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SALISBURY, C, Wi3DNSS1)frfUNE 14TH, 1916.
VOL. XII. NO. 26 FOTJPTH SERIES
Wm. H. STEWART, ED. AND JBOJ,
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35,000 PRISONERS CAPTURED BY RUSSIANS
Czar's Army Take Total of 103,000 in one
Week's Offensive Movement.
Petrograd June 11. Via Lon
don. Continuing- their offensive
movement adds, overwhelmed
the Aussian troops yesterday took
prisoner 409 officers and 35 000
men says the official . statement
issued here today. The Russians
also captured 30 guns and an
enormous quantity of booty, o
The Army ot General Techil
skyn alone, operation in the di
rection of Czernowitz Bukomina
the statements adds overwhelm
ed the Austro-Hungarians and
took 18,000 prisoners
Since the present offensive was
started a week ago today, --the
Russians have taken about 108,
000 prisoners.
"Our offensive in Volhynia.
Galicia and Bukowina obtained
fresh successes yesterday The
enemy armies continue to suffer
enormous losses in prisoner
alone.
"The fierce attacks o f our
troops are throwing- into o u t
hands thousands upon thousauds
of prisoners and booty of ail kind?
the exact, estimation of which is
as yet impossible.
Por instance, in a single sec
tor on the enemy front ywe cap
tured 21 searcelights, two con
voys, 29 field kitchens 47 train
of machine g-uns, 12.00Q poods oi
barbedwire (a pood is equiva
lent to 36 pouuds) 1 ooo concrete
planks, 7,ooo,ooo cubes of con
crete lc 000 poods of coal, enor
mous depots of ammunition and
quantities of armsand tther ma
terial. - "
'In another sector we captured
3o 000 rifle "cartridges, 3oo boxes
of machine g-ux cartridges, 26o
boxes of handv grenade, 1 000
vLfle"fottr rnicBTne g-uns, two
tange finders and a Norton por
table pump for the extraction of
drinking- water.
" The capture of such enor
mous war material prepared by
the enemy for1 various operations
afford proof of how opportune
was our coup1.
'During- yesterday's fig-hting
we took as prisoners one. general
4o9 officers and 35 loo soldiers.
We also captured 3o guns, 13
machine guns and five bomb
throwers. This makes the total
trophies in the recent operations
one general, 1 649 officers and
more than lo6,ooo soldiers and
124 g"uns,l8o gun sniachine and5S
bombthrowers. Among the va
fiotis episodes may be noted the
strug-gle of our yon ng- formation
near Rajitche on the Suyr near
Lutsk. Here the Germans at
tempted to render assistance to
the Austrians but by our infan
try attack, delivered under cover
of heavy artillery they were dis
lodged from the town, lossing
more than 2, 000 prisoners two
g-uns and some machine guns.
Our troops pursued the retreat
ing- Germans.
"Our forces operating in the
region of Dubno (one of the
fortresses comprising- the Volhy
niaq triangle) captured the town
and fort aad are on the enemy's
heels. Some Russians detatch
ments, crossing- the Ikwa River,
have developed their offensive.
A part of the Russians occupied
the region of the village of Dam
idovka on the Myinoff-Beres
tetchne road forcing the enemy
at his Mylnoff point of support to
surrender. Besides disloging the
enemy from his principal position
north of Boutchatche, we took
many prisoners there including
the staff of an Austrian battalion,
and also captured a great quani
ty of arms.
f We overthrew the enemy on
the Stripa. Near Ossoville,
north of Boutchatche one of our
reg-imen.ts captured a complete
battery of four lO-centimer mor-
i tars.
4 Despite the enemy's desperate
resistance his violent flame and
curtaifl fire together with the
explosion of mines, General
Techitskyn's troops captured an
enemy position south of Dobro
novtz 2o verses northeast of
Cxernowiu ( Bukowioa) . In this
J rctrinn alnrip wp tnnlr nrisrmprs
one general 347 officers and is -
"-e"" " t
000 men and captured 10 guns,; Conditionally Declining His NWination.
and at the time this report is Chicago, June 10. The Pro
despatched .prisoners a r e . still gressive National Convention af
coming in. j ter four days' tumult with but
Southeast of Zaleszky by an Que purpose( today nominated
energetic coup we overthrew, thn Colonel Theodore Roosevelt for
enemy, who retreated.
"The enemy blew up the Your
koutz Railway station. Turk-
mancavalary charged the retreat
ing enemy and turned his retreat
into a disorderly rout.
