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-FOR GOD, FOR COUNTRY AND FOR TRUTH."
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VOL. XXVIII.
PLYMOUTH, N. C, FRIDAY, AUGUST 17, 1917
NO. 7.
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GALLS DRAFT A R MY
III THREE PARTS
ALL THE TROOPS ARE TO BE
IN CAMPS ON OCTOBER
FIRST.
PLANS TO AVOID CONFUSION
All Members of the New Army Witl
Be Examined Physically After
, Reaching Camp. Boards Ordered
to Favor Harvesting.
Washington. The . entire 687,000
men composing the first increment of
the army draft forces will be under
training early in October. Under or
a ders just issued the first thirty per
cent of the. quota of each district will
begin entralniftent' for cantonments
September 5, the next thirty per cent
September 15, and another thirty per
..cent September 30. The remaining
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.w jici lcui win utj uiuuiiueu its buuu
after that date as possible.
The plan to assemble the new
forces in three increments distributes
the task of furnishing supplies and
' equipment through September. It will
also prevent serious shortages In any
camp, and will give the new officers
from the training camps time to fa
miliarize themselves with their duties
gradually before responsibility for a
great body of men falls on them. The
4 order issued today means that about
iz.uuu men win reach each or the
sixteen cantonments soon ofter Sep
tember 5. They will first be exam
ined physically by army doctors and
finally accepted or rejeccted. This will
take some time and the men will have
to be furnished with temporary quar
ters and rationed while awaiting ex
amination. If the full q'uota were as
sembled at one time, great confusion
would result.
Presumably the first increment will
have been organized Into skeleton
companies, battalions' or regiments
before the second arrives.
To Favor Harvesting.
In farming communities, local
boards now will arrange the lists of
those to fill the first increment with
local crop conditions in mind. Men
engaged in harvesting work and who
otherwise would go with ,the first
third of the district quota will be
passed over to second or third as may
be necessary.
Reviewing the question of discharge
for dependen t relatives. General
Crowder issued a supplemental ruling
'holding that persons should not be
discharged because of dependents
resident abroad.
MOVEMENT TO SPEED
UP CAMP SHIPMENTS.
Orders - Immediate Redistribution
of
; 21,000 Empty Cars.
Washington. To facilitate the
prompt movement of grain and food
products, as well as munitions, the
car service commission, of the rail
way war board, has ordered the .im
mediate distribution of the nearly 21,
000 additional empty cars among the
lines operating in the south, the mid
dle west and the southwest.
This makes a total of more than
100,000' empty cars ordered moved in
the last two months from one rail
road ' toj; another, regardless of owner
ship, to mobilize in various parts or
the country, a sufficient number to
handle the abnormal government and
commercial traffic produced by war
conditions.
More than two-thirds of the cars
ordered to districts that need them
will be supplied by the Pennsylvania
system.
"To protect the vegetable and
southern watermelon crops," the com
mission announced, "more than 5,000
cars have been sent to the Atlantic,
Birmingham & Atlantic, the Central
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U the Atlantic Coast Line- and other
jff's " operating in the Southeast.
Meanwhile, hundreds of cars are
ing rushed daily to the lumber
$ttes of the south to take care of
) ' je tremendous movement of lum
W fer to the, army cantonments and
SEVENTEEN KILLED TWO
SCORE HURT IN WRECK
North Bradford, Conn. Seventeen
persona wer killed and upwards of two
score Injured, some probably fatally,
when two trolley cars on the Shore
Line Electric Rail-way met head on at
' high speed a short distance from the
, local station. Both cars were of heavy
, construction and the force of the im
pact locked them together dn a mass
of twisted iron and steel and splinter
ed wood. Both cars were well filled
with passengers.
MRS. JACK MATHEWS
' Mrs. Jack Mathews, niece of Herbert
C. Hoover, is an efficient worker for
food conservation in Los Angeles and
has been especially active in 'promot
ing the home growing of vegetables.
