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ALLIES INFLICT HEA
MANGIN'S TROOPS ADVANCE NINE MILES
SINCE SATURDAY, REACHING AILETTE
< United Prv4» Report)
Paris, August 22 (by Webb Miller)—The armies of Gen-
eral Magnin and General Humbert are closing in on Noyon
in two directions. In some places they are within a few
hundred yards of the town and they are heavily bombarding
it with field guns, raining shells on the German exit toward
Ham.
Noyon is declared to be already untenable, and a huge
-withdrawal is predicted beyond the Somme.
1 he fighting is continuing along a front of thirty-five miles.
In the past forty-eight hours the French have taken more than
15,000 prisoners, vast quantities of material thousands of
machine guns and hundreds of cannon.
HUMBERT AND MANGIN ARMIES CLOSING IN
ON NOYON; CITY IS ALREADY UNTENABLE
(United P^ess Report!
Paris, August 22.—General Mangin's lioops have reached
the Ailette river in their advance between the Aisne and the
Oise, the war ofhce announced.
The figh'.ine continued last night un the whole front from
the region of Lassigny to the neighborhood ot Soissons.
French forces have captured St. Paul aux Bois, passing- out
northward, reaching Ailette and L.a Quincy Bagge, making a
total advance of nine miles since Saturday. •
The French maintained contact throughout the night with
the enemy, who is retreating between the Oise and MatZ and
east of the Oise.
Le Plemont, Thiescourt, Cannectancourt and \ ille have
been occupied and the Divette river has been reached, the
communique said. East of Noyon the French border on the
Oise from Sampigny through Bretigny.
Further east the French took Bourguignon and St. Paul aux
Bois. The Ailette river was reached at La Quincy Bagge.
LABORERS ON FARMS CAVALRYMEN 21
ARE NOT EXEMPTED MUST ALL REGISTER
Local Board Cannot Grant Ex- \1embers of Capt. Giddings
tension of Time to Stone's Company Must
Registrants. Register.
The local exemption board fills All the young n:«»n ot Hie Texas
the attention of the public,especially ( Cavalry who have become 21 year*
employers of labor, to the fact that ,)t il!4,> since June 5 niiisi register
the board has no power to grant de- W|t(, the locm boards ot ttieir re-
ferral classification to men engaged : spectU' distil 'ts on a niiuvt -t Ma-
in necessary occupations, such as; J0r Killer*, brigade adjutant at
(arming. Houston, sent out not ins Wedn««-
Kverv day the hoard is besieged | ,)av to offici ri» of the rauilry to in-
with appeals from farmer* who want struct the men of Ibis claw- in-their
an extension of time for registrants „nifM to register and to state in theli
who have been called to the military questionnaire thai they a ■> members
service. Men are badly needed on ,,r ,he T-\as Cavalry and to give
the farms and in the cotton fields. Uif ir troop letter and the number of
bui the demands of the provost mar tht-ir regiment.
Hhal must be met, and it Is useless Captain Ulddina* Stone, headquar-
to ask further time for men who ,,,, troop. Thud Regiment. Texts
have been called. Cavaliy. has in Ills company a nuu-
Kight*-three negroes have been b,,r of nu n who nr.- required t» re«-
auinmoned by the board to report ,ster Saturday. Likewise In Cap-
Friday evening. They will entrain tain llehei Stone - infantry company
1 on Saturday noon for Camp i a\;-- there are many who v.ill ait. in
Rixtv-six white ro»n have been or- _• i■ t birthday between J""* »nd
dered to report Monday, to b? ready August . 4ih
to entrain Tuesday noon, August The fact that men have Joined the
27th, for Camp Travis j military organliatlons does not "X
A list of the white draftees fol- empt them from registration It is
lows. in'obtftile that both the cavalry and
Willie Hoefeimeyef. Ernest Duel l- infantry companies will be mustered
Supply Trains Crowing the Marne.
KUMMM
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(United Pieee itepert)
Pari*, August 22 (by John De Gandt).—The Fr
crossed the Ailette river on a mile front between 1
Guny, pushing toward Coucy le Chateau, in Coucy
teau German division* prepared to counter attack, but light-
ning-like French counters forced a retreat.
