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SALISBURY, t, CT
BSDAY. JULY WTH, 1918.
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PLOTTED TO DESTROY SHIPS AND PORTS
Olwry - Indfctod Apin With Six Mm
Platting Against American Troops, Shipping
The Menace. '
When President Wilson told
Jeremiah CVLearv during his
catnpaig-n for election to tell the
traitors to whom he Ijad access
that he did not wish their sup
port O'Lenry made a mistake in
not leaving- the country then.
He is now indicted again, which
Makes the third case against him
With iiim this time, are six oth
ers, live of whom profess Ameri
can citizenship.
J trcst we be charged with being
to hard upon these papists and
be reprimanded for the persecu
tion of the Roman Catholic relig
ion, we let the St Louis Post
Dispatch for June 9th. tell this
story of treasonable .-political ac
tivitv. Here it is.
The indicments alleged conspi
racy to commit espionage. The
assembling and transmission of
infonnaiion relative to Ameri
ca's prosecution of the war. the
destruction of American piers,
jdock and troop transports with
fire bombs: destruction of quick
silver mines in this country to
hamper the manufacture of rau
nitions, assisting Germany in
landing- an arrested expedition
in Ireland, foraientation of a re
volt against British rule in Ire
land, raising of funds in thk
country with which to finance
these operations, and destruction
of munition factories and mines
in . Great Britain, are charged
as ramifications of the intrigue.
The wording- of the indict
ments comprising 30 pages, inti
mates that the conspiracy .may
b2 even of broader scope. This
is sugg-ested by a paragraph in
the treason indictmeut which al
leges that in July, last year one
of the defendants sent a cable
gram to Oiten, Switzerland,
The principals named in the.
alleg-ed plots are:
Jeramiah "O'Leary prominent
American Sinn Feiner now a fugi
tive from justice on charges of
the espionage act violation for
distribution of alleged anti
draft literature in the magazine
Bull of which he was formed ,
editor.
"Madame K. de Victoria, alias
Baroness von Kretschman a
bljnde haired German woman of
striking appearance and who is
about 4o years o d.
Odrl Rodiger, who- claims
Swiss citizenship, but is alleg-ed
to have come to this country
rom Germany under a fraudulent
passport
Willard J. Robinson of New
"Ycrk, 30, and under suspended
jsen'ences for seditious "soap
box" oratory herein behalf of
Sinn Fein interests.
Albert Paul Frick a ount
Vernon (N. Y.) toy manufactur-!
r, 'vhose affairs are now beit3g '
administered by Alien Property
Custodian Palmer. .
J hn T Ryan, a Buffalo, (N Y)
attrnev, alleged to have been
active in spreading Sinn Fein
proiganda in this country.
L ail Kipper, prominently id-en
tifiVd with Sinn Fein activities
in-New Y6rk;ity.
Kudolf Binder and Hugo
Sch veitzer, both of whom died
last year, are the other two
' cit zen defendants" named in
"the indictments.
T'.iegseven individuals listen
are barged with complicity in
hot!, conspiracies
"' danieM de- Victoria Rodi
ger Si ibinson, Fricke and Kinnc r
pleaded ,4not guilty" to b.jth in-
"dic'mjnts before Federal Judar
ttand and were remanded to the
yooib$ to await trial. O'Leary
MORE HEN BEING CALLED.
A Batch of Neeroes to Camp Meade,
- and Some Whites to. Ciera.
The fohowing is a list of the;
names of colored men ordered to;
report to the local board fr
Rowan county for entrainment
to Can. Meade, Md under call
N 829 during the five day period
bginnhig July 16th, 1918. .Ex
aoi ilateto be announced later:
John Neal
Thomas Cicero Mills
Joiin S Leuzer
Fred Douglas Carsou
William Cuibertson
Robert Cowan
Tonsil Alexander Litaker
William Johnson
Charles Heilig
, F.red William Kilpatrjck
Henry Luther Neal
Paul Sturdivant
Anderson Mobley
Chas C Cisco
Floyd A Kerr
Charles Bates
Levi Savage
Cotilous Harris
Sam Johnson
Bane Archie
Archie Blake
William J W.ird
Richard White
Charles Johnson
Cieaty Roberts
Ed Waters
Rubert Gibson
Thomas Wilson
niff Griffin
Daniel Summer
Alternates: Isaac Lower,
Clyde Good, Sam Smith, James
E Litaker, WiMiarn Jones, Albert
Stewart, John Culp and John
Fis.ier.
