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ESTABLISHED 1Q21.
GREENSBORO, N. C, HONDAY,
11, 1918.
VOL. 97NO; 12;
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FEBRUARY
TOIGAO PAYROL&UBDSnED
THE "TOSSiniA
'B."RIjY ISO -AMERICANS
ARE STUJj 3HSSTNO. V
Washington, Feb. 8.-S&rQttty-two
t .,urs after the British lixiejr Tusca
x na. laden with American troojs antf
t-aveling in company with a large
"onvoy was torpedoed and sunk off
t c Irish coast, they-war department
1 nnisrht still was unahle to relieve the
icreasing anxiety of relatives" and
hoard by an-
' ' Tl u! 1'H TO1-tae lost - at commiseioned omcersv on
boardie ifi-fated army 'transport
. ... -. - ' --.' i Tuscaniat j.
vt XY BODIES WASHED ASHORE Second Iteutenant James Osburn
Bigger; wife, Mrs. J. C. Qigger, 37
South Front street, New Bern, N. C.
Lieutenant Bigger was not attached
to a .regular unit.
First Lieutenant Milton Pittmftn ;
wife," Mrs. liiliian C. Pittman. 210
North Ninth street, Wilmington, N.
C, Co. D, siith battalion, twentieth
engineers, U. S. A. - ' '
First Lieutenant William C. Buh-
mann, wife, Mrs Nannie B. Buh-
raann, ureensDoro, -n. u., ajo. sixth
battalian, twentieth engineers, U. N.
A. ' ' V
There were only four North Caro
linians in the private ranks of the
ill-fated ship. They were:
Lacy E. Evans, brother of Perry
Evans, of Route 21, Stem, Granville
county. He was before enlisting en
gagjed in marketing cross-ties to the
Southern Railway.
James W. Logan, son of John
Logan, of Route 1, Uree, N. C.
Corporal Loomis M. Hales,
brother of Mrs. Blanche Turney,
Clayton.
Corporal Wesley Shell, son
John W. Shell, of Route 1, Su
Grove.
" Their fate will not be known unti
the list of survivors is completed and
checked up, when a list of those lost
will be given out by the war department.
TAB LOSS OF LIFI SUED:
GERMAN SUBMARINE POSSIBLE
DESTROYED WITH A DEPTH
BOMB BY CHASER.
1 1
f --tends of those on board by
?ioun::.ng the list of survivors.
Even' an official reporU'on the cir
cumstances attending the sinking
v as lacking, and official figures still
ailed to accord with press accounts
of the number lost.
The war department nsts naa uo
official report on losses to change the
.vjtimate of yesterday that 210 per
sons were missing, 113 of them
American soldiers.
147 Soldiers Missing.
British admiralty .figures given to
t.:e Associated Press at London to
night show 166 missing, 147 of them
American soldiers four officers and
L4S enlisted men. There were 117
American officers and 2,060 men on
!;;)al.d the Tuscania, and the admiral
k reports among the survivors 113
oricere and 1,917 men.
In spite of the realization that the
i, was remarkably small consider-
in- the number carried by the -liner
,-1P revised admiralty report was re
vved n- : e
a
of
of
rar
HVfi SOUtiERS KILLED, FOUR
MISSING AND ONE WOUNDED
! tAr OER3IAN TRAP,
with bitter disappoint-
mnfO IDC IMI III" II L
TlIlt litis uisyaii' - -
Indicating that the dead, aJJ told,
nrffht njt exceed 100 had led to the
tiiat pcssipiy uul "i-oic
iope
than
tiitv o: the soiaiere fiau yci
A cablegram received, by the navy
;( r:uient during the day announc
7 5 "at 67 officers and 1,274 enlisted
TUSCANIA TRAGEDY DUE
TO SENATE INQUISITION.
.i U Kaon nx rc( at
i:ivll U L HH- '
ijuncrana, Ireland; that 91 soldiers
A 1 A.
m nospiLais ai
a re-
Londonberry
while 570 officers and men are at,
Islay. This gives a total" of S.O-ll,
)ul does not include the scattering
f survivors reported in unofficial
iipatches as having landed at ports
I:i Scotland.
Additional details of the splendid
- onduct of the untried soldiers as de
scribed in press dispatches today,
vere received with undisguised
ulea-sure by army officials.
