North Carolina Newspapers

VOL.7 Likin.N. C, Thursday, Sept. 20, 1918 No. 20 ALLIED TROOPS PROGRESSING SATISFACTORILY IN BREAKING DOWN ST. QUENTIN OFFENSIVES Iritirili Moving Forward on the, North and French on South: Australians Active in Hindenburtf Positions: St. Qiifiitin's Position Has Ht'i'oiiiM Much Mom Seri ous; SerU; Ma he Progress. (Hy Aso'x'iated Press ) -Allied tnmps are progressing satisfac torily in liif iUinjx down the de fense of St. Qientin. Oil the not Hi the !ritis!i are fighting in the Hindonburg '-.itions a n d pressing toward Ui" canal be tween St ('Jentin and ( 'iini bijii, while on the south the French are moving forward steadily. For a stiet. h of more than 10 miles north of St. 'J'leutii!, the l.ritisli now hold tin' dominating hill s, niul the pri'M'ii'. local ac tion in the region west of Citclet prohahly in for the purpose of v further improving the situation pjfi in anticipation of a great assault against t li e llindcnhurg line. The main enemy defenses in the legion ln-tween Cambrai and St. Quentin, both of whicli i.re threat ened by tho present Hritisli op erations, are based on tho canal, "jf"T highway and railway running north and south on an average of aliout two niilis from I'iel I Mr slial II aig'.s front hue. Toward L? Catelet, the Irntish are pressing eastward mi a front of three mile.s and are within - four miles of the tow n. oi.e of the i;nMrtant (leriean have-, on this front. With the Australians al ready in tie llineenburg osi tion.s, other liiitisli forces are rapidly over running litem north of ilargieourt W"xt d St. (tijentin lb" French are within two miles (d the outskirts. W bl'i on the sou'.li they are fmi ii.g the German to give up impoi tant honoring the memory of the hero village and other ptin,ns mh of a f inner president of the St (iiientin, as a resu.t of tl.ej Foiled Slates, week's o;'r.itii'iis. is in a iore! serious io, limn fn. in tin' enemy i Draft Resistor Shot iewpnint tlun p-ob.ibi.v at anyj and Fatally Wounded V tune since the hegiiinii.g f thc ' . war. A further pusli eastward! I ayel'. w.le, Sept. Ill Alex "T by the Hritish from Ibeir new iy I an. lor ( Vlvin, charged with fail-.-m height positions n:i tb le.rtb lure to register for the selective west will virtually place the .i'd;c draft, dn-d in the Cumberland on thiee seles of the loan, St county jnl lato last night after (,'tientin Is an important output t being l ice shot by Fniled States of Lion. pMhaps tin' most '.n j H-puly M u sha! Mai'.ey and Geo. i ortat l cin-uty Imc i.i mnile i a j W. .lor.es. deputed by Hailey, France. The French, on toe i w Li e resisting ariesl hi the f d Kotith. are 10 uuUs from Lon ami are hainuscrit.g it with their big guns. Southwest of Met., where the French and Americans nier.lt.v rleaied I In St Mibul salient, lh German have started further tires. Soldiers and w.i;:n trains hive been seen lioiving liolth ward nnd il is believed lb,, t'.er mans are preparing for a poi--ble allied alti It or a r t. i n ent on their o.vn initiative Use where on the western front lln-re his been i.ochvnc-' In the sit-.ta llell. ,TIio aloe-l s ?..' in ie;;!ra! 4a ediei.i. wbub ij,' d with the ciuis..n .( I ti i.4i, s Aj Inur. t1 e 'inp 'ttmi S'.("! p-t lioil, is be'ep-n sll c. s.fi.'tv i a wi.l.- fi....t !'.:; ',! r ; ; - ITiews oy viie ,-sci os ii,i4r. uie Vardar river and the I'sli ab s.il oniki radre i I pira-i-io-,; p, p-(.b ably will bring about a readjust inentof the Austi o (I-ru an nnd Itu'garian positim) Ihroughotit the whole tln-ator. With the Serbs wHInn oine miles of the r.nlroad and the liv er, tho only artery of communica tion for the enemy tritops around Iiake loiran, itn enis within the range of vtssihility Hut the rail- V I ..,. I .... IIM'f I'll! Wf'Vh. I lllij!i11 euiirkapu, on the railroad, the terrain Is favorable an I by press lug toward tho Vardar tho Serbs can outflank Prilep and Lake Doi tan. Southeast of Frilcp the Serbs are in the f.mt hills of the Drenska pUniiu, a height posi French and Americuns Honor Roosevelt Grave Pails, France, Kept. 22 -The er( h and Americans are join ing in keeping green the grave of Lieutenant Quentin Roosevelt. The rude German marker, with its scrawl: "Lieutenant Oioiitin