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COME FORWARD AND DO YOUR FULL DUTY ONE HUNDRED PER CENT. OF REGRISTRANTS EXPECTED TO COME TO THE FRONT. DISPATCHES FROM RALEIGH Doings and Happenings That Mark the Progress of North Carolina Peo ple, Gathered Around the State Capital. Raleigh. Governor Bickett has received the following important communication from Trovost Marshal General Crowd er relative to the impending registra tion September 12 for war service by all men IS to 21 and 31 to 43 years of age. to-wit: "With the passage of the amend ment to the selective draft act ex tending the ages IS to 43 years, it becomes necessary to insure "100 per cent registration on the day appoint ed for all men newly brought within the act. This is a problem of public ity. The publicity consists first in bringing the duty of registration to the knowledge of every individual and Impressing him with the resolution of coming forward and doing his duty. "We cannot afford to lose even the smallest fraction of this total number so far as any human effort can avail to bring them forward. For this pur pose extensive methods of publicity have been arranged for by this office and my present purpose is to ask to see that within your state all these agencies of publicity are duly utilized. The committi on public information has prepared several information documents such as posters, advertis ing sheets, painted signs, four-minute men bulletins, and the like, and these documents are being ditsibuted thru farm papers, trade papers, foreign language papers, chamber of com merce, manufacturers, associations and individual manufacturers, labor unions, libraries, banks, general stores, rotary clubs, postmasters, rail road stations anad councils of de fense. 8erious Siuation In Avery. A situation akin to and in some re spects worse than that which recently called the adjutant general and the governor of the state to Jefferson in Ashe county, where deserters from the army had gone into the mountain ;and had defied arrest, now exists in Avery county, according to reports re ceived at the office of the adjutant general. Twenty or more men, including de serters from Camp Jackson and slack ers from the county, it i3 said, have banded themselves together in the Brushy Mountains and are now engag ed In making blockade whiskey in open defiance of the federal and state authorities. Thus far, there hare been no arrests, and apparently the county authorities are unable to cope with the situation. Order Fertilizers Early. It is of the utmost importance that all fertilizer to be used this fall for grain and other crops be secured at the earliest possible moment. If this is not done it may not be secured when needed. Director B. W. Kilgore of the Agricultural Extension Service again calls this important fact to the attention of North Carolina farmers, because of the fact that the freights are being used more and more for war purposes. It is the wish of the gov ernment, howevar, that farmers have the necessary supplies of fertilizer and other material for producing large crops, but It Is their duty to secure these, or at least put in their orders for a while before the materials are absolutely needed. The railroad ad ministration urges the heavier load ing of the freight cars, and in order that the companies may load these to their capacity, plu3 10 per cent as re quired by the administration .they must have all orders as, early as pos sible. Family Goes the Limit. C. E. Nelsler of Kings Mountain has a $10,000 war savings limit family. Each of his eight children, as well as himself and wife, owns $1,000 of war savings certificates all that the law allows to any one person. Mr. Neisler's family heads the list of the North Carolina limit war sav ings society as the largest limit fam ily. The next largest families that have, qualified and become members are those of Mrs. R. J. Reynolds of Winston-Salem, with six in family, and W. T. Alsover of Charlotte with six. Carolinians Commissioned. Three young men of the Carollnas were recommended for second lieu tenant's commissions after completing training at the fourth officers' training school at Camp Wheeler. Macon, Ga. The names and addresses of the suc cessful candidates include the follow ing: John H. Hardison, Pvt., 1st class civilian, Wadesboro, N. C, Infantry; Gary G. Oliver, Sgt., 122nd infantry, N. C. Swansea. S. C, infantry; Raleigh B. White. 