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Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1918-05-31
the Weeks EVENTS
IMPORTANT NEWS OF STATE, MA.
TON AND THE WORLD
BRIEFLY TOLD
ROUND ABOUT The WORLD
4 Condensed Record OF Happenings
OF Interest From All Points
OF The World
Domestic.

Five persons, three young women
and two young men, were drowned IN
Lake Pontchartrain, La, when thelT
rowboat capsized. Two other oecu
pants were rescued The accident oc'
CURED about mile from shore when
the heavily loaded boat encountered
rough water and was overturned
Word has reached the sherff's otflce
al Texarkana, Ark, that one deputy
sheriff was killed, one seriously wound
ed and one woman fatally wounded
and three other men killed IN hshl
between a sheriff's posse and draft re
sisters In the mountains, near Hatfeld,
In Polk county, Arkansas
Another move towards the full utlil-
cation of the countrys man power
is in progress. Secretary Baker has
sent TO congress a draft bill propos
ing TO raise the maximum age limit for
voluntary enlistment from 10 10 90
years.
II is stated that there are probably
seven and a half million men between
the ages Of 40 and So in the Unit
States and many OF them desire 10
serve their country in this war.
American soldiers will be sent to
the Italian front Ms well as TO the
Franco British front, is the statement
OF Secretary War Baker
A picric acid plant to cost seven mil
lion dollars will be built at Brunswick,
Ca, for which the contract has already
been let
Men and materials for the construc
ton OF a picric acid plant to cost four
million dollars at Little Rock, Ark.
are already on the ground.
Gov Richard |, Manning Of South
Carolina, returning to Columbia from
trip to Washington, announces that
the war department is making plans
to round up all oilers OF draft age
in the country and make use Of their
services.
1t is planned according to informa
ton from the war department TO take
all men of deferred classification who
are not engaged in some useful occu
ton and make use OF their services,
either in the army or in war work Of
some sort Every man OF draft age
must either work Oh fight, according
to the information
Mrs Rose Pastor Stokes, charged
with violation Of the espionage act
was convicted in the federal court az
Kansas City Mrs Stokes was con
victed on all three counts in the in,
dictment against her
The plea of Count James Minouto
for freedom on writ Of habeas eor-
pus, from internment on preslden
tial warrant, was denied by Fedora
Judge Carpenter at Chicago
A. Mitchell Palmer, alien property
custodian, announced in New York
City that he had seized seven Massa
chusetts corporations which We're al
legged to be among the principal repre-
sentatives in America Of the industry
planned to supply cotton 70 the Ger
man government
Sentenced to be shot 10 death by
musketry in a court.martial trial on
February Il, Private George Abend
scheins sentence has been commute
to twenty years in the federal peniten
tiary at Atlanta, Ca, by President VII
son. This is believed to be the first
case in the United States since the
war that the death sentence was i'm
posed for deserton.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1918-05-31
Dealers and Producers in Session.

Charlotte Discussion OF the gov.
eminent attitude towards the cotton
seed industry by George II. Denny, di
rector of the cotton seed division OF
the Federal food administration feat
ured a conference here Of more than
100 seed producers and dealers and
representatives of the cotton oil indus
try in the two Carollnas. Participat.
ing in the conference were Food Ad
illustrators H. A. Page of North
Carolina and William Elliott of South
Carolina, and DR.. D. H. Pyle OF the
federal food administration.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1918-05-31
European.

