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Dickinson, .' Wilson, N.'C r' - Manntug St. Kitchln, Kaleu;h, N. C. . EARL KITCHENER i I-' V. .,. -., l.W,.i, Thi H th flrt photograph to' ke publlahod of Earl Kitchener of Khar, toum, who succded to tho title of hi fatnou brother, the British war null Itter, who wa lost at oea en. the Brit leh tMrehlp'Hampehlro. Earl Klteh oner, Ilk hi brother, I a Midler. H ervoo' In both India and Afrloa, rlalAft) tb th. Tank of colonel. ' SKAR Ff 6HTIN6 QN PIAVE RIVEB WPER vJAW STALLED f UNflkrl TOUT RESISTANCE; VN ETHER i ALSO LACKS FOfiCK, , Enemy Along PlavO River I Being firmly Held, Eepeclally on Crucial of Montello Plateau. ( :.The Austrian pincers are not cloSlria upon Italy with the precision ot las. October ' when, they forced bacc th Italian armies of General ' Cadorna from the Julian Alps to the Plate river and from the northern mountain regions almost to the plains of Vene tia. Ia fact they do not seem to. be Th. upper jaw In the Venetian Alps f M )ylnx M .e tt. I stalled under tb resistance of ,tte : ttax.h region some milM. st jat run, rrenek and luUaa forces. tKr.togtaHW-J?' f'' VT' , Uck S'?It Is noSrtdTb. IwsIIpU fore necessary to brtag It across ths WUy 4 tteu Plat. riter' and push back : the Italian ' jB m to bVtak- troop, which are clogging ite path ; PrUbner by the ;Itallaa,s far ft; large la the Alps the Austrlaas hare been number of tthe poatooa bridges; which Unable further to advance their lines they threw aeress the Plave over) tht siltce their initial onslaught last week, Mit ,txot between the ! Coner Everywhere, from the Aslage plateat llano .raUway bridge an dtae Zofaon sector eastward to the Plave river all , loop have been .carried away- on th their ttack have qulcly been ' re- .bosom of .the swollen streaa.s At'any pulsed by the allied troops who, ..is ; rate the loss of . those, 1: bridges 'win their .turn have delivered counter-at i ueoessarlly seriously Impede the rein tacks,' regained lost - terrain. Inflicted 4 forcement of the ,AustrIans on ; the mvvij cvBuuiLics uir vuciu uu taken a large number of prisoners. i All along the Plave river, from the mountain passes through which th torrent wends its way southwsrd or. its race to. the Adilatic sea,' fierce fighting is going on.' especially on th famous Zeiison loop and farther south from FossalU to the marsh countr around Capo Slle, some 20 -miles eas Of Venice. The Italian war office announces that the enemy everywhere is bslnl held along the Plave. . On the era eiai sector of the Montello plateau, which, bars; the way -from the north east to the Venetian plains,- the Ital ians have strengthened their position, on. the northern edge of the plateav and repulsed .two enemy, attacks tt advance, on the . northern . border. ARMY OFFICER. BRIBED 'v. iY- PROFITEERS ARRE8TEI Wtthlnton. The trail of the aov 1' x.. . I. I1 1 n 1 a , I on war contracts led to the arrest ir New' Tork ot Lieut James C. Staley a reserve army officer, on a chargs of accepting money from the Trueflt Raincoat. Company of New Tork tor a contract which he promised to pro cure.' , ''.Ci.O f'V-'V-i'i The arrest was made by the depart ment, of Justice agents who had fol lowed the officer during the Inspection of the plant of tbt raincoat company, whose proprietors acted In' co-operation with the government to detect the fraul . - .. . - NO OPPOSITION TO DRAFT . EXTENSION BY CONQRES8 Waahlngtoiv Should Congress " de cide that It Is necessary at this time to extend the draft age limits either below Jl or above SO, or both, no op potltion .will "b offered by the war d-.-iartmentV? In authorising - this statesnent today, Secretary Bakr r-aid the .department could see no Immedl ate need for such- action, although the date already is in sight when It wl'-l, become necessary to replenish the cla?s one reservoir. . , PERMANENT INCREASE OF NAVY FCKSONNEL VOTED ' Wsshlngton. Permanent Increase pf fie ravy perscnnel from 87,000 to J31.v'5 '-sn was voted tdday by tht hoHr t irtng er! 