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If, C J . i j . , t . - 19 ! f ' . - : r i t a i. ; i i i citi- to it cr r . t r;:e crei.tei ia tilt y : tr-l t" a tht local trrs 1 ., Wtajher Fcf : Tartly c'o-ii' ; Frcbab'y s , la -Light variable 1 x VAX " ' i v v vy o , s VOL. 25. No. 215. HIGH POINT, N. C, THURSDAY AFTERNOON, AUGUST I. 1918. t THREE CENTS. G: 'ill FiS!l ( ft LIEUT. DASSETT IS KILLED III FRAIICE New Bern Man" Included in the List Made Public by War Department Today 120 , Are Named. HI f a i'ua.Luiiij. i oie:ms 4 4 Americans Out-Generaled the : Prussian Guard and Proved ; Master of the Enemy in , 1 That Village, Says To- day's NBUpatches. ' ' .1 : 1 ,' e . .. ... .1 .' " DECEIVED THE FOE Enemy Thought That Americans Had Withdrawn, But Found Himself m a Circle of Fire, I But Too Late Americans j i u Close in on Foe. 1 I London, Aug. 1. The . correspondent of a London ptper describe! the final capture of Scringes by the American Si en especially creditable achievement, After the Americana took the Tillage on Monday the Germam made no in. fantry attack but kept up ft conbtant artillery and machine gun fire to drive them out. Th e continued all day Tut, day and toward evening the enemy seemed to think the spirit of the de fenders might possibly be broken and then they began to emerga from the for. ett toft ray which aeemed to fore-; fresh attempt to take the village. Of tlw meeting which ensued the corres pondent writes: -ft 1 1 : . "The Americans, fter three daya of fighting through villages, had learned subtlety and vera determined to have ft real fight -to' the fln'sh, .They con ? quently withdrew as if retiring Irom Beringea and the Germane crept down from-the high ground- convinced that they tail their opponente beaten. The German .troops came pouring in until the town was occupied as never before. " , "But as- the new occupants began to organUe their defense they found that bullets appeared to be coming in from three Side's " of . ihe ? village!" and ! It,", wf not long before' they discovere -that tie Amerlcanar whiie ' withdrawing from the front of the village had commenced encircling movement on (both sides, thus forming" 'ring completely around Then came the fighting. The Prus sian .guard had voted not io surrender ad their opponents were Just as anx ious to see the thing through. It was naffair of small arms but 4he Amer icana proved to be tb better shoU mt Ibwly ;cuVoff. man here and there. , hea the Americans began to ad. vance and, slowly their encircling ring closed ftbout the village. As it grew closer nd ' cloer the defenders saw tlicir doom approaching. They redoubled their fire but still the Americans came oa unhaltingly Lice a storm or the un avoidable stroke of fate. "When . the. Americans . reached the precincts of the village their fire ceased and with one wild yell they closed with the foe? The fierce uproar noise auddW ly gave way to ft great silence as' man grappled with man." Hope of Wininng i Fat Fading From the Hun Trenches 7 London,' July 27.r(Britlh Wire- , ( fete Service IHope of wining the War 'is fading fast in the Germaa V trenclies.V af. letters t ffonil German ;. prisoners' accurately reveal the mo isle of some of the German troops. ; ) ll'Tha Americans are i front of us and they are terrible en," read one , i ietter taken from ft German prison- . , er. W,o longer have any hope,".. I he continuod.' "My company of KO' ; is down to 50. 1 , - ' . EICIIKI EA5LY TODAY ON COTTON MARKET New Yorki Auj. 1. The cotton mar ket was ft IFttlo steadier at the opening today, prices showing two to 13 poift's decllnei whuh carried October under 25 cents Cables were easier. Tempera lures in the southwest were cooler and there were other avening up conditions. The market was about steady with Oc tober at 24.00; and December at 24.31; or'four to 12 points net lower. . Cotton fu Hires opened steady Octo- ler, 24.'!)5; Pm-ntber, 24.35; January, i.,7; March, 21.12. - ' ' Er '.'.nana Y.Y.1 Ea Candidate. rnsi ai, A",'. 