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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-09-07

Mr.. and Mrs. Fred S. Chase Of
Northern avenue left on the 4.o5 ex-
press Friday afternoon for cam
bridge, Mass, where Mr.. Chase has
a position and where they expect for
the future to make their home.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-09-07

Miss Ida Walingford of Somer-
willie. Mass, who has been passing
the summer months at Old Orchard,
was caller Friday in this city as
the guest of her cousin, Mrs. Ralph
Brown
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-09-07
Saturday, September 4 1873
AUGUSTA LOCALS

Tie Misses Ethel and ENelEil
Beard Of South Chestnut street re-
turned Friday morning from cana :
da where for the past four weeks
they had been the guests OF rela-
lives
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-09-07
Augusta Lodge Directory


r. Special conclave, called for the mr.
pose Of performing the Templar burial
services for our late frater. En- Loron.
sembie in the Asylum IN fun uniform at
lso P NJ MondaNy w 1ep. s 3 ies and
be held.
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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-09-07

Miss Gladys Worthing, graduate
nurse If the Augusta General hos
pital who for some time past has
been engaged on a case in Gardiner
has returned to her home in this
CITY.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-09-07
ATTENDANCE
AND RECEIPTS

Chicago. Sept. 6.-Attendance, 21,0aO;
total receipts. s29,997; national Commits
sions share. :29997o; players share, s1e,-
1873 49, each clubs share, $3.50 IS.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-09-07
A Sure Way to
Make Washday
Easier

Women, can't do things the way
their mothers gdh and !: keep
healthy these days Too many
duties call them Even wash-day
has it. easier, more economical
methods.
Boiling and hard rubbing. the misery
makers of wash-day. are disappear
ing. Real Naptha soap has taken
their place and saved time. effort and
wear on clothes. With soap like
Fels-Naptha. clothes wash perfectly
in cool or luke-warm water-and
there. mighty little rubbing to 40
afterwards.
Try washing in the els,Naptna way "a.
;ust once. The simple directions are
made the red and green wrapper;
You've no idea how much time and
effort you'll save.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-03
AIR OPERATIONS ARE RENEWED IN
 LATE STATEMENT
British Admiralty Statement Indicates Good Results Have Been Obtained
 by Aerial Forces

| London, August 2.-An admiralty statement on aerial activities issued to-
 night says:
 | Detailed reports have been received
 from royal air force units, working with
 the navy in the Mediterranean, Adriatic
 and the Aegan. Anti-submarine and es-
 cort patrols have been we'll maintained | Tn the Mediterranean and Adriatic | As indicated in recent Italian of- hciai communiques from Rome, our Adri- atlc formations have closely co-operated with the Italian air forces in raids on the
 Austrian naval ports of Cattaro and Durazzo, and in the land operations at Valona (Avlona).
 Tn connection with the latter, one of our machines was forced to land with in the enemy lines, but both the pilot and the observer were rescued the fol- lowing day, on the allies advancing anl capturing an Austrian airdrome.
 Tn the Aegean a constant reconnais- sance of the Dardanelles has been main tained In two raids on Kuleburgas, on the Oriental railway, direct hits were obtained on the railway station, which was much damaged. A raid on the Kara gachi station and the bridge which carries the Oriental railway across tho Arda resulted in direct hits on the line close to the bridge, and among rolling stock. raid on the railway station and bridge at Uzunkopri resulted in dam- age to the station building During dawn reconnaissance of the enemy coast north and west of Imbros 13 casques were observed. Bombs were dropped, damaging two and destroying a third A new enemy airdrome at Uzun- kopri was bombed and photographs show much damage was done, one hangar being completely destroyed
 "A raid was made at dawn July 26 on Niagara. and at night on Galata A fur ther raid on these two places was made during the night of July B. Over half a ten of bombs were dropped and large fires were started. One of our machines failed to return.
 "The basin and dockyard at Constan-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-03
WE'LL SALE PROVES | ENORMOUS SUCCESS Ben Veil Regrets Inability to Wait on All Who
 Come to Store