The Germans fled in a panic, throwing the divisions be-
hind into confusion.
Noyon is rapidly being evacuated. The Divette river is in
the hands of the French.
it
This official photograph, taken on the British front, shows a supply train
tossing a pi-ntoon bridge ovei (he Maine river, ..ml goo* to prove thnt
somewhere ah<»d the allies are pushing the tiermans hack In what is
probably developing into the greatest battle of the war.
DEFENSE COUNCIL
WILL MEET FRIDAY
Regular Session Will Be I lekl
at the ( ounci 1 Offices.
AIRCRAFT PROGRAM
TO BE SPEEDED UP
i Tile next regular meeting oi I'm
I Washington county council of de
etise will be held ou Friday evening.
Viigusl 23d. it S 30 o'clock at the
office- ot the council on east Main ,|<>hn \V
street.. Meetings have heretofore
been held at the district court room.
All members of the council are re-
quested to be present at the meeting
District Meeting Saturday.
A meeting of the chairmen for the
Hrenham district comprising several
counties in this seciion, will be held
Saturday afternoon at the office of
the council war headquarters.
Section I.
The following casualties are le
Jiorted bv I be Commanding Uenelal —
of the American Kxpeditionsry fore Sub-Committee Make* Report
e« Killed il) action, 21; missing In
action, ti5; wounded severely, St;
died of accident and Other causes, 2;
died of disease. 4; wounded to de
jcree undetermined, $3. prisoners, 1
Total, l!i7
Ti'xans included .in the lists
Iteil, Waco,
SeetloU 8.
The following casualties are re
poitel by (he Commanding (iuneral
of the American Kxjbdlttonary Forc-
es Killed in action. It; inlawing In
action. 71; wounded severely, 81;
died of wounds, 6; wounded to de-
cree undetermined, 26. Total, 1!M
Texan* Included in !.!»•■ lists;
Wounded to degree undetermined,
Members of the local defense coun- Handallo Hlvas, Bolton
cil are invited to tills meeting
/
tier. \dda Weilnian*i, Steve Ktijawa. into the federal servlcr
Charles Rosenbnu .i, Bd Muery. local board begins calling men un er
Louis llosse. F.ennie Addick.s Willie ,he registration of August 24th. As
Pohlmeyer, Jr.. Charlie Meyer. Steve soon as the companies arc mustere
Manty, Kdwln Ruemke, lamis Henry into federal service the no mix r.
Qraber, Sam Seheinberc. Ottn Urebo. placed in Class 5,
Henry Kettker, Jr., Albert Brelt Captain Oiddlngs Stone requests
krentz, Albert Schuette, Otto Man-! all men of his command who register
mann. Max Pawlak. Frits Hichter. Saturday to wrttf on
Peter Jankowskl. Willie Bngelage.
tion cards in the space provided, the
Head-
CARLOAD OF FISH
RECEIVED TODAY
FUNERAL SERVICES
FRANK MIDDLETON
Son of Mrs, Mollie Middleton
Is Laid To Kest at
Prairie Lea.
.Murine t's-iislllf*
The following casualties are ic-
ported by the Commanding General
of the American Rxpedltionary Fore
es; Killed in action, 6; died of
wounds received in action, 1 Total,
fi.
to Senate Military
Committee
(United Frees Reoort)
Washington. A>igu»t ii. Hecom
mending one n»aii einmri of air-
rHi'l |iiodmtl<ii the speeding up of
production, the encouragement of
inventions and the reduction of piof-
Hm ot\ future contract#, the senate
literati xub commuter submitted s
report to the military affair* today.
Iik»«i»itsaii»us disclosed • he wuste
of money and the lack of » common-
sense policy early In the war, the
! committee declared Ne\erthi'lenS,
the tune Is approaching when qimn
iltv production of plane* Is hoped
i for.
The primary rhgrges oi the fall-
ure of the alreraft program and the
measure of the army need* are set
J forth in the report. ^
The aircraft program was largely
j In control of automobile and
other manufacturers who were Ig-
noiant of aeronautical problems.
