North Carolina Newspapers

mm f - A Home Newspaper Published in the Interest of the People aad for Honesty in Governmental A Oaii a SALISBURY, C, Wi3DNSS1)frfUNE 14TH, 1916. VOL. XII. NO. 26 FOTJPTH SERIES Wm. H. STEWART, ED. AND JBOJ, -3" 35,000 PRISONERS CAPTURED BY RUSSIANS Czar's Army Take Total of 103,000 in one Week's Offensive Movement. Petrograd June 11. Via Lon don. Continuing- their offensive movement adds, overwhelmed the Aussian troops yesterday took prisoner 409 officers and 35 000 men says the official . statement issued here today. The Russians also captured 30 guns and an enormous quantity of booty, o The Army ot General Techil skyn alone, operation in the di rection of Czernowitz Bukomina the statements adds overwhelm ed the Austro-Hungarians and took 18,000 prisoners Since the present offensive was started a week ago today, --the Russians have taken about 108, 000 prisoners. "Our offensive in Volhynia. Galicia and Bukowina obtained fresh successes yesterday The enemy armies continue to suffer enormous losses in prisoner alone. "The fierce attacks o f our troops are throwing- into o u t hands thousands upon thousauds of prisoners and booty of ail kind? the exact, estimation of which is as yet impossible. Por instance, in a single sec tor on the enemy front ywe cap tured 21 searcelights, two con voys, 29 field kitchens 47 train of machine g-uns, 12.00Q poods oi barbedwire (a pood is equiva lent to 36 pouuds) 1 ooo concrete planks, 7,ooo,ooo cubes of con crete lc 000 poods of coal, enor mous depots of ammunition and quantities of armsand tther ma terial. - " 'In another sector we captured 3o 000 rifle "cartridges, 3oo boxes of machine g-ux cartridges, 26o boxes of handv grenade, 1 000 vLfle"fottr rnicBTne g-uns, two tange finders and a Norton por table pump for the extraction of drinking- water. " The capture of such enor mous war material prepared by the enemy for1 various operations afford proof of how opportune was our coup1. 'During- yesterday's fig-hting we took as prisoners one. general 4o9 officers and 35 loo soldiers. We also captured 3o guns, 13 machine guns and five bomb throwers. This makes the total trophies in the recent operations one general, 1 649 officers and more than lo6,ooo soldiers and 124 g"uns,l8o gun sniachine and5S bombthrowers. Among the va fiotis episodes may be noted the strug-gle of our yon ng- formation near Rajitche on the Suyr near Lutsk. Here the Germans at tempted to render assistance to the Austrians but by our infan try attack, delivered under cover of heavy artillery they were dis lodged from the town, lossing more than 2, 000 prisoners two g-uns and some machine guns. Our troops pursued the retreat ing- Germans. "Our forces operating in the region of Dubno (one of the fortresses comprising- the Volhy niaq triangle) captured the town and fort aad are on the enemy's heels. Some Russians detatch ments, crossing- the Ikwa River, have developed their offensive. A part of the Russians occupied the region of the village of Dam idovka on the Myinoff-Beres tetchne road forcing the enemy at his Mylnoff point of support to surrender. Besides disloging the enemy from his principal position north of Boutchatche, we took many prisoners there including the staff of an Austrian battalion, and also captured a great quani ty of arms. f We overthrew the enemy on the Stripa. Near Ossoville, north of Boutchatche one of our reg-imen.ts captured a complete battery of four lO-centimer mor- i tars. 4 Despite the enemy's desperate resistance his violent flame and curtaifl fire together with the explosion of mines, General Techitskyn's troops captured an enemy position south of Dobro novtz 2o verses northeast of Cxernowiu ( Bukowioa) . In this J rctrinn alnrip wp tnnlr nrisrmprs one general 347 officers and is - "-e"" " t 000 men and captured 10 guns,; Conditionally Declining His NWination. and at the time this report is Chicago, June 10. The Pro despatched .prisoners a r e . still gressive National Convention af coming in. j ter four days' tumult with but Southeast of Zaleszky by an Que purpose( today nominated energetic coup we overthrew, thn Colonel Theodore Roosevelt for enemy, who retreated. "The enemy blew up the Your koutz Railway station. Turk- mancavalary charged the retreat ing enemy and turned his retreat into a disorderly rout. "In attempts to save the situ ation the enemy at many places made furious counter-attacks Among others, at dawn Saturday in the region of Semki. east of Kolki, numerically superior ene my forces attacked our advanced elements, and under cover of a concentration of their fire forced them back over the Styr. But the same day we arrested all ulter developments of this offence 'The enemy is resisting- with especial desperation in theregior of Torgovitsy, on the Styr south of Lutsk, where he is fighting with sanguinary