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WEATHER REPORT: Tf TrTP VOLUME FIVE LA B rap, ROM KEEP FIELD MARSHAL HAIG SAYS HIS FORCES ARE STRIKING STRAIGHT FOR ST. QUENTIN AND HAVE MADE MANY CROSSINGS OVER THE SOMME NOW ASTRIDE AIMES o o- (By United Press) London Sept 6. Striking strai ght for St. Quentin the British for ces crossed at the Somme, south of Peronne, and have advanced near ly 4 miles in some places reports General Haig this afternoon, as follows. "We captured St. Christ, Les meul, Brie, ad Bruntil villages and took a number of prisoners. "Astride the Aimes St Quentin road we have reached Athies and Mons-enChauss- East of Peronne we took Doing, and made progress on the high ground between Pe ronne and Nurle. "Eastward of Neuve Chapelle we established ourselves in por- tions of the old German front line and we hold Buissy, northeast of Peronne, and are nearing Temp leux la Fosse, Norlu and Equan court, where sharp fighting took place yesterday and last night. "On the Lys front, west of La Basse, we gained ground and beat off counter attacks- "The old British line in the Fan quissart sector is again in our po ession, and northeast of Armenti eres we advaced our line, captur ing several prisoners. O Washington Sept 6. General Pershing reports that our troops are continuing their advance in co-operation with the French and have crossed the plateau north of Nesle, reaching the crest of the Mopes leading to the valley of the Aisne. o London Sept 6. Neuve Chapelle in Flanders, north of La Basse is reported captured by the British which represents an advance of two miles. Buissy has also been takei which lies between Havnincourt and the Scarpe river and the French and British, have -crossed Cane du 'ord on the entire front. Between the Oise and the Ai lotte the French are approaching st- (Jabain-Massif forest in which the first German long range gun was operated against Paris and af towards located. They have also captured Outrecourt Massif be tween the Somme and the Oise. O London Sept- 6. La Fere, the (nuan supply base twenty miles north of Soissons is reported in fames. South of Peronne the British fm'-ed a crossing of the Somme, General Haig reports today. London Sept 6 Since August a th 41. e Cerma ns have employed on ie , -in iiuui ngnng one nun tretl and three divisions, or one million two hundred and thirty s,x thousand men it was estimated todav. Probably showers tonight and Sunday, ercept fair Saturday AFTERNOON DAILY MOW A AGGRESSION BUSY - ST. QUENTIN ROAD N. C DOCTORS PROVE PATRIOTIC o Reports being received from all sections of the State indicate that North Carolina doctors are demon strating one hundred percent pa triotism by their prompt and read y enrollment in the Volunteer Med ical Service corps, organized for the purpose of adequately serving and protecting the needs of the armed branches of service and of the civilian population. While the. application blanks for enroll ment which were mailed directly to the individuals from Washing ton, were not received in the state until the first of this week, yet a number of counties have already reported the enrollment of every doctor within their borders, and every mail is bringing additional reports- O- NORTH CAROLINA LOSES 12 o (By United Press) Washington Sept 6. Of the to tal casualty of 744 men reported today in two lists by the war de partment, North Carolina contri buted twelve names to the honor roll as follows : Private Roby Ferguson, of Mor avian Falls, died of, desease ; Lieut Herold C. Perry, of Wilmington; Corporal Shell B. Williams, of Ben aja, and Privates John K. Benton, of Evergreen, Carlos Garland of E . wart, Ira E. Kisor, of Gastonia and ! Robert A. Harrison, of Wilsonton, all were wounded severely. Those wounded to a degree udetermined were : Sergt Joel C -Brown, of Cres tmont and Privates John M. Mont ague of Elm City, Clarance Burle son of Bakersville and Thomas Leete, of Wise. Private Arthur C. G alio way, of Crestmont is re ported as missing in action. The total list shows that fifty were killed in action; 139 missing in action; 263 wounded severly :2o died of wounds ; 254 wounded to a degree undetermined ; 10 died I -C i . . ,i i. ;j . ui utrtrase auu. lvvtj j.,ioiii augment. o Skirts are to be three inches shorter" Main street every where I .will look as if it were staging a ! musical comedy chorus. lo It looks .as if the world would be made safe for democracv But autocracy had better be looking for a good safe cave to hide in- NEW MEN in west ( XT T rr vttk ii 111 ivti II fi ix V J I III WXA I I I I f 1 1 W Z I I J J I AFTERNOON DAILY ALL THE NEWS IN A NUT i SHELL " SCOTLAND NECK, N. O. STRAUSS MAY BE WARBURG'S SUCCESSOR o (By United Press) Washington Sept 6 President Wilson is filling a number of va I cancies as- the result of recent res ignations. It is understood that he will se lect Albert Strauss, of New York, as successor to Warburg, for the head of the Federal Reserve board ENGLAND DOWNS LABOR CONGRESS o- , (By United Press) Derby England Sept 6. By an overwhelming vote the labor con gress has been defeated, which ap pears to point to the Wilson reso lution as the cause. It is also possible to trace ten dency toward an union of politi cal parties in England. NEW REPORTS COLLECTOR NEEDS Raleight N. C. Sept 6. Capital Stock Tax forms are being sent out from the office of the Collec tor of Internal Revenue at Ra-' leigh this week to the 4,000 cor; porations, in the Eastern District.; These forms must be prepared,! sworn to and returned by Septem ber 