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DA LY . tf Jhe Home Paper PLAQ&D HERE " 'W . , , till J-JTlilNpUOkt t Of Oar SoUitn 1 Fru. ' Today! Nwi Today" yQfi. $IX.-No. 140 Fir. cntJnued FIRST EDITION RINSTON, N. C. TUESDAY, SEITFJlBEU 11, 1917 PKICB TWO CENT! riTX CENTS ON TUACTJ FOUft PAGES TODAY amercan steamer in battle with 6 u-boats NOT HAVING HEARD TOBACCO PLANTERS KORNILOFF MARCHES AT HEAD OF FORCE TO AftACR PETROGRAD; KERENSKY GIVEN TAHEfeO; CAN'T PTE " OFFICIALLY IN BETTER SHAPE FREE HAND BY RESIGNATIONS INI! WIPE OUT ENEMY FLEET OFFICIALLY STBY Two United States Ships Sunk Gallant Defense by De stroyers Indicated Vessels Being Convoyed to Europe Kan in With Submersibles Off French Coast Change of Tactics of Germans Noted; Attack in Numbers Since Cargo and Troopships Are Crossing Ocean in Fleets No Loss of Life Among Americans, Thought- Incomplete Story of Encounter Reported by a Mer chantmen to Department MARGARET MASON'S LETTER. (By the United Press) Washington, Sept. 11. A great naval battle between a fleet of 4me!"can steamers and six German submarines lias occurred off the coast of France, it is announced by the Navy Department. The battle occurred September 5, the steamer Westigo has reported to the Navy Department. Two steamers of the fleet were &unk, whne "probably ail tne submarine rere lost," the department announced. The Westigo !? an American merchantman. The navy officials deduced from the report, that Germany has adopted the definite policy cf massing her U-boats for attack, apparently having learned of the recent announce ment that American ships are travelling in groups under convoy. The steamers rttacked were bowid for Europe under cenvoy of AmerV can warships. According to navy reports, not yet complete, no American lives were lest. Further particulars are expected hourly. Navy men re garded the fight as a brillhnt piece of defense for American destroyers worst enemy of the submarine. Grave Possibilities; Company Won't Give In. Richmond, Sept 10. A virtual complete tie-up within 48 hours of nil freight over the Seaboard Air Line, involving great quantities of government materials for Southern cantoments, was claimed shortly af-te- noon by officials of the Brother hood of Railway Clerks as, the result of the progressive strike, which it is claimed will result in the walking out of 1,500 freight clerks. The claim is based on assurance from Portsmouth, Va., that the clerks of that, the second gateway of the Seaboard system, would join the Richmond men tonight. J. J. Mc Csithy, representative of the Broth erhood, left Richmond this afternoon for Portsmouth, where he will ad dress a mass meeting of the clerks tonight. The brotherhood demands an eight hour day and time and a half over time. At present, McCarthy eaid, there are no limitations to working hours and no overtime is paid. Futures quotations Monday were January . March . . May .... October . December 19.96 20.15 20.30 20.05 20.05 20.15 20.3: 20.45 20.26 20.22 MEN NEEDED FOR ARMY'S ORDNANCE DEPARTMENT. The Civil Service Commission aiy nounces examinations to be held tc furnish rr.pn for the ordnance de partment cf the United States Ar my. Mechanical engineers, draft men. inspectors, clerks, etc., are ur gently wanted. Salaries ranjre -as high as $3,600 a year. A. S. Taylor, local secretarv, at the Postoffiee. will be glad to furnish detailed informa tion. I for construction and equipment for the 10 army camps in the section served by the Seaboard are now be- The clerks at the following points lieved to be In transit. Fears are ex ale out today: Richmond, Raleigh, pressed that the work at many and Hamlet, N. C, and Cordele, Ga. camps will be completely held up and The last named is an important the dispatch of additional troops freight center. Carloads of materials South delayed if the strike continues F1- .-;( ';;-. E j. Jk--.,S---:.-s;;--:1r J ' '' -, '! '. f:- - - - " I v' ' . Vr- 'i - . $ tStf Mum Pqto, Fmew Sue Star, Eafied for Lonf Ten by Luky ' t Apptw ia P&rmut Picture. By Margaret Mason (Written for the United Press) Alas, it's very, very sad! My news for fat folks is so bad! Like pencils they must be by Fall Or they'll not make their mark at all. New York, Sept. 8. Have you a little buljfe in your bodice? Are you just a bit lumpy as to lines? If so you'd better bant busily or you can not hofe to cut a fashionable figure this autumn and wintertime. It's the straight and narrow for yours and a curve is a crime. If you want to be a sure of a per fectly correct model just take a lead pencil and copy its fine points. Skirts are tob e narrower and shorter, too. in spite of the mad effort to pull them down a bit. Even the pockets that have