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GREENSBORO DAILY , - WEATHER North Carolina: Fair Today and . Sunday. ' , The Daily News: Now Leading Them All in North Carolina. VOL. XVIII. NO. 64 GREENSBORO, N. C, SAT URDAY MORNING, MARCH 23, 1918 PRICE FIVE CENTS NEWS BRITISH WITHSTAND THRUST OF TEUTONS ON FIFTY MILE FRONT IN FIERCE ENCOUNTER AT POINTS LINE BENT LINE OF HA1G BROKEN Britons Inflict Frightful Casual ties on the Enemy BERLIN CLAIMS SUCCESS States That 16,000 Men and 200 Guns Have Been Captured inOffensive STRIVE TO DRIVE WEDGES Germans Trying to Penetrate Both Sidei of Cambrai Salient About. 400,- .000 Teutonic Troops Are f in the Tight. 1 I In a battle that baa rivalled in ferocity any tint haa preceded it during three ; and half years f warfare, the British on a 60-mile front have withitood a great German offensive in its initial 1 atages. At tome pointa the British Una haa been bent back, but not as much . as had been expected by military ex perts acquainted with the forces the Germans had brought np and the power of the guns they had upbn and behind the line. ' , As the rosult of the struggle on that part of the front just, west of Canr bra!, where the fighting was apparently hottest, the British line hah nowhere been broken' and Field Marshal Haig's men have inflicted frightful -casualties on the enemy. ' ! I ,' Claim 16,000 Men Captured. 1 As an indication of the sanguinary nature of the fighting, the Berlin for eign office states that 16,000 mea and 200 guns have been captured. This may ' be compared to the British losses In the German counter offensive on De cember 4, 1017, when 0,000 men and 100 guns were captured. ; The first reports of infantryvfighting were indicative of an attempt on the part of the Germans to drive wedges In to both sides of the Cambrai salient, iso late the British troops farther east and regain the Hindenberg line, from which they were driven4 on November 22, 1 917, by General Byng'i sudden blow. Sub sequent dispatches have proved that this was, indeed, the plan of the German gen eral staff. The fighting on the rest of the 50-mila front was but a aide issue to the terrific onslaught aimed at Gauche wood and Lagnicourt, the south and north bases of the salient. There is no data upon which it is noa aible to estimate the success attained by the Germans to the south, but names of towns where the armiea were battling 'on- Friday, show that on the northern aide of the salient the Germans bent the British line back about two and a half miles. It waa reported that St. Leger was the scene of a hard struggle and that Doignies bad been re-taken by the jfrmsn. i,nese pointa are about lour kilometers, or 2.48 miles, back of the British lines, as they stood before the attack began. Berlin claims that Brit ish first line positions ' from Arras to La ere -were captured. ? ; Forty German Divisions Employed. The concentration of ' men and artil lery on the British front, as shown in official reports, demonstrates that the Germans are making a determined effort to emash the British front. Forty di visions, or about 400,000 Teutonic troops are in the fight. The total number of cannon the Germans are employing can not be estimated, but unofficial report say. that there were 1,004 guns on one small sector. Austrian and Bulgarian troops have made their appearance on the British front. i . The attack was launched under the eyes of Emperor William, Field Marshal von Hindenburg and General Ludendorff, the three guiding spirits of the German war machine. The French report fight ing in various sectors and especially in Champagne and-Lorraine. Hostilities -are not limited - to the front in France, but the Italian battle line is beginning to show signs of activ- ity beyond the ordinary. An Austrian attack in the Frenzela valley was check ed by the Italians after an advanced post had been taken.. A drlvo there (Continued on Pas. Three) ' MOTOR BOAT WITH GERMANS AND ARMED SEIZED AT SEA A Pacific Port, March 22. A (10-foot American - motor boat, the Aggassiz, ; which sailed from a Mexican port with 'Germans, German flags, rifles and pis- tola on board, hss been seized, at eea by , an American warship and taken to a Pacific port for investigation to de termine whether she was starting on a commerce raiding cruise. YOUNG SALISBURY WOMAN i , DIES WHILE IN TRAINING (Bjxctal to Stlly Nflft.) ' . Salisbury, March 22. Miss Emma Rice, a young Salisbury woman in train ing for a nurse at Watts' hospital. West Durham, died there this morning. Tie body waa brought here this evening and the funeral wilt be at Franklin, hear Sal isbury, Saturday at 3 o'clock p. m. , 16000 Prisoners and 200 Guns Taken By Germans LoaiOtt, March Mu Brltil. Ad iiiHx, Per Wlreleoa PrM.)