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FULL NEWS REPORTS FOR ONE EDITION isjbumry Evoiiifiig PoM MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ONE EDITION 2 CENTS VOL. 13. NU 206. SALISBURY. NORTH CAROLINA, TUESDAY ,SKI1 KMHKH 1. 1917. PRICE TWO CENTS GERMANS RAID NATION S LAWYERS WEST POINT CADETS CRA UATINU INTO THE WAR ENGLISH COAST PLEDGE LOYALTY Airplanes Invade Territory to a Point Within Thirty Miles of London and Drop Bombs. 1 Members of American Bar Asso ciation Renew Their Allegi ance to Gov. at This Time. FALL OP CHIEF AUSTRIAN VANTAGE POINT IMMINENT Italians Continue Steady Creep ing Up the Slope No Renew al of Flanders Fighting. ELIHU ROOT PRESIDING OVER THE SESSIONS l (By Associated Press.) While the, operations of the Ger mans in the Riira district on the Russian front and the great Italian campaign for Trieste continue to furnish the chief development", of mil itary interest the German authorities caused a momentary diversion by the reactionary spectacle of a raid on the English coast, apparently at one of the chief naval bases. Whether Brit ish naval property suffered is not yet apparent. It is known, however, that airplanes reached Chatham site, an extensive naval and military estab lishment 30 miles southeast of London a""d that 107 men of the naval estab lishment were killed and 86 wounded. All six of the German machines par ticipating appeared to have escaped, although the.v were engaged by Brit ish forces. Press dispatches from the Austro Italian front .report the Italians con tinuing their steady advance opera tions for Trieste, pushing their lines ahead in the Brestovizza valley in the district south of Gorizia and working fartehr toward th j east over the great Bainsizzia plateau. The fall of Monte San Gabriele, the chief remaining vantage point of the Austrians, aside from their Carso stronghold, is considered only a mat ter of time, as the Italians continue to steadily creep up the slope. There is no renewal ofxthe Flan ders fighting on a iarge scale as yet. although intense artillery fire sug gests 'this is impending. The British are biting further in the German positions at points on this front an today a slight advance of the British lines northeast of St. Juliene is announced. German Ships Shell Coast. Petrograd, Sept. 4. The Russian retirement in the Riga region is be ing continued along th coast nort east in the direction of Uskull, the Russians retiring northward, havinir been dislodged by the Germans in the Jevill river region. Hostile ships are shelling the coast. Riga Evacuated by Civilians. Washington, Sept. -4. Riga was exacuated by the civilian population and foreign consuls three weeks ago. This news was contained in official dispatches surrounded in so much mystery at the time and over which so much uneasiness was felt. Former Emeprors' Brcther Arrested. Petrograd, ,Sept. 4. Grand Duke Michael Alexandervitch, brother of the former emperor, and his wife have been placed under arrest in con nection with the, counter revolutionary plot recently unearthed. Austrian Naval Base Bombarded. Rome, via London, Sept 4. Thirty Italian airplanes droppel nine tons of bombs on the Austrain naval base at Pola, causing destruction and a large conflagatioOr it was officially an nounced today. French Fire Checks Germans. Paris, Sept. 4. Attacks made by the Germans last night on the French lines in the Hurtebise region on the Ainse front and east of the Meuse in the Verdun sector, the war office an nounced today. Both were checked by French fire. Berlin, Sept. 4. Several thousand Russians were taken prisoners by the Germans in theoir advance in the Riga region, army headquarters an nounces. More than 150 guns were captured by the Germans. Nation's Ablest Lawyers Con demn German Gov. for Vio lating International Law. (Hy Associated Press.) Saratoga suiings, N. Y., Sept. 4. Resolutions pledging the loyalty of i the American Bar Association to the i government were presented at the opening session of the annual meting of the organization here this morn ing by Elihu Root on behalf of the executive committee, with the unan imous recommendation of the commit tee tht they be adopted. Great Legal Lights Uphold President. Saratoga Springs, Sept. 2. The convention of the Federal Govern ment that Germany has violated the provisions of international law in its methods of warfare is upheld by a repoit of the Committee on Inter national Law of the American Bar As sociation, which