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Fmm MMMINERY MUST H M7TO TLTO WA B WEATHER .FORECAST , FAIR TONIGHT AND COLDER SATURDAY PAIR BUT STRONG NORTHWEST TO NORTHEAST , WINDS. ONE EDITION 2 CENTS MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS VOL.14. N0.56. SAMSBlfRY, NORTH CAROLINA. FRIDAY, MARCH 15, 1918. PRICE TWO CENTS AMERICAN TALK OUR BIT AND THEIR ALL. We want to stop talking about our "bit." That It an expression we want to put aside and forget, at least until after the war. As long as millions of our young men are being called upon to give their all, we ought to be ashamed to be talking about our "bit." We owe our all just as much as they do, and we have no more right to be talking about bits than Uiey have. A fifty-year-old daddy owes as much to the cause as his 21-year-old son. In fact he owes more, for he has en joyed the freedom and protection of his country longer. When we talk-about our "bit," we ought to ask ourselves what would happen if the soldiers would do only their "bit." Suppose, for instance, that the soldiers would go to the front, Are a round of shells and then put on their coat and walk off, with the expression, "I have done my bit, now let some other fellow do the job awhile." How long would it be be fore the Kaiser would be collecting postage in the Salisbury office? It would not be more than a year, at most. Yet, that is exactly what many of us at home are doing. We pitch a dime in the Red Cross box, deny ourselves a stuffing, because the law refuses us the food to stuff with, buy a Liberty Bond, for our own selfish selves a fine investment do these things then swell out our chest and declare we have done our "bit," and we ought not to be bothered any more for we have done our "bit." If we do not djo more than our "bit",bett8r not do that, but save it for the Kaiser. If we get licked in this fight we will GIVE OUR ALL, NOT OUR BIT, NOT TO THE WASHINGTON GOV ERNMENT, BUT TO THE ACCUS ED KAISER. We will not be called cn to loan money to Big, Rich Uncle Sam at a good rate of" interest, but we will be called upon to GIVE to the most detestable government that ever existed on the face of the earth since the, beginning of time. . We are not going to get licked, but we would get licked if the selfishness of humanity prevailed instead of the courageous generousity of a nation. We are not going to get whipped, but Victory will be long delayed and be brought about at increased cost in case we play with his job by content ing ourselves with doing our "bit." This is no child job, this is no "bit" job, it is a full man's job and an ALL job for every one of us. The longer we alk about "bit" the longer will Victory be delayed. The sooner we begin to give OUR ALL generously the sooner will Victory come to us.. . When the young man lays aside his work and puts on a uniform he does not go to do his "bit," and he has a right to expect more than an insignificant "bit" from those of us at home. Do we complain about long hours? The soldier stays on duty for hours and hours, without sleep and without relief. Do we complain of giving a few dollars, what do they give, dol lars, time and perhaps life? If a soldier gives his life fighting at the front, why should not a civilian at home GIVE HIS LIFE FIGHTING AT HOME? The obligation is just as great on the One as the other, th? need is just as pressing. If Ameri can Jones, Junior goes to the front to fight tha enemy, ought not American Jones, Sr. fight the enemy at home with just as much earnestness and de termination as the younger man? What is there in this fight that de mands so much of Young American Jones and relieves OLD AMERICAN JONES of obligation and responsibili ty? ABSOLUTELY NOTHING. . - We want to stop talking about our "bit." , We want to stop complaining about the calls made on us. ' There is nothing ih the game to assign us to a "bit," or to relieve us from giving. Do we want to do our "bit" or our all? Do we want to do a "bit" be cause we are too selfish to do our all ? It is not that, it is that we have not yet. awakened to our full duty and re sponsibility. Come of us complain about the numerous small things we are caCed upon to do. Every time a man complain about what he has to do, he ought to be shown WHAT HE MIGHT HAVE TO DO, MAY HAVE TO DO, IN CASE HE DOES NOT DO' HIS WHOLE DUTY. Is Mt right that some should, go to the front and give their all, while so many stay at born and only do their "bit? - Every honest American knows it is not right , V- .... . . " .' The Good Lord has certainly been good to America. We are rich beyond RUSSIA RATIFIES Gffi BY AM OVERWHEWG VOU ACC GERMAN OFFENSIVE MUST NOW PROCEED So Declares Field Marshal Hind enburg in an Interview Given Ont in the German Capital ENTENTES