-Slm-teea .fcoiyMa4 prtoonera and 300 . atiDi hare bee captured ay the Germaaa, according to a German official eaaunuulcatioB received by wlrcleaa toalarat. The text of the comatunleatloa follewei "The aneeeaa ef yesterday la the fla-htlng Between Arraa and La Kere were .extended la the eea tlnaatfon of oar attack Sixteen thoaaaad prleonera and 300 e-ana ao far have been reported captured. Before aVerdua the ar tillery duel eeatlaaed. Prom other theaters of the war there la aoth iug iew to report.1 DISBANDING OLD ARMY. WITH AMAZING SPEED! Eliminating the Army's Influ ence in Public Affairs SOLDIERS GIVE TROUBLE At , Petrograd Sleeping Troops Are Disarmed by Bolsheviki ' Red Guard PUT PRISONERS TO WORK Teuton Prisoners Do Not Know United States Haa Entered ttnTTWr Vo logda Becomes a Congested Transfer Point. Moscow, Tuesday, March 19. (By the Associated. Press.) The soviet govern ment is rapidly disarming and disband ing the old army and eliminating its in fluence from public affairs, The Mos cow soviet has removed from its. execu tive .committee all soldier representa tives and similar action is taking place throughout Russia, as the old army is, presumably out of existence and not en titled to representation. The new voluntary army will select representatives in the various Soviets. The eld soldiers are unwilling at many places to surrender tneir arms ana re turn to work. At Petrograd three reg imenta declined to be demobilized. The Bolshevik red guards entered the bar racks, surprised the sleeping soldiers, seised their arms and forced them to leave the city. Say Soldiers Are taiy. The Petrograd soviet fas issued statement saying that these regiments were unaer influences contrary to the revolutionary movement,- were lazy and undisciplined and refused to assist in guard duty. In explanation of the gov ernment's evacuation of Petrograd, the soviet has issued a statement saying the; commissioners went to Moscow for the purpose of saving Petrograd from de struction, as they believed the govern ment's removal will demonstrate . the strength of the Russian people's govern ment and show-the Germans that the capture of the capital would be useless as the" government is prepared to fall back constantly before the German ad vance, resisting and slowing down the enemy onslaught. ' All available rolling stock is being used lor the. evacuation of Petrograd along the trans-Siberian railroad toward the Ural mountains. The Putiloff mu nition works and the Shlusselburs pow der factory, near Petrograd, employing irom au.vuu to iu,uuu woricmen, are tie ing moved to Omsk and Tobolsk. , The entire western end of the trans Siberian railroad is congested with trains automobiles. AH sorts of war material and factory equipment were stacked on flat cars' and government employes, fac tory workers and thousands of German and Austrian prisoners, are being aent to Omsk and other Siberian cities, for industrial work in re-establishing plants.! Prisoners Know Little ef War. Many prisoners, when interviewed by the Associated Press correspondent, show little interest in the wsr, especially the Austrian, who apparently nave no de sire to return home. Some of them did not know that the United States had entered the war. Vologda, where the American embassy is now located, has suddenly developed from a provincial city to' a congested transfer point, with a large floating pop ulation. Military missions of manvna- iona leaving Rumania and Ukraine, have gathered there, awaiting transportation. Refugees unable to reach Moscow and other points because of hordes of dis banded , soldiers, have centered at Vo logda in the hope of finding accommo dation on railway trains leaving for points where the food situation is bet ter.' . There t. litt.l freiirht movinff. ex cept