North Carolina Newspapers

res WEATHER FORECAST : l Carolina Showers this : aft Nrrt or tonight In east; fait in eT Saturday probably falr.v "rirfh Carolina Praobably thqwl Sorlht and Saturday. - . .1 .'FKlfl 1- rt 3 -yr- Gem I 9' F u l l; leased w ire SEJl V WILMINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA, VRID AY, AFTERNOON, AtJGUiST 3.19 1 7. ' P4R1CE FIVE CETiT 3 ALLIES DESTROY POSITIONS JJ. iiiii ICE .C ' - - t - aF:iiMEE-:oies?isTsMffli WITH HMO BOWS OF UKIlTOiKm lOBF fflETfemim nn 'nw if f 1 V ' TWO i Qnate nnance oimiimcc About Completes worK Ready to Keport THIS MAY BE DONE UN 1UMUKKUW Tax on Beer is Slightly; , Re duced House Committee, Discloses Extent of the Bur den of the Franking Privi lege. ' (Bv Associated Press.) -Washington, Aug. 3. The War Tax bill increased irom $i,oz,uuv,uuu 10 approximately $2,002,000,000 virtually was -completed today by the Co-iate Finance coniiiiitiee and will De repL i ed to the Senate tomorow or Mon day. . - In preparing the final draft for the printer the committee .reduced the tax on beer by 25 cents. a barrel to $3, to $1.50 a. barrel in addition to the tax under the ' present law, and increased rates on wines to about double the present taxes and estimat- ed to yield $17,000,000 additional.; - The extent of the , Congressional "franking privilege as. a burden on the mails was disclosed today as kn Incident to a House committee's inves- itgation of charges that postal', inspec Congressmen. They seircFfree of post age every day seven tons of majier, GERMANY CHALLENGED PROSECUTE DR. MOHN (By Associated Press.) Amsterdam, Aug. 3. The Deutsche Tages Zeitung challenges the German government to prosecute Dr. Cbhn, So-A ciaiist member of the Reichstag, for ; his alleged revelations j-egarding the crown council held at Potsdam July 5, 1914. The newspaper says it knows the revelations published in The Lon don Times came fromStockholm" di rect and from the German independ Socialists and it offers .to give' the fullest evidence in case" the govern ment desires to court martial Deputy Conn. The- London Times asserts that a conference was held in the presence of Emporor William at Postdam, July 5. 1914, in which the political and mil itary personages in Germany and-Aus tria-Hungary took part, when a' plan was proposed to let loose the war. The Wolff Bureau , of Berlin on Au Wst 1 :;aid it had been officially au thorized to declare thatthe statement ffas a pure invention. THE KAISER'S THANKS TO VON HINDENBURG T (I'.y Associated Press.) .London, Aug. 3. A Copenhagen oispateh to neuter's limited, contains 'be following messagetelegraphed"by unperor William to Field -Marshal Tn Mmdenburg: - v "' y - 11 is w need of much heart,v-my war Pif-i,i Marshal, at the conclusion ' the ihird year of this mightiest of d'l Wal'S ill U-MMi im fnacnnflw o h brilliant strategy and -arhavelourt through a special grand jury, em-; cleared ) ho wny for our armies, to vic l0lT, to express anew to you my In-fxhai-stii;, thanks. I grant you the' cross j.nd star of the high command of jay royal orders of the House of Ho nenzoi l o, n . tiip badges - will be post ea iniiiK-diately." ? i'- PROPOSED COTTON 1 RATES APPROVED Hsiiinyton, Aug. 3. Proposed Mn- -.aheu rates tnd changed vj-egula- uons ""nt of rnttx,-. t . 