VOL. 16. NO. 47. S jOUwtt JbKil JlbmpaJfjJJtpaSla KINGS MOUNTAIN, N. O., THURSDAY, AUGUST 8, 1918 $1.50 A YEAR IN ADVANCE ON VESLE RIVER AMERICAN AND ALLIED FORCES ABOUT BLOT OUT SOISSONS RHEIMS SALIENT. FRANK L BAYLIES WHAT HAS FOE IN MIND? Prince Rupprecht of Bavaria it Much Worried on Diminution of Strength. The CcMiians imw ari' hnpi'sins stroiiK opi'i'M' inn I" '" luillier ail- vance i-t 'hi- allli-il Imiips alr.iiK the ' VeslH river from lln- ut of Soissons to thu region west of Klieims. i Mcam inn", limvi'viT, the main bodies of the wii-my u 'iiiy continue to wake their way tuwurd tho Alsne, to the ' north of which stream fhey hoi e some. were to reach a haven cf safety from ; the persistent onslaught of the Ameri- an, French, British and Italian troops who in less than three weks have all but blotted out the Solssons-Uhelms 1 salient. ' Notwithstanding the bringing Into play by the enemy of large numbers of machine guns and artillery of heavier caliber and the employment of large numbers of picked troops. In cluding the wel-trled Prussian guard and the Bavarians; and In spite of the fact that the rains have sen. the Vesle out of bounds and turned the low- : lands into quagmires, the Americans and the other allied troops have forced crossings of the river at a number of new points and on the north side of Ihe stream are engaging the enemy. Just what the Germans have In mind cannot be fortelold. It is known however, that Crown Prince Rup pecht of Huvuria during the early stages of the allied offensive on the SoiBsons-Khelnvs sector detached : large numbers of his men and sent them to the aJd of his sorely-tried im- j perial cousin, the German crown ' prince, thereby weakening h 1b line while Field Marshal Halg's front was I not materially touched by withdraw- j als. It 1b not Improbable, therefore, 1 that Ruprecht Is worrying somewhat over this diminution In strength and already has placed barriers between himself and the forces fronting him to ward off poslble attacks and Is en deavoring to ascertain what, chances : he has to hold other positions which ! he had Intended ultimately to launch a drive toward the channel ports. umm HUNS RAGING FOR 5 OF GERMANS FLEEING FOR SAFETY ARE HOTLY PRESSED ALONG TEN MILE FRONT. TOWN OF FISMES IS TAKEN ' Former Great German Supply Bate Between Soissons and Rheimt Taken by Allies. ELIAS j. JACOBY C 'Mlrrti Ni MAT Elias J. JacobV of Indifmapoiis, for many years associated in law practice The German retreat continues un iiliitieil. villi the allies everywhere In hot pursuit. I Apurcntly the situation now has Frank L. Baylies of New Bedford, rM)lv,.(! iIH.lf ,, u n P fr ,he Mass., who has distinguished himself I , ..... force. w. renorted ml.sino raeantln. I 'lie Germans, who have been evicted : with the late Charles W. Fairbanks, from strategic positions along tho''0""" ' Vesle river, in the center of the line! " "d "ho !' now .vice president and directly east of Rhelms. which if" ""'"' Bulld.ng ind . . . . Savings association, was advanced to seeming y renders necessary that they . -AJ - . ' . . , j' the highest office of the Order of the put the Alsne between themselves and M 8hr)ne of North Ameref heir pursuers as quickly as possible th, mt o( fhe m , Coun. in order to escape further large losses Anckn, Arlbie 0rdfr Nobe, SORRY PL'GHT OF GERMANS NOTABLE GAINS OF GROUND AND TREMENDOUS LOSSES BY EN EMY MARK FIGHTING. Foa Is Fighting Stubbornly But to No Avail; Allies Have Taken More Than 34,000 Prisoners. ONE OF MOST HARROWING i DISASTERS RECORDED A British Port. The ship torpedoed as she was nearing home from France was struck In the after part of the en gine room. Three members of the staff were killed here and the dyna mos were destroyed, plunging the ves sel Into darkness. Just over the dynamo was the ward i room, containing more than 100 pa-1 tients. Most of these were killed out- j right by the explosldn. The others, j Injured by the explosion, were trapped i and perished except for a few who lumped overboard and were picked up. t A majority of the survivors had only Blight protectln of their night clothing and suffered severely from erposure. . All the Americans . were sick 'rases, and the two officers were suffering with pneumonia. The Amer icans have been sent to a hospital. After a short period of relative calm on the Soisscns-Rheims salient the central r.jid western seetiuis of the battle front again have been the scenes of niiHhty struggles. On. both Bectors the allied forces haveiaehleved notable gains of prottnd Wjhlrh, observed on '.ne war maps, seemingly place the Cern.an armies in front' of them In precarious positions. In Rattles extending from the region immediately soi.th of So:.