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Wealhcr Fir tonight and Siturdjjr, probably frott tonight in the tn. terior; moflerata northeast wh4 fresli on the coasi. .. WANT ADS. Read them all. They are on page 4. . VOL. 25. No. 109. HIGH POINT, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY AFTERNOON, MARCH 29,-1918. Member Associated Press. MTffiE U.S. ARMY AT BXSPOS HE 'FRENCH AlOF T I '' .'i if, A GERMANS DEFINITELY STOPPED 57 MILES FROM PARIS; AMINENS GREAT : SUPPLY BASE IS NOW GERMAN AIM BRITISH GAIN GROUNDALONG SOMME SECTOR Exceedingly Heavy Loss es Are Suffered by the Germans in Numerous Attempts to Break De fensive Line. French Hold Captured Villages in Face of Violent Counter At tacks from German Forces. British Army Headquarters in France, March 29. (By Asso ciated Press.) The Germans were able to penetrate Morcel caze, 12 miles east of Amiens in the region south of the Somme only by mean of heavy northern attacks late yesterday, which grad ually forced the British back. London, March 29. On the . Somme the British have maintain ed their positions and gained ground in places by successful counter attacks, the -war office announces. After holding their line all day in the face of repeated assaults-by numerically " superior enemy ', forces the" British retired a short distance from their advanced po ' bitions at some points. "The iermans again suffered exceed - ingly heavy loss. The British took, v prisoners..; - The statement follows: J "Further strong attacks were made by the enemy yesterday afternoon and evening at several points along the , battle front. North of the Somme our troops have maintained their positions and gained ground In places by suecess- 1 ful counter attacks. A number of pris- : oners and machfhe guns were captured , by us in this fighting. ; "The enemy again suffered exceedingly heavy Vasualties. ' His frequent attacks which Were pressed wjth great determi nation throughout the day gained only our .outpost Hues after several hours of severe hand to hand fighting. His re serve were then sent forward against 'onr-battle positions and were every where thrown back with great loss. Uiar machine gun, artillery and rifle lire did great execution upon his ranks. . "South, of the Somme also heavy and v continuous fighting took place until late " i the evening:.- Our troops, after main-.- taining their line all day in the face of ' 1 repeated assaulted" by "unporwr enemy , ! forces have withdrawn a short distaie . ' from their advanced positions' ' 'Parls,' March 2)) Violent fighting con tinned; last evening and last night in . the region of Montdidier, the-war. office announced today. In spite of German : counter attacks the French held on to ',thc villages wtcl they took yesterday - iu this region. Moncel was taken by . ; ....... . i' . ' .-..v. Kreaeh troops. . North of V Montdidier French . and ! British troop held up the German - thrust. The German losses have been ettremely heavy. - . ' - The, statement follows: ' - i .. ,! "The battle : was "Continued violently yesterday evening and part of the night in the region of Montdidier. v Notwith standing the repeated counter attacks the enemy' was not able to eject the French from the Villages " which ' they troops, following successes, took posses- had captured yesterday. The French s;m of Moneel after valinn fighting. "In f. ..it i f i't'.iiej's-de.-Uoye there i. !s I. !i iid.'iit fighting. All the Cer- ALL THAT WE HAVE IS YOURS PERSHING TELLS FRENCH CHIEF Paris, March ag. General Persh ing called on General Foch, af head quarters yesterday, according to L'Information, and placed at his dis posal the who' resources of the American army for employment in the battle now in progress. "I come," L'Information quotes General Pershing as saying, "to say to you that the American people will hold it a great honor for our troops were they engaged in the present battle. I ask it of you in my name and in that of the American people. by the Germans without bringing them success are extremely heavy. The num ber of corpses found in the vicinity of Montdidier and near Prelliers-de-Roye also confirm this statement. "To'the north of Montdidier, Fraruo Rritish troops continue victoriously to hold the Germans along the line of the Are river, and in front of XeuvJIUv-Sirc-liirnaid, Mcsicres, Mureekive and Ha mcl. 