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Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1918-03-27
NOrthWard from the Snmma

Northward from the Somme
and Peronne the British troops
holding their positions after
teating off numb Der of attacks
rNisng last night.
The statement reads:
"There has been no material
change in the situation on the
battlefront during the night,
although further fighting has
taken place at a number of
points.
"Our troops are holding the
line Of the Somne river to Pc
rome. Small parties of the
enemy which endeavored to
cross in the neighborhood of
Pargny were driven back.
"On our right we are in touch
with the French and to the
north of the river Somme at Pc
rome our troops hold their pc
sitlons after beating off a mum
Der of attacks on different por
tions of this front during the
early part of the night.
Heavy fighting still to be
expected"
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1918-03-27
Two Hundred American Prisoners in Ger mani

Washington March % An
official list of 200 Americans now
in German camps, made public
tonight by the state department,
records the death of Charles
Hemphill, shot while attempting
to escape in September, 1917,
and the death of Andrew Camp
bell Murtroy, an aviator, brough
down near Pargny, September
30th 1917.
The only American officer in
the list is Lieut.. Harold Willis
of Newton, Mass, an aviator
captured at Verdun, August 10,
1916. He is interned at CamI
Gutersloh. Evidently Willis wa;
au officer in French esquadrllle
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1918-03-27
Drafted Men viii Not Leave Sunday.

In last weeks paper it was
anu nuce1 that the next
squad of Rowan men to
leave for camp. would leave
On Sunday, iris is an er~
ror The IS Negroes will
come to Salisbury on the
2S'h Of Marcel aud leave on
tile Goth, end the 20 wllite
m4u Will report here on the
morni"g Of April 18th and
leave a 2:4o in the afternoon
Of tie sa,Lo day.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1918-03-27
A Bilious Attack.

When you have q bilious attack
your liver fails to perform its
functions. You became consti-
pated. The food you eat fer
ments in your stomach instead
of digestlng. This inhames the
stomach and causes nausea, vom
iting and a terrible headache.
Take Cham berlain S Tablets.
They will tone up your liver,
clean out your stomach and you
will soon be as we'll as ever.
They only cost a quarter.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1918-03-27
DESPERATE FIGHTING MARKED RETREAT
British Are Holding Line Of The Sonmne
River to PdIIane, Gen Haig REPORTS.

Berlin, March q, Via Len
don.-British {Admiraly per
Wireless Press -- The Germans
have captured Peronne and Ham
and defeated British and Amerl
can regiments brought 10 from
The southwest for d counter
attack on Chauncy, according to
the war office statement today.
The statement adds that more
than 10000 prisoners have been
captured and 600 guns have
been taken by the Germans.
Victory in the battle which
has been raging near Monchy,
Cam brai, St Quentin and Lafere
is claimed by the Germans The
British third and fourth armies
and parts of Franco-American
reserves are declared to have
been beaten with the heaviest
losses on the line from Bapaum
to BouchaVesnes and behind
tie Somme between Peronnea and
Ham, as we'll us at Chauny.
The text of the communication
follows,
1.-The battle near Monchy,
Cam brai, St Quentin and Lafere
has been Wun.
The British third and fourth
armies and portions of the Fran
CO American reserves who had
been brought up, were beaten,
and on the line Of Bapaume
i}0uchtvenese and behind the
Som me between sPeronne and
Ham. as we'll as at Chauny, were
renulsed With The heaviest Of
losses
"The army of General Won
Below Quo, took by storm
Monch, height and South, there
of carried forward the ATTACK in
a Westerly direction beyond Van
coo!t and Nenjn. 1t now is en-
9ig"d in a fight northwest of
Bapaume for the third enemy
p,sllions. Strong British coun-
ter attacks were repulsed.
'Tba army Of General Won
Dermar Wiz, following upon
the heels of the vlnquished en-
envy. pressed forward in close
pursuit Frid1y night as far as
the third enemy s'osition in the
fq uancourt, Nurlu, Templeux,
La Fosse, Bernes liue.
EARLY yesterday they re-
ncwed their attack against the
enemy and defeated him in spite
of his desparate defense aud
continual counter attacks. A
junction with the left wing of the
attack of General voc Below
Was etfec ted.
"BetWeen Manacourt and Pc
rome the troops Of Genera Won
Kathen and Won Gotard have
forced crossing over the Tor
tile sector aud on the Somme
battlefield are fighting around
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1918-03-27