UNRESPONSIVE ATTITUDE TOWARD PEACE Germany is Prepared to Lose Three Hundred Thousand Men in the Coming Big Drive. (By Associated Press) Amsterdam, March 15. According to news received here Field Marshal von Hindenburg stated in an inter view in Berlin that the ententes had shown an unresponsive attitude to ward German peace intentions and the great ( German offensive, therefore, must go-On. In well informed neutral quarters the Associated Press correspondent was told that Germany was prepared to lose 300,000 men in an off. sive operation. In the Verdun offensive of the Ger mans in which they failed to break the French line it is estimated in conservative quarters as having cost them something like 500,000 men. -WSS MANY ARE'lilD Tons of Earth Cave in on a Railroad Train and Crush People in the Cars Occurred Near Harrisburg, Pa.. . (By Associated Press) Harrisburg, Pa., March 16. Two jierson were killed and 28 injured, on ly a few seriously, early this morning when a landslide in the Elizabthtown cut,, about 19 miles east of Harris burg, struck a Cincinnati, Indianapo lis & Chicago express on the Pennsly vania Railroad. Miss Rena Palmer, of Morgantown, W. Va., was crushed to death in a sleeping car, in which Miss Vera Ra vencroft, of Pittsburg, was fatally in jured. Conductor E. E. Edwards, of this city, wsa probaly fatally hurt. Three hundred tons of dirt and rock fell into the cut striking two Pullman cars in the middle of the train. W S S I. W. W. MEN INDICTED. ' Thirty-Five Are Indicted in Federal Court at Wichita, Kansas All are Now Under Arrest (By (Associated Press.) Wichita, Kansas, Mairch 15. iFed eral indictments were returned hero today against 35 alleged numbers of the Industrial Workers of the World. With enly one exception tlhe indicted men are now under arrest and some o fthem have been inten.iad during the duration of thetwar. W S S Hungarian . Subject Arrested. (By Associated Press) Wilmington, N. C, March 15. A. J. Staffin, a subject of the Hungarian government, was arrested this morn ing at the local ship yards by depart ment of justice officials. , WSS Mr. and Mrs. Claude Weston re turned home last night from Char lotte where they went, to attend the funeral of an aunt who died suddenly. measure. There never wa so much money, so much opportunity and all of this is given us by a Good God that we may be able to stand the load that we must undertake. Out of all this we can give millions and billions more than we have, and still have more than any one else on earth still be the IN A BIG LANDSLIDE a. . V - SO IU VII 14VIMIIU VJ I VOW U1IIWIII richest and besttfpeople on earth. iand the United stat3. re the " . " . ' I taking over of Dutch ships in allied , ?wJr thl ftxt to oor porta has thrown the German press minds The Good Lord did not five us toto a towering rage, the Copenhagen all this money, all this wealth, all this correspondent of the Exchange Tele opportunity to hoard and selfishly ap- graph Company cablet. The newspa- piy xo our own -use, out no gave n to as to equip us for this fight and for doing this great task.; "THANK YOU; BUT I HAVEN'T DUTCH VESSELS FOR Wheat From the Argentine and Meat From United States Will Form Bulk of the Cargoes. EXPECTED TO RELIEVE DANGER FOOD SHORTAGE Ships Will Be Pooled by the Al lied Governments in Common Cause Dutch Crews Remain. Washington, March 16. The mil lion tons of Dutch ships about to be taken over by the United States and Great Britain by requisition if the Netherlands government voluntarily does not agree to turn over these ships will be used chiefly, officials said today, for the transportation of food stuffs. The use of these ships is expected to go far towards removing the dan ger of a serious food shortage in the allied countries. Wheat from the Argentine and meat from the United States will be the principal commodities moved by the ships, many of which have lain idle while the allied people were liv ing on war rations.; The shortage of wheat particularly has been a source of anxiety. Of meat there is an abundance and the export from this country will be doubled as soon as the ships are ready. The ships will be pooled sby the allied novemments in the common cause. Dutch crews are expected to remain with them. Germany Has Hysterica. London, March 15. The notice served on Holland by Great Brittain per demand that Germany take the most drastic xountee measures if Hol- TRANSPORTING FOOD land gives way to the allies. """"""""" fi ff- ottNl'"" , DOUBTED YOU FOR ONE MONEN IP PLANT Representative of the Shipping Board to Visit the North Car olina Seaport at , Once. CHARLESTON, S. C, HAS BEEN SELECTED FOR TARD Overcrowded Conditions of Other Cities Make Housing of Ship yard Workers Big Problem. (By Associated PresB.) Washington, March 