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Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1918-10-25
RELATING To MANY
CITIES AND TOWNS
GOVERNMENT RELIEVES COAL
SHORTAGE IN EASTERN
NORTH CAROLINA.
STRONG APPEAL FOR WIIisxEY
Towns and Cities In Urgent Need Of
Stmulants in Efforts to Check
Prevailing Plague.

WASHINGTON (specian - The United
States Fuel Administration has IA
ihcrizcd IN" mi e operators Of Rue
hid, W Va. 10 snip leo carloads OF
coal 70 eastern Norh Carolina 10 re,
love he fuel shortage incident 70 the
operation OF industrial enlerp isos
Representative john II Small oh ain.
ed The promise OF the Fuel Admins.
ration TO divert 10 ears OF coal to
Elizabeth City for the use OF The Crys.
tai Ice and Coal COMPANY
The Elizabeth City industry had
been forced 10 suspend operations ow.
g to the lack Of fuel Tho Crys'al
Lee and rcal Company not caiy sup
piled icr for the citizens OF IN. 0omo
iowa bur The fish industry o. the coast
drew upon tho plant for ice The
suspension o. the Ice manuiat'ur ne
pign worked hardship on fish deal.
err wh9 had their products rejected al
E!i2lheth cry when desi'n ned for AS.
rant poi's The Fue Administrator
for Sorih Carolina had been unable
10 supply The needs Of Elizabeth C.tv
The nepa ment II justice has as.
signed Spencer T rhorne. Of Rocky
Mount to Wilmington az special agent
Of the department! Re succeeds Dor.
Soy Phillips who has heen transferred
to The state VI Floriic Mr. Thorre
wes recently gwen a j,H with TIE De
par,mesf OF Jus,ce
City and county swept by inHnen.
N was tho appealing message tcle.
eraphcd the on &C q Gepresr Jaiiya
Charles NJ Slcdman by Thomas B
Fuller. OF Durham chairman Of the
county board e health Tho burden
Of the telegram was a selections ap.
peal for vents gallons OF wh.skey rs
an anilotr 10 check the plague The
alfice q Representative Stpdman rot
IN commuGirar with the PUBLIC
health service, resulting In the m
quest being referred 10 DR. C. ".
S;iirs. OF the North Carolina Board Of
Heath
Tie towns o; Rocky Meu New'en
CGrolten ard knnapolis requested
the Noah Carolina Senators 10 serd
whshty, doctors aud nurses mes.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1918-10-25
REPORTS ARE CURRENT THAT
GERMANY HAS ALSO REPLIED

London. According to unofficial re.
ports reaching Amsterdam the Ger.
man reply to President Wilson has
been delivered to the Swiss minister
in Berlin says an Exchange Telegraph
dispatch from Amsterdam
In the note Germany consents to
the evacuation of Belgium
Germany protests against the
charges Of cruelty IN the Presiien S
note and says She was forced into
submarine warfare by The allied
blockade.
The German government. il adds,
denies responsibility for The loss Of
women and children on torpcdoed
passenger ships, but To advance peace
Germany is prepared Professionally to
stop unrestricted submarine warfare
Finally, the note disputes the right
Of foreign powers to NEEDLE with
German internal affairs and declares
Germany should enjoy the same right
OF Standardization as other nations.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1918-10-25
No-th e.roIlra cs.y.l!l.,.