government supplies. Every inch of space inside of cars, on platforms and on the bumpers, is occupied by refugees. AH the stations are frowded wl,th men,; women and children, fighting for space in' the cars. v i ' , '. i. ' Golf Tournament at Pinehurst Pin'ehurat, March 22. A . record fleld of 70 players will lee off at Pinehurst tomorrow in the qualifying round of the sixteenth annual united north and i.outh championship tournament for women. The field will qualify in eights on the championship course. NOT GUILTY VERDICT JURY IN PITTS TRIAL Verdict Freeing the Accused Returned Late Yesterday SCENE IMPRESSIVE ONE Garfield and Aaron Pitts, Charg ed With Killing Hennessee, Not Affected GOOD ORDER MAINTAINED Judge Cline Upon Reassembling of Court Told Those in the Courtroom That He Would Not Tolerate Any Demonstration. (BpKUd to Dallf Men.) Morganton, March 22. "Xot guilty" was the verdict returned at exactly 6:30 o'clock this evening by the jury in whose hands rested the fate of Garfield and Aaron Pitts, whose trial on the charge of murdering Dr. E. A. Hennessee at Glen Alpine, has been in progress since Monday morning. The scene in the Burke courtroom was an impressive one as the jury filed in and its spokesman, W. H. Knox, announced their decision in the case. Judge Cline finished his charge at 4 o'clock this afternoon, and the jury re tired. It deliberated on the case for two hours before announcing its readiness to return a verdict. The court had been dismissed shortly after 6 o'clock, the judge instructing the aheriff that when the jury had settled upon its verdict he and other court officers should be noti-, fied. There was a tenseness in the atmos phere of the courtroom and a vibrant, though unexpressed feeling of excitement permeating the crowd which gathered quickly when it was noised about the streets that a verdict had been reached. This excitement could be plainly read on tne lace oi every person in tne court room. Prisoners Appeared Confident. The prisoners appeared to have as they cat before the bar just before they learned whether they should live or die, that same confident manner they hive displayed all during the trial. Their faces were an interesting study. Pale but with clear steady eves thev-looked toward the jury whose words meant o much to them, la younger, Aaron, seemed slightly more nervous than his brother, Garfield. Upon the reassembling of court Judge Cline impressed upon the crowd in un mistakable language that he meant to have no demonstration whatever of ap proval or disapproval of the verdict the jury might render. He gave officers im plicit instructions that until formal ad journment no one should approach the jury or defendants. When the defend-1 ants were told to stand up and the clerk I asked the jury for their decision the lis teners seemed almost to stop breathing until the answer came. After court adjourned many shook hands with the Pitts boys, their family and attorneys. Soon after the brothers accompanied by relatives, lett for their home at Glen Alpine. Judge Cline's Able Charge. The mother of the boys and the wife of Garfield Pitts were not in the court room when the verdict was returned. The Hennessee family had'eft the room soon after cour,t was dismissed except two sons of the murdered man. Judge E. Bj Cline delivered an able charge to the jury. He began this charge immediately after the dinner intermis sion, explaining clearly and forcefully the law as applied to the case which he reviewed in its principal features. He gave a comprehensive outline of what in law constitutes first and what second degree murder,, telling the jurors that if in their deliberations tbey found the evidence to show deliberate and wilful design on the part of tho defendants '.o take the. life of Dr. Hennessee they should find one or both guilty of murder in the first degree. Jf tne evmence showed beyond reasonable doubt they killed Dr. Hennessee without previously planning the deed their -verdict should be murder in the second degree. If the evidence in the case did not show them to be the murderers the jury should re turn a verdict of not guilty. T Final Appeals to the Jury. All the morning session of court was taken up with the two final arguments in the case. J. F. Spainhour