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VOL 7 i-akin(N. C, Thursday, July 4, 1018 No. 14 ITALIANS CARRY OUT SUCCESSFUL OFFENSIVE BLOW Attacking the AustroHungar tan linen on the Asisgo plateau, the Italians have wrested Monte Dl Valbella from the enemy, rap tared 800 prisoner and held their new ' sillon against re peated counter attack. Thin sudden turn from tin- do tensive to the offensive rami1 an a surprise, to tliu laymen of the al lied world for It had been brlieved that General Diaz, the Italian commander would be content to hold hl line In the mountains against a great, new offensive in tended by the Austrian and German to take away the sting ..of the defeat to tho AiiKtrians along tliu Piave two week ago. Nor was the Italian attack lim ited to the (Hmition on Monte Di Valbella. Further east, on the left bank of the Hretna river, they captured the height of Saw to Ron so, just north f the vil lage of VaNtagna. These two actions, while local In character, may explain the failure of the Italians to pursue the Auntrian across the Piave when, on June 23, the enemy fled from the west bank with a haste that indicated something of de morallzatlon. General Diaz probably has ex peeled the heaviest enemy blow to be launched along the moun tain front, which U the key to tbe whole Italian situation. In attacking there himself, he has carried the tight to the foe. has gained strong positions at vital points and broken up some of the preparations made by the en emy fur an offensive in that quar ter. It Is hardly to le l-li.-ved that General Di n plans to go further than local objective, but if he should make tuucli progress ot. the Aslago plateau, he could l able to take under his artillery Are Ui railroad paralleling the battle line and running aliing the 4-Ilre tna river east of take Cald- "onauu. This line is the cond'rt log link between tho Plavi and Adlge front and if the Italians could dominate it, the Austrian system of communication would U aertouslr impaired. Tim French are continuing their "nibbling" tactics along the line running northward from tha Mama. Friday they swept the German back from the en virons of Villers Culler? ta forest, southwest of Soissons, and held th ground they had taken. Sat urday night they suddenly at tacked the German lines a little to Use north of the t'lignan river and just to the left of the post Uoaaheld by American troops in thai sector. A long rldgu be Mween tho tillages of Mo!oy and I'My I'.n V'alois was occupied and i.'o. prisoners were taken. Further north, near St. Pierre Algle, the French oltions were Improved by a local attack. The Hritlsh have repulsed an ensaiy assault in the neighbor hood of Merrls, nesr where Ui Germans were driven back east of Niepprt forest on Friday. The IkiUah o&eul statement man lions heavy German artillery fire before Amiens, near Al'nert; nortli of the ScariK', near Arras and In the region of Festubert, northwet of Lens. The official statement lnued atHerllnaay tlut artillery tir ing has increased between the Yser and Uie Marne, which In eludes virtually all of tho active tattle aond. There ii a report that Alexis Romanoff, tho son of the former Russian emperor, Is alive, not Withstanding dispatches telling f of his recent death. CoJy of Ctptiln Shaw Found by Fisherman Greensboro, June CJ. The body ol Capt. Perry Shaw was brought her late list night 17 German Airplanes Shot Down on Western Front by British Airmen fiulon, June 2'.). Hritish avi ators in aerial combat on the western front Friday shot down 17 German airplanes and sent nix others down out of control. inreo isruisii midline nre missing as a result of the com bats. The toxtof tho oilicial commu nication dealing with aviation Is sued tonight follows: " . "There was much fighting Ir. tho air on tliu British front on th! L'tst U instant, and enemy ma chines showed considerable act ivity. During the day we shot down 17 German airplane and drove down six other outof con trol. Three of our machines are missing. "Our airmen and balloon crews employed in observation work took advantage of the tine weath er tocooiK-rate M tlh the artillery in engaging hostile batteries and ammunition dump with good de structive i-nw-t. A great num ler of explosion and tires were caused by this work. Our pho lograpmc machine also were active and many reconnalsances were carried out both by day and night. Twenty-two tons of bombs were dropjed by u dur ing the day 'on various targets and fourteen and a half tons in the course of tho following night." from Columbia, S.C. His sister, Mrs. Harry Poezoll, Mr. Poezolt, the widow of the captain. Mr. and Mrs. A. P. Grace, of Colum bia, her parent and Lieutenant Dickson, arcompanied the Ixxly, Tho funeral wa held in the Main Street M. K. church in Co lumbia, conducted by the pastor, Rev. J. C Koger. This after noon at 4 :y) o'clock, tho body will lo cariied from Mrs. Poczolt's home to Greene