VOL. G
IJikin.N. C, Thursday, March 7, 1018
No. 43
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AMERICANS SECURE CFRMAN PLAN
OF ATTACK.
With the American Army in
Frniu-f, Saturday, March 'J A
plan of attack, including a map of
tho American positions, indicat
ing every dugout, which was re
moved from the body of the
Prussian captain which led to the
recent assault upon the sector
northwest of Toul, shows how
completely the Gorman prepare
their raids-if, In fact, this was
hutasimple raid not having ns
it ultimate object tin; retention
of a uirtion of the salient.
The map goes into such detail
ns to show every inn bine place
ment, every trench an 1 every de
pression .hi th" ground within
Jlio-American lines. At t lie hot
torn there is simply a lino drawn,
libelled 'our frontline." Alone
this lino are five slmled portions,
each marked "nest."
Four rehearsals were lu l l for
the attack and the troop who
inado it were 8ecially picked
from new arrivals of fresh troops
in the sector. They v.erc- told
that the Americans were in front
of them.
,(Mter the artillery had nearly
leveled the American jsition,j
the Germans started out from
their nets, each of which eon
tained 40 infantrymen, one lieu
tenant and three pioneers to pre
cede the infantry and live to fol
low it. The two groups uwn the
American eireine nun
around this flank an I the group
upon the extreme left carried out
a similar movement there.
The two groups in the center
had planned to attack directly,
but tho Americ an h'f.-nse chang
ed all the plans. When they were
Met ly the heavy machine gui
liTe from the American lines they
saw it would he impossible to
gain a fating the w (hanged
their direction, and fiilowel the
other groups around tin' (lank.
The duty of the pioneer pric ed
ing the infantry was to clean up
any wire that had not been bro!
en by the artillery, while the pio
tieors who followed carried large
quantities of uxplusivct for the
pui o.se of cleaning up the dug
outs.
V Official report of the inlerio
f gatiou of the prisoners taken by
tho Americans show that ull (f
-them did not behove Germany
would win the war. One of the
men told tho i'jtcl'ne.ence officers
h presumed thatthe Americans,
like the Germans, did r.nt want
to fight but had to. Tho officers
quickly changed the Gci man's
viewpoint by Informing him that
II of tho troop in the attacked
, po&i lions were volunteers.'
One prisoner, whose home is in
Gorman Lorraine, said ho thought
I the fatherland would lose the war,
but he hoped not. He knew tn.th-
bouttho Americans except
that they were in tho war, the
German newspapers not printing
much ujon the subject, ho said,
. and being slow in reaching the
front linos localise of mall con
gestion. This prisoner sai l he was con
vinced that the re out strikes in
Germany were cause.? by a do
t.iro for peace, adding that all
Germans wanted tho war to end.
Ho was certain that an offensive
was coming, but did not behove
it would 1)0 launched before
Aprill.
None of the prisoners h. 1 seen
any German links, they said.
All of them added they were glad
to have been taken prisoner, es
peeially by the Americano, b
cause they believed they would
be well treated.
The prisoners' accounts show
ed that tho sector opposite the
American position was command
od by General Stalzmann.
Tho correspondent talked with
a dozen of tho American wounded
In their hospital cots. Kvoryo'noj
of theuT was anxious to tVM of
-some deed of heroism or other
performed by his fellows, but
displayed great modesty regard
ing hi own exploit. One youth,
whose home I near Savannah,
Gar, and who looked to bo not
more than 19 years old, told this
story:
"1 was in tho front line when
it seemed lileo every shell In the
world started coming our way.
Where the Germans got ihem is
more than I know. I never be
lieved that many existed. One
burst near where I was,
"A piece hit a fellow on the
other ide of me who camo from
Texas. The corporal picked him
up in his arms and started with
him for a first aid station in the
midst of a perfect shower of dirt
and mud w hich was being kicked
up. I don't Know whether he
ever got there or not,
"My that time I got into a ma
chine gun emplacement with an
other corporal, w hose homo is in
Missouri, leaving ruy rifle out
side. Things got so hot wo de
cided to try t J get to a steel shel
ter at tho end of a trench.
"Tho rorjwral went first, but a
few feet away a shell exploded
almost on him and killed him. 1
stepped out and saw that my
rifle had been blown to pieces.
