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A ci ots in:i t It ( ', i , ,, i j, , , iih,' mi-uris thiil mi , m,I, i'l'i plidU U a houl in , ,. luiil 111 In- iiiii'(iiilinii.-J i Milt I C'ICWCJ W 'thill ,10 ill) w I A ! J 'I H i V ) 11 fi I Ft li VOL.7 Elkin, N. C, Thursday, July 11,1018 No. 15 - . .. . " """i i A' ll... I. .A. I.. r I . . I " - . , .... "I ., GERMANS FLEE IN DISORDER BEFORE THE U.S. INFANTRY With the Uritish Army in Prance, July !".- (l!y the Asm) ciated Press ) All tin- 1 1 it ions of the I'liil.-il Stales ai in y fur Valor Were brilliantly sll.st:iilii-i yesterday in tin successful at tack made against tin' Germans Miutli (if ln rivi-r SniiiiiH' wln-n for tin-.first lime Ain-i ican in fjntry iim'ii liHik lln ir stand In side their ltiili-.li cousins a n il fought shoulder In shoulder - It whs a lt;itisiii of lire fur tin; Yankee kmIiIhm-s mi this front, Htagfll III) lil-HMil'IHC )iy anil Uif.v rami' through w ith It y Ing colors lilting comrades f, uie laiiiniiH .Mjsiraiian warrior whotn tliry wciv assisting. I la1 Americans fought hl liends," declared oni Itritis staff officer. "Tlii-.y ili.l all i that. Joey were niagniliccnl and folks at home may ! proud if tin; pu t their boys I h K in L I . i unique ! mi rlh nl July celelua lion in tlf.' shell torn valley of tin winding Soitiino. They w r i lighting over irrotiiul w hich had already been stained with the blood (if thousands of brave sold iers. but no better troops evi charged across the rolling tic!d than the pioneers from the Am . friean army. Along with this, it is pissi blc to mal e the cheerful st.it ...... I . I . . meni iiui un-ir cisu.inios wen very small, aec-rding to the Lit est reHits Virtually Iheentir. lusty hi American raine thiuiigh unscathed." This was probably due to the weak l esist incc hi, I the Germans oiT.-rod to the An glo American onslaught. One dtws not need to detract from the work of tin- gallant Aus Irulians by telling of the (hivvitm of the Americans. The soldier from the Anliodos far outnuin lerd those from the 1'njtcd Mates and did a corresponding amount of the s.inguii.ary labor, ll goo without saying tint the - bin framed men from Australia, w ho fear neither nun nor devil, fought with the customary tierce inent wliich has nude them a ter ror to the enemy. Yesterday ' (orations were secitically planned as a P-nirtli of July cole oration which should biing the American into the Hrilish ha tie line for the lirt tune. Tliw American troop who weie to take p i t in Ihi mcmoi a'.le . ....... i . . i i ... . rtviifc wi-nr oil.uii'il Willi Hie Australian allies, who took tin de-H.st interest in the foi tlunin Inn wedding of the hnk of broth c-rhood. The plans were care fully rehearsed until every Am i I I : . I erican Knew in. role a Weil Bs h rVdy veterans from his mni- 4 esty's army. Fosv p iple alon the front knew of the fortheoin i"k' vent hut tlnj Ilritish htafT olliccrs were watching every move with the keenest attention Th'iso ollicer.s today were out NpoKe.ily delighted with what they h id Keen. Tim Americans went over the top with the Aus ti ali ins, behind hi' tanks, as tho l bey had been thiini; the hjiiii Hiinu' all their lives. Then came Hi" dash with the enemy iiifan 1 ry runoiiif the s(. ,(. ti.fenseM i"d tii'iiches under tlie h;;ht of the early dawn. I here was tin hesitation. Kor i w ei'lf past the ISiitish oxinmIs had been dinninj,' into Iho ears of the Americans the vioi-il "lull kill! liill!" It is the cardinal liran of tin; tihtin;; man ami whil"itisnot pleasant to dwell 1M". .Vet that is w hat war is I lie Americans had learned their lesson well. The Uritish ollicers spoke ,,f this after the af- r a. ... i ai r was over, .o drill master ever e;oi better returns for his talk than the one who taunht these Americans this hardest l.-sson of all. A Kreut number of Oerinans paid thf supreme price yesterday and the men from the l n i led Mates exacted a heavy toll. The Americans were naturally happy hi.st iiiKht over thu success i f tho operation in which they had played a rrediublo part, and the Australians were no less pleased with their new found pals. U asliinirton. jut. o'T!... f mans lied in disorder from th. Itoi b- I i KoHie U the Hois des KorhelM lN'fori thei haini); Am- rie.in infantry during the oera very ITALIAN TROOPS WHO ARE FIGHTING ON THE PIAVE 0 I f . I ---- i H I i r , 7-L--'limits I'bV;.