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Save and Win the War; Waste and Lose n few y JEvenranig P WEATHER FORECAST Fair and colder tonight; cold wave; Wednesday continued colder. ONE EDITION 2 CENTS MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS VOL. 13. NO SALlSlUiKV, NORTH CAROLINA. VVKIINKSI) AY. OCTOHEK 31, 1917 PRICE TWO CENTS BE VAST ABLE TO HOLD MUNITIONS BURNED CODORNA MAY QUANTITIES THEWARTAXIS THE GRAND JURY REM FOR SERVICE STILL ISTOILING If He Plans to Stand Along the ; Destructive Blaze at the Piers of Taglimento River There Will J the Baltimore & Ohio Rail Be Fighting in a Few Days, j road in Baltimore. NO NEW VICTORIES ARE CLAIMED BY INVADERS Internal Conditions in Italy Are improving, a Hew uaomet Announced. (By Associated Press.) General Cadorna's rear guard is doing notable work in an effort to,Kri'at conflagration in Feburuary, slow up the advance of the Austro- j 1.!'04' that destroyed the business sce r. j , i , t . i tion of the city, is racing at mid- German invaders in northeast Italy,1 , , . , , " mitr.it on the big piers of the ,rfa!h nccr.lmg to indications in today's offi- I more & Ohio railroad at its exten cial report from Rome. The retreat jsive terminal at Locust Point on the toward the line of the river contin ues under this protection shield. Along the streams that thickly thread the Friuli plain and on the im minence further north the covering troops are making numerous stands, compelling the Teutons to halt and i fight, while the Italian cavalry co.i-I tinues to harrass the advancing col- j umn. Berlin's announcement says the campaign is being developed in accordance with Austro-German in tentions. The German and Austro-Hungari-ais are driving through the plains of Venitia to the Tagliamento river, , . while another nrmv is pndpavonncr to I , ... , .. " , , . r. break through the defenses of the Cornic Al s n an attem t to out ornl ps in an a emp o ou flank the Tagliament line. Undine . , . , which has been abandoned by Gen-1 . , . cral Codorna. is occupied by the in- , , , 1 . , vaucia vv iiuisv auvmiv-c guiiu it 11.11 lassed by cavalry of the Italians be quest of men and guns. Udine is less river. General Codorna who has succeeded in saving the bulk of hi3 forces occupies a position south of Tolmino.. During the past two d&yi Berlin has reported no additial con quest of men and guns. UJine is less than 15 miles of the Taliamcnto and if General Codorna has decided to stand there fighting should be the rulte within the next few days. The Germans threatening move ment in the Corina region is not jex pocted to develop greatly and is not regarded as a ser;ous menace to the Taliamento line. Vienna reports the capture of the position of Pontasel near the Ploecken pass on the St.' Pal. These positions are on the Austro ttalian border and is not likely that Codorna is piaparing to draw in his lines there and retreat to the Tagiia niento river line. Since Wednesday the Austro-Ger-1 mans hive occupied about 800 square miles of Italian territory, the great- est depth being between Tomolem and j Uline about 25 miles. The United ! States will give Italy all the aid it ! can in money, food, fuel and muni-1 tions, while Great Britain and France have troops on the way to northern Italy. The internal situation in Italy is; ... .. , ., nu. m j , . . ! could not give an estimate of the improving. The Olando cabinet has;, . . .. , , ., . j a- loss but it will reach several mil- been formed and the foreign office j jj will undergo no chiinge, as Sennio has , ' M tu n. mmi- . uTt i- I loss More Than Three Million. aKJcm w icumii men, pui uuuu. In Flanders the British have been successful in minor operations east of Ypres. The Canadians have car- ' A j l. 1 i, m .1 f riea me duik oi oi tne ngntmg in ,-, , ... . i. Polepassa with the obiect of straightening out the line. Passon . . , . . . iL ,. -, dnle wr.s taken by the Canadians but ..Lie ...un mivc.i uuv. D-JK icimill rain fall and strong winds have ham-1 , , , , . A, ,. pered the attacks but the Canadians reached their objective Emperior William has placed at the head of h government. Count i.eorge F. Von Hrtl.ng, premier of ; I) : .! 1 J tl. (i.iL.ll. unvaiiii ciia icauci Ul tile aLlluiiL party. Emperor Offered the Place to Hert ling Says Report. .J r m. i i on r, ... r t tne fire was of incendiary oriinn as Goorg F. von Hertl.ng. Premier of ; cieditab,e witnesses state the Bavaria, who recenUy has been men- ! flameg ,e nm ierg g ' tioned in connection with proposed i : u i , i hve points almost simultaneously. changes in the German government, A i ... ... ,. , i tj i- ju u Already railway police are lnvesi..