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THE Today's Weather Forecast VOL. X. NO. 19. ROCKY MOUNT, N. C, FRIDAY AFTERNOON, JUNE 22, 1917. PRICE: FIVE CENT3 E IS T NATION'S BUSINESS GENERALLY FAIR, OUTLOOK SEEMS BRIGHT IS B EATEN BACK IN E COST OF COAL i . , Coal, Copper and Other Ba sic Materials Are to Be Probed COAL IS FIRST ON LIST FIRST TO SERVE FIERCEFIGHTIIIG Artillery Continues Hard Banners Are Barred By Police Order As Issued Today in Capital American Nurses and Sur geons are First to Render Aid to British Fighting On the Vaux allion Front, TWO ARE ARRESTED TAKE OVER HOSPITALS CROWN PRINC WIN OUT CROSS NCOUNTER POLICE THE ITALIANS ACTI VI ON SOUTIIHERN FRONT General Cadorna is Evident ly Exerting Heavy Pres sure on a Wide Area Near Trentino Front of the Au, trians. The engagement between Ihe French i n the Hermans which begun WeilncH day Willi n Herman attack near iiux tillioii is being continued spiritedly bv t tie artillery, lln- Jiil:ititi v Itt i iiy liuv nig temporarily died down. I'nrrs. t div reports an extension ot. tho urtil It ry duel easterly from nuxalhon. It was raging last night on n front of U pioximately ten miles, reaching w 'lil ti.e official report characterized as "ex f vine intensity. ' ' The inluntry batth al ter initial successes for the (lernian iiiwii I'mice came to a halt after Ins t loops hail lost virtually all they had yi.ned. Unlv one small salient reinatii eil to the dermaus. In the Champagne also heavy lighting in ill progress. Along the Kiilisll . I runt in Fiance tin I Holgiiiin only raiding o eiations are reported. The Aiistro-1 tiilian front; continue the scene ot active operations but ..otli rial dispatches are lacking todav to throw additional light on the situation, (.ieneral Cadorna is evideutlv exerting, heavy pressure along the wide sector ot ti.e Trentlii front. FORMER ROCKY MOUNT MAN WEDS News has been received here of the nlfirriat(e ot .'urs. Anna F. Towle und Air, Wiley Walstnn, formerly of ltiek Mount, Hf-' Norfolk, irguna, : on last Mondav, The. cerci iv was perforin ed in the First Lutheran church, at tin ..Virginia city, at -1 :'Ui p. in. The couple left imniediiitclv for an evteuili'd -tour to points north, iucliidin;; visits to. To routo, Canada, .tiiil-.ot.ln-r places of in fercsj. The wedding Has a iiin.'t one and nnh ril few friends H lid relatives' were pres eht The ceremony was perl 01 incd liv Hev, lr. Mefaiilov, pastor ot the ahove church. Mr Waist mi was - well I: now n in Kjckv Mount mill' was in business here tor a number of years. Friends of the couple lure wish tin in a happv ni.-iriicd Inc. GREAT OVATION A (Jreat Demonstration Is Occasioned the Represen tatives of the Little Nation to This Country. Washington, June :.', -The Helgiaii commission was received today in the JV'liate chamber wit h a great del istra ti-in. Address by Union M oiicheur ex; j irssiiig Uidgiuin 's gral it ude for A r iean aid and sympathy was punctuated .With frequent "applause. All senators were 'introduced' to mcnibcisnf I lie mis sion. XOTTON-MARKET- New York, June J'J. - ('otton future! ouen-'d steady. .Inly ,--". October !f..5;'- Pecem'ber 25.41); January 2;"i. 17; March LTi.ol." New York, June The cotton mar kit "I'm very ipiiet early today with fluctuations very irregular. . The open ing was - points lower to H points high er with October selling at 2.".. Is and I'l'ieiuber, -Ti.ri.'t. after the call or with i'i a point of last night's closing figures. Offerings were very light, hewever, mi l .the market ' soon slca.lied. up on cover ii g and local buying. October rail e. I to 2H.4U and Pec ember to J.'i.'id or 1H to ?:i points above last night 's closing tig ll.l'S, 1 . STOCK MARKET New York, June 22. Hails figures to a greater extent than usual in the linn opening of today's market. Itemling and Lehigh Valley almost immediately rose more than n point each. Crucible Steel, - Haldw in Locomotive, (ieneral Ln'trip mid Central Leather were strongest of the equipments, rising 1 to 2 points. Industrial Alcohol was eon Bpicuoiis among the hih prii'B special ties at an advance of 2 points. Metals and oils were little changed. FDR BELGIANS VVomen Discontinue Their Banners With Sentences Characterized as Treason able. Carry Those With Sentences of President Wilson's Address. Washington, June -22. The police be mil today to deal with the snffraiie pic 'pVs about the White Heiise with a fii hand- It was ordered that mi banneis were to be permitted to lie displayed an tvventv policemen were statioue I about the aJVInte House Heine. Miss l.ue; Hums, ot New 1 ork and Miss ( atlier me Morey ot Huston. carriers of a bun ncr who refused to remove it from n trout (if the White House gates, wen nested and taken to police headipiar ters. At police headuunrters the twi carers were informed that they hai .ecu arrested tor Mocking triune am unlawful assemblage. Thev were re leased on the. r own recouuian no date was net for trial. It developed that the suffragettes took their banners out again todav under a I ri,'i ol cniiiwel but thev had sltrllllp a . - - " -. ' - - ' . 