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PLYMOUTH, N. C, FEIDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1918
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0 TREMENDOUS FIGHT
CAPT. H. FROST
KATHLEEN X. PHILLIPS
BAPTISTS PROTEST
AGAINST RULING
CITY OF PER01E
TAKEN BY ALLIES
STEADY PROGRESS
MADE BY ALLIES
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GREATEST VICTORY OF WAR EN.
TAILS GREATEST LOSSES
FOE HAS SUFFERED.
S OF PRISONERS
Situation of Germans Is Most Perilous
That Has Faced Them Since
the War Began.
Over a front of 30 miles the region
of Arras to Peronne, Field Marshal
Haig's forces have literally smashed
the German front.
The southern portion of the famous
Drocourt-Queant switch line, which
has been heralded as the impregnable
. bulwark of the German defense in
the north, has given way under the
violence of the British onslaught over
its entire front from the Scarpe river
to Queant, a distance of virtually 10
miles.
Thousands of prisoners have been
taken from the strongly resisting en
emy, who tt last accounts, was fight
ing violently as he gave ground to
ward the Canal Du Nord.
By this victory seeingly is ended
the menace of the Hindenburg line to
the south, which the British are
gradually approaching over its entire
front. Already thoroughly outaflnked
on the north and with the French well
upon its southern base, military ne
cessity apparently will require that
the Germans relinquish the Hinden
burg fortifications and realign their
front from Flanders to Rheims.
The situation of the enemy, viewed
from the war maps, is the most peri
lous he has yet been in.
The Americans, who took Voorme
zeele, are well into the region of the
town, having overcome the strong re
sistance of the Germans who endeav
orede to bar their way.
Hard fighting has been in progress
between the British and Germans
around Peronne, where the Austra
lians 'successfully withstood violent
attacks and have taken several thou
sand prisoners.
These gains, if they are continued,
seemingly cannot but result shortly
in the enemy withdrawing northward
from the Vesle river positions he holds
adn reconstituting his entire front to
Rheims.
GREAT REVENUE BILL NOW
READY FOR CONSIDERATION
Washington. The new revenue bill
greatest of all tax measures in the
history of the nation with a levy af
fecting every individual and business
concern in the country, was approved
unanimously by the house ways and
means committee. Chairman Kitchin
introduced the measure in the house.
Leaders hope to send it to the senate
within 10 days after debate begins.
The final committee estimate of the
revenue to be yielded under the new
bill is $8,012,792,000, as against $3,
941,633,000 last year under the pres
ent law. . The largest source of esti
mated revenue is from taxes on excess
war profits, $3,100,000,000," and the
next is from taxes on incomes $1,
482,186,000 from individuals and $828,
000,000 from corporations.
BITTERNESS OF DEFEAT IS
BROUGHT HOME TO GERMANS
Washington. Germany's growing
realization of what the allied victories
in France and Flanders mean con
tinues to be reflected in the changed
tone of the German press. An offi
cial dispatch quotes the following'
from The Cologne Gazette:
"The struggle now going on on the
southern front becomes every day
greater and more formidable. The
greatest German offensive cannot even
be compared to the present fights. We
must not let the relative calm reign
ing in some sections deceive. For
midable forces are gathered there.
Are these troops in need of rest, or
are they designed for fresh fights,
ready to attack on the first opportu
nity?" '.LABOR PLEDGES LOYAL AID
IN. BRINGING QUICK SUCCESS
Washington. Organized labor at
celebrations throughout the country
answered President Wilson's appeal
to speed up war work by pledging loy
'al support to the government in turn
ing out materials need to bring the
war to a quick and- victorious co''
elusion.
Speakers , at meetings brought j
leys of cheers from the working J
by quoting the President's Laborf
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One of the best equipped as well as
most beautiful and spacious of the
Red Cross hospitals overseas Is Unit
21 of the American Red Cross at
Paignton, England, of which Capt. H.