will be presented at the annual session opening here on Tuesday. Members of the society, who include Federal and State Judges, United Spates Senators and Repre sentatives, State legislators and other well-known members of the profession from many states, have been arriving all day to attend the sessions. The committee on International Law expresses its .unanimous concur rence in the views of international right and human obligations pre sented by the President in his mes sage of April 2. The report strongly condemns as a gross violation of the settled rules of warfare "the sinking by Germany of merchant ships with out warnijig;" the "homicidal con spiracies" against the domestic peace trade and manufactures of this coun try; the " wanton and illegal" murder of great numbers of civilians; .the looting of occupied territory;; the "il legal and inhuman"' murder of Capt Fryatt; the deportation of the civil population from occupied territory and the sinking of hospital ships. A change of opinion regarding the merits of judicial recall which has resulted in the failure of any Legis lature to adopt such a measure dur ing the last year will be reported, with the recommendation that th association continue the recall. Other reports will condemn Social ism as an attack upon constitutional government; will recommend that the President and Congress be permitted to settle the question of the advisa bility of clanging the date for the inauguration, and will ask the adop ion of a memorial to the United States and State courts, requesting a "conscious effort at the shortening of opinions, and the recognition of brev ity as a cardinal virtue second only to clearness." Elihu Root will preside over a con ference of the delegates tomorrow and will be the guest of honor at the annual banquet. Boris Bakhmetieff, Ambassador from Russia to the United States, will speak on Tuesday before the judicial section. Coleman L. Blease, former Gover nor of South Carolina, will discuss prison reform tomorrow at the. an nual meeting of the National Asso ciations of Attorneys General. II - VsTWV " I W fift if, . If ;;?r VK ' 'lr I H.tAt 'fjfU. .J ....... v.jV Xwui f7 . ,, ' BIG RECORDS AR E MADE BY OSBORNE West Point cadets graduated ten months, before the regular time in order that they might command American troops in the war. The photograph shows the new officers marching befoie the exercise. Hun dreds of mothers and fathers weie there to see the young' men get thoir diplomas, and the secretary of war had gone from Wasington to be the chief officer in the ceremonies. These young men aie to have two weeks at home, and then they must join the regular army to prepare troops for France. Within a short time most of them will be on the firing line there. Every member of (going to war. he wants to get into ment can send him to France. He j West Point graduates ever since the the class is wild with the idea of j the fray just as soon as the govern-1 shows the spirit which his actuated foundation of the military academy. Collector of Internal Revenue Makes Record Collections oa Tobaccos and Whiskeys. OTHER ARTICLES ALSO SHOW A BIG INCREASE Interesting Facts; and Figures In th Preliminary) Report which Commr. Osborne Makes. DRAFT ARMY PARADE L ED BY WILSON Fourteen Thousand Men of Dis trict of Columbia March Be hind the President. ONLY ONE FLAG FLOATED THE STARS AND STRIPES Senators, Congressmen, Sailors, Soldiers, Marines and Men From Camps in Procession. REPORTING FOR SER VICE IN Til ARMY Firet Five Per Cent of Drafted Men Will Soon Be Oa Their Way to the Cantonments Men of Military Ex perience and Bakers and Cooks , First Chosen . (By Associated Press.) Washington, Sept. 4. Drafted men of the five per cent quota going to the national guard cantonments were re porting today. to local boards in all districts to receive instructions and railroad transportation and meal tick eta. Most of these men will be given permission to spend the night at home under orders to report to the Jboard shortly before train time to- . . a Ana , m jtAbout wjwq men, most 01 wnom ere selected because of previous mil itary training or experience as cooks, are included in the first quota. ANCE OF SOLDIERS Move By the House to Cut Maximum From $10,000 to $5,000 Meets Dis approval of Mr. Wilson Hopes it May Be Restored. (By Associated Press.) Washington, Sept. 4. The action of the House in decreasing from $10, 000 to $5,000 the limit of life insur ance available to officers and