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Arciiiv Hixtnr---' ACKSON 1 my i in nrmn V.I I IUI 3 French Ramsey TOTAL OF (HI I Are 11 Winners Carry Every Ward in Cil--Tillman Leads Ticket for Contested Offices-? Handsome Complinjentary Vote Accorded Unopposed, Candidates-Election Rassed Off Quietly i ft Germans Continue Preparation tor What My be Either a Stiff Resistance to Giy.p them Time for Further Withdrawal or for a Definite; Stand-Frerich Premie Gives Qut Statement that 35,000 Pris-: oners and 7 00 Cannon are Captured HARiai, Aug. b-Aside trom artillery activity east of Soissons and on the Vesle river, there is nothing to report from the whole, of the front, says the French official communication issued this evening. THE AMERICAN ARMY ON THE AISNE-MARNE FRONT, 6 American machine gunners protecting a location on the Ves! river, west of Fismes, wiped out entire German battailion of of and machine gunners -today. The Germans at the time were, getting into position to attack a group of American bridge, builders, who were approaching the location. Some bridge materials already had been- moved' near the south bank pf the Vesle, and the Germans, apparently discovering this fact, had sent a battalion to a hill position to prevent the Americans from carrying opt their plan.

A detachment of crack American machine gunners, however, previously had taken arT elevated position commanding the loca- tion and opened fire when the Germans Observers reported that they. not 'see a single German getaway from the leaden-land, according to the last' accounts, not even' enemy stretcher bearers approaching the scene. The Germans replied so feebly with their fire because of "their surprise that there were no American casualties. HIGH TEtTURE S3iREC0RD BROKEN I tipus. hill for two and a It Iiiiah Tavat r.Am K1av Liquor Taxes Come -1918 i4 in fourth.

There was no 'opposition M. Henry and Jonas Lehman In the first. Although the campaign has been an unusually vigorous one, the electln passed off Quietly 'and there was no disturbance f-ot any Vcharactef.ri I Mayor Benbrpok, City Clerk C. C. Crothers, City Treasurer.

P. Wj lulvihill, and the aldermen, from the wards received handsome complimentary votes, The, total' vote' cit was: 768. i Friends and supporters the different candidates Vere active from the time the polls Opened until they closed, and it ts believed that practically every man in' the city who was 1 qualified cast his ballot." I The number eligible' to vote is about 9.5 0, but there are many who re away In -the military- service. The closest" results were in the Continued; On Pace -ii- Temperature bF1 06 Degrees atiyVashington. aiitj Baltimore SEVERAL DEATHS FROM HEAT ARE REPORTED IN NEW YORK Many Women Fainted While Cars-Little WASHINGTON, Aug.

6. High tem perature, records' that have marked the limits of heat waves during all the period, of official observation, in he northeastern quarter of the United States were broken today Washington and Baltimore, by weather bu reau thermometers, experienced a temperature of degrees, a point not 'even approached ty the mercury since 188L and not reached then. In Detroit, and ToledoT Ohio, with temperatures of 104, new records weref established as did Scranton; and Cleveland, which each 'officially registered 100. Thesevwere. the findings of the cool and cloistered instruments in the weather burf eau's minarets.

Instruments set closer to the baking pavements, of city streets showed the mercury; mounting to heights Officially unbelievable and impossible. 4 On Pennsylvania avenue, in the national capital: one of the weather bureaufs ownMnstruments during the day marked. 114 degrees. iSma.ll Hope For Immediate Relief. Small hope for Immediate, relief ior the eastern territory, was seen tonight by experts who, study the curving map lines and cast, the dally climatic horoscope.

It was said, however, that the heat should slowly abate during the next two days over( most of the area' no W' affected. The hot wave owes its existence, weather bureau of-fiicials said to. an. area of low ha. rometricr'' plressure, A which has been moving languidly, from west to east across the continent, staying just a little 'north of the normal and lfferfyig no Competition from "any other disturbances to the In consequence there has', been a great and.

