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VOLUME THREE.
AFTERNOON DAILY
SCOTLAND NECK, N. 0.. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1917 TELEGRAPH SERVICE.
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SENATOR STONE OF THE SENA FOREIGN RELATIONS
COMMITTE MOVED THE R. LUTION THIS
AFTERNOON. ,
LAFOLLEITE ONLY
(By UNTTED I'RESSI
Washington, Dec- 7. By unan
imous vote, LaFollette being ab
sent, the senate this afternoon
passed a resolution declaring war
against Austria-Hungary.
The measure now goes to the
House where the vote will probab
ly be recorded tonight.
Washington, Dec. 7. Senator
Stone reported the senate resolu
tion declaring war with Austria
Hungary. This was approved
yesterday in the foreign rela
tions committee.
Senator Stone gave notice that
upon the conclusion of the sen
ate's routine business he would
move the immediate consideration
of the resolution.
iBY UN I TFD PRESS
TV
ihgton, Dec. . the
President sent the following nom
inations to the Senate this after
noon. Howard E. Coffy, of Micigau.
chairman of the aircraft board;
Richard Howe, of. New York, a
member of the aircraft board ;
Russell C. Leffingwell, of New
York, assistant secretary of the
treasury; William M. Ingram, of
Portland, Maine, surveyor oil cus
toms of District No. 1.
INJURED AVIATOR
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'Bv T nited Press.)
Washington, "Dec. 7. Vice Ad
miral Sims reported to the navy
department today a seaplane ac
cident in the war zone in which
one sailor was killed and a gun
ner's mate injured.
Seaman Claude Albert Baker
was killed and his body was not
recovered.- It is assumed the ac
cident occured at sea, though this
Mas not definitely stated in the
dispatch. Baker enlisted at Nash
ville, Tenn., last December- His
father is William B. Baker, Spar
rows Point, Md. Richard W.
liiomoson. first class ffuniier s r
mate, suffered a fracture of the
right thigh. He re-enlisted in
France August 28, 1917. His
father is F. J. Thompson, Sr.,
Kaleigh, N. C.
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(By UNITED PRESS 1
Washington, Dec- 7. Members
f the engineer and medical re
serve corps, now in service and
not otherwise assigned be trans
ferred to the national army, is the
,,!der of the war department today.
WfTP
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NATO
RMY
S MED
ICALS
SENATOR ABSENT
(By United Press.)
Washington, Dec. 7. Under
the new regulations every person
registered for selective draft is
restored to his original status, sec
tion 4 stating that all exemptions
and discharges made prior to De
cember 15 are revoked.
The office of the Provost Mar
shal General dechn s it is imper
ative that every registrant know
his "order number." Every per
son who registered or should have
registered June 5 is charged with
a knowledge of the selective ser
vice law and additional regula
tions, and failure to perform any
duty so prescribed is a misdeme-
unur pmiiMuiuie uy imprisonment
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ALL EXEMPTIONS
NOW CANCELLED
xux uuM1 auumdvieMuimauTh?)ras potter Sons Co ,
joss oi vamaoie rignts and pnvi
leges and in immediate induction
into military service.
Washington, Dec. 7. Second
Lieut. Allie L. Cone and 12 enlist
ed men of the American army en
gineers have been wounded in ac
tion, General Pershing today re
ported to the war department.
General Pershing gave no de
tails except that the men were
wounded November 30, the day on
which American engineers work- j
ing with the British army assisted ;
General Byng's forces in stem
ming a German assault near Cam
brai. Cable dispatches said some
of the engineers were killed, but
General Pershing's report con
tained no names of dead."
Paris Dec. 7. Colonel House,
ccompanied by General Bliss and
a
Admiral Benson and other mem
bers of the American Mission and
Lord Northcliffe, left Paris for
general headquarters.
Thev snent the afternoon visit
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ing the training quarters and wit- seen under the rubbish,
nessing exercises. General Persh- ' Formal inquiry as to the cause
ing conducted the party personal- of the accident will be made. Wit
ly and showed the visitors every j nesses believe that the steering
department of the war prepare-j gear of .the Belgian relief ship
tions. Bavonett exercise, rifle ! broke..-
practice, target practice, grenade
J throwing, trench and mortar prac
tice, artillery exercises, co-operation
aeroplanes automatic rifle
practice, machine gun curtain
fire. The mission returned here
with a favorable impression with
the spirit of the officers and men
and the state of their preparation.
