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VOL. XXVIII. PLYMOUTH, N. C, FBIDAY, AUGUST 3, 1917. ' ( vM6
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CHANGES
I
SHIP RULES
NEW LIST OF REGULATIONS FOR
THE GUIDANCE OF THE
PRESS.
CENSOR
ENFORCEMENT IIP 10 PRESS
Repeated Violations Which Were Ex
cused on the Score of Misunder
standing Cause New Rules and Re
quest for Their Observance.
Washington. A new list of press
regulations making material changes
in the voluntary censorships rules un
der which American newspapers hare
been operating was promulgated by
the committee on public information.
The new regulations contain tile
first general request that there be no
published mention of the arrival of
American troops at European ports,
replacing in that respect an express
authorization in the old rules for use
of any cable dispatches passed by the
European censors. ,
The old regulations are made more
severe by specific stipulations in place
of the more general language em-
yed In the rules in fore until now.
Information which the government
considers might reveal military move
ments or policies is described in great
detail.
In the statement announcing the
new regulations, George Creel, chair
man of the committee, says that "re
peated and serious violations of the
voluntary censorship have been at
tempted to be excused on the score
of "misunderstanding," and that a
"re-statement" is made with the ide-,
that hereafter there shall be no room
for doubt as to the committee's de
sires. The instances in which the most
serious charges of violation have
been madei however, have not result
ed from misunderstanding of the com
mitee's rules, but from following them
implicitly. These instances have in
volved publication of dispatches pass
ed by the European censors, announc
ing the arrival of American military
units in Europe.
PROMPT, EFFICIENT WORK
BY EXEMPTION BOARD
Procedure Has Been Stripped of All
"Red Tape."
Washington. Prompt and efficient
work by district oxemption boards
is expected by government officials as
a result of stripping all red tape from
the procedure of the tribunals.
President Wilson's executive order
outlining the principles to govern ex
emptions, coupled with instructions to
the boards from Provost Marshal
General Crowder are regarded here
as setting in motion the last phase
of the selection process with a mini
mum of confusion and delay.
The object of the instructions is to
impress the b'oards with the view
that their primary purpose is to se
lect the personnel for the national
army in the shortest possible time.
To thatend they have been informed
that no legal precedents will bind
them, and that there need be no ad
herence to rules of evidence or other
technicalities of court procedure.
Attorney General Gregory set in
motion further machinery to increase
the size of the registration reservoir
from which 687,000 men of the first
call are to be drawn. Thousands of
men failed to register for one cause
or another. Through the district at
torneys, the department of justice is
rounding up these men and when
found they will be assigned numbers
which will insure their being called
up for examination at an early date.
. The first reports of the local
boards on physical examination are
beginning to appear. As yet they
are not complete enough to make any
logical deduction a3 to the probable
average of rejection for reason. The
draft statistics of the civil war which
showed between twenty-five and thlt
ty per cent rejected on this ground,
still are the best guide on the question.
CONSTITUTIONALITY OF
DRAFT TO BE TESTED
Athens. Ga. Opponents of the se
lective draft, attending a mass meet
ing at Bold's Springs, Jeered loyal
citizens who sought to warn them
against unpatriotic actions. The
meeting was one of a series of de
monstrations in Georgia against the
law. The presence of a United States
commissioner with a squad of depa
ties probably prevented violence. A
fund of 11,200 being raised to test
the constitutionality of the law.
t. L TRAVIS
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E. L. Travis,
corporation com
Una, has been
Wilson as a me
commission, to
congress passes
body from nine
now chairman of the
mission of North Caro-
selected by President
mber of the interstate
be named as soon as
the bill enlarging that
to eleven.
ARE AWAITING FULL REPORTS
NEW E8TIMATE BY WAR DE
PARTMENT EXCEEDS FIVE
BILLION DOLLARS.
As Soon as the Departmental Reports
Are In the Committee Will Begin
Work on Budget Provide for Big
Loans.
Washington. The new war budget
to carry the government through to
next July and to cover additional
credits to the allies promises now to
far exceed the eight billion dollars,
and may amount to tea billion.
War department estimates sent to
Congress calls for new appropria
tions of $5,278,636,000 for that branch
of the military establishment alone.
Estimates totalling another $1,000,
000,000 or more are expected when
the other departments report their
needs, and in addition, Secretary Mc
Ado has indicated that before the
year is out Congress will be asked
for a $2,000,000 appropriation to in
crease the funds available for loans
abroad.
As soon as the departmental re
ports are in, the appropriation com
mittees of Congress will go to work
on an immediate budget which prob
ably will total in the neighborhood
of $7,000,000,000.
Congressional leaders do not ex
pect to have to provide immediately
for the additional credits to the al
lies, as treasury officials have indi
cated that no appropriation for that
purpose will be requested until the
next session.
