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.
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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. . . ,
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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
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hiiv.' fiKMi i
in tin- .t;ti A
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'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
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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. :
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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.
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