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- j FairAonlgteandSat; mer. VOLUME If HiY HENRY . WOOIl"v ; . . 1 iits.s staff Correspondent) ' WITH FItENCH ARMIES AFIELD. i; iiiantuMiuaiiy is now making, a Miprt -in.' effort to meet America's avia- Whiucvtu- the number of airpanes ;,ihI pilots America may be able" to outiii uti' next spring Germany, ex ,rts 1.1 duplicate them in every way JHir.sil'k". l).-!iineuts which were taken from tho p: i.-'nt rs assembled today showed cniidnpsivoly some extraordinary ef fort on th part Of Germany to in-' , ir.i. her number of airplanes as a ,,.ii!i. r balance which the. superiority ,,f tin- Anit iicau contribution will oth-ciwi-,' hrin.i:. SiiMv lnt spring, no lesa than twen ty.iiint' huire German factories, former 1 i-iiL'atroti in the production of general war material, have been converted into factories for the purpose of turning out airplanes and hydroplanes. uM factories have been greatly in- ! i vea-e.I in size and at the same time the Cennaii sroverument has been trying to improve the qquattty of machines m. I DIE IN FEANCf i By United Press) SAMMIES WASHINGTON Two more Ameri- j Administrator, addressed the citizens u s-'Miers have died while being onjof Falkland on Feed Conservation last tlurv . . i nun i , vT,4j,jiua a n tyfaii'fc t rted the deathsof Private V; W i of Wisconsin and Private Ralph j . li r f Now Hampshire. j VICTORY COMES !y United Press) I.i 'M i.N : -British warships in the K.itt.iL'.it have destroyed ten armed pa ir i ,,f the enemy without any " to tlu nwlves in a "naval engage. ' I: N announced by the Admir i il 1 ;.;,. L 1 ,11 : L. .1. U11UU VCTfTSflB ucsiiuj -an ruiser "Maria of Flems-! ;i o ut-.,! .n;ti: r ::.imo tons and also cap- tons and prisoners. - ! I T- f . .,, T. . .... "" - Uu The Ger- 'a i nod six inch guns and was : . . ' n twelve miles North of Kul-, i .... I ..i.l . . . I . n i mln. "'in imi tu at.iiun m iru mm- ; : r the British broadsides. panisli steamer brought seven l I '.'. rmans into Copenhagen . oi- iifMiuyers are supyvseu iu : i" rt-otji-d other survivors. '"l'KNHAGFJN A German warship ! n unk by the British wardships "rv- '' ''Othenburg after two and a ' 'i"iw- li'ht. " ! A -r of wounded German sail" . io ne now enrouie ' ' ''ik-i'.- i i II TREAT MAY ' ay United Press) WARSHIPS IfJ NAVAL FIGHT RF DP AM CniiT uL UN I UUI ' ' 'M The withdrawal of the breath the machines beganfto eomeun i i er s from the high ground I der control. Thirty; seconds .latter both In '"in Ios Dames was announced !v last niglit!" the Berlin war 'iinood. The report may fore-' 1 st ratgetie- retreat ; " ii'-r general s Woiern front. PRICfS ON FOOD HAVE DECilCira WASHINGTON Th iril tU-food the United Slates Ha ve de t the average of ten per cent , " high market attained in. May ' .1. "me. it is nffiHnllv annotmoed ' . -TP. ' . i -. TiVM'J Cyi -TP3 Tr T 17Vfi Tr rv r? i a SlsJ Rs. i K -v i pi ml- - IlOLlliND BOARDING JIOCSE' ' ' FOR WARRED NAtlONS IBy United Press.) WASHINGTON Switzerland, with her thousands of mountain chalets, may be the hotel of Europe in peace time But just now, the leading beard ing house of the world is Holland. The thrifty Dutch have taken in half a mil lion or more Belgians, and enough Brit ish and German soldiers and officers to bring the total close to the 750,000 m&rk. Just a few days ago, the little king dom contracted to care for 16,000 con valescent British soldiers. Enjoying the confidence of both Ger man and allied leaders. Queen Wll helmina's little principality has led a prosperous if somewhat nervous ex istence throughout the war. That is, there has been much-money in circula. tion. Food, esneoiallv for tho , At the beginning of the war, Holland probaWy was pro-Teuton Along her French borders, feeling was different, j however. As the war progressed, it be j came plain to all that neutrality or de struction were the kingdom's alterna ! tives. MAKES ADDRESS. Mr. S. J. Everett the County Food 1 n " - - - " - - . 