OPopeMakesNew
Peace
Pro
posel
"Forwards Detailed Plan To Rulers
Of All Nations. Washington Be-
lieves Must Have 'Another Year
I Of War. '
GEO ARE READY
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TO IiilZ
Mrs. : Margie Blount, Is ut again'.' it 7 p.. vff - r. ' .-r.'w ' i J-'; ii -".V '-
TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND PHY
SICALLY PERFECT AMERICANS
READY TO. MOBILIZE IMMEDI
ATELY i
?tw t tutted Press
-t Rome, Aug. 14. - His Holiness,
'Pope Benedict, today renewed bis
-formal proposals of peace.
. Specific, concrete conditions which
HI, Holiness. Pope Benedict, believes
. - nlil nonce.
U may form the Da ' -
i? ' have been forwarded to the rulers ot
?sui we ukuuub
SIXTY SIX II
FROM PASQUOTANK
TION W ITH THE LOCAL EXEMP;
TION BOARD
v .'V
day. fc
' Secretary Lansing declined to make
comment. .
; The United States government is
Prepared to listen to any bona fide
Lace offer but It must insure the con-
I f eummation of America s oo,-
.entering the war. ,
hem sav that the Popes
hlnfluencea Dy m -
1 the nations. condl.' FORTY SEVEN OP THESE HAVE
rrk. Tnn In outlining tneSO CUUU1 .-n
MIT KII.KI) I liAlitia Ur JSiAJianLT-
tons, mates a new uu -
-peal for the restoration of peace. The
Appeal is addressed to all neutrals as
ii belligerents and while It is
WvAd to "be somewat general in The work of the iocai exemption
, - nohirn on to form i j . ! . nlU .. Va annnAf
'form. . J O1 BUt" ""-v"' , UUUrU CUUUUUCB IU mn uy.
the ground work for1 more detailed ,8 one tagk compieted than another
.discussion. - looms ahead and thV members of the
i The appeal of the Pope together 1 Pa8quotank board are beginning to
... .i . ..ujuiAm ha nresented in vQ v,av hav neon drafted Into
Wun me couuiu"" ' .".
'.. the consideration of world peace is to a government job that wfll last for
1 nkaAIVQ. - .. - .1
be published tonight in to vu.-- the duraUOn oi tne war.
tore Romano, the official organ of the Mo8t of the exemptlon claims have
TVstlcan. now been Pa88ed uPn and the num"
' n Is understood that the conditions ber of exemptions granted, together
. . j iu r oat oration Of .wu ii, tntrn discharged
' proposea, inciuuo m wuu mo 10.6 o- -
all conquered Independent states and for phyglcal disqualifications, make 11
-. ..mlrable adjustment 01 iu evident that more men are ueeueu uu
... -n A,-ltr,rv In dlBDUte -nmnlotft PftsnUOtank'S flr8t quota Of
; roBtoratlon of all conquered 21 meIli Tne DOard has therefor
Indenendent atatea would Include Bel- called f or examination the next two
v ... Thft ad. .A,..t.nt- k0rfnninne with
Kium "Kumaia uu w" uuuuiou nnuu..,
lustment of the control of .territory tha 2 4 3,4 maU listed an golnf down
? wnnid include Alsace-Lor- thr0M.h the 442nd. The complete
rin. Poland nd the territory In- Ust maT bo f0und In this paper o! the
ri-idlng Trieste and Trent which has lgBU, of Friday, Auguat 3rd..
l0ng VWP" . . ' , , I . Rfliow u hresented a summary of
between Austria ana .7. th, Wk of tht boat4 up to Tuesday
KNEW ABOUT THE tt u noteworthy that of
N POPE'S PEACE OFFER b0Be. clalmlng exemption Joseph
Wattlngton, Aug. ( - peele, Frank w. eiig ana juuu
'Department knew from confidential Wood hgye already enll8ted in some
ttburces of the Pope's peace offer, but brgnch of the mtutary servvce.
th actual proffer has not been re- nQte tnat of tho8e
celved here, it was officially statea to- daJm fQr exemptlon
(By tjnlted Pressi
Washingtos. Aug. 14. Two hun
dred physically perfect American men
are ready tor the first mobllzatlon
day, September fifth.