Hill cemetery for interment The !ody of Caotaiu Shaw was recovered from the waters Of the Congnreo river, near Columbia, S. C, after it had lain therein un til midnight of Thursday, since Ids drowning late Tuesday after noon. George Sightler, a tUherman, discovered the body fastened to a snag and sent word to Cayco, a distance os J3 miles. Captain Shaw word a bathing suit and it hung on the -projection a the body floated down the slreatu. Ttie fisherman did not know of the drowning of Captain Shaw and his companion, Mis Pearl Pennington, Tuesday night Miss Pennington, a native of Maine, was attached to the base hospital at Camp Jackson. Cap Lain Shaw wa connected with Ui depot brigade. His homo was in the Herkley apartments in Columbia, whore his wife re sided during his work at the training ramp. r wui4i ivAsiMiyiuii urn g Engased to Wed a Marina :.' 4 y l '71 Ml l.i.lUe I'.lkln Invl. )i,ttnKit.i j.fi.l. ..l.i. r .f ih- Ulo K'-uhIim- H-r tj (!m u y tnK pn?:igi-ei-iil Irt nuit'y l-rg A. Vtrrf. I'. S M . iiH l-n iiimiihi Vl'xi (itftU S ..f 'In h..il !f of tlx ri l! l.tju r t AMERICAN SHOCK iit iit-nt) i.i.i-infi- .in in.- Hi-oi-ii. tort lulrrt aU In unli-r Ut .ri--.-.(; tliu who lwl In Hi-Mw4 h-!.i,il-i,r- iirii to III I'tl SlttV l'l hi re slum ;i - tl if Ifli- NOTED SOCIALIST LEADER TAKEN INTOCUSTODY Cleveland, Ohio, June 0. Ku- gene V. Debs, four times social ist candidate for the presidency of tho United States, was arrest ed here today by UniU-d StHtes Marshal Charles U Lapp and Deputy Marshal Cha. TWInne a he wa about to deliver & so- cialist ajldn ss. The arrest was made on a federal w arrant in con nection with Deb's seecli at the socialist state convention in Can ton, Ohio, June lii, la)t. Tho arrest w as made on a se cret indictment returned yester day by the federal grand jury. It is understood the indictment contains 10 specific count under section 3 of tho cupicmngo net as amended by the passage of the sedition bill on Msv HI. last. which provides a Hnaltv of L'O years in the H-niUntiary and a fine of $10,UXJ and coU for each violation. Mr. Deb will be arranged In federal court at U.JU) tomorrow morning when the matter of bail will l' decided. He n.nt Ut ulght in the Cuyahoga ccunty jail. Mr. Iebs refused to make any statement regarding his arrest. UlUs Morton, sjiccul agcnU of Uie bureau of investigation, de partment of justice-, Federal Agent John F. Sawkin and mem bers ol tho American Protective eague have lieen working on the case alncn . Uie delivery ut the Canton afth. Mr. Deba arrived in Cleveland today to address a socialist gath ering. 11k was taken into cus tody as ho wa about to enter the garden where the meeting wa held. Following Uie announcement of Mr. Debs' ajrest a defenre I mid of more Uian II.U.) wa raised by popular subscription iH'forp t!ie cwtlnj; cndel. Klwln S. Vert2, United Utatcs attorney, made, the following stMtemeut: "No man I too big to Is' held responsible for his act under lha espionage act or . any other law of iha United State." "Mr. Debs was Indirted not as a siH'iaiist but as a viol.tbr of the law of the United Slates Iwausc of things he saiJ in his Canton speech," said Assistant Attorney Hrickensteln. "The federal Jury had presented to it for consider ation during the pant two weeks many other cases under es pionage act," said Attorney Kav anagh." State Editor Recalls Hlstora Thoatato editor Is a book of ready reference in mailers many. For several days he could answer anything you wanted to know about moving;. Yesterdar his j f u- " l ' bo :i!';-t, mm Ji'iniiwiirt aim s TROOPS REST ON WAY I ,r , saw" '"A n I rmii' n.uUen It iji- i-iisiiry "in ri-llfvo the troi.i in the iniii! jite . in-nrlien i hIuiiiIh vf lh uifii. KnH-4ially lietiit-rrDillug U tbe Unk of the fUot-k troop f-t-l !lu Kh el of tb enemy. American triMu on Hie luim b l. llm froat Ua VH)'4lllr. . AMERICANS IN ALSACE LEARNING NEW TRICKS With tho American Forces in Alsace. June LM.. Arerican troops on the Alsation front are learning what might be called the fcpecialtios of inactive days while awaiting'work of a wider scope. The Germans have found the overseas men facing them at ho many places that they are push ing out patrols somewhat ner vously hero and there with the object of trying to tlx the exact limit of the American sector. The German have not a uio noisily on these cxieditlon.. Tho Americans also are outevery night studying the diflicull lay of No Man's land in the mountain ou region. CUdi' naturally are frequent, and the Germans are finding that the Americans are not as easy to deal with as they would wish, even when out numbered. Sergeant Dewey F. Slocum and -tVrpnraJ John C. Phillip, both of Grand Il.ipid. Mich , and Private Newton Hell, of Muses Mills, Ky., were cut of! from the rest of their platoon in one of tliee little tight at an ad vsnced minI ami refused to sur render. They could not run, but showed they could