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51 I 1. POLK COUNTY NEWS, TRYON, N. 0. 5 31 'ft i I l V IMPORTANT NEWS THE WORLD OVER 'MORTANT HAPPENINGS OF THIS .AND OTHER NATIONS FOR SEVEN DAyS GIVEN THE NEWS IT THE SOUTH What Ik Taking Place In The South land Will Be Found In Brief Paragraphs Domestic William D. Haywood, who has been called the "uncrowned king" of the Industrial Workers of the World, and fourteen of his chief aides in the conspiracy-to overturn the American war program, "were sentenced to twenty years in the 'federal penitentiary at Leavenworth, Kans., by Federal Judge K. M. Landis at Chicago. August Herrman, chairman of the national baseball comnrissicn, while at tending the Republican state conven tion at Columbus, received the offi cial permission of Provost Marshal General Crowder for the pennant win ners of the National and American Leagues to engage in a world's se ries. Senator Ollie M. James of Kentucky died at Johns Hopkins hospital of an acute affection of the kidneys. Mrs. James and the senator's brother, E. H. James, were with him at the Baltimore hospital when the. end came. - No new schoolhouses may be built during the war, the war industries board announces, except for replace ment. Gov. James P. Goodrich of Indiana was seriously and perhaps fatally in jured in an accident when his auto mobile collided with a street car. He suffered concussion of the brain, a slight fracture of the skull, a broken collarbone, a fracture of the left hip and several cuts and bruises. The ac cident occurred about nine o'clock at night. Upwards of two million letters and other mailed documents of alleged se ditious import have been seized in Chicago recently. As a result, more than 300 search warrants were issued secretly to postoffice inspectors co operating with United States district attorney at Chicago. Under orders of Maj. John C. Townes, Jr., head of the Texas selec tive service department, military, county and local police conducted a raid at Austin, rounding up "approxi mately two hundred men. Drunken civilians oh the Mexican side of the border are held responsi ble for the shooting which occurred late at night and resulting in wound ing slightly an American soldier. Dispatches from Amsterdam say that In spite of a program of villiflca tion of President Wilson being carried on by the German press, the masses of the German people are giving the Wilson peace aims consideration. "It fills me with pride , to record in general orders a tribute to the ser vice achievements of the first and third corps, comprising the first, second and third, fourth, twenty sixth, twenty-eighth, thirty-second and forty-second divisions of the Americain expeditionary forces." This is the order issued by General Per shing to the troops in France. "You have shown that American in itiative and energy are as fit for the tasks of war as for the pursuits of peace. You have justly won unstinted praise from our allies and the external gratitude of our countrymen." Thus reads a general order issued by Gen eral Pershing to the men engaged with the French against the Germans." Preparation of a plan looking to the providing of farms for returned sol diers has been given into the hands of A. P. Davis, director general and chief engineer of the reclamation service, it is announced by Secretary Lanei "We can have a job at good pay for every soldier who returns from France," says Secretary Lane, "if congress will give us the financial support needed." During the skirmish between Amer ican soldiers and Mexicans, on the Mexican border, armed Mexicans en tered the American consulate at No gales, Ariz., forced Vice Consul Mc Guire and Consular Clerk B. Tooley to leave their consulate at the point of guns, and Tooley was shot and wounded. An investigation is now in progress. In order that younger men may be released for more active positions, the enlistment of men between the ages of 45 and 55 years has been approved by the war department for the ordnance department, quartermaster and medi cal corps and for certain branches of the signal corps. Instructions to this effect have been sent to army recruit ing units throughout the country. Washington. Advices received in Washington from Vladivostok say that General Horvak has failed completely in his attempt to establish a dictatorship in Siberia, Selection of a date in the near fu ture for the registration of the 18 to 45 year old men is now under consid eration by the provost marshal gen eral, and the prospective dates are September 10, 11 and 12. Summarizing the military activities on the western front. General March says the British have carried the al lied lines between the Scarpe and the Somme over the hilly plains east of Albert against determined resistance on the part of the enemy. The reported advance of the Aus trians in Albania, resulting in the