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CHATT. OOGA N CHA'ITANOOUA, TExNN., SATUHDAY EVENING, JUNE 29, lpl8 PRICE: THREE CENTS ftXlll TIE. VOL XXX. NO. 317 LATE EDITION FIRST DIVISION AMERICAN ARMY TAKES OVER SECTOR FRENCH FRONT TB EWS WAR MAP SHOWING LAST; SUCCESSFUL FRENCH AND BRITISH DRIVES BRITISH TAKE 400 PRISONERS Advance Depth of Mile Over Three and Half-Mile Front in Nieppe Wood. GEN. PERSHING REPORTS AERIAL SUCCESSES ENGLISH CRAFT NOTMMAGED In Naval Engagement Off Bel gian Coast, Though Twice Outnumbered. ; U.S. SOLDIERS POLICEPANAMA Upon Orders From Washington. Opposition Party Protests. Occupation Indefinite. , I . Hill Ml I l UNDER TREATY OF 1914 Authorizing Action Whenever Necessary to Maintain Or der in Canal Zone. Panama. June 29,-Upon orders from Washington, American troops began policing Panama and Colon at 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon. The action was taken under the treaty ot 1904. author. A izing the United States to assume this police duty whenever it was necessary to maintain order. The Panaman gov. ernment has protested to Washington against the measure. Because the former administration had refused to correct conditons in the two cities, soldiers in the canal zone Tvere forbidden to enter them ana ine civilian employes boycotted Colon and Panama until the mandate of the mili tary authorities was carried out by the Fanaman government. The new administration, under President Urriola, began to clean up the cities, but in connection with this work, announced the elections fixed for June 80 and July 7 would be postponed for six months because of the fear that serious disorders might occur if held on the dates set by law. Protested to Washington. The opposition party protested to Washington against the deferment of the elections, claiming that such a move would serve no purpose except to favor the candidates supported by the new administration. The Amer ican state department advised Presi dent Urriola to hold the elections, but he replied that a fair election could not be held now and suggested that American commissioners supervise tne making up of poll books and ""U"J! charge of an election to be held late in Julv or early in August which tne president said could be held in an open and fair manner. No disorders have been reported since it wi an nounced that the decree forbidding the ' !eetiea"Would tfea-enforced cy tne police. The opposition party again protested to Washington, and yesterday the Amarimn Rtate department notified President Urriola that because of dis orders American troops would police the cities until further notice. No time limit being set, there is no one in Panama who knows how long the oc- eupation will continue. Dr. Ciro Ur riola, the president, yesterday Issued a statement on the situation. It reads: By Virtue Treaty 1904. Foreign Secretary Lefevre states that at 11 o'clock this morning, the Charge d'Affairs of the United States, delivered a note informing him that the United States by virtue of article 7 of the treaty of 1904 has ordered that its armed forces at 2 o'clock this aft ernoon would enter the cities of Pana ma and Colon to maintain the public order in them and on the waters ad jacent to them. "At that hour in the midst of pro ' found tranquility the armed American forces entered without the least resist ance on the part of our police or of the authorities, notwithstanding that the Panaman government did not have time to inform the city authorities as to the manner in which the American troops would exercise their functions as police, because the memorandum covering this feature was not handed to me until after 1 o'clock in the aft ernoon. Not "Unjustifiable." "I do not wish to characterize now as unjustifiable this act of the govern ment of the United States, but the fact should be considered that my govern ment, with the forces at its disposal, is able to maintain public order in the whole nation and without doubt in the cities of Panama and Colon. True, it is that there is considerable political excitement because of the approaching elections, but this is characteristic of all democracies. It is also true that al though there wore fears of disturb ances in some parts of the republic, nothing has taken place, nor could take place, which would give rise to a doubt that the government is impotent to put . down with a strong hand the least at tempt at public disorder. "It is, also pertinent that the poli tical problems which stirs the country could have been solved satisfactorily by the United States, whose friendly co-operation we solicited." Holiness Preacher Charged With Seditious Utterances Nashville, June 29. John R. Miller, who claims to be from Cincinnati and a holiness preacher, was bound over to the cfrcuit court at Murfreesboro, Tenn.. today, charged with seditious utterances. He Is said to have op posd th purchase of war savings stamps. In dfault of $1,000 he was committed to jail. Mississippi Editor Made . Captain in National Army Jackson, Miss., June 29. Frederick Bullens, editor of the Jackson Daily Vews, has been commissioned a cap. Sain In the national army, intelligence division, and leaves immediately for Washington. He wiil be succeeded by Hersehel Brickell. present managing editor of the News. ' ; ' rp. As.f' THIERRY , AERIAL ACTIVITY ON WEST FRONT Three Tons of Bombs Dropped on Workshops and Railway Station at Thionville.