North Carolina Newspapers

tea ....la kJ' VcL XVII. v J. B; SHEREILL. Editor and Publisher., CONCORD, N. C, SATURDAY, AUGUST 11. 1917. PRICE FIVL-trTJTS 1 0. - MiV -AGE CERTIFIED FOR THE DRAFT 7i.X: f , jL i ' - - w j? Loc.'.iD:::?ra:i If BOARD FILES LIST Of Men Who. Passed PhySi " cal Examinations, And Did Not Make Any Claims for ' Exemption of Discharge.'. FOURTEEN MORE MEN ARE.C0NSIDEREDF1T Some of Them Are Only . Slightly Underweight, And ; iri Every Other Way Are Physically Fit For Service. - r "v , . -v : . The local exemntion Iwwrd todn . rertifietl to the District Board . at Statesville. a list o a xtv-ei'-'ht men that have . been examined bv their physicians and found to be phvsirallv lit for military dutv in the" new draft armv. - '. i ' - . According to the reports of the tihvaicians. onlv fiftv-four passed thi rediiirementa aet bv ''he government. 'However, tiie exe:intion board has instructions that when- in, their ooin '-, ion the physical trouble is not seri. ous to interfore with service, " thdv hhall draft the men into the armv. In " the easeof the men who failed' to 18S tneir. examinations ineir omv trouble van in tlieir light weight, anv ninn of them were less han 10 pounds too light - If a man in 'this condition . in taken and riven training?, with reg ular hours, he will in almost exery - rase, soon reach the minimum weight reonired. The men' whose names follow '.eon. p'iiiite the first ones in the draft arniv from Cabarrus County on her niiota ,f 2t9 men to be furnished. The lionrd will continue to rail before it " the registered men in their order un til the remaining 141 men needed are -secured. The names of the men drafted .and the order in which the were drafted, follow: V. 143ft Clifton Page, Kannapolls. - s ' 2787. Jim Marcus Medlin, Concord Rente 6. -- - --.,". : 'RSfWBen -W Mntthewn. jToncord. :1752. David"K TartrierTKannal)- lis. :' ' y 11)13. FlBtcher Drv. Concord. 2tr20.Ro8s Barry Pl' ler, Concord. . - 12ti".C W. Wood. Kannapnlis. " 7.w.-Rece Plummer.-.lljirrisb'irdr. Rente No. 1. " 'MMr--Arlhur C. Morrison, Cabar vivl t jm nrannon. Ilarrlgburg. , HI 0. Stafford Alexander. Concord. . cnt r.cnnle Douglass, (joncord.. 1320 Thos. Plnkney Jttilnn. 'A Henry Allison, KannapollB. ti03 Geo. J. U. Ients. Concord. -ivril rsiiv M. Beaver. KannaDolla. !X"2-f Clouy P. Phillips. 217 Gibson strtvt,. .... ';. !HKJ Glenu CamirtScll, Concord. . n 1 3 Walter Ie Hmith, Concord. ' 274!) C. Pearl Tadloclc, Concord, r. 5. ' 26J8 Samuel Adolphus McCommons, 'M'tO Silas Iroy Furr, Concord, r . :: ;axK-Arthur Davidson, Huntersville, OJeorire W. Fatart. rfd. o. ' 75 Clarence O. Pcnniiieer, Concord. vim William Henry ja use, Jr., Con- - 22:t0 Georne S. Graelier. Concord. v ; .- S74 1. Lewis Cress, Concord, rfd. 4. . fw'J Sam Harrison ,Oray, Concord, route 6. . 14 Drayton Horton, Harrlsburg. : IHS-Bureh Hafhcock. Concord. ' ' (i75.-i.Arthur Howie, Harrisburjt, tiii. I. - 1148. Mack Walker. Kannapolia. 2558. Henry Walker, Concord. ' rfd. 6. -".. J 00(1. A. M. Faireloth. Concord. '-'008. Daniel Monroe Smith, Mi I'lcasnnt. rfd. 1. .2100. R. Baxter Morrison, Cabar run. rfd. 1.' - - 003. Charles Clayton Sloop, Har. . . r'sbur?. rfd. 1. ; . 4.'2. Gaser Weddington. Concord, . 674-Gw)rKe V. Coble, COicord, r. 2740 Delula Wells. Concord, rfd. 4 lKt John Wardlow. Concord. SS3 Clyde Allison Blackwelder, Con' .".COM, 2)7S Cleveland L, Smith, Midland. fi2; Collo W. Smith,- Concord, rfd 1 1H3 Murl Sanders Lltaker, rfd. 2. m -Ellis Kdiile Troutman, route 4, - - ltKitt Charlie Dry, Kannapolls. ', ' a n ' : A Modern Store, in a- Modern vWay. Up-to-date Merchandise. " ' (3PENS SATURPAY , SEPTEMBER 1st COBB Ai;D ROUSCH lex:::g batters In Their.Respective Leagues, Say the Figures -Giving Averages of All Games Up '. to Thursday. COBB ALSOlEADS IN .-- NUMBER OF RUNS In the Americans, New York And Cincinnati Tied For . Batting Honors in Nation--"al League. .- (Br Tha Am rf rut) : ' Chieavo, Aus;. 