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SCANOXE RAPIDS HERALD. ROANOKE RAPIDS. N. C ' THE WEEKS EVENTS MPORTANT NEWS OF STATE. NA TION ANO THE WORLD RIEFLY TOLD ROUND ABOUT THE WORLD A Cnsd Rcrei Of Hapi"t Of intact Frwm Alt Faints Of Th Waria Domestic. "ive Biased men entered the frill -oota of a hotel in Cleveland. Ohio, rl in the morning and, enforcing hair command of ' hands up" with a usilade of shots, obtained ll.iit) from ha cash drawers and escaped in a ailing automobile. As the men left ha place, one of the iwtrous bvgan hooting at them, aud one of the ban lit fell wounded. A patron also was -l.ghtly wounded n the et hange of aots. The robbers got $j.jO0 A score or more scientists and busi less nien interested in food eonserv tion and n w sources of food supply at down to a "whale steak luncheon" t the American Museum of Natural History in New York City When it as over they declared the big main nal furnished as delicious and appe Iiding a dish as any meat market af fords. The commission on navy yard and laval bases says that Charleston, S. C , .iffers the only suitable site between Hatteras and Key West for a great navy yard. Meatless Mondays have been abol Uhed in North and South Carolina. Tennessee, Georgia. Florida, Alabama Mississippi and Louisiana. A Oerman py was reported to have been found among forty first and sec- and cabin passengers of the Dutch liner Nicuw Amsterdam, who were de tained by federal agents for exaniina tion at "An Atlantic Port." The man ia said to have broken down and con fesed that he was in the pay of the Herman government and had come to this country in order to furnish spies operating in this country with a new coda. Emergency deliveries of coal enabled many New York factories to continue operations and others to reopen after being closed for short periods, and brought cheer to thousands of homes and apartment. Warmer weather in the Kast gives promise of increased coal receipts. Federal legislation compelling "the most severe treatment of spies" and "enemy agent" is recommended to congress in an executive committee re port adopted by the chamber of com metre of the state of New York at a meeting held in New York City. Contracts have been awarded by the French government to the Foundation .orapany for the construction of 36 mine-sweeping vessels at the company yard at Savannah. Ga. News that ('apt. I'eler McLean, com mander of the torpedoed liner Tusca nia, has been saved reached the An chor line offices in New York City It Is also stated that both the purser tend chief steward were saved Washington Five masked men entered the grill 10 have been killed, four are missing and one was wounded when an Amer ican patrol was ambushed in No Man's Land by a superior force of Germans. The spot where the encounter occur red is an isolated one and reports concerning the casualties inflicted by both sides were meager. Only one American is known to have escaped the trap of the (Jermans which was laid In front of our wires. The one j enemy, and is considered very dan survivor, who crawled back to the ' Kerous. Me turned the children over American lines with s bullet in his 1 t ambulance driver, who returned chest, was unable to talk. them to their homes in a nearby vil A Mexican paper, reaching New age. York, gravely informs its readers that j That a German submarine endeavor the Vnited States government is plan . , tark , trovers while the ning an invasion of Mexico with Can-1 ,,,,. lH1. er,aKu , ,,. ,rki ada and Cuba operating Jointly h ' is ,h .., made by an American the Inlted States. 1 fiicer at an Irish port where a large Representative Glass, in a speech de- ,,,.,. f ,,, ,.,, ,.,,,,,. llvered In the Home, went to tne de fense of the administration. iinwered the charges contained in Senator Chamberlain's indictment of the war department and denied that the Amer ican war machine has "fallen down." A atory of disaster at sea. affecting the hearts and hopes of Americans, although they have been schooled to expect It ever since the first contin gent of their fighting men Iff an At- lantic port lo become brothers in aims to the entente warriors who are cn - tre nched against the German hordes, fortunately has dwindled in the