana
got q revolver which we kept In tho
bureau drawer.
at all happened In . HASH ! an
sure she did not mean to Kill her
father. She did not aim at him
She Just pulled the trigger. Her
mind was crazed from the blow she
received some time ago. and she Wa
nervous from an operation for ap-
pendIeitIs which she had three
months ago.
II am sure she didn't know what
sne was doing, Sm sorry tnat
ran upstairA It's all my fauIe
The Washington times., 1918-08-13

irOD-Nuxated Iron," says DR.. James
Francis Sullivan, formerly phyHleinn
OF Bellevue Hospital Outdoor Dept1,
New York, and the WeStcheEter COun-
ty Hospital Nuxated Iron often In
creases the strength and endurance OF
wcnk, nervous, rundown people In
two weeks time. Il In now being
uAed by over three million people an
aunlly, Including such men ~ Hon.
leslie VI. Shaw, formerly Secretary Of
The Washington times., 1918-08-13
FRANCIS EXPLAINS
REMOVAL TO NORTH

vOLOGDA, Russia, Aug. 13.-Some
light on why Ambassador Francis and
other allied diplomats defied the Boil
sheViki and removed to Archangel in
stead of Moscow, IS they were ordered
hy the Bolshevild, IL shed by the pub
lication here of the final message OF
Ambassador Francis to the BolsheVik
foreign minister.
The BoIsheviki claim they directed
the diplomats to remove to Moscow
because they expected Vologda to b.
subjected to siege, and considered
Moscow sa3eSS
After considerable difficulty the
Bolshevilxi furnished an engine for the
special train that took the allied dip
l0mats to ArchangeL
The American ambassador, IN his
statement, alleges that a wireless
message sent from Washington on
July 10. and received At Moscow, was
delivered to me fter-midnight, July
"a It stated that no message had
been received from me Of later date
than June "A. except one sent through
Archmgel on July Z, advising Of the
killing of the German ambassador; II
further stated that the department
had cabled me often and fully"
Further light on internal conditions
IN Russia reached the State Depart
ment today in the form of con-
ndential report by an eyewitness OF
eVentS- Whsle not official, It IL ac-
-cepted as trna
The report emphasizes the growing
friction between the U11rainians and
the Germans German forces in the
Ukraine are constantly being in
creased, and there are now between
400, 700 and 100000 there. These
troops are compelled to travel in
large squads When isolated groups
go out they are attacked by armed
peasants. who torture them and in
many cases bury them alive.
Germany win never be able to or
ganize the U1rainians for military
service on the western 'front.' the re-
port says. Banks have been reopened
and many new accounts have been
opened. There has been a heavy in
hux of boarded money, which has re-
lieved the shortage.
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MOTHER SAYS GIRL
SHOT WHEN CRAzED

Mrs.. Cora Barnhouse, fiftyons
years old, oe as North Payna
street, Alexandria. va. today for tAa
first time, told the story OF the trag-
edy in her home Friday night when
her husband, sidney Barnhouss. fifty
one years old. was shot and killed By
her daughter, Helen, eighteen years
old
awhen Helen shot her father she
ala not know what she was DOING
said Mrs. Farmhouse. The girl was
erased, and no matter what he has
done, no matter what people say, I
still love my husband.
Seeded YoungeF DaagAfen.
my husband came home from WORK
Friday afternoon at 4 o'clock- I did
not notice anything unusual about
him. He worked in the garden until
supper time, and after supper he must
have taken a drink from q bottle Of
whiskey which he brought home with
him
sHe scolded Frances. ny youngest
daughter. who had just recovered
from typhoid fever. She wanted to
70 to see a girl friend OF hers and
show her something IN the newsDa-
per. Frances began TO cry and re-
auested him to stop bothering her. a.
I did not want her to be sick again
told him that, and he came after me-
~I ran upstairs. he followed me.
And while he was beating me, my
daughter came out Of the bath room
and tried to stop him
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fearless man. What he did will
read well in history, but 1t didn't
kill any Austrians. And the busi-
ness Of the world just now is kill
ing Austrians and Prussians.
D,Annunzio should have dropped
about one hundred pounds Of leaf
lets, saying, I'VE have made this
little journey to give you q clear
idea Of the kind of war your Prus-
sian friends are making" Then
he should have dropped a few tons
of dynamite carefully scattered.
Enough dynamite would make
the Austrians drop the Kaiser.
Leaflets won't do it
II is safe to say that when and
II our wholesale fleet Of flying ma
chimes starts toward Berlin we
won't waste much freight on leaf
lets. A half pound Of dynamite
well aimed will do more to con-
vince a Prussian that he Is wrong
than all literature.
The Washington times., 1918-08-13
ADVERTISER EMIT