11. Leading plav ers in major baball Icasrues ..and individual records no to and includ ing names of last Wednesday follow: Leadinir batters: Cobb. Detroit. American leairue .385; Ronsh, Cinciu. nati, National league. .341.' - Leadinir runs scored: Cobb. Detroit. American, leairue. 80 Burns. . New York. National. 72. . ' Leadinir base stealers: Chapman. Cleveland. American. 34-, Carey. Piltshnnr. Katinnal. 2D. ' ' ' Leading home run hitters: Tiop, New lork. American, and Veach.le- trdtt, .American, tied with 7: Horns. j ov, oi. lioiui national, ana Tavatii. I, VT-if 1 1 rnuaneipma, naitoqai: iiea witn a. Leading pitchers, who have parti. cipated in 21 or more games: Cicotte, ( hicatfo. Amreican. -won 18 and lost 8: Alexander. Philadelphia. National. on 18 and lost v.e t : - .. . . New lork is tied with Cincinnati In-the National leasue 'for battinsr honors, with 2T4: while Detroit leads Maer with .259. , ... TO APPEAR. BEFORE- FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION Is Order leaned to Wholesale and Re tail 0al Dealers. (Br The AiHrlalr4 Ptm i. , Washiharton. , An. 11. Wholesale and reail coal dealers of the eitv of Weshinrt" - wer...-tKree;d- .rT'4he- Fedejal Trade'Coxmissioq to aoneaftthe atlU, which was hot, the eap-aud before it toda for a conference on prices ' eharsed consumers. Hearin ' was in eonnect'on -with effort to nx and controls prizes. Tins authority was eiven to the I residen in the food ' control bill, siimed vester. dav. will be delesated to commit in La few1 davs. Trench ProRresa Near Fayet. (Br The AaaoHiitca Frew) Paris. Auir. 11. North 6f Stt Ouen- tin, the - French; troops, last night made important pmgress in the re?. ion ol ravet. says an omcioi state- msct given out tonight bv the War Department. The French eiecled the Germane from a large nart of Terrain which thev have captured v on the night of August 9 and 10. '. To Be V. a District Judge. (Br The AMlate4 rma) Washinfftod. Auff. 11. 'President Wilson today nominated Beverly D. Evana. of eandersville. ua.. to the lUited States Distret Judsre. foi the Southern Uistrict or ueorvia. 72 Frank Hooks. Harrlsburg r. 2. 2128 Will HartselV Cabarrus, rfd L 64 Richard 'Holmes Walker, rfd. 4 2615. William. Franklin Ritchie, Concord. ' - 1054. Charlie Johnson, Concord. 2336 Harry Turner Bkidmore, Con cord. ". - 2225 Edmond L. Hatley, Concord, route 7. BWi Arthur Clawson. Kewell. na. 1. 1430 John Columbus Prult, Kannap olls. , . ' 2005 Malachl David Swlnson. Mt Pleasant, route 1. ' 4()--Arthur Cannon, rfd. 1. 1305 James Odell Thompson,. Kan nanolis. . 341 Homer M. Barringer, Mt Pleas ant. .... ," . t-. 070 Jesse Sutton, Concord. " . 2024. Adam L. Honeyoutt. rfd. 5. 1217. James Counts. Kannaoolis 11 Arthur Uoller Pennlnger. : . 604 Eugene Johnston. ; 345 H. Alley Blackwelder. : ' '' -.r , . ; . ;-' 'I DiECPTEO 1,101 ARE. Members of the Exemption Board Are Removed At Once By Order of Presi dent Wilson; r BECAUSEOF - - IRREGULARITIES District No. 09 of the East .Side 'is One of the Most ' ; Congested And Was. Ex- netted to Furn ish 213 " i r - - . - (Br Tli AaMHatcd Prw ,- New York. Ausr. 11. All of the men exempted from military service bv the local exemption board in dis- OQ. - which -wjt romnviul 11 CnVht bv order of President Wilson. "because of irregularity ' will be re-examined bv the new board, whicu Governor Whitman is expected to ap. point"'todav. District 99 is one of the most congested sections of Eas' Side", and was expected to till a quota of 213. t, ; : ' WashlngtoiiM Aug. 11. Meinlers of the local selection board .relieved yes terday, after an .inquiry Intothe man ner In which discharges from the draft had been granted, will be prosecuted, officers of the provost marshall's office said today. ' . ITp to this time the "New York Inci dent is the only one of its kind, but officials said, prompt steps to -brinit offenders to book would be taken on the slightest snspiciou of irregularities. REVENUE OFFICER BREAKS I P MOONSHINE DISTILLERY W. C. Llsk Returns to Charlotte Last service at Ceutral Methodist . Church Night Loaded Down With Blockade tomorrow evening. . The choir under Apparatus." ' . v " .''