0L.7 LIkin.N. C, Thursday, Sept. G, 191 B No. 23 ? 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 HUN HYDROPLANE TAKEN fr ....... 'I li '.'t ii.in lniirnii.liiln', uiilili-i Id I.hiI, lii,,. nil Anii-iiriiit iiiiictillii-i.-! i m.ui ! lln ti iiiirrs of nil Aiiit1iiii i;iiim.ii In t In- Mi-illo-i r t -1 ti i 'i I llul rti'l i.liMijvi r wrf 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.

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