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' , ' -V ..-J, ': '- f ' . ' ' . . ..-. -,:, !,! II" Mill ' t'! ; ; -in j;. Weather Forecast Til I It "ill I .' i i I I . mi- urn Ji IV VOL. X. NO. 124. ROCKY MOUNT, N. O, MONDAY AFTERNOON l OCTOIiER 22, 1917. PRICE: FIVE CENTS r-v , wv v .- mm ftji . M ak V V . W VICTORYOVER GERMANS 0 U T W I T GERMAN FORCES AND ARE OUT OF THE They Escape Sunday and are Now in Position to Give Rattle CARRY TRANSPORTS TO POINT OF SAFETY Russian Submarine Claims To Have Sunk Ship of the Markgraf Type In An En gagement. Rus-dan naval units in tiro northern ii.il I 'hi t lie. Cull' nt Itieii J'iuvp )ut wit - led. tl,. liuiv i .1 I-!' "'Lilian toll! H -ftli'd llUVe Miiun viiimuI, vt 1: ! thcv 'apparently'-. had been bottled up after t !i - ii i.'. it" i" in and about the sound hi1-1 VM'i'k: . Tin- Russian warships male ! In-ir iMiiiH' without tosses and are now in positions piotcct iug tin' northern rii tiiiiiee. tu . Moon Miiinil. ,.'- TJii' new posi tion if the Russjaii squadron probahiv Mill Sll'r .U'.i .c I'DUl IIS lint t If nt 'tlu'V 'vvNh -to -outer tin' Gulf i.f Finland by A K I ' I !! till' s.liinl between Pago tsi'iiul and I iir coyst uf The in:!, t ;ii v t .it i't s i''v: i i'i: m v! r. :ihi t ,"! s;ir-i Kst houia. i n t Iir. sound s-iiilK- l.v tin' al'-.i ii'sri.i'.il their, ttaus- ;'.!!. .:-t fi-i ' I ',' tM-U; ; li, t..l,' :tli.(ir x 'licf i iiy.i'il all posit t.v n i 1 1 ; i ' . aliii tu tin: ciU'lny. :!iii it ri ii ! ii t hi; u ;;i ships and trans- aliHiiily 'repotted . fcinik by the Kns a tirs, ! ',-t in-; a.l i;i'iiiits tin1 sink f aMiithi'i lirvinan tianspoit liv a pin t i i nr. Twn t o i ir1oi'( I'i'p (tilt' .siiliiirariiii' at a (ii'r lit uf 'I lu M ai karat-' typi' li i ' ! v ! Ill', i n a a 'in : uii'-i Vi'Svi (s 111' J.'l'.IHf i'ltT attacki"!, t)i to ii'-itf ronlts. tuns ili'laci'iiu'nt. Hi'--iilunariiii' w as unal'li' t )ni tiirpr.lfi ili'fnnatoil .ai ii t in- Milimarim mi rising aain saw i.luilijs ill' -iniiki',. I it Klan'ili-1 s tlii' at t illi'i v ai'tivity con tiinii's to li.1 . V i i It'ti t while liritisli air nun liavi' 1't'Pii 1hi.iv raiilinix tii'riiian ai' ( I mill's ami "t Iht inilitai v piiints In' 1 1 1 7i t tin- M iiiiaii lines. Himilri'ils nf liiiuil-s !iai' lni'ii ilroppi'il mi tin air ijluiih' ami, staliun at Kunli'is t 'mil tt ai ami I iiui'liinin.stt'i and ( lnnt I Oiii'. : 1 iiirhi'i'M- VVilJiaiii s irtitri) to Berlin fn liiv anil aiiniiiK lii ' i;ij;in icn t s an i..i'!il ii-al I'unt'i'i I'tit'i's w ith I'rini'i' Vim Hurlou aiul Mr. 'on in'tliinanii llollwi';. th.c t'litniiT Impi'i ial ( 'liaiii'i'llor. I'riui't' tut fiui'lnw lias Im'i'ii ini'iit ioni'il as- tin- i. iiipalili' cxriiscs nt' Hr, M ii liai'lis, wlmse i(i-it inn as 'li.'iiu'rlliii', ri'i't'iit . rcpiiits i'liiin ( li-ruianv have in.licuti'il, is nnvt ii. sri ili '. , INTERESTING PICTURE FOR SCHOOL PUPILS A a : in (iTi'st na Ik' sliiiw'n aii'l a Ka I'u'i'iiiii'; at 1 1 :'' ' tlicat re for tin' Ii i h'l'lri'ii . nf lin'-kv iiiotmn pirtiifi' will tn'ri' j,'ivpn toninrrow' i 'rlui'k at t In' (Iraii'l in-fit of the si'hiinl Mount. Tin- li'ctnri' vTTT fTT i; iv I'll anTl ThP pnlun' slum n iiiuU'r tin', .irtanjji'nii'nts maili' by tin' i! :i ii :i jji'ini lit of the liiaml theatre ami the iiianaui'iiient of the Aiii'hor Stores Co. Iieie. Miss Miuuou I'fenffer will deliver tint leeture aeoinpanying the tiim. The pirttire will lie tliii-I'Silken Hoiiianee ' ' anil w ill show all stages of the silk industry from the coeoon to the filiisheil proiliut. Most of the M'eni s in the pietuie whieh is hand rohiie l, were taken in Japan, and will c most interesting, showiii); the Jap aiii'e I'ostiimes, and the people of this ii.iintiy. 1'ietme was taken and made liv I'athe and in owned y BeldiiiR Itnithers. Thej ehildren ' of ( -the hiRh seliuol and i'Hit of the craminar grade ehildien will attend the pieture nnd lirtiiir fn a hodv tomorrow niorninc;. This affi rtioon and tomorrow aTter iimiiii the fiielure ' will be shown free on the MoMml floor of the Anehor Stor for the Ivjtii fit of the oi ler people and i iistomefi of this establishment. STOCK MARKET Vow Yoik, Oct, 2.'