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HARD FIGHTING IS STILL 111 PROGRESS SPIRITED AGGREBSIVE 18 BEING HOTLY PRESSED BY ITALIANS AND THEIR ALLIES. LOST GROUND IS RE6AINEO Important Sectors Lost In Initial Con flict Wre*ted From Enemy in Fa*t and Furious Fighting. Not alonfc are (he Italians and their British and French comrades in arms holding in check the Austrian offen sive along the greater part of the 100- mile battle fror.,t from the region southeast of Trent to the Adriatic sea, but they themselves have turned ag gressors on some of the more impor tant sectors, especially In the moun tain regions. Counterattacks in the hill country on the north at several points have resulted in the occupation by the al lies of ground won from them in the Initial onslaught and the rectification of their lines, while a stiffening of the front along the I'lave river has made Impossible, for the time being, at least further fording of the stream by the enemy. Hard fighting still Is In progress, however, with the Austrians bringing the strongest kind of pressure to bear against the allied armies on both northern and eastern parts of the bat tlefield In an endeavor to reach the lines and gain access In force to the plains. The strokes of the enemy are par ticularly violent on the Montello pla teau. the highest bit of ground along the middle reaches of the I'lave, the capture of which would give him com mand of the roads leading through Treviso to Venice and a fairway west ward through the province of Tre viso The Italians are Inflicting heavy casualties on the troops of Kmperor Charles which crossed the river at this iM>int. To the south from St. Andrea to Fossalata. respectively, tin* northern and southern llanks of tin- famous Zen son loop where last year the Aus trians effected a crossing of the I'lave, only later to be driven back with sanguinary losses, and from Fossa lata to Han Dona (II I'lave the lighting also is of a vielcnt character, with the Italians heroically and successfully, according to the Home war office, holding the line of the river. Between Chandelu and the Zenson loop where the Austrians crossed the I'lave In Saturday's fighting, the Ital ians have driven them back to the river bank and are endeavoring to push, them across the stream. The latest Austrian official communication records the gain of additional ground west of San Dona dl I'lave and the capture of the village of Capo Slle, on the eastern edge of the Lagoon region In the provinces of Venetia and about 20 miles from the city of Venice Itself GAS BEING USED BY GERMANS IN MUCH LARGER PROPORTIONS With the American Forces on the Marne. — The Germans have begun using gas to a greater extent along this front than they have done here tofore The Bols -de Belleau came in for its share, but notwithstanding the heavy gas and other shelling the American lines remain Intact. An American patrol crossed the River Marne last night east of Cha teau Thlerr yand at once established contact wilh the Germans. After an exchange of shots the Americans re crossed the river safely by means of boats. To the west the Germans have taken to drenching certain localities with mustard gas. One of these places Is Belleau wood, the Germans appar ently thinking that this was the only way to drive the American troops out. But It was not. for they are still hold ing their positions and at the same time are giving the enemy clouds of American gas to worry about. STRUGGLE WITH DEATH BY CREW OF SUBMARINE London.—Harrowing details of the destruction of one of the largest and more recently constructed German submarines are given in a dispatch from a neutral correspondent. The U-boat struck a mine and out of the crew of 40 only two survived on reaching the surface after a terrible struggle with death for an hour and a half, twenty fathoms below the sur face. Some of the crew committed suicide having lost all hope. IMMENBE EBTATE OF WEALTHY WIDOW SEIZED Washington.—The entire estate In this country of Mrs. Mlly Busch, widow of Adolphua Busch, late mil lionaire brewer of (ft. Louis, Mo., has been taken by the government under the arien property law. This tact became known In 'connec tion with the -*tum to America of Mrs. Bosch, who has been living in OMjfaany for several years. .The gov ernment hu not yet appraised the jproper*- MISS WILLIE DUNCAN m ' V ' *'* Ml** Willi* Duncan, a nlic« of Rep resentative William D. Oliver of Ala bama, hope* to get to Franca by be coming proficient aa a radio operator. WAR CROSS FOR U.S. SOLDIERS FIERCE REBIBTANCE OF ALLIED FORCEB HAVE CHECKED EN EMY FOR TIME AT LEAST. Amrican Force* Bucce*«fully Repulse Heavy Oerman Attack, and Inflict Bevare Loaaea on Enemy. The offensive movements of the Germans between Montdidler and Noyon and from south of the Olae river to the eastern fringe of the for est of Vlllcrs Votterets apparently ure on the wane. In the former the fierce resistance of the French and the