men in the national army under the admin istration's insurance bill is not ap proved by -the President. In a letter to Represen. Adamson, of Georgia, made public today, the President expresses regret over the reduction and says he hopes the $10, 000 limit may be restored. BRITISH CASUALTIES. Some of the Losses Which the Brit ish Have Sustained la War. (By Associated Press.) London, Sept 4. British casualties reported last week were 15,614 and they art divided as follows: Killed snd died of wound officers men 2,880. t Wounded and"' missings-Officers 846; men 10,524. '. , ". (By Associated Press.) Washington, Sept. i. The van guard of the national army is being honored througout the country in demonstrations celebrating the depar ture of the first drafted men for the cantonmerts. Typifying the spirit of the nation sending forth her sons to battle for democracy the capital today gave it self over to a great public demon stration. President Wilson, con gressional heads, government leaders and men in high rank were in the parade. The place of honor in the procession between Peace monument at the foot of the capitol to the White House was reserved for the 14,000 drafted men comprising the District of Columbia's first contribution to the national army. Led by President Wilson and es corted by Senators, Representatives, sailors, soldiers and marines, men of the officers training camp at Fort Meyer and thousands of their fellow citizens the national army men march ed along lines of cheering thousands bidding them godspeed on the first tep of their journey to France. Exemplifying a united nation, civil war veterans had a place of honor. Senators Warren and Nelson of tho Union army and Senators Bankhead and Martin of the Confederate army marced together. There was only one flag fluttering everywhere over tho winding column the Stars and Stripes. E HUNDRED AND SEV E N KILLED Air Raid Over Chatham Results in the Killing of More Than a Hundred Persons. SALISBURY FIRMS HOUSE CONSIDERING GETACHARTER IINSII.L NINE AIRSHIPS TOOK PART IN THE ATTACK Chatham is a Prominent Base for Naval Operations and Large Dock Yard. (By Associated Press.) London, Sept. 4. In last night's air raid 107 persons were killed and 86 wounded at Chatham, according to official announcement made today by the wur office. Chatham is on the east bank of the Medway, 30 miles east of London. It is the seat of immense "'nnval rating" station including a vast dock yard and extensive barracks. The teim "naval rating" is applied to that grade of" men in barracks, principally those before the mast. ADD REPRINT. HERE State Grants Four Important In dustrial Charters Two Be ing from Salisbury. TO MAKE ARMY SUPPLIES GUN COVERS AND OTHERS Will Carry an Appropriation of More Than Eleven A Billion Five HundrediMiuion. v LARGEST REVENUE BILL EVER PRESENTED CONG. Yadkin Real Estate Company is Also Given the Privilege of Doing Business. Tl T PRICES SOARING M0RK The Sailors Were Walking With Their Sweetheart When a Gang Parading the Street Set Upon Them Attack Unprovoked and Un called For. (By Associated Press.) London, Sept. 4. Attacks on Amer ican sailors on Sunday night were re ported in a dispatch from Cork to the Chronicle. It is said that gangs of young men paraded the streets and set upon the Americans who were accompanied by their sweethearts- The correspond ent reports that the sailors did noth ing improper or contrary to good taste to invite the attack, as far a could be learned, and did not reUli aU. ' 1 ' ' An attempt was mad at 11 p. in., to break in the places where the Americans are staying, the dispatch eontnuea, but after a ahort eige the attackers departed. .. . : . ., . - Such Huge Breaks on Opening Day That the Market Will Fail to Com plete the Sale at Three Big Ware houses. (By Associated Press.) Durham, Sept. 4, The opening of the Durham tobacco market witnessed such huge breaks today that the mar kets will fail to complete the sales before nightfall. J. S. Burch, secretary of the Dur ham Tobacco Board of Trade, esti mates that 180,000 pound will have been sold when the offerings at the three warehouses is hauled away to day. The sales began at 9:30 o'clock and the offerings of a single ware house only had been disposed of at 1 o'clock. Prices ranged from 8 to 65 cents. Inferior grades excelled all former prices and probaly doubled the figures of 1916. Green pits and sand dugs were commanding around 20 cents a pound. (By Associate Press.) Raleigh, Sept. 