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I il HE -, NjEWS... -ERALDo ,1-shed by the Estate of T. G. Cobb. The Burke County News )n x J T The Morganton Herald f Cons"aated November 29, 1901. v. Subscription Price $1.50 per Year in Advance L xxxii. MORGANTON, N. C, APRIL 26, 1917. NO. 48. TISH VISITORS HERE FOR MOST IMPORTANT IN FERENCE IN HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES .e oi ijiip'c i.xwi, xxuutiiieiti men, Headed By Foreign iaister Arthur J. Balfour, Arrive to Take Part in War Coan ! to Convene in Washington As Soon As Intatives Arrive Part of Arrival Kept Secret. i - . . - i . GREAT GRITAIN TO GET FIRST MONEY L ti,p RaJfour Party. Great Brit- III iu- high oBimissioners to the inter- ..oi war council to begin in wash- I ihio week set foot on American ;3d made their way to the capi- -1 - e mw James miwih, 6euciair oi ,for foreign affairs of the empire, ,rlv premier and often called the of the world's elder statesmen, he central ngure 01 a pany iaai jed some of Great Britain's most ent men. With a genial smile g over his features, he consent , a brief interview, warmly ex- . n i L'llg appi f vittiiuu ui tin nit; Hi States has done as a neutral in able and relief work in Belgium herman prison camps, his gratifi- tfcat England and the United U now were allied for a common ;e. ana nis roiivicuoii mac mis ;y in its war efforts would as- the woria. particularly uermany. a object of the commission, Mr. ir said, was to "make co-opera- 1 Jt x S A a1 tit? ' 1tIVi Cll- V 11 Wt Vll IHUOVJ are striving with all their power ring about a lasting peace by the -means mat can secure it, nameiy, .cestui war. Four president, in a most apt and phrase." Mrv Balfour added, proclaimed that the world must :ade safe for democracy. That Governing communities are not to kted as negligible simply because are small, that the ruthless dom !:n of one unscrupulous power im- h the future of civilization and the :es of mankind are truth of p:!it- -::hk which the bitter experience hr is burning into the souls of all iom-ioving peoples." Received With Honors. tjland's leading statesmen, ' hav afeiv evaded the German subma- and mines which sent Lord Kitch- to hi death, were received with highest honors as guests of the ricin people when they arrived at ce in America which cannot be d. A lestfon of -ataf ,--war bitt department' "officials Wel ti the commission in the nam of fernment. and etut with them cipital for what is -admittedly ost vital conference In American le commission was received -with iticott simplicity and cordiality, with every recognition otthe fact Great Britain had liven of her bet. It is said, indeed, that no in minister has left England for length of time that Mr. Balfour be away since the Congress of ra a century ago. e formal welcome was extended hird Assistant Secretary of State iinridge Long, through the pre dion to Mr. Balfour of a letter feeting from Secretary Lansing, h the British statesmen acknowl- 3 :'th equal simplicity while Brit- nd American officials mingled to- tr. ?peal train of five cars, which been waiting with steam up and aboard for five days, at once got r way for the capital, guarded as t no other train ever has been 'k& d this country. Double pro rn had been afforded at all tun and bridges, and every mile of 'Jack had been gone over within i pevious 24 hours to guard against sicle fanatic. No detail of any whatsoever which could betray J.ace of arrival or route of travel Slewed to escape. Break Into Groups. so&t immediately when the train N. the large party broke up Into p, of army, navy and state de- pent officials to begin at once the pal conversations which are ex- p to sketch out America's part in orl(3 fi-rht against German autoc Mr. Rafour and Secretary Long. Gf )i. t. Bridges, who drew the ''lood for KnrUnd in Aufirust, 1914 re. - T.r.-iard Wood and Rear Admiral Sir Dudley de Chir and and Rear Admiral F. F. Fletcher were soon in deep conversation on the va rious phases of American participa tion. On all sides it wa reiterated that the British had come in a spirit of ser vice and appreciation, and that it was their hope that lessons they had learned an the war at such cost might be of service to this country in avoid ing similar mi stakes Similarly, as one official expresed it, the .commission was moved by exactly-the same feel ings which raised the Stars and Stripes to the flag tower of the Parliament building in London for the first time a foreign flag has ever flown there in history. Secretary Balfour, a tall, slim white-haired man of 69 years has held the highest posts in the empires since he first entered parliament 43 years ago, saw today the completion of one of his life hopes expressed under vast ly different circumstances on January 15, 1896, when he was largely instru mental in averting wrar between Eng land and America over the Venezuela dispute. NATION-WIDE ADVERTISING CAMPAIGN DECIDED UPON.! i Best Means of Disposing of War Bonds Department Flooded With Offers. Washington. A nationwide adver-i Using campaign of