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" ' :- -f :4:VV--fl;::- v'ii'V' ESTABLISH1 liil, j'f 'jT . 7. GnucinsBono, r. c., THunsD novEr.iBER 20, VOLOC wO.JOC: "' -' y:'r V'', i ? - -;'-W-,-' ; t-v-" r' v '"'""' -.. ' " ' FAVORABLE !0 THE ALilBS NEWS FROM BOTH THR WEST ERN AND ITAIilAN FRONTS IXKK ' GOOD. Washington, Nov. 27. 'The week Vast closed has been one, very, favor 3 ale to the allies," add the ear de partment official conimuniiue issued ' day, reviewing military operations rr tbe week ending Saturday. 'The success of the British offen sive in the region of Oambrai -and the eady resistance of tlie Italians in r ie face of the repeated attacks of 1 1 e Aus tro-Uerman fordes are two factors which may be cpnsiidered : j irrelative elements of q and the Mine moment. ' : -It is evident that the enemy took ie offensive in Italy. 'hoping thereby ovtrieate htaiselt from the in- ingly difficult position in which reas forces find themselves in the vest Though the French :!nd British have both dispatched large contingents to Italy, this has in no way hampered the continuance of 'Lneir offensive operations . - , I -It is the wastage.' of the. enemy orce, the slow, yet relentless eas ing of his manpower by continued nd sudden offensive thrusts, which Tiust eventually result in the sof ten- of his line in the west. 'The military situation is domi nated by spectacular success gained -y the British forces' in their tlirust toward Cambrai. By adopting new lactieal; methods, by evolving a strat egy daringly conceived and brilliant iy executed, the British forces have l?en able to record a .greater, success, -'when measured by captured terrain, than any hitherto achieved by either belligerent in the sam6 space of time along the western front. While Been- ingly continuing his offensive engage- menxs iu j?iaiiuerc ujf u iu.v-t7i.io-o ar tillery, bpmbardment in the . sector strehigthening from . Ypres jto the Nortn geatj FieJ&Mar!hal Haigyiwas ble tbJinaek.wcefialitT'hls' plans for an :offeTei4flvArth'iwt'cAween'i-th Searpe river and St. Quentin. "The usual preliminary artillery preparation, was dispensed with. The elements of surprise so essential ' 6 victory played a large part in Qiru'C cesses gained., The British.; by a pre ponderant numerical superiority, in jnen and mobile material, by impro vising the skillful, taotpal maneuver ing of an unustualj number of tanks, and by co-ordinating wath precision th deployment of cavalry, made Use of these two arms to bear the brunt of the encounter. ' Infantry then was called upon to hold and consolidate terrain gained. Thus the Britisn. were able to record a decided success to a very large sayings of munitions and slight casualties. Three succes sive German Jines of defense on a frontage of six -miles astride the Oambrai-Bapaume canal in front of Oambrai was crossed. The British Aorces, while still pressing forward, are meeting with incr eased res is -Htice. -1 . J "Cambrai, the center of very im portant railroad and canal lines of communication, now comes under 'fte immediate fire .of British field tuns, while the large caliber high velocity and. naval guns can readily -earch out the countryside for miles "iu the rear, harraseing hostile terri tory, and rendering ' N the continiued tenure of the city by the enemy difn ult. The number of prisoners enum erated hitherto is over 10,00(f which vceeds the total British casualties.' "While the battle for Cambrai has -suited in so rapid and sweeping an advantage for the British forces, ap parently without extensive prelimi nary preparation, it must not be for gotten that it was only made possi ble by the continued pounding of the Germans lines in Flanders. In the meantime the British have not ceased io keep the enemy busy in the Ypres salient, and.tgains &t terrain are noted "t ft The southeast. - ' " j "Along the front held by the French forces, the latter have achiev ed a successful coup in the main south of Juvincourt in the Cham pagne, resulting in the capture of eqme elements. of the German trench ea and the taking of numerous pris oners. . , . . . j ' "In the sector where .our troops ate trafnlngncreased artillery aptiv ity f8 , , noted.' siiall detachments, -while on patrol duty, have gained ai useful experience. ' . "The Italian armies, now oomplet ing tQeir reorganization, have been able ter withstand tire assaults of tho numerically superior forces , of the Austro-Oerman division engaged against 5them. " - They have hitherto prevented any further invasion of the Italian plain. The enemy is contin uing his efforts to break through. The line of the Fiave ha held firm Along the lower . Piave, where .hostile forces gained a temporary foothola bh the right bank of the river, they were driven off with great loss, thus rendering the Italian positions