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GREENSBORO DAILY ' WKATHJCB Worth Carolina: Fair' today. Partly cloudy Friday. The Daily News: Now Leading Them A1J in North Carolina. VOL. XVIII. NO. 153 GREENSBORO, N. C, THURSDAY MORNING, JUNE 20, 1918 PRICE FIVE CENTS THE TEUTONS HAVE LOST THEIR SPIRIT OF D0-0R-DIE; THEIR ATTACKS EVERYWHERE IN . THE WEST AND ITALY LACK TENACIOUSNESS CARGO OP NITRATE OF Jeremiah O'Leary Is Now Awaiting Trial ULD REACH Tf ON FfRST DAY OF PUSH NEWS HALT IN THE FACE OF THE ALLIES' HOT FIRE Their Objectives Far Beyond Their Reach ITALIAN OFFENSIVE FAILS The Battle Has Gone Miserably Against the Austrians in the Mountains BATTLE RAGfeS ON PI AVE Numerous Attempts Have Been Made by the Austrians to Gain Further Bridgeheads But Italians Are Holding Them. The Teutonic allies apparently have lost their spirit of do-or-die. Their at tacks everywhere lately have lacked the tenaciousness of days gone by. Instead of ploughing through allied lines with stubborn indifference to casu alties so long as an objective was gained, they now waver and then halt in the face of the artillery and rifle fire of th men barring their way, and with the points they were trying to gain still far beyond their reach. Ambitious attempts by the troops of the central powers in the past few weeks have proven this. The opening of a gate way to Paris through the western front limning from Mondidier to the Marnc tailed completely; the offensive on the Italian battle line launched by the Aus trians seemingly has failed miserably in the mountain regions and apparently has almost been stopped along the I'iave, while a stroke started by the (Germans against Rheims broke down in its incep tion without the enemy taking a yard of territory. And in these varied attempted enter prises, the higher command of the Ger man and Autdro-Hungarian armies have Been theirtnen literally mown down un til battle fields have been clogged with dead or wounded as recompense to the allied troops for the small bits of ter rain they yielded. The Austrian offensive in the Italian theatre is btill in progress along the I'iave river but in the mountain region after the sharp reaction by the Italian, British and French troops, who in counter-attacks pushed back the invader from the points he had attained in his initial rush, the enemy evidently is fearful of again trying out the mettle of the de fenders. Oq the Piave numerous attempts have been made by the Austrians to gain further bridgeheads on the western bank of the stream but the Italians every where are holding them with their gun fire and also doing sanguinary execution within the ranks of the enemy across the river with bombs and machine gun lire. The Austrian war office asserts that tha Austro-llungarian troops have crossed the Fossetta canal at some 4. points where Tuesday it was claimed they had made advances and also that several Italian lines at the Bouthem foot of the Montello plateau, the key to the Venetian plain, have been pierced. Rome, on the other hand, declared that all the weak attempts made in the Montello region were completely repulsed. More than p.t)00 men have been taken by the Italians since the offensive began , and many guns and several hundred machine guns have been captured. That intensive air fighting has also taken place is hown by the fact that fifty enemy planes have been shot down. " Only two or three allied machines have failed to return to their base. The attacks of the Germans near Rheims resulted disastrously to them. Hardly had they . left their trenches after one of the most terrific bombard ments with shells of all calibers, includ ing gas projectiles, ever experienced on the western front, nearly 40,000 men were faced by the reinforced French armies and literally cut to pieces and forced to fall back precipitately. Only nt one, point, to the east of Rheims, did the enemy succeed in penetrating the French line. Here they were ejected (Continued oji Pane Three) TWO AVIATORS KILLED WHEN AIRPLANE FALLS Lieutenant F. S. Patterson, of Dayton, ' and Roy Swan, of Norwich, Conn., Fall 10,000 feet at Wright Field. hpringneift, Ohm, June 1ft, Lieuten ant Frank Stewart Patterson, of