K'ikin.N. C, Thursday, July 2G, 1910
No. 17
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- SHELLS VESSELS
WITHOUT GIVING
CREWS CHANCE
Washington, July 21. In coil'
trast to the tactics adopted by
tin? suhinri iocs which lust ra i l-t
Anglican wiiUts, the Gorman
ncii Wolf which i H l ! today off
the Massaihiiset 1 s coast turpi
(llUSl Ullll slll'llcd vessels UiilliiU't
Ing tin' ci i' s oiMn Until v to
fit-t-lt Nufi'ly in small ho. ils.
TllH f .!' t Wils accepted In KOIIIO
quarters as Indicating tint Hi
Germans were undertaking to
bring their campaign of fright
fulness" directly home to Ann-il
C 111 till li(ll' (if shaking llll' mo
rale of tho nation. That this sit
tempt would have no more suc
cess than tlit' raid of last M.iy
and Juii" was tin' linn conviction
of official Washington.
Omclal plainly weroHurprised
that tin submarine should have
attacked a tur ami barges as
theso vessels were without mili
tary value ami tin' money loss
was small. Soun accepted this
waste of aminunitioii us bearing
out the theory f a "frightful
ncss" campaign for iiHn no oth
er ground, they said, could the
submarine voir voider justify
such an i'XM'n.sivc 'attack.
Kcapis-arance of submarines
in American waters at thin time
was not unexpected aftr the
finding of foreign made mines off
the lying Island coast last week.
The presence of the sea raider
was not accepted by naval olfi
rials as proof that it was a tt h
do that sank the armored cruiser
San Diego off File island. New
York, last Friday with a possible
loss of fit! lives.
Most officials still held to the
ory that a nine had destroyed
thu cruiser. In their opinion
the submarine strewed mines in
tram Atlantic tdiip lane cast of
New York in the hope of destroy
In transHirts bound to F.urope
with American troops. This
method of. undei taking di strue
tioii of troop ships instead of by
direct attack w as believed to have
Im'i'h adopted by the Germans
because of the risk of his own de
ntruetions by destroyers and oth
er war craft convoying the trans
ports If lie attacked them.
Thus far there has lieen noth
ing to Indicate that more than one
mi Inn urine is conducting the
present raid. That of l ist May
and June, however, was arried
out by ut least two submersibles.
Steps to deal with the new raid
already have Uvn taken by the
navy department and coast pa
trols and seaplanes are hunting
out the submarine.
The depaitinont tonight hail
little detailed information regard
ing the attack.
Official were inclined to doubt
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orkoil In n niiiiil.ir nf fiu-lurlvs to
isaro ot flint IiiiimI tin- (-uiiil.tlun un-
dr vbkb woiutrD luhur.
rewrts that the submarine was
4iK) f-et long tts no KUbmersible
of such ni.e has heretofore 't
reported. There have been re
ports recently that the (Jormans
wi'in building Huper Hubmarines
to be heavily armed and armored,
but It is not believed that even
those vessels would have Kuch a
length.
This was the lirst appearance
of MibincrsiblcN in New Knland
waters since the United Stales
entered the war, but before that,
tbo V sank several vessels off
the Massachusetts coast after
appeaiinu' at NewfTu t, It. I. The
suloiiersibles which visited this
side of the Atlantic last May and
Mine operated lM-tweeu New
York mid Virginia -acs nnd
largely olT the shores of Virginia
and Maryland.
All of tln 20 ships which were
b'stioyed In American waters in
licit raid were first halted by the
submarines and their crews jht-
milted to neck safety in the small
boats. Kleven of the vessels
were sailing craftand the other
nine steamers. Two other ves
sels were sunk well out into the
Atlantic, presumably by these
submarines when they were
homeward bound.
The submarine which apear
ed today may be the same one
that sank the Norwegian fdiip
Marosa, 7u) miles east of Cape
llaco July 7 and captured the
Norwegian bark Manxking the
day before. If so, she probably
has been away from her tase
more thap a month. In the pre
vious raid, the U-boats apeared
on MaylTiofT the coast of Vir
ginia and were last heard from
on June It off the Virginia caics
when I hey sank the Norwegian
bark Samoa and the Norwegian
ship Kringsjaa.
More Than 5,000 Huns
" Are Captured by Two
American Army Units
With the American Army on
the Aisre Marne Front, July 20.
(Hy the Associated Press ) One
American unit Kince Thursday
lias taken II.'J prisoners, in
cluding 'J! officers, while another
American unit on tbo northern
front has captured 2,2oI, includ
ing 2 otlioers.
Among the prisoners were a
colonel and two majors, all in one
group.
The liring on both sides in
creased after daylight, but the.
allied guns were much more in
fective us reports from the avia
tors and observation baloon on
the enemy jxisltions came In.