The following list of regist-rants-to
be sent toClemson, Ag
ricultural College, S C, by local
board for Rowan county for
special' 'training under call No
8oi, Sunday July 14:
Robert E Lee
Dtizo Wm McLaughlin
Carl Wiley Karriker
George Fred Koontz
Frederick H Young
James Elmer Beeker
Alternate: Clyde Coleman Cor
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Old people who are feeble and younger people
who are weak, will be strengthened and enabled to
gc through the depressing heat of summer by tak
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and enriches the blood and builds up the whole sys
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novwautedon three charges
aid Ryan have not been appre
hended. The Post Dispatch then goes
on to tell how the five Americans
among these Sinn Fein papists
have assisted in obtaining chemi
cars for the making of bombs
and explosives "with the inten
tion that such bombs would be
placed on the docks and piers in
the United States and on ships
sailing from the ports of the
United States, to cause their in
jury and destruction." These
docks ports and ships be it re
me nbered are those which are
used by the United States for
the transportation of troops and
military supplies.
No wonder Jeremiah O.Leary
disappeared on the eve of his
trail under the first indictment
found against him. No wonder
John Ryant can't be found. No
wonder John O'Leary, Jeremiah's
brother is under arrest with his
bail fixed at $190,099 charged
with aiding Jeremiah to make
good his escape. Watch this
bur;-Ji. They seem to be in
dbcur. tbf
same position as . the
negro who made
the mistake of
sittiiisr out on the
end of a limb
I he was sawing off,
I gwine to happen."
"somethin's
FRENCH LAUNCH ATTACK..
Id Advance Over a Frontcf Two miles Taking'
Jtaiajr Farm. ' ' -r
July 9. Continuing their agfe
gtessive defense-in; 'the impend!
ing German ofifensive. along the?
western battle front, the BrencH
have once more attacked tne eja;
etny southwest of Sioissotis
Launching their blow .from - tC
eastern side-of the Retz forrest't
north of Longport, the French,
have advanced over a lront2,ol
approximately two miles; taking
Chavigny farm and the slopes, to
the north and south of it.
oev.
eral hundred prisoners were cap-Taale nurses, but there were no
tured by the French in their? oundd aboard,
sudden attack. ' I Up to the latest reports only
The assault maybe linked tip J-l of those on board,- including
closely with the recent offensive he captain, survived the treach
operations at St Pierre Aigle and oas attack, which came with
gives the French a new front Ut warning,
line from Longport north as fai lhe submarine commander,
as the. southern limits of A m-iho ordered the captain -of the
bleny, a distance of almost eightSjandovery Castle, several of his
miles. ' t(.3?fficers- and Maj Lyon, of the
. A 1 : A . 1 . -2.' . f 1 -'
Australian troops noiaing po-s
sitions astride the Somme rivfir
east of Aimens and north of Ha-1
mel have swept the Germans
back over a front of more than aN1li the fighting service of the al-
mile and straightened out an
awkward angle held by the Ger
mans since the Australians and
Americans carried their lyies
forward in their spirited attack
July 4th.
Berlin mentionsiocal .attacks in
the Clignon sector which is.hefi3
by Americans between
Marue and Rheims.
Italian forces operating on the
extreme left wing of the allied
line in Albania, having struck
hard at Austrian positions along
the Voyusa, Vojutza, river,
which flows into the Adriatic
about 20s miles north of the town
of JU vona, one of the most im
portant places in Southern Alba
nia.
Yienn a admits that the Aus
Irian advanced posts have been
withdrawn to their main posi
tions. This report from Aus
trian headquarters probably re
fers to the action mentioned in
the French official statement on
Sunday night. Ij was said by
the war office at Paris that
French and Italian forces have
seized the heights in western AIm
bania and theld them against.
counter attacks.
Although the movement is ae
yet not rully developed, it may
be that a serious offensive oper
ation has been initiated there?
Italian naval vessels "would be
able to co-operate with the lan
forces and if the line is pushed
back a great distance, a re-loca
tion of the enemy lines running?,
over the mountains into Mace
donia might be necessary. Th&
fighting north of Alyona HaS
been going on for at least three
days which indicates that it may,
be more than a local action. .;
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SUNK A HOSPITAL SHIP.
nate Exhibition of ths Brutality of the Han.
i A German submarine 70 miles
"om the Irish coast on the night
June 27 tornedned thfl 1'1.nim;
Sew- . IT ' "
4 jgn s hospital ship Llandovery
astle, which had been charter
by; the Canadian government
I ighd had been in the service car
rying wounded and sick from
ngland , to Canada for many
onths past. The ship was
fiien on her way to England,
ghe had on board 258 persons,
including 80 men of the Canadian
uiouivcn auu i"x AO.
