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Hickory VOL. 1, NO. 110 HICKORY, N. C., SATURDAY EVENING, JANUARY 15, 1916 Price Two Cents CARRANZA IN TO MAKE Mexican Leader Has Not Yet Advised Washing ton of His Intentions Wilson Will Give Him Chance to Punish Bandits Before Acting. (By Associated Press.) j Washington, Jan. 15. General Carranza's formal reply to represen- tations by the United States demand- j ing that he run down and punish the ! murderers of American citizens at ! Santa Ysabel still was awaited today, j although indirect assurances had been ! received that he would do this. Despite renewed demands in con gress for intervention in Mexico, 1 there were no indications of a change today in the administration's policy , to give Carranza and his government a free hand in dealing with the ban dits. State department officials contin- j ued their efforts today to have Amer-: icans removed from districts in Mex- j ico where they might be in danger. Germany Cuts Off Bread for Her Prisoners; Order Causes Consternation (By Associated Press.) j Geneva, Switzerland, Jan. 15. By official order, Germany has stop- j ped the shipment of bread to pris- j oners-of-war in Germany, unless each package of bread is addressed to an individual prisoner. This order has j caused consternation to those in , charge of the bread supply to pris- j oners, as they say it is practically j impossible to send individual pack-, ages except to a few, and that the great bulk of prisoners will have their bread supply cut off. They declare. too, that back of this order is a j sinister move to strike such terror among the allies on the starving con dition of their prisoners, that they will be willing to listen to peace. The International Red Cross or ganization has its headquarters here, administering its affairs for the whole world at this central point. Gustave Acioe, a distinguished Swiss citizen, is at the head, and Max Dollf us, an j Alsation of strong French sentiment,: is head of the bureau for prisoners-! of-war. As such Mr. Dollfus was made director of the bread supply I furnished French prisoners-of-war in Germany, and it was he who told the Associated Press of the order of j December 27, and the grave effect it would have. "Bread is the very element of a. Frenchman's existence," said he, "you can cut off anything else and he can stand it, but he must have bread. Now we have built up a vast organ ization by which bread is been pour-1 ed into Germany to meet this pri mary want. A small part of it has gone in individual packages, but the ; great bulk has been without individ ual names, as it is impossible to de-1 signate each one of about 300,000 pri soners in a daily bread supply. And j yet this order of December 27 cuts off everything not addressed in an individual package, direct to the pri soner. So that the great bulk of this ! supply is stopped. "I have had many opportunities to see the serious effect of short bread rations to prisoners,"' added ; Mr. Dollfus. "The prisoners re- i turning to France have been convoy-j ed by me to Lyons and other points in central France, and I have per sonally witnessed their condition and heard their reports. For example, in nna nsirtv of 400 Drisoners which I convoyed, 250 had developed tuber-I Hulouis from fljeing in a famished condition from a lack of bread they were literally emaciated skeletons stricken with fatal disease. And this i was typical of the result of short! bread rations. , I "The German ration to prisoners, Mr. Dollfus went on, "is one small loaf, about four inches in diameter, in the morning. This is intended for the day, but the famished men eai it at once, and that ends their bread supply for the day, only a soup be ing given at noon. That is the rea son we have been pouring in this bread supply, largely in bulk, but to individuals so far as they could be traced. It has proved a life-saver to thousands. And yet by this order ; of the 27th, this bread supply in j bulk is cut ofl. "This can mean only another great ; tragedy," said Mr. Dollfus, "and I ; am convinced there must be a pur- j pose behind such a move a nurpose to force the allies to consider terms of peace, rather than see their own , people dying of starvation. And we except, also, that if the bulk sup- 'v j is cut off, this will soon be followed , by cutting off the individual pack ages, on the ground that it is too great an undertaking to distribute ' these individual daily supplies. And so we are faced with the present : stoppage of the bulk supply and the probable stoppage of the remaining individual surlily. "I am seeking as best as possible to meet this condition, by oraniz- j ing a complete service of individual packages, but it will be a work re quiring much help from private sour ces in which I hope America will i NO HURRY FORMAL REPLY At the