-..-oiis to the northwest of Fere En Tartlesois and sduthwest of the last named town over the tipper portion of the left branch of the "V" salient running ten miles eastward from Neslcs to Ville Kit Tardenols and with St. Gemme as i,s soutliern base, Amerl.a. French and British troops have pushed back the armies of the German crown prince. Northwest of Fere the entire elbow of th line where It turned eastward alongi tho northe. n bank of the Ourcq has. been blotted out, making the line a straight one frdm Fere to Hartennes and (giving the all'es much better jgronad over which to work in further 'outflanking Soissons on the southeast and lor pressing on toward Fismes. V , - ; SECOND BATTLE OF MARNE SEEMS PRACTICALLY AT END SURTAXES ON INCOMES ABOVE $200,000 RAISED Washington. Surtaxes on all In comes above $200,000 were increased with a maximum of 75 per cent on ell above JtOOO.000 by the house ways and means committee In Its considera tion of the ?8,000,000,000 revenue bill. Incomes between $200,000 and $300,000 will pay 65 per cent surtax, Instead of the 62 per cent heretofore planned ; In comes of $300,000 to $500,000, 60 per cent, instead of 58; $500,000 to $1,000. 0000, 65 per cent instead of 63; $1,000. 000, to $5,000,000, 70 ,per cent and all above $5,000,000, 75 per cent Instead of 64 per cent' aaat present. INFLUX OF AMERIGAN8 DISCOURAGES GERMANS London. The ebbing of the'German morale resulting frem recent events has beeri noticeably hastened by the great Influx of nerlcan troops. In this particular regard, the German high Command is paying the penalty of concealment , and misrepresenta tion. , The appearance In the battle line of powerful American forces and the striking proof of ..their splendid fighting quality gives the lie direct to all German official bombast , , , New York. Despite minor fluctuations- In the immediate future, such as remains possible after every einii lar conflict has reached its real term, the second battle of the Marne has ended. It was practically over last Sunday when the Germans began to take root in the hills north of the Ourcq and south of the valley of. the Cerise about Soissons and of the Andre west of Rheims.'Boehm's army has found at least a temporary halting place on this front, as did Kluck's a little further to the north after the retreat from the Marne four years ago. t The largest number of divisions which have been' reported as fighting in the defeated army Is 71, and there have been other estimates smaller, but not materially smaller. Three quar ters of a million men is perhaps a fair appraisal of the fighting strength of the Germans at the Marne. at least a quarter less than were used in the first battle of the Marne. and compar ing with 80 divisions used in the bat tle of Picardy in March. Of their forces engaged the Germans have lost between a quarter and a third, from 200.000 to 250,000, upwards of 600 guns and a mass of war material, which has not yet been tabulated, but is known to be enormous. . . , - . . t ' - LARGE BODIES OF GERMAN8 ARE FLEEING NORTHWARD of men made prisoners. Mystic Shrine, at Aa'antlc City, being Just how large this bag of cap- mtde Imperial potentat tives Is at present cannot be reckon ed, but unofficial advices from Paris assert that when the figures are made public they will thrill the allied world. General Pershing in his com munique says the Americans alone have taken 8.400 prisoners and, in addition. 