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KINGS MOUNTAIN HERALD, ENGS MOUNTAIN, V) 0.: ' in. 1 ' .'. , ... ' if ' ' ' I v. t. i TEUTONIC LINES AND CAPTURE SIX VILLAGES MORE THAN 3,000 PRISONERS SOUTH OP BROOV. VERDUN FIGHTING BITTER British Cspturs 2,800 Prisoners When Turk Invade Suet Canal Region, Australian Plung Through Ger man Rank. Petrogrod, rls London. Russian at tack alone the Sereth and Oraberka Rivers, south of Brody, In northern Ga- Uela, broke the Teutonic resistance and resulted In the capture by the Rus- lam of nix Tillages. More than 3,000 prisoners were taken. South of Brody the enemy offered determined resistance and made sev- eral counter-attacks. In the at re eta of the villages fierce fighting took place and H waa neceisary to drive the ene my out from house to house. On the right bank of the Meuse, in the Verdun region, the fighting be tween the French and Oermana con . tlnue to be bitter. Pari says' the force of the German crown prince made unsuccessful effort to drive the French from the Thlaumont work, re cently captured. The German also bombarded heavily the lector of Thlau mont and Fleury. Brelln mention bitter fighting at Thlaumont work and reports the cap ture of 468 prisoner during German counter attack in Hie Fleury lector. On the Russian front the most In tense fighting Is reported a taking place aouth of Brody In Oallcia, The Russians crossed the Sereth river, captured position in the region of Pe-nlak-Tchlstopady and repulsed Austrian-German counter attack against them. London. Strong Turkish force Which attacked the British at Romanl, 22 mile eaet of the Suez Canal on Au gust 4, was defeated and put to flight by a counter-attack, say an official statement The Turk, add the statement, are being vigorously pursued by the British, who have taken more than 2,500 prisoner Including some Ger man. . With the British armies In France, via London. Under the merciless con centration of shellflre, the Australian are holding on to their gains after their advance on a front of two mile. The German already have delivered three powerful counter attacks to retake the lost (round and an have failed. AUTO BANDITS GET A 34,000 PAYROLL PIVE UNMASKED MEN 8NATCH MONEY BAGS PROM GUARDS. A BOLD. DAYLIGHT HOLDUP Hundred Look On A Theft Take Plae on Crowded Street In Motor Paotory District of Detroit Money Per Burroughs Adding Machine Co. Detroit. Flv unmasked automobile bandit held up an automobile In which 160,000 pay roll money waa be ing taken to the plant of the Bur rough Adding Machine Company and before astonished guards could offer resistance snatched five of six bags In the car, said to have contained 133,000 or 34,000 and escaped. The hold up took place on Bur, rough, betweeoWoodward and Cas avenue In view of hundred of em ploye of nearby automobile facto ries and the usual afternoon throngs on Woodward avenue. Rudolph, a Burroughs guard, was hot through the thigh and atruck on the head with the butt end of a pistol, when be tried to Intercept the robber. Witnesses declared the five bandits apparently ranged In age from 18 to 00 year. No one, however, seemed able to give a good description. They were armed with rifles and au tomatic pistol. Witnesses of the daring robbery declared .the apparent failure of the pay car gaurd to realise what was taking place aided the bandits' sue- On guard said he thought motion plcturs scenario was being staged. Although policemen on motorcy cles snd In automobiles were quickly ent In pursuit of the bandits, they had not been rounded up. Eleven machine filled with officer were scouring the country in every direc tion after a fruitless chase of 36 miles. The bandit were thought to have been cornered about 80 mile northwest of the city, but when offi cer closed In the bandits' car was not to be found. The amount obtained by the ban dits at first placed as high as 145, 000, later was declared by P. O. Chapman, secretary-treasurer of the Burroughs Company to have been be tween 133,000 and $34,000. A car fol lowing the one held up, carrying $75, 000 wa not molested. . ' HIS SECOND ANNIVERSARY I IBslRiPTW Tland ofthe longWe VESSEL GOT All CAPT. HIN8CH TELLS OP THE DEPARTURE OP THE SUBMA RINE DEUTSCHLAND. SAFELY AT SEA ON HER WAY Captain Who Directed Departure Says Vessel Want Under the Water When Only a Mil Inside Th Three-Milt Limit lupyr,lii.j ARMIES ARE TAKING REST FIGHTING HAS LET UP CONSIDER. ABLY FOR SHORT BREATHING SPELL. Preparing to Renew Attack Rus sian Advano Against Turk Ger mans Mak Anothsr Air Raid East Coast of England. DEMOCRATS PLAN LOWER . SCALE INCOME TAXATION, Senate Finance Committee Recom mende Tax For Single person of $2,000, Married One of 13.0OO. Washington. Reduction of the In come tax exemption from $3,000 to $1,000 for. single persons and from $4,000 to $3,000 tor persons with fam . Hies was ordered