- hr.s arrived in Berlin and has been i ...; A u i . . . , , I gating and have airested one man. received by tmperor Wilham s.mul-1 The ier9 ent 8 value Qt x taneously with Dr. M.chaelis, the Im- j 5a m, the (merchandise stored in Hfrial chartcellor 1 them $1,500,000 and the steamer and Jcordmg to the Berlm Zeitung , The steamer will be axtfyllittig, the chancellorship had , tnmaA . ,, .. , . , . r , . .. , , towed in shallow water and scuttled been offered to the Count and he 1 , . . . .. ij e j I ,n order to extinguish the bre which "IAk V000"8 u was ill burning in the hold at 11 JAt the tune von Bethmann-Hollweg 0clof k hi moing resigned it wis reported th.J' che Emperor had asked the Count to take ! -jru., vnn l . v-mt , i hat YOU save from what OU the position, but he declined it, rec-1 ,,, , . , t mmi, Dr v.-n. .lserve w'1 help turn the scale against appointed. Much attention was attracted by a visit made by Count von Hertling to Vienna last April to discuss peace prospects with Austro-Hungarian of ficials. After he returned from Vi enna, the '.Bavarian Staats-Zwtung, hU pernor el organ, declared for peace (Continued on page S.) j UNITED STATES SECRET i SERVICE INVESTIGATING , Piers Were Loaded With Vast i Quantities of Ammunition for American Expeditionary Force j Bal'imu: e, Oct. .'JO. One of the largest lircs in Baltimore since the south side of the harbor. Piers 8 and 9 arc stored with vast quantities of munitions and supplies for the Amer ican forces in France and their allies. Within 10 minutes after the flames a pre discovered the entire structure was ablaze. Fifteen of the crew of a British steamer, lying at the pier, leaped overboard and it is feared snmp nf thpm wprp ftrnwnprt X Att7 i j u en ui inure .nen finuiojeu un me pier are missing. On one of the piers were some sases of shells which ex ploded at intervals, leading to rumors that the fire department was using dynamite to check the spread of the . . . . lot in;endiary origin, i t, D ,,. . . , Baltimore & Ohio grain eleva- -i1ors are DUj. a snort; distance from , , , I the burning piers, which are the main . , ., . , T. terminal in thi3 county of t?a ruu- wu c r r t ness-Withy English line of steames. Pier 8 was the farmer North Ger- rmm-Lloyd line pier, at which all their ships loaded at this port. The two piers which are destroyed cost about one million dollars each. United States secret service men are at the scene investigating rum ors that suspicious looking men were seen hurrying from tie vicinity a fed minutes after the fire was dis covered by a policeman. A strong northwest wind swept the flames to ward hundreds of small houses to the south of the terminal and occupied by the families of the workmen on the piers. These people fearing for the safety of their husbands, fathers and other male relatives employed about the piers rushed in the direction of the fire and struggled with the police n their desperate effort to cross the cordon. In the Baltimore & Ohio elevators are large quantities of grain ready for shipment to the allies. The firemen have so far succeeded in preventing the flames from spread ing to the elevators. Shortly after midnight Pier 10, the former immigration pier of the Ger- I man Stemship company was burn ing But at that time the fire chief I believed they could confine the flames to the three piers. Baltiomore, Md., Oct. 30. A disas trous fire which wrecked two of the finest Baltimore & Ohio Railroad ter minal piers at Locust Point and i . n:t: v. i- . spread to a British steamship just j.-i.. i f, . iiiH.Keu at one oi tne piers ana ioaa- mg broke out last night, causing a probable loss of seven lives and a fion; i , o(;mof ai K.,.., fL . . ,, , . three ana four million dollars before suMued Fiv(J of h men were members of the crew of the steanighi Anl0ng them were tWQ of the shi officers and the chief n a-r . K riH . n. ivt. aboard. Vice-President J. M. Davis, of the j Baltimore & Ohio said it was the be lief of the officers of the company that I sit down to eat. The Berlin police have prohibited the smoking of tobacco by persons! under sixteen years. ( Human hogs always display their characteristics more emphatically in the dining room. Pittsburg Poet. "So! Your"re soing to make the AT- Numbers Gather About the Com-1 pany's