The gross estimates submitted by
the war department totalled $5,917.
878,37 but that covered all existing
and expected deficiencies in the de
partment funds, including upward of
$640,000,000 already appropriated for
the aviation profj-am. This latter
Item will not be inc'uded in the bud
get, but Congress will have to pro
vide revenues to meet It since it was
not on the ledger when the war tax
bill was framed. Congress sentiment
seemed in favor of increasing the $1,
670,670.000 war tax bill only to about
$2,000,000,000, with authorization both
for a new bond issue, possibly at a
higher interest rate and in serial form
and for issuance for treasury certifi
cates of indebtedness. Secretary Mc
Adoo is said to favor a much larger
levy of taxes increasing the bill's to
tal by $1,000,000,000 or at least to
$2,225,000,000.
MDRE U.S. SOLDIERS
LANDED III FRANCE
ANOTHER AMERICAN CONTIN
GENT OF FIGHTING MEN
ARRIVE SAFELY.
ARE IMMEDIATELY ENTRAINED
Quickly Depart from Port for New
Quarters All Other Information is
With! jld from the Public for the
Present.
A European Port Another Ameri
can contingent has safely arrived and
dsembarked.
The government withholds informa
tion or comment on the foregoing dis
patch. The American troops arrived by the
same steamer in whicn Kermit Roose
velt, his wife, and child traveled. When
tenders went alongside the vessel Fri
day the men were in nigh spirits and
frequently shouted: "Are we down
hearted?" was answered with a roar
ing "No," given with great enthusiasm.
Representatives of the general staff
watched the disembarkation. There
was no civic demonstration. Only a
few spectators knew of the landing.
These chereed and the troops cheered
back. The men e n trained q uickly
and left for their new quarters. A sig
nal company remained at the port for
some hours ,and these were the only
representatives of the contingent the
public saw.
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FUNCTIONS OF MILITIA
BUREAU WILL END
RU8SIAN SOLDIERS ARE
SHOT BY COMRADES
The Russian government's policy of
"blood and iron" is to be caried out
along lines which bodes ill for the se
ditious troops along the eastern front
and those persons within the country
who are trying to nullify the good work
that has followed in the wake of the
revolution.
With Drafting of Entire National
Guard Into the Federal Service Aug
' gust 5th.
Washington. With the drafting of
the entire national guard into the
army of the United States August 5,
the functions of .the militia bureau of
the war department are expetced to
come to an end. There will remain
no force of national guard for the bu
reau to supervise and the officers of
the regular army attached to the divi
sion will probably be assigned to other
ity.
Under the plan of the national de
fense act, which calls upon the states
ot maintain recruit battalions for each
guard regiment in active service, the
bureau would continue as it is. It is
regarded as probable, howevr, that a
general reserve system will be substi
tuted for the regimental depot plan to
fill gaps in the ranks.
In that, event, new men, whether
volunteers, those called under the se
lective draft or wounded men who
have recovered sufficiently to return
to the front, would be gathered in gen
eral recruit depots in America which
would supply a general depot in
France. Preliminary training of the
recruits would be given in the home
depots, to be supplemented by inten
sive training In trench warfare at the
depot in France. The convalescent
soldiers returning to the front would
form a valuable training force to
break in the new men at the depots.
MISS MARGARET DONNELLY
Miss Margaret Donnelly ,one of the
girl paying and receiving tellers em
ployed by the Commercial Trust Com
pany of Philadelphia. She is giving
as much satisfaction as did the male
teller who was called to the cloors...
IMMEDIATE REARING HERE
COLLAPSE OF RUSSIAN WAR MA
CHINE MEANS PROLONGATION
OF THE WAR.
AMERICAN BARK IS
SUNK BY SUBMARINE
London. After being attacked by
gunfire by a German submarine, the
American bark Carmela of 1.397 tons
was Bunk by bombs in the entrance of
the English channel on July 28. says
an official statement issued by the
British admiralty. The crew was
picked up and landed at Plymouth.
There was no casualties.
CHICAGO FINANCIER FOR
SHIPPING BOARD
Chicago. Charles G. Dawes, of Chi
cago, was mentioned here as a pos
sible successor to Theodore Brent on
the shipping board. Mr. Brent, a
strong supporter of Chairman Denman
of the board, resigned when rM. Den
man was forced out by President WH-son.
YOUNG MILITARY OFFICERS
HEAR SECRETARY LANSING
Madison Barracks. N. Y. In a
speech here before 1,700 members of
the officers' reserve corps. Secretary
of State Robert Lansing emphasizing
the peril of German imperialism to the
United States and the world, declared
his belief that the German people
would not cast off the yoke of autoc
racy" until the physical might of the
united democtacies of the world has
destroyed forever the evil ambitions of
the military rulrs of Germany."