extraordinary pro ' portions has been decided upon by; Secretary McAdoo as the most effee-j tive means of disposing quickly of the $5,000,000 bond issue soon to be offer ! ed , to the public. So many patriotic offers of aid have! poured into the Treasury Department recently that practically every method I of publicity in the country will be at! the Government's disposal, without a; charge, in helping to make the issue success,,; i advertisements, ven the billbcarks, soon may' be proclaming the issue- in i big type and summoning every Ameri can to his duty to' his country by sub scribing. Large advertising agencies ' have offered their service, free of cost, .in writinr the advertisements and otherwise assisting in the cam-; paign. ; Many newspapers have opened their! advertising' columns, without charge.;1 Officials have welcomed such offers j and expect others of a similar natures There will be no general campaign of 3 paid advertising, it was said author!-.; tatively, nor the incurrence of any items of expense whatever that are not absolutely essential. Five million dollars will be avail- able for all items of expense. A force; of approximately 1,060 persons will1 be added to the Bureau of Engraving! and Printing, already working night ! and day, to meet tliepresent heavy j demands of the Government, and at; least 200 clerks will be employed in! the clerical work incidental to the big bond issue. This force will- be ob tained through the civil service. Offers of assistance have been re ceived from many unexpected sources, epartment stores have offered not only to accept subscriptions, but to solicit them. There probably will be at least 150,000 places in the United States where bonds may be purchased. United States Will Make First! Big War Loan to That Coun-! try Amount to Be Made i Public Later. T Washington. The first loan to the Allied Nations will go to Great Britain. The amount and other details prob ably will be made public by Secretary McAdoo within a few days. Whatever the sum, the amount will be available out of the proceeds of the $5,000,000,000 bond issue soon to be offered to the public, of which $3,000,000,000 will be loaned to the Allies. Announcement to this effect was made at the treasury department after a day crowded with conferences be tween Secretary McAdoo and Federal Reserve Board officials and American bankers and bondholders and official representatives of Great Britain and France. Another development was the announcement that the size of the first issue of bonds authorized under the $7,000,000,000 war finance measure will depend largely upon the immedi ate needs of the Allies. Reports as to this have yet to be received in detail. The entire $5,000,000,000 of author ized bonds will not be offered in one lump sum, according to present ten tative plans, but probably will be call ed for in several installments or issues. By this course, it is believed that financial disturbances which might re sult were the country called upon to absorb the whole issue at once, will be averted. Details as to the amount of the first issue, its distribution among the Allies, the character and terms of the bonds, methods of disposing of them, and other questions will engage the atten tion of the treasury department and Federal Reserve Board officials during the next ten days. The first of these conferences began with the visit of Lord Cunliffe, Gov ernor of the Bank of England, upon Secretary McAdoo and Governor Harding of the Reserve Board- Nego tiations will be conducted with a view to disposing as rapidly as possible of details o 4&aX 'the bond issue may be offered without delay . dvised Economy Dangerous i United States Day" Observed Time to Make Even Greater ' When American Flag Was Business Efforts. Flung to the Breezes. UrslKOL IS j NATION'S BUSINESS j STARS AND STRIPES PUT UP TO SENATE:! MUST KEEP 4 GOING ! HONORED IN PARIS Government Control of Produc- finrj inrl T;4 r.. : iil posed Extra Appropriation j Asked. Washington. The Government'! program for fd control during the war was put before Congress by Sec retary Houston :n a communication to the Senate asking power for the Department of Agriculture to take direct supervision of food production and distribution in the United States and requesting a $25,000,000 appropri ation for putting the plan into operation. Washington. Warning to the nation against a real danger in hysterical and ill-advised economy and interference with normal pursuits of the people, is given by Howard E. Coffin, of the Ad visory Commission of the. Council of National Defense, in a statement just made public. Just returned from a trip through several Middle Western States, Mr. Coffin rienlnroc the font i : Authority was asked for the Council j tions of unemployment and close fac of National Defense, in an emergency,! tories should arise as a result of in to buy and sell foodstuffs and to fix discriminative efforts, public "and minimum or maximum prices. j private, toward war time economies. As outlined to the Senate, the Gov- "After nearly three