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GREENSBORO, N. C. THURSDAY, AUGUST 30, WI7. VOL.96—MO. 79
I^MINATIONS F0RTHIA1MY
VHITK >|(.v |X GREENSBORO
M'\KI ItllTTKR SHOWING
,,I\V XBOBOB8.
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charged
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rinrged.
cox:
first lime since the exarai-army
began, the
. Greensboro Tuesday and
made a better showing
aletn
egroes. The percentage
Only 24 per cent of the
«ore tested were dis-pliysical
deficiency and
s of the negroes were dfs-
Ytoterday examinations
;.:,• testing of the 250 men
.ailed by the local board
lirst call of 356 had been
without the quota being
army. The 356 yield-
,1M wer.'
after the
Bisu»«-i
soared for the;
v. m-ii. and it is the hope of
that the other 71 men
i be furnished out of the
,,i'.| il.ici number fail to pro-
;i another batch will be
ei only
tae board
mated »i
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duw ''
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T;e p!:..--''!•.• fit secured from the
•'-,.'■ »ere -;•••.I'-.T in proportion to the
..-■ puysically fit secured
r-i :'.."-6. This will have
.■applying men rapidly to
e quota.
- who were found yes-
[.•hysicali* deficient were
loss: tiia
fro.: Hi*
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fol'-'-ws:
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G:: .ir*:.
T:.: leer.
Bask*. K
r.... s.
fickat wer ■
r'lrioy •;
Ear. E. Sir
Tsexas I.
. ird. Charles H. Tay-
T>.-on. Henry Noble and
■:ii to be fit were as
■■tiford. Kush Caldwell,
: rr>. Jack ferry, Ellis
: Johnson. Oscar W. Theo-
■. ,■•■ Thomas, William- J.
;t:ier Ferguson, Rufus
.....J O. .Moore. Lorenzo
Fuller and William Rey-t-.-
found physically de-
■ as follows:
fox. Jesse B. Gardner,
t i. (laud S. Wyrick,
SUaafuty, Walter G.
Ca:ie, Hyatt Albert Gris-om. Carl E.
HV'inann. Andrew K. Weatherly,
Mi: ard J.m-s. James X. Longest, Jr..
Walter I.. Ammen.
Whites p'.iysh-ally qualified were
S- : iliov -:
Gillian, tpoulos. Everett Jeffer-
5o:: Stoker. Charlie Forsythe. Charles
h ;-on Kni7luon. Robert Fleet wood
»::5on. Rcs« Byrd Langley, Jay For-tes;
Burn<ider, Seaburn Paschal,
Cliford Guy Fields. James Madison
Pa-ne. !*,», u. Hayworth, Alton
Cariness Vaughn, William Henry
Br::?s. t>orge li. Roberson, William
I- Dorsett. Thomas Gaither Harris,
Ho?;.- Pegram. Chester Thomas
fees. Luti -r Whitefrost Tise, Rich-
8-r: B. Branch, Robert Lee Harmon,
Ernst Vamlerbilt Barnes. Amos C.
E:r',ke:l'"'"r- Lawrence L. Carter,
|*-> <' Daniels, Sam Jones Kira-wo^
William Oscar Murray. James B.
c-.lentock. Lass Grover Hedgecock,
*"■ E. Sutton. George E. Barbee,
HBjii M. Forsythe, John William
l|8?p. Thomas G. Redding, Oscar
-■iam Rumley and Joe B. Clark.
■ Je board for Gilmer and More-
*-i townships began examinations
woday morning. They were busy
„.."'' "''•'• Ti,e board found that the
-i in t!i» (.au are better physically
"'_; class than those called earlier.
- >Uon-ing i, ti,e result of Monday
a-' T'if-. i,, . • ij - ••xaiiunations:
- who were found physi-
";•■ ,aa»«w1 were as follows:
X •J"'r !;'""7i| Bowman, George W.
lr-]e
WJ' '!'"s M- Waynick, Arthur
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Tom Edwards Wal-
Jones, Lexie Garner,
*:i>Urd, Charles C. Yates,
ts ri ' " Edwar Weaver, F. Jos-
^ly.j
Albert William Hardin,
'■■■■'] David H. Martin, Grady
Jerry Luther Fulk,
H, ,.,"' ','i?1'"1' Fu'Ps, James Thomas
.V .-ri,' ™ "7 "• Everhart, Harry S.
