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H the Morning New Bernian W VEUSE ALL THE 6 INTERNATIONAL NEWS WHILE IT IS lh NEWS NEWS rfi DC WEATHER: Fair Saturday and Sunday. EVERYBODY BOOST THE NEW BERN FAIR, OCT. 16-17-18-19, 1917 NEW BERNIAN ADS BUILD BUSINESS Volume 3; Number 95. NEW BERN, NORTH CAROLINA, SATURDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 22, 1917. Single Copy: Five Cents Nine Divisions Storm Germans Twenty--Two Thousand Five Hundred Men To Mile on Eight-Mile Front Storm Teu tons Southeast of Ypres Some Were Australians Machine-like Co-operation Be tween British Artillery And Infantry Several Important Strategic Points Fell To The British Berlin Admit? The Losses. TEUTOPtS EXPECTED TO LAUNCH COUNTER OFFENSIVE (By International News Service.) LONDON, Sept. 21. At least nine British divisions one hundred and eighty tnousana men including some Australian divisions, took part in the drive to the east and southeast of Ypr.-- yesten'-.y, according: to offl- P'cial German compilation. The at tack was on an eight-mile front, which rr. uns ttist twenty-two thous and five hundred men to each mile, Stormed forward against the Teuton ttositior.s. In artillery preparations also t'.ie offensive was unprecedented, according to both British and German jtr office statements. Berlin admitted the loss of some ground today but summing up the battle, asserted that the Germans "successfully withstood the first day of the. third battle of Flanders." From nritish headquarters came long dispatches describing in glow ing terms the machine-like co-operation between the British artillery and infantry and the resultant splen did successes. The most important strategic points that fell to the British onslaught were Nuns wood, 'Glencorse wqod, Inverness copse and Shrewbury forest. Heavy massing of troops behind .the German lines was reported this evening, indicating the intention of the Teutons high command to launch a large scale counter offensive. The British, according to all front dis patches, are not only ready to meet these expected thrusts, but to add to their own thrusts. In the last twenty-four hours the Germans did not repeat the violent counter attacks which followed im mediately upon the British advance. They gave, the victors full op portunity to consolidate their gains and bring up the big guns for new actions; British losses are officially described as light. The German war office disputes this, saying the at tackers sustained "heavy losses." Another concentrated effort by Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig, the British commander-in-chief, to break down the German defences east of Ypres is under way. A British drive along a front of eight miles, between the Ypres-Comines and the Ypres- ' Staden railways, was started at dawn Thursday morning. At midnight the r British commander reported the oc- cupation .of important positions, the capture of more than 2,000 prisoners jfnd the infliction of heavy casualties L .on the Germans. Heavy artillery preparation for days had been going on and exten- I sive raids in anticipation of a tre- :mendous infantry assault, and when the British left the trenches they were preceded by row upon row of barrage fire, reaching into the German lines to a greater depth than on any prev ious occasion. Concrete redoubts, hundreds of machine guns, barbed wire entanglements and marshy ground faced the British in the storming operations, but the heavy guns had cut down many of the bar riers and the British went forward steadily, gaining all the objectives I bid down in the plan of operations for the first day and penetrating the German lines in places for a mile or I more, I The unofficial report from Field I Marshal Haig characterizes the result of the day's battle as a great success, and observers at the front declare that if the British maintain the po sitions to which they have advanced r' "they will have accomplished one of the most remarkable and most im- I portant achievements in recent months. I Strong German forces had been as sembled for the purpose of holding ".hack the British troops in this most important sector as the tremendous bombardment which had been going 5 on daily, several times reaching drum fire' intensity, presaged a determined effort to break thr' gh, the German (Continued on page 8.) HOUSE PASSES WITH NO OPPOSITION $11,538,000,000 BOND-CERTIFICATE BILL (By international Newi Service.) WASHINGTON, Sept. 21. With little discussion and no op position the $11,538,000,000 band and certificate bill, the greatest credit measure in the history of the country, passed the house this afternoon. It was sent to Presi dent W ilson to be signed. j Dave Credle, Thought to be Man