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NO HALF WAY PEACE SAYS PRESIDENT W fa aHbiuiify Evemlimg Post WEATHER FORECAST ONE EDITION 2 CENTS Legal Holiday; No Report. MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS VOL, 14, NO. 151. SALISBURY, NORTH CAROLINA. THURSDAY, Jl'LY 4,1918. PUCBTWOCKNT1 ILSON AMERICAN TALK AN AMERICAN FOURTH OF JULY I has been many a good day since Americana celebrated a 4th with the same inspirations as this one. If the settings of this dUy would not inspire Americans what would inspire them? More than a million Americans are in Europe and many more are en route to the front. Today the largest number of ships are launched that ever set out to run a watery course, find truly these are victory ships, built with the iview of bringing victory to the allied awnies righting for peace, for truth and justice. One hun dred or more American ships launch ed today makes this 4th of July one t sti. the bload of any and all Am ericans. And "over there" these Amer;"an boys are doing the 'big task in a big successful way. They are putting new life and snap into the 'allied cause and winning victories over the Huns and for humanity. The noble French are inspired, greatly heartened and re vived, by the very appearance of the American flag and that flag is lead ing America and her allies to the do ine; of noble things for the causes and principles for which we are fighting. lAnd with this the American Presi dent is mating a notable, stirring ad dress to the America people. He is telling them again that we fight for things worthy of our sacrifices ani that we must not stop until our high rnd noble purposes Ihave 'been 'attain ed. And, elsewhere and by other great Americans, the American spirit is be 'ng held up to the American people, ind Fourth of July orators have some- j thinr to inspire them a'nd to inspire IV so to whom they address them selves. V We are on the eve of writing of the noiseless, the "voiceless, the politi--nlless season which some thiriV. is ahead of irs. How we shall .act during the camping is not altogether cleat with all Americans. We cannot write definitely of the duty in this respect. But -whatever we may think and how ever wri rniy .plan to conduct our selves, it should and must be remem bered that first of all we are all Am enrns. Wo may be individually Democrats and Republicans, but at all time? and under all circumstances we rre ore and all Americans and for . America. I We must 'hold an election, and we mut st uo candidates and have cim raicn but. we can do this and not for- ' -t ve first svd one big aim of nil of us is to support the government and -win the war. We can be Demo- ( crr4s if we want, but first Ameri- ! cns; we can fee .Republicans if we so ' elect, but over und .above this Anier- j leans. B'tternefs must go. We must hsve our little wnpaiTn in truth nn:l fobemess and with an eye sinjrlp to 'Jhe good of America, not our political , party or special frieinds. Americans can do these things. Am ericans can carry on a campaign in decent, modest mnnner-and do noth- J inn- to bri"r dis-ird and division to the i ration and to the people. We nvtst hoH his one tV'p.o'ht in mind, that re- I rardless of (politics we must aunnort :1c roverrencnt. lt.e natvyi and our "-r?e la Js "over tV:v." An mbecon - ip? campaign would be disastrous an-', any ma,n or set of men who would put j tiarty above country now aurrht to be urrners:9d, effectively squelshed and beaten. We rnno -ivs a rooliticalless elec tion. We cannot have a silent cam paign, but we can haive one of true American dietoty, bottomed on love of countrv and deep patritoism if of all faiths and nasties, strive to oi?f-do the other in love of country and devotion to out native land and her one big aim win the war. Ka.r Bill does not respect our pol itics but we can make him respect our Amer'cinism. He does not care whntVr -we elect Sam iSraith or Bill .Tore. tit w? will make him list-n to our leaders a!r.d statesmen in all the future VeT. It makes small differ ence what is the name or .politics of the tmen we entrust to do the detail of our -Hores. but it makes large and vml differ nc what we 4o towards wNV'tv? the Huns ind the murder era of women -ind children. Our tsk is to win the war, which means sup port the government. We will have ample r'm for noisy political quarrel n after we have done this one big job. Let us trust the cainnaiga to the rod sense of the American people Jip iorove that v'can conduct a cam 3feHin without in any way interfering wH the frr'ncfojl 'tsue before us. The r'povf campaign will do no harm and also .teach us lesson for the future. MICA President GREAT PATRIOTIC RALLY WITNESSED BY THOUSANDS 1 1 CITY CELEBRATES Beautiful Parade at Eleven A. M. and Exercises and Flag Rais ing at Court House. DR. CYRUS THOMPSON v ORATOR OF OCCASION Patriotic Songs, Presentation and Acceptance Addresses in Con nection With the Flag. l Answering the call of the Presi dent of the United States, made upon the people throughout the width and breadth of this great country to fit tingly celebrate this Independence av, July 4th, Salisbury alnd 'Rowan countv ireoDle responded nobly and in I the proper spirit. No city in the ?ountry, size considered, .more