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VOL 25, NO. 243.
HIGH POINT, N. C, TUESDAY AFTERNOON, SEPTEMBER 3, 1918.
THREE CENTS.
'1 TAKEN BY KJRC
I
MANY ' THOUSANDS GERMANS ARE CAPTUR
W1AMT
J:
m
it . J
I
BRITISH NOW WELL BEYOND DROGOURT
QUEANT SWITCH OF HINDENBURG LINE;
CONTINUED PROGRESS REPORTED TODAY
siisi
REACH DEPTH OF FOUR MILES
Maximum Penetration of Wotan or Switch Line Is
: ;? Four Miles. Many Towns and Villages Are
. Recovered From the Enemy
GERMANS HAVE NOT REACTED
Early This Afternoon no Attempts Had Been Made
K To Drive British Back Out of Positions
- -V; v Taken in the Switch Line
U London, September 3. I p. m. The British hve captured
the city 'of Lent.,
V i The Town of Queant also hat been taken. '
.Lens was evecuated by the Germans the British moving in,
';V'i In their pressure beyond the Drocourt-Queant line the British
have advanced to a point just to the west of Buissy, awo and a half
IU11CB IWIUICim.UI VUCWIl vvj . v... . .
outheast of Queant.
I More than 1 0.000 prisoners were taken by the British yesterday.
Additional prisoner! were taken this morning. 1?, i , ;
, The British also hold Doignes Velu and Bertincourt and Roc
" ouisny, representing an abvance to a maximum depth of four mfle
oii a z0-rnil front it wai 6f f icbtrjramounced this mormngv
o-ml north " ,
; Jin risndsrs th British forces cap-!
tired ths town ot WulTergnem, two
miles southeast of Kemmel.
! Contrary to espectlons the enemy
has not reacted heavily with a view
to the recapture of the Queant-Dro-conrt
Una but has left the British in
undispaed possession of It.
; -;The British found Doignes and Ve
la unoccupied. v
; The situation e nthe couthern part
of ithe 'b'atnifleld is said to be ex
tremely Interesting but nothing more
cav be said for the" moment.""
I The capture of the town of Queant
the southern aspport ot the famous
German switch line before Cambrat
and Doual Is announced in the of
ficial statement from Field Marshal
Haig today.- yv"
1 1n storming the Drocourt-Queant
line th Canadians assisted the Sing
lish troops and carried every th10
before them,' - J, t i , :
J Along this line the enemy was
heavily defended in bis prepalred de
fenses and is now retreating on tir
' tually the' whole battletront. " ;
Britten forces are reported to have
entered the towns of Pronvllle, Doig
nes and BeHincourt.
i The sdnaatlorial break of the Dro-court-Quenant
line after several Im
portant 'allied advances with the
gieat eaptures -of men and materials
was made ot Immense importance
here. Whiles too great" confidence
the, success can be continued : is de
preciated, , the blow is regarded as
one-of the worst disasters inflicted
' upon. the Germans during the whole
.The. belief .-, if general : . that the
switch line was the main system of
Gprmap 'defense , and there is noth
ing equally as - strong ;, neninau
Concerning, its loss it Is believed to
open wide possibilities. .
11,(37,000 Bales Is The
Cotton Crop For
' ; This Year
; Washington, September 3. -This
year's cotton crop was forecast today
at 11,137,000 equivalent 600-pound
bales by the department of agricul
ture basing Its estimate on condit
ions of the crop on August 25, which
was 65.7 per cent o fa normal.
August was the most disastrous
month to the cotton crop ever record
ed. A loss In prospecive production
amounting to z, 48?, 000 bales result
ing from the severe drought.
" Condition of cotton crop by states
included Virginia, .84; North Caro
lina, .77 and South Carolina, .67.
'. i U -- " ." t ...
g Carried ftl Advance.
h New York,September 8. The
government cottoncro p report was
considered sensationally bullinsh by
the market here causing an advance
of approximately $11 per bale in the
price ot ''futures" as compared to
the closing quotations Friday. '
SEVENTEEN NAMES
"BSfBsb
Casualty List Issned Today One
of Largest Yet Given Out, Con-
Uining Total of 998 Names.