"In attempts to save the situ
ation the enemy at many places
made furious counter-attacks
Among others, at dawn Saturday
in the region of Semki. east of
Kolki, numerically superior ene
my forces attacked our advanced
elements, and under cover of a
concentration of their fire forced
them back over the Styr. But
the same day we arrested all
ulter developments of this offence
'The enemy is resisting- with
especial desperation in theregior
of Torgovitsy, on the Styr south
of Lutsk, where he is fighting
with sanguinary fury.
"The total results of the vio
lent attacks of our troops, carried
out from the fourth to the tenth
without giving the euemy e
moments' respite place in strong
relief the fact that they have
forced the enemy's organized
lines on the vast front from the
wooded region of southwest Rus
sia to th Rumanian frontier
The Turks in the Caucasus
region repeated -attacks on our
positions in the Platana region
but were repulsed with heavy
losses abandoning in front of
our trenches hundreds of dead
n the direction of Gummeshan
we have occupied first line ene
my trenches. In the direction of
Diarbekr, weare adf ancing- and
have taken prisoners and xaptur
ed boxes of ammunition."
Jkench Check Germans
Paris, Jnne 11. Three German
infantry attacks against the
French trenches on Hill 3o4 and
the positons east of that eleva
tion in the Verdun sector, were
completely checked last night by
the French troops, says the. offi
cial statement issued by the War
Department here this afternoon.
The statement follows:
'Between the Oise and the
Aisne our artillery destroyed an
enemy work in the woods of St.
Marden.
' In the Argonne the mine
fighting continues to our advan
t a g e. At Haute Chevauchae
after we had exploded a small
mine which destroj ed enemj- sub
terranean works an explosion of
two German mines produced a
single crater 80 meters in diame
ter, the edge of which we occupied
on three sides
"On the front north of Verdun
there was intense artillery fight
ing on the banks of the Muese.
On the left bank two enemy as
saults upon cur postions on Hill
3o4 and another ea?t of this hill
were completely c ecked. There
was no infantry action on the
right bank. In the forest of
Apremont two small enemy
detachments which had pene.
trated elements of our adyanced
trenches were ejected with losses
after a hand to hand combat
T . 1 T T .
in tne vosges tne enemy,
after a violent bombardment.
succeeded in r e aching our
trenches south of Col Sainte
Marie. A hand grenade counter
attack launched by us immedi
ately drove them back''
A later statement issued to
day says :
"On the front north of Verdun
no infantry action was reported
during the course of the day.
Our artillery actively counter
shelled the German batteries
which bombarded particularly in
the region south o f the Thia
' mont farm and west of Fort
j Vaux.
"The day was calm on the
rest of the front except in Cham
! pagne, where the artillery action
took on a character o f great in
tensity in the sector of Tahure."
FOUR DATS TUMULT OF PROGRESSIVES.
convention Mk Message From 'Roosevelt
President and a few hours later
,listened without protest to a
message from Oyster Hay that
he would not accept "at this
time." The convention adjourn
ed at 4:58 p. in.
Colonel Roosevelt's declination
was conditional and it was placed
in the hands of the progressive
committee to be held until such
time as statements of Justice
Hughes, the nominee of the Re
publican party "shall satisfy the
committee that it is for the in
terest of the country that he be
elected."
In the event of the committee
shall be satisfied that aid should
be given to the Republican party
in its tignt against tne .Demo
crats, Colonel Roosevelt's refus
al to make a campaign is to be
considered final. It will then be
authorized for the representa
tives of the Progressive party to
say whether to indorse the posi
tion taken by Mr. Roosevelt or
whether they will name another
to right for their party princi
ples.
PARKE Li FOR VICE PRESIDENT.
Capt. John M. Parker of Louis?-
ana, was nominated ior Vice-
President, the selection being by
acclamation.
Colonel Roosevelt's running
mate of four years ago, Govern
or Johnson of California, refused
to let his name be placed before
tne convention because of the in
formation he had concerning the
intentions . of -Colonel RoosevellTp5T()ns between Portland, Me., an
toward his nomination.
Chairman Robins carefully em
phasized the Colonel's statement
hat he could not accept the nomi
nation "at this time."
In profound calm the brief
message from Oyster Bay was
quickly read. The proposal to
have the national committee de
cide the question involved met
bitter silence. At the conclusion
there was a burst of applause.
The Progressive National Com
mittee was authorized to fill any
vacancies that may oc'.-ur on the
ticket.