1245 Bodies Recovered.
8. The British ad
informed the Asso-
Raleigh, Feb. 7. "In my opinion
the senatorial inquisition of the war
department is directly responsible 1 panic
for the sinking of the Tuscania,"
Governor Bickett hotly writes the
New NYork World this evening and
the World had? not ''drafted" him for
an opinion.
The governor sat up late last night
reading the cross-examination of Sec
retary Baker until he became a
seething profanity, oirtjr he'ctid not
cuss. He. did not then know that the
Germans had sunk the Tuscania.
This morning when he read his pa
pers and saw that many boye had
been drowned before they were per
mitted to- dTw a bead on a boche.
the governor burst into this denun
ciation of the senators and asked the
New York World to print it.
"You are in the habit of drafting
my opinion on public questions,"
Governor Bickett wired today. "For
r
Washington, Feb. 8. Much satis
faction is found by officials here in
the" unofficial accounts of the de
struction of the British liner Tusca
nia by, a German submarine, which
showed a destroyer, nresumahly
British, gave chase to the raider and
possibly destroyed her with a depth
bomb.
Sorrow over the first lossu of a
transport laden with American
troops is tempered by the growing
total of survivprs and the dominant
emotion among army and navy men
norw is the desire to strike back.
Loss q Life Small. .
As the roll of missing from the
Tuscania (dwindled toda expressions
of amazement were heard frequently
that a crowded transport could be
torpedoed with such comparatively
small loss of life. The nearness of
rescue craft, Hhe facfthat the vessel
was afloat for two hours after a tor
pedo had exploded in her boiler room
and possftbly the proximity of the
British coast all were factors in re
ducing the loss.
Army officer say it must be re
memibeTed that thex trobps aboard
were not seasoned veterans, not even
line men, soldiers into whom every
effort has been made to instill discip
line which would ha4re stood them
in good stead in such an emergency.
me fact that most of them were
brought safely to land is accepted as
evidence, however, that there was no
Some jumped overboard, but
nearly all bravely stood fast to await
their fate.
Character of Troops.
These " soldiers were woodsmen of
the forestry battalion, men of the
supply train, of the engineer train
The most disciplined unit aboard un
-With v the American Army in
France Feb. 9. 'Five American sol
diers are believed -to have been kill
ed 'four are missing and one was
wouhded, when an American patrol
was.a,m'bushed in No Man's Land last
night by a superior force of ' Ger
manj. The upot where the encounter oc
curred i3 an isolated one and reports
concerning the casualties inflicted 'by
both' sides are meager.
Only one American is known to
have; escaped the trap of the Ger-
man which was laid infront of our
wireiL The one survivor, who craw
led back to the American lines with
, DUiiet in his chest, is unable to
alk
or artillery immediately, laid a
barrage around the ambushing Ger
man
and
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CAN FURNISH 500,000
AMERICANS ARTILLERY
New York, Feb
ment that France will-be able before
July 1 to manufacture enough artil
lery to supply 20 American divisions,
or approximately 500, 000 troops, if
the United States meanwhile adheres
. fHOAUEBIGAH BAITLBFRQtl?
9 Announce-1 fiuv uau
FIRE FR05I THE GERMAN
GUNNERS.
Washington, Feb. 8. Under al
moist ceaseless fire from the Germoa
to an understanding by which France sus, American troops holding a -
would receive the necessary raw ma- tion of the battle front tn Lorraine
terial from America, was made here are preparing for a German asauU
tonight by Andre Tardieu, French of great magnitude. The repeated
high commissioner to this country, calda against American lines since
Mr. Tardieu made th statement also discovery of Pershing troops In
that there are-In France more Amer- rnt ne trenches about January-20
ican troops .than comprised thel 1UU1"-
American army at the time the tIie Germans are testing out tUB
United States entered the war: at strength of the force, preliminary to
that tim ho saM th Amprtran la heavy assault
some are believed to have
Deer accounted -for. The infantry
accounted for others, as it is certain
the attacked patrol fought to a fin
ish, taccording to information trick
ling in from the front line.
ur patroling soldrers were wJlk-
mg in front of our wire entangle-
a
ments when a hig enemy patrol that
had been divided in parties which
toojjj up concealed positions, opened
fireat close range. The night was
clear and the forms of the Americans
majjle the best possible targets for
thephidden Germans. . There is no
dotfbt that the Americans battled
gallantly until completely overpow
ered, me artillery duel in our sec
torfcontinued today. Scores of air
planes were out observing and mak
ingf.photographs. The men in the
iinftwere tnrmea dv a number of air
army contained about 212,000 offi
cers and men.
