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TURKS TAKEII-ALLIES
CONTINUE GAINS
PARIS, Oct. 2. 7 p. m. Gen.
Berthelot's army this afternoon
reached the Aisne canal at sever
al points. The Germans are re
treating all along this front.
The progress of Allied arms in
Flanders continues unchecked
notwithstanding the stiffened re
sistance of the Germans.
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FRENCH HOLD ST. QUENTIN
FRENCH HEADQUARTERS
IN FRANCE, Oct 2. The whole
of St. Quentin is in the hands of
the French.
DOMINATE CANAL
WITH THE FRENCH ARMY
IN FRANCE, Oct 2 (2 p. m.j
Gen. Berthelot's forces in the
course of the night and this
morning completed their con
quests of St. Thierry Massil,
northwest of Rheims, occupying
Pouillion and taking the fort, of
St. Thierry.
The French now dominate the
plain to the east and threaten
the German positions all along
the Aisne-Marne canal from Be
theny to the north, including the
for of Brimont, where were post
ed he guns that accomplished the
greater part of the destruction of
Rheims.
Further slight advances by
both Gouraud and Berthelot in
these regions will make of the
Rheims salient another pocket
irom which the Germans will find
an exit with difficulty.
GAIN AT CAMBRAI
London, Oct 2. The Germans have
lost further ground to the British in
the outskirts of Cambrai and north
west of that city, but northeast of St.
Quentin the British under a violent
counter-attack have been forced from
the village of Sequehart, according to
Field Marshal Haig's communication
issued tonight.
SHELLING AMERICANS
With the American Forces on the
Verdun Front, Oct. 2, 3:30 p. m. Ger
man artillery in the early hours today
freely sprinkled the areas behind the
American lines with shells containing
sneezing gas and phosgen. Between
the Meuse and the Mozelle the Ger
mans directed quite a concentrated ar
tillery fire on the American positions.
The nervousness of the enemy along
the line indicate that he expcts an at
tack. American detachments entering Ges
ies, northwest of ' Montf aucon, found
it free of the enemy. The roads in
the neighborhood of the village like
wise were clear of Germans. .
One German airplane fell to Ameri
can anti-aircraft guns and some fifty
Austrians were captured in the Woe
vre sector.
7,000 TURKS TAKEN
London, Oct. 2, 8 p. m. More than
7,000 Turks were taken prisoner when
Gen. Allenby's forces occupied Da
mascus, the war office announced tonight.
AMERICANS RESCUED
British Headquarters in France, Oc
tober 2 The contingent of Americans
who had been holding out since Sun
day, in a far advanced position be
tween Cambrai and St Quentin
against greatly superior numbers have
been rescued. -
In our attacks around Vendhuile
yesterday we were able to fight thru
and relieve this party, numbering
some hundreds, who having taken up
their position Sunday night, were sur
rounded by the Germans early Monday
Notwithstanding that they were op
posed by such superior numbers and
only possessed the ammunition and
rations which they themselves were
carrying, the Americans made a mag
nificent resistance and the ground was
strewn with German dead.
The town of St. Quentin, upon which
the Germans had so firmly builded
their hopes for proving" an insuperable
barrier to the Allies, at last has been
entered by the French and seemingly
the gateway is open to Marshal Foch
for a swift advance eastward in his
task of reclaiming Northern France.
Meanwhile the Germans and their
Allies on all the battle fronts have
continued to play a losing game and
reports have it that the Turks,, realiz
ing the critical situation through suc
cessive defeats and the withdrawal of
Bulgaria from the war, are sending
out peace feelers.
Battle Front Seething
From Northern Belgium to the re
gion of Verdun the battle front is
still seething with activity on various
fronts and with the Entente forces
continuing to make gains against the
Germans, seriously imperiling the en
emy lines.
In Flanders the Belgians and British
in the region from Dixmude to Ar
mentieres have further driven in their
sharp wedge eastward, capturing im
oortant towns and cutting lines of
communication necessary to the con
tinued holding by the Germans of their
submarine bases on the North Sea.