5Tr. Everett "harxieltvered' in -thrrcoTrfr l' ty on this all-important subject was to the point anil thoroughly enjoyed. TO BRITISH AVIATORS ESCAPE INJURY - WIIEN MACHINES COLLIDE , , (By United Press) - PARIS (By Mail) A report just recajved from the French front demon- oirai M thu n-nu-inir skill with whifh "T" - " - " " ; : l - , . . .1 1 K.t ...o ?rnmw arc "" "J , uuuiB u. .v.. - bartered and. torn., tore , . , . , irtem selves span uuruig a p.umr.-im.. .,1 manouvered by - " ..... . , An., 8K111IU1 paiMiiing, liiiu a nun umuuis - , v ;i among a group of trees- Neither pilot . . . r 1 three vears ago this acci- dent would have been fatal to both ; aviators, said an American who was , ly in September, according to a dis an eye witness to the thrilling seeue. . . patch from Amsterdam to the- Daily, "A I5oche machine indiscreetly came ; Express, whicn claims to nave auinen over our lines," he said.. ."Two French j tic details. The outbreak occurred Hiin. mode for .him at the .same aboard the battleships Kronprinz and intent were they on taking J favorable position. above the enemy the men revolted against Demg ararx- that they forgot one. another. -Jmgjed. into the submarine service. crashed vrith5&& that was p&fiT" "The"" sailors on "the Kronprinz threw heard "on the ground. They stuck to. Admiral Schmidt overboard an astaDD igether aja Instant and fell apart. .Thejed and threw overboard Lieutenant wings of both machines were badly : Raul.-the admiral's side, and another ..rnmntei, .One slid away into a wing officer. A battle on the ship's deck, be- slip gliding a hundred miles anvhour ( - ..4Am the trround. The oth-1 ' w staipbegaflL to execute a vrflle and! it looked like both of them were done, ! Mow was holding his j were wobbling slowly harauT .iAnt noftffwt control. iEach . . j i 1.. h earno idea' aviator seemwjf; vtz " -j that of nrnking an easier landing in a amaU wood nearby... A mtnup the machlBes were gently settlmj down;day t0 two years were imposed oil ..... j uc a ai da from a iew inevitable scratches both pilots were none the worse." At Washington Sunday. W. Wilson of the East i wroressor j. 0Unf. Training School will speak to the Barapa Class of the First Baptist chprch, Washington N. C, toinorrow morning. His subject will be; "Chris- flan TAndtrshiO." A .JCnyirar. . . '-k.h stare. tor u:w"y'-T-. r tri i --JwtMrw-WWT A LOIN SHARES ' . .Bbx DUILUINU IAJJN 4UAKt.S T JBUTL BAld)lXU . ,1LI HV1L"4AW MMAn.XHW'., r""",-?.9-: W tXXttSXOKSi Wfr 'rAATxi klFft TrlDAY fV THE zlTIIj J5ERIES TODAY '' , IN THE 2TH ffERlES TODA TN THE 24TU SERTEiS TODAaV THE 24TH:SERlES0AY . -r, J ,7 Full Te.ler ri nJi (By JCiiited Press) "' ABrlINaTre?ve-sanori is believed, to have teen lost in tb foond. erin of a 'fa.boat',' fxdat the Unit ed States sMp JJftfcigfttt off aa Aoeri- : can port last, Tuesday. It has been ' learned officially that three bodies nave been recovered. The navy depart ment is now engaged in an in vestigation.' In the list of sailors now given up as lost are Arthur Plow Mat hews of North Carolina and George Melville Hidmarch, Jr. No detailed in- formation as to his home is now at ! and Germans massing reserves, artil naQd. lery and munitions for the- Impending WILL HAMMER GERMAN LINES (By United Press) WASHINGTON The French and British forces will hammer ceaselessly the German lines on the west front for the purpose of representing further Ger i man aia to Austria m tse Italian cam- -paign is annoanced by the French commission. If stopped the AL lies offensive wiil nage-U v liable German forces until at such time as the situation" can be relieved on the Italian front. IS OUT AGAIN H. White who has beea-4n- Mr .M. 