RUSHING All) TO ITALIANS.
Not Only In Men and Huge Guns But
In War Brains of England and
France Go to the Battlefront Along
the Tagliamento River. Premier
l.oyd George and Premier Painleic
? Are En Route to Italy.
Great Britain and France truly are
rushing to the aid of Italy in her criti
cal hour. Not alpfle have men and
guns been sent to the battle froat
along the Tagliamento river, where
the Italians are holding the Teutonic
allied invaders at bay, but the war
brains of Great Britain a?J France
N comprising the elements which have
been so successful in operating against
the foe in France and Belgium ? are cn
their way to Italy to consult with 4 he
Italian leaders and evolve plans to
change the order of things as they
now stand.
Premier Lloyd George and Gen. Sir
William R. Robertson, chief of the im
perial staff at British army headquar
ters, are the leaders of the British
delegation, while Premier Painleve is
the chief representative of the French
mission. No details of the plans of the
joint mission have been " announce:!,
but undoubtedly the purpose is to give
Italy whr.t she requires in the way of
material for an intensive conduct of
the war and also to assure her of a
great reinforcement in man power,
guns r.nd ammunition.
Meanwhile General (Jadorna's lorccs
are holding off the invaders along the
Tagliamento. On the left wing the
Italians have replied vigorously to
strong pressure by the Germans and
Austro-Hungarians, and thus far have
held the attacking forccs for no gains.
All along the front Italian aviators
are -soaring over the enemy lineo,
dropping bombs on ammunition depots
and troop formations. What for the
moment would indicate a further men
ace to the Italians is an offensive be
gun by the enemy in the Trentino re
gion, in the zone of the Giudicaria.
Here the enemy has endeavored to
break through the territory to the west
of the northern shores of Lake Garua,
but was repulsed after a hdavy battle,
leaving prisoners in the hands of the
Italians. Recently there have been re
ports that the Austro-Swiss border
has been closed and that the etiemy
forces in the Trentino region were be
ing reinforced. A swift drive by the
Austro-Germans through the valleys
and the mountain passes southward
through Brescia would seriously affect
the entire, eastern Italian front and
possibly result in a further important
withdrawal of the Italian lino.
While the British and French forces
in Flanders are carrying out minor
operations those being mainly confined
to bombardments of German positions
and smaU raids into enemy territory,
the French along the Ailette valley
are keeping their outposts in close con
tact with the Germans who retreated
last week and also are violently bom
barding the newly-taken up positions.
Several sectors to the east of this re
Kion, especially northwest of Rheins
and north of Chaume in the Verdun
sector, the Germans have essayed sev
eral Violent infantry attacks, but in
each instance met with defeat.
In Mesopotamia the British troops
operating against the Turks have driv
en a sharp salient into the Ottomun
line northwest of Bagdad, having
forced the enemy to withdraw along
the Tigris about 20 miles from Due
to the town of Tekrit. The new drive
places the apex of the British line ap
proximately 100 miles up the Tigris
from Bagdad. ? Associated Press Sum
mary for Sunday.
The Orphanage Appeal.
The North Carolina Orphanage As
sociation has suggested that Sunday.
November 25, be Orphanage Day, and
that the churches and Sunday schools
observe the day by having appropriate
services preparatory to the Thanksgiv
ing offering for the several orphan
ages. Mr. M. L. Shipman, Chairman of
the Orphanage Publicity Committee,
has sent out a circular making an
appeal for help for the orphanage
children. With the call of the Red
Cress, the Y. M. C. A., and the Liberty
Loan the demands have been hea\y,
but with it all the people cannot af
ford to neglect the orphans of the
State who are cared for by the several
churches and other organizations. Last
year an appeal was made for every
church member in many of the'church
es to give one day's work to the or
phanage work.
NINE LIVtS LOST ON FINLAND.
Among Those Who Perished Were
Three Naval Seamen and Two Ar
my Enlisted Men. One Negro From
Concord. *
* ______ *
Washington, Nov. 2. ? Tlie torpedo
ing of the homeward bound army
transport Finland in the war zona
four days ago resulted in the death oi'
two* members of the naval armed
guard, two army enlisted men and
four of the ship's civilian crew. A
third naval seaman is missing.
Admiral Sims' report of the cas
ualties to the Navy Department to
day added no details to the announce
ment yesterday that the Finland had
been torpedoed but had been able to
reach port under her own steam.
