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The Mormng rw Bernian PPi WE USE INTERNATIONAL NEWS VI , t l WEATHER Generally Fair Sunday and Monda7 ( NEW BERN TOBACCO MARKET OPENS WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 22, 1917. NEW BERNIAN ADS BUILD BUSINESS Hi Volume 3; Number 61. Crown Prince Fails In Six Attempts To Recapture Positions Time and Again The Teutons Clash Against Allies' Wall of Steel in Flanders, and Then Turn Back in Flight "We Gained Further Ground," Re ports Haig. Says British Were Beaten Off Every where, and Makes No Mention Of German Counter Attacks; Nineteen Entente Airplanes and Two Bal loons Brought Down, It is Claimed Admits French Attack on St. Quentin Front a "Partial Success." (Br International News Service.) LONDON,- Aug. 11. Six times the Bavarian Crown Prince sent his in fantry legious through the mud and blood of the Flanders battlefield last night to reconquer the lines lost to the British yesterday. Six times the Teutons clashed against a wall of steel and then turned back in flight. "We hold all our positions," Sir Douglas Haig reported in his day bulletin, and "in addition have gain ed further ground in the neighbor hood of the Ypres-Menin road." Berlin's version is one of victory. The British, asserted the German high command, were beaten off every where. Of the six Teuton counter at tacks there is no mention. It is con ceded by the German war office, how ever, that further French assaults further south on the St. Quentin front were only "partially success ful." Of this battle Paris reports that appreciable progress was made by the Poilus in the region of Fayet. They wrested from the Crown Prince's troops most of the trench elements lost to them Thursday and Friday. Below Laon also the French were victorious: They recaptured in a brilliant chitrge an important trench south of Ailles that had been previously snatched from them in one of the Crown Prince's onslaughts. In the Champagne, Paris admits, the Germans succeeded in gaining fif ty yards of a French trench. Their initial momentum carried 1 them through on a much further and wider front, but Petain's men came back in an embittered attack which cleared all except the tiny strip, of invaders. Berlin reported the bagging of nineteen Entente airplanes and two captive balloons in yesterday's fight ing. Most of the machines were brought down in Flanders. L Gilbert, Little Son of Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Braddy, Seriously' Injured While at Play Gilbert,, the little son of Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Braddy, was seriously hurt yesterday morning when he fell while playing in the back yard at his home, puncturing one of his lungs with an umbrella rib. A physician was summoned, reach ing the little sufferer only-a few min utes after the accident. The physic ian stated that while the injury was painful and of a serious nature, he did not consider his condition critical and his recovery is expected. BEATING A WOMAN John Henry Willis Is Brought Back From Goldsboro to Stand Trial. John Henry Willis, colored, who was arrested in Goldsboro Friday at the request of local authorities, was brought to New Bern yesterday by Deputy Sheriff T. H. Smith and to morrow he will be given a hearing on a charge of beating up Julia Watson. Willis is said to be a man of bad character, and in addition to the charge of assaulting the Watson wo man he is wanted by the city author ities to answer to two charges. BERLIN'S REPORT ME OF VICTORY WITH UMBRELLA RIB NEGRO CHARGED WITH WATERSPOUT WRECKS HOI NEAR BEAUFORT Family of Nine, Sleeping, Have Miraculous Escape From Death. The home of Captain Joseph S. Pigott, which is eight' miles m from Beaufort on an inland waterway known as The Straits and only four miles from the Atlantic ocean, was completely destroyed yesterday mor ning a little before day when it was struck by a water spout. Captain Pigott, his wife and seven children were asleep on the second floor, and notwithstanding the fact that the building was completely de molished, no one was seriously hurt. Captain Pigott Jumped out of bed when it first struck the house, to low er the window, and the glass was blown out striking him in the face and inflicting painful but not serious cuts. Mrs, Pigott sustained a brok en shoulderblade, which was the most serious of the injuries received by any of the family. A small baby was found some distance from where the house had stood, lying on a plank, unhurt, Miss Josie, a young lady of about twenty years, was also carried several hundred yards with out serious injury. The residence, a large two-story building which cost about three thousand dollars, was on