. ! the direction if the orttanlxt, Miss Nell aiarlottf Observer 11th : : ' HeriiR, and the music leader. Miss Deputy United States Revenue Col-,'" Putterson, wjll render a most ex leetot W; of Llsk, returned Friday, f pnt proifrnmme, which will l as niiiht from Canurrus county where yes- follows: , . ; , f tr,lv aftprnoon he broke nil a forty- Organ PrelmleMli Nell Herring. flve-gHlfcm copper lllcilt ntHI, eapturlng' worm and seven gallons or wmsKey. twenty gallons of low wines and 100 I gallons ,of still beer. Mr. Llsk left Concord yesterday I earlv lu the morning, accompanied by ShertrT'Caldwell, ofrabarrus county, ! Tenor Solo: "I Know That My Ke and Clilef of Police Robinson, of Con- 'deemer Liveth'V Mandet Mr. Samuel ehrd,for the scene of the illicit still, Goodman. some twelve miles south of Concord Anthem: ''Fear Ye Not, O Israel'V on the Rocky river. In their search Holierts. . . for the' still, the officers found some Offertory. Intermezzo Macagnl. ' ' ten or twelve old furnaces on the same farm, snowing that the business has been In. operation for some time. ' Deputy lAk was especiaHy eutuu- slast ic about his two companions dur ing the-ruid. . -They are two ol tbe nest men i ever went into toe. woous witn," ne said last nic)it. Mr.- Lhic is an oiu rawer ana wuen he says an officer is a good one, he usually la. . - Mr. Llsk characterized the place as regular "hot bed" of moonshinlng. He stated there has been considerable complaint from this section if the coun ty, which is near the Stanly-, county line. No arrests were made! though evidence was obtained which will pro bably lead to the arrest of .some of the guilty parties' and the'officers have hopes that they win be able to clean up this dark spot In Cabarrus county, SOUTHERN MEN ARE GIVEN COMMISSIONS At Captains of Infantry Departments : Officers of Reserve Corps. . (Br The AsMdate FiMt Washington. Aug. 11. Ten men from four Southern states, who have trained at Fort Mverg frannntr camp will be given commissions under or ders issued today bv' Adjutant Gen eral McCain. Included in this: num ber are Charles TJ. Uritlin. of Bur lington. N. C captain of Infantrv 0 Dicers Resen-e (rp .and Chas. F. Summer .of Hertford. N. C:, captain of Infantry Officers Reserve Corps. Barbers have odvanced the cost of a haircut in rtiaqotto irom twenty live cents Xo, thirtv-llve cents. . I Parties Llucical Comedy Co. r.jrtla C:rl!:s Ccr.:dy Quartette r . u RESIGNS FROM THE BIUTISII CpUNCIL ITas Advised the Sending of . British ' Delegates to the ' Stockholm Conference. . r T Jkmm Ha rnat London. Aus. 11. Arthur' Hender scd Jabnr me uber of tbe British war council, has reaimied his membership id the cabinet. . ' The PaU Mall Uazet'e sava it un derstands that' Parti Henderson labor member of the British war council, who vesterdav addressed the British v1abor conference.- sad advimjd send ing of the Bntiau neleeates to stock, holm conference has tendered his res. iirnation. and premier Llovd Geonre tad accepted it , W T N. SENATE TODAY Senator Simmons Resumes Speech in Further Explan ' ation of Measure. ' . (Br Vh AaMrtatad Pras : Washinirton. Ausr. 11. The war tax bill under debate, in'the Senate airain today. ; . ' . ! . '. ' Chairman Simmons, of the Finance Committee, resumed his speech in' further explanation of the measure. He defended his' committee revision of the bill, and denied it had favored bur business and wealthy individuals, as charged bv Kitchen, of the House Wavs and Means 'Committee. The Honse had -.the ' Senator asserted shown far too mueh leniency with those who had reaped large profits. ' Senator - McCnmbeH, Republican! member of the Finance Committee planned to sneak after Senator Sim mons had finished. ,, PATRIOTIC SERVICE AT " CENTRAL METHODIST CHURCH To Be Held Tomorrow Night. Exeel . tdnt Music Protnunme Arranged. '' rr ...1 1 1' 1... n 1.. t..M.,;.. ,.l.tf fy. -Prajw, conchidlnjr Whh-therctandn Of the Lord' Prayer. H nymn an Aiuem-a Scripture Keading. . t., xne tiiona ram. . r Antnem: "Now rray We tor Our Country Fisher. Interesting Incidents leading up