offices. Ostensibly to Induce i Others to Leave Strikers Are I Quiet and Everything is Orderly. By Associated Press.) i Wilmington, Oct. .11. Approxi mately twenty persons of the clerical j force employed in the genral office of the Atlantic Coast Line Railway, Company here failed to report for work this morning, about fifty per ' cent of this number congregating near the office? of the company, os- tensibly to influence others to leave ! their desks. Ilowevei, they were or-j derly and no violence is being offered, j Officials looked down on the crowd j but would give nothing for publica- i tion. There was one lady in the crowd, an employe of the car record office. ! The president of the newly forme; cterk's union stated that many others ! would walk out before '.he end of the day. Later today President J. R. Henley of the Atlantic Coast Line agreed to hold a conference with the clerks in the employ of the company and R. W. McWade, representing the de partment of lalior at Washington, but would have nothing to do with the men who left their desks. No tieup is threatened but those who went out are no longer considered in the em ployment of the company. T .1 Washington Is Experiencing Her Last Day oT the Legal Sale of In toxicating Liquors Event to Be Celebrated in a Jubilant Manner. Washington, Oct. 31. At mid night tonight national capital goes dry. Among the establishments go ing out of business under the terms of the Shepherd prohibition law are seveial which have during historic existence of half a century bean fa miliar meeting places (or prominent political figures of past generations. Washington is planning a fareweil celebration and the usual carnival scenes will probably be enacted as the closing hour approaches. From eight to ten miles is the great distance a gunner can cover successfully at sea. world safe for Democracy, eh?" "Yes, But firat I'm going to make CUSTODIAN OF THE ENEMY'S PROPERTY f HOK A MlTCHtLL PALMtR, A. Mitchel Palmer, the newly ap pointed custodian of enemy propeity, 1 who is given largi powers by Cong- COMPLETE POWERS ARE CONFERRED ON PALMER Washington, Oct :!0. President Wilson today issued an executive rr ri?r conferring upjn A. Mitchell Pal mer, custodian of enemy property, full powers to carry out the piovision- of the trading with the enemy art re-! lating to the taking over of the prop-, erty of an enemy for the duration of i the war. .Mr. Palmer immediately lc- j gan organizing of his statf by appont- ing J. Loinberger Davis, of St. Ioui? ' managing director of the office. .Mr. Palmer is authorized by the I President to name depositaries for the i millions of dollars worth of propeny j soon to be turned over to him and ; he is empowered to appoint and fix th? salaries of all necessary attor neys, investigatois, accountants and ! clerks. His own salary is made $5, 000 a year. The President's order makes avail able $165,000 for carrying on the work. The organization of the custo dian's staff will be completed as speedily as posible as all properties under the act must be turned over to the new bureau within 30 days. Gei many has assured Sweden thatj incidents calculated to disturb their f iendly relations will noi occur again. That's what H always says while pre paring for more outrages. Pittsburg Post if 3 if ' ' ' ' ' it Unsafe for Autocracay!" A SUIT AGIST The Ford Company and the Chief Owner, Henry Ford, Lose in a Suit Brought by Dodge Bros. DEMANDED DISTRIBUTION THE COMPANY'S EARNINGS Court Sustained Contentions of the Dodge Brothers of the Stockholders. R,' Associated Press.) Petroit, Oct. .11. The suit against the Ford Motor Company and Henry Ford, by Frank Dodge and Horace Dodge to complete the distribution of the dividends instead of using tl.cm to increase the investment was decid ed in favor of the Dadge brothers, in a decision handed down today by Judge Hosemer. The case was argued hire several woe' s ago ind witnesses testified at that time. About 0,000,000 are involved. The Dodge brothers rre stockhelders and Ai re represented by attorneys wu.o asked that Fird ai.d the Ford company be preven'.-d from I U'T"' . ........ j , . a great blast furnare at River Roti'.e, near Detroit. .10 NT1MIDATE LATIN AIR. Von Luxberg, Former (id mm i Chcrges at Buenos Air?a. Asked for I'-Boats for Purpose of Fright- ; ening Latin American Countries : I'nfriendly to (irrmany. (By Associated Presi.) Washington, Oct. HI. New lich was thrown on tie widespread ramifi cations of German intrigue by the publication today of the State De partment's revelation that the n.)t) lious fount von Lexberg, Gernnn charge ?t Buenos Aires plotted ts obtain German domination over Southern Brazil and whose "spurbs versenkt" communication to the Ber lin foreign office was made public re vently b" Secretary Lansing, appeal ed to his government for a squadron of submarines to intimidate Lat.n Americans, unfriendly to the German cause, according to new disclosures. If in 191 S thousands of American soldiers needlessly die because of shortage due to drinking labor, God will look down upon their prostrate bcJies a.id say, "The United States government has passed here." HENRY FORD HOLDS Today Is the Last Day of the Old Order, New Begins Tomorrow and Tax Goes Into Effect. ! SOME OF THE MOST COMMON j MATTERS OF TAXATION The Nation at War Is Preparing Detective Jones Was Recalled to Tax People Under Revised j and the Jury Is Still Mak Revenue Schedule. j ing Its Investigation. (By Associated Press.) I (Special to The Post.) Wunhirititon, Oct. This is the Concord, Oct. 31. The Cibarrui Inst day f viae, from manv new wari10""1' KM. jury .inveiiigaunr MW taxes. With the exception of increased let ter rato:i and tobacco taxes which go I mtJ effect rtiduy, the special ntanip and ptusonal post packages which go into operation December 1, all spectal taxes begin to apply at midnight to night. They Include: One cent on each dime paid for amusement admissions. Three rt r tent, on pa-Mtn rer fares. Ten per cent, on payments for Pull irmn ami sin-'lai' accommodations. . Five per cent, on oil pipe lino trans portation. One cent for cuch 20' cents or frac tion paid for express paskages. ' Five cmts on each telegraph, tele phone or radio message ranting fifteen cents or more. Various taxes on cigars, cigarettes, tobacco and products. Ten per cent, on club dua.i. FiRhi cents on each f 100 of new life insurance and one cent on each dollar premium paid on fire, marine, casual ty and ither insurance policies. Althoufih,the tobacco taxes, do not become operative until Friday many dealers have already advanced retail prices in anticipation of th tax lev ies. . Ail . M . 1 - l t.-l..J "omcs and war-excess profits, have been in effect ainca the law was ap- picved October 3, but In indirect form. Oil December 1, the new stamp tax es inclu ling th:&i on parcel post pack et ill be payable, putting the entire law into complete opertion, ex cept for increased rates on second cbis mail, postponed until July 1 next. Increases in f rst class mail rates probably will be most generally felt by the people. The luw provides that the postage on letters, except "drop" i" local lettsra, shall bo 3 cents; and that on post-cards, including private ailing catds, shall be one cent more than heretogore. This increase in cludes so-called picture post-cards. The advances were made effective thirty days after passage of the law, and are constructed by the Post Of lice department to begin with letters and post-cards postmarked Nov. Z. The increases also have been ex tended bv departmental order to ftrst class mail to man foreign countries, which, under postal conventions, have enjoyed the domestic rates. The new 3-rcnt letter rate, therfore, will apply to letters to Canada, Cuba, Mexico, Pan ami, England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, the Buhamjs, Barbadoes Brit ish Guinea, British Hondura, Santo Domingo, Dutch West Indies, Reward ilslands, Ncwfoundlan and New Zea land. The postcard increase will ex 'end to Canada, (tuba, Mexico and Panama, the only countries which have enjoyed the domestic post-card rate. For consumers' convenience, books of poytage stamps containing 3-cent stamps are in readiness for sale and the department has had printed thous ands of 2-cent post-cards. First class m-iil postmarked tomorrow or any time prior to 12:01 a. m. Nov., 2 re Rjrdleas of time taken for deliverey, will be transmitted at the old rates but that pstmaked therafter must pay the increased toll. Amusement admiesion taxes become effective tomorrow at places charg ing more than 5 ctnts. They are I cent frr cich tvn cents cr fraction paid for such admission, payable by the person admitted but ccilectcd b;; the government from the amusement proprietor, required to mike sworn returns to the treasury. A flat tax of 1 cent for each child under 12 admitted when children art charged also is provided. Passes alo are taxed, except those to bona fide employe, municipal