Ouui
BATTLES RACING
IM ntANCK.
■ritiaJi IM Oily Stop Mm
ir
in tk« Initial
fridmy.
V. x trarael y hard fighting with the
Oarmana using ir<*l to n-aa at mfma
try in maaa formation, to taking place
•lone tha «r>uthweatarn and aouthaaat
«rn wrtioni of the Gamhrai aaliant.
In tha rtritm at Gonnalieu. la Vac
and aoutKward to Vendhuile
and i irthward toward Maaniareraa,
battle* wa"«l with eraat Aarrenaaa
thr<ro*hont Mondny. iiut with tha Ger
man«, nowhere «nrraefiil in breaking
tha Brtti«h front. At fa Va>'|narto
thfv again aurcaeded in penetrating
tha village fm" whirh they were
•Jartad previoualy, but a "trnntr roun
tar-attack again tumad tha acalea in
favor of General Byng'a forra^. who
thraw oat tha enemy, inflicting heavy
can *a I tie* an him.
Aa in prarioua attack*. tha Garmana
uaad graat maaaa of artillery, hot
tha Brittoh forraa everywhere mat
thair onalaaght* stoically and at toot
arrounta wars firmly holding thair lina
at all point*.
Although tha Garmana in thair of
fanaiva hava hacn uaing man reckoned
at 20 divuiona, tha Britiah hava baan
abla at aavarsl pointa to regain noma
«f the ground they lout in tha initial
attack which waa delivered with a
auddannaaa aimilar to that ofByng'a
big driva toward f'amhrai. Sunday
night thay had gained the aaatarn
«<!*■ of the vill*(r« of Villers Guislain
and driven out the Germans from L*
Vtrquir*. They bald thin latter po
lo the enemy, only to take K **»•" '*
tor in the day. Southwest of Bourlon
village, at the want of Cambrai, the
British also have recovered lost ter
rain.
The German war office asserts that
6,000 British have been made pris
oner during their drive and that 100
film have tx-en tak<>.i from them. A
larg<- number of the (runs, already
have been recaptured. The four days
battle is described as the most san
guinary one that has taken place since
the days of Vedrun and tha first bat
tle of Vpres.
Artillery duels are in progress be
tween the French and the Germans
north of the rhemin des-Dames and in
the Vardun sector. An attack by the
Germans north of Flirey, in the lat
ter region, was entirely driven balk
by the French suffering heavy casual
ties and leaving prisoners behind them
Likewise on the Italian front the!
fighting is mostly by means of bis;;
runs, the duels being intense on the
northern line in the hilly region be
tween the Brent* and Piave rivers.
No details have yet been received
•oncerning the negotiations between
the German* and the Russians for an I
armistice, although the On man grand
headquarter* announces that an nrm-i
)*tice already is in Torre on sections of1
the Rusno-Oermnn front. In addition1
to Austria-Hungary acepting the pro
posals of the Russians for * relation
of hosilities, Bulgaria also ia to open
negotiation* with Russia with the
name object in view.
Meanwhile the international xitua
■taf* headquarter* at the front, where
refu-nl met the Bolshevik! regime'*
demand that proper arangement* he
made by the commander-in-chief with
the German* for an armistice.
The intcr-allied conference In Pari*
fca« er.ded. r<i|nnel 'lou.se, head of the
address, declared that there had l>eea
eo-ordinalion and unity of purpose
rwrhsd which proi.iUed greater re
sult* for the future and It wa« hi*
deep concentrated effort we shall be
able to arrive at th« goal which w*
have eel out to reoea."
!n t° e i i *'ng
DESTERATELY GERMANS
ARE SEEKING DECISION.
PImi, 9my BaW.
| Waakingtoat. Pee. I.—A a affort ky
' dw Germane to ka«w an a daeietea
engaageaaent am Um aiaetom tramt Ia
m||ia»< in the war department'* »
▼taw of military operation* far the
week cmting IWniiMr I, leaped to
night by Merratary baker.
"The mat'landing feature of the
general military nituaUaa today,"
<ay> til* review, "la u> ha found in th*
ever-inereaaing mobility of action of
tha force* cniraged.
"It naam* that a ilaritMi la being
nought by tha enemy, who rralltee
thai h« cannot endure for a much
longar period the "train of trench war
fare impoeed by tha allien in tha weat.
"Thui explain* the effort of the cen
tral power* in making ron*id*raMe
forcea in ordar to invade Italy—m con
centration of troop* made poaaibla by
tha international situation in Ruaaia.
