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W ILi ilC.-, . .".' ft -M . t !M. C 4 $ wilt 4' ft VOL. 15. NO. 41. A (ElranJCiwal KnnBPdjjVl ?Fnr All Uhr jfainilii KINGS MOUNTAIN. N. C., TljjySDAY, JANUARY' 10, 1918" S1.50 A YEAR IN ADVANCE JANUARY 10 :'' 1. It- 1 1 c M'ADOO .APPEALS TO PEOPLE OF . ."- IGNITED STATE8 FOR ITS i OBSERVANCE. DEMURAGE RATES HiGHER AFTER 21ST STATEMENT BY SEC. HOUSTON ON FEDER AL PURCHASE OF NITRATE FOR FARMERS NEW LEGISLATION NEW -CHANGES TO JPROMOTG ! MORE PROMPT UNLOADING OF FREIGHT CARS. (Spectul to Tin? Herald i Washington. U. C, December 29 - David K Houston, Swmtary of 'Agri culture, today made the follow lug itatcuient regarding ilie purchase of IOciuiim tons of Chlleuii nitrate for fertilizer u.ij farmers under the provision in the Food Control Act which authorizes the .President to procure nitrate of soda ' i , T tor thin purpose and to supply It to farniersar cash at cost: WILL.GLEAB U? C8NBESTI0N AN JKPERATIVE ',ZXttZZSZ'ZZ was to purchase and de(Wr.thp material at the seaboard, and .also with the Shipping Hoard.' Arrangments were completed several weeks ago. through the War Industries Board under the Immediate supervision of Mr. Daruch. WANTS TO REGULATE THE GOV ERNMENT OPERATION OF RAILROADS IN U. S. TO RUSH AMERICAN TROOFS TO FRANCE ENTIKL UNITY IS TO BE THE WATCHWORD OF NATION AND ALLIES. IS APPROVED Br CONGRESS QUICK WORK IS MOST VITAL An Earnest and United Pull All Along the ;Llne Will Achieve Wonders - Administration Subjected to First Attacks at Capitol. - McAdbo Announces New Rates and Appeals to Shippers and Consglriees . Wasliliu.'on. The administration bill to regulate government manage ment ot:railroads was subjected to its first attacks at the capitol. ... Resolutions ware' Introduced n the Senate peeking. to amend the section providing for indefinite continuance of -government control by providing for uutoniatic' return; U . private control after the war. The basis, of compen sation,. on- the' earnings ' of the. three - 'years ending lust June 30 Was crltlcis-l-wed- In 'a hearing by the Senate Inter, state commerce committee by Julius Kruttschnitt, chairman of the execu tive committee of the Southern Pa cific, who suggested instead the two and a half year period between July If 1916, and December . SI. IM7, argu ing thai.' earnings for 1915' were be low normal. The House Interstate commerce committee will start bearings on the bill and wifhhear Interstate Commerce t'ommissioner Anderson explain the measure. The railroad administration devoted Itself Ip executive measures to clear .. cup. congestion on eastern railroads, . ond'Mr. McAddo appealed to the peo .. pie1 ol the United States to. observe the week of .January 14 to. 21 sb "freight .. moving week'' .through an organized movement, to unload cars and, t"m them back .from terminals'.'1'' In antici pation of government assistance In , ailroad financing, roads were lnstruct : "1 to report immediately the amount ' capital they need for the coming J-',; J-ear. .,':' ..:' -,jr.tfc McAdoo's statement on a con rtjfTM Movement to clear congestion " said: , t "I wish to appeal to trie, people of ; 'he United States" tdr observe the week beginning January 14 : and ending January 21 as 'freight moving week,' and I earnestly request the governors if the . various sttftfesT the public utll--' i'les' commissioners, the mayors of national defense, the federal and state food 'and fuel administrators, the chambers of commerce and other ' business organization, businesB men and shippers generally, trucking com panies and all railroad employees con. corned, to organize locally and make . a supreme effort during this week to ' unload freight "cars, to remove freight t 'frora railroad stations and v to clear the decks for Iflmore efficient opera tion of the railroads of the country. "An earnest and united pull all along the line ,wlll achieve wonders in this direction. ' We can help our Jolves and relieve an immense amount af suffering if vae'yattXck the problem vigorously and ln'the true. Bplrlt of so-' operation." vi' '' - Cart Quickly, ' j Washington.1 To promote more prompt unloading of freight cars, Dl- j rector General McAdoo established i new railroad demurrage rules for do mestic traffic, effective January 21, continuing the present two days' freti - to Co-Operate In Releasing Freight to purchase approximately 100,000 tons of nitrate of soda in Chile in accord ance with the authorization for such purpose In the Food Control .Act. Be cause of disturbed shipping conditions It has been Impossible until recent 1 detlnlely to secure facllites for transporting the nitrate in whole or in part. Within the last few days preparations have been completed for the delivery at the