The Evening JournalTHIRTY-FIRST YEAR. NO. 55. THE EVENING JOURNAL, THURSDAY, AUGUST 8. 1918^ 14 PACES.

ALLIES BEGIN DOUBLE DRIVE ON HUNS TOD A Y ALONG AISNE-VESLE

AND PICARDY FRONTS; MAKE GAINSBRITISH HIT ENEMY

ON TEN MILE LINE ALONG THE SOMME

WEATHER CirculationYesterday 18,188Thunder showers this afternoon; fair and slightly cooler

tonight; Friday, partly cloudy with moderate temperatures; light weed winds.

Tomorrow—Friday No Wheal Bread for Supper.

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Haig’s Armies Also Advance More Than Half a Mile on Five Mile Front Between the Clarence and Lawe Rivers. Americans May be Participating in Marne Fighting

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By The linlted Press.WASHINGTON, Aug 8—Moving to

break the “packers' trust"'Commission has recommended to President Wilson that the Railroad Administration be given a monopoly In the transportation end distribution meTls.

The report of the commission, made public by President Wilson today, urges that the far reaching packer influence on American business can be emasculated by transferring from the packers to the Railroad Administration the following:

All stoek yards in the country.All so-called branch houses, storage

houses and warehouses of the packers, used In the distribution of meat*.

All stock cars and refrigerator car« now owned by the packers, and

All Icing plant« located along the railroads throughout the country.

This would leave the packers the lone business of slaughtering and skinning. Through control of the transportation, storage and distributing facilities the Railroad Administration would break the alleged priorities the packers! “trusts'’ grants its members now In all phases of the business.

Incidentally the eontrol of refrigerator ears constitute a sideswipe at the California eanners 'trust " The Federal I Trade Commission, following its report ! to the President, made at his written I request last year, leaves It up to Congress to pass the necessary legislation | w hich will enable the Railroad Adminls- i tratlon to take over the packers' fa-) duties.

The commission charges In Its report that the live great packing concerns of the country—Swift. Armour, Morris, Cudahy and Wilson—"have attained such a dominant position that they eontrol at will,

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w/AUtCONNCk The Allie» apparently began a double drive on th«

Picardy and Visne-Veilo fronts today. While F rench and American troopa renewed on a big scale the attack

the Crown Prince’s armiea driving toward the lAights between the Ve*le and Aisne, British and French force# suddenly smashed against the Picardy front southeast of Amiens.

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The British War Office report, received shortly after the Pari# communique, indicated that the Picardy attack

be between the Somme and Avre Rivers—a front of than ten miles. The report said the attack “is pro-

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By The I nlled Press.W ASHINGTON. Aug. 8.—Further pro- |

grass by Americans In the Vraie sector Wednesday was reported today by General Pershing.

"Cast of Ba/nrhrs our troops have crossed the Veste and gained the Hhrlms-Solssons highway," the com- ' muntqur said. "Hostile counter attacks broke down under our Are."

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moregreasing satisfactorily.

Staff dispatches from the Aisne-Vesle front nounced that American and French troops had crossed the Soissons-Rheim# highway, north of the Vesle and were steadily pushing on which form the German defense line south of the Aisne. . Counter attacks were broken up by Allied artillery fire.

This attack apparently center# on the front between Braisne and Fûmes where progress was reported in last night’s Paru communique, but U spreading a# the dispatches said that more bridging material was being rushed up and new crossings estahlûhed.

The extent of the Picardy attack—reported in the French official statement—û not yet known. That it û

major scale is indicated by the announcement that itThe attack

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The Germans ara standing on the line of the Vesle and have converted the territory between the Avale and the Aisne Into a No Man's I,and. swept by artillery lira, protecting thrlr line on the Aisne.