'deration of senate (in;. .nts t t: s f i.c:?,ee o,c:3 cv T-l r ''' 1 ! "'. b"t tno rr " -"I ( W !J3 A ' 1 EriELlY dFFEIlSlVE CEETS FAILURE thtir efforts to holo their Antagonists Iack usual . . force and stamina, ! ,' lEBjif eGES (RE further Enemy Loot I Imminent . Throuoh Deetrootlon of Pontoon Srldge Ovor Plav Rlvon OTr the entire mountain realo. tli Austrlana hare remtbieil quiet, , opt when compelled to go on tho do fenelT. end Uen thlr ffort to hold back their anUfonlata hare Jacked tba:. rtamlna" imul i mea '- irhoo t barta are la their, taskv -Tbli eon- ditloh ha prarailod lnc fh Br on- alAughta ot th namy wa Summarily topped by the Are of th Brltlia, . Trench and Italian fore forming th barrier to" thoToaetlan plalm., v, More heart (a betef tefown into! th wprk by the ,i!emT; alone thaPlare from th. Montello plateau outhard to"th reflon Jytai eat of, telle t Her he etlll leemi, notwlthstanfliaf bla hetry.''loitea aad, numerous! ro ' puleet on rarloua eoctor, bent on throwing hb arale acroii th stream or ' pushing further westward , etth thoi of hi forces that already Hare forded H, . NsTertheleti, further ! set backs to the Austrla&s hat followed those of pv. ijf on the, Montello, wnere tit Italians are Ylclewly dis puting the righVot, war to Ue pljloa. Llkewli e, near, the . famous , Zeasoa toop. iarther down, the .stream, I the f nemy's heary attacks have beef field and under tho Impetus of the Italian counter blows, he has, fallea back nearer the TlTer for reinforcement nasuiy erougn up. ..,,, t,. j4 i, . ' Still farther . south , . between . roe salts and San Dona 41 Plara the Ital laas hars further pushed back S ta- vauers, and unofficial report, assert 'r wt . puk oi.uo Kreami anu . tne re plenlsbmsnt Of their supplies. , st Meanwhile. itk food situation and the war weariness ot the people with in the dual monarchy again are mak) ,lng trouble for th authorities. Trow I blous times also seemingly t are la . store for the German governmentt, 6w lng to lack of bread.' Ia Vienna mobs ! are reported to have raided bakerioes I and stoned Ue residence of the pre. mler ana even to have attacked one I ot; the wings of th Imperial palace. Troops had to be called out to restore order. .. ' . AMERICAN TR00P8 STORM . j lit,, . .r v GERMAN TRENCHES American troops stormed German trenches and . machine gun nests In front ot Cantlgny, In the. Montdldier sector.; Those of the German garri son who remained to Sght sad carry out their order to hold th positions at any cost, were kdllod by ,rlfle and machine gun. fire and bayonet., ' ,t ' f The Americaaa alee took prisoners. The American artillery pat. down a heavy box. barrage on the rear, ef the enemv nosltlona. A few miantea later the Infantry swarmed over i tho topi and rushed the trenohes. Some ot the i Germans had tried to escape .through ! the barrage, crashing to their rear, but few of theem got through, for nn merous German dead were found later. Prisoneers captured - declare that they had orders to hold en at all costs, and this war apparent by-the -desperate manner In which they, fought. s MANUFACTURERS MULCTED : HARD FOR BOGUS SERVICE Washington. Metheds - by .. ; which contingent fee contract - agents - Is Washington suppressed eompetltlon in bidding on government war orders. In flated prices, manipulated, bid and evea "double-crossed" their own cli ents by representing competing eon tractors, were uncovered today by. the department of justice In examining correspondence sslsed In raids. 80ms manufacturers paid thousands of dol lars for "purely imaginary services." THE FOOD SITUATION IN AUSTRIA IS DESPERATE Copenhsrn. According to The Vosslsche Z. itung, the mayor of Vt eana In a -nent explaining the f. 1 o'Uu. i I 's s''S tsat last c 1 a 1 ' 1 si li sued to s r s t i ta d.,::vr a C """ If ' ( 1- " 1 T' c : ! t 1 : OVER TilEi tfiND jOF THE LOfiGjJEAF PINE SHORT NOTES OF INTEREST TO r : CAROLIMANS. ; i lUIelin.