VOl. XLIV
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CHINA IS TAKEN
OejY JMR
HAS AGREED TO HARD DEMANDS
FROM TOKIO SAYB EDITOR.
FEELING HIGH.
TROOPS HAVE JAP OFFICERS
Shanghai Paper Says Country HM
Been Turned Over to 'the
Japanese.
Shanghai.—The statement Is made
In the first issue of The Shanghai
Gazette, which has made its appear
ance under the editorship of Eugene
Chen, that the Chinese government
has agreed to new demands made by
Japan which are of such a nature
that the country has virtually been
turned over to the Japanese. The
Gazette asserts it has been Informed
by a high official at Peking -that the
Japanese demands are far more se
rious than those in Group V, of the
fferaous 21 demands made by Japan in
1916.
"Notwithstanding the fact that the
utmost secrecy is being observed,"
says The Gazette, "it may be stated
safely that the following is not far
from the true terms of the agreement:
"Chinese expeditionary forces sent
to Siberia shall be commanded by a
Japanese.
"Chinese police shall be organized
by Japanese officers.
"Japan shall control all of China's
arsenals and dockyards.
Japan shall have the privilege of
working mines in all parts ct China.
"Special privileges shall be granted
to Japan in outer and inner Mongolia
and the whole of Manchuria.
A dispatch filed in Peking April 4
said it was reported there that Japan
hada submitted a new series of de
mands to China, including complete
control of China's finances, tbe pur
chase of 50 per cent of China's am
munition In Japan, operation of Chi
nese Iron mines and dockyards under
Japanese control and recognition of
special Japanese Interests In Mongo
lia, as in Manchuria.
RAILROAD HEAD ARRESTED
UNDER ESPIONAGE ACT
New Orleans. —-William Edenborn,
president of the Louisiana Railway ft
Navigation Co, and rep.flted many
times a millionaire, was arrested by,
department of justice officials at
Shrewsbury, La., near here, on an of
ficial affidvait charging violation of
Section 3 of the espionage act. Eden?
born was taken into custody as he
stopped from an L. R. ft N. train, and
taken to place the location of which
the authorities refused to divulge.
Assistant District Attorney Nicho
las Callan anounced that Edenborn'*
arrest was independent of action taken
at a meeting of the Louisiana division
of the National Security League when
a resolution was adopted, callng for
federal prosecution of the capitalist
for utterances which wero declared
seditious. Beyond this statement the
federal authorities declined to com
ment on the arrest. Newspaper men
were warned against making efforts
to discover where Edenborn was be
ing kept.
Edenborn, founder of the American
Steel ft Wire Co., no a part of the
United States Steel Corporation, has
been referred to as "father of the.
wire industry in America," having
erected mills and produced wire In
1870, three years after he came to
the" United States from his birthplace,
Westphalia, Prussia. He came to
Louisiana in 1903, where he has been
known as a railroad builder and oper
ator. He is 70 years old.
B. P. Wnggener Dead.
Atchison, Kan.—Bailie P. Waggon
er, general solicitor of the Missouri
Pacific Railway company, and for 44
year* connected with Its legal depart
ment, died here after a long HlnMs,
aged 70 years. His son, William P.
Waggener, of Atchison, is general at
torney for Kansas for the road.
EMPRESS ZITA'B MOTHER
ORDERED OUT OF AUSTRIA
Paris.—The Princess Marie Antoin
ette, mother of Empress Zlta, haa
been ordered to leave Austria within
24 hours and not re-enter that country
until the termination of the war, ac
cording to a tjlspatch from Geneva.
Emprens Zita has been blamed by
the pnvGerman party In her husband's
empire as being responsible for Em
peror Charles' now famous letter to
Prince Sixtus of Bourbon, his brother
in-law. |
VIOLENT BOMBArDMENTS
ON THE FRENCH FRONT
Paris—The latest war office an
nouncement reads:
"Thero were violent bombardments
from Villcrs-Bretonneux to the Luce
river, and In The region west of Noyon.
"Eastern theater, April 27. The
artillery activity was weak along the
whole treat save In the region of
Monsat;.- and on the Cerna, where oor
heavy artillery carried out fires of
iastfuctlfin.
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HIEHILUMEII
111 M STKLE
IMPORTANT POINT CONBIDERKD
, KEY TO SOUTHERN SIDE OF
YPREB SALIENT.
