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J- m f VOL XXVIII. UOONE WATAUGA COUNTY, N. C, THURSDAY JULY 26, 1917. NO. 44. WEEK KILL IT END? I fWLen, three years ago, the ewa was flashed to every part hi the civilized world thatagreat jwar had broken out, there were lew who believed it possible such a war could last more than a von r nr at most two years. A few suggested that it might last for three years, but it was gener ally believed that it would bout terly impossible to protract such a strife, on account of the utter national collapse which it was held to involve. Yet, now, near the end of the third year, the col Inpse has not come, and there is no apparent on the surtace why the struggle should not last three years longer. It was firmly believed that the Central powers would be com pelled to make peace because of complete physical exhaustion, but although the expenses o( the war have been very much great er than was formerly estimated, and although some financiers in sist that Germany is now practi cally bankrupt) there are few bold enough to assert that the speedy end of the war is assured by the financial difficulties of the enemy. And it was believed most firm ly, and BritiHhstatesmen decla fd most positively, that the Brit ish fleet would soon secure such a stranglehold on the enemy as to force them to sue for peace. Yet three years have gone, and Germany is still unconquered. It no doubt true that food is scarce in ' Germany, and woolens aud cottons and certain metals are exceedingly scarce, yet there are very few who would care to as sert that the British blockade can force Germany into submis sion in the very near future. The truth is that the war is teaching all the nations that while many things are deemed absolutely necessary to ordinary, existence they are not absolutely necessa ry, and can be done without in war-time with no serious diminu tion of a nation's military effi ciency. And it was boldly asserted that in modern war the surpris ing accuracy of scientific gun-fire and the phenomenal power of high explosives, would mean such wholesale slaughter of the combatants that peace would come quickly from eh er exhaus tion of manhood. But despite all the new horrors of war it seems probable that the wearing down process is still a matter of years with any determined na tion. Again it was widely, very wide ly, believed that in case of war the masses would soon insist up on peace, and in the case of Ger many it was confidentially ex pected that the tremendous So cialistic vote would be so increas ed by the privations and losses incident to a great war as to in sure the speedy overturn of au tocratic government and the in stitution of democracy, with a consequent peace. Bateven here all prophecies have failed, and apparently the Socialism of Ger many is helplessly bound to the Kaiser's chariot wheels. So far as all former calculations are concerned we can only suy that they have shown us how easy it is for the best informed men to make most serious miscalcula tions. The incalcuable factors spoil the solution of the problem. And yet, when we have said these things, we have not said all.' It is true, as we have asser ted again and again, that Ger man defeat is assured. Her at tempt to diviJe the Allies, her attempts to i make a separate peace with Italy and Russia have iiopefeSsly failed. . The subma rine camDaifirn... whil mrinna enough, standi no oa -what- ever of forcing Britain into an early peace, although it has re sulted already in the placiug of a United States embargo upou shipments to neutrals, and this will undoubtedly intensify the privation already existing in Germany. Just how conditions stand in Germany and Austriu we do not know exactly, but we know that at best they are seri ous enough, aud the idea of fac ing another winter of war U not viewed without fear. If the war lasts another year it will flud Germany and Austria weaker by some millions of men, and prob ably with well-uigh fatal short age of metals and food. But it will flud the Allies the stronger by the entrance of one or two millions of American troops, and the pooling of the enormous man ufacturing and financial resour ces of the two greatest and weal thiest nations in the world, the United States aud Britain. And unfortunately for Germany, these nations are not only amongst the best fighters in the world. but are also the most determined, the veritable "die-hards" of the nations. Under the circumstances, and with such prospects, what will Germany aud Austria do? Will they fight to the bitter end, or will they recognize