15. Another new government shipbuilding yard may be established on the South At lantic coast nd a representative of tdie shipping board will visit Wil mington, N. C,,xt !eek to inspoit !ulable sites. : It has already been definitely de cided to establish' a shiipbudlding yard at CJrarJaston, S. C. The Charleston yard wil lhave a capacity of four steel ships and will probably be built on the stte selected previously for a yard, the contract for which was can celled. The overcrowded condition 'of other cities made housing of the ship yard workers a difficult problem and this was one consideration leading to the selection of Charleston. WSS Austrian- Workmen Strike. Copenhagen, March 15. The men in the workshops of Austrian railways have struck and refused to obey or ders of the military to ruturn to work, the ' Berlin Lokal ' Anseiger states. The strike, it is added, is spresding to other factories. ' rVach Gala Another Footing. - Berlin, March 15. Strong French detaehmlnta.gained a footing weU of Naurov road vestrday on the Ger - t .n r,wn Prince', front Chm. pagna district) says today's army WILMINGTON MAY GET BIG SH headquarters announcement. T."v By MACAU LEY EARL NEVILLE PUT T Raleigh Negro Pays the Penalty of the Law for Criminal Assault on White Woman Last Fall. PROTESTED INNOCENCE ENTERING DEATH ROOM Several Unsuccessful Attempts Made to Lynch Neville, Gov. Biekett Interfering Once. (By Associated Press) Raliegh. March l6.-r-Declaring his lnnnriM.ii tn the last Earl Neville, a i.j ... ,l. .4.. :. ! v s "ctuw" C on here this moaning, having been I convicted on a charge of criminally assaulting the wife of a street car conductor here last fall Neville was tried at a apeclal term of Wake county Superior wurt last October and on appeal the Supreme court,rendered a decision of no error, The crime for which Neville paid 1 . ... rnfl nTirpmp npnpiiv 01 ina raw wa rmnmittpH t the f.oma of the woman on the outskirts of Raleigh while she with hr two Bmalli ehi!-' dren. He was arrested and identified' as the man who attacked her. ; I Soon after the arrest of Neville two unsuccessful attampt. were r-Bictnu oni m.haa tn th ittii whm DCTaLadin the mob to disperse, promising a speedy trial for the accused man. WSS - TWO STEAMERS COLUDE. (By Associated Press.) 1 . Londbn, Miaancfc 16. Tweaty-aix Z. IfZ.TZTZl - 7. , .TV .:. "-T. t ,V. ael emd the EHtiaTi ateamw Rsthmore, Survi.ora hre been lattded at Kings- ton, Ireland, fcy deatroyers. 0 DEATH IN CHAIR IA1P nnrni Li 11 il ra Mrs. Margaret A. Hirsh Charged With Attempting , to. Extort Money From Rich Mayor. NEWSPAPER MEN AND ALL SPECTATORS EXCLUDED Defendant Requested Before Go ing on Stand That the Court Room Be Cleared of Visitors. (By Associated Press) . Atlanta, Go., March 15. Mrs. Mar garet Ilirsch, charge with attempt ing to blackmail Asa G. Candler, At lanta's multi-millionaire mayor, this morning took the witness stand in Fulton county court. Before starting her statement . the court room was cleared of spectators at her request Newspaper representatives were also excluded. , Hrs. HIrsch concluded her state ment shortly after noon, her stay on the witness stand, it is understood, be ing prolonged by frequent weeping and sobbing, Judge Hill ordered a recess until after, noon and attorneys for the defense announced they would confer udring the lunchf on period as to additional witnesses. $500,000 Amount Wanted. ;. Atlanta, Ga March' 14-In pre senting ,. its ease today against Ji rs. Margaret Hlrachy charged ; with af,f tempting to blackmail Asa G. Cand ler, Atlanta's multi-millionaire may or, for 600,000, tha state relied upon practically the same witnesses who testified at the trial of J. W. Cook, a real estate operator, indicted jointly "wi :Mn, Hirsch. Cook was con victed two weeks ago and given the maximum punishment in Ceorgia for a misdeameanor a sentence of one year and one day at hard labo on the rhaimrang and a fine of 11,000.' ' After the state had rested its case today, counsel for Mrs. Hirsch re quested that the trial be adjourned until tomorrow and that the jury be held in custody of the sheriff over night. When Superior Judge Hill acquiesced the crowd of men and wo-nr-rn that packed the courtroom plain ly showed its disappointment. It had gathered early and listened patiently r-srlv all day to the retelling of the state's jevddence with tha ' hope 'of hearing1 for the first tlmn Mr ! Hirsch's story from her own lips. She is expected to testify tomorrow. - After, court aidjourrlwl, lattorneys were in doubt whether Jhe trial could bs concluded tomorrow. The defense is understood to have summoned some 20 witnesses, and it is expected their examination will consume prac tically all of tomorrow's, session. Among the witnesses will be Cook, who