North Carolina Newspapers

VOL. 7 KIkin.N. C, Thursday, August JG, 1018 No. 20 GERMAN FORCES CROSDED-BY AL LIED OFFENSIVE (By tt 10 Associated Press.) The French have driven the (!ir man before t!iMii fur an Import ant jrln oast of Montdidier In Picnrdy. That ell v. which was the Bnx of a Germansalient that now lias non wiped out, fell to the Frcm h First army at. .Id day Saturday. I Ifrt n igf. hi I. according Ui tin French wj,of tiee statement, tin victi iou French force had carried Hi battle. line onward to an average dplh of six mil" on a front of approximately 'JO miles. In tli ice da a of engagement that culminated in Ihe taking of Montdidier. the From li took (Mfc) prisoner. Their capture also Included L'u) gun and an enormous amount of ma'.ei i al. Crushed by tlic impact of the British, French ami American offensive on llio battle line from Albert, northeast of Amiens, to the. Oise river, north of (''mi l-inge, ( (! r in i n force are .reaming back toward the Aiiiin river and the Ncsle Noy on canal. So far n ran be de termined, the enemy in in full retreat all along the front against which the allies tlung them selves on Thursday morning. It is re juried fro-u Pari that French patrol are in Chaulne. thi p i in cipal German center west of the Sum me. Montdi.tier, at tin' tip of the German mlieiil In I'icardy, ha been taken by the allies, who i ll o!f Urge number of the enemy when they sought to ImmI a re treat from the city. Thousand of prisoner were taken there by the allies, it i rejMirted. North of the Soinnie stubborn enemy 'resistance ut Chipilly pur, a height which dominated the whole valley of the Somine in that region, h i been broken, nnd the German north of the river have joined their comrade in re tiring. South of Montdidier, French have plunged through German V. I r I . I ' . I . , r at (III" Oil nn- IHIIS I" I MaU river and arc reported to be in the valley of the stream ul Martueglie, When the situation i studied on map it can be seen that the German are in a serious jsisi tion east of Mont lidier. The a! lie have closed in on Chnu'.ne and have had tho railroad junc tion south of that tow n under ar tillery tire for two day. If Chsulnos I lot to the German they will Ih forced to make a lonif, erllou march catward over the country road toward N'oyon. The rapid progros of the French below MontdiJu'r has placed even tin road under tire and made it almost impossible a an avenue of oscae for the harraascd enemy. In the center, the German are retried to be in full retreat. Allied airmen have seen road tilled with German motor lorries . and have been active in bombing Uiese line of transport. The Vigo of the Nomine river sou 1,1 -riiniii ill-, nniler Urn nml th.i one at Foronne is reported to have, been broken. Thi wi throw new complications in the German high command's task of extricating il shattered armies from the field where thev have been defeated. It now appear that German line in I'icardy must have been tiiped when Crown Prince Uupprecht sent troop to the rescue oi mo iiormau crown re V rinco'a artnv south of lho Aisno hre week ago. Pari new ? "fepers remark on the fact that Vie captive taken are, for the moat part, rather old and it is Hald that they am members of liserve division. k'UKIl Prince Uupprecht, how J, I tfnflvu to have a lartco 'iberof splendid troops which ,1 probably be thrown Into bat at once. So far, only two of FIND HEN IN ARMY FOR ANY WORK Willi the American Army In Uvigl.md, .July 2.1. - When a sol- Ht leave tln United Slates lie should not feel certain he I go ing to win glory on the battle- ,:dd In Franco. Whctlier-ofticcr or enlisted man he is subjected to further scrutiny in F.ngland and in Prance and un'.ila little corps of keen eyed ivid careful otneers have completeil the examination no one can lei; into just what part of the big nrmy machine he is gc ing to lit. There are in Ogland camp where every" man who passes through is '.'trade indeXi'd." This is especially true of one camp where a lai'e pu t of the airmen and motor transport forces arri' e shortly after debar kation. The record accompany ine; them show what tin- men h ive been iloine; in civil life ami a further examination of them und a scrutiny ol the demand oflen determine the part they art to take, sometimes only for teiiior ary duty but in some rae for an indefinite period. From this lot ar? selected the men who will pi in the bit: repair shops at once. Men experienced in electiicil w ork am sent to sta tions where, their service is most; needed. Orders for automobile exiH'its are tilled and not infre-; iiuenl'y the men in command nfj the station are called Un to sup j ply men for follow ing, for n timei at least, exr.r tly the same kind of j work they were th.inj.; in tlie I'mlcd State before their nuio j s in the d raft were called. j bi hiiHpilal 1 beinu erected it one can. p. I In money for the. material was furnished by the. led Gross. The work I boiiiL'l one by the army. The con tru( tioti of the building is not materially ililTen-nt from that of war hospital heme; erected in the Pnited States, and the same as of skilled labor i beinu used. KxKrl in the ue of 'e incut are woi kinic there. Plum- Ix-rs are doine; the same sort of work they were paid to do in the 'nited States, cans-liters are mployed in dome; a hiu'h ura do labor a could be found any where, mill tfie drawing of the dan and specification w as done by architect and engineers. All the men whoso work i (joing In- o the building have been taken from the rank and tile of those who have been t.iken from the auk and t'.lo of those who reach d t ampon their way 'o n the port of debark itioij .'t - be held there oni .