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he Monroe Journal
PUBLISHED TWICE EACH WEEK - TUESDAY AND FRIDAY
VOL 24. No. 61.
MONROE, N. G, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1918.
$1, PER YEAR CASH.
T. J. GORDON'S DEAD BODY
FOUND SUNDAY AFTERNOON
After Ijong Search Body Was Found
By Mr. Tom Mulli In a Mulberry
Tree, About One Mile Hint the
Spot where He was Last Kern
Death Probably Due to Poison and
Strangulation Mr. Gordon wu a
Man Known and Loved all our
Union County Funeral Services
Held Monday Morning and Attend
ed by a targe Number of Friend!
and Relatives.
The dead body of Mr. T. J. Gor
don, who disappeared from one of his
farm's about eight miles west of Mon
roe late Tuesday evening, was found
in a mulberry tree on Mr. Frank
Howie's farm by Mr. Tom Mullis
about two o'clock Sunday afternoon.
A ropes which Mr. Gordon is said to
have cut from a roll in his store some
time ago, was around his neck and
this together with his feet, which
were braced against a limb held him
in the tree. On -a nearby limb he
had placed his hat. An empty lau
danum bottle was also found and the
supposition is that death resulted ra
ther from the drinking of its contents
than from strangulation by the rope.
Mr. Tom Mullis, who discovered
the body, was one of the hundreds of
those who had been engaged in the
search for the missing man since Fri
day morning. He- became tired and
started to his home taking a short
cut through the woods. While pass
im: through a very thick wood his
attention was attracted by countless
green or "blow flies" swarning around
a mulberry tree, and a buzzard dis
turbed at his coining flapped out of
the tree and away into the blue sky.
Investigating closer he discovered the
hadly decomposed body of Mr. Gor
don, swollen almost to twice its na
tural size. It would have been im
possible to identify the body had it
not been for the clothes.
Immediately the word was given
that Mr. Gordon's dead body had been
found In a tree on Mr. Frank Howie's
farm and the crowd, which had num
bered in the hundreds all during the
day, steadily swelled. People came
from all parts of the country In au
tomobiles. The man who had destroy
ed himself was known and loved from
one end of the county 1o the other.
And it is estimated by some that there
were more than a thousand people to
were moret han a thousand people to
visit tho place where the body was
found.
Mr. Gordon loft home about seven
o'clock Tuesday evening, telling his
family that he was going out to look
over his farm known as the Peggy
Torter place and that from there he
was going to spend the night with
his friend. Mr. John A. Secrest He
informed them that he might be gone
two days. Before leaving he had giv
en all but $1.75 of the money he had
on his person to his wife, which, it
Is said, he was not in the habit of
doing. N
When lie failed to return Friday
morning a search was Instituted. His
automobile was found under a shed
at the farm where he had Informed
his family he was going and which Is
rented by a negro by the name of
Horn. However, Mr. Gordon had not
been seen since dusk the evening he
arrived and left his automobile. Hun
dreds of men at once took up the
search, for "Tom" , Gordon was
friend to all. The woods In every
direction were searched, wells fished
and creeks dragged. When the body
waii found Sunday afternoon dyna
mite, was being set off In some of
the shafts at the Howie mine, sever
al miles from where he was last seen
These were filled with water and it
was thought the explosions would
cause the body to rise to the top.
Some thought that his disappear
ance resulted from foul play. The
discovery of the body, however, in the
position it was found disproved this
and showed that the flight of rea.ion,
temporally pe-rhaps, had resulted in
In his taking his life. The position cf
the body would Indicate that the deed
had been premeditated for sometime.
An Inquest was not deemed neces
sary.
The body was so badly decomposed
tne deed having probably been com'
mltted Tuesday night, that It was im
possible to handle It. A scafford was
built under the tree and a casket plac
ed on it. The rope was then cut and
the body lowered into it.
The country where Mr. Gordon was
last seen alive and where his dead
body was found, which was about a
mile from where his automobile was
left, was the scene of his boyhood.
He owned several farms in the vicin
ity and It Is said that when a
young man he worked a farm near
there and was accustomed to eat his
dinner under the very tree where his
body was found.
