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1' f . 1 rrV- V f" V. K('AM(MlS6li fc AT TffilMlIf !1MT 1 .J .-VOL. 4, 73. $150 A YEAR AND WORTH IT .' SALISBURY jf)BTH CXrtrj 12, 1918. $1.50 A YEAR AND WORTH IT . PRICE TWO CENTS lMffl AND mSSSmiiiUKi ' I Iff il?igriaii Eeriniienf 'Ijjtll "fight Agaimsft Germany j tMmf'ilif iiai mi 11 I I III IPlll i mi CT) (Tim -t r AmTrun T rTT C! CT A TM 'CMf tf n n i ti rn trm pAriim iipiii ham m pmmmCi : rUKWAKU MUVto BY r ALL MltnLKIANW -f g rig .rawnm. otKBIA WIIUL1I , i; FRENCH-BRITISH PAN-GERMAN ACT 7 '.f.'-x" PY0R IS BUREDWITH REPUDIATE TREATY ,i rench" Capture the Town and Railway Station of Corey and . "Sedire Further Protection. frSk HAICPS MEN WIN GROUND iNgAE VILLERS-BRETTONX sJFjrench' Front Now Runs in a fc Straighf Jiine Along a Series oi strong- positions rz miles. L - (By Alssaciafbed Piress.) TttneL JenctatSntied their drium mfc'Tig tactics lat BaKticmi Itibe 'wester y side pf tfce Marne salient south-. west of Soissmis, dapifcuring the town and railway station ipf Corey and tlhe faxm ainj chateau of' St. Pattl, sfauiai of. tlh-a Itniwi. . " :TJjis ga5h of 'gBxund serves still f ut'-r thereto prateict tJie forest of Villetrs-r Obtteirets (Wtherwuse called itfhie Retz iSf forest) wlhSwh-Jorms the bulwairk of ijthe defense txf Cormpevgne itihe iinipoT f .taait Frendh ibase alnd (rafflwtay junc '.Vt'cn eat of thiat tbwn . x. On the BritMi frortt stoaith. of the Soewme Field Mardhteil Haig's infam rv pafshed still further last iigiht and won an ackicoiml elding tgirfon.Bd east . ik ifiT vm r r :t nw t1 cwi -5- r . majcS kxria adf5v4ty ; m the re mainder of tihte alEed fnontl The opertations n itihe French front resulting in the capture of Oorey gained in interest in ithat it represents j a ;ontir..u?ition cf a series of impor tant local attacks on this frpnt be tween itihe Ainse and the Marne, be gTiti by General Petain on Sunday. It is along: this lilne that the allies eppiarently ount it probable thiatt Germany will resume the offensive. Sunday's attacks took the form of a drive tl'-plt carried the French line f rrrward t o-thirds of a mile on a two in tibia area. The igain here was ex- tended Tuesday, while during the day of Wednesday the f ronit of ciperatiotns wns shlifted farther smith and the out skin of Longpont Corsey were reached. D'jining last night, as today's State ment frctm Piiris shows, the FVench made good the occupation of Corey j been reinstated. Other reports made end drove in farther siautfm on the line by this cteiptives give an account of tthe a shcolt distance. The net result is poor Wheat and jpiotato crops, this be that tfr.e French front now runs al- J ing especially htard in the region of most i'n a straight line along a seme3 cf st:-ong positions for a distance of about 12 miles, frtorm the Ainse south ward to below Corsey. Between ' these points and the ( new defensive lines which have been American sector to the south north- organized, according to the war office west of Chateau Thierry there is still report. The statement announces the a westward bulge in the line. The t repulse of a French detachment French pressure cn the north and the which was advancing in the Devoli lAmericans on the south, however, valley. reem likely to result in wiping out ) Running Fight With Submarine, this salient by a continuation of the New York, July 11. A Geman sub present entente tactics of local plung- marine which attacked the American es in this sector if the Germans hold , steamer Lake Forest 1,500 miles off off much longer in launching their ex- pected renewed offensive. Italians Continue Advance in Albania, . London, July 11. Italian troops in their offensive in Albania continue to advance, says a aispaxcn irom itome to the Central News Agency. The Austro-Hungarians are falling back on the Skumbi river, 25 miles north 1 London, July 11. A Swedish news of Berat. paper publishes a statement by a French Take a Town. j Swede who has just returned from Paris, July 11. Frendhi troops last night idaptured the town of Coucy on the front southwest 'of StoSssons, the war office announced today. In addiitklrn to litis they tooV, com- plete control of the Couicy niilway station and also captured the Chateau . 