10 MissU-iins t .r Ori J 1J1 "er crossings, . lNt'w t ""eans and ntiior r v I Prt and tn At.V lisiss 1 i,w ii'i i i i i irv u m w i ' (ii viui - dav v V Ilvfr, - w fy by .1,, Interstate initi river, - were approved to- oiss jon -wiiii the exception of -ertaJn nnn" avo'"1 unjust discrimination and against certain com- fZT .'Wch might result from en thp ine minor features of. ainnPIl)0-!ed regulations: the commis be en ,T( that the entire program Sn ZT'1 mt thatthe roads' be bPfn c'''ly to Pt into 'effect on rto-. urp Ptpraber 1 nPTt nn .five 8 notice: tho -r. Jlx Wi'& thp r. luocu ;;itBiwu ki Matures 1 Of tho fltcannfAMii 1 mm A rnitaii4am : frt 'fhi Pontral Varm. - v nn.. L -u-. - I a . . . V;--v-L!:: iJ. . V W ;'. 'iMiH' ; ; nohostile sentiment ' ; found. v . f (By Associated Press). Washington, Aug. - 3. Depart ment of Justice officialsinvesti- gatingv the activities of persons in. North Carolina, Georgia " ana and other Southern States, inw spreading sentiment hostile' to the draft law ' said today - that they had found nothing unusual Jt in the situation in t,he South thus far. - ' v. i , Field investigators, however; -H- areV still . at work there as they are in other sections of the Unit- ed .States. - Reports of widespread opppsi-. tiorijl in v; North Carolina to - the draft and, nt alleged combina- tions t)f farmers and other per-"" sons" there to resist the opera- tions of the law, were regarded, by : officials as exaggerated. The r'Ultion' in North- Carolina and :. Georgia, it was said, is but. lit- tie different : from that in many other ' States where opposition to "the 4aw is not general, and has been found to exist only in sporadic' instances. -No arrests nave Deen reponeu ,w from .North Carolina or Georgia to tne department as yet, and so V far . as officials here know none are contemplated' in the Immedi- ate- future. . : " . -it ;r - Should the-: investigation result, . "however. - in : f urnishingL the basis Illinois Representative Wants East St: Louis Massacre to - V Be Investigated. ' ' J ' ' . . y ' 1 (By Associated Press.)' Washington, Aug. 3. Federal inves tigation of the race riots in East St. Louis, Ill.,son 'july 2, by a Congres sional joint committee was urged be fore the House Rules committee ; to day, by Representatives Rodenbirg, of Illinois, and Dyer, of Missouri, and a delegation of negroes. .- The plain unvarnished truth," said; Mr. Rodenberg, "is that civil govern- j ment in East Si Louis collapsed and R TO p5 RIOTS the ferocity, brutality arid viciousness were - conducting tne. onensive, car of the moblhat committed the outrag- ried the positions with bayonets, kill aa horooro riVtenrinttnn. The nolice do- ing large' numbers of-the enemy. partment -joined the rioters and help- oniniiel in itwrep nf the jmilitia took colonel in charge or tnejn " VU I. W ':C7AVW1.. - , shot by; a militiaman. ifl Representative JFoster, member of themmittee, announced that he today received a ,teiegram j from. the-. Governor; of Illinois say : ne. wasmaking a ; thorough stiga-, tion, and that no man implicated - the outrage, would he spared. 1 tMr- Rbdenrg rommende investigation be; made vbT a Federal paneled .for the. purpose, and ''tofe.esp cially wanted Judge -Lahdis to conduct ciy wanwo s ,, . , Mr. Rodenberg contended: that Con- action would -ha've a tre- no sieus iu uamo -w D"uu"- rr" .7- . -x . 