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OUR GREENVILLE loURS IF YOU COME i A -1 IkWeatherReport l';iir Tonight and Saturday. (older. D A; Tjfp PEWS Full Telegraphic Report of the United Pr 2nd Edition ess VOLUME II. Greenville, N. C, Friday Afternoon, September 20, 1918. NUMBER 83 iIPP mm IT wiMb fUl s nn 1 It H Get Mc many Has n In ion Not ountinff the Aus trians (By The United Press) (By War Expert Ferguson) Diminishing- German effective fighting- forces as a result of 4the Allies' hammering- this summer is shown in authoritative information received at American headquarters. The enemy has eighty-seven divisions (about one million men) in reserve not counting the Aus trian divisions which in all probability are now in the Metz region. Thirteen of the eighty-seven divisions who have had over a month's rest are regarded as fit for immediate service. Twenty divisions have had a rest for three months The totally rested divisions include three first-class, six second-class,, two third-class ; and two of the fourth-class. All others were engaged in the German attack on Julv fifteenth" or in the Allied counter offensive. Large Caibe Into Metz From r Guns Shoot u.S. Base (By The United Press) Washington Nine inch and larger calibre guns can now shoot into Metz from the American po sition members of the House military commit tee sav that the War Department tells them A department ofncial is quoted as saying tuoj seven thousand LADeny muiuis nave out. of which two thousand five hundred have been sent to the the army. An Agreement Is Signed By The Russo-Germans (By United Press) Stockholm An agreement has been signed at Vilna by the Russian and German delegates providing for Ger men evacuation of occupied territories according to dispatches just received from Fetrograd. French Answer Td Austria Is Given Swiss (By United Press.) Paris Fiance's answer to the Aus trian peace discussion proposal has Ix-en handed to the Swiss minister. It consists of Premier Clemenceau's speech in the senate TcfusiBg-he offer. navy and the Allies, the remainder to eth, N. J. The first American built Cap- tViP roni uombme: airpiane cunbuuttcu nv, plant of theStandard Aircraft corporation will be riven an official test tomorrow on tne ivimeoia Aviation Field, Long Island. Cant. Josenh Dannunzio, son ot tne ceieoraxeu Itaiian noet-aviator will be m charge ot tne nignu Gillian e Car vese will be the pilot. The total weight of the 1 -omber when loaded will be eleven thousand four hundrd pounds. Washington A triple alliance between Poland, Czccho-SlovaVs and Jusro-Slavs tor an unitea Germany and Austria is held pos sii ip iipve y;v Dr Thomas Masarye, chairman of the r- (,:ho-Slovaks national council and the com-py-m-chiei of the Czecho-Slovaks forces. in Sil;e:-ia, France and Italy. Arrest Of The Allied Envoys Given The Lie (By United Press) London The British foreign office declares that the reports as to the ar rest of the British. French and Italian Ambassadors to Boumania which oc curred in Fetrograd. is untrue. All of the Ambassadors are now as Jassv. LARGE BOATS ENEMY BV ALLIES (By United Press) London An overwhelming defeat of the Bolsheviki forces commanded by German officers to the rear of Ukh tinshaya is reported in ah official dis patch from the Murman coast. London British forces operating on Archangel front, Russia, have cap tured the enemy's largest steamers on the Dvina river, it is officially announced. Paris French troops yesterday cap tured Kssigny Legrand (four miles di rectly south of St. Quentin) the French war office announces. STAR WAREHOUSE BULLETIN NO. After next Monday sales will be held on the Greenville market every day un less further notice is given. We have third sale Tuesday, second sale Wednesday, first sale Thursday, and second sale Friday. We have again been asked if we were buying" tobacco on other markets and re-selling it on the Star Warehouse floor. We wish to say emphatically that not one pound of tobacco has been bought by us or by any of our agents on other markets and shipped to Green ville for re-sale. SMITH & SUGG. 1ST PAGE. LIBERTY WAREHOUSE Big sales have been had at the Liberty this week and the prices are yet high :t this well-known warehouse. The farmers selling their tobacco at the Liberty as from the very first, are de lighted with the prices they are re ceiving and they return to their homes perfectly satisfied and state the Liberty for them -in the future when they sell tobacco. The Liberty had a fin site yester1 day and everybody was pleased with the result. Farmers bringing their to bacco to Greenville should not for get that at the Liberty they will re ceive the highest price. If any of the farmers doubt this statement all they have to do is to give it a trial. The Liberty is one of the oldest to bacco warehouses doing business hi Greenville and during all these years it has ever guarded the interest of the farmer and his tobacco. Bring your tobacco next time to the LhVrty and see if you do not go home satisfied, idv'lst p. 2 eace Prop Tl sans Austria And Mwtgix Still Opem Is State!. 