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Ail Advertising me dium for Business Men. bory EveiniSini MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATES PRESS gyp LJL sit local anil General News at First Hand. VOL. NO. 161. SALISBURY. NORTH CAROLINA, MONDAY. JULY lfi. 1917. PRICE TWO CENTS Wl OL AM FRONT , GULF 01 RIGA TO ROMANS A, I B ATT THE EXTENDED RUSSIAN FRONT SEETHING WITI GREAT ONSLAUGHT WINSTON-SALEM TO N:V "SAUSAGE HALL OON ON DF!. K 01 WARSHIP. ,C '''5f'- ' .'"i.. ;i . .,- HEAD THE LIST Germans Rushing Up Troops From the Italian and French Twin.City Will Furnish Greatest Fronts and Re-Arranging Their PositionsTown of Dilona Number of Men for the New Captured by the Russians Who Continue to Make Advan- Draft Army, ces Under General Korniloff--Great Efforts to Throw the clay county to send i . r i a w o . ONLY THIRTY-SEVEN. Austrians Back is Meeting With Success. ' (By Associated Press, i Washington, .July Hi. The wholo liussijiii front from the (iulf f Riga to Ti u 1 1 i a n i si is re ported in official dispatches tmlay from IVt rograd to I lie iiiissi.in emliiissy liere to lie alive wild ll.lt tie. Tin Oeruiiins ore s.iid to he rushing up troops fron ilie Ital ian and French fronts and to he entirely re-arranging their posi 1 ions. On tin front near the Wiga region reinforcements are lxing rushed up by sea transportation. On the Lemberg front the troop:, are being shifted hack and forth by means of heavy autoino-j biles to prevent a further advance by General Korniloff. On the south front in the Car pathians the Austrians are said 1i be in full flight. District in the State. bond) mirtars. three (ire throwers Stte Officials Busy Figuring: Out two airplanes and niueli olln ri yuoia io De Aiiouea 10 jcacn I eiuipineiit. Speech By New Chancellor. Copenhagen, July 1(1. Dr. George I Micheali.s, i lie ne.v German chancel i lor, will deliver his maiden speech in j the Reichstag Thursday. T ie ad I dre -s is expected to contain an an nouncement of his forthcoming pro- igtam and is awaited leal of interst. with a jrreat Although the movement of Russian infantry engaged in Gen eral Korniloff's big oll'ensive in Eastern Galicia is being hamper ed by bad weather, the Cossacks appear to be able to keep up their dashing tactics. This is in dicated by reports from Petro grad through Rome Hint the town of Dilona has been occupied by Russian forces. If this announcement proves accurate it moans an advance of more than thirty miles for the Russians since the opening of the drive of the Dneister a week ago. The official reports have placed them nearly two-thirds of the distance from the starting point as Kaluez. taken by General Kor niloff's troops last week, is some twenty miles from Stanislaii. which virtually was their place of departure. At Kaluez tht Russians are es tablished on the westerly bank of the Lomniea, from whence tin Austrians have not been able to drive them, although heavy at tacks have been launched against them at this point . The route lies along the Slan-islau-Tryj railway line. An ad vance here means considerable progress in the movement now under way. and intended to throw Hie Austrian army back against the Carpathians. Rome reporis declare this has already been ac complished. Hard fighting marked Hie last fe- days along the French front in Northern Franc, which still continues. Last night the Germans made a desperate attempt to regain an important observation post lost to the French Saturday night when they took the strongly for tified position in the vicinity of Mont Ilautemont ami Teton in the Champagne. The attacking forces were able to make no im pression on the Teton position and at Mont Ilautemont recover ed only a narrow foothold on the edge of the disputed ground. The French in local operations made some progress south of All ies on the Ainse front and repuls ed several strong attacks near St. Quentin and south of Codeny. On the British front only raid ing operations and artillery and airplane activity are reported. RUSSIANS MAKE A GREAT CAPTURE. Petrograd. July 16. The Rus sians yesterday captured 16 offi cers and 900 Austri-Germans in the fighting, in Eastern Galieia, says the official statement issued by the Russian war department. The Russians alsi took a .number of machine guns. From July 1st to 13th the state 4i it ays, 834 officers and 35,809 yK?n were captured by the Rus sians. .General Brussiloff 's forces also captured 93 heavy and little gmisl 28 trench mortars, 403 ma chiup guns, 43 mine thriwers, 45 SOL'TH'S PATRIOTIC RESPONSE. This is Shown by I'nited States Ag ricultural