seaboard during January of-TIAOO tons, und every reasonable assur ance hs been given 'that 'supplies, up to the 100,000 .tons, for the ensuing months will be delivered. Every possible effort will be made to make cer- time but Providing for Increases rang- I these dellveriea , t should De understood that, on account of existing thereafter. situations, circumstances over which there is no control might intervene. The director general appealed" tb , "I cannot state.today exactly what the price will be but It will be approvl shlppers and consignees to co-operate mately $75 on board cars at the seaboard. Farmers will have to pay freight in releasing cars to meet the national charges' to their local stations, the State fertilizer tag fee. which varies In emeigency and to make special .ef., babl a e more ,,, 2- cenl8 . I011; am, forts even before the higher demur-1 ,ra charges go Into effect t clear . n)r sther Iocal charges. "The nitrate secured under the appropriation will be sold only to farmers for their own use during'the coming season, and generally not In excess of the amounts used by .them heretofore. The Department is now arrangldg termlaals as a contribution to the sue-1 cess of the war. The necessity for j actlonwas emphasized by a report ! 'from A.-H. 8oilth, assistant director general In charge of operations east of the Mississippi! river. that "accumula tion is Increasing at points east of Pittsburgh and Buffalo." Mr. Smith re ported that the situation was due largely to cold weather, but that slck ness among trainmen and engineers and scarcity of labor ra necessitated ' extensive curtailment of train service. New Demurrage Rates. The new demurrage rates approved by the Interstate commerce commis sion pd request of the director gen- : eral are $3 per car for the, first d,ay after the two free days M for the second day, and 1 aiM'tlonn' for each succeeding day until the charge per day reaches $10. 'This maximum then will be charged for every day.or fractlort thereafter. Existing demur rage rates in most sections of the country are $1 for the first day after ' the two days' free time, $2 for the sec-' ond day, $3 for the third day; (5 'for the fourth day, and for each day there8, after. Even these 'rates are several times higher than those which prevall- -ed a year ago, and which were raised, last spring when congestion on east ern railroads became acute. Much machinery for the distribution of the material and will give full publicity cop earning the details of the matter. '"' OLD KORTH STATE NEWS Brief Notet Cpverlng Happenings In This States That Are of Interest to All the People. your m6st valuable asset you,' health." advises the State Board oi i-llealth. "Whatever else a map has or siloes, his first consideration is bis health. Only a few years ago, good health Was considered good luck, and bad health, bad luck, but now a per son's health Is known to be just what The mlnlmur wholesale quantity nvjne makes it from his manner of !iv cottonseed meal whirh must be solo : insfr Health Is no longer considered a by the crusher at $49.50 per ton whs matter of chance or a condition he reduced from 30 tons to 10 tons by k ynl one's control, but on the other ruling Issued by State Food Adminis hand, it is largely a personal matt.'f trator Henry A. Page. !and depends on intelligent care and : treatment. , ' The operating pavilion and labora tory at the base hospital at Camp Greene were totally destroyed by fir- r"wJ of visiln estimated entailing a loss of between $75,000 and j " elwee" ,uu an Bouls' w,ln $100,000,. according to. Major W. L. I Sheep, In. command of the hospital. A defective flue caused the Are. Preparations are being madt to en large Camp Greene at Charlotte to an- complete exhibit of dairy .products. n.oat and show cattle, the sixth annual meeting of the North Carolina Live Stock, Dairy and Poultry Asosclatlons jopened at : Wilson .with an address of welcome from Mr. R. W. Freeman, dis- YAnn man at a mat nt tftlft.AnO Ailill. higher rates are charsed on the Pacific. cant0I)ment buildings are to hr wftoi uiiu in nv(3itti oilier uisinuis. commodate another brigade ol about :n agent of the Agricultural Exte,,- sion oervice. i ne weamer was very cold, with snow lying around in all' PEACE NEGOTIATIONS WITH V RUSSIANS IS" SUSPENDED SUPREME COURT HOLDS DRAFT ACT 13 CONSTITUTIONAL constructed at once by the construct ing quartermaster's department. The adjutant general's department of the North Carolina national guard Is advised by the war department that ' the staff, retired, and reserve officers of the North Carolina national guard who have not heretofore been drawn Into the service -o.f (he federal army .will have opportunity to enter one or another of the six i