-.rtif n their work on the structure U re- luired and then they will rejoin their orKani.alions unless detail ed for other work. Orticera moaned in lixinjc the trade" index of the army have boasted that from the rank of the national army there uv" be ouml men who can do nn .'las of work required, from k rinding diamond to .working on the ritlini; of a bi t:un. these division have come in con tact with thu allies, but they have been unable to check the onward rush of the victorious armies of H.iiK and Debeny, The numbor of prisoner cap tured during the tirst Uiiih- il.i.vs of the offensive is very larue. It i hinted ut Paris that il exceeds by far the figure ,'iven out in the otliciul statements. Two divis ional headquarter, with their stalls, are said to have been tak en, i ne kuu and war materials lost by the enemy constitute a very heavy loss. Since the American force oc cupied Fismette, the northern siirburb of 1 ismes, on tho esle, there have been no report of further nttnek in that region. It i believed, however, that the allies there are gathering them selves for a new assault which may have its elTect on tho icreat battle Koinu; on further north.- , Althdunh there have been ru mors of -heavy tihtinic south of Arras, there has been no confir mation of them as yet. Nothing i known a to tie sit uatlon In Flanders, w here on Fri day the German are reported to be withdrawing from tlit-irad vanced position. iCftTv until " " - : ' jr -TXvV r.. : ; z: l ' ! . ' - V :l .--. I -- Aui. il. mi !!....(.. ef Hi.- l:.iinl,..- itU Ul oi lii the tri-m-lii-s iiiwi'.nu the -riiiuii attarlc with rule fire uik! hiiyo-n-ts n li ir....i 1 1 niii ..il nhii-h In iir,iiiiii.-i in miil.ilii-iiift uti it. 3-lmlliiii wotiii.hd r- uiM-milii to till t.i'i.niiil ill- iii ... .-ul H.ial ..i!im'.- Iii lluii.e uhhli lm hi-eli luriii-i! Info a tin.j.lllil. HELP FOR THE HELPLESS A PROCLAMATION DY THE GOVERNOR Last year the whole world was ihtilled when the new Hashed over the wire that Je rusalem had been delivered from tho hands of tin Turk. The fecline; was universal that the Holy t 'H vlumld be restored to tin people who h.i 1 build d it and with whoso history it is foievei u- oci ted Tin i a line sentiment, but finer and vastly more iuqsirtant than the rentui ulioii ol the Huty ( 'ity is the s tlvati.m of inillion of .lews from hunger nnd dh eai e an I death I n Tu I key, in Palestine, in l.tilhania, in Poland nnd in Galicl t starvation stares the i hi Id re it of A hi ah. on in the f.iee. Daily Jew ish husbands see their wives ("row thin ami pale and lade away into the Great Silence. l)aily Jew ish babies tun frantically at breasts lb it are withered and dry; and above tho din of battle i heard once more the voice of K it he vvi-i-pin lor ler cbil.licn and refusing to b comfoi td because Ibcy are tmt I call um.o the t'lsid pe,ip!e of Not lb Carolina tu barken to thi cry, to rally to the help if the helple and once again to show themselves worthy of the high service they are priv ilcU'ed to render. The houinl.'d. hungering Jew can well a!Tord to die. Wo cannot afford by inililTerence, and in a. tion to have Iii blisid on uur hands. Theiefure, I, Thoina W alter Pockett, Governor of North Carolina, do hereby set apart Monday, the r.tth day of August. r.M a Jew ish Pehef l)ay. I ask all newspapers to give wide publicity to this day, and espviJ'!ly ask that on Sunday, the Inh day of August, notice ln given in all the churches in the State that the following Monday will be observed as Jew ish Kelief Day, ami the Hople will bo given an o;;m)i tunity to help thi stricken race. ( In Moinlay, the l'.ilh day of August, I beg all our p.'ople Ij give to this most worthy cause generously and gladly It Jew :wid Gentile touch elbow s, and work together for the relief of these millions in distress, nnd may lie, w ho ma le and loves us all, bestow upon ev ery giver ami every gift lli Heavenly benediction. Dene alour city of Ka'eigh, this lho ei.l day of August, in the year of our Ind, one - thousand unie hundred ami uit'hlucn, and in the one hun I red and forty third yctr of our American Independence. I5y the Governor; TlioS. WA LTKII IUCKKTT, SANTFOKD MAKTIN, Governor. Private Secretary. Many Prisoners and Much Jlatcrial Taken by French lndon. Aug 10 Montdidier fell to tho Frei.ch first army, which hid been operating aoulh of Montdidier, according to the Ilritish warofticn announcement tonight. Many prisoners und great quantities of material w ere taken by the French. The