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""1 Hickory Record daily HICKORY, N. C. FRIDAY EVENING, OCTOBER i, 1915. Price Two Cents Vol. 1. No. 18. TOLL OF HURRICANE IN NEW ORLEANS WAS 19 Property Loss in Crescent City Will Amount to Several Millions Storm Raged Fiercely At Other Points Number of Lives Lost. T RYING TO L AND MAMMOTH (lly the Associated Press) Baton Rouge, Oct. 1. The death list resulting from the hurricane which swept the New Orleans section and the gulf coast Wednesday is expected to reach f.r or 70, while property dam age will amount into the millions. The estimates follow: New Orleans, 19 dead, XOO injured; property loss over $2,000,000. Mississippi coast, 13 dead, scores in jured or missing; property loss esti- matcii at E SUMS ARE PAID FOR FREIGH T STEAMERS (By the Associated Pres3) London. Oct. 1. The steamer Marl time, 5,53G tons, which was the North German Lloyd steamer Schliesien be-fm-ft she was captured as a British - . , . . . it. Autumobilists arriving here from prize, recently Drought at auction uu, , iii i i, price of $ou(J,UUU, an increase oi io,- New Orleans early today reported that I nvpr tfir '' of six months ago. the work of rehabilitation of the city was progressing rapidly. The build ings left in a dangerous position by the storm are being torn down, rail road traffic from the west has len partially resumed, and the telegraph companies are working day and night to restore wire communication with the outside world. It was stated no outside aid would be asked for New Orleans. ; The loss of life was not heavier ow ing to the ample warning given by "the federal and state authorities. An Early Report. (Ity tlif AKociuted Press) New Orleans, Sept. 30, by courrier to Baton Rouge, Oct. 1. Nineteen known dead and damage estimated at several million dollars was the total of the hurricane that swept New Or leans Wednesday. Of the known dead 000 over her price of six months ago A profit of $275,000 on a ship cost ing $325,000 indicates the extent ol the nresent shipping boom. Even a half year ago vessels were selling at a nremium. Uut the present Doom breaks all records in the history of shipping. There have been other sales as re markable of late. One steamer, which was bought for $225,000 at the begin ning of the war, changed hands at $500,000. A Copenhagen owner who last year bought a 4,234 ton steamer for $41,500 resold her this month lor $200,000. These vessels are freighters and not passenger vessels. Except when let to the government on charters as transporters, passenger ships are not particularly profitable. But the ex aggerated price for freighters, often far exceeding the cost price of super annuated ships, is due to the expec tation of huge profits. The clean sweep from the seas of German and Austrian vessels aggre gating over four million tons left an unprecedented chance to rivals. Neu- tral countries, especially me oui- Although quite a number of towns and cities are bidding for the per manent location of the Hagenbeck Wallace Circus, Hickory is under con sideration with the rest, according to a letter received today by Secretary Joy of the Chamber of Commerce from R. M. Harvey, advance manager. The letter was written from Norfolk, Va., and stated that the location for the winter already had been determined on. Columbus and Cincinnati, Ohio, In dianapolis and West Baden, Indiana, Perry, Iowa, and "several other towns are after us," Mr. Harvey said, "to say nothing of St. Louis. We will be pleased to enter your thriving city on our list and to assure you that Hick ory will receive thes ame thorough consideration as any of the places mentioned." This big circus will be through here about the middle of November, when the good points in this community will be taken up, along with the bad ones from a circus standpoint. Salisbury has been wintering a circus, and has liked the association. It is believed that Hickory offers many superior ad vantages, and these will be shown the management when the Irage tents arrive. F ORWARD IVES CAPI MARION POLICEMAN CONVICTED OF MURDER ALLIES ARE WORRIED OVER BULGARIAN T URN (By Associated Press.) London, Oct. 1. Foreign Secretary Grey announced this afternoon that German and Austrian armies are ar TiMno in Rule-aria to direct the Bulga rian army. The secretary said that this was a fact which the allies viewed with a great deal of anxiety. GRAVE ROBBERS GOT GEOGRAPHY MIXED UP Washington, N. C, Oct; 1 The nAcv Mad testimony from a ati wpr white The storm probably cost heavy prop- : dinavian countries have had the ad erty loss and casualties in