training cam 'is' about January 15 fcr special training that; will give them opportunity for commissions up to major atid active service thereafter. ' The Increased collection In the office of Internal Revenue Collector I-' w Authority of Connress to. Declare War and Provide Armies :ts Power , to Draft Men. Washington. Kvery contention rais ed against the selective draft act wis Bwejjt aside by the supreme court In i"i unanimous opinion delivered by Chief Justice White, upholding the law as constitutional. Authority to enact the statute and to send forces io flsht the enomy wherever he may be found, the court held. Ilea In the clanses of 'he constitution giving Congress tbo ' power to declare war and to "raise and support armies. "As . the mind cannot conceive an army without Hre men to compose it," said the chief ;-Jttstfce. "on tjus face M. the constitution 4hL'obiectl'en that It does not ; give fiower to provide tor such men' -would seem to be too frivol ous for further notice." , The opinion then proceeded-to take no and definitely dispose of each, of the many questions raised by -counsel ' for the convicted' "persons whose ap- peals brought the' iaw1 -before the court ' , . , t! C No action was taken b'th"e couri, 'n the seveiaM pending cases .involving charies of conspiracy tb prevent tl6 . carrying out the purposes pf . the Iawi ; ' It ! understood that . (hese cases, i which includethe anneal ot Aexandet Perkman. Fmlna Oo'dman,.Xi6uiS Kra - " Tfver and MorHs Becker, convicted Ip ; fTew Tortt,; later .jnaybe'nJdarfhe ' subject of a aepatat ooinlon. " ..r.-.: Germans Would Not Transfer farjeys to Neutral Soil. J The peace negotiations between the central powers and the bolshevlkl gov ernuic.it In Russia have been "tem porarily suspended" by the Germans. From the meager advices received, - appears the rock upon which a con tinuation of the. pourparlers split was tho .demand' of the Russians that the confortnee be resumed at Stockholm Insterd of at Brest-Lltovsk. "Dissatis fied with the proposals for peace made by the Teutonic allies before the re cess of Hie Brest-Lttovsk conference. 'Bailey for the -first, six 'months'' of the Leon .-Trotzky, the bolshevlkl foreign .fiscal year, amounts to $1,751,360.95. minister, had been insistent on the The collections for December. 1917. deliberations being held on neutral amounted to $830,169.17 oyer the- asme L' train on the Southern Bystem. Judge Albert' L. Coble died at his home ' on Walnut street of hreart trouble. Me had .an attack- of heart disease some- time ago, but had seem ingly recovered. He appeared to b-3 in usual health the day before, having attended a directors' meeting, and at tended to his regular business. Gertrude Wldenhonse. eight years old, Is. dead, and her brother. Richard Wideniiouse, 22, may die as the result of the -nashlng of ay motor deliver truck h the section of No. 37, the fast- soil lUBtead of at the, German east- month In 1916. The department Is ern headquarters.'. The Germans, how- just beginning to 'receive the war tax ever, had been equally firm in their and expects the collections for the determination not to treat with the next half fiscal year to exceed ten nusBians pi any opier place, unan million. BrestjLltovsk. .: , . - , German advices Saturday, were to the effect that, the. bolshevlkl dele gates, on finding' that the representa tives of the Teutonic allies were at Brest-Lltovsk awaiting them-: ' had i started for this ftwn. out 'nothing has expired term of the late grand treas conre mrouga.ia enow, inai mese oaa Mr. B. R. Lacy, State treasurer, has been appointed by Acting Grand Mas ter: Norfie of the Grand Lodge of North Carolina 'Masons ,to fill the un- any foundation (n fact.: .-The daclsfon' of the Germans-to discontinue the slt- -tlngs'was arrived at during a crown council - helu"'"ln V Berlin Saturday urer, Leo D. Heartt. The Grand Lodge, eets here on January 6 and the lec '' ,to fill thaS. vacancy-will ne.M .enl Mrv Sl. J Carter'V yeBterdnv appointed aupermterident of the, Ma- von Hlndenburg and General yon Lu- dendorif, first quartermaster gerieral: POOS SITUATION OF - allies is Very grays whit was atteiided'by..Field Marshal onJ? Tempts, by, the temple commit- l0e,lU IUC.TN IUO 1IV VV. . uC. Mr. W, S. Wilson, legislative refer ence librarian, has been. appointed by the trustees of 'the State library, act ing librarian, wltbiftVsalaTy, to 'serve until the -next session of the general i assembly, when an, effor will be made PtA w.Ar,1lnta All H llKMru'-fnclnttsn of the "State uuflef Ofe hnd. The ac tion of, the. trustees followed the ren Unatlon or Mr. Alex J. Field as State .librarian to ake up a position to "which lie hs been appointed .In Wash, Ltnxton. D. & U: V-1 '- " 