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VOL. it. NO. 79.
SALISBURY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, APRIL 11, 1918
PRICE TWO CENTS
AMERICAN TALK
The casualty lUts are coming in
from "over there." The casualties
are all "over there." So far no man
on this side has given his life, except
the soldiers who have died in camp
or in service belore reaching the bat
tle front. The civilians have laid
down no lives. They are safe and
comfortable, and so far have suffered
few if any inconveniences and little if
nny sacrifices. The death list has
bten confined to soldiers; civilians are
untouched. Over there the civilians
;ue not untouched. Men, women anJ
ildren have paid the price. Civil
ian blood has been mixed in large vol
ume with the blow) of the fighting
men. With the bottle line so far away
we are safe from the enemy's blows,
bit the distance of the battle line adds
to the danger and suffering for the
soldiers.
Remembering these things Ameri
cas should go the limit to suppoit
this war, aid the government and pro
tect the men. We have not yet heard
of an of us wanting anything by
reason of the war. The small demands
made on us by the government have
s"nt no one to the poor house, bank
ruped no one and sent no one to the
free lunch counter. No man has sold
h's stocks, bonds' and personal hold
ings and given all, and then said come
irot me. Occasionally we hear a man
say he is willing to give all and "go'
if needed, but few are counting on this
extreme service.
.So long as these things are true,
none of us have any reason for brag
; ir.g about what we have done or
o .iplt'inin.r about what is asked of
'is. We have shed no blood, stand in
no danger of shedding our blood.
We hr.ve given little, comparatively
speaking, sacrificd little and stand in
no' very grave danger of losing much
or sacrificing much.
The so'dier at the front wants to
know, has a right to know, what-we
are doin back home? Buying bonds,
investing in war saving , stamps--i
good enough. We must do these
things, more and more. But that is
giving nothing. It is our money we
are investing for the salvation of our
own properties and lives. We get
interest on this investment and we de- I
serve only a medium of praise for do
ing this high duty which is accompa
nied by a very permanent reward.
Are we supporting the men whole
heartedly, unselfishly to the limit?
Are we giving and loaning money?
Ae we talking encouragingly and
acting bravely?
Are we boosting the government
and supporting the government be
hind the men?
Are we fighting against enemy
activities in this country and pro
tecting the soldier against the en
emy at home who would stab him in
tho back?
Are any of us whining and com
plaining? Are we talking and acting in such
manner as to discourage the men?
Are we living in ease ad comfort
and thus consuming that which ought
to go to tha front?
Are we selfishly and indiferently
ignoring the whole matter and seeking
to make money for ourselves while
otheis bear the burden?
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We certainly hope there are non3
such in this good community. If there
r- : he good Americans, the whole-h-iti
ted Americans, the self-sacrificing
Americans ought to make such bum
uiider teir indignation and contempt.
P'lin words, but just.
What ought an American do to help
his country at this time? He should
do everything that comes to his hand
to do. He should suffer and sacrifice
to help, and should manfully refrain
from doing anything that would hin
der his government and his
army. It is not for one man to say
what another ahouid do. Everey full
fleged American cusht to be able to
figure out what he should do, and
never try to figure out how h can
c-ct out of doing something- j
Salisbury people ought to appre-j
ciate the great fight Senator Overman
is making, lie has been trying f or (
weeks to pass a much needed bill, a
bill which would aid the President to j
the things the constitution has said
Tor him to do, enabling him to do
these necessary things in the better
way, the rr.oie efficient way. Senator
Overman is trying to untie a knot
which political senators and obstruc
tionists have tied about the Presi
dent's hands, or at least prevented the
cutting away of red tape "which Con
gress condemns in one breath and up
holds in the next by refusing legisla
tion. Mr. Overman's home town ought
to stand by him in this fight and they
AMERICAN ACTUM
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Fierce Attack of the fl
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MR. STAHLE LINN A CANDIDATE FOR
STATE SENATE AGAIN THIS YEAR
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' State Senator Stahit Linn, 'of thiSTdty, Is (o be' a candidate for the"
senate again this year, Mr. Linn wn in. U Hasrn?lt'R as onajof
the most valuable members. He fa also a member of the code commU-'
sion and the work of the commission will have to come before the assem
bly again in 1919, and be adopted so far as compiled and legislation look
ing to the completion of the codifying of the laws of the. state -will be nec
essary. For this reason especially Senator Linn desires to return to Ral
eigh as a member of the nest General Assembly.
