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Terrifically They Assault Brit
ish Line in What May Be
New Offensive.
RUSSIANS CONTINUE
THEIR GREAT DRIVE
Capturing Halicz They Open
Way to Lemberg British
Naval Air Forces Attack the
Turko-German Fleet Off
Constantinople.
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RUSSIANS CAPTURE TEN '
THOUSAND PRISONERS.
HL
(By Associated Press).
Petrograd, July 11. The Rus-
sians have reached the Posiecz-
4 Lesiuvka-Kosmacz line. In the
fighiing between Sunday and
v Tuesday in the direction of Dol
' ina. the Faissians took more than i
10,000 prisoners and 80 guns. 4
t 'H T I'
Just as the Russians in the East
have torn a big gap in the Austro
German lines in Galicia.captured Hal
icz and pressed on toward Lemberg,
the Galician capital, the Germans on
the western front have started a men
acing offensive near the Belgian
coast .
This movement, while it may turn
out to be nothing but a local effort
or something with which the British
can cope, after the shock of the first
thrust has been met, nevertheless in
dicates the possibility of a deter
mined attempt to bend back the Brit
ish flank on the Belgian coast- aad; Secretew. of. WBafc?r
reach the French ' city of Dunkirk, ,
about IT miles' distant.
The Germans succeeded in their in
itial push by leveling the defenses
through an intense bombardment for
24 hour.; nnd then attacking last even
ing over the devastated ground. The
bridges aeross the Yser were destroy
ed by dm heavy fire and the sending
up of reinforcements was impossible.
There .a penetration 600 yards, deep.
on a front of 1,400 yards was effected,
the Germans pushing as far as the
east bank of the Yser near tne North
Sea . i
The attack also extended farther
south, opposite to Lombaertzyde, but
here, after having temporarily driven
in the British advanced line, a coun
ter attack forced the Germans back
to their original positions.
There have been no serious at
tempts by the Germans to break
through the British front in Belgian
since their two campaigns for Calais
in the early months of tne war. The
first was checked along the Belgian
front by the combined British and
Belgian defense, aided by the parti
cipation of British warships along the
coast, in the second battle of Ypres,
in the fall of 1914, the Germans sacri
ficed thousands of men in a terrific
drive, but failed to effect a penetra
tion .
Reports from London today Indicate
that the battle in Belgium is still in
Progress. The sounds of heavy fir-1
Ig, heard in En ela nd, a ll dav vester
day, were again heard today begin
n)ngatdawn. In the sensational campaign which
the revolutionary army of Russia is
'ging in Galicia, thecapture of Hal
important thoughTtls,, is only an
incidental feature. Given secure -possession
of it, the Russians have the
road to Lemberg well opened up to
nfn and a continuation of their at
acks, on anything like the scale of the
jst ten days seems likely to result in
thf' full of die Galician capital at no
fllfani d;ite.
In :;ipturing Halicz, the Russians
'ook more than 30 guns, and numer-
jus prisoners. The Russians, advices
to thn Rur;Hian war office say, are coh
inumL' their advance,' pursuing-the
'treating Austro-German . forces. ;
un Uie Frenrb front fn Northern
France.
an attack was made ;by the
German.--.
in the Woevre district near
Fli
Portion of the trench in which they
lemporarfly gained a footing. '
nt,sh naval air forceg attacked the
iurk!:;h f;Prman fleet lying of Con-
wntinopjp on Monday nigM and 0D.
J"?(I hits on the Turkish cruiser
cr .anKf,lim, .formerly the German
shm! (,Phen. and other hostile war
fir n,H'ny causing explosions and
on i,oard
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OF
Two Explosions in Chicago
Due to It One to Labor
Troubles.
(By Associated Press.)
Chicago, July 11 Three bomb explo
sions in widely separated sections of
the Southside early today, caused the
death of one man, and the fatal injury
of another, damaged a score of build
ings and drove dozens of families into
the street. Two of the explosions are
laid at the door of the "Black Hand,"
the other to labor trouble, according
to the police.