1 surprise on the police. Instead ot ban ners bearing inscriptions cnaractcri.ei ns treasonable, as offensive, they are aimers inscribed with phrases trom 'nsident V llson 's address to Congress. B. RAMSEY, SECOND V. P. OF BANKERS Wilmington, N. C, June 22.---Feat ur- uig -estcrilav u session ol tne ..oiin arolina Hankers Association in. Jim iiinuul convention at Wnghtsvillc each was the election of officers for the ensuing year as follows: l'rsi.tenr, W. o. Prake. Jr., Kaloigh. First vice- president, James A. inay, ., W inston 'Salem. Second vice president, J. B. Ramsey. I(i.i lv Mount, . "I'll i f 1 'Vice president, l.iwin Slmler ihcv illc. ' Si'civlai'V 'treasurer, S . A. Hunt, Hen rson, re elect e.. (lite ol the most important features t Hie dav was an ad.li'e.s by Mr. P. A. Houston of I'ohnnbia, treasurer of the i cm l.o.'ni liauk locateil in that city, s subject being, ' 1 he Farm Loan Act." I he. convent ton was brought to a close ith' (i .delightful dance at .Lumina last iuht, given in honor of the visitors. he baiikms will begin leaving today morning for their homes. CHAPEL HILL MERCHANT DIES eiiatel Hill, Juiie.22. 11. I IV Fatter son, one of the oldest and w ealt hiest cit- ns ot Chanel Mill liied siiddenlv to- lav at his home here. M r.' Pat ti' rson who as ii letired merchaiit, conducted for fuUiiv 'ears a place of business just op iiisite the 1'nivcrsitv campus and he was known to hundieds of the allimni of the institution. He was about 75 years old. U. S. NAVY CLUB The American Flotilla Land Base In Creat Britain to Have Modern Club House For Sailors. Hase of Ainerican Fleet in British Waters, June 22... By. the Associated Press.) Two American pool tables ar rived in this picturesipie old village to day. They are the first American tables ever seen here and attracted the great est of attention here. They are the lat est additons to the home for the crews of the Ainerican destroyers which has been named the Cnited States Naval Men's club and which is being built with funds provided by American busi ness men in London and New York. Alllioiieli the dormotory feature of the club house which will provide sleep ing nceoniiundiit ions for 7o men will not be completed for a month, the club house will be formally opened Saturday nijrht. Moving pictures will share in the lion ors with a vaudeville prog nun provided by. American sailors. A program has been printed by the destroyers printers and announces songs, dances, recitations and wrestling match es l.v the "most marvelous aggregation from (bid's country that ever set foot on anybody's else's country." A mov ing picture machine from one. of the ships has been installed and the orches tra of the destroyer fleet is busy prac ticing for the entertainment. The oth er features will be a minstrel Bhow by a troop of comedians formally on the bat BE EG tleship Nebraska. This map of fundamental conditions in June, prepared for 'The Nation's Business" by Archer Wall Doug lass, indicates that business suffered local reactions In the past month as a result of crop condiUons and retrench ment Induced by the entrance of the United States into the war. At the beginning of May there were oMy three black spots, whereas there are now eight relatively small sections where business is represented as poor. Ihe "fair" area haa also expanded a little. There is. however, nothing to indicate that anything like general decline of bubiness activity ia in prospect. RED CROSS FUND TOTALS6,520.5Q This amount Was Conlrihu- ted in Rocky Mount Up - To Last Night CAMPAIGN GOES ON Canvassers Working Rural Districts Today, To Make Total Reach $10,000 if Pos sible. Only Two More Days Before Campaign Closes. The total contributions to the Hed ('loss fund in Kockv Mount, when the canvassers in this city, closed their nmpaign last night , was; $ii(."2o.fil, or nearly hall of the desired goal of . J " , - OiUJ. The cont rihut ions Iroin nils citv have been splendid and this amount raised will be a great la lp to the Ked Cross campaign . . fund being : raised throughout, tin unt rv. 