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4 Ml FULL NEWS REPORTS FOR ONE EDITION Mstanry Ey enrarag Post MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ' ONE EDIT!0N 2 CENTS VOI 13. NO. 202. SALISBURY. NORTH CAROLINA. Till KSDAY. Al Gl ST .1(1, THOUSANDS HONOR ROWAN'S VOLUNTEER SOLDIERS ON DEPARTURE FOR FORT PRICE TWO CENTO Main Street in Vicinity of the Armory Jammed With Peo ple to Witness Parade Headed By Two Bands the Troops March Through Main Street to the Station Where a regular Sea of Peo- WAR PLAN GERMANY DATES BACK 8 YRS Military Preparation to Make War on Russia Was Known to Russian Ministry. Die Greeted Them B a n d : michelsson testifies he j n , p FURNISHED INFORMATION vuiiicus auu viciiciai i die well? Train Departs Amid Cheers From the Citizens and Shouts From the Sol dier Boys. Creeds, political and social lines were entirely obliterated in Salisbury last night when it seemed as though the whole of Salisbury and Spencer, Was Russian Military Attache at Berlin and Imparted Infor mation to His Government. Official Reports from Paris Indi cate a Temporary Deadlock, Only Infantry Activity. FRENCH REPULSE GERMANS GAIN GROUND AT VERDUN Falling Off in Number of French Vessels Lost is Reported by Nearly Half. (By Associated Press.) Petrograd, Aug. .'!(). German mili tary preparation was known to the Russian war ministry and it is also clear that Germany contempl Jted a declaration of war in 190!) and again in 1 i III, according to testimony giv en yesterday by General Michelsson augmented by a goodly part of the al tne trlal 01 lneral houkhomllnofr, county, appeared to have turned out en masse to bid goodbye to Rowan's volunteer soldier boys, the members of the 4th Co., C. A. C, who departed about 9:30 o'clock for Fort Caswell. Groups of people gathered around the entrance of the armory late in former minister of war, or bh trea son. The witness was a military attach o the Russian embassy in Berlin from r.KKi to 1911. He swore he reported the German military activity to th Russian war office. The President the afternoon to watch the process of ! of th" c,,urt asketl General Michelsson loading baggage and paraphernalia on big moving vans to be carried to the station and placed in the baggage car parxed, along with the passenger coaches, for use of the company. As early as 7 o'clock last evening people began to gather on the streets to await the appearance of the soldiers for the parade and by 8 o'clock Main street, in the business section of the city, especially the block on which the armory is located was packed with people, it being almost impossible for one to wedge his way through the crowd1 directly in front of the armory, where two bands of music had enliv ened the waiting time, while across the street, in front of A. Parkecta j store, a drum and fife corps was ren dering stirring and warlike music. Almost promptly at 8 o'clock the lineup for the parade was formed and it began to move a few minutes af terward. Heading the parade was Chief of Police J. F. Miller, clearing the way and piloting the local army. Then came the Salisbury Municipal Band and Proctor's Salisbury Band, one wearing blue uniforms and the other red. In the parade these splen did musical organizations alternated with continuous music along the route. Behind the bands and leading the soldiers came Captain D. E. Munch, at the head of his company and with him walked Mayor Walter H. Woodson. Then followed the en tire company marching with precis ion and headed by the color bearer and buglers and the men marched in platoon formation, close up, with guns and bayonets erect over shoulders. The boys never looked better or more soldierly and continuous applause greeted them as they tramped through the crowded street. Closing the par ade was the drum and fife corps, composed of W. A. Smith with the fife and Messrs. P. H. Meroney and J. P. Weber beating the drums, the latter being one of Salisbury's oldest citizens and a drummer in the civil war. I The march was from the armory down South Main street to Bank, doubled back to Council and then to the station via the latter street. As the end of the orocession reached the intersection of Main and Innes streets the crowd fell in behind, pedestrians and automobilists and no such sight has this broad thoroughfare ever pre sented before. Broadway never pre with what power Germany proposed to align herself in 191-t against Rus sia. The witness asked permission to reply to the President only as the request was granted. OFF FOR GREENVILLE With More Than Two Hundred Men the Company Left Early in the Day for the Training Grounds at Green ville, South 'Carolina. (Special to The Post.) Hickorv, Aug. 30. Company