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VOL. 14. NO. 19.
REPORTS
BADLY INFECTED
Report Says That That City is in
State of Seige With The Strike
Growing Stronger.
SEVEN HUNDRED THOUSAND
GERMAN WORKERS STRIKE
Number of Socialist Leaders Are
Arrested and Many Women
Have Jonied Strikers.
(By Associated Press.)
TWO MEN KILLED.
London, Jan. 31. The German
strike still -grows in magnitude, ac
cording to the Exchange Telegraph
Company's corerspondent at Copen
hagen, who reports that 700,000 per
sons are on strike. - He reports that
58,000 of these are women. A great
number of socialist leaders have been
arrested at German towns according
to the authority given here.
.
HAMBURG IS SHUT DOWN.
London, Jan. 31. The cessation of
work in Hamburg is now virtually
completed, according to the Daily
Telegraphic dispatches from Rotterdam-
The strikes have?1 extended to
the Vulcan .ship works in Hamburg
and the works of iBlohmi & Voss, an
other large plant building ships is af
fected. Strikers are demanding im
mediate peace without indemnity and
without annexation.
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STATE OF SEIGE AT HAMBURG.
'Copenhagen, Jan. 31. A state of
siege has been declared in Hamburg,
Alton and Vandsbeck, according to
the Hamburg Echo, a Socialist news
paper. E
Overshadowing the Military , Activi
ties is the Internal Discontent and
Economic Disorders in the German
Empire Many Out on Strike, Much
Dissatisfaction.
Transcending in interest even the
great victory of the Italians over the
Austrains on the northern Italian bat
tle front is the political and economic
situation in Germany!.
There, apparently, a large part of
the country is in the throes of a great
labor unheaval, due to dissatif action
hy the working classes over the prog
ress of the peace negotiations and
over internal political conditions gen
erally. Throughout the country thou
sands upon thousands of the working
classes-both men and women have
struck and many of the great manu
factories and industries are affected.
In Berlin alone nearly half a mil
lion persons are reported on strike,
and hourly those who have quit work
are receiving reinforcements. Like
wise, in Keil, the great shipyard cen
ter, at the Hamburg Iron Works, and
in the. Rhenish Westphalian mine re
gion workers have thrown down their
tools and left their jobs.
Led by Socialists.
leaders of the Socialists both of
the indenpendent and the majority fac
tions evidently! are in control of the
movement and for their pains, a num
' ber of the independents have been
ordered imprisoned. Hugo Haase, of
thHtider-endents and, Phillip Scheide
mia majority Socialist leader in the
reichstag are heading their respectiva
followers.
Advices received by way of SwiU
terland are to the effect that the So
cialists have delivered an ultimatum
to the. government demanding the
conclusion of a general peace without
indemnities or annexations, participa
tion by the workmen in peace discus
sions, amelioration of the food situa
tion, the right of pubHe assembly, the
release of all political prisoners and
the introduction of equal electoral
suffrage by direct secret ballot.
New concerning internal condi
tions in Austria still is scant, owing
to the strict censorship. The latest
4nf nrm nn firm wivm4 from Vienna in
that there has been a great conflaga-'
TWO
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INTEREST IS GREAT IN
AMER
INDICATE STRIKE DISORDER I GER
PARIS BOMBARDED
FROM THE AIR
I Fourteen Tons of Bombs Dropped
on French Capital by Ger
man War Machines.
TWENTY PEOPLE KILLED
AND FIFTY ARE INJURED
One German Machine Brought
Down and the Occupant Made
Prisoner by the French.
(By Associated Press.)
Paris, Jan. ,31. Twenty persons
were killed and fifty injured in an air
raid last night it was officially an
nounced today. One German machine
was brought down in the raid over the
city, and the occupants of the machine
were made prisoners.
A Reprisal Says Berlin.
Berlin, yia London, Jan. 31. "As a
reprisal," says an official statement
issued today by the war office, "we
dropped fourteen tons of bombs on
Paris."
R. R. WAGE INCREASE.
Claimed Demands if Granted Would
Call for an Additional Five Hun
dred Million Dollars. ... u
(By Associated Press.)
Washington, Jan, 81. Demands
for wage increases pending before the
railroad wags commision form an ag
gregate average of 40 per cent, it was
disclosed today. The demands repre
sent a total of nearly $500,000,000 this
year or about half the railway opera
tive income of last year.
tion in the grain warehouses and that
revolutionaries are suspected of hav
ing started it.