- .-" f 1 VJ V'-.J r.. : yW-r M - . "S t f iai J I M TERRIFIC GERMAN FORMER MAYOR DRIVE HAY BE MADE ANY TIME OF NEW YORK IS AVIATION VICTIM Ii'ilie Charles, tl , .v Major John I'urro.y Mitc.', fr. "M-Mayor of .Ww York 1'ilv. an onicor in the aviation section of the MiKnal corps, was iiistantlr killed at(Jerstnerlie, this niorn- in ii scout ma- ITM.IAN Officii PHOTO 'ili-.' I:-i.I..i, ii..-,,',. i,.,,,. ,,n,. k ,ttirli ., , ,'(X). includini: lOothcers, chief I,' Hratidenbur'ers and Ve.s- hatians. a stout looking lot; over a hundred machine uns, a score of trench mortars ami one anti tank field cun. 'Our casualties were Hineular- y liht. Tin; attack hcems to lave been such a complete ur rise that Urn enemy was fairly de moralized; throughout. From the middle of the ilay until fate Hfiernoon be hardly ever hhellcd our new ihjs'Iioiis. biter he commoiicel nhellitiK heavily, but that, w ith feeble counter attack ias been th total of his refalia- tion. 'f I. . 1-1.4 . . 1 iuiiks ma meir pari aatl.ira bly. No single tank failed to et across the Cerinsn lines, Allex tioi. in the vicinity of Yaux last . pl llve ,,,a('""u ll''ir final ,)b M.Miday and Tuesday, Ceneral rM'l'U'ly terrorizing ersM,,,' reiH.rU'd in 1,1- ... "" imawiry. i n uiose muniiiue for vesU-rdav. i-.s-eiv.-l "Vt nu n 'or reason or an '"lav at the w ar deoaM.. PlfM'r h:ul trouble, all but one had 'he hand to hand Ik'htlnir the ro:lJ rciair9 lnai, BnJ 'ave bi-en ii . . general said, was of abort d.ir. ProuKHl bacK. I asualties of the loll. Artillery lire in 8upiortof the American infantry was so elT.-ct ive, the statement said, that com munication between (Jerman bat alum and regimental head.iuar- ters tank crew were few, none fatal. The only lifu lost in any tank was that of an Australian soldier. When 4 tank stopped the crew Kotoutto take air and this man climbed into the machine out of Former Secretory of i U. S. Embassy Is Jailed I H - it ; CliHrU-N Kmll .SiiHiin.-iiiii.l, r-iriin-r firctNry i,f tin Aim-rhiiii fii.l,nsy in latiiiliiii, I,,. , , (irHnniT in ,w Verfc lit il fiinli nf f iuooo ,t,, , liruiiKlil rnmi I'lilliiil.-lpiiii) nfli-r lii'lni; -xiiinhi. ! I.v ---ti i i,f tin- ili-,iiriiiii-ii f JilHllc.-. win, (Iimi-.-iiI IH ni will. IhiIoih i-i' i Ih ,,-ii!ii- mi. c l thurK''l Willi li!!.-ni,iitij ,i nrli-1 ,. tn wrllt. n In uieiit.'IMulMi' rJi; to Kli V If w III l.ini,!i ; i. could be mainlined only by curiosit'. J'1-"' Iwfurc It was hit sniK'le messenger doi? 'teMieii. no was hilled. This description of the h'htinK (reat ervit'c' i' brin- aruuud Vaux .waairivpn in tl.J,n l,SXCH 1,10 wounded, the tanks ourseof a narrative of events in makiuK reuular ambulance ser- lut seetor, alonir the Marne in v'l'e m"n u,u fronl lino- V'4rJy, In Urrainp. J in the Alrcra,t fooiraU'd largely oiuiar sector during iho early in lhe nUa, ,hvlally by Kin) ut of this week. Artillery, n.t- ,t'rwaru " miunaneously with the bine tfun and aerial activity was K,nnlnfJ r 1,10 bombardinent note.i m i.earlv nllof th.. eeinrl m ir'ppiiijf laro numbers of ith an unusual tnoveinent be- homh, village and oth- nod the l iiemy Utwn alonij the er 'H,,n,!l' rUo hV low flylr.tr. ha- Maine. There was aiso heavv rMsl"k' 1,101 n,M"' 'mtry and ai U. iery lihtiI)i there and near p,v'l"RtinK with our machine Naux. and in the Marno xeclor k'u"nt'rH' T,,, w,'ol, oih.tIIoii enemy ammunition dumps were miraoiy piannetl and fur destroyed by American artillery. niH,,0tl an excellent cjiampleof a Iho statement on o1H-rations comumauon 01 vriou arma. vi'tiet-il.i v- i. ,1.1 ..f ii, ... eiraoruiinry L'enera or r. - "u,,r by Iho oflicer commandinn (il-l III 111 d In- A li, t -.1.. I.. I . . . "iiMiimiiiill), """ i'.noi iii ma uiira Uerman division, da tod the Chateau Thierry reirlon and May 1. has come into our hands which shows a curious state of discipline in the German army ami seems to indicate coat dis content at ir.sutlii lent rations. The order reads: Recently aupply trains of ImiUi normal and narrow yautfe rail ways have Hirain l-en attacked by armed aoldiers and pillaged. Threatened by arms, those in charge of the trains being un armed, and In small numbera. have been unable to otTer resis taneo to these excesses. This conducton the pari of German soldiers constitutes defiance of discipline and must bo repressed wiui me utmost rigor. Loiise- HAVOC WROUGHT BY TANKS SUG GESTS METHOD With the HritUh A r m y in I-ranee, July .