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ROANOKE RAPIDS HERALD, ROANOKE RAPIDS, N. C. IMPORTANT HEWS THE WORLD OVER lijtpiuip if This isi Dtier Natiits fir Snu Bays Li dm IKE KEWS JJFJHE SOUTH What I Taking Place in the South land Will Fu4 ia Brief Paragraph The Dixie Highway executive evua eil, M a meeting ta Cincinnati pian Bed te (four th completion ot lb Dixie highway (rum Chicago aad De troit to Miami, KU,, within the pre eut year, by aid o the lu:"J S'a!e government war department u t if measure. Kansas City, freely exploited e "the heart ot America," was awarded the lli convention of ln-ernanonal Ro'ary A statement expressing opinion that ptvnounoej movement in ov'ioti prior ax snuuicsl Ii the best Inter ! wets of th I'mteJ States i ru''.n'-l la 4 1 if r sent to aU numbers of the j Nrw York cotton ni hunjf by the president of that organitation. j Government pools of coal pimluc ion i and distribution aad of rail and i i ler transportation wer recommended ' to congress by the federal trad com- j mis.-ion a th only possible means of avoiding a disastrous coal shortage for the next winter. The federal trail commission says there are enough coal far ia 'he country, but not enough are delivered to the mined, and these car nut mov ed to the point of consumption with tha greatest ease, nor are they at all promp'ly discharged. Vehemently shouting ta bis rigor ous, virile manner that "there actually are Americans who recently hare been asking why - are fighting Colonel Roosevelt, in aa address to a Red Cross gathering at hi home. Oyster Pay. L. L. told tits auditor, that Kng land's navy is all that hits saved tlie I'nited States from Invasion by a Ger man army. He was profuse in hi Braise of French and English soldiers German propaganda has entered the ofricers' reserve training camp at Fort Sheridan. 111., ia the opinion of off! ceis of the regular army who are act ing as Instructors, and orders hare been given that every effort be made to ascertain the source of "baseless reports" concerning risks taken by n en who may go to the front in Eu rope. When the Russian mission arrived In Washington, big crowds, free at the lunch hour, greeted them all along the way, and showed the warmest in terest In the repeseniatives of the far dls'ant allies. Ftags of Russia, Belgium and Italy are now fling from the state, war and nary buildings in Washington iQ rec ognition of the missions now la the Vnited States. Most of the Russians accompanying the Russian mission to the I'nited States are dressed In the Russian unl form of a khaki coat, blue trousers and black knee boots. Food conditions which face the al lies and this roun'ry are being frankly explained by Food Administrator Hoo ver He very plainly tells the Ameri can people that without government food control we may lose in the world w ide wet. Food Administrator Hoover does not mince words In piacing the blame for the present high prices at the door of the speculator. It is reported that there are wide spread attempts on the part of muni tions makers to evade the payment, of profits taxes imposed by congress last September. Tha extent of the alleged evasion of the war munitions tax is reported to have reached the enormous total of $10,r00,00, and the end i not In sight, according to those Investigating tue alleged fraudulent returns. Indi cations are tbat the figures will go at least two million dollars higher. Washington The personal le'ter to President Wil ton from King Albert of Belgium, de livered by Baron Moncheur, head of the Be'gian mission to this country, which has just been made public, is one of great laudation and felicitation for the American people. The American war machine which Is to select iZo,0"0 toldlers for serv ice In France Is geared np and ready to start work. President Wilson's proc lamation of regulations, which will tart the machine by putting Into oper ation the actual selection of men, is completed and ready to be Issued The rules of selective conscription will be promulgated soon. Two classes ot exemption boards will be created. The momentous lottery In connec tion with selective conscription will Tery likely be conducted during the first week of July. The sixteen great contonmenU for the new army will be built under a special form of contract, by the terms of which no contractor