Henry Meyer. Willie KoBfc.ner, n„ne ol Ike °rS..l»l»»
Chert,e «e,Wl|e, MM « »«"""! T N
niann. Herman Goldberg, Alvln Mer- (i
cer Chadwiek, Adolph Uraeger. Wil- ^
lie Wolff. Alex W. Kleke. Tony O-
gilski, Rudolph Kalbow. Bddie Hop-
mann. Otto C. Gindorf. Theodore:
Qnelw, Theo . J. W. Hugo, Paul
Schmidt, John E. Chadwiek. Otto
Boehnemann; Herbert Gummelt. ^;angemann.RttJchardt Com-
Fre.1 Fischer. Friti Willie. Henry j ^ Ljaye Mackerel,
Krause, Fritz Klatte. Robert K U na Etc
Krause, Ed C. Frit!! Lehmann. Hen- j em g'
ry Arnold Bnckborn. Ed Bethke VVanKCTraDB.Relchardt corn-
Wallace Tomincxak. Albert H Kn.p- ^ ^vred a carload of
«ein, Fritz Schwartz, M i „ and pickled herring, mackerel.
John Landau, Fritz Unge. Henry >■' lw,al retailer* are be-
Webring. Charles W. Graber. Mel- ^ ^ ^ ^ n0
*ln Henry Schomberg. FnU Wftte.i tomorrow which I*
Uui* Bethke. Albert Kranse, Winiej dearth of
Heine. Jr., Edwin Grebe. W" 1 C(>Bt than vwt m«ats.
,0d are ri«b in f»«d F®l»c Tbft
supply received today * «*
he body of Frank Middleton a
formei resident of Urenharn. who
passed away at San Antonio Tues-
day, w»s brought to Urenham
Wednesday night, and funeral »erv-
ices were held from the Christian
hurch «t ten ocioCk Thursday
morning, Elder A. I> Mllroy olliciat-
ing 1 r> accord.)lice with the last re-
quest of the deceased, be was laid
to rest in the fatnlly lot at 1 rairle
Lea cemetery, by the *lde of tl* fa-
ther who died many year* ago.
Deceased was the son of Mrs Mol-
lie Middleton of Houston, and tw.-
jtidex his mother he l» survived by a
brother. Adrian Middleton of the
United State* Navy, now stationed
somewhere in England He was 33
years of axe and ha'' been 111 foe
many months His mother, *»>«
was summoned to San Antonio too
SPLENDID LECTURE ONE RANGER KILLED
BY DR. W A. KNOLLE IN BORDER BATTLE
First Aid Class Had Interest- Private Shaw Meet.peath in
ing Lesson on "Wounds
Wednesday Night".
Discharge of His Duties.
i United Preai Report)
Interest Is urowln* In the "First
Aid to the Injured" course of In-
struction, and a large and interested
class heard l)r, W. A Knolle lecture
Wednesday nittht on "Wounds itt
Which Skin I* Not Broken or
Pierced", This class of wound* in
eludes sprains, bruises, strains, dis-
locations and fractures, and the les-
son last night was one of the most
Interesting and Instructive of the se-
ries.
Tonight Dr. W. F. Hasskarl will,
Austin, August l'l "Private Joe
Hlmw. Te*mk inuger. was shot and
killed, one smuggler v.a» wounded
and three othc.itaken into custody
In a battle between n border patrol
of ranger* and a band ol smuggler*,
according to a report reselling the
adjutant general's office
ACKER FILES WRIT
OF HABEAS CORPUS
of wounds in which the skin I* brok
en.
Though of course those who have
Yi »n (»**•«•—
lute to »*« her son alive brought the enrolled as members of the class are
body to Urenham and was aceoutpa
lecture on "Open Wounds," the class | }}rcnham Tnilor Starts I est
Case of Loyalty I-aw.
William Acker, » tailor of Br en
uieil bj a nephew, Fred M Martla
of Houston, Numerous friends will
extend sympathy to the bereaved
mother.