Indeed, this contingent could move
tomorrow It transportation facilities
were available, ftwording to Informa
tion issued from General Crewder
office. t
The National Army will mfff to HI
cantonments In three main increfifeHit
of thirty per cent each, on September
5th, 16th, and 30th. General Crowder
announced yesterday.
Dates will be specified for entraln-
mest at home stations.
The remaining ten per cent will
move as quickly thereafter as possi
ble.
1337 Otto Barco.
1151 Walter C. Whitley.
656 Chauncy D. Wood.
Following are the names and num
bers of thOBe who claimed exemption
but whose claims have been denied,
These still have the right to file an
appeal with the district board com
posed of John D. Langston of Golds
boro. chairman; E. R. Pace of Ral-
eighh, E. W. Pate of Purvis, C. u.
Bradham of New Bern, and G. G.
Thomas of Wilmington.
783 Albert Hardey.
337 Ben F. Markham.
509 Dennis Overman, Jr.
554 Howard B. Jones.
596 Ash Griffin.
107 George W. Stevenson.
1226 JohnT. Rowland.
692 Archie C. Copeland.
B07 J. L. Bray.
924 Matthew Stewart.
Mra. 'Margie Blount is nt again,
after a month's illness resulting from
the bite of a snake. Reporta ihat Mr
Blount had been compeiiea to go 10
a hospital for treatment and opera
tion were nnfounded.She has suffered
much" pain and inconvenience, how
ever, and hat been closela confined
her home near the city, The accident
occurred at her home about a month
ago. Just about nightfall he passed
a clumr) ofgraM and felt the sharp
stint: on her ankle. The ankle began
'waiitngr immediately and she was
rushed to a physician and haa been
under medical treatment ever since.
M ext' .to b ranee
, ' i
2 Nineteen Thousand Guardsmen, Re-
presenting States From New Yok
To Texas, Will Soon1. Be JSent &
broad.
babT crop Wll
BE VERY SHORT
YOUNG WIVES FRIGHTENED AT
PROSPECT OP 6EINO LEFT
ALONE WITH BABY IN THEIR
ARMS
(Hy Unltt-1 Press
Washington, Aug. 14. America's
baby crop Is threatened by war.
'The threat Is genuine,' declared an
offlcal today. The situation Is serious
and extremely delicate.
Whispers come dally to the govern
ment's ears from young married men
Indicating that the attitude of thou
sands of the nation's young married
women will be to make birth returns
extremely short so long as the threat
of conscrlptlos Is held over the heads
of their husbands.
"These young women are badly
frightened," continued the bfflctai.
"They dread the prospect of being
left to face the world with a babe In
their arms."
CAMPAIGN TO BEGUN
1 SEPTEMBER FIFTH
t.
The Ministerial Association met
Monday and made plana for a big
Evangelistic Campaign to be held
here.
The Campaign will begin Septem
ber 6th. One of the Chautauqua tents
has been secured and will be pitch
ed on the Methodist lot on the corner
of Church and Road Streets. The
services will be conducted by Rev.
Burke Culpepper.
Another meeting of the Association
FAMILY REUNION
will be held next Thursday for
purpose of completing the plans.
the
WAR WORRIES
WORN WELL BY WILSON
.teri
afterward
here, some may file ciams Deiore
district board. Also probably a num
ber whose exemption claims have
Honiorf here will appeal their
claim to the district board. However,
the Government also appeals from the
exemptions granted by the local
boards.
Following are the names and num-
lnnuenueu vj . ri
ith Austrian dignatarles who berg of those caned into military ser
1 ...I4H tnp. 1 . j , n m fnr Ptpmn-
i faiUrArfl Were Vire wnv "
at Vipnna. in q n ri who. therefore, have bees
Allied Diplomats here believe that accepted a8 part of Pasquotank's first
the war Is destined to continue at quota of 121 men for the New Nati
; least another year. onal Army:
?: , a here that the Pope s er-; 258 jameB White.
' fort is like that of European Social
' lsts, merely another step forward in
k eventually concluding the great strug
gle. TEACHERS INSTITUTE
NOW IN SESSION
:v.. . " " . I.