hhool. Pri vate iteil accounted for four id the enemy nnd tho other Ameri can di-l nearly as well. ' The Germans thn signalled forhylpand their artillery laid down a lurrag' ti hold the Amer ican until thtt German could re inforce their patrol, but tho pa trol was driven away before lielrV came and the Americans crawled back through a curtain of tir and rejoined their platoon. mind went to history. This I the way it rao. "Ttie action of the German admiral commanding tho Prus sian fleet in Manilla bay was par ticularly helligerant toward Ad miral Dewey when the latter was preparing to storm tlm fortifica tion of the Spaniard. "He even went so far a to In timate that if Di-wey uiu!eWd the Spaniard that Iip would in tcrfere with his fKetoti their be lu!f. learning of this, the Hrlt ish admiral, aNo stationed at Ma nilla, let the Tueton commander know that in this event he -would have to reckon with Uie Hritlsh Pen a well Dewey. When the eventful moment for beginning the assault, and Dewey formed his .linn of battle, he steamed from his anchorago with every gu trained, rot on the Spanish forts, but upon tho Ger man fleet. "Seeing this tho Hritlsh squad ron immediately cleared for ac tion and steamed in battle line between Dewey and tho Ger mans, with their bristling guns ready to let loose a broadside had the Teutons showed any In clination to tire on tho Ameri cans. -" "Seoing that the Hritlsh meant bufline., the German admiral withdrew and Dewey proceeded to demolish the fortifications of MaulSSa." Charlotte Observer. TO THE FRONT ill f ' l V ' ! v 4 ' . . . ? COULD TURN OUT 10,000 AERIAL New York, June LVJ. The claim that Hand ley Page, the Hritlsh airplane constructor, could turu out 10.000 "superer ial dreadnaughts" in the United States by April 1, 1919, was made in a formal statement to night by W. H. Workman, special representative in this country of Handley Page, Ltd. These plane, declared Mr. Workman, could be landed In Franco under their own power, with enough guns, bomb and av iators "to defeat tho Germans within SO to 00 days, If we start now." After announcing that ho had acquainted the war department and the aircraft bo?rd with this proH)sition, Mr. Workman said he believed nono of the 10,000 plane would ho lost In trans-Atlantic Rights, and that, with a Hritish and American aviator, he would be willing to make the H rat tight, proceeding from New foundland to France, via the Azores ami Portugal. Asserting that ho considers thi route the IksI, ho explained that a volcano in the Azores would serve as one guide and suggested that "at least ten dtroyer In s t iU of obsolesc ence could Imj Ktrelched out to act as lightships," so that "pilots of the airplane would nover be outof algid, id a doUoor, to nether with their compasses and wireless." ' Oneo this is starUHl," ho said, "there will bo a continuous c hain of airplanes connecting the Unit ed States with the continent of F.uropo, from eady morning un lit late at night, o .e machine leaving every ten minutes, every day." Mr. Workman said that Mr. Pago could bring here a stau of expert designer nd lurn oul the mac hi ne in factore' in Huf" falo, Cleveland, Detroit and Grand Hapids, deliveries Ut start December I, hll. He added that in three days Uiese planes could bo flown from the middle west to France, 'sav ing many tons of shipping. These 10,000 airplanes, be de clared, could drop SM.UK) tons of explosives on and behind the Ger man lines each night, or the equivalent of .l.ftX) shells from the ''biggest guns yet construct ed." INFLUENZA IN GERMAN ARPIY HALTS ADVANCE Hritish Headquarters, JuneSH. Prisoners taknn In the Nleppo forest attack, who arc partly Sax ona and partly Prussians, con firm talcs previously heard of tho prevalence of influenza In the German army. Reports have DREADNAUGHTS EXPECT GERMANS TO HAKE ATTACK SOON With the American- Forces on the Marne, June !!(). Kxcessivu movements of troops and mate rials north of Chateau Thiory, to gether with the incressed artil lery and nerial activity; form 'the liaslsof this belief that Ainerif an forces iif- this-locality may be called tm to defend IIichimcIvoh in tlx1 near fiilu rv Iing streams of enemy troopH and wiigon trains have been ob served" fifthe 'neighbor Ik km! of the Honnes wood! Tlie're 'fi'avH bi-on more than TiO eneniy aerial flights over the American" lines north west of Chateau Thierry In tho last 21 hours. One German ma chine Wit shot dove rt' by our anti aircraft truns. - The A mcrlcaii artillery ' lias heavily shelled niaily vital and ac tive spots withirfthc enemy lines, onco obtaining a direct bit in a detachment of marching' Ger mans. For days tho Americans ' have been expecting that the enemy, stung by the defeat administered to lil in recently on this front would make a vigorous assault Uhiii Uio American forces, and it wa partly for this reason the American o)erations in the Hoi leau flection wero carried