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f X'" -'- - ... -; i - PUBLISHED EVERY WOWDAY AMD THURSDAY GKSsrjseoRo, w. c. Thursday, june 7; ts7 vol.00 rcoi. GG 9 '&1m - ' 'I - .0i ICHED1S21 jSfflllMffl REGISTER .r AMERICA CHEERFUIY 01;: t FOR ACTIVE WAR fc SERVICE. . . Vashington.T.More than -j,nrtO,ooo young - l3' tnrlav for war service. wration day, with but a few o preparation, saw the first :rr census ever taken in the S-V States completed without a untoward event of conse- manhood of the nation obeyed the oresidenfs call and volunteered . iass setting at caught all kernes and plotting, of German loatMzers and the few cranks haVe agitated against registra- ! It remains but to select the !Tr who are to go to the. front. Pom virtually every state reas--u-n- measures came tonight to IV adier General Crowder, provost mr"'ial general, federal supervising offi'vr of the great" enterprise. While do "complete returns from any state transmitted up to a late hour, tie governors were unanimous in re ,org that complete quiet had pre vailed throughout the day and that a full registration was indicated. h some precincts the late comers Crc';d officials to keep the polls open but;": long after the 9 P. M. closing iour set in' the registrations. The result will be further to delay the transmission of returns, however. Indians Refuse to Enroll. Irnatia, Colo., June 5 Indians oni ihe:v reservation near here today re fuse! to register under the selective 'dra:: act and spent most of the day danrlrg "war" and "bear" dances, in native costume. A number of the younger men are said to be out in the ailLs near here and to have ob tained a quantity of liquor. I; is reported here that the Indians iave threatened to burn this settle merr.. Threats also have been made against the Indian agent at the res ervation, it was said. Indian Agent Driven Away by Xavajos. Flagstaff, Ariz., June 5. Navajo Indians drove an Indian agent and otliir federal officers off the govern ment reservation one hundred miles io:::ieast qf here today, when the 3a::er went to register the Indians linger the war army' selective draft "bii:. according to advices received iere tonight. The federal officers leared the Indians would go on) the warpath if further attempts were Ea:-s to register them, it was-report- Bwuits Chinese For Service in the Army. - vr York, June 5. Philip Kee, a '-iese interpreter at the Ellis Is laai immigration station and pro prietor of a Chinese restaurant, has United 690 American-born Chinese J- service in the United States army, 1 Tas announced here today by J. fcay Holbert, a representative in ;ress, who has introduced" a bill - :fl would permit the government accomplish the unit. Kee plans o -ncrease his recruits to one thou a;5in number before offering their -ices to the war department. AVILSOX "CAPTURED" BY HERo OF THE "LOST CAUSE. le-!aS!!in&ton' Jun'e 5- As Presi WiIson' at the conclusion of the "- session of the United Confeder V Veterans where he spoke today, his way down' the long line of sFanS Who nanked nim on both d m a"ention he suddenly miss ies TS' WiIson who had accompan vVi ' While ne was standing in ca'rt erment' one of the veterans S ohiS attention to his wife, who, Vnt ffet dcywn the corridor, was Y? ured" y one of the veterans she has ion known. Wlslen- the Dresident spied Mrs, .fi-on m the arms of the veteran baUdghingly traced his steps to Charge Mail Robbing. j iag fok' Va- June 5. After be- :nsi,ect fr ne year by federal th p0rS' Thomas N. Reed, clerk in L.:DrtSmouth Postoffice, and Wiley ed h mai1 carrier We ti, today barged vouier, were ar- with rob in a d Marked money, sent Jest -y letter resulted in the ar- rsta. local eed is superintendent of a uudav s.hnni GUILFORD REGISTERS 6,445 PATRIOTIC STREET "PARADE IX ! GREENSBORO PASSED OFF IN AN ORDERLY WAY. ! - . r . , : - Registration day in. GreensTaoro passed off with fine spirit. The young men flocked to the polls early. Every thing was done quietly, decently and in order. The number registered for the city was 2,049. They ail came out to register yesterday it seems,, certainly more than go to the polls on election day. Of course the ne groes swelled .the total over what is usual for elections. The negroes did their part handsomely. They came to the polls, showed that they knew what they were about, and did their duty cheerfully. Not a ' complaint was heard. ! The ladies did splendid service at the polls. 