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VOLUME I. . " - i ... . - -i , , ; -i : : - - .. - J 1 1 Storm the 8 to East of Avion (By United Press) WITH THE BRITISH ARMIES. Wearing gas masks the Canadian troops this morning penetrated the German lines to a depth of 500 yards on a seven hundred front east of Avion.! It vTas a most spectacular attack. Up in four o'clock this morning 60 German prisoners have been sent to the rear, and the dead far exceeds this number. . The Canadians belw up innumebrable dugouts and many Germans perished in those. Drafted Men Cannot Enlist after Examination (By United Press) WASHINGTON. The War Department to day ordered all recruiting officers to refuse to enlist drafted men for any branch of the service after they are summoned for physical examina tion by the local exemption boards. Men at the top of the list have only a few more days to enlist as it is only a short time before they will be call ed before the Boards for their physical tests. Battery "B" Can Use a Limited Number of Men A telegram from W. C. Rodman, Captain of Battery B., 1st N. C. Field Artillery, states that drafted men may enlist up until the time they are called to appear before the Exemption Board. He states that the Washington battery of Field Artil-,; lery is still shy of a few war strength, and that they will be enlistments from Greenville and Pitt county. Anyone wishing to join this company and thus pick his place should communicate with Captain Rodman at Washington or Sergt. Wilbur Brown at Greenville at once. Siam is at War with Germany I Ky I nked Press) U'.H!.;TMX. tfam has declared uhi against (ieiinauy and Austria, the Mat.- ItepartiiKMit officially advises. LARGE M'MBEK OF RURAL ROUTES WILL BE CUX "liKliuro. It 1 aliened (hat the has -leeii I 'i-t..tlict depa rt men! '""""I that fh Washington depart- """11 h;) decided to cut out a large ""r"' 'f rural routes during the next fr" months t,, reduce expenses, which n-siiit in some of the routes in 'tii- city .jng discontinued. Accord i" tr. tin- reports inspectors will go du"u;:li Hie -iutitry soon to examine 11 roads which the rural carriers tra ,,JI. anl whenever th- condition of the r";"1 f d had, routes will he dis- '"'"in'ifd. K0i,d which show neglect "HI In- more flu.s,. which apt to Ik- condemned than have been put into ' ass ci.ndit ion. while one careless road "vt-rsH-r in a township mav be resoon- sjl.. f"i- the loss of a route. PROGRAM WHITE'S THEATRE MONDAY "THE UNDYING FLA3IE" raturing Madame Petrovia ,'PATRIA" Maturing Mrs. Vernon Castle WEDNESDAY "SEVEN SISTERS" featuring Marguerite Clark MATINEE AND NIGHT ; men to complete the full! be glad to receive ! Export of Fats Prohibited by Export Council (By United Press) WASHINGTON. The threatened shortage of fats and ail necessary for the manufacture of munitions has for ced the Kxport Council toonlvr ihat the shipment of all fats to neutrals adjacent to Germany be discontinued. Germans Enter French Tr Driven (By United Press) PARIS. Violent attacks were again launched against the French near Car ronue last night by the Germans. The enemy penetrated the French first line x 1 !.., ,...-.. ltur jlrtven out b.V n - . -u. , ' sfroiiir counter anacK, eiixyu sitions held on a smal portion 01 iue Calif ornie plateau. The Germans re turned to the attack after being driven from the trenches first captured, but were unable to dislodge the French. More Fighting in The Palestine (By United Press) LONDON. Resumption of active fighting in Palestine around Beersheba near Jerusaem is reported today.. The British mounted troops drove back two enemy and cavalry regiments, taking thirteen prisoners. Southwest of Ga za the British raided nemy trenches killing 100 and taking 17 prisoners encnes .GRJO Dr. Local Board Governor Bickett has issued an or"3er tx General Crowder at Washington, D. C., to relieve of their 'office all men on exemptions who are within' the xlraft age. According to' this ruling Dr. M. T. Edgerton, Jr., of this city will soon receive a notification that he has been relieved of 'his duties in tins connec tion. ' " Dr. Edgerton has rendered excellent service during his term on the Board, and would make an excellent officer were it not for the fact that the blan ket ruling will put hiw off the Board. Xlis successor has'Tiot been appoint ed yet. "Too Many Ships" Says Capt. of Submarine (By United Press) AX ATLANTIC PORT. "You and the British have too damn many ships," said a German submarine com mander lo Captain Braf?g of the Am erican bark, Hildegrade. when the crew of the U-boat was . dynamiting that vessel, according to Capt. Bragg, who arrived here today. White of Shipping Board Has Resigned (By United Press) WASHINGTON. J. B. White, a member of the Shipping Board, ten dered his resignation to t he President today, and it will lie accepted. White constituted the odd man on the Board of Directors which gave Denman the balance of power in the meetings cov ering the Goethals-Deumau