- (International News Service.) London, June 29. That aerial activ ity is increasing on the western front was indicated by the following report just issued by the air ministry: "On the afternoon of June 28 our aeroplanes attacked workshops, rail way sidings and the station at Thion ville. , "Observation was difficult, but direct hits were observed on the works and railway line. Nearly three tons of bombs were dropped on this objective. Our formations were attacked by hos tile airplanes. Severe fighting ensued, during which three hostile machines were shot down and one other was driven out of control. Two of our ma chines have not yet returned. One o? them, it is known, was forced to land through engine trouble. 'On the preceding night our air planes made a successful attack against the enemy's aerodrome at Bol- chen. Bombs were released from a low altitude and machine gun fire was directed against hangars. All of our machines returned safely. "The enemy bombed one of our aero dromes last night, but no material damage was done." Raid on Paris. (International Mews Service.) Paris. June 29. German airmen raided Paris again last night for the third time in three nights. Anti-aircraft guns were in violent action for twenty minutes. None of the bombs dropped by the several machines, which attempted the penetration of the defenses between 11:30 and 12:30 o'clock, fell on the city. One of the German airships that took part in Thursday night's air raid on Paris was compelled to land in a wooded area between Paris and . the German line. One of the aviators was killed. His two companions were taken prisoner. PECULIAR ACCIDENT RESULTS IN DEATH Street Car Conductor Loses Balance and Falls Oat Win dow in Front Another Car " (International News Service.) Atlanta, June 29. W. A. Bartlett, 28, a street car conductor, was instantly killed yesterday afternoon when he fell through a window of his car directly in the path of a street car traveling in the onoosite direction on Edeewood avenue near Courtland street. Bartlett; lost his balance trying to lower thelrnills when thev are operating at full window. ' capacity is for the government. AUSTRIAN DEAD Rome Official Dispatch Places Enemy's Dead and. Wound ed at 150,000. (International News Service.) Rome, June 29. Lively artillery ac tivity has developed upon the Asiago plateau, the Italian war office an nounced today. Three more Austrian airplanes have been shot down. Washington, June 29. Between 50, 000 and 60,000 Austrians were killed in the battle of the Piave, an official dis patch from Rome this afternoon stated. Their corpses line the entire front, al though the Italians have buried 10,000 of them and thousands more were buried by their comrades. To the list must be added the huge number car ried down by the Piave. "If in this battle," says the dis patch, "the usual relation between dead and wounded existed, we can be certain that the Austrians lost in dead and wounded not less- than 250,000 men. To this sum we must add up wards of 20,000 prisoners." In the absence of any official infor mation dealing with the latest British . . . . uuxuiuv jxsu i il mjuiu nut . at tempt to interpret the situation or to make any explanations concerning it However, he said that the general sit uation along the entire western front was extremely favorable to the allies. The general refused to give any fig ures at this time on increases of th i number of American troops in or on j the way to France. He said that he would have something to say about this later and this was interpreted to mean that it will come in the form of a Fourth of July statement. Labor Unionists Enjoined From Picketing Works (International News Service.) Atlanta, June 29. Judge J. T. Pen dleton, of the superior court, has is sued an injunction against J. A. Callan. labor organiser, and former employes of the Exposition cotton mills to pre vent the defendants from picketing the ways leading to the property of the Exposition cotton mills, and also to prevent them from intimidating or employing other illegal and unlawful means of inducing the employes of th plant to abandon their work which will seriously impede and hamper the out put of the mills. The petition of the cotton mills sets out that between TO and 80 per cent. the material and product that has been and is now being produced by the FIELD GUNS CAPTURED Hostile Artillery Activity Noted Opposite Vaire Wood in 'Arras Region. .. (Associated Press.) London. June 29. In their success ful attacjrftfr Flanders east of Nieppe wood yestarday the British took more than 400 prisoners and advanced to an average dejjth of a mile over a three-and-one-hJf-mile front, the war office announced today. Two German field guns, in addition to the machine guns and trench mor tars taken.jilso were captured in thiB attack. " f- ' V; The statement reads: "The totai- number of prisoners taken by uin yesterday's successful operation east of Nieppe forest ex ceeds 400. Jtbia figure does not in clude those taken west of Merris. Two German field guns, in addition to a number of niachine guns and trench mortars, also were captured by us. "The hostile artillery has been ac tive opposite Waire wood, south of the Somme and west of Fcuchy (Arras region). , ., "There has