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TUESDAY. APRIL 8, 1917.
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RUSSIAN REVOLUTION! HTS CARRYING RED FLAGS.
The Human Nippers Which General Haig is Forging About
the Southern End of Germany's Improvished Line of De
fense in Northern France Is Gradually Closing in On the
Invading Germans Fall af the Duai-Chambrai Lines Only
Matter of Few Hours.
(By Associated Press.)
The great human nippers which
General Haig; has forced around the
Southern end of the Darcourt-Quen-tine
line are steadily closing and the
rolling up of this important section of
the German offensive appears only a
matter of a few days. The line is the
hastily impruvisej barrier thrown up
by the Germans after the famous Ilin
dertburg line protecting Duai and
Chambrai hud been smashed.
The .bitter resistance offered by the
Germans on the advancing British
centered in the defense of Bullieourt,
two an da half miles west of Quentine
is crushed, but the British have ;oeen l
forced to mark time until Bullieourt !
fall?.
The capture of the village was en
trusted to the Australians and these
hard fighting colonials have almost
surrounded the German stronghold so
that its surrender or destruction is
momentarily expected.
This line forms a broad salient of
the British front of 18 'miles in front
of a parallel Duai-Chambrai line. The
crushing of this line will mean that
the German grip on the rich coal
fields of France which have long; been
in their possession is imperilled.
There are many signs that the Ger
mans realize the menace to them in
the alternate sledge hammer blows
of the British and French," beneath
which their choicest troops are being
steadily driven 'from position after
position.
News from the western front is not
merely being suppressed in Berlin but
is being doctored for consumption of
German newspaper readers. Dis
crepencies in the German and allied
version are apparently arousing sus
picion . in some German minds at
least and the Berlin newspapers are
INTERNED GERMANS
10 LAKE KANAUGA
Three Thousand Civilian Prison
ers to be Quartered in Camp
in Western North Carolina.
OFFICERS GO THERE FIRST
AND SEAMEN WILL FOLLOW
Men Will Be Put to Work
Farms and in Road Building in
the Pisgah Forest Section.
(By Associated Press.)
Ashevlle, N. C, May 8. Informa
tion was received here today from
Washington that E. B. Gresham has
closed a contract with the govern
ment for the location of a camp for
interned German prisoners at Lae
Kanauga, near Hendersonville. It is
stated fhese civilian German prisoners
will begin to arrive at once in squads
of 250 and that transportation will be
evpedited until approximately 3,000
are in camp here. The officers of the
interned merchant ships will arrive
firsj and w ill be followed by the sea
men. Immigration Commissioner Howe
of New York was here last night in
specting sites in this section for a
petmanent camn for the Germans. He
suggested that '. i-e prisoners would be
road
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propriate Vast Sum to Build
Merchant Ships.
TAKE OVER EVERY STEEL
MILL IN THE COUNTRY
Five to Six Million Tons of Steel
and Wooden Vessels Can Be
Euilt in Next Two Years.
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Washington, May 8. Congress will
.be a'.ed to appropriate f 1,000,000,
000 for the ibuilding of a great Am
erican merchant fleet which is to ov
er come the submarine menace.
The program involved by the ship
ping board contemplates the diversion
to government uses of the product of
every steel mill in the country, the
cancellation of existing contracts be
tween those mills and private consum
ers, and wheie necessary pay dam
ages by the government to parties
whose contiacts are cancelled.
The estimates of the shipping board
are five million to six million tons of
steel and wooden vessels can i;,e con
structed by the government during
the next two years.
MOORESVILLE ITEMS.
Forest lands which are partially lo
cated near the site of the permanent
camp at Lake Kanauga.
Mr.
LAPSING STOPS UP
CSl'AL NEWS CHANNELS.
emn'.oved in sericulture and
being bombarded with questions thatl hiuUin.. work in the Piseah National
ineir military critics seem to nnu aim
culty in answering. There is also
signs of the fact that the German
Emperor in his latest congratulatory
telooTam speaks of a "serious and de
cisive time" instead of exulting over
victories real or imaginary.
Apart from France the only fight
ing of significance reported from the
war theatres is taking place in Mace
donia. Reports from this front are
meagre and indicate an increasing ac
tivity which may pressage a general
offensive Iby the allies.
Recapture by German Troops.
' Berlin, via London, May 8. Ger
man troops have recaptured Frenoy,
says the official statement issued to
day from German- army headquarters
staff.