patri otically or more unanimously celebrat ed rhe occasion. The festivities opened with a beau tiful and imposing .parade, which was witnessed by thousands of people (racked on either side of Mam street from the court house to Bank street, lining every window, (perched on ev ery point of vantage and crowding the hundreds of automobiles parted along the Main street and close in in intersecting streets. This parade was headed by Chief Marshal William Wands a'nd then came Proctor's band, and a delegation of leading Salisbury, Spencer and Rowan citizens carrying in fht position the Mige flag that was later to be hoisted on the 100 foot iron flagstaff, surmounted (by a large gild ed ball, standing on the court house lown. The boy scouts had a ipromient position in the procession and were followed by a division of school (Chil dren carrying small American flags. One of the most striking scenes in the pageant was that formed iby the girls of the Salisbury Normal and Indus trial Institute, dressed in white with rcl sashes and carrying flags. The Pyfrfians came next and were headed by Major John Mertz, the smallest Pythian in the county, a!l diked up in his Dokey costume. Another im mense flag displayed flat was carried by a bevy of beautiful women attired in mire white, and tfhen came the Odi Fellows, these turning out almost en miisse atoi carrying variously inscrib ed banners. Enough to thrill the heart of any man was the scene fol lowing when score after score of mem bers of the Salisbury Chapter of the Red Cross, representing a membership cf 3.0C0 ossscd. Then the Salisbury Cotton Mill surgical class, and then came sections of Red Cross from al most every part of the county, among tha lo .ii chapters being reforesented were thuse of Granite Quarry, China Grove, Landis, Bear Poplar, Unity and other places. The Canteen Workers, dressed in their regulation blue uni forms, was one of the moat striking and picturesque features of the pa rade. There were other section in the parade which made an inspiring sight as one looked down Vr.e line from a commanding ipoint of view, and the colored Red Cross brought up the rear. Exercises at Court House. Arriving at the court house after parading down Main street to Bank and then doubling back there was a tremendous crowd in waiting and these were augumented by the parad ers and a vast crowd following and when the exercises j,itper began there were several thousnad people packed about the flag staff and speakers' stand. Mr. A. H. Snider was master of ceremonies and after opening with a most beautiful and appropriate pray er by Rev. W. A. Lambeth, the school children sang "America," and Prof. T. W. Andrews presented the flag to the citv and county in a splendid man ner. Mayor Woodson on behalf of the city accepted the sacred emblem in hi iHtinl snlendii) atvla and then (Continued on Page J.) INDEPENDENCE DAY Wilson Making a Notable Address at it. Vernon LOCAL FIGHTING DURING THE DAY Germans Nor Austrians Show Any Disposition to Reply in Great Force to Harrassing Tactics. AMERICANS TENACIOUSLY HOLDING THEIR GROUND Enemy Seems Disposed to Bom bard Amricans Heavily Rather Than Sacrifice Men in Assault (By the Associated Press) Strong local actions marked the fighting activities on the western and Italian fronts and neither the Ger man and Austrian commands have shown any disposition to reply in great force to the harrasBing tactics of the allies, through which they lost important points litre and there dur ing the past ten days. The American troops are holding ' tenaciously to their newly gained ground west of Chateau Thierry and have repulsed strong counter attacks. The enemy has seemed disposed to bombard the Americans heavily rather than sacrifice too many men in inef fectual assaults. i New positions have been strength-' ened and the American artillery is replying with good effect to the en emy fire. North of the Ainse the Germans ; have made no attempt to strike at the French, who h taking new posi-' tions captured 470 prisoners. j South of the Ainse the French re tained new positions unchallenged. . Against the British the Germans ' have been inactive since the success-1 ful thrust north of Albert. German aerial activity has decreas ed but British aviators have accounted for twenty-two more enemy machines. In operations, around Vaux Ameri can aviators gave great aid to in fantry and their artillery brought down seven Gearman airplanes. W S S Texas Ship Building Plant and Two Ships Are Burned in ; Today's Fire. ORANGE, TEX., SCENE OF COSTLY FIRE TODAY Near Million Dollars Worth of Property Including the Two Ships Lost. (By Associated Press.) Beaumont, Texas July 4. The plant of the Orange Maratime Cor poration valued at $100,000 and 3 .half finished 2200 ton schooners, val ued at $225,000 each, were apparently wiped out in flames of unknown ori gin rly this morning at Orange. The charred bodies of two men who were sleeping in the sail loft of the plant have been recovered. w r s FOUR MEN DROWNED. U. S. Dredge Boat Went to the Bad Off Florida Coast and Men Drowned. (By the Associated Press) Jacksonville, Fla., July 4.