124th infantry. N. G.. 419 Sourh Dargon street, Florence, S. C., irfuntry. Approved by Baker. Secretary Baker formally approved the order locating the tank camp at Raleigh. While it has been practical, ly certain that the Secretary of War would back the Judgment of his sub ordlnates, those who have worked hard for Raleigh will feel relieved now that the last step has been taken. The work is already proceeding. It can be setated on reliable authority that troops are already moving toward Raleigh and will be on the ground cannot be stated. All troop move ments are enshrouded In secrecy, and it cannot be stated, without break ing the voluntary censorship imposed by the war conditions, where they are coming from. Corn Club Worker Resigns. Mr. A. K. Robertson, the friend of the North Carolina farm boy and the organizer of corn and other agricul-. tural clubs over the State, has re signed his position as assistant in clpb work for the Agricultural Exten sion Service and has accepted the of fer made him by District Agent R. W. Freeman to go to Wayne county. Mr. Robinson spent the last six years in agricultural dub work, devot ing most of his time to organizing corn clubs. Not only has he been very suc cessful in this but he has also made many friends of farm boys out over the State encouraging them to go to school and later to college. Overseer College War Work. With the University of North Caro lina trustees taking steps in co-operation with President Graham and the faculty for the utilization in the full est way possible of the resources and the equipment of the university for war service there has developed a vigorous discussion between President Graham and Chief Justice Walter Clark as to this college military train- ing in war times while the draft law . is being made to include the young j men from 18 to 21 that make up so j great a part of the whole body of stu- ', dents in the colleges. ! In accordance with the agreement ' of the executive committee of the uni- j versity, the institution is to enter in ; the fullest way into the war work that the war department has planned for the colleges of the country and Presi dent Graham is to have the oversight of this work not only at the North Carolina University, but at the col leges in North and SoulL Carolina, Virginia, Georgia and Florida. Recent N. C. Casualties. Casualties among North Carolina troops and marines overseas, as shown by late reports, are as follows: Killed in action Privates H. D. Har ris, Thomasville: T. L. Perry, Eure; ! A. D. Martin, East Bend; P. E. Shore, Winston-Salem; Eason Tiney, Mac cleseldfi; John Williams, Denniston; Karl M. Hooker, Salisbury; Alpha Thigpen, Hailsville; Roland Harrell, Aulander; R. C. Williamson, Winston Salem; T. L. Stillman, Canton; Paul Stallings, Belvidere. Diedof wounds: Privates Wm. C. Littleman, Salem; Melvin McDeese, Monroe. Died of disease Privates W. E. Warren, Topnot; Jesse' C. Durham, Rosco. Died of accident and other causes: Private John Alley, Sparta. Severely wounded: Lieut. A. B. Rhodes, Wilmington; Corp. Welborn, Wilkesboro; Mechanic J. D. Adams Wilson; Privates B. C. Hicks, Fran cisco; M. N. Matthews, Kipling; E. F. Jones, Rocky Mount; Dayton Sears, Apex; W. A. Rice, Mars Hill; C. H. Hampton, Winston-Salem; H. W. Huff man, Gastonia; Ernest Snow, Reids ville; C. W. Starr, Greensboro; R. B. Kephart, Murphy; S. B. Cartright, Fairfield; K. W. Hunt, Bostic; Sergt. L. C. Tucker, Monroe; Mechanic Jas. C. Dean, Goldville; Privates R. L. Clark, Swannanoa; H. N. McLaughlin, Elease; V. F. Miller, Siloam; E. M. Yates, Merry Oaks; Clarence Digh, Bostic; E. W. Strayhorn, University; W. T. Haizlip, Spray; M. L. Mclver, Jonesboro; Lieut. W. T. Williamson, Murphy; Corp. R. B. Crichter, Dur ham. Prisoners and missing: Privates D. S. Pearson, Moravian Falls; Carlton Johnson, Milwaukee; Lieut. W. H. Oates, Charlotte; Private F. C. Cabe, Canton. True Bill Against Tavia. A grand jury of the District of Col umbia returned a true bill of indict ment against Edward L. Travis, form er chairman of the North Carolina cor poration commission, and a promi nent lawyer of Halifax, N. C. The in dictment specifies an alleged overt act against Mr. Travis inasmuch as he signed a telegram In which he "falsely advised" Leon Myer Green that the president of the Perth Am boy Dry Dock Company could properly and lawfully make affidavit that Green as purchasing agent of he company. Camp Bragg Contract. It is understood here that Porter & Boyd, contractors, of Charlotte, have secured a contract for putting In sew ers and roads at Camp Bragg, Fay etteville, and receive approximately $4,000,000 for their woik. When asked about this reported contract the war department said that James Stewart of New York has the major contract and any sub-contract would go throurt him. The department has no lnfor -""nas t0 the Porter & Boyd con 1 One lone American acting as guard of a long line of Ilun prisoners. 2 Scone In the ruins of Peronne, which tha British have recaptured. 3 General Humbert, commander of the French army northwest of Noyon, In conversation with a colonel. EWS REVIEW OF THE GREAT WAR British Smash the Wotan Line and French and Yankees Drive Huns North. GERMANS QUIT VESLE RIVER Continue Their Retreat From Lys Sec tor, Wjhere Americans Fight on Belgian Soil Bolsheviki Are Defeated in Siberia and Northern Russia. By EDWARD W. PICKARD. The whole western front, from Ypres 'x Reims, was ablaze all the week, and throughout all the long stretch the Ger mans continued their retreat. The ar mies of the allies followed closely on their heels, hammering at them day and night und giving them not a mo ment's pause for reorganization of their wearied forces. It was another week of uninterrupted allied success, and the withdruwal of the Huns was extended to Include the Vesle river sector, between So'Issons and Reims. Until Wednesday there had been