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Americans Troops Alone Capture Over
8,500 Prisoners And Scores Of Big Guns
Territory Strewn With Dead Huns ; h,Tier caUbr an? -h,e f"ploym:rtt
. v mmxau ;0f iarge numbers of picked troops, in-
And Horses-Allies Continue Pursuit
l and the Bavarians;' and in spite of the
pjgures When Announ
ced "Will Thrill The
Allied World' '-Most All
The Enemy Killed Or
Captured.
PARIS, Aug. 4. The town of Fis
ires, Germany's great storehouse on
on the Aisne-Marne battle front, has
ueen taken by the French and Ameri
can troops, according to the French
official communication issued this
evening. The French also have
cross the Vesle at several points.
PARIS, Aug. 4. (Battle Front,
3:45 P. M.) Allied forces in pursuit
of the Germans have passed through
a veritable charnel house strewn with
the debris of war
Bodies of men and .
horses are mingled with broken down
vehicles alongside of monster ammu-
mtion dumps Bomepartially exphded
and other intact. :Bodies of Germans
, , . ,
found in clusters : beyond the range
of the Allied artillery indicate that
severe punishment was inflicted on
the fleeing columns by the French, ir
American and British aviators.
t DAY'S FULL WAR STORY.
j cannot yet be forecast, but should the
The German retreat conttinues un-; Allied troops be able to press back
abated, with the Allies everywhere mjthe line for any material gains east
hot pursuit. -twnrd'it is not improbable that it
Apparently s the situation now has would dislocate the entire German line
resolved itself into a race for the in the south.
northern bank of the Aisne. river by; There has again been considerable
the Germans, who have been evicted activity on the Italian mountain front,
from (strategic positions along the : where at several points the Italians
Vesle river, in the center of the line have attacked and defeated the Aus
and directly east of Rheims, which trians. -
seemingly renders necessary that they j
put the Aisne between themselves and Allies Reaped Full Fruits of
their pursuers as quickly as possible j Victory, Says General Pershing.
in order to escape further large lisses j
of men made prisoners. ! , . . ... A 4 A11. , .
is at present cannot be reckoned now, I
but unofficial advices from Paris as-i
mm w wv,o fV,o arp madp I
public they: will "thrill the Allied defeat on the Marne was dmcon-i ere atdaggerB pointg by a
world." Gen. Pershing in his com-,fusion beyn4 the Ime of the Vesle, ltroversy arising over a dog fi'ght,
munique says the Americans alone Gen- Pershing reported m his com- matters were further .complicated sev
have taken 8,400 prisoners, and, in ad- munique for yesterday received today , . weekS; later when the Hales slap
dition, 133 guns M the War Department American j d Qne of the King children Bad
Complete Capture Fismes.
After hard fighting the Americans
and French have succeeded in taking
from the Germans the important town
of Fismes, once Germany's great am-
munition and supply deppt, midway on
the railway . between Soissons and
"tcuus, wnne to ine east ai a uumuci
of places along the Vesle river the
French have crossed the stream,
driving the enemy northeastward.
negotiated the passage of the Aisne !
to the northern bank of that stream, I
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"uc": mey are in a position to nstisa
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t enemy as ne enaeavors to straiKin--
out his line in conformity with
that runnine- northwestward'
Manv Z CrZTcVL Aisne. !
So fast has been the retreat of the
Germans in the center that already
some elements of their, forces have
succeeded in reaching the northern
bank of the Aisne. and getting: num
bers of their big. guns, across with
them. All through-the salient towns
are still ablaze behind the retreating
Germans,, and even, corn fields have
been set afire .in order to prevent the
Allied troops from garnering the
Opened crop.. :
The righting along the Vesle . river
J'&s of a sanguinary character , as
ng as it lasted. With the river at
yeshet and the Germans unable to
Iord it, they stood with their backs
? it and gave battle for their lives.
i Verity of them were .killed, and I
(Tuesday)
A SEMI-WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF WARRENTON AND WARREN COUNTY
iieiiems Can
Sweat
tiOne of the must important maneuvers
InnUt. -4 IT 1 ,
lii w me vesie was tne penetra
tion by the French to the village of
Le Neuvlillette, which releases (the
German hold on the northern outskirts
of Rheirns and seemingly delivers the
cathedrg.1 city from the German men
ace. Eyes Turned to Amiens.