John Dillon chairman 81 tie Irish
NationahstS speaking al Ha.heb9r.
ough, Ireland, declared war 10 The
death on the SIM Fem The oeca
sion for his speech was ! meeting u
delegates from East Cayan 70 decide
whether The Nationalist party ought
% withdraw its candidate ana perm I
the Sim Feiner Arthur Griffith, to be
elected unopposed
The train bearing The emperor and
empress Of Austria from Constantine.
pie whore they had been GA a brief
visit, reached Vienna in a dilapida i
condition The Hun came by Sofa
ana was stoned by Bulgarian troops
Field Marshal yon Hnlc1hnrg.
chief Of the German general stan IS
in hospital al Stra,sburg, suffering
from typhoid fever The pert states
that his condition i, critical
An allied air raid has been carried
out over Liege The Longdoz railway
station was destroyed aad twenty six
persons Killed
David LloydGeorge. speaking in Ed.
inburgh, Scotland, says that me cen.
tral powers are strainng every nerve
70 strike a decisive blow before the
Americans reach the scene Of action.
Vile the United States +, rushing
men % the western front The number
the United States is sending IS equiv.
alent 70 only oneftih q the lighting
men the reutons gained by the col.
lapse Of Russia
The prospects for the partic patton
Of all the allied forces are now very
fright, and We shall soon know Just
what Germany can stand
The casualties in the latest air raid
over London are given in an official
statement issued recently as A killed
and l79 injured
An appeal to all those Of Irish blood
in the United States to support the
Nationalist party as the one party
in Ireland which is fighting for Irish
liberty without betraying the cause
OF liberty in other lands has been
made by John billions, the Nationalist
leader. in an interview issued from
Dublin.
Serious fighting in Kiev, capital OF
Ukrainia, Is reported The residence
Of the newly appointed dictator has
been besieged several times by troops
which remained faithful to the rada.
All the forces at the disposal OF the
rada are being modified and concen.
trated near Kiev
Thirty-seven German airplanes have
been destroyed, sixty others have been
forced to land badly damaged within
their own lines and eight captive bal.
looms have been destroyed by French
aviators since the weather became ia
vorable. In the period between MAY
is to May Is there were los aerial
combats.
There are indications that the Ger.
mans themselves realize that the sub
marine campaign was a political blum.
der. It is a certain fact that the
submarine campaign brought America
into the war, who will never stop until
Germany Is subdued.
British 220,709 tons; allied and neu-
trail S4,393; total 9O5,102. Clearance
in and out of ports 100000 gross
tons. This is the admiralty official
statement from London for April
According to unyerified reports from
Kursk General Skoropadsky, Ukraini.
an dictator is said to have been Sc
riously wounded in consequence of the
attempts on his life.
French and Belgian civilians are
still forced to work on the battleields
behind the German lines, but they are
making the Germans furious because
thew do so little.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1918-05-31
LOOKS FOR BIG TRADE
AFTER THE WAR ENDS

washington.-In announcing the re-
suit of a survey of the foreign mar
kets for cotton linters, batting and
waste, made by American consuls, the
department of commerce said it be.
lieved the after-the.war trade in these
commodities will greatly exceed the
total OF s11.OOOOOO before hostilities
began. The markets of more than so
countries are described in the report
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1918-05-31
CHARGED WITH SELLING
SPOILED MEAT TO ARMY

Washington Sale OF spoiled meat
and other food products to the army
with the knowledge that the food was
unfit for human consumption" Is
charged in complaints issued by the
federal trade commission against Nor
ris & Co, and Swift & Co, .wo OF
the FIVE great packing companies 1t
is alleged that thousands OF pounds
OF unfit meat and chickens were sold
to Camp Travis, Texas. Most OF 1t
was detected and condemned.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1918-05-31
His Last THOUGHTS His Money.

~ have got four cents in my pants
pocket. please take care Of them for
me-" said Henry Fisher, negro boy
just 10 years old, before the chloro-
form was administered to him In the
Morehead City Hospital at Morehead
City as the poor little fellow lay upon
the operating table with both legs bad
ly mangled. He was the victim of the
log carriage OF the Carteret Lumber
Company in Beaufort, the carriage
wheels having passed over him, mash
Ing both legs so far above the knee
that a hip operation was necessary.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1918-05-31
IL You Have Poor Land.

West Raleigh. Grow velvet beans
On the deep, sandy soils and the poor
clay and very poor loan soils the vel
vet bean should be grown to turn un.
der. They grow on poor lands and
when plowed under will rebuild the
soil The Hundred Day Speckled, Chi
nese, and Osceola are the varieties
that give best results In North Caro-
lima. For mature beans the crop
should be planted by May Is, or very
soon thereafter. The velvet beans may
be planted n corn, especially so II the
corn ia to be hogged down
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1918-05-31
Have Not Severed RelatIocs7

Havana.-The Cuban state depart
ment dispatched circular cablegram
to the Cuban diplomats In all foreign
countries advising them that diplo-
matte relations between Cuba and
Mexico had not been ruptured DR.
Guilermo Patterson. the Cuban as.
sistant secretary OF state, announced
that a cablegram had been received
from the Mexican government asking
that the Cuban charge daffaires at
Mexico City. Senior Santa Maria. be al
lowed to remain for the present at the
Mexican capital
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1918-05-31
RED CROSS MERCY FUND
REACHES TOTAL OF S133, 3o6. $50

Washington -Germany's challenge
OF frightfuness in France has been
answered by the American people
with an outpouring of sl33 .SO6 $50 for
the second war mercy fund OF the Red
Cross This was an over.subscription
Of s33,306.63O, with returns still com.
night Greater New York which earlier
had reported only s27OOO,OOO, turned
in final subscriptions at midnight OF
S33,343,730.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1918-05-31
STEAMER CLAN MATHESON
SUNK IN A COLLISION

London.-The British steamer Clan
Matheson has been sunk In collision.
Lloyd's shipping agency announced.
The Clan Matheson was steamer
OF $500 tons gross, built in 1917 at
Sunderland. She was owned by Car-
ger. Irvine & Co, Limited, OF Glasgo :.
The last mention OF her in the shi :
ping records was on December Il
last. when she was reported at a
United States Atlantic port.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1918-05-31
Governor +. w. Beckett, Raleigh
y. c.
Many Nurses Get Diplomas.

