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VOLUME XX.
FRANCO-BRITISH ADVANCE
IN NEW DRIVE IN PICARDY
DISSOLUTION OF MEAT
PACKING MONOPOLY IS
ASKED BITOMMISSION
In Report to President It Is
Shown That Five Chicago
Firms Had Complete Control
of Shipping Business
WASHINGTON. Aug. B.—Government
acquisition and of all the princi- '
pal stock yards, cold storage plants and
warehouses and both refrigerator and
’ cattle cars has been recommended to
the president by the federal trade com- '
mission, to destroy a monopoly which
- it declares Swift A Co.. Armour & Co.. ,
. Morris & Co., Wilson A Co.. Inc., and
the Cudahy Packing company exercise 1
not only over the mesat industry of the
country, but other necessary "food sup
plies.
The commission’s report is based upon (
exhaustive hearings conducted ”ecent!y
in many cities and was made public to
day through the White House. It has
been in the hands of the president sine-.-
July a and it was explained that it had
not previously been issued, "because the
president wished first to be in posses
sion of full information.”
Basing its statement upon a great
volume of evidence examined, much of it
taken from the confidential files of the
packing companies, the commission said
the .power of the five packing companies
"has been and is being unfairly and il
legally used" to:
Manipulate live stock markets.
Restrict interstate and Internationa,
supplies of food
Control the prices of dressed meats
and Other foods.
Defraud both the producers of food
and consumers.
Crush effective competition
Secure special privileges from rail
road®. stock yard companies and munici
palities. and •
Profiteer.
“While we have found." said the com
mission s report to the president, "and
will disclose to you an intricate fabric
df monopolies, controls, combinations,
conspiracies and restraints.’ which would
• seem to indicate a similarly comp.ex
and minute system of legislative or ad
ministrative remedies, we beiieve that
an adequate remedy may be more simply
arrived at. •
“We believe that if -the fundamental
and underlying evils are rooted out of
the whole structure of conspiracy, con
trol monopoly and restraint must fall.
Monopoly Is Shown
“If these five great concerns owned !
no parking plants and killed no eat.'e
and still retained control of the instru
ments of transportation, of marketing I
and of storage, their position would be
no less strong than it is. ’
The commission then recommended:
"ill That the government acquire,
through the railroad administration, all
rolling stock used for the transporta- |
tion of meat animals and that su h
ownership be declared a government
monopoly.
"«2> That the government acquire,
through the railroad administration, the •
principal and necessary stock yards of ;
the country, to be treated as freight I
depots and to be operated under such
conditions as will insure open, com
petitive markets, with uniform scale of
charges for all services performed, and
the acquisition or establishment of such
additional yards from time to time as
the future development of live stoc*
production tn the United States may re
quire This to include customary ad
juncts of stock yards.
"(3* That the government acquire,
through the railroad administration, all
privately owned refrigerator cars and
all other equipment for their proper
operation and such ownership be de-
• dared a government monopoly.
“(4» That the federal government ac
quire such of the branch houses, cold
storage plants and warehouses as are
necessary to provide facilities for the
competitive marketing and storage of
food products in the principal centers ■
of distribution and consumption. The
same to be operated by the government
as public markets and storage plants
under such conditions as will afford an
outlet for all manufacturers and han
dlers of food products on equal terms. .
Supplementing the marketing and stor- I
age facilities thus acquired, the federal
government establish, through the rail
road administration, at the terminals
of all principal points of distribution
and consumption, centra! wholesale
markets, and storage plants with facili
ties open to all upon payment of just
and fair charge®.”
■Out of the mass of information in ;
our hands.” the report continued, "one
fact stands out with all possible em
phasis The small dominant group of ;
American meat packers are now inter- .
national in their activities, while re- ’
mair.ing American in their integrity. |
.Blame which now attaches to them for .
their practices abroad as well as at I
home inevitably will attach to our i
country if the practices continues.
• The purely domestic problems in I
their increasing magnitude, their mo- !
nopolixation of markets and their ma- i
nipulations and controls, grave as those ■
problems are. are not more serious than I
inose presented by the added aspect of ;
international activity. This urgently |
argues for a solution which will increase 1
and not diminish the high regard in I
which this people is held in interna- I
tional comity."
