Newspapers / The Concord Times (Concord, … / March 2, 1916, edition 1 / Page 1
Part of The Concord Times (Concord, N.C.) / About this page
This page has errors
The date, title, or page description is wrong
This page has harmful content
This page contains sensitive or offensive material
THE CONCORD TIMES j-g PUBLISHED MONDAYS AND T H U rTFaTs f l. t UU V0LUME7CLI CONCORD, N. C THURSDAY, MARCH 2. 1916 so Mi RHLWAY TO AVE WELFARE AGENT ACCORDING TO ANNOUNCE MENT MADE TODAY. STUDENTS RECITAI. f. CHARLES 1. BUS APPOINTED Will Receive a Salary of $,600 a Year To "Provide Its Employees With Better Opportunities For Moral, Social and Industrial Up lift." Mr. Bass,Who Formerly Was a Lawyer and Member of the Georgia Legislature Joined the Jlethodist Ministry Several Years Ago and Did a Great Work at In man, The Railway States. iliy The Associated Press) Atlanta, March 2. The Southern K.ii'.wiy Company announced today t!,( appointment of a welfare agent ;it :i salary of $3,000 per year to 'juovide its employees-with better opportunities for moral, social and in 4li.',i rial uplift." The Kev. Charles L I'.as, a Methodist preacher about :',' years old, was given the position. Mr. Hass, who formerly was a (ia t icinir attorney, and a member of the --(! -orgia Legislature), joined the Methodist ministry several years ago anI was assigned to a church at In uiait Yards, a suburb, where the Soitldiern has its local roundhouse mid freight yards. , Card playing, drinking and various petty disorders were frequent in that section then, the announcement ' said, but shortly after Mr. Bass went there "the place was pervaded by a different moral at mosphere." This, it is said, lead to the creation of the office of welfare agent and to Mr. Bass' appointment to fill it. . Mr. Bass will leave here today with K. H. Ooapman,'vice president of the Southern, for a tour of the system. To Be Given at Mont Amccna Semin ary Mt. Pleasant, Friday Evening, March 3, at 8 O'clock. The following is the programme of Ue recital to be given at Mont Araoena Seminary tomorrow even-in- March 3, at 8 o'clock by the students of the Seminars-: Duet, "Semiramide," Rossini Misses Cress and Stirewalt. Chorus, "Morn Rise" Czizulka. P iano, "Coppella," Delibes Miss GERMAN CRUISER MOEWE Lillian Petrea. Song: "To You and But to You," Coverly Miss Catherine von Ohsen. Piano, "Trocleuse," Bcrger Miss Catherine Fisher. Chorus, (a) "Ashes of Roses,' (b) "They Thought," Boreh. Piano, "Air de Ballet" Seeboeck Miss Winifred Bodie. Song: "Life's Lullaby," Gerald Lane Miss Dorothy Bostian. Piano, Wollenbaupt Miss Helen Martin. Song: "I Hear a Thrush at Kve," Cadman Miss Catherine von Ohsen. Piano. "La Fozza Del Destino," Verdi Miss Julia von Chsen. Chorus, "Water Lilies," Linders. WANT TO ORGANIZE A MERCHANTS' ASSOCIATION And Meeting Will Be Held at City Hall Tonight. Messrs. J. C. Bell and II. C. Wal drop, representing the Merchants' Mercantile Agency, of Pittsburg,1 again call a meeting ot the merch ants and professional men of Con cord to meet at the city hall this evening at 8 o'clock to consider the organization of an association here. According to, Messrs. Bell and Wal drop active associations have been organized at Greensboro, Raleigh, Goldsboro, Rocky Mount, Wilson, Greenville, Newberne and other towns in this state. The agency was incor porated in 1889 and is in operation in 27 states. GERMAN OFFENSIVE TOREST HILL NEWS. Marshall Almndcr Girt HAS BEEN RESUMED! Etf&'ss WITH A VIOLENT ATTACK THE WOEVRE DISTRICT IN DIFFICULT 19 ADYflNGE, HOVEYER the Dispatches From Both Berlin And Pans Point Oat the Difficulties of Military Operations in the District. rench Positions Stretch Along eights From Which the Ground Drops Abruptly to the evre Plain With Its Moist Clay Soil Across Which the Transport of Heaviest German Artillery is Almost Impossible. (Ily The Associated Tress) After a lull in infantry operations in the vieimtv ot erdun sinre the LEADERS LIIIE OP FOR VOTE Oil RESOLUTION CAXA8A Amuut ro .nns ! UZH TO lUST AT CliCZ' Mr. Martin Suthir plcted a large unj Ua histprojrty tn