One hundred and fifteen nurses sue.
cessfully passed the examinations OF
the State Board of Examiners OF
Trained Nurses and are entitled to
registration in North Carolina. Only
half a dozen Of the 12l who stood
the examinations failed Miss Ethel
Mae Josey, a graduate OF the White
head.Stokes Sanatorium IL Salisbury
made the highest mark, averaging 81
In her test. The second highest honor
went to Miss Margaret Crowhnshield,
from James Walker Memorial In VIII
m'ngton who averaged a4&
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1918-05-31
FRENCH TROOPS REPuLsE
ENEMY WITH GREAT LOSS

London ION the Locre- Coorme-
zeele front, the French troops repulsed
the enemy with great loss"
This announcement was contained
in Field Marshal Haig's report tonight
The attack against the sector OF
Berry.Au-Bac held by the British was
partly successful by reason of an in,
tense bombardment by gas shells and
the use of tanks and after heavy
fighting the British on the left were
pressed back to prepared positions.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1918-05-31
oven In Hog Cholera Work.

Or. F. D. Owen, of Raleirh, in
charge Of hog cholera eradication
work In North Carolina is spending
several days in Craven county assist.
Ing DR.. ] G Sallade, inspector y
charge Of the work in this dlstri :.
which is composed of nine counties
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1918-05-31
People Will Elect Man.

] X. Warren, one OF the candidates
for the sollcitorship in the fifth dis
trict, now that Mr. Alternately has re-
signed. thinks that the people should
be allowed to selec the man to fill the
unexp!red term and in telegram TO
Governor T. W. Beckett he said
he said:
Governor +. w. Beckett, Raleigh
y. C.
"On arriving in New Bern informed
Mr. Abernathy's resignation as solici
tor. Thinking that you would welcome
an expression from the candidates !
am wiring you that ! am perfectly
willing for the people to select the
man to fill the unexpired term in their
primary on June list.
(S.gred) y. K. WARREN
Just what action Governor Beckett
will take in the matter is yet un.
known
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1918-05-31
snldier,s Head Crushed.

High Point.-Ernest Marsh a mem
Der OF the 18th Field Artillery, sta
toned at Camp Sewer was picked up
near jamestown with crushed skull
and brought to the hospital here.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1918-05-31
GERMANY RESUMES
HER BIG OFFENSIVE
CLAIM CROWN PRINCES ARMY
HAS CAPTURED cHEMlN
DIES DANES RIDGE.
DRIVE FOR CHANEL PORTS
Il ls Probable That Americans Are
Engaged In the Fighting on
Both Fronts.

Germany's great offensive on the
western front has been resumed. With
only brief artillery preparation, two
blows have been struck by the Teu-
ton armies. which have been reorgan
ICED since disastrous losses were in
nicted on Their by the French and
British during the Picardy and F'land
ers battles In March and April. One
attack was on the line from Voormey.
lee to Locre, southwest OF Ypres; the
other on the 35.mile front from Pinon.
north OF scissors, TO Rheims. This is
known as the Aisne sector
In Flanders the Germans have gain
ed virtually nothing, but farther south
the Berlin official statement claims
the German crown princes troops
have carried the whole ridge OF the
Chemin des Danes and now are fight.
ing on the Aisne river
Recalls Fearful Fighting.
On the Aisne front the present bat.
tie recalls the fearful fighting OF last
summer along the Chemin des Danes,
where for weeks the German crown
prince hurled his men against tho
French positions only to see them
crushed and beaten. Last year 10 di'
visions ware engaged In the German
attacks along this line alone,
The attack here is really In the ma
ture OF line notwithstanding operation
II is being launched from Laon as a
center and Is aimed at the elbow in
the line formed during the fighting In
Picardy In March and April Here,
however. the Germans must face per.
manent works which have been occu
pied by the French FOR long periods
and which can be defended quite
easily
Evidence that the allied supreme
command was forewarned OF the new
German attack may be found in the
fact that British troops are fghtins
there Up 20 the present. 1t had been
believed that the British forces did
not hold positions much south OF the
Somme. east Of Amiens
Tombstone epitaph., 1918-05-05
GIRLS! MAKE up
A LEMON LOTION
LEMON JUICE WHiTENs SKIN AND
REMOVES TAN. FREckLEs,
sALloWNEss.

