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V.. .-4. VOL XXVIII. BOONE WATAUGA COUNTY, N. C, THURSDAY APRIL 12, 1917. NO. 29. ' PRESS AM PRESIDENT. . ' Newt and Observer. The American press, with but a neglible exception, is speaking out in full endorsement of Presi dent 'Wilson's war address to Congresss. " There is in the edito rials which have come to our knowledge the spirit of full agree inent with the program that he presented to Congress on Mon day,' and the spirit of the press but emphasises the spirit of the vast bulk of the American peo ple. The declarations made are such as to show that the coun try is backing up the President in his call to Congress to declare that a state of war exists with Germany and to authorize that all possible means to be under taken to bring Germany to terms and end the war. The New York World declares that "The case of the American people can rest upon no higher plane than that upon which Pres ident Wilson has placed it, and his statement as reasons is no less admirable than his state ments of means and methods. President Wilson has driven straight to the heart of the issue and Congress must respond." The-New York Tribune says: ''No praise can be too high for the words and purposes of the President. Never in all the long period in which he has directed American policy has beseemed to come nearer the ideals of the .... the American people, the ideals of a President who should lead. All over the world there will be Americans who will find in the decision of the President a cause for new confidence and new hope.' The Chicago Herald: "In de inanding a declaration of a state of war President Wilson was ask ing Congress to recognize one that already exists by the act of Germany itself. The demand for a declaration gathers force from the known character of the man who makes it. The nation knows that President Wilson is not in love with war and states of war for their own sake And knowing all this, the nation, and the peo ple's representatives in Congress will approve the demand." The New York Sun: "And thus, at the eloquent call of the Presi dent, we are at last face to face through no misdeed or lack of patience op our part with thelm . perial government that has dar ed to make a wicked war on all mankind not subserviene to its will." New Orleans Times-Picayune: "Congress, we have no doubt, will accept the President's tec oramendation that the existence of a state of war be recognized, and forthwith take all steps need ful to carry the conflict forced upon us to righteous and tri umphant, end." Richmond Times-Dispatch: The President has more than justifl ed the country's present en trauce into .the war. It is for. each one of us to play bis part manfully." In like expressions there were editorials backing up the Presi dent In the Norfolk Virginia-Pi lot, the Lynchburg News, the Danville Register, the Charlotte Observer, the Asheville Citizen, the Greenville (8. C.) News, the Columbia State, the Charleston News and Courier, the Atlanta Constituion, the Now York Her aid, the New York Journal of Commerce, the Boston Post, the Springfield Republican, the Man chester (N. H-) Union, the Prov idence Journal, Allbany Knicker bocker Press, the Littlw Rock Ga eette, ' the Philadelphia Record, the Cincinna'ti Enquirer, the Bal timore Sun, the Baltimore Amer ican, the Syracuse Post-Stan dard, . the ; Rochester Democrat and. Chronicle, the Chattanooga Two Hundred Tboasani Dollliars in Road Bonds Johnson County News. County court was in session Monday and passed the necessa ry order for the issuane of the $200.01)0 in bonds ;for the con struction of good roads in the county and the Pike Commission ers will at ouce advertise for bids and make ready to place the bonds upon the market. Henry R. Roberts, President of the Southern Appalachian Good Roans Association, of Bris tol, and II. L. Russell, Forrester of Abingdon, Va., were in con ference with the Johnson county I'ikeCommissionersMonday with a view of obtaining Federal Aid and Federal forest Aid. in the construction of a macadam road from the top of Ilolston moun tain on the SullivHn county line, across Shady Valley, Iron moun tain via. Mountain City to the North Carolina line, near Zion ville. It did not take Mr. Roberts and Mr. Russell long to convince our pike commissioners of t h e splendid opportunity of obtain ing from the government aboul $80,000 for assistance in the con struction of the road alter which they appeared before the county court where the necesary order was unanimously passed, direct ing the officials of the court to co-operate with the