recommended to the -Senate by Democratic members of the finance committee who are revis ing the house revenue bill. The . change Is proposed In an amendment which would put the ad ditional $1,000 tax In a separate clas sification and Impose on It a normal tax of one per cent instead of two per cent, assessed against Incomes over $3,000,; for single persons, and $4,000 for married persons. The- exemption amendment after, an all-day discussion, prevailed by a majority of only one vote. 8ome of the Democratic Senators said that the decision waa a tentative one and . might be overturned with the amend ment was submitted, to the full mem bership of the committee. GENERAL CARRANZA'S NOTE AT WASHINGTON FIRE CRIPPLES PRE88ES v OP THE NEW YORK SUN, New York. Five large presses on which The New. York Sun Is printed . were so badly damaged by a fire ' which started In the cub-cellar of The Sun building that several edltoions will be run off on the presses of The Evening Mail. There were no em ployee In the press loom when the blase started. CLOUDBURST STOPS ALL 8TREET CARS IN A8HEVILLE Ashevllle. Ashevllle was without power or street car service for about two hours Sunday aa the result of a cloudburst in the Beaverdam section which .turned the Beaverdam Creek, amalt stream. Into a raging torrent, flooded a large area In. the vicinity of the creek and destroyed a number of poles of the Weaver Power Com pany, which supplies the city with power at present. FINANCE COMMITTEE WAIT ' TO HEAR FROM COUNTRY I ' Washington.- Democrats of the ' Sedate Finance Committee who voted : to lower the Income tax exemptions In ;: thet revenue, bill are anxious waiting to hear from the country on the recom mendation. Protests against it already . have been beard within the party. Its - proponent will use as one argument v suggestion from; President . Wilson in lils anuiu message to the sixty fourth congree for a reduction in the exemption.. :" - : Wilson Will Proceed at Once to Name Commissioners. Washington. Indications were that President Wilson would appoint three commissioners wRhln the next few days to. meet a similar delegation al ready selected by General Carransa to undertake settlement of the Interna tional difference arising from disturb ed condition along 'the Mexican bor der. In a note delivered to the state de partment General Carranta named his commissioners, but did not answer specifically the suggestion of the Washington government for enlarge ment of the power of the commis sion. It Is believed, however, that the reply Is generally satisfactory to the administration and that negotiations will proceed without delay. General Carransa saya (n his note that the Mexican commissioners preferably" will discuss the three points outlined In the Mexican com munication of July 11, which are withdrawal of American troops from Mexico, the framing of a protocol to cover future border operations, and ari Investigation of what interest have promoted border raids. State Depart ment officials are understood to 're gard this as at least leaving the way open for broader considerations such as they desire. Carransa has appointed to represent his government Licentiate Luis Cab rera, Engineer lgnaclo Bonlllas and Engineer Alberto i. Pnnl. London. The armies in ths great centers of the present activity the Bomme region of France, Russia- and GIlcls evidently hare let up consid erably In fighting and are Indulging In a breathing spell preparatory to further attacks and counter-attacks. The official communications dealing with the operation In these sector tell of no single Important engagement or of any notable changes in the posi tions of any of the belligerent. Attacking In Echelon on a three- mile line, from the Meuse river to Fleury, north of Verdun, the French have captured several German trenches and organised points of sup port In the, engagement 800 German were made prisoners and ten machine guns were captured. On the Russian front Petrograd re ports merely artillery duel and in fantry attack by small detachments, while Berlin tells of Russian attacks on the Stokhod and Tarla river fronts and of local Russian offensive on the Strips river in Oallcia, all of which were repulsed. Attacks by the Austrian against the Italians at various points, Includ ing Monte Clmone. Monte . Selugglo and Costellatto, have been repulsed with heavy casualties, according to Rome. . SUBMARINE GETS AWAY CAPTAIN KOENIG CONFIDENT HE WILL TAKE DEUTSCHLAND HOME. Captain Koenlg Knows That Eight Warships of ths Entente Allies Are Waiting for Him at th Edge of th Thr Mile Limit Baltimore. On the second anniver sary of Germany' declaration of war against Russia, the German submarine merchantman Deutschiand set out from Baltimore on a return voyage to Uw. us. -IUI m UWMWUVU Ul Willi- Norfolk, Va. So far a I known here the Deutschiand Is safely at sen on