for the de fense made a atrong and impassioned plea for his clients. Reviewing the ev idence from the standpoint of the de fense and answering the contentions of the state his speech was pronounced by many as one of the most convincing made on behalf of the defense. Solicitor R. L. Huffman for the state closed the argument and no one of the eight attorneys who had preceded him made a stronger speech. Mr. Huffman has a fine record as a prosecuting attor ney but surpassed all former efforts to day in the appeal which he made to the jury that the majesty of the law in Burke county be upheld and in the man ner in which he reviewed the state's evi dence in the case against the Pitts. There is a general feeling of relief that the trial is over. Groups have been standing on the streets tonight discus' ng tbe evidence 'and the verdict but there ia n indications whatever of any undue excitement. TR0TZKY DENIES THAT HUlt PRISONERS OCCUPY RAILWAY Moscow, Thursday, March 21; (By i the Associated l'ress.)Rumors that Austrian and German prisoners of war have occupied the trana-Ciberian rail way, are characterised aa an absolute falsehood in a dispatch received by Leon Trotzky, the Bolsheviki foreign minister, in response to inquiries made of the rep resentatives of the Bolsheviki commis saries at Irkutsk. MAJ. GEO. L PETERSON And Makes the Case Sole Sub ject of Talk in Raleigh IS FEELING OF OUTRAGE Utter, Failure of Peterson to Account For Any of $7,600 Raised Conviction Talk LOSE SIGHT OF ISSUES Talk of Young's Hatred of Peterson, Suggestions That Young Falsified Record Beclouded Real . Issues. (By W. T. B0ST.) Raleitrh. Mrirrh 0-2 Th Prtprann Inrv that acquitted Maj. Georjre L. Peterson of embezzlement on an admitted short- age of $7,600, haa mystified the world and made the case the sole subject of talk today. , It is telling nothing secret to say that the part of the state government re sponsible for the prosecution has a feel inz of outrage. The utter failure of Ma jor Peterson to account for any of the $7,800 discrepancy which, the governor, the attorney general, the assistant at torney general and others heard Major Peterson admit, coupled with his decla ration that he could account for it all if given time, madeyiefense against the charge apparently impossible. Then when Major Peterson's attorneys rested their case without offering evidence, it be came common talk that Judge Stacy would charge the jury that if it believed the evidence of Major Durham, Judge fSykes and Auditor McKinney it would be the duty of the triers to bring in u vsrdipt of guilty. ; Judge Stacy made no faich charge'; moreover, he gave the defense special in structions as asked. . But at , best, - the law and the evidence were ao overwhelm ingly against the major on trial that the judge doing his jevelest and begging the jurors to "boifair to the state and fair to the defendant", opened himself to the charge by ths defense that he had "made a hell of a last speech for the state. , So complete was the evidence against the major that many expected the judge to direct the verdict in so many words. Worse still, the defense offered no ex planation of the . alleged discrepancy which ceased to be n allegation when Major Peterson Bad his investigation before Uovernor ilicJtett, Attorney gen eral Manning and Assistant Attorney Ueneral Hykes. Major Peterson of course would not admit any criminal shortage, but asked by Governor Dick ett to explain one Hem of it confessed that he had no record and nd recollec tion of any such expenditure. There the defense was with a shortage ad mitted, the money paid back the 10 manipulations of the adding machine to cover these discrepancies all admitted, and no evidence offered ih mitigation of all the prima facie intent to commit the fraud. Yet Major, Peterson offered no testimony, his friends were betting any amount at aifjr odda on acquittal and the jury was out but a bare half hour. That Political Effect. Of course it is embarrassing politi cally. Nobody expects the Republicans to keep their baadev off the state af fairs this year no matter how many soldiers are in France. There can be no attack made on 'the Bickett admin istration which detected the shortage, demanded its straightening out, re ceived no