Day ton, Ohio, and Lieutenant Roy Swan, of Norwick, Conn.. wre instantly killed at the Wilbur Wright aviation field be frween this city and Dayton this after- nnnn whmi thoir airnlunr nnllurtan,! ; noon when their airplane collapsed in midair. At an antiude oi about KMMM) feet the pilot lost control of his machine after going into a swift nose dive. The machine failed to straighten out from the nose dive and fell through the e!uds, the wings collapsing. At a height of about 4(H) feet one of the men J either fell or jumped from the fusilave,! while the other man was caught in the! Wreckage of the machine. Roth bodies ' were unrecognizable w hen reached. ! Lieutenant Patterson was 22 years of ape and a nephew of John H. Patter son, a manufacturer of Dayton. Lieu tenant Swan Avas married, his wife liv ing with him at Fairfield. German Shock Troops, Attacking Rheims, Are Met by an Awful Fire From French With the French Army In Prnnce, Jane 18. (By the Aimorlnteil I'rritN.t Large unlta of (irrinun nhock f roopn which had been concent rated un the 'wen tern aide of IthefmM. he- tween Vrlarny and Orne and which went over to aitaanlt lat niKht were met with auch an awful Are from the French defense that they were unable to make the allajhteat proajreaa. They auffered such loaae after trying time after time to reach the French position that only a few of the attackers were able to return to their own lines. When the Germans launched their attack In full force on H helms their Intention waa to deal n heavy count er blow to compensate for their failure to capture Complegne. Forty thouauad troops participated In the assault along the front extending from Vrlgny plateau to SIMery, with Failure of New Offensive and Bread Shortage Excite Pes simistic Comment SPEEDY PEACE DEMANDED tBy Asstvlatwl Fvs. Washington, .Tune 10. Austria's grave food situation coupled with the Apparent failure of the new offensive gaint Italy is- exciting pessimistic comment in the Vienna press. An official dispatch today from Zurich quotes the Arbiter Zeitung of Vienna as saying: "The situation will be still more seri ous in Vienna when the sanguinary de feat of tha imperial forces on the Italian front becomes known." j STRONG PROTESTS AGAINST THE REDUCED BREAD RATION. ( Br Associated Prws. ) Amsterdajn. June 10. The Vienna city; council on Tuesday, according to a dis patch received here, paused a resolution protesting against the reduction of the bread ration. The Vienna labor council after conferring for many houra on the same subiect passed a resolution re newing its demands for the "speediest Karly reports on the results of the re ceneral peace notwithstanding the great j classification of men bv local boards indi- obstacles at present in the way of peace endeavors. The labor council resolution said it wau apparent that no improvement in the food condition in Austria was po sible while the war continued. The resolution of the citv council demanded that the bread ration be in creased at the earliebt possible moment and that in the meantime other food stuffs be used to replace the reduction in the amount of bread. MATTERS IN AUSTRIA RAPIDLY APPROACHING BREAKING POINT (By AssocUtcd Prml Amsterdam. June 10. Matters in Austria are rapidly approaching the breaking point. The Vienna A roe iter Zeitung which was received here tonight, says that representatives of the government-owned mines, printing works, mint, telegraph and posts secured an audience ! wun ine premier, ur . o:i oeyoier, ana j the finance minister, Dr. von Wimmer. on Friday. Deputv Gloeckcl, acting as spokesman for the men, said that the lowering of the workers' efficiency was attributable, not to ill-will, but entirely to under feeding, and that the state employes needed an increase in wages of 50 per cent in order to live at all. Dr. von Wimmer replied that the ut most limit of expense hud already "been reached and that the state could not l'w'MUI.v "r",ir' u,,,ur" "v na provisions to guard against inter- could promise was "further discussion" jVrcnce with professional league schedules next fall. this season. The Arbeiter Zcitnng, in a heavily i Results of the government's ultimatum censored article, speaks