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RALEIGH, N. G, THURSDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER, 19, 1918.
PRICE: FIVE CHiTZ
BRITISH AND FRENCH
MAKING ME CERTAIN
CAPTURE OF ST.QDENTIN
Successful Smash at Hinden
burg Line On 22-Mile Front
To Depth of 11-3 To
Three Miles
MORE THAN 6,000
7 PRISONERS TAKEN
German Launch Determined
Counter-Attacks; Taking of
St. Quentin Remains Diffi
cult Task As Germans Are in
Strong Defensive Positions;
Defeat of Bulgars in Mace
donia .'
(By The Associated Press.)
British and French veterans
havemadeanother vicious and
.successful smash at the Hinden
burg line. Sweeping forward
on a front of 22 miles, they
went ahead from 1 1-3 to 3
miles, taking many prisoners.
The most important aspect of
the advance is that it makes
more certain the capture of St.
, Quentin, which the Germans
have been ordered to hold at
all costs.. This important city is
virtually surrounded on three
sides and its fall seems only a
matter of days.
Field Marshal Haig's third
and fourth armies charged
over the trench system-occu
pied by the British before they
were pushed back by the Teu
tonic Hood last March. They
captured, in wide sectors, the
outer defenses of the Hinden
burg line.
The British assault was over
a front of sixteen miles, from
Hr.lnon. wppt of St. Quentin. to
Gouzeau,court, north ofEpehy.
In their advance, wnicn reacn
ed a depth of more than three
miles At some points, they took
mpre than 6.U00 prisoners
Nnt onlv did the blow bring
nearer the capture of St. Quen
tin, which the Germans are
struggling desperately to hold,
but it went far towards wiping
out the only bulge in the Brit
ish line which resembles a sa
lient. Epehy, at the apex of
the bend, has been taken and
the same fate has befallen
Gouzeaucourt and Hargicourt,
which stood at the ends of the
wings.
Make Counter-Attacks.
.The importance which the
Germans attached to the terri
tory wrested from them is in
dicated by the announcement
that they launched determined
counter-attacks, as soon as they
could be organized, from Har
gicourt to the Omignon rivulet.
The success of their efforts
remains somewhat obscure, but
it is not believed they can re
cover the ground they have
lost. . ' '
While the French advance
was less spectacular than that
of the British with whom they
co-operated, they were equally
successful in gaining their ob
jectives. They moved forward
oa a front of six miles to .an
average depth of 1 1-3 miles,
adding several hundred prison
ers to the British bag. They
now hold the southern outskirts
of Contescourt, less than three
miles from the suburbs of St.
Quentin.
This city, where the troops
" of Von Goeberi scored a great
victory in 1871, is one of the
buttresses of the Doui-Cam-brai-St.
Quentin-La-Fere-Laon
line, beyond which it has been
announced the Germans would
not fall back. With the French
in the outskirts of La Fere, with
St Quentin invested and with
the British . battling qoggedly
for Cambrai the great Hinden
burg defense system is in dan
ger of being breached at three
of its strongest points, unce
ousted from it the Teutons will
have back of them no rtrone
fortifications until they reach
the Maubeuge defenses.
Difficult Task.
The taking of St. Quentin re
mains a difficult task, how-
ever, for the Germans are in
am. p ium
TwaaJ
TOWNS AND VILLAGES
CAPTURED BY ALLIES
LmJn, Sept. 18. Th British have
penetrated th mrmj't defeases aarth
iMt f St. Qaeatia t depth f three
aiilea aa captare4 nor thaa l,M
prisoner,' Field Marshal Half reporta
tonight.
Th. British hare captures Fresai
De-Peflt, Berthaacoart aad Poatra, aad
th Aaatraliaaa har aerapied L Ver-
gaier, Yilleret aad Hargtaoart.
Th high groaad aoath of Goaieaa
roart haa heea tarried by the British,
who reached th Mtakirta of Vlllers-
Gaiataia aad occupied Gaacae wood.
