jr..-. .:.:v:..::;:.,:.. ,: - v - -v. i i,f4Ai jm rer -.... ... -ji .J III - C s is ITIDB ASv . v I . - ' . .' - . -v . I A, (Elf an Coral ymaipayrr ffor All ffly ffamtlg 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. 1 -' . ' i : ;i ,;. 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... ' 7 .,-v'