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The Robesonian., 1918-06-10
AMERICAN LOSSES 1915.
Exact Total of Casualties Since Land
ing of First American Forces In
France Last June.

Casualties among the American ex,
peditionary forces thus far reported
BY General Pershing including Sun I'm
DAYS list, total 1916, the war De-
nartment announced yesterday in max
ing public the first Of regular weekly
summaries of casualties. Deaths ~.
action and from wounds, disease, accl,
dents and all other causes numbered
1927 while 4yO46 men nave neeh
including men held prisoners in Ger
many. f.,
The departments recapitulation fol-
Killed in action (including 291 at
seal 1893; died Of wounds. 31oo;
died of disease, 1892; died OF accl,
dents and other causes, 392;. wounded
in action, 4,046; missing in action
(including prisoners) 342; total, 1915
The Robesonian., 1918-06-10
TO REPORT THIS MONTH.
Whites June "a and COlOred June 10
Called to Report For Mill
tary Duty.

Names of the men called by the To-
cal board of Robson exemption dis
trict No. to report for military duty
this month follow: ~
White Men Called to Report June "a.
Oscar M. Baxley, Lumberton, r. 5 :
Boyd Davis, Lumberton, R. 4; johnson
William Lane, Lumberton, R. l.; Ray
mond Hunt, Lumberton r. 1; John N.
Harden, Lumberton, r. l.; Duncan C!
Ratley, Fairmont; Claude E. Floyd,
Barnesville; Luther C. Chavis, Lum-
berton, R. II Robert Phillips, Lumber.
ton, R. 5; Hezekiah Miller, Fairmont;
Wilson Brooks, Lumberton, R. q;
Frank Lowery, Lumberton, r. q; Dave
Cox, Lumberton, R. 4; John S: Hill,
Marietta; Riley Locklear, Lurnberton,
R. 2; Isham Rause, Lumberton, R. 4;
Dargan Hardin Lumberton, R: =;
Alvah M. Simmons, Marietta; Nash
Locklear, Lumberton, r. l John L.
M'White, Lumberton, R. 4; Harley
Dayton Hardin, Fairmont; James E.
Dial, Lumberton, R. 1; Martin l.
| Lowery, Raynham; James Clarence
Collins, Fairmont; Claude Leroy Turn
er, Fairmont; Robert Brown Andrews
Fairmont; Henry A. Hunt, Raynham
Dougald Miller, Fairmont: Eldon C
Biggs, Lunlberton, R. 6; Preston
Floyd, Fairmont; Clark Raymond Ev;
ers, Lumberton, R. 5; Roy Z. Me
Phail, Lumberton, r. 2; Otto Pre-
watt, LunlEertor, R. F. D.; John Col
den Manning, Lumberton.
COlored Men Called to Report June 19
Roscoe Mitchell, McDonalds; Bel
Jones, Fairmont, R. 8; Sim Page
I Buffers Lumber Co., Boardman; Co!
|, Thompson, Fairmont, R. 3; 1saa
Pittman, Fairmont; Lester Mcneil
Buies, f. 2; Rufe jacobs, Hllsboro
Zeddie Robeson, Lumberton, R.. l
Cantney Williams, Marietta; Evan
der Humphrey, Badin; Roy Rhoades
Fairmont; Matthew Higgins, Con
!, way, S. c.; John Sherdon, Maxton
June Hayes, Maxton; Luther Page
1 1929 Poplar St., PHILADELPHIA, Penn
The Robesonian., 1918-06-10
TO REDUCE COST OF FOOD TO
THE CONSUMER.
Dealers Must Observe Fair Price
= Lists-Lists Will Be Published.