fury. "The total results of the vio lent attacks of our troops, carried out from the fourth to the tenth without giving the euemy e moments' respite place in strong relief the fact that they have forced the enemy's organized lines on the vast front from the wooded region of southwest Rus sia to th Rumanian frontier The Turks in the Caucasus region repeated -attacks on our positions in the Platana region but were repulsed with heavy losses abandoning in front of our trenches hundreds of dead n the direction of Gummeshan we have occupied first line ene my trenches. In the direction of Diarbekr, weare adf ancing- and have taken prisoners and xaptur ed boxes of ammunition." Jkench Check Germans Paris, Jnne 11. Three German infantry attacks against the French trenches on Hill 3o4 and the positons east of that eleva tion in the Verdun sector, were completely checked last night by the French troops, says the. offi cial statement issued by the War Department here this afternoon. The statement follows: 'Between the Oise and the Aisne our artillery destroyed an enemy work in the woods of St. Marden. ' In the Argonne the mine fighting continues to our advan t a g e. At Haute Chevauchae after we had exploded a small mine which destroj ed enemj- sub terranean works an explosion of two German mines produced a single crater 80 meters in diame ter, the edge of which we occupied on three sides "On the front north of Verdun there was intense artillery fight ing on the banks of the Muese. On the left bank two enemy as saults upon cur postions on Hill 3o4 and another ea?t of this hill were completely c ecked. There was no infantry action on the right bank. In the forest of Apremont two small enemy detachments which had pene. trated elements of our adyanced trenches were ejected with losses after a hand to hand combat T . 1 T T . in tne vosges tne enemy, after a violent bombardment. succeeded in r e aching our trenches south of Col Sainte Marie. A hand grenade counter attack launched by us immedi ately drove them back'' A later statement issued to day says : "On the front north of Verdun no infantry action was reported during the course of the day. Our artillery actively counter shelled the German batteries which bombarded particularly in the region south o f the Thia ' mont farm and west of Fort j Vaux. "The day was calm on the rest of the front except in Cham ! pagne, where the artillery action took on a character o f great in tensity in the sector of Tahure." FOUR DATS TUMULT OF PROGRESSIVES. convention Mk Message From 'Roosevelt President and a few hours later ,listened without protest to a message from Oyster Hay that he would not accept "at this time." The convention adjourn ed at 4:58 p. in. Colonel Roosevelt's declination was conditional and it was placed in the hands of the progressive committee to be held until such time as statements of Justice Hughes, the nominee of the Re publican party "shall satisfy the committee that it is for the in terest of the country that he be elected." In the event of the committee shall be satisfied that aid should be given to the Republican party in its tignt against tne .Demo crats, Colonel Roosevelt's refus al to make a campaign is to be considered final. It will then be authorized for the representa tives of the Progressive party to say whether to indorse the posi tion taken by Mr. Roosevelt or whether they will name another to right for their party princi ples. PARKE Li FOR VICE PRESIDENT. Capt. John M. Parker of Louis?- ana, was nominated ior Vice- President, the selection being by acclamation. Colonel Roosevelt's running mate of four years ago, Govern or Johnson of California, refused to let his name be placed before tne convention because of the in formation he had concerning the intentions . of -Colonel RoosevellTp5T()ns between Portland, Me., an toward his nomination. Chairman Robins carefully em phasized the Colonel's statement hat he could not accept the nomi nation "at this time." In profound calm the brief message from Oyster Bay was quickly read. The proposal to have the national committee de cide the question involved met bitter silence. At the conclusion there was a burst of applause. The Progressive National Com mittee was authorized to fill any vacancies that may oc'.