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7 -I " i M "ii I ii -, -. - ., . ; i ti l n ;l! ,n ,,,,,.,,,.' lM 't I'll ''ii !.. in " .i.i 1 H 4 p VOL, 7 Llkin.N. C, Thursday, May 30, 1918 No.O CERMAN" PATROL ARMED WITH LIGHT MACHINE ClNS IS DtlVEN BACK Washington, May :M.-General I Visliing' communique fur Sun day issued tonight by llii! war department tolls Imw an A uif ri -can patrol of tin officer and 20 lllt'll ill the Lorrililli hector lilst night drove back nn.l indicted losses upon an enemy patrol armed with lik'lit machine guns and angled by machine gun lire from the enemy lines, 'rtif communique lor Satur day, delayed ill t.l HIMIiimioll nay: "Yesterday in Picunly oui t l'HI H H V I'll !.') a successful si I'-nl i .til and indicted mi ilu- in' lll.V a IIU IIiIm'I-of losses ill Idlll'i, (Hid prisoners. ' Ill-It' i i liolhillg elseol i iii i m t tance to n'jNirl " Follow ing is toi.i s t itfinciit "In tin' com so of patrol en counters on r lumps drove back the enemy and inflicted a number of casualties L ist night in Lr-ralne-one of our patrols, consist lug of an officer and 20 turn, gained Contact with ciii'iny pa trol of about equal strength which was supplied with light machine guns and assisted hy mac hint gunfire from its own lines, in tin; fighting whic h en sued, our pitrol drove hack the enemy, lulling sevei al of ttieui." ROOSEVELT AND TAFT HA VE AMICA BLE CHAT Chicago, May 2'. Theodore Koesewlt and Willi mi Howard Taft, former Presidents of the United State, in-1 tonight in a Chicago hotel an I lii-id tln'ir first s t!iulil atnicahle conversation since tlx national republican run v--iitn.il in 1'Hl.'. It was at that convention held in Chic.igo that th progiessive party was horn and I'oliiu.-I Rnos.-veii in i I.- its nominee afUr the republicans had nominated Mr. Tall This occurred in thf dining room. Colon. I Roost-vi-ll w as at dinner when Mr, Taft entered and made his w ay to the colonel' table. Tim in-ii gri;ed hands ntd smiled broadly while lh'o!h fr diners ruse and cheered. After the meeting, the former president hat down mid engaged In tniinnU'd conversation for half an hour. Finally, as Mr. Taft rose to go they shook hands again aril seemingly in the Ih'1 of pints. Neither the colonel nor Mr. Taft would divulge the topic of conversation. "Mr. Taft heard I was hue and immediately t ame to see me," said Mr. Roosevelt. "We had a Very 'iijoyable half hour' talk and 1 was very happy to see him atain Mr. Tuft said "I lieurd the colonel w as hen before 1 saw liitn. I missed tlie opportunity of seeing bun at the dinner to Marshal Joffre. I was very glad to '' lni this time." I Made Administrator of J t War Labor Activities ; I'clU I runt,! nrt-T. n .- to I hhI(- Dt lu Si-'Ti'lury IttiKtT nlmv (lie full d fttult-m-hliTnl ilu- war, lin liit-n mi (miIiiI)'iI tnlitiliiNir: t--r if war lnlHr rtlvlilf-i. His J..li U in Initio hii-I 'I .(! rnl c. nit ml tin- l:iln.r ftrthlMc (,f kll gllXt-rNUII'lll lli .;,l lllll ll.lvlllJt tit do Hli Mi' i ,.r ui,r inn ItTlnl. Mr. Ki iiit.inr:. i milv re. i-ntl-rtturiifl fr-iiii Kntiin.l i,n. d ,,(,,,. wUsit Ik ttii!u,l siir l-'-.r i'.LiiUie 'z'ir.'" : NEW OFFENSIVE BY CERMANS 13 NOT YET BEGUN Ity tho AssociaUjd 1 r h h Still another week has passed, and tlin (Jerinan haw not boun their oxpected now offensive ualnst the allied forces in Hand era and t'icardy. And, as yet, there is iiowliern any Indication that it is the early indication of tin! enemy aaiu to try to break the batik front and reach t h i channel ports. It Is not Improbable, however that the blow will Ih launched tit any moment. Aviators winiin their way in reconnaissances be hind the (Jennan lines Uill re pin t a continuation by the (!er- mans of their work of briniiin' up fresh troops, yuns and stoic, for what is lelieved everywhere will lie their ureatesl attempt to win a decisive victory. a s Meantime, the allies are not idle. Ku-ry hour is beini? utilized by them to HtrtMigllien lratee;ie. INisitions and every hour llnds them the better prepared to with- stand an enemy onslaught The morale tf the tnops Is tf the highest and confidence reigns among the men of tho unilied command of General Koch that the enemy will not be able to car ry out his program to the full, and that w hatever ground he may gain will be dearly paid