a point. The spout was going out The Straits and the house being on the porit was di rectly ia its path. Persons who saw the wreckage state that the building could not have been more completely dissected. It is stated that no two pieces of the timber were left intact, even the large, heavy sills being car ried several yards from the site. I TO Fourteen New Bernians To Be gin Training for Officers August 27. Notice was received by the New Bernians who passed the physical ex amination for admission to the offic ers' training camp at Fort Ogle thorpe, ordering them to report at the training camp on the twenty seventh of August. The majority of them will leave New Bern on the twenty-fifth. The following is a list of some of the men who received notice yester day: T. C. Daniels, W. K. Baxter, Jesse H. Davis, Mr. Hutchins, James W. Sherer, C. W. Taylor, John D. Patterson, Isaac W. Hughes, Wilson H. Lee, C. W. Poor, Albert Tolson, Roy Shupp, Luther White and John Guion. Danger of Losing a Limb Has Passed, Physicians Believe. The condition of Mr. D. S. Cong don, who underwent an operation at Fairview hospital Friday, was report ed last night as being somewhat im proved. Several days ago Mr. Congdon, while out at the sawmill of the Broaddus and Ives Lumber Company giving instructions, fell and injured one of his hips. This was not consid ered serious, but a few days later in- namation developed around the joint and an operation was necessary. For a while it was feared that Mr. Congdon would lose one of his limbs, but last night it was stated that tiyre little danger or tms. ORDERED TO REPOR CMP NEW BERN, NORTH CAROLINA, SUNDAY, AUGUST 12, 1917. BRITAIN FACES 1 Arthur Henderson Resigns As Result of Action by British Labor Party. (By International Nam Service. LONDON, Aug. 11. Arthur Hen derson is out of the Cabinet. The labor leader's resignation ten dered today as the inevitable conse quence, of yesterday's decision of the British labor party to send delegates to the Stockholm peace conference, was immediately accepted by Prem ier Lloyd George. The two burning questions of the day now are: 1. Will the breach between British organized labor and the government widen and -result in the gravest cab inet crisis of the war? 2. How will the British delegates get to Stockholm when every sailor and stoker in Great Britain refuses to lend s hand toward carrying them fthitherto ? Virtually over night the proposed conference, previously regarded .as a more or less fantastic, ultra-idelistic drama of the handfull of proponents of the Brotherhood of Man, has sprung into the center of the politi cal arena not only in England but in every other belligerent and neutral country. It is an issue that confronts the Central powers with the same stub born determination that it does the Allies. The governments of the bel ligerent nations are not opposed to it on principle. They do net object to a, discussion on the question of peace and "peace terms." But the fear that haunts them all is that or ganized labor of Europe, after it has established meeting ground of the workers, will lay down the law to the governments and say: "Make peace now and immediate ly." Such an ultimatum, it is feared, will be acompanied by a spread of a general strike throughout Europe. 'ME OF TIE WILFUL FEW WARS ON PEACE LaFollette Calls for Restate ment of America's War Aims. (Br International News Service.) WASHINGTON, D. C, Aug. 11. Peace, and-war on peace, stalked with each other in the halls of Congress today-. Senator Lafollette, called by Presi dent "one of the wilful few," intro duced a resolution in the Senate call ing for a re-statement of the Allies' peace terms. He demands that this country declare for no indemnities, no territorial acquisitions, no com mercial privileges." v .pull T COMING STOCKHOLM MEETING MINIS HALT GERMANS IN BUKOWINA Several Brilliant Local Successes Claimed by King Ferdinand's 1 loops. Bt International New Service.l LONDON, Aug. 11. Optimism with regard to the Russo-Roumanian situation was revived today by an of ficial report from fetfpgrad report ing several brilliant local successes of King Ferdinand's troops and their Muscovite allies. Four hundred prisoners were tak en by them in the southern part of the Bukowina where they effectively stopped the Teuton ail yance. Messrs. By mini Smith, W. R. Ross, Paul W. Mfengel, and Albert T. Willis. TO BEGIN ACTIVE Adjutant General McCain has in structed the commanding officer at the officers' training eamp at Fort Ogle thorpe, Ga., to make announcement of the appointments which will be ef fective on the fifteenth of August. There are quite a number from east ern North Carolina who have been commissioned, some