1'bero were numerous bombing
raids by the airmen this usorn-
mg.
The northern half of the Sobs-
sons Chateau Thierry line is now
far beyond Vierry, to the east.
and tie-re have been bitter strug
gles in this territory. The al
lies' big guns command the
bridges southeast of Soissons.
Effort to Shake
American Morale
Washington, July 22. German
"frightfulness" In a new form
designed to shake the morale of
the American nation was inter
pretation placed by many oflieiaU
here today on the nudden appear
ance of a German submarine off
the Massachusetts coast yester
day and the sinking by shell tire
of th roe barges of a tow and the
idielling of a third barge and the
tug. The attack on such small
craft could not be attributed to
any other reason, it was believed,
than an attempt to frighten the
American people.
Naval vessels of all kinds were
believed today to be seeking the
U-boat and at the same time
keeping a sharp lookout for mines
which it is thought have been
strewn iu the, atoamer lanes by
the submarine. Tho unremit
ting search for the U-boats, some
officials believe, has led tho com
manders to adopt the safer policy
of placing mines off tho Atlantic
coast In hope that transports may
thus be'sunk.
AMERICAN GENERAL CONGRATULATES MEN
ON A BRAVE AND SUCCESSFUL TRENCH RAID
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GERMANS LOSING
GROUNDSTEADILY
With the American Army on
the Marne. July 21. (Hy the As
sociated Press, 1 p. m.) The
French and Americans h a v e
broken through the German line
northwest of Chateau Thierry.
The French and Americans
driving the spearhead toward
the northeast, have already ad
vanced five kilometer (.'i 1 10) at
various places.
The allied troop have taken
many prisoners, including three
officers, who said that they were
tired tif tho war. American in
fantry mon captured two German
77s. Previous to the breaking of
the German lines tho allies bat
tled with the desperate machine
gunners, who were moved down
as tho allied reinforcements ar
rived. Tho German losses were
terrible?.
Victories for the allied arms
in Prance continue to multiply.
Over tho entire fit) mile front run
ning from Soissons to Kheims
tho allied troops are lighting
with a determination that brooks
no denial of their efforts. And
the Germans are steadily giving
ground, though stublnM n resist
anco is being offered on some
sectors.
Portlier goodly sized indenta
tions have been made in the Ger
man line between Soissons and
Chateau Thierry by the Ameri
can and French troop and at
most all the gains made by the
Germans In their recent drive
south of the Marne and toward
the vicinity of Kheims have Imvii
blotted out under the counter
attacks of the Americans, French,
Itritish and Italians.
Chateau Thierry, which repre
sents the point in the battle line
where tho Germans had dricu
their wed go nearest to Paris,
has been recaptured by the
French troops and almost simul
taneously the village of Hrasles,
two miles eastward, rud tho
heights to the north of the village
fell into their hands.
Acting in harmony with tho
movement on Chateau-Thierry,
American and French troops
northwest of the city struck the
Germans Ktiother hard blow,
broko through the Gorman lines
and drove through at soma (xiints
more than three miles. Larue
numbers of prisoners were taken
and th,1 machine, guns of tho al
lied troops literally mowed down
tho Germans who endeavored to
stay their progress. To tho
north, along the Ourcq valley,
tho French are making good pro
gress toward tho I important junc
tion town of Nanteuil-Nortre-dame,
while the operations south
and southeast of- Soissons are
keeping time with those along
tho othor part of tho front.
Tho entire southern bank of
the Marne having been cleared
of enemy forces, French, Brit
ish and Italian troops now are
harassing those southwest of
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the IihIhI uf rurtl.
Kheims and vy have been
forced to fall back in the ("our
ton wood and the Ardre valley
and near St. F.uphraise, notwith
standing their desperato resist
ance. The nuniberof Hrillshop
crating with the allied forces in
this region is not known. The
first announcement that they
were in the action was made Sat
urday night and doubtless they
represent a portion of tho great
reserves that everywhere are be
ing brought up along tho battle
line in an endeavor to make se
cure the victories already won
and enlarge them.
With the capture of Chateau
Thierry and the fast progress of
Iho French and Americans east
ward from tho northern sectors,
the plight of tins Get mans in the
southwestern portion of the Sois
sons ltbeims salient becomes in
creasingly hazardous, and it is
not improbable that w hen stock
is finally taken large numbers of
prisoners and quantities of guns
and war stores will be found to
have been taken by the allied
troops. Aviators continue to
lend assistance to the trtsips of
General Pis h, scouting the back
areas and harassing the retreat
ing Germans with their machine
guns. Notable work has been
done by American Indians for
General Pershing's men, the
AtMirigines taking a prominent
part In characteristic western
fashion in scouting in the Marne
region.
