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ONE HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS FOR THE RED CROSS Send your Dollars to the Front with the Fighting Men . . . n n Euuisoiuiry JiiveiniEim MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS If you Love your Fel low Man Support the Red Cross y VOL. 13. NO. 141. SAUSBl RY. N(,liTII CVROUNA. I HI IMUV. Jl F. 21. !!M7. PRICE TWO CENTS UDINE RECOVERED HELD. OIN THE MISSION Prominent Italian Commissioner is Recovered From His Recent Sickness and Goes to N. Y. AMERICA COMES IN FOR A DEMONSTRATION AT ROME Reference to the President's War Message and Rerefence to Mis sion Bring Applause. ( By A.- .cintod l'rc-s.) W .ishin tun, .lone 'It - Prince t'diii', head of tlii' Italian mission to the Unit'.. I : 'tales, left mio l.t: m mi- , ing f..r Xi v V i : t j in the re si of ihr commission for a big public wel come. I ho Prince - fully reco 'ere. I from his recent illness w.iirh pi cvrnt t'd him from touring the ou:itr with the commission. Prince ("dine Decoraltd. djome, June -Pi line 1'iline. head of tlii' Jtlian mission in the di ked States, has been decorated with I th.' silver medal f valor as common- der daring fourteen months .ser.i.o! and "for important mission to th,' j coast of an enemy." i Anwrican Demonstration. Home, June 21. A remarkable de monstration for the Unit. I States! took place in both the chambers of i deputies and the senate U.day when t.ie war message of President Wil on was referred to. Tre entire cabinet and members stood up and cheered. Thcrj was afresh outbreak when the Italian mis-inn to An. erica was re ferred to, the mention of Pr:n;-e Inline calling f ir applause. PRESIDENT TO SIGN SOON EMBARGO PROCLAMATION". ! KM MA GOI.DM AN -Xnr ! 1 mrnmmMmmmmmmmm HEAVY FIGHTING ON THE AINSE FRON j Germans Heavily Reinforce Their Troops With Fresh Men From j the Russian Front. j CROWN PRINCE'S TROOPS j LOST HEAVILY IN FIGHT j Russian Situation Appears to be j Brighter and Resumption of ! Offensive is Urged. ( Iiy Associated Press.) Some heavy njrhtinjr is in progress on the Ainse front in Northern r I'll nee where the r rcneh aie en trenched in fa..r.;Mi positions afu" making rot :i hie advances in the MU.F.D MKN IN IIP K HO T. Pi'ris. June Jl. German Mihnririm- which torpedo. l and -link a liritish stunner ( timed its guns on u lite hiat mid killed N nun. A Trench palrrl lioal picked up .") per sons frni I he steamer mid drove off uitii its nuns ti submarines still close by. The l.t it rcpoilcil thiil the t '-boat had hilled 8 members ol the crew by firing on a life boat in w li'.-h they were escaping. HALF THE FUNDS l W FOOD ( OYIROI.I Kl OP (ilt EAT BRITAIN UflM NOW IN SIGH T OTHER SHIPS SI NK. Home. June 21. Two Italian steamers and live sailing ics selx were torpedo d and sunk last weik, according to I lie of ficial stalemenl today. Two others attacked made thiir escape. apparency have their troops in EnMAGOLDMAN .ALEXANDLR;BERKMAN' (By Associated Press. 1 New York, June 21. Knima Gold man and Alexander Herkman, called the two lei., ling anarchists in Amer ica, were indicted here by a Federal jranl jury today on charges of con spiiiii'r to induce young men not to register for the selective draft. They plead not goilty and were held in $23, 000 bail each. i I ; THREE KILLED AND FOUR :! WOUNDED IN LOUISIANA i Negro Runs Amuck With Gun Fatalities f ollow jn Posse's Rotind l'p Former Police Chief Slain. NaU-hito.'h'.'s, La., June 'JO. Leo former chief of police heie, spring campaign. The Germans heavily reinforce this se. tor bv nien from the Russian front r.nd one such division was sent in the hghl directly after its arrival, making trie attack yesterday between the Aillette river and I.affaux mill. l no assault, wniie along a trout ;;p paien'.ly less than a mile wide was extremely violent in character. The Fiench stopped the German rush, . i ii. . sum ring oniy snnt penetralion oi the (ir.it line at two points atrtcre Katinjr f.dO or 700 yards, Paris re ports. F.'ven this