more secure. ' " , "Along the plateau of the Setto Oommuni heavy fighting is going on. The enemy has been successfully de tained. In the mountain regions -e-t ween the headwaters of the Brent a and 'the Piave defensive operations have - been well conducted, and the enemy has not been able to make any further progress. Strategic re serves, strengthened by allied contin gents, have 'been constituted. The morale of the Italiian forces is im proving daily, and while the situation is not free from critical aspects, the defensive measures appear adequate to meet the situation. "In Palestine the British forces under General Allenby are advancing rapidly on Jerusalem. They have now reached a point on the Ramaleli road approximately seven miles west of the city, while another force is bearing down from the north." AMERICAN SOIiDIERS DECORATED WITH CROSSES. With the American Army In France, Nov. 27 (By the Associated Press. (The ceremony of presenting iie French cross tQ the American s - diers was an impressive one. An American "major seneral pr? sen icd the decorations and citations oiirinor Ampriwin regimental col - f the - ,who wer2 Mlled Thev will be sent to their next kin- The French general, in referring to ti e action of th!s American com P'y 3aic . . "On the night of November' 2-3 this company, which was in the line for the first time, met an extremely violent bombardment despite which 't seized arms and offered such stub born resistance that the enemy, thouerh numerically superior, was obliged to retire." The" general specially cited in the order of the day Corporal James.-1) Gresham, and Private Merle D. Hay and Thomas F. Enright, "who died bravely in hand-to-hand fighting with the enemy, who had penetrated the first line." ! The others cited were Lieut.. Wil liam H. Mclianghlin, Lieut. R. O Patterson, Lieut. E. F. Erickson Sergeant John Arrowwood, Corporals David M. Knowles and Homer Givens and Privates Charles Massa, William D. Thomas, George Hurd, Boyce Wade, Robert Winkler and John J Jarvis. ' A recent offer by the British a i- miraity to decorate certain officers and men of two American destroyer? for their services in combatting Ger man submarines was declined, ac cording to the announcement of Sec retary Daniels, because the laws of this country prevent soldiers and sailors from receiving decorations from foreign governments. INCREASE IS SHOWN IN j NUMBER OF SHIPS SUNK. London, Nov. 28. Fourteen Brit ftrfthantmen of 1.600 tons and over and seven of less than 1,600 tons were sunk by mines or subma rines last week, according to... the admiralty statement issued this even ing. This is an increase of four ves sels in the larger category over the number reported sunk fn last week's report. . - Last week's admiralty report . an-1 nounced the slinking of 17 British merchant vessels-r-lO of more than 1,600 tons and seven of less tonnage. The week previously only one craft of 1,600 tons and ever and five 'of leas tonnage were sent to the bottom. Captures Wild Oat. Snow Hill. Nov. 27.- Fifteen pounds is the weight; of a wild; cat captnred in a trap near here by Is man Ouoin. a colored man. Thcl big puss one of the largest iver een in trwers' conference Tield in connec ts ectioni was a f ormliable look- Uon-wth. tire national 'apple show. ing catch. The species ; s nearly ex- tinet ca this part oMhe Wte TflB UEAIIS. TRIAL HOD . Oil THE FIRST DAY'S TESTIMONY SEEMS TO HAVE BEEN AN EVEN BREAK. Concord, Nov. 28 -Gaston Bullock Means,' on trial for the murder; "of Mrs. Maude A. King, hear Concord, August 29, turned the first day of thi commonwealth's testimony against htm into an even break and went 'to sleep tonight with his ' ineradicable. smile more expansive still.' ' v. - ;V The defense has built a German ring of iron about him and penetra tion has been exceedingly difficul. Upon the corpus delicti, the presence of the defendant and the unlikeli hood of misfire by the little plstoV the state has left nothin-g'to be de sired. But the - defense is parrying the motive in great shape and .little that will identify, the prisoner with,' a conspiracy against the- dead woman's life, has been admitted into evidence! The state indicated its purpose to show monetary motives as thev;incen- tive to crime, and Judge Clihe sent out the jury to hear wihat Willard O. Rockefeller, , hotel, man of Chicago, had to say as a result of an interview with Mrs. James C. King, the wealthy widow whose death is laid to Gaston Means. The triers filed out for their first rest, but the court was firm in its purpose to allow no such evidence at this stage. Later Mr. Rockefeller did get into testimony a statement of Gaston Means in which the defen-, dant threatened the abandonment of the hostelry if the manager again in terviewed Mrs. King. But whiat took place, her - disclosures to Mm; the condition of her affairs and her vir tual slavery to his bigger mind, thes all were kept out, and Mr. Rocke feller was yet on the stand wneh Judge Cline adjourned court at 6.10 tlris evening. . . State Scored in Afternoon. . 