North Carolina Newspapers

An Advertising me dlum for Business Men, iO3 M hurj Ewewng Post MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Local and General Aens at First Hand. VOL. 13. NO. 192. SALISBURY, NORTH CAROLINA, SATURDAY, AUGUST 18, 1917 PRICE TWO CENTS ENGLAND FACING A GIRLS AS EN(;iK WIPERS ON ERIK RAILROAD RAILROAD I IK E Forty Thousand Engineers and 1 Firemen May Walkout to 1 Enforce 8-Hour Day. 1 NOT BE NECESSARILY EFFECTIVE DURING WAR Government Recently Stated in House Commons That Prin ciple Could not be Followed. 1 1, t.r.,.TL. v. nw w ; 1ft (By Associated Press.) London. Auk., IK. There is consid erable danger of an immediate strike ' involving half of the engineers and firemen on the Ii itisth railroads. The main point at issue is the secog- . nized principles of the eight hour day, although the demand does not necessarily include the principle being i effective during the war. The men concerned number 40,000 ' and belong to the Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen, which is a distinct organization from ; the much larger national union of ! railway men which is not involved. The government recently had sUt ed in the IJouse of Commons that the j societies claims were inadmissible and j at the meeting of the executive com- j mittee of the society yesterday it was I decided to strike because the demands ! were not granted. The executive committee? despite the decission to ! strike, agreed to submit the proposal nf President Stanley of the Board of Trade to a conference of delegates convoked for today. VA. MOUNTAINEERS ! PRES. STUDYING TO FEDERAL PEN; STRIKE SITUATION JOHN W. KFRN DEAD. J. W. Phipps and W. V. McCoy, Charged With Conspiracy to Enlist Men Against U. S. STILL ANOTHER COUNT OF INDICTMENTS VS. MEN. V4 W i JJ it Ik LsU jrfTOW?L ffJJ Gi roun Com wipe rls have been employed in the! them at work. They have been told d house of the Erie Railroad they will get the same pay as the men pany in Jersey City as engine who have done that kind of work if rs, and this photograph shows they can do it as well. 1 These Charge Resistance to the , Draft Appeals Will Taken I in Cases Disposed Of. j Big Stone Gap, Va., Aug. 17. J. W. Phipps and W. V. McCoy, charged : with conspiracy to enlist men t. des j troy arms and munitions of the Unit ed States government, were ronviet , ed in federal court here today und I given five years ea.h in the peniten i tiary. The jury was out less than one hi.ur. Another count of the indictment! against the men charging interfer ence with the selective army draft was dismissed by the court. Other j counts charging attempts to wage I war on the gov?rnment and inciting ! rebellion hud been previously thrown j out on demurrers. 1 It is understood appeals will be I taken. Before sentence was pro I nounced McCoy and Phipps admitted j the charge brought against them, but said that three men, strangers in the j community, had come to them with ! ; money and other promises and per- j : suaded them to attempt the things ! charged. ' Evidence tended to show that they Keeping An Eye on the Industrial Workers of the World in the Northwestern States. THREATENED MINERS ALA. STRIKE NOTICEABLE Conference Said to Have Reach ed An Agreement for Hand ling of I. W. W. Leaders. (By Associated Press.) Washington, Aug., IS President Wilson is making a personal study o." I the labor situation in the northwest, lesptcijlly in Washington, Oregon, 1 Montana and Idah.i, where a general strike of the Industrial Workers of the World is thre.i.encd to take place Mmlay. The Department nf Justice officials saw little change in the sit uation today. A, recommendation is said to have beer reuched -it a conference yes teiday between Governor Lister of Washington, the State attorney gen eral and representatives of the de partment of justice, but had not been received here today. The recommen dation, it is rep rtue, was to the ef fect that the strike leader be gum mariiv arrested wnen trie striKe lie comes effective. In the absence of official confirma tion of this report the departmon 1 hy " , ,r.;r.Kl ' I: ' -Ivl- ill Former Senator from Indiana who died at shevillu after ft very brief illness. JOHN W-.KKKN IS DEAD OF I'll A EMIT POISONING 521 IRE ROWAN IN ARE CALLED Rowan Exemption and Selective Board Summons' Another Lot of Men for Examination. EXAMINATIONS TAKE PLACE TUES., WEDNES., THURS. NUMBER GERMANS DETAINED. If. C. Ficke, Auditor of the North German Lloyd Steamship Company, and Other to be Interned Be