1 uluuua A" me . tar norinwest mfl fiatRB 'tws maevorv man in whose. word I have confidence ly;;. had .Deen .Diueny contestea etne return ofwarm weathlr in north- MWUUains ,m nfva nerson who had been-eause it ; overlooks - the surrounding: firn rt;stri,tc ltvLv,wl from .Mrs: "tl . - - ". - M mendous moral effect on the situationny-:;'.;:,. (By -.Assoc;iated; Press.) Threats within the last few. days to hurnahe;$10,000.Q00:plant;ottheAm- .erican Aluminmm Company. at East St.: ' Louis Tfron? which comes the jay' for (ix)uis rrom wmcn tom8( me y ij . r. . " , vnrimi nlant of the comnanv weo HtS W V Rbdnher - . "'" ' - cTwork during part of the summer vaca-PiVV ",;teu r,,Aa are r CTATI? hr CtI?rC . -.-.'lions..:-;- -, ' . . ; fnor.f have established themselves bl Alt. Ur, OllrA. : J . . , . Pnr the men who have not cofnnlet? brush south ;of; Sasakwa to re- DECLARED IN ATTICA Fv. - r - " .-.! ?s ; . (By Associate Press.) London Aug! ,3.-A state ot siege tvaa hoon A Glared .in the whole Greek - . . oranierce romlP"1111611 Attica, including fAthef: h s country's h f,Ce. i ens and' Piraeus, according 'to a dis,;- -,- , . ' llf: xcnange GERMAN CHAN CfcLLUK GOES TO VIENNA '"j-; ' , ' v -. s I (BytA.ssoclated Press.) J London,' Aug. 3. Emperor ;Charles; !of ' Austria, received in ; audience Dr. ' Micnaeiis, xnej verm 1 celldr; on Thursday aysr a dispatch : w ,vu v - vno muumicu. v uv-iiuuiucc: uas. utjyii raisTt; ; -i-r-i-r iy&ft- , .: .. .. ... "t- fcery thing ; any Germans .Entombed in t, Tunnels Destroyed by THeir, J ' ;.Uevin Close righting. - FIERCE CONTESTS ' 'y UNDERGROUND Brilliant Charged by the tralians Stubbornly KesistedFihal Success. fBy Associated Press.) British Front in France and Bel- gium Aug. 2. ( Delayed j. The Brit- ishrand French and "the Germans alike aiong tne front of the;battle-in Flan- uers still held their positions late -'toT j m au uvu griyoi oogianu proaucs uu uy iuc luifcuuiLi ram storm wmcn nas been deluging the battle line from ruesayevening until today when it M n.f;ii . .. , . , - 5f ffPl V-nS; wich "e ntbi-:to ?wTJSK??lJere ? tie activity; with the exception of one w mu puiuts, uuu riencu ana uriusn were active in consolidating the strongly organized positions com manding the territory which they cap tured from the Germans in the first rrr-" -ZrrZ.:" Julien today continued to be a storm center, 'the artillery of : bgth sides pounding steadily at the opponents posituoauris place vffiJ 4sh were again in possession of , the 00 .yard -front just north or Frezen bere which the Germans - wrested i from them in a counter attack yester day,: In a sharp drive last night, after f'heavy .artillery preparation, the Brit - Ish; forced the Germans from thia ! strong position and ave held it since This was the only, counter attack of any consequence, delivered by the Germans-since late Wednesday. , ; Detailed ( reports of Tuesday's battle show that the front between t Holle beke and LaBassee Ville.. was the scenes of some of the "heaviest lighting of the day, the Australians and Eng- lieh, charging along ;:this line, swept the British, troops had gone beyond these holes," the- German began snip ing at the rear of the advancing forc es.. ' These - snipers were eventually I dealt with and the shell holes cleared. The morale . of the German trocip3 in this f section is said tor have been eood and thev made astiff flsht for the positions which they finally had tocided to plunge Europe into conflict jan ftble address, eulogizing the - Vet relinquish. In the ruined village of The interpretation placed on this erans, and urging concentration, and Hollebeke the British were faced with council has been that Germany had co-operation by the people of the coun large numbers of concrete dugouts j full knowledge of all Austrian's plans ty Jn the work that lies before , them, which . had no surface entrances, but and stood nnrfisorvprfiv Woh.