Department Forecast, Says President Harrison of the Southern. (Special to Post.) Washington, I). C, July 16. "The patriotic response of the South to the appeal for food and feed stuffs to meet the crisis brought about by the war is shon !y the United States Agricultural Department's forecast of the yield of corn this year," said 'resident Fairfax Harrison of the Southern 'Railway System today. "For the states of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Ken tucky, and Tennessee, this year's corn crop is estimated at (101,262,000 bushels, as compared with 405,236,000 bushels last year, showing an in crease of 0fi,02fi,000 bushels, or 21 per cent." I MOBILIZATION OF I0NAL NAT GUARD GOETHALS POSTPONES COMMANDEERING TODAY Plan to Take Over Privately Owned Merchant Ship Construction in United States Put Off Until a La ter Date. (By Associated Press.) Washington, July 16. Major Gen era Goethals has postponed the plan for "ommandeering today of private merchant chip construction in the United States and contracting im mediately "' r two government ship building plat Is. He acted at the request of Chair man Denman of the Shipbliuding Board, who wants to lay the matter before the director of the emergency fleet corporation. MEMPHIS WOMAN KILLS HUSBAND. Dr. Harry Woolridge, an Artist of Some Not is Slain When He Kicks Down Door to Room in Which Wo man Had Taken Refuse. Memphis, Tenn., Jtily 15. Dr. 'lar ry Woolridge was shat and killed here early today by his wife Wool ridge, according to the police, who are holding the woman on a charie of murder, went home intoxicated and the shooting occurred after be had kicked in the door of a room in which his wife had sought refuge. The fourteen-year-old son of the couple saw his father shot. Woo'ridge was an artist and his paintings adorned the principal hotels of the city. His Aife is sad to have relatives In Vir ginia. They had been married twen ty years. LABOR DAY COMMITTE MEETING Will Be Held in the Spencer Y M. C. A Tonight Annual Methodist Pic nigc in Grove Near Mr. Lynch's Tuesday Afteroon. Spencer, July 10. There will be an important meeting of the Spencer Labor Day committee this evening at 8 o'clock in the Y. M. C. A. All mem bers are urged to be present, and members and representatives of the various crafts are invited and expect ed to attend. Plans will probably be formulated for the holding of a cele bration in Salisbury and Spencer on the first Monday in September. The Sunday school of the Spencer Methodist church will hold its annual picnic and outing Tuesday afternoon, beginning at 5 o'efcek, in the grove near Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Lynch's resi dence, on Second street. This outing is expected to be largely attended. ri Wheat Trading at Minimum. Chicago, July 16. Assumption that wheat would be brought under absolute government control kept tradincr in that cereal at a minimum with prices of no great change. The first transaction varied irom l-z de cline to 1 cent advance with July at $2.05 and September at $1.95. Ralcieh. Julv lti. - Off iciuls here. havimr tiguies on the quota of men North Carolina ii to furnish for the draft armv, are busily engaged in up- , This new observation balloon called propriating each district in the state nhe sausa,e wa8 photographed in its qujta. its hanger on the deck of a warship The figures are far fi jm completed and no official announcement has so far been made, but some officials in tersted in which sections will furn ish the largest andVvhich will furnish the smallest number of men have worked out this tentatively. Winston-Salem, it is said, will furn is the largest number. Winston- Salem having registered 5,1 iii men and the gross number to be drafted totals 604. From this number cer tain deductions for enlistment in the national guard and regular army will b allowed. Clay county, which registered only 299 men, will furnish :!7 gross. This number will also be dercensed some what. Raleigh, after all credits are allow ed for enlistment, must furnish 127 men, according to the unofficial esti mates. The city registered 2,f-l men. " miiMMl i n! 1 1 ii mil niiiMiimi ' 'Hinnwinrrirw-Ti i rirnr nmTimi t Trim-i Americans Got Four Big Submarines (l!y Associated Pres.) London, July 10th Four of the largest and most modern German submarines were destroyed by Ameri can war vessels which convoypd the first detachment of American troops to France, according to a report from German sources received in Berne, Switzerland, and forwarded to the Central News Agency. of the Atlantic the first one to ieun navy. fleet. It