Violent Enemy Reactions
From Cambrai to St. Quentin, not
withstanding: most violent reactions
from the Germans, the British, Amer
icans and French aerain nave won
heavily fortified positions of the en
emy all along the front. Midway be
t.wpfin St. Quentin and Cambrai tne
remaining portions' of the old Hinden-
v
burg line are slowly being demolished
although the Germans have imposed
the strength of nearly half a million
men against the allied troops to hold
the front, the breaking through of
which, in conjunction with the sucress
ful manedvers in Flanders, along the
Aisne and in Champage wosld mean
disaster '
Between Vesle and Aisne
Between the Vesle and Aisne rivers
the French continue to push back the
Germans north of the Aisne, while in
Champagne the French operating in
conjunction with the Americans are
steadily advancing northward. Their
guns now dominate the Aisne river
valley running to the north of the
Armenne forest while on the other side
of the forest the Americans are slow
ly coming up the Aire valley from the
south- and soon will be in a position
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with the French to nip tnis great
wooded bastion out o tne uerman
line.
In the region of the Italian from
there has been a considerable increase
in artillery activity, and it is probable
that Marshal Foch will begin an-offen
sive here against the Austro-Hungar-
lans.
In Palestine and Macedonia
Gen. Allenby in Palestine has sur
rounded Damascus and French calvary
is reported to be working its way up
the Mediterranean bea.
In the Macedonian theatre west oi
Orchrida the Austrians are evac
uating territory in Albania, probably
irwtinf? that now Bulgaria is out
of the war and the Austro-Hungarians
r-pnliVe thev are in a serious prtmi-
ment, far from home, and with no al
lies to aid them.
The Fourth Liberty Loan of $6,000,000,000 is the
Eagle's Answer to the Vienna Vulture. V
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The racket raised in celebrating Pershing's Birthday
Party in the Saint Mihiel Salient scared this carrion
crow, and the black feathers of this hybrid Hun hawk
turned a yellowish white in its flight. - " v
The Kaiser heard the echo of the Yankee guns, and
quickly decided to make Austria the scape-goat once more
before the news reached Berlin.
Wilhelm asked Baron Burian to try to cover up the
yellow streak, so that this buzzard could masquerade like
a Dove of Peace and send this camouflaged carrier pig
eon to Washington.
Wilson's reply was a knock-out blow std Germanhy-"
pocrisy. It took the "helm" away from Wilhelm. It
was clear, crisp and curt. It sent a thrill of pride thru
every real American, who is sick of German duplicity and
German diplomacy.
II was just like a business man's answer to a tricky
proposition from a crooked bankrupt, who knew that ac
tion had been started.
Uncle Sam simply referred Wilhelm to previous cor
respondence where he had outlined in detail the only
terms of settlement he would accept and told him when
he was ready to talk business on that basis he was ready
to listen in the meantime he would proceed.
Now .every man that felt the red corpuscles move a
little faster when Wilson spoke to Wilhelm has the op
portunity right now to make his dollars speak.
And this is Belgian Day. ; Every mother's son,
whose blood boiled when the Him blasted his way through
Belgium, will put his last dollar behind Our Boys to help'
Pershing make Wilhelm get down on his knees and put
together the little scrap of paper he tore up in Belgium.
Yours for The Fourth Liberty Loan
More than 100 hostile planes and 21
balloons have been shot down by Am
erican aviators since September 26th,
General Pershing said.
Paris, October 1 A German counter
attack in the vicinity of Apremont, on
the battle front northwest of Verdun
was successfully beaten back' in the
forenoon of today by the Americans.
Otherwise the fighting on the Ameri
can front was virtually at a standstill.
The broaken roads and destroyed
bridges are being repaired in order
that the transport of supplies to the
front may be continued with greater
regularity. There was no change in
the battle line at 2:30 o'clock this af
ternoon when this dispatch was filed.
The enemy's casualties continue
heavy under the American artillery
and infantry fire and the operations
of the American tanks! The trench
strength of one company of Germans
was reduced irom ou to 10; anuuiex
company, lost 30 per cent of its effec
tives.
