North Carolina Newspapers

Violent Fighting Once More in Progress on Various Fronts. TEN GERMAN AIR CRAFT SHOT DOWN Both British and French Make Gains Germans Launch Heavy Counter Attacks Rumanians Exhibiting Stub born Resistance on Their Front- (By United Press.) . London, Aug. 11. Ten German ma chines were brought down out-right, six wer'1 driven to earth out of con trol, and twelve British machines are missing following a day of the great est aerial activity on the r FlandexS front. Field Marshal Haig in reporting to night stated that British planes drop ped six and a half tons of bombs on German aerodromes, munitions - and other military points during the day. "The air lighting was very "severe throughout the day," Haig's statement' said. "Enemy aircraft crossed our lines in many places, attempting to prevent artillery fire. ' After a period of an almost winter like deadlock on all fronts, due in part to weathrr conditions, active ' fighting is now in progress with offensive movements being launched at various. points by both Allied and Teutonic forces. From Flanders on the western front, on across the battle lineto3he Aisne and Champagne regions, British, French and German armies are ex changing blows. In Galicia. Russians. Rumanians. German? and Austrians are locked in a serif-; of battles which have been in Progress for four days. Both bntksh and French progressed (Continued ou Page Eight.) Mr. Hoover at Outset of His Work Canned poods Speculator Next. . r,'a v.- By United Press.) 'mngton. Aug. 11. The r grain 0arns be the first "to feel the fire Herb-rt Hoover's fight against the Tfa speculator. ginning wjtji a statement Monday rcins in which he will reveal the J;ent ''Peculators have boosted wheat E, ' J'-'vrr will launch his fight.' hMr'r': ''nd millers ck Duflicient nation 10 ,;,,';ke four to last the entire I,ol.n,"",,, Ciiristmaa, it was an- Wi ..' ""Iay- M'-ch of tho flour, is held ileal ' :;l"T:nlaiors, vhile legitimate 'f'nnot purchase wheat, be ""' hnnk.'! fMn'tm. er hpon". !.'l!,y b-v Congress, have re- hr'ai H(r'v:in!" money to carry the , 1 K milled. The first ho-.r-i ' to Jake ,he wheat from H ava. i'iiV '' 11 rJ Pcuiator and make Th, r ." ' n nour manufacture. " nitai aDou. z.zo per ' ' 1 !1t be drivpn down It J"'l (r, S protit between producer tomwi'; , ".nn'r. Which win be attacked Polh.'u-; ' " . was announced. austacory settlement of todav ' ' ('ur:'ion, it was announced takp "iin m 100(1 adrD-nistration will nno,, ,. ' ,!-attor of speculation In Air, MJ')t''':'- . . Jii.iis',)',1"0"'8 to rePreseiit the food oOV(v", ,i011, have been sent by tisn, ,,, '.' ( yf'l v State to' take up per- 1. t' Tl "V. IT' raiions ,i anu chduct invest! 'Sfni ; "-anus of which will be Mill BARON. 10 BE HANDLED DRASTIC STEPS Bit RUSSIA TO MAKE POSITION STRONG TAR HEELS ARE E IN U. S. Number Wilmington Men Get Commissions as Second Lieutenants. ANNOI INrFMFNT RY miuvuuJUYiio di jJ V 1 . I E-0 1 KAWJPl I , Result of Training of Men at the Camp at For Ogle thorpe Will Get " Commands. (By George H. Manning). Washington, D. C.. Aug. 11 The War Department today announced the commissions which are to bo giv en to the men attending the Officers' MAD Mil ftcaci,B ' tirtJiiiug wmy hl roit.tations to Russia. The reason for the Oglethorpe, Georgia. orders "given by the embassy is that All the North' Carolinians who have ' promiscuous buying of goods destined been commissioned, together with the j for Russia has served to demoralize branch of the service and their rank, the exchange