-J. W. Sackett, former Brigadier General in the Florida National Guards and two members of the crew of the U. S. d red ire boat, Florida, were drowned off Dayton, Fla., when the dredge encountered a northea sterner. Ten members of the crew fought their way to land and brought tha news today. WSS Owing to the shortage of man pow er, the town of Peterborough, Eng., haa annointed three women grave dir- genu I TWO SHIPS AND PLANT DESTROYED ELEBtATDK Managers o! the Great Ship Programme I l f : (I ! S rH -Hi COWARD N. HURLEY This photograph of Edward N. H urley and Charles M. Schwab was ta ken in Chicago, where they went to make speeches to men in manufactur ing plants to hiurry along the building of hips for the Emergency Fleet Corporation. AMERICAN PRINCIPLES OF FREEDOM PRESENTED TODAY Never Before has the American Principles of Liberty Been so Fully Appreciated as Today When America and Other Nations Celebrate the 142nd year of Ameri can Liberty-Presidents (By the Associated Press) Washington, July 4. American principles of democratic freedom and equal i ighta of all formulated 142 years ago in the Declaration of In dependence were presented today to the world as never before' in celebra tions of th day held in lands wh?re never before this year had there been any special interest in the great American event. In England, France, Italy and Central American countries as well as in the United States the birthday of the American nation was most befit tingly observed not only in every city cityf and hamlet of the United State, but in many other lands as well the celebrators looked to Mount Vernon, the home and tomb of America's first president, where President Wilson will be the principal speaker. President Wilson's visit to the na tional shrine is as the honored guest of a committee composed of thirty nine nationalities and he had prepar ed an address to give all renewed hope and to the war wearied allies of America and to give the American people assurance of the prosecution of the war to a successful conclusion. The arrangements had been made to have the address read simultaneously with the delivery at Mt. Vernon and copies of the address had been cabled for publication and reading through' out the country. WSS SULTAN OF TURKEY (Bv the Associated Press) Amfeterdanv July 4; iMohommed, the Fifth, the Sultan of Turkey, died last night at 7 o 'clock, aaya a dispatch from Constantinople which comes by way of Vienna. J ' CSAVIU M. SCHWA Address the World Event wwswMhMasthMwWaWWWWaat E IS OVER J0,500,000 Nearly One Hundred New Ships Launched on This National In dependence Day by the U. S. MORE TONNAGE LAUNCHED THAN LOST DURING WAR Vast Launching Program Extends From Bath, Me., to Tempa, Fla., From Tacoma to Los Angeles. (By the Associated Press) Washington, July 4. The American fleet, grown to 10,040,650 tons by the construction of 1,622 new ships of 1,430,783 tons in the fiscal year end ing June 30th was auguamented to day by the unprecedented launching of nearly one hundred ships. The vast program of launchings, in which ship yards from Bath, Maine, to Tam pa, Florida, and from Tacoma, Wash ington to Los Angeles, Cal., took part was started at one minute after midnight when at Superior, Wiscon sin, a steel vessel of 3,410 tons slid down the ways ahead of time. Until the last hull is put overboard on the Pacific coast the Shipping Board will not know definitely the number of launchings. Original esti mates listed ninety-six ships as likely to take the waters, but as Chairman Hurley and Mr. Schawb insisted that no vesesl be held back several went down the ways arhead of time. Greater Tonnage Than Lost. New York July 4v-Th United States is launching today a greater tonnage of ships than she has lost during th war Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels said today in an ad (Continued oa page J.) MERCHANT TONNAG TIE PRESIDENT WILSON MAKES NOTABLE FOURTH ADDRESS Advises his Audience That There Can be No Hall Way Peace, That Militarism Must be Crushed-Serves Warning That America and Allies WIS Listen to No Peace Other Than a Just One-Address Delivered at MLVernon Today. AMERICAN SHIPS ARE BEING BUILT Without Holding Back a Single Ship the Launching Shows Fine Progress. GERMANS CANNOT DESTROY THISNUMBER IN A MONTH Hurley and Schwab Are Doing the Big Job in a Big American Way. (By Associated Press.) Washington, July 4. The United States celebrates Independence Day by launching, 'between sunrise and stinsetv-more-. ahips-h 4eraiany submarines can destroy in a monttn at their present rate of underseas piracy. , One hundred shfis iperhups more approx'imately hilf a million tons of dead weight tonnage are expected to si in from fltair ways. Without holding bndki a single ship in order to swell tfho number for In dependence Day launching, the ahip workers by 'brawn and sacrifices have made ready at least 05 ships, and it is said to be not improbable that the number will be one hundred. These ships, when competed at the same rote of speed which has mads possi ble tibeir launching today will take their phces In the "bridge of ships to Franee" which will maintain the ar- ulrr rjhase of it, but h spoke lo mies fighting to defeat Germany. I quently of America's attdtud toward Today's achievement which prob- j Germainv's so-called .peace treaties in lbly will be accounted among the saf- the