Louisiana s vantage over England and France y r- 1 owing to their comparatively lmmuni- and as far north as Morgan City. , f m submarine attacks. Rumors tonight emanating from the i north and southwest indicated that the loss of life would be heavy. Rail- road men from Morgan City said the loss of life would not be great, but that damage would be considerable. Apparently the hurricane swept over the city of Coma, a city of 5, 000 inhabitants, and it is feared the loss was heavy. St. Bernard, adjoining New Orleans parish, was flooded by a tidal wave to a depth of eight feet in the lower section of the parish, courriers re ported. . Crops throughout thes torm district were almost totally destroyed, it was reported. The last word from the section , around the river's mouth came today from the steamer Creole, Captain Ja cobs reporting that the water was pouting over the leveesna ru uuB ; that he saw two men m in the houses. He denied that, two , geg Episcopal churchyard on members of the Creole's crew had been gft8 last wePek when a grave drowned or that he had seen bodies . 1 A. occupied by the remains of noauiiK uuwu nic n.. i Mrs Enoch Simmons, wne o.i. a iaw- Two men were drowned when the I a witn dynamite. Corsair and three fleets of barges sank : ; stated that he was sitting on the stone wall around the yard and that when the two men passed him they were talking m low tones about "loads of jewelry and money." A woman residing nearby told the officials she saw two men run from the place after the explo- i sion. . I Tho nnliffi think now that ghouls AT METHODIST SCHOOL i&SnSSSS j not been used for burying in many ! years, but contains the remains of ahw.iioV, ,n,iprq of the Record will many prominent people of three and First Methodist Sunday school, ap- block from the police station. pearing in this issue, mention is made of it simply because iti s the first advertisement of a Sunday school or similar organization to appear in this paper. Superintendent Ivey had a message to deliver to Methodists and othi'i-s, had his own ideas about how that message should be delivered, and made arrangements with the business side of the space. It is unnecessary to say that the Record management appreciates this : Marion, Oct. 1. "Guilty of murder in the second degree" was the ver dict rendered by a McDowell county jury in the case of the state against Policeman E. H. Emory for the killing of Clyde Terrell of Old Fort last March. This case has been hard fought for five days, more than 100 witnesses having been examined. Em ory was represented by Congressman elect Nichols and Mr. Wyche of Spar tanburg, Pless and Wmborne and W. T. Morgan of the local bar. The so licitor was assisted in the prosecu tion by Hudgins and Watson of the local bar and J. F. Spainhour of Mor- ganton. The taking of testimony was concluded Monday at noon, and the case was in the hands of the jury at 6 o'clock Wednesday. The verdict was rendered yesterday. Sentence will be passed later. The shooting of Clyde Terrell oc curred at Old Fort last March when Policeman Emory attempted to arrest Terrell. Emory claimed that Terrell placed his hand upon his hippocket, but it was contended that the police man had previously searched Terrell and knew that he had no weapons on his person. GERMAN STATEMENT THE BOLL WEEVIL Washington, Oct. 1. Under nor mal conditions the boll weevil advances into new territory at the rate of about 50 miles each year, but during a per iod of only two weeks during the pres ent season there was an advance of about 100 miles. This movement car ried the insect into Georgia for the first time, and 25 counties in that state became infested. Several counties in Florida have been infested for several years but 8 additional ones became in fested by the same movement. Twen ty additional counties in Alabama were also invaded. All of this spread took place between the 15th and 31st of August. There were several conditions, ac cording to the entomologists of the United States department of agricul ture, which contributed to this unusual dispersion. One of them was the drought in Alabama and Mississippi, which caused the plants to cease fruit ing and deprived the weevils of the squares upon which they prefer to feed. The more important condition, however, was a series of very high winds which began on August 15 and blew continuously for several days to ward the northeast. The weevils were carried much farther than they would have gone by natural flight or even by the aid of ordinary winds. The department has placed all avail able forces at work to assist the far mers in