T,rWI Northcliffe seemed well
pleased with" General Pershing's
. x: . a cnirmAWi
Stan: organization auu , ocuum
(HY UNITED PEESS)
Toronto Dec. 7. Polsen's Iron
Works, devoted almost exclusive
ly t o the construction of trawlers j th field artillery o the first Yir
and cargo boats for the British fginia regiment are ordered to
government, is on tire and threat-!
ened with destruction
(By United Press.
Petrograd, Dec. 7. Germany
was permitted, under the Russian
German armistace plan to trans
fer all the troops she desired from
the Russian fronts for use against
the allies.
Nothing in the agreement car
ries stipulations such as were
pledged by Trotsky.
(By United Press)
Philadelphia, Dec. 7 Several
firemen were injured in the fall
ing Avails and eighty thousand
dollar 3oss was incurred when tho
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gins, were brought sately to the
street 111 sensational rescues.
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TROTSKY PROVES
1 GRE 4T FIP 'IN I 1
pmii ami phi a FEE1GHT RATES
NIEU AMSTERDAM OF THE H OLLAND
FEARED LOST WITH HUNDREDS
CAN PAS SENGERS
CA!
(BY UNITED PRESS)
Halifax, Dec. 7. Freezing cold
and a heavy snow storm added to
the sufferings of the wounded and
shelterless in this blasted city to
day: Fires that were believed to be
extinguished broke out again.
No reliable count of; the deaths.
j Two thousand is considered a too
' low estimate by those working
amongst the corpses, now frozen
j stiff in grotesque and horrible at
titudes in the death agony. More
bodies were found in the debris.
Snow is rapidly cloaking the
gastly mounds of shattered wood
and stone, where corpses can be
The dry dock is wrecked, St.
Joseph's church is ruined and
many large buildings unroofed.
The city was practically dark
all night.
School sessions are not to be re-
j sumed for months.
New York, Dec. 7. (Late dis
patch. Passengers and crew of
j the Holland American liner Nieu
' AmtPrrIfln are safe the officials
iiuiUiv.v....
(By United Press.)
Chattanooga, Tenn., Dec. 7.
Batteries A, B and C of the elevn
leave Chicamauga for Anniston
in a few da vs.
FNFMY WW
(BY UNITED PRESS)
Washington, Dec. 7. To purge
the country of spies attorney gen
eral Gregory recommends laws
to hobble the entrance and exit of
aliens, and to make the violation !
of the enemy regulations impris
onment at hard labor for such of
fenses. (By United Press)
Washington, Dec. 7. General I
revision of freight rates by the
Southern carriers is proposed in!
an application filed with the In-
terstate Commerce Commission, j
Foodstuffs, iron, steel, netro-!
leum. cotton nrndiif.ts anrl othpr
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also a number of decreases pro-'.
posed.
AMERICAN LINE
OF AMERI
liKui nil WRY
SEEN FIFTY TWO MILES AT SEA'B the administratis ami th,
' - ' ; patriotic spirit abounds.
Washington, Dee- 7. Five
thousand dead as the result of the
Halifax disaster is the unconfirm
ed estimate the naval commander
forwarded to the .navy depart-1
ment.
He states he saw and heard the
explosion fifty two miles at sea.
New York.
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Amsterdam, of the Holland Amei-
ican line, with three to four him-
dred Americans aboard
may
have been in Halifax harbor when
j-i, i -i -
me erosion occurred.
This was the first ship to leave
nere alter the embargo on Dutch
ships was raised. The officials of
the company express fear for the
safety of vessel crew and passen-
gers. ;
The Nieu Amsterdam put into '
Halifax for examination and noth- j
ing has been heard from her
since.
She carried ten thousand tons
of 'eorn for the Belgian relief be-!
i
sides a large passenger list.
Washington, Dec. 7. The State
Department fears the safety of
American Consul General Ethel-
bert Watts at Halifax. j to the chapters throughout the
Consul Freen of Sidney, N. S., country to be made up by the wo
left this morning 'to investigate men of America. The cost will be ;
(Continued on Page Six.)
GENERAL BYNG RETIRES FROM BOUELON AS PRIME PRE
CAUTIONARY MEASURE TO WITHSTAND
,THE SHOCK.
