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CONCORD, N.C, I : 'DAY, AUGUST 17, 1917.
To Secure the Full Quota of
T H idrti And Nine
l':n For Army- Service
From Cabarrus County.
THIRTY CERTIFIED BY,
BOARD YESTERDAY
Claims for Exemption or Dis
charge Were Much Fewer
, in Proportion Than on the
' Other Calls.- ; : ;
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- Thirty mre men were certified yes
terday to the district board by the local
excmpttou board, at being called Into
the service of the I'nited States, and
. not having been exempted or discharg
ed. The names of those certified yes
terday follow : . .
. .. 854 Fred Marlon Js'elsler.
1117 Carl Baxter.
S7(i2 Hurk Sewcll. - J
Sluu Ernest W. Bigger.' ...v
. (MH James W. Hill.
- 37: Dock Peeler.
' 10H0 Adam Harris.
'.. lOlfVAlexander Pless.
" . 1081 Marshall McOollougb, i .
' Dfe-John E. Klutts. ....
Oil Thomas F, Henderson.; ' -'
: 1010 Khellle Oliver. - I
' 1017 M. C Goforth. .'"-.'
1142 Martin 1,. Ashury. -IhW
(Jeo. Morton Alexander. ;
v ' 7M John r. Nesblt.
MS-Oebnre B. King.
YMY Marvin C. Oray.
; 57fl Oliver Jndxon Crenshaw.",.'.
. 21)37 Chas. Mack Beddlx.
54 Kspy Mack Cannon.
27( James B. Burrls. . ' '
' !KJ. F. Sloop.
, 2!M4-Kolit. W. Hunter., . . i
25T.i Parks Walker. '
1002 Monroe Roeary. .
' 1)74 Homer Wright. ' -
lti William F. Carter.
8L(K Fred 8. Frnbardt. '
. 18M Manly McDanlel, '
- Itob. McLaughlin. .
' ; The above thirty men brings the to-'
' tat nnmber so far certified by the local
. board up to 107, leaving only twelve yet
to bc secured to fill the quota
' of 200 for Cabarrus county. The nun
ber of men passing physical examlna
1 tlon Is showing up satisfactorily, ac
- cording to' the members of the lioard,
. and a much-smaller percentage of them
fail to pass than was the case with
the first 400 men examined. The claims
for exemption umi for discharge are
also fewer in proportion.
-; One cluUn for, dincharge on account
'. ' of a di'peiident wife was pointed but
by a iueuiber of the bourd to the report
er. The claim was made by a man re
siding in Concord,,- and. his wife was
f living in South Carolina. He was furn-
- iKhed with the proper blanks and in
structed as to how they should be filled
" out. ' He readily filled out the affidavit
v he was to slgu. and sent the papers to
his wife to be signed by her. However,
x instead of the papers being properly
executed by her,, they were returned,
i by a man on whose land she lived, aud
u this mii wrote a letter to the board."
The letter stuted that the fellow here
who was trvina to be exempted, had
left his wife a year or two ago, and
since leaving her had sent her possibly
, as much us two dollars in all that time.
. " The wife is almost an Invalid and
mitlsbls support, but In spite of this
fact the fellow has sent ber nothing.
- The letter closed with, the plea that
- the local board certify the fellow, and
send him to the army, and If possible
' to arrange It so that the wife would
receive uiirt 'of the-pay he would re-
" celve in -the service.. It is needless to
ssy wlmr the local board did under the
circumstances. - " ' - .
In yesterday's"' paper a 4istof men
certllied by the local exemption- board
-to the district board was given. The
paper -stated that these,, men- applied
for exemption, and the board had not
""allowed them. This was only partly
', 1 trne, as some of the men had not filed
-any papers asking for exemption
'.Those who did notuKk for exemption
were
24.".. Ray C. Hoover. '
, :mi."i.V-itohert Moser. "
, William M. White. '
Kim I.lllliiKton E. Stewart
. . l'.':itV-t'lareiice C. Younger.