aatisfaction, ordered the prose cution, instructed the attorney general to participate and stood stupe tied when a typical Wake county jury lost itself in irrelevancies and collateral issues. Every hour of today somebody has ex pected the governor to bust loose in a picturesque opinion of the verdict,' but visitors Mve so swamned him that he may not have had a chance to cuss. rool members ot the jury, mouthy fellows, are quoted as having expressed tneir dissatisfaction witn the result be cause they thought they ought not to go home until they tried "the real rascal, Ueneral Young. That statement is vouched for often. The juror hasn't said so to your correspondent. Throughout the testimony and the argument it seem ed much as if General Young was on trial and not Major Peterson. The bad blood between the two men haa been known a year or more. The defense skillfully got before the jury the suggestion that Ueneral Young inspired the prosecution and by fearsome attack on him drew the jurors away from law and evidence. Why Was Young Offered? Old lawyers who Lave tried cases be fore juries have been utterly confounded by tne states employment of Ueneral Voung as a witness ' The case was per fect without tiim; shortage admitted, present state officials acquitted by Major Peterson of any wrong doing, machine manipulated to cover results, money paid back, and no evidence of personal feeling on the part of the prosecution. Moreover, -there was just the opposite condition. Governor and Major Peterson were great friends; Judge Manning and. Major Petirson were political con lerees, Major Peterson had worked hard in Sampson for both. Yet they were so impressed with the inability of Major Peterson to (make good on any account ing tor the mortage that Governor Bick ett ordered Judge Manning to have the warrant swoin out and Slaior Peterson arrested before he could return to camp. But Judge Manning examined General Young and with him the defense made its case. It pitched into the jury box & mt at smnnt tiiot nnt n , . . 1 -.. .. u M.;, P,., . tllia, ,nortaeo of ,7 600 that WM aot joriUy TlHl by (l,..ral youn, iU Peterson's "superior officer.". Then earn the further suggestion that Major Peter son was in the way of General Young's ambitions ; that General Young falsified the record which showed when he became (Continued en Pace Eight) PRESIDENT ONLY CAN AVERT SKY-HIGH PRICES FOR BREAD Unless Checked by Wilson, Senate to $2.50 a Bushel Will Cause Distress to American People, Disrupting Economic System For Rationing America and Feeding Allies Need Competent Commission. ' ' Oatlr N'm Biirftn and Ttlfrtoh Offlrt Ttw Blui Buililrn (U Uaatd Win) (By DAVID LAWRENCE) (CopiTlfht, 1918. t) New York EntUnf Pott.) Washington, March 22. While the na tion is watching the German drive and events abroad, something has happened here which, unless checked by President Wilson, will drive sky-high the prices of bread and foodstuffs to the American people. The average man not acquainted with matters agricultural does not know the difference between a price of '2.20 i bushel for wheat a fixed by the Presi dent and $2.50 as it would he fixed by the senate should the 'amendment pass ed yesterday become law. ' The only visi ble difference is that the farmer gets mors money. What it means to the consumer, to the Price hte and board throughout the country, what it means to the whole economic system whereby America has tried to ration herself and feed the allies isn't usually taken into considera tion. And the fact is that the senate didn't break the precedent. Not a bit of data was collected or presented on behalf of tthe consumer. Senators who feared that their farmer constituents would remember the vote on this meas ure when election day came around voted pretty solidly for the Gore amendment. Upsets Economic Scheme. . 