that thev are beaten and make what terms they can with the foe? It mav - v be that if Hindenburg had his way the Germans would ficrbt to the last ditch; but the Germans are not all Hindenburg s. There seems little reuson to doubt that Austria, Bulgaria and Turkey are just waiting a good chant e to make peace, and a sweeping German defeat would provide just such a chance. It is possi ble, too, tnat Germany herself is beginning to realize that tie game is up, and the fact that of ficers with machine guns are nec essary to keep the Germans in line and to force them to the at tack seems to show that the Ger man spirit is nearing the break ing point. It fwems probable that when the collapse comes it will be sud den and complete. When will it come? No man can say. If the Allies are strong enough to ad minister a crushing blow to the western line it may come soon; but in any event it does not seem probable until the Allies have for ced the Germans back to the Rhine. But there is the other possibility which we cannot af ford to loose sight of, that the German democracy, so long de ceived with lying promises and stories of victory, will awake to the true nature of the struggle and end the war by ending the Hohenzollerns and the Junkers. The world will have no quarrel with a free Germany. The fact that Scheidemann, justback from the Stockholm conference, has declared for the democratization of Germany, is at least a hopeful sign. But whether the end be near or far, the Allies are into the war to end the peril to the world which lies in Germany's military ambition. Christian Guardian. TROOP TRAIN 18 I WRECKED IN TEXAS Marshall, Tel. One American sol dier, William Stonebreaker, was kill ed, and Ore. other soldiers injured, only one seriously, when four coaches of a troop train turned completely over and three other cars were derail ed at Shamrock, near Victoria, La., on the Teias k Pacific Railway. Rail road officials here say the train was running about twelve miles an hour when the accldejt occured. The cause has not yet been determined. Children Cry FOR FLETCHER'S SUFFRAGISTS GIVEN DAY SERE SIXTEEN WOMEN ARE SENT TO . WORKHOUSE BY WASHING i ,.. , TON JUDQB, Lti -i IT NT $25 FINE Dudley Malone, Collector of Customs at New York, Comes to Rescue and Actively Takes Up the Fight For Women. Washington. Sixteen woman suf fragettes, arrested while participating in the woman's party bastlle day de monstration In front of the White House were sentenced In police court to serve sixty days in the District of Columbia workhouse for obstructing the sidewalks. The women were given the alterna tive of paying a $25 fine, but they promptly refused the offer and were taken to the workhouse at Occoquan, Vs., and turned over to a matron who saw that each got a shower bath and exchanged her clothes for a heavy one-piece prison dress. They were as signed to the sewing room of the pris on where they will work seven hours daily. Although no one at headquarters would confirm It, there were indi cations that the course of the wo men's friends might be determined finally by the attitude of Dudley Field Malone, collector of customs at New York, who came here to testify for the women and later asked the court to be permitted to act as their coun sel. The request was granted. Po lice Judge Mullowyn giving him tem porary authority to act as a member of the Washington bar, but instead of taken any legal steps on behalf of he women, Mr. Malone went to the White House for a long conference with President Wilson. What happened at the conference was not revealed, but Mr. Malone came away visibly perturbed and there were many rumors that he had resigned his colleetorshlp and would take up actively the fight of the suf fragists who repeatedly have been In police court during recent weeks for their demonstrations at President Wilson's doorsteps. These rumors Mr. Malone himself would neither deny nor affirm. DEUT6CHLAND AGENT E6CAPES IN 8CH00NER Captain Frederick Hlnsch Makes His Way to Germany, Baltimore. Capt. Frederick Hlnsch, who handled the marine end in this country of the merchant submarine Deutachland on her voyage here, has escaped from American eoll and it re ported to have reached Germany four weeks ago. Captain Hlnsch shipped out of South Amboy, N. J., shortly after the decla ration of war, April 6, on a small fishing ship with a crew of three men. The vessel was of 200 tons and bad been bought by him for $8,000. Advices to his friends here are that he and his three companions have reached Bremen, the entry port of the Deutschland, and the home