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Ti .) - '. A.-" nomas V VOL.13. $0. 62 $1.50 A YEAR AND WORTH IT SALISBURY, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, JULY 13, 1917. " $1.90 A YEAR AND WORTH IT PRICE TWO CENTS YABIM .liiiMJMkiP; "' .it.i.'.in '. . . w - ' ' ' mmm IN MAKING DRAFT President Wilson's Determina tion That No Favors Be Shown Withholding of Plans. NOT TO BE ANNOUNCED UNTIL EVE OF DRAWING Governor Bickett Sends a Letter to Every Member of the Local Exemption Boards in N. C. " (By Associated Press) Washington, July 2. Persistent in quiry from all parts of the countrj' for information about the method to be followed in selecting men for the new national army has caused the War Department officials to explain that President Wilsoifs determina tion to have absolute fariness govern the process was responsible for the decision to withhold announcement as to the exact plan until the very eve of the drawing. -Approved by President. Washington, July 12. The exemp tion regulations and all other moves for making the new army have been received- and approved by President Wilson personally and the draft reg ulations also will come from the White House. All that is known now is that the drawing will be from ser ial numbers corresponding with num bers on registration cards and that it will take place in Washington, proba bly at the capital. Secretary of War Baker and another high official will draw the first number and the process if selection will be pushed to every until flashed by telegraph to every community in the country the num bers drawn. It is understood that the system planned is so simple that the work will be done in a few hours. So far only 21 states have reuorted to theProvist Marshal General' of- ilefiffiBlete organization. An.seme the- nanies- and -seraal hutnbers-ri J ? liable to draft have already been post ed. Some fear is felt at the war de partment that the delay in organiza tion might cause further postpone ment of the draft. It had been be lieved the drawing might take place Saturday of this week. Then it be came evident that it could not be held before next week and indications now are that it might be the latter part of the week before everything is ready. The new estimate of population by the Census Bureau as a basis for draft, it is explained, should not be taken as a genuine indication of the actual population of cities and com munities. Only One County Delayed. Raleigh, July 12. It is announced that with the exception of one coun ty the exemption boards throughout the State have organized and are ready for work and that all registra tion cards with the exception of the one county in question are expected to be received here within tlie next 24 hours. The registration from Polk county appears to have been lost in the mails, it is said, and if not found it will be necessary to make a new set of copies. Governor Bickett Writes Boards. While Governor Bickett does not believe the exmeption boards in the various counties would otherwise than discharge their duty fearlessly and with impartiality, he has been in receipt of several letters in which fear has been expressed lest the boards may not act impartially in all cases, and has addressed the following let ter to every member of the local ex emption boards in the various cities and counties of the state: "Several letters have come to this office from different parts of the state, indicating a fear on the part of a few people that local boards may not in all coses act within absolute impar- tiality in passing upon claims for ex- emption and in prescribing the orde! in which persons not exempt shall be called into service. "It is not necessary for' me to say that I do not personally share this fear. Your recommendation by me to the President of the United States for this patriotic service carried with it my abiding faith that you would do your duty without fear and without favor. "I deem it proper, however, to call your attention to the apprehension re flected in these letters and to beg you to hold your sacred office so high above personal or partisan considera tion that when the work is done your enemies will be forced to concede that in every case you acted with the fear of God and the love of your country before your eyes. Above all thirrs, let me beseech you not to al low political influences to touch the hem of your garment. It would be a tragic and nauseating prostitution of a wise and just law if politics should be considered when the lives of men REPORTED THAT IMPERIAL CHANCELLOR HAS RESIGNED Bern, Switzerland, July 12th The Vos sische Zeitung, of Berlin, says that the Ger man Imperial Chancellor Von Batemann Holwig has resigned. Emperor William has postponed his de cision as to whether or not he wilt accept the resignation. mPERIA COUNCIL HELD AT BERLIN Chancellor Held Conference With Many Leaders and Made a Report on the Political Situation to the German Emperor. (By Associated Prass.) Amsterdam, July 12. Emperor William held a conference lasting several hours with Chancellor Beth-mann-Hollweg last night and received reports on the political situation. The