1 But here is what it means to the rest of the nation the consumers of wheat. Adding 30 cents on wheat at the eleva tors figures out an increase of $3 ou every barrel of flour consumed and a total additional cost to the American people of about 400,000,000. While it may be true that the farmer hasn't been getting a fair' profit, the question for the government to decide is whether it would not be cheaptcr in the long run to subsidize the farmers and take care of their increased costs of production without changing the price of wheat. In fact, the interference by the senate LATEST CASUALTY LIST Casualties Among Americans in France Include Two Killed, Thirteen Missing ONE KILLED BY ACCIDENT (By AaoeUtod Prat.) Washington, March , 22. Sixty-two names appear on today's list of casual ties among the American expeditionary forces, including two men killed In ac tion and 13 missing in action. Fifteen men died of disease, one was killed bv accident, one died of wounds, nine were severely wounded and 21 .slightly wounded. The list follows: Killed in action Corporal Henry If. Fall (previously reported wounded); Private Richard Gross. Died of accident Private Sylvester P. Sullivan. ' Missing in action Sergt. Joseph Sto nine; Corporals John J. Payne and Edw. E. BtrucJcr Privates Rudolf M. Backus, Barney Bogin, Wm. O. Carrender, Mari us Hansen, Hans Larsen, Adelbert Mo rey, Hugh O'Neil, Samuel J. Peters, Hector E. Rellman and John T. A racks. Died of disease Sergt. Michael L. Mc Elhinney, pneumonia; Corporal Alfred 11. Israel, pneumonia; Corporal Alfred J. Renaud, pneumonia; Privates Herman Uecen, Charles E. Bogga, Bylan E. Brillhart, Allen K. Hartman, Henry K, Larsen, Milton L. Michelson, Walter H. Owens, Henry Perry, Wm. T. Robbins, Robert Smith, Elmer Spears, John Trimble. Died of wounds Private Boleslaw Grochowski. Wounded severely Lieut. Harry W. Groos; Corporal Harry (t. Stickler; Privates Stanley Arazny, Simon Gondol, Oliver W. Morrison, James .1. O'Donnell, Carl Anderson, George B. Greer, Abra ham Lepofsky. Wounded slightly Aleuts. Jee Morgan Pickett and Charles Glenn Roberts; Chief Mechanic Geo.- La Victoire; Sergts. Kenneth V. Hushes, Imme Winstead; Corporals Floyd Heath, Elmer J. Part- low, Jack reavy; Mecjianic frame . Blossom; Privates Robert A. Foster, Salvators E. Beatrice, Edmund Biolinski, Charley Cain, Leslie E. Emerson, Basil Glass, Frederick V. Gould, Oliver W. Holmes, Earl E. Kastner, Mike Peoris, Michael Tymchoke and Fred H. Yates. KINGS MOUNTAIN ARTILLERY ' ' . RANGE IS CAMP CHRONICLE Charlotte, March 22. Maj. Gen. E. B. Babbitt, commanding, today, officially designated as Camp Chronicle the camp for artillery regiments at the newly ea tablished artillery range ef Camp Greene, at Kings Mountain, near Gastonia, where the revolutionary war battle of Kings Mountain was fought. He said the camp was named for Maj. William Chronicle, a native of Gaitonia, who was a leader of the American forces in this battle; Private Dies at Camp Sevier. Greenville, S. C, March 22. The death at the base hospital of Private George W. Gordon, 115th field artillery, waa an nounced today at division headquarters, Camp Sevier.' His father, V. T. Gordon, lives at Pulaski, Teen. - '. ; Action Designed to Raise Wheat price fixing program of the government practically upsets the whole economic scheme on which the food administra tion and the department of agriculture are resting. Were it not for the abso lute confidence that President Wilson will not tulerate euch tacticB, but will veto the measure, Washington would have4 been pretty much excited over the senate's action. The President may be Bpared the necessity of vetoing tho bill if he writes a letter to a member of the congressional conference conunitteo and makes bin views plain. What is needed ie a competcut com mission to investigate costs of produc tion and the wholo situation from pro duction to consumption. If the Presl. dent will give the farmers the assurance that ho will act upon the recommenda tions of such a body, the conference com mittee will be able to recedo gracefully ami abandon consideration of the amend mrnt. Backed by Malcontents. No one in the department of agricul ture or food administration with whom I discussed the matter was able to haz ard a guess as to how the Bcnate bill would work if actually put into opera tion. No provision is made for the ab sorption of differentials, as the price is lixed at the elevators Tho agitation for a higher price for wneat is really at bottom an antugon- ism of a tew senators, backed by ntal content farmers. Until the rumpus waa raised, most of tho farmers, -according to otucial reports, were satisfied with the price fixed. Since the