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An Advertising me dium for Business Men. silwhury Evemiinig Posit MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Local and General News at First Hand, VOL. 1.1. NO. 155. SALISBURY, NORTH CAROLINA, SATI'RDAY. Jl LY 7. 1917. PRICE TWO CENTS GERMAN AIR RAID OVER LONDON THE DAY'S NEWS FEATURE GERMANS RAID (MllNKNE RI LKK ASKED TO (Jl'IT OFFICE. CITY OF LONDON Number of Aircrafts Make a Raid Over the English Metropolis and Drop Many Bombs. FIGHT IN THE AIR WAS DEAFENING OVER CITY One of the Largest Raids the Ger mans Have Undertaken as Many as 20 Machines Used. (By Associated F'ress.) London, July 7. About twenty air planes bombarded London today ac . ding to official announc 'iir-nt made by the war department. The raiders were attacked by r.i t'l- j lery fire and a number of airplanes , Vent in pursuit. The result of the raid was not xnown at noon. The damage done was in the heart of the city and the raid was one of the larg est ever attempted over London. The raid occurred about 9:30 o'clock this morning. Thousands of persons crowded into the streets and among them were many women and children. Soldiers and police had difficult in keeping back the people. Anti-air craft guns were brought into action and flyers engeged the hostile ma chines and for a while the exploding of bombs and vigorous replies of th guns was most deafening. Sraight over the city flew the squadron with tiie raiders pursued by sharpnel. The sun was shining bright but the air overhead was hazy making condition favorable for the raiders, but the Ger mans were visible to tire people in the street. The raiders approached suddenly and few realized that a raid was com ing until they heard the bombs burst ing. The Germans traveled at tre mendous speed and appeared to be at a lower altitude than in the last raid when there was such a he'i.y loss of life. GEN BUI ARRANGES SURPRIS E N. C. GUARD TO BE CALLED JULY 25 j SllUJKON GENERAL IS I PREPARING ARMY OF DOCTORS an Apparently the Austro-German ' Date of Drafting the Tar Heel Attention Has Centered on the ! Troops Into Service Has Been Galician District. i Advanced Ten Days. THE CITY OF PINSK IS REPORTED IN FLAMES On the Franco-Belgian Front the British Have Made Another Forward Thrust. President Li Yuan Hung. The ruler of China, Li Yuan Hung,' mento declares tha tthe former em has been asked to retire from office , peror is retored to the throne. Li by General Chang Hsun, military ' Yuan Hunj was vice president of governor of Anhwei. The pronuncia- China under the last president. 1 BASE BALL OFFICERS RAID STILL F Officer Deputy Liquor Deputy Marshal McKenzie, Link, Sheriff Krider and Graham Destroy Illicit Making Outfit. The fi.rst blockade still outfit to.be raided in Rowan county in a long The most recent raid on London was on June 13th. At that time th? German squadron consisted of 15 ma chines and the down town section of the city was the chit f objective. Many of the bombs fell in the East end business district. The casual ty list as officially announced stojd 151 killed and 430 injured. No dam age was done of a military or naval nature. The Germans remained at great heighthand flew swiftly, losing only one machine. The German raiders cam? from the north and left by way of the south. The glass in some of the streets re sembled that in the streets of New York and its suburbs after the ex- Icading Players in the Major League for Week Including Last Wednes day's Games iCobb is Still a Lead er in Batting the Ball. (By Associated Press.) Chicago, July 7. Records of lead- ing players in tne major leagues up'tjme was looted and destroyed Frl- id anj lUi'iL.ung last weunesuays games follow: Leading hitt;rs American League, Cobb, Detroit. :J82 ; National, Cruise, St. Ixiuis, 348. . Leaders in runs scored 'America Iaue, Cobb, of Detroit and Weaver, (.'1 icago, tied wit'i 47 each; National, Groh, Cincinnati, 48. Leading home run hitters Ameri can, Pipp, New York, 6; National, Hornsb, St. Louis, and Cravath, Phil adelphia, tied with 7 each. Leading base stealers, American Ruth, Clti.eland, 28; National, Cary, Pittsourg, 18. Detroit retains the lead in the Am erican league in club batting with an average of 251, while Cincinnati leads the National with 266. SAYS SALOON'S CAUSED EAST ST. LOl'IS RIOTS. plosion on Black Tom Island lasijluly.l The neonle in the capital are Iflgingi quick reprisals. The West End and fashionable nortwest sections had a superb 'view of the raiders' approach from the further north fringes of the metro polis. The raiders swept onward