AkTILLEKY FlGHTIN'i IS VIOLENT
Berlin, June 11. (Via Lon
don ). Violent artillery fighting
is in progress on both sides of
the River Meuse north of the
French fortress of Verdun, a'ceord
ing to the German official state
issued today. The statement
ment reads:
"Western theater : ,
'On both sides of the Meuse
there was violent artillery fight
ing The booty announced yes
terday from the fighting on the
east bank of the rier was fur
ther increased by three canon and
seven machine guns,
"West of Markirch (15 miles
northwest of Colmar) a German
patrol penetrated the French
trenches and took one officer and
t
17 men prisoners,
"Eastern heater :
ouin 01 ivrevo, berraan rec
onnoitering detachments pushed
forward into a Russian position
They destroyed the enemy works
and brought back more than 100
Russians and one machine gun
'Balkan theater:
"There is nothing to report,"
British Doing Nothing
London June 12 The British
omcial statement issued at mid
night reads:
''bince last night the Ypres
salient nas again been the chief
scene of activity On the south
ern portion, trom Hill 60 to a
point about 1 000 yaads north.
the enemy shelled our trenches
violently
North of the Menin road our
trenches were shelled intermitet
ly throughout the day
'L,ast night . after a heavy
bombardment of our trenches be
tween Thiepval, Blaumont and
Homel the enenry in the course
of a raid in the Anere Valley
was able to cut orr a few men
1 p j j
jparty, fiye are missing
who iormea-part 01 a wiring
SITUATION OWRDER IfiEMNG. "
j Garanza Representatives Apparently Fa'i to
Cneok Lawlessness Arei&i mm
Wash sag ton, June 12 Coin
cident with continuing Reports"
from Consuls all- ovi' Mexico
telling of the rapid spread ol
anti-American1 feeling, -the War
Department today ordrd 1,500
additional regular tro ps to the
.border.
Tonight Administration offi
ciajs made no attempt -p disguise
their . uneasiness and it was
officially admitted that there was
growing alarm over what the
agitation may produce and the
possibility of an attack oij Gen
eral Pershing's expedition. No
case of attack on the persons of
American residents m Mexico
has been reported although there
have been one or two attacks on
vacant consulates and other
American property.
Part of the increasing appre
hension heje is due to the re
newed raids in the Larendo, re
gion. Several Reports dea.lirrg'
with the situation 'there have
been received. Ol'licials declined
to reveal details; but seemed in
clined to believe a sarious pur
pose was behind the ,Uindit raid
on the Coleman- raiicii." Three
aiders were killed .ind three
captured, one report sam, adding
that thjy attemdfed 'to ..burn a
railroad bridge near Larendo
but failed.
The new force sent to join Gen
eral Funston s border patrol
1
Secretary Baker said, was to fill
n gaps in the "guard such as
that near Laredo. It will be
composed of 10 companies of
coast artillery and -ir-ba-taliori of
engineers. The , artilleryman
will be withrawnJrmttlricn-i
Sandy Hook, and the engineers
go from barracks iHthis city.
The Secretary said there was
no present intention of calling
out additional guard regiments
or border duty.
The coast artillery ordered to
the border today includes two
companies trom Jortlanu, Me.;
wo from Boston; two from
Narr.igaiisett tiav two from
Long Island; one froiri eastern
New York, one from southern
New York and one from Saudy
Hook. Approximately 1.000 men
will coHipose the provisional in
fantry regiment. The yngiuee.r
battalion, about T00 strong, is
composed ol companies A.. H.,
O. and D.
General Mann, commanding
it Laredo, reported today that
1 patrol of -three cavalrymen was
fired on during the night of J une
10, near the town of Hachita and
Private W. L. Saunders, Troop
K., slightly wounded. T w o
mounted Mexicans, who did the
tiring, escaped.
A message from Captain
Burrage. commanding the battle.
ship Nebraska, at Vera Cruz,
stated there was considerable
unrest in that region, due ap
parently, to the currency situa
tion. There were no evidences
of unfriendliness toward Ameri
cans, the message said.
The State Department through
Special Agent Rodger s at. Mexi
co City, has called the. attention
of the de-facto Government to
the anti-American outbreaks,
which for nearly tyo weeks have
been spreading steadily. Many
towns have held mass-meetings
and protested against the contin
ued presence of American troops
in Mexico. In two or three
instances Amreicati property has
been attacked but no threats
against lives of Americans have
been reported.
The reports of Consuls telling
of the agitation were turned over
to the Caranza officials more as
a matter of information than as
representation. Where his regu
lar troops are in control, appar
ently General Caranza earnestly
has tried in most cases to pre
vent the holding of protes
meetings and in some places
contemplated meetings aud pa
rades have been prevented.
There are instances, however.
where the troops appear to have
stood idly by while the agitators
stirred up antagonism against
the United States.
114,000 AUSTRIANS TAKEN BY RUSSIANS.
