North Carolina Newspapers

B HEARINGS Effl) CONFERENCE lNlERESTNG HEARINGS AGAINST DEFENDANTS CHARGED WITH VlOtATION FOOD LAWS. DISPATCHES FROM RALEIGH Uoinfls and Happenings That Mark - the Progress of North Carolina Peo jle, Gathered Around th State Capital. Raleigh. Concluding the conference with two interesting hearings against defend ants, charged with violating the food laws, the vity and county food admin- istrators of Xorth Carolina adjourned their meeting with a feeling that closer-co-operation and more efficient ad ministration of the food regulations will be direct results of the confer ence. Mr. Charles Barnham, chief traffic manager of this division for the National Food Administration, dis cussed transportation problems. From the report of the conference, the impression was. gained that all soda fountains and candy manufactur ers in Xorth Carolina would be re quired to close their, places. This ruling- is applicable only to those who failed to file the required report and requisition for sugar certificates be fore June 10 and those who have sugar or sugar certificates on hand who have complied with the ruling regard ing the filing of reports and requisi tions, will be permitted to continue business. Literally, all-will be per- Tv,ittcH tn vntniiA hlisinp nut- rvrrui- ' o7oVTt C " Wore than a thousand others have ucts requiring sugar cannot be man- . . . . . . , a a ,A t.i , , been rejected for service in this State ufactured and the natural conclusion,!. ... . A x- ,o v. f . : i 'or the same reason. Of the 189 sent reached at the conference, is that the ! . . -..... . . back from camps nine are now at iOUd luiuiiaiiis auu vauu; wauuiac turers fail:ngto file reports and requi sitions, will be permitted to continue business. Literally all will be permit- ted to continue business but products , . . , : . . . requiring sugar cannot be manufac tured and the natural conclusion, reached at the conference, is that the soda fountains and candy manufac turers failing to file reports and requi sitions prior to June 10 would be .-forced to suspend this particular line ! of business. - The two hearings were both Viola tions reported by Mrs. A. F. Young, CltV food administrator of Winston- Salem. In the first one the defendant, Polite's Candy Kitchen, was ordered to pay the Red Cross chapter in Winston-Salem $100 for having .on hand sugar for which he had obtained no certificate. In the second case, against K. Sallock, the defendant was ar- raigned for having on hand more white flour tthan the food laws per mit. It developed that he had pur chased three barrels last December before the present regulations were operative, and there was no action th Food Administrator could take against him save a scathing denunci ation for an apparently brazen unpa triotic act. Mr. Page minced no words with Sallock, who is a Mohammedan, but spent some little time in enlight ening him upon present food regula tions. Sallock was represented by an attorney. Plans to Market N. C. Wool. -Mr A. C. Bieelow. nresidfint of the Philadelphia Wool and Textile Asso ciation, spent the week in North Car olina, where, in company with Mr. , , .new dcci natiuii min t-? and sheep. Agricultural Experiment j Hotels restaurants and boarding Nation, visits were made to the west- ; houseg Jn North Carolina have been "rn part of the State to encourage the j Qn beef ration by the State FQod produ.-ion of sheep and wool. j Administration. Mr. Henry A. Page, A conference was held in the animal ( leUer tQ them requesting and requir industry office at West Raleigh rela- j tfaat they restrict their consump tive to the co-operative' shipments of ! ton of beef ,n accordance with this wool from several of the sheep grow- J nm. . hppf fl nnt more than lrg counties agents. through the county More Towns Want Higher Rates. ; Petition for authority to increase street car fares at Charlotte and Win-. ron-Salem from five to seven cents was filed with the State Corporation emmission, following a similar peti tion which ,was filed last week by the Carolina Power and Light Company Charged With Incendiarism. Deputy Insurance Commissioner' F M. Jordan reports to Insurance Commissioner James R. Young the ar rt and binding over to superior court of Swep Yearwood, in Graham county, for setting fire tc the C. C. !-s lumber yard at Snow Bird when ,,,f ..