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.... - .......... ; ' V ' ; ..-'..i--'. ,-':'i:' ':: .,''.-;-'" MI Jl I . EVENIMG MAKE KNOWN Y0U2 WANTS TIIEOUGa THE TELE GB AM WANT ADS. Weather Forecast VOL. IX. NO. 33. ROCKY MOUNT, N. C, TUESDAY AFTERNOON, JULY 11th 1916. PRICE: FIVE CENTS 11 EL.. TT A TA 77- rr-s k i i ' w m v -JItO-JEt- vAM- I ; -.-.' ' : . :" ' V t . Y - 1 t 11 ' r Oil AIL THE LINE The British and French Are IryingllardtoConsol- .1 idate Their Lines GERMANS WAGE HARD FIGHT ABOUT LENS The Russians Appear to Be Making 'Advance Over Great Area. But Turks Are Making Great Resist ance. By the AssoriHtcil Pi'PRs. London, July II. With tlio en p t n ' by tire Frrnclrqf.nM:ru.Hciii't 1 o H i which dominates the vnllev of the Sum hip ami front which vr.vl In n jj wliii happens in IVrroue can In observed tin . of tlir primary objects of the Anglo French offensives lias lici'ii achieved. Tin' two armies are now engaged in an effort to organise mill extend 1 ho limit of the ground .they have gained and in rcppclling (iormiiu - counter attacks which are directed particularly toward the British north of th river where tin' sui'ieiileil in gaining n footing in the Troaes wood. At other points, however the BWish have been able to make sohu' progress although neeessarilv slow ugaiust well fortified positions. The (iernians are he:i; ily sludling the alheil trout from l.ens to the iielgiaii. eoast, but. thus far then1 has been no attempt at infantry attarks exeept for the usual raids in.whirh noth siiles are run k i ii it riMJ lgnrUMiaw- tlieir udvanee DECLARES REPOR "Lf'ei anil are now engagiu in a r piW ..liattM3 njoiigi the liue o the Htoiikhoil, which they have i'ioshi-iI at some points. Ou the rest ot the eastern front while there is euntinunns lighting at. Iliaiiv. places, no important r chungi nrciirri'il. Hot It sides are concent rat ing their efforts on the liiitsk saricnT eiist of KoveJ. -In the Caucnsions and Messpotam the Titrhtine betw ecik thr IliiKsians and Turks continues with various results. The weather in Uie greater part of this rruioii. which is extremely hot precluded any great offensive. ' TWO CASES HEARD IN CITY COURT lle.'order Fountain and Solicitor rnvely found but two defendant who deuianileil their, attention at the morn iin session of the city court today There was but a half hour's session required. .. - ' Alack Farmer for the charge of vin liitini the tratlie oriliiiance. was rr . ipiiied'to pay. the conventional line of t and tie rtnt. ''onler.lv conduct, lie was adjudged g-uil - tv Buil rocpiired to iiicrensi) the fluid in the colters of the city by just s GLENN BEING - ' CanTp aieun, July 11 Drilling. at. the ranin is tokinE on new life and today the hoys were marched Upon the drill grounds in battalions instead of 111 COmparny'.iy' lu'reioiore. inougn inc dfill hr ll itbeen slighted since com- ing jii-TV,1', Jgreater emphi beet i.yTpon the eliinin . fill $ fll iqualifieil meri', ad ! u: . . .. &J!."i..)ntiii n,(,t1inuiu hn4 eliminating of minister KiV3id smallox serums, M' --U - Tipping and iiOTv . t , Cgono through the ThT pre- ive begun to .experi- lu '' .x process. I't'i'lie bovs. it lias .been stated upon ,'ai authority, will meet with a gra ' litening of drill duty which will Vtfiieiitly lake on the form of hike J vill be so ' thoroughly liardencd that the marching distance of the regular Timiv cuu be made without serious am cimfort. I'hilehe-OlderTnmp Hienibi featuring the drill the regiments last to ariive are still carrying on the pie liminary work. Cavalry troop A, Liii colnton, and two more infec&if com panics were mustered in yesten(ay anu examination of the third regimental iflieera was completed, leaving only the iucomiiig recruits necessary to make wp tho miaimum company quota of 63 to llow. J ' . - i.i.re "fookies" aifmany men who have tervtd previous enlistments poirr ,1 in this morning. .. . David Faulkuer, company M, first ' itry, iligh Point, left this nioVir i i r ' 'fuileugh of a few days, oe ! v reii-'ie-t of a telegram tell 1 ' infant 'br at DRILL DUTY AT CAI11P TIGHTENED BLOCKADER SHOT Fight Occurs