telling. One hundred and one lives were lost i in the torpedoing of the Hritii,h troopl ship Turcanla. off the Irish coast, at dusk Tuesday evening, according to the latest report. Consideration of the administration railroad bill has been completed by the house interstate commerce committee. The committee recommends that the states retain the power to tax railroad property during federal control and hold on to states' police power. Apparently retribution t once befell the timlerwatpr host Hist sent the Tuscanla to the bottom. Accirding to the testimony of an American off! cer, who was one of the last rien to leave the Turania. a Hritish de stroyer dashed toward the evid 'nt lo cation of the attacker and diopped depth bombs that resulted, in tiie ex pressive phrase of the subniarin" hun ters, in the enemy being "done in " Major General March, now chief of artillery with General Pert hing. has been named acting chief of staff, and will return to Washington immedi ately. The greatest and perhaps the most dramatic rescue work of the war was accomplished in saving American sol difcrs aboard the torpedoed Tuscanla. of.Clals believe. The picture of destroy-er-f, patrol boats and hospital ship, maneuvering about the sinking vessel with a net saving of 90 per cent of the threatened lives, Is one that will re flect glory In naval history, officers of the r.avy say. i'very : t Ul"r lost on the Tuscanla ci.rrtetl jji.t! n.".'' Insurance. This nur:t!:cf gx:rr:'Uv !.'nut $4,300. and v :.l! be paid 1" ro of rbout $25 r m nth t?'. tv.en.y yta:". Continued improv anient in fHw and transportation renditions will brim an end to the heatless Miliar program after its enforcement nei! Monday, it is taaoum-el by the fuel administration. A favorable repoit on the mar de partnieBf. biU amending the selte draft law to require registration of men as they reach II year and has- : inn quotas on the number of men in class one. instead of un stale popula tions, vas unanimously ordered by the senate military committee, is the in formation emanating from the national capital Troops of the regular. National Guard and national army divisions will be made available for parade or review in tomns or cities near their training centers to the fullest extent possible provided they do not add IIB necesarv burden to the railway facil ities. Viee Admit al Sims has armed m Rome, Italy, and has been properly feted. He will remain thete inly a few days. The ri'-st survivors of the Tut ama were landed at Lame and Hunt-rang, o widely serati1 Irish ri. European. An American general now commands the sector of the front recently taken over b French troops When the Americans first entered the teclor it as under the command of a French genet a! commanding a certain Urne unit of the French army In turning the sector over to the American gen eral on February S the French com maiider issued a general order in which he expressed coiiii'leie satisfac tion with American troops. Remrts have been rece ve.l m Lon don of veiitied sworn statement from British soldiers who have returned from German prison camps and hospi tals regarding the systematic brutal ity practiced by the Germans upon the Italian prisoners. The mternatioiial committee of the Red Cro-s has issued an appeal to all belligerent armies to abandon the ue of asphyxiating gas. by common agree ment. An official statement on Hritish aerial operations reports successful reconnaissances anil the bombing of enemy targets. Polish forces whith recently revolt ed from the Russian army under the leadership of Genet al tiovbor Moun ttsky have captured Smolensk from the Holstuviki accord. ng to advices from Vienna. Jet-man newspapei arriving in Switzerland say that Field Marshal win Mackonsen sent an ultimatum to the Roumanian government February -"""" i-" n. gotiaii.tns be hegiu within four days The II" u tnanian cabinet thereupon resigned. It is learned that confirmation in Russian circles has been received of the sending by (Jermany of an nlti mat urn to Hunmania Maj. (Jen Frederick 11. Maurice, the chief director of military operations at the liritish war office, says the allies are still superior in number on the western front, notwithstanding the (Jermans have moved