1 The clearance sale of clothing and mems furnishings, which has been in progress for the past two days at M Well & Bro has been a tremendous success, both from the point of view of the firm and the customer
 | The only regret expressed by Ben Well yesterday was that they had not been able to wait on all the people
 that came. we are very sorry that so many have been coming that we
 have been unable to wait on them and give them the careful service to which our customers are accustomed" said MT. Well. we have even had to close the doors at times in order that we might properly serve those who were already in the store
 People know our goods They know what the Hart Schaffncr & Marx sign means and they expect clothing service from us in keeping with the character of goods we handle. I was, therefore, unwilling to put on any green clerks who were unfamiliar with the line and who could not impress upon customers the fine points of eur merchandise. The men we do wait on
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-03
The Ja1os Of Fochs Trap Haue Begun Go Close

tinople was successfully bombed just after midnight July 27, but full details have not yet been received.
 .'In home waters during the period July 25-S1 anti-submarine hostile aircraft and escort patrols have been maintained Submarines have been attacked with suc- cess.
 More than 15 tons of bombs have been dropped on objects of military import ance at Zeebrugge, the Bruges docks and Ostend. Enemy shipping also has been bombed and direct hit with a 230-pound bomb was obtained on the stern of the leader of four enemy torpedo-boat de- stroyers. Columns of smoke were seen to arise, but the mist obscured further observation.
 Our bombing patrol and escort forma- tions have been attacked by enemy air craft. Fifteen enemy machines have been destroyed and P shot down out of con trol. Five of our machines have failed to return, one of which is known to have landed in Holland. One of our sea- planes on patrol was shot down in flames. Two of the crew were drowned .
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-03
he heights north of the Aisne.


 Tonight's official report from Paris carried the most startling message from the battlefield in several days. Soissons, the key of the German right flank in the whole Aisne-Marne posi- tion, was again in French hands. At the same time, the brief announcement that Thrillois, west of Rheims, had been taken showed that the jaws of the great trap crcatetd by General Foch at last had begun to close What the final result will prove to be can- not be foreseen at this time.
 ENTRY SOISSONS NOTEWORTHY
 The re-entry of Soissons is note worthy. The French were forced out of the city, the largest on that sector of the front, in the first German assault on the Chemin- -des-Dames last May. Its capture by the enemy was a long stride on the road to Paris, a stride that was in fact definitely checked only when the Germans met American troops north west of Chateau Thierry weeks later and were halted in their .tracks and hurled back. To many officials here, the little stretch of line, where the first two American divisions came into action below the Villers-Cotterets for est will mark the German highwater mark
 Of greater military significance in tonight's report, however, is the ad- vance of the other jaw of the trap at
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-03
UNDERWOOD WARNS ]. 0F GREAT DANGER
 IN THE AMENDMENT
Tells Huntsville Audience It Destroys Fundamental
 Principle of Freedom

Huntsville, August 1.-(SpeciaD-"If you
 are willing to. write prohibition in the constitution of the United States, you are
 Willing to give up your liberties and you stand for the kind of government
 that our boys are fighting against in Europe" said Senator Oscar Underwood, addressing large audience at the Elks' theatre tonight 'It destroys the funda- mental principle of freedom and this would no longer be a free government Did you ever hear of a free government that does not permit it's people to change their minds? This amendment could never be changed, and if you are in ia vor of its adoption, you should stop fighting the Kaiser
 Its adoption would be disastrous and would eventually lead to the dissolution of our government in Alabama. The peo- pie control 100 per cent of theiC govern ment. Should this amendment De adopt ed the people of Alabama would amount to just 2 per cent in the regulation of their own affairs
 Senator Underwood said he was not here to defend himself, because he did not need it.
 'The people of Alabama knew before they elected him to the Senate how he was going to vote, he said, and still they sent him to the Senate by ma jority vote of about 35,0oo. He said he was outvoted in the Senate on the pro- hibition amendment question. and he had come to Alabama to ask the people to stop it and not allow their right to reg ulate their own affairs to be taken away from them
 Senator Underwood was introduced by former State Senator R. F. Spragins as "a statesman who had his own opinions and good reason for them leader who lid not keep his ear to the' ground to near the rumblings of Changing popular ,niTiorl ?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-03
DESTROY 3 ENEMY PLANES

