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Insbmiry EveiAn MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS VOL. 13. SO. 104. SALISBURY. NORTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY. MAY 9, 1917. PRICE TWO CENTS j; HINDFNBURG ATTACK SPENT JTS FORGE British Attacks are So Hard That Most of the Ground Lost in Fresnoy is Regained. THE LAST OAY OE THE VAWTER TRIAL The Indications are That the Case Will Go to the Jury This Evening. CITIZENS TICKET MAYORAUTY RACE Mayor of Spencer Wins Out in the Fight for. Head of City for Next Two Years. E Premier and Entire Cabinet Urge Parliament to Make a Declara tion of War. Board of County Commissioners Hold Two Day Session and Transact Business. Planned to Print a Daily Paper Show What is Doing in Prep aration for the War. C. G. Bost is Named Mayor of China Grove and Citizens Tick et CcU an Endorsement. gPosft CHINA TALKS WAR A COUNTY BOARD BURTON WINS N GOVERNMENT PAPER RESOLUTION TODAY OE AGRICULTURE WILL BE PUBUSHED AT CHINA GROv GERMANS MUST HOLD FAST HERE OR LOSE LENS General Neville's Troops Holding Fast to Cbemin-Des-Dames Plateau, Important Position. (By Associated Press.) FSelil Marshal Von Hindertburg's tremendous drive of yesterday in an - efl'ort to stem the tide of British vie tory on the Arras battlefield speed ily spent its force and all of his lavish expenditure of men and material bids fair to be wasted. Already the British have attacked so strongly that most of the groum: lost in the vicinity of Fresnoy has been regained. The Germans are still clinging to the village itself but their hold upon it is so insecure that its re capture and the entire restoration of the British positions appears immi nent. It is a vital necessity for the Ger mans to hold fast here if they are not speedily to lose Lens and its val uable coal fields and find their whole line on the northern sector of the Franco-Belgian front imperilled. Ev en of more urgent necessity is it for them to hold the French around the great bend in the line northeast of Soissons where the German strong hold of Laon, considered by some mili tary critics the key to the entire Ger man Dosition in Northern trance, is the French objective. The persistence and violence of the German counter attacks on Chemin-dos-Dames plateau, command of which was won by the French in last v,-cek's great drive, indicates the im portance German high command at tache3 to the lost ground. General Neville's troops are yielding no inch of it and are gradually forging ahead in this important sector. The German counter attacks last night were particularly heavy and costly and at no point were they suc cessful, Wris announces. From two other war theatres news comes that .opens up many possibili ties. Fighting on the Macedonian front has constantly developed in se verity and extent and gives renewed color to the belief that General Sur- rail is initiating operations of major importance and possibly a general of fensive. Mesapotamia offers the sec ond point of interest with the an nouncement from Petro5Tad that Russian troops are again on the move on the Persian border. British Casualties Decrease. London, May !). Andrew Bonar Law, member of the British war council, said today in the House of Commons that the British casualties in the recent offensive on the Arras front in France were 50 to 75 per cent fewer than those in the battle of the Somme. London, May 9. The loss in the neighborhood of Fresnoy on the Ar ras line has been regained by the British. London, May S. The Germans to day in the neighborhood of Fresnoy succeeded after heavy counter attacks in gaining a foothold in the British trenches northeast of the village. Later, however, the British in a coun ter attack regained the lost ground. Still later in the morning east of Fresnoy the Germans returned to the attack with two fresh divisions. The British stubbornly resisted, but finally were compelled to withdraw from Fresnoy village and wood. OF GREAT VALUE Railroad Man Invents a Devise by Which the Auto Will Show its Speed When it Approaches the Grade Crossing. (Special to the Post.) Taylors, S. C, May 9. Green D. Poole, clerk in the Southern Railway System depot c!ms to have made a substantial contribution to the move ment or the" conservation of human life T-Sugh the invention of a device which will positively prevent acci dents to automobiles at grade cross ings. The working of the attachment is simple and is explained by Inventor Poole as follows: "While the car is running 15 miles per hour a white bulb shows on the radiator, at 25 miles a green blub ap pears, at 40 a red bulb, and when the driver begins to tat 'em out around CO per' a music ibox under the seat be gins to play 'Nearer My God to Thee!" Some people appreciate beautiful things, but most people merely care for ornaments. MEMBERS WANT CABINET REORGANIZED BEFORE WAR There Was Stormy Debate in the Chinese Senate When the War Resolution Was Discussed. (By Associated Press.) Peking, May 9. The Chinese pre mier and the entire cabinet