port ot the North German Lloyd, in the employ of which he was. The schooner is supposed to be (he Wanola, a vessel which was purchased supposedly tor Dutch Interests sev eral weeks before the declaration of war, Government men here aay that In buying the vessel Captain Hlnsch dealt with third parties and after the transfer of the vessel ft was hauled oft for repairs at South Amboy. SUFFRAGI8TS SERVING IN PRISONED PARDONED BY WILSON Washington Sixteen women sent to the workhouse for their part in the suffragette demonstration at the white house accepted pardons from Presi dent Wilson and were released after serving two days ot their sixty day terms. The prisoners left the workhouse ap parently without regret, despite their previous declarations that they de sired to serve out theier time with olt appeal or clemency. EXTRAORDINARY FIND OF RELICS IS MADS 8anta Fe, N. M. An extraordinary find of historic pottery and relics has been made by Carl Morris, excavating Pueblo ruins at Artec, San Juan coun ty, with a force ot twenty-live men for the American Museum of Natural History. The discovery Includes sixty pieces of rare pottery, over 10,000 carv ed red and black atone beads, basket matting, knives, battle axes and other stone implements and turquoise beada. RUSSIAN SITUATION UNDER CONTROL GOVERNMENT F0RCE8 CONTINUE TO PATROL ALL PART8 OF PETROGRAD. 560 KILLED OR Estimated Reault of Two Days' Con fusion In Russian Capital Special Commission Is Formed Patrol to Watch All Automobiles. London. A Reuter dispatch from Petrograd says the number ot killed and wounded In the two days' disor der there is estimated at about 600. The government controls the city as completely as the bolshevlkl ap peared to control it The First machine gun regiment, which had Its headquarters in the villa of Mademoiselle Kaheslnska, and the men manning four armored cars, which buarded the entrance to the villa, have submitted to the author ity ot the soldiers' and worklngmen's council. Cossacks and other mounted troons are patrolling the streets and all thoroughfares are guarded by Infun- try. Particular attention was given to automobiles. All over the city they were subjected to scrutiny and any suspects were arrested. One automo bile attempted to dodge the patrols. It was caught and found to be occu pied by persons wbo wered istributing anarchist handbills. The occupants showed fight and were beated sound ly by the Cossacks and then taken Into custody. NEW CHANCELLOR UPHOLD8 GERMANY'S U-BOAT CAMPAIGN Asserts That It Is Lawful Measure, Justifiably Adopted to 8horten the War. Copenhagen. Dr. Mlchaells, the new German imperial chancellor, ,ln his address to the relchstag, declared his adhesion to Germany's submarine campaign, asserting It to be a lawful measure, Justifiably adopted for shortening the war. Dr. Mlchaells opened his relchstag speech with a hearty tribute to Dr. von Bethmann-Hollweg, the retiring Imperial chancellor, whose work, he said, history would appreciate. The chancellor declared that the war was forced upon unwilling Germany by the Russian mobilization and that the submarine warfare was also forced upon Germany by Great Britain's il legal blockade starvation war. The faint hope that America, at the head of the neutrals, would check Great Britain's illegality was vain. Germany's final .attempt to avoid the extremity by a peace offer failed and the submarine campaign was adopted, said the chancellor. The submarines, the spetaker contin ued, had done all and more than had been expected, and the false prophets who had predicted the end of the war at a definite time had done a dis service to the fatherland. ! OFFICIAL 8TATEMENT OF GERMAN CASUALTIES I London. The German ' casualties reported In the German official lists during June, but not as having oc curred In June, are given out1 by the war office here as follow: Killed and died of wounds, 28,819; died of sickness, 8,215; prisoners and missing, 88,606; wounded, 95,9X16. The totals of the German official lists since the war began are as fol lows: Killed or died of wounds, 1,032,100; died of sickness, 72.960; prisoners and missing, 691,966; wounded, 2,825,681. , The naval and colonial casualties are not Included.J A eouzh tbrit racks and weak os is dangen )us. it. undermine? your health and thrives on neg. feet. Relieve it at once with I)r, Kill's New Discovery. This Hoothing balsam remedy hehl the throat, loosens tli phlegm, its antiseptic prnpertir kill the eermandthi cold Is qnikly bro ken up. Children nd trtownupe alike find U.T. Kind's New Discov ery pleasant to take hs a