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VOL. 16. NO. 52.
KINGS MOUNTAIN, N. 0., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1918
$1.50 A YEAR IN ADVANCE
TERSE REJECTION
j OF PEACE FEELER
PRE8IDENT WILSON MAKES
8HORT WORK OF GERMAN
TRICK PROPOSAL.
LIEUT. COL G. WOODWARD
V.
THE ONLY REPLY POSSIBLE
Emphasis of Answer It Doubled , by
Length of Time Consumed
In Its Delivery.
Washington. Tho Culled Slates, as
was fully expected, has uncondition
ally rejected Germany's peace feeler.
In doing so. the government has spok
en for all the co-belligerents.
,' Almost immediately after receiving
the Austrian government's note from
the minister from Sweden. Mr. Kken
gren, Secretary Lansing IssuVd this
formal statement : .
"I am authorized by the President
to state that the following will 1 the
, reply of this government to the Aus
.. tro-Hungarian note proposing an unof
ficial conference of belligerents:
"The government of the United
States feels that there Is only one re
ply Of this government to the Austro
Ilungarlan government. It has repeat
edly .and with entire candor stated the
terms upon which the United States
woulfl consider peace and enn and
will entertain no proposal for a con
ference 'upon a matter concerning
which It has made Its position and
purpose so plain.' "
' Mr. Lansing's statement was given
out within half an hour after he had
. received the Austrian proposal.- It
would have been forthcoming almost
immediately upon the delivery of the
Austrian note had it not been found
necessary In. order to avoid tho possi
bility of grave error to make a care-
fit comparison between the official
text and that which was received In
news dispatches last night from Am
sterdam. Thus, emphasis was added to the
declination. If any were needed, the
quickness of the reply Indicating the
existence of no shadow of doubt in
the mind of the administration as to
what It sholud be. As soon as Mr,
Lansing's reply can be put in form it
will be handed to the SwedlBh minis
ter for transmission to Austria.
STEADYADVANGEBF
ENEMY'S WITHDRAWAL MAY BE
TO PROTECT HIS RAILWAY
COMMUNICATION.
AMERICAN PATROLS ADVANCING
Two New Divisions Broken Up by
British German Strength' It
Greatly Reduced.
Lieut. Col. G. Woodward has been
appointed by Great Britain as special
representative of the ministry of In
formation in America.
ALONG FRONT ATTACK OF TWEN
TY AND DEPTH OF FIVE MILES
HUNS ARE DRIVEN BACK.
Ioii'Ion (Jew-nil .I'f railing k Ai iiiv Is
imikhiS f:iH- pin-vs. Ii has alv.in -v
frrtm I'.V'i lii tiin i- iiiiio en :i mihi
frrrVn mid Mm rnrr-- k'-w of M"ta
havo coiih' in i o fir-.iou .ijiihisi it.
Tho enemy upm-urs u b? withdraw
ing to r-iMii'1 , fur' li'-r line- a liu h will
protect the railway coin'iuini' a'inns in
the vicinity of Mctz. whiih at p:vsf-nt
are under the long range tin1 of tho
Americans.
American patrols are advancing at
THE CAPTURE OF ST. MIHIEL! S:---
Thp American line at noon ran
through Norroy..on the Jose41e. llau-
I mont. Doncourt and to Ahaucourt otl
j the old line.
The advance the Frenfh seem
j to have been in -lie nature of several
! local pushes anri not a big general
. forward move. The situation; Is much
the same as it was. The enemy has
j been reacting very violently on th
Fernch front, ife made several rouu-
tor-a larks, although he has jiiot re
i covered any of his lost ground, h 1
holding up the French somewhat.
The Pritltsh are repotted to have,
raptured the village of aisseny,
; northwest of St, Quntn. It has. been
discovered 1 that there v're six (Jer
man divisions operating in the St. Mi
hiel palient. That would give a total
strength of 60,000 men or ay rifle
strength of 36.000, The Germans had
, broken np for them, two more divis
ions in this action, thus reducing their
I strength in the west to'191 divisions,
plus four Austrian divisions and some
dismounted, cavlary.
