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BRITISH FORCES ADVANCE MORE THAN
EIILE IN FLANDERS;
FlflEGSf EERT; AHER
Double Flanking Operations Above Soissons At Many
Y Places Boche looses His' Grip on Strongholds-rDrive
. t.;..,. - ,ny.s v- vh :7- ''' '-In"-' '
Continues Unabated Jiaig s Forces uo Forward Ue-
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1 tween Armentieres and, Ypres--French. Establish $ew
. 4unes, to. Guiscard Hindenburg s Defense, uraduauy
Weakening British Taking Prisoners at 1 Rate of
4,000 n Day Recently, Guns at the Rate of 25 a Day
Progress Demoralizing to
(By the
London, Sept 5 (3 '22 v; m.) The Americans and
British are still following closely the Germans, with
drawal in the'tys salient, Flanders!5 The enemy has -lost
enormous material of every' description !
London, Sept. 5.--The capture ; of Ploejieert amia a
. scene of some of the
. cates f that the British' have advjmce4 more than a, mile
between Armentieres and Ypres on the Lys on a general
line bordered by Voormezeele, Wulvergham, Ploegsteert,
Neippe and Leventie. Givenchy is being held. The Allied
troons continue to pry loose the Germans from their
strongholds. A Paris communique today told of. double
, flanking"operations above Soissons, in Picardy, and along
fill.. TiJ. '- X 3 J.1.J 1 L1-" 1 .11. .
'I lines as far north as Guiscard. The Germans are report
ed to be retiring north of
"lil... .. C- .L
apparfnuy are oejng aDanuonea. xne xrencn are cross
ing the stream ' on an 18-mile front and ; have advanced
northward! During the past four days the British have
. taken over 16,000 pnspners
t FRANCOAMERICAN ADVANCE.
" ' By Fred S. Ferguson
(United Press Staff Correspondent)
With the American Armies oa the
Maine, Sept, 5 (noon). The main
German forces have retreated across
the AUne. American artillery, sup-
porting in the pursuit, is over the
,Vesle. Preparations are being made
to cross the Aisne and Oise and the
. Aisne Canal if the enemy .withdraw
al continues to Chemin4Des-Dames.
American patrols are filtering down
n the slope of the plateau north of
the Vesle. . The Germans are shell
ing; this , terrain uitd Witter resist
ance it being made by mach'megun
companies in the t ravines on the
. northern elope. Fires continue at va
rious 'points 'where the enemy has
destroyed stores. The pressure north
' of Soissons, where (Americans " and
r French are moving eastward in a
flanking movement, is being steadily
maintained. ' American artillery is
participating "with the . French s in
' sweeping the plateau over which the
Germans are retreating. The Ameri-
. can main forces la this operation have
rreached the top of the plateau.
t FRENCH GAINS. t " '
? Paris, j Sept. 6 (12:20 .' m.)
, Closing jn on Hani, striking eastward
at the; flank -of the new German po
eition anove the Vesle, and . advanc
ing northward from the Vesle in pur
suit of the 1 aretreating enemy, , the
French gained steadily during the
night, the war office announces The
French maintained contact with the
German . rear guards ' and progressed
eastward of the North Canal toward
the Aisne. East of the Nesle they
crossed the Somme Canal in the re
gion of Voyennes; and Offoy, t3 3-4
miles 5 northwest of Ham. Further
outh they . passed Hombleux, Esmey
HaHott,'and Flavy-tLeMeldeux, south
and west of Ham. They carried their
lines northward of . Guiscard until
they reached the borders of Berlan-
&wm hits peace o: basis
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(y the United Press)
Rome Sept 5. Italian
wnzenana advise that German agents are bty Ircu
latir. : reports that Germany is ready to concluaeace
Tyhi; i they report would be on the basis of evac.MPi of
wo
CAPTURE TOWN OF
WlTER V HOIITING
knemy' 'i-:-
United Presi)
thisefThe - VeShrtiefenses
';m. T7 -LV
and oyer 100 guns.
court, five miles due south of Ham,
Between the Ailette and Aisne they
took Oamecy, Brays and Missy-Sur-
Aisne. Developing a flanking man
oeuver against the Germans' position
along the Aisne md lhemin-Des-
Dames, f on the" Vesle front, the
Franco-Americans reached.: the. edge
of the heights dominating the Aisne.
BRITISH TAKE PLOEGSTEERT.