: . .\|,.)|..;"1:"W W- Moore. Avery Al-
J^-.-rs!!,!"'■■] r* Tressie Land, Callie
t■-:. pr u,. ' Ernest Jacol) Wil-iper
J. --„. '" Vesta|. Robert Lee
Vernon Hall, Carl
A. Kakaris, Roy Del-
-:i J.,,..;" 8ar Lee Hew Dinwid-
£::"gt,n"' -,"enr>' ShePherd, Kirby
Cr,ufe u '-""kins, Joe Parlow,
!■■* I,; '"'re' Isaac Odem Miller
J;n vv! ■ n' Wade T- Atkil".
^Ii;altl.^« Baker, Edgar
'-;vinB<, 'Wl,Ita» Campbell, Earl C.
T' Edmon'ir'er
M
COletrane' George
^lesG-rT Map»h»H S. Fink.
»«Wd (• , ,T' James B- Garrett,
*"■ Vliiia' If' MaIco"»» N. Good-
John L " Gralla,1>. Herbert Grey,
fc»Uk p !.;ardln- Edward Harira,
a"ris, George p«don,
Carl Hearne, Alex Inman, Avery Les-ter
Jarvls, William Jeffreys, Jonas
Johnson, Tate Johnson. Horace
Jones, Charles W: Lewis, Harry Lee
mave, Capt. Burpe Moffltt, James N
Morgan, Lacy Phipps, Spencer Rob-erson,
Isaac Robowinowitz, Pearl
Suerrlll, Abraham Uncoln Simmons
John W. Tart, Lonnie F. Thompson]
Sterling Thomas Waugh, Thomas J.
White, Gurney L. Whiteley, Clay N.
Wilson. Arthur Lee Woods, Hurdle
Younger.
Physically deficient: George T.
Andrew, George Peter Apple, Jesse
lAnderson, Sam B. Bush, Clrfton Ed-ward
Chandler, William P. Cdbb,
Jarrod T. Coleinan, Baxter Lee Fen-tress.
Clarence J. Girton, John H.
Hurley, Vance Jerome, M. Turner
Jones, Henry Matthews, Orville D.
Parks, Fred M. Phipps, Will Pope,
Wister Routh. Joseph J. Sawyer,
Duke Sping, Henry L. Stafford, Char-lie
Stroud, Frank Underwood, J.
Henry Willis, Leslie Gunn,' William
Henry Michael, Emery C. Fox, Lon-nie
L. Cassie, Rosele A. Maness. Ed-win
Nicholas Holt, James Martin Mc-
Cracken, William F. Ross, Claude W.
Causey. Richard Leroy Townsend
and R. Bl«ine Jones.
The negroes who were found to be
deficient were as follows:
John Thompson, Peter Moyer,
Lawson Madden and Thomas C. Tar-pley.
The negroes accepted as fit were as
follows:
Lester Curtis, Willie Howerton,
Joseph Rankin. Lil Staples, Clarence
Jones, Jesse Mclver, Jack Johnson,
Ernest Dorsett, Lisbon Moore, Will
Hayden. James E. Taylor, Alphonso
Eckles. Frank Pjnnix, Dougles Free,
Livinzston V. Alston. James T. Coble,
Claude Waddell, Walter Rodgers,
William J. A. Hazel and Lacy Mc-
Lean.
Aliens: George A. Paolous. Thom-as
Fragakls and Patris A. Kakaris.
WILSOV SEXD.S GREETING
TO THE RUSS COUNCIL.
Washington, A«$.-. 27.—Prwrtdenr * ***" B
Wilson sent to the members of the
national council assembly at Moscow
today, assurance that this govern-ment
is willing to extend "every ma-terial
and moral assistance" to the
government of Russia.
