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BATTERIES FACE GERMANS.
Va5;,ington, Oct. 27.—The nation
, * thrilled today by word that
v lerican troops at last were face to
'. e with the Germans across No-il
-n's-Land. Announcement by Gen-
-,1 prrshlng that several battalions
1,U infantry were in the front line
j-.nohM. supported by American bat-
...jes which already had gone in ac-
■ n against the enemy fammed anew
• nie of patriotism throughout the
.-lntry. '
The absolute silence with which
f rretarj Laker and war department
iciaU greeted the news, however,
j-jwed that although the movement
-;::o tiie trenches had teen expected
s; any time it was regarded only as
; ■■ final phase of the men's training.
,:<rii*n shells are breaking about
:-■ Americans and although they
V ve not taken over the trench sec-
:•-. rifle*, machine guns, bombs and
...vends in American hands will
greet any enemy attack.
The silence of Secretary Baker in-dicated
that no official report of the
-capation of the trenches had been
-■ eived. General Pershing is the
; .1st of all matters pertaining to the
: lining of his force and he probably
i i not inform the department of his
j ins in advance, as every effort was
:ade to prevent the enemy from
. jrning what was afoot. It is cer-
;.in. however, that the department
>-u fully prepared for the news. Sec-tary
Baker's latest review of the
• ir situation this week indicates
; a; American troops in France were
: 'jr'.ng the end of their strenuous
raining behind the lines.
May Expect Casualties.
Casualties among the American
: roes are to be expected. Reports
.sat the front already show lnter-ttent
artillery firing and a well-s
ved shell may claim American yic-
\ .,.■ at any moment. There ie noth-
.:; to indicate, however, that an of-
:'-isive operation by the Americans
d their French associates is to be
tpe?ted, outside of possible trench
riiu'ng. The sector where the front
. :e training school has been estab-
<hed is described as one of the
tletest on the front.
The report from the front indicates
au all American forces will he
:fren trench duty in reliefs as the
"aal touch of their preparation. The
'die business of relieving and sup-
:-„;i»S the front lines can be carried
."*- under actual war conditions and
".alet fire.
In time, a complete section of the
■ ':nt will be Americanized in every
stall. How wide this front will be
-ere on the long line it is to be lo-
*ted. and similar questions are mat-
's about which no speculation is
'■mitted.
AMERICAN STEAMER
FIGHTS WITH U-BOAT.
Washington. Oct. 26.—An an-
'ancement by the navy department
a-'e today revealed that the ship
'i''i fought a battle with the sub-
■ •arlne off the French coast was one
the American Luckenbach steara-
'* and that the fight occurred on
►Sober 19. News of the fight was
?Jeived here today in a news dis-
• ■''••i from a French port..
-Wording to the navy's advices,
i0 men were wounded, seven mem-r?*
s "f the vessel's crew and two sail-
"*'* »f tiif armed^nard.
. blowing is the department's
■••'"liscnt:
_ r»e navy department is informed
|«J the American steamship Lucken-was
engaged by an enemy sub-
;^Mi.. „n October 19. The engage-
11 '»sted from 7.35 A. M. until
-•• M„ and was broken off by
'rival of an American patrol
Hie Luckenbach was hit sev-
>mes. but no serious damage
to the ship. Seven of the
"f the Luckenhach and two
,lj,'« of the armed guard were
nded."
WIKSTON^AIiEM MAM 18
HELD ON GRAVE CHARGE.
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Set Fire to Gunboat.
«fai0 Janeiro- 0ct- 27.—The Ger-
"» today set on fire and sunk the
■man gunboat Eber, 984 tons.
c' l>as been lying at the port pt
■ •■«. fearing seizlnf of the gunboat
J the Brazilian authorities. Ter-
Jf hoat destroyers were ordered
^f'l'ay to take possession of the
LATI5T Fiji m rWTIllXIlDI 0BIMKC1IBID
Charlotte, Oct. 26.—Cris Miller, of FRENCH MAKE ANOTHER POW- MORE THAN 4 BZLUON ROUND.
Winston-Salem. was bound over to-day
under a 81,000 bond on the
charge of giving whiskey to a soldier
in uniform, Carl Meneke, who was
found dead in his bunk by comrades
at Camp Greene Tuesday morning,
following a trip to Miller's homo in
Winston, where Meneke and other
soldiers in the auto party drank
freely, according to the testimony of
Private Walter F. Scott, before
United States Commissioner Cobb to-day.
