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VOL 7 Klkin.N. C, Thursday, Oct. 3, 1918 No. 27 ALLIES SMASHING INTO GERMAN DEFENSES ON FOUR IMPORTANT SECTORS OVER 250-MILE FRONT 'Tiirt 'I h in '",';) I'ri-xHi.TH T.ikfii in 1,,-iHt Tlitv I .t h : Itrilinh Siirc.'ciSiiiif in ,'rw )rivc for (';iinln ;ii: l',c- gi.llts Kllft'lr-I (ilv.'ll Of f t .MuVrilh'ht S.ltlll- il.i) : (itTin.'iiH Am- Suri'ly l'ri'Hfl. (I'.V Hi" AssOCl l'c I I'l.'H ) Oii'l' a front nf 1 1 1 i Hi in J'ti) mill's from tin' Ninth sea In Ver dun, tin' allies an' mii ashing into the German tli fi n-t.'H on four V i (I ( ilM'l i'MMi tlitlt sectors. 'l'lif enemy is fared with 1 1 greatest offensive i iT j t since tli" beginning of t war. On all tin- sectors tli" I : riti-.lt, I'li'iu It, AuH'ri' au ami Belgian tt'tops an" progressing mii ivsi fully, Serious imoad are being inail" into ih" German ! t fnr. i system north of Ypivs. around .Cambrai, north if tin- Aisiio ami on the Champagne VtI mi si c- tM Ail litioll.il III'lHOl.l'I'H ll IVI' been ailt il to tlx.' allnd total of 27.U) for Hi,- last three day and M'wral hundred more guns of all caliber have been taken from " tli" rni my. Vital successes at" now la ing gained liy tli I5riti-.li in tm ir new drive for C-nnbrai in which American tr"ps an- aiding in tin' region west of I.- C.it-!,-t. The capture of Cambrai by the 1 1 riti . won!,! appear to be near. From l In- Wi st the liiitlli air within one ami three quarter mile1 of Camhrai at Un points lUii'&u natural obstai les h ive been o.eicomr. The same i I Mrit isli stormed lit" main Bin true on the n rth wheiethe But !hmburg defenses on the Scheldt ish are pushing forward rapidly. ' ,, t'--d, crossed the waterway and Southwest of Cambrai Field j iMii.ed th- hills beyond, taking Marshal Main's men ai" fighting j ,nnn-v pr'-"""'' To the nrth for th'M ri.ssinu's of the S, Ix-ldt 'tril s" hands on canal. i Cambrai, the iuqtortant Crrmnn Douai. the Merman has-Mirth i has,? "t'T which recently there east of Arras, and one of the oat j '"H l"','n " niurh lihtimr. The lyinU lef. isss of the re. it f.,r. j Canadians are in the northwrs tress of Mi le, also is threatened j 1,1 ' " iN'iiit" f the t ity, ulnlea lv the Cambrai oM i,iti. in. Thej luv-1' diiioii has reached the Mrilish have cross, I th hih ""Vi'le i n environs, load between lioiiai and Can biai ! ""th of St. tjuentln to a "3 id the railroad coiim ( -tinn them Srseess to the (lerm ins. South vest of Ilou ii, the llriti-h are re i :' .( prisoners. Alontf the Isiited U have talieii Arletix. jClevnin tl-s Mame.s the Frenc h Melui.ui troops crt, red n,, h iv, advanecl their line fora (lis vrreat o!T"nsivc movement S uur jUi ,v ' f 1 AO miSi's. captuiinj: the day by beginning an operation in i 1,1 I'"'"1 t'e famous rtiniunction with the Mrilish in'r'4'H''- the Mixinu.lo Vpiis area Tin ni'ies are reported to have pushed forward rapidly and were re I tor ted litfhtinu their way thru to Uoulholst forest, whirl) his Wen looked upon as the keystone of the rnesry defensive system between Ypres and the sea. (iener.il Manful resumed his slow pro;: i ess toward the heights (d the C 'lit-ii i i n les Mames, the southern defi iue line of the great and important massill of Minn, (liuund has been gamed south of lb" high s.int at Fort M il i :ii Hon, and the bitterly contested villages of ,!ouy and Aizy hiv, f-ij "11 to tl,e -''ee,, Ii Jh the west.-ci t! i )c of the t liampagi e V. rdun i lT -nive. the French are pushing over the heights behind the lletdenburg' line. From the Argor.ne, east of the Meuse, the Am'.'iicans are fitreing their way into thek'reiin Itild jtositions. Some ground has been gained near the Argonne forVst but the American progress Saturday apparently was slowed down some from the tirst two days. With a 2jO mile lino aflame ov er almost its entire length. Mar shal Foe h has the Merman com id in a tight place. On each 'of the four sectors the allies threaten important bases and riable communication lined. 