slight K:iin was partly nullified this mornint; when a French ceiintc- a. tuck resul'-l in the recapture of a pert ion of the lost ground. The Crown Prince's troops lost heavily in the fiuhtinK nd the French captured more than o0 prisoners. Berlin reports on the attack yes- capture of moie i L. I W i t - ; .i . i NORTH fllROI M I FAItf !::; i ivii i I I WJ 11 J k.1 fill 1.1-1 WJ , 'MM) in ! IN JUNIOR ORDER GAINS picd. I II It Appears This Morning That About One Half oi the Hundred Million is Raised. MANY CITIES GIVE ALL ALLOTED OTHERS CLIMBING ' Local Canvas is Under Way and a Good Many Subscriptions Have Been Received. !! Ass... -lilted Tress.) hmeton. .lone L'l. Th natioii- Red Cross I'm .n.'ial cam;i.ni:n bed th... miildb of the canvas to w itli a out half id' the S I nii.iiihl - i I : i "m L w f fihiiiiii 'mini i5 SlIFERAGE BANNERS ARE DESTROYED Enraged Men Tear Down Banners Classed as Treasonable and Police Look on Quietly. rcil.-ilreadv pled to the national morning s'lnwed d. Th re hcadipiaricrs $ i:;,:.uiui,K) LORD RHOIMDDA eado.ii ter? Stat Councilor Actiif in Work i f I Ol'llr nf Ir'lll'll.tl iu llnrn as Keprehentative tu the Nntional Junior Council. reports snow ei f loin th. and 1 terday claims the Ru Washington, June 20. President Wilson is expected to sin tjday or tomonow a proclamation putting in to effect the section of the espionage act, recently passed, which n'we the government power to control exports by means of an embargo. The issu ance of such a proclamation, espe cially to deal ith food exports, was decided upon at yesterday's cabinet meeting- Heavy rain purchases bv European neutrals, it was said today,; suits of efforts of a posse to captur than 1,500 jards of trenches. The Fiench official statement also announces progress made by Gen. Pe tain's forces northwest of Mont Carn- ! i tie in the Champagne. During this I (ightin, five aviation machine puns i were taken from the Germans. The Russian situation seems bright I er. Yesterday the Pan-Russian con 1 giess of w orkingrnen's and soldiers ti on, a nerro oman and two negro ' delegates voted confidence in the g3V Imvi are seriouslv wounded as the rB-! eminent and declared for the immed- a and two negroes, George Pikes and Krnes! 1'ru.lhomir.e, are dead, and I,. K. Hudson, superintendent of educa- influenced the government t ) hasten i pn. the puttinj into enect ot the act. lhe: neutrals have gone into the market1 and have obtained contracts for enor-: mous quantities of grain. Under a program to be adopted bv 1 who started trouble iate resumption of the offensive by the Russian army. ' Meanwhile the on ills .rnvprnment has shown a stronir hand farm near here late last night. j jn repressing disorder in Western Si- Pikes, acerding to the officers, while j beria, making hundreds of arrests. under thi' influence of liauor. drove french Kecapture rosmon. his w'.te and mother from their home Paris, June 21 The French thi- the government, the United States a)1( later shot his mother in a corn- 'j K recapiure.. a pos.uo , Kine, will be sunnlied first with grain, tr.ei fi.-.t.i ,,;th cu n i,. .u. 1X (-oimany :n yesterdays attack on and I allies will 1 e taken care of next the needs of ir.c neutials will be sidered last. The embargo and control provisions of the act will e administered by an export council, made up of represen tatives of the State, War, Navy ami Commerce departments, the food ad ministration and others to be select- two negroes wno were nn wounded woman home. taking the i Pikes then set .tis brother's home on fire, burning J it to the ground. I Deputy sheriffs and citizens, noti-1 Red of the trouble, rushed to the ! scene and surrounded Pikes' in a corn-' field. While searching for Pises, Rus-j ca and Prudhomme were killed and eil by the State and (ommtree de- j gu. -.erintendent Hudson wounded by partments. Administrati ve details ; tj,e nesro pjkes escaped from the will be handled by the bureau of for-1 corrtied, but later .nas discovered on eign ami domestic commerce, which i