Templeai, I.e Gaerard, RoaMoy,
Epehy aad Peixiere have also heea
taken, the troop peaetratiag to great
depth along the Itae. '
The statement reads '
"At i:it o'clock this moraiag the
troops of the third and fanrth British
armies attacked with complete aaceeos
on a front of about 16 allies from the
neighborhood of Holaoa to Goaseaa
court. On the whole of thia front oar
troops, advancing la heavy storms of
rain, carried the enemy's positions by
ssaaolt.
"Sweeping over the old British
trench systems of March, 1918, they
reached. and captured the outer defea
ses, of-the Hindeaburg liae in wide
sectors.
"On oar right, divisions composed of
English snd Scottish troops captured
Fresnoy-Le-Petit, Rerthsuconrt aad
I'nntra, meeting ,with, and overcoming
strong hostile realKtance, psrtiralsrly
oa the extreme right of our attack,
" the right renter two Australian
divisions capured "the Villages "of Xe
Venruler, Villert, and Hargicourt.
Poshing forward with great determina
tion they established themselves in the
old German advanced positions west
and aoathwest of Bellicoart, haviag
penetrated the enemy's defeases to a
depth of three Miles.
"la the left center the 74th Yeasts a ry
division aad other divisioas composed
of .east county and London troops cap
tared Templeax-Lo-Gaerrard, Ronssoy,
Epehy and Peiaier also penteratlng to
a great depth.
"North of Peiaiere the 21st division
attacked over th northern portion of
the sector defended by it with to mach
gallantry oa the 21st, aad 22ad of
l arch. Having captured 11 old f rsnt
trenches, together with the strong point
known aa Vaacelette fan aad beaten
off a hostile eoaater-attack, It pushed
forward for more thaa, a nail beyoad
thia line, capturing several haadred
prisoners and a German battery com
plete, with Its teams ia th coarse of
its advance.
"On the left of oar attack, other Eng.
lish and Welsh troops carried the re
mainder of the high groaad aoath of
Gouieaaeoart, reaching th outskirts of
Villers-Gaislaia aad captarlag Gauche
wood..
"Over aix thousand ' prisoners aad a
number of gans have heea captured by
oar troops in the coarse of these sac
cesnfal operatioua."
BRITISH BOMB BRUGES.
London, Sept. 18. British army aad
navy aviators la the last 48 hoars have
dropped thirteen toaa f bombs oa the
doeka at Bragea aad a Gvrmaa air
drome ia Belgium, says aa official state
ment from the Admiralty today. Ia
air fighting It German airplanes were
destroyed.
Five enemy sosplsnea which ap
proached the east coast of England
were driven off by fear British ma
chines, oae macaln beiag destroyed.
The statement reads: ,
"Dariag th last 48 boar Royal air
force contiageata working with th
navy have dropped 13 tons of bombs oa
th docks at Bruges aad oa the Msrla
Alter Airdrome. Elevea enemy ma
chines aad a kite hallo were destroy
ed aad seven machines drives down oat
f control. Foar of ear machine sre
miming.
"A formation of five enemy sea
planes approachlag the coast was met
and engaged by two toaplaaaa aad tws
si rp Uses. Oae Germaa machise wss
destroyed, th other retiring eastward."
GERMAN ON COUNTER-ATTACKS.
Berlia, via Leaden, Boat. 18-Th
Germans sre eoaater-attaekJaf agalast
th British, who, they admit, hav en
tered th - German - positions between
Hart-tee rt aad th OaUgaoa Rl valet,
according to the statement from bead
qusrters this evening.
Th statement says:
"Anglo-French attacks were carried
oat oa a wide froat from Havrlncsart
wood t the gomm. Coaater-attacka
sre now progTeasisg agalast osr ene
mies wh pemetrsted la th- renter of
th battle, Sold between Hargicourt aad
the Omignon rivalet.
"Oa th ret of th froat enemy at
tacks failed. W are fighting every'
where west of oar old Siegfried posi.
"Eaemy thrusts' sear Ypres aad par
tial atUeks oa both sides of th La bas
se canal yesterday were repalsed says
th official atatement from Genua
geaeral headqaarters today.