'They had organized fon the event, and every young man that registered was decorated with an arm band of khaki by the ladies. The negro women, too, were at the polls, and the colored boys received their decorations along with the others. Many patriotic services were held during the day. At 6.30 o'clock in the morning a community prayer service -was 'held in the Municipal theater with a large c'rowd in at tendance. The ministers of the white and "negro churches jointly conduct ed, the service. Two short address es were made, Judge W. P. Bynum speaking for the white race, and Prof. W. B. Windsor for the negroes. Both speeches were well received". At 11 o'clock in the morning an inspiring parade ' was held. Practi cally every .organization of the city was represented in the parade. The Guilford Grays were out in fine style, and made a splendid showing, as also did the newly raised company of en gineers. Many women were in the parade as representatives of the Na tional Security League, the Red Cross and the W. ,C. A. At the conclusion "of j the parade Judge Al bert Cox, of Raleigh, addressed the tremendous crowd in front of the Municipal theater. He made an im pressive address, and brought out clearly that the present fight for America is a fight for . the triumph of democracy over individual crush ing rule of Prussia. It was a big day in Greensboro, and there were many comments heard on every side of the quiet, as- fured, and effective patriotism of the people of the city. No one got out and tore his hair about being pa triotic, but every one showed a reali zation of the seriousness of the situ ation. There ,is no doubt but that Greensboro can be depended on to do her "bit" in the great war. The total registration for the county is 6,445. The count by pre cincts is as follows: (Gilmer township, ii'ortheast, 565; east, 452; southeast, 149. More heafl, nortrhwest, 249; west, 319; southwest, 441; south, 377. These included the Greensbor, proper, reg istration. Rock Creek, Gibsonville, 127; Whitsett, 45, High Point, southwest, 433; southeast, 625; nortilieast, 350; northwest, 335 These totalled 1,743 for the town ship, including the town of High Point. Oak Ridge, 43; Stokesdale, 74; North Madison, 65; South Madi son, 22; South Monroe, 55; North Monroe, 62; Bruce, 99; Center Grove, 60; Deep River, .86; Friend ship, 107; Fentress, 75; Greene, 90; Jamestown, 133;" South Jefferson', 47; North Jefferson, 56; White Oak, 387; Proximity, 367. DECREASE IS SHOWN IN LOSSES BY SUBMARINES. London-, June 6. The weekly re port of the British admiralty con cerning British shipping losses by mines or submarines says that 15 vessels of 1,600 tons and over and three vessels under 1,600 tons and five fishing vessels were sunk last week. Summary; Arrivals num bered 2,693 and sailings 2,642. The above report, compared with that of the previous week, shows a decrease of three in vessels of 1.600 tons and over sumk, but an increase of two in the category of less than 1,600 tons The previous week's re port announced the sinking of 18 vessels of 1,600 tons and over, and of. one '.vessel of less than 1,600 tons. I The new report shows an increase of three in the number of fishing ves sels sunk five ; as against" two the TORNADOES SPREAD RUIN GREAT LOSSOF LIFE AND PROP ERTY IN MISSOURI AND PENNSYLVANIA. Kansas City, Mo, June 6. Tornar does last night and earlvt todav spread death and destruction through rural districts of Missouri and. Kansas. . Reports tonight show ed 15 were killed in Missouri and nine in Kansas. The timber of in jured has reached approximately 150 and estimates or the property dam ages place it anywhere from $1,000, 000 to $2,000,000. The greatest loss of life apparently was in Boone' coun ty, 'Mo., where the tornado, dipping here and there as it raged from the southwestern to the northeastern corner, claimed 11 pWsons. In Car roll, Chariton and Ray counties-, further west, four are dead, three at Richmond and one at Whittam.- In Kansas the deaths totalled eight in tthe country southeast and west of Topeka, ome other was killed at Savomburg, near Iola, where the tornado appeared early today. The course of the tornado was marked by odd jumps. First it apT peared near Topeka, early in the day, and then came to earih again in Ray county, Mo., shortly before midday. Then it tore through a wide section of that county, wiped out half the town of Dean Lake, in Carroll coun ty, and tihen swooped down again, demolishing the little town of Whit- tam. The tornado descended again at Providence in the hills of south western Boone county, and twisted its way through Midway, Prathers- vills, Hallsville and through Centra- lia, after which it disappeared and was heard of no more until it struck Savonburg, Kans., this morning. Seven Persons Killed. Springfield, Mo., June 6. Seven persons were killed and mucin dam agedone in the apple belt tonight, when" a tornado