will be permit ted to overcharge the government, the maximum profit of any contract being fixed at I250.0O0. President Wilson has issued a Proc lamation designating the week of June 23-30 as recruiting week for the regu lar army and calling upon unmarried men without dependents to enroll for war service In order that the ranks of the regulars may be filled promptly. This ia the president's first call for .volunteers in the present war. New Waists Out of Old. Many waists with long sleeves are thrown away because the elbow wear out In most cases the body of the waist Is fairly good. Them waists can be made to look like new at a Tery small cost. Two yards of plcot edging or narrow lace, three-quarters yard white net one yard wide, or one and one-half yards one-half yard wide, an old tight-fitting corset cover, needle and thread an a boat half boor's tune are all that are needed. First CSt the old sleeves oat of the waist, The act ot re-i-ter-n um!er the levt ve dr:t :t d-es not prevent r.ea trcii '!.-:tr.g in any cf the governments forces tfct are a w orgjn i--d Men be- teen the aes of e.rirn sad forty can volunteer tor he re,:- ular army, the a.vv the n ar;ne corps, ih. National Uuaid or the aavai c.ih'ia. Men are needed at one to fi:l the ranks of all i t these branches of the serve. The con'est between Chairman IVa- maa of the shipping b-ard and M-ijor General Goetfc:, m-uiager of the board's emergency 8et corporattoa, for authority to exercise powers graa' ed by congress will be settled by th president g'.wng Uoethal authority, with direction that te build all the sh'ps possible both of s'eel and wood The in'hce have begun dealing with 'he suffrage picket about the white fcou-e with a firm hand. Mis Lucy Hu'ns of New York and M Catherine Morvy of Boston, suf frage pukets atvut the white house, refused to move on. and were arrest ed and taken to the police station, Aa American simmer trrivng at an Atlun'ic por- on J'ltie report a thrilling encounter wrh a lie: nun sub marine if.r the e'.-n v N.t ha i flre-l a torped. at her, wh-ch h t. but f.i led to explo.! The subtraime s t-ad ly dan aged and may hive been seat to the bottom More than four million persons pur chased Uber'y Tends the treasury J. 4-aitnont aLnounces The New York federal reserve dis trict "led all the tvs!" m he purchase of Ijbertv Loan Bonds. The New York fletnl reserve d:S-sub.-enbed more than ihree times as much as did the Chicago federal re serve distrut in the Liberty Loan cam paign. The recruiting bulletin show that since April 1, 121.363 men have been enrolled as war volunteets of the 1S3. S9S necessary to bring the service to war strength. The special diplomatic mission from Russia, u;hb Its arrival in Washington. as received with every iKsille ef fort to reflect the Vnited States' most profound hope and confl lence In the newest Kuropean democracy Secreary lousing. Counsellor Folk and Assistant Secretary Phillips met the Russian envoys' special tra.n at the end of their long Journey half ay around th.e world and greeted them formally In the name of the government and the people of the Vni- ed States. Federal commissions to control wheat, sugir and a few other "prime commodities" by regula'ion of produc tion, storage and tra.i-portatlon and sale are contemplated. Mr. Hoover says, but says that Instead of injuring fart ier. these things will benefit both producers and consumers without cur tailment of mlddiemen's norma! and fair profits. The line of demarcation In Canada over the proposal to enact a nieasuie of compulsory military service has been defined by parliament, but It is likely that the niea.-ure will have to be passed upon favorahly by the peo ple at a s;ecial election before it can be enacted into law. European War Twen'yseven ships (British) of more than sixteen hundred tons each hRve t een sunk in the last week. No fishing vessels are included in the number. This is the largest number since the disastrous week ending April IS, and shows that 'he submarine is still the greatest menace to the allied powers. Sixteen children, only two of whom rere over five years of age, yictims of the last German air raid on London, were given a public burial, being lail in a common grae. over which a fit ting monument will be erected. Former King Constan ine of Greece has arrived at