'Certain columns of German infan try and convoys reported on 4 he road bitween Jjum and Le Fere were brought up under the fire of our long range ar tillery and dispersed. "There has been notable activity along the remainder of the front." SPECIAL TALK TO THE YOUNG FOLKS Mrs. T. Adelaide Goodno, Pres ident of State W. C. T. U., Speaks at Wesley Church. Mrtt. T. Adelaide Ooodno, president of the state W. C. T. U., arrived in the city this afternoon and at 3 o'clock addressed a parlor meeting of the union at the home of Mr. J . Kdward Kii k man, on Watdiington street. Thi even at 7.30 o'clock in . the Sunday whool rom of Wewley Memorial church Mrs. 1 Goodno will deliver an address to the young people of the city. One phase of the discourse will discuss the tasks young people may perform to help tt,pant and , r1, over Major 0en. men in uniform. While the meeting is primarily for young people, hte older citizens are in vited but, as one member and official of the W. C. T, V. stated this morn ing, they will lmve to take a back seat, temporarily. Ragan to Make Race for Job Now Held by Solicitor Bower William P. Ragan, Prominent Republican, States Today That He May May Make to Defeat Incumbent for Solicitorship of the Twelfth Judicial District. "I had about decided o keep put of politics this year, but if they are going to start .something, why I guess J shall have to help the boys," said Mayor William .P. Ragan, a life-long Repuhli can, to a reporter tins mornmg. Mr.,. Ragan reiterated the fact that he had i labored under the impression that politics were taboo mis year; tnai ne was oi uie opinion, or had been, that there would be little or any organized political activ- ity. However, he was willing, since the! Democrats had issued a call for formal organization to admit that many .Re publicans and Democrats had told him that he could beat' John C. Bower, :' of Lexington, for solicitor, of the twelfth judicial district. Furthermore, Mi. Ra gan admitted that he might be in what eould be classed as a receptive mood concerning the nomination of his party for that office. . '". " ;. ;;. Mr. Rngan, who is one of , the most con- sistent runners in these parts, r stated 1 41. l 1. 1... i . ) - I.!. .1 ii. 1 .1.. ' u 1 1 ii i. unci iitHui- up n is ittmu inHV vne ef-vt f his j :u! i. ;! ion in polities "There is at this moment no other question than that of fighting. In fantry, artillery, aviation all that we have are yours to dispose of them as you will Others are com ing which are as numerous as will be necessary. I have come to say to you that the American people would be proud to be engaged in the greatest battle in the history of the world." General Foch placed General Persh ing's order before the council at the front L'Information sya.s TRIANGULAR DEBATE IS ON FOR T T High School Debaters From Reidsville and Winston-Salem Meet Here Public Invited. In the triangular debate at the high school auditorium this evening Marion Nash and Arthur Holeman will alTrm the queation, ' 'Resolved: That there should be compulsory arbitration of la bor disputes," for the- Winston-Salem high school, . while William t'ummings and William Hester, of the Reidsville school, will Uphold the negative. The judges will be Dr. thsorgc R. Brown, J. J. Farriss and Col. Weseott Roberson. Th eaffirmative team of the High Point school, James Lyon and HoweTi Albertson, meets the Reidsville team at Winston-Kalem, while Miss Blanch Crid dlebaugh and Carlton Kirkman, High Point negatives, go to Reidsville to con tent with Winston-Salem. Mix Edith Harrison and Lawton Dutton left today for Klon College, where thin evening they will represent the High Point high school in the decla mation and recitation contents. The people of the city are cordially invited to hear the arguments at the high school auditorium this evening. BRITISH WITHDRAWAL ACCORDING TO PLANS Washington, March 2!). Tlie British withdrawal before the German advance was made accordine to nre-arramred eral J. Franklin Bell today told the sen ate military committee, ne said the allies have known of the German prep arations for the present' driv esoon after they were begun and made active prepa rations to face it. General Bell recently returned from the battle front. ning, he intimated, but the sufficiency was complete if the Democrats were go- , ing to resort to organize! partisanship. Being a- devout as well as consistent fol - bwer of' the fortunes and misfortunes of tha U, O. I'., Mn liagan would have jo do, something. At least such was the vein of the conversation of today. , ine prospective candidate lor the so licit orship of the. twelfth judicial dis- trict feels as though he has an excellent chance of winning; for there are numer- ous Republican votes in the district, notably jn Stokes, Davidson and Forsyth counties. Likewies are there many in Guilford county, notably the upper end in which High Point is located. It was by the grace and inclination of the sturdy Republicans of the city that Mr. Ragan is mayor although such things should nob. be' mentioned now, for the municipal, election was a strk-tly non partisan affair.