The French official spoke at a din
ner which part of New York's cele
bration of the Jour de L'Alliance
Francaise, which was observed
throughout the United States and
Canada today, the anniversary of the
treaty between France and the Amer
ican polonies in 1778
serand, the French ambassador,, also
was a guest of honor.
duets high in the
heis.
sky over their
ANfAMERlC AN GENERAL NOW
dpubtedly would be the military- Pq-JWAVTa rpHr,ft 4T I)r.riXrr
i i
once I am g6ing to volunteer one.
"In my opinion thesenatorial in-
iated Pres that the latest ngures
TnAfania disaster 1 CBl,uusl Jir llJ1
London, Feb.
n.lraltv tonight
'Available on tl:e
showed that 2.235 persons had been
save, and that about 166 were iniss-
T.je .raved, it was added, included
lio American officers andi 1,917
nen. 16 officers and 183 men of the
if x and six passengers
The bodies of American troops
lave been recovered.
Of the 14S survivors landed on the
Scottish coast 143 belonged to the
'nited States army, including seven
officers. Of these one officer and 25
nen are remaining where they land
A to attend to the funeral arrange
..ient6 of the American dead.
Americans' Bodies Washed Ashore.
An Irish Port, Feb. 8. The bodies
f 4 4 of the missing 101 victims of
he Tuscania disaster were washed
-ip today on the rocks 15niles from
.ie scene of the torpedoing. All
.'ere Americans and their bodies
were mutilated beyond recognition.
A pathetic feature is that, al
lough all the victims wore tags, no
leiitirication numbers had been put
'; them because these Americans
ill not as yet been assigned to defi-
;ii'? army units. Therefore, there
'- no way to identify them and they
':': be buried in one .grave.
of the Tuscania. They put Batfier on
the rack and tortured out of him a
onfession of the gigantic movement
of our troops across the seas. Then
the enemy knew what was happen
ing and the submarines lurked' for
theJir prey.
"This whole inquisition is bottom
ed on the inordinate vanity of a few
senators who seek to pose as the
saviours ' of the nation. Their bill
has no more chance to keep "out of
the congressional trash pile than a
food grafter has to keep out of hell.
And they know it. And yet, the in
qmisition continues. Why?"
The governor's telegram created
Almost as much consternation for an
hour or so as theextras that told the
story of the ship and its survivors.
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AMERICAN SHARPSHOOTERS
ROUTE GERMAN SNIPERS.
hard wor"behind the lines.
Will Overcome U-Boat Menace.
Navy officials see no reason to
change their opinion that the subma
rine menace is being overcome. The
Tuscania incident is regarded as an
isolated case, which may serve to
develop additional methods for re
pelling the unaer sea craft and im
proving the convoy system. Many
devices enter into the battle against
the U-boats, some of which have
been evolved by American inventors.
There have been indications that
the U-boats have learned to fear
this ahilily of American craft to lo
cate them at 'a distance and maneu
ver to bring the submerged vessel
within range of a depth bomb. With
a destroyer in the vicinity, the un
derwater, craft moves carefully far
below the surface, depending on me
chanical ears which bring to her the
propeller beats of the surface vessel
When a destroyer stops to "listen,"
unhampered by the beat of her own
engines, the lurking foe also stops,
to lie silent below until the destroyer
moves -on ag'ain.
Was Only One Submarine.
Such details as have come from.,
Europe kidicate that t!e Tuscania'
was torpedoed by a single submarine
which slipped under the advance
screen oi? destroyers -leading the cin
voy. There is no evidence of an at
tack in force, and the U-boat got in
to the path of the liner largely by
chance. Some times as many as
forty vessels make a convoyed fleet.
War department officials would
say nothing today cvi to the destina
tion of the Tuscania. It was admit
ted that American troops, had been
American Army
in
AMERICAN BOYS
BLOW UP BATTERY.
With the
France, Feb. 9. An American gen-
eral now commands the sector of the
front recently taken over by our
troops. v hen the Americans firs
entered the sector it was under the
command of a French general com
manding a certain large unit of the
French army. Now we have control.
In turning the sector over to the
American general on February 5 the
French commander issued a general
order in which he expressed complete
satisfaction -with our troops and was
confident that the sector was in good
handstand, if attaoked, would defend
it with great valor.