Lugano, Switzerland. He was met by a large number of Ger man personages, and shown all the at tention commensurate with his dig nity. Robert Grimm. Swiss Socialist, who has been in Russia agitating the peace program, has been deported. The min ister of pos's says if any others, So cialists or otherwise, act as Grimm did, he will meet a similar fate, or maybe worse. The American oil tank steamship John D. Archbold. belonging to the Standard Oil company, has been sunk by a German submarine. Denmark dispatches report that throughout Germany grain crops are burning up in an unprecedented heat wave. Tropical temperatures are reported throughout the German empire, and the weather bureau states that the prospects for rain or lower tempera tures are very slight The women have won the ballot in England. The house of commons by a large majority, which astonish ed the warmest supporters of the measure, passed the final reading of the clause in the electoral reform bill dealing with the question of women's suffrage. King George of England has deem ed It advisable due to the conditions brought about by the war that those princes and rtinccfjej of h's family who are his subjects and bear Oernnn titles and names should relinquish these titles and henceforth adopt Brit ish surnames. "1 hope I never hear of such an inci dent again," was Minister of War Ke rensky's short dismissal of a request from a committee of soldiers, ap proved by the workmen's and soldier's council of the city of Buigulma, Rus sia, for leave tor nine companies of soldiers. and edge armholes with the plcot edging- Then cut the net in halves and make a pair of plain sleeves, finish ing edge with plcot edging. Sew these sleeves In the corset cover and the waist is ready to wear. Just slip sleeveless, waist oo over corset cover. One pair of sleeves may be worn with nany waists. A Frenchman Is the Inventor ot a celluloid memorandum tag to be snapped over the face of a watch, where It la sure te be HERALD'S REVIEW of NORTH CAROLINA A Record Of Important Events At The Capitol And Throughout The State, Reported For Herald Readers ENROLL BOYS FOR II j nUi train nuT LETTER AND ASKS ORGANIZED AGEN CIES TO ASSIST HIM. cispatckes ro: uibsh Ooi'gs and Nappemno That Mark Vie Prjjreta of Msrttv Carolina Pea s'. GatHeres Areund the Stat Capital. Rsle.g!. A State Pirector ot the National Boys' Working Reserve. Mr. T. E. Brown has started the work of get .nmlleJ for nroductlve labor all PRODUCTIVE WORK available young men between the ages, "Nation ot any sectioa ot th act. of suteea and twentv-oB. He is eud- Providing that upon conviction the ir.g out letters to the secretaries ot j fln no " "ceed 150. or imprison the T M C. A organiMlioos through ' e than thirty day, the State. Bov Scout Masters. Se r ' automobile own tarie of Chambers of Commerce and!'"- Salary Grimes calls attention Boards ot Trade to th men whoe ! provisions of th law aa fol uames are sent. Enrollment cards will tow: be mailed and W t urged that those) "Banning with July 1, every ma agencie assist In getting the boys of , chine operated h highways of this the towns and the cities enrolled. ", h equipd with dimmers "I have recently been appointed 0T deflectors so arranged that no por State IMrector of th National Bov5-1 ' the beam or reflected light W orking Reserve The purpose of this n measured seventy Ave feet or organization is to secure the came, . or ahead of th lamp shall rise and a.ldrese. of all voung men be-forty-two Inches from the level tween the ages of siiteen and twenty- j urfaoe on which the vehicle stand on who are available for some kind umler all conditions of load, of productive labor either upon th ; ' I n.ler chapter 140. public laws of farm or in industrial plants and who if1' P''". P1'1"1 are willing to be emploved for Do les ,h of a reKtstered motor v. thin three aeeks To those whose hill one on the rear thereof, are rames are forwarded to the state dl-" ' furnished. These plates must b recti or svme designated enrolling rtaridly fastened to thu machlue at orTicers. enrollment cards, eligibility ' fifteen Inches above the grounl rule, oath of service ar.d other litera- l " '" hem to the aile. Vn tire will be mailed. When the card er no circumstances can the l17-'ll and other blanks are property filled P'ts b used on your machine until