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FIVE GENTS
IDLERS MUST WORK
ORFIGHT IS ORDER
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sonnel Killetf'and W ounBecT
NURSES BRAVE DANGERS
gquadron.- or- Unemy
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Planes
Perpetrate' Horror Last
ounday INight
ATTACK DURINtiNiGHT
Captain of Hun Mathin, Cap
tured, Claimed -He Never
Saw Red Cross SjsOriy
After Military OSjectives
With the British Army in France,
Mav 23. German airmen alnjbave'
bombed heavily British laoepitals In
the area behind- the -lines Hndlthia
time have kil ed and WDunde'd some
hundreds among the ' personnel and
patients of many different, hospitals n
the group. .. f-. .
Recorded in the casualty list are the
names of several sisters, who, with
other women nurses, stood bravely by
their posts throughout a ; terrific de-:
luge of explosives. VIV- ' r
There is in the neighborhood one
large American hospital and .another
but neitner 01 tnese appears to have
suffered.. Last summer a number of
American doctors - and nurses were
killed and wounded when these same
hospitals were raided by the. Germans.
' This latest horror was perpetrated
Sunday night, apparently by four
squadrons of enemy' planes, which ap
pear to have comprised more than a
. score of machines. ' A, great number
of bombs were-dropped, , about v30L,pe
cent of them huge affairs, .which, dug
vast craters .in Aei;:higspilAl. grounds
and the rest high .explosive shrapnel
shells which-1 seirt ftheft ;; deatfc:deaJin:
throngh the crowded, hospital tents
tiirougu me crowaea. nospiuu tenia '
A tKM&U!a4thrt amtanftwQ flffiwmivfifi
A three-seated airplane wasrbrottgbt
down by gun fire while flying: at a low
altitude, and the occupants were made
prisoners. The enemy captain and
the pilot sustained comparatively light
shrapnel wounds while the observer
was not hurt. When questioned why
he had directed his men against hos
pitals, the captain explained-in mat
ter of fact way that he did not see the
Red Cross signs. ."He said he was seek
ing military objectives and had.no de
sire to molest hospitals.
With a shrug of his shoulders, the
German captain added that if .-the
British choose to build their hospitals
near railways they must expect to get
them bombed. " "
The captain spoke excellent English.
Asked where he had learned it, he re
plied that he had been in diplomatic
service before the war.
Sunday night's raid was divided into
two phases, the first of which began
shortly after 10 o'clock and lasted un-:
til 11 o'clock. Not satisfied with 'this,
the enemy returned and heavily bom
barded hospitals filled with wounded
men. In one building, . which was
damaged most seriously, all the pa
tients were suffering from compound
fractures, which made necessary their
being strapped in the air. Not a wo
man deserted her ward, but through
out the terrible bombing each one
kept going her rounds and quieting
the unfortunate men who might easily
have done themselves lasting harm by
springing from their beds.
One sister was killed. while admin
istering to the soldier's wants and an
other was so seriously hurt that she
died shortly afterward. Still another
was dying today.
Chief Counsel of Road Denies
Statement Made by
McMaster
Columbia, S. C, May 23. The Co
'imbia Southern shops federation,
composed of 500 railroad men, this
morning passed resolutions urging
ine removal as chief counsel in this
te of the Southern railway of Ben
r,r , L- Abney. who Ts alleged by the
President of the Columbia Red-Cross
napter to have told Red Cross boIIcI
thISt at he had not a "damn cent, for
fL d Cross" The resolution will be
jorwarded this afternon by the secre
Aary of the federation to W. G. Mc
jaoo, director general , of railroads.
t Columbia city federation of
Se i .la8t niglit adopted a similar
esoiution. Abney has issued a state
aent in which he says the statement
nbuted to President McMaster as a
Jvl1 being made the the comittee,
mch solicited a subscription "as it
in and as il is belnS intended to
inauce the ideas which he wishes to
convey, is utterly untrue." "
UN'S SHOP MEN
II ABNEY REMOVED
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BIG U $.: HOSPITAL
ED AIR RAID
Hun PngrttfulneXs Again Been
' Vented ;qnc British Patients
BATTIRj is' QUIET
No !-HeaVyr Fighting iriSix
, . Weeks Between-Arraa:
and Somrne
RAIDING QyiETmb'0ON
To Rear qf German Oiiek Brit
; ited;Number;bf Places"
and Fires Startdd
overman .f rightfulness again ( has
beenveled upon patients and work
ers in . British -hospitals behind the
borne : lumdredA -otpatienta -; &nd
members of the :h'osi)itaI staffs, wera
killed; and woundedL'Sunday nightr' by
Domos dropped by German , airmen.