The order turning the sector over
to the Americans, a 'copy of which
was communicated to our , forces,
read:
"On February 5, the commanding
general of America unit takes
command of sector. The com
manding general of French unit
takes occasion to express to the
Amerfcan general, the colonels of ar
tillery and all of the American units,
which have been under his orders,
complete satisfaction with the way
in which the American troops have
acquitted themselves of the mission
entrusted to them. Their good will
and their ardent desire to excel and
the rapidity with which they have
adapted themselves to life of the
sector have brought them the admi
ration of all. .General hands over
With the American Army in
France. Feb. 8. Our "heavies this
orning blew "up a German battery.
A heavy explosion was observed be
hind the enemy's "camouflage" and
the Germain battery was set afire, one
of our shells evidently having4nded
in a" munitions dump .
Sometime prior to this our -bar
rage foiled an attempted raid of two
strong enemy patrols, which were
unable to advance through our har
assing machine gun, automatic rifle
and grenade fire.
The German attempt to "strafe"
our trenches was answered by effec
tive counter battery work, the. Amer
icans joining. In breaking up the
enemy iflre.
creased aetivity within the last
twelve hours. - The enemy patrol ac
tivity, on the other hand, is diminishing.
ENEMY'S PLANES DRIVEN
OFF BY AMERICANS
Successive -German raids January
20, 21 and 22, apparently launched
to identify troops in the American
sector, resulted in five Atnericana
killed and ten wounded. There fol- " ":
lowed a period ol several days' pause
presumably while reports of results
were- forwarded to German general
headquarters. During this cessation
Jules J Jus- I from attack a heavy fire was dropped
down continuously on the American
trenches.. Then January 27 the as
saults were resumed in greater vio
lence and with heavier artillery and
shrapnel.
All of the German weapons were
thrown, into this barrage, including
g'as. with the evident intention of
testing the American nerve under
stress. 9 Every Ta id was 'repulsed by
the Americans and the barrage was
answered, gun for gun. Through " -the
mists that hangs over No Man's
Land there will be ever-increasing
numbers of Americans thrown into
the battle against the kaiser and the
eyes of the whole world pday are
centered on the sector held by Persh
ing's men as the first great stroke
against them is awaited.
Already there have come stories of
bravery of. Americans undwr fire
stories of soldiers fighting (With their -
fists to resist capture after their guns
had been rendered useless. And since -
the American troops'took over thair
casualties .have netted a total " til
eight dead and twenty-six wounded
in action,
Trapped by Own Artillery.
With the American Armies in
France, Feb. 5. (Delayed). Fac
ing death from their own artillery, a -handful
of Sammies, trapped by an
American barrage near the boches
trenches Monday night, made their
way through the rain of shells back
to the safety of the American lines.
It is some times necessary to risk
sacrificing a few to save many. Mon-
With the American Army in
France, Feb. 8. (By the Associated
Press). Twenty enemy airplanes
which endeavored to cross the ""Amer
ican lines were violently shelled bv
the anti-aircraft batteries and driv
en oh.
Rain began falling- heavily this af- day night the handful of Sammies,
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ternoon and the pump are being ruruiing a pairoi. were investigating
kept busy in the trenches and dug- tne damage done to the. German
outs. trench wires by Sunday night's bom-
Artillery. firing continues lively bardment. An American rocket eigc
day and night, and the Amreican nai Irom an adjacent sector sudden
heavy eruns registered well on-rhipor- f called for a barrage. The rain of
tant enemv positions. The 75's and death started immediately. The, lit-
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!v Soldier Lost Carried Insurance
Washington,. Feo. 8 Every Amer-
lr'iin soldier lost on the Tuscania,
having dependents, was protected by
government insurance. Many had ap
Piied for voluntary insurance, -which
issued in' amounts .up to $10,0001 pants.
d all are covered by government
compensation payable jfca idov,
-child "or widawinofhfe ftu
t o m a tic insurance 'i'gxjedfmit
K300 andipaiathratllS.
about $25 a month for 20 years. "
American sharp-shooters on the
sector held by the United States
forces northwest off Toul on the western-front
have matched their marks
manship and wits against the skill Lent forward by British -trans-Atlan-
and experience of the German, rifle- tjc uners on several occasions. There
men opposed to them and thus ar are reports that the great Whte Star
have had. the advantage. Enemy imer Olympic, the largest of the Brit
snipers have been routed from-their ih merchant fleet and second only to
hiding places among bushes in the tne new American Leviathan, fpr
hilly, wooden terrian or in shell merly German Vaterland, has
hotes by the expert fire of the Amer- been 'employed .n that work.
icans. Where the rifle proved un- n i.atinn th in
availing there was brought into ac-l . rrnaita1tia thj., a .nn nitration
VUU WWMMAM
some heavier are now engaged in
shelling a town within the enemy'
lines, but there are , no civilians
there. The 75's. are continuously
shelling the enemy tranches wit i
shrapnel and high explosives.