-ur on the ticket. AkTILLEKY FlGHTIN'i IS VIOLENT Berlin, June 11. (Via Lon don ). Violent artillery fighting is in progress on both sides of the River Meuse north of the French fortress of Verdun, a'ceord ing to the German official state issued today. The statement ment reads: "Western theater : , 'On both sides of the Meuse there was violent artillery fight ing The booty announced yes terday from the fighting on the east bank of the rier was fur ther increased by three canon and seven machine guns, "West of Markirch (15 miles northwest of Colmar) a German patrol penetrated the French trenches and took one officer and t 17 men prisoners, "Eastern heater : ouin 01 ivrevo, berraan rec onnoitering detachments pushed forward into a Russian position They destroyed the enemy works and brought back more than 100 Russians and one machine gun 'Balkan theater: "There is nothing to report," British Doing Nothing London June 12 The British omcial statement issued at mid night reads: ''bince last night the Ypres salient nas again been the chief scene of activity On the south ern portion, trom Hill 60 to a point about 1 000 yaads north. the enemy shelled our trenches violently North of the Menin road our trenches were shelled intermitet ly throughout the day 'L,ast night . after a heavy bombardment of our trenches be tween Thiepval, Blaumont and Homel the enenry in the course of a raid in the Anere Valley was able to cut orr a few men 1 p j j jparty, fiye are missing who iormea-part 01 a wiring SITUATION OWRDER IfiEMNG. " j Garanza Representatives Apparently Fa'i to Cneok Lawlessness Arei&i mm Wash sag ton, June 12 Coin cident with continuing Reports" from Consuls all- ovi' Mexico telling of the rapid spread ol anti-American1 feeling, -the War Department today ordrd 1,500 additional regular tro ps to the .border. Tonight Administration offi ciajs made no attempt -p disguise their . uneasiness and it was officially admitted that there was growing alarm over what the agitation may produce and the possibility of an attack oij Gen eral Pershing's expedition. No case of attack on the persons of American residents m Mexico has been reported although there have been one or two attacks on vacant consulates and other American property. Part of the increasing appre hension heje is due to the re newed raids in the Larendo, re gion. Several Reports dea.lirrg' with the situation 'there have been received. Ol'licials declined to reveal details; but seemed in clined to believe a sarious pur pose was behind the ,Uindit raid on the Coleman- raiicii." Three aiders were killed .ind three captured, one report sam, adding that thjy attemdfed 'to ..burn a railroad bridge near Larendo but failed. The new force sent to join Gen eral Funston s border patrol 1 Secretary Baker said, was to fill n gaps in the "guard such as that near Laredo. It will be composed of 10 companies of coast artillery and -ir-ba-taliori of engineers. The , artilleryman will be withrawnJrmttlricn-i Sandy Hook, and the engineers go from barracks iHthis city. The Secretary said there was no present intention of calling out additional guard regiments or border duty. The coast artillery ordered to the border today includes two companies trom Jortlanu, Me.; wo from Boston; two from Narr.igaiisett tiav two from Long Island; one froiri eastern New York, one from southern New York and one from Saudy Hook. Approximately 1.000 men will coHipose the provisional in fantry regiment. The yngiuee.r battalion, about T00 strong, is composed ol companies A.. H., O. and D. General Mann, commanding it Laredo, reported today that 1 patrol of -three cavalrymen was fired on during the night of J une 10, near the town of Hachita and Private W. L. Saunders, Troop K., slightly wounded. T w o mounted Mexicans, who did the tiring, escaped. A message from Captain Burrage. commanding the battle. ship Nebraska, at Vera Cruz, stated there was considerable unrest in that region, due ap parently, to the currency situa tion. There were no evidences of unfriendliness toward Ameri cans, the message said. The State Department through Special Agent Rodger s at. Mexi co City, has called the. attention of the de-facto Government to the anti-American outbreaks, which for nearly tyo weeks have been spreading steadily. Many towns have held mass-meetings and protested against the contin ued presence of American troops in Mexico. In two or three instances Amreicati property has been attacked but no threats against lives of Americans have been reported. The reports of Consuls telling of the agitation were turned over to the Caranza officials more as a matter of information than as representation. Where his regu lar troops are in control, appar ently General Caranza earnestly has tried in most cases to pre vent the holding of protes meetings and in some places contemplated meetings aud pa rades have been prevented. There are instances, however. where the troops appear to have stood idly by while the agitators stirred up antagonism against the United States. 