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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-06-26

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vile DeLorme, ID. China, l.. r. Will
hanson, G. L. Wray. Miss Minnie Mo-
1es; Mesdames j. r. Sumter, S. IL.
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Witherspoon, Henry Spann, Willie
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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-06-26

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Sumter--Mr. Stewart Mason So. so
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-09-12
Greatest and Possibly Decisive
Battle of the War May
Have Commenced.
GREAT MASSES OF CANNON
AND AEROS AID ATTACK


WITH THE AMERICAN FORCES ON THE LORRAINE
'FRONT.' September Reuter -Fench and American forces
this morning launched attack against the German positions on
both sides of the St Mhiel salient.
daring and far has been successful
The southern side of the St Miel salient
along distance of twelve miles The attack the west
side o front Of eight miles.
There has been great concentration OF FrancoAmerlcan
artillery aplanes operating large numbers
AMERICAN FORCES ON THE LORRAINE FRONT,
September II by Associated Pess ammercan forces
this morning attack the German POSITIONS At
o'clock they had progressed generally along the line Some
prisoners taken different parts of the sector
The of American troops met with little resistance
and the second American possession OF
several points of the German first line
French American artillery this morning directed terrific
barrage the German positions this front The reply OF
the big guns vigorous Places although
a whole it weak.
There the Germans withdrawing
artillery although probable that they going
to fight hard before being after enduring sitting
barrage of more than eight hours.
The Germans points increasing the volume of
their big gun fire, but Intellectually
The Germans falling back the each side
of the St. Mhiel salient
Though undoubtedly suspicious of the intentions of the Amer
this region the Germans the time
the direction of the attack.
The American troops all intensely eager and fighting
magnihcenty
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-09-12
Decisive Struggle of War
May Be Under Way Today

braska. Colorado, New Mexico and
Arizona troops. and SD. National
Army. composed of Georgia. Alabama
and Tennessee troops. with the 37th.
National Guard, composed of Ohio
troops, farther to the east on the
front opposite Nancy.
Americans Concentrated.
Gen. Pershing has been concentrat-
ing his Army for some weeks in this
general region, however, and a COM
plete shift in the divisional align
ment may have been made before the
troops went over the top this morn
inE
To the west, along this front south
of Verdun where the French line
stands parallel to the Meuse, the
French. it appears, are driving ahead
to pinch the enemy out of the salient.
The French operations form one Jaw
which the American thrust toward
Metz evidently is the cutting edge.
Success for the Americans would
mean abandonment by the Germans
of all territory in the salient and
with it the last possibility of flank
ing the fortress of Nerdun.
Scope Not Yet Clear.
The scope Of the present action
lieyed by officials here. however.
thaat it is only the prelude TO a
great effort to turn the whole Ger
man line and possibly to cut so deep
| ly into his positions along the Eerduu
f., front that he might be compelled to
abandon much territory in Alsace and
Lorraine.
| Observers who look for a turning
movement to the north anticipate that
the present action will spread quickly
west and north and to the front east
] of Rheims. strangely quiet through
out the fighting Of the last weeks.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-09-12
DRIVE BELIEVED TIMED
WITH REGISTRATION DAY

That the big American offensive
had been timed to coincide with the
date on which 100000 or more
Americans between the ages Of
eighteen and forty-six years regis
tered for military service was the
belief expressed by scores of persons
on reading the early reports.
The psychological effect Of such
news on the American public at this
time, it was held, would be beyond
calculation. That Gen. Pershing.
Marshal Foch and the allied COM
manders would not fail to take full
advantage Of this fact was not
doubted, and the beginning of to-
days tremendous drive was taken
as confirmation Of this faith in the
recognition Of the psychological ef-
feet by the allied commanders.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-09-12
CONGRESSMEN MUST
RESIGN TO FIGHT