to the Writing of 'The Star Spangled Banner" and the Marseillaise" Bey, M. F. Moores. . - '.. Hymn "Marseillaise'' ' , Supplicatiou Miss Patterson. , - Anthem, Recessional Kipllug-De- Koven. -' -- Italian Hymn. Violin Solo "Minuet"' Beethoven Mrs. RusseU Barnhardt. - -. History of Our Flag Mrs.' H 8. Williams. - . . . " Cnll to Colors Kugler. - ; Hymu : "Star Spangled Banner" , , Benediction. V 1 "- i The choir will he assisted fy Mrs. Russell Barnhardt, Messrs. Sam Good mau, Jesse Baiford aud Kay Patter, son. "A collection will be taken for the beuellt of the Young People's Mission ary Society -of Central Church..; Tbe public is most cordially invited. - Former President Taft Better. CBr The AawelieA PrW ' Clay Center. Kans.. Aug. 11. For. mer President WilliamH. Taft spent a good night, and today shows mark ed improvement in the illness- that has confined him U his hotel since earlv Tuesday. . Physicians announe ed that he was continuing to take nourishment "nu feeling decidedly better." , Germans Cannot Make Payment to , - " , Americana, Br The IwdMM rW) - " Berlin. Aug. 11. Tne, Bundesrath or f ederal, l ountil ,nas passed a measure pnohibiting . Germans from making payment to citizens or rest dents of the United States. : TEATUEINO d Wit Mz Girls ; Funny Ccncdiss Prctt7G:r!j n THETflMliKIGCOURSE E All Concord Young Men Pass And Are Slated For Com missions or Appointed to Next Camp. THE COURSE WAS r A STRENUOUS ONE In An Interview Mr. John M. Oglesby Gives Some Inter esting Facts About Work At the Camp.; All the Concord young men at Ogle thorpe have successfully passed the training eourse at the training camp and are slated for commissions either on the active list or appointment to the next camp, according to Mr. John M. Oglesby. of the military staff of the Chattanooga Times, who is a visitor in the city. ' . ' , . m The training course at Oglethorpe, he states, is in the opinion of military men. the most strenuous ever . pro grammed by any country and the young men who have completed it, not only have shown a high type of patriotism, but also a high type of mental and ! physical litness. Most or tne yonng men Irom uauarrus are in im. try and three in this branch, Harry and Kenneth uauiweu ami iiun "" worth had previous military texperl ence, having served on the border with the .national guard. f Watson Smoot ami Te Crowell. Jr.. entereu camp with no previous experience, but have made good records and have been se lected as among those nt for one of the three appointments. Thomas Urler. of Harrlsburg, is In tne cavairy, uu considered one of the most capable young men in the cavalry troop, which prides itself on being an exceptionally offiotnnt nrirn nidation. - Albert Norman and John Black, of Pioneer Mills, are iu the artillery. Norman was recom nMiiled for annointment as second lieu- tenant, in the recular army, his name hoinv t the too of the list from those hielecte from his battery; out upon art- vice ot the- senior Instructor, ueciuiwi the appointment. This leads Norman's r-ion.i. tAhlive he wlB he appointed a first lieutenant or a captain. He is a wizard in mathematics and theonly .w.iui- mumlilpred aealnst his appolnt- mnf tar m ramtaillCT is his VOUtU. He ....tnrvui itimn from Clemon 'College. In addition to the reserve omn trnin'iiiff psmii " the medical officers training camp is ituated at Oglethorpe, rtoiimnl is represented there by Dr. S. K. Buchanan, who has made a line rec ord both at the camp and at the Elev enth nvalrv. where he was medical officer for several weeks. As evidence of Lieutenant Buchanan's efficiency he was tendered an appointment in the .Mum rvirria of a rank several poluts above the one he -holds in the North uwiiiiiu XHtional Guard. He preferr ed, however, to remain a 'memuer i hut nrmmisatlon. The medical camp, aoout wnieu pr little has been said, compared with the reserve officers' camp, is the largest ran.n .if ity kind in the United States, having about L00 physicians and 8,000 enlisted, men of the medical depart- ments.,'The physicians inciuue many of