North Carolina Newspapers

Mm lift 1X0 Ymr In Advanoe "FOR GOD, FOR COUNTRY AMD FOR TRUTH." '. Single Copies, I Ctftt VOL. XXVIII. PLYMOUTH, N. C, FBIDAY, AUGUST 3, 1917. ' ( vM6 6 If CHANGES I SHIP RULES NEW LIST OF REGULATIONS FOR THE GUIDANCE OF THE PRESS. CENSOR ENFORCEMENT IIP 10 PRESS Repeated Violations Which Were Ex cused on the Score of Misunder standing Cause New Rules and Re quest for Their Observance. Washington. A new list of press regulations making material changes in the voluntary censorships rules un der which American newspapers hare been operating was promulgated by the committee on public information. The new regulations contain tile first general request that there be no published mention of the arrival of American troops at European ports, replacing in that respect an express authorization in the old rules for use of any cable dispatches passed by the European censors. , The old regulations are made more severe by specific stipulations in place of the more general language em- yed In the rules in fore until now. Information which the government considers might reveal military move ments or policies is described in great detail. In the statement announcing the new regulations, George Creel, chair man of the committee, says that "re peated and serious violations of the voluntary censorship have been at tempted to be excused on the score of "misunderstanding," and that a "re-statement" is made with the ide-, that hereafter there shall be no room for doubt as to the committee's de sires. The instances in which the most serious charges of violation have been madei however, have not result ed from misunderstanding of the com mitee's rules, but from following them implicitly. These instances have in volved publication of dispatches pass ed by the European censors, announc ing the arrival of American military units in Europe. PROMPT, EFFICIENT WORK BY EXEMPTION BOARD Procedure Has Been Stripped of All "Red Tape." Washington. Prompt and efficient work by district oxemption boards is expected by government officials as a result of stripping all red tape from the procedure of the tribunals. President Wilson's executive order outlining the principles to govern ex emptions, coupled with instructions to the boards from Provost Marshal General Crowder are regarded here as setting in motion the last phase of the selection process with a mini mum of confusion and delay. The object of the instructions is to impress the b'oards with the view that their primary purpose is to se lect the personnel for the national army in the shortest possible time. To thatend they have been informed that no legal precedents will bind them, and that there need be no ad herence to rules of evidence or other technicalities of court procedure. Attorney General Gregory set in motion further machinery to increase the size of the registration reservoir from which 687,000 men of the first call are to be drawn. Thousands of men failed to register for one cause or another. Through the district at torneys, the department of justice is rounding up these men and when found they will be assigned numbers which will insure their being called up for examination at an early date. . The first reports of the local boards on physical examination are beginning to appear. As yet they are not complete enough to make any logical deduction a3 to the probable average of rejection for reason. The draft statistics of the civil war which showed between twenty-five and thlt ty per cent rejected on this ground, still are the best guide on the question. CONSTITUTIONALITY OF DRAFT TO BE TESTED Athens. Ga. Opponents of the se lective draft, attending a mass meet ing at Bold's Springs, Jeered loyal citizens who sought to warn them against unpatriotic actions. The meeting was one of a series of de monstrations in Georgia against the law. The presence of a United States commissioner with a squad of depa ties probably prevented violence. A fund of 11,200 being raised to test the constitutionality of the law. t. L TRAVIS I v E. L. Travis, corporation com Una, has been Wilson as a me commission, to congress passes body from nine now chairman of the mission of North Caro- selected by President mber of the interstate be named as soon as the bill enlarging that to eleven. ARE AWAITING FULL REPORTS NEW E8TIMATE BY WAR DE PARTMENT EXCEEDS FIVE BILLION DOLLARS. As Soon as the Departmental Reports Are In the Committee Will Begin Work on Budget Provide for Big Loans. Washington. The new war budget to carry the government through to next July and to cover additional credits to the allies promises now to far exceed the eight billion dollars, and may amount to tea billion. War department estimates sent to Congress calls for new appropria tions of $5,278,636,000 for that branch of the military establishment alone. Estimates totalling another $1,000, 000,000 or more are expected when the other departments report their needs, and in addition, Secretary Mc Ado has indicated that before the year is out Congress will be asked for a $2,000,000 appropriation to in crease the funds available for loans abroad. As soon as the departmental re ports are in, the appropriation com mittees of Congress will go to work on an immediate budget which prob ably will total in the neighborhood of $7,000,000,000. Congressional leaders do not ex pect to have to provide immediately for the additional credits to the al lies, as treasury officials have indi cated that no appropriation for that purpose will be requested until the next session. The gross estimates submitted by the war department totalled $5,917. 