a rirM Dy sheriff J. W. Payne and in will be enlarged Ly the addition of an j tne fij-ht Which ensued Pikes was kill- expert licensing division. Matters of international conse quence will be decided by the State the Ainse front east of Vauxaillon, the war department announces. The statement says the battle was waged with great violence, the Germans employing fresh troops from the Russian front. Heavy losses were suffered bv the (iermans. In the Champagne last night the French earned ground northeast of Mont Carnillet. CONSIDERING THE NEWSPRINT SITUATION. Department. Food uestions will be left to the food administration. Coa! 1 and wheat wil! be the first two com-j modifies to come under operation of' the act. GETS RAISE OF $90,000. I Members cf Publishers Association 1 Gather in Washington South 'Amer- ican Agents Afier Large Amount of American Paper. Ashevilly, June ;M. Leading every other state in the union in gain of membership in the Juni ir Order Uni ted American Mechanics, North Car olina now stands in the third place in the membership column. The leadini' st itc is Pennsylvania, where the older was organized, an I Ohio, where the Junior Orphans' home is located, is second. North Carolina made a .ain of over ten per cent during the past yer, getting 1,000 new members and bringing the number up to 10,000 in the state. Pennsylvania gained It, -100 new mem bers and Ohio's membership was boosted by ;i,100 new Jniurs. W. A. Cooper, of Raleigh, the state councilor, le-ceived great praise for his work at the lirst session of the present national council, now in ses sion here. It is stated that the pro gress of the order in the state is largely due to his efforts. He hs kepi up a live interest in the ordei both in North Carolina and in tne country at luge, and he is responsi ble for instituting many modern re forms and introducing new ideas in the state. The Junior order takes a gr-at in terest in education, and Dr. J. V. Joyner, state superintendent of pub lic instruction, speaks commendjbly of Mr. Cooper and the North Caro lina councils. A proclamation was issued bv the state councilor during the past year for the observance of -a diy known as Junior Order day or Service day. Scores of school houses were re painted and repaired; aged and poor were visited, and orphans and widows ministered to. In Wake county, the members of the order painted more than forty school houses. Mr. Cooper is a wclb-knjwn man of Raleigh, and he has served several teims as alderman in the state capi tal, being active in the establishment of commission form of government there. It was through his effort: that the first asphalt streets in Ral eigh were laid. owing coin i nun ions irom some .Southern cities, the percentavre of their apportionment so far report. mI: Richmond, Va., ."S per cent; New Orleans, liT; Raleigh, M; Memphis, "-: Chattanooxii, !'!; Louisville, .'Hi; Uirmingham, ."Hi; Nashville, n I ; Cl.arleston. 11; Dallas, JO; Nirfolk,1 21; Jacksonville, .1. j Officials ox dained thiil some citie:i had raiseil nil or more of t'leir ap-j pel tionment, but the figure; are noil Il.-in.ii Rhonddu, president of the oxi,: government I '.anl, hatf heen ap ' pointed 1-YdiI ( 'out roller ot Great !tid!iii:. The Hjioii. who was David A. Ihom s. tlu "liritirsh coal King," bei Hi' bis elevtlioii to the peerage in !!Mli. succeeds Viscount Deveiinort resiened. Haron Rhondda was the fifth to whom the post was offered. Lord l!o: bei moi r, brother of Lord North cliK'e, w:is one of those who refuse! it. 'I he snbsrript;ons beat ion up to 1 1 o were as follows: Previously re oi led . . Cns'i. II A. Rou7.er T. li. I'rown Mrs Thomas Murphy. Mrs. L. T. Holshouner Mr. L. T. Holsliouser. . Mr. C. K. Howan. . . Mrs. C. K. Howan . . . . I epnrted for pub- ; . k this morning I $''f)!MM) i I $ 10.00 j . ... 10 01)1 . . . 'J.YO0 . .. !!.()() ' ... '.'.00 ; L'.OO . . . 