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THE ONLY SEMI.WEEKLY THAT COVERS THE EIGHTH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT tab VA1L3LM ME ii 11 IXC 'A 1 1 tr- A PAPER THAT SHOULD BE READ BY EVERY CITIZEN OF ROWAN COUNTY ' VOL. 3.NO. 40. $1.50 A YEAR AND WORTH IT SALISBURY. NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, MARCH 1, 1917. $1.50 At YEAR AND WORTH IT PRICE TWO CENTS WILL CARRY OUT HER A REVOLUTION IS ' U-BOAIWARFARE Former Ambassador James W. Gerard Says Germany is Deter mined Not to Let Up. REMAINED IN WASHINGTON TODAY TO TALK MATTER REPORTED IN RUSSIA NEW LONDON MAN Lead in the Movement is Credited Mr- J- E- Crook -Disappears and His to the Duma, Which Refused to Accept Disolution Order. 30,009 TROOPS REPORTED AS HAVING PARTICIPATED food Conditions in Germany Se rious But Not Necessarily Crit ical Says the American. (By Associated Press.) Washington, March 15. Former Ambassador Gerard remained in Washington today prepared to furth er amplify hi report to the state de partment concerning conditions in Germany when he left and his treat ment by the Imperial government. He was to leave for New York today to attend a formal reception to be ten dered him Friday, and win return in a few days. Germany Intends to Carry Out Her Submarine Campaign. Washington, March 14. Former Ambassador James W. Gerard who is just home from Berlin, made a re port to the state department on ev ents in Germany at the time of his departure. Mr Gerard reports that the Imperial government fully intends to carry out its campaign of submar- lne warfare regardless of the pros pects of war with the .United States and also that peace talk has died out in Germany. Mr. Gerard reported that German officials apparently considered the ef fects and consequences of submarine ruthlessness before proclaiming it, and so far as he could learn, were confident of its success. When he left Berlin, however, the campaign was only in its second week, and the Germans were still predicting the de struction of a million tons of shipping a month, the amount admitted by Teutonic experts to i':e essential for an effective starvation blockade of England. Since then, however, the average destruction has been below half that. Food conditions in Germany when Mr. Gerard's party left were reported as serious, but not necessarily critical. This question is looked upon by the American government as very im portant because of its bearing upon the possibility of further peace moves by Germany in the near future. British Ship Sunk by Submarine. Boston, March 15. Agents of the Warren Line announced today that they had received direct word of tha sinking of the British steamer Saga more, which sailed from Boston to Liverpool, on the 21st of February, by a submarine. The Sagamore had a crew of 50 men and there were no Americans aboard. The ship carried munitions for the British and was armed. The vessel and cargo was valued at $1,' 500,000. Imperial Ministry 'Was Dismiss ed and Locked Up and Provis ional Government Organized. (By Associated Press.) A successful revolution has taken place in Russia, according to advices received through Berlin today em bodying what is stated to be on offi cial report issued in Petrograd. The lead in this movement, accord ing to the dispatch, was taken by the Duma, which refusea to accept the dissolution order and continued sit ting and organized a provisional gov- ernment headed by the present Duma The Imperial ministry, the advices stated were dismissed and locked up and the people of Petrograd and troops to the number of 30,000 are declared to have supported the rev olutior.ists who hold complete posses sion of the capital. Order is faid to have been nearly restored yesterday, the third day of the revolution. Revolution in Russia Claimed. Berlin via Sayville, March 15. There has been a successful revolu tion in Russia, according to the Ov erseas News, Agency (the official Ger man news bureau.) Family and Friend Are Searching for Him Albemarle Chapter of Eastern Star Elects Officers. V.P.I. I CARBOLIC ACID ALMOST DID FOR YOUNG MAN. Asheville, March 14. John Owens, a young man of 25, married and with two children, tried suicide over the carbolic route at an early hour this morning, being found lying in the street aftout 2 o'clock by a night watchman. Owens was taken to a local hospital, and after an antidote had been administered, declared he had no knowledge of why . he had elected the shorter and easier way out of life's troubles. He said that he had been