been increased artillery activity on both sides in the Nteppo forest sector." Americans Take Prisoners. The Americans mada a raid north west of Montdidler capturing forty prisoners. In the Apremont forest sector of the Lorraine front more prisoners were captured and also some war ma terials. In Lorraine other prinoners and some war materials- wjBro taken. The Germans made two attempts to recapture positons taken from' them south of tho Aisne river yesterday. The attacks were carried out by numerous battalions between Fosse Sesblas and Cutry, but all-were repulsed. AH of the French front remained intact. Southwest of Rhelms the Italians de livered a strong coufrter attack in the Mont BIJgny sector forcing back the Germans and retaking some of the German advanced positions, . . -" ii'.i . - . .' - -, , Tyirt f,m Eject French. , T Paris, June 29. German attacks on. the front southwest of Solssons for the purpose or ejecting the French from positions taken by them on Thursday night were repulsed last night and the French line was held intact, according to the statement issued by the war of nue today. In an operation northwest of Montdidler American troops took forty prisoners. In addition to their attack on the front in the Soissons area the Germans sent assault detachments against the lines held by the Italians on the Uligny heights, southwest of Rheims. The Italians drove off the German thrust. The statement reads: "The German attacks for the purpose qf retaking French positions south of the Aisne which were occupied by the French on Thursday night were re pulsed. An attack by a number of German battalions between Fosse-en-Bas and Cutry ravine were repulsed along the new front and the French lines were held Intact. Sharp Combat On Heights. "Southwest of Rheims the Italians engaged in a sharp combat with the Germans on Bligny heights. German detachments which had succeeded for the moment in obtaining a foothold in the Italian first lines were driven back. "Along the French lines a number of surprise attacks were carried out dur ing the night. . "Northwest of Montdidier American units captured forty prisoners, of whom one was an officer. In the forest of Apremont, in the Lorraine sector, the French likewise took prisoners and capturea material. "The night was calm on the rest of the front." UNITED STATES MAKES PROTEST TO MEXICO (International Mews Service.) Washington, June 29. Declaring that all the United States asks of Mexico for American citizens is Jus tice and fair dealing, the state depart ment toaay made public a "solemn I BA" ent C"T against the Mexican decree of Feb. 19, 1918. establishing a tax on oil lands. 0- $50,000 FOR FLYER WHO CROSSES THE ATLANTIC (International News Service.) Washington, June 29. Secre tary of War Baker would be au thorized to pay a reward of $50, 000 to the first person making a successful aeroplane flight across the Atlantic ocean, under a resolution presented in the houss this afternoon by Repre sentative L,unn, of New York. FAIR, SAYS BILLY 'POSSUM A nifty little thrift stamp drive is on with in our midst, for every man can not contrive to wear a watch upon his wrist: so if you're clad in blue or gray, or anything but brown. remem ber its a clacker way to turn a thrift stamp down. The weather? Fair change in temperature with slight tonight and Sundav. Capture of 309 German Prisoners and Destruc tion of Three Enemy Airplanes By American Aviators Reported in Communique. Washington, June 29. Capture of 309 Ger man prisoners and the destruction of three Ger man airplanes by American aviators was reported by Gen. Pershing in an official communique today. Further improvement by the Americans of their positions in the Chateau Thierry region was also reported. The capture of 309 prisoners in the operations of June 25 was reported in Gen. Pershing's communique under date of June 29, made public by the war department this afternoon. Three hostile machines have been downed by American airmen since the begin ning of the week, Gen. Pershing adds. In a statement given out to in Washington by Gen. March gives an encouraging report of the operations of the National army at the front. He mentions particularly the Thirty-fifth division. "This division was one of the divisions which was sent for train ing with the British and has now finished its training and has joined Gen.- Pershing and is being used by him. This division was com manded by Maj.-Gen. William M. Wright. "During the week we have a report on the first national army division which has taken over a sector of the front. That division is the Seventy-seventh, which was raised in New York and was originally trained by Maj.