-nH ; Speaking to the old soldiers, she said: -which were approached by tunnels. The atltacking troops forced their way fnt h these strongholds, which contain-.- ed large numbers of men and blew them to pieces with bombs. This 'ut dergrpund tunnel is still filled withv German bodies. Just north of Holle bekeiiwo strongly held German posi tions were occupied without a stop. On" the ground overlooking Wystch aete the British encountered shell holes, camouflaged with wire netting and hedges which had been interlaced r:" This delayed tneir the Germans. Fierce fighting occur- redj here, and the .Australians, who j . One notable mcidenKof the -. day s. i uapara iarm roaa at a wmuiuui una,a l-jf. . " ovntlftT1 Th. nrftvlmis.ta . country, which is very flat. The Aus-1 traliaxiok the .place in the eariyr North epd the position with' ,?Ji m Pr?10ns .-Pf , the Bast l8?!- scene of Severe' n ?"th except iri the East and here as at HollebeS 'tG?L Statea : and ' Soast; where fllled with their dead defend. - Who were bombed. . - I, . :i- - u: - nn rxTCTXT i iMnCDcrrv PRINCETON tNIVESITY TO SHORTEN ITS COURSE - , , : , Princeton, N. J., Aug.. 3. By the de committee appomtea.to consiaer pron- lems arising out the war, men may . Q r.f rra7t,t),cir AnAoe PHnpatnn . tour. - rnis win De ootamea oy - spe-j ill t 1- i. . ,1 i i c their college course,' it is the uni-j iversityts intention to present special ; engraved war certificates, setting forth that the holderJwas'a student in-ood n rA focrnla t iafanJi'nfr' nn' loft f rt nn. r .... t -j service. : ' v. "' ' A if INCREASED NUMBER TO OFFICERS' CAMPS WoehirtfVt'MI , ; Allir 3 l'Art: inrroqea of thirty Der- cent, in the number , of candidates-to bexidmitted :to the sec- otd - offlcers' ''rr ' camps ODenine on-; Augii) : 2f, has been ordered by erilr 'By Austria to Serbia Before t Delivered; Shown to be . Untrue: FOURTEEN HOURS ' BEFORE DELIVERY Aus-iCopy Was in:Hands"of Chan- cellor,' According to Ad-? missions Forced From Him. - , mr Assooiutett Press.) Washington, AugS-lermany had nnjifq?n of Austria V: ultimatum to s rbia 1 i Jiours before ft was deliver-. ed to Belgrade, according to pOS1tive, information which has readied hrnciaU nere ana wmcii vih- ;uau' imonu o- uay lor me mt umc Secretary Zinrmermann admitted this nimaiL, ucu picoouu ih vwjicij m .Gemany's forlmowiedgo f the action; of her. ally' which precipitateJ tne European war. Germany has maintajned. consistent- ly in all her public documents that she' was not consulted by Austria as to the ,ultimatum which practically. . denied Serbia's independenceand that , she step. v ?: Foreign , Secretary cmmerrruJnn's 7 , 1 ir.? ;v- V. , - iV"; V .7- -"vi uwvww, v . 4 iu .iu, jrc proved her an accomplice of Austria, whom she had already f old. she.Avould . 'l 1 "4 ""Wl moiio toWon ' 7? mntanm on was pressed very closely as lo Ger-j" b M i many's knowledge of the Austin uifi-ifhaFiai-; matin, Fori a COderable time, it Jf Ids; STSS? J!? Wf ctan.i - v,o fWtoiT, v;tles in; the War Befweeh the States, i...4. ii-t. v-ir; " . 1 1 1 j i. i iiHiiv, iwi tn rnri i iTnnTTianiiTi', and facts were present 1, JZimmermann POSsTbilitV. of action. . A : This fact fits in Very closely with, the ecet statements, firstl advanced : byrDeputy Cohn. in the Reichstag and sinceradopted by the allied : govern, ments, that Gorman and Austrian lead- noupgmg tue w..