drinking, and that he re membered buying the carbolic acid at a local drug store. The next thing he knew, he declares, was when he was awakened in bed -by the doctor s ad ministrations, and realized that he had been close to the other shore. No action aa to his detention by the po lice has yet been taken. GERMANS IN MEXICO WOULD, RAISE REGIMENT. ' El Paso, March 14. (Government officials here have received informa tion from confidential sources in Chi huahua City, Mexico, that the Ger mans residing in that city offered to raise a German regiment in North ern Mexico to fight with the Mexican troops in the event that the United States declared war on Germany and Mexico became involved. German re servists from the United States and German residents of Mexico were to make up this regiment, it was said. if Missouri will vote again on state wide prohibition in 1918. DR. GRAYSON CONFIRMED. Washington. March 15v Dr. Cary Grayson was confirmed by the Senate today to be medical director and rear admiral in the navy. Young Stockton Heth Junior Died Early This Morning , From Shots of Early Tuesday Morning in Home of the Teacher. iRoanoke, Va., March 15. 'Stockton Heth, Jr., shot, according to a death bed statement said to have been made to relatives, by Professor Charles E. Vawter, of the Politechnical Institute of Blacksi': urg early Tuesday morn ing, died at 5 o'clock here. A broth er and a sister of the man were at his side when he died. No intima tions of the details were given out. Was Shot in Professor's Home. Blaclisburg, Va., March 14. Stock ton Heth, Jr.; son of Captain Stock ton Heth, of Whitehorh, near Blacks burg, was shot and very badly wounded in the early hours of Tues-j day morning at the home of Pro-i fessor Charles E. Vawter, on the col lege campus, where he was a guest for night. Mr. Heth was taken on the morn ing train to the Jefferson, hospital, Roanoke, for surgical attention, and it is stated there that he has a chance for life. Both Mr. Vawter and .Mrs. Vawter have refused absolutely to make any statement regarding the affair today and the only other occupant of the house besides the young Vawter chil dren was a young man who was not awakened until he was called and told to ret the doctors. Professor Vawter Gives Bond. No arrests have been made, but Professor Vawter went voluniariy this afternoon, after waiving prelim inary hearing before a magistrate, and gave bond of one thousand do! lars for his appearance before the graund jury later pending any lnves- tisration that body may wish to make. His tondemen are C P. Miles and W. M. Brodie, of the faculty. Answer No Question. Members of the two families in volved say positively that they Jtnow nothing of any circumstances sur rounding the shooting or that could have led up to it nor . will Professor or Mrs. Vawter answer any question on the subject. Prof essor Vawter will not admit or deny that he fired the shots. Albemarle, March 14. The com munity around New London and the many acquaintances generally thru out the county of J. . Crook are very much interested in his whereabouts, as he mysteriously disappeared about three w eeks ago and no trace whatso ever has been learned of him since. The fact of Mr. Crook's disappear ance was not made known to the pub lic until a few days ago and the news has just reached Albemarle. It seems that about three weebs ago Mr. Crook, who is a dealer in lumber and spends quite a lot of his time away from home, addressed a letter to his wife from Lumber ton stating that he was on his way home and would spend that night in Charlotte arriving home about 10 o'clock the next day. Sev eral days passed and Mr. Crook did not return and some investigation was made by Mrs. Crook and friends privately to learn that he did arrive in Charlotte on the night specified and registered at one of the hotels there. It was learned that he left a portion of his baggage in the room in which he was registered, but was himself not to be found. Mrs. Crook has had numerous friends assisting her to lo cate him, but since that time there has been nothing whatever heard from him in any way. Mr. Crook is rather prominent citizen of this COHNC E ""n" FACTORY J AND ADJOURNED Brief Session Held and Will Again Get Together at Four to Discuss Demands. BOTH SIDES HOLDING OUT AND A STRIKE MAY RESULT Representatives of Four Brother hoods and the Railways Meet in New York City. Lynchburg, Va., March 15. Local freight representatives of the Chesapeake ft Ohic road this morning gave notice of an absolute freight embargo on all shipments, except com pany's fuel, the order to be come effective at midnight The threatened strike is the reason given. i . .. -. !. 