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VOL. XLTI GRAHAM CHURCH DIRECTORY. Baptist—N. Main 3u—Jas. W. Rose, Pastor. Preaching services every first and Third Sundays at 11.00 a. m. and 7.30 p. m. Sunday School every Sunday at 9.44 a. m.—C. B. Irwin, Superin tendent. Graham Christian Church—N, Main Street—Rev. J. P. Truitt. Preaching services every Sec ond and Fourth Sundays, at 11.00 a. m. Sunday School every Sunday at 10.00 a. m.—E. L. Henderson, Super intendent. % New Providence Christian Church —North Main Street, near Depot- Rev. J. G. Truitt, Pastor. Preach ing every Second and Fourth Sun day nights at 8.00 o'clock. Sunday School every Sunday ac 9.46 a. m.—J. A. Bayliff, Superin tendent. Christian Endeavor Prayer Meet ing every Thursday night at 7.45. o'clock. Friends—Worth of Graham Pub lic School—J .Robert Parker, Pas tor. • Preaching every Sunday at 11 a. m. and at 7.30 p. m. Sunday School every Sunday at 10.00 a. m.—James Crisco, Superin tendent; Methodist Episcopal, south—cor. Main and Maple St., H. E. Myers Pastor. Preaching every Sunday at 11.00 a. m. and at 7.30 p. m. Sunday School every Sunday at 9.45 a. m.—W. B. Green, Supt. Methodist Protestant—College St., West of Graham Public School, Rev. O. B. Williams, Pastor. Pi€hching every First, Third and Fourth Sundays at 11.00 a. m. and every .First, Third, Fourth and Fifth Sundays at 7.00 p. m. Sunday School every Sunday at 9.46 a. m.—J. S. Cook, Supt. Presbyterian—Wst im Street- Rev. T. M. McConnell, pastor. Sunday School every Sunday at 9.45 a. m.—Lynn B. Williamson, Su perintendent. Presbyterian (Travora Chapel)— J. W. Clegg, pastor. Preaching every Second and Fourth Sundays at 7.30 p. m. Si)nday School every Sunday at 2.30 p. m.—J, Harvey White, Su perintendent. Oneida—Sunday School every Sunday at 2.30 p. m.—J. V. Pome roy, Superintendent. PROFESSIONAL CARDS E. C. DERBY Civil Engineer. GRAHAM, N. C.. National Bank ol Alamance BTd'g. BURLINGTON, N. C, Boom 11 lot National Basic Building. . 'Plume 47# JOHN J. HENDERSON Attorney-at-£aw GRAHAM, N. C. Dfllce over National Bank of Alamance J", S. COOK, 1 Attorney-at-Law, GRAHAM, N. C. Offloe Patterson Building Second Floor. . » . DR. WILLS.LONG,JR. . . . DENTIST ... Grahim - - - - North Carolina OFFICE IN SIMMONS BUILDING ,ACOB A. LONG. J. ELIIKR LONG LONG A LONG, Attorneys and Counaaloro at Ltw GRAHAM, N. C. JOHN H. VERNON | Attorney and Counielor-it-law PON KM—Office S&J Re»ldence 337 BURLINGTON, N\ C. Dr. J. J. Barefoot OFFICE OVER HADLEY'B STOBE Leave Messages at Alamance Phar macv 'Phone 97 Residence 'Phone 382 Office Hours 2-4 p. m. and by Appointment. DR. G. EUGENE HOLT Osteopathic Physician SI. 22 »« M First National Bankk Bldfl. BURLINGTON, N C. Stomach and Nervous diseases a Specialty. •'Phones, Office 305,—res idence, 362 J. War has put 2,000 ships of 4,000,000 tonnage out of businea, and opportunity to provide itself with a merchant marine is loud ly knocking at America's door. The millionaire who dresses as well as his clerks is more or lees eccentric. It is as easy for you to please everybody as it is for every to please you. Fairbanks' presidentiaUxioin is said to be growing steadily—like an icicle; J>ut wait for the spring thaw. Geography is not of much use in the schools these days, but the "Arabian Nights" should help the students toward an under standing of what a march towards Bagdad means. In saying that Texas is likely to join the republican ranks next year, William G. Thon qualifies as one of the nation's most daring humorists. It seems to be a hopeless under taking, building up a Navy that will please all the yellow editor*. - " ..' ' y. .'- . .. '• -- 7*'; THE ALAMANCE GLEANER. . * —, , 11. S. FOREIGN ; POLICY_SCORED i Caused "Complete Loss of Pres i tip," Says D. J. Hill. —————— MUST ASSERT OUR RIGHTS . i . Former Ambassador to Germany De clares We Must Prepare to Protect Our Citizens. The administration's foreign policy was denounced as one which had "caused a complete loss of our pres tige as a nation and rendered our government a "practically negllble quantity as an International influ ence," by David Jayne Hill, former ambassador to Germany, speaking at the opening session of the eleventh • annual convention of the Navy League In Washington. "The pressing question of the hour," he said, "Is: Have we, as a I 1 