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In a few hours the British had maeariidvahce of two miles on a front of four miles, accordnTg to. the 1 reports from the battle line. Monchy le Preux, Vuemappe.andWancourt, a little less than-five mijes southeast of Arras have bfeen captur ed by the Britiirv while the French south of the British lines have takeiyMorry and are pressing to the east.7 n In the battle soutli of the Somme General Debeney's French army is at Fresnoy les Roye, about three smiles nofth of Roye; according to the latest dispatches, and General Mangin's army has made advance between the Ailette river and the Aisne and took 400 prisoners on yesterday'. .: . ' . . These towns", Monchy le Preux, Vuemappe and Wan court are on .the old Hindenburg line as it stood on JVIarch 21st. Ju thii sector the Germans drove aliead but were . . held, up after the second day's fighting andjcould get no Germans Attempt Counter Offensive. ,Pan3; Aug. 26. The Germans at- tempted a counter offensive on a large scale against the right win.? of Gen-', eral Mangin's army between Vailiy tn;l Soissons today, but the attack failed utterly. Germans Driven Farther Back. With the British Forces in France, Aug. 26. North of Bapaume the Ger mans were driven farther Jack, ac cording to reports from tne front lines. The British have reached the Bapacrne-Beugnatre road aid estab lished themselves there. , The Ger mans are making great efforts to hold Bapaume but the town is gradually being surrounded. British Casualties 23,000 London, Aug. 26. The British 3rd and 4th armies suffered casualties es- timated at 23000 between August 21st and 25 th, according to l J vises from the front. During period the German losses in prisonei's alone amounted to 20,000 men in the battle cf the Ancre. Additional Prisoners Taken. British Headquarters 4n France, Aug. 26. (Reuters Limited) Bri ish troops yesterday took another 1,500 prisoners, made further collec- tion of guns, trench motors and ma chine guns. General Haig's forces swung forward as far as Longueval in their advance north of the Somme. British troops in the new drive on the Arras front this morning are re- ported to have entered the town of Monehy-le-Preux and to have captured Orange mill. British Have Reached Fringe cf Bulle- court. London, Aug. 25. Via Montreal. Reconnoiterisg patrols of Britsh, troops are entering Bapaume. British Troops at Bullecourt. London, Aug. 25. Via Montreal It is reported that British outposts have reached the fringe of of Bulle- court, which lie3 seven miles north- east of Bapaume and catp'cured high wood, east of Albert. French Go Forward. Paris, Aug. 25. The French have continued their progress east of Bag- neux, between the Allettte and the Aisne, according to the war office an nouncement tonight. The repulsed counter auacKS west ot Lrecy- Au-Mont: Four hundred additional prisoners have been taken. Foe Suffers Heavily British Front in France, Aug. 25. (Havas) Forty-two German divis ions have suffered considerable losses in the present drive, losing 40,000 soldiers, including several hundred officers, in pri?oners alsone. The capture of one officer and four frurhers of an Austrian battery con firms the presence of Austro-Hun-arian artillery on the western front. $1.50 A YEAR AND WORTH IT L BRITISH ARMY iociaxed Press.) British troops this morning be- river sector and are making announces this morning. ALUES DRIVE ON DRIVING HUNS BEFORE. With the British Army in France, j Aug. 25. (10 p. m.) (By the Asso- j ciated Press) On some parts of the nc.thern battle front the British have reached points 1,000 years from the ! , , . , , ,. , . , old Hindenburg line, which seems strongly held In addition to crossing the Albert- Bapaume road at many plaees, the British have made progress southward for a considerable distance, with the cavalry operating in front of the in fantry. Prisoners Taken Front the Huns. Paris, Aug. 26. The number of prisoners taken since the first of Au- guest has reached 20,000, says the Petite Journal. According to this ; announcement three new German di visons have been identified opposite the British. Since the first of Au gust nearly 50 divisons have been thrown against the British lines. With the British Army in France, , Aug. 25 -(By the Associated Press) The British continue smashing the , Germans toward the lod Hindenburg line, which has almost been reached in the northern battle zone. The defense 'of Bapaume have either already been captured or are' in process of being captured. ' Bapaume itself must fall shortly. ! Meanwhile some of the heaviest I fighting of the war is going on in this section of the battle front, for the ' Germans are loath to part with this town which hs