VOL. 7
i:!Un,N. C, Thursday, Sept. 19, 1010
No. 25
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FOCII FOLLOWS UP
AMERICANS BY
OFFENSIVE IN
German Force. luhl Hack
From Ohm to 'J' wo Miles;
20,000 Germans Taken by
AtnericanH in New Drive;
Process of Cleaning
St. Mihiel Salient Contin
lien. American Headquarters I n
Franco, Sept. 14. (IJeuter)
When tlu St. Mihli'l operation
began there wen; from '."'UK1' to
100,000 Germans inside the sa
lient. They escaped nt the rate
of 1,000 hourly, hut the pincers
closed and trapped a hitherto un
known number. The. 1.'J,:J00 al
ready taken prisoner doe not in
clude the bulk of those believed
to be trapped in the salient.
(By the Associated Press)
Marshal Fuch, pursuing his oli
c.v of giving the Cernans never a
minute's rest, followed up the in
cisive stroke of the Americans,
wlilcli wiwd out the St. Mihiel
salient in two days' time, by
hunching an offensive Saturday
morning on the French front
along tliu bend in the line around
I .non.
The blow took immediate ef
fect on the German lu es, push
ing them back from one to iwu
rn i leu at points in this imjiortaiit
sector, where it is well nigh vital
for the German to hold fast if
they lioK' to retain control of any
considerable pari of northern
France during He' coming win
ter. Meanwhile the. process of
cleaning up the St. Mihiel salient
vh being continued by General
Pershing's troops, w ho o far an'
reported to have effected thecsp
tureof more th in 20,(no Germans
as the result of the clean cut
drive of the American first army.
There were indications in the
report from the front that tle
American success might have
done somewhat more than
straighten out the line above the
former St. Miliiel bend, for the
Germans were sai l to be retir
ing near Chatillon, along a front
five or six miles to the northwest
of the former westi inly tip of
the salient. They weie orobably
forced to tlii a in the readjustment
of their line to meet the altered
conditions.
With the lessening of the ten
sion on the St. Mihiel front, in
terest i centered at present in
the French nssnultnn the Aiiette
Alsno front. General Petain's
troop here were g lining ground
where every yard was extremely
valuable, n the German jo.itins
along the Aine and the Vesle to
the east have been under an in
creasing threat for some lime by
the French advance on their left
fUnk The advam e will not have
to bo pressed much further be
fore a German retreat on a w ide
front in this sector will lie com
pelled. Ily driving in sharply in his
present move, Marshal Foch
probably intends to make unten
able even the Oiomln des D unes,
the former German holding
ground north of the Aisne. He
4has made marked progress al
" ready in this by taking Mont des
Singes, south of the Ailelte. It
Is buta short instance thence to
the Anizy-Pinon line, the capture
of which by Petaiu last fall com
pelled the German prince to fall
back from thoChemin des Dames
to tho Ailetto lino to the north.
The French progress likewise
represents a renewal of the d rive
at tho St. Uobain massif, and
therefore at the citadel of Laon,
rhich that bastion defends
loving directly Into the massif
further north, above tho Aiiette,
the French aro reported to be
progressing satisfactorily.
Along the Aisno the advance
lias taken the French some dis
tance further towards the east
and they were early reported to
STROKE OF
LAUNCHING AN
THE LAON SECTOR
Allied Forces Advance.
fndon, Sept. Kith. British
troops last nielli advanced their
lines north of the Arras Cambral
road, establishing posts in the
vicinity of Cauchy and Oppy, ac
cording to today's reports from
Field Marshal llaig.
On the Flanders front the
British pushed ahead in a suc
cessful minor operation on both
sides of the Vpres ('omines canal
on a f rontof more than two miles.
With the British Army in
Fiance, Sunday, Sept. 1 5. Mai.-
semy, a village live miles north
west of St. Quentin, has been
captured by the British. The
plaee was taken during a local
attack directed against the high
ground upon which this hamlet
is situated. This adds another
important Kisition to those re
cently taken along the ridges
west of St. Quentin.