troops from the east to the west. Artillery activity continues on the British, Fiemh. Italian and American ftont, but, aside from this, the opera tions have been confined to patrol and aerial atlai ks. London hears that twenty enemy air planes which endeavored to cross the American lines were violently shelled by ami-aircraft batteries and driven off. A member of the military polite on the western front found three little French children wandering along the road immediately be which is shelled very ind the front, frequently by Kew events of the war in the past few moiiihs have stirred the Knglish people more deeply than the disaster to American troops approacning a urn ish harbor on a British transport. Such an eventuality had been feared. 1 lie inns, cnsi.titt lis, i nil id that the loss on the Tuscama may be one hundred or even less. This causes a distinct relief from the tension. ' i""1"'" 01 41 missina im 1 Victims of the Tuscnia disaster were ! washed up in the rocks l.i miles from I " ' of Hie torpedoing. The bodies 'f mutilated beyond recognition, nonH "f honl orp identiflciction tags The CunarJ liner Arrnn'a. l:!.4itt tons, was torpedoed by a G t inan spb marine while bound for the I'niied States. Although badly damaged, th. ship was not sun, and no loss of lift is reiMirted. Rome reports slight artillery act v jty on all the Italian front, but that hostile aircraft have renewed their bombardments of Italian towns The Finnish railway tnrhonties at Tnrneo be received n rep'r i he allied missions have bet n c x,M lled from I'eirograd and ihat they have u ready departed. There is no enntlrnia tion of this report. Operations on the western front con tinue to he marked by heavy artillery exchanges in conjunction with ra d ne attacks on the opposing trenc hes. Ixindon hears that looting has se.tir broken out in Petrograd. and that many wine cellars have been sacked Armored cars were used by the au thorities against the pillagers. Paris reports German attacks re pulsed at every point where French, troops are engaged. Thomas Smith of Glasgow, boat swain on the Tuscan:, says that the loss of life from the destruction of Ihe Tuscania, was enhanced by many sol diers jumping overboard instead ol waiting for the boats to be lowered. Venustlano Carranza, president ol Mexico, no( only congratulated Kmper or William of Germany on his birth day recently, London hears, bnt wai more profuse in his felicitations that Ihe occasion warranted. HERALD'S REVIEW of NORTH CAROLINA A Record Of Important Events At The Capitol And Throughout The State, Reported For Herald Readers NORTH CAROLINA IS GARDEN STATE NOW IS THE TIME TO READV SAVS STAT. HORTICULTURIST. , CET DISPATCHES FROM RALEIGH Second, tha habit of thrift necaa- " -" '.ary to save forty eight luulion do'c Datnaa and Happening That Mark ars and tha working capital thereby In Pr.gr... af Nrtn Carolina Fta- :'ratcl will insure the financial lnd .1. r .. . ..... pendente of our people. la, Gather Amu., a tha Stata , . . . . To accomplish this gigantic task Capital. 'plan systematic and compreheniJ Raleigh, must be laid. To this and and at tha --. I request of 'ol. V. H. Frie. Mat dire-c- North Carolina w.U become a Stilt i,or of ,h B"ion1 r MVm1 T"" of gardener, if ,h. wi.he. of the W-1 1 r rector B W. Kilgor. of the Agrkul '""'l,u1e '0 M,,",h', '"y P.' ?t tural Fxten.ion Servue. ar. re.llgad S "V' h ,m ' "h , F th,. .. . ti . ruarv. ISIS. Trained einatfa will con- l th nl! , lnr'" duct the inatltute. a,d on Tuead.y in th. number of garde,,, put i. Us, I h fc sl,eateM of Interna- ye.r.nd.hesedidmu.hto.-t.oh.tth.,,, to ',, ,JrvM ,hi high coat of fotxUtuff. during the time j Duuw,, the, were yielding. Thi. .eason the, A' ,nlw(r4 ,B ,Be ,orV need is mora imper.tiva than las', :,r, ,.ordi,v nvjj bu, , BomiBal(, Garden. ,a play an important part ,m appoiBI follo,i gfpwia, dele In producing good part of th food . consumed, both in rural and urban , ' , EvT v ,u,,,rin,Mld).n, pf ectiou.. i ... , ' . ' public instruction. It Is possible to hav .omethiiu I I. Kvery suierintendetil uf town ind from the garden practically every dav (ty achool.. In the year If the space provided is ) S Kvery farm demonstration agen;. large enough and car i. eientsed In 4. Kvery home demonstration agen:. handling It. The Kxten.ion Service . On physician from ach coun'v has reprinted Kgtension Circular No. In thn State to be named by th State S. whlih gives a vegetable seeding Board of Health. calendar for the year with Information I . Kvery county thalrman of a po a. to keeping a producing garden ,lHlcg party in the S'ate. throughout the year. This circular. I I earnestly urge the boards of conn together with a copy of "Truck Grow 'tv commissioners to fay " actual ing In North Carolina " l.v li..ni. .