'Halpa; New -rfcirrtsoldtroAs: and take lnVkntoVles ipp. im don't, forret IVY 'i Till",- '"v , Washington. The food situation In tlie allied countries of Eiirope Is' grav er thail. ft has been at any thner slncer tne eeiTurgforiiiTe war ana is Kivin?, Amer'cari fovernment officials' Seep concern, Offltla! renqrts pletura ex tVrptf. , fond Shortages In : England, ffriiwre and Italy, . . ; - Th f;tyieo1ltlon's In Germany .CflffJ'AnWti jr'e far worse offers ths nny"!nn.,rTbr Optimism lj.TaiirhJi" :'i'..'i- " 'B'E,tu.at'0! T 'otected places, but despite this fact Mr. Dan T. Gray, chief of the Animal Industry Division, goes on record as feeling unusually good about the suc cess of this meeting because of ' the large first day's attendance. about three miles north of Concord. Commissioner of Public Safety I). Hiden Ramsey has set a precedent !n North Carolina by appointing a spe cial officer to investigate pro-German talk or ntls.lay'al. - utterances in this flty". " ThoraaJ. Artroo, president of ths Fijattevlllelrhamber of commerce, is In' Waetilhgton to confer with aegjp mlttee of ordnanp e Jit relation to the proposed oranance training camp, for which Fayettevllle has recently asked to put In a bid. " Insurance . Commlsajonel' Young gives hearty approval to the plan re icenliy advanced by some newspapers, of having cities or counties -flWn.' and train bloodhounds, for running dewrv Criminals. . , ; - .- '. :,' " ' "Every report of a conflagration oc curring at this time" says Jnauradee' Commissioner Y.oung,' -"verifies the no Bssff 'of jpjr 'recent warnings.seu the manufacturers of North Oarollnr hrgiq's? 'the importance of udeo;aH('c watchmen st'every plant and place c; business Id the Ssate." v -, j-j-:.-- ' - ' f TV V i": -''. Asks That Carrier Be Guaranteed Compensation on Oasis of Average Operating Income for the Last Three Years. Washington. Legislation to reKU late the government operation of rail- . roads and to guarantee tile carriers compensation on tiie basis of their average operating income for tlu1 ; last three years was asked of Congress hy President Wilson in an address to both houses in joint session. Hills embodying his recommendations and carrying an appropriation of a half . billion dollars as a "revolving fund'' were Introduced immediately aii'l ati Attempt will be made to rush tliein 1 to prompt passage. While the president's address met with general approval among demo crats and .republicans alike, opposi- Hon Is expected to develop to a pro 1 vision In the administration bill that federal control shall continue after I the war Indefinitely or until congress i orders otherwise and other deiails of j the compensation basis. The plan will affect immediately only the wige requests of the broth ! erlioods but demands which may be I made later liy other classes of organiz ed labor .probably will be handled In the same way, .Mr. Mcidoo reserving the right to make whatever decision he chooses without regard to recom mendations of the advisers. Some Increnses. both to the broth erhoods and to other railway labor, are generally considered certain. The director general in a statement prom ised every employee "that bis rights and interests will be justly dealt with." and appealed for a hearty spirit of enthusiasm and co-operation from every one. " Efforts to speed the movement of coal and other freight continued along with the legislative and labor phases of the railway movement and special orders were Issued providing that 500 additional cars shall be furnished daily to a certain specified bituminous and anthracite mines, maiely in Pennsyl vania, for supplying New England. These problems forced Mr. Mc Adoo to postpone action on eastern passenger ..traffic officials' recommen dations for curtailment of passenger schedules but he Is expected to Issuo orders-then for' abandonment of a number of trains and elimination of narlor and sleeping cars to a great extent. Mr. MoAdoo exnln'nnd today that althoueh no' general provisions can be mide under, the law for exemntlng railroad emnloyes from the draft', he will not hesitate to anneal to local exemntjon-vhoards to defer the cal'ins of these workers If the hoards of their own violation do not dlsnlav a ten-, dency to retard the,, railroads ah on essential-iirdusfry from which , em ployees should not be taken, for ,mlll-. tarv service. . " When the president con'-lu'led, the ndmtrdsrratlnn M'l was Introduced In he senate hy Renifnr Smith, of South Carolina. ranVini? nemnnrnt'r- mem ber of the Interstate comrherce com mittee. In addition to nnnronnrtntlns S500,000,.ono and nrov'd'ng forf the rompensat'nn basis ' under wh'ch the government guaifnee nt se-reente return of some $inn nnn nos a year, he measure sets 'forth In