A countrywide move to reduce the
cost of food to the. consumer and
standardize methods Of compelling the
observance by dealers Of "fair price
lists" was ordered. Friday by Food
Administrator Hoover.
Lists vii be published in. every
county, town and city and consumers
will be asked to cooperate. with Of
ficials in forcing merchants to bring
their prices to uniform level.
If this can be accomplished a state
ment issued by the food administra-
ton says, the average buyer will not
only be protected but the patriotic
merchant who has followed the food
administration suggestion regard
ing prices will be protected against
the unscrupulous dealer who has at
tempted to take advantage OF the SIT
uation."
In carrying out the new Standard
zation plan the administration Will
establish price interpreting COMMITTEES
composed Of representatives OF whole
salers, retailers and consumers. the
board will determine fair retail prices
on basis commodities that comprise
large part of the nations diet.
The published lists will give the
range of maximum selling prices
showing a reasonable price which will
reflect the prices that should obtain
in "Cash and carry" stores and high
er prices representing fair price fol
the "credit and delivery" stores.
The local administrator for each 10.
cality will act as chairman OF the
price board.
The Robesonian., 1918-06-10
ALL CASES NOLPROSSED.
Trial of Men Indicted For Flowing
Into Roads Results in Blank
Road Superintendent Wishart
Throws Up His Hands and Says He
Will Indict No More Men For That
Offense.

Calvin Moore and Jesse Fillmore,
both colored, Jesse Nichols, Joe Black
man, Weldon Lovett, French Wilcox,
ChestOn and Andrew Branch and l. T.
Brown, the last-named chairman of
the county road board, were called be-
fore Recorder E. Nj: Britt Saturday
afternoon on the charge Of plowing|
into the public roads. Calvin Moore
and Jesse Fillmore were first tried
and found guilty, Judgment being sus-
pended upon payment Of the cost.
Porter Rockwell, colored, was next
tried on the charge Of throwing dirt
out Of a ditch into the road. Mr..
A. E. White represented Rockwell
He went on the stand and testified
that Rockwell threw the dirt into the
road at his (White's) request and that
he intended to place the dirt IN some
holes in the road. Mr.. White also
testified that he had had contract
with the road board up until a month
ago to keep the road repaired through
the White & Cough farm, and that
said contract had expired or been can
celled recently. Mr.. White cross-ex-
I amined the witnesses put on by the
State ard also argued the case before
! the recorder. He argued that the dirt
that was used by the travelling public
Solicitor w. Lennon argued that the
dirt was placed or the right-of-way
of the road Recorder Britt found
| Rockwell not guilty.
MIR. F. A. Wishart, county super
I interdent of roads, who swore out all
the warrants, did not like the deci-
sion of the court and neither did Soil
citor Lennon. Mr.. Wishart asked tire
solicitor to ask for mol pros in all
the cases, including those who had
been found guilty and taxed with the
cost. In asking for the nolpros the
solicitor declared that he could not
afford to take cost from the two ne.
groes found guilty and let Mr.
Whites negro go free" The recorder
granted the request Of the solicitor
and the cases were all nolprossed :.
Road Superintendent Wishart sale
he would never indict another man fo1
blowing into the roads and some WIZ
/, heard the proceedings were frank tt
say that the result of the hearne
Saturday would encourage farmers tt
pcW into the reads.
The Robesonian., 1918-06-10
Transport Raced With 2 U-Boats
And Reached Port.

The story of transports race up
the Atlantic coast, closely hugging
the coast with darkened light at night
and under full pressure Of steam
in order to .elude German U-boats, at
least of which gave chase, was told
at an Atlantic port Friday by men
on shore leave. The race lasted for
IL hours but the transport maintained
her lead, out of the reach of torpe-
DO, until American destroyers, COM
Ing to the rescue, were sighted, when
the U-boats dived and disappeared.
The Robesonian., 1918-06-10
ADDITIONAL TAX
NECESSARY
Board of Education Asks for Special
Levy of 10 Cents on Property and 80
Cents on Poll for Schools Meeting
Thursday to Consider Re-establish-
ing Farm-Life School.