of dire distress , that loafing would not be tolerated dur ourside of Vienna and in places where lnf: the war already are bein felt in war industries have been established. (Various parts of the" country. Unofficial In many communes, it says, the people j reports from several states show the have had no potatoes for four niont ha I immediate improvement in the labor and that no fats or flour have been di- market and a decrease in the number of tributed. Children are going to school j vagrants and otjier idlers hungry. In one place near Vienna bread j - supplies sufficient for two days are GROWING CROPS IN STATE supposed to last tor a wnoie week. GERMAN DESTROYERS AND SUBMARINES BOTTLED UP London, dune 19. Twenty-one Ger man destroyers, a large number of sub marines and numerous auxiliary craft are penned in the Bruges canal docks as the result of the recent British naval operations at Zebrugge, the German sub marine base on tne Meigian coast. Thomas .1. MacNamara, financial secre iaiy in iiir bo hi u uj , ihbuc miimhuh v- t ineiii in ine hiiiim- ui coinifionn io win fleet today and Aid that the operations, were more successful than at first had j been supposed. He added that the tier- ,.. nr(t v. , (U u.,Kint An. i man craft were now the subject of con stant lionibing. GREAT REVOLT HAS BEGUN AT KIEV; STREET FIGHTING T,,... lrt 4 ,nl kau I begun at Kiev, according to an inter-j cepted ' wireless message transmitted j from Moscow to the Exchange Tele-i m '. i graph company. Artillery stores have been exploded and there is continuous street flghtjng. The revolt is spreading to the Poltava and Ichernigov dis tricts. Forty thousand peasants, armed and organized, are participating in the revolt. ordem to carry the city at all eoita. They met vHh dtnninl defeat, At every point they were repuleed with hen vy lone. In a moat ftat- lont manner the French troop pre- vented the enemy from nrorlna; even an Inltlul nun' en. The artillery preparation Innted for..nevernl houra and was one of the niont terrific yet aearrled out. High esplonlven from hundreds of cannon Intermingled with numerons poisonous gas sheila. To the east of Rheims the Ger mans at flrnt made some advance, but were soon thrown back to their original positions, and a consider able number of them were token prisoner. At noon today the gunfire waa still very heavy, hut the attack may for the moment, be regarded as a complete defeat for the attacking party. Secretary Raker Withdraws Op position; More Men Secured By Reclassification LOAFING IS ON DECREASE Washington. June 10 - Wilhdrawnl ly Secretary Maker of his opposition gave fresh impetus tmln - i consideration of the proposal before Congress to extend the draft age lira it a so that the war de partment will have available at no dis tant date 'ample manpower to carry out President Wilcon's program of an army o! unlimited size for the war on tW muny. Officials in the office of Provost Mandial Oneral Crowder immediately began preparation of statistics showing I results whieh might be expected if the j draft is extended to various ages be- 1 ween 18 and 45 years, the limits fixed iti a bill by Senator France, Republican. It is expected that thi information will It presented soon to the senate military committee which is considering the France bill. cate that more than 2.VVKH) men will be lidded to ela s one by this means, as against the original estimate ot Hiio.utH). .operation of General C'rowder's work or tight regulations, which become effective July 1, also is expected to add to the total in the first class. Kach district is expected to have near the national aver age of 2ft.7 per cent, of its total regis tiation in ela-s one w hen the rerlrtssifi ution ha been completed. These est imates were pointed to to day by some official as bearing out their contention that there is no im mediate necessity for -chnngHig the age limits. General Crowder. however, does not share this view, and recently told the senate military committee that ex tension of the age limits was necessary because at the planned rate of calls class one would be exhausted early next year. Members of Congress from mining dis tricts were informed today bv General