Ilev. J. E. Abernethy conducted
funeral services over the remains at
the home yesterday morning. A large
number of friends and relatives from
all over the county attended. Inter
ment was In the Monroe cemetery.
The deceased was one of Union
county's wealthiest citizens. He was n
member of the Arm of Gordon and
Presson and one of the principal
stock-holders In the new hotel build
ing. He owned much land In the
western end of the county and also
in Oklahoma. For a number of years
he served as county commissioner and
rueh was the confidence the people
had In him that they would have con
tinued to elect him to office had he so
desired.
Friends state that he had not been
his normal self In some time and
had lost about SO pounds In weight
in the past several months. He was
about fifty-six years old. He is sur
vived by his wifo and three children,
two daughters. Misses Mary and
Christine, and one son Mr. Craven
Gordon, who has been connected In
business with him. Three brothers,
Messrs, Joe, Robert and Harvey Gor
don also survive.
Mr. Gordon was a man whose word
was as good as his bond. All men
who knew hiin, loved and respected
him. He had been a faithful mem
ber of the Methodist church since boy
hood. He was an active church work
er and contributed liberally to Its sup
port. At the time of the rash act he
was an officer in the Central Metho
dic church here.
Meeting f Ctiunty Y. M. C. A. Com
mittee. A meeting of the county committee
of the Y. M. C. A., which was recently
elected, has been called for Thurs
day night, Sept. 5, at 8:30 p. in., in
Monroe at the Chamber of Commerce
rooms. The men elected to this com
mittee are Luther Griffin of Union
ville, Oscar Henrby and Jim Orr of
Indian Trail, J. I). Hemby of Wed
dington, J. A. Williams, Carl Wolfe,
E. L. Niven and G. L. Nlsbet of Wax
haw. T. L. Crowell, T. P. Dillon, D. B.
Snyder, R. A. Morrow and R. W. Al
len of Monroe, L. E. Hugglns, R. C.
Newsome and E. E. Marsh of Marsh
ville, R. L. McWhlrter and Marshall
Stewart of Wingate.
Over one-half of the $2500 budget
for the Y. M. C. A. work has been
subscribed.
After a secretary has been elected
After a secreta has been elected by
by the committee work In local com
the committee the work in local com
munities will be started by organizing
gioup of boys with an adult leader
for each group. A varied program
will be carried out at each meeting In-
hiding debates, practical talks. Bible
study, games, and social events. Meet
Ings will be held during the evening
once a week.
WILL THE TEACHERS HE ABLE
TO COXTIUE THEIR WORK?
"Eliininute the Teachers and the Peo
ple of the Earth Would' Ere Lome
Degenerate Into Cave Dwellers"
' They Must Receive a Salary in Pro
portion to the Increased Cost of
Living.
(Fayettevllle Observer.)' 1
The fall session of the public
schools will open shortly. Are the
schools going to be provided with
good teachers at liberal salaries? Are
the teachers (not the superintend
ents and others "higher up" con
nected with school work) going to
be given remuneration which will en
able them to continue in their chos
en work? These are war times, and
workers in all callings and occupa
tions are getting war-time pay except
the school teachers. The unskilled la
borers ate paid more than teachers
heretofore have been paid. The teach
er's salary should be raised In propor
tlon, not to what she has been re
celving, but In proportion to the in
creased cost of living.
The other day two thousand plumb
ers in Newport News, Vu., who were
being paid $6.00 a day for doing gov
eminent work, struck for $7.00 a day
and the government war work was
stopped in several departments. Six
dollars a day! We wonder what the
average school committeeman, either
town or country, would do at the mere
mention of paying a school teacher
six dollars a day. The chances are
that he would faint away. And yet
the Importance of the plumber's work
Is as nothing compared to that of the
teacher. The world jogged along for
centuries before plumbers were heard
of, and the people were prosperous,
healthy and happy. The teachers we
have had with us always, because they
have been necessary from time Inime
mortal. Eliminate the teachers, and
the peoples of the earth would ere
long degenerate into cave dwellers,
The teachers not only teach and edu
cate the children, but they train their
minds and develop their characters.