-vuVh u,t. vu nra q11 o lfv to escaoe the marauders. ' " Julv K-in whih n nf.M,-.iiv Germany, however, has denied thej"You are a remnant of the bravest holding of such a conf ere Ace. ' " - an4 nsost unselfish' as ; well as the 'I he Weather Bureau Reoorts s Cooler Weather For This ? C.: I (Hy -ARSOOinfprI Prooa Washington, Aug.; 3. The Weather Bureau bulletin today says- narfanf tho .i,' v t Parts of the country although con- lo" f Mii? ? ' - ir substantial b4In Middle AMI Irllll II' .i I ! T C (J rl r rt rt llftlA - - ' Atlantic States and a lift! mv ia Lr:a a.1111 i. i i w rm u r nri Saturday,? - - . . : . r . ?V:'-f .. m ' -" ' ; '- ' '''' ; 1 SLACKERS BELIEVED TO H A VF SHOT OPFir 17 D 4 M "AVbHUI OFFICER (By ;AnRylatel Press.) - K PIa" 'Auf 3-A -. ZrrCV:S. t r riT nnri i I nk HI-II I SHU ' I I I I I 1-1 I II L. 111.11 I UI LLL i mm mm m are" believed to havo shorDeputy J. rvtuas. near vv ewosa yesiei-aay ana .la. r'T. Tj; , IL- v "e"ev nv 3' 8n,T uZpm7'iw'r.:Johon-apolie of. Ihe.wor of : the Cross near Wevoka yesterdav and. last. ti t r..,n f -nfonfeo ntiri'Raid ?!st attack Posses h&ve started fromcaHy Dut ith a heroism that-would Konowa, . Francis arid4; Ada to Rapture the band; y-y Tv..' 4 T v ! ' ITALIAN AIRSH V1 ATTACK V - y? Associaretts Fress); '.;: Rome1. . Aue. 3.- iJirerf snnad- rons. of -Italian; airplanes yester- 4 day effectively boriibed Ihe'arsen-; al ; and? military; works, of ;Pola, -Ttf- Ai?.''-t t - ' "a t i : Ml r, tne Chief navni station of Austria Hunerarv on' the 'Adriatic .Accord- 7ing to-an official statement made 11-fit' tnAnv v ' ffict ifoTfon mni. Anno-.- a - ment i- .-v'?:;!' Yesterday V Gala Occa- sion atfrvenansvme rme "Addresses: Heard:- GENERAL METTS A r ? GUEST OF HONOR Oration ofx The Occasion De a liyered by-ljoni R.Dl John- son, -or Warsaw utrier , 7 Fine j Features. Special to The Dlspatoh.) ' f- Warsaw,- Aug.- 3. Thursday was day for.Duplin when its hosts gathered at Kenansville from all sections of the ate veTefans and to the future soldiers of : the .counW who will fleht in the resenf -war. Notwithstanding, the InlaooitvdD rf trio ilair f Vi . -xxjci a - o rl r if not only would the ranks of graypos u"jij . i ...inv .i .uu.uv,. 'union daybutniany of the youngerl men of the -county would also -veryf The occasion was" marked by the number and quality of the, addresses made' there beine present some of the prominent speakers of the State. The audience, and- especially , the Con- 1 of- the Confederacy of. the county, f eit themselves barticularly . fortunate having with them JIts. Jacksie Dan- leroi vjoi. Asuiey nuiue, irwiu viajr- ( ton, - ana uenerai . j.ames i. Aieiis iruui Wilmington. 1 The exercises were m charge of Mrs i H: Faison Pierce, president- of Duplin 1 Newton, of th Veterans, .opened f land delighting them-by: singing an 0- ' teinal fsorisr. A auintette comDOsed ott - o - . - venansviue iaais jneu sang yidridaXa f ormr citizen qf the : spose r-Driejiy,siauxig ,a ; uluu-. historic ' fact : That Of . a' battle Detween a; Tart ;Oi csnexman s army and a detachment; of General .Terry s men- atagnol a, ,a few ffltles distant from, here, during: the raid that jas ;maae; tnrougn tne county, anu mn. Mrg. H. Faison Pierce followed with Jknightliest soldiers, mat ever ? went to j battle, and . the cause for which you , fought was not lost, for a lost cause I could not live for half a century, in heart, story ana song. , , r . -i - i Mrs.1 Jacksie Daniels Thrash, State - President of the Daughters of