Rouchave~nes Peronne has
fallen. Other divisions have
pressed forward 80 the south
thereof as far Is the Sonme.
AS early as Friday evening
the army of General Won Hutier
pressing closely forward, took
storm The third enemy position,
broke through it and compelled
the enemy to retire.
"In ceaseless pursuit, the
corps of General Won Lue twitz
aud Won OattiuSe have reached
the Snmme,
"TIam fell after "a desperate
TIGHT, into the hands of our VIC
torious troops. English reserv,
es, thrown against them in a
desparate attack sustained san
culinary losses.
THE corps Of General Won
Hebern and Won Conte and the
troops of General Won Geyl, af-
ter a fierce battle. crossed the
Crozat canal.
"French, Eaglish and Ameri
can rpoiments which has been
brought up from the southWe ST
for a counter attack, were
thrown back on Chauny in q
southwesterly direction.
"AviatOrs and balloons
brought valua ole information to
the cuDl mand. Our chasing and
battle echel0ns, accustomed tC
victory; maintained in hare
fahtiug mastery in the air ano
a tackled the retreating enemy
} Columns, Motor trucks, columns
1 and trains worked incessantly.
s.points of communication ii
the rear of the enemy were thu
S detectives of our bombing squa
drons, who have been actlv
: evaFy night.
- Our captures have increased
e 10 over 10000 prisoners and 6O
s. guns. On many of the remain
l. ing points of the western from
t artillery battles aud reconno1
IS ering engagements have cont
uad."
IS London %arch "a There VT
- no material change in the sit1
y. t,on on the battlefront in nOrl
cru France throughout the nigl
although further lighting }
CURED at a number Of point
the WAR office announced toda'
is British troops are holding u
w line of the Somme river to
A. ronne Small enemy parts
IS. which attempted to cross t
ke river in tine neighborhood
Pargny were driven back
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1918-03-27

south ward toward Ham and had
succeeded in getting foothold
at some points in the defenses 10
which the British had fallen
back.
The British organized a coun
ter attack and hurled themselves
against the Germ ans with such
ferocity that the enemy was fore.
ed to give way and the sltua-
ton was restored, This was one
of the very ,few coun5er attacks
as yet attempted by the British,
Last night was fairly quiet
along the battle front but this
morning the British again surg
ed forward against the Germans
to the southeast Of Ham, while
the enemy continued his assault:
in the nelghborhood OF Mory
southeast Of Crolselles.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1918-03-27
WHY This MEDDLINC?
f'ot5stantism in South America Outrageous
but Catholicism Here is 0. X.