A little below this place and to
the southeast of Ilolnon wood the
British also improved their lines
slightly. Fighting of a local na
ture continues on the northern
battle front near la Basse, where
the enemy has been forced to
give ground .steadily. B'-yond
this no important infantry action
has been reported but heavy ar
tillery duels have been fought at
numerous points.
British gunners bombarded
the Hindcnburg line fiercely for
f.ur hours yesterdr.y and heavy
enemy losses were inflicted. The
German gunners have been
maintaining an intense tire in the
Gouzeaucourt sector and deluged
llavrincotirt with explosives yes
terday. Today brought the first
fair weather the British f rout
lias seen for a week. The sun
came out bright and warm this
morning and has been rapidly
drying out the water-h gged
ground over which it was becour
ing increasingly difficult for
troops to operate.
With the American Army in
lir.une, Sept. Id. German ar
tillery activity increased some
what on the front today. No in
fantry attacks however, were
made.
Paris, Sept. Ill -The town of
Vaiily on the north bank of the
Aisne east of Soisnn. ha been
captured by the French, the war
oSice announced today.
The I'l'ciuli hue continued
their progress between the Oise
and the AUne and captured Mont
Des Sieges.
Grateful Message is
Sent to Gen. Pershing
Washington, Sept. 1 1 Presi
dent Wilson today sent a cable
gram of congratulations to Gen
ei al Pershing on the achievement
of the American troop in wiping
out the St. Mihiel salient. The
President asked that hi "gratt
ful and affectionate thanks" be
conveyed to all concerned in the
victory.
The message said:
Please accept my warmest
congratulations on the brilliant
achievements of the army under
ymir command. The boys have
done what we expected of them,
and done it in the way we most
.admire.
A e are deeply proud of them
and of their chief. Please cou
vey to all concerned my grateful
and affectionate thanks."
have reached Vaiily, on the north
bank of the Aisne, pushing the
Germans back from the river as
they advanced.
Tho British front has held in
tact against a series of German
assaults in what apears to be a
ht of deseration over tho in
roads made in the defense o
Cambrai by Field Marshal Haig's
forces in their recent progress
The British successfully beat off
several such attacks at Bavrin
court and Gouzeaucourt, holding
their valuable Misitions on the
high ground in this sector.
H til MAN PRISONERS BEING SEARCHED BY
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Instant Death For All
Spies, Traitors, Cowards
With the American Army in
Faance, Sept. 10. (By the Asso
ciated Press.) -American troops
of all units have been instructed
to kill on the snot anyone who in
lime of battle urges surrender
or attempts to persuade them
that further resistance is use.
less.
The.se instructions, which or
iginated with a certain division
and have now been universally
adopted because they proved so
popular, were made necessary
because someone in American
uniform during a German attack
on Fismette, on August 7, ran
among the troops, calling uon
them to cease resistance ami de
claring that the officers advis 'd
surrender.
The instructions point out that
these btateinents were absolute-
false and added:
'The jHjrson who spreads such
an ttlaroi is cither an enemy in
our uniform or one of our own
troops who is disloyal and a trai
tor, or one of our troops who has
become a panic stricken coward.
Whoever he is, lie should be shot
on the sjH)t. In battle, there is
no time to inquire into the Identi
ty or motives of erson.s w ho ere
ate panic or disorganization or
who advises surrendc.
"It In the duty of every officer
and soldier to kill on the sKt any
person who in a tight urges any
one tosurrenderorstop lighting.
It makes no difference whether
the person is a stranger or a
friend, an officer or a private."
Galway Castle
Sunk by U-Boat
Iindon, Sept. Ilk The British
steamer Galway t'astle, of T,'.'
tons gross, was torHdoed ami
sunk this morning. She had t;o j
persons on board, of w hom more
than MlO were reported saved.