233 guns. After hard fighting the Americans and Frpnch have succeeded in taking from the Germans the Important town of Fismes. once Germany's great j ammunition and supply depot, midway I on the railway between Soissons and Rhelms, while to -the east at a num ber of places along the Vesle river the French have crossed the stream, driving the enemv northeastward. iTHE ONE GREAT OBJECT PRESENT LULL IS INDICATION OF FIERCE STRUGGLE MAY BE- ' GIN AT ANY Mr 1ENT. To Kill as Many of the Other is Prime Object of Opposing Forces. Field Marshal Assassinated. Washington. An odd calm fell over the Alsne-Marne battle area with only the thunder of the guns to tell of new East of Soissons allied trops have:aml mu,e terrible guitB of the war negotiated the passage of the Alsne to storm to come. ' Paris and Berlin both noted it. The Infantry had paused for breath, while the artillery pounded new roads of advance for General Foch's victorious armies. The victory was given new signifi cance by General March, chief of staff. Putting aside the reserve with which he hitherto has commented on the wider aspects of the battle, General March told the newspaper men at his mid-week conference that each army was now bent on the destruction of the other; all lesser strategy objec tives had been swept away on both sides. The mission of each Is to destroy the fighting power of the other. It Is the ultimate military ob jective that both are now seeking and there can be no halting short of the goal. "The objective of each army is the other army, each one of them wants to kill as many of the other as pos sible. The chief of staff had prefaced this new cdnceptlin of the great struggle with a careful outline of the battle positions, showing tiiat since las: Sat urday another ten mlless had been cut out of the length of the battle line by allied successes. It is now barely 54 miles around the flattened salient SPEEDY ENACTMENT OF In which the enemy has massed vlr- DRAFT EXTENSION MEASURE tually a million men as against 74 ! miles when the counter-assault was set in motion. From Chateau-Thierrv. 'he northern bank of that stream, where thev are in a position lo harass the enemy as he endeavors to straigt en out his line In conformity with that running northeastward. So fast as has been the retreat of the Germans in the center that al ready some element of their forces have succeeded in reaching the north ern bank of the Aisne and getting numbers of their big guns across with them. All through the salient towns are still ablaze behind the retreating German, and even corn fields have been set aflse In order to prevent the .allied troops from garnering the. rip ened crop. With the Tiver at freshet and the Germans unable to ford It, they stood with their backs to It and gave battle for their lives. A majority of them were killed and the remainder were made prisoners. One of the most im portant manuevers north of the Vesle was the penetration by the French to the village of LaN'euvlllette which re leases the German hold on the north-j era outskirts of Rhelms and seeming-! ly delivers the cathedral city from i the German menace. I Washington. Legislation to extend the 'selective service act to all men' between the ages of 18 and 45. as recommended by the war department, will be introduced in both houses of Congress at the semi-weekly recess sessions. According to plans of con gressional leaders, spending their va cation here, the bill, which will be the Americans have made the maxi mum advance, covering 14 miles to reach the positions where they rested. CONTROL OF TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE LINES TAKEN OVER Washington. Control of telephone and telegraph lines were taken over identical as Introduced in each house, by the postoffice department and their will be referred to the senate and operation placed undor the general su house military a:airs committees, of penision of a special committee creat which Senator Chamberlain and Hep-1 ed for the purpose by Postmaster Gen resentative Pent are the respective i eral Burleson. . "hairmen. Mr. Burleson announced that until Though'the house does not reassem-l further notice the companies will con hie until August 19 and the senate on; tlnue operation in the ordinary course August 24. it is exnected that the draft! through the regular channels and that extension bills will be enacted speed-J all officers and employes will continue ily. Chairman Dent, of the house mill-1 In the performance of their present tary affairs rommtltee, said he would duties of the same terms of employ- call his committee together as soon as the house reassembles and hear ings, are held. CRISIS IN ALLIED ALL, ALONG FRONT OF 36 MILES ALLIED FORCES HAVE STEAD ILY PRESSED ENEMY. SOISSONS HAS BEEN RETAKEN OVER THE LAND OF THE L0NGLEAF PINE fflOHT NOTES WY IM I HI ST TO CAIUMJMANS. Americans Now Control Almost All Hill and Forest Country in Southern Area. Th lh S.ii.-Mt emly h.i- I' hiiv.' fiKMi i in tin- .t;ti A t.