This left ine defenseless, so 1
started in another direction hop
ing to tind a ri floor a pistol, be
cause I knew the Germans would
bo around soon. About the same
time a piece of shell hit rue on
the left side, and down I went.
A sergeant yelled an order for
me to go to a first aid station.
"I was just approaching the
station in the rear of two stretcher-bearing
teams w ho w ere pro
ceeding, bent over to escae, if
possible, the flying pieces of
hi ll, when a shell plumped down
on top of the station, exploded,
and wiped itout. A piece of rock
hit nse in tho head. When I
woke up some stretcher bearer
In I me, hsuling me over the
"I've Mire got to hand it to
those men with th. Ked Cross on
tle-ir arms. They all worked
like dog !ii that hell out there.
They seijuud tt have but one
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Mlea u, do ineir ouiy ana ap
parently cared nothing for their
own lives while do'n it. They
were g us.o right to . . 1 core."
In this connection it tony Is
snid tint there arc a certain num
ber of men who wear tho Ked
Cross whoso names are on the
casually list.
An artilleryman from New
Jersey described what happened
in tho gun pits.
"I was asleep In the dugout
when the fun began," ho said
"Wo ran out to tho gun. Tho
shells were raining down nil
around. One shell hit near the
pit and loosened the logs over
l ea l. After that every time wo
fired tho concussion brought
down one or two logs Mud,
(Stone and pieces of shell came in
at the front. Five spokes were
knocked from one wheel of the
carriage and the gun mozzlo was
nicked. Two or three men were
slightly hit and laid away at tho
end of the pit while the rest of us
keion firing.
Suddenly, a piece of steel
came through tho gun shit
which I was behind and hit me
in the shoulder. About that time
we w ere all carried to tho dress
ing station, and bete I run.
don't niii.d this wound, but
ho;M to the Ijo.1 il gets well soon
so that I can get back with my
outfit."
Mi ww iniauirymen askci
questions regarding tho fate of
their comrades. Keen distress
w;..s displayed by nil the men o
tlic company commanded by the
captain who was killed. One of
them said:
"Mo was a flue officer, and be
lieve me, he took caio of his men.
Any one (if tho company would
have gone through lieli at hi or
der. We will pay Frilv. for that
if wo haven't Hi ready duiio so."
A "Kansas man w ho wan In tho
tight said that tho last ho saw of
the captain ho whs kneeling
alongside a spitting machine gun
and blazing away at tho Germans
with hi own automatic pistol.
"I saw him fall flat," added the
private.
Tho captain was killed by a
gunshot wound In tho chest.
. All the American dead now
have been buried In a little gravu
yard a few bundled yard from
tho spot where they fell. The
German bodies also have been
collected and buried nearby.
FRENCH TROOPS
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361 ALROPLANES WERE BROUGHT
DOWN BY THEENCLISH
IN FEilKUARV. '
Indon, March 2 -Three hun
dred and sixty-one aeroplanes are
officially reported downed on ail
battlefronts in February. Two
lundred and thirteen of these
were on the western front, five in
taly, four in Palestine, three in
Macedonia, one in Mesopotamia.
Two hundred and icveny threc
were German and Austrian and
allied. Tho total fur Uecem-
U?r on tho western and Italian
front alone were J0.
There were several entirely
blank days during tho past month
and other when flying was jms
.slide forono brief period.
The Mritish and Italian airmen
in Italy continued in February a
aucccssfol offensive against the
Germans and Austrian. Forty
live enemy machines were de
stroyed, '':$ by tho Italians and L'-J
by the Mritish. French airmen
crashed two, Italian gunner
three. The Mritish drove one
out of control, a total of 'A.
BRILLIANT WORK DONE IN RUCCEO
PALESTINE.
Mritish Army Headquarters in
Palestine, Feb. 2". The army's
dashing work last weekvin the
mountain east of Jerusalem en
abled more rapid progress to be
inado than tho Turks thought
dblo. The fighting was in a
country where machino guns
could hold up whole columns.
Guns were placed in imsitions
w here it was most difficult to rout
them, but the I union troops
never hesitated. Miles of infan
try were sliding downhill over
smooth and slippery stone, thru
slithering muddy valley and
climbing mountains. It was n
wonderful feature to get a gun
through such country.