lloosovelt, buried by the Germans," has ilisa)peared. Also the temporary fence of saplings, erected by the soldiers who found the grave, after the (lorman line had been rolled back and beyond it, has been taken a.vay. Now there is a heavy railing of poli.shi'tl wo'id around the grave, surmounted by a cross at tho head. Within the enclosure, at the top of the mound, is a polish ed stone. Chiseled on it is the fallen hero's name, lite date he fell ami the name of tin; unit that erected the monument, the IJO'Jd regiment. n the grave lies a wooden cross, bearing the inscription:; "Here iii.'s on the field of honor Lieutenant (Jm niiti Uoosevelt, fell duly II, r.iK" The grave U on a hillside, at the edge of which there has been dugouts when lighting was tierce it tie-s,M,t. Itisatniie east of t'hamery. not far from Fere en Tar denois. A few yards from the grave is a rough depression in the ground where lt"oseve!t's airplane crashed down. Twisted pieces f the steering gear and the win els of his plane aro within the grave's enclosure. I came to the spit just after two Moral piece had been placed thereone by a party of French ooVia! and the other by un named inericins. IKith were era! oibcers in Sampson county yesterday afterr.'sm. ('olvfn, who aUij went by the nai.10 of Johnson, faded to register on September l.'ud Was iAUglil In the lea ker roundup lie pro ferrcd to light the oncers of the law rather than the Hur.s, and attack d Deputy Jones with a knife, inflicting several minor cuts In-fore he Mt tb. rlaw of 'die selective draft. Iluth shots ts! cib-ct in the body. Jones is a Cumberland county deputy sheriff who was deputised by the deputy marshal to assist in the hunt for C lviii. The ne gin was biuugbl to bay juston the i t !-r id.- o the Simpson jtmmlv ore I I . . . . t A . 1 i i i.i-i jo o-e i ii, i um i.ivtn mi Uie A bliti ma! Itulgarian pilsoncrs bve liccn tnUcn by the Srbs, v. Ito also have liberated ten more loans. The Hi itish and Greek continue their pressure in the lMran region but wideutly their activity is mainly for the purpose of keeping the enemy occupied so that he cannot nend aid to the front further west. Ills lejvorled from Ckranian sources that tho crown prince of Kumania has fled from Jassy to Odessa- The reason for his 'light Is not disclosed. Kecenl (tcnnan resKtits have been to the effect that an anil German out break was In progress, or was imminent in Kuuiania, with CJneen Marn as one of (b prin cipals Ik hind lU movement. SOME OF THE i t ' , , t 1 s I ', ' - - - .' , 1 , . ' . : - I Tl..s,- lire only it few ef Un- imtliy I'.ioiiili- f)n mid tits iittai-k onVr lin!.- if III - IU lie. BRILLIANT OFFEN SIVE NETS 18,000 PRISONERS Hy the Associated Press. With tlio violence of the. oera tio.ns on the western front in France considerably diminished in intensity, the Turks in Pales tine and the PulgariaiiH and their allies in Macedonia are being put to the test. Hut, nowhere thus far have they been able to hold back, or even to counteract, the onslaughts of their foes. In Palestine the Turks seem ingly are in the piocess of being crushed; in Macedonia the en tente forces are driving sharp wedges for considerable dis tances into the enemy front. In France and Flanders, where there ha been any lighting ris ing In importance above patrol encounters, the Hritish, French and American tnmps have kept the upper hand and advanced their respective hues. Our transcendent interest for the moment, at least, are the operation:! of the Hritish Gene ml Allenby's forces in Palestine. Here, in less than four days, the Hritish have xwept forward in the center between the river Jor dan on I l iken the fatuous N.iza reth, while their wings closed round in t swift enveloping move mei nd nippeJ within the maw of to great pincer all the Otta wa n forces in lhecnatal sector, the plain of Sharon, the loll re gtoii in the center and also the western Jordan vallev. Mean while to the northeast, b friend ly Arab force id tin king if the Hedjit lave cutall railway com munication in front of the peeing i Turks and are tanding a barrier to their escape by way of the eas tern plain. More lima H,tm l urks had been made prisoner by the Hrit is!) and gun in excess of 120 had