The missing from tho Galway
FasMe number 1 They in
clude 120 passengers, 30 naval
and military officers and men,
and X of the crew."
Ninety third class passengers
lost were without except i.m wo
men and children.
The liner floated for two days
in charge of the captain and vol
unteers. The passenger list included IKK)
women and child ren. The bodies
of the children who had died,
were brought ashore. Tho cap
tain and several of the officers
are reorted to have been still on
board the ship when she was last
seen and sinking.
The Central News account of
the sinking saya that one ot the
lifeboats was driven by a stormy
sea against the ship's propeller
and smashed. Ono of the steam
er's passengers, the account
adds, was Henry Burton, minis
ter of railways of the Union of
South Africa, who was Raved,
and Major Uabuntine, a member
of the South African parliament,
who is missing.
I . i v In rii rni!ur-it. liy I lit I'.iIUhIi litlii
pruv in In- i!iiiii,"i-riii!i in iln wi-tfnre
Americans' Line Advanced
One to Two Miles
Washington, Sept. I.'.-Tlic
American lino on the left bank of
the Moselle river, in the St.
Mihiel sector, has been advanced
from one to two mile and now
includes the towns of Vilcey and
Norroy, General Pershing said
in his ( i)!iimuiiiiiie fot today, re
ceive 1 tonight at the war depart
iiient. An enemy counter -uMack
launched near St. Mil tire, at day
break today, was easily repuUed
and a number of prisoners taken.
Seventy two gun abandoned
by the enemy "in hi hasty re
treat" were brought in during
the normal e.xtennion of the Am
erican lines beyond Jaulnv, Gen
eral Pershing said. This rought
the total number of guns cap
tured since the Americans start
ed the drive which wijuid out the
St. Mihiel salieiH to more than
-tit.
The statement follows:
''Headquarters, American Fx-IH-ditiiinary
Force, September 1. :
"Section A. In the St. Miliiel
sector there was increased art il
lery and avi ttion activity.
"A counter attack launched by
the enemy al daybreak near St.
Ililaire was easily repulsed and a
number of prisoners taken.
"On the left bank of the Mo
selle our lines have been advanc
ed one to two miles and niw in
eludes the towns of Vilcey and
Norroy.
"The normal extension of our
lines beyond d.iuiny resulted in
bringing in 72 additional guns
abandoned by the enemy in his
hasty retreat. This brings the
total number of gun captured to
date to more than LX) "
Counter Attack by
The Huns Fails
With the American Army In
Ioraine, Sept. II. The enemy
counter attacked against part of
the American liees Friday even
ing and again during the night
but met with an intense and ac
curate artillery tiro and recoiled.
The Americans took a few
prisoners in these attacks. Hard
lighting has taken placo in tho
quarries northeast of Fey en
Haye, where the Germaus had
placed ono big gun and many
machine- guns in a well defended
position. ..
Additional Austrian prisoners
have been taken; native civilians
said they came in only a few
days ago.
Artilley II ru anil gas shells
were sent against certaiu Ameri
can positions during the night
but they did little damage.
Tho Americans are organizing
their newly taken positions ra
pidly and are pushing forward
exploitation parties. Prisoners
and supplies aro being collected
and roads are being constructed
in No Man's Land. Much booty
and ammunition have fallen to
the Franco American allies.
Prisoners and refugees alike
are greatly impressed by the
THE DillYISH
m-urrlit-il ty ilii-lr i-uptorii for cod-
of the allied.
fact that the Americans are eat
ing white bread, regarding it as
a particularly ominous sign for
Germany.
Throughout the night and early
today Pershing's men continued
to advance and finished cleaning
up the St. Mihiel salient. They
cleared the forests of lurking
Germans.
Uncle Sam to the
Rulers of Germany
We tried to bo neutral,
But you would not have il so.
Vou ravished your neighbors.
You outraged Immunity.
And, failing to dominate us,
You reviled us.