The matter, was called to our atten-
. . tlon toiltiy, and It Is always a pleasure
to correct aiiy errors or to remove false
iinpressloiis thatjuay have .been cre
ated. .
THE VTZrAT IZMJZ.ZT.
ft I '
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hi dvantageous
i.
i f 1 h9 PreV
i'liicii m, Aii'r. 17. Export inter.
est..wei'e h.-i I to be buying wheat
here todav nr 1 rt. (piher points where
olitaimilile en s -n : m tcrins for
ililinedittte d Uverv. i .. X in Sep.
ten. ber arMX'iii'cd to 1 ,-ivc 'ii'elv
cc
ter
no comDin'i- -m wi- li
tost price, ii-, u ol
vr-s-,1111-
AT.
c- i- r-i i " to rkb
1 v...,:j W.:h t.,'t Eicoe.s.
"""uni t!il Minrnt an J rrt-
J :!jrt iHt niiihl lo regain fo-h-tii'n
recently r-ted ffiiiu tiiem by
irsine and lining, t. .inert aome
smaii advantage on Verdun front.
htberte lhair efforts added to their
heary losses of late:
tintish report 3 counter sfta.ks'
against new line near Ux. At the
and effort the l'cr.; ann (rained alight i
successes at P , but ware driven
batk aeain and the 3rd assault fail
ed shake Fniish i '. Senses..
lleavv artillery hi:htinf i reported
in 1 pres sector wliers tlie Britii.li. af.
ter training high ground in vea'er.
dav's attack on the nine-mile front.
M i i . .... J i.--1.
. Attack on the French weiVmide
at vwidelv seimrated points. In Bel.
iriotn the (iermana at'emnted to re:
lint tire croiind tnkea bv the freneh
alone the Kteenebeke river, but met
with no, success. . tha Aisne front
the Germans made vigorous aHnatil'F
near the California plateau and east
of Cernv. " ': . ...
Shattered bv the terrifie artillery
re' of the' French.' tlie Cierman in.
f'sntrv formations were'weut baek
with lieaw losses. ; .
On the Verdun front very heavv
fiht: was resumed mith German
stroke on the front -of two kilometers
between Caurieres wood and Bcsann.
voix. Between -the noints the stack
ers trained a foothold on the foremost
French treri'cheg. but later were driv.
en .out of most of these positions. ."
FEDERAL TROOPS TO BE "
SENT TO NORTHWEST
To Keep War Industries Moving, and
. .' - to Check. Qisordera. ; :
' " (By The Associated Press) .i.-.
-AVasliinirton, Aus. 17. Sendiue of
Federal troops to Washington. -Ore.
zou. Montanaand Idaho to keep war
industries moving and to check dis-o-ders
is resrarded bv oflleials as a
possibility in the near future, should
the threatened I. W. W.'strke attain
serious proportions, and the eivil an.
thorities. State and Federal, in the
affected area be unable to meet the
situation adequately. " : ' v ;'
' The Departments of . Justice and
Labor, Boards of Mediation and Con
ciliation. .. the Food Administration
and other government agencies were
studying with . some apprehension
the situation in the northwest 'and
were prepared, it was said, to take
immediate steps to. meet any devel
opment. - - - , -
RAILROAD WALKOUT "
IN MEXICO PROBABLE
If Manaxement Continues to Send to
the United States for Repair. -
. (By The Associated. Press) .
- Mexico Citv.'Aug. 17. rit is report'.
ed that railroad., men. rc. consider
ing walkout if the management. con.
tinues to send' to the United States
for repairs. ' instead of making ru-
pairs in loearshops. Shonv meii have
e" -tressed a - petition to President
Carranza asking work day be return
ed to inht -hours. Thev are now
workin? six. The mnriaaexent' of the
oads explain it is impossible un-
der present eondUions to get mater.
lal sent to Mexico o all repairs can
be done in the local shons. The
manasementx expresses the belief til'
he demands are work of foreign asi.
tators. . - ' 1 -
Norfolk-Southern Railway Changes
Its Schedule. s.