In none of the other theatres
except the Soissons Kheims sal
lent is there any fighting of
great moment in progress. The
Itritish in northern France and
Flanders are continuing their
daily patrol encounters and tak
ing prisoners, while, tho guns of
lotli the Germans and the Hrlt
ish are keeping up their recipro
cal bombardment.
Pershing Reports Success
Washington, July "j. Fresh
successes for tho Amerloun
forces in their drive between the
Aisno and Martin were reported
in General Pershing's commu
nique received by tho war de
partment. Tho Americans were
driving ahead with undiminished
vigor and spirit, the statement
said.
More than fi,(H)0 prisoners,
over 100 cannon and many trench
mortars and machine guns have
been taken by American divis
ions in the last few days, on the
Aisno Marne front, General Per
shing reported. This was accept
ed as meaning that tho reference
In Saturday's statement to 17,000
prisoners included those captJr
ed by both French and American
units.
Fort Worth, Texas, July 21
Lieutenant Hobort Y. Snyder of
Klmira, N. Y., and Lieutenant
Olaf J. Tanner of Moorehead,
Minn., were killed Instantly to
day near Henbrook In a thous
and foot fall from an airplane,
which went into a tail spin.
Hoth were instructors at Car
ruthers field.
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1,200,000 U. S.
SOLDIERS HAVE
BEEN SENT OVER
Washington. July 20 The
high water mark of the German
offensive movement in France
has been reached and tho initia
tive now is passing to the allied
and American arrqies. This is
the lesson drawn from General
Foch'h sudden counter attack on
tho Aisne Marne front by Amer
ican military leaders, General
March, chief of staff, today told
members of the senate military
committee. Later he announced
that American troop shipments
had now exceeded l,2OO,X)0 men,
insuring the man ower to hold
the initiative on the western
front.
The direct objective of General
Foch's counter stroke, General
March told newspaier men in
his weekly conference, is the
railway that feeds tho German
forces In the Chateau Thiery reg
ion. Already it has been at
tained, for the French and Am
erican forces are cither astride
tho lino at certain imlnts or have
it under direct gun tiro at short
range, rendering it unusuable.
Kvi-n as General March 8oke,
unofficial reisirls flashed over
tho cables indicated that the Ger
man withdrawal from the sector
south of the Marne had ticgiin
under the threat of the onrush
of General Mangin's attacking
army in the enemy's rear. The
withd rawal was foreseen bv Gen
eral March when French nnd
American shells liegan raining
on the nil way.
The American chief of staff
told with evident satisfaction of
the fact that six American divis
ions are battling with the French
and for the first time revealed
their Identity. They cither are
on tho advancing lines between
Soissons and Chateau Thierry or
on thoso that are pressing the en
emy along tho Marne front,
where Is reason to believe the
Germans may suffer serious loss
es in men and material before
they reach safety. Still another
division of Americans is with
General Gourand, tho French
leader who Command.- cast of
Kheims where tho enemy assault
hit against a stono wall defense.
Two regiments of American
negro troops also are known to
be engaged. One is e a s t of
Kheims, where tho Americans
held the right Hank of the whole
front of attack when tho Ger
man assault began, just as the
Americans at Chateau Thierry
held firm on the left jlank. The
other is with tho attacking forc
es on tho Soissons Chateau-Thierry
line.
General March made little ef
fort to conceal his elation over
the turn of the fighting. His ex
planation of the disposition of tho
American forces indicates that
ut least 195,000 American fight
ing troops are in the battle and
probably tho total force Is nearer
oOO.CXW than 200,000. Kach di
vision has a fighting strength of
27,000 men and each of tho two
detached negro regiments
Btrength of 3,000. I'ull Btrongth
of each division with auxiliary
units is 45,000 men.
AMERICANS THUN
DERING AT THE
SOISSON GATES
Paris, July ). . "The Germans
violently attacked on their right
Hank and uoiith ,f Um Mai lie,"
says Hie war office announce
ment tonight, "have been coin
IK'lled to retreat and reeross the
river,
"The French hold the entire
southern bank of the Maine.
More than 2'UKKI prisoneis and
more than I'K) guns have been
captured "
Lindon, July 20.- "No Ger
mans remain south of the Marne,
except prisoners and dead."
This message is Kent by the
Keuter correspondent at French
headquarters, and is timed Sat
urday evening.
Herlin, via Lmdon, July 20.
While admitting certain gains by
tho Hritish and also the French,
thoj latter ' tho Alsno-Marne
battle, German headquarters to
day declares that tho enemy
thrusts southwest of Soissons,
in the center of the lino and
northwest of Chateat Thierry
were repulsed.