allied forces, for the time being at least, have checked the en emy at all points and on some sectors the allies have even turned vigorously upon the foe and forced him to cede ground he had trained. Only one attempt apparently was made by the enemy to better his po sitlons near Montdidler. Here he launched a violent counter-attack from Courcelles to the north of Mery —a front of about a mile and a half— but was badly cut up by the flro of the allied guns and forced to retreat, leaving numerous dead atid wounded on the Held. Fast of Solasons they pentrated to the village of Laverslne, but were un able to advance on any of the other sectors, although at one time north of Courcy French trenches were entered undftr the force of the Impact A counterattack resulted in thbse trenches being recaptured almost lm mediately. The solo result of the enemy's at tack on the Montdldier-Noyon line up to the present In that he has by the violence of his attacks east of the Olse and the forced retreat of the French from the region west of the stream, blotted out the awkward Noyon salient and brought the battle front more Into direct alignment with thnt beginning at the Alsnrf* And a terrible price has been paid by the Germans for this rectlflflcatlon of the line The Germans again have endeavor ed to force the Amer'cans from posi tions captured northwest of Chateau Thierry, but again met with defeat American officers and men to the number of 108, fighting on the Toul sector, have been awarded the French war cross for bravery and fidelity. GERMANY TO EXTEND THE DANGER 20NE According to an unofficial report emanating from Berlin, the German admiralty is to declare the waters off the American coast from Mexico to Canada a danger son* London.—The Oerman admiralty In tends to declare the eastern coast of the United States a danger sone and will warn neutral shipping, says a dispatch to the Exchange Telegraph from Ams'ordam, quoting reports re ceived from Derlin. FOR UNION OF MEXICO AND UNITED STATES New York.—Manuel Carplo, editor of La Voa de la Revolution of Yuca tan and El Trlumto oi Havana, speak ing for the editors of Mexico, now here as the guests of the United States government, at a luncheon given in their honor by the Pan-Amer ican Society, said that fo; hit country and his colleagues he made the "pro fession of faith that a union of Mex ico and the United States would be one in Intent and faith in the future.'' POSTAL TELEGRAPH CO. WAIVES ITB RIGHTS New York.—Official announceemnt that the Postal Telegraph Cable Co. at the request of President Wilson had "waived its right during the war to discharge employes who joined a union" was made*in 'a message, sign ed by Edward Reynolds, vice presi dent and general This mes sage was issued after Clarence H. Mackey, president, had telegraphed President Wilson, "we cannot but re spond to your rauQMt." THE ENTERPRISE, WHJJAMBTON, NORTH CAROLINA EARLY EXTENSION DRAFI AGE LIMIT RAPID EXHAUSTION OF MEN IN CLASS 1 MAKEB ACTION IMPERATIVE. PROPOSED A6E LIMIT 17 TO 45 Of 3,0000,000 Wanted 2,000,000 Will Be Registrants, Remainder Volun teers and National Guards. Washineton. —Three million Ameri cans will be under arms by next Au gust 1 the senate military committee was told today by Provost Marshal Oeneral Crowder. Ex'enslon of the age limits In the armV draft will be necessary, Oeneral Crowder said, If the present rate of calls Is continued. He estimated that all the men In class one would be ex hausted soon after next January 1. Oeneral Crowder said that 1,347,000 of the 2,428,000 men placed in class one already have been called to the colors He estimatod that some 400,- 000 additional man for the first class will be secured from the men regis tered last Juno 5 and that another 200,000 will be added by the classifica tion of jjien In the re examination of the qu» stlonnalrea now belnn made. Requisition from the draft to com plete the 3,(WO,000 by August 1, Oen eral Crowder said, have been made,. Of these. 2,000,000 will be draft regis trants and the cthera volunteers and national guardsmen. "Everybody thinks there will be heavy rails during the flrat six montha of 1919," was a significant statement made by General Crowder. Oeneral (Yowder approved the gen eral principle of the bill Introduced by Senattor France, extending the reg istration ages from 18 to 45 yeara, theeby providing/ additional men for military and Industrial aervlce. He did not approve ofthe age limits fixed in (he bill After outlining the plans of the war department for additional*, General Crowder sai dthat at the present rate class one will be exhausted by the end of the present year and that unless the age limits are extended and an other registration held, it will be nec essary early next year to call men In class two and probably soon there after In class three. Final figures of classification of the first registration totaling 11.689,447, were given The registrants were shown to