Charlotte "Observer.
r.lTec'jve oundav the . .orlulk.
Sotitliern railway makes a change !n
its nasseneer schedule from lran.
lotte. It. is believed the Dew sched
ule will prove far more convenient
to the traveling public. . . -v . '
No. 30 which formerly left here at
2:15 o'clock in the afternoon, will
hec-nnini? on Sutidav. leave here at
6:30 in the morning, for points east.
No. 21. which forroei'v. came jn at
12:40 will arrive at 2:25 in the after.
noon.
Grermany'a Attitude on Pope's Pro-
- , posaL ,
: (By The Associated Press) j
CotJenhagen, Aug. 17. The 4Jer.
man government a. attitude on , so
imiwtrtant a mat'er as peace proposr.l
of Pope Benedict, can only be made
known after the most careful delioer.
ation. particularly as its decision can
only be taken in full accord with Ger-
manv's allies. A statement to this
effect lias been commumcoted bv the
German' Foreign office to the German
press; " ; - - "' ' - ; ;
War Draft Will Tako 75 Hhjh
School Principles. ,
: " (fy The Assikdated Press) ;
Durhoiu. Aii?. 17. The war draft
will take about 75 hieh school prin
cipals from North Carolina, it was
estimate-of N. V. u alker. state hi.
siiector of secondary "schools here to.
day. He is -makinc plans to have
iihese vacancies tilled bv women.
... , -
A luitirer'8 Lolleare siunnicr session
"die piinnd" of girls has delerniinec
tliat 27 rents a dav is the irreducible
minimum for the ovet'a'.re American 'i
food cot in tlicse war times.
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President Wilson and Seire
" tary Lansing Are Soon to
' Begin 2 Series of Import
ahtConferences. . . ' .
PONTIFFS NOTE NQW
'BEFORE PRESIDENT
.Before America's Comrauni-
cation Goes Forward the
Views of Entente Govern
ments Will Be Ascertained.
(Mr Tk iwHlr rim)
r Wasuineton, Aug. 17. President
Wilson and Secretary Lansing will
soon begin a series of important con
ferences preliminary to the response
to Pope Uenedict's peace : proposal. ;
Before the communication goes tor.
ward the-views of the Kntente gov
ernments on the subject will be aseor
tained. This - necessarily will take
some time..owinir to delays in trans
mitting messages bv cables. - '. .
The TKmtiffs' peace note, text .of
which reached the State Department
bv cable, from London, foreign office,
late vestcrdav evening, is now before
the President. Jle probably will srive
i a . i . o .
11 a close siuuv Deiore laKing it ip
with Secretary Lansing.
In ofHoial and diplomatic circles
here today Premier Llovd George re
assurance speech in Parliameht yes
terday was regarde1 as voicins; the
views of the Allies to anv discus
sion of peace.'' His accounting of the
food -supplies' and' shipping as af
fected bv the submarine warfare, al
so was regarded as indicative of
Great; Britain's. safe position and
stromr attitude,, - ; . i.v
KANNAPOLIS NEWS. - , '
Osborne-Cook MarriageDeath of Mrs.
-. Bentlcy. EvatiKclistie Services.
; Picture Shows Cut Out at Y. M. C. A.
-For Several eights. t'.f-Xl'f-iS
Mr. .A.' O. Osliorne-aud Miss Eflle
Cooke were married Wednesday even
ing at the home of Rev. W; B. Tillman,
Mr. Tillman officiating, Only a few
friends witnessed the ceremony. Among
those present were:'- Misses May Doby,
Cora Clonlnger, Bulk Tillman, aud
Messrs. W.. I,. Brvhi iuid W. K. Ware.
, Mr.'J. F. (iurley stoptied over Thurs
day to spend Friday aud Batnrday with
his mother,: wno remues nere .;ir.
Gurley was on hh way -home in Ix-
incton from a visit to tireenvtiie, . u,
' MrsTiirP. Bentley illedT nt "her 'home
In West Kanuapolis . Tuesday.1- Her
death was tlie result of an -operation
for appendicitis. Mrs. Beutley leaves
a husband and eight children. . .