2nd fa.rm of (St. Paul, to the south. British Improve The;r Position. London, July 11. In local lopera- tions last right siouth of the Somme and east of VillersBrettoneaiux, the BrlitiiSTnj improved Hheio; position, says the war. off ice today. The Cermans laist night bombarded heavily one of the Bmtcslh positions east of Amiens aimd on both sides of fche river. Austrian Prisoners Talk About Con- tions. With the Italian Army, Jtuly 10. have carried all positions to the Se- j Mr. Linn feels that he has hit on Evidence secured from Austrian ipris- meni in an advance of approximately the proper way to get this matter de oners drtdioate tihiat the lAmstriain lolsses 15 miles over a 50 mile front. finitely and satisfactorily 'settled and Was Arranged at German Head quarters Under Direction of the Military Leaders. ADMIRAL VON HEINTZ IS TO BECOME FOREIGN SEC 'Y. Appointment of Heintz a Chal lenge to Reichstag- and Insult to Southern German People. (By AssaciaJted Press.X Londioin, Jiuly 11. The fall of For eign Secretary Von KueWmann was arnaoiged alt German aaroy headquar ters as an open (act 'of the Pan-German regime under tihfe dSirectioln of (the mil itary leaders, a. dispatch 1 coming through Holland: says, and (tfhds step is one of a series "of Pan-4Grm)an vic tordes which is not disgniised amd which on the jdantsaTy causes the greaitest (Jelight on the parit of the Pan-Jejrmans. The (report Wit Ad miral Von Heintz is to become Foreign Seoretafry :.5a laoceptted as final by the Pan-tGei&an mtewspatpters who contend, however, that no irfiange of tllicy is intended, as well as 4he assurance tfciat LAdmiral Heintz is h&mcelf not a ilaoHGefman, but Khds is a fafee report eyccordiig to dispadhes t36rt&e Tiwly )ofzz2tziCii9C 'am( tccaXwy' fcinfwr A Decision Reached Monday. Paris (Ha-vias Dispatch), July 11.- TT-13 dleciision to accept the resignation of Foreign mirtiater Von Kuehbnanm was taken an Mionday at a conference at Uhe German army headquarters wl f ch was attended by Emperor Wil liam, Chancellor Hertling and Admiral Heintz, says a Zurich dispatdh to Le Matin. Hhe appoiritment of the ad miral to this office is interpreted by the French paipers to be the wtork of the Germ'an General Staff and is a challenge to ia majority in (the reich- ; stag and a direct insult to the people of Soutihern Germany. during the recent offensive was in the neighborhood of 250,000 men. These prisoners siay that corporal punihmemt in uhe anmy, which was izfoolished by Emperor Charles, has j Bohemia close by Pilsen, Austria's Claim in Albania. Vienna, via London, July 11. Aus trian forces in Albania are occupying Cape Henry while the vessel was re- turning for a recent voyage to Eu rope it is believed to have been sunk by the stealmer's guns after aj 2-hour running fight, according to informa- tion received nere today in marine circlet. Alexander Romanoff Reported Killed. Moscow that Alexander iRomanoff, son of Nicholas Romanoff, former em peror of Russia, was killed by the i Bolsheviki by meahfc tof ia (bomb, says ; an Exchange Telegraph dispatch from ! Copenhagen. I Hemming in the Submarines. i London, July 11. Speaking in Lon don today Sir Eric Geddes, first lord of the British admiralty said mines were gradually hemming in the submarines which now have less free- dom, and he was glad were fewer of them. to say there Unchecked Italian Advance. Washington, July 11. An official dispatch from Rome reports the un- ! checked advance of the Italian troops in Albania with Brat as an objective. From Voyusa the Italians SP AT? TAN MOTHER JOINS SLAIN 'SOTS "REGIMENT; . EKKS ii'T V AT FRONT WHERK-HER BOY HAD DIED: " TO o ' - ( -r utrwur son si&in m jfrmce wnuo Acrving as a lieutenant in the Amer ican forces, Mrs. Mabl Fonda 'diarcissen has left her htcne. at No. tlC Riverside Drive, NewVork City, .) be a Y. M. C. A. canteen worker, j - - -' " - " J In service to the living, this Spartan mother has chosen her substitute for mourning. To make it more ap propriate, she is to serve the canteen attached to the regiment of her dead son, Lieutenant Scott McCormick, for the colonel and other officers of the unit joined in a request that the Y. M. C. A. detail her there upon hearing of her determination to work in