' ' v u--4'.' 5 w, - , "i. - t; - v - ' 3,- . . ---.. v..-.v.-; , -.. - - - ... . (TABLISHED 1021 GREEHSDOHO, X3. f HURSO SPTCDERfe 19 " , nmnrv irni? f DI ho , i9C3f UK AM BU MliW lJunilj' 1 fV., F1UI OITY AND POUR PROM C'OrXTRV GO TO SOITTH th CAROLINA CAMP. - young men, all white, Thirteen j. t-, -; n (rpn t nf the new a the tn?L """"o " to leave Greensboro and Ouil arn!' rhev left at noon today -for ford. creenvillf. b. e . , ..o- tyipti are Luther T'.ie riirai itr'HUm T JO WiMl R l1 Quincey YOW, William t-. ;!-. o n H rH Rrvan larc a James ft. OU.Hl." ciu . v rw is in command of Co'o-e. Hie ietail- -n all the quota there is not a ne o' this Ending of white men only Sr-nr in accordance with instructions " , ...'.J fm higher ut. to ie oo;uu esent time the Greens- -0 to the pr VJ board seems u nave ivo mcu err'fied for the army, but this hum L o subject to whatever change re eaV by the district board might. fte,t The local board has not re- l 1 O i O - :Vt.(i th.e report ot uie uwmu uuai. work this week. hoard is particularly Tie rural earlv reports from thei anx;,nis for district board on its men, because many of the country boys are sup pose! to have filed claims for exemp tion on grounds of agricultural oc-cu-'ition. A change of one man .had tQ-: made yesterday in the four or derri to move today because one of the iiiartet first certified had filed an jsriculniral reason for exemption an! it had not been acted upon. Y-stenlay the Greensboro board eroted the discharge claimed by An- nre' " va!y e navucs, Livj y i u. vife and two children, and William Gra lain, whose father is a paralytic. Bd i discharged men are negroes. Tie board certified as members of the army Lil Staples, Horace Jones, Ed ard Harris, William Howard, William J. A. Hazel, Spence Rober son. Rush Caldwell and Jack Perry, ne?:oes. and William Henry Briggs an;! Franklin Vestal, whites. T :e rural board certified the fol lowing new soldiers: E-iscora H. Idol, of Colfax; Ross C.Wilson, of Julian; Robert M. Gar ne:. or Climax; Luther Boyd, of Col fax: Edmund Green, of Brown Sum mit: Robert L. Woody, Randleman R. 1; Fesiey C. M. Holder, of Mc Leaasville: Thomas Dean, of Kern ersville; John N. Wilson, of Julian; William K. Fryar, of McLeansville; Lac- Wharton, of Gibsonville R. 2; Albert C. Matthews May, of Gibson ville R. '1. . Tie rural board made the follow ing exemptions: D Maxwell Coble, of Greensboro R. 6. physical disability; Maurice F. Poole, Greensboro R. 1, physical; William Murphy, Summerfield, wife an: children; Bert Settle, Brown Submit, wife and children; William D- Clymer. Brown Summit R. 2, wife and children; Earl V. Russell, Guil ford College, wife and children; William D. Williams, Kernersville, wife and children; C. J. Kasey, Brovn Summit, physical; Erhlin fi. fitt?, Guilford College, physical; Al ton Lomax, Jamestown, physical; Charlie l. West, Greensboro, physi cal: Ray W. Coble, Climax .R. 2, phy-6ic'2-: Clifton R. Lomax, MoLeans vil'e. physical; Jesse F. Stewart, Gib so:i4ue 'a-ire and children; William H- Humble, Climax, wife and chil drea; Jeff c. Walker, Summerfield, he and children; John W. Pegram, Kernersville R. 3, wife and children; c'--he It. Bates, McLeansville, wife children; J. Weldon Johnson, fro-vn Summit, wife and children; ft per Low, dependent mother and orP'"anei children. Hoards Task Not Easy. -i-ioers of local boards realize thai some men who should have dis- ge.s ri0 not get them, and others ho should not be dianharffed nhtain relief. Kut the boards are onlv hu- and do the best they can. The fault is. not so much with the boards J ''uh people who make affidavits ou"ht not to be made, and the fail-.: ;ri Of men with nrnnert.v tn nnint 0yT . . j b peculiar circumstances. The "Hias both sad and amusing l ns t0 contend with. le old negro woman wrote from ay down in the lower narts of 0: 1X16 that she wanted hr nn to ti lome and go to working for. e government on the Alabam' rir - jod was waiting for him and M "a 91(1, 'lorn mother wanted tdee him an4 wanted -him ttiv, aha jj, ntm mo. us t knew that "general' of the de- boy War" would exemPt heT aaVn, realizei wha-t it was to have 7 soa But, alas, there was no evidence that tHe son had retneiiiber- tn "fXIH he had eome to Carolina, and not suf ficient grounds to keep him out be cause of dependents, wherefore he is in the army A peculiarity of the situation inr the draft is that nearly everybody thinks his -(5ase"1s different, and en titled to a little special consideration. The difficulty seemj to be not selfish ness but the contrary because the conscientious young man can see the manifold purposes of help as he has in him, and ,he does-dread the leav ing of his people to the chances of life, when ne feels that at home he would" be able to. absorb much of the shock of