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3 DAILY AFTEIllTOof? V-g- " . . v- - , V ' 1 TELEGRAPH CURTICE GREATEST AND CHEAPEST PROTEO. LAH EVER'i CONCEIVED TO INSURE LIFE AND IJWB AME RICA'S SOLDIERS WHILE AT FRONT. tit YEARLY RATE OF $8.00 PER THOUSAND I - n i J - : ' (By George Martin.) lOIITTTOrmn ' 7' Washington, Aug. 10. Bearing j Nfl1H I K V ' ' : i president's approval Secre arv iucacioo s mea mat it oe bade a law the America's fighting hen be given war compensation or their families and also indem- ity for injury and loss, the m- urance bill will soon be introduc- l on both houses of congress. - Representative of America's Erst attempt to be first in prov isioning the homes" of those des- boiled by war is the outstanding !eature of the authorization of in- turance for every fighting man nd nurse. The premium is stated to be i dght dollars per year per thous and dollars, up to $10,000. - The bill provides the assign- pent of pat of each man's pay to his iamily, and tor a senarate al- w - A- lowance paid by the government. A graduated scale of payments or total and partial disability p well as f,or death indemnity..' Whether the man individually make application or not on. the blan suggested , tie . government I pill pressume that he has made bplication o na $5,000 policy and frill pay his widow, or his estate, hat amount, for the support' of his dependents, provided that f 15.00 of the enlisted man's $33 pes to the wife and the govern (By W. J.egler.) American Field "Hfiadmmrt- Francey Aug. 10. The Ked Cross is ready to take care oi all wounded "Sammies." - It will not be necessarv to Ronti them home for proper treatment after they are brought bafik frnm thex firing line. :. Every equipment of the mf,sfc modern hospitar is at the' Ameri- nan "KrrA ni.il i -r-i v- .- H siauuu in trance, and flip most expert of American surgeons are on the ground waiting the r. suits of the first battle of th "Sammies." : Danish Ship Submarined BECOMING FEWJ V , ' (By United Press.) Wasliington, Aug. 10.-r-The war njs hit .Washington 's.. rubberneck wagons'; an; awful wallop'. The closing of the treasury, White Mouse, States War and Navy and an otner public buildings to visit- fBy United Press) uxHiuMnuiomtnesigntseemg kings Washinffton An. 10 - vhl of flbnnt. Knlf 1, co vdMiinn, Aug. iu. , The. r . T "Slttlu Danish bark Attantis was sunk Their, srarishlv vam k- tmnirn T , . . hUUK ClWi - - , ' -7W Mmy iy by submarine, but the . ttLup uieiu, crew were saved by a British de- which lnmher nn I, . - tu rtrti nf w.rrr st.royer the ste .department . ' ' n;u ujr me uuz,- vises. en no longer stop while their pas lfed" Press.) ' lOr-Probably the m(fc -mrcbllecfion of war! in fhk are iri;possessr6ni Captain Guy nej:'le noted French flying chmpfon, who talTes a photograph i W me he shoots-at a Boche ai an; sengers are shown the internal wuuuerss ana mysteries of Amprj. ca s legislative and executive halls. There ' too' good a chance that German spies, might "be among the ' gawkers ---vv , More Progress In Belgiui ttkledl ta; thV French fl ver mhin gun is a camera-a re- Piling camera. A pull 6fthe trigger on ,the srun onera tp 1 picture inachine. v, ; . - Thenovel idea for ' nrbcurinp- pictures' is believed to be Guy- r s own. iSut it has proved sun a great success that fitting machine in the Lafayette Eefcadrille will be likewise eauin-' P- Th Photos will undoubtedly ff?e day make their appearance in America. SEVEEAL AREESTS MADE OP SAILORS W beLoS . AJr BJtrp HIDIITG VAL IJABLE WAR MATER FOR THE EN" EMY'S USE. t HIGHER UPS ARE NEARLY GOlfflSSNERS : M'TG LAST NT IN -r It- T(CiS -i' : German Attacks Have Failed Huns Starving The rrovin ces - (By Henry Wood.) With the French Airmies, Auff. 10. Alsace and Lorraine are be- hent, if there are children, cives ing milkecl dry by the Germans m wife .152.00 nor nv o;:wlllle thev still have the oppoi ional, making the minumuW in-1 ty t(do s0 according to au t.w, dArr r,r . t n '.j .. i t.n OTRT.l VA inrnimi a fitn V. ruuie (Brt.UU. WITH tivfi rin ars siH- . ".ilultluu uiot na tlitional for each additional child. ' Jllsf reached France by way rf I tu i.i . . Swit.7erlaTirl . - - i So clean is the final sween now , being made by the Germans both If the man's dependents are his ot everythmg eatable and usable (By tJnited,Press) - London, . Aug. , lQ. Renewed TFrencnik landeKas'JompTeted the capture of Westhock, stated General Haig in his report to hand this morning. (By UNITED PRTISA MjParis, Aug. 10 Violent Ger? "f"1? aiLtt xi-om -antlieo nto Bpine de Chexrienv " toaay, but reports state thev were au repulsed, while the French is irhkmg advances into Belgium, tlje war office report " ' ' r Gamp Strike Is Now Ended The father may erive more than p.00 from his pay if he so de pires. - . . father that the condition of the fivil puci ur motner, - ne gives nve vu Vx ivn Mars of his pa-yto them' and the PP?lati6n despitb the Eact that Alsace and Lorr'aihe.' still ranlr na V . . . - 1 private with a wife and three lxerman provinces," is little of any oetter tnan that or the inhabitants of invaded Belgium. 