'I ii 3i -?.- J I,- jv j. if.,. ..Jit', . , N ' ..... . i. J W.0II11L PARK FOR N .u. CIVIC LEAGUE PLANS COMMUNITY BUILDING. Statesville, March 14. The Civic League was in season yesterday af temoon. A committee has been in vestigating desirable property suit able for a community building for the town. It has been decided to - pur chass a house and lot en North Center street The rast room will ibe re moved to this building as soon as soit nbi imporvements art mwde on the building. Tha chairman of the health and sanitation committee reported an Hive clear-op campaign to begin about April 1. Circulars urging the campaign will be distributed about the town. The league is anxious to . turn all vaeir.t lots into thrift gar- -' dens. - - ' county, being a prosperous farmer lumber dealer, and having for a num ber of years served as President of the Farmers 'Union of Stanly county. There are many theories as to his dis appearance, tut all of them are mere speculations. There are no indica tions that he has committed suicide at his business seems to 'have f:een in fair shape and no known reason ex ists for an act of that (kind. It is said that he only carried with him $200, and it would therefore appear that ht has hardly decided to purposely make hia disappearance -snd .maay- think that he has possibly been robbed and murdered. At the last regular meeting of Albemarle Chapter No. 71 Order of the Eastern Star the officers for the ensuing year were elected. The fol lowing are the newly elected officers: Mrs. J. C. Hall, W. M., Mrs. W. E. Milton, A. M., A. C. Huneycutt, W P., Mrs. L. F. MagTuder, Sec, Mrs. R. M. Finger, Treas., Mrs. J. N. An derson, C, and Mrs. W. L. Mann, A. C. The Star officers will be appointed and notified by Mrs. Hall, the newly elected Worthy Matron. The Instal lation of the above named officers will be on Monday evening, March 19th, at the Masonic Hall, commencing at 8 o'clock. The Chapter at its last meeting voted unanimously to ask the men of the Chapter to serve refreshments at , . . . . ? me meeting muiiuay evening. Now York, March 15. The critical international situation is the most important fsctor in the conference of labor leaders and managers of the railroads to prevent if possible a strike of nation-wide proportions. Both aides are urging this argument and if it fails President Wilson is ex pected to appeal to the employers and the employes on the same high ground. The 400,000 members of the Broth erhoods, according to their spokes man, G. W. Lee, are determined to The hsval gun factory in the Wash- before. Rair 'Admiral J. H. Rlennnn. ingwn navy yarn is Deing carefully the superintendent, has placed men guarded these days while tht werk- at the front gatss to check every men there are turning out weapons person who tries to enter. You have for United States battleships with got to show a very a-ood reason now more energy than they ever wo . before the,fntry at the gate will let more energy than they ever worked you in. Sovereign Camp Petitioned to Es tablish Memorial to Founder of in Hendersonville. - RETIRING CONSUL WISE PRESENTED GOLD WATCH SI ARE RECOMMENDED BY Governor Bickett Would Have Board Appoint J. R. Collie, of Lowiaburg, Superintendent and S. J. Buabee, of Raleigh, Warden. (By Associated Press.) Raleigh, March 15. Jovernor Bickett today recommended to the State prison board the appointment of the following officers: (Superintendent of the State Pris on J. R. Collie, of Lewisburg. Chief Clerk E. F. MoCullough, of White Oak. Warden S. J. Busbee, Raleigh. Physicians to Prison and Depart ment for Criminal Insane Dns. iCnrl W. Bell and C. E. Judd, of Raleigh. Superintendent of the two prison farms in Halifax county aipt. C. N. Christian and Capt. C. J. Hhem, of Halifax. Physician to State farm Dr. F. M. Register, of Halifax. law would give if pnt inforce, he said. The original programof the men, the refusal of which resulted in the call last September of the strike, which was averted i';y the passage of the Adamson cat, included an eight- hour basic day with time and a half for overtime. Mr. Lee indicated that get the 8-hour day now, iecauie if there was no intention of going back war comes they will feel it to be their I f tu. ,itn.i -loi. patriotic duty to stay at their work T j i.. j .l i. . Managers entered the conference Mr' Lc0 dml"el nt fore with the declaration that they would cast" progressive