'disposed for the past two weeks" is now able to be out again to the delight of j ais many irienas. ON WmSTtoO fCOTElJS ( By United Press) LONDON (By Mail) With one stroke of his pen the House Secretary has abolished a public nuisance and re leased a lot of husky men for war work. He has prohibited whistling for taxicabs. In London one doesn't tele phone for a taxicab. You pick them up as they pass. So the practice of whistling for them grew up. Every hotel and many private residences kept a whistle. The hotels also, kept por ters with good lungs for practically the sole purpose of blowing the whistle. The result was tnat an day and almost of tne night jt was impossible to get out of the ran of the whistle blasts. But it finally was concluded after J .i .. . nn.r.n t k,. , ,rk! 111 til aLIUlUtlU, luai. UJC nuia ... ... tllng wasn't particularly good lor nos-l imai putoisiiuu wuuiS. strong - iungea porrers win nave io go to work. ANOTHER MUTINY IN THE GERMAN FLEET J LONDON-r-Three officers and a num- ber of sailors of the German navy were killed in "another" mutiny at Kiel ear- Schleswlg - Holstein and started when tween the officers and sailors olio wed. Three officers and a number of saUers were killed. Similar scenes occurred on the Schleswlg-Holstein. Admiral Schmidt was rescued nut it was necessary for him to leave Kiel. All the'' "surviving mutineers were ar rested. " ua& - Jvf&S GIVEN JAIL SENTENCES SIOUX FALLS, S. D. Prison sen tences ranging from one year tnd a hrontvj)ft German socialists, convicted here last week for conspiring to ob- j struct the selective draft in Federal Court today by Judge Youmans. Fines ranging from $300 to $1,000 also were assessed against the? men. August Friedrlch, alleged leader of the con spiracy, was fined $1,000 and sentenced to five years in prison. Motions for a new trial were denied. V The men -will be sent i& the federal prison at Leaven- wortl Kans; ir Rn n r t )4 TWf l4i (By UnitejiPress) LONDON With the ' forces on both sides arrayed and both the Italians : fighting the battle f Taglimento ap :parently started todUfy by locul attacks . and patrol skirmishes. There is intermittent shelling and j jockeying for strategetic advaneage. It may be some days before the full -iTwwk sir. KsrK bMiui Itt wvw-r, lnfA.li. .struggle on either side. I In the meantime information re ceived from the SwiW sources is that the Germans are transporting great numbers of jnenjnys Treantine, apparttyTWlth idea of striking on this frehT ln-ian' attempt to break through and out-flank Ca - doraa' Ub4 at Tagtiamento. A drive from this angle would be a logical de- velopment of General Mackensen's j campaign of his advance by flanking I operations. HEROIC -AMERICAN SOLDIERS "LA WED" OUT 9F U. & ARMY. BIT J. W. PEGLER. (United Press Staff Correspondent) AMERICAN FIELD HEADQUAR tERd, KANCE -KBy Mail) Ex ' I I if I I - - - 1 . . - Bills oiii patriated, cut atL from their own coun-j fall session next Monday and the baL try by the piffling technicalities of our J anee ou Monday of the week follow laws, America's first war heroes are : lug- still fighting and dying in the ranks of the allies. They hope someday to 1h restored to their rights as Americans. But while they can't do anything about It they can keep on killing the Boches. Most eff the Americans already ight ing in this are in either the Canadian! Army or the British or the French fly- j ing corps. Their record is aproud one marked by decorations from the Brit ish and French. One American atr least has won the Victoria ( -ross, Eng land's highest recognition of heroism, ; many have been decorated with the MilUary Cross and hundreds have been given the'French War Cross. - c Major exunder Rassmusen, of Port. land. Ore., and. Lieutenant