The Panola Watchman (Carthage, Tex.), Vol. 45, No. 50, Ed. 1 Wednesday, August 21, 1918 Page: 1 of 8
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BRITISH CLOSE IT HEELS
OF HOI REMIT 01 ITS
election. which it to be fccM onj*4 «• by Ita* w
August 24tib. wm be * coaapar tor a rigid enforce**** <d the
atjveiy simple affair, having work or fight order. The gov
been narrowed down to oaiy emor it thoroughly in ay<
two emMaatn, that of M. B. Tar- thy with the work or fight
reU and C. C. Mayfield tor the of the war depart*neat
ottke of cAMoptroUer of public iaMructed hia aid in charge of
accounts, and C. M. Cartfon the selective draft. Mayor John j
and John W Wood* tor attor Tow me*. Jr., to proceed with 4^ §nm
aey general The withdrawal ***** m the enlorcemeat of .
from the content of T. W, Da-Lb* order. aaaahmms
vidson of Marshall tor beuten-j Diacoamng the matter Major Tk
ant-governor, he having been Townes mid that in addition to
second in the race, automat*- the raid made at Fort Worth; Wrmm Val la Le Fom-Meete
tally makes W A. Johnson of j** program wili be carried out u mmsacoort, two and a
Mcmpbte Matt county,, the-m other Te*m ****e* coaae haae-
Democratic nominee. This was this week. The selective draft
made possible by the ruling of department is going to put
Attorney General B. V. looney idlers in the army or put them
that the withdrawal of the <0 work in useful occupation,
second man in a content does There is no compromise with
not place the third highest can-1 idleness.
didate in the of the In the past the selective
second. In fact, the third man
is eliminated entirely,
000
draft has been concerned only
U. %. PLANS TO END
THE WAN IN ISIS.
Washington, August IS.—
Eighty divisions of 46,000 men
each, General March told the
houae military committee to-
day, "should be able to bring
WITH THE BNfTIfM ANMY IN FRANCE, AUC 29—
BY WITHDRAWING THEIR POQCES IN THE MERVILLE
with procuring men for the
army and determining whether OP THE LYS SAUENT THE GERMANS DEPIN-
or not they have legal ***** mLY HAVE GIVEN UP ONE OP THE POINTS PROM
tions from military service.
The work or fight order, says WHICH A DRIVE POR CALAIS LOGICALLY WOULD RE
Major Townes, goes much tar- LAUNCHED. THIS IS TAKEN TO INDICATE THAT THE
the draft department to com-
pel Idlers to work and to
change men from non-essential
the war to a successful conch*- to essential occupations. With
sion in ISIS."
That la the number the war
department plans to have in
France by next June 30.
To put eighty divisions of
Americans in France before
June, 1919, General March
emphatically declared.
"We will need every single
man in class one between IS
and 46. We must not delude
ourselves with the idea that
those in the IS and IS calls are
going to be deferred any length
of time. They will have to be
called early next spring in or-
der to gat their training in time
to get to France."
Tha eighty-division plan,
General March said, depended
upon shipping facilities, but he
added:
"I might as well say right
here, frankly, that the program
of Mr. Schwab will take care
of the army program and
gain on it."
PERSHING'S MEN HAVE
PLENTY WHEAT FLOUR.
Washington, August IS.—
sand. Notwithstanding Beau-
is amply supplied with bread
made of all-wheat flour, the
war department announced to-
day, and the daily ration is IS
ounces of flour for soft bread
la so overabundant that a re-
duction to 16 ounces a day la
now under consideration.
Soldiers while in the United
States consume victory bread
with the prescribed amount of
substitutes for wheat flour. Not
until they get to France are
they allowed all-wheat bread.
. Field bakers must work
swiftly and they cannot afford
to experiment with new flour
mixtures.
R. M, Perk end family left
Friday morning for a two or
three week's visit to Geo. H-
Collins and family of Fort
Worth. They made the trip in it is cool
that end in view be is prepar-
ing for a campaign to rake up
all idlers.
It has been found that com-
petition for help between man-
agers of industries has so raised
wages that the shiftless work a
short time and remain idle for
several days in the week, it be-
ing almost impossible to get
common laborers to work on
Friday and Saturday in many
places. They now make more
money in four days than they
previously earned all week.
Craws which worked Friday
will not show up Saturday and
asaantial work is delayed. Ma-
jor Townes says this idling
practice must stop.
MARRIED MEN NOT EX-
EMPT Af CLAM, RULING.
Washington, August 19.—
No general exemption of mar-
ried men simply because of
their married status is contem-
plated by. the war department
in preparing for the proposed
extension of draft ages. Secre-
tary Baker declared today in a
statement before the house
military committee on the new
administration man power bill.
Mr. Baker said his previous
remarks on ths subject had
been misconstrued and that
married men who do not sup-
port their families and who are
not engaged in useful occupa-
tions will continue to be called.
"There are many married
men in the country who ought
to go and fight as frasly as ths
single men," he said.
VOTE EARLY.
AT HART FOR THE
TIME BEING, ABANDONED HOPE OP REACHING THE
COAST, AND NOW, PERHAPS, IS CHIEFLY CONCERNED
WITH GETTING THE GERMAN LINES RACK TO A PLACE
OF GREATER SECURITY.