country-wide not make any bargain untik after the strike beginning Saturday night at 64 Supreme court has ruled on the con- o'clock, unless the railroads accede to stitutionality of the Adamson lav. the .ultimatum of their employes, The position of the Brotherhood 1 were written by a good guesser." representatives is that if the demands "Charges that we are acting in had are. not met the strike will be called I faith in bringing up this question for Saturday as announced., . . . I agam at this time without waiting for .; W. .0,1 Lee,.' .spokesman for the I the decialon of, the Supreme Court on orothernoods said that, in the- ean-.l tpe' Aqamson . act. JncJiidadaigBt- time no statement of what occurred I declored. We were not parties at the conference would be made by I agreement entered into between either side. It was learned that an I attornys for the railroads and tht adjournment was taken to give time representatives of the Attorney Ger- to the managers to consider in a sep- eral'S office to do nothing until the de ars te -business session the ultimatum cision is handed down. SALISBURY TALENT IV, Will be Put on at Community Build ing Auditorium Tomorrow and Sat urday Many Special Features and Some Fine Muaie Promised A Pa rade Worth While. The Salisbury Municipal Band' Minstrels to be given in the auditor ium tomorrow and Saturday night promises to be one of the best attrac tions ever put on here by local talent and the fact that quite a number of Salisbury's popular young set are tf be among tha leaders is causing, great' to the I interest to be manifested in the com !" j ing presentation' of ' this entertain presented by the chiefs threatening to strike unless the demands were com plied with. The managers said they were to give an answer at 4 o clock. The managers after having lunch brought into them began to consider the answer. No counter proposition, it was learned, was made .by them. "Our position is the same as if there were no Adamson law and no decision pending. Whether the decis ion is for or against the law, our de mands which we shall present tomor row, will be altered. If the law is up held, it would give us what we will as' for tomorrow. If it is thrown They simply listened to the employes I out, we still will stand pat, and take spokesmen with little comment. The impression has been gained j that both sides are in a conciliatory mood and willing to thresh out if pos sible any chance of an agreement. It I is believed by some of the managers that during the time the conference will formulate a counter conference no less than the Adamson law would have given us United Support. "We four 'brotherhood chiefs, through these recent meetings with our men, now feel that we have the united backing of our men behind us in this. We want to get this question in which case there is a possibility of tha eight-hour day settled and set that the joint conference will go over tied quickly. The reason for our seem- Requisition for T. H. Lasar. Raleieh. March 15. Governor Bick ett today issued a. requisition on uie Governor of California for the return to North Carolina of T. H. Lasar, wanted in Wilson, this State; to ans wer to a charge of forgery. He is understood to be under arrest in Los Angeles. . - Of coarse, we total abstainers are weak in rs, fools, hypocrites and many other things lbe that, but goodness knows what we would be if we drank! Great Britain has borrowed $150,- 000 from Charlie Chaplin.' The com edy relief in the. tragedy of war. Louis villa Courier-Journal. until tomorrow. No Announcement Made. New York, March 15. .With no an- nouncement as to whether any agree ment had been reached the joint con ference today between the four chies of the railroad brotherhoods and the railroad managers to consider the de mands of the brotherhoods for im mediate settlement of the 8-hour con troversy adjeurned after an hour's discussion until 4 o'clock. Compromise is Reported. ' Chicago, March 16. It is stated to know that the railroad brother- to kno wthat the railroad brother hood's compromise calls for 8-hour'i pay only for 9 hours, instead of 10 as originally demanded. It would estab lish a proportionate rate where pay is based on mileage made Statement Made By Brotherhood Leaders. New York, March 14. An appeal to the patriotism of the mem.ers of the four great railroad brotherhood to refrain from any "rash movement' which would bring on industrial war fare in the (present .National crisis was made here tonight by the Nation al Conference Committee of Railway, on