The bond was given immediately
by A. S. Banes, of Winston-Salem.
The testimony of Scott was that last
September the witness and Private
Meneke met Miller in Charlotte,
Miller being In an auto with two girls
Emma Vlckers and Linnie Mclntuff,
of Winston. Miller, the witness said,
gave them whiskey then.
On the night of October 23 Scott
and Meneke, with two companions
from the camp got an auto and drove
to the Twin City. They went to
Miller's house at 10 o'clock, and
while there drank three quarts of
whiskey. Later, at Miller's store
they drank more whiskey, which was
given them by Miller. They started
back to Charlotte about midnight
Tuesday night, arriving at the camp
in about three hours. The next morn-ing
Private Meneke was found dead
in his tent by his comrades. The
cause of death was given as alcohol-ism.
The death of Meneke was investi-gated
by military authorities at Camp
Qreene. and then Miller was indicted
in the Federal count, the warrant be-ing
signed by J. S. Sturgill. secret
service agent.
GEORGE W. WATTS,
OF DURHAM, MARRIED.
Durham. Oct. 26.—George W.
Watts, multi-millionaire and Dur-ham's
weslthiest cltteen. was mar-ried
to Miss Sarah V. Ecker at noon
today in Syracuse. New York. The
arrangements for the nuptial cere-mony
were secretly executed, only
the closest friends of the contract-ing
parties having knowledge of the
wedding day. This brief telegram
from John Sprunt Hill to his brother.
I. F. Hill, told of the noon-day wed-ding
vows:
"Mr. Watts was married at noon
today to "our old friends, Miss Sarah
V. Ecker. Annie and I return to
New York tonight."
The bride is a trained nurse from
Johns Hopkins hospital, and is a
member of a well-known New York
itate family. Her acquaintance with
the distinguished Durham citizen was
formed some years ago when she
spent several months in the home of
Mr. Watts nursing the sick. Al-though
she has been residing in Bal-timore,
for several years, she is a
.nember of a Syracuse family. The
wedding ceremony was performed in
Syracuse at the residenc3 of her mar-ried
sister. Mrs. Watts is tall, grace-ful
and possessing many charming
qualities.
VCML90—HO. 06
ERFUL DRIVE—GERMANS GET
BEST OF ITALIANS.
Paris, Oct. 27.—-Another powerful
drive by the French troops today on
the Ypres-Olxmude road resulted in
the capture of several villages and a
great number of fortified farms, ac- tlons throughout the nation rounded
cording to tonight's announcement
by the war office. An additional ad-vance
was made along the Alsne
front, including the occupation of
Froldmont farm.
Italy's Mettle Tested.
Italy's mettle is being critically
tested by the tremendous teutonic
drive under command of Emperor
Charles, of Austria, on the Ieonzo
front, with what seems virtually the
entire Austrian array and strong Ger-man
forces.
From the first blow. General Ca-dorna's
second army has suffered a
serious shock and Berlin claims the
defeat of this section of the Italian
forces from which it announces the
capture of no less than 60,000 men
and 450 guns.
These grave losses seem to bear
out the German claim as to the fate
of this Italian army, but apparently
the crucial hour has not yet come
which will determine whether the
Austro-German host can be held at
the mountain passes and prevented
from overflowing into the plains of
Venecia.
Semi-official utterances-reveal that
all possible preparations have been
made in Rome to meet the great
emergency. Each day. however, sees
the Invading armies making addi-tional
headway. Commanding Ital-ian
heights along the border east
and northeast of Tolmino are begin-ning
to fall, while Berlin claims that
virtually the entire Italian Isonzo
front has shaken. From the western
front the most important news of
American troops in the first line
trenches alongside French infantry-men,
and of' 4meiHcun artillery witb,
French batteries sending the first
American aimed shots of the war at
German lines. These troops have not
taken over the quiet sector in which
they are stationed but are under
French direction. The first state-ment
issued from American head-quarters
in France reported the men
adapting themselves most satisfac-torily.
The British in Flanders were en-gaged
Saturday in making secure the
positions they won Friday, the most
important of which was that on the
Bellevue spur, west of Paaschendae-lem,
a valuable dominating ridge
brilliantly taken and held by the
Canadians in hard fighting.
State Prison Warden Convicted and
Fined.