1. Dr. von Kik'hl !, r t C if eign secretary, Mini ' ' 1 i ' (in rei'Titnr st ' i i i in Lerliii, tlie h. Tlie election ' t t f tlie late Washington, Aug! 1. The army cas. uality list today shows i . Killed .n action, 12; died from wounds, 23; die dof disease, 11; died from air. plane accident, two; died of accident and ether causes, five; severely wounded, 81; wounded, 30; missing, 3; prisoner, I ; tbtal, 120. . The list today included Lieutenant Wiley Bassctt, of New Bern, N. C, who was killed n. notion. . , r , ... , mlleWeSgof ii Meeting This Tune to Get Names of Those Desiring, a Separate Unit Necessary Papers Are to Be Filled Out Members of the reserve militia of High Point are requested to meet in the as sembly room of the Commerc'al club to morrow evening at 8 o'clock. All who want ft separate company, for High Point mut be on hand and sign necca- nary papers to accomplsh this purpose Those who prefer to remain in- tue Greensboro company need not ft' tend as this meeting is for the sole purpose of taking signatures ot those favoring the above and will only last for a few min- nteg. Last week there was quite a good deal of ; discussion re'at've to -the meeting that was held at' tlie Commercial club. Some alleged that this meeting" waa un official and some contended' that It was not .This be 'tig as h may, the meeting tomorrow niirht- will probably get the win of the majority of the wemberg of the company here and tf the majority wish it the local company will probably change its organisation (no one strictly High PWnt's. V - The good that ft home guard can do if properly organized and free of per sonal grievances is shows by the many organizatons that other eit'es have. So, it Is hoped that the organization here Will soon be perfee'ed one way or the other and get down to business as aoon afterward aa possible.1 PRICE JUGGLING GOES ; ON IN ARGENTINA TOO War Consequences. Hard on Little Nea. tral to South America Much ' Specujatioa ia Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, June 30. (Correspond ence of Associated .Press,) Argent na although not in the war Is suffering its material consequences, as evidenced by the constantly increasing cost of living, scarcity of work, lowering of wages, development of "trusts," cornering of articles of consumption, and ( ex tens' ve private speculation in public necessities. The government is being urged to adopt, emergency ' measures similar to . those pursued by other countries where the war produced such conditions. . It has been suggested that special comm'ttees be appointed by the state to Intervene, or that additional powers be extended to those branches of the public admin. istration, such as the police, hygiene, labor which from the nature of , their functions are best equipped for , coping with tlie evils. Comparison of prices of various articles of prime necessity , i force last year with those ruling today indicate that many increases may not be attributed directly to the war but raher to artificial factors engendered by speculation, price-juggling and corner ing of supplies. , i 1 ONLY ABTILLERY ACTIVITY ON BATTLEFBONT WEDNESDAY Paris, Aug. 1. There was only artil lery activity on the battle front Wed nesday, according to the official com. muntcation. ' ; ' , ' An attempted enemy raid between the Oise and Montdidier was repulsed. The text of the communication fol lows! , "On the whole front ! tie day was marked by artillery act-ons. ' "Between Montdidier and the Oise an enemy raid northward of Antheuil ob tained no results" r r "Aviation: On July 30, Franco.Brit- ixh air squadrons broiifT.t down or put out of action 18 enemy airplanes' and set on tire one captive balloon. -"Fastem theater! There were artil lory duels along the Vardar. East of !' r'v r a !' ' ' i s " ' v iv- LOCAL HOME GUARD AH Resources Throughout the World of the Great Fraternity Will Be Turned to Rehabil itation of Those Dis- , v 4iUed in War. MOVEMENT BEGUN Purpose is to Assist the Men Who Return to Become Self-Sus-tainmg Either Before or Af . ; ;rter Receiving Voca . tional Training. Clcve'and, Aug. 1. Subject to the ap proval of the war department and the sanction of 'the higher Masonic bodies of the country the entire resources of the bodies throughout the world will be used to ass'st soldiers and sailors dis abled on 'the battlefield of Europe, un der a movement inaugurated here hut night at mee'ing'of representatives of every branch of Masona and the war need for service was tentatively formed. The effort of the fraternity would lead to assist disabled men in making them self -sustaining ' before, daring or after vocational training given by the government" ' LONG LI TRUCKS CAeniiOGAY BOfS Army Trucks Passed Through the City This Morning Did Not Stop As Intended Were Un- aware of Their Location. The government trucks making up the aviation iactioa of th signal orps that lh' people of' Wga Point ? havS looked for for the past three days ar rived thia morning and passed through the city without stopping for the many refreshments that had been prepared for their reception. - ' ; There were approximately 100 of these trucks, including small touring , cars. There were supposed to be about 600 men accompanying the ' trucks. They entered the city on English street and followed the course previously laid