Thi« offenaive »t» undertaken to.
croak the Italian* and compel them to
warn for peace.
Tire weak* of aeaperate fighting
haui brought them no nearer their real
objective.
"The Italian armie* auffered *rr
loua raverae* in tha early atagea of tke
battle. They were compellad to give
way and for a time UM military aitoa
tion along tke Italian front wan aar
toua. But the enemy had underesti
mated the rani-ting power of the
MUtMM.
Tha hop*<t for ravoluion in Italy,
which had bean wduloualy fommUd
IYf Garttan progamMata and wtiich wmai
"Tha Italian*, by a magnificent ef
fort, reorganiie thair broken force*,,
rapidly reformed thair radraa. and
barked by tha alliaa. wara able, *in-'
(le handed, to check tha Aoatro-Ger
»mn invasion.
"It would b« futile to underaatimate
lha great lo*fe* both of men and ma
terial, suffered by the Italian*. Than*
losses should aarva to Mt forth in
lioldar relief the heroic effort" of thaae I
element* of the armie* which were
abia to thwart the plan* of tha cen
tral empire.
"Tha dosing of tM Swi*a frontier
for two week'* may indicate that the
enemy i* transporting large force*,
Ixith men and guns, to tha wa*t.
"The enemy i* constantly detach
ing large contingent* from the east
ern theater. All good troop* which
can poxibly be spared are bainr dee -
patched to other lone* of operation*.
-bo mat, though the *aa*on U not
propitious for enlarging1 in military
enterprise* on a large Male, yet ow
ing to the imperative necessity for a
continuance of thia mol.iltty, farther
offensive* are to lie anticipated.
"On the other hand, the allies will
give the enemy no respite and any of
fcnaive undertaken by the (iertnans
will be prrmptly *»et by a counter
-rr<ike of greater severity." After
•lucussfng the situation on the various
fronts the review conclude*:
"In the Tale^tlne theater of opera
tii.n%<he raj.id advawe of the British
on Jerusaleum after the fall of Jaffa
has been temporarily retarded. The
residence of the Turkish forcea ha*
considerably incronied, and the neces
*ity of bringing up further reinforce
ment* a«<l material ha* caused delay
in the offensive operation*."'
American* kill Twelve
Mexican* who Attacked
Indio. Te*.. Dee. 8.— Mexican out
law* openr l Are on on* of the Ame»;
ran cavalry (wUvii flva rriles fi m
here late today Private Kest In th* lee
The American troo,Mi stationed her*
Immediately crosed the rWer Into
Meiiro, oprne.l Are on th« 1 •
llement of tjtack* and kiH«-l 12 ■ (
the bandits, including Kelipe Romero
i and Rafael Venaslado.
AMERICAN ENGINEERS
DOING A GREAT WORK.
rUy»iI Largt Fmrt im Making
Fwltiiif R*ilw«r*.
itfttlah Army Haftdquartnrv In
Fmiw. Monday Mo*. Ik—By tin An
■aclatad Pr»«« ) AlMrlnui <m)nnr»,
tha Am«r1ran trmp« h ba mprwl In
military oparatlona on ihr Rritlah
front took a promlnant part la
hraaklnff of tha Hlndanburg Una hy
Ganaral Byng teat waak. It la a«w
pnaalhla to Inform tha paapla of the
Unltad fttataa that anfftnaara of tha
Amariran array had a larfa part In
puahinf up tlia vital railway bahtnd
tha advinrlnf Bntiah aoldiara. TV
Amancan anginaara hava baan labor
inr on tha rnada fhrourb tha davaat
ad hattlaflalda "f tha Somiw dtatrict
for naarly four atontha and two of
thair man, who wara woundad wara
tha flrat American eaaoaJtia* announ
cad from Wuhtngton. Tha apaad with
which tha linaa hava baan laid up
through tha hrokan Hindanhur* da
fan aaa daring tha paat waak haa rallad
forth tha highaat praiaa from tha
Britlah anthoritiaa.
Tha Antarlma hava baan working in'
ahifta 24 hour* a day and no aoch1
amount of track haa baan laid In thia I
rairion In ao »hort a time bafora. Tha
mannar in which thair baig dubbad tha
"Amarican athdataa." For thaaa un
tiring aoldieri ara today aa fit and aa
aniline aa thay wara bafora tha bat
tie began.
Naturally the Americana have for
l long time been work in* under the
rang* of enemy artillery and mora
than once they have com* under heary
■hall lira. Ona of the Mat striking
alaag the front has been that *t\
nr 100 yard* away.