No official comment was made by
government officials on Premier Ker-ensky's
speech before the members of
the council yesterday but it was
made clear that his declarations indi-cating
the firm manner in which he
and his councillors are prepared to
deal with enemies of the new govern-ment
had aroused a greater confi-dence
in the outcome of plans. The
message cabled by President Wilson
follows:
"President of the National Council
Assembly, Moscow:
"I take this liberty to send to the
members of the great council now
meeting in Moscow the cordial greet-ings
of their friends, the people of
the United States; to express their
confidence in the ultimate triumph
of ideals of democracy and self-gov-ernment
against all enemies within
and without, and to give their re-newed
assurance of every material
and moral assistance they can extend
to the government of Russia in the
promotion of the common cause in
which the two nations are unselfishly
unMed. "WOODROW WILSON."
INCREASE IS SHOWN IN
NUMBER VESSELS SUNK.
London, Aug. 29.—An increase in
the number of British vessels, sunk
last week by mines or submarines is
shown by the weekly admiralty state-ment
issued tonight. Eighteen ves-sels
of more than 1,600 tons were
sent to the bottom, as compared with
15 the previous week, and five ves-sels
of less than 1,600 tons, as
against three the prevlous_week.
The summary of the statement fol-io
»'s:
"Arrivals, 2,629; sailings, 2,680.
"British merchant vessels sunk by
mine or submarine over 1,600 tone,
18; under 1,600 tons, Including one
previously, five.
"British merchant vessels unsuc-cessfully
attacked, including two
previously, six. _
- "British fishing vessels, sunk
none."
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Choice Beeves Reach TglC.SO.
Chicago, Aug. 28.—Choice beeves
•old today at the Union stock yards
at $16.80, a new high price record
tor cattle on the hoof. The new fig-ure
wa« 80 cents higher" th*n the re-cort
price e»t»bUphed tost week.
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P«PO PlACi PROPOSALS
ARE REJECTED BY PRESIDENT
WILSON—GIVES REASONS
IN A NOTE.
Washington, Aug. 28.—President
Wilson has rejected the pope's peace
proposals.
In a note dispatched last night,
and made public here tonight, the
president says that while every heart
not blinded and hardened by the ter-rible
war must be touohed by the
moving appeal of his holiness, it
would be folly to take the path of
peace he points out if it does not in
fact lead to the goal he proposes.
To deal with such a power as the
present rulers of Germany upon Pope
Benedict's plan, declares the presi-dent,
would involve a recuperation
of the strength and renewal of the
world domination policy of that pow-er,
now balked but not defeated after
sweeping a continent with the blood
of innocent women and children and
the helpless poor as well as of sol-diers.
Permanent peace must be based
upon the faith of all the peoples and
upon justice and fairness and the
common rights of mankind, he adds,
and "<\$ cannot take the word of the
present rulers of Germany as a guar-antee
of anything that is to endure,
unless explicitly supported by such
conclusive evidence of the will and
purpose of the German people them-selves
as the other peoples of the
world would be justified in accept-ing."
Water Mark <»f War.
Washington, Aug. 29.—President
Wilson's rejection of the pope's
peace proposals is regarded here as
the high water mark of the war.
Furthermore, it is indicative of the
virtual selection of the president by
the allies as their spokesman before
the world.
The note comes as a climax to the
remarkable series of state document*
gued the cause of world democracy
against autocracy in the high court
of public opinion, and accepted more
and more by " —>le of all the ai
lied countries as «.-^^essin» their
ideals.
There appears to be no doubt that
the United States was selected to
make answer before the world, in ad-vance
of all the others. Whether the
entente nations will send extensive
rep'ies is not known here. I* is re-gt
rded as probable that they will ia
large measure adopt the president's
reasoning for their own and senr
notes of .'ndorsement.
The general tenor of the presi-dent's
reply had been anticipated
everywhere, but there was flo inkling
of the forceful terms he would em-ploy
to say that the world can have
no faith in the autocratic government
of Germany.
GERMANY'S REPLY MEET
ARGENTINE DEMANDS.