flaunted their fascinations and had us on the hip for so long are to be sacrificed on the altar, of straight lines and incidentally the scarcity cf material. anorn or our pockets we will r.o doubt have to go back to the ancient custi:m of carrying our bank rolls family jewels and powder puffs in our hosiery. Alas! I fear me some such cached treasures will break the symmetry of the outline. There are a few of us h,owever who need have no worry over the spoiling of ,cur con tour by such a means. Collars are to be high and closely buttoned up around our chin or china. Sleeves will be tight and long even to the knuckle line. It is quite time fasliinn was knuckling to something an :l it might as well be sleeves. One comfort about these long arrn coVer Ings is that If we have anything up our sleeves it will be so much easier to get at practically at our finger tips as 'twere, The new black charmeuse one piece frock for Fall that is quite the model gown .of the moment and the mode shows all the new pencil points of short narrow skirt, long tight sleeve, high close collar and straight, lined bedice; You can't help taking a shine to it's shiny lengths and if you top it with lone of the little close fit' ting hats of taupe felt or velvet your resemblance to a nice new lead pen cil with an eraser on the end will make everybody rubber. We will have to be furbearing again this year. Just to prove that little squirrels had much better stick to their pedal extremities when it comes to a means of locomotion in stead of trying to fly is evidenced by the lavish use of flying squirrels fur on manv of the smartest fur coats, winter suits and cloth coats. Quantities of grey squirrel as bandings and collara and cuffs, how ever, staw that he who runs doesn't alwavs get away with it either. Since, next to black, grey is to be the favorite color scheme for the sombre grey days of a wartime Fall and win ter it is plausible that the grey furs should be to the fore and the rear and all around for that matter. Chinchilla is of course rare and very expensive, ana tneretore mucn to De desired but for an understudy the Australian oppossum or nutria does beautifully and will be much in evi dence either in all over coats, mostly for motor icr country wear, or in combination with other furs. Hud son seal and the nutria makes a new and- decidedly smart combination while the Hudson seal coats collared and cuffed in flying squirrel are very rich. The use of two furs together as al so the use of two materials or a fur and a material will be one of the features of the Autumn modes. There is a striking Chinese ten dency again and the exquisite and gorgeous Chinese embroideries Will embellish and enliven many an other wise neutral tinted f nock of drab, black or platinum grey. Chinese skirts with the panels front and back wil be copied for their straigth line tendencies. The round Chinese neck rin will be seen on many of the Coolie House effects and the hoof cuff that ia a feature of the Mandarin robes wil hrwr fall over our fair hands. When you sift the origin of Stockholm, Sept. 11. Sweden tolay admitted that she had act ed as intermediary between Ger many and Argentina, but justi fied her position on the ground that she had adopted the same course with regard to communi cations between Germany and other neutrals, and did not know the contents of Luxburg's mes sages. Stockholm, Sept. 11. "The gov ernment has not received any of ficial account of the transmission of the telegrams mentiqned by the Unit ed States. Therefore It is unable to assume any position in the matter, declared a formal statement issued by the foreign office today in con nection with the American jevelation of the German-Sweish intrigue re garding Argentina. CRYING NEED FOR MORE WORKERS FOR RED CROSS i . A ... - Shortage of Hospital Supplies Over sea Tanks Assigned Kinston Chapter Company B Should Wait Until More Pressing Needs Have Been Met, Pointed Out. By D. T. Edwards The Kinston Chapter of the Ameri can Red Cro3s has been asked to take as its part of the initial installment of supplies for the National Army cantonments eight comfort kits, four pairs ef pajamas, etc., together with equipment for an emergency cot as follows: four cotton sheets, one rub ber -sheet of standard size, one hot vater bottle of medium size; three blankets of wool or wool and cotton mixed, two pair of pajamas, fouT hand towels, two pillows, two cases, two hospital bedshirta, two wash cloths, two pairs cotton socks, one bedpan, one urinal, one folding can vas cot, toilet paper, a pair of slip- . . , pers, mosquito neiung ana Dar. In addition to this, National head- nuarters suggests a list of article? vhich chapters might wish