little activity there, except continuous artil lery work and some sharp fighting be tween the Americans' and the Germans In the region of Fismes and Flsmette. But in the first days of the week air plane observers reported evidences of a coming retreat by the enemy, and this developed on Wednesday. The American and French patrols pursued the Huns promptly and by Thursday had reached the crest dominating the Aisne, across which river the Germans seemed likely to take the main bodies of their troops. This retrograde movement was made necessary by the. successful advunce of General Mangiti's army north and northwest of Solssous between the Ail ette and the Alsne, threatening the Chemin des Dames und flanking the enemy line toward Fismes. With the aid of Americans, Mangin was moving steadily down the Aisne plateau and in the direction of Laon, and it ap peared doubtful that the Huns would be able to remain long south of the Hindenburg Hue through Anizy and Craonne. They were driven out of Clemency, Bray, Mlssy-sur-Aisne and many other towns in this region, and the French as early as Wednesday night were In the outskirts of Coucy, one of the Important German bases on the edge of the St. Gobain forest. Be tween there and Chauny the enemy was forced from a series of dominat ing heights that he has relied on to piotect La Fere. To the northwest of Chauny equally important victories gave General Humbert possession of Guiscard and Maucourt after he had forced the retirement of the enemy from Mont St. Simeon and the Cunal du Nord. This latter action was a desperate fight, for the German posi tions were protected by a wilderness of wire entanglements and by innumer able machine-gun nests. Captured offi cers said they had orders to retreat to the region of Bethancourt, northwest of Chauny. There were indications that the Huns planned to make a stand 6n a line through Ham, but the French advance was so swift that their abil ity to do this was doubtful. The French First army was moving Irre sistibly on Ham from Vesle and the Canal du Nord. At Fresnes the French and Ameri can advance reached the old Hinden burg line, had Ham practically flanked and was rapidly approaching Laon. The last named city has been one of the most Important of th3 German bases in Picardy and the heart of the present Hun operations. It is a great center of railways and highways and Its capture by the allies, it was said, must mean the further retirement of the enemy. ra The British in Picardy opened the week by occupying Peronne after an Australian force bad cuptured Mont Si. QueMin in a brilliant operation. A little to the north Halg's men then ook Cornbles, Morval, Courcelette and Le Transioy, and straightened out their new line by advancing It to Moislans and to the east of Neuville. Then, on Monday, came a grand British smash which wrecked the much-vaunted Wo tan switch line of the Ilindenburg line, from Drocourt to Queant. Despite thtj resistance of great masses of Infantry and artillery, the British rushed for ward on a ten-mile front and speedily made a gain of some five miles, the German losses being frightful. In the succeeding days they kept up the drive remorselessly, putting much of the Ca nal du Nord behind their lines and ap proaching within a few miles of Doual and Cambral. These two cities were so important to the German defensive sjs-tem that large numbers of troops were rushed to their rescue and the British drive was slowed down percep tibly by the end of the week, though it was by no means stopped. 1 All through the week there were re ports that many towns and villages back of the German lines In Picardy were in flames and It was certain -that the foe were destroying great quanti ties of supplies which they were not given time to remove. )Ga In the Lys sector, the salient west of Armentieres, the German retreat, under compulsion, continued steadily and the British advanced as far as Neuve Chapelle and Laventle, taking a number of villages. The northern part of this sector became of especial Interest to Americans because the Ynn kees were there engaged In their first battle on Belgian soil. These troops, later Identified by General March ns the Thirtieth division of Tennessee, North Carolina and South Carolina men, captured Voormezeele and other towns In the vicinity, and next day pushed on further eastward. Thurs day the British, presumably aided by these same Americans, took Ploeg stcert village and Hill C'5, dominating points on the Messines ridge. By that time the British, from Neuve Chapelle south to Glvenchy. had reached the line they held before the German drive of April 9 last, and east of. Glvenchy they had occupied parts of the old German positions. pf: Altogether It was a highly satisfac tory week on the west front. The German military critics have given up tiying to conceal wholly the truth of the Hun reverses, but some of them predict that the retreat will not go much farther. The German crown prince broke Into print with an Inter view In which he declared the German Idea of victory now is "to hold our own and not allow ourselves to be vanquished." He said only the allies were waging a war