-. 1st TV N tlutt. should be' in the hands of very prospettlve gardener in the Su ,,, l()pie, b, ma)M r, que.? as long as th supply lasts. According lo Mr. Htitt. "Now is th" tlm to get ready for the garden sea- son. A few riuvs of sunshine, and the land will soon be ready for hardy g-. den crops. Many gardener, do n t realile how hardy some of the vege laoie crops arc ana how soon they can be planted In spring. Of course the ground should not b worked while I! Is wet, but not an hour should b lost In spring when th ground Is dry enough lo plow. "Ruth hardy seeds as peas, beets, onions and spinach will germinate ami grow even when the ground Is cold The little plants will come on all right ven after being frozen. They can aland lots of cold but cannot bear hot sun and should be planted as early as possible In spring that most of their growth will be made in cold weather Karly lrinh potatoes can be planted long befor freeiing weather Is past, The tubers will not be Injured If the ground crusts ovr after they are planted. If frost threatens after thev are up. the tops can be roverert with dirt nr ti.i.i intn tm,i them. Kverv dav gained In the earlv part of the season will add materially to the size of the crop" Don't Forget tha Soldier.. From every nook and corner In the State our young men have gone to Ih 'amns to !'n the soldier's life Shortly thev will represent us on the firing line, and others will he railed to service In their places. While they are training, what can the homefolks do to help them? These men are offering their live for us. All that we can do for them will not -tiai ,ne sacrifice iney are m.Sing. After talking With hundreds Of them In the - amps. I want to offer three nractw al surtions to the people at norne as io wnat tney miv no. r.very person who reads this statement can easily, and should, gladly, do all of them First, send your home paper to af least one soldier at the camp. Pick out one of the in you know and sub scribe for your home paper and send It to him Al'V memher if his familv il give voi hi toreit addrc-s. Write h'm a letter and tell him you are send ing it The cost will be trifling. Th thought wilt be apnreclated. It Is not an act of charity, bill an art nf pa(r!- oMc serv'i e. Second, at lest nnre a week, ms'ie It a point to write a letter or c. to some Holder at the canin S'i,l h m a magszlue or a good book ocea sion.Py. Third, keep your (rouble. a( home The soviier has esu.iigh of his own. Be strong enough and nnselfs e-tough to cut out the trouble parts of vour letters. There are plenty of gool things to write about. The soldier he a man', .ize lob. and besides, h- can'l help you. Why worry him when yon have a better opportunity to look aft- er wonr troubles than he has (o hel you? " Secretary Charter Corporation. The Liberty Scales company, of Dur- ham. received a charter with $50 000 authorlxed and $300 subscribed by Da- man. for a general automobile sales and garage business. The General t'tillty company, of Durham, Is chartered with $100,000 capital authorized and $15,000 sub scribed by B. O. Town.end. M. L. Wade and G. M. Tlghraan for lumber. gner1 textile and cotton oil mill and Bu War Saving Certificate. Governor bitten has issued th .following appeal to the people of the 'Sta't: Tha one supreme task that con front this nation is the winning of 'the war. To this end the government ;is calling vi tha people of North Caro- ' lint lo invest forty-eight million dol lar. In Thrift Stamp and War Sav ings t'crtiticate. To tha timid this 'task is a terror-'a the heroic it U a challenge. I If tha people of North Carolina re spond to this call it will Mean twti thttig: First, (hat we have