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VOLUME XXXV. AFTEBHOOH DAILY SCOTLAND NECK, N. Q. 'FRIDAY, APRIL 27, 1917 TELEGRAPH SERVICE
ussia Igmores All
Ger
man
Disregarding The Insidious Pressure of Teu
- tons Russian Army Repledges Itself
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NEW REGIME PROVES A SUCCESS
By Arthur Mann
Copenhagen, April 27. Far
from 1) ing afteeted by the msicl-
i norman pressure to com-
pletc a separate peace Russia's
tics with allies is slowly streng
ening according- to information
received here through diplomatic
channels.
The most interesting evidence
of Russia's increased war power
is contained in the information
just at hand of the highest au
thenticity stating that the Rus
sia army has repledged itself to
-war.
A plan of sending provisional
leaders to the different fronts to
explain the plans of the new re
gime lias proved successful.
COLORADO IS FIRST TO
START FOOD DRIVE
(By United Press)
Denver, Colo., April 27. Colo
rado, the first state to act when
the importance of the bread bas
ket's part in the war became
known has virtually completed
organization the administrative
machinery for the biggest "food
drive'' in the history of the coun-
try. j at every point.
Immediately following the de-, Yesterday the French troops
daration of war, Gov. J. C. Gun- gained more ground around the
ter anticipated the national move- blood soaked forest of Hurtebiz
ment by naming a ways and and Cerny.
moans committee, headed by J. K. j They stormed and captured
Mullen, president of the Colorado ! German trenches and then attack
Milling and elevator Company, ' ed the heights of Moronvilli rs
and Ex-Gov. Amnions,, one of the which they took,
state's largest farmers. The Germans throughout the
The committee already has com- day suffered heavy losses in these
pleted organization of a sub com-' raids particularly near the f or-
mittee in cverv countv of the !
state. Working on the assump
tion that monev, or its equivalent
credit, is the greatest need of far
mers to meet the crisis, the com
mittee has assured farmers capi
tal with which to finance ltis food
raising operations.
The home gardening movement
was given tremendous momentum
h the outbreak of war. The Civ
1(1 and Commercial associations
t Denver is urging a movement
L whereby employes will agree to
Pay full wages to employs, but
allow them one working day off
caeh week, provided they work
their gardens on that day. Under
tj,e auspices of the Denver Moth-
0,000 packages of seeds are
M.'Ug
distributed without cost
i
10 school children.
Cecilia Ward Shea, a pro
'eiiut worker, has-7 inaugurated
a Inject advocating that the
state itself turn farmer, and lease
,"' r''"t approximately 15,000,000
;r('s' of tillable land hi the state
,1(di has never been
cultivated,
('tting this to families who
ome into the state, she be
lt' they .were assured of
?,,fimd to farm at a low rental.
Weather
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(By United Press)
Chester, Pa., April 27. Indica-
tions point to Russian plotters as tion was neceSsary if only to con
responsible for the disaster at the vince the ene of th folly of
raaystone munitions plant some
weeks ago, according to mforma- '
tion at the coroners inquest to- GERMAN DESTROYERS ARE
dav- BEATEN OFF ENGLISH
The authorities are now seeking COAST TOWN
a supposed Russian know as ' Wa- j London, April 27. German de
skoff", who sent a message say- j stroyers who were evidently at-
ing to the radical Russian Newrs
papers of New York, stating 1 'Ex-
plosion occured today, our crowd i
safe.,;,,.,-
Over Blood Stained
Ground The French
Make Progress
Paris, April 27. Official news most pressing of the Navy's pro
comes today of the terrifie work blems.
of the French troops who daily ;
gain more ground from their ene-.
mies and shower defeat upon
est ot St. Gobam.
Germans Abandon
Guns in Retreat
(By United Press)
London, April 27. The British !
today captured the quarries on
the eastern outskirts of Harge
court. The Germans in fleeing
abandoned their guns so great j
was the hurry to escape. General j
Haig reports the capture of eon-.
siderabie equipment and guns.
French Sailors Join
Hands With Navy Boys
(By UNITED PRESS)
Norfolk, Va., April 27. Just ;
to prove brotherly feeling several j
hundred French sailors marched'
in the patriotic parade this after
noon. The streets were lined with j
viewers and cheering was univer- j
sal as the tri-eolor boys swung j
along the streets in line with the I
American bluejackets. j
Report: Por North Caroling overeat; tonight, Saturday showers, Fresh winds.