1 . ' The state had finished its examina- tiofc of the Chicago hotel man and turned Mm over to the clever Cansi I erf This Charlotte lawyer fcas jnrade a- great recovery; His-chained-ifghl ning mind always after all irrelevant and incompetent questions, has been a perfect rampage the while he shows what he has not been accused of (hav ing in great measure, good nature The Charlotte lawyer has done one big day's work, and done it well. The state made distinct score in. the aftefnon when it introduced Roy. Smithy AsheviMe chauffeur who drove after' midnight early in September from Asheville to Morganton, Gaston Means and Mrs. Melvin, who had been stopping at the Langren. The witness could -give only de tached conversation. He heard Cas ton ask Mrs. "Melvin, "how does the lady feel about it?" and she surmis ed that "we got out in good time." There was no attempt to relate this cryptic talk, albeit everybody guess ed that it referred to the attitude of Mrs. Anna L. Robinson, the mother of Mrs. King and Mrs. Melvin. That is supposed to have followed the vis it of Mrs. Melvin and Gaston Means to Asheville. Farmer Dry went on and under the adroit work of CansOer lost the pic turesqueness that gave him headline", all over the country a few months ago. Capt. William Bingham's testi mony for the state lost its force un der the cross-examination, albeit the captain was essentially a defense wit ness and the state was disadvantagei in its effort to cross-examine its own testifier. There were elements of humor in dt. Even the state was moved to comment that whereas for getting was the long, suit the first time, recollection was. the trump this time. It was an interesting day. Schiff Gives Liberally. JSIew York, Nov. -27. Jacob H Schiff has given $200,000 to start the $5,000,000 Greater New York cam paign for Jewish war relief and for the Jewish welfare board in the United States army and navy, it was announced tonight. This contribution makes a total in excess of $500,000 which Mr. Schiff has given for . war relief during the present war. - Need 50,000 Hands. Spokane, Nov. 27. Fifty thousand Chinese are needed in Washington .; y: fruit growers and farmereaccor 1- mg to ur. u. i-uiner, 01 r ma,- wno today : addressed the fruit- All fw; -growers attending tfne . con, U Worted uh6rt85 tft elpi' WIWAYAIMS OF OLD teNADIAff CAVAliRY WIN GLORY t AND RENOWN BY GAMiANT -i;,':'charges.- : " ' ;- ' British -Headquarters in France, N6v.tfl7.TBythe Associated Press.) -The Britishcavalry have had many thrilling ' experiences since the battle jbegati in-thB - Cambrai sector last Tuesday and opened a way for them pinto the; ' igr eat territory-over which they natetpamedi almost at will, like cavaliers of; bid seeking combats with those! who ; would accept their gage. Stories ojf 4heir gallant charges with drawn sabres -C against enemy 7 ; -, 9 batteries and in strong infantry pesir tions! haVei: been innumerable. But - .- , ... . . . . . perhaps none "of. them had a. more ex-: &tin - time k than -.a rsquadron of Ca hadiipLn horsemen. ' . .. c .. feode Out But Walked Back. They swept proudly out of - Mas nier :ol thr chargers with their sVmaklnlrf-'nierry . music against theijr trappings. s They -returned afoot and( thereby hangs a .. narrattve of bravery and strategy which is wort-! recording. .. . - iFor a considerable distance . the horsemen cantered along, over the rolljng grasslands without encounter ing, an enemy. East of Rumily. how ever, they came upon several British tanKswMcn had . run almost into a German battery : position and were being fired at point blank by great guns. . -. i i In the Nick O Time i -'' The monitors were in a tight place and. needed, assistance badly. They gof -it. The cavalry came pounding up.in columns of fOiur and their lead er, sizing up the situation sent them swerving in on either side of the bat terr. Then they charged in straight aniongr the gun crews, their sabres flashing.. "It was over in a moment and the last enemy lay tramped upon - This incident finished.