in fairly close formation, more than a score in number. The squadron which had been flying high .began a swift ight after the raiders. An official statement issued by the admiralty this afternoon say3 three German airplanes which dropped bombs on London had been brought down at sea. In great straits and when hope is small, the boldest counsels are saf est. Livy. GERMANS REQUESTED TO LEAVE U. S. (By Associated Press.) Washington, July 7. All Germans formally connected either with the ambassy or any one of the many consulates in America have been request ed to leare the United States. Notification that their pres ence in America is undesirable has been sent them by the State Department. They have not been told that they are inspected of being spies bHt the inference that their loyalty' to the Kaiser tight make U difficult for (km to remain in this country without attempting to send in formation of a Military char acter to their government was made clean ! Washington, July :. -Senator TIi-'Itihs brought up the ra'.e r ots in East St. Louis d'tr ng debate on ti.e fojii bill as an ii '.titration of social unrest which is manifested in varous PlnS 1 nsrli rf tho onwntrv at (imps. Hp de clares that one-ten'.h of the popula tion of this country- is bja;k aid said their loyalty in the present crisis is essential. "Can they fight for the fla and give their whole devotion to the cause if their friends and relatives can at any time be subjected to murder?" he as ed. Senator Lewis interrupted to say that the nes report of the trouble had been inaccurate and that the cit izens have asked for a Federal inves tigation. Senator Sherman declared the dis orders in East St: Louis, 111., were due to the saloons. "It's the worst saloon town in Am erica," he Baid, adding that the sa lcons openly disregarded the laws; for years the town had been an oasis to the people of St Lousi Mo., who came across the .bridge on Sundays to get their liquor. NO FEAR FOR FOREIGNERS. Dancer to Americana and Othera in China Not Feared Fighting Oc curs Along Railway. (By Associated Press.) London, July 7. Dispatches from Peking to the Times says danger to foreigners in the capital is not fear ed. According to a telegram to the Ex change Telegraph Company from Tien Tsin fighting has occurred along the Peking-Mukden railway as well as between Peking and Tien Tsin and the republican troops thus far have the advantage. Other dispatches from China do not confirm the fight ing, although reports aay it is imminent day afternoon, this one being located in a wooden place seventeen miles west of Salisbury. Sheriff Krider came in possession of information lending a suspicion to the effect that such a plant was being operated and he imparted this to Revenue Officer W. C. Lisk and it was planned to make a raiding trip Friday, and Offi cer Lisk in company iwith Deputy Un ited States Marshal James H. Mc Kenzie, Sheriff Krider and Deputy Sheriff David Graham left Salisbury Friday morning on a hunt for the still. Going to the vicinity uqder suspi cion these officers were not long in lo cating and finding the outfit, which was raided. However, it was not a complete outfit they found, parts of it evidently having been removed. The furnace and still, a number of other articles and a quantity of beer was (found and this was all destroyed. The furnace and still was warm at the time, indicating that the plant had heen in operation only a short time before. The indications were that the plant had been set up only a shor,t time and that it had not beep operated to any great extent. WESTERN TRAFFIC BLOCKED. Derailed Freight Engine in Salisbury Yards Ties Up Trains for Three Hours Occurred at "Spring Switch." The derailment of a big freight lo comotive on the Y, opposite Hender lite's coal yard near North Main street crossing late Friday afternoon blocked traffic on the Western division of the Southern for three hours and held up a number of trains, among; these being incoming passenger train No. 12. The big engine went off the rails at a "spring switch" and it was several hours before it was placed on the track again. When this was done and the tiack levelled up the big en gine attempted to proceed only to go off again, only several feet this last time. It waa finally pulled on again each ime tha assistance of an engine in the rear a'd one in front beinjr re uired, and proceeded on to the Spen cer yards. Trains were operated at a very slow speed over the point where the derailment took place un til the track was again put in good shape. The accident blocked the North Main street crossing