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Hickory Daily Record VOL. 1, No. 53. HICKORY, N. C. THURSDAY EVENING NOVEMBER 11, 1915. Pric K envs RUSSIANS AGAIN STRIKE HARD BLOWS I THE EAST Claim Considerable Success Against Austrians, Many of Whom are Drowned or Captured Serbians Also on Offensive War News Reads Like Old History. (By Associated Press.) London, Nov. 11. An acute revival of the submarine issue, chieby in the Mediterranean, accompanied by a gen eral offensive activity by the Russians on the eastern front, makes the war news read today like a repetition of history six months ago. Along the eastern front at Czartorysk, where desperate battles have been under way for several weeks, the Russians claim a considerable success, which is said to have resulted in breaking the Aus trian lines and to have culminated in the drowning of 2,000 lives, and the capture of many Austrians. West of Riga the Russians have con solidated the position they have recently-won and claim to have taken several villages. Less change is reported from the Balkan front than at any time since the new campaign began. It is now definitely established that the French are not in possession of the Serbian town of Veles, a daring cavalry raid which apparently reached the envir ons of the place giving rise to the er roneous report that the town had been wrested from the invaders. i ,1 4.w T3ioa i anies nave men.v;u umgonaiio ... M,ni whilp the Serbians are said to have resumed the offensive in the Labuna pass, where they recent ly won an important success. The Serbians are making a stand there and it is reported that they have formed a junction with the French. .,i-v-i M ON ASTIR TEMPORARILY SAFE (By Associated Press.) This report, if true, insures the temporary safety of Monastir, where a condition approaching panic has been prevailing. Monastir has a large Bulgarian population, and it is feared that some of these might join the band of Bulgarian irregulars, who have been making trouble in this section. London newspapers continue to de vote much space to the sinking of the Ancona. Many of them express the opinion that the attacking boat was a German vessel, and they insist that the United States is more con cerned over this incident than any of the other powers. Contend With Submarines. The naval writers believe that the navy will be able to contend with the submarines in the Mediterranean as was done in the waters around the British Isles, and already two of them are reported to have been sunk, but for the moment there is natural anxiety for the transports which are proceeding east and because of the possibility of interference with the campaign in the Balkans, where troops are so necessary. The Anglo-French' forces already there are believed to be more than holding their own against the repeat ed attacks of the Bulgarians, who are trying to destroy the little army be-, fore reinforcements can reach it. But as the Serbians are " driven back by the Austro-Germans and Bulgarians, and the latter receive additional sup plies of munitions, they will be able to assume a stronger offensive in the south. On the other fronts there is much fighting despite the unfavorable weather conditions. The Russians have, by repeated attacks, regained some ground around Riga and Dvinsk, have driven the Germans further back from the Dvina river, and in the south are repeating their thrusts with the object of preventing the Ger mans and Austrians from entrenching. TO TWO LARGE CROWDS While Hickory citizens debated among themselves today as to wlie. ther there was a bigger crowd here yesterday than on Thursday of fair week and while opinion aeemen even ly divided, there was no room for de bate about the show. It was good. There was something that appealed to everybody composing the huge crowds that witnessed both performances and, although all circuses are more or less alike, the Hagenbeck-Wallace shows nst exhibitions that come this way. Everybody liked it But the dust was ternoie. CHICKEN THIEVES BUSY Mr. C. S. Groves of East Hickory re ported to Chief of Police Lentz today the loss of four large hens the other night, via the theft route. Last night somebody turned out his cow, which required a long search before being located. CIRCUS EXHIBITS $1,000,000 FIRE AT TRENTON TODAY (By Associated Press.) Trenton, N. J., Nov. 11. Fire that started early today and burned fierce ly for more than two hours comple tely destroyed one of the rope shops of the John. E. Roebling Company, causing a loss estimated at $1,000,000. During