Wanted in Greenville Taken Into Custody Captain A. L. Bryan, of the police force, yesterday arrested Dave Cre ' die, colored, who fills the description ; of a negro wanted in Greenville for I jumping his bond. The description furnished the local officers stated I that the man wanted in Greenville ! hail scars on his arm, head and leg i and the negro arrested yesterday has I these "requirements." The negro is a stranger in New Bern, Captain Bryan says, and since ', coming here he has acted very sus piciously. He also has a large scar on one of his hands, and Captain j Bryan noticed him trying to prevent him from seeing it. , If he proves to be the man wanted in Pitt county he will be turned over to the proper authorities. Even nations, in picking quarrels, should be careful not to pick them be fore they are ripe. TAKES 12 mm 16.000 FEET INI Captain Resnati Establishes a New Record in Sensational Flight At Hampton NORFOLK, Sept. 21. Twelve pas sengers were carried 16,000 feet in the air in a Caproni "flying car" at Hampton yesterday. The machine was piloted by Captain Amelia Res nati, who on Saturday will atempt a flight to Washington with 12 passen gers, and next week proposes to fly to New York in the largest Caproni car in America with 20 passengers. Captain Resnati had planned his Washington trip for yesterday, but received word from the Italian em bassy to wait for Secretary Lane and other officials who desire to accom pany him. In his flight yesterday, the daring Italian aviator did not try for speed or distance record, but he establish ed a new world's record for altitude in a machine carrying more than five passengers. He was up in the air only 56 minutes and covered 82 miles. Considerable time was spent in climb ing. Secretary Lane Be a Passenger. WASHINGTON, fee-;t. 21. When the fleet of four Italian airplanes flies from Langley Field to Washington Saturday, the passengers will include Secretary Lane, of the Interior, How ard E. Coffin, head of the govern ment's aircraft production board, and several members of the Senate and house. RECOMMENDATION MADE FOR BRIDGETON POSTMASTER It has been learned that Mr. T. W. Brinson has been recommended by Congressman George E. Hood for postmaster at Bridgeton, to succeed the present incumbent, who has re signed. COTTON MARKET New York, Sept. 21. Closed Spots 24.70 January 23.36 October 23.35 December 23.46 Market closed irregular; spots 135 points advanced. MESSRS. DANEILS AND MANN OFF ON SHORT HUNTING TRIP Mr. J. Homer Mann, of Washing ton, and Mr. Charles Daniels, of this city, left yesterday afternoon for the lower part of the county for a short hunting trip. They will go out for a deer hunt this morning. 1 T T S Soldiers and Workmen's Coun cil Meets Tuesday For Executive Session T OF GEEUL SLEXIEFF (By International Nova Service.) PETROGRAD, Sept. 21. The cli max of the new political unrest is expected to be reached on Tuesday when the central soldiers and work men's council meets for an executive session to take lip the vital issues of the day, particularly preparations for the constitutional assembly. The congress will endeavor to settle the cabinet problem and create a parlia ment which is to be responsible to the ministry. The government's at titude toward the congress is still non-committal. The council is de termined to force official recognition. The trial of former war minister Sukhomlinoff and his wife ended to day. Members of the women's "death battallion" yesterday attacked their commander, Vera Butchareff, in a miniature riot. As a result only one fourth of the battallion will be al lowed to go to the front. Women also participated in a riot at Moscow in the course of which the militia head riuarters was wrecked and a govern ment agent was beaten to death. Cossacks and mounted militia charg ed into the rioting crowds. , An unconfirmed report is to the effect that General AlexiefT has re signed as chief of staff as a result of dissention with premier Kerensky. MEN OFF TO CAMP Eighteen Pass Through New Bern En Route To Green ville, S. C. Eighteen Pamlico county regis trans passed through New Bern yes terday en route to Samp Jackson, S. C, where they will be trained for service in the National Army. Only five of these men had been ac cepted and certified by the district board for military service. The other thirteen voluntarily agreed to go without waiting for the district board to certify them. The following is a list of the Pam lico men who departed for Camp Jackson yesterday: W. M. McKin ney, Charles E. Bray, Guy E. Potter, Alex X. Ross, George R. Harper, Jesse A. Boyd, Fred J. Wethering ton, Buy H. Carravan, Harry Brooks, McD. Harris, Clyde Holton, L. L. Ca hoon, Harry Rawls, and John