out, going down Main street to Washington, following the regular High Point-Greens boro highway. A local committee had been informed that these trucks would stop in the city for about' an hour, but due to' their having had trouble yesterday on Jheir way bere they could not stop although an official from their starting point wired to a qitisen here after these trucks had gone to .find out how much time they spent here, be not knowing that they did not atop. After about half of the trucks, which started coming through as early as 7 o'clock this morning, had gone, the com mittee was able to get a large number of cigarettes, cigars and fruit to their turning point at' Washington street where they could throw them to the soldiers in the moving trucks. ; The appreciation of the soldiers was evident from their cheers, although the occupants of one large truck near the end of the line did not know where they were,' they stood up In yelling forma tion before leaving and gave three roof raising yells for Thomasville. Of course this did not matter as their intentions were the tbest and they ; enjoyed their smokes and eata just as much. The variety1 of equipment and sys. tern of moving this section of the army went ft long ways; towards ; showing High Pointers' that Uncle Sam has not slacked up in his efforts to- keep the kaiser 'gowg- . ' i " , " -- , COTTON ADVANCED ON , GOVERNMENT REPORT New York, Aug. 1. A wave of bwy ing took place In the cotton market here today within ft few minutes after the publication of the government re port. Near positions rose 80 points or $4 bale from the low quotations of eralier "trading. The market remained steady after. the advance. . , ' Lew'g Seeks Renominatlon. RprmgfleM; . III.,' Aug.. 1, United States Senator James Hamilton Lewis filed a petition with" .the secretary of state seeking ' Te-nom'natlon at the Democratic primary in SeptemWr. . The many friends of Mrt rrAToie- land will be pleased to . learn that she I is dol'ig niee'y, sfter having undergone ;.) (Vn for i appendicitis st' the 1 v, ... t ' ' u- '! . ' .... . x, ' - -' 4 i'.:.v. "'M i. ': : f iff! itSf.Sst L HUN ADVANCED ENDANGERED BY THE ALLIES Franco-American Turning Movement Threatens Strong Positions of the Enemy and if Success' f ul Germans Must Fall Back or Be Cut Off. American and French troops have be. gun s turning movement whih if suc cessful will compel a German retire ment on a wide sector east of Thierry and in the center of the p Soissons. Rheims salient. 1 ' " They have attacked over a front of over three mile on fach sido of the village Nesles, the apex if the allied wedge north of the Oureq. Tlieir great. est advance wa toward the west, where the ' Americans pushed on some dis tance from the town ot 8ergy and ap. proached Chamery, . ' While the purpose of the attack wan the straightening out of ; the line be tween Seringea and Cierges, . this Ja really secondary Jo iflSvOjitJanking ' of ths ' (jermana to the southward. - The enemy is holding very strong positions in Roncherea and St. Genne, where his line is still less than: live miles from the Marne and an advance between Nesles and Ciergei would force him to fall back or be cut off from the rear, ADMIRAL VON TIRPITZ CENTER OF ANGRY MOB Enraged Mob Rushes' Apartment on s Train Tirpiti Keeps Studied Silence, Making No Reply to' Sneers. ' New York, July 30-Grand Admiral von lirpitz, leader of the f atherland party and one of the most rabid of Pan. Germanists, had a narrow escape from being handled roughly by an angry crowd at the railroad station at Freien- walde, Brandenburg, recently, according to ft letter published in Vorwaerts, of Berlin, a copy of which has been re reived here. A passenger train was crowded and elicited passengers wen struggling to get on when one disco v. ered a compartment in which aat one man by himself. A rush was made for. the compart ment, but the 'door was not " opened. Forced waa about to be used when the conductor opened the compartment. Hie lone passenger looked at the Intruders, removed his hat to show his bald head and stroked his beard. It was Admiral . ... von l.rpits. He ,iiua. in, uiauiitiiiru a niuuit'U mamained a silence even wltna ftAikiA js 4nMnAi) A v A nut- ' - ' ' him and cried out Yes, that's the way the Fatherland people are. They reserve for themselves the,', comfortable compartments and don't care if the people next door are crushed to death." , - No reply was vouched and no passen gre dared take ft seat In Abe admirers Funeral of Eight- i , Year-OId Boy Held at Rehobah Church It, C Hassel the. eight year old son of llr. and Mrs. Walter Ilassel, of Arch dale, 'died Sunday afternoon after a