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;.; v Wither Report forNorth Carolina: Fair in east, rain in west portion. Warn, to. Saturday rain, bolder west. Moderate south winds. mi AFTERNOON DAILY SLOGAN: "EVEEY ONE FOB EACH OTHER AND ALL TOGETHER FOR SCOTLAND NECK. - VOLUME TWO AFTERNOON DAILY SCOTLAND NECK, N. C.; FRIDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1917. i'iiiaiiGKAPII bUlitVlOiu NUMBER 92 U)MMONW ALTH. , , v " ' - GERMANS STUNNED BY . mm attack TRIP HAMMER BLOWS OF ETAIN'S FORCES DEMORAL IZED TEUTONS INTO' XTULATING WILD ALLIES MAKE ANOTHER PUSH (BY UNITED PEESS) London, Oct. 26. British and I French joined forces in Flanders LIBERTY LOAN GREAT SUCCESS (By United Press.) Washington, Oct. 26. America is today marching from success to GERMANS SCREAM AT ' ALLIED BRUT ALITf MOB IN RETR-" TWELVE THOUSAND AND MUcfi BOOTY sfor another great drive, according I triumph in the second Liberty to the following cablegram : " Northeast of Ypres the British i and French troops attacked at 5:55 this morning and made sat isfactory progress," Haig. o (Bv Henry Wood.) I (United Press Staff Correspondent.) With the French Armies Afield, Oct. 26. With every hour today there grew evvidence that Gener al Petain's stroke on the Aisne in flicted on Germany her greatest defeat for the year 1917. NEW SHAKE-UP SHIPPING BOAR A lOLLISION fBY UNITED PEESS) Washington, Oct. 26. The EA IN (By UNITED PRESS) Macon, Ga., Oct. 23. The Roy- Loan, for, with three billions safe ly cleared, the bond army has massed its forces the five billion mark, and unless some fatal let ups occurs the administration is confident that this goal will be reached. 'EEC! BY N1N ; (By UNITED PRESS) Washington, Oct. 26.- Con- f in j.1 j ! T . La i i i -i' ; jjemoranzzect oy ine nip uaiu-; American snipDunaing organizza-: ai Palm .northbound for Kansas mer blows of the great trench war jtion is likely to undergo a second city and a southbound Southern fronted with a powerful Teuton machines the Germans were seen reorganization, and Rear Admiral railway special had a sideswipe .offensive the Italian foreign min dmiidoning their guns in an ef- Capps, head of the emergency ' collission at Reeds station ten ister, Sonnino, is reported in of fort to retreat across the marshy fleet corporation, and successor to 'miles south of here. The negro 'ficial Rome cables to be deliver Aillette valley under the Aisne , General Goethals, will step down ''fireman was killed and the engi-'ing;a speech of unusual import and Oisse canal. or be forced out unless present in- neer, H. E. Burgay, fatally in- j ance before the Italian parliament indications fail. jjured. No passengers were ser- on he crisis in the cabinet. No Paris, Oct. 25. (late cable.) j Capps' ill health due to devo-Piously injjured. details have yet been sent. Following up minor successes tion to duty that kept him at his ! ' Wednesday the French again at- j desk for eighteen hours a day m tacked Thursday along the entire constantly, is partly the cause line, forcing the Germans to aban-that may lead to the changes ex- & don Monkey Mountain, east of pected. - ! Vauxillon, the village of Pinon, ' In addition to this there are j the village of Pargny-Filain, on 1 manifestations that Chairman the extreme east of the line and 'nuriey insists that the shipping board and he are not fully in har- j mony because the shipbuilding program is still delayed. HIGH GERMAN OFFICIALS COMPLAIN TO UNITED PRU CORRESPONDENT AT B3RLIN THAT RETALLA- TION IS SURE LONDON LAUGHS AT ADVANCE SCAXE. VON BETHOVEN SISTED-SHO (By John Gardens.) (United Props Staff Corroiotifioati Berlin, Oct. 26. U the allieas hope by brutality on bombing; un- i' fortified German cities to bringr .Germany to her knees that hopr.?' ;is in vain, is the ex)ressed belief Private i of the highest officials here. 41 Div. ! , The United Press has beeu tci'& mi a s sua m " U Vr2 m P fi YJ EE M " to: m J 5o m & n i n 1 i . J ' numerous lortmea iarms uiu other points of vantage. The latest drive brings the French army in sight o the im pant railway junction of Laon, the objective sought for, which is now but eight miles distant. Large quantities -of stores were taken,-and the number of. prison ers captured since the drive began exceeds 12,000, with 2200 officers, . . (By United Press. Charlotte, Oct. 26. Frederick von Bethoven State of Washington, stationed at 'ph the highest authority that the- Camp Meade, is likely to die from (.entente should not forget t'astiz' a wound inflicted bv a provost 'there are numerous French fi-tces.