114,000 AUSTRIANS TAKEN BY RUSSIANS. Continued SuccessesHore Surprising as Ene my Apparently. Rallied After First Shock. Petrograd, . June 12, via Lon don. The number of Austrians captured by the-Russians in tin new offensive movement has been increased to more than 114.00; In many sectors of the f ron t thebfficial statement today says, the Russians are "still pursuing defeated Austrians"! The state- ment says Russian troops yes terday approached the outskirts of Czernowitz, the capital of Bu kowina, and that they - attacked the bridgehead at Zalescyky. which is 30 miles northwest oi Czernowitz. An unofiic'Hil report in Circula tion here that the Russians had occupied Czernowitz has. beei given color by the capture - Dobronovtze, acommaudiiig poin 0 miles to the northeast. .Tl Russian line extends to Okn; . 1 . 1 From both these points goo.- roads lead direct to Czeruowit; Tind according to military au thorities they are the only points good in this direction cap;i!ie of defense. A telegram received from Buc harest, Rumania, says the Aus trian army had evacuated Czer nowitz and moved to a line four miles to the West. The continued successes of the Russsians recorded in to day's official communication are the more surprising as the- Aus- trians, after the ttrst shook oi the Russian advance, appeared to have rallied their forces and ffered very stubborn resistance. Phis is indicated by the fact that they were able to mass sufficient forces in the vicinity of Kolki, north of Lutsk, to cause the Rus- -tort,ir.. across the Styr River. Not only here, but t - other points on the Volhynian front, furious counter-attacks charac terized the last 40 hours of fight ing, but without being able to check except momentarily the force of the Russian advance. It is not believed here that the Germans are sending many troops'toaid the Austrians. It is pointed out that only in one instance, during Russia's spec tacular Carputhiau campaign, did Germrny send any large number of men to the relief of the Austrians. Instead", it has been their practice to undertake an offensive on some other line in an endeavor to draw off the Russians. It is the opinion of the observ ers here that it is not improbable the Germans are more likely to attempt an offensive on the northern section of the Russian front than to risk weakening their lines by detaching any number of men for the purpose of stiffening the Austrian de fense. GERMAN ASSAULTS ON FRENCH ARE REPULSED. ' London, June 12. Northeast of Verdun the Germans with heavy effectives, have thrown successive 'attacks agaiust the French positions north of.Thiau mont, but all the assaults were repulsed with serious losses. The heavy bombardment by the Ger mans in this region extended from Teiaumont eastward to the west and south of Fort Vaux and to the French second line posi tions of-Fort Souville. and Fort Tavannes, about three miles southeast of Verdun. On tlie remainder of the front in France and Belgium there have been only artillery duels and sapping operations except in Champagne where Berlin re ports the penetration of French positions and the capture of more than 100 men and four machine guns. South and southeast of Trent the Italians are continuing to drive - back the Austrians, ac cording to Rome- Gains have been made by the Italians in the Arsa Valley and the Pasubio sector, along the Posioa, Astico line and southwest of Asiago. Farther north, in the Sugana Valley, fresh progress toward the Maso torrent is recorded'for King Victor Emmanuel's men, who repelled two counter-attacks near Scurello. In the Lar garina Valley the Austrians are heavily, bombarding the Italians on Coni Sugana. A Russian cavalry force of 1,000 men operating between the Caucasusand Mesopotamia fronts has been annilated by the Turks who also captured a large amount of. war material, according to Constantinople. On the remain der of the front in Asiatic- Tpfkey there is no change in the situation. The ' masking o f important Bulgarian troop movements is beli ded to be connected with the closing of the Uulgar-Ru-nanian frontier to nassenger uid Merchandise tr.i flic, says an anoiiici ii i is;)., l-ii hvm Buchar est. Bad to Have a Cold Hang on ion'i id v v.r cold hang on a-k s- vein and become vironu- w h m : r UU's Pine-Tar-IIoney will help you. I t leais the inilamat'i' n. si-othes the ough 5! net !-i sen ; th.-" phlegm i on hr..snlu v. a--e: a", once Dr 'Jell s I'ine-'far-Ho-iey is a lax ative T.tr 'Syrup, th. Az tar. .)aJr.ani h-:vU ; he r . w spots ioos?!is the -nucwu:. a id prevents rmtatioii of ihe bronchi.!, tubes lust get a bottle of. kr liell's pine-Tar-Honey t o d ay- its guaranteed t o help you, A t druggists. ' Oppose Teaching of - Evolution in Public Schools. Salisbury, Tune 11 the . St. Paul Community Betterment Association of Rowan county" at its regular meeting Friday' night passed the following resolutions: 4 Resolved, That we UGequivo- tally oppose the use Tof text-books in our public schools which teach evolution. ''Resolved further That we urge the Book Commission of North Carolina to be careful in the choice and selection of its school books when purchasing on Monday next, and see that no books are placed in the schools of our State which do not recog