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Accused of Violation of the
Prohibition Laws,
A warrant charging a violation of
the Federal law against transporting
liquor into the State was sworn out
Saturday by D. J. Gannt, local reve
nue agent, against Eli Kavouras, part
owner and general manager of the
Zakas Bakery Company, and agents
of the United States Government are
searching for Mr. Kavouras. ‘
According to Mr. Gannt, four qua.x'tal
of whisky were found in a barrel of
egg powder consigned to the Zakas
bakery. The whisky was buried be
neath the loose powder in the barrel
and was described as “cake flavor-‘
ing.” ‘
“Such flavoring undoubtedly would
serve to popularize the product of any
bakery,” said Mr. Gannt, “but unfor
tunately it is a variety frowned upon
by the Government.”
“The whole shipment might much
better have been billed as highly
condensed eggnog.
Internal revenue officers in all sec
tions of the country are vigilantly
watchful of all shipments of this
character, and the Government is de
termined to make these friendly little
exchanges hazardous in the extreme.
The consignor of this shipment al
ready has been arrested in another
city.
According to Paul <Carpenter, as
sistant*United States attorney, who
will conduct the case against Kavou
ars, the violation permits of inidct
ments on two counts—one for bring
ing liquor into the State and the
other for failing to mark it “whisky.”
The maximum fines on the two counts
may be $56,000, with an alternative of
six months in prison.
Issued Aaily and entered as enond-class matter o
the postoffice at Atlants under act of Miarch 8, 1879
This map indicates roughly the
Allled advance in Picardy, accord
ing to such information as was
available at noon. It is necessa
rily a rule of thumb job, because
information is fragmentary and
in some instances contradictory.
In the turmoil of such a great
advanee it is the height of dif
ficulty for the army staffs to keep
track of the line of combat, to
say nothing of tracing it from
press- dispatches,
The broken line at the left
shows the front when the ad
vance began; the solid line in the
middle, the front at the end of
the first day’s fighting; the
broken line irom Albert, through
Chaulnes and on to Montdidier,
tke front on Saturday.
The line is a very ragged and
disjointed looking affair. But this
fact is to be borne in mind: the
fighting is in open country, over
a front of many miles, and the
attackers do not: move forward
shoulder to shoulder. Once hav
ing driven the enemy out of his
intrenchments, the attackers pro
gress in columns, deployed (or
spread out) only to such extent
as the lay of the land will per
mit., Some columns naturally
move faster than others, having
< suffered less from fatigue; some
find better roads; they encounter
varying degrees of resistance.
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British Airmen Sink
German Destroyer
LONDON, Aug. 10.—British airmen
sank a German destroyer 8 miles
northwest of Zeebrugge in the North
Sea, the Admiralty reported today.
Enemy mine sweepers were heavily
bombed in that district.
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Forecast — Probably thunder
showers Saturday night and Sun
day. ’
Temperatures—6 a. m., 74; 8 a.
m., 79; 10 a. m, 85; 12 m,, 83; 1
3 p. m, 90; 2 p. m, 91,
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The line sketched here is not
even wholly the line of the in
fantry. It places the Allies east
of Chaulnes, and there is no re
port yet that the British have
reached that town, although tanks
and cavalry are reported to be
two miles east of it.
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The opinion was ventured yes
terday in this comment that the
gains of Thursday and Friday
morning would make it necessary
for the Germans to evacuate
Montdidier. This has taken place,
probably with only rear-guard
resistance. However, a retreat
enforced by superior tactical skill
and by victories elsewhere, is no
less a defeat than a retreat forced
by the bayonets of the opponent,
though the German War Office
seems to make much in its state
ments of the virtue of having
planned certain withdrawals.
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If the British hold Chaulnes
(and it is quite likely, because
the Huns apparently are demor
alized), the enemy must quickly
straighten out his line, running it
in a southeasterly direction from
Albert all the way to the region
of Noyon.
And if he does not effect the
necessary withdrawals quickly, he
ie in a fair way to encounter the
greatest disaster since the Italian
line was shattered at Caporetto,
B.C.
(By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, Aug. 10.—The cap
tai nand crew of the American
schooner Stanley M. Seaman, shelled
by a German submarine August 5,
100 miles off Cape Hatteras, has been
landed at Hampton Roads by a Brit
ish vessel, the Navy Department an
nounced this afternoon. The men
were picked up at sea on August 8,
The captain of the Seaman stated
that the commander of the subma
rine asked him if he had anyv gaso
line, but the Seaman carried none,
The captain was put into a small
‘boat and added that the last he saw
of the Seaman was when, while he
was pulling away, the submarine put
‘along side to take on board stores,
ATLANTA, GA., SATURDAY, AUGUST 10, 1918
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WASHINGTON, Auag. 10—
The Allies have got the enemy
going at every point. Now is
the time to keep him running.
This is no time to talk about the
war being-over. ~Rather it is the
time to hit him hard and keep
on hitting him.
General P. C. March, chief of
staff, in his weekly conference
with the newspaper correspon
dents, made this plain today in
explaining why all possible man
power need be employed against
the Germans. That is the rea
son why the War Department
desires the extension of the
draft ages immediately.
The general declared that the Al
lies everywhere are on the offensive
and dominate the situation.
“We are now keeping the enemy
guessing, instead of his keeping us
guessing.” emphasized the chief of
staff, with a smile.
There are now close to a million
and a half American troops in
France, General March revealed to
the Senate military affairs committee
at their regular conference today. The
movement of men abroad continued
satisfactorily last week, he said, and
it was the hope of the War Depart
ment to average 250,000 a month dur
ing the winter, :
General March had nothing to add
to the press dispatenhes received dur
ing the day, but asserted that the
progress being made in the new Brit-
Ish drive was “highly satisfactory.”
| Plans for “Backing Up” Men.