Although one large American hospital
was near the bombed '-area, , it escaped
damage. V '
, .The captured captain. o an enemy
aii plane , which took part in the bomb
ing, of sthe "hospitals said he' . did hot
see. the. Red Cross sign., v He added,
however, that if.the British built their
nobpitals near- the railwajr they must
expect to get "them bombed, vv -'
; Infantry . joperations on ither western
front continue: at, a minimum - and
neither side gives, '.any- indication that
intensive fighting is. about' to bo re
sumed immediately. The ' artiUary
firMs normal on theartous doctors.
jn- air hnwoTPr tho i,nHtitfM
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been for the past" week Or' more.
' Between Arras and the Smme,
where there has been no heayy fight
ing; in six weeks, the British and
Germans are, carrying out raids evi
dently for the purpose of gaining in
formation as to their opponent's plans.
North of Albert the Germans have
been repulsed in ah attempt to rush
the British positions southeast of
MesniL Further north Field Marshal
Haig's men continue their-.raids and
have penetrated the enemy lines near
Hebuterne as well as at other points
Southwest of Arras. V
On the French front and on the
American sectors, as on the British
front, the lull is unbroken and even
Taiding has quieted down. '
- British airplanes are harassing seri
ously German airdromes'' and . billets
behind the lines in Flanders and Pic
ardy. The Germans are seeking un
availingly to check the British and in
aerial fighting Tuesday 18 enemy ma
chines, 16 of which were accounted
for by the British. At night the en
emy is raiding behind the British
lines and two of his : machines weie
brought down by gunfire Tuesda'y.
Far to the rear of the German lines
British hombing squadrons have vis
ited eastern Belgium and the river
Rhine. Three fires resulted from
bombs dropped on a chloride factory
at Mannheim and large conflagrations
were caused on railway property near
Liege, Belgium.- Bombs also were
dropped on railway stations at Metz
and Thionville.
Northwest of Toul, American avia
tors are busily engaged, but although
they took part in several aerial con
tests Wednesday, no more enemy ma
chines have been brought down.
Lively fighting continues in the
mountains of Northern Italy with the
Italian and British troops on : the of
fensive. Along the Piave the artil
lery firing has increased.
$52,150,396 RED
CROSS FUND RAISED
Washington, May 23. Reports 'to
Red Cross headquarters today told of
actual contributions to $52,150,396 in
the drive for a second $100,000,000 Red
Cross war fund. The total by divi
sions include:
Atlantic division $17,514,176; Gulf
division, $1,478,989; Southern division
$2,026,660. .
humors' Are Denied.
London, May 23. Rumors of a re
cent attempt on the lives of Field
Marshal von Hindenburg and General
Ludendorff are denied in a Berlin dis
patch to the Koelnische Volks Zeitung,
according to the Amsterdam corre
spondent of The, Morning Post.
Killed In Their Beds.
New Orleans, May 23. Joseph Mag
gio, 39, saloonkeper and merchant, and
his wife, were killed in their beds
here early today, the bodies having
been cut to pieces with an axe. The
police, who described the crime as
one' of the most brutal ever committed
here, believe that robbery was the mo
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During Fight Last Night Negro
Is Killed, Two Police
Wounded
Valdosta, Ga., May 23. The .Chat
ham home guards from Savannah on
their arrival here early today, found
everything quiet following the battle
late last night between officers arid
Sidney Johnson, the negro wanted in
connection with the murder of "Hamp
ton Smith, and the shooting of his
wife, at Berney, Brooks county, last
week. In the fighting Johnson was
killed and Chief of Police Dampier and
his brother, also an officer, "were
slightly wounded.
. The death of Johnson followed tho
lynching of four other negroes, one a
woman, in connection with the .Smith
murder.
Arthur McCollum, acting adjutant
general of Georgia, also reached here
this morning and immediately held a
conference with Major Bierne Gor
don, commanding the Chatham guards.
It is believed all disorder growing out
of the lynchings has subsided and
that the troops will be ordered to re
turn to Savannah some time today.
General satisfaction was expressed
by both white and negro ictizens over
the fact that Johnson was killed in a
defensive fight by officers, rather than
at the, hands of a mob.
ONE U S. AVIATOR
DOWNS 3 MACHINES
With . the American Army in
France, Wednesday, May 22. There
was great aerial activity northwest of
Toul today. American aviators partic
ipated in more thn a dozen combats,
but up to an early hour tonight they
had riot been able to bring down an
enemy machine. One American avia
tor engaged three different Boche ma
chines, one after the other,-within 20
minutes. Two other American pilots
fought for half an hour with two Ger
man machines at an altitude of 5,500
metres, but failed to get telling shots
home.