-the cavalrv trotted off in search of. "other adveri- tuxes ?lNot . far away was"; a "sunken Tbadvwtrleh . .concealed enemy forces armed with gunsi.' Cavalry scouts discovered trap land gave the word mander. . The-, latter snapped out command and the squadron most of whom were still unaware of the pres senoe of the sunken road, divided in to two' bodies, one of which deployed to the right to ward, a break in the wall of the road, while the other drew their sabres and charged straight ahead. Leaped Into Precipice. The Germans, not knowing thai British cavalry was operating in that section, remained in the big ditch and the Canadians reached the edge of the miniature precipice without see ing the enemy. They saw them then in numbers, and realized for the first time that they were headed for drop of several feet to the level road. iNot a . horseman hesitated. - They took the flying leap straight down began their work of death. Half hundred of .the enemy la dead when the remainder took to their heels and fled toward Rumily. The cayajry.: commander then was out of touch with the remainder of the advancing British farces and de cided to remain in the sunken road for a time until he could get order Accordingly he sent back a courier to carry Information as to the loca tion of the squad. ! Another force of German machine gunners, stationed in a commanding position nearby, opened : grilling fire- on the cavalry and succeeded in kil1. Ing several horses within a short time. It became apparent that the men and the rest of the horses must suffer the same fate if they remained where they were. The commander knew I would be suicide to ride out Into the open, and he seized upon an ingen ious plan to outwit the Germans. The horses were gathered, together and stampeded with thMr empty saddles in the direction of Cambrai. The ruse worked, for the Germans, . peering through the mist thoug.it the horse men escaping. Escape Under. Cover Big Guns. The machine guns came into action aga'n, the galloping horses and tho troopers meantime made good their escape from the road. " They started back but losing their way at one time were., actually In the outskirts of Rumijy r. This - may have given rue to av report which became current - -. - - - - - -' . . :- - - V. ' :. -. -4.. ' . hat the Britisli had occupied the vil- age. a . ; ;; The Canadians continued ' their Journey toward what ' they thought were the British lines until they were challenged ' by a German'otfier. with nine men. Among the f roopers - was little chap who spoke German fluently. He was sent forward with orders to engage the officer in con versation until the rest of the troop ers could close in with t'ieir sabres. The little emisary fulfilled his mis-. sion by engrossing the attention of the officer with a co k and bull atory to which the German listed becaise he did not know that theBritish cavalry was in his zone. He listened a moment too long, however, for the Canadians rushed in and killed t e men accompanying him and he was taken prisoner and compelle l to con duct the horsemen back to their oVr. lines. ; ' THE SACRIFICE OF AN A5IERICAN SOLDIER. Washington, Nov. 27. Osmond Kelly Ingram, of Pratt City, Ala., ths gunner's mate lost overboard when a German submarine attacked the American destroyer Cass in in the war zone on October 16, deliberately sac rificed his own life to reduce th'. risk of his mess-mates. A detailed report from Admiral Sims, sfaows that Ingram standing aft, on the destroyer where some high explosive depth .charges wer' stored, saw the torpedo coming' T-i-stead of rushing forward to save his own life by getting away from thc explosive, Ingram stuck to the spot throwing overboard the high exp'o sives, which he knew would further endanger the lives of his fellows if they were detonated by the explosion; of the torpedo. He was the only man lost, being blown overboard by the explosion. The Cassin got in under her own "steam, and the gallantry of her crew in affecting temporary re pairs was commended by Admiral Sims in a special report. The navy r departments announce Ingram sacrificed his life in perform ing a duty which he believed wdiiH srave his ship and the lives of the of ficers and men on board." NORTH CAROLINIAN ON DESTROYER ACTAEON. London, Nov. 27. The American' steamship Actaeon was torpedoed Sunday, a dispatch from Cornnna, Spain, reports. Twenty-one surviv ors have arrived at Port Camarinas. Three boats with the remainder of the crew, are missing. t One From Bell Haven. ew York, Nov. 27. Eilty-eight men, including 31 Americans, comH prised the crew of the American steamer Actaeon, reported sunk off the European coast. A dispatch from London today saying 21 survlvira. had reached Port Camarinas, Spain, and that the other members of th . crew were missing, made no menti n of the United States naval gunner? aboard. Names of none appear in the records of the federal shipping commissioner here, but li is assumed the vessel was controlled by the ship ping board. Formerly the German, steamship Adamsturm, of 5,0.00 tons gross, th 3 Actaeon left New York city early ii October, carrying government sup plies for Bordeaux. It is believed-ehs was on the return voyage when sunk. She was commanded by W. J, Johnson. The vessel was built ir Germany in 1909 and was seized by this government after the war with Germany began. The American citizens on board in cluded U. Bl Crada, coal passer, Bsll Haven, N. C. The Actaeon is the first of the seiz ed German steamships to be sunk wnile in American trade. Congressman Nelson and Son Are In dicted. Madison, Wis., . Nov. 28.