her way to Bremen after success fully running through the patrol of Alllad cruiser off the Virginia capes. It I not believed the Deutschiand experienced the slightest difficulty in evading the cruisers. Captain Hinsch. of the war-bound German liner Nec tar, who directed the departure of the submarine said that the underwater freighter passed unobserved within one hundred yards of a United States destroyer on neutrality duty about a mile oft the capes. "When we came to a stop at a paint in the bay I shall not disclose because we probably shall have to use the place again," said Captain Hinsch, "the pilot aboard the submarine was taken off to the Thomas F. Tlmmons, our tug. It wa then about 5 o'clock in the morning. The submarine was submerged, so that her machinery and pumps could be tested and the cargo be trimmed, should It be necessary. She went down In a deep hole In the bay to a depth of 136 feet remaining U. S. OFFICIALS WATCH RAIL STRIKE DANGER VERDUN AGAIN CENTER OF FIGHTING ON WEST London. Verdun, almost quiescent during the Anglo-French offensive In the Somme region, has again become the storm center on the Western bat tle front. The French foroes have tak en the offensive on the right bank of the Meuse and now hold the Thlau mont work and the greater part of the village of Fleury, according to Pari. The Thlaumont work, already , th cene of many combats, was twice to French hands during twelve hour. BRITISH FORESEE SUCCESS AND TRIUMPHANT PEACE. London. "We look forward-with confidence to-success -and trlumpbat peace,", was the conclusion nf an in spiring-telegram ; from General 8lr Douglas'-. Haig, commander of .the British armies In France read at a packed meeting in Queen Hall to cel ebrate, the second anniversary of the war. - The . Earl of Derby, Under-Secretary for , War, .presided J-and the audience was most enthusiastic and representative of all classes of society Washington. Officials of the Fed eral government Including President Wilson are closely watching develop; ments In the controversy between 226 railway system and their 400,000 em ploye and are preparing to offer every possible aid in effecting an agreement and avoiding a strike. The President forwarded the labor department an ap peal received from the Chamber of Commerce of the United States through Harry A. Wheeler, chairman I of the chamber's committee on rail roads, declaring a strike inevitable "unless some strong measure of in tervention are speedily Introduced." and urging an inquiry Acting Sec retary of Labor Post had not decided whether action by ' the department would be necessary.! The Federal Board of Mediation and Conciliation, authorized bv law to attempt to avert strike on rail. roads, also Is keeping watch of devel opments and Its officials expect to be called on as soon aa the strike rote bow being counted, has been complete ly canvassed. Copies of the chamber' anneal to President Wilson were forwarded to chairman of the congressional com merce committees ana to represnto tlves. of the railroads and the em ployes. Th; chamber Is considering calling a conference here to Impress Congress with the advisability of Im mediate action. - dence from her commander, Captain Paul Koenlg, that he would take her home In spite of ths heavy odds she would face when tile three-mile limit In the Atlantic la reached. The submersible wa towed on of the slip where she wa berthed 23 dais ago. . After getting Into midstream the towline of the tug Thomas F. Tlm min was cast off and the Deutschiand proceeded down the Patapseo River under her own power. The Tlmmin went to one aide, the coast guard cut ter Wlssahlckon to ths other, and the harbor police boat Lannan brought up the rear to prevent undue crowding by the small net of launches. Captain Koenlg and bis crew of 27 men put to sea with the knowledge that a man hurried to a telephone with a message to agents for the En tent Allies thet the Deutschiand had started. They knew how long he had watched at a nearby pier, day and night but the little captain went out of Baltimore harbor smiling and wav ing his cap.. His last words In the harbor were of praise for America and for bis treatment here by Baltimore customs authorities. To Guy Steele. surveyor of custom, he said: "We came here dubious about onr reception. We go back certain that ! the friendliest of feeling exists In America for Germany. You have been more than courteous and the Father land will not forget It" ' ' Captain Koenlg knows that eight warships of the Entente Allies are waiting for him at the edge of - the three-mile limit, spread out in a radius of five miles. "We shall have to pass unseen within that radius In order to escape," he said. "We shall have to make that passage under conditions not -entirely advantageous to us. With the water at that point ISO feet deep tt would be easier. We could submerge