t.eat, sa@ug Moth Carolina
troap oyoe eJ,. as shown by late re-
follows
ia Action cap. Gardner
a@ CHARLOTTE. Ilors r. II
raaa on Gtri.l y S Grant. Asbe
3's T. q sutherland Charlotte;
A Il lAnca No,gan,3n. Pr.
@ Z " Afford, freomans NJ ]
As'ts s. Pau u Wa'son. Engle-
tld " 4 Soaey Ierro Gordc W
= iilrriSon Draper VI l. Slaughter,
".s'ea salem
Isr Of Neusds Priyates X. j.
i"asl s. Nealsynle, He, ward Dennis.
rMg T 4 Drum s;ony Point; S j..
hllpy, Bear Creek.
l,iod OF u sease f.riyatcs Thadeous
Mitchell pftsboro + Han ard. mol.
ne A. Roberts, Raleigh; Sher.
man Wise. Kew Bra; G. II Morrison
Laur.nburs
Severely Woundcd-Lieut X +.
CaiGse1 Concord; Scret L. P Ben
ior Chddb3urn, Corps. {. {. Linser
feld, Asheriiie, J !. shan. Nj Airy;
!. II Campbell Rutherford Mills; Pri
ya.cs j K Hese. Winston Salem;
steve loIlgdeer Cherokee. Vance
EH,h.lnon. Frank, $. = shaw, Ken
~ 4 K Recor, Marshall G. G.
Oars cafhuro, T J Stallings, Trot
vile, Walter Parrish. LaGrange; h.
VI Armstrong, high Shoals; r F.
Tsogdcn Karseur, Serg,s W. F. But
Ter Magnetc City; l.. II Cook. Red
Springs
Prisoners or Missing Lieut. +. G..
klineman, Oxford Lieut.. J W Artz
Old Fort priyates W Moore, vii
lamsioa K u Ramsey. Marshall
Submarine losses J. e. Brown
Wallace; 4 l.. Davis Warrenton; J.
/ Lncbcrger NJ. Holly
Pied from Airplane Accident
Lieut. K C. Nimock, Winston. Salem
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1918-10-25
WILSON REJECTS
PLEA Of AUSTRIA
CONDITIONS MADE CLEARER BY
ACCEPTANCE OF WHICH
WAR MAY EE ENDED.
DYNASTY IS IN GRAVE DANGER
federaIlzing Of Austrian ctates In
Vain and Desperate Effort to
Save Dual Monarchy.

WashinPton.-On the eve, apnar.
entity of the coming of the peace note
from Germany, President Wilson has
rejected The plea OF Austria.TIungary
Tor an arnistice and peace negotia.
ions and ia doins so has n1se clear
or The conditions which tire central
powers must meet to end the war.
In note made public soon after II
was well on the way to Vienna the
president IN effect says there can be
no talk OF peace with the Austro.Hun.
Garian government except upon the
basis of complete liberty for Czecho.
slovaks and other subject nationall.
ties as free members OF the family OF
nations, lie refuses to entertain the
Austro'lluL garain suggestion for this
reason without discussing the military
questions dealt with in the reply to
Germany.
The Vienna government asked for
eIotiatlons on the basis Of the presi.
dents announced program of peace.
mentioning the speech of January s,
last, IN which the President said the
peoples Of Austria.llunPary shond be
accorded the freest opportunity for
autonomous development The reply
says this is impossible: that the
C2echoSlovak national council haa
been recognized as a de- facto belllg.
efent government. the justice OF the
natIonaliStlc aspirations Of the Jugo-
slaNs has been recognized and mere
autonomy no longer can be accepted.
This declaration which may be far
reaching in It's effect upon Austria.
Hungary, where long csslared peoples
apparently are nearly ready TO sweep
away the hated dual monarchy and
the llapshu9g dynasty clears up what
some critics Of the Presidents policy
have pointed to as a source OF end.
less controversy IN his program OF
peace Il comes one day after the
proclamation OF Emperor Karl federal.
zing the Austrian states in desper.
ate effort 10 save his government at
home and al the same time prepare
the Wa for peace.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1918-10-25
rh,ee Pertinent Questions.

iGdcr he head Of THREE ImpOr
tat Questions TO All Indy dlal Tax
ItNcr, and Bone Buyers Chairman
Joseph G Brown, OF The central Lib
"rlr loan committee tof North Caro-.
ma, says
question 10 yau realize that
income which il NOW taxable from
aadlngs of s45.oo0 or less of four per
cent and tarr and one'Guarter per
cent Liberty hond may be totally ex'
empled from income taxes, excess
'oilt taxes aud war profits taxes dur
ns the period Of the war ana for two
ears thereafter, m case yon file
'Hhs riNion 10 $"o'olo worm 81 bond'
NE fourth Liberty loan and r''a'n
seHf bonds "a pfop'rhohaie eNhhp
ION Is accorded on smaller sineeflp
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1918-10-25
cena.rvstlon enrdsn po,tnoned.

on account Of tae a',uu-w!ia en-
deti! Of Spanish Influenza the food
administrator has pastroN d conser.
walton Sunday from Orioher u to
Dec mher ! and the distribution Of
The 1913 home cards from thp week
beginning October -lst TO the first
week in De sembcr L is posted out
by the food administration that th.
military situation Dies nor form any
adequate reason for the slightest 70.
taxation in locd conservation bur tha.
on The contrary European develop
ments make emphasis upon conserya.
tioa particularly important because
the evacuation Of occupied territory
imposes upon this county The r..
sponsibility Of feeding additional civ.
Han population
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1918-10-25
BELGIAN COAST
AGAIN IS BELGIAN
THEIR DEMAND TO BE SERVED
WITH VICTORY VIGOROUSLY
PRESSED BY ALLIES.
SEEKING HAVEN OF SAFETY
Americans to the East on Both
Sides Of the Meuse River Are
Slowly Going Forward.