people, abandoned the essential poli cies of a self-respecting nation? Have we ceased to maintain the principle, 'all for every one and every one for all'? "Have we become so self-centered, so fond'of ease, so fearful of personal danger, so Indifferent to the fate of ' others, BO negligent of national duty, that we can satisfy ourselves with empty words and consent to be the passive spectators of our national dis grace? "If we have, then we must consent in the future to be the prey and the victims of those who may feel that it is not only safe for them, but what we ourseSves will patiently endure, if they complete our infamy by sys tematic insult and spoliation. "More fundamental than any plans for fitting our armies and fleets for service, Is the question: Do we In tend to maintain the standards of civic duty set up by otir fathers, and un flinchingly sustained by them? "If we do—and in spite of all the discouragements, I believe we do then we must firmly resolve, coat it may, that henceforth no power possessed by this nation shall be spared, not only to defend from hos tile invasion every foot of our thou sands of miles of sea and land fron tiers, but to vindicate the right to personal safety of every law-abiding 1 man, woman and cnUd justly possess ed of American citizenship, wherever their ligltimate business or the neces sity of their situation may require them to be." Delegates representing every state in the Union attended the convention. Robert B. Thompson, president ol the league, opened the convention. He declared that, while the league had f "earned the hatred of that class which is opposed to preparedness, we trust that you will love us lor the enemies . we have made." The league was founded by men who believed, Colonel Thompson con > tinued, "that an efficient and adequate fleet was the best defence against in-, vaslon." He asserted that the coun try has awakened to the necessity for real preparation for defence. Secretary Dadmun reported the « league's revenue for the last year as about $60,000, or nearly tour times that of the previous year, largely from membership fees. The active mem bership was reported as totaling 13,- 1 000, and the associate membership more than 210,000, with the women's section numbering more than 200,000. More than 500,000 pbamphlets were distributed during the year. Daring Bank Robbers Get $15,000. Two men robbed the First National bank of Houston, near Canonsburg, Pa., of $15,000, and escaped in an automobile. Joseph K. McNutt, cashier of the bank, was alone at his window when an automobile drove up in front of tne building. A mr carrying in his hand a piece of paper about the size of a check, and laid it on the counter in front of the cashier. On the paper was written, "Make a move and you will be shot." McNutt looked up to 1 find himself facing an automatic pis tol. Meantime, the other occupant of the automobile had left the machine ■ and made his way to the door leading to the cashier's cage, which happen ed to be open. McNutt was forced to . lie on the floor and one of the robbers guarded him while the other went through the vault. He collected $15,- 000 In bills ranging in denomination ] from $1 to S2O, but did not touch the S2OOO in gold or SIOOO in silver. The men then told McNutt to lie perfectly still, which be did while they hurried to the automobile and drove quickly away In the direction of Canonsburg. ' McNutt gave the police a descrip tion of the robber who faced him at the window. I Asserts Hughes Will Run. I The Washington- Star carries an article that Supreme Court Jus- i tlce Hughes will accept the Repub-: , llcan presidential nomination "if it | comes to htm without protest, and is tendered on the ground that his party considers him the man most likely to , wrest the control of the government from the Democrats." | The article says that the statement ' is based on the opinion of Important men In the* Republican party, "It Is conviction without direct ' (roof upon which r*»t* ' In Lassiter vs. Seaboard Air 1 Line, from Wake, an action for damages for personal injury which the plaintiff won in the lower court, the Supreme Court orders a new trial because Judge Pee -1 bles' charge to the Jurj was inad equate as to what constituted actionable negligence on the part of the defendant and because the i judge expressed an