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ESTABLISHED 1870. SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS COUNTRY, GOD AND TRUTH $2.00 A YEAR. DUE IN ADVANCH VOL. XLVIII LUMBERTON, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 23, 1917. NUMBER 56 COTTON GRADER IN LUMBERTON llSm Atto? radr for Robeson ??iB -anpsibly ScotlandEs S. ft6? ln Lumberton Farmers Should Have Their Cotton Graded T7SeLV1? ?ered Free-Ginners Urged to Co-operate in Sending It has been decided to locate the bSSi a0T tY when 420 men stationed in xid.aen counties, ana vpiv Hb-oiw fVo ronVn. xt. KECORD OF 2ND HUNDRED MEN 42 of 2nd Hundred Ftfed C!aims for Exemplion and 22 Were Found Physically Def icn1 Quota of District is About Made Up But An other 10 Will be CaUed for Good Measure Some Cannot be Located Of the 100 registrants of Robeson srmy draft distrct No. 1 called to report to tH? local board in Lumber- t i .vonaay ior exammanoa, 3J Cui not file claims fr exemption, 22 were discharged because phys'caU deficient, 42 filed claims for exemp tion and 14 failed to report. This sccoii 100 was taken from order numbers 361 to 460. About 175 men, 5 less than the quota for this district, have been se cured so far, but 100 more regis trants, oredr numbers 461 to 560, will bp called to report for examination some time next week, probably Thursday. The date will be known in time to publish in Monday's Kob eoman. o-ive 10 Those who fail to report and those j of the entire county is earnestly de- who have been at b ort Oglethorpe j sirea m tms work by those who have or who will go for the second camp. jit in charge. The serivce is render No crecit will be allowed foi those' e the farmers absolutely free of ;t Fort Oglethorpe until the call is i charge and it means a big thing for made for men for the second arrnv. I them and all other people in the coun. - 1- NATIONAL GUARD TO FRANCE Preparatory steps for Sending Men Transferred to Regiment of Engi neers With Intimation That They Will be im France in 60 Days Preparatory steps for sending the entire national guard to France, states a special of the 21st to the Wilmington star, were 'taken Tues lnere was some jtmestion at first n to whether the office would be es tablished at Maxton or Lumberton, but after spending Monday and Tues. day of this week looking over condi tions in Maxton and Lumberton, Mr. O. J. McConnell, who has charge for the United States Department of Agriculture 0f this work in the State, and Mr. T.- W. Trogden, who will have charge of the local office, found that a greater number of people could be served bv locating the of This second hundred is to! f ice in Lumberton. or Id per cent extra for neatry co-operation ol the neonie LIFE AT FORT OGLETHORPE Time for filing claims for exemp tion expired Tuesday of this week. Some of the registrants called so far cannot be located. Any one who knows the address of any who failed to report will render a service by writing or 'phoning that information to the chairman of the exemption board, Mr. T. L. Johnson, at Lum berton. Those Who Filed Cms For Exemption Following is a list of those who filed claims for exemption Monday and the basis of the claims: Hezzie C. Revels, Lumberton; aged parents. Enoch Clyde Wade, Allentonjnwried. Colon McQ. Thompson, -Lumberton; son of widow. Pink Davis, Lumberton; married. Colon Hunt, Lumberton (Indian); marrried. Hezzie Britt, Lumberton; married. Hezzie Moody, Orrum (colored); married. Dan W. Britt, Lumberton; married. Dan V. B. McKenzie, Fairmont, farm, ing. t t. Furney Prevatt, Lumberton; aged parents. Jo. S. Smith, Lumberton; married. Ealy Carlyle, Lumberton, (colored; married. Eli Edwatfls, Marietta; marred Hazley Barfield, Barnesville, parents. Jas. L. Powers, Lumberton; student of divinity. Bart Britt, Lumberton; married. Nash- Lamb, Fairmont; married. Ed Gray, Fairmont, (colored); mar ried. Rembert Lewis, Marietta, (colored); married. Joseph H. D.avis, Fairmont r3; married. Luther Hammonds, Allenton, (color. ed), married. Edward Gaylord, Fairmont, (color ed); married . Palmer Inman, Boardman; married. 