4. Iour new enter prises in Western North Carolina were Riven charters by the secretary of state todays . The four follow: The TenneB8e and South, Eastern Railwav Company, of Sylva, Jackson count, !b chartered with a capital 6f $25,000, and propose to operate a raad. The lay Manufacturing Company of Maiden, Catawba county, is char tered with a capital of $100,000, in tended to do a general wood work and machinery business. Two Salisbury Concerns Chartered. The two remaining charters grant ed went to Salisbury. The first be ing the Yadkin Realty Company, commencing business with a capital stock of $25,000, the second being the Army Supply Company, charter ed with a like capital. The last nam ed proposes to make army supplieBB, such as gun covers, gloves, hats, suits and other items used by the army. AT A RAPID RATE Whst do we live for if it is not to make hie less dif f icul to each other ? George Elliot. WEATHER FORECAST Fair tonight and Wednesday. England Shipping is Being Substan tially Encourgaed by the Building of Ships Record of Six Weeks Wns Most Encouraging. (By Associated Press.) London, Sept. 4. Commenting on the ripid increase in the ship building to offset the loss by submarine sink ings the Cadiff correspondent of fhe Exchange Telegraph Company says that two supplementary statements published by Lloyd's that the ship ping registry shows that between General Debate Will . Continue Through Wednesday Sup ported by Both,FarticjiN ,. - -y-mV-' '' ' " .(i8y .Asaaeiated Press.) Washington, Sept. 4. The House began consideration this morning of the $11,538,954,460 war bond and rev enue bill, the largest that ever was presented to Congress. This measure has in th meain the support of both Republicans and Democrats. General debate on the bill will con tinue tomorrow when .the bl)l will be taken up. for amendments and Anal vote. It will probably be passed late tomorrow. ' With the final vote on the war pro fit bill to be taken in the senate wtlh in the next 24 hoars, the higher tax advocates are taking a stand for their position. Three Great War Measure. Washington, Sept. 2. Congress works this week on three great war measures, the $11,538,945,400 war bond and certificate, th $3,000,000, 000 revenue and the $176,000,000 soldiers' and sailors' insurance bonds. The revenue bill may be sent t con ference by the senate before Saturday night, by which time the others ? Ul have been passed by the house. Re publicans of the house will oppose a few minor features of the bill and seek to amend it so as to provide for a war expenditures board, and the options! insurance feature of the in surance measure will be subjected to attack, but both probably will pas. The war profit provision of the revenue bill, levying-a total of $1, 286,000,000, i generally expected to stand, although the high tax senators will continue their fight. The two financial bills are the largest of the kind ever introduced and the in surance bill contemplate revolution izing the entire system of compen sating a nation's armed defender and their dependent. iDisresrardinar the labor day holiday, June 8th and July 17th. mo- (hn 100 ships, of which 63 were British, the senate will continue to work to were added to the registry. The most morrow on the war profits section of (Dy Associated Press.) Washington, Sept. 3. Individual and corporatians have paid to the government $359,681,338 In incomes tax during the past fls:al year, ac cording to the report just made by Commissioner of Internal Revenue, Ostorne. The report showe that the amounts contributed bv comoratlons and' individuals are abput equal. The exact figure are: Corporations, $179,572,888. Individuals, $180,108,340. Returns from the Southern States show that the following contributions were made: . , North Carolina: Corporations frf51, 189.51; Individuals $1,232,609,18. South Carolina: Corporations $408, 116.17; individuals $81,874.28. , i' Virginia: Corporations. $1,837, 125.64; individual $621,607.06. Seme Previous Record Are Broken. , Washington, Sept. .8AU previous records for consumption on whiskey, cigar and tobaccos fent by the board a pparently the past fiscal year, according to th preliminary reports of Commissioner Osborne covering th year ending June 30th, and also show ing record collections . for all other , article subject to tax through his office. - Her are the grand total produc tions upon which taxes were paid: , Distilled spirits from tvery source 164,665,246 gallons, sn