. The week in the stock market opened with a continu ance of activity in war share at high er levels. IuUipnients were again the i-oiispit nous features at gains of 1 to " points. Shippings, metals, oils anil var ious specialties shared in the advance but rails were sluggish nnd utilities as reii resented Jiv .gas shares manifested wine 'f.iHl'i'f fifint icpclionary trenil. rin.Piig.)j!fH0f,tl.pa4 , swgtotrtTiV tut- cr closing of thort contract.,-.;, ,; BAY NO W Fl R E U PON THE PRISONERS Prisoners Told to go. They Have No Food and Are Then Fired Upon EXPERIENCE RUSSIANS Men Escaping From Oesal And Moon Islands Tell of Extreme Cruelty of the (Jtrmans. Men Murdered ti oi(Tail, : Oi-t. I'-. A ti'leijraiM ie- 'Oi'ed by the semi -official news savs that Est hiinians Avho have vsi'tiped from Oessan and Moon islands iei entlv cap tured by the (lei-mans renin t that Hus- sian pris(ini'i arc .lu'in. loaded , into boatrl by the (JerinaiiH who tfdll them Wt- li'i iii tii.iliiiiu i.i r..;..i l-,.,1 i';ii. S "' " ' " .'"I. " ""1.1 to) a.flv. As mioii as the biiats lenvii they are fired upon with mai-hiiM' trims APPARENT SHORTAGE IN AUDIT BOOKS Raleigh,-. X. t ., Oct, 22. An appar n t shortage of more than seven thou sand dollars in the books of. tho Stat Property and Ibsbumnjr Ofl'icer, cov Piin the time that oilier was held bv Nfajor (ii'oiee 1 I'etei son", now in i'l'd- nil service as , Major , and Assistant yiiarti'imast.-r on the staff of the Thir- ieth l'ivisiou, Camp Sevier, (ircenville, '. C, has put the (bivernor nntl 'military ollicials :of the State on evk'i'.. A r : u i ' iiivcstigatin.il,, foUiiwiiifi an audit whi' h has already beet) made ;iui), lilcil with the (ioveinor, will begin today to de term in e the respoiisihi-lit v for the short- le, if it is a real and not an aj'jiarent One. The report of the auditor, fr. B.'A. McKiiincvV who has made thorouch xainiiiatjoiir of t he books of the prop: rty and disbursing iiIIicih', is not avail able to the j'liblic yet. Governor Hick ett, interviewed vesterdav afteriHion, onlirined the report of . apparent short- but '.declined to discuss the audit it self or the amount of the. short ace it showed. Reliable inforniatjiou Would ace it at i7,ti0(l.' '. The work of the nuditor apparentlv as been of the most exhaustive kind. Since very shortly after Major Peter son quit' the service of" the State upon th appointment. m!' General Laurence omig as Ad jutant General, tie account ant has been woiknii' on the books m pattmet and accounts oj" a (.Tinton nnk, Clinton bcinir Major Peterson's home. E! nteresting Features on the Program for Thjs Day. Public Invited to Visit Firemen's uild,ing. F'irC prevention Pay will he observe! hern Wednesday. The exercises will be the same, as were planned for the ninth, with the exception of the contest with the schools and the demonstration of how tCLjum iu a fire alarm. On Wednesday afternoon about five o'clock, there will be a contest between the new motor pumper, or the lied Truck and the old steam pumper, to demon strate the efficiency of the former ov. cr the latter, when it comes to throw ing water and otherwise. The idea is to show how superior the modern fire fight iug apparatus is over that a few years ago. The new pumper will be at the corner of Tarboro and Main streets dm iuir the contest, while the "old steamer will be at the corner of Hill and Main streets. i At night-tfao home of the fire boys will be throw ir-npen to the public, which is cordially invited to come around, and inspect the ifuarters aud apparatus. Some time betwp i ht and nine o' clock flip fire ronirtiittee will pull a lu x soni-'v here in thecify7flnd the peo pie in thp building -at- the time w ill have an opportunity of nociiig how the firemen answer the alarm at night. The firemen wlio live in the building will be put to bed at eight