'All metals that could be use in the manufatcture of war ma- I terials waif long ago taken by the children and mother dependent; can allot $20.00 of his $33.00 will get $47.00 from the government making a total of &G7.50 for hi dependents. fne bill further rirovidpjs that Germans ineludinsr the church and the man without dependents, or school lls, brgafi pipes, door who does not. all n't tliat n0. knobs: sTbills-and VnokifiD-litprioiic ,hls Pay, may be compelled by the Amongst 'the ' latest things re- gOVernniPnt tr lanni,U lie X.:rZ-l miiaiio-norl xxrarn farA, v,un ith the government at four per of the Strasbourg cathedral which cent interest, and if total disabili-! were hung in .105 io replace lthe v0lULS irom injury or disease nisionc oeiis destroyed during rusauuu runs irom PU.UU mc icvuiuuuu, ' - -.' - - 'oaniaximnTYi"nf fe7c; on mnniti I FftOfi 'PP'st'Pl AtirkTia o n fnA nn or higher omcers. " i quisitions are now being imposed. vuuuui icccive tins lability allowance -if he retires uu Pay. . . lf the man dips th i 'J XUi,lVX UiX VJt P leaves n nri au(l mother, th PV riot tfif. 1n fv,v or k m addition to the -$5000 , w,uyu insurance v he r might dVe taken at. th. 4anh (By UNITED PBKSS) V New Yofk, Aug. ' 1.6 Tre strike of carpenters of the four cantonments has bee nsettledi'-' " Infant Malady On Increase V (By United Press.) Washington, Aug. lO.Ameri ea's first, aid to Russia as the re sult of the Root mission must be in the limitation of passports to Russians of New York who would J)ld board between the town ofig Kussia to spread German Scotland Neck JandMe Atlantic 5he propaganda reafr Coat Line Railwa and - in I - reqU1Fe f every aPDlj" cord'idth. the' qullrements "of e i 7r Passport that he Wow his'. ilroadVptnpanM towards the K H . (By United Press.) Richmond, Va.,-Aug. 10. In northwestern" Virginia the infan tile paralysis epidemic first de- ported as lessening, a fortnight ago, has spread to eleven coun ties and numbers at least seventy cases. (BY UNITFD PBESS) Washington, Aug. 10. Twent six thousand men trained at the Plattsburg, camps in the nast thrpp months will be turned out as of ficers about August 15th. Fourteen thousand others" will be disappointed in their ambition to win commissions. The department announced how ever .tham'ore than two thousand of those that failed to make ond have a' chance to: repeat their course during the next three months and thus win their stripes. Hie whole group is ordered to active at' once, though thev have I until August 27th . to report. Fayettevile To ' XetCa At the meeting of the commis sioners lasj night an ordinance that will be of benefit to the pub lic was passed : ' ' y"' It states the traffic north ar.d south on Main street, and on pa rallel streets shall have the right of way over side streets. ' ' This means that any vehicle en tering Main street from a side street shall stop and ascertain if there is danger in driving into Main street, and that cars ap proaching on Main street going either north or south shall have the right of way and the rik rests with vehicles entering 'ia?n street from any sie street. . ? The commissioners approved the contract entered into b v the (By Perry Arnold.) - i New York, Aug. 10. Nine have been arrested in the first swoop by the police in that appears to be a gigantic plot to smuggle rub ber and .platinum to Germany. Six of those seized are sailors of the Red Star Steamship Line's steamer Gothland, which is being used-as a Belgian relief ship. Arrests of official and higher up members of the plot are" ex pected at any moment. MUST LIMIT ALL PASSPORTS mv. n ' " , . . , i - j uicr siaiea mat tne ov ine COmTlllRsinnprfl . it vuk, ,uv- An -a . ernment has no intention of send . consideration a complaint of Mr. i A; lton ot send; W. II. White asking that the;townse1CUU ir00pS at fill a ditch at the side of his resi- : - ; dence. Each off the commission- : " , ers had inspected the pronertv. and after discussion t was deter- !fl A VjLDiJ . 1111111? 