Mr. and Mrs. J. C Martin have one
to attend the fuueral of Mr. Martin's
futhor nhn was killed Tnesdav bv a
tree falling on him. Mr. Martin lived
in the country, near Bostic, N.- C and
was about SO vears of age.
: The evangelistic services that are ber
ine conducted here "by Rev. Mr. Orr,
of Charlotte, isNlrawiug extra large
crowds' every night. "The meetings are
being held under a large tent On the
hlirh school grounds. ; '
J. T. M. C a. nas cut out au mov
picture shows except gu -Saturday
nights, on account or tne meeunga.-. -
The Y. M. C. A. has cut out au mov-
A. secretary, is on the local exemp
tion board for Cabarrus county, in Cou-(
cord this week.. , - . .
STREET CAR SERVICE AT
t KANSAS CITY RESUMED
Settlement Reached Yesterday Aftsr
A Nine Day's Strike. " .
; ' (By Tha Aaaoelaie Paaa .;
TCnnxna fitv.. Mo;. Aug: 17. The
street car service wag resumed todav
fiw mnn (lavs' strike of tlie motor-
men and conductors. .A settlement
ed late vesterdav.
' In settlement the car. men gained
the privilege of membership in laoor
nnranirptinna" and to select a Com.
mittee of edolovees to . deal with
imievances while the car company
was vietonoii8 in its contention ,ior
"the open ship.' ' " "
PERSONAL SPY OF THE ;
J KASEB" IS ARRESTED
Taken For Being in Zone Closed to
"Enemy Aliens Without a Permit..
.(By Tha Aaaaelate Freaa)' ' ;
' Kansas Citvi Mo.. Ana 17. Dr. A.
K - Graves. elf-st vied international
spy. who eame into some prominence
in 11)14 after Duplication 01 a volume
of his experiences as "the personal
the Kaiser", was arrested bv
Federal agents last night at Union
Station for being in a eone ciosea 10
Aamv oliona without A Dermit.
Dr.-Graves told the authorities lie
was working for the Department of
Btate. ' - : -.'.;
.Go to the 8trand tonight and vote
fur the most popular officer or private
in Company L. One vote will be given
v h eiich paid admission. The Bartles
! io (;h is will -present an entire
(i of programme.
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TOEELEfEIM
Declaration" of Tar With
Germany Does Not Men
j tion Association of China
With th Entente Powers.
TOOK EFFECT At ;
10 O'CLOCK TODAY
he Declaration: Aroused But
Little Excitement in Pek
ing oV in Other Northern
China Cities. :M y.' -'
. (By Tk AaMteta Imm ,
Peking, China, Aug. 14 (Delayed)
China's declaration of war on Ger
many and Austria-Hungary, beginning
at 10 o'clock today and the othef doc
uments relating to the conflict do not
mention the association of the Chin
ese reputmo witn tne entente powers.
They indicate that China's action will
be entirely Independent. '
The declaration ot war aroused lit
tle excitement In Peking or la other
northern China cities. - : .
Chinese troops in Tien-Talu took over
Austrian concessions aud the "Ger
man bank and Uennan barracks there
without' Incident . . - . ':
.Registration wlthiu 10 days Is re
quired to permit the Teutons to con
tinue doing business ' 1
The proclamation or war, which was
signed by the President, "reviews Chi
nas efforts, nptde to induce Germany
to modify her submarine policy.-
EVERYTHING IN SPAIN
?? IS BE0OMIN0 NORMAL
Several Striken -Wore Killed and
Wonnded, and Two Soldiera Wore
EiUed. -a :' -
. . (By Tha Awwelatea tat)
Paris. Aug.'. 17. A 'dispatch" from
Madrid to the Associated Press says
that news from all iSPSin is tbat ev
erything is beeSming normal. It was
necessary , to use cannon asrainst the
barricade -made bv the strikers at
Subadftll near Barcelona, resuming in
the demolishing of four houses ana
the killinir and wound ng of 'several
strikers. Two soldiefb , were killed
and ten wounaea. - ; -
BQMBS DROPPED TN
, BELGIUM BT BRITISH
Successful Series of Raids by Aviat-
. era Carried Out Yesterday, s .