the fire a row of buildings on Clark street and running back to the shops caught fire and the occu pants vere compelltd to move out of the buildings. The rope mill, which had a front acre of 100 feet, ran back a distance of about 700 feet. Because of its in ... flammable construction, the mill soon was in flames. The upper floors were saturated with oil from the machin ery. Wire rope, varying from one sixteenth of an inch to one inch in diameter, was being manufactured, all for domestic purposes. There were rumors that the fire was of incendiary origin, due to the belief that the company was making war material. The officials discredited this theory. Rebuilding of the shops is expected to begin soon. In recent years the company has sustained great losses. The Buckthorn plant was completely destroyed with a loss of $1,500,000. SOCIAL SERVICE Raleigh, Nov. 11. The state com mittee on Community Service has cal led for a conference with the State Farmers' Union in open meeting when the union holds its annual convention in Durham next week. The members of the committee are Clarence Poe, president of the con ference for social service its first two years and now chairman of the state committee; W. C. Crosby, secretary; J. Y. Joyner, W. A. Graham, E. K. Graham, . Mrs. T. W. Lingle, J. I. Foust, II. Q. Alexander, D. H. Hill, Paul Jones, J. Walter Long, W. S. Rankin, T. B. Parker, W. J. Shuford and A. W. McAllister. The three great bodies with which the community service cbmmittee works are the state department of education, the state department of ag riculture, and the state Farmers' Un ion. The committee does not announce the full purpose of this conference but Moonlight School Month as this is, it is fully understood that a further ance of the work now being done and to be done in coming campaigns will be discussed. The union was one of the first large organizations to give the Moonlight School movement its moral support. Dr. H. Q. Alexander is president of the union. The Junior Order entered passionately into the campaign against adult illiteracy and J. Paul Jones, head of the order in the state, proclaimed Junior principles from a hundred ros trums the past year. If one organiza tion could possibly haved one more than another, the North Carolina Fed eration of Women's Clubs would be given that high praise and Mrs. T. W. Linerle. member of this committee will be in the conference. Doctor Joyner is head of the state HonartiTient. of education: Manor Gra ham is commissioner o agriculture; Dr. E. K. Graham, Drs. J. I. Foust and D. H. Hill are presidents of thre three leading state institutions; Dr. W. S. Rankin is secretary of the state board of health, and Messrs. T. B. Parker and W. J. Shuford are prom inent as union men and members of the department of agriculture, inis is to be a notable conference and will be held Wednesday, November 17, of nevf week. The program committee has receiv ed every assurance that all who have places on it will, appear as they have been assigned. The arrangements for the tours through the big manufac tories of Durham and for the trip to the University and Trinity College are complete. The meetings are to be held in the Academy of Music. AT FARMERS MEETING DEFENDANTS WIN NIGHTS ARECOLDGREAT DAMAGE IN NORTHERN PICKPOCKETS SUITS FRANCE REPORTED Newton, Nov. 11. Superior court has adjourned for the term, all cases on the calendar for the last three days of the week being continued till next court. Among the last civil causes tried was that of Mrs. A. H Whitener vs M. P. Sharpe, for lal dadeegmC vs M. P. Sharpe, for alleged damages because the defendant in his motor car collided with the plaintiff's bug gy. The jury decided for the defen dant. The conclusion of the case is cummulative evidence of quite a change in public sentiment in this county on the subject of damage suits. Lucky indeed is the plaintiff in Ca tawba county who can get a verdict. Two big railroad cases last court re sulted in nothing for the plaintiffs, whereas a few years ago both would undoubtedly have been awarded al most anything they asked. Dr. J. E. Moore, also of Gastonia, as well as T. E. LeRoy, who has been indicted for practising medicine with out license in this county, was arrest ed and placed under a bond of $L'00 on a charge of not registering for practice in this county. Doctor Moore claims a state license but the indict ment is for not registering here. It is charged against LeRoy that he has no license of any kind. He says he doesn't practice, only goes about