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ATTEMPT MADE
900,000A
U. S. 5 MONTHS AHEAD OF
ATTEMPT MADE HAGENBACK-WALACE l" austrians at last msfr WAR SAVINGS IS tliHlii
ON CHARLES' LIFE
Unconfirmed Report Says That an
Attempt Has Been Made to End
the Life of Austrian Emperor.
RIOTING IN VIENNA BRINGS
WARNING TO PARENTS
Germany Proposes to Exchange !
Twelve Divisions With the
Austrians.
(Bv the Associated Press)
London, June 22. Reports are cur
rent on the Amsterdam Exchange
that an attempt on the life of Emperor
Charles of Austria has been made,
says an Exchange Telegraph dispatch
i'ropi Amsterdam. The report is un
confirmed. Militia to Supress Vienna Riotings.
lAH.uon, Jane 22. Accoruing to the
Vienna N'ieu Freie Press police and
the militia were railed put and took
strict measure to suppress he disord
er j and warned parent that they
would be personally responsible
for the acts of their dhildren, says a
Copenhagen diapatch of today.
Germany Would Exchange Troops
With Austria.
London, June 22. Germany has pro
posed to Austria lo send 12 German
::rmv divisions to the Italian front in
txchange for 12 divisions of Austrian
troops for the western front in
Fiance, says an unconfirmed report
translated in Holland and transmitted
1 V the correspondent of the Daily
Mail at t'he Hague.
British Troops Make Raids.
London, June 22. Raids by British
troops in the region of east Amiens
and in sectors of the Flanders front
are reported by the war office today.
Prisoners were taken and casualties
inflicted upon the enemv
German Attempt Raid, Repulsed.
Paris, June 2. Ueiinan Uoops
last night atempted raiding operations
in the vicinity of Bolloy southwest ot
Montdiddier. They were repulsed
says the war office report today.
Similar operations were undertaken
by the enemy in upper Alsace and
were equally unsuccessful.
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Premier Orlando Says it is Now
Permissible to Say the Battle
Has Been Won.
AUSTRIANS GATHERING
FOR ANOTHER ATTACK
Wounded Italians Show Signs of
Being Wounded With Explo
sive Bullets.
BATTLE IS WON
FOR THETTALIANS
(By Associated Press.)
Rome, June 22. The battle situa
tion is unchanged and infantry en
gagements were not resumed during
Friday, says the statement issued last
nigtiit by the Premier in Parliament.
It is now permissible to say that the
battle is won, the Premier declared
to the deputies, according to the re
port of the Tribuna.
The Austrians, the Premier aJded,
are now gathering1 every available
man in certain sectors of the moun
tanious front Only a email portion of
' the Italian reserves baye been called
upon. j
Austrians Using Illegal Bullets.
Italian Front in Northern Italy,
June 21. (By the Associated Press.)
JJfftie out cf every ten Italian sol-
djt,ra wounded in the present fighting
f beir positive evidence of Uiaving been
injured by the explosive bullets whidh
the enemy is using, according to Cap
itin Twaith, of the American Red
Cfrosa who 'was so informed by hos
pital officials.
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One Hundred Men and Women
Killed and Scores of Other? In
jured in a Train Wreck. s
BELIEVED DEAD ENGINEER
WAS AT THE THROTTLE
Wooden Sleeping Cars of Circus
Train Demolished Whti.-i Train
Empty Pullmans Rut Into 11.
(By the Associated Press)
Chicago, June 22. Between fifty
and one hundred men and women,
members of the Hagenback-Wallace
ciicus were killed early, today when a
Michigan Central train of empty
Pullman cars, running sixty miles an
hour, crashed into a special train of
sleeping cars of the show near Gary,
Indiana. It is believed the entire per
sonnel of the circus was wiped out..
Four wooden coaches in which the
circus performers were sleeping were
demolished and the victims caught in
the wreckage are believed to have
buined to death. The crash came so
suddenly there was no chance for es
cape. Six hours after the wreck eight
bodies hadbeen taken to morgues and
tweity-hve persons missing are be
lieved to have been incinerated. One
hundred and twenty-five injured per
sons were taken to hospitals at Gary
Twenty otners wore brought to Ham
mond. At Gary it was said twenty,
three of the injured could not sur
vived and six at Hammand reported
beyond hops of recovery. Four died
at Hammond and four on the relief
train carrying the injured from Ivan
hoe to Gary.
The circus train had stopped be
cause of a hot box and W. L. Land
man, general passenger agent of- the
Michigan Central, said his only ex
planation of the wreck was that the
engineer of the train of empty cars
must Ik i'e been dead at the throttle.