out and returned to this iffK. thejJullr signer Is enrolled In th Boys' Work-i ing R.werve ard an effort made to Appoint! Bt Specialist get him eniployment consistent with Announcement la made that C. U his desires. Th farm demonstration Same, ot Madison county, has been ap agents and other organizations are pointed bee-keeping specialist In the rapidly sei urlng th name of farmers etomology division ot th state d and industrial workers who are in need of help "Th letter la going to secretaries of the Y. M. C. A s Boy Scout Mas ters. Secretaries of Chamber of Com merce and Boards of Trad with the hope that they will assist the State Director In gettins the boys of the town and cities enrolled. W eannou hope to got the country boys Into this organisation for the reason that they dustry eirept the care of the bees and are needed upon their own or their gathering the honey. Mr. Sams has fathers' farms. This organization does , been long interested In bee cultura not -cert for membership boys work-' and has 130 hives at his place In Mad ing unon a project In which they have Ison county now. a personal interest. For this reason, members of the various agricultural club activities can only become mem bers when they have extra time to be devoted to work upon some neighbors' farm. North Carolina has always been found doing its work In every na tional crisis. This Is an opportunity for the boys of the cities and towns who are not eligible for enlistment in the army to 'do their bit' toward the production of crops and the manufac ture of necessary article, which is Just a important a part of the na tion's defense as fighting and at the same time, receive pay. "It hv desirable that we have a large enrollment In the Boys' Working Re serve that labor may be available for the harvest of th large crop of food and feed crops which we are expect ing to be made this year. Boys who successfully comply with the require ments of the organisation will be awarded a Federal badge, a very pret- ' nom GtrvoT has made the sug ty bronie medal. Indicating that they Ustlon of conserving the pigs and aid are members of the national organl-ng y,, Red CroM by c,nc,,iing the tatlon which Is -ndering a neceesary ( birberue, h,T, heartily thanked th patriotic service It Is very much j tor nli ,UgKM1,i0n and as- desired that the vartou. papers of the.gurM Mm ,htl thl, canrn.woM be iaie ana an organizations interested ' in toe securing ot prontaDie employ ment of their thousands of city boys who are unemployed during the .sum mer, and who can furnish the neces sary labor for the farmers, will give this movement all possible publicity. The Slate Director will furnish all the Information possible to those who are Interested." New Enterprises Authorised. The Forsyth Auto Company of Rn- rat Ilall; capital 125.000 authorised and 1 not snl-scrlbed by J O Clay. ton. J. R. Clayu-n and other for oper ating auto line In Forsyth and Stokes MltltlAA .,.. 'Plan ami Typnoio vr. The Allen Worley Fnrnlture Cotn-j go f ,en counties have made the pany. of Wilson; capital 125.000 auth-1 ,pproprUUoll necessary for conductln. orlred and $3,000 subscribed by George , , ,ntnypholi campaign for their Allen and others. p,, mt gumm(,r. These counties The Louis L. Liggett Company, of are Caldwell. Columbus, Onslow, Beau Boston, domesticates with principal fort. Martin, Greene. Johnston, Wake. North Carolina office la Durham. The including the city of Raleigh Surry and capital u ia.75I.00v. Will Name Federal Boards. The war department called on Gov ernor Bickett to recommend two fed eral district exemption boards for ser vice ia connection with the work ot passing on the claims of exemption that were recorded In the selective draft registrations June S. Private Secretary Santford Martin took the matter ap with the governor over the long distance telephone, be being; on his visitation to the eastern Carolina sherles. The name of those the gov ernor will recommend will go forward at one Ja Ta Sea Due Aja.n. J j The tine aas agaia come ercw4 for paying the automobile tax and the j secretary et state. J. Eryaa Crimea, i is mailing oat copiew ot the new state ! automobile law, which ia we ping ia I Us prvrtbious. I Some of the provision ot the act, especially those that have heea 1 ie4, are givea for the , ; benefit of the owners