Frost is the chief surgeon. Captain
Frost has under him expert surgeons
ind physicians and well-trained attend
ints. THE GERMANS SHELLING LINES
THE TAKING OF QUESNOY WOOD
TIGHTENS POCKET ON WEST
ON MAIN ROAD TO HAM.
Enemy is Compelled to Abandon Its
Ammunition All Over The Field
of the Avre.
With the French Army in France.
The operations of the past to days
have put the Germans into another
pocket between the Canal Du Nord
and the River Aisne. They will have
to evacuate it promptly or run a big
risk of having their positions there
turned from the north by the French
along the valley of the Somme.
Since the fall of Noyon, which was
the apex of the salient, Mont. St. Sim
eon, mile and a quarter to the east, is
its advanced defense. This height
dominates the valley of the Aisne east
ward and the valley of the River
Meve and the Canal Du Nord to the
north. These valleys were lines in
the salient.
The taking of Quesnoy wood has
tightened the pocket from the western
side, bringing the French within shell
ing distance of the main road leading
out of it in the direction of Ham.
Between the roads to Ham and
Chauny, a succession of heights ex
tending from Mont St. Simeon to
Chauny, form a position of great
strength. The Germans are violently
shelling the French lines from there
but the imminence of danger threat
ening their communications to the
north suggests that they are merely
using part of their immense ammuni
tion supples there is to ease the
pressure which had become so strong
as to require them to abandon ammu
nition all over the field of the Avre.
TOWN OF BAPAUME CAPTURED
AND PERONNE OUTFLANKED
London. In addition to the capture
of Bapaume and Noyon, the British
were reported to be in Lesboeufs and
Morvl, according to the latest news
from the battle front. The town of(
Peronne has been outflanked by the
British on the south.
French troops are reported to have
captured Juvigny, north of Soissons.
They are reported to have lost Cha
vigny, -just south of Juvigny to the
Germans.
Field Marshal 'Haig's men are re
ported to have taken Ginchy and
Giuulemont and to have reached the
western outskirts of Maurepas.
British patrols are said to be in
Lesboeufs and Morval. These places
are all south of Bapaume.
SOME UNITS OF FRENCH ARMY
MAKE ADVANCE OF 12 MILES
Paris. Some units of the armies of
General Debeney ' and General Hum
bert north of the Oise river advanc
ed for more than 12 miles, according
to The Intransigeant. The newspaper
onfirms the report that French
coops have reached the region of
lm and adds that it does not seem
ble that the Germans will be able
-ld Guiscard for any length of
I Guiscard is on the hgh road
y between Noyon and Ham.
GERMANS CONTINUE TO GIVE
GROUND; INSECURITY OF
THEIR POSITION SHOWN.
ACCOMPLISH GREAT CHANGES
All Danger to Channel Ports Has Been
Averted and Overcome By ''Suc
cess of Recent Movements-
. London. Peronne, the railroad cen
ter at the bend of the River Sorame,
taken by the Germans in their offen
sive of last .March, was recaptured by
forces of Field Marshal Haig. The
towns of Bullecourt and Morval also
were captured by the British.
The British have reached the sub
urbs of Lens. Large fires are burn
ing in the neighborhood of Lens and
Armentieres. These are regarded as
an indication of a further German re
tirement. All along the western battle front
the Germans continue to give ground
before the entente allies. Daily the
trend of events accentuates the in
security of the German lines and the
inability of the German high com
mand to hold back the aggressors.
Where two months ago great
salients projected into the allied
front, these have either been flatten
ed or are in the process of being
blotted out, and in some instances
the allies themeselves have driven in
wedges that seriously menace the
enemy.