Good teachers are becoming scare
er year by year, and during these war
times the problem of securing them
Is a serious one. The prime cause
for this Is that they are not paid
enough for their work. It Is true
that many of the male teachers are
In the army, but many more have
sought other fields where they are
selling their services for something
like what they are worth. And the
same thing applies to some extent, to
the female teachers. While they are
not in military service, they have
taken up work for which they receive
far better remuneration.
The excuse that war times preclude
the possibility of paying the teachers
better salaries is not valid. Every
other worker, from the common la
borer up, is getting war-time pay;
then why not the teachers? And the
people are able to pay more, because
more money Is being made, both. In
town and country, than was ever
made in the United States before, as
as prosperous as we have been In the
past. "The laborer Is worthy of his
hire." especially the laborer In the
schools. Pay the teachers liberal sal
aries and conditions will Improve all
along the line.
The teacher's last question was
meant to be a scientific poser.
What Is It that pervades all
space," she said, "which no wall or
door or other substance can shut
out?"
Little Willie had his hand ready.
His hand shot out.
"The smell of onions, Miss," he
cald Ex.
LIEUTENANT BALL ANXIOUS t
TO LEAD HIS MEN AGAIN
Was Member of Prink ew Pat Rcgt
iiient, brother of Lieut. Ovurge Ball
He Has Witnessed Many of tbe
German Atrocities and Live Oftly
to Regain His Health and Fight
Again. : i
That flanking attacks, first on the
right and then on the left, with a
wedge driven In here and there on
the front is the style or attack that
will gradually force the German
back, was the opinion expressed by
Lieutenant Francis Ball, a member of
the famous Princess Pat Canadian
regiment. Lieutenant Ball left for
Charlotte. Friday, where he will teach
military tactics at Horner's M'litajy
school, after having visited hla father
Rev. W. H. Ball here. Lieutenant
Ball Is a brother of Lieutenant George
Ball who was killed in action, a
month or more ago.
Lieutenant Ball returns to tills
country after having suffered wounds
that Incapacitate him for further mil
itary service. During the year that
ho saw service, in the trenches of
France, he was twice wounded and
gased. An exploding shell threw ami
a distance of fifteen U ft over a par
apet. His mask wt3 blown oT by the
force of the concussion and it was
then that the deadly gas reached him.
Asked by a Journal reporter as to
what spirit was manifest by captured
Germans he replied that only certain
officers were allowed to talk to them.
Then he added, "I killed every on I
saw and I know my men did the
same.' ' Speaking of his changed state
of mind toward death In battle,
brought about by life in the trenches,
he said that he once looked upon
death as something awful but since aw
had seen men shattered to peices, rill
with a smile upon their faces as death
claimed them for his own, happy in
the fact that they had made the su
preme sacrifice, his attitude toward
death had changed and he had look
ed upon It as a glorious thing.
Lieutenant Ball corroborates the
tales of German atrocities and relates
others which he had seen with his
own eyes which are so In-human that
they cannot be printed. Remember
ing these atrocities Lieutenant Ball
lives only to regain his health and
strength In order that he may go back
and lead his men against the Brute. J
J.
CONSUMERS TO BUT ONRTB.,
CEREALS TO FOUR OF FLOUR
Is the Statement Made by the County
Food Administrator 1Oe Griffin
Only Barley, Corn Meal or Corn
Flour to be Regarded as Substi
tutes.
Consumers are now required to
purchase only one pound of cereals
substitutes for every four pounds or
flour, according to a statement given
out by Mr. Lee Griffin, County Food
Administrator for Union County, Sat
urday afternoon. However, under tho
new food regulation only barley, corn
meal or corn flour are regarded as
substitutes. The regulation requir
ing that not moro than twenty-four
pounds of flour be sold to one con
sumer has also been eliminated. Pur
chasers can not secure flour In only
reasonable quantities. Mr. Lee Grif
fin Interpreted this as meaning that
not more than a thirty days supply
should be purchased at. one time.
The statement as given out by Mr.
Griffin follows.
"On and after September first, the
regulations providing for the pur
chase of an equal amount of cereal
substitutes with flour has been abol
Ished.