swooped down be tween Mountain Grove and Norwood-.M All wires are down and only meager reports have come' from the strick en district. - Cyclone Killed Three. -St. Louis, June 6. Three people were killed in a cyclone at Centra lia, Mo., tonight. One Man Killed. , Johnstown, Pa., June 6. One mam was killed and three men injured late today by a tornado-like wind storm that swept across the top of the Alleghany mountains near here late today. The men had driven into a barn for shelter and the ban col lapsed. Thousands of dollars of damage was done to orchards and growinig cropsr GERMANY EVEN REQUIRING ITS LUNATICS TO FIGHT. London, June 6. Lunatics do not majse good soldiers, says the annual report of the lunatic asylum at Stat tin, Germany, which advises against any more of its inmates being con scripted for service with the colors. "The asylums are proud that their inmates are- allowed to serve the Fatherland," says the report, "ibut the results have not been satisfactory because the lunatics have generally proved to be an unbearable nuisance in the various armies in . which they have served, refusing to ofbey or ders, deserting from their companies and becoming vagrants. Hardly any are of any real value for military purposes and many have had to 'be sent back to the asylums." ? The report complains of the in crease in the death rate at the insti tution, owing to underfeeding, the rate of mortality having been in creased last year to 97 persons in 1,000. ' ' Turks Decide to Defend Jerusalem. Stockholm, via 'London, June 5. The Turks have chantged their minds concerning the defence of Jerusalem, according to Information reaching the Associated Press from a most trust-worthy source. Less than a fortnight ago the Turks had decided to evacuate. Jeru salem, without battle, provided the city was seriously menaced It has been- learned that this decision has been: changed -'at the instance of the (Germans and that the city will be de fended. -; . :.: : J"-': "V.-:" Vx--T; TO HAVE 180,000 HEH THERE THIS NUMBER OF TROOPS WILL c BE SENT TO EUROPE BE i FORE WINTER. x i Washington, June 5. The United States will send 180,000 troops, to Europe before winter, according to plans being worked, out by the army general staff . today- Approximately 140,000 will be national guardsmen. The guard regiment will be given a short; period of intensive training at their state, camps and the federal divisional encampments and thetf will- b$ sent to France to complete their preparation .behind the lines as announced by the International News Service .last' night. The entire com mand I will be under Major General John J, Pershing. The sending of the guardsmen abroad is in answer to the appeal of France for man power. The pressing necessity for, every soldier available at thefront if Germany is to be de feated has been? made clear to Presi dent Wilson by Marshal Joffre and others. The decision to send the guardsmen abroad was taken, it is stated, because the majbrityof them already have had training on the border, while the regular army is needed to train the 500,000 selective conscripts who will be ordered out early in September. Present plans of the general staff call for the sending of five divisions of national guardsmen, to France by the ; end, of September. The move ment is expected to begin in August. The divisions will be made up of regiments "which, showed the best condition while an- the border. Illi nois and New York will be expected to sUipply practically their -whole strength, it is said, and Massachu setts! also will be called upon for a heafy draft. a heavy division numbers approx imately 000 -.men. This would! make the total force of guardsmen- jseotsiahroad 140;000. All the militia. regiments are well equipped and have their own tentage and select ing them to go abroad would lift a great weight from the quartermas ter : general's department, already hard pressed with preparations for the draft army. The guardsmen, have been ordered out in three increments beginning July. 15. They will be held at their state camps for about two weeks, ac cording to the .plans of the war de partment and then- will be mobilized at divisional camps in the South. Preparing for1 the influx of con scripts on September 1, the war de partment also proceeded with ar rangements for cantonment camps. Six sites, all for national army can tonments, out of twelve selected un der the thirty-two cantonment plan were re-aproved today. They are at Linda Vista, Cal.; Columbia, S. C; Wrightstown, N. J." American Lake, Wash.; Atlanta, Ga., and Myers, Mass. - Secretary of War Baker refused to cpmmen.t this1 afternoon on the plan to send national