Moench. Edwin H. Fuehs. Robert
Kraemelr. Clarence 8. Barton, lx>uls
Weftti, otto Albrecht. Valentine En-
Itelmohr, Frederich Heineke, Wii-
*urn A. McOradr.
wholesome a»d Wil
aale on
*"L IS? 4
T*» VWI IWatitN*'
Mrs- I tolling Eldridge and little
grand««i, Boiling Eldridge Busch-
ardt. will leave Sunday for an ex-
tended visit to He^rne after which
they will go to t he young man's
home In Houston, where Mrs. Bl-
dridge wtH her daughter, Mrs.
W. C Busehardt. They will m»k®
the first part of the trip in an au-
tomobile with Mr. and Mrs U. Und-
graf. who will take them to Nara-
sota.
expected to attend ail lectures, otb
er» who can come onl) occanlonally
are welcome as spectators By at-
tending even one lecture you may
gain much valuable knowledge, and
Dr. Hasskarl urge* that all who can
do ko coroe out and learn something
of Aral aid worlt.
Col. Rankin Improved.
Col John 0. Rankin, editor or
the Messenger, is coB*ale*OTt after
llloess of a
bam. now In jall^fharged with dis-
loyal utterances, on Wednesday
tnrough his attorney, John M. Malti-
Is, filed an application for a writ of
babes* corpus in the court of crlm
ln»l appeal at Austin
Judge W f.. Iiavldson granted tne
writ, (l*lng Acker's bond at IJ.ooh
rtlamiMc October 8th,
] The constitutionality of the Rtati
Hotilt'* Mutual AM Meets. loyalty aet is attacked Defendant
A meeting of Hohlt'a Mulual Aid j claims that It Is not within the Jur
society was held on Wednesday eve- j isdiction of the state legislature to
nlng Officers were elected for the pass such a law.
ensuing year: H. F. Hohlt, preai- ' Ackei was Jailed about May *th.
dent; Edwin Hohlt. secretary; V. O 1»1«. He was given *r< esamlBlng
trial in Justice i. H. Chappwll's
court, and hie bond wa» died at
llft.dOO, (a default Of which he waa
waa dia- remanded to Jail, where he has been
j since that tine.
Batjmgart. treasnrer. A good at-
tendance la reported, some twenty-
eight member* being on hand The
regular routine business
posed at.
With the Btic*!t iV France (by Lowell Mellett)—Attacki
b> the British on high ground between Albert and Bray ate
"going well on a liont of six miles," Field Marshal Haig re-
ported thin nnTiling.
I he Germans *\re opposing General Byng's advance north
of the Ancre with the utmost desperation.* With the Ger-
mans opposing from the Hindenburg line at one point, the
enemy is being crowded backward. The British are pushing
forward on a six-mile front with additional troops coming up
Six different German divisions were identified yesterday.
London, August 22.—The British attacked on the whole
front between the Ancre and the Somme this morning, Haig
announced.
The Germans after fruitlessly counter-attacking positions
won by the British yesterday in their advance north of the
Ancre, launched heavy assaults this morning in this sector.
Between two and three thousand prisoners have been tak-
en by the British. A few guns were captured in the opera-
lion, an official report says.
Further advances were made yrntrrdny and last night on
I hp western portion of tl^e Handers front.
Paris. August 22.—Since the start of the allies' counter of-
fensive July 18th the Germans have lost 100,000 prisoners,
the Echo de Paris announced.
In tliu Ij>* salient the tiermans
ihc tide of dele.it still » «i'g«'->; llBV„ delivered a violent counter at-
heavily sgalnst the Herman armies)
hi Fmnce and Flanders Ou four |
important seeior* Freotlt and Hrlt-j
iih uriiifc iiRuln have boon noived fnd 1
Hie entire (lorinsn front fronv Ypres,
111 Belgium, to Holssonn on the Alslln
now is more seriously menaced Ihitn
before
Frtnc!) troops of tJeneigl Maiigiu
operating from tin region two mil»#
northwest ol Holssons lo ihe Otse
hv'er and those of tHmeral HuuiIhwI
lighting bet w een t lie Olne and the
Mats have materially pushed forward
their fmills, bringing them to posi-
tions which threaten to compel tho
Immediate evacuation of the entire
Somme <Use salient from llraye to
Noyon.