the eve of the conference tomor row with the chiefs of the trainmen's organisations. There were additional indications, however, that the broth erhoods were determined, to call a strike unless their, demands .were granted. . '-" After a meeting here with several hundred general chairmen and chair men of the locals in the brotherhood organisations on lines entering -New York, W. G.Lee, President of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainsien, announced that unanimous support had been voted the brotherhood chiefs in the demands they intend to make at - tomorrow's conference, . These demands, he said, would be based on the modified demands of last Decem ber, which -called for a ftaslc eight hour work day and pro-rata pay for overtime.' ' ' - - This is virtually what the Adamson ing haste at this time is forcing it to an issue is that the country may re in war within a few weeks or months, and we believe this ought to be settled before that c omes." f -The statement of the National Con ference: Committee, signed by its chairman, Elisha Lee, said: "We are sincerely desirous that the wages and working conditions of our employes should be on the highest plane consistent with the eflicient oo eration of the railroads. When the National wage demr.nds for the four train brotherhoods were made last year, we felt that they were, beyond reason, entailing, as they did, an an nual i: increase of 1100,000,000, or about 35 per cent in the wages of the 500,000 most highly paid workers in the country. , , Offered to Arbitrate, ?But we were ready and anxious to submit this wage controversy for set tlement to some Impartial public tri bunal ' In the hope that our employes would ioin with us in seeking the judgment of such a iVoard of inquiry, we earnestly urged that . the whole case be referred to: : "One The Interstate Commerce Commission, the Government body regulating the transportation indus try in the public interest, or; 2 "Two A' baari of arbitration nn der the Newlsnds arbitration act of 1913, a law enacted at the joint re quest of the employes nd the car riers, or; - ' " "Three A board of inquiry to be appointed by the President "Our offers 'for a peaceful settie- mest were all rejected -by the broth erhoods. , If we had refused to meet with our employes to discuss, or if we I had refused to submit the issue to anbitration, thia great body of work ers might have been justified in leav ing the service. But nnder the cir cumstances, the threat of a Nation aide strike wss indefensible. We left every door open for a fair determi nation of the merits of the controver sy, and every door is still open. ment. ' The boys have been practic ing for some timo and are ready to present a first-class minstrel show, They will give a street parade each day at about 1 o'clock and it is said this is going to bo something rich, It's gotten up in real minstrel style and will contain some feature Dirts, The star blackface comedians are to be Bob Jones of Spencer and Tom (Hi) Bradley of Salisbury, while oth er negro comedians are Messrs. Far- rington, Rankin, Bullaboy and Wil ls rd. . Mr. Reid Goodson has been se lected , for, jnterlocuter, and among tne singers wiy be Henderlite, Myers, Drake and others who will' soon be classed as celebraties. There will be some fine dancing, specialty acts, ac robatic features, instrumental music and other features, in fact, it is said the boys have assembled an agsre gation of artists together that wi!l surpass in many respects many of the traveling troupes. t The entertainment' will take place in the auditorium of the Community Building and the people of Salisbury wno love ciean, enjoyable entertain ment, and who believe in encouraging our home boys should pack the house and sreet them when the curtain goes up tomorrow night A BOY SHOOTS FATHER. Young Son of Mr. David Brown, En gaged in Killing Rata, Wounds Parent in the Shoulder. ' . ), Mr. Divid Brown, a well known farmer living in the Christiana church neighborhood, met with a painful ac cident in a peculiar manner yester day. , A young son of Mr. Brown was engaged in shooting rats in the gran ary, using a rifle, and one bill went through the rat, a box and passed on through the granery, lodging in the shoulder of the elder Brown,, who was on the other side of the granery. While the wound was a painful one it is not of any great serious nature. 