possibility of getting 2.00 for wheat was raised, of course, more converts woro made until now many of them are shouting for an abandonment of all prfco fixing what soever, and a return to the old tune speculation and fluctuation that can make for bread riots in our cities as fast as any other kind of war privation. AODooy reauzes more Keenly tnan tne President that the costs of basic com modifies ought to be reduced to the farmer and if Congress had followed the recommendations made in the last mes sage of Mr. WilRon on the subject, the profit of the farmer on $2.20 wheat would mean more to him in prospect than it does now, v JAILER CLICK-IS SHOT Salisbury Was the Scene of Bold Jail Delivery Yesterday Afternoon A WELL ORGANIZED PLOT V , (Bperi.l U Dtll Km.) Salisbury, March 22. A jail delivery waa effected here this afternoon by six negroes who overpowered the jailer, Dudley Click, and took his pistol from him. Mr. Click was shot in the breast by his own pistol during the scuffle but the ball glanced up, hitting the breast bone and lodged near the skin without faking a serious wound. Three of the negroes were captured later In the afternoon. One of them, John Mills, waa shot through the arm before he was captured. It looks like a well organized plot to escape. Some of the dozen negroes on the first floor had Mr, Click to bring them some extra coffee. Mills met the deputy in the cell lobby, all the others being back in the cells. Instead of tak ing the coffee from tho officer's hands Mills grabbed Mr. Click Snd called to the others. At least half a dozen re sponded; a ecuffle ensued in which the officer was shot, lie fought with the men after bring shot and knocked down Dave Brown whilo the negro had him covered with his own weapon. Brown kept the officer's gun and he and two others were atill at liberty tonight. One of these, Curtis Craig, is a United States prisoner. None of the negroes waa up for a king term. Baxter Cain, under sentence of death for murder, continued to eat his dinner during the getaway. Considerable excite ment was created and many men joined in the search for the escapi'ng prisoners. . Jailer Click was taken to a hospital but as soon aa his wound was dressed the plucky young, of ficcr returned to his duties at the jail. MAN WHO SHOT JAILER SHOT j OFF TRAIN AT HIGH POINT? When passenger train No. 12 arrived here last night, the story waa told of j the arrest ot one of the escaping nans-1 , bury prisoners at uign rutin. 11 was!ennill observations. H ssid it was the stated that the negro rode to that town ,initr t British officers to speak on the top of the passenger coaches, lis : chivairous lwys o a brave foe, but was discovered and High Point officers ,n rannot ,pM,k a eood word (or thf sought to make him come down from German. No British officer will speak the train. Instead of obeying he ran . .iii,,iiv t ,u. Turk, -.ho flhf. from one end of the string of coaches , to he other, seeking to elude his pur-;to suers. The officers kept closely after him ! and finally took two shots with a re-!. volver at the negro. The fellow turn- mi - .k. h. ami ..w k ... shot 11 '1 l. u . 1. i :gly":.ntn by" ou.M seemini J .1, .unUtanAA ass. . ZtuTtlZ ofera " ii was ie Jn 1 i standing of people on the train that the central figure In this little spell of excitement waa the nutn who shot the jailer. His name waa not learned. ' IS NECESSITY OF WAR. SAYS BRITISH OFFICER Third Liberty Loan Drive Artil lery Preparation Is Made THREE SPEAKERS IN CITY Miss Katherine Synon Member of Party Here at Municipal Theater TREASURER BURKE THII& Great Crowd of Greensboro People Heard Discussion of the War and the Needs of the American Army Which Must Be Met The opening gun in the drive for the third liberty loan was fired here last night, with three epoakers at the Mu nicipal theater. John Burke, the treas urer of the United States, Captain Leslie Vickers, of the British army, and Miss Katheriun Synon, a member of tho wom an's liberty loan committee, were the speaker. Greensboro's interest in the csmpaign to be made is exeat if the size and spirit of the audience nf last night were indicative. Ths theater wouldn't accommodate the people. I Captain Vickers aroused the greatest enthusiasm of the night.' He was a