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LIkin.N. C, Thursday, Sept. G, 191 B
No. 23
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MARINE AVIATOR
DEVASTATES THE
, ENEMY BADLY
Imdoii, Aug. 151. First Lieu
tenant I'M in u ml (5. Chamberlain,
of San Antonio. T'x:i, a gradu
ate of Princeton, ami the Cuiver
aity of Texas, and an aviator at
ttcli'l to tin' 1'mted State's ma
rine corps, has received simul
tmeously rerotnmcndati'jns for
tin' Victoria cns ami the Con
gressional medal of honor for an
exploit in which hf figured on
July 2.
On that day, over tho Hritish
front, Lieutenant Chamberlain
"took part in an aerial battle with
12 German machines. H de
stroyed five of them, damaged
two other and, sweeping earthi
ward with a damaged plane,
watte ml a detachment of Gcr
man soldier. A Iter landing, he
bluffed three other into believ
ing hi commas wan a bomb and
raptured one of them. Ik then
Lurried a wounded French officer j
hack to safety and finally refused
to give his name to the Hritish
officer in command of aerial
forces in that section of the
front, because of hi fear of he
ing reprimanded.
The Htory, wdiioh i one of the
nost thrilling chapters in the
drama of the war, aUo ha been
cabled to America by the tendon
office of the committee on public
information.
Lieutenant Chamberlain ap
jwared at a Hritish aviation ram-:
on July -7, and informed the ma
jor in command that he had per
SOUal but o'firill iii.hni. a to
visit the ramp. Thi i borne
out by the young man' superior
officer, who nay that Lieutenant
Chamberlain hid asked to be
permitte I to go up near the front
during a furlough because he tie
sired to get home more experi
ence before resuming hi work.
The Hritish commander wain
need of aviator and told Lieuten
ant Chamberlain he could pi
On thi flight, the yr jn Ameri
.rtn brought down one German
airplane in tl.tme and ent an
other w hirluig down out of eon
. trol.
The next thy he via one of a
rii-lac tmoni oi ..o aviator who
vent out over the hitllclleld
through which the Get nun were
iM-intC driven by the allien. As
the 150 machine circled a;iil
over the fleeing teutons, they
were attacked by an equal nunc
bor of German machine. It
wa a hurricane battle from tiie
tirt and atmost at the inception
of the combat tho 1 S r i t h list
three plane.
In the tempest of machine
Run bullet that roared about
Ida machine, Lieutenant Cham
berlain's engine wa damaged.
Ono of hi machine nun jitnmed,
and ho seemed to be out of the
action.
Hut, instead of starting for
home, he remained te offer assis
sistance to two other airplane
which had been attacked by 12
German machine.
i machine had lost altitude,
owing to engine trouble but.
when he was attacked by a (ier
man, ho opened such a hot tire
that tip enemy went Into a dive
toward the earth.
Hi two companion were now
engaged In l'fe Hn'l death strug
gle and Lieutenant Chamberlain
went to their assistance. Hi ac
lion probably saved the live of
the two F.nglishmon.
His engine was now working
better. He climbed up toward
the enemy, and with a burst of
fire, nent one of them crashing to
theparth. A second was shat-
Ured with another volley from
Ills machine gun. Then Lieuten
ant Chamberlain looped out of a
cordon of enemy machine which
had gathered to flniskjtirn and,
as ho sailed away, he shot the
wing ofTanot her German machine.
The leader of tho German squa
dron cau e straight at him but
was met with such a torrent of
BRITISH PRISON
ERS ARE GIVEN
BAD TREATMENT
Rotterdam, Aug. 150. Another
batch of Hritish prisoners in re
patriation has arrived from Ger
many. It i composed of
stretcher cases, 143 men able to
walk and three insane. I under
stand that on August 1G the Ger
man took from the crippled
men at the frontier the crutches
they hail used t. 1 1 then, this ren
dering them more helpless.
The men returning today came
from many camps including a
number captured last March.
From them I heard many neri-
ou complaints of bad conditions
in German camps. These ap-,
plied to Zerbat, uediinburg,
Stendal, Wittenburg anions oth
ers, tine prisoner at Stendal
said I'.OiO Hritish prisoner were
brought to Sten J al cam) at the
end of May and beginning of
June, mostly suffering from dys
entary and septic poisoning.