ing Farm-Life School.
A called meeting of the county
hoard Of education will be held at
Fhiladelphus Thursday of this week
at p. m. to consider re-establishing
the farm-life school at that place.
1t will be recalled that a month ago
this school was ordered discontinued
at the request of the Phiiadelphus
high school trustees and people CT
that community, who thought the
school was interfering with their
high school
At their regular monthly meeting
last Monday the county school board
asked that the county commissioners
make TIE special tax levy for schools
10 cents on the S100 worth Of prop
erty and so cents on the poll, instead
OF s. ard Is cents, as heretofore. The
! commissioners at their meeting last
/ Mon3ay allowed the rate to remain
3 a-| Is cents. The matter comes up
again for consideration at a special
j meeting OF the county commissioners
] today. The estimate made by County
/ Superintendent j. R. Poole and ap-
proved by the board, of funds needed
fer 4-months' terms of kobeson .oun
ty schools for the year beginning July
|, and ending June 80, 1919, show thai
it will require an additional levy o,
10 and 80 cents, instead of 5 and l;
: cents, to raise sufficient revenue.
J.. Orders passed at a previous meet
I ing authorizing the county superin
; tendent to sell the school prcnert,
;. at Barkers and Ten Mile at oubli
, auction were rescinded and it wa
ordered that nire-tentEls of an acr
Of land at Barkers be sold 20 tn
. Barkers Methodist church for STE
> that one-fourth acre at Ten Mile b
! sold to the Ten Mile Baptist churc
: for $25 and the remainder of thi
|. lot be sold to Mr.. S. E. Britt for ex
!. change payment on new school lot.
: It was ordered that $50 be allowe
district 3, Britts, white, one-third pay
1nent on painting house.
The Robesonian., 1918-06-10
FARMERS UNION MEETING.

A meeting of the Robson division
Of the Farmers Union will be held
at Back Swamp Wednesday, June 10
The meeting will open at II a. m
All members are urged to attend.
F. GROVER BRITT,
Sec-Treas. Robeson Union.
The Robesonian., 1918-06-10

Mr.. w. Lennon delivered an ad-
lress before the Cumberland county
Baraca-Philathea convention at Cedar
Falls, Cumberland county, yesterday.
The Robesonian., 1918-06-10
Norwegian Ship Sunk Off Viz
ginia Capes.

The Norwegian steamer Vanland
was sunk by a German submarine %
miles off the Virginia capes June .,
the Navy Department announced Frl,
day night. The crew was rescued al ana
landed Friday at Cape May, N. ). The
ship was laden with cargo OF sugar
from Porto Rico to an Atlantic port.
The Washington times., 1918-10-17
MAY MEET IN JERSEY

NEWARK. N. J., Oct 1T.-Jack
Curley, who staged the Benny Leon
ard-Ted Kid Lewis eight-round bout
at Harrison, is angling for the Jack
Dempsey Battling Levinsky contest,
originally booked for the Olympia A
c., Philadelphia, and postponed by the
Influenza epidemic.
Curley plans to hold the bout on a
Saturday afternoon before the wealth
cr is too chilly, bill II like a circus,
and clean up a large sum.
The Washington times., 1918-10-17
LAUREL EXPECTED
TO RESUME RACES

While no official information Is
forthcoming from the Maryland State
Health Board there is persistent
talk that racing will be resumed at
Laurel on Saturday.
Evidence gathered on statistics on
the Spanish flu tend to show that
Maryland is checking the epidemic
and followers of the races maintain
that this is good enough proof that
the grand old sport will be allowed
to start up again.
Col Matt Win, manager af the
Laurel track. is expecting notice at
almost any time now that Laurel can
be reopened for the remainder Of It's
fall program.
None OF the stakes which were to
have been decided this week have
been declared off, according TO an
nouncements from the track.
The Washington times., 1918-10-17

The Middies win meet the Newport
Naval Reserves on October &c. the
Philadelphia Marines on November 2.
and the Great Lakes Naval Training
Station on November p3> all at An
napolis.
fSGreat Lakes has already beaten two
Western college teamc. Iowa and Illi-
nois, and seems to be one of the
strongest elevens IN the country.
However, Newport insists on tRckling
Great Lakes before shy gridiron title
Is decided. So far they have no game
scheduled, though talk is heard of
their meeting either at Chicago or
New York, with all receipts going to
war funds.
Opens With AIiddIebury.
Dartmouth's football eleven makes
its debut Saturday with the sturdy
little MiddIebury, Vt, college team for
an opponent The Green Mountain
boys are light and Inexperienced. but
they are also game and can take q
beating. Dartmouth will have to
show something.
On November Dartmouth and
Syracuse are scheduled for a clash on
a neutral field. probably at SPRING
field, Mass, q hotbed OF football en-
thusiasm. - .-.-
A week later the Hanoverians win
come down TO Philadelphia to tackle
the ouakers on Franklin Field. Last
year Penn defeated the New HHmp-
The Washington times., 1918-10-17

