Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1918-03-15
IMPORTANT NEWS
The WORLD OVER
IMPORTANT HAPPENINGS or THIS
AND OTHER NATIONS FOR
SEVEN DAYS GIVEN
THE NEWS OF The SOUTH
What 10 Taking Place In The South
land VIII Be Found In
Brief Paragraphs
Domestic.

Domestic.
For the first time In the preser
generation the aurora borealis wa
visible in the northern sky from Tan
pa, Fla. One report had ii that Dad
City, forty miles north of Tampa, wa
aflre, but this was error, Report
from number Of other cities an
towns throughout the United State
describe the lights as of unusual bri
liancy.
Burton Hurlburt. Royal Flying corp
cadet. whose mother lives at Prescott
Ontario, was killed when he tried /,
make a landing at Fort Worth, Texas
He is the thirty.sixth cadet killed a
Fort Worth.
Indications that number of French
army officers may be implicated witt
Frank J. Goldsol. under arrest II
Washington, ID. c., in his alleged lar
ceny OF between three and hall
million and six million dollars Of
French government funds paid him as
commissions on purchases Of automo
biles in the United, has been found
in an examination OF papers seized in
raid on the New York Offices OF the
Alliance Motors corporations.
Equal suffrage, nationwide prohib
ton and radical legislation favorlng
farmers and laborers, are the CHIEF
planks OF the platform OF the national
party adopted at Chicago at con
vention attended by about two hun
dred delegates. boilers from the Pro
gressives, Prohibitionists. Socialist,
and Independents.
Partial Capitalization OF the pur
chasing OF between one million ant
two million dollars worth OF railroad
supplies and equipment this year an
der government supervision is involy
ed in plan for organizing the rail
road Administrations division Of
finance and purchases, announced by
Director General McAdoo
While q large number OF men viii
be called out during the present veal
TO I'LL up the army and complete its
organization, II has been learned thai
war department plans do not call fol
the creation of any additional divi
sions in 1918. II is stated that less
than one million men-probably moi
much in excess OF eight hundred thou
sand-are to be summoned gradually
during the year to complete the exist
ing organizations.
Delay in the announcement as TO the
next draft is understood to be due tc
uncertainty as to what will be the
method of allotting quotas to the
various states.
A high tribute to President vii
son was paid by Earl Reading, Great
Britain's special ambassador TO the
United States, in an address at New
York City to the Merchants Associa
tNHbVi VI N4lt HuuSt VI representa-
tives was regained by the Democrats
when they elected their candidates
from four districts in Greater New
York at special elections called to
choose successors to four members OF
that party who had resigned their
seats in congress.
II is significant in the national cleo.
ton in Greater New York that out Of
a total of 1912 votes the women cast
3l,S5S votes. They voted early, seem.
ed to have made up their minds what
they were going TO do before they re.
ceiyed their ballots and they asked
Few foolish questions"
Exact subscriptions by states to the
second Liberty Loan tabulated and
made public by the treasury depart,
ment at Washington show that New
Fork led all the states. Texas led all
the Southern states.
Senator Tillman OF South Carolina,
veteran Democrat OF the senate and
chairman Of the naval committee, has
announced his candidacy for fifth