-Gen. J. Franklin Bell, and after his relief from command it was taken across by Gen. Johnston. "The two attacks which were morning papers, one near Hazebrouck on the British front, and the other in the valley of the Aisne. The official account has not been received by me yet possibly on the way and so I will not com ment upon them until 1 get the exact account of what occurred. "Taking the entire front we can say the situation is extremely favorable to the allies. "The troops sent abroad to Italy, which fact has not been given out heretofore because they, were ort the high seas, are largely sani tary units.. The expedition had with it some other separate units, but the character" of the expedition was more of the non-combative variety. . Combatant troops will be sent, as the secretary told you, by Gen. Pershing. The official communique follows: "Section A In the Chateau Thierry region we again improved our posl. tions south of Torcy.. The number of prisoners taken by us at this point in the operation of June i has in creased to 309, of whom T are ofrlcers. There have been no, new develop ments at other points held by our troops. It is established that our avi torg have shot down three hostile ma chines in the Toui region since the beginning of the week. "Section B Of the three planes mentioned in the American official comniunique of June 28, one was brought down at 9:30 o'clock on the morhing of June 24, between Pont-a-Mausson and Thiaucourt by Lieut. Raymond. Lieut. Raymond encoun tered a hostile biplane, . which Ived under his own. Lieut. Raymond then executed a dive on the hostile plane, firing as he did so. He saw tracer bullets entering the fuselage of the' enemy plane. The destruction of the hostile machine has now been con- methodists favor absolute Prohibition Conference Held in "Land of Sky" Comes to a Close. Bishop Hendrix Speaks. (Associated Press.) Junaluska, N. C, June 29. Absolute prohibition during the war and the de mobilization of the army afterward was advocated today by the confer ence of Methodist leaders of the United States and Canada, meeting here to formulate plans for reorganization of the world. By unanimous vote, the conference adopted the following reso lution: "We herf-hy petition the congress of the United States to pass speedily such legislation as will absolutely prohibit the manufacture and sale of all kinds of intoxicants for beverage purposes including beer and wine, during the period of the war and the demobiliza tion afterward." The conference placed itself on record also as opposing exemption of beer and light wines in administrative orders as an unnecessary and danger ous weakening of the standard set by congress. Toflay's sessions will bring the con ference to a close. Bishop E. R. Hen drix, of Kansas City, in an address today, expressed the belief that the day soon would come when the entire Christian world would become one great missionary society. Col. S. D. Brown, of Toronto, spoke of the great amount of good beipg accmplished by the church among the soldiers at home and abroad and mane an earnest pica that still more be done. CASHIER GEORGIA BANK CHARGED WITH KILLING Bainbridge, Ga., June 29. R. H. May, vice-president and cashier of the Citizens' bank, is charged, after a cor oner's inquest, with the killing of H. S. Richardson, a prominent architect and contractor. May told the cor oner's Jury that Richardson yesterday afternoon came to the bank and de manded that certain men who were his securities on loans from the bank be released from their obligations. May says when he refused Richardson- attacked him with an automobile crank and that he shot Richardson in self-defense. A physician testified 'that May's body showed no bruises, while Rich- ardson's skull had been crushed and , he had been shot five times, four j times in the back. made yesterday appeared in the I firmed. Tho other two planes were shot down on June 25 by MaJ. Hart ney' and Lieut. McAVthur. MaJ. HaTt ney reports that his patrol of four planes, answering the call at 8:30 o'clock tn tha evening, encountered two German planes,-an' t which was a biplane rumpler and the other a monoplane. They were flying at an altitude of 450 metres. The German monoplane obtained a position over the tail of Lieut. Hill's machine. MaJ. Hartney fired a long burst at the mon oplane, which turned over and landed upside down. The German rumplnr bi plane was pursued by Lieut. McArthur below the cloud level. The two ma chines exchanged fire. On emerging from the cloud level, tha hostile ma chine went over backwards. Lieut. McArthur was at one time within thirty yards of the German plane, was able to observe that his tracer bullets were entering the fuselage and is cer tain that the observer was wounded before the plane fell. He fired a total of 226 rounds. The destruction of these planes has also been confirmed." GROSS MISSTATEMENTS CHARGED BY KITCHIN Director Publishers' Board in Vigorous Denial Forecasts Free Postal Service. (International News Service.) Washington, June 29. Charges that periodical publishers have made gross misstatements of facts in their prop aganda against the second-class zon ing law and that these untruths have been the basis of most of the letters of protest received by Senators and representatives were made by Chair man Kitchln, of the house ways and means committee, today. Kltchin's charges were vigorously denied by Charles Johnson Post, di rector of the publishers' advisory board, who appeared before the com mittee In opposition to the postal zon ing system. "Well, either you intentionally falsified the facts or you were ex cited." Kitchin responded. "I will be generous enough to believe that you were excited." Tost believed that even first-class matter should be carried at less than cost. "The natural trend of the times," he said "is toward a postal service that is absolutely free. We shall not live to see it, perhaps, but ultimately there will be no charge for postal service. Just as there now is no