been couuted when the last re jmrU from General AiU-uby were received. In adJitioi.greatnuan title of w ar stores had been cap tured, and still others had Hot been counted owing to tho rapid ily of the movement, 1 1 is not improbable that with in Unj bag. the stiings of which haie been drawn taut.i dnii,g the moulh. Ihousan.ls of Tuiks ate enmeshed. Many of those al ready made pilsouer, fleeing in d!s-.rder, h'oral'y v :i ! ! :' th" hand of Use Hritish. isol Know ing tlndr lines of rvlre.it hid been cut off. Although the Turk nt some point offered const. I, -i able re aisUnco to the Hritish, at no point were they able to slay the ahancc, even on the famous field of Aruiagedden, whicli the Hrilish cavalry swept across and occupied Nazareth to the north. In the operation of sewing the enemy In the sack, aviator play ed an Important role, vigorously bombing tho retreating Turks, inflicting enormous casualties on them. Tho losses of General Allenby aro described m slight, in comparison with the impor tance of tho movement carrieJ out In Macedonia the Italian have BRITISH TANKS THAT CRUSH THE HUMS Ii.nl.n Unit Ituve ln-eii tt lust l uotritiil In driving buck I he (jcrimin Ijordt'H. resistance In Uie iniiU as iln-y no forwnrd cnixttlng the " lirwkllchiielt" ut joined tin- fray with the Hritish, French, Serbian and Greek troops and are hard after the Hulgarians and their iiilies, who are being driven northward thru southern Serbia. Hetween the Cerna and Vardar river, although the Hulgarians and Germans are ending up reinforcements, the allied troops have continued their pressure. Th" Serbians west of the Vardar liver have crossed the I'rilepe Ishtib foad at Kavu Li i', which cons'it utes an advance of more than '2' miles into their once h' Id territory, To the east of Mou istir tin; I taliatib have be gun oeriitiuiis i: the famous Cerna bond and have taken sever al positions, while between the Cerna and the Vardar the French also have met w ith successes. On the French front, the Hrit ish. north of the Scarpe river, advanced their line on a two mile front, while east i f FH'hy, lying between Ciiubrai and St. ueiv tin, nnd at several other to;nt.s on this sector in strong lighting llioy c.i pi ti red German sitions. On that part of the front held by tli! French there was lilt e activ ty except by the opjmsing artil lery, which at tunes was heavy. On the Iniaine front the Americans have c.triie lout two successful raids against the Ger mans and taken prisoners. In addition, some casualties were in I'icted on the enemy. Several guns also were captured. SEEKSTOfflECR CRUEL CRIMES OF BOLSHEVIKI Washington, Sept. '.'I. Ilorri tied by tho bloody n igu of terror in Uussia, the Fniled Stale to day called upon a'd allied and tleu tral nations to consider w hat they may ilo to impress ujMin the Hoi sheviki the aversion with which the milmed world regard their wanton crimes. Hy direction of President Wil son, Secretary Iausing dispatt li ed an i lentie instruction to every American diplomatic representa tive in the foreign capitals. The action nhgns the t'ni'ed State with that of Great Hntain and l 'i am e in dc. l u ii g the to!,n villi outlaws and public enemies. Whatever a timi may bo deiiJ- cd um by the nation, .separate ly or til cei ceil, 0 is n id cieii witi be uile p.i I fn.in t!,e ii,s- ecutioii of the w ar against Ger many. Tli reptii t- I m Hon of Hie Hoi shevtal in niTecUt'g an alliance with Germany for oTcnseand de fense is an added cause far the hlep. The reign of terror has already greatly hindered tho efforts of tho I'niled Stale to alleviate an impending famine in Hussbu It is conceded that there I enough food In southeastern Russia and western Siberia to food all tho Kussun people if a mean of Jis tribution could be effected to keep the aupplie from falling into German hand. Tha alliance between the Hoi sheviki and Germany present a dangerous situation to tho allies. LION ESCAPES FROM A CIRCUS; CREATE PANIC Hristol, Va., Sept. 21.