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Ukin,N. C, Thursday, August 29, 1018
No. 22
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BRITISH PRESS
ING DO HARD
SAYS IIAIG
amnion, Aug. 21 The full
text of the otllolal communis
tioii from Field Marshal I lain to
night reads:
hi tlic hatt.it' front north of
the Nomine, eoutiavious lighting
ha taken plant since the early
hours n f thi' morning Our
troops, pressing the wnemy hard
at all points, have allowed him no
respite. Despite thi- arrival of
considerable hostile reinforce
ment progress has again been
realized on the whole front of our
attack. Numbers of prisoner
and quantities of material of ev
ery description have fallen into
our hands.
"Shortly after midnight Ans
trallan troops, attacking along
the north hank of the Sonune.
captured Hray sur Sommo, se
curing a number of prisoners.
Continuing their advance with
great skill and initiative they car
ya. lied Hie enemy's positions in this
neigiiiioriiiHiil.
"On their left, Tendon and east
county troops made further pn
Kress during the night along the
high ground southeast of Albert,
, taking several hundred prison-
crs. On the right, center of tor
i attack. Welsh troops and hat
talions from the northern coun
ties of F.ngland advanced over
the griund of tlie old Somme hat
tie field of r.ilf. ahout la II .is
selle. Ovilleis, Moixpn-t firm,
liiiepval and Grandeotiit All
these strongly defended Im-ali
ties wore captured in tin- face of
determined hostile Resistance,
together with over 2.UKI prison
or.
"Our troops tire once fnoie
astride 1 1 Thiepval ridge and
ire advancing eastward.
"t hi th left enter of our at
tack east of Lancashire tumps
have hien heavily engaged all
day a'tout Miraumonl where the
enemy held out with great stub
bornnes untd the village was
gradually outflanked by our a I
., trancing columns.
"North of this villtgo the New
Zeal itt.l division In tlf center of
tho attack struck in the dree
tiuit of Hapaitme. Advancing
Willi Irresistible dash and deter
mination it cnrrio-i the defenses
of liOiipart wood, taking Ml pris
l.ntMS. Pressing f.HAUld With
I'l t .it K c! intr v it raptured ('.re
tilleisand Itu fuiler and r. -a. h
rJ Avesm s h i Itapiume.
"On the Wmv.t of this atU. i,
tlnllsh troops Klined pos-.es
sionof tries and a Ivan, e I in the.
direction of Sapignics, otercom j
lug strong hostile resistance at
Irlos and cast of Su h out t
'till the left of the Inttle front
F.nglish and Scottish division
ahd the g-i t Is are lightn -,g on
.Hhj front of Mory. Croisielle
and Neuti'le Vitasse ami have
raptured St legor, llcniit sur
Cojeul and the lull east of thn t
ter Village.
No rstimate of capture ran
jot I mi given.
''On the remainder of the Hrit
jjflsh front successful l.s'.a. lion
have taken place. North of the
Cars we have tapttrod a sec
lion of tlie German front line
northeast of FatnjSMix with a few
prisoners.
"North of the la It is see canal
we raptured the old Hi ilish front
lino fast and northeast of ivon
Vhy and made progress into the
German iositions In a complete
ly successful (titration in which
all obj.vtive were Kecured with
uvpr M prisoner. I)uring the
niwht our patrols occupied Neuf
I'erquin, where a number of Cer
v, "n cro found hy our
troop.
' 'This morning wo have ad
ancotl our line north of Itailleul
nn a front of a mile, rapturing
aomo :.0 prisoners. A counter
' attack attempted by the enemy
during tht afternoon was crush
ed by our artillery."