done, not ou' bit. bat our best. it,. a h.,m. rfem lot,. .rat'd. nL-ents and the ohvslcian I earnestly urge the county aud city boanl, of education lo pay the actual expenses of their representative.. " be borne in mind that this meeting I. not to be a celebration, but. as Its name Implies, It Is lo he school, and all who attend will b thoroughly taught just what they am expected to do and lust how to do It. T. V. UICKF.TT. Governor Senator Simemn Honorvd. The I'nlted States (lag that flew over the renate chamber of the Vni' ed Slates during the last session of Congress, the flag underneath wlilcn Pres'dent Wilson delivered his mem orable war niessace betote the assem bled senate and house of r"preita tlvs. was today presented to die 1'til versily of North Carolina by Dr. Sam uel A. Ashe. In behalf of Senator F M. Simmons, to whom the flag ha.l been given as a murk of esteem. President Kdward N. Graham re 'ceived the Bag oil behalf of the Vnl erslty of North Carolina. "At no time," said he. "has our flag meant " m" n ' " means to us today." i ('Pai A" 'd' "n" " r1ost of that memorable session of Con- " senator, who, by hl comprehensive views and master- ful management, bv Ms devoted pa- trlotlsm and superior excellence, ha! 1 ..... so won the esteem and admiration of his associates that, as a particular mark of (nf r .pprw:ilillon , th KrM, work he had performed, they desirel IDn ln "ta view., a. was the defend that the flag that (lew over the sen- After the t'nlted States broke off aie chamber during that remarkable diplomatic relations with Germany, session should be tiven him as a me- disagreed. n ttu Millerschoe mento. because of his patriot ic actlvi- oud trt heated arguments about ties and narticiilar connection with the great measures that were passed durlne the neriod It was In use " Th, Senator stmmon, . nf Vnvth rornlin kq.,.,1. recogni- eontlni.ed C.nt.ln Ahe "of th. traorri,nllrv .,,., rt . vorth r,r. oIniarif ln thp heh forurn o( the rnlt. H R.at tw,kens ol.r pri(Ie an4 i(. fords cause for congratulation." Pender Ooctor Fined. "The free range for children with whooping cough was about to become PPuiar i,h ,h" PP1" nf 'neT c-ouniy as ,ree range lor came won rattle tick used to be." said Dr, A. McR. Crouch. State Kpidemlologia. who returned from Pender where he convicted Dr. F. L. Drown for viola tion of the quarantine law by diag nosing whooping coupih as "bronchi tis", The story, according to Dr. c roue h. Is that Miss Nellie Fusselle. I local school teacher discovered thst two of her pupils had whooping cough In compliance with the State quaran - tine law (he two pupils were cnt borne, whereupon the parents of thee two children called In Dr. Brown, who gave a written statement lo the effect Vl)t ,he rn,,rf,n old no, hllv, wnoop. Ing rough. Consequently, they were mmigtely returned to sc hool over ,he of (he tehlh aml , f,w a ,tpr pIeT(,n pupll d(ve,. t ()e MIne T)olrn, r0,lghlng, .whoopingt- fever!shnea. and nau.ea. Granted Law Licenae. Tne fon0wing applicants wer granted license to practice law by Ihe supreme court. Those who passe 1 ;Bre: Attnur wayne uc.i tinoara, stack?- vllle. N. C. Phineha. David Croom, Klnston. N. C. Archibald Cree Gay, Jackson, N. C Henry Splvey Grant, Rocky Mount, N. C. Daniel Monroe Jolly. Vlneland. N. C. ' Jesse A Idem Jonea, Maysville, N. C. Harvey Hoyle Sink, Lexington, N. C inn is HELD FOR COURT JURHAM MAN CHARGED WITH MAKING SEDITIOUS REMARK GETS HEARING- GOV. UWH TAK.ES I HAND Saya Germany Can Takt Car af Hae tlf And Owe. Not Hava la Ga Off ta Hava Cloth. Mada. Durham. W. K. Millert hoe, fora man for th Durham Iron Work, waa placed under $1.(' bond, and bouLv over to Federal Court by I'nlted Statea Commitaio icr Hugh Scarlett, follow ing hi. preliminary hearing on a tharge of making seditious utterance ., intended to obstruct th military af fair, of tha l aited State. 