With the Germans now throughly
vanquished thus far on the Soissons
Rheims salient, eyes are being turned
to the regions in the northwest on both
sides of Amiens. Here the French and
British are keeping up their hard
pressure against the armies of Crown
Prince Rupprecht of Bavaria and have
forced them on two highly important
sectors to retreat. Southeast of
Amiens on the old Montdidier sector
the Germans have fallen back across'
the Avre river over a wide front,
while northeast of Amiens, in the re-
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movement nas oeen maae across tne
Ancre. The German official communi-
ofiAn cinrt i v rr " 4- Via ixri rl i-o Tiro 1 nncv
. A declares the maneuver was
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carried out without interference by the
Ig-.jg-
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i ' What May Happen.
luct what tearing these naw off en
s' ves will have on the fighting front
tc which the Germans ultimately re
treat foi a stand in. the Aisne region
wasmngion, Aug. ajucu uuu
in the Aisne-Marne salient reaped the
full fruits of victory" o nSaturday
"when the enemy met his second grea.
itroops aione nave p1Cu "
loners and 133 guns.
The text of the statement follows :
"Section A The full Iruits oi vie-
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tory in the counter-offensive begun so.
gloriously by France-American troops
lg were reaped today when
who mefc his seccnd great
wu r & . J I
defeat on the Marne was ; nven m
confusion beyond the line of the Vesle.
"The enemy, in spite of suffering the I
severest losses, has proved incaple of
stemming the onslaught of our troops
Aght for liberty s.de by
French. British and Italian veterans.
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Tn the course of the operations, ,4uu
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and 133 guns have been captured by
our men alone'
"Section B-There is nothing to re- j
port in this section.
The Germans now are mipimS .
strong opposition to the richer aa -
v&nce of the allird troops alo'-iff the
Vesle river from east of Sosons - to
the region west of Rheims.
Meantime, however, tlie main Duuie
of the enemy army continues to make
their way toward the Aisne, tothe
north of which stream they hope
somewhere to reach a haven of safe
ty from the persistent onslaught of
the American, French, British and
Italian troops, who in less than tnree
weeks have all but blotted out the
Soissons-Rheims salient.
Notwithstanding tne
play by the b q
Notwithstanding the bringing t
WARRENTON, N.C.,
Strorfehouse
fact that the rains have sent the Vesle
out of bounds and turned the lowlands
into quagmires the Americans and the
other allied roops have forced cross
ings of the river at a number of nev
points and on the north side of the
stream are engaging the enemy.
Nullify Counter-Attacks.
The latest French official communi
cation which recently has been ex
tremely modest in chronicling giins
made by the allies, says that Monday
saw only local engagements and that
the situation on the battle front is
without change. Correspondents with
the allied headquarters, however, as
serts that at several points between
Sermoise, which lies to the east of
Sdissons, and Fismes and , between
'ismes and Muizon the French and
Americans have taker, further ground
across the Vesle and have nullified
German counter-attacks delivered in
an endeavor to recoup the losses. Be
tween Muizon and Champigny the
Prussian guard v and the Bavarians
again suffered heavy casualties in
their efforts to hold back the antago
nists. -W.S.S.-
A Most Deplora
ble Tragedy Near
Littleton Thursday
One of the most tragic affairs to
occur in Warren county in some time
occurred last Thursday' afternoon at
five o'clock near the home of Mr. T.
D. King, of River township, five miles
north of Littleton.