Raleigh, Oct. 25.—The Wake Su-perior
court jury this afternoon re-turned
a verdict of guilty against
Warden Busbee. of the state's pris-on,
in the case charging him with
the unnecessarily brutal whipping of
N. W. Smith, a former convict. The
trial required two days. Judge Lyon
imposed a fine of $100. Busbee ap-pealed.
Teddy's Friends Working.
Washington, Oct. 26.—That it is
a new campaign by friends of Colo-nel
Roosevelt to obtain for him com-mand
of a division in France is the
general interpretation here of a
movement to secure his appointment
as chief recruiting officer in New
England. Governor McCall, of Mas-sachusetts,
was to put the latter pro-ject
before Secretary of War Baker
today.
Escaped Germans Recaptured.
Atlanta, Ga., Oct. 26.—Six of the
10 German prisoners who escaped
from the alien enemy detention camp
at Fort McPherson Tuesday night,
were captured"'toflajr by agents of *he
department of Justice. Five were
taken at Surrency, Ga.. and the sixth,
Johann Adelhardt, a non-commto.Um- "*■-. °.f landing
ed officer, was arrested here. exfedltionary force,.
Smaller Coins Driven Out.
Chicago, Oct. 26.—Pennies and
subsidiary silver coins are scarce, not
only in Chicago, but elsewhere, ac-cording
to Robert I. Hunt, in charge
of the subtreasury here. Increase in
business throughout the country is
given as the reason. The subtreas-ury
here has not received any pennies
from the mints since October 1, Mr.
Hunt said.
Subsidiary coinage in circulation
in the country has increased from
$67,982,801 in 1879 to $202,061,897
on October 1, 1916. The output this
year has been $16,551,-000, an in-crease
of more than 800 per cent
over the production to this date last
year.
Mr. Hunt aald the mints are work-ing
twenty-four hours a day in an ef-fort
to keep up with the demand.
Robeson Farmers Prosperous.
Lumberton, Oct. 26.—It is well
with the farmers of Robeson county.
While the cotton crop is only around
60 per cent of a normal crop, the
high prices are making up the defic-iency.
Many of the farmers raised
tobacco this year and received un-heard-
of prices for the "weed." The
corn crop' is good and most of the
farmers will have meat and corn to
last them through next year.
ED UP SATURDAY, MAKING TO-TAL
OVER $0,000,000,000.
Washington, Oct. 27.—The Liberty
Loan apparently has passed the $5,-
000,000,000 nna>k. '.
A last day drive of titanic propor-up
more than $1,000,000,000 and
was believed td have carried the to-tal
several hundred million dollars
beyond the maximum sum treasury
officials had honed for.
Federal reserve banks were strug-gling
tonight igider an avalanche of
last minute alfcscrrptlons to form
some idea of toe grand total. Indi-cations
are that they will not com-plete
their tabulations for several
days.
At least j 8,000,000 persons
throughout the country wrote their
names on application blanks. Ho-w
many more did so will not be known
until the final count, several days
hence. The number may go a3 high
as 10,000.000.
Each of tha^welve district*; ap-peared
to hav« passed its minimum
and indication)) were that most of
them had exceeded the maximum as
well.
MERGER OF ^UTHERAN
CHURCHES NEARER.
Philadelphia Oct. 26—Amalgama-tion
of the thtee great bodies of the
Lutheran church was brought a step
nearer today by the action of the
general council of the Evangelical
Lutheran churches, in session here..
The council unanimous'.}- approved
the proposed merger of the general
council, the general synod and the
united synod of the south into one
body to be called the United Luth-eran
church in America.
The general synod endorsed the
proposed union last June and dele-gates
from tttn^aauthern body today
predicted" "-ffiffimous approval by
their synod when it meets in Novem-ber
to consider the proposal. Should
the action of the United Synod of the
South be favorable, the proposal then
would have to be submitted to the
24 local synods throughout the coun-try'.
A two-thirds vote of these local
bodies is necessary for adoption.
Many of the local synods have al-ready
endorsed the merger.
GERMAN PEOPLE FACE A ,
WINTER OF SACRIFICES.
Copenhagen, Oct. 26.—Some of the
prospects which the German people
are called upon to face the earning
winter are officially announced in to-day's
German newspapers, as fol-lows:
There is only enough shoe leather
for the use of miners, fishermen, ca-nal
workers and a few allied trades.
'te manufacture of leather footwear
for the rest of the population will
>oon be suspended. They will have
to get along with wooden soles and
cloth uppers.