North CI urea urcrt i Lctr a la Caa, if 4 ' It It Jn is now ucll hiujjk4 tart of anv orders IN SENATE TOMOilEOW. in if work. Mr. T. V. Tern -11 ha rt tun d us notce in I ooleemee after sp-nd-vugf it abort while, here uith his iruuZ Mri C. S. Smart. I Mr. and M rs. Cbas, Myem have rt. turned to Concord to lite afh r Hand ing several months in HoVk'HilL Mr. Myers has accepted a jKitiou as loom fixer at Ltxke Mill. Mr. T. It. Pc-nninger, of Shtrron, .S. C, is srnndin- this wk in Concord with Ids father-iu-lav Mr. S. C. Fiiher. Mr. W. A. Wilk inson has rt tunud frtii a business trip to Baltimore. Mr. Jno.C Melnnis of K an na !. is gix'nding this week in rW-ord with his. son. Mr. Jno. -Mclnni. on McGill street. ' Mr. and Mr? W. G. IN vnolds, of Holloa WILL LIKELY BE S!lOCn?TT vr r f BftiE its io urn ztzxza -a Sector Stcnc at Xte Optzizt f tit! Senate Todiy Prcpcstd an Ad1 i ltf Ik, jonnasest to Takt tl SsaU Ostp'4 'K:i-r 4 ,Sr JiS Jfk, of the lUcess It Had Etta Wcrk-O ,f" tts IW ? inx in So As to Clear th PrUi xaentry SitsaUca fcr a Voti a tor James, An Adjcinistreticn Sep! J. u :t r.-; ;. at; l ( 4S.tJ-9.4al t tlf filM ocaawjr uujc S iieS0IUU0X-5cSa-5 in lie , i3 s: r? Grr. s early part of the week there has been!"";"2 .1 ir-anu lrs- art. -uursuai Aiexanuer. a "worthy ord man who has Wen enirinr tt locke 31 ill for a number of DAIRY SCHOOLS a resumption of the German offensive in the Woevre region. A violent bom bardment was followed by- a spirited attack on the French at Fresnes, 10 miles southeast of Verdun. Pari3 re ports the driving out of the Germans from the few positions which they secured in their assault. The new at tack gives color to what seems to be the prevailing military opinion in Paris that the German offensive had merely halted. Dispatches from both Berlin and Paris point out the difficulties of a further advance in this region. The French position, Paris points out stretches along the heights from which the ground drops abruptly to the Woevre plain with its moist clay soil across which the transport of the heaviest German artillery is held to be almost impossible while attacking troops 'would have to deploy in the open nncler -the - fire of th& French guns on the heights. From Dutch sources come reports that the German drive is to be resnm- pcrtcr, Said That It Had Been D-f an. j tided to Erinj Up the Evolution. Washington, March J.TLe admin istration forces, facrd -with dtlay in the li;isc, turned Un-av lo iht? n- cd-:. to cam mil PrcMdint WiU.nV demand for defeat of ;1. I a it 1 1, riivU r a lie .ti;-iil':a lit 1'.:. , , - t . ... i . jnr '1 Tfuv & f nsm r it 1 .1 " tr.!r T Ttrr "-t lrt s i tf 5 CrwrL i . nr.J. Vears. I nriiiu ' A n i-rn-iw ..if nr., las triven un Ins work and v.ll! t-.L ,.(( t.,. v n: v . ,t j.ui" n.iu uvi.i t rt in s : . a Vacation of svcrnl mnnfl.s !!.. ,m - " . .. , . !r""mi.v ii 1,, -. ... 5 v.iiuiouan ri.;iu' oi u'.v :.rc j:n re Will nrnrifi Clun.l nnin h r 1 . Carte t, n PI I ; ?.r.v d. ?! .! 1 rt Jjil -i d n!t1 fl it! fihn.1iiM'i . .... 1 ! E"and V""'Ji" "!'ifrT tl,C,fl0,0r !!ia";C RM ""I1 ' TllADDCO -deb ana incntls. hord uth the Pres;dent on the nv- . thuna;ldv CRONES AT MOUNT AIRY. Being Conducted In Cabarrus County This Week. Messrs. J. S. Graybill and J. A. All m -W X , i t i Arey, ot tne btate department ot!ed from the northeast. 90.000 men i Airriculture. arrived last riiirht and HAS BEEN CAPTURED? jwill spend tiiree days in tlis COUnty ; behind Fort Vaux which is said to conducting dairy schools. 'have been destroyed by the G eiman Today Messrs. Graybill and Arey t jeaVy mortars. and County Demonstration Agent! Estimates of the German losses in Goodman are at Wineeoff. Tomor- the offensive are running hiirh in i- roy uiey wm go io &r. jonn s ancijtente nuarters. one report from Paris Saturday to the Phoenix Mine. 1.30.000. All accounts from German Big Corset Sale Now on at Efird's. sources, however, have declared their Efird's now has a big corset sale casualties were surprisingly small, on, and are 'selling the C.