East by grouping the people of eat and sanest Fourth of July cele- ! Russia "for ihhe moment unorganised brations in the country's history ihas'-nJ 'velnlese," nng the peoples of been made possible only by the loyalty the world standing against the ene and devotion of the ship yard work- imfes of liberty, ers themselves working under the or-1 "The piat and the present are in irahization of Ghainman Hurley of the deadly grarrie an dth peoples of th Shipping Board and Charles M. , world are being done to death between Schwab, Mie new director general of them," said President WUson. ', the Emergency Fleet Corporation. "There can be but eft hsue. Th The request of Chairman Hurley and Mr Schwab that the day be cele brated by hwnching the greatest num ber of hulls ever out ovenboard in one day, specified distinctly that the war program was so pressing tha t it would not be permissible to delay laundhings which could be made eirlier. Any ships put into the water must be the result of extra exartion to get them ready ahead of sdhieduled time. The response of the workmen, the men who actually are building the merchant marine, needs no comment other then the list of vessels to be added today to the world's marine population. Sacrificing tftieir regular (Saturday half holiday, accepting only straight pay instead of time and a half for that work, dheerfully work ing over .time, the men speeded up production in a great drive for ton nage which has been ao successful that the launchings today exceed by 42.050 deadweight tons the entire out put hi 1901, the best pre-war year in American ship building. If an official communique were is sued on tfoe result of the day's opera tions, it might read thus: "Our s"-irilders attacked th U boat campaign today everywhere In America, achieving their objectives early in the assault and sushing far beyond. Th result nullifies in, one djy all that the Oerman underwater tiavy takes more than on asontb to accompllsh. All our unita bebavwdl maeniftently and H is expected that I distinruiabed service nazals w01 be'r-nrt iblWid tt&oe th. handim awarded soon ta some individuals by . fadat!oa of mutual respect for ie Shipping Board." ' ' 'right. " . ' (Beginning in th east, because of 4, T establishment of an organ differenc in time, launchings win Jsation of pac wich shall make It continue throughout th day until th certain that Kb, combined ower tf (Continued on Par S.) guru By the Associated Press) . Washington, July 4Prsident Wilson today answered !l feelers for a compromise peace, with a new and unqualified consecration of America to the struggle for 'cleaning military autocracy from the,earth. ,s y. At an Independents Day gathering on the gentle slopes f Mount Ytmon, home and tomb of George Washing ton, and surrounded by scents which looked upon the creation of this na tion, the President addressed a small gathering of officials and of diplo mats of the allied nations, But he spoke to the world and be spcl le the logical sequel to Ihla "force without stint or limit" declaration of several weeks ago. Unreservedly, the President declared that ther could be no thought of a toeac which did not mean the destruction of military auto- crack or Us reduction to (virtual im- Lactams. . "V ' "A reign of law, based on the con sent of the governed and sustained by fiha orranlezd onlnlon of mankind." was the way he summarized, in a ting' ular sentense objects of ihuinanity in tha world war. Whether the President was address ing his remarks directly to th recent speech of German foreign secretary von Kuchlmatnn, or to th foreshad ows of a renewed German peace of fensive or whether h merely took th occasion of a celebration of American independence to eirtphavlze to th world the war aims of th nation, can only be dovined. He did not deal with the progress of the war or any rtfc- I settlement must be ftrml. Tnere can be no compromises. No hair-way de ciron would be tolerable. - No half way decision is conceivable, These are tie enda for which th associated perrcles of the world are fighting and which must be conceded them before there ctn be peace: 1. "The destruction of every arbi trary power anywhere that can seo- ertely, secretly, and of, its; single choice disturb the peace of the world; or. iif it cannot be presertlv destroyea, it least its reduction to virtual impo tence, i 2. "T'-.e settlement of ereny ques tion, whether f territory, of eover- e'env. of economic arrangement, or of ,rol!1cal relatfonsnip, tpjon the bi rrs of the free ncceptsnc of tint sen timent hy US people innndlatly c-n-erd. and not upon th basis of the material interest of adjHntag of snv other mitten or people which may desire a different settlement for the rir of its own exterior influences r mastorv. . 8. "Th consent of all nations t be rovarned an thir conduct towards ch otNrr bv th ra princfclee of hd-or nnd of respect for th common law of civilised rociety that govern th Individual dtisens of all modern s-tee in their relation mb on -rhr; to the end chat all promise and covenants may be sacredly ob served, no crvat plot or cowrtra- - des totrbsJ. no elnei Injuries ! wroorht wtf impunity, and a mutual 1 (Continued oa rage .)
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