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Prices Fir Cents a Copy No. 86 . Volume XIX LENOIR, N. FRIDAY, "June 6. 1918 J ft 'U-BOATVMRTflUHEBlGA Steamer Carolina Is On of the Vox " Jill Sank by Submarine SnaUy : Other Ship Wero Sunk Survivor Coining la '--"New York. Jane. S.-Nine Ameri - -can . vessels were known tonight to aince May Zo. v : , , ;The largest W rail prey to xnerwa- S -!JSiKS2: 5E sail in ir di mnimru witu uuuus tvt ii .:5S2te JwSZ M .-1VV A vi V" VikV wvw imv ' -of 8,000 tons, which was attacked Sunday night about 125 miles south ; east of Sandy Hook. Besides the Carolina the known ." -victims of the U-boats are the Atlan tic Refining Company tanker Herbert I . JU rraw, we swamanip winnwwnme , . 1 TTT! a ...1. I -OX l.oUU Tons, sua six scnooHer., we , jargesi ox, wnicn were uw mj- !fnlTnTf: X" . f te Edward H. Cole. The crews ol ' -these eight vessels have been landed - Atlantic po rts. - . pw vukuv u i uw - , -rwors maicaiea ui tne - , r v- .C TC7- .enJWMnlH--LpaJ?. " "Tl.w.. n.na. .inrp laat month. r .;- t u v . i . A.rf? f t W Kuooiwn wuimwu wiah. wic I .'. zander of Hi. submarine was nu- anaiiv nnmnnn tot k itermsn Huumur i ii.nLer- .Ia. SSrSKh!? - - r i f r " I Vv " in all cases, reported the crews were . iven opponumiy to escape or . -taken aboard the robmarine where .u! a 7r rTpi p 80 - ,rlght days before they were thrned . . ami w oe picnea up uy pB3.8 . VV99C1 - Scores of United States warships -were raneine the waters off the TNorth Atlantic coast tonight in .search of the German submarines. Depositions of survivors brought to port were taken by government officials and they were held incom municado. It was learned authoritatively that -no attacks had been made on Amer ican transports off the American oast All ships were held in pons . . .r . . . . . along the coast, however, as a pre caution. There were reports that as many as 15 vessels had fallen prey to the raiders, but there was no verification of them. There were also uncon firmed reports of battles between warships and submarines. At least one large mercnant steam rshin cave battle to a German subma rine off the coast of New Jersey yes- terdav. according to members of the vcrew of the schooner Edward H. Cole! tone of the victims of the U-boats -warfare. The submarine was ine -victor in this fieht. and later the! same U-boat destroyed another big -,steamship after several hours of fir- Jniir in the Same Vicinity. For 24 hours prior to the Oqle s -destruction at 4 p.m. Sunday,, when w tt:Ci J T ;t- XT T CO miles uu mgmnuu uiguv, w.. the crew saw an unusual amount of -wreckage. The sea from this point -to the shore also was filled with -wreckasre. the rescued crew reported. The submarine which sank the Cole, the crew said, was the largest -they had ever seen. It carried guns fore and aft and was 250 feet long. Fifty or more aeroplanes, rein forced by hydroplanes, were today patrolling the Long Island coast, ev ery observer keeping sharp lookout -for hostile submarines. The aircraft jnoved as far out as-16 miles from shore, and later in tne day tne patroi was extended to tne New jersey -coast All information was refused by the military authorities, but it was reported the force of fliers would be augmented . as soon as possible by - numbers of trench. British and Ital ian airmen who now are scattered in .aviation training camps throughout -the country as instructors. Fifteen survivors of three vessels -sunk by German submarines on tne Atlantic coast and some of whom were reported to have been held pris- -oners eleven days on a U-boat, reach ed an Atlantic port late today on an American steamship which picked them up after the submarines set them adrift The fifteen men were survivors of two schooners and an oil tanker, it was reported. A navy Sard ship halted the vessel after she !t the quarantine station , and offi cers from the navy intelligence bu reau boarded her to question the men. A mysterious carrier pigeon flyine from the ocean alighted on the board walk a tConey Island today. Aroun'd the right leg of the bird was a tin carrier, on tne inBide oi wnicn were the figures "41." A peculiar thing about the bird was that when a per son in civilian clothes came near it v would try to attack him. When a pa trolman arrived, however, to take the - pigeon to the station house the bird J--il- - - l 1 Decame very aocue, Buenuugiy revug- nlzimr a uniform. f 1 Norfolk, Va., June 8. Messages .rf rom points .along the .Virginia coast tonight-report vigorous firing some 5 miles at sea, and beyond the range 1 ot vision during the middle of the -day. It continued for an hour or , , more. 