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SALISBURY. NORTH CAROLINA, SATl TOAY, AVG. 21, 1918.
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Bapaume Now Seriomisly Threatened! aid likely to Fall
BRITISH ADVANCING GENERAL FOCH'S
AT A RAPID RATE
ON Extreme Northern Sector of
Battle Line in Picardy They
Make Important Oains.
ADVANCE APPEARS TO BE
CLOSING IN ON BAPAUME
Officially Announced That in the
Fighting in That Sector 14,
C 30 Prisoners Were Taken.
(By A. 3.-iated Press.)
British troops on the extreme north
ern Rector of the buttle line in Picardy
and Ariois are advancing at a com
1 irsMvely rapid rate. Their attack
in tl-ie Albert region continued this
morning.
A-c niintr t; unofficial reports from
l'ie ibattle field the British have reach
ed the village of Henin on the Cojue!
riv.?r five miles southeast of Arras.
'I ;y ilso have ad vair,it'(d farther to
.', p-jut'i and are on thv outskirts of
the town of St. I,egar.
The advance of the British appears
tr he closing In on Bapaume, the re-
'cil keystone to the CJerm&n posi
t' ins between Arras and tl'ne Somme.
Thi- Germans were forced to gie up
the town to the north of Bapaume
while Vr.2 Britis'i are reported to be
- west of the town.
It is officially reported that in the
flgr:r.ing since Wednestfiaty-, when the
offensive here began, the lliritish have
taken miore than 14,000 pristoners. It
is also stated in unofficial advices
that large batteries of heavy uns
lojve been Ween from the enemy.
South of the Somme and between
the Aisne and t'i? Oise artillery duels
rre rfijorted. French patrols op' rat
infi in Lorraine (penetrated the Gor
man trenches at many .points.
Additional Towns Wrested From the
Enemy.
With the British Army in France,
Autr. 24. The situation at Thietvall
was uncertain this morning. La
Plrissle and Ovillers were reported to
bs surrounled by tihe British, who
i;!so are rfiprted to 'hnive reached tHe
BI?sEv'Ilers ione and a quarter miles
from Bjipaoinie. Fight.ing is going on
t':-re ard in thi vicinity of Mory some
(Mst.-i.-e east of the :A,rras-(Br;aume
rr.:d.
iA battle is raging seriously in the
vVinity of BJhucourt and iSepignion.
The Germans are desperately trying
t save Bapaume.
Heavy Fighting in Flanders.
Witih the British Army in Ftand
( s. A: r. 24 TSere wjs some heavy
fighting in Flanders this morning on
a small s.-ale fn the neigWboilhood of
Dran-atre riilge in thle JLys salient,
r.".:idh is reported captured by the
Germans. At another 'point tlie Brit
ish gained some ground in the re
gion adjoining and fighting contin
ues. Many prisoners ihatvie been tak
en everywhere.
Americans Bomb Railroad Yards.
Washington, Aug. 24. Another
sucessful bombing of railway yards at
Conflane by American aviators with
I "ie loss of a ichine was announced
l-, General Pershing's communique
S?iSr Friday. It says also that an Am
erican outpost between Fismes and
Bazot'hes having been driven back by
pmall local attacks later reoccupied
the position.
Bary Reported .Captured.
With the American Army in France,
Aug. 24. Bray is reported to have
been captured by the British. Several
thousand German prisoners passed
through behind General Bings
third army today. No effort was
made to count the guns taken up to
this time. The British were smashing
through the German positions this
morning all along the front. The
British are reported to have captured
Becordel and reached the high ground
southwest of Friscourt. They have
passed well beyond Happy Vesles.
British Army Advancing.
Lonc'on, Aug. 2,4. The British 3rd
p.rmy is advancing rapidly. It has
gone forward in some places to a
dtnth of four miles on a front of 12
n-i'lcs.
British Near Bapaume.
.London, Aug. 24. 1 P. M. British
forces are in two miles of Bfepsume,
"-- jTi'In? to a dispatch received here
today. The British fourth larmy is
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PLANS DISCUSSED
Military Experts Believe He Is
Endeavoring to Weaken Ene
my and Disorganize Retreat.
FRENCH TAKE A REST;
BRITISH TAKE OFFENSIVE
Germans On Front Along the Di
vette Between Lassigny and
the Oise Fighting Hard.