addressed a secret session of the Pariament and urged the adoption of a resolution declaring war on Germany. The res olution was referred to the standing committee for consideration on Thurs day. Much opposition to the resolution was. developed and there was a leng thy debate. In the Senate the discus sion caused a stormy scene. The opposition to the resolution takes the ground that there should be no declaration of war until the cabi net is strengthened. ENORMOUS DAILY EXPENDITURE. Andrew Bonar Law Moves for a Vote cf Credit of Five Hundred Million Pounds. (By Associated Press.) London. Mav 9. In moving a vote of credit for 500,000,000 pounds in the Hou:ie of Commons today Andrew Bonar Law. chancellor of the exche quer, said that the alarming feature of tne gurcs were that they represent ed a total daily expenditure of 7,450, 000 pounds. E President Summons Thirty Leaders in Congress to the White House for a Conference on tne Administra tion's War Plans. (By Associated Press.) Washington, May 9. President Wilson began taking Congress into his confidence today on the admin istration's war plans by summoning 30 leaders to the White House. At the capitol it was said the Pres ident had recognized the criticism that Congress was not being taken in to the President's full confidence on the measures he is asking to have passed for the conduct of the war. Among the subjects discussed, it was said, were the billion dollar ap propriation to build a merchant fleet which is to overcome the submarine menace, and disputed points in the army bill on which the House and Senate conferees are deadlocked, and principally over the Senate amend ment to permit Colonel Roosevelt to send a division to France. The es pionage bill and other subjects were also taken up. TOURING HISTORIC PHILADELPHIA French Commission Arrived in the Quaker City This Morning and Are on Sightseeing Tour. (By Associated Press.) Philadelphia, May 9. 'Former French Premier Viviani, General Joffre and other members of the French commission arrived here at 9 o'clock this morning under escort. They at once began a whirlwind tour to view points of historic interest in the city. Russians Troops Again Active. Petrograd via London, May 9. Russian troops on the Rumanian front northeast of Denne yesterday broke through the tuetonic position and ad vanced toward Jenawer, says an offi cial statement issued today toy the Russian war department. THE BANK OF ROCKWELL. Rockwell, May 9. The Bank of Rockwell which waa organ ized sometime ago, and which was chartered with 125,000 capital and which Dr. G. W. Choate of this city is Presi dent and Mr. T. R. Garner of Salisbury, is cashier, began its active work this week with the construction of sic brick building and it is befog con structed on the main corner ia town. PROFESSOR WILL SOON KNOW FATE FOR SHOOTING t Jury Was Brought to Tears by the Attorney Who Pictured the Case. (By Associated Press.) Christ iansburg, Va., May 9 This promises to bp ths closing day of the trial of Prof. Charles E. Vawter for the killing of Stockton Heth, Jr. It is expected that the case will be in the hands of the jury this evening by C o'clock and a verdict is looked for during the evening. Brought Jury to Tears. Christiansburg, Va., May 8. A sudden and dramatic delay was caus ed in the trial of Prof. Charles E. Vawter, charged with the killing of Stockton Heth, Jr., when Judge W. W. Moffett was forced to adjourn court to let the jury compose them selves after R. L. Jordan, sneaking for the defense, had caused every member of the jury, many of the aud ience and newspaper men to break into tears. When the climax of the speech came, Attorney Jordan so vid idly pictured the tragedy that the jury completely broke down and wept. Commonwealth's Attorney R. I Roop, opened the argument for the prosecution during the morning ses sion. In strong language he arraign ed Vawter for the alleged bargaining of his wife. He reviewed the events of the night of the tragedy, drawing a terrible picture of conditions in the Vawter home, saying, "It is a cause of wonder that the God who destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah had withheld fire and brimstone from such a place of sin." Attorney R. L. Jordan, speaking for the defense, attacked Heth's charac ter in bitter ternis, sayiri'tr that Mrs. Vawter had atoned for sins as no hu man could. He Rcored Roon for say ing that the defense would come in with a bucket of tar and whitewash the tar to blacken Heth's character and the whitewash to smooth over Mr. and Mrs. Vawter. Attorney Allen Harless for the de fense, bitterly arraigned Heth's char acter and wound up by saying that he got his just deserts. He scored Heth's estimate of Virginia women, using the testimony of Mrs. Vawter, who stated on the witness stand that Heth had said to her, "Rachael. all women will do the same thing if you go at them in the right way." WORKING ON DEVICES TO COMBAT E Scientists and Naval Experts Con tinue to Plan to Combat the Ger man Submarine and Progress Has Been Made, it