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THE 6UNBAY CITIZEN 'HE WEATHER: Fair Sunday and Monday, cooler In mountain dlstrk-t. VOL. XXXIV, NO. 304. ASHKV1LLE, N. ('., SUNDAY MORNING, AUGUST 23, 1918. PRICE FIVE CENTS rui stop (G'S Ira WITHOUT PhU BRITISH AR TILL MOV IMG TOW MB BkPkU ME EXTREMELY HARD FIGHTING MARKS PROGRESS OF HAIG'S FORCES AGAINST THE HUNS important Towns of Bray, Thiepval and Grandcourt, as Well as Numerous Other Smaller Towns, Captured by the British in Their Onward Drive Huns Unable to Stop Advance. "Ludy's" Utile Joke . nnncoir nhi tdhidc luinut: riirJL.fi f vnn invvr j mirv-u FORWARD HALF A MILE Importance of Bapaume From a Tactical Standpoint Makes it the Objective of Attack in This Sector, and Huns Are Throwing Fresh Troops Into the Fray "WStfEndeavor to Save It. MILLION AND HALF HAVE E "OVER THERE" AMERICANS ON Allies Will Be Able to Carry Out Any Campaign Planned Next Year (BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS) BRITISH HEADQUARTERS IN FRANCE, Aug. 24.-HReuter's, Limited.) The town of Thiep val, northeast of Albert, on the Ancre front was en tered today by the British forces in the teeth of much machine gun and rifle fire. Bray also was captured by the British. WEEKLY STATEMENT OF GENERAL MARCH American Soldier Has Risen to Every Occasion, General Declares Without pause the British forces battling against the Germans are moving forward in the direction of Bapaume. The fighting has been extremely heavy, but there has been no stopping Field Marshal Haig's men and the latest'report from British headquarters says that they are making progress along the entire front of the British attack. The important towns of Bray, Thiepval and Grandcourt together with several smaller places have been captured and more than 2,000 prisoners have been taken in the latest advance of the British army which now occupies the strategically important Thiepval ridge. Intensive Fighting. Around Miraumont, which lies a little north of Grandcourt, the fighting has been of great intensity and this place apparently has fallen, as Haig's report says that "the enemy hejd out until outflanked by advancing columns." British detachments have reached Avesnes-Lez- Bapaume, which lies very close to Bapaume, whose cap ture is expected at an early date, but not without severe fighting. American troops holding the ground around Fismes nave moved up to the Soissons-Rheims road along a front of about half a mile, while the French, though not ex tensively engaged, have made some progress south of Crecy-Au-Mont. Slowly Gaining Ground. Fighting a battle which in its intensity rivals any combat of the war along the western front, the British forces from the Cojeul river near Arras, to a point far south of the Somme, are apparently slowly gaining ground at some points. The storm center of the battle during the past dav has seemed to be in the neighborhood of Bapaume. Early dispatches on Saturday told of British troops within a couple of miles of the town but later reports showed that the Germans, determined to save Bapaume from the allies, had rushed new forces into the struggle. It seems that the enemy has succeeded in slowing up tite British, if they have not stopped them, north and west of Bapaume. The importance of the town from a tactical standpoint makes it the chief point of attack in this sector. Cling to Miraumont. Further south the Germans are still clinging to Miraumont, on the Ancre,-in spite of the fact that the British on both flanks of the place have swept far to the eastward. Just below Miraumont, the situation is somewhat obscure, but it would seem probable that the WASHINGTON, August 24. An nouncing that to date more than 1, 600,000 American soldiers have em barked for foreign shores, General March, chief of staff, reiterated today his firm belief that the presence of 4,000,000 troops of the United States in France by next summer would en able the allies to carry out any cam paign they may adopt for the defeat of Germany ai d the end of the war. Such declarations, General March said, were founded upon cold-blooded study of the respective man power of the allles ana of the enemy In June 1919 ( i 81 T BLOW STRUCK HAIG AGAINST BO Staggerjng Enemy Report ed to Be in Confusion at Some Points HUNS ARE BECOMING BADLY "RATTLED" Villages Fall as British Press Forward to Further Victories HOUSE-PASSES MAWFOWERBIIL WHICH EXTENDS DRAFT AGE FROM EIGHTEEN TO FORTY-FIVE WITH TWO VOTES OPPOSING Only Minor Changes Made in the Original Draft Submitted by the Military Committee Debate on Bill Has Lasted Three DaysBill Now Goes to the Senate and Action Is Expected Within Few Days (continued on page eight) GENERAL YOUNG MAY GET CHANGE TO GO TO FRONT ON STAFFJF GENERAL Many Changes Pending at Raleigh If General Young Leaves SOME CANDIDATES 4CQXTX3TCES COX PAGE EIGHT.) (Special to The Citizen.) RALEIGH, N. C, Aug. 24 Fol lowing the recent shift in the North Carolina army draft