German Victories in East Will Release
Soldiers for Western Front. Many
Russians Women Enter Ranks But
Retreat Keeps Up.
Washington. No attempt is made
here to minimize the seriousness of
the situation in the war theaters in
Europe. The United States is in the
war and will go through with it: but
any hope of a short struggle has gone
glimmering with the apparent almost
complete collapse of the Russian war
machine.
The development was not unexpect
ed by many army officers. When the
offensive of July 1 was started by the
Russian forces the most frequent com
ment heard here was that it was the
probably dying kick of the old Russian
machine.
For the United States, the Russian
collapse may have an immediate and
direct bearing. It will, if the German
general presses its advantage, release
additional German forces to bolster
up the western front where American
troops are to be engaged. The German
line in the west has not been serious
ly impaired at any point, officers be
lieve. They do not claim to know the
situation along the battlefronts, but
they are able to see that the Brit
ish and French have wrested from the
Germans any key position of such im
portance that it can be used next year
to hurl the enemy back.
Russian Women Fight.
Even the actual entry of women
soldiers into battle on the eastern
front has been insufficient to imbue
the ranks of the recalcitrant Russians
with patriotism. They are still desert
ing in large numbers in Galicia, leav
ing of virtually free road open for
fresh advances by the Germans and
Austro-Hungarians.
From the Baltic to the Black Sea
only at one point, along the line in
the southern Carpathians, have the
Russians risen to the occasion and
shown some of their old fighting spirit.
Here fighting shoulder to shoulder
with their Rumanian allies, they have
attacked and captured several villages
from the Germans and broken the
heavily fortified Teuton line on a wide
front.
In Galicia, the precipitate retreat
of the Russians continues almost
everywhere from the Carpathian foot
hills to the region around Tarnopol,
the government apparently not. yet
having had time to put In force its
strong repressive measures which M.
Kerensky .the head of the government,
has promised to apply In order to stay
th eretreat.
ALL CLAIMS I
TO THE LOCAL BOARD
5J5( t IMP REPORT FOR
STATEMENT IS ISSUED FROM
PROVOST MARSHAL GEN
ERAL'S OFFICE.
NATIONAL GUARD UNITS
CALLED TO SERVICE
WashJngton. The entire national
guard of the country with the ex
ception of the troops from California
asd southwest state are in the federal
service under President Wilson's call.
The remaining units will be brought in
August 5, on which day the whole force
of probably 300,000 men will be draft
ed into the army of the United States
and will lose its status as militia.
From tbat day on th9 state troops can
be used tor nay duty the president may
direct and will be subject to no lim
itations that da not apply to the regu
lar army.
A DELUGE OF INQUIRIES
People Are Interested Concerning
Next Steps in Draft Process and
Pleas for Exemption Draws State
ment. Washington. A deluge of personal
inquiries concerning future steps in
the army draft and of pleas from in
dustrial concerns for exemption of
their expert workers, drew from the
provost marshal's office a statement
that questions must be addressed to lo
cal boards and that claims for indus
trial exemption must go later to the
district boards.
No general class of workmen will
be exempted, Provost Marshal General
Crowder told the coal production com
mittee, which sought information
whether miners would be left at their
work. Appeals to the provost mar
shal's office from employers on be
half of their workers can accomplish
nothing, it was explained, as regula
tions promulgatd by President Wilson
govern all exemptions.
"The question of whether a man is
more useful to his country in a peace
ful pursuit than in military service is
a matter to be taken up with the dis
trict board," said an announcement,
"and for that board, to determine in
the light of the circumstances sur
rounding each individual case.
"Procedure in case of claim for
discharge on ground of industry or
agriculture is explicitly outlined in
the regulations. Only the upper or
district board has jurisdiction over an
industrial or agricultural claim for
discharge. Before a man has a stand
ing before the district, board he must
first be certified to it by the local or
lower board as physically qualified for
service, and must have had any dis
charge claim made before the lower
board decided adversely to him.
"He has five days after he is cer
tied to the upper board in which to
file claims for discharge and five days
more in which to file proof. All
claims for exemption or discharge ex
cept claims for discharge on indus
trial or agricultural grounds, are de
cided originally by the local or lower
board."
Great Increase In Yield and At,
Value; Raising Much More:
Rations. I
Washington. The July crop s
has some interesting figures on
Carolina. ; J
Tc begin with the honey crc
much better than that of last
The corn crop promises a yisf
63,277,000 against 53,650,000 last
and the price is $1.92 against 94
Ust year.
The estimate for the winter
crop is 10,344,000 against 9.975.0G
year. The price is 247 cents a?
121 cents a bushel last year, f
The oat crop forecast is for j
000 against 5,131,000 last yeaij
the price is 91 against 64 cer
The rice crop will be 7,000 aj
6,000 bushels last year.