Silivia O'Connor and his brother,
James, were passing the building at
1900 West 59th street, when the ex
plosion occurred, and the former was
instantly killed and the latter fatally
injured. Many persons suffered minor
cuts by broken glass.
A REIGN OF TERROR
IN NORTHERN IDAHO
(By Associated Press.)
Boise, Idaho, July 11, That a reign
of terror exists today in Northern Ida
ho, and that 2,000 troops are needed to
curb the activities of the Industrial
Workers qf the World, is the report
T i "v" at o., -
member of the , Council.
"Industrial Workers of the World
are spreading all over the State," said
the former Governor, "and it Is time
for al sections of Idaho, both north and
south, to form citizen bodies for the
protection of their life and property.
"Two thousand troops are needed to
day in Northern Idaho, to cope with
the gigantic fight being put up by the
I. W. W. to prevent the United States
from getting two billion feet of lumber
necessary to carry on its war pro
gram." DROP IN EARNINGS
OF XRRgSSj CQMPANIES
(By Associated lYess.) r
Washington, July 11. March earn
ings of express companies, which were
$1,202,848 in 1916, dropped to $995,044
in March, 1917, according to reports
today to the Interstate Commerce Com
mission. OFFICIAL INQUIRY-
INTO PRICE OF BREAD
(By Associated Press.)
Boston, Mass., July 11. Attorney
General Attwell saijl today that he
wanted to learn why the price of bread
in this city, which was raised when
flour was selling at record prices, has
not been lowered with the drop in the
price of flour. He indicated , that he
would make an. inquiry into the situa
tion. : '
Suppresses Maximilian Har
den's Paper That Proclaim
ed Great Truths.
(By Associated Pwss.)
Copenhagen, July ll.-Die Zukunft,
Maximilian Harden's publication, has
been, suppressed . for .the. remainder pt
the war, according to the Berlin Tag
blatt. Herr Harden has been mobiliz
ed under the auxiliary civil service
law, and will be, employed as a mili
tary clerk. The government sometime
ago had, planned to take this action,
but lacked the courage. Die Zukft re
cently said : the aims of Germany's
enemies were among other things the
creation of a situation which would
remove the decision of peace or war
from the will of one mortal and place
it in the hands of the community
NEW YORKSOLONS
TO CONTROL FOOD
(3y Associated Tiess.)
Albany, N. Y., July 11. A proclama
tion summoning the legislature in ex
tra session on ; July SI to enact food
control legislation for the State was
issued today by Governor Whitman.
DEAD
WORK
BLAGKHAHD
KAISER MUZZLES
DARING JOURNAL
MILfTARY STAFF
OF GERMANY MUST
FIRST BE CRUSHED
That is Necessary in Order to
Bring About- State of
Peace.
FOREIGN OFFICE
NOT MUCH POWER
That is View Taken by United
States and Allies On
Fatherland Situa
tion. (By Associated Press.)
Washington, July 11. Germany's
latest political difficulties are regard
ed by officials here as due largely to
international problems and probably
of a transitory nature only.
The dismissal of foreign Secretary
. . . x
Zimmeremann, Minister of Finance,
weitemch or even Chancellor von
Bethman-iflollweg himself would be
considered largely a surface move
ment, for not until the great army
general staff itself is reached, it is
believed, will the real crust of Ger
man militarism be broken.
The Gernian foreign office, it was
pointed out today, has served during
the war merely as a enas to get
military leaders out of trouble Deci
sions have been made without refer
ence to the civil branch and matters
brought to the attention of the latter
only when it was desired to negotiate
a way out of the difficulty
American officials agree with allied
diplomats here that the rise and fall
of the German officials has little sig
nificance on Germany's military and
foreign policies
Nevertheless, it is agreed that there
is an enormous amount of unrest in
Germany today, which in all probabil:
ity will lead to sensational internal
changes in personel of the govern
ment, and in reform of the obvious
abuses of the German governmental
system The German peace is very
active and the general opposition to
the ' unreprjesentative fonit. of govern
ment has centered attention on the
pan-Germans, who are being held in
creasingly responsible for the Ills of
the country . ..