workers that transferred Major Lanston to the staff of Provost Marshal General Crowder's staff at Washington and the advancement of Captain McCargo to the port filled, by Major Lanston here, there are strong lndl cations now of still more important cnanges tnat win give Adjutant Gen eral Laurence w. Young his long sought opportunity to go to the front and open the way for a new adju tant general here. It Is understood that General Toung has the offer rf a most attractive appointment on the staff of one of the greatest of tne American generals at the front that will enable him to go direct Into that service without the preliminaries of camp training. It is believed that he Is seriously considering the acceptance of this opportunity of getting Into the real fight in France and going "over the top" with the American forces. With a vacancy of the adjutant ren- eralshlp impending there are special actlvUea In various quarters looking to procurement of that commission. Colonel Francis Macon. Major J. J. Bernard and Major Baxter Durham are among those especially mentioned for . the. appointment aa adjutant general. It oelleved that, the changes will COme very soon now if at all and all signs point to General Young's realizing his ambition to ri on the battle front with a rank and command Jn f uli keeping; with hU previous military - ervlce and cru WASHINGTON, Aug. 24. The new man power bill extend ing the selective draft to all men between the agea of 18 and 45 years was passed by the house tonight with only minor changes in the original draft of the war department. On the first roll call only two negative votes were cast Representa tive London of New York, the socialist, and Representative Gordon, of Ohio, democrat. The final vote was announced as 336 to 2 The final vote was preceded by three days' debate, during which the chief contention was an amendment to deter the calling of youths from 18 to 20 years until older men had been summoned. A final efforv was made by Chairman Dent today to place 18-year-old boys in a deferred class, but a mo tion to recommit the bill to the military affairs committee with instructions to incorporate that amendment, was lost, 191 to 146. The Goes to Senate, bill now goes to the senate, where leaders tonight predicted its passage early next week. The senate plans to substitute the house bill for the measure favorably resorted by the military committee of that body and thus expedite Its final enactment. Congressional leaders hope to send the measure to the president by the latter part of next week. The senate, soon after convening, unexpectedly abandoned plans for a vote today and adjourned until Mon day. An attempt in the house to In sert a work or fight amendment by which those exempted from military service on occupational groundu would be required to remain at their civil tasks, failed, 62 to 91. The amendment was directed against. strikes and was characterized by of ficials of the American Federation of Labor as a conscription of labor. Congressmen Not Included. The house today reversed its action of yesterday In voting to include mem bers of congress in the draft. By a rising vote, 89 to 143, It defeated an amendment by Representative Gregg, of Texas, which would make mem bers of congress, state legislatures and federal and state executive of ficials liable to draft. An amendment by Representative Smith of New York, to exempt police officers in cities of more than 500,000 population and 'designed to relieve the situation in New .York where a short age of police officers Is said to be threatened, was defeated. An amendment by Representative Treadway, of Massachusetts, which was adopted, provides for the ap pointment of special examiners In local conscription districts for the re examination of men placed In defer red classification as means of further curbing the deferred classes for ad ditional men for active service. Baker's Objections. Chairman Dent, of the house mili tary committee read a letter today from Secretary Baker In which the latter set forth his objections to the McKenzle amendment, was defeated yesterday and which provided for de ferring the call of youths from 18 to 20 years. Mr. Baker said he be lieved the amendment would serious ly Impair the ability of the war de partment to get tne men in accord ance with the military program. Plans for a final vote In the senate on the administration man power bill before adjournment tonight were abandoned late today by Chairman Chamberlain, who announced that it would go over until Monday. Pro hibition leaders, he said, had agreed to lay aside temporarily the nation wide prohibition measure which was to have come up automatically Mon day. Opposition to drafting boys under 21 years of age was voiced by Senator Vardaman, of Mississippi, who said If boys are to be called he favored extending the maximum draft age to Include men of sixty years. Komo Young Soldiers. Answering arguments of opponents of the plan to lower draft ages to Is, Senator Chamberlain called the sen ate's attention to the fact that Sena tors Martin, of Virginia, and Bank' head, of Alabama, entered the Con federate army and Senator Nelson, of WITH THR BRITISH ARMY IN FRANCE. August 24. 