Mr. Jim Hale and son following a
heated conversation with Mrs. Bud
King seized her and in the mix up
Mrs. King was fatally shot by a pistol
in the hand of one of the Hale's. The
cause of the shooting eame about in
this wise as : near as could be ascer
tained from people well acquainted
with the facts:
Several months ago the two families
.blood was existant and Mrs. King
several days; ago drove some, stakes
in the road passing her premises and
oraerea uie ntiie s tu tru ciiouiiu axiu
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flssertin that th
were going that way if they had to
kill her (Mrs. King). She retorted
that it was a game two could play at
through she reach.
barrelled shot ?un. Both
the Hales ran forward and as one
wrested the. shotgun from her the
pistol in the hand of the other spoke,
and Mrs. King, mother of nine chil
dren, one a babe of two months, fell
, ,
u wag asserted that the trouble was
premeditated for both the Hale's had
purchased pistols from a hardware
firm of Littleton. The Hales stand
wll in River townshin and the action
comes as a surprise to all. The true
jfacts in the case will come to light
here &t the September term of Court.
j Mr jim . jjaie was arrested by
j Chief Cullom,,of Littleton, and placed
in -ail here ; Thursday night. Young
Hale, a man of nineteen or twenty,
was not apprehended until Saturday
when he gave himself up.
An inquest was held Friday by Cor
oner John Clay Powell and the scene
visited by County officers.
W.S.S.
Mr. Walter B. Myrick, of Littleton,
has been appointed by Mr. W. G. Ro
gers as Township Food Administrator
for River -Township. . . :.
TUESDAY, AUGUST 6, 1918
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; U. S. Food Administration.
Of Squire ?Tater 'low he goin to
be mighty nigh king1 er do roos'
rabng garden sasg folks. We alia
; kin eat him.aa a 'tater boiled, baked,
fried, stewed, cooked wid cheese en
dey gettin'. so dey make im inter
flour; so's we kin "substi-tute" him
fo wheat flour.. He's le "substitu
tenest" of all de vittles, he sez. i
De udder garden sass folks -lak
inguns, tomatues, cabbage en turnipa
en squash don't need to git peeved,
'cause dey's goin to be room ia de
pot fo' de whole tribe. Ev'y laa'
one on 'em can he'p save wheat en
meat f er de boys dat's doitt' de fight
in over yander.
-W.S.S,
Pretty Home WedJ
ing At Macon 31.
A pretty home wedding was solem
ized at the home of Mrs. Kate Van
Landingham Shaw Wednesday after
noon at 3 o'clock when her youngest
daughter, Miss Kate Jerman, became
the bride of Mr. Earnest Jones Har
bison, of Lenoir, North Carolina. ;
Simplicity and beauty marked every
detail of the - wedding. The rooms
were tastefully decorated for the oc
ccasion. In the parlor where the cer
emony was performed green ;and
white was the color scheme. To ; the
strains of Mendelsohn's wedding
march played by Miss Ethel Brown,
of , Catawba the groom entered -attended
by his brother Dr. John Har
bison. Following the groom came
the 'ring bearer; Master George Wal-
iter Shaw, nephew of the bride, carry
ing the ring in a white lly. Next
came Miss Susan Shaw maid of honor,
handsomely gowned in a white Geor
gette crepe embroidered in Shetland
wool and made over white . crepei de
chine, with white crepe hat to match.
She carried pink Killarney roses.
Then the brided entered on the arm
of her brother, Mr. Robert Shaw, who
gave her in marriage. She was at
tired in a becoming travelling suit of
blue with gray accessories and carried
brides roses. The ceremony was per
formed by Rev. James Braxton Crav
en, President of Davenport College.
Lenoir, North Carolina.
Mrs. Harbison is a graduate of.
Davenport College, - Lenoir, . and has
studied at Columbia University, New
York City. . She - is one , of . Warren
county's most: charming and attractive
young ladies and will be greatly; miss
ed by her many friends.
Mr. Harbison is a . .... graduate of
Trinity College, Durham N. C, re
ceiving his A. B. degree in the class
of nineteen twelve. He also studied
aat Emory College, Atlanta,, Georgia.