'unm-Vkm ,iaaiata.J'CTasi.r.3.
London, Auit .17. The Admiralty
announced, successful carrying -out
vesterdav of a series of raids bv avi
ators of .the Koval Naval Air service
who dropped many tons of bombs on
military objectives in Belgium. The
Ostcnd railway stat t and sidinas
at the Thqrout railway junction ere
nttneked. t ia atruromo' w mrii.
telles !mm bombed and several nrer
were observed. All .the planes re
turned safelv.! ;:." 'A'l::-f'u--'..,:'X
will Jap. delegates be sent
TO STOCKHOLM CONFERENCE
Resorted That Socialist - Leader in
- New York' May Be Sent by the So.
' cialists. 1
(By Tha Aaaaelate Preaa
'Tokio. Au?. 17. It is reported that
a email iodv of Japanese socinlis
at TokioThas voted to send a Japa
nese socialist leader wno as now m
New York as a delegate to tlie Stock,
hnlm Kncialita conference. It is believ.
that, the government is opposed to
Jauan's participation in the Confer
ence. . .-',(.-. .. - .--ir '
THE SAWMILL UNIT
STEAMER ATTACKED
Two Torpedoes Fired at the Ship, but
Both Missed the Mark.
" " (Br The Aaaartata Piwl s
" Mavnard. Mass.. Aug. 17.. A
steamer earning American saw mill
tinit. No. 3. was attacked in mid-ocean
bv two German submarines, accordina
tn lot ter received today from a
.LomUr of th unit. Two torpeooes
Were fired at tne snip, ana; umu
nimj th mark bv. a few. feet, tne
steamer escaping by. her great speed
the wnter said. , - . o - v
Handa Off',' Paris Says to Pope.
Pnria. Anir. 15.-' Hands offH is
the kevnote of the Paris newspapers
it vim a i AnmrnHnii 1111 nits , wt '
nnt rfltctinir. thev sav, the
;j,.nt;ai tritii(1n ivinred last Decern
ber "when President, Wilson issued his
peace notev without denning cleariv
n, A-.staront status of the Powers
which took upx arms in self defense.
The Vatican's ambiguous reference
to Alsace Loraine arouses the chief
est resentment." and the slighting ot
the Balkan-Russo-Rouraanian. situa.
tions draws severe criticisms,
ri u wiitterdv fenture day at
.,. Ti,0.tnpinmJ "Like Wtldflre," be
ing the subject, which stars, Herbert
Uawlinson. ' - .
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FiitulCiEOllE:-
:i f;xihc waters
Are Believed to Have Been
Desrroyed By Time Bombs
Placed in the Cargoes By
Enemy Agents.
HAVE BEEN GIVEN -UP
BY THE OWNERS
Three of the Ships Are Amer
ican, One British and One
Japanese. Theory of a
Sailor Given, ' y ; ; -
A Paeifle Port. Five ship, thr-ie
Amerjcan, one British and one Ja
panese, are overdue at this port, aud
have been practically given up bv the
owners and agents. - Mariners sav
thev believe the vessels have been de
stroyed by time bombs placed in th
cargoes by enemv agents. This theor
was strengthened todav when a sail
or employed near this port told of
having teen fragile bottles containing
acid taken from eanro powder cases
where thev bad been placed in such
manner that the breaking of the bot
tles would have ignited the powder
Overdue vessels are the Winslow. an
American sailing ship. It. C. Sladc.
the American shooner Betuga, the
Japanese freighter Koto Hira and the
British freighter Wairuna.
COUNT BERNSTORFT TO
- X GO TO TURKEY
Former Ambassador to United 8tatee
. ; ' To Go to Turkey.
- (SrTM AaMrtataa rna)
Berlin.-Aug. 15. via London. .Aug.