There is a big shortage in vege-tables
and no hope of any material
improvement in the fresh vegetable
supply. The turnip must again be
one of the main stays of German diet
this winter although to a less- de-gree
than last year.
The fuel problem has not been
solved, despite all the efforts made
for its solution, and the city popu-lations
may expect to notice the re-sults
of this fact keenly from time
to time. The coal commissioner
prophesies that the pinch wil! be felt
here and there within the next few
days.
The railway administration of
Saxony announced that railway-travel
will not be allowed withou-special
permission.
Finally, after the fashion plates
for winter are out the government
has decreed that women's skirts
must be made with a reduced amount
>f material, which will necessitate
their being made both shorter and
tighter.
BELIEF FROM SHORTAGE
OF SUGAR IS PROMISED.
VESSELS ARE TO BE
CHARTERED TO ITALY.
Washington. Oct. 26.—The ship-ping
board agreed today to charter
to the Italian government approxi-mately
25 American commandeered
steel ships, of an aggregate of 100.-
000 dead weight tons to relieve
Italy's shortage of shipping to trans-port
vitally needed supplies.
This action was announced late to-day
by Chairman Burley. of the
board. Great Britain has been sup-plying
France and Italy with ship-ping
to meet its emergency needs,
but cannot continue to do so in view
of increasing British requirements.
Italy has strongly represented its
great need and she gets five more
ships than were allotted to the
French government a few days ago.
Part of the ships chartered will be
old and part new and some may be
taken from those • on the way from
the Great Lakes to the ocean. They
will be used between the United
Stats and Italian ports.
Germans Were Astonished.
Washington, Oct. 26.—The pres-ence
of American troops in France
?aused great astonishment to the
crews of the Zeppelins L-40 and L-50
brought down by the French last
Saturday while returning from a raid
on England. Official dispatcher to
tli» state department said the pris-oo
»re declared that not one of theni
l-aew of the landing of any Americas
Auction Fur Sales Total $2,500,000.
New York, Oct. 26.—Sales of furs
at advances of from 5 to 75 per cent
over spring prices during the five
days of the annual fall auction sale,
which closed here today, totaled $2,-
500,000, it was announced.
Ninety thousand skunk skins were
sold today at prices which reached as
high as $4.50 each. There was a
sharp advance In the price of wolf
skins, some of which sold as high
as $16.50. Black house cats, which
will be used in fur hats, brought the
record prices of 74 cents each.
Washington. Oct. 26.—Prompt re-lief
from the prevailing sugar short-age
in the east was seen here today
in the food administration's an-nouncement
that 200,000,000 pounds
of Louisiana cane sugar had been
j^rcha»ed_ by the American ^Sngar
Refining Company "and 'wtrfhVtrshs-ported
to refineries in' New York,
Boston and Philadelphia. Sufficient
tonnage to assure rapid movement of
the crop already has been procured
and the first cargo will clear from
New Orleans next week.
The refineries purchased the Lou-isiana
holdings at a price approxi-mating
6 1-2 cents a pound. Add-ing
transportation and refining costs
it is estimated that the product will
be placed on the market at 8.35
cents a pound on the eastern sea-board.
This figure will gradually
decline, it is believed, to 7 1-4 cents
by the first of the year.
Hawaii Doing Her Part.
Washington. Oct. 26.—Provost
Marshal General Crowder has re-ceived
a telegraphic report from
Governor Pinkham. of Hawaii, re-porting
preparations for carrying out
the selective service act completed
and recommended November 5 for
drawing the numbers. The total
registration, it is said, is 26.37S of
which only 8.076 are citizens or dec-larants.
Hawaii already has furnished by-voluntary
enlistment nearly twice her
gross quota and is not required to
furnish men under the present draft
but the governor states there is a
steady popular demand for a full ter-ritorial
representation in the nation-al
army.
Snowstorm. Visits County of Watauga
Boone, Oct. 25.—The first snow-storm
of the season began Tuesday
and on Wednesday was still raging
over the county with a fury truly
wintry. Within a very few hours
the mercury fell from almost spring-like
weather to winter temperature.
It want as low as 18 to 20. This is
unusually early for so cold weather.
Got the Porkethook.
Kinston. Oct. 26.—Jack White-hurst,
a strapping young six-footer
* ho went from here to the Great
Lakes a few months ago to enter the
coast guard ^rvice. recently recover-ed
a pocketbook containing Jill
dropped overboard by a woman, says
a Cleveland, Ohio, newspaper ac-count.