('00 feet of lumber 'was destroyed. is under $800 bond and indications arf- rnat there may be other indict ni nts for implication in the alleged burning of the lumber for the insur ance Cel-mel Taylor Is Reappointed. Senator F. M. Simmons has recom- nded the reappointment of Colonel Walker Taylor for another term of four years as collector of port at Wil .ngton. H was appointed to the Position at the beginning of the first term of President Wilson. There Is no opposition to his reappointment. His present term expired May 18, 1918; but tha Job and man fit bo well jaht there is no disposition to formal ly hurry up a reappointment. Red Cmcs AU. r- t . . ncjecteu Soldiers. While the government is preparing through special hospittals to, care for all men in service who contract tuber culosis the American Red Cross So ciety is joining with Anti-Tuberculosis Associations and State Boards of Health in the effort to care for the men called for service who are re jected because affected with this dis ease. An. agreement has just been perfected whereby the Bureau of Civ Han Relief of the American Red Cross in the Southern Division, including North and South Carolina, Georgia, Florida and Tennessee, will-assume a third of the expenses of providing the proper care and treatment of those rejected as tuberculous, the remaining cost above what can be provided by the family to be divided between State and local agencies. The initial contact with, returned tu berculous soldiers and rejected regis trants will be through the Home Serv ice Committee, which will investigate cases referred by the division office, and the reports will be forwarded to either the State Anti-Tuberculosis As sociations or . State Board of Health. In North Carolina the work will be done through the Bureau of Tubercu losis of the State Board of Health, under the direction of Dr. L. B. Mc Brayer. Through this agency an expert ex amination and diagnosis is to be tuc ji ujjci cart; anu treat ment outlined. In a majority of the cases it is expected that the patient will be able to arrange to carry out tne plan outlined for him. In those cases where he is not assistance of the Red Cross will be added to in sure a full opportunity for the recov ery of the patient. The importance of-the arrangement may be seen from the fact that al ready there have been 189 men from North Carolina discharged from train- ing camps because of tuberculosis. , the State Sanatorium for treatment and another is expected to arrive with- . in tha ncvt fa nr Aorta T'Via V qtq .... . win ue reaciieu in cuiijuiiriiun wuu the Red Cross. Bureau of Markets Established. News has just reached here that a bureau of markets has been establish ed in Washington, N. C, for the bene- fit of the farmers of that section, es pecially those interested in the potato market. D. R. Clay, a representative of the Department of Agriculture, has arrived there to take charge of the bureau, rfis headquarters will be in the' new Public Welfare rooms on Mar ket street. He will compile bulletins showing the price paid for "potatoes on the local market and also at other points in the country; also the num ber of potatoes shipped and received at various points. The need of an or ganization of this kind has been great ly felt for some time. Huge quantities of potatoes are ar riving at Washington daily by trains, boats and wagons for shipment to Northern markets. The potato ship ping season is now in full blast and, judging from the large quantity which has arrived there will not be any con siderable shortage in the crop from that section. The price is just about half of what it was last year. Primes are bringing anywhere from $3.50 to $4.25 a barrel. Seconds are selling around $2.50. When the high price or seed potatoes and labor are taken Into consideration it is a self-evident fact that the farmers are not realizing any great profit on this year's crop. Ui Ck,LA LfWv two meals weekly; beefsteak at not more than one meal weekly; and roast beef at not more than one mea? weekly. Households are requested under no circumstances to use more than one and one-fourth pounds of clear beef weekly or one and one-half pounds, In cluding the bone, for each person in the household. Geology Board Holds Meeting. The State oBard of Geology meet ing in the office of the governor, adop ted a resolution directing the secre tary of the geological survey to com municate to the secretary af the inter rlor in regard to vast areas of unused cut over lands in North Carol'na which may be used by the adoption of the secretary of interior's p.oposal to utilize such for occupation of re turning soldiers after the war. The geological board passed a resolution endorsing the instruction of forestry in the state' university. Bequests to N. C. Institutions. Wake Forest College. Meredith Col io.ro th North Carolina Children's jjome Society, at