dethll the conditions -unoti wh'eh - eovernment operation Is to b carried on. TJfder the last provision the 'pres ident la xnected to Issue an Virrter transferrin to Tlrrertor .General Mc Adoo all function vested In the chief axeeutve. This will enable the dime, tor general to orean'ze, a cnrtinfatloh for handling rallrtiad securities In ac cordance with . a llan how under con sideration. " ' : , Railroad officials ore extwted to nrge a number of mnd'fjcatior-s of the accounting' mettrod prescribed- by the Hill .for. renchlnir'th''' stnniinr'd ret4lrn Jiasts hut officials exndrt '(he srheme s ont'ied In the bil pr6hrMvw'r he followed In the main,. Come .dif "usslon Is looked -for 'Aver the. biy'r nroyifllon tha.t neyr federal taxes up the ' war revenue act are not tc "ie chareed against the, revenue- It "omout'ng the-stardard return. as,.a" ird'nary taxet... Tb '.ffet of thi will be to require railroads to pa.' 'ar taxes out of thetr-govertimcnta wnpensstlrm. riw '' ; , .VlTJ?':- .'.'' Agreement Reached in Paris W-r Conference Allies to Make Aval1 i able Necessary Transports. I Entire unity henceforth is to be the watchword of tin- l ulled Stales und allies in the prosoc utlon of the war. ' American troop.', arc to be rushed 10 I (he lighting fronts in large numbers as I quickly ax possible, and there Is to lie perfect co-ordination in naval, mill I tary, llnanciul, food, war Industries and diplomatic matters. ' The agreement between the allies for uni lied action was reached at the recent luter-allied conference in Paris, i which was attended by an American mission headed by Col. E. M. House and arrangements nlready have been I made for the 1'nited Slates to carry on ; Its part of the compact. In order that American troops may ; he dispatched in a constant stream to Europe, the allied nallons are so to arrange their merchant shipping that - the necessary transports will be avail , able for the huge task. That quick work in getting the American army to 'he front is most vital Is indicated by a statement of Major General Maurice - chief director of military operations at i the British War oh ice. General Mau i rice says It is p.ohahle that with their heavy reinforcements, drawn from the ; eastern to the western front, the Ger mans shortly will make a strong of i fensive against the British-inid French I armies and that the enemy may be expected to make some gains. ALLIES TO SUPPLY LACK OF ARMS AND EQUIPMENT Washington. An engagement by ; the I'nitcd States to send a great army j against the Germans In time to offset ihe defection of Itussla was disclosed : 'hrough the publication by Secretary ' Lansing of n i "lew of Ihe work of Ihe American mission which recently participated in the li ter allied war con ference at Paris. American lighting men are to cross the Atlantic as raplnly as they can be mustered and trafr.ed. France - and Great Britain on their part undertake not only to join In providing ships to ':arry them hut to see that any defi ciencies. In arms and equipment are made up on the other side. SEPARATE PF ACE VITH GERMANY NOT PROBABLE Petrograd (By the Associated "ress.l The chnrces ef a separate peace between Russia and the central lowers being effected seem remote, because of what are regarded as Ger many's unreasonable demands. Leon Trotzky. the bolshevlkl. foreign minis 'er, and his associates take the stand that the Baltic provinces are In real ity under military pressure while they continue to be occupied by Germany, and that their vo'es with respect to neace must be Ignored, as now these Provinces are virtually German de pendencies, the loyal Russians havln j "ed. The Russian delegation upon Its return from Brest-Lltovsk laid before 'he council of commissioners at Petro. .trad Germany's demands, which eaus d amazement and the declaration that the council was not favorable to acceptance. SWISS TROOPS FIRE . UPON GERMAN STEAMER Geneva. Switzerland.' Swiss troops , on the shores of Lake Constance fired upon the newly launched German lake steamer Kaiser Wllhelm. which enter ed Swiss territorial waters.-. The ves sel was pierced In many, places by rifle fire and withdrew rapidly. No HveS were lost The Incident Is re garded as marking Switzerland's de termination to protect heir, neutrality. TRAIN ATTACKED BY INDIANS AND MANY ARE KILLED Tucson, Ariz. A train on the South ern Pacific railroad was attacked miles south of Empnllme, Sonora, a ' from 20 to 30 passengers were killed according to advices received here. The conductor an an express messen ger were among those killed. S mio ut the passengers were from Tucson but thlr- names have not been learned. The attack was by Yaqul Indians. The train was the continuation of the one which Wft Notjeles leveraf davs aao.