1'he German command probably will have trouble in placing its reserves to the best advantage as the , allies are in a position to strike on still more sectors if BRITISH-AMERICANS LAUNCHED ATTACK SUNDAY mi. Inn, Sept, 2'-. ---Troops from I 11" s I .lies Ol ,N e iV lolK, ICIHll'H fee and North and South Caro lina u'taclo'.l Ihf lltudenburg line- on a front of nearly three miles, cajitu i i nt llrllicourt and Nan my. This announcement was made by I V ! I Marshal II aig in his re port from h idqu.irtor tonight, ly.lid ill, Sept. Di XIII Ude has heen raptured by the Mel gian troops, ii wan officially nn ilminced tonight. The Belgians have also taken Z. rri-m (.arrant), Studcnberg, I'asschendac!", Moorslcdge. ai.d part of Wcstrooscbeke. This meaii- an advance of several llllies. My Associated Press.--Aineri can t roopH boys from New York, Tennessee and North and Smith ( a rolm i were in the the i of the fray Sunday which badly smashed the Merman jtosi tioiisover a front of more than r.O ihi.es, fiom the region of Ar ras to l.i I'.-re. On a three mile front the Amer leans stormed tin.' Hindcnburg .ine ar.lripturel the towns of I !" iicoiii t and Naiiroy, crossing the C ambrai canal in the opera t ions. Meanwhile, to the south the Fere tle French have pressed forward their line and taken The entente allied troops every where are continuing to make progress against the forces of the Teutonic alliance. In Mtlgiwm, Flanders and France inateriil advances have been made on all the lighting fronts; in Serbia the territory of theoven un kingdom is fast being reclaimed, while in Palestine the Turkish armies under t lie attacks of Meneral Aller.by ami the tribesmen of the king of the Ih'iljis have virtually ceased to exist as fighting units. Additional large numbers of the enemy have been made pris oner and large quantities of stoics have been raptured. Keeping up relentlessly their i i!ei;t attacks from near th s.a in ll"igiuni to th" legion of Ver dun, the Melgian. M'ltish, Amer ican and French troops are fast driving wedges into the enemy l:ne. Marshal I-Yh Ii thinks necessary. In Macedonia the allies are pressing the defeated Mermans and Bulgarians into Itulgaria on the east, into Albania on the west and toward Uskub on the, north. The Serbians, who are at the apex of the salient, are moving toward Uskub, having taken Veles and its garrison. They are also approaching the Bulgar ian border from east of the Var dar. In the Doiran region the allies are working their way over the mountains toward the im portant line of the Struma river. It U reported that the Austrian forces in Albania are be'ng with drawn. If true, this is the logic al result of the allied drive in Macedonia as tho Austrians would be in a precarious tosition should they attempt to hold their line in southern Albania. POST OFFICE 1 X ' ii " t 0 . .( .v. il- ;o Hit nl i'1'i' '. ill lilnl v l"ll. I'liilint. Ii.liiii 'ttiio!'.n i.lr.liine inul. ;i,-i fiiriiuilly Ihln llt rHIlMl of tin' m,1 i,ftn Aiuua 2. wte-n tin- lrl In in- l-ft lie- le-w la i-!injf ll'-M in-iir WukIiIiikOhi In Hip irrm-iii e of jiM-rii!ii,-iif mi Ihii-ri-sl.-O crouil. Tin- limll uirryln.- ,lu i- he- i inlnl-l by a l.nuij with Hih luscrlptlu-i "L'. K. UNIFIED ACTION BRiNGSRESULTS Washington, Sept. L. Marked by the concentrated offensive isjwer of the American army, un ified military action on the wes tern front under Marshal Fo h has forced Bulgaria to seek a sep arate peart-, in the opinion of Men eral March, chief of staff. The lelection of Bulgaria, carrying with it the only connecting link between Turkey and the central powers and fop-shadowing the robab!e restoration of Mumania to the fighting ranks, the chief of tafT said today in his weekly conference, is due directly to the massing of French, Mritish and American forces on the western front. "List week I toUl you that the news djring the week h id been ontinuously good." said Meneral March. "This weilt His contin uously better." The-defection of Bulgaria il ustrates to a striking degpe. the results of the concentration of forces on tho western front. reviotig to this time, w henever any part of the central empires' front was threatened it was ks- ible for (ierinany to devote and divert some Merman divisions with Merman commanders to the threatened front, while they held the western front with a relative y smaller force. "That day has gone past. By concentrating the entire Ameri can force on the western front, that force, together with the tritish and French armies under General Fix h, holds th" Merman army there, and we see the re sult in Bulgaria demanding a separate peace. 