What is probably a new artil
lory record was established in
these Jericho operations. Gun
began firing atanaltitudeof 2,020
feet above the sea. When they
finished they w ere in action in the
Jordan valley, I.l'o) feet below
sea level. Houses near Jericho
road which screened the machine
guns bore many, nntks from
shells and heivy jpins.
Indication of tho enemy's pre
cipitato ritreat were found at
Fuj n el Mahr, near tho north
west corner of ho Dead sea,
w hich tho enemy made a base for
loading grin from the area to the
east. The Turk blew up a re
pair shop and burnt stores, but
left substantial buildings Intact.
Mounted troop? had an ardu
ous lime for tho country was par
ticularly difficult for cavalry.
Mounted troops started near
Methlehoin and for mile had to
Iea4 their horses. In some places
they had to move in singlo file.
They we ro held up befoio Naby
Musa, tho traditional bur) ing
place of Moses, but some Anze
acs who reached flatter ground
near tho Dead sea, threatened
Neby Musa with a flank attack.
When final'y dismounted, tho at
tackonNeba Musa was made
just before dawn, tho Turks had
fled. Tho Anzeaca entered Jen
cho and went forward to the
brink of tho river Jordan.
ADVANCING BEHIND HEAVY CURTAIN FIRE
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TA13 STATE IS BEHIND IN WAR
STAMP SALrS
Winston Salem, March 2.
While America I running ahead
of Kugland in her weekly sales of
war savings stamps, North Caro
lina Is still near the bottom of
tho list of states, according to in
formation that comes from Wash-
ington to state headquarters
here. North Carolina's standing
is based on tho amount of her
December and January sales that
were roported to state headquar
ters, but it is exected that when
reH)rts in full are received for
February, that her standing will
be considerably higher than what
it is now reiorted.
In order to know exv'lly how
North Carolina stands, Colonel
Fries requests that all county
chairman, and all salon-agencies,
through their county chairmen,
make a full rcrt of tho sale in
their counties up to February 21
Thi reiHrt will include the De
cember and January sales as well
as February's. Ho says that it
is most necessary that tho coun
ty chairmen uiako these rejwrts
as requested that not only tho
state but tho nation may keep ac
curate statistics and know how
well war saving stamps are
'ueeling the need of the country
at this time.
America'o total amount of war
savings to tho present i report
ed to ! about $?S,(TX!,()iX), while
her daily Ineo .no is close off-',-
muui. r.ngianti s 1011 ur o
months was $ U,2U:!.0U). F.ng
land's campaign for war savings
has loen on .'or two years. She
sell on nn average of
a week while Ameri-'Vs sales
have already averaged more than
$10.()OO,f"0 a week. The biggest
monthly sale in Kngland w.s $:'.?,-
OoO.OiX): the biggest monthly s!e
for America was $0,UiO,tJO.
Kngland was seven months roach
ing her first $100,1 XX), 000.
Tlut$2,(XK,(XW a day flowing
into tho treasury from tho small
savings of the people, d jos not
mean, says a dispatch from the
treasury department at Wash
ington, that the government ha
all that it need to finance the
war. The n.'tiori needs e e-h day,
says the dinpUeh, tho labor pro
duct of millions of its citizens
ci ,;jgcd hi agriculture, mining,
manufacturing and transports
tioi.. Money alone will not com
mand these necessities of war.
People must reduce their ex
penditures for personal comforts
and luxuries, says the dispatch,
and put their surplus earnings
into government loans. Tlrs will
mean that tho government will
have $2,000,000 to spend every
day to win tho war rather than
tho people spend that amount for
mere ersonal pleasure and sat
isfaction.
RID CROSS INSTALLS "FRONT LINE
SERVICE."
Washington, March 3,- Instal
lation of a special "front lino ser
vice," with all American troops
engaged in actually I'ghtlng the
Germans has been undertaken by
tho Hod Cross In Franco. This
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plan, a development of tho front
line canteens through which the
American Hed Cross during the
past six months has been serving1
hot drinks U) morn than a million
French so iier was announced
in a cablegram receivi-d today by
the war council.