pike commis sion inprocuringthisfund. John son county is to be congratula ted in the fact that Mr. Roberts and Mr. Russell, who are very in fluential gentlemen have interes ted themselves in obtaining for us this government aid, and we should, do everything in our power to aid them in his effort. C. M. Dulaney, of Bristol, who has been employed by the John son county Pike Commission to survey, locate and superintend the construction of good road in the county, arrived from Bris tol on Monday evening and on Tuesday morning began survey ing the proposed road from Mouu tain City to the Virginia line near Dainascu. Sloan's Liniment For Rheuma- inatism, The torture of rheumatism, the pains and the aches that make life unbearable are relieved by Sloan's Liniment, a clean, clear liquid that is easy to ap ply anu more effective than mus y plasters or ointments because it penetrates quickly without rubbing. For the many uuins and aches tbat follow exponure. strains, sprains and muscle sore ness, Sloan s Liuiment ih prompt ly effective. Always have a bot tle realy for gout, lumbago, toothache, backache, stiff neck and all external pains, At drug gists, zoc. After years of struggle, agita tion and pulling through mud, the good people of Person coun ty have arisen and by a convinc ing vote proved to the world that she is to be reckoned am ong the progressive of the State. Roxboro Courier. Times, the Cincinnati Commer cial Tribune, the Indianapolis Star, the St. Louis Republic, the Cleveland Leader and iu papers in all parts of the nation. Sum raed up the voice of the patriot ic AroencAn press the country over is expressed in the words of the Philadelphia Public Ledger, which says: "The President has met the ex pectation of the nation and has stated the case with a force and decision that leaves no room for doubt as to his precise meaning, and less room for questions by all impartial judges as to the ab solute righteousness and justice of the cause for which we arc to draw the sword." IS ELECTED SPEAKER COMPLETE CONTROL OF HOUSE 18 IN THE HANDS OF THE 0EMOCRAT8. : V.j CLARK GOT 217 VOTES MINN RECEIVED 205 Five Member of Republican Party Did Not Vote For Mann. Mite Jeannette Rankin ia Given an Ova tion. Washington. The Democrats, with the aid of four of the five Independ ents, organized the House when the new Congress assembled, re-elctlng Speaker Champ Clark, of Missouri, and sweeping into office with him all the other Democratic caucus nomi nees. Mr. Clark received 217 rotes against 205 for Representative Mann, the Re publican choice for 8peaker, who not only failed to receive an Independent vote, but lost the support of five of his party colleagues. All the Democrats present voted for Mr. Clark and were Jointed by Rep resentatives Hall, Progressive, Minne sota; Martin, Progressive-Protectionist, Louisiana; London, Socialist, New York and Randall, Prohibitionist, Coll fornla. The five Republicans who did not support Mr. Mann were Represen tatives Gardned, of Massachusetts, who voted for Representative Lenroot, of Wisconsin; Gray, New Jersey, and Dallinger, Massachusetts, who voted for Representative Giilett, of Massa chusetts, and Haskell, of New York, IS CH08EN 8PEAKER BY AID OF INDEPENDENTS. CHAMP CLARK. and James, of Michigan, who voted "present." Representative Fuller, In dependent, Massachusetts, voted for Representative Lenroot. Nominated By 8chall. To the suprise of the Republican!, Representative Schall placed Mr. Clark in nomination. For a time It was thought tbat be had done so by Inadvertency, but later it developed he had acted through pre-arrange-ment with Democratic leaders. He asked permission to address the House Just after the first roll call and then after declaring the international sltuaUon demanded united support of President Wilson, roused tremendous cheering by announcing that although with his sightless eye he could be of do nse on the battlefield he could at least support the President by cast ing a vote for Champ Clark. Representative Green, of Massachu setts, presented Mr. Mann's name In a brief speooh and Representative Len rott, of Wisconsin, the Progressive Republican leader, seconded it. There were no other nominations, and In Just an hour and forty minutes after the House was convened Mr. Clark, as he had predicted to the minute sev ere Idays ago, was declared elected and was escorted to the chair by a committee headed by Mr. Mann. In a brief address the Speaker pleaded for anlted action in the present crisis. Calling of tho roll was replete with outbursts of applause but . the lion's share went jo Miss Jeannette