16. -The appointment of Count von
Bernstorff, former German ambassa
dor to the United States as Genr.an
imbassador at Constantinople." is
forecast. Count Von Bernstorff ' ar
rived in Berlin today and has been
in conference with Chancellor Mich-
aelis....' : -. v --.-.'-'5v-'-' ri
:, The former Ambassador at . Washing-is
well acquainted with the con.
dilirmn in Turkey, and the Balkans.
his flr diplomatic assignment was as
embassV attache in .Constantinople,
30 vears ago. Later he was secretary
of the legation at Belgrade, and hag
been German consul general in bgypt
THREE THOUSAND AND FIVE ,l
HUNDRED" MEN APPOINTED
T-Repair.Mnit,ora and Other Meang
of TransporUtion . in France.
. (By The SaaantafJ Prcaa) , -
Washington. Aug. 17 Organisa
tion of approximately -3.500 men nn.
der 162 olhcerg. including three ma.
iors. into- three army units to repair
otors and -' other ' transportation
means the armv will use in-France
and- elsewhere, was ordered todav,
hot 'no hint of their dispositions Wnf
made. They probably are designed
for use back of the European battle.
front. -: -,-': ; '! ;s "'--,- -?c .
Another order directs tbat m ad
dition to the number of schools lor
cooks and bakers, already organized
a-temporary school of that character
will De esiaDiisneu ar eacn cuuum-
meut or camp of the national army or
national guard.
CHANGES IN PLANS
- FOR ASSIONINO- TROOPS
v . , .
Will Result in Sending Men Already
Assigned to One Cantonment to
.Another. . . .
Washington. . Aug. 17. -Some
chance are being made in the plans
for assigning drafted troops of, the
National army to cantonments which
will result in sending men already
assigned to a cantonment to some
other. The extent nf the ehanze has
not. . heen announexi bv the war de.
paTfment, but probably will be made
soon. - .-."-'.'. ' y
Rnssiaa Torpedo Boat Destroyer
- Sunk. -
(By Th Asa Hale Praart
PntmvradVAnr. 17. The Russian
torpedo boat destroyer Bourakoff has
been sunk bv a tiennan mine in ine
Haiti. Sea, It was following a squad
ron ot destroyers, on one of which
was the minister of marines. .
Assistant Secretaries of Agriculture
: " Appointed.
- (Br Tha Aaaaolata Ptaaa)
Washington. Aug. 17. aarence
Lonstev. of College Station. Ts.
A A PoarAnt). nf AmdS,
liowa ere nominated today by Pres-
ulent Wilson to be assistant secretary
of Arrieulture. under provisions oi
tM food survev law., ;
Rowan Board -Calls Frve Hundred
- .' Mora.
Salishnrv.'Aug. 16. .The &owan
arpmntion board has decided to call
FrUin mnra mnfnr nhvsicai examina
tion. From this number it is expected
all the needed men for Row,
an's quota who cannot be secured
from the first jail of 4!0 men.
i i -.-
. TTliisliev classes are not spectacles!
Wat they enable men ro see a lot of
Tint l ABAKiU S CWMT
SCND.iY SCHOOL CONVENTION
Large NtuMkwr la AtUadaiKO TesWr
day si ML OUret f "hurra.
The Cabarrus I'ouuty Kauday tk-hoot
ConventUw which met la amibal ea
bw yeatertlay Bwrtilng at ML (Him
MrfhnriM Church aras larav-ly attended.
Not only was tba la rye audlturtum of
the pactum new church ailed, bat alas
all tlie (Iim ruoau. while BMny were
ululile to get arata,
- WltlMHit queHtloa the rooventloa Ja
miiulng the ainat cooatmctive aud sawf
educational programme tbat baa ever
been prepared by the leaders, yester
day's programme had to do Utrgely
wKh tbe eonatroctlTe side of the coun
ty and township associations aud the
local ac-bools looking to more complete
organisation and system, while today's
programme looks more especially to
standardising aud vitalising their
work. . ..- .