Chancellor, also received and confer red with many leaders during the day yesterday. Long Session of Crown Council Held in Berlin. k 'Amsterdam, July ll.JLThe meeting cf the crown council on Monday, says a Berlin "telegram, lasted until 1 o'clock Tuesday morning, when the resignations were accepted definitely. The imperial chancellor has decided to ffer the vacant ministerial portfo lios to leaders of the Reichstag and Prussian diet. An imperial ministry of labor will be created under the so cialists Herbert or David. (The above dispatch does not reveal the identity of the ministers who re signed. Foreign Minister Zimmer mann and VicenQiancellor Helfferich n-mentic irag- during the last few Says as the' ministers who would lose their por folios.) RUSSIA NARMY NO LONGER DISCREDITED. By One Stroke, it Has Accomplished Objective Missed Last Summe. Petrograd, July 11. In the capture of Halicz, the Russian revoluionary army, so discredited during the last fe months, has reached in a single move the objective fought for so stub bornly but without success by Gener al Brusiloff's forces of last summer in a long arduous campaign. This feat means the definite piercing of the Austro-German lines on a broad front, and not merely a local penetra tion, which was accomplished by the first Russian victory west of Tarno- pol. The activity of the Russian armies has now spread from Tarnopol to the Carpathians, and they are steadily pushing forward on a continuous front more than one hundred miles long. General Brusiloff, apparently benefiting from last year's experience in his attempts on Halicz from the north, from which side last summer's campaign proved it almost impreg nable, planned the southern drive along the road to Dolina so brilliantly executed by General Korniloff. This appeared to be the line of least re sistance ,and Halicz was easily taken from the rear. The secretary of war and the sec retary of the navy have agreed to prefer women employes henceforth in appointments "of the clerical forces of the war and navy departments. and the very destiny of the ra'ce are in the balance. "It is proper to say that the letters mentioned have come from less than j five per cent of the counties in the state, but the fact that the fear has been expressed at all makes it my duty to advise all members of local boards to the end that heir work may be done on a plane oi patriotism o high that no breath of suspicion can reach it." TAX UINTILLED LAND. Washington, July 12. A conference on the high cost of living is to be held in Wash ington July 30th and 31st to discuss Federal legislation to give the government control of actual resources and to propose a tax system by which a high tax on unusued land may be used to pa ythe cost of the war. The conference has been call ed by the Committee on the high cost of living, an organi zation whose membership ex tends throughout the country. AM ENT REACHED WITH IRON INDUSTRY Secretary of War Announces That the Department Has Reached Agree ment With the Iron Industry for Distribution of War Burdens and War Prices. (By Associated Press.) Washington, July 12. 'Formal an nouncement was made today by Sec retary Baker, of the war department, that an agreement had been reached with the American steel industry un der which the entire production of the industry is available for the govern ment's war demands, at a price to be determined on cost of production aft er the report of the Federal Trade Commission is received. On their side the government is as sured that real profits would be so based and that account would be tak en for the expansion of the industry. The industry is assured by the gov ernment that the war orders will be distributed over the entire iron- indus try of the country, so, that no unfair burden would be bneby ane one. MUCH DAMAGE DONE 1 . BY DAM BURSTING. ton estate, summer ' Koine of Th James Sprunt on the lower Cape Fear,' are under water as result of the Or ton pond dam giving away, while thousands of valuable fish were wash ed into the river and are lost toDr. Sprunt. The property loss will lun far into rundreds, although the col onial mansion was not damaged, be ing located on a bluff overlooking the river and standing high and dry above the flooded estate. Telephone com munication between this city and Southport was wrecked when poles were washed away and in establish ing temporary communication it was necessary to string wires through three treetops. Missing Aviator Safe in Holland. Paris, July 11 Sergt. Maj. Antoine Paillard, one of the French aviators jvho participated in the bombardment last Friday of the . Krupp factory at Essen, Germany, and who failed to return, has, it is now learned, landed safely in Holland. President Van Hise, of the Uni versity of Wisconsin, predicts world wide woman suffrage after the war. On the whole the it off very well in soldiers "Sammies." French have hit nicknaming our -Savannah News. E MILLION FOR WAR RELIEF Presentation of Resolution Calling for Vast Appropriation Rieceived With Tremendous Applause Committee of Five to Determine Method and Form of Wofk. Boston, July 11. Ahiid a stirring scene of patriotism