2.00! THE COMMAND OP DEATH IS NAME OF REGIMENT Body of Troops Raised hy the Twice Wounded RiiHtfian (iirl Vera Buitch- knreff. to be .Reviewed by Minister of War of Russia. (By Associated Press. Pctrograd, June 21 . "The Com mand of Death," which is the official title of the women's regiment raised by the twice wounded girl, Vera liuitchkurefT, will be reviewed today by Minister of War Kerensky. This regiment will leave in a fort night for the front, probably for the Minsk sector. The Associated Press correspond ent whj visited '.lie barracks found ..il..L I-.., . j ,() ; posien at ine gaie a i it tie niue-eyed sentry in u colored blouse, shor! Total.. $.'157.00 ''rt'whes, green cap and ordinary lcal Committee at Work ' men's black stockings. The sentry The local committee on soliciting I was Mar'a Skrydloff, daughter of '. A.I ... i .... I 11 ll..ijr i Total Pledges Previous! reported . . H. S. Kress Co D. L. Gasnill James Davis J. W. Davis George Bernhardt.. . lake Wallace Mrs. T. M. Kesler. . . . Annie Kesler Thomas I.. Kesler . . . . $2i2.00 ! .$::io.oo! lo.OO 10.00 :i.oo b.oo 1.00 n.oo 1 .00 1.00 Admiral Skrydloff former command er of the Baltic fleet and Minister of Marine. Inside three hundred girls were at drill. funds for the war -fund, American Red Cross is out today visiting the folks and asking for contributions. The response is very generous and ;he interest in the noble uork of the Red Cross is growing daily. Early in the morning a number of worker were out and had checks and tdedtrp. :o show for the effort. The canvas , , Increase, will be continued until the end of the Washington, June 20.-Plum crs, we., and perhaps longer. I pa titers, mechanics and others em- Notes in IWing. ployed by the supei intendent of thi- The feature nictore "War Hride" at! al,:u"- wn" tuv l a le e" ' 1 t i unit . I at. i.ui oi.oini u year, nt iiem'Til ! DECLARE WILSON AND ROOT ! ARE DECEIVING RUSSIA ! Sentinels of Women Raise One i Banner as Fast as the First is j Destroyed. (By Associated Press.) ! Washington, June 21 The huffrage sentinels brought another banner to the W hite Home gates today and an other c. d tore it down. The wrecking of the .inutr wus more de lioerate liiiin was the ca.se yesterday, and the police did nat inteifere. The inscription on the banner was the same as thut on the one displayed yesterday, accusing President Wilion and Elihu Root of "deceiving Russia" in saying the United States was democracy and plead with the Russian mission to demand the enfranchise ment of women in the United State. The banner was in front ol the White House Elites only a few min utes and the crowd that collected was not large. A man passing in an au tomobile about the time the sentinels brought it from headquarters stop ped his car, walked over and tore part of it down and resumed his journey. H refeused to tell his name. A few minutes later, after the crowd had grown a litle larger and after a -few H'.outs of "traitor" a man who gave hi name as George Montgomery of Richmond, Va., walxed over and tofe the remainder of the banner from Its j frame. .- ' After the laat of the canvass had ; been removed the police, who watched the proceedings without interruption, dispersed the crowd. Police Finally Interfere. Washington, June 21. The persist ency cf the suffragists sentinels at the White House in holding banners bearing inscli-ptions interpreted as be ing "treasonable" culminated in an anti-suffrage demonstration here when a crowd of nearly one hundred persoiis toie (low. a banner for thu second time today. The crowd's vic tory wns short lived for in ten min utes two moie banners were obuinetl from suffrage headquarters, nearby, and policemen nearby finally notified passersby to let the banners alone. MANY BIDS MADE ON MOTOR TRUCKS. UNION VI KN BARRDEI). i Mechanics at Capital Not lo (iet an Through Mistake in Bill Passing' ( By Associated Press.) Ccngress and Signed by the Presi-j Washington, June 21. Members dent Governor Harding of Panama of the American Newspaper Pub- NEW GERMAN PROPAGANDA I Canal Zone Gets $100,000 Instead of $10,000. Washington, June 20. Instead of appropriating $10,000 for next year's