(By Associated Press.)
London, Aug. 24. The strategic
IJans of General Fooh in working out
thi? present series of battles is the
fulbject of speculation in London and
Paris. Military experts are divided
into two camps. Some believe Focfh
is striking a number of hammer blows
with t: I? object of weakening the en
emy numerically and as 'regards po
sition and morale and witlh the view
of a derisive blow t some vital point.
Others think at present he is en
Jtacriiiig ito disorganize what is a
great German retre.it or intended re
treat on large sectors, ibeing content
to reap fruits in the shape of big
hauls and allow for a nnore decisive
artion this year.
French Take Breathing Spell.
Paris, Aug. 12. French troops on
t.k tm-.uthArn (-(art. of ihe hatlte line
arc. taking hreatMng spell after oon-! with four 0,her members of theGen
tinwtf (flighting under a bWffinT g'twrf wiAjMrnehiUired
leaving the Britirt to go ahead with
i the offensive movement. This is in
1 accord -wi'Jh General Foch's system of
striking first on one sector and tfhen
another.
The Germans on that part of the
frcnt along the Divette between Las
r 'gny and t he Oi&e seem to Ibe putting
up a stout resistance. 'General Hum
bert will meed time to perfect ar-
ranrements to overcome the German i will enter the service and ask for a
artillery in this section. The Ger- j furlough in order to finish up the
man guns thundered all Friday but i work of the Code Commission; If 1
failed to prevent Humbert's men from ; not called prior to that time, it is
crossing the Uivebte in force at Evri- j my purpose to enter the service im
court. I mediately upon the completion of that
wwvvsvwv I work. This was my understanding
on the loutsikrrt? where heavy fighting
is proceeding.
Germany Enters a Protest.
Amsterdam, Aug. 24 Jermany has
energetically irrotested against the in
tention of (Spain to replace sunlken
Spmish tonnage with interned Ger
mn ships, aojrding to an official
statement from Berlin.
Noyon Expected to Fall.
iLondon, Aug. 24. Noyon is expect
ed to fall any on!ment, according to
information received this afternoon
fro mt'he battle front.
German Boats Attempt Reconnais
sance. 'London, Aug. 24. German motor
'.o.-its attempted a reconnaisance in
il;ie neighborhood of iDunklh-k yester
day. They were driven off by British
and French ipatifol vessels. One en
emy motor boat is believed to have
been destroyed. There were no cas
ualties among tbe allies.
Desperately Trying to Check British.
With the British Army in France,
Aug. 24. At Eihucourt the boche is
desperately trying to hold up the ad
vance of the British by fighting from
j the ridge near thesugar factory.
! The British are fighting in the vic
! inity of Moray and are pushing for
. ward east of the Arras-Bapaume road
I as well as at St. Leger just to the
northward.
Thearea behind the German line is
jammed with men and transports in
dicating confusion.
Haig's Men Continue Fighting.
London, Aug. 24. 1 P. M. Haig's
forces are fighting on the sipoles of
T" ietval and alon? the eastern banks
I of the lAncre river north f Albert,
where the British patrol entered the
I tow n of Mimwmont. From the latter
village the British line runs to Bibu
i court f.ience to Ervillers which is in
Frit &h hands and thence Boyelles and
; &oiry-6equerrelle and joins the old
line ntar MereateL
There can be no doubt that pnor
to the British attache the German
planned a retirement but they intend
fed to take their time. The British at
. task ad the effect of preventing him
icKrving his plans. This is proven
i by the large number of prisoners tak
ien. No returns have been mads of
(the total number of prisoners taken
j by the French but it is conservatively
STAHLE LINN
RESIGNS AS FUEL
I
i Local Attorney Who Has Been Serv
ing as Fuel Administrator Resigns
Will Go to Senate and Finish
Code Work Before Entering Mill
, tary Service.
Stable I. inn, Esq., who has for the
: past year served as Fuel Administra
tor for this countv has resigned his I
; position in expectation of entering '
j military service in the near future.
i As 80n as his succesosr has taken
the oath of office, announcement of
his selection will be made.