'Washington, June S, Germany at t ,; ' ; J 'ft (Continued from page four) SENATE IN HOT ' ; DEBATE OVER SUBS Washlnjrton. June '(L The Senate is plunged today -into one of the most hitter debates in months. Sen i ator Levis charges that German sub marines were "invited' to American M Jfc, r'iJ re to ihinninsr after the presence m-fines was reported. Senator 'Lodge indicated it was the ivr -i i the subnmines' reeved supplies on this side of the Atlantic they got them from vessels smuggling them from 'the United States. Senator Lewis again arose, defending the ad ministration. , Tur nir ain niHW Wat mmmw ntiar - THEREBY SAVE LIVES Km flieg nd e xhi, , ,w.h , Rtat hn f recommends to every commu ..n-1 . lng of just oue fly now meaM there will be millions and even Pinion, jegg iater on in the 8ummer, xt, remedy is to de&a thoroughly. . the way nooks and corners, and tor each in- dividual to see that the neighbors do v". . " ana uio couuiry naving uu sower sys- tem the chief factor in the destruV tj Q f gj ,bol ghment 0f the V whicn furnif gj . ' i rnnar TTramva nroanincp TkiapA tat th-- W" wffl not go where there is nothing to eat, and their principal diet i " The fly is the tie that binds the healthy to the unhealthy. The fly. is unequaled as a germ distributor, es- neciallv of the tnhoid 7nn. lA di- rect ratio to the increase of flies in the hot summer months is the rise in the . number of cases of typhoid fe ver. But they also distribute the germ of tuberculosis, infantile pa ralysis, infant diarrhea and other dis eases which levy a heavy death toll each year'. Already the hot days of late May in this state have produced a heavy crop of flies, and the number will in crease with each passing day. The fly is not a nest that has to be en dured. The fly. problem is merely one cleanliness, and the presence or absence of flies in a community means the difference between a well and a sick pople. For these reasons the state board of health urges most strongly that every effort be made to first destroy the flies by the breaking up of their breeding places, and then protecting against those which cannot be thus destroyed by keeping them out with screens. CHANGE TERM "DIED i renirnTHre taitsps" Amni;flntinn nt the tom "aa I frnm nth nnua " nnn in.inHai jn the army casualty list, is under I nnnairibrntimi hv Soopnfnra Rolrar xiie eeneral belief now is that under this headimr are included the names of soldiers who are executed for mil itary offenses, and the attention of the war department has been called to the fact that unnecessary anguish has been caused relatives of soldiers, who, though not killed in action, have died honorably. Secretary Baker said that the term "other causes" had been used to cover also deaths from various kinds of accidents, suicides and homicides. Zurich, June 6. Gen. Vonbuchan, commanding the 28th German divia- ion, was killed in action by a hand grenade, says a Baden news dispatch, REPORTS CAPTURE OF E GERMAN An Atlantic Port, June 6. Re- nnrta of thn tnntnre of a Gprman submarine off this port were received here today. Every effort is being made by baval otncials to confirm the report CASUALTY LIST NAMES NO CAROLINIANS TODAY Washington, June 6. Today's cas ualty UBt: Killed in action 7. Died from wounds 8 Died from disease 4 Died from accident 8. Wounded severely 12. Wounded, undetermined-! , Slightly wounded 3 Walter Green of Homerville, Ga., died from wounds. Jewell Reid of LaGrange, Ga., died from an acei- dent. Washington, , June 5, Casualty list: . Killed in action--89. Died from wounds 13. Died from disease 6. Died from accident 8. Severely wounded 47. Missing in action. 2. . Col. Bertram Clayton of Salisbury, N. C., Privates Willif ord Funderburk of Durand, Ga., and Admiral Hulsey of Rebecca, Ga., were killed in ac tion. f ' ' . ' ' . iShellie Pool of "Wedowee, Ala., 1 severely wounded I Prlvato John Jonos 1 Ala., missing in action. of Oxford, FRENCH GAIN SUCCESS OF Paris, June 6, (Noon) The .Ger mans forced their way across the Oise river last night, but Were thrown back across the stream by a vigorous French counter assault. The French Sained success last night south of foyon, where the Germans have been making strong attacks. North of the Aisne the trench nave unproved their positions. Heavy eannonading is reported this morning- around Long Pont, Neuilly, Lapoterie and the sec tor of Kheims. Paris, June 6. Important local ac tions continue on the Aisne-Marne battlefield. The Germans advanced, following violent cannonading, on the Moulm-Sous