'The obvious imjtortance of this move is jterfectty clear to everybody." Turning to a map of the Bal an front, General March said the military situation jn that re gion wan too plain to need analy sis. "That is a tremendous drive," le continued, "and carried outby relatively small forces. In this quick advance the Serbs crossed two livers, the C?.ernaand the Vardar, and enptured the rail loads which follow tho valleys of the two rivers and which have been the main lines of supply Tor the Bulgarians on cadi side, as well as their thief lines of escape. The result has been a general dis organization of tho retreating forces, particularly those caught between tho Vardar river and the mountainsof Albania. 'Tho picturesque movement of tho British in Palestine has also been a feature of the week, resulting in very large captures of troops, and the whole move ment ocing conspicuous by the flight of the German commander in chief who apparently cot out in advance" In referring to tho events of the wock on tho western front. Genera! March said tho Ameri can forces in the offensive be tween Iiheiias and Verdun had taken 8,000 prisoners while the l' reneli captures In men were es timated at 7,000. The American advance, he said, has nroceeileil entirely beyond tho Hindenburg i no ana now is racing the kreiui- lno. TAKES OVER THE AIR : K y'l'l'.r.'j: ''.vV, '"r American Aviators Have Kept Command of the Air Washington, Sept. LH.i. In r porting furt'icr advances of the Americans northwest of Verdun General Pershing' communique for i esterday, receive 1 hern to night, says American aviators "have kept command of the air." They have brought down 12 bal loons and more than (V) enemy planes, while less than a third of that number of Americ an planes are missii g. The statement fol lows: "Headquarters American Fx peditioiiary Forces, Sept J-. Section A: The attack begun on September I'd continues to de velop successfully. Today our troops, advancing in tho face of heavy infantry, artillery and ma chine gun fire, have reached the outskirts of Biieulles ami F.xer mont. More than :) towns and enormous quantities of material have fallen into ou r hands. The number of prisoner continue to increase. "American aviators have kept command of th air. They have brought down 12 balloons and more than oOcncmy planes, while less than a third of that number of our planes are missing. In conjunction with French and British aviators, they have, not withstanding unfavorable weath er, rendered valuable service and successfully executed many mis sions. "Section B; The follow ing ex tract is from a German soldier letter, found in the Woevre, Sep tember 22: 'Americans are in front of us. Vo the right of us Indians of the Sioux tribe were identified in one of tlte last at tacks. Alter tlte war Karl can write another book about his ex Iteriences with his dear Indians." Many Cities Claiming Honor of Being First. Washington, Sept. 2'.l Altbo treasury department officials to day made no attempt to estimate the total sales on the otoningday of the fourth liberty loan cam paign yesterday, all indications were that the loan had gotten aw ay to a g'tod start. Only one district committee, New York, had attempted to esti mate its sales Saturday, placing them at $:(XK),(XX), or one -eighth of the 1,HM,(X0,(KX) allotted the New York Federal reserve (lis trict. From Atlanta, Ga , where sales to the third loan lagged some-vhat, came word today that the campaign started "in great shape" with a better selling or ganization to push tht work than was had for the last loan. In the San Francisco district many cities already were claim ing honor flags for having over subscribed their quotas. "Tho spirit of the loan," said a treasury department statement, "is exemplified in a telegram from Worcester, Mass.. a city which achieved its quota yester day. An elaborate voting plan for putting over tlio city's quota had been worked out there, but it had to bo abandoned ut the last minute because of an epidemic of Spanish influenza. Without a niomenl'H hesitatation tho sales committee adopted a new plan of HAIL SERVICE "1 ,t?mn,:r.'