- -". j.- i Wh'M Mr. Pagan would not malte the umpuiliiicd statement that be would run hi" "! ''--' c.i.'.l be detected and if ONIGH STOPS HIS WORIN CITY Police Arrest Alleged Govern ment Inspector Under Charge of "D. and D." i The career of a "government inspec j tor" was halted for the present at "east i bv members of the oolicc force and n quantity nf some loud and warm-smell-j i ing variety of booze, in this oily shortly . i Before noon today. The man gave his! I name as T. 15. Washburn and professed to he both a seekin' of labor and ir ! regularit ies the butter presumably in drug store, for it wan places, of thisi kind that he was engaged in in vest igat- I ing when the men nt tired in blue uni-j ! forms, emliel ihcd in brass buttons,' (grabbed him and took him heme, lit-; now is estahlislied in the moose ow.! alias the muui'ipal gaol. i i itnimtii 11 riiiiit- ii uie 111 v n lew ( days ago and was, according to his ad mission, seeking men tor government i work. He had to have those men. even , fi . I,., , . . ! if drafting had to he resorted to, he confided to Chief Mcfihee. Short lv he-, SEC fore noon twlay his inspections of drug'l'ne8 has been stopped short of stores became' annoying to the proprie- tors who were busy making pills. Kven j N'eil Thompson, down to the Elwood. could tell that the inspector was iMnmi. nated. Consequently Neil was not sur prised when the cops escorted the in spectors away from therealiouts. The police blotter has the significant initials, "J). and I)." opposite the name of Washburn. Thev siynifv drunk and disorderly. Whether charges of im personating an officer will be brought is not known. TWO W GRADES Mozelle Brown and Mary Muse Wirmeri in W. C. T. U. Con tests of Thursday. Two more essay contests on "The Evils of Cigarette .Smoking" were judged yesterday by members of the W. C. T. U. The contests were between the pupils of the two fifth grades of the Main street school. In the room taught by Miss Marshall essays were submitted by Elsie Green, Roy Ward, Annie Car ter Marsh, Max Parrish, Mary Duncan McAnally, Beverly Yates, Mary Muse and William Ragan. Mary Mue was declare dtlie winner, although each paper submitted was cleverly composed and gave the judges much trouble in render ing tlieir decision. The singing of pa triotic songs by the children of this grade was a source of enjoyment to the judges. The fifth grade taught by Miss Flos sie .Stout was the scene of the second contest. The contestants were Vera Paschal, Annie Ijee Jarrell, Mozelle Brown, Bessie Eddinger and Clara Mur phy. Mozelle Brown was declared the winner and will represent this grade in the contest for the principal prize. Private Given Two Year's Confinement on Desertion Charge Camp Sevier, Greenville, 8, C.( March 20. (Special.) Private William C, Reid, Company A, 120th infantry, con- Kicted by a general court martial of de- aertion, having left hi comm'nnd Oito. b,,r 28 ul8t anj remBincd far' deesertion jllntiI apprehendM at Fort Ssrc'ven, Ga , ; on November 10. and'of "fraudulent en- iitment, having en Uted in Greenville wj,jie eon,.eajinj, pie frtCt il&t he was 'already in service, has been sentenced to two years" confinement at hard labor in the United 8tates disciplinary bar racks at Fort Jay," K," Yv to forfeiture of all pay and allowances, and to dis-i honorable discharge on release from eon finenient. , ., - , PRESIDENT REQUESTS EXECUTIVE CLEMENCY Sacramento. Cal..' March 2!)-Prmi. dent Wilson lias telegraphed Govenu - William D. Stevens, of California, a-ik ing for executive clemency for Thomas ESSAY CONTESTS in in XMoney,'w-under "death errtenef, tiw-v" l" ih "? f it became known here today. .'. ;.j telephone, exchange into its new quar- Mooncy was convicted in connection :n Francisco i ,. HUN RESERVES CRUMPLED BY BRITISH Cll! Haig 8 Line INot Unlyleimn.i, ilmi sundav school of the First Stiffens But is Ad- vanced in Some Places Along Entire Battle Front. Violent GettTl an Counter Attacks Fail to Dis-i' . lodge retains Men From Positions Now Protecting Paris. t, .. .. , he southwesterly thrust or the , VjCrman wcaSc lnl aea Montdidier. j definitely j The enemy seems stopped here, 57 miles from Pa ris, by the inclosure of the town within a packet formed by a se ries of villages valiantly captured and held by French troops. Despite continuous counter attacks last night the Germans were not able to dislodge Pe tain's men from these hamlets in the hills about the town. -; Between Montdidier and the Homme -..LUte .