"Today the Ked Cross has lo
rolling canteen b-hind the
lines," the message s aid. "From
these ( anteens arc sent forward
daily, often in tho small hunr of
the night, .')) or more large re
ceptacles containing hot drink.
These aro served freo to tho men
going on or just coming of! duty.
The work has proved itself to be
Of such value to the French that
tho American army ha asked the
Ked Cross to hive this service
directly In touch with the modi
al relief, station nearest the
front. Tho work is often done
under heavy shell fire and re
quire men of great bravery and
sympathy."
BREAK WITH CERKANY MAY FOL
LOW ARGENTINE VOTING.
Muenos Aire, March 1. An
active electioneering campaign
for tho renewal of the-term of
half tho total number of deputies
is in progress. Tho o!iing will
take place Sunday aud the coun
try is almost certain to support
President Irigoyen, giving tho
radical an iffeotivo majority.
Such a result may have an impor
tant effect ujHin the international
Hlicy of Argentina, and may
lj.si'u!.v lead L a rupture ia re
lations with Germany, bringing
in Chile.
Feeling here generally remains
U fluitely pre ally, bst it is .aid
the president must luve. a work
ing inaj irity before he can put
into practice his plans.
STEVEDORE IS KILLED AND TWO
BADLY HURT.
Newport News, Va., March 2.
One negro stevedore was killed
and two wounded, one probably
fatally, wheu guard of tho -itli
n fan try early tonight fired on a
party of 2'X) to 4(X) steved res
who were attempting to wreck a
siiiull store near their camp. The
names of the (toad man and the
wounded h id r.ot be-jn ascertain
ed tonight.
Colonel Van Voorhis, chief ol
sU!T hero, said at 10 o'clock that
everything was quiet ind that ho
anticipated no more trouble. The
colonel says the trouble resulted
from an argument between Pri
vate Turner, of the .'52;lrd labor
company, and a whlto clerk in i
soft drink placo known as Saun
dors stooe, lato this afternoon.
Turner gathered about S00 no
Ijro stevedore abound him and
returned to tho placo tonight.
Armed with bricks anJ bottles
tho negroes attempted to wreck
the store. Tho sorgoant of the
guard stationed about 400 yards
away ordered tho guard to arrest
the stevedores. Tho stove lcrcs
took to their heoU, The guard
bore down on them andthf guard
fired about 15 shots after two
commands to halt had gono un
noticed.
SOME AMERICANS KII.LfT; SOME ART
ELICHTLY W0UN0LD
Willi the American Army In
Franco, March 2.- (My the Asso
cialod Pre-s.) Another German
raid on the Amoiican line was
made nt IiillO o'clock l.'.sl iiiu'ht in
tie Cheihin des Dames sector.
After sharp lighting the enemy
retired, leaving four prisons, two
f w hoin were wounded.
The Americans lost some killed
Hid a number slightly wounded
or missing. All are .New r.ng-
landers.
Tin ci' companies of shock
troops, one of which had been
brought from Ijioii by motor
cars for f he attack, came up be
hind a heavy barrage w hich had
been put down along the left
ll ink of the American forces.
After sharp fighting the enemy
retired.
The American nn I Froiuh ar
tillery effectively counter s Mled
the enemy (luting the' ek,
which was localized and during
his retirement.
It i not permitted to disclose
tho number of American casual
ties. One of the prisoners cap
tured said that this was tho be
ginning of a series of similar
raids on a Ir rge scale along the
western fro it.
RUMANIA REJECTS SORT OF TEACE
HUNS TENDER
Amsterdam, March 2. Ac
cording to the Vohsistho Zeitung
of Merlin, the ieace negotiation
at Bucharest, Kumauia, have
failed. It is understood King
Ferdioand' reply to tho central
powers was unsatisfactory.
Other German newspapers say
the negotiations were interrupt
ed Incause Dr. von Kuchlmann
and Count C.ernin, respectively
German and Austro Hungarian
foreign minister, had been sum
moncd to ISrcst Litovsk. A semi
official statement issued in Ber
lin, however, denied that they
had left tho Rumanian capital.
POSTMASTERS MUST BE CAREFUL
ABOUT EXPLOSIVES.