HANS TAKEN
PRISONER ANX
IOUS; DEPRESSED
British Army Headquarters,
Aug. 2.'. (UeutiTH )-The de
meanor of hundreds of (Jerinan
ollicers taken prisoner recently
is in striking contrast with the
attitude of oIlleerH captured dur
ing the Itritish retreat last
Mpnng. J hen (ierman ollicer
prisoners were arrog;wit and
meant to crush the llritish to
earth, but now they are depress
ed and very anxious. They np-
pear very willing to talk and the
tenor of their conversation mav
ie summed up as follows: They
say Cermany entereil the war
with enthusiasm, but this Ins
long since disappeared and the
struggle has now become an eco
nomic one with (J real Mritain.
J hoy admit that (Jermany is
practically in a hopeless condi
tion, both economically and from
the manpower oint of view, and
ask whether Croat Hritain can
not now consider Oormany suf
ficiently reduced tube no longer
a dangerous trady rival or wheth
er the allies intend to crush her
altogether. In the latter case,
they say, Cermany will be forced
to tight to the last, but they make
no effort to conceal their impres
sion of w hat this moans for the
fatherland.
They s ty they believe there is
every disposition to evacuate
He'gimn and northern France
and even negotiate for the re
tenthm or ewo uatimi of Alsace-
lor raine.
rhey are generally unanimous
in agreeing that annexations thus
far ma le and tlie Itrest Litovsk
peace treaty wore a great mis
take, but thmk thev cantint with
haw fioin I.'ussia in the present
Condition Of u'Tail s there Tlnv
J
ire aware that the American ar
my Ins now assumed tery for
midable pFotortions and there is
a general admission of the seri
ousness of this factor.
Tlie submarine campaign they!
cannot refer to w ithoul gestures
of Impatience.
Captured lion commissioned of
tii-ors attribute recent (Ierman
defeats to the ineflicien. y of their
air senile and more especially
to the iiion imm ure and lack of
stamina of tln ,test recruit
w let are in o s t in.i,b.n) id le
Iiill.-d .iul li Mii.- l itud who are
physi, i iy im apabie of siist nn-
n gtb.' heavy strain of .lefeusno
warf ire The m.-ro pi esem f,f
t! e-e recruits, thy .y, produc
es iii a company a d-morahzing
.., i i, ., ... i ii...
ii- o..ier lien be
cause a indicate to what strait
Cermanv must ttduc-d to
employ aucd pr material.
The Legion ol Honor Is
Awarded 55 Americans
With the American Army In
Frame. Auc. IT. Hy the A so-
iated Pros ) F,fiy tivoomV. rs,
non commissioned u;5j,.,,r un,
men of a certain Ameiican divis
ion were awarded the legion of
honor, the military io.dl, the
warcross rdist!iiguishi I serv
ice Vioi, tbi morning at the
most brilliant decoration cere
mony the American army has
held in France.
Similar decorations have boon
awarded otlnrs. who were un
able to be present owing to ihe
fact that they are in a hospital.
Most of the award have been
made for gallant service in the
Mai ne battle.
The decorations and medals
were personally pinned on the
Americans hy General (name de
leted) who was accompanied by a
large group of American, French
and Hrilish staff oncers as well
as maj r and brigadier generals.
After the decoration ceremony
wai completed, regiment 0f In
fantry, engineer, French ma
chine gunners and American ar
tillery, with colon Hying, Je
filed past the men thus honored.
GER
irn
HEARING
NORTHERN END OF
HINDENHURG LINE
With the Itritisli Aniiv in
France, Aug. H - On some ar'ts
of the northern battle front the
Uritish have reached points a
thousand yards fr the old
llindonhurg line, which seems
Htrongly held."
With the Ifritisli Army In
ance, Auk. -27, The . Uriiish
continue smashing (he Cennans
toward the old I limlenbu rg line
which lias almost been re.u Ium
in tlie northern battle one. The
defenses of Hap-nnne have either
already been captured or are in
process of being captured.
Mapaunie itself must fall short
iy.
The Germans exhibit signs of
cracking'at some places, but of
for regular desperate resistance.
Many more g ins, some of large
caliber, have been taken. One
Hritisli corps alone has counted
NJ guns.