the grand lodge of the Benevolent and Protective Or der of Elks late today appropriated a fund of $1,000,000 for war relief work. The incoming grand exalted ruler, Fred C. Harper, of Lynchburg, Va., was instructed to appoint a spec ial commission of five to determine the method and form, the work should take. A committee recentlv aDOoint- ed to investigate the subject report ed that a part of the amount should be devoted to establishing base hos pital units, in co-operation with the American Red Cross. Presentatioi of a resolution calling for the appropriation of the fund was received with tumultuous applause and cheering by the delegates and up on its adoption the assembly stood and sang "Ajneriea." German army just holding on while navy finishes the war Hin denburg's explanation of the situa tion is something , quite novel in German military history. Spring field Republican. ELKS APPROPRIATE ON mi . i Town Suspends VBiisiness and Armed Citizen Bcmnd Up One Thousand frjtbers. LOADED IN CAtTLE And ftaHT cars Reign oi" Terror Also Exists in Northern Idaho US Result of Activities if ttW. W. - . . ,; y.-y . Phoenix, , Aiijy 12. The town Bissbee, ArBhis suspended business and tfie Ciba,; Protective League, numbering armed, has rounded up ifi&O raiibers of the Industrial Workers - ffjlhe World, searched each one and foided them in freight and cattle carj'The men will be deported. MachilS'ias.tl'ne. Tuscon, Arizona :.jfuJi2.-A tele phone message fro;DougJas this morning said 300 &citiiens' Of that town, heavily armed. 4nith three machine guns, left eOTlyfrofft. Biss- ! bee in automobileslo -assist in the In dustrial Workers of,. thWor Id round up. Twenty-five box cattle cars also have been sent to bemused in de porting the men. t 'Railroad officials would not indicate ihe"d:stiiration of th train after it rieav -Gov. Hunt Appr Globe, Arizona, tuly Hurtt, personal r President WHaon'on' Strike Mediation Board, to from BJssbee to stop ' issbee. Gtvemor Latfve of Federal appealed y train on which the miners ferestt. -.g deport ea. . jil? "Two thousand ,jnmer: deported this morbing by gunmen from Warren f1 that train," said tKe-xne. are being rporation ict. Stop Jige which was signed by Attdrney Vj' R. Cleary, oz -Dissoee. Herded in Baseball Park Phoenix, Arizofl?J!yMl2. One thousand . members' jbf .tH:, Industrial zens, members or xne.rumzens rror tective League, and .ill be deported. This morning members of the organi zation, wihich citizens declare are a disturbing element, were gathered in the baseball park here and other guards maintained as fast as the men were brought in. They were searched for arms and all carried red cards showing they were members of the J I. W. W. organization. 'Meanwhile on the siding there stood cattle and box cars to which ' others were takn. There other guards ; saw to it that they remained. This ! train was later sent away. Leading j citizens of the Protective League re ! fused to give their destination. Reign of Terror in Idaho. . . Boise, Idaho, July 11. That a reign of terror exists today in northern Idaho and that 2,000 troops are need ed to curb the activities of the In dustrial Workers of the World is the ! report made to Secretary of War Baker by the state council of defense, according to former'Gov. Frank R. Gooding, member of the council. "Industrial Workers of the World are spreading all over the state," said the former governor, "and it is time for all sections of Idaho, moth north and south, to form citizen bodies for the protection of their lives and prop erty. Two thousand troops are need ed today in northern Idaho to cope with the gigantic fighting being put up by the Industrial Workers to pre vent the United . States government from securing 2,000,000,000 feet of lumber needed." THREE BOMB EXPLOSIONS IN CHICAGO, ONE KILLED Several Injured,; One Fatally, Whik Score of Buildings Are Damaged. Chicago, July 11. 'Three bomb ex plosions in widely separated sections of the South Side early today caused the death of one man, and the fatal injury of another, damaged a score of buildings and drove dozens of fami lies into the street. Two of the ex plosions are laid at the door of the "Black Hand," the other to labor trouble, according to the police. The bombs were exploded in buildings with stores on the first floor and apartments above, driving many of the residents into the street in their night clothes. Silvia O'Conner and his brother James O'Conner, were passing the building at 1900 West 59th street, when the explosion occurred and the former was killed instantly and the latter fataly injured. No other persons were seriously hurt, though many "suffered cuts by b.roken glass. The American people . waste more! than $1,000,000,000 , worth of food each year. Many a man's hard lk is due his efforts to avoid fcardswork. to RUSSIANS MAKE FURTHER GAINS. Petrograd, July 12. The Russians have captured Allaux the head of the enemy in Gali cia, according to.a semi-official announcement made today. According to information re ceived at the ministry of war office Russian troops have ad vanced and taken' a large num ber of prisoners. LEADERS GO TO