878,37 but that covered all existing and expected deficiencies in the de partment funds, including upward of $640,000,000 already appropriated for the aviation profj-am. This latter Item will not be inc'uded in the bud get, but Congress will have to pro vide revenues to meet It since it was not on the ledger when the war tax bill was framed. Congress sentiment seemed in favor of increasing the $1, 670,670.000 war tax bill only to about $2,000,000,000, with authorization both for a new bond issue, possibly at a higher interest rate and in serial form and for issuance for treasury certifi cates of indebtedness. Secretary Mc Adoo is said to favor a much larger levy of taxes increasing the bill's to tal by $1,000,000,000 or at least to $2,225,000,000. MDRE U.S. SOLDIERS LANDED III FRANCE ANOTHER AMERICAN CONTIN GENT OF FIGHTING MEN ARRIVE SAFELY. ARE IMMEDIATELY ENTRAINED Quickly Depart from Port for New Quarters All Other Information is With! jld from the Public for the Present. A European Port Another Ameri can contingent has safely arrived and dsembarked. The government withholds informa tion or comment on the foregoing dis patch. The American troops arrived by the same steamer in whicn Kermit Roose velt, his wife, and child traveled. When tenders went alongside the vessel Fri day the men were in nigh spirits and frequently shouted: "Are we down hearted?" was answered with a roar ing "No," given with great enthusiasm. Representatives of the general staff watched the disembarkation. There was no civic demonstration. Only a few spectators knew of the landing. These chereed and the troops cheered back. The men e n trained q uickly and left for their new quarters. A sig nal company remained at the port for some hours ,and these were the only representatives of the contingent the public saw. 1 - '4 FUNCTIONS OF MILITIA BUREAU WILL END RU8SIAN SOLDIERS ARE SHOT BY COMRADES The Russian government's policy of "blood and iron" is to be caried out along lines which bodes ill for the se ditious troops along the eastern front and those persons within the country who are trying to nullify the good work that has followed in the wake of the revolution. With Drafting of Entire National Guard Into the Federal Service Aug ' gust 5th. Washington. With the drafting of the entire national guard into the army of the United States August 5, the functions of .the militia bureau of the war department are expetced to come to an end. There will remain no force of national guard for the bu reau to supervise and the officers of the regular army attached to the divi sion will probably be assigned to other ity. Under the plan of the national de fense act, which calls upon the states ot maintain recruit battalions for each guard regiment in active service, the bureau would continue as it is. It is regarded as probable, howevr, that a general reserve system will be substi tuted for the regimental depot plan to fill gaps in the ranks. In that, event, new men, whether volunteers, those called under the se lective draft or wounded men who have recovered sufficiently to return to the front, would be gathered in gen eral recruit depots in America which would supply a general depot in France. Preliminary training of the recruits would be given in the home depots, to be supplemented by inten sive training In trench warfare at the depot in France. The convalescent soldiers returning to the front would form a valuable training force to break in the new men at the depots. MISS MARGARET DONNELLY Miss Margaret Donnelly ,one of the girl paying and receiving tellers em ployed by the Commercial Trust Com pany of Philadelphia. She is giving as much satisfaction as did the male teller who was called to the cloors... IMMEDIATE REARING HERE COLLAPSE OF RUSSIAN WAR MA CHINE MEANS PROLONGATION OF THE WAR. AMERICAN BARK IS SUNK BY SUBMARINE London. After being attacked by gunfire by a German submarine, the American bark Carmela of 1.397 tons was Bunk by bombs in the entrance of the English channel on July 28. says an official statement issued by the British admiralty. The crew was picked up and landed at Plymouth. There was no casualties. CHICAGO FINANCIER FOR SHIPPING BOARD Chicago. Charles G. Dawes, of Chi cago, was mentioned here as a pos sible successor to Theodore Brent on the shipping board. Mr. Brent, a strong supporter of Chairman Denman of the board, resigned when rM. Den man was forced out by President WH-son. YOUNG MILITARY OFFICERS HEAR SECRETARY LANSING Madison Barracks. N. Y. In a speech here before 1,700 members of the officers' reserve corps. Secretary of State Robert Lansing emphasizing the peril of German imperialism to the United States and the world, declared his belief that the German people would not cast off the yoke of autoc racy" until the physical might of the united democtacies