'Ihe people and the men who ennvusst-d lor the contri butions are to be congraitulated on uheir great work. Although the : $15,000 mark was not readied, what was given was great, and the people ol Kockv Mouiit have done their part. I'ho campaign will now go out info the rural districts of Nash and Ldge- oinbe counties mid the results 1 rom tins campaign will swell the kockv Mount ty'tal considerably and iu-y even reach the iv,hiu- iiuiik. Tonight, at. Nashville a mass meeting of the citizens will be held for the purpose of appealing for the Ked Crosf work and tomorrow a canvass of the entire town will be 'made for contri butions. It is expected tha the .people of the rural districts will respond as liberally as Kocky Mount, and that w hen the w hole campaign is closed Sat urday night, that the total will be a notable one and that the amount al lotted to this citv, which, by the way, included tjie two neighboring counties, will be over half contributed at any rate. .... . The teams, of. w hich Mr. It. M. Wil son, is chan man,, ami Mr. vs. koi- bina is secrelary and treasurer, have lone some great , wot k for. their coun try and for the lied Cross cause. Thy av done their part nobly, as well as the people nave none, ami uncny Mount truly has a pat riotic; ci.i.enry. 1ue credit is coming to. them for their work and they can rest with tho con solation that it will be appreciated. Below are two ielegrams from the Red Cross war council congrat ulat ing Rocky Mount on the splendid prog i ins" made- in the contributions.. J he tele grams are from Mr. YV. K. Lunk, Secre tary for the War Council, witli tieau- lunrters at Washington.-. .The telegrams follow: . . Washington, 1. C, June 21, 11)17. W. (i. ltobbine, American Red Cross, Rocky Moling N. (-.'., " "War Council congratulates Kocky Mount on the patriotism her citizens are showing .by their gem -runs response and know they will not. stop until they exceed their goal, and -a; tain a high place among the city of the na tion. W. K. Lunk, Secretary for War Council. Washington, l. C, June 21, HUT. W. (i. Kobbins, American Ked Cross, liocky . Mount, N'. ('., War Council inspired by enthusiastic response every (piarter report tiMay helps get closes to goal set for south of five million dollar. War Council confi den i every coiiimunit v, will continue most earnestly unttl goal is reached, t,otal today for nation, fifty six million are counting heavily on you, please wira names and amount of large gifts. W.- R. Lunk, Secretary for War Council. Below are the names of those who (Continued on Page Eight) MEN WANTED FOR FIELOJiRJILLERY Unless Enlistments Pick Up Right Away Field Artil lery for Rocky Mount Will Not Materialize. The enlistment ) for the lield artillery company are coining in slow and un less sninet lung picks up right awav the prospects lor Hum company for Kockv Mount seem somev hat dubious. The call has not been uii.wered with half as much cut hiinaHiii mi was the ease of the other five tow ns' which were honored with the iiii-! to : tunning a field iirlillerv company, who have already en listed half or over half 'if the necessary number of men. Kockv Mount should not let this last chance slip bv without having some manner of militarv organ l.atiou and the young men of the city should see that it does not. ;'.'.'' ... Lieuteua.it John K. (tray, is at the ot lice id Mr. L. I'. Tillery ii Son and I waiting patiently for unmarried men between the ages of IX and 40 to collie along and sign up. Kockv Mount has not such a long time to- form this-company and if she lines not respond imme diately the ad)iitaiit general will give it to some other town. This city is prob ably the oulv large one that has not formed some military organization and if the Held artillery company is not formed this lime, there will not be an other chance. ( upturn Lewis is work ing hard to innke th(- company a reality and unless the young men come across, the desires of the. captain will not be realized. A mass meeting will be held Monday, June 2o, at ;t o'clock for the purpose of getting the one hundred and ninety men, and if is hoped that a .goodly number will be already enrolled by that time. Let alt those who can sign up at once let Rocky Mount form this company, for it can be done and should be done. Anyone out of town who wishes to join can send in his name and address to Lieutenant (Iray, care L. K. Tillery & Son.. Those: in the city who wish to enrol! may do so by applying in person ROUMANIAN MISSION . REACHES STATES. A I'aeilic I'ort, June 22. A Rouin.m inn mission to the Cnited States arriv ed here t odav. ; i Charge That the Manufac turers of News Print Are Using Unfair Means in Their Methods. Washington, .lime 22 Koruinl charges against, print paper manufacturer frankly fle-ugned to force the Federal Trade Commission to some action against them, wene filed today with the commissiou . by Frank 1'. Walsh former ehairm.'in of the r'eileral Industrial Ke lations commission. Mr. Wal.