department's suggestion, the Mexican ambassador has asked Car ranza to use every method to enable Americans to reach places of safety. Americans Leaving. That large numbers of Americans are leaving northern Mexico was re ported to the state department, but it is estimated that, not counting the members of a Mormon colony at Casas Grandes, there still are at Parrel, Darango, Madera and other points in districts whose control by Carranza is doubtful, more than 300. When Secretary Lansing was ask ed whether the United States govern ment would protect its citizens under such circumstances, he replied that it would do so "to the best of its abil ity," but that in such case the gov ernment would not be obliged "to use force where people are indiscreet." He compared the situation in Mexico with the war when Americans were ordered out. help as it did in Belgium and will be supported by the allied govern ments as far as possible. But it is a strange fact that the Hague Con vention designed for the betterment of the world, stands in the way of a government helping its own pris oners. One provision of The Hague agreement is that the country hold ing prisoners shall be charged with feeding them, and that the country from which the prisoners come shall have no control of the matter. That provision, made in peace times, has had an unfortunate effect in actual war times, and France and England are thus prohibited by The Hague agreement from officially seeking to control the bread or food supply of their prisoners in Germany.' There fore we must organize it without di rect covernment support, but with the expectation that the allied gov ernments will give it semi-official re cognition without excroaching on the Hague agreement. "Taking about 300,000 French pri soners as a basis, perhaps half of them can be reached after by the efforts of families and friends in sending individual packages. That leaves 150,000 to be looked after dai ly. It takes 8 kilos of bread to sup ply one man adequately for a month, or 1,200,000 kilos for 150 prisoners a month. I am paying 46 centimes per kilo (9.15 cents) but the cost may advance to 70 centime (14 cents). This makes about 75 cents per man per month, or about 600,000 francs ($120,000) for 150,000 men per month. That is the problem which I am try ing to work out all resulting from this order cutting off the bulk bread supply." DISCIPLINE AND HAUGHTON Discipline is likely to be the watch word of the Boston National League Baseball Club under the direction of the new president, Percy D. Haugh ton during the coming season. Ilaughton is a Harvard baseball and football player and later coach as the eleven has always been a strong ad vocate of strict training rules, in structions and the playing code of whatever game he was interested in. While it is not to be expected that Ilaughton will insist that the play ers of the Boston Bravca will be held to the same degree of accoun tability that prevails in college foot ball circles, it is certain that the new president of the club will insist upon an observance of all the rules recently laid down by former presi dent Gaffney in has letter to the players, and may even go further. With Ilaughton as president, and George Stallings as manager it would appear as though the pla-ers of the Boston club will have to make base ball playing strictly a business prop osition in 1916 or learn that a new regime prevails in the game. - SPAIN TO REFORM ARMY (By Ass.ciated Press.) Madrid, Jan. 15. Army reform, with the reorganization of the Span ish army on modern lines, now stands an excellent chance of being carried out by the Cortes, aroused by the lessons of the present war. General Luque, the war minister, has propos ed such a reform since 1906. He re gards the formation of a general staff to be of first importance. To save timp, 'this ihas just bfer. done by royal decree. Then comes the task of reducing the enormous number of officers, particu!irly generals., with whom Spain's army is overstocked. This is a delicate problem, and one sure to cause a great deal of jeal ousy and bitterness. Reforms in ad ministration and equipment will follow. HOUSES IN DEMAND 'Newton. N. C. Jan. 17. Houses in Newton are not vacant long at a time. Of the cottage on Pine street, the one recently vacated by the Ross family has been taken by Mr. Walter Upchurch of Hughey and Unchurch, while that vacated by Mr. Garvis Dellinger will be taken at once by Mr. Mullinax. Mr. Dellinger has moved to Ridgeview. FRMANn nFNY Wn n PRFVFNT VAnn NATIflN I wl . 1W VkMI w wi-bv i ivvll II II I Vl 1 I J STORY ABOUT EXECUTION OF PREVENTING VONJAPEN WOP DISEASE (By Associated Press.) Washington, Jan. 15J Priss dis patches from London telling of the seizure of correspondence from Cap tain Franz von Papen when he reach. ed Falmouth, England, en route for Germany and relating that he made frequent payments to persons of money for blowing up bridges and munitions plants caused widespread interest here. "I don't believe it," was the only comment Count von Bernstorf, Ger man ambassador, would make. 