Touvent-Muterces-Vin-gro sector, but the 'French immedi ately drove them back, capturing 150 prisoners and, machine guns: The Germans attempted a turning movement to capture our camp, but wer edefeated. The French repulsed three German assaults in the Villers- Cotterets district A French thrust supported bv.' tanks regained . the ground and a part of the railway line in uie uray-ivumueiiL uisuricu . ait it . r f a. a At. fighting has been intense over the whole front. AMERICAN TROOPS VITAL FACTOR IN GREAT BATTLE American troops have become a vital factor in the great battle in France and may hold the balance be tween defeat and victory. Gen, Bridges, head of a special British military mission to the United States, said in Washington in discussing the renewal of the German drive The objectives now before the Germans, the general said, appear to be threefold the captuTe of Paris, the division of the main allied ar mies by an advance through Amiens and the -capture of the channel ports. While now on a narrow and dan gerous salient, said the general, the Germans will be in a favorable posi tion for an advance on Paris should they be successful in pushing out the west leg of the salient and joining it up with the Amiens salient That, he said, appeared to be their inten tion, as they could be expected to call a halt at the Maine. The allies. must now be prepared to see the offensive, resumed in the nort hsoon continued Gen. Bridges, or else to see German divisions from the north sent down to exploit the new success. The battle, he said, is likely to continue for weeks and will become a long drawn out struggle of 1 man power with the first duty of the allies to husband their resources by giving ground for men where pos sible, CAMP GREENE TO BE ONE OF LARGEST AVIATION CENTERS Secretary Baker announced last Saturday that Camp Greene, Char lotte, N. C, would be made an avia tion .concentration camp at which about 15,000 men would be assem bled. The remount depot at the moved elsewhere. camp will be moved elsewhere. The decision means that Camp Greene will be one of the largest avi ation centers in the country. It will be employed, it is understood, for the assembling of aviation units for final training before they depart for Europe, the camp being filled from the various flying and other schools throughout the country. Mr. Baker recently directed that a committee of the general staff study the question of Camp Greene, which was orlsrinallv a trainina camn for a division of the national guard. This committee recommended that it be discontinued as a divisional training camp, that the remount station there be Temoved and that the camp be turned over to the medical corps for training and hospital purposes. Ihe secretary determined, however, that it should be assigned as an aviation concentration camp rather than a medical corps camp and has issued orders to that effect. AN AMERICAN DESTROYER ( GETS TWO SUBMARINES An Atlantic Port The crew of an American ship arriving here from the war cone reports the destruction of two enemy submarines by an American destroyer almost within sight of France. The first U-boat was sighted some distance off by the destroyer. The destroyer gave chase and, overtaking the underwater craft dropped a depth bomb just as it went down. There were evidences that a hit had been scored. ' As the destroyer was returning to the convoy another submarine pop ped up almost alongside the trans port. The phip"-opened fire on the destroyer, without slackening speed, dashed up, dropped depth bomb, circled the ship and came back into position waiting for the submarine to reappear. In a short time there were evidences of another hit CRIPPLED CONFEDERATE CHARGED WITH . SEDITION Rankin Graves, a one-legged Con federate veteran, was given a hear ing before a United States commis sioner at Burlington on a charge of making seditious utterances and was bound over to Federal court under a bond of $500. The commissioner told Graves that except for the fact that he is an old soldier his bond would have been $2,000. Graves is alleged to have made bitter remarks agstn.t President Wilson; saying that ;he "ought to have hiavtbroat cut," and pther harsh remarks. copy r. m:s hold ii p p E u. u. Tkey Are Preparing to Make a Big Drive to Rau Caldwell Apportionment of $450,000 Seventeen of the eighteen money order postoffices in the county were represented here Monday in a War Savings Stamp meeting, called by ostmaster V. D. Guire of the local office. The meeting was full of .the kind of spirit that will push Caldwell to the top of the ladder in the