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BIG STEAMER SUNK BY U-BOAT
New York, April 11 The big
British steamship Minnetonka, 13,
528 tons registry, and formerly used
in the passenger trade between New
York and London, was sunk by a
German submarine in the Mediter
ranean during February, the mara
time reports of today announce.
- AMERICAN CASUALTY LIST.
Washington, April 11. Today's
casualty list received from General
Pershing gives 124 names. As an
nounced by the war department the
list shows one man killed in action,
one died of wounds, five from acci
dents, and 15 from disease, 69 men
were badly wounded, four are miss
ing and fifty were slightly injured.
RUSSIA GIVES UP LARGE TER
RITORY. Petrograd, April 11. Under the
plans for peace signed at Brest-Lit-ovsk,
the IRusslan committee announ
ces that Russia lost 780,000 kilome
ters of territory with fifty-six mil
lions of inhabitants, or 32 per cent
of the entire population of the coun
try. WSS
British Advance At Jerusalem.
Ixmdon, April 11. British troops
on April 9th advanced their lines
north of Jerusalem in Palestine to a
depth cf 1 1-2 miles along a five mile
front, the British war office announced
today. Notwithstanding the stubborn
resistance of the Turks the British
captured the villages of Rafat and
El Kasr.
ought to let him know that ihey are
back of him in this fight.
Mr. Overman is not only speaking
for the President in a very urgent
matter but he is fighting against some
very unbecoming opposition to the
administration. He is also fighting
to hasten the preparations which must
accompany our men to the front. He
is asking Congress to speed up our
war program by legislation necessa
ry to do many things urgently need
ed. Let him know that you are with
him, that you appreciate his earnest
and patriotic activities.
T
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Report That Negotiations Look
ing to Peace Between U. S. and
Austria-Hungary is Denied.
EMPEROR CHARLES SAID TO
HAVE DISCUSSED MATTER
'Professor Anderson" Acted for
Washington. But Officials Do
Not Know Him, It is Said.
(By Associated Press.)
London, April 11 Negotiations re
garding Whe possibility of peace be
tween the United States and Austria
Hungary lhas been carried on be
'Heen Professor Anderson of Wash
ington and Count Stephen Tisza and
Count Julius Andrassy, former Hun
garian ipremier, according to a Vi
enna disipatch to the Berlin Tojge
blatt, as. quoted in an Exchange Tel
egraph message from lOopenhagen.
The dispatch says at the Austro
Hungarian office various attempts
were made to obtain a general peace
and t'hat Emperor Charles had nego
tiated with several persons who have
international connection.
Washington Knows Nothing Of It.
Washington, April 11. No one in
official circles in Washington could
iderttify today Professor Anderson,
retorted to fSave carried on negotia
tions with Austro-Hungarian repre
sentatives end at the state depart
ment it was leclared no such person
had been authorized to conduct ne
gotiations regarding peace, and the
department's original statement that
no negotiations, either official or un
official, looking to a separate peace
with Austria had been conducted
with the department's knowledge Vabs
reiterated.
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The Women's City Club of Boston,
will celebrate the one hundredth an-1
niversay of its clubhouse this month.
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The number of women employed by j
the federal government has increased i
by more than 200,000 since the com-'
mencement of the war.
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Detroit is considering the employ
ment of women as manual traing in
structors in her public schools.