withdrawal of the Italian front east of Berat is confirmed. "We believe in the speedy convales cence of our country; we believe In the friendship and consequently in the final victory over the enemy. We be lieve in the abolition of the treaty of Brest-Litovsk and in a national regen eration in a near future." Thus spoke President Tchaikowski of the govern ment of the northern region of Rus sia. Secretary Lane says that "there is enough waste and undeveloped land in the United States to give every sol dier a farm." The Germans continue to retreat everywhere between Arras and the Soissons sector. There seems to be no slackening in the offensive that is steadily reclaiming captured territory from the Germanic hordes. A dispatch from Nogales, Ariz., says Gen. P. Ellas Calles, military gover nor of Sonora, Mexico, has issued a manifesto ordering all civilians in No gales, Sonora, to deliver their fire arms and ammunition to the general military headquarters at once to pre vent farther sniping across the bor der. According to a French dispatch a German audience of 6,000 people re cently ax plauded the name of President Wilson -t a public meeting organized by the syndicates of Mannheim to dis cuss the food situation. Government financial aid is availa ble under certain conditions to indus tries in the process of conversion from less essential production to manufac ture of materials contributing to prose cution of the war, it is explained by officials of the war finance corpora tion. Men likely to be affected by the ex tension of draft ages to include all be tween 18 and 45 years have been noti fied in a statement from Provost Mar snal General Crowder that the obliga tion rests on them to ascertain their exact age before the new registration European. There has been no abatement in the strength of the offensive , the British, French and United States troops are throwing against the German armies from Arras to the region of Soissons. The British have advanced their lines materially in the famous Lys sector, apparently without much ef fort on the part of the foe to restrain them. The latest French official communi cation records the capture by the French of Chavigny, three miles to the northwest of Chuffles, a mile and a half north of Soissons, and the en try into the outskirts of Croup, a short distance northeast. The French have crossed the Ailette river at Chaps-des-Dames. The French have crossed the Ca nal du Nord at several places in the region north of Noyon, and have ad vanced materially in the direction of Noyon-Ham railroad. A royal decree has been issued call ing to the colors recruits of the classes of 1900, 1901 and 1902 in Greece and Macedonia. The Americans are fighting with the French northwest of Soissons in the operation which has in view the bloU ting out of the Noyon sector and the outflanking of the Aisne and the old Chemin-des-Dames positions. Official reports say that the French and Americans are fighting violently with the enemy around Juvigny and Chavigny. In a swift advance in one day, cov ering more than six miles at certain points, the French troops south of the Somme recaptured forty villages. The left bank of the Somme has been reached between Cizancourt and Nesle, as well as the west bank of tb Canal Dunerd, between Nesle and Noyon. The German retreat north of the Avre river has been far more speedy since the fall of Chalnes than previ ously, f The Germans around the Avre river when they commence their retreat were harassed by their own mustard gas shells which they left behind and which are betag fired from German guns by French gunn". Says a Vladivostok, Russia, dis patch: The enemy in considerable numbers attacked desperately along the Ussuri front. All the allied forces participated in the fighting except the Americans. Upwards of three hun dred of the enemy were killed. The Japanese bore the brunt of the fight ing. Entente allied and Czecho-Slovak patrols in Vladivostok, Russia, have succeeded in disarming all the "Rus sian volunteers who revolted and who had gone over to Lieutenant General Horvath, the anti-Bolsheviki military leader in eastern Siberia. Numerous towns, villages and ham lets have fallen into the hands of the British and French, the Germans being able only to delay the allies when they have knocked for admittance to the German line. ! Frenzied counter attacks by the Ger mans have failed to hold Vck the British and French armies ' The British ire reported unofficially to have reached the western outskirts of Thilloy in the nipper i movement they are carrying out against Ba paume. In the region around Arras the Brit ish now are well astride the roads leading to Doual and Cambrai. ' Late reports say the British are at the gates of Peronne. The backbone of the German resist ance is reported by the French to havt been severed. LKfessss'J . : f-i! 15 Gil I III I Pigg f nm vAJlp:nH J GREATEST VlCTo THOUSANDS Situation of Germ, That u, - in the War 1 Remarkable photograph of th? big German U-boat which attacked and stopped the steamship New Am sterdam off the Norway coast 2 American military bands passing in review at the ceremones of the renaming of the Avenue du Trocadero, Paris, the Avenue du President Wilson. 