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The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-10-08
VOL. XLVIII
MEN FOR MILITARY DUTY
so Men Selected This Morning by
Robson Council Of Defense
Will be Mustered Into Service
October 16.

Members of the Robson council
of defense met in the commissioners
room in the court house this morning
at 1890 and selected so Robson coun-
ty men for military duty in Robe
son under the provisions of the Gov
ernor's proclamation calling forth s.
900 of the unorganized militia of the
State for military duty.
The men selected are: .--
C.. V. Brown, Lumberton.
]. S. McNeill, Lumberton.
w. P. McAllister, Lumberton.
T. A. McNeill, Jr., Lumberton.
E. L. Hamilton, Lumberton.
J. A. Sharpe, Lumberton.
Alf H. Mcleod, Lumberton.
Wade Lamb, Lumberton, R. F. D.
D. D. McLaurin, Rowland.
A. T. Mclean, Lumberton.
C. D. Smith, Rowland.
John Smith, Attention.
Frank A. Wishart, Lumberton.
L. B. Townsend, Lumberton.
T. S. Greyard, Mcdonald.
w. o. Bennett, Maxton.
j. P. Virgins, Maxton.
DR.. ]. o. McLelland, Maxton.
S. H. McKinnon, Maxton.
C. w. Henderson, Maxton.
VIM. Currie, Rowland.
Murdock Mclean, Maxton.
Marvin V. Floyd Fairmont.
w. T. Sledge, Fairmont.
J. T. Hamilton, Marietta.
c. K. Morgan, Marietta.
c. w. Macarthur, Rowland, R. F. D.
c. w. Walters, Barnesville.
Frank Shepard, Orrum, n. c.
J. B. Humphrey, Red Springs.
w. A. Bullock, Red Springs.
6. E. Lenard, Red Springs.
II. 3. Ashley, Jr., Red Springs.
Jesse McCallum, Lumberton.
Fulton Watson, Red Springs.
N. A. Smith, Red Springs.
J. A. McGeachy, st. Pauls.
L. McInnis, st. Paul.
J. A. johnson, st. Paul.
Chas. Cardell, ST. Paul.
J. C. Lindsay, ST. Paul.
C. H. Howard, ST. Paul.
l.. H. Townsend, ST. Paul.
DR.. D. S. Currie, Parkton.
Mai. J. B. Malloy, Parkton.
P. H. Fisher, Parkton.
A. Z. Council, Parkton, R. F. D.
Oscar Currie. Shannon.
Robert Monroe, Lumber Bridge.
E. X. Campbell, Parkton.
The county board of defense is COM
posed of H.. E. Stacy of Lumberton
chairman, Maj. A. J. McKinnon OF
Maxton, A. R. McEachern of ST. Paul
DIR. j. L. Mcmillan of Red Springs
J. B. Mccormick of Parkton, A. E
White of Lumberton and j. S. Oliver
of Marietta.
At the meeting today Maj. A. J: Nc
Kinnon was elected secretary and Mr.
A w. Mclean was elected chairman
of the Robson county Liberty Loa1
committee.
The men selected will be called tt
meet in the court house here Tuesday
October 16, at 1880 a. m. at which
time they will be mustered into ser
vice by Mr.. Stacy, who is mastering
officer by virtue of his office as chair
man of the board.
The men selected will compose th'
Twenty-first company, North Caro-
lima Reserve militia, with home sta
tion at Lumberton. The Federal gov
eminent will supply the arms will
which the company will be equipped
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-10-08

The Freeman Printing Go. in
stalled Saturday a new Chandler e.
Price job press.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-10-08
Uruguay Sewers Relations With
Germany-Peru Orders Minis
ter Home.

Germany-Peru Orders Minis
ter Home.
Montevideo Dispatch, Oct. 7.
Uruguay has severed diplomatic re-
latons with Germany. A preslden-
tial decree announced the rupture
following a vote in favor of it by the
Chamber of Deputies, IA to %. The
German minister has been sent his
passports. The vote in the chamber
was taken at 2 o'clock this morning.
President Viera in his message to
the parliament declared that the Uru-
guayan government had not recelv-
ed any direct offense from Germany,
but that it was necessary to espouse
the cause of defenders of justice, de-
mocracy and small nationalities.
Lima, Peru, Dispatch, Oct. z.
The Peruvian government, which
yesterday handed his passports to the
German minister, today ordered the
Peruvian minister to German, A.
Won der Heyde, to leave Berlin. The
government also ordered the with
drawal of all Peruvian consuls in Ger
many.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-12-01
PRESIDENT TO URGE
WAR LEGISLATION
Expected to Inform Congress
of Necessity for Vigor-
GUS Measures.