constant flow of the air currents up the continent from south to north which have gathered the accumulated heat that many days of unbroken sunshine has left on the mid-continental 'territory' The low 'rested tonight above' the 7 OSoniimiBd On i 5wiASHlKGTOK, AugJ 6.Aiaaama; Misslslpptr "Etobably: i Joxsal-thuhder showers vwedaesday; Thursday fain Louisiana: iWdnesday local ahof. ers tTnuirsday partty cloudy. i Arkansas: Wednesday and Thursday partly- youdy, probably; local showers eoolw ii; northwestern portion Thttrsday.n weather w' Vt lTexASV partty cl'oudylo'calCoWf; lao MOENI UmCLn Of n6ief A i it .1 i i '-4 ,1 -i 4 .1 1 3 '3. i 1 -J IS 1V 2 MILLION DOLLAR Hurricane Sweeps Over Lake Charles and Vicinity Extends as Far East Jennings and West to Vinton SIX PERSONS ARE REPORTED KILLED IN TROPICAL STORM Great Damage1 Done" the Oil Fields at Vinton an Edgerly -Rice Growers Suffer Considerable Damage LATE BULLETIN. BEAUMONT, "Aug.

C. A telephone message from Dequincy, Cu miles to the north of Lake Charles states that six persons were killed in the storm. LOSS WILL EXSEED MILLION. LAFAYETTE, 7 A telephone message received here early from Lake Charley said that the in that city from the hurricane will exceed $1,000,000. The wind ve.

locity reached 120 miles an hour and continued for 'nearly fifteen minutes at that speed. The Lambert Chemical Company was, one of the heaviest losers, damage-to" the plant exceeding $25,000. CITY ALL BUT WRECKED. LAKE CHARLES, Aug. This city was all tout wrecked by a hurricane today.

Few of the streets are passable because of the wreckage of homes piled in the streets ami tangled telephone and light wires. So far as known only one person, a ne-grod, was killed, and another, a white man, is in the hospital suffering from injuries believed to be fatal. The Pierce Oil Corporation building col. lapsed and caught a score under the rtlfthrlr bnt their- injuries, were minor: The heavy rain prevented a greater disaster, as scores of homes were set on fire when the buildings collapsed on hot stoves. Reports from, Gerstner aviation field say the buildings there were completely wrecked.

No loss of life was reported there. BAUMON'T, Texas, Aug. C. According to stories told ly trainmen and pasesngers on Southern PaciJic train o. 5, wrftch reached here from New Oreans four hours late.

Lake Charles and vicinity suffered great damage from a tropical hurricane which struck that city about 3:20 this afternoon. The conductor of the train said one man was killed a tLal Charles and perhaps others, and that great property damage resulted. It was said that a string of freight cars, part of another train, had been blown into the rear coach of train No. 5, smashing the car, but without serious injury to the occupants. The train showed traces of having gone through a.v severe storm as the cars were spattered, with mud, and a tree limb on the pilot gave evidence of the fact that timber was down in places along the road.

It was said" the storm struck the main line of the Southern Pacific a short distance beyond Lake Charles and that 'village w-as most severe in that town and esatward as far as Vinton. winds were prevalent In Orange, but no serious damage was reported there. All wire eastward -from Beaumont were reported down and' trains had difficulty in moving. At Vinton, a short distance this side of -Lake Charles, it was stated a large warehouse had been blown across the railroad tracks but there -was so far as persons on the train no loss tt life reported. There is a large government aviation camp at Gerstner Field, twelve miles from Lake Charles but no re-ports as to damage there were available.

1J 2E.itf Creaiamoge at Sulphur. A passenger on the train asid great damage was done at Sulphur, La. One man, he said, was, crushed by falling timbers. ad his back broken. A'.

V. Alexander arrived here tonight from Sulphur and gave a description of the havoc wrought that little town at 30 o'clock. The wind' attained velocity of more than 70 milesan hour, he said, and automobiles on the streets were stripped their tops and the bodies turned -Many received-minor injuries. Buildings unroofed or moved IJr'om their foundations. A garage was.

wrecked and the walls collapsed. on a dozen or more.auto- DAW FROM BIG TROPICAL STORM V- riifit MIMnn a rf ir i mm a ri a 'V WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY ON THE AISNE-MARNE FRONT, Aug. 6 With their backs to the Aisne, the Germans continued prep-tions today for, what may be ciiiier a stiff resistance, to give them more time for withdrawals or for a definite stand. Minor actions along the American portion, ott the front and In -the. ad joining French sectors marked the day.

little force of meb who were tfef m(iailaMheir although they iioC yet acrossthe river, which "flows thru the extreme northern portion of the town. Under a heavy barrage all their wounded have, been taken out," and; during the night food was taken to' them. The Germans have been unremii--" ting in their efforts to dislodge the" Americans, pounding the town with shells and deluging it with gas. Numerous efforts have been made to retake the position, but every instance the accurafey" of" the American fire, both of the supporting artillery and of the 'small' arms of the infantry with it, drive back; the'en-emy. Americans Continue Keconnoissanee Work.4 r't To the east and west of Fismes the Americans have continued their reconnoissance patrols crossing the river at different places.