- Con gressman John M. Nelson and his son, Byron, were indicted by a federal grand jury today on a charge of con spiracy to violate the registration laws. The son previously had "been indicted charged with failure to reg ister. They will be tried in Decem ber. Congressman Nelson was charged with advising his eon not to register. -Young Nelson now is on his father's ranch, in Canada. Con- gressmaii Nelson is in Washington. iosldielnienl .exceptional presj a.mmgims.wiw xuemcm ar pur- machine enc of raipd of fjie" gunner's matH-"" - i WCUVAV thisiand says: ,. : .:-r. to the com-1 "The department considers that 11 13 re"ea f nu.ll t . . .- - fTffirriiio nmn i?nnm IlilUJlllltO IIULU lUJJJIi THE LEFT-WING oStHE FOTJII-.TI : ARMY DOESN'T VAVER BS- FORE ENE3IY. r . Italian Army Headquarters fn Northern .- Italy, Nov. 27. (By the Associated Press. Five deternlitl attacks by Aus tro-G erman forcepn the left wing of the 'Italian. Joxti army,, near Monte Pertica,. bet"5Tta the Brante and the Piave," were deliv ered today. The enemy rushes rr -broken by the defensive troops with heavy losses to the attackers. : Not '.only the 'left, but the right wing and the center of the army hold- ; ins this sector were subjected to at tack, the enemy effort: attaining Its full force here. On the right C2.d the center, the struggle raged frCtr Monta Monfenera, westward, wi-h the Italians holding their lines at all points. . . ;s . The fluctuations of the great bat tle have now developed to a stage where; the resisjting power of tha Italian armyias been demonstrated to be sufficient to retard, if not to prevent any sudden r rush through the passes leading to the Venetian Mains. This" was regarded as a seri ous menace six days ago. but as each day. has shown the Italian lines hold ing solid against repeated attacks and their defenders ready even ' to take the: aggressive against heavy odds, "the feeling of gravity that then prevailed is changing to one of confi dence and unwavering determination coupled with a spirit of buoyanco which pervades all ranks of the army and civilian life. There is also the feeling that friendly allied support is near at a timely moment and that the mingled ranks, of gray, bine and khaki wilj. combine to "formthe barriers5'' that Italy has sustained. alone until now.'. Many British officers were at head quarters today and the streets bhow ea almost as' rnuchkhkkl as gray. The; prince of , Wales renewed "-his .earlier Visit going about'" the r tresis; 3d . mingling witn tlieaclcers at.pur- ion occupied by the enemy that the civil population has' been'requtreg.it turn firef. all copper artttfles.' grfelse. and oiis'iri its-possession ; wltSin iir days. . JBmperor Charles is said to have made another visit to the 5orM ed region, going to the coast cities o! Grado and Monfalcone. 4. FIVE HUNDRED NURSES S.. NEEDED NOW FOR. ARHY. Washington, Nov. 28. The,ciy is in need of 500 graduate nurses for, immediate service with the army nurse corps. The work is particular ly difficult and exacting, accordin the-surgeon general fha errrjvnd the opportunity for patriotic .pervipo correspondingly great"; H, - A thousand bed base hosatali have been established with each na tional guard and national army can tonment. Each will require at least 15 graduate nurses in its personnel. Those whose services are immediate ly available are desired. The pay is $50 per month and maintenance. HEAVIER TAX IS LEVIED ON LIQUORS IN MEXICO. uVIexico City, Nov. ' 27. Presidenr Carranza has issued a decree increas ing the taxes and import duties on all wines and alcoholic liquors, to take effect January 1. All alcoholic liquors produced in Mexico will b subject to a tax of 50 per-cent aild wines willjje taxed 25 per cent. Wines and alcoholic beverages of for eign make will have to pay a stamp tax of 70 per cent above the import duties. Foreign made beer will be taxed 80 per cent above the Import duty. The decree provides also for a stamp tax of from 5 to .20 centavos on corked bottles sold over-counters. War Crosses For Sammies. With the American Army la France, Nov. 27. -The French war cross has been conferred on the 15 American officers and men who wero cited with their cocinany. by, the French; generaT-osisiandIng the sec tor in which the Americans were cU tioned at the Umd-bf the first "Ger man raid on the night of.Novcnl:r 2.-3. . . Tie inen, were decorated tdsy and are Inforxaed that they rrr keep ihe cijiala their: bdc-c;:! put xanst noi-Trear men until Cci- I gress'cHt C3 Its authoxtatloiis. ,5- -' : v-; r-- ' r1.-