30- Heretofore, only corpora tions, the capital stock of which was worth $99,000 were required to make these reports. Now how,al honor of Mr. L. B. Suiter, and: Washington Sept G. Consul Ha ever by a ruling from Washington! it is certainly a m?rk of due re-' yes, at Hels'ngfors, reports to the all corporations which were re-1 gard for excellent work performed j state department that he met the quired to file income tax returns by Mr. Suiter during' a time when 1 special train of Americans and oth even though not taxable, are also insurance business is hard to write 'ers enrouto out of Russia; that all now required to file capital stock tax returns, regardless of the val ne of their capital stock. The tax is at the rate of 50cents on the $1,000, far value of capital stock above a specific exemption of $99,000. WHERE THE A French dressing station immediately in the rear of the lines in the heavy recent fighting on that front 'have their wounded tempor portion Cooler tonight in east portion Moderate West becoming North to North East Winds. TTTYTTTrv a XT jnrr FRIDA SEPTEMBER 6, 1918 UPIPLY MA CONGRESS DALLIES WITH TAX BILL o 'By United Press) Washington Sept 6. Notice was served today upon a group of con igression)il politicians, who are trying to delay the passage of the war Jax bill until after election, thatBenator Simmons would not alloy the bill to drag along over election. U. IS GOV, RENTS NEW BEVO PLANT - o Finding that the new Bevo plant of the Anheuser-Busch Co, at St.! Louis, is the very best and most ! Owen with the loss of five civilian efficient business building in Amer ! crew is reported to the navy de iefci, the government has leased i partment. one third of the entire space and j Shell fire from the enemy sub two of the thirteen railroad tracks marune is said to be responsible that run into the building- The Government will get about 8 acres of floor space, under the lease which runs for four years witn the option of cancellation by sixty days notice. This space is ! to be used by the, government for jstorage of war supplies. -0- , L. B. SUITER IS HONORED As one of the two hundred and ninety men out of six thousand a gents of the New York Life to be invited to attend the $200,000 club at Eastern Point next week is a sig i j Mr- Suiter leaves here Monday ! for Eastern Point to attend this meeting which is given free of all i expenses by the company in recog nition of good work during the past year. He will probably be a-iy all the week. WOUNDED OF BATTLE ARE SUCCORDED. TELEGRAPH SERVICE. EASE. OF FLAM AMERICANS HARD AT T PERSHING AND HUMBERT'S FORCES LEAVE NO BREATH ING SPELL FOR ENEMY TO GATHER HIMSELF TOGETHER FOR COUNTER ATTACK. MANY IMPORTANT POINTS GAINED TODAY 0 U-BOAT SINKS AMERICAN SHIP o (By United Press) Washington Sept 6. The sink ing of the American steamer Lake for the loss. The Lake Owen, it has been now been ascertained, was sunk by gun j fire yesterday morning in foreign , waters. Five of the crew are still report ed as missing, but the other mem- bers have been landed. ! Six others were seriously wound ' ed and six more slightly injured. The Lake Owen was a cargo ship of 2,380 gross tons. O iRICANS ARE AVING RUSSIA Li O were well and expected to reach Stockholm tomorrow- O There is only on, that can be said of rood thing the kaiser. Whatever he a nonentitv. aiav be, he is never '3icardy where poilus wounded in j'iy dressed. - tr - I NUMBER 39 ST o Paris Sept. 6- 10 A. M. Encir cling from the northwest, south west and south the important jun ction point. Ham, on the road to St. Quentin, has virtually been ta ken, according to battle front ad vices. 'General Humbert's movement from the west against Ohemin des Dames, north of the Aisne, is out flanking Genlis wood and are near ing the line of the Croizat canal. North of the Oise French advan ce detachments are reported near Chaulny. To the northeast, east of Ternv, where the allied line recently stood a continuation of the advan ce eastward in this region will cut. ;ii above t!,e German positions on the Aisne. Franco-American troops have reached the Aisne on a front of more than ten miles. Continuous advance has bee.i made over the whole front, be tween the Somme and the Vesle announced by the French war office today. Forward thrusts are reported from Epenancour, south of Peron ne to Glenties northeast of Fismes. American troops have taken Fis mes and Glen ties and are approach ing the Ausne at new places north east of Fismes, the statement show In the advance on Ham the Fren eh have taken Plessis Patts dole four miles ,-:iuth- Toward Chauny the Froneh have passed through Abbecourt. O- MR. J. E. ROUSE I WEIGHER The town commissioners last ev ening elected Mr. J. K. R mse the new cotton weigher, the resigna tion of Cant Tillery making the position open lor the unexpired term. Mr- Rouse has been in charge of the Mint-Cola plant for some time but owing to the shortage of syr up and other ingredients the plant wd! close down for the season and will enable Mr. Rouse to attend t- tlit " intios ts cotton weigher. The buyr-r-: were all particular ly sorry that Capt Tillery could not continue these duties, but they selected the man whom they thou gilt would be.-it serve' the farmers and themselves in prompt and efii eient work. -rv COTTON HIGHER O Oct)ouier cotton, .which closed yesterday at 23.75 gained nearly a cent today and at 2.30 the quo tation was 34.60. December cot ton, which closed yesterday, at 33. HE AISME COTT ' IS, was at 2.30 o'clock 34.05-
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