With the Marne and Picardy sec
tors now virtually all reclaimed, the
wings of the present allied offensive
are moving in a manner that bodes
ill to the Germans. In the north, the
wing on the Lys salient southwest of
Ypres i3 being advanced under vol
untary retirements and the pressure
of Field Marshal Haig's forces. Fol
lowing the fall of Kemmel, the allied
line has been moved further forward
until it now rests almost upon the
Estaires-LaBasse road, less than
seven miles southwest of Armentieres.
By wiping out of this salient the
menace to the channel ports has been
overcome.
American troops advancing along
side British have had their first battle
on Belgian soil. They captured
Voormezeele and joined with their al
lies in the important operations
which were carried out all along this
sector. The Americans, besides tak
ing Voormezeele, have captured sev
eral strong positions.
AMERICANS MAKE A
TWO MILE ADVANCE
With the American Army in France.
The American troops in their drive
bevond Juvigny advanced about two
miles and captured nearly 600 prison
ers, together with considerable war
supplies.
The advance from Juvigny began at
4 o'clock and the Americans had gain
ed their objective by night. Ragged
points in the new line were smoothed
out. In addition to the 600 prisoners,
two pieces -of artillery were captured
and a great number of machine guns
and treench mortars. Trenches, shell
holes and the open field were strewn
with German dead.
The drive forward from the posi
tions north and south of Juvigny
proved a field day for the Americans
and their allies the French. The ar
tillery literally blasted a way through
the enemy ranks, tearing down de
fenses and leveling the ground, while
allied planes maintained complete and
uninterrupted connection by radio
with battery commanders throughout
the engagement. The infantry, when
called upon for its part in the dram
atic venture, responded like .veteran
troops after a long period of rest, and
with enthusiastic shouts began the
pursuit of the Germans who were not
caiurht in the terriffc barrage.
With the infantry went the tanks,
and it was a different story from that
when they first advanced against Ju
vigny. Two companies, 30 tanks, had
been detailed for the work.
SPAIN TAKES OVER
INTERNED GERMAN SHIPS
Madrid. The Spanish government
has decided to take all the German
steamships interned in Spanish ports,
in accordance with Spain's recent note
to Berlin, because of the torpedoing of
Spanish vessels by German subma
rines. Foreign Minister Dato announced at
a meeting of the cabinet that the
Spanish steamship Ataz-Mendi, has
been torpedoed and sunk by a German
submarine.
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Miss Kathleen X. Phillips, British
Red Cross nurse recently arrived In
San Francisco on furlough after three
years on the front In France. Sh
rentes stories of German atrocities
she personally witnessed In Belgium
and France.
THE AMERICANS ARE FIGHTING
COUNTER OFFENSIVE TACTICS
FAIL TO STAY ONWARD
ADVANCE OF ALLIES.
Germans Endeavor o Ford Vesle But
Are Prevented and Held by Gen
eral Pershing's Men.
The Germans facing the allied forces
from Arras to Soissons everywhere
are in dire peril.
On almost every sector of the bat
tlefront the enemy line continues to
crumble before the allied attack, not
withstanding the violence, born of des
peration, of the counter offensive tac
tics. Near Arras, the od Hindenburg line
now is well outflanked; from the
Scarpe to the Somme the hostile line
gradually is falling back, while from
the south of the Somme to Soissons
the enemy front has literally been
smashed and the German hosts appar
ently are caught in two distinct traps,
escape from which without heavy loss
es in men made prisoner and guns and
material captured, seems almost im
possible of achievement.
The first trap in which the enemy
finds himself is the triangle formed
by the sharp curve of the Somme river
with Peronne its apex and with Curlu
on the Somme and Fresnes respect
ively its northern and southern bases.
This triangle is a little more than
three miles deep and six miles wide,
and in it the Germans are fighting
with their backs toward the Somme
on both the north and the east.
It was the French troops who sprung
the other trap. With the fall of Chaul
nes the French forces routed the en
emy over a front of about 19 miles
and penetrated the region to a depth
at some points of nearly seven miles.
