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The fallowing, which appeared In
Tuesday's News and Observer, will
be of interest here. Mr. Cartwrghf
i8 from Pasquotank, instead of
Hertford as stated in tl:e News and
Observer import and has contributed
a numler cf-ar.icles to this p:iier :
Washington, Au 7. Mr. Luther
W. Cartwright, of Hertford, secre
tary to Governor J. M. Poyner, of
Samoa, rprang a burprhe on his
friend at Tatuila on Friday, July
7th by secretly marrying Miss Ham
niond, the daughter of the chief war
rant officer stationed in Samoa.
Newg cf the marriace h3 just
reached Washington from Governor
Poyner and Jude Alex Stronach.
Mr. Cartwright wanted to keep
the marriage secret and get off at
Apia, 80 miles from Tutuila, on a
vessel sailing on the afternoon of
his marriage. C'rcumstances' appear
cd to favor him for nearly all worn
n and children of the station were
off on a picnic and most of the offl
cers were busy with their various
duties. Governor and Mrs. Poyner
were the only ones invited to the
marriage and they pledged secrecy.
Unfortunately however, in clearing
the vessel for sea the passenger list
bad to he looked over and the names
of Mr. and Mrs Cartwrisht at
tracted the attention of Lieutenant
McConel, the chief customs officer.
The news spread like wildfire. The
telephones were used, messengers
sent ani m 1,0 time everv one ex"
cept Mrs. Poyner and the Governor
were hurr"ying to the vessel's
-wharf. Then too, as if to swell
the fervency of congratulations the
fcicn'c party came back Just In time
to Join the crowd. Every body got
busy and secured the band to come
down to the shore and give a sere
nade. The embarassed Cart
wright, who thought he had stolen
a inarch on everybody, was greet
ed, with his bride, on the 'wharf
by a crowd of practically all the
officers of the station, their wives
and children, while the band play
ed the wedding march. Their
fcaggaze had gone down ahead of
them and the crowd got hold of
that In some way and deluged ever
thing with rice.
Mrs Cartwright is a very fine girl
and both the bride and groom are
very popular on the station. Got
ernor Poyner kndly gave the cou
ple a week's leave, which they
spent In Apia.
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DIRECT WATERFRONT LONGER
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(By United Press)
New York, Aug. 9 The shore
line and pier lengths within great
er New York harbor, including Jer
Bey shore, are longer by 71 miles
than the distance to Chicago via
Pennsylvania railroad, says the
Chamber of Commerce report avail
able today.
Official figures gtve Greater New
York a direct waterfront of 678.4
miles. Ou the New Jersey main
land waterfront, extending from
Sandy Hook to the Hudson River
shore opposite New York City's nor
ihern limit, affords 192.93 miles
more, making a total direct front
age of 771.33. This is more than
the lineal distance from New York
to Charleston, S. C, or of New
York to Cincinnati.
Measured around the piers and
along the heads cf the nil pa, the
length of the deve'oped waterfront
Hji-iTiL's cut home astonishing farts
of capacity for handling maritime
and fn'iuv.l trnde at th's Port . The
five sorowglib have a total frontage
cf 2'i" 2 miles. This with Urn NVw
Jersey ini: r ivomont of 13.1.4.ri miles
makes .W.i? miles, or a linenel
foot leusMh of 2 078.456 feet. This
lathr t 'tn. with the tot;'l lenirj li of
waterfrort on the same R'inre. of 4.
071', COD l;nnl fe-'t. shows that bare
ly half of thp lenuth available for
trade is as yet w'thin the develop
ment frontpre of Greater. New York
Measuring waterfront both n
round piers and along shoreline
Or 'Hter New York hits a total length
of 739. 3-miles, or 3.903,504 lineal
feet. Adding the Jersey stretch of
rivrrshores rppcsl'e the- City's
length on the Hudson given 240
miles more, making a crnnd total
by this mrde of ttrnsurement of
07! 3 miles, or 5.1 09 504 l'neal font.