"Under the new regulations the
consumer is required to purchase on
ly twenty per cent cereal substitutes
for every four pounds of flour.
"All retail dealers selling standard
wheat flour, are required to carry
in stock either barley, corn meal or
corn flour, and with every sale of
wheat flour must sell a combination
of one or more of these substitutes in
the proportion of one pound of sub
stitute to each four pounds of flour.
This makes all of the other cereals
which have sold as substitutes, no
longer a substitute.
"The rule relating to limiting the
sale by retailers of wheat flour to
twenty-four pounds has been el i mat
ed and the purchaser can buy a rea
sonable quantity of flour. .
"Under the new regulations provi
sions are being made for the milleis
of flour to mix all the flour with twen
ty per cent of cereal substitutes and
when this has been done the rule r
quiring the purchase of the substi
tutes will be abolished, but until the
new flour has been ground the twen
ty per cent substitutes will required.
Under the new regulations all pu i-
llc eating houses are required rnd
all household consumers are requesi-
ed to mix flour with corn meal or
corn flour or barley In proport'on jf
four pounds of flour to each pound
of other substitutes. The household
ers and public eating houses nre re
quested to continue to use the amount
of meal which they have formerly
used, and the modification of the
regulations Is not Intended to curt ill
the use of meal."
When tireek Is Useful.
(Washington Star.)
"Do you believe In the study of
Greek and Latin?"
"Sure," replied Farmer Corntossel.
"Everybody has his rights. And a
man who hasn't anything worth ex
pressing in plain English ought to
have something to occupy his mind
with."
SITUATION OF ENEMY MOST
PERILOUS HE HAS BEEN IN
Britbh Troop Have Advanced Some
Three Mile Beyond Di-urourt-(Jut-ant
Line Fi-emh and Ameri
cans Make tiaitis All Along Their
Front 4;eniuut Must Soon Relin
quish Fortifications.
( By Associated Press, Sept. 3. )
Over a front ol tnlrty miles the re
gion of Arras to Peronne, Field Mar
shal Haig's forces have literally
smashed the German froLt.
The southern portion of the famous
Drocourt-Queant twitch line, which
has been heralded as the impregnable
bulwark of the German defense in
the north, has given way under the
violence of the British onslaught over
Its entire front fTom the Scarpe river
to Queant, a distance of virtually ten
miles, and Monday night aw the Ca
nadian and English troops, who car
ried out the maneuver hard after the
defeated enemy some three miles to
the eastward.
Thousands of prisoners have been
taken from the strongly resisting en
emy, who at last accounts, was fight
ing violently ts he gave ground to
ward the Canal Du Nord.
HINDENBURG LINE DOOMED
By this victory seemingly is ended
the menace of the Hindenburg line to
the south, which the British are grad
ually approaching over its entire
front. Already thoroughly outflanked
on the north and with the French well
upon Its southern br.se. military ne
cessity apparently will require that
the Germans relinquish the Hinden
burg fortifications and realign their
front from Flanders to Rheims in or
der to avert disaster at the hands of
their swiftly moving antagonists.
Already the toads to Doual, Cam
bral, and St. Quentin are thoroughly
Invested by the British and French
armies, while north of Soissons the
French and Americans are in positions
of vantage from which to carry out
turning movements which will out
flank Laon and the Chemln-Des-Dame
and Alsne lines. The situation of the
enemy, viewed from the warinaps, is
,the most perilous he has yet been In.
Added to the troubles of the Ger
"man high command is tho situation
that Is fast developing in Flanders,
in the region around Ypres, where
the Germans daily are being forced
out of their positions by the British
and American troops. All over tnls
sector steady progress Is being made
eastward In the blotting out of the
salient that has long existed there.
AMERICANS IN FLANKS ADVANCE
The Americans, who took Voortne
zeele Sunday, now are well into the
region of the town, having overcome
the strong resistance of the Germans
who endeavored to bar their way. A
few more strides by Haig's men in
this region and Arementiercs will be
within striking distance. After Ar
nienties it Is but a step to Ljile.