ship-build ing proposals. p 0 A- ixudoiau iximy in State of Demoriliziation By United Press) PETROGRAD. The Russian army on the southwest front is in a state of complete disorganization. The muti nous soldiers are threatening to shoot those who oppose them, and long lines of deserters are straggling to therear in a continuous stream. The morale of the fighters is completely gone, and this is the cause Of Premier Kerensky going to the front. Reichstag Forced German Gov't to adopt Its Terms (By United Press) WASHINGTON. The Reichstag ma jority forced the German government to declare for the renunciation of an nexations and indemnities, says the Dutch paper, the Nieuwe Courant, ac cording to dispatches received by the State Department.. The press reports have nof mentioned -such a situation in Germany, antTthe authorities are doubtful as to its authority nnnardo doubtful as to its authenticity. Appeals to Wilson Go to War Dep't for Final Disposal (By United Press) WASHINGTON. President Wilson, the Court of last resort for seekers of exemption" from the draft, will grant no plea not specifically recommended Ty the Jar Department. ' Already he has received many letters from moth ers, fathers, etc., appealing to him to exempt loved ones from service in' the new army. All these letters will be sent through a regular channel and will be taken up systematically by the War I Department. Edgeripn JULY 23,4917. , BROKi0RACTOR Photograph takemtluring a British advance, showing the barrel of a great gun that is delayed" T the breaking down of its tractor. DR. tAUGHinOUSE A MEMBER OF EASTEil C. EXEMPTION BOARD Dr. Chas. 0?H. Laughinghouse of this city, was appointed by feres. Wilson as a member of the Eastern Districi of North Carolina Exemption Board, July 21i The other members of the Board are C. D. Bradham, J. D. Langston, E. R.'Pace and A. W. Pate - . The members of the Western District Board are W. D. Gibson. O. R. Jarrett. Dr. John Weslev. R. fB. Wedine and W. N. Reynolds. This Board will have the power of passing on appeals from the local board and industrial ex emptions. The local board has no power to -pass upon exemption claims upon the grounds of being engaged in occupation which should exempt them. i If, for instance, a person should claim exemption : because he is a farmer, his case would be sent to ; the District Board. Also in other cases of appeal i from the local board, the District Board acts as a i court of appeal to rehear Many Accidents In New York City During Sunday (By United Press) NKW YORK. Eight drowned, two killed in an automobile wreck, one in jured from jumping from the Brook lyn bridge, thirty-five hurt by a run away horse on Coney Island, is New York's casualty list for Sunday. Hon. A. D. Ward at Training School at a By United Press) Hon. A. 1). Ward, one of the ablest lawyers in eastern North Carolina, and a student of country conditions in this, part of the country, wll deliver an address tonight at 8 :30 j'clock at the Training School Auditorium. While the subject is not anounced it is thought that his subject will be some phase of the improvement jf country life. The public is cordially invted to at tend this, lecture. Valor Medal for Elihu Root for Service to Gov't (By United Press) NEW YORK. EUhu Root, chaiqnan f the-American Mission that went to Russia, will be awarded the first val or medal of the Defense committee of the National Arts Club on his re turn from Russia. The medal will be awarfdlas. a recognition. for -his dis tinte&drv'oes in RussiaT :qhtO tinguished services while in Russia. Tonight iDELAYS BIG GUN the matter. Money Found on Dead Soldiers is Unclaimed (By United Press) LONDON. (By Mail) over 50,000, found on soldiers who have lost their lives iu France, is waiting at the War Office to be claimed by the nest of-kin of the dead men. As the war office is still asking for the next-of-kin of soldiers who died seven years ag leaving sums of money, it is not expec ted that much of the present fortune will ever be claimed. The amounts left by individuals vary from a shill ing to several hundred pounds. ON THE ILLINOIS FRONTIER Cope, of Eeast St. Louis, is here buy ing up walnut logs from those who have any to sell and shipping them to East St. Louis to be made into gun stocks and other useful articles of household use. Carlinville Enquirer. "Sammies" are to Get Good "EeatinV (By United Prej-u WASHINGTON. Uncle Sam's sold iers in France won't he obliged to sub sist on the ordinary "beef and beans" popularly supposed to be the only army edibles. Food contracts placed by the govern ment show, the American fighters will have four kinds of, tea, coffee and plen ty of granulated sugar, vpickles, all sorts of peppers and spices, potatoes, onions, flour for biscuitfe, hard bread, cine syrup vanilla ancF'feinon flavor ings, -lard; 'J butter, canneSp-and dried fish, vegetables, apples and peaches. TRAIilJG SCHOOL The building " committee of the East Carolina Training School met on