Buenor Aires, Aug. 28—Germany's
reply to Argentina's note, embodying
demands in connection with the sub-marine
campaign as affecting Argen-tine
shipping, has been received. In
official circles it was stated that the
reply was satisfactory. According to
the newspaper La Razon, the Ger-man
note meets all the demands of
Argentina.
The note says that Germany "in
order to maintain friendly relations
with Argentina, is willing to modify
her blockade of enemy coasts, al-lowing
freedom of the seas to ves-sels
under the Argentine flag carry-ing
food."
The note also promises the pay-ment
of an indemnity for the sink-ing
of the Argentine steamer Toro
by a German submarine.
Austria Expected to Declare War
Soon.
Washington, AugT 28,—Tremen-dous
increase In assistance given by
this government to the enemies of
Austria is expected to result in a
declaration of war on the United
States by the dual monarchy. Ad-mitting
such action Is believed inevit-able
eventually, the state department
said today that if war comes it will
be on Austria's initiative. This dis-sipated
all doubts in Italian quarters
that this government is going the
"Whole route" to furnish supplies for
the Italian offensive. It also claimed
recent unrest shown lest this coun-try
effect a separate agreement with
Austria, depriving Italy of her war
aims.
MOMDiY IS PATRIOTIC DAY
GOV. BICKETT ISSUES PROCLA-MATION—
DRAFTED MEN TO
BE GUEST OP HONOR.
Raleigh. Aug. 27.—With a procla-mation
by the governor for a state-wide
celebration in honor of North
Carolina's drafted men, September 1.
2 and 3, Secretary W. S. Wilson, of
the state council of defense, is ap-pealing
to the county councils of de-fense,
through their" chairmen, to
make September 3 "Patriotic Day."
Governor Blckett in his proclama-tion
calls upon the people of the
state- to hold township and school
district meetings September 1. relig-ious
services and prayer in all the
chhrches Sunday. September 2. when
men should pray for the success of
the nation's cause: patriotic rallies
in,honor of drafted men in every
county seat, on Labor Day, Septem-ber
3.
In his letter to the council chair-men
Secretary Wilson says:
/'It is the earnest desire of the
North Carolina council of cefensH
that Monday, September 3, be cele-brated
in your county as 'Patriotic
Day" for the purpose of bringing to-gether
the men who have bean call-ed
to service under the selective
draft law. and by appropriate exer-cises
to impress tiiem with the fact
that the people are standing behind
them and appreciate the services
thay are called upon to render.
"The governor has issued a special
proclamation for this purpose and is
also asking ai! ministers of tiie Gos-pel
to preach patriotic sermons on
Sunday. Septemoer 2. and to urge
their congregations to attend and
ta.ke part in the exercises to be held
at the county seat on the day follow-ing.
"The state council urges you and
your county council to undertake the
leadership for this celebration and to
accept -the responsibility for making
it a memorable occasion. . The ffme
■i» ,.4»rt,.-*Bt with acti*«...team work
on' your part you can render a very
valuable service.
"The first thing to do Will be to
get quickly a meeting of the members
of your council, outline the program,
appoint committees, invite a speaker,
by wire if necessary, and stick to the
job until it has been completed. See
that every drafted man is invited to
be present. Where colored men are
included in the draft, appoint colored
men to supervise their entertainment
and 6ee to it that they are looked af-ter
in the same way as the white sol-diers.
"Have the chairman of the county
board of elections present for regis-tering
electors under the absent vot-er's
law.
"Call on the people for baskets for
a picnic dinner and for cash dona-tions
for other expenses. Let's make
this a red letter day in the lives of
the men who are to represent us at
the front."
Governor's Proclamation.
North Carolina is about to send
twenty-ifive thousand men into battle.
These men are making the supreme
sacrifice that forever hereafter the
wisdom of the many shall determine
the decrees of nations. They go to
make war on war. They go to de-stroy
with the sword the government
that maintains that the sword is. and
of right ought to be. the final arbiter
of a nation's rights.
When—the government that defies
will shall perish in war then war
will come no more upon the earth.