The detachments, however, i never-' exceeded more than twenty men. Near (town deleted) few men have remained, and another force is on the hill over the river near Fis-mes. Reports received from the French sectors indicate virtually the same situation from Soissonsto Rheims. resulted 'inmow aerial activity' for a few hours but clouds 'appeared and the rain begkb. to fall' and the aircraft were forced to suspend operations.

The immediately seized, the opportunity of the few hours to Kend. over planes for- photographic purposes and incidentally to shoot the, allied transport. These planes in Vi every. ase were; quickly forced back by auti aircraft guns. Franco-American planes also did some observation work; north of the Vesle.

The engineers have, mobilized equipment their" part r'in the advance and" reports irqm far back of the lines indicate that all elejrhents of' the allied 'wfll bo immedi-i ately ti' Wagon" Trains Moving' Toward hear. From the German side observers have reported wagon trains in; large' numbers moving i some- of the roads toward the rear. This is not construed as conclusive evidence' that.the Germans' stiilvare in retreaL But; this fact and the further fact that-up to date the Gernfans have not used at all extensively; any but their small and medium" calibre guns, tends to support1 the belief that, the crown prince really intends to make the Aishe the objective theline, Thepresent positlona of Hthe-" Ger -mans, are weellent for defense, however, and it is regarded. as.not Improbable 'that they, will The few big -guns which have been used by the Germans? are" in positions far back near the Aisne. The clearing up of the 1ig, fieild of IS riii in nffTirvr mm REVENUE FOR YEAR $2,839,083,000 Came From i Income and Excess Profits Tax and $855,619,000 from Miscellaneous Sources LIQUOR TAXES BROUGHT IN FOUR AND A HALF MILLION Collections for Entire Yqar Only Fnough to Pay Na tion's Bill for and a Half, Months WASHINGTON, Aug.

6 How the government war coffers were filled with billions in taxes gathered from a wide variety off sources ranging from stamps on playing cards to huge levies on excess profits twas shown in detail today -by a report of Internal Revenue Commissioner Ropej to. Secretary McAdoo for the ear ending last June' figures are considered especially Important because' they will toe used 'toy the, house Ways and means committee as a partial basis for higher taxes In the nqw reyenue bill, which, is to raise Total internal revenue for the year amounted to $3,694,703,000, of which $2,839,083,000 came from income; and excess profits tax payments in anil. $855,619,000 from a multitude of miscellaneous, sources, collected largely, in pennies, dimes and quarters added to the prices of various articles paid 'by cohsumerst() and jpoured into the treasury by whole: salers or manufacturers to help meet war costs. Huge as. these taxes seem in, the aggregate collections for the entire year were only enough to the na.

Next -To In- come and Excess Profitsr Next; to. income and excess profits taxes," the back bone of the 'revenue schedule liquor taxes broughi In the most money, $443,838,000 including $317,553,000 from whiskey, wine and spirits, and $126,285,000 from beer and other fermented liquors. Taxes on cigars, ciragettes and other to. bacco products yielded $156,188,000. After income, excess profits, liquor and tobacco taxes, the biggest yield from any source came from levies on transportation and utilities' which went into effect November 1, amounting 'v to $70,734,000, as Jiteight three per cent, $30,002,000.