July 13th.a to open bids fo rthe erection of another story to the Mode! "School building on Cotanch street. Bids were received from Camden and Hancock, Greenville : Blalock Bros.. Kinston ; W. B. Barrow, Raleigh; J. M. Copeland, Raleigh: and John R. Lilte and Son, Charlotte. The bids, were forwarded to Raleigh to the State Building Com mission, which will aw.ird to bid to the successful firm. For the heating system fo rthe build ing there were several Didders. They were: "The General Fire Extinguisher Co.. Charlotte : B, McKensie ; S. T. Hicks, Gi'eenville ; and P. M. Johnson. Greenville. The contract was awarded for re pairs to the power plant. A fire proof roof will be replaced on the plant, which will make it imperavious to fire from that source. The Model School building will be-l a model in every respect as to what a school building ought to be. The stairs on the inside of the building leading to the basement will be eliminated, RUSSIAN AGITATORS LYNCHED IN STREETS OF PETROGRAD SUNDAY (By United Press) - PETROGRAD. Three occupants of an auto mobile, a sailor, a soldier and a civilian, were lyn ched in the streets here yesterday after having fired shots into a group of officers and soldiers in front of the people's theatre. A score were woun ded by the shots. Admiral Verderfesky commanding the Baltic fleet wras arrested charged with communicating a secret government telegram to a committee of his sailors. ' - FIRST CALL FOR E DRAFTED MEN (By United Press) WASHINGTON. The first call for men draft ed for the physical tests will be made early next week. The men first called wilt be notified by mail,, but the responsibility of 'knowing the order in which they are liable will be upon the men themselves. GREAT OPPORTUNITY IS GIVE DAILY NEWS AUTO CLUB THIS WEE One Hundred and Twenty-Five Thousand Extra Votes for Twelve Dollars This Week. Last Week for Nominations Join Today. This is opportunity week in the Daily News Club and members will hot fail- to grasp it. There is always time in a campaign of this kind when you can do something big and that time has arrived Here is what we have to offer you this week: For every club of $12:00 that you turn in this week we will give you a .certificate for 125,000 votes. -These votes are in addition to the regular schedule. . To those who did not complete a club for the last week, or if you hid any over your last week club, you may count it on this offer. If you intend to win one of the big prizes that the Daily News is giving away, you must make a sepcial effort to get one of these clubs as the other memlcrs are getting them and you can see where you will be left behind soon if you do not try t6 keep up. This is the first work day of the week. Make up your mind, to go after that 125,000 certifi cate and work toward that end and Nou wilLbe surprised to know that you can really accomplish, for you never City EDITION "NTT TTVTTTT'T OO"'" i J. J lYi.J3JLU.tv ,OQ ; TO MM ElNTS AND ADDITIONS and the entrances will be on both sides' the building. Large fire escapes will be added to each side of the building' so as to insure safe exit in case of a blaze. The whole rflst floor wjU b& re- j plastered, and the heating pant rear ranged. The second story which be ad- . (led will contain four ret&Hjp rooms, one study room, one teachers rest room and three lavatories. It will be mod ern in every detail and will insure the most up-to-date environments for the -children to attend. The contractors are ready to begin work within ten days after the con trac is awarded, and the building is to When finished it will Te one of the most handsome school buildings in the entire state. The school which will accomodate seven grades from the city graded schools, will be built by thBttJd the town wil be reimbursed DV-taBla for the amount originally expended upon the building. This5 school, coup led with the graded scAoQl -iand the new High school, will lgive Greenville (Continued on Page Four) FIRST NEXT WEti know just how much you can do . if you never make a real effort. Remem ber, we are giving you nil that you can earn of the $2,347 in cash and mer chandise awards and the part that you receive will be according to work. Partial List of Club Members Member . votes Louis Curry, city 466,600 Miss Argent Quinnerly, city ..459,330 Frank Patrick, citv -dxl?nn Miss Lottie Barber 438,050 Miss Clara Jones city . . .. .43000' Miss Ethel Bynum, Fanfc&infe 3Q66fi)' Miss Margaret Moore . ..... . 2&$JSd Willie Harris, Stokes 273,000 Miss Athleen Bullock, Bethel . .275,000 Miss Rose Myers, city .... 246,200 , Miss Esther Blount, Ayden . . 2e700" James White, cty ........ .'. . .203,t)0f Miss Mary Proctor, Grimesland 194,000' Miss Susie. Sutton, Winterville 22,00( J.. R. Edwards. Chicod r. 20.000 W. D. Pruitt, City ... . , . llli&frfce W. J. Smith, Griffon JtJV1 WINATION OF If if "4 i : Mr $1 .! Ml -r I: - 1 4', 1 f v- - 1, 3 f A' A -r r- i 1 1 " II 4- 5 ar
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