"i^lboards are directed to dlsre
sard order :^of liability numbers to
some extent fa selecting the first Sv*
per cent as men of experience such as
eooka and former soldiers are desired
?t that time. Warning Is given
against getting into tills levy by reas
on of Ma experience, any man who
might get otherwise have been includ
ed in the first increment of the dis
jtrtst at alL
?.
OA EAT VICTORY CROWNS
Bgjw ITALY'S NEW OFFENSIVE
? -
With Austrian Line Broken Italians
Pursue Enemy.
Verdun fron|?
y won in th*
situatioh in Russia ''p.'- 5?
Washington. ? Russia's critical inters
nal situation, aggravated by the new,
German driTe against Riga threaten
ing the eapital, is watched by officials
here with grave concaxm. . It became
e" political condltlp^' :'';
k The outcome of the forthcoming
extraordinary national Council to be
held in Moscow is awaited 'here with
Interest scarcely lest hten than in
Russia itself. The Immediate Sate ol
Russia, It la felt, dep&ds upon it. .- .I
Out of flie great gathering,- in
which the conservative elements of
all soH? are expected to unite In an
effort to compel the provisional gov
eminent to throw/- off the socialistic
TEUTONS FAIL
^f'TO ARC
Znrioh? Brftsh
cf thai
county i
appoint
ed Food
ina* Hla,
/ Frank E, Compten of Chicago and
Glencoe Is enflagarf t? marry Mrs. An
nfir Howe Cochran, a niece of President
Wlliol * Mr. Comptoa widower'
and Mrs. Cothran was divorced aoim
time ago.
iNCH AN? JTAL
HAVE 8TARTED I
. DRIVES,
while the Italians, after a bombard
ment of an Intensity never before ex
operfenced In that theater, have level
ed Austrian defenses, crossed the rulm
and! aJtao the Isonzo river and how are
at deadly grips with the enemy (done
'ft front of about thirty-aeven miles.
Nearly 14,000 prisoners alreadyhfttt
been cpanted by the French and lial
lans, and' doubtless this number will
be materially augmented whan full
details of the fighting are at hand
In addition the Germans and Austrian s
lost heavijlyinmenldlled'or wounded
and in guns ati machine fans cap
tared.
,n ? -;:@
? The new > territory taken bgr tH?
French embraces position* that nave
literally weltered in French ^nds Qer
man blood in battles that have bees
waged to and fro since the German
crown prince started his post costly
enterprise, the attempt to take Vep
dun, which resulted In utter failurs
is a military maneuver and coat the
HOLDS DRAFT LAW VALto
?*>. ? -.7 . .'-H/JY- :C V; V '' ? -
Wilt* Be Ousted
!6n
Organization of one of the most ef
fective patriotic bo^tes In the state
has recently been perfected by spe
ial agents, inspectors and field men
t virtually all ;, fire insurance com
"Dies doing business in North Caro
ia. It is the purpose of the. organi
sation to make inspection of all build
ings whe^e food supplies or. clothing
supplies may be concentrated to guard
against possible loss by fire of any
goods which are needed ih the prose:
cud ot ^ - jlill -
' The organization was perfected re
cently at a conference of insurance
men ia^the office of State Insurance
<CMnmis8iober James R. Young in
Raleigh. Prese^t at the meeting were
Govern or - Blckett, Commissioner
Young, 3. Y. Tupper, of Atlanta,
Southern manager of the Queen Insur
ance Company, Milton Dargan of At
lanta, Southern manager of the Royi
Insurance Company and A. M. Schoer
engineer for the National Board of
""Fire Underwriters.: The coaforericd
Fire Underwriters.: The confer*
TO also attended by J. M. Broughton,
Jr., and A T. Bowler, president and
respectively of the Raleigh
. of Commerce and Prof. W.
era, president o? the Raleigh
ion of all the machinery of
itfve and administra
was pledgedhyGov:
to> aid In . the National campaign
against unnecessary lire waste in the
stringent war period. While these
men are representatives of Insurance
companies, the work thus undertaken
is under the direction of the National
Government and the direct supervision
of the Council of National Defense.