WILSON IN FOOD BILL MATTER Finding It Well Nigh Impossible to Recouncile Conflicting' Views on Food Biil, Appeal Is Made to the President. (By Associated Press) Washington, July 12. Democratic leaders in the, Senate, finding it well nigh imposible to recouncil conflict ing viwes on the food control bill, have desided to appeal to President Wilson to outline his opinion of what compromises " should be agreed on in order to hasten action on the meas ure. The Senate agricultural committee has decided not to hake any recom mendations on GcVe substitute bill. Senator Gore, however, plans to offer it as individual proposition with the understanding that many of its pro visions will have general support in lieu of those in the pending bill. RECEIVING GERMAN AID THROUGH UNITED STATES. Opinion Prerailent in England That Finn Femers Are Receiving Ett couragemet From This Side of the Atlantic. (By .Associated Press.) London, July 12. One opinion seems common among all parties, namely That the provisional conven tion of Ireland to consider home rulei is seriously impaired if not entirely doomed. The Chronicle says the Finn Feiners ae receiving enormous sums sources wnicn enaowes tnem to. con tinue their extensive propaganda. GREAT STRIKE PREDICTED Believed Walk Out of Affect Thirty-Five Machinists Shipyards to Is Inuevrtable. (Bv Associated Press) New York, July 12. A general strike which would effect all of the I thirty-five or more shipyards in the j New York and New Jersey district ' was predicted here today by labor leaders unless, the deadlock between ! the shipyard owners and the men is broken in a day or two. j J. J. McEntee, business agent of the ; International Association of Machin i ists, said the government should com I pel the employers to accede to the de ' mands of the men "because thev could not live on less than $4.50 a day, the minimum wage asked." Reject Nomination of Thomas. (By Associated Press.) Washington, July 12. Rejection of President Wilson's nomination of Wil liam E. Thomas, of Valdosta, Ga., as Federal Judge of the Southern dis trict, was unanimously recommended today by the Senate Judiciary com mittee. The largest safety razor company in America has a woman as adver tising manager. E EXTENSI Big Fill to Be Widened On Both Sides and Cement Walks Laid for Convenience of School Children Water Mains Being Extended. Superintendent Thomason of the county road force this morning began work on North Main street in the widening of that throughfare. This work begins at a point just north of Steele street. The big fill on either side just south of the new school building is to be widened full 100 feet, the dirt with which to do this being excavated from the hill on the east side of the car line on the Hen derson property. Sidewalks are to be put in here and this street put in shape for the safety of children at tenring the North Main Street school and for pedestrains in general. The culvert running under this fill is being extended and the street will be wid This is quite a job but one that has been needed for a long time and peo ple in that section of the city, es pecially those who have small children to attend 'the North Main Street school, rejoice that this work has be gun. it win oe pusnea rapidly and will be completed before school opens, Water mains are also being extend- ed on North Main 'beyond the car bams and street hydrants "placed. WORK BEGINS WID NING NORTH MAN ON DR. VON BETHMANN-HOLLWEG German Imperial Chancellor who is being criticized by the more demo cratic and radical leaders of the Em pire, and whose resignation is report ed today, though not confirmed. TRADING WITH ENEMY BILL Washington, July 12. The admin istration's trading with the enemy 'bill is in the hands of the Senate to day, following its passage by' the Hcuse on yesterday. The measure was approved in tk'e, House after three days consideration meeting with lit tle oppositiin, and being changed but little from the original form in which presented. BRITISH CASUALTIES. London, July 12-The total casual resHitin from the German sue cesses near NetupOTt . Belgiuia on we ), lnn fcif inVlnH. Y - prisoners as well -a 'iittecl and Chief of the War $mce. SUBMARINE BASE DENIED. Rio de Janeiro, July 12. The re" port that a submarine base had been discovered near Santos has been of ficially denied. SWEDEN INDIGNANT. Stockholm, July 12. General re sentment and indignation are arous ed in Sweden over what is said to be a semi-official report from Washing ton government on Swedish imports and exoprts. MARKED DECREASE IN NUMBER VESSELS SUNK Effectiveness of Measures Against Submarines Shown in the Record of the Last Week. London, July 11 The sinking of 14 British merchantmen of more than 1,600 tons is reported in the weekly summary of shipping1 losses issued here today. Three -erchantment of less than 1,600 tons and seven fight- ing vessels also were sunk. The offi cial statement follows: "Arrivals 2,898; sailings 2,798. "British merchant ships sunk by mine or submarine, over 1,600 tons, including one previously, 14; under 1,600 tons, 3. "British merchant ships unsuccess fully attacked, including four