Th French mad progress bet wees
.Vaaxaillea aad Allemont. ' Testerday
afters eoa French troops penetrated th
Gemua llaoa ia th direction f Pinoa
and aoath of Chavigsoa bat were driv
en back by a eoaater-attack.
The text of th Germaa statement rs-
rtisa4 aa Pass) TwJ
TA KS PLAYED B G
PART IN AnACK OH
SI
I
Undjron-Clads Swung Out
Onto -Battle Field immedi
ately After Barrage
ENTERED VILLAGES
AHEAD OF INFANTRY
American. Ingenuity Used in
Getting Supply of Gasoline
To Tanks; The Advance
"Brought Out Many Examples
of Daring On Part of Their
... Crews i
(By The Associate d Press.)
With the American Army on the Lor
raine Front, Sept. 19. Squadrons of
American manned tanks, operating for
the first time en a large scale, in th
attack oa the St. Mihicl salient, played
an important and dramatic part in the
defeat of the Germans.
Divided into brigades light, inter
mediate and heavy the tanks swung
out onto the field of battle immediately
after in barrage. Before the day end
ed they had entered the villages of
Nonsard, Pannes, Larnarehe and Bin
ney, considerably ahead of the infan
try. Early in the action difficulty was ex
perienced in getting to the front suffi
cient gasoline, although a great fleet 'of
gasoline tanks had been prepared to
carry supplies. The gas tanks were at
tacked by the enemy or were mired
and it was here that American ingen
uity came to the rescue.
Barrels of gasoline were trundled nml
rolled over the roadless fields by daring
volunteers to meet the mort pressing
were found more efficient than wagons
in carrying supplies siuce they could
bo dragged over the mud without being
mired and on them hundreds of gallons
of gasoline were conveyed to the fight
ing tauks.
Maay Example of Daring.
The advance of the tanks brought out
many examples of daring on th part of
their crews. One major whose machine
wias equipped with a 37-millimetre gun
instead of machine gun, violated his
orders and went far ahead until he was
within range of Nonsard. With one well
placed shot he knocked two Uermans out
of a church steeple from which they
were firing a machine gun.
A lieutenant, shot through the palm
ofhf-frft"hand by an iplosivyfrirtlptv
was sent to a hospital, but escaped and
walked six miles back to the field. Ue
appeared at his tank with the statement
that he could "carry on" with his right
hand.
Several others were Wounded, but re
mained on duty. No one was killed,
however, even though a German six
inch shell ploughed clear through a
small tank, destroying it, hut injuring
only one of the crew. Another tank
captured a battery of "77's" bnt was
so far ahead of the infantry it could
not torn the guns over to them.
The story is told of another tank
which went into a toprn with a sergeant,
armed with a rifle, perched on the ter
rett. ' This machine raptured two bat
teries of "77's,'' five machine guns and
many men. .
Tanks were occasionally as mach as
two miles ahead of th infantry throw
ing consternation into the German.
(Coatinsed on Pag Two.)
AMBASSADOR PAGE TO
BE SUCCEEDED BY DAVIS
West Virginian in Switzerland
to Head Americans at Berne
Conference
(By The Associated Press.1
Washington, Rept. IS. John W, Pa
vis, of West, Virginia, now Solicitor
General of the United- States, has been
selected by President Wilson to succeed
Walter Hines Page at Ambassador to
Great Britain.
The announcement of Mr. Davis elec
tion today disclosed that he had ar
rived safely in Switzerland, where he
is to head the Americas delegates at -the
Berne conference between American
and Germaa missions on the treatment
and exchange of prisoners of war. .
Since he came to Washington seven
year ago as a member of Congress
from th First West Virginia District,
Mr. Davis has been aa active figure in
the Capitol. He was elected to succeed
himself in the House, but hardly had
begun his second term when President
Wilson appointed him Solicitor General
in August, 1913.