Many Are Wounded
Beyond Drocoort-Qoeant Switch
line British W Night Pressed
Forward .On Front "of 13,-'
000 Yards It b
;t:njsutodl5r ,r;
FIERCEST FIGHTING
'x 'i ' " ''n'' '' -:i t- '
Hardest Kind of Battle Does Not
Prevent British Frorn Givjng
Replies and (Uining At the
Same time. Villagea
Are Taken !
ft
CZHECO SLOVAKS RECOGNIZED AS
NATION BY UNITED STATES TODAY
Washington, Sept. 8. The
United State formally recognised
the Czheco-Slovak people as a co
belligerent nation In the war
against .Germany, Austria-Hag
the Czheco-Slovak armies fighting
'gary, Turkey and. Bulgaria aoday.
General Maaaryk, president of
In Italy,' Russia and France, met
Secretary Lansing at the state de
partment at noon today and was
formally notified of President Wil
son's act.
Great Britain, France and Italy
already have rrognlved the Cshe
co-Slovaks and Japan ' has given
recognition by participating la the
Siberian expedition which in aid
ing the Cshecos and loyal Russians
in re-establishing the eastern front
Headquarters are . at present la
Paris but the territory has bound
aries in Bohemia, Moravia and a
part of Gallcla, all now under
Austrian domination. . . .. .,
Kekit
; '-';.,-4'.T
Movement Not a Voluntary one,
But Is Caused By the Continued
Hammer Blows Directed By .
Allied Commander v
In Chief ;'.
Hunters, Trappers and Traders
Come Many Miles Over Snows
in Answer to Call of Uncle
, f , .
Sam to Enter Service
Juneau, Alaska, Sept. 3. Draft
calls for men in the remote and
far waay sections of 1 Alaska ' have
brought youths out over many hard
miles to report for service. .
Hunters, trappers, traders and
prospectors, In answer to the arsrt
calls, have come from the. tundra
country up along the; Arctic, the
hills and valleys along the Yukon
river and the remote mountain sec
tlons of southeastern and south
western Alaska. -They have been
mobilized at Alaska torts and later
sent to the states tor training
One young man, Claude Harrison,
received his draft questionnaire as
he was making plans for spending
the coming winter hunting and
trannlriit In the Lake Mlnchumina
country, about sixty miles , north
west of Mount McKlnley
Harrison Immediately dropped bis
Dlans and set out on ' a 125-mile
mush"' to the office of the United
Statese commissioner at Kantishna
When he arrived he found the com
mlsstoner. had gone to Nenana, near
ly 100 miles farther, so the ; long
hike' was continued on until the of
flclal was found i : i-H-twt,
Twelve other young men, who
they explained the delay.
' ? Berlin Admits Reverse.-!
'Berlin, Sept. I -(Via London)
SOuth and east ef Arras the British
have succeeded With strong superior
forces tn'thf owing back our infantry
lines on both sides of the Arras-Cam-bral
high road says the official state
ment issued today by the German
army Jieadquarters. . i
Northwest of Queant and on the
northern fringe ot Moreull, the state
men, says, . we , held the enemy
thrusts. i
French forces supported by Amer
ican .and 'Moroccan ' divisions after
several hours of artillery preparation
attacked the German positions be-
tweu tiie OIms aud the Aisne rivers, -proportion o be
the Cermau war oElce announced. ' producing it.
i The following casualties are re
ported by the commanding general
of the American expeditionary forces
in the list issued today:
Killed in action, 133; missing In
action, 210; wounded severely, 222;
died of wounds, 30; died of accident
and other causes, 5; wounded, de
gree undetermined, 288; died of dis
ease, 9; died of larplane accident, 1;
total, 998.'
Tre list Includes the names of the
following men from North Carolina:
Killed in action Privates Roland
Harrell,, Aulander; Robert C. Wil
liamson Winston-Salem.
Died ot wounds received In action-
Privates Melvln McDeeae, Monroe,
route- seven. .
' Died ot disease Private Jesse
Capers Durham, Roscoe.
Wounded severely Privates
Charlie F. Ritchie, New London,
route one; Howard Robertson,
Kntghtadale, route one; Charlie M
Williams, North Charlotte; Fred L.
Webb. J Marble; Ralph L. Clark,
Swannanoa; Heffnry N. Mc Lauchlln
Elease:. Virgil F. Miller, Siloam;
Eutlce M. Yates, Merry Oaks J
Wounded in action, degree unde
termined Cook John Wilson, Char
tptte; Corporal Robert B. Crltch jr
Durham; William T. Haizllp, Spray
Missing in action Private Moody
I. Kern. Ether: Private Fred C
Cabe, Canton. i '
With the British Army la France,
Sept. 312:31 p. m. (By Associated
Press) In heavy fighting last night
beyond the Drocourt-Quenant line
the British are . reported to have
made further progress on a front ot
13,000 yards. - .