It is fit that these guarantors of
the world's peace should be sustained
by the love and prayers of all good
men:
Now. therefore. I. Thomas Walter
Bickett, governor of North Carolina,
do request the people of the state:
First, to assemble on Saturday, the
first day of September, in township
and school district meetings, and
hold • patriotic exercises in honor of
the men we are sending to the front;
Second, on Sunday, September 2,
let special religious services be held
in all the churches in the state, and
let all good men pray for the safety
and success of the men who are going
into battle that lasting peace may-come
upon the land;
Third, that on Labor Day, Septem-ber
3, appropriate patriotic exercises
be held in every county seat in the
state and let the men who have been
drafted into the public service be
the guests of honor at these exer-cises.
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Done at our city of Raleigh, this
the twentv-djfth day of August, in
COMMANDER HATED TO
SINK AMERICAN SHIPS.
An Atlantic Port. Aug. 28.—Capt.
Cyrus W. Crooks, master o? the
American bark Christtane, which was
sunk by a German submarine August
7, near the Azores, was entertained
as a guest on board the U-boat, and
over a glass of wine was told by the
German commander that he "hated
to sink American ships." Captain
Crooks related the incident on arri-val
here today on board an Italian
liner.
The American captain said he was
bound home from London when his
ship .was sttnk. Not being armed,
he surrendered to the U-boat.
"We left the Christiane in two life
boats." Captain Crooks said, "and I
was invited by the U-boat captain in
excellent English to bring three of
my men and come aboard. We were
taken into the officers' cabin, and,
after giving me a receipt stating that
my ship had been sunk, the comman-der
ordered luncheon served, includ-ing
wine.
"He kept up an interesting conver-sation
while we were eating, and
more than once declared he hated to
sink American vessels and only did
so because we were at war with his
country.
"Another thing that appeared to
worry him was stories he had heard
of sinking of life boats by subma-rines.
'I really can't believe those
stories,' he said, 'and so far as I am
concerned no life boats wlH ever
meet such a fate from my ship.'
"We spent two hours on the sub-marine
while the Germans removed
from the Christiane all the supplies
and sunk her with bombs. The cap-tain
then escorted us to our life
boats, gave us the direction of near-est
land and bid us a courteous good-bye.
The submarine was about 400
feet long, and carried two six-inch
guns. The name signed to the re-ceipt
I have is Capt. J. Erlinger. Ger-man
navy. We landed safely at Pon-ta
Delgnda." - _
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CHIEF THREE BEARS SAYS
5.1.0IK. REDMEN ARE READY.
Raleigh, Aug. 29.—The wheat and
oat crop of North Carolina during the
past season was cut short to the •
amount of several million bushels by
winter killing which w*t due in a
^arge measure to late planting and
poor preparation'of the soil. Agri-cultural
authorities in tl-e state arc
expressing some anxiety lest the ap-proaching
season should iee a repeti-tion
of this economic mistake which
cost the farmers so dearly.
Notwithstanding the high price of
seeds it is expected that a larger area
of grain and cover crops will be
planted during the coming fall than
ever before in the history of the
state, just as w»= "•- MM* with soy-beans,
cowpeas and sorghum during
the summer season. Of thes-> *-"
grain and cover crops, oats for grain
and practically a'.i the cover crops
could be planted during the coming _
month. If these crops are to be
planted in satisfactory seed beds in
September, no time is to be lost.
Where oats or cover crops are to
be planted in cotton fields a good
seed bed is already available if the
cotton crop has been kept clean. Fol-lowing
cowpeas or other crops which
are yet to be harvested, the soil may
be prepared by thorough discing and
dragging. On land that has not been
cultivated during the summer, the
preparation should consist of thor-ough
breaking, discing and dragging
far enough ahead of the planting to
give the soil time to settle thorough-ly,
forming a firm, fine seed bed. A'l
winter legumes of course should be
inoculated.
It is a unusual opportunity North
Carolina' farmers have during the
coming grain season. All grains
promise to remain high in price and
returns heretofore undreamed of will
be received by those farmers who
make the tallest use of their oppor-tunity.