Dr. Richard H. Harte, head of Hos
pital unit No. 10, organized at the
University of Pennsylvania, and Dr.
Harvey Gushing, head of Unit No. 5
organized at Harvard College, have
received orders to prepare for im
mediate service aboard. The order.
were received from Washington, and
the two heads of the units were di
rected to gather all others in- their
organizations for the trip.
SEEKING TO AID WAR LOAN.
Great Flood of Applications Pouring
Into the Treasury From AH Sec
tions of the Country Many From
People in Moderate Circumstances.
Orders Were Given Officials Not to
Talk With Newspaper Men
Secretary Will Do the Talkin.
Washington, May 7. The usual
channels of information through
which news of America's relationships
to foreign powers have to now reach
the public were closed today Iby Sec
retary Lansing.
An order bearing his name was dis
tribut?d broadcast to state depart
ment officials instructing them not to
talk with newspaper men "even on in
significant matters of fact or detail."
The order says that hereafter all
news of the department must be given
out either by the secretary himself or
by the newly created so-called bureau
of foreign intelligence. Secretary I
Lansing sees the newspaper men
twice daily but does not pretend to be
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AT AGE 0F123 YEARS
(By Associated Press.)
Washington, May 8. Telejrams able to answer the maze of questions
and letters concerning estimates of I which every hour of the day are rais
ed by newspaper cables. The meet
ings are becoming more and more per
functory .
Secretary Lansing discussing the
order tonight, said that the present
situation was entirely too delicate for
subscriptions to the two billion dollar
liberty loan for the allies came to the
treasury so fast today that even the
augmented force of clerks could
barely tabulate them. Many were
from individuals apparently in moder- i
ate circumstances (but anxious to put i the various bureau chiefs to be giving-
a part of their savings into the war out information.
cause.
"File my application for ten liber
ty bonds of $100 each," wired a Mis
sissippi farmer. "This and planting
extra acres in corn are the only way
I can help win the fight."
"Uncle" Joe Cannon Passes 81st
Milestone.
Washington, May 7. Representa
tive Joseph G. Cannon, of Illinois,
former speaker of the House is 81
years old today.
Despite his years "Uncle Joe" ap
parently is, as vigorous and active as
ever. He received many congratula
tions today from members of Con
gress, government officials and others.
Mrs. M. M. Kinard and her sister,
Mrs. Mary M. Joost have returned
from Hot Springs, Ark., after a stay
of five weeks.
MONEY FOR FRANCE.
Wai,tington, May 8. France
today received the one hundred
million dollars the United
States government is to loan
her to meet the expenses of the
French, government in this
country during the month of
May. This sum was turned ov
er by Secretary McAdoo to the
French ambassador In the form
of a treasury warrant.
IN FAYETTEVILLE
Many Members Of the Masonic Or
ganization in the Cape Fear City
for an Interesting Meeting of Three
Branches of Masons.
(By Associated Press.)
Fayetteville, May 8. Members of
the Masonic order from all over the
State are here today for the first of
a series of Masonic meetings to be
held this week.
Grand Lodge of Royal Arch Masons
of which Harry R. Reid, of Lincolnton,
is High Priest, will hold its -sessions
tonight.
The Grand lodge of Royal and Se
lect Masons will meet tomorrow night
with R. W. Fitkett, of Wilmington, as I
Grand Master.
The Commandery of the Knights
Tamplar, of which Dr. Joseph Rhem,
of New Bern, is Grand Master will
meet Thursday.
The meetings will be attended by
representatives of each branch" of the
organization in the state, all having
approximately eleven thousand mem
bers. Officers for the year will be
elected by the promotion of the pres
ent officers, each advancing one nam'
ber.
Anthony Fenwood Dies at His Home
Near Henderson More Than a Cen
tury and a Score of Years Old
Leaves a Son Over Eighty Years
of Age.
(By Associated Press.)
Henderson, N. C, May 8. Anthony
Fenwood, a negro said to be 123 years
old and believed to have been the old
est person in North Carolina, died at
his home in Warren county about 15
miles north of here last night.
Fenwood claimed never to have
taken a dose of medicine prescribed
by a physician. He had been married
twice, the second time after he had
reached his one hundredtah birthday.
His second wife was a comparatively
young woman. He had several chil
dren who died when past 70 years of
ape and one child living is 80 years
old.
Few News Events Gathered About
the South Iredell Town Personal
and Local.