Recommendations will be made and
instructions in fire prevention given to
dtisens and. property owners and
where it is necessary property owners
may he compelled to follow, these in
structions given by these inspectors
as war measures/i^^:;^.-'.^;:.^. y .'i
The campaign is part of the nation
wide plan adapted by th6 National
Board of Fire Underwriters. ? "Similar
organisations hate been made" or are
being made in every state. Represen
tative of the National Board" at the'
meeting held in Raleigh stated that
.the work yras^better ^understood by
the insurance ' men in North Carolina
and thQ^campalgn gives better promise
of accomplishment here than in any
slate ihey Hud visited. Commis
sioner Young has been urging work
of this rt-^aat is the adoption of
prevent fires and the
waste.7: of
started and ^through a
series i f appeals to the citizens of the
state, city and county officials, a
considerable amount of success has
been accomplished and it is the belief
of the commissioner that the people
are familiar enough with the situation
to carry the pla^on to a great sac
in this manner to ade to the
Carolina's "Ht" in a
. . v.,^ , ... |
Itai rrzr: ? ? h .
J?REPA
The maa or woumn In the United
artes who is not aroused to the ne
lasitv Of preparedness tor what the
AMERICA REAFFIRM* FAITH IN
If FUTURE OF NEW RU88IAM '?
OEMOCRACY.
. v?
IPiPilPliSI
yi:: -J- ? ? >>';! ,
6*oretary of State MikM Public Note p
glaring Wllaon't Sympathy and yw
ConfldenofcfWoney ftf StipplJoi
and Equipment. V '
kSs
ma
Washington.? -The United Stat** re
affirmed its faith in the new RusiIm
democracy and gave concrete evidence
of K8 confidence by loaning anothei
hundred million dollars to the prort
.ifional government;'.* : '2f ^ ? vS... :
Announcement of tho loan cams
from the treasury soon after Secre
tary Lansing at the state department
had denied formally that reports from
Russia were of aa unfavorable nature
?hd declared that on the oontrary con
fidential dispatches to the government
were the basis for his belief that th?
administration - at'- Petrograd was
strengthening its position.
"F regard the. government of Rus
? sia 'as stronger today than it lias bees
for * month," Mr. I/msing said. "1
mean in general both from political
and military points of view. This opin
ion Is based upon reports tnore or less
confidential that we have been get
ting."
So far as the mflitarysitaattoo Is
concerned the secretary said he foil. f
little .?2Mcerfa over the advance upon
Riger by the Germans recalling thi^t
the place "had beat evacuated fire
tint# during the ww. Major Ck? ' *
Scott, chief of staff, who was a
, ber of the Root commission, a;
[that the capture of Riga would not
' *
Houston, Texas.? Negro loldlirset ?,'&
ttf Twenty-fourth infantry, who shot ;/
op; the streets of Honaiot, were be gri
tag entrained to be removed to Colom- ^
bos, N. M. '?'3; : ' f : :
Capt L. S. Snow, commanding the
battalion, said that the actios of the
negroes was "practically mutiny.'
?i A scene probably unique la the an- '
nala of the United States amy waa
enacted at Camp Logan during the
afternoon when the si* hundred sol
diers of the battalias of negro infan
try were diaaroed^v .. ? '?$; ;? .
t.JSganked by a fun bataaUos of the ??,
Nineteenth infantry under Col. MU>
lard F. Walts and three companies of
the coast artillery from Fort Crock
ett, the negro soldiers were marched
four abreast to the parade pounds r
where their arms were stacked. i^rm?
trucks theii loaded the riles and am
munition and conveyed Hem to the
camp storehouse, where they wer}
placed under heary guard.
> ? ? ' !&
FIFTY-THREE CASES OF
PARALYSIS REPORT
llJKm
Richmond, Va? -Fifty-three cas?a
Infantile paralysis hare bees report
to the state health department duri
August, according to figure# secai
trott:|lr, Hnnoid O. Williams, ?U
health commissioner. During Ji
there were forty-eight esses, makini
total of 101 cases of the dlseue sb
the outbreak oi' the epidemic to i
valley of Vlfffala. While the dista
has not been entirely confined
? "?ji.." 'i'V : " ' Af TV 1
ILY REGULATION OP
MEAT INDUSTRY POR
Washington? Barfy regulatta
ft industry - waa, predicted
the departure of Herbert !