but Catholicism Here Is U. \.
The Pilot, of Boston, (organ OF
Cardinal O'Connell) is grieved
because the Protestants of the
United States have united in
what is called IA comprehensive
plan to help for Christian Cause,
throughout all the Latin Amori
ca,' which is resented, as the
hierarchy considers Sou h
America a part of the papal pre-.
serves and t "a t Protestants
have no business there. It's all
right of course for the Catholics
to try to Romanize America; to
scatter their literature every
where in the U, S; for the Pau ist
Fathers to persuade non-Catho.
lies by their sophistries; to en-
deavor by every possible means
to make the United States not
only predomlnant]y but actually
Catholic, with a | that that
lnoaas. This, i'll their eyes is a
legitimate enterprise. But for
Prot4stants to engage in educa.
tional and religious work in
South America is too horrible TO
contemplate, and should not be
allowed if it is possible to pre-
vent it.
Among the bad things these
wicked Protestan is are doing in
! South America the Pilot names
/ the esta blishment of local semi
naries in the larger towns; the
establishment of seminary al
Nontevideo, Uruguay, for train
ing Of ministers; a union Chris
tain college at Panama with an
other un } at Buenos Ayres
Organlz tons of districts fol
lhe distribution of Christian lit
erature and the starting of news
paper enterprises. The Pilot
considers the 'clurch" insulted
aud unjustIy treated by this un
called for activity of the heretics
for, haven t the Catholic priests
labOred in South America, 10
these hundreds of years, and
haven't the given the people as
much education as suited them
And haven't the priests giver
them all the religion they deem
needfuI? Isn't very h n E
peaceful and holy? Why all this
meddling and expenditure O.
money by the Protestants of tht
United States? The Pilot sees
in it nothing but a programme
Of proselyting, which, W h 7
practiced by Catholics, is con
mendabIe, but if indulged in by
Protestants is pernicious in the
extreme and not to be permitted
After using near y a column
in relieving the editorial mind
tie Pilot concludes that h
work of the Protestants is waste
ful ard ridiculous. and that thu
church is in no danger whatever
All this leads US to wonder: |
Ithe church is so immaculate il
its teachings aud in the lives O
its adherents, if it presents thu
par excellence of human pro
gre5s aud cannot be improved
upon, why do Catholic editors
and priests waste SO much t M
and energy in deuouncing TIL
educational aud religious worl
Of orher sect? Is it possibl
I that they are fearful Of the fu
ture Of their institution, or arr
they simply quarrelsome and uu
able to control themselveS?-Th
Menace.
n & I n AL
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1918-03-27
Dependency Due to Constipation.

Women often become nervous
and despondent. When this is
due 10 constipation it S easily
corrected by taking an OCCASION
al dose of Cham berialn Tablets.
These Tablets are easy to take
aud pleasant in effect.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1918-03-27
BRITISH AND FRENCH FIRM
SIX DAYS OF TERRIFIC FIGHTING.

There are Indications That Allies Ars Ready
to Strike Back at Some Point.
The latest information from
the front is to the effect that
British and French are hold
ing their lines firmly, that re>
endorsements have arrived,
the allies are confident of
their ultimate success and it
is expected coulter attacks
will be made on a large scale.
After six days of terrific fight
ing, the German offensive in
France is beginning to show
signs of losing it's momentum.
The progress of the enemy has
materially slackened and tho
form of the dent made in the
allied line west of Cam brai has
oegun to resemble the familiar
wedge-likessalient, instead OF
the broad straight forward move
nent offensive which carries all
>efore it.
At its apex this wedge has
gone beyond Albert, to the south
# that place, and it is to the
westward of the old allied line as
1t stood year ago when Won
Hidenburg began his "strategie
retreat. - From this point the
line runs off to the northeast at
a gentle angle, with the line run
ming back to the Disc river.
In spite of tremendous exer-~
tions and terrible losses. the
German efforts to widen the
tip of this salient were defeated
on Tuesday. The British lines
have stood firm to the north and
have forced the Germans to turn
southwark toward the point of
least resistance. ...<...
Official statement issued at
London confirm the report from
Berlin that American forces are
engaged in the struggle. They
are reported as Fighting shoul-
der:' with the French and Brit
lsh in the region of Roye, on the
southern side OF the salient driv.
en- into the allied from, There
has been no official report sent
to Washington as to the identity
Ct these troops who are taking
part in this greatest battle of
history.
With the slackening of the
German pace there comes indi-
cations that the allies are ready
to strike back somewhere along
the front. Just where this blow
will be launched will not be
known until it is lstruck, but it
may be expected that its impact
will be terrific. 1t is known
that the allied war council at
Versailles created a great STRAIT
egic reserve of men to be used
in just the contingency which
confronts the armies which have
borne the brunt of the fighting
since last 7 thursday morning.
This force will be launched
when and where it is believed it
will break the force of the Ger.
man onslaught and send the en-
emy reeling back over the des-
ert from which the British have
slowly withdrawn.
Each succeeding day reveals
the plans of the Germans abso-
lutely to crush the allied lines
west of Cambria a terrain which
could not be defended by Won
Hidenburg a year ago Each
official report shows sthat this
sector is valu.less from a mill.
tary stand point sad that the
Germans have paid terrible
price for their advance to the
lines established by the allies
during the first two years Of
warfare.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1918-03-27
GERMANS OI|IiG THEIR Dt2I
BRITISH FALLING BACK DELIBERATELY,
fiehjiDg Of Most Desperate Nature Has Been
COatiauouS Since Initial Attack.