Hard fighting has been in progress
between the British and Germans
around Peronne, where the Australi
ans successfully withstood violent at
tacks and have taken several thou
sand prisoners. Between Peronne and
BiiDnume the Germans also nave im
posed strong opposition to the Brit
ish, but the St. 1'iei re-Vaast wood, Le
Transloy nnd Allaines and Haut-Ai
lnine8 nil have been n'cce:-sfully can I
ed.
FRENCH CROSS CANAL
On the southern end of the front to
Soissons. tho Fienth have made an
other Important creasing of the Canal
Du Nord, this time east of Nesle
which places thorn on the road to
Ham, the last remaining important
Junction point in the Somme-Oisne
sector, with lines leading from It to
St. Quentin and LaFcre.
North of Soissons equally import
ant nrocress has been made. Here,
where the Americans are in line with
the French, gains have been made on
the nlateau east of Crecy-au-Mont and
Juvlgny and the villages of Leuilly
and Terny-Sorny have been taaen,
notwithstanding stubborn resistance.
These gains, if they are continued,
seemingly cannot tut result sh'-tly in
the enemy withdrawing nortnwara
from the Vesle river positions ne
holds and reconstituting his entire
front to Rheims.
AMERICANS WITH MANGIN
FKiHT I.IKE REAL VETERANS
Is Report From France They Cliarg
ed a Captuml Hill Splendidly Foe
Couldn't Stand 'em Enemy's Pe
termlned Resistance Failed Before
The Dash of the American Troops.
With the French Army. This
morning at 5:30 after only half an
hour's Intense bombardment of the
enemy's positions Gen Mnnrln stack
ed again at several points along the
40-mile front between the Oise and
the Alsne. On the extreme left our
troops crossed the Olse once more.
this time near the Noyon rosul. They
pushed forward halfway between the
river and Noyon and occupied jioriin-
court, two miles southeast of the
town.
The next Important point attacked
was south of Qulerzy. Other French
crossed the Ailette-Oise canal. Farth
er south they crossed the Chavlgny
road, while beyond them the Ameri
cans with a fine charge carried a hill
and got right on the edge of the Sols-
sons road.
ADVANCES ARE IMPORTANT
These last two advances, which
were both made by 10 o'clock this
morning, are both of first rate Impor-J
tance. From the latter positions one
can see across the plateau to bark of
the Cheinin des Dames and on up the
valley to- the towers of the Laon ca
thedral. ' The enemy, who evidently
realizes the danger of any advance by
General Mangin's army In this direc
tion, resisted the Americans wilh all
the forces at his command, and where
he Is being attacked is defending his
positions with desperate courage, and
is principally prolific In the use of ma
chine guns.
Two or three days ago I happened
to spend the night in the open on one
plateau west of this part of the line
and as we crossed the Aisne we pass
ed large numbers of these American
troops making their way to the front,
where they have now advanced. Traf
fic was naturally sometimes congest
ed, as men and guns moved forward
in the dark, and once or twice I had
to wait when there was a block. At
each halt I was struck by the extra
ordinary quietness of these young
troops. There was hardly a whisper
to be heard, no 'confusion; hut every
one seemed to know his place and his
duty and to feel the importance of the
part he was about to play in the great
drama.
ALL OBJECTIVES GAINED
They have been for several months,
in this country, but chiefly In a com
paratively quiet swior and this, I be
lieve, was the first big action in which
they had taken part. According to
the French they fought this morning
like real veterans and groat thing
are expected from them.
In spite of the enemy's d?termined
resistance both the American and the
French troops engaged today In the
Oise-Aillette regions gained their ob
jectives at all points selected Ly Gen
eral Mangin as essential parts of his
maneuver and in its present early
stage success has already beeu gained
and the battle is entirely satisfactory.
I have just heard that the French
have advanced to the east bank of
the Allette.
ORGANIZATION FOR FOURTH
LIBERTY 1X)AN COMPLETE
Mr. W. B. love, Chairman for the
Drive Ik-glnning September 281 h.
Thinks the Union County Allotment
Will Be About $.1M),MM "We are
Going to Raise Our Part," he Says
Committee's Appointed In Vari
ous Townships.