The four defences of l.udmdortT's position on the Aisne are Illustrated above: (I) the line of machine gnna on the north hank of the Veole. operating li ; injunction with outposts; (2> light artillery between the Vesle and the Aisne; (3) heavy artillery on the north b»nk of the Atsne, from which the Allied line can easily be reached; (4) the Chemin des Dames, extremely strong heights on the Aisne.

The lower dolled line shows the front before FCCN struck his counter blow. The upper continuous solid line the present front. The shaded area is the gun-swep No Man’s Land.

In a great deluge of rain Tuesday night and V.tlvesday morning Franco-American leo-os plunged through Ihr Vesle River and held positions along the north bank ot a flte-mlle front against two counter attacks (Arrows 1). North of Rheims the Allies advanced a quarter of a mile on a two-mile front ( Arrow 2).

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toward the dominating heightsBy WILLIAM PHILIP SIMMS

Culled Press Staff Correspondent. ..ARMIES IN)

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FRANCE, Aug. 8.—Franco-Britlsh troops ■Harked at dawn this morning between Morlaneonrl and Moranil on a front of about fifteen miles astride the Somme, i

Several Important villages have been [ reached. The battle generally appears to hr going well for Ihr Allies.

Several hundred tanks led the way. fast “whippets" supporting. The "whippets" raced and dodged across the fields, terrorizing and running Ihr t,remans down everywhere.

The French are attacking In the region of KoreuH. Reports received here

! limps fannnn Rushino fo from «h*t ,ronl arr extremel.» james cannon, rvusning ,|atlng that the Germans are offer-1Save Fowls, Empties Gun

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dont Bur Nom sf«pi( llIHS IS ™ his wifeIfFTHlN NECESSARY S"S" INSTEAU DF H4V/K on aû developing under “favorable conditions, began at 5 o’clock thû morning. The communique was

Usued at noon. A significant part of the operation û that it is evidently being carried out principally by the Britûh with the French co-operating. The moat recent information showed that the Britûh line extended only as far south as Hangard, about nine miles southeast of Amiens. The line from there to about Grivesnes was held by the French while Americans held the sector from Grivene# to a point west of Montdider. The Pari# communique may indicate that additional forces have been thrown into the line here —enough to preponderate over the French.

The fact that the Americans were not mentioned In this attack or in previous advances around Montdidier

that they have been drawm out of the line to

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Food Administrator Warns Against Danger That

May Follow Waste

ing onlv „light resistance.A bombardment for three minutes

preceded the British attack.French attack by agreement was made a few minutes later, their artillery j smothering Ihr Irraltory south of the,

WAS ACCIDENTAL '"uh" attack »«« begun In tine weather._______ but rain la now threatening.

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SAYS SHOOTINGSUGGEST SUPPLYBE CARRIED HOME

Lightning Destroys Barns and Kills Cattle Through

out County

PLAYHOUSE PASSES Til NEW MANAGERS Mrs. Laura Cannon, aged 25 ycirv, _ .wife of James Cannon, a farmer rcsid- p A R\FY,S POINT BUNKSing on the Charles Racine farm, a mile WtttHEi * ^ » 1,111 * uwl,1,u

cast of Porters Station, this county,) flECTH UVCH RV FIRE was shot and instantly killed «I het l/Cu 1 IlU I LjU 13 1 I llllihome about 10 o’coek this morning.

According to Information received by

An appeal to all citizens of Wilmington to bo careful with Wu ’r lee supply, may mean

participate in the Marne fighting.Further Allied success in Flanders was reported by

Field Marshal Haig last night. He announced that Britûh troops advanced their lines more than half a mile

five mile front between the Clarence and Lawe

In o. 1er that any suffering may be re- 1 du cd “n a minimum. Is made today by [ ] Edmund Mitchell, food administrator

The abnormal hotSHOWERS PROMISED 10

SUFFERING HUMANITYMajestic Theatre Company

Takes Lease on Iheatre for Year

for Delaware.weather of the past three days, coupled with the difficulties that the Ice companies have to deal with iu serving the public, has made the business extremely unpleasant.