0. H. Edwards. Barnesville: married. Chas. David Brown, Barnesville; mar ried. . Grady Sessoms, Lumberton; mar ried and aged parents. M. F. Ivey, Barnesville; married. David Graham, Orrum, (colored); married. John Mincie, Barnesville; married. Rufus C. Gardner, Marietta; married. John Andrew Jones, Lumberton, (In dian); married. Neill A. Lowrey, Lumberton, (Indi an); married. Oscar Hunt,- Fairmont, (Indian); married. .! vi' Gaston Hooper, "Lumberton, (color ed); married. W. E. Fleming, Orrum; married. Marvin T. Singletary, Lumberton; married. Will John Griffin, Barnesville; mar ried. Clyde DeVane Love, Lumberton, (col ored); married. Mack Stephens, Fairmont, (colored); married. H. P. Jernigan, St. Pauls; married. W. Lester Rowan, Lumberton; married. Clarence G. Townsend, Lumberton; dependent mother. Lit of Those Discharged Because of Physical Deficiency The following were discharged be cause physically deficient: Galloway Inman, Lumberton. Calvin Troy, St. Pauls. Joe Will Howell, Lumberton. James Bell, Lumberton. rank Seals, St. Pauls. "Nliam A. Herring, Barnesville. M. Sanderson, Lumberton. Emory J. Townsend, Buies. Henry E. Purvis, Fairmont. Arthur L. Spearman, Lumberton. -u. lhompson, Lumberton r6. Alex Jacobs, McDonald. Luther H. Stephens, Lumberton. Alexander R. Graham, Lumberton r7. Hick Scott, Fairmont. I red E. Hinson, East Lumberton. Hon Harley, Fairmont. Arthur F. Jones, McDonald. Medman S. Stephens, Lumberton. vVilliam B. Jones, Fairmont. McDuffie Cummings, Elrod. Colon Caesar Boone, Lumberton. Some Failed to Answer i'oJlowinfir are some who failed to report for eamination and rendered no excuse to the board; Walter Neill Smith. Lumberton. benjamin Harrison Wallace, Lumber- ion. finest Willie Robeson, Lumberton. nrandy Thompson, Lumberton. Henry G. Key, Lumberton. TW L! S(n Lumberton. olina, South Carolina and Tennessee at tamp bevier were transferred to the 117th regiment, U. S. engineers, with intimations that they will be in r ranee witnm, 60 cays. The South Carolina battalion of engineers, with Major J. M. Johnson in command, and of which the 420 rnen will become members has al ready received orders to prepare for embarkation to France within the next 30 days. They have been sent to Greenville temporarily in order to put in a month of intensive train ing. Upon leaving they will g0 to Mmeola, Long Island, where the en tire contingency of engSfhleers wiil probably assemble for final instruc tions betore boarding the transports for overseas service. The importance of the drafting of the men into the engineers' service is significant because they will pos itively be the first men from, the North Carolina infantry to engage actively in the war. They will share the distinction with .the men transfer, red from the Tennessee and South Carolina infantry, with whom they will be colleagued. So far as present orders go, the Greensboro aii Charlotte compan ies in the North Carolina engineers battalion are not included in the di vision scheduled to be sent to France immediately. x Earned Army Commissions at Officers' Training Camp Led stenuous Days-The Day's Work Officers Report at Columbia and Camp Gordon on- the 29th Inst. Lumberton's newkyjcommissioned af?y officers. who came home the other day from jfort Oglethorpe, are enjoying a brief stay at home. They and all others who received commis sions at Fort Oglethorpe will have to report at Columbia, S. C, on the 29th inst. Lieut. J. M. Russell, who received his commission at Fort Mc. Pherson, will have to report at Camp Gordon on the same day. ine young men talk interestingly JUDGE BOND FRIDAY EVENING BRIEF ITEMS OF LOCAL NEWS He.LWiilSeak at tfte Court House on the World War Public is Invited, Especially Women and Chir-en and uriteti Men Residents on Pine street com plain of reckless- auto driving. Sev eral people have narrowly escaped As stated in Monday's Robesonian, IM "fc, , . iHo-a w ait t j T7.J , ' aLr- L. Wnalev has volunteer ed for aviation service in the army and will leave Saturday for Newport," Ky., where he will go in training. -vM'sg Annie Meares has accepted VSltl0-n in fcygooda department Judge W. M. Bond of Edenton, who has been presiding at Raef ord for tne past two weeks, will speak on the world war at the court house in Lumberton Friday evening at8. The public is invited, especially women and children and men who have been called for army service. Judge Bond is an able speaker and has made a special study of the great war, the one subject of most ouauiuing interest to everybody now. of the experiences. They led a He no doubt will be given a lare-e of Mr. K. M. Biggs' department store. ane Degan work Monday. Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Whaley and daughter, Mies Eveline, and sons, Messrs. E. L. and Ralph, will go this afternoon to Wrightsville Beach' across country in their car. Ther strenuous life, but that it acrpprl with audience. This is n rara nnnnrinn; ' will return SaturHav. them is shown by their clear eves and to gain a clear, truer insight into Rev. Dr. G. E. Moorehoue nas general appearance of fitness. There , the meaning of the great events that tor of the Presbyterian church is as is nothing soft or flabbv about them. ; are transpirinsr in the world todavi sistinp- htr.jn r' ttt" They look fit for any task. land their meaning for folks right! Her of Laurinburir. in a 'nrntrarU hsi. -1- w-. . . - - w Ha In conversation lats evening withSec. ; bere at home. ona lieut. uavid ti. Fuller The Rob- ! meeting at Smyrna this week. win return hnmo Cnfnn., esonian learned something of the life 1 SUMMARY OF THE WAR NEWS Mr W. 5?' Wi.H Jj v v mj ill lm. llfl r ' 1 www these young men plunged into when' ty. but the greatest benefit to all can be obtained only' through the hearty co-operation of the people of the entire county. Mr. T. W. Trogden, who has ar rived to take charge of the office and will be in Lumberton throughout the season, was located in Charlotte the past two seasons. He has had several years experience in cotton grading work and no doubt will ren der satisfactory service. In regard to the work Mr. Trodgen gave The Robesonian the following statement: "For the present this office will serve Robeson and Bladen counties, and very likely Scotland county will be included...-! want to call the spec ial attention rpf the farmers to the fact that thgy -should have their cot ton graded. This J service is render ed frees ofcfiArge to producer, cot ton merchant, or any one else wishing his cotton graded. "Within the next few days I will solicit the co-operation of ginners, explaining the work, drawing of cot ton samples, etc. All cotton samples will mailed to the Lumberton of. file under frank-, free of postage charges. Ginners will receive 2 1-2 cents for each sample of cotton sent in to this office. The sample should weight about 3 ounces. It is neces sary to mail this amount in order to ao-ed lender an accurate decision as to grade and staple. Many ginners are anxious to render this service as they realize the work is especially con creted for the benefit of farmers. I will furnish ginners with all neces sary supplies, such as cotton tags, wrappers, bags, mailing tags, Ptr. "Last season the cotton gracimer oi fice for Robeson was looated in Fay etteville. You will realize quite an advantage .in having the office locat ed in Robeson. "This work is conducted under the supervision of the U. S. Department of Agriculture and the North Caro lina Department of Agriculture and Extension Service." Any one (desiflifrig additional in formation may see Mr. Trogden at th& nffipp nf Cnnntv Farm Demon strator Blanchard at the court house. He will be glad to explain the wrk to iny one interr-ted, especu ' far mers and gurnet. Mr. Trogden wants an office suit able for the work. In some towns it is understood that an office is fur nished free of charge. The national and State depart ments pay all expenses of the work except clerk hire, office rent and lights. As has been stated in Thj Robesonian, the Robeson county com missioners at their last meeting ap propriated $300 for this work. Bla- aen countv win pay in jjjyp'.uuuiioio part of the local expanse of main taining the office, and Scotland al so, if that county is inclvded. they exchanged the easy life of civil-j Ilalians in Great Offensive British iaua at nome ior camp me at r ort i Oglethorpe. j For the first dav or so it was1 easy, but when all were supplied with j umiorms ana other equipment they the rastime theatre, left