circumstance. Somehow no one seems to feel there is any cow ardice in- the bulk of the claims for exemption which have been made, because after alf it is not selfish fear which actuates the folks who have claimed discharge. Monday the Greensboro board got 8om more of its work done, passing upon a number of claims for exemp tion. Some were allowed and some were denied. Those whose claims for discharge were allowed were as follows: Rufus J. Thacker. invalid wife; Oscar W. Rumley, wife and child; James M. Payne, wife and child; John H. Kenan, wife in delicate health; Avery L. Jarvis, dependen mother and brothers' and sisters and infirm father; Thomas G. Harris, wife in delicate health; James T Harris, wife and child; Charles For sythe) wife and child; Callie J. Flack, wife and child; Robert F. Wilson, de pendent mother; Lawrence L. Carter, wife and child; George E. Barbee, de pendent mother and wife in delicate health. Those whose claims were rejected as insufficient were as follows: Jesse Vernon Hall, William J. Gil christ, Lisbon Moore, Henry C. Mc Corkle, Thomas G. Redden, Charles C. Yates and Roy Delmere-Smith. ATTACK OX AMERICAN ' SAILORS AT CORK. London, Sept. 4. -Attacks on American sailors on Sunday night are reported in a dispatch from Cork to the Chronicle. It is said that gangs of young men paraded the streets . and set upon the Americans who were accompanied by their sweethearts. One instance cited is that of two Americans who were attacked 'on the chief street of Cork a young woman with them being insulted and having her hat torn off. The correspondent reports that the sailors did nothing improper or contrary to good taste to invite the attack and as far as could be learned did not retaliate. They escaped on a tram car. All the girls who suffered at the hands of the crowds, the dispatch "says, belong to the respectable mid dle class. An attempt was made at 11 P. M. to break into places where Ameri cans were staying, the dispatch con tinues, but after a short seige the at tackers departed. Several . parties paraded the streets singing. "Sinn Fein" songs and ' performing military evolutions. Some windows were broken. One party raided the prem ises of an officers training corps and stole 56 rifles, 30 revolvers and a number of swords, none of which. had been recovered, the correspondent says, at the time of'writing his dis- Datch. nor had any arrests been made, n -: ' . ; --fie reports that he talked with sev eral American sailors yesterday and that they believed the affair was or ganized, but were not aware of the reason. Thev said they had been well treated hitherto in Ireland. POISONED CANDY IS DROPPED BY GERMANS. Plymouth, Mass., Sept. 3 German airmen flying by night over a French town near Rheims, recently dropped poisoned candy, causing the death of many children who ate it, according to a letter from Brownlee Benzel Gauld, a former Harvard University student who is now driving an am bulance on the western battle front. The communication was made public ?bdar by his father, the. Rev. P. J. Gauld, of Toledo; Ohio, who 4s spend- ine: the summer here. The letter al so fates that the Germanaare vcojaM tinually shelling .hospitals." ..The young man told his father that hV had received the cross of war from the French government. Oil PETROGAD GERMAN GL.EEFUX. OVER -" CAP- f TURE OF RIGA BY A QUICK, HARD DRIVE. -JCopenha-gen, Sept. 4.-r-German correspondents on the Riga front say that the new offensive, which ; was mapped out according to a favorable plan of Field Marsiial von Hinden burg, had been prepared a longtime. Von Hindenburg recently visitedT the front on several occasions. The correspondents add that the iask of' capturing Riga was not diffi cult as the bulk of the Russian forces withdrew without resistance. Last week fifty German airplanes were busy in the gulfs of Riga and Fin land bombing ships, naval batteries and harbors, while several days ago a large German fleet appeared, con sisting of cruisers, destroyers and submarines, and began a violent bombardment. It is reported from Helsingfors that the Germans are now busy mine-sweeping the Riga and Finland gulfs, and it is expected they will make a naval attack on Petrograd through the Gulf of Finland to assist General von Beseler's lan advance. The German papers comment glee fully on the recapture of this "Ger man city" and declare that with God's help Riga will now eternally remain German. - Rough Sailing Ahead. London, Sept. 4. 