o'clock and when the alarm is sounded, they will respond as if tUey were taken unawares at tvr o'clock in the morning. This promises to bp very interesting and it is hoped that many people will come, out anil visit the quarters ef th fire department Wed IRE PREVENT ON DAY WEDNESDAY vnesdy. night,., f , ,. ., ;. ATMOONBAY LITTLE CHANGE CLERK STRIKE Men Leave Service at Colum bia, S. C, as an Oyer Sun day Development MORE A RE EXPECTED The Railroad Officials Say Freight is Moving at Nor mal Course While Strikers Say this is not the Situa tion. ' The st ri ke Line i situat iuii : with ri ard to the of 'clerks on the Atlantic .'oast i.'i.s practically nnchnii(;ed today acoidinj; ti the leaders' who on tl incl that tliroiigh the over .Sunday develop nionts that cielks had- left their posts at Coluiiiiiiu, S. ., the one additional point a ml t hut "1 men . were , out there. It was pointed out that othei points .were; expected to UO out in the next 2i hours. (In the other hand the railroad officials declared that . there were but twelve; men out nt Columbia and that no .lifficulty had beoii en countered iu tilliii;; their positions and thilt throughout the entire systeni. from RichmoiKt to i'lorid.'i that: freight was being handled tatisfactorily and with dispatch, and that a 'canvass of the rep. resentative Tlrnis both receiver and shippers at iioints where the men had gfiJie out ha-'l disclose:!, that freight, ship 'menti . w ere follow . iii their Uornial coii rse, so t lie; com -pa iiy b'Okesini'.ii say. On the other hand the strikers declare that this is not the case nud that eon gestion is oeeurring at some places. NOTED NEGRO HERE TOMORROW NIGHT A. noted spi-aki now niifht, at the will be licit1 toimii' coliued First Baptist chlrih. at o 'clock. " This is t lit Rev. Riclioril Carn.ll, !. P., one of the lies) known and most highly respected color ed ineii in the Sohtli,.and a preacher and lectlrer anuyig the best of his race. He will leetlre n " Good Luck and How to Get It. 4' Adequate aecominodat ions have been made fur white 'people ami it. is hoped that many will attend this event tomorrow night, as it will prove bt'selii-ial to all who are present. In regard of lr. ( 'in roll. Senator I?. H. Tillman, of Sodt.h 'Carolina, says: Rev. Richard Carroll is a colored man highly thought of by. the white people of South Carolina.' He has always borne a good reputation and has a great deal of com don sense." This is only. one of the many prominent men of the South, who are high in their, praise of the famous colored speaker. ' Music will be a special feHture of the event tomorrow. It is hoped that many of both races will come out to hear Dr. Carrll tomorrow night, as what he says is always worth listening to. JAPANESE SHIP BELIEVED LOST The Boat Is One of Larger Japanese Tonnage And AH On Board Believed Lost. Tokio, Japan, Oct. 20. The Japanese steamship Hitachi Maru, due at Delagoa Bay, Portuguese Last Africa, October 1, is missing and is believed to have struck tl mine with the loss of all on board. The number of passengers on board is not known but the London managers of the owners of the vessel were among them. The Hitachi Maru, a vessel of . ,r00 tous gross sailed from Vokahama for Liverpool on August She touched at Colombo Colon, on September - i but since then nothing has beeij heard from her. I COTTON MARKET I o o Xew York, Oct. 'Ji!. The cotton mar ket opened steatlv but first prices were to .'tO points lower and the general list sold 65 to 7j points under Saturday's closing. Notwithstanding the unfavor able weather it appeared that a i"od many selling orders had accumulated over Sundav. New York, Oct. 22. Cotton futures opened liaredr steady, October, 2.20; December, 7-2.1; January, itiJiO March 26.50; fly, 6.33. . ;.. HORRIBLE STORIES OF BRUTALITY Butchery of Crews of Mer chantmen Told by Offi cer Who is Rescued Off Bergen DESTROYER FOUGHT The Mary Rose Fought Sin gle Handed the German Cruisers. Women in Open Boat Waving White Flag