The villages of -Sandemont and
Rencourt, more . than a' mile and a
half beyond' iury, the capture ot
which was announced last night, are
reported to have been taken today.
The village ot Etang, two miles
north of Dury, fell lat yesterday at
about the same time ' the'Brltlsh
forces further south were capturing
Villers-lez-Cagnlcourt These cap
tures were effected" after the most
bitter fighting. ' "
. Determined German resistance" at
the roads ei'ierskH
court was overcome by the British
this morning, and Haig's men are
now shoving forward in the direc
tion of Cambrai. 1 '
A strong British force Is driving
forward on the northern ' readies ot
HIndenburg's line. The' British are
will inside hte Drocourt-Queant line.
So far as learned no organized
counter attacks have been develop
ed by the Germans hut on the ex
treme British left determined oppo
sition is developing.
British troops today advanced
well to the east of Peronne and are
making steady progress.
The enemy was In force at last
reports to the southwest and to the
north of Quenant.( From the ridges
he was pouring a heavy machine gun
Are at the British who returned the
fire and gained ground at the same
time.
On the Somme battlefield the Brit
ish are driving ahead at a pace gen
erally fast in the direction of Canal
Du Nord where the Germans have
erected wire. Their? trenches here,
however, are only half dug, it is
rumored.
With the lines " at the canal at
such an embyroic state little protec
tlon slafforded the enemy if he
should be forced; to retreat beyond
the canal. On the northern half of
the 1 Drocourt-Quenant line some
3,000 prisoners Were in the cages
last nights , -
Thousands more hove been taken
to hospitals wounded while probably
i.000 additional captives have been
effected on the southern half of the
front V . ...
DRIVE FOR RELIEF OF FRENCH
ORPHANS STARTS NEXT FRIDAY
Citizens of High Point Have Adopted 40 Orphans
So Far and It Is Thought That The
Total Will Go Well Above 100
H nnu Mnttarn Art.
i London, Sept. 3. The trustees of
the national Gallery have accepted
sn offer from Joseph Duveen, an art
dealer of London and New York, to
provide a new building to house mod
ISrn foreign art. The building wiu
gathered at - Marshal, ,Alarka, . to be erected immediately after tne war
board a steamer tor . Nome, in ; an- pn the Thames Embankment near the
swer to' their calls, found, on their Houses of Parliament. Plans are
arrivals that on account of the slow- already under consideration. " The
ness of the mails, they had failed to tew gallery will house large collec
receive their notification in time and 1 tlons of modern French, American
were classed as delinquents. They land Italian paintings already given or
were cleared ot the charges hen I bequeathed to the national gallery,
; Want Gold To Go Up..
1 London, Sept.3 Forty represen
tatlves of, the gold mining industry
of the British Empire have united In
calling the attention of the govern
ment to the unfairness which they
allege results from the fact that the
price of gold hasotadvancedjn
Increased cost of
while plenty ot room will be reserved
for later acquisitions ot the same
character.
Require Much Care.
An Irish Port, Sept. S.It requires
frequent over-hauling by highly
skilled mechanics and a plant espec
ially equipped for hte work to main
tain torpedoes la a state ot efficiency
to Insure effectiveness c One small
refect that may develop as the torpe
do lays In the tube on a vessel may
render it worthless at a tint when
most needed. ' .' v
'; Lack of facilities and men who
understand torepdoes brought to of
ficers of the American. Destroyer Base
a rather perplexing7.' problem some
months ago but It has been success-
fully met and worr ts, now progress.
Ing on a scale that" rivals' a tropedo
station In the United States. ' ; '
French Vessel Lost, , ,
t Parle, September 3. Ha vas agen
cy. The French steamship Pampa ot
4,471 tons, was sunk by a torpedo on L. Travis, Barnett Joseph, of Chicago,
TRAVIS IS FORMALLY
INDICTED AT WASHINGTON
, . Washington, September .. 8. In
dlctments were reiifrned here today
by federal grand Jury against Edward
Friday, September is to be ob
served as Lafayette day and the men
and women who are in charge of the
work In the city tor the relief of the
fatherless : children of France are
planning - to launch' In connection
with this day a drlve.here that will
ha launched in all parts of the United
8ttes'by other committees for the
purpose of arrsnglhg for the adopt
ion of 100 fatherleis French children.