-(ly the Associ ated Pre.)- No further attempt by the Germans to retake ground w rested from them Thursday by the co ii biiied Australian attack has been reported Unlay. Not an ti lied with the piMtions ac quired from the enemy in'tlie in itial attack, the Australians Fri day night again drove forward just h.niUu "f Vaire wood and jammed the Gerih.'J'ack some U'. i. :.... ... i. i ,. ...uiioinioi!..iuiy o.-liermanj Is preparing for a renewal of (he offensive on the west front, wliich may come nt any moment and with terrllie force. This is the oriclusion reached by General March, chief of stuff n ii,,ii,..,i...i i.. . .. -, , '"K winie nymg today in Ins weekly conference chin.. with news,,,,,- correspondents. TUo a(.(i(I(.lt wvurml No oth,,-construction is to be Hying field, according t reports put up,,,, the present lull, he received her,, Gerstner lield ,s sani. ami at the same time h. in, o.. .... .. ... . " ""vii nines i mm l.aKe t'har es. Mnerican slo WKV llllllV. L., ...... r 1. 1 r,u. New York Tiili.il l..i... ii.... it- i , . , , .MMiii i ur- Hi.,, a minion roy Mitchol, killed in an aviation men, and we are now going after accident today, became a tit-,.. for the Arm f afn- i T.v i,w.,.,l..... . r ... c .... . . ' ""K "eeil ., "V ' muB,"lieiMI1, defeated last fall for reelection itary committee during their a, mayorof New York City lb, weekly conference will, War Do- had .erved one term as the 'chief partment otliciaIs.lt was revealed executive of the country's big. that more than . a quarter of a gest city, the youngest mayor million troop were at various ever elected to that ..nice. On points on he battle lines July 1. JuIy ,.j ncxt, wou!J ,,avo Iho number of American men ihin.r,i i. I eo.,a,III .July b.-Approxb facing the enemy U increasing Major Mithe. went n. - ...v., U , III, sounded this new Kan: 150 DIE ON EX CURSION BOAT ( cou rse rrri.'U of the repulse of a hostile raiding party and two enemy patrols in the YosgcH. COUNTERATTACKS BY THE GERMANS ARE VERY WEAK Uritish hpridqumters, July . Perry Kobinson describing tho action wherein I'liited Stales army trms distinguished thcni- quently by order of tho armv r-eives says: neaiiquarlers those in charge of "The operation In which Aus-rUpl y llllinoaftrcarr' tralians were , hi..r - I ' ,.1yl tsMary ugni machine v-... I'M I,!,.,.. IW ,,..!, -J ,,. ., 111.. . I " w i'iviiuiu, Vlbl) B IT) . u.mpletcly Muccessfulas an oer- munition. These men will be in aiion could he. At 11 last nlu-ht tho lwsition nf tins enemy made what fceemed itb alt rights and duties of the three feeble counter nttirU- in latter aud will not hesitate to use .iiomni i . rms in case of attemnt to nil ' l" ', uir Kmunu' lage. Pillagers will be arrested butt,, no case did our positions and returner! m n,!. . . yield. They did attempt to es- where they will bo brought bo tabli.sh themselves in advanced ore court-martial; if those In ixisitiona which il.n a ...i-iii..,. charge of trains fail In their du- " "" ; lU.iii.i..! . . . conhideredunenr ,, i: .... woo nanacu over f. u .- . . ' w military tribunals." after beating back the counter "Reference to machine guns attacks they went out and clean- shows these robberies must bo cd out these advanced iMisitions. iade by parties of men in con t . ' ul,1ixrtlJ,t i.iuu..ii. rri ana a.ueil m mnrn i,ri.nor. r,uri,u"' inev'suir The number of prisoners will boKJ l. " "-- inn si iiioiveiuais ll) yard timre along n i.K). vards. The i pration wa entirely ruc-i-essful and hi made the new line much stronger. Details now are available con cerning the work of the larire fleet of tanks which participated in Thu rsday ' battle. The tank gave invaluable assistance to the attacking infantry. (Micers say that this was one of the most ec onomical assaults ever undertak en