Ultimatum Delivered By Berlin
Strikers.
Zurich, Jan. 30.- The Socialist pa
per Vorwaerts announces that the
3erlin strikers have now become more
numerous and threatening. They
have addressed to the government an
ultimatum of which the following are
the principal demands:
"First, accerlerated conclusion of
a general peace without indemnities
or annexations.
"Second, participation of workmen's
delegates of all the countries in the
peace pourparlers. ,
"Third, amelioration of the food
situation by better distribution.
"Fourth, immediate abolition of the
state of seige and restoration of the
right of public meetings, suspended by
the military- authorities.
"Fifth, abolition of militarization
of war factories.
"Sixth, immediate release of all po
litical prisoners.
"Seventh, fundamental democrati
zation of state institutions.
. "Eighth, the- institution of equal
elecoral suffrage by direct secret bal
lot." Three German Papers are Or
Dered Suspended.
Amsterdam, Jan. 30. The German
censor has ordered The Berliner Tage
blatt. The Vorwaerts and The Berlin
er Post to cease publication, according
to a dispatch received here from Ber
lin. The ban was placed on the
newspapers owing to their attitude
toward the striking workmen in Ger
many, says the dispatch.
Berlin Paper Reports Strikers
Of Thousands
London, Jan. 30. All the workmen
in the Kiel shipyards and in the Vull
can works at Hamburg, and thou
sands of miners i nthe Rhenish West
phalian districts, tttruck on Monday,
according to The Berliner Vossische
Zeitung.
Strikers in Berlin Are Warned '
By Hindenburg.
Amsterdam, Jan. 30. The Rhein
eische Westfalische Zeitung, of Essen
a copy of which has been received
here, reports that Field Marshal Ton
Hindenburg has . warned the strikers
in Berlin to cease their movement im
mediately. He told them, according
to this newspaper that they were .be
ing misled, adding:
"F.very hour you lose means the
weaking of Germany's defense. You
are committing a'crime against oar
army and an act of cowardice against
your, brethren in the front trenches."
MEMBER
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Former President Tells a Columbia,
S. C, Audience He Believes War
Will Last From Two to Three Years
Longer.
Columbia, Jan. 30. That defeat of
America and her allies in the present
war will mean either that the United
States will have to become a vassal
of Germany or a permanent armed
camp to come to grapples with the
minions of the kaiser in future years
was the assertion of William Howard
Taft, former President of the United
States, in an address to the general
assembly shortly after noon today.
The former President arrived in
Columbia at noon today for the pur
pose of making patriotic addresses
to the men at Camp Jackson. He is
visiting the training camps under the
auapicies of the Young Men's Chris
tian Association. While here he will
be the guest of George L. Baker, who
gave a luncheon in his honor this af
ternoon, attended by Governor Man
ning and other prominent citizens.
Mr. Taft said that America should
thank God that she is in the war now
"with allies who have been fighting
our battle for the past three years
against this monster of militarism
which is attempting to crush the
Christian civilization of the world."
He warned the people of South Caro
lina against the talk of premature
peace, saying it was a bait of Ger
many to make us lessen our prepara
tions.
- In his opinion the war will yet
last from two to three years longer
and he is in favor of sending overseas
and army of between fire and seven
million men so that a peace can be
won which is not representative "of
the kaiser, the German people and
the Potsdam gang."
The average number of letters cen
sored each day in the London Postal
Censorship department is 175,517,
weighing about four tons. '
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
SALISBURY, NORTH CAROLINA, THI.'RSDAY, JANUARY 31, 1918.
IT
OX THE WHITE HORSE.
1 STATE FUEL OFFICER
E
Story in Morning Paper That Hydro-Electric
Power Plants May
Operate on Heatless Monday.
MR. M'ALLISTER HAS TRIED
TO MAKE PRACTICAL TESTS
The Uppermost Thought Was to
Save Fuel and Rulings Are
Based on That.
(Special to The Post.)
Grensboro, Jan. 31. State Fuel Ad
ministrator McAllister states that he
has wired to Washington for confirma
tion of the statement which appeared
in the morning papers in reference to
the operation of plants using hydro
electric power on "heatless Mondays."
He states that he ruled in the outset
that there would be no saving of fuel
by shutting dowh hydro-electric driv
en plants, and that the fuel order did
not apply to them, if they used fuel
for heating only.