Crowder's office that there will be no -consideration of the decision not to grant deferred classifiea! ion to miners as a class. This will leave the matter of miners classification with the local boards. Announcement of definite rulings on what are to be termed useful employ ments under the work or fight regula tions is expected soon. An opinion on the status of baseball players now is awaiting General Crowder's decision. It is understood that the game will be classed K A unnrt hut that tko stiin!nn OF KENTUCKY ARE DAMAGED, White.sburg. Kv . June I; As the re- Milt of a terrific storm winch visited ! monf has recommended to the treamrv ' toting the enstei n front, reconstituting eastern Kentucky last night, thousands i r,mrnt the renomination of co'l. ! i '" American arms, in a wav that ot dollars of damage has heen done :oi0lkcr Tavlnr, collector of the port pt,'H eH firth American energv and ap growing crops, fruit orchards and road- Vilmjnet"n Colonel TavlnrV term a, peal to the imagination nf the 'people, ways throughout a wide territory. At.LoI1(1(.lor espnri m Mav is but under i On the Defensive, some places there were terrible cloud-., h(1 bw aml mrti,-r he' serves until a j, ni lo ,,,,.rvPr, h0 ,, . hiTsts and manv of the inhabitants n is nnnointe.l , J ' ( , . , tl,. . ail.... i i i (siic.essor is ap ponneu. admmistrntion fee s that it is on the de- the pallet, and on low lands were Advice reaching Senator Simmons are in r,.,8r,i t Ku,j, when on, , pel'ed to abandon their homes am flee .i... colonel Taylor's services have he,.'e ! r . . . ; '"'"- for their live. it... i-i,,,:,,, u,al ' nl""'1. 'a.Murs sen i ea have heel. ,,, arP M ,,, ptatl department rea ning nere irom tne outlying se- mens tens oi nouses oem" washert awav unroofed and wrecked by the wind. while great swept awa y by torrents from swollen (;.. i ' irips oi rornnew. were mountain streams. AMERICAN MARINES WILL ADVANCE UNDER A BARRAGE . Washington, .nine l. American ma- ...: x seas service, will demonstrate tomorrow to Secretary Daniels, inenibcrs of the senate and house military and naval met, iitiiiuiiji i yiiHiuini, t a.. lor o ei - committees and other government of- ficia Is, how an attackins force advances i'Iw under hflrr fir,. Th- oh-r.. nv.r'M the top" will be part of a field day pro- gram which includes a review of the marines, a general inspection of barrack and an outdoor luncheon. But They Haven't Reached it Yet and Not Likely to AUSTRIANS PI SHED BACK Had Crossed Piave and Were Advancing When Italians Counter Attacked HELD ON THE RIVER RANK Austrians Also Absolutely Checked at Sandoma by a Strong Counter-Attack Foe Was Pressing Toward Mestre. Special Cable from the London It nfi to The Greensboro News. (By WARD PRICE.) (Copyright, by Public lrtmr Company.) Italian Headquarters, June Hi. I ar rived this evening and can give some de jscription of the lighting at .Montello and I the Piave. I Smothering the front line trenches with smoke shells the Auslrians put off at 11 o'clock from Fu di I'iave, opposite . i nt- mil i in-H-i mi nei m i mm eno aim 1 mane a landing on the slopes, oi the hill. Masked by the smoke the men trickled over and the enemy began to press in land. Soon he had strung owr a float ibridge so reinforcement., could be brought over more quickly than on hoals floating erabwise down the swift stream. The Austrians foiurht their wav mi the: hillside ami dow n the soul hern lope. i Mere thev made a iunetion ith another!'""""" 'I'l'"".- " K ". ""'"''"B lrly whieh had come aeros.s f. .eress. I hey have not been' able vet l. i ji, , . :, : . land the Italian counter-attacks are being delivered. Next to the sector on the Piave where the enemy tried to win a big bridgehead is in the neighborhood of a double rail way at Pinti di Piave. 