T1ij German war office adds
that the German troops were
withdrawn from the south bank
of the Marne river "without be
ing noticed by the enemy."
Hy tho Associated Press. Out
of tho news filtering through the
clouds of battlp hanging over the
ensanguined field between the
Marne and tho Soissons there
have come two significant re
ports during the past day. The
allies are thundering at tho gates
of Soissons and tho Germans re
treating across tho Marno be
tween Fossy and Ocuilly.
German reserves, rushed up
to the western sido of tho Sois
sons Chateau -Thierry Kheims
salient have slowed down the pro
gress mado by tho French and
Aineiicans, but have apparently
loen unablo to do more than
check it here and there along the
front. Tho advance made by the
allies in tho first hours of the
great counter stroke has not been
maintained, butitis evident that
hardly any whero ha tho allied
thrust been stopped. ,
Keports faom tho front of bat
tle indicate that tho French and
Americans havo reached tho
edge of the platoau to the south
west of Soissons and only a scant
mile and a half from thecenUrof
tho city. Southward along the
line, the allies have almost reach
cd the Soissons Chateau-Thier
ry road, a thoroughfare of great
strategic Importance, while fur
ther down toward tho Marne,
they are steadily forging ahead,
in spitoof determined resistance.
Tho reports of a Gorman re
treat across tho Marne comes as
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Mrs. Jnn D. Illppln, formerly chief
probation nftUitr of the municipal
court of Philadelphia, Is In chnrge of
th gnvrrnmvnt'i protective work for
women and girls, She tin more tha
73 wonum ofllcerf under her direct loo,
tnoit of them arouud tbi country's mil
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THE AMERICANS
HAKE SEVERAL
NOTABLE GAINS
Willi the American Army on
the Aisne-Marne Front, July 21.
- South of the Marne today Am
erican troops advanced two and
one quarter miles.
The allies found themselves
this morning astride the ViHers-
Cotterets railroad. As a result
then? Is only one railroad left in
the hands of the Germans south
of a line drawn from Kheims to
Soissons.
Northeast of Helleau, noith
west of Chateau Thierry, ti e
Americans early Sunday had
made an advance of five kilomet
ers. Some of the most terrific.
fighting since the war began oc
curred between K'ivy and Vaux.
Troops on Hill 201, command
ing Chateau Thierry, at daylight
Sunday and shortly afterward
were pressing through tho city
itself. Progress east and north
by tho French and Amuricans
continued throughout Sunday.
The Germans north of tho Mrr.&
subjected to a terrible ioun iing
fvom tho allied artillery today.
They responded heartily, altho
unsuccessfully.
Tho allied artillerymen were,
feeling out tho German rear lins
with telling effect, making the
enemy's rear guard action costlj .
Prisoners captured near Chateau-Thierry
confirmed the
soundness of General FoerY
plan when they declared a Ger
man rotreat became imperative
on accountof decreased supplies.
Stores of ammunition and food
stuffs were becoming low, lhay
said.
Orders had been issued, tlm
prisoners added, to retreat to a
point ten miles north but thrf in
dications tonight were that the
Germans would not .for long l
permitted to remain that close
to the Marno for the allied flank
ing movement is progressing
steadily. Hoth the i ail ma 1. and
the wagon roads over which the
enemy stores must pvii aro so
menaced as to make thorn un
usable. Streams of prisoners
were being taken to i ho roar all
day Sunday.
confirmation of the success of the
allied drive far to tho north.
Gorman forces south of the
stream must boexliicaiedquu k
ly If tho German army Is toes
capo from the encircling move
ment carried out by the French
and Americans. French official
reports state that the Germans
are beiug driven back south of
tho Marne, but it is probabh)
that the German retirement is a
hurried retreat ordered by tho
German high command. It ap
pears likely that tho French are
merely maintaining steady pies
uro against tho enemy and hur
rying his retreat as much as invi
sible. From tho Marno toward
Kheims, too, tho French and Ital
ians havo advanced their lines.
Three days ago they were being
forced back by tho Germans and
their present forward movement
may indie a to that tho foe is a!;'
retiring from the field as rapidly
as possible.
The tiro of battle is spreading
slowly down tho lino toward Cha
toau-Thierry. There have been
reports that the Germans in this
region havo been removing their
heavy guns, preparatory to retir
ing, should tho allied drive to
ward Soissons go on.
Military exports say thai if the
allied advanco goes much further
It will force a German retirement
at least as far as tho Venlo river.
Washington, July 22. Secre
tary Baker and Provost Marshal
General Crowder aro consider
ing today the advisability of ex
tending tho effectivo time of the
"work or fight" order as it ap
plies to professional baseball
players so as to permit the com
pletion of the season.