'In German diplomatic quarters the impression was conveyed that it was thought possible that Captain von Papen had been connected with the published documents by British ag ents. It was regarded as incredible that von Papen, with the knowledge that his ship would be taken into a British port to be searched, would carry documents like those described. Administration officials declined to comment on the matter. I (By Associated Press.) Berlin, Jan.. 15. Though several million iron five-pfennig pieces have been issued within the last two months, comparatively few of them appear in circulation. This leads a number of newspapers to declare that they are bein" withheld as souvenirs, and that the public, in doing this, is defeating the very purpose for which the coins were issued. 'The papers insist that merely as a matter of patriotism the public should wait until after the war before at tempting to save up the new coins, and declare that there will be ample opportunity to collect "war souve nirs" when normal conditions again have been established. - During approximately one month the small coin shortage was limited practically to five-pfennig pieces. Just as soon as the iron coins were issued, however, there arose a shortage of ten-pfennig pieces, which today is noticeable. Thus the subway corpo ration has issued an appeal to the public to buy tickets by the whole sale that is to say, five, ten or twenty at a time in order to relieve the small change shortage. T IS YORK TODAY (By Associated Press.) New York, Jan. 15. Mrs. Emme line Pankhurst, the British suffrage leader, arrived here today from Eng land. Mrs. Pankhurst said her trip was in no way connected with "votes for women," but she was here in the interest of Serbian relief measures, in which sheh ad been interested for some time. Mrs. Pankhurst was held at Ellis Island when she arrived today. Fed eral authorities said she was detain ed because she had served a sentence in a British prison. She was simi larly detained two years ago, but im mediately released. E T (By Associated Press.) Berlin, by wireless to Sayville. L. I., Jan. 15. The Russian offensive has been renewed on the Bessarabian front and five important attacks have been repulsed by the Austrian troops, according to the Austrian official re port dated January 14 and received here today. ONLY ONE SAVED (By Associated Press.) London, Jan. 15. Only one out of 126 members of the crew of the Spanish steamship Bayo was saved when that vessel was struck by a floating mine off the coast of La Ro chelle. Menace Wins. Joplin, Mo., Jan. 15. A verdict of not guilty was returned by the jury in the case of the Menace Pub lishing Company of Aurora, Mo., and four ofi ts alleged officials, who were charged in federal court here with misuse of the mails. GERMAN IRON MONEY CIRCULATION MRS PANKHURS RUSSIAN OFFENS V CHECKED BY AUS RIAN SPANISH SHIP (By Associated Press.) Raleigh, Jan. . 15. The Raleigh Chamber of Commerce today in re sponse to a request that it use its influence to aid the Anti-Capital Pun ishment League of America in pre venting the execution of Mrs. Ida Ball Warren for the murder of her husband at Winston-Salem nearly two years ago replied that the or ganization did not participate in mat ters of that kind. The league's head quarters is in Chicago. U SUN S PLACE LARGE ORDER FOR GUNS ( By Associated Press.) New York, Jan. 15. Announce ment that the Russian buying com mission in the United States has ap proved contracts for $32,000,000 worth of machine gnns with four American companies was made to day. The contract c?.lls for 32,000 machine guns and it was said to be the largest order ever placed by any belligerent. NEW YORK COTTON (By Associated Press.) New York, Jan. 15. Firm cables were followed by an opening advance of six to ten points, and buying also seemed to be encouraged by bullish views of tfe dry goods situation. General business was-et, and the advance was checked, with realizing. Prices eased off four or five points during the early trading. NEW YORK STOCKS (By Associated Press.) New York, Jan. 15. Such activity as attended today's trading was ae ain limited to speculative issues, particularly those forming thej so- called munitions group. Crucible Steel, Industrial Alcohol and Inter national Nickel scored advances. The movement was limited, howevre, and other important issues fell substan tial fractions. Mercantile Marine is sues were again extremely active, th)e 4 per cent bonds advancing two points to the high record of 101. CHICAGO WHEAT (By Associated Press.) 