-llhl-.M- !iii II I l 'own "f RhIi'IkIi The VhiikuhuI cIukh of the Rmt Prepbylcriiin Sunday m turn. ha htiirlei) th KuN'iKh canvHs for Ihe !. Institute? fund by pltlKlii( $10.K'I Hamlet.- Afntal accident occurred on th St-ahnurd Air I. (nc niilidad ahum iHd nnhfj 'Ur. df l.ili't-ville. wlu n an autmnohile i c upn'tf liy four tii'trrocs a tul driven ) a n t lad run lllin The fllKiM 'f N 1- t' i'"Br:en bflihK wisihiitly kiM'd .tinl hadly h u M "I- 111! GERMAN U BOAT. MAKES FORAY IN NOVA SCOTIAN WATERS With the French ArnAy'ln France. Talifa. . N. . Three American With the fall of darkness fighting schooner8 'were sunk by German sub continued bewteen the allies and the ' . n m" . . . - v lMl , . , - marines off Seal island. Yarmouth Germans on the western side of the Soiasons-Rheims salient. Allied ob- unty. on the Nova Scotia coaBt. The servera reported tjiat bodieg of Ger- rrewB lnnde(1 on the Nova Scotlan mans were fleeing precipitately nofft-i ctm8t- The commander of the subma ward along the road leading from -Lau-1rlne told an American skipper that nnv whiH, noanhmit midwav hutween he had sunk more American schoon- Sninanm- nnri Pftre-Kn-TArdennlH for ! ers hailing from Boston and Glouces-l0f .- American morul consolidation the first time allied reserves are aid ter recently. He did not give the j type weighing 270,000 pounds and will tuauivB vt. mo w - . . i rsost about 50.ooo earn. ment. The plan is, however, to co-ordinate the facilities of the various companies. BIG LOCOMOTIVE ORDER FOR MILITARY RAILROADS Washington. The war department has ordered 610 locomotives for mili tary railroads In France from the Bald win Locomotive Works at a 'total cost of about $25,000,000. it was an nounced. About lO.ftOO freight cars for service in France, costing - about $18,000,000 will be ordered within a few davs. The locomotives will be Wt'stt m iiliHmr ni:;l nf uiiat n 11 of 1 Jif fit infills saiii'iil. and all a'.n'i, tli 'M niili'H of i j : v nip haitlc I.ii' frnm Silicons to T hi litis, whir'h 1pm about three ml leu wM of Hln'itns. French. American ami IlrilUh Hoops have pushed in the eniire enemy from and pent the (ie mans bark wnnl ev erywhere in precipitate retreat. Over the battle from the allies, by quirk and forcible methods of onslaught, have deeply indented the German de fense line for splendid gains, which seemingly foreshadow the necessity of the eventual retirement of the forces of the German crown prince to more tenable ground in the north. The plains behind the northwestern portion of the battle front now are entirely dominated by the allied big guns, in the south the Krem h and Americans have negotiated almost all of the hill and forest country and are encroaching precipitately toward t In Fismes railway, while on the cast tho Uritish and French are almost astride the Ithcinis-Solssons railway and have , their guns now sn placed that the en emy Is sure to be sorely tried as he endeavors to press hack and gain a haven of refuge along the Vesle river. Just how far the retreat, of the Ger mans will go cannot at present be forecast, but with (he southern line swinging northward in conjunction with that on the east toward ihe Vesle. and with the French doniiiiai ing the Aisne eastward from Soifumis, it is not improbable that the Ger mans may be compelled to take refuge north of the Aisne. Numerous towns and hamlets have been captured by the allied troops i during the latest fighting and at some . points they have advanced from two ; to three miles. South of Soissons the ! entire Crlse river has been forded by ' the allied troops, northeast of Fere(i en Tardenols the allied line has been pushed well to the east of the region of Grand Rozoy and the town of Sa- J ponay has been taken. In the center j the Neslea wood is being swept clean j of Germans by the French cavalry and American and French troops are 1 pressing the Germans hard north of Sergy and the hamlet of Nosles. Further eastward almost to the gates of Rheims. combined forces of British and French everywhere are sorely harassing the enemy. In this latter region, in addition to Thillnis the village of Ville-en-Hardenols is in allied hands and the French now are on the heels of the Germans two and a half miles north of the Donna ns Rhelms high road over a front of nearly four miles. Altogether, viewed from the war maps, the situation for the allied troops at present is a most promising . one for complete success in ridding the