Iu tbe absence of J. W. Tan Hoy,
tbe president, C J. Goodman called to
the chair P. C. Nlbluck. who presided
throughout tbe day. In his opening re
marks and speaking to the subject,
"Things to Be I'ndertaken Durlog tbe
Year," Mr. Nlblock presented In a
clear and forceful way a number-of
definite aud very Important things that
the Association should set itself to ac
complish, chief of which was the em
ployment, early as practicable, of a
whole-time superintendent of Sunday
school work for Cabarrus comity. Mr.
Nlblock Interested tbe convention most
when he said that he stood ready to
back up bis contention for Buch a su
perintendent by agreeing to be one of
ten men to underwrite the expense of
such an office in order that it might
be put Into operation as speedily as
possible. . - - - -
Other speakers that were heard with
Interest at yesterday's session ware J.
V. loug, of Greensboro, secretary of
the -State Sunday School Association ;
W. U. Caswell, W. L. Latham and H.
P. Beaty. B. L. Umberger, P. P.
Towuseud, Sam Black and H. B. Bld
euhpur were made a committee on
nomination of officers to report this af
ternoon, v -. . .' ...
ONE TOWN WHEBE
NOTHING GOES TO WASTE
Seventeen Hundred Home Gardens
Planted at Gardner, Mass. . .
Washington,' Aug, 17. Not a- quart
of perishable fruits or vegetables is
going to waste In the little town of
Gardner. Mass., according to a report
which Is made to the V. 8. Department
of Agriculture by the editor of a small
dully now. co-operating with, the gov
ernment in Its emergency campaign.
; According to the last census the pop
ulation Is 10,Wlu. Seventeen hundred
home gardens were, planted in Gard
ner this spring, one to every nine in
habitants. "The owners have - not
planted and worked them foe. fun,"
writes the editor of the dally paper,
"They will look after the crop."
Gardner. hH k mnnieliial canning
factory to take care ot tts surplus pro-
I ddcts. and the Ladles' Aid Society is
running canning scnoois lour iimes a
week. In. addition, Gardner Is estab-
suing a' muiiklpar mastet, and Btata
agrlcultural agvncies, ' as well as tjie
Federal Denartiheut of Agriculture, as
supplying the papers o Uardner with
Information on caniuiig anu preserv
ing. '"
-THE -PRESS OF BRAZIL
REFRAINS FROM COMMENT
The Opinion of Some Papers and the
Public Skeptical on Pope a Xiow.
' (By The. Asaaela(e4 Preaa)
Rio Janeiro. . Aug. ' 17. The Press
crenerallv abstains from jaomment on
the Pope's Peace proposal, the opin
i.tn tt h .tiiihlif an that, nf noma nfl.
;s .kentieal. O Pais hopes that
te reprobation of the Catholic world
will complete the -5 universal repro
bation and bring the final judgment
of human conscience on the conflict
that is ravaging civilisation.
PLEDGE TO WHEATLESS
) : AND MEATLESS DAYS
Trading Mn Promise Co.Operation
in Food Conservation.
- (By Tha Aaaeelt4 Pfaa ' ' ''
Washingfon, Aug. 17. Travelling
salesmen ' organizations' comprising
about 600.000 members, have pledged
themselves to a . wheatless. meatless
meal every day .the food administra
tion announced todav. - Ihev also
pledged their co-e"ration in the food
conservation movement,
At The Theatres.
The foature of the week at the New
Pastime will be Norma Tahnadge and
Tully Marshall In "The Devil's Needle.1
Also Gloria Swanson and Bobble Ver-
nou will present !The Danger Girl'
Looking upon his once familiar slo
gan. "America. first and America ef-
hcient," Charles Lvans Hughes may
And that it tits the present occasion
very well. : . .
1STED
MEM:
h While you tare helping to
who stajnat home will miss
: yenr portrait made for the home folks, and it is oOy 1
your loved ones should also have the'r's i ' ' r j- i t
' away with you.. Their portrait will c ' , -
will cheer them."-"Do ts .t r"t oSt for t
today." We are going to bo busy tr.- ; " ' '
pictures, let bs make yours be" ie tie i
eece; '
ii;el
Hope for This Expressed
Geh. Korniloff.' J!.