-" guardsman wlio attempted to ar rest him. Bethoven was under detention within the easy reneh of Geriuar.: bombing airfleets, which will bt ("retaliated against if the allies., at- in the camp for breach of military j-cludiug America carry out aiqy regulation, in addition to being ;rogram of attack against pe under quarantine. Wednesdav German towns. night he left the camp. The pro vost guard was notified and or dered to arrest ' him. Yesterday (By Ed. L. Keen.; London, Get. 26. Reports iz?t? TG ED CROSS 1 IN RALEIGH (By United Press.) N. .C, Oct. 26. A COLOSSAL EFFORTS OF MOBI LIZATION HAS - r DOUBLED NUMBER O BATTALIONS TWO FRONTS NEARLY ON DESPITE THIS SHE SHOWS WEAKNESS (By Henry Wood.) In September of; 1915, towards With the French Armies Afield, ' the close of the Russian campaign, machine guns. as well as 120 guns, many of them r Raleigh, n -r- t -n i rj. cto t i- n i:,.;; ii.. j. heavy Howitzers, not to mention , convention oi lied uross unapiers , ocu u. 1 v an mtcusity ui muu- .mc uwmau envisions on me lwu several hundred guns of small ; auxiliaries, branches, units and ! ilization that has drained Germ- fronts had been increased to 170. calibre such as Minenwerfer and ' workers in North Carolina has any dry of every man capable of 4 By this time, Germany began to been called to meet in Raleigh on military service, the Uermau leel the pressure on her tor. new j November 1 and 2, the object be-! fighting divisions on the French divisions, and to permit of this ing two-fold: land Russian fronts have been 'she began the gradual transfor- First toprepare the way for practically doubled since August mation of her divisions to a basis Letting up 2,000 Red Cross organi- j U; . three regiments each instead of , . T)Anitp hi mffantif ptrnvT tour. I hp pytra rpo-impnt thns: zations in North Carolina. 1- 1 V A 7r iT ! i T T, , Second to encourage and in-lFrance England and Russia, the .saved went to constitute a new ' ilo,iv 'three original Allies, have in 'division, struct organizations already torm-; & ., i , . , . 1 , . . . t i 1 J V Cl V VV rt V JVC, M L UaVV, V llll Lllt A t. -M- J VIO LllVv 1111V.IV11 J. LU A.j the eu m the great tasKs now at uauu. , - - . . TT t , . T last ' There will be practical demon- suit that at the present time they . tack on Verdun, about June 1916 afternoon he was discovered in rife that Germany has ordered tht the city and attempt was made to (repeated "baby killing" in ft.Sr arrest him, but he resisted, broke aerial raids over England . artcS and ran. The guardsman order- vFrance, and will pursue this mur ed him to halt, but Bethoven con- 'derous policy on the seas as well firmed running, then the guards- ;as over the lands of the alii, man shot him, the bullet piercing How Germany is ctmiplaaiinpr his body. in advance of the allied "brutfd- : ity," an astounding speetaele pre-- Isented in the United Press Berlfe" xlispatches. Officials here expressed infetr." nterest in Wv authoritative iuitet view sent by the United States.' (Press staff correspondent, iu B: 'lin. iVALL HEAD SEIK FEIN ' (By UNITED TRESb; Dublin, Oct. 26. Professor De vall, member of parliamnt, v unanimously elected president of "the Sein Fein convention. AM. MEETINI LAST Ni RETIRE FROM " ' BIANSIZZA NO CONFi IN :kce BIN (By United Press. ) Rome, Oct. 20. The fall! of Italian cabinet is made certain fevr ithe vote of 314 to 96 in t!.e nhixat -i,ber ()f deputies reflecting and vx still have the numerical superior- air of the German divisions had j m fighting forces. In addi- (Ey UNITED RESS) 7- 1 Rome, Oct. 26. Evacuation by pression of little confident.? m tii.-j been redneed tn flip basis of thrpp i Italian troops of the B'.ansizzd government. The regular meeting of emmnis;sirmprs took Tllace night at which the principal busi- stratibns and displays and tech-;. ness was routine work. nicai msuucuon, a wxi dftfinitelv estab-' regiments onlv. Bv this change. ' plateau has been officailly ad- 1 he deputies then susp.Ti A report was made that a fire ; Jesses by Red Cross specialists military of the 'and by a constant fine-combing of mitted. sittings to await the adiitr inspector of the Southeastern Un- Jof national reputation, lhe con- armies as constituted at the entire Empire for available1 The pressure of the Austrian-'.'of the cabinet crisis, .i ....... 