After an extended wedding trip
through the -mountains of Western
North Carolina Mr. and Mrs. Harbi
son will make their .home in Lenoir,
North Carolina, where Mr. Harbison
is. instructor in Science and Education
at Davenport college.
The out of town guests here for tlie
wedding were Mrs. Jennie Beclsham,
of Middleburg, Miss Ethel Brown, of
Catawba; Mrs. C. C. , Coleman and
daughter, of Wise; Rev. J. B. Craven,
of Lenoir, and Dr. John Harbison, of
John's Hopkins University, Baltimore,
Maryland.
W.S.S. '
HE THOUGHT HE COULD SEE
A HUN BUT OFFICER SAID NO.
Kansas Citf, Mp., August 2nd Ser
geant William H. Smith of the local
U. S. Marine recruiting station was
examing Jesse Somerville, a husky
Kansas farmer, for enlistment in the
Marines.
Somerville, it was found, had bad
eyesight and could not read letters
an inch high at twenty feet. He
could not understand why this, should
keep him out of the service.
"You've got to have good eyesight
to pick off those Huns," he was told.
"You dnn't mean to tell me," he
said earnestly, "that those Huns are
that small?"
W.S.S.
Hot air and cold feet are often boon
companions.
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(Friday)
NO VICTORY UN
TIL BERLIN FALLS
! A GREAT DANGER TO CIV
ILIZATION AND MORALITY
Would Be A Peace With Ger
Many And Her Allies Without
" Punishment. A Great Danger
Lies In Seeking A Premature
Peace With Unspeakble Huns
And Her Dupes And Tools-
The glorious news which comes from
France, telling of how our troops and
those of our Allies have beaten back
the army of invaders who have cursed
every foot of ground over which they
have trod, may well give heart to the
nation and to all civilization. It
would, however, be a serious mistake
for us to imagine that this means tut
ending of the war, for it does not. We
are a long way from Berlin, and until
the American flag flies over Berlin as
a conquered city, and the terms of
peace are written there, and the Hoh
enzollerns, the Hapsburgs and their
leaders in this world horror have paid
with their own lives the penalty for
their unspeakable crimes, it would be
premature to do much shouting.
The fight is yet a long and desper
ate one.
We may rest assured that before
our troops cross the Rhine and break
down the barriers ahead of us there
will be fearful losses, and we shall
have to steel our hearts to a full real
ization of the magnitude of the task.
Germany, the blackest criminal in
the world's history, will, through
every influence which it can exert in
this and every other counttry, seek to
secure peace whenever ' its military
leaders find that they" are- doomed.
We shall have; peace talk from, some
weak-minded ministers of the" Gospel,
but, thank God!, their number is few.
We shall have peace talk frommany
papers some moVed by pro-German
influence, some by sickly neurotic sen.
timent against punishment of crime -and
wherever pro-German deviltry
can carry on its work we may rest as
sured it will be done, for many men,
claiming the livery of Heaven, will uo
engaged in the work of the devil.
Many will seek to create an impres
sion that Germany must not be pun
ished and that its people are different
from its military leaders, when every
intelligent man who has studied the
situation new knows that the people
and the military leaders are one and
the same in the support of this war.
The unspeakable individual crimes
which marked the movement of the
German army through Belgium and
France, crimes which blacken the
pages of human history as they were
never blackened in the past; crimes,
to recount which Secretary Lansing
recently said "would sicken a tiger,"
were not committed individually by
the Kaiser or the military leaders, but
by the people themselves in the armies
of Germany, encouraged thereto by
the milittary leaders as ap art of
Germany's Campaign of Frightfulness.
These people must be made to realize
that sin must be punished and that
crime must be atoned for, or else the
blood of the millions of soldiers who
have died will have been shed in vain,
and the broken-hearted women, who
have suffred as no other women in all
human history, will go unavenged.
The great danger which faces this
country tday is that there will be a
persistent-effort to bring about a pre
mature peace; a peace without punish
ment, which, if ever made, would be a
deep stain on the honor and chivalry
of this Nation.