1 followed this attempt from the command post house whose windows are closely shuttered because of the pungent gas. The whole fair countryside is seek ing the news, by runner or telephone, but news comes through in snatches. "The enemy is on our front line from the saw mills to Fagare." "They got three foot bridges across." "Their aeroplanes are Hying low and bombing machine gun troop support " '"We have re-taken the dyke at. Snl garcda," this dyke being a great earth wall which hems in frequent I'iave flood. We followed the news with anxiety, for this attack was a direct push' toward Treviso, the objective which had been held out to the Austrians as a sure re ward for the first day's efforts. About 1 1 a. m. ' the Italians' counter nt tacks began and trom that time all went well, the Austrians being pushed back to the river bank and held there. Nine hundred prisoners were taken by the Italian in this sector during the day These men gave the information that SO battalions with machine guns were clone behind to march straight into Areviso ; v. hen the passage of the river was forced. : 1 talked with the first man taken, a j peasant, from Cronstadt, on the Ru manian frontier. He had been in the second line. At 7 his company, fol lowing the storm patrols, had crossed the I'iave in boats, and was on the other side by a shell fire so heavy he bad taken to cover in a shell hole until the Italians counter attacked and one of them Lit him ifi the head, with a rifle, another with a stone. He rubbed his head tun! smiled. He seemed pleased at the recol lect ion. The third place on the Piave where the enemy tried to thrust forward is from Fossalla to a little to the south of Sandoma, hut he wan abruptly checked last night by a strong counter attack from a brigade which went into action shouting gayly that they would avenge The Tripoli, an oil steamer be longing to their native town, Civitavec chia, which lately was torpedoed. This attack was intended by the Austrians to bo pressed towards Mestre, thus gaining possession of the flooded areas and lagoons that protect Venice. The sum total of the whole Piave sit uation at present is that the enemy no where has done more than get a footing on our side whieh he has done once a! rcadv. last winter. COLONEL WALKER TAYLOR IS LIKELY TO HOLD OFFICE; , Renomination of Wilmington Port Col-1 lector la Recommended by Senator Simmons. Dally Nfwi Bureau nd T?)tgrat,h 0fri Toe Rlggx Bulldlnf nv Uued Wiri Washington, June 10. Senator Sim- ,H,rj a( .- . . . r . ' It is not expected there will k 4-.....i ...i.4....- u,.. .. nnnointmet. On-in- to the imnortan nf thp Vi)minL'ton nort it is nossibh- that wtirv Mr.ln himself mtW K' reiar Jlf VIO lllllisen, rilin.r - than one of the asMstjmt secretary", iwill pass upon Senator Simmons' reeom- niendat ion. but in any event t lie (nomination of Colonel Tavlor is regarded is a practical certainty ' . . . . . aaijCKI VAJ.1 rAiKULo LKUoa MARNE AND FIGHT ENEMY! u-i.i. a a.- ; v- Jun I'.K (By the Associated I'ress.i - m .0,t r.fo. Ti.... ..w mtei n-itii uairoir r run set i i ne this morning. They established 'contact j . with the hostile forces, killed a conid- erable number of the enemy and brought j iback prisoners. Subject Opened in Senate By Lewis and Fall I TO RECONSTITUTE FRONT Held That Rig Army Should Re Sent, and United States Take Leading Part IT RAISES AN OLD ISSUE ! But Only if Eastern Front Is Reronsti- tuted Will It Be Possible to Use Power of Japan and Resources of Asia Against the Foe. Dit!; Sfwj Bureau m4 THwtpti Offlc Thg Rices R.illrtinc "r Uam Wire) (By C. W. GILBERT.) (fooyrlehi. 191 B. br New ork TriluinO Washington, June IP.- Congress to day opened up on the subject of Kus sia. Senator J jew is and Senator Fall both made speec lieu urging t hat some- jibing be done to aid Russia and combat , Germany in the cast. That is only a hepinninp. (Ulier more important hihI more detailed speerhef will he made soon, urging the reeonMitiition of the cap! front ly the Tinted States. In the opinion of the ajrresfiive war hen- !"',.", ' . J . , . ' 1 ' . , " , 1 lie davs Mnce Prcfsidcnl W ilson j lor'- '"lo TZ;V lnVyX.iZ . . a , , t , uimic iiihi (nil oi it hum rmiir n. mniv clear program with regard to Kussia. Big Army or None at All. Here are the views which are now held and whi h are being urged with ft great deal of force upon the adminis t rat ion. They have much support in l ongress, w Inch is likely to take the lead in forming public opinion upon this subject, as it did in forming public opinion upon the subject of reorganiza tion. The opinion is. first, that there is