of commodities and low- appear below: . t These officers will command- .the men who will be drawn for the Na- tional Army and may be transferred to the regular army or as officers of the National Guard The North Carolinians who are giv en commissions in the Officers' Re serve Corps, from August 15tb, are as follows: -i To be majors Max L. Barker, Sal- isbury; Louis C. Shucker, Cresswell. To De captains Cicero G. rails, vice-rremier iMeKrason:, foreign mid Mooreville; Sidney S. Alderman, ! ister Tereschenko and General ivorni Grensboro: James R: Stewart Cataw-, loff, commander-in-chief of the Russian ba: Wilson J. Squire, Charlotte; Jas. B. Taylor, Asheville; Perry A. Lyon. Fayettevile ; George B. Dawson, Greensboro; Roscoe E. Parker, Ral-) eigh; Horace B. Cowell, Washington, N.. C; Andrew J.. Harris. Jr., Hender son; Gordon A. Duncan, Greensboro; James A. MacDougal, Raleigh; Chas. R. Bagley, Mayock; John R. Jones. North Carolina National Guard; Allen M. McGfee, North Carolina National Guard; Russell C. Woody, Asheville; Curtis Bynum. Asheville; Theodore C. Tighlman, Wilson. To be first lieutenanfEarl J. Car-I T7i .t. ' Tl, XT- T Rai-eigh Cartes S Matton. Htgli . .Point; Robert B. Andemon, Wilson:; Thni-nlnt. O rlMvnc. riiirliQm P.onrirai X LA,J I llL"'l --J . y A 1 l t ' ui 1 A.tnii i ' ,B. McKoy. Raleigh; De Lancey 1. 1 Grimball. Flat Rock: Claude F. An-f , ,1r,,o Willc-KoT-n- Tai ,r- Mvom Tt I 1A t c T t, X lino wui , x t,v " J.' v A ., St. Stenhen : Allen R. Anson, Durham; Wm. H. Corpening. West Raleigh; Robert H- Barden, Company E, Sec ond Infantry, North Carolina Na tidnad Guard; Walter "M. 'Watts, Asheville; Henry L. Ingram, Ashe boro : John O. ' Woow" East La Port : Bascom' W. Barnard, Asheville; Jos. H. Johnston, 'Chapel Hill; Ernest B. j Hunter, Greensboro; James J. Britt.J Jr.. Asheville.. W. ,A. Simpson, Ral eigh ; Millard F. Bond, Jr., North Car olina National Guard; Arthur M. Hen derson, Raleigh: Roney Melton High, Wilson : -Wm. P. Beall, Jr., Greens boro; James Smith Manning, Jr.. Ral To be second lieutenants William A. Couch, Durham;' John . H. Wingo, Asheville; Mumford 'B. Smith, 'New Bern; John A.-Moorefield, Reedsville; Sam C. Jackson,. Charlotte? Reuben C. Stonesbury, New Holland IHidetown; ' (Continued on Page Three). TT TTnT Order Clr Fortri fro Stamn Onfr KM?S KO Srorm to ?tamp Uut All Treason and Cow ardice. KERENSKY ISSUES n miTn SHARP MANDATE kolm, where the question of peace j is to be discussed next month. Russian Liberty Loan Meeting; :dAhl With Bier Success- TcTRe-r Vwilt- make -a; statement ia 'to the gov.- iw. :vtr;f ItMrri-Wfn-' rrtrrttr7r:jrr.?t?'-r r perate Def ense of Galician h rnntiVr . -'' (By United Press.) .Washington, Aug. 11. Russia is taking drastic steps to strengthen her .uCu6iuc-i uc. military, financial and internal situa- -tion, , the Russian embassy here an- nounced today; Premier Kerensky has issued anoth- er oraer to all Russian commanders t " snare no efforts however rigorous to I eliminate treason and cowardice from the army.. General Korniloff is putting up, a desperate defense on the Gali- cian-Bessarabian frontier to prevent i the Germans from over runninc tht grain, fields of Bessarabian, Moldavia! and the BlacK Sea region. The Russian government will issue orders to all Russian con-sular agents lti thp TTnitfH Rtnti! r roof 1 Iff imnni- er the alue of the Russian rubel. This step, together with the cooperative en terprises for buying and selling being .organized by the1 Russian .Ministry of j finance, it Js hoped will