thes territory that has just be come infected. Most of the cotton is now open and' this will allow an un usually early picking so that the fall broods of the weevil can be destroyed by uprooting and burying the plants or burning them where necessary. The department strongly urges the bury ing of the plants wherever this can be done promptly, as the humus there by placed in the soil is of very great importance. The state agencies are co-operating with the agents of the department, and a very active effort will be made to reduce the number of weevils to the extent that will allow an approximately normal crop to be produced next season. Another feature of the boll-weevil problem which is attracting consider able attention is the damage that is being done in Texas this season. There is a more or less general impression in the eastern part of the cotton belt that the boll weevil has died out in the state of Texas, but the investiga tions of the department show that the abundance of the insect in that region depends on climatic conditions. Dur ing the present season these condi tions have been extremely favorable with the result that the insect has been as abundant as at any time since it invaded the state. The lesson to be drawn from this fact is that the planters in the eastern part of the cot ton belt must make a strenuous fight, and should realize that since the boll weevil has not died out either in Tex as or Mexico, it is not at all likely to do so in any other region that may become invaded. They should adjust their systems of farming to boll-weevil conditions without delay. . VONPAPEN T ALSO IS LEAVE REPORTS ADVANCE (By Associated Press.) Washington, Oct. 1. Unless Cap tain von Papen, German miliary at tache, is voluntarily withdrawn by his government the United States will re quest his recall. All the papers car ried by James F. J. Archibald, the American newspaper correspondent involved in the case of Doctor Dumba, have been placed before state depart ment officials and although final deci sion awaits the return of Secretary Lansing, it became known today that the documents disclosed transgres sions of diplomatic proprieties on von Papen's part such as caused the re call of Doctor Dumba, the Austrian ambassador. In the list of documents in posses sion of the state department are four cipher letters from Doctor Dumba and some from von Papen and one, it is believed, from Count von Bernstorff. There is nothing so far as disclosed that indicates that the German am bassador had violated proprieties. UN VERSITY UN FRENCH REPORT FURTHER GAINS I ARTOIS TODAY Attacks With Hand Grenades on German Trenches Effective Violent Counter At tacks by Germans Checked British Consolidate Positions Won. WILL HAVE BANQUET Alumni of the University of North Carolina today received letters of greetings and good wishes from the committee on alumni organization at Chapel Hill on the eve of the 121st anniversary of the institution. The committee calls on all local associa tions to aid in extending the useful ness of the university, says that 1,117 regular students are registered, that the freshman class numbers 350 and that the university's rapidly enlarg ing work makes it desireable that lo cal associations, because of their ex perience, co-operate loyally. The Catawba County Alumni Asso ciation is planning a banquet for Oc tober 12. Mr. George McCorkle, the president, is absent in Washington, but Mr. W. A. Self, vice-president, and Mr. Bascom Blackwelder, secretary, are going ahead with plans to show the faculty and students at Chapel Hill that Catawba is ready to help. There are approximately 50 alumni in this county. STILL TALKING ABOUT ALL THOSE DOLLARS (By Associated Press.) New York, Oct. 1. Members of national banks, trust companies and private banking houses, which will manage the Anglo-French loan, re- j ceived today a flood of applications for participation in the loans. The maximum estimate of the to tal subscription already offered placed the amount as high as $420,000,000. At the office of the J. P. Morgan and Company it was said that the ag gregate for underwriting had not been compiled and no statement was then ready. That some of the subscrip tions will be very large was indicated by the statement that one offer was for $30,000,000 and that other offers ranging from $3,000,000 to $5,000,000 had been made by New York banks. One of the members of the commis sion was quoted as saying Jthat as the loan was superior to securities he expected a large amount of it would find its way to London. The banking house of Kohn, Loeb & Company will