The casualty list as made public
late today follows:
Members of the naval gun crew:
James W. Ilenry, seaman, secon.1
class, dead; next of kin, Rose Henry,
43 Reynolds street, Harrison, N. J.
Newton R. Head, seamen, dead; next
of kin, not given; home address, Cleve
land, Ga.
Porter Hilton,* seaman, second clas.i
missing; mother, Mrs. Lizzie Hilton,
Toccoa, Ga.
Army: Private Lester Hickey, in
fantry, drowned; father, Thoma*
Hickey, 142 North Racine avenue, Chi
cago, 111.
Carles H. Maxwell, colored, trans
port workers' battalian, drowr.ed;
brother, Thomas E. Maxwell, Box 271"".,
Concord, N. C.
Member^ of Finland's crow: M. Car
doza, fireman, drowned; no emergency
address. J. Haneslo, barber, drowned;
no emergency address. W. F. Phil
lips, waiter, drowned; brother, A.
Phillips, Jackscji Barracks, New Or
leans. Jose Cuevas, mess boy, Proba
bly died from injuries; father, M. Cue
vas, Havana, Cuba.
ARMY BONDS $89,273,650.
Twenty-five of the Cainps Passed the
Million Mark for the Loan.
Washington, Nov. 3. ? The army has
subscribed for the second Liberty
Loan the sum of $89,273,650, of which
$53,000,000 was allotted in favor of
the Federal Reserve Bank of New
York City.
The thirty-one camps throughout
the country rolled up a total of $43,
270,500. The sixteen National Army
camps subscribed $23,733,900, and the
fifteen National Guard camps sub
scribed $19,530,600. Twenty-five out
of the camps passed the million mark.
The National Army camps have a per
capita subscription of $58.72 and the
National Guard camps a per capita
subscription of $59.18. Camp Meade
at Admiral, Md., leads the National
Army with a per capita subscription
of $89.30. Camp Cody, at Deming, N.
M., Iead3 the National Guard with a
per capita subscription of $110.88.
SUGAR TRIMMINGS.
Cross off soda fcun'ain and ice
cream treats.
Reduce candy consumption. Eat
peanut brittle made from molasses
and peanuts.
Omit icing from cakes and fancy
breads.
Use fruit and nuts, candied honey
or mnple sugar for cake fillings.
Sweeten fruit drinks with honey or
corn syrup.
If you must sweeten breakfast ce
reals, try figs, dates, raisins, syrup or
a light sprinkling of maple sugar.
Use honey, corn syrup, dark syrup
or maple syrup with hot cakes and in
bread and muffins.
Try cakes that call for hon-.y or
syrup instead of sugar.
Tide over the sugar shortage by us
ing now your jellies, jams/ preserves,
and fruits canned with sugar.
Replace white sugar candics with
syrup candies, or sweets made from
figs, dates, and raisins combined with
nuts. ,
For dessert serve a fruit salad or
fruit omelet; cream cheese with honey
or fine preserves; fruit desserts with
honey or just enough white sugr.r to
bring out the fruit flavor.
The United States extended iis
ereatest single credit of the war to
any of the Allies when it increased
Great Britain's credit by $435,000,000
last Thursday. This sum will be drawn
on by England between now and Jan
uary 1, 1918. It brings England's to
tal war credits with this country to
$1,800,000,000 and the total loaned ail
the Allies is $3,566,400,000.
FRENCH HEROES IN CHARLOTTE!
Eight Men Who Have "Done Things"
at Carolina City as Instructors.
Camp Creene Soldiers Salute *Vht>
Passing Comrades in Arms From
Over Seas.
(Charlotte Observer.)
The fact that the United States is
at war was brought home last night
in the most realistic manner. Wh it
Charlotte has seen so far, has beer
thousands of soldiers-to-be, but yes
terday afternoon there arrived here
eight men who have been through
the world's fiercest and bloodiest war.
Not "in the war," but through it, for
eaeh one of the French soldiers who
arrived Saturday wears on his 'eft
sleeve a five-bar chevron, signifying
that since the first month that Frnr.ee
took her fight for democracy these
men have been in the front trenches.
Mi'n who have been, not "Somewhere
in France,' but since that eventful
August, 1914, they have been all ovei
France.
These war-worn soldiers are here
to teach the United States soldiers lo
cated in Camp Greene what it has
taken France three years to learn, and
by bitter and hard experience. They
have within the past week landed oil
the soil of the "Defender of Democ
racy," but already they are alive with
the spirit they are seeing demonstrat
ed on every hand.