Silenced by German Bat tery. Liiiidon, Oct. -'I!. Tlii' I'.iitislt' de st rover .Mary Hose fought, single hand ed : iifjaiiist ' t he German cruisers in tin convoy . Sci tiim in" the Nuith Sea, ac cording In a otlicer rcsciu mitt cd to, the of the Tim', which should appealed and t oi v ascribed to a British 1 off elligen and trans ( in ist iailin coi respondent . '., The other destioyev, hiivo been preseiitj. never it, W'.'IH thought Jikclv that it was iles'f r actiou. ' Tl, yisl at the beginning of the corr.eKjioinleiit says that the reports of th buteticrv of the crews of liiei cliantineii passed description. Two women oh one ship - waved' a jiiece of w hite, ciofh Wlliei'i was pcrftytiy visible. They were hilcuct-d by a volley from the Gctinan crnisers. - OFF FOR FLIGHT Italian Flyer Leaves New port News With Eight Passengers Today. Names Passengers Not Given. X'swpiiit News, Oct. 2.i Lieutenant Silvio HcHiiiiti leu Laiigiey Field thi morning lu.'.'iil o'clock in Onprimi. bi plane on his flight to Mincola, L. I. with eight passengers. I'ttcrntost secrecy Was .maintained concerning the details of the flight and the names of thepas sengers cairicTI by Lieutenant Resnati w ere not .anuounctsl. . INCREASE SHOWN IN BOND SUBSCRIPTIONS The total -.amount subscribed to the Liberty Loan Bond issue in Rocky Mount up to Saturday night was $2H, 5'.; witlf ;a' little over Jir.OiOO more to be siiliscribcd by TUrirsday night be fore the goal 'of iH'.W,U0o. js n-achetl. The subscriptions up to Saturday night bring tin' total near the $:tl)0,0l) mark. Canvassers are working energetically in the city to bring the grand total to $trili,fin before the eumpag'n closes, so let the people. who Have not done so, come across and see that this gal it reached.. . The subscriptions Saturday showed n. big increase over the preceding days,' and it is hoped that today's subscrip tions will beat that. Nearly 10ll,oiMl was subsciipi-d in Rockv Mount Satur day. Don't let Rocky Mount fail, ami let other cities over subscribe the amount -rrrrnrrtnt-Tttrrrn i T Ts-yW rfirtyToToiTTi ' bond and back up the government with your money, if you can't buck it up with your life. All those who have not bought one of the bonds of the scc oud Liberty Loan should lose no time in seeing one of the canvassers, or going to his or her bank at once, and. give in their subscript ion. Don't let the cam paign fail. Loosen the strings of your pocketbouk and Inly a bond. CONTRIBUTIONS TO LIBRARY FUND $316.30 The amount of subscriptions in Roc ky Mount to the Soldiers and Sailors War Library fund was $"jl6.n(fiThe cam paign was under the direction of Mis. F. S. Spniill, chairman of the Library committee for this city. The result of the campaign was most gratifying and the contributions of the people of the city were most creditable. MrsSprni!l has icceivedNi telegram of congratula tion from the national treasurer, Harold Rraddnck, eipressing his hearty ap preciation of the liberal response of the people to the nation's need. The tele gram follow s. Mrs. K. S. Spruill, Chairman War Library Committee Rpcky Mount, N. C. Library War Council congratulates you and Rocky Mount on patriotic re sponse to the nation's need. Harold Braddock, Treasurer. Hon. F. H. Hpniilt will ieak at ivhit akers tomorrow, Tuesday sight ta in terest of the areond liber tyl.oaa of TO MNEOLA SWEEPING CHANGES IN P RAFT PLANS New Machinery For Operat ing Draft Law Approved By President Wilson ELIMINATES TROUBLE Makes Work of Local Boards Little More Than Rubber Stamp Proceedings. Each Man's Order of Eligibility Fixed. t asliingtou, .Oct, lid. A sweeping change in ..the-- machinery of theselect ive drat t, based on division of tin1 !, 0110,000 remaining rcgiHtiants into five classes in order of their ('legibility for military service, is iifinoiinced .bv" Pro vost Marshal General 'rowilcr. ' Details )1' the pjaii, which has bt-i'n approved by Pi'ifiidetit " yVilsoi!, are . not, tliHcloSed, It is calciiliiti'd,,' however, to do nway with' viitiiallV fill the complicated ma- hincrv of the first draff tind to make the operations of the local boards here.