The Daily News Leader from Staunton, Virginia • 1

Place Yotif AdTertialgg in An A. S. 6. Paper. The Le ader Papers hm the Distinction cffcelai tie Only of Abaolutely Prored Clrculatlou Within Eadlnaof 75 lilies Prom Staunton VOLUME NO.

27, NO. 114 Ktabir A. B. mm Aaaaelata STAUNTON, VA FRIDAY, APRIL 26, 1918. CtrcalaUaa Baoka Oaaa All laureate.

PRICE TWO cents: mi MAY PASS TWO SEVENTEEN Under Tremendous Pressure Allies Forced To Evacuate Ground, Teuts Paying Cost EDTlfSlf Germans Now Holding Part Of Kemmel Hill Frewh Ave Countor-Attackyiff In Attempt To Regain Positions; Heavy -Fighting Is Koportcd South Of The Somnie; (icrnian Posts Near Mlleis-Buotoii-neiix Cleared Up; French Destroy One LoiiY Kaiijfo dun; Bombardment Again In Progress. BIlLIOfl IUIH IB? Tkc Associated Prraa.l WASHINGTON, April 26. Liberty Day opened with a total of one billion, nlng hundred and fifty-seven millions U.957,000,000 subscribed to the loan. Indications are that the two billion mark will- be passed before night. JUDGE R.

S. KER GRANTS INJUNCTION CLIFTON FORGE, April 26. Judge R. S. Ker, of the Staunton Corporation Court, has granted an injunction restraining the Virginia Western Power Company increasing the rates on electric lights furnished the city and its citizens: The injunction is to remain in force for ninety days unless enlarged or dissolved.

It is set forth in the order entered in the City Circuit Court of this city that the power company cannot collect a rate in excess of that stated in its franchise with the city. The petition was presented to Judge Ker by reason of the fact that Judge Anderson is a patron of the power company and the latter did not think it proper for him to act. When the injunction conies up on its merits it will be before a judge appointed by the Governor. E. B.

MOUBRAY ILL E. B. Moubray, Company A. 116th Infantry, Camp McClellan, Is very ill with pneumonia' at the base hospital there. His brother Charles M.

Moubray, of this city, has left for Anniston to be with him. NIGHTFALL Bjr Tfca Aaaorlatcd Preaa) as far as could he ascertained nn- WITH THE BRITISH ARMY IN. body had been hurt and the dam-FRANCE. Friday, April 26. By age was not appreciable.

One of the three-guns where have ES ON TRADE TO U.S. By The Aaaoclatrd Prran. WASHINGTON, April 26. Holland, has- embargoed, exportation from the Dutch East Indies of tin, tin ore, 'cinchona bark, quinine, quinine salts and kapok, all needed in large quantities by the United States" for war purposes. I "HOW TO REACH MEN," SUBJECT Rev.

William G. McDowell conducted ttfe men's meeting at the Y. M. C. A.

at noon, his subject being "How To Reach Men." The service was an impressive one. These meetings held at the noon hour for thirty minutes are splendid in every way and more men should be present. A request Is made that all interested men In the city to be present at Saturday's meeting. Rev. W.

W. Sprouse will lead. Saturday at noon Rev. A. B.

Mann, Cantain Francis and Charles f. Allen will conduct a dieting for men at Putnam's Organ Factory. i CHAXDL.ER IX FRANCE Mr. and Mrs. S.

L. Chandler have received a letter from their son, Luther W. Chandler, of the 41st Engineers, who is "Somewhere in France," in active service. He stated that he was doing well and was Mr. Chandler was formerly in Co.

the old West Augusta Guard, later being transferred to Co. 116th Inf. From this company he was transferred to the 41st Engineers and is now serving with that command. through the sacrifice, service, and devotion of this whole people will victory at last come. We must not deceive ourselves about this.