Members Of Congress cannot
waive exemption under the draft.
If a member of Congress is
Jealous to serve in the military
forces he must resign from Con-
gress to do it. This is the ruling
made by Provost Marshal General
Crowder In reply to letter Of in
quiry from Representative War
rem Gard of Ohio, which was read
on the floor of the House today
Gen. Crowder qualified the,
statement by saying:
But it is a question whether
his constituency would be willing
to lose a wise counselor"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-09-12
HEART FAILURE
ONLY COULD STOP
BRITISH VICTORY
Lloyd George Also Says Allies
Now Comprise League OF
Free Nations.
THIS MUST BE LAST WAR,
BRITISH PREMIER ASSERTS
Crushing of Prussian Military
Power and Durable Peace,
Objects to Be Achieved.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
MANCHESTER, England,
September 12.-"Nothing but
heart failure on the part of the
British nation can prevent our
achieving a real victory" said
Premier Lloyd George, speaking
today at Manchester. =
The premier said that the British
casualties in the last offensive in
France were one-fifth of what they
were in 1916.
Premier Lloyd George said he was
all for a league of nations, and that,
in fact, a league already had been
begun The British empire, he said,
was a league of free nations, and that
the allied countries fighting the bat
tie for international right were now
league of free nations.
German People Must Know.
ITO end all wars" the premier said.
I'VE must impose a durable peace
from our enemies. The Prussian mil
itary power must not only be beaten,
but Germany herself must know and
the German people must know the
rulers have outraged the laws of hu-
manitv and that Prussian strength
cannot protect them from punish
ment.
This must be the last war;" Mr.
Lloyd George said. Don't let US be
misled that the establishment of a
league of nations without power will
in itself secure the world against a
catastrophe. A league of nations
with the Prussian military power trl-
umphant would be a league of fox
and geese-one fox and many geese
The geese would greatly diminish in
numbers"
Victory for Allies Necessary.
The only sure foundation for a
league Of nations, the premier said
was a victory for the allies. Peace
must be of kind, he added, that com
mends itself to the common sense con-
science of the nations. AS whole II
must not be dictated by extreme mer
on either side.
Continuing, the premier said:
1--WE shall neither accept for our.
selves nor impose upon our foes 8
Brest-Litovsk treaty.
1--WE cannot allow the 'bolsheviks
to force on us a peace SO humiliatine
as to dis/onor the national flag anc
to make a repetition of the horrors
of this war inevitable. When a sat
isfactory peace has been secured we
can proceed with a clear conscience
to build up new world"
Nearing End Of Journey.
"The news is distinctly good. really
good" said the premier. I'VE are
going through a long tunnel and are
not at the end of the journey. There
in some steep gradient to climb. II
may be that the tunnel will be dark
but it will be short, now that the worst
is over"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-09-12

With French and American troops
striking on wide front south and
east of Verdun today, the greatest
battle-perhaps the decisive struggle
of the war-may have begun.
Early reports show that this first
employment of Gen. Pershing's new
army is on a wide front, the joint
French and American thrust covering
twenty miles. Apparently the initial
st. Mihiel salient, which he has held
since 1914.
American troops have been holding
the front along the southern and east
ern sides of the salient. Their lines.
according to the last information
available here, included the point
where the front crosses the Moselle
river. The course of Mat river is the
direct road to Metz. which it has been
expected here would be the objective
oN the first phase of any attack by
Pershing's men in this region.
Foch's Possible Purpose.
There is no doubt that many officers
here believe Marshal Foch now has
struck the blow he has had in prepara-
ton ever since he determined to with
hold the bulk of the American Army
from the fighting until the stage was
set for the decisive action. The move
ment planned, however. may not de-
velop to its full extent for several
days.
According to the last reports noted
here American divisions known to be
in the positions from which the at
tack has been launched included the
veteran first and second regular divi-
sions, which were the first American
| units to get into action in France
J the S9th. National Army. composed OF
Kansas, Missouri, South Dakota. Ne.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-09-12
House Not Committed.
Perhaps House May Yield.