They had been forced to work
behind the German line in shell
dump and railways and were un
der the Hritish shell lire.
About 200 died soon after ar
riving at Stendal. " Several hun
dred died from starvation and
conditions behind the line. They
marched to work 10 kilometer
daily and back with practically
no food. Thi treatment lasted
from the time of their capture at
the St. jjentin battle till their
arrival at Stendal. One inform
ant sal I a Hritish doctor. Cap
tain Ilamo. reported these facts
Ui the Dutch commissioner.
From several camps come stor
ies of terrible sufferings under
gone by our men while working
in mines and from inadequate
fisnl. I nquestionably t h e a e j
abuses are wrecking the const i-
tutiuiisof our prisoners in two
mines particularly mentioned,
one the kali work at Hornborg,
and the other the Marguerite
coal mine in the Mrseeberg dis
trict. Three men died in a fort
night from brutal treatment re
ceived at the latter.
bullets that hi airplane joined
the others sent to earth by the
A merit-an.
The Lieutenant then turned for
the Hritish line. Hi engine
h i I "gone dead'' and he was
foiced t. v. .plane, carefully pick
ing hi way through tho smoke
cloud of shell tired at him by
the enemy' anti aircraft cannon.
As he tpa.le a wide sweep to
ward hi destination he saw bo
ncath him a column of German
troops and into it he (toured a
gust of mat hinc gun bullets from
tho gun which had been jammed
but which he h id succeeded in
putting into action again. The
German scattered and Lieuten
ant Chamberlain flew on for an
eighth of a n.ik and came to
earth.
He found that he could not
Carry oil too equipment oi III
machine, so he took his compass
and started running across the
fields. As he did so he encoun
U'red a patrol of three Germans
Ho shouted to them to surrender
waving a compass above his head
like a bomb. Two of the nemy
ran, but the third surrendered.
i he American started again
for the Hritish lines but came
upon a wounded French officer,
whom ho picked up and carried,
driving his prisoner before him
Ho waded a brook under heavy
tire and finally arrived within the
Hritish lines in safety with the
French officer and the German
prisoner.
He then reported "ready for
duty" and asked tho major, In
command of the Hritish airmen
not to meke any report of tho af
fair and refused to give his name
The major was unable U keep the
affair quiet and the full details
were made a part of hi oflicia'
report of the day's lighting.
VOORMEZEELE IN
BELGIUM TAKEN
BY AMERICANS
(My the Associated Press
American troops advnnringalong
side Hritish have had their first
battle on Holgian soil. They
captured Voormczeele Sunday
and joined with their allies in the
important operations which were
carried out nil along this sector.
fjn Ion, Sept. 1. lieuter'scor
respondent at British headquar
ters aaya that he hears that the
Americans, besides taking Voor
mezeele, have captured several
strong position!! between Voor
mezeilo and Ypros.
With the American army in
France, Sept. 1. The American
troop In their drive beyond Ju
vigny last night and today ad
vanced about two miles ami cap
tured nearly o'X) prisoners, to
gether with considerable war
supplies.
The advance from Juvigny be
gan at 4 o'clock Saturday and the
American had gained their ob
jective by U o'clock at night.
Ragged KiinU in tho new line
were smoothed out today.
In addition to the(Vi) prisoners
two pieces of artillery were cap
tured and a great number of ma
chine guns and trench mortars.
Trenches, shell holes and the
open field were strewn with Ger
man dead.
The drive forward from t le io
sitions north and south of Juvig
ny proved a field clay for the
Americans ami their allies, the
French. The artillery literally
blasted a way through the enemy
ranks, tearing down defence
and lex-ling the ground, while
allied planes miintained complete
and uninterrupted connection by
radio with battery roinn anders
throughout the eng.igem iit. The
infantry, when called upon for
its part in tho dramatic venture,
rescinded like veteran troops
after a long period of rest, and
with enthusiastic shouts began
the pursuit of the Gorman who
were not caught In the terrific
barrage. .