MAJ. GEN. L W. T. WALLER
PT
MORE THAN 13,000 PRISONERS
COUNTED AND LARGE STORES
OF ARMS AND MUNITIONS.
OVER THE LAND OF
THE L0NGLEAF PINE
SHOUT NOl I S 01 IN 1 1 III SI 10
CAUOI.IMWS
ft
if ; ;-4
MOUTH OF SACK IS CLOSED
Allied Airmen Already Bombing the
Moselle Region and Met Out
lying Fortifications.
Charlotte, Col. I, W V Kemiun,
commanding ufficiv of (amp (in-eiie,
died sutldcnly at tlio CuniherlanU
hotel. New York city.
Vatefltoro. -A commiliec ;iip. tint
ed by ihe iainnrs lo invcsiluaic Uie
new cotton pinning rate of $;s jimt
hale decided that the rates urn- not
e essive . under presi-nt ions,
high -eo-t .pf laher. fuel and '!i r
conimoiliiiet..
-i army ha car
a- k i - -iv-n- I ti it
rnm-t- H M.h '
Halg Penetrates Old Defense Line,
Taking Important Positions and
More Than 1,000 Prisoners.
PEACE DISCUSSION TO BE ,
NO INTERRUPTION OF WAR
8TRENQTH OF ENEMY IS
REDUCED FOUR DIVISIONS
American Headquarters In Lor
raine. It probably Is not an underes
timate to Resume tbat the Americans,
in obliterating the St. Mill lei salient,
reduced the enemy's strength by" the
equivalent of four divisions. The vic
tory of, the Americans was due to
German Inferiority in numbers and a
greater Inferiority in morale.
The statement coming from the
German high command that It is
glad to be rid of the salient may be
believed, but it may be doubted t
the command also is glad to have lost
15,000 men. more than 100 guns, an
innumerable quantity of machine
guns, trench mortars, tons of aramuni-,
tion and telegraph material, as well
as railroad equipment, rolling stock,
clothing and uppllcs.
The American first army under com:
mand of General Pershing Is in action
against the Germans on a 20-mile front
on the famous St. Mihicl salient In
Lorraine, whjph.has stood a sharp
wedKO In the French Tflne southeast
of Veniuu since Lhe commencement of
the war.
In the preliminary thrust ground
was gained on both sides of the trian
gle and also at lis apex at St. Mibiel,
and at last accounts the Americans,
with whom some French troops are
brigaded, were fast sweeping across
the salient in an effort to close the
mouth of the big pocket before the
Germans can extricate themselves
as a result of the suddenness of the
blow and the element of surprise.
Although the advance of the Amer
icans was swift and sure and gains in
excess of four milcB on the southern
side of the battle area were made, the
cavalry far outstripped the tanks and
footmen and was last reported oper
ating along the railroad near Vig
neullei, almost In the center of the sa
lient and some 10 miles northeast df
St. Mihlel and also nortnwest.oi roni- tlons appear promising." .
A-Mousson, through the forests and The Austrian proposal which Is aji
along ihe railway line running north-1 nouno.d ln an otTloial oohtmunlcation
ward to Meti, thfe great German fort-1 teiegraohed here from .Vienna aug
resB.'the southern outer fort'dcations j cflats that there.be no interruption of
of which are less than 10 miles (he wnr and thftt tna "discussions
To the south everywhere the WOHid ! g0 nly so far as considered
Americans penetrated into the hv the oartlclnants to offer nrosnects
of RureesR." t
The proposal calls for all the bel
ligerents to send delegates for a con
fidential and unbinding discussion on
the basic principles for the conclusion
tir;g. Gen. Littleton W. T. Waller
has been promoted to the rank of ma-,
jor general in the United States Ma
rine corps for gallant duty in Haiti and.'
in France ' '
PEACE PROPOSALS A" SNARE
GERMAN MILITARY . VICTORY IS
RENDERED IMPOSSIBLE BY
FAILURE OF CAMPAIGN.