Between Posse and Man Who Operated Distillery FIGHT NEAR CAREY Six Officers Surround the Distillery and the Opera tor Makes An Attempt to Get Away From the Raid ins Officers. (By Associated Press.) Raleigh, .1 u 1 v II. F.dvvard Harmon Jr., a bloekailor, was shot through the head ami probably, fatally injured near Keiincheck in Wnke count v After lie hnd shot Frank Knight of Cnrcv, a posse n an toilav . , fk v. . Six officers -ftwrolihili'il a still which was known to be in operation. Ilannon was said to nave boon in charge ami when ortli'ri'il to surrender opened fire wit-h a pistol. Knight was shot once through tho left leg ami oni'O through tin nrnu v DEATH OF INFANT W. T. COCKREELL Following an extreme illness of about one week the infant daughter of Sir. ami Mrs. "W. T, Ockroll, died at 11 o'clock last night at their Jiome near Willifonls. The deceased was four mouths obi. The funprn!. will be held at three o'clock this nfternoon, nfter which the remains will be interred in the Willifonls cemetery. MOTORCYCLISTS E Kaloigh, X. ('., July M, l'.lHi. Evening Telegram, ltocky -Mount, . ( '. cut lenien : Tmi1c;Vngp0l.a1)Tyyor terested in news of motorcycle run through your city vesterdav am send ng list of fillers and checking time in to liocky Mount at 7p'elock, Ten rid ers left capitol building, one rider drop ping out Pel ore reaching Snuthtield. all others check Selma on time, in Wil son on tune and order of checking m !ocky Mount as following: A. Crinklev si iiiik', iw:..i o ciock: rM'rr i uiey, -;nri Til'wr Mr Lr Spinki." lr(rrtO.-l(Trr;oui r'r.'ii7c7s7"hlTf. ir, S lilt on Thiirring- ton, 10:50; ,1, N'; Sullivan, '; 10:30;" AY. . Hill with tandem prtssenger 10:00; . Allen 12.00, all perfect scores to 'ckv Mount. Left Rocky- Mount 12:.H ive miles out Milton Tharringtoii' rid ing curve 10 miles per Tionr, unable to oniiect wvith brake, ioined the bird ang over handle bars for :0)-foot flight in eotton patch. Three minutes later raucis, with two larfv passengers in side ear repeat same performance, pas sengers, lunch,, tools, kodaks, and etc., piling in a lioiftl. No serious accidents. .lournev eontnlueil to .Nashville where it Started raiiting. And it rained, rain ed in fllieets aiU torrents. Hed mud is HrtitoreyelingV Waterloo and the farm ers along the N'Miville-l.ouisburg road had a treat Jjesterdav afternoon seldom offered the public. Nme riders,..f rom there on, Blinv fell, Timbeil banks, rode ditches, pushd 1 up hills and busted mid holes wide on en. Une lint especially is remembered y a long, narrow red, with ridges at the faot slickv nseentl resembling tl nr steps, one man tell twelve times iy count, and was finally which he iUdgilhriio.re ndvfsrrl try, the woodj success and flnl illv reached the top. An other bought jplough lines to use on rear tire in sill, qlitntn for chains. Spills became so eoiiPjuon an occurrence that it. ceased to vate excitement and n man climbing it ot a . mint note was r comment. Crinklev . - ... he subject of came through II O K but lost 2." pounds in l.oilif ii rg checking time. Til- icy coiiif in i It with Spinks follow tne last an rt-ac licit L,ouigpittg about time a first reached Raleigii and Tnotorcvi s were strewed over Wake, Fra h ' ' and. Nash counties a lore. . J The order' jf checking in ' Raleigh. - Rninks. Sullivan. T'n- Crinklev, Til. chiircli TU11. v Mnn ThoM-infffnii "Ren i - ' conducted by h lcigh Motorcycle Club, distance loo Dili l j. Tharrincton J. ter had four . stitches taken in cut onl chin in which blood poison- had starttjed' when he reached Kaleicb, but is a, Id O. K. now. reature f-rtu,. TharnngMnn fall, Francis spill and .the lilts of 1 when the red mod 0073 in their f,'. e. y kindly for ny at Sir, . : cle Huh Thanking yon v.- tention shown t' Baleigf; TBI T Oil RETURN jaimaHHaaaiBEKCTraiijuiATij objectives m1 russ drive .Turis Vlorfimii."'"