shire team at Fenway Park, Boston,
to 0, and the Dartmouth lads hope
to turn the tables at Philadelphia
The big contest with Brown will be
played at Boston, probably at Braves
Field, on November %. Dartmouth
and Brown got together last fall for
the FIRST time since 1906, the Bru-
nonians winning. Is TO o. Thus, the
Hanoverians have here another score
to wipe out this season.
Would Play November 20.
Columbia has reopened negotiations
with Cornell. The Morningside
Heights aggregation would have Cor
nell go TO New York for a game On
November so. It is unlikely that any
decision will be made until the
Ithacans have selected the date for
their contest with Pennsylvania.
Either November % or 80 is the date
Of the Penn-CorneIl contest, but
neither has been finally chosen as
yet
Amherst, which Is whipping to-
gether q strong S. A. 7. c. eleven, will
go to New York November and play
Columbia
Tillie Walker, PENIS 147-pound
center, has been shifted to end, the
coaches finding him too light for the
middle OF the rush line. Thus an
other good story dies a-borning.
The Washington times., 1918-10-17
Willard CAN HAVE
CHANCE TO SERVE

NEW YORK. Oct. II.-If he ls sin
cere about doing "all in his power
to assist the Red Cross" Jess VII
lard. worlds champion heavyweight.
will be given an opportunity to
prove II in a big boxing carnival AZ
Madison Square Garden during the
week of November HIS by meeting
Jack Dempsey. sunny Jim" Cot
froth, OF San Francisco, manager OF
several war fund benefit carnivals.
IS to handle New York's big show h.
and he will endeavor to hook no
Willard and Dempsey.
Coffroth's plans call for the sp-
pearance Of Benny Leona"i. w0r'"'s
| ghtweight champion; " ke iibb nsi
light heavyweight champion: Ted
Kid Lewis. welterweiEht titlehold-
er: Jack Dempsey, challenger for tho
heavyweight crown. ana Johnny XII
bane. the featherweight champion
The Washington times., 1918-10-17
"Jue9O de PclOta"
They Call 1t

The baseball fan has appeared
In Venezuela. There they call
our national pastime Hiuego de
peiota-" Pitcher Nuts, Of the
Borinquen Stars, the Porto Rican
baseball club. who recently Wis
tied Venezuela to play a three
game series, writes: People
there still go on afternoons to
see the toreador' give the deadly
thrust to the bull, but a greater
number attend the morning base
ball game, and their enthusiasm
at the juego de peIota' is intense
and continuous. They yell at the
players and at each other, con-
Vincing proof that the fan has
appeared in the South American
republic"
The Washington times., 1918-10-17
SOPP DIES OF FLU"

PHILADELPHIA, Oct. I7.-Ernest
w. Sopp, middle Atlantic swimming
champion, is dead here OF Spanish in.
nuenzia. He was twenty-four years
old, and Is survived by a widow, moth
er and sister. His widow and mother
are both dangerously i'll of the same
disease.
Sopp began his swimming career
six years ago and steadily progressed
until he held the titles for the 500
Yards indoor. half mile outdoor and
the 220-yard indoor for the middle AT
lantic A A. u district
The Washington times., 1918-10-17
BARRY IS COMING BACK
TO LEAD RED SOX CLUB

BOSTON 1When the is and the boys home
viii Jack Barry Ed Barrow in command Of the Red SOx7" Pro
peor Harry Fazee BOsOns worlds champions asked that
question.
Barry think" Frazees rejOinde I have always been
admrer 1917 skipper and then doubt could
Ed baseball
andI am a sureI could him
The Washington times., 1918-10-17
With This Record, He
Might as Well Desert
Diamond for All Time

Fred Merkle, who says he win
give up the game IL It isn't start
ed again till 1920, retires to his
Florida farm with a unique rec
ord: Playing with three differ
ent teams in worlds series argu-
ments. He was in the Giant line
up during the battles OF 1911,
1912 and 1918; with Brooklyn in
1916, and with the Cubs this
latest time. Some records
is also the fact that every club
MerkIe played with got whipped
every time by its American
League rival
The Washington times., 1918-10-17
HELP BAT" NELSON