. v : A V -I In DAY HOST DRA HATJCOF WAR Washington, Sept. Js.With three great major offensives driv ing forward simultaneously be twoen Verdun and the North sea and the German military frame work in Bulgaria tottering to ward complete collapse, today stood out sharply to military ob servers here as one of the most dramatic of the whole war. Not an hour passed that did not see new advances scored UMn the great maps at the war depart ment. From all fronts except in Italy dispatches were received show ing tho storm to be spreading so swiftly that events of a decisive nature are to be expected momen tarily. To some observers it appeared that Marshal Foch had seized the psychological moment to hurl against the enemy all the accu mulatrd strength of the allied and American forces, jtossibly with the expectation that a crash on the western front is close at hand. Among army officers, however, it was said that the launching of the British Belgian thrust was but a part ofacaiv fully prepared program, w Inch is designed to hold the German army in the north to its lines there while the critical blow of the French and American armies on the Meuse nnd in Champagne is pressed home. From every point of view it uppeared to military men that the tremendous strain could not long be cud u t ed by the enemy. The hour when he mustagain attempt on a wide front the most diHicult military maneuver withdrawal under attack appeared not far distant. There is little doubt here that the first binges of the retirement to the Belgian fron tier will soon bo evident, if the movement has not already begun. At every critical point Mar shal Foch is striking hammer blows. While General Persh ing's advance along the Meuse is growing increasingly menacing every hour to tho whole German position, the Freuch aro batter ing ugain at the Chemin des Barnes ridge whichscreens Laon. Should they win the flanking po sition on tho high ground at which they are driving, enemy columns on both sides would be under fire and the withdrawal from the Aisne line might bo come a rout. selling and $15,000,000 was rais ed. "Other telegrams from New England indicated that tho spirit of Worchester is that of the en tiro northeast. Up there they are calling this the "fighting fourth" loan and they are going to fight it through regardless of Spanish "flu" and all other ob stacles." Hear Admiral Cowie, who is in charge of tho campaign in the navy, said today that a new re cord for first day subscriptions was set in the navy, His esti mate was $2,000,000. AMERICANS TAKE A KEY POSITION FROM THE ENEMY With the American Army, Sept. "7. The great American offensive carried nut hy the first American army under General Pershing is developing, French troops operated on the right and left of the Amer! ana, support ing their advance. The line ran from the Meuse above IJegiviile, southwest to Cumierres and up to n M,int south of Hethinrourt; thence south to Malancourt thru Bois Be Malincourt to tho north of Avocourt, where it curved southwest to tlte banks of the Bouart and passed south of Vau quois to Bounties, thence west to a point north of Flcur de Paris, running in a northwesterly di rection to Servon, and south of Vois de Vietles; thence slightly to the north of McHslges, and west to a ioint half way between Perthes and Taurant; thence to Aubrerive. Tho attack, commanded by General Pershing in person, was preeeeded by a very thorough ar tillery preparation. At 1I:0 o'clock heavy tiro was jK;ned across the Meuse to the right of the American army. This ap parently deceived tho enemy as to tho real direction of tho at tack. The American and French long range artillery kept up a harrassing fire back of tho Ger man lines, and at2..".0this morn ing thouaands of guns have ojten ed all along a 20 mile front, main taining druuiHre for threo hours. At 5:110 the infantry attacked with a dash never exceeded on the western front. The men all felt that this was the biggest light they had ever been in and went to it like wildcats. Aeroplanes flew overhead in dense formations of f'K) to 100 planes. As a heavy ground mist prevented effective observation the planes kept very close to the ground, using machine guns on tho Germans, while on the roads below staff officers and dispatch riders dashed a t breakneck snced. Tho whole attack was charac terised by "force w ithout stint or limit," and great sieed. Vau- quois was carried by assault al most before the sun had risen. Buis do MontfaucoQ was pinched out instead of being attacked di rectly. By noon tho American troops were at Septarges and soon thereafter Montfaucon it self was carried by assault. Meanwhile tho same operation was being maintained around the forest of Argonne, but this at tack, which is progressing most favorably, is not