not help to float the $500,000,000 credit loan to Great Brit ain and France, because it has been unable to obtain assurance that Rus sia will not be benefited, Jacob Schiff, senior member of the firm, so asserted today. (By the Associated Press) Paris, Oct. 1. In the great battle in the Artois district the French have made further progress by means of attacks with hand grenades on Ger man trenches. This was the announce ment of the French war office today. In the Champagne the Germans' counter-attacks near Maisons de Champagne were checked. The Ger mans violently bombarded French trenches in Soupir, north of the Aisne, but did not employ infantry. CONFIRMED IN LONDON (By the Associated Press) London, Oct. 1. The French are bearing the brunt of the fighting now on the western front. They are ham mering on the German line c.i the railway and at the same time dropping bombs on the line and stations to prevent the Germans from bringing up reinforcements. The British forces apparently are occupied in consolidating their posi tions in the strip already won. The daily lengthening of the obituary col umns of the London newspapers is be ginning to measure the price paid by the British for their recent offensive. There is no notable change in the situation in the east. Bulgaria has not replied to the sug gestion of Greece that she demobilize. AID CAUSE OF HEALTH RAN E AND ENGLAND DEFEND SERVIA T ORPEDO BOA EN T IS TTO BOTTOM (By Associated Press.) Paris, Oct. 1. The Temps announ ces that France and Great Britain al ready have taken military measures to defend Servia against attacks from Bulgaria. last night. These fleets included more than 200 barges loaded with coal val ued at several hundred thousand dollars. RALLY DAY SUNDAY (By Associated Press.) Berlin, by wireless to Tuckertown, N. J., Oct. 1. The British have ceased their attacks and the Germans have made further progress north of Loos, the war office announced today. All French attacks at Souchez north of Nouville and in the Champagne failed. MARKETS NEW YORK STOCKS DR. MENZIES GOES NORTH Dr. H. C. Menzies left last night for Washington, Baltimore and New York on professional business. PAIN CALLED TOL! 1 GRENADIERS (By Associated Press.) London. Oct. 1. General Alexis Ku- advertisement and that everybody on has been appointed chief of the paper hopes that "Rally Day will Russian grenadier corps, according be a notable event. The hour to be v fr.nrn ptrnrad EARTH MOVEMENTS DELAY OPENING OF CANAL Washington, Oct. 1. Colonel Hard ing, acting governor of the Panama canal, cabled the war department that more earth movements will delay the reopening of the canal until October 10, five days longer than was pre viously reported. GOVERNMENT READY TO QUELL UPRISING IN CUBA (By the Associated Press) New York, Oct. 1. United States Steel, coppers and utilities were domi nant features at today's opening. Steel's initial sales comprised 12,000 (By the Associated Press) Berlin, by wireless to Tuckertown, N. J., Oct. 1. An official communica tion issued in Constantinople under date of September 27, announced that Turkish coast batteries sank a torpe do boat of the enemy that day. GOVERNMENT MAY PURCHASE COTTON Washington, Oct. 1. Representa tive Heflin of Alabama called on Sec retaries Daniels and Garrison today, ,rrestinir that the government pur- "av i.,, .Yii Z unnnn Vlo nf rntton and 250.- ! e Digger car iim uiu Another Collision. The Newton Enterprise says: "A head on collision between the Ford machine of S. S. Rowe of Cono ver and the Overland of J. B. Carper of Newton occured Wednesday morn ing in front of the resident of J. A. Gaither on Main street and both ma chines were battered quite a bit. No body was hurt, though the occupants of the Ford got a jar. Miss Essie Rowe was driving and had Mrs. R. R. Brady and Miss Ethel Brady in the machine with her, coming up from the graded school. A cotton wagon was coming down street and Mr. Car- j per, with J . Jr. i ount anu ueui g i Bacon in his machine, was also com ing down. The Ford ran around the cotton wagon and when he saw colli sion was imminent, Mr. Carper stop ped dead, but the Ford driver didn't have time to shut off power and hit Prominent Health Workers Praise Work of Women. State Board of Health Bulletin. Women are destined to play an im portant role in the future health work of the country, according to the press reports of the recent meeting of the American Public Health Association at Rochester, N. Y. Ninety-eight out of one hundred men, members of the association, expressed themselves as favoring woman's suffrage for the ef fect