Effort Beine Made to Discourage Men in Training Camps. , salary of Governor Harding of the Fort Shciidan, III., June 1S. fie- Panama canal -.one; Congress ' y mis man nronagjiida has entered the cf I take, appropriated $100,000. Some one apparently added another ciphei to the original figures. The mistake was discovered today ficcrs' reserve training camp here, :i the opinion of officers of the regular army who a;e acting as instructors, and orders have been given that e' -cry effort should be made to ascer tain the source of "baseless reports" concerning the ri.sks taken by mer who go to the ftont in France. "Thete has been a determine ! of-I houses, apparently, and the bill hav forL" said Maj. H. .. Cavenaugh, j ng been approved by the President is "to spread baseless reports thit the ; n.rv t.te law of the land that Governor average life of a man in the trcnChe? Hatding shall receive next year ten is three days. I haven't any doi-U'. ; times his present salary. lishers Association met here today to decide on a policy regarding news paper taxation for war revenue and to take up the Federal Trade Com mission's recommendation for gov ernment control of newsprint manu facture and distribution. The newsprint situation brought out is still far from satisfactory. Canada's high excess profit tax on newsprint mills discourjges produc- Kinston Ycuth Saves Three From Drowning. Kin.ston, June 1!). Benny Stanley, aged 15, saved three lives here to day. Two small bathers about to drown in IVuse river grabbed hold of and franally throttled a would be rescuer, a boy in knee pants. All three were going down when Stanley swam to their rescue. He broke the struggling two apart and took th non-swirmers to shore, allowing the third noy to save himself. this emanc.tes fcom sourse." Company commanders have been instructed to show the student offi cers that the reports are entirely un true and to plac? the facts before them. in printed copies of the sundry civil j tion anj threatens to Create a new w -l 1 .L-i , MiI. investigation snow mm lue ! shortage. j same error existed in the engrossed j Agnts of Sout,h America and i copy of the bill. It had escaped the I Australia publishers are in this coun- attention of all memfiers ot tootn : try ta Duy ioo.OOO tons of newsprint, which, it is said, may have a" decided effect on the market. Members of the association are, for prohibiting the export of news- j print under the provisions of the ex port control act. Germ n - Thp mistake, of course, will be rec tified, but it will take an act of Con greis to do it. I Some Senators think that putting is a menace to democray. But de mocracy has got to choose between given power to Woodrow Wilson and giving it to William Hohenzollern. Charleston News and Courier. It is easy to understand that there has come a "lull" in political reforms in Germany, as told in the news dis patches. Reforms of any kind do not belong in a program such as Ger many is carrying out just, now. Kansas' City Times. Now we're started we're sure to get the Kaiser':, goat ai. right. Mil daukee News. DESTROYER B CRN ED TO THE WATER EDGE. (By Associated Press.) Hull, Mass., June 21. The subma rine chaser S-55, a wood power vastel was burned to the water's edge last night. Ensign McKenzie, command er of the craft, and a crew of 6 men were tiken off by coast guards and the ammunition was remived before the flames reached it The navy au thorities are making an investigation. A seven-pound electro-magnet that will lift 15 times its own weight has been invented for many uses about machine shop3. WEATHER FORECAST :he Colonial on Friday and Saturday is benefit for the local Chapter of the Red Cross. The local theatre is giv ing the chapter one half of t':e re ceipts and this means all of an. pio flt that may he placed to the benefit of the engagement. It is said that this is one of the very finest ictures af the day, and should be seon by those who appreciate great pictures. Garden Party for Red Cross. 