Captain Dupont and First Lieuten
ant Dael are infantry heroes; Second
Lieutenant Btiches is the other Frencli
commissioned oflieer, and First Lieu
tenant Arhigi, an ^Italian, who has
been a leader in the artillery fire
which has within the past few month j
held back the Germans. Adjutant 8.
Ruellen, Sergeant Comte, Md. L. S.
Henckel and Sergeant Guettard aro
the non-commissioned officers, fhesc
men are from the famous French A1
pine Chasseurs," who have won the
hatred of the Germans, and also the
sobriquet of "The Grey Devils."
Each one of the eight men, in ade'i
jtion to his service bars, wears the
"Croix de Guerre," or French cross
of honor, pinned to his left breasf, and
on the green and red striped ribbon
is attached other insignias of hor.o"
and bravery. Six of the eight men
wear on the top of their right sleeves
a single bar chevron, which tells the
world that they have fallen wounded
on the battlefield. One of the number
wears three bars on his "wounded"
chevoron. Ho is thfe great framed
smiling faced Sergeant Comte. H * re
ceived his first wound in the first
battle of the war. Another was re
ceived 'shortly after he returned from
the base hospital, and the last was
ceived on August 10, 191(5. He "had
recovered from this and had again
taken up his position in the front line
trenches within speaking distance of
the Germans.
Of these eight men, only Adjutant
Ruellen has ever been to the United
States before, although all tpeak Eng
lish. Adjutant Ruellen lived in the
northwest six years, making his home
in Seattle, Wash., most of the tirr.e.
He had fought since September, 1914,
and ha"s never received a wound nor?
been captured. During the battle of
Verdun he was facing death for hours
rather thr.n be captured by the en
emyT He relates an experience that
out-distances those told by Serge in1,
Empy. During the thick of the fight,
his regiment was shattcrod by the
heavy gun-fire of the enemy. They
wore in r trench that was demolish
ed, and the remaining men cut off
from their comrades. The giant shells
were falling on the very edge of the
trench when it was stormed by the
Germans. The latter shouted to the
men to sifrronder. Their answer for
them was to go ? somewhere else. As
the shells were falling practically on
top of the entrenched men, the Ger
mans could not roach thom. Approach
to the trcnch by the enemy was out cf
the question ,as the shells were endan -
gering them as much as was the
French. The enemy sent up flares,
signalling their own batteries to ele
vate the fires, so that an approach to
the trench could be made, and the
Frenchmen tnken prisoners. During
the minute lull in which the Germans
intended storming the trenches, those
few bravo men, who were all that were
left of the regim. nt, took advantage
of the opportunity and escaped to
their own lines, after having been giv
en up as e!ead.
Many are the stories told, and could
be told, by these men, but they refuse
to talk for {.ublication, and only look
wise and smile when they are aski'd
to talk.
?
GERMANS GIST AMERICAN MEN.
Stormed Trench and Raiding Party
KilU-d Three, Wounded Five and
Captured Twelve, General IVrshini*
Reports Erom Erance.
Washington, Nov. 4. ? Advancing
under protection of a heavy barrage
fire, a German raiding party before
daylight on November 3rd stormed a
trench held by American infantry
killing three, wounding five and cap
turing twelve, according to dispatches
l'r >ni General Pershing received by the
v/ar department tonight.
American infantry were in occupa
tion of a small salient for instruct:on
when cut off from main body by heavy
bombardment of German artillery.
General Pershing reports the capture
of one prisoner. Enemy losses ore net
known, says the dispatch.
The otlicial statement issued by vhe
war department is as follows:
"The war department has received
a statement from the commanding
general of the American expeditionary
ferces which stated that 'before day
light November 3 a salient occupied
for instruction by a company of Amer
ican infantry was raided by Germans.
The enemy put down the heavy bar
rage lire cutting off the salient from
the rest of the men. Our losses were
three killed, five wounded and twelve
captured or mjssing. The enemy's
losses are not known. One wounded
German wps taken prisoner."
The official casualty list of the loos
es of American soldiers in France in
their first clash with the Germans fol
lows:
Killed:
Private Thomas F. Enright, Pitta
burgh.
Private James B. Gresham, Evans
ville, Ind.
Private Merle D. Hay, Glidden,
Iowa. *
Wounded:
Private John J. Smith, Ludington,
Mich.
Private C'hrrles J. Hokkins, Stan
ton, Texas.
Private George L- Box, Atlus, Okla.
Private Homer Givens, ? Cloverdale,
Ala.