With the American Army on the Aisne-Marne Front, Aug. 2.-Three enemy airplanes were officially an nounced as having been downed to- day. Three other victories were achieved, and it is expected they will be cnfirmed shrtly. o
 American bombing planes successful ly raided Conflans Thursday night.
 Lieut. David E. Putnam of Newton, Mass, scored another apparent vic tory by driving down a Germany ene- my biplane which he attacked from behind. All the shots from Lieuten- ant Putnam's machine gun appeared to have penetrated the enemy machine, but it's destruction has not yet been confirmed
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-03
My Four Years in Germany" Greatest War Picture Shoun

Greater crowds saw Ambassador Gerards My Four Years in Germany Friday than ever saw motion picture presented in one day in motion pie ture theatre in Birmingham. Hundreds were turned away.
 This picture will be presented today and arrangements have been made to handle even large crowd than on Friday. It is suggested that those de- siring to see the picture come early in the morning. The first perform ance begins at o'clock and perform ances are held every two hours there after The production is declared the most wonderful ever seen in Birming- ham.
 Prominent citizens, including law
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-03

yers, school teachers, newspaper men and citizens in all walks are boosting the picture and telling their friends to be sure and see it. It is production that grips because the audience realizes that the scenes being unrolled before them are facts and not fiction. Some of the German atrocities depicted are almost unbelievable but Ambassador Gerard said they are true and he ought to know.
 Just what was going on in Ger many before America entered the war -the insults offered Gerard-are all unrolled and cause amazement and as- tonishment. The picture covers the period rom Ambassador Gerards ar rival Tn Berlin until he asked for his passports and was insulted bv being told by Van Jagow that America would not fight.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-03

f Thrillois. This was taken to mean the French are pushing in to the north and west of Rheims an advance that may well serve to force the enemy to continue his hurried withdrawal to the Aisne without a chance to stand along the Vesle. The left flank of his line at the Vesle is in danger of being turned before his forces south of that river reach it.
 RACE FOR AISNE
 If the advance of the French on this line continues, it may well become a race for the Aisne with the enemy forced to abandon neavy material in a desperate attempt to get his forces into line beyond the river before they are cut off. The picture of struggle to the death between the two armies drawn by General March recently, is being revised sharply
 The greatest value seen by many of ficials in all that has happened since the counter blow was launched is that a precedent of victory on the western front has been established. It has been fully demonstrated already that the enemy can be fought extensively and there are many signs that his pun ishment is just beginning. General Foch holds the initiative firmly and is master of the situation. He can choose now the time and place to fight for the enemy is compelled to act on the de- fensive and to give ground to save his forces from annihilation.
 MAY NOT ESCAPE
 General March has seen in the flat tening out of the Aisne- Marne salient while the Germans were able to hold the Soissons and Rheims jaws fast, the vanishing of any reasonable prospect of bagging the German armies Other officials have had a deep conviction, however, that the Germans would not escape from that salient without seri-. ous losses, and tonights developments added to their certainty. There are renewed possibilities of coup of decisive character, it is believed
 Among many officers there is strong feeling that operations on oth- CT fronts of the western line are i'm pending. They believe that a blow by the British to obliterate the Flanders salient may come at any moment, There have been hints that a great concen- tration of British forces have been probably in preparation for a decise battle the western front and to observers here the time now seems to have come for the lounching of this assault. They believe it cer- tain that such stroke will be ordered by General Foch before the fighting in the Aisne- -Marne field has been stabil- ized.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-03
Entering of SoissOns On One Side and Advance North and West of Rheims on the Other May Serve to Force Enemy to Continue
 Withdrawal to Aisne

Washington, August 2The collapse of the German defen~ sive positions just north of the Qcq forced by the dash of American troops i'll the center and the brilliant French and British flank operations which followed is sweeping the swiftly back out of the Asne Mane salient The rush forward swiftly that it difficult for army officials here to appralse the full extent of the victory As the situation ood according to reports late tonight however there strong possibility that the Germans would be unable to hold the Ves
 ne toward which they hastenng and would be driven to
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-03
AUSTRIAN STATEMENT