great drive that is to take place during the last week in this month, said Postmaster Guire after the meeting was over. Every postmaster and ev ery postmistress were anxious with suecrestions that will help this move ment to a successful conclusion. The following offices were repre sented : -. Myron Moore, Granite Falls. P. M. Throneburg, Hudson. Mrs. Triplett, Rhodhiss. Mrs. M. G. Sullivan, Yadkin Val ley. .Miss.Messick, Patterson, Mrs. Mast Rufus. J. T. Crisp, Collettsville. B. U. Annas, Saw Mills. J. J. Coffey, Edgemont J. J. Miller, Buffalo Cove. Mr. Stemple, Grandin. G. A. Kincaid, Adako. ' L. O. Cloninger, Whitnel. Assistant postmaster, Mortimer. Cloyd Hartley, Valmead. H. A. Dobbin, Legerwood. . J. T. Parlier, King's Creek. SEA BECOMING INFERNO FOR SUBMARINE PIRATES The enemy is destroying British, allied and neutral tonnage at the rate .of about 3,500 tons yearly, while the allies and the neutral countries will very soon be producing tonnage at the rate of about 4,000,000 tons year, writes Archibald Hurd, the na val expert in the London uaily lei- LesrraDh. That favorable situation, he de clares, should be reached in a few Weeks and thenceforward the upward Curve in favor of the allies should proceed in a manner to convince the Germans of their failure. There are indications, the writer points out that the Germans them selves realize that the submarine campaign was a political blunder, ThK allied navies have not been weakened, he notes, and the subma- . . i v 1 'i I. l a ; i . rine, wnicn Drougni America into we war, baa not been able to interfere seriously with the transportation of American troops and material. Mr. Hurd says the sea is becoming an inferno for the submarine pirates, and the morale of officers and men in 'the submarine service is steadily declinmg. PREMIUMS FOR THE FAIR THIS FALL y Every year before this the people of. the banks, stores, shops and fac tories have given all the special pre miums at the fair. This year these people will attain be called upon to donate articles .to be used as pre miums! but they are not all the ones that will be called upon. The fann ers will be expected to donate some thing that they have or grow towards prizes. Things such as seeds of any kind, pigs, poultry or anything on this order will be expected and ap preciated. If you have - anything to give for this jiurpose please let some of us know and do not wait to be called upon. We want to have an extra good fair, and to do this we must have an attractive premium list Remember that we are going to have a fair and work on exhibits should be planned and most of them started now. G. MARK GOFORTH, Jr. MAYOR ORDERED SCRAPPING SISTERS TO LEAVE TOWN Two sisters. Mrs. Pope and Mrs, Tilley, white women, were before Mayor Lenoir Monday on the charge of an affray. They were found guil ty ahd ordered to leave town on or before Saturday. The fight took place Sunday at their homes on North Ridge street, where they occupied adjoining houses belong to Dr. B. H. Dula. Accord ing to the evidence, axes, sticks and planks were drain by each combat ant, but neither struck the other with these deadly weapons. It seemed to be a hair-pulling affair. LOOK FOR GOVERNMENT CONTROL OF TELEGRAPH Washington, June 6. That a flat rejection by President Carlton of the Western Union Telegraph Com pany of the nation war labor board's recent decision in the commercial telegraphers' controversy, is a subtle opening to invite government control of telegraph lines is the belief today of. many government officials. Di minished earnings recently by the Western Union and current reports that the American Telephone and Telegraph Company desires to di vorce its telegraph connection, al though under government operation, are among the reasons given. BAKER ASKS $16,000,000 v FOR AERIAL STATIONS . Washington, June 6. Appropria tions of S16.000.000 to establish six- 1 teeu airplane and balloon stations along the Atlantic and Pacific coasts were asked by Secretary Baker, to day of the House fortifications com mittee.' He wants thirteen along the Atlantic coast and three on the Pacific. FIGHTING THIS WEEMAY BY DAY A Complete Review of the Week's Fighting as Told in the Daily Reports from the Battle Front FRIDAY, MAY 31 German Reach the Bank of the Marno on a Ten-Mile Front The Germans in their Champagne offensive in France have now reach ed the right hank of the river Marne on a ten-mile front, according to a statemen tgriven to the Associated Press last Friday by the British gen eral staff. The statement says the Germans have not yet entered Cha teau Thierry but that