" London, Sept 6. Hill 63, Booth-
west of Messines in landers, nas
been captured by the British. A hun
dred prisoners and famous Ploeg
steert village, two miles north df, Ar
mentieres, Were taken, r
Distinguished Service
. , ; Cross for lieutenant
Anderson, Wilson Hero
The commander-in-chief in France
has awarded the distinguished ser
vice cross posthumously to First
Lieut. R. B. Anderson of Wilson, who
in the attack and defense at Cantigny
May 28-30 "showed utter disregard
for his personal safety" . and whiW
"directing the security of his men
to make certain that they were
protected; first, was JiimaeljE kijled."
ResiKie Service ; m3 Silltf
Days, Reported
. ,
It is understood here that a daily
train service will be installed be
tween Beulaville and Kinston on the
KinstonjCarolina j (Railroad next
week.; Trains now are: running only
as far south as Pink : Hill. Trains
from Beulaville will arrive here dur
ing; the morning. Repairs are being
made to the track, it is said. r
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newspaper corresporMnts in
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SAID OVER BODY MURDERED ENGLISHMAN
'.';v V.' (By the
Washington, Sepi,5.-While thelBolsheviki at Petro
grad were Jcilling the British naval ftttache, Crombiei ar
resting the; staff and sacking the.' embassy,1 arrests were
occurring at Jlbscow simultaneously, " State Department
advices said today. Crombie was murdered August 31.
His body; wa3 outraged.5: Clergy wre forbidden to say
prayers over the body. Britain has demanded the punish
ment of all the guilty parties. v' l ! ; ; v 1 : "
Increased Pay for
1 Housacds Railroad v
Employes ; Announced
(By the United Press)' ; .! r
Washington, 'jSept..' B.Railroaders
of the lower paid .classes not covered
n the first big wage increase today
were granted raises by the Railroad
Administration; - in suDstance tne
increase is 'a a montn over the
January 1 rate, monthly time, and
12 cents an hour for i those on an
hourly basis. ","
The increase affects clerks, station
employees, 5 statiopery engineers,
boiler washers, power transfer and
turntable operators,' common labor
ers, painters, masons, concrete work
ers, water supply men, plumbers and
other employees.
Execute Hero. Let Coward Live;
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By -Joseph Shaplcn '
(United Press : Staff Correspondent)
New York, y, Sept.: 6. Bolshevik
"justice" killed Captain Schastny,
patriot and hero, and saved the life of
Dibenko, coward, traitor, and drunken
off icer, . .. t "
Captain Schatsny was a brilliant
young Russian naval officer. .
The German wanted to eeize the
Baltic fleet and thus' make good all
the naval losses they suffered through-.
out the war. The only thing left was
to transfer the fleet to Kronstadt
Under the able and brilliant command
of Schastny " this was accomplished
in time. When the Germans reached
Helsingfors they found most of the
Russian fleet gone. .
Subterfuge. '
Some three months later Trotsky,
bolshevik war minister, called Cap
tain Schastny for an aftaged confer
ence to Moscow. As the captain en
tered I Trotsky's office, the latter
walked ' out, summoned two red
guardsmen and ordered Schastny put
under arrest.
Trotsky Speaks.
Schastnv was nut on trial. Kn
lenko, former commander-in-chief of
the bolBhevik "armies" Was prosecut-j
ing attorney. TrotskR was the only
witness. - In a dramatic, three-hour :
speech he demanded the execution of
Schastny. ' ' '
Rcpprectt Goes Back
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He is Indispensable
(By the United Presa) "
(Amsterdam,: Sept. " 4. A semi-of
ficial dispatch from Munich announces
that Crown Prince Rupprecht of Ba
varia has returned to the front. Sev-
eir weeks ago he left the front to
return to Munich.- It was, then ru
mored that he would be superseded
in eommand; by a Prussian general.
Try Pad Wallace at
uNewBcra ca Charge
k-Scf-chj Yc2 Girl
Paul Wallace, a young man of the
Dover section, is being tried at New
Bern on the charge of seducing Jen.
ni Wells Waters under promise of
and 15 mhen the alleged seduction!
occurred aooui a year ago. ane is
reputed to be "unusua!ly pretty." The
s
New Dern
Pun-Journal - says
tl-e
Jay. J
courtroom was crw
3 TTein;
Miles
I WOULDN'T LET PRAYERS BE
United Press
Number Limit FamiKes
in North Carolina Now
ers 214
WinstoU-Silem,
6ept. 5. C.