The House is anxious to find an ef-
fective and equitable preventive of
rentals profiteering. and may: fairly be
expected. when the issue is squarely
presented to it, to favor the Senate
proposition as simpler. more direct,
more effective and more just than the
novel, complicated, unfair and injury
working johnson proposition.
1t has been intimated that the Sem
ate legislation is in the interest of the
landlord, and that of the House in the
interest Of the tenant. Analysis Of the
bills. however. shows that the Senate
CONTINUED on Tenfh Page.1
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-09-12
YANKEE WAVES MEET LITTLE
RESISTANCE FROM GERMANS
AFTER TERRIFIC BARRAGE FIRE
SUPREME GERMAN
LINE OF DEFENSE
LESM BELGIUM

By the Associated Press.
PARIS, September ia SUI
preme line Of defense, to be
called the Parsifal line, is being
constructed by the Germans
from Antwerp to Metz, says
Marcel Hutin in the Echo de
Paris.
The article also says that the
Germans are putting the Ant
werp forts in a defensive con-
ditiOn.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-09-12

By the Associated Press.
WITH THE BRITISH ARMY IN
FRANCE, September11. p.m.-There
are indications that when the retir-
ing Germans reach the Hindenbufg
line they viii pass through fresS
sssxy corps and djyisiene. to who1
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-09-12
WEATHER.

Thundershowers this afternoon or
tonight; tomorrow fair.
Temperature for twenty-four hours
ending pm. today: Highest. IL. at
3 pm. today: lowest, 63. at am. today.
Full report on page 10.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-09-12
By the Associated Press,

(Contin9 on Fourth Page.)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-09-12
New Problem for Foe.
British Make Progress.

The Hindenburg line itself. how
ever, already has not proved too
sfyone for either the French or the
RritiSa "a some points In the reeent
tt6nfinnsd o. 5scoQd fass.5
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-09-12

Continued on Tenth Page.)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-09-12

The Associated Press il exclusively entitled to
the use for republication Of all news dispatches
credited to it or not otherwise credited in this
paper and also the local news published herein.
All rights Of publication Of special
dispatches herein also reserved.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-08-10
Sparing Soldiers

Germany now has decided to spare her soldiers, what re-
mains of the millions of men Germany spent years in training for this
war of conquest. General Ludendorf thus explains the retreat of
49, Huns from the Rheims Scissors salient. Ludendorf and Hin
'enburg, who by the way isn't as dead as he ought to be, frankly
admit that Germany has reached the point where she must conserve
her supply of fighting men or be utterly and quickly vaquished after
a few more lfecosting attempts to break through the allied lines
on the west front.
Since the collapse of Russia and Rumania neither the Bulgarians
nor Turks have shown any great desire to throw me into Germany
war. Austria cannot for she has her hands full down on the Italian
front. It's all up to Germany, and Germany has drained her man
power to the last available man. She has taken her young boys and
old men. And she has wasted their lives as a drunken spendthrift
throws away his pennies. Bill Hohenzolern, Ludendorf and Hin
denburg valued the life blood of the German soldier at little until it
began running low. From the Rhine 10 the Marine German blood
drenched the soil and turned rivers to red. Each drive piled up
mountains of German dead. But what cared the Hohenzonerns as
long as the supply held QUIT
Now the wa lords se the bottom. They now will "spare"
soldiers because they have none to waste.
Foch, Haig and Pershing all along have known that the Huns
were draining their man power, and were content to let them drain
it to the very last dregs. If Germany still had a fighting Russia to
face on the east front, she would have long ago have been compelled
to draw back her western lines to the Rhine or even beyond. And
it Is probable that the east front would be in East Prussia.
1t has been a well known fact in the allied capitals that we were
drawing near the day when the German war lords would have to an
nOunce this sParing soldiers program. They will go on talking about
" pairing soldiers as the allies force them on to Berlin. This is the
OILY way in which the kaiser can explain his retreats to the German
people.
In the meantime the allied soldiers will not spare any Huns they
touch with bayonet or reach with shell. That is why Ludendorf is
"sparing" them by heading them toward the Rhine.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-08-10
Today We Celebrate
Tbe Fcast of st. lawrence.