Private Charles L. Orr, Lyon, Kr.n
sas.
Captured or missing:
Sergeant Edgar M. Halyhurton, Sto
ny Point, 'N. C.
Corporal Nicholas L. Mulhall, Jersey
City.
Corporal Edwin H. Haines, Wood
ward, Okla.
Privata Herchel Godfrey, Chicago.
Private Vernon M. Kendall, Roll,
Okla. "" v '
Private William P. Grigsby, Louis
ville.
Private Frank E. McDougal, Mary
ville, Mo.
Private Daniel B. Gallagher, Bloc
ton, Ala.
Private John P. Lester, Tutwater,
Miss.
Private Harry Langhman, Chicago.
Private Dewey D. Kern, Collins,
Iowa.
Private Keckon, cannot be
identified.
FOOD I'RFCES DROP 10 PER CENT.
Limitation on Storage Sends Meat
Down; Lower Living Cost
Expected.
Washington, Nov. 3. ? Retail food
prices in the United States have de
creased an averr.ge of 10 per cent
from the high water mark reached
in May and June, it is officially an
nounced to-day.
Meat prices are dropping and official
hope of even lower living costs is
held out to the public. Limitation or
meat storage to thirty days is tending
to increase the visible supply. The
food administration, by licensing
packers, has forced farmers to mature
their hogs by keeping down prices for
light stock.
While average American retail
prices are still 40 per cent higher than
in June, 1914, official figures of in
creases in Canada, Great Britain and
Germany in the same period arc HO
per cent, 110 per cent arffl 130 per
cent respectively.
Sixty thousand Italian soldiers "laid
down their arms east of the lowei
Tagliamcnto," the Berlin War Office
announced Thursday. The total num
ber of prisoners has now been in
creased to 180,000 and the number of
captured puns to l,.ri00.
STARLING DEATH A MYSTERY.
County Commissioners Offer Reward
of One Hundred Dollars for Evi
dence to Convict Party or Parties
Who Slew Him. Disappeared on
Monday Night of Last Week.
In our last Friday's paper we had
an account given by our Sclma cor
respondent of the mysterious disap
pearance of Charlie Starling, p. farm >r
living about three miles north of Sel
ma. As was told in the account Star
ling left his sister's home on Monday
night of last wok about eight o'clock
to go to his home nearby. Since then
no one has seen him. From appear
ances it is thought that he v/as mur
dered and his body concealed by the
assassins.
The nu tter is of such importance
that the authorities could not let it
pass by. On yesterday County Solic
itor A. M. Noble went before the
County Commissioners and asked
them to offer a Reward for evidence
to find and convict the guilty party
or parties. Accordingly the Commis
sioners offered a reward of $100 for
evidence leading to the discovery and
conviction of those responsible for the
death of Starling. An effort will be
made to get the Governor to off -r a
similar reward.
Starling's disappearance is shroud
ed in mystery." There is not the
slightest clue as to who the guilty
ones arc. It is hoped the authorities
will leave no stone unturned to find
his slayers and mete out justice to
him or them.
MAN FLIES TO DYING MOTHER.
Sailor Aided by Navy When He (icts
Urgent Message, Flies To Her
1.023 Miles Away.
Paducali, Ky., Nov. 3. ? Charles Al
len, a seaman in the United States
Navy, is with his dying mother to
day at Duquoin. His presence there
was due to Lieut. Hanson McCann,
also of the navy, who carricd Alien in
an airplane from Newport News to
Duquoin, a total distance of 1,023
miles, in less than ten hours last
night. The only stop on the trip was
made to get a supply of gasoline.
Allen was at work in the navy yard
at Newport News yesterday when he
received a telegram telling him that
his mother was dangerously ill in
Duquoin and begging Jiim to rush
home a3 quickly as possible. lie ob
tained leave of absence, but found that
he could not get a train for almost
five hours. It was then after 5 o'clock
in the afternoon.
The officers, touched by the enlisted
man's anxiety to reach his mother's
bedside, thought long and hard for
means by which he could make the
trip rapidly. Time tables were con
sulted, automobiles suggested, but
both, for reasons having to do with
poor connections or bad roads, showed
no saving of time.
Lieut. Hanson solved the problem
by suggesting the air route ?jid in
half an hour they were on the way,
and made the trip safely.
3k :
BUSINESS EDUCATIONAL WORK.
Dr. Glen Levin Swiggett Accepts Gov
ernment Appointment.