' tv, Tpnrher's Institute lor u...
' . . j Pftsnuotank Coun-
,- tUCK, vauiuc ?
j -ties opened Monday wun goou
j ' "The sessions are held In the High
S . . fto.vi dav. until tne
- Bcnooi uun .
! , close of the Institute on August
I , J4th. Prof. D. J. Giles, ex-superinten-
drnt ot Wake County Bcnoois,
I ' -Irtrs T Edgar Johnson, Ex-aupervisor
of Schools at Salisbury, are In charge
f of the work and the session promises
' to prove a most Interesting and help-
lul one. ,
Superintendent F. M. fcaaou
Cafpdenand Rev. S. N. Hurst of
goiuth Mllla are among those who are
atendlng from Camden County.
Oipv. Mr. Osborne left Monday tor
y.4'Miountalns in Virginia.
.... v.T,nie Hardee of Greenville
,B the guest of Mrs. Mary McCoy on
1 -r-rss Street.
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Jennings and
w. H. Jenlngs, Jr., left Sunday i
New York City.
, Fred Datls contlnuea'ill at; ( his
. home ott Irfcsi Street. . ,' ,'y ,
1095
458
837
678
548
784
616
154
1014
1292
983
868
332
182
1080
982
1148
675
1022
882
981
620
;1294
677
15
269
685
1314
1016
335
356
664
346
1102
51
1166
856
1002
1101
1010
.192
929
222
Henry Clay Newbold.
C. A. Pritchard, Jr.
Jerry Wilson.
Douglas M. Eaton.
Freddie Brite.
John Harvey.
Hayward Brite.
Lev. Eugene Newbold.
J. H. Bishop.
William H. Ward.
p. C. Harris.
Lemuel Arthur Jennings.
D. M. Sawyer.
Ernest Gillam.
Irving Moore.
Jas Elliott Jones.
R. K. Forbes.
Eddie Albertson.
W. A. Morris.
G. F. Wlnslow.
Walter Rlddick.
Hey Gallop.
Junius Keaton.
C. L. Twiford.
BernaTd Castle Munden.
William Henry Rlddick.
F. J. Rlchlle.
James Whidbee.
William Commander.
Ben L. Cartwrlght.
William II. Cartwrlght.
Wellington Ward.
Fred P. Markham, Jr.
Joseph Slaughter Whltehurst.
George Llzy Pritchard.
Henry G Roughton.
Jesse Pritchard Mercer.
William Baker.
Undrew Stanley Pope.
Clifton Ctlbba.
Hughle Johnson.'
George Lee Dance. . :
! Joshua 'Whedbee.
797
1236
432
739
613
1300
760
870..
549
711
841
391
571
488
6
957
1355
383
705
944
321
926
1323
46
v. .
it...L. W. Tnrner.
1288 Julian Joalaft White.
Isaac Brothers.
William E. White.
Rufus Price.
Claude Vernon Ballard.
G. C. Temple.
Will Smith.
Everett W. Harrison.
Paul Hall.
Jno. W. Brite.
Warren Sawyer.
Jeffrey Morris.
Cornelius Snowden.
Wirt S. Brothers.
J. H. Cartwrighth.
Thomas Shannon.
George Washington Respass
Thomas Sledge.
Nathan Bowe.
Robinson Crusoe Skiles.
Alexander Sylvester.
Richard H. Swain.
Will Taylor.
Ernest Davis.
John Cartwrlght Russel.
Fnllowine are the names and num-:
bers of those discharged from service
on the ground of their having depend-
ents: I
James White. j
Ellis Augustus Perry. j
William Jones Cox. j
Edward Holley.
Edd Cole.
Robert Summers.
Alexander Gallop.
Freshwater Johnson.
Henry C. Turner.
V. C. Alexander.
Claudy Brothers.
Wheeler Harrison Bateman.
Ira B. Parker.
J. Thomas Glover.
Chas. E. Richardson.
Wllford Spellman.
J. E. Gregory.
S. E. Perry.
W B. Borohm.
' Wlnton Davenport.
Jeffrey Williams. '.
n T. Riddlck.
CharlesEdwln White.