Mr. Davis is 45 years old. Beginning
life as lawyer, ia his home town of
Clarksburg, v. Va- he became prom
inent in Democratic politics and' served
In the West Virginia Legislature before
eoming to Congress. While Solicitor
General, Mr. Davis argued a number of
important eases in the Supreme Court,
including those involving constitution
ality of the selective service act and
the Adamson eight-hour law.
It was learned at th Stat Depart
ment that when th Berne conference
is completed, Mr. Davis will return to
the I'nited btatea for consultation at
th department before proceeding to
London.
It is understood her that Mr. Page
will leave shortly for th United State.
In recent communications with the
Stat Department, he haa expressed a
desire to leave as soon as possible and
it is probable that Secretary Loughlin
ef the Embassy, will be charge d'affairei
until Mr. Davit' auivaL
IE ALIEN
Hundred French
aa. -
1- r' 'i
ST.t-'v
&stX
.
Cables from Fraace tell bow nearly 1M
Baas' St. Mihiel salient.. .Ia this Preach
DRIVE OF ALLIES
Ground Gained Likely To Prove
of Great Importance in Hit
ting Hindenburg Line
GERMANS SURRENDERED
QUITE FREELY IN PLACES
Tanks Accompanied the Troops
and Rendered Invaluable
Service in Early Stages of
Conflict ; Enemy ,. Utilizes
Number of New Type of
Planes of Huge Size
(By the Associated Press.)
With the British Army in France,
gp aS-.Tbs- UritUU - Ucuips- waU- .a
powerful attai'k against the lierninn
lines to the west and northwest of St.
Quentin today snd most important re
sults were achieved. A deep advance
into the enemy territory strengthened
the already powerful grip the British
have on St. Quentin, one of the most
strongly fortified parts of the Binden
burg line.
.To the south the French co-operated
in what is likely to prove an operation
of vast portent Vith respect to the Bin
denburg defensive position.
The xon involved in the British
movement lay roughly between Holnon,
on the south, and Gouzeaucourt. With
in a few hours I'etziere, Templeux-Le-Oourard,
Epehv, Ronssoy and Villert
were behind the advance British force
and bitter fighting was in progress at
many other points in the forward zone.
More than 3,CKK prisoners have already
been sent bark to the rage.
The advance thus far recorded in
some places more than two miles
means that the British have at numer
ous points gained the erest of the ridge
along which their old front line ran
prior to the German dfTnnsi've In Marefi,
aad from their new positions were look
ing down on the Hindenburg line in the
valley to the east.
That hard fighting would be encoun
tered, in this sector was a foregone eon-
elusion. The main enemy opposition
came from machine guns and artillery.
The . eountcr-barrago which the Ger
mans sent over in reply to the British
bombardment was. much more severe
than the enemy had been able to put
aver in the recent fighting, ami, as an
additional new. feature, the Germans
maintained a heavy barrage over the
back areas with high velocity guns.
which he had concentrated for the pur
Dose. .'
The shelliug of the back areas daring
aa attack is to be expeenjd, but a bar
rage baft seldom before been attempted,
and then without great success. The
German Infantry surrendered quite
froely in places. In fact, in the center
of the attack where the Australians
were working a considerable number
of gray coats deliberately charged
through the British barrage to give
themselves up.
Today's operation cannot be onsid
ered as a major operation as compared
with recent battles. Tio objectives
sought, however, were important, both
from the defensive aort offensive stand'
points.
The assault begaaa dawn. Unfor
tunately, rain- began to fall about two
o'clock and when, the British went over
the top the ground was already slimy
and hard to negotiate especially when
the ridges were reached and the men
had to charge up them. Tanks areom
panied the troops and rendered inval
uable service in the early stages of
the conflict, which waxed warm from
the start.
, The British preliminary bombard
meat wss brief and was followed by the
customary barrage for the protection
of the advancing infantry. The Ger
mans immediately replied with a vicious
. fir from largo numbers of guns con
centrated behind the St. Quentin canal
(Oatiased a Pat TweJ
STRENGTHENSTHE1R
GRIP 1
QUENTIN
Tanks Help Pinch Off
French tanks aided) th Yanks in their
official plctar ya see a feet of thes
Only Few Minor Provisions and
Amendments To Be Consid
ered By House-
FINAL VOTE EXPECTED
WOT LATER THAN FRIDAY
Proposal Made To Tai Cotton
S3 a Bale, Tax On Child La
bor Products Proposed
(Bjr,tbe Associated Press.)