years of re emment's plan is first to make a com-! fusal to take the European war and wi. ouivcj ui iub cuunirys ioou its lessons serionalv " Mr nfPi com 7 - " V A 4 MUAVAf supply to determine its ownership and distribution, then if necessary to we suddenly launched forth in a most feverish acticity to save the license and control the operations of j country overnight. Patriotic organi all concerns engaged in the manufac ture of foods or feeds, agricultural implements and all materials required for agricultural purposes. Authority is sought for the Agricultural Depart ment to take over and operate the concerns if it appears at any time that course is demanded by the public interest. Giving the Government power to! omy is worse zations almost without number are milling around noisily, and while in tentions are good, the results are oft en far from practical. "Because of an impending and pos sible shortage of foodstuffs, we have hysterical demands for . economy in every line of human endeavor. Waste is bad, but an undiscriminating' ecoh- SENATE BEGINS WRESTLING WITH FOOD PROBLEMS. REPORT IS ALSO RECEIVED AT BASAL. Basil, Switzerland, via Paris. A dis patch from Constantinople dated April 21 says the Ottoman Government has notified the American Embassy that following the example of its Ally, Austria-Hungary, it has broken diplomatic relations with the United States. Crnors Called to Washing ton City. i;2 of all States are asked ne Council of National Defence 'f 'tpresentatives to Washing lay - for a conference on meas f Slate co-operation . in the Jft of the war. Military affairs e food situation will be the 'topoi tant questions taken up. - Governors also were request- 1 send as delegates the heads of Defence Councils, where they been created. The national '1 hops, it was announced, that e States will have named coun y the tme the meeting is held. e,i already have been stablished. fonfrence will be opened at ar Department by Secretary ! Er.kr as head of the defense coun- oil. Definite recommendations will presented to the State executive concerning co-ordination of defence work throughout the land. The de fence council will propose that all State bodies have uniform organiza tions and that defence societies be formed in counties and localities. Hearings By Agricultural Committee. " Houston Outlines Plans. Washington. Congress took up the food problem in public hearings by the Senate Agricultural Committee, at which Secretary Houston set forth the Administration's food control program. At the same time, the Federal Trade Commission, directed by President Wilson to investigate with the Agri cultural Department the causes of high food prices, asked all state governors to r- send representatives to Washing ton April 30, for a conference on state co-operation in the inquiry. Before appearing at the commission hearing, Secretary Houston put his plans be fore the heads of five of the leading farmers organizations and received assurances of support for any meas ures the Government contemplates for getting a firmer grasp on food pro duction and distribution. The farm ers representatives promised even to give their endorsement to legislation giving the Government power to fix maximum and minimum prices in emergency. As its part in the Govern ment's plan, the Department of Labor announced that It had undertaken the mobilization of a million boys through out the country as active farm work ers for the Summer. An organization will be formed to be known as the United States Boys' Working Reserve. Its operations will be directed from Washington. GERMANY TO TORPEDO ALL HOSPITAL SHIPS. Paris. "Contrary to all "the rules of international law and humanity," says an official note issued by the govern ment Monday, April 23, "the Germans have announced that they have decided that they will torpedo all hospital ships without warning. "Under 'these conditions, the French government gives notice that German prisoners will be embarked on the vessels." deal directly in foodstuffs probably would make its application unneces sary, Secretary Houston declared, as its very existence would tend to keep conditions normal. Market grades and classes for farm products, Secretary Houston said, is one of the chief needs of the country to insure proper condi tions in producing and marketing farm products. Authority also was asked for the Department to require of transporta tion companies preference for the movement of farm machinery, seeds, fertilizers and materials that enter into the processes of food production. . The Department wishes to allow? its market service division to assist in obtaining rerouting of foodstuffs tc relieve congestion orr transportation lines. - NJq ita' plan, for an . investigation ol the present. foatL. supply, the AgrkulJ tural Department has arranged . fot the help of the Federal Trade Com mission, which, with the Department, was directed by President Wilson early in the year to make an inquiry to ascertain the amount of food stocks and determine if the anti-trust laws have been violated in