Verdict Against A. C. L.
Columbia, S. C, May 23. A ver
dict for $42,000 against the Atlantic
.Coast Line, railroad was awarded Mrs.
Maggie M. Gayle by a jury in civil
court here late yesterday afternon.
Mrs. Gayle's. husband, an engineer,
was killed In a 'wreck in May of 1917.
The verdict is said to be the second
largest in the history of the state.
Accidentally Drowned.
Washington, May 23. Ship's Cook
Herman - Stallings naval - reserves qf
Norfolk, Va., was accidentally drown
ed May 19 while swimming in France,
the . navy department was today in-
i formed. '. M
AISCRICAX tf&TflAlXED WORKERS
Gregory Says Many of Draft
Age Trying to Evade
I Service
Washington, May 23.--Slackers who
leave the country to escape the draft
will be prosecuted under the selective
service act on their return, Attorney
General Gregory announced today.
"It has been brought to my atten
tion," said the attorney general's state
ment, "that a number of men of coii
.scription again have - left and that
even how occasionally others are leav
ing the country to evade military ser
vice.' "Slackers r are presumably la
boring under the delusion that by se
curing a temporary residence in an
other country for the duration of the
war they may escape their military ob
ligations and upon the termination of
the war may return here to enjoy the
fruits of sacrifice in which they had
no part. ,
"When this struggle is completed,
however, such men on seeking admis
sion to the United States will -fthli "that
it will be necessary for them to standi
trial on indictments charging them
with violations of the selective service
act. These trials will be vigorously
prosecuted ' and the maximums penalty
provided by the act will be urged
upon conviction.
"The passage of time will not pre
vent the bringing of prosecutions.
Such nonregistrants and delinquents
either "must return for military service
or become' permanent expatriates with
all future rights of United States citi
zenship denied them.
"The government at no time here
after will be inclined to grant any
general amnesty to such men.
"It should also be clearly understood
by the general public that whoever
assists another to escape from this
country to evade military service or
whoever assists to maintain in a for
eign country one who - has fled there
to escape military service is guilty of
a violation of . the espionage act and
upon conviction, be pomes liable to the
full penalties imposed thereby."
BUILDING FASTER
THAN SUBS SINK
London, May 23. The enemy is de
stroying British, ailed and neutral ton
nage at the rate o about 3,500,000 tons
yearly, while Great Britain and her
allies and the neutral countries will
very soon be producing tonnage to a
rate of 4,000,000 "tons a year, writes
Archibald Hurd, the naval expert, in
The Daily Telegraph. That favorable
situation, he declares, should be
reached in a few weeks and thence
forth forward .the upward curve in fa
vor of the allies should proceed in a
manner '.to ." convince the i eGrmans Of
their-failure;" -i ' .; ';,--'---'
5 f L BE PKCUTED TESTIFY LATE. TODAY
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ARRIVE,
Line of Defense Seems Matter
of Speculation Among -,
ers in Case ;
Richmond, Va., May 23. Interest
today in; the' trial of Dr. Lemuel j.
Johnson, charged with wife murder,
centered in the line of defense that
will be staged in his behalf, the prose?
mution having almost completed its
evidence by the noon hour,it einbg ex
pected that the .'defendant would be
called to the stand this afternoon.
Just what the line of defense will
be seemed a matter of speculation
among the lawyers in the case. Neith
er John E. Woodard, of Wilson, N. C,
or H. M. Smith Jr., of Riphmond,
who are counsel for Johnson, would
not say whether, the defense would .be
based on, the ground of insanity or
eeidence.,, to prove that the dentist
did not give his wife the poison that
caused, her death.
The. defense will contend that John
Jtfdn mever ceased to love his wife,
VBh though he was engaged to and
had writen letters to Miss Ollie White,
of Zebulon, N. C, and that he con tin
ned to show his affection forliis bride,
the former Miss Alice Knight, of
Richmond, by writing to her and
sending gifts to her while he was in
Middlesex, N . C .
, Among 'the most damaging testi
mony to : be refuted, however, is that
of Mrs. J.H. Gill, who testified that
Mrs. Johnson told her shortly before
the tragedy that she had received
medicine from the dentist.
, Under the new law adopted, at the
last session of the legislature a jury
may either send a murderer to. the
electric chair or to the penitentiary
for life. : . .
BALL PLAYERS MAY
HAVE TO JOIN ARMY
, Washington, May 23. Prjvost Mar
shal General Crowder's new "work or.
fight" regulation may require profes
sional baseball players eitner to en
gage in some useful occupation or. to
join the ramy.