4 p. m. (By The Associated Press.) Field Mar shal Haig's fighting armies achieved , further victories today. They deliv ered blow after blow to the stagger ing enemy, who In some places, such as the Thiepval salient, was reported to be in a state of great confusion. Thiepval Itself, a mighty position, atop a comparatively high ' hill-from : rhtot ttm inrrAiinriln nmtntrv j for ; rtiijetjs Observation, b , n occupied by the British forces, and the British line has been straighten ed between1 drandcourt, north of ' Thiepval, Wnd LaBolselle, to the south. There has been extraordinarily hard fighting in this locality. Being Surrounded. - ' - - Miraumont. that Boche position which has held out for days in the center of the battlefront, la gradually being surrounded on all sides.- The town Is choked with German dead, .: (continued on page sight) ; PROGRAM OF AMERICA CALLS FOR 35Q SQWONS OF TUNES Man Part of Program Is Already Ahead of Schedule 'PLANES PROMISED (continue j on page eight) IS Big Steel Pier of Seashore Hotel Broken and Wash ed Away. WILMIN'QTOK. N. C . Aug. 24 The terrific storm which struck Wrights- vllle Beach and this section of the ceast early today had practically spent Its force by nightfall and a change in the wind from northeast to west as sured beach residents that continued high tides would not Jeopardize ths resorts tonight Late in the afternoon trolley cars had resumed regular schedules between Wilmington and Wrightsvills Beach and the situation was aj proachlng normal. The extent of the damage has not been ascertain ed but it will run Into several thousand dollars. Ths two story cottage of Q. M. Saunders of Columbia, 8. C, was demolished, and many othera were eUmagsd, Thar wars ao csnnltl U-BOAT OFF SAVANNAH SAVANNAH, Ga., Aug. 24. The wireless station on Tybee Island tonight picked up portions of an S. O. S. call from a vessel off the South Carolina coast which said it was being chased by a submarine. The message was indistinct, the wireless oper ator reported, and he was unable to catch the name of the vessel sending out the call. There have been reports recently of submarine opera tions off the North Carolina coast, around Cape Hatteras and it is believed that the U-boat has worked its way southward with the intention of lying in wait off the South Atlantic coast for vessels in the coastwise service. "" W WORKERS WILL MEET AT BUCK MOUNTAIN Plans Made for Conference and Training School for Workers. ATLANTA. Oa., Aug. 24. Building and physical directors of the T. M. C. A. In the forty-three campe In the southeastern department will hold a meeting at Blue Ridge, Black Moun tain. N. C, from August 21 to Sep tember 20, Inclusive, at which In structions will bs given new men In "T" work. . The conference, which will be the f first school oflnstructloa In war work for physical directors conducted in the southeastern department, will be In two divisions. Half of ths build ing directors will meet from August 28 to September The remainder of the building directors and all of ths camp directors will meet from September i ts September JO WASHfNGTON, Aug. 24. Ameri ca's aircraft program for ths great army that is counted upon to win ths war next year calls for S50 complete squadrons of planes and the man part of the program already la ahead of schedule with 3,000 pilots trained. This information given by Major General Kenly, chief of the division of the military aeronautics and many other facta hitherto held secret, were disclosed today when the senate mili tary made public testimony taken bs- , hind closed doors during three months of Investigations by the Investigation tub-committee headed by Senator Thomas, of Colorado. General Kenly told the committee there now are thirteen American air plane squadrons of 273 machines now In France, whereas there should ba 75 squadrons. William C. Potter, assistant direc tor of airplane production, eald Gen eral Perehing had called fur 25,000 planes by July 1. 1919. tnl had been -told It was hoped to deliver 18,000 to 20,000. This would meet replacement demands of squadrons in the field. Owing to some mix -up the comic suppplpement for Sunday, September 1, ar rived the put week, but the comics bearing the date line Sunday, August 25, bare not yet shown up.. Subscribers are today receiving next Son day's comic and on Septem ber 1, will receive the comic dated August 25, providing, of course, that they arrive. The comic sheet is printed in St. Louis and shipped to Aaheville by freight. , Re cently the comics have not been arriving regularly, but this is the first time for some months that there has been a mix-up of this kind. .
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