He state that the reason why he
modified the original ruling was be
cause he received instructions from
the United States fuel administrator
to effect that all plants, including the
hydro-electric driven p'ants are for
bidden to use any fuel for heating
for no other reason than to prevent
damage fro freezing. His reversal of
this ruling was based on the receipt
of wire from Washington in which the
administrator stated that he did not
believe they could operate on only
sufficient fuel to prevent frees irrg.
Mr. McAllister states! that all of his
tests on which rulings were based
was whether or not the closing of a
buisness would result in the saving of
fuel, and where he found that such
a dosing would result In saving fuel
he followed the ruling strictly and
where no saving of fuel was shown
he construed the ruling liberally,' but
that was not intended to be taken ak
ASKING FOR ADVIC
Increased Number Due Largely to In
creased Number of Arrivals in Past
Two Weeks Bunker Coal Situa
tion, However, Reported Better.
New York, Jan. 30. There were 451
vessels in the port of New York last
night. Deducting the sailing craft,
motor ships, oil burners and neutrals
held here by the, export embargo,
about 325 coal burning ocean going
steamships in active service were
in port. ' Of these ninety; arrived dur
ing the last seven days, so they were
not figured as loaded and ready for
sea. The remaining 235 must be coal
ed. When Fuel Administrator Gar
field's five-day closing order went in
to effect Jan. 18, there were 197 ves
sels here awaiting coal. A week ago
today there were 183.
The increased number last night was
due in a large measure to the steady
stream of arrivals here for two weeks.
The operating head of one of the
large trans-Atlantic lines referred to
this fact and said to a reporter for
The World:
"The bunker coal situation is very
much better. It is not normal, but
steamship men at least have coal in
sight for all the large liners. We ex
pect improvement right along now."
Joseph E. Parsons, emergency -coal
manager for the shipping board, an
nounced Monday that only twenty
nine steamers were awaiting coal here.
Hit figures are those of vessels whose
owners or agents have applied to him
for fuel. They do not include the
great balk of vessels owned by com
panies which contract with firms for
coaL
a departure from any of the principles
in the rulings and instructions from
Washington. ' .
ffl FRANCE
GERMAN WORKMEN
DEMANDING PEACE
Newspaper Suppressed for Print
ing Ultimatum Demanding a
Peace and No Annexation.
HINDENBURG AND LEADER
KRUPP WORKS APPEAL
No Marked Activity Except on
Northern Italian Front Where
Gains Are Made.
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(By Associated Press.)
For the second, time since Ameri
can troops entered tne front line in
France their position has bean raided
by the Germans. After violent artil
lery barrage and during a heavy fog
the enemy attacked the American po
sition in an unnamed sector on the
French front Wednesday morning.
Two Americans were killed, four
wounded and one is reported missing,
It is believed the missing soldier is o
prisoner of the Germans.
On the sector which was raided have
occurred the casualties announced
from Watfiington during the past
few days. For military reasons it
was inadvisable to send earlier re
ports. Most of the deaths and most
of,thewTd TV V ,hf' p:pvo passing' out op Germany
nel. American cannons and American
macntne guns replied to tne uermani
and it is believed their casualties were
r-J'iSSSfli m0n
General Pershing's troops,
In the first raid November 3rd the
Americans lost three killed, .five
wounded and twelve made prisoners.
Throughout Germany and especially
: .1 i I , u i .1 . i.
in uie muustrim sections in tne norwi-j
'he strike movement is spreading and
more than 600,000 workmen are re
ported idle. Strikers and soldiers are
reported to have collided in a su
burb of Berlin in" which a number of
lives were lost. In several instances
he troops refused to fire on the strik-
ers. Hamburg and Berlin aDDear to,
be tho most seriously affected. The
workers in government and private
dock yards at Kiel have joined the
movement as have more workers in
the industrial cities and towns along
'.he Inline and Wesphalia. Tn the im
portant Bavarian manufacturing
towns of Murenbtirg and Furth the
wqrkmen are out.
Three important Berlin newspapers,
including the Socialist organ Vor
waerts, have been suppressed.
The head of the great Krupp works
find Field Marshal von Hindenburg
have appealed to the workers to stay
at their tasks and the Field Marshal
declared the strikes must cease.
Before being suppressed the Vor
waerts 'printed an ultimatum to the
government in which the workers de
manded immediate peace without an
nexation, ameloration of the food sit
uation, lessening of the military law,
and democratization of state institu
tions. British newspaper ' correspondents
in Holland are uncertain whether the
strike movement is real or manufac
tured. One says the government is
behind it in the hope that it will effect
the entente countt ics and bring peace,
while another believes the government
desired to use the movement to break
off negotiations with Russia.