of the world has destroyed forever the evil ambitions of the military rulrs of Germany." German Victories in East Will Release Soldiers for Western Front. Many Russians Women Enter Ranks But Retreat Keeps Up. Washington. No attempt is made here to minimize the seriousness of the situation in the war theaters in Europe. The United States is in the war and will go through with it: but any hope of a short struggle has gone glimmering with the apparent almost complete collapse of the Russian war machine. The development was not unexpect ed by many army officers. When the offensive of July 1 was started by the Russian forces the most frequent com ment heard here was that it was the probably dying kick of the old Russian machine. For the United States, the Russian collapse may have an immediate and direct bearing. It will, if the German general presses its advantage, release additional German forces to bolster up the western front where American troops are to be engaged. The German line in the west has not been serious ly impaired at any point, officers be lieve. They do not claim to know the situation along the battlefronts, but they are able to see that the Brit ish and French have wrested from the Germans any key position of such im portance that it can be used next year to hurl the enemy back. Russian Women Fight. Even the actual entry of women soldiers into battle on the eastern front has been insufficient to imbue the ranks of the recalcitrant Russians with patriotism. They are still desert ing in large numbers in Galicia, leav ing of virtually free road open for fresh advances by the Germans and Austro-Hungarians. From the Baltic to the Black Sea only at one point, along the line in the southern Carpathians, have the Russians risen to the occasion and shown some of their old fighting spirit. Here fighting shoulder to shoulder with their Rumanian allies, they have attacked and captured several villages from the Germans and broken the heavily fortified Teuton line on a wide front. In Galicia, the precipitate retreat of the Russians continues almost everywhere from the Carpathian foot hills to the region around Tarnopol, the government apparently not. yet having had time to put In force its strong repressive measures which M. Kerensky .the head of the government, has promised to apply In order to stay th eretreat. ALL CLAIMS I TO THE LOCAL BOARD 5J5( t IMP REPORT FOR STATEMENT IS ISSUED FROM PROVOST MARSHAL GEN ERAL'S OFFICE. NATIONAL GUARD UNITS CALLED TO SERVICE WashJngton. The entire national guard of the country with the ex ception of the troops from California asd southwest state are in the federal service under President Wilson's call. The remaining units will be brought in August 5, on which day the whole force of probably 300,000 men will be draft ed into the army of the United States and will lose its status as militia. From tbat day on th9 state troops can be used tor nay duty the president may direct and will be subject to no lim itations that da not apply to the regu lar army. A DELUGE OF INQUIRIES People Are Interested Concerning Next Steps in Draft Process and Pleas for Exemption Draws State ment. Washington. A deluge of personal inquiries concerning future steps in the army draft and of pleas from in dustrial concerns for exemption of their expert workers, drew from the provost marshal's office a statement that questions must be addressed to lo cal boards and that claims for indus trial exemption must go later to the district boards. No general class of workmen will be exempted, Provost Marshal General Crowder told the coal production com mittee, which sought information whether miners would be left at their work. Appeals to the provost mar shal's office from employers on be half of their workers can accomplish nothing, it was explained, as regula tions promulgatd by President Wilson govern all exemptions. "The question of whether a man is more useful to his country in a peace ful pursuit than in military service is a matter to be taken up with the dis trict board," said an announcement, "and for that board, to determine in the light of the circumstances sur rounding each individual case. "Procedure in case of claim for discharge on ground of industry or agriculture is explicitly outlined in the regulations. Only the upper or district board has jurisdiction over an industrial or agricultural claim for discharge. Before a man has a stand ing before the district, board he must first be certified to it by the local or lower board as physically qualified for service, and must have had any dis charge claim made before the lower board decided adversely to him. "He has five days after he is cer tied to the upper board in which to file claims for discharge and five days more in which to file proof. All claims for exemption or discharge ex cept claims for discharge on indus trial or agricultural grounds, are de cided originally by the local or lower board." Great Increase In Yield and At, Value; Raising Much More: Rations. I Washington. The July crop s has some interesting figures on Carolina. ; J Tc begin with the honey crc much better than that of last The corn crop promises a yisf 63,277,000 against 53,650,000 last and the