with Doctor Moore. Both will be tried on the 23rd. A. G. Conoly, for several years with the Southern Bell Telephone Company in an executive position, and who has of late made his home in Newton, has taken position with the Piedmont Tel. & Tel. Co., as supervisor of traffic, with offices at Gastonia. Mrs. Albert Beard, wife of a far mer, was hurled from her buggy on College street yesterday when the horse was frightened by two bicycles, and rendered unconscious for half an hour. Her shoulder and arm were badly bruised and the collar bone broken. JAPANESE FORESAW - YEAR OF THE-T (By Associated Press.) London, Nov. 11 The year 1914,! says a British consular report from Japan, just issued, was, according to the old Japanese system of reckoning, the Year of the Tiger, and in conform ity with Japanese superstitions should have been a year of tragedy and dis aster. To a great extent this was so, says the report. The year began with the eruption of the Sakurajima volcano in the south of Japan, in the spring the Empress Dowager died; later on the disclosure of certain scandals contri buted to the fall of the cabinet, in ear ly summer the Kitshama Bank failed, and in August war broke out. TO STAND LOSSES (By Associated Press.) Paris, Nov. 11. The law providing for indemnities to French citizens for war damages, as elaborated by a spe cial committee of the chamber of de puties, and as it will probably be en acted, proclaims "the equality of all French citizens and the solidarity of the nation in the face of the burdens of war," and declares that "damage caused in France to the property, real or personal, by acts of war gives right to indemnity." The damages specifically named as entitling a citizen to reparation are those caused by the authorities or the troops of the enemy, including taxes, requisitions, war contributions, fines imposed upon private individuals or communities, regardless of whether they were in conformity with the con ventions of The Hague. Included also are all damages caused by the French army or its allies. The right of foreigners to indemni ties in France, according to this pro ject will depend upon the terms of treaties with the nations of which they are subiects. The damages are to be estimated by commissions appointed for the purpose. TO HELP IN FIGHT (By Associated Press.) Washington, Nov. 11. Republicans in congress will be consulted by Pres ident Wilson on national defense be fore congress opens. The president will appeal to men of all parties to aid in the passage of the bill, thus hoping to overcome the opposition of Democrats led by Bryan. New York suffragists have discov ered a new cause for rejoicing. The new constitution was beaten twice as badly as suffrage was. Springfield Republican. IER FRENCH GOVERNMENT ASK REPUBLICANS (By Associated Pss.) Boulogne, France, Nov 11. Signs are plentiful that winter is close upon the troops in the north of France. The nights are already cold, far too cold for comfort, and the characteristic winter night-mist from the marshes is in the air. The trees are not yet bare, but the leaves that remain have turned to a sere yellow, . while the roadways are covered with fallen leaves which the soldiers here and there heap into little piles for a fra grant warming fire. It is evident that there is to be another winter campaign; robbed, however, of much of the horror of last year's ordeal in boggy trenches and along impassable roads. In north ern France, at least, winter will find the rival armies well prepared to re ceive it. The wet mud, the ice-cold water knee-deep in the communication trenches, the ooze and discomfort of the dugouts, will be the-, exception rather than the rule this year. The shelters, even in the advance tren ches, will generally be fairly livable, thanks to the plentiful use of concrete and tar, and the skilfull employment of drainage. Moreover, the armies will be prop erly clad and amply fed. The British soldiers will again don their sheep skins, supplemented by ample supplies of warm caps, sox and heavy boots of rather better type than last year's. Many of the trenches now have brick floors, and practically all are drained and protected against land slide by timbers. The great problem of the winter will be the billeting of all the new di visions which have come out since last year. In the villages well behind the firing lines, every out-building and old barn has been requisitioned, clean ed, repaired and made into shelter against the wind and cold. But nearer the firing lines most of the buildings have