Pending Military Decision All Diplo:
matic Proposals Are the Sheer
est Nonsense.
Xew York. The words of Burian
ami ''the 'rumors of cabinet change
in nerlin ate not to be read without
Careful relation to the military situa
tion. I'nlike the allies, the Germans the hill region anil
'I'll'' A niei an hi
l '.''I "ir :ih I
'Hie I -.eli.,,. r
s.alit in in l.( i i.i!,'-
1)1 a h,'1 le men liian i' I liu.ii - nut
only ll.el ! lie , ;, !,., ,n , . . : i ! i . I . . 1 1 . I
hut liener.ii ,.r.i,j;ev men !,-.!
the illlti.ir'aii! limn,. v.llagHs ami
Ktl'CleCI.' pilHt.im j HlC .-ee, ttitll
ill llleM .lld ;ik.I "e',. -lalellllK oil
the l.,;,K Of IIii.i lie l iyer
I'acny. Imiking in nr the sti.-am ililo
(let mail li-rr.:. ry And the .-.,iiiliei n
outer fo: Hii, a'ieii- o: Met., ihe great
Gerinaii .-lidii;;l',oi. in Lorraine, were
only tour mi!".- di.-:aiit.
Large niiiul.er.- or Gennaiis had
hern ,,niii;,,l and othei were -till on
tlleir way Ii. ii k to liie jni,-on cages -and
luain gun- and machine gun- ami
gruat. 'ouaiiMlcs of aniiiiunilion and
other. Hiu lore ere in Anieiirun
baud.-.
From llaiinnv.ile, io i h- north,
aero-s the si.lieni I'a-lward to IVienv,
Hie Altierieau- b .ve , o-e, ihe nioiitli
of the big -ack which exiemled south
ward to St. Mihiel. ti.i.ii - wiihin It
liy their fa-' adv. one all the ,.;
fori e wlm failed to take nM'iige in
light when the gieal boinliard 'neni ,,f
Thursday mnrnitig heralded Hie up.
proaeh of the ol'feii-ive.
In addi'ion. along the e.i-ietn side
nf Ihe heights north of llattnnvillfl
the Americans have dehorn hod from
are- astride
make no distinction between diplo- , railroad running from Cotuniercv
matic and military weafions in the Verdun. Likewise the Tlilaucourt
the
to
Amsterdam. In extending an invita
tion to'all the helllgertn governments
tion to all the belligerent governments
some neutral meeting place, the Aus-tro-Hiingiirlan
government states that
the oblect of the conference would be
to secure an exchange of views which
"ould show -('whether thes.e prerequi
sites exist which would make - the
speedy- inauguration of peace negotia-
Metz and Nancy Mctz railroads are in
American hands.
. Beginning in lhe northwest and
crossing the salient eastward, l'res
lies, Les liparges. Ilattonville, I'reny
and Pagny and 'all the ground lying
heights of the . Meuse and the French
.tpught their way Into the outskirts of
St.; Mihiel. Unofficial reports are to
the effect that the town has been re
captured by the French.
- , . ... , . . . t 1110 uasiu pn icicles lui I lie conciusioi
The strategy, of Marshal Foch in the ' .