Vienna, Aug. 2-'In Albania General Pflanzer- -Ballin's troops, fighting their way forward on both sides of the Se- meni road have reached, in pursuit, close to the line Fieri-Brat." the of ficial statement issued from headquar- ters today says.
 Further east in the upper Devoi valley and on the heights bordering it, our troops met with violent resistance. Several points of support were taken by storm. The enemy now is giving ground here"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-03
BRITISH ADVANCE CONTINUES

London, Aug. 2.-"The advance on the front of General Mangin's army continues" according to a dispatch headquarters. "In the main battle sec the Soissons-C Chateau Thierry road, and Fere-En- -Tardenois, we pushed forward along the whole line of 10 miles. We
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-03
HAIG'S REPORT

London, Aug. 2-The official com munications from Field Marshal Haig' headquarters in France tonight says:
 Our patrols brought in few pris- oners last night in the Locre sector Today further prisoners were captured as a result of a successful raid car ried out east of Dickebusch, lake. The hostile artillery has shown some &C., tiYitY north of Bethune."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-03
SMitchman Injured

J. N. Weeks, switchman at Durant. Miss, was seriously injured yesterday morning when his right foet was mashed between two box cars at Du- rant. He was rushed to Birmingham for medical treatment and carried to St. Vincent's hospital by Shaw. He is resting we'll as could be expected.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-03
HUNS BURN TOWNS AS THEY PREPARE
 FOR NEW RETREAT
tContinued from Page one)

his communications swept by our guns has again been forced to give ground He is retreating with reluctance. con- tinually hoping that the effort will prove too much for us, as it has for him.
 But unrelaxing pressure is bring ing the results expected and the crown princes reserves are being exhausted at quicker rate than ours. The weather is overcast, with showers
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-03
Local Data

and serve I want to go away pleased. don't want anyone served ill this store in siap-dash> fashion.
 Tt is very gratifying to have had such response to this sale; but we shall not change our careful policy. even though it might mean waiting upon an increased number of people. The sale will continue until our en- tire stock is sold out for we do not want to carry any of the present stock into our new store when we open up on Second avenue Over there we are going to nave everything absolutely new
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-03

Plans had been made to strike hard blows against the resisting German rear, but the German war council eyl- dently had decided that the time was inopportune to fight, for when the all lies moved forward it was only to fol low upon the trail of the retreating enemy.
 At q few places there were shal D encounters, but they were nothing as compared with the terrible engage ments that previously had been fought or what was expected.
 The French cavalry operated near Dravegny, about two and one-halr miles north of Coulonges, with the American infantry close behind while another detachment of mounted French troops opened the way a short dis tance to the west with French in- fantry and American foot troops close up.
 EIGHT MILES FROM FISMES
 The penetration by the French and Americans to the region of Dravegnu would place them only scant eight miles southeast of Fishes on the rail road line midway behind Soissons aIld Rheims.
 To the westward the French reached the southern borders of the Loupeigne, Mareui and Aiguizy woods, and the French cavalry to the southern borders of the Moines wood.
 Occasional bursts of machine gun fire challenged the advancing line, but it was apparent early in the movement that the Germans had gone. The stifi fest fighting encountered by the Amer jeans was in little piece of ground east of Chamery, where, according to the German newspaper, the body oe Lieutenant Quentin Roosevelt was buried after his airplane had been brought down early in the present op erations.
 Through wheat fields and over wooded trails soaked with the rain that fell almost all day, the Amerl- cans moved slowly and cautiously, but almost continuously over farms and past villages, among them Coulonges
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-03
GERMAN STATEMENT

Berlin, Aug. 2-(Via London. Jon the battle front there has been desul- tory fighting" says the official state ment from general headquarters this evening.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-03
Allies Gain From One to Tw0 Miles
 Without Fighting
Enemy, On the Run, Spends Little Effort to Halt Allied Advance-German Captain Taken Prisoner, Admits Artillery Has
 Been Withdrawn

