THE PEOPLE I
fin fife
GERMAN UNDERSEA BOATS MADE
ATTACK ON THE TRANS
PORTE. ^ ~ ?-*
Last Units of tiie American Expedi
.tionary Forces Have Arrived in
France. ? Hot a Life Was Lost Dur
ing the Transportation.
Washington. ? American destroyer*
oonvoying transperta with troops for
France fought off two submarine at
tasks. The first news of the fights
waa given out by the committee on
public information, with - formal an
nouncement of the safe 'Arrival of the
last of the transports with their con
voys.
At least one submarine was sunk
Both of the attacks were made in
force, showing that the Germans had
Information of the coming of i the
transports and planned to get them.
This announcement was Issued:
"The navy, department at ^ve
o'clock this afternoon received' word
Of the sate arrival at a French port
of the. last contingent of General
Pershing's expeditionary force. Atihe
same time information was released
that the transports were twice attack
ed by submarines an the way across.
"No ship was- hit, not an Americas
life was lost, and while the navy gun
ners report the sinking of one sub
marine only there is reason to believe
that others were destroyed in the ftrjrt
sight attack."
PRANCE AND -ENGLAND U>
'ti CELEBRATES FOURTH OF
its way to the fi*nt was the ?Ktar
of the celebration. " The soldiers of
revolutionary Russia maintained their
attempts to break through the A?
kvijo-Germait:. lines In. eastern GaUclK*
Cheered by the results of the fighting
during the first three days r* July,
General Brussflotfe men continue their
efforts, especially in the region of
Brxet&ny and are throwing fresh forces
against the Teuton positions. / ?
I" During Sunday ana Monday the
>Srst two dajfr of the- new drive, the
Rnsians captnred 800 officers and
18,000 men. and on Tuesday and Wed
milder probably added several more
thousands uf the total. Twenty-nine
guns and thirty -three machine gnns
were taken from the iustro-Germans.
h Violent artillery duels-have bees in
^progress on the Konluchk-Ziocheff
aeatar on the Stokhod, in Volhynla
I
catea the general outline 01 the plan.
It ts understood that H Is proposed, to
place Idl a single jury wheel In Wash
ington one complete set of numbers.
When a number is taken from the
! Fh^^UMuW9.-',i?; each yteemptioi*;
d&triet whose card '.liars' that serial
number will Jm drafted. Thus aa
each number la drawn, approaopaateljr"
t-30,000 men will be drafted, or one In
-each exemption district.; If 1,200,000
men are to be called b?fei% the'-fcifc;
emption boards in the tbrat selection,
which seems highly probable, - only
forty numbers would need to "be
drawn. ; .
There are numerous complications
which must arise and the method of
solving tbem cm be known only when
the plan in detail is inede. For in
stance, the number of -eglstered in
dividual* in eaoh diatric; who are. 11a
? We for military service will certainly
not be the same. Aliens are regis
liable for duty.
GOVERNOR BICKETT "SPEAKS TO
BAPTISTS MEETING AT
WR1GHT8VILLE BEACH.
Makes Masterly Address on Subject of
* "Decent Respect to theu Opinions
- at Jdanklnd.";' v
Wilmington.? Predicting that the
end of the world war wfll comft^not
: later than autumn of next year and
that .Prussian mimarisni^ia'%n the.
way to the scrap3ie*p; that the "di
vine rights" otkings is totteiing, a#
im at tJ? war_wiu ?e g|
hia audience? completely w feet
and seat his hearers out tot* the sun
light With a new feeling surging to
th?r breatts.
It was a masterly address. The gov
itudcd with the ringing statement that
North Carolina would continue ,<fo& dtf
her part in every way.
Ycaim Peoplo Attend Conference
Montreat. ? The flrat .young people'#
I conference over hoW at Moatrest feM
; been largely attended, the personnel
of t&e attendance being, among the
representative yoang^-people . of *he
^Presbyterian ^jjtorch .#^JjPtS
coureee in Bible study. >ome and tor
eign mission study., afong yitb moth
ode ot,BMkc?cal efficiency ^ -cpn
Thc&ftatc Departo^t Annoui
-8lnklngef
S Orleans, But . Withheld ifc
t Ad Tim* of Attack.