Mr. W. B. Love, county chairman
for the Fourth Liberty Loan which
opens on September 28th, has already
completed an organization which will
rurnish the motive power which will
take Union county over the top In the
coming drive.
A meeting will be held in Raleigh
on September 17th. and quotas as
signed. Mr. Love is of the opinion
that Union's allotment will be around
$300,000. "We are going to raise
our part." he declared this morning.
The folowing committees have been
appointed for the various townships: .
Buford township R. W. Elliott,
T. C. Eubanks and T. P. Starnes.
Goose Creek township John A.
Austin. L. W. Tucker and T. L. Price.
Lanes Creek township Charles
Hushing, M. L. Baker and W. Lushia
Thomas.
New Salem township G.W.Smith,
Sr.. W. W. Pusser and Hamp Brewer.
Marshville township E. C. Grif
fin. L. Marsh and J. Z. Green.
Monroe township D. B. Snyder.
W. J. Rudge and A. H. McLarty.
Sandy Ridge township H.L.Price,
VV. L. Hemby and Earl Ezztll.
Vance township W. D. Hawfleld.
W. E. Lemniond, and W. P. Kendall.
Jackson township C. S. Massey,
Edwin Moore and Carl Wolfe.
(i(MM LIMITED SERVICE MEN
TO HELP DRAFT BOARDS
Ordered by Crowder to Entrain Sep
temlxr Se-ve-nth for Military Camps,
From Which They Will be Sent to
the Various Draft Boards Requir
ing Their Services North Carolina
Will Send l;0 to Camp (ireem.
Washington, D. C, September 2.
To provide clerical assistance for lo
cal district and the medical advisory
boards In connection with the registra
tion and classification of those sub
ject to military service under the new
man-power act, 6,054 registrants reg
istrants under the former act, quali
fied for limit service only, were to
day called by Provost Marshal Gen
eral Crowder to entrain September
7th for various military camps from
which they will be assigned to tho
different draft boards requiring their
services. It is planned to keep the
men in this employment until Janu
ary first, when they will be assigned
to other duties.
Following are the allotments tot
the southern states and the points
for which the men will entrain: .:'
Alabama, 105, Caup MoCtellan,'
Alabama; Arkansas, 118. Cawp Pike,
Arkansas; Florida, sixty-eight. Camp
Joseph E. Johnson, Florida 0orgiHii
one hundred nnd ninety; -Camp 'Gor
don, Georgia; Kentucky, one hundred
and fifty-nine, Camp Taylor, Kentuc
ky; Louisiana, eighty-nine, Camp
Beauegaid, Louisiana; ' Mississippi,
one hundred and sixteen. Camp Shel
by. Mississippi NorthCarolina, on
hundred and rWhtyr' Camp- GTeew ."
North Carolina; South Carolina, six
ty-two, Caiflp Jack son,' "South4 Caro
lina; Tennessee; one hundred and six
ty-eight, Fort Oglethorpe, . Georgia:
Texas, three hundred end oimCatopJ
Travis, Texas; Virginia one .hundred
and Bixty-xJ.e.amp Lee, yUginia.-i.
V-'i CRAS
BRI
ASHED INTO HIN-
Stratrg- .iaina Made by Canadian
Whrn Penetrate' the Queant
Portion of Hindenburg Line Op
eiilng Way For 0m-ii Fighting
Aero Va4 Area of Northern Sec
tor. Telling progress was made on the
allies today in the great battle on
the western front when Canadian aud
English troops pierced the Drocourt
Queant switch of the Hindenburg line,
otherwise known as the Wotan line.
It was upon this alternative Hue es
tablished back of the mam Hinden
burg line to the east of Arras that
the German command was depending;
to hold the allied armies off from
Doual and Cambrai and the vital rail
way supply lines in the trianjl? form
ed by these two towns and Valen
ciennes. In their advance tie Brit
ish broke into the German positions
back of the switch line on a two-mila
front. They reached tho outskirts o
Cagnicourt, about two miles uortlieast
of Queant, according to battle front
advices, and further noith are report
ed to have penetrated Dury more than
two miles east of the Wotan line.