J.h& Con- leaeracy, gave au uirucuve ich ine of the work of her. organization. '.She said the Daughters. were working as hard for the soldiers of today1 as their fore-mothers did, in the Sixties. Mrs. Thrash Was received with , ap plause, especially!. when , she, quoted a toast to thejreterans and to. America. Mrs. Marshall Williams, J a . .former State President U. D. C, of Faison, in her address spoke of the necessity of .the mothers showing their patriotism : by training their own sons to ngnt in w, - . - ---.fmg wiwiifuyuji tuc ; jm iuiiu Df .exacting this, of someone ,else1s n fitting as coming , as. she has fur ons; m tne muuary .rvxc x ci. service oi tneif Williams, in service iri France I Mr. J.Paul Lucas spoke of the n9-( cessity -of producing: and conserving, and climate , necessary for producing two crops in a year.; He said the peo- on; the right track, in that they, were the only. county in the State tiro rnTitvwao ifiranize r n fkTf t r l u un i iru I'liinii v- w am itt-c aiiiji i . A T A.S ' a. m ytwr- nrt rm VJnflPffl T TO rm '.for conservation work.v ;"'; n' f;;- i,: . "Columbia; The Gem of the Ocean,, s then sung, after which" Mr. W.Ix Hill,: county chairman ofe Katipnal Council of Defense, was then asked .to Preside "over - the meeting. :a He :askedJ 1 Mr. H. D.: Williams, of K.enansyille,-tQ introduce Hpn. R. D. Johnspn, of War saw, who was; the' orator of the. day. the irencu iront; ; dui. aeieuse .ui ui the most serious situation our.country nad ever facl. Pt.res8e(l the impor trn nf meetin.it: calmlV and -prac mean martyrdom, v if necessary. - The bound to win In the conflict ot . worm Democracy against Germa,n AUtocrcay - . - ... . - ,. I of our me- who are-ngn ting ana many i ;more who will . flght nave.; vi,A4-no vko ioAiHiom Whrt ,wnr. ther gray, and with the? examples of. bray-j - . ' ' i , -- k k. , 11 J.-t cry and heroism before ; j them they could not fair.-;:;:; -"'-k-:';' .r Asusual,. a : bduntifttl , dinner was 'enn fnr - tli-' Tnornhprs 'of the", W1I- f" liam j,Houston Camp,-n C JiV.rani s su. ji.min , noi-Un h-w ii f fhSrk' f.pt n c; h abnhd ance of needed" to make- the' occa- iro,mnew.T. Rnldiers or -today were aescenuanis om hoconao nf the necessitvfor the very k . ', -r- . - ' ' - ' 1 fTio .BniHipfa: of theVnasti. that; manyf v,, rrninc .ot.ftaa timp tha fnin?a t enjoyable, one - r - - t1 Iv1 tti MINERS THREATEN TO . STRIKE. ; 5e -if (By Associated Press). i Santa Fe, N. M., Aug. .5. Four X- hundred members of local union : No; 3227 of the United Mine Workers employed by the Albu- querque nd Cerrilos Coal Com- f pany at' Madrid, '; this . County, -j uuve ueuiueu wv resolution at l te call of the national organlza- tion" to suspend work, until the -j have decided by resolution "at miners deported from Gallup ure -.i -;.' '..:;.': (The: Annual State Convention v : tb be Held at the AV and E. ; L-- S College. " . I ' (Special to The' Dispatch.) '.' Raleigh, Aug. ;3.r-ArrangemeAts are rapidly being completed for; the fifteenth annual Farmers' and Farm Women'; s State conventionwhich twill bd held: at., the State "College of Agri culture ; and Engineering, beginning Tuesday: rning,V August .28th; . at 8 A'crlwS harOThtiningtt noOn,'Augut 3uthX i It is exppcted that 'not less than . 1,000 ' farmers . and' farm women will attend theJ! convention this year. LastTear the attendance 'was more than -700. :; . 