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Irief Notes Covering Happenings in
This States That Are of Interest to
All the People.
IF A
SIMILAR MEASURE HAD ALREADY
BEEN PASSED BY THE
HOUSE.
GOES TO CONFERENCE NOW
Prohibition and Press Censorship Sec
tions Left Out by Senate. Has
Been a Long Bitter Fight.
Washington. After nearly three
weeks of debate, the senate, by a vote
of 77 to 6, passed the administration
espionage bill, pronounced one of the
most drastic and all-inclusive measures
in American congressional history.
A similar bill has passed the House
and virtual redrafting of many of the
most important provisions is expected
in the forthcomng conference.
During the day's final consideration,
the Senate stripped the measure of
provisions for newspaper censorship
"and restriction upon manufacture of
grain into intoxicating liquors, and
rejected an amendment designed to
curb sspeculation in food products, al
though sentiment obviously was over
whelming in favor of such legislation
later. -
As completed, the Senate "bill's prin
cipal selections provide:
Authority for the president to em
bargo exports when he finds that "the
public safety and welfare so require
(not in the House measure) ;
Mail Censorship.
Authority for the postoffice depart
ment to censor mails and exclude mail
matter deemed seditious, anarchistic
or treasonable, and making its mail
ing punishable under heavy penalties
(not in the House bill) ;
For punishment of espionage, de
fined in most detailed terms, includ
ng wrongful use of military informa
tion; For the control of merchant vessels
in American waters;
Punishment for conveyance of false
reports to interfere with military oper
ations, wilful attempts to . ; cause
disaffection in the military or 'naval
foeees or obstructions of recruiting. ,
For the seizure of arms and muni
tions and prohibition of their exporta
tion under certain conditions;
For penalizing conspiracies design
ed to harm American foreign dele
gations or. for destruction of property
within thftTUnited States;
'Fpr-lncteedreMrtcto ls
suaiice. of passports with penalties for
their forgery or false procurement;
and
For material extension of the power
to issue search warrants for inspection
of premises. ' '
Export Embargo. j
The - clause giving the president i
power to embargo exports was re- !
tained in the bill virtually as drafted
by administration officials. j
It was modified once, but the un-
qualified provisdon wfes restored after
its necessity had been explained last
week in a day's session behind closed ,
doors. . .
Vigorous efforts to retain provisions
for the newspaper censorship and
partiafl prohibition together with
foodstuff conservation, luring the
war, culmiated in. final votes in which
the Senate voted 48 to 34 to eliminate
all provisions for press censorship. On
behalf of the administration forces
Senator Overman, in charge of the
bill, had moved to reinsert a modified
censorship clause. As the House bill
contains a provision for determination
by the jury of culpability for violation
of censorship regulations to be pro
mulgated by the President, the admin
istration is expected to bring strong
pressure for drafting in-onference of
a compromise censorship section.
On the question of prohibition and
foodstuff conservation, the Senate, by
A vote of 4 6to 37, reversed its action
of Saturday in accepting Senator Cum
mins' amendment providing that, dur
ing the war, manufacture of cereals,
grain, sugar and syrup into intoxicat
ing liquors should be prohibited. By
this vote it struck out the Cummins
amendment offered as a food conserva
tion step, but attacked as really a pro.
hibition move.
1 ORDERS ARE ISSUED TO
EXPAND REGULAR ARMY
A cyclone swept a path 200 feet wide
ihrough Sampson county last week,
?laying many freakish tricks as it
went, but occasioning no loss of human
life.
An appropriation of $8,100 to begin
Oie establishment of a National mili
ary park at the battlefield of Guilford
Courthourse, N. C, was recommended
to Congress by the War Department.
1. Naval recruits at the training station at Newport, R. I., lined up for inspection. 2. Periscope riiie now being
j used with great success by the French. 3. Mile. Jeanne Tardy, the new attache of the French undersecretary of
finance, the first woman to be so employed in France.
Mrs. Shipman, wife of Commissioner
of Labor and Printing M. L. Shipman,
was called to Brevard last week on ac
count of ttfe death of her father, Mr.
W. K. Osborne.
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HOSTETTER'S
Stomach Differs
George Stevens, of Charlotte, pro-
the program to send interned Germans jit is excellent in Cases 01
! to Kanuga Lake near Hendersonvill
i to work on farms.
stomach or bowel ailments
PAYING TRIBUTE TO WASHINGTON'S MEMORY
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FARMERS AND SHIPPERS NOTICE
Bhlp your vegetables to us, get highest market
prices. Write lor stencil. We also handle eggs.