Amsterdam, October I According
to Budapest newspapers the Austro
Hungarian government desires peace,
in agreement with Germany, notwith
standing the fact that measures have
been taken for defense as a result of
Bulgaria's withdrawal from the war
on Germany's side.
A dispatch received here today from
Budapest quotes the newspapers ot
that city as saying that a crown coun
cil was held Saturday at which mili
tary measures that had become neces
sary as a result of Bulgaria's action
were taken to guarantee an effective
defense, but the government was still
striving at the earliest, possible mo
ment, in agreement with Germany, to
secure a peace that would absolutely
preserve the monarchy's territorial in
tegrity.
W.S.S.
Peace Demonstrations In Bernn
' Peace demonstrations have been held
in Berlin in which police intervention
became necessary. Some excesses
were committed by the crowds such as
he tearing down of statutes. The
possibility of a cabinet crisis in Ger
many is indicated by the resignation
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EDMOND F. MASTON
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Son of Mr. and Mrs. M. Y. Baker, of
near. Warrenton, who is now with H.
Company somewhere in France. He
volunteered in May 1917 at the age
of 17, and is now faithfully doing his
bit for home and country.
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of the Imperial Chancellor, Vice Chan
cellor and Foreign Minister.
In the recent fighting in France and
Flanders the German losses in men
killed or wounded and in guns captur
ed have been enormous. To the Bel
gians the Germans lost virtually all
their forward defensive artillery and
some heavy naval guns. Many men
were made prisoners. During Septem
ber the British took 66,300 prisoners,
700 guns of all calibres and thousands
of machine guns in addition to inflict
ing heavy losses on the enemy and in
August and September took 123,618
prisoners and 1,400 guns.
Washington, Sept. 1 Further ad
vances, by the American forces along
the Meuse river and in the Argonne
forest were reported in General Per
shing's communique for today, receiv
ed tonight at the War pepartment.
American patrols have passed beyond
Cierges and are maintaining contact
with the enemy.
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Son of Mr. and Mrs. W. Crawford
Fleming, of Manson. Before his call
to the colors, he was Fireman on the
P. R.R. in Philadelphia. He left for
Camp Jackson in the first Draft last
September , and is now ; in France in
the Engineering Corps. He is busi
ness like, enthusiastic, thoughtful, and
makes a good soldier.
Lt. Powell Writes
To Home Folks.
Lieut. Leon Powell, a graduate in
Aviation, son of Capt. R. H. Powell of
Durham and nephew of Mr. John B.
Powell of this city, writes a letter to
home folks under date of September
3rd; 'giving his first experience when
sailing 40 miles into Germany on his
maiden observation, trip.
Lieut Powell interestingly writes:
We crossed the line in a double-seated
plane, one of a squadron of six on
observation duty; I had just turned
to my observer and laughingly said,
"Boy, we are Alabama bound" when
the anti-aircraft guns let loose upon
us and six inch shells began to ex
plode all around my plane, one explod
ing so near that my plane jumped for
ward from the concussion.
We passed through - the smoke and
fumes all right and the excitement
was intense. In a few moments the
anti-aircraft guns stopped, adn we
were on the lookout for battle planes.
In a few moment a Hun plane of a
red nose and yellow tail was right
above us and the tat-tat-tat of his
machine gun split the air. Though
out for observation, I wanted to get
back at him and manouvering into
position I turned to my Observer, and
told him to let our gun talk a little.
He was sea-sick, but soon rallied and
opened up with the gun working splen
didly, filling the air with bullets as
I fought for good position. The Hun
machine dropped back, we became
separated and I continued my obser
vation. This encounter took nlace
three miles up.
When we landed, we were compli
mented on their work, and I turned
my machine over to my mechanic. La
ter he called me and showed me where
a Hun bullet had passed through one
of my struts and had come danger
ously near crippling one of my wings.
L don't know about his machine, but
rather guess it suffered for we cer
tainly spit bullets at it.