of extermination; that the Germans wished to annihilate none of their enemies. The Hun peace offensive seems to have petered out entirely for the time being. Pa The British government, aroused by tbf sucking of its embassy In Petrograd end the murder of Captain Cromle, the British attache, has sent an ultimatum to the soviet government at Moscow, demanding reparation and prompt pun ishment of the guilty and threatening to hold the members of the bolshevik government Individually responsible and to have them treated as outlaws by all civilized nations. Meanwhile the British are holding Lltivnoff, bol shevik representative in London, and his staff under arrest pending the re lease of British officials who wj-e ar rested In Russia. fea Belated dispatches from Siberia Tell of tha destruction of the bolshevik army east of Lake Baikal by the Czetho-Slovfiks and say the Cossacks are co-operating with the Czechs. It appears thut uninterrupted connection has been established between the al lied forces across Siberia all the way from the Volga to Vladivostok and that the vanguard of the Czechs has Joined hands with General Semenoff's troops on the Onon river. In northern European Russia the allies and loyal Russians have gained further successes south of Archangel and Inflicted severe losses on the bol sheviki. n On the Ussuri front in eastern Si beria the allied forces have been driv ing the bolsheviki northward, defeat ing them in every engagement and In flicting heavy casualties. The Ameri cans under General Grave Joined in these operations. The suppression of the Social Rev olutionists In Moscow Is being carried out with n heavy hand. About five thousand of them have been arrested and sentenced to death, and It Is said they will be executed if their party shows any further ppposition to the soviet government. The streets of Moscow are under the strictest mili tary guard. Details of the supplementary Russo German agreements have been made public. Germany promises to evacu ate all occupied territory east of Li vonia and F.sthonia as soon as boun daries are established, and to get out of all other territory east of Germany when Russia has fulfilled her finan cial obligations, which must be with in four months. Russia is pledged to fight against the entente forces In northern Russia, and Germany prom ises that Finland shall not attack. Russia renounces its sovereignty over Ksthonia and Livonia, but is to have free transit to Reval, Riga and Win dau. An attempt to assassinate Nicolai Lenine, soviet premier, was made by a girl in Moscow, but at last reports he was still alive though in a serious condition. Very likely his death would be a godsend to Russia. la There is not much to say of'the war on the Italian, Albanian and Greek fronts. Small engagements are nu merous, but no decisive operations have been started lately. In Albania the retirement of the allied line for a short distance is explained by the necessity of preparing for winter by occupying certain dominating heights. Austria has not attempted anything important in Italy, possibly because she is too busy trying to settle her Internal trou bles, or because of the call on her for troops to help out the sorely-pressed Germans in France. Several Austrian divisions have been Identified on the west front. Meanwhile the Italian airmen, aided by American flyers, have been doing a lot of bombing of Aus trian towns, railways and naval sta tions. P According to dispatches from Mu nich by way of Geneva, Count von Hertllng, the imperial chancellor, re signed Thursday, giving poor health us the cause of his action. From Cologne came the news that the commandant of the Brandenburg province had placed the province, In cluding the city of Berlin, under mar tial law In order to stop the "Invention and circulation of untrue rumors cal culated to disquiet the populace." March said last week that more than 250,000 American troops were landed in France during August, and that up to the first of September more than 1,600,000 had embarked for the various fronts, Including those sent to France, England, Italy and Si beria. There lias been no official men tion of late of the First American Field army, and observers in France and In England believe it is being prepared for a great drive, of which the present big offensive is but the preliminary. Ps- All preparations have been com pleted for the registration of men be tween the ages of eighteen and twenty one and thirty-one and forty-five, un der the new draft law. General Crow der has called on the people to aid In making the registration a complete suc cess, and, so far as the older men nre concerned, has given assurance that a very large proportion of them will not, be required to go to the front. The young men. he and most others believe, will be only too glad to get into this greatest and most righteous of all wars. Pa Spain has not yet come to the break ing point with Germany, but another Spanish vessel having been torpedoed, has decided to seize German interned ships without further parley. The tone of the press there, and also In other neutral countries, Is becoming distinctly proally. R American