guardsmen to Eu rope. - "The only announcement so far made is that a division will be. -sent to Europe under General Pershing," he said. "Any other announcements that the department may have to make will be given out as it is deem ed expedient." Secretary Baker let it be known that he is urging action by Congress Lin making General Pershing a lieu- tenant general. His recommendations are that all the officers now holding the rank of major' general be -made lieutenant generals . and that the brigadier generals be made major generals. . He would abolish the rank of brigadier generals, having two grades in the major general rank. ; Maximum Price For Corn. Chicago,' June 4. .Board of trade directors fixed a maximum price for corn late today, as was done with wheat several weeks ago. The price fixed was $1:65 on air contracts of corn for future delivery. A special meeting of the directors was called immediately after trad ing closed this afternoon. ! Excess Profits in Germany. - (Berlin, June 6. Two of the prin cipal factories of the German gun powder trust" have declared divi dends of 20 per .cent and, two others of sixteen per" cent. Three o these factories are paying dividends on capital which was doubled last year. One German armsv and munition company has declared a dividend of 30 per cent. - i SOLDIERS OF DIXIE WELCOME THE NATION'S CAPITAL SWARiMH' ING WITH THE VETERAN'S OF THE CIVIL WAR. Washington, June -5.: Veterans and visitors in Washington by the thousands for the twenty-seventh an nual reunion of the United Confed erate veterans joined today in giving President Wilson av' great ovation wheni he welcomed the - soldiers of Dixie to the nation's capital, and told them that the country. was beginning to understand that one of the pur poses of Providence in keeping the nation .united was for the opportun ity now before America to fight for liberty and mankind. His declara tion that the day was one of glad .ress because of the" sacred memories and y of a redediication of a united country, to those principles that 'have made America great among the na tions of the earth was greeted by the veterans with a rousing cheer. The great hall in- which the presi dent spoke was filled with thousands and twice that many more had to be turned away because of the lack of room. While waiting for the presi dent the veterans and visitors cheer ed the various leaders as they came on the platform. The marine band kept the old soldiers in a joyous hu mor by playing the beloved airs of the South and each time they swung into "Dixie" the "Rebel yell" would go ringing through the hall. The Confederate choir from Potsmouth, Va., dressed in gray Confederate jackets, sang "If you want to have a good time jine the cavalry," "Mary land, My Maryland," and other tunes to whi'ch the young inen of the South marched to battle in the sixties. The number of veterans here is estimated at nearly . 7, 000 and the tents provided for them on the union station plaza could not accommodate all of the late1 comers and nearby buildings had to be utilized- Offi cials' who" have " charge of .arrange mentsfor' tire "accommodations esti mate" the. attendance as one of the largest gathered in Washington in some time. Many of the leaders de clare this the largest, reunion in point of , attendance of visitors ever held. Governor Bickett Speaks. Governor T. W. Bickett, the sec ond regiment band and twelve mem bers of the governor's staff will spend a portion of the week here, ar riving here Thursday. . The North Carolina Confederate veterans in the national capital will have an opportunity to hear Gover nor Bickett at the Casino theater Thursday night. The North Carolina Society in Washington has arranged for a reception and addresses from the governor and Representative Charles M. .Stedman' on that occasion. - More than 1,000 North Carolina veterans are already here and the numiber increases almost hourly. The local committees have not been able to take care of the visitors. There has been a lack of organiza tion somewhere and many old fel lows have actually suffered. Those veterans who have money to pay for rooms have had much trouble getting places. Washington is unusually crowded because of the war and the revenue bill. The hotels were turning away people before the flood of veterans commenced to ar rive. But, barring many discomforts, some of .which could have been avoided by proper efforts, the vete rans are having a good time. They assemble in the tents at the "Tented City" near Unio.ni station, and talk over old "times. They meet many men of the Union army and go over exciting times in which both engag ed, but on' opposite sides. They hear the