to donate This list includes safety razors, pen cils and pads, cakes of soap, khaki handkerchiefs, electric fans for hos pitals, cakes of sweet chocolate, play ine cards, checkers, soups, walking sticks, first-aid kits, tobacco and pipes and fruit. This -service cf the Red Cross does not in any way duplicate what the government is planning for its sol diers and supplements the work of other authorized organizations, such as the Committee on Camp Activi ties, the Y. M. C. A., the Y. W. C. A., etc. Mr. Snavely, director for the Southern division, American Red Cross, writes that, "We should like as far as possible to cooperate with the chapters in their natural' desire to give the articles which they contri bute to soldiers from their own state, but the difficulty of carrying out this plan is icbvious, and we hope that chapter.? will be content to let the distribution rest with the division of fice," and in a personal letter to Mrs. Woodley, president of the local chap ter,' Mr. Snavely says that the chap ter cannot receive credit on its al lotment feir articles donated to Kins- ton's own Company B, because these articles are urgently needed in France at the presei time and ought to be put in service many months before Company B can reach the front Red Cross chapters need not have any fears about producing an over supply of surgical dressings, hospipl garments, knitted articles, and the like. A letter from a trained nurse working in the hospitals in France to a friend who is a member of a (Continued on page two) Last Week's Congestion Will Be Avoided During Present Week, Indicated. Prices Improve With Strain Off The tobacco planters a:e following the advice f the local Board of Trade to market slowly for a time. This was evidenced -Monday, when the sales possibly did not surpass 160,000 pounds, according to an of ficial estimate. The Board of Trade last week is sued a warning that should the re cord business iof the week be main tained the market, its facilities ov ertaxed, would give way under the strain. A serious break in prices would probably ensue, it was declar ed. "We are confident that Monday's small sales were due to the Board of Trade's advice,' said Secretary E. Y Speed. Prices seemed slightly improve Monday. All warehouses claimed i 30-cent average or better. (By the United Press) HINDENBURG ILL. Rflmev Sept. 10. Report here say Field Marshal Von Ilindenburg is in and that in juries recently sustained' by Quartermaster Von Ludenorff in a railway accident in Belgium are graver than first supposed. POL A BOMBED. Washington, Sept. 10. Italian airplanes bombed Pola Sunday, sinking one Austrian submarine and one cargo boat loaded with food and munitions, say official reports from Rome. Fierce fighting is in progress East of Gorizia. PROBE INTO RIOTS. Washington, Sept. 10. A Con gressional', committee Investiga tion of the East St. Louis race riots was today agreed upon by the House Rules Committee. A resolution authorizing the inquiry will be introduced in the House by Chairman Poq tomorrow. HOW NEGROES WILL BE TRAINED. Washington, Sept. 10. Draft ed negroes will be called out apart from the white troops and will be trained separately, but usually at the same camps with the whites, Secretary Baker stat ed today. I STATE NEWS this hoof shaved "cuff down to the tradition that every one approaching the '. august prescfice of tiie Emperor had to do so on the level of a beast and that the Mandarins crawled in on a'J fours had the cuffs of their cere monial robes shaped, like a hoof in order to make the beast abasement mare complete. Ium inclined to be a bit mulish about adapting' thii Chi nese cuff. When it comes to hoof ing it, let's kick, i . , -J. W. Ziegler, 22, of Winston-Salem, was killed and his father, Geo. L. Zeigler, was injured when an au tomobile in which they weie riding left the road at a point near Winston-Salem Sunday. Federal officers Saturday seized more than 300 quarts of whisky in the railroad station and a closet at the home of J. H. Randolph, raitroad agent, at House Station, in Pitt founty. No arrest was made at the time. CAR DRIVEX THROUGH GATES BY HARD WIND. During a severe wind, rain and electrical storm SaJturday night a box car partly filled with wood was driven by a gust of almost hurricane Velocity through the gates at a fuel yard in West Kineton, doing damage of about $10. The car "sailed" a distance of about 30 yards. The elec trical disturbance caused trouble to the municipal lighting system, but no prolonged suspension of service. ' Good Fellowship anil Charity in Evidence Michaelson Bris Mila Mr. and Mrs. John Michaelson were at home Sunday to their friends, the occasion being the Bris Mila party of