You ordered n fron the free
seas.
Yon ambushed u on their high-
wv.
You waylaid u in tho night.
You killed our helpless people
You drowned our women and
children.
You destroyed our property.
You violated our rights.
You insulted our sovereignty.
You dishonored our Hag.
You sneered at our protest-..
You scorned our good will
You flouted our friendship.
You mocked us a "money chan
gers."
You derided ou r cou rage.
You jeered at our army.
You scoffed at our means of do
fense.
You detied our offensive ower
ou goaded us into war and
now,
ion shall answer to 2d million
men,
Placed by my command bj Con
gress,
To make the world safe for
American,
And other peace loving people.
Civilization will subdue anil dis
a nr. you.
Your vast machinery for tortur
ing humanity,
Through your lust for pillage and
conquest,
Shall be dismantled. You shal
be made
Safe to live among law abiding
nations.
Take notice ! UNCLF. SAM.
From tho Fquitablo Bulletin.
PERSHING'S ARMY
STILL ADVANCES
liondon, Sept. 13, 0:2a p. tn.
wcnerai rersiiing s army, ac
cording to this afternoon's news
is making line progress. Since
yesterday aftemoou it has ad
vanced from two to three miles
on a 33-mlle front and the for
tress guns of Metz have come in
to action against it.
The enemy appears to be with
drawing to some further line
which iill protect the railway
comraui H ations in the vicinity of
Metz, wh i h at present are under
tho long range tire of the Ameri
cans.
American patrols are advanc
ing at various points a couple of
miles beyond tho general ad
vanccs.
.The American line at noon to
AMERICANS HAD
VERY EASY TASK
American A rmy I leadquarters,
Viday, Sept M. Nothing could
better illustrate tho in-Teasing,
weakness (if the German arms
than the ease with which the
'Yanco American forces, entrust-
1 with the task, advanced in the
St, Mihiel salient. It Is true the
peration was admirably planned
and carried out, but oi.e rarely
las witnessed anything like the
use of that first day's fighting.
There was, of course, a bar
age, but not a very terrific af
lir, as barrages go. After the
barrage there was nothing very
startling in the way of gunfire
ind the machine gun rattle pro
uced quite an effect by only
omiijg now ami then.
All the while tho Americans
were going forwara with the
steadiness of a Hood, trickling in
to woods on one side and passing
out of them on the other, spread
ing about a village and over
whelming it and breaking against
a hill or a mountain and gradual
y working over the top. They
moved like something worked by
a clock, but always well ahead of
schedule. Kain soaked and slin
ping about in the mud, they still
went forward, while back along
the flood came long lines of gray-
blue creature. who had been
swamped in it course.
Whatever way one looked,
there were sure to be Germans
men as tine as you could wish
for, or creatures so poor that
their presence in the line afford
iM tfio most ilammnir proof of
German insufficiency in man-
Miwer.
Tie' mud had proved too much
for many of the tanks and the
rainstorms hid swept Ihe air
planes out of the sky. but still
the Americans went on, with just
the booming of a few big guns
behind them and a melting awav
of the enemy in front.
There was, however, plenty of
fierce fighting. The Bois
(name of Wood delete.! ) was not
cleared without a struggle which
fr a lime held back that part of
the line There had been a throw
ing out of mustard gas and sharp
machine gunfire before some of
the surrounded villages could be
left behind and the attack re
sumed. There is no disputing that the
Hoc he made a oor show ing, but
he was for the lirst time up
against av American army, fight
ing division be.sido division on a
solid front, and he liked neither
it pace nor its determination.
It was a great victory for a new
army, wtui new stalls, in a new
coantry, because it was a victory
for exactness in thinking and
precision in working.
day ran through Norroy, on .the
Moselle, Haumont, Doncourtand
to Abaueourt, on the old line.
Yesterday's advance by the
French seems to have been In the
nature of several local pushes and
not a big general forward move.