" iIu the blillS1 army III
France, March 24th The Bit,
isl1 and French who cooperate
at>the junction of two the armies
wereAviewlng the trend of the
German offensive with Optimistic
eyes this morning Hard fight
ing was inprogress, but the
la est reports showed little or no
change in the situation in favor
Of the enemy while on the other
hand the defenders pushed the
attacking forces k>after a bit
ter struggle and WersAz holdiug
strongly along the .whpiessa new
front to which they la ~ h
drawn.
Fighting of d most desperate
nature b as been continuous since
the initial attack, but 50 far tIy
British have used lew troops
other than those which were
holding the front lines. Thes>
shock troops have been making
as gallant a defense as was evei
recorded in the annals OF th,
British army, and as resuI:
they have enabled The rnain bod
OF the tor ces 70 laIl back Ge;lnei
atcly and witiloul con tl~ioG1 al3G
occupy Positions whlcil bad 6eti
prepared long before The Gelna'
offensive beLan
The Gerl5t:]7. on the her
hand, operati0.; under the eyes
Of the emperor and the crown
prince. have been hurting vast
hordes into the tray with ute
disregard for lie and having
followed into The abandoned po-
sitions getting farther and tar h"
er away from their supplies and
finding their communications IL
creasin5ly difficult,
More than 50 German d'v1-
sions already have been identified
bv actual contact. and many 0l
these men were simply given two
days' iron ratlons and sent over
the top into the frightful mael-
strom made By the allied artll
lery, machine guns and rifles.
The slaughter of the enemy in
fantry as it advanced in close
formation over the open has been
appalling.
The British losses have been
within the bounds expected, due
to the tactics Of the commanders.
The allies have lost a consider
able number of men in prisoners
and a certain number OF guns.
But very few pieces OF artillery
have been taken by the Germans
since the first day. In fact, the
whole withdraw has been eX-
ecuted in a mastery manner
showing how thoroughly th6
British had planned for the
very events which have occur
red.
1t is permitted to say now tina
the British never intended to try
to hold the forward positions /
the Germans attacked in thu
force expected.
There is every reason to be
believe that harder fighting
than has yet taken place will d
yelope shortly. The Germans, j
the British view, cannot nov
hesitate in carrying on their al
tack ard it is a case of brea
through or admit defeat In thi
circumstance it is interesting
note a statement made yester
day by a German officer, pris
ouer, who declared that the Get
man offensive was an act OF des
paration brought on by the fa
that the fatherland must ha'
peace.
The hardest fighting yeste
day occurred east of Peronne al
and in the Bois de Genlls- II
most important phrase OF t
battle occurred IN the latt
,,eighborho d. During the NOR
ing the Germans had push
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1918-03-27
Piles Cured In 6 to II Davs

Your druggist will refund moEey II PAz0
OINTMENT fails to cure any case Of Itchinx.
Bilno, Bleeding OF Protrudina Plies In eta l4dsys.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1918-09-20
May Make Land Available
for Soldiers.

Idaho will likely join with sis
ter states including Washington,
Oregon, Utah, California, and
Nevada to make available for
returned soldies lands within
those states. A conference was
held in Boise on the subject by
representative men OF the state
1t was decided to ask Congress
tor legislation which would apply
to these states and make avail
able therein large tracts Of land
which can be transformed into
verv productive farms for the
men who have been fighting in
France +. w. Fluhartv, rcpres
ented this state at conference
held later at Salt Lake.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1918-09-20
A Black Disgrace