A of the First North Carolina Regiment of infantry left here at 6 o'clock this morning for Greenville for training. The company is composed of 199 men ! and the officers. Despite the early hour of leaving a number were on hand to see the men off and gave them a cordial good-bye. If the Athletics could sting the bal ance of the American league circuit the way they do the White Sox, the Mackmen would be up there fighting for a cut in the big scries money. throughout the crod and the only way to find any particular soldier was just to keep moving and take chances on running on him. It was a solemn occasion in some respects and there were no few tear-dimmed eyes in the crowd as some father and mother, brother or sister, wife or child bade loved one good-bye. But the boys were happy, jolly, optimistic and not one but who had that "I'll come back" spirit. It was a conglomerated crowd, made up- of rich and poor, high and Wx, every creed and all political par ties, as well as every social set being represented. And they all were there to accord the soldier boys good-bye and to show them that their hearts were with them and that they 'would not be forgotten. It was expected that the men would leave on a special but their cars were tacked on to No. 43, leaving about 9:30 o'clock. The Hendersonville company was expected to arrive on Western No. 12 and the two compan- (Hy Associated Press.) Military operations on the Franco- 1 Belgian front continue to be of a mi-! nor nature only in contrast with the i stilling activity of last week at Ver-1 dun and Flanders. I Today's official report from Paris shows the situation along the French lines to be one of temporary dead lock, nothing more important taking place than artillery combats, trench raids and infantry o.;:eiations of lo cal significance. In the region east the FreniM re pulsed similar attempts of the tier mans to push back the French posi tions in Verdun region and penetrate the lines north of Caurieres ood. All were completely checked, as was the German thrust in the Ainse region near Chevreu.x. There was active artillery fighting in the Verdun re gion and similar spirited activity at points in the Ainse sector. Although there was a slight in crease in the number of British ves sels sunk last week as shown by last night's reports from London, French shipping suffered leas from submar ine attacks than in the preceeding week, the French losses totalling! four vessels as compared with nine the week of August 19th. The sinking by a submarine of an American vessel, the schooner Laura Anderson, is reported today. The crew was saved. Rome reports the repulse of an Austrian counter attack on the Isonzo region. The Italians held all posi tions firmly and even gained ground at points. They took 5t0 prisoners. Two Russian Regiments Leave Trenches. Petrograd, Aug. 30. A large pro portion of two Russian regiments in the Foyshani region on the Ru3ian front left their trenches and retired yesterday says today's war office statement. The dispersal of one res- iment followed and measures were taken, it is stated, to restore the po sition affected in the battle now in progress. THREE VIRGINIANS KILLED BY CARS Richmond, Aug. 30 Thomas P. Howard, Chief Bank Examiner for the 5th Federal Reserve district, his brother Overton Howard and his nephew, Rich ard Bagby age 16 years, were all instantly killed this morning near Asheland, Virginia, when a North bound Richmond and Chesapeake electric car struck the automobile in which they were riding. ADJI I ANT GENERAL OF I' tsar- -Vf BULL HNS AMERICAN ST K AM Kit SINK London, Aug. 30. The American scooner, Laura C. Anderson, was sunk by l. miiDs from a submarine on Thurs day. All -members of the crew were saved end landed at an Knglish port. COTTON FIRM CHARTERED. Rileigh, Aug. 30. The Uthan BiadshiiW Company, of Greensboro, was today charteied by the secretary of state with an authorized capital of S500.000, $100,000 of which is paid in. The concerr proposes to do a general cotton brokerage business. NEW SKIPS COMING I P. .'