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0 LEATHER REPORT: Fair in west and southwest portion. Cooler, I HE 2Y ORDER OF THE WAR INDUSTRIES BOARD ALL" SUBSCRIPTION THATXoSSPb? ItwLL VOLUME FIVE GREATLY HUN AUTHORITATIVE INFORMATION RECEIVED BY AMERICAN fJtJARgS OTOW ONLY ONE MILLION iijr:wFE0TI nr LINE AUSTRIANS USING - o - Byred S. Ferguson , (By United Press) "With the Amercan armies in the field Sept 20. The diminish inr German effective fighting for ces is the result of allied hammer ing this summer, is shown in au thoritative information received at American headquarters. The enemy now has eighty sev en divisions, about one" million men, not counting the Austrian divisions which are probably in the Metz region. Thirteen of the eig:htv seven divisions had four months rest and are regarded as fit for immediate service.- Twen ty divisions have rested for three months. Of the total resting divisions three are first class fighting men sfx second class two third class and two fourth class while "three are first class fighting men. All the other divisions were en gaged in the German attack of Ju ly 15 or in allied' counter off en sive. O- IF WASHINGTON WERE ATTACKED o (By Associated News Service) Washington Sept. 20. " What would Washington do in the event of a German raidi The foregoing question has been asked and discussed here repeat edly. The recent enemy subma rine activities off the Atlantic coast increased interest in the (iuery, and the suggestion was made that a Hun seaplane might attempt to drop bombs on the White House, the Capitol and oth er public buildings some serene September evening. These whis pering have not caused any undue excitement as it is known that the authorities have surely prepared for such a dire contingency. As a matter of fact a number of ?reat searchlights have been in stalled at points in the city and s suburbs. Therefore, in the e yent of a visit of an aerial marau (!pr the sky above "Washington eoidd be illuminated to an alrrf st flight degree of brightness. In dditi;nn, there art a nurnhpr of mr aeroplanes at Fort Myer, Va. f)n the heights overlooking the C1ty from the west, at College Park 'h, to the eastward, and in th3 tanjrars on the elipse just south r'f the White House. Added to tkese birds of war, it is said sever al antiaircraft guns have been in stalled Which could be quiskly bro it in to play. -latts of electric light shooting Ward into the heavens are an al most nightly spectacle here.. They are located at different points anil dglos and demonstrate that the ar Department has not overlook-. th? possibility of an aeroplane 'piane, with its base m some nth p. e' attempting a raid e capital. AFTERNOON DAILY RESERVES AT METZ o BULGARIANS ARE DEFEATED By United Press) London Sept 20. The Bulga rians were completely beaten in the new Franco-Serbian offensive being pursued for days and nights by the victorious allied troops, the Serbian war office declares. Several additional towns were captured in the allied advance which reached a depth of twelve and a half miles. O U. S. EMERGENCY ARMY RATION o (By United Press) Wilmington Sept 20. The quar termaster corps has worked out a special reserve emergency ration for the Army consisting of hard bread, corn beef,, corn beef hash, roast beef, sahnon, sardines, sol uble coffee, sugar and salt, to be p'ackodj in camouflaged galven ized iron tins and heremetically sealed against gas as well as mois ture. This announcement carries two important messages for the Ameri can people. It teaches the neces sity for saving certain foods anu it also emphasizes the necessity for building up a national reserve ra tion. , O TWO N. C ME AMONG LOSS o (By United Press) Washington Sept 20. Lieuten p;nt Lawrence S. Loughran, of Asheville was reported killed and Corporal John Robert Williams of BurgaW, seriously wbundedy as North Carolina's contribution to the three casualty lists released to