Passenger tickets, eight per cent, $24,306,000. Express, five per cent, $6,458,0001 Berths and ten per cent, $2,236,000. Telephone, telegraph and radio messages, five cents 'each, $6,299,000. Oil pipe lines, five per cent, Levies on estates of deceased, per. sons brought" in $47,452,000, and it Is proposed to.

increase this consider, ably in Amusements Yielded $2657,000. 1 Museinents, as theatres, cabarets, pleasure' parks, and dance halls taxed at virtually ten per cent' on the admission! price, yielded Jor the eight months' the government $26,357,000 A notaible feature of the was the item ot only $12,995,000 cbllecten In excise taxes on sale of articles usually classed as luxuriesrpiano players, moving picture Jewelry perfumes, cosmetics, proprietary medicines, chewing cameras, and yachts, v. Taxes on, the value of capital stock of corporations last year amounted to on manufacutrers' or dealers in, automobiles ahd motor cycles $23,981,000 on munition 'manu-facturers $13,296,000. '1 'Documentary, stamix taxes, tInpbsed since December 1917 "produced Club Dues Taxes Brought in $259,000 Club taxed at ten per cent, ance amounted; on oleomargarine op. fowling "allies, 'pool aid billiard tables on clrcu ajhd? mu-peiim proprietors.

and on stock brokers. $333,000. -1 'V; The" vplumo 6f taxes collected) during the year. Is shown by comparison with1, those 'of the. year when total collections were SPEAKER CIiAlU iv IMONTGOMERT.

6. Fof tiH thirteenth Clark today was for con sress; at the Democratic primary in He'raii, IS $3,694,703,000 11 H. L. RAMSEY, Re-Elected as Chiif cf Police. OF GENERAL FOCH AND THE ALLIED AMES Council of Ministers Elevates Commander-in-Chief of the Allied Forces on Western Front to Marshal of France MINISTERS ALSO CONFER THE MILITARY MEDAL ON PETAIN.

it Premier Clemencean Reviews Victories Directed by Gen. Foch and Declares High Hope of Enemy Crushed PARIS, The council of ministers has Fer-. dinand Koch, commander in chief of the allied forces on the "western rpni to a marshal of France. The "ministers also have conferred the military medal on General Pe-tain, commander in chief "of the French armies on the western ronL President Poincare presided at; the meeting of the council. In presenting the name of General Foch, Premier Clemenceau said: "At the hour when the enemy, by a formidable offensive, on a front of 100 kilometers, counted on 'snatching the decision and imposing a German peace upon us.

General Foch and his admirable troops vanquished him. 35,000 Prisoners and 700 Cannon Captured. "Paris i3 not in danger; Soissons and Chateau Thierry have been reconquered and more than 200 villages have been delivered. Thirty-five thousand prisoners and seven hundred cannon hav. been captured, and the enemy's high hopes before the attack have been crushed.

The glorious allied armies have thrown him from the banks of the Marne to the Aisne. Such are the results of the high' command's strategy, superbly executed by incomparable commanders. The confidence placed by republic and-by all the allies in the. conquerer of St. Gond, the Yser.

and the Somme has been fully justified." The awarding of the Mil-itaire' to General VPetain is a distinction rarely given' to officers, the decoration generally being reserved for. enlisted men. Marshal Joffre is one of the few officers who 'have received this great honor. A memorandum issued prior to the promotion of General 'Foch says his (Continued On Last Page! I i if." -if sit 1 -m. 5, a DR.

EOFR ENCtf, Cltv' Health Of feinr: V. (2) PRASE WORK In the municipal primary yesterday, H. L. Ramsey was re-elected ttf the office of chief of police by a majority ot 85 votes over his opponent, H. E.

Wilson. Ramsey received 1 a total of 393 and Wilson 304. Dr. R. D.

Sessions, candidate for re-election for city health was defeated by Dr. E. B. French, by a majority of 131. Dr.

French re-' ceived 413 votes, and Dr. Sessions1 282. C. L- Tfllmanj candidate for re-election to the office of city tax collector and lead the ticket for contested offices. 1 is majority over his opponent, Hp if.

Gaither, was 235. Mr. Tillman received 4C4 votes and Mr. Gaither. 229.

In the second ward third ward' and fourth ward, there rere contests for the city executive committee; J. H. Sanguinetti and E. J. Brady were elected in the second; D.

Baker and M. P. Ryan in the third and R. Lee Byrnes and W. Abbott In Brings Total of Lists Received of Marne Aisne fightirrg to 1,679 TOTAL KILLED IN ACTION IN COMBINED LISTS 817 MEN 22 Died of Wounds, SeW gree Undejermined WASHINGTON, Aug, 6.