There is evidence of confusion
in the enemy roar. Units of the
same divisions hurled into the
battle have boon taken at points
separated hy many miles. Quan
tities of material are falling Into
Hritisli hands because the I tin he
has not troubled to apply the
torch or explosives
IVzieres, to the nortfT of Al
bert, fell this morning. Uritish
patrols were seen entering Mar
tin, I'uich. where apparently the
Itoche made good his escape.
High Wood, a strong ixisition
near lonveval (north west of Com
b!es)is reported captur.l, whi!
Kaucourt lAbbaye. Contalmais
on and Cmircelette have been ts
cupied hy the Hritisli.
lmdon, Aug IT. - Field Mar
shal Haig today continued his at
tacks against the Germans north
of the h'ivor So-niue. Cont.il
maison, three and three quarter
miles northeast of Albert, and
Warlencourt laucourt, on the
n.... i ii i ..
o.ii'.iuiiii- man, in rec
miles southwest of It
have been captured by tlie Hrit
isli, according to the official Mate
ment Issued t.hlay by lb. war
office. x
The Uritish now hold the road
front Alliert to Hipuin... us fir
as the t titskirts of e S.u .
Ninth of Hiiuu.iie the ltriii.li
have raptured Sipik'mes and
Mehagnie.
Sunt' August :', more thin
l,ul (Jermnn pi is(. tiers have
passed through tlie toii.vling
stations of the Hutmli third and
fourth arini.-s.
Hie text of the statement
read:
"Our att ack to the north of the
Sonne Is continuing. Our titsip
hold the road from AUhmi to Ha
paii'iie a lar as tl.e outsold, i,f
ISar. and hate ciptured C.m
talmaison ant Warlencourt lUu
court.
'To the north of llapiume wt
have taken Sapignie and He
hagnies.
'The number of prisoner t
ken .y th- th'rd an I fuurth ar
mics on the battle front sim e the
morning of August '.M an I pa.
ed through the collecting sta
tion ini exceed I7.UO.
"A counter attack attempted
by the enemy early lat night
againt our position recently
gained ti the north of llulleui
(in the f,y. salient) broke down
under our tire.''
Iondon.'Aug. '.'a.-The Hritisli
tnxips madi further progre
tslay and have taken many pris
oner, notwithstanding the ar
rival of German reinforcements
on the battlefront. Many hostile
counter attack were broken
down. Our troop with great
gallantry have, overcome tho re
aistanon and have made further
progrei; they have taken aiany
prisoner.
"North of the Somme the Au
tralians earned the enemy' -alllons
on the high ground east
BRITISH I
WOMAN WORKER
i'l
l'-2
lU. i..mm.i.i,l. Mill-
if I wnr i..i. hi Kfilnnliit:
of Hray. Hritisli troops ad vane
od in the direction of Carnoy and
have taken Manu tz.
"In the center we captured
Martin I'uich, ! Sars and I;
in pie.
"North of Kapaumo there has
been severe lighting in Favreuil
.and about Mory and Croisiiles.
Wo have made progress east of
Itehagnie and in Neuvill 'i
tasse.
American Forces on the Vi slo
Front. August 21 - IVisonera ta-
;cii today by American tn,op in
the region of Chauteau du Hiable,
to the west of Fisines, said they
had been ordered to keep in con
slant contact w ith the Americans
along the Vesle river. Tlie Ger
man retreat north of the Marne
river had been carried out in an
orderly manner, they declared,
hem e German soldiers Indievtt it
to have been premeditated and a
tactical maneuver intended to
eliminate an awkward silient.
The general impression among
German soldiers, the piisoner
said, was, now that so many low
ers had combined against Ger
many, that it was not (sissible
for Germany to w in, yet tlie en
lento allies would never be able
to enter Germany Imv.iuso the
Germans h id seen too much of
the dost ili lint! in I Vance to jht
m:t of Germany suffering i,i a
similar manner.