- . . tWUilllU . ArFuws indicate . .... - m -, rfrv -1-r-r- 1 ' - atv m. V" - k a , u : v JZyrawnoM vBuK. i ' Uu3yatiiv . YU The Russians report Treat victories acainst the Austrians in Galicia mediate objectives of the present For Biggest Tournament and Convention Ever llelrr OPENING DAY JULY 17 Trophies to Be Competed for -A mount-4 o-Sewra! I lun- r- dred Dollars bv the Fire men' Great Time Promis ed the Visitors. Raleigh. July ll.TTie. Uab'igh fire- nii'li, lifickiyl ii)i.Tv the business men ninl commei'cial or;j:inizat ions of the citv, lie all li'.'lih l.ir ih.'ikiii -ftn state en 1 i on aim iinir'a'ami'iif- of . the. N.oi l li 'nrolineini'ii 's Assiuiutien tire big- liest success ill the hist' -v of the organi .at ion so far as entertaiinni'itt nod pro gram are concerned. Tlire are trophies o be cOmpeteiL fol' the value of which lliuuut iiii lull the bundled itfob'llarl. The openinir dav is July 17. continuing through July 20. EDITORS OF STATE E ON. TO By th Ansociatcil FrcsR. Durham, July" 11, Although the nji- nual convention of the North Carolina l'ri'ss Association doef- not begin until tomorrow- morning .newspaper men f ripu all parts of the state, were arriving in Durham today. .Members of the organi zation already here will be tendered a reception at the country club tonight by the chamber of commerce. The ini tial session of the convention will begin tomorrow morning at 9:'t0. SEITEIEADERS1 BILL Washington, July 11. Senate leaders today agreed upou a legislative program whereb the administration shipping bill and the corrupt practices hill were given the right of way at the present session over all but three pending bills. It Was decided to postpone action on all onservatton .bills until (the jihvA session f Congress in DecenlTier fia have tbe Senate work iu ilaih' u from ' ' . rii -until 8 n. m. RALEIGH PREPARINGl PRES1DEFJT WILSONl D FOR STATE F REH MV 1 S TENS HIPP NG O I J ,i I V . . T A - Ji present position and direction of movement of Russian armion. Russian drive are the cities of Lemberg, IILSI SIGHS THE GOOD ROADS BILL . WnshingtoUj July 11. President Wil son today '.'signed the -Good' Roads' bill recently, passed by Congress, authori:'. ing 'the expenditure of .0,111111,0110 in five veins by the Federal government oil '.'condition that States expend an amount similar to those opportioucd to that of the Federal government, The signing v.ns witnessed by members of the Semite and Mouse of Representa tives of farmers orguuizatiotis. 1 5 T H Messrs. Charles Gregory and K. Smith, as n ilehgat ion representing the liocky Mount Tobacco Hoar. I of Trade, spent yesterday in . Wilson in .attend ance at a joint meeting of representa tives of the ilson, Kiuston and (Ircen ville markets. The joint arrangement for a simultaneous opening of the mar- l-Ji"1s -e ver - 4 b i see t i o H- o f t tie St at e- w a s t'ne main matter taken up f'iir ciiusid I'lation nnd it was decided that the markets should ''pen this year on Tues day, Aug4tt !". The matter of the starting tif double sales was obviously left' with the several markets' as the 'de mands for the sale of the weed and the progress of the prop is expected -to ite terniine this. These four markets have in the past always worked under an agreement for an opening 011 the same dat e,. aiot thus t hey hayjCDj't date ..of. ..tliU-iHig'-'iiafc of many of th sninlier markets over Kastciii' Carol. c.a, though some of them open during that week, "Some n few da vs earlier, while others wait until nearer the end of the week. It is ex pected that the -Rocky Mount .-market will open with double sales on th first day of the market's opening. -MT7 lllld Mis. B. l. Jolics llllll Hill, Harry, ret Hrncd last night after spend ing several days in Norfolk and Ocean V icw. BALTiOREIfEFHE ww - T OPEN ON AUGUST TH :-f of ' t and the lieimans in Kussia lhe im- in Galicia, and Kovel in ilussiu, Whole Time City Physician and Milk and Meat - Inspector V ARRANGING FOR WORK Quarters Are Being Fitted - OutJu Municipal Building and Organization Work Is Getting Ready For Early Start. Hr. .1. ('. Hrasvvell Jr. "Nash county's wludo time healt h oflicer, . unt il recently has'ilrrivcd in the city and this morning entered --lfpon his duties ns whole time city physician and input and milk "in spector.. While I)r. liiaswell has been iu active charge of (he fever situation here ns the: Nash county oflicer-ami in