nize and emphasize a Divine creation -"- Clear Skin Conies From Within It is foolish to think you cati gain a goo'd clear complexion by the use of face powder. Get at the the root trouble and thorughly cleanse the system with a treat ment of Dr. King's New Life Pills Gentle and mild in ac tion, do not gripe, 3-et they re lieve the liver by their action on the bowels. Good for yonng, adults and aged Go after a clear complexion to day. 25c. at yonr druggis-t. Plunged Into Creek to Aid Two mien and Was Drowned. Greensboro, June 11 Minor Hall, 20 years old, was drowned in South Buffalo creek near here this morning'hvan effort to res cue two other persons from drown ing. Hall was on his way to Sun day school when he heard a cry for help and running to the bank of the creek saw two men strug gling 11 the water. Without waiting to disrobe he plunged in and was drowned. Other persons attracted to the scene, succeeded in rescueing the two men but it was some time before the body of young: Hall was found and life was extinct Bowel Complaints in India. In a lecture at one of the Des Moins. Iowa, churches a mission ary from India, told of going into the interior of India, where he was taken sick, that he had a bottle of Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy with him and believed it saved his life. This remedy is used successfully in India both as a preventive and cure fyr cholera You may know from this that it can be depended upon for the milder forms of bowel complaint that occur in this country. Ob tainable everywhere. HUGHES AND FAIRBANKS. Republican Norminees for' President and Vice President Both Accept. Chicago, June - 10. Charles Evans Hughes former Governor of New York, and Associate Jus tice of the Supreme Court, was nominated today for the presiden cy by the Republican National Convention. Charles Warren Fairbans of Indiana, elected Vice President with Theodore Roosevelt in 1904, again was chosen for second place. Both nominations, made by overwhelming majorities on the first ballot of the day, the third ballot of the convention for the presidency, were made by accla mation unanimously. Senator Lodge of Massachu setts presented by Colonel Roose velt as a compromise candidate, received seven, votes, Colonel Roosevelt himself received 18 12 scattered over 12 States. The nominating ballot showed this count: Hughes 949 1-2; Roosevelt 18 1-2; Lodge 7; Dupont 5; Weeks 3; LaFolette 3; absent 1. Total 987. Although Frank H. Hitchcock let it be known that the Hughes men wanted Burton for second place, Ohio withdrew Burton's name, leaving the field to Mr. Fairbanks and former Senator Burkett of. Nebraska. The ballot for Vice President showed -this count ; Fairbanks 863; Burkett. 108; L Borah 8; Burton 1; Johnson K 'absent, scattering attd not voting Total 987. LEADERS SEEM SATISFIED. Mr. Hughes will be notified officially at a date to be fixed later by a committee headed by Sena tor Harding, chairman of the con- vention Mr. t airbanks w411-be. notified by a committee headed by Sena tor Borah. At 2:01 p. m. the convention adjourned. There were expres sions of harmony from all the leaders and among the delegates. rhe delegations which on the final ballot had cast votes for others than Mr. Hughes made statements declaring their loyal ty to the nominees. 'Six months ago." said Chair man Hilles of the National Com mittee, 'I said a nominee would be born in the convention and he was.'' I am very much pleased, of course," said Mr. Hitchcock. "It means a reunited Republican par ty and victory in November." The nomination of Mr. Hughes was made possible so soon by an overnight break up of the allied favorite sons' combination which early this morning released its delegates practically all of whom were known to favor Mr. Hughes when freed from their instruc tions. ' Forethought. People are learning that a lit tle forethought often saves them a big expense. Here is an in stance: E. W. Archer, Caldwell, Ohio, writes:' "I do not believe Lthat our family has been without Chamberlain s Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy since we com menced keeping house years ago. When we go on an extended visit we take it with us." Obtainable everywhere,. The A. and HI. College. The annual catalogue of the Agricultural and Mechanical Col lege at Raleigh has just been is sued. The new number shows enrollment, including the short courses, of 800T Year by year this vigorous young technical college is going forward in num bers, in buildings, and particu larly in equipment to do the special work which is its mis sion. To the Public. "I have been using Chamber lain's Tablets for indigestion for the past six months, and it af fords me pleasure to say I have never Used a remedy that did me so much good." -.Mrs. G. E. Riley, Illion, N. Y. Chamber lain's Tablets are obtainable everywhere.