is Announces. Washington, May 9. Additional in formation on experiments with de vices for combating the German sub marine were sent to the navy depart ment today from scientists who are working independently of the naval consulting board. A number of conferences were held while the board's members who were present at a conference last night at the home of Secretary Daniels also remained in the city and continue to work with naval experts. Neither the secretary nor any nav al official would discuss the result of the meeting last night further than to say progress had been made and that further experiments would be carried forward without delay. In several cases expert practical tests were made with striking results. REFUSED THAW REQUISITION. Pennsylvania Governor Refuses to Give Harry K. Thaw Up to New York Authorities. Harrisburg, Pa., May 9. Governor Brumbaugh today refused to extra dite Harry K. Thaw to New York City where he is wanted on an indict ment for assaulting a Kansas City school boy. Thaw is now in a Philadelphia hos pital where he was taken after an at tempt t suicide. It is just 75 years since hte Naval Observatory at Washington was founded. The telephone switchboard at the Boston Navy ysrd is operated by girls. Many a man thinks himself a gen ius beause ht lives by his wits. BUILDING SALISBURY AVENUE DELAYED A Number of Road Matters Con siderel and County Authorized to Borrow Sum of $50,000. The board of county commissioners met in regular monthly session Mon day and Tuesday with chairman J. S, Hall presiding and all members being present. The following business was transacted: Ordered that petition relative to Baxter Daniels be accepted and he be sent to the Caawell Training school at Kinston at the expense of the State. Ordered that certain taxes paid by the Allman shows in East Spencer be (Continued on Page 6.) EALLS TO DEATH Machine Plunges Downward Three Thousand Feet at New port News With Two Men. CARLSTROM S COMPANION WAS ON HIS INITIAL TRIP Machine Smashed Into Splintert and Aviator and Student's Bodies Mutilated Terribly. (By Associated Press.) Newport News, Va., May 9. Victor Carlstrom, aviator instructor at the Atlantic Coast Aeronautical Station here and one of the foremost flyers in America, and Gary B. Epes, of New port News, a student flyer, were in stantly killed at 12:30 o'clock this af ternoon when an airplane in which they were flying collapsed at an alti tude of about 3,500 feet and fell like a plummet to the earth. The machine was smashed to splinters and the bodies of the victims were horribly mutilated, beyond recognition. The fall was witnessed iby hunderds of persons in vorious sections of the city and caused a near-ipanic among the children at one of the public schools who were watching the flers at the noon recess. Carlstrom was giving Epes his ini tial lesson. They left the ground and rapidly rose to about 3,500 feet. They were flyin? along smoothly when those watching the machine saw it suddenly crumple and plunge down. As the crippled machine fell observers saw a portion of it foil. Afterward it proved to be the right wing which evidently gave way and caused the remainder of the machine to collapse. Crlstrom had reached the zenith ot his fame when he flew from Chicago to New York for the New York Times several months ago. Previous to that time he flew from Newport News to New York without a stop, setting a record for cross country flying. He also held the American record for al titude with pilot and one passenger, having ascended to a heighth of 16, 500 feet here a year ago. Early in his flying days Carlstrom flew from Toronto to Buffalo. He won numer ous laurels in the aviation world and was awarded the medal by the Aerial Club o America. A few weeks ago Carlstrom received an appointment as first lieutenant in the aviation reserve corps of the United States fcrmy. Fair tonight and slightly warmer Thursday, probably frost in moun tains. ; VICTOR CARLSTROM NOTED AVIATOR McNINCH IN CHARLOTTE ! STAFFORD IN GREENSBORO Election Held in a Number of N. C. Cities on Tuesday, Greens boro Makes Changes. (By A. W. Hicks.) Spencer, May 9. Considerable spica was thrown into the municipal politi cal arena late Monday evening when Mr. J. 1). Doisett threw his h it in the rinj as the Republ'can candidate for mavor airainst Mayor W. II. Ilurtjn who had already leceived the Demo cratir nomination. There was no time for newspaper publicity and barely time to have the mlditiona tickets printed fur use when the polls opened Tuesday morning at 8 o'clock The Democratic nominees for alder men and prosecuting attorney receiv ed the endorsement of the Kepubli cans and the only contest was as to the mayor. The voting was spirited throughout the day though at no time did the Democratic candidate appear to fail in having a good lead over the Republican aspirant. The Republicans, it is said, almost to man, voted for the Democratic nomi nees for aldermen and cast the ballot for the Republican candidate for mayor. Democrats who had gone into the