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Grand Hwdqutrtwi of the French
Army In France, Juae ZS—(By the
AMWKtal Pr»M.)—There Br* aigne
on many parti af the French front
that tha (iarmani ara either narvoua
concerning tha French intantioaa or
ara preparing an offenaive. A aeriee
of "faalam" hava baan thrown out by
Field Marahel von Hindanburg at var
>oua pointa, principally around tha
Loan plataau. Ona of tha chief of
thaaa wan an effort to rut a breach in
tha French Una at Vauxillon, where
tha German "ahock" unite temporarily
ouetad tha French from a short trench
eyeteia on the alopea of Monkey Moun
tain, on which it waa important that
both arm we ahnuld poaaeae obeerva
toriee.
French counter attack* immediate
ly renamed all the ground loet except
a aaliant maaauring a few yarda, in
which tha German poeition ia moat
precarioua. On thia uccaaion tha Car
man ahock troop* advanced in their
•hirt aleevea without packa, after a
terrific bombardment in which every
yard of the adjacent ground waa
searched by ihella.
The German "■hocks" as soon *«
they succeeded in their determined
and courageous effort, turned over the
trenches they had gained to the 7Hth
German infantry division who, how
ever, failed to hold them when called
upon for • defensive effort. The cor
respondent visited the entire position
in this sector today and found the
Franch firmly established while the
Germans on the other sida of the hill
were deprived of observatories and
thus their artillery was blind.
Another lively affair occurred in tha
vicinity of Mont Camillet, where the
Germans and French attacked almost
simultaneously, the former with the
object of removing prominent points
they had lost some weeks ago and the
latter with the intention of getting
freer elbow room.
As it happened a unit, consisting
of only (12 French grenadiers and por
table machine gunners, occupied the
position coveted by the Germans and
not only drove off their attacking
forces but pursued them and captured
a considerable length of German
trenches and in doing ro killed more
than 200 Germans.
ijn the Chemin-des-Dames also the
German* launched yesterday a num
ber of attacks, some of which re
sulted in moat desperate engagements.
In the neighbcinood of La Royere
farm the ground was covered with
German bodies while the only suc
cess the Germans achieved was to
gain possession of a short section of
a front French trench.
OPPORTUNITY OFFERED
FOR SERVICE IN FRANCE
Men Who Respond to Presi
dent's Call For Volunteers
May Feel Sure of Being Sent
OTerse* First.
Washington, June 23.— Recruiting
week for the regular army, fixed by
presidential proclamation, opened to
day throughout the country with the
army recruiting service organized for
a great drive at war volunteers.
The president's proclamation calls
for 70,000 men to come forward dur
ing the week for war service. Al
ready a division of regulars has been
designated for service in France un
der General Pershing and the man
who respond to the. President's call
May feel assured, officially point out,
that they will be little delayed in
Reaching the front when the move
ment of troops overseas begins.
When the proclamation was pre
pared. the army was short 46,000 in
fantrymen and field artillerymen and
26.000 reserves for all arms. The
cavalry, signal corps, engineers and
other branches hAd been filled up.
Since then 10,000 men have been ac
cepted, but the recruiting rush will go
ahead to secure as many more than
70,000 as may offer themselves and be
acceptable.
hajc's roacu hemming
IN THK TOWN Of LENS.
,troymd .nd BnZti Lot S.m
ilar Numbar.
Gradually the foreea at Fald Mar
shal Mr Dmi(lM Haig are hamming
In the town of Lmm, the renter of the
irat eaal deposits in the depart
ment of Paade ('elate and from which
prior to tha war mora than 5,000,000
tons at coal wara annually exported.
Surreesful raids earned out Sun
day night by tha British cava them
400 yards of tranrhaa in tha wooda at
tha weatarn ouUkirta of tha city while
Monday's oparationa brought them
further prograae along both banka of
tha Mouchaa rirar Ob a front of about
a mil* and a half aoathweet of tha
town.
Ilia Britiah troopa arm harraaainf
tha Germane at varioua pointa along
tha front hald by them in Belgium
and Franca with nightly raiding
partiaa which have baen successful in
killing numerous Germana and taking
othara priaonara.
Th Britiah and German airmen con
tinue to strive for mastery in Prance
and Belgium, flunday witneaaad tha
deetruction of live German aeroplane?
in battles In the air and another by an
tiaircraft guns, while Ave othara were
sent to earth out of control. TheBrit
iah, however, loit Ave machines dur
tha oparationa.