deeply enough to pass underneath the -warships. But the water there Is not 150 feet deep. . We shall, therefore have to pass between the warships." ' $540,000 FLOOD FUND FOR 80UTH VOTED IN CONGRE8S "When she came to the surface again. Captain Koenlg. came up through the conning towers and said that everything was working per fectly. That pleased us, I can tell you. We had thought we might have to rearrange some things, after It v seen how the Deutschiand worked salt water. The test In the dock Baltimore were made In fesh water, you know. "The trial completed we started off oown the bay and when no traffic was In sight the Deutschiand took anothsr oivs while running. She went down unm only a few inches of her Deri- scops was showing above ths water. Then I dropped behind to see at what Distance the wake of the Deutschiand or the foam crest of the periscope toiuu oe seen. About 400 yard with glasses i could not see a thins. "The tests having proved' that the ueiuscniana was hi perfect condition we went into a place to hide for while. Any one would have had great umiuuuy in nnmng us. - in me afternoon ws uwt n the capes and you know how the bet ter part of the trip was made. The destroyer was passed in the dark. As soon as the men on the bridge light ed the light of the Tlmmin they watched us closely and looked .n around for the submarine which pass- u uiem ,i distance of only a hun dred yards. At the time the Subma rine was Bunmerged until her decks were awash. ROGER CASEMENT MET HIS DEATH ON GALLOWS BRAVELY, SAN FRANCISCO BOMB PLOTTERS INDICTED San Francisco. The county grand Jury returned five indictments charr ing Warren K. Billings, Thomas Moon- ey, Mrs. Rena Mooney, Edward Nolan and Israel Weinberg with the murder oi eight persons who lost their live in a bomb explosion here durlnf a nre- psreuness paraae Jury IS. SUPREME COURT MUST ? DECIDE APPAM'S CASE, Norfolk, Va. The insistent of counsel for the British owners of .i . i ' . .. . mo n"" urp -uppam inst the ques tion of releasing the; vessel under bond be disposed of at Once was de nied by Judge Waddill in the. United States District Court on statement by counsel for the German Government that It would he Impossible for special counsel retained in the ease to get to Norfolk before- the latter part of the week. - 1 Washington. By unanimous vote the Senate passed a Joint resolution appropriating $540,000 -for relief in flooded district of North . Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Ala bama and Mississippi which waa re ported by Senator Overman. Seniors Simmon and Overman advocated this relief In speeches which lay bars the conditions In North Carolina and cited precedent for Federal assistance. "It is the same sort of appeal that we are hearing today from the other eled of the water," said Senator Sim mons, who referred to conditions in Belgium and Poland. "The territory anecieo. is nearly a third of North Carolina. The nnmber of persons af- reoteo is great The damage is tre mendous. The people are mostlv far. men and' small farmer. ; . Local au thorities are doing, all they can to give people work ana meet the needs but they cannot do as much as Is nec essary." a . -ine precedent already has been set ' sold Senator- Overman. "M41. lions were appropriated for sufferers or mount Feiee, of San Francisco and of Italy In time of earthquakes; Gal veston, after the tidal wave, and for Salem, Mass, Boston and Chicago be. cause of fires. The people affected are absolutely helpless. My state has generously . subscribed very . large sums. We should do something o put them to work, to help rebuild the roaas ana establish the rural. . iney are nothing but trails now and Last Utterance Was, "I Die For My Country." . j. London.-Wlth only two chaplains and minor official of the dii.ii .uoaing on, Koger Casement, once knighted for his services to th r.n mio a unnsn consul, was hannxl " "-aiior in the PentonviUe lall here. The trap was sprung at ons miu uis aier v o'clock and when a ....sio su-one or the prison hall an. -vuuueu me gnm ract to a waiting crowd outside only a choru of cheer - cum,, reyiwu, wniie at one spot - awn m .uoui an irish women fell on thoir knees and prayed for the "u' i meir renow countryman. Casement, convicted of conspiring v. armea revolt In Ireland and with having sought German aid " wa, met nia death with calm courage .according to witnesses, and his last utterance wa, "I die for my country." PA88ENGER 8HIP SUNK BY f , SUBMARINE MANY LOST. London.