He ran past two block signals, wo
red light signals and the usual fuse
planted between the rails and throw
ing brilliant red lights visible a long
(Instance," said Mr. Landman.
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N. C. BOYS IN THE
DAY'S CASUALTY LIST
Army List Contains 153 Names and
Several N. C. Men .Are Listed
There. Two Being Killed in Action
and Two Wounded.
(By the Associated Press)
Washington, June 22. The army
casualty list of today contains 153
names, divided as follows:
Killed in action 52; died of wounds
26; died of airplane accidents 1; died
of disease 8; died of accidents and
other causes 10; wounded severely 37;
wounded, degree not known, 2; miss
ing in action 15; prisoners 1.
The listjncludes the following:
Lieutenant T. H. Watson, of Ral
eigh, killed in action; .Conporal Ohes.
H. Barley, rf Rosemary, who was
wounded severely.
Marine List.
The marine .casualty list of today
contains 31 names as follows:
Killed in action 4; died of wounds
1; wounded severely 12.
Listed umong the marine casualty
list Private Isaac N. Boone, of Stokes
dale, who was killed in action.
Relative of Salisbury Woman.
Corporal Eugne McCloud, of Char
lotte, reported severely wounded on
the French front in Friday's casualty
list, is a nephew of Mrs. J. R. Bias, of
Salisbury. He it a son of Mr. and
Mrs. J. M. McCloud, of Charlotte, and
his mother is a sister of Mrs. Bias.
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MEMBER
SALISBURY,
From the Montello Plateau south
ward along the Piave River is now
the scene of the fiercest figfUting in
Italy. Everywhere, according to the
official report, the Austrians ure be
ing held, witlh little gains, Chough hard
battles are being fought at many
points, as indicated by the arrows.
The Austrians, London hears, have
Central Committee Met Friday
Night and Named Sub-Committees
to Handle Celebration.
PARADE AND FLAG RAISING
! HPT.fiTAT. TAVH FEATTTWF.S
Speaking Also to Be a Feature of
the Glorious Fourth
Celebration.
The central committee having the
4th of July celebration in charge met
in the Community Building Friday
nig1 ji. 'jnd planned for the event. The
call whidh: caime down from the Pres
ident to make the 4th this year one
of much patriotic interest will be
faithfully carried out by the Rowan
people if they join in with the plans
of the committee looking to the ful
filment of the spirit and the letter of
the Presidential wish.
The principal features of the 4th
in Salisbury will be the raising of the
flag to represent the county, the pa
rade of organizations and speaking
by some distinguished visitor. To car
ry out this tentative plan committees
were nameJ at the Friday evening
session of the committees as follows:
Committee on Flags R. A. Kosloss,
Mrs. E. C. Gregory and Mr. J. V. Wal
lace. Cbtrnwittee on Parade .William
Wands, A. H. Snider, and Mrs. E. W.
Burt.
Committee on Musk T. W. An
drews, J. W. Proctor, Mrs. (R. A. Koh
loss, end Miss Lizzie (Bingham.
Committee on Finances H. A. Bon
ier, W. B. Strachan, Welter H. Wood
son. Committee on Speakings A. H.
Boyden, J. F. Hurley, T. W. Andrews.
Ktammitee on Organization W. C.
Maupin, A. B. Saleeby. Sam Lisk, W.
E. Shaping, J. C. Kesler, and W. T.
Raney.
Publicitv Committee J. F. Hurley,
R. A. Kohlosa, T. D. Brown.
Tta program committee is made up
of the chairmen of tffe various com-
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crossed to the west bank of the river
between the Conegliano railroad 'jnd
Zenson bend. One report has it tfnat
they are across for a distance of
aibout fifteen miles and have thrown
fourteen bridges over the stream.
Rome admits that the Austrians have
established u bridgeflieai: on the lower
Piave.
But Enemy is Reported to Be Con
centrating Large Forces of Men,
Apparently for Big Thrust.
THE DUAL MONARCHY IS
SEETHING WITH TROUBLE
Slowly the Enemy on the Import
ant Plateau From Montello lo
Mouth of Piave Driven Back?
By Associated Press.)
Fighting on the Piave line appar
ently is decreasing as tihe Austrian of
fensive enters vpon the second week.
In the mountains there has been lit
tl activity for several days, ibut the
Australia are reported to be concen
trating large'bodies of men there, pre
sumably for en t tempt to push south
ward to jha" Venetian plain.
Italian "Vatirftance and counter at
tacks from iMontello ito the mouth of
the Piave river, aided by the sudden
rising of tlhe river, has played havoc
with the Austrian hopes of capturing
Montello and tlhe dominating plain.