.oedlcal corps aboard, declared
'fb&at.he had sunk the ship be
l&use she was carrying Ameri
Oin aviation officers and others
-esr Me aaaea to to is later oy
Asserting that the vessel was
VArr.ymg' munitions -stores, be-
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i&insfi of an oynlnsinn whmh bar!
K -3
curea aic.
ovAll lights were burning when
ige Llandovery Castle was tor
'edoed. These included a huge
thAfJl&jtric cross over the bridge and
jStri hgs of wliite and green lights
$ either side. The Red Cross
on the sides of the vessel also
er o. illuminated by eletric
--According to Red Cross infor-
fetation, "many men were killed
the engme rooms. As the en-
linemen were either killed, or
jjft posts, there was no one to
i'aut off the power and the ship
apt on her way, notwithstand
ing the great holes torn by the
rpedo. not beginning to slow
1fe)V! hntil the water rushed into
ie boiler room, extinguishing
fee fires.
1 This added to the confusion
launching the life boats.
uere was no panic, however.
gid by the time the Llandovery
sjjCastle lost her momentum most
$ the boats were over the side.
'JHiose above decks began climb
ing into them in good order.
Qui many were unable to reach
Xhe boats and the ship was sink
ing rapidly. They jumped into
tne sea, ana a iew oi tnem were
picked up.
", According to information re
reived by the Canadian Red
Cross in. London, Major Lyon,
irom the Llandovery Castle was
forced zo stana in ine conning
j tower, despfte an injured .foot,
cyvhile the German submarine of
ficers questioned him The
fee r mans instslel that Major Ly
on was an aviation officer,, not
withstanding the officer's de
nials. The Germans even
threatened to shoot Major Lyon,
contending that he was an officer
-of the fighting unit, not a .medi
cal officer.
j The; admiralty report on the
.sjnKing aescrioes tne cruel
treatment of Major Lyon and
declares that the pbmarine af-
,ter sinking the vessel, shelled
an unknown target, which the
Reports indicate might have
Fbeen . t-h e missing boat. The
tpaptains boat containing the
survivors, was picked up by the
destroyer Lysander, the com-
fmander of which has reported
that he had found trap. nf th
Iremaiuing five boats.
p -A later report says that,one
jmio uuaw sweu vauaiztt auu
he 12 nursing sifters werl where,
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'SYNOD TO BEET AT SPENCER.
Wiil Open Mniy fimlte, Jsly 25t& and
Continufi in Sassion Through Ssaday. x '
Thn, 8outhurn 'oufrtne
of the North Caroliua Luth
eran Synod will b held it-
Calvary church, Spencer, be
ginning Thursday , July 20 ;
and will continue tlirougb
Sunday. The following off
3ial program has ben i-siiwl;
by the secretary , O. A. Cook
Thursday 11 a, m Con
ferential sermon bv the.
president, followed by the
holy communion. 2 o. roM the
opening of conference discus
sion, "How can we save ih
Lutherau - People to th
church?" h "ThH OhTId
ren," Rev M L Kidenhour
b "A mdng our fauiilies,'
Rev
C A Brown
c "At
Jamp wreene, n-v w a
i.
ft It T tT .
Lutz, 8 3r) p m. seirrou Rev
V 0 Ridenhf.ur.
Friday 9 30 a. in, Devo
tional service?" Re? fl li'Day
11 a m "What t-hould be
our attithde towards all -Lu
theran bodies in America.1'
Rev E P Respis., Ph D and
Rev Ct O Rithie, 2 p m. buai
nes aiscusion, "Kiolical
Doctrine of Regeneration"
RevsC M Fox aud C R Pless.
8 30 p ra sermon by Rev . Geo
H Cox, D.J) .
Saturday 9 30, a m Devo
ional services by Mr ller
man Cooper, busines, discus-
sionSt "ine iamuy Alter in
our Lutheran Homes." Rev J
A L Miller and Rev J A
Groodman, 2 p m, business
Sunday 10 a mSunday
school hour, ll am coiiferen
tial sermon by Rev Charles
R Pless, 2 pm devo ional
services "ine uonquenug
Cross," Address by Rev G O
Ritchie.
drowned..