( ;nmin seem to have gained some J ground yesterday in their -westwurd push toward Amiens, the 'great allied supply base, but Taris declared the Anglo-French forces are holding the enemy firmly along a well defined line at which no -point is less than . 12 miles from this objective. The (ierman purpose, now that the thrust to the southwest has been check ed, apparently is to close in within the angle formed by the rivers Avre and! Somme with his point as Amiens. It is ' in this tri'ingle, therefore, that further fighting of the most intense nature is to be looked for jn the immediate fu ture. The Germans continue to sacrifice men in desperate attempts to break the Anglo-French barriers, as the reports from both the French and Hritisli war of fices testify. North of the Somme the Hritisli front has not hen only still'ly main tained, but has been advanced in places. Today's statement from the London war office emphasizes the success of the Brit ish Jn foiling the ierman efforts to em barrass the allied defense by establish ing a movable line in the Arras region through a great assault. The German reserves, thrown in after the penetration of the outpost lines, were crumpled up in the battle .one by the devastating j fire of Field Marshal llaig's artillery j and machine guns and thrown buck wilh great losses. Attention is divided between the (ier man attack along the Scarpe towards Arras and the probability that the French movement in the south is the , beginning of a counter offensive on large scale. London newspapers hint at a joint Franco-British command on the west ers front. It is declared that General V,.h r..niiinfil.ir i.( i lui a'liml renerv. I W (I, IVIIIIIUIKIII '. fc... . . . .............. ... ..--..,...,... ... nrmv. M ill be given un important role! home stale end was a leading eit under the new arrangement. (m the other battle fronts there ha.'iMs rlrowii. understood that lfer fst!i"r been no change. Northwest of Tout the was .seriously, if not critically ill, much American artillery keeps up its strong bombardment of the enemy lines but there has been no artillery activity. FRACTURED SKULL FATAL TO TOTLEMAN 'New Bern.Mnrch 20. -F. C. Totlemnn, of Henderson, '.X, (Vvi.-e president nd general manager of th Home Telephone company, which ' operates throughout eastern North Carolina and parts of Virginia! ' met ' instant death here this r !nur"i"!? l).v co,,,i,, co,,lart wUh heavily charged electric wire, .Totleinaii came, to -New Rem-several I ,(rs' Bml was Ht "", toI' of a I'"'0 mnk j n inspection pr. !'!' a ciU'e i': ' I' " ' Mtorv'to run BAPTISTS TO HOLD St ! a ...... m:..: cv:. x v. Baptist Church Will Be Held on Easter Morning. 'i-i. - i ..( ! llaj tist (.liuich will Ik held Smiday morning, it was announced today by A- K- TaX w' of the sun- !dav school. I he two hoilies 01 me church will unite in thin service, which is ( f especial sigiiilicuucc on this occa sion. Kastcr. The program tfl he ob served will stress the importance of mission work and the sermon of the pastor. I!ev. .lames A. Clarke, will he " til" K'm" ,Mmtl HU,,jovt I Minimi day at the liaplUt hurrh is ope of great interest to the mcmlx-is of the church and congregation as well a to the people of the city who are coiicitii'mI with a furtherance of the ork. Information gleaned from tan gible results is always made public at these meetings and the people who work for and give to missions are in formed as to the progress made. As on former occasions, the public is most cor- dially invited to be present on Sunday morning. IS IN 1 J. W. Holman Sustains Painful Injuries When Auto Turned Turtle Near Thomasville. J. W. llolman, a traveling salesman, was painfully injured in an automobile accident near Thomasvile a Wit o'cht'k yesterday afternoon. 'Several ribs were broken and numerous bruises and lacerations were suffered about the face and hands. Mr. Holman was brought to this city and placed in the High Point hospital for treatment. His injuries were treated by a physician and he passed a very comfortable night, it is stated, but it will be several days i i ii , ... i . , .1 . I oeiore ne win oe permiiieu 10 leave me institution. Mr. Hotmail's home is at Glen Alley Va., it is understood, and he was en route to High Point and Greensboro at the time the accident occurred. He was driving a light roadster, it was slated, which turned turtle, catching him un derneath. Residents of Thomasville ex tracted him from the wreck and hur ried him to the local hospital. DIED EARL! TODAY Father of Mrs. George R. Brown