'London's fore cast today of Germany's Russian campaign is a quick, hard drive on from Riga toward Petrograd. Mili tary experts believe Germany will do her utmost in speed. The Germans must go far in the 320-mile journey toward the Russian capital before freezing weather sets, in, if they ex pect to rely on the German Baltic fleet's aid. They may also be expect ed to hurry with all speed to cover as much ground as possible before Gen eral Kerniloff can carry out his plans tori Pegenertign . of thfixc Rofidiafi; afmyt" If the Russians manifest a proper fighting spirit, military au thorities here today agreed they will easily block the German drive. From Riga to Petrograd the ground is of a nature lending itself readily to defense. It is marshy and studded with marshy lakes and wa terways. Small bodies of - Russian troops could play havoc with greatly superior attacking forces attempting an advance over such broken terrain In the opinion of observers here, much depends on the Russian fleet in stopping the expected German drive. If muninous sailors can be quelled and disciplined, and fighting spirit restored, the Russian fleet could effectually hamper, perhaps prevent, operations by a German fleet in the Baltic. No attempt was made to minimize the effect of Riga's fall on the Ger man population. Battered badly on the west front by British and French drives of the last few months, and with Austria losing ground every hour under the Italian assault, the German militarists were badly in need of a (German victory to hearten the public. They will make the most of. Riga's fall. TWENTY BRITISH SHIPS SUNK BY THE U-BOATS. London, Sept. 5. British mer chant ships sunk by mine or subma rine in the past week" numbered 20 of more than. 1,600 and. three under 1,600 tons, according to the official announcement tonight. The weekly summary: "Arrivals2,348; sailings, 2,432. British merchant vessels over ,600 tons sunk, including two prev- iously, 20; under 1,600 tons, inciud - ing one previously, 3 Fishing vessels sunk, none. British merchant vessels unsuc cessfully attacked, including five previously, 9. British merchant vessels sunk the previous week by mine or submarine numbered 18 over 1,600 tons, and 5 under 1,600 tons. " " - . Saves Four From Drowning." Morehead ?fty, Sept. 4. While bathing at the beach Sunday after noon two young men and two young ladies, who evidently were not good swimmers, were caught in the under tow and were aboift to be drowned when lieslie Holt, Of Princeton, N. C.f rushed in and caught one of the girlt in his arm while her escort held on to her, and then caught the other two 4 by the hands and struggled to tne I banks, which he reached in safety, B0rlaBDYER5 ftAISEA KICK: THINK THE TAX LEVY IS NOT SUFFICIENT TO PAY COURT HOUSE BONDS. t. the meeting of the county com- uraers luesaay it deveiopea tnat C.yE. Dennis-& Co.,. of Cleveland, is j obiectinglto. taking the bonds for the newcourt house amounting to $25ftr I uovtor which it was the highest bd- der.- The commissioners feel that tne company can oe made to take ttte 1 bohdi;and the commissioners will in- t sisf on observance of the contract. . C.E. Dennis & Co. put the late ob f jection to the bonds on another basis, t a rather flimsy technicality; it is tended. .The claim made is tThat the five cents! levy on the $100 worth of property in .the county, made for the purpose of paying the interest on the bonds and retiring $10,000 lots seri- ally Tfcs provided for, is insufficient to do this. " That is the only reason 6f feied for unwillingness to live up to the agreement, it is understood, and the commissioners regard this as! the mere straw for which the bond buy ers reach in trying to support their unwieldly attitude. The $250,000 worth of bonds was authorized by special act of the legis lature and the commissioners made the five cents levy to retire the bonds and pay interest, deeming this amount entirely sufficient. They still regard it as enough, and there is no trouble about that, but it happens that the five cents on the $100 as property is valued for taxation in the county now would not quite make the necessary fund. The stand taken on this point by the bond buyers is untenable, however, because they have failed to make any allowance for an increase in the taxables" of Guilford. The commissioners did make a small allowance, for this 'in crease, for the $10,000 in bonds to Be retired will not mature until 1922. Accompanying the bids for the bonds was the, usual certified xhecSf I ttrf a Dgfcentase -ofitfre brice and the proceedings were -orderly through out. The commissioners regard the issues as sold. - W. P. Rose, the contractor for the court house, met with the commissioners Tuesday, and he dis cussed the big job he has ahead of him. Mr. Rose realizes that he is undertaking a large task in unsettled and troublous times. He is hoping that everything will go smoothly, and that workmen will be plentiful, but he is forging ahead in his work of getting ready to build. Mr. Rose's bid was $343,544 and this does not include the heating, plumbing, elevator and a few other, things. Tuesday