Dr. Glen Levin Swiggett, formerly
of the University of Tennessee and
more recently assistant secretary gen
eral of the second Pan American
Scientific Congress, has bc< n appoint
ed specialist in commercial education
in the Bureau of Education, Depart
ment of the Interior./
In this new work the bureau pro
poses to investigate local. State, and
national educational opportunities for
business training, to recommend
courses of study, and to co-operate
through advice and counsel in the es
tablishment of the proper relations be
tween opportunity for training and the
needs of business.
Pardoned After Serving Ten Years.
Last Friday Governor Bickett gave
Sam Glover a conditional pardon.
Glover was convicted of murder in
New Ilr.novcr Court of murder fen
r
years ago. and sentenced to die. His
sentence was commuted to life impris
onment and now after serving ten
years of the term the Governor grant ^
him a pardon. Some of the best 'men
in New Hanover County wrote the
Governor that they thought the mr.n
had been sufficiently punished.
[BRITISH SINK 11 GERMAN SHIPS.
Auxiliary Cruiser Marie and Ten Pa
trol Boats Destroyed in Sanguinary
Battle. 64 Prisoners Are Rescued.
London, Nov. U. ? The Admiralty an
nouncod today that certain British
forces had been engaged in the Cattc
pat, an arm of the North Sea between
Sweden and Denmark; that ten armed
patrol craft, in addition to a German
auxiliary cruiscr equipped with 6-inch
guns, were destroyed, and that prison
ers were being brought in. The Ad
miralty statement re:-.ds:
Further reports from our forces op
erating in the Cattegat have bepn re
ceived. We destroyed a German aux
iliary cruise r armed with G-in h guns,
and we also destroyed ten armed pa
trol craft. Sixty-four prisoners have
been rescued by our forces. No Brit
ish loss.'3 have been reported.
Further details will be published on
the return of our forces to their ba<*e.
Thirty men on the German auxil
iary cruiser Marie, of Flensburg, were
killed in an engagement with British
destroyers, according to an Exchange
Telegraph dispatch from Copenhagen.
It is understood that the Marie was
accompanying a number of patrol
boats, including the Croccflile, whicft
sank after an explosion.
According to the Copenhagen cone
spondent of the Central News, !ho
German vessels were displaying no
flag. When the British signaled them
to show their colors the German cruis
er opene l fire, at the same time break
ing out the German ensign. The bod
ies of many Germans have already
been washed ashore on the Swedish
coast.
HOSPITALS FOR OUR MEN'.
Each Unit of 27,000 Men Will Have
Ten Treatment Stations.
Washington, Nov. 3. ? The program
for the American troops in France has
been completed l>y the Army Medical
Department. Each unit of 27,000 men
will have four base hospitals, two
evacuation hospitals, and four field
hospitals. These operate in reverse
order with reference to distance from
the firing line. In other words the
field hospital is maintained as near the
battle line as possible, often under
the fire of enemy guns. It gives first
treatment to emergency cases ar.d
transfers others to evacuation hospit
als. The base hospitals, far in the
rear, handle the cases where long
treatment or highly technical opera
tions are necessary.
MADE BANNER REPORT SUNDAY
225,910 Have Signed Food Pledge In
This.State. Campaign is Extended
for Another Week.
Washington, Nov. 4. ? More than a
million families were added to the
Food Administrations pledge enroll
ment by today's reports of activities
yesterday throukhout the country. The
total as officially recorded here now
stands at 6,469,467 and officials of the
administration think that pledges for
at least ten million families will have
been signed by the close of this
week.
Because work in some section* has
only fairly gotten under way the cam
paign, which started a week ago, has
been extended until next Saturday
night. Vermont with 53,785 pledges
signed is the first state to pass its
goal. Ite apportionment was 50,000.
North Carolina turned in the banner
report today, jumping from 165,000 to
224,910. California still leads the
States with 446,562.
12 AMERICAN SAILORS ARE LOST
Craft From U. S. S. Michigan Found
ered in Home Waters October 20.
Washington, Nov. 3. ? Twelve men
of the United States Navy, attached
to the battleship Michigan, are sup
posed to have lost their lives through
the foundering of a picket boat from
the Michigan on October 20. The
Navy Department's advices, whicn
came today, are brief. In furnishing
the names of the men drowned or
missing, the department made this
statement:
"The finding of the Iwdies of three
of the crew and the failure to find
other traces of the boat or its occu
pants lead the Department to believu
that all were drowned."
The Department's statement did not*
contain any information as to whore
the casualty occurred.