Washington, Bept. IS. All of th
principal tag provisions of th new war
revenue bill were approved f the
House today almost as fast aa two
clerks working in relays could read
them. With only a few minor provis
ions and amendments now to be con
sidered, loaders believe a final vote will
ha-jcached-Friibjj!.with a possibility
that it may come tomorrow.
After adopting within an hour the
war excess profits provisions without
change, the House passed important
sections raising many millions of dol
lars without a word of objection or even
discusnion. Ever amenilmt-nt propos
ed either was 'rejected summarily or
passed over no that the Ways and Means
t'onunittee can consider them before
final action is taken.
Besides the war cirVss pro'lits sections
which yield the greatest returns to come
from the bill, provisions adopted today
were taxes on estates, estimated to raise
1110,000,000; transportation $1S7,000,
000; amusement admissions llOCOOO,-
000; excise taxes, including automobiles,
jewelry, luxuries and semi-luxuries
31 8,00,000; beveriiges l,i:i7,OO0,00O;
tobacco $.'!1 ,000,000; capital stock 70,-
000,000 and the Federal automobile li
cense provision $72,000,000, and stamp
taxes $32,000,000.
The most important matters remain
ing to be disposed of are the proposal
to tax cotton $3 a bale and to impose
a 5-cent tax oa products of child labqr.
The cotton tax was formally proposed
today by Representative Moore of "Penn
rylvania, and the amendment met with
instant and spirited opposition. Lead
ers predicted tonight that the amend
ment wonld be rejected.
Child Labor Amendment.
BepresenUttiv Greeae cf Iowa gave
notice that tomorrow he will offer his
child -labor amendment,, with . predic
tions penernl Jhst i also would be re-
jerte.2.
Vhe bnsinPRS, or nrr-iantinnal, license
tax of $10 proved t. r.cml-.ng block to
day beeanso cf eonfi;s;ct ever its appli
cation, and it was 'enrmined to con
sider havinK the S'etion' redrafted to
morrow. KepropcntA'ive Robbins of
Pennsylvania said it would apply to
ministers, authors, school teachers and
th like, but Bepresentntives Garner
and IxmgWorth of tho Ways and Means
Committee declared it could not apply
to salaried persons bnt only ta. firms,
such as law partnnrs, advertising dental
concerns and the like.
The proponed Federal license tav. for
automobiles, ranging from o to toO an
nnally according to horsepower, was
sharply attacked but nnally approved.
Chairman Eitchin of the Ways ami
Means Committee said th proposd
license tax virtually is a road tax, in
view of the government appropriations
for TSSd fcortf. Rome members doubted
that the tax would apply to used auto
mobiles, but Representative Kitchin
said that no matter how many times a
machine chaiigod hands, each owner
would liave to pay the Federal license.
Tax a Bill Board.
In suggesting the tax on bill board
and similar advertising receints. Retire.
sentstive Tresdway said his amendment
was designed to reach a proper revenue
source now untouched. Representative
Madden, of Illinois, opposing the amend
ment, said it would be a discrimination
in favor of newspaper and magazine
advertising. Kepresentative Fcrdiiey, of
Michigan, insisted ths latter ia taxed
under the present law, but Kepret.nta
tive Crisp, of Georgia, said the only"
levy that could be called a tax on news
(Coatlsacd a Pag TwoJ
MI
PROVISIONS
TAX BILL APPROVED
St Mihiel Salient
. m
Usj f-1 . -sjk sX'-ii w-- ' 1
assaalt against th southern side f th
taaks starting at t attack enemy liaea.