France. Taking her place with the mothers of France who, though bereaved. CALLS A CONFERENCE Ccunty Administrator Linn Is to Hold a Conference Between Pro ducer and Consumer on the 20th in the Community Building, to be Fol lowed By Filing of Wood Prices for Coming Winter. Fuel Commissioner Stahle linn its to hold a conference in this city on Saturday, July 20th, for the purpose of getting expressions relatives to a price on wood for the coming winter. While the Fuel commissioner has the authority to set the price, he does not desire to do this and is eroiner to fix a price after the man who owns and must sell the wood and the con - sumer who pays for it have had a word. With this in-view Mr. Linn has asked representatives from all sections of the county from Salis bury and Spencer to meet him at this time and place and hold a conference, the purpose of which will be to arrive at a fair price for wood during the coming winter. Mayor Woodson, Mayor Burton and Local Farmers' Unions are asked to co-operate, naming representatives to ithe conference. TMs it is tfiOught will get an expression from both the producer and consumer which ought to lead to a satisfactory! price being agreed to. The fuel administration, national, state and local, has been working quietly to jet the problem settled be- ! fore the arrival of bad Weather, and with the full co-operation of the peo ple there ought to be brought about a situation far improved over that existing last wihrtelr when coal and wood were both scarce and high nriced FUEL COMMISSIONER HIS tTNIS A3t4. nft .TWiiti MV. - Gareissen -7 jZtJLjZT fgktfnnK ex- WMWWSti:.' - yur sons TCionp w peace- ivyiHs o-sc-jr xwv wMf,w yc ones, diroo oro3iect3 v tlaSers. and ' - . v if . ' prepare Mr..Bae mosT aaernai, war S5,Sr "SSLSTl determination t .ojCut f6ruitne ijest and 'highest witfiin tfoBm.jAmeftean mothers, no matter hww their hearts may bleed, must rise to the leading of itheir sons ' And' 5 fthpse idbltzed j sons fall, still they must rise, keepr'! ing ever before tlhem their sons who have eone ud and up. In otiber words, they must "be worthy of be ing: mothers of the boys of today." Mrs. GarGeissen's sob," Liewfcenant . McCormick, was IkUlecT cn January WHITE SOLDIER HANGED. Committed An Assault On a Young Girl and Paid the Penalty Said He Deserved His Fate. r (By the Associated Press.) Waco, Texas, July 11. Nat Hoff man, a white soldier, was hanged at Caimp MacArthur early today. He committed an assault on a school girl last April. The court matial sentence was af firmed from Washington. Hoffman was 2J years old and from Pennsyl vania. Last April Hoffman met the 11-year-old girl In company with a boy about her age 'in a lonely wooded spat near Camp MacArtfrur. The boy was assaulted and iran away after he was attacked. The affair was reported by the boy to the militry police who soon cantured Hoffman. nis em j utterance before execution was said Ijo 1 be that he deserved his fate. W S S TODAY'S CASUALTY LIST Washington, July 11. The Marine casualty list today contains 35 names divied as follows: Killed in action 13; died of wounds 4; severely wounded 18. Thelist included private John F. Blalock of Hamlet, N. C, killed in action. Army List. The Army casualty list of today contained 68 names as follows: Killed in action 5; died of woundslO; died of disease 2; accidents 1; sever ely wounded 26. slightly wounded 1; missing i naction 23. The list includes Charles Edward Dysart, of Senia, N. C, missing in action. W S S When passion is king, reason is dc? throned. expects a representative attendance at the conference on the 20th. WORKER j.S . . . 7 last, by -band grenade explosion. ere atnding e first PiattslburR AnT for ftfflrfers' training he wa ir the employ of EdnYbnds & Co., bankers. When the United Sttea t uA -r.ro c omnnn.uA first to resign his business cchnec- bCl cu hue nai IJC ttco aiuvn, ??? 