North Carolina Newspapers

NEWS BRIEFLY TOLD Dispatches of Important Events Ccth ered From AH Parts of Tbs World. FOR THE BUSY READER The Happenings of Seven Days Are Given in Epitomized Form for Quick Reading. Domestic A Vale jo, Cal., dispatch says that naval officers and federal agents co operated in seeking out the responsi bility for the explosion of a black powder magazine at the Mare Island. navy yard In San Francisco bay in which it was reported that six persons were killed and thirty-seven injured. Government authorities will not ad vance any theory as to how the explo sion of a magazine at the Mare Island navy yard in San Francisco bay was caused, and the rumors of an organ ized conspiracy against that navy yard are not confirmed. The food control bill has a "rocky road to Jordan." It might also be said that it is a stormy one. Some senators say that it is absolutely nec essary to revise the measure, if not, In fact, to re-write, the whole meas ure. Cloture rules are being invoked in the. United States senate because it is impossible to secure unanimous consent on the food control bill. Samuel Gmpers and Theodore Roosevelt had a wordy tilt at a gath ering in New Yqrk City when it ap peared to Mr. Gompers that Colonel Roosevelt was charging responsibility for the East St Louis riot to the la bor unions. Mr. Gompers wanted the colonel to wait until he had invest! Sated before he charged responsibil ity to any set of men. The colonel said: "I'll answer now when murder is to be answered," after he had stat ed that he was willing to go any Length for American labor: The tilt between Colonel Roosevelt and Samuel Gompers in New York City was brought about by Mr. Gom pers charging employers with respon sibility for the East St. Louis riot, basing his statement, he said, upon Investigations made by competent men employed by the Federation of Labor of Illinois. Selection day for the new national army is approaching rapidly as the lo- 2al exemption boards in the various states complete their organization. Washington Another step in building up the se lective conscription army was taken with the distribution of a circular by Provost Marshal General Chowder, notifying the registered jnen .to .hold themselves In readiness ' for appear ance before the boards which will con duct examinations and consider ex emptions. How or when the government will select the men to be examined for conscriptioiris not detailed in the cir cular sent out by the provost marshal general. It is only revealed that reg istration cards in each county or city jurisdiction are to be numbered with red ink and that when the drawing is complete the list will be published. Exemptions will be allowed only for causes such as responsibility for the support of relatives, and not for agri cultural or industrial reasons. Seven days after the designations are post ed will be allowed for filing claims for exemption. September 1 has been tentatively agreed upon as the date for assembling the first half million men in cantone ments for training. Government cont?ol of American ex ports, authorized in a provision of the espionage act, has been ordered put in operation July 15 by President Wil son. An arrangement under negotiation will give the United States arid Great Britain control not only of all allied tonnage, buF of neutral vessels as well. Ships now on runs not regarded as necessary to a successful conduct of the war will be forced into trades con- sidered more essential, and all vessels now held in port through fear of sub marines will be required to go . into service. London newspapers, it is stated in Washington, are demanding the build ing of more airplanes, as that will be the ultimate and .deciding factor in , the war. Insistence is made 'that more English air vessels be built to assist the United States in carrying the war into the enemy's territory. There is no doubt of the seriousness of the situation in the Chinese capital. Trains are filled with fleeing Chinese. Hotels are full of foreigners. United States and Japanese soldiers are en deavoring to reach Pekin, but it is stated that their arrival will probably be delayed. Germany has placed a screen of sub marines more than a hundred miles out In the Atlantic in an effort to cut the United States' communication lines, is the news given out by the navy department. Immediate necessity for smashing the German spy-1 menace has caused the government to order quick organi zation of an entirely new secret police system, the national intelligence serv ice, which is composed of operatives of the