1 he Ktng s Daughters will give a garden party on Thursday night next ! K",r' week on the Creao luwn on West In Rea "ross I R salaries of employes of the United Chairman Newman of the local or- j S'ates. ganizatton says that he is m favor of all Red Cross activities. The Red 1 Cioss is a bit particular about money making schemes in the name of the organization, and discourages any Washington, June 20. The War Department's request for liids for 2o,000 army motor trucks brought re sponses from 87 concerns and the bidders are ready o contract for many Jimes t'ie Government's 're quirement.". How many will be order ed has not been determined. This es timate of 3.1,000 made in asking for bid., was based on the maximum tiansport needs of an army of 2,000, 000 men. Virtually all the big motor corn panics and many of the smaller con cerns submitted bids. Many types and sizes were offered, the prices rang ing from $1,031 for one-ton trucks to $1,000 for five-ton vehicles. Some of the manufacturer? are ready to begin delivery at once, and others set vary ing delivery dates ranging up to six months in the future. nsi ,.., tho Pipri-e-Arro Therefore the condensation paid I VV" Hnrlhnrt for such services cannot be regarded ' .."l:, .V. Motor iruci ..uiuan ...u Motor Company, each offered to bulla of the increased compensation pro vided for low-salaried employes of the r()."rnment. "The men are engaged for a partic ular job, and the rates of compensa tion are fixed," rules t!ie controller o' the Trvasuiy, W. W. WarwicR, "not with respect t i appropriations made in the act, but acording to labor or ganization schedules or by agreement made at the time th? services are cn- INDIMDI AL EXCESS PROFITS. (By Associated Press.) Washington, June 21. Extension Probably cloudy with local thun der showers tonight and Friday; general variable winds. a misuse of the name Red Cross, and I b'" ' individuals engiged in for this reason the local chapter has l' or business as well as to cor been discouraging benefits. Now that P.ra,ons and partnerships was de large sums of money is to be raised, M " b the Senate Finance com . , , 1 m ttee today. This is expected to and many plans for ja.a.n. r money , " of on have been suggested the local chair- man believes the best thing to d is j the whole 35.000. Thers was one of fer of 10,000 and several of 5,000. It is estimated that there are not more than 40,000 motor trucks on the ontirp western front in Europe, that ... i number having proved ample for the. ! needs of the British, hrencn ana oei- eian fightin-r forces, for tnis rea son, some officials feel that the War nonartment should hold to its esti- ! mate of 35,000 "as the total to be or- lereri. to put all of thesa plans for rni s;n;r , money into effect. i meeting with success. ! Concord After $10,000. HirwnRV I IS;PS OVER S3 MM). ! rnr, Juno 91 The j amount of the Red Cross fund was million dollar Red Cross war fund il Canvassers of the Catawba City Go- not known at noon today, but work- rowine every hour. Durham will ing After the $7,000 Allottment Prs are oat after the $10,000 albttedj probably be the first citv in the Stat High Point Wants $13,000 and Con-1 to this city as its share if the contri-j to mike its full quoto. those m charn AfM) REPCROTS HICKORY r.urtiam Probably Leading. ! Raleigh, June 21. From all parU I of tie State come reports that North total Csrolina's portion of the one hundred bution. cord ir After $10,000 (Special to the Post.) Hickory, June 21. HicVory's al lotment in the Red Cross contribution sible to give the total amount of sub is $7,000 and of this amount $3,124 gcriptions secured by the workers for had been raised to noon today, with the Red Cross in this city. The al the committees still working and lotment for High Point is $15,000. j of the campaign desuing to reach the High Point Wants $15,000. amount today. High Point. Junr 21. It is impos If our inward griefs were written ' on our brow, how many wwH pitied who are envied now!Mts-tasio.
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