FLOCKS GERMAN AIRMEN VERY ACTIVE
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am
s 3 3 3
$FPWJT imany's biggest offensive effort of:
hM IIHUthe shorty
1 General Byng's retirement from
(By Maxwell Gorman.)
Raleigh, Dec- Senator Sim-
j moiis stopped over a day in Ra-
i leigh, en route to Washington,
and when asked for an expression
of opinion anent the meeting (or
conference) of the N. C. -Republican
"leaders" at Hickory, stated
that the mixture of politics with j
patriotism in the resolutions
adopted reflected seriously upon
the sincerity of the framers of the
i resolutions and was inoportune,
and smacked of the trickery that
sa often characterizes the acts and
utterances of the small politician
when he essays to play the role of
a patriotic statesman-
He added that in that part of j
the resolutions which criticised.;
the President and tne congress,
lilio "lpaflprs" m-esent, includhn?
cnnnnY ATirim Bntlpr whom
en : r,'AA;i v..ciu;An
, OlllllliVJIlS UIiniilllCLL i;uilliucliiv
sonifl R venrs ao . did not reflect
lor represent the best Republican yesterday, after Senator LaFoll
i sentiment in North Carolina. , I otto lla(1 advised the c(,mmitte.
j Senator Simmons thad the ses- that ll,s attorney could not hi?
ision of Congress which began this prescntliext Tuesday when it was
week will be a lengthy one and Panned to bogin testimony with
, will be called upon to handle sub
jects of vast concern and import-,
ance, especially those relating to
' finance (of which committee he is
the chairman,) to industry and
manufacturers and in the prose-
! cut ion of the war against Germ-
i
i any. He is in fine fettle after a
i month's rest at his home in Nev7
! I
! Bern and that section, where lie
! says the people are heartily endor-:
Tuberculosis Day. - ,ms lo sJare now a,Kl men who
Next Sunday, Dec. 9th, is to be:mants a af(1 an(1 profitable invest
observed as 4 'Tuberculosis Day",1 ment wll5h at th same time will
especially in the churches and ail lielP th1 country, finds his oppor
T,pnnlfl a iivpo.I to become .nor-?. ! tmuty m the new war savings cer-
interested in the subject and do
something to help fight the dis
ease that always spreads beyond
the normal in time of war.
Wanted : Wood and More Wood
Raleigh people are still crying
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ior WOOU at humcuimy iiivc a. xaii-
.Q A 2.horse load from thc
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dealers sell it in small lots
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npr , Another ef-
f . be made thig weck to;they will be redeemed at $5 each
help relieve the situation by the
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Rotary Club, since the city s utter
impotence to do vSO continues.
(By UNTTED PRESS)
Washington, Dec. l The Red
Cross has arranged to buy mater-
: ml lor surgical dressings, hospital
' garments, and knitted articles, to
be sold at substantially cost prices
GREAT WORK
-tW KV.U l.K
$3,457,200.
(By UNITED PRKSS
With the British Armies Afield,
Dee. 7. The BritL-h expect Ger-
lsourion is regarded as t lie nrst
prime precautionary measure for
the Birtis.li to withstand the shock
It is believed that Germany is
preparing to throw every ounce
of strength into one supreme mili
tary attempt before the arrival of
the American troops.
German airmen are trying, in
flocks, with all their might, to rind
out what is occurring behind Gen
eral Byng'slines in retirement.
LAFOLIE
?T5
(By UN'Tl:') PTiESS)
3Vashington, Dec. 7. Further
postponement, until late next
'week, ot t lie senate committee in-
vesturation or. Senator liar!i-
ett s St- 1 speech was ordered
lormer Secretary Brvan as ttln?
first witness.
R SAVING
(By Unit( 1 Tresi.)
Washington, Dec. 7. The man
- !.., Kmitcl noans-,,
j school boy or girl with a few pen-
tificate plan.
During December, 1917, and
January, 1918, war-savings stamps
will be sold at $1.12 each, at post
offices, banks, trust companies,
and many business houses and
factories throughout the country.
At the beginning of each succeed
ing month the cost of a stamp will
increase 1 cent. All war-savings
stamps issued during 1918 Avill
mature January 1, 192', when
. . 1 ,
price and the price at maturity
1 . '
I ment vill pay the holder, 4
per
cent compounded quarterly.
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Jan.
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Local Market 2732 cents.
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COTTONSEED MARKET.
1.11 per bushel in wagon lota.
yigor of the oung officers.
of the company-state.