food produc tion, storage and distribution. As soon as Congress makes the necessary ap propriation for this specific inquiry, the Trade Commission will proceed. Some officials believe the Trade Commission has enough power tc make unnecessary the use of extreme legislation in regulating the control of food, although additional powers should be given for an emergency. Officials of all Departments and divisions of the Government realize that the facts of the situation exist ing must be learned before remedies can be planned. STEADY' PROGRESS BEING MADE BY THE FRENCH Driving Back Germans in Soissons and Rheims. Steady progress is being made by French troops In driving back the Germans in the regions of Soissons and Rheims. In a new offensive, the French also have entered the German second line in the Argonne forest. Ger man counter attacks on the Vauclere plateau, south of Laon, have been re julsed, Snce the beginning of the French offensive last Monday, more than 19,. 000 Germans have been taken prison ers. Guns captured exceed 100, not including machine guns. OFFICIAL ROUTE OF BANKHEAD HIGHWAY Bankhead Highway include Lynch bure. Va.. Reidsville. Greensboro and ' , . , n . list wm meet wi Charlqtte, N. C; Atlanta, Ga.. and)in many instances xioiiy oprings, ibuu "Some states and municipalities are stopping road building and other public work General business is be ing slowed down because of the emo tional response of the trading public to these misguided campaigns fori economy; savings- are being with drawn from the banks; reports show that some people have begun to hoard food supplies and thousands of workers are being thrown needlessly out of employment. All this is wrong. "We need prosperity in wartime even more than when we are at peace. We need moret business, not less. There is real danger in hysteria. In discriminate economy will be ruin ous. Now is the time to open the throttle. "It seems to me, therefore,, that a plain statement of general policy is most desirable. ... v . , . .- "Upon the industrial side of- the war- three great problems; or per naps I should better say tasks, : con front us. "First -and foremost, we must fa cilitate the flow of raw materials, apd finished products to our Allies and must provide the means of rail and water transportation theretor. " 'Second, -we must meet our own Paris. The Stars and Stripes were1 nung to the breeze from Eiffel Towei; and saluted by 21 guns. This marked the opening of the, ceremonies of "United States Day" in Paris. The French Tri-Color and the Star Spang led Banner were at the same hour un ' furled together from the residence of William G. Sharp, the American Am bassador in the Avenue D'Eylau, from the American Embassy, from the City Hall and from other municipal Gov ' ernment buildings. j It was a great dav for t.hp. Ttart." white and Blue. Over all the Capital,! street venders did a thriving trade in the colors of both Allies, while 40,000 American flags, handed out gratis by the committee, were waved by the people who thronged the vicinity of the manifestations. Jules Cambon, General Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Gen eral du Bail, Military Governor of Paris; the members of the commit tee and others were received at 1:30 o'clock by Ambassador Sharp at his residence whence tlrey preceded to the Place d'lena, where a bronze plam was deposited at the foot of the top of Eiffel Tower. Members of the American LaFay ette flying corps, a delegation from the American Ambulance at Nuilly, and the American field amblances, with a large representation from the Association, of Veterans of the Marne, were the guard of honor before the LaFayette statue at the Tuilleries Gardens, where the official proces sion halted to deposit a bronze plam. WASHINGTON WELCOMES ARTHUR BALFOUR AND f ARTY Greeted at Station by Lansing and Other Officials Soldiers Guard. Washington. The American capital extended a simple, T but heartfelt wel come to the British minister , f or for eign affairs, Arthur Balfour . and-!-h other members of the British com mission whicn ha . come to Washing it, "to make cooperation easy anjQ&':. fective between those who are striying"" with all their power to :-bring about" a K lasting peace sby the only means that can secure JU nmely a. successful war."; . ' .' " There was. no music to greet th visitors,; the original plan, . inciudinr the presence of the Marine Band, havr ing been amended to conform to the viftw PTfnrAspl hv Ti,jsttfA.nt 'OTtlsnn.' great military and naval building l and Secretary Lansing that this was; schedules. ' , ! a grave and serious event" In American Third, we must plan to do all this ( history, and not to be lightly treated. with the least nossible disarrange ment to our vast commercial and industrial machines. ' "Through it all we must keep a close eye upon the possible condi tions of peace following the present war. We must insure the business process and general prosperity of the country during the war, if we are to hold our present strong place among nations in the commercial compew tition of the future." ALL PARTY LINES WIPED OUT BY HOUSE COMMITTEE. Birmingham, Ala. The official . of the Bankhead Highway from Wash ington, D. C, to Little Rock, Ark., will be seelcted by a pathfinding commit tee, which will make the trip in the next 30 days, the Bankhead Highway Association in convention here de- .,, . . . . , j x. i. missing Ol auoui 1,8UU,VUU,UUU cided. Points to be reached by the . , , , , , . , T . "ui ai luua auu.