-Br Corset, j Progress of the new Germ?.n sub the ''standard everyvhere of women marine campaign has not yet been nf fad!,' T?n-r nn infprinr porset Inotablv reflected in the . news dis- you must fit your figure to the corset; j patches regarding the sinking of the their corsets fit your figure. They are .Allied merchantmen. The loss of one vessel, tne Alexandria venzsei,,ot hundred tons, is reported from Lon don today, 18 of her crew having been drowned. And Has Been Taken to Island of Trinidad, Report Says. (Ily The ANsoclated Press) Buenos Aires, March 2. Press dis patches from Montevideo say that a steamer arriving from Europe, inter ceded near the coast of Brazil, a Unless' message, stating that British cnii-ers had captured the German auxiliary cruiser Moewe. The Moewe, it was said, was taken by the British -cruisers, to the Island of Trinidad. There is some doubt, however, as to offering many great bargains during the identity of the.1 German vessel this sale. Their spring coat suits, captured. Another version of the too, are now here, which they are account is that the vessel is the selling at introductory prices: $22.50 German cruiser Roon. suits for $17.50 ; $16.50 suits, for $13.50. Also many skirt bargains can be had during this sale.v bee page ad. in this paper. Mardi Gras Gayeties Open. New Orleans, March 2. The fes tivities of Mardi Gras began today, and the annual carnival of six days nromises to keep up to its former - -l foPrtrrlts Pno-eants. masques, grand ooera. horse racing, boxing matches, illuminations and general merrymak ing will be the rule until Tuesday, when the maskers will revel in the streets. The carnival king will be ormP on Tuesdav, and the coro Attorney Joe Wallace Has to Prove 1 Himself. Winston-Salenu March 1. Is At torney John Wallace, really Attorney a vote John Wallace, or is he Jean Crones, the- will-o-the-wisp anarchist soup poisoner, et cetera wanted badly by the police of Chicago and New York f This was the question that con fronted the efficient police force of M6unt Airy, a .few nights no. The matter was finally-decided in favor oJHlie loc : lawyer, and na at the outset Of hit. m . a I . . 1 '. " -I mmL ' " " mm& - lowed, if return home in safety. Mr. Wallace was in Mount Airy, on business, according to himself. He had finished work for the dav and . . !l. il .i t . was in Ins room at tne Jenkins j""pt viuai sorneiiiin cotu.1 ue ionv;bt House. An officer approached him,0" to bring the Prc.Ml nt and t on and wanted to know all about him, jsress more closely in aord, and that where he was from, his name, bus!-; he was framing a substitute for all ness, etc. Mr." Wallace ;suspecttiig ! pending resolutions. . that he was being taken for Jean j Senator -Lodge, of 'Mas, ranking Crones, kept the policeman gut'ssin i Republican meuher of i,o liri L:i plneinr them at between 125000 and!or severi,l minutes before letting his : relations committee, declared ! a QUIET IN Senate take an. adjournxcnt and ? . -- i..ereo get into a new logif.atiw day, relieving the parlinmcntary Keiy Sd? CaU aa4 l; nation, wjiich thus far hak held Sen- - Deaacd. ator (Mire's restlution from coming' iir n amui4 p New Yrk Matrh . . --Trdf" ? ills actnn was taken after a run. 'quirt m'th? cotton n ;rr; l- r ..,! ferem-e nf administration le.ubTH wholti'Mav. but thr t t. v u r!.T ; ier ouin? t th4 r? .til (.ffmri?, ffK ativrly teiid rabb ar-d ;k t I . Ut fit duaid Ti p tourVtt s-fM I at an advai;r of 7 int n !rr nr.d 1 to It jwuti! m tr.o' tt with th artii dlsv rn wr!lr about 4 to 7 j"'nr;! tn,trr. 1 h tip it 11.47 and Jnly to !!.. r Jit t tcn vith tb- 1'! jM.jjit rrafhtd c the rally of Tur-day. . f'o!t ji f istun j f.d ttr.