opinion on the , evidence. I, -.1 GENERAL CADORNA ■ Italian Commander Thinks Ver- . dun Is Impregnable. ' ' ■ mmJfSL - - i y. t | I| ■ Photo by American Press Association. I General Cardona, the gcnerallsslmt ' of the Intallan forces, believes that the strength of the Franco-Brltlsa ' lines Is more than sufficient to prevent ', any possibility of the Germans taptur i ing the "key to Paris." RUSSIANS BACK ! Hold Their Positions Near Trebizond Against Drive. The battle for the possession of , Trebizond, the great Turkish port ■ on the Black Sea, has begun, and the opening of the light has i terminated successfully for the Rus sians. The attempts of the Turks to drive : the -Russians from their positions on the right bank of the Kara Dera, be tween fifteen and twenty miles from i Trebizond, resulted in failure, the Turks suffering heavy losses. Reinforcements have been received by the Trebizond garrison, and It Is 1 evident/that a desperate defence of the cUy is planned. The Turks have aboijt 80,000 troops, and the defensive operations will be directed by Ger i man army officers. ; Great quantities of ammunition were sent from Germany for the de fence of Trebizond, as well as many aeroplanes, guns and armored motor : cars. Grand Duke Nicholas Is directing in ' uerson the drive against the Turkish . stronghold. I J GOES TO ALASKA TO WED , Sunbury Girl to Marry a Man she Never Baw. , Miss Viola Kleckner, nineteen years old, left Sunbury, Pa., on a i 7000-mile Journey to Soward, Alaska where she will become the bride ot j James M. Foley, a man she never has . seen. Ten years ago, a young woman r friend went to Alaska, where she wed ded, and two years ago, a friend ot j the Alaska woman sent the address i of a.man to Miss Kleckner. Ccrres , pondence and an exchange of photo , graphs followed, he proposed marriage . and was accepted. Miss Kleckner declared that che Is i not afraid to take the trip alone. She , also asserted that she has perfect con fidence that the wedding will be happy i and says he writes such a nice letter that be cannot prove anything but u true and loving husband. i DRINKS HAm TONIC 1 Wife's Solicitude for Mart's Bald Head Has Disastrous Results. Hair tonic, the gilt-edged kind, that '| grows hair on bald heads, and which ; was solicltlously purchased by his wl t to restock his head, came within ac ace of causing the death of John Man | ning, of Weverton, near Frederick, Md., who took a large swig of It, be llevlng It whiskey. Manning was found writhing In pain on the floor of bis room by members of the family. A nearby empty bot tle of hair tonic beside him caused the wife to ho/ry for a physician. On regaining consciousness. Manning ex plained that he had placed a flask oi whiskey on the before retlr lng and had picked upThe hair tonl In the morning, thinking that It was the liquor. He will recover. Killed oft Mine Fan, Jasper Mtghes, Seventeen years old was killed whlleirti gaged In a frirnJlj wrestling matey at the mines of th Bessemer Coal' and Coke company at Masontown, near Unlontown, I'a Hugbes was accidentally pusher against the frail shed of the far house which collapsed, throwing bin: against the 'an. Record Bteel Tonnage. Monthly statement of unfilled orden i of the United States Steel corporator ! again broke all records. Orders stood on March 31 at 9,331,001 tons, an In crease of 781,035 ton* over Februar) 29, when they were *,568.966 tons, tbi previous blgb record. Teuton Losses 2,73^,917. German lossei to date total 2,73' i, 917, I-ondon newspaper* flgrre by at ding the German official casualty lists Of these 681,437 .lave been "kllle 1. To Care a Cold in One lis). I Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All druggists refund the money if It falls tu cure. E. W. 1 Grove's signature is on each box. ! U cents. j $ 1 J. W. Walker, 74 years oltl and * a Confoderate veteran, fell ! 