this capacity lie has done much inspec tion w ork. 111 the city, he is at this time ilevotiifg some little work to the matter of organization of his department and to the-opening of officss. Dr. liraswell will be provided offices in the Municipal building second floor and will utilize the offices formerly oc cupied by the city fire department as a meeting room and by the otliee now utilized as a battery and switchboard rin 111 for the Uninewcll fire alarm. These departments will be. move.! out and placed in the new addition for the fire men. Dr. liruswell plans to utilize the firemen s meeting room ns a laboratory while the ofiiee nearer the entrance will, bo used as an office.. In the mean time lr. Hrnswell is working on a code TnTOlrtrhTvrs f or the city whir rrTrili be announced iiC.thq course .oT-tho.-Jext week or ten da vs. . HIGH WATERS NNTHE By the AsfOi'iati'd Press. Abbeville, July 11. Flood waters have apparently reached the maximum hej-e and are rapidly falling. At H o'clock today the. French- Broad-rivci gage, registered 8 8-10 feet the high wa: ter nyirk of the great 1910 flood. Much dan-J:e is reported to crops in adjoinr imt-v'jritorv. Brevard. fcV C. on the division of fne Southern cli ent off from railway communi- water 1 Vtie tracRs. Power Ash are not affected ' A number of r wecimnt of R. RRASWELL OBMMOBK FRENCH BRUAD DAMAGING - 1SE in Minn ii.iii Mm LARGE ! NC R EASE X. ' v. Growth of More Than One Hundred Percent in ' Number of Cases NOW MORE THAN A THOUSAND AFFLICTED There Are 195 New Cases of the Disease. In New York City Reported Within the Past Twenty-Four Hours. ; Today. 11 thi AilM'inli'l I'rfiMH. . ... . Xw Yoi k, July Jl. A largii inorpaso 1 Hm nunilinr if .li.nthu milt ni.w ..nui'a of infant ite aralysia was reportoil to rlnyJ 1 Mifili tlte4flfr twenty-four hours 195 ni'w I'ases ilcvplopeil in Kinv York City aiTl there -were .'12 ilinths. This is an ini'ri'iise of more than 100 per .rent in the number of deaths resulting from the plague in the twenty-four hours end injr ut 10 o'lloek today eompared with the previous twenty-four hours. There are a total of 1,278 rases of infantile paralysis in the greater city. This, iiinee the outbreak of the 278. : ieourge, number ERMEN fIG (Bjr AasocUted Pram.) Ahlievllle, -July- 1U Fit c niul-ttasto threatciieil the timber supply of th South. Henry S. Graves, chief forestctj J the I iiited StaUa declared today in an address before tho Southern Fores try Cougresil that began a four-days' session here.yHe said there was a great need for more States to provide for fin est fire prevention under the Weeks law. ' -. In addition to the grat pine forest Mr. Graves declared that 61 per cent of the country's hard wood supply was lo cated in the South. Southern pine, de clared the chief forester, is the princi ple soft wood used in two thirds of the country east of the plaint. Mucked bv a supply of .',2o.000.0li eer of yellow pine and 20,000 saw mills the pine industry holds today a . omiiiajiding place 111 the country s lujii' her market. Mr. Grsves also pointed out that southern pines furnished aa hually about :tl),000,()00 worth of tur pentine nnd rosin an income which b in danger of being eiit'rtsly lost through a failure to cfire for the forests. STOP IMPEACHMENT PROCEEDINGS NOW 1 By Ann"i:'.ieit PrBsa.i Washington, July 11. Impeachment proceedings against Vnited States At torney General Marshall were tallied to day by the House judiciary ((omniittee, which, liy a devilled vote adopted a resolution that no further proceedings against him would be waged. AUSTRIANS CLAIM NAVAL VICTORY Berlin, July II. The Austrian admiralty announced today that an -Austrian cruiser bad sunk four or five British armored patrol boats. Only nine men from tlie British vessels were rescued. STOCK MARKET "By ttiiV'A,oriieiJ Trin. New York, July 11. Feverish liquid ation of war stocks and afliliated issues was resumed on a broader scale today. Luitial quotations for these shares show ing serious depreciation. In dustrial al cohol was auain extremely erratic, booh reading 2 12 points from its one point gam ot yesterday... .Mininium tvuidc tinkers early break ot a fraction was extended to fi points with a heaviness in Marine preferred and metals. Hails and 1'iiited States Steel were relstivi Iv sleaily. r COTTON MARKET J ... By the .ociat-d ,Pn. New York, July lU-'-Cotton futures opened steady, July 12..19; October. 