What the food administrator wishes to emphasize particularly Is that

TO BE GIVEN THERE I housewives should not buy more leo! than they need, that they should make I it as convenient as possible for the lee wagon driver In delivering lee, and that if possible, they should go to one of the cash stations in the city and buy their lee, taking It home themselves.

The fact that the Diamond lee Company lost about 20,000 tons of Ice bythe destruction of their storage house The weather man today handed out a at Coalesvllle, and the fact that they. ray of hope, when he predicted show- have to depend largely on lee brought era late today, with a lowering tem- here from Reading- Pa., and other j perature.points, makes the work of supplying I . , .Wilmington with 1er a great problem, tage of the cooling breezes early today

administrator points to the fart by'reportlng for work at 4 «clock this that Ice sold at the cash stations is morning and from then until noon they sold at forty cents a hundred, while lee w «' able to work without any great

Is sold at seventy cents per discomfort.lue heat yesterday caused seven

deaths, if not more in this city late yesterday and last night. It is believed that a number of other deaths, attributable to the heat, have not been reported as yet. Of those who died and whose cases were reported to the zarxWa office, five of the persons ex-

Conslderable excitement prevailedDeputy Coroner McCrery, the shooting h(,re |3st ,ljght about 9.30 o'clock when Iwas accidental, the woman hav ing been the relied Ion of what appeared to be

. . ....killed by her husband who was run- .. „1« blaze was seen here from Car-With .even deaths, caused by th« | n|ng throllgh , fleld wlth „ doubie- “e^po^N J It wa. at ffrst thought jheat, and following a wind and el dri-1 barreled shotgun towards where his n,at a series of serious flare-ups hadcal storm that did some damage In the wife was standing, when the weapon occurrcd at the duPont powder plantsrural county last night and early tills "'** discharged. HHHH

' . . . ... .... ! Jt was staled over the telephonemorning, the torrled wave that heW|from Portrr „ sutlon |hat thl, cannonsWilmington and vicinity in its grasp had been bothered a great deal of late for the past three days, has been I by hawks carrying off their chickens, broken temporarily at least, the mer- ! This morning Mrs, Cannon saw a hawk werecury at noon today registering 93 de-1 attacking the fowls. Calling to her hits- bakery and the Paradise Hotel, a Por- greâs In the shade, as compared with : band to gel his weapon, she started to- tuguese cafe.103 degrees at the same time yesterday.) ward where the hawk was At the The buildings destroyed were of

same time Cannon ran from the house fpani'e construction. They were notwith the loaded weapon In his hand, owned by the duPont company, butThe gun exploded, the full charge of by private Individuals. The flamesshot entering Mrs. Cannon s right side j started In the bakery and spread rap

idly to the other structures. The du- Owing to the absence of Slat«1 Deter-I pont Company's properties were not

live Frank McCoy from this city, no j menaced, further details of the shooting were-----------------------

on a Rivers.

BY JOHN DE GANDT United Press Staff Correspondent

PARIS, Aug. 8.— (4.05 p. m. )—The Franco-Britûh advance(Continued on Page Fourteen.)

HIGH CLASS PLAYSthere.

It was learned, however, that the flic started In the rear of Gamp No. 2, occupied by foreigners and before It was extinguished eight frame bunk houses

destroyed as well as an Italian

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The Playhouse has been leased to the Majestic Theatre Company for the ensuing year, and will open under the new management about September 5.

A representative of the Majestic Theatre Company, which owns the Queen and Majestic Theatres, slated that it was the purpose of the new management to put on only high class productions and uphold the standard

The deal for the leasing of The Playhouse was closed yesterday.

William Topkls, Charles Topkis and James N. Ginns are owners of the Majestic Theatre Company, and will have supervision over The Playhouse. No h<Ing has been announced es yet' as ,o the policy of The Playhouse under the lessees. 11 is expected, however, that j some the present Playhouse management j handy, so that the driver can more will retire. Lewis A. Allemann is th« ditional people. Don't waste a pound

of lee and don't buy more than Is absolutely needed." are his suggestions

his route and serve ad- I

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AMERICAN STEAMER TORPEDOED OFF DIAMOND SHOALS.