Theatrical performers were except
ed from the. regulations at th,e direc
tion of Secretary of War Baker, who
Is said to feel that the people cannot
do without' all amusement in war time,
and that the other amusements could
be dispensed with more readily.
Baseball players as well as jockeys,
professional golfers and other profes
sional sportsmen, General Crowder
said today, will be afTected by the
regulations, if strictly -enforced. Gen
eral Crowder said he did not desire
to make specific rulings at thi time.
nd would make rulings only when
cases come 'to him from local board?
after Juy 1.
Mrs. Mabel Garrison Heads
State. Rebekah Assembly
LOVING CUP AWARDED
Winston - Salem ' Won First
Honors, With This City a
Good Second
ADJOURNMENT TODAY
Next Session Wi Be Held in
Asheville Retiring. Presi-
dent Remembered
Handsomely
Today's concluding session of the
annual convention of the state assem
bly of Rebekahs, an affiliated branch
of the Independent .Order of Odd Fel
lows, held fn Odd' Fellows building,
was featured by the election of offi-
slo. ttwaau ul iuvixxg cuu auu uci till-1
cate' of perfection r the "unwritten1
work." The assembly will meet in
Asheville next May with the grand
lodge of Odd Fellows. The grand
lodge' meeting was ' adjourned simul
taneously with . the Rebekah assembly
and.'delegates to both are leaving for
homethis afternoon. The retiring
president, Miss Lillian Byrd, of Ashe
ville, was presented with many tok
ens, of love and appreciation what
the splendid service she has rendered
as head of - the organization.
TOfficeifslected today are:
President,'' -Mrs. Mabel Garrison,
Wilmington.
Vlcei president," Miss Liiuan iiora,
Camden.. . - .-
-Warden, Mrs. Hattie Epps, Almonds
' Secretary, Miss Pattie E. Beck, Win-
ston-Salem.- . r
Treasvirer. JMrs. Hatuo Reid Whita-
lwMaHa to President if i ? '
oitive officers named Just prioMfe,uler Sad been no intt vtf? Mm HI
Appo;
tovadJourhment are:
Marbill,,' Miss Mary
Johes, Wih
ston-Salem. -
Condtictor. Mrs. Jessie Parker, Wil
mington. r
Chaplain, Mrs. C. B. Taylor, Wilson.
Inside guardian, Miss Nellie oFib9s,
Poplar Branch.
, Outside- guardian, Mrs George Bal
lard, Asheville.
v The loving oup, for which a lot of
rivalry nad been exhibited during the
year, was awarded to -the Winston
Salem lodge, for perfection in the
"unwritten work" and certiflcata of
perfection was presented to' the local
lodge for similar work, being won by
Mrs. Bertha Grisson."
S
T AT
Cobb Lyched Near Scene of
Crime Woman Attacked
and Killed
Cordele, Ga., May 23. James Cobb,
the negro who was taken from the jail
he?3 oy a mob shortly after midnight
this morning, was carried tp the
scene where he attacked ana flled
Mrs. Roy Simmons, seven miles east
of Cordele, and hanged. The body af
terwards was literally shot to pieces.
Following the lynching the mob,
numbering less than 100 persons, it
is said, quietly dispersed.
. The negro's body still was hanging
to a tree, on the . Tremont road at 8
o'clock this morning.
Cobb's crime was said to be one of
the most brutal aver committed in this
section of the state. After attacking
his victim, the negro apparently killed
her with a blow which crushed her
hgad. The body also had been stabbed
in many places .with two silver table
forks. The blood-stained forks were
found in the yard. . -
The negro had been paid out of the
chain gang Dy Mr. . Simmons and a
negro farmer, living nearby, about 10
days ago. Yesterday he failed to show
up for work and late in the afternoon
after the men at the Simmons home
had gone put to . work Cobb is sal
to have returned to the .house, 'where
Mrs. Simmons was alone with her two-year-old
child. ' '.
-Will Gibbs, a white boy, employed
by Simmons, discovered the body and
notified the husband-
GORED BY BULL,
MAN IN HOSPITAL
Danville, Va., May 23. W. M. Card
well, a prominent farmer of near Mil
ton, N.'C, is in a dying condition in
a Danville hospital today as the re
sult of being gored by a bull last
evening. The animal drove his horns
several times through the man's body
and trampled on him. ,Mr.;Cardwell
is- more than 70 .-years ."old . and his
death is momenUlllyvexpected.
NEGRO
BODY
IDLED
WITH
SHU
I1DEIE
Gambler,- Race. Track and
Bucket Shop Men Head Ljst
GET FORTUNE TELLERS
Will Disregard All Deferred
Classes in Applying '?