FRED TOST St CO., Wholesale Commission
Merchants, 190 Beade Street, New York
Raleigh was selected as .? the next
convention city for the North Caro
lina Federation of Women's Clubs,
and Mrs. .Clarence Johnson, of that j " ' ' .
city, was chosen as 191M8 president 1 Serious Omission,
of the organization. ' At a camp meeting where hats were
', ; used as collection baskets, the preacher
Reports from Washington' which , said: "Letus sing while the hats are
have reached the newspapermen- of j coming in."
North Carolina with regard to the pro- j The pianist, after some fumbling
posed increase in postal rates on ! ith the pages, turned to him and
newspapers as a war tax are such as , sa "! can nnd
to give great concern to them. h "Beg pardon," said the preacher, not
j understanding. '
x A1 x , - "Whv," replied the pianist. "I can't
At least three motmv ambulances, find -q WMle Rats Are
and probably more, will be sent to the ! r..(r . , mv hnftU- "(Christian
American Ambulance Corps in France ,f '.
from western North Carolina, and this
section -will be well represented if the 1
states decides to send a full unit of j
seven iuachines to France. ;
Herald.
Representatives of the United States
Labor Department, who arrived in
Hendersonville, N. C, said that if
there is any legal difficulty about the
delivery of Lake Kanuga property to
the Government for the German idr
ternment camp, the camp will be
located, on Davidson River in the Pis
guh National Forest.
HEAL BABY RASHES
That Itch, Burn and Torture With Cutl
cura Trial Free.
The British and French war commissioned together with cabinet members and army and navy officers, visited the
tomb of Washington at Mt. Vernon and paio&ribuie to the memory of the first president. The illustration shows the
tomb decorated and surrounded by theCcrowd, and, at the left, Marshal Joffre within the gate saluting Washington's
bier.
AMERICAN VESSEL SUNK BY GERMAN: SUBMARINE
Both Secretary of War Newton D.
Baker and Secretary of the Navy Dan
iels will speak at the commencement
of the University of North Carolina,
Wednesday, June 6th, according to an
announcement made by President Ed
ward K. Graham of the University.
It is planned to make the occasion a
great patriotic celebration and an ex
pression of loyalty to the government.
A hot Cuticura Soap bath is soothing
to irritated skins when followed by
a gentle application of Cuticura Oint
ment. Use Cuticura for every-day toi
let preparations to prevent such trou
bles. After this treatment baby sleeps
mother rests and healment follows.
Free sample each by mail with Book.
Address postcard, Cuticura, Dept. L,
Boston. Sold everywhere. dv.
That the European war will last ror
years and that millions of men must
be sent overseas by ithe United States
before the Prussian military power is
crushed v was a prediction made by
Col. J. Bryan Grimes, secretary of
state of North Carolina, in what was
said to be one of the most powerful
Dogs and the Dye-Pot
The Chinese sleeve-dogs, called Pe
kinese, are so fashionable nowa
adys and fetch such high prices that
breeders of them are making a lot
of money in the business. Also deal
ers.
to. avoid buying 'suchVaojgstiro
trnnAva ; onI . nf?ft,titi4cnruinmitfTks'r-
sons The animals may not be ex
actly what they seem.
The color specially desired for" a
Pekinese is a delicate shade of brown.
Dogs of this kind are of various hues ;
Memorial Day orations ever delivered ' but an unscrupulous dealer finds no
at Fayetteville.
The American oil tank steamer Vacuuu which was sunk by a German submarine while on her way to the United
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States, fart or tne crew, a navai neuier.ant ana rour gunners were iosi.
HERO OF AN AIR BATTLE
Washington. Orders to bring the
regular army to its full war strength
of 293 000 men was were announced by
the war department. Organization of
44 new regiments have begun with
further efforts to stimulate recruiting
and bring in the 116,455 men needed.
Since April 1, 67,443 men have been
accented, and officials are confident
tCPSe full number will have been
enrolled as wartime volunteers, be
fore June 15.
Expansion of the army will be ac
complished, by converting each ext.
ing battalion into ft full regiment.
In the Southeastern Department the
51st. 52d, 53rd, 54th, 55th and 56th in
fantry will he raised at Chickamauga
Park Ga The 17th infantry, now di
vided beiween Forts McPherson and
Oglethorpe, Ga., will be one o the
three to be expanded to form these
Wiment.. v 'Guard duty at the
Georgto war prison camps- l be tak
en over by companies p, war prison
The 22nd and ,23rd cava also wfll be
raled at Chictoain
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FOR THE REJECTED VOLUNTEER
Maj. L. W B. Bees of the Royal Fly
ing corps is the hero of the British
party In Washington. Single-handed
he fought ten German planes, bringing
down seven of them and driving the
rest away. His achievement was wit
nessed by his. comrades, who reported
the occurrence. He received the Vic
toria cross two months ago. He still
limps from a wound in ithe knee suar
tallied In the encounter. !