TO
OF
Military Success Only Argu
ment German Militarist Can
Understand, Says Sect'y
TEUTON PROPOSALS DUE
1 TO ALLIED VICTORIES
Germans Can Have Peace, He
Declares, When They Are
Beady To Accept The Terms
Stated By President Wilson
To Congress Last Jan
nary
Annapolis, Md., Sept. 18. Military
success is the only argument (erman
militarists can understand, Secretary
Uantcls-declared "Iw oday , speak i h g
at the gSaduation exercises at the naval
academy when 640 new ensigns received
their commissions after aa intensive
ten-weeks con me of study.
"The attention of the world in the
past few days," Mr. Ihtniels said, "has
been centered on four things: First,
the victories of the- Allied forces, euf
minating in Pershing's advance and
rapture of prisoners; second, the scream
of the Kaiser at Essen; third, Germany's
offer of a treaty of peace with Belgium;
fourth, Austria's suggestions of a con
ferenee of all the belligerent nations
for the purpose of exchanging views..
"These four incidents are not to pa
rated, but closely related. The last
three were inspired by the first. If the
allied forces had not won military vie
tortes, no such remarkable spenrh as
Wilhelm s made to the workers at
Krupp's would have been delivered. The
tender to Belgium would uot have been
made and the Austrian feeler for a
talk f est would not have been put forth
Mr. Daniels said the German war
lords had never understood President
Wilson's utterance until he declared
last April for "force without stint or
limit."
The United rltates longs for peace, de
dared Mr. Daniels, and fights for pelce
and American courage on land and sea
wrote the first notes of the paee of
fensive. The President, Mr. Daniels
concluded, would leav no stone un
turned to secure a righteous peace, and
the uermans ran have peace whea they
are ready to accept the terms stated by
the President to Congress last January
"The answer of President Wilson to
the Austrian note is direct and leaves
nothing to lie desired," declared the See-
retary. "That answer sent rnnstcrna
tion to those wanting a peace 'made 1
Germany" and a trumpet call to all who
have highly resolved that ths peace
which the world needs can only com
with the abandonment of conquest and
th acceptance of the rights alike of th
weak and the powerful.
"When the German rulor and people
are ready to retire into their own ter
ritory and recognize that not a foot of
land or a dollar of booty can be re
tained, by conquest when that moment
arrives they will accept ths just and
moderate terms of President Wilson p-
f roved by the allies.
GERMAN TROOPS SENT
TO AID BULGARS, ARE
ALSO PUT -TO FLIGHT
Washington, Sept. 18. -German troops
sent to th Macedonian front to an:
th hard pressed Bulgarian forces have
been put to flight a!nng with the Bui
garinns, says a Kertiisn official state
ment on today's operations received to
night at the Serbian Legation.
Rev. Horse Gaerrant Dead.
Danville. Va., Hept. IS, Rev, Horace
D. Unerrant, a well known member f
tli Virginia confereica of the Motho
dist Episcopal church, Bouth, died at hi
hnme here todftv screA 7(1 vesrs. A veffit
larly ordained minister, he located and
had for years been engaged in secular
business yet preaching on Sundays.
DANIELS
SPEAKS
GRADUATES
NAVAL ACADEMY
IINSOU
SAYS
f y nnnn pr
I 11 UUI IUI1 I IUU
Tar Heel Congressman Review
Status- t)f Situattorr With
Members of Committee
SHIPBUILDER ARRESTED
FOR UNPAID BOARD BILL'
A. M. Bea, of New Bern, Takes
Position With Nayy Depart
ment; Herbert O. Mills, cf
Asherille, Assumes Duties
With Food Administration;
Tar Heels at Nation's Capita
News snd Observer Bnraa,
40A District National Bank Building.
By 8. R. WINTERS. ,
, ( (By Special Iicased Wire.)
Washington, flept. 18. That Presi
dent Wilson will fix the price of raw
cotton withifi the next two or thre
days, was a forecast made tonight by
Bepresentative Lee Robinson, who is
one of the big cotton farmers of iSortli
Carolina aad who is conversant with thn
Washington situation. lie reviewed the
status of the situation this afternoon
with Henator Ellison Smith of Bout It
Carolina and other, members of the
committee. ,
While Southern Senators are wirintr
their constituents that the matter it en
tirely in the hands of the President and
nobody knows what he will do, they
will take you to "one side" and "con
fidentially" tell you that price-fixing1
Is inevitable. The speculation ia thn
New Tork exrhangn will be eliminated.