short flmess with typhoid fever. ' . Interment wa in the Behobah church cemetery south of Greensboro Tuesday. FEELING IN RUSSIA IS EITTER TOWARD GERMANS IS REPORT Amsterdam, Aug. 1. "Feeling in Rus. r ia is everywhere very bitter atraimt Germany," is the ; surprisingly frank statement by the special Commissioiier of the Taeblatt, of Berlin, who re cently"reached "Mosww "and" "reporled I tliat city on the conversations he has had . with busines einen, ofTicials and peas. ants about internal cx-mlitiuiis in Kus- 6:a." SALIENT IS This seems to be the only sector where the allies are attacking with their in fantry. Reports from the front tell of heavy artillery fire along the north of the line between Cierges and Rheims. ' The Germans attacked the allied line on the heights of Bl'gny, southwest of Rheims, but were repulsed, ' ' The methods adopted by the Germans since their retirement from the Marne began are being followed by the enemy along the line of the hardest fighting, inis may indicate a fuither retirement of the Germans who have "borne 'the brunt of the rear guard fighting during the last two weeks. " ' Along the Irtish front the Gern.in artillery bas. been' active The enemy1 heavy guns have carrict out esoe-iullv Jiea'-y bomloodu.ent ea1!',; of Amiens; near Buequoy, t n the northern Mv of the area, and in the neFphborhooJ of Meteren and Merris, on the westers side cf the flftTi sector,; 1 , a ':J Small Child Died ; :; Yesterday at Home on Russell Street " Ophelia LVaton, aged 1 year, 7 months, the child of Mr. and Mrs, Aaron Deslon tm East Ruewll street died at the home Wednesday ' morning after, ft brief ill ness. The funeral the home; this is to be conduced from afternoon at 4 o'clock and. interment will be made in Oakwood cem- etry. The services will lie in charge of Rev. W. 1L Wall pastor of the East Green Baptdst church of Utb city,".' Mauline Williford, Aged 4 Years, Died Yesterday at Home Mauline Yates, WlHiford tha four year bld daugh'er of Mr, and Mrs'L C. Williford died at the home of the par- . . '.morning. m t ' , . ' c inc luiicini iru e:u jium II1B Dome I mortiHng at 11 o'clock,' and services conducted by Rev. W. II. Wall, of the East Green Street .Baptist church. Int ferment was made in Oakwood ceme tery." - ----- RIOTING IN UKRAINE AMONG THE PEASANTS , London,' Aug, 1. -Fiir ous riots are re- ported from the country districts in the Ukraine, and according to a dispatch to ft newspaper kt Copenhagen,' the peas ants are ofTerimg organised resistance to the Germans. OVERSUBSCRIPTION BLOCK OF OF . CERTIFICATES Wash'ng'on, Ang. I. The iSOO 000.000 block of . certificates pf indebtednes.4, subsctilptions to which closed two days ago, was oversubscribed v $84,7i)0000 making the total of certificates now out standing in .anticipation of the fourth liberty loan $2182,R35000. BERLIN CLAIMS OUR v . ' LOSSES. VERY HEAVY Ama'erd.im, Awk. 1. The BemJ olTlcial Wolf bureau at Berln s sendng out re- pqrta pt.jbeavj'..losseijlnflictedon. Ame-, . rVan troops flp;htlng on the Marne front Major C. M. Stedman and Wayland Cook, of Greensboro, are visitors to the City t:.' ' 'V. COTTON FORECAST IN T Weather Conditions in Portion of the Cotton, Especially Texas, Is Believed to be Cause of Prediction. Washington, Aug. 1. Loss of 1,708,000 bales in the prospective cotton crop due principally to weather conditions .n the we item part of the cotton belt, espe cially in Texas, was shown today in the department of agriculture's- report of August production forecasts, placing the estimated crop at 13,010,000 equivalent 500-potmd bales, compared with 15,325,. 000 bales forecast in July. - This estimate is based on the condi- j tion of the crop July 25, which was j 73.6 per cent of a normal. j The cotton by states include i Virginip ,75; North Carolina, 87, and South Caro. nina, 80, Kaiser Says . U-Ccat - ; i Will Stop American -) Troop Movements 'Amsterdam, Aug. I.-The coming of the American armies to France and the , numerical superiority oh the part of the allies will be'oburated, declares Emperor William in" a proclamation to the Ger man army and navy. ; "Vital forces which, are streaming across the seas to tlie enemy,? he said, "are being attacked by German subma rines, which are certain of success." ; FOURTEEN MEN ENTRAIN -' TODAY TO GO TO CAMP Nime,of timitei ServiM Men to Leave AuKUlt-, Given-To. Send Two .. j More Men Tomorrow.' .. Thirteen men of ihe call of 15 negroes that were, due, to leave today left at 1 o'clock for Camp Greene, where they will take training for general service, The two men that were short re to be sent tomorrow. Pear Tyson, one of the men that entrained today is under another