-d,: October ILM; iKrrtiJwr M.VJ. were satisfied they had the votes to defeat the Gore revolution and demon onstration to Germany that the dis sention aaraius-t . the- President's for eign oicy donot hac the support of Congress. projxjsals made a staicment of thc!alvnri Varrf d May odr.rU international situation a he under stood it. Senator Stone Declared it was nis l l .VI ROOSEVELT WILL NOT BE A CANDIDATE. And Has Asked That His Name Be Withdrawn in Four States. illy The Associated Prena) New York. Mnrrli 2. Theodore Rojsevelt's determination not to al low the use of his' name as a can didate for the Presidential nomina tion' in the coming primary election was emphasized today by the an nouncement that his secretary, J. W. Mc-Grath, has -directed the withdraw al of Mr. Roosevelt's name from the WILL NOT ACCEPT ANY COMPROMISE identity become known. in accord with Senator Stone's tic- Chief Taylor, of Mount Airy, w as pire for prompt action .and he a m l' here attending court todav. lie said that before leaving Mount Airy a postal card mailed in the Granite City on the morning of the 2Sth, ad dressed to the chief of police and which read as follows: "I guess yo-u are surprised to find that 1 am in your town, but it is the safest place on earth.' 1 the card was signed "Jean Crones." SAFES AT CHARLOTTE BLOWN, mo IS STOLUN Coca-Cola Company and Ctlf P.Ssinf Company tU Lorcrt. Charl"!!'.' Mrrrh , af- ;rj tHs that the issue was more important L,fT;ff 0f Xh Gulf UU:ufVutxy1 than anything c!m before Con-T.fs rn,j thf. Chat!6tt (Va tVh Compel Washin-ton, March 2. . AdrninU-j Vrrt blon tin b-t nu-H by j r tration forces evidently are limn? tip f-s onal Ami about .Z'0 t-urf i for a voto in the Senate on the H frm t! rn-r) ,-; L'-0 from t' armed ships resolution. Senator Stone tToca-Cola Company. Th to oTc- SENATOR GORE DEFENDS RESOLUTION So President. Informed House For eign Affairs Committee Today. (By The Associated Pre) Washington, March 2' President Wilson told chairman Flood, of the House foreign affairs committee, early today that he would consent to no compromise on the armed ship is sue and desired a direct vote on a resolution warninsr Americans off armed ships -of belligerent nations. Mr. Flood took the"-decision to the committee. Ill inois primary.' m i"e , n .iof ovronino- will hav This is the fourth UUU T TIaZ. tne usuai spieuuox. btate in which iMr. Roosevelt has re fused to allow the use of his name. 1 he others are Nebraska, Minnesota and Michigan. THE WHEAT MARKET. Mr. Brown to Leave Tomorrow. Ar s AT "Rrnwn. who for some time has been manager for the Concord Gas Company here, will leave tomorrow for Key West, Fla., where ha has accented the position as man- v. O , ... PoTnil v will cm to Kev West later. - - - , 1 Mr. J. I aimer, oo. cnutiuu Said the Impelling Reason Was Re port of President's Statement. (Bt The Associated Press) Washington, March 2. Senator Gore, in defending his resolution in the Senate today, said that the' im pelling reason for his course was the Lreport that the President had told certain Senators and Representatives that a war between the United States and Germany "might not be ungrate ful and might result in advancing civilization by bringing about the end of the European war by mid-sum- Wheat Showed Increased Weakness Over Difficulties of Shipping. (By The Associated Preas) Chicago. March 2. Wheat - showed weakeness today largely as the result SUCceed Mr. Brown as manager of the or the -unsettled outlook o the di- gas plant here. Mr. Brown nas oeen plomatie situation-.and because of dif- v nonular here, and our people heulties of shinnino. The ooeninff f spa him leave Concord - 1 I o - i I XCnilu , wnich ranged from thp same as ves- t "day's finish, with three-quarters -riu DiSCttss Republican Attitude this down with May . at 111 to 11 and Afternoon. July at 108 n-S in 7.R wa followed TiT.i-! t 9. President " " " " v i vv acninu .mi. luaiku by a sasr all around with the subse- Ut:i.m a Leader Mann. finent shap rally 'but then another de- Lp tticp. will discuss the atti- oiie n nrnnnH t .1.1 thp armea vuuv r . . r. ship issue at five o'clock tms axier- Kannapolis Circuit. noon at the President's requebu 1 . . ., , I TU PT-ooiPnt intends to piace icucuins nt-r.MA -mpthnriisr. t Jtinrcn I ... PomUy: Ithpagc , a 11 I 'm.; Oak issues mTZ !rovA nt a i... n. ir n' h-ans in an effort to gain tneir snp 11, ot Kannapolis. The pastor. Kev. Prc- trrifl-i T?nr . "R IV ' Bost Mill Items. Miss Pearl Bost is visiting her brother, Mr. Jno. L. Bost, in