In response to an inquiry from the
Post in regard to a report that he
had withdrawn from the Democratic
ticket as a candidate for the Sate
Senate in order to enter military ser
vice, Mr. Linn said:
"I did several weeks ago hand to
Mr. J. D. Norwood, chairman, an
nouncement of my resignation as the
Democratic candidate for the State
Senate in order to enter military ser
vice at once, but have withdrawn the
resignation at the solicitation of many
leading citizens and friends in both
political parties who thought it my
duty to finish the woik of the North
Carolina Code Commission. Together
; continuously since me last termor the
: Assembly in revising, codifying and
wringing up to date the laws of North,
Carolina from its organization to the
present time. This work can not b'
completed until the next General As
sembly. "I have, therefore, concluded that ii
I am called for service prior to the
session of the General Assembly, I
with the party leaders when I accept
ed the nomination, and I would not
continue as a candidate under any
other circumstances."
W S S
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Every Yard On the Pacific, Atlantic
and Gulf Coasts May Be Affected
If Order Is Carried Out Men
Want $1.00 An Hour and Other
Consessions.
Washington, Aug. 24. Every ship
ysid in the country, through represen
tatives of the unions of the allied
shipbuilding trades, has demanded $1
an hour for the workmen, double time
for overtime, and a half day on Sat
urday, 't was authoritatively learnec'
here today. Hearings on the de
mands are proceeding today, it wac
learned.
Unless the demande re granted, it
was stated by the shipping board of
ficials, a nation-wide strike is possi
ble. The men making the demands
are representatives of workers in ev
ery shipyard on the Pacific Coast,
the Grat Lakes, the Gulf of Mexico
and the Atlantic Coast.
Men on the Pacific Coast are get
ting $5.77 a day, and men on the At
lantic Coast are getting $5.80 to $6.50
a day.
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GOVERNMENT EMPLOYES
NOT BARED.
Amendment by Representative Mad
den Affecting Government Em
ployes in Draft Is Defeated.
Washington, Aug. 24. When the
House resumed consideration of the
man power bill today the amendment
of Representative Madden of Illinois
to bar government employes from
draft classification on acount of their
employment was defeated 130 to 129.
AAAsaaaaijsssas
estibated ttt the total of the Anglo
French capture since (July 14th con
firms earlier reports from Paris plac
ing it at over 100,000.
ADMINS
AT
SHIPYARD
WORKERS
THREATEN TRIK
OLLIE JAMES, .SENATOR, DESPERATELY ILL
m". 4 ;
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Senator Ollie James, of Kentucky, is very ill at Washington. Re
cent dispatches indicate that his condition is serious.
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! CONVENTION DATES I
County Convention is to Be Held at
St. Paul's Church on the 11th and
12th of September Fiftieth Anni
versary. The fiftieth annual Sunday school
convention of Rowan county is to be
tield ait St. Paul church, in the coun
ty, on the 11th and 12th of Setptem
ber. Thoe announcement is made that
th.:s beljrr the .fiftieth anniversary of
;he organization in tlhe county, the
oldest in the state, the convention
will be igiven over Hriely to this spe
cial event. Messrs. T. J. Johnston, W.
L. Klutfat and Rev. P. M. Trexler will
form a committee Ihave charge of
anniversary exercises whnoh will oc
cupy a half day on the rirogram, and
Dr. M. M. Kinard, of iSt. John's Lu
theran church, will deliver am anni
'.ersary address.
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Next Week's Weather.
(By the Associated Press)
Washington, Aug. 24. Probable
showers Monday and again at the end
of the week with seasonable tempera
ture, was forecaster by the weather
bureau today for the southeastern
states.
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Republicans Urge Woman Suffrage.
(By Associated Press.)
Washington, Aug. 24. Republican
senators in conference today adopted
a resolution asking members to sop
port the pending woman suffrage res
olution now before the senate and urg
ed its adoption at the earliest possible
date.
W S S
KILLED IN SANTO DOMINGO.
(By Associated Press.)
Washington, Aug. 24. Three Am
erican marines were killed and one
was wounded on a bloody fight with
bandits in Soibo cabm at Santo Do
mingo on August 1.1th, A report
reaching murine corps headquarters
here says many of the bandits were
killed or captured.
w s s
Mr. David Pemberton, of Concord,
spent last night in Salisbury.