Frank Gideon Depfer. " ,
Mosea Norman.
William Edward Sawyer.
Frank Parker.
Lake Llverman.
Jesse Brooks.
'Folowln are those who have been
called backor re-examlnatlon on ac
count4ij'new instructions from the
Provost Marshall: .
366 Lloyd I.'.Berry.
John Cartwrlght.
Wilson H. Soott.
"Mack Rlgga.. ,- ..'.-
W; T. Love
(By GEORGE MARTIN) j
(United Press Htaff Correspondent)
Washington, Aug. 14. If you have
pictured President Wilson careworn,
haggard and breaking under the
strain of his tremendous war prob
lems, change the portrait. It's 'way
wrong.
On one of hla unannounced ttrolli
from the White Houae to Secretary
. m Yya . .mA
mt 1 Baker s omce in me oiaw wr u
AT BKLKWJSx. UUi.iX4jgavy buildln8 ie gave presa men an
: . ''r . . 4yfcnnrtnnltV for' k eood clOBfl-UD Of
(By United Press) .
1 Washington, Aug. 14. America
Rainbow DiTlalon," 1,000 itronf
will be next to see service in France.
Comprised of National Guardsmen .
representing aUtea from New York to
1 exas. inese new lorcea are soon to oe '
sent abroad, Secretary Baker announo .
d today. It Is the 42nd division, a
new one, assembled under the recent
re-organization plan and represents
the flower ot the Guard troops from
all parts of the country, . Including
the cavalry, Infantry, engineer!, ma
chine guns and artillery companies,
Hence, it's name, the Rainbow Di- ;
wlalnn
IDIUUt
It includes an engineers regiment
to be numbered 117, the first batta
lion of engineers of the South Caro
lina Natlonla Guards; headquarters
train and police, Coast Artillery Corps
Va. National Guard ; engineer train to
engineer corps, North Carolina Natl
oal Guard. ' ' -
Major Douglas McArthur of the '
engineer corps, formerly press cen- .
sor, will be chief of the staff of the
I Rainbow Division. . , h .'
is being he tMi;w6iBk'1athaS4-
some new home ot Mr. and Mrs. l.. a..
Skinner on North Road Street.
The members of the re-union are
Alley of Lexington; Mrs.. Skinner's
brother, Mr. S. D. Alley, with his wife
and son of Green Cove Spring, Flor
ida; and Mrs. Skinner's sisters, Mrs.
P. 8 .Vann of Lexington, Mrs. Anna
Turnley of Kinston; Mrs. J. A. Lan
don with her daughter, Mary Kath
erlne, of Lynchburg, Va., Mrs. J. T
I Jacobs with her husband of Norfolk,
, and Miss Alice Brockwell of Salem,
Va.
HERTFORD III
4 VrM4n- p.t. ffAtn ' "Ralrnr'n room
and down the tiled corridor, the Pres
ident had mere the manner Of man
who had just concluded a pleasant
chat w'th an old crony about nothing
In particular, than of a nation's lead
er who had Just discussed a vital
nrnrlri rtrnblem whose solution he
must find.
Clad in snowy linen coat and trous-
.
ers. a flat-topped, nroaa orimmeu
straw hat set squarely on his head,
the Presldet mov d at a brisk pace
toward the stairway. There was
.nrintr in hla Rten. His smile, his
r
cheeks ruddy with the glow of perfect
health.
10ST II SEA
IK DECLARED
Fill rn f nn
m 1 j, iwi-i nil iii'T Wmi9t - "5 . .
By tuiied 1'iesa) r
Washlniton. Aua. 14. China has
declared a state of war ' with Ger
many and Austria beginning at ten
o'clpck this morning v according to
cables from Pekin reaching the ChU
nese legation here this afternoon.
BRITISH DESTROYER
MINED IN NORTH SEA
tBy United Press) '
London, Aug. 14. A British des
troyer has been mined and destroyed
in the North Sea, the admiralty re
nounced today. , '
258
1117
1237
13C9
373
10
. 604
433
1329
223
601
1146
1099
289
726
933
530
164
770
218 '
452
1114
1217
72
.11
93
619
390
13.66
.o crMMPR MENTIONED IN YES
TERDAY'B PRESS DISPATCHES
WAS W. E. SUMNER OF HERT
FORD, NEPHEW OF S. O. NEW
BOLD OF THIS CITY
The Mr. Sumner who headed the
I HBt of fatalities in the press dispat
ches Monday afternoon which told of
;the sinking of the City of Athens oft
Lu nnnat nf Africa was Mr. W. E.