Squeeze the juice Of two lemons into
. bottle containing three ounces Of or
chard white. shake well. and you have
q quarter pint Of the best freckle and
tan lotion, and complexion whitener.
at very small cost.
Your grocer has the lemons and any
drug store or toilet counter will supply
three ounces Of orchard white for a
few cents. Massage this sweetly fra
grant lotion into the face. neck, arms
and hands each day anL see how freck.
les and blemishes disappear and how
clear. soft and white the skin becomes.
Yes! II Is harmless.-Adv.
Tombstone epitaph., 1918-05-05

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
London. April 2s.-Fiye countrie.
are reported in the th-oes OF revolt
or threatened with epoch-making up
riaings. They are Russia, Austria.
Germany, Siberia and Finland
Grand Duke Alexis, son of the for
mer Gar, is reported 10 have been
proclaimed Emperor of Russia, with
Grand Duke Michael. brother OF Mich
olas. as regent, and il IS said that the
new government will refuse to recog-
nize the Bolshevist peace treaty with
Germany.
In Austria an antLEmperor Charles
party has been formed to initiate
against the influence OF the Empress
Zita. The southern Slavs are reviving
their agitation for separation from
Austria. May Day is expected to wit
ness general labor strike and demon
stration for peace throughout Aus
tria and Hungary. Premier Won Seyd-
Ter of Austria has found his position
untenable on account of the exposure
Of the EmperOrs peace letter and his
tactless handling of the food crisis.
Austria. Bulgaria, Turkey. the
Czechs and Jugo-Slavs are already
auarreling over what they consider
prospective spoils In the Balkans.
In Germany Herr Scheidemann de-
nounced the gagging OF the press and
reports come OF the masses crying for
peace.
Finland upper classes are urging
Kingdom" while the middle and low
er classes are fighting for a republic.
With the British Army in France,
April 29.-By one OF those hack-to-the-
wall stands for which they have been
famous in this war. the Franco Brit
ish forces have saved the situation in
the Ypres sector from turning into
success for the Germans after the
loss by the allied forces OF the domi.
mating peak Of KENNEL
The entire allied line in France and
Flanders still stands firmly. Nowhere
have the Germans been able to make
q further den. In ii. Hard fighting
has been in progress on the Ypres sec
tor. around Voormezeele, and to the
south Of Locre Both places have sew
eral times changed hands. but at last
reports voormezeele had been recap
tured by the British. but the Germans
had obtained another foothold in 10
ere. Voormezeele was taken by the
Germans Saturday. but the British in
a night attack won II back and since
have held 1t. inflicting heavy casual
ties on the Germans in renewed ef-
forts to take the place.
Thus the enemy was brought to a
sfandstill. and Saturday morning did
not bring with 1t any resumption Of
his infantry attacks.
The Germans have tried at several
points along the front held by the
French to pierce the line, but every
where have been repulsed. notably in
the ST. Mihiel and Luneville sectors.
where recently American troops were
stationed.
Tombstone epitaph., 1918-05-05
Colorado.

II Is officially announced that dur
ing 1917 the Rico Argentine mine pro-
duced and shipped to the smelters ore
worth considerably more than $780,
600.
A rich ore vein. cut between the por-
tai of the Camp Bird tunnel. near
Ouray and Tram Angle station. will be
exploited as soon as litigation affect
ing II is settled.
The Grand Valley and DeBeque oil
shale districts will be the scene this
summer Of interesting II not valuable
experiments in the treatment OF that
important material.
The aerial tramway which Is to be
installed by the Rawley Mining Com
pany. between BONANZA and Shirley. is
arriving in sections. and the work Of
construction has begun.
The Primes owners are working
about as large a force of men As ever
At their mines up Bear creek. San
Miguel county. and at the reduction
works at the town Of vanadium.
= deal has been closed by the Apex
Refining and Drilling Company which
places it in possession of the refinery
plant in the Boulder oil field. The
property covers eleven acres and has
a present daily capacity Of 500 barrels.
San Miguel county. with such steady
producers as the Smuggler-Union.
Tomboy. Liberty Bell and Black Bear.
leads the state in the item of gain in
ore shipments for the month Of March.
the percentage Of increase over March.
1917. being 80 per cent.
Tombstone epitaph., 1918-05-05
WAR LAST TILL WE WILDWOOD