primary April 28th felt hon or bound to support the nominees and did so. The result of the contest as counted out. by the judges about 8 p. m. gave Mayor Burton a majority of 7G over Mr. Dorset. The entire Democratic ticket was also elected including for aldermen J. E. Cohnell, J. D. Carter, R. H. Kluttz, Braxton L. Young, Clyde L. Bunch and H. W Holt. For Prosecuting Attorney J G. Hudson was re-elected. The judges oT the election were Prof. V. L. Wyant and J. P. Crowell with i. R. Cruse as registrar. A to tal of 28fi votes were cast. The judges met at 10 a. m, today and declared the result of the election and the mw board will be sworn in May 29th, The East Spencer election passed off quietly with Prof. H. J. Peeler as the new mayor elect, having received a majority of 11 votes over his Re publican opponent S. A. Earnhardt Prof. Peeler, who is at the head of the East Spencer school, entered the race at the last hour, comin? out late Monday afternoon. He is regarded as a good man for the place and is ex pected to give the town a successful administration. Mr. Earnhardt had received the endorsement of a meet ing of citizens some two weeks ago but the voters thought different and gave the place to Mr. Peeler. The newly elected aldermen in East Spen cer are Messrs. F. A. Sides,, T. A. Howell, C. W. Waller and B. W. Lof lin. Two detachments of guardsmen reaching Spencer last night have pitched tents near the stock yards and will keep a close eye on the prem ises. The guardsmen came from Asheville and Charlotte and are ex pected to remain at Spencer for quit awhile. Chairman C. L. Bunch of the Spen cer school board has called a meeting of the body for Thursday night for the purpose of electing a superinten dent and teachers for next year. Mayor Murphy, of Greensiboro, was defeated by his opponent, former Mayor Stafford. The mayor and the commissioner of safety went down in deefat. The only old officer re-elected was Commissioner of Works, J. G. Foushee. In Charlotte Frank R. McNinch was elected mayor without any opposition. The other two members of the new commission were Arthur Wearn and Horace Moore. William P. Ragan was elected may or of High Point over Mr. Charles F. Tomlinson. THOUSANDS NEGROES NORTH. Statistics Compiled by President of Colored League Show That More Than a Quarter of a Million Have Migrated During Past Eight Months (By Associated Press.) Richmond, Va., May 9. James W. Poe, president of the Colored Citizens' Patriotic League with headquarters in Richmond has gathered statistics in dicating that 308,949 negroes have left the South during the last eight months. Of this number North Carolina con tributed 35,376, Virginia 49,768 and South Carolina 27,560. Poe xww-r most of these negroes seeking em ployment in Northern "war plants," 73,000 going to Pennsylvania alone. He says they would better be culti vating Southern food crops. The matchlock musket was invented at . Nuremberg. - Bavaria, just 400 years ago, In 1517. APPROPRIATION FOR THE MERCHANT MARINE President Sends for Senators on Appropriation Committee to Discuss Ways and Means. (By Associated Preas.) Washington, May 9. illeginning tomorrow the government will isRue a daily ntswsj.'upiT, giving the news and making annouin emenU of all depart ments lelutini to war preparations. The publication will be official bulle tin and issued under the direction of the committee on information. It will be mailed to all newspapers, to com meicial bodies and such others as make application for it. The post- mastern have been directed to post it daily in the lobby of the office. A weekly bulletin is planned especially for weekly newspaper which will be a.-, ed to make such use of the bulle tin as they may see (it. President WiUon today began work on getting the one billion dollar ap propriation for merchant maiinei and sent for several senators on the ap propriations committee. The commit tee informally discussed the matter before goirvr to the White House anil considered the matter of putting the new appropriation on the 12,800,000, 000 army nnd navy tieftciency bill which ha. already passed the House. The bill is about completed and can be reported to the Senate in a few days. I A Number of Defendants Sent to the Roada and Sentence in One Case in Reduced Believed to be Case of Mistaken Identity. The criminal docket of Rowan Su perior court was completed late Tues day afternoon and the court is now busily engaged in disposing of the civil docket, which was taken up this morning. The firrt case called on this docket was that of J. R. Nicholas vs. Norfolk Western Railroad Company for damages in the loss of a merry eo-round with which his son was t&veling with a carnival and which was burned aboard the railway cars. Cases disposed of in the criminal court and not reported are: Andrew Walker, larceny of a grip from a shanty car, suilty, eight months on the roads. Dave Mooney, false pretense, mo tion to quash allowed. Bob Massey, selling liquor, judg ment continued on payment of costs. Harvey Wood, breaking and enter ng, eight months on roads. Drew Boyden, larceny, eight months on tha roads. Robert Wood, larceny of grip from caboose on Southern's local yards, not guilty. This was a peculiar case and was evidently a case of mistaken identity, it now being believed the man s brother was the real criminal. The defendant, a young white man, lives in Wilkes county. The sentence of ten months im posed on Caldwell Ide in a liquor case was reduced to eight months. ENFORCE CLOTURE RULE. Efforts, to Invoke New Ruling for Shutting Off Debate Argument Over Espionage Bill the Cause. (By Associated Press.) Washirvrton, May 9. 