ATTACK TO PECAPTURE IT
Garmana Have Made Important Qalna
at Other Points Along the Battle
Line.
Kemmell hill, a height which has
been looked upon as the key to the
southern side of the Ypres salient and
one of the most important strategic
positions on the northern battle front
in Prance, has been taken by the Ger
mans, after a defense which will be- j
come of the heroic chapters of the'
war. The hill was surrounded and
the French forces entrenched on its
slopes were' Qveroome.
The loss oil the hill, which is ad-1
mltted In an otTlcial statement by Gen
eral Delma Radcllffe, chief director of
military operations at the British war
office brings to tbe allies a realiza
tion that the whole Ypres position is
in peril from the German drive north
ward from the lowlands lying to the
west of Armentlefes.
The Teutons launched terrific at
tacks along the whole Wytschaete-
Ballleul-Meteren line, apparently foi
the purpose of finding a point which
might yield. They evidently found
that spot in the section of front held,
Jointly by the British and French!
troops; and against it they hurled
ffesh-dlvlsfons which fought their way
forward all day until at nightfall they
had surrounded Kemmell hill and iso
lated the French troops holding the
position.
The loss of Kemmel hill Is serious
for it overlooks much of the lowlands
lying back of the allied lines In the
Ypres salient. The hill Is 464 feet
in height, rising from lowlands on
the south and east. It s six miles
sonthwest of Ypres and three miles
west of Wytschaete. This German
success cots a deep notch in the allied
line to the .southwest of Ypres and
completely outflanks the British on
tbe northern slopes of Messlnes ridge,
to which they were forced two weeks
ago. The line to the southwest, to
ward BalHeul, apparently Is In no par
ticular (lanjfor at present, although
the village of Dranoutre has been lost
to the enemy.
GERMANY'S LOSSES IN
WAR 2,000,000 MEN
Amsterdam. —Germany'* losses thui
far In the war have been 2,000,000 men,
according to * statement credited by
The Frankfurter Zeltung as having
been made by General Schulze before
the main committee of the German
heichstag.
Sick and wounded men to tho num
ber of 750,000 had been able to re
turn to the front, according to Gen
eral Schulze, while 629,000 had been
discharged as unfit for service. In
cluding 70,000 cripples. Up to date,
the general added, Germany bad to
reckon with about 98,000 cripples.
APPOINTMENT DECLINED
BY BPEAKER CLARK
— ~~~
Jefferson City. Judge Walter
Graves, member of the Missouri su
preme court, has been tendered the
appointment of United States senator,
succeeding the late Senator Stone.
Governor Gardiner made public his
profTer after the declination of Sena
tor Clark to accept the appointment.
FRENCH RETAKE GROUND
IN COUNTER-ATTACKS
Paris—Counter-attacks against the
German lines from Vlllers-Bretoaneo*
to south of the Luce gro launched by
our troops, who succedeed, despite the
fierce resistance of the enemy, who;
had brought up Important force*. In
retaking a large part of the ground
which had been lost In that region,
says the official statement Issued by
the war office.
NEWSPAPER PUBLISHERS
APPEAL TO BHIPPING BOARD
v _____
Washington.—A delegation of newt
paper publishers appealed to the ship
ping board for aid in bringing 63,000
cords of wood pulp from Canada to
this country, to relieve the rapid de
pletion of print paper stocks. The pub
lishers were told that 130 ships which
will be transferred this summer from
the Great Lakes to the Atlantic ocean
will be allowed to bring out wood pulp
If It does not Ittterfore with the pro
posed movement of coal.
GERMANS IN POSSESSION
OF DRANOUTRK, SAYS HAIO
London —The Germans have cap
tured Kvjnmei mountain and village
and are also In possession of Dranon
tre. according to th'J official commun
ication sent by Fled Marshal Halg
from headijuartei* la France. The
communication says that north of the
Lys r!v«r the baUle Is continuing
fiercely along the whole front from
the neighborhood of Drar.ootre to the
Ypres-Comities canal.
Greek citizens of Charlotte sub
scribed for Liberty Bonds to the
amount of $12,200.
Wilkesboro Patriot: The sale ol
the Blkin and Allegheny Hailroacj
Company'* property, including rail
road and all other property, by
Commiaaionera Penny and Thomp
son, ha* been poatponed until May
th, at which time the *ale will
take place at Blkin.