13. u; -r. I ImM.mber,. 1.1.1 8; January 130; March, -13.:i8. ' ' . New York, July 11. The cotton maT ket was very quiet early today Bnd 0ien ed one point higher to 4 points lower with the more activivpositioiis sidling 2 to 4 points under last night ' closiug ligures. . This decline probably reflected over niht selling orders, but the market steadied around 12.9S for October 1.1. IS for December, vifh pries later ing up a p- , r.- T HE INFANT DfSEP P flRNF S MAK MKIRflAT LUi PEN BIG MEETING I ASHEVILLE iEBITER IS GERMAN WARSHIP American. Naval Officials To day Inspect Mammoth Submariablc. ' IS THE PROPERTY OF NORTH GERMAN LINE The Commander is Not With His Craft Today, Hut II Has Marine Superintc cnt to Receive the U. ; . Naval Board. . Washington, July llEeyre." Btato.Depattj'-;,:; r and Brttiali kafmuS': claim tliat kh. Qenuan .. submarine DeatscUand U v -' ly a warship,' even though '4:, and ue4 as a'aiarchantman. ' . NAVAL BOARD MAKE INSPECTION, Jtultiiiiore, July 1 1. American navy nftiimm .Intti'ili'.l liy tlu Vavr Tpp-irt. meat to determine the status of the tier nun submarine DetitBchlaud, went aboard the croft today. Captain" I'aul Kocnig, commander of the Dcutschland, was not there to reeeive them, but they were shown through the vessel by the ' murine suneriiitendeiit of the North Ger.- man Lio.vd Hue with her comiunnder ' iermis-'iioii. BB.ITISH POINT XHEIE OPPOSITION,,, . Washington, July 11. The Pepnrt nicnt will take the embassy's views un der consideration in connection With the report of Captain Hughes,' tho American naval export, who is exam ining tlie 'submarine' for any war-liko equipment'' From the allied point of view, any submarine is essentially a warship. The United States, Great Kritaiu d France agree on tli doc trine that it is illegal to change a mer chant ship into a cruiser or privateer on-thc- high seas by a mounting of guns. Though -Germany has nevor-ngreed trr this., Consequently it is argued it would be 'no violation of German interpreta tion of intel-national law for the Deut- 1, land to take aboard armament 011 1--ido of tho three mile limit. - The very nntnre of the construction) of a submarine, it is nlso held, makes it impossible for such a class to eomplv with ri'iiinremeuts of international law. she could not be stopped and senrclicd and the allies assert she must tie re garded as an enemy vessel. V WILL GET OUT IN TWO WEEKS Mnltimore, Julv 11. Captain Koenijr,. totlnv made, a statement to the custom 1. officials that he expected to get j--in ten dnys. He had been told th' he remained longer than. two wJ Deutschlnnd's wireless would Jf'; ,1 np. An emphatic statement wi.S, .. iiv H. G. Hilken of the firm which j resents the Deutschlanil 's ownera f , under no circumstances will any pa sengers be enrried on the submarine 01 her return trip. Two applicants fo passage have said to have offered a. 000 for return tickets. . ' 111 IN THE SOUTH Clearing weather throughout th-' tibli tif the south which has suffe vereiv frOal flood conditions resin 1 J'roiu heavy rains from the refteut tnq . al storm gave nse today to trs nopi s Soine. of the larger rivers in Alabama. Geurgia and Tennessee cotiued to ri but reports'indicnteit that the sroai' streams were recedisg. . No additions-were made to the (' and missing which stood at 78 incli. flS.jiieiubers of crew of ten schi uncounted for along the gulf eoa- it was impossible to make an a estimate of damage from storn will probably tie many million.-' Conditions in Alabama con' preaCHt tbe most serious pro' many families in the viciuit" gomery and Selma must be One hundred were reported North Montgomery .alone, river continued to rise ha stage of 51 feet. T.vrliA Chanter No. 1 meet Thursday, July 1" Masonic Temple. A desired, SAYS 0 PRT f T IY STORM CONDITIO IE
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