1 through the floor of his burn at 1 Concord and received injuries from which be died. GRAHAM, .N.C., THURSDAY, APRIL 18, 1916 FRENCH HALT • FOEVATTACKS 13-Mile Onslaught Yields Ger mans 500 Yards. STRUGGLE FOR TWO HILLS Paris Ssys Enemy Suffered Terrible Losses in Biggest General Advance Yet Attempted. The Germans continued their It tacks In the Verdun region, east ai d west of the Meuse river, over a fro it thirteen miles loug from Hill o Fort Douaumont. , \ The French war office announced ment says that In the fighting west of the river for possession of Dead Man's Hill the' Germans were repuls ed except on a front of 500 yards near- Hill No. 296. East of the river the ' German assaults gained no apprecia ble results. After their evacuation Saturday night of Bethlncourt, the French with stood all day Sunday on their new line, the mo>' furious assaults which have been made by the crown prince's army in many days. The French evacuated Heth'ncourt when, after a month's defence, as he roic and as vain as at Malancourt, thu pinch of the Germans on three sidea of the salient became no longer be .r able. For the last week It lad been borne only by the unconquerable will of Its French defenders. , As now established, the French line In this sector runs from the Avo court redoubt along the wooded slopes to the west of Hill 304, follows Forges creek to the northeast of Hati court and joins the positions already held to the south of the crossing ot the Bethlncourt-Senes and Bethln court-Chattancoort roads. The evacuation of Bethlncourt, In It self only a smnfll ruined village, has had the effect of flattening the point of the saillent, although the successful holding by the French of the lino on the Forges creek to the west of Beth lncourt and the line Just south of he village leaves a still very pronounced salient projecting Into the German lines, with the two very Important hills, 304, east of Haucourt, and I.e Mort Homme, southeast of Bethln court, within it. Paris advices state that the fal ure of Sunday's attack on the new Jlne, the latest great hammer stroke of the Germans a Verdun, lias greatly en couraged the French press and public and confirms still further the general confidence felt In the ability of the high command. The attackMs stated to have been one of he most determin ed of the great blows delivered slm e the battle began fifty days ago, and yet It yielded the least results of any of them, although the crown prince hurled two whole army corps (80,000 men) against the French along a ten mlJe front. Paris despatches describing _Sun day's fighting say that abandoning the new open formation and the lately established practice of night attack, the Germans en'-'aged two army corps In dense masses against the French positions northwest of Verdun, Avo court and Cumleres. Forces numb-jr- Ing at least a division and a ha'f (18,- 000 men) charged the line between Avocourt and Betlflncourt. They ap proached within n hundred yards of the French trenches and seemed In sensible to the fact that, hundreds of their men "'ere falling by the way, | but notwithstanding their courage and the weight of their masses, they were stopped. There was a dead line be yond which they could not pass. When the attacking columns were thinned out by artillery and machine gun flre so that a reformation became necessary, the order to retire was given. Twit e wore they oblige I to All up the gaps in tbeir ranki but none of the'r three onslaugMs ch iok ] the French line, which ha I been con-1 siderabiy strengthened In the rc;l n of Bethlncourt by the wlthdiawal of fcrips frem the dnnceroitsly exposed salient commanding positions .behind the village. Two Iresh divisions (?4,000 men) attache I Peid Man's lilll while the assault was In pro-re** on. the Petti lnconrt Une. ether or es at tlie sainej time to slip thrcurih the ravine near sLmieTes. It Is state.l that at the close of the day t'-e, French held c a ;iy tie same pcslll n as at the.- ' o_l ring ct 'be at tack. Mother »rd Daufl! ttirj Suffocated. Mrs. I.Hilan Df liler an I her two daughters v ere su.Tceated aid two persons v. re InJtirejl In a Pre w leb swept tl.e IJf'bler h me In Detroit The mot' er and cblldre.i were tra; pe In a room on -tire eo' on t floor, and although they were not burned, all j werei- dead v „on firemen reached them. Cestroyer R.