is perhaps e used by the Amer- Italian mission gen. wood consents IS NOW AT-HOME HICKORY BOY KILLED. Paul Boyd, Aged Thirteen Years, Falls From Wagon Loaded With Straw and Lives Only a Short Time. Hickory, July 1C A very dis tressing accident resulting in the death Friday evening of Paul Boyd, aged thirteen, occurred here. Paul, who lives with his uncle, J. E. Wil fong, in the cjuntry, was sitting on a load of rye straw in the yard of P. A. Setzer's barn on Tejith avenue. Anotter load of straw was just in front of the wagon on whjcbthe boy was riding, and when the first wagon started off the team which Paul was holding unexpectedly started and the young fellow fell under the wheels, two of which passe;! over his body. He was taken to a local hospital and lived several hours after the acident. Lewis H. Asbury, of Charlotte, is di owing plans for the new Carnegie Library building here. He was au thorized to proceed with the work at a meeting held with Mrs. J. W. Worth Elliott several days ago. Some Units Regarded as Now Ready to Board Transports For France and Front. APPROXIMATELY HALF GUARD ANSWERED TODAY Estimated That One Hundred and Twenty-Five Thousand State Troops Were Called. DRAFTING BE DELAYEu AGAIN Indications Now Are that the Drawing of the Army Will Begin By Saturday. AVIATION BILL IS NOW WITH SENATE COMMITTEE NITRATE FROM AIR. Secretary Baker Announces Plants Will Be Const ruced Immediately at Cost of $4,000,000. (By Associated Press() Washington, July 16. Secretary Baker announced today that phnts for the production of natrate from at mospheric nitrogen would be con structed immediately at a cost of $4,000,000 and that water power i Hair Cut woud be not be used. Sites for the location of these plants have not been selected. Washington, July 16i Mobilization of the National Guard for war service began today. While no orders for the embarka tion State trojps for France will be given until after August 5th, when the entire force will lie formally drafted into the United States army, there are indications that some di visions will be reg&rded as ready to boar dtiansports soon after that date. Actual concentration of troops at the home armories for transportation to state camps began today. Ap proximately half of the total strength of the National Guard, or more than 125,000 men, wore included in the force answering. AIRPLANES ARE l! Kaizer is Turning His Workmen from Zeppelins to Airplanes. (By Associated Press.) London, July lfi. It is reported in an Exchange Telegraph Company dispatch from Lousaane, Switzer land, that no more Zeppelins are be ing built in Germany, and that the workmen who have been employed on these at Freidricschaven are now said to be employed in building airplanes. SOLIDER TOOK HIS BRIDE TO FRANCE AN AMERICAN STEAMER SUNK. The "Grace" Goes Down and Three . Men Are Killed, One of These An American, State Department An nounces. (By Associated Press) Washington, July 16. The sink ins of the Americai. steamer "Grace" and the killing of three men, one of these an American, nd the injury ol two members of the bark's armed guard, was announced today by the State Department. U. S. May Go Down 10,000 F,eet for N Oil. Grafton, W. Va., July 12. Already drilled to a depth of more than 6,500 feet, the oil well on the farm of Mrs. Martha O. Goff, near here, may be the deepest in the country before op erations are ended. When oil was not struck at a depth of 3,000 feet pri vate interests decided to quit. The Government then took over the well for experimental purposes and it is proposed to continue the drilling which will no stop unless oil is found until the tools are 10,000 feet under ground. Short, Dressed in Khaki, Posing as Soldier She Went Over On a Transport. An Atlantic Port, July 15. "Some where in France" is a sergeant in the American army who was married just before he left the United States and ventured to take his bride with him on the transport which carried his regiment overseas. She was with him as a soldier, dressed in regula tion khaki and with her hair cut short. Today the young wolian returned from France, her efforts t3 pose as a "Sammy" having failed. Her hus band, it was said abroad the steam ship, was a member of a regiment formerly stationed at Arizona Food Bill in Senate for Fi ial Con sideration and Passage on Saturday is Expected. (By Associated Press.) Washington, July 16. On a basis of advices received from a number of states that have not reported full organization work by the exemption boards, the war department today an nounced that the work of drafting the army could not begin