At ona time the German* est loose
with their gun* on a lecttaa of the
truck* tore up three mile* «nf rail*.
!>ut they scarcely had flnfe^ed thi*
bombardment when Sgfertn lire* of
■tee) began to creep forwa rd once more
After the enginer* had reached a point
where they were aapoaed on the *k>
line it vat oecasaary to work at night
or on foggy day*.
There hare l>een three force* of
American" empl<> ad in thi* region
*ince about August 4. Two of them
have bean occupied with the operation
and maintenance of light railway* and
die other ha* been ranatroetiag nar
row guaga line*.
Yhe correspondent ha* rinited maty
of their engineer* since their arrival
and ha* found them fit and eager for
work.
The correapowleat was talking w*h
th rtr officers today am) tkt only ansie
tjr thc-y expresfed about the future
the fear that they might later be com
pelled to work far bark of the liner
out of the fighting zone. The engin
eer* love to hear the gun* and to get
an clone to the ((ring line a* military
orders permit.
Some of them had an unusual ex
perience much to their liking, on the
first day al the offensive. The Brit
ish called for volunteer iitretcher hear
er* to go forward to the battle4eld am'
brine wounded British ami German*
A large numlier of the engineer, of
fered their service* which were ac
cept"*!. They Ju*t had flnfiihed a
hard day'* work on the railway, hut
they gladly undertook the new. ar
duous and dangerous task and labored
through the night getting Injured
soldi*, s back to th* dressing stations.
They were highly complimented by
the British for their efficiency In thi*
line.
Stomach Trouble aad ( enatipation.
Thoee wh< are afflicted with t i"
vh trot Isle and conatipatkm s'
read the following. "I have never
found anything so good for stomach
thouIdes and constipation a* Chamber
lain's Tel.lot*. I have used them oil
arid on now for the past two years
~Vi?y *-♦ it'vt <re«U»t ' i»»rt
Ihcv >. • ■.!•'• St- the «'»♦».s .»
; and keep.; oov's ln>u> in a healthy t«i
I litK-n." writes Mrs. Benjamin Hooper,
Auburn, N. Y.
Torlu HmmIt
miCmrmmmOww
Bo» "v. X" T^e ?... ari
fc .»« kiw !»f (iorimn mi# Ml ■
"ItrMlM ef ««r ky the United
■ MMm agatnet Turkey now would ha
playlnt 1st* tha handa ft Bartm (WR
| rlala, M tha opinion ef Dr. William E.
•Hfnaf, atltnrml aerretary of tha
America* Board of t'ommiaatenen for
i Forttfn Miaaiona.
"Why tha United Statea ahould de
• lara war upon aithar Turkey of Bul
garia ta irnmprehenpitble to thr.ee who
know anything of tha internal aitua
tionnf thnaa two ronntr!**," aaid tha
<i«f< mant iaaued by Dr. fttrong to
night. "Both of tha rnmtrln ara aa
much nndar tha control of Garmany aa
ara Rolirium and Poland.
"Who would atiggeat," ha continued,
"that wa ahould declare war againat
Belgium berauae Belgian aubjecta ara
working for German r and Belgium >•
supplying Garmany with foodstuff*
and othar war equipment? Thnaa who
hava coma out of Turkay during the
lat few month* give only one testi
mony and that ie to the affect that Tur
key ia heart] y tired of the domination
of German?\ Even the leader* recog
nixe that the^ want into thia war not
for any poeaihle gain to Turkey. but
with every opportunity of toeing every
thing.
"If war ahould be declared on Tur
key and Bulgaria, what could the
United States do- It would ha cruel in
tha extreme to make an attack upon
a people who hata tha alliance with j
Germany with a perfect hatred and
who would gladly break that alliance
if they had the power to do *o."
Put Children
Bafora Advancing Army.
No*. tO*—Ait tfca op-1
of th« acta of barbarian whjrh revolt
i
«d the civilized world, *emi-official di«-1
pate ha* from Rom* today »ay, are now1
'.•in* practiced by the Au*tro-Ger-'
nan invader* of Italy.
Near Zenaon the dispatch** lay, the
nvadar* placed Italian women and
hildren before their troops a* they
dvanred and the Italian soldiers were
.mpelled to nacrifict their innocent
countrymen.