quite awhile sev eral times and disarranged street car traffic, it being necessary to trans fer passengers here for a time. How ever, as soon as an engine came up from the rear the freight was uncou pled and the crossing opened. Milwaukee will remain in the Un ion folio ting the President's decision as to beer. Washington Herald. , (By Associated Press.) General Brussiloff seems to have i been arranging a surprise on the Rus- sian front, judging from reports from Petrograd of violent fighting in pro gress in the Pinsk district. Apparently the Austro-German at tention has been centered on the Ga lician district where General Brussil off's offensive opened last Sunday, and only last evening the German official report iccorded the resump tion of heavy artillery attacks by the Russians. There has been no mention in any of the official statements lately of i any special activity anywhere along the Russian line except in Galicia and the sectors immediately adjacent on the north and south. The report from Pinsk, 150 miles north of the Galician border, therefore, has in it the element of surprise of the world if not for Germany. Pinsk, which has been in the hands of the Germans since the tide of great invasion in 1915 that swept Grand Duke Nicholas' army far back into Russian territory, is reported in flames. The city lies in a pronounc ed salient in the line and the state ment that fighting has occurred west of it may mean to the northwest where the front trends along the Oginski canal and the Jasiola river. The infantry may not yet have been thrown into the fight at Pinsk, the battle apparently being one of big puns, judging from the statement re garding the Russian artillery which is said to be "levelling all obstacles." On the Franco-Belgian front the British have made another forward thrust, slightly advancing their lines east of Wytcheate in the Belgian dis trict where General Plumer blew the Germans out, extending his salient east of Messines ridge last month, with the French forces using only aitillery fire and trench raiding. Further Gains for Russians. Petrograd, July 6. Further gains have been made by the Russian forc es in Galicia. Advices from the front record the taking of the first line trenches by the troops of the Elev enth army, which also at some points captured the second line post. Germans Say Russians Defeated. Berlin, via London, July 7. The war office announces the defeat of the Russian attacks near Koniuchy and further north in Eastern Galicia. Russian attacks on the Carpathians were also repulsed. The Russians are said to have suffered heavy losses. Turkey to War on Greece. London, July 7. According to press dispatches received at Amsterdam from Constantinople as forwarded by the Exchange Telegraph the Turks consider as equivalent to a declara tion of war the action of Greece in breaking off diplomatic relations. The Turkish government, the dispatch says, has decided to deport all Greeks and confiscate their property. SALISBURY CO. INCLUDED IN THIS LAST ORDER Henry Ford ,of Salisbury, waa in the city yesterday shaking hands with his many friends. Winston-Salem Sentinel. Men blush less for their crimes than for their weaknesses and vanity La Brugere. The hapr.y farmer is j:i.r;g to fight it out alorp the plow Mn3 if it Uses all spring WEATHER FORECAST Prospects for Getting Draft Ma chinery in Action Next Week is Remote at the Present. (By Associited Press.) Raleigh, July 7. The Coast Artil lery Corps of North Carolina Na tional Guard will not be called to the colors until July 25th, according t advices received today from the war department by the adjutant general's office. Previous orders were for the artillery to be mobilized July 15th. Drafting is Delayed Some Days. Washington, July 7. The prospects of getting the machinery in action for the drafting of men into the army next week is regarded us remote to day by the office of Provost General Ciowder, as tne complete returns from only 8 states are in now, this will make it impossible to muke the draft before the next week. The method of making the draft is n-t yet disclosed by the department. Shortly after the above Associated Press dispatch relative to the Na tional Guard was received by the Post this afternoon ( apt. D. K. Murph, of the 4th Co., C. A. C, received the following from Adjutant General PJ S. Royster at Raleigh: "The following telegram from the chief militia bureau is quoted for your information: u Proclamation regarding draft of National Guard will provide for call ing North Carolina Coast Artillery July 25th, instead of July 15th, as