-.ms U Bolt The H ('*»!» n torpedo deatrcyer Btorgl has rarn.'oel an enemy submarine nar the spot wfie the hospital r.hip Portugal was sunl> (In the Black Kea) aeeor'lng to the official annouTH ement In Petr grad. Woman's Body on Railroad Tracks. The mangled body of Mrs. Margaret Hanawalt, forty e-lght was found on Bio Pennsylvania railroad tracks near Mapleton, Pa. Spavin Liniinnct re moves Hard, Soft and Calloused Lumps and Blemishes from hurs«; also Blood Spavjns, Curbs, Splints, Sweertey, Kin# Bone, Stifles, Sprains, Swollen Throats, Coughs, etc. Save sso.by u>»e of one bot. tie. A wonderful Blemish Cure, SoM by Graham Dru« Company adv SCBSCKIUK FOR THB GLEANER, tI.M A YEAR I 1 : V-. s - - —• WARREN G. HAftpINQ Senator Named Temporary Chair- [ man of G. O. P. Convention. j and Is accepted by Republican leaders as a "finality," the St r adds. Friends of Justice Hughes re used to make any comment on the re. ort. Harding to Be "KeynoUr." Senator Warren O. liar ling, of Ohio, was elected temporary halrm..n of the Republican national convention by unanimous vote of the sub-commit tee on arrangements of the Re.mbll can national committee in Chicago in the first ballot. Other convention ofllcers were h>- sen: I.afayette P. Oloason, of New York secretary; William F. Stane, of Baltimore, sergesnt-at-arms, and George 1. Hart, ol Roanoke, official reporter. Senator Harding placed William H. Taft In nomination before the natl mal convention of I'Jl2. As temporary chairman of the convention, Mr. Hard ing will make the "keynote" speech on the Issues of the campaign. Eight Widows Awarded $25,000 Eight Claims one of the largest adjustments under the workri&n's eompe sa tlon act In central Pennsylvania, were settled upon the widows of the eight miners killed by an exploslf n at Itoblndalo, Somerset county, last week. It jvas one of the speediest seltle menfs effected. Compensation became effective April L The Conemaugb Smokeless Coal bpjnpany, which operates the mine In which the disaster occurred, paid the widows the wages earned by their hus bands, and state Insurance dopart ment advanced them sufficient money to meet emergency needs until Ref eree Jacob Suyder's award Is avail able. Urge Pension for Postmen. Forty congressmen urged the house postal committee to report the Griffin bill for annual pensions of t!00 to superannuated postal employes. "We shut our eyes and pass sixteen millions for a battleship that won't last sixteen minutes after sorno sub marine operator gets his eyes on It," •aid Representative Taggart, Demo crat, of Kansas, "and then we knock a poor S9OO clerk off the rolls while some one stamps his cowhide and shouts 'economy.'" Woodtlcka Kill an Elk. Farmers In Forest county, Pa., are worried over the finding of a dead elk, | one of twenty liberated recently by the state in that county. An examination of the body showed It was covered with woodtlcks, which had sucked Itj blood, causing death. Tho farmers have taken a serious view of the matter, as they fear their cattle may become covered with ticks. Lad Drowned In Cave. David Geddes, three years old, son of William Ceddes, fell Into a! | mine cave bole In the rear of his | home, a', Avoca, Pa., and was drowned In three feet of water. The cave-In occurred some tlineago, and during the recent rains became filled with water. German U Boat Sunk by Allies. The sinking of a German subma rlne and the capture of her crew | on Wednesday was announced by the ■ ministry of marlno In Paris. A cm blned *(|uadron of French warship) participated. GENERAL MARKETS PHII.ADKDPHIA FIXH7R qu'nt; winter clear, $5. city mills, $«.60»( (1.80. i RYE Fl,OL'R —Steady; per barrel, j s&*( 5.50. WHEAT firm: No. 2 red. $1.19® 1.22. CORN firm No. 2 yellow. M.V SV 'i 4 T. OATH quiet: No. 2 white, SlH't/f^e. POULTRY: Live steady; hens 1 'JU\ ! 20c.; old roosteri, IZ'.riljc, Dressedl steady, cfiol'e fowls, 21 Vio.; old roos ters 15c. (£)" BUTTER firm: Fancy crcJHuary, 39c. per lb. EOOH steady: Helefe,| 27/2Sc.; nearby, 26c.; western, Mt. Live Stock Quotation*. CHICAGO. —1100H —15(* 20c. lower.! Mited arid but/hers, $9.2')fr9.65; good heavy, ®9.80; lights. f9.106D.65; i/lgs. *7.90 ©».05: bulk, *V4O«(9.SJJ. . CATTLE —Steady to 15c. I wer. Beeves, $7.10{- In; cows and heifers,j f3.75ftR.90; sto -ke.'s and f. eders.i I6.40&I.50; Texan*. $7.25&H>.9i; I calves, $Hf/9.25. BHEBP —Steady. Native and weat*| ern, sify9.2s; lambs, ss.7s't 11.50. lle>n. Chas A. Smith, who WHS! Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina Blease was Gover nor, died.Friday in Johns Hopkins hospital, Baltimore. Ho was Governor of South Carolina for a few (lays m January, 1&15, Blease resigning five days before his term expired. Gov. Smith's hoflae was atTimmotisville. Ho was a native of Gatea county, N. C. and a gradual© of Wake Forest College. A GENERAL SURVEY OF THE WAR TUEBDAY. Reports from Zurich say that Hol land has closed the frontier toward Germany and massed her entire army on the German front. Fear of a viola tion of her neutrality, directly or In directly, as a consequence' of tlfe an tlcipated allied offensive, Is supposed to have led to Holland's recent war preparations. The French are heavily bombarding the German positions on the Dcuau mont-Vaux front, northeast of Verdun, It is believed In preparation for a new counter attack. Artillery is active on the west side of the Meuse also. Ber lin claims gains In the Verdun region and admits less of a mine crater to tie British, southeast of Ypres. General Ivanoff, ccmmandlng the Russian armies In Volhynla and Gait cla, has retired from that post. An allied air squadron of thirty-one planes has raided Essen and other German towns. WEDNESDAY. London reports that Walter H. Page, the American ambassador, lias an ' nounced that analysis of metal frag > ments found on the steamship Sussex showed they belonged tu a German 1 torpedo. Four more unarmed merchantmen, three neutral,- have been torpedoed. London says Holland Is reported about to protest against the sinking of the schooner Klsina Helfa by a submarine, lier recent war preparations are ex plained as tho result of certain Infor mation suddenly reaching the govern ment. ■ The French, assuming the offensive north of Verdun, have gained ground In Calllette wood, near douaumont, In which sector the Germans were drlv l en back with heavy loss, Paris an [ nouuccs. i THURSDAY. A desperate, struggle (iroiind Ver . dun lasting a'l Wednesday afternoon i and Wednesday night resulted In sub stantlnl gains for the French west of tho river Mease/, according to the Paris war offleo, while east of that t stream German attacks on French po , sltlwns were repulsed. At one print, Haucourt, however, It Is admitted the t Germans succeeded In penetrating the . village. f The French gains north of Avo- I court, whore General Petaln's troops succeeded In capturing a large por . tlon of the position known as Bols l Carre, or "Square woods." The northeast coast of England was I raided Wednesday night by Zeppelins, i their fifth visit within six days. They i operated In the vlclnlly of Hull and Whitby, and struck Inland to Leeds. A . child was killed and eight other per i sons Injured. FRIDAY. The Germans, la u night attack peuetrated a French first-line trench : between llothlncourt and Chattan i court, at the apex of the northwestern I defenses of Verdun. The French, b) counter attrclss, recovered pnrt of the i ground. Paris reports mntlnued pro 1 gress In the French offensive In the • Douaumont -eellon east of the Me se ' On the Russian fr.mt tho Germane give signs of starting an offensive i Troop movciiorits on the Dvlna front i are prevented by the thawing of the I marsheft, but soutli of Dvltisk Teuton artillery has opene I n violent fire. The Slm'n, formerly a P. and O line steamship, which has been usee ■ by Britain as a transport, has beef i torpedoed In tie Mediterranean 1 Eleven sailors, all Asiatics, were drowned. I SATURDAY." i Germany announces that the Bussc» was not attacked by one of her 1J boats or other warships. The Germans gained a footing In French field works south of IlaUcourt > northwest of Verdun, where the crown 1 prince's troops are poundlug tlx -1 French salient on both sides. Herman ' attacks on the slope of Fort Vaun 1 were repulsed. Three more llrltlsh vessels l ave 1 been sunk, one by a torpedo. Tin liraunton recently from Phlla'e p'lla Is supposed to have been mined. A U-boat shelled the French passenger r steamship Collier In the Mediterranean without warning, but the vessol en caped. A French submarine has sunk an Austrian transport In the Adriatic, o _____ SUNDAY. The capture by Fren h tr ioj>» ol about 150 metres of German trench southwest of Douaumont vll a■e an' . northeast of Verdun, was anno n'e by the French war office. In t'ie cnni munleatlng trenches south of ihe vM lage the French nl o made p-ogres • and the offensive In that sector on I tlnues. West of the Meuse the artil |er> action has slackened. The Germans male two grenail - a' tacks on the French position* lit tin Calllette wood. In (he Douaumont re glon, but both of these went ('repulsed the statement adds. Shots were exchanged by Fren'l 1 and German cavalry ileta hmenti j along the Macedonian fror,t jesterd y I says a llavns dcpat'h iroin Salonika A few men were killed and other wounded. German U-lxiats sunk three ships j one a steamer In the Mediterranean wiicp nine of the crew were drowned ! and ninety-one ethers rescue I. J Hirst childhood—Wbeu older friend* j of the family condescendingly ask you bow old you nre. Second Childhood When youngei friends of the family condescendingly I ssk you how old you are.