-li charges that news print manufacturers for many mouths have been nsiiing unfair methods of competi tion in production' and sale of print paper, -lie asks th commission to con duct a public hearing. The basis of the complaint is the commission 's recent re port. The manufacturers are charged with haviie; conspired together to eon trol the priiv of paper by limiting pro duction and by price fixing in agree meat. Ml PLANS FORJEXT STEP Provost Marshal General Crowder Expects No Difficulty WILL RE FAIR TO ALL There Is Not Anticipated Even the Misunderstand ing and Trouble That Oc curred at Registration of the Men. Washington, June 22. Following re ceipt of war registration returns from voining and Kentucky, making tho na tion's linal total enrollment 9,(i4!l,9.1H, I'rovost Marshal (ienernl Crowder an nounced todav that draft regulations will be ready for publication July 1st, two months before the first call to the colors. Details of, the machinery governing exemption boards were not disclosed, (ieneral Crowder foresees no more com plications with the selection and cxemji t ion machinery that was experienced vi I h registrat ion. secretary Baker repeatedily has given assu ranee that the selective system will be so fair that there would be no ground for fears that any 'man .will be favored by reason of poiitcal or other relations In order that neighborhood knowledge of a man's work and dependents might iutl ill the task of sending tiTThe front men, -who can lie spared at home the country undoubtedly will be highly sub divided and the exemption districts Muall. MRS. R. G.GARLAND DIES IN BLUEFIELD Mis. H. ;. (Inrland, wife of R. O. Carland, an engineer of the Atlantic Coast Line railway, and who resides in 'tockv Mount, died today in Minefield, West Virginia, where she was in a Hos pital "suffering from ail attack of ap penclicit is. Her sister in that place, lied ten days ago and . it was while there that death ennie to Mrs. (larlnnd. She was a member of the Christian church here and was a hard church worker. She was loved by all that knew her and the news of her death will come ns a great shock to her many friends. She is snr vived by her liusiinnd. The funeral will bp hrM--m H ItttHel il a n d w i 1 1 be con ducted by Kev.R. 'V. Hope, pastor of the Christian church in Rocky Mount. T SM HORSES Newport News May be Nam ed as Place for Over Sea Shipment of Horses by War Department. Washington, June 22. Army orders today show that an embarkation es tablishment for the establishment of shipments of army horses and mules to Kuropc probably will In- established at Newport News. ('apt. John N. Fain, iu:uteriiiaster corps has been ordered to that point to confer with the board of officers on the selection of a site for de barkation depot for shipment of ani mals overseas. SOUTHERN PGR The Exhaustive Study is to lie Made at the Instigation of the Interstate Com merce Commission It Is Announced. ...'Washington, June 22. An . exhaus tive inquiry into product 'on pricis and transportation nf coal, steel, copper and other basic miitenals of hidr govt i u iiient supervision luuv be proposed dur ing the war was decided npun today bv the Senate Interstate Commerce Com nnltee ( oal will Ire the first subject tak en up next Tuesday. Navy Department Today Declares No Truth In Re port of Capture of Ger man Raider. Washington, June 22. Reports of a British n I earner bringing to an Atlantic pint prisoners from a (lerniun raider sunk or captured a! sea were declared by Navy llepartmcnt officials today to be without foundation.