11 dii not giv bond Immediately, aud ia iJ custody of Vntted State. leputy Mar shall Stell, of Kaleigh. i After a morning trial, that was at tended by more than five hundred peo ple, and which developed on sensa tion after another in rapid fire style, tha case of Millerschoen came to i sudden close. It had been generally predicted that arguments would b; made by counsel, but owing to la;c ness of the hour. Attorneys llry.nl and Hrogden, appearing for the de fendant. waived arguments. The only speethes to the court were made liv Attorney Jones Fill'"" - " hee, representing th government. They insisted upon a large bond. Som Utttran.cs. "sh they had burned the whoM danin Pla "' '" 'v,,r tnhr mrl in America. "I wish Jermany would lick hell out of Kngland. and make peace with America." "Did you go to that damn pow wow last night T" (referring to a local pat flolic deomnstrallon.) "Rttfor 1 would let a son of min g off with thai damn bunch, I would kill him," (speaking of the soldier boy. leaving Durham for csnipi. "Germany can attend to her own business. She doesn't have to go awav from home to have her clothes made,'1 tspeaklng of comparing governments). "If they take me to war. they will have to carry me In chains." These and many other disloyal ut terances were charged against the de fendant Millerschoen, In the prelim it ary trial by numerous government witnesses. The s,age setting for th trial wn. perfect. The court room was filled with citizens from every walk of life Working men. millionaires, lawyers, physician, and women were presenV Ladies of the Red Cross occupied half of th' gallery. J. P. Dalton. an employ of the Gold- n H'1" Manufacturing; Company, was r.l witness for the government, "f fala he "d non Millerschoen 'or geveral yean. He had on number. nf n..n.l.... .1 1 .1 V. i.l. "" ''"" i" war wnii Millerschoen. and prior lo the entrv of the Vnited State, had been pro-Ger- ,n war- "" ,h breaking of rela- ,'on 1 wuJ him that he dldn I mean what he said. "Yes I do, I mean every damn word 1 .ay," the wltneti quoted the defendant a. saying. Governor Thomas W. Blckett has taken a hand in the trial of W. F. Mil lerschoen, foreman for the Durham Iron Work, who wa. bound over to Federal Court under $1,000 bond by United States Commissioner Hugh Rrarlett. charged with making sedl tlous utterances which, according to (he warrant, intend to Incite riots and , hinder the prosecution of the milltnrv . d , , r.erm.nv Th -i Governor ha written a Durhnm rltl zen Interested in thv prosecution of Millerschoen. and enclose, a letter from a Raleigh citizen throwing fur ther light upon alleged sedilous ut terances of the Durham machinist. Home for Fallen Women. I Charlotte- The Idea has been ad-. i vanced that a house for deil-in,u.it ; girls might. In some w.y. he vtacr-H 1 j ,0 or ncnrnortd wCh (he l.i ,c . of delendon for fallen women, whicn is to built In (his county. The ritt com mNsloner. and members of (he board of county commissioners discttssed the matter at a meeting at Ihe rlty hall. E. T. Cansler. attorney for the coun ty, and J. A. Bell, a'torney for th clly. were present and gave (heir opln Ion. a. to what could be done. German Profeaaor Re.lgna, Greensboro At a meeting of the executive committee of the Greensboro College for Women truslees, Robert L. Roy tendered hi resignation a. violin Instructor. The committee ac cepted (he resignation, and expressed ihelr highest appreciation of his serv ice, and ability. Mr. Roy Is a native German, who one sought naturalization and failed only because hi. proceeding wa. In the Slate ronrt Instead of Fed ere 1 court.' He then renounced till allegi anew to the k.i.ar. HI ARE DEMOBILIZED FE ACE EFFECTED BY RUSSIANS AND UKRAINE WITH FORMER ENEMY. RUMANUM SITUATION CtHTlL Formal Treaty Ha. Nat Vet S'Jtv ad Rut Agrood Upon Conta.n. Frovi.ion Far Gattin Food. Although no f;mal treaty as yet been aigned beiweea tha Kussiaa. and the central powers tha bolsheviki gov eruuent ba ordered a cessatkva of hostilities by the Russiaa against Jermaay. Austria Hungary. Turkey aud Bulgaria and th withdrawal of It. troop, frtvm th trenche. and to titled poeitkm. from th Baltic sea to th Rumanian frontier It long had . been foreseen that sat ach aa outt ome ' eventually would follow apou the revo lutionary movement ia Kus.la. where for n-urly a year civil .trite and war wearlnew. generally proved moat po tent factor, la weakening th battl front. Ung ago the enemy forces be gan the withdrawal of troop frum thi. front, and virtually only a hand ful of them hav been heed by Rus lan there. Peac