5 555? ?J among the earliest. A few days after General Pershing had cabled the news.' of her son s death, Mrs. Gareisseij decided to go to France and filed her application with the Y. M. Cj. A. War Work Council for canteen work. She kept the fact from even her most inti mate friends, ajnong them Provost Marshal General Enoch N. Crowder, until a few days before she left for France Bandits Hold Up Missouri, Kansas and Texas Passenger Train, Shoot Three People, Loot T"ain and Make Escape. (By the Associated Press) Paola, Kansas, July 11. A posse of 200 men today was patrolling the banks of the Mariaio de Cygne river near here awaiting the signal to rush a large body timber in wlhich it is be lieved are hidning a dozen men who late last ncjght held, up southbound Missouri, Kansas and Texas passen ger train at Goch , siding, just south of Paola, shot three persons, lotted the express and ana.il ksars and made their escape. The ajmonHut 'of money oibtjadned by the robbers has not been determined. The posse is composed of members of the countyi anti-horse thief association and home guards from Osawatomie county and other county officials'. A report reaching here early today was that the bandits, closely pursu ed by the pjossemen, had abandoned their cars and took refuge in the big timber which affords an excellent hiding place. WS S : Health Coditions of Camps Good. (By the Associated Press) Washington, July 11. The weekly army Health report today says the health conditions at home camps con tinues very satisfactory. Deaths this week were 112; last week 81. W S S An elastic cushion has been patent ed that can be slipped over the back of a Watch to protect it from jarring. CANTEEN WOI KANSAS POSSEMEN HUNTING MURDERERS AND AN ROBBERS nil mm mm Thousands With Bared Heads Lined the Streets As Flag Draped Casket Passed Airplanes Follow and Drop Flowers Over the Ro"te of Funeral Procession. (By the Associated Press) New York, July 11. The body of John Purroy. Mitchell, in a flag drap-1 ed casket on which rested the cap, he wore as major of aviatio'nwas borne, through the streets of New York to- ? day while tens of thousands of people watched in silent tribute. New York has seen other military funerals of heroes but those who wit nessed the solemn procession which escorted the former mayor's body from the city hall to St. Patrick's cathedral felt that n'one had ever been more im pressive. All along the route people stood with bared heads and many in tears. The bell in the city hall tolled as the casket was borne from the rotunda, where it had lain in state throughout the night, and placed on an artillery cassion drawn bi four horses which eonveyed it to the : cathedral and thence to Voodlawn -cemetery. ...vw auntaneciTcieq overneaa as tbe others whiclr flew hack and forth over the route' dropping- flowers. The hum of the motors carried to the crowd be iow. a sorowiul significance, for it was of plains by the entdrate powers and as an aviator that Mr. Mitchell died. the United" States for tihe organization W S S 1 of an international miliiary force to Sunday School Class on Picnic. eamipiailgin "5n Siberia. Vae, (Sunday sidhcol class of the St. It was stated authoritatively tg Jannes E. L. dhiurch of whicjpj Mrs. J. day, however, that none of the pja(h3 C. Deaton is teacher had a delightful Considered had imet the (objection of piicmic at South river on yesterday. ' Ithe United States governmelnt that i tie onildren were taken, tout in cars by . their pjairents and sjplent a most de- lightfral time iby the river. The class was taken to the picnic grounds by Mr. H. C. Kluttz, Mr. alnd Mrs. John L. Rendleman and .Mr.' and Mrs. P. D. linn. WSS YOUNG BOY BADLY INJURED. Dick" Poole Falls from Auto Truck ! and Sustains Broken Arm and Dis locates Shoulder. Rdohatrd .PoOle, the young on of Mir. iGeorge' iPoole, sustained painful injuries last night in a fall from an auto truck of rtihle Salisbury Transfer Company. The boy Was driving the truck, being engaged in Ithe hauling of trunks, ahd fell friorm one of the tiwiks to the brick street on East Council street. He was taken tto the sanatorium it was found lone arm was broken and a shoulder dislocatedi. These were set and-the injured boy was then taken to his fatSheir's rooms on North. Main street. WSS WHAT OH ROWAN'S COMMUNITY BUILDING? Refusal of County Commissioners to Make Financial Contribution Places This Center in Jeopardy. There ds much speculation as to the future of the Community Building on aarount of Kihte refusal of the coumty commissioners at their recent monthly meeting to maftte the