of woman's influence on public health matters. Said Dr. W. C. Wood ward, ex-president of the association, of Washington, D. C: "The success of public health work in any commun ity is in proportion to the extent of interest the women of the community take in it, and the greater the civic responsibility the greater the civic interest is bound to be." From the reports of this meeting it seems that woman's part in health work has been much in evidence in thep ast and that all her work is not in the future. Said Dr. W. A. Evans of Chicago: "Woman's influence in the city of Chicago has made public health officials take up questions which they have evaded and has made the council change its views as to public morals." Dr. E. H. Reede of Colorado said that he ascribed the good health inspection of thes chools of that state to the work of the women. HARMONICA CONCERT OVER THE TELEPHONE shares, breaking through 80 for the j Q , , ' f Unters to be manufactur tirst time since iis. un tms inspi- ; d . t cotton and explosives to ration copper opened with 3,000 shares . fh munition recmirements of at 44. Miami rose a point to thirty, i while American Smelting, Guggen- j heim and Ray were one to 4 points higher. Philadelphia Company rose to 97. United Kailways preferred and Pacific Telephones rose. NEW YORK COTTON present is (J:45. to a Keuter dispatcn irom rcuugiau today. 1MULATHEAS ARE URGED i A,l the'phthrSeo? j If the report of the Petrograd dis Iten med Sfircfc Tlunday school are j patch is true it means a somewhat ui-L tntW desired I to attend the busi- , remarkable reversal o opinion re 'sn myee tng Sunday morning at garding the Russian military leader Havana, Oct. 1. The government s secretary denied the current rumors of a projected negro uprising. He said there was no unrest among the negroes, but the government is pre pared to concentrate strong forces in any locality at the first sign of disorder. (By the Associated Press) New York, Oct. 1. There was a big break in the cotton market here this morning. Prices opened steady at a big advance in October. It seems that the storm was followed by clear, cool weather and offerings here be came very heavy, with prices ranging from 39 to 40 points under last night's closing. the army and navy. Secretary Daniels said that more cotton than usual was needed because the government powder mills at In dian Head, Maryland, have been enlarged, CONTRACT FOR GRANITE WALL AROUND TRINITY Trinity College, Durham, Oct. 1. The contract for the construction of the new granite wall which comes as thp P-ift. of Messrs. B. N. and J. B. Harvest Calendar. Somewhere every month in the year harvesters are clicking. According to Farm and Fireside the world's schedule for cutting grain is as fol lows: January New Zealand, Argentina. February Asia Minor and Mexico. May Asia, China, Japan, Texas. June Turkey, Spain, southern United States. July United States, Austria, south ern Russia, Englnd, Germany, Swit zerland. August Canada, Holland, Belgium, Denmark, Poland. September Scotland, Sweden, Nor- London, Oct. 1. A happy diver sion of the trenches, says a returned soldier, is a mouth organ concert transmitted by field telephones through an area of about fifteen miles. HIGH OFFICIALS J ? ictobSNorthern Russia, Siberia. pn r h i i 1 1 i i i , v Laxuuuii vw-- COTTON FUTURES which session olhcers will be eiectea and plans mapped out for the com ing winter. Many new members have been added to the class, and quite a number more are expected. in the war with Japan. The failure of the Russian campaign is Denevea to have been due to Kuropatkin s sub jection to Alexis, Russian vice-roy, and internal friction among the generals. ALL TELEGRAMS TO BE DELAYED 48 HOURS DOLLAR DAY London. Oct. 1. The postmaster general announced that all future tel egrams for the neutral countries In Europe and for Russia by the Great Northern lines and Siberia will be subjected to 48 hours' delay. New York, Oct. 1. Cotton futures opened steady and closed steady. i Open Close October 11.94 11.69 December 12.22 12.10 January 12.35 12.25 March 12.60 12.52 May 12.76 12.73 tmt: THE WEATHER Thursday, Oct. 7 i 1 RAILROADS PRESENT VIEW Washington, Oct. 1. Representa tives of all the principal railroads of the country appeared before the in terstate commerce commission to be gin presenting their views on the main question involved in the physical val uation. They appeared at the request of the commission. It is said that one pound of coal burned under the boilers in the big power house of the Interboro Rapid Transit company, in New York, will carry one