Activities World-Wide
•tPje commission says in addition to
their immense properties in the United
—tales. the five packing companies, ei
aeparately or jointly, own or con
■kl more than half of the export-meat
promotion of the Argentine. Brazil and
Uruguay, and have investments in other
* surplus meat producing countries, in
cluding Australia, as well as branches
in Great Britain. France. Italy, Ger- .
many. Canada, Denmark and Paraguay. I
“Under present shipping conditions. -
the report adds, “the big American pack- i
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TWO IWIINS IN
THURSDAY CASUALTY
LISTS OF NEARLY 50D
Corporal Patterson Wounded
Severely; Private Marston
Wounded —Six Other Geor
gians Included in Lists
I WASHINGTON. Aug. B.—Three hun
dred and forty-five casualties were an
nounced by the war department—*<> 7
from the army and 108 from the ma-
! rlnes.
Today s casualties brought the total
since the Franco-American drive started
< up to 3,032
The army casualty list today shows:
Killed in action. 131.
Died of wounds, 16.
| Died of airplane accident. 1.
Wounded severely, 62.
Wounded, degree undetermined, 22.
Total, 237.
Southern men listed in the army cas
ualty lists are;
Killed la Action
Sergeants Leroy V. Little, Byrdstown,
Tenn.; William S. Morris. Quitman,
Ga; William S. Henderson, Converse
South Carolina.
Corporals Claude Lafever, Silver
Point, Tenn.; James C. Wilder, Climax,
Georgia.
Privates Daniel W. Bird, Quincy.
Miss.; John Birdsong, Newport, Ark.;
Steve B. Bishop, Pilot, Va.; A. J. Free
man, .Cullman, Ala.; Wiley H. Grub,
Seven Mile Ford. Va.: George E. Pan
nill. Martinsville, Va.; Collis V. Shelton,
Arkadelphia, Ala.; Claude B. Terry,
Statesboro, Ga.; Luther Franklin Fields,
Easley, S. C.; Richard L. Glydewell, Fin
ley, Tenn.; Nick Gonzalo, Lakeland.
Fla.; Henry W. Haigler, Burkeville, Ala.;
Ferrell L. Hamer, LaGrange. Ga.; <
James B. liarsol. Trenton, Tenn.; L..L—
Lumpkins, Doval Bluff, Ark.; Claude H.
McQuary, Norwood, Nelson county, Vir
ginia; Sam Parker, Thaxton, Va.
Died of Wounds
Sergeant Wilson Leonard, Bristol,
Tennessee.
Private Joseph L. Pearce, Selma, N. C.
Wounded Severely
Corporals Charles Hanford Kelley,
Rutledge, Tenn.; Ernest Brown Patter
son, 328 Myrtle street, Atlanta.
Privates Stokey A. Barrix, Hender
son, Tenn.; Rosier Gouge, Bakersville,
■N. C.; Buy P. Rose, Newbern, N, C.;
! John Cyrus Sutton, Staunton, Va.; Rob
ert Leroy Lawrence, Ensley, Ala.;
Charles R. Mann, Greenville, S. C.; Lon
nie C. Robinson, Madison, Ark.
Wounded, Degree Undetermined
Private Clifford B. Marston, 201 High
land avenue, Atlanta; Edward Largent,
Fort Henry. Tenn.
Died of wounds erroneously reported
severely wounded: Private Jesse J.
Norman, Fitzhugh. Ark.
Two Marines Killed, 95
Wounded and 10 Missing
WASHINGTON, Aug. B.—The marine
corps casualty list today shows:
Killed in action, 2.
Died of wounds. 1.
Wounded severely, 20.
Wounded, degree undetermined, 74.
Wounded slightly, 1.
Missing. 10.
Total. 108.
The list includes the following from
southern slates:
Wounded in Action, Degree Undeter
mined
Lieutenant David A. Holliday, Marion,
South Carolina.
Private Benjamin F. Mason, 'Mcßae, I
Georgia.
Sergeant Michael J. Stiller, New Or
leans.
Corporal Fred O. Black, Charlotte
; North Carolina.