Mountain has
E.
Nelsh?r of Kings
(10,000 war-savings 'limit family,
Each of his eight children, as well as
himself and his wife owns (1,000 of
war-savinga certificates- U that the
law allows to smy' on person. He
has also, one son in service, C, E.
Noisier, Jr. - . . . t
Jtfr. Neisler's family heads the list
in North, Carolina as the largest lim
it war-savings family.
; The number of families now belong
ing to the Limit Waf-Savings Society
of North (Carolina are aixty-two, rep
resenting 214 family members and
a total of W14.000' invested.
; "He had no right to play with the
fat df the fleet," he said.
'A sailor in the courtroom could not
stand for the latter. V
, 'How about your playing with the
fate of Russia?'! he cried. iCaptain
Schastny, Russian patriot, republican
and savior of the Baltic fleets was
executed. His last words werei
. "One must know how to die brave
ly in a revolution." ... .
VA few weeks prior to the execution
of Captain jSchastny another man,
high in the. council ef the bolshevik
government, chief commissary of the
Baltic, fleet, was also on trial. His
name was Dibenko. He was accused
of cowardice, drunkenness and con
duct t unbecoming a revolutionary
leader. At the trial it, was proved
that when sent at the head of a de
tachment of 2,000 Baltic ea sailors
to stop the German advance on Nar
va in February ! he ' got drunk and
ran .away, leaving his men jn the
lurch. Such cowardice, is certainly
punishable by death, , especially by
any self respecting revolutionary, gov
ernment. iBut Dibenko, the coward
and drunkard, was a bolshevik. He
.'was found guilty and simply expelled
from ! the bolshevik party : Ho is
alive today and is engaging in silly
braggadocio and in robber , raids up
and down the Volga.
J. Thus does (bolshevik' justice work.
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MLLI A I
(By the United Press)
Anaconda, Mont., iept. 6.Mon
tana pioneers met here today to re
call the early days of the settlement
of this State and to lay plans for
making the State a continued possi
bility by beating the Hun. The Ro
tary clubs of the State have active
charge of the entertainment, f Sons
and Daughters of Pioneers, another
organization, is holding its ; annual
convention at the same time. .
These Mured Tects;
They Haye All Ways cf
Torture Known to Elan
Rome, Sept. 5- Austrian barbarism
against Italian soldiers is being con
tinued in Albania.
, A chaplain with the Italian troops
in AKiama leuna in a cnurcn at asse
a dead Italian soldier, bound hand and
ill 62: Memb
foot, with
his lack.
many bayonet wounds in
QUICK, GENERAL! A
CROSS FOR THE GAL
Of the United Press)
The Dalles, Ore., Sept. "6. French
girls have a way of rising to the
emergency, '.v , - -, , "? "
Sorgeant Jerry, Gerrard writes
home of an instance.
A wounded American was brought
Into a dressing station, but in the
rush the station had run out of
anaesthetics. Yet a serious opera
tion must be performed at once.
The duinty French nurse sised up
the situation. She bent down and
kissed the ' wounded American ' and
then rested her cheek against his
dirty, bearded face. With the girl's
arm about his sshoulder the American
rallied, and the operation was suc
cessfully performed. '
BULLETINS
(By the United Press)
WILLING TO PLEASE. .
Washington, Sept. 5. Turkey
has instructed ita forces at
, Tabriz,'7, Persia to' evacuate the
American hoepltal If occupied.
It has given the commander-in-chief
. definite Instructions that
Americans in Persia are not to -be
molested, the State Depart
ment Is informed; . ' ' . r 1
COTTON'S WORST MONTH.
Washington. ' Sept.' S. The
Agricultural Department reports
the condition of cotton at 55.7 as
of August 25. The past month
was . the most disastrous on re
cord. The cause waa drought.
The falling off is equal to de
preciation of 24 per cent. In one .
month.' "
THE CASUALTIES.
' Thursday morning, 191 40
killed. -Private Herbert Cham
pion, Mooreeboro, N. G ae
terely woundod. Private'Thomaa
Mikolin Holt, Mebane, N. C' was
wounded lo degree undetermined..
Thursday afternoon, 18345
killed. , Carter Andrew Roberta,
private, Creed moor, N. C was
wounded to degree undetermined.
' The marines have'" sustained
seven officers and 877 men have
3001 casualties to date. Thirty
been killed in action.
THE CASUALTIES.