Further lo tlie north, between Al
bert niiil Arras, Field Marshal IIhIk.
luck in iin endeavor tu recoup lu
part the losses they have sustained.
Their efforts, however, were fruit-
less, tor the llrltlsh averywhere
withstood llielr ussaults and I'us bed
back the enemy beyond the points of
hi" depatture
) What is to he the effect of the al-
lied drives along the lJO-mlle battle
line from Ypres to Holsauns can not
be foretold at present, but It SMcne
highly probable that thle«ntire ttmmi
soon tuusl be realigned This par-
lleular menace to the Hermans, aside
from that In the territory betweeu
the Homme and the Oise. appear* lo
be on the sector along the Vesle riv-
er from Holssons to Ithelms, which,
from Hie war maps, looks to be un-
tenable, Even the Aisne and the
Cbemlti des Dames do not appear
to be any loo safe for a defense line
if General Mangln presses much fur-
ther northwest of Holssons
ALLIES PREPARING
RUSSIAN PROGRAM
lis* followed up Ills success of pre
vioili days by s new offensive over a
rroul of about ten utiles and driven
forwmd ills I roups foi mlcndld
gains over the elltiie line, capturing
ii number of village*, taking prison-
ers and gun* and lnhictlup heavy
casualties on the enemy.
Ml III farther north In the famous
Ly* sector, a general eastward ad-1
v mice ou a front of more than four | Entente Council Wil be
miles has been made by the llrltlsh., Formed at Archangel,
who have brought Ihelr positions ap- (United Press Report)
proclably nearer the old 1W16 battls Washington, August 912 (by Rob-
llne running cast of Armentleras. ,.rt J, Ilender). The allied nations.
Numerous additional vlllagea havs with Kusslsn co-operation, sre rap-
been liberated by the French north- j |,ny formulating the ground work
west of Holssons and positums have1 for direct aid In the Kusslsn pro-
been captured on both sides of ih*|grani.
Disc river, which He»«inlngly make •}<),,. creation of an "anient* coun-
unlenable for occupation by lbs en* jell" al Archangel, with American
emy the Important town of Noyon, Ambaxsador Francis as president.
•Ahlcb i» now outflanked on the i t,Hs been completed. A slmllsr coun-
VMter
D. C O hidings Is a bus I
(tor to Houston
THE WEATHER.
vis- j Forecast: Tonight and Friday,
fair; UgM s«ntfc«ly
i-outlieust still rfomlttated by lh.-
French guns I rout tho south and
west On the (wutb the French are
standing In 8#mpt*«y. a mile and a
half dtstanl ahlle on the west they
Imve i'iipiur.*<1 ilii' imiKirtant pivotal
town of (.nasigny, the key position
to Noyon and the plains to the north,
Willi the late*! advanced by the
Kronen erisf ol the Oise. there has
come undo- the range of Ueneral
Margin's guns, the broad gtu«e rail-
way line leading from Noyon east-
ward to (.a Fere, the sole remaining
line, encnpting for two narrow
gauge roads, over which the eriemiy
may transport his men and supplies
beyond the rmnge of I he French ar-
tillery.
At last accounts Haig was still
pressing forward on the heels of the
German* between Albert and Arias,
with tanks Innumerable clearing the
way for the Infantry and machine
guns And the Held artillery.
was keeping dose up to the sA
The A rrss-Albert railway
has been crossed by the
of Bolsleus, *t. Mure
«nd south of these towns
line has
-■.r/ \ '
•II has been creiiled st Vlsdlvoslok.
The I wo points will be the centers
for military and economic aid,
The lied dross will be the body by
which Ills administration Will be
carried on because of the respect
and conffdenee In which It ts held
by the populace.
Additions! troops are being seat
io Vladivostok. The French cruiser
Keren ing has arrived to augment the
naval forces of the allies.
MINNESOTA TOWN
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Thirty-One Bodieg Recovered
at Tyler; More Be-
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