I was scheduled to make another
flight at 4:30 a. m., but as a heavy
fog is on, I am delayed and thus write
nome. '
Lieut. Powell has, doubtlessly, by
this time passed into Germany many
times and had many additional ex
periences, but certainly, his first had
another thrills for anyone
W.S.S. r
Will Warren Co.
Fail To Go Over?
Warren county, with its population
of 22,000, Banking resources of $1,015
000 and wealth of 20,000,000 is asked
for $440,000 in the Nation's4 Liberty
Loan drive for Six Billion to combat
the Power which would ; make all
wealth worthless by its oppression if
the Victory is theirs.
- The Drive began last Saturday, Sep
tember 28th and will end on October
19th. Already several States have
oversubscribed and every County is
expected to send its quota of Bonds
with, its men.
The organization has been worked
out in the County, progressive men
and women appointed, and active work
is urged by Chairman R. T. Watson in
the effort to place Warren on top.
ANSWERS PEACE PROPOSAL
OF GERMANY WITH FORCE
There Can Be No Peace With
Imperial Germany; War Until
The Last Vestage of Militar
ism Is Scrapped Is Decreed;
America atnd Allies Recognize
Nothing But Defeated Hun.
x Science prostituted to wholesale
murder in the diabolical scheme with
which Germany has sought to destroy
civilization in order that the ruins
it; might build a world-controlling,
autocratic power.
.- All that German scientists have
been able to achieve has been, by the
German Government and the German
people, prostituted to the killing and
the maiming of milliong in order that
Germany might canquer and loot the
world. .
In the air, on the land and under
the sea every device which the chem
ist and the enginner have been able
to devise for bringing suffering and
sorrow upon the world has been put
into effect by German experts. All
that the whole German nation has ac
complished in the past in the develop
ment of science has been prostituted
to hte destruction of moral forces at
home and to the murder of millions of
people on the battlefield.
It has been said that this is a war of
science, but, broadly speaking, we are
not engaged in war, for the fight to
which this nation and our Allies have
dedicated their lives it is not a war
such as the world has ever known.
This is a campaign by Germany of
gloried-in murder.
This is a campaign of frightfulness
which finds expression in ruthles des
truction of every country over which
he rottbn-souled armies of Germany
have marched.
This is a -campaign, in which Ger
many has gloried in its power to in
flict suffering untold upon women and
children, in which it has ruthless shot
the aged and infirm, in which it has
destroyed churches and cathedrals
with the same gloating glee of the
demon with which Germany has des
troyed womanhood and childhood.
This is not, therefore, a war of
science; it is a fight in which science,
as expressed through chemistry and
engineering, is being used to the ut
most power of human ingenuity, aided
by every influence which the devil
himself can put into effect to enable
Germany to make more frightful its
hell-devised and hell begotton plan
of murder.
We have been compelled to meet .
German science. We have been
forced to find a way to master its
work in the air, on the land and under
the sea; and the science of Amercians
and our Allies will yet prove as fai
superior to the science of Germany in
its campaign of murder as Amercians
honor exceeds the black dishonor of
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Germany. x
As ftvery telegraphic click across
the A tlantic - brings ' a new toll of
death and of suffering our hearts
should be steeled to an unbending and
determination that Germany and the
German people shall pay to the ut
most extent of human power the
penalty ot- their crimes, not only
because they deserve punishment as
he blackest crimials in human his
ory, but in order that civilization
may be safeguarded for the future.
Every word of peace spoken in
America or in the countries of our
Allies is uttered by some one who is
a proGerman at heart, whatever may
be the disguise under which he seeks, -
clothed in the livery of heaven, to do
the devil's work.
False to the teachings of God
himself, false to the history of all
humanity, false to every man who has
died and to every man who has been
wounded on the battlefield in defense
of civilization, false to the honor of
womanhood and the safety of child
hood, false to human liberty now and
forever, is every man or woman who
utters one word suggestive of peace
without punishment.
False is every man even for one
moment thinks that an unbeaten,
unrepentant Germany would not for
all the . centuries to come be a blot
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