Continued SuccessesHore Surprising as Ene
my Apparently. Rallied After First Shock.
Petrograd, . June 12, via Lon
don. The number of Austrians
captured by the-Russians in tin
new offensive movement has been
increased to more than 114.00;
In many sectors of the f ron t
thebfficial statement today says,
the Russians are "still pursuing
defeated Austrians"! The state-
ment says Russian troops yes
terday approached the outskirts
of Czernowitz, the capital of Bu
kowina, and that they - attacked
the bridgehead at Zalescyky.
which is 30 miles northwest oi
Czernowitz.
An unofiic'Hil report in Circula
tion here that the Russians had
occupied Czernowitz has. beei
given color by the capture -
Dobronovtze, acommaudiiig poin
0 miles to the northeast. .Tl
Russian line extends to Okn; .
1 . 1
From both these points goo.-
roads lead direct to Czeruowit;
Tind according to military au
thorities they are the only points
good in this direction cap;i!ie
of defense.
A telegram received from Buc
harest, Rumania, says the Aus
trian army had evacuated Czer
nowitz and moved to a line four
miles to the West.
The continued successes of
the Russsians recorded in to
day's official communication are
the more surprising as the- Aus-
trians, after the ttrst shook oi
the Russian advance, appeared
to have rallied their forces and
ffered very stubborn resistance.
Phis is indicated by the fact that
they were able to mass sufficient
forces in the vicinity of Kolki,
north of Lutsk, to cause the Rus-
-tort,ir.. across the Styr
River.
Not only here, but t - other
points on the Volhynian front,
furious counter-attacks charac
terized the last 40 hours of fight
ing, but without being able to
check except momentarily the
force of the Russian advance.
It is not believed here that the
Germans are sending many
troops'toaid the Austrians. It
is pointed out that only in one
instance, during Russia's spec
tacular Carputhiau campaign,
did Germrny send any large
number of men to the relief of
the Austrians. Instead", it has
been their practice to undertake
an offensive on some other line
in an endeavor to draw off the
Russians.
It is the opinion of the observ
ers here that it is not improbable
the Germans are more likely to
attempt an offensive on the
northern section of the Russian
front than to risk weakening
their lines by detaching any
number of men for the purpose
of stiffening the Austrian de
fense.
GERMAN ASSAULTS ON FRENCH
ARE REPULSED. '
London, June 12. Northeast
of Verdun the Germans with
heavy effectives, have thrown
successive 'attacks agaiust the
French positions north of.Thiau
mont, but all the assaults were
repulsed with serious losses. The
heavy bombardment by the Ger
mans in this region extended
from Teiaumont eastward to the
west and south of Fort Vaux and
to the French second line posi
tions of-Fort Souville. and Fort
Tavannes, about three miles
southeast of Verdun.
On tlie remainder of the front
in France and Belgium there
have been only artillery duels
and sapping operations except
in Champagne where Berlin re
ports the penetration of French
positions and the capture of more
than 100 men and four machine
guns.
South and southeast of Trent
the Italians are continuing to
drive - back the Austrians, ac
cording to Rome- Gains have
been made by the Italians in the
Arsa Valley and the Pasubio
sector, along the Posioa, Astico
line and southwest of Asiago.
Farther north, in the Sugana
Valley, fresh progress toward
the Maso torrent is recorded'for
King Victor Emmanuel's men,
who repelled two counter-attacks
near Scurello. In the Lar
garina Valley the Austrians are
heavily, bombarding the Italians
on Coni Sugana.
A Russian cavalry force of
1,000 men operating between the
Caucasusand Mesopotamia fronts
has been annilated by the Turks
who also captured a large amount
of. war material, according to
Constantinople. On the remain
der of the front in Asiatic-
Tpfkey there is no change in the
situation.
The ' masking o f important
Bulgarian
troop movements is
beli
ded to be connected with
the closing of the Uulgar-Ru-nanian
frontier to nassenger
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Oppose Teaching of - Evolution in Public
Schools.
Salisbury, Tune 11 the . St.
Paul Community Betterment
Association of Rowan county" at
its regular meeting Friday' night
passed the following resolutions:
4 Resolved, That we UGequivo-
tally oppose the use Tof text-books
in our public schools which teach
evolution.
''Resolved further That we
urge the Book Commission of
North Carolina to be careful in
the choice and selection of its
school books when purchasing on
Monday next, and see that no
books are placed in the schools
of our State which do not recog
nize and emphasize a Divine
creation -"-
Clear Skin Conies From Within
It is foolish to think you cati
gain a goo'd clear complexion by
the use of face powder. Get at
the the root trouble and thorughly
cleanse the system with a treat
ment of Dr. King's New Life
Pills Gentle and mild in ac
tion, do not gripe, 3-et they re
lieve the liver by their action on
the bowels. Good for yonng,
adults and aged Go after a clear
complexion to day. 25c. at yonr
druggis-t.