Washington.? The America]
Bfctp Orleans. ?f the OrieataT
: of the armed naval gnatd were i
Tils state department, axmcn
the sinking," withheld the plac
?' the time of 'the attack. r
New York.- The Orleans, a
of 2,80^ tens gross, left her? Ju
wfth a cargo for France, comm
by Xfept Allen ft Tucker. C
crew of thirty-six. ten were Ami
dtizens.
After Germany announced
wtricted submarine warfare, th
leans was the first American t
ahlp to reach France from an ?
can port She was formerly the
laneda and later the^ Mcnaptha,
the Argentine flag.
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It is Now Captain McAden
f f^Charlot t n.? James T, McAdtf
flggfetspd from the Presidential*
rejgry of War his 4Commfclon $
tain in. the D?*rtmcnt of OrAi
OffiCBrtf Reaerve Corps, Army
United SUite. ^ The c^mmlsai^
ing camp at Fort (
,i*t8 fteM Yet Made by eer
Atrmen? Contingent Larger
ascended Lower Than on Any
JHbSTw^TJRk.i . *
The -second descent upon
a squadron Of ifir;4enes
between; nlneand *fen
ad. . It vu offleWlr ft*
at thirty-seven persona
; ? : t" '
the German contingent
* than on the visit of June
nber of killed and wounded
iing to the first official roUi.
lc-thlrd the previous casual
his destruction of property
been greater, but that it is
to estimate,
it of the Germans over run
about twenty minutes. %g.
n engaged the enemy for
Inutes over the metropolis,
ilrcraft guns were-flring
t without destroying any of
3 to report
in who fok
down three
Iron sent up
^ "them
3tS5 ?8 -
dered put Into operation July &m
President Wttson to #, pwwbunation
putting Under Hifense shipments to ?U
In a statement accompanying tlu
?fis#
Jo give^%nslderatkm rt?^: American
; needs* next, to meet aa far as pos
sible the requirements of the allies,
?and laatly t*>,aupply the neutral coun
tries rtewjittfc practlcatli, HpF- is
made clear that every" effort will to
central powers
The commodities named in *b? llBt
put under control are coal, coke, fuel,
oils, kei oeeno >art_ gwdllne, including
bunkers, food grains, flour and maal,
fodder and feeds, rneata -and few, pig"'
iron, steel billets, ship plates and
structural shapes, scrap iron and aorap.
steel; , ferro tfanganese fertilizers,
arms,- ammunition and orplosives.
The inclusion of foodstuffs in the
proclamation lends color to statements
that the administration is considering
the advisabill&IjH a complet^fcnbar
go for sixty days on all food ship
rnents to givethe country ttoe to
cribe the amounts of its supplies and
to give allied and aettral countries
opportunity to present % full program
o ftheir requirements.
GBRMAN D6E3 MOT
^ItNO# WHi
*.
? 'IJJERPLEXING^ PROBLEMf^^P
- r - - :; ?- ' ? '. '
! MUST BE MET IN STAMP!**.
Sfer'iA- .'~vHT<? ?? ; -- :, '--V,
OUT EVIL.
mentioned by the iiewspapert, we*
known to a large nuaMtor at persona,
m witnesed tie transfer of -iroopt
from points in the United Stafee and
Hfceir departure.
MAJOR GENERAL WOOD
p INSPECTS CHAB^OTTl SITES
?urlng Oae Day's Stay We V!elt?
Three Sltaa end Delfvare Two
\ ^y&drt$9*Si ;t' - !
r; Ciprfctte.? Ceenoral Jv??n3,r<l Wood
commacder of the TTaJifc SttiM.arroy.
department of toe;:southeajltt spent
Thursday, July 5, in Charlotte, and ](
was abnsy day for the dlsting<g*be<l
eoldior and citizen.
In addition to inspecting tthree po?
eible sites for an anijy camp whla>
tt to hoped wUI -be located at Char
loAtf, he, .found time- to ' dettver tvra
addr^wes, one to . an*, audience of
thousands on t&e First Prosbytarian
church lawn at si* o'clock to the
evening, and the other following the
banquet served at tMr Balwyn hotel
In his honcr at 8:30 o'clock. For i?
matter ho# busy th^generaj to, and
that America m J^tto her part In . the
wdrld-etrujrglo for democracy no mia
la busier* he always ^jflndr time to
preach the "doctrine of prepafedaeee"
and never loses an opportunity to cay
a word, wherever he may be, that. wlH
help to stir tha AmericaDu*ubl!c to a
realizatioa of the gravity of the crisis
with, which the AaericaV nation it