TO BE IN CAMP SEPTEMBER 5
CROWDEft ISSUES ORDERS FOR
DRAFTED MEN TO-ASSEMBLE
SEPTEMBER FIRST.
Local .Boards to Make Out Lists of
. Men and Orders Will Be Mailed to
Them. Start Training Here and
Finish In France.
Washington. Regulations under
which men of the new national army
will be called to the colors, begin
ning September 1, were issued by
Provost Marshal General Crowder.
Two hundred thousand of the first
687,000 men will be called September
1 and forwarded to their camps be
fore September 6. The whole busi
ness of assembling the levies at en-
Ltaining points, .providing them with
shelter, food and transportation and
giving them their actual induction into
military life is entrusted to the civil
ian local boards which selected them
for service. Until the men reach the
camps, they will not tie in contact
with unifdrmed officers. The civilian
control , is carried forward through
every stage of the draft to the very
gates of the military damps where the
making of 'soldiers will begin, to be
completed within sound of the guns
In France.
The actual call for men will go in
each case from the provost marshal
general to the state adjutant general,
stating the number of men to be sup
plied at a specified time by the
state. Each local board will be
promptly informed of its proportion
in the call, ,and the adjutant general
will fix the dates when men from his
state shall entrain for the camps.
Immediately the local board will
make out the listof men to fill the
call, fix the place of entrainment and
time of departure.
Orders to the men will be posted
and also be, sent them by mafi. They
will be directed to reDOrt to the local
Jjoard at its headquarters not less
than twelve hours or more than twenty-four
hours before the time of de
parture.
Prior to the arrival of the men at
the board headquarters members are
instructed to make arrangements for
their accommodations, to find clean
and sanitary sleeping places at hotels
or lodging houses, to arrnage for their
meals and to provide lodging and
meal tickets to be taken in payment
and redeemed for csfsh later by a
government disbursing officer. In its
discretion, the boards may grant per
mission for the men to remain at
their homes.
For each district, five alternates will
be summoned to the board headquar
ters in addition to the men actually
selected to fill the board quota. Th3y
will be held at the assembling point
nntil train time to fill in vacancies
should any ofthe men fail to report.
Except for retreat roll call, the
men will be given town liberty until
forty-five minutes before train time.
The board will during this interval
select one man from the levy who it
deems best qualified to command and
place him in charge of the party for
its trip. He will name a second in
command to aid him. and the other
men will be told that the orders of
these two must be obeyed under pain
of military discipline.
Arrived at the board headquarters
at the hour fixed, the men will be
drawn up, the roll called and agents
of the board will take them personally
to . their ruarters remaining with
HOOVER PREPARED
TOTAKE OVERWHEAT
CONTROL WHOLE 1917 HARVEST
IF FOUND NECESSARY TO
REDUCE PRICES.
ESTABLISH BOYING AGENCIES'
Must Conserve Supply. Prices Will
Be Fixed Eliminating Buying in
Futures and License All Mills and
Elevators.
Washington. The food administra
tion announces its plan for controll
ing wheat, flour1 and bread, revealing
that the government' is prepared to
take over the whole 1917 wheat har
vest if necessary to conserve the sup
ply, obtain just, prices for America's
fighting forces afld their allies and re
duce costs to the general public in
the United States.
Establishing of buying agencies at
all the principal terminals, licensing
of elevators and mills, fixing of a
price to be considered fair, regula
tion of the middle men and of grain
.exchanges, with the elimination of
trading in futures, are the chief fea
tures of the plan. '
The minimum price of $2 for wheat
fixed by Congress does not become
effective until next year but the ad
ministration .proposes to exercise a
very thorough control over the year's
crop through power conferred under,
tha food and export control bills.
The 'announcement follows:
"The disturbance to the world's
commerce and supplies has caused a
greater disruption of the normal mar
kers for wheat than any other cereal.