President Wilson believes Congress
should confne itself almost entirely at
the coming session to legislation for the
vigorous prosecution of the war. He is
expected to tell Congress so in his open
ing address, which will be delivered in
the hall Of the House at 1890 o'clock
Tuesday. All arrangements were made
today by the White House with Speaker
Clark and Vice President Marshall for
the joint session at that hour.
The President continued, at work on
his address today, transcribing his
notes into finished form, but the ad-
dress still will be kept open until the
last minute. He has asked all the cab
on possible legislation which they con-
slider vitality necessary for the sue
cessful prosecution of the war. and it
is expected the President will outline
their recommendations rather fully
with his own in his address.
Program Under Discussion.
At informal conferences among con-
eressmen To-Day the proba Bile Legislative
program was discussed. The usual ap-
preparation bills. some already in proc
ess of formation; fiscal legislation. in
cluding new bond authorizations and
revenue measures, and transportation
and other domestic problems are re-
garded as constituting the session s
work: expected to continue for many
months.
Prohibition and woman suffrage con-
stitutional amendments will be pressed
early in the session.
Little business except to receive Pres
ident wilson's address is planned dur
ing the first week of the session, Com
mittees of both bodies expect to meet
after delivery Of the address and form.
ally frame the immediate program.
will be deferred for several months
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-12-01
PLANS TO ISSUE SHORTLY
FAIR PRICE LIST FOR D. C.
Wilson Intrusts
First Task to Recently Named
Advisory Committee.

Clarence r. Wilson, federal food ad-
ministrator for the District of Column
bia, plans to begin shortly publication
of a fair price list" for the National
Capital. 1t will appear daily in The
Star and will be changed at frequent
intervals as market conditions change
and new items are added. The list
will show the price which the retailer
pays for foodstuffs at wholesale and
the fair average price" to the con-
sumer.
Preparation of this list will be one
of the first tasks intrusted by Mr.. Will
son to the advisory committee. which
he named yesterday, and which will
hold its initial meeting Wednesday.
On this committee are wholesale and
latter housewives. including two promi-
nents tsclubwomen. two the wives of
wfffe wage earners ana one colored
woman.
Though the food administrator has no
authority to fix retail prices, it is believed
publication OF the price list will be an ef-
fective preventive of extortion. The re-
should prevail under average conditions.
Where articles are paidA for in cash and
carried homo prices should be lower than
those quoted in the lists. Where the
purchaser asks unusual service, such as
long credits and frequent delivery of
small parcels. the extra service will have
to be aid for in rices higher than
to accomplish Is to prevent overchargins
by retailers who take advantage of the
consumers lack of knowledge of the fair
ness of prices asked.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-12-01
GRA1|F|ED
AT JAPAN'S MESSAGE

President Wilson has sent to Emperor
3oshihito of Japan his appreciation of
the visit of Viscount Ishii and saying that
its result would be as happy and as perma-
ne4t as the enduring friendship of the
peoples of the two countries. Following is
the text Of the message:
Your majesty's cordial message. is
most gratifying to me and the peo-
pie OF the United States. I wish to
express to your majesty the heart
felt pleasure we have had in well
coming your distinguished repre-
sentative, Viscount Ishii The result
of his visit will be as happy and as
permanent as the enduring friend
ship Of the peoples of the United
States of America and Japan. Per-
met me to hope that Viscount Ishii
in returning to his native land will
bear with him memories of his visit
as delightful as those he left with
u.s."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-12-01
FOR DISOBEDIENCE AT SEA.
Federal Court Upholds Court-Mar-
tial Sentence of Civilian.

INV YORK. December IA sentence
of five years at hard labor imposed by
a military court-martial on Charles E.
Gerlach, former second officer of a gov
ernment steamship. for disobedience at
sea, has been upheld by Judge Hand in
the federal district court. A writ of
habeas corpus, in which it was argued
that Gerlach as a civilian was not
amenable to military law, was dis
missed.
Gerlach was returning to the United
States as a passenger on an Army
transport, having been transferred from
the vessel on which he left this coun-
try. He volunteered to serve as look
out for submarines and several hours
after he had done his watch, he was
again ordered to the bridge for another
tour of duty. Gerlach refused on the
ground that he was a civilian and a
on the transport. He was
charged with violation of the second
article of war, tried and convicted.
Since October II he has been serving
his sentence at Governors Island.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-12-01
TWO BAKERS LOWER PRICE
OF POUND LOAF TODAY
Eight Cents to Consumer Is New
Price-Another Firm to Fol-
low Monday.