0 The convention; always a source of inspiration, and instruction and attend ed by; earnest men and women from jalke sections5 of the State, will rthis year be" more of a working proposition even than usual: Because of . the crit ical food situation' throughout the na tion and the world, the central idea at the convention will be food - produc tion and conservation and the farm-' ers of the State ''; from the coastal plains to the Blue Ridge "mountains will have an opportunity? to learn by lecture and demonstration the why and how of the production of all food! and feed crops suitable for their re Sgj&ctiveV sections.-; ; V' c1 ": . The mornings will be devoted to see tional meetings 'for the men, in which actual class . room instruction " and laboratory instruction will be given, This is something of a departure from the custom Of the .past, but will - no doubt be worth much mOre; to those who come to the convention; to learn. On the afternoons of7 Tuesday and Wednesday there will be " joint ses sions, of-men,'s and women's conven tions at which- time: some of. the best speakers obtainable :will address i tD0Se preSenlcPon vital 1 topics bear- mg directly upon tne part Carolina : men and women' and' and fce(j. The evening sessions will j be ,given over to one lecture ieach j evening and to motion pictures. The convention this year will par take considerably more . of the mature of a shorw course, of agriculture and live stock instruction than has heen the custom ' heretofore. The farmer will be given, an opportunity to get M aumoriiauve luiuiiuauuii uu au.j problem andto witness actuas FOR THE FARMERS demon-.iidary. otrottnna In moriv'' 4rctnnroj j'i.Thprp will be "several sections , going": all hours of the morning so that the farm: er will be aoie to get tne lnrormationi he desires an- a particular subject without listening to other, " subjects ! H whirh mieht not interest him. AmoneT -.B11K4prfa frtr i-ntniction and dem- onstration7.will be: Swine, beef cat- tie, dairy catue ana poultry,- eeu se-t lection, preparing seed, etc. i All the railroads" are giving special rates for the convention, good irom August 26th to September 2nd.. The ( expense of ; the' convention to ; those t who attend will be very smalls The COliege-prUV iuet, uuiuuiui'iuuiu ,bhu -j out charge and, meals at a cost of oniy 25 cents each. - All :who attend - will f be . required to. bring their:; own bed sheets, pillows, towels and necessary toilet articles, r x Not only ' the; attenance; -hut 'the; helpfulness of -vthe 1 convention has,c : -. o convention are confident . ail t mnoshed.; - ; ' .:: ' . mjf f imn?D I IVTTQ I HOT ' :' i lVft. Jill 11 I m. JLK W , f WfFH THE" MO J-AN O . ; -; " - ; ' - (By Asswiaet! Prexs.) f. ? r London,- Aug 3. Eight-: nayal gun nar wpre. , inst.-wheu the '"American tank steamer- MOtano was: sunk by a submarine, Sixteenmembers ot -the more. than, .60 years,. have . beeq, an .0 crewvalso perished! i?. V..7';" struction to navigation- at low. water; i ml Along Other Sections ofWes- i tern Front There js ' - -a Activity GERMANS RUSH , t BRITISH POSITIONS Succeed' iri FerietfatingVLino out ooon L.ose rlrt or.Con- quest ..4 eutonic Hordes; Growh Overrunning ,; the : Land of Bukowina. j The Flanders front where the great : Tuesday fs still being held, up ' by uri- faVOrahlfl WPathPP rpmnlna tVio non(n of military .interest... Along otherec tions of the line In the west; however. 