CHICAGO. Oct. 1T-BattllnE Mel
son. prize fighter extraordinary. who
lies sick and In hnarcial need at a
local hospital. got q sample today Z
the good old saying concerning bread
cast on the waters"
During his battling days the Boys
Brotherhood Republic. OF this city.
then in It's infancy, was In financial
straits. Nelson staged a show for Il
and raised enough to pay two months
rent IN ita clubhouse. Then he
bought pictures for the clubhouse.
Today the Boys Brotherhood voted
the entire contents OF Its treasury
t2o3-to help Nelson
The Washington times., 1918-10-17
CUNNINGHAM WINS

George Cunningham has proven
himself the best golfer at Bannock-
burn again. In the returns OF the
annual club championship tourna-
nient Cunningham is found to have
wsded through a field OF forty and
captured honors In the 1nal from
Basil Manley by 4 and ..
The harvest home title tourna-
ment carries the club championship
a'so. and CunninEham's win stamps
him as the club titlehOlder for 1918
Fred II. RehrinR was winner of the
Glass 3 title and the Moore cup in
defea ting James Strayer 6 and &
The Washington times., 1918-10-17
RUTH HAS FLU"

LEBANON, Pa, Oct. 17.-Babe Ruth.
batting ace OF the worlds champion
Boston Red Sox, is a suffered with
Spanish Influenza at his home in Bal
timore. At the close OF the base
ball season Ruth accepted essential
employment at the Lebanon plant OF
the Bethlehem Steel Corporation, and
became member of the Lebanon
team, Bethlehem Steel League. While
called to Baltimore on business
mission he fell a victim OF the
scOurGe. His condition Is not serious.
The Washington times., 1918-10-17
And Crawford BIaEden.

Anu SraWAOru bIaEdeu.
Seeing as this Is a sort of patriottc
column today, let's record the fact
that somewhere in France" is fight
ing today one Of HarVard's greatest
tackles, Crawford Blagden, OF the
class OF 1902 He has recently been
mentioned as leading a charge on
the Aisne," which is quite As n
should be. -
Blagden, with Oliver Cutts pou
coachlng In the middle West, was mart
OF the terrible tackles back" used bv
Dave Campbelrs powerful Harvard
eleven OF 1901, the team which made
up Tor many former defeats when II
faced the Blue and cleaned up by a
score of % to o.
With Tommy Graydon, the shock
headed fullback, Blagden and Cults
both veritable giants, tore ali oppon-
ents literally apart with their awful
plunges into the line. No opponents
could withstand their fierce IunRes
and both Yale and Pennsylvania were
beaten that year.
Now BIagden is proving his worth
in France. Soon he will be in Bel
gium, then across the Rhine, for Il is
doubtfui IL any Prussian Guards will
ever be able to stop his rushes.
The Washington times., 1918-10-17
NEWPORT NAVAL RESERVES INSISTING
+ THAT THEY GET TITLE RECOGNITION
By LOUIS A. BOUCHER.

Na that the Great Lakes contest at Annapolis No
g. viii decide the naval championship" has
Newport Naval Reserves who insist being recognized The Newport
anxious their ability with the Lakes Naval
Station eleven r
In absence football strength colleges this
ddes booking games with representative
Lakes Philadelphia Marines Newport
anders letting
The Washington times., 1918-10-17
RAISE FOOTBALL BAN

BOSTON, Oct. 1.-THE checking of
the influenza epidemic here has re-
suited In the removal OF the ban
placed on the Ave football games
scheduled for Saturday by the various
a-r7v md navy training camps in this
vicinity.
The Washington times., 1918-10-17
BOB FoLWELL BETTER

PHILADELPHIA, Oct. I7.-Bob
'olwell, Pennsylvanias football coach.
Tas much improved today and his
hysicians predict complete recovery
rom his attack of pneumonia follow
ing influenza.
The Washington times., 1918-10-17
CANCELS BIG GAME

EASToN Pa, Oct. l7.-Grief reiEns
here at the cancellation OF Saturdays
football game with Lafayette by Penn
Military College. p. II. c. is quaran-
tined because OF Spanish influenza
Efforts are being made to bring Ur-
sinus or Muhlenburg here.
The Washington times., 1918-10-17
ACACIA MEN SWEEP
UP MASONIC MATCH