Casualties in the armjr and marine corps oversea made public today aggregated 963 bringing the total sinf'e the re- ports from the fighting in the Marne- Aisne sector began coming in from General Pershing's headuarters yesterday to 1679. Seven army lists" given out during the day contained. 817 names and two corps lists had 146 names. The 'total ''-killed in action t'n both the combined lists was only. 112, with 22 dead of wounds.

There were 442 wounded; 339 wounded degree one slightly wounded; one prisoner ad forty missing in action. A recapitulation of the army and marine corps list shows: Army Marine vCorps Killed in action A 104 8 Died of wounds 20 2 Pied of disease 4 Died of accidents and other causes 3 Wounded severely ..,.425 16 Wounded degree undetermined ..220 119 Wounded slightly 1 Prisoner Missing In action 40. TOTALS .817. 146 The morhlng list, includes the' following fromv Southern states: Killed in Mechanician; Theodore, Price, Bay fit. Louis, Miss.

"Private William A. Guin, Ink, Ark. Wounded severely: Lieutenant Herbert L. Weyman, Caledonia, Fred "Pace Campti, La.f Private Samuel Jajck-son Trade, Solon Whitehedd, Winfield, Ala, Edmund J. Brock, Newport, Clarence Kincaldr Flint, Ark.

Joseph A. Steg- Kdlin.) La. Hastings, Marks, orayce. Ark. 4 Woundtd in action, degree unde Sergeant Elso'nu Benoit Peterson', Four.

lists Issued Jats1 showing: Killed Irr action, 73 Died et 1 4. Died of Died of accident nnd other causes, three. Wounded severely, 112. i Wounded degree undeternlned, 213 i Missing in action, 40: 459. The four fste; combined Include the following from southern states: Killed in action: 'Xy' Corporal iSir-mingham; Privates Jack Brown, MARINE AND ARMY CASUALTIES pi (- i lf.

War Bulletins APPEALS FOR RESTORATION OF IMKbKIAL UUVcKNMtNT. AMSTERDAM, Aug. 6 Michael Rodzianko, former president of the Russian duma, has published an appeal to the Vechernee of Pet-rograd in favor of the restoration" of the "Imperial government. CHANGIiAL Friday, August 2 The Bolshevik! forces, which are strongly, entrenched on the eastern bank of the TJsurl. river, north of Vladivostok, have received reinforcements from Khabarvosk and Blago, according to advices from Vladivostok: The troops coming to the aid of the BolsheViki include an International detachnfent ot over 100,000 men, with a machine gun battery.

CONSIDER DECLARATION OF WAR AGAINST JAPAN. LONDON, Aug. 6: It is reported by Moscow iby way of Berlin, that the Bolshayik government in is considering a decalration of war against Japan, says an Exchange Telegraph dispatch from Copenhagen Premier Lenine, the, message adds, has. up to this time been opposed to such action but it is 'believed that Russia' "will be compelled to declare vaf, notwithstanding the fact the people, are opposed to war." LANDING OF TROOPS CAUSES I GENERAL ENTHUSIASM. LONDON, Aug.

6 Official announcement was made today of the landing of allied forces, naval and marine, at Archangel on August 2'. landing was in concurrence with the wishes of the Russian population, it is stated, and caused general enthusiasm. GERMAN dFFICIAL STATEMENT. BERLIN, via London, Aug. 6-The Wurttemburg troops, north of the Somme river stormed British positions alopg the Corbier wood and-taken.

In the neighborhood of 100 prisoners, says the German official communication, isseud this evening. The communication also says that reconnoitering activities in the Ancre and A re regions and South of Mont Didier has been lively. feNEMY. SUCGEEDS IN TAKINU ADVANCED BRITISH LINES. LONDON, Aug.

6 The Germans, by a strong local attack against the positions the Braye succeeded in taking advanced trench lines on small-portion' of therfront. Local fighting continues in and the British have taken a few prisoners. BRYAN SPEAKS AT OBILSL 1 MOBILE, Ala! Aug. -f-Our cause in is 8pv'jteheous" said J. Bryan here tomgnt, "fifty years I believe the German will thank up for overthrowing the yoke placed, on them by their Rulers." The Nebraskan addressed 5,000 people hef'e tonight and this afternoon apoketo' a large crowd atWhist-.

ler, Ala.fc Mobile suburb. is fouring the south in support of the pohlbijUon amendment. (Contluusd ca Pags Six.) (Continued. Qn. (Contlnuea on Last Page) i i 4' 1.