4here is notable activity suggesting : imairi Entente effort. ! ( ;,'' -'ri-. "Today's ; British official Vepoft' re- ' jctueu matne uermans iast. nignt delivered an attack "on the 'Ar'raa 1 hat tie - front, biting Into ' the British" HrtP -on - Infantrv hJlt. Imrinttn nence east of Monchy Le PreuxT 'There wan a swift ronoMnn hv " f!ancri1 Haig's forces and hyf TthJs ; naorninfe; part . of ' the lost ground ; had already been regained. ;S l: V : t -,":" V:" tne Aisne. region mere nave bean via. lent German at tapksy V,The " French , Worn ; rrt A t rttinhA TTM-- about t at a Imile ; in the vicinity' Vjl On ihe ; Russlanfronlthe Austrian- crown 7 land ' of. ': Bukowina ' iaa , again man forces which' were-enable'd to ad- vncef by reason; ofhe recent "diias- iruuy urea.K. in. me liussian lines to .iue ' . ports Czernowitz the - Capital. once ' riiore fn Austrian hand; wnile Pe'iro grad ; announces " that Kimpolung,'t iri Southern Bukowina, has been eyacua't-'' 'ed - ' ' - '' -t-. . ' ' v-''' ' ' ,, ; czernowitz nas : cnangea nanas ire-- flnsiit V : ti Vn kK J 4tn.-w- tl.A fighting during the, course of the war, bbi was consmerea to nave ' Decome iRussians beyond regain when :Gej-' erai VBrusiiioir swept air of Bukowina free from Austrian 1 forces sasti year, and advanced far westward' from the Bukowina bord er. ' . It "(i remained ; tqr me uisorgaEizauon.iuai.uevewpea .in, set these calculations.;: " ;' tti vj., ; v r'" v, v Although ' Russia s . southern, armjes - aparently are now -: offering detetml-, ed resistance to the Austrberman t advance, the Teutonic, .drive seems; toi have- att'ained'fSucn'aHvrimpetns't,at: " the Russians are. not'yeti able to copje with it. The Russian forces rire'now backjori. their own soil' along'a' Wfd6 se6tipn;oC, the front, opposite. jthe,Galicianbor;-: der' and.; are;heirigfit.Variyen Bukowina. I Czernowitzv . the .capital; or : this Austrian - crown -land: .VesterdaV ;was occupied by Austria , troops arid'4 Kimpolung in. ' the " southern f part (- toi Bukowina, has beefl evacuated by .the Russians. ' '- .i'--) Petrograd today a4mlt'i;.fnrth,0i;':: operating along the i)neister;, cnrbnlciy mg- the evacuation of. the V westerly with the Dnelster. near'Chotlnf hTl$ I rri. ' "- 1 ; I T 1 t '.--,' u- 1 ;!';'v",vm,-.-.., r..v-- yifrX "Thoi Tiitniil n?vifi't.v In RitVnwfna . , 'threatens ti) .imperil the Rusflian-Ru mariiari front !:dowri' the WesfenrVMol1 aayian :Doraer. wnue -tne arive oowa;. the Dnelster. bids fair if kept Pb.'jtpf " cut a slice off Norther Moldavia.'. ' It is -conceded bt .Petroerad that .ihe Ruasfan retirement- ift "'coritlnuInV between, the pneiBter and tie .Pruth," tne lauernver marnrag me murmy eastern Moldavian .boundary. - The fighting in Flandera last hight i was confined mainly, to the artlllerf; There wasone ; attack . by the, -Ge;r, mans,,howe.Yer, in an effort '.''to, rerea- : ture a small sector : held by the As- - t;aS vu . iuc. , liyicucac-uauaapcc . line. -This , was readily checked by The Tain"; was' still, falling ' in fthii battle; area today, making.; infantry ; lighting difficult: , -The entente forces. howeyer, have made good-use ;pf. their time and tare now. strongly entrenched- the Jirie. -: .-Sy.' i wmrrtr kr.wm nivrrr v T ZJZ r k mrn WW lVLAIVITVlLa 11 1 . Ill W LflV. -- (By Associated Press.) v -j lAhtlOAtlVl I I A rift w Aug.-3. An eh- "glneer force -is . removing - wrecks', ct. Imore , than . 20 yesselsj ; gunboats ani ; transports captured or . crippled . wnea the' Confederate cavalry leader,Geriy era! N. ; H." Fnrrest: made nis iamous . attack here in -1864; The wrecks, fc? "; f:. " ' i .5"" -... .. -