3 British soldiers from India repairing New street, one of the principal thoroughfares of Bagdad. NEWS REVIEW OF THE GREAT WAR Germany's Strongest Bases in Picardy Are Occupied by the Allied Armies. NOYON TAKEN BY FRENCH British, Advancing Along the Scarpe, Cross Hindenburg Line Desperate Resistance of the Huns Is Un availing American Man Power Bill Passed. By EDWARD W. PICKARD. Croisilles. Bullecourt, Bray. Hebe court, Chaulnes, Ooramiecourt, Nesle, Roye, Noyon, Chavigny one after an other the German strongholds in Pic ardy, all down the line from Arras to Soissons, fell Into the hands of the al lies last week. The redoubtable Hin denburg line was broken through at various points, and so menaced at others that It was In a fair way to be- ' come untenable, even before the re treating Huns could reach It. East of , Arras the British had turned Its right flank, and the French, passing through Nesle, threatened It farther south. Astride the Scarpe and the Somme, Field Marshal Hnlg's armies moved steadily If slowly toward the east, nev er giving the enemy an Instant's rest, relentlessly pushing him back In the direction of Cambrai, Peronne and St. Quentln. In the midst of furious rain storms the British fought unceasing ly and tirelessly to overcome the des perate resistance put up by the Ger mans. The battle developed and spread day by day until It became one of the greatest conflicts of the war. In these regions, as elsewhere, the Germans sought to stem the advance mainly, by Innumerable machine guns. The crews of these, left to fight while the main bodies of the troops contin ued their retirement, did fight, and to the death. The Hun Infantry In many coses showed the greatest reluctance to attack, sometimes flatly refusing to obey the orders of their commanders. By the end of the w'i the British had Peronne under their guns and the Huns were falling back to the river crossings there and at Rrie. Farther ; north. Bnpnume was taken on Thurs day and Halg's forces had pushed far beyond it on the north. Having crossed the Hindenburg line, they were threat- : enlng the Queant Drocourt support line. v Perhaps the most Important ef fect of their advance along the Scarpe was that It menaced the group of con verging railway lines that are vital to the enemy in handling men from the I Belgian and northwestern French fronts. I During the week the British took something like 30,000 prisoners and more than 100 guns. U The severest blow to the Germans was the capture of Noyon on Thurs ' day by the French troops of General j Humbert. The city, which had been practically enveloped for a week or more, was powerfully defended by the i Germans, who had counted on making It the pivot of their line to the north, j Its southern and western outskirts were lull of strongly entrenched machine-gun positions. The French were not to be denied, however. Noyon is j a great highway center and Its taking j opens the way for the French to drive , the Germans back to the St. Gobaln forest, La Fere and maybe St. Quen tln. The Intervening terrain Is such that the enemy could scarcely hope to make a stand there. The three French armies under Humbert, Debeney and Mangin gave a splendid display of teamwork In their advances on both sides of the Oise. Mangin's men crossed the river and took Morllncourt while Humbert was outflanking Noyon from 'the west and south, and the Huns had the choice of retreating or being captured. On the left the First army occupied Quesnoy wood, a strongly fortified pos'tion which the enemy tried hard to hold because it i a dominating point. On Tuesday the French had cap tured Roye, one of the Important Ger man bases, but as the enemy In de parting left it full of mustard gas it could not be utilized, by the French. However, they didn't need It, for they pushed ahead so relentlessly that the next day they passed through Nesle. and on Thursday they were near Ham, only 12 miles from St. Quentln. In their retreat there the Huns lost three complete munition trains, which proved they were in something of a hurry. This drive on Ham made a big salient In the German lines and ren dered the enemy's situation along the entire front more desperate than ever. South of the Oise General Mangin made use of some American units in his attacks on the salient north of Soissons. He was aiming at the heights at the western end ot the Chemin des Dames, and the decided progress he made imperiled the Ger man positions both to the east and to the west. At Juvigny on