Tin piisoiiers said Germany
would he defended to the last
man Ii that did not suffice an
immediate aco must aveil an
invasion. The ( Ie i man admitted
that the Americans had fought
w ith freshness and enthusiasm.
Storm In East Carolina
Does 1,000,000 Damage
Kle;gh. Aug, 2a .- He! tied re
ports tonight front several east
ern Not Hi Carolina HinU indi-
cate damage to the extent of
considerably more than a mil
lion d 'llars to building and
crops, and the loss of at least one
ifo in last night's storm. Heau-
fort. Mort head City, New Horne
an I Kinsten reported the sever
est tll'"S'rt n.ftn. tbst fl?y
were In tlie renter cf the atortu
area. Wire communication from
Cinstoii and New Horne were re
atored tonight at ID o'clock, but
direct report from tho olUer
co tst tow ns had t;o been secured
at midnight.
Tonight" ro;)rts from New
Hern tell of exlenaive damage to
prtnerty, overhead wire system
ami to crops, principally rom
and cotton The damage, to the
crop Is general. Tlie wind la es
timated to have reached a veloci
ty of from to ( mile an
hour. Hoaufort and Morehoad
City were tins grt atest aufferer,
but they are still rut off from the
outside world.
John C'rabtree, city alderman
of New Hern, wms crushed and
nstantly killed by the nsjf of a
shanty car, when It was blown
from its fastening into an ad
joining stro'-t.
The alorin stisirk New Hern
INSPECTING GRENADES
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vMi.
I.M...I i... , ............ . . .
Hid ;reiiiii
aincliliicry mm iiuhIh,
.,. '
yesterday afternoon at about 3
o'clock and continued thruout
tlie night. Shins were blown
from their moorings and beached.
houses were unroofed and the
streets littered and bbx-ked v
lauen irees and tfleirrai.h nolo
ii . J
Floods added to the daina-'o w.
lerfromthe Pamlico sound be.
'
mg driven up the Neuse and
I rent rivers, overflowing banks
and inundating n ,
" " " "J"
streets of the city. The electric
ngiiliog system was completely
knoc ked out and wire communi-
eat on u-,i I, I ..
l , ... '
fit K)l'ts f r.llll U nJr.n ,t..,.l,,. .1
- l l' ioijiih.
thitilm i i m..i..i , ...
""iiiiui-i i iu
....,,. veiiK-llV
of sil mil..- . I i . I.
" ",,ur' 'I'ng ail
11 rn- ...1 .1 . .. ..
" ",,u ul,1I,K eonshieralile
O II II I It Otl III II ....... ...... I
number of 1 1 I mm , ,
numiior of but din:s Th nbt.
i,,, ,. , '
r p y.iu -
- .o- on.t: cny was
in Inllll.l.rl, ..!
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I'.lL'fll I ll.l .lr . I... 1
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Willi iliMirid nil ........ I i I
-..--... Kni-im nu.iereii
Illillurininri... It...-!
Ihiring the night
number of fires started in dam
aged buildings, but were pre
vented from spreading or doing
serious damage by tho individual
effort of citizen. Owing to the
conditions of the district the lire
department was helpless to to;s
Willi t( situation.
Tortunes of fhe War
"Definitely Settled"
Declares Clcmcnceau
Paris, Aug 2.". 'The tine vie
tones ( f the pt three week
have definitely decided the for
tune of war," says ct.,1K.n
i. . i. i . .
in, um r rem ii premier, in a
message t.hlay thanking the do
ptrtment councils which voted
congratulation to the govern
uient on tlie trend of the war.
Premier Clemenceau today tel
egraphod tho presidents of the
general councils that they could
rely ujsn the government and
Marshall Forh and his inagnifi-
cent staff and the allied military
commander to turn the pretenl
utc. s oi me aiLej arm into a
coinpiew ami Uens.ve collapse o!