effctiv& ;Hava bottle handy in your pjedtcine chest for gnppp C'oup, rTjd all bronch-tof aflec tit ns. U druggists, 50c. GERMAN ATTACKS CEASE III WEST EFFORTS TO OVERCOME FRENCH GAIN" AT VERDUN HAVE FAILED. ARTILLERY DUELS KEEP IIP On the Russian Front General Korn- oloff's Army In East Gallela Is Stub bornly Holding Back Reinforced Austro-German Armies. After having tried ineffectually to overcome the French gains In the Verdun sector between the eastern edge of the Avocourt wood and Hill 304, the Germans have ceased their costly enterprise and are now con tenting themselves with throwing shells luto the positions which Gen eral Petaln's men forced them to evacuate. Likewise, along the Cbemln-des-Dames the violent infan try activity of the early week has ceased and artillery duels Instead are taking place. The British and the Germans con tinue their violent artillery duels in northern Belgium and Field Marshal Halg's forces are keeping up their harassing patrol raids on numerous sectors of the front. One of the most successful of the enterprises was carried out east of Monchy-le-Preuf in the Arras sector, in which the British gained ground and took prisoners. On the Russian front, General Korn Huffs army in East Gallela Is stubbornly holding back the rein forced Austro-German armies, which at various points are endeavoring to wrest from them the positions re cently won In the Hallcz and Kaluns sectors. In the latter region, near the village of Novlca, the enemy won a vantage point from the Russians but mediately afterwards. In a counter attack, lost it again. The Gormans are violently bombarding the Rus. slans south ot Brzezany and near Ilallcc. Late reports from Petrograd are to the effect that the disorders have been quelled. In Tuesday's fighting in the streets of Petrograd, six per sons were killed and 238 wounded. The weekly British admiralty state ment shows that last week fourteen British ships of more than 1,600 tons, four of under 1,600 tons and eight Ashing vessels were sunk by subma rines or mines a slight Increase In tonnage over the previous week. UNCLE 8AM'S 80LDIERS BEST FED IN EUROPE American Training Camp In France By the Associated Press The bust-' est of all the American troop depart ments these days Is the quartermas ter, which is wording almost feverish ly to perfect Its system of supplying the men with all the necessities. The work has gone ahead eo fast that the quartermaster already has a three months' supply ot all foods within a short distance of the camp, and a con stant ten days' supply here. The troops are still eating the dark French bread which is being paid for with American flour, but within three days bakeries will be established and white bread will be baked here for the sol diers. The Amerlaan army will then be the only one in Europe eating White bread. It Is today the biggest meat con sumer, as the men receive a ration of twenty ounces dally. The American soldiers are now liv ing on the so-called Held ration, which consists of twenty ounces of fresh beef dally, or twelve ounces of bacon, or etxteea ounces of canned meat, or sixteen ounces of canned salmon; eighteen ounces of soft or eighteen ounces of hard bread or flour or beans; twenty ounces of potatoes, with a similar amount of onions or tomatoes, an ounce and a quart of Coffee and three ounces of sugar with alt, pepper and syrup as well as prunes, dried apples or peaches or Jam. When the supplies all arrive there will also be bntter, which will be distributed as an extra on special occasions. The entire plan of the quarter master's department Is to be entirely independent o fthe French at the earl teat date possible so as not to burden either to the government or the popu lation. The department is still try ing to decide what to do with the gift made by the French government to the American troops In honor of the fourteenth of July, the French na tional holiday, consisting of cham pagne, red wines, jellies, ham and oth er delicacies. There la a considerable quantity of champagne and red wine for each soldier and officer. FOLEY aeq)sack PROFESSIONAL. E. Glenn Salmon?, ttcsident Dentist. BOONE, N. U. Office at d itcher Hotel. OFFICE HOURS: 9:00 to 12 a. ni; 1:00 to 4:00 p. id, EW.TJ.ND JONES -LENOIH, N. C,- Will Practice Regularly in he Courts ol HaiPUfta, 6-1 ii L. II- I.OWB Banner Elk, N. C. T. A. LOVK, Plncoln, N. C LOWE & LOVE ATTO KN E YS-AT-LA W. Practice in the courts of Avery and tun ounding counties, Care ml altention given to all matters of a legal nature. 7-0-12. 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