Jack- Man- nne of Fiorlda. both veterans of the Phllipines, passed through this camp the other day on their way to train a new contingent of Auericans in the, British style of fighting. Though they have been in tne trenches for months during which time both were wounded. the United States Army has not taken-; them back. They came here wearing, their American service ribbons on Brit-! ish uniforms. i American officers were surprised to ! learn that these two soldiers in the i King's uniform were Americans. Man- ning met some of his old comrades of the United States Infantry and thly i could scarcely .believe that the Cana- j dlan soldier was " the man they cam paigned with in the Philippines. In London I knew scores of Ameri-: can soldiers who simply couldn't wait fpr the United States to declare war ! on the Boche and so Joined the British. They ran: a bluff expecting confident-1 ly that their own country Would be glad to have them back as instructors, when we entered the War By this time many of those fellows have been" killed or badly wonnded. - ::.' T.toiit A TT Pannlll. rTHnthhm-.. VTr. . . . ginia boy, won the British , Mllh ! Cross at the battle oCVimy BMgo on , last Easter Mondey by sheer- .bravery and leadership. . He was woundci; aorl after recovering, Joined the )toyl Jxiy ins Corns. Today I received, a --letter i from him saying. $::.. i.'C rr.:,i.-;the . "I am trimmed up in lad wtth Ooth ; legs up in the air iu :R.8llng.1t;eeis years since I came to.r'rance .Tfith-jthe Royal Flying Corps in: ther rtftdclkrtjf July. . I ha"Ve helped bitog daWb sejfert. al -Huns and took part :dn -the ?lofsr strafe' on Aug. 15, flylngAloje bejnd the tines; shooting up anft dtentrsial troops, transports and artillery. The TT itorl Press (By United Pxess) PARIS France won a great blood-, : leas victory in a sweeping advance f of- lowine the GeTrman retirement- from nlr of the Chern des Dames line between ' Oise and Aisne canal on the east and; Corbeny on the west. ' Detroit Federal agents' here are in- Over this section, the official report j vestigating an alleged plot toabduct recorded the French advance as far aJor kil1 IIenry Ford, 2nd;'infan son of me Aiieue river, me uermans had blown up all bridges on this river. The French are now occupying Cour tecon, Cerny, Ailetes Chevriux with an advance, thirteen mile Tront it is an nounced. A NEW TERROR OF THE SEA APPEARS (By United Pi ess) LONDON A new terror of the seas Is an electrically controlled speed boat. She is reported by the admiralty to have made an unsuccessful attack ion British Patrol Vessels off the Bel- Igiuin coast. ' Community Picnic. A community picnic was held at the , Bruce Public Sshool yesterday and a ; fair crowd was present. Messrs. . J. j Everett and S. B Underwood, of this city, were present and made addresses. This school expects to open for the fall session on Monday next. Will Open Monday Between ten and twelve of the public schools jn the county will open for the SHORT OF HELP On account of shortage in help the Daily News, has been late for the past several days. We trust our subscri bers and friends will bear with us for we expect to remedy the defect as ear- ly as possible. Cotton Ginned According to the government's report there were l.Cli bales of cotton, count ing round as half bales, ginned in Pitt county from the crop of J917 prior to Octobedr 18, 1017 as compared with 9, ( 3 bales gj nned to October 18 191 . Vaudeville at White's Theatre The vaudeville showgiven by home , talent at White's theatre Tuesday night will be very good and should be well attended by the citizens of GreenYille, jas the proceeds are to go to a most worthy cause. Below is he program. Named Delegates Governor Thomas Bickett has named Mr. J. B. James of this city, as one of the delegates to the Atlantic Deeper Waterway Convention which is to meet in Miami. Florida, this month, The selection is a most fdrtunate one. '. : - JUST RECEIVED Four of the latest Improved . i - Edi3on Machines and ReWrdsv Prfo $100. $150 and $250. They are seen in front of Proctor Hotel." 