Mooresville, May 7. Thursday is
Memorial Day and a nice program has
been arranged for the old soldiers. A
dinner will be prepared and every
thing done to make it a pleasant day
for them. The day is a holiday.
Rev. L. A. Thomas left eirly this
morning to bo with his wife, who is
ill at the home -jf her father at Gran
ite Quarry. He expects to go to Al
bemarle Wednesday to attend the an
nual meeting of the Lutheran Synod
of North Carolina. Mr. Paul Barger
is the delegate from here.
Miss Lorene Brown of Mt. Pleasant
Female College spent Saturday and
Sunday at home, accompanied by
Miss Summer, the lady principal.
Miss Vernie Goodman is spending a
few weeks in Mt. Pleasant.
Mrs. J. C. Horton of Mt. Ulta, left
here Saturday for St. Louis with her
C-year-old child, Lilly, who has in
fantile paralysis. She will enter a
sanatorium for treatment. The child
has been helpless all its life and it
is hoped it can get some relief or a
permanent cure. Mr. Milas Hols
houser, a well-known citizen, has been
taken to a Charlotte sanatorium.
Miss Murl Shoaf entered the Stokes
Whitehead sanatorium at Salisbury
last week to study for a trained nurse.
Mr. James L. Donald, president,
and C. C. Ward, secretary of the
chamber of commerce, state that one
of the features in connection with the
Mothers' Club of the child conserva
tion league, to be organized this
week, will be a definite story hour for
all children of the town, and the
story hour will be in charge of n
committee appointed by the presi
dent.
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This photograph shows a scene of
the Russian (evolution at its height.
Two soldiers who had gone ovt-r to
the revolutionists were placed on nit
automobile to patrol the city. In
order tluit they might not be mis
taken for uilhercnu of the czar and
the rvuetionarits they card.nl red
fbnH on their bayonets as they learn
ej forward in the automobile.
U. S. ENGINEERS GOING
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Norvall Palmer, Escaped Convict
and Automobile Thief Faced a
More Serious Crime. I
VII
MAN GETS 10 MONTHS
IN A LIQUOR OASE
A Number of Minor Cases Dis
posed Of in Superior Court .and
Several are Continued. ,
The War Department Announces That
There Will Go at the Earliest Possi
ble Moment a Trained Force of
Military Men to Aid Allies.
Washington, Mav 7. Nine new
legiments of army engineers to be
coniiposed exclusively of highly train
ed military men, will be the first Am
erican troops to be sent to France.
They will go "at the earliest possi
ble moment," the war depaYtment an
nounced today, for work on communi
cation lines, but speculation as to ex
actly when or to what points they will
be sent is forbidden because of the
submarine menace.
IN SESSION TODAY
SOUTHEASTERN
RAILWAYS HEARD.
Representatives of These Lines Ap
pear Before the Inter-State Com
merce Commission Regarding Raise
in Freight Rates.
(By Associated Press.)
Washington, May 8. Representa
tives of the Southeastern railways
were heard by the Inter-State Com
merce Commission today on applica
tion of all lines of the country for a
general 15 per cent increase in freight
rates. They followed the lead of the
Eastern systems and based their plea
principally on the ground of the ad
vance cost of operation and the ne
cessity of preparing to aid the na
tion in the war.
BRITISH ACCORDED
DEMONSTRATION.
Appearance 'on the Floor of Senate
Signal for Great Outburst of En
thusiasm Surpassing That Accord
ed in the House.
(By Associated Press.)
Washington, May 8. Foreign Min
ister Balfour, lieutenant Gentral Brig
ges and Admiral DcChair of the Brit
ish mission were received today in
the Senate with a demonstration which
rivalled in enthusiasm and acclaim
thei Reception recently in the House
After the reception on tho Senate
FOR PARK IN NORTH CAROLINA
(By Associated Press.)
Washington, My 8. An appropri
ation of $8,100 to ibegin the establish
ment of a National Military Park at
the Battle of Guilford Court House,
N. C, was recommended to Congress
today by the War Department.
Tl
Colonel Slocum Notifies the Accepted
Men for the Training Camp to be
Ready by 10th and Southern Will
Provide Special Train.
