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AN1TS 1CRUEIrY TO
HER WAR PRISONERS.
On tlTAflTAA
G VANCE. I wounded
f Germans last March.
CAPTURE
of
net
-nA SHU
nortant sect
r
menac
preach
j.uat till surges
l i a n nr uoiwv "
T'e lIU . , aorman Armies
nearly Fiftnder8. On tour
ore French and Brit
., n nave ucsu '
is& enare German front from
aDd tfln Bel-ium to Soisebns, on
re.fe mre ertousiy
ped tnau r
troops ot tn. jvih5iix,
minn two miles
"'"west ot Soissons to the. -Otae
" " and those of Gen. Humbert,
th. Oise and the
fronts, Drinffing mem j,w
threaten io uvxuuc
Sdiate evacuation ot the 6
Somme-Otee salient from Braye
to Noyon.
Between Albert and Arras.
Farther to the north, between Al
beand Arras, Field Marshal Haig
i,ae fflllowed up ni
vious day, by a new offensive
. .i f ohnut ten miles
4 iroui
driven forward bis troops for splen
did gains over the entire line, cap-
jtr a number of villages, wmub
s and guns and inflicting
Lrondon, Aug. 20. (Via Mon-treakX-HDetaile
have been officially
published for the first time of gross
on British prisoners and
men committftd- hv fha
- J vj
Affidavits of
Scotch soldiers testify to the authen
ticity of the charges,-,
jA prirate of the Royal Highland
ers tells how he and a number of
comrades, consisting of one officer
and fifteen men, ten of whom were
wounded, were compelled to surren
der near 'Monchvj March 28. They
were:iinejL 1$. fal tne origiinal front
line trench,, and t latter some time
WW;
AMERIOAN AND iPRENCH IN
CREASE THEIR GRt AT SEV
ERAL POINTS.
With, the American Army on the
Vesle Front, Aug. W. The Ameri
,cans and French increased their grip
on their holdings north of: the Vesle
river at several point early Monda
morning- by slight infantry ad
vances. The maneuvers were carried
out without encountering any Ger-'
mans.; 4 ;i
Matz
ward their
West of Bazoches the German
trerman officers and two men appear- sent out patrols but . these were
ed. One of the "men under orders !Phed "bfck by (he American . v
of the officer turned .4 stream "of! - - 'l.
liquid fire straight down the trench Germans on three imnortint aC
Jin wiic Je Britishers were stand-, tors of the western battle front Wve
,inwun8ianaing the fact Deen compelled to give up position
that they trere unarmed, continued , of great strategic value under the
to spray them for six or seven min- 'onslaughts of the British and French
1
utes. The private testified that he
and a - few of his companions who
were abie to move. RfiramhipH t.
.1 I
to a communication trench and got a
over the top and back into the Brit
ish lines.
troops
. In the Ly sector east of Armeh
tieres the enemy has retreated over
front of nearly six miles, leaving
mm
ALLS BACK
R ALLIED ATTACK
F&OXfe; jSQiaSONS TO THE BEL
cG!f BORDER THE GERMANS
rui TO A TEST.
. 1 1 .
Wtth? the French' Army in France,
Aug. Q,-The operation begun thia.
jnorhnx jby Gen. Mangin's troopsbe
tweef AMne and the Oie. smith.
mSoyon. and northwest of Sois-
3on3,VLOoks this evening to be a
spleiJOd success. Gen. Mangin has
taief JErjim the Germans a.t Cuts and
ionyChoisy the last - heights re-
manf south of the Oisne in that
regicri;
the. town of Merville in British
Another private testified ! hands. Between the Matz and Oise
over
and
and other prisoners we're rivers the French have fought their
tuna
oriconers
heavy casualties on the enemy.
Advance Af Over Four Miles, -i
Still farther north, in the famous
LyS ctor. a general eastward ad
vance "on a front of more than four
mi7i has been made by the British,
who have brought their positions
appreciably nearer the old 1916 bat
tle line, running east of Armenr
tiered.
Numerous additional villages have
been liberated by the French north
east of Soissons and positions hfe
been -captured on both sides of tiro
Oise iiver, which Geeminglyaafc
untenable for occupation by the ne
my the important town of Noyojr,
which is now outflanked on the
southeast and dominated .by the
French guns from the south and
west. On the south the French are
standing in Sempigny, a mile and a
half distant, while on the west they
have captured the important -pivotal I
town of Lassigny, the key position 1 0fg
that he
marched down a trench to an em- J way -to the western outskirts of the
placement about gjg feet -deep, nine dominating: position of Lassigny and
feet wide and front fciire to twelve farther south in this hill and wood-
feet latJig, andhUeigajAacked ed region have debouched from the ten
of whom carried a revolver, and .tne town of Pimprez, situated in the
seemed to be; -an officer, arrived. The 0ise valley on the Noyon-Compiegne
road.