.ondon, Aug. 30. The firit of the PRESIDENT FIXES Mr. Wilson Through Secretary or war issues a Price for Newsprint Paper. a. A. 1 MRS. MAUD KING i TV:" ij SJi. V ! MEETS TRAGIC DEATH ' New York Woman Visiting Missei Means Accidentally Shooti j Self While Practicing. j IN COMPANY WITH THREE I OTHERS AT TIME ACCIDENT General Henry P. McCain. MAY LEAD TO BETTER PRICES FOR PUBLISHERS Suggested That Vast Sums Money Spent at Christmas be Used in Restoring Europe. i Illy Associated Press.) . Washington, Aug. :10. In an order ! which newspaper publishers regard ! as a precedent President Wilson U- day fixed a price of '1 1-2 cents a j pound for news print paper for the j use by the government in ,inming I me omciai nuiienii unicti me eov ernment issues daily. General Henry P McCain is adju tant general of the United States A i my with headquarters at Washing ton. With the increase of the army to more than a quarter of a million he is a much busier man than were those who held the same pjace in years past. EVADED LAW SO FAR Eagle Eyes of Itncle Sam'i Officers Have Not Located Them Hints or German Spy Co operation. The older fixing the price was iH- Pritish standarized merchant steam- j SUed by Secretary Baker at the in thiough subniarie attacks has beer. ! stance of President Wilson under the ships to replace the tonnage lost National Defense act which empo- i ers ir.e resident to Tlx a price on sup plies needed by tV government in commissioned after completing a most successful trial. The ktv! was laid down in February, the hull launched in June. It is one of six different types of vessels from 8000 tons down ward now being built. Many hundreds of these vessels will be constructed. SEVEN MEN KILLED. AMERICAN VESSEL Aberdeen, Md., Aug. 30. Seven men were killed and two injured at a fennsylvania railroad crossing near here this morning. The dead men were tomato pickers and were riding to work in a wagon which was run down by the train. OE A SUBMARINE I ies ere to form a special train out sented a busier scene. The sidewalks I of Salisbury. However, the Hender sonville boys did not come this way ;ere a continuous, raging stream ui humanity, flowing toward the station and the street was literally jammed with motor vehicles, their glaring headlights illuminating the whole scene. Scene at the Station. The scene at the station was indes cribable. The great sheds and land ings far cut were one sea of human ity. The company had marched to the far end of the station and halted near the telegraph office, but it was impossible for many to get nearer at first than Council street. Every van tage point, trucks, automobiles, shed supports and girders were pressed into service as reviewing stands and it was a sight to get an elevated raosi tion and look over the crowd. Bands were playing, flags waving and the people shouting. The men were lined up and the roll called, every volunteer answering to his name. Then they were at liberty to mingle with loved ones and friends and for an hour or more the scene was of bee hive appearance. The toys were scattered everywhere They evidently were switched off at Statesville and taken over the A. T. & O., direct to Charlotte, a saving in distance of 26 miles. The baggage and two coaches occupied by the Row an boys were hooked on to the rear of No. 43, and as it pulled out there was shouting from without and from with in, the cheers of the people at the station almost being drowned out by the cheers of the soldiers as they lined the doors of the baggage car, the platforms and hung from the windows, and their shouts only died out as the train rounded the curve at Council street and vanished out of si?M But the memory of those boys and the scenes attending: the occasion will never fade from the memory of any who witnessed it. In the baggage car with those at tending there were two beautiful bull doT puppies, mascots of the company, and on each side of the lead car was a large streamer containing the words, minus any abbreviations: "4th Co.. Salisbury. N. C Steamer Carrying Medical Corps to Europe Saves Its Own Destruction When Chief Gunner Gets in Telling Shot, the First Fired. (By Associated Press.) Portland, Ore., Aug HO How a steamer, carrying a unit of the Amer ican medical corps to Europe fot ser vice smashed the periscope of a sub marine with her guns and averted her own destruction is told in a letter re ceived today by Dr. J. W. Morrow from his son, Dr. Earl Morrow. "It was just after breakfast and I was standing aft," said Dr. Morrow, "when suddenly I saw a periscope emerge 300 yards astern. Before I pushed out a warning the chief gun ner had spied the periscope and open ed fire. The first shot struck the per iscope and smashed it to pieces. It sank and we did not ?ee the submarine again." SENATOR WALSH'S WIFE DEAD Washington, Aug. 30. Mr.