of which follow: Second Lieutenant, infantry, M. Bynum Smith, New Bern; second lieu tenants, infantry, McDaniel Lewis, Kins ton; Rupert N. Caviness, More head City; Bruce Rodges, Washing ton; Richard N. Lewis, Kinston; cap tain, infantry, Horace B. Cowell Washington; second lieutenants, in fantry, William R. Ross, New Bern; Merri wether Lewis, Kinston; James S. McDaniel, Jr., Kinstoh;Reynold T. Allen, Kinston; John Drew Warlick, Jacksonville; John Gotten Tayloe, Washington; James M. Williams, Washington; Paul W. Mengel, New Bern; first lieutenat, field artillery, Albert T. Willis, New Bernt second lieutenant, infantry, John Core Duf fy, Kinston. Second lieutenant, Field Artillery, James B. .Hughes, Charlotte; first lieutenant, Field Artillery, William C. Knox, Kinston; second lieutenant, Field Artillery, William O. Huske, Fayetteville; Clarence L. Midcap, Washington; John W. Hughes, Greensboro. Our Fair Edition h - i. FOR HONORED PRISONERS 1 NEW BERN MEN COMMISSIONER AS OFFICERS Merchants who appreciate REAL ADVERTISING FEATURES are re sponding generously for space in THE MORNING NEW BERNIAN'S BIG FAIR EDITION, which will be issued early in October. The field that this edition will cover embraces THE BEST in East ern Carolina and the results will be kno;vnto the Fair Association and the .merchants generally. Our representative will call on you soon without your notice, write your ads for you, and show you how to trade. ROUSE BEGINS TO PLAN FOR THE F Present Intention Seems to Be To Settle Upon Six Billion Dollar Bond Issue. (Br International Nam Service.) WASHINGTON, D. C, Aug. 11. Even whiie the Senate was hearing Senator Simmons explain the two billion dollar' war revenue bill the House Ways and Means Committee was beginning to consider, infor mally, plans to raise the five billion dollars revenue asked by Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo. At present the intention of the House committee seems to be to set tle upon a six billion dollar bond is sue. Details of this have not yet been worked out, but it is expected that, the bonds will be of serial char acter and carry four per cent inter est. Senator Simmons proceeded today in the Senate with the details of his report on the financial bill. He was the only speaker, for Senator Mc Cumber, also a member of the Sen ate Finance Committee, deferred his remarks until Monday. In speaking of railroads, Senutor Simmons said that under the House bill these would have escaped taxa tion. That bill, he said, permitted the roads to be exempt until they had raised their earnings above eight per cent. "From 1906 to 1910 tire roads had an average operating income of b.41 per cent," he said. "From 1811 to 1916 the average was 4.57. The House bill would have let the rail roads raise their earnings from four to eight per cent before taxation." COTTON MARKET New York, Aug. 11. Close: Spots 1 2.50 January . -.24.99 March . 24.96 June . i. -t -.25.10 October 26.05 December -. 24.80 F by Shade Jones, of Near Askins, Receives Slight Wound in Chest. Shade Jones, a white man of near Askins, received a slight stab in the chest early this morning while engorg ed in an altercation with another man whose name could not be learned by the police. The trouble occurred on Middle street, near the corner of South Front, about one-thirty o'clock. Jones did not know who his assailant was. Jones appered to have been drink ing, the officers stated, but, on ac count of his wound, they allowed his friends to carry him home. . NEW WAR UNO TAKEN EXPLAIN REVENUE BILL STABBED UNKNOWN MAN UNIFORMS FOR LOCAL All Exemption I Boards York TO RECALL MANY "DISOUIEIFIED" REGISTRANTS Minor Physical Defects May Be Waived by Craven Board of Exemptions. TO GET TO WORK ON E The exemption board yesterday de cided to recall a number of men who were disqualified on account of their physical condition when examined during the first three days of last week. A list is being made up of those who will be recalled and notic es wilf be mailed to them tomorrow, This action of the board was the result of orders recently received from the Provost Marshal General's office The board has the right to cer tify a man to the district board if they have reasons to'believe that they may qualify for service, although two physicians have pronounced him unfit for military duty. it is Deneved tnat this action is the result of the large percentage of registered men who have failed to qualify. Craven's quota is 204 men, Four hundred and ten men have been ordered before the board from which to draft -the quota, and the board will do all they can to get this number without calling additional men. Mr. T. G. Hyman, chairman of the board, stated