\ The chief of staff also revealed
'plans alrcady made by the War De
)‘partmut for backing up and supply
'ing the army that will be raised by
the pending “man-power” bill, and
the members of the committee were
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SUMMARY ‘
By FRANK CHARLTON,
International News Service Cable Editor.
American troops are now adding their blows to the smash
ing thrusts of the British and French on the Picardy front.
News that Americans are fighting with the British in the
~ new counter offensive came out through official channels today
i for the first time. b
| The Americans are engaged on the northern part of the
fighting zone, between the Somme and Ancre rivers. This
district is immediately south of Albert.
The German retreat continues over the whole 30-mile front
from the Ancre to the zone just south of Montdidier.
L The French extended their offensive operations today to
. the district between Montdidier and the Oise River, swiftly
1 advancing to the south and southeast of Montdidier.
‘ Unofficial advices from the front said that allied troops
had already entered Montdidier.
1 That the city had been ‘‘pocketed’’ was shown by the
French War Office at noon when it announced that advanced
‘ elements had reached Favorelles, three miles east of Mont
~ didier. .
j Montdidier was the chief key position supporting the
~ Germans’ left flank.
| Vast numbers of German prisoners are being taken. The
British War Office today put the number at more than 24,000
and the captives are still streaming in.
The capture of eleven more villages was reported by the
British and French War Office today and the allied armies are
still going forward in their headlong advance, overcoming all
resistance.
On the northern end of the front the German pivot posi
tion at Albert is threatened with capture while the allied ad
vance guards are reported beyond Chaulnes, an important
junction of highways on the center. '
The fighting was expected to take on fresh violence today
with the Germans counter attacking, but at no point have the
retiring invaders been able to make a suecessful stand.
The allied infantry, supported by fleets of tanks and
swarms of airplanes and artillery, is sweeping forward in the
wake of the swiftly moving cavalry.
It is unofficially estimated that about 300 cannon have
peen captured from the Germans, some of which have been
turned against the enemy. The German base at Ham is under
fire of a 15-inch gun which the allied forces captured.
The third day of the new drive found the Germans rolled
back to a maximum depth of fifteen miles. At the point of the
Allies’ deepest advance the Germans are now about 30 miles
from Amiens. ;
Advanced elements of allied troops are already eastward
of Chaulnes.
One of the best and quickest rushes was made by the
I French this morning when they were unofficially reported to
have gained four miles in six hours southeast of Montdidier.
The extension of the operations southwards indicates that
the Allies’ offensive may soon extend all the way from the
region south of Arras to the Aisne-Vesle front.
As was the case in the Marne, the Americans’ entry into
the ‘‘big push’’ was signalized by victory. Americans on the
northern end of the Picardy front helped the British to capture
Morlanecourt and adjacent high ground last night,
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By EARLE C. REEVES,
Staff Correspondent of the International News Service.
LONDON, Aug. 10 (4:30 p. m.)—One complete Ameri.
can division is fighting north of the Somme River, the In
ternational News Service learned late this afternoon.
The total number of Germans taken prisoners now num.
ber over 25,000. Over 400 guns have been captured.
French troops have captured Davenscourt and Saulchey.
The total allied casualties are estimated at less than 6,000,
while the German losses in killed alone are enormous.
Two fresh German divisions have been brought to the
front along the Roye road near Lahon, but as yet have not
been in action. A German division commander and his staff
were taken prisoners today.
The attacks by the French in the Montdidier and Oise re
gion are meeting little resistance. The Germans are put
ting up a poor fight. The pocket bounded by Bouchoir,
Faverolles, Gratibus and Montdidier probably no longer
exists.
The towns of Bocquigny, Erches, Ethelfay, Fignieres and
Arvillers probably have been captured. .
It is believed here that the Germans will retreat behind the
Somme River to the lme they held in 1916.
Americans Showing Brilliant
Qualities, Says Lloyd George
e (By International News Service.)
LONDON, Aug. 10.—Premier Lloyd George, speaking
at Newport today, announced that the Allies have captured
from 300 to 400 guns in their drive on the Germans on the
Picardy front. His announcement was greeted with great
cheering.
“The Americans are showing brilliant qualities,” the
Prime Minister added.
PARIS, Aug. 10 (3:15 p. m.).—Montdidier, the German
base on the Picardy front, has been captured by the Allied
forces, it was learned here this afternoon.
(Earlier dispatches from London to the International
News Service had reported that the allied troops had en
tered Montdidier.)
French Gain Montdidier in
New Blow; Capture 100 Guns
By EARLE C. REEVES,
Staff Correspondent of the International News Service.
LONDON, Aug. 10 (12:55 p. m.)—Allied troops have entered
Montdidier, on the southern end of the Picardy front, it was learn
ed by the International News Service tbis afternoon. The French
attacked at 9 o’clock this morning on a 16-mile front between
Montdidier and the Oise River, advancing four miles in the first
six hours. One hundred more German guns were captured.
All of Montdidier had not been cleared of Germans and fighting
| was still in progress in the city. After the Allies had surrounded
the city the troops that entered encountered some German units
and began wiping them out.
At 10:30 this morning the French line was said to extend from
Faverolles past Piennes, Rollet, Cuvilly, Ressons sur Matz and
Vignemont. .
Of the 24,000 prisoners captured in the Picardy offensive, 7,000
| were taken by the French.
| The British line at 9 o’clock this morning was reported to
!extend through the sectors of Dernancourt, Tailles Wood, Chipilly,
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