The ECaSt OF Sb. IaWFenCc.
In the calendar Of the church today
Is the festival of st. Lawrence, the
martyr whose name was given by
Jacques Cartier to Canada's mightiest
river. 1t was on the feast day OF ST.
Lawrence hat the French navigator
| entered the bay, and to this circum-
| stance the great waterway owes It's
memorable name.
On his first voyage In 1894 Carriers
vessel arrived at the very threshold OF
the river, but the explorer sailed home
without becoming aware of the exist
ence of the noble stream. On his sec
ond voyage in 1875, with the ships La
Grande Hermine, one hundred and
twenty tons, La Petite Hermfne,
sixty tone, and L'Emerillon, even
smaller, Cartier again reached Anti
cost, which he chrfstened lie de iAs-
somption, and, on the tenth of August,
gave the name of ST. Lawrence to the
bay he had entered. By the first OF
September he reached the mouth of
the Saguenay, and on the fourteenth
of that month came to the entrance OF
a river, some thirty miles below Que
bee, which he christened ST. Crofx-
The next day he was visited by Dom
nacona, an Algonquin chief, with
whom be was enabled to converse, the
two Indians he had Kidnapped on a
previous oyage acting as interpreters.
Leaving his two larger ships behind,
Cartier, with the Emerillon, sailed up
the river as far as Lake st. Peter.
There. his further progress being In
terrupted by a bar IN the stream. he
took to his boat with three volunteers.
and on October I'd arrived at the In
dian village OF Hochelaga, which he
called Mount Royal. whence the pres
ent name of Montreal. After a few
days no returned to his ships at the
mouth of the st. Croix where the win
ter was spent. The severity of the cli-
mate and disease. but above all the
scurvy. worked frightful ravages, and
with the coming OF spring Cartier and
the survivors sailed away for France.
taking with them Donnacona and nine
other chiefs, whom they had kid
mapped.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-08-10
The City in Disgrace

The city's socaled decorations in honor of the 200th anniver-
sary of the granting of the charter are a disgrace.
Instead of decorating the city they only give it a bedraggled and
mussy appearance.
To see the Stars and Stripes ripped and torn, dangling from
ends of pieces of rope and hanging upside down, is not Only a reflec-
ton on the city, but it is an insult to the flag itself and a most flag
rant violation of the precepts governing the display of the national
emblem.
What must be the impression on the thousands of visitors who
pass through the city every week to zee our street in such condition
as they are, especially when the American flag is concernedf
When every effort is being made throughout the land to increase
respect for the flag, especially among those of our citizens Of foreign
birth, what is to be said of the people of Perth Amboy when they
permit the flag that all profess to love and respect to remain in the
condition in which it IS now, day after day as if no one caredf
Who is responsible for this neglect
It is not enough for the Board of Aldermen TO notify the concern
that put up the so-ca1ed decorations about their condition; it Is for
the city authorities to see that the disgrace is removed forthwith.
We have a street department; the fire department has ladders;
the lighting department has an auto truck with an extension plat
form. 1t would take but a short time to remove the disgrace that
now confronts the eye from one end of Smith Street to the other and
up and down State street.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-08-10
A Famous Victory

The Britshhave won a great battle behind the lines Is well as
in Pieardy. 1t is a German defeat from which Germany will never
recover. Throughout the world, wherever people wore clothes, peo-
pie were, hitherto, at the mercy of Germanys secret recipe for max
ing aniine dyes. That secret was worth to Germany 81 7O0,000O00
worth of export trade, per year. England alone had a textile in
dustry of $l0o0OO0000 per year at the mercy of that secret and she
got busy.
If you cannot shoot the enemy, loot himl And, so, two years ago,
when London textile manufacturers were paying two TO four thou
sand pounds sterling a ton for dyes that formerly cost 80 to 20 and
they heard that a chemist in Switzerland had the recipes of the
great Badkche dye works, they organized TO get that chemist. They
sent special agents into Switzerland, whom the Germans robbed, as
saulted and drugged, but they finally found that chemist with psf
recipes of the BadiSche dye works, as he claimed. Then, f. NJ. Rowe,
of the Manchester School Of Technology, was sent to the chemist to
test the recipes. Now, the most difficult dye to produce is known as
Brunt green, an apple-green color, and Mr.. Rowe selected that for
first test As soon a S he Jaw the recipe, Dir. Rowe, speaking from
a lifelong knowledge of dyemakfng, declared that the recipe was
useless and that he was in Switzerland ON a blankety-blank fools
errand But the chemist insisted on a test, and, to Rowes utter
establishment. the dye was produced. There are now PSI perfectly
llese German dye recipes locked up in a London bank
Be Sure ~ think of TIE thousands of Germans who have been flourish
e dye Eeeretsi Verify, some Of the horrors of war come
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-08-10
More Postal Efficiency