before Saturday at the earliest. Numerous districts in all states have completed the organizations, still it is impossible to tell when the final reports will.be received. The speedy passage by the senate of the $i40,000,000 aviation bill, pass ed by the house on Saturday, is pre dicted ty Chairman Chamberlain to have uick passage by the senate. There is little doubt of this measure passing and becoming law by the first of August. It is expected that the measure will be taken up and quickly disposed of after the fo3d control bil lis passed. The senate today entered upon its fifth week of considering the food control bill, this will in nil probabil ity be the last week, and leaders pre dict that it will pass and go to the confeience and then be agreed on in such measure as to meet the approv al of the President. Under its agree ment the senate is to vote on the bill Saturday and rusth it to conference. The Mi.sNion Headed by Prince Undine is Home After a Very Happy Trip lo America and Urged the Extra dition of forrhi, the New York Murderer. (By Associated Press.) Rome, July lfi. The Italian war mission, headed by Prince Udine, which has just returned from the United States, today called on Pre mier Bosseli and other cabinet offi cers and gave a very highly sat isfactory report of their trip to Ame ric:i, where they arrurge.1 many things of interest to thei- country. Prince .Udine brought, to the attention of the King a message from Presl dint Wihor in reply to ene from the King to the President. Members of the miasiin are v-git.g on the Italian oihViaU .hat the gtv ernment irrn-it the extrsuition of Al fredo CorSii, the murderer of Ruth Cruger. The misiioil says thftt si'ch ' actio nwou'd be appreciated in Ame rica and would strengthen the bonds of sympathy between the t'o nations, and tha tthe same ean he done to ac cord with the spirit of the law if not the exact working of it. PRIVATE RIDGE ADVANCED. iDr. B. W. McEenzie, who hat been spending some time here with fcii father, Deputy Marshal J. H. Mc Kenxie, returned to Philadelphia last night. Dr. McKenzie has volunteered for service in the army in France. WEATHER FORECAST ! Generally fai rtonight and Tuea day; except thunder shower in ex treme northern portion; variable winds. Adjutant General Makes Announce ment of Man Formerly With Per shing in Mexico. Raleigh, July lfi. The adjutant genera! announced today that Private Edney Ridge of '.he First Infantry has been commissioned 2nd lieuten ant and assigned to a Run e npany In the first infantry. Ride was a private in the regular army and was with a machine gun company under General Pershing in Mexico. He was granted a diseharge from the army in order that he might enlist in the guard and become eligible for a commission. LEAVES LINOTYPE FOR GUN. BAD WRECK IN GOLDS BO 110 YARDS. Khiftinir Ennine of Atlantic Coast l ine Run Into a Freight Train Enirine Damaged, Cars Demolished nil Hrvvral Hurt. Goldsboro, July 14. A railroad wreck here today demolished three freight cars, badly damaged a switch engine of the Atlantic Coast line and tore up the track of the main line for a considerable distance. Tht smash up occurred at the Smithfield crossing of the main line the Coast when a locnl shifting en gine pulling a long string of cars crashed into the middle of a freight train coine noith. When the engineer nf the switch engine which was going down grade applied hia breaks, they failed to work and realizing his engine wuu going to smash into the outgo ing freight, he and the negro fireman jumped. Two negro trainmen were hurt, but not seriously. Traffic was not delayed due to the fact that the Coast line has a spur track running through vhat part of the city. 10 GO TO FAYETTEVILLE Coutr.am' r of the Southeaster De prrtmrnt, With Headquarter in Charleston, Will Go in Person to the City on the C;je Fear, Regard ing Army Camp. F.yetteville, July 14. Major Gen eral Leonard Wotd, commander of the southeaster depanrtment will visit Fayetteville in tha near future. Thi? announce, tent was made by a commit tee jf prominent Fayetteville men who went to Charleston this morning to invite General Wood to Fayetteville and telegraphed tlvs afternoon that they were delighted with their Inter view, and that the department com mander had positively promised to visit Fayetteville at an early date. The interview with General Wood was arranged by telegraph priar to the Fnyetteville delegation's depart ure for Charleston. The Fayette ville men who called on General Wood are N. A. Sinclair, John Under wood, John H. McFalW A., B. MeMU Ian, ft.' T. Drake