Greensboro, and the T?antist Church at Clayton are remem bered with gifts in the will of the late Samuel R. Home, of Morrisville. Wake Forest College and Meredith College each receives $1,000 as an endowment , fund for the establishment and main tenance of a free scholarship to be awarded to worthy and needy young men and women, respectively. The North Carolina Children's Home Soci- mty receives $5" POLK COUNTY STATE MERCHANTS CLOSED MEET! FEATURED BY RE-ELECTION OF ALL OF THE OLD OFFICERS BY ACCLAMATION. PUN MEETING FOR NEXT YEAR The Association Adopt3 Resolution Against Handling of Pro-German Made Goods. Wilmington. Suspension of the by laws and re-election of all old officers by acclamation and adoption of reso tions pledging ostracization of manu facturing firms whose loyalty is ques tioned featured the closing session of the sixteenth annual convention of the North Carolina. Merchants Associa tion. The offioers are: J. Frank Morris, Winston-Salem, president; B. F. Roark, Charlotte, vice-president; J. Paul Leonard, Statesville, secretary; J. E. Davis, Concord, treasurer; A. B. Justice, Charlotte, attorney. That section of the by-laws fixing the date of the annual meetings was repealed and the selection of conven tion city and date left with the offi cers and directors wtih the object of providing for an amlgamated meeting of all merchants next year. A shar pattack was launched against State Food Administrator Page by Calwin Woodard for his failure to at tend and address the merchants on food regulation subjects. somethirg, he said, thev are keenly Interested in and somethinsr they have a right to be informed on. Mr. Pare accepted an information to come here for an address and noth ing more was heard from him until after the convention had assembled when a telegram was received ex rres8inr reerret berns of h's Inabil ity to fMl the appointment. He did not srtd any one from his office and Mr. Woodard criticised his methods of doing business. The merchants he said are keenly interested in observ ance of fod reflations and restrlc Hons "but cannot comply with these rsriilatkns unless they are 'nformed The following resolution was aflopt- ed: "The North Carolina Merchants Association hereby roes on record eainst the sale of made in Oeraany eortfs aa well as articles manufactur d by pro-German firms and further requests its members not to patron ize anv firm in the country that is pro-German and to promptly cancel all orders with such firms." Farewell, Stray and Mongrel Dogs. Winston-Salem. Secretary Dunn, of the board of trade, learning through the war department that it wants all the stray dogs it can posibly get for experimental purposes on new games that Uncle Sam Intends to use on the Germans, and realizing that there are In the state of North Carolina thou sands of dogs that are running loose, fed and owned by nobody, that could serve this patriotic purpose as well as relieve the conditions that exists In this state from this class of dogs that are a daily danger to small children and sheep, wired the war department asking how many cur dogs could be used from this state in testing gas. He received the following telegram from the war department: "Will be glad to gtt dogs two weeks from date. Will be able to handle at least o-ne hundred dogs per week. Will send crates at your order." Secretary Dunn thinks this is a rare opportunity for North Carolina to get rid of all her worthless dogs. County Union Wanted by B. Y. P. U. Raleigh. The young people of Ral eigh who attended the State B. Y. P. U. convention, which was in session at Winston-Salem, came back with a new slogan for Wake county. Mr. Robert J. Wilson, who was re-elected president and Mr. E. R. Carroll, pub licity man, are of the opinion, inas much as this is headquarters for the movement, that nothing less than a union for every Baptist church Carpenters Strike at Asheville. Asheville. Between 500 and 608 union carpenters went on strike at Azalea government tuberculosis san atorium when the contratcors, Gude and Company, refused to grant them an increase of $1.00 on the day. The men are asking 62 1-2 cents for eight hours and time and 8 half for overtime. They have been receiving 50 cents an hour. The con tractors told the carpenters that th matter would be put up to the govern ment for settlement. Centenarian Dead at Salisbury. Salisbury. Patrick Shee, an Jrish- man who came to this country many years ago and had been living on the granite belt in Rowan county for a Ion gtime, is dead-at an age that approximates 100 years, al though no one knows just how old he was. Shee livfid a life