T. Har ris, The men were in charge of Mr. John T. Harris, as captain, and Mr Clarence W. Dawson as lieutenant. There were also thirty-two men from Carteret who entrained here yesterday. They arrived in New Bern Thursday night and spent the night at the Terminal Hotel. OF E Mr. J. T. Penn Announces The Amount of Weed Sold Dur ing The First Month Mr. John T. Penn, president of the New Bern Tobacco Board of Trade, stated last night that 1,350,000 pounds of tobacco have been sold on the local . market during the present season, which opened on the twenty second of August. This is a record breaker for the New Bern market, which is just be ginning its third, year. Mr. Penn is very much pleased with the sales bo far and he expects large daily breaks for several weeks yet. "Would you say that Glithers, the capitalist, is an honest man?" "No, I wouldn't say he's a dishonest man." "What sort of a fellow is he, then?" "One of those persons for whose bene fit legal technicalities were invented." Brooklyn Citizen. PAMLICO S DRAFTED 350.1 POUNDS I MM' Evangelist Pictures The Lower World In Strong Sermon Last Night i IS EXPECTED The subject of "Hell" is Aot a pop ular subject nowadays. Thousands of persons are headed toward that place prepared for the devil and his angels. Many carelessly use the name in their reckless profanity, yet when now and then some faithful minister of Christ, describes the hor rors of hell, pictures the I state of the damned and warns moi to flee to Christ the sure refuge) the ob jectors rise up and denounce such preaching, insisting that taey want to hear other things presented. In introducing his subject last night, based on an incident recorded in the sixteenth chapter of Luke, Mr. Wakefield stated that the story pre sented the message of God's love for the sinner and His warning to him to turn from his sin and unbelief. The evangelist pictured hell as a "place of conscious torment," and as proof of this he referred to Luke 16: 23, "And in hell he lifted up his eyes, being in torment." By other refer ences this torment was shown to be eternal. It was noted too that there are degrees of -suffering in hell. Hell was also pictured as a place of "regret," of remorse and of "pray er". The Significant thing about the man in hell was that while he was sorry because of his conditjam and prayed, it was too late for his' pray er to be heard. The most effective part of the preacher's message was when he dwelt on the point of "memory." "Hell," he said, "is a place of mem ory. The memory of a wasted life and wasted opportunities" will fol low one in hell and will torment him forever. Men here have repeated op portunities to be saved and to live upright christian lives but they let these opportunities pass. At this point the speaker exclaimed, "The trouble with New Bern today is that there has been so much evangelism and constant rejection till many are gospel hardened. "The memory of wasted influences" was mentioned in the awful picture and as solemn as is this thought the last point of the preacher's great ser mon is the one that should compel us to consider when every other appeal fails. The man who will go to hell must remember "will remember that his condition is just." "God has done everything possible to save him." The evangelist denounced the in consistencies of men on the question of justice. He pictured the indigna tion of persons against a judge who would release a man proven to be guilty of an awful crime and yet these same persons would demand that God take into heaven those who on earth defy His laws, deny His Son and de spise His offering for sin. The fine thing about Mr. Wake field's preaching is that he not only exhorts men to live up to the light they already have but he teaches them the word. Every sermon is a study in the teaching of scripture and this is sure to bear fruit. The lead ers in this meeting and others attend ing are daily expecting a "break." It is not in vain that they are attack ing satan and the powers of dark ness. There are men and women in New Bern who should be liberated from the power of sin in their lives. Some of them are deeply concerned about the matter. They attend near ly every service. They show deep concern as they listen to the preach ing. They have asked God's people to help them. This is a day of op portunity for the unsaved, and the day of God's visitation, either in blessing or for judgment will surely come. i The attendance last night was the largest that has heard the evangelist. There were but few vacant seats. The music could not have been better. The singing by the choir of "I Am Safe" was very inspiring indeed. Mr. Wolslagel's solos are sermons in song. It is a real treat to hear him. . Today