"1 As a resolution of certain of
the world's wheat producing coun
tries, by either belligerent lines or
short shipping, the normal determina
tion of the price of wheat by the ebb
and flow of commerce is totally de
stroyed. "2 In order to control specula
tion and to secure more equitable
distribution of the available wheat
and flour between their countries, the
allied governments have placed the
whole purchase of .their supplies In
the hands of one buyer. Also the
European neutrals are now buying
their wheat through single govern
ment agents instead of in the nor
mal course of commerce. Therefore,
the export price of wheat and flour,
and thus the real price, if not con
trolled will be subject to almost a
single will of the foreign purchaser.
"3 In normal times American
wheat moves largely to Europe in the
fall months. This year, the short
age of shipping 'necessitates its dis
tribution over the entire year. There
fore, there is danger of a glut in our
warshouse system over a considera
ble period. ' .
"4 There are large stocks of wheat
which cannot be drawn upon by the
allies during the war. but in the
event of peace or defeat of the sub
marines these would be available and
might seriously demoralize the de
mand for American wheat.
"5 It must be clearly understood
that the guaranteed minimum price of
$2' per bushel for wheat, set out in
the food bill, does not apply to the
1917 harvest but only to the 1918
harvest and then under .conditions
which must be, elaborated. There is,
therefore, no determined price for
the 1917 harvest.
FIRST AMERICAN ""PRISONERS
ARE TAKEN BY GERMANS
Submarine Sinks Ship and Takes Five
Prisoners.
Five 'Americans are prisoners
aboard a German submarine, the navy
department believes. Four of these
probably are the first prisoners of the
American fighting force taken by the
Germans.
The captain of the American steam
er Campana and four members of the
armed guard were taken from the
steamer when she was sunk by a German-submarine
August 6, 140 miles
west of He de Re, off the coast of
France. Forty.-seven survivors of the
steamer, wich was a Standard Oil
tanker, have been landed safetly. ,
Unfavorable weather is again hamp
pering large scale operations in Flan
ders, but in southern Moldavia the
desperate fighting between the Russo-
Jtumanians and the Teutons con-
lin ues with increasinf ferocity.
" Field Mafthal von Mackensen ia
using strong forces in an endeavor to
break through the entente line toward
the railroad junction of Tecuchiu. The
Russians and Rumanians are resist
ing valiantly the numerically supe
rior enemy, but have been forced to
give up, at least temporarily, their
positions Along the railroad line north
of Fokshant.
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Lieut. Gen. L. G. Korniloff is the
leader of the Russian army that mu
tinied and fled in Galicia.
COMMISSION, MAKES REPORT
NEWEST OF DEMOCRACIES IS
GAINING IN PURPOSE BUT
NEEDS HELP.
Root Reports to Wilson. Says Russia
Can Be Depended On to Do Her
Part. Our Encouragement is Abso
lutely Essential.
Washington. RuRsia, newest of de
mocracies, grows stronger of heart
and purpose daily and with aid from
the United States, can be depended
upon to do her part in the great war
and emerge a . powerful state, This
was the message brought to Presi
dent Wilson and Secretary Laansing
by Elihu Root and his fellow mem
bers of the American mission sent to
Russia three months ago.
Unqualified encouragement from
the United States, moral and finan
cial when necessary, is absolutely es
sential to keeping life in the new gov
ernment, the commissioners 'agreed.
A separate peace with Germany ob
viously is their gravest fear. Left to
fight along with her present govern
ment in control the. President was
told, Russia will emerge triumphant
and strong but if either iy great
masses of troops or clever propa
ganda, 'Germany, should accomplish
the overthrow of the Kerensky gov
ernment the outlook would be dark
indeed.
Only one written report, it is under
stood, ,was submitted . to Secretary
Lansing. It was not made public and
may not be. From high sources, it is
known, .however, . that the commis
sion was agreed on virtually all es
sentials. There may have been dif
ferences of opinion as to the best
methods for obtaining results but the
opinion of present conditions and high
hopes for the future was unanimous.
None was stronger in his convic
tion that there is the greatest hope
for Russia than Mr. Root himself.
Though conservative by virtue of long
diplomatic and political experience it
was with difficulty that he suppressed
his enthusiasm. Other members of
the party who share his optimism and
discussed their views were Charles
Edward Russell, a former Socialist,
James Duncan, a labor leader, and
Major Stanley Washburn, a man of
long experience in Russian 'affairs.