having beea erlevtrd both by th Kusslan. and I'kra'uian with the Teutonic allies, th .ituatioa of Ku mar i become, a moat critical one. Kniirely tut off Bow from her allies, the Rumanian, apparently ar faced with the abo!ute necessity of effect- Ins a senarate peac or belug overrun by nierior t'iiy .nines. Noth'ng haa a. yet come through to 'low whether another Rumanian cabinet to take the plai of the one which resign ed last week has Wn formed or whether any reply hat been mad ta the ultimatum of the central power, that peace netotlatlon should In. medi ately be started As has been antl '.pated. th terms of pci between the I kralne and ths central power.- contain the muth des red clause providing for the Im mediate entering Into economic rela tlon. betweti the contra Una parties by which Aus'ria and G'tntsiy may obtain mu,h desired foodstuffs NO PEACE UNTIL fJERM ANY IS RECOGNIZED VICTOR Amsterdam Germany desires peace but before It can be uttalticd her ene mles must retngnlze that Germany has been victorious. Kmm ror Willlem said in an address nresented by th burromaster of Hamburg on the con elusion of peace with the Vkraine. Th emperor's rt ply as given In a fler'.in dispatch says: "We ought to bring peace lo the . world We shall seek In every way to do ft. Such an end was achieved In a friendly manner with I'l enetnv which, beaten by our armies, per celves no reason for fla'itlng longer exienils a haml to lis and receives our hands We clasp hands. Rut he w ho will not accept peac but oi the con trary declines, pouring out the blood of h1 own and of our own neonle must l'.e forced to have pepce. We desire to live In friendship 'th niglihor'ng p ides but the vlcto-y of Gerniun rm must be first recognized." ONLY TFN NAM-, ADDFD TO THE LIST OF SURVIVORS Roll of U. 8. SoWIt. AbDrd Tuscan' Not Reported Rescued Now Stand, st 3'0. Wtislnrton ,-On'r t-n nnmv w-re rdded to the roll of survivor, of the ' ner Tsis"l b'' d'smtches lo the war department. The list of Amerl at soldiers who were on board the linei snd who have not been exported see med now stands at 340. althourh It I ertgin that aliont 21(1 of these and probably more are safe. Pleven new par"' have been re. "ortcd. hit tine of thm,. .fohn M Ql"ip ll. of So'o. Mo . had anne.'e-t oi list c' the saved "revlniisiv cMed. In msnv Instances It 's cors dereil no slble tint men s'l'l recorded as unre-t-orted have suceeiied In getting pri vate messages to their fam'Hes U. S. WAR ACHf'SMENTR MARVELOUS SAYS M'GOW AN Co'limh a. S. C. Feb. 11- Rear Ad-ml-al Simuel MiGowan. nivmaster general of Die navy, a Smith Car, I'nhn In address'ne the general as sembly cf Ftate of South Choline He clared that the success of (he w-r etepaMment In mee'lti? itllciilt tasks has be-n remarknb'e. Th few m' takes made, he said, are far nverbal .need In the record breaking accrm ilshmonts He ss' l that the navy' Is rrdy f r Us wor': In the war. TRADING IN HCNS ANO PULLETS IS FORBIDDEN Washington. Trading In live or freshly killed l.ens and pullet. Any where In Ihe I'nited State:e I forbid den In an order announced by the I'niied Slate., food administration. February 2: Is fixed as (he date when fresh slock must be disposed of and add that additional stocks may not be purchased. By restricting the killing of chick ens th food administration hope, tc lnrree.se th production of eggs, By Slow Degree. "Do yoir' really enjoy Cuineinbert cheeseT" "I'm eating It as a matter of dis cipline. If can learn to like It mny- be I'll get so I can stand c'KK." coln-stomge V1 ., t)nappr.cia ed. The lrtlm-l.m sulci you could give my hair an artistic ci, and you've made n.e look like n wild tnnn." The Tonsorlnl Artist-I fear you know nothing cf art. .In. an Insur- irat ES IS MVE BELIEVED TO HAVE SEEN KILLED WHILE FOUR OTH ERS ARE MISSING. BARRAGE FIRE RETURNED P.tr.llina Saldiar War Ftra Upon Fram C. nee. leg Festtiana by Largo Number, of En.my F"u Up Goai FighL Fiv American soldier ar believed to hav been killed, tour ar mis tni and one wa woonded. when aa I merit an patrol wa. ambushed la No Man l-and by a superior fort of Cermau.. The po where tha encounter oc curred ia aa isolated on and report. ,.,w,lln- ,w. .asualtie luflh ted bv ... ... beta sides ar