they are at tacking heavily there and to the northward. The announcement which is said to express the opinion of tne general staff, continues lhe situation around Rheims is not quite clear, but if it is not al ready lost it seems clear it must fall very soon. Yesterday the French were driven back to a line from Noy- on to Soissons. A new development is the Oerman attempt to extend their attacks to the east of Rheims, where they were reported to be at tacking last night but no further de tails have yet been received! The sit uation is a very anxious one. not only because the Germans have made such rapid progress, an- advance of 1 6 miles in four days but also be cause they still have such large re serves available to be thrown in the battle at any point "Our transport of reserves has worked very well and there is rea son to hope that the Germans will not make any further progress, al though the situation must remain anxious as long as they have plenty of reserves. The immediate future depends on what course the enemy takes. The crown prince has used up virtually ,all his own reserves and some from the army groups to the eastward, but the great bulk of the German reserves are to the north. It remains to be seen whether the enemy will use them to develop his succss toward Paris or pursue his original intention in stnkme toward Amiens with a view to cutting the allied armies in two. "The attack durinz the past week has not been so serious as other at tacks at other points in the allied line because we have-more room far jve- neuver and can better afford to fall back. Another thing that must al ways be considered is that the Ger mans are rapidly using up their ef fectives. Thus far they have em ployed probably forty-five divisions in the present attack. "The question has been much dis cussed ia the past few days whether mis uerman attack was a surprise to the allies. It cannot be called a com plete' surprise because of the fact that enemy concentrations in the Laon area were known, but until a day or two before the battle we had no indication that an attack on a big scale was intended. The Germans de serve full credit for maintaining se crecy of their plans. The main masses of men were brought up to the actual front lines only on the night before the attack,- which was preceded by only two hours of bombardment for the purpose of cutting wire entangle ments. The Germans are not making the same use of artillery as hereto fore. They arousing trench mor tars in large numbers for wire cut ting. "Is this the enemy's main attack? "He probably did not know when he initiated it whether it would prove to be a subsidiary or leading opera tion. It must be remembered that (Continued on page eight)' GERMANS USED 1,1 VEIjnS LONDON London, June 6. The Germans have used at least fiftv divisions (about 600,000 men) in their latest offensive on the Aisne-Marne' front, according to experts. The stabiliza tion of the allied battle front be tween Rheims and Soissons is now accomplished. A heavy bombardment todav in the vicinity of Rheims may indicate mat tee next attack may fall there London, June 6. Intense artillery activity nas developed on the north em end of the battle front around DixmUde and Merckem, Belgium. Geraa ndetachments penetrated po sitions, near Ram Schappelle, but were driven out, leaving many pris oners. London, June fi. Attempts by the Germans to raid our trenches last night were all repulsed. The Ger mans sustained heavy losses. There is artillery activity on the Strelle sector, on the Flanders frot. GEN. PERSHING'S REPORT PRAISES THE AMERICANS Washington, June 6. Gen. Per shing's communique today gives de tails of the capture and holding of Chateau Thierry by American gun ners last Friday and gave the losses inflicted upon the Germans when an American patrol encountered double their number of the enemy Sunday and battled for forty-five minutes. HeNalso reported' aeroplane activities in which the ,. Americans acquitted themselves gallantly. LIEUTE1IT LEE Mlli WITNESSES! BUTTIES Interesting and Exciting, He Says ia a Letter to Hu Mother Real Excitement Was Elnd ing U-Boata. Caught on the Atlantic in a storm with a large transport full of seasick negro troops was only one of the ex periences of Lieut J. Lee Nelson, the son of Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Nelson of this place. Lieut Nelson has just written a very interesting letter to his mother, who has been kind'' enough to allow The News to pub lish it, The letter tells of the excit ing trip across the Atlantic and of other events since reaching