Fundamental internal reform in
Germany is felt here to be only a
matter of time, Those who nave most
recently been to Germany say that
reform is absolutely certain the mo
ment the war is over, and that the
chances greatly favor initial steps be
ing taken during hostilities.
Austria's influence is becom
ing more and more insistent toward
a liberal peace. Austria is said to be
treated most contemptuously by Ger
man officials and given consideration
only as the unavoidable weak link in
the chain. Nevertheless, it is known
that she would make peace tomorrow
if .possible and her activity in con
sulting German statesmen and poli
tical 'leaders is undoubterly causing
worry at German headquarters
TO TEST MYSTERIOUS
AIRSHIP DEVICE
(By Associated Press.)
Washington, July 11 Favorable re
port ona; resolution, providing for a
test of mysterious little machine
which its inventor claims could pro
pel an aeroplane from Washington to
European battlefields and back again
Without carrying fuel, was voted to
day by the House Patents committee
T. K. Giaragossian, the inventor, says
his discovery harnesses at tri-val cost
an untapped ocean of power. The
committee's resolution would guaran
tee governmental protection in case
he demonstrates the usefulness of his
machine to five scientists
AMERICAN BARKANTINE
SUNK BY SUBMARINE
(By Associated Press.)
(London, July 11. The. American
Barkentine Hildegard, 622 tons, has
been sunk: the crew has landed un
injured. The Hildegard was bound
from Havre for St. Thomas, West
Indies, and was attacked yesterday
morning while becalmed. The subma
rine: fired 6 shots without hitting the
vessel.; :then the crew, of the Barken
tine tpojetb, the boats. The submarine
approached and towea the boats back
to the Hildegard,. which she sank with
bombs. The Germans told the Am
ericans to row for their lives, as they
were - about to attack another Amer
ican vessel which was expected' along
shortly. 1 ' ' -": " V!l :
4
. CHARGES THEM WITH
DISLOYALTY.
. . .
(By Associated Press).
Lincoln, Neb., July 11. The
Nebraska Council of Defense to-
day issued a statement charging
4 "certain professors of the Uni- '
fr vefsity of Nebraska" and the.
4 "conspicuous representatives of
the Lutheran church" in the State
With "disloyal activity and pass-
Jivity that have tended to give aid
and comfort to aermany, as an.i'
'enemy." , .. ' r,
IN GREECE
FOR ALLIED CAUSE
The Army to be Greatly In
creased and Completely
Equipped.
HIGH COMMISSIONER
OF ALLIES IN GREECE
Makes Report .on His Work
Which Brought About the
Changed Conditions
There.
(By Associated Press.)
Rome, July 11. The Greek army isj
to be increased from 3 to 10 divisions,
the recruiting' and complete equip
ment of which are to be completed
j within four months, according to
(plans outlined today by Charles C A..
Jonnart, entente high commisioner in
Greece. M. Jonnart has reached Rome
on Us way t0 PariSt where he wiI1 lay
before the representatives of the en
tente powers at their forthcoming
.! conference the Jesuits of his work in
Greece, . which includes the abdication
of King Constantino and important re
forms which hp expects to carry out
under the
Venizelos.
M. Jonnart gave to the Associated
.Press an outline of the proposed con
structive measures and the part which
the United States would have in re
construction of Greece on a strong
basis. He said:
"Now that the transition from the
old regime is accomplished, we shall
proceed at once to the important
work of reconstruction. One of the
first measures in that direction will
be i complete recyganizatiojn of the
Greek army so as to make it worthy
of the country and a real factor in
the situation. It is proposed to in
crease the present strength of the
army, amounting to 3 divisions, to 10
divisions. M. Venizelos and our mil
itary advisers are confident that this
increase and the complete equipment
of the army can be carried out so as
to place a full force of men in the
Greek divisions in the next . four
months.