requested con tribution of $1,020 to Itihe sujpport and miadntenance of thlis cehter. For ome itime ft&te ounldlimg has been operated under (financial diff icultiesj and Mir. T. D. Brown, of the lOhatmbey of Commerce, wlhb has been looking after ithe building, has decided to give up the task and it is saiid will return to his farm, near the city. There is grave danger that the building as a whole wfll be iclosed at an early date. Thfis buildaVig has served the county and city well, being a credit to both. It is used as a Chiamilber of Gomtaeirce, office, for rest irootms, for the Red Cross, tthfe .public library and the au dfitorium has served mfahy purposes amd been an almost indispensilble gathering place for meetings, conven tions and the lit le. It is hoped some way mfaly be found to keep the build ing in its entirety lopeSi for tall pur- past. ii Ananias were avmg toqay ne would not be considered much. The New Goven5qjent is in Favor Repudiating tneBrest-LitovsR Treaty WtK Germany. . '6. I AND STAND BY THE DEBTS" The Changing Conditions in Ser bia May Change Allied Plans Somewhat. (By Associated (Press.) Jjondion, July 11. The (program of the mew Serbian .government includes the repudiation of ithe Brest-iLitaveJc treaty end the establislblmient of a Rus" t V,; ' t ' sian repulbldc witib an aultonomous goy - . Xx ernmettt for ISiberia, axrding to a: annoomteement made by a member the new gcywrnment to A correspokii ent of (ai Japanese newspaper, aaysji Tokio dtispatdh to -Itihe iDaiily Expres It is also prolpbsed to rehabilitate tuna auuiijr anu dciiui tiuuips agaiuaix t sian debt will be duly acknowledged and Serhda wall assume her portion 6f t v thiese debts. - M The Serbian Successes Change A Hied S i Plans. - 'h. Wasb3ngition, tJiuly 10. The remark) iiygSWxesayiof t CittchonSlovak le--" iqrirjosiitiion from former Genman and-- Austrian tpsoners of war has (had the effect of susnendine' the nrerAMHt.inn they involved a weakening of the wes- tern front in Europe. Besides his fclbfeerton tfiere has been a reluctance on t(he .part of the administration to depart fym its policy of non-interference 2m the'internal afflaiirs of a friend ly icousntry, lallthtctogh. ilt was admitted that an exception might be justified in thift case of Siberia if it were' clearly established (that the native rootraiation was forcibly dominated by Attstro- Genman soldiers and fatfluence. It is understood that an agreement to try ithe .American proposal to es sisit the Russians economically to re habilitate themselves was albout as fiaT as the (negotiations between (the entente and- tlhle Washington authori tiies had progressed when news of tho rapid lOzeCho-Slovak 0atmipaiign $n Si beria demonstrated the necessity for reivusf.on of any iplans for a. military camjpiaiign in that country. It was said tlhat ithe developments were so suddea and unexpected that it was not now poslsiiible to decide just hotw land when mlilsry aid should be extended. There is no imtentfion, however,-of. abandoning the plain for the introduc tion iinto Siberiai of supplies from America needed by tihe people of that country and tibe personnel of the com mission o take Charge of uhfis work is now (being selected. WSS Time for pleasure tonight: place: Old H3ckory CWb Rdoms and roof glardlen. Pleaure gifvers: The (Business Girls' Units of Ganteeini Service. Come and tiring your friends. It W S s Don't forget (the damce of the alter- natkig Sunday Units of iffiie Canteen J Service wiMdh takes place tonight in this Old Hickory Club rooms instead of ithe Stonewall. The courtesy of the I Wallace Bros, imakes it possible for . those attending the dance to also use the roof glaordein, so be isure to be there, even if you don't dance. It WSS ANOTHER ILLUSTRATION. LOST: WATCH; OPEN FACE, 20 year case, 15 jewel, Elgin move ment. Bronze folb of Virginia-Carolina Chemical 0o. attached. Leave at this office for reward or return to Julius Frdck Rockwell, N. C. 9-3t The above was to hlawte gone three tTmes. but it went only one. Reason : , rne waxon nice une cac came ohq jx - ix I . j, . i j i: :j l; Va3 useler for further insertions, jThe Post Peaay ads "sure do" pay. 4 'is v St f v
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