'Chicago, Jan. 15. Rumors that the British government had releas ed many vessels to bring about ship ments from Australia and Argentina brought about a sharp decline in the wheat market here today. Kumors of a sharp advance of freight rates tended to influence sentiment on the bear side, notwithstanding that stocks in Europe are the shortest they have been in ten years. May at 1.26 to 1.26 and July at 1.20 were lower. COTTON FUTURES (By Associated Press.) New York. Jan. 15. Cotton futures opened steady and closed barely steady. Active months Open Close January 12.38 12.29 March - z.4Y Mav 12.80 12.69 Julv 12-92 12.81 -1 f- r-r - -a n -4 October - -- -- -- i;2.o iz.ti HICKORY MARKETS Cotton 12 c Wheat $1-50 THE WEATHER rorecasu ioi i'"' v-,"x -.u. . erally cloudy and somewhat warmer tonight and Sunday. Moderate to southeast winds. COMPARATIVE WEATHER Janujary 14.i Maximum Minimum Mean 1916 1915 53 57 27 31 40 44 WOODMEN INSTALL NEW OFFICERS LAST NIGHT Hickory camp, No. 80, Woodmen of the World, held an imeresuK ing last night, the occasion being the j installation ot tne new omcers. ivn. J. A. Reitzel, consul commander, op ened a crate of oranges for the be nefit of the brethren, and a social hour was observed. The financial re port shows that the local Woodmen have had a splendid year. The offi cers are: J. A. Reitzel, consul commander; H A. Poovey, advisory lieutenant; B A. Miller, clerk; F. F. Murphy, bankfer; W. W. White., escort, Ed Abee, watchman, and Mr. Ritchie, sentry. j MARKETS Although smallpox has been Re ported in various sections of the county and a few cases have been quarantined in Hickory, there has not been a single case among the school children of this city, Superin tendent Staley said today. This is due of course to the fact that all pupils are required to be vaccinated. None of the children have come in contact with any persons having the disease, no children have been sent away from school on account of smallpox, and the authorities have not been worried about the matter. This is due again lo the fact that the children are vaccinated. There have been a number of ru mors concerning smallpox, but the situation is not serious. Certainly parents with children in the schools have nothing to fear, the authorities state, and if everybody will be vacci nated there won't be a case in the county in thirty days. AUSTRALIA PROMISES YET ANOTHER ARMY (By Associated Press.) Melbourne, Australia, Jan. 15. One of the first official acts of the new prime minister of Australia, William M. Hughes, has been an an nouncement that a fresh army will bef urnished by the commonwealth for the British and allied -cause ami that this army will number 50,000 men. "This further contribution." said Mr. Hugehs, "will bring the total number of men supplied by Australia by next June to something like 300, 000 men. It is to be understood that the principle of voluntary enlistment is to be adhered to. No request had been made to the commonwealth by the imperial government for more men. The offer was quite spontan eous. I have -iGt the slightest doubt that the necessary men will be forth coming. These will form new units and are independent of the quota of 9.500 a month necessary for rein forcements." A governmental appeal will be made by mail to every man in Aus tralia within the military age group based on the recent war census that is single men from 18 to 44 years. LLYOD ABEE RUN OVER BY SOUTHERN TRAIN Mr. W. A. Abee, who lives in Long view, was notified today that his son, Lloyd Abee, was run over and killed by a passenger train on the Southern railroad at Danville at 7 o'clock this morning. It appears that the young man, who was deaf and dumb, was watching a switch engine, and not seeing the passenger train approach, stepped on another track and was run down. He was about 21 years old, and had been in Danville several weeks. He was employed in a fur niture factory there. iMr,. Abee left immediately for Danville to return with the body, and the funeral probably will; "be held Monday morning. Mr. Abee has a married daughter living in Danville. LARGE INCREASE IN IS (By Associated Press.) Washington, Jan. 15. Linters ob tained to January 1 was 532,152 bales against 462,073 bales lst year to that date, the census bureau announ ced today. Cotton seed crushed to January fa was 2,628,610 tons against 3,338,176 tons last year. Seed crushed and linters obtained by states follow: North Carolina: Seed crushed 169.116 tons; linters obtained, 29, 519. South Carolina: Seed crushed, 206,229 tons; linters obtained, 37, 837. WAGE INCREASE IN NEW BEDFORD MILLS (By Associated Press.) New Bedford, Mass., Jan. 15. Thirty-two thousand operatives in the cotton mills here were formally notified today of a wage increase of five per cent. The wage increase will be effective January 17. LINTERS SHOWN IFINITE TIDINGS FROM EASTERN FRONT