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Weaker report VOLUME XXXV oalliM ""in. Fit ANOTHER LIST IN THIS ISSUE BRINGS THE NUMBERS PUB LISHED UP TO NINE HUNDRED AND FORTY MEN. CALL FOR EXAMINATION NEXT WEEK (By UNITED PRESS) I New York, Aug. 3. More than seventy-five per cent of the men already called for the national army examinations so far have claimed exemption, is the report obtained by the United Press from all sections. Disqualifications for physical disability vary considerably run ning much higher in big cities than in towns free from conges tion. In New York City 1427 men out of 5415 examined were found to be possibly eligible. Aliens and physically unfit to talled 1827, while 2161 claimed ex emption, most of which exemption claims being, based . on dependents. 1510. Will Locus (670) Weldon. 3290. Joseph Wills (671) Enfield. 1091. John Jacobs (672) Scotland Neck. 2139. John C. Odell (673) .Rosemary. 470. Charlie Falcon (674) Littleton. 312. Pink Price (675) Brioklevville. 2984. Charles Harris Sullivan" (676) Enfield. 2693. Jimmie Lynch (677) Brinkleyville 1007. Tommie Jones (678) Weldon H27. Edward G. Harrell (679; fcpnng 11 ill. 1729. William Townsend Hodges (680) Rosemarv. 2953. Malcolm Douglas Overstreet (681) Euheld. 3341. Dude P. Privett (682; Littleton. 162(5. John Lewis Anderson (68b) lioan- Oke Rapids. 1284. Ernest W. Helms (684) Weldon. yo. Clyde Harrison (685) Hobgood. 191. Ely Willis Hawkins (686) Rose mary. 2430. (Solomon Perrv ffi,m Rpntlflnd , v . , eck. 3558. Jessie Whitaker C688 Tiller v. 2204. William Henrv Vincent (689) Rosemarv. 2646. William Hawkins (690) Brinkley- viue. 477. Wade Falcon ffim Thrfma. 1187. Alfred Tillerv f 692V Scotland i " N ' eck. 2871. Walter Cuthrell (693) Enfield. Jennie Staton (694 Scotland JNeck. 753. Sam Dcmery (695) Halifax. -w8. Mack Roark (696) Rosemary. 130. James Rhoads (697) Hobgood 8-jS. lieu Williams (698 Halifax. "-.a ah. .. . . v : u. vji.ie Amsel (699) Essex sb. Xeaton Lewis Braswe rell (700) Rosemarv 168. William "w. Brickell (701) Hali fax. 1023. Ed Anthony (702) Scotland Neck iy3L. Richard Johnson (703) Roanoke Rapids. !774. William Lunsford Long (704) Roanoke Rn 424. Robert Austin (705) Littleton. Weldon. tf- pouglas Buffalo (709) Hollister. "4-Harry Long (710) .Weldon. -JiJe" peorge Wiggins (711) Kingwood. 8. irea Tillery (712) Scotland Neck. 0- Lyman Morris Barnhill 713) En- or,'9 Joige Foster, Rosemary, 7147 9ni'r VlI1!es Blackwell, Thelma, 715 "fii- amos H. Whitley, Rosemary, 716. loq- t 1,11 Wiite, Palmyra, 717. J-James Branch, Rosemary, 718. , ,0- Uiarles Scrap Cullom, Aurelian- iJrmgs,.719. 2147 t onl Dempsey Littleton. 720. Patterson, Rosemaryj 721 30n" olumb"s Davis, Enfield, 722. yy- Otcrlinsr McWilliamsi TTafliavinA. ... 723. c .. " 7 William H rinpa 'TIioItmq 794. 2 i Ump' T ttv r rrorr 3487 v Saildera, Scotland Neck, 726 3296.' FuZ ?tey' TillCry' 727 1699 7 lau 'Williams, Etifield,-728. 1240 ii u Woden, Weldon, . 729. , , 2461 y xander Cobb, Rosemary, 730. 504 t ward Coley Castalia, 731. 1 , 2111 t u.wood Lng, Jackson, 732. "vm W. Mabry, Rosemary, 733 i J J J sjn uus ls-nig"t, Jr. (706) Tillery. j0. Plmnmer Rowland (707) Halifax W James T. D. Eawlings (708) for North Carolina: Shower, thi, SLOGAN: "EVERY ONE AFTERNOON DAILY FRANCO-BRITISH CABINET CRISES (By United Press.) London, Aug. 3. Two allied nations faced cabinet crisis today. In London rumors are persistent that Arthur Henderson, laborite member of the war cabinet, would resign, as the result of, bitter criti cism for his participation in Paris with radicals and socialists of France and Russia, anJd his open advocacy of the British participa" tion at the Stockholm peace con ference. A ' Retirement is regarded Aas cer tain if the government withhold passports for such British dele gates, otherwise