GRAHAM, N. C., THURSDAY, MAY 2, L9lB
HONOR ROLL FOR NOD-USERS OF WHEAT
IS INSTITUTED ST FOOD.AOMIHISTRRIN
Mr. Page Issues Striking Resume of Wheat Situation and
Invites Patriots to Forswear Use of Wheat Products for
Benefit of Fighters Until Next Harvest.
Raleigh.—State Food Administrator Henry A. Page hai Issued a striking
reiume ot the food situation confronting this country and Its Allies and with It
an Invitation to the people of North Carolina, as many of them as circum
stances will permit, to join the "honor roll" by giving up the use of wheat
products altogether until the next harvest for the beneilt of our army and the
armies and civilian population ot our Allies. Mr. Page's statement makes good
reading: It Is as follows:
A little more than a month ago we took stock of onr wheat supply In
this country and found that we had slightly more than one hundred million
bushels, just enough to fully feed our soldiers and our Allies in war-swept
Europe until the next harvest, or, not quite, but nearly, enough to supply
bread for our own people tor the four months until the next crop comes in,
on the basis of our normal pre : war consumption.
The Situation a Month Ago.
Up to this time the Foot Administration's policy had been to limit the
shipment overseas to the exact amount we were able to save from our normal
consumption by methods and policies of conservation. But now we find
ourselves up against it hard. Clearly our soldiers must bo woll fed. Clearly
our Allies in the midst of war's horrors must have at least half rations.
To meet this imperative need, upon which hangs the result of the war
and consequently the destiny of nations, we, here at home, must cut our con
sumption of wheat products In half. And even this sacrifice would enable us
to send our own soldiers and friends on the firing line only half the quantity
of wheat they need.
This was the problem that faced us a month ago. What should we do
about ltT Will our people change their habits of living, their usual food,
make the sacrifice T Can they come to realize that government by the people
In the earth depends upon bread?
It was decided to set apart half the visible supply of wheat for shipment
to Europe and to undertake to get the Information over to our own people so
that they would understand the necessity for personal sacrifice, and maybe
we might be able to increase our shipmetns to two-thirds, or three-fourths of
the real need abroad. >. *
Bacrlflce Called For.
There are many people In this country who have not eaten one single bTs
cult or a morsel of wheat bread this year. They are the men and women
whose personal war consciousness gives them troublo when they fill them
selves In the sight of a hungry world. It isn't just exactly comfortable, is it,
to oat the last morsel upon which Is fastened the longing eye of a famishing
dog? But this is not a matter of dogs, but rather ot grief-burdened women,
Inhocent little children, and the fighters In the trenches. The wonder is that
more of us are not disturbed as wo go our usual easy way, feeding our bodies
beyond their real need with the one food the whole. devastated world of war
so badly needs; Just because It Is easier to procure and prepare than some
substitute.
Many of the best hotels have voluntarily agreed to serve no wheat pro
ducts until the next harvest. Many fWnlllos In this country aro doing the
same thing. It Is easy enough tor well-to-do peoplo of moro than average In
telligence to get on just about as well without wheat flour as wit* It. Some
of the substitutes, such as rice flour, cost more than wheat flour, and to pre
pare palatable and wholesome broads, using the substitutes only, culls for a
larger expenditure of forethought and care as well as money. Maybe it
would be unwise tor people of small earning capacity, and those whose tlmo
Is pretty fully occupied, to undertake to get on entirely without wheat flour.
But I am sure there are dozens of hotels In North Carolina with well trained
cooks whose patrons would not suffer tor lack of bread or biscuit —It diligence
and Ingenuity is exercised in the field of muffins, cakes and com dodgers.
The Patrotle Course.
How many families are there in this state, that, with the expenditure ot
a little more time and maybe a little more money, can live just as well with
out as with wheat flourT Just a little more time In the kitchen, madam; some
serious study of "Aunt Jemima's Recipes," a larger knowledge of the values
of foods; will not hart any of us at any time, and In war times will be espe
cially valuable. And as to the slightly Increased money cost, (remember lam
writing to the well-to-do (not that part of our peoplo who face poverty and
need) what boots It if we spend a little more to properly feed ourselves when
the primary result ia to feed our fighters and our friends, and the helpless all
over the world?
It is going to take all the money we've got to win this war; 1t ought to
take the surplus first. When the war is won and the world may turn away
from its horrors, you and I will be very happy It e have lost nothing more
valuable than our money! Think of it, man, you could then enjoy over again
the delight in having saved your first hundred dollars!