1 amn of Hertford, and a nephew
;f Mr fi. C. Newbold of this city
i Mr. Sumner was employed by the
n,mh-American Tobacco Company
1 and was making this trip In the In
MAGAZINES FOR SAMMIES
fBv United Press)
Washington, Aug. 14. Following
General Pershing's appeal through
the United Press for literature for
the Sammies, Postmaster General
Burleson has asked publlehers to
print the followng on magazine cov
ers.:
Notice to reader,; When you fin
ish reading this magazine place a 1-
cent stamp on this notice, hand same
to any postal employe and It will be
reared In the hands of our soldiers
or sailors at th front. No wrapping
no address.
r- . ,
LABOR PARTY DOES 4 "
NOT CHANGE MIND
(By TTnltett Press J
London. Auk. 14. The executive
com m ittee of the Labor Party dectde'd
today not to chahge Its' atflfode to
ward the War Socialist Conference at
Stockholm. ' .
THE PURPLE FLASK
One by one they shook hands with
i i i i0i,Aj him 1iu1r IT a 1 aft tha
ana was mamis ",,D w v inim tuu wu
terest of his company. He was about lplace wth Minna, whom he married
.a mil unmarried, the
ininy .
son of Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Sumner of
Hertford
Relatives here who knew tnat ne
recently, aa"ed for Africa noted the
n, inYhe Dress diepatches Monday
atternoonNo initials were given, but
a little investigation soon proved that
this wa'B indeed the Hertford man.
MAtffTAL LAW IS
PROCLAIMED IN SJf Alii
NEARLY READY TO
PLUNGE IN CAULDRON
(By United Prss)
7
Washingtoni Aug. ,14, Two more
nations, Argentine and .China, appear
to be yearly ready to plunge Into the
cauldron of war.' s ',',
SAME OLD BROOM -
WILL SWEEP CLEAN'
.360
w.VO
Madrid. Aug. 14 Martial law has
been proclaimed throughout Spain as
a result of renewed strike disorders
which assumed serious proportions
'todav. There were a number of con
filets in Madrid between strikers ana
Boldierl. Many were wounded
WEATHER,
Fair tonight and Wednesday;, light
southeast to east winds. - . .'
i f : . i
that night, and the nest morning he
left her, taking the purple flask with
him
He thought her love for hfen would
give him courage to perform the ter
rible task ahead of htm but does
love weaken or strengthen a man who
is about to give his liberty, perhaps
his life, to a 'cause?"
That Is the theme of Gouveneur
Morris's story, "The Purple Flash,"
which begins in September Cosmopo
litan. '
This Is only one of the features
that makes September Cosmopolitan
r9 hA erraa tst numbers of tne
yjll C7 UL e v
groatest magazine in. America.
M. P. Gallop is suffering with
painful nail wound in the foot
It isn't a new broom that is gelng
to do the sweeping at Mitchell's for .
the next ten days, but Mr. Gilbert
says that It will sweep clean just the .
same.
Mitchell's Clean Sweep Sales are
well known to every one and no one
falls to make an e ifort to attend
them, t .
Rut thtu season the saie is of espec
ial n terest. For high prices have about
eliminated actual money-savjng oar-
ma inn . awl faAn-tlAna liavtt noon lonft
generous everywhere tnie year man
usual. ' ,i ,
The Clean Sweep Sale, , however,
will sweep clean in spite of prevailing
high prices everywhere. Amazingly
big reductions are to be had on most
useful. and practical articles, and the
shopper who falls to take advantage.
Clyde Bateman left Sunday, night
fni- Fvfittevllle. where he "has ac
cepted, a position.' ' ,
of these cut t prices will scarcely s be
doing his or her patriotic duty In re
ducing the high cost of living by buy
ing carefully.,;, ; t aar'