apart. He had very little to say to anyone and his past history as well as his business and personal affairs was a closed book. He had a small quarry leased and worked aloaa NEWS, TRYON, N; 0. GERMAN ALIEN IS ARRESTED Employe in Bakery Charged With Jttering ScurriHous nd Abusive Language Raleieh. Federal authorities here" i'- have made what is probably the first arrest in North Carcltria upon an in dictment for a violation of the amendment to the espionage law passed by Congress May 6 and Ernest A. Reithchel, subject pf the Kaiser, is under bail for his appearance be fore United States '2 Commissioner Batchelor. Reitchel lis particularly charged with "uttering 'scurrilious and abusive language intended to bring the military forces of the United States into contempt, scorn and disre pute." I y Reitchel, at the timej of his arrest, was in the employ of Breton's bakery, having coma to Raleigh a few week ago from Southern Pines where h had been employed intone of the re sort hotels. The particular offense named in the federal Warrant served on him grew out of a rjmark he made to spectators on Fayetteville street several nights ago when a number of colored troops were passing through Raleigh. He is alleged1 to have said that "they will never do Germany a d n bit of harm." Back of the charge preferred here, Mie authorities state, this alien enemy has several other complaints against him that have been , converted into evidence since his arrest on the war rant issued by the U. S. commission er. He registered in ; Boston, Mass., as an alien enemy and later obtained a permit from the United States mar shal in that city to move his residence to Southern Pines in order that he r- might accept a position with one of the hotels there. At Southern Pines, it is alleged, that he engaged In heat ed arguments at times and made re marks detrimental to, this govern- Sevcral witnesses will be brought here from Southern "Pines to testify against him, among them Mrs. Perk ins, proprietor of one of the hotels where Reitchel worked. It is under stood that at Southern Pines Reitchel had expressed his purpose to "blow the hotel to hell." Similar remarks are alleged to have been made by him with reefrence to the Bretsch bakery. Bee Industry , Rapidly Growing. Raleigh. C. L. Sams, the state ex pert for the promotion of bee-keeping In North Carolina, isf just back from a trip to eastera' Carpiina points for oonfe-rences with beekeepers. At Lumberton he met the largest number cf beekepers he has yet seen assem Md in . the state, there having been fifty odd. Dr. Kerr, wjho is greatly in terested in quickening the interest in bees all over Robeson, county, i3 stir ring much interest as? county agent, and beekeepers are coming rapidly to the realization of tha-advantages of changing from the old box of "gum" hives to the improved' hives. At Wilmington Mr. Sams was met by 31 beekeepers and he met with largely attended beelkeepers' conven tions at Burgaw, Chadbourn and other points. He finds thatthe honey flow in that section of the state this season has been fairly goodtand the quality of the honey that the; beekeepers have "harvested" is veryj good, nad the bees, from all. report's, are gratifying ly free from any sort of infection. There is every indication that it will be a very short time now before the improved methods of beekeeping will prevail all through the state, and at least a few hives of bees will be re garded as an indispensable adjunct to every well orderedfeountry home. N. C Pharmceutial Asociation. Raleigh. The meeting of the North Carolina Pharmaceutical Association came to a close with he informal get together meeting ard' dance at the Country Club. S. E.f Wei fare of Wln- ston-Salem was elected presient of the association. The. offces of secretary a.r;d treasurer were consolidated and J. G. Beard of Chapel. Hill was elected to fill the position,! The executive cmomittee was re-elected as a whole The association wiUi meet next year at Wrtehtsville. ThG assocl o'tanpsc- at Wr'ghtsville. Thej.association pur chased $200 worth Of War Savings Sjtamps. j ; p Cape Fear River Wheat. Favotteville. The rst load of 1918 whea traised in Cumberland county was broueht to the local market by T. J. Young, a colored farmer. The wheat was grown oh'Cape Fear River lands, and it is re diys earlier in reaching the marVe han anv wheat brought to Fayetteville In 20 years The load was not a large one. but will make about three barrels of flofiuflr. It is stafed by those in touch with the situation that there an encouraging outlook for a good lartre wheat crop in Cumberland county; this