The Personal Appeal.
How many of us, so situated, will cut out wheat flour entirely until the
next harvest? We have the honor roll ready for your name. May we have
your pledge? HENRY A. PAGE, Pood Administrator.
Raleigh, N. C„ April 27, 1818.
As Great Military Necessity as Cannon and Shells—Food
Administrator Page's Attitude.
Raleigh.—The food situation In England and Franca has become so acute
that unquestionably white wheat flour Is as great a military necessity as can
non and shells. The bread ration of the French and Italian soldiers who are
fighting shoulder to shoulder with our own boys has already been reduced
to a considerable extent, and the old men. women and the little children of
France, England and Italy are existing o nexceedingly short rations.
I the face of this situation, the Food Administration which sometime ago
requested that all surplus wheat in the hands of wheat growers should be
marketed by May 1, is making plans for more drastic course to be followed
In the case of those farmers who for unpatriotic or pro-German motives fall
to market their wheat within something like a specified time. A list of
such farmers will be prepared after May 1, and shortly after that date
machinery will be set In motion fbr the carrying out of the course determined
upon by the Food Admlnlstfhtion.
North Carolina farmers, according to a resume in a recent issue of the
Literary Digest, have been receiving a considerably higher figure per bushel
for wheat than the farmers of any other state, the average price In this
state having been |2.31 per bushel as against 12 24 in Tennessee, which waa
the next highest state, and against $2.03 for the whole country. Food -Admin
istrator Henry A. Page is unquestionably to be thanked by the farmers of
North Carolina for this difference as it was through his activity and demanda
that the smaller mills of the state were left unrestricted as to tho price they
might pay for local wheat, while the mills of 76 barrels capacity or more and
the smaller mills working under agreement with the Oraln Corporaton and
securing their wheat from outside the state have not been allowed to pay
more than around 12.12 to $216 per bushel. This baa meant, of course, that
practically the entire wheat crop of North Carolina has bpen sold to the
smaller mills at prices considerably higher on an avorage than the larger
mills were paying for wheat secured from other sections.
Mr. Page Is hopeful that it will not be neceaonw to make a single seizure
of wheat In North Carolina, especially since tho smaller mills of the state are
paying a much higher figure for wheat than the Grain Corporation will pay If
the wheat Is commandeered, the presumption being, of course, that wheat that
1a commandeered will be paid for at the rate that the larger mills are allowed
t opay for local Wheat—around $2.11 to $2.16 per buahel, certainly not higher
than $2.20.
It la • well-known fact, of course, that tho use of wheat or rye aa feed
tot llveatock la regarded as wilful waste and Is punishable under Section 4
of the Food Control Law by a fine of $5,000 or two years Imprisonment or both.
SURPLUS COTTONSEED SHOULD BE MARKETED.
Raleigh.—The Food Administration has Information that If there Is no !.,(•
frost which would necessitate the replanting of cotton there will be a consid
erable surplus of cottonseed left in handa of the cotton planters In the statu
after the planting season. Inasmuch aa cottonaoed has ssumed a place of
very considerable Importance from a food and feed standpoint, the Food
Administration la urging every farmer who has any surplus of cottonseed at
all to sell such surplus to the nearest oil mill as soon as he Is satisfied thv he
Is not going to need them for replanting. Refined cottonseed oil as the basis
for compound lard Is absolutely dominating the food and oil markets of the
world while cottonseed meal is increasing In popularity and Importance aa a
feed for livestock.
THE POTATO CAMPAIGN WAS A GREAT SUCCESS.
V Raleigh.—The potato campaign put on by the Food Administrators la the
cities and towns of North Carolina at the request of Food Administrator
Henry A. Page has been successful to a marked degree. There waa a sur
plus of more than 26,000 bushels of potatoes In the hands of the producers In
the Western section of North Carolina and millions of barbels above normal
demands In the hands of producers and dealers In Wisconsin and other West
ern States. As a result or the campaign in North Carolina the surplus la this
state la rapidly being exhausted and thousands of bushels of potatoes are
being ordered from Northern Stales.
HOLDING WHEAT AIDS ENEMY.