have been divided aa fol lows: Class one, 2.428 729; class two, 509,666; class three, 427.870; class four, 3,483,326; class five, 1,839,866. General Crowder submitted figures showing the progress of the draft this year. A total of 1,347.512' men, all from class one, will have been called by the end of July, divided by months as follows: January 23,288; Febru ary 83.779; March 132.454; April 174,- 377; May 360,230; June 283,354; July 290,0000. BEGINNING AUSTRIAN DRIVE ALONG 75 TO 100 MILE FRONT The long awalte dAustrlan offensive against the Italians has begun. On the Italian front, for a distance of from 75 to 100 miles, Austrian troopa and heavy artillery are endeavoring to break down the resistance of the Italiana, who are aided by French and British forces The Italian premier, Vlttorio Or lando, announced In the chamber of deputies that tthe Italian troopa were everywhere "resisting magnificently." The last great Austro German often sive, begun In October, 1917, rolled back General Cadorna's line from the Isonro front and along the Venetian plain. More than a million enemy troops participated in this operation, and it was not for many weeks that the Italians were able to stay the advance. About the middle of Novem ber the lave battle began along a ninety-mile front In northern Italy and French and British troops were hurried to reinforce the shaken Italian army. LARGE NUMBER WANTED WITH GRAMMAR SCHOOL EDUCATION Washington. A call for 16.6J0 draft registrants of grammamr *chool education and qualified for general military service has been on the various states. The men, of whom 1.261 are to be negroes will be sant to schools and colleges for training. The entrapment date was set for July 1, but the call will be held open for volunteers until July 21. If on that date enough are not obtained, boards authorixed to draft remainder. TWO MORE BHIPS SUNK BY U-BOATB Washington.—Germany's aea wolvea have sunk two more neutral vessel* in American waters. The latest victims of the raiders which flrat made their off the Atlantic coast some three weeks aro are the sailing ahip Krlngsjaa and the bark Samoa, both Norwegian. The crew of the former has been picked up by an American warship, which is bringing them to an Attlantlc port, and thpt of the latter was landed at Norfolk."' MA J. GEN. W. A. HOLBROOK | & I ■ MaJ. Gen. WHlard A. Holbrook ha* baan placad In cammand af tha Sauthern dapartmant af tha army, with •outham headquarter* In tan Antanlo. Ha waa detailed bafara that aa a brig ade commander at Camp Sherman, and prlar to that waa chief Inatructor af military art at Fart Laavanworth, Kan. ALL ATTEMPTS SO FAR FAILED FIVE GERMAN DIVISIONS USED IN COUNTER ATTACK AGAINST UNITED STATES TROOPS. Fierce Fighting Continue* Whan Fringe of Wood Northwaat af Bouraaahaa la Raaohad. London.—-"Tha Germans are taking seriously the American thrust at the apex of their line In tha Clignon val ley (northwaat of Chateau-Thierry) and thua far have uaad Ave dlvlalona In attempting to rounter It, but en tirely without aucceaa," Reuter's cor reapondent at French headquarters telegraphs under Tuesday'* date. "Two fresh dlvlalona were thrown at the American centar at Boureschea thla morning in a fruitless attempt to recapture the village. "Trusting to the deep woods north west of the village and the twisted spur of a hill to conceal them, the leading divisions advanced in masn formation. They, however, were ob served from the Bois de Balleau and were brought under a destructive hall of ahrapnel before they could deploy. The Are waa ao severe that the attack was disorganized and no progress could be made for some time. "When the Germai.a did succr«d in penetrating the defenae tney were met with such enthualaam in cold steel that their only choice waa death or surrender. "In the capture of the wood to the northwest of Boureachea the Americans had to deal with machine gun neats, a game to which they are becoming expert. Gun after gun waa captured and turned upon ita late poa seasors and the advance never was materlslly delayed. "Fierce fighting continued when the fringe of the wood was reached, the Germans being afraid of the open slopes behind them and over which their retreat had to be conducted When at last they broke from the cover of the wood they came under a tempest of bullets. Surrender being Impossible they turned and ran, but very few reached ground where they could find refuge." FRENCH EXACT TERRIBLE SACRIFICE FROM GERMANS With the French Army in France.— On a width of battlefront 3,000 yards in extent no fewer than four German divlalons (more than 60,000 men) were preparing lo hit a hard blow when the French launched a highly successful counter-attack aoutheaat of Montdldier. The denalty of the German troops waa fatal for them because the entente allied artil lery. machine guns, riflemen and avi ator* were able to aim at point blank range Into these masses of men. Thla concentrated flre did terrible execu tion. ■ HOUSE COMMITTEE GROWING IMPATIENT Washington.