Tlmt if 71.3 m'les' lontrr than tli"
entire (lls'anrp from Nw York to
Chirtiro by way cf the 1'cniiHylvan
ia Railroad.
M. X. Toxry of Sliihh was in the
city t'd-;y. Mr. Toxey has just re
covered from an operation at a Nor
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BRITISH EXPECTED
TEMPORARY REVERSES
By John Buthan
England's Foremost Writer on Mili
tary iWairs
(Written for the United Press)
London, Aus. 8. When the bom
bardment ceased on the morning of
July 1st, and the Allied troops left
their trenches in the Big Push on a
twenty five mi'e front, they did not
expect an even and steady advance.
A rigid line of German fortifica
tions stretches from Nieuport to the
Alps. There are no gaps. The de
fense had its first position, consist
ing of several trench lines; an inter
mediate position, and a second and
final position some way lack, of the
same type as the first. The labours
of eighteen months have made each
position a mlrae'e of human ingenu
ity a labyrinth of trenches and a
subterranean city of dugs-ont.
No such front can be broken at
the first attempt. The path of wis
dom is to ait ick n a broad front
and take the thin-.s by sfady stapes
to rupture one position at a time,
and to aU.uk with infantry only
when llv -,'iins have ilonp their work
hi the nif i of attack, of whith Al
I r-rt. tbe point of division, th" Ger
mans on the north were prepared
and the hinh plateau over which
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the r lines ran was a formidable ob
stacle to any advance. In the south
em part the ground was easier, the
enemy weaker and a real surprise
was achieved.
The British objective in the north
the enemy's fust position, except at
one or two points, wr.s not attained.
Milages were blotted out and
miles of country reduces to the ap
pearance of a ploughed field by the
Allied bim'-ardment. but the Gor
men guns. v.e;i hidden behind the
ridges were intact and before the
hour came for the British to cross
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their parapets tney opened a count
er bombardment on the British first
line. That line was largely destroy
cd, but the British infantry, under a
dev?H'ntl"rr r.'fWy Sr. n.' ..need
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thii- fr nt H (", f.rr.i wltli r.n h'ne
purs anil i'ut matte r:!!es. To h Mdes
showed the most conspicu ius gallan
firing line. WuoIe battalions disap
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The attack as a wholo was brok
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peared as fighting units. By the ev
ening of the first day the enemy's
position in the northern ' sections
was unshaken.
ft was different in the south.
There the Allies had the benefit of
a real surprise. The German reply
to their bombardment was feeble.
In some places the initial bombard
nient seemed to have destroyed re
sistance, and the attack advanced
with scarcely a casualty across tren
ches filler wi,n German dead. In a
few hours the immediate objective
was completely attained. All the
German first pos'tlon was carried
or. a front of more than twelve miles
line I-reneh regiment had onlv two
wounded, and the casualties of on
wnoie corps were under 800. The
German losses were very high. Cross
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fug the captured ground on the fol
lowing day one walked among piles
of German dead.
The first staire of the battle was
beyond doubt a great Allied success
The objective wag completely attain
eil or. an ample front and the way "
jrepartj for the stroke akainst the
final German position. Without the
sacrifice in the north the success ot
the Brit'sh right wing and the
French would have been impossible.
We are only looking at the tegltt
nlng of the greatest battle In his
tory. It. wl'l br a slow and costly
fight, for Germany knows it Is her
sst Ftand. i he Allies will pursue
their plan soberly and methodically
wild ventures. The German man
power la Ehrinkin low. They have
with no attempt at Hind rusTies or
been compelled to send divisions
from Verdun to help HIndenberg a
gainst Russia, and in providing re
serves for the present battle they
were driven t5 scrape up battalions
from every part of their western
front. Reserves obtained in this
way, men already wearied wltjj much
fighting, must inevitably be a frail
reed to lean upon. One battalion
hurried up from the South" was cap
tured intact by the British an hour
or two after it had detrained.
A French officer who was asked a
bout the capture' of guns, replied:
"We do not want guns. Krupp can
manufacture them faster than we
can take them. But Krupp cannot
manufacture fiien."
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