Congress To Hold
A Night Sessions
General Opinion is That The Sen
ate Will Pass The Selective
Draft Bill
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16 SENATORS ARE TO SPEAK
(BY UNITED PEESS)
Washington, April 27. The se
nate at ten o'clock today began
the concluding drive to put
through the presidents selective
conscription draft plan for raising
the army. ' '$b'WK:"-
It was announced this morning
that night sessions would be a
dopted if the necessary progress
was not made.
There are sixteen senators to
speak, and in the address of Sen
ator Jones he said that conscrip-
continuing the terrible stru
i crctl a
-t
tempting to raid Ramsgate, an
east coast British summer resort,
were driven off by a British pa
i trol is the official information re.r
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, ceived today.
THE MEN WHO RUN THE
UNITED STATES NAVY
(BY UNITED PEESS)
Washington, April 26. "Man
powTer" is just now about the
With the rapid increase in fight
ing ships, the question of finding
men suitable men to man them
J is becoming more and more seri
ous.
The big job of raising about
40,000 recruits, and that in the
very near future, is up to Rear
Admiral Leigh C. Palmer, Chief
of the Bureau of Navigation. This
bureau has to do with all matters
of personnel, present and prospec
tive. Moving pictures, cartoons, pla
cards "open-door" recruiting sta
tions, brass bands, and all forms
of publicity and exhortation, are
among the means Admiral Palmer
is employing to fill up the ranks
Incidentally, a seuduetive $5 a
month salary increase, which will
be urged in congress for the Navy
enlisted men, is expected to prove
a great stimulus to recruiting.
The new "open-door" policy,
chiefly advocated by Admiral Pal
mer whereby 100 bluejackets are
to be annually admitted to the An-
napolis cadet academy to become
fiulfie jged officers, now offers a
f urtner and very powerful in-
'ducement for enlisting.
VA. "PLANTING DAY
GOV. STUART
SAYS
(BY UNITED PRESS)
Richmond, April 27 This
is
Gov gtuart.
Prepareclliess planting-so that
this nation may not only feed
America but our allies too.
' Meetings were held in various
cities of the state to consider the
food shortage and its relations
to the war.
Agreement Reach
ed In War Con.
Balfour Cabling Shipping Arran
gements to His Government
to be Made Public Soon
AMERICANS NOT NECESSARY
(By UNITED PEESS) j
Washington, April 27. The
first chapter of America's part in'
the world war was penned in
black and white here today by
former premier of England, Bal
our7 when he cabled to his home
government the report of the a
greements of the greatest war
parley in American history.
Balfour's report wrill tell Euro
pean allies that' the first problem
has: been settled, and this report
dealing with shipping will be
made public in London soon.
England's representative will
say that the American govern
ment has asked Iioav the allies
wanted the shipping handled.
With a preponderance of men,
munitions and food it was agreed
between Balfour, Bridges and De
Chair that "with these necessaries
supplied the matter of America
supplying men could wait.
French commission was in
.cmnpTetif aecortif with' the shipping
settlement that Balfour will re
port to his government today.
British Admiralty
Severely Attacked
By The Press
London, April 27. Thp Brit
ishpress has turned loose upon
, the admirality in criticism of its
ineffectual work in coping with
the submaring warfare.
English newspapers generally
are of the opinion, and express
themselves in no uncertain terms
! of the want of action of the navy
department in not meeting the
submarine war with sufficient en
ergy. There is also a wide spread of
discontent over the withholding
of information on the losses sus
tained through the submarine at
tacks, and the feeling is that the
English people are lulled into a
false security and are not impell
ed to the necessary sacrifices
through the wrong impressions
being allowed to simmer in the
minds of the people that the sub
marine maiiace is being coped
with, when the reverse is prob
ably the fact.
U-Boats Successful
Reports Berlin
Amsterdam, April 27. Ger
many's submarine warfare having
been most successful, as stateo
by the Reichstag sub-committee
today and quoted in Berlin disp
atches, asserting that April suc
cesses have so far equalled ail
past months that the expressed
opinion is that England will soon
be forced to accept peace.
COTTON MARKET
Open. High. Low. Close.
May 19.88 20.25 19.76 20.25
July 19.62 20.06 19.56 20.06
Oct. .00 ' 19.01 18.52 19.01
Dee. .00 19.08 18.60 19.0S
Jan. .00 19.10 18.65 19.10
Local Market. 19e.