price is $1.92 against 94 Ust year. The estimate for the winter crop is 10,344,000 against 9.975.0G year. The price is 247 cents a? 121 cents a bushel last year, f The oat crop forecast is for j 000 against 5,131,000 last yeaij the price is 91 against 64 cer The rice crop will be 7,000 aj 6,000 bushels last year. The tobacco crop yield will b 821,000 against 176.000,000 pouc last year. j The potato estimates are 3,J Against 3,230,000 bushels last yec? prices are 215 cents per bushel e 93 cents last year. The sweet potato estimate is 000 bushels against 9,309,000 b and the prices are 125 cents s, 72 cents last year. ' J Rye will yield 65,000 against I last year, and the price is 158 i 98 cents. ; Hay is 656,000 tons againstv last year; price is $18.30 i $16.30. It will be seen from these that North Carolina produce! take in much more money fori this year than they took in in 1 RUSSIAN FORCES ARE STIFFENING RESISTANCE Around Tarnopol Russians Put Up a Hard Fight. The Russian retirement In eastern Galicia continus. There has been a noticeable slackening in the Austro German advances north of the Dnies ter where the Russians now are of fering more spirited resistance, but south of the river to the Carpathians the Teutonic forces are moving for ward almost unimpeded. Around Tarnopol, the Austro-Ger-mans have met with stubborn resist ance from the Russians, but Prince Leopold's soldiers were able to en large recent gains on the eastern bank of the Sereth. Btween Trembowla, and Skoromocze, south of Tarnopol, Lhe Russians were eforced to yield the crosisngs of the Sereth and Gniza rivers on a front of about eight miles ccording to Berlin. Southeast of Tarnopol. Petrograd reports, the Aus. tro-German attacks were repulsed. The Russians have retired to new positions southeast of Trembowla, but whether they also surrendered the crossings of the Sereth there, Petro grad does not say. Between Czorfiojr and the Dniester, Russian cavalrvcc repelled Teutonic assaql and t'cali the attackers northe iard tip-ard Monasterzkska. South of the Dnie are retiring eastwar fty miles northwest ital of Bukoina, v by Bavarian an troops. The town way junction am Pruth. " An unot. Austrian sources a are evaluating Cze National Guard Mobilized Raleigh. The adjutant gef department reoorts the mobl of the twelve units of the ni guard at their home stations u of 8,500 men, without a hitch ai the federal officers are already ed and at work Inspecting the ' stations with a view to the sp possible work in - mustering lri vice and the awarding of the! ment, all of which will be at tfc stations. The expectation is f will require something like twej to complete this work in re! for the movement of the menf concentration camps. The! strength of the guard as now tuted, whesn fully enlisted, : about 10,000 men. The divisi elude brigade headquarters, the brigadier general and his p staff; first and second cavalry field artillery; three regiments fantry; coast artillery; am company No. 1 ; field hospita No. 1; hadie company No. 1 i gineer train. Wilson Man Was Photogr Wilson Wesley G. Alley 1 city several years ago and employment with the Chlcag rial News with headquarters York City. When events of interest took place he was post-haste (frequently on trains) to be first on the sect when he focused his photograif one the object he went after ably it showed up clear and s the publication he represent He was chosen the official rapher for the selective draf the supervision of the War ment in Washington, D. C, 20th Inst., where blackboards 500 squares were prepared, a the squares weraJt bers drawn tjj&y were photogi and will yoe sent out to the di! draftirg boards throughout the try.'and it is thought that e places will be sent to printing throughout the land that the TEN BILLIONS PRO COST OF f thj foot le: , about " L':z. can- : cupied j h Xt rail- ! n the i r-r . Vis V. Jr Merchants Oppose Rates. Siate3ville. Organized mer and business men throughout the are making strong protests a the increased fire insurance rate posed by the companies operat North Carolina, according to J Leonard, secretary of the State chants' Association. The new ule of rates adopted by the insi companies includes increases per cent on stocks of merch and 20 per cent on shingle-; dwellings: In addition to a I filed by the State Association, a ber of local merchants' asoci have made separate protests. Washington. Estimating the sost of the war for the coming year at $10,735,807,000. exclusive of loans to the allies, the administration Inform ed Congress that new revenues total ling $7,000,000,000 must be raised from taxation or Issuance of securities. If advancement of credit to the allies is continued at the present rate, the year's total of war expenditures will pass $15,000,000,000 and the amount of revenue required will increas. NORTH CARSNA BRIEF The thirty-foi? fcal sess the Statesville foonfere! the M. E. Chu- f held a tonia last week. jtneetings well attended anu.wJsiiy splenti dresses were delivered. Members of the Hundred Th( Dollar Club of the Jefferson St; Life Insurance Company of ( boro spent one day last week Mitchell, the highest point e Lhe Rockies. The trip was part vacation tendered by the comi