—Judge. A movemefit is under way to linlld an linnroced road between Jackson ville, l'l,i„ ami Savannah, Ga. A ,('»!>il committee of the Arkansas Farmers' union and Arkansas Good i association will ask tlie legisla ture to alow convict labor ou blgb- WANTS IU TO | LEAVEMEXICO Administration Expects Bequest For Evacuation. A BROAD HINT iS GIVEN Lansing and Baker Silent on Agree-' ment Making "Dead Line" for Ad vance After Villa. General Gabriel Gavlro, Carra&a commander at Juarez, announced the forces of the de facto government werg In a position to take immeHate control of the Villa situation If the American troops withdrew. State department despatches lndl cate that officials of the Mexican de facto government are viewing with some anxiety the continued presence of American troops In One despatch authoritatively was described as containing a hint that certain Mexican officials believed the purpose of the American punitive ex pedition had been accomplished. This belief was said to be based upon the assumption that the bandits under Villa have been dispersed. Consul General Kodgers, it was learned, has advised the department that the de facto government officials at Queretaro had lutlmated to him thoy would like to know how long the United States Intended to keep the troops In Mexico. Administration of ficials In a position to bo familiar with the Mexican situation said the de facto government had not set a date upon whleh they thought the Ameil can troops should bo wtliidrawn. II was admitted In various quarters, however, that such action by the de facto would not be sur prising. Secretary l.anslng and Secretary Baker declined to comment on border roports that un agreement between Washington and the Carranza govern ment had fixed a "dead line" beyond which Uio American troops would not go in their pursuit of the Villa ban dits. Baker said such an agreement would come under the pending proto col and was a subject not under the war department's jurisdiction. At both statu and war departments, It was said nothing was known of re ports of massing of Carranza troop* on General Pershing's rear. State de partnient despatches Indicated that Villa was heading toward I'arral. Nothwltiistandlng nearly a week had passed since 1 news of Hie actual operations ofAmcrlcan troops in Mex ico had come to the wnr department, optimism concerning the early cap ture of the bandit chief pervaded the war department. Secretary Bnkor said General Kun ston had not Indicated need for addl tional troops In Mexico or for the bor der patrol, beyond the new recruits recently authorized by congress to flil the border regiments. "TO HELL WITH FLAG" Mayor Btarts Inquiry Into Speech by James H. Maurer, of Reading, Pa. The attack on the flag made by James 11. Maurer, president of the Pennsylvania State Federation of I.abor, in a speech before the Labor Korum at Washington Irving High school, In New York, Sunday night, Is U> be made the subject of an official Investigation and may result In the prosecution of the offender. In the course of his address Maurer shouted "To h«!I with the Stars and Stripes." The Initiative In the movement to Investigate »a-> taken by Mayor Mitch el. That a spee'h containing such a treasonable utterance should be per milled In one of the public schools of the cliy gave rl e to a storm of Indignation. At the hour In which Maurer was speaking, I>r. Kdinund von Mach, of Beaton, speaking at a meeting In public school St, In Kasi New York, said: "The life of J. P. Morgan Is no' worh the paper the worthless Anglo French bonds are printed on If the Teutonic allies or any regular com missioned officer of thelr's can gel hold of his person." ANOTHER NEGRO LYNCHED Oklahoma Mob Make Short Work of Alleged Murderer. Overpowering Sheriff Hlchanlson, a mob of white men took Carl Dud ley, a negro, from his cell In the county Jail at l-awton, Okla., rid died his body with bullets in the Jail yard and swung up the body to a tele phone pole after dragging It several miles at the end of a rope. Dudley was accused of killing Po Ilcenian James Hayes. The mob worked quietly and arcompllshede tlij lynching In short order. Hangs Himself as Blindness Near*. 