Among today's casualties was
second lieutenant, who was hit
the arm by a sniper's bullet.
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Must Secure License.
Manufacturers of and dealers in
commercial feeds for livestock cat
tie aria hogs must secure licenses
under the food administration by
This coyers baled hay,
February 15.
the sector with confid-ence that it is shelled and ear corn and many other.
for'
in good hands and that the American
troops will organize it with method
and the tenacity characterizing
American genius, and in case of at
tack will defend it with great valor."
tion machine guns or light artillery
which destroyed the German shelters
and made casualties? of their occu-
Seven Tar Heels
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WflJiMnwtrttv XPaiK ft LThA follOW-
ifig North CarollnianA refifc Own XiQr '
of submarines against American
trooip ship lines has 'been made. sQn
the contrary, the efforts of the Ger
man high command still appear tobe
directed primarily against the cafjgo
eta ft bound rfor-i'Brtttek ports.
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seas free except for occasional raid
ers which might slip through. There
is no doubt tjiat plans to this end
have been given great study both
here and abroad. r
The weight of American anti-sub
marine efforts -s yet to he brought to
bear. What has been accomplished
already by American naval forces
has been through make-shfft devices
and converted craft in a great meas-
commodities intended ror1 use as
feeds or as ingredients in mixed
feeds. The only exceptions are for
millers manufacturing bran and
dealers in coarse grains, who have
already been placed under food ad
ministration licenses.
Applications ror license snouid be
addressed to the license divisioi
food administration, Wa&hington, D.
C, specifying the nature"of the busi
ness tc be licensed.
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tle patrol was up against it the men'
facing death from their own shells.
They resolved to make a d&sh for
safety.
Spread out in open formation they -
gradually made their way "back to
their own trenches through", their
own barrage, taking refuge from the
explosions in shell holes and depres
sions in Jo Man's 'Land. Dodging,
ducking, and making short rusheS
across the she'll swept terrain the
Americans finally reached their lines:
and'-leaped over their parapets. The-
expected Orman attack in anticipa
tion of which the barrage- was signal
ed .for, failed to develop. It probably
was due to the. promptness of the
Anercan barrage.. All day today
the American artillery was active.
Machine guns chattered periodically
along the whole sector.. The enemy
threw gTenades. German shells were
scattered over the Amerfcan snpply
and transport sections. .
Army -paymasters : visited the
American artillery uniU today. With
shouts of welcome the Sammies
scrambled from their bomb nroofa
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Wan s. Carr waa asKea a Uht ol "t
M. Stedman to act assis . MahyM-
; ,a9f nAnArl tlinK up" the submarines.
iutant .genera on his ataff LSiv,, lit a mRT
at reterana
can tbe
Time Extended to Take Out Insur-1 and1 lined up W receive their money.
ance. Few drew more thanlO owing to
Washington, Fefb. 9. The house the allotments- of ' their salaries
today passed the" senate resolution "whlcn ttjeyTiavp set aside, for liberty
extending from February 12 to next boml instalrmenta.J!fWIiAtnf a guy
ure. Every week now, however, sees April"12 the time wtthin which wl-I f
the nearer approach of the day when dIera and iurs may file appllca-JK:lWa$ -'
all the plans and efforts of the navy tlons Ior war rlsK insurance. Chalr- l rus gas masK.reaxiy ror use ana floor-
will bear full fruit and wide exten- man Sims "the interstate 'pom-Jlinjg ahandf ot
aion qH the campaign be possible, I merce committee, In urging the res-JparnUy thft.qttesUoii as gOMl;w;::
both in the way of additipnarfighting I olution, explained that It was neces-J rerd Ten- mntMlater?S& old
craft and improved devices'. On this
is based the belief that the subma
rraes can. be largely curbed' before
sary before, the length of time TerfWanBret .wa- spread ..' JJutson .thft
quired for communication between.! ground undemeiaih the- traaa, &nd'A
Washington and
ditionarf forces.
the American 55-lclul.erota SbTatxrieiTrexeetuiff- .
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