The situation is much the same
a it was yesterday. The enemy
lias been reacting very violently
on the French front. He made
several counter attacks, altho he
has not recovered any of his lost
ground, he holding up the
French somewhat.
Tho British today are reported
to have captured tho village of
Maifseny, northwest of St. Quen
tin. It has been discovered that
there were six German divisions
operating in the St. Mihiel sa
lient. That would give a total
strength of Gt).(XK) men, or a rifle
strength of ."W.OOO. Tho Ger
mans had broken up for theui,
two more divisions in this action,
thus reducing their strength In
the west to 191 divisions, plus
four Austrian divisions and some
dismounted cavalry.
Iondon, Sept. 15. In annouuc
ng today that the steamer Gal
way Castle, with approximately
1,000 persons on board, had been
torpedoed, the Central News
states 31 members of tho crew
and a number of passengers arc
missing.
GEN. PERSHING
ONLY PEACE REP
RESENTATIVE
Washington, Sept. 15, Aus
tria has started a peace move but
it will not move tho Washington
government at this time.
Fp to a late hour today the
state department had njt ro
ceived any official confirmation
of the press roiwjrt from Am
sterdam that Austria had road
a definite proposition. Such ac
tion, on the part of Austria,
would not romo a a surprise tv
Secretary realising. Il has been
felt for some time that such an
offer was coming. The reports
of bad conditions in Austria, sijd
unrest among the people there
have been taken as a promise of 4
call for a discontinuation of tlej
war.
The plan proosed by Austria,
it I said, is for representative
of all the belligerent nations to
meet in some neutral country
and discuss priuciples on which
a talk of peace could take place.
There is Ui bo nothing binding in
It; the whole thing would ho in
formal. (Jeneral Pershing i the only
peace representative this country
has to offer at thi time. The at
titude of a great majority of peo
ple connected with the adminis
tration or Congress is that tho
United States is in tho war to
stay, until the kaiser and his au
tocratic allies are eliminated.
Two reasons are advanced for
the Austrian peace drive: (1)
That the kaiser h:w enough, and
as put the weaker nation up to
the jHMce parley prosition, and
2) That Austria is alsoat theend
of her life line, and would save
herself through a separate peace.
Months ago, it was pointed out
by high officials, America might
have talked separate peace with
Austria but now, since the
Czeche Slovaks, the Jungo Slavs,
the Lithuanians and others of
Austria Hungary have joined the
allies, unless Austria i ready to
consent to breaking up other
empire into several parts so that
the various peoples can form
states of their own, there can be
no eaee conference.
Senator Simmons, a strong
suporter of the administration,
said today that in his opinion the
President would not agri'o to any
discussion of peace until cur
forces have gone deep Into Ger
many. "The proposition of the Aus
trian government, if il is what
the dispatches indicato il is, is on
a par with other proji-cU origin
ating in that countiy and Ger
many." said M.-.iuunois.
"This is no j to talk peace.
We are in tho war to a finish, and
will deliver sledge hammer blows
until it i over. We may have
setbacks butourpu;xso i clear,
and our program outlined. W
will furnish men and money to
make tho world safe for democ
racy.' I feel that 1 am justified
in saying that the President doe
not even want tho nutler dis
cussed at this timo," There i
nothing to the Austrian offer.
When that country comes with a
definite proiosilion of her own
for peace on the terms oullmod
by President Wilson to Congress
on January H of this year, ihen
she may be listened to."
High Praise is Given
The American Staff
Paris, Sunday, Sept. 15. High
words of praise for the Ameri
can staff are'givtn by commenta
tors on the American victory in
Lorraine. The pleasing rapidity
with which the American staff
adapted itself to new methods of
warfare is praised and tribute is
also paid to young officers who
carried out their work with great
valor and dash. While tho Amer
icans are operating toward the
northeast the battlo has extend
ed far down into tho Vosges re
gion. The German staff is seek
ing to rectify its lines there.