Enemy Driven Back.
Around the curve in the battle
line, northwest of Soissons, the
French frnm naar Pari
'0" ! ack; "a flame Pirted proximately nine mile,,-haye-rWen
Jltream the pipe an tHe enemy to an average depth-
re?f 1 uieu iy ave,raL village nd 2,200 nrtsdners
sch Make Good AOVftfece.
is, , Aug. 20. The"French
forcevast of the Oise pn a front of
9bou tlS 1-2 miles have advanced to
'an ; rverage depth of about 2 1-2
mil?! ? and captured numerous vil
lage p. according to the French offi
cial Communication issued this even
ing. tVLpre than .80 00 prisoners have
been itaken:
9c nth of Roye tne town of Beoiv
raig 'es has been occupied by the
Frer eh after bitter fighting.
Along the Scarpe.
London, Aug. 20. 'East o Arras
along the Scarpe river the British
in harp fighting have advanced
their line lightly to the .east of the
village of Fampoux, while farther
north "astride the Ijys rjyer,rthe Brjt-j
ish have reached .LTEfplnette and
lnorth of Merville have captured the
villages of VierhOek and La Couron
ne, according to Field Marshal
HaigJs communication from head
quarters tonight.
uiaer man naa a cylinder on his
back and attached to it was a 'flexi
ble jjipe.
"Just as he reached the entrance
to- the enclosure," said the Goldier,
YfUepaj Prisoners Multiplying. j
2,iS00 Germans Captured-
adon, Aug. 20. The French
army, commanded by Gen.
in, today captured 2,800 Ger-
between 7 o'clock this morn-
Jnd 3 P. M., according to the lat
reports reaching London from
ittle front.
M)angin'a forces advanced to-
three miles at the greatest
th of the- front. The French
captured the town of Cuts,
and a half miles northwest of
incourt.
of Tartlers. From that point, the
line is uncertain, but the French are
progressing towards Camelin.
The Germans are making stiff re
sistance at Hill 160, which is east of
Le Mesnll. The advance is over
most difficult ground, but the at
tack is still proceeding.
MARRIED MEN AND THE
NEW DRAFT LAW.
to Noyon and the' plains to the
north.
Control of Broad Gauge Railway.
With the latest advance by the
Trench east of the Oise there has
come under the range of Gen. Man
gin's guns the Broad Gauge raiTway
line leading from Noyon eastward to
Le Lere the sole remaining line,
wept for two narrow gauge roads,
over which the enemy may trans
Port his men and supplies beyond
the range of the French artillery.
At last accounts Haig was still
wehg forward on the heels of the
Germane between Albert and Arras,
"'th tanks innumerable clearing
the way for ftie infantry and ma
rine guns and the fteld artillery
wnicl1 wa keeping close up to the
vance. The Arras-Albert railway
toeady has been crossed by the
is'-i easr 0f Boisliex-tSt; Marie
?Dd Mreatel. and south of these
wwes the new
eastward
in c.
line has. been pressed
nformity.
n Lys Salient.
, Un of the Lyb s
nav
Ve ripli,r,.
m an
Part the lo;
alient the Germany
violent counter-at-
endeavor fo recoup m
-s they have sustained.
1Jeir efforts 1, .
uuwever, were rruit
lUr r!-,ft
less
tasiood
ack the
British everywhere
t'ir assaults and pushed
enemy beyond
16 departure.
iu-.uue Battle Front.
were-shrieking and writhing. The
flame reached right back to where' t
was. My overcoat and tunic caught
fire. By this time all the men were
on the ground." '
The soldier added that man
aged to crawl up the slope' tnd get
away.
Another soldier related how an
cer, wounded in the head and
foot, and four other wounded and
three unwounded men, including
himself, were in an old trench when
two Germans appeared and used
liquid flreOne of th Germans, re
volver in hand, orderjed (he British
ers to get back to Jhl Jlernran line.
The narrator said his hands and
right ear were 'burned. Three of
the party managed to escape and
reach the British lines, " but the
German either must'4iave suffocated
or burned all the five wounded men,
as nothing further had been heard
front them.