--Wllriai D. Covington, ne gro delinquent of Auburn,-was arrest ee) by Peputy Sheriff Ernest Raises s a deserter and take to Camp Jaok eoa, Columbia, 8. C for delivery. Klnston! Policemaa John W. Tar lor loft here for Camp Jaokson with two draft deserters end It ; dalta qnents, all eoloredj' He showed ap at the camp with eight .' . Cbariott. Aa Inck aad a qaartet ot fain felt orer Meckjenburf eouaty la general,' according t official figures of the local United States weather bu reau. ' Meteorologist' Atto said , tt seems that both Carotins were Well ,0-w''-1 - '1 '-1 ' rf" . i-.". v ; ; " : - I.i .. - Morganton Judgei PrHctiard poke here under the auspice of .the War Barings Stamps committee and made a strong appeal. The Morga too cornet band furnished music' .' 1. Charlotte -The Defiance Sock Mills ot Charlotte, Morebead , Jones presi dent and manager, expects to bare their new. dy house completed jhe coming week.. .. " ) fyettevinewreur ears of the sec ond division, of Atlantic Coast Una nail train No. M were derailed at, Vic tory Lake, three miles South of, this city. -The train carried express pnlj and there were no casualties beyond slight Injuries received by two mem bers of the crew., j 1,1 .v,f ( WahlBgtm. -To aaatntala closer re lations with gorenunent departments (which are now oontroMsg the dispo sition of the Industry's output, the ex ecutive commute: of tne Interstate Cotton 'Seed ' Crusher. ,,Associatlo authorised the ostabllshment of a per maneat bureaa here..'' Wilmington. The' ? cRf council. In special session ordered : a telegram seat to the stats' corporaXloa commis sion, withdrawing opposition to i the petition of the Tji'fvwater Powet or pany for ttcreaarjot street faree On city and suburboa lines, v ttallgh. A recent visitor to tne Ex periment Station at West Raleigh wa Mr. Dan M. Green, Eatraikm Poaltry JI usbandman . ot , the ., Department, ' of Agriculture at Washington, who earn for a conference with A. G. Oliver in regard to the poaltry club work In North Carolina. , i . Salisbury.-An ammunition train of ST trucks which, came in from New- poet News, en route to, a aonthera camp, had two men more than who they left the. Virginia, city, Thoee were.Awo alleged desertera that : tb lieutenant in charge had picked Bp o the way. " . Warsaw. A disastrous hail storm did -considerable damage .to - growing crop in a. neighborhood a few miles iAJ by Major General Wlltlam-Brano-eaet of Warsaw. i .Tobaco crop espe ; kWi controller of equipment on the dally were damaged many thousand council, who Is In Washington to dis dollars worth.-. The tonn'Wa entire- CUM y,!, ana 0ther projects relating ly local '.however,' and no effecU of tt to air Warfare with American official, felt here, or In other neighborhods. f flans for an initial flight across ' . ;-' " "vVf . .'. Greens"boro.-The ' vocational . train. )ng school of the waif department for 368 ' negro registrants was begun at the 'A., A T. college here. Nearly al of the negroes' brought here for traininc are from the District of Columbia. This 1s one of a large, number, of schools designated by , (he war department an places . where . special vocational and . military training will be given. ' ; " ' ,j. , "' - New. force Is given to the RAleigh.r campaign in North Carolina, against Incendiarism in toe enactment by congress of .the law 'to ounish wilful injury or destruction ot war material or of war. premises, or utllitiee Used in connection with war material and boards were Issued by Provost Mar tor other purposes.' The general lnter- shaf General CrOwder explaining and pretatlon of this act covers the entire amplifying the "work or fight" order transportation and shipping facilities, "under which after' July 1 all men of all public utilities and aU products of ' draft ae, regardless of their present Industry or. agricultur suitable for ' classification, must engage in employ war purposes. ; ment held to be productive, or join the - ' army. - "Washington. The marine" corps easualty list . contained the names of three North CaroHnslans' a follows: Died of wounds::... Privates Joseph L. -Orr, Matthews, N. C, Severely wound-' ed, Oscar B. Jordan, , Ore Hill i and Corp. " Eugene McCfeudv CherWtt,' Chapel Hill. President Graham an-' nounced that he had .just received. An' award of 1 359 to establish a new fel lowship in chemistry to be called 'th. Du Pont scholarship, th award hav-) lng been mad by th Du Pont Powder company. , " ". -." ..' " ' Wlnston-Salttoi .' W i Approximately f 11,000 damage, partially covered by 174,000 Insurance,' was caused by the fire which destroyed the h :U!ng oc cupied by Myers' department store. ' , Durham. "Go home aid t'ant two L'.'