day by the war and navy depart ments. The total losses were 77 killed in action, 108 missing in action ; 172 severely wounded 27 died of wounds, 10 died of accident ; 13 j died of desease; 3 wounded to a degree undetermined one aero plane accident death and one kill ed accidentally. FRANCE REFUSES AUSTRIAN PEACE o . :' (By United Press) Paris Sept 20. France's answer to the Austrian peace discussion proposal was handed to the Swiss minister and consisfp.d nf Vvpmiov ' Clemenceau's speech before the .senate refusing the offer. . am forces N probably light frost in entr cm fMOHW SCOTLAND NECK, N. 0. RUSSO-GERMAN AGEEMENT OF EVACUATION O (By United Press) Stockholm, Sept 20. Agree ments signed at Vilna by Russian and German delegates for German evacuation of occupied territories according todispatches from Pet- rogad,. O- PEACE OFFER IS STILL OPEN o (By United Press , Amsterdam Sept 20. " Austria Hungary's peace offer is still o pen," is the statement contained in the official dispatch from Vie nna received here. The dispatch further stated that Foreign secretary Balfour's speech contained rash conclusions regard mg the central empires attitude toward peace which he could not'at the meeting to be held this have made if he had accepted the proposed discussion. From reports from Austria and Hungary it is evident that the people of these counties hav not been permitted to hear of the ofiv cial replies of other allied nations, only Balfour's exhaustive discuss ion of the peace proposal being available. GENERAL HAIG REPORTS STRONG RESISTANCE BY THE ENEMY WITH FIERCE ARTILLERY FIRE, BUT THE BRITISH PRESS ON REGARDLESS ALLIES ADVANCE (BY UNITED PRESS) London Sept 20. British troops ; the battlefront. captured Moeuvres, seven miles j With the British armies afiek. directly west of Cambrai, in an at ! in Flanders Sept 20. The British itack last night, according to ol'ii - cial report from General Haig. Fighting still Continues in that region, and local engagements are also reported from other - ' GERMAN AIRPLANE BROUGHT DOWN INTACT ftYiV-- ..." "y I Alan F Winslow of Chicago formerlv of the Lafayette Escadrille now fighting with compatriots on the American front brought down a Hun airplane practically uninjured wert Rortion .Saturday fair and FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 20, ENGLAND SAYS AMBASSADORS ARREST UNTRUE ? o (By United Press) London Sept 20. The British foreign office reports the arrest of! British, French and Italian am bassadors to Rumania at Petrogad to be untrue. All of these diplo matic officials are at Jassy, MEETING TODAY AT 5:30 The Roanoke river bridge prop osition has now taken definate shape inasmuch as Mr. W. B. Ban dy, resident engineer for the State Highway Commission, has survey ed two crossings of the river, that at Norleet 's and at Edwards Fer ry, his findings having been work ed out in Raleigh and estimates of the cost of the bridge and ap- proaehes being ready to submit I afternoon at 5 :30 in the Mayor's office The committe is very anxious for a full and interested attend ance of the citizens, that the best possible conclusion can be oome to and, definate steps taken to ad yance the scheme toward the build jing of, the bridge at as early a 4ate. aon.ssibile. AT SEVERAL POINTS ; advanced their lines a mile on the Lempire Epesv sector, west of L catelethy yesterday in face of very strong opposition and heavy ar tnicry fire. BRIDGE cooler near the coast. Genera! - BE DISCONTINUED FROM OUR SUBSCRIPTION LIST ON THAT DAY 1918 TELEGRAPH SERVICE. BOISHEVDfl ACAIM RED GUARDS COMMANDED FERED HEAVILY AND WERE COMPjtED TO FLEE TO BORDER LEAVING MATEf&j TRIPLE ALLIANCE OP MUST CHARGE ! FOR BULLETINS (By Associated News Service) i "ear Ukhtinskay h reported offi Washington D. C, Sept 20. Inj cially in a dispatch .