America's best known surgeous and thov am "il nl ne their bit" in a mosi. decided way. People familiar with the ,mn mill the work the surgeous and physicians are doing there, resent the statements irequemiy puousueu the physicians of the country are not roanmullnv ttlfiV ghoUld SUU that thv ahnnlil be drafted. . -.' The physicians, they contend, have w,w.nitwi rMMmded more freely than mvn of any other profession, :' The army needs trained ' men In ; every branch. The quartermaster's corps needs business men and bankers but there are . no- bankers: camps with thmioantiB nf ' the. country's bankers undergoing training. The army Mil need huiurreas or cnapiaiua um uao are very few ministers in the camps compared with the number of phyBi ctans. The medical profession, as men who are familiar witn tne conumons surrounding the training ol ine new army know. Is responding more freely than any otner ciass oi pigmy irauitru And the work of the physicians at nrithnrn. Fort Riley and Fort Ben- JamiU Harrison ana inrougnwui many units of the army Is not the only work they are doing. The selection of tti men for the National Army Is a . . . . . i t ik. task they are willingly and patrioti cally performing. This 'Is one of the biggest lasts tnat win oe penorareu by the medical corps Of- tbe army. Every man must undergo the closest kind of physical examination. In modern warfare it takes three men to look after a sick man and tbe medical officers In the army want the examin ing surgeons to send them sound men. By making and enforcing the proper sanitary rules they can keep them well I and make them fit for the great physi I cal strain In the trenches. But to send the army who are physically mint and then send these men-, to the muddy trenches of Flanders would be putting a burden on the army that Us medical ii corps might. not be, sole to cope with, j' Therefore, Americans should know apprsclate the great importance ot british are holding egroo:i In Friday's Attack on the Flanders Front - Germans Made Six Heavy Counter - Attacks During the Night. ST. QUENTIN AGAIN SCENE OF ACTIVITY Here Gen. Petain's Troops Regained Nearly All of the Section T Which Germans Had Penetrated Thursday. Field Marshal Haiir clinched his hold last night on the ground won in Friday's attack on Flanders frunt east of Ypres. 1 ': - The Germans made six heavy coun terattacks during . the night, . but were without success. Not only did British maintain their positions. but gained some additional ground on the right wing near Yures-Mannin road. -.; '. -: : i These new gains probably are lm? port ant to the success of the British general plans, for it was in this see- tor that the British had tailed to make all the progress expected of them. On the remainder of the two-mile front running frem Ypres-Roulers railway, all the ' objectives were achieved in yesterday's assault and have since been held. ' . The German res.stence was espec ially stubborn on the British right but results of the night flah"" ns reflected in London official accounts show that despite this the British forces were also able to forge ahead.' While British and French have been making another forward thrust in process of driving a wedge into the lerman lines in Belgium, the rench forces have been heavilv engaged on their own soil-in Aisne front and in Champagne. '.'.,'- '-' . In the St. Ouentin area; llenere1 Petain's troirtis regained nearly nil the auction of the line which the Ger mans Tiul'peiie.trated'lu their sudden thrust nf Thursday night. North of the Aisne thev earned out a brilliant attack and recaptureu and held the whole of an imno trench which . the Germans had re- lv tnken south of Allies.' ' . The fighting ,in 1 hampagne was ot German initiative." An attack launch ed over a front of nearly .two, miles was broken uu bv the J rench, exeet at one point to the north f Xami let. and even here the Germans were nftorviAril niected from elementsJhev had penetrated with the exception of stretch of some ou yams. . .At The Theatres. ; i1 Chnfles Brewer's Southland - Maids will present a good show at The Strand tonight. This is tne last perrormance of this company. N'ext week Bartles' Musical Comedy Company, reatunng Myrtle Bartles, will be at this play house. ' -,; ' . ; ; ';' ". The Xew". Pastime today offers Wil liam S. Hart In "The Patriot" in Ave reels. There is also on the programme a two reclKeystoue Comedy, Maid Mad featuring Charles Murray.