With the Army the AsneMarne Front August 2-7 D. m-(By the Associated Press -Another jump ward today by the French and Americans the Aisne- two miles gained with almost no fighting.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-03
NATHAN L. MILE R

Candidate for
 Lieutenant Governor Subject tc Action Democratic Primary
 HE FAyORS
 Fullest Cooperation of State with National Government in Prosecuting and Winning the War.
 The Prohibition Amendment. An Economic Business Administra- tion; Placing the State on a Cash Basis.
 Good Roads by Convict Labor. Workmen's Compensation Act Intelligent and Efficient Supervision of Public Schools and Public Health. i. Law Enforcement Exaction of Ab- solute Loyalty
 Free Speech-Free Press-Equality Before the Law.
 (Paid Political Advertisement by Nathan L. Miller, Birmingham, Ala
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-03
DEATHS

Mrs. n. H. Pitts-Aged 66 died ycs- terday afternoon in local ir- firmary. The body will be sent to Chalkville, Ala, this afternoon at 2:S0 o'clock by Johns. She is sur vived by four sons and three daugh- ters.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-03
ITALIAN STATEMENT

Rome, Aug. 2.--The official com munication issued by the war office today says:
 "There has been moderate artillery activity along the whole front. At Alaone our patrols forced enemy ad- vanced posts to withdraw, inflictinS losses and taking some prisoners. A captive balloon and six hostile air. planes were brought down
 "In Albania the fighting activity has ceased in the last few days. Ad- vanced lines of our covering troops have progressed nearer the positions of resistance. Yesterdays enemy recon noitering parties were repulsed and 35 prisoners captured"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-03

Ben Lewis-Aged 37. died yesterday morning in a local inrirmary. The body will be sent to Alabama City this morning by Lige Loy. He is survived by his wife and several children.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-03

I and Conan To the westward another force of Americans also was moving ] steadily through and around the Nes1es woods and the rolling country east of l the woods. To both the east and west of that part of the line held by the Americans and French were meeting with similar success.
 ARTILLERY WITHDRAWN Few prisoners were taken during the day, but one of them, captain, ad- mitted that the German artillery had been withdrawn. His story tended tp confirm the stories of other men cap tured that the Germans were deter mined to make their next big stand oH the Vesle, and not the Ardre; and that their movements under way indicated the fortifying of Fishes as the center of the next fixed line of battle.
 It is not anticipated that the Ger mans will withdraw to the Vesle with out renewing their rear guard resist ance and it is expected the present virtually unopposed advance will end quickly, perhaps, with stiff fighting on the high ground just south of the Ardre in order to give the Ger mans more time for getting their ar tillery and stores across the river.
 With only a slight advance in addi- tion to that of today the heavy guns of the allies easily will be in posi- tion to she'll Fishes and any part of the line the Germans may determine to stand on could immediately be made uncomfortable
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-03

occupied Hartennes itself and the wood to the south, and brought the line up to Cramaille and Saponay max ing an almost straight front from Hartennes to Fere- -En -Tardenois.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-03
RETREAT FASTENED

Although the enemy's retreat on the whole has been successful and he has succeeded thus far in extricating the greater portion of his armies from tho salient, observers have witnessed con ditions which they believe indicate tha. the Germans are moving more hastily than they desire. Huge clouds of smoke and dull explosions have come from St. Gille, on the Ardre, a short distance south of Fishes, and othe places nearer the allied front Thess told of destruction of big ammunition dumps. Fires also are visible at eignt or ten places even as far as Fishes. That they had been started by the Ger mans seems obvious since no allied shells had reached these places during the day.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-03
THE: WEATHER
Weather Forecast

Washington, August 2.-Weather fore cast for Alabama and Mississippi: Fair Saturday; Sunday probably showers and cooler.
 Georgia Generally fair Saturday. ex- cept showers on the coast; Sunday fair
 Tennessee: Probably showers Satur- day; Sunday fair in west, showers i'll east.