Tuesday evening fnv T?ntViovfrwi-Htr. and French Make Progress Against: er points in the Western part of the Germans Germans Have Started. State, where he will spend his va What May Prove Bg Offensive on ! cation. This is the first vacation Eastern Front The great offensive of the Italians from the region of Tolmino to the Mr. Wishart has taken since 1909. Mrs. Frank Gougn left last night got down to their knittins- in earn est, and then at 9:30 at night, when Z j I-r, 7- , ui "cspue me sstuuuorn assistance or a nrivnt snnntnrinm Qv, .o to do till 5:15 the next m.orning, the the Austrians and the difficulty of I J0SS& bv S? Twrt. tw Aem Tere ?eady to call the terrain. . . . 1 Zl Ut l i , i i j i . - . uoiwuiuic, iuu., wnere sn will head of the Adriatic &ea is sromer on fMof4. a' -.Zl?;- " H Acrkita V,o ctK ,.;r,i" - uud a specialist m it a dav and turn in. i The routine of the day was as f ol iifWB;-iip at o:io; "setting up" exer Meanwhile, the British and French forces in Belgium and on the sectors of Lens and Verdun m France again aseskralisthenics from 5:30 tohave made progress against the Ger. HONOR LUMBERTON'S OFFICERS Rook Tournjament at Lorraine Hotel vThis Evening Every Citizen of the ; Town is invited " Every citizen of Lumberton is proud of rfthe town's boys who went to Fort Oglethorpe and returned the other day with army commissions. They will be here only a few days longer and opportunity will be given this eve ning to honor them by your presence at a rook tournament that will be given at the Lorraine hotel by the lo cal National Aid. The rook tournament will begin at 8:30. The newly-commissioned offi cers in whose honor it is given are Liieuts. C. B. Skipper, Jr,., E. K. Proctor, J. M. Russell, David H. Fuller, F. Fli Wishart and J. P: Cashwell. Seats may be engaged as late as 6 this evening. 'Phone Mrs. H. H. Anderson, chairman of entertainment committee. Each guest, . except the guests of honor, will pay 25 cents. Progressive rooK wr.i oe piayeu and the winner will have the honor of presenting to the National Aid a prize, donated by Mr. L. H. Caldwell. Light refreshments will be served and music and other entertainment will be provided. Honor the young officers with, your presence this evening. ONLY ONE WEEK OF COURT 5:50: ten minutes to ?et readv for breakfast; breakfast 6 to 7. and dur- ; ing that hour a man was free un less ne was on police duty, in which case he had the pleasure of spending pat of the time in cleaning up the company street, picking: ud every lit tle thing like match heads, cigarat stumps, et cetera; 7 to 11:30, al-; most constant drill, with short rests occasionally when a man might snatch a short smoke; 11:30 to 12, at leisure; 12 to 1:15 p. m., dinner and free; 1:15 to 4:30, company study, which usually lasted till 3:30, the remaining hour being devoted to drill, or sometimes the afternoon was mans and also have held, notwith standing most violent counter attacks, an tne ground won in recent fight ing. On the Eastern front, near the important Russian port of Riga on the Baltic, the Germans have start ed what possibly may turn out to be another big offensive,and also are at tacking the Russian lines to the southeast in the vicinity of Dvinsk Daughter, Miss Lima Gough. Mr. trough will return home in a few days. Miss Lina Gough will stay with her mother while she is in Bal timore. Red Springs Citizen: Miss Lattie Rhodes of St. Pauls, wko so efficient ly served the local exemption -board i the selective draft a sstenographer and copyist, has returned home. She will in a few days go to Coker college. Hartsville, S. C., having accepted a position as secretary to the dean in that institution. - Mr. M. G. McKenzie, superin- and further south near Brody and tendent of the Presbyterian Sunday Tarnopol in northern east Galicia. i school and of the union Sunday school at the Jennings' mill, North Lumberton, was given an auto trip to Jatfason Springs this week by . -r Ml - -w -w ine Jennings mm scnooi. ne wa3 September Court Will Begin 10th In stead of 3rd -Jury Drawn for First Week Need Not Report By agreement between the local bar and the judge it has been decided to hold only a week's term of civil court in