Rankin, of Montana, a Republican, and the first woman to be elected to the House. When the Kaiser is Himself be hatches many schemes. CLARK AGAIN BY THE DEMOCRATS I AW I nnr Jim NT rn lib EFFORT TO WIN WAR GERMANY IS GATHERING TO THE COLORS EVERY AVAILABLE MAN. E TEST IS YEAR Field Marshall Von Hlndenbura Con sider It By No Means Impossible to Attain Victory During 1917. Copenhagen. Germany, according to Information reaching here from Berlin, now la gathering to the colors every available man for a supreme military effort to bring the war to a victorious conclusion in this year's campaign, a goal which Field Marshal von Hindenburg and his advisers con sider by no means impossible of at tainment. Without altering formally the law of military service, the German auth orities have In practice extended the period of service beyond the forty fifth year. The policy of the German War De partment, as stated in the Reichstag this week by a military representative, is to withdraw those men over 45 from the front line after they have done six months of duty there, but military exigencies compel the holding of these over-age men for service in the so-called etape, or region behind the actual lighting front. For some time the German authori ties, in a grand coming out of nten earlier pronounced unfit for service, have been mustering men on the very verge of the age limit, but up to the present they have announced that tho necessity has not yet arisen for legln lation raising the age limit to 65 as has been done in Austria-Hungary. The operations of tho labor service law, now In full swing, are further resleasing for service at the front every available man behind the lines capable of carrying a ride, so that the next two or three months should soe the German armies at maximum slse, Simultaneously with the draining of the dregs of human reservoirs of soldier material, Germanys industrial mobilization also is approaching a climax. A scheme for converting every available factory and omploylng every availablo machine on war work and manning them with labor obtain ed under the labor service law Is con templated. The work is to be dono in threo stages, and the construction of a third group of munition plants is to begin immediately. The output of cannon munitions therefore should -soon reach its maximum. RIOT BREAKS UP PEACE MEETING IN BALTIMORE Waving Flags, Crowd Breaks Into Hall During Meeting. Many Fights. Baltimore. A mass-meeting held here under the auspices of the Amerl can League Against Militarism, ended in a riot. A counter-demonstration was organized on the pavement of the Academy of Music, in which Dr. David 8tarr Jordan was speaking. Finally the crowd took the matter into Its own hands and, led by some militiamen, broke into the theater and marched down the aisles, waving a large Am erican flag. There was an audience of about 2,000 Inside, and about that number tried to enter. Several lights started, The police department had sounded a riot call and police from every sec tion of the city soon arrived. Ejec tions started, the lights were dimmed and the meeting broke up Just as Doctor Jordan was reaching an lmpas sioned climax in his address. Men socially prominent led the throng of 4,000. College professors, students, bankers and lawyers were there. Carter O. Osburn, Jr., a bank er, was at the head waving a flag. A policeman clubbed him Into uncon sciousness and a crowd which saw the flag disappear from his hand, leaped forward, awept the police aside and cot into the theater. Twenty men were clubbed and four of them were taken to a hospital. A dozen others were arrested. FOLEY KIDNEY PIUS Kl ACKACHI KIQNiTa JUW BLAUUtK PACIFIST 18 STRUCK DOWN BY 8ENAT0R LODGE, Washington. A personal encounter between Senator Lodge ot MassachU' setts and Alexander Bannwart, of Dor chester, Mass., In which the senator knocked his opponent down, occurred In the corridors of the capltol. Bann wart and several men and women of a pacifist delegation, called Senator Lodge to tho. door of his committee room and asked blm to vote agatnat war with Germany. PRESIDENT ASKS IT CO! DECLARE WAR COUR8E OF GERMAN GOVERN MENT NOTHING LE88 THAN WAR AGAINST U. 8. RECOMMEND FULL NAVY MID ARMY OF 500,000 Declaree President In Dispassionate But Unmeasured Denunciation of Course of That Government, Which He Characterized a a Challenge to Mankind and a Warfare Against All Nations, Making Neutrality Neither Feasible Nor Desirable. Washington. President Wilson ask ed Congress, assembled in Joint ses sion, to declare a state of war exist ing between the United States anJ Germany. In a dispassionate but unmeasured denuncation of the course of the Im perial Government, which he charact erized as a challenge to all mankind and a warfare against all nations, the President declared that neutrality no longer was feasible or desirable where the peace of the world was Involved; that armed neutrality had become in effectual enough at best, and was like ly to produce what it was meant to prevent, and urged that Congress ac cept the gauge of battle with all the resources of the nation. 