Wednesday morning, 406, 57
killed in actkn. Private Jona
than Tayloe, Windsor, was kill
ed. Corp. Lester R. Wall, East
Bend; Privates James' L.' Cush.
ing, Rosemary; Walter L. Jones,
Franklin ville; George Houck,
Baldwin; Clarence L. Waters,
Winaton-Solem, were severely
wounded. ' v '
Wednesday afternoon, 402, 53
killed. Private Lola I Owens
by, Fletcher, died from wounds.
Privates George Holder, Wins-ton-Salem;
Joe M. Parker, Stem;
James : F. Shoemnker, ' Newhope,
were severely wounded. Lieut.
Robert B. Kephart, Charlotte,
Private James P. Hicks, Cunton,
were wounded to degree undeter
mined. ? Corp. Mitchell O-' Huff
man, Reddies Riven and Mechan
ic James E. Swangune, AJhe-
ville, were missing in action. '
THE CASUALTIES.
: Tuesday morning's list totals
49265 killed In action. Pri
vates Roland Harrell. Aulander,
and Robert Q Williamson,
Winston-Salem, ; were killed in
action,; Private Melvin McDee,
Monroe;, died of wounds. Pri-
. vate Jesse Capers, Durham, Ros
roe, died of disease. Privates
Ralph H. aark, Swannsnoa;
H. N. McLaughlin, Elease; Vir
gil F. Miller, Siloam; Eutice M.
Yates, Merry Oaks, , were se
verely wounded. Corp. Robert
B. Critcher, Durham, and Pri
vate .William T. Haizlip, Spray,
were wounded to degrees unde
termined. Private Fred C Cabe,
Canton, was missing in action.
. Tuesday afternoon, 506, 68
killed. Privates Charlie F.
Ritchie, New London, N. C; ;
Howard Robertson, Km'ghtdale;
Charlie M William, North
Charlotte; Fred lu Webb, Marble, v
were severely wounded. Cook
John Wilson, Charlotte, was',
wounded to degree undetermined. -Private
Moody I. Kern, Ether,;
was
missing ia action. :
London, Sept. . 4. Women police,
with multifarious duties, are being
employed m British munitions plants.
They examine passports, check work
ers, search for matches, patrol the
'. v:: r-.J r erfrm c'.V.er work.
MITCI1ENER GETTING
RESULTS,1 DECLARES
STATE BOARD HAN
Dr. Rankin Praises Local
Health Officer for En-
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thusiasm , and Record
Stimulates Other . Coun
ties, Asserts
Dr. W. S. Rankin, secretary of the
State Board of Health; sends The
Free Press a copy of a letter from
him to Dr. James S. iMitchener, head
of the local Health Department, in
which he says: !
"Dr. Washburn has just shown me
your report of September 2 to your
county representatives. I cannot let
the occasion pass without a word of
appreciation. Your enthusiasm, and,
what is best of all, the definite re
sults you are getting are not' only
justifying your county authorities in
creating a county department of
health, but your work will serve to
stimulate other counties In North
Carolina to a proper appreciation of
the health and lives of their people."
Free Press Helps.
In an enclosed note to The Free
Press Dr. Rankin states: "Please per
mit' me to express' the very sincere
appreciation of the State Board of
Health for the valuable, assistance
you are rendering the health officer
in affording him a means of reaching
the people of his county, as a great
part of public ' health work Is of an
educational nature.""" i ;i
Kid Liked to Travel: -Mother
Had to Extend
Trip t(f Get WaV&rer
wCbUk one baby-va' f T.' ' '
Conductor Haywood Clark of "an
Atlantic Goait iLine trai - Aaving
passed 'Mount Olive, wired (nat back
to the agent at 'Mount Olive from
Calypso. : I isf.;x :ii .
Mrs. Georgia Lee ' of Richlands
alighted at Mount Olive with her
several children, i At first she didn't
miss one ' which had reboarded ' the
train In the confusion attendant upon
the- debarkation. ; By the time she
did miss it the agent was: able to
reassure her. Mrs, Lee . drove to
Calypso and picked up the youngster.
DEATH OF MRS. LUTHER
BAKER AT GRAINGER.
IMrs, Sudie Baker, wife of Luther
Baker, died nt her residence at
Orninger Wednesday evening at
8:30. Mrs. Baker's death was sud
den. There was pot time to summon
physician, "it is said. . She is sur
vived by her husband' and two chil
dren She was 44 years of age, a
member f the Mjethodist Chunch,
and was well-knon at Grainger and
vicinity. The funeral wH, ' held at
2 p. m. Friday; Rev. M. H. Tuttle of
Kinston will probably officiate.