The
P
remier
N
ation Won t Starve
Eloquent Address at
Receives
ADMITS SUBMARINE AS MENACE
New From The
State C a d i t o
Raleigh, April 27. "Profess
ional" baseball has advanced for
enough to create the suspicion
that the Raleigh club of the State
League has drawn a Jonah aggregation-for
the 1917 season or the
beginning of it, to say the very
least, me city turned out miiiunureti ana en
great shape, as usual, to witness I with three million
the opening game (generally won
by the home club, for unexplain -
ed but not inexplicable reason")
and the Raleigh Capitals took the
t)urhatdulIBy'"' the hours and
threw him over the fence.
Since then the - Capitals have
played a half dozen regular sched
uled games and lost every one
of them, standing at the foot of
the ladder today and way down
in the score cellar. Unless the
situation improves the blindest
fan on the bleachers can the fin
ish of the misnamed "Howitzers"
before many moons. Raleigh has
had a lot of rotten ball players on
its list for several years and some
of the present bunch badly need
to learn the same and most of
them were brought here on long,; lier peopie mu.st make many sac
mileage tickets from distant j rifices, and he further appealed
places, too. I f() the people to subordinate party
$10,000 for Flogging Prisoner j feeling in the settlement of the
The first of two civil suits be- j jj.j; problem,
gun in the Superior court of mmmm . -Wake
county against W. L-1 the bill and the legislature did.a't
Wiggs, the recent and W. M. Mil-jknow Avhat th(iy W(MH. voting for
ler, the present superintendent whcn lhey p.,ss'(.a jt.
of county roads for heavy dama-: Bad Law Got H;m in Trouble
ges, based on charges of inhuman ! Jt was JK)t Jo, , i)(.f0re there
whipping of two county convicts
has been attracting much atten
tion here this week.
Henry Crawford a young white
man sentenced. to the roads for
60 days on conviction of "imper-
sonating an officer," sued Supt. ; )a(1Iy la(.erat(.ti ;!11i ,is story was
of roads Wiggs and county a siamfful one to the county of
guards Nippen and Johnson for j Wak(1 and the s1a(l of x v
?10,000 damages. The testimony j 1Iow (,01iie ?" was the imrne
resented revealed horrible cruel- j diae iI1(,un.V) -Veve got a law
:ies with the "Black Aggie" not j a,,ailjst thing." Whereupon
,uly on Crawford but on other the bu of Seiiatoi. jul!ll of Wake
n-isoners and even the guards tes-! was discovered y,hl(.h .lve Supl
.ified that the Crawford boy was autIl()rity t() wljip
oeaten repeatedly (every other ; Wake county convicts. .
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lay one u uness sam; aim imiu-
manly.
It was this case in which the
guards were . criminally indicted
and convicted, that stopped whip
ping at the camps in Wake coun
ty for a short time. ther has brought suit against
Last January Senator Bunn of , Road Supt. Miller for heavy dam
Wake, at the instance of the pfes-japres in a civil action which is ev
ent Supt. of county roads' of j pected to be tried soon. If the:
Wake, got a "sneak provision"
through the legislature that re
stored these whippings the title
of the bill to "amend the road
law of Wake county" giving no
inkling of such a permission in
spy
Says
Gould Hall Last Night
Attention
By Ed Keen
London, April 27. England is
I wiimin?' and the llltimate
jeess of the allies cannot be doubt-
ed, and that the success is being
achieved at less cost" are the
words of Premier Llovd George
last night in an eloquent address
at the Guildhall.
"Victory is becoming increas
ingly assured" lie id "The gov
ernment is planni 'ueteen
dve
nvt. ai
! acres available, and it can now be
1 taken for granted that we would
not starve if not a single ton of
foodstuffs was imported, but we
must economize."
Emphasizing the seriousness of
the submarine war the premier
stated that the best brains of Eng
land and America were now con
centrated upon an appeal to the
public to practice a food economy
and give an increased production.
! The increased prices of food stuffs
was unnecessary, and he appealed
to the patriotic spirit of the allies
of the world to remove all imped
imenta that would stand in the
way of a victory and speedy
peace.
England must recognize that
; ,ojbeu np another case
like that
of Crawford and Senator
Tinneis
legislative investigating commit
tee had the white boy (named Ja
cob's, Hi years old) brought before
him. Ilis bodv was shown to be
Representative Winston of
Wake at once presented a bill re
pealling the Bun ii lash law and it
was passed by both brandies un
animously, not even Senator lunn
voting against it. So Jacobs mo-
pocket books of these ultra disci
plinarians are tapped in the pro
cess of elimination, the sooner
and more effective will be the
cure of such outrages on the good
name of the state.
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