no use of entering Kinvia in a mil itary way except with a large force and with the intent of fighting Germany as bard upon the eastern front as uhiii the western front . A big army must be sent or none at all. For this reason t here is no disposit ion to criticise the President for his opposition to the Jap .muse intervention in Siberia. There was no evidence that the J.'ipaiiese plan contemplated an effective movement against (iermany, but rather action to conserve her own interests in Siberia. Second, the opinion has grown that the Tinted States must take a leading part in the reconstitution of the eastern front. And this is another reason why no one criticises the President's attitude toward the Japanese plan of interven tion. It is now perceived that the re- constitution of the eastern front mint be international in its character. And since the United States is the only one of the western belligerents which haa the resources and the manpower to uii-j1"" net-take the dimcult task of renewing i being mane to Hee that Air. MeAdoo tor tile war upon Orinanv in the east li BetH business for a while, coiirlirsinn is that the United States; .4 . , , , ., . ,. must take the leading role in what is ' U hllf .,t. '? that Seere- to be done. This country' disinterest- Ur' IrAdo R a,'m;"t ls nbX? and cdness in Europe and its well known Pactions are that he will be able to Rvmmitht u-ith Kn.-m fit i o . nn n l.pr i rct trt l,lR lU'k Wltlllll a short time. belligerent is fitted to win the support of Hussia in the effort to free Russia frnm Cnrmun i n ll iioncu Bml rouif.ro Wun. sian territory to her. Japan's part in the enterprise must be that of an ally and associate, a thoroughly trusted ally, but not the sole medium for the defeat of Germany's ambitions in the east. Have Gained in Vision. It w ill be seen at once that this view of ihe 1ask in the east is vastly bigger ami totally dill'erent from the view taken by the allies when they urged approval of Japanese expedition, probably small, into Sib eria. 1 he advocates of lighting . ; " . i. .- .i ll i i i i"i"ii nn h it-nun m mr ininy Hiiuri President ilsnn interposed by his ob jections to the immediate landing of troops in Siberia. All the signs here point to the adop tion by the administration in the near future of the view that the east front should be reconstituted. Reports re ceived here in Washington indicate that l"i,,Iio l'nn throughout the country is forming in favor of action in Kussia. Congress iB beginning to reflect this public opinion in its debates. And that is the familiar process by which .de- eiMim- me reached in this government. j r irst puiiii" ami nie newspnpers t hen Coiigrtx. then the White House, or 1 first Coiijires. then the public and the j newspapers, then thp White House, the order sometimes varies slightly, but that j is th cycle and the first pusses are already here in this matter nf recnnsti- llot dune, menders nf ll.,. ,Uaw ' "'i ,Mi uone, nr inaL is .,..( rM.irt rUh. i;0M.. k .' , ' hr.W von w ould do it . u hnr'c vnu I ! j;et t he nhipe., w liat government you Mild deal w i li The psychological staff repealed in inVant. The i- i . tt.o , i.a f i V (I., ..,... .K....1.I 1... l n Q .,.,..,. ' i" f(irP the 'American oeonh. ' .... , 1 1 " i It '"ail t be .lone? The italic is nrecirvflv liLn 1 1 i.,, (f at existed a year ago" fir o. that time M1"' rmy w saying it on Id not send men to I-ranee tor a year. The French ' were urging that, the Kondint? of men P"0"10 wr"" nere were the , i - " W, ' mn were sent once, ' ' ' "LL Z , tiV a ' rmU "nd thp draftM mpn- The d" (Continued on Pajta Three) IT1 C v.-?" V" 1 ft 7; 1 Jeremiah O'l.pRry, former editor of Bull, who lion" from N u York f t er 1 his indictment eliarpliiK linn with I" Ini? h spy, has hrn c:i pt it red In the mountains of Washington, w h rr h" j v-n.t fori.tii i,i,..cir i,-.-t.,i ! wire. He armed lumsclt well.' Hnfl1,,-r, advi.