being hurried. The manner in which tho field guns were moved behind tho at tacking infantry was most grati fying, bud all around were indi cations that this o)eratioQ had been most carefully planned. The wholo countryside is alive with Americans and at every road crossing and rail head Am erican hospital lied Cross trains stood ready with their crews of trained nurses ready to care for the wounded. Although it is loo early to predict tho possible results of this attack, it has al ready changed the strategic as pect of this sector and has made Verdun a great offensive center instead of a defensive positiou. Tho splendid achievement of the capture of Montfaucon wrests from the Germans one of the key positions of his battle line, with out which the crown prince would never have been able to launcli his famous attack on Verdun. London, Sept. 30. Emperor William, according to an Ex change Telegraph dispatch from Amsterdam has sent the follow ing telegram to the Westphalian Patriotic Society: "Germany Is decided to utilize all force to fight this enforced de fensive war until & victorious end is secured and the fatherland protected for all time against f irel'jn oppression." Riii r.ADiA en? IRE THAN JUST BREATHING SPELL Imdon, Sept. 2'J. The news from Bulgaria which Comes thru various channels compels the be hef that the Prussia of the B alk ans is not merely seeking i bn-athiiig spell but roily v nuts pence. All thuevldenr, indicate that she needs it grievously and must have it. The German pretcilso that Premier Malincf w as a ting on his own initiative finds no confir mation. King Ferdinand' crown is at stake and ho Is trying to save his dynasty. The Bulgarian t!nan' minis ter and commander-in-chief aro now on their way to tho front, according to the newspaper Yal erland, which add that nn Am erican attacho will par'.icipat) in tho negotiations. While Bulgaria has been dis Integrating for months an a fac tor In the war, her military de feat has brought uiattei swiftly to a crisis. Her three armk-n aro separated and not only ar beaten but two of them are scat tered in flight with their Gorn an allies sharing tho same laU Yesterday's official rcn.rt from tho front apcaks of the number of prisoners taken and points out that mostof them were Germans. Occupation of SotU by Jiicd troops is a jtossibility of the in-ar future. The terms of tho allies are plain but stringent. Bulgaria will not be allowed to withdraw from the war and assume the h sition of a near neutral. She must surrender and give up what territory she has gained by arms as well as some privileges of transit and the same usefulness she yielded to Germany while professing neutrality. Them is even a suggestion that she may be required to use her army on the side of the entente. The answer of the allies is an ultimatum. "The allied stwers have no further conditions to proHse," says a semi official pronouncement. Germany's policy in this crisis is learned from the newspapers of that .country. Sha is trying to rush reinforcements to Bul garia. One report says heavy contingents are going and on their way will show themselves in Sofia to reassure the people of the Balkan capital. Germany will not let Bulgaria maue pcuru if slie can prevent it hy force or persuasion. There may be a race between tho German army and tin- allien to reach Sofia. Germany if sup tosed to have six divisions in Ku mania which she may bo sblo to send to Bulgaria. She hardly can withdraw troops from the western front during the groat est struggle she haa exiK.rienced there. Probably Austria also will be called upon for help. The latest developments ftccm to confirm reports that Kinjr Ferdinand's long absence from his kingdom during tho summer was because he was afraid to re main there. German papers are now siteakiiitf freely about their allies. "From tho day of Malin oil's appointment," says Voi waerts, "it was well known in political circles that our alliance was in the greatest danger. In addition to the cabinet' pro en tente sentiments, there is an ex traordinarily ardent desire for peace on tho part of the people, whoso food for months has been crumbling and indigestiblo maize bread. Even if the supporters of our alliance should succeed In getting the upper hand we should indulge in no illusions regard intr tho value which the preservation of the alliance can still have for Germany."