last night that the work of considering the claims for exemption has not been taken up yet, but will be Monday. A large per cent of those who qualified, have 'filed affidavits asking for exemption, but it is very likely that only a few of them will be granted. It is possible to be a man of many callings, and few responses. Soldiers in Khaki Give New Bern More War-Like Appearance. The uniforms for the members of Battery A, Field Artillery, were re ceived yesterday and distributed to the men. The cots and blankets were received several days ago: The streets of New Bern presented more of a war-time appearance last night than at any time since the State National Guard left Camp Glenn last year for the Mexican border. The boys donned their uniforms all new and quite a number were1 on the streets last night. Recruiting continues and every ef fort will be made to secure the full strength of one hundred and ninety men before having to leave for train ing camp, s LAFOLLETTE SEEKS TO FORCE PEACE TALK Introduces Resolution Caking for a Restatement of Allied Terms. WASHINGTON, D. C, Aug. 11. Senator LaFollette of Wisconsin to day began a fight in the Senate to force a world-wide peace discussion. He introduced a resolution calling for a restatement of the Allied peace terms, "based on a disavowal of any advantage, either in the way of in demnities, territorial acquisitions, commercial privileges or economic prerogatives, by which one nation shall strengthen its power abroad at the expense of another nation, as wholly incompatible with the estab lishment of durable peace in the world." XEMPTION CLAIMS BAiTERt RECEIVED Single Copy: Five Cents In New Watched Startling Instances of Irregular ities in the Workings Laid Before Investigating, Officials Charges of Widespread At tempts to Evade the Draft Law. TWO MEMBERS (Br International News Service.) NEW YORK, Aug. 11. Two of the three member, of the New York City exemption boards, removed yesterday, on the order of President Wilson-, . were arrested today on Federal war rants charging conspiracy to evade the draft law. The suspension of the board and the arrests of today have precipitated a general investigation into the work- I ings of every exemption board in New York City. Three separate inquiries have been started, one by the United States district attorney, one by the city authorities, and one by police for the United States Department of Jus-, tice. The investigators have before them charges of widespread attempts to evade the draft law. Some startling instances of irreg ularities in the workings of the local boards have been laid before the in vestigating officials, who have been watching the exemption boards for several days, it is said. Most of the apparent attempts to dodge the con scription seem to have been made by boards working in New York's east side, the- home of -the great bulk ffjj the foreign populace. The men arrested today were Louis I. Cher)r, superintendent of board No. 99 and Dr. S. J. Bernfeld. These three draft board members had been summoned early in the day ' by subpoenas by the district attorney. They were, under investigation in his office when the Federal agents ap peared with warrants for their ar rest and bore them off. - . It is said that the action to halt, attempted conscription evasion was not entirely unexpected. The Fed eral authorities in charge of the ex- a emption work in NeW York had been ordered by Provost Marshal General Crowder in Washington to watch the operation of the board with the great- J est strictness and act promptly on evidences of irregularities. TO Braddy Dry Cleaning Company Now Located at 79 Middle Street. Mr. E. A. Braddy, proprietor of th Braddy Dry Cleaning Company, has moved from his old stand on Middle street to number seventy-nine on the same street, where he has a larger and much more conveniently arrang ed building for his business: The store has been tastefully ar ranged to suit the requirements of his business. A partition has been' built near the front dividing the of fice from the workroom., In this- workroom are cabinets for clothing, and the pressing fixtures. U.S. BEGINS TAKING Seven Passenger ... and Cargo Liners Commandeered For War Service. WASHINGTON, D. C, Aug. 11 The requisitioning of American mer chantmen was begun today. Seven privately owned passenger and cargo liners -have been taken over by the government shipping " board, it waa officially learned. The board turned over the ships to the War Depart ment, which will use them to trans port 'materials for the great engi neering works behind the Sammies in ARRESTED FOR CONSPIRACY CONVENIENT BUILDING PRIVATE SHIPS
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