- They had con ferred by telephone with naval officers at tho port and were assured that while the Hntinh simmer in question had ar rived there they were unable to find any truth in the report that they carried (icrniaii prisoners. N. C.TlN E ASS'N GETS BIG CONTRACT Washington, June 22. The North Carolina 1'ino Association will get the lumber contracts for five out of nine army cantonments and furnish approx imately l,r),0(JO,000 feet at 22 a thou sand. . . The sum of money to be paid out for the p ne lumber to be used wil lamouiit to about $2,000,01)0. The association will provide lumber of the camps at the following named places: Columbia, I'et ersbtirg, Annapolis Junction and Wrighlstown, N. J., portions of the camps at Yap Tank, Long Island and Ayer, Mass. Spruce will be used in some of the construction work of the camps at -Yap Tank and Ayer. This big contract will boost the price of lumber in the South and will create a demand for labor all through the pine region. It may be several days before the busy season on the .cam) begins, and that will give the farmers time to lay by t heir crops. The call for labor will catch many who are resting after the crops are "laid by. " HENDERSON C. OF C. IS DEDICATED Henderson. N, I'.. June 22. Tuesday was .'in event in Henderson long to be i remembered. It was the upening and' dedication of the new chamber of com merce Inline, which consists of art audi torium with a seating capacity of 6o0, and lo rooms, us. as the executive of iices of the association, lounging rooms, writing rooms, kitchen, rest room for country people, bov scouts headquarters, etc. : ' ' ' - 0 GERMAN RAIDER IS SUI m FILL OUT THIS BLANK AND MAIL TO W. G. ROBBINS, TREASURER For the Purpose of Providing for the Relief Work of the American Bed Cross to be administered by the War Council appointed by the President of the United States, and in consideration of the subscriptions of others, I promise to pay to the American Red; Cross War Fund, William G. McAdoo, Treasurer, payable as follows: One-fourth 1917; one-fourth September 1, If contributor is not a member of the Bed Cross and desires to have $1.00 of this contri- Signed button used as dues for An nual Membership, please so ln-d-caU on this card. Address Yes or No The First Aid From Ameri cans Comes From the Sur geons and Nurses On the French Front in Hospital Service. : ' British Headquarters, in France, Jun "i Quietly aud with very littla cere mony so as to except practically all but oflicial attention American doctora, nurse) and enlisted men have within the last 'fortnight' taken over lix of the British great general field hospitals re leasing the Knglish staffs for duty near their front. American Burgeons have been rendering valuable aid alto in the forward casualty clearing station, during the battle of Mrnsincs. This has been the quickest organized aid the 1'nited States has given British arms in France and haa been greatly, appreciated. GROSS FUND CONTINUES TO . GROW Washington, June 22. America's campaign to raise $100,000,000 thu week for the Ked Cross today assumed inter national proportions when word was received at headquarters here that com mit ten of the American residents in Cans, London, i-'anaina, Ecuador, Peru and other South American countries are actively toileting funds. ,- Promises of contributions aggregat ing Rcversl hundred dollars also earn from Manila, Alaska and tiuam. Compilations at headquarters early to day ihowsd $6.1,000,000 was obtained in four days and today's work was ex pected to raise the total to near $75,000, 000. It was said today that prospects of field work for the American Bed Cross is developing so fast that $100, Olfu.OdO might not be sufficient for long and possibly either another popular can vass for funds would be conducted or Congress would be asked for an appro priation. ...'.., BELIEVES SUNK A U-BOAT An Atlantic Port, June 22. Captain Jesse Foster, commander of the Garland hue steamer, Norlina, said today that he believed (he Norlina had sunk a u-boat on June 4, when two days oat from Liverpool, enroute to an Atlantic port. Beyond this statement the captain would not vouchsafe any further infor mation. . TRADE COMMISSION TO FIXTHE PRICE OF STEEL Washington, June a. xo xeaerai Trade Commission will be asked soon by President Heuman of the Emergen cy Fleet Corporation to fix a uniform price for steel and steel products for all industries throughout the country. , The commission will be asked to name a (air price which will afford the pro ducers a fair profit not only on steel but pig iron ore and every other mate rial entering into the manufacture of sieei. . , Dollars July 1, 1917; one-fourth August 1, 1917; the balance October 1, 1917,
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