In the Friuli region. war taxes re
quiattiona and conscription of labor ia
being practiced a* it *>i in Belgium
tnd northern France, A u* t ro-fierman
priaoner* tell of Italian noncorabat
int* masaacred by the invading troops
and loot from Italian homes and ahop*
ha* been found on the bodiaa of dead
troop*. Soldier* on the Piave declare
ihey bear the acraam* of women and
rhildran from the opposite aide of the
river.
The invading armies have taken
away cattle and other property burned
household furniture »r their biviuac
fires, Bosnian troops, the dUpatche*
ay. have committed jnnameable atro
cities.
TAKE IT IN TIME.
Juat at Scorea of Mount Airy
People Have.
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If you neglect kidney backache.
More serious trouble!! often follow,
Doen's Kidney Pill* are for kidney
backache, and for other kidney iHs.
Mount Airy citixens endorse them
Mrs. J. C. Harris. 814 8. Main St..
Mount Airy, my*: "I couldn't stoop
over or straighten up without having
sha»p pain* in my kidneys. At times
mv back ached tn badly that I ccnld
hardly get about to do my housework.
I felt tired and languid and the least
exertion seemed to play me out. Af
ter I had taken a few doses of Doan'*
Kidney Pills, procured at the West
Drug Co.. my hack felt much het'er.
1 ' ' • bent v f
lawk was aa strong as ever and I
b a vent had any trouble from It sine*."
Price (Or at all dealer*. Don't sim
' r'y aik for a kidney remedy -get—
Ki.h ry Pi'.l* the same thai
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| Prop*., Buffalo, N. Y.
MEN ATTACK AMERICAN
MORALE COULD BE SHOT
Jndp l>|< P»Hwr» Palilalia
I AdJrwaa From lh~ Bmmk,
Whmm Charging IIm Crtad
Jury of lit* Dcear -«f Term
a4 the Fudaril Di« H«t Court
—Bar Pror.ad. W th Uwni.
•nova IwdoT'timn' «f Hi*
Sentiment.
i
"In the regular courne if nature, I
have only a few man- ,nri to live,"
laid Judge Jama* E. H d yaatarday
when ha thanked the ha for it* ap
proval of an ad ! ->«» h<- tul ma«te on
pat rioti*m, "but 1 wait* to nee peace
raxiored with th« inatitutinna of n>
c.untry intact." Ttlvre dim such
depth of ulncerity tn the atutement
that the rrowilad court Tocm at silent
for a moment, anil Ulere waa no out
burnt of feeling, aa hail marked pre
vloua tiprmioni from the bench dur
ing the morning. Judge Boyd hail
cloned hie addreaa and Thomaa J. Gold
of High Point, roaa to hia feat and
moved a ruling vote of thank*. When
Diatriet Attorney Hammen put the
motion, every paraon tn the court
room »tood up.
"If you dont agree exactly with thr
plan of the preparationa being made
by the country now, put aaule personal
views. Don't quibble. The people in
authority are doing the bait they
can, and the man who would *ay now
that we ought to be unaueeeasful in
Una war ia guilty of treaaon. Any
auch person could be triad and con
victed aa a traitor and "hot," »aiH'
Juujre Boy<j. further along he &aid
ami<l applause that "thin country i* to
eme/ge triumphant in ihe ■n.l from J
tkia war, aad WUHmm Hofeen^llerni
bverwlefmeS^amT fif™a33SE<nHafttej
conclusion of pear* will leave thnee
who failed th« country in iu hour of
peril "marked men" and that mark
ing will be scored against them fore
ver.
There is no time now for fine aca
demic discussion* of whether the Unit
ed State* is righteously at war. no;
time for criticism of the Country, but
it is a crisis in which all "Americans
must stand together as one man"
against a foe which started the war in
the deaire to "dominate the world"
and has conducted it on a plane of sav
agery and brutality difficult for civil
ized men to stand up in this country
now and say he sympathize* with Ger
many," Judge Boyd said. "That time
is past." When Great Britain, France
and Germany first went to war, it is
to be understood that there was a na
tural sympathy for Germany in this
country where so many of the peo
ple are of German descent, "b^t there
U no longer justification of the nenti
ment. Germany ha* forfeited all
right to sympathy by ber violation of
sacred international obligations, and
her disregard of the fundamental, de
rent demands of humanity.
•
"The man who Nyreaks a sympathy
for Germany in this country now,"
said the judge, "is as much a traitor
as is the man who discredits the cause
of the United States."