Raleigh.—Since wheat exports must be maintained If the war Is to go on
—and we must go on or go under—the Food Administration has taken the
position that refuaal to reieaae wheat gives aid and comfort to the enemy and
Oat seixure Is Justifiable. On these grounds the Federal Food Administrator
01 New Mexico was authorised to seise and place In circulation 100.000 pounds
"beat grown by the Kempernlcb Bros, fanr.ers and storekeepers, and a
farther store of pounds whlcdi they had purchased and refused to
 release from storage. The wheat waa then given up and wll! be distributed.
ttANTBD 1 ■ j W jj fIAVE THE EARLIEST, BICJ-
gest, high class Strawberry grown. I
j Ladita or men w.u. rigs or auto
i mobiles to represent a Southern vored berries from Spring until the
Company. Those with selling ex- 1 snow flies. Free Booklet. Wake
periencc preferred, tho* not necea- field Plant Farm, Charlotte, North
sarjr. Fast selling yronosifion.,'Carolina. IffehOt
Brand new article. Zxcctten* pay _____
for huatlers. Address Mr. Greg
ory, 160 4th Ave. N. Nashville, j Robert Weeb, Sr., ana Robert
Tenn. 1 Webb, Jr., father and son were kill—
tH at a grade crossing at Sclma
Subscribe for The Gleaner. SIM w j, en (heir wagon waa struck by
a year, in advance. an Atlantic Coast Lin© train.
STRIKE HARD BUM
HHVPRES SECTION
ALLIED LINE 18 STILL INTACT
ENEMY'S LOSSES MOUNT
ING HIGHER.
LINES ARE VERY STRONG
Germany Hat Presented VIMusI Ulti
matum to Russia, Threatening
1 . j/ to Taka Petrograd.
Germany's armies are hurling them
selves against a granite wall on three
sides of the ruined city of Ypres. Aft
sr fighting of the most terrlllc nature,
the British and French lines are still
Intact and the enomy has lost terribly
In his repeated assaults against the
lines where the allies stand at bay.
Tho objective of the lighting that
now la going on la the capturo of
Ypres, whore since 1914 tho British
have held their positions. Two years
ago the allied lines wero carried for
ward and the salient In front of tho
city was wlpod out, but from these
positions tho British retired a week
ago to the trenches where they stood
during (lie terrific fighting In the
spring of 1915, when tlioy stopped the
Goriuans in their first (Irivo for the
channel ports.
Tho present battle opened with a
bombardment of the British and
French lines from Meteron and Voor
mezoele, a distance of 12 miles. Then
came reports of a spread of the light
ing around tho curve In the lino In
front ol Ypres until the Belgian ar
mies, north of tho city were Involved.
Field Marshal Ilalg's official report,
snzlousTy awaited, brought the news
that the utmost efforts of the Germans
had been fruitless all along the line.
The field marshal's statement said
that this Teutons had paid a great
price and had gained virtually noth
ing.
The battle still continues along the
front, but there is little Indication that
an Immediate withdrawal from Yprou
la contemplated by the allien, at loan
until they have exacted from the en
emy a great sacrifice of human liven.
The only point at which the Ger
mans made any gains was on the hilly
sector of tho front back of Kommel
hill, where tho French are standing.
At some points the enomy was able
to occupy portions of tho line, but
from the greater part of these they
wore driven ojit by the French who
re-established their defenses,
Frontal attacks on Ypros would
seem to Indicate that there la little
confidence In the German general
staff that the Ypres positions can bo
outflanked from the south. Tho lines
as they stand today are very strong
and withstood tho onset of tho Ger
mans In 1914 when the Teuton em
peror's army was a much different
machine than It Is today.
Repulse Mean* Mueh.
The bloody repulse of the Hermann
in their groat plungo forward will
mean much In further operations In
that sector of the battle line.
While tho struggle was going on
before Ypres, tho British posit lonn
from Laßasso to Houlliolst wood, am!
from Lens to Vimy were deluged with
■hells, but so far there has been no
Infantry fighting reported from that
part of,the front. An attack on this
salient in t(ic Oerman lines in expect
ed soon, however, for It stands as a
constant menace to a further udranco
by tho enemy.
Along the front In the Horn me sec
lor, part of which Is being held by
Americans, there lias been little fight-
ing of note. Further south there hnvc
been only patrol encounters.
Germany has presented a virtual
ultimatum to Russia, demanding that
able-bodied Oerman prisoners of war
be sent home at once, proposing. In
return that only Mck and lnapa jutt
ed Russians held In Oerman prison
camps nhall bo turned over In ex
change. If the Russian government
does not bow to the demand. Germany
has threatened to take Petrogrnd. A
committee of 115 Germans has been
appointed to go to the Russian capital
to present the demand.