state, war, navy and justice de partments, and a few other employes not mentioned. It is. announced that the treasury secret service men will continue to work individually on counterfeit cases. A German submarine is reported to have shelled Ponta Delgada, a city in the Azores, 800 miles from the mainland of the United States. Unless strong and efficient govern-; merit action is immediately taken, the food administrator reports, ; fanners will face a slump in wheat prices, and consumers will be cauhgt in a series situation. It Is authoritatively announced that South American countries need not fear the United States embargo, as it is intended to estop the Scandinavian neutrals from shipping their surplus food into Germany. It is not intended, however, to starve Denmark and Hol land, but they must quit shipping ; American products into Germany. Militants of the National Woman's I Party have been ordered to vacate . their offices near the white house. . Leaders of that party say they will im mediately "start an investigation" of the order. 4 A Chinese dispatch announces that the monarchist leader has withdrawn his troops into the "Imperial City" and the "Temple of Heaven," the two most historic and beautiful sections of Pekin. . It is hinted that it is only a matter of a few days before the re public forces will effect complete de struction of the manarchical uprising. The reason there are so many va cancies in the aviation section is that : only a small percentage of those who apply can pass the physical test. The last step necessary to make the entire National Guard available for duty in France was taken by Presi- ! dent Wilson with the issue of a proc- j lamation drafting the state troops into the army of the United States on An- j gust 6. j -To make certain that the purpose of j the national defense act is carried out, President Wilson's proclamation of July 9 specifically declares the men1 drafted must be discharged from old : militia status on that date. In that : way the constitutional restraint upon use of militia outside the country is ! avoided, and the way paved for send ing the regiments to the European front . I Fourteen camp sites for the sixteen ' tactical divisions into which the Na- tional Guard will be organized for war j purposes have already been selected and the militia bureau is preparing the railway routing of the troops to the camps. Six hundred and eighty-seven thou sand conscripts wHl be selected for the first army. Probably twice that num-! ber will be drawn, as the number of exemptions 1b- estimated at 50 per cent. Registrants subject to draft for the new national afmy have been notified ' to hold themselves in readiness to ap pear before the boards which will con-r duct examinations and consider ex emption claims. , Prohibition may cause a general re- ! vision of legislative plans and indefl- J nitely prolong the war session. j All Germans formerly connected either with the embassy or any one of the', many consulates In Ainerica I have been requested to leave the United States. .' ; : , A Pekin dispatch announces that the Chinese republic has been re-established, Hsuan Tung, the young emperor, having abdicated. A London dispatch says that Brit ons are demanding reprisals of the Germans for air raids on London. News from China is to the effect that civil war is impending and- that already one fight has taken place 35 miles from the city of Pekin between ; the troops of the monarchy and the ' republican forces. European War Halicz, the strategic gateway to Lemberg, capital of Galicia has been captured by the Russians. Halicz, Galicia, which has been cap- tured by the Russians, was the cen-' ter of much very heavy fighting about a year ago after the Russians had captured Bukowina and were attempt- ; lng to reach Lemberg, but the revolu- tion in Russia caused the activity of the Russian army to cease. The allies opine, that the fall of Ha licz must inevitably cause the Teu tonic forces to recede. In the Russian advance many pris oners have been captured, together with guns arid war materials. The German chancellor seems to have rallied ail forces. J3ethman-Holl- wegg, imperial chancellor, told - the reichstag, July 10, that peace without annextion is impossible, and in nowise acceptable to the central powers. In his speech to "the reichstag, Im perial Chancellor Bethmann-Hollweg admitted that Germany has many dif ficulties to surmount, but said the al- lies difficulties were equaly as great He predicted German success. West of Stanislau toward Kalusz and Dolina, the Russians have pene