on the Uritish front owing to tho fact that tho tank h.ived cas ualties among the infantry by mopping up machine gun posts and strong Hints in advance. In numerous instances whole m.i. chine gun crews with their rapid titers were literally "ground into the earth by the tank, which swept over the enemy jmsts like steam rollers. Onegro-ip of tanks alone de stroyed or captured more than o() machine guns and brought about the surrendel- of at least Germans. In addition, many Germans were slain by these groat engines. Oilier tanks were doing himl- lar work. Taken as a whole, the German Infantry surrendered or bolted tn the approach of these monsters, t h appearance of which in itself is terrifying The Ger man machine gunners, how ever, fought to the nt In many instances. Numerous times tho Austral ian and American Infantrymen communicated wild the tank crews and gave them tho direc tion from wliich hostile machine gunfire was coming. In every case the tank was able to deal with the rapid firers, and thus allow- tho infantry to advance. One tank, which was I'OO yards in front of tho allied infantry, de stroyed a nest of tdx machine guns by running over it after the gun crews refused to surrender. Another tank crushed three rapid tirers, but a fourth machine gun continued firingatadistance of Hveor six yards. This gun, in turn, was run over and de stroyed, together with itcrew. At one point a tank moved against a mound which seemed a likely place for a mnchine gun. No sign of tho enemy was to be soon at first, but after tho tank had circled the mound once, about 40 Germans came out of a camouflaged trench and ran to ward the allied Infantry to surrender. mately one hundred and fifty every day, the latest units re- tralni, having taken ti e people were drowned or trampled hxjrted in action beinir those hrl. Lt i.,...i . -. . ,h.,.n, ...;,:..i.. I... ..i i . i.,.i .L. . . . I , wuuw no was may v,.v...., y '"iMKnt i.isi, nigiiv kuvu wiui me American forces or Uonn i..inin,. n, . . i when the excursion steamer (V in the d, ng attack on Hamel cL- h l-mb... carrying more than July I. No oflicia. account of l-r.so.is, struck an obstruction the share vt the Americans in fully coverimr the l,.t i.. inthe-Illinoisrivi.raudsank. that venture has vet been , . U'.M1 1 U,,,lir . i - i uvi aiuo n m i neuct'il liter excursion party started ce.ved. u ai, ' tUr f ts r n ., ..... .. ... -...., ut.-uwjr invnuoucu a. HW.XII uiiit-a oi.iiiuii tieiit-iui .11 a rui ioinicu TI. out I urn ....I from h-re. earlv in tl.o .. . . -iiu.u., oaring. - "-''""'k, """''"'"iiuoi s carrying lent several hours at an amuse- out a camnaiL'n of " nihlilinir" at I ment park near this city, and tbo enemy front, tho capture of e the nature of tops Ger- when the return to Pekin was Vaux by troops of tho American '"any may havo tak,,n about half completed the steamer Second Division, coniH)sed of Au9lrlaQ reverses. There are ran into the obstruction on the Regular regiments, having been 80m0 uQlcev 1m antk ipate tb Peofl-i shore during a fog. smash- a striking example of tho raids in al,H'aan(', r nmsidorahle Ger- ing a big holC iliJ Ihiw. The foie. Other ofliccrs have seen reserves in the Austrian pilot signaled fulfspef aJorn in these oerations evidence of ,ine, Wni('1' w'"ld influence the and as sxni as the vessel hj1Us3 greater flexibility of Uie al- situaUon ln 1,IC ',ft clear of the log or rock she bo- liethirmies, due to increased . AsiJo from pl,,or "''d.-'r i gan to settle and within a few manx)wer. vfbo fact that 251, (XX) tion,', m:;r ro greatly it,, minutes sank, carrying many Americans were'eoi-d on July l,resscl ''3' lact that Ger persons down. 1 Indicates the extent tdShich niany U In-ingcomiK-IIed by some S.kmi after tho steamer struck American aid is resininsiblo foV caiil0H not detlnifely known U a panic occurred among the pas- having eased the situation in that "owof umnirr weather sengors and many men, women restH-ct. 10 witholrvd.riviiig forward. and children jumiH'd inuilhe wa- Complete contidence In the r,' time that wiU rfl to JXT- t r without securing life preserv- ability of the Allied and Ameri durlntJl present year to com ers, ihose Who could wim can fori