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;-e tan WEATHER FORECAST Probably showers tonight and Saturday; warmer. VOL. 14, NO. 110. EDBH A mencan FOOD CONDITIONS I Returning' Dutchman Says He Left Krupp Plant on Account of the Food Conditions. TWO PARTIES ATTEMPT TO ESCAPE FROM GERMANY One of the Men Was an Officer Who Said He Lelt because of Conditions. (By Associated Press.) Imdon, June 21. 'Food conditions in Germany nre becoming more tncn nvii: r and U-sre is great distress there owing ti thp reduction in the bread r.:tbn, according to an interview with the correspondent of the Times by a l y toman at the Iflague. The llutchmr.n has just returned from tie Krupp gun plant at Essen where he had been working and which V left because of the food conditions. The German .people, ihe declared, are ;fraid to speak in open complaint h rwiso of the fear of being sent to tie front. Tried tc Get Out of Berlin and Ger man Conditions. Copenhagen, June 20. Four resi dents of Berlin attempted to escape from Germany on Thursday in two airplanes. One of the jrmchines sue ether was :froue-ht down bv a ormn ' guard ship. The machine that landel in Denmark, contained two oecnpints, one of tfnese be;ng n reserve ofTir who is a rrofessor in the University -f Berlin. They say that tN?y fled f'- in Germany because of the con ('i'ions there. Austria is Exercised Over the Bread Reduction. Too. London. Jtine 21. Information received through reports coming in to day indicate great excitement in Aits- I ti'a over rhe reduction in the bread lotion is quoted from Austrian news- ' tw,ers by a corresmndent of the Times at The Hague. 1 I Premier Seydler is assured bv t'"f! S-i'fllist lArbeiter Zeitun? at Vienna of the itiroducing of a disastrous sit ntnon bv agrarians and traders. It ?'Hs: "T'-e Austrian peaple cannot stdrve while the Germans and Hun farianji r-ar.-e tolerably adequate ra tions." Ford Shortage Affecting Health. London, June 21. In many prov inces of Hungary there is only ono third or one-fourth the food neces sary to maintain the population in health, former premier Tim declar ed in a dispatch to the llungari.tn -""'iamer.t vesterdav, accrding to a Budapest telegram forwarded by t'-e Exchange Telegraph corresponJent at Amsterdam. Situation at Prague Desperate. Copenhagen, vJune 21. The situa tion at Prague, Bohemia, and tl.e in dustrial centers in that district, says the Neue Frie Prcsse, of Vienna, bac become so serious that the Austrian goviemmcnt Will either be compelled to increase the bread ration or rn the riil'.ii of ciill further exciting the work ing peciple. In the latter event, the newspaper declares, railway commu nication may .be cut off Vfi a revolu tion break out. W S S "IRK OR FIGHT 10 LOCAL BOARDS Status of Professional Ball Players Not Defined Cut Games and Sports Emphasized as .Non-essential. Washington, Jtme 21. The new regulations issued to draft boards to day toy Provost Marshal General Crowder to govern the application of v ic "ui a vt aijiM. viuct uu iiui. rule tpeciftsally on the clause on iprofes sjonal baseball players or other clis- which may be affected, but empha- f-smes ind srports amontr the ocoupa ticrs classed as non-essentiaL RESS GERMANY at Least Be m the Second Line of Defense Be a War Saver Safe! A FACTOR TO FLY ACROSS Major General Brancker of Brit ish Air Ministry Now in Wash ington Conferring on Matter. NEXT SUMMER SEAPLANES SHOULD BE MAKING TRIPS British Council Has Definitely De cided on These Trans-Atlantic Flights at an Early Day. (By Associated Press.) Washington, June 21. IBig Ameri can air and seaplanes should be fly ing across the Atlantic to reach the front by next summer, Major General W. Brancker, of the British air min istry, said here today in an informal statement to the .press. He is in Washington to co-operate with the .Alncrkan aircraft officials and be lieves a ipioneer trans-Atlantic flight shwild be attempted wittlhout delay. General Brancker disclosed the fact (fiat the British air council had defU nitely decided on trans-Atlantic I fligfrts in order to find a route for the movement of American craft to the I front. The misison of General Brancker to this city has to do with arrangements for pio'ieer flights in which it ( hop ed the United States government will 13 cmy.i.ci iuw be made tnis autumn in a maramne ui British make, probably a sea boat, starting from New Foundland and couching at Azores and Portugal be fore arriving in Ireland. W S S , Opportunity for Some Registrants to Go to Specially Equipped Schools I for Training. (By Associated Press.) Washington, June 21. 