out. With these operations completed, the Americans now have the country for several miles In front of them under their eves and guns and can uce what is develop ing. Inconsequence, when the excctc.d blow comes they will be much better prepared to meet it. . Tho American troops have made all preparation and tho Germans will pet an exceedingly warm reception if they try what the situation today indicates they have in mind. The Americana say that no matter where the en emy strikes ho is bound to pay dearly for hia effort aud that the bicger tbe target the better the American forces will like it To Uio east of Chateau Thierry along the Hivor Marno, except for constantly increasing long rango shelling on both side com parative quiet reigns. There baa been no patrolling bt-cvi te the bright moonlight on tho water prevents a crossing, but U.e American anipera have been so octiro 'a the last foar day that tho Germans rarely ever make sn appearance. been current that th ma'ady Is serious enough to hare constitut ed one reasot. for tho German slowness In pushing their of fenslve. Divisions intends! for attack are so prostrated as to be unable to fight. The prisoners' information aupiKirts tho story, they saying that tho disease is Plans War Gardens ;; Near the Army Camps ;; l'"l. J. H. fair. hm ill am n tln sct- Ine qiiBrii-nnnsirr grnrrsl o tb armr. tiiii irfi -ih1 ln whri'bjr Mrrl ihoitMutl ai-ri of lod n-r t'nttH .Slntr irmjr rtmrs will lnrnJ Intn wr fiirilfi!. Hum B.rtio cncla- ttoin nhjiMinri" (ml lirinsn 'Hn trs will I- dH Is mlJTtilng Ida In4. The imivrmpiit Inmigtirstmt tv Hie turtli nf -r grJoA It t'srnp rHi lili lh WMnn-rsHon of ths oa Uvaal wtr $tiea runimUna. V - Vf r - . - FIRST AMERICAN " SOLDIERS HAVE LANDED IN ITALY Washington, Juno l?t. The first American tr.iops landod In Italy yesterday, Goneral March, ciilefof staff, nuuounccd today. These are not the fon-en sent by Genr-ntl Pershing but consisted of units shipped from this cnun- try: Tho troop consist largely .of sanitary units but ineludo other special organizations, Genural March cxplalnod. ( tn tho whole, however, it Is made. u mostly of non-combatant units. The com batant troops will be sent by General Pernhing, a previously announced. General Nlarch had no, an nouncements to make today re garding tho total number of troops shipped from this coun try to France. Formal announce ment, he said, would be matie later. . Surveying tho entire battle front. General March said the situation could bo said to bo ex tremely favorable to tho allies. He would make no comment un- on the Indications of an Impend ing German attack. Tbe first national army divis ion has taken up a sector at tbo front, General March also an. nouncod. It is the seventy-sev enth raised in New York, trained at Camp Upton and originally commanded by Major General J. franklin Hell. It was taken across under Major General Johnson. Fivo American divisions whtcb had been brigaded with the Hrit lsh for training have, been re turned to General Perhing't command with training complet ed. Ono of these Is the thirty tilth division composed of Kansas and Missouri troops and commanded by Major General William M. Wright when it loft the United States. General March disebmed that the ofllcial report from the I tat lau frout place tho number of Austrlans captured at H.0tf and a large amount of war material. The lino of Um Have has been en Urely restored by tho Italian and in aome places has Itcen slightly advanced. Military opinion, General March said, found tlm Anstthn attack faulty, because it was spread over larg front to iiiaku it Impossible t carry Ihri. thHt attack successfully, Tho Australian disaster nbuli followed placed the allies not only in military control, but phychu logically Uie chief of stall said I hi cause of It stimulating efToct up on Italian utoralu both among the civil (sipulation of tho enemy. Captures of prisoner and gun also of course was valuable. During tho last week Ameri can activities In France have Iwn local In character but ofllcia! re lrt fchow that tho Americans at all lime and places have more than held their own, General March said. Fine example. .f Individual bravery arc coming In, he said. Commenting upon tlm return to General Pershing's command ot flvo division brigaded with the Hritish, General March sai I It showed deafly Uie success of the plans for using all facilities to give American unit Uielr final polishing. It would not have been possible otherwise he Indi cated to have secured so largo a trained force under Pershing in auch a abort time. widespread In all departments of tho army. The object of tho Niep; forest attack was to reach a stream 1, WO yards In advance of our linsa. In this we were successful, trm enemy trench before Uie stream being cleared with the hatlmet and machine gun therein lnine captured and turned against the nemy.
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