heretofore planned." BH JSV .W- A r MMMMWM X A SOLDIERS BUSINESS AID COMMITTEE DC a STATE CONVICTS ARE WORKING ON FARM Mr H. B. Varner, Who Recently Visited State Farm Tells of the Great Work Being Done There. Lexington, July 6. Not many peo ple in North Carolina have any idea of what the State prisoners are do ing this year in production of food stuffs and in opening up other great stores to shipment. North Carolina is the pioneer in producing food stuffs by convict labor, but this year it will be surpassed by Mississippi, which has a farm of 2H.000 acres t the 7,200 acres occupied this year at the North Carolina State farm in Halifax. Chairman H. B. Varner returned today from Halifax and reports that the farm will fir exceed any previous year. He fully expects a yield of 10,000 bushels of wheat and from 150.000 to 200,000 bushels of corn, with more than 2,000 bales of high priced cotton. The crops there are a little late, but recent rains have practically assured an enormous yield. 25,000 to 80,000 bunhcls of peanuts will also add to this year s profits, while tons upon tons of soja beans, cowpeas, alfalfa and other feed crops are being produced. Ex-SherifT C. C. Shaw, accompanied Mr. Varner on the trip of inspection, and he is convinced that he never saw as fine a bunch of colts raised in North Caro lina as are there, and the same ap plies to the gre3t number of hogs and cattle and the former Davidson sheriff was a horse expert long be fore he became a political one. General William C Gorgas. General William C. Gorges, surgeon general of the United States Army, is charged with the talk of develop ing a force of at least 45,000 physi cians and surgeons for war service. The medical branch now includes less than 5,000 men. In addition, he must develop a large enlisted per sonnel for the medical department of the army. A PLOT TO BURN FOOD CROPS UNEARTHED Regular Army Officers in South Da kota Say Industrial Workers of the World Set About to Carry Out a Diabolical Scheme. Sioux Falls, s' D., Jul vfl. .Regu lar army officers , !a South Dakota claim that' Indttstrfar Workers'" of' the. World leaders in the state have mans of the agricultural district of the state and ha.ve men stationed throughout the state who will make simultaneous attempts to burn this season's crops, it was made known heie today. Federal officers have been a.nnrized of the plot and every effort will be made to apprehend those connected with it. it was said. The revelations were made public as a warning to the farmers of the state to guard against the activities of the plotters. , BERLIN AWAITS DEVELOPMENTS. t, Organisation to be Perfected, lit Every County in the State to Look Alter Their Interest, HOME APT AIRS TO'BE , LOOKED AFTER IN ABSENCE , i Legal Services to Be Rendered,' ' Insurance Not Allowed to Lapie, Employment on Return. . (By Associated Press.) Raleigh, July 7. Plans for the or ganisation in each county in the statu of a Soldiers Business Aid Commit tee, to render assistance to soldier, sa'lors and marines in managing de tails of their private bujineis white aay from home and to render Irs sistsnce in obtaining employment when they leturn, were announced to day by the State Council for Defeni. ( The county committee would Include ' 'on its membership one banker,, ent ' lawyer and one business man. ;V i( In a communication to be sent to the chairman of the county councils , of defense the State council declare the details of the business especially to be looked after for the soldiers are: To render, without charge, any leg al service desired from the time of call to the colors until the end of ths war; T flmi ituvinv fttn uhianm of . U BCV 1 1 1 u uw. S . - - soldier there will! be no lax in hi in surance policies, no failure to pay tax on property, nor interest on mortgage iniTdhtwlnAH. and to make such legal transfer of property as the soldier or his family may desire; To see that no advantage oe taic en of any soldier in legal proceeding- whiclr he may be a party ' to r In which ke may hate Interest; , . ...To- Joek after and aislat, in caring for all ptrsona who may be or may hereafter become depedent upon the soldier for support; To aid soldiers In esuring employ ment on their return; To arrange for special training or education of soldiers partially dis abled by wound or diseaae; , Tn that all soldiers who may be called to the colors are promptly rejr- istered o they can vote aunng weir absence; Tn nefPnrm inv other service for the soldier when necessity therefor arises during his absence at tne front. Interesting Developments May Devel op an a Consequence of the Meet ing of the Reichstag. f (By Associated Press.) London, July 7. Th ereport that political developments of excrition al importance are ibeing awaited :n Berlin in connection with rrn spsi:?n of the Reichstag now in iinifres is reiterated in a Berlin dispatch :o Am sterdam as forwarded by th? Ex change Telegraph. The dispatch tays Chancellor von Bcthmnnn Hollweg will deliver his speech in the Reich stag Monday. 