Denver.-"How long is the war 60
ing to LAST" The only answer to that
question is, 1t will last until we, the
allies. win.'"
With shoulder squared to their
great breadth. with a radiant deter
mination from his very personality
that was itself strengthening hope,
with stacatto accent that pierced to
the very heart-those words were al
most the first from the lips Of Mai.
Gen. Leonard Wood. ranking major
general Of the United States army,
hurled out upon a capacity audience at
the Auditorium Saturday night, in
which he urged Americans to prepare
In every way to help win the war and
name terms of peace.
Tombstone epitaph., 1918-05-05
New Kind Of Stamps

Never had there beer such a commo-
ton in the little fat. And the most
excited person present was the sister
of young mother who had just pre-
sented her husband with twins.
Auntie was wildly delighted at be-
ing auntie In double sense. and OF
she rushed to the post Office for
stamps to spread the great tidings.
''Stamps!" she jerked as she reached
the counter and flung down the money.
How many, miss?" politely in
quired the clerk.
Two" she cried joyously.
What kind?'
a boy and girl" she returned
rapturOusly as she babe him hurry.
Tombstone epitaph., 1918-05-05
Riddles.

Miss Mary Garden, the singer, COM
miserated at New York reception
with movie star. whose betrothed had
had the bad taste to abandon her for
another.
my dear child. can't understand
IT," said Miss Garden. You're the
prettiest girl in the profession. To
leave you for that scarecrow! All,
we'll"
And Miss Garden smiled and sighed.
''Ah, WELL" she said, "men are rid
dies. They keep Us guessing. and yet
we'll never give them up
Tombstone epitaph., 1918-05-05
Arizona.

The annual report Of the Phelps.
Dodge Corporation brings to light a
most amusing development IN the Ari
coma copper fields. For the year end
ed Dec. 81. Including subsidiary com.
panies. the corporation had sales OF
copper. lead. silver and gold totaling
$is.s7s,772; sales of coal. coke and
merchandise. Si2.ls2.Gs7: other in.
come. Sl.l0o.727: total income. 362.-
262.l expenses. $50 .sO5.2S0; net
earnings. s22456,9o6: dividends, $1o..
100000: surplus. 31l.s5e. s06: reserve
for mine depletion, $5.51s.5e6: total
surplus. 321.s27. SOC: increase in valu-
alton OF mines to comply with govern
ment regulations. S11o,06s.341: final
surplus. sls1.ss6.s47. Last year the
net after all fixed charges was ST.
1000.
Tombstone epitaph., 1918-05-05
Old Glory to Float Over Berlin.


Tulsa. Okia.-"we are going to con-
tinue this war until the Stars and
Stripes float over Berlin" Secretary
Of the Treasury McAdoo told q crowd
here April %. That time will be pro
longed." he continued. unless every
Amtrican throws his everything into
the struggle. Buy Liberty bonds"
Dutch Yield Hun Shipping Demand.
London.-Holland has yielded to
Germany's demands concerning trans
port and the supply OF sand and
gravel, although IL Is understood that
the amount Of sand and gravel will
be limited instead of unlimited. ac
cording to a dispatch from The
Hague to the Daily Mail. dated Sun
day. II 10 added that general under
taking will be required from Germany
that the sand and gravel will not Be
used for military purposes Rumors
are current that DR.. John Loudon
minister Of foreign affairs. viii resign
Tombstone epitaph., 1918-05-05

view Mextco.
Mogollon Mines Company mslled BE-
tween LOO and 200 tons. Usual
cleanup was made on the 18th
The Oaks company are developing
Pacific and Central Group at Mogol-
Ion. Ore being saved for shipment
The Mesa Verde company has ac-
quired upwards Of $4,000 acres Of oil
leases, located in the heart Of the San
Juan field on domes and anticlines IA
vorably reported.
A new mining camp Is being estab-
lished in the vicinity Of Bedrock. TWEEN.
~ miles north Of Lordsburg, with that
city As the shipping point. for the
mining Of flourspar
This summer fhe state Of New Mex
leo will in all probability add to her
list Of natural resources the greatest
Of aIl-petroleum. San Juan county.
In the northwest part Of the state, 10
at present entering upon oil activity.
The new Socorro mill machinery b
being placed at Mogollon. Slow deliv-
cry Of machinery has caused some de-
lay but on the whole work b progress
ing rapidly. and II ID expected that the
mill win Be running in the early sum
mer