-from the view ot the government's demand upon newspaper publishers to re strict both the advertising and news departments of their publi cations for the purpose of conser ving the paper only, Congress is quietly inaugurating an investi gation of the waste of white print paper by the government itself. Details covering the expenditure of millions of reams of paper up on various government publica tions, not deemed essential to the winning of the war, will be given out in a few days. Speaking on this subject in the House, Repre sentative Joseph Walsh of Mass achusetts, says. "The newspapers of, America are patriotic and they ought not :"v.'UUdl maue tne victims of demands on the ground n economy and conservation, while wastefulness and extrava gance are given free hand in gov ernment boards and departments"' Representotive Walsh declared hat it is unfair to the American oublic, about to pay a tax of eight billion dollars, besides buying ;wice that amount in Liberty Bond lot counting Red Cross and other war donations, to be forced to pay mch an enormous printing bill. It is estimated that the work at he government printing office this ear will amount to $12,000,000, vhich does not include' the cost of contracts to private printers which iiany different departments of the government have made. M Wal . 1, :,"! E xl 1 11 .i! releases, summaries, news, doeu - ' ' . ' ments, letters and magazines that ' i, i : j i j.1 nave ueeii issueu uy ine various boards, commissions and depart- ,u.,uM;uuiumauci ancau puUlaUor wa pro.jjerma,, jn jts atti. lished.bj' the newspapers of coun-jtucp try' i Pahner produced proofs that TATIONAL SECURITY LEA- j tho PaPers connected the names GUE SECRETARY WRITES 1 Alexalltler Konta, Captain Hans 2 f ft. ! I I HEKR.V U.WEST i ifc:-i-:.::-: . ..mds, doming N TV NUMBER 59 DEFEATED BY GERMAN OFFICERS SUF of SLAVS IS POSSIBLE o (By United Press) .London Sept 20 An overwhelm ing defeat of the Bolsheviki forc es, commanded by German officers Murman coast. ! The lenemy suffered heavily and were pursued in disorder tow ard the frontier. Over one thousand prisoners were taken and many machine guns and boats captured. o Washington Sept 20 The triple alliance of Poland, Czecho-Slovak and Ju go-Slavs for an united stand against Germany and Aus tria is held possible here bv Dr. Thomas G. Mahary, chairman of the Czecho-Slovak national coun cil and commander in chief of the Czecho-Slovaks for Siberia, ltalv ! and France. o London Sept 20. Mme. Alexan dria Bedschkak Euna, organizer ,af the Russian womans battalion of death was exeeuted at yitebek g t 12 for partieiration in the counter revolution according to Berlin wireless dispatches made public here. The dispatches stat ed that the woman was shot. O : BRISBANE GETS WORST OF TILT o (By United Press) Washington Sept 20. Arthur Brisbane, known for years as the dean of editors, and for a decade associated with the Hearts Syndi cate, came off second best in th title, with the alien property custo I ciian, iv. viitcneii raimcr, in tne j , , - . , ,A ,, , contention of the latter that the mlci,; , rr- t , i j Washington 1 nneS was purchased - i,,. n -..l... , i i 1 V nrishaMP with Irinriorl ninnov from the brewery interests, which ; lauscher and Dr. Bernard Dern j burg, all German agents, and the j payments were made to A. Thurs j by for the Growing Circulation ; Corporation, Thursby apparently ; being Alice Brisbane Thursbv, the j corporation being controlled by Arthur Brisbane. The whole affair is now with the .senat judiciary committee which is now investigating the entire matter. O Mrs. B. W. Martin received a message last evening of the illness of her daughter, Mis Ada Martin, ; and fhe left on the night train for Columbia, Tenn., via Atlanta. O ' FORCES I i - COTTON MARKET I i r, O , Open High Low Close S ! Oct 32.90 33.07 32.90 32.90 j Dec 32.10 32.40 32.10 32.27 llJan 31.85 32.27 31.85 32.12 P ; Mar 31.70 32.23 31.70 32.06 Mav 31.65 32.22 31 65 31.99 LOCAL MARKET NOMINA
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