From the north of Chaulnes to Nesle
the penetration of the French reached
the heights on the left bank of the
Somme; southward the advance left
the French along the Canal Dunord at
various points between Nesle and the
outskirts cf Noyon, south and south
east of Noyon gains also were made
and Noyon and the entire region be
tween Nesle and Soissons now are in
a great pocket and with the French
pincers working hard to close upon it.
The Americans and the Germans
also are engaged in bitter battles
around Bazoches and Fismette on the
Vesle.
The Germans endeavored to ford
the Vesle south of Bazoches, but were
held by the Americans. Likewise an
enemy assault against Fismette was
stopped.
WORK OR FIGHT AMENDMENT
THROWN OUT BY SENATE
Washington. Senate and house
conferees on the manpower bill reach
ed a complete agreement eliminating
the senate work or fight amendment.
This assures final passage of the
measure.
The "work or fight" proposal was
regarded as the only dispute likely, to
cause delay and the senate's mana
gers consented to its deletion from
the bill largely to expedite its enact
ment.
NO ABATEMENT IN STRENGTH
OF OFFENSIVE ALLIES ARE
PRESSING ON THE ENEMY.
HARDEST KIND OF FIGHTING
Successes Gained Render More Se
cure Lines Outflanking Aisne
and Other Points.
There has been no abatement In the
strength of the offensive the British,
French and ' American troops are
throwing against the German armies
from Arras to the region of Soissons.
And as yet there is no indication
that it is the purpose of the seeming
ly demoralized enemy to turn about
and face their aggressors or to offer
more resistance for the present than
through the activities of strong rear
guards.
Not alone have the allied troops all
over the battle front from Arras to
Soissons gained further important ter
rain, but to the north the British have
advanced their line materially in the
famous Lys sector and apparently
without much effort on the part of
the foe to restrain them.
Of greater significance than any of
the othef victories achieved in Fri
day's fighting is the gain of the French
with whom Americans are brigaded in
this general sector north of Soissons.
The latest French official communi
cation records the capture by the
French here at Chavigny, three miles
northwest, and Cuffies, a mile and a
half north of Soissons, and the entry
into the outskirts of Crony, a short
distance to the northeast.
These victories, gained only after
the hardest kind of fighting, make
more secure the allied line running
northward and outflanking the Aisne
and the Chemin-Des-Dames positions.
Also bettering this general stiua
tion has been the crossing by the
French of the Ailette river at Champs.
BIG SHIPBUILDING PLANT TO
BE ESTABLISHED AT NEW BERN
Washington. New Bern has been
sleeted as the site of a big shipbuild
ing plant. Several million dollars
will be spent there. The West Coast
Shipbuilding Company ,of Everett,
Washington, which has several large
plants on the Atlantic and Pacific
coasts, will build the yard. Harry B.
Spear, the Washington representative,
will reach New Bern next week to be
gin preparations. Five hundred to
one thousand men will be employed
at the outset in construction of the
yard. In reality it will be two plants,
as both wooden and concrete ships are
to be built.
The emergency fleet corporation,
through General Manager Piez, ap
proved the site, which was really se
lected by the war department, since
the vessels to be built are for that
department. Five 265-foot car ferries
wlil be the first products of the plant.
Tugs, concrete schooners, river steam
ers and transports will also be built
there.
PREACHER CHANGES HIS
OCCUPATION TO SAILOR MAN
Washington. Rev Paul Plunkett
Boggs, of Greenwood, S. C, soon will
"ship out" aboard a merchant ship
as an ordinary seamon. Quitting his
pulpit recently, he signe da contract
to remain in the merchant marine for
the'period of the war, and he is now
among the recruits in training at Bos
ton. Scrubbing paint and polishing
brass are a part of his sea education
that he had gone through.
"I thought I knew human nature,
when I was preaching, but I am Just
beginning to see the real meaning of
life," he says. "Thousands of boys,
whose uncomplaining spirit is one of
genuine and willing sacrifice, are help
ing save democracy and I am proud
to be among them in that work."