Far-reaching results may follow to
day's advance, which began with a
plunge early this morning by the Ca
nadians and English south of the
Scarpe river.
If the allied gains can be held the
Hindenburg line would appear to be
completely outflanked on its northern
end. Development of the success In
the direction of Doual and Cauibrai
would threaten the entire German
line in the west from the North sea
to Rheims and even beyond.
This threat Is being doubly main
tained through the Franco-American
advance north of Soissons which was
continued last night, increising the
menace to the southern flank of the
Hindenburg positions. Progress was
made by General Petain's allied forces
in the woods west of Coucy le Cha
teau and on the line further south. It
Is here that the allies are pressing in
upon the bastion of St. Gobain de
fending Laon, the southern bulwaik
of the Hindenburg defenses.
On the front between the flanks tho
British made additloal progress, no
tably toward the northern end. They
are reported at Beugny, nearly four
miles northeast of Bapaume, and they
have taken the town of Noreutl, fur
ther norta Jo. this area.
In their first fighting In Belgium
the Americans captured Voormezeele
and several strong German positions
In that Immediate vicinity. On their
entrance into Voormezeele the inva
ders found that all that remained of
the town was piles of debris, for the
shellfire had been so intense that
hardly one brick was left standing
upon another.
As the Americans advanced the Gor
man rear guards from what little cov
er remained opened up with their ma
chine guns but these were quickly sil
lenced without much trouble. Else
where in the same locality the Aui'- -Icans
also advanced the line keeping
in contact with the retreating enemy.
Counter attacks by tho Germans re
sulted in their gaining little uiare
than a slight foothold, which in ev
ery case was quickly loosened by
Iiiitish and American re-attacks. In
most places the Germans did not
even get a foothold for the advancing
formation limited away under hurri
canes of fire. There has been espe
cially heavy fighting in the whirlpmi!
of the battld around 15'ilUvonrt and
llenccourt. where the British ar
holding positions almost resting
r.gainst the Drocourt-Queant or Wo
tan line.
It is belmxed that Rullecourt itself
has thrice been lost und won in the
past two days. First the British wwe
in the town and then the Germats.
While one side had the control tht:'
machine gunners and bombers from
the other would filter in and get the
position and then the place would be
come most active. From ruin to,ruin,
through cellars and through old and
new trenches the fighting hasJ5dntin
ued and all of the time almost the
same tactics were being fOUoVfd in
the country surrounding, v Id tat lan
guage of the British spldtoro :u ha
been a "dog fight" herefo? ttforfdarr.
The British have rejfml?aiin jwneu
hordes of Cermans appryijFAij "mir
retirement usually tmfieii .tp tie po
sitions where taify fouM-peiir ma
chine gun bulletS'-itattib HHeaeniy.
Heavy losses .wt fajjtotffl 0i lu
Germans. JUwt., . odSr it Ipueari that
Bullecourt gnrf Hendicoiifl 'ifeafli are
in British tanflV and thatHbi-Otilars.
dugouts anelihldiiiCplaeM- wvJbefug;
moppea-'p jibhii: mgaiing haa been
go'ngkOp. in the Villages of Kootlst St.
Mein' and' Longaat and, tpes- J)laces
also are" !n"the-posmslo)i of th$ Brit
ish. t .....r.X ;:..
The "'ground In front of thejlritisti
lines throUKhout this recion J, piled
with d(Md . Oermana for the .British
aa,V(T not hddttated to temporally re
tire slightly In the race of strong en
emy: attavkfc' when it a!)ya.fel that
their own strength could iJirby Iks
cnnevd and at the same ttmi they
could get an opportunely -io; mow
down'. in asrt ;.f 0rnta. jyXfcpje tac
tic:, have hail a most' disastrous re
suit for the foe and that the British
have not lot anything is. shown by
the fact .that their casualies continue?
extremely Jight. while all . position
are finally retained. ' '
The, Red Cross organization js still
Wiling 'foTVo!untef f , nnfsef' The
fnihn'tn.l;:Nrthr. nd South
"-AfMUptMH Georgia, Tennessee and
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m-rw t i o ;j
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