trated the Teutonic lines to a depth of nearly seven miles. v Russian artillery is hammering the J enemy lines to the south of Brzezany, and north of the rPipet marshes, near Riga, Dvinsk and Smorgon, where fighting activity has increased. Copenhagen, Denmark, hears that there is much dissatisfaction among the Saxon soldiers. They' are loyal, but outspoken in their aims. They freely admit that they are fighting for love of the fatherland and the mon archical principle, but not for the house of Hohenzollern. . Premier Lloyd George, speaking at the secret session of the house of com mons on July; told the members of that body that perfect air security for the city of London or any other city in England is impossible. The air raid on the city of London July 8 resulted in three raiders being destroyed, bat six machines of the pro tecting squadron were also destroyed, so it is pointed out that the Germans got the beat of the "argument." , On the western front the British continue to advance, and the French artillery is active from north of. tbM Aisne to the Menae. i PRESIDENT. ISSUES; PATRIOTIC - APPEAL CALLS FOR PATRIOTISM OP-ByCj.1 NESS MEN OF THE- COUJ(-T TRY. mtm unusual mm r . But Promises Just Prices Will Be Pa(j For All Supplies. Asks Buslnera Interests to Give as Freely as "f ho Whd Offer Lives. v Z4 Washington. President Wilson, a. pealed to the country's business inter ests to put aside, every selfish consid eration and to give their aid tot the nation as freely as those who g&etl to offer their lives on the battje&eid In a statement adaressed ton.thV coal operators and manuf acturept hi gave assurances that just -pricefc 4 1 " be paid by the " government andfithi public during the war . bur vfafit that no attempt to extort ukust ' nroflts will be tolerated. I ".i "Your patriotism," said the dent's appeal. "Is of the same self id 3 nylng stuff as the patriotism ;oTlt men dead and maimed on the! 'fields of France, or it Is no patriotism Lit all Let us never spea, then, of 'profit and patriotism in tse same seutehcleV "I shall expect every man whofs not a slacker to be at my side . ' m : ! . iff tnrougnout tne great enterprise, .-.lit.. it no man can win honor who thinkl of himself." ). v;4 The President declared there muia be but one price for the government and for the public. He expressed confidence that business generally wHf be found loyal to the last degree, an that the problem of war time price&U which he declared will "mean victory; or defeat," will be solved rightrj through patriotic co-operation. In unmeasured terms, Mr. Wilstr condemned the shipowners of t& country for maintaining a scheduler of ocean freight rates which has' placed "almost lnsurperable obstacles'' in the path of the government. "T fact is," he asserted, "that those w t have fixed war freight rates hirt., ; taken the most effective means '4s their power to defeat the armies en" gaged against Germany." Coal pra duction and other industries . fcf whose products the government hat negotiated price agreements are nbj taken up in detail by the President his appeal dealingL.only , with the.genJ eral principles lnTeA..-tte;"fettx mination ' of war prices, ; REVISED CENSUS ESTIMATE BASIS FOR APPORTIONMENT" Washington. Postponement of thel drawine of numbers of men who will be called for examination for the na- i i -i . -u ing organizations of their district e BVluouv uiai, males u o uvi. vwiujisiri emption boards as rapidly as war de-AV oartment officials had hoped. only: twenty-one states have reported their organization complete, although In most of the others only a few are missing. The drawing will not be made until the listsfor the country are complete. A so-called revised census estimate foT the entire country compiled on the basis of the draft registration will be used for determining apportion ments. Each city, county and state must furnish two-thirds of one per cent of iAs paper uoDulation, accord ing to the new estimates, which were made for the purpose ofequalizing the draft rather than to represent accu rate population totals. -------- . . i The estimates of Southern cities in-i elude Richmond. 171,178; Norfolk, 105, 159 ; Portsmouth, 36,62 ; Roanoke, 47 -"854; Newport News, 41,373; Peters burg, 37,049: Lynchburg. 27,849; Bir mingham, 212,436; Mobile, 49,249; Montgomery, 40,773; Little Rock, 57.- 135 Jacksonville, 102.285 Tampa, 60.408; Macon, 52,639; Savannah, 80.