the conservatives will raise a great storm. In Paris two resignations in the Ribot mnistry are reported pend ing, the minister of marine, La cashe, and the minister of block ade, Cochin, due presumably to criticism of their policies. WILL THE FARM ERS HELP? The government is threatening to take" away from the McCrary Company, who have charge of the sewer and water construction f,or the town, the ditcher, which will be a considerable loss to the town as it may delay the finishing up of the work for a year or two. It has been suggested that if the big farmers, and other employ ers of labor, would meet with the town officials, and get some defi nite plan of action, there might be some means provided to either to prevent the government getting hold of the , ditcher, or to supply the necessary labor to finish a in a week or two. 911. - William Franklin ,Edwards, Scot landNeck, 734. . 3f1J. Taaaio Pnmoll T7!nfiol1 7?.?: 1172.' Samuel Smith, Scotland Neck. 736 532. Edward Lee Mayo, Littleton, 737. 1517. Thomas Long, -Weldon, 738. 2623. Arthur Farrar, Brinkleyville, 739. Ijj31. George N. Stanley, Roanoke , Rapids, 740. ' , . 1924; -Areher - Henningway, Roanoke Rapids, 741. ' 1139. MeDaniel Rowe, Scotland Neck, - - . . ,742." r . 1214. Norman S. Barnes, Weldon, 743. -336. Roscoe CJ. Williams, Haiitax, 744. 2342. William Albion Daniel, . Scotland . ; Neck, 745. 2857. J.oseph Bumpass, iEnfield, --746. 1952. Scott James Peeples, Roanoke Rapids, 747. 212. Waverly Stephen Pepper, Halifax, 748. 1357. Sloan E. Shireley, Weldon, 749. 49. William Preston White, Jr., Hob good, 750. . 8.; Hay wood G.! ? Bland, Scotland Neck, 751. 2793. Ernest Sploman, ; Brinkleyville, 752. " ; '' ' 2954. Willie Parks, Enfield, 753. 2700. Wallace Lynch, Essex, 754. FISOMFT afternoon or tonight in east portion. Pair in west. Satnrday prohably fair. Light Variable winds, FOB EACH OTHER. AND ALL SCOTLAND NECK, N. C. FRIDAY, AUGUST 3, 1917. tea SKffl TAKES ; OF HEAT (By United Press.) New York, Aug. 3. The heat wave has completely paseed. Four persons wrere killed today by lightning in a storm that broke over the city after four days of almost constant heat pressure the themometer continuously register ing over ninety, and causing near ly two hundred deaths and one thousand prostrations. Rebellion . - . r met (By United Press) Savannah, Oik., Aug. 3. Farm ers hear Buelah church, twelve miles from Blackshear, have pur chased arms and a large quantity of ammunition, and are determin-j . . . ' , . . ed, it is said, to keep their sons from being taken for the army, ac cording to unconfirmed reports re ceived here shortly before noon. Washington, Aug. 3. Reports of threatened armed resistance to ;the army Adraft in isolated parti- of Georgia' and Western North Carolina, are being investigated by the. department of justice. Mountaineers and farmers of! these sections are reported to have supplied themselves with Winchester rifles and ammunition to fight the draft. Special investigators have been assigned to make a careful inquiry into these rumors, and stern meas ures will be taken to repress any thing in the. form of rebellion "ROYAL ORDER" TO HINDENBURG (BY UNITED PRESS) Copenhagen, Aug. 3. Express ing his "boundless thanks" Kaiser William telegraphed Field Mar shal Hindenburgconf erring upon him the cross and star, the royal order of the house of Hollenzol lern. (By United Press) London, .Aug. 3. The German drive against 44he infantry on the hill east of MonchyLepreous, was successful in part last night ae cording to General Haig 's '. report who . stated, which positions the enemy holds temporarily over a front of half a mile. A Quagmire (By William Philip. Simms) With the Britih Afield, Aug. 3. All Flanders is a quagmire. Water soaked down from the skies, 'and the guns seem to be engulfed in mud. Artillery fire has relaxed in consequence PLACE Asa Draft TEMPJOSARY GERfmnaii'1 Hander Now TO GETHEB FOR SCOTLAND iTOl Msfe Peas TAKES BOATS WWWW REPORT (By United Press) -Washington, Aug. 3. Com mandeering shipping under the Constitution of the United States, will begin immediately The shipping board is ready to announce its program of taking over 2,000,000 tons now building and also the shipyards. 