of cat. One which i being constantly violated will, after July 1. be rigidly enforce throughoat th state. This I section IX which Biskt it uLUwfal for ch!t jdrea under suteea years of age to orwrate aa automobile upoa any puh Ik- highway I $Wt.oa 17 provMe for a aiaaiuutu pe-d f eighteea aillr In th real , Jctice ectioa of a city or towa. ten nules ia th bu.ness section, and i twenty Jv miles in the country. The : am Iter cannot be cut out ia any ia , corporal d city or town. Section I protect th owners ot cars by making it unlawful for any ' person to us aa automobile without the knowledge or consent ot th own er. expressed or implied. SetKn 21 provlJe th penalty for partment of agriculture, and he take up his duties at once, working und.-r the direction of State Entomologist Franklin Sherman. Mr. Sherman says of the bee Industry in this state that it Is assuming very Important pro portions and in this period of high roVt of living, bees will be found an especialy profitable "side line," there being no work or eipense to the in- Mr. Sherman reports on bee keeper in Martin county aa having 450 hives now and working with the view ot having 1.000 hives Just as quickly st he can develop the addi tional colonies. One North Carolina beekeeper reported recently having 650 gallons ot extrscted honey tor sale. Bickett Declines Barbscu Speech, Number ot Invitations are coming in to Governor Bickett for him to speak at barbecues and other festive occasions, especially barbecues, and he Is turning all of them down and ad vising the promoters to call off the barbecues and donate tha money they would cost to the Red Cross and at the same time save the pigs, which will be much better, tinder the stress of the times, to let develop to full grown pork. It Is an Interesting fact that slmist rv nni of those to (oi, Directorate of N. C. Railroad. Governor Bickett announced the ap pointment of the directorate of the North Carolina railroad. VV. H. Word, of Charlotte, is president ; R. B. White, Wake Forest, secret ary -treasurer; J. M. Allen, Loulsburg; J. P. Yount New ton; J. Q Oliky; C. 8. Tomlln. State, vllle; C. M. Vanstoy, Greensboro; T. L. Gwynn, Canton. The new members are Gwynn. who succeeded Jsmes Carraway of Waynes- vllle. and Vaustory. who succeeds U Banks Holt. lOrance Will Attend Prison Meeting. Superintendent J. R. Collie. Chair man H. P. Vsrner, of the board of directors, and Rev. N. C. Hughe, chaplain, will represent the North Car olina state's prison at a special ses sion of the American Prison associa tion to be in progress In Washington July i and 3. The meeting ts to ee neciallT consider "Th Prisons In Their Relation to the War Situation." Thl la to have aoeclal bearing on how beet to utilise the prison working forces daring Ike progr ot IM war.. ASHEVILLE CHILIS GARDEN RECORD CHALLENGES THE STATE TO SHOW A SETTER RECORD IN MATTER OP GARDENS. 500 BOYS UD GIRLS WORK Making Gardna la Back Yards. Va tant Lta and All Other Available Places la Tewa. AshovilTa The city ot Asheville challenge the state to show a better record la the matter ot garden than la tela- mad here. More than lot hoys and girls are employed ia making garden ia back yard, vacant lota and other available place. The tall ot Governor Bickett and the Stale rood Conservatioa Cotnmiaatoa has been heard and heeded The products rais ed la the city gardens this year will reach a value of several thousaad dot lara. A large part ot the eerdit for the mobilisation ot the hoys and gtrls for this purpose la due ta Mr. Raistoa Fleming, who Is head of th School Gardea Committee of the Asheville Board ot Trade. There wiU be a very considerable surplus ot products from the hundreds ot gardens la and adjacent to Ashe ville and Mrs. Jane 8. McKltumon, head ot the Home Demonstration Work at Raleigh. Is to be here this week to advise with the County Home Demonstration Agent and other lead ers with regard to the conservation of these surplus products. Asheville peo ple are thoroughly alive to the im portance ot making and saving every pound ot foodstuff possible. Th Asheville Board ot Trade and the Buncombe County Food Conserva tion Commission have also vigorously pushed a campaign for Increased pro duction of food and feed stuff in the county. At this time Buncombe far mers are being urged to plant corn, potatoes, row