11l and threatened with blindness, Daniel Swartz, former county commis sioner,, of Three Springs, near Hunt Irtgdon, Pa., committed suicide by hanging hlr.-nM.-lf In h.is ham. His body was found by his aged wife, two hours later. Ban Francisco Man Killed in Battle. A list of the casualties among the Canadian troops issued In Ottawa, Ont., Includes the name of Caifc. tain A. Whiteside, of San Francisco, killed In action March St. Thomas Tagirart, recently ap pointed United States Senator ad interim'from Indiana to suc ceed the late Senator Shively, has issued nn announcement Raying he will not l>e a candidate for the senatorial nomination to succeed himeelf. f + UP-TO^ATO + JOB + PRrNTNa | DONB AT THIS OFFICE. | I % GIVE US A TRIAL. | NO. 9 (Deferred from last weak.) j N. A. Sinclair of Fayetteville is If in the list of candidates for At-. 9 torney General. Fire in Spencer last week burn* M od two dwellings Loss about % •2,000. At Bakersville last week Deputy f Sheriff B. S. Young shot Gordan ;| Buchanan, who resisted arrest and ; attacked the officer. Buchanan % is expected to die. Cards have been issued for the marriage of Miss Katherine Kitchin and Mr. Lewis B. Suiter, the ceremony to take place in the Baptist church at Scotland Neck ; | April 12th. The bride-elect is the daughter of Congressman and Mrs. Claude Kitchin. W. C. Collins, a young white man who shot and killed Deputy Sheriff Hawkins, in Halifax conn- £! ty, a month ago, when the officer attempted to arrest him for beat ing a board bill, has been convict ed of first degree murder and sen- 1 tenced to death. During the first year of its existence, ending on the 14th of March, the North Carolina State Board of Architectural Examina tion and Registration issued cer tificates to 64 applicants to prac tice architecture in this State, ac cording to the first annual report filed with the Governor. The Mocksville Record say* the house and granary of T. P. Massey of Bixby, Davie coanty, 1; was destroyed by fire March 20th. Mr. Massey had but recently bnilt the house and moved into it. Practically all of his household goods were burned. No insar- 'A ance. The annual fight over the river and. harbor improvement was « j opened in the House of Congress - I Friday, with Chairman Sparkman | urging passage of the $40,000,000 appropriation bill framed by the river and harbor committee, and liepublicans attacking it as an extravagant "pork barrel" meas ure. State Warehouse Commissioner | McLaurin of South Carolina has asked Gov. Manning to convene the legislature in extra session "to provide for State insurance, in view of the withdrawal of many fire insurance companies from South Carolina since the Laney- j Odoin act, outlawing the South- || eastern Underwriters' Association, ~4 became effective." America's exports and import* both were greator in February than in any previous month in the country's history. Figurrs assembled by the bureau of for eign and domestic commerce show exports had a total value of $409,836,525, exceeding by $15,000,000 the record set last December. Imports .reached $194,000,000. Congressman Bailey of Pennsyl vania, a close friend of W.J. Bryan, has introduced a resolu tion proposing a constitutional amendment to increase the pres idential term to six years, with a one-term limit. Mr. Bailey said the Democratic party and Pres ident Wilson had been unjustly criticized in connection with the single-term plank of the Baltimore :m platform, and pointed ont that Mr. Wilson did not pledge him self to one term, but merely was pledged by the convention to the principle. Having been advised by Secre tary of Commerce Redfieleld that - gasoline was likely to go to 40 cents a gallon within the next two month*, Representative Howard of Georgia and Representative Steenerson of Minnesota have in troduced in Congress legislation designed to control the price of this product. 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