call bftt left wlta this call. " The three mhite men that have been called 'for limited service and are to go to Syracuse, N. Y., for training on August 5, including one alternate, aret Oscar Stone, Harris B. Presnell, James A. Coleman and Troy Lewallen. ' The men' who left today for : Camp Greene were s Henry C. Eccles, Pear Ty- son, Hanaoijti ueaves, Jim jones, muco Hairston, Oscar W. Phifer, Sidney Leak, Robert Goins, WaymAn Cunningham, Os. car Goss, John A. Parker, Hollie J. Whetstone arid Marvin J. Ingram. i: MILLION MEN SHORT ON FULL i REPORT TO LABOR BUREAU Washington, Aug. 1. A shortage of 500,000 unskilled workers in war indus tries U shown in incomplete reports to the department of labor's federal em. ployment service which today took over th erecruiting of this class of labor for war industries employing a' maximum force v of 100 or more persona,, Final report, it was annotmced, are. expected to show a shortage of 1,000,000 workers. Wounded in France. Friends in the city bave received ft telegram from. Alexandria, stating that Lee Campbell, who' formerly made hi home in nigh, Point with Miss Annie Campbell, has been severely wounded on a battlefield in,. France.? No further par ticulars have been received. ? , No Peace Proposals Received.-' London, July Sl.-Speaking in the house"""rf pommon," today ArthnT- J. Balfour, British foreign' secretary, said no enemy government had approached the entente allies regarding negotiations for peat. i SHORT AUGUS Forces Are Approaching , f r "t Where Lieut Quentin Roose velt Fell to His Death, .. Severe Resistance is En-' counter e4 by .Yanks." , MAKE AN ADVANCE . - . - ' . 1 Allied Forces, Consisting of BoUi French and Americans Are " Busy Straightenuist Their Lin Demolished barbed Wira : Entanglements. A - .- - - . i With the American ' ' Army on the Aisne-Iarne Front, 8 Aug 'L--tBy the Associated Press. JAmerican forces on the main battle front continued yes, terday straightening out the lint. They -scored advances in this effortthe Amer. icans pushing to" within two kilometres ' of Chamery. . T j',''1. - The allied force effected their ' pro- gress against severe Herman resistance. The Americans are approaching tha spot where Lieutenant Quentiq '.Rooie.' velt fell to his death recently in his airplane. (.,' Unnched An ' AtlsckC '! ' With the American1 Army on the ' Aisne-Marne Front, Wednesday, July 11.' (By the Associated Press'.) America , and French troops launched an' attack Wednesday from Seringea to Cierges on k the frontier of the' ' Marne' front ' f or ' ' the purpose of straightening the , lint and demolishing barbed .wire entangle ments which the Germans have placed through the hills, ' forest and open . places. . ' ArtiUery" Active; i- London, Aug. 1. The German guns, were active last night in th! Somms1 region, the war - office announcement,, shows. Activity was , dispUy4, by :ths j enemy artillery further north. nar Lao. quoy aqd in Flanders by the troops ? ia' the MerrisrMeteren sector." ; i- ,.. ":'.' LITTLtA AUTILLEflYi ; fl Indications Are , inat . tn Ger mans Have Moyed Heavy i Guns to New. PosIUoni ( v t , Further, North. , . ' ,' ! With the American s Army on - tha, Alarie-Marne Front, ' Aug. Ir-The Ger mans used' less artillery .late yesterday, against the attacking forces, on this Iron, depending morei upon their ma- chine gunners for defending, their line. This fact coupled with vstorie fromf prisoners : and deserters . iended t4 strengthen the belief thaty ar planaing -a withdrawal to ' new positions along . the river Vesle. ; A d'-pr'er, who came into1 th lines ; - ast i'fcr.t deo ared ordur have b s sin'l for a series of retror;t movements.; , I i vent for minor enjiiinishts UwrJ was only aritl'ery fire along, the line' up to noon today ad that was compart! tive'y light. f "T 1 ' ' The" Germans Wednesday used a new gas, having a white flams and amok. Ukraine Condition ' to Get Altenticn. 'i . of German Scldisry -I "V ; London Aug. l.Germany Is contem plating the recti) of, Ambassador Mu'.l from the Ukraine and replacing him. ' j Foreign Secretary'1 yon ntM, .the ; message states, had a long Interview 1 with the ambassador from , tha Ukraine : Wednesday and then received the Aus trian Anihassndor, With the latter, the possilMlity of send'ng miT ary forces to y 'he Ukraine wa discuHd. GERMANS REPULSED IN EHEIL'S ATTIC Paris, Aug. lr-The Germs ns t! t morning advanced tLeir. front '-itl,.( in the rep ion of Bliyy, ifmsh-j t .' Rheims. The attack was r; ' ', the-offl lal statement t 'y fit war office. marine casual!. kit: Washinrtin, Aiif 1 'J cs-imUy T-t f ' 1 ' ffl
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