the Ailette, too, the Americans canv Into action, helping the French to ?'lfulse heavy attacks. Along the Vesle the Americans had some severe fighting during the week. They attacked Bazoches, gained a foothold there and clung to It; but at the same time the Huns attacked Fls mette In force and compelled the Yankees to fall back. The enemy, however, was not permitted to cross the river. This little reverse was not considered by General Pershing to be of especial importance. Over in Germany the, effects of Mar shal Foch's successes became more apparent daily. The press and certain emissaries of Hindenburg and Luden dorff endeavored to explain away the German defeats or to minimize them, but the murmurs of the people grew louder. Their confidence in final vic tory Is waning rapidly, despite the pan-German organs, which violently prod the faint-hearted. Dispatches from neutral sources Indicate that Ber lin will soon launch another peace of fensive, offering to give up Belgium and northern France. It is against Just such an Illusory proposition that the wise men of the allies are warn ing the people. Nothing would suit Germany better just now than a peafe on such a basis; but nothing should or will suit the allied nations except a peace dictated by themselves after the military power of the Hun has ben utterly broken. The peace of compromise, leaving Germany the pow er' to make a new and more terrible war In future. Is sure to receive the support of the Influences In the country that are controlled by the insidious German propaganda, and It Is against this that America must especially guard Itself. fe Spain's threat to seize Interned Ger man shipping to compensate for Spanish losses by submarine warfare had its effect In Berlin, for though the German government did not yield entirely. It made it plain that it want ed no more countries added to the list of its enemies. While the discussion was going on, however, another Span ish vessel was torpedoed, and the sit uation became yet more critical. Indirect advices from Austria-Hungary emphasize the desperate Inter nal condition of that empire. The Bo hemians appear to be on the edge of organized revolt, and they would re ceive the support of the Slovaks. Aus tria and Hungary are in a perpetual quarrel. The former has now forbid den the export of pharmaceutical sup plies to Hungary, and the latter has retaliated by ordering that Its food supplies shall go only to Hungary and the army. Id After a slight set-back, the cause of the allies In Siberia and Russia prop er made good progress during the week. At first the bolshevik! forced the allies on the Ussuri front to retire, but re-enforcements came up. Includ ing Japanese and American troops, and the satisfactory conditions were re-established In quick order. The bold attempt of General Horvath. self styled dictator of Siberia to execute a coup d'etat and gain control of all the Russian military forces- In the far East was blocked by the allies, whose representatives at Vladivostok in formed General Pleshkoff, Horvath's emissary, that the allied nations would countenance no government not In ac cord with the wishes of the people. Meanwhile the allied expedition was strengthened by the arrival of more Americans, and Italy announced it would send a regiment there. The Japanese forces took control of the Manchurlan border, China having with drawn her objections. The Japanese engaged the bolshevikl near Dauria, and General Seinenoff. anti-bolshevik leader of Cossacks, crossed the Siberi an border and captured Matslevskl station. In the "Country of the North" the fighting of late has been In favor of the Russo-allied troops. The bolshe vikl river flotilla, which caused them some trouble, has been dispersed and the Red guards have surrendered the town of Shenkursk, south of Archan gel, the last place of any size held by them in the region. News from the far East is likely to be rather scanty In the future, for Its dissemination has been taken In charge by the Japanese, and they are notoriously close-mouthed concerning military operations. te Reports from Albania have uot been very satisfactory lately. The Austri ans "came hack" hard at the Franco Italian forces and compelled them to retire somewhat, retaking the town of Berat. Later In the week the allies de feated the Austrians in two battles. On the Italian front there was not a great deal doing, but the allies made several successful raids and repulsed all enemy attacks. American airmen Ir. Italy raided the big Austrian naval base at Pola, on the Adriatic. la Both house and ; senate passed the man-power bill making the draft age limits eighteen to forty-five inclnsive Each body inserted its own amend ments, but most of these went by the board in the conference. The most Important of these was the senate anti-strike clause. The house con ferees, led by