and W. F. Clayton SAYS AUSTRIA SHOULD BE DETACHED FROM GERMANY. Mr. E. P. Lyons Ceases Banging the "Merg" for the Post and Will Shoulder a Gun Gun Againt Ger many. Mr. Edward P. (Ned) Lyons, who has been operating one of the Post's linotype machines for the past Ave or six years, gave up his position Sat urday and is spending some days in Durham, Winston-iSalem and other points. He leaves the keyboard to shoulder a gun, having several months ago enlisted in the local military company, 4th Co., C. A. C, N. C. N. G. Ned did not wait to be drafted but when the call went out for volunteers for enlistment in the various anits of the national guard and regular army he immediately joined the home com pany and wll go "somewhere" with the boys when they are called into service on t'le 25th of this month. He quit the "Merg" Saturday in order to take a little vacation before shoul dering the gun. The boys in the ahop regret to aee him leave but sincerely HEAVY GUNS USED IN PONT A DELGADO ATTACK Indicating That German U-Boat Mak ing Attack Was of Unusual Size. Paris, July 15. Advices from Pon ta Delgada in the Azares, regarding the lett-nt attack upon that port by a Geiman submarine decide the shells fired were of fifteen-centimeter cali ber, indicating that the U-boat prob ably was of unusual size, possibly 1,1000 tons. The vessel is said to car ry two or three gun:'. The submarine attack on PonU Delgada occurred on July 4, the re silt in casualties being a girl killed and several persons injur., i. An American transport joined the land batteries in replying to the fire, ac cording to a Lisbon dispatch, and the submarine was forced to withdraw out of range. Zurich, July 15. The Austrian reichstrat was thrown into an up i oar on Saturday when forirt'r Csech minister, Herr Praschek, declared the hate of the entire world was not direc ted Against Auf trii but against Ger many, and that Austria should detach heiself fiom her ally, says a Vienna dispatch. "How are we to obtain peace," demanded Herr Praschek, "if wo t cling to the German side? Must we continue tj sacrifice our interests to the expansion of Germany? Must we continue to submit to the German militarism that has drawn us into this war?" The speaker declared that Csech deputies had been imprisoned for at tempting to bring about an alliance of Austria with Russia and France, and added that if they were to be . stigmatized as traitors then all Czech who believed similarly should be stigmatized. . .;. NEW KINGvOF GREECES HAVING HIS TROUBLES. Bandits Escape While Police Fight Fellow. Chicago, July 14. Two automo biles occupied Ly police, mistaking each other for bandits they were chasing, staged a running pitched battle on the South side laat night, in which Charles Peterson was killed, Policeman Claude Chrietollo shot in the hand and leg, and James Mooney hit in the leg. The bandidU escaped. Christello commandeered Peterson's auto to chase bandits who robbed I. C. Kaahner'a saloon of 1175 and Mooney went albng. Meanwhile De tective Lieutenant Moonea "rifle squad" started out in another roa hope he will return safe and sound I chine, and when it overtook CbrUtel- j when the fray is over. J lo.'s car opened fire. Serious Differences With vremler Venizefos Are Said to Have Arisen. Paris, July 15. A dispatch from Athens says: "Serious differences appt ir to have arisen between the new king of Greece and Piimer Venizelos. One indication of this is the postponement by the king of the signing of a de cree to resummon the 1915 chamber of deputies which was illegally dis solved by the then premier. Steph anos Skouloudis. "M. Veniaelos demands that the king openly ceased to carry out hi fa ther's internal and external policies, but the king Is postponing action or has refused to give approval to such categorical repudiations." Uses Monkeys to Kill Troublesome Snake. New Castle, Pa., July 14. To clear , the site of an old hotel of Neshan-' nock Falls, a summer resort north of here, of biacksnakas, which nave been infesting the place sine the buildinr was destroyed' by fire somo years ago, the owner has turned loose two monkeys. According to the owner the monkeyt will catch nd kill tlw snakes. ;' ' v ' , : Philip Scheidemann. leader of the majority faction of German Social, ista, says thswo ia but oao way to stop' this endless murdering of nations and that is "the sweeping democratising nt r..rmnv And the concensus of opinion Is that H would held aomo if ' k r.rmi 1 Kfvitist would each crab a broom and get busy, Macon Telegraph. . jv -. ' '
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