Victory rides upon the dollars that we lend to our Government; defeat rides upon waste and extravagance. 'This Country is like a strong, healthy, powerful, young man; bul sometimes we are shocked when such becomes the victim of disease. This country has within it the strength, the buoyancy, and the recuperative powers of youth but we must not trust these too far and we must never forget that our great resources are powerful and irresistible only as they are used. The country is -capling upon' us today through the Third Liberty Loan drive to release some of these resources. "We are simply called upon to-lend our money on sound security for the purpose of saving our own liberties.

We are trying to persuade ourselves that our country cannot lose; but it can and it will unless America wakes up and the sooner she wakes up the less will it cost in life and money to win. If the American people realized half the truth of the real situation, the. would already be oversubscribed." i- Maximum 'Extra Tough 99 Inner Tubes A red velvet stock made from the finest para rubber. These tubes have a wonderful wearing quality which has made them very popular, with the customers that we have in pre vious yeadTne prices are '''yti x'S TtrrTT.wnw Tmnfi HOLLAND PUG EXPQRTATIOI BAN American Liberty Is At Stake, Says Neff ES OFFICIAL DUTIES Hugh B. Sproul.

recently appointed Food Administrator for the State of. Virginia, was in Richmond Thursday ani; while there Colontv E. B. White, who has been Administrator, having resigned, turned over the office him. Mr.

Sproul Informally has taken over the -duties of Food Administrator, but will 'return to Richmond next Wednesday at which time he will assume actual charge. On his visit Thursday Mr. Sproul became acquainted with the start employed in the office of the Food Administrator. Col. White, in leaving the work in Mr.

Sprout's hands, presented the new Administrator with two handsome United States I ALLIES HAVE BILL OF 5,289,000,000 'j. Bx The Aaaoclated PreM WASHINGTON, April 26. Belgium was granted another credit of three and one-quarter million dollars by the Treasury today, making her total borrowings from the United States one hundred and eight millions. Credits to all the Allies now total nearly five billion, two hundred and eightyine millions Bjr Tae Aaaot-latod Prcaa.J WASHINGTON, April 26. The addition to the Overman bill of an amendment providing for the reorganization of the air craft program by authorizing the President to establish an executive with complete was assured today when Senator Overman, in charge of the bill, advised the.

S.en-ate that he would accept the provision. TO BE SENATOR By Prcaal WASHINGTON, April 26. Speaker Clark declined today Governor Gardner's proffer of the Missouri Senatorship to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Senator Stone. CASUALTY LIST OF 75 By The Aaaoeiatr Prcaaj WASHINGTON, April 26. Today's casualty list contains the names of seventy-five.

Killed in action nine, died of wounds five, disease three, wounded severely thirty-nine, slightly wounded twenty-five. LIBERTY BONDS We have received a supply of Third Liberty Bonds for immediate delivery, in denominations of $50, $100 and $500. All, subscribers who have paid for their bonds of these denominations in full or those who wish to subscribe in the same manner, can therefore get definite delivery by application to us. National Valley Bank Resources More Than Two 'Million Dollars 5PR0UL mm nllg CLARK DECLINES County's Quota Was Eighteen One Goes To Camp Lee From Pennsylvania. CALL MADE FOR MEN GOING 2ND Appropriate Exercises At Court House Morns Makes Address.

With the colored band playing "Onward Christian Soldiers" and vAuId Lang Syne," not to mention other airs, hundreds of colored people, as well as many white, gathered at the Chesapeake and Ohio station this morning to bid the seventeen colored draftees 1 farewell as they started on the first lap of their Journey to "Get The Kaiser." At the court house shortly before train time the men gathered, after receiving instructions from the local board, and heard a brief but patriotic address by Attorney James M. Morris. Rev. J. Brown presided at the court house exercises and Rev.