. '
...e spa-miM vicuines oi re-
cent week, said M. Clemen-
ceau. in which the spitit of our
alhe ha, aomagn.ticently rivaled
ours, ha definitely ottled the
f..n..ni ti.- i...
wildered, deceived himself l0
his own strength and now is
finding out that he underesli-
mated u.
The result achieved arc tho
first fruit of our harvest of re
war-Jj, the highest of which will
be having delivered the wortJ
from ruthless oppression and
brutality.
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' - V. i . .u V.
''Uil ti.iil tlifi .1-itt-n tt.A DvmiI.i:..... . . ..
. "is "i
gleam of which heightened the
tictoriou brow of the founder
of the American republic and of
the father of our revolution,
The last obstacle to the estab
lishment of right among men Is
about to disaiiKar. The
ALLIED VICTORY
AFFECTING THE
GERMAN MORALE
With the French Army In
France, Aug. Further evi
dence has been gathered that
the victories of the allies have af
footed considerably the moral
of the Cerman trooos. The .i
lies continue their concentrate
lire which thedei inans have boo
unable to combat.
After the surprise caused by
the allies successful resistance
in the middle of .July, the con
sternation at the successful coun
ter attacks and the depression
caused by the retreats, dissen
sions seem to have arisen be
tween different elements of the
German army. These have re
suited in bitter recriminations
" ""a" "" CUI
l.llllll'rilllilr 11-1. T l.r. j I . n
iocu'u recent v
The French again are on the
cdu of 1,10 1,llltl-'"ld of 1 U 1 7
T 1,10 nol'tl, lies 1,10 Ailetto vaI
lpy' 'Kht miles eastward is U
raUX aml '""'nk' of
u.,em" dos I-)a,nos-
renc" cavalry patrols crossei
il.. :l .. . i ...
m" "wu wuay aiuiough tiu
0cra,ttn fO"fs'lt desperately to
I i .i . . . .
Ktc' WH'm on 1110 wesl sl,e r "'
mer B" CanaI'
c. rv:- iir:n at.
1 B,r VUI 1101
n if ii hi . n ..
ue neia irus r ail
Kaleigh, Aug. 21. Acceptance
fill 1 1 in tvirfr r t tit s.i.A ., MAH I
.C - I' Kci hujvui, ui
inin.ii ij svurrw
. .
society's offer to lease the state
f. ,...i. r. !..
" connw
ti,.,, u ill. It... !,..!, ...:..:
""' " huoiiuk lltui!
il0 i.w.-to.i i.n, ,t,,
- " 1 " "-iia kll.IV
ii,.., u.:n i .......
lhi fj,L :,icial notification of
.i
the government a acceptance of
h1 - - ' off,r was rvod
.... w.. i. i- i
"J " """T" '"H"1'
u,t night,
t . . .
secretary cogue now has be
r.,-.. i..... ..... ...... ...
P"'" ' ' ' ,l,Pr'"1K
tlie patron and exhibitors of the
fact that the government has t i
ken over tbof.nr grounds. Much
preliminary work has boon done,
many contracts have boon signed
and much space contracted for.
AM parlies concerned will re
echo a carefully worded expla
nation of the reason why the
fair couldn't l- held this year.
I regret cicceJli.gly," said
Secretary Poguo last night,
"that the two interests conflict
od, but the North Carolina Agri
cultural society realized from the
beginning that the government
had first call. Tlie fair grouud
hate been taken over for neces
sary purjHjses looking toasjK J
leg up of war prepaiatl-Mis and
we regarded it a pritilegw and a
pleasure to yield to the govern
ment when we realized that it
meant facilitating the work of
winning the war."