The tobacco crop yield will b
821,000 against 176.000,000 pouc
last year. j
The potato estimates are 3,J
Against 3,230,000 bushels last yec?
prices are 215 cents per bushel e
93 cents last year.
The sweet potato estimate is
000 bushels against 9,309,000 b
and the prices are 125 cents s,
72 cents last year. ' J
Rye will yield 65,000 against I
last year, and the price is 158 i
98 cents. ;
Hay is 656,000 tons againstv
last year; price is $18.30 i
$16.30.
It will be seen from these
that North Carolina produce!
take in much more money fori
this year than they took in in 1
RUSSIAN FORCES ARE
STIFFENING RESISTANCE
Around Tarnopol Russians Put Up a
Hard Fight.
The Russian retirement In eastern
Galicia continus. There has been a
noticeable slackening in the Austro
German advances north of the Dnies
ter where the Russians now are of
fering more spirited resistance, but
south of the river to the Carpathians
the Teutonic forces are moving for
ward almost unimpeded.
Around Tarnopol, the Austro-Ger-mans
have met with stubborn resist
ance from the Russians, but Prince
Leopold's soldiers were able to en
large recent gains on the eastern bank
of the Sereth. Btween Trembowla,
and Skoromocze, south of Tarnopol,
Lhe Russians were eforced to yield the
crosisngs of the Sereth and Gniza
rivers on a front of about eight miles
ccording to Berlin. Southeast of
Tarnopol. Petrograd reports, the Aus.
tro-German attacks were repulsed.
The Russians have retired to new
positions southeast of Trembowla,
but whether they also surrendered the
crossings of the Sereth there, Petro
grad does not say. Between Czorfiojr
and the Dniester, Russian cavalrvcc
repelled Teutonic assaql and t'cali
the attackers northe iard tip-ard
Monasterzkska.
South of the Dnie
are retiring eastwar
fty miles northwest
ital of Bukoina, v
by Bavarian an
troops. The town
way junction am
Pruth. " An unot.
Austrian sources a
are evaluating Cze
National Guard Mobilized
Raleigh. The adjutant gef
department reoorts the mobl
of the twelve units of the ni
guard at their home stations u
of 8,500 men, without a hitch ai
the federal officers are already
ed and at work Inspecting the '
stations with a view to the sp
possible work in - mustering lri
vice and the awarding of the!
ment, all of which will be at tfc
stations. The expectation is f
will require something like twej
to complete this work in re!
for the movement of the menf
concentration camps. The!
strength of the guard as now
tuted, whesn fully enlisted, :
about 10,000 men. The divisi
elude brigade headquarters,
the brigadier general and his p
staff; first and second cavalry
field artillery; three regiments
fantry; coast artillery; am
company No. 1 ; field hospita
No. 1; hadie company No. 1 i
gineer train.
Wilson Man Was Photogr
Wilson Wesley G. Alley 1
city several years ago and
employment with the Chlcag
rial News with headquarters
York City. When events of
interest took place he was
post-haste (frequently on
trains) to be first on the sect
when he focused his photograif
one the object he went after
ably it showed up clear and s
the publication he represent
He was chosen the official
rapher for the selective draf
the supervision of the War
ment in Washington, D. C,
20th Inst., where blackboards
500 squares were prepared, a
the squares weraJt
bers drawn tjj&y were photogi
and will yoe sent out to the di!
draftirg boards throughout the
try.'and it is thought that e
places will be sent to printing
throughout the land that the
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Merchants Oppose Rates.
Siate3ville. Organized mer
and business men throughout the
are making strong protests a
the increased fire insurance rate
posed by the companies operat
North Carolina, according to J
Leonard, secretary of the State
chants' Association. The new
ule of rates adopted by the insi
companies includes increases
per cent on stocks of merch
and 20 per cent on shingle-;
dwellings: In addition to a I
filed by the State Association, a
ber of local merchants' asoci
have made separate protests.
Washington. Estimating the sost
of the war for the coming year at
$10,735,807,000. exclusive of loans to
the allies, the administration Inform
ed Congress that new revenues total
ling $7,000,000,000 must be raised from
taxation or Issuance of securities. If
advancement of credit to the allies is
continued at the present rate, the
year's total of war expenditures will
pass $15,000,000,000 and the amount
of revenue required will increas.
NORTH CARSNA BRIEF
The thirty-foi? fcal sess
the Statesville foonfere!
the M. E. Chu- f held a
tonia last week. jtneetings
well attended anu.wJsiiy splenti
dresses were delivered.
Members of the Hundred Th(
Dollar Club of the Jefferson St;
Life Insurance Company of (
boro spent one day last week
Mitchell, the highest point e
Lhe Rockies. The trip was part
vacation tendered by the comi