pess, sorghum or buck wheat upon the several thousands of acre ia th county from which small gala la Bow being harvested. J. H. Noys Heads Jr. 0. U. A. M.. Asheville John H. Noyes, of New Hampshire, was chosen by th Na tional Council, Junior Order United American Mechanics as National Councilor. H. R. Lochner, of Ken tucky, is Vice-Councilor. Th other officers elected are aa fol lows: Charles Retmer, ot Maryland, National Treasurer; George H. Davis, of Maryland. National Conductor; Sam W. Plyler. of South Carolina. National Warden; Wilbur F. Cannon, of Col orado, and W. F. Lambert, of West Virginia, National Inside Sentinel; Jai. R. Mansfield, ot Virginia, and Mr. Brlggs, ot Oklahoma, National Outside Sentinel; Rev. M. D. Llchllter, of Penn sylvania. National Chaplain. Milwaukee was named as the next meeting place. The council meets erery two years. Folowing the election ot officer. th council took up the question of levying a special tax on the member to provide an additional fund of $G0.OC0 for the orphanage ot Tiffin, Ohio. Bishop Kiloo Going te China. Durham. Blshoo John C. Kllgo, of the Southern Methodist Episcopal church, will leave his Charlotte borne next week for a four-month sojourn In China, Japan and Korea. By appoint ment of his office aa one of the nine bishop of the Southern Methodist de nomination, he goes to the Orient as the presiding church official In th East. Bishop Warren C. Candler, of Atlanta. Ga.. will preside over th North Carolina Conference that meets In Greenville In November, and Bishop J. T. Atkins, of Asheville, will con vene the Western North Carolina Con- feernce In the absence of Bishop Kllgo. Charged With Burning Hotel. Asheville. Nat 'Young, who has been In the United States army at Fort Oglethorpe, wa brought back to Asheville by Deputy Fire Insurance Commissioner Frank Jordan on the charge of burning the Avery hotel at Elk Park, Avery county, three year ago. The young man has confessed to the actual burning of the hotel Frosts In Wataugf. Lenoir. Report from Wataagi county show that a heavy frost oe rorred In many sections of tie county recently, doing most severe damage to vegetation. The bean crop, which ll a very large Item for the county, ha been almost totally destroyed, while the Irish potato yield will be greatly diminished on account ot the severe freexe Visitors coming In from Blow ing Rock report that many large fields of potatoes In and around that section have been charred aad rased to th ground and will be almost a total lost. Banker Maintain Ambulance. Wilmington. Prominent among th feature of the meeting ot the North Carolina Bankers association ws the unanimous decision to contribute $!, 00 for th purchase and maintenance of an ambulance In France for a per iod of one year. This was taken on motion ot Col. John T. Burton, of Wil son, every man In th asembly rising to his feet when th president, W. S. Blakeney. ot Monroe, put th ques tion. Th ambulance will be given through th Xed Croat society ot th a tat. EXPORT OF F000 UNDER CONTROL GOVERNMENT CONTROL O CX- POUTS AUTHORIZED IN ESPIONAGE HL. export coira is ra Cemawce Department Directed te Administer Detail.- PridM le arn Statement Outlining Cntry's Pelicy. Ne CarUitmeet ef Trade. Washiagtea Coatrol ot Americae exports, authorised la a clause ot the espionage hill, wa assumed hy Free Meat Wilson with th appointment el aa export council comprising the -retarie ot state, agriculture and com merce aad the food administrator. A executive order creating the council directs the department of com mere to admlulster all details of operation. A victorious conclusion of the wvr ran com, said th President ia a statement ontliniag the country' ex port policy, only by systematic direc tion ot American trade. "Th free play ot trade will not be arbitrarily interfered with." he said. "It will only be lutkillgently aad ya tematically directed la th light ot full information with regard to the need and market conditions throughout tha world and the necessities ot the people at home, and our armlee and the ar mies of oar associates abroad." Th first pro laojatioa will require the licensing ot all coal aad fuel ship ments. Including hunkers, and Its pur pose is to give th government first a Crm grasp on shipping. Th second will provide a system of licensing for every class