The latter two were agreed that one
great need , of Russia is publicity re
garding America's - intention In the
war.
GREATEST CROP OF CORN
EVER GROWN IN U. S.
Washington. A corn crop surpas
sing any ever grown before; a reduc
tion in wheat prospects, due to dam
age to the spring wheat crop, and re
cord crops of barley, rye, white and
sweet potatoes, tobacco and hay were
forecast in the Augult crop report of
the department of agriculture.
Corn production was placed at 3,
197.000,000 bushels, an increase of 67,
000,000 bushels over the July fore
cast and 68,000,000 bushels above the
record crop of 1912. The showing Is
due to vast improvement in the grow
ing corn in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa an l
MJs'our'
MEASURE PROVIDES
SOLDIER INSURANCE
PROGRAM VARIES VERY LITTLE
FROM OUTLINES PREVIOUSLY
ANNOUNCED.
$15.00 FAMILY ALLOTMENT
Soldiers, Sailors and Marines Will
Be . Allowed Insurance on Their
Lives During War in Sums of $1,
000 to $10,000 at 8 Per Thousand.
Washington. The administration's
program for insuring soldiers, sailors
and marines was placed before Con
gress in identical bills introduced by
Senator Simmons and Representa
tive Alexander. Committee hearings
will be held soon and the measure
probably taken up as soon as The war
tax bill has been disposed of.
In its general feature the insurance
program raries but little from pre
viously announced outlines, the chief
innovation being the proposal to com
pel men and officers to allot a mini
mum of $15 a month out of their pay
to dependent wives and children. The
bill proposes to "vest in the war and
navy departments authority to com
pel such payments. Authority also is
proposed to compel the men to be
insured to deposit ,at four per cent
interest, with the government and at
the discretion of the war and navy
departments so much of their pay as
is represented by the difference be
tween the $15 family allotment and
half their regular pay. '
Provision is njade for the payment
of government allowances to- families
of men in the armed forces. The pro
posed allowances.vary between $5 and
$50 monthly, according to the circum
stances of the dependents and would
be in addition to the sum allotted
under the compulsory allotment fea
ture of the bill.
Indemnities for partial and total
disability would vary from a minimum
of $40 a month for privates up to
$200 for higher officers. , The edu
cation of injured men in vocations
by which they could earn a liveli
hood also is provided for. .
Under tho bill, soldiers, sailors and
marines would he enabled to obtain
insurance on their lives during the
war in sums from ,1,000 to $10,000,
the government taking the risk and
the men paying the premiums. The
rate would be approximately $8 per
$1,000 of insurance and the premiums
would be payable by installments out
of pay.
ENTIRE LEGAL STAFF
OF FLEET BOARD QUITS
In Sympathy for Goethals New Heads
to Cheose Associates.1
Washington. The entire legal staff
of the mergency fleet corporation has
quit in a body because of sympathy
i tie said, with Major General Goeth
als, whose resignation fc general
manager of -the corporation was ac
cepted recently by President Wilson.
On the staff are some of the coun
try's best known lawyers. They are
George Rublge, a former member of
the federal trade commission; Joseph
P. Cotton; George H. Savage and
Charles P. Rowland of New York and
Edward B. Burling of Chicago. AH
except Mr. Savage were serving with
out pay. r
me attorneys resigneu severm uayo
ago, but their action became known
only today. Officials of the fleet cor
poration admitted that they had left,
but refused to offer an explanation. It
was learned the lawyers felt they
should go out with General Goethals
and that Rear Admiral Capps snould
be left free to choose his own 'asso
ciates. The staff has held on since
General Goethals left, it is under
stood, only because its members de
sired to give the new management all
the information they could concern
ing legal questions considered by the
old organization.
When the places of the attorneys
are filled and one more member is
named for th shipping board the
reorganization of the board and the
corporation will have been completed.