1 ill milieu io meet Mr. White and come to an agreement on the mat ter as soon as-it was possible to get haulage and labor. ; The slow progress of the Mc- Crary Company received'eonsid- ration and the clerk informed the board that the committee had wired twice insisting upon the head man of the company coming here and making arrangements for some' more immediate work. ruu on th -rA j - r- i ice. ...-r. the ? . Q Pension system onlv ""mu. uave received V from fc1 C Art x . An'i rrx L v n? for all. - - -... soldiers insiirahce Is non? h Not J6nly, are , me " "Germans V re- milOlflAtimn .'nil ! .1. A 7 luoiiiuuuig au avc.tuv& UUt ilitJ inhabitants of Alsace and Lor raine. are under military orders, witn military penalties attached; not to kill a single food animal. . , (BY UNITED PBESS) Goldsboro. N P!" " A The state health authorities be": The war department is investigat- lieve there are a number of other i in& tne practicability of Iocatirg cases in sections that have not been report ed ; and may' affect other . counties. cic iC (l 1IUU1UC1 UJ. ULllCl I . -V "- rtne"rufara-m t Fayettevile, O v vj. iuu UlUU ICbCilCU here. - "Jhe supervising engineer of the department of the east arrived iu Fayefteville this 1 morning to sur vey and report the water facilities of such a camp.' ;,There"is a-' virHaljstafef ter ror the health 1 representatives on the scene report. . . phasized at present. ' :. Mr. Boleslaus . Szymoniak, ex pert horticulturist, declares that spraying is important both .from the standpoint of production and the keeping of potatoes. (By Lowell Mellett.) London, Aug. 10. 1 You can- " not take profit from war without causiug disaster to the norma? business structure." ; . This is the view of the Briiis-, trnvormmont ' 1 CI . sm n ''.'- " , " . But you can commandeer the profit for the use of the state after . it-has been made. This is what the government is doing. The present fiscal year will show a billion dollars'- commandeered. One government financial an- khority told the United Press that tne year ending Mareh 31 the !porfferiei;.::v So Tomatoes man lass (By: Washington,.; Aug. 10.Evi dence pointing to i conspiracy in POTATO CPEAYHTG 1IECES- :. Baleigh, Aug j9The Division of Horticulture is prosecuting- a Washington Aug. 10. Secre- interest of better methods f tary McAbo 'ask fdr an'addi- ..growing- and keeping Irish pota- tional bond issue during this ses $ion of congress it was learned cornering ttte tomato output n.todavT follovni'g "a; conference she v v"v - itvuvi a i iciicu niui;tcauua ui iiie uuusc Vino (loan nnMirftiA vC-nl' 4-kn I i.' Jl, ' J-v -v i - . r aole and free fmm all dns hoon iinh "tkn , . - uvvu UUVUiWVU uuu UiC iuov- .creditors of uisured or Iter placed in the nalids efthe J llErieS, . . . ffrcrf1 A-vAxrt nnwm J i-t."s" today "Th -issue wilTrrnn into Jeeveral toes. Beeanse tf the fond tion, the importance of the - sec ??? erPP of JT?k potatoes for this section'- has been', emphasized for weei a The planting season 'has clrccd fcr-L The natter of t :,;tnv c,. We "are; told "that there" is one automobile in this country to ey ery. thirty people. But what cgn we do with one-thirtieth of an au receives as its share of excess nro- ' fits on business $700,000,000, or 60 per cent, and ."business shows no- signs of discouragement ' - MARKET REPORT.' : Iii some instance ie'eording: Mv. Bzy-n- I $ " , 31 .V, Kn xl ?!? J Br't' government claimed and in production - has been secured through proper spraying( and potatoes from a 'field ' that ha been properly sprayed keep through. the. winter far better than potatoes from a field which has not received this 'attention':- - So important does the Agricul tural JiiXtension Service regard the second ;-crop oi potatoes that a special bulletin has been issued on thissubjeet, the bulletin hav ing f been eompiled' by"B Q:r Hill, expert" hofticuiturisC " This bul letin and other ' information can be secured without cost by apply ing to the Agricultural Extension Service, Raleigh. y'-l "-:'," (By Courtesy of Cobb Bros. Co., Nor ' - ; folk, Va.) Cotton. Open High. Oct. 25.90 255 Dec- "25.70 25 rn Jan. 25.60 25.63 Low. 25.53 25.28 v 25.28 Local market 23 cents. : Close 25.59 25.34 25.30 Wheat: Sept. close -2.18 Corn: Sept.. close 1.154 Oats: Sept. close -J8 Lard: Sept. close ,227' ' Ris: Sept, close l..23f0 - - " . v, London, Aug. 10. Britishlabor has decided to be represented at the international peace conference . scheduled tobe held in Stock-... tine .in taaSWr.'TT"!! -'' iahujee Sweden, sosne tirs
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