-ed that a cargo of nitrate of provisioned the phitr' for fix months. Hf WUf ,';t pf Hl'l'il lv ;i c 1 1 1 s Mf per ret fiervfrc nf thf I fi rt mem ..f (11s t i who had tntih-it him lioui New York. Quiet (Jossip in Washington Is To the Effect That His Throat is Affected QUITS WORK FOR PRESENT Hilly Sewn Bureau and Trkirraph Offlre Thp Rlggs Building ,eiuFl Hire) Washington. June u Apprehension is felt in official circles here concerning the condition of Willimn G McAdoo, sec retary of the treasury and director gen eral of railroads. Knun authentic sources there came today reports that Secretary McAdoo had been ordered to go to a ranch in the west for his health and that he may be away several weeks or for an indefinite period. Quiet gossip at the capitol and about Washington is that Secretary McAdoo's throat is in a very serious condition and that he must have a period of absolute quiet and rest. For several weeks his throat has been in such condition that he has not been able to fill all of his engagements. It in understood that at the office of Secret art McAdoo there is , di8inclillfttimi to tho a(,drpM of I wt"n retreat and every effort is ! tilirfftrp indications are that considerable ! "nxiety prevails among his tnends and I JUS lllllCSS is Hot as slight HA WUH at flrst reported. Since Secretary McAdoo returned from his liberty loan speaking tour his throat has not yielded readily to treatment and the two weeks spent at White Sulphur Springs did not bring about the expected relief. One of Secretary McAdoo's political friends and sympathizers continued ru mors today t hat Mr McAfflo's physi cians have ordered him to ah-tnin from work for the present and that the doc torn' order are that he shn.1 recuperate I on some western ranch w here an out door life will aid in rouiidin; turn into his usual fighting trim. For the present Mr. McAdoo 'h work will be in tlx hand- of olficials specially designated stjhorditiat ew v'd his medi cal advisers will try to keep Mr. McAdoo in the open air until his or" throat is healed. At times during t he past few weeks Mi . MeAdoo has been unable to carry on a prolonged i-onversat ion be cause of the extreme sensitiveness of his throat and vocal cords. COLLISION C AUSES DEATH OF MISS RUTH TVREE Two Young Men Are Also Seriously In jured in Automobile Wreck it Winston-Salem. Winston Salem, Tune IH Miss Ruth Tyree, the year -old daughter of City ( ommissioner of Finance I,, p. Tvree, was instantly killed and (jleorge (J. .Ir, and It yii inn Tudor, vonng sons of prominent local insurance man, were te rionslv injured at I o'clock this mom ing when the automobile in which the w' mm. u uum v t . ouii 1 1 cmo lurncu lurue, ,ne c- cnl,Rn' being thrown into a barbed I wire fence. J r.e ear was being driven jut a high rate of speed by Itynuin Tu dor and col lifted wit h a cr owned by ''be h-ft arms of the two brothers were broken. George aUo iistainel a i serious injury to his head ami has not re": ' inined eonscnulsue I is condil ion is seriou-. The accident lm been widely dis cussed today and criticism of reckle- drivers has been se ere. The city and county authorities ha e decided to co operme iii a more rigid enforcement of the nnti spepd law. ' If the city and count v eourts would impose ma ximum Penalties auto speed.ng w.mld soon be' conquered in North t arolma," declared U county official today. I . :.. . . .;oon ine lormai onier iiulliiiit ine win 'Rerlondo" Cops Down With Ni trates Off Cuban Coast I HARD BLOW FOR FARMERS They Will Have to Make the Present Short Supply Meet Their Needs 1 WE MAY GET STATIONS I forth Carolina Coast Urifed as Good Location For Aerial Coast PatroL Won't Settle Short Lino Quei tion by July i. Hall. N'ws Bureau .nil Tflnr.pb Offle Th. Rlgga BiilMIng (t Uttjed Wtr.) Washington, June 10. Pad newg for the farmers of eastern North Carolina I renrheil the office of Senator Simmons today wlii'ii the department of agrlcul- I soda intended for agricultural use had gone mm u wn n tne snip Kedonao, ' oil" the coast of Cuba. The "Heurtndo" had aboard a big cargo of nitrates, much of which was intended for eastern coast- farms. Senator Simmons took up the nitrate of soda short age wit h the department of agricult ure about lu days ago and wns told then that a cargo we on tho way from Chile and North Carolina would share in the distribution. Today t he department of agricultural advised that the ship bringing over was shipwrecked and that both ship and cargo were a