CLEVELAND'S WAR MARKET
FAR UNDERSELLS GROCERS
Cleveland, O. Cleveland's first war
market opened in East Cleveland. Buy
ing began early when the first farmer
backed his wagon up to the ,curb and
offered produce fro mhis farm at little
more than half the price charged at
city markets. In the first twS hours
of the producer-to-the-consumer ex
periment more than 500 . women
bought all the produce offered by sot
eral farmers.
FOOD CAMPAIGN
TO CLOSE SEPT I.
FULL SUMMER'S WORK HAS COST
STATE ONLY SIXTEEN HUN
DRED DOLLARS.
BEAR FRUITS NEXT YEAR
County and State Organization of Con
servation Commission Will Be
Maintained For Further Service.
Raleigh. Tffe summer state-wide
campaign' for food production and
conservation has been conducted at a
cost of not more than sixteen hun
dred dollars, according to Executive
Secretary John Paul Lucas, who was
in his office after having delivered a
number of addresses in the interest
of the work in several parts of the
State. During the month of August
the activities of the food conservation
commission will be pushed to ' the
very limit for a whirlwind finish Sep
tember 1.
"As great as have been the results
of the activities of the food conserva
tion movement, which received the
most generous sort of support from
the press and various civic organiza
tions of the state," said Mr. Lucas,
"next summer will see it bear a fruit
age double thft of this summer. The
work has been started and it will go
on, with rising interest every year
until North Carolina reached its limit
of production and until every man
who can does his part In the produc
tion and the conservation of food."
During the remaining few weeks of
the campaign the importance of a
large acreage of fall sown grain, win
ter gardens, improved market condi
tions and the development of the live
stock Industry as well as the present
necessity for the conservation of all
food and feed stuffs, will be vigorously
emphasized.
When the commission was organis
ed in April a campaign of three
months was contemplated. The ur
gency and importance of the work be
ing recognited, later it was decided to
continue the campaign until Septem
ber 1st. During this time, the com
mission, through its executive secre
tary, JohnPaul Lucas, has conducted
a vigorous and effective propaganda
for-increased food and feed produc
tion and for the conservation of food .
and feed stuffs. The newspapers of
the state have co-operatead heartily
and most effectively in this work.
In addition to this propaganda the
commission has worked through and
in co-operation with the County Food
Conservation Commissions, which
were organized in the 100 counties of
the state; the chamber of commerce,
boards of trade and other commercial
bodies of the state; and through
other agencies which might influence
food production and conservation.
The organization of the commission
will be kept intact to be called upon
by the Governor in event of any emer
gency requiring its services or action.
The County Food Conservation Com
missions will be urged to continue
their work as actively as possible.
Appointment of Officers.
Greensboro. Appointment of the
non-commissioned officers of the com
pany of engineers recently organized
here is announced by Capt. E. W.
Myers as follows: first sergenat, Pri
vate D. Witt Mitcham; quartermaster
sergeant, Private Bel ton C. Mauldin;
sergeant, first-class, Private Jack J.
Neuer; sergeants, Privaates William
H. Sadler, Ben B. Stockard, Granville
G. Wyrick, Edward Cahill; corporals.
Privates Clarence H. Apple Ellebre
CBroadnax; Henry Chandler, Robert
M. Cox, Edward C. Murray, Leon S.
Stout, Winfield Wall, Albert W. Lin
vllle," Andrew W. Lull.
All of these appointments have been
an! ,"?d by the battalion command
e Joseph Hyde Pratt.
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uli" tmore green as the guests
,th S. Vanderbilt. Mrs.
wed the troops and
r a series or atmetic
to be arranged.
Riei&$. B. McCoy of Wilming
ton was here with his son, Henry Mc
Koy, who is taking steps to get into
the army service, being especially
anxious to enlist with that portion of
the new army that will get into the
fighting in France the quickest. Mr.
McKoy and his son conferred with
the military authorities and the son Is
quite hopeful of getting on and French
front very soon. Mr. McKoy was
most heartily welcomed here, being
a past grand master of the grand
lodge of Masons In this state.
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