The SlU Fair organiiition
will remain Intact.
prompUassage Expected
r '
Washington, Aug. 2l-A clear
lrck was given In th senate to
day to the man ,s)wer hill passed
i0 iUo ,OUM Satordlr. Extend
, h Ke jm,, from ,H
vi10I1 tbe onat ron.e.t n
jor t ,jnjj itandjnjt i(rrwment u,
, , ,,
uuPrl'u-urea.Sen-
"r MoPM cf 'letas, prohl
lil'0"it moved tfluiorarily to
lay the prohibition measure aside
and debates on tho amendments
to tho man iwwer bill v ere re-
aumed with passage late today
wmorrowexlHH,l",
To expedite a.nd simplify pro-
cedurcthtj hau? bill w&s sub-
aiuuieu ior me urau wnicti lias
been tn-nding In thg aouate. The
senate military committee met
before the aenats convened and
reported the house, bill with ml-
nor amendment after adopting
tho senate amendments, Includ-
tri-linn the "w irk or r.jl,tM nr..,-.
OVER 1,300,000
AMERICANS HAVE
G0NE0VERTHERE
Washington, August 24 An
nouncing that to date more than
ltroO,(XX) American soldiers have
embarked for foreign shores,
General March, chief of staff, re
iterated today his firm belief that
the presence or l.Olxyxx) troops
of the United States in Franco by
next summer would onablo the
allies to carry out any campaign
they may adopt for thn defeat of
Germany and the chd or thn war.
Such declarations, General March
said, wore rounded upon cold
blooded study of the respective
inanjKswer of this allies and of the
enemy in June, WW, and are
not issued as spread-eagle state
ments.
General March impressed tho
newspajier men who met him in
conference today with the abso
lute confidence American officers
have in their men as a result of
the Initial tests on the battle
fields of France. He intimated
that the somewhat sensational
prediction which he had mado
was based as much upontheso.
soldierly qualities as in the num
erical superiority which the war
department nlans to givn the al-
ied command by mid summer of
next year.
The Aircrican soldier da-
serves the confidence of the
American people," said General
March. "On every occasion so
far where he has been tested hu
las absolutely tiehvered the
goods.
"My confidence in th is In
spired and devolos; I by sirring
with them and beside (bum in
battle. I havo oidered back
from Franco certain un.-n who
lave won distinction oter then
to give them increased rank in
the divisions organising ut home.
hose men talk the samo lan
guage I tin. Von do not find any
tck of confidence on the front iu
raine among the American
ft) ices.
'Those officers are iio.v lulliiig
mo interesting thing which hava
not yet come over in official re
srts. hie officer rviKirte J spe-
itieatly that in one t-ngagoment
of the first Aineri. au vlivislon.
they raptured W Cenmn gun
and brought them ill rtt lie retr
four trucks. On the same inv
asion they took Il.fiim prisoners.
Another officer reported that
the second division, which lm
was with, captured IU omp'.fc.u
Ierman batteries win. b tby
brought in and presented loGu-
ral Pershing." '
No recent rejtorts have b vn
uudu to the department mi tho
progress of the organisation of
the first I'nited Slate Held army
and the chief of staff was unb!
to say whether the concentration
of the ,U) divisions definitely as
signed to thi force was neailng
completion. Thi organizitiou ia
being left euliieiy in tho hand
of General Pershing, who is gov
erned by Instructions from Gen
eral I Vh. The fad that no men
Uj:i his been u:adc cf Amcrlcaa
unit participating in the Freiu b
and Hritisli drives of the current
week has led to the firm belief
here that a'l these troops have
been withdrawn and sent to tht
American sector In readiness fgr
whatever move may M as&igntid.
to the m in tho allies' plan
Fire Destroys Whiskey
Valued at 92,840.000
Owensboro, Ky., Aug. 21.
Fire alarling tonight at 7 o'clov'k
at the plant of tho Green Illver
Distilling company here by 10 30
o'clock tonight had destroyed the
entire plant, 43,rX) barrels of
whiskey and entailed a !., wll
in execaa of $3.(.X)0.(JiH). The
whiskey alone was valued at $2,-
Ucm and the los to th,, UniUd
State govci iiiuent J approii-
utnph l near." a'.
mately $'.J,7W,aX).