BUY WAR-SAVINGS STAMPS.
Census of Virgin
Population 26,051; Speak MS.'
(Special to The Free Press)
Washington, Sopt. 5. The results
of a census of the Virgin Islands
(formerly the ' Danish West Indies)
have just been published. The inven.
tory was made at the request of the
Secretary cf the Navy by the Bureau
of the Census. ' ' ' . t
The report shows that by this lat
est territorial acquisition the area of
the United States was increased
slightly more than 132 square miles,
this area being practically that of
the. three principal islands, St Croix
(Santa Cms), St. John, and St
Thomas. There are in addition about
50 small islands or cays, the largest
about 1 mile square. , ' - - -
Interesting and significant is "the
fact that while the United States ac
quired title to the Virgin Islands by
treaty with Denmark on August 4,
1916, after negotiations of more than
half a century, the language of the
people is English, though the islands
were under the Danish flag for 245
years. , -
In 1917 the value of the exports
from the United States to the islands
was $1,416,342, and of the imports
from the ishinds $1,259,607.
Population.
The r----1'--
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LAWYER IS CHARGED
iWITII GETTING FEES
E
Officials
Local '
Selective Service
Will Turn Up
Man, State
GOVERNMENT TO PROBE
Kinston Attorney Said to
Have Received as J Much
as $115 From One Rejpcis
trarit Decline i to v Give
Name ; V'.:-.';,v,
At least one local lawyer, is in
bad with the draft authorities." .
'' The following was issued from the,
office of the local exemption board
Thursday: x-
"Registrants are informed .that no
charges , should be made by any at
torney or other person connected with
the selective service for ' advice ' or
the filling out of papers. The local
board has in its possession an affi
davit from a registrant who states
that he paid one attorney of Kinston.
(20 for advice about his classification,
bppeal, etc. . This will be' 'turned
over to the Department of Justice for
thorough investigation.! All others
who have been required to pay a fee
for any such service are requested to
report same at ia office."
Won't Stand for It. " '. '
The . Government . is flat against
such a pilicy on the part of lawyers.
Many, times' their patriotic duty to
ward the selective service has been
pointed out, and few it is "believed,
have gone awrong'. ' . " w
Not First Offense: ' J .
The lawyer to" be brought to the
attention of the Di)ortment ot Jas
(ice is said to have secured f 113 from
one registrant, ' and smaller . sums
from others.. ' '.'
The draft officials Thursday re-'
fused to make public his name pend
ing -the investigation. - i
FINE
FOR
is:
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(By the United Presa) -
PortJahdi Ore (Sept. 5U-Uraffic
Officer Bender waves a - milk bottle
at, oncoming traffic at a busy corner
here. . v
He holds impromptu court over ev
ery transgressor " of the " rules and
the bottle receives the fines. v - ' .
When the, offending motorists see
the bottle they smile,; Sender smiles
and the crowd on the corner smiles.
The offender pulls tout his wallet,
drops a coin into the bottle and pass
es on.
On the tin lid of . the bottle is
printed something about starving ba
bies in France and Belgium.
Islands Puts
1917, was 28,051; and comrparisbn
with earlier censuses shows the popu
lation has steadily decreased, from
43,178 in 1835 to 26,061 in 1917. Of
the total persons in 1917," 1,922 were
white, 19,523 were negro, and 4,606
mixed. The sex distribution was
11,999 males and . 14,052 . females.
The returns showed 5,281 persons, or
24.9 per cent, of the population 10
years of age or over, to be illiterate.
The islands contain three cities
Charlotte Amalie, St Thomas, 7,747:
and Christiansted and Frederiksted, .
St. Croix, with populations of 4,574
and 3,144 respective.
Agriculture.
Agriculture and animal husbandry
engaged 6,084 of the total population.
The average size of farms is 162.5
acres, 91.7 seres reported as im?
proved and 70.8 acres as unimproved.
Manufsctures,
The number of manufacturing es
tablishments in the islands Was 84,
of which 65 were located on St. Croix,
3 on St John, and 16 on t Thomas.
The number of persons engaged in
manufactures was 842. . . 1 .
Fisheries. . ' ' ,
The census- of the fisheries of the
islands, the first ever .taken, showi
a total of SCO persons t"z2 1 i
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