for. In the work of strengthening the battle front the Americana are playing no secondary role. J he bteady stream of the khaki lad la J from overseas to the tigbtii.g line has aerved greatly to reassure Ilritihh and Krencli ontingeut that have herertt- ore Ko valiantly held their own against tremendous olds. Those of the Atncricui already in the trenches have given and are still giving a gmKl account of them selves, harrassing the Germans with their artillery and outg.un ing lu combat in the open. Kven the Germans at home previously adopting the tactic of Kneeling at the Americana now ar becoming aware of their strength and virility. No leu an authority than the aemi ofiicial North German Gazette is re marking on the "maturing" Am erican reinforcements behind the aihed line anJ wondering '"how the lightning trained Yankee will hold his own against the German lad who have had military train ing from their youth. Nowhere along the battle front has tl tere bevn fighting of any great moment. Several n u w raids have been carried out suc cessfully ngninst (Jennan si tionsbytho Americans, HritUh ami French forces and aome sim ilar attempts by the Germans promptly put down. Meaty ar tillery duels have been in pro gresa on various sectors between the Germans and the Hriti.sh and French. The shelling by Ger mans of KielJ Marhbal Hair's ig nitions cat and northeast of Am iens has been particularly heavy, gas projectiles being used in great number. The Americans in tho Mont didier sector have carried out another of their "silent" raids, leaving their trenches without artillery support and overwhelm' Ing an em my trench, tils Ger manj were killej and one noldier was made prisoner by the Amer ican who returned to their own line. Tho HritUh near Huequoy in. a niuiilar adventure captured 11 Germans and two mat bine guns and in two other raids took 15 prisoner and a mar bine gun. In the Ailette river region the French also brought In captives. There still is considerable aer ial activity over and lnhind the battle lino and numerous tight in the air occur daily. In the Italian theatre tho Aus trian have essayed several rath er atrong attacks against the Italians in the mountain region of the north but every where have met with repulse. Along theJ lower Piave river and In the Ton alo region there have been Intens ive artillery duels. TRAINING SCHOOL V i. -'6 4 'if ,K I...,, ..re trill,,.-. II.t- i.,,-i h, ,...,.,.. 1.,.. ,,, A. l'ru.l-ii n.i n:,i, r rv ctiuniiU! tult f il.J ' - r ."v - H.MIII-.I. ii'ii NOTICE TO PROSPECTIVK REGIS TRANTS. Men who ha.e attained tho age of twenty ont since June 5, l'.I7, will b. required to register on June T., 15H. The act providing fur the regis tration of men w hohuve attained the age of twenty -one since June 5th last has been passed by Con gress, and Juno.'th, KK is the day set therefor. All mate citi zens of the I'liited States, and all male ersons reading in the United States, who have since the 'th day of June, )'.17, and on or before th. day set for regis tration, attained tin age of twen ty one, must register. The only exception are H'rsons in the Naval or Military service of the United States, which includes all olhcers and enlisted men of the Kegular Army, the Navy and the MaHna t'4rps, and the National Guard and Naval Militia while, in the service of tho United States, and officer in Ollicers Keserve Corps, and enlisted men in the Knlisted Reserve Corps, while in active service. Are you one of the iktsoiis re quired to rcgisterT If so, take notice. It is incumbent Uoii juu to present yourself to the local ltoard having jurisdiction over your place of permanent resi dence between tho hours of 7 A. M., and '.' I. M., on June ."th, If necessity retjuires that you be absent from the jurisdiction of such ltoard on the day of rcg istration, you are required to ob tain a registration card, complete the entries thereon before a mem ber or attache of any bcal It ard ' In the United States, and mail! same to the Hoard having juris diction over your home address in order that same may ieah such Hoard on or before '. I f M. of June rati. The w idest publicity is U'ing given the registration and the day set I hen for. A supply of registration cuds is now in the hands of every Imcal IWrd in the country, and there will be no excuse for men not registering or for abjcntces not furnishing ttieir cards to their respective Ijocal Hoards on the day set therefor. All jversons required by the Regulations to be registered are charged witha knowledgeof such Regulation, copies of which ure In the hands of every In-al Hoard. Failu r of any (s-i.