E. W. Hollands offered a prayer. Rev. R.

C. Pannell, on behalf of the colored Red Cross auxiliary, presented the men with two large baskets filled with a lunch for each man and fruits. At the C. O. station Abe Walters distributed a carton of cigarettes a-mong the drafted men, giving "smokes" to the boys from Rockingham county, fifteen en route to Camp Lee, as well as to those from Augusta Augusta's quota in this call was- eighteen men, seventeen of whom left during the morning, the last man on the list, Walton O.

Lee, going to camp from Pennsylvania. Those who left for Camp Lee from Augusta and Staunton during the morning were Philip. A. Joneo. Luther L.

Toles. Alonza Khelton. Milton Jackson. Jewte Breckenridge. T.

Peters. Grover C. Fryor. Lynwood Rom. Walter Martin.

George G. Brown. Prank White. John E. Poindexter.

Robert H. Jenkins. John 8. Breckenridge. Crawford R.

Lindsay. Earl Rhodes. Walter H. Bell. Walton O.

Lee. Attorney Morris' Address "Fellow Citizens: "The clouds of war grow darker and darker, and the call for men, more men to save the flag of our country from defeat-and dishonor, is heard on every hand. This is not a war of armies, but a war of nations which threatens and imperils the civilization of the age. Amid this mighty national conflict it (Continued On Page Six.) 3d Liberty Bonds Received We wish to announce the receipt from the UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT of a limited number of 3rd Libertv Loan Bonds We will 'be pleased to deliver them to subscribers who have PAID CASH U. Farmers' Merchants Bank COAL PRICES ARE FIXED IN S.W.

VA. Br The Aaawlatnt Pi-run. WASHINGTON, April 26. New-prices for bituminous coal at certain Virginia mines near St. Charles.

Lee county, were announced today by the Fuel Administration, effective today. Prices are run of mine. prepared sizes, slack or screenings, $2.40. TWO MEN TO TAKE COLLEGE COURSE Up to the present two men have volunteered for service in the mechanical departments of the army in answer to the call under which 195 Virginia men are to be sent to Lehigh University, at South Bethlehem, for a two months' course of training. They are J.

F. Moomaw and S. E. Ballew. This call is different from the industrial call which ends Saturday In that the draft will be applied in event the required quota of volunteers are not secured by April 30.

Men accepted will mobilize at Lehigh on May 7. The' industrial call Is purely volunteer. However, as the state quota is only 195, that for Staunton and Augusta will be very smoJL'The two men already enlisted may fill the call although the number required will not be known for a few days. A WRIT OF EKKOK GRANTED IX CAKE OK JAMES CAM'KK BRISTOL; April 26. Notification has been received by Judge N.

F. Oglesby that the Supreme, Court ha awarded a writ of error in the case of the Commonwealth versus James Canter. It will be recalled that James Canter stood six trials In the Circuit Court of Washington county, for the murder of Mrs. iaud Wilson, who was slain in her home, near here'over two years ago. WILL PLAY SATURDAY Postponed Thursday on account of wet grounds, the game scheduled between the Augusta Military Acad-J emy and the' V.

S. D. B. baseball team will be played at Ft. Defiance Saturday afternoon at four o'clock.

A. M. A. has not been defeated this yearand the V. S.

D. B. team only once so it is very evident that a bitter contest will result. BOY WANTS WORK The Welfare League Is anxious to secure work of some kind for a deserving boy thirteen years old. His services can be secured by calling the Welfare League.

NEW THEATRE Jack Pickford and Louise Huflr "IN "HUCK AND TOM" KEYSTONK PRICES COMEDY Plus Tax if JACK. PlCWORD lja Tlie Associated Press) The French this morning are counter-attacking at Mont Kimmel in an attempt to reclaim the positions taken by the Germans. Yesteday's fighting was of a desperate nature and enemy g'llns were made only at frightful cost. Gentians Obtain Footing LONDON. April 26.