States-ville. Ilfiss Sallie Plott and Virginia Smith spent last Saturday and Sun day in Concord with Mrs. Stuart L. Bost. mer. Senator Stone den-ed that the President had said to him or in his hearing that such a be ungrateful. war might no! at the opening of the hession today, proposed an adjournment to the Sen ate of of recess in which it baa been working so as to clear the Parliamn- try situation for a vote on Senator Gore's resolution. Senator Stone made the fuggestinn after a conference with ad:ninit ra tion leaders, who decided the situa tion in the House was so completed with possibility of delay, that they would not w ait for a vote there hut would go ahead in the Senate where thev are confident the administration resolutions can be defeated. It wems to be the plan to bring the Gore res olution up tomorrow. Senator Jame, one of the admin tration supp)rters paid: It ban beefl decided to bring the resolution up for -action as as possible, but not today. We hive the votes in the senate to smash it." Senator Stone j-aid from the 2or that he and Prc'd nt Wils.ia ere not in accord on t! isue. wcr a nii! apart but it tee b-r- lief that tbe ftafei were ikiwa o;1 bv one and the ume i-ftrti-. The t in the om of the (rcav-t.La C-ora- nany was blown to picf, A doei on the wall a lift-! frum iU hittrL It toppNl at 11.14, tfH7ttati&;r thf moment of the explosion. T docs age at the refinery aa ivot o prxt. There is no rltje. SAVARANOrr TRX0 P1XASE3. Mr. L. D. Banner, of Mount Airy, is a Concord visitor today. S Jincner m a meeting, at Charlotte all next week, S. L. OWEN, - ' Pastor. a WEATHER Overcast tonight and Friday ; prob- bly rain; moderate vanaDie wmua. PROGRESSIVE FARMER SIX MONTHS FRff For the month of March only, we will give fi ee the Progressive Farmer for six months, to every subscriber who pays one year's subscription to The Times whether in advance or not. In other words, you get $2.00 worth of papers for only $1.50. This offer positively expires April 1 Take advantage of it now. NEW BUILDING. Conclndin Lyceum AttmtUn Pr- tenUd by Artlfts. The Savaranof! 7xw, tbe Ut nf the Lyf urn '.aeries, ai at C r.t?ij school lat evening. It Ti'i ral tntertaihrr.ent of a tith ri t. The pneramrnrr as wtll fit"d and recdertd i!h thr of r t lt ?. A good nized aadienee vai'fTrv.at and its tTt-nltti of thr entrrts'S ment frwiently rrptterl by applau This is the la.t of tr f ee'jm a'.ift;.ors this v-an ar ! 11a ronr l'ted s it l-raj itb iUr etkttng, t -ntertaining' T.n,tr. r. Work Started on New Building For TOUR MORE BEXTISn The Concord Telephone Company. Work this morning was started' tf3 the new building to be erected tir J the. Concord Telephone ( orrpany. The building will be erected by tr;e ( on- U-ord National P.ank on its lot ia the frear of the bank building and will, face East Depot ft reet. The building will be of brick and (two stories hiirh. It will contain the central and business oC'ces of the i company . , I A new switch! board was recently j ordered by the company and it will ibe placed in the new building. SHIPS SUNK TODAY. Mr. John ifcBrideJ who rerently 'completed a course at Santbdeal ' t. - r..n Tr?:-kw,.i v- has returned and accepted a position as assistant foreman and bookkeeper for Mr. A. B. Pounds. Mr. McHride'a home is m Marsavuie, lie made a ; creditable record at SmithdeiL Their Cresri Landed at IrrwtafL--One Italian Ship Also Stsk. Ixndon, Marrh 'J. The itiir.? of four more tes&eU ws reporud to day. The crews of three Ifntub tsrjwxa landed at Lovetoft. Tieir Uvwll are 4aM lo lau Uen raak is th North Sea. The Italian sailing th'.p Klita al is reported to hare tetn taclu "My ancestor east o.er with tit fifst kettler-." ' Very likely. We Lad no isizi gratioa laws then." Medarr:e A. Jones Yorke, W. J. flHl, Jr., Go an Duenbery, Z, 31. 3fooret D. F. Cannon and C. llama spent yesterday in Charohte.
The Concord Times (Concord, N.C.)
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
March 2, 1916, edition 1
1
Click "Submit" to request a review of this page. NCDHC staff will check .
0 / 75