. - Fighting Capacity of '
Considerably Strengths
ANOTHER WINTER
, CAMPAIGN CERT,'
3en. KornilofT Predicts O,
ations on a Vast Scale en
the Roumanian Front Ar.i
Elsewhere.
. ? The
Petrograd Aug. 17. Lieut. Gen
Korniloff .the eommander-in-chief in
an inten-iew todav said that in eon
sequence of the enenretic measures
taken, the moral fiirlitinif capacity of
men had been considerably strenirtli
ened. .It is hoped for complete re
generation of the Russian forces.
It vAts generally predicted that op
erations on a vast scale on the Rou
manian front, also, elsewhere, especi
ally in the north, where be indicate !
there was a possibility of combined
land and sea action. 'He expressed
the opinion that another winter cam
paign waa inevitable.
SENATE HAS ABOUT
AGREED TO LIQUOR SECTION
Disposal of War Tax Bill Befuie
Night Beems Assured. -
f By Tha AaaarfataS Pit) '
Washington.. Aug: 17. Disposal
before night of nearly all provisions
of the war tax bill over which there
was no dispute was the Senate pro
gram todav. and Beeraed assured.
1 he Senate tentatively has agreed
to the liauor section with its .prohi
bition features in addition to manv
other important provisions. ,
Present plans call for considera
tion tomorrow of . incomes and wur
profits taxes, the chief point in dis
pute. Should these provisions be dis
posed of then efforts probably will he
made on agreement of date for tbe
tinal vote on the bill. j v ! -
THE COTTON MARKET.
Less Active Today, and Fluctuations
, " Were IrreguUr.-- - -
. ' (By Tha Aaaaeiate Prasa) ,.
; New York, Aug. 17. The cotton
market was less active earlv todav,. '
Earlv -. fluctuations were irregular,
i'"- market owned at a decline of 1
ftr ta:m adi auee of-ft-goints nd
sold about 6 to 7 noints "bet hisrher.
during' earlv trading, with -October
touching 24.95 and January 24.77.
Cotton futures opened stead v: Oc
tober. 24.84; Deceniber. 24.70; Janu-1
ary. 24.72; March, 24.87; May. 25.04;
I'rgent ,CsJI For Knitted Woolen
,: !!,; '' ' .'Articles..',
'.- Tfie" local Red Cross chapter bus just
received an nrgent call for a large
quantity of knitted woolen articles.- A
cablegram from Major Grayson Mur- .
phy - reads: "Last winter broke the
record for cold and mhery among peo
ple here, Inexpresibly dread coming
winter finding lis without supplies to
meet situation. Urge you on behalf of
our soldiers and those of our. allies
who will suffer In their frosen trenches
and also thousands of French and Bel
irhHi refugees reoarrlates being return
ed through Switzerland to France, Ev
ery one here looks to America. Begiu-
shipping at once one million nve Hun
dred thousand each of woven, or knit
ted woolen articles already 'requested.
They must come before cold weather.
and In view or shortage ox iuei anu
other discomforts they will be of in
credible value in both military a
civilian work. Signed. Mnrpny."
telegram was forwarded by telegram,
showing the urgent:, and immediate
need. . ' ".
The Concord Chapter is asked to
furnish a definite number or this re
quirement Our allotment is 800 sweat- ,
ers, S00 mufflers, 800 pairs of wrist
lets, 300 pairs OI bocks, vxmeoru niui
do its part in making good on this cm 1
for help from France. A chairman f r
this work will be aunouneea uuer. i n
the meantime all who care to help wi 1
please cominuuicate with Mrs. l.ui
Brown. ' -' ' " . - . "
- Congressional slownessas making t!m
country see red, but Congress gw s
along and only sees red tape. Chic;
Herald. : r:.
make your country's hi'
you. Part of yot" n'y
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