The Belgian coast again Is Belgian
Germany's dream OF an invasion Of
England across the North sea from
Calais Is ended
Belgian Flanders Is being last evac.
uated by the enemy and his line from
me Belgian frontier to the Meuse river
GRADUALLY is giving way under the at.
JACKS OF the British. French and
american armies which are demand
ing TO be served with victory.
haven OF safety in a shorter ana
more compact line is being sought
by the Germans In order to ESCAPE
ahnillilalion by their foes. Everywhere
they are being whipped But seem.
ingly they are still far from defeal.
In Belgium the enemy is giving
ground safely ont of the tran wh,rs
menaces them but from the French
frontier to the Mouse river he stilI
ls hghting desperately to hold back
the lower Jaw OF the great Foch pin
'''" 'oS'HS III great conyerg-
ing movement and entrapping in ts
nav the German fighting force in
IT'S entirety. Out OF the great sac.
between the North sea and the I.ys
river the enemy is fleeing fast in an
endcayor TO prevent capture or intern.
ment In Holland His hope is tina,
he will be able to reach Antwerp ami
there reconstitute his line
To the east the Americans on both
sides OF the Meuse river are SLOWLY
going forward. Between the great
wooded bastion and the Meuse picked
troops have been chosen to fend tho
blow northward toward Sedan. All
the ground that is being won Is being
valiantly defended TO the last.
In the Macedonian theater the
Greeks are now in full possession Of
Creek Macedonia. Albania Is fast
being cleared of the enemy and in
Serbia the Tcutonic allied forces have
been driven 50 miles north Of Nish
l1 SYRIA The victorious forces of Gen.
eral Ailenby now are meeting with
scan resistance.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1918-10-25
Women as elevator onerators.

Charlotte Miss Marie Thomas
who in connection with her %ork as
clerk in the local United States labor
and employment service bureau Is
conducting a volunteer wonan's EN-
ployment bureau. stated that she had
recently received calls for girls Or
wcmen fjr work as,elevator operators
II IL no; necessary that applicants
have previous experiycc. as the oper
a ing is neither difficult nor o: heavy
character.
While this work is not listed under
the head Of war work" still all eleya.
tors operated by women gives the
chance 10 one able bodied man to seek
essential employment
Most Of the calls to date are from
office buildings. and Miss Thomas
seated that she believed the work
would be both interesting and lucra
tive TO any woman.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1918-10-25

Draft calls for men who have passed
their thirty-seyenth birthdays are ex-
pected to begin about March /.
II is announced that the plans for
bringing the older class OF new regis.
trans into camp have not been com.
pleted.
General Pershing has sent an appeal
TO the American miners, declaring that
the more coal you produce the sooner
we shall have peace.
The American Naval Base, France,
telegraphs, The record OF submarine
activity for the summer months, June,
July and August. the period most IA
yorable to submarines, is now prac-
tlcally made up and shows two high
ly significant results. steady fall in
the allied shipping sunk and n steady
rise in the submarines destroyed.
From AN Atlantic Port" comes the
news that the army transport Amphi-
on arrived there from overseas and re-
ported having been engaged in IA two
hour battle with a submarine 500 miles
of the coast Eight men were wound
ed TWO fatally and the superstructure
of the vessel was carried away by
the FIRST shots Apparently the u-boat
was not seriously damaged. The trans
port finally ouldislance the German.
The americans sprang another sur
prise over the Germans, the intan-
TRY advancing north of Romagne and
taking Banthoyile without artillery
preparation
The americans captured the Talma
farms, northwest Of Grand Pre- in
HE face Of a stiff machine gun resist.
incc
In Belgium the enemy is giving
ground hastily in order To bring his ar
mics safely out OF the trap which men
ices them
HeebMgge, Germunls second great
submarine base on the North sea, has
gone the way Of OStend and the flag
IF Belgium once mere proudly floats
over 1t
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1918-10-25
IMPORTANT NEWS
THE WORLD OVER
IMPORTANT HAPPENINGS OF THIS
AND OTHER NATIONS FOR
SEVEN DAYS GIVEN
the NEWS OF the SOUTH
What Is Taking Place In The South
land viii Be Found In
Brief Paragraphs
Domestic