CAPITAL
IGNORAN
NEGOTIATIONS
uns Repulsed by
American Naval Base Now in European Waters
OUR SAMMIES DO
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j German Attacking: Party Under
Heavy Barrage Suffers Heavily
at Hands of the Americans.
FAILED IN WELL LAID
PLANS AGAINST SAMMIES,
Huns Suffer Heavy Loss and
Leave Dead in the American I
Wire Entanglements.
With the American army m France
Wednesday, April 10. (By the As
sociated Press) American troops on
a certain sector today repulsed the
heaviest German attack yet made on
i the American forces. The brilliant
work of tihe American gunners dis
pelled the Germ. 'in infantry before
they reached the wire entanglements,
pnd those of the enemy who go into
he wire, were accounted for with ma
chine guns and rifle fire.
T j German attack icame after a
j violent bombardment of three days.
I A ljrge number of the. enemy is be
hoved to Jhtve been willed or wound
ed during' the attack which contin
ued for mo hours.
For 72 hours before their effort to
reach American lines Germans began
firing and an ever increasing number
of shells i?re sent after the Aimeri
or as in this sector, the enemy mak
ing use of a large number of gat
shells. At noon yesterday the ene
my began a harassing Are against
one of our strong positions and it
was Kept x.i through the mlgfhit, hun
dreds of shells being d-pped on our
positions. The American artillery
res-ponded vigorously, the gunmen
working'with their gss masks on for
two or three hours without rest or
change.
About five o'clock this morning the
Germain infantry in the front line
trenches gave the signal for bar
rage fire and then started for the
American front lines. The Ameri
cans immediately met this barrage
with a counter barrage.
The attackers w!Ho were to make
this attack were especially selected
and drilled for this attack, and were
made rip of select men from three or
four regiments. They were preceded
by shock platoons, but the American
barrage caught them before they
uere able to reach our wr entangle
ments. A terrific Cve against the advanc
ing enemy was kept up by Ameri
can batteries and the Germans no
Hoiibf suffered a very serious loss.
There were undoubtedly large cas
ualties, and many dead1 bodies of the
enenty were found hanging in the
wire entanglements before the Am
erican trenches.
The attack was followed by a vio
lent artillery duel wMrh was still
raging tonight.
New German Attack Repulsed.
With the American Army in France.
Arril 10. (By Associated Press.)
The Germans attempted an attack
against the American positions north
west of Toul ju3t before sunrise thi
morning and were completely repuls
ed. Two German prisoners said the
enemy had planned the attack with a
force of 800 men but that it was stop
ped in its fuli strength by the effective
fire of the American artillery. The
Americans lost no prisoners. One
German prisoner died later of wounds.
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THREE DAY LOAN SALES.
Eieht of Twelve Federal Reserve Dis
tricts Report More Than Two Hun
dred Million Dollars Subscribed.
Washington, April 1 1. Liberty
losn subscriptions officially reported
today from eight of the twelve Fed
eral reserve districts for the first
three dava of the campaign amounted
to 121226.000. The New York dis
trict contributed $1157,200,000. Dis
tricts not reporting were Dallas, Min
neapolis, Richmond and Philadelphia.
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British Having Evacuated Arm
entieres Enemy is Now Seek
ing to Get West of Mesiaes.
BRITISH MAKE SOME
HEAVY COUNTER ATTACKS
Leaving of Armentieres Was
Forecast and Discounted by
the British Some Time Ago.
(By Associated Press.)
Anvicntiores ha.i been exneuated by
IhnBritish, while the Gormuns are
i driving in from the southwest of tht
j town nnd nie struggling to pmh for
. w.ii-.l in the nrea southwest of Mes
lsir.es ridge, the key point to the, Brit
j ish line in Flnndeis. Messines ridg
j itself has been the obiect of desperate
I frontal attacks and the Germans ar
I reported to have j UKhed on to the
I ridge several times during fierce hanc
to hc.nd fighting. Each time, howev
er, the British camo back at them with
effective ' Counter Attacks and todaj
West of Armentieres tht enemy
.truggling in a deep salient has push
3td the fighting to tht limit and, at
me time succeeded In driving some
three miles beyond tht river Pj to
LaCieche. In this sector the British
'ikewiee reacted strongly and by vig
orous attacks ousted the Germans
from LaCreche and other neighboring
terrain. Wytscheote, south of Mes--.inos,
has also been the object of
heavy German attacks and possession
if it hat chinged several times but
this morning found Field Marshal
laig's troops holding the town.