'Provo Mar flhal General Orowder today called for Powder todaj edor Imtat: ; 8,976 dra i ircnoral military I July 15th to various schools for sipecial j training. The icall is bedntg held open I for volunteers until July 15th. I w s s AMBASSADOR OF RUSSIA i ASKS ALLIED INTERVENTION M.BORIS BAKflMETIErT Boris Sakhmetieff, ambassador of the Kerensiky government of Russia to the United States, has issued an appeal from the Constitutional Dem ocratic Party for American and allied intervention dn Russia to save the country from German dominatsio. Without it, he declares, the Germans will t&ka .Russia, so she will be of no future use to the allies. " ' 1 W, S S " ' Female munition workers in France are limited to ten hours' work a day. ATLANTIC OCEAN MEMBER SALISBURY, olding 38 iTALIANS AGAIN Mwm IN : (ANOTHER CALL IS STOP AUSTRIANS DAY'S JCASUALTY LIST MADE FOR N. C. MEN Stout , Resistance of the Fighters ' Sunny Italy Prove, Too Much- ior mnce unarie s iToops. AUSTRIANS DEFEATED IN A DRIVE YESTERDAY Austrians Have for Some Days Held Positions Near Nevessa But Last Attack Was Futile. (By the Associated Press) Stout Italian resistance has again stopped the Austrians in their effort to extend the front on the Montello j plateau, the keystone of the Italian de fense on the river Piave. Official announcement is made at I Rome that the Austrians were de feated in the drive yesterday on the northeast section of the plateau and only in the south were thvi able to make any progress whatever. The enemy was able, to cross the Monte Belluna-Suzeana railway at several, points near Nervessa station but even at this point was promtply sopped. As the Austrians for some days held positions near Nervessa the net result of the last attack is apparently insignificant. American aviators are now actively enraged on the Piave front. Raiding operations are reported ot the British front, while the French have their positions on the front west of Soissons. W S S CARPENTERS STRIKE AT AZELEA. . Between Five Hundred and Six Hun dred Men Employed On the Govern ment Hospital Want More Money. , (By the Associated Press) Asheville, June 21. Between 500 and 600 union carpenters went on strike today at the Aselea govern I ment tuberlocus sanatorium when the I contractors, Gude & Company, refused to grant them an increase" in pay of ISl.OOadav. OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NORTH CAROLINA, FKJDAY. JUNE 21. 1918. . I WAR Mile Line on the Western F Corporal Eugene McCloud of Char lotte and Joe Orr of Matthews are in Marine Casually List Army List Small Today. (By the Associated Press) Washington, June 21 The army casualty list today contains 38 names, divided as follows; Killed in action 6; died of wounds 1. died of disease 3; wour.ded severe ly 27; wounded, degree not known, 1. Marine' List. The marine casualty list today con tains 127 names, divided as follows: Killed in action 10; died of wounds 10; wounded severely 98. The list includes private Joe L. Orr, of Matthews, N. C, who died of wounds; gunner sergeant Oscar Jor- dan, of Orr Hill, and Corporal Eugene McCloud. of Charlotte, reported sev ertly wounded. W S S GOMPERS AGAIN HEADS AMERICAN FEDERATION Elected by Acclamation and Will Make Labor Tour to England, France and Italy. St Paul, Minn., June 20. Samuel Gompers Was re-elected president of the American federation of labor by acclamation at the annual convention here this afternoon. Frank Morrison of Washington, and D. J. Tobln of Indianapolis were re elected secretary and treasurer, re spectively. AiJijitic City, N. J., was selected as next convention city. President Gompers was authorized to visit England, France and Italy in ordet to cement relations between the allied and American (workers. It was recommended that the executive coun cil maintain a permanent representa tive of the federation In Europe. ' The