LACKING Both Russians and Austrians Claim Advantages in Bessarabia Germany to Make Rep risals on England in Barry long Matter- (By Associated Press.) London. Jan. 15. The eastern theatre of war again brings no de finite news of the result of the Rus sian offensive in Bessarabia. There has been a cessation of ac tivity in that part of the fighting front for several days. Vienna re ports, however, that the Russians have attacked heavily, but that their attempts to break through were re pulsed, alhough the attacking forces in great numbers advanced five times to the assault. H is claimed by the Austrian war office that since the inauguration of the winter operations in eastern Ga licia and Bessarabia more, than 5, oners. The Russians etaoin shtrdlu 000 soldiers have been taken pris oners. The Russians also claim nu merous captures and claim much ground has been gained in that sec tor. The Austrians refuse to con UNITED STATES (By Associated Press.) New York, Jan. 15. The Uni ted States submarine E-2 was to day blown up and partially sunk in the New York navy yard- The body of one man killed in the in ternal explosion was recovered and a report to Brooklyn police headquarters said seven other persons were killed. SHOOTING AND SINGING ON MERCHANT VESSEL (By Associated Press.) London, Jan. 15. After a shell from a submarine grazed the head of the captain of a British steamer voyaging in the Mediterranean, the captain hauled out the ship's gun and returned a shot that caused the U boat to disappear. Then the pas sengers sang "Nearer My God To Tlie," and a prayer was offered up in thankfulness for their escape. A collection in gratitude for the skill shown by the captain and crew am ounted to nearly $1,000. This incident is related in a letter from the Rev. A. J. Mortimore, for merly a curate of Southport. Be yond the fact that the vessel was fired on while near Alexandria, no particulars as to its name or desti nation are given. MAN WHO SAVED EVANS' LIFE IS DEAD (By Associated Press.) Marshfield, Oregon, Jan. 15. Capt. Maxton. who claimed to have saved the lafe of the late Robley D. Evans, when a midshipman in the battle of Fort Fisher, N. C, in the civil war, died here last night. He was 75 years old. Maxton was a sailor in the landing party which assaulted Fort Fisher, when Midshipman Evans was shot tinder the guns of the fort. He claims to have carried the midship man to safety. NEW BOILER PLACED AT HUFFRY IN FOUR DAYS When the boiler which heats Hotel Huffry cracked Monday morning, Manager Huffry ordered a new one by telegraph and the substitute ar rived by express and was installed within the short space of four days. The express alone amounted to $132.04, which shows that the man agement was not sparing expense to make the hotel comfortable. The ,new boiler was installed a day ahead of the cold wave. LANE ENDORSED (By Associated Press.) San Francisco, Cal., Jan. 15. A telegram was sent to Washington to day notifying President Wilson that the San Francisco bar endorsed Franklin K. Lane, secretary of the interior, for associate justice of the United States supreme court. DR. BRADSHAW SINKING (By Associated Press.) High Point, Jan. 15. Dr. W. G. Bradshaw, postmaster here, who was stricken with apoplexy yesterday, was im a critical and sinking condition, according to attending physicians. Doctor Bradsnaw collapsed yester day afternoon in his office. In peace times the army of Aemri can tourists in London numbers 100,-000. SUBMARINE BLOWS cede the Russian claims, but affirm their lines have held firm. The Austrians who are the most actively engaged of the belligerents announce further advances in Monte negro, in following up their success es near Mount Lovcen and the cap ture of men and guns. Germany in replying to Great Brit ain in the Barrylong case reiterates the charges made against the Brit ish officers accused by Germans on the steamer Nicotian of having re fused quarters to the Germam sub marine crew. The German govern ment declares it impossible to sub mit the case of the Barrylong crew even if England would submit the outrages of Germany on the high seas. Jn view of the British declination to bring the officers of Barrylong to trial, the German government will adopt measures of reprisal corres ponding with the provocation. REAL OF BLOCKADE GERMANY PROMISED (By Associated Press.) London, Jan. 15- Great Brit, ain will soon announce the es tablishment of an actual block- ade of Germany and her alUeJj3'2 thereby superseding the orders i'i council which have caused prii;'J tests in the United States, it Wm-S announced today. ALEXANDER BOND MATTER NOT DECIDED Judge E. B. Clirie said this after noon that he would not have his de cision in the Alexander bond case ready before Monday. He has work ed on the matter constantly since the hearing before him yesterday on the