tOL. XL
MOUffl AIRY, JfORTR CAROLINA,
PREPARATION FOR THE
GREAT PUSH OP 1*1*
PHtliTni tkm TiaU at
«m TW W. Must PWr fa»
- ha Mat only low what Im «H
talking i>ii> but alao laid at Aairt
«a'a door tho hardest prablaaa of all.
Aa Umi has >iml lUt
ha> boon mora and mora coo viced at
tba gravity at tha ahipping quoation
and now it la callad upon to aolva that
quoatkm durtng tha coning wintar aa
fall in the part that aha haa agreed
to play.
Shortly aftar KoW Marahal Haig ha
■an hia aorioa of drivaa on tha Han
dera front, all at which have bam aaa
caaaful up to data, Secretary of war
Bahar announcad that thoaa drivaa
wara part of a eomprehenaive plan of
tha Britiah general ataff, not to drive
tha Gonaana out at a wida area, bat
to tain control at a number of eseaad
ingly valuable atrategte pointa from
which a tremendoua dnva could bo u
•cutad in tha spring of 1918.
Waa WglK.
Tha British preaa ^ava vent a alight
critic kan a of tha aatimaU of tha aitoa
tion mad* by tha Amariean cabinet of
flcara. |r England tha Idas waa that
tha !Ui(i drtvaa wara traa drivers,
to force Germany back ever a
length and braath of territory.
Thia feeling aaama to hava parvadad
tha entire British public.
Subsequent avanta provad that Sec
retary Baker waa correct, for Canaral
Haig baa ao far dowe juat what lb.
Bakar aaid ha had planned to do and
his operations of tha preaent indicate
that ha ia simply carrying out a aeriaa
winter month* a number of these
points of vantage Germany will be in
an awarkward position when tha great
allied offenaiva of 1918 opens. They
will be forced either to light from ex
tremely diaadvan tageou a position* or
elaa concentrate another 'master re
treat" like that from Arras.
It ia in thia tremendous spring offen
sive, by which the allies confidently
expect ot turn the tida of the war and
to initiate the beginning of the end
that America ia expected to play an
important part. We are expected to
be in the superlative addition to the
British and French forces. In filling
this role we must supply men and ma
terial and land them in France and
iiack of the lines on the western front
The production of the materials and
supplies are well on the way and the
indications are that the production end
will be properly to look after. But the
ahipping end ia the problem.
Skips Will be Procured.
%
The first batch of viinIi the ship
ping board is building through the
emergency fleet corporation will hard
ly be ready to go into commission be
fore April, 1918. But in that month
the great allied offensive probably will
■begin. Therefore since we cannot de
pend upon our new ships the shipping
board has been called upon to furnish
ships by commandeering and in any
-other manner possible. »
The outlook indicates that the ships
wil be produced when the pinch comes.
The South American and Asiatic trade
will suffer. Ships will be taken from
the Pacific and the Atlantic coastwise
lanes and diverted for trans-Atlantic
work. It is also probable that a num
ber of vessels will also be taken off the
Great Lakes.
Tn addition to these sources of ship
supply, there are the vessels of cer
tain netural errantries. The attitude
of the allied governments toward Hol
land has something to do with tills
plan and it is not at all impossible that
Dutch vessel* now held up in this
enuntrv will be diverted to the use of
the alllea.
This government must get supplies
to Furope during the winter. Over
sea work is harde* then than at any
other season, natunOtv. The task is a
gHm one and Hemil«an. but the gov
ernment I* determined to accomplish
K.
The recent taking over of all A">eri.
ran shipping was taken over of all
American shipping was the first step
toward the solnti"n of the tonnage
probably will come nevt and after that
the matter of neutral shipping will he
dealt with.
AJUfY TRANSPORT
DESTROYED BY U-BOAT
AmmrUmm Ll»n.
WMkiaitn, OeC If.—The Anuri
ward bpmnd under eniy, «u Uf
pedoed and sunk by • German iiubmr
in* ka Um war mm W*dn**day. A boat
70 m m aluiiif, and pratably ar»
teat.
All llM XT) aad army ofltm
aboard and the ahip'i master war*
among tho 1U luniton. The m toe
ing are mombora of tho craw, thro*
civilian —laoara, aoae •nllatad man
of tho nary and If ot M laldlw re
turning homo for rarioiu roaaono.
Noithor tho luboaHno nor tho torpe
do waa toon and tho transport, hit
•quarely amldahip, aank in Ave rainu
tea.