-on required Ui be registered to per form any duty prescribed by these Regulation is a 'misde meanor, punishable by Imprison ment for one year and may re sult In the loss of valuable rights and privileges and Immediate in duction into service. All such cases will bo vigorously ferreted out and as vigorously prosecuted. Any information that a prosjtec. live registrant may desire will gladly be furnished him at the ofliceof any Local Hoard through out tho country. liemetnber, from 7 A. M. to 9 P. M., June fith, I'JH. at theonice of tho IK-al Hoard having juris uiction over your place of perma nent rwuaence. FOR ARMY CHAPLAINS . m Minn iii in ii mwiTt mmmw-'-?' s i, I - i j I ' , ,.. n.H..try ,.,,,.,,,.. Ilf ,,,,,,, .I,,.,,, Ih- ,,,11l!ulI1 M1lIi.nI, ilu- . MEXICO BREAKS OFF" DIPLOHATIC RELATIONS WITH CUBA. Mexico City, Friday, May 24. Mexico has severed diplomatic relation with Cuba. This" was learned oDicially late today after a reiHjrt that the Mexican charge d'affaires at Havana and the Cu ban minister here have been re called from their rcsjiective jxists had been confirmed at the foreign jflic. Washington, May J." In Mcv ico's sudden breaking off of diplo matic relations with Cuba is seen an indirect action against the United States. Those in ist fa miliar here with Lpin American affairs profess to see in it the forerunner of more direct action. possibly an interruption of inter courses between the United States and Mexico. Although without official Infor mation of a detailed character? it is understH here that Mexico's real grievance ag iinst Cuba i the recent incident hi which the Mexican minister t Argentina, Senor Fuhela, was delayed in Havana while .ome official, os tensibly a Cuban customs in- sjHvtor, scan bed his baggage and probably removed some pa pers said to be of an international character. No annouin eui'-iits are being ma le here an I no offi. ial secrets, if there be any, are being dis iloM'd, Hut it is known that at tl.s saiiiC time some sgit of a tie gi-tiition was g"ii;g on between Mexico, Argentina, and ossibiy one other Latin American conn try. having f..r i.- pur;"- a com J nion attitude toward the war. u, It Mi,.r, is presun.ed that any i lauiiii in jsctior raneia luggage had to do with it. This incident is believed here to be the real cause of the break, ad those who entertain this be hef are tirin in the conviction that Mexico was Convinced that the United States was responsible for the incident. When Senor l abel a's luggage was seairhcil, it was maintained by some that the person who did it, was not a Cuban offi, i.l at all, hut some other rg.-iit in tin dis guise of a Cuban Inspector or gendarme. Liter, however, it seemed to have bee'n satisfactori ly established that the man reullj was a Cuban inspector. A break between Cuba and Mexi -o, it is felt, disrupts prac tically nothing l,ut a long stand ing friendly elation. In tie upirion of those in close touch with the subj 'ct, it may actually give Cuba a free hand, as the Mexican foreign minister says in his announcement but erhaps not in the manner suggested, American agents for some time have been rcorl.ng German agents operating in Cuba, some of them crossing frequently to the United States as Cuban citi zens or Mexican citizen. A severance of diplomatic relations probably would leave the Cuban government feeling more at lib erty to investigate their activi ties. When first class iowers are concerned, a break in diplomatic relations inevitably has been fol lowed by war. Hetween lesser lowers this rule often fails to holdtfood. AND ITS COMMANDER if; X i 2 J,: J. . , ; C. C. OUVER COMMITS SUICIDE AT CHARLOTTE Charlotte, May iTi.