11-3-lt-lp ' as hornets, ' squirting lead at us like fountain peris from every shell hole. I came'ouf afl righ't bnt they got me a few days iafef"."" 'Some of my controls were shot away and we crashed to the ground behind 'our lrnes. I don't see Why we weren't billed Outright but out side of haviiiy goine bVuises and both thiehs fractured I am'O'K. I am very .mfi.rthU onrl horw' soon to he errant- . ed 4 U tbeUnitJtates and Cariida?f - ' -Mamihiff told me that Frank Burr, of :C1e vetoed, .. Canadian lieutenant, rjrokfe.hrtp-.tears as Manniny said good - bvc nrrj-the-4night he took the train formers more man uU) w wui-si AmejrtfiattPCamp. , .'.Borwas jast goiny-np to the trench- ee ulnjafiaer a short rest. From day to jdey he h&d.heen hoping to get word Of .vWstransfer to-.the Ametican Army Ms tnsrn: Anad-It did't arrive. -3tasx-4s one (Bt.teery last of theito tbe-scnooi Ameticngr who femgbt, in the so-called Lost -Legion of iAloericans The rest have been killed or incapacitated for life'. -3 'f 1 "'''; sl"Inistorio spade. i - sBDvcr or owl- : . - PLOT TO 1 auw v u- millionaire mantitacturer. A letter de. moivllmr llO'OnO tmr JSAA Vnr-A a a . , tl . . , . the price for the baby's safety, wag. " turned over to postoffie Inspectors Bevv eral days ago. Jacob Yellin. -0 years of age, was arraigned in United States District Court today, charged lth sending the leteer. i The letter was signed "Sicilian An J archists Association." It demand . ed that the money be sent to "Gua k Adams" and said it would be called for at the general delivery department. Government agents admitted that he was the second person taken into cus tody. It was stated that Yellin was the man who sent a messenger boy tor the parcel. Yellin admitted that he hired the messenger, but declared that he did so for an unknown third party. NEWS READERS ATTENTION Mr. Matt Duke, is now in charge of the circulating department of the Dab j ly News and this is to notify ail suh ! scribe rs to report any failure on the -part of tlte carriers to deliver their pa : pers to this office .where their com plains- will be given prompt attention by him:. .Mr. Duke will see to It from now en that prattipt aarvkeiHilLJbe rendered. V I - 'K " W V I mm T M t-s ARBOR DAY CELEBRATED BY TRAINING SCHOOL The Senior Class of the Training Sshool yesterday celebrated Arbor Day by having their tree-planting. Dur ing the last period of the school day the entire school assembled at a spot on the campus where the Seniors gave a short program and planted one mi-"to mosa tree, the tree the class has a : dopted. Their plan is have the mL inosa. a tree that is distinctly south- ern. stand for this class wherever it Is , geeQ There are already of j these trees Qa tne campUH and the ; . wm lant otner8 . . t. a.- . A avuwi v ii.il iutt uvuiui a ixi uic front, led by the chief marshal carcy-1 ing the United States flag, marched to the tree, singing as they marched, ' ' WV. o lrlnH n-f on A morlAO n qh Vnn ?" I Theschool formed in a circle, with the chief marshal standing in the ecnter, sang "The Star-Spangled Banner," saluting the flag as they san Miss Willie Jackson then read the tl . . . ... Proclamation for Arbor Day.- Mies t .. r.. ,1 .v.- 'i;.-. - $ The class then sang "Hail to Caro lina."' Miss Estelle Moore the class president, stepped forward and -announced that the class had taken the mimosa tree as their tree. Mist Nan-. j Ip -Clapp than read Miss Mimou Southern Lady," a poem written for the occasion which gave a symbolic infornrotnHnn rf the Ttlimona which showed some of the reasons the adopted it as their emblem. . SOng. tne memoers ox me ciass iriypm i . , . , ., 0 UarA by t. each girl thro ful of dirt at the root of the tree. , The president asked Pres.