- 279; Atlanta, 206,159; Augusta, 52, 232; Louisville, 216,448; "- Shreveport 41.030; Winston-Salem, 55,161; W1K mington, 28,863; Wake county, 65.161; ! Charlotte, 48,509; Charleston, 63.519; Columbia, .42,221 ; Nashville, 113,155;'. Spartanburg county, South Carolina, 79,367; Greenville county, S. C, 74, 979; Danville City, Va., 20,923; Gull ford county, North Carolina, of which Greensboro Is the seat, 70,987; Bun combe county, North Carolina, of which Asheville is the seat, 54,549. Bristol, Va.-Tenn., Is located in Sulli van county Tennessee and Washing ton county; -Virginia. The two coun ties are estimated as follows: Sulli van vounty, 30,944; Washington coun ty, 25,215; Bristol City, "Va." 6,631. FLEETS BECOME MORE EFFECTIVE WITH U-BOATS. 'London. The sinking of fourteen British merchantmen of more than 1,600 tons is reported in the weekly summary of . shipping losses. Three merchantmen of less than 1,600 tons and seven fishing vessels " also were sunk. The official statement follows: "Arrivals 2,898, sailings 2,798. British merchant ships sunk by mine or sub marine,' over lOO tons, including one previously, fourteen; under 1,600 tons three." ' T'" W STORAGE HOUSE BEST i.-it'.':' v i m. mw mm , i ii i 1 1 i ifc i i ' 1 i i n i i m m .-y.-vi S TYPE OF HOUSE USEDN 0repard by the United States Depart- ' ,ment of Agriculture.) V,f Storage Uv regular storage houses Is the only practicable method of keeping Sweet potatoes on a commercial scale? At? few crates of potatoes required for Heme use may be stored in the attic over the house kitchen. . stora8e in banks and outdoor eel- lars has been the custom throughout the South for a great many years, but this type of storage Is being rapidly re placed by house storage. Very few of the potatoes stored In banks or cellars are suitable for market, for those that do not decay make such a poor appear ance and are of such poor quality that they are not desirable. The banks are not economical for storage because too much labor and expense are necessary every year to make them, the tempera ture and moisture in them cannot be controlled, potatoes cannot be taken from the banks when the weather Is cold or the earth is wet,, and potatoes from banks will decay very quickly up on removal. . - A tweet potato storage house may be f constructed of stone, brick, cement. hollow tile, logs, or lumber, but to se cure the best results lumber should be naetL The walls of cement, stone, etc., 4re always cold, and it is difficult to prevent them from becoming wet. It Is also hard to prevent the collection 1 of . moisture in dugouts and cellars. Jtrhe.cbst of building a storage house ;tc4U depend upon the kind of lumber Isd and Its price and also upon the Jabor available. A 20 by 40 foot house Twfll cost anywhere from $150 to $350. Many houses have been constructed of second-grade. lumber, farm labor being ,'ttsed jto do- the twork, end the cost has neenvery lowr in 'many instances it has been possible to remodel an old tenant, house, granary, or shed at little expense to make a very serviceable storage house. - "wu "'iru"7' . 1 -"v"" may be made or duck, cement, or blocks of wood, and should be at least -cier. lucre euuum ue uirwj ruwii ut - OM mnnnrm .ni. . nnatx 1W 1K at - . . i a.i wide, one row under each side of the house and one row under the middle. On these supports are placed the sills (8 by 8 inches) and across the sills are placed the sleepers (2 by 10 Inches). The walls of the house are construct ed by setting 2 by 4 or 2 by 6 studding on the sills every 2 feet, and at the top of these are spiked the plates (4 by 4, inches). On the outside of the stud ding Is nailed a layer of rough boards, laid diagonally to help brace the wall, and over these boards a layer of build ing paper, then the drop siding. On the inside of the studding are laid rough boards, then a layer of building paper, and over this a layer of matched lumber. The .wall constructed in this manner consists of two air-tight walls Inclosing a dead-air space. This type i of wall Is more satisfactory than a wall filled with sawdust or shavings, for these materials soon collect mois ture and the walls decay. The roof of the building Is construct- 4 jn the same manner as any house :roof, with rafters, rough boards over the rafters, then building paper, and 'last the roofing. This roofing may be .sheet iron, roofing paper, or shingles. jThe floor of the house is constructed by? laying rough boards across the sleepers, then a layer of building paper la laid over the rough boards, and matched flooring is laid on the build ing paper.. The matched flooring is usually laid crosswise of the house. The celling is sometimes made by running 2 by 4 girders across on top of; the eave plates