The British government has pro
tested to the German government
against these outrages.
olrfeAsinK f&rOrablv when this dls-
- patch ws flied. Prisoners were con
rront Dexween tne Somme and
e
offlciaT con fir-
uise, out there is no
mation of this.
Viewed on the war map the gains
in .nejw operations are most impor
tant ones for the Allies, for, aside
' from wide areas over which the en
emy has bee compelled to acknowl
i edge, defeat the weakening in the
j German defence 13 becoming daily
1 more noticeable and apparently
within a short time they probably
j will be forced to commence a retro
grade movement on a scale that will
j mean the entire blotting out of old
lines and the taking up of fiew ones
'. to the east and southeast possibly
1 from the region of Rheims to Ypres.
HOUSE IS TOO SMALL;
SPIRIT IS ALL RIGHT.
CHINESE SEND A BIG
FORCE TO HER BORDER.
the points,
lied
lin
lat is
Irives
from
to be
V r . -.
prooa
5art,--ular m
mz from
- me
tin..
rrs to
the effect of the al
the 120-mile battle
to Soissons cannot
present but it seems
: trat this entire
st be realigned. Ths
: to the Germans
1
'esle
0 ;r; me
be on n-
hic
river
be
n f
rom
the
unten;
u the territory be-
and the Oise, ap-
ne sector along the
U Soissons to Rheims,
r- war maps looks to
Even the Aisne and
Dames do not an-
toogafe for a defense
in
a'ble
lin anr
.ne Gen. "
urter nn.u sm Drese8 much
tuveat of Soisso
Mr
10 p
"feats,
Paul 0
v
Mr.
ort po aas returned
Mrs. S. L. Trog-
Washington, Aug. 19. The offer
of ,S. B. Bartlett, of Carthage, N. C,,
to turn over to the government his
splendid private residence for use as
a hospital building or any other
purpose for which it might be utiliz
ed cannot be accepted. The surgeon
general office has advised Mr. Bart
lett that the buildings whieh': will
be required for the care of return
ing sick and wounded must be large
enough to accommodate one thou
sand beds or more, in order to con
serve medical and nursing personnel
and hold down the cost of adminis
tration. Lieutenant Colonel John
A. Hornsby, of the surgeon general's
orflce, who has replied to the gener
ous offer, expressed the appreciation
of the surgeon general for the- spirit
of patriotism which prompted it.
Farmer Converts Smoke House Into
Knitting Mill.
&he.lby, Aug. 20. Mr. C A. Mor
rison has converted his br;ck cmoke
bouse into a knitting mill, enlarged
it, put in windows and is installing
ten knitting machines, two fibbers
and two oooeins for the Emma iios-r
iery mill, h ch will begnopratlonH
within i? f4wday- MfMtrisot 1
a farmer living below Shelby and is
fstjle. Qwne' of the new enterprise
this plant 1H hare a c-paeity
50 dozen in en's hose a dy aud ril
b run by'vlcctricity.
Washington, Aug. 1. The Chin
ese government has sent a large
force of troops to the Siberian bor
der to prevent a threatened invasion
of Chinese territory by German and
Hungarian prisoners of war who
joined with the Red Guard and
other elements of the Bolsheviki
against the Czechoslovaks in. the
trans-'Bikal region.
The seeding of the Chdnese force
ws' taken fo. mean that every means
of extending relief to the Czecho
slovaks was being taken by the al
lied powers. The active participa
tion of the Chinese army on the Si
berian border may have an impor
tant bearing on developments there
within a few .daysXceording to offi
cials here. That the large number
of prisoners who were set free by ihe
Bolsheviki, armed add equipped and
enlisted to fight against the Czech
Slovaks, are menacing the Ctiineee
border has been known here fojj"ev-
ral days and if permitted to cross
the border, they would be able to
maneuver to far better advantage.
This, however, China has declared
she will not permit and if Chinese
territory is violated a battle is prem
ised with all the advantages resting
with the Chinese.
Jap Food Riots Subsiding.
Tokio, Aug. 19. -The djstjjph
ances over the'highvprice of rjcere
reported, . to Tiettheiding exep ?n
North Jaaa where they apparently
are spreading. Mobs have burned
several houses at Sendai. Theice
exchange . announces thajt thirty
houses -"VextJ. tunie4 in the Tsumlye
preteclnSn tSkiiK1
tinulng to arrive at the rear to add
he several thousand captured be-J
fore noon and the gain in territory
at 1 o'clock had been from one to
two andj a half miles- The enemy
was resisting with the greatest vigor
at vital spots. Where the fighting
is thickest the ground is covered
with German dead.