pieto the task she set herself - - 1 . Mfslllll.lb U J I reached shore, which was only a blow the Germans can deliver W 10 ofTenH'V0 WAs ,run, "l few feet away. The second deck characterizes militare fminiim M growing short. As it now at- of the bo.it where the dance hall here. (wars, if another drive should is located wis crowded when the Some officer are Inclined to mako Kain proportionate to tho crash came, and it was here that believe thet the Italian situation ',rcvious orts. there would many were crushed to death. is still tending to ho'd up Ger- ,iart,li rt,'ttin "unicient luno for Uy Jones, fireman on the man osralions in the west. Gen- rt,orKani?t'n and recuperation steamer, estimated that between eral March made it clear thrit the v"C!"i' fl,r liH ar.c'.her I'M and 'Jim persons were on the Italians had not only succeeded ll,'nv 'a'r. as the uin eaun dance floor when the Uat struck In regaining all but ono small "U1'1 cmso at h.ind and ho believed many of these salient of the ground originally 1,10 "'rmans preparing is'iished. When the boat settled overrun by the Austrian atUck, for a rtnewa' t,f t,M,r eHnrt-i to on the bottom tho water reached but have considerably improved cai,luro 1,10 channel mrts and the stato rooms immediately be- their old lnisitions at several ',rK country continues low the pilot houso on tho listed Kints. They hold Hie south rUiil'lutf Iroops to Franco. I-'ur-side. Tho pilot when ho found bank of tho Piavo more firmly tl)er l,ld'callons of the pressure his boat was sinking sent distress than at any previous time since under which tho American pro signals and within a short time J''al line w as taken up after the gram is being rush.nl came today W:,., IT Wto,. Ulro-Uo,,. 'rr.''w 1'?V"' M"'"l camo to the rescue and began to t rowder s oftice. Orders went to liK-al Uiards to speed up phy sical examinations of tho men of picu up those struggling in the water, buton account of the dark ness their efforts were badly liamH'ied. The jHilico of Pekin early today estimated the number of daad at K.0, but Captain 11. P. Mold of tho steamer said he believed the number of dead was not more than one hundred. Search for the bodies was abandoned at 4 o'clock this morn ing until daylight came. Ap proximately twenty had been re covered, only a iKjrtiou of whom had been identified. This morning only the hurri cane deck of tho steamer is visl- ble above tho water. With tho break of day divers weui down into the sunken steamer to bring up bodies of the lOOortnore victims believed to bo between the crushed decks cf tho boat. Almost at the same hour hears es began arriving from tho scene Maj. Paul T. Dessez, Brave Army Surgeon - - - .. .. - -,'n v the I'JIS class who have been put in Class One, und have them rea dy for calls in August The draft program thus far made public Indicated that it was planned to call at least :kK),(K)0 men next month, and In mauy states most 6f these will come from the class which enrolled last Juue 5, as In some cases re cent calls exhausted the available in the first class. Austrian Always Hungry According to Prisonf rs Umduu, July 7. Prom mauy Austro Hungarian prisoners cap tured b. tho Italians In tho course of Jie recent ooraUona, Interesting information has been gleaned of conditions on tho bat tie front as well as In the dual monarchy Itself. Offlcers, non commissioned officers and men Tin- xpl.-iiillil work nf MnJ. I'buI T. It's'g of WNMUIiiL'tiili. a ri'L-lnn-nlil oi uie disaster bringing tho nrst with ih Amprirsn nny at agree that things along tho front of tho bodies of tho victims. ,h" 1l1r,n,h rr,',,, fiH ine tre going very badly, and Soldiers detailed from Tamo. "I'1"1 u,rr h"t I'' from on of .. . . J t, J' nradley and IlerrinJ we e n sw..Bi mrrponnt. In . w.r tbat- ough the otticers and Pekin earlv to ni-P9nrvor,tr "" "'"M'"1'-' A'n md Frt-nrh men are not actually starving, well county, early this morning hritriii of his lalmr. u ih.h t,. 'lorsea dying from exhaustion or Hwore In a jury and left with tho !n-llfln. nigging l.imMf out, h w.ut wounds are at onco cut up and iiiuiHueis ioi mo scene. ngui oo oprun. naton h tl.a t,...
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