total loss. The depattmenfa had no det a ils of t he wrecking of tho vessel, according to its message sent Senator Simmons, but it was stated that all hope of salvage was gone and tho shipments had been sacrificed by an ac cident at sea. There was nothing to in dicate that a submarine caused the loss of the vessel, but its loss waa described as a plain case of shipwreck. Receipts of this news means that so far as relief through the department of agriculture is concerned farmers in, North Carolina and elsewhere probably will have to make the present short sup ply of nitrates meet their immediate re quirements. The special shipment was needed particularly In sedMons where tha crop is early and delay had already seriously inconvenienced those sections. Urge North Carolina Claims. Both Representatives John H. Small and Hannibal L. Godwin announced to- day their intention to urge upon the war department the strategic impor tance of the coast section of North Car olina when the department begins the location of additional aerial coast, patrol and aviation stations on the Atlantic seaboard. Secretary Raker in a recent communi cation to the house commit tee on ap propriations disclosed the purpose of the war department to construct 1.1 new aviation patrol stations on the Atlantio coast. The visit of German U-boata was oartlv resnonsibtn for thin ntn and hereafter the Mttr and navy de partments intend to co-operate in a pa trol that will embrace tlio air and the water. With a shipbuilding plant at Wil mington the coast of North Carolina becomes doubly important from the standpoint of protection. Representa tive Small said today that the coast line of the atatd is of sufficient import tance and length to justify the location of two of the new stations in North Carolina and that one at least should be located there. Representative God win, whose district also cotnprines'coast territory, will also apply to the war department for consideration of North Carolina claims and Representative Hood, now ill, will probably present the cluims of his district by letter. The new patrols will cot more than $1 ,000,000 each, but only about six to eight weeks U required for construc tion and equipment. No Decision Soon on Short Line In view of the interest in North Caro line in the short line railroad situation. Senator Overman predicted today that the United States Railroad administra tion need not be expected to render a decision about any of these roads in tho near tut ure. It is impossible, he said, for the administration to handle the short line question before July 1, as pro vided m me original railroad act, ami Congress is preparing to extend the tinio tor six mouths so that each small rail road may hae its claims considered in dividually, "A resolution has already been intro duced." said Senator Overman, "to pro vide more time for settlement of thin important issue and the resolution will receive preferential consideration. It postpones until . January I, the date upon which the President, through the director general, shall designate what short line) carriers are to remain under government, control It was found impossible to make this decision by July I and we will ha ve to leiisla t e for more t imc I h m Icon i need Ihe rHilrowd administration in- icmis io nanuic ine mihuit on ns merit and will give lAery road a show." Senator Ovenmin said lie expected hV,..,,,,! mil .....l, government opera t ion , t. following the specified appeal of its such act ion be taken. president that The postofli'-e depart men t annnuncril today t he t rani-fcr of ruin I fe livery service route No, I from Surry. . C, to Bath, Bej rl. cnimty. V ('., tft bo known as route So, 2 from t he lat ter i (Vice. Appoint iitent of Fllie l. Ma4 as post master at Lovitt, Wataiigfi county. N. ( ., a new ofViee, was announced today by the postotlice deparim'-nt. Almond li fiav has ln-i ti appointed rural letter cj. rncr on Uoute o. i from Garysburg, f . succoi'din Ifpnry M. Joyner. ' n . h rr......r... n-,.,,,,,, Hlt,rn from formerly Keputv (Continued on Pae S: Carl Duncan, a prominent Republican
Greensboro Daily News (Greensboro, N.C.)
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