- aftei little, more than rubber stamp pro ceedings. The plan was worked out at confer ences with local and district board of ficials and approved by the vjirious state authorities.;' Its chief features are. that every., registered man-will Ifuovv his ex act position mid be able tu arrange his affairs accordingly "and that no man Itemed necessary in any important in lustrv or needed at home to support lis family Will be. called -to the colors unless tho .military situation is desperate Detailed regulations to govern the new svstem are now being made ready or distribution --t-o local and ' district maid nieiubers.. icueinl ( I'Owiler in a formal statement assured them that they will be given ample opportunity fo fam ia ri ze t hcmselves with these regulations fore the machinery provided is called into use. Ah the next call to the colors is to be made under the new plan, this assurance is taken- to indicate tluit the seconit call is nut to lie expected lieiore ,tlie first of the year, alt hough no nil' tlioiitut ive; sfatciiii'iit on this point was ivailable tonight. -'.'.. George Howard, Jr., of Tar boro, Re-elected President of Northeastern District. Wilson Gets 1918 Meeting Place. Wilson was. selected 'as the next an nual meeting place for the convention of the Christian Kndoavor .Society, of the northeastern' district of North Carolina, and George Howard, Jr., of Tarboro was again elected president for the district, at the annual convention of the so ciyty, which was held in R-ocky Mount, Saturday nnd Sunday, nt the First Pres byterian church. Many delegates were in attendance for tho sessions on these days, and many matters were discussed and disposed of. The convention was most intert-sting nnd much good was ac complished. Principal addresses- were made by Mr. Wyatt Taylor, Held secre tary for the South nnd Mrs. Lewis cl! Fnrlaiul, junior leader for North Caro lina. The other officers of the society for the; e nsuing year tiro. .VinuM-Maidwyfc-M. Wilson, of Rocky Mount; corres ponding secretary, . Miss Susie Wooten, of Tarboro; recording secretary, Miss Fellows, of Kinston; treasurer, R. L. Topping, of Roanoke Rapids; Junior su peiiiitentlent, Miss Ora Lee Born, of Tar boro. intermediate superintendent, Mrs. Julian Lane, of Wilsonqiiiet hour ami Tenth Legion supri 'intendVnt, Mrs. Hun ter McPherson, of Rocky loiint ; and publications superintendent and press superintendent, II. Gait Braxton, of Kniston. Superintendents of the county division tor the coming year, as named, at tliel convent ion, are: Lilgecombe, Mr. Kob inson, of Leggett; Lenior, Miss Fellows, of Kinston; Halifax, Mr. R. L. Top pinf of Roanoke Rapids; Pitt, (The Junior supei intendont at Greenville will act as superintendent for this county); Beaufort, Mr. F. A. Lilly, of Washing ton: Wilson, Mr. Massey, of Wilson; Northampton, Miss Copcland, of Rich Sipiare; and Craven, Dr. Siimmerell, of New Bern. At the convention Sunday, the mem bers of the resolution committee sub mitted the following resolutions: On behalf of all visiting Kndoavor ers, we wish to thank the Kndeavorers and people of Rocky Mount for their kind hospitality and courtesy during our stay here. Both the auto ride and the entertain ment iri your home were most appre ciated by us all. We want to mention especially the delightful social given at the home of Mrs. C, C. Clongh. We have been nnnsiialty fortunate' In having ith 'ns dnring our meeting' Mr: Wyatt t Taylor, our field icere'tary, and ANNUAL ENDEAVOR MEET NG CLOSES RENEW ACTIVITY IN THE A PR BY BOTH SIOES The British Airmen Get In Much Work in Bombing Expeditions GERMANS ARE DRIVEN DOWN IN THE FIGHT The German Official State ment Declares That Four Zeppelins Were Lost in the Raid of Friday Night. London, Oct. 22. --British nirnien car ried out numerous attacks on German airdromes in Belgium and on- important objectives iieiir