-Sultan, the big lion with the circus show ing here today, escaped from his cage at the noon hour, created a panic on the show ground and mangled two horse before he was captured and returned to his prison. Scores of people on tin; ground lied when they sivv the animal dart from his cage toward a small lent to one side of the grounds. Some ran across the fields, others climbed tent jMiles and some left the spot in automobile. After clawing two circus horses and running everyone from the scene the beast stalked into an adjoin ing field and sat down. Organized by the animal trainer a group of showmen approached him w ith nets and ropes and after a brief struggle made him a prisoner. in that it may afford Germany an opiKtrtunity greatly to increase her waning manower. Secretary Iinsing today n il erated that the effort of Ameri can troops at Vladivostok and Archangel were solely to aid the Czecho Slovak to leave Kussia for the western front and not lo establish an eastern battle front or in any way to interfere with the internal affairs of Kussia. The conduct of the Holsheviki, against which today's protest wa directed, i considered an entirely separate phase of the Uussian situation. A protest which the I'niled State mnde some year ago to Turkey against the Armenian massacres I a precedent for to day' action. Germany became alarmed at that time at the alii tudeof the world and used its in fluence, then practically para mount In Turkey, to stop the massacres, and tho Armenian IH'ople were saved for a time. The situation in Uussia, how ever, i regarded by ofllciala of the American government a even more serious than lhat of tho Armenians. Russian are being executed by wholesale daily upon the slightest pretext or upon r.o pietoxl at all. It in known that the Russian people a a whole 4i, opposed to the IamiIiio and Trutsky rtgiu-.c and ft Is ta save these loyal Uussian that the L'n iled Stales ha called upon Hie civilized world to take immediate action. If the Holsheviki be declared outlaw by the world, they could find no asylum when they are overthrown and could bo put on trial for their deed. There la some speculation as to tho atliludo of the neutrals, es IH'cially those contiguous to Ger many, but Secretary learning ex pressly Btale In his note that the joint action he desires shall be "entirely divorced from Uio at Biosphere on belligerency tnd tho conduct of war." AMERICAN RAIDS ARE SUCCESSFUL With the American Forces in fyirraine, Kept. 22. (Hy the As sedated Press ) --The American troops made two successful raids on the German lines northeast of St.. Mihiel early this tnornicg, taking L"d prisoners In the region of Haiimont and five prisoners southeast of Charey. Hoth rnids were preceded by barrages. Patrols from tho region of Ilau mont reported that at least forty Germans were'killed or injured. Other patrols from the Charey region estimated that the bar rage killed at least a score of Germans. Tho prisoners taken s)utheast of Charey were tnachino gunners, the Americans capturing two heavy machine guns. At Hau court the Germans were captur ed in dugouts, where they had taken refuge from tho stiff Am erican barrage. The Germans answered with their artillery along the Amerl can line. The first American barrage began soon after mid night. Tho other started nt 1 o'clock. Hoth continued for two hours. A unit of the American raiders entered Hauinont, where the Germans had been using a church tower as an observation itost. Sharp fighting took place in the streets of the village, the Ameri cans getting the better of the Germans and obtaining the In formation desired. They then returned to their own lines. A patrol found several new dugouts cast of Hauinont and in dications that the Gentians w ere continuing to dig in. Another patrol reiortcd enemy trenches and numerous machine gun em placements south of iJonxartin. When tho American barrage bud started, the Germans appar eully believed that another of fetiaivo had ocned, and tilled the ky with rockets and signal bell. The heavy shelling a;- parenlly caused confusion in the enemy front, because after the first barrage, il was more than .U minutes before tho Germans replied. Four Persons Killed In an Auto Accident Greenville, Sept. 21.