4 w vent.ion onens Thursday morning, ' . . r- , i '-n : u .,! .ut rwriters vssociaiiun waa - . i the present time, is constantly on men, liermany was able to aug- .vjc-nnnn unve m mau town yesterday making a prenmi- , the increase while that of the 4ment her divisions on the eastern torceel the move trom .Mount .wag- ,-.;n;A11 o.u TOont over J-ne mayui. ui cviv v-- 'North Carolina are authorized to innnnint. thrpp delee-ates. but every - O - 7 one interested will be welcomed. narv examination and went over the fire protection with the may or, his recommendations being placed before the commissioners. He recommended that the hose reels be placed under the super vision of someone in authority, preferably Superintendent Mills, that they may not mildew, or the wagons get damaged. That the town should possess a hand-drawn chemical cart and scaling ladders, hut the most imnortant matter If s German army is unmistakably on and western fighting fronts to the decline. 173. Since the beginning of the war The fall and winter of 1916 i'the new Allies that have joined ".witnessed HinderTrarg's colossal 'France, England and Russia have ' effort at mobilization and the cre far exceeded in the re-enforce- Nation of new divisions. His plans ments of troops which they have included the incorporation of the added to the Allier cause, those inhabitants of Serbia, Poland and brought to Germany by the allies other conquered districts. As ,uiore west to Auzza. w IT ATTEND CONFERENCE ! Ron-, Oct. 26. The Ti mo tion of the Italian cabinet ;:s un. - t i pending, according to semf-r--ial newspaper announeemer5?, j which declare that the minister'-? " i, will resent their resignations hitC ! today. (By United Press ,'won over to her side. j early as December of 1916, his ef- ' Washington, Oct. 26. The' Tho Presbytf-rian c-hurch mkkv f On August 1 1914 when" Ger- forts had permitted an increase ' American federation o labor has Mil be held t the Palace Thc: A 1 many had mobilized to the extent in the fighting divisions of the 'formally declined to participate iBotiand Xeck next Sunday V ...... .1. -x : 1 ..e J-i, -i 11 i. in. ana t ..u . in.. 5?BESBYTERIA1T CHURCH services guwwy; (By United Press.) Richmond, va., uct. o. aa ,1MoCM to win the two fronts to 208. in the international conference of ; was the completion of the .fire : general strike ot railway ue. q the French) By July 1917, at the end of the the Workmen and Soldiers' coun company and constant drilling of ;throughout the southeast is 1m- Russian fronts, 123 fighting "French and English spring offer.- cil. tin- men who compose the com- minent. , divisions constituted on a basis of 'sive Hinderburg had attained 234 n,,,; 4 nnmhattinsr Avhat he termea a . 1 "' - m . , neio;uw four regiments to the aivision. uiviuns. wn murL nnrfttTlIf The commissioners designated ; combination of tour and POSSiDiy crushing France with the the time Germany undertook her H MliS .O thprh railroads toN v . n- t?- 1 AlfiJitviA -'"rs. oosey ana ijoyeiit; tu .xv. wxfe bulk of these and then throwing counter-onensives on iue xvu&aian nj? this matter before the mer- thwart union organization ot Russian front by front a maximum of 239 fighting "hants association at a called their employees, Grand Chief, J. tp of strategic ' divisions had'heen thrown onto mcctinj? of that bodv. J- Forrester, of the national . , CABINET UNSHAI LjBLfJ The commissioners acted upon 'brotherhood of railway clerks, railways, she counted on a quick the two fronts by the Germans. nd complete victory. Against tne ngnxmg uivi- All are cordially invited ts fcnd take part in the servfee. Tif-.'r. X. X. Fleming, Jr., j.astoi chargo will prenvli at both :ervlcc--r. XT Mr. A. WoIforMi, of Boston, is r town this morning on business with 'Mr:. Ray Boyette. Dec. (By United Press.) - . . ilia ('Win uav w .ww i . the o"np rTriiviTiro on V nri zpd here declared that he was prepar- Ti a whiph Germanv threw on the Paris. Oct. 26. The new Pain- v v vniyiuiiw, uuwi.vr.. i xy JNOVemoer oj. iit, wucu -7 puhlicitv of, thP riflvs to e-et, dis- ed to call a general strike within , , . rftnfth. an(i Russian fronts with leve cabinet has weathered its - o , 1 , , , L) a L L 1 C ui uic a 3a 10 o -li "Tan f-ount for payment of taxes, and ; twenty minutes after he had den- - . Germany had found it the beginning of hostilities she first test of strength m the cham-f ii5 matter ot street improvement, nateiy vacucu necessary to increase her fighting now has tnere aivisiuns. ww- uer ui uiFuu, - "..May 1 -7 divisions on the two fronts to 137 ing to the fact that these latter the Paris press is likely to con-, Juljr Mr. George Register left this morn- Mr. rranK . moore , ,....:., rv'fys f Continued on Page Bight).) .tmue m power COTTON MARK 27.1 r: 26.61 26.42 26.25 27D0 27.62 27.22 26.82 26.61 26.41 26.42 26.22 26.25 2G.C5 Local Market 28 cents. 11Jg for Halifax. 'for Camp Lee, Petersburg, Va. X
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