The erop of 1918 is estimated to be
eleven million hales, while the needs of
the allies and America for wsr purposes
will approximate nine million bales.
Thus only two million bales will bn
left for civilian uses, and thia fact is
giving President Wilson and the admin
istration worry. It is contemplated
that the President will only name a prieo
for government bought cotton, but tho
price of tho other two million bales
will inevitably be governed by tho
standard be names.
Spear Arrested.
Harry B. Bnear, president of the West
Coast Bhiphnilding Company, and
builder of ships at New Bern, N. C,
was arrested ia Washington today charg
er! with defrauding the Washington
Hotel of 740 due on m board bill. Bo
was arrested oa a warrant sworn out
by J. K. Simpson, house detective of
the handsomely equipped Washington
hostelry.. He will be arraigned, for
triaTlfincrcoTnfrTsm6rfowr'T-- -
Mf; Spear Had returned from New
Bern r-jeently, where he went to inau
gurate plans for constructing concrete
ships and ferries, Th firm is a privat
corporation, but has been engaged by
the government to build ship at a
number of sea coast towns, Mr. fpear
Is president and general manager ef
the company, which haa an office in
the District National Bank Building.
The shipbuilder told the detectives that
made the arrest that he had paid $760
on an account of 11,500 for board.
The confirmation of J. A. Bornaday
as poatraaater at Beaufort, N C, ia
being withheld. Protests have - been
filed stating that, he is a non-resident
aad an appeal is being made in behalf
of W. L. Arringthon, a local candidate.
Senators Simmons and .Overman will
likely interrupt the eon firm at inn of Mr.
Rornaday in the Senate. Although ho
made the highest mark ia th eiril
service examination; the followers of
Mr. Arrington claim that he is entitled
to recognition. The office of Represen
tative Hood is a supporter of Mr. Ar
rington. No Excited Ore Politics.
A. M. Rea, of New Bern arrived In
Washington today to take a Job i fh
Navy Department.
"The people of North Carotin sr
not getting excited ever polities; the
winning of the war it th predomlaat
ing idea," said Hugh MacRa, of Wil
mington, who was in Waahingtoa today
upon the completion of the summer
holiday ia Western North Carolina. Mr.
MacRae is recognized as a leader la
developmental and colonization work In
the country. Secretary of Agriculture
David F. Houston hat -declared 'that kft
is pursuing th on big statesmanlike
idea of developing "th millions of wast
acres in thn South.
E. W. Webb, a native of Morhad
City, N. CJut who is a criminal law
yer in Nw Tork City, was a Washing
ton visitor today. Mr. Webb left th
Stats eighteen years ago aad Is forming
the law partnership of Phslpi, East and
Webb, haa mad a reputation at a trial
lawyer. Suggesting th shortag of
man-power ia New Tork City, h acted
th fact that 50-year-old women were
running elevators ia the big metropobs.
Mr. Webb came to to hli brother,, W.
M. Webb, who is private secretary to
Representative George Hood.
With Food Administratis.
Herbert (). Miles, of Asheville, ar
rived in Washington today to connect
with his duties as a member of th staff
of executives governing th United
Ntatet Food Administration. H will
leave next week for Chicago on hit first
important assignment. Mr, Milea has
declined an offer to become attached
to the federal trade commission, pre
ferring the job with the Food lAdmin
istrstinn. "I preferred to attach my
self to that band of dynamic leaders,
without title or salary, surrounding Mr.
Hoover, and who now are holding an
immense power and responsibility in di
recting the procedure of business run
ning into billions of dollars yearly,"
said the Asheville man today..
President Woodr'ow Wilson today ac
knowledged! through Senator Lee S.
Overman, the gift of C. M. Gentry, of
Albermarle, Stanly county, at aa aid to
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