The judge paid recognition to the
German poier. That nation is like a
giant bulldog with many of the ani
mal's qualities, as it displays its na
lure in shaking smaller dogs—bat sur
rounding it are three great, coura
geous antagonist*. France, Great Brit
ain and the United .States, and the
"Just the greatest sf them n"," Ju '^e
Boyd said and they will not stop nor
hesitate until the harbarianii pay the
penalty for their c> imes. until such
I restoration as is possible is made of
the ravaged countries wt'.(+ ha c felt
| th« h«*l of the inv* fer until tH»
empire tetters and falls, and the Ger
man people are made to realise the
essential error of their aaault on civil
ization and Christianity.
The duty of Americans in thia rrisii
is to flew everything they have, il
need be, to farther the eaoae of Um
! MNmtrjr. Duly la aa mar* ihaa tfcta.
for irirTtkiH torhulM Ufa whan eatt
«d far, and it ti Ml a wfH laaa. Tfca
I mmf mi!H»ry sImvM jjo WiHW
naadad, ra*ltnn| that Ufa ttaaK In
j ** ta ba '»l|liri M th» baianaa
I right. "What would ha a*r
•••mdiuon nam," Judga IM »ikai
"htH Mir IMMtAPI fMlKMiTBli tfn4i
livaa inntaad of thatr rmtntry »h—
I ha taot rama?"
Profltaaring should not ha tnlar]*a4
now, and tha man who «f»ya at homa
whila Hi* fallow* light tha Italian**
rtlfht in tha tranehM, ani* turn? Via
h.mdn to ratting rkh thrrnirh <paro
I lation "on tha naaila of" tha po- pla
am* <-!a* «d u a traitor '« y .''Mr*
f!oy l. »Ha put him alonr«if »hc maa
•vho failt* down tha Inif i i entiaa
ikI « **na tha mora!* of tha na
i .p. irmned th»>m ill. At tha
»nd, Jrnlgr Boyd in vi tart ary.na in tha
audianre who fait a »ym partly for
f'.armany to rina. No on« a<r»ptart
'ha invitation.
Inauranca of Soldiar* and
Sailors.
Washington. D. C.—Th« art 'vhirh
provide* for fiove:ntn<..'.l llXc in.ur
anra for soldier* and nailor* ha* now
bean in operation a littla ,nr • than a
month. Tha Sarratary of tha Traaa>
dry announced on November 17th that
op to that data 44,1118 applirationa
undar tha naw law had haan received,
representing insurance in tha nam of
I662.IW3.00A. From four to «l* thou
sand applirationa ara r» aivad narh
day at tha Treasury Dap* rt men , tha
amount of insurance applied for aoma
time* reading a total of fifty million
dollar* in a single day.
The law providaa that soldiers, Mil
ers,< marina* and nurses in Kttn
mrrie* May obtain from the Govarn
exceeding $10,000 at premium rata*
ranging from *15 cents a mmth at the
age of 21 yearn to $1.20 a month at
tha a ST* of 51 yean, for each 11,000 of
innuranre.
# One of the primary object* of this
law i* to fe-en the tremendoo* bur
den of per<K>n* which ha* followed aa
a conHequenre of all American wars.
(t is evident that the a»!"-..iM*t'ation
of thin new b-anch of Ct < •rnment
work is big business in itself. But
thin is only one of manv governmen
tal activities incident to the war which
a. r adding gTcat nunhi .i of clerks,
V.wnograpHers, and and otner servants
to Uncle Sam'* payro". I.ite ally
t)u>u»andi of rtenographe and type
writer* have been appointed in Wash
ington during the pa»t few months
and thousand.-! more »re to be appoint
ed as soon as they sr» available. The
United State* Civil fiervice Commis
<ir>n is holding examination* for these
positions weekly throughout the coun
try. Secretaries of local boards of
rivil service examiners at the post
(.Alien in all cities are furnishing de
tailed information.
Slight Improvement Shown
In th« Health of Soldiers.
Waohinirton Nov. 29.—Slight im
provement in health conditions in the
national guard and national army
camp* for the week endir? November
23, is shown hy the weekly heal h re
port of the division of fl«.M san: at ion
made public today by Sargewi Gen
eral Gorjras.
Seven national guard divisions show
a lower rate during the preceding
week and seven show an Increase prin
c(im!!y in pneumonia arfl rr.ca ,ks.
In the national army eight divisions
show's decrease, one sh >ws the »■■>
rate and seven a higher rata.
CORN AND CHOP MILL.
T hav uta't >d a mill on IV»p» TliB
near Mount Airy M grind eefi and
chop. I have a special mill that will
grind corn and eoh together, thus
making fine feed far itwk. I aba
bay and sell wood.
m. t. Mcknight.
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