their little son, who waa named Harold Joseph. The guests included the Kinston Jewish "colony" and some out-of-town friends as well as a few gentile friends of the happy family. The occasion was a merry cue and was characterized by the spirit of feasting and good fellow ship. About fifty guests assembled to congratulate the ha(ipy parehtts and extend good wishes for the fu ture success and prosperity of the young man. Rabbi Segal hud charge of the ceremiony.and acted as toast master at the festive board. The Rabbi made an interesting talk in English, explaining the significance of the ceremony, proclaiming it to be Cabinet Members Announce Purpose Was to Allow Yonng Leader Dictatorial Powers Capital in State of Siege as Counter Revohitionary Army Approaches Bis Business Interests and Others, P.ossibly Monarch ists, Behind Korniloff, Thought Safety of Democracy at Stake AlexilT Asked to Assume Office of General issimo in Place of Korniloff Opposing Force Only 80 Miles From City (By the United Press) London, Sept. 11. Petrograd faces a siege today. A counter revolutionary force of troops under General. Korniloff are less than 80 miles from the capital, advanc ing to attempt to seize the reins of government. By William G. Shepherd (United Press Staff Correspondent) Petrograd, Sept 11. News ef the first battle between the forces of militarism anl democracy, at Luga, 80 miles distant from Petrograd, is momentarily expected at the capital. General Kcmiloff's revolters, or. at ieast the advance guard of his main column, have reached Luga. A force loyal to the provisional government Is stationed there. They will fight Korniloff's further progress in has an nounced plan ta seize government control. Meanwhile, Petrograd is stirred f.'ith preparations for rigor ous repression of the revolt. The en tire cabinet has resigned to grant Kerenaky "full freedom of action." Their resignations have not been accepted. They will continue to act provisionally. Cade tmembe'rs, how ever, today refused further partici pation in the government. They, ex pressed indignation that Kerensky had not consultel them about the pre parations for downing the revolt. General Vasilovskv. military aover- the bond that had perpetuated the nor of Petrograd. likewise has form ally resigned, apparently resentful of the assumption of military powers by Kerensky. The premier today rallied his forc es for the supreme crisis with which the new democracy is now faced. Firm confidence in him is expressed by his supporters. Of foremost sig nificance was the action of a delega tion of Cossacks calling on KerehSky and pledging assistance in the pre vention of a civil war. Detailed preparations are being made by the provisional government to resist these rebels. No- conceal ment is made in Petrograd that the Jewish people as a nation, although citizens of every country. Short talk-3 in response to the toastmast er's call were made by Mr. M. Pear son, Mr. M. Cohen, Mr.. Hirshfield, Mr. Naiman, Mr. H. G. Braxton, Dr. Ira M. Hardy, Mr. Michaelson, grand father of little Harold Joseph, and others. An interesting feature of the oc casion was the spirit of charity man ifested. On suggestion of Mr. Cohen, the plate waa passed and a substan tial offering of $18.00 was taken for the Jewish war sufferers abroad. When that had been taken, Mr. Pear- bim Mwgeauiu u an onering oe new pU8sian democrarv t tl i1 iL- tr ' i . , m ,t J " 7--" taen xur tne lunswn onapter oi tne xhe provisi(nal government reard3 the revolt as a concerted effort by Red Cross. This suggestion met with instant approval and $5.00 was ontributed, conservatives, "big business inter ests" and intellectual, and possfbly BtjRIAL OF YOUNG WOMAN. mwnarcWste' to asSum6 t- . ' The body iof Miss Sallie Hill, about Alexin Head of Army. 17 years of age, who died of typhoid Petrograd, Sept. 11. The Russian fever in the LaGrange section, was cabinet has resigned, announcing b: ought to a point near this City that its purpose was to grant Prem Stmday afternoon for burial. ier Kerensky a free hand in dealing i T with the serious situation presented WINTER WEATHER. by Korniloff's revolt. It is formally Weather such as this part of the announced that Kerensky has asked country seldom seea in September General. Alexiff, former chief of staff caused blankets to be brought out under grand duke Nicholas and Sub- Monday night. The mercury dropped sequently acting commander-in-chief, to 50, tumbling 1G degrees after 6 to again assume the post of general- p. m. . issimo, vince Korniloff. -.... - CHARLOTTE GREENWOOD and SIDNEY GRANT ' . .Tha New Morot-Parmoct Stars, ' 'J l K u 11.1 : : M I' I- . k, - -I
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