-One of the most shocking accident in ibo history of this section oe curred late Friday evening at the Norfolk Southern railroad cross ing near the cotton ndH just out side tiiecily when an auto con taining Ueddin Wheeler, Seth Cur bet I, Mis Mzzto Corbett, Mis Maude Sawyer and Miss in by Hun.lt. was struck by wesltiound passenger train and four of the occupant of the car either killed outright or fatally injured. Mis Sawyer, from Camden county, a school teacher at Winterville, was Instantly kill d a was also Suth Corbett Ueddin Wheeler and Mis Lizzie Corbett were fatally injured and died soon after living brought to a hospital hero. Miss Hurch is expected U recover. The crossing at the scene ol the accident is an open crossing and the only explanation for the uutoisl failing to see the ap p Coaching train is Hie fact that il wa raiuing and water on the windshield may have pt evented the driver from seeing the train Miss Sawyvr, whose school Is six tulle from here, was coming to uko tho train lo spend a few dar at homo. The remains of Mr. Wheeler, Mr. Corbett and Mis tdzzio Cor bett were taken toWalsenburg today for burial and Miss Saw yer Ui l.iizabelh City. Twenty-Five Thousand Turks Taken Prisoner London, Sept. 23. Twenty flvo thousand Turkiah prisoners an 1 'J'V) guns had been counted up to yesterday evening by Gen eril Allenby a forces pushing northward thru Palestine, e cording to an oflidal statement Issued today by the war oflico, YANKS HAVE IN SCARED; AFRAID OF NIGHT RAIDS L'indon, Kngland, Soot. :1 Up in Helgium and northern ancn, the German airmen nm't lie coaxed west of their own lines in (lay time. They simply won't come over on the allies side! Hay after day, as surely os tho sun rises, tho, .allied airmen go miles and miles into Germany in broad'daylight to seo what tho ermans aro doing and to bomb military objectives. Hut the only time the I un tries "como back" is at niyht, and to io's growing more timid about those night raids eiw h week. Aside i'rom the hcoru of ma chines shot down, which is con stantly sliding.'moro aud more in the allies' favor, these facts show low the war in tho air Is going. Hritish and American aviators w ho have como recently from thw nortitcrr.end of the lino tell the same story. Ono of them, Lieut. J. Armstrong, of Philadel phia, gave this as an illustration: "I w as one of seven American lliers scouting over Lille just a few days ago. "We ran into a bunch of 30 German planes. And we didn't get a chance to put in a single good shot! They just turned tail and scooted back into Germany as fast as they could go!" Armstrong is in tho American army hospital at Dartford, Hcg land, the result of a fight lie and two other American lliers had with eight German Fokkers, af ter an Ostcnd bombing raid re cently. Todd and Alderman cf North Carolina were tho other two. "The Germans' air policy seem to bo to keep on their own side of the fence in daytime, r.o matter w hat hapien," said Arm strong. We have got to go fir Into Germany to find a German p!n, and a for getting a flight oven mile back of the lino tlicy'i! gen erally run if the numbers are anything like equal. And often tlieyls'atit when they outnum ber you three, four or flv.i to one." Armstrong, '"jjst in' from France, wa strolling around the ground In K bathrobe, so I too',. hi word for it when bo told me ho had "only a scratch." "Only a acraU h. eh?" Unshed a friend who cam up a I wa about lo leave. " You'r" a hell of a reiurter:" And thank to this friend, I f lundout more a'eit Arms' fore. Hi "scratch" auiunted to 1 1 stiU'he in the right arm nnd louf in the bvk o,.. ,mJI t eirh. but they bulged, and bad j bo cut out. This is how lie guttle"). Thirteen lumbers, nd thirteen scout to protect them, set out from an American air base to bomb Ostend In lUybgbl U- turning, Armstrong, Toil I ami Alderman, three cf the lighters, wero flying above the other. They got separated and eight Germans apearcd, right abova thi American trio. Tbu Aim-ii can fought, meantime drawing Ibo Germans toward the oth r butuh. Armstrong stopped two bullot and Alderman's gun j mimed, but by this time the rest of the Americans came ocding up aod two Hun planes were account-! for before fiey got away. "Did you shoot down either of tho two Germans?" I asked Arm strong. "No," ho said. "No, neither of those," cor rected his friend. "Hut ho has downed three Huns, tnd ibis I the first titno they've kinged him."