Slowly the enemy on the important
plateau is being driven back by the
Italians and his efforts at other points
halve either ibeen driven back or re
pulsed. The fighting on Montello 'continues
intense, and the 'Austrian losses have
been heanry and the Italian newspapers
estimate tihtem at 120.000.
More than forty Austrian divisions
have been engaged on the bittle line
and thirty of these (have suffered very
heavily.
Behind the ifightnr the dual mon
archy is seething with discontent ovr
the food situation, whicfr apparently
shows no signs of improvement. The
unrest in Vienna continues to spread
throogSotit Austrian-Hungary anH
much anti-German feeliner is beinc
manifested in Vienna and Hungary.
mittees, and is as follows: iA.' H. Sni
der, general chairman; H. A, Rouser.
W. C. Maupin, William Wands, A- H.
Boyden, T. W. Andrews, R. A. KaCv
loaa, and J. F. Hurley.
Soldiers
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1 TRANSPORTING IRONS
Workers Named Who Will Mnke
Canvass of the City and Out
lying Districts.
DISTRICTS LAID OFF AND
WORKERS ARE APPOINTED
Details for the Canvassing of the
Community for War Sav
ings Pledges.
At an enthusiastic and well attend
ed meetihjr held in the Federal court
rooms yesterday, the final details of
the War Savings Campaign that
starts Monday and ends Friday, were
worked out. Chairmen fur each of
the wards were chosen and these In
turn selected the captains and work
ers for their teams. A number of la
dies were present and they consented
to take charge of the work in the resi
dence sections. They also chose cap
tains witi'i assistants for each ward
and are now busy selecting members
for their respective teams.
The work in each ward will he in
charge of a chairman who will divide
his workers into three teams, each in
charge of a caiptain, one team to work
tlhe business section of his ward, 'an
other to work the mills and factories
and another to work the rural routes.
Each captain (including the ladies)
riSould communicate with and retport
to the chairman of his word for ad
vice and instructions. All worfxiers
are requested to confer with their captain-
us soon as practicable, if tihey
heve not already done so.
Supplies, etc., can be obtained at
the County lOommittee Room 210,
Wallace Building. For information
phone 40,0.
The following is an outline of Ufe
organization:
North Ward.
Dr. J. E. Stokes, Chairman.
Business section team, M. J. Jack
son, Ouptain.
A. B. Saleeby, iA. R. Lazeriby, Dr.
Whitehead, Clyde Ennis, T. W. An
dreiwts, Locke iMoKenzie, Wm. lUrban
sky, W. D. Hartman.
Mills and Factories Team, J. C.
Kesler, Captain.
J. L. Boyd, T. B. Marsh, Percy
Grimes, W. F. Snider. Dr. M. H.
Groves, Will T. Porter.
Rural Routes Team, T. D. Brown,
Ca.ntsin.
Miss Lida Olive.
Lidies Team, Mrs. Pritchard Carl
ton, Captain.
.Mrs. Marvin Snider, Miss Alice
Vanderford, Miss Susie Wl'iStehead,
Mrs. Edwin Hennessee, Mrs. Charles
Woodson, Mrs. Arthur Peeler, Mrs.
Ratz, Mrs. Robert Latta.
West Ward.
J. V. Wallace, Chairman.
Business Section Team, S. M. Har
ry, lOiptain.
Arnold Snider, Laeut; F. P. Pratt,
John Deas, Stamey Carter.
iE. D. MoCll. iLieut; C. H. G. Larri-
more, Kerr Craig", Frank Brown.
W. C Mauoin. Lieut.; P. E. Lewis,
-T. B. Martin, M. G. Rozzelle, M. Elbert
Harper.
JrM Rsirsey. iLieut.: John Han
foH. H. A. iRouzer, M. L. Gantt.
Mi'ls and Factories Team, W. E.
M'Whirter. Certain; S. P. Lewis,
Lieut.; John D. Kennerly. C. L. Nuss
nran, Luther Helms.
Ladies' Tewn. Mrs. F. F- Smith,
Cap? in; Mrs. H. L. Duval, Lieut.
East Ward.
A. E. Davis, Chairman.
Business Section Team, E. R. Over-1
man. Captain; M. G. MeCurdy, Lieut.;
J. M. Peeler. P. N. Peacock.
T. A. Snyder, Lieut.; W. T. Klutti,
Hsvden Holmes.
R. W. Sinclair, Lieut.; Jno. M. Mc
Canless, T. J. Maupin.
C. K- Howan. Lieut; J. W. Proctor,
T. A. Dennis, Arthur Hoffmsn.
yiU Team. J. P. Curlee. Ovrtain:
E. B. Neave, Lieut.; H. E. Rufty, C.
(Continued ea page S.)