pre viuosly, 17. "British . fishing vessels sunk, in cluding one previously, seven." (The increasing effectiveness of the measures against submarines which are. being carried out by British and American warships is shown in the record of the last week. With one ex ception the number of merchantment sunk is the lowest of any week since the British inaugurated in March the system of giving out weekly reports.) Berlin Limits Winter Coal Supply. Copenhagen, July 11 Coal cards have been introduced in Berlin in or der to regulate the winter supply. Apartments with heated stoves will be limited to a quarter of a ton per room and a maximum of one ton and a half for more tan five rooms. Steam heated houses will be limited to half of last year's supply. American Hospitals on Italian Front IRbme, July ll.About $10,000,000 will be used to organize American Red Cross hospitals and ambulances on the Italian front. This sum will be taken frpm a fund of $100,000,000 which American headquarters in Par is have at their disposal for Europe. MINE SWEEPER LOST. Paris, July 12. The French mine sweeper Jupiter struck a mine in the British channel on Tuesday and sunk. Eleven lost their lives. j i j j General Korniloff's Troops Reach and Occupy Kalusz, a Town of Eight Thousand People. GERMAN ATTACKS ON BELGIAN COAST CEASE On the Verdun Front the German Crown Prince Has Made Unsuc cessful Attacks. (By Associated Press) Galicia has developed- into a drive with little or no letup, as at least as1 far as the part played by General Korniloff's army is concerned: Yiesterday news of the capture of Halicz was followed today by the an nouncement that General Korniloff's tioops had pushed on beyond Lesiuvk southwest of Stanislau and reached and occupied Kaluze, a city of 8, 000, seven miles west of the Storka river. The Austro-German head quarters in this sector are situated here. Kalusz was stubbornly defend ed but after a sanguinary battle the Russians pushed in the town and ac cording to advices from Petrograd, they continued to advance after hav ing taken a large number of prison ers. The German attack of Monday an the Belgian coast ceased with the capture of a small sector east of the Yser, which the Germans had devasta ted with intense gunfire. Neither last night nor today the British announce ment records any further fighting of moment in this, region, although the artillery continues, active. A German raid near Losmfoartzyde was driven off by the British. On the Verdun front the German Crown Price has made - a. number of ' attacks on both" banks of the Meute. AU of these assaults were deliyered f'n vicimty of hill 304 on one side tacks on the Ainse front. SAYS CHILDREN OF U. S. SHOULD HAVE EDUCATION. Dr. Anna Hdward Shaw Believes Young People Should "Do Their Bit" in That Way. Washington, July 11. The chil dren of the nation may best do their "bit" by staying in the schools dur ing the war and making better scholastic records than ever before, Dr. Anna Howard Shaw, head of the woman's committee of the council of national defense, told the members of the League of American Penwomen, at a metting held at the home of the president, Mrs. Isaac Pearson, 1785 Lainer place northwest. The suffrage leader lamented thi fact that so. many children this sori-ie: were allowed to leave their studies to take up work on farms and in other lines through patriotic pleas, j Dr. Shaw declared that no emergency existed at present which necessitated such action on the part of the children, the young men and women of the land. The important thing for the children is to keep going to school, and train themselves to be the fine, moral men and women of tomorrow. The league accepted the proposal of the War Department that its mem bers act as godmothers to the men who go to France. Mrs. Antoinette Funk of Chicago aroused her hearers with reasons why the people of the land should take more liberty loans when they are put out by the government. Te league will devote its activities from now on to national needs, and as adopted as a slogan, "Our Country First." PREVENTING SPECULATION. Fixing Prices for Corn is a War Measure and Seemed Necessary to Prevent Unlawful Speculation. (By Associated Press.) Chicago, July 12. The fixing of a maximum price of 1.28 for December 1917, and action for regulating May 1918 prices on corn is regarded by members of the Chicago exchange as practically putting a stop to specula tion in the new grain crop. Officials said that the establishment of a price for P?cember' seemed necessary to bring trading into harmony with the war policy of the 'government and to prevent undue speculation and un warranted prices to the country. Germans Warned Away From Docks. New York, July 11. Ai ' further move to keep the water front here j free from enemy aliens was made to day, when placards warning all Ger mans to keep off were distributed to all docks and piers in this and Long Island points. It was said simi lar notice would be sent to points on the Hudson river and the Connecticut shore before the end of this week-, f3 ' 1.1 4 -$ ' ai'tarr.-gi,iiffiril-rw
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