The artillery preparation, which
was most violent, .began yesterday
morning and the enemy, anticipat
ing an attack, hastened to reinforce
his lines, sending up two of his best
divisions which were held in reserve
These divisions arrived during the
night in motor lorries.
An hour and a half after the or
der was given to attack, infantry
men were passing Audignicourt and
Vassens and were followed immedi
ately by batteries of three-inch guns.
The first line of defence was then
breaking.
The Germans on retiring filled
the ravine with mustard gas. This,
however, proved only a temporary
trouble, the entire ravine being
turned in a short time and the
French troops progressing toward
Blerancourdello, eight miles south
east of Noyon.
Farther to the right Tartiers. two
and a half miles southeast of Mor
sain, was entered at 9 o'clock and
columns o! prisoners bean to ap
pear upon the pl3teau to t Ye rear.
The artillery reacMon v as very
weak over this part of the front.
French aviators, flying way down
under the low-lying clouds, kept the
staff regularly informed as to the
progress of the attack and harrassed
the enemy with machine gun fire.
No German fliers tried to interfere
with their work. Few were seen in
the air during the morning.
The Germans made a desperate
defence in the hilly and wooded re
gion south of the Oise around Oarle
pont, Caisneyand Lombray, where
they held strong positions which
were profusely dotted with quick flr
ers. The Four-A-Verre and Croiset
te farm were taken by the Freneh
after a violent struggle, which prov
ed very costly to the enemy.
Washington, Aug. 19. In answer
to a letter from Chairman Chamber
lain, of the senate military .commit
tee, asking whether it was true that
the war department proposed, to ex
empt married men as -a -class under
the new man-power bill, Secretary,
Baker today informed the senator
that the existing regulations as to
married men would continue in
force. Senator Chamberlain had
written to the secretary saying if it
was true that deferred- classification
for married men generally was con
templated, many senators would op
pose lowering, the present draft age
to 18 years.
"The present situation," Mr. Bak
er replied, "with regard to married
nen in class one is that four classes
of married men are included within
ae limits of that, class: First mar
ried men who do not support the.ir
wives or families; second, Wjrrlfd
men whose wives ' support thent:'!
third, married men whose wives
hajre adequate meas-: 'fourth, mar-
joieh engaged in-; jfflsfti cc&pay
prinriplOupprt oThW
'"There is no intention to change
this situation.
"In construing the regulations
with regard to dependency of wives
and children financial dependency
has been looked upon as the reason
for deferred classification. Jhis
will continue to be the case.
"I am told that in some parts of
the country there is an abnormal
increase in the rate of marriages
which suggests the possibility of a
desire to use marriage as .a basis
for a claim of exemption. Marriages
0 contracted will not have the ef
fect desired. The status of regis-
ants married at a time and under
conditions suggesting any such pur
pose will be that of unmarried per
sorr so far as their classification
is concerned."
eir. TfloiiAs c. mm
DI
VENERABLE RATHER OF DR. J.
I. AND STJTPT.t. R. FOtTBT -WAS
S6 TEARS OLD.
SUBMARINES OPERATING
OFF ATLANTIC COAST.
Washington, Aug. 19. American
naval officials now concede the pos
sibility that German submarines op
erating off the Atlantic coast have
been communicating with persons
on shore, and even may have landed
members of their crews.
It was learned today that the navy
department has a report that an of
ficer of the American steamer, O. B.
Jenkins, saw and recognized in a
New York saloon a submarine officer
who boarded his ship off the coast.
The American turned to call a com
panion's attention to the German
and the latter disappeared.
It also was disclosed today that
the enemy raiders recently cut the
French trans-Atlantic cabbie out of
an American port and that the cable
now has been restored to operation.
This is the second time a cable has
been cut.
On Wednesday mdniing' at bjs
home near Graham, Mr. Thomas C.
Foust, the venetrable father of Dr
J. I. Foust - and Supt. Thomaa R,
Foust, of Greenboro, died at the
agiTof .86. . r
4- His sickness was of shor dufa
tionlF death closing loiig' life rof
usefulness and service. He hai
been an active, vigorous man both in
mind and body during his ling life.