Richard ROLAND Kenney Of Delaware.
at present Major of the U. S. Army
General John i. Glenn (Retlred), the
drummer boy of shiloh, who was
sergeant In the U. s. Army When
only L. years of aEei also United
States Judge q. w. Atkinson of the
Court OF Claims of Washington, and
Others. Nuxated Iron Il dispensed
By all good druggists everywhere.
The Washington times., 1918-08-13
AUSTRIAN FRONTIER
IS AGAIN CLOSED

BERNIE. Aug. 1&-Ths Austrian
frontier has been closed since satur-
day.
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Keen No AeeounfinE.

Frank said he just made q living
as an artist He said he and Mrs.
Christopher were married May IA,
1913.
Asked by Mrs. Roth's attorney
whether he had kept an accounting
The Washington times., 1918-08-13
ADVERTISER EMIT

S'To help make strong,
keen, red bIOodcd Ameri-
cans there Il nothing In my
experience which 7 hnve
lOund 80 valuable aH organic
Lexington dispatch-news. [volume] (Lexington, S.C.) 1917-1919, 1918-12-04
FARMERS, LOOK AND LISTEN

If the farmers ever needed orgam-
zation we need i now. The lie"
farmers that have organized, anu
worked comparatively have done more
good for lower prices on fertilizes and
things that the faIner is cmpelled to
buy, to grow crop, and higher prices
on cotton and other products, that ne
has to sell, than all other men.
Center local No. 500 Of the Farmers
Educational and Cooperative Union
of America, guarantees that if any
man in and around Center local, joins
this local, and is not benefited. we
will pay his dues at the end Of three
years provided; he will do his duty
as a member.
Center Local is doing this for no
other purpose than to organize the
farmers for the uplift Of humanity.
IF a few men organized can do Wha'
the few have done, what can the
whole farming gneration do organized
Sincerely yours for organization and
cooperation.
Center Local No. 500.
Lexington, S. c.
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SAILS FOR FRANCE
WITHIN TWO WEEKS.
The State, Friday Nov. 20.

The State, Friday Nov. 20.
A farewell reception will be given
at the Young Mems Christian AsSocia-
ton this evening, beginning at 1880
o'clock, to E. S. Drehr, who will leave
next Sunda for New York, preparatory
to going overseas in Y. M. c. A ser
vice Mr.. Dreher made application
for this overseas duty several months
ago and was ordered yeterday to re-
port in New York at the earliest pos
sible moment for a weeks prepara
tory coaching before sailing. He will
in all probability leave New York by
December 10 and should spend the
Christmas holidays in Paris. Ars.
Dreher is a member of the faculty
of Chicora College and will remain in
Columbia for the present
Several five minute talks are to be
made at the reception this evening.
Mr.. Dreher has been a member Of the
board of directors, Of the association
since 1893. He was vice president
nearly 20 years and has been presi-
dent the last three or four years. L.
L. Hardin, vice president OF the as
sociation, will be one of the speakers
tonight Others who are to make
talks are Mayor Blalock, DR.. W. S.
Currell, w. D. Melton and A. c. Flora
The board of directors Of the associa-
ton has granted Mr.. Dreher a years
leave of absence.
Mr. Dreher was superintendent of
the public schools of Columbia nearly
25 years and because of his long asso-
citation with teachers and pupils, A T
Stratton, General secretary Of the
Young Mems Christian Association,
has invited tearhers and pupils to the
receptiCn this evening.