will not be a rest day. The meetings will be held just as on other days during the week at 3:80 and 7:46 p. m. The "booster" choir will sit on the platform this afternoon and sing one or two special pieces. Mr. Wakefield will preach this even 's Fool" outburst SEC LANSING'S ANNOUNCEMENT BERNSTORFFS BRIBERY PLOT STIRS OFFICIAL WASHINGTON GERMANY FACES ill n 1914 Manifesto Circulated In Father - land Says Enemy "Is In Our Midst And at Work" TO BE IMMINENT (By International Njjtb Service.) AMSTERDAM, Sept. 21 Civil war faces Germany, according to a mani festo freely circulated in the Father land, the socialist organ, Vorwaerts reveals. "Citizens," says the manifesto, "the Fatherland is in peril. It is in worse peril than three years ago. Today the enemy is in our midst and he is at work." Commenting on the manifesto, Vor waerts says: "Very well, let them have civil war. But the Reichstag must see to it that nothing shal interfere with the people's defense against the civil war agitators." Chicago Evangelist To Conduct Revival At Methodist Church Near Vanceboro Special to The New Bernian. VANCEBORO, Sept., 21. Rev. E. T. Liddell, the noted Evangelist from Chicago, 111., has arrived in Vanceboro and will begin a series of meetings at the Chapmans Methodist church, beginning Sunday, September twenty third. Mr. Liddell held a glorious meet ing in Vanceboro during the month of July and is no stranger to the people of this community. There were one hundred and forty converts. His meeting here was a great spirit ual uplift to the whole community. As a Bible 'scholar and preacher, Mr. Liddell is exceptionally stronr . His sermons are clear and deep, display-1 ing a aeep siuay oi me st npiures, , mg picture nouses ana tne mercan-j whell Secretary Lansing made public as well as a close walk with God. j tile businesses of the State. These tn;s startling 3-rnstorff document he Chapmans, the place -.here the j three big associations are at wark not oniy "had the goods on" Bern meeting is to be held, is .veil located, j with the government in its efforts to I storff Dut 0 hi3 connections in the being on the Greenville road, about lay the food question upon the heart j United States. five and one-half miles from Vance- of every American. ' Secretary Lansing made his startl- boro. The surrounding country con- j What the hotels and restaurants mC revelation today in the briefest sists ot some ot tne oest commum-; ties in Craven and PiU counties. With the location ideal, a great meeting is in store for the whole community. Mr. Liddell will r.gain use his spac ious tent, thereby affording room for all. NEW OH Ml GETS IT Mr. T. C. Daniels Is Made Lieu tenant of Provisional Co. At Fort Oglethorpe It was learned here yesterday that quite an honor has been conferred on Mr. Tom C. Daniels, one of the New Bern "hoys" who is training at the government officers' training camp at Fort Oglethorpe for a commission in the draft army. Mr. Daniels has been appointed lieutenant of one of the provisional companies which are formed for training purposes. It has been customary to commis sion men who come from some branch of the army as lieutenants. Usually men from private life are not given a commission higher than sergeant. This appointment shows that Mr. Daniels has the qualifications of an officer. He has had some military experience and it is believed by many of his friends that he will be com missioned a captain or better. ASKS ACT! BE DEFEASE 1 President of Argentina Request ed House to Postpone Action in International Situation E EXPECTED TO VOTE WITH SENATE (By International News Srvice.) BUENOS ARIES, Sept. 21. Shortly after the house of represen tatives had convened today to con tinue the discussion of the internat ional situation, a message was re ceived by the speaker from President, Irroygen, requesting that action be postponed until tomorrow. The for eign minister will take part in to morrow's debate. Diplomatic rupture with Germany is imminent. It is considered practi cally certain that the house will take the same action as did the senate. Public pressure upon the government to break with Germany is becoming stronger hourly. TF E Will Form An Organization To Eliminate Waste Of Food RALEIGH, Sept. 21. Hotels and restaurants are coming into the vol untary organization of those agencies which are making and conserving food in North Carolina and B. H. Griffin of the Yarborough in Raleigh and A. H. Gallaway of the , Guilford in Greensboro and Zinzendorf in Winston-Salem, have agreed to get these forces together. The office of the food administra tion is receiving daily evidences of a surprisingly deep interest in the food problem as reflected in letters from the hundred counties