lieved Leak Will Be Stopped. (By Associated Press.) New York, Aug., 18. The arrest of II. S. Ficke, the auditor in this city of the North German Lloyd Steamship Co., as an alien enmy! is expected to be followed by the detention of num erous other man, all of whom will probably be interned until the end of the war, Ficke was arrestqd last night by United States Marshal Power, who said today that through his arrest and the arrest of the others to be made soon the leak to Germany would be stopped. Ficke home in Staton Island is only a short distance from Fort Wads worth, one of the main fortifications guarding the harbor aproach to New York City. From his house it is said all ships leaving New York during the day can be seen. While government officials declin ed to go into details regarding his arrest they said it would be the di rect result of an investigation to learn how Germany obtained sailings and routes of ships leaving for Europe with American troops and also the se cret destination of the flotilla of de stroyers which took part in the watch for submarines. A NAVAL BATTLE IN GERMAN WATERS British Admiralty Reports an En gagement and German Des troyers Badly Damaged. EFFORTS BY GERMANS TO AGAIN RECAPTURE AREA TERRIFIC EXPLOSION IN POWDER PLANT Many People Killed When Curtis and Harvey Factory at Ri goud, Canada, Blows Up. TTtTTTI HITTATYfl A ITT", jraT M Yt WOMEN WERE EMPLOYED SOUTH RIVER MILL SOLD Famous Old Ford and Lindsey Mill Property Taken Over by a Penn sylvanian Frture of Place 's Not Known. There was a property deal of in terest made today when the old Ford and Lindsay mill site at South River was taken over by Mr. R. L. With ers, of Pennsylvania. This mill has recently beer, known as the Soutn River Mil'ing Company, the stock holders being Messrs. P. O. Tatum, .1. B. Foara and G. W. Fowler, form whom the purchase was made. Mr. Withers will not operate Ithe mill j himself but it is understood it may be rented. Whiskey glasses are not spectacles 1 a ai Li. I - r jut tney enaoie men 10 see a iiwui queer things. Germans Continue to Pound Brit ish Positions Heavy With Ar tillery Ypres Lively Sector. (By Associated Press.) Efforts were made early today by the Germans to regain the ground taken by the British in their success ful attack in the vicinity of Lens. governing control of dominating po sitionE The British war office reports that sharp fighting occurred northwest of Lens and once more the attacks of the Germans were repulsed complete ly. The Germans continued to pound the British positions heavily with ar tillery. In the viciinty of Ypres the Ger man guns also kept up a lively fire but no infantry attack was reported A naval battle in German waters between German and light sea fore es is reported by the British admir altv. While the British were scout ing in the German bay Thursday night they sighted a Germn destroy er which was .badly damaged. Two German mine sweepers alsoo w.erp sighted and two German submarine attacks were without result. No Brit ish ships were damaged. Another bomb read was carried out Thursday night by the British on the railway juctk f at Thorout in W. Flanders 11 miles from Bruges. Fires were caused and the British admir alty announces an ammunition dump is believed to have teen hit. Brit ish aviators dropped many tons of bombs on their objectives and re turned in safety. had been paid $10,000 to recruit an j justice would not commite itself armv for the purpose of burning,"" lne suumiun. nrnrprtv nrincinallv railroad bridires. Watching Miners in Alabama robbing" and wrecking banks, and oth-1 Washington. Aug.. 18. Officials inBrfrinr with thp manufac- 1 hert are in close touch with the tr nn,l trn,nnrtntion of war suD-1 threatened miners strike situation in plies from and through this section. 1 Alabjma. There is optimism regard- An an added inducement for the raising of men they were promised $30,000 for the destruction of three ! bridges. It is understood that gov I ernment agents have information in ' volving several hundred men in the : mountain territory and the conviction ' of McCoy and Phipps is expected to ! lead to other arrests. Entire Plant Covered An Area of Five Thousand Acres and is Located Near Montreal. TALBORT RAIDS A LARGE STILL CUTS ACQUAINTANCE WITH NAVY LEAGUE Along With Other Officers a Seventy Five Gallon Outfit is Located and a Wait Made But No One Showed 1 Up for Operation. Revenue Officer F. C. Talbort came in this morning on the Yadkin train, having bkn down in Montgomery