7 ... of peace, in a place in a neutral coun
except that it has as the first objective
the levelling of the St. Mihiel sector
pursuit of victory absolute or rela
tive. This campaign has failed. No abso
lute military victory Is now or here
after possible for the German. But
a relative, an approximate, victory
may yet be had If the situation on between them are In American hands,
the western battle front can he sta-; The towns of Vigneulles, Tlii.iucoui t.
biflzed for a time and 'during this time j Pont-A-Motisson and St. Mihiel are
the diplomatic attack upon the allies, ,ar In the rear nf the present line,
exactly analagous to tb.e submarine ' Montsec, the dominating height in the
campaign of 1917, can be pressed. center of the salient and from which
much trouble had been expected, fell
without fighting. I
"Already allied kirmen are heavily j
bombing the Moselle region around
Mele and ItR outlying fortifications. I
having dropped many tons of bombs j
on the strategic railways leading from ;
the great fortress and it seemingly Is !
not without reason to expect that with
clslon Is 'possible will point la still j apparent supremacy in the air. Met,;
unbroken. German lines and demand j and ,,le surrounding country hence (
a conference a negotiation or discus- i for"1 ig ,0 h! pilll,v harassed by the
German strategy is patent enough.!
It is . now the mission of the urmy -o
check or delay allied -advance for the
balance of the presents campaign for
eight weeks at the outside.. At the.
end of this' time German diplomacy
Using, the formula of Kuehlmann. now
repeated by Bufian and by .every Get
man commentator that no military de
try and at a near date that would yet
have to be agreed upon.".
allied flying squadrons.
FIRST CALL ON REGISTRANTS
IS ANNOUNCED AS 181.838
LIVES OF LITTLE CHILDREN
SNUFFED OUT BY SUBMARINE
Washington. Draft callB announced
by Provost Marshal General Crowder
will send 181,838 men qualified for
general military service to army
camps before October 16. All states
have quotas to All. Of the total 142,000
vill be white registrants who will en
train between Octqber 7 and 11.
The remainder will be negroes, who
will move in two groups, 29,016 en
training between September 25 and
27, and 10,762 on October 16. Men
who registered last Thursday, It was
said at the provost marshal general's
office, but in most localities sufficient
men remain' In class one from the
registrations on last June- S and Au
gust 24 to meet the requirements.
North Carolina must furnish 1,374,
South Carolina 793 and Virginia 1,348.
and the straightening of the allied
line from the region of Verdun 'east
ward. The obliteration of the salient
would be necessary before a direct
thrust toward German territory from
this region would be possible.
JN8TANT DEATH FATE OF ALL
TRAITORS, SPIES OR COWARDS
With the American Army in France
American troops of all units have
been instructed to kill on the spot any
one who In time of battle urgss Bur
render or attempts to persuade them
that further resistance is useless.
These instructions, which originated
with a certain division and have now
been universally adopted because they charge o fthe captain and volunteers
proved so popular, were made neces- The passenger list included 300 wo
sary because someone in American men and children. The bmfios n.'
uniform during a a German attack on three of the children -who had died
Fismette, on August 27, ran among were brought ashore., The captain and
the troops calling upon them to cease several of the officers are reported to
resistance and declaring that the offl-j have been still on board the ship when
cers advised surrender. , 1 '. yhe wag last seen and sinking.
London. Th,3 British steamer Gal'
way Castle of 7,988 tons gross was tor-1
peroed and sunk. She had 960 per-j
sons on board, of whom more than
SfiO were reported saved. j
The missing from Ihe Galway Cas-'
le numbers 189. They Include 120
passengers, 36 naval and military offi-j
eflrs and men, and 33 of the crew. I
Ninety third-class passengers lost
were without exception women and
"hildren. , j
The liner floated for two dajB In
sion aroiind'the table. Now, all this
must be clearly foreseen and guardod
against. The German peace offensive Washington. - First returns to Pro
like all previous German maneuvers, vost Marshal General Crowder from
is a'war offensive. The German has J the second great mohilizatin' of the
merely begun -to change the method i nation's -manpower for the war
by which .he will continue to seek a. j Germany indicated that at lesst 14.-
vlctory in this way a profit fronr the ; 000.000 men had been added to the
contest, which will leave him in a ! army reservoir, The'estimated num
stronger position than he occupied j ber of men between ,18 rfml 21 and 32
when the war began anil from which ' and 45 years was l;.()00,flnn.