40 Pitt County Men To Entrain Camp Sevier The first call for registrants of Au gust 24 was announced yesterday from the selective service bureau in a spe cial bulletin to'local boards of the state. The Provost Marshall has called for 1,."74 white men from North Caro lina to entrain to Camp Sevier during the five day period beginning October 7. Incidentally, the selective service bu reau is issuing the call for white fight ing men instead of "men qualified for general military service" as heretofore. "In filling this call," says the bulletin. "yTiS should first exhaust the class of June 5, 1017, of all white class one fighting men ,if any, and fill the balance from the class one white fighting men registered June, 1018, and August 24." ' As many local boards in the state have already exhausted class one of -June 1917 registrants, and a great por TTonof June, 1018, registrants,t is accepted at state headquarters that the call for Camp Sevier will require some class one men between 10 and 3G who registered September 12. The apportionment for Pitt county is forty-. , ARE APPRECIATIVE. TRUST CO. SHOWS RAPID GROWTH IN ITS DEPOSITS BRITISH IN SEVEN MILES WEST ft WAS CAPTURED BY LAST NIGHT ATTACK (By The Unitea Press) London Field Marshal Haig wires the British war ofiice that the British have capture moeuyic (seven miles directly west of Cambrai) m their attack of last night. . Fighting is still continuing in that region. 1 here are local engagements on other parts of the bat tle front. . . The British advanced their lines a mile m tne Unrrni vopnphv spctor (west of Legatelet) yester day in the face of strong opposition and heavy artillery fire. Of Merchants Last Evening The Greenville Marchants Associa tion held a very enthusiastic meeting last evening which was presided over by Mr. Frank Wilson, the first vice president. The association decided to join the Southern Traffic League and they also signed resolutions to he pre sented to the next General Assembly for dog control in North Carolina. The Merchants Association is doing fine work for Greenville and community and while the membership is large there ought to be many more business men connected with it. Lady Organizer Of Battalion Is Executed (By United Press) London Mms. Alexander Bedschka jeuna, organizer of a Hussion Woman's battalion has been put to death. She was executed at Vitebsk September 12th for her participation in a counter rev olution according to a Berlin wire less dispatch which has just been made public here. The dispatch declared that the woman had been shot. Every reader of the Daily News should not fail to read the statement of the Greenville Banking & Trust Co., in this issue, which gives a compar ative statement of their deposits from August 20th, to September 10th, 1918. The deposits of this well-known finan cial institution at the close of business August :50th. was $810,000.00, while their deposits up to September 10th. 1018, show over $1,400,000.00. The two million dollars. No bank in East ern Carolina makes a better showing as to its financial condition and this late the officials, directors, stockhold total resources of this bank is nearly paper ers and patrons. It will pay any read er to take a peep at their advertisement in another part of this paper. CASUALTY LIST Morning Lrst. Killed in action, .'0. Missing in action. 51. Wounded severely, 84. Diexl of wounds, 10. Died of aeroplane accident, 1. Wounded, degree undetermined, 3. Died of disease, 3. ' Died of accident, 5. Total 106. Afternoon List. Ki-Hed in action, 30. Missing in action, 55. Wounded severely, 82. Died of disease, 10. Died of wounds, 15. Died of accident, 5. Total, 197. MARINE CASUALTIES TO DATE Officers. Deaths, 39. Wounded, 64. Missing, 1. Total, 104. Enlisted Men. Deaths, 951. Wounded, 1.933. In hands of enemy, 11. Missing, 152. Total, 3,047. Killed in action, Lawrence S. Lough ran, Asheville, N. C. Wounded severely, John Robert Wil liams, Bragaw, N. C. The Home Economics Department of the Woman's Club has sent to the Canteen at Raielgh 480 glasses of jelly. They wish to thank all those who so generously contributed to the fund for this. A total of $58.80 was received and was sufficient to purchase and pay transportation charges on this amount. small sum remains which will serve as a nuclues for the next gift. SUBSCRIBE TO THE DAILY NEWS (By The United Press) Amsterdam Austria and Hungary's peace of fer is still open. This statement was contained in an official dispatch received here from Vienna. This dispatch further stated that Foreign Min ister Balfour's recent speech contains rash conclu sions regarding the Central Powers' attitude to wards peace which he could not have made if he had accepted the proposed discussion. From reports abroad