he filed his bond for half "the amount of the contract figure, $176,270, furnished by the United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company. The monthly report of Dr. W. M. Jones, the county superintendent of health, was made to the board Mon day. Dr. Jones said that the new state law in regard to communicable diseases has "become effective and he is convinced that one result of it will be to render the records - of such troubles more accurate. There are 24 cases of typhoid fever in the rural sections of the county. The report by Dr. Jones follows: "County home: Here conditions are as ordinary. There have been few changes at the home. One white woman has been admitted to the in sane department, and I think will in all probability remain a fixture at the home as I have little hope of her be ing admitted to the state hospital. One colored and one white woman have died since last report. Only three visits have been made l The work houge. Here there is nothing new to report. "The camp: Nothing out of the ordinary has occurred. Only four vis its have been made. . "Jail:- Here we have had more than the general run of insane cases Two cases have been admitted to the state hospital and two are now in uu iiine ueSro woman injur- ed her thumb in her efforts to-escape, necessitating amputation. One white man wno naa been on the roads was movea to jani and operated on and will be ready to go back in a day or two. Only 12 visits have been made. -"Special work has been done as member of the exemption board, and doing the' work of examining the chil- dren of the mills that are affected by the federal child lahor law. "The new state law became effec- j tive.thU month in regard to the convlthe other ears. , f. ' , . .... u munlca'ble diseases and raaj certain that it is;going 'to make1 otsr records far more accurate. " . "Examined insane, 7; examined hookworm 12; examined children,- 1 110; vaccinated smallpox,, 35. 'Infectious:"- Typhoid 'fever, 24 r Whooping cough, 12; cerebro-sDinaXf mengitis, 2 ; scarlet fever, 5; diph-1 theria. 2. WILSON'S NOTE STIRS CIRCLES IN GER3IANY. London. Sent. 4. A Renter dis- patch from Amsterdam sajs: "Accordine to reliable information President Wilson's reply to Pope Benedict's peace proposal made a con-irofound impression in Dolitical cir- cles in Germany. Mathias Erzberger, Ijnember of the clerical center of the Reichstag, who believes he" is backed by a majority of the -Reichstag, is expected, at the next sitting of the main committee of that body, to de mand legislation for the immediate introduction by a government sponsible to the Reichstag and re-1 the I abandonment by the government of 41$ plea of inability to act regarding Alaace-Lorraine to the extent of "pro-1 posing that the -decision regarding the allegiance of these territories shall be left to their inhabitants. It is expected that he will advocate gen eral disarmament after the war. "It is considered possible that the Reichstag will be dissolved soon af? ter it reassembles and that general elections will be ordered. "Of noteworthy interest , is the statement of Dr. .Eduard David, So cialist leader of the Reichstag, in yesterday's Vorwaertsa, the German Socialistorgan. Dr. David maintains that the Reichstag has constitutional means -of enforcing its will, as no government can continue to rule against its veto. He says that new elections, within which the soldiers at the front wouldparticipate, would clearly show how the ship of state must be steered. , He says heconfi- dentic expects a crhihgtdef o,t ! tne - fan-uermans ana -annexaxK ists.' ITALIANS HAVE RESUMED THEIR GREAT OFFENSIVE. While the Russians continue their flight before the Germans in the re gion of Riga, the Italians, after a few lays of comparative idleness, again have started their great offensive against the Austrians on. the Bain sizza plateau and to the northeast of Gorizia. In the south, however, from the Brestovizza valley to the sea, the Italians have been compelled to withstand violent counter-attacks bj the Austrians, who are endeavoring to hold back General Cadorna's lines from a further approach to Triest. The Austrians at one place momen tarily forced the Italians to cede ter ritory. A counter-attack by the Ital ians not alone retrieved the lost posi- :ion, but resulted in the capture of more than 400 prisoners. Of the Bainsizza plateau northeast of Gorizia, the Italians have made further gains, capturing an impor tant Austrian position near Ocroglo. No details haveljeen vouchsafed con cerning the battle which is in pro gress northeast of Gorizia, and no confirmation is at hand of the re ported capture by the Italians of Mont San Gabriele, the last dominat ing position held by the Austrians north of Gorizia. Nearly 1,700 men have been captured