preacher in New Jersey when the war began in 11)14, but was e. British mihiec ' and he went into the army. He served for 25 cents a day as a aoldier and aa an officer ho got $2, and paid income tax on that. This is what all British officers ro doinir. Gres rtrltsin In the war for all that she has and is her men, women snd children are pledged to carry on to the end. ' Captain Vickers inado his auditors understand the spirit of consecration to the cause which moves his countrymen, and it had a telling in fluence.. After the first sentence, vir tually every statement of the speaker' brought npplause. This expression of approval reached it height and lasted a minute or more : when he referred eloquently to the hond of union which exists between Amerira and Great Britain, one which he prophe sied would never be torn again. "You aro the only country that has ever licked us," said the cantain. "and vnn did It tw ice to show that it waa not an .accident. But, the reason yon won was that yon were in the right and we were wrong. Thank God, we believe we aro right now and Germany wrong, and ' with His help we aro going to win. No Fear of German Offensive. The officer spoke of the nffcn.lv. nf the Germans now raging. "I have no fear of that," he said. "Of course our line will be broken in some places, and in others our men will fall back, but we are prepared now and their gain will be only a temporary one. We were not prepared when the war be?an. havlmr an army of only .146,000 men. Now we nave o,uu.uwu,men; then we had 27 ar senals and munitions factories, now we ' are operating more than 7,000. Then we had one shell for each gun a day, now we have a thousand." a Captain Vickers emphasized the part women of Britain are playing. Mors are employed in munitions factories now : in that land than were iu work of alt sorts previously. The suffrage for worn, en is only part payment f the debt of English men, he said. Old men, too, re tired years ago, are back in the wmk. One man the captain knew, who had re tired With a competency, enlisted for fnctory vtrork the day after the outbreak of the war. He could have paid for a limousine and' servants ' to accompany him, but he used the street car, did his work dav after day, ajid he is only one of a great class. Kngland s word is her bond, ssid tho captain. She was on agreement to re spect Belgian territory herself and pro tect it from Infringement. She is living up to that pledge. America is properly in the war, he said, for it is the war of this country and of every other whow principles are those upon which the Unit ed States were founded. Captain Vick ers said this nation is profiting by Brit ish mistakes anil he said he had ncv.T seen such gigantic, thiirougli-going prep aration aa is being made in the United Htates for prosecution of the war. One Man to 25 Yards. When the war began, tile speaker saiil, the British held their line with one man to 25 yards, against the Ger mans with one may to every three yards. Now, the allieB have one man to every yard and all the guns and ammunition ' they can use. He said that there were times when the ammunition ran out, and the necessity was seen for a min ' inter of lrfunitions. The United (States must come to that, he said this country must ultimately' have a man whoso business shall be keeping the munitions supplied. The quicker such a man is named, the lietter, is his idea. Although British men, knowing of the atrocities in France and Belgium, are in the war to see it through, they have worked to the zenith of ..their power. and henceforward American assistance is needed to keep the strength at its present greatness. Captain Vickers said that the atrocities alleged against tho jPrmgns wer, true. Ho told of per L.r..... ' in.. - i. thtprk-T, who put the Germans in .i..,. i. ti,,.i.' d t Ti,..n- ,t.i.i.j i.. ,..r, ".'; ..' V.J i-.."j"'j lul .,,.. SMf;..' s.. ,.i, .., speakers. TVfiss Sjnon spoke first, and made a tine appeal lor support of the J- rlf OUI KB wan tlK IWIU WIB l 11 1 11 1 "'"..r th '? . V the allies, who were bankrupted of money and supplies. He said he knew they were out of money because the) (Continued on Face Three)
Greensboro Daily News (Greensboro, N.C.)
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