and on the under side of these building paper and matched , celling lumber are nailed. A much better ceiling may 1e made by nailing building paper and matched celling lumber on the underside of the rafters to about two-thirds of the, way to the, ridge of the house and then acrosslon 2 by 4's, as mentioned above. The Windows for a storage house should be located about 2 feet, from the; floor, and they should open out ward. Some of the windows should be of glass, so as to allow the , entrance of light when needed without opening the house. All window openings, even those containing glass sash, should be fitted iwlth well-battened shutters to protect the potatoes from cold and moisture. Necessary Ventilation. It is essential that a house be thor oughly ventilated when necessary, and for this purpose ventilators are con structed In ' the roof ' and openings made In theHoor. The outlets through the rooCmay be constructed by naJUng two 8-lnch and two 10-inch boards to- FOR SWEET POTATO ARKANSAS AND LOUISIANA. gether to form an 8-Inch box. This, box should extend from the Inside ceiling of the house to about 18 Inches, or 2 feet above the roof. The tops of the ventilator should be provided with a hood to keep out rain and the bot tom with a cover so that the ventilator may be closed in cold weather. Every house over 20 feet In length should be provided with at least two ventilators. The openings through the floor should be 10 to 12 inches square and provided with a tight-fitting cover, so that they may be closed when necessary. The bins for holding the potatoes should be constructed to allow as much circulation of air as possible. They should be set at least 6 Inches away from the wall, and a space of 4 inches should be left between the bins and under the floor of the bins. The sides of the bins are formed by setting 2 by 48 upright and nailing across these 3 or 4 inch boards laid with an inch space between. The 2 by 4's between the bins are slatted on both sides so as to provide a 4-lnch air space between bins. The floors of the bins are formed by laying two 2 by 4 scantlings edge wise running lengthwise of the bins and nailing boards across these in the same manner as for the sides of the bins. The floor of the bin may be made in one or two sections, and if cut 2 inches narrower than the width of the bin Hpuid , Hot fastened down it can be readUy-resrioved -when it lsde sired to clean out the bins. The size and shepetQTthe bins depend on the size of the house, out to get good air circulation the bins should not be over 4 feet In dtfiKf The heating: apparatus for a storage house usually consists of ' a1 cheap sheet-Iron sove. Vitrified tile may be run through 4he roof of the house and the stovepipe -run through, the tile, thus lessening, the danger from fire. Kerosene oil heaters : are also being used with satisfactory results. In the more northern sweet-potato regions, where heat is required throughout the storage period, hard-coal stoves and hot-water heating systems are in com mon use, nd the- storage houses are usually provided with basements. Management of the House. After a house Is a year old. It should be thoroughly cleaned and dis infected each year before being used. All dirt and decayed potatoes should be taken out, and the Interior of the house, together with all harvesting baskets,' crates, bin materials, etc, should be sprayed with a solution of copper sulphate, made by dissolving 1 pound in 25 gallons of water, or a so lution made by dissolving 1 pint of formalin in SO gallons of water. Re peat this spraying after about 24 hours. A day or so before the storage house is to be used a fire should be started to dry It out thoroughly, and If the house" Is new the fire should be started several days In advance of the storage in order to drive the moisture out of the lumber used in the building. Dur ing the period when the potatoes are being stored and for 10 days or 2 weeks afterwards, a temperature around 85 degrees Fahrenheit, with plenty of ventilation, should be main tained. Even if It is not possible to secure 80 degrees Fahrenheit or above, the ventilators should still be left open, so as to allow the moist air to escape. During the curing period the 'windows and doors may be closed at night and on rainy days, but at otb?r times they should be left open. When the potatoes are thoroughly dried or cured the temperature should be gradually reduced to 55 degrees Fahrenheit, at which point It should be kept during the entire storage pe riod. During the winter, If the tem perature In. the house should