-C. C. 0j. vcr, registering from Winston- Salem, but traveling for the Gate (ity Life Insurance com nan r of (reenslKro, committed suicide ,ifaanJ motor boat which en today in the Piedmont Hotel (for- tcred lho wreckage to rescue merly Huford hotel) bv shootinir himself. He fired twice. The (list shot went wild, the bullet entering the wall. Failing the Hist time, tho man placed the pistol over his heart and fired The bullet passed through the heart, death being instantaneous acconling to physieidua. Mr. Oliver went Ui the hotel this morning at no and askgd for a ro.m. He told thw clerk tn call him at -j o'cU-k. Tho clerk rang at that ,ur. There was ni answer. He ran.' aeain nn.l again. Not understanding why the ma,, did not answer, he -nt up to his room. He found the hs.r locked. He called help and ion ed the tUir. He found the man lying across the bed on his back dead. Physicians were summoned, also tho coroner. I lie former stated that the man had been dead for three or four hours. A guest on the same hall said he heard two reixirts about II o'clook but thought they were tires bursting in the street The dead man had a a- caliber nulitarv i.isi..l o, it.. left a note fur his father, O. C. , . , .., 'II1I.11 .11 .11 I II Til I I -B lliaktil.fcl : f"J!'U i1,-"ro"l,ri, V '. ' , l"" U"'urlU nate man asset! the Gate Ciiv In. hi! r:inci i .in o.i ii t t I. .i. r.-l ' ior his father. Ho also requested hat the company be nol.tied of his death i man tuoueil VO ue . . i. . i.i about L'tl years old Ho was lo have gone to Camp Jackson Mon- nay. j ho body is m tho under taking departmentofZ. A. Hovis, this city. AMERICA AND THE ALLIES ARE RA PIDLY OVERCOMING SUBMARINES Paris, Mayl'l'. As pr-s.f that the a'liesare r4idly overcoming the submarine menace, Georges lygues. minister of marine, in i i.i... . ui uini me army and navy war committees of the senate yester day that Great Hrilain and the Un:te.l States n!ore hid con .i.. .....I . i . . , suuiu-u oi .pill 4il.l K I lo;-a more shipping than was sunk by the enemy. r The ministers declared also that the means employed to rid the seas of submarine had be come increasingly effective since January and had given decisive results. Tho minister pointed out the tremendous strides recently mnthj by tho allies In repairing snips damaged by torpedoes or mines and declared that roordi ! I.. . .1 . ll- 1 . nation uewween me anieu naiions had become so smooth during the last fou r months that the tonnage reswreu 10 tne ea exceeded .'(XJ.OUO tons weekly. Great Hri- (li l,n.,n l,.i..iirnjvm tain, he said, had repaired D'.w.OOO tons in one week recently while France had effected repair coon 2iK),(mj tons In one month. The increased building and more ef- ffclent and apeedier repair work! U S. NAVAL OFFICERS AND MENKES CUED 34 MKMUERS OF CREW OF FLORENCE If. U',,1,! ... .... r.. lanmiiKiwu, iviay Ptiorie of the heroin daring f Ainericun naval officer and men in rescu ing IS I of tins 7." members of the crew of the American munition ship Florence , which caught fire mid broke in two in French waters last April :'7, are told in the rcoi tor Rear Admiral Wll son, commanding American naval forces In France, made public to night by the navy department. Lieut. H. 1). Halslip, or San Mat(M, Cal , w ho at the risk of detonating his depth charges and destroying his vessel, promptly charged his destroyer through the mass of blazing and ox plod ing wreckage covering the water in which survivors were strug gling. Is recommended for com mendation. Gunner's Mate F. M. Upton, of Denver, Col., and Ship's C(ok I. W. Covington, of Durant. Okla homa, are recommended for con gressional medals of honor and gold lifeaaving medals. They ,P3l,Ct' 'nt tho sea and rescued a ,nan wI)0' eJt'auU'd, was in the lniJ,itofexpl(Kling jwwder boxes. 'x 0mCOrs w''0 commanded men ho were beini; badly burn cJ &lK)ut tlie ,lcaJ BuJ a,m8' Uo ruru'eons anJ a chap'iu and 4s HCatut;n were with them are U)C'nllonc1 or commcndatiou The French vico admiral com- uiaudiDK t,ie district, in com nj?DdlDli Ueutenant Haislip said ne gave proof of a Muperh con tempt of dauger and remarkable ,iua!lti'fl fcoamansliip." coiwuntly bringing belter rt'u,U ln 1,10 lran.urt of trw-j. . A" U,U ,n,r,ainK destt uc l,ou vl ""marines wincli was conHlant- tl,rt "i''U'r. the uurv lor Wero nl showiug an increase over the preceding months but were far surpassed by the result know n to have been attained thus far in May. Jacques Muinesini, under secretary of aeronautics, an nounceu to the committeemen that tho program for tho con "truction of naval machines pre 'uleJ lo ,y7 ,,!ul "lady been "tuM P-'H, but that a new anJ ,m"L' intensive effort was ,,lanncU- I aris, .May .7. I'reiiner Clem- eneeau visited the front Sunday Und conferred with General F.s-h . ... . .. reiurningio ran in tlieevenmg . 