U There have been 0 children adopt-
d In ' the city and it Is hoped that
kbraaynlgOTr
at least tt full hundred adoptions
listed. . '
There are iMltbiy pe pW 1 te
Ity that ' t'r-w usual h' ; sboct
what they h 1 e dene and w;.al laey
would .Iku io do when an.roathod
and there are pr. ,ably som? that uo
not believe In giving this method ot
relief to French children, but a feel
ing of this kind can only exist where
the parties are Ignorant of the wark
and the scope that it has In its work.
The Fatherless Children of France
organization maintains an American
headquarters, in New York, and
headquarters In Paris, France. The
tremendous amount of work that
these officers have to handle goes tar
to show that the movement for this
method of relief Is meeting with the
cooperation ot the American people.
The manhood of France Is dying
to defeat militarism. On the battle
field is buried the splendid promise
of her young sons. If the old France
forced Into the conflict and spending
every ounce of energy and manhood
in the struggle, Is to give birth to a
new France, worthy inheritor of her
splendid achievements, her children
must he reared into a young genera
tion of strength and promise.
It Is for this work that the above
movement is organized and tor which
they are asking American coopera
tion. No greater work can be done
for France than to give these children
the chanle of which their fathers'
death has deprived them. Their
plight is an emergency which must
be met Immediately, for neglect dur
ing one or two years of the physical
mental and moral welfare of the
child cannot be repaired later.
Over one hundred years ago France
came to the assistance ot the .young
American republic; so the republic j
ot France calls for relief from Ameri
ca tor the little ones that are orph
aned by the war. f
The work is carried on through
local committees,' each of which is
provided with a list ot French child
ren . ' As these children are "adopt
ed" their names' with those of their
"adoptors',;; are returned; to the
French Committee. , Payments are
then made; quarterly to the mother
or guardian ot the child, by postal
money order bearing the name and
address ot the American donon
. Ever war orphan of France J whd
it certified to be la need and .who. is
being brought up In his own home
18 eugiDie io mis neip. ;
! ; With every quarterly allowance la
sent a letter from the Paris bureau
"Through this personal touch the
headquarters are able t. ,and are
building up between the two peoples
a lasting and unbreakable friendship.
. Donors may be sure of the money
reaching the orphans because ot the
Safeguards which are; first, the
character of the American and
French committees; second, the fact
that every payment is made on Gov
ernment postal orders that remain
on file and are open tor' inspection
and third, . an) above jjl, that ths
cnffdHnan
personal correspondence so that if
the child should tail to receive its
remittance the donor would be noti
fied by the child or Its family,
. Subscriptions may be paid by the
year, quarter or month, and a child
will be assigned " upon pledge of a
year's care. Every cent of the money
subscribed goes to the child. Expens
es are met from voluntary donations
for that purpose. The subscriptions
and what they accomplish runs as
follows, ten cents keeps a child in Its
mother's home one day; $3.00 keeps
a child one month; and (36.00 keeps
a child one year. This is a small
amount for many and if High Point
falls to come up to this movement in
subscribing for at least 100 ha rec
ord after the war wll Inot be one that
should be put on a flag and fllown
In the winds of a peaceful world. It
Is thought however that there will be
unmber of subscriptions with forty
little trouble in raising the necessary
already adopted without a large
drive being started.
MAY BE PISASTEU
. s ; . "V'.
- : t'- ' J- f : - V
Germans Seem To Be Demor'aJU
ized Over a Wide Front end '
Their Losses in Wounded a
. and Prisoners Are ' '.'.'U)
. ( " - j,1'
Appalling , 1 .,'
Big Steamer Sinks
500 Miles Off the
v Coast August 16th
A Canadian-Atlantic Port, Sep. 3.
The British steamer Escrick, 4,151
tons, bound to Montreal, was orpe
about 600 miles off the French coast.
Thirteen survivors of the crew of 37
have arrived here on an oil tanker
which picked them up.