-.. Thos. J. Walsh, wife of Senator Walsh, of Montana, died in a hospital in Balti more early today. The body will be taken to her hom? in Helena, Mon tana, where the funral and burial will be held. DAMAGING STORM IN LOC VILLE. Louisville, Ky., Aug. 30. Property in this city last night sustained dam age totaling $150,000 in a rain storm which appioached a cloudburst. The downpour and damage was confined to the central business district. Street car trattic was suspended nearly an hour in the shopping section, which prevented hundreds from reaching their homes in the residential dis tricts of the city. prosecution of the war. The order is directed to the International Paper ( ompany which refused to sell the government the paper at this price. Publishers who learned of the or der voiced a hope that this might open the way for cheaper news iprint paper for fie general publishers. They call attention to the fact that the provision is made for fixing a pi ice for the general consumer at the same figures which the government fixes for its own use. Coal Men to Accept or Reject. The Federal Council in charge of the country's coal industry is today seeking to find out if the directors of the National coal association will ac cept the prices named by President Wilson without protest or not. Their reolv is expected to be received to day. IHvert Money to Relief Work. The officials of the National Patri otic and Defense Lengue issued a statement today in which it is urged that the vast sums of money used each year at Christmas be diverted this year to the relief work and be used in relieving the wounded sl- diers of France, rehabilitating the levastated villages of Europe anil the funds for the crippled children of Europe. ENTIRE POLISH CABINET SIGNS RE. GOVERNOR BICK ETT'S COMING. With the Kaiser, Berlin or Bust" Announcement That He is to Speak in Salisbury Next Monday Hailed With Delight by the People. The announcement, made in the Post Wednesday, that Governor Thos. W. Bickett had accepted an invitation to spepk to the people of Rowan in Salisbury next Monday, has been re ceived with genuine delight by both people of the city and county. Many have already expressed a keen desire to hear him and there is every prob ability that the Tabernacle, where the speaking will take place, will be taxed to its capacity. The hour for the speaking is 11 o'clock. The Gov ernor is expected on an early morn ing train and will be taken to Barber shortly after the noon hour in order to catch the Asheville-Goldsboro train for Raleigh.- The county will be thor oughly billed, announcing hi coming To Hell and hundreds of people from the ru- Copenhagen, Aug. 30. A Berlin paper reports that the entire Po lish Council of State has resignc! The great underlying cause for this decision to abandon the attempt ti organize a government under sup posed German protectorate is the change in the Polish attitude result ing from the Russian revolution. WEATHER FORECAST i ral districts will be 'here. llfiRS A Patriotic Social. There will be given on the roof garden of the Wallace building, Fri day niiht, Aug. 31st, parrtotlr so cial in honor of the members of tlic order of the Sons and Daughters of Liberty of Salisbury Council No. M, who have been drated for the army. It is hoped that everyone drafted will be present, and also that evej-y mem ber of the council will be present on the roof garden Friday night. A reg ular business meeting of the council will be held in their hall Thursday night. A full attendance is desired. Asheville, Aug. 30. Mysterious hirts are given of the co-operation of German spies or secret agent in the complete disappearance of Sig fried Sonncck, who ince his escape from Hot Springs last Sunday night, has eluded, or at least ha,d,' until a late hour lust night, the eagle sigfct and long arm of Unci? Sam's depart ment of justice. Many helieve that the escupa of the Herman whs aided irt more ways than one by agents of thr- imperial govern ment in this part of the country. Thcv say, however, that it is possible that Sonnerk's get-away from the Hot Springs camp, was made alone, or probably without the help of outsid er. But once outside the camj;, away from its vigilant watchers, it is point ed out that help could have bepn given the fugitive without exciting either comment or suspicion. Then, too, the fact that all trace of the two Germnn women, one the wire of Sonneck, and the other of known sympathy, has been lost, as though loth hd been swallowed ud by th earth, or transported through the air, hits added to the mvstery. Since the disappearance of the trio, with the dog, said to be an inseperable com panion of the elderly German woman, only one clue haa been located that would indicate that they had been at large in or about Asheville or vicin ity. This was found by a United States effieer in one of the many ho tels in Asheville, and was thought to indicate that the women had been in the city up to 10 o'clock Sunday night. Coroner's Verdict Was Accident al Death in the Careless Handling of a Pistol. (Special to Post.) Concord, Aug. 30. Mrs. Maud King, of New York, aged 47 years, who has been the guest of Misses Kate and Belle Means .for the past week or ten days, met