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Washington, Aug. 27.—The war
department is considering the sug-gestion
of a noted Blackfoot Indian
warrior, Chief Three Bears, of the
Glacier National park reservation,
that Uncle Sam release all of its Mex-ican
' border army for service In
France, by conscription 50,000 In-dians
from the "hundred and one
tribes" now upon reservations scat-tered
over the west.
"Fifty thousand men who know
the horse as no white man ever knew
it; 50,000 Indians who. when their
hearts are in a cause, as our hearts
are in this cause, would die for it as
no other nation, Mr. Secretary of
War, call us to arms! Let us guard
and fight for our country. We stand
ready to protect the 1,400 miles of
border between the United States
and Mexico, and we promise you
that not an alien foot shall cross
that border to pillage or destroy. We
beg of you to give us the chance to
fight."
This is the appeal to Washington,
made by Chief Three Bears through
Red Fox, his emissary from the Gla-cier
National park reservation.
GERMAN DEMANDS THAT
HE BE INTERNED.
Asheville, Aug. 28.—'Declaring
that he had-been a sailor on the Ger-man
steamship Vaterland, Herman
Friesse appeared today at the office
of the United States marshal and de-manded
that he be interned at the
detention camp at Hot Springs. The-case
was referred to an immigration
official who happened to be in Ashe-ville.
but the official said he could do
nothing for Friesse. The German in-sisted
that he be interned and seem-ed
to regard it a privilege of which
he was being deprived. He said he
had been in Colorado and more re-cently
had been at work at Lake
Toxaway. He declf-red that his wag-es
had been unsatisfactory and that
his food was in no way equal to that
served at the camp. At a later hour
today, he had not succeeded in break-ing
into the camp.
the year of our Lord one thousand
nine hundred and seventeen, and in
the one hundred and forty-second
year of our American independence.
T. W. BICKBTT, Governor,
By the IGovernor:
Stanford Martin, Private Sec,
THE WIEAT_ASD OAT CRIP
EVERY POSSIBLE ACRE SHOULD
BE PLANTED THIS FALL—
START NOW.
Youth Dragged to Death by Cow.
Asheville, Aug. 28.—Fred Web-ster,
the son of Fletcher Webster, of
Marshall, was dragged to death by a
cow yesterday, according to a report
reaching here today.
The boy, with a companion, had
gone to the field to drive home cows
to the barn, and undertook to ride
the cows home. The animals stam
peded and both boys were thrown.
The companion escaped with a few
bruises, but young Flether had
knotted a rope around the cow's
horns and about his arm and could
not free himself. He was dragged
a considerable distance through a
small wood, and his neck was broken,
his head was crushed and he wa-,
otherwise frightfully mutilated.
Neighbors finally stopped the cow,
but the boy was dead when picked
Child Eats Bichloride of Mercury
Tablets.
Lexington, Aug. 28.—The three-year-
o'.d son of Mr. and Mrs. H. H.
Hedrick. of this place, chewed up a
quantity of bichloride of mercury
tablets and possibly swallowed a por-tion
late yesterday. Physicians were
called hurriedly and took prompt
measures to clear the child's stom-ach
from any possible part of the
poison that might have been swal-lowed
and today the little fellow
shows no signs of poisoning. He says
that it tasted so badly that he spat
it out. A bottle of the tablets were
in the medicine chest in the bath
room and the tot climbed upon a
chair, opened the chest and poured
some of them out jp the lavatory.
After trying to eat some and finding
them bad, he went to his mother and
asked for water, saying he felt like
something was on his tongue.
Dollar Dog Tax Proposed.
Chicago, Aug. 27—Senator Weeks,
of Massachusetts, will introduce a
raeatinre In the:senate to fix an an-nual
tax of $1 on every dog in the
co-intry, it was announced today at a
meeting of the national sheep and
nool bureau. —
At a conference with business men
measures wore discussed to co-ordi-nate
with the government in the
campaign of "more aheep, more
wool."
Telegrams were sent to Washing-ton
asking that a conference he ar-ranged
there with government offi-cials.
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