county where he was accompanied by Sheriff Blalock of Stanly, Chief of Polka Love of Albemarle and Deputy Sheriff Chiscoe. Just across the river !Vrom the Stanly side they ran across a blockade still or a part of an out fit A 75-gallon wood still, copper lined, along with other paraphernalia, was taken and destroyed. No one waa found at the place, although the officers laid in wait for half a day expecting the operators to shov up for a "run." Women Who are Now Knitting Wool ens and Making Others Comforts for the Sailors Must Find Another Way to Get Them to the Navy League Not Recognized. (By Associated Press.) Washington, Aug. 18. Secretary of the Navy Daniels has announced that women who are knitting woolen clothes and making bandages and other comforts for the sailors may forward them direct through the bu reau of supplies of the navy inas much as they will no longer be ac cepted by the navy department when presented through the agency of the navy league. Scretary Daniels yesterday ruled that there would be no recognition of the navy league whatever, in view of the league's charges that he was sap pressing reports he should make public. (By Associated Press.) Montreal, Aug., 18. -A terrific ex plosion at the powder plant of Cur tis & Harvey, Limited, at Rigoud, Quebec, today is believed to have caus ed heavy loss of life. Five thousand men and women were employed at che plant which covers an area of live squaie miles. Many Reported Killed. Ottawa, Aug., 18. irst reports re ceived here from the scene of the powder explosion at Rigoud, Quebec, states that in the neighborhood of 2.r)0 persons were killed. Houses in Flames. Montreal, Aug., 18. Reports re ceived here soon after the explosion said nearly all of the buildings were in flames. Forty houses at Dragoon, a village near trie powder plant, were razed by the force of the explosion. ing the outlook and it is likely strike will be averted by developments within the next few hours. Few men are brave enough : to al low a mind reader tok expas thrfr thoughts in the presence of friends. There a.e some defats more tri umphant than victories. Montaigne. Effective From August 1st and Ranges From $5 to $15 a Month Amounts to $200,000 Annually. Spencer, Aug., 17. Increases in wages ringing from $5 to $15 per month applicable to all members of the Southern railway system has just been announced. The raise, which it is said will average $8 per man per month, is effective from August 1 and something like 2,000 men are affect ed. The increase is one of the best ever granted the telegraphers and negotiations for the agreement have been in pi ogress at Washington for several months. It will mean an in t.ease in the payroll of about $200, 000 annually; :,-Loeal mernbers o fthe B. R, T., are jubilant over the increase and express much pleasure that the Southern offi cials have recognised the justice of their requests for more money. TO TCLCH I P CONVENTION. The Asheville Labor Advocate, pub' lished by Mr. J. F. Barrett, who was the personal representative of Snm uel Gompers at the recent Slate meet ing of organized labor in Salisbury, has nluch to say of the meeting in 1 the last tesue of his paper and then there is this notice: Two or threa columns of The Ad vocate will be devoted next week to personal news of the convention. Famous sayings by E. M. Martin will be reproduced. You know him, don't you? There will be some few things about the chairman of the entertain ment committee also. Toastmaster Cauble has a few shots coming a nim, Scotly will not be allowed to es cape. Theie's just lots and lots to say about that convention yet, and The Advocate wlil say it next week. Dad dy Howell, and some few dozen of the Asheville men are slated for a few jabs also. Just you wait till next week. OFF DUTY ON THE SQUAR E Printers at the Front (By Associated Press.) Colorado Springs, Colo.,' Aug., 18. The 63rd annual convention of the Internationl Typographical Union be fore final adjournment last night vot ed to take care of the union dues of POSTPONED TO SEPT. 3 Will Then Run for a Period of Five Days Only Enrollment of Forty Boys Wanted ami Fee Will Then Re $3.00. Camp Collins, the Boys' Camp of the Community Y. M. ('. A., which was scheduled to have opene.l Inst week has been postponed until Sep tember 3rd when the Camp will run for a period of five days o-ily. The management find that if .