which are under Mr. Page's administration. All organ- izations are voluntary and so will be the hotels and restaurants, the mov may save tor the use of the Allies may be gathered from these facts: In times of peace France, England, Ireland, Italy and Belgium import 40 1 per cent of their wheat. Owing to "-rivet' on ;n harvest- r..d loss of lab I or incident to war, they must now import 60 per cent. Their food ani- imals have decreased 33,000,000 head and with them meat, butter, fat, milk and cheese have decreased with the larger needs. They have been im- porting 30 pr cent of their fodder, I grains, etc. iney now need bb per, cent. France and Italy formerly pro duced their own sugar and England received hers from Russia and Ger many. Now these countries . need 2,000,000 tons and it must come from the United States. duties of the hotels, therefore, ubstitution and elimination of e. By substitution the foods that are easily concentrated and shipped may be sent abroad and those bulk- ier and more agreeable to Ameri cans than foreigners can be kept at home. Such a plan will reduce, ac- cording to food experts of this coun try, the average consumption here a week for each person, 1 pound of wheat flour, 2 ounces of fat, 7 ounc-1 es of sugar and 7 ounces of meat. If milk and butter are used carefully a full diet can still be maintained and the deficiency in the Allies food be supplied. "Don't you suffer with the heat in summer?" "Yes, indeed; more than in any other season of the year." Boston Transcript. GERMAN NEK US ! Mystery of "Society" Bernstorff Was To Use Has Aroused i State Department Officials j Names Mentioned In Connec tion Are Well Known In clude Scores of Persons Whose Strange Activities Have Been The Basis of More Than One Quiet Secret Service Investigation Both Houses of Congress to Probe "Yellow Dog" Fund Propa ganda The Senate Members Make Most Vicious State ments Against Other Mem bers. T GERMAN III By International News Service.) WASHINGTON, D. C. Sept 21. The revelation that Count von Bern storff, trusted advisor of Emperor William and at present ambassador to Turkey, headed the German pro paganda of bribery that sought to keep this country out of war when Germany entered upon its ruthless campaign of submarine warfare, ex ploded like shrapnel in Washington today. Doplomats, congressmen, of ficials and various propadandists were amazed. Congress immediately be gan to talk of an investigation two investigations. Secretary Lansing gave out a letter of Bernstorff's in which the ambassador asked the Kaiser for fifty thousand dollars to "influence Congress." It seemed certain here today that I the Bernstorff communication was forwarded through a neutral govern 1 ment. The State Department refuses to confirm this or indicate whether its suspicions were directed at any neu tral source. The mystery of the "society" which Bernstorff was to use has Washing ton awake from one end of Pennsyl vania avenue to the other. The names mentioned in connection with the German activities in propaganda are already well known. They in clude names of scores of individuals whose records have been looked up by the State Department and whose strange activities have been the basis of more than one quiet secret service investigation. Opinion here seemed general that but most significant chapter of Ger man intrigue the State Department has ever disclosed. His statement follows : "The Secretary of State issues the following message from Ambassador Bernstorff to the Berlirt foreign of fice, dated January 22, 1917: "'I request authority to pay out up to $50,000 in order, as on for mer occasions, to influence Congress I through the organization you know ot whjch Can, perhaps, prevent war. .j am beginning in the meantime to act accordingly. " 'In the above circumstances, a public official German declaration in favor of Ireland is highly desirable o in .order to gain the support of the Irish influence here.' " This message was sent to the Kai ser through the Berlin foreign of fice just prior to the beginning of Germany's undersea campaign. Sec- 1 retary Lansing said the government had proof that the message was de livered. This communication not only reveals Ambassador Bernstorff's ' standing for the first time as the actual directing head of a bribery propaganda but exposes the efforts of Germany to use this country as a buf- fer while Teuton ruthlessness was employed in its most effectivi: meas ures. One, and perhaps two, congressional investigations will follow the Count Bernstorff disclosures. The Huase is practically certain to conduct an in quiry, and Senate' leaders tonight in dicated that the upper branch would
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