,hn can later resume the war when he I Tpn statPS, widelv scattered, and
has again completed his preparations. f,no District of Columbia gave subslnn-
We are. then, approaching a far ; Hal totals by telegraph during' the day
ANOTHER BLOW BY FOCH
MOMENTARILY EXPECTED
8UCCES9 MEETING EFFORTS FORCE, FORCE TO THE UTMOST:
OF GENERAL PERSHING'S ARMY FORCE WITHOUT STINT OR LIMIT
," Washington Another blow against
th German lines 8s an answer to the
peace proposal is1 expected momen tat-
llv by military officials. .
Several . simultaneous .attacks w II
be delivered, ttVU : thought, with
the Flanders, front.; the French opera
tions about La Fere directed at Laon
and the new American front across
th mouth of the old St. Mihiel salient
as tho logical positions from which
Marshal Foch would strike. )",'
Reprts show that st-ocesa. Is meet
ing the American commander's efforts
to fling the eneniy out .of this sharp
salient thrust in behind the fortress of
Verdun. ' But of eten greater signifi
cance to government officials was the
fac that the'' all-Americau attack
meant that the months of. ceaseless
toll ana effort have now brought forth
a third great organized army, which
has taken its place beside the French
and British armies. ; i
Washington. Germany's latest
peace feeler best finds Its answer In
President . Wilson's Baltimore speech:
"Force, 'force, to the utmost, force
without stint or' limit, the .righteous
and triumphant .force which shall
make right the. law of the world, and
cast every selfish dominion down In
the dust." - i -
That was the President's answer
then, and It was reiterated today; it
Is his answer now.
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graver crisis than that which existed
before the second battle of the Marne.
Then, Foch was ln reserve, ready.
We have no Foch to direct the diplo
matic defense.
Pending a military decision, all ne
gotiation is nonsense, means nothing
now less than to decide how great a
victory we shall allow the German
while the armies in France are un
broken. German success In the east
will Insure eventual German' gains
from -the. struggle! While the German
armies are unbroken, al( German pro
posals are merely ari'exterision of the
front military maneuvers as frnhkly
as was-the Hlndenburg retreat of 1917.
and' on these figures General Crowder
announced that these slates were ex
ceeding their estimated registration
by 8.5 per cent. The -returns will nqt
he made public until theor have been
checked for possible errors. The
states reporting. w;ere Virginia, Ten-
i neffsee, Louisiana. Mississippi, Arkan
sas, Oregon, Rhode: Island,. Vermont.
Minnesota and Wisconsin.
Complete returns from the .registra
tion of August 24, when youths who
had reached their twenty-first year
betwreh'that date:"and Juno. 6.-1918,
alsoy-were made public. They showed
that 197.9118 men had gone Into the
draft reserve's against an estimate of
Isanti. . '
AMERICAN SOLDIERS HAVE ' '
ARRIVED AT ARCHANGEL
Washington American ii'oops have
landed at Archangel to assfst the oth
er allied forces there in theft cam
paign for trie re-ostabllshment of or
der in northern Russia. This an
nouncement was authorized by Gen.
March, chief of staff.
For hiUHary reasons, the number of
soldiers landing was not reyealci.; rf
was assumed that the soldiers had
been sent from English camps, where
Americans are trahiln - ""
GERMANS. VIRTUALLY ON
WOTAN.HINDENBURG LINE
With- lhe American -Army In Lnr-1
railie? -The St. M.ihfer ' salient haJ j
been wiped'but and theVhemy forces J
.... ... . . .... ., . . '. ''. . ' i
are now yrruiaiiy wyn meir nacKS. .on
the fatuous J WoXan-Utrrdenburg line
With tb,e Americans and French -paralleling
them closely from Verdun to
the Moselle. '
The line now extends past Norroy,
Jaulny. Xammons, St. Benoit, Hatton
vllle, Hannonvllle and Herbevllle.