committee went on record for irixiaum production of war materials without interruption, endorsed gov ernment control of railroads and fa vored as low as possible price for w&eat not inconsistent with farmers' interests. MORE Four Thousand, Two Hundred and Forty-Seven Must Respond Dur ing the Early Part- of July. ONE THOUSAND TO 00 TO OGLETHORPE, GEORGIA One Thousand Three Hundred Ne gro Men to Be Called to Go to Camp Dix, Maryland. (By Associated Press.) P.aleig'j, June 21. A call upon Norti'.t Carolina for 4,274 men his been issued by the war department, Adjutant General Young announced today. One thousand men qualified for gen eral military service will be sent be tween July 5th and 10th to Camp Greenleaf , Oglethorpe, Ga. Two hundred and forty-seven men of gramrriar school education having experience as blacksmiths, carpen ters and mechanics wall be sent to Clemson College, Clemaon, S. C, on July 15th. One thousand seven hundred others will 'go later to (Camp Meade, Md. One thousand three (hundred negroes will go to Camp Dix, Md., later. WS8 AS TO BEER AND SHIPYARDS. Senate Agricultural Committee Post pones Section on Rider to the Agri cultural Bill. (By the Associated Press) Washington, June 21. At r a three-hour session the Senate Agricul tural committee today decided to post pone action on the Jones prohibition rider to the agricultural appropria tion bill to reopen hearings for the purpose of further investigating state ments made by Brainbridee Colby of the Shipbuilding Board that to tskt beer away from the American ship yard employes would reduce the out put of the American yards 25 per cent. w S S -I Bread for the British soldiers Is made "near the front by members of the British Women's Army Auxiliary corps. E Delegates and Visitors Quests of the Local League at a Social in the Sunday School Annex. PRESIDENT SIGMON GIVES A HISTORY OF ORGANIZATION Closing Address Was by Rev. W. D. Haiti wanger on "Luther League's Place in Church." The 'District conveintion of the Iju ther League of Western Worth Car olina which has been in session in St. John's LuKheran church, in this ity since Wednesday morning: adjourned after the morning session today, it havurrg iproven to be tho largest and mo&t enthusiastSe meeting yet held. Thursday night vcu jgiven over en tirely to a social session t which time Ci.3 deleirates land visitors were the guests of the local league at a recep tion tendered in the Sunday BcfiJool lama of tlhe chmroh and at wh!lch refreshments were served. This prov ed to be a most enjoyable feature of the convention. TVs morning the devotional ser vices were conducted by Rev. Dr. M, M. Kinerd, of Saksoury, who also made a most excellent tliik to the young people. Then cams the uauatn business seasian.at'whioH number of t matters pertauMng 10 ine wors oi in , league was dtecueied and disposed of. There was also a splendid and help ful address on "The I either League's Plitce in the Church," by Rev. W. D. HaltSwarwrer. A special feature of the morning session was the specially arrartged musical (program by the members of the Salisbury League. After the preliminaries, including Vn .una) Mnlif,tvma An ant AVf nmaTlt. .-j .!. - iii. MfanfUn nr)nnm nnd some of the delegates returned . thinhomes on the afternoon trains while others remained cvier aimtil to niffht It was a plendid .body of young Christian workers' who were here for this meeting and tfley took great in-1 terest in the proceedings and feel that . -m a. fi ... ham Sriatkmind meetir.y of the mem- bers of this voum beetle's branch of the church, work, " - Birth and Growth of the League. President J. C. Simmon, of the Dis trict Luther League, in making his address to the convention gave the following history of tho organisa tion: "The Luther .League was organis ed in St. Peter's church, New York City, 1887. It grew out of the in terest of young men such as Hon. A. F. Eilert, who is virtually the father of the Luther League, and for years Has "vn both time and money in its behalf. ' The Luther League of America was organized in the First Lutheran church of Pittsburjr, October 31, 1895, upon the call of the State Leagues of New York. Pennsylvnnia, Illinois, Ohio and Kansas. Four hundred and twenty