Bring! Horn* Rigor* of War.
Thu tragedy a4 tha aw, the teat ia
which an American nhip engaged ia
wmr duty hae baas leat, ia tha first at
ita magnituda to bring homa to tha
paopia of tha UnMed Statao tha ri
gors of tha war in which they hava an
gagad against Germany. It carriaa
tha largaat crtaaafty list af tha war, eo
far, of American Uvea, and marks tha
flrat sucraaa of Carman submarine at
tack* on Amarican tran*porta.
That tha loaa of Ufa waa net great
ar i* due tha safeguards which tha
navy ha* surrounded tha transport
service, and tha quick ra*cua work of
tho convoying ararahipa.
Socratary Daniala announcad tha
diaaatar tonight in a »tatamant baa ad
apona btiaf dtayatch from Vica Ad
miral Sims, which rava few datail*
and did not aay whether it waa a day
or night attack. An accurals list of
tha miaaing cannot be iaaued until
General Parahing report* tho name*
of tha army men m tho veeaai and tha
Hst at the atOKhaat crow. Following
is tho announcement:
.Secretary Daairl'a Statement
"Tho department is in rocaipt of a
diagatch froaa Vica AJaawW Sims
army transport, was 'torpedoed on
October 1 while returning to thia
country from foreign aervice. Thia
vassal was undar convoy of Amarican
patrol vaaaala at the time.
"Tho torpedo which struck tho An
il ilea waa not aeon, nor waa tha aub
amrine which fired It. The torpedo
hit abreast of tha engine room bulk
head, and the ship sank withing Ave
minutes. One hundred and sixty-sev
en person* out of about 237 on board
the Antilles were saved. About 70
men are missing.
Flic. 325 Mile* and
Carrie* Eight People.
Mined*, N. Y, Oct. 22.—Carry ins
eight passengers, Lieutenant Silvio
Resnati arrived at the government
aviation field here in his Caproni bi
plane at 4:21 o'clock this afternoon,
completing a flight of about 326 miles
from Hampton, Va., in four hour*, 11
minute*.
According to official* of the aero
club of America, the flight break* all
record* in the United State* for ma
chines carrying two or more passen
gers. In 1916, Victor Carlatrom and
Steve McGordon, each carrying one
passenger made flights on the same
day from Newport News to Sheepa
head Bay, N. Y., a distance about 20
miles shorter than Lieu. Resnati's
achievement. The only flight with as
many as eight passengers made in this
country before was between Newport
News and Washington.
Resnati did not use a triplane in
making the trip, as intended, it was
explained upon arrival here but will be
used on a trip to made soon over the
same route as traveled today. Tlte
large bi plane which Resnati piloted
today ha* a spread of 8T> feet, while
that of the tri-plane is nuro than 100
feet in breadth. Each is equipped
with three motor* and propeller*.
German Officer* Shot in
Back by Their Soldier* J
Washington, Oct. 23. -Interacting
statements about (ieramuy'* unsettled
political situation and thaarhery in
the ranks of the army, made by an
East Prussian prisoner, Kuve been re
ceived here in official dispatcher. Ac
cording to tliis soldier, th« socialistic
and revolutionary spirit is growing so
rapidly that it is expecte ' to endanger
the supremacy of the junker* by
spring, and the military authorities
are adopting most severe repressive
measure*. He also told a story of
how German privates left their officers
to their f*te !n the face fire, and of
how officer- hated by their troops, fell
on battlefields with bullet* i their
back* I
TW rmmi mi Om Hmtim
DuriM *• Firat »»
Mm*»W W«
A «Mk IUh'ini by J. «. C«te,
m» Ortlliif II, at Hi —J wy 1W
toa.
Whea tha United Stotoe unfarted
Um Mm and Strips* to *nv* liii—rlil
heraelf included. frmi Ma* «w
MMMpAfl hv tkfl noat dMMAU dMMf,
•to, dMifnini dynasty that tiM warM
baa known Um %i of the u»l
Nar% aba aalled not only an army and
• navy, but a NATION to giva, if
naaaaaary, the "Wat fall meaaure of de
votion and nacriflce.
Sinca that tiaM legialativa, military,
•aval aid construction miatokea and
blunder* ban occurred. Money ha*
baan voted in billiana and axpendad atl
tiatea with a racklaaa hand. Yat wa!
ara catting raaulta. Our national
Osaernatent haa raaliiad that "the
quirkeat way oat ia atraight through."
Hare ara torn* at tha facta.