1 i - . Feature Pictures at Colonial The 'management of the Colonial theatre has arranged for cpecial fea ture pictures for matinee and night raturday. , Further ' announcement will be made as to these, and the pub lic is assured or some Rrst-class pic tore. Mi?s Grace Overman returned to day from a delightful trip to Wash ington 'and New York. ; (Jadge and Mrs. J. E. Webster have returned from a stay of several months in Washington City. . The most ruthless phase of the U froat warfare so fare seems to be a bit of 'ruthless lying on both sides. Baltimore San. . Orphanage Question Goer Over, and Petition Made in Behalf of Men in Life Saving Service, The Salisbury delegation to the Woodmen of the World State meeting in New Bern returned home Thursday fronting and ' many others N passed through en route to their respective homes. The Salisbury boys were glad to return with a good showing, this city not only having landed the next convention, which means the (bringing of about 600 Woodmen here, but also retained Mr. A. L. Smoot on the Di.l. 1 I . . ouuv orpnanage committee, ana suc ceeded in getting representation on" the ' board of State managers in . the person of Mr, W. M. (Ruth, as well as having Mr. W. L. Ross, in recognition of his military knowledge and fitneis ' for it made a member of the sneclal Uniform Rank committee. , The Salis bury (Woodmen are also well pleased over the selection of iMr. J. H. Nor wood, of Norwood, who is about half Salisburian, as Head Escort In fact this city fared better than any other represented at the meeting. .Notes of the. Meeting.' , Telegrams of greetings were ex changed between the North Carolina camp and the Virginia, Arkansas and Aiaoama estate camps wmcn eiso met at the same time. ' A telegram - of good will was received. from Saver elgn Commander W. A. Fraier at . Omaha, No'., and was answered in 'the same spirit - , .The phanage question was put off until the next convention, it bo. ln:Yidnt-iha the great majority of Woodmen ' had not . well informed themselves on this question and the head clerk was. instructed to have, blares prepared and endeavor to e-et a full expression of the entire State membership on this' before the next meetinr and In tha meintlma tha nr. , phanage committee will set about to' ap out plans to present to the meet ing. ,'....'. 'A resolution was pasted petition inir tha iSnvlvn oamn tit iminl If. laws and take life saving service men out of the prohibited class and permit them to join the order. s , t A resolution was passed, being pre sented by the Hendersonville delega tion and backed by the people of Hendersonville to petition the Sover eign camp to purchase a site at Hen dersonville and establish there a per manent Uniform Rank encampment ground and build and maintain a na tional Woodmen park to. be known as the "Joseph Cullen Root Memorial Park,", as a memorial" as a memorial to the founder of the order who died suddenly in that city several years ago while on a visit It is estimated that such a project would necessitate '-, an outlay in the beginning of some thing like $75,000. . Retiring Head Consul Was present ed with a handsome gold watch as a ' ' gift from .the. State camp in remni- fiftrt i ttm faithful hmiImi mnA 1 t-w- alty to the organisation, the presen : Htion being by B. E. Hendenon, Esq., of New Bern. . , t There were 348 regular elected and seated delegates in the convention in , addition to -the officers, number of the degree team and other Xoodmen visitors who were guests of New Bern ' during the meeting. - ' A feature of the closing session was t the appearance on the platform in the Masonic theatre where the meetings were held, of B. E. Henderson, Jr., of v New Bern, the three-year-old son of -Attorney B. E. Henderson, who was . introduced as a youn chopper who delivered tha electoral vote of North Carolina recently and who wss em braced by President Wilson. Tha iinatnr Aim i Tim m Va Instal lation of the newly elected officers, this being done by rtate Manager E. B. Lewis. : '- -y It was pronounced by those, who have (been going to these meetings for - several yesrs to have been the best State meeting yet held, and it will grow and when the convention comes to Salisbury in 1919 it is expected , that there, will be approximately 600 delegates. Concord Ge Conpeny Sold. (Special to the Post) Concord, March 15 The Cincird Gas Company was sold at do lie an tion here today at 2 o'clock. Sever al concerns were represented and bi ding was lively. The successful bid der, however, was William D. An kr son..being for $25,000. This will 'e open 20 days for a 19 per cent increase.
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