Privates Claud Romine. Leland, Miss.;
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stood at dawn Thursday. The arrows indicate the points of attack.
FOCH PLANS NEW
POCKET FOR HUNS
IN PICARDY DRIVE
Areas- of Contact Between
Crown Prince and Prince
Rupprecht Will Be Seriously
Menaced If Haig Advances
BY J. W. T. MASON
NEW YORK. Aug. B.—Marsnal Foch’s
new drive, begun this morning east of
Amiens, is for the purpose of creating
a new salient beyond the Avre river,
and at the same time encroaching upon
the principal railway which feeds re
serves into Von Hindenburg's southern
front. Von Hindenburg has undoubtedly
weakened his lines between Montdidier
and Amiens for the purpose of securing
teserves to prevent his Soissons and
Rheims flanks from being crushed in. At
the same time, the kaiser’s general'Staff
is now primarily concerned with trying
to get its retreating army over the Aisne
and in positions to defend the Chemln
des Dames. An opportunity, therefor*,,
unique since the battle of the Marne has
offered itself to Marshal Foch to strike
along a new sector of the western front
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treat and on the defensive.
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ties of any held out along the entire
west front. The great railway line run
ning eastward behind the German front
from Amiens is the dividing line Be
tween the armies of the German crown
prince in the south and Crown Prince
Rupprecht’s forces in the north. If the
British and French troops succeed in
controling it for any considerable dis
tance, Rupprecht and the young Hohen
zollern will have their areas of contact
very dangerously shortened, necessitat
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move from, one sector to the other.
At the same time, a sharp pocket will
be made of the German crown prlnce-s
front between Amiens and Montdidier
which will threaten Von Hindenburg
with the possibility of a new enemy
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menace of the German artillery.
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ATLANTA, GA„ FRIDAY, AUGUST 9, 1918.’
VESLE CROSSED BY
OUR MEN EAST UNO
WEST OF FISMES
LONDON, Aug. B.—News from the
Soissons-Rheims front this afternoon is
that the Germans are holding the north
ern bank of the Vesle in considerable
strength with a large number of guns.
They are beleived to have destroyed
some of the bridges over the Aisne and
to have taken some of their heavy guns
across that river.
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY ON
THE VESLE, Wednesday, Aug. 7.—7:10
p. m.—(By the Associated Press.) —The
river Vesle was crossed east and west
of Fismes late today by additional
American infantrymen. West of Fismes
the Americans are breaking up counter
attacks by German infantry and are
holding their ground despite the enemy
efforts.
In support of the Americans who had
crossed the river during Tuesday night
and Wednesday morning a detachment
of infantry crossed the Vesle under a
Franco-American barrage just before
noon today. Two other detachments
reached the north bank during the after
noon.
The Germans counter attacked the
Americans west of Fismes this after
noon. but were scattered by the Ameri
can artillery fire. The enemy is endeav
oring to prevent the American advance,
but the Americans have pushed on un
der a heavy Are and in bitter fighting
in which the men from overseas used
their bayonets effectively. A few Ger
mans were takken prisoners, while the
others retired.
The stiffest resistance facing the
American infantry north of the Vesle
in the region west of Fismes is from
a knoll north of Bazoches. Here a num
ber of German machine gun companies
have dug in and are clinging desperate
ly to the hill despite the fire of the
heavy allied guns. One of the Ameri
can detachments which crossed the riv
er today reinforced the Americans along
the Rheims-Soissons highway, who are
BOMBARDMENT OF
THREEMINUTES
USED BY BRITISH
Hundreds of Tanks Lead the
Attack, Fast "Whippets”
Supporting—Offensive Was
Complete Surprise to Foe
BY WTX.UAM PHILIP SIMMS.
WITH THE BRITISH ARMIES IN
FRANCE, Aug. B.—Franco-British
troops attacked at dawn this morning
between Morlancourt and Moreuil, on a
front of about fifteen miles astride the
Somme.
Several important villages have been
reached. The battle generally appears
to be going well for the allies.
Several hundred tanks led the way,
fast “whippets’’ supporting. The “whip
pets” race dand dodged across the fields,
terrorizing and running the Germans
down everywhere.