Plunged Into Creek to Aid Two mien and
Was Drowned.
Greensboro, June 11 Minor
Hall, 20 years old, was drowned
in South Buffalo creek near here
this morning'hvan effort to res
cue two other persons from drown
ing.
Hall was on his way to Sun
day school when he heard a cry
for help and running to the bank
of the creek saw two men strug
gling 11 the water. Without
waiting to disrobe he plunged
in and was drowned.
Other persons attracted to the
scene, succeeded in rescueing the
two men but it was some time
before the body of young: Hall
was found and life was extinct
Bowel Complaints in India.
In a lecture at one of the Des
Moins. Iowa, churches a mission
ary from India, told of going into
the interior of India, where he
was taken sick, that he had a
bottle of Chamberlain's Colic,
Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy
with him and believed it saved
his life. This remedy is used
successfully in India both as a
preventive and cure fyr cholera
You may know from this that it
can be depended upon for the
milder forms of bowel complaint
that occur in this country. Ob
tainable everywhere.
HUGHES AND FAIRBANKS.
Republican Norminees for' President and
Vice President Both Accept.
Chicago, June - 10. Charles
Evans Hughes former Governor
of New York, and Associate Jus
tice of the Supreme Court, was
nominated today for the presiden
cy by the Republican National
Convention.
Charles Warren Fairbans of
Indiana, elected Vice President
with Theodore Roosevelt in 1904,
again was chosen for second
place.
Both nominations, made by
overwhelming majorities on the
first ballot of the day, the third
ballot of the convention for the
presidency, were made by accla
mation unanimously.
Senator Lodge of Massachu
setts presented by Colonel Roose
velt as a compromise candidate,
received seven, votes, Colonel
Roosevelt himself received 18 12
scattered over 12 States.
The nominating ballot showed
this count:
Hughes 949 1-2; Roosevelt 18
1-2; Lodge 7; Dupont 5; Weeks 3;
LaFolette 3; absent 1. Total 987.
Although Frank H. Hitchcock
let it be known that the Hughes
men wanted Burton for second
place, Ohio withdrew Burton's
name, leaving the field to Mr.
Fairbanks and former Senator
Burkett of. Nebraska.
The ballot for Vice President
showed -this count ;
Fairbanks 863; Burkett. 108;
L Borah 8; Burton 1; Johnson K
'absent, scattering attd not voting
Total 987.
LEADERS SEEM SATISFIED.
Mr. Hughes will be notified
officially at a date to be fixed later
by a committee headed by Sena
tor Harding, chairman of the con-
vention
Mr. t airbanks w411-be. notified
by a committee headed by Sena
tor Borah.
At 2:01 p. m. the convention
adjourned. There were expres
sions of harmony from all the
leaders and among the delegates.
rhe delegations which on the
final ballot had cast votes for
others than Mr. Hughes made
statements declaring their loyal
ty to the nominees.
'Six months ago." said Chair
man Hilles of the National Com
mittee, 'I said a nominee would
be born in the convention and
he was.''
I am very much pleased, of
course," said Mr. Hitchcock. "It
means a reunited Republican par
ty and victory in November."
The nomination of Mr. Hughes
was made possible so soon by an
overnight break up of the allied
favorite sons' combination which
early this morning released its
delegates practically all of whom
were known to favor Mr. Hughes
when freed from their instruc
tions. ' Forethought.
People are learning that a lit
tle forethought often saves them
a big expense. Here is an in
stance: E. W. Archer, Caldwell,
Ohio, writes:' "I do not believe
Lthat our family has been without
Chamberlain s Colic, Cholera and
Diarrhoea Remedy since we com
menced keeping house years ago.
When we go on an extended visit
we take it with us." Obtainable
everywhere,.
The A. and HI. College.
The annual catalogue of the
Agricultural and Mechanical Col
lege at Raleigh has just been is
sued. The new number shows
enrollment, including the short
courses, of 800T Year by year
this vigorous young technical
college is going forward in num
bers, in buildings, and particu
larly in equipment to do the
special work which is its mis
sion. To the Public.
"I have been using Chamber
lain's Tablets for indigestion for
the past six months, and it af
fords me pleasure to say I have
never Used a remedy that did
me so much good." -.Mrs. G. E.
Riley, Illion, N. Y. Chamber
lain's Tablets are obtainable
everywhere.