A lower scale Of prices for bread was
announced by two Washington bakeries
today.
Following the adoption of suggestions
outlined by the United States Food Ad-
ministration relative to the making OF
bread at less expense than formerly.
the Corby Baking Company and the
Havenner Baking Company today an
nounced they will place on sale one
pound loaves for cents to the trade.
This will result in the sale of bread
to consumers at s cents loaf. The
former price was a dime. The Holmes
modern bakery also announced that be-
ginning December 1t would sell pound
loaves to the households for s cents
each. TX -s - =t.-s
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-12-01
Senator Chamberlain for
a Peace That Germany
Asks on Bonded Knee

ANY one who talks about peace that
Germany does not ask for on bend.d
knee is very foolish" said Senator
Chamberlain, chairman Of the military
affairs committee of the Senate. com.
mentins upon the recent proposals of
the Marquis Of Lansdowne. which have
set England by the ears.
Amy other kind of peace would not
last" said Senator Chamberlain. 2Ger-
many must be beaten" He added Ghat
he looked for the war to last same
time longer. and that the United States
must be prepared to go through With
it to a finish
AS for war legislation at the comiH9
session OF Congress-. Senator ChambeT
lain said he did not look for any yerI
vital or material changes in the measl
ures passed at the last session.
Calls Draft Law Great Success.
"The draft law has proved a ~r..,
success" he said. Even the men W.
opposed 1t while it was in the makino
admit its success today I think thar
the country realizes the benefit Of such
| q law.
"I shall do all I can to have the uni.
versal military training bill reported
out by the military affairs COMMITTEES
at this session and to put it through
The men now In training under The
draft law cannot fail to recognise the
| benefits of military training and I be.
lieve that they will be q vast army
which will support universal military
training in the days to come. The bene-
ft to the young men Of the country
themselves as well as to the country
will be very great
senator >chamberllin said that he
himself believed the United States
1ccntfnaed on sScoad Fa915
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-12-01
SENATOR WILL PRESS
DISTRICT SUFFRAGE BILL

Senator Chamberlain of Oregon,
author of Joint resolution proposing
an amendment to the Constitution SC
that the people of the District of Co
lumbia may elect senators and repre-
sentatives and may vote for President
and Vice President, said today that he
intended to press it for passage at the
coming session Of Congress as earnestly
as he knew how.
1.-THE people of the District are en-
titled to this right" said Senator
This view of the aues-
tion is becoming more widely spread
all the time in Congress. I am sure
that none of the states would oppose
His resolution is now before the
Senate District committee. and Senator
will ask that committee
to report it favorably to the Senate.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-12-01
British Save Most
of Their Men and Guns:
Push Counter Attacks

By the Associated Press
BRITISH H r A . GU UART e r 8 IN
FRANCE. December LIN their opera
tions in the Cambria region yesterday
the Germans began a turning move
nept but the British were able to pull
hack most of their troops and guns 81
the first attack and save them from
heine caught. The British blew up Q
certain number OF guns.
So far as could be ascertained this
morning no British guns were captured
by the Germans.
The German casualties yesteeday
were exceedingly large. The British
probably lost a considerable number
of men.
the enemy gave the British an unoom-
Portable hour or two yesterday. but the
situation this morning Is not one to
cause particular uneasiness.
Some scattered British in the front
line may have fallen into the hands OF
the Germans, but most OF the troops
are reported to have been withdraw
safely. Some ground has been lost, but
unless unforeseen events arise the Ger
man plans have been frustrated, with
the infiiction Of serious losses on them.
Fighting IL still proceeding today.
The British are continuing their count
er attacks.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-12-01
ASKS FOR A HOUSING HEAD.
National Association Urges Presi.
dent to Name Man for Prohlem

NEW YORK. December 1.-Appoint-
ment Of a housing administrator
who would hold with reference to war
time housing problems the same posi-
tion which Herbert Hoover holds with
reference to food conservation. is
recommended to President Wilson in
a letter which it was announced today
has been forwarded to him by the Ma
tional Housing Association. Appropria-
ton of government funds to house
munition workers Is urged as a war
time necessity.
Seventy-one American cities suffer
from house shortage. the association's g
records indicate. making the problem a
national one. Bridgeport, Conn, and
Sparrows Point, Nd, are particularly
mentioned in this connection.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-12-01
Ph otographs o $
of WASHINGTON
and the War