Night artillery duels between the
French and Germans are atill in pro
gress on aeveral sectors of the front
between Soissons and Kheims. Ap
parently the Germans after their ex
perience of last week when they suf
fered heavy casualties in attacks and
gained only alight advantages have
ceased, for the moment at least, their
infantry operations, as the latest
French official communication makes
no mention of fresh thrusts by the
crown prince. The sadly battered
city of Rheims continues to be a tar
get for Grtnan shells, 1,200 of them
having been droped there during Mon
day.
The lighting activity along the Rus
sian front has again extended into
tha Carpathians around Kirlibaba, on
the Bukowina forntir. In Galicia
between the Zlota Lipa and Narayuv
ka rivers and along the upper Stripa
the fighting between the Au*tro-Cer
mans and Russians is described by
Berlin as "lively."
The operations in the Austro-Italian
theatre have again tost their intensity.
The artillery duels have died down to
almost nothing, while the infantry en
counters are merely reronnaisences.
A similar condition prevails in Mace
donia, although the artillery duels are
somewhat violent in the region of
Monastir.
Hy the narrow margin of 1cm than
20 feet an American liner proceeding
from an American port to an English
port escaped being torpedoed by a
torpedo aimed at her by a German
submarine. American gunners on
board the liner lighted and fired upon
the U-boat but whether their shell*
reached the target could not be aa
certained. Only the quick and skill
ful maneuvering of the liner saved
her from destruction.
Another South American neutral
steamer has been sent to the bottom
by a Teutonic allied submarine. The
steamer, the Toro, was torpedoed off
Gibraltar while bound for Genoa with
a cargo of Argentine products.
Machine for Enrolling the
Draft Army is Complete.
Washington, June 21.— Machinery
for enrolling an army of 626,000 men
by selective draft will be complete in
•very detail by July 1st, two months
before the tentative date considered
for calling the first of the troops to
the colors. Regulations for the ex
emption boards will be made public
shortly.
Officials have not disclosed the plan
to be followed, but the machinery for
the exemption boards, both local and
review, can be put Into operation on
July 1st, it is stated.
Sydnor & Sparger
Insurance Agent*
MOUNT AIRY, N. C
Office in Merritl Building.
SLANDER CASK IS TMEO
IN COURT AT ALBEMAALE
fWamlawt *»'-* Plaintiff "Gat
Hia Coal" and Um I attir
Su«d For Dunagt in Um Sum
at ISO.
All iiirlt, June U.—A eivil at
turn waa triad hare thla afternoon
whirh rraated <|Ulta a lot of excite
ment, interact and amuaement. Tha
caee waa beard before J. Ed Hartaall
and J. B. Kluttx. juaticea of tha peace
Tha raaa waa brought by Ed. W. Himp
aonf of tha Rocky Riwer .Hprtnga tac
tion, and «tm proxar'itaH hv b rr
acainat J. T. Curl"* of tha umi rui
mumty. Both ara white man. Tha
plaintiff alleged that about two week*
ago tha defendant, Curiae. malirioualy
and wantonly alandored hia rood nam*
and rharacter by atatlng In tha pran
anca of divara paraon* that tha aaid
Him peon "got hia gnat." Ha aaid
that by raaaon of thii alleged unlaw
ful "lander in that the defendant had
accuaad tha plaintiff of ataaling hia
goat that hia rharartar, wbirh waa
good, had baan damaged to the **
tant of $60, and ha oiked for judge
ment for that amount. Curiae did not
diaputa that ha had mad* tha remark
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I
' that ha believed that Simpaon got hia
' goat, and to eatabliah thia contention
ha proved by Brook* Coo par, a wit
nee*, that ha mat the plaintiff noma
1 time during the month of April com
ing toward* Albemarle with a goat in
I hia wagon comfortably wrapped, all
j but a part of ita h<md being hidden.
Simpson riAtandwl that it *u not a
goat that ha had in hi* wagon, but a
row which ha waa brine to town.
Aftar a thorough ronauiaratk n of
tha avidanra in tha caaa and tha argu
ment of counaal for both plaintiff and
dafandant tha court dacidad that tha
plaintiff waa not antitlad to any con
ptnutiim for tha 'Immmc of hli rhar
artar by raanon of tha >tat*n«nt of
tha dafamiant that h«t took and rarnad
away tha "goat" of tha «aui defen
dant. Tha plaintiff cava not tea of an
appeal from tha judgement to tha
Muparlor court.
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