'Woman Feared Draft I (BY UNITED PBESS) : Toledo, Ohio, Aug, 3 Fear that she might be apprehended, , as a stacker from the army and com jpelled to take a physical examina tion, a woman, living for the past twelve years as a man, disclosed the seeret of her sex, and is be i ' , lieved by the pohee to be the ended her life by drowning. M Samuel Ackerman," a woman, ' Ackerman 's wife obtained a divorce two years ago, nine years after ' ' marriage" to the suppos ed "male." . -1 23,000 Comprise 2nd Officers Gamp tBY UNITFD PRESS) Washington, Aug. 3. Twenty three thousand instead of sixteen thousand it is announced will be trained in the second group of of ficers camps. Within a few days 72,000 appli cants to these camps will know whether they have been accepted or rejected. Meantime th com missions for the first group are about ready for delivery. Russ Troops In Retreat Petrograd, Aug. 3. Kimpoung is one stragetic point in Bulko wina, toward the southernmost end of the Russian line, that has been evacuated by the Russians, due to the enemy's pressure upon the line, according to war office advices. Further official reports men tions -the retirement of the Rus sians across the frontier, along the river Zbucz, eastward into Gali cia .Between Dneister and the Prutts river, and in the Carpar thians it was admitted the enemy was occupying, and also the vil lage of Falkhi. MARKET REPORT. (By Courtesy of Cobb Bros. Co., Nor- j folk, Va.) Cotton. Open Oct. , 24.70 bee. 24.45 Jan. 24.39 High; 25.22 24.64 24.79 Lo. , 24.64 24.33 24.29 Close 25.04 24.64 24.60 Local market 23 cents. Wheat: .Sept.: close $2.27 Corn: Sept. elose 1.17 Oats: Sept. close -60 Lard: Sept. elose 21.95 Ribs: , Sept. elose ,..22.50 Male NECK." TELEGRAPH SERVICE m mm wtuLiw SHOULD THE REPORT BE TRUE THE POSITION OP THE GERMAN EMPIRE WOULD BE EXTREMELY HAZ ARDOUS; CUT OFF FROM TURKEY i DESIRE PROBABLY GERMANY VIEWED BY EXPERTS (By J. W. TV Mason.) (Written for the United Press.) New York, Aug Z. Germany's mili tary situation at tue close of the third year of the war is being shaped to meet the new offensive of American troops on the western front next spring. The Kaiser must henceforth fight a defensive battle because of Am erica's entrance into the war; and he must husband his soldiers for use against America's new citizen armies. No seriously designed offensive that would risk bringing large casualty losses to the Germans can henceforth be attempted by the Kaiser except at great peril to hiV lines whfen the . main forces of the United States begin to hammer at the western front. Germany must save her soldiers to meet the Am- eriean assault if there is to be any possible hope of the Germans retaining part of their hold on Belgium and Northern France for trading purposes in the peace conference. This is the reason why during the third year of the war, the German general staff has feared to' attempt a serious offensive against the armies of the new Russian democracy, weak ened by dissensions and threatened with mutinies. The Germans might have broken through the Riga front and per haps captured Petrograd last spring, but the attempt would have been a very costly one, and Petrograd in the hands of the Kaiser would not bring to life the dead German soldiers when the American troops start pressing the Teutons toward the Rhine. The revolution in Russia occurred be tween the breaking of