year. Encouraging Sale"f War Stamps Greensboro. The campaign in Guil ford to sell war stamps has begun and splendid progress 1 reported. Thos. R. Foust is chairman of the commit tee for Guilford county, and he has enlisted seme of the: beet workers in 1 fhe county with him-for the big drive The county has been divided into units, using the school istrlct as the basis unit, and the amount that each unit should subscribe has been appor tioned. Greensboro Itself must buy $346,016 if she ia to do her part. . rt COMPLETE DEFEAT AND UTTER ROUT THE FIRST AUSTRIAN OFFENSIVE HAS ENDED IN COMPLETE AND DIRE FAILURE. IN IHBEAT ALL ALONG LINE Losses Are Estimated As Already 180,000 Men and Additional Heavy Casualties Expected. The first phase of he Austrian of fensive has ended in failure in de feat. The culmination of what was Intended to be the crushing of Italy between the jaws of the Austrian pin cers ,is the rout of the Invaders them selves. i From the Montello nlatpan tn thn i Adriatic sea the enemy is in retreat. ! Already his losses are estimated at 180,000 men and the chances, of his escape without additional neavy cas- ualties and men made prisoner seem remote. Large numbers of the pontoon bridges thatt the Austrians threw across the Piave have, been swept away by the now torrential stream, and on all the sectors of the 33 mile front where they gained edges of( the Venetitian plain they are being sorely harassed by the fire of the Italian guns and rifles and by the machine gunfire and bombs of the allied avia tors who have done such notable ex ecution since the drive started. Monster preparations have been made by the Austrians for what was to be the death blow to King Victor Emmanuel's men. Thousands upon thousand of men, many of them brought from the Russian and Ru manian fronts and guns and stores In tremendous quantities had been par celled among the various command ers for the drive over a battle arc of virtually 100 miles, running from the Asiago plateau to the Piave river and then following that stream to the seV Undoubtedly, the Austrian high command had built; largely for suc cess on the belief that the ' Italian morale had been, shattered when last year their great pincers closed in upon the Italian front and forced back the line in a great semi-circle from the Julian Alps to the Piave and from the ! mountains in the north almost to the plains of Venetia. NAVY RECRUITING IS ACTIVE AND RESULTS SATISFACTORY Washington. The appearance of German submarines off the Atlantic coast and the exploits of the marines in France have so stimulated recruit ing that the enlisted personnel of the navy now totals 450,00026,285 offi cers and 423,808 men. Secretary Daniels announced that enlistments in the naval reserve the first week of this month when it be came known that the sea wolves were preying on shipping off the American coast, totalled 14,406, a record for this branch of the service, while in the following week 12,308 men were add ed. The enlistments, the secretary said, are continuing at a rapid rate and indications are that June will be a banner month. Enlistments in the marine corps have brought the total strength of the corps to approximately 50,000 men. Recruiting is proceeding so briskly at the stations throughout, the country that officials anticipate nb difficulty in speedily bringing'.the corps' strength to the 75.500 authorized in the naval appropriation bill now before Con gross. The enlisted strength of the vari ous branches of the naval service were given by Mr. Daniels as follows: Regular navy: Officcers, 9,204; en listad men. 205,798. Naval reserves: Officers, 14,704; enlisted men, 148,505. Marine corps: Officers, 1,364; en listed men, 48,505 National naval reserves: Officers 785; enlisted men,tl5,000. Coast guard: Officers, 228; enlisted T men, 6,000. REPORT BY GEN. PERSHING ON AMERICAN CASUALTIES Washington. -Casualties in the American army oveVseas thus far re ported by General Pershing, including the list made public, total 8,634 as compared with 8.085 a week ago. Casualties among the marines with the expeditionary forces are not in cluded in this list. With some ,900,000 men now in France, the small number of deaths from disease reported is considered remarkable. ENTIRE AUSTRIAN CABINET SUBMITS 'TS RESIGNATION Amsterdam. The Austrian cabinet decided on a collective resignation', ac cording to advices received from Vienna. . . Paris. Havas Agency.) After a meeting with Emperor Charles, of Austria, says a dispatch from Zurich Switzerland. Premier Seydler present ed the resignation of the entire Atis tlaft cabinet. The j