Was Brother of Judge Adam- son, of Eight-Hour Law Fame News of the death of G. R. Adarason, a prominent merchant oi iiremen, ia., and the father of Mrs. Geo. li. Brown, of North Main street, reached the cit a I last niglit. Mm. Brown bus been w ith her father since Tuesday of this week. Mr. Adamson was the brother of the noted Judge Adamson, author of the hi 1 responsible for the eight hocr lav H. : u ii fc t imi'i if timi'li ititmiiliii,'i in !: I: .en !of Rfcineii. AVhite the friends here of surprise is occasioned by the news of his death . The message announcing the death wd it-It was received by Mr, Ilrown gave scant details ns to the arrangements for the funeral but it is supposed that the remains will be interred at Bremen some time tomorrow afternoon or Sunday, i W. M. WILSON VERY ILL AT HIS ARCHDALE HOME Well Known Resident of Nearby Vil'age Continues Seriously 111 Friends Are i Informed This Morning. - ' " ' ' , 1 V tlHon, of Arcliil tle, fitllier i r 0. E. . Wilson, ts . sciioUhly ill nt h home. Mr. Wi'son, who is vi l v c - ttnd favorably Ki MISSION ICES A L MAN HURT ACC DEN ATHER IS BROWN DEMOCRATSOF TOWNSHIP 10 Politics Start When Democratic V o t ers Are Urged to Meet at Polling Places to Elect Committeemen. County Convention at Greensboro on April 6 Will Seat Every Dem ocrat Present As Dele gate, It is Stated. With quiet prevailing in local polit ical circles for some few months, Dem ocratic shrapnel exploded today 'and started the ball rolling. From the pres ent time through the fall months, when occupants will be ehosen to All various p state offices politics will reign, even .hong hit' was' sort of decreed a few .veeks ago by Governor Bickett that pot it ics and taboo meant the same thing this year. 'Hie initial move, not count ing anything of -the sub-rosa variety, ,vas made by the Democratic organiza- -. 'ion of the township this morning when , Uie vice chairman of the county execu 1, notice to all Democratic voters, urg Live committee, 0. Mendenhall issued irig them to go to their respective vot ing plaws tomorrow, Saturday, evening, st 8 o'clock for the purpose of electing -irecirict comniitteemett. '" ThS v newly ' 'lected committees will, according to -the announcement, 'at once proceed , to . jlect chiramcn and the momentum gain, d by politics will increase with each ' day. v Knell precinct meeting is asked to dect committees that will bestir the i)emocratic voters of their stamping (rounds to attend the Democratic coun ty convention at Greensboro on next iaturday, April 6. The convention will ie held at 7: HO Saturday evening and alii Democratic voter present will be en ted as ad elegate. The Congressman .". ihomas J. Hefiin, of Alabama, a very luent speaker, will deliver a good, old imc Democratie talk to the Democrats in convention assembled."' Such are the plans of the county or- ' ;anizaiion of the Democrats, In addi- , ion to the county arrangements, it ,1s dunned to send a very representative -lelegation to the state convention at laleigh, which convenes on or about April 10. There is a difference in the natter of chosing eommittemen this year vcr two years ago. Then there insin nations that the cards had been stack edthat certain receptive candidates who were cast aside didn't get the show ing they deserved. Whether there was truth to those contentions is not the onccru of the Democrats at this time . what they are after is to hold thai eon-' vention and keep the voters solidly be- hind the chosen gonfalon bearer of the party. ' Little and large gatherings -on the streets of High Point can now devote ft tart of their time to a discussion of ., things political. Recently the war ha practically been the sole topic of conver sation, that is in those gatherings along the stret, but he same thing cannot b said about some few gum shoe meetings that are said to have been held. WTioth- er the campaign of this fall will take on the partisanship of previous one re mains to; be seen, but it is ft comparative "vineh" that if the Democrats show ny lisposition to follow the party lines the Republicans are going to follow suit. HAVE NO INTENTIONS OF ABANDONING CAMP Washington, ? March 2. Apparently the war dejrartment has no idea now of tibHndqnjnft Camp Greene, at Cliarlotte, N. C; tweaiis contracts were ape "'' today to spend $l t(l.n()lf on sewcis mil gsO.OiHI un rstds. These Improveti . f . it ' is believed, will oUT.iniie i.b jectiuns raised against tlis ciinp . I Mr- T- Adelaide 'the Slate W. i T I' I (lu-t Ul I t i NAMELEADERS with a bomb explosion in in connect inn w i:b n p
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