been smashed into ruins, and al though they were usable for housing purposes during the summer, they are plainly imnossible after mid-November. The problem is being dealt with to some extent by the building of port able houses and huts, but the armies grow too fast for the carpenters. The work of the aeroplane observ ers erets more difficult as Printer ap proaches. The fogs of the late autumn cling to the ground in little patches well into the day, while the evening mists make observations difficult soon after mid-afternoon. nnn;nnnnntnnmtmm THE WEATHER ::;ntnttnnns Forecast for North Carolina: Fair and warmer tonight and Friday; fresh south winds. COMPARATIVE WEATHER November 10. . 1915 1914 Maximum 64 51 Minimum 44 26 Mean 54 38 Yz :::i:;:;::i:i::::t:::iii;i:n:ii:r!:i:n:t:::: MARKETS t : : ; ; : i : ; : t; ; t : : : ; : ; : ; : 1 1 : t ; : ; ; : ; : i ; ; i : n ; : i mta NEW YORK COTTON (By Associated Press.) New York, Nov. 11. The firmer tone which developed in the cotton market yesterday was again in evi dence this morning, and the opening was firmer with an advance of eight to twelve points, with January sell ing up to 11.87 and March to 12.07 or about $4.35 per bale above the low level of Tuesday. NEW YORK STOCKS (By Associated Press.) New York, Nov. 11. Specialties regained much of their recent promi nence at the opening of today's mar ket, some of yesterday's weakest is sues scoring substantial gains. Chief among these were General Motors, Baldwin Locomotives and New York Airbrakes, in which gains of several points were noted. Other features were Studebaker and Westinghouse. Bethlehem Steel rose five points, but United States Steel receded a frac tion. COTTON FUTURES New York, Nov. 11. Cotton futures opened firm and closed steady. Month Open Close December 11.68 11.65 January -- -- 11.85 11.81 March 12.05 12.01 Mav 12.21 12.14 July 12.28 12.19 HICKORY MARKETS Cotton He Wheat 11.20 Address of President Wilson gives much food for thought for those who believe that an enemy can be repulsed by mental suggestion. Wall Street Journal. Mr. Lem Shuford was a visitor to the city today. SUCCESSILANSING AWAITS DETAILS Pickpockets yesterday plied their trade with a vengeance in this city and as a result there are a number of sadder and wiser men in this commu nity, though next time a circus comes here there will be other men starting from home with a big wad of money in their pockets and believing that it is safer there than in the bank. That's the way it is every show, and there is no reason to believe that it will be different next time. While it was reported that one man was relieved of a wallet containing $150, his name could not be learned today. Mr. Calvin Baker, owner of Baker's Mountain, was robbed of $85, and some of his friends were amazed that he did not have this money in the bank. Mr. Luther Whitener of Baker's Mountain also was a victim, but the artist seured only $1. Mr. Alex Keller of Hilderbran was re ported to have lost $36, Mr. N. F. Bo lick was relieved of an unlucky $13 for him and Mr. David Link of Con over reported $6 missing. None of the slick thieves were ar rested. Chief Lentz said today that prob ably as many as fifteen persons re ported the loss of money by pickpock ets yesterday. THE HICKORY LOG. The Hickory high school, which has taken a stand among the more rep resentative municipal educational in stitutions of North Carolina, has made a venture in school journalism in the shape of the Hickory Log, of monthly issue by the pupils of the school. The Observer has been favored with a copy of the initial number and after looking it over can very gladly ex tend the fraternal hand to its able corps of editors. The Log is a neat specimen of the printing art and its record of events is made in accept able editorial shape. We should, re gard the Log as an inspirational ad junct to the Hickory high school. Charlotte Observer. TEACHERS MEETING E Raleigh, Nov. 11. The program for the thirty-second annual meeting of the North Carolina Teachers' Assemb ly has been issued from the office of State Superintendent J. Y. Joyner. The meeting place is Raleigh and the dates are November 24, 25 and 26. Nine organizations make up the as sembly now. Each division has its own attractions and the Raleigh con vention of 1015 will have immeasur ably the largest number of notables in the teaching profession yet brought to a North Carolina assembly. The parent body announces Bishop Thomas C. Darst of the Eastern North Carolina diocese as assembly preacher; Dr. Bruce Payne, president