EDITOR OF OERMAN PAPFR
GETS FIVE-YEAR TERM j
Kansas City, Mo.—Carl Oleener, pub
lisher of Tho Missouri States Zeltnng,
pleaded guilty In federal court before
Judge A. 8. Van Valkenburgh, to a
charge of violating the espionage art. j
He was sentenced to five years In Hie
federal penitentiary at Leavenworth,
With Jacob Frohwerk Gleeser was
Indicted by a federal Jury as a result
of trades appearing In the publica
tion attacking the administration.
FUNERAL ATTENDED
BY ONLY ONE PERSON
Detroit. Mich.—With only one p*-
son attending the funeral of Hslmutb
Schmidt, selfslsyer, believed by the
police to hare been responsible for
the death of three women, was held at
Highland Park. Mrs. Allele ITlrich
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TIDE OF BATTLE SURGES TO AND
FRO WITH DECISION BTILL
IN THE BALANCE.
AMERICANS IN THICK OF IT
Report Says From Four to Blx German
Divisions Have Been Hurled
at Yprea Salient
The great double German drive, In
tlie Somme mid Armcntleres sectors,
has developod Into a terrific strugglo.
The tide of battle has surged to and
fro during thS la»t two days, with the
! decision still in the balance. The Brit
| ish, having been forcod back out of
I Vlllera-Bretonneux, launched a coun
| ter-nttack and swept. the Germans
bac)s almost to the lines which were
held I)efore the present fighting began.
The French havo been driven back out
of Hangard-Hn-Santepre, but are hold
ing their positions close by, while on
the lino southwest of Yprog, tho Brit
ish have boon compelled to withdraw
slightly before furious attacks along
tho Motoren-Ballleul-Wytschaote lino.
Wounded Americans are arriving at
a hospital behind the French linos In
tho Hommo sector, showing that Gen
eral Pershing')} men am bearlrig their
share of Iho burden Of the groat but
tle.
Nptwiihstalndlng the frantic prep
arations made by the Germans for a
continuance of their drive toward
Amiens, and tho ex/remo violence of
the fighting, their guns thus far In
that region havo been very small.
Along the lino from Albert, south to
Castol, except at llangard-En San
torre, the Gorman assaults havo been
hurled back by tho alliod forces, which
aro strongly posted on the higher
ground to which they retired during
tho last days of the German drive In
Plcardy.
Germans In Desperate Effort,
„ It Is unofficially reported that four
to six German divisions, or from 48,-
000 to 72,000 men, have been hurled
at tho British In this sector must havo
been small, for there are no groat
gains reported by Berlin so far. It
was rumored Thursday that Munt
Ikemmol, a dominating height north
of Wulverghem, had been taken by
the enemy, but this has not been con
firmed.
That only slight gains have been
mnde anywhere along tho two fronts
have been subjected to attack lit proof
that (ho allies are prepared to defend
| their positions. In tho last three
! wcoks, the Cermans have hurried up
heavy cannon lo the old Somme bat
tle ground and have marched many
I fresh divisions to the points where
| they havo been held for tho moment
i of attack.
WOUNDED AMERICAN SOLDIERS
ARRIVING AT HOSPITALS
Paris.—Amnrlcan soldlnrs wounded
In the great hattle which now Is being
wagod are already arriving at the
r"«r. Amnrli an wounded and sink
to Ihs number of 128 havn reached
hospital No. 25. They am from units
engaged In fighting sldo by side with
French and British In stemming tho
Oerman advance.
Hospital No. 25 Is one of the new In
stitutions behind tho lino
as it stood after tli A allies stopped the
recent Herman drlvji In Plcardy. Few
of iho Americans remained at. the
hospital very long, being taken farther
to the rear.
j Sixteen girl ntudent* of Smith Col
! lege are working In day and night
; ■blftn at tblK point and am "operating
| a well arranged canteen at tho rail
road at at lon for the 40ld!crn comics
j through on tho honpltal train*. Mr*,
j Clark, tho Mlaxea JuatlCA, Drogiin and
| Scott, and M. L. Ilalthla, and E. W.