shipyards set a record during August, turning out 66 ship aggregating 340,143 dead weight tons. Forty-four were of steel. The total tonnage built for the shipping board has now passed the two million mark. British merchant vessels completed during August amounted to 124,673 gross tons. The new construction In the allied countries is now well nheai of the destruction by submarines. MUNICIPAL OWNERSHIP PAY? Remarkable Record In Favor of Municipal Ownership of Publlo Utilities. Kinston. Municipal ownership is worth while, according to officials here. They cite the annual report of John E. Weyher, superintendent of the water and light department, re cently rendered to Commissioner Re mus R. Rouse. The net profit from the operation of Kinston's. public-owned utilities during the past fiscal year was $34,128.42. The waterworks made a clear profit of $8,162.20. The elec tric plant cleared $25,966.22. Without deducting for depreciation the de partment made $45,036.45. Few towns of the size in the United States have been able to operate utilities so prof itably, it is said. Expenses during the year totaled $22,694.02. The commis sioner's salary was set down as the munificent sum of $50. The depart ment "paid parts of city office rentals, salaries of the city clerk and his as sistant, etc. Fuel cost $9,463.39. La bor was a smaller Item. Service ren dered the city was worth $10,436.69. Service rendered the public cost the public $56,651.02 after deducting dis counts and allowances. The gross revenue of the department was $67,- 730.47. Rates are lower than the aver age, the unusual graduating scale be ing employd. The population is esti mated at 14.000. Violates Espionage Act. Greensboro. E. F.. Westmoreland, recorder of the city court of Thomas ville, was arrested on a federal war rant drawn under the terms of the espionage act. He will be given a hearing before Dr. Fred Peacock, of High Point, United States commis sioner, on September 6. Arrest fol lowed an investigation by Frederick C. Handy, special agent of the depart ment of justice. It is alleged that Westmoreland has made among other statements the following: "No German submarine has been in American waters since the visit of the Deutschland." "Ships sunk along the coast were destroyed by American vessels." "There is no actual sugar shortage and no sugar-laden vessels have been sunk." "The so-called fcod law is not a law in fact, and cannot be enforced." Farm Demonstrator Resigns. Winston-Salem. At the meeting of the county commissioners, Bruce An derson, for five years county farm demonstrator, filed hia resignation with the board, effective September 7. No action was taken. Mr. Anderson stated that unles a farm demonstrator could secure the co-operation of both the farmers and the county officials, his work would be handicapped, and noting that there is some discord in the county he deem ed it advisable to retire unless some thing can be done to relieve the situ ation. Limited' Service Men to Aid Boards Raleigh. Orders for the induction Df 130 limited service white men with experience as stenographers and with some experience in law offices were is sued to local boards of North Caro lina by. Adjutant General Young, copies of which were received by the local boards for Charlotte" and Meck lenburg county and made public. .Each board, is Instructed to send to the of fice of the adjutant general the names of not more than three men qualified for such work. The date for entrainment was not stated, but they will be sent to Camp Greene for in duction into the army and to receive their equipment. Soon thereafter, the order stated, the men would be as signed to duty with local .boards, and the adjutant general's office. This was declared the povernment's way of utilizing limited service men, especially at a time when the work of the "various boards will be tremend ously increased as a result of the reg istration, September 12. Men assigned to such duty will be paid $30 per month base pay. $5 for lights and fuel, $15 for quarters and $37.50 per month for substence. They will be clothed and equipped by the war department. Political Lights Dimmed. Salisbury. Mr. McAdoo's order re moving railroad men from the domain of politics will be noticeable in its re sults in this county where a number of railroad men have always been ac tive in local politics. On election day, be it a township primary or presiden tial election, shop and railroad men are always in evidence about tha polls. They make good workers and the candidate who fails to have at least a few of them on his list of workers is courting defeat. Labor Day Celebration. Spencer. Under the auspices of the Red Cross, Labor day was fittingly celebrated in Spencer, the leading feature being a stirring patriotic ad dress by Governor Bickett with sev eral thousand people in attendance. Preceding the address by the governor a community service flag, represent ing 107 Spenc-pr men who have enter ed some branch of the army, was pre sented to the Red Cross by Rev. C. M. Pickens and was received by Rev. iohn S. Wood, secretary of the local Haptfr.
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