By i'll* L'nited Press.WASHINGTON, Aug. 8—The American1

shelled, torpedoed and sunk by a submarine at 150 p. m„ Augurt 6, fifteen miles northeast of Diamond Situais Lightship, off Cape Hatteras, the Navy Department announced today. Th * Mcrak was

a vessel of 3,022 gross tons.

causing instant death.Many shipyard workers took advan-of the theatre.steamer Merak was

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here at noon to make an Investigation. HOME DEFENSE NURSESASKED TO ASSIST

» delivered hundred.

•'Watch for the iceman," says the administrator; "have a dish pan or

other receptacle for the Ice

RICHARDSON P\Rh RFPI IISMembers of the Richardson Park

Republican Club will hold a specialmeeting In Tlnsman's Mall. Richardson The Delaware Hospital would appro Park, this evening. Returns of the dele-j r|a(0 the assistance of any Heil Cross gates election of Saturday will he on- borne defense nurse who could gl'" nouneed. The meeting also will be a even part time to the hospital until the

j class of pupil nurses enters September first. The home defense nurses are

*** fT n*Tf jBALTIMORE POLICE (ACCf’SE NEÇËK& Pto?,MASTER IS OUTtrolniaii Bradford, while going p" HAVEMORDERSUSPECT OF HEROIN SALE WALLET AND $1« ZFourth Street wharf on Monday morn- im tu |i° i t her nurse containing 83T. Mr -_-___ I ---------- 1 --------- ■ Several home defense nurse* alreadyand Mrs Bradford were en route to cfl|f 0f Police Bl ek this morning re- Eleanor Smith. Negress, of No. 211 William Carter, postmaster at Edge are helping the baby welfare stations.Atlantic City at the time where the> rtv„d word from th, Baltimore. Md.. Washington street, was arraigned be Moor, is mourning the loss of his able''to"heh)are now spending their vacation. The m nenni« fore Demitv Judge Hellings in Munie- leather wallet which he either dropped toe local Hospitals. An> able to ne ;loss was reported to the polK-depart roller »tafln: that Wlam Dennis, fore Depuis Judge Urnings in vtuni ^ „„ coat p0cket or had extracted »» P**?nt emergency shouldment but so far the money has nC Negro, had been arrested there on the ipal Court today on three charges of by ft djp>.. ag he was passlng through communicate with Miss Reed, dlree-

cha-ge of killing a white man. It was selling heroin At the request of As- j P. M ca*'* to the Baltlmoro authorities. ( , war stamps and other valuable papers, tora met Officer PrliK’oe and roni-are Daniel Ford, Maggie \N allon. Ethel #----------------- plained to him of the women’s conduct.

A feeling or security goes with | Washington. Florence Anderson and CLOVER DAIRY’ MILK. I The Gardner woman was dismissed andAlice White. Clarified, pasteurized and purs*—Adv. I Mary Wilson was fined §2x

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ALLIES GAIN ALL OBJECTIVES ON SOMME.

By LOWELL HELLETT,

l’nited Press Staff Correspondent.WITH THE FRENCH ARMIES IN THE FIELD, Aug. 8.— 1 p. m.).

—French and British troops attacked at dawn today in the Somme region, between Albert and Montdidier, on a front of about twenty- live miles. Tire advance Is progressing satisfactorily.

The British attacked in the direction of Gerlsy and Man* the French toward Aubercourt and Demuln. Enemy resistance was

bitter about Moreuil and Morisel.The French attacked at 5 a. m., after forty minutes »rtilii-ry

preparation. Three hours later all flrsl objectives were attained.

present, manager of The Playhousa, and he brought to Wilmington a string of high-class attractions during quickly cover his management. -----

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