Lowrey, of the American lied Cro»,
! ha»o rendered notable aervlce at the
i hospital
YOUNG MEN BECOMING 21
REQUIREO TO REGISTER
Washington.—Tho hodsn adopted
the senate resolution for the registra
tion for military i-nrvtce of youns men
who ha»o reached the age of 21 years
since June 5, last. The uieaaure new
goes to conference. ,
An amaxdnient offered' by Repre
sentative Hull of lown. and adopted,
119 to SI, provides that men register
ed under tho bill shall bn place t nt
the bottom tf the classes to which
they may be assigned.
TRIAL OF DR. JOHNSON
DEFERRED TILL MAY 15
Richmond, Va. —Motion for post
ponement until May 15 of tho trial of
Dr. I,wmu-1 J. Johnann. 23, cfcsrged
with tha murder, on fWi-rSlber 15, U«t,
of bin bride. Mm, Alice Knight John
aon. wan granted when the cade wna
called (or trial. The motion wait bas
ed (3>i the plea that R I). Johnson, of
Middle*. X. C„ father of the de
| fondant, could net te»llfy at thin tt®»
hec.ni"? of (linens,
i knot* What *i>i» Are Taking
| When you take Orovo'a T;i»t"ie»»
! Chill Touic because the formula l»
plainly printed ou every bottle
•howinif th'«! it is Iron nrd Qui
nine in • tanteleas loria. No
cure, no pay.— 6o?. adv %
Napoleon Thomas, a colored youth,
waa convicted of first degree mur
der in Surry Superior Court nt
Dobson. He was charged with the
murder of Mr. and Mrs. Harvey
Hester, at their home near Winstun-
Salem, March sth. Evidence cir
cumstantial.
NO. 12
GRAHAM CHUHCII HECTOR Y
Oraham Baptist Church-Rev L. M
U. Weston, Pastor.
Preaching every yi-st and thira *
Sundays at 114# a. in. and 703 a J
m.
Sunday School every Sunday at 1
9.45 a. m. W. f. Ward, Supt. M
7 3« r j? 6 m meet '° e every at'
Graham Christian Church—N. Main
Street-Rev. F. C\ Lester.
Preaching services every bec
afl m ''ourth Bun days, at 11.00 1
every Sunday at
10.00 a. M.— W. R. Harden, Super- ■
intendent. 1
New Providence Christian Church
—North Main Street, near Depot—
Rev. P. C. Lester, Pastor. Preach
ing every Second and Fourth Sun
day nights at 8.00 o'clock.
Sunday School every Sunday at
tendent 0 " -J ' A " Bu^' "
Christian Endeavor Prayer Meet
ing every Thursday night at 7 46.
o'clock. *?.
friendß-North of Graham Pub
lic School, Rov. John M. Bermar, i
Pastor.
Preaching Ist, 2nd and 3rd Sun
days at 11.do a. m. and 7.00 p. m. "J
Sunday School every Sunday at
9.1 j a. m.—Belle Zachurv, Superin- ~
leu dent.
Prayer meeting every Thursday ■
evening at 7.30 o'clock.
ljetht>di»t> Episcopal, south—cor.
Main and Maple Streets, Key. jj
E. Ernhart, Pastor.
Preaching every Sunday at 1100
m. and at 7.30 p. m.
Sunday School every Sunday at
M 6 a. in,—W, B. Green, Supt.
H W ,' F; M rch ~: N - Mu "> Street,
Rev. it. a. 1 rosier, Pastor.
Preaching first and third Hun
days at na. m. and 8 p. ui. ;
Sunday School every Sunday at
9.45 a. m.—J. L. Atnick, Supt.
I'rosbvterlan- W#t Elm Street-
Rev. 1. M. McConnell, pastor.
Sunday School every Sunday at
9.15 a. m.—Lynn B. SVilHam.iou, Su
perintendent.
i r^ ,b /i ter,an (Travora Chapel)—
J. W. Clegg, pastor.
Preaching every Second and
Fourth bundays at 7.30 p. in.
Sunday School every Sunday at
2.30 p. m.—J. Harvey White, Su
perintendent.
I'HOFJiffSIONAL CARDS
E. C.rDERfiY
Civil Engineer.
GRAHAM, N. CX.
National Dank ol Alamance Bl'«'a
BURLINGTON, N. C,
Room 11. in National Bank BslMlai.
'l'lione 7O
JOHN J. HENDERSON
Attorney.at-Law
GRAHAM, N. C. ',l
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