officer and chil dren under 12 at the regular rate, which also is extended to nbarets or other entertainment in which the ad mission is included in the pries paid for refreshment, merchandise or ser vice. Persons leasing theatre boxes must pay ten per cent on their ren tal. The newrates on cifrarj range from uiner taxes oi uie tifw iaWpWCJUBf (sti,. ,.. .... , ing thee on hard and soft Mnki.W'SK?.?, 25 cents to 7 per thousand and on dustriai or . weekly-payment ponwej cigarettes) from 80 cents to 11.20 perjure taxed forty per cent on the first thousand. - Fire cents a pound is the premium on policies for $300 er less. Cabarruk Body Investigating the Means Indictments Is Not Like ly to Report Before Night. ' NEW YORK PAPERS ARE BEING EXAMINED CLOSELY the case of Gaston B. Means, charg ed with the murder of Mrs, Maude A. Kir;, was still examining, witness, es today with the prospect thnt the entire day would be devoted to the investigation, and it would be night p rtonorrow morning before the re port would be ready to hand into Judge Clino in the Superior court now in aession here. v . William Jones, detective from the office of District Attorney Swann'i office wa taken before the gramd jury yesterday and was called back this morning when the session ta resumed. He was being examined shortly before noon which indicated t'.iat the Jury is making considerable investigation into the papers which were seised in Gaston Mean's apart ments in New York undertones' di rection. Commenting on the Outcome of Grand Jury Investigation. Concord, N. C, Oct. SO.The Co' bnrrus county grand jury adjourned fo rthe night late thiat afternoon with out having completed examination of witnesses in the case of Gaston B. Means, charged in a bill of indict ment presented to the. jranJ jury. Monday by Solicitor Hayden Clo ment with the murder of Mrs. Maude A. King, wealthy New York and August..,, - - After devoting practically the en tire day to the examination of wit. ncsses, there remained six or eight to be examined when the grand jury ad journed pntil tomorrow. However, there is a possibility that the grand jury will complete ita examination of witnesses by noon tomorrow and make its report. It has been r..ksd by Solicitor Clement to return a ''true bill" indicting Means for marder. There is considerable speculation m to what turn the Means ease will take in the event that the grand jury should fail to return a bill of indict ment agninst h;m. In such event it is believed by many that effort will be made by John T. Dooling and oth ers to get Means to Now York.. On the other hand, if a hQ of indictment is returned, it has been talked around town that an effort possibly Kill be made to secure a removal of the case to another county for trial. All thia, however, is rumor and speculation, not based upon any statement by any of the parties directly concerned with the case. Should the case be tried here, in the event of a grand jury indictment, it is hardly probable that the trial would be started before the latte:' part of the week, possibly not before next Monday, as a special venire would be summoned from which to select a jury for the trial. new tax on tobacco, snuff and other manufactured tobacco, while cirger ette papers are taxed from 1-2 cent to 1 cent per hundred. As the taxes are row leaching the ultimate consumer, the raises mean about 1 cent more on tne cent tobacco packages, front 2 to 5 cents on cigarette packages and from 1 to 10 cents on cigars. The taxes -n frt igftt and passenger transportation are also extended to 5 motor vehicle competitions of steam and electric railways and water lines. The passenger transportation tax is io; applole Ho fares costing 33 ccntr rr less or commutation or sea son tickets for trips less than thirty 'i.?. Pii.vnrt?s fee, services ren dered the federal and state govern i.u..ts ate exempt from taxation. The ten per cent lax on Pullman rcro-nodations is applicable to pay ments for seats, bertha, and state rooms in parlor and sleeping ears or on yessele. , . ' - The 5-cent tax on telegraph, teln- phone or radio messages costing 15 ' . cents or nor Applies only to,tho3e orginating ia the United States., f - - Uubs whose dues are less than! $12 ' a year and fees to lodges are exempt '.: forn the 10 per cent tax on chib duea. .4 , . - : V. ; Vs" V 'lhe new insurance taxcj axe im-'. posed n nedw policies issued, with - reinsurance policies exempted. In-
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