- ves, iiilUUUlK 111- come excess profitsT liquor, etc. His list will meet with strong objection Ways and Means Committee Consider Methods of Raising War Revenue. Washington. With party lines ob literated, the entire membership of the House Ways and Means Committee began consideration of methods for raising new revenue with which to meet this country's share of the war expense. The initial problem will be the raising of approximately $3,000, 000,00 to meet half of the estimated cost of the first year of war, for which cerificates of indebtedness soon are to be issued. The committee also probably will lay a ground work for the collection of such other part of the war cost that Congres may determine is to come from direct taxation. Careful consideration will be given to a list of suggested new sources of taxation sent to the committeemen last Sunday by Secretary McAdoo af ter conference with various members of the Administration. He suggested the raising of about $1,800,000,000 OFFICIAL iNUHUt ur i SEVERANCE OF- RELATIONS MANY GERMANS IN THE COUNTRY ARE BEING WATCHED. SIX ARE KILLED BY EXPLOSION ON FILMS. or regarded as a social affair. On the Union Station plaza were gathered some 5,000. people waiting patiently for a glimpse at the nation's guests, restrained at a proper distance by hundreds of blue-coated policemen ond by two troop3 of the Second cav alry, commanded by Colonel Fenton, part of the garrison at nearby Fort Myer. Within tie station lines had been drawn separateing the traveling pub lie from the space at the eastern end of the concourse across which the visiting party was to pass on the way from the train shed to the presi dent's room. All of the police captains of the district had1 been ranged here in-a double line as a guard of honor to keep back intruders. Two score news paper men, standing to the east of the concourse, were the only unofficial per sons permitted in this section of the station. Detectives swarmed every where through the crowds and at va rious angles where any danger might rurk. Altogether, the precautions tak en to insure the safety of 'the "nation's visitors exceeded anything ever known in the history of the District. BIG BRITISH GUNS HAMMER GERMAN LINES. . Apparently a big battle is brewing along the front between Arras and Lens, where the British guns are again hammering the German lines. Except for this artillery activity and some gains south of Loos and between Ar ras and St. Quentin, in the region of the Havrincourt woods. Likewise on that part of the front held by the French, artillery duels predominated, being intense between the Somme and the Oise. BRITISH HOSPITAL SHIP SUNK, MANY WOUNDED. It may cost more to live in these stirring times, but it's worth more. Indianapolis Star. Mr. Charles Kistler returned Mon day from Asheville where he under went 4 slight operation on his nose. Irs. jA. M. Kistler spent Sunday ir Asheville. Washington. Official notification of Via Tuplriah ?nvprnment hreakinfir off diplomatic relations with the United f States was received by the state de partment in a dispatch from Ameri can Minister Stovall of Berne, Switz erland. The communication came from G. Cornell Tarler, secretary of the American legation at Constantinople, I acting for Ambassador Elkus, who is ill. It was sent to the American lega tion at Berne and forwrdd Washington. Approximately 3,000 German residents of the United States are under close surveillance, Depart ment of Justice officials announced, because of their activities in behalf of the German Government. The De partment's field force of officers is keenins: so close a watch upon the suspects that it would be possible to ! lQwed by a waye of flames? occurred arrest virtually every .man under sus.and a gco?e Qf Women were hurt picion within 24 hours. . Indianapolis, Ind. Six persons are dead and a score of others are suf fering from minor injuries as a result of a fire which is thought to have re sulted from an explosion of moving picture films in the office of a film ex change in the Colfax office building and apartment house in the downtown district here. Forty persons were in the building when the explosion fol- London. The British Hospital ships Donegal and LanFranc, with many wounded aboard, have been torpedoed without warning. They were sunk on April 17. Of those on the Donegal, twenty-nine were wounded men and twelve of the crew are missing. The LanFranc carried German wounded as well as British. Of those aboard, nineteen British and fifteen Germans are believed to have perished.
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