A footing has been obtained on Kemmel Hill by the Germans In their attack on the northern baltlefront, the war office announces today. Fighting still continues in this region. Allied forces were engaged all day yesterday with great superior enemy forces along this front from Ballleul to Hollefieke, about ten miles, and were Anally compelled to give ground. The Germans posts, which have been holding out southeast of VII-lers-Bretonneux-nn the front south of the Somme after its recapture the British, were cleared up. Minor operations during the night west of Merville netted tifty prisoners and three machine guns.

One Big Gun Destroyed PARIS, April 26. Long range bombardment of Paris was resumed during the night. Up to six o'clock MILLBOROBOY AMONG INJURED In the casualty list issued Thursday from Marine Corps headquurr ters with the American Expeditionary Forces in France, appears the name of Corbett C. Madison, slightly wounded This young man, who Is about, twenty-two years of age, is from Millboro and enlisted with the last fall. At the time he enlisted he was employed at the post office at Millboro.

"MULLIX" GETS 0 MONTHS Willie Robertson, colored, better known as "Mullln," has been eluding the authorities of Staunton for about two months but Is now where he will be safe for the next six months. Robertson was charged with having committed an assault on another negro man at the C. 4 O. station in February. He escaped at the time but arrested several days ago and when given a hear(ng at the morning session police court was sentenced to six months on the road.

Dp you want Perfect Floors? been bombarding the city, has been destroyed, according to Deputy Charles LeBoucq, of the Department of Seine. The deputy said he'tulk-with the General commanding the sector where the big gun was stationed. The French made a number of raids at different points, especially in the region east of Lasslgny, in Lorraine and Vosges. Elsewhere the night was quiet. Heavy Fighting Reported PARIS, April 26.

Heavy actil-lery fighting south of the Somme was reported by the war office today. Deprived Of Comniand AMSTERDAM, April 2 6. Vice Admiral Schroeder, the commander at Zeebrugge, according to reports reaching here today, will be deprived of his command for being ken by surprise by the British Tuesday. Gerniun newspapers in commenting on the raid at Zeebrugge, generally take the hint given in. official reports at Berlin and represent the enterprise as a failure.

Some, however, admit that the attack waa made with great boldness. TWO MORE ENLIST IN ARMY SERVICE General Pershing's call for skilled men through "the nation's want column" has been answered by two more local men, who during the morning entered their names upon the list of are Paul J. B. Murphy, who has offered the country his services as a civil engineer, and W. G.

Snyder, who has enrolled as a carpenter, WILL LAY CORNER STONE WEDNESDAY The laying of the corner stone at Bethlehem church, near Swoope, will be celebrated on Wednesday, May the 1st, the exercises to be conducted by Staunton Lodge No. 13, A. F. and A. at 3 p.

m. Delivery! We are making deliv-evry of a limited amount of Third Liberty Loan Bonds. "FIRST COME FIRST SKRVED" AH persons Holding receipts and those expecting to pay cash please call immediately Augusta Nationai Bank (By Prof. J. P.

Neff.) "There was a day when it was said 'If we are to be free, if we mean to be free, we must fight." With more emphasis and truth it can be said today: It we are to REMAIN FREE, we must fight. "The only way in which we shall escape paying tribute to a foreign foe Is to win victory. The very least bondage we can expect, if our enemies win, is the extortion of a heavy Indemnity. That was the very thing we refused to do which brought on the Revolutionary War. The result of war was an Inde pendent Nation.

Will the result of this war be the destruction of this Nation's independence? That all depends upon those who fight our battles for us and those who support and encourage those who fight. "If we lose in this war, we shall be fortunate if we are not subject ed to harder things than paying "I am not a pessimist nor an a- larmist, but we had just as well face the fact that unless we do our full duty here atr home we are absolutely sure to fall. If we do our duty, we shall win! Never did a people face a greater duty than confronts us whenever any call comes for aid in connection with this war. Only ALABASTINE The beautiful wall coating. Come in and see how pretty you can make a room for 70c.

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