There was similar hard fighting for
Lestrem at the west pit of the Ger
man salient on the river Lawe. The
Germans watched their way into this
place yesterday but were unable to
move on further and were ultimately
driven out of it and back across the
Lawe. j
Evacuation of Armentieres was
forecast and discounted as the place
is without strategical importance.
What is left of the town is full of
gas, fuming there from copius gas
hell bombardment.
North of Armeutieres the British
position hinges on Ploegsteert and
loegsteert wood which is a line
bisected this morning.
There is no let up in the engage
ment today, the battle continuing on
a 20 miles front from LaBassee to
Ypres-Comines canal just? below
Ypres
German Attacks Broken.
Paris, April 11. German attacks
on the Champagne sector last night
were broken by French fire. On the
principal battlefront there was heavy
artillery fighting between Montdidier
and Noyon.
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Demanding Increase in Pay of From
5r to 80 Cents an Hour Important
. Government War Contracts at a
Standstill.
(By Associated Press.)
Norfolk, Va., April 11. Demand
ing an increase in wages rrom tb
cents an hour to 80 cents an hour the
iron workers employed in the marine
repair shops along the Norfolk water
front today laid down their toots, tie
ing up Important repair work to gov
ernment vessels. All of the privately
owned marine railways here are af
fected, each reporting that tht entire
porre of men employed in tht iron
working trade had quit. The navy
yard is not involved.
FORWARD
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WORKERS QUIT THE
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American Fig
SENATE REJECTS
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By a Vote of 34 to 20 That Body
Turns Down Conference Re
port on Special War Measure
SOUGHT TO PERMIT STRIKES
ON GOVERNMENT WORKS
Labor Comes in For Criticism
and is Defended When Meas
ure in Under Consideration.
(By Associated Press.)
Washington, Apil 11. The confer
ence report on the bill providing se
vere penalty for destruction of or in
terference with tho production of es
sential war materials and containing
ho clause giving tho right to strike
for higher wages or better working
conditions was rejected by the sen
it" by a vote of fl4 to 25.
The vote, following yesterday's bit
er denunciation of labor's' attitude
in war in numerous strikes on war
obi. will causa the house to reconaid-
,r the bill. ','; v
' The sentte's onoositlon was direct
the Wit should not restrict workmen
auy vote a reouay le woramen
who hart struck 1r. shipyards and fae-
tories engaged on war work.
Labor Attacked and Defended.
Washington, April 10. American
labor in its relation to the prosecu
tion of the war was attacked and de
STRIKE CLAUS
fended in the senate today during da- Violent Fighting Continue On
h:ite on a conference report on a bill the Front From La Bassee Ca
mming it unlawful to obstruct the' YprM-Comini Canal.
manufacture of war materials or to' -
damage war factories or their prod
ucts. Objection centered on a house
amendment, accepted by the senate
conferees, exempting from the meas
ure's provisions workmen who strike
for higher wages or better living con
ditions. The debate had not been concluded
when the senate adjourned.
Orposing the amendment, Senator
Underwood, of Alabama, said the fail-
uic of the nation to have more ships
is more directly due to labor failing
to respond to the demands of the na
tion than anything else.
Senator Fletcher, of Florida, chair
man of the commerce committee,
which has been investigating ship
ping for many weeks, declared that the
lftcW of American tonnage on the seas
is not dus to labor difficulties. Labor
is loyal and willing to work, he said,
but in order to build ships, yards had
to be constructed and that had taken
time.