With the infantry went the
tank, and it wa n different
story from that when thev first
advanced against Juvigny. Two
companies, 1U) tanks, had been
detailed for the work. They
were light, two man French
tanks.
Flared In the sector in front of
the Americans were two now
German divisions the 215-th and
the 227th the first of which
marched from Rhcims and tho
other from Meti. Roth were ex
cellent organizations, but like
other divisions encountered In
tho past few wetks, were afflicted
with that mysterious something
which caused them to crack when
pounded br the rejuvenated al
lies.
wiln tne American army on
the Aiane Front, Aug. 31. Ju
vigny, tho ruins of a village north
of Soissons that tho Germans
fought o desperately to retiin
is now well within the American
lines It waa taken late Friday
but not until now lias' tho publi
cation of details of its capture
been permitted.
The Americans consolidate!
their positions to the east of Ju
vigny last night and tonight, af
ler making jurtsier progress
during the day, they control the
zone considerably in advance of
the village. Tho American ar
tillery dominates the country for
many miles to the east, and the
Germans apparently have Wen
left with alight chance of effec
tive resistance until they reach
the broken terrain around Ncu-
ville.
The extension of the lino thru
Juvigny was a dramatic addition
to the already brilliant record of
the division that accomplished it
Tho German officers were out
maneuvered and their men were
out fought.
Knemy machine guns proved a
terrible barrier to the progress
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Rail Employes Must
Keep Out of Politics
Washington, Sept. 1. Direc
tor Genera! McAdoo today or
dered all railroad men, officials
ami employes alike, to keep out
of politics.
Coining state and federal elec
tion a well as the primary con
tests, the director general an
nounced in a formal statement to
all railroad men, make it impera
tive that the conduct of all should
be so scrupulously guarded that
there ran be no charge, direct or
indirect, of railroad influence.
"Cntler government control,
says the announcement, mere
i no induccnent to officers and
employe to engage in iHj.itiis.
On the contrary they owe a high
lutytothe public scrupulously
to abstrain therefrom.
As a definite policy of the nil-
roid administration Mr. .McAdoo
mnounceJ that no officer, attor
ney or employe Mian oo any oi
the following things:
"He an officer or member of
any political org miinU n that so-
icits fund for jwiilical puros
, "He a delegate, a chairman or
any officer in any political con
vention.
"Solicit or receive fund for
any political purse or contri
bute to any M'ht;cal fund collect-
I I ... . rt' - t
ei oy an rmoioyu or u;:;ccr vi
any railroad or any official or
employe of the Fnited States or
any stale.
"Attempt to its' rce or intimi
date another officer or employe
in his vote "
Violation of thi order, Mr.
McAdoo stated, would result in
immediate dismissal.
Hecome a candidate for any o-
litieal office. Those who desire
to run for office or engage In ihjI-
itics must immediately eior
their connections with the I'nited
States railroad service.
Membership of a local, school
or park board will be construed
as a slttlcal office.
of the Americans but it waa not
enough. And w hen all was over
the Germans unwittingly added
a tin a! touch of tragedy when
they dropped a high explosive
shell into the mi 1st of 17 prison
ers that the Americans had re
moved to the rear. Five German
captives were kmcd and scores
were terribly wounded.
When the objective of General
Pershing's men finally was at
tained the Germans within the
town were caught napping. Tho
Americans had managed com
pletely to encircle them. Ger
man machine guns and trench
tnortara all were tainted to the
west and the northwest but the
assailants appeared out of an arc
drawn about their rear.
Tho mopping up of the town
and jiositions Immediately adja
cent to it netted the Americans
'J 2 j prisoners. The German dead
have not been counted. Tho
number is big.
caiiiuri j a n I tin- ,1uih- u tukt-n !
Officially Reported Dead,
Lieut. Moore Still Lives
Fiiy-ltevi,!e, Sept. 1. Having
been officially reported dead,
mourning was being worn by his
mother and sinters for Lieut.
Fugen.; Moore, of Marion, S. ('.,
and hi name h id been inscribed
on the family tomb when a cable
gram wa received fmin Lieuten
ant Moore informing his family
tint he was in a French hospital.