general line reached by the allies in tho Albert Montdidier sector now run from I.ihons to Fresnoy Uoye, I.igniere and Conchy I's Pot. Tho state ment added that tho number of prisoner was increased. The text tif the t oiiununicalion follows: 'The attack launched yester day evening, in accordance with the allied plan of operations, on our right by the French first army south of Montdidier was developed by our allies thi morn ing w ith complete success. Kn veIoHd from tho north and from the southeast, Montdidier fell in to tho hand of tho French be fore mid day, together with many prisoners and great quantities of material." Uonio, Aug. 1J. French troops penetrated deep into the Austrian entrenchment on Monte Sisemol thi morning, capturing LT0 pri oner, according to an oHlclal statement issued hy tho war otlieo. Tar Heel Offers the Gov- . ernment His Home Washington, Aug. 10. Thru 1 f t Senator Simmons n patriotic North Carolinian, who siya he ha no money hut I w illing to give the Pnited Stales govern ment lho use of hi home and farm, ha tendered to the war department property near Car thage. S. IS. Itartlelt. of that place, makes the unusal oiler and Senator Simmons' ollico ha for warded it to tho war department. While tho law and custom for bid tho Pnited Stale accepting graluitie.s, it i possible the gov ernment may find socio ue for the Itartlett home at n noitiinal compensation, just as it accept tho virtual free services of the dollar a year men. At any rate, I'nclo Sain I like ly to appreciate the spirit' ex pressed ty Mr. HarUett, who writes Senator Simmons as fol low. "Am writing to otlor my home to the government freeof charge, a it I located justtwo and one half miles from the James Me Connnl hospital thought perhao it would do tho government some good. Tho hoiue has 10 room, largo pantry a, largo porches, lovely maple shade and water, on sand clay road, leading to Pinehurst, Aberdeen. Southern Pines, etc. There are 3X) acres of land, an Ideal place for hens and cows, plenty of wood nnd ten ti replace., , "My boys will enlist a soon as they are out of the crop and as I will have no help' to run the farm I diil not know of any thing bettt to do than oifer it to Uncle Sam 5 , . j ! U' It i for the duration of Hie war, ab solutely free, I Uve another small place I can live. "Hoping to heir from you soon and that I may help in this way a 1 have no money, I am. "Yours to do all I can, (Signed) S. G. Martletl, Carlhage, N. C. THINK ADVANCE ' MUST CONTINUE Paris, Aug. 12. Military com mentator in tho Pari newspa per express con tldenco that the allied advance, while slowed up, i bound to be continued. It is certain that tho German retreatis not over," says L' Hom me Uibre, while the Petit IV risien declare that the capture of Iissigny by the French is only a question of hours. In fact, the entire group of hill between Lassigny and Hm Oise is being encircled, the Petit Journal de clares, and must inevitaoly be evacuated. Generally, critics point to the fact that because of his serious losses under the allied blow the enemy has been compelled to use troops he was reserving for fu ture operations while the allies, it is declared, liave been master Ingthe enemy with only their lino troops without drawing upon their reserves. The Germans, It is pointed out, increased their losses by their violent reactions on Sunday for tho purpose of covering their retreat. FURTHER PRO GRESS HADE ON RIGHT CENTER london, Aug. il, Today the situation Kimlh of the Sommo was becoming more stabilized. There hts been'no important al lied adv.ii oe In the last 12 hours and in some place a slight re tirement ha been necessary. Thi! lighting hat been desper ate and of a ding doiig character and for the moment any big ad vance on this front is not ex- pet ted. The enemy apparently I call ing Usni hi reserves to help him save all material possible. At noon today tho allied line was as follows, staating from the northwest of Meaulle, which is still in German hands; thence to Ktinelicm, Fraim rville and hi lion, which are still Gorman; II illu station (the German hold llallu), Parvilleis, IF.ehello and Armancourt. both of the latter still being German, and thence through Tilloloy Park and thru tho station of Koyc sur Matz and Moreull Iimotto to Samson and Marchemont, from which it joins the lino on the Oise. In the area before V'auvillers the enemy has been supported by heavy artillery, but farther iouthward tho French first and third arm ies have advanced slightly, and in this neighbor hood tho German. do not appear to be tin well supplied with ar tillery. Lugo tires and long transport column in tho enemy' hack areas tend to strengthen tho he lief that his heavy counter at l icks against the Hi ilish are In tended to atTord him time to evac uate hi stores. The allied casualties in the tlrst two day of fighting were com paratively light, because the al he virtually ran through the German tsjsition. Hut since Saturday the lighting ha been of a more severe character. Interest center around the struggle for the Lassigny massif which is