of George Peabody College for Teach ers; Dr. Edwin A. Alderman, presi dent of the University of Virginia; Dr. Josephus Daniels, secretary of the navy; Dr. David Snedden, commission er of education for Massachusetts, and H. W. Foght, specialist in rural edu cation and representing the United States bureau of education. The eight allied organizations have their individual stars. The North Car olina Primary Teachers' Association, the most powerful of the subordinate bodies and largest of the divisions, will have Miss Cobb, eminent North Carolina teacher now superintending the Edinboro, Pennsylvania, Normal School, and Miss Anna Brochhausen, supervisor of the elementary grades in the great schools of Indianapolis, Indiana. They will address also the Association of Kindergarten teach ers. The crammar erade teachers and k. v c d principals have brought Dr. A. E. Winship, editor of the Journal ot Jdu cation, Boston, Massachusetts, to speak to that body Thursday, Thanks giving Day, and Dr. David Snedden, leader of the educational torces m Massachusetts for Friday following. He will address the high school teach ers and principals also; will appear before the whole assembly and speak finally to the Association of City Sup erintendents. These several associations will have their own leaders and the programs will be filled. For the second time the Association of Music Teachers will meet in Raleigh. Doctor Winship will speak to this association on the value of music for educational service and Greensboro will send a trio of her best musicians to give the music teachers entertainment. The return of the as sembly after absence of a year im presses upon the city the task of play ing host well enough to make the meeting place permanent. BE AFTERGERMANS (By Associated Press.) Copenhagen, Nov. 11. A cannon ade of terrific intensity was heard yes terday in the Baltic sea: It is be lieved to have been a British sub marine attack on the German fleet. HAS PROGRAM SUBMARINES MAY W TORPEDOING ANCONA American Secretary of State Will Gather Details of Affair From all Sources Before Taking Action Ship not Given Chance, Captain Says. MANY SEARCHED FOR LOST I Master Jim Workman, five years old, came to Hickory yesterday with ! his father and mother, saw the parade ! and went to the circus, and later took in the town, unconscious of the uneasi ness of his parents, and little knowing that a dozen men were searching for him everywhere. Mr. David Work man, the father, left the lad at the wagon at the rear of the postoffice un til he stepped over to the station, but the little fellow trailed, and was lost in the crowd. Mr. Workman began a search as soon as he missed the boy, Mrs. Work man began crying, and Chief of Po lice Lentz and others sought high and low for the child. Mrs. A. M. West saw the little fellow on Ninth ave nue and, suspecting that he was lost led him down the avenue. He insisted that he was all right, and still con tended that he was not lost until his mother saw him. Mr. J. W. Bal lew, who was looking for the child, saw him with Mrs. West, and the boy was turned over to his mother. Both cried in their joy at meeting. it was reported that another boy was lost at the circus grounds, but nothing was heard of him later, and it is supposed that he found his par ents. Mr. Workman lives nine miles southeast of Hickory. I SWEEPS VER MANY PLACES (By Associated Press.) Kansas City, Mo., Nov. 11. Prop erty damage mounting into the hun dreds of thousands of dollars, several persons killed and hundreds injured was the result of the storm that swept I Kansas, Nebraska and South Dakota last night and today. Great Bend, j Kansas, was the heaviest sufferer. The tornado struck the town, wreck j eel several buildings killed six persons. Property damage there was estimated jat $5,000,000. Washington and Flat- lin felt the storm, but suffered no se rious damage. Considerable damage was done in the country in the vicinity of Great Bend. One hundred miles southeast of I Great Bend one man was killed and j several, persons injured by the torna- do that struck there a few hours af- tor sweeping Great Bend. J South Dakota was also swept and ! farm buildings were destroyed and j hay damaged. Heavy rains accompanied the wind storm in many places. At Pratt. I Kansas, four and one-half inches j were recorded. i (By Associated Press.) Great Bend, Nov. 11. At least six persons dead, a score or more injured j and a property loss of $400,000, was j believed today to be the extent of j the damage of the storm that