the rejection of the Aus-tro-Hungarian proposal cannot be doubted. Offi cial replies have not as yet been received, only Balfour's exhaustive discussion is available. i Allied Troops Advancing 25-l.Fronf in Macedonia (By The United Press) ' London Allied troops are advancing on a thirty-five mile front in Macedonia according to ad vices just received f rom-the Saloniki battlefield. The Serbians have crossed the Czna river be tween Rassin Bey and Godiyah capturing Mrew chko. The fighting on the fronts has. been widened j until it extends twenty-five miles east of Gzenra- where the Allies have advanced between fifteen and seventeen miles. Near Lake Doian the British and Greeks are moving forward on a ten-mile front. The British official communique from Saloniki declares that the Bulgarian trench system at Lake Dorian has been captured and that the city of Dorian is now safely held. CAMPAIGN FOURTH LIBERTY LOAN WILL HAVE EARLY START That the Liberty Loan workers in North Carolina are determined to con- takes this occasion to congrat!, a most intensive campaign dur ing the three weeks from September 2Sth to October 10th, was evidenced by a letter received yesterday by State Chairman Joseph G. Brown, from J. T.. Williams, of Cerro Gordo. N. C, advising him that he had sold a bond of the fourth Liberty Loan on Sep tember 17th and ,would like to be ad vised as to the terms of this loan. Chairman Brown replied to Mr. Wil liams' letter congratulating him on initiating the bond selling campaign at this early day, but stating that no de tails other than the dates for in- Liberty Loan Day Will Be On to do likewise. Postoffice officials es timate that if this suggestion is general ly put into practice the phrase will be request individuals aud corporations used forty million times each day be- stimulate the generaus response to the (By The United Press) x Washington President Wilson in a proclamation names October 12th next as Liberty Day and requests the citi zens of the United States to celebrate the discovery of America in order to tween now and October 19th, when the Liberty Loan campaign closes. Chairman Brown made announce ment yesterday that in conjunction with the chairman of the Central Lib erty Loan Committee for South Caro line. Mr. Edward W. Robertson, ofJ Columbia, S. C, urgent requests have leen forwarded to the War Department through Senators, Treasury officials, the Secretary of the Navy, and others, that eight or ten army trucks, fully stallment payments and the interest manned by equipped soldiers, be as rate had been decided. The rate on the signed for Liberty Loan work in the fourth Liberty Bonds will be 4 1-4 per fourth Liberty Loan. cent and 10 per cent in cash mut ac company applications for these bonds. The balance is payable as follows: November 21st 20 per cent ; Decem ber 10th. 20 per cent ; January 16th, 20 percent, and January 30th, 30 per cent Mr. Thomas A. Edison, the electrical wizard, lias made the suggestion to the two States during the approaching campaign. It is proposed to have such machines accompanied by local bond solicitors, speakers, and other workers, and itineraries are now being prepared in f lticipation that this request will be granted. Chairman Brown, carrying out the resolution adopted at the conference on STAR WAREHOUSE BULLETIN NO. 1 War Loan Organization of the Treas- Tuesday, has written to State Fuel ury Depirtment, and to all business Administrator Norfleet, of Winston concerns, that every letter written for Salem, asking him to have the gasless the next five weeks be closed with Sunday request of the Fuel Adminis "Yours for the Fourth Liberty Loan." tration suspended on the three Sundays Chairman Joseph G. Brown has adopted in the Liberty Loan campaign. In this suggestion for North Carolina, and his letter to Mr. Norfleet he stated that has asked all Liberty Loan workers to this request was made in order thatj Our sale yesterday of 104,000 lbs., was one of the most satisfactory sales we have made this season. Te;pe!es on the common grades of tips and lugs r';-7 were considerably higher than . tfcey ... -have been for several days-'"The 'fiefS;$ Loi err a T c r-f 4-Voww a flnlHi well as they have sold a.t-tio.T'AlMe since the market opened. -W again caution our friends to market their to bacco gradually and in good condi tion. SMITH & SUGG. Liberty Loan workers as well as those desiring to attend Liberty .Loan gath erings could use their cars in this patriotic endeavor. The suspension of be made up byextending the expected this request on the three Sundays can time for recalling such a resuest. The matter has also been referred to the Treasury Department, as it is likely such action may be taken in all of the states east of the Mississippi river where the request is in effect. .DoYom Take 1 n ie Mews? i A I i j .7. p :h "ii i "I i -A A s .'5 A 1-- " 0 us
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