meagei. Only ove Aaieritan i kaowa to have escaped the trap of th Ger mans, which wa. laid la front of our wires. Til e survivor, who crwl4 bark to th American line, with a bul let in hi. chest. Is unable ta talk Our artillefy immediate laid ' a barrage around the ambushing (Jer aian and some ar believed lo have beeu accounted for The infantry ac cor.ntcd for others as It Is certain the . Hacked patrol fought to a finish , col ding to information trickling In from the front line. Our patrolling soldier were walk ing In front of our wira entanglement, when a h!g enemy patrol that bad been divided into parties which look up concealed position, ope'ied fire t close range The night w- . clear and the forma of ih Americau. mad Hie best poaslble targets for the hid den Germans. There is no doubt that the American, battled gallantly until completely overpowered. The artillery duel in our sector continued. Scores of airplanes were nut observing and making photo g'atdia. The men In the line were thrilled by a number of air duel, high In the ky over their heads. Artilleryman Kill.d. One American artilleryman k'Ped and five artillerymen was were wounded by shell (Ire. The Americans sprinkled the enemy rem he with shrapnel all during the lav. There was considerable patrol activity but no further clashes were reported RED CROSS GAINS MANY NEW M'MBERS Red Cross Add. Approslmat.ly 17.500, 000 in th Recent Big Drive. Washington. D C Figures now available on the Red Cross Christmas membership drive show a total enroll n ent of 2S 475.000. or 22 per cent of the population of the I'nlted State. Of this total the Red Cross bad about 6.000.000 members before the Christmas drive started, so that the gHln from the drive waa approximately 17.5"0.0O0 new member. The cential division of which Chicago is the head quarters, lead the other twelve divi sions of the country In the number of now members enrolled Christmas week By divisions, the gain were us fol lows: Atlantic. 28.on.OOft; Central. S. oiiflOOO; Gulf. 3M 000; Lake. J.Hon.Onc) ; Mountain. 27Ci.ooi: New Kngland. C70, OnO; Northern. S8"i,0n0; Northwestern. tlM.000; Pacific, 327.000; Pennsylvania, l.fiOO.OOO; Potomac, 2!i0.000: Southern. :i7.000; Southwestern. 3.25.000. From the fourteenth division com prising all of the territorial insular snd foreign possessions of the I'nited States the new member added num bered 4S.000. I'nprecedent'sl unfavorable weather prevailed d'lrint the drive so that the showing Is cons'dor-vl except onally good. Klmil figures are not expected In chungR the fo-'T'ilng estimate, lo any considerable extent. One of the chief benefits anticipated irom the enlarged membership I. the I addition of thousand, of active work- ers to Red Cross chapters where sun piles are being prepared for our rmv and navy and the military forces and clvll'sn population of the allies. GERMANY'S OFFENSIVE MAY BE APPROACHING Washington. Development of Ger many's long deferred offensive In the west from the reconnoltering thrusts ' miched during the past week around amhral and at other points Is sue s'ed as a possibility In the weekly military review issued by the war department. So far. however. In sp te of heavy flrhtlng the denartment says no actlcns of more than lor.t character have been recorded. CERVICES IN MEMORY OF JOHN L. SULLIVAN HELD New York - Service. In memory nf Ihe late John L. Sulliv.n. former heavyweight champion of America, were he'd here. The church was c-nwded with personal friends of th-" dead gladiator and men and womn whose names are prominent In the world nf sport and the .(age. The lite of Sullivan wa. praised by the sneak ers, among them wa. "Jack" McAn llffe. (he former pugilist. Praatnt Re.penaibiliti. "Now, the economic condition wf have to meet when the war la over " "You're away ahead of your story, friend," said Senator Sorghum. "What we've got to do now Is to look after the j economic conditions now required to I get the wur over." . Lo H, H.ad Alao. wlllll ,ltl)rH,mM he you ent.01in. le hurBlllrr He ,(M)k nrpaf . -Aliv,hlng else-nnylhing of vainer 0)w ,:,,. i GERMA AMBUSH TEN AMERICANS
Daily Herald (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.)
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