'Efforts to in voke the Senate's new cloture rule to force through the administration's es pionage bill with the drastic news paper censorship and embargo sec tions is under way with Senator Wil Hams of Mississippi leading the at tempt. SHIPPING RELEASED. British Shipping Released as s Result of Agreement Between Sweden and Great Britain. (By Associated Press.) Stockholm, May 9. Approximately 90,000 tons of allied shipments, which ha ve t':een tied up in the gulf of Both nia since the beginning of war, will bojreleased today, as result of an Xreement between Great Britain and Sweden which was perfected today. Sweden secures the release of ty shipOadened with food and ether necetliet which have been held in British harbors. The Allies are not so anxious to get into the spotlight as they are to get into the Lens. Spokesman-Review. COMPLETED AND CIVIL BOST WAS ON BOTH TICKETS CITIZENS AND PEOPLES Granite Quarry Elects R. M. Brown for Mayor Over J. J. Lyerly, Fall Ticket Named. In the. China Grove municipal elec tion Tuesday there were two tickets, the Citizens and Peoples. There was tut one candidate for mayor, Mr. C. G. Bost being on each of the tickets and was, of course, elected by a splen did vote. Tii vote was as follows: Citizens Tic!et For Mayor, C. G. Bost 160. Commissioners J. E. Correll 1(13. (Mr. Correll was ou each of the two tickets.) W. J. Swink 1C3. J. B. Walker 128. Chas. H. Deal 139. A. A. Hurley 147. Peoples Ticket: II. J. Eddleman 48. MrL. Ritchie 37. Geo. R. Davis 43. D. B. Gobel 39. Brown Wins at Granite Quarry. Out at Granite Quarry there was a contest for mayor ,the opposing candidates being R. M. Blown and J. J. Lyerly. The vote stood as fol lows: R. M. Brown 2C. J. J. Lyerly 14. For Aldermen: D. H. Lyerly 39. J. W. Hudson 20. B. L. Frick 26. ' J. M. Lyerly 38. R. B. Peeler 16. L. L. Walton 15. The election was for four alder mon and the first four named were choeenr'as the vote indicates. Mayer Young Re-elected at Lexlngv ton. i -,vt . Lexington, May 8. Mayor Charles Youiur was yesterday re-etecttd by a plurality of 20 over George L. Hack ney and G. Foster Hankins, Hackney leading Hankins iby four votes. A small vote was cast on account of rain late in the day. The most in teresting contest was over city com missioners, where three candidates were running against the slate nomi nated at a citizens' mass meeting. One of the three, C. L. Leonard, de fected H. H. Koontz, running on the "regular" ticket. The old board of commissioners hold their final meet ing tonight and turn over the affairs of the town to the newly elected com- -missioners, five of t'e eight beng new. At the next regular meeting the "favors" will be given out and al ready a number of applicants are wanting to take jobs away from men connected with the city adminlstra tion. Old Ticket in Concord. Concur.!, May 9. A very quiet and uninteresting election was held in this city Tuesday resulting in the election of Mayor C. A. Isenhour and his board of ..Mermen as nominated in the Dem ocratic primaries. There was an opposition ticket, a Citizens ticket, headed by F. C. Nib look. This was defeated throughout, carrying n!y one ibox in the first ward. There was very small interest and a very light vote cast. The Allies insist on helping von Krnderiburg to retreat to victory a lit tle more. Pittaburg Dispatch. LOCAL MILL PEOPLE GET A TEN PER CENT BONUS Cannon Manufacturing Company An nounces Increase in Wages on Ac count of High Coat of Living Kes ler Mills of This City Included. The Concord Tribune of Tuesday has the following regarding an an nounced increase in the wages of em ployes of the chain of Cannon mills, including the Kesler mill in Salis bury: The Cannon Manufacturing Com- ; pany, of this city and Kannapolis, ... makes the announcement today that . it will give to ill its employes here, . at Kannapolis, at China Grove and Salisbury, a bonus ot! ten per cent of their wvges and salaries. This new more on the part of the officials of the , mills will become effective at once. The high cost of living is given as the reason for the bonus. The offi cials of the mills state that they will continue the bonus so long as living conditions demand it The mills to be' ' benefitted by the increase art the Franklin, Cabarrus, Gibtoa and Can non Mills at Kannapolis. the Patter son Mills at China Grove and the Kes ler MUls at Salisbury.
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