-in enroll ment of "40 boys CRn be secured for the camp, it will only ost the. hoys F rmer Majority Leader Senate and Candidate President. in U. S. For Vice- ( Hy Associated Press.) Asheville, Aug. 18. The body of John W. Kein, former United States Senator, of Indiana, who died here last night sent today to Jlollins, Va., the late Senator's summer home, where the burial will take place. Fun eral arrangement! have not been com pleted .'"nutor Kern died at an Asheville hospital last night from urenic poisoning. . ; Asheville, Aug., 17John W. Kern former United Stale senator from In diana, and majority leader in the sen ate, died here tonight, death being due to uraemic poisoning. The deceased was 07 year old. Mr. Kern came from Washington to a local sanitarium a week ago to ret and recuperate. Until Tuesday taqfrn- mg he exhibits: no symptoms or (he disease which caused his death. With Mr. Kern at the time of his death were Mrs. Kein and Mrs. George B. Lawson, a daughter, of Roanoke, a. The body will bo taken tomorrow to Hollins, Va., the summer home of the deceased. John Worth Kern was born Decem er 20, 1849, in Howard county, In liana. He graduated from the law department, Universiay of Michigan. n 1860, practicing first at Kokomo and later t'. Indianapolis. He was a member of the Indiana state senate from 18911 to 1897. In 1900 and 1904 he was Indiana's Democratic candi date for governor. In 1908 he was the Democratic candidate for the United States senate by the unani mous vute of the Indian Democrat- state convention in 1910, and was elected to the national body by the Indiana sta'le legislature January 18, 1911. His term of service expired March 3, 1917. TRAIN AMERICANS IN CUBA. Government Accept Offer of Cuban Republic For Training Grounds on the Island For American Troops. (By Associated Press.) Washington, Aug., 18. Cuba's of fer to provide mobilization and train- ng grounds for some of the Ameri can lorces nas oeen accepiea. ine number or description of the forces to be sent to the island have not been disclosed for military reasons. members who join the army, to be $3.00 for the five days, or an average Swarm of Koney Makers Descend in Business Center of the City and Settle Under Cop's Umbrella Watched by Large Crowd. Friday afternoon about 5 o'clock, swarm of honey bees began to buz around the square at the intersec tion of Main and Inncs street and presently they took a fancy to the bi? umbrella by Traffic Officer Lentz and standing in the center of the square. They made for it nad soon rove the cop off the job. Thous ands of these little honey makers were swarming and buzzing about the big umbrella when a countryman secur ed a small stick and began to beat on the handle o' the sun protector and the bees began to fly underneath and settle and it was not long before they all, witli1 a few stragglers on the out skirts, were settled firmly in the un derneath top of the big umbrella. The process of "settling" was watched quite a crowd that had gathered around. As soon as the bees, it look ed like a peck of them, had fully set tled in the umbrella, bees add all, was carried away by Mr. Herny Glover, one of the drivers for the fire depart ment. It !as taken to the city hali and the bees transferred to a hive. Where they came from is not known and why they chose the busiest spot in which to settle is also another mystery. paid by a per capita tax of ten cents, beginning in January next The optimist seess the bloom in the bud. The pessimist's vision is circumscribed. WEATHER FORECAST Fair tonight and Sunday. Washington, Apg., 18. Narmal temperature and generally fair weath r are forecast for the Southeastern and East Gulf States for the coming week. In Tennessee ther will be ris ing temperature at the beginning of the week, followed by warmer weath er. Generally fair will prevail. of sixty cents per day which covets all expenses. A number of I oyj who are working nov, find that tVy can go on this date, which is only two weeks before the opening of s;hojl. During these five days a very strong program of activities will be put in to effect, with the underlying pur pose of giving each Camper .in all round training physically, mentally and spiritually. Each day will be "chucked full" of good things for the boys, and with this is "included the eats" which naturally the boys feel is a vital number on the daily pro- j gram. There ought to be an enroll ment 01 nrty or sixiy uujb iu ima Camp. The larger the enrollment the smaller the cost, as it is just as ex pensive to feed twenty boys as it is to look after forty or fifty, and the man agement feel that the Camp should pay for itself. This is an opportunity in which every parent should take advantage of, for it means a better boy in the home, the school and the church. It is a case of investing $3 in the future welfare of tne boy Circulars and application cards may be secured at the Y. M. C A. Office, 610 Wallace , Building. 