Announcement in France of the safe
arrival OF the Dixie division, which LEFT
camp Wheeler recently, has been re
cciyed in Macon. The division Is made
IN mostly of drafted men from HI
nois and Michigan, hat the majority
Of the officers are Georgia Florida and
Alabama men
A New York CTS dispatch SAYS the
british steamship Port PHILLIP out.
bound. vas sunk in a collision with a
United states war vessel OF swine.
burn island in the lower bay The Por
Philips crew Of fort, men was saved,
The survivors were landed by a coast
guard cutter The British vessel was
Of 1850 tons gross. She sank IN about
sprenly.li,e feet of water
To extend agricultural educational
and Experimental WORK along lhc rail
roads in undeNcl oprd sections Of the
south and west, the railroad admins.
trauon has appointed committees Of
railroad executives TO make inyestlga
lions Of local conditions and submit
recommendation In announcing tlus
the administration explained i expects
10 promote agricultural extension
work more actively than in the east
shortly before the American troop
ship America formerly the German
transatlantic passenger steamship
Amerika was about to sail for Eu-
rope with soldiers and supplies, the
vessel sank at her picr in Hohokcn
NJ So.N AZ known there was no
loss Of Ute The cause Of the acci.
dent is . mystery
With probably nc hundred dead.
thousands homeless and without
tlothng, and with property damage
mounting far INTO the millions Of dol
Lars. whole sections Of northern Wis
consin and Minnesota timberand are
,moulderng hrc.slricken areas with
only the eharred ruins oi abandoned
depopuated towns to aceenuate The
general dcsolaiion The bodies OF 10
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1918-10-25
10 Relieve Seed sitna.,o..

To bring order opt Of the chaotic
conditions that have existed IN the
cotton seed trade and to prevent con
gestion and save freight ears, The
State food administrator, Henry A.
Page has issued instructions forbid.
ding the loading Of cotton seed on ears
before there is an order for a carload.
the shipment OF seed to any crnsher
or dealer who has MOI ordered such
seed, and the exposure of cotton seed
to the weather
These orders will remain in force
curing the entire season.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1918-10-25
Now Nothing to Fear.

\ spec.a, from Washington says
HE cotton producer and the fair deal.
iNg cotton trade and cotton goods in.
iustry have no;hing TO fear from the
war Industries board in providing for
an ALLEGATION Of cotton and an inquiry
into the whole Gotten situation, said
tlarence Ousley, assistant secretary
OF agriculture. Mr. Ousley said that
there has not been from tie beginning
nor is there now airy set purpose or
desire 10 fix cotton prices. II has been
considered, he added, only as = posi-
BILE necessity
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1918-10-25
Durham Much Alarmed.

Durham With ten deaths from in.
fiuenza reported Sunday and with sew.
eral others al the point Of death. with
the number OF cases increasing rapid.
~ and steadily and with no signs in
sight of the epidemic abating health
officials and physicians are alarmed
over the situation Whole families are
afflicted and officials are strained 10
their endeavors to get aid for these
families. In all rections Of the city
the epidemic continues to rage furi.
ously.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1918-10-25
TWENTY-FIVE MILLION PEOPLE
PURCHASED LIBERTY BONDS

Washington -Probably 25,OOo.0OO or
more individuals bought bonds OF the
fourth Liberty loan according to un
official reports reaching Washington.
showed a large proportion filed their
subscriptions during the lasL few
days of the campaign Consequently
it will be task of many days to ac.
tually count the number OF pledges and
to compile reports from the entire
country
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1918-10-25
Railroad for Boone.