An engineer arid awo flremenn are
believed to have been killed when the
torpedo struck the engine rooom. Two
lifeboats containing the remainder of
the crew including the captain are
missing but survivors, believe they
had a good chance of being picked up
AMERICANS REFUSE TO
: GROUND TO THE GERMANS
London, Sept. Americans, says
the correspondent of Router's, limit
ed,: at American headquarters-in
France, have so far never f yielded
ground In Franc and upheld that rec
ord by the successful: advance on
Juvigny after three days and nights
of bitter fighting. The ' correspond
ent says the Americans encountered
stout hearted and extremely skilled
resistance, the enemy
On a frotn of virtually 10 mile
from ust below ypres to a point "near I
Peronne on the Somme ths Germans
are in retreat. i
This retrograde movement le.uot' .j
a voluntary one on tne part ot tn
enemy but hss : been foresd by sa f
series of unremitting hammer blows , ')
Inflicted, by Marshal, Fbch in the, past
six or seven weeks. It Js poyf'--' ,
celerated by the notable victory KOfl
by Fiel Marshal Hlg' yesierdtyvl'-
tensive line protecting.'the railway ',' .
centers oi ouua ana r, uamnrsi
threatening to outflank, vevep th
main Hlndenburg llni u' Bt:,'ttVi
tin. x y:, -itfll
oners by, thBeritish in the advance,
s reported and German 'casualties in,',
killed and wounded re declared ,e. '
be notably heavy as his thickly mass-
ed forced telt the : fleres British
blows. - ' ,i ' !,'
So nroiiounced and so soeedy Is . '
.he German retirement that' It seeros-(
if the enemy has not .met .wllh dist ' ,
ister he Is' perilously oa the verges t
of one. ( While it appears like and'.
effffort to escape In time the SC.SPS;; s
f the German rotlrement (s proceed i : ;
ng ,both north and south of " ths)t, ("
lomme it has been markedly accent
mated. north of the river,. ' lUj the a .
movement tne important rrenca coai
mining city of Lens, at the gates of
which the British - pounded-' vainly
virtually all last year, was evacuated.
ind the British moved in.
To the north In Flanders the r
treat is continuing and the Britlsn
have further closed, pp the tys sal
ent by taking possession of Wulver-,
shem, two miles houh ot Kemmel.'.'
South ot Lens the Germans are ap
parently acknowledging ' they 'art '
lieaten on the Queant-Dourcouri
line where Haig's break through waf
effected and are in retreat' 1 In this,
vitally important sector without at-t
tempting a counter drive against th
victorious British. . j,
Start'ng further south the retrtat
has resulted In . the evacustioa of.
areas three to tour miles deep on
both s'des of the Bapaume-Cambral
road, . the British taking town after ;
town In this area. , ' -' . -
Although the German command ex? -"
pected the attack on the Hlndenburg ;
switch line when the British closeljr
approachod it In their ssrlisr ad-
vance, it apparently w,as not expected
at this moment The Germans' festn .
to have been surprised at the quIclr-V,
nesa with which Haig's - Csosdlsh e
and other Brltist forces after flghtlaf "
up to the lines, organized the crush 'v
ing attack against the. line itself..''
This morning along, ft 0-mlle front I -where
the British are mainly engag
ed they were , reported to have ad
vanced no Iobs a maximum . thsn '
four miles.' This seems to smphk-;
size hte cleanness of the break end
with the large capture of, prisoners '
points to the demorllasatloa of the
It s too early, to estimate with snf
degree of accuracy what the drive
may ultimately, produce. Ths fall of
the niKht of August2-2T while on and L. M. Green, of New York, cnarg-,; explaining tne inenasnip oi America
i.joyageJ Iro'nC BUerUaoSalonlkU Jag -them with. cohsplracy to. violate- and Instructing the child of its-moth-v
nowing no rjoual and Cambrai ould put the
signs, of lowered morale. ent!r Q0Xt1i line out ot Joint U
Every foot of way lnto Juvigny had tween the North iea and Rhelms a; t
to becontested with German machine WOuld be likely 'to force the erncu
gunners who fought.to the last, nevertiou of a greater 'part of northfva
surrendering. The Americans gained France now occupied by the C r,
the ground and neavy shell fire failed' mans. ?, - ''"' 4?
to loose their grip and uoreven hours Thol)pt'rat!ons 'olil't'l i
1 .ivjata. utn,i)i,cna.wii4M4i"ii , -
Four Serbian soldiers out of the 369 the selective service law by securing r to write a letter of acknowledge-j later when the Germans flooded the Americans In the i .
persons on board are missing. deferred classification for Green. ment to the American benefactor, ... valley with gas did they let up. are working towari