high ground in difticull country and alTord a considera bio view of the surrounding neighborhood. I t s southern edge I in Preuch hands, but a considerable advance must be registered before the allies tan cross the Cuy Novau road. All accounts agree that the attack of tho third French urmy on the massif are making satisfactory progress and that an advance of from three to live miles has been made since Saturday morning Tho roads for the enemy re tirement are by no means good and it is believed not improbable that anoner or Liter ho will be compelled to retire to the line of Peronno, Vesica and Noyon. The Germans have, materially atiUencd their defense against the British, French and Amcri can tfoops on the Picardy batlle front, but they have been unable to stem the tide of advance against them. Although the forward push of the allies has been slowed down somewhat, nevertheless they have made further important progress from tho north of the Som me, whero the Americans and British are lighting togeth er, to the northern bank of the Oise river, whero tho French troops are engaging the enemy. The Americans and their Hrit ish brothers in arms at last ac t counts were pressing closely up on Uray sur Souime, aided by tanks and amqred cars, which inflicted heavy casualties on the enemy as he endeavored to re tard their progress. Across the river the Germans heavily engaged the UrltisTi at I.ihons and its vicinity, and at one joint pierced the British line and gained the outskirts of M hons'. A counter attack, how ever, entirely restored tho Brit ish lino and the enemy retired to positions east and north of the village. Unofllcial reports from PEACE OFFENSIVE HAS AMOTIVE Washington, Aug. 10 Hint- that the Germans are pioparlng to launch another "peace uffens ie" re.ichlng the stilt o dooarL- inent from various source and vidently of indirect and cau lious feeler already put out, led to an authorativii statement to. night that General March cor rectly stated the attitude of the American government today when ho said in u Cm buf-ncu with newsoaper men lint no v is tho time for the greatest effort at the battle front It I known to the o nil mi iImI more teutonic pc.ve ulii woutel have been forthcoming it Uih bitf March drive of the Geruuns hd succeeded ton point where they otild claim at least h piitial vie, lory. Now thatUi'-V -lie f jelici? under a stunnimr def.-it on tli. t same western front official i say tho "Maco drive" :My he expect ed because HOiiielhlng uiUSt be done to keep the German p.topi behind their government by th.: iretense that it is willinif hud anxious to niako pc;ce, but the enemy will bo content w ith noth ing short of the annihilation of the central powers. Oflicials here, therefore, are repared for the resumption of efforts at an inconclusive peace based on the cunning German plan, as practiced at Brest Lit- uvsk on tho helpless Pus-dan. ymdon have credited tho British with entering Chauhes and the British cavalry with a penetra tion of the e;iemy's territory al most to Nesles. Then reoorls, lowever, have received no oft- cial continuation. By far the greater progress ha been made hy th" French from tho region immediately southwest and south of Koye tj the Oise rivi-r. Here they have driven their line well u.'toss th: Uoye Com jH-igno road at nt Cum- bronne have reached the roa-J eading from Couiniegne to No yon. Since the capture of Mont didier the French have penetrat ed eastward to Tilloloy, a dis tance of ibotit seven mile and to Canny sur-Matz, more than eight and a half miles, and through tLu hilly region south ward to the Oise have averaged gains exceed ing lit miles, over n front of 12 miles. The stitTening of the German defense does not, in the inimi of observers on the battle fruut. in dicate that tho ret real of the ene my ha ended. Kather il Is as sumed that these maneuver are similar to those carried out over tho Marne 'front, when strong rearguards covered tlm if-tire mont of tho crown prince's ar mies northward. The smoke cf large lire con tinue to be seen behind the ene my ' lines and tho itiov anient of long transport column eastward is considered evidence that it i trfe intention of the enemy ulti mately to retreat to new lines of defense. Aviators have destroy ed all the bridges across the Sotnme from the region of Pe ronne southwsrd, nnd with the enemy's communicating lines either in the hand of the allies or dominated by their guns tho re trograde movement necessarily must be slow. Therefore, strong rear guard action are required to save largo number of men and guns and enoruioii-i quanti ties of stores from capture. The allied troops giadually are encir cling Uoye and its capture, which seems imminent, will greatly heighten the diflicultios of the Germans in falling back. Intensive air fighting is pro ceeding over the battle line. In Friday's battles 3D German ma chines were destroyed and 22 driven down out df control. The British war office acknowledges that 23 British machines ae missing. Unofllcial estimates bring tho number of prisoners' taken by tho aliies up to 36,000.