by the Italians in the fighting in the Gorizia sector. - In the region of Riga the Russians are retiring eastward and northeast ward all along ,the line, pursued by the Germans. The war vessels whith were reported to be shelling the Riga coast line, and which it was thought, probably might be covering a landing of troops, to cut off the retreat ot the Riga army, were submarines. The operations on the western front in Belgium and France con- ltinue to be carried out mainly by the I opposing artilleries. Reciprocal air raids continue to be carried out by British, French and German airmen at points far behind the fighting line. New Street Cars Used. The new one-man street cars were put into service by the Public Ser- vice Company Monday. These cars are much lighter than the old style and are the pay-as-you-enter kind, They .are painted the same color as IT IS AIL OYER, PE ARC LOST "it; is" a prr such blood was SHED IN VAIN,7 GERMAN OF FICER TELLS HIS CAPTOR, - Pfris, Sept. S.It ii a pity, that so- nmch. blood pses been shed' in : vainvrr "-.r; ? . ; - : : " -' . Ai German officer, taken prisoner ia tft& recent French advasce north" of -Verdoin;; is thus quoted pf the Echo : de he Rooheile and a taff ofSce who -interrogateji the German, is given-as " authority for the vinteTvf ew. The Ger-" man paid homage to the heroic cour -age of t&e French soldierwr bit tried to discourage the idea -that ' help would be forthcoming from the ' United States. - " " ' - "Why deiude yourselves Vfth ohim-.-erical -hopes and thus" prolong the murderous etruggiethe went on. "You expect irresistible aid fromltho United States.- "They promise it, but they will never give It- We knowl ": perfectly in Germany what to expect as. to the intentions of President Wil- son. He is playing with you, he will temporize without ever .going whole- heartedly into the conflict. JWhen you . are hopelessly beaten, he will be the arbiter of the situation and will impose a peace that will bV -advantageous to ' no one but the United State of America. 1-He -wilL never compromise the Stars and Stripes In an adventure on your front." . - . . French officers told him thousands of American soldiers were in France "and that ja . division, of -American troops was preparing for service at the front; that . other contingents more important would arrive before tne end of the . year , and - that the United States was arming millions of" ' men; : " ' , "- . : "Those are only . adroit maneuvers designed to 7 keep up the spirits of the combatants, replied, the prison er. . :.i.. The French. officer, then said:; ,; f'iKe will convince you ; you -.shall - be; cpnduclecfc Jjetai!- 4&xtslPs!&;: ing,..tne commander-in -chiefs of American . expeditionary .forces inr France, now here on the Verdun front. You can -question liim your self and you will learn whether it is the German people or us who .jare being deceived by. those who - gov ern." ' When the eseort came to conduct the prisoner before General Perch ing, big tears rolled down his cheeks and he remarked sadly: - - "Since that is the case, it is all over. , We are lost." ; LITTLE GIRL IS SHOT BY A NEGRO AT HENDERSON. Henderson, Sept. 4. Jessie Roth, 15-year-old white girl, was thi3 af ternoon shot ancTTatally wounded by George Green, 3 0-y earmold negro man, "said to be from Philadelphia, Green was arrested and placed in jail, but a short while later carried to the state prison at Raleigh for safe keeping - when mob violence seemed Imminent. The little girl was -shot twice in the back after she had started to run when she heard the" negro coming up behind her on the main street of the town. : ; : Wli K ': X.t. Crowds gathered quickly and -"it was probably through mistaken iden tity of the car taking the prisoner to Raleigh that he was safely landed in prison. ; Three attepmts were made by the mob to get him, but officers outwitted all of them. The girl. is not expected to live through the night; No motive. is as signed for the deed. RIGHTRECAUTIONS AGAINST RACE TROUBLE. Montgomery, Ala., Sept. 3. Rigid, precautions are being taken at the national guard training camp here to J guard against the possibility of trouble through the presence of a company of negro infantry with the nIntn epate Ohio battalion. - Mem- bers of -the company- are confined closely to camp nd allowed no leave for trips into' Montgomery. ? - , Captain Caldwell," the negro com manding' offlcer. said: today he ex pected no difficulty. .". "My men -are, down here as sol;v diers. . We' understand that there are some customs; which we must adapt ourselves to, and If there is any trouble, 5 the- trouble will come frpm outside mjr company. We expect no, trouble and believe that we! will rjiii the resoBct every white citixen o Montgomery, during our stay here.' ... J