.'s of corn, wliere j 1 1 '.nd.t plsstirg ee," J-.. e W. It. I t to!d T. I -1, a f . 1 . r, who 'j!i ! to he DRIVE TREr.lEliDDUS A LOSS OF 120,000 MEN IS PRACTI CALLY ONLY RESULT OP '' OFFENSIVE. . SM - EIGUTING HEW Enemy Is Being 'Steadily Preseed Baok Towarde Western Ban's of Turbulent River. , The Austrian, losses la their offen sive on the Italian front exceed 110 00 men, aecordwg to a' dispatch to Le IJberte (nM Rome, quoting the correspondent of The Corrlere D'lulla. The barrier the Italians and their allies have raised awag the great bat tle area from th Aelago plateau to Use 1 soa remains insuperable to the Austrlana,,, ....ji r r- .' The operations by which the enemy had hoped, to press his way from the snMntata, peaks- n- th ( Alps and acroea the Plave river to the plains of Venetla thus fas havs met with almost signal UUure,.v Where th enemy was able in the'moootaine to prsas back slightly- the-allied defender of the front )n th first day ot their offensive too gronod has been regal a sd; where ke ' crossed : the Plave river and ap parently was threatening the plains with invasioa he now Is being sorely harassed at. every point . . , The bsttle is not a stalemate. Ia the mountains, the Italians, J3rltlsh and French troops- seemingly have the up per, hand; along the Plave from the Montello plateau to the mouth ot the river east of Venice the Italians, ap parently, are gaining .the upper hand. Little fighting of moment Is In prog ress In the mountain region but all along the Plave . battles bt great vio lence are In progress with the Invad ers meeting resistance upon which they had not counted and being stead ily pressed back toward the western bank of the now turbulent river which baa swept away many of' their poo toon bridges In the center ot the line, leaving them In rather precarious predicament. . ''', ,. . ' well out of Its banks and the ques tion of sending ' Austrian ' reinforce ments to the western side or convey ing food and military supplies to the men already on the border of the plains has become a critical one. ' Hoping to alleviate the situation, the Austrlana again have delivered at- tack on the Montello plateau. . 1 I TO ESTABLISH AIR ROUTsT FROM U. S. TO EUROPE . - . Washington.-Establishment of an 4(r rouU Europe trom the United states In order to bring the fun fere p, American effort'ln Ue air to bear ngt Germany ha been decided 1 aoon . definite nrolect bv the Brit ish air. council, the new organisation Into which all British air service has been merged., This wss disclosed to- J.the. Atlantic In August, September or : October of this year are already well advanced. American co-operation Is sought' and General Brancker hopes that the first machine' to make the crossing will carry both British and American pilots. At least three Brlt- lih pilots regarded as qualified for the trip are now here and several types of machines produced la England have ample fuel capacity for the 40-hours ? of flying. It is estimated the trip would take. ' ' ' . WORK OR FIGHT ORDER WILL BE ENFORCED ' " ' -' Washington. Instructions to1' draft AtUTt FOOD SITUATION tN SWEDEN EVIDENT "f-'T'.V-S -jr.-. '' An 'Atlaatle PortEvldencing the acute food situation la Sweden, It is now necessary for Swedish ships lear- ' ing thU port 'to be provided with sup- "plles' of coal for the return trip to United Sute port. vTh' fact ; was 'disclosed when the masters of. two Swedish ships, about ready to sail from this port, brsntd thntslve with the necessary: federal permit for supplies of coal tor th return voy age. ANOTHER AUSTRIAN . OFFENSIVE SOON Italian Headquarters In Northern Italy.- It la considered oaly a ques tion ot a brief 1. of time before tlie Austrlana will bi In another t sire. It is si.' 1 that this t: i f win ' proltil.-'y concentrate t" 'r tor's ln,' 1 I ' f : '?"