THE WITHDRAWAL HERE HAS REEN EXPECTED
POR SOME TIME, AND IT CONTINUED LAST NIGHT AND
TODAY EVEN ON A SLIGHTLY BROADER PBONT THAN
J
THAT OF YESTERDAY. THE RETIREMENT MARKED
THE CONCLUSION AND FAILURE OP THE EFFORT
WHICH GERMANY LUANCHED EARLY IN THE SPRING
TO "FINISH OFF" THE BRITISH ARMY BY DRIVING
THROUGH TO THE SEA.
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British Capture Prieenere.
Other withdrawals continue and the Britiati, taking advan-
tage of the opportunity, have at various places pushed forward
where the enemy has left small garrisons. The British also
have battered in the enemy at placas where be was not quite
ready to retire, such as between Vieux Berquin end the Haze-
brouck-Bailieui railway, Here a local operation gained all the
objetives, the British advancing their positions some distance
and capturng one officer and 1H1 of other ranks.
South of the Scarps River, the British still further ad-
vanced their line, while their positions south of the River
Somme were improved by local actions. An enemy attack,
which devaioped here yesterday, was a complete failure in ev-
ery respect, ths Germans suffering heavy casualties.
While the Germans managed to penetrate the British po-
sitions at two pointa they were quickly hurled out, and the line
thia morning waa completely restored. Not a single foot of
ground was gained by the enemy.
Lasted
e4 fa the ruing of the
win for the sake of aU toady to claim
imer* geaeratioma and the aur-jbr afforded anT
eat way to peace is the roadfitting out of
straight forward, The soldier t
difference between loan ag the sent, on registration dug
to a pent within threw Government your son
M that th* money 4
' back, but the son may net/*
NATION'S LOSSES
SINCE WAR REGAN
CaanaMiea in the United State# to apply at
overseas forces announced by
the war and navy departments
during the week ending today
numbered l$S6, compared with
4914 for the previous week. -
for inatructiom as to
proceed."
* • *
Total casualties anouiued to
date number 21,447, including
376 in today'e army list. Total
army casualties number 14,-
747; the marine corps lists to-
taled 2740.
Total deaths, including the
killed In action, deaths from
wounds, disease, accident and
other enusaa since the United
State* forces landed number
Ml33, including 291 soldiers
lost at sea. Of that number
7296 were of the army and
637 of the mnrine corps.
The wounded to date number
11,616, of which 97S6 era of
tha army and 1430 of tha
marine corps.
Men missing in action and
prfsners in tha hands of tha
enemy number 1719, of which
1626 are of the army and 93 of
the marine corps.
The summray of the army
cssualtfy lists to date, includ-
ing today's follows:
Killed in action 3S69,
Died of wounds 1119.
Died of disease 1666,
Died of accident end other
causae 632,
Wounded in action 97S6,
Missing in action (including
prisoners) 1626.
Total to date 11,707.
The summary of tha marina
corps list follows:
Deaths 137,
Wounded ri30.
Missing in action 11.
In hands of the enemy 6.
Total to date 2700.
HALF A BILLION
ONK-CENT PIECES
COINED IN ISIS.
HUN RETREAT IB N
CAST
Paha, August 19.—(Ha
Agency,)—-Tha Gorman §
la attempting
public that a
necessary on tha wa
to allow General
room to manoeuvre and to
sums the initiative on n vnat
scale, the newspaper# report.
German propaganda
that tha German general
will retain the initiative bp
forcing premature
ment# on the American
and thus wearing it out befeev
it is fully prepared.
six miluoiTmen,
WAR'S TOLL TO DATE
ON GERMAN NATIOSE
Peris,
of German losses from the be-
ginning of the war to the amf
of July, 1911, is understood to
be 6,000,000, according le tha
morning newspapers.
Ths figures include 1,400/-
000 killed up to the beginetoflr
of the Oerman offensive leal
March. From March 27th tm
June 17th the Germane am
said to have lost 120,000 tan
killed alone.
PROGRAM
£■
Saturday, August 24th, is
Second-Primary Election Day,
and it behooves every voter to
go to the poles and vote, and
especially the ladies should go
to the voting places early while
Germans Prepare for Tanks.
Between the Somme and the Anrre rivers lbs Britirli lines
have bean steadily Improved in the la a few da?
night the positions of the enemy of Ur <9
Aside fronfs desire to get out of tl.s f ** id
»en extremely unprofitable for the mho h»r 1
The announcement from
Wrtnhington that 446,000,000
I-cent pieces Were coined by
l**^the government In the flscal
l. tnls interest to a
i1" initiation by the National
Bunk of New York regard-
lie country's
1 .t
>n of their superior positions, are able to p<
Unit
,ul for these li
,which the ISIS |
night, the Germans, in retiring, possibly hav^Ur|(W|t on record.
iely, to
of the
Baptist Woman’s Union Train
ing .School, Central Baptla
Church, August 26th.
Devotional—By Mrs. C.
Comer.
Leader—Mrs. J, R. Corner.
Song.
Questionsire conducted
leader.
"The House
Mrs. O. H. Butler.
The Enlargement Fund
Our Part In It—Mrs.
Warren,
Reading—"Story of a
—Nellwyn Owens.
Offering—leader.
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iyer.
George
Schci
merclal
Collins.
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Park, R. M. The Panola Watchman (Carthage, Tex.), Vol. 45, No. 50, Ed. 1 Wednesday, August 21, 1918, newspaper, August 21, 1918; Carthage, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1073131/m1/1/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Sammy Brown Library.