is at liberty under $3,000 bond pending a hearing on his motion for a new trial. . ; Although J udge Hill, in refusing Mrs. Hirsch's motion for a change of venue, had 'agreed to permit counsel to pestion talesmen as to possible prejudice in the casean unusual procedure in 'A misdemeanor trial- little time was required to select the I 1 BIG BLACKMAIL CASE IN ATLANTA 12 Co" "d been in session 'ohemlhvg vote ratified the peace onIy . mtj, mon , when PowWi. , . r Mayor Caudler was called as the first Geitmaa military takes from the . witnes for the state. -p'- gernment thousands of The mavor to'd of the visit to Tils if territory and mil- office of Mrs. Hirsch, whom, he said, f'tVS aUtiJnTk tiL he had met in connection with charity JSLi JSSJSSS ObS work. He denied that he made an, ' "V. TJ?!: improper propasals to the woman andnd- lUttwuua, UrvonJ., nd tne. said that after She had removed herUki"w in Euro and Batoum, Kars ; ma- mr,A I. . 1. 1. .A.. ... .1.1 r.M 4m rlii ra mi. :.TW uu unw in irit. miv vuiiu. niccb- mir Cook b the door. Forrest Adair, vho acted for the mayor in negotiations with Mrs. Hirsch and Cook, testified that the worn sn nea sow mm inai tne mayor had ."fondled" her in his office and ft "tn-r,d thornii- Had asked ror ibUUiXKJ ror herself and $5 000 to pay her husband's debts, For the purpose of showing a . friends! n between Mrs. Hirsch and Cook, the state called several nurses from a hospital and a sanitarium in. which Mrs. Hirsch was treated. They tald of visit Cook made to Mrs. . mmh while .he was in the inst.ta- , yff g 8 " ' 1 V J -There is no Improvement to the conditions, of Mrs. R, B. Lee, of E Spencer, who has been critically iU for some time.: EACE ME IK All Russian Council Votes Over, whelmingly to Accept the Bard German, Peace Offered Them. ONE TEAR AGO THE CZAR ABDICATED THE THRONE Just One Tear From the Abdica- ; tion to a Humiliating and . , Cowardly Peace. 1 ',:"':V.' ".;A J'.'ii"''1 ' ' (By Associated Press.) , Pctrograd, March :15v Tha 'AH (Russiai Council of Soviets nveeitifng at Moscow by i wot of 153 to 80 has deckled to ratify the peace treaty with the Central rowers. ' , M. 'RyanonoVt v (prominent mean- : ber of tfhe Bolsheviki awl tncfniber ; repnetwmtlntf th professtoa unions, resigned following1 the vote. ' Washington lias No Official Informs tlon. ' , r , Washington, March 15. Aside from press dispatches Washington) has no information on the decision of the AH Russian: Soviets congress at Moscow . of the ratification of the f German peace terms. Nothing has come from Ambassador Francis or the American consul general at Moscow. - Officials had no means of knowing whether the action was taken before or after-' the receipt of President .WUsoawissiage to the people of Kussia promising American aid in ob tainlng for Russia full Independence from German aggression. ?The mes sage was sent March -11th: and the congress dectded to ratify peace with Germany March ; HtAj jr. Its receipt has - not been acknowledged ' by the Americsn consul Moscow, by -whom it was to have been delivered, It Is believed ' ratification of the , neace terms will bring an early move by Japan In Siberia. Any move' by Jpn, it is believed, would be made -chiefly as a measure of protection for Japanese and American supplies at Vladivostok. There is no real danger, officials say, of German ar mies moving that far east but there is a proh-ibllity that the supplies at Vladivostok might be sent into Rus sla and then find their way to Ger man hands. . , London, March 15, A Reuter's dis patch filed yesterday at Petrograd says the Bolshevik! majority at the ' Moscow conference decided by a vote of 453 to 30 to support, the peace treaty. 1 The foregoing dispatch Indicates -that ontv Bolsheviki delegates are rep- : resented in the vote taken in what ' may have been a majority Caucasus. -The Mensheviki and probably other pactions were ren.esented In the conv -ference but in view of the Bolsheviki -strength it is improbable that; their decision will be reversed. . f (By Associated Press.) One year ago today Emperor Nich-' ' olas, Czar of all the Russiama abdi cated thfe throne, and on yesterday the All-Russian Sonets council by council by am Russ!o army must ' demobilise and the fleet must be interned and trxde cohdiitions favorable to Geicnany and . jr dika re to be giveifc, innovxxnrvtnt of . the trade taward. Ruaeia and tSe Jan- J w C"J w wwivn vi iering the Lenino government haa completely ewreiytered to the ene- my, : thus opening q the Sray for Germany to penetrate European and Asiatic territory botH In a military tactic wy. . ' . lntervt.n. t5on h irom Foreign minister Balfour . fc the eemaainA, ,fte statement that "T eontuKnee vi tJv J?- aneso wyairy 10 Kr auiea ana in any .(Continued, on page 3.)