'I advise that the Congress declare the recent course of the Imperial Ger man Government to be in fact nothing less than war against the Government and people of the United States," said the President, "that it formally ac cept the status of belligerent, which has thus been thrust upon it, and that it take steps not only to put the coun try in a more thorough state of de fense, but also to exert all Its power and employ all its resources to bring tho Government of the German Empire to terms and end the war." When the President had finished speaking, resolutions to declare a state of war existing were introduced in both hous es of Congress, referred to ttpproprate committees and will be debated. There Is no doubt of their passage. Tho objects of the United State In entering the war, the President said, were to vindicate the principles of peace and Justice against "selfish and autocratic power." Without selfish ends, for conquest or dominion, seek ing no indemnity or material compen sations for the sacrifices it shall make, the United Stntos must enter the war, tho President said, to make the world wife for democracy, as only one of the champions of the rights of mankind, and would be satisfied when those rights were as securo as the faith and freedom of nations could make them. Iiamlmria's Cough Remedy a Favorite For Colds. J L Easley, Mhcod, 111., inspea king itf Chamberlain's Cough Remedy ayN, 'Purirgtbe past rift fen yenrs it lias bem my sis ter's fflvoriie mdicine for colds on tlif lungs. I m self rave taken 't a milliter of times when suffer ing with a cold, and it always re ieved me prompt ly." EIGHT INJURED IN STORM AT MEMPHIS. Memphis, Tenn. Eight persons were Injured several buildings were wrecked and a score or more were un roofed or otherwise damaged In a windstorm that skirted this city and struck Blnghamton, a suburb, with Its full force. Three of the Injured, who were caught under the falling tlmberi ot the Christian Church at Blngham ton, one of the t' . buildings demol ished, were seriously hurt. All are ex pected to recover. MUCH TONNOGE WAS DESTROYED DURING MARCH. Berlin, via Sayvllle. In addition to submarine successes already publish' ed in the month of March, says an of flc'al statement published the first of April by the German Admiralty, 34 steamers, two Bulling vessols and 14 fishing craft, aggregating 90,b00 gross tons, were sunk by German sub marine. Of the total 24 were British vessels, one of which was an auxiliary cruiser displacing at least 8,000 tons. FOLEY KIDNEY FILLS JOIf OS PROFESSIONAL. E. Glenn Salmons, Kesident Dentist. BOONE, N. C. OfflceJatCritcher Hotel. OFFICE HOURS: 9:00 tcl8 a. m; 1.-00 to 4:00 p. m. Dr. G. M. Peavler, Treats Diseases of the Eye, Ear Nose and Throat BRISTOL. TENN., 115 '14 ly. E. S. COFFEY, iTompt attention given to all matters of a legal nature. W Abstracting titles and souer.tiou of claims a, sppnal tv. i 1 "f : ' Dr. Nat. T. Dvl". - . -6?PEi lAl.iM tYK, EAR; HOSE, IHR'iAT Ail' ih BTB8 EXAMINED FOTl GLASSES FOURTH 8TRRE1 Bristol, Tcnn.-Va. EDTUJNI) junk LKNOill, t - . Will Practice te& u mi n ii 6.1 'ii L. D- LOWS T. A. LOVE, Plneoli, N. O. Banner Elk, N. C. LOWE & LOVE ' ATTO R N E YS-AT-LA VV. Practice in the courts of Averv and surrounding counties. Care-" ful attention given to all matters of a legal nature. 7-6-12. F. A. LINNEY, -ATTOIUNE AT LAW. - BOONE, N. C. Will practice in the corn- if Wi laiga and ndjen rg coin Met. VETERINARY SURGERY. When in need of vet erinary surgery call on or write to G. H. Hayes Veterinary Svrgeon, Vir . las, N. C. 6-15-16. B. P. Lovlll. w. R. J ovll Lovill 8c Lovill -Attorneys. At Law- BOONE, N. C Special attention riven to all business entrusted to their care. .'. , . '. T. E. Bingham, Lawyer BOONE, ..... . N. C aTromptaftetitionlgiren to dl niarieis of a Ifuul nature Collection a specialty. Office with Bolicltor.F. A. Llo ney 9, ly. pd. DR. R, D, JEPIIGS RESIDENT DENTIST BannekElk, KG. I" At Boone on first Moridey of every month for 4 or 5 da 8 and every court melt. Office it l he Blackbu i n Hotel. : ,
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