Heeihiuken northeast of Metz Saturday and Sunday. TJie of final - statement of aviation activities snys that nine German machines were brought, down and that four otherwise wero driven down out of control. GERMANS ADMIT LOSS OF ZEPPELINS Amsterdam, Oct. 22. The. loss of four Zeppelins is admitted in a statment re ci'lved here from Berlin. An airship squadron attacked London, Manchester Birmingham, Knottiiigham DerbyYLow estoft, Hull, Grimsby nntl Norwich, Kng land with" special success" TO ORGANIZE SECOND FIRST AID CLASS The second elass'of the first aid divl sion of the Kocky .Mount Red Cross Chapter iH to be organized Thursday night at seven thirty o'clock at the rooms of the chamber of commerce. Kveryorie. who lias pleilged1 membership ill this class is requested to be present and' anyone who wishes to join this rlasB is cordially invited to, attend and econie a member. The work is very interesting, and nothing can bo lost by becoming a member of thiM class. There is no obli gations assumed when joining the class and it. is for the benefit of each indi- viilual member. Service will not be com pulsory, and reports that members of first aid classes would be drafted for service in event of emergency are ab solutely without truth It is hoped' that many more besides those who have signified their intention of becoming membersN will be present at the; meet ing Thursday night when this class will be organized. vAny information as to membership in tlitr class will be gladly furnished by Mrs. "L, W. Ko'rnegay. ENGLAND TO FACE UNIQUE TRADE FIGHT London, Oct. 22. "After the war Great Britain will havq to face a com petitive struggle .unique in history," writes the editor of the British review Kiigineeriiig in his annual discussion of trade competitors of hnglaud and the I nited States he points out as the most formidable competitors of England in the after-war rivalry, saying On the one side Germany, well equip ped, highly organized, forced by defeat and debt to dittperntt exertions, spurred by poverty to accept small profits, any thing to regain her markets and her nunjcXcditXlu3Wupuiau3-aa4 grasp.--ing methods will b? backed by the Ger man government and financed as never before. Germany has Only to pick up the broken threads of foreign connec tions to supplement the home demands and thus secure the output necessary ful ly to occupy her large specialized me chanical equipment. "On the other side we shall find the I'nited States better equipped and staff ed than any other '.industrial country, overflowing with money with the high est, credit, and a big home market,-!! other conditions essential to low-cost production. K i.fritL ui 1 1 ji i ii. u tiisiwi icti uittuai i it n, flanked by abnormal power and starved desperation, demand, first of all definite and powerful -government protection. I'nlessXliis can be secured her indus trial leaders will hav-e little encourage ment to undertake a-programme of im provement arid refortl necessary to put her on equal lighting terms with Amer ica and Germany. There is evidence that this will cured." be insisted upon aud si- Mrs. Lewis McFarland, our junior lead er. They have given us new life and have filled us with renewed energy. The music under the leadership of Mr. George Taylor, of Richmond, as well as the special music, has been very in spiring and delightful. We have en joyed having Mr. Taylor with us. Our thanks are also due the officers of the Presbyterian church for the use of their church building, and everyone who has added to our pleasure. ' ' i Respectfully siimitteiJi RESOLUTION'S COMMITTEE, .Miss Ora Lee Brown, Chaismaa. A NEW PROGRAM IN SELECTIVE DRAFT T Cumbersome Machinery of First Draft Is Over come by New Plan ALL MEN KNOW HOW THEY STAND NOW The Exceptions Are Given For the Remaining Nine Million Men Wha Await Call for the National Ser vice. ;-;.N Washington, Oct. 22. FivnSlaiwirt. cations into wFiich men awaiting draft wlli be divide.), under the new regula tions provided by Presdent Wlson