passenger over a distance of two miles. The Lake Erie and Northern Rail road of Canada will soon be electri fied for the whole 52 miles from Gait to Port Dover. Hydraulic power will be used and the new electric cars will be in operation next November. Forecast for North Carolina: Local rains and colder tonight, Saturday fair; moderate to fresh southwest to west winds. to a firm in Charlotte, and by the terms of the contract the work is to begin not later than October 8. It is expected that it will be completed before the Christmas holidays. At present the college and the contrac tors are selecting thes tone for the wall. . . , The wall is to be thirty six inches in height and is expected to add great ly to the appearance of the campus. TRAVIS IN WASHINGTON Raleigh, Oct. 1. Chairman E. L. tvoq nf thf North Carolina cor poration commission, has gone to Washine-ton. D. C, having been sum moned there by the interstate com merce commission for a conierence relative to the work the interstate commission has in hand tnrougn spe 1 fnmmission from congress to November South Africa, Peru. December Uruguay, Australia. Then it all starts over again, be ginning with New Zealand and Argen tina. The United States exports har vesting machinery to all the countries named, and also many others. m RICES' BANK INDICTED NEW HEAD OF ARMY MEDICAL SCHOOL COMPARATIVE WEATHER Sept. 30. 1915 Maximum 59 Minimum 52 Mean 55 Rainfall 1.29 Weather for Month Maximum 92 Mean Maximum 83 Minimum 41 Mean Minimum 64 Total Rainfall 3.15 Clear Days 24 Cloudy and Partly Cloudy 6 1914 82 51 66 96 80 42 56 4.10 12 18 Washington, Oct. 1. Colonel Wil liam H. Arthur of the medical Corps today became commandant of the Army Medical School. He will relieve Colonel Charles Richard, who becames surgeon of the western department. AMERICANS ARE DECORATED Nish, Serbia, Oct. 1. Crown Prince Alexander has decorated forty-three make aT ete pfiiteal vrfSktin of American physicians and sanitary en- IlltUVe tX Lumpier . ,, TT . j ;t.c in -wnrmn-niimn nf tVlPir SPTV- tVio railroad rjrotierties in the United States. Representatives of the corpo ration or railroad commissions of all the states are to participate in tne conference. CALDWELL COUNTY GOLD The Lenoir Topic says: A recent clipping from the Mor ganton News-Herald, headed Burke County Uold," ana reprmbeu i ure Topic, told of Mr. G. W. Jackson's gold mine in Burke. The Topic is delighted to set its readers straight, as Mr. Jackson himself informs tne editor that his mine is located in Cald well The mine will no doubt prove to be a rich one, and will become a great asset of our county. cfinpfirs in recognition of their serv ices in stopping the epidemics which broke out in Serbia after the war be gan. The Americans becorated are representatives of the Rockefeller Foundation and the American Red Cross. (By Associated Press.) Washington, Oct. 1. Charles C. Glover, president of the Riggs Nation al Bank, Capt. William J. Flaver, and H. H. Flaver, cashier, were indicted today for perjury in connection with the bank's recent suit against Secre tary McAdoo and Comptroller Wil liams. The officers were charged with per jury in making an affidavit that the bank had never engaged in stock mar ket transactions and had no connec tion with Lewis, Johnson & Company, a stock firm now defunct. Attorneys for Secretary McAdoo and Comptroller Williams contended aqi ms yuvq eq jo yeiii sift v books of Lewis, Johnson & Company showed many transactions. The case soon afterwards was laid before a grand jury. Vice-President Hales and Joshua Evans, assistant cashier, were called to testify. The indictments are a sequel to the charge that Secretary McAdoo and Comptrol ler Williams had conspired to injure the institution by withdrawing depo sits, making extraordinary demands in reports, and the imposure of a $5,000 fine for failure to make the report. Cotton still on the upward path, and tobacco showing better signs. A com bination of "strong talk" which Old manhardtimes will find it hard to "drown out." Kinston Free Press. "The German iron wall is unshak- nhlp and insurmountable is the op timistic view Berlin takes of activi ties in northern France. One hun dred years ago Napoleon thought the same way. High roint enterprise. Did you ever ask a mail order house to sell you a bill of goods on credit? Try it once, and learn your true rating with him. People who are weighed in the bal ance and found wanting generally blame it on the scale. The sun, too, shines into cesspools, and is not pulluted. Diogenes Lar-tius.
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