W S S
Miss Ada Shuping is spending; sev
eral weeks in the Petersburg, Vs.,
with her aunt
CASH IN ADVANCE
ON OCTOBER FIRST
The war industries board has
listed newsprint paper mills on
th preferred list for coal, pro
vided newspapers use every pre
caution in saving paper, and
further provided newspapers
obey all the rules and regula
tions as to paper consumption
which the board prescribes.
The war board has decreed
that paper will be supplied to
newspapers after October first,
only to supply subscribers who
pay in advance.
Now, this is no child's play
or cheap talk, it is acting under
the plain orders of the war
board. This war must be won
d all of us must do our part
and one of our parts is to obey
orders. Our subscribers will
help to get the Post subscrip
tion list to conform to the new
order if they will act on this
suggestion and get their sub
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and sec all our subscribers. Do
not expect this. Ws do not want
to cut "off any of our subscrib
ers, but all who srs not on an
advance basis on the flrsi of Oc
tober will haro to bs cut off, so
let's take advantage of the
month ahead and get this matter
ter attended to.
Arbitration Treaty Extended.
(By Associated Press.)
Washington, Aug. i24. The arbi
tritotm treaty between the (United
States and Japan was extended for
another term of flue years today by
the signatures of Secretary knsing
and the Japanese ambassador.
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LODGE SUCCEEDS GALLTNGER.
Massachusetts Senator Cheaan Floor
Leader by the (Republicans to Tske
Place of the New Hampshire Mas.
(By Associated Press.)
Wavshirtan, Aug. 4 Senstor
Henry Oabot Lodrs, of Maaeacbusstts,
; senior Republican in point of service
1 and ranking minority member of the
; foreign relations committee, was dho
! sen unanimously as floor leader by
the Republicans of the Senate in con
ference today to succeed the late
Senator GaUhrger, of New Hampshire.
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I BAKER FUMBLES
NEW DRAFT LAW
Secretary's Verying Attitdue As to
Married Men and Roys Endangers
Man-Power Bill.
By JUDSON C. WELLIVER.
(Staff Correspondent of The Globe.
Copyright, 1918, by J. C. Welliver.)
Washington, Aug. Unless the
civil and military spokesmen of the
administration get together very soon
in nttreoment about the terms of the
new draft law, the various classifica
tion under it, and the terms of exemp
tion, the passage of the act is likely
to be delayed and a serious muddle to
ensue.
Secretary Baker is accused of wab
bling and failing to make clear what
he is going to do about married men
called under the new draft. An Au
?uest 10th he was officially reported
to have expressed himself as "inclined
to think that the marriage relation
will in itself constitute deferred class
ification." At that time the secretary hoped it
would be possible to make regulation
thitt would automatically dispose of
exemption where it out to be granted,
making it impossible where it ought
not be granted, and fixing such rigid
conditions that no man need feel any
humiliati6n at being put in a defer
red class, while on the other hand no
slacker would be permitted a defer
red classification because of any pr
text.
This it was generally recognized,
was the ideal arrangement. If such
regulations could be perfected, the
army would be placed on a strictly
democratic basis.
Married EjHil&les First.
But the eugegttio that the "mar
tvite deferred clsssificition" did not
seem entirely consistent with the idea
of proper automatic rules. There are
numerous cases in which married men
could more easily don the uniform
than unmarried.
So this sugpgstion caused a prick
ing of the legislative ears. It ws
declared bv gome influential people in
congress that if married men were
to be exempted merely because they
were married, then congress would
never vote to reduce the age to 18
years and make boys in place of mar
ried men who cold as well serve. This
protest soon developed a force that
compelled attention. Secretary Baker
wasted a few days and then modified
his earlier expression. "The reason
for the exemption of married men ia
detendency, and not the status," he
said, which seemed to mean something
very different from the earlier state
ment. Meantime, the house military com
mittee took a step in this direction by
amending the draft measure, placing
youth of eighteen and nineteen in sep
arate classes, to be reserved to the last
call. This is just what had been fear
ed by the men who wanted the general
staff program 'to go through without
change. They are charging that the
war department's shiftings have been
responsible for these modifications in
the House committee draft of the
masure.