"Concerning recruiting there can be
no doubt. This , will remain wholly
with M- VenizeIosand the Greeks. In
the inattef of ;imunitions heayyartil
ment: thie co-oDeration of France and
Great Britain wilr be required. Oiir
military advisers who accompany me
have exact details in regard "to just
what equipment must be in order to
make - the new Greek divisions thor
oughly ; effective and I am confident
this branch ot the reconstructive work
will be carried out rapidly. The army
is being reorganized on a most effi
cient basis.
"After being torn by internal dis
sension for the last two years, Greece
finds her financial resources sadly de
pleted and she needs and expects
friendly cqi operation and assistance
of those great powers which wish to
see the smaller nations placed on a
firm and enduring foundation. Great
Britain and France may be depended
on for the army reorganization and in
the same way we shall hope to have
the powerful assistance of the United
States in realizing effective reorganiz
ation of the civil branch. America's
co-operation will be a most precious
factor."
M. Jonnart next outlined important
constitutional and parliamentary re
forms which it is proposed to carry
out.
The entente commissioner spoke
with satisfaction of the dramatic se
ries of events which recently were
brought about ' so quickly under his
direction the abdication of Constan
tine, the succession of Alexander, the
retirement of the reactionary minis
try, the summoning of M. Venizelos,
the creation of a new regime with M.
Venizelos at the head,, and finally the
sweeping into exile of the dangerous
elements which had provoked discord
for two years.
TO LEAVE CABINET
Report of Irreconcilable Dif
ferences Among Cabinet
Officers on Reform.
(By Associated Press.!
Copenhagen, July 10. (Delayed)
A dispatch from Berlin to the Cologne
Gazette says the retirement of Minis
ters Helfferich and Zimmermannwill
be gazetted Tuesday.
The Germania of Berlin declares that
Chancellor von Bethmann-Hollweg in
committee, accepted the idea of Mat-
thloa TTWKo.,. ho fontr-ct IflflHai.
regarding a parliamentary declaration
committing 'Germany to peace on the
basis of the Chancellor's declaration of
August 4, 1914, namely no annexations.
The Tagliche Rundschau, on the con
trary is sure that Dr. von Bethmann
Hollweg will retire if the declaration is
adopted. i ' -
According , to the Tageblatt, the
Crown Council is reported to have de
veloped an almost irreconcilable differ
ence of opinion , between Dr. vonBeth-mann-Hollweg.
and the majority of
Prussian ministers on questions of in
ternal political reforms. .
GERMAN MINISTER
IKES AN APPEAL
TO DRAFT BOARDS
To Prevent Intrusion of Per
sonal Feeling or Politics into
Exemption Decis
sions. '
STATE TAX BOARD
HOLDS MEETING
Commission to Draft Public
School Agriculture Course.
Seeks Pardon For Dr.
Summers.
(Special to The Dispatch.) '
Raleigh, N. C, July 11. Governor
Bickett's appeal to all exemption
boards to prevent the intrusion qf par
tisan or personal politics into the se
lective draft went out to the boards in
all counties yesterday. .
The Governor asks every member of
the boards to act with absolute impar
tiality. He declares that he does not
share the fear expressed to him in let
ters that have come to his office. He
urges them all to hold their "sacred
joffice so high above personal or parti-
is done your enemies will be forced to
concede that in every case you acted
with the fear Of God and the love of
your country before your eyes." The
ful letter follows:
"Dear Sir:
"Several letters have come to this
office from different parts of the State,
indicating a fear on the part of a few
people that local boards may not in all
cases act with absolute impartiality in
passing upon claims for exemption and
in prescribing the order in which per
sons not exempt shall be called to
service.
"It is not necessary for me to say
that I do not personally share this fear.
Your recommendation by me to the
President of the United States for this
patriotic service carried with it my,
abiding- faith that you would do your
duty without fear and without favor.