September. A jury was drawn for a two-weeks' term, which was to have begun Mondayr Septem ber 3. The jurymen drawn for the first week neeanot report,as court will not begin till Monday, September 10. and the jurymen drawn ior me . sec ond week have been summoned to report on the 10th. Shot at Lakeview, S. C, and Brough1 to Lumberton for Treatment Mr. Luther Campbell, 28 years old, was shot by Runey Scott at Lakeview, S. C, Tuesday night about rmdnignt, was rushed to Lumberton and was operated on at the Thompson hos pital about 4 o'clock yesterday morn- iner. a pisiui uui po , . Already the Italian offensive has resulted in the capture of more than 13,000 prisoners and 30 guns, and stains of exeat imnortance havp heen spent in a long hike; 4:30 to 5:30,! made all alon? the line. Italian war. i accompanied by Messrs. Alex. Daw- free, and this was the time usually j ships -which are aiding in the attack! kms Wi" Stone and Joe Britt. They devoted to bathing and shaving; 5:30,at the head of the gulf or Triest haveleft Tuesday and went by Maxton, supper; 6:45, about four evening in I switched their guns from the battle I Laurinburff and Hatnlet and returned the. week, to 9:30, the entire 15 com.; line and showered shells on Triest,' last night by way of Aberdeen, Rae panies, about 2,500 men, gathered j the big Austrian port, which is the ford and Bed Springs. t,o hear some officer lecture on some objective of the Italians. -hasf military life. Admission is made by the Vienna At the Head of the List -;Atfarfrom. 9:30 at night to 5:15 a.jwar office of victories of the Itali-. Statesville Landmark. . m. ; Mr. Fuller naively observed "we i ans at several points south of Tol-1 The voune- lawver at Shelhv wh A? ftT S t0 d" , -ir and th! ClptUJe Athe !f! WnJtn; tt! a 1 strenuous drilling Selo near the head; of the Adriatic j ground that he is a notary public and knocked some of the men out. They : but xt is asserted that the offensive,;. hence a State officer, and who threat were frankly told by tne off icers that .especially at Selo, cost the Italians ens to take the case to the courts if they might step out of line if they : thousands of men killed or wounded' the exemption boards turn him down 11 1"5S t0 uch f1or ,the1m' ;m addltlon t0 mre than 6,500 prison. well, he is just about at the head often fellows who had stuck with , ers. 0f he list grim determination not to give up; Not onlv have the Canadians re-j . would faint dead away and fall like! pulsed all German counter attacks be-! Town Bonds Finally Sold a shot. Mr. Fuller said he never had i fore Lens, but they have taken ad-1 Mayor Jas. D. Proctor has just to step out but once, and that was , ditional positions from the enemy in;Deen advised that bonds of the town ju&i aner ne nau Deen vaccinaxeu ; iront ol tne important coal center. j0f Lumberton in the sum of $51,000 against typhoid. (Near Ypres, in Flanders, the British i were delivered on the 20th inst! Raw recruits were drilled at first j have penetrated the German line to ! Harris, Forbes &Co. of New York without guns, but gradually they ; a considerable depth. On both these j jt is expected that the money took on guns, and then side arms, ! sectors furious fighting is still going j wm De received tomorrow. This mat. and then full equipment, and finally . 0n. 1 1 ter has been hung up on one techni lt was not unusual to hear the or-, Tuesday night and Wednesday; Cality and another since 1915 but der at 5:15 to fall out with every- j morning saw the German crown seems now to be satisfactorily set thing but your cot. prince delivering heavy counter at-' tied. The Ibontfs were issued for it was a trying time with tne Doys tacks against the newly won French, ljpht and water imDrovements and i Mt I m . TT T I ' " Woman Bitten By Dog Which Was Reported to be Mad Mrs. Frank Stephens was bitten on 4-v. v,? Tnoei-lnv ot npt hnme about one mile from town on the Whiteville his upper abdomen, puncturing ms , he . all the examinations he at the last, when they were on the tenter-hooks about getting a com mission. No one could tell a bloom ing thing about how he stood or what his chances were. As an illustra tion of how uncertain all the privates were