increase of 26,000,000 over the previous year, yielding tax returns of $186,563,055. Cigars of all descriptions and eitht, 0,216,001,113, approximately 90 per capita -as compared with S 837.720,580 th previous year. f Ci-arttes 30.620,193.538. as com--. pare-wlt! 2187,757,078, an Increase of m'o're' 'than 40 per cent. , ; Tobacco, chewing and smoking, 445.763.206 pounds, an Increase of 28.500,000 pound. - .Even snuff went to 'apparent new high levels of production with 85,877, 751 pounds, an increase of 2,000,000 ounda in the year. . . Th return to tn government tavaa on (Mirnrs. clararettes. tobacco' and snuff was $103,201,692, an In crease of approximately $15,000,000, or 18 per cent over th previous year. The record figures indicate great nation-wide prosperity, officials state, and In the case of cigarettes tremen dous growth of the habit among wo men. . " ." " The iproductlon of beer, while -..,,i u w nt the nravloua rear' fell considerably below the. high rec "'d of 66,000,000 barrels to 191 Taxes were paid last year of 60,729, Rna har-roi., at tl.50 ner barrel, and other taxes on brewers 'and retailers brought the total up to $91,897,193 against $88,771,104. Other tax receipts incluaea tnos on oleomsrgerlne, $1,996,720; pec!al taxes on bankers, corporations, bro kers, theaters," bowling alleys, com mission merchant, etc., $15,708,733; jcumentary stamps and perfume, $8,926,310: estate $6,076,5765 ex" -srofitS $37,176; munitions $27,663, 940, and miscellaneous $2,093,853, ( bringing theJtotsl ordinary receipt up to $449,712,412. f v - Income taxes of $359,68128; brought the grand total. Including the' Alaskan railways tax of $33,250 up to 809.393,640, a comoared with $512, 723,288, the year before. . Tha cost of collecting th revenue ? wps approximately $9J53 per $1,000, or .95 per cent, th lowest on record. - BARBER ITEMS. r of these were ships of large tonnage. The r.'te at which th ships are build ing is shown to be rapid. SWITZERLAND WONT PARTICIPATE. Will Not Take Part in Stockhob sCcnferenee Now That America ia in War Voire of Small Nation Will' Not Avail Much. Geneva, Switzerland, Sept. 4. It is learned from reliable sources that Switzerland will not be officially rep resented at the proposed conference of neutral nations at Stockholm. Swiss authorities believe ' since 'the entrance of America in the war th voice of smaller nations would pro duce little effect on the belligerents. Ther are also of the opinion that, when peace term are discussed Swiss . lutions of Senators the revenue bill. The house ad journed yesterday to reconvene Tues day for consideration of the bond bill. Both house will adjourn tomorrow to march with President Wilson in the parade of district of Columbia men drafted for the new army. Other important contest to be de cided before passage of the tax bill are promised over -the consumption taxes on sugar, coffee, tea and cocoa, aggregating $86,000,000, which many senators behev will be eliminated, and the proposed sugar "drawback" repeal, the freight and parcel post tax provisions and the McKellar sub stitute i providing.; increased postal rate on second class publication. - After sending the Ux bill to con ference there probably will be ahort but sharp discussion of peace on reso- LaFoIlett and interests will not be neglected. (Sherman suggesting promulgation 01 The Sniss minister at Berlin may eeac term. The Senate leaders ex attend th Stockholm conference in pect to have the , resolutions 6ver-; an unofficial capacity. .'. . ' . . whelmingly beaten. t Barber. Sept 2-Mrs. J. L. Thqmp- -of Barber vicinity, died th 2nd of Sept. about 8 o'clock. S had teen confined to her bed about 'even veeks with enlargement of the liver, later developing into dropsy. , , Mrs. Thompson was a Mis Sea grave before her marriage to Mr. Thompson. Sh goe to be with one sister and two brothers, also two children, who have1 gone on before. She leave to mourn her loss her husband and two tons, and a living brother, Mr. Samuel Seagrave, of Cooleemee, and a siatesy Mr. 'John Gibson, of Huntersville, both of whom wer with her during her lat illness. Mr. Thompson was 49 year and 8 months old, UIng born in 1867 in Huntersville. t Th funeral and burial took place' at Lebanon church en Sunday, con ducted by Rev. V. R. Stickley., When our heart is f'ad, th worlJ : full nt aons-. When onr heart Is sad, th world is fall, of tearv Mil ler. .' .-. -. ": ' . " .
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