"I deem it proper, however, to call
your attention to the apprehension re-
, fleeted in these letters, and to beg you
to hold your sacred office so high
above personal or partisan considera
tions that when the work is done your
enemies will be forced to concede .that
t$ ; Gctft, .ana-, the" love 6t Vouf country
before your eyes. Above till things, let
m beseach you not to allow political
influences to touch the hem of your
garment. It would be a tragic and
nauseating prostitution of a wise and
just law if politics should be consider
ed when the lives of men and the very
destiny of the race are in the balances.
' "It is proper to say that the letters
mentioned have come from less than
5 per cent of the counties in the State,
but. the fact that the fear has been ex
pressed at all makes it my duty to ad
vise all members of local boards to the
end that their work may be done on a
plane of patriotism so high that no
breath of suspicion can reach it. ,
"With great esteem, I beg to remain
"Sincerely yours,
"T. W. BICKETT,
"Governor of North Carolina."
Frank A. Linney, Governor Bickett's
opponent last year, sent the Governor
$4.50 and his respects today, but
could not attend the first meeting of
the tax commission upon which Mr.
Linney is to serve. The Republican
leader sent his money to qualify, for
the service. He did not hesitate to
render it. When Governor Bickett
appointed Mr. Linney everybody be
gan to speculate on Mr. Linney's at
titude. "What do you think of it?"
Governor Bickett asked E . C . Dun
can when the announcement had been
made. - "Mighty smart from your
standpoint," Mr. Duncan laughed.
And he favored Mr. Linney's accept
ance from the first. James H. Pou
could not attend vtoday, but Vance
Brown, of Asheville, Henry Page, Of
Aberdeen, Zeb Green, of Marshville,
and Governbr Bickett were present.
They constituted a- quorum. But they
did not organize finally and their
next meeting will be in September.
Their whole mission is to study the
tax question.
Governor Bickett yesterday named
the commission iq prepare the agri
cultural courses in the public schools
authorized under acts of the 1917 Leg
islature. Dr. J. Y. Joyner, State Su
perintendent, Dr. W. C. Riddick, pres
ident of the North . Carolina State Col
lege of Agriculture and Engineering,
and Dr. B. W. Kilgore, State chemist,
are the commission. They are to pre
pare a bulletin which will be used in
the courses. It may best be identified-
by Governor Bickett's inaugural
address which insisted upon the teach
ing of the . A B Cs of good fanning.
The course likewise includes manual
training, agriculture and' home eco
nomics and is an important act of the
(Continued on Page Eight).
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I AMERICAN STEAMER KASAN
SUNK.
(By Associated Press.)
New York, July 11. The Am-
55- erican steamship Kasan, carry-
Jng a crew of fifty men, has been
unk, presumably off the French
coast, according to a cablegram
received . here today by the
French and , Canada Steamship
5C- Company, which chartered .the
vessel. The fate - of those 5 on
board is not known. - .
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THREE
FIGHT
ON
:
GERMAN SUBMARINE
OFF BRAZIL.
: '
(By Associated Pres. ,
X- Rio Janeiro, July 11.4
today announced that fc
stroyer Matto Grosso hi
? covered an enemy sub
-X- base near Santos.
Industrial Workers of the 1 1
World Loaded in Cattle !
Cars and Sent Away.
(By Associated Press.)
Jerome, Ariz., July 11 "The region
of the Industrial Workers of the
World in Jerome is at an end" said
Mayor J. J.'Cain yesterday, as he
stood in the railroad yards and watch
ed two cattle cars loaded with men
disappear in the distance. There J
were 67 men in the cars, all reputed
to be members of the Industrial
Workers of the World and 50 armed
citizens accompanied them to see that
they did not come back. The cars
were hooked up to a locomotive and
the short train was run as an "extra"
its destination being Jerome Junction,
27 miles away.