riiai lor Knhli. il'r-i ' : - ,r lias
been .tpprnved liv tie f, i I I H 1. . as
otie .f !!! nunc militaiv r'.elotlg
schools IhroUeh'eH '! i.'i'ly 11 wai
aiiuouni ' h l't'e.-d- lit M. 'mry. A
stud' Dl a 1 my t ; a iimii;: eoi f will ho
o.c.n'ied by Hie - :d':t:.- and will h-i
undo;- liie in liui-tion of a r.-gular
arnn olieei.
Salisbury. Capl. C K Poxworth
and .Mrs. C. I:. Helms went to Ral
eigh chape rimini; children of theirs
who are to he given Pasleur treat
ment for (big bite at tli-,' Raleigh in
stitute. A HtHe dog of Mr. cm) Mrs.
Mill' s aeted queer during tile past
week and bit a number of docs and
several children.
Raleigh'. Kor the first time in th
history of the Rajeigli high school
German will not he taught this year.
The outlawing of the Teuton loiigue
was done by ai liou of the school
board and follows -e the trail of other
schools aid colleges In the country
which will have nothing German
taught in tiie institution.
Greensboro.- Rev. R. Mitrphy Wil
liam6, pastor of the Presbyterian
Church of the Covenant, was granted
leave of absence from his church for
a pe-iod nf six incnlhs to do work
among the soldier.; in one of the
camps, ami his salary will be con
tinued while he is thus engaged.
Washinn-tnn Rneclal. The nomina
tion of .losephus Daniels. Jr., son of
the secretary of the navy, to be a first
lieutenant in the marine corps was
confirmed by the senate. Lieutenant
Daniels entered the marine corps as
a private soon after the wa- began.
1 Southern Pines The Carthage to. "
hncco market opened with a whirl, .
about 50. 000 pounds of tobacco selling
at an average of 35 cents. The floor
was full of tobacco and the town was
full of people, who were satisfied
with the sale. ;
Raleigh The Mebane Milling Com
pany of Mebane, files with the secre
tary of slate an amendment to Its
charier that increases the authorized
capital (o J50.000. W. S. Dixon Is tha
president of the corporation. .
Winston-Salem. Gates Is the six
leenth eotihly in the state to have se
cured its full qota of war savings
pledges. It reports every township's
quota in sight,, with one township hav
ing doubled its quota:
Raleigh. The Associated Chanties
of this rilv Is not going to let winter
find lhe organization without plenty
of wood for the poor of Raleigh. Su
pernitendent Stephenson now is stor
ing several carloads of wood on a !ot
at the. intc-seclion of Hargett 1
Person streets. So fur, about
. cords of wood are ready for dlstriuu.
tion wl)en they are needed.
Charlotte. Advices from state lab
oratories at Raleigh said the pup
'which bit Mrs. Archio Wilson and her
son. Robert Wilson.' of Seversvllle,
was mad. The madstone was applied
and Ihey were given other treatment.
Two Utile Gardner children, whosa
home also is in Sever'sviile, were bit.
ten bv the same doit. Thev are- taking
the Pasteur treatment at Raleigh.
Elkin Miss Boyd Hanes, a former
student of the Elkln graded school,
has enlisted as a yeomanesa. ln tha
navy and passed a successful examina
tion at Raleigh. She will be stationed
at . Norfolk. Va. , '
Raleigh. Selectfop of a site at Hal-
eigh for a, new tank training camp
was announced .by the war depart
ment. Details as to the size of tha
camn or. the nature of buildinra tn hw
constructed will not be made public
for. the present, .
Wlnstoh-Salem. '"The response to
the request that 'ley riding' be sus
pended Sunday was most gratltyln.
bat there were a. tew who did not com
ply and therefor did not perf.'""
their toll patriotic' duty," said
Administrator Balm son... '
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