improve mate- rially Russia's financial position The new Russian liberty loan is meeting with great success, the em bassy announced. Many regiments are subscribing to the loan in a body. Russia's military operations are new under direction of Premier Kerensky, flS l members of the ministry or by the Council , of Workmen and Soldiers. procurator of the holy Synod. Instead 1 a ministry of religious cults has been created. - M. Kartasheff has been ap pointed to fill the post. This is regard ed as an important International re form in the direction of religious tol erance, as the office of procurator had a rather unsavory reputation. MiniQtPt. of -cvwoHon Tsutu an dialist, -has ordered that all schools h2 :on(.n(,H fipnt 1 . M MitiMir, a o xr MdruSV ani i "the dayj of old. regime often Incurred the .wrath f)f f.nfi EflVfimmfillt for nia ffa.rlfSfl riV. . " - w w w w t olutionary activities. . ' - " r . 45- -X- -3S-'" -X- vC- -5(- -5f vr -Z- -X- - ,,!.' . '"'-'ARRESTED CHARGED WITH ii!' .: 1 ESPIONAGE. -S- (Rv United PreHH i . 4f McAllen, Texas, July 11 -x- K IT.. ' Smith, formerlv of ' Menoni- ' 1 re, Wisconsin, and C. A. Rice, ft J me'rly a sergeant in the seven- - ' tr , - i r u . xt, vir . a. 7T. U-r. UUU; .ICW iUllV ICgtUlflll, -A A a,n-,.A,M h.-tatr w .i United States debuty marshal, cn n" charge of violating the espion- ... i.l' . . "A" age - v.- ' -,: -.r,"--! v " - " ,v -r -y- ' twpv u-orp rrared c-nerifirniiv X with drawing, making and selling -X- , . w. w , ..t J .. -:- maps of this portion of, the coun- -X , try, show ::j in detail location -X-K- of scl'1!e' - oncampaents. roads -X- -! and . other information- consider- -K New York and ' Chicago are paying ed 'af-military yalue. - - . -:jj2S cents a pound more for bacon now -ji". t ",;.- , , - , -x-jthan they, did a year ago. ..-Bacon sold X- -X- -. -x- X- -X- -3 -X-.-X- -X- Politics. A STIRRING LETTER j FROM IXOYD-GEORGEl Charging Him With Betraying the War Cabinet and Con cealing Kerensky's Atti tude Toward Socialist (By United Press.) London, Auk. 11. England seethed I London. Auk.' 11. England seethed. today in one ot the bitterest contro-iof I versies in months which culminated 'in the retirement from the "Ministry 1 and the war cabinet of Arthur Hen derson, leader of the Labor party. A biting letter from Premier Lloyd- George practically charged that Hen-i derson had betrayed the .confidence of the war cabinet. the inner circle -of tne ministry which has direct charge of the conduct of the war. decision of Rritish: labor in rnnvpn.'Vand proposing that the United tion here yesterday to send delegates to the Socialist conference at Stock PWWiWe towa.. the -Stock, holm '. conference Meantime ' ho wev er, the press today raised a terrible u auu Jrienuersou issueu a siaie- that the public withhold judgment. Lloyd-George charged in his letter that Henderson knew Premier Keren- gky of. Russia, had sent a telegram stating that the Russian government did not approve of the Stockholm conference. The Stockholm meeting was originally planned at the invita- llu" K)L l"c ivuao.au uinmcu o a,uu ' (Continued on Page Three). ST GO AFTER. Food Director Has Task Ahead of Him to Reduce High Prices. (By United Press.) New York, Aug. 11. One of the big jobs before Hoover is to- "bust'' the middlemen in the big cities. This wras apparent tonight on the face of figures gathered by, the United Press from seventeen cities through out the country. They showed that food prices, are much higher than a year ago in the larger cities, but in