Strict Rule "
HALED BEFORE COURT
Bartenders, Store Clerks, The
ater Ushers Will Be Reach
ed Drastic Amendment to
Service Law
Washington, May' 23. Every man of .
draft age must work or fight after July
1, under a drastic amendment to the"
selective service regulations an
nounced today by Provost Marshal
General Crowder.
Not only idlers but all draft" regis
trants engaged in what are held to be
non-useful occupations are to be haled
before local boards and given choice
of a new job or ihe army.
Gamblers, race track and bucket,
shop attendants and fortune tellers,
head the list, but those who will be
reached by the new regulations also
irti j-, wu , , A.
S?ud" "i?"
tre ushers and attendants, passenger
elevator operators and other attend
ants of clubs, hotels, stores, etc.,; do
mestics and clerks in stores. -
Deferred classification granted on'
!accu of dependents will be disre-.
"eu enurpty. in applying tne nue.r;
fuses to take useful employment ha"
will be given a new number In class:
one that will send him IntpJthe mili-V
a. man may De at tne bottom of cla!TvVj- .l .
one .or even in class four, but ifh
falls within the regulations-., ' . 'CM 1? 35 ;i '
tary service forthwlth. Ji. boards, :' . 5
are authorized to useIscretion;;opiyi ... .
wfhere' they find tb'Hif OKMititsfii -:r ?i!f
of employment wpul result in ".djspro- ?''.: -A r t
portionate hardship'-npon'hbj 'deperfd ! hl
ents. . '4.',- ' - - 'llvilJitHi
I It'has.beelknorimfor jkinittnie"-''-Htt
that someform ot "work f fight I II i
matlon that 1 was eo.. far-reaching Jn
scope. Both: military authorities and
department of vlabor .loffldials: believe
that it will go a long wayCtoward solv
ing the labor problem folr tamers, .
shipbuilders and munition-workers,'
and will end, for the present at least,
talk of conscription of labor.-' The an-i.
nouncement today gives notice: tdgntt-r?
cantly that the list of nonuseful . occa-f
pations will be extended from time to
time as necessity requires!. .1
The statement of the provost mar-;
shal general's office follows:. ;-
"Provost Marshal General, Crowder,
today announced - an amendment to
the selective service regulations whlch 't ;
deals with the question of compelling,
men not engaged in a tfsefur occupa
tion immediately to apply themselves
to some form of labor, contributing to:
the general good; The idler, too, will!
find himself confronted with the alter-'
native of finding suitable employment
or entering the army. A .
"This regulation provides that after
July 1, any registrant who Is found
bv a local board to be a habitual idle
or not engaged in some useful ,dcctpa, i f u
ij -1.-11 mimmnnul k&fAT, ;-tW - 'fJ i l ' .
board, given a chancetorexplala. Kv0ii
in the absence of a satisfactory expIa-;- ,;
nation, to be inducted: Into the -mik--itary
service of the Unit ed.States.v i'ri
- m . k' a
"Any local board will toe auinorjzea
to take action, whether ifhasuTiglaV '
jurisdiction of the registrant or not;
in other words, any man loafing1
around a pool room in Chicago may be
held to answer to a Chicago board, f
even though he may have registered
in New York and lived there most of
his life. -
"The regulations which apply to idle
registrants will be deemed to apply,
also to gamblers of all descriptions
and employes and attendants of buck
et shops and race tracks, fortune tell--ers
clairvoyants, palmists and tho
Tike, who, for the purpose of the'.reg
ulations will be considered as idlers.
"The new regulations will also affect '
the followia? classes: " .1
"(A) Persons engaged in the servv
ing of food and drink, or either,, in
public places, including hotels and so
cial clubs. r
"(B) Passenger elevator operators,
and attendants, door men, footmen
and other -attendants of clubs; stores,
apartment houses, office buildings and
bath houses. Y . .
(C) Persons, including usners ano
nfK pr attendants, engaged ana wen- , v? r
piea in, ana m twuuoxwx" " ot -r- . . j j
sports and amusemenw. cjluciwu. . . ; i
actual ' performers in legitimate xson- ..-. I - ; ;
certs, operas or theatrical perform-? ... y , ...
ances. . i
"(D) Persons employed in domesticr : .
service. .'..' 'tlsii
(m Sales clerks ana ouier cii , ; .
employed in stores and other mercan- , , ; .
tile establishments. -. - . , .
"Men who are engaged as aboyor
as idlers will not be permitted to
relief .because of the fact that . they: :
have: drawn a late order number-or 4.
because: they have been placed c In ;
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