A letter which f il'o.u-d told how
he had be-.-n wounded in the
Maine offensive and lay uncon
scious for hours, being finally
picked up by French jscout and
carried to a French hospital,
where he i now ncoveiing from
severe wound.
It was dyUbtie,S o iisg to the
fact the young officer was taken
to a French hospital that hi fam
ily wa informed that he had been
killed in action on July I'.).
Lieutenant Moore wrote tliut
hi la-t recollection before be
coming unconscious was of see
ing the Ids hes on the run with
the American hot after them.
H declares in hi letter that a
soon as hejis able to gel out of
the hospittl he i "going back
over the top."
Spain Will Take Over
German Interned Ships
Madrid, Aug. l.-(I5y Asso
Ci tte l IVcss ) -The Spiliisii gov
eminent tonight ilet i I d to take
oer a'l the Geiuj.ni i;i
terned in Spanish irts in hc
cordam e. with Spain s recent
noi! i iternn, oocause oi me
torped jing of the Spanish ve
sels.by German submarines.
Foreign Minister D.ito iv
nounced at a meeting of the cabi
net tonight that the Spanish
steamship Ataz-Mendi, carrying
a cargo of coal from FngUnd to
Spain, had been torivdoed nod
sunk by a German submarine.
Milwaukee Sergeant Takes
Thirty German Prisoners
American Forces on the Aisne
Front, Aug. 151. Thirty prison
ers were accounted for by Sergt,
S. H. I'chinsky, of Milwaukee
In the capture of Juvigny by the
Americans. In command of 1
men he had lost his way beyond
the towu while the encircling
movement was going on. In
general way ho knew his where
abouts but not that of the outfit
to which he belonged. Tho ser
gcant was entirely out of contact
with his own forces and believed
himself to be within the German
lines, as in fact ho was.
A turn In tho road brought the
detachment face to face with two
German officers, captains, who
apparently were as greatly sur
prised as were the sergeant and
his men. Ho ordered them to
halt, and they did.
A minute later a marching de
tacbment of IJO Germans appear
ed, who, on seeing tho officers
had been taken prisoner, unites
tatlngly surrendered.
SEPT. 12 FIXED AS
REGISTRATION
DAY BY WILSON
Washington, Aug. ;!1 All men
from 1 to IT) year of nge in the
mliiiciital I'nited States, except
those in the army or navy or al-
eady registered, weresummon-
1 by President Wilson today to
egister foe military service on
hursday, September 12.
Machinery of the provost mar
tial general's office was set in
motion to carry out the second
great enrollment under a partial
proclamation issued soon after
the president had signed the new
man xwer bill, completed in
Congress yesterday, had been
sent to the White House for the
'resident's signature today soon
fter the House and Senate con
vened.
It is estimated that at least 12,
,7.i men will register this
time, compared with nearly ten
million on the first registration
of men from 21 to 31 on June 5,
l'.M7. Of those who enroll now
it is estimated that 2,:UK),()()0 will
be called for general military
service, probably two thirds of
the number coming frot.t among
the S.'.OO.OiX) or more between
the ages of to 21.
General March has said all
registrants called into the army
will bo in France before next
uncoil), swelling the American
xpeditionary force to more than
four million men expected to win
the w ar in l'Jl'J. The last to be
ailed will be the youths in their
eighteenth year, but those ol
that age who desire an J who have
tht necessary qualifications may
be ii.ducted into service on Oct
ober 1 for special technical or vo-
ational training.
HegNtration this time will be
(inducted as heretofore by the
local draft board. All Federal,
State, county, and municipal of-
leers are called )xm to aid the
board in their work to "preserve
order u'id to round up slackers
Ml registrants will le classified
as quickly as ossllle under the
uelionaire system, and a draw
ing w ill be held at tho capital to
fix tho order of registrants in
their respective classes.
Tho provost marshal general's
estimate today places the num
ber of mMt under 21 now in the
army at about 2Ij,C00 and the
number of those from 152 to I7i at
1:i,(jk.