On April 6 tha world'* Independence
Day—our atandlng army waa baialy
adequate to insure domestic tranquil
ity; today ona million Bve hundred
thauannd boya ia khaki ara mobilising
for active aarviea ia thlry-two grant
army ram pa that have baan conatrwct
ad almoat ovar-mght. Today tbaaa
military citiaa of thirty to forty thoua
aad aoidiara ara athrab with patriotic
Ufa and raaonant with martial maaic,
whara a faw waaka ago tha whiapar
ing pinaa war a awaying ia virgin for
ests. Twenty-aeven thouaand young
officer* hara baan trainad; double that
number baing now in training. 9640r
000,000 ia baing apant in tha conatfuc
tion of airplanaa and tha training ai
our aoidiara of tha air. In a faw
month* mora America, tha pinnae* hi
aviation, will be participating on a
mammoth icale, amid tha whir ef Li
berty motor*, in the battlea of the
ahiaa.
On April 6, oar navy nuBMrM •*,
<M enlisted nun; today th« tatal
strength of our naval force* an4 Ma
rino* exceed a quarter at a million
men. When Count Von Baraatorf,
profaning friendship far a nation ha
bor the Willi hi oar n## service
numborod 824; today Old Glory U
proudly flying over mora than 1200
vessels, and the number is daily tn
creaaing. The Atlantic fleet has
more than double*^ TWiavy today
ia mora than seven thne* as great aa
in the Spanish-Araericaa war. 647 ad
ditional vessels are under construc
tion, and thro* or four hundred sub
marine chasers and destroyers were
authorized in the closing hours of
Congress. Today every mail of our
vast expanse of seacoast is fruarded.
We are building for war to be sure
but in the work of the shipping board
with 433 ships under construction,237
others under negotiation, and perhaps
still others to be built—the transpor
tation problems of Europe and Ameri
ca alike are being solved. When the
war is concluded America will be own
ing and operating the greatest mer
chant marine in the world. *
One hundred thousand perhaps more
of our beys have been transported
through Germany's zone of murder
(where a short time ago German, pir
ates were laughing as the cold waves
swallowed an American life. This
splendid record will perhaps not be
continued indefinitely, yet ia spite of
criticism that great great American
statesman, Joeephus Daniels, is at the
head of the most efficient navy in our
history.
My fellow countrymen, we are proud
of this unparalled progress. We ar*
already proving that not th* auto
crat's power, but the peoples power
means efficiency and victory. And
when all of the people, now living at
home in ease and comfort, cease to
criticise their own government, and
go down into their own pockets, the
day will be hastened when the hands
of Pershing's army will play the Star
Spangled Banner, and Pixie In the city
of Berlin.
35,000 German* Desart;
Crossing DutcS Front.'
l/omlon, Oct. 17.- The Evening
Standard says:
"In August and September SA.
000 German deserter* rroiwiod the
Dutch frontier. At several points It is
reported that the frontier guards of
the enemy themselves joined the run
aways.
"The dread of having to vndura an
other winter in tha trinrhtM on tha
Flandc-s and Franca fronts and then
of having to face a new army from the
United State* is prtbably tha ch'»fj
rearon, but suspicions are beginning to
be entertained even in Holland. AH
there deserters may mean r -»»ihlng
different, and tha Garamns may ba
allowing their man to pass into Hol
land for • hid,leu purpoaa."
TO 9ICUM AUTO YOUNG
Toaaday evening, bat K 1
tut night that the
thing ahant M far
quiiL With Burnett'* wmt, i
■ion ud tkt wmur? W id the i
lata laat night, th« itory Ml I
and today tha youth la being hold fari
Um ant moating oi tha grand jaryl
to
rn« two main r actors leading to taai
solution of the my alary were • brtl»|
man riding in •
and tha fact that tha i
■till ad by
on the Ma oa the day at the rohhary|
These facta vara all
pat th<
lance, be
woald jaatify Ma arraat they |
took tha Mi by the I
t*
subjected ! to a
ean a thick wad of bille and taid I
where they could ftnd tha aaioaaobile |
that ha had purchaaad far spat caah
yesterday afternoon.
Tha wonsy la tki povck «m con
signed by tha Bank af LaakaviUa. N.
C„ ta tha Merchants' Natianal bank at[
Raleigh, N. C. It was to be i
tha DanrilM and Weetara train toDan
rilla, bar* ta main oonnartian with a
inathbiwiad train. A. L.