AMERICANS' POSITIONS ARE
PERHAPS NOT SO GOOD
Wth the American Army in France.
The positions of the Americans are
perhaps not so good and the contest
seems to have narrowed down to one
of comparative merits of officers and
men of the two organizations.
Before the day was over the Ger
mans had begun to show signs Of
weakening and observers reported
troop movements which appeared to
Indicate a regrouping and perhaps retirement.
VIGOROUS OBJECTION IS VOICED
AGAINST RECENT RULING AS
TO CAMP PASTORS.
QUOTA OF $1,000,000 FUND
Associaion is Arranging to Go "Over
the Top" In Raising Its Propor
tion of the Fund.
The Central Baptist Association
meeting at Wake Forest adopted reso
lutions protesting against the War De
partments ruling eliminating camp
pastors from the forces of religloua
workers in army camps and asking
that the order be revoked.
The Central Association began iti
meeting at ten o'clock.
For many years Mr. John E. Ray
was moderator of the association. All
missed him at this session. Dr. Chas
E. Brewer was elected moderator, and
W. R. Powell .clerk and treasurer.
The introductory sermon was preach
ed by Dr. Livingston Johnson in tha
morning. The Biblical Recorder waa
also discussed.
The Central Association was asked
to raise $50,000 as its part of the mil
lion dollar fund. Reports from tea
churches showed just a little over the
$50,0000. There are thirty-one churches
in the association. Of course th
stronger churches are included among
those which have made subscription,
but others are arranging for a cam
paign, and it is hoped that the amount
will reach up toward $55,000 or mora
when the reports re in. The central
is the first association in the state
that has made a systematic campaign
for the million dollar fund, and if tha
others will do as well, the denomina
tlon will go "over tha top."
The following resolution waa unan
imously and heartily adopted:
"Whereas, we learn with d&ep re
gret that the War Department has ia
sued an order eliminating the camp
pastors from the forces of religloua
workers in the army camps, and
whereas we consider this a very se
rious matter, as it not only deprives
the young men in the army of the
benefit of receiving spiritual instruc
ton and advice from ministers ot
their own faith, but is also in our opin
ion a serious blow to religious lib
erty .therefore:
"Resolved, That we, the delegate
of the Central Association, in annual
session assembled, most respectfully
and earnestly petition the war de
partment to revoke this undemocratic
and unAmerican order."
Poole for Speaker.
Mt. Gilead. R. T. Poole, of TroTt
will represent Montgomery county In
the net general assembly. The nom
ination came to Mr. Poole as a great
surprise to himself and friends, as hr
has built up a great law practice and
it will be no little sacrifice to him tt
serve in this capacity. Mr. Poole rep
resented the county in 1905. Mr
Poole's friends have hegun to boost
him for the speakership of the hous.
President Lutheran Society.
Salisbury. The thirty-third annua!
convention of the Woman's Mission
ary Society of the North Carolina
Lutheran Synod closed its meeting,
which has been in progress at Faith.
N. C, with a business session in th
morning and a meeting of the exec
utive committee in the afternoon.
The convention represents about
100 societies of about 3,000 members.
There were about 100 delegates enroll
ed at this meeting.
Several forward steps were taken.
The budget system of finances is be
ing put into operation with telling ef
fect. Tha amount to be raised during
th eneit year has been increased by
the addition of $700. At the session
in afternoon Mrs. John M. Cook, Con
cord, was re-elected president of the
conventlon. A field secretary will be
put into the field with salary for a
period of time each year to stimulate
interest in the work and visit the beal
societies.
Expecting Commissions.
Special from Washington. It is un
derstood here that these Nxta
liniana are to be given
the provost marshal p "f,
Junuls G. Adams o?J
chael Schenck ' v,
Thomas W. Ty
Robert Pacv
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