Deportion of the men came after a
"drive" in which hundreds of miners
and other citizens, all armed, par
ticipated with the object, of "clean
ing up" the town. All of the men
were considered by Jerome city offi
cials to be "undesirables," because of
a strike called in the copper district
by the Metal Miners branch of the
Industrial Workers of the World
I which was repudiated by the Inter
national Union of Mine, Mill and
Smelters . Many men had heard of
the "'drive", and left Jerome early this
morning. .
Met at the Station and Turned Back
Kingman, .Ariz., Julll.-rSixtJCodd
as rnaustnai ironworKers oi tnp
World, active in" the strike there, ar-v
rived here today from Needles, ' Where
armed citizens had met the car in
which they were held prisoners and
caused its return to Arizona on the
next eastbound train.
Some of the men said they had been
victims . of unfortunate circumstances
in the clash between their organiza-
tions and union miners and mine op -
erators. -
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ed to leave claims they were working
near Jerome, and join picket lines in
the strike called Friday. 1
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SECRET INVESTIGATION
OF EAST ST LOUIS RIOTO
(By Associated Press.)
East St. Louis, July 11. So tight has
the curtain of secrecy been .drawn
about the police investigation and
coroner's inquest into the deaths re
sulting from the race riots of last week
that little information concerning offi
cial reports of the rioting can be ob
tained. According to a St. Louis, Mo., news
paper reporter, one of the coroner's
iurors today declared that Illinois
guardsmen had shot and killed two ne -
groes on tne oraer oi a pouce ser
geant. This juror, it is said, declared
that Colonel E. P. Clayton, of the
Guardsmen, had testified to that inci
dent. ofSScii
Held by the Kaiser Causes Un
easiness Among the Ger- .
C man Public.
(By Associated Press.)
London, July 11. Thef Crown Coun
cil called by Emperor William was
held in Berlin . Monday, according: to
an Exchange! Telegraph v despatch
from Amsterdam yesterday, but ' no
announcement as to what, took place
has been made. " .'
"The German public is very -uneasy
regarding 'the absence, of news as . to
the decision " of the Crown Council,
which the Emperor held Monday,"
says - the dispatch. "Only in times of
greatest stress - are such meetings
held." ,
- Other advices from the same source
sa v that the meeting - lasted three
hours, being one of the longest on l
record, since July, 1914, when Emper
or William signed the mobilization or
der that preceded the declaration of
. . " , ' " , .'V. ' r .
War. . ' ''
The ministers of both the empire
and the kingdom were in attendance,
together wjth the members of the
Emperor's military and naval cabinet.
It is believed, says . the dispatch,
that one of the results - bf-the council
will be the introduction -of a franchise
bill for Prussia granting universal, di-1
rect suffrage and the secret ballot.; J
CORNERED
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1 7
FOR THE
fjt
GUARD CAME
Wilmington, Charlotte atm
Fayetteville Have Pelega-i'
tions in Washington
REP. GODWIN FAVORS 5 r
FAYETTEVILLE FIRST
Wilmingtoniani Make ...Ap
pointment With I SknoXot
Simmons to - See . About
Landing. Cantonment;
Charlotte Delegation, Fifty
Strong, See Secretary ?bf
war caKer. -
-V"
(By George .H. Manning).".
Washington, July- ll.-Delegations
f
from Wilmington, Fayetteyille and
Charlotte, were "on the job" here 'to
day to put in word with Secrefarytpf
Jtional Guardsmen -to l their '.'vicinity.
unariotte "got tne jump-: on . tne otn? '
ers this morning through having a del
egation of about fifty; prominent 'dC
izens waiting to lay Charlotte'3 clalma
before Secretary ; Baker, when - bo
reached his office this morning. viTh
Secretary was completely surprised!