- Wrignt j to come forward and accept the tree j 1 from the class. The class f '18 num. than and other Senior ; class, has ,en, , rolled and it is a class that naa aone m 118 Pwer lo lc a U"K some schooj spirit. Pres. Wright in his acceptance commented on the fine spirit of the class and what that means They girls of the class gathered a-j round him and he gave them a heart-; to-heart talk.. 5ra V'iJ v.- J 4 O'ctocft Mail EDITION fTf prove ot in teresi io most rirr cxranuans, especially to the parents 6;fboy wbo - vj-, are now students at that institution. jj' ' A few days ago the itndenfs I.the University, who are-frou .itt'eoniity, .Wkmrniwrf tirt'r.t.i.,H , , , ,f l--,- J?V:-T Tingtonpresident and; Hwartl"H6pker . ... . . A-A : y- iei-k . . representative or jiiexiua-OT in .,, . ' ;j v- t, th Carolina Club Advisory Council It is the desire -Qfthe North Carolina Club that the different counay clubs work in conji year. The subject North Carolina Clubfor concentrated study this year is "Pounty GoYern ment and County Affairs." The county government has been ap propriately termed the jungle of American governmental system;,' and this is nowhere better :xmpliiied than in our own state. Itcrui-ftirther decided bv the Cluh riinHHflfm' a Jiille a thecoaJcC socio- logical problems of Pitt county. ' 'Pro fessor Wj S. Befhard has kindly con sented to act as Editoritn-pidef of : the bulletin, and W F. Stokes" was elected as Business Manager. -The object of the bulletin is to analyze the county's affairs and to point oiit the advantages and shortcomings of the county, and the chapters dealing with theee problems have been assigned to the fcembers for working out. The club expects to place this bulletin in the home of every white citizen in Pitt county,, and it is thought that the cost of publication can be covered by ad vertisementa -Ixoni the business men of the cd&nty used for th' ebreaking of jhe gAmnd and for all of the occafSojis when class es have planted trees or plants, was used for the breaking;, of the ground class is guardiaffof this until after the class has used it and then it is pased the keeping of the president of the next year class. Miss i Rejia Harrison, president of the class of isigracious ly ccepted this frott Miss- Estelle Moore. . The singing of the xlass "fcong of the Seniors closed the exercjfees. r f : ITALIAN ARMY ENGINEERS ; - 2. PKAlSEy ' lix OFFICIALS (By United Press) WASHINGTON, i). ' C. Engineers 1 . 1 Y. . 1. n nn.tr .i i n a i i 1 their admiration at the .Wlzardiydis played by the Italian v&igineerlng Corpa In the war Feat& of :engiheerlng ltom nrkncaiHlA Vi a Tror yrt roruiiii'cMl. m ...... ly performed by the Italian soldiers , hlgb in the aips. - . - J itWn&inr& rn- wess is simple. IncindeifcCtyen- gineering corps arevJXXiiiejStrho at one time or another tdelied tricks - . "tl-? 1 ' -' " T fi and shovels on AmeaESaansttiiuto Jobs. These men forheistg years went back to "Italy ad&rooknp the technical side of etpxpj Thousands of sturyltaiitt' labor. j era working m e home to John the colors wbpi sohJSof Garibaldi took up arms against their . tr r?tlnnnl eilomlpo tht AnfitHans Tho ... ..... - trenuit is tnat itaiy s engineers ro a man ' ; r fe ..- .. We'sThetltrc TflLNIGBCf v-rv : . Saturday vNifht "" feitarfiag' "Mollie ""tiCfit.. iNo Doctor- featuHnrKtty Arbuc kle. Mutt and Jeff. . with entire efanhge of program ' Wawiian Bfagers and players selected fily the V - - i S. v 'j' - ,v THE ?4TH SERIESS3TODAY ilS THE ?4TH SERIES TODAi j Y . ; , 7V . . - ' ' W . .. ' "Jt CV J -XT .
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