- f ;r ; .'.:. British Thwart Counter-Attacks. t i:1'-, (Br The AwMlitrt-riiH X'"-" Indon, Aug .11. v Six German assaults were made-on" British post tions to the east of Yores during the night.' according- to the British oltl eial statement . issued todav." ' Thev all broke down after fierce fightinaf. Field Marshal- -Haig reported the British maintained their iwsitions east of Ypres, and gained ground near Ypres-Manin road. - ,- ENLISTED MEN!.: ; 1 While "you are helpinif to mak your country 'a history, those who stsy at home will miss yon. Part of your duty is to have f your portrait made for the home folks, and it rf only fair that your loved oneaTBhouf also have their'a made for you to carry awa,v with yovM Their portrait will heer you, your portrait will cheer thcm. ,Do not put'off for tomorrow what you eaa do today." Wo are going to be busy making lots of the "boy's" pictures, ,lct us make yours before the rush begins. ana the- El! Across the Atlantic, in Which Undersea Boat Was Sunk Near the Irish Coast, Says Dispatch Today. " ' WAS HID BEHIND A" " SMALL SAILING BOAT The Steamship .Wasted No Time in the Vicinity.- Left the Saving of the Germans To Patrol Boat. ; ' ; (Mr Tb a nia rim) . A Canadian 1 Port, August 11. Officers of a steamship whicb reached here todav tell of an encoun ter with a Germau ; submarine on the trip across the Atlantic, in which the undersea boa was sunk near the Irish coast. Lookout notified the eaptaiu that a small sailing vessel was aclinc suspiciously. It . was , watched and soon a submarine emerged from be hind it. Gunner on the steamship fired and hit the U-Boat with the first shell. ' ; : ; . ' '- ' The second Bhot struck the eonning . tower, and the submarine crew clam bered on deck and waved white hand kerchiefs. The steamship wasted no Uf the Germans to a pat rtl boat that time in inn vieinuv. dul ivii saviiiv PEACE RESOLUTION " ' - IN THE SENATE TODAY Introduced By Senator LaFoUette- Wants Object of War Stated.. ' t y (Br Th ASwMiatca Tram) : , 'Washington, Aug. 11. A peace reso lution was introduced iu the Senate to- - day by Senator Lafollette. It pro vides that the government denne-den-nitely the objects for which this gov- . ernment sluill continue to wage tne . war, and that the allies also make pub lic a restatement of the peace- terms . which they will deaMmi. 3 ' - Tbe-reoeiutton seeks to pt -Conaress -on record as opposing support by the United States for annexations or in demnities for other nations and pur poses, the amassing of a common und by the belligerents for the restoration of the battle devested territory. Senator Idifollette made a speech on " ills resolution and there was no debate. , Ou motion of Senator Williams it went over a day under the rules. . . . - WATCBJNQ GEEMAOT Attacks la Boumania Wtched With ' Anxious Interest. '. ' - (Br The AsMolate ht") Indon. Aug. 11. Military "tritics here are watching Germany's at'ack in Boumania with anxious interest. The greater part of Moldavia, the on ly section of the eoutrv remaining in Roumanian hands, is being attacked, as shown in official dispatches from the northwest and south and the Bussians and Roumanians who until recently conducted a vigorous of fensive, are now losing rroumdi at all points. "S--a , , Field Marshal von MackensenV thrust into the neighborhood of the Kokshani. is tha most serious of the operations and the furions resistenre. of the allies is not meeting with suo cesa , - Cotton Closed Steady. " . ,iwt (Br The H FfM" ..... .. . .. Cotton closed steady : ucwuw,. 'i".02j December. 24.77; January, 24. 78; March, 24.94; May, 25.03, n oik jfit puysicians tnrougnoui me. COh'TlNUED pN PAQJ! 41 ;