Boone. The new Lnville River
Railroad from Johnson City, Tenn.
has reached the corporate limits OF
Boone and in a very few days will be
finished 10 the depot site, Thu, after
some forty years OF trial and failure
Boone is at last CUnected with tie
outside world b. rail not. however,
with our own State direct as many
wished but with the good sister State
Of Tennessee. The county o. Watau.
ga is in direct corpeciion with both
Tennessee and Virginia now.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1918-10-25
IMMENSE GERMAN AlRDRoMES
ARE LEFT BEHIND BY ENEMY

London. I'm Withdrawing from Elan.
ders and the Belgian coast the Ger.
mans not only gave up their subma.
rine bases but also left behind i'm.
mense airdromes. Before the enemy
retirement northern Belgium might
have been known as the home OF the
Goths. BY moving eastward the Ger.
mans lose the points nearest to Eng
land from which they used to carry
out raids upon London and other Eng.
lish towns.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1918-10-25
Steady Industrial Advances.

That North Carolina is steadily ad.
yancing along all lines Of industrial
endeavor is the feature statement as
10 the trades conditions In this state
by Commissioner on Labor and Print
ing NJ, L. Shipman. He nays capital
and labor are on distinctly friendly
terms, and the tendency istoward
even more favorable conditions for
The wage earners and employers are
demonstrating their conviction that
the "lsborer is worthy OF his hike"
through voluntary increases in wage
scales.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1918-10-25
Illicit still Captured.

Washington, N. ca 175-gallon
still, with complete equipment and
about 600 gallons OF molasses beer
were brought in by Sheriff Harris and
Deputy Proctor. The stu was found
near the Little-John CoCgleton place
When they drew near they observed
two men operating H. The officers
made dush for the still but the men
sprang up and fed A chase followed
which lasted over . quarter OF mile.
Finally the officers were forced to
abandon the pursuit as the men had
Siven them the alb
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1918-10-25
FIFTEEN THOUSAND GERMANS
ARE lNTERNGD IN HOLLAND

Belgian forces have reached the
Dutch frontier, where 10000 Germans
cut off from their retreat by the ad-
vance northward from Eecloo, are re-
ported to have Withdrawn into llol
land. where they were interned
The American forces operating in
conjunction with the British north
OF Wassigny have advanced to the
Sambre.Oise canal They occupied
Reject, east of st, Souplet, a. the
point OF the bayonet.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1918-10-25
AMERICAN INFANTRY SPRING
BIG SURPRISE ON GERMANS.

With the American Army Northwest
OF Verdun, The Americans s;rarg
another surprise Over the German,
the infantry advancing north OF Ro-
mango and taking Bantheville with.
out artillery preparation The Ameri-
cans pushed the German infantry and
machine gunners back after fighting
that lasted all day.
Northwest Of Grand Pre- the Amer
leans captured Talma farm In the face
OF a stiff machine gun resistance.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1918-10-25
PRESENT OF TOBACCO FOR
THE PRESIDENT OF FRANCE

Washington. Representative Small
has received through John II, Bonner,
deputy collector OF customs at Wash.
inston. N. c., a package containing
three pounds of beautiful golden leaf
tobacco. attractively wrapped In the
national colors and enclosed in cha.
mois leather case. This tobacco was
sent by James F. Leggett with the
request that II be presented to Mr..
Poincare president of the French re.
public. >ts :
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1918-10-25
THE CzEvo.SLOvAK NATION
DECLARES ITS INDEPENDENCE

Washington Independence OF the
Crecho-Slovak nation was declared
formally by the Czecho- Slovak nation
al council. recognized by the United
States and the entente allies as a bel,
ligerent de facto government The
declaration renouncIns allegiance 10
the Hapsburg dynasty and announcing
principles for the foundation Of q re-
public was issued in Paris and q copy
was handed to President Wilson.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1918-10-25
Army Appointments.

Appon ments in the army from
North Carolina as Indicated below
were made:
To be captains engineers: Summey
c. Cornwell Dallas; TO be first lieu.
tenant. medical corps, Marcus Luns.
ford billiard 70 Haywood Street,
Asheville; to be second lieutenant, air
service. William Thompson Towe
kurelian Springs; to be first lieuten.
ant, sanitary corps. Manly W. Fort,
Wake FOREST; to be second lieutenant,
luartermaster (enlist ed Luther La
tal cite White. Raleigh.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1918-10-25
CENTRAL OFFICERS TRAINING
CAMP SCENE OF EXPLOSION

Petersburg. va.--One man was kill.
ed and eight injured. one seriously.
near the central officers training
school at Camp Lee by the explosion
Of high power gas explosive shells dnr-
ing preparations for = practice night
attack under gas conditions for the
student officers, Several shells ex-
pioded. The cause has not been Ascer-
tanned but the officers are conducting
an iaysstieation VI the accident,