delegates were present. A constitution was adopt ed and the Luther League Review was made the official organ. The motto of the League is "Of the Church and for the Church." It sentiment is proving and working. The principles of the League are fed eration and co-operation, inter-synodieal, 'but it is It is not non-synod-1 leal in its organization. Its objects are to stimulate, increase Christian activity and to foster the spirt of loyalty. It proposes work rather amusement as its aim, although it en coumgen Christian sociality. The Luther League is today-international. We have leagues in Can ada, Japan, China, Porto Rico, and the latest statistics show organisa tions in abont twenty states; ninety District Leagues and 4.000 Local Leagues. Mr. C T. A. Anderson Is now president of the National body. The Luther League has been styled the Training School of the Church. The District League of Western North Carolina was organised at SL John's church, Statesville, November 20th, 1913, with six leagues, (Continued on page 5.) LUTHER LEAGU MEETING ADJOURNS ONE EDITION 2 CENTS PRICK TW(X CENT N T Sammies in Charge of Extended Line on the Western Front Against the Germans. . AMERICAN AVIATORS ARE ON THE ITALIAN FRONT Austrian Effort to Widen North east Salient, Keystone to Piave Front, Has Failed. (By Associated Press.) . Washington, June 21. American soldier are now (holding the fighting line for a distance of 38 miles on the western front, according' to informa tion given members of the House mil itary committee at today's weakly conference witlh (Secretary Baker and General Mardh, chief of staff. American Flyers on Italian Front, Itulian Headquarters, June 20. (By the Associated Press.) The first American aviator to fly : from the Italian front went on a bombing ex pedition and succeeded in blowing two Holes in a new Austrian position. Leading American Ace Missing. Paris, June 21. The leading Amer ican aee in the iFrendh flying corps, Firft Lieutenant Frank L. Baylies, of New Bedford, Mass., is missing aft er an 4nequai AsM with faur.Gar VUSff ,fflllSMIie,r?-t"'7 - Austria" Efforts t ailed. . Home, Juno 21. The effort of the Austrians to widen the nortfreatt sa lient, the keystone to the Piave front, to tho west, failed completely, Premier Orlando told parliament -tonight ' To the south, the (premier said, the enemy again awceeded In crossing the MMiUbeUufflaSusegart ratt road at several pointsv but near Niversa sta- ! tioii Mey wert mxjirbea On the lower P"" thr Italians have gained more i rouna. Trie enemy's losses during the day were enormous, the (premier added, and the Italians took several hundred prisoners. Preparing for Another Attack. Hiris. June ai-Grave events are mndhiff on Due juuii ironi, accora- ..i . Hi S M -. . . 3 j intensity of As ' German Cmn.Hng ,ai wrwue fpomis ytwymsm. ,...- . nM ..AtM m LMBMjt m r-.a w British Casualties for the Week. London, June 21,-VThe British cas ualties reported for 4lhe week ending today aggregate 86,820, V . W S 6 , REVIEV TAJ(ES IS SUE WITH KAISER Laments Laxity of the Present Pay Germsa Morale and Condemns Pre petal to Equalize Bigamy in the Empire. . " (By the Associated Press) Amsterdam, June 21 -The German Quarter',;1 Church Review, , published Protestant Greus Zeitung, of Berlin, seems likely to make unpleasant read ing for Emperor William ih view of he frequent utterances in prsise of tha nietv and hlsrh morality of the peo- I pie, and which says: : . "The highest law seems to be pro xiteertng anu amusement. Lamenting the laxity of the present dsy German morale the Review con demns the proposal emulating from Cologne to equalise ' bigamv, which proposition the document takes quite seriously. . - - This attitude la interesting because it is recalled that proposal at the timS it was made was presented by eminent Germans SI a mere freak unworthy of serious notice. ' " " . . w ss Change la Seme Freight Rates. " ' I By the Associated Press) ' 1 Washington, Jane ; -JLThrouKh freight rates from the Southeast td the Wert, lower than combination rates heretofore, were ordered estab- iHAEHI AMERICANS HOLD 38 MILE FRON AN CHURCH We'liilied by the railroad admmlstratios JtoJay. " ' -
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