emperor saM h would decide Sunday whether to ac cept the resignation. SCCMJTS (Conducted by National Council of the Boy Scouts of America.) BRITISH SCOUTS' WAR WORK Harry Lauder, the famous Scotch comedian, on his recent appearance In Omaha, N.eb., said of the work of the scouts In England : "There are at present 240,000 boy scouts engaged in work In England that hitherto had been performed by men. Their work is such that a well trained boy can accomplish as well as a weil-traiied man. Carrying mes sages across the country, helping wounded soldiers after their return from the battle front and a thousand other things keep the lads busy all the time. They; are an important factor in England's destiny. The British boy scout Is doln& a reat work today ia the service of his country A he man' the so,ldiJr' s the bul1' " me iciieu mere are tu,wu ui. uieso boys actively guarding Britain. With their keen little eyes and their quest for romance and excitement they are playing a great part in guarding our sea-girt shore. "To be a boy scout Is to be a discip lined good boy. Good boys make good men, good ! men make good citizens, and a good citizen is always respected. Every boy as well as every man must do his best today for his country. SCOUTS AIDING THE NAVY. Immediately following the declara tion of war steps were taken to effec tively organize, along lines similar to the coast guard work of the Boy Scouts of England, older boys special ly selected In order that there might be available a resource for use by the navy ; department, should the occasion warrant Special organizations were perfect ed covering a large part of the Atlan tic ctkast line, and in each case the boy enroWing secured special permission of his parents. All of their work was done privately. The boys agreed to hold themselves j ! readiness for any emergency call. They also undertook to make a careful survey of the actual conditions In a definitely prescribed territory so that there , niight be available information as to the full resources : of the com munity in case of disaster, including a ! list of all houses suitable for hospital purposes, names of all. doctors, Infor mation about all automobiles, motor boats, etc., which might be of service. In addition to this, In some of the naval districts, boy scouts co-operated in the early days of the war in locating unlawful wireless stations. WHAT FOREIGN SCOUTS DO. We must produce food as never be fore to keep America for Americans. Secretary Houston urges the boy scouts to double their production of food in 1918. It can be done. The scouts of every country In the world have made good. Belgian boys carried dispatches through the very enemy's lines when the most skillfully trained soldier cou riers failed. Belgian scouts gave up their lives rather than betray the se crets of their country. French and English scouts have many times secured information abso lutely necessary for the safety of their countries' armies. Certain it is that American boys would live up to the records made by these European scouts, even to the giv ing up of their lives if their country needed these supreme sacrifices. American scouts, scoutmasters and scout commissioners already are in the trenches of Liberty's front lines de fending civilization's freedom from barbarian onslaught. GEN. STRONG LIKES SCOUTS. Ih a letter written by Maj. Gen. F. S. Strong, commander of the "Sunshine," or Fortieth division, at Camp Kearny, Cal., to President Frank von Tesmar of the Coronado boy scouts, he says : "A previous engagement makes It impossible for me to be with.you. This is regretted particularly, because I have always had a great interest In the boy scout movement. I have had occa sion to observe the'm In many parts of the country, and have noted their effi cieicy wherever they were called on for service. "In Honolulu they were invaluable In handling many details of the. carni val and were highly praised by the gov ernor.and officers of the association. "The 'boy scouts as an association stand for everything that is honorable and patriotic, and they deserve com mendation of all for the work they are doing." SCOUTS ARE LIFE-SAVERS. v If the scout's willingness to help others were not backed up by scout knowledge and ability, his "daily good turn' would have more of kindness than of genuine service to others In it. As It is, the application of what each scout must know covers service to others going all the way from answer ing questions and pointing out direc tions and giving first aid, even to the saving of life. Scouts in Long Branch, N. J., saved a man from drowning In a welL