The hospital ship is a terrible
case of attempted e purlos ver
senkt1 says a London dispatch
The sinking of the Llandovery
Castle was a delibertely planned
outrage carried tn rough with
typical German callousness'; To
murder was added evidence
supports this charge attempt
to destroy all traces of the crime-
It is believed a considerable soc
tion of the medical staff got
away in boats from the torpe
doed ship, but to c in pi etc her
work the submarine, after the
Llandovery, Castle had gone
down, after an interview be
tween her captain and the Ger
man commander had shattered
the flimsy pretex for the attack
began a smashing up cruise
among the wreckage and any
boats aft, with the exception of
one, which by a miracle escaped:
were rammed and sun.
There is also "ground lor, say
ing the boats were actually fixed
on. Th only survivor are the
captain and 23 others who were
picked up by destroyer at 9
o'clock Saturday "morning.1
It is tne opinion of the survi
vors of the ship, continues the
dispatch, that after they left
the submarine the -euaiiuy tried
to destroy all traee of t&e AiUrago
committed. The siafcaiar.irie,
darted to and f ro " among the'
wreckage : scattering every tia&Qg
and the captain's boat had a mr
row escape from being ratnooai
and sunk; in addition, nre was
opened from the submarine, al
though there was apparently no
0 f-rat ovpont. rmcihli7 .fl. hnat.
from the hospital ship. It is ex-
f traordinary that although
t n a t aitnougn a
ithnpAJiarh sparnh hart hp An m;iflt
of ihp.Arpfi where ihe Uandov-
Eery Qastle was -attacked, thei
i-was no sign ot wrec k age any
Standing at ItzM Vaslrjta Vfca
SetsTsrtt Wjflrcslf fininitr,
Washiiigtofi, July 4 From
the shadow -of Vyashiqgton's
tomb Prepident Wilson today
offered America's Declara-
tion of Independence to the
peoples of the world, with a
pledge that ihe United Stated
aud its alliei will uot sheathe
th sword fij the war against
i)e cent ral powers until there
is fettled "once for all" for,
(he world what was settled
for, Ameiica in 1776.
? Foreigu b6rn citizens o f
the United States of 83 na
tionalitiea who liad placed
wreathes of palms on the
'omb in token of fealty to the
priuciplerf laid down by the
Vither of thi-j country, cried
heir approval of his words
1 11. any languages and then
o d with reverently bared
rta?s wIhIh t liH voice of John
c( t'l uiack soared over thn
lilowea ground in the notes
f the "Shir-Spaugho! Ban
er " ?
Thene are t11 for
which the associated peoples .
of the world are fighting and
which mutit be couct ded thein
before there ?an bis peacef
aid the President: ,
"I Tli8 destruction of
every arbitrary power 'any
where that can separat&if,
secretly, and of its single
choice disturb the peace- o
the world, or, if it cannot bel
presently destroyed, at tht)
least its reduction to, virtual;- ,
impotence. ;.
II The setllement of ev
ery question, whether of ter-
ritf)ry,. of sovereignty, of
economic arrangement, or of
political relationship, upoii
the basis of the free accept
tance of that settlefment by
the people immediately ecu--cerned,
and not upon the
tasis of the material interest
or advantage of any other na
tion or people which may de
sire aiffieut settlement for
the 8 ike of its own infiaenca
or mastery.
"III. The consent of all
nations to be governed in
thir coi duct towards each
other by the same principles
of honor aud of respect for
the common law of civilized
Fociety that govern the indN
vidual citizens of all modern
static in their relations with
oue auother, to the end that
ail . romises and covenants
may l e sacredly observed no
private plots or conspiracies
hatched, no ee'fieh ' ii juries
wiought with impnnity, and
a mutual trnct established op
on the handsome foundation
of n ' utual respect for right.
IV. The establishment of
a-n organization o f peace,
which frball make it certain
that the combined power-of
free nations will check every
iuvapiou of right and serve
to make peace and justice the
more secure by affording
defiuate tribunal ot opinion
to which all must submit and
by which every international
readjustment that can uot b V
amicably agieed upon by th"
peoples directly concerned
shall be sanctioned. '
"Theee great objects can
t e put into a ingle seutence
What we seek is .the reign of
law, based upon the consent
e of the g?erued and sngtsta
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