British Cross the La we;
Ncarinj the Road From
Estaires to La Bassee
Ixmdon, Sept. 1. The Hritish
troop continue to advance in the
Lys salient, southeast of Ypros
The Hritish have crossed the
Lawe river and are rearing the
high road running from Fstalrr
to Ia Hassee, according to the
Hritish war office statement Is
sued today.
Northeast of Hapaume Field
Marshal llalg's forces have clear
-d the enemy front Longatto and
P.coustand St. Mein. Southeast
of Hapaumo tho Hritish have
made progress toward lso Trans
loy.
The text of the statement
reads:
"Yesterday evenlug the enemy
repeatedly counterattacked our
new positions at Mont St. Quen
tin and was repulsed on each oc
caslon after severe fighting, loav
ing prisoners in our hands.
"Wo have made progress In the
direction of Le Transloy and dur
ing the night cleared the enemy
from the villages of Longatteaun
EcoustSt. Msiu, taking KJOpris
oners.
"North of the Arras Catnbra
road moro than DO prisoners were
captured by us in a succcssfu
minor operation east of Hau
court.
"In the Lys sector our advance
is continuing. Our troops have
crossed the Lawo river and are
approaching the La Hassee-Es
taires road.
TIIE AMERICANS
ROUT GERMANS
WITIIJP GAS
With the American Army fn
tho Vcsle Front, August 31.
The American early Saturday
gave the Germans in Fismette
and its vicinity tho heaviest dose
of gas sent over since the Ameri
cans and Germans took foot hold
along tho Vesle. The Americans
used mustard gas and observer
after daylight rcjorted th it Ger
mans individually and in,- small
groups were leaving the low
lands where tho fume cling.
Tho Germans'ansvered with
mustard gas, tiring about a thous
and shells before bottling down
to the usual artillery firing.
There was no infantry nclion.
Tho American made a slight
advance In their liin-tuiighten-
ing process east of Hazoches ear
ly today, tho Germans not learn
ing of the maneuver until it W44
nearly completed.
The enemy started a barrage
and with machine gun endeav
ored to drive out tho Ameticans
who dug in before daylight and
held a jsisitiou Hti th of the Vele
along the railroad. Later the
Germans turned their artillery
on the Americans hut did not
use their infantry at this place.
Youths From 18 to 21
To De Mobolized Oct. 1
Washington, Sept. I. Mem
bers of the students' army train
ing corps, consisting of youths
between the ages of 1" and 21,
will bo mobilized October I at
more than 300 colleges selected
for that purpose by tho war d
partment, according to details of
the plan announced tonight.
The members of the students'
army training corps will be "sol
diers on activo duty," a atite
tnent issued by the war depart
ment says. Upon their induc
tion Into service their subsist
ence, quarter, doming mm tui
tion will be provided by tho gov
ernment and the student soldiers
will receive the pay of privates hi
the army.
High school graduate will be
eligible to tho collegiate training
livision of tho corps and gram
mar school graduates may enter
the vocational section.
The war department in its
statement advises youtlu ready
for college entrance or ulreidy
enrolled in a college to u lhre to
their plan and obtain voluntary
Induction Into the corps.
Private Ed. Stiller
Faces Court-Martial
Nogale, Ariz, Sept. 1 - -Mexi
can Consul Zertucho today ob
tained an affidavit from Kefugio
Garcia, a Mexican federal soldier
in Negates, Souora, stating that
he was fired uion by h white
American In the uniform of a
soldier Thursday morning at 6
o'clock while at custo.ns station
No. 0 on the Mexican sido.
Consul Zertucho stated he had
reported the Incident to Ambas
sador HonllUs at Washington.
The adIJIer who tsado the aW
davit is in the military hospital
on the Mexican side.
Following the shootlug early
Thursday morning. In which the
Mexican soldier was shot, Pri
vate hdward Stiller, who was
slightly wounded In tho leg dur
ing the shooting Wednesday
night, was placed under arrest
and Is awaiting trial by court
martial on the charge that he
tired a shot across the interna
tional line in direct violation of
orders.
Private Stiller made & state
ment that he had fi red only w hen
he saw the Mexican soldier draw
his rifle on two American soldiers
and that be beiieved the Mexican
was preparing to lire on his comrades.