The French are attacking in the re
gion of Moreuil. Reports received here
from that front are extremely optimis
tic.
A bombardment of but three minutes
preceded the British attack. The French
attack, by agreement, was made a few
minutes later, their artillery smothering
the territory south of the Amiens-Roye
road beforehand.
Prisoners declare the attack was a
complete surprise. A number of guns
are reported to have been captured.
The attack was begun in fine weath
er, but rain is now threatening.
Morlancourt is between the Ancre
and the Somme, four miles south of Al
bert. Moreuil is the most important
city between Montdidier and Amiens. It
is on the right bank of the Avre, ten
miles southest of Amiens The Amiens-
Roye highway crossed the original bat
tle front of the Luce front about a mile
and a half west of Demuin.
endeavoring to drive the Germans from
the knoll.
Among the prisoners taken by the
Americans today were an officer and
several privates from a fresh division,
which has just arrived from the Ger
man front in Flanders.
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HUNS FLEE
BEFORE BIG
TANK FLEET
OF BRITISH
LONDON, Aug. B. (3:30 p. m.) —British troops have captured
number of villages in their new Picardy drive, it was reported this after- i
noon, including Moreuil, Antoine and Aubercourt.
In addition the heights south of Morlancourt and west of’Cerisy are(
reported to have been taken.
The prisoners taken by the British are so numerous' that they aret
having difficulty in handling them.
According to reports received this afternoon the allies have captured .
the towns of Moreuil, Demuin, Ablancourt and Morlancourt, the heights f
west of Cerisy and the heights south of Morlancourt. J
NEW YORK, Aug. 8. — (Summary of Dispatches from American,
French and British Fronts.) —The allies apparently began a double drive ’
on the Picardy and Aisne-Vesle fronts today.
While French and American troops renewed their attack on a big 1
scale against the crown prince’s armies, driving toward the heights be
tween the Vesle and Aisne, British and French suddenly smashed against 1
the tip of the huge Picardy salient, southeast of Amiens, on a 28-mile front, i
Progress was reported in both drives. Staff dispatches from the Aisne- |
Vesle front announced that American and French troops have crossed the *
Soissons-Rheims highway, north of the Vesle, and were steadily pushing on t
toward the dominatihg defense line south of the Aisne.
According to advices received in London the French and British forces
which attacked this morning in the Picardy sector have advanced at some .
points to a depth of more than three miles.
The British attacked over a twelve-mile front on both sides of the
Somme. They gained all their objectives within four hours and have cap
tured a considerable number of prisoners and guns. The greatest secrecy
surrounded plans for the attack. During the night the Germans heavily
bombarded the British lines, but their shells were ineffective. An extraor- '
dinarily large number of tanks accompanied the storming troops, clearing
the way for them in the gray light of dawn and helping to overcome strong !
points.
Many Germans were overtaken as they scattered before the advance (
of the tanks.
The British attacked in the direction of Cerisy and Marcel cave; the •
French toward Abrecourt and Demuin. Enemy resistance was bitter about;
Moreuil and Morizel. The French attacked at 5 a. m. after 40 minutes*
artillery preparation. Three hours later all first objectives were attained.
Albert and Montdidler are about 25 miles apart on an airline. The
battle front between the two cities is considerably more, owing to the west-'
ward salient toward Amiens.
Cerisy is on the south bank of the Somme canal, six miles directly
south of Albert. Marcel cave is five miles southwest of Cerisy. Demuin
is on the south bank of the Luce, four miles north and slightly east of.
Moreuil. Aubercourt is on the north bank of the Luce, two miles east of,
Demuin.
The allied attack on the Albert-Montdidier front today apparently 1
was unexpected by the Germans, and many prisoners were taken accord- i
ing to late Paris dispatches. One* German division was surprised as It
was coming up to relieve the front line troops.
Reports received up to mid-afternoon indicated that the offensive ,
was progressing favorably. The average advance was approximately;
2% miles on a front of slightly more than 25 miles.
The allied advance at some points was more than three miles.
Important material has been captured by the advancing troops.
A very considerable number of villages have been captured in the'
Franco-British offensive and substantial progress has been made, according
to news received in London this afternoon.