Always interested ' in"" whatever , wjja
calculated to uplift humanity in
short: interested in every
work; - r -
It was .teieajpe . ot thia .yrrtter
to know him persohafty.and to Ta-jo-y
the splendid-. ipspiaiity of his
home, years ago'when' "" the writer
was a sohoplbojr, He had a word
of encouragement for ' tnose whs
were stqatgjgling -tp seeurjan - educa
tion. ' v "
He jrfnly believed that. .the best
investment a ' young man or ycting
-qman could make, was in an edu
cation.' He acted upon" th&princi
ple in dealing with his own children.
HeT'as "born -November 9, 1823,
and spent his entire life in the coun
of Alamance. In 1865 he was
married to Miss Mary E. Roobins.
Mrs. Foust survives, her husband
and the following children: Dr.
Juliue Foustr of the Normal Col
lege; Xfrbinas R. Foust; who -.resides
here, .in Springjdale court; Mrs. W.
L. Smith, of Elon College"; Mrs, A.
L. Hejjlay, of Greensboro;. Frank L
Fouit, of Pleasant Garden, principal
of the farm life hieh school thflw
fisMamief Foust, of : Grahanv; J,",A.
Foust, of Graham, and Mrs. LLea
White of Vai4tonaJIem. There-is
one sister vcftnV - decead . -Hring
she bern.Mrs -John W. WhitsetU Of
a9- gKKrcniinren ajre . Xenfc
Henry P. Foust, of Camp Sevier, and
Miss Mry Bobbins Foust, children
of Dr. J. I. Foust; Elizabeth Foust,
Roswell Foust, Eugene Foust and
Sarah Foust, ..children of T. SR.
Foust; Florence Smith, daughter of
Mrs. W. L. Smith; Miss Claire "Hen
ley, daughter of Mrs. A.-.L. HeJleyJ
Howell Foust and Flora Martin '
Foustr children of James Foust;
Lucy May White, Martha Gray
White and Lyndon Lea White, Chil
dren of Mrs. L. Lea White.
Mr. Foust had long been a mem
ber of the Presbyterian church.
The funeral services were held in
the Presbyterian church at Graham
today. The funerai was largely at
tended, showing the esteem in
which the deceased was held by
those who knew him best.
Dr. J. I. Foust and Superintendent
Thomas R. Foust have the sympathy
of their numerous friends in Greens
boro in the less of their father.
U-BOAT SUNK BY A
BRITISH TANK SHIP.
AMERICAN SOLDIERS
GET ALL WHEAT BREAD.
London, Aug. 20. According to
latest information received here l
Gen. Mangin's line nosr runs " from
La Quenteierie north of Bailly to
Champ de Merlier, to Petit Maupas,
to Cuts; to Hill 160, to Vezaponln
and' to Valpriez farm; five, miles
northwest of Sotosons:
; The French have- captured Vea
ponin and are on the plateau east
Washington, Aug. 19. The Amer
ican army in France is amply sup
plied with bread made of all wheat
flour, the war department announced
today, and the daily ration of 18
ounces for soft bread Was so abun
dant that a reduction to 16 ounces a
day. is under consideration.
Soldiers while in the United
Sftft cotiAnme vietorv bread with
the prescribed amount of substi
tutes for wheat flour. - Not until
they are sent to France are they al
lowed all wheat bread.
Field bakers: must work .swiftly
and- cannot ., afford to experiment
with new 4yit,r mixtures.
Philadelphia' Pa., Aug. 19. A
German submarine was sunk in a
running battle with a British tank
steamer last Friday about 300 miles
northeast of Nantucket, according to
members of the tanker's crew. The
oil ship arrived here tonight from
Mexico.
When first sighted the U-boat was
two miles away, according to the
captain of the tanker, who said he
immediately opened fire. Two shots
from the submersible struck the
British ship, "one of them passing
through te . boiler,, room and the
other through a tank. Neither of
the shells-exploded and did no nM
terial damage, the captain reported.
Twenty-seven shots were fired by
the tank ship,, one or more of which
her master "declared scored clean
hits as 'flames were seen - Bursting
from the port side of the submarine,
which he said sank a few minutes
later. - - . j
Grt&eittboj'O
YoSSi
is . Senteaeed to
''Roads.
Asherille, An. 2.1. Albert F.
Klein, an' 18year-old "yduth o
Greenabbrb, son ot Joseph Klein,
was sentenced in police tfoMt to 30
! days men fthe roads for alleged in
sulting remarks made io two women
snesia at tne xgrearTiouri. Klein
took an appeal and Jond was fixed
at $2,0.00 The?youngmln Is In jail
awaiting the arrival of hie father
from Greensboro. "
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