The Swiss frontier has been closed
and it is expected the strike situation
in Germany will soon reach a crisis.
Except in northern Italy where the
Italians have enlarged their gains
west of the Bretna there has been no
marked military activity.
British merchant vessels lost the
past -week show an increase oyer the
previous two weeks. The current re
port of the British admiralty says IS
ships including nine of more than
1,600 tons were destroyed.
Germans Claim a Breakdown.
Berlin, via .London, Jan. 31. The
Italian attacks, which were launched
yesterday arainst the Austro-Ger-German
position southwest of the
Asiargo on the northern Italian front
broke down under teutonic fire, the
German war office announces. In re
cent fighting the Austro-German fore-,
es increased , the number of .prisoners
to more than 600,
Do ot think that yon are saying
smart things when you say things that
make other peoplesmart Youth's
Companion. " ' i
ONE EDITION
2 CENTS
PRICK TWO CENTS
Germans Raided the Sector Dur.
ing'a Dense Fog and Inflicted
pasualties oa Americans.
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OTHER CASUALTIES RE. '
PORTED IN THIS SECTOR
One American Missing and Is Be
lieved to Have Been Taken a
Prisoner By the Hum.
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With the American Army In France,
Wednesday, (By Associated Press.)
An American position on. this sec
tor of the. French front was raided
during a heavy fog shortly after day
light thia morning The attack, was1
preceeded by a heavy barrage fir.
Two Americana were killed and an
6ther waa wounded. One is missing
and It ia thought that He was taken
prisoner by the Germans. , ; ,
Causaltjcs on this sector have been
occurring almost daily for the paat
several days. ' -
It la not permitted to disclose that
all recent casualties given out from
Washington have occurred at this sec
tor Deaths hfcve been caused by shell
Are, mostly shrapnel.
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MA flltrlimnn., k rr. i .... a :
tondiny Jan. 21-OVo one has been
border into Switserl.nd nines Tue..
day morning, according to a Daily
News dispatch from Geneva c Private
report from . Switzerland represent
the German strike as growing and to
be now taking on a very serious na
ture the coming Tuesday nlgnt When
the Minister of the Interior refused1
to give audience to a delegation of
striking workmen. This refusal in
furiated the men. m '
The Central strike committee of the
Berlin district, has been In continuous
session since Monday noon. The re.
ports of a solidarity of the workmen
reached the commission on Tuesday
from Leitzie-Dusneldorf and Barman
districts, notwithstanding the mill,
tary opposition to such communion.
tion.
LITTLE IS GETTING OUT OF
GERMANY. , , 11
Londan, Jan. 31 Only a few tele
grams dave been-received at Copen
hagen from Germany and dispatches
from the Danish Capital says that
news from the Inside of German la
scarce, owing to the fact that the
leading German papers are not allow
cd to Issue.'
The military authorities of the Ber.
lin district, according to dispatches to
the Polltiken, of Copenhagen, has pro
hiblted all meetings to discuss politi
cal situations and questions. ; Fifty
thousand workmen at Kiel have atop,
ped work. The strike la . general, at
Chemints which la the, center of the
industrial section of Saxony.. The ap
peal which General Hindenburg made
to the workmen has been published '
and posted at every street corner. The
minister of the Interior atill refuses
to hear the delegates from the strik
ing workmen and the strike number
grows. : i
SERIOUS DISTURBANCE
IN TOWN OF ANTWERP
Ivilians Refuse to Work for Germany
and Bloody Clash With Troops En
sues, i
Amsterdam, Jan. SO. The Tele
graaf learns from Flushing that se
rious disturbances have occurrred in
Antwerp. In the cathedral quarter a
civilian refused to' go to work for
Germany, whereupon German soldiers
came to carry him off- Women in that
locality who protested in the street
and reasoned with the soldiers were
dispersed, whereupon a fight ensued
in which one German was killed. The '
authorities Siave already punished one
person and threatened to punish the
ole city if the four men considered
ringleaders are not surrendered be- -fore
February 1. " , vv ' . 5 :
The Telegraif learns that the Flis
aingne military' authorities have ex
pelled from Zealand the German vice-
consul," Tterneuien, owing to his con
nection with smuggling. f
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KILLED IN HE