as to their chances, Mr. Fuller told of one man who, because he had been balled out several times juftf before commissions were given outj and seemed to get in bad at the last, was so dead sure he would fail to get a commission that he made bets amounting to $47 that he would not get a commission. And what he really got was a commission as first lieutenant and he had to cough up 47 perfectly good dollars. Mr. Ful letr is not a stranger to examinations. He is a graduate of Trinity college and of Harvard university law school, and went up against the State Su preme, court for his law license, but positions northwest of Veraun, sewer extension where at several points the (jer- : mans succeeded in reentering them.! president Takes Up Whole Subject These positions, however, shortly af-j of War Prices terward again were relinquished to! Washington. Dispatch, Aug. 22. General Petain's men under fierce At a three-hour conference with onslaughts. North and northeast of j the Trade commission today, Presi- veraun tne uermans maae simuarident Wilson took ud the whole sub. road bv a fice that belonged to Mr, E. A. "Faulk. It was reported that the dog had been bitten by a mad dog recently but Mr. Faulk says that is a mistake and that he is certain the dog was not m.ad. Mr. Jeff Taylort killed the dog and the head was sent to Raleigh for examination by Mr. Stephens, but no word had been re ceived in regard to it at 1:30 this afternoon. Mr. Faulk says the dog had been trained to defend his chil dren and that it would not let any one touch them. Mrs. Stephens was picking beans near the road when Mrs. Faulk passed with her children and when one of tho children went close to Mrs. Stephens the dog bit her. . ' r i James McDouald, Rennert rl. Richard M. Thompson, Rowland. Donnie Sutton, Lumberton r2. Willie Lee Jordan Smith, Lumberton. Theodore Hunt, Fairmont. Walter McAllister, Lumberton. Some Had Ented Some included in this second call fcnrt ra1rpadv enlisted. These were: Furman Williams of Lumberton, who is already in France; Edward Knox Vmctnr. of Lumberton, who received his 'commission as second lieutenant at the close of the officers' training caran' at Fort Oclethorpe recently; ' - r- - . T- 1 ana - J esse JBeiton uowen, wuu is uue of the Lumberton men who have been accepted for the second officers training camp at Fort Oglethorpe. x intestines 8 times. Dr. Thompson j had stood before he had never ex imtjvi"vw . - m oottc, ,is condition today is as la vorable as could be expected. The shooting was the result ot some trouble which started last win- Mrs. Alex. Campbell, mother of the wounded man, is with him today. County" School Superintendents Will Meet in Lumberton September 1-s and 13 , , . L . Supt. J. R. Poole has just, been advised that the Southeast District associations of county superinwimciito vill meet in Lumberton oepieuiuci 12 and 13. There are counties iu this association, and 20 superintend ents are expected to attena ine ink ing ,besides State Superintendent Joyner and others from the State De partment of Education. It is expect ed that zo or people -brought to Lumberton for the two days of this meeting. Off for Fort Oglethorpe Saturday MfiVsJ-RBowenyR-Cirmlngham, R.A.McLean, EarlThompson and EdJ. Pone will leave Saturday evening for the second officers' training camp at Fort Oglethorpe. Mr. Bowen will ol Snnrlnv in Atlanta With Ml. S. K. Nash, who is m the school of aeronautics of the Georgia school of technology. The young men must report at Fort Oglethorpe Monday, 27th inst. perienced anything like the uncertain ty and anxiety he experienced about the wind-up at Fort Oglethorpe. No matter how perfectly you answered an questions asKea you on examina tion, you were entirely in the .dark when you left the presence of the examining officers as to how . your answers struck them. You fired away, so to speak, and the officers gave no sign to indicate whether you hit or missed. The young men from Lumberton and other points in the county ac quitted themselves well. Lieuts. Fuller and E. K. Proctor of Lumberton and Frank McNeill of Howellsville towns(hip Were in the field artillery, also Mr. J. M. Rus sell, who was at Fort McPherson, near