Acacia bowlers. OF the Masonic
Duekpin League, swept the board with
the Pentalpha rollers in their sched-
uled engagement. although the games
were hotly contested
The Acacia men won the opening
game by a single pin, taking it at -
to 4S3. The Pentalpha bowlers re-
fused to give up. and increased their
total to 496 in the second set TO, only
to have Acacia roll 400. In the third
match the Pentalpha men could not
stand the strain. and lost by 402 to
465.
Levinsohn and Anderson did the
bulk Of the pin spilling for the win.
ners, who were handicapped ten pins
IN all three games.
Harmony took two out OF three
from the Lafayette bowlers with .
handicap OF twenty-four pins. Daw-
son took two out OF three from Leb-
anon.
The Royals went to 300 for the first
time this season in the Departmental
Duckpin League. In their match with
the Commissioners they won but one
game.
Both teams were forced to roll with
but four men.
Dtz.oo-, -ofIoa 49,. - -.-... 49,
The Washington times., 1918-10-17
SAILORS 10 HAVE ALLEYS.

The $4,000 raised by the Illinois
state Bowling Association through
tournaments will be applied to build
ing alleys for use OF the bluejaeketS
at the Great Lakes station. Origin
ally Camp Grant was to benefit, but
no suitable building was aVailabls
there.
The Washington times., 1918-10-17

when Elmer Kra1 showed up the
ether day a. q candidate for tackle
On the Northwestern varsity elsvsn,
Coach Murphy said to him. Amy re.
Istion Of Walter KRAFT, who was
captain Of the Northwestern eleven
n Is1G-"
Yes, EiF." v1S the reply, and
brother to nine more. including Rey-
DoIds Rraft. captain OF the Illinois
eleven last year"
Seven Of the ten Rrafts are IN the
service Of their country. BENJAMIN
81 At PlHttsburgh. learning the duties
0f an officer. Major Charles KraIt
- IN France with the 1osth Trench
Mortar Battery. Sergeant Albin is
With the BIackhawk division over
BoaA-
ouaPtermasteF Lieutenant Walter
8Paft is an Instructor at Texas A
and n Lieutenant Milton IL an &via-
tor in France Lieut. Reynolds
Kraft is q naval aviator attached to
the station ct Key West
And now comes Elmer. 4 student
efficer At Northwestern. University.
Beth Uncle Sam and Northwestern
are TO Be congratulated
The Washington times., 1918-10-17
GALLAUDET'S GAME
OFF FOR SATURDAY

One more football game here has
been called on on account OF the flu.
GaIlaudet vas uOtifIed TODAY that Mt.
St Mary's College, listed here for a
battle Saturday. wouid be unable to
come on account OF the fact that
the Maryianders are under a quar-
antine.
The Kendall Green lads were about
the f1rst to fully recover. Coach
Teddy Hughes has had his lads in
stin workouts for several days
Captain Osborne, Shawl, Bouehard.
Deco Ferguson, and several OF the
vets from last season are in action.
On November the Fort Myer sol
diers will oppose Gallaudet Tho
Kendall Green players are having q
difficult time in landing contests.
Penn Military is still on the schedule.
The death OF Major William ].
Bland in France recalls the fact that
he was a member of the Western
High School championship football
team a bit more than ten years ago.
Bland was an exceptionally fine
student and was captain Of the cadet
cOmpauv at Western. His record at
the school could hardly be improved
upon. In the fall he reported for foot.
ball, although he had never played
before. He developed into a first
class center and was on the winning
team.
Bland's gridiron and academic sue.
cesses were followed in the spring by
his win OF the annual competitive
drill. He was the last winning cap
tain at Western.
Independent football here az well as
that at institutions is practically at
a standstill. The Navy Yard team
has called of practice while the
Washington Barracks men have given
up the sport until the flu epidemic
has passed.
Many teams hereabouts are ready
to get right into the Thick Of the
football fray II they can but get
chance. The service league, proposed
recently, is awaiting a meeting OF
the managers interested.
Baltimore Polytechnic Institute
wants a game with Central High
School in place OF the contest called
on recently. Centrars lads have
been of the gridiron for about three
weeks now, and may not return this
fall.