The Nation which condones inter
national crime is akin to the criminal,
as the individual who condones crime
becomes in effect a participator in the
immorality of the criminal.
I;t behooves every honest-hearted
man and woman in this country to
make certain that neither in in pulpit
nor in the press nor in private conver
sation shall there be the lightest word
said in favor of peace until that peace
is written in Berlin, after the crimi
nals have paid the full measure of
penalty for their crimes.
"On to Berlin!" should be the un
ceasing demand of every honest
hearted man and woman, and he who
does not take that view of the situa
tion is false to all honor and false
to all civilization, it matters not who
he may be, or what his position in
life.
s
RICHARD H. EDMONDS,
Editor Manufacturers Record.
Number 63
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CONSIDERING THE
18 TO 45 DRAFT
MAN POWER BILL INTRO
DUCED IN BOTH HOUSES
It Immediate Passage Is Urged
By Both Provost Marshal
Crowder and Secretary Baker.
Hope To Pass Bill Before Sep
tember 5th, So That New Men
May Register On September 5.
Washington, Aug. 5. With an ur
gent recommendation from Provost
Marshal General Crowder that it be
enacted without delay, and a sugges
tion that, September 5 next might be
ii'xed as registration day for 13,000,
000 men throughout the country, the
administration's man-power "pill re
quiring the registration for military
service of all men between the ages
of 18 and 45 years was introduced
today in the Senate and House.
Unless immediate steps are taken
to provide additional men, General
Crowder said the weekly registration
of men as they attained twenty-one
years of age will be necessary to fill
the draft quotas after September 1,
when only 100,000 cf the 1918 regis
trants will be available.
Upon the introduction of the bill,
Chairman Chamberlain announced
that the Senate Military committee
would meet tomorrow to consider thd
bill.
He said he did not think hearings
would be necessary and only three
or four days should be required to
report the bill. Chairman . Dent, of
the House committee, said since only
three members of his committee are
in Washington, it was doubtful wheth
er the bill could be acted upon before
the House reconvenes on August 19.
Suggestions made on the Senate
floor by Senator Curtis, of Kansas,
of recessesr and perfunctory session
until August 24 if the bill can . ba
favorably reported by the committee
within a few days were endorsed by
Senator Chamberlain. However, Sen
ate leaders now in the city said any
plans to this effect would be held in
abeyance until the committee could
determine just how much time -would
be necessary for a thorough dislussion
of the bill.
Age Limits 18 to 45.
The bill would amend the present
selective service act so as to require
the registration of all men between
18 and 20 years and 32 and 45 in
clusive. While the total number of
men in the latter classes would total
10,028,972. Gen. Crowder estimates
the total number who would be eli
gible foclass one would be only 601,-
236 owing to exemptions for depen
dents or industrial and physical reas
ons. Between 18 and 20 years his es
timates show that 3,171,-771 would
register while 1,787,609 men would
be eligible for class one.
The principal . portions of the bill
presented as amendments to the orig
inal draft law, are as follows:
The President may draft such per
sons liable to military service in such
equences of ages and at such time
or times as he may prescribe. A cit
izen or subject of a country neutral
in the present war who has declared
hi3 intention to become a citizen oi
the United States shall be relived
from liability to military service upon
his making a declaration in accord
ance with regulations as the President
may prescribe, withdrawing his in
tention to become a citizen of the
United States and he shall forever
be debarred from becoming a citizen
cf the United States."
Agriculture and Industry.
The provision referring to persons
engaged in industry and agriculture,
providing for their relief from mili
tary duty would be amended to read:
"Persons engaged in occupations or
employment found to be necessary to
the maintenance of the military es
tablishment or, the effective opera
tion of the military forces- or the
maintenance of a national interest
during the emergency."
The principal section would pro
vide: "All male persons between the ages
of 18 and 45, both inclusive, shall be
subject to registration in accordance
with regulations to be prescribed by
the President, and, upon confirmation
by the President or other public notice
(Continued on Page Four.)
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. of machine guns and artillery
remainder were made prisnoer