The French official statement, issued at noon, indicates the Picardy
offensive is on a major scale and says the attack is “developing under
favorable conditions.”
The attack began at 5 o’clock this morning. The communique was
issued at noon.
The British war office report, received shortly after the Paris com-,
munique, indicated that the Picardy attack may be between the Somme and I
Avre rivers.
The report said the attack is “progressing satisfactorily on a
front”
A most significant feature of the Picardy operation is that it is evi
dently being carried out principally by the British, with the French co
operating. The most recent information showed the British line extended
only as far south as Hangard, on the. Luce river, about nine miles south
east of Amiens. The line from there to about Grjyesnes was held by the
French, while Americans held the sector from Grivesnes to a point west of
Montdidier. The Paris communique may indicate that additional British
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, may mean that they have been I
drawn out of the line to participate in the Marne fighting.
• Further allied success in Flanders was reported by Field Marshal Haig.
last night. He announced that British troops advanced their lines more
than a half mile on a five-mile front between the Clarence and Lawe
rivers.
Two Forests Captured by
British Early in Battle
WITH THE BRITISH ARMY IN
FRANCE, Aug. 8. —(By the Associated
Press.) —In the offensive on the front
east of Amiens today the British have
taken Hahner wood, Dodo wood and
probably have possession of the towns |
of Marcelcave and Da Motte-en-San- j
terre.
The line attacked this morning ex
tends roughly from the neighborhood of!
Morlancourt. about three miles and a
half southwest of Albert, to the Avre!
valley, south of Moreuil.
Details of the fighting are coming to !
the erar slowly. "Going fine." consti
tutes the best available information, j
The British launched their attack in a
mist after only three minutes of artil-'
lery preparation.
British Are Fighting Over
Familiar Ground on Somme
NEW YORK, Aug. B.—Summary of
European Cables of the Day to the As
sociated Press.) —British and French ,
troops attacked this morning from Al
bert, northeast of Amiens to Montdid
ier, on the Avre, southeast of Amiens, '
the front of attack being approximately i
28 miles. ■ 1
Meagre reports from the field indi
cate that the allies have advanced to a
depth of about two miles south of the > •
Somme and probably have taken the vil- i
lages of Ma reelcave and La Motte-en- ,
Santerre. ' <
It is reported from Washington that <
it is not believed American forces are <
engaged in the present fighting. Amer- • ■
leans were holding the line at Cantigny, ; (
some time ago, but were withdrawn and. ;
sent to the Aisne-Marne salient, where ,
they participated in the recent victory j i
over the Germans.
This new attack, 13 unched just three I
weeks after Field Marshal Focu s mas- |
NUMBER 91,
terly counter offensive against the west
ern side of the Soissons-Rheims salient {
has been expected since the Germans!
were driven back to the Aisne and the '
Vesle. ft was not believed that the i
allied commanders would permit .the j
initiative to pass to the enemy after I
the stunning defeat administered to him;
i along the Marne. Foch is known to be|
' an offensive fighter and it has been pre-»
dieted that a new blow’ would fall on the
German lines before they had time to
reorganize their shattered divisions be
hind the Vesle and the Aisne.
The* Germans seem to have had
knowledge of the plans of the allied
commander-in-chief, for during the last
ten days they have carried out three lo
cal in the northern sectors
of their lines —two of these withdrawals
being in the Picardy salient, one on each
side of Albert, along the Ancre river,
and the other along the Avre river,
north of Montdidier. In both cases the
enemy retired to positions before which
rivers offer partial protection.
The fighting in Picardy recalls
great offensive carried out there by Cle
British and French in 1016, and the Ger
man "strategic retreat” to the Hinden
burg line in February and March, 1917.
The British had forced their way during
the fall eastward from Albert to the
neighborhood of Grand Court, west of
Bapaume, and the French were before
Noyon. almost directly to the south
when in the early months of 1917, the
Germans discovered that the allies had
massed guns and materials for a major
offensive. They then retreated to the
Cam'orai-La Fere line, which they oc
cupied until March 21, 1918, and from
which they launched their first great
offennsive of the presen* summer.
The field over which the British are
fighting today 'is familiar ground to
them, out to the south the French must
force the enemy back from territory
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