a tragic death at 8 o'clock last evening a few miles from this city. She, in company wit.i Mr. Gaston Means and hK bro ther and r.notyr friend, motored out from the city to engage in target piactice, taking two pistols and a ri fle with them. Two miles from the ci'j they got out of the machine and went to a spring to get some water. While Mr. Means was getting water he heard the report of a pistol and returning to where the party wu saw Mrs. King falling. He called the others to come to the assistance. An examination disclosed that the bullet had entered the head behind the left ear. The wounded woman was hurried to this city in the au tomobile and taken -to the hospital but death resulted shortly afterwartl. A coroner's jury rendered a verdict that the deceased came to her death by the accidental discharge of a pis tol in her own hands. The body will leave here tonight on No. 12 and will be taken to Chicago for burial. Visiting here with Mrs. King was her sister, Mrs. Melvin, also of New York. 4 i.. . 25,000 NEW YORK CP IE; PEACE NOTE REPLY INCREASE IS SHOWN IN NUMBER VESSELS SUNK Commission Named by the Chancellor to Reply to Pope Adjourned to HeaV From the Allied Governments. (By Associated Press.) Amsterdam, Aug. 30. The com- j mission named by the Chancellor forj Chancellor Michaelis declares that framing a reply to the Pope's peace Germany cannot offer neace un'il ov- note held its first meeting last night ertu res are forthcoming front the Al- Fighteen Ships of More Than 1,600 Tons Were Sent to the Bottom 15 Sunk the Week Before. London, Aug. 29. An Increase in the number of British vessels sunk last week by mines or ubmarineS'is shown by the weekly admiralty state ment issued tonight. Eighteen vsels of more than 1,000 tons were sent to the bottam, as compared with 15 Jc previous week, and five vessels 'of less than l.fiOO'tons, as against three the previous week. The summaiy of the statement follows: "Arrivals, 2.629; sailings, 2,680. "'British merchant vessels sunk by mine or submarine over 1,00 tons, 18; under 1.600 tons, including one previously, five. "British merchant vessels unsuc cessfully attacked, including two pre viously, six. "British fishing vessels sunk, none." Fighting Men of the American Met ropolis Parade for Sis Hour in Review of Multitudes of People on Their Departure for Greenville, 8. C. (By Associated Press.) e New York, Aug. 30. The spectacle of 25,000 fighting men marching;,, down Fifth avenue, New York, trop for the democracy battle line in Euf" rope, stirred the city to its depths to day. With a pride ind natrioti? faf vor and emotion that roes nith a " farewell with the soldiers they seem ed to grip with the common intensity of the two million people who watched rank upon rank of khiki as it swung by. The troop of New York State, former national guardsmen, now the 21st division of the United States Army, marched before leaving for the preliminary training camp rt Green ville, S, C, so the city -flight give them a send off worthy their ultimate mission. The soldiers called forth roais of cheers almost continuous for the more than six hours that it took the division to march from JlOth street to Washington square. ? "Only a drop in a great bucket," exclaimed a British army officer in the' reviewing stand, "but that long confidence and American stride. I tish the Kaiser could see it, and this wonderful demonstration." v;. t Probably showers this afternoon and tonight; Friday fair; light south west winds. , with Chancellor Michealis presiding The session adjourned pending hear ing from the allies of Germany, the governments at Vienna, Sofia and Constantinople. Maybe the St. Ixmis Browns will throw a scare into the American league pennant chasers as they did last season maybe. lies. Considering what is taking place on the vaHeus war fronts, tnis fel iow Mike is parting on seme very chesty airs. Ksnsai City Tournal. IAN TI PREVENT REASSEMBLING OF THE DIET The oldest farm hand in the United States Is Jacob HoeVeck, of Roxbor rugh. Pa. He is 106 years old and has held his job for 82 years on the Kirkner farm. Defy the Decision of the Russian Government and Crews of Warship Are Ordered to Return to Their Vessels City of Heilingfors is Quiet. (By Associated Press.) Heifingfors, Finland, Aug. 30. Russian troops occupied the Parlia ment buildings at an early hour to day to prevent the reassembling of the Diet, in defiance of a decision of the Russian government. The city is calm. The House Council of Workmen's and Soldiers and Deputies has ordered the crews of warships to return to their vessels. ; - -.j V Vj A business mas of Vaucover, B. C, has a record of fifty-oone round trips to London, England, " ;