swept I through Great Bend last night. ! Rescuers recovered five bodies to i day. They were immediately identi i fled. Assistance was rushed here as : quickly as the telephone wires, which had been snapped by the tornado i could be repaired. I CHILDREN INSTRUCTED IN ESCAPING RAIDS (By Associated Press.) Amsterdam, Nov. 11. Bomb drill, consisting of exercises of an elemen tary sort designed to instruct children how to act in the event of a raid by hostile aeroplanes, has been adopted in all the public schools of Baden, Al sace and Rhenish Prussia. Travelers from German- state that in both Baden and Alsace a number of children were recently severely in jured in the scramble to leave the school buildings during the recent raids. At Offenburg the annual gen eral council of mayors of Baden cities had just opened its sessions in the city hall when the fire alarms and sirens announced the approach of a squad ron of French airmen. The mayors adjourned to the coal cellars of the building until the dar" was over. (By Associated Press.) Washington, Nov. 11. Secretary Lansing announced today that the state department was making every effort to gather details on the sinking: of the Ancona. The secretary does not know yet the information contain ed in consular dispatches from Rome and the embassy in London, and does not know- how many American lives were lost. The state department is entirely without advices as to the sinking or the nationality of the submarine which torpedoed the ship. Dispatches from Malta, Lebon and Bizerta, Rome and Naples all contain fragments of in formation. Statements will be taken from survivors wherever they may land and the United States will gath er up the details before taking action. MORE SURVIVORS (By Associated Press.) Naples, Italy, Nov. 11. At. other boat with 27 survivorB of the A cona has reached Cape Bons, Tunis. The names of the occupants of this boat have not yet been recelveor. Duscal P. Lurine, an American cit izen, is among the missing passen gers of the steamship Ancona. WASHINGTON REPORT (By Associated Press.) Washington, Nov. 11. The Btate department received a cablegram to day from the American consul at Na ples saying that an Italian papar says 3b0 passengers and crew of the An cona are reported saved, and that the steamship officials believe other pas sengers will be picked up. NOT GIVEN CHANCE (By Associated Press.) London, Nov. 11. The Stefani News Agency dispatch says: "The captain of the Ancona says the cemman ler of the submarine gave his vessel no chance to stop. The first attack was at a distance of five miles, when the submarine began shelling the vessel. The Ancona was brought to a com plete stop." WAS GIVEN WARNING (By Associated Press.) London, Nov. 11. The Italian steamer Ancona was not sul. with out warning, according to infer, lation from survivors landed at Malta, ac cording to the Reuter correspondent and cabled here. The Austrian sub marine which overhauled her after a long stern chase gave the command er a brief respite for the removal of passengers, but the panic on board as soon as the under-water craft was sighted was responsible for the loss of many lives. Men, women and chil dren, in a mad rush for safety, over turned the boats. Passengers agree, the correspondent says, the shots fired around the steam er apparently to hasten the departure of passengers precipitated the panic. GREAT BRITAIN'S WAR (By Associated Press.) London, Nov. 11. Great Britain's war committee of the cabinet during the temporary absence of Earl Kitch ener will be composed of Premier As quith, Arthour J. Balfour, first lord of the admiralty; Lloyd George, minister of munitions; Andrew Bonar-Law, sec retary for the colonies, and Reginald McKenna, chancellor of the exche quer. From a hundred or more names sub mitted during the past two weeks, the management of the new theatre has selected three names which will be voted on tomorrow night and Satur day by patrons of the new playhouse. A majority rules. The names which will come before the audiences on these two nights are: "The Pastime," handed in by Dr. Ia. Wood and Mrs. J. W. Hartneld; "The Main," which emanated from the fer tile cerebellum of Mr. J. C. Miller, and "Keystone," which was handed in by Mr3. C. C. Bost. Tickets will be prepared for this election and everybody who attends will be entitled to one vote. The win ner of the prize will be given fiv dollars by the Stone Amusement Company. COUNCIL ANNOUNCED ELECTION NAME BEGINS TOMORROW J
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