. Washington, March 2. Post
masters hereafter will bo held to
strict accountability for allowing
packages containing exolosives,
inflammable article, alcohol, etc.
to bo forwarded from their of
fices for shipment to tho Ameri
can expeditionary forces in
France.
In making this announcement
tonight, tho posloftice depart
in en I called attention to tho fact
that under tho law ositnaster&
mav be held jointly resjHnsible
with the senders of the unmaila
hie matter should fire or cxplos
ion roult from the presence of
such matter in the mails, whether
the lire or explosion occurs in
this country or aoroad.
Penalty for violation of the law
aiust p.aciitg articles in mail
w hich are known to be unmaila
ble i a fine of not moro than
$3,000 or imprisonment for not
more than 10 years or both.
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rnriiltliiic iiilsiei; In (Ji!nije. Mi'-'
lieu riiihotn nnil-imi iup won In
athletics tontlflcJ to his physical qunll
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AMERICANS CAN FICIIT WEARING
CAS MASKS
With tho American Army in
Franco, March 2 (By tho Asso
ciated Pnv sj- The three recent
raids, one in tho Ton I sector and
two along the Chemlr. cles Dames,
have demonstrated that tho Am
eilean soldier, notwithstanding
his previous inexperience, now Is
perfectly at homo in a gas mask
and able to light just as well with
as without it. In so quickly
reaching this stage tho Ameri
cans have shown their usual ad
aptability. Gas was used in all
three attacks In just sufficient
quantities to make masks necos
s.iry, as tho Germans in their la
ter attacks did not desire to en
counter quantities nf their own
gas.
When the engagement at Toul
began, virtually all tho Ameri
cans were masked. Somo few
f the men, however, aro report
ed to have taken a chanco when
the German infantry attacked,
pulling off their masks for freer
action. Ono officer risked hi
ifc to give command to his men
uring tho roar of explosions.
lo was unablo through his mask
to rnako his men hoar, sn ho pull-
d it off and yolled his orders.
As it happened, there wan no
gas in tins particular section,
but he did not kuow it.
The officer was willing to sac
rifice his own life to get bis men
to a place of safety where they
could also atriko effectively at tho
eucmy.
Thcio were many other ( in
stances of personal bravery. A
ieutenant, a sorgeant and two
privates roro In a dugout whon
somo Germans looked In. Ono
cried in good Knglish
"Comoout, Americans."
Tho four Americans blazed
away with their automatics, then
rushed to the entrance to stum
ble over tho bodies of the men,
whom they had apparently killed
by their quick resistance.
During tho bombardmont,
which hardly could have beon
more terrific, two men rcho woro
concealed In a ahclf holo were
burled by dirt thrown by anoth
er exploding projectile. They
shouted for help and it camo
quickly. Their comrades loft
tho shelters, from which thoy
were ready to leap into action tho
moment tho attacking Infantry i
appeared, and exhumed tho bur-
ed soldiers whilo stones, mud,
earth, pieces of trees and shell
splinters spattered about them.
Notwithstanding the fierceness
of tho tight at closo quarters, r.ot
more than ono bayonet was used,
and this ono on a German. Tho
Americans, using their automat
ic pistols, sent bullets into tho
Jerman attackers with good aim
in plto of the excitement. Rlno
bullets accounted for many more.
Although tho army has been
cursing tho weather and tho mud
for days, there Is ono man In tho
line today who Is glad it was
muddy, for he owes bis llfo to
tho slippery duck boards, or
the flooring In tho trrnches.
With pistol In hand he n -idod a
trench corner looking for Gor
man. A burly Pruaaian law
him lirst and fired, but at the
same moment the American
slipped and fell on bis face. Tho
Prussian thought him dead and
turned away. He was quickly
dropped In his track by the
prone American, who fired accu
rately from tho trench bottom.
There were men ia tho fight
from virtually all slates from
New York to Texas. With ono
or two exceptions all tho wound
ed aro expected to recover.
Somo of tho Arnorlcan dead
woro buried in a cemetery back
of tho lines during tho night
while friendly and hostile eheUs
roared overhead.
A thick wet snow which now is
falling Is molting as noon as it
touches tho mud.
' The bodies of tho Americans
slain in the fighting north of
Cheinln des-Damea havo been
burled near whero they fell, their
French and American comrades
participating In Imprlv9 cero
monies.