In the Pictorial Section Of Tho
SUNDAY Star You VIII Find Photo.
oraphs Of Interest Not Only Be-
cause They Are Artisticaiiy Print
ed, But Also Because They Are
: Pictures Of People, Scenes and
Events In Washington and Of the
Happenings "over There" Here
Find Tomorrow:
NEAR WASHlNGTON-A full page
Of remarkably Interesting photo
araphs depicting wartime activities
on the very threshold OF the city.
y y 4 =
FROM ACROSS THE SEAs-A
pace Of war pictures Including one
Of a qondola attached to the Ger
man Zeppelin recently captured In
France; one Of the way In which
Venice 10 protecting her art treas
ures against possible German tnva-
sIon, and one Of French soldier
at the front with his pets, a cat
and a bird.
+ = Il q
IN AND NEAR THE cITY-A
full page, Including splendid pic
lures Of Secretary McAdoo, Frank
A. VanderIip and tho committee
and workers for the new war saw
Ines certificates.
+ y y y
WAR PICTURES-Amon the
ones on this page may be mentioned
that OF a typical scene In the
the French aviator who brought
down a great German Zeppelin.
u r. = y
D. C. POLICE IN FIRST.AID
DRILL.
LITTLE ONES AT WORK AT
MoNTEssoRi DEMONSTRATION
SCHOOL,
RECREATION FOR OUR SOL.
DER BOYS IN THE CAMPS-A
full page showing lots Of soldiers
and lots Of girls having a good time
In and near Washington.
4 4 = =
THE DEATH TRAP BETWEEN
WASHINGTON AND eALTI.
MORE.
OLD FRIENDS AT THE zoo.
ss q Ne 4
MAKING BIG GUNS FOR UNCLE
SAM.
In the
Planogravure Section
Of The
Sunday Star:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-12-01
OvERSUBSCRIBES ITS LOAN.
Canada Passes $500, ,000, 900 Mark
in Campaign Just Ending.

TORONTO. December Canada has
oversubscribed its three hundred mil
lion-dollar victory loan by almost
900, according to the official an
nouncement This total does not in
clude final reports from some provinces,
and with one day to go officials are con-
fdent that $350.000,000 will be reached.
Ontario subscribed $164.437,3o0. A tre-
mendous drive today is expected to
bring this amount somewhere near
$500, 100000. Toronto accounted for
S63 OILS. $50,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-12-01
STATUE TO FIRST q. S. KILLED.
Col. S, R. Chew Of Crawford County,
Arkansas, Makes Personal Gift.

FORT SMITH, Ark, December IA
simple granite monolith. four feet high
on a two-foot pedestal. has been placed in
the Crawford county courthouse square
.t Van Buren,, as the personal gift of Col.
sam r. Chew. in memory of the first
American boys killed In action In France.
It bears this inscription:
ITO the memory Of Earle d. May.
Thomas Enright and Thomas Gresham.
They were the first members Of the ex-
forces Of the United States in
France to die that we might live. Strick-
en- on the field Of glory. November 8.
1911"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-12-01
Americans in Casualty List.

OTTAWA. Ont. December 3-The
following American names appear in
today's Canadian casualty list: Killed
in action. E. Edwards. San Francisco,
Cal: J. Lusier, Brooks. MINI. Missing,
F. Goldhus. Detroit, Mich. Wounded.
v. Hazel. Hoquiam. Wash; G. S. Tomp-
kins. Chicago, ILL.,; r. A. Fleck. South
Branch. Col.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-12-01
S|XTy-0NE ENTER
NOT GUILTY PLEAS
Cases of Bringing Packages OF
Liquor Into District Be-
fore Police Court.
EIGHT DEMAND HEARING

Fifty-three of the sixty-one persons
arrested on a charge Of carrying un-
labeled packages of alcoholic liquors
in interstate commerce as they came
into Washington Tuesday night on
electric cars from Baltimore pleaded
not guilty in the United States branch
of the Police Court today and were
held in $500 bond for the grand jury
without preliminary hearing.
The remaining eight also entered
pleas of not guilty, but demanded
preliminary hearing. which Judge Pugh
set for Monday, December 10. Five OF
those who asked for a hearing were
represented by Attorney Robert I. Mil
ler, who made a test motion yesterday
that one of his cases be Quashed on
the ground that the Police Court is
without jurisdiction to handle the
cases.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-12-01
sLeipziger, Noted Lecturer, Dies.