drop be low 48 degrees Fahrenheit, a Are should be started or the house opened when the air outside Is warm and dry. If the temperature should go above 60 degrees Fahrenheit, the house can be opened when the air outside is cool. Should drops of moisture appear on the walls or celling the fire should be started and the ventilators opened to allow the moisture to escape. The es sentials in the proper management of a storage house are to keep it dry and to maintain a uniform temperature around BO to 65 degrees Fahrenheit. Success in storing sweet potatoes does not depend entirely upon success ful storage methods.' There are a number of sweet-potato diseases,' no tably black rot, stem rot and foot rot, which may cause serious damage in the storage house. The elimination of dis ease should be closely coupled with good storage methods to give best results. iE Girls! ; Use Lemons! i: Make a Bleaching, f Beautifying Cream The Juice of two fresh lemons strain ed into a bottle containing three ounces of orchard -white . makes a whole quarter pint of the most remark able lemon skin beautlfler at about the cost one must pay for a small Jar of the ordinary cold creams. Care should be taken to strain the lemon Juice through a fine cloth so no lemon pulp gets In, then this lotion will keep fresh for months. Every woman knows that lemon Juice is used to bleach and re move such blemishes as freckles, sal lowness and tan and is the ideal skin softener, smoothener and beautlfler. Just try iti Get three ounces of orchard white at any pharmacy and two lemons from the grocer and make up a. quarter pint of this sweetly fra grant lemon lotion - and, massage it dally into the face, neck,' arms and hands. It naturally should help to soften, freshen, bleach 'and bring out the roses and beauty of any skin. It' is simply 'marvelous to smoothes rough, red hands. Adv. Bathe in Moonlight. The pale moonlight that bathes, each night the several hundred frame build ings at rForC Benjamin Harrison which house the student officers and the reg ular army men, shines - also over - the tents of two Indiana Rational Guard companies, the First Indiana field hos pital and ambulance company No. L Late in the afternoon Is. bath, time with the student officers; and with the regulars, and the athhoases ipaje: for; each company, are at&mt th4 busiest places at -the fort, 'especially after a round of trench-digging. But the men of the field hospital don't care . for 4a thing ,tir the TrfternoohfrJUgnT time la the time- for them.' . Their 'bath houses are as open , as' the air, the bathing facilities' provided " consisting only of showers set1 up in ' the open back of their camp. So, late in the evening, guards are set out, and forms, pallid In the moonlight, emerge from the tents, run to the showers, shiver In the cold water, and beat a hasty retreat to the tents. Indianapolis News. KLIXTB BABEK WORTH ITS WEIGHT IN GOLD IN THE PHIUPPIJfKS. "I contracted mlrl In 1800, and after a rear's frnttleM treatment br a prominent WMAlngton physician, jour Elixir Babek entirely cured me. On arrirtng; here I came down with tropical malaria the wont form and-sent home for Babelc. jratn -lt pro red Its-Talue It Is worth its weight in nere." urasie U'Hmu. TTood e. Bta 8. Cavalry. Balavan. Phili mines. Bltrlr Babelc 60 cents, all OrnraAntM nr b Parcel Post, prepaid, from Klocxewskl A Oo Washington, . C Disproving a Theory. The man who had a theory was- ex pounding it "Everybody is more or less of a poet' he said. "There's not a person on earth, and there. never has been a person who hadn't a . spark of divine afflatus. It's only a matter of degree of inspiration of power to express, that makes the difference." "I disagree with you," put In an auditor, positively. 'There was one man who couldn't have been a poet. "Who was that, may I ask?" "Adam." "How do you make out that Adam couldn't have been a poet?"' "Why, that's simple. Poets are born and not made." Cleveland Plain Deaer. Little Bodily Energy In Potatoes. A pound of potatoes yields hardly one-fifth as much body energy as a pound of rice, corn meal, or wheat. This is partly because they are touch aore watery and partly because a large portion is discarded with the skins. Part of this loss Is Inevitable because the skin itself, is not usually considered good to eat ; but the more carelessly potatoes are pared, the mor of the valuable edible substance goe with the 8kln. Force of Habit. "I want three eggs and boll them three minutes. I am hungryhow soon can I have them T "In a minute, sir." C ' in ii . . 1 fA i ft h-W : X.