—Membera of the houae ways and meana committee are grow ing impatient over the fact that most of the witnaaes appearing to diacuaa the new revenue legislation hare come with pleaß for qxemption from war taxation. Tha occasion was a sugges tion by Albert H. Reeves, representing the national automobile chamber of commerce, that naw taxes be placed upon the automobile-owner Instead of the manufacturer. CHASED BY SUBMARINE TO AMERICAN COAST An Atlantic Po. Chased by a sub marine practically to tha entrance of the Virginia capes, subjected to an ineffective shell flre, and narrowly ma neuvering outside the path of a tor pedo, was the experience of the Amer ican steamship Edward Pierce, which arrived in thlft port several daya ago. Only skilful and resourceful seaman ship, as wall as speed, saved tha ves sel from falling pray to the Hun aea wVLL DRASTIC CHANGES MADE INDRAFT LAW BY NEW REGULATIONS ANTE WAR MARRIAGES NO CLAIM FOR EXEMPTION. REVISEO DEPENDENCY CLAIMS Claims for Dependency Allowed for Children Born or Unborn Be fore June 9, 1918. Washington.—Marriage since the enactment of the selective draft law no longer will be accepted as cause for exemption from military service, except in the cases of men who hava become of age since June 5, 1917, who may be exempted If they married be fore January 16, 1918. Dependency claims on account of children of such marriages will be allowed where children are "born or unborn before June 9. 1918." Following Is an order sent to all state draft executives: "Please promulgate at once to lo cal boards the following Important amendment to the selective service regulations: "Rule 6. Section 72, SBR, is amend ed to read as follows: "Rule 6A. The fact of dependency resulting from the marriage of a rsj istrant who has become 21 years of age since June 6, 1917, and who baa married since the date of the Intro duction of the Joint resolution In Con gress requiring his registration, to wit, January 16, 1918, will be disre garded as a ground for deferred class ification. "B. If a registrant who has attain ed the age of 21 since June 6, 1917, and who has contracted marriage sub sequent to the date of the enactment of the selective service law. to wit. May 16, 1918, claims deferred classl flflcation on the ground of dependency resulting from his marriage, the fact of dependency resulting from his mar riage will be disregarded as a ground for deferred classification unless the dependent is a child of the marriage, born or unborn on or prior to June 9, 1918, In which case such a regis trant upon satisfactory proof being made shall be classified in Class 2. "C If a registrant, other than one who has attained the age of 21 years since June 6, 1917, who has contract ed marriage since May 18, 1917, claims deferred classification on the ground of dependency resulting from his marriage, the fact of dependency resulting from his ifiarrlage will be disregarded as a ground for deferred classification unless the dependent is a child of the marriage, born or un born on or before June 9, 1918, In which caae a registrant upon satisfac tory proof being made shall be placed In Class 2. "D. Nothing contained In thla amendment to Rule 6 shall be con strued as requiring the transfer to Class 2 of any registrant who has byn finally classified In Class 1 on tffi affirmative finding that his mar riage since May 18, 1917, was made with the primary view of evading mil itary service." IS AMIENB WITH CHANNEL COAST THE OBJECTIVE? The Impreslon Is rapidly strength ening that the stage is almost set for renewal of the German main thrust at the British around Amiens with the channel coast as the objective. Belief has never wavered among the majority of officers here that the real purpose of the German general staff has ben from the first to cut the al lied armies apart by a drive that would carry them to the channel; that, arrived at that goal, massed attack* would be hurled against the northern sector for the purpose of destroying the Britsh army while a atrong de fense was maintained against the French to the south. The thrusts *t Paris have been looked upon as well planned and executed feints designed to weaken the Amiens front before tho final effort should be mado there. O'BRIEN THE TOUGHEBT AMERICAN AIRMAN San Antonio, Tex. Lieut. Pat O'Brien. British royal flying corps, who survived a battle wtlh four Ger man airplanes, waa taken prisoner, leaped from a moving train, wandered more than two months through enemy territory and who finally reached Hol land, Is suffering a broken nose, caus ed by the second fall of his adventu rous career, which resulted when he took liberties with a student training type of airplane at Kelly field, SERIOUS COAL SHORTAGE EXPECTED NEXT WINTER Bt. Paul. Minn. —The coal shortage probably will be more keenly eR thia winter than last, according to repre sentatives of the United Mine Work