hav become public much before the tinio planned by the . Provost Marshal Con eral's office and aref hero nubliahd. The classifications are as follows and show every man registered to which lass he belongs and iu what orde,r the lifferent classes will be called1 to ge r vice. ClasB one. Single men without de pendent relatives. Second. Married men or widowers with children who ha- bitiially fails to support his family. Third. Married men dependent on wife for support. Fourth Married men or widowers with children not usefully en gaged family, supported by income in- lepeiident of his labor. Fifth Men not included in , any other description in this or any other classes. Sixth I'nskil ed laborers. ,' Class Two. Married men or father of motherless children nsefuly Engaged, but family has sufficient income aoart from his daily labor to afford reason ably adequate support during his ab sence. Second Married men. no children wife can support herself decently and without hardship. Third Skilled farmer laborer engaged in necessary industrial enterprise, fourth Skilled industrial laborers engaged in necssary agricul tural enterprise. ' Cla-ss Thrcc-i First Mart with foter children dependent upon daily labor for support.': Second, Man with aged, in firm or invalid parents or grandparents lependent upon daily labor for support Third Man with brothers or sigtera in competent to support themselves, de pendent upon daily labor for support. Fourth County or municipal officers Fifth Firemen or policemen. Sixth Necssary artificiers or workmen in ar senals, armories and navy yards. Sev enth Necessary custom house clerks. Eighth--Person8 necessary in transmit sion of mails. "-.ninth Nocessary em ployes in service of the United States Tenths Highly specialized administra tive' experts. . Klevenh Technical or mechanical experts in industrial enter prises. Twelfth Highly specialized ag-' ricultural expert in agricultural bureau of State or nation. Thirtenth -Assistant or associate manager of necessary industrial enterprises. Foruteenth As sistant or associate manager of neces-. sary agricultural enterprise. ' Class Four. First-Maried men with wives or children or widowers with children dependent upon daily labor for support and no other reasonably ade quate support available. Second Mar. iners in sea service of merchants or cit izens of the United States. Third The heads of necessary industrial enterprisea Fourth HeaViSof 'necesaryagficulfuraT enterprises. Class Five. First Officers of the States or the United States. Second- Regularly or duly ordained ministers Third Students" 4? 'tfivinitvi Fourth Persons in military or naval service. , Fifth Aliens. Sixth Alien enemies. Seventh Persons morally unfit. Eighth Persons mentally or morally unfit for the service. Ninth Licensed pilots. SIX AIRPLANES WERE DOWNED. London, Oct. 22. Si German air planes were brought down yesterday by British airmen Bays a statement from the Admiralty today. St. Louis, Oct. 16. I am working as have never worked before for every feature of transportation efficiency, striving to keep my organization intact. personally talking to every man ap- , pealing to his pride and patriotism, also helping him over his difficulties con vinced that transportation is aa import- tant to the success of the war as men. money and munitions. k Mayor T. T. Thorne made a five min ute talk this morning at one of the to bacco warehouses, speaking on the sub ject of the second Liberty Loan. The mayor 's remarks were well received, aad he put before his hearers the immediate needs of the country, and the need of the people in lending money to the gov ernment by buying Liberty Bonds. Prominent citizens will speak, at tho wa'rehbuses where the 'first' s" s hefia each morning' fbT'tve" niinntes V til tie campaign eloe.' ; '" ! ;- V ;: ANNOUNCED DBA
The Evening Telegram (Rocky Mount, N.C.)
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Oct. 22, 1917, edition 1
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