communities xin 'the midst ' of farming centers prices are not only not higher, but are- strikingly lower. New York, Chicago and similar met- are paying top prices s- for everything. In Lincoln Neb,, and Oklahoma City, prices or all commo- are lower. Department of Agriculture reports have shown that there is.no shortage. Despite this, however prices have; been raised in many instances on a plea of conservation, the only result being to force the consumer to pay more for food that, he has to have. The United Press tonight gathered iT"1 ??"r "'aZZZ ."H SL Ol CUIUUlUUlllBa. 1 lie ,o, . Paul. Denver CoH.mbu, u,""i .. luuiuuayuiiui .,.vr0, ' imondi Va., Albany, N. Y., Detroit, Bos ton, Des Moines, la., Milwaukee, San Francisco, Lincoln, Neb., St. Louis and V. w A .r - Taking the increases, decreases and unchanered prices from the various. in n 1 1 MU THE MIDDLEMEN points, the figures show the following i "'as the averaee increase in prices in 'various commodities for the country at iarge: y - ..... x .. . . t n n. 1 . l resn esss. b l-z cents; storage eggs, 4 cents; .butter, ? cents; pork,' & - 1 - 9, ppnts norterhonse 1 steak'.i cents: - r--.. - " " . 'I round ".teak. 2 cents: peas, l 1-6 cents: bake J: beans 5 cents; green beans, 2-5, -K-.cent; cabbage, -9-10 cent; potatoes, 6. PDntc -iroai 5 9.k -rpn tn milk 1 1-3 !cents: bacon. 7. cents. - rrv, a .if n hrori 10' o ioiir of the past thtoughoutX practically the! sians in England to-join the Brit- not. being announced, how many war entire country. Ten or twelve cents' ish army, or return home to fight. ships. Japan .now lias m h,uropean is now the prevailing minimum price. The appeal from, the Russian waters is problematical. The .first l at 45 cents today. - . r' ' Peace Terms. UNCHECKED DEBATE TO BE ALLOWED THEM But Administration . Senators , Will Show the Country Stands by the President , in Opposition. - (TiT United Press.1 Washington. Auk. 11.- The handful. out and cut-Congressional pacifists) propose to have a big peace soon within Congress. Ded by members . of the 'willful twelve," they will thresh out the ques tion of getting an allied-American . showdown of war aims and peace . - terms. Senator LaFollette gave 'the Hoi, . . -. 'iiZ:-W,, resolution calling for! such a state- States drop any idea of annexations and punitive indemnities. . ; Senator King, representing the great majority sentiment, introduced another resolution, demanding that the United S tates go on vto , a, "finish fight" ith the'outlawed Oertoa;rVoBoiV;Pd Getting ernment. Administration Senators will not,at- tempt to check the proposed flood of, talk. . f Instead, they will let LaFollette, Stone and others get their ideas but, publication to the world that Amer-oihT war week found the goverT1" ica is in this war for a knock-out, and ment tonight far advanced in its prep that peace can be talked successful aration to battle Kaiserism to- .its only when Kaiserism and schrecklich-" c . , . ' ."...' i i ;-ji j- - K.I1CCO. , iseu nave oeen Danisneu xrom . tne earth. - ,. rrn. . i 11. . - mi - ine oniy ming me leaaers wm in - sist upon is that the peace.talk Bhall'- ault beginning Monday, on be curbed until the war revenue bill the fetrongholds r of the wheat specu is out of the war lators in the country. The Agriculture Administration leaders will point to , Department has already, launched a the Root mission report that Russian ide gur to determine the morale is disturbed b peace propa- u l food needs and supplies, ganda. They will back Kmgs reso-( Admitting that a shortage of 250, lutipn, and endeavor to show that only b , of h t looms ahead by quick, forceful blows can America "u;; . are to be taken to overwhelm Germany. Conserve the supply; Available sup- itLlLx, o?