Sofssons-Rheims salient entirely of the enemy. : f.i'Inu' In. .. , Srt i 11 11 Fit nii'-r weailp r check Hi dcr u Uc Hal F 111 tit w !i it li ntlou li.i v c been ,iti I roomy i . are iv .it-lird. I,.r ;:oh wet ;, y K tin trd pi !;. I.N. 250,000 CHRISTIAN GREEKS ARE DEPORTED BY TURKS i New York. More than 250.000 Chris tian Greeks have been deported by the Turks from their homes in the flour ishing regions of Turkey bordering on the coast, notably from Samsoun. Aiv all, Trebixond and Smyrna, according to a report from the Greek foreign of fice of the relief committee for Greeks of Asia Minor, given out here. "They have been taxed out of busi ness, their homes and property con fiscated and themselves driven into the deserts to die of starvation." OR WILLIS HEADS NAVAL BASE HOSPITAL UNIT to outnumber those of enemy Richmond, Va. Announcement was made of the organization of a naval base hospital unit headed by Dr. A. Muraf Willis, of the Johnston-Willis hospital. The unit will be comprised of 60 nurses and 10 doctors who are specialists In various branches of medicine and surgery Word was received a few days ago announcing the arrival of the Doctor McGuire unit In France. igh With ITS enlistti:enttt to its credit, tin- lialc gh Na Kecruit int( Station last week ranU'd firtt in enrollment s in the Fifth Naval Dis trict, wliii h is composed of North Carolina and Virginia The station also mood fourth In the entire East ern lustrict Winsto:. -Salem. In responto to a call issued hy Mayor Goncll. the al dermen and hundreds of citi.etis gath ered at the mnri house he:e an a trib ute of respni to the late H J Rey nolds. Prominent fiti.etis gave brief expression of appreciation of Mr. Rey nolds. Froinir.'-nt it ifn rive brief expresAioii ol awrc .at on ot Mr. Rey nolds itc a !iu -ii:e.-s nun, citizen and community hu;!der FlalCj-h. .Iieputy Slo-ilft T ,H Wall, of Wake county 1'nli. ' tiiiiii C A. Smith of Apex and 1 1 - j . tiz-ens of the loniinun iv. Sundav alu-ninon de stroyed what . r. said to be tin- largest still ever (i iii.il in Uiis coiinty. lie capacity n l.'.n kjiIIkiis Six thou sand gallons of hci-r was destroyed. Noln.dy was captured. Charlotte :- Between lJM'Hrt and 16. iwm people in chariot :p have no city water connections and use opjn, shal low wells and springs which are eas ily contaminated, according to a state ment Issued by Dr. C. (' Hudson, city health officer, on the typhoid fever situation in the city. Raleigh. Dr. II. H. Runner. Ral eigh specialist, has been recommend ed to succeed Dr. A. W. Knox as a member of Ihe Wake county exemp tion board. Ills appointment is ex pected at an early date. Kinston--While U T), niand cured tobacco on the plantation of R, E. Rland some mile from here a. five foot rattler paid him a visit. The rep tile made itself quite busy around the place, presumably conning the beat within the curing barn. Itland also got busy and killed :lie snake. If was a healthy specimen, having 12 rattles and a button, indicating the snake to be 111 years old and unlucky. Klizabeth CityThe most success ful session of the Kliza belli t'ity State Colored Normal Summer School closed July 2V A very large number of teachers were in attendance. Tho summer schools f today are entirely different from what they were in the past, today we are considering the industrial, agrfctilt ural. and liortfcul tnral subjects, and in addition poul try and hog rising are emphasized. Fayetteville H. V. D.tKing. secre tary of the Fayetteville chamber of commerce, accompanied by Messrs. F H. Stedman and T. G. McAUster left for Washington to present Fayette ville's brief to the inland waterways Wilmington The death of Lieuten ant James Loder. a native of this city, who was reported in press d Is patch ee as having been killed by machine gun fire on the Aisne-Marne front, was confirmed in a telegram from the ad jutant general to the family. Winston-Salem. A community can nery will be put In operation here at once. The enterprise is the work of the local women's committee of the Council of National Defense and was made possible through the Rotary club. Morganton. -Joe Allen, a farmer living near Euola in Burke county, was found dead at his home, where he lived alone. ; His head had been crushed with some blunt' instrument. No clue has been fr ind indicating the Identity of the assailant. f

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