Portland shipvard employees
who insisted on holiday Satur
dav afternoon recertly and play.
ed hockey has gone back to work
and the incident closed until they
take another halt day off.
Trouble began Saturday after
noon, when 5000 members of
BOilernaker's Union refused to
work, wing vote of their or
ganization. The men desired a
continuation of 44-hour week
which macey agreement gave
them during June. July and Aug
This is not d matter to Joke
about and excuse with word
Hockey. Men who will COM
NIT an act of this kind are desert
ers and disgrace to the state
and nation, and the press and the
public should punishment tor
such action.
Every honest and loyal citizen
of this country is working to the
limit to furnish our boys at the
front with all necessary supplies
and to see a bunch of loafers Law
down their tools aud quit work
simply to force hali-hoIday the
year round makes ones blood
boil and is demoralizing to work.
men in other industries.
The question is. are labor
unions more powerful than the
Union? Are exempted work.
men, receiving double and treble
the pay they used to get. to be
further pampered at expense OF
BOYS on the firing line? We be.
lieve not.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1918-09-20
6 Months Front
Line Duty Gives
Gold Sleeve Bar
Badge of Honorable Service at
Home Is Fourth Liberty
Loan Button

General Orders, No SO, recently IS
sued by the War Department in Wash
ington, provide:
"A gold chevron to be worn
on the lower half of the left sleeve
by each officer field clerk and
enlisted man who has served six
months in theatre of operations dur
ing the present war -
A war service badge-bespe
active participation in the conflict
abroad. What pride the wearer will
feel, in that little piece of adornment,
of standard material and design!
To the onlookers, what honors will
it suggest; what endurance and valor!
War service badges are not to be
confined to the Army and Navy alone
The great numbers of those who stay
at home may have badge of service
and distinction. With the issuing O.
the Fourth Liberty Loan button there
becomes available FOR every loya
American a mark of war service. 6
badge of honor for war work wei
done.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1918-09-20
John Smith Shot at
Goose Creek last
Sunday.

On Sunday evening a man
named John Smith of the Twin
Falls country was shot and kill
ed by Frank Halvcrson. a husky
of this section at Goose Creek.
No one seems to know whether
or not the men had been quarrel.
ing, but it appears they had
been at Tipperarv and no doubt
were on the drunk, altho the
proprietor claims they had only
one drink there; but AS everyon
knows this Tippersry is a curse
to this section OF the country.
Whether or notit was deliber-
,.te murder or done in drunken
brawl remains for the Jury to
find out. If "A man like this wants
to do some killing let him 60 on
the battle front and kill AS many
Huns AS he can, but at home here
this kind of thing ought not to
tolerated in our peace III land
and whether man is drunk or
sober he has no right to take an
other life without receiving the
sentence OF the law.
The body of the murdered man
was brought into Oakley Mon
day and taken into Burley to the
undertaking parlors. while the
prisoner was taken by the Dep.
Sheriff to Albion and locked VI
i'll the county Jail.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1918-09-20
Alice Brady in "The Maid of
Belgium" at Orpheum Mon

When the Germans invaded Bel
gium, Adoree's home was destroyed
After the invaders passed by, Adoree
with her memory gone because Of
the shocks she had undergone. scra-
mbled through the ruins to the bor-
der where she WAS found by rich
A mericans, who were turned back
from their tour of Belgium by the
war. This is the start of the Maid
of Belgium, the W orld Picture Brady
Made in which Alice Brady is the
star. A truly startling story.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1918-09-20
Cerman Food Prospect Poor.

Amsterdam. - Herr Won Wadlow,
nresident of the German regulation
board, announces that the corn crop
is only 10 per cent better than that
of last year, and the potato crop prob
ably was worse. Meatless weeks must
be continued, he said, in order not to
endanger the milk and fat supply. Un-
fortunately, he was unable to hold out
any prospect of an Improvement In
the food supply, but he was positive
that il would not get worse.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1918-09-20
PASSENGERS Fight for Lives.

San Francisco.-Suicide and famine
were the spectral passengers aboard
a steamship of the Bristol Bay Pack
ing company, which arrived here Fri
day from Alaskan waters, faced.
Three men aboard the ship committed
suicide en- route to this port and the
Americans aboard had TO band to-
gether and fight off $50 Italian fish
ermen to get their share of the slim
provisions aboard the boat.