'v. i. COMPANY DECLINES TO TAKE A GOVERNMENT CONTRACT Probably thundersbowers tonight and Sunday. Richmond, Va., July 6. John T. Wilson and Company, of this city, today declined to accept the contract for the construction of the $2,000,000 naval cantonment at the Jamestown exposition grounds. Award for what was understood t.i be the entire work recently was made the Wilson Company from Washing ton and preparations began for ac commodating 5,000 men at the new grounds by August 1. In a letter to the Government the campany an nounced its willingness to fulfill the contract on a east plus ten per cent basis, wages to be the same as those paid at other cantonments in Vir ginia. Refusal resulted from the dis covery that the Government had di vided the work between four con tractors, had fixed a rate of twelve and a kaK cents below the wage paid elsewhere,, and had stipulated that lumber must be purchased from a single North Carolina firm. Cable dispatches yesterday shiJ the Chancellor's speech would be deliver ed today and that he was expected to make a declaration which wojld serve as a basis for peace negotiations. V. S VESSEL IS SUNK BY IT-BOAT. Naval Guard Member AH Saved Place and Time of Attack Not Dis closed. Washington, July fi. The Ameri can steamship Orleans of the Oriental Navigation company, has been torpe doed and sunk by a submarine. Four of the crew were drowned, but all members of the armed nstval guard were saved. The state department, announcing the sinking today, with held the place and the time o fthe at tac'i. f TwoAmericana Were on Orleans Crew. New Yoik, July 6.,-The Orleans, a vessel of 2,808 tons grcsi, left here June 18 with a cargo for France, com manded by Capt. D. Tucker. Of her crew of thirty-six, ten were Ameri can citizens. After Germany announced unre stricted submarine warfsre, the Or leans was the first American steam ship to reach France from an Ameri can port. She was formerly the Avel landa and later the Menaptha, under th Argentine flag. Every breakfast at. which corn muffins are substituted for "heat bread releasee a loaf of bread f it th Allies and a loaf of btead is s elective as a ballet ,. SOUTHERN KNITTERS HOLD A MEETING IN CHARLOTTE rnrlnttB. June of A meeting of the Southern Knitters association iys held here toitay lor tne purpose oi sins- Questions of contracts, the. labor question and emergency matter brought up by war conditions, mem hr were nresent from North Caro lina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alaba ma and Tennessee. It has been th custom for members of the associa tion to take contract during June and July for the ensuing 18 month .Dw to exaordinary condition becau of tiie war, particularly the untedy cottton market, it was deemed advis- kU fr. limit, rontracts to DOSSibly Uhree and not more than, four month. The 'nitters having presented thi matter to the jobbers and receiving their approval, the meeting today adopted tins plan. The matter of re placing labor drafted intoth mili tary service was also discussed. TRAINS OFF TOMORROW. Tomorrow, Sunday, July 8, Date Set Running Western 21 and 22 Via Winston-Salem and Barber. i A number of changes are to be made in the chedule and operation of trains on the Southern Railway to morrow. There are slight changes in several main line trains coming into Salisbury, mentions these having previously been made. However, the change affecting this city the most is that by which No. 21 and' 22, the Ashcvilie-Goldsboro train are to be taken off this end and will operate from Greensboro ; to Winston-Salem and then to Barber Junction and on to Asheville. ' By this, arrangement there will be no train out of Salisbury . for th west after No. 11 leaves at 9:10 a. m. until 8:30 at night EXAMINATION OF TEACHERS. The exemption of public school . teacher of the county Ul tak place in Sa.lU.bury next treck and all teach er ara expected to take thi exami- ; nation. Tuesday, July . 10th, is the date for th , examination ... of wite teachers and Wednesday, 11th, for colored teacher." The. examination will Uke place at the court house.
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