M. and placed it hi Ma safe
Upon arrival M Danville at 10 o'clock
Tuesday evening Williaau whan ha
wont to recover his valuablaa in tha
safe found tho pooch irons. Williams
waa hi aariooa straits for ha waa an
■warabla for tha whola aw aunt, and
iaspite hia earnest protestations ha
waa under a cloud and had to go
through with a severe croea-question
ing. By yesterday at noon, ao pro
trass having been aMda, local Police
Detectives ware called ia, also Float
Reagan, Southern railway officer, and
together they sifted what few facts
they had. Keagan, who knew Barnett
snd saw him in aa automobile yeater
Jay morning, put two and two togeth
>r when ho hoard that tho man waa on
Lhe train and in the combination car on
the trip from Leaksville to Danville.
Officers kept watch for tha man and
aw him riding about the town. In
quiries at tha banks revealed no depos
its in his name.
During the course of tha afternoon
Burnett was accosted by one of tha of
ficers and when questioned gave un
satisfactory answers. Tha car. ha
laid, ha had bought from Mrs. H. D.
Purdue and he admitted paying cash.
!Ie was released, only to be taken up
igaiit after dark, and with tha officers
he went to tha courthouse, where he
was put through the third degree
which confirmed the suspicions of the
officers. One of the detectives said
today that he made his confessioa im
mediately upon learning that Wit
liams would probably have to go to
the pentitentiary for the offense com
mitted by another.
Ten Thousand War Truck*
Now Being Contracted lor.
Washington. Oct. 23.—Contracts
for the 10,000 new heavy duty war
trucks will he placed by November 1
rader present plan* of the quarter
master department, it was announced
today, and the Aral delivery la expect
ed in January. The total number muat
k> completed by the latter part of next
Km. .
He Struck
A mud-bed ragrled Tommy was
plouding wearily toward the base when
k uyWlwa stopped him.
"Do you fcnow that your regiment Is
In the front line i.ow? Why area't
jrou here?" I.e naked.
"Well ild," the Tommy explained.,
'we were Junt going over the top when j
the officer *1,miter: 'Strike for home,
v.d glory, lad*!' All the others
»truck for glory, but I struck for.
tiomo."London Answer*.
Armngeddoe, to
p«al in behalf af Mm Ubwtjr Loan |
mrid «mM k * <
In Parte, tl
fairly wwal tto pat* of Mm Arat 4*-1
Uduaart at Aaaariean tnopa with |
American paopla would clutter tto IMal
at march knee-deep with tan dallarj
bin..
If ymt haven't aaan Unete Saja'aj
The pall at your haart itrinf will
looaan the flip on your poetotbook.
It will make clearer your doty to buy
I Liberty Bond.
ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE
SECRE'Y OF THE TREA5.
Noo-Tu«bl« Features 4 per
cmI Liberty Bomd*.
Th« following telegram will give
you authoritative and complete infor
mation relating to the non-taxable fea
ture* of the Second Liberty Loan:
Washington, D. C, 10:46 P. M
October 16, 1917.
Federal Reserve Bank,
Richmond, Va.
Secretary McAdou today authorized
the following atalenient:
One. The four per cent Liberty
Bonds are exempt from all state and
local taxes except estate or inheritance
taxes.
Two. They are exempt from Unit
ed States normal income taxes and
from all other United States taxes ex
rapt estate inheritance taxes and ex
cept income surtaxes, excess profits
and war profits taxes.
Three. The Interest on five thous
and dollars principal amount of bonds
and certificates owned by any indi
vidual partnership association or cor
poration is exempt from all United
States taxes except estate or inheri
tance taxes. This is true though their
total holdings exceed Ave thousand
dollars. In case of holdings by trus
tees each beneficiary is entitled ta in
dependent exemption of the interest on
five thousand dollars principal amount
licld m trust fer htm even though the
trustee is identical if the trusts be sep
arate. In case of families the wife
and each child if the actual owner are
entitled to independent exemption of
interest on five thousand dollars prin
cipal amount so owned.
Four. No ownership certificate or
other so called information at the I
tource will be required under the War
Revenue Act in connection with the
[tayment of the interest on these bonds
whatever the amount.
Five. Undistributed income invest
ed in these bonds is not subject to the
idditional tax imposed by that Act up
xi undistributed income. Hie fore
going statements apply to the four
per rent Liberty Bonds now offered fer
lubscription and aleo to those issuable
jpon conversion of the three and one
kalf per cent Liberty Bonds.'