old banjos, the old violins, the old fifes and drums they used to hear,- Many of them sings the old camp songs of 1 8 6.1-1 8&5. Hundreds of the Tar Heels called at North Carolina headquarters at the Oxford hotel today and registered and chat ted with old comrades. Without iodgin'g hundreds of vet erans are orceto walk the streets or avail themselves of any hospital ity offered, because their numbers so far exceed any estimate that had been made. Certificates Oversubscribed. Washington, June 6 The govern ment's latest offering; of $200,000, 000 in treasury certificates of indebt edness has been oversubscribed and the books were closed icday, two rS ab-ead,oihe--de3iraatsdrlimo". A YIOLEHT ARTILLM DUEL - ' - - GUNS OF BRITISH ARE HURLING TONS OF STEEL AGAINST THE GERMAN DEFENSES. A raid by a squadron of German airplanes over the counties of Essex and Kent, England, serves for the moment to distract attention from he maneuvers on the battle fronts, where for the most part artillery en gagements are still in progress. ''About 16 of the German aircraft vere engaged in the attack, durinyr which bombs vfwfl rirnnnp-ri and tvfa persons were killed and 29 injured, and material damage resulted in resi dential section. Taking to the air British aviators succeeded in driving off the invaders, who lost two of their machines. The British and Germans near Wytschaete, in Belgium, are still en gaged in a violent artillery duel, which probably is the forerunner of a great infantry action at an early date Already, according to Berlin, the British, after having hurled great quantities of steel against the Ger man defenses, advanced to see the result of the work of their guns, but were forced by the German fire to re turn to their positions, whereupon the rain of British shell again waa resumed. . There has been no resumption on the part of the line where the French are facing the Germans of the in tense battles of Saturday and Sun day, and the artillery duels there have died down in volume. During Tuesday, 18 German air planes were accounted for by British aviators on the western battle front, 12 of them having been brought down in air fighting. .The British themselves lost five machines. 'Apparently the Austrians on the front from Gorizia to the sea are still the aggressors against the Ital ians, but according to the Rome war office,' their attacks, have ail been re pulsed, except south of Jamiano, wire assauicsj-ypmpeiiea tn&t Ital ians to give. way. - - , ....... A British - squadron has heavily bombarded the German naval base at Ostend, Belgium, and also'has sunk a German torpedo-boat destroyer and put to flight, five other German ves sels of this class in the North Sea. An Austrian destroyer has beeni sunk in the Adriatic by a submarine. SUBMARINE SUNK BY ARMED SHIP, BELIEF.' Washington, June 6. A German submarine is believed to have beea sunk by an armed American steam-, er in-a running fight lasting an hour and a half, in wihieh 35, shots were. fired by the submarine and 25 by the steamer. An official announcement by . the state (department today says the steamer's final shot "apparently struck the submarine, which raised ; clear out of the water and stood stern up for a few seconds. Then she disappeared." The department s atmouncemep-t follows:, "The department of state is ad vised by telegraph of an engagement between an armed American steamer and a submarine. The guns of tha steamer were manned by an Ameri can naval crew. The submarine wa3 first seen at about 7,000 yards. She had. a six inch gun forward and an other aft. She flew no flag. "Upon sight of the submarine, the steamer hoisted , the 'American flag and waited for about ten minutes. As the submarine approached the steamer fired. The submarine ' re sponded. The steamer kept a speed that would permit the submarine to come within range. Then followed a fight lasting 'for an hour and a half. The submarine came to a dis tance of about 2,300 yards. By that time the submarine had fired 35 shots and the steamer 25. The last shot- of the steamer apparently struck the suhmarine, which raised clear out of the water and stood stern end up for a few seconds. Then she disappeared. The captain of the steamer and -the commander of the guard believe that the subma rine was sumk. The steamer suffer er no damage." Dr. Hobbs Still Improves. . ' Dr. L. L. Hobbs, for a long time president pt Guilford College, who was operated on several days ago for anT acute attack of appendicitis, is improving -steadily. It is expected that he will be able to leave the hos- vpital vrlihiz rh3 ser.: ten days. previous week. .-. , ,
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