The best information indicates that
the full authority of the administra
tion will have to be employed to get
the general staff program accepted by
the House, where there is strong: op
position to calling out boys of eigh
teen. If any vtaakness of administra
tion purpose develops, It is liable to
mess affairs very seriously.
Chamberlsn Protests.
This is precisely the feeling of the
"bitter enders" in the Senate military
committee. Just how seriously they'
regard the situation is indicated by
the following letter, which Senator
Chamberlain, the chairman, addressed
to Seeretsry Baker. August 16th:
"My Dear Mr. Secretary: In the
New York papers of last Sunday, if
I mistake not, you were quoted aa
saying in substance that 'under the
new man power act and regulations
thereunder as you would promulgate
them, there would be no husbands in
Class 1.'
"As I have watched the evolution
and development of the regulations
under the former act. if this course
now outlined in yoir interview is fol
lowed, it will reverse the whole policy
that his heretofore been adopted.
(Continued on Sixth Fare.)
GEN. MARCH ON
THE SITUATION
Chief of Staff Announces That
More Than 1,600,000 Ameri
cans Are Now Overseas.
FRENCH SUCCESSES
DUPLICATED BY BRITISH
Chief of Staff Speaks Warmly of
the Achievements of the Amer
ican Soldiers in France.
(By Associated Press.)
Waahinjton, Aug. 24. 'Members of
the Berate military committee were
sssured by General March, c.ief of
staff, at the weekly conference today
stories of greet unpublished Ameri
can casualties overseas are Hals and
that all casualties among' the expedi
tionary forces would be given just as
promptly as cables transmit ttaa.
Without discussing; in fetait the
great forward movement of the allies
he said the situation on the western
front was now deaidedly fatviorabla t
the allies. -
Improvement In the shipping situa
tion iwidii noted irl General March
taid the program of transporting the
troops to France was going ahead.
The total number of soldier em
bwked has now passod th 1,500,000
hark General March chief of .staff,
announced today. ' '
" CrflWnentm.sr on the ni'lltaiyifclt
ustion the chief of stuff pointed out
that since Wednesday tho French ad
vance lhad continued from the plateau
overlooking Noyon down to the Oise,
making ,t; maximum, sdvance af
then troops nine mllns sines, Angulrt
18th. This forced the enemy : back
acicss the Oise. ,
These successes were duplicated y
the British who inaugurated an attack
Wednesday south of Arras. Rapidly
the advance of the .British reached a
depth of three miles but their pro
grew was Iheld up by counter attacks.
The railroad Arras is still in
German Ifrsmdg, according to latest re
ports and the Germans are utilising
the railway embankment to good- aidV
i.antage.
The British thrust Thursday in the
Albert region resulted Jn an impor
tant ittdvance between the Ancre and
Somme rrvers whidh General March
said had developed a new salient. The
rest of the line since Wednesday has
been reasonably quiet, he allied activ
ity ibeing confined to "nibbling", bac
tks and artillery Are.
General March spoke warmly of the
i3dhiievmnU of the American eol
dllers in France.
"Thle American soldiers deserve the
confidence of the American people,"
said the chief of staff. "Every time
they have been tested they have ab
solutely delivered the goods.''
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Idsho Womsn Journeys Across Con
tinent to See Sixth Brother Ge
Across and Wants to t Fallow
Them 'Runs 1,000 Acre Ranch, v
Camp Dix, N. J., Aug. 23. With
five brothers in France, Miss Allepe
Hsynes, heiress and owner of a ranch
in Idaho, traveled across the contin
ent to bid good-byea to a sixth broth
er, who ia at Camp Dix awaiting ever
seas orders. Then ahe filed aa appli
tion to enter Red Gross wotfi de
claring she wanted her family to be
giving "100 per cent serrics" 4 the
country. :, -v - ''
The young woman who took her
first ride in an automobile when aha
jitneyed from a nearby city to the
camp, but who knows about kicking ;
bronchos, rattlesnakes, round-ups, and
Indians, is the only girl in an orphan
ed family. When her brothers aa
members of the Idaho National Guard
went to war she tan the ,1,500 acre
ranch. . " ; ' . " , , ' '..
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Italian and American Drafta. '
'Washington, Aug. J4-SeereUry
Lansing and the Italian ambassador
today signed the treaty covering the
drafting of Americans in Italy, and
Italians ia the United States. . -
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