Col. Slocum in charge of training
camp for Reserve Officers, Fort Ogle
thorpe, Ga., is notifying all men ac
cepted from North Carolina to report
at camp before 10 o'clock a. m
Thursday, May 10th. For their accom
modation, the Southern Railway will
operate one extra coach to Asheville,
train 21, Wednesday, 9th. A special
train will be operated from Asheville
to Chattanooga arriving there at 6:10
a. m. Thursday, 10th. All men are
being instructed to purchase their
tickets and the Government will re
fund fare on their arrival at camp.
Waterworks Convention.
Richmond, Var May 7. Theodore
A. Leiscn was elected today president
of the American Waterworks Asso
ciation, which is holding its thirty
seventh annual convention in this city.
Nearly five hundred delegates, from
about forty States, are here. Indicm-
The new forces will be volunteers,
raised at the time great railway cen
ters of the country. Each regiment
will be commanded by an engineer
colonel of( the regular army aided by
an adjutant. Other officials will
be railway cnginaens- or officials.
The expedition will have a total
siren J. of between 11,000 and 12,000
men, each regiment being composed
of two battalions of three companies
each. Every branch cf railway work
ers necessary to the Duilding or oper
ation of lines a i 1 1 be represented in
the ranks and tihe war department ex
pects a response to the call that will
permit a careful selection to be exer
cised and insure a force already train
ed to the minute ,an army of exports
in railway operation. The depart
ment's statement follows:
"The war department has sent out
orders for the raising as rapidly as
possible of the nine additional regi
ments of engineers which are destined
to proceed to France at the earliest
possible moment for work on the lines
of communication. It is requested of
the press that no speculation or ru
mors regarding this force be carried
other than that given out. All details
regarding the force will be out as fast
as compatible with the ibest public in
terests." Recruiting for the regiments and
the organization of each force will be
directly under the colonel of eich
regiment. The recruiting points will
be New York, Chvcaigo, St. Louis,
Boston, Pittsburg, Detroit, Atlanta,
San Francisco and Philadelphia.
Officials believe the great railroad
brotherhoods will co-operate, throw
ing the strength of the unions behind
the recruiting efforts. The railway
companies already are so organized
under the council of national defense
that their co-operation is assured
Those Having in Charge the Mechan
leal Department of the Southwes
torn RoadH Dlsrusiing the Matter
of Increased Pay and Readjust-
ment of Hours.
(By Associated Press.)
Washington, May 8. Railroad offi
cials representing the mechanical de
partments of practically all lines
Southeast of Washington are In ses
sion here today considering the ques
tion of increased wage and readjust
ment of hours. The matter will effect
twenty-five thousand shop men and
it is understood that the new order
would involve about twenty million
dollars annually.
The meetings are held in strict
privacy and surrounded by the great
est secrecy. Official who participat
ed in the conference refused to make
any statement whatever as to their
purpose.
PRACTICALLY TESTED
Girls Eye is Photographed and Re
vealed in Outline the Head of a
Man as the Last Thing the Eye
Viewed in Violent Death Negro
Held for Murder.
(By Associated Press.)
Memphis, May 8. L. C. Persons, a
negro who late last night, confessed
to the murder of Antoinette Rappal,
a fifteen year old girl, and later de
capitating her 'body, near here, it was
said today, is on the way to the state
penitentiary for safe keeping.
On tbe theory advanced by some
criminalogists that when a person
meets a violent death the eye often
mirrors the laBt object viewed, the
body of the girl was disinterred and a
photograph of her eye taken. By
means of a miscroscope officers as
serted that the outlines of a man's
head was discovered in the eye.
In the Superior couit Monday after
noon a numi'oer of cases on the crim
inal docVi t were continued to another
term.
Caldwtti Me, a young white man
whose cae had gone up from the
...uiily court on appeal, the chaiye
Ic.i-r liquor on hand for the purpose
of sale, was convicted and a sentence
of ten month's imposed.
In a case of assault with a deadly
weapon Carl Goodnight was adjudged
not guilty while Will Goodnight was
found guilty and judgment suspend
ed on payment of costs.
W. P. Dulin for abandonment was
fined ten dollars and costs.
The cases against Norvall Palmer,
the escaped convict who stole Mr.
John .NfoCanless' automobile and
against who other cases of lar
ceny were pending, also one for burg
lary, was taken up There were cases
of larceny and in these judgment was
suspended, while In one case of break-1
ing and entering Judgment was also
suspended. In the case of larceny of,
an automdbile prayer for judgment
was suspended also. The star case
against Palmer was one in which he
was charged With burglarising the
home pf Mr. James M. Hudson in
Spencer about midnight on the night
of May 1st. In this the grand jury
returned a true bill and the defendant
plead guilty of burglary in the see
ond degree which was accepted by the
State and Palmer was sentenced to
five'yeawfat buret labor in the State
penitiary.