by the size of the delegation, bufag't
reward for their enterprise in beaten
him to the office this morning rhb
agreed to see them tight away.;iuad
the whole delegation crowded lAtoJiIi
i office. Charlotte ' is - understood .to
stand in favor with thp War;Departp
ment now as the best location' forthi
camp in Nor th Caroline since it WaS
decided to cancel the arrangements"" o
place the camp at Fayetteville,
cause of the inability to obtain the
witer supply needed. The Charlotte
delegation assured . Secretary ; Bskei
that no difficulty would be experienced
in obtaining water at. the Charlotte
site, explained the excellent railroad
facilities possessed by Charlotte atnl
outlined the other, advantages to f b
obtained there. . . : '
Job. B. Underwood, i postmaster ' at
Fayetteville, and Thos. ..H. . . Suttbri.
with Congressman Godwin,; secured' an
appointment to see Secretary .Hater
this afternoon to re-assure 'him'e
garding?TayettevilIe -and make "an'" if
fort to have . the camp retained-- there!.
The Fayetteville people? iclainy-there'
the. town will guarantee, to supply all
the water ;neieidedL : ; r ?
Some gentlemen, who ;said ".they' rtep
resented Wilmington, called -ejaatot
Simmons', omce on the. teiepnone tnia '
imornlhsr and said they would.' call' lafc
er in regard: to bringing , the' camp,' to
I Wilmington. They did- not give; their
) names and up to noon had not; put; (n
an appearance at Senator 1 Simruona
office r at Secretary ' Baker's; officii
i Congressman Godwin, who Telurnett
the Fayetteville delegation today,, iHm
said he had never been lntorme.
privately or publicly, by telegram,
letter, that Wilmington was after the
cantonment and . that r if Wilmington' -1
I makiner a fight for the' camb the tact
Us news to wm. v ; . o
"ur course i , snouia oe oniy.t top
glad to do all I could for Wilmington;
if Fayetteville fails to get the" camp,?
said Mr. Godwin today. ; "I understand
some men have been in Washington
urging the location of the camp at
Wilmington, but they have not called
on me. No knowledge has come r to
me, in any way at all, that Wilmingi
ton was after the camp." r , f lt
The location of one of these . camps,
bringing about 40,000 men with. iVJa
sufficient to give any , community In'
j which it is located an unprecedented ; ' -
business boom, because as great a jotV
tion as possible of rood , supplies fo
the men are purchased right in the,,
community and the 40,000 menVlwril '
make considerable personal purchasea
during the three or four months thiey '
will remain At the . camp. . They will
be succeeded when, they leave by tfjfc
other batch ofr men who will 'come
with the next draft.
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iii wailkiviukl inMir
HOUR BEFORE RESCUED
. (By Associatea fregg.) .
Paris, July 11. Captain Allen, .p..
Tucker, of the American steamship , '
Orleans, which was recently torpedo-: 1
ed, arrived in- Paris Monday .limp'
ing from an injury to one of his feet,
due to a gangway falling'- on it wfcn '
the ship , was - going ? down. The Or
leans went' down' within ' ten vmlnutft r
after it had;been hitbyvtheorpea'..
(Captain .. Tucker ; was' in ; the 4; mtifa
more than an hour, Deiore Deing; picxe-. ;
up by one of his own . boats. -yIv-T 1
RAILROAD EARNINGSvVHi
SHOWING INCREASE
. . ; ..... -...l
(By: Associated Press.) ' U -,
; Washington, July . 11 Reports of
178 of the principal railroads of the
United States to, the 'Interstate" Com
merce Commission showed, that ,4fi$r
pite heavy-r increases -in expen
earnings ; had increased in May, ; 1917;
more than $3,500,000 over Mayi 1916i -These
roads earned in May 1916, OlOl,. ;
169,248; in 1917 $104,721,377, Eastern
roads- showed a "decrease in' earnings', t
which was more than .offset by , in'
creases for both Southern and ?West ;
ern '.roads - ''iA V'-: "
Many earnings for eastern . ralf- s
roads in 1916 - were $45,590,116 ;-"olp
Mav 1917. $41,246,770. Southern roads
4ncreased 'frein $15,153,713 to $15,7lT,? j
557. Western roads ' showed r tt1
from $40,425,419 to . $47,757)50j; a
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