The loser appealed tr, the
captain of the Fairport station.
"Whitehurst, one of the crew, went
after the pocketbook by a fine exhi-bition
of Jiving and finally Iseated it
under t-ie bridge in 12 feet of water "
Wnitenurst is from North Carolina
coast stock, which has produced the
finest lifesavers in the world.
BRAZIL HAS DECLARED 111
CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES BY AN
ALMOST UNANIMOUS VOTE DE-CLARES
MAR ON GERMAN!-.
Rio Janeiro, Oct. 26.—The cham-ber
of deputies today, by an almost
unanimous vote, declared th«t a state
of war existed between Germany aad
Brazil. The vote was 149 to 1.
The tribunes of the chamber were
filled to capacity. After a debate on
the opportuneness of proclaiming
martial law, the president of the dip-lomatic
commission spoke in favor
of a law worded as Tallows:
"A state of war between Brazil aad
Germany is hereby aeknwledged and
proclaimed. The president of the re-public
:s authorized to adopt the
measures enunciated in hie messigu
of the 25t'i of October, and to take
all steps tending to ensure national
defense and public security."
The virtually unanimous vote of
the deputies was received with gen-eral
acclamation.
President Braz has sanctioned the
proclamation of B state of war with
tjerraany.
According lo the new»pnpers. tor-pedo
boat destroyers have mealffrd
orders to proceed to Bahl.i and take
possession of the Gerraati gunboat
Boer, which has been lyin : there for
some time.
REYNOLDS TOBACCO CO.
TO DOUBLE ITS CAPITAL.
Winston-Salem, Oct. 26.—A meet-ing
of the stockholders of the R. J.
Reynolds Tobacco Company will be
held in the offices of the company in
this city en November 1. to vote on
the proposition to double the com-pany's
capital from $20,000,000 to
$40,000,000.
President R. J. Reynolds, ia call-ing
attention of the stockholders to
the proposed meetfng, in a letter
says: "To meet the demands of (he
rapidly Increasing business of this
eejSjaajJfci board, of directors, hare
deemed it adrisaiWo -toincrease the
authorised capital stock and to make
provision for the issuance as and
when needed.
"You are familiar with the splen-did
showing made by the company
last year*. A very substantial in-crease
is being shown this year with
a corresponding increase in profits.
We believe that you are pleased with
and appreciate the efforts of tha
management in bringing about the
results stated."
Bonds Good For Taxes.
Washington, Oct. 26.—'Liberty
bonds may be utilized in lieu of sur-ety
bonds as security for the pay-ment
of floor taxes to the government
under the revenue act, the treasury
department announced tonight,
where tuUy paid CM by subscribers.
POSITION OF RUSSIAN
FORCES IS IMPROVING.
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Petrograd, Oct. 26.—In connection
with the official reports that the Ger-mans
are withdrawing some 20 versts
to new lines on the Riga front. Gen-eral
Teheremissoff, commander of
the armies of the northern front, has
reported to the government that the
position of the Russian forces is im-proving.
He said they had ir.inaged
to prevent a furtheradvanc» and had
secured the safety of all ways of en-trance
to Petrograd. The armies ap-parently
had "awakened to conscious-ness,"
he added.
As a result of the .German with-drawal,
apparently- for the purpose of
straightening the line for winter per-manency,
it is understood the provis-ional
government has changed its
views that the capital should be re-moved
to Moscow immediately and
that it will now proceed very slowly
with the removal program.
Cold Wave Coming.
Washington. Oct. 27.—Next week
• cold wave will sweep the country,
the weather bureau forecasted today.
Snow in the Great Lakes region,
plains states and upper Mississippi
valley and Rocky Mountain plateau
region was predicted. General fair
weather will prevail on the Atlantic
seaboard until Wednesday, but low-er
temperatures will come the last
half of the week. The cold will set
in Monday around the Great Lakes.
with snow about Wednesday and
again at the week-end.
OP"*** Korrts Buys a Bond.
Raleigh, Oct. 26—L. J, tforrta,
•tiring a term of 20 years In the
State prison for murder in the second
degree, probably has the distinction
«f hetog the only convict In th#
Patted, states who has purchased a
liberty loan, bond wKh money earn-ed
inside the prteoi walls.
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