Senator Sterling, of South Dakota,
attacked circulars which he said had
been sent out by the public service,
reserve of the department of labor ad
vising non-union workmen to remain
sway from Pacific coast shipyards as
all places were filled by union men
and said those responsible for the cir
culars should be removed from office.
Senator Nelson, of Minnesota, one
of the confereers, said nothing had
led more to labor difficulties than the
fact that the administration "through
various channels, has catered to la
bor." Strikes, he said, had much to
do with delay in tho shipbuilding pro
gram.
Senator Vardamtn, of Mississippi,
asked if much of the industrial un
rest had not been caused by "men
higher up who have been robbing and
plundering the government," and the
Minnesota senator said he agreed with
that in part.
' Declaring that the contracts which
the government makes with munition
manufacturers and shipbuilders en
courage strikes by providing for the
increasing of wages, Senator Older,
of New York, said enactment of the
bill in tht form reported by the con
ferees would "do more injury to tht
spirit of tht American people than
anything else that could be dona.'
The amendment exempting strikers
was denounced at "criminally wrong,"
bv Senator Thomas, of Colorado, who
said ho was opposed to any Ugisla-
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NAVAL BASE IN
EUROPEAN WATERS
American Navy is to Have a Base
On the Azores Islands by Per
mission of Portugal,
MEN AND OUNSTHEEE
MORE WILL BE ADDED
In Addition to Being Base of
Warships Airmen Will Also
Make it a Rendezvous.
(By Associated .Press.)
Washington, April 11. For tihe
protection of Atlantic trade routes
to Southern Europe the United.
States, with tho consent of Portugal,
has established a naval bast on the i
Azores IsUnds.
Guns have been placed on tht is
land and the fortification hat begun. -The
station tin addition to the use
above referred to wfll be used at a
bast for American submarines, . de
stroyers and other iwlir crafts. It
will also serve as an Important bom
ing ipolKt for American airmen, a
number of whom have 'already e-
w a a
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HUNS PUSH AHEAD BE
TWEEN CROIZ AND DU BAG
Parties of the Enemy Now Re
ported in Neighborhood Steen
wuerk, 5 Miles Armentieres.
(By Associated Press.) ;
London, April 11. The British have
withdrawn from Armentiers on the
northern battle front, the war office
announces today.
Violent fighting continues along the
front from La Bassee canal to the
Ypres-Comins canal. On the front
north of Armentiers heavy fighting
was still on late last night. There was
little change in the British positions.
Germans Push Slightly Ahead.
London, April 11. Tht Germans on
yesterday, pushed on tht territory
from Croiz to Du Bac, southwest of
Armentieres, parties of them report
ed in the neighborhood of Steenwuerk, ,
about five miles west of Armentieres,
a Reuters correspondent ' at British
headquarters reports.
Yesterday at noon tht enemy oc
supied Lestrembut, in the course of
the afternoon the British driving him
out and across the river Lawe." . .
Fighting Continues North of Armen-
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With the American Army In Prance, ,
April 11. The fighting was continued
this morning north of Armentieres
with the British still holding Messi
nes ridge and WyUcheate, which yea
terday changed hands several times.
During the day the enemy succeeded
inentering not only these positions
but LaCreche, Nitppe and Bollebekt.
Vigorous counter attack forced tho i
enemy from all of these places. The
Germans this morning -wtrt in pot'
session, of about half of the tillage ' .
of Plogstetrt " and v1 Pfoesteert
wood on the Flanders battlefront, just
north of ArmenUetV . , ; ;
tion that would "legalise tht suspen
sion of "work In this country .
"I think it U unwiat to hive a fi-it
with labor bow," said Senator Over-
man, of North Carolina.
Senator Williams, of Mississippi,
i asserted the laboring men who refused
to leave U Questions of waget to an
unbiased tribunal is as much a traitor,
as a soldier who deserts pn ht bstttt
lint in tht fact of tht enemy.' t
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