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DR. henry tows Smith
Dr. Henry Louis Smith, of Iexing
ton, Va., president of Washington and
Lee University, formerly president of
Davidson College and one of the lead
ing thinkers, speakers and educators
of the nation, will make the address at
the Community Building tomorrow af
ternoon. I
W S S .
War Department Makes Call on
the Tar Heel State for Five
Thousand More Men.
WHITES TO CAMP HANCOCK,
NEGROES TO CAMP GREENE
White to Leave Between July 22
and 27 and Negroes Between
July 29 and August 1.
IHv th tARnriBtl Press)
Raleigh, June 22. North Caroling'
was called upon today for five thous
and moie drafted men, Adjutant Gen
eral Young announced today, making
the total number of drafted men from
this Mate approximately 80,000.
Between July 22nd and 27th three
thousand white men qualified for gen
eral service will be sent to Camp Han
cork j Augusta, Ga.
Between July 29 and Auguest IstJ
two thousand negroes qualified for
general military service will be sent
to Camp Greene, Charlotte, . C.
General Crowder'a instructions were
that in obtaining men agricultural
pnd industries were to be disturbed as
little as possile.
W S S
AUSTRIAN WORKERS ON STRIKE
Paris, June 22. Fifty thousand
woikers in the vulcan factories in the
Werschalowsky airplane works have
gone on a strike, according to a dis
patch received here fiom Vienna via
Eael, Switzerland.
The borgomaster of Vienna has
told the municipal council that it will
be impossible to distribute potatoes
after the week end.
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Close of Cotton.
New York, June 22. Cotton closed
steady.
Julv 2.4
October 24.61
De -ember 24.22
January 24.05. .
March 24.00
ANOTHER CALL FOR
NORTH CAROLINIANS
ONE EDITION
2 CENTS
PRICK TWO CENTS
Chief of Staff Announced Today
That 900,000 American Soldier
Had Been Sent Overseas,
GERMAN DIVISIONS BEING
REFORMED FOR BIG DRIVE
Viewing the Whole Situation, In
cluding Italian Front, Central
Powers Are Held.
(By Associated Press.)
Washington, June 22. Nine hun
dred thousand men have been shipped
across the seas, General March, chief
of staff, told the newspaper corres
pondents at the weekly conference to
day. Tvee include troops sent from
all Ameri.-an iports of embarkation. '
The United States today Is five
months ahead of the program for
placing an army in France, General
March said. '
Tl figures on American troops
shipped are significant since General
March at the first conference last
week Axed the number of men ship-
ped at more than 8O0,00Q, the addition
of 100,000 during the wetj.d showing
the rate of progress being made;
While the &enerl battle situation
looks good today General Mrda said
jthe present lull on tlhe western front
means only that German combat divi
sions are being reformed for another
drive.
Viewing itlhe whole situation, includ
ing the Italian front, the chief of staff
said the Central powers are again held
:it ail points.
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A TEN PER CENT IN-
E
RATES IS GRANTED
Inter-State Commerce Commission
Grants Permission for Raising ot
Rates y Express Compaals Go la
to Effect in About Two Weeks.
Washington, June 22. A teh per
cent increase in express rates was ap
proved today by the Inter-State Com
merce Commission. At the same time
the commission disallowed an appli
cation for an increase to fifteen per
cent.
The new rate will become effective
as soon as the express companies can
file a new tariff, probably within the
next two weeks.
W. S S
ANOTHFR OFFENSIVE BY
AUSTRIANS IS EXPECTED
IN VERY NEAR FUTURE
ii is Believed at Italian Headquarters
That They Will Probably Concen
trate Their Efforta Next Time.
Italian Headquarters in Northern
Italy, Thursday, June 20 (By the As
sociated Press.) It is considered only
a question of a brief lapse of time be
fore the Austrians will begin another
ofrns:ve. It is said that this time tfoey
will probably Concentrate their; ef
forts instead of scattering them as
they did a week ayt when they follow
ed the German (plan of attompUnfr to
mrf h a big offensive over a Ion? line
before revealing their point of at
tack. It is thougbt that the (plsn was even
dictated by General Ifldendorff, the ,
German commander who did not
rcilize that the Austrians Vera too.
weak to make such an attempt, lack-.
inr as they did not only artillery hut
general officers, and pfficers of lower .
grade. , - v"-' v; ;
The deported presence "of Emperor r
Charles on th taliao front i$ con-
sidered one of the aifiu leading to tha
belief that the Austrians win feet the
necessity of renewinc their attack. '
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