'el,,. .11Mf..r.tll it. ,i i llu.,m.,u.nl linprt.,.iurl KaimH, by l)iy jMnn((.r f fr.wl, ... .. .. iiv'i iii inim vi nit' IIUIIl, NUy i.-..i ii ,, . ..... . ... . aiwti.l III tut- IAIIII IIU '. ' '.C 1 Parthinn I'nnlinai le q . w. .niiiy infill" to Get the War Cross MmJ. ?;i,i,r.i ituii.- i'.ii.Kk, n"l,,"'w of c.'nrl r?rhing, lim bo rsinmfncti.i fur Hi wir cni. It- CHll!y ulM,,,r t).rr1fle flre lie mni Iisms lion iif Dip ttlre -iiiiiluiiiti n!luDt, ''' " i"' ciiwiH if iiim bK-siiM 'o lmm lhir? ful by Iht niiij- mhI rt-pulifd It, being woumW.1 In the l.g whii (!ulo so. lit "" ' V)otuiu r u u STRONG ATTACKS DEVELOI Lindon, May '27. Strong Ger man attacks developed early this morning against the Itritish and French Msitioim between Rhnints and Soissoins, the Hftr offl.-n an nounci'H. The iittacks were preceeded hy a heavy boinhardun-nt. Tin Germans al ... attacked this inni-niii;: In Flinders, be tween lyici.. and Vooimezeele.or. the northern sifle ol l he salient. The front o I he German at tack is alone the -;ei tor vhich is usually referied p, ,H(K) ,Hm front, owiin; to the .-t that for a l--ng time t. ;lm. f, ) lU() f(l). lowed the river. The o resent battle line runs along tl. Ailette rivet north of the Aisiie over the larger part of tltin sector, the French having advanced their line. The front of attack is about 40 miles, which is about 15 miles shorter than the line or the orig inal Gorman attack on Maich'Jl. In turning u a new sector their blow the (Jennan have ta ken a course contrary to th..t which has generally been pie- dieted by military cm entators during the muse in tl it niutrfi. Hons. The view usually express- ed has been that the German were committed so heavily to their campaign in Picardy and Flander and were occupying such dangerously exposed osi- tious that they were under the nocesaity of striking ugaiu at thoso iHjiut-, when they rcbumetl tho attack. It is believed that tho Germau strategy may .-m -template a surprise atl U in suf ficient strength toconjpel Gener al FoclitowilhiirawliiH.ps 1 1 cm the north in the huM-.,) nv i.u o.c the allies sufficieiitly u the i ;n,. front to weaken then i.nes m Pi cardy and Flanders. If the German coiinle.l iijsiii the element of sui pi i.e I., asset them inlheiiewnltscl, i hey prob ably have fallen into a miscalcu lation. Ilis evident li.nu lbe,.. filial llrilish statement that new disposition of tumps hive been made along the Aisne f iont. !u fore the March offensive the Uritish line tan to (ise river south of St. gueiitm Going to the assistance of the Itritish the French lk overasm-Uirextend-ing to a s.int east of Amiens. There has been no previous men tion of tho presence of Mulish troops on tins pait of the lino ex cept hr last night's German of ficial statement In this state ment it was said thai in the region of Aisne em the isl of La Neuville Itritish were taken pris oner. American lumps miy be taking part in the new battle Farly in the, spring there were several references in news dispatches to the presence vt Americans on that ail or the line. Part of these forces consisted of artillery detachments in training but at one oint at least Infantrymen were In tho trenches. There has been no recent reference to Americans there however, and they may have been withdrawn. The front between Soissons and Rlc.-itns i a difficult one. of- fei iug th-i allies excellent faclli ties for the defense. The coun try is hilly, with a, series of stiong natural positions to the rear of the allied lines. Tho Gvi man have already sustained two severe defeats on this front. Last July they undertook what Is usually referred to as "tha crown princo' offensive " Moscow, May 21. Apparently for tho purpose of terrifying the city, German airships have ap peared over Novororossyik, while German submarines have enter ed tho harbor. The Trans Caii cssian government has refused to cede the city to Tu i key in ac cordance with new demands made by Turkey in the eace conference at Hatou in, which is deadlocked. Novororossylk is .12 mile northeast of Italouin und these two cities are the two most im- pot tant point on the Black Sea.