German-American diplomatic relations and the de claration of war by the United States upon Germany. The risk, therefore, of moving deeper into Russia was too great to be undertaken. Tho offensive which the German began to develop in eastern Galicia at the close of the year of the war cannot be pressed far, unless the Russian troops show complete demoral ization and practically invite the Ger mans to move forward. Any serious resistance by the Russians will quickly bring the Germans to a halt; their troops must be saved for the western front against the time when America starts what, will be the .final offensive of the war. The third year of the conflict saw a phenomenal German success in Ru mania. The first retreat of the Teu tons in -Transylvania, followed by the overwhelming victories against the top confident Rumanias formed a series of campaigns that eould have been con ducted only by military commanders of large skill and daring. Nevertheless, the German victories. in Rumania will eventually prove to be one of the rea sons f or ,the undoing of German mili tarism. Rumania's complete eollapse was the direct cause "of the Russian revolution. If the Rumanian armies had been victorious and had retained their first hold ,on .Translyvania and 'had penetrated into Hungary, the Czar 's prestige would have been in creased and Czarism would not have been overthrown. Hence, the ultimate cause of democracy was better served when the Rumanian armies were an nihilated than if the Rumanians had won victories for the glory of the Czar. The profound influence which the sue- locally northern j. NUMBER 73. INSTIGATED RUMOR (BY UNITED PRESS) Amsterdam, Aug. 3. Russia and Austria are on the "verg? of an understanding," according to a declaration attributed to Presi dent Huysmans, of the Interna tional socialists bureau in today's Handelsblad. HE'S" GET T NCH HELMETS (By J. W. Pegler.) (United Tress Staff 5 Correspondent.) With the American Expedition ary army, Aug. 3. Trench hel mets for 4 'Pershing's Sammies" arri ved 'anfa . gre.vt r-e joie in g. In their training for the trench- es the "Sammies" have been aoh- j ing for the exact equipment they will wear on the battle front, ! INCREASE RATE ON COTTON (BY UNITED PRESS) Washington, Aug. 3. The In terstate Commerce Commission found justified the increase of from two to fifty cents per hun dred pounds in the freight rates on cotton from Louisina to Mis sissippi, gulf and points east of the Mississippi. The Balkans New Objective (By United Press.) Washington, Aug. 3. Offensive operations in the Balkans against the Teutons will come soon, allies agents here say, as a result of a re cent conference of the allies both here and abroad. fcess of democracy in Russia is having on the democratic movement in Ger many therefore means that German's great military success of the third year of the war will assist the allies in the forthcoming overthrow of Prussian militarism and the establishment of a responsible parliamentary in Germany. On the western front, Germany was compelled partly to shorten her defen sive lines during the third year of the war, in order to economize her man power. This retirement was not wholly successful. Scaicely more than sixty per cent of the German line has been disentangled from its costly zig zag of entrenchments to the straightened front which retires into the reserve six thousand soldiers for every short ened mile of front entrenchments: The German lines from Arras northward still retain their useless convolutions. The Germans have feared to eontinue the straightened procees .there because of the presence of a great reserve of British troops who might' fereak through the German line ''while the retirement (Continued on back page.) ft ft nnm 5M1H RE
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