charge for using the highways." British Casualties for June Total 141,147 (Associated Press.) London, June 29. British casual ties reported during June totaled 141.117. This compares with total casualties reported during May of 166.802 SENATE DEFEATS MOVE TO EXPAND ARMY AT ONCE Washington, June 29. In disposing of amendments preparatory to passing the $12,000,000,000 army appropriation bill today, the senate rejected, 45 to 19, an amendment proposing to specifically "direct" the president to raise an army of 5,000,000 men as soon as equipment and transportation could be provided. Many senators declared tne vote aia rot reallv represent opposition in con cress to an army of such size and that spntiment for great expansion as soon as war department plans permit was tver helmia. GERMANS OUT ON PATROL1 Berlin Report of Clash Claims Direct Hits Were Registered by Her Warriors. (Associated Press.) London. An official statement ls sued today by the British admiralty, recounting the naval engagement off Belgian coast, says: "On Thursday evenlnc four "of our destroyers, while patrolling off the Bel gian coast, sighted eight enemy tor pedo boat destroyers. Our destroyers proceeded on an easterly course at full speed, engaging the enemy at Ion range, Berlin Reports Clash. (Associated Press.) . Berlin, , June 29. (Via London.) The admiralty today announced that German torpedo craft of the Flanders flotilla engaged British destroyers on the evening of June 27 oft Ostend. The clash took place while the Germans were out on patrol.. Germany Claims Hits. (International Mews Service.) , Berlin, ime 29. (Via -London. ) Pome OerWnn torpedo boats wrre in action oft Ostend (Belgium) for half and hour during the evening (Thurs day), it was officially announced today. Hits wrro observed on two of the op posing destroyers, it was claimed. All of them escaptd in an artificial fog. ' The report said that the Germans sustained no loss. , v ' T. The engagement above is evidently the same one reported by the British admiralty this afternoon. , . FORTY MILLIONS PUT IN THRIFT STAMPS IN STATE Very encouraging reports from the counties throughout the state have been received at the state director's of fice. T. R. Preston, state director, is very optimistic over the reports re ceived so far, as is shown by a telp grnm eft :by -Win1 to W. CI." McAdoo, secretary of the treasury, which fol lows: . -"Hon. W. O. McAdoo, Secretary of the Treasury, Washington, P. C. "Incomplete returns Indicate tbat war savings pledges were signed in Tennessee yesterday to the amount of at least forty million dollars which includes previous pledges and pur chases. This is nearly ninety per cent, of the quota or this state, the remain ing ten per cent, of which will be pledged within a few days, by Julv 4 if possible. Our quota of war savings is equal to the state's combined allot ment of the first and second liberty loans. "T. R. PRESTON', "State Director." Lincoln county was the first county to go over the top, but not being satis fled with the quota, which was $518. 380, they have increased this amount to over $600,000.' The second county was Trousdale. Reports received nt headquarters, at 5 p. m. Friday, gave $129,162 as having been subscribed, which is ten per cent, over the quota. Wilson county was the third to go over, which it did with a twenty-two per cent, martrln, this being the largest, oversubscription received so far. Giles county has also gone across and re ports are that she Is still going. MAMMOTH FABRICATING STEEL PLANT LOCATED (international News Service.) Birmingham, Ala., June 29. H. L. Brittain, president of the Mobile Ship building company, Jacksonville Dry Docks and Repair company, vice-president of the Terry Shipbuilding com pany at Savannnh, and several other corporations in New Jersey, closed a deal here yesterday for a 53-acre tract of land upon which will be constructed a mammoth fabricating steel plant, representing an immediate investment of one million dollars, employing 2,000 men, to be flnaced by the Emergency Fleet corporation, for the manufactuie of steel plates, shapes and other struc tural material for ship construction. The plates will he sent to Mobile for tho steel ships there being built for th emergency fleet corporation. GERMANY PREPARES TO INTERVENE IN RUSSIA (Associated Press.) , London, June 29. The German gov ernment, according to German news papers, is taking preparatory meas ures with a view to intervention In Russia, Bays a dispatch to the Ex change Telegraph company today from Zurich. Under this plan, it is stated, troops will be sent to restore order, assisted by Maximalist forces. MUNITIONS WORKERS AT BRIDGEPORT BACK AT WORK (International News Service.) Bridgeport, Conn.. June 29. On the assurance that Chairmen Taft nt Walsh, of the national war labor board, would come here Monday and take up their grievances which led to a strike here early in the week, the 7.000 machinists, toolmakers and others em ployed in local munitions shop's re turned to work today. PRESIDENT AUTHORIZED TO FIX DAY TO ENROLL ALIENS (International News Service.) Washington. June 29. Under an amendment added to the army appro priation bill today, the president is authorized to fix a day for the regis tration of aliens subject to military service under the terms of existing iraft treaties.