Atanta. First Lieut. C. B Skipper. Jr.. Second Lieuts. F. Eli Wishart and J. P. Cashwell of Lum berton, were in the infantry. One was allowed to choose the branch of service for training. Mr. S. K. Nash, who went from Lumberton, joined the aviation corps and is now in the school of aero nautics at the Georgia school of tech nology at Atlanta. .Mr. H. J. Single ton, another Lumberton man, tried the" coast artillery and left Ogle thorpe for Fortress Monroe,. Va. Fifteen men out of each of the 15 companies at Fort Oglethorpe attempts to recapture lost ground but the artillery and rifle fire ot the Frenchmen forced them to de sist. Wednesday afternoon found the Germans apparently cowed as a result of their unrewarded efforts, for their infantry kept to their trenches and only the artillery was in action . More than 6,000 Germans have been made prisoners during the three days of fighting in the Verdun re gion. On the Aisne front the crown prince still continues his attacks at various points along the Chemin des Dames and adjacent territory, but nowhere has he been able to dent the French line. East of Riga, between the Tirul marshes and the River Aa, the Ger mans in a new offensive have forced back the Russian advance guards from one to two miles. They tffco have begun bombardments to the southeast, near Dvinsk and in north ern Galicia, near Brody and Tarno pol, where the Russians are still maintaining their line, notwithstand ing the recent defections in the ar my which resulted in a forced re treat of the Russians in Galicia and Bukowina. Aerial bombinb . roads of great in tensity still are being carried out by British and French aviators over German positions in Belgium and in tensive air raiding also is in prog ress. Zeebrugge, the German sub marine base in northern Belgium, is reported to have been heavily bomb ed again. In fights in the air the British Tuesday accounted for 17 German airships, but 12 of their own machines failed to return to their base-. ject of war prices and went over in detail the commission's figures on production costs. Most of the time was given to a study of the com mission's report just completed on the cost of producing steel. Additional measures to control the coal industry came in for discussion and it was learned later that last night's order fixing a scale of prices for coal at the mouth of the mine for the entire country will be followed closely by others designed t give the government a complete control of the industry, from mine to consumers. Peru Sehfds Ultimatum to Germany Amsterdam Dispatch, Aug. 22. The Berlin' Vossische Zietung an nounces that Peru has sent an ulti matum to Germany. The Hamburg prize court recent ly refused damages to the owners of the Peruvian sailing vessels Lorton, which was sunk by a German subma rine on February 5 off the coast of Spain. The reason assigned by the court was that the Lorton, when stopped and asked for her nationality, hoist ed the 'British flag. It is also alleg ed that the Xorton was carrying con traband for "England. The Vo'ssosche Zietung says that in vieytr of the threatening tone of Pe ru's note, the imperial German chan cellor has ordered the Hamburg de cision referred to the upper prize court at Berlin for final adjudication. on the 29th inst., at Hoboken, N. J., "fully equipped for extended field service", which urioubtedly means for service in France. When the newly-commissioned of firprs wlin fpnort at flolumbia Wed were drawn bvdot at the close of the nesdav of next week will go to camp and were ordered to report France in on the knees of the gods. Spanish territorial waters. Recent advices from Lima showed that the tension between Peru and Germany over the sinking of the Lor ton was high. Peru, it was announc ed, had declined the offer of Ger- many to submit the question to a prize court. Peru insisted that the sinking was unjustified and that Ger many pay the damages and-talso an indemnity. The chamber of jdeputies unanimously approved the. energetic -handling of the Lorton case bf the Peruvian foreign minister. The Lor ton was sunk last rebruary inside r, if :i A p 4 & - 9- IV J 1s H XT. t ...
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