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Cear Sir:
I an sorry that the rigid physical requirt
menta make it impossible for you to serve your country in the
Navy in time of war. There is good reason for such rigid re
quirements, so you should, not worry about not passing.
I feel that since you have been patriotio enough to volunteer,
you fhould have something to show for it, o that no one will
have the right to call you a "Slacker. Therefore, with tni8
letter is a button for your coat. Wear it. It It a honor to
have the right to.
If, as a result of wearing this button, and showing this l?"Jr
you influence some other man to corns forward, you may, in that
way, help your country, possibly s much as if you had actually
done your bit in the Navy.
Now, Just a word of caution. It would bs highly dishonorable
for you to permit any one else to wear this button. It would
give him a chance to pretend to do what you have actually dons,,
If you do not care to wear it, and treasure it, put it in an
envelope and mail it to any Navy Recruiting Officer. But the
right thing to do is to wear it and be proud of it. And ir any
one ever questions your patriotism, show him this lstta. It
buowb wiaT. you nave honestly tnea o ao jww ---j j -
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Respectfully. tyUL
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Recruiting Officer.
In order that those who volunteer for enlistment and are rejected may noi be
subjected to the charge of being "slackers," the recruiting service is giving
them letters and buttons like those illustrated.
Empty Vessels. Etc,
Some men make a lot of noise during
an altercation in the belief that they
are pitting tip & sound argument
The Difference.
A man will stand by the hour to
watch the passing throng; a womav
will sit by the window.
The following named North Carolina
newspaper men went to Washington
last week to protest against the sec
tions of revenue bill introduced:
Wade H. Harris of Charlotte, W. W.
Weaver of Durham, Clarence H. Poe,
E. E. Britton, president of the North j
Carolina Press Association, and John
Park of Raleigh, W. E. Lawson of
Wilmington, and H. R. Dwire of Wins-ton-Salem.
W. A. Erwin, head of the Erwin
Cotton Mill Company at Durham, an
nounced that a 10 per cent increase
In salaries will be given 4,000 employes
of the company at two mills in West
Durham, East Durham, Cooleemee and
Duke, N. C. The increase is the sec
ond for 10 per cent within six months.
Last Christmas a 10 per cent bonus
was given the 4,000 employes.
Representatives from the 240 subor
dinate lodges of Odd Fellows will as
semble at High Point, Tuesday, May
15-17, for their annual session. ,This
will be the first session ever held in
High Point, and Committee . on Ar
rangements, with Mr. J. ,R: Young as
chairman, are planning to give the
visiting Odd Fellows a royal welcome
to "The Grand R-apids of . the South,"
as High Point is called in the manu
facturing world.
Lloyd K, Enloe, a fireman on the
Murphy division of the Southern, was
ktlledTand three other trainmen were
injured, when two freight engines
were derailed near Junaluska by a
bull, one engine turning over. Ensloe
was caught in his cab and was crush
ed so that he died a few minutes after
being removed. He was in the second
engine of a double-header, and his
cousin, A. E. Enloe, who was engineer,
was uninjured save for a few bruises.
Engineer C. Burke and Fireman O. H.
Brads haw on the first engine also were
slightly injured.
The. Durham County Board of
Health in the composition of its bud
get for the ensuing year has made
provision for a trained bacteriologist.
A woman graduate of the Agricultural
College of Oklahoma has been com
missioned to conduct this department,
and Meat and Milk Inspector J. H.
Epperson will utilize the major por
tion of his time in the field.
All the bridges between Charlotte
and Rutherfortdon that were washed
away during the flood last July have
been replaced;
serious difficulty in making them
brown, to match any shade. He simply
dips doggy into a pail of hydrogen per
oxide a few times until his coat is
well bleached and then dyes him, by
like means, to the fashionable tint.
Looking Backward.
"Mrs. Gadder speaks of a spread
that cos a thousand dollars or more as
a 'little dinner.' "
"Yes, and did you ever notice the
far-away look in Mr. Gadder's eyes
sometimes when she makes a state
ment like that?"
"No. What do you suppose it indi
cates?" "I guess he's thinking of the time
whon he was glad to get a cup of cof
fee and a dish of beans for his dinner."
Seeking a Divorce.
"On what grounds do you seek a di
vorce, madam?"
"Incompatability. I want a divorce,
and my husband doesn't."
WHAT I
NO SLEEP
LAST NIGHT?
If coffee was
the cause
change to
POSrEHM
and steep!
's a Reason
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