of exports to th Europesa neutral countries, and la designed to prevent supplies from reaching Ger many. Every move under the act will be made ander presidential proclamation Issued oa the advice ot the exports council, which will meet every day to discuss subjects ot policy. The three cabinet member and th food admin istrator probably will name represen tatives lo take rare ot most of th routine work. These men probably will b Dr. E. E. Pratt, of th depart ment of commerce; Lester 11. Wool sey, ot th state department. Assistant Secretary Vrooman. of the department ot agriculture, and a representative ot th food administration. . Licensing will be done by the com merce department's bureau ot foreign and domestic commerce, of which Dr. Pratt Is head. The bureau will be expanded by the addition of about three hundred employe. To cover th cost of operation, Secretary Redfleld will ask for f 150,000 from the Presi dent's emergency fund and later will ask of Congress $750,000 to carry the, bureau through the year. Collectors of customs who are un der the treasury department will be charged with preventing unlicensed cargoes from leaving the country. REPORTS SHOW RED CROSS FUND OVERSUBSCRIBED Money Pouring In and Daflnlt Fig ure Are Not Available. Washington. Tabulations at Red Cross headquarters showed $100,313, 000 In reported pledges, ot which $33, 93.00 was from New York City and $64,320,000 from the remainder ot the country. Further reports are expect ed to swell the total fro $5,000,000 to $10,000,000, campaign managers said. Washington. Oversubscriptions to th Red Cross hundred million dollar mercy tyind was assured when the eight-day nation-wide campaign closed with final rallies. Definite figures will not be avail able for several days but Red Cross officials eald they had no doubt that the totals will show that American generosity has responded In the am plrit as for th liberty loan with mil lion more than asked. All through the week additions will, be made to th fund, for campaign committees In a number of cities In sisted on continuing the canvas be yond the fixed time. Red Crosa officials will now forma 1st plans for the most efficient ex penditure of the miUians, large por tions ot which are sought by humani tarian Interests In European war stricken countries and in America. Just aa the campaign wae closing Monday the first actual money reached the Red Cross treasury by arelal mes senger. Miss Katharine Stlnson, a young air woman, descending upon the capital at the end ot a two days' flying trip from Buffalo, Albany, New flying trip from Buffalo, carried to Secretary McAdoo, treasurer of th Red Cross, money and pledges gath ered from cities she visited. INCREASE IN RATE ON COAL GRANTED. Washington. The Interstate com merce commission approved an In crease of fifteen rents a ton In freight rates on bituminous cost from Penn sylvania. Maryland. West Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee and Ohio pro ducing fields to points eaat of the Mis sissippi and north of the Ohio liver. These tariffs were exceptions to those field by the carriers In asking for a flat fifteen per cent Increase. Th rates become effective July 1, 1917. Gunner Fight Off Submarine. Aa English Port, American naval gunner succesfully fought off a big German submarine which attacked an American passenger liner off the coast of Ireland. A torpedo fired by th sub marine missed Its target by lees than twenty feet. The encounter occurred at midnight after the liner had been In th submarln son many hours, A larg number ot th passenger on board war reading In the cabins or lying In chain on deck, ready tor an ler. FOOD CONTROL BILL IS PASSED BY HOUSE ONLY FIVE MEMBERS CAST VOTES AGAINST ADMINISTRATION MEASURE. PROHIBITION AMENDMENT FereM Making Ue ef Ftuffa Ms Inteaicents. Dry Victory Cam Agter Long Prellmleary Struggle Carrie $1M.iOO,000 Aatwepriatie. Wsshingtoa. Th adsxlnistrattaai food noatrol hill, glviag the Prestdeat broad authority to control the distri bution of food, teed aad fuel for war purpoees aad appropriating $1S3.SM. o for it nforceaaeat aad adminis tration, wa passed by Ue Itoese after tar reaching prohibition prevlskHis h4 bee wri'tea into It The v te was 3S t five. Represen tatives McLeniore, Slaydea and Yoaag." of Texaa, democrata, and Meeker. Missouri, and