-': I I' t t ' r (' 1 s - 1 ' SERGT. FRANK LANCKTC.1 ' Sergt. Frank Lanokton, orderly of Oon. John J. Pershing for the past tea year, bae returned to France' after having been temporarily detached from hie ehlef to accompany Secretary Ba ker baok to America. He was the eee atant attendant of th aesrstary war throughout hie astir abroad. : JUISTBIASS Wi 105T O NEARLY 40,000 MEN FACED Y FRENCH ARMY AND LITER- ; ALLY CUT TO PIECES. Evident Leee of Door-Die Spirit by the Teutene Shown l Recent , ' Operatloe. . " . The attacks of th Germans -near Rhelms resulted disastrously to tbem. Hardly had they left their trenches after one of the most terrific bombard ments with shells f all caliber in cluding gaa projectile, ever expert wnced eer the western front, nearly 40,000 men were faced by the reinforc ed Wrench, armies and literally cut to pieces and forced to fall back precipi tately. Only at on point, to the eaat of Rhelms, did ths enemy succeed in penetrating the French line. Here they were ejected almost immediately. The German official communication de scribee th attack aa a densoastratlon ot artillery and men-throwers. , The Teutonic allies apparently nav loot their spirit of door-die. Their attacks everywhere hav lacked the tenaeioueness of days gone by. ' Instead of ploughing through allied One with stubborn indifference to eaanaltlee so long aa aa objective was gained, thy sow waver and then halt ta tho face of the artillery and rifle fire of the men barring their way, and wltfc the points they were trying to gain still far beyond their reach. - Ambitions attempts by tne troops of the central powers In the past few weeks have proven this. The opening of a gateway to Parle through the western front, running from' Montdld lor to tho Marne, tailed completely; the offensive on the Italian battle Une launched by the Austrlana seeming ly has tailed miserably in the moun tain regions and apparently ha almost been stopped along the Plave, while a stroke atarted by the . Germane against Rhelms broke down in its ia oeptlon without the enemy taking a yard of' territory, -w ... .y ",:;'".-.'''' And in thee varioua attempted en terprises the high commands of the Gorman and Auatro-Hungarian armies hav seen their men literally mown down until battlefields hav been clog gd with dead or wounded as recom pense to the allied troops GERMAN DESTROYERS AND - ' SUBMARINES PENNED UP, London. Twenty-one German 'de stroyers, a large number of submar ines and numerous auxiliary craft are penned In the Bruges canal docks as the result of the -recent British naval operations at Zeebrugge. AMERICANS SEND GAS FROM THEIR PROJECTORS. With the American' Army in Franc. Th Americans in -the Woevre have sent their first fas against the; Ger man lines from projectors. A German raid at Remteres wood was repulsed. Some of the enemy were killed and one prisoner wee .taken. '-.'.".'-',".''' Five bombing planes dropped . 88 bombs on the station and tracks at Conflana (east Ot Verdun).'' Several enemy machines were encountered on the way , ,: . '. ;.. , THE AUSTRIAN EMPEROR IS; " - BITTERLY DISAPPOINTED. London. Router's' Rbme r'-r- pendent .aye ttist, t j to r the Austrian enu ai.f 'o is t front. Is diaapffi': 1 tt t" r obtained la tlie 1 J-alous Of f: i ....... t -; ; - The Success Of A : Business Depends in large meaeur upon the ; policy employed. . ' ''' ' ''... Correct business pniiey demands s ' Btrong; bankinir connection. , ' An affiliation ith this Institution insures dependable counsel, timely financial assistance and every modern banking facility. ' .. ', ,y-. ' :!': We cordially invite business . men's accounts. . : Planters Nation,l Bank r; Rocky Mount, N. C. Every Citizen of Nash' ' County is Invited .1 to Visit ( . .... . NASH COUNTY'S Now Bank Farmers & Merchants . ' Bank. r Rociky Mount. , - : r ' - - 1 . '. ' " ' '.' ,- Has recently installed its new fixtures and awaits with ' pleasure to show you its Complete Banking Equip ment. .. 1 T.T. Thorne. M.'.07BlountT T. A. AVERA, W, W. A VERA, President . VicPrfg, Vice-Pret. Cashier. ' JAMES W. 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