'Secretary Knetel will b pleased to make any calls to the homes of the parents who desire to talk the matter over. Any boy over 12 years of age may regis ter for the camp. Congressional slowness is making the country see red, but Congress goo along and only sees red tape. Chica go Herald. AMERICA'S REPLY TO THE POPE'S PEACE NOTE BE ." ill Not Be Sent in Connection With the Replies of Any of the Other Be Hernt Ccuntries Views Now Be ing Exchanged. (By Associated Press.) Washington, Aug., 18. The reply of the United States to the Pope's peace note will be sent independ ent and not in connection with any answer from the other belligrenenta. At least this is the plan at this time, s indicated by Secretary Lansing. A reply "y t expected until the proposal has been carefully con- is generally taken to be First Day 170 Will be Called, Sec ond Day 170 and Third Day 171 Must Appear. The members of the Rowan exemp tion and selection board in the matter of l'.e new national army has com pleted the makeup of the. list of men to be called in the second summons for physical examination. Another list in course of prepara tion is the exemption list, those who have been excused for one claim or another, and also the names of those accepted for army service. This list is not quite complete from the first examination but. is expected to be ready late this afternoon or Monday morning. The second call is for 521 men, be ginning at 492 where the first call ended and going on down the list to and including serial number 1002. Of these 521 men called for the second examination 170 are t oappear Tues day, August 22nd; 170 Wednesday, August 23rd, and 171 Thursday, Aug ust 24th. The following is the names of those summoned to appear next Tuesday. The others will be published Monday and Tuesday: , 3286 Jasper Moore Wilson (142A) Mount Ulla, N. C. 2868 Frank Shacklefor (148A), 209 N. Fulton street. 8087 Cyrus Adam Trexler (3S4A), Rockwell, N. C. 7V 2390 Robert Lee Peeler (105A), Crescent, N. C. 556 EH Casper, Salisbury, N. C, r.No. . '; :: 1565 Carl S. Julian, Salisbury, N. C 100 Horace E. Moore, 1017 S. Church atreet, Salinbufy, N. C. 14 James Allen. Brigman, Kan napolis, N. C. 1281 John Fraley Hess, Salisbury, N. C. 51 William O. Austin, 500 W. Franklin street, Salisbury,-N. C. 717 Ernest A. Cowan, Salisbury, N. C. 1057 Charles Victor Freese, China Grove, N. C. 125C James Edgar Howard, Kan napolis, N. C, 1073 Robert Lee Goodman, Salis bury, N. C. R. No. 8. 30 James Aiken, Granite Quarry, N. C. 3046 Geo. Henry A. Trexler, Sal isbury, N. C, R. No. 8. 199 Thomas Lee Bame, Barber, N. C. 388 Frank Reitsel Bailey, Wood- leaf, N. C. 1423 Frank D. Hayworth, 107 Yadkin St., Salisbury, N. C. 2458 Jacob Roy Pethel, Hender son St., East Spencer, N. C. 1716 Wm. Doggett Kizziah, 300 Salisbury Ave., Spencer, N. C. 773 Fate Holmes, Spencer, N. C. 33H0 George Williams, Long St., F.ast Spencer, N. C. 608 Julius Hosie Crowell, Long St., East Spencer, N. C. 3560 Sidney Lee Walton, Granite Cuarry, N. C. 406 William Odell Barnes, Barber, N. C. R. Nj. 1. 2502 Chrles C. Paul, 4th St., ' Spencer, N. C. 519 George Albert Chandler, Bar ber, N. C. 17.10 John Lawson Lippard, Salis bury, N. C. R. No. 3. 25 Richard W. Arey, 423 E. Kerr St., Salisbury, N. C. 392 James Cleveland Barger, Woodleaf. N. C, R. No. 1. 3369 Frank F. Wilkes, 018 S. Caldwell, Salisbury. N. C. 2081 John Moore, Moore St., E. Spencer, N. C. 2231 Perry Madison McGarity. Salisbury, N. C, R. So. 6. 89 Herman L. Earnhardt, 305 Railroad Ave.. Salisbury. N. C 383 Adam L. Bame, Salisbury, N. C. R. No. 9. 1166 Harry McNeely Gray, East Spencer, N. C. 1712 Rot Charles Kimball, Cnlns, Grove, N. C. 2186 Robert Eugene . McNeely, Giove, N. C. .. 588 Arthur WV. Coleman. 722 W. . ,v Kerr St, Salisbury. N. C . i, 3099 Calep Arthur Thompson, . Barber, N. C R. Ko, L 2391 Ephriam Pinkney Rattledge, -Woodleaf. K.CR. Ne. 1. 85 Clarence Fihnore Eller, Cleve- sidered It a feet that the President will consid er the opinion o the other allies in ' w n . making a reply and the diplomatic j , 706Curriee Ransom Catea, Tad repreaentativea at Washington are Atc Spencer, N. C exchanging yiewa of their govern- , .. meet , "V I - (Continued on Pag 2.)