-: ie- rrarkini? nhvholoericallv and cr.o - nomically, and will urge that the i pacifists get into line in support, rath - er than in hindrance of the war pro gram. ' ;. c:--' ;" The government position is abso- anndW'bonaeSfldethey 0 th7 Amric flag al It emphasfzed its opposition to the 'f eady has begun. The first vessels peace propaganda toda,y when the.n over by the government aie to State Department formally annodnced j be used to transport supplies for Am it will issue no passports to American erican camps in Europe. . Acratc -tn tha . r-nmnrf stnrirhniTT, ! Some, delay threatens in moving the peace conference, notwithstanding the National ,G,uard South for training British labor vote- is in favor of at- Guard camps scheduled to open Au tendin. The Department refused to gust,15-will not be ready for from 2 discuss its order ' 4 to 4 weeks after that date. ;A Retailed r,KQMV x-.rin oiHo wit'tiiic! report submitted to the War Depart- t Ay-n4"tMt- -I -- Vv -i 1 It-t T- r- n f f c-Tirlo noo iirnn r , a Hc)f p-ifi return of Alsace-Lorraine to France, return of Italy's lost provinces and n f xjirri,, ahia -Mnn. Rumania, it was -said in diplomatic quarters today: cv nT7CirMriMrr T ATTT1 fcA-r KILDlUpiN i 1 Ar l r - ' OUT OF DANGERj (By United Press.) Clay Center. Kansas, Aug 11. Af- ter a day of improvement Wm. H Tnf t was declared out. Of 1 immediate daneer bv his physicians. Unless com- plications set in the ex-President probably within a week will start for his summer home in Canada . Although nhvsicians reported Mr. Taft's condition as "not serious," it w ... became known tonight that during the first few days of his illness the ex-! - . . , president was.jn a viecuiuu. UUUU1 j 4.- 4 ; j- . t v . . . ,-. , , DI1COIAUC AKKtAua; i u muu nwosnn.o ;- f.w ; -TO FIGHT. - (Rv United Press) . '' ", " . :. XT . A I . JLonaon, Aug. u.-neiuid xvCi. a eirv tnda v annealed to all Rus- 4v Premier was iorwaraea iroiu rei- t ,japanese vwcis w,joiu.ui'uiu6 ,i,ui 'iograd and circulated in England. allied sea patrol ' were destroyers, , PLANS PERFECTING i - ... .. i,. . . . rnn nnrna nrnn r ;tun rnLrHntuiRoo .. IN THE WORLD Commissioner Hoover Start3 His Campaign For Food r Preservation. j nnnrxrr?T J CONTRACTS APPRO VED FOR GREATER TONNAGE Guardsmen to Cantonment." One' Camp in Readiness. Discordant Note. : (By United Press.) Washington, Aug. 11. The end of - Thft Fnnd nontrol and Survey bills 'having become laws, Herbert Hoover iQVw tha P-rnnnd work for a vis lluu"cu The shipping board, having approv- 1 ..bT igan preparation of estimates for. near ly $1,000,000,000 more from this von- ... 1.1 ii. gress.r At tne " same uiue . it was u. ment snow is., tuuajr iuai umj uuu v.ix . 1t, r.,a pomn Greenville. S C. is ready. Ad-' there to nitch camp. PostDonement r. of ; Guard training makes it almost certain a majority ot .these troops will not see service in ranee ueim tjeyx mg., , - v e.r'will go to France this fall. Reports gathered front, all canton- ment camps by the United Press today indicate ' most of these will be ready i for the hew national armyr the nr-it '200 000 of which will leave for training inr0hablv September 5th, i The boom in war work was met with lev t ViT-oii tonprl np.ar.n outbreak in . Con- crrpsssnon sored bv members of that j Rroun- termed "the willful . twelve. jgome wanted a restatement of peace terms by all allied governments. La- -cnttcv tnrtpd the movement with a A- W X V. -ti-v- w ,, rAanition calliner for such declaration today . . ... ' v... , . ' MORE JAPANESE SHIPS , JOIN ALLlLLl t jLHi 1 i x (By United Press.i London. ; Aug. 11 Additional 'Japan- ese naval ,units have loined the. allied forces ' in ' European waters, the ad- miraltv announced today. The strength of the-Japanese ,units . which have, been operating; in the . Mediterranean. GOilftl; Approves Contracts For Build ing Une ttunarea ana t" ..J. rr: cu: . iweniv-1 ivc'ijmuo. , t r - . ... - AT THE HUGE COST OF ONE HUNDRED MILUOT Greatly Enlarged - To t , Turn Out Six - Millions . of Tonnape a Year. v.. (By United Press.) ' Washington, Aug. ll.-riA.fter approv ing contracts tor" more' than 125 ves sels to cost upwards of $100,000,000-- : it's bieeest single day's 'worW--tho government shipping 'board : today de cided to ask Congressfor an addition"" al appropriation of nearly a billion V dniijifq n. ..,i.;.',j''-'.!,--t.:..f' - 'It. was' announced, tonight -.that bt. the approved contracts, Chairman Hur: ley, before leavingr. for Atlantic City, signea iur ou vessels, agKregauuK 200.000 tons, to cost' $25,000,000. Th? ! .XI - i i 111 tA pmer cumratLa win uc eigucu ucjv . week. .'-'--:'-- "( ; : ' -: " The snipping program. will be morb tremendous than even dreamed of. In stead of 3,000,000 tons the first year, : double this tonnage will be attempted The new estimates to be submitted to Congress shortly will cover plans for fabricating a standardized stee! cargo carrier of about 7,500 tons ca pacity .which can be turned but by the hundreds in the country's, big steel plants and assembled at the seashore.' The board's contracts' already let will consume most of the $750,000,000. originally appropriated. Chairman Hurley and Admiral Capps are confi dent Congress will provide the neces sary additional money. . More will be needed for expediting scores of vessels now building in pri vate yards, which the government re cently commandeered, . as well as'for (Continued on Page Three.) Accident in Fog in Atlantic Harbor, But No Lives Lost- 1 (By United Press. An ' Atlantic Port, Aug. 11. -A pas- , senger steamer, with 1,000 on board. marine in' the harbor here late this afternoon. The accident occurred in. a heavy ffg. . , " , - : No lives were lost. -, The . submarine commander held the nose of . his ves-f sel into the side of the steamer , whlla the passengers were transferred to an other steamer which rushed to the res- cu?. , -, f .- , The passengers were mostly women - j and children bound for an amusement. ' parK. The steamer, 'according.- to reports was proceeding slowly through the I fog when without warning the gray. I hulk of the submarine appeared a few feet away. ' .?::.,,,?'"' Before the vessel could be swung ' out of the course the crash came. A , I . . m gaping noie was torn at me water una ,, of the steamer - ' ". , . The quick action of the crew pre vented a panic and the passengere . were transferred, with only one man slightly injured. - ' Neither the submarine nor ; th, steamer .sank. - GEORGIANS APPROVE HARDWICK'S COURSE S ' . , ' (By United i?resa.) ""' Hinesvile, Ga., Aug. 11. Anti-draft ; citizens " of Hinesville ' tonight voted. ' 75 to 27, to appeal to : Congress to , re-v neal the draft - law They "-endorsed the attitude, of. Senator Hardwick,- or, t Georgia, a leader' in the , anti-draft . movement in" Congress. ' AMERICAN SUB. RiiDSHIP V 4