Ward, New York, re publican, voting la the negative. The prohibition proviskiaa adopted would prohibit the us ot foodstuff for the manufacture ot alcoholic bev erages, and would give the Preaidwnt authority to take over for war pur pose all liquor aow oa hand. They were put Into the meftsure during th evening la committee ot th who and whea th bill cam ap la th House proper the antl prohibltioa fac tioa did not demand aaother vot. Few Important change were mad by the House outside the prohibition section. The control powers ot th President wer limited to article pa cifically mentioned la the bill. Instead of giving him blanket authority; vol untary aids In control work war made subject to th penal provision; all persons In th fool administration except those serving without compesa tioa wer placed under civil service, and the President was required te make aa annual report oa the opera tion of the bill. After several hour of parliamen tary sparring, during which th pro hibitory proposal wer thrown cut repeatedly on point of order, th prohibition element got the upper hand and forced adoption ot amend ments which would forbid the use ot any foodstuffs during the war for making intoxicants, and would give the President authority to take over. In his dlscreatlon, all stocks ot dTi tilled liquors. Action on the prohibition amend ments was taken In committee of th whole, and opponents of th propos als Immediately began mustering their forces for a reconsideration whea the bill comes up for final dlaruslon In the House. MORE THAN HALF MILLION MEN HAVE VOLUNTEEEREO) Between 700,000 and SOO.OOO Man Are Now Enrolled. Washington. More than half a mil lion men have volunteered In th American- army and navy during th period of lees than three months that has elapsed sine war was declared to exist. The army, navy and natlrnal guard represented an aggregate strength of little mors than 300.000 men when the war resolution was adopted. Today between 700.000 and 800,006 are en rolled In the various branches ot the fighting service and the great major ity of them are armed, equipped and under training. They will be Joined at the end of the summer by nearly a million men selected for the new na tional army from the millions register ed for war duty June 5. The regular army totalled a little more than 100.000 men three months ago; It Is nearlng the 250.000 mark today and war officials, backed by th press ot the country, are bending every effort to bring It up to 300,000 during the present week. The National Guard. 150,000 strong when wsr rsme, numbers nearly 160, (100 today, according to the best esti mates available. Ot that number nearly 76.000 actually are under arms, guarding against German plotters and doing the Job In a thoroughly and ol dlerly wsy. The marine corps, whose slnyan of "first to fight." has been heard by th' government, which attached a season ed regiment of eea soldiers to Major General Pershing's expeditionary fore to France, has been raised from 17,000 to nearly 30,000 men. Tlie regular bluejacket fonoe of th navy, the men behind the big guns and who already are trying their metal against the enemy off the Irish coast under Vive Admiral Sims, or upon armed freighters has been raised from less than 0,000 to 120,000. Th boys of the country have thronged to the navy In great numbers. GIVE NPLACE ON GEN. PERSHING'S STAFF Paris General Pershing annonneee) that he had appointed Major Grayson M. P. Murphy head of the American Red Crosa mission to Europe, a mem ber of his tarT. General Pershing Intention la to exercise through MaJ. Murphy such control of the direction ot the American Red Cross arUvitle In France as will enaU th American army to assist the armies and the people of Franc most promptly and effectively. , COCCHI HAS CONFESSED TO MURDER OF CRUGER FIRU New York Simultaneously with th news from Rome that Alfredo Coechl had confessed to th murder of Ruth Cmger, It was reported on high auth. only that st least a doten more motir cycl policemen would b suspended as an outgrowth of th case. Coechl' oonfesslnn will not hinder th Inv tlgatlon of th police handling of th case, which Mayor Mitchell directed Leonard W. Wallstln to Institute.
Daily Herald (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.)
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