The gimper stories now being published in the EVENING NEWS
telling of the experiences of Lieut.. Rickenbacher, the America ace on
the battlefield of France, are supposed to reach the EVENING
NEWS office every morning, being mailed by the United Press, by
which they are copyrighted, in New York, the night before.
1t would seem as if a letter mailed at 730 P. NJ. in New York
ought to reach Perth Amboy before noon the next day.
Not so under the present efficient management of the Post Office
Department.
THE EVENING NEWS has been unable to publish a gimper
story every day because some days the letter does not arrive, al
though sent first class, and then two letters arrive together.
Yesterday we published the story that should have been in
Thursdays paper. Although postmarked New York, August Z, at
730 T. NJ. it did not reach the EVENING NEWS until the morning
of August 9-two days coming from New York!
Going some, isn't itf
But that is what Postmaster General Burleson calls efficiency.
And to think that now all the telegraph and telephone wires
have been turned over to his tender mercies to be demoraized in the
same manneri
There is only one hope; that the war will end and the wires will.
be handed back to private ownership before the blight of Burleson is
able to do its worst.
To have the postal service ruined is bad enough. 1t would seem
rs if the wire service ought to be spared.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-08-10
Fire Alarm Boxes

22-Raritan Copper Works.
and Sheridan Streets
Street and Central R. r.
and First Streets.
Ave. and Paterson St.
2s-High and Lewis Streets.
S5-Smlth and High Streets.
Brunswick Ave. and New 81.
s7-Smith and State Streets.
i2-Atlantic Terra Gotta Works.
i3-Buckingham Ave and Hartford st.
and Front Streets.
and Washington SITS.
I7-Hlgh and Washington Streets.
S4-State st. n Buckingham Ave.
st. and Pulaski Ave.
Ave. and Charles st.
I7-State and Wayne Streets.
Is-Near United Lead Works.
I2-washington and First Streets.
Brunswick Ave. and Elm St
I4|Smith Street and watson Ave.
and State Streets.
.2=Front and Smith Streets.
and Gordon Streets.
i4-kearny Ave. IND Gordon Street.
and ans Avenues.
and Herbert Streets.
6-Near City Hospital.
Pre-. and washington St.
4-Lehigh Ave. n Stanford Street
5-Near City Hospital.
and tombstone EtreetA
and Brace Avenues.
and Hall Avenues.
Ave. and Insiee Street
2-Lawrence and Francis Stres1a.
and Johnstone Streets
Ib25-Smith Street and Central p r.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-08-10

Luke McLnke Says.
Even q with a shape like
the back of a hack likes a man to
make q fuss ove her.
Some day a smart man will invent
a corset with a lid on the top, to pre-
vent stout women from webbing
when they walk.
I always pity a little baby when I
see its mother dolled up in a waist
that buttons up the back.
Some fool girls queer the game; I
saw n yesterday with the right side
of her bust three inches higher than
the left side.
whenever 1 see a flock of pretty
girls In their midsummer ~draperfes. 1
feel like going over and voting the
Mormon ticket.
When a man has a recipe for get
ting rich quick you will soon dis
cover that the recipe consists of SELL
ing the recipe to you and a million
other suckers.
A farmer has an Idea that all q
storekeeper has to do Is to ring up
the lash.