NEW YORK, December /. - Henry
Marcus Leipziger. lecturer and educa-
tor. died here today. aged sixty-three
years. Since 1890 he had been super
visor of lecturers Of the board OF edu-
cation here and was noted as a lee
turer on educational and ethical topics.
He was vice president Of the American
scenic and Historic Preservation So
ciety. Mr.. Leipziger was born in Eng
land
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-12-01
Boy Scouts Liberty Loan Record

NEW YORK, December 1-Certified
figures issued here today regarding the
Boy Scouts Of America campaign on
behalf Of the second liberty loan show
that the boys obtained 525,527 sub
scriptions, totalling $1O1, ,133, 800. In
the first campaign about $23,O0O,O0O
was raised.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-12-01
Germany Not Planning
to Make Huge Claims,
Says Won KuehImanr

By the Associated Press.
LONDON, December 1.-The German
foreign secretary, DR.. Won Kuehlmann,
Is quoted in a Central News dispatch
from Amsterdam as saying it was ab-
surd to imagine Germany would enter a
peace conference With large claims.
Won Kuehlmann's speech.
AMSTERDAM. December 1.-During
yesterdays sitting of the reichstas
main committee DIR. Won Kuehlmann
made a speech in which he said:
Our eyes at the present moment are
turned toward the east, Russia has set
the world ablaze. The gang of bureau
Gratis and sycophants, rotten to the
core, overruling the weak and misguid-
ed. though probably well-meaning
autocrat. surreptitiously brought about
the mobilization of that country which
was the actual and Immediate cause
fell the world.
Reconstruction Desired.
Now. however. Russia has swept
aside the culprits and she is laboring
to find through an armistice and peace
an opportunity IOr ner internal recon-
struction. I need not supplement the
clear words in which the chancellor
yesterday stated the attitude of the
German government toward these aims.
Here again our policy will adhere to
the principle of firm but moderate
craftsmanship based upon facts.
The principles hitherto announced
to the world by the present rulers in
Petrograd appear to be entirely accept
able as basis for Reorganization of
affairs in the east-a reorganization
which, while fully taking into account
the right of nations to determine their
own destinies, is calculated permanent
ly to safeguard the essential interests
of the great neighooring nations. Ger
many and Russia
'I am profoundly satisfied that we
shall be able to pursue this course in
full agreement with our allies, and
take 1t, also, with the almost unani-
nous moral support of the representa-
tives of the German people here as
eembled, a fact which will give our
action necessary weight"
Austro-Hungarian View.
Rsferrtng to the ro-Hungariau
Eoyernuent's acceptance Of the Russian
06utinued On Second F17S.5
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-12-01
Brazilian Aviators to Join Allies.

RIO JANEIRO. December Brazil
Is soon to make her first contribution to
tho fghting forces of the allies. In
response to an invitation from the
British government that Brazilian ayi-
ators complete their course of instruo-
ton in England, twelve naval aviators
will leave here shortly for Europe,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-12-01
Sermons on tuberculosis Problem.

NEW YORK. December 1o.-War SER
mons on the tuberculosis problem are to
be preached in churches throughout the
country tomorrow and December ., II
was announced here today by the Ma
tional Association for the Study and Pre-
yention of Tuberculosis.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-12-01
Negro Soldier Verdict Reached.

SAN ANTONIO. Tex. December IA
verdict has been reached in the court
martial of the sixty-three negroes of
tho Gath Infantry charged with mur-
der. mutiny and rioting, az a result of
the uprising at Houston. August -
last. Tho verdict will be reviewed be-
fore being made public. !
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-12-01
U. 8. Engineers to Teach.
Unusual Demand for One.Cent Piece,

PHILADELPHIA December with
mn unprecedented demand for one-cent
pieces. the coinage Of the Philadelphia
mfpt in November was the largest of anv
single month in its history. In the eleven
monfhs Of the present year 1628s s1os
mort pennies were coined than during the
tWeI4e months of 1916.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-12-01
FIREMEN, ANSWERING
CALL, FORGET ENGINE;
HOUSE IS DESTROYED
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
CHARLES TOWN, W. Va, De-
cember 1.-Firemen who were
called upon for assistance in saw
ing the home of J. Edward Wilt
of Rippon from destruction by
fire responded to the call. but
failed to take any apparatus. and
the building burned down, caus-
ing loss of about $4,000. The
entire village was threatened
and a number of buildings ig-
nited, but the flames were extin-
guished by bucket brigades.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-12-01
Wool Merchants to Meet Monday.

BOSTON. December IA meeting of
wool raerchants to act on the report Of
. eonannittee recently appointed to formu-
late sofbae plan Of action relative to buying
the neSy South American wool clip viii
bsshsid there Monday