ers' Union of America, who are at tending the apnual convention of the American Federation of labor. Dis cussion of the coal situation arose after a resolution requesting the feder ation to lend its sfforts to obtain coal for the New England disti"ct had beea adopted. OFFENSIVE ALONE BRIBGSJICTORY General Foch Savs Reserves, Carefully Husbanded, Will Deliver the Knockout. BLUDGEON MUST BE STRONG Used at the Finish With Surprise, Mm and Speed, They Will Make the De dalve Attack, Destroying the Ene my's Organized Forces. London. —Only an offensive, charac terized by surprise, mass and speed, can bring victorious results In warfare, says General Koch, consmander In chief of the allied armies, In an article which he contributes to the Field, a weekly journal. "Modern warfare, to arrive at Its end and to Impose its will on the en emy," General Foch says, "recognizes only one means—destruction of the enemy's organized forces. "War undertakes and prepares thia deatructlon by battle, which brings about the overthrow of the adversary, dlaorganizes his command, destroys his dlaclpilne, and nullities his units aa far aa their fighting power Is con cerned. No Victory In Oefense. "Our first axiom must be thaf to uchleve Its object a battle most not be purely defensive. A purely defensive battle, even well conducted, does not reault In a victor and a vanquished. It is simply a game that must be begun over again. "From thla It la an obvloua corollary that an offensive, whether started at the beginning of an action or whether It follows the defensive, can only give reaulta, and, In consequence, must al ways be adopted at the finish. "To maintain our poaitlon la not synonymous with being victorious and evea prepares for a defeat. If we re main where we are and do not pass to (he offensive to fix the direction of at tack, to guard against the plans of the enemy, and prevent him from carrying out the same maneuver, we must un dertake to carry on and sustain numer ous combats, each with determined aim. All Dependa on Reserve. "But since there remains no doubt that decisive attack Is the very key stone of a battle, all other actions which make up a battle must be en visaged, considered, organized, pro vided with forces in the measure In which they will prepare, facilitate, and guarantee development of a decisive attack characterized by it* mass, Its surprise, its speed, and for which, In consequence, It Is essential that there shall be the maximum reserve force !>oMlble of troops of maneuver. "The reserve—that la to say, the prepared bludgeon—ls organized and kept carefully Instructed to execute the single act of battle from which re sults are expected—namely, the de cisive attack. Surprise, Maaa and Speed. "Reaerves must be husbanded with the most extreme parsimony ao that " the blud«eon may be atrong enough to make the blow as violent as possible. Let loose at the finish, without any lurking Idea of saving them, with a well thought out plan for winning the battle at a point chosen and deter mined, reserves are thrown In all to gether In an action surpassing In vio lence and energy all other phases of battle, an action with proper charac terlatlcs—surprise, mass, snd speed. All our forces really participate, either by preparing It or by carrying It out. "In this, our supreme aim, we must not be deceived by appearancea. Al though theory falls when applied by feeble hands and when accessor'.** ob scure the main principle, history and reason show us that In battle there la a single argument which Is worth while —namely, decisive attack, which la alone capable of assuring the desired result—the overthrow of the adver sary." Not Taking Any Chances. When Captain Hammond of the Brit ish Royal Flying corps flew from Day ton to Indianapolis the other day one of the first fellows he met at the speedway was Johnny Altken, the au-»> tomoblle speed king. Captain Ham mond desired a spin around the speed way In Johnny's racing car and he was accommodated. "Did you give the captain any fancy ♦ thrills?" James A. Allison asked the racing man. 'T should sny not," Johnny replied. "Why not?" Allison wanted to know. "Well, you see, It'a this way: the captain Is going to take me for a sky ride and I don't want him to have any charges against me when he gets me about ten thousand feet northwest of yon fleecy cloud. No, slree! The captain got a ride that was soothing and altogether gentle."—lndianapolis News. "She Stoopa to Conquer." "She Stoops to Conquer" grew out of an Incident that occurred In Gold smith's travels about Ireland. Ho found himself one night far from home and inquiring the way to an inn. some wag directed him to a gentleman's. private residence. There be went, or dered ont his horse, demanded the best supper the place afforded and gener ally gave himself airs. He did not discover his mistake antll the next morning when he waa about to fay tla btlL
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