France. This letter makes known another honor that was destined to come to the sons of, Lenoir and Caldwell county that of officering the first detachment of drafted men to reach France. To Lieuts. J. Lee and A- S. Nelson and Lee Spencer this honor comes. The letter reads: France. Dearest Mother: ' I am-almost ashamed of myself for not having written you at more - , length before now. It has been no fnnlt. nf mfn. thnnch fnr I hnva nnt had -the chance to write you and, be-'. ' sides, the privilege to write has only - been given us in tne last day or so. Back to the first of my trip to- ' France. Our going was a little sur- . prise for me, because we were not ' expecting to leave that week. We' were sent to an Atlantic seaport, ar- j , riving there early on Saturday morn- s : ing. and in three hours we were load- f , ed on the boat and ready for our trip -across. The boat we were on wuu: formerly a large German liner. "The -j j Quarters for the men and officers i were very nice indeed. Especially-. '. orate and I enjoyed my stay in them . very much. As soon as wc were put aboard was made an assistant mess officer.' Frankly, that was the most difficult " job I have ever undertaken, for the "" feeding" of. 5,000 men was no , rhilr!' Tilav I was uhlfl tn An it V ; - very successfully, but I had no re- grets when the time came to get off ; the boat In a way my work took - 1 my mind off the dangers of the trip, - ana me more x worKeu luk ictus uu . - i . i i & i- . subs pothered me.v , . Just after we had lifted anchor - una siarusu ou uur uili uur vajjvi-i- . enees began." We ran onto a sand-v bar and were Btuck for three days before we were able to get off. Just f alter we nnauy cleared tne, sand- bar and out on the ocean proper a . ; haawn HeAiMM MttniAnb ia anil v "flTo ' days we rolled and rocked. ? This ' V ucari SLUiiu uf cimiud. ia auu aui nw storm, only increased the seasickness . among the negro troops, and every - direction you looked you could Bee -nothing but sick darkies. I was for- tunate enough not to get the least bit - seasick through the entire trip. 4 C After some four or five days out we were joined by an American; cruiser and another large ship full of soldiers from the South. ' Our trip was not very eventful until we en tered the' war zone proper.; , I . wish. t that I could -go into all the details, lint it la anfflMant n tfolf tliat ! Bnv . fellow is looking for real excitement v" I want to recommend a trip-through the war cone. The last morning out we were given a hard race by the subs, put through the skillful ban dling of the boat and the bravery of . the - American subchasers we were . able to . land in safety. I almost ',' shouted for joy when I saw land. No one Can realise the small thing you Atlantic, not knowing from one min- ' , ute to the next what is going-to nap- -pen to you. I am very thankful that my trip is over and I wish all the rest of the fellows as good luck as we' had We landed at a French port after a , " fourteen-day trip. We went into a ' rest camp, and after a few days of ' rest we were bundled onto one of wivou oiutui atcuvo u cuu9 aiiu uuyr, uoii t v oj avi voo j a esiii-d . uw -;r ' now billeted in a small French town, ' : many miles from the front We arr : " going through a course of intensive , training under French officers. My regiment has been attached to the French army. All the officers are . now under the French command.- I cannot say now long it wiu oe Deiore w we go inio ue crencnes. umeers are gonig up every day for instruc-- tion. I think we will be striking the , Boche within a few weeks. The soon-- it. We are on a sector now where ' there is not very much heavy fight-..;) ing. I go to sleep with cannon boom-' f - ing around me and wake up to the; ' same thine every moraine. , Durinir - the day we sometimes see some very , ' exciting battles between the Boche ; airplanes and French machines. It is a wonderful thing to see one going ' on. You get all excited and wish the Boche all kinds of hard luck. Fri f day morning I saw the best one yet A- and the french machine , brought down the Boche within our lines. I cannot tell you very much as to what is going on over here. I take off ray hat to the French people, for they deserve the admiration of the world, and one" of the first things you will notice is that there are no slack-' en among the French people. ' Aa I mingle with them and see the havoc that this war has brought to them it fires every nerve in my bod with the determination to do my best to help these people. People yrik of (Continued on fourth page)' , ", ? ,