We think you should give this full
publicity throughout your district as I
many 'jiquiriea have arises here rata- i
tire to these points." I
tills or ocsTKucnoN
Iwk Oct. tJ.—Ha tiririi wklsk
IMii jed At * 'mn iniiwt Aa
aid. la tke mm at Mm Milia, ef Oak
Mi Ha mm nawii by • Ufeteat
■Aw nriMiag aad baaptog M»
Ha arrived ia a French boateUlaa
It/* twtf.
"I waa wlMf in ay aUU room ami
mma awakemai by tke uplo^oa at tke
torpedo," MUto said. "It kit
■hip, right under ma. I wmud no
imm ia but grabbed my life
bait aad overroat uW rvaked for tka
lifeboat. I ia at tbiak any oae on tka
■kip aaw tka nubaaartni aad nona at
tka survivors m* tka torpedo.
"I had baan assigned to m nartala
lifeboat and I mada aay way directly to
*. I found it waa being lowered aad
waa half way to tka water'« ode*- I
tuaaped for it aad marft it.
"Thar* wara only two otkara ia tka
boat, tka akip'a poisar and a brifa
Jiar-gcnarel of tka Urutod Statu army
Batora wa rearkari tka wator .ma and
at tka boat slipped am tka davit rapes
aad wa all want iato tka aaa, kaad first
Whan I rata ap I aaw ha puraar
nriaiaung bakind aa. Wa awaaa for
I wkile bat aaddanly buttod into aa
•ar. I grabbed ma and and eallad ta
Iko purser to taka hold of tka otkar.
Wa aaad the oar to support ourselves
for aa hoar.
"Tka aaa waa roogk, ao that wa wara
aot sigkliii by tka UfaboaW wkiek
■ado tka wator aafeiy, althougk wa
Moald aaa tkeaa around. Finally a
■aat sighted ua and took ua in. Later
ma aaw tka brigadier general "Tun
ning about. His hat waa still ea hie
lead. When wa rowed to him ana ai
ike beat's exam reach art over tke aide
lad pulled him ia by tka seat of Ua
><ag far it. Tka boat eoataiaad ona
petty officer and 20 members of tka
:rew.
The Antilles unk quickly. Ju>t be
'ore I made for the oar I looked back
ind saw the boilers explode. FoUow
ngthis the boat <ru enveloped in a
•loud of steam, and I aaw a crowd of
:«n or 10 persons rush frantically to tha
item and jump overboard.
Before the explosion there was no
ronfusion. Every one took his place
in the lifeboats in an orderly manner,
uime of the officers even smiling. Af
ter we were safe in the boats we ba
rs n to wander about picking up sur
vivors."
The brigadier general, who is bsurk
in Paris, said:
"I lost all of my belongings except
the clothes I was wearing. The story
rf how I kept afloat by swimming is
juite true. 1 owe my life to a life
t>"lt, which 1 seised when the Antilles
was struck.
"I entered a lifeboat which threw all
rf the occupants into the sea. While
are swam about we looked for some
thing to grab. The sinking ef the
\ntilles was a strange sight, for it
■rent down so quicklky—-in about Ave
minutes I should judge—and its dia
ippearancc was probably hastened
>y the explosion of the boilers after
the torpedo struck.
"Two shipr. which rescued all of the
■urvivors who were floating and is
■mall boats sought to vain for the par
scope of the subaaarine, which I be
ieve bo person saw.
"The Antilles settled by the stara
■ery rapidly, laaving the boat almost
perpendicular in the water. A naval
tfficer remaining oa board was slight
y injured by a smokestack, the boat
rent down so quickly. Another per
son was severely cat by the wirelese
nast wires.
"After floating about for a while I
vol pulled rboard by & li . xMt and
ater was taken aboard a rescuer."
Lom Private li at Least A My
OActml
Camp Doniphan, Fort Sill, Okfak,
Vt 83.—A brigadier genoral, a
mol. six tiajors and 100 cuptaina am
oday commanding John Coins, lata of j
he third Kancas, the 1j .» private ef
he depot brigade. I'm.I ir .. tt<mi the .
titlonal army cantel a&*4 al Camp * w
I'unstoon arrive, (low »«ll be the
ole enlkiad force uf th.- St «ada,
rhich is to bo filled with tht drafted
.<ldierH. At present It has Ave hands
o give hita manic, but he otfcar
land his pleasures are spc.la^ by the
ill-too-frequent Mwilty of satwtlag
lis 1M seperioi officers.