Dent, absolutely refused to accept this, and rather than risk delay, the senate conferees consented to sacrifice the amendment. One new provision in the measure which will be welcomed by all officers is that the government shall furnish uniforms and equipment to officers at cost, te Continuing Its efforts to clear up the muddled aircraft production situation, and at the same time evading the de mand for the creation of a separate department of aeronautics, the ad ministration made John D. Ryan an assistant secretary of war and director of the air service. In starting on his new work, Mr. Ryan made no boasts or promises of what he would accom plish, but said he hoped order would soon be established In the airplane branch and that quantity production of military planes would be accom plished. The De Haviland 4's im proved to meet all objections, he said, are now being turned out rapidly and orders for the Liberty 12 motor have been Increased from 22,500 to 50,000. Our allies like these engines so well that we cannot keep up with their de mands for them. First Assistant Secretary of War Benedict Crowell has been made di rector of munitions and given the pow er to keep our forces supplied with all the munitions they require. The long-expected shortage of gaso line is developing, and consequently the fuel administration last week re quested that for the present all auto mobiles, motorboats and motorcycles, used for pleasure, be not used on Sun days, in all states east of the Missis sippi river. As the gasoline is needed for war purposes, all patriotic owners of cars accepted the request as a com mand. fca Members of congress who have been pacifists and anti-war obstructionists have been having a hard time, to the great satisfaction of all true patriots. The list of those turned down by their constituents already Includes Senator Vardaman of Mississippi and Repre sentatives Lundeen of Minnesota, Dil lon of South Dakota, Woods of Iowa, McLemore of Texas, Crosser and Gor don of Ohio, Shackelford and Hamlin of Missouri, Keho of Florida and Sloan of Nebraska. Last week Cole Blease, pacifist candidate for! the senate in South Carolina, . was j. defeated, and Henry Ford failed to get the Repub lican nomination in Michigan, though the Democrats did accept him. :9an. the German front i The Drocourr-o;;:'POrtio, has been L", 1 ""ch vl bulwark 17 ra &S the i!rJ violence of the Brit its entire f,.7 ltlshiy to ouea;, riey - . - usance Thousands of nri'.i I taken fm 1 "lsuaerU lue strongly..,,! emy. who at u, . 6J rM ig violent, T "TM ward the Canal Du xor( BV this ' I " ,1Ltul-v seeing!, J me suum, whiph th gradually approaching m 1 front. Already thoroughly J "c "UIU1 aa with the Frd upon its southern w Jl cessity apparently will m the Germans relinquish tie't burg fortifications and refir front from Flanders to Rh The situation of the from the war maps, is the J lous he has yet been in I The Americans, who took 'I zeele, are well into the regul town, having overcome the J sistance of the Germans wit orede to bar their wav Hard fighting has been in J between the British and J around Peronne, where the; Hans successfully withstood i attacks and have taken severJ sand prisoners. These gains, if thev are ce seemingly cannot but resu'u In the enemv withdrawine ar from the Vesle river positions fel adn reconstituting his entire! Rheims. GREAT REVENUE BILL I READY FOR CONSIDERS! Washington The new rod greatest of all tax measus history of the nation with f ecting every individual and lJ concern in the country, was i? unanimously by the house r.i means committee. Chairman introduced the measure in ft Leaders hope to send it to within 10 days after debate I The final committee estimate: revenue to be yielded under . ... . sv- r fAfl AAA no flff'.l Dill IS $S,U1Z,4."UU e" Q41 nnn last vear under tiel ent' law. The largest source ij mated revenue is from taxes oil wRr nrofits. $3,100,000,000. Cl next is from taxes on ifl1 482,186,000 from individual 000,000 from corporations. BITTERNESS OF DEFEAT" BROUGHT HOMET0GEH f.ernianys what the allied r'l ! in France and Flanders unues iu uc i tone of the German pr - J cial dispatch quotes . mi nncm? Gazette- irom me ue, t -me suusfe - ven southern front becomes - greatest uei wau be compared to the must not let the relative ing in some , midable forces -' Are these troop -are they" designed nity?" TTai f .LABOR PLEDGES W N BRINGING celebrations vils0Bs answered Presides to sneed up war work . , al support to the g Q ing out materials iot war to a QUICK elusion. ..at:r. DK Sneakers at " M - , from i"" .vf leys or .cnee by quoting the fr nessaee. TTs ST"' AMERICAN VW- A rTViO I A British rt-1 steamship Onega t has The vessel iuuh r persons were save. missing. Many washed anort. - Onega was diewned; - 3,636 tons s; w 1880. Sh. .was ow Co., of ew - beanJ feet long, 39-rOL deep.