-The Italian mall steam.r Letlmbro ha been sunk by a sub marine and 28 survivor have arrive at Malta, says a Reuter dispatch from tnat place. Two boatloads with sur- arrived at Syracuse. "uniDro cornea a crew of 67 "u "or passengers numbered 113 It s believed that a large number of them lost their lives. The passengers included women and children. CLOUDBURST IN TENNESSEE 18 FATAL TO FIFTY. Mlddleboro, Ky-Twentv-n sons are known to hn i m u ,l 01 0,9 cloudburst which caused Blair's Creak ran Its banks near Tazewell, Tenn inree men, four wnmnn ,.j ,o ofreYaLe inciei ln 1119 n ot dead. - Anoarentlv i. along the creek for a distance of Zx ml Iph Kn a V. . Short Paragraphs of State News, That Have Been Condsnssd for Busy . Popl ef the Stat. "4 Ths Spencer Labor Day Committee has closed deal with a number of at traction for MblblUon ln Spencer, September 4th. Train are now being operated on the Southern Railway Una from Spar tanburg to Asnerlile, N. C and Mor ristown, Tenn. , Wilmington now ba a company of engineers offically designated as Com pany A Engineers, north cevollna National Guard. Brevard has decided to advertis to th outside world that It has not been wiped off the map, as erroneously re ported In many paper. The First Congregational Church of Salisbury (Inc.) of Salisbury ha been chartered for general church work, one of the principal incorporators be ing W. B. Duttera, Phd , 8. T. D. John Ssvaga, the Wsshtngton coun ty negro, paid ths extreme penslty ln the electric chair at the state's prison for the murder ot an aged white man In Washington county. Never In the history of Mount Airy ha (here been more business activity than at this time. Every factory Is running every day to Us fullest capa city and good wagea are paid opera tives. Secretary J. M. Holland of the Gas ton Fair Association I mailing pre mium lists for Gaston county's 191$ Fair, which promises to bs one of ths largest county fairs to be held In th ststs. -' - v. Caldwell county will borrow fifty thousand dollar at once for the-purpose ot repairing and rebuilding the bridges and highways which were re cently destroyed and damaged by ths Hood. The Pythian Drum Corps of Oas tonla will attend a big rammer cere monial of the D. O. K. K. ln Wilming ton the middle of August This-corps will head the procession of th official divan. Ths Infant daughter of James D. Ray sustained a, fractured skull when hi automobile was struck by another machine that was passing on the main . road near the State Fair ground at Raleigh. Nearly $3,000,000 worth of cotton ha been exported from Wilmington in " the cotton year, m excess of the amount that wa reported during the previous year, the comparative figures being $12,622,000 this year as against $,0,000. A low estimate of ths losses sus tained In Rutherford county by the great freshet Is about $800,000. The estimate does not Include damage to railroads, telegraph lines, growing crops and the devastation along ths ' lowland. Governor Craig has announced ap pointment ot delegate to the Atlantic Deeper Waterway Association. Phils, - delphla, September 12-15; Tenth An- nual Conference of the National Tax Association, Indianapolis, August 28- 81; and the Association of" Govern mental Labor Official at Buffalo, N. ' Y., July 17. ' Governor Craig received a telegram from Secretary Baker of th United State War Department advising him of a movement he has, launched for the inspection and relief of the flood swept sections of Western Carolina ; and suggesting that the governor and) ths local relief committee In the flood sections get In touch at once for ln-' spectkm work. : Governor Craig was advised bv Gen. eral J. S. Carr that he will spend th next two weeks in Western Carolina with a view to rendering whatever 'aid he can to th flood sufferers. He will - be for some days around StatesvUl -and Marlon and assured the governor that he will do whatever he can for the state authorities or others whll In the flood section, - are nothing but trails now and a miles Baa been washed a cannot go with a horse and hn. estlm.,. . ""A awa?' Son or with, wagon anywhere. , ;" trlllMt." OTn,p,ew aeat Jwlll total 60. NORTH CAROLINA NEWS BRIEFS. Caldwell codntv wo vn havAW ' hit than Catawba, because railroad communication has ceased, altosrsthcr and It will be at least three weeks bs for trains move into Lenoir, It Is sid.- . . . - "Not a oharlty, but work for thnsa made destitute by ths flood," 1 th substance of a message . sent from Asheville to ths North Carolina mem bers of Congiuss regarding the Fed-' eral appropriations mads 1 for ' the flood-stricken states of the south. " Monthly revenue collection In th Western district continue 0 run be yond ths million mark.- . . j A barn bsktnglnc to W.'-'AT ViH n Concord was destroyed by firs tor-nth. v er with seven mules and one horse. ' p owwni ana v ' ri kaii nave completed their temporary bridge over tne uotawba river -t Mt. Holly ana restored their '.schedules. ; ' V tawba county commissioners in special ession for ths purpose of putting back: four Catawba river bridge ' washed way and on new bridge atxMikout, together with minor bridge V th county. . t . .--
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