It will ibe remembered that Parmer
escaped from the Rowan chain gang
the first of last week, where he had
only served about two months of a
two year sentence. He will probably
have to complete this at the expira
tion of his penitentiary term.
Drew Boyden was convicted of lar
ceny and given eight months on the
roads. ' '
There were two cases against Har
vey Wood for breaking and entering.
He was found guilty or receiving end
concealing stolen property. , Sentence f
has not yet been passed.
INVESTIGATING STEAMER
ACTIVITIES.
FRENCH MISSION TRAIN
IS DERAILED IN ILLINOIS.
Areola, 111., May 7. Member of
the French mission to the United
States were severely shaken up, but
otherwise uninjured, when the spec
ial train, afoard which they were re-
The decision to send the engineers !
is understood to have grown out of; turning east from their middle west-
;n government . em tour, was derailed one and i '.aif
Suspicion That Ship Carrying the
American Flag Haa Been Aiding
German Submarines Get Supplies.
(By Associated Press.)
Washington, May 8. The govern
ment is making a rigid examination "
into the activities of the steamer
Manitowoc and other vessels of tho
American Trans-Atlantic Company,
which are said to have carried sup
plies to German submarines in the
Atlantic.
This was admitted in the navy de
partment today. The American Trans.
Atlantic Company has offices in both
New York and Boston and its ships
fly the American flag.
Officials could not say what had
aroused the suspicion but said the
ships had been held for investigation
at St. Thomas, Virgin Islands.
conferences here between
officials and members of the French
and British war missions. One of the
greatest problems of the war has been
that maintaining adequate supply
lines, and the railroads are the vital
element of the system that feeds men,
shells and food toward the fighting
front from channel ports and from
France.
HALE CONFERS WITH BALFOUR
tions are that St. Louis will be se-
luncheon by Vice President Marshal 1 Sessions will last through Friday. 1 rying supplies on their Veturn trips, men. Ohio State Journal,
Senator From Maine Would Bring
German Prisoners to United
States and Relieve Great Britain of
Burden of Feeding Them.
(By Associated Press.)
Washington, May 8. Senator Hale
of Maine today conferred with British
Foreign Minister Balfour about Ger
man prisoners on the British isles.
Senator Hale while abroad made an
extensive study of prison camps and
recently Introduced a resolution pro
posing to transfer German prisoners
to the United States on the seized
German ships. One feature of Sena
tor Hale's plan is to relieve Great
Britain of the burden of feeding a
vast number of Germans and use the
ships which transport them for car-
miles from here at 7:25 oYlock to
night. William Nye, in cnarge of the Un
ited States secret service detail at
tached to the party, made a thorough
investigation of conditions surround
ing the wTec'k and announced as l is
opinion that it was entirely acciden
tal. Rene Viviani, French minister cf
justice and head of the mission.
Marshal Joffro and other attaches of
the party were dining at the time of
the accident. Only the forward truck
of the diner, however, left the rails
and the jar wan comparatively slight.'
The train, i i mposed of five steel
cars, draiwn by two engines, was
running at a fair speed, when the
tender of the second engine jumped
the track and tore up the rails for a
distance of about 200 feet The day
coach following, which was used as a
buffet car was thrown from the tracks
and turned on its side in a ditch.
Three trainmen riding in the day
coach were uninjured.
South Carolina's industries employ
ever 80,0' woi'kers. ' " J
DISAGREED AGAIN.
We suppose that for some years ;
to come Missouri will be more famous
for her males than for her states-
Washington, May 8. Anoth
er attempt to reconcile the dif
ferences in the Senate and
House on the war bill failed
today when the conference
committee failed to agree. The
conference took a recess with
no prospects of aa agreement.
The chief difference la over the '
amendment which would per
mit Colonel Roosevelt to take
a division of men to France.
Washington, May 8 Con
ferees en the army bill today
fell Into a, deadlock over tho
amendment to permit Colonel
Theodore Roosevelt to take a
division to France. They sus
pended work and considered
returning tho hill to tho House
and Senate asking for instruc
tions. '
The conferees nrofessed to
me in complete ' ignorance of
the administration's wishes and
some members said a few words
from the White House would
clarify the aitaatkm. v "
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