great strateic value, Warlencourt, an important position just south of Bapaume on the road i Albert which has been widely cross ed was taken by the British after a i hatter struggle in which the Germans suffered very severe losses, j Great numbers of the enemy were , captured during the day, among them ; a large party from the third German j naval division. i ! So fast was the British advance last ; night and today that it is impossible i to be certain where the front lines will he located from one hour to the next The Germans exhibit signs of crack ing!at some places, but are of regular i aesperaie resistance. Many more j &uns, some of large caliber, have been j taken. One British corps alone has I counted 80 guns. There is evidence of confusion in the enemy rear. Units of the' same division hurled into the battle have been .taken at points separated by many miles. Quantities of material are falling into British hands because the boche has not troubled to apply the torch or explosives. Raoizeres, to the north of Albert fell this morining. British patrols were seen entering Martinpuich, where ap- aimctedl THE LIVES LOST IN SEAPLANE FALL Two American Seaplanes Collided Off Fire Island on Saturday and Three laves Wera Lost When the Plane Sank in Ocean. (By the Associated Press) Washington, Aug. 26, The JopS of a naval seaplane including the crew of three, one them Ensign Donald C Perc, occurred off Fire Island on Sat urday, the naval authorities today make announcement. Perco's machine collided with an other machine and it is believed that it sunk immediately after it fell into the water. Mine 'sweepers were sont to the scene but could find no trace of the machine or the men. - Ensign Stevens piloting the ma chine with which the plane collided landed safely and he anoLhis helpers made immediate effort to rescue the men from the injured plane. The ac cident occured at. 7 o'elock this even ing. The two men missing with Ensign Pero are W. C. Jaegal, chief, ma chinist mate, and t . A. JNewmais. ma chinist mate. W $ , Loss to the Distillery Will Be About j $3,00,000 Whije Government Will j Lose About $6,750,00 43,000 Gal- Ions Burned. ; fWonoWn Vv Arr 94 V, s9rt;ff t;' "t 7 n'VuM, i v...! xi, iVT.. UC.. 4.. J. 1V , plant of the Green River Disstilling rrvT,ar,,r i, k m.Qft i,4. uJa Company here by 10 .30 tonight had destroyed the entireplant, 43,000 bar- -i j j i ii ;l?r" TLVn O V ! " Z U' ,o I 4-1 4. 41 IT-U.J On ii A i tt-;4-j oi oroximateTv SB 70 000 : rn, ui u'""y- -; The blaze started m a pile of trash i U4i- i . : alongside the distillery bottling plant, v.. v. u j-. mui , which burned first The flames w'ere ; to a warehouse then communicated , , ' , " V :T warehouses containing 34,000 barrels of whiskey then took fire, despite ev- ery effort that had been made to check 1 the blaze. . ' This was spectacular in the ex- treme, the flames mounting hundreds cf feet in the air. Every few minutes ' a blazing barrel of whiskey, driven j upward by the explosion of other ' , V"' w" d.r!ut r'f, men ian. IT licil lb ou ucn. LUC whiskey it contained would spread i over the ground in a blazing sheet ; for many years. Buring streams of 1 whiskey ran through the ditches of i the open fields into the Ohio river, j the whole surface of which saemed ot I tims to be on fire. j wss j Mr. Charlie Williams, formerly witft the Parks-Belk Company at Con cord and Albemarle, has u;cepted a position with the- Southern Railway and is located at Spencer. ..wss Mr. James Hunter, a former pop ular Salisburian, now living in Roanoke, Va., is in the city for a few days, being the guest of his father-in-law, N. W. Collett, on South" Fulton street. parently the boche made good his es cape. High wood, a strong position near Loneval (northwesof Combles) is re ported captured, while Eaucourt L'Ab baye, Contajmaison and Courcelette have been occupied by the British. Sapignies is completely in British hands after hard fighting. At 1st re ports a local bafle within the big bat- 1 tie was beinc foueht at Morv and its environs where the lines run through the town. St. Leger was captured and left far behind. After having once been re ported in Croiselles the British with drew to the outskirts. The Germans counter attacked heavily and the Brit ish retired to the endge of thevtown pnd poured shells into the place, while pressing forward on the sides. iT --c.: GREENWYR VI III I UHIIUI Salisbury; north cAROLiA?teDAY; AUG27, 1918. (flits nvnw 4u mm 4mmmi SEWORIOR Washingtcn Obstfif.rs Think - Grow-, der's Demand Wi 'iRemU in Man Power JMeaaurcf.,' v By JUDSQN tVWELLIVER (Staff Gorrespoiur to- The Globe. Copyright, ' ldlfiC-tV J. C. Welliver) Washington' A ,24. "Work or fight,"' a proposal , tQ which pretty nearly everybody varees in theory, is going o have'(ltpt,- es, before it gets written intd .thern .v?man-power law Indications, r however, decidely are that it wiirbe ifirtally be written in, and that, once developed into a work- ing policy with, machinery of fnf6rce ment, it will beiof.. great valae :n the naticnal raobiljzaijoji The President's attitude will vevuch to do with deciding . the outeiiioa. He has not committed hiine.Sflsucb a proposal, and the :a8mimstrain bill did not in clude tlie provismuThis omision U made the most ipt uxopposition. But there . is" ofte jna Vno favors IfUIUV "work or fight"-iK has A bag mflu damage to the crops is general. The ence m congress t resntr -He Isfwind' is estimated to have reached a tSeneral prowder rO- s d'jmt everybody ;else &hkt ; seen tiir0- vost marshal inrac .rithmks jximi great administr'tot - and; Xmtfn&t luckiest -accidents tlL Mve hapTwhfwbxkL jtdVtofll&'i country 'kirk.'-mto.rtt-O'j Jartnleh;- tut iT thanost amorrg tnem admit that ieneral s orowder is the right man in the right ; place. . He has nerve, foresight, organizing ability of a high order. His statists , cal calculations have been wonderful-! v.01av.wy, ion, gycs 1 i- 1L. 1 . 1 I'll V scstain the new, draft bill. .Crow-; '.ft' "r work-or-Brlit leoe he-r ' tninks t an essential part of the pro- - i of building th av Iv. V . then supporting it with the full in-: dustrial power of the country. ?t would be useless to deny that the ; POlItlC iw-ciTcu a onii wiicn, Frank Morrison, secretary of the American Federation of Labor , ap-1 j u TT .,' Peared before the House military i -4 Au j 1 ' committee to oppose the amendment, Mr. Morrison declared that the amend- ; ment amounted to conscription of la- ! bor and nothing less. He was against it on the ground that it was un-Ameri can and that it involved the the inti mation that American labor cannot be trusted to do its part to win the war without compulsion. JNot Aimed at hkilled Workers. j craft destroyed by German subma If Mr. Morrison were the spokes j rines off the New England coast will man of all the country's labor, his views would be correct enough. The 3,000,000 members of theunions affili- i ated with the American Federat ion are not, however, the. ones primarily aimed at by the backers of this meas ure. These are the educated, intelli gent, high-paid, and thrifty skilled workers. They are men who knew what the is about ,and realize their duty in the circumstances. They have j behaved splendidly thoughout, and, if there wo other labor problem save the one of dealing with them, "work or fight" would not be demanded. But, in fact, there is an entirely different problem of labor, which has been made more difficult under war conditions. It concerns the lower grades of labor, unskilled and peri- patetic; the labor that has little in- terest in the war's issus, because it doesn't understand them, and that wants to get the fewest posible num ber of days' work consistent with liv ing. This is the thriftless class, with no ambition or ideal of real usefulness. It is .not common f or politicians to admit the existence, of such a class, but it does exist, and it has been dif ficult to handle in many parts of the country for several months. It is not organized labor, and for the greater part it is not organizable. But, in present conditions, it is highly neces sary, and the problem of putting and keeping it at, work is important. It will be increasingly important as men ar.e withdrawn in greater numbers. Where Waste Cornea In. High wages and " the assurance of employment whenever and wherever it is wanted have 'increased the diffi culty of keeping certain-elements em ployed. They are tempted to. move (Continued on. Page Six.) f.S'iy Or'1' ju. r r" : - ' -J ' -:" L - t ; 1 " : 7 " , n o -iff . r n mew mm w icarae 'i r -j f . i. : . ''.: -f 1 r " . . . SEVERE STO' I IN SENATE TAKES UP BRITISH LAUNCH lif fim" FASTFRH f IfinilNli MAN POWFR Rll I INnTHRP &TT&RK It I 1UIII . 1.1 IV I L.1U1 .lllWUII II I IIIJIll I VII Ull tlbU IIIIVMIL.il III IIIUIl Storm and Flight Water Rage Around Beaufort, Morehead, New Bern and Kinston Waters From Neuse -Back Up in Streets of New Bern Alder man Crabtree Killed By Falling Roof. Norfolk, Va., Aug 25. Belated re ports tonight from several eastern North Carolina points indicate dam ages, to the extent of considerably more than a million dollars to build ings and crops, and the loss of at east one life in last night's storm. Beau fort, Morehead City, New Bern and Kinston reported the severest damage, indicating that they were in the cen- ter of the storm area. Wire com munications with Kinston and New Bera were restoerd tonight at 10 o'cockl, but direct reports from the other coast towns had not been secur ed to midnight. Tonight's reports from Tew Be-n tell of extensive damage to pro perty, overlaid wire systems and to crops, pricipally corn and cotton. The velocity of from 75 to 100 miles an hour. Beaufort r and Morehead City Vere the greatest sufferers, and they "at istill ait, off from the outside was blown from its fastenings into an adjoining street. The storm struck NewBern yester- day at 3 o'clock, and continued throughout the night. Ships were blown from their moorinirsvt!r.d beahr cu, nuuoco were unrooiea, ana ZR9 I." X.X I'.J 1 . . . V. streets littered and blocked hy fallen tM. md tetesraph poles Floods added to the damage, water from the Paml,Vo finnH hJUn,, , v lT V m . "1C Neu.e and Trent rivers, overflowing- r banks and inudating all of the low streets of the city. The electric uguuug sjratcm ui Liie city, ine eiec- trie lighting system was completely knocked cut and wire communication .,, ,, . ., with the outside world cut off until 10 i . 1.1. o clock tonight. W S SS REPLACE FISHING CRAFT. Government Will Build Modern Ves sels to Take Place of Those De stroyed By Submarines. (By the Associated Press) Washington, Aug. 26. Fishing ! be replaced by the Emergency Fleet Corporation at the request of the food administration with deep sea modern trawlers. Constructon will begin on 75 ves sels to be put in operation on the Atlantic and Pacific coasts. The food administration asked for these boats in order to increase the production of i salt water fish -W S S- WILSON FAVORS PROHIBITION. President Is Favorable to Pending Measures, Leaders Say, But Be lieves Extension, of Time Advisable. (By the Associated Press) Washington, Aug. 26. President Wilson, Senate prohibition leaders de clared today, is not opposed to legis- j lation pending in the Senate proposing ! natpinal prohibition during the war, ! hut suggests that the time for it to become effective January 1st next be extended. Negotiations to that end, it is said, seemed to assure an agreement for the passage of the bill, also some ex tension of time to the liquor interests. W SS STORM AT WILMINGTON. Fifteen Thousand Dollars Will Cover Damage to Railroad Property But Crops Are Hard Hit. (By the Associated Press) ..Wilmington, Aug. 26. Fifteen thousand dollars will cover the dam age to railroad property by Saturday's storm Mf vWnghtsville, but no esti mate has . been made concerning the damage to rowinjr corps. Cotton and corn suffered heavily from high winds in inundation. Full trolley the city and, the beach yesterday and great crowds went down to view the wreckage which is being cleared away, $0 & Y&AR AND WORTH IT House Draft of Bill Reported by the Senate Military Commit tee With a Few Changes. IT CONTAINS THE WORK v OR FIGHT CLAUSE Amendment Proposing Special Examiners to Reclassify Men is Struck Out as Unnecessary. ( By Associated Press.) Washington, Aug. 26. With a view to expediting the man power bill extending the draft age limit from 18 to 45 years the Senate to day took up the measure as passed by the House Saturday. The House draft of the bill was to be reported by the Senate military committee. - The House draft bill was to be re ported by the Senate military com thittee today with the work or fight and other minok Amendments previ d.iisiy agree upon hy jhe committee. , The Senate convened under the ion5 standing' agreement to take, up war time prohibition. -'- Sena4prv Sheppard of Texas, prohibition acvocaie, moved to temporarily lay. aside that meas tire; -and ji?: was agreed t readme id e amendments to the rf. UU4.34TK7 simiJUfypfroeeedings xher use oju-f was ubstituted for the draft whieh was pending in, the Senate. The Senate military committee met before thVSenate "convened and re ported theHouse riill with -minor amendments and J&ie; Senate amend ment including t$e "work or fight" proposal WiSiout dhaiige. The Senate committee struck 'out 'the amendment bv Representative Treadwav of Mas- sachusetts adopted by the House and providing for the appointment of spe cial examiners by the Provost Mar shal to reclassify men in deferred classes. This amendment the Senate felt would cripple the authority of State draft boards and also because Provost Marshal General Crowder al ready has power to order reclassifcai tion. Other changes in the House bill made by the Senate committee were without importance. W S S Germyfi Onthrust Repulsed Every where. Paris, Aug. 26. General Mangin's army has repulsed the German on thrust everywhere and in some sec tors gained ground. The French flung back the attacking troops even beyond their starting point, Position of Arras Relieved. With the British Forces in France, Aug. 26. British successes in pushing back the German lines southeast of Arras has considerably relieved the position of that city. The battle this morning extended the active front to the northward.. French and?British forces launched a new attack from the Scrape to what has heretofore been the left flank of the battle line. Everywhere the Ger man lines is reported to have bein beaten in as the British pushed for ward. In the course of the night the Ger mans counter attacked and gained back a portibn of their losses. In the south there is new activity. Along the Scarpe the British continued to push forward last night and tody. A German counter attack at Aeucourt-le-Abeays was repulsed. -W S S : RAILROAD OFFICIAL KILLED. Robert E. Smith, General Superinten dent of Motive Power for Atlantic Coast Line Meets Death While Cleaning His Gun. (By Associated Press.) Wilmington, Aug. 26. Robert E. Smith, general superintendent of motive power for the Atlantic Coast Line Railway, was found dead in his bed this morning with a bullet hole through his forehead and a rifle be side the bed. The presumption is that death .was accidental, the shot being self-inflicted while . cleaning the rifle preparatory- to a trip he was to take, and the coroner's jury rendered a verdict to this effect. PRICE TWO CENTS On Picardy Line North of Artois Sector General Haig's Troops Make Another Attack. BAPAUME IS SEEMINGLY BEING SLOWLY PQCKETJSD If Battle is Successful a German Retreat Over a ; Wide Sector Will Probably baForced. (By Associated Press.) On the Picardy line to the north of the Artois sector the British have launched an attack, east of Arras in the reigJon of be Scaafte rifver. v This (may be considered a new de velopment of hie battle Jine eas$ of the Ancre (which begian last Wednes day. . The British war office . announces that good progress (has been made in the' new attack begum in an tarea in which the Germans had held a forti fied line for the .past two yers, Just to the souitakof tfteJeul the British had one set Ib4dentiy,v for the" today's reports'flhoi fighting is west of Deons'wiiere tihe, Imttle wa raiging; iPrt from GeaiensdHaig sse Progress ori; the et side of the Somme is repiorted Jftandon ' tMs morning, the Brtt?isl;Aaving gone far to,wa.rds (Mardcourt,'("ilfc'i jnlies noa'tfet east of Bray. "t They have Ibeen iraJdhg;" reat i strides from iRoye to the Aisne river, j according to the French report, but no ! infantry action is reTOiorted. German surprise attacks in Ibhe Vosges region have been napulsefii according to Paris. As the battle ;line now stands the British are near the old Hindenburg line scutfj of lAirras where they are lmiafking attacks along the Scarpe riw- If the attack launched this morning is successful it may 'have a determin ing effect on the course of the battle further south, for a German retreat over tn wide section might be forced. It wiould also affect the Flanders sec tor to the north, from which the Ger mans are said to be retiring. A heavy rain is falling over the battle area and this will tend to slow down the mioVement of troops. WSS HOOVER OPTIMISTIC OVER THE PRESENT SITUATION Food Administrator Reports That Ger many's Prospects of Grain from Ukraine Have Not Materialized. Washinigbon, Aug. 24 'Food Admin istrator Hoover returned itx 'his office today after spending seiveral weeks in Europe more optimistic over' tine gen eral situation of the alMes, both mili tary and econictaic, than at any time since the beginning of the war. Mr. Hoover spent the day going through his accumulated snail and in food; ad ministration problems .with, his assis tants. " iDiscussing the food situation m the enemy countries iMr. Hoover said Ger many's prospects for grain from the Ukraine did not materialize. The stix&r of grain in Germany, he said, is about the same as last year. Aiustiria's con dition is not quite so igood in this re- aoect, according to information taVail alble in Eurotpie. Rumania and Bulgaria, he said, both exporters of grain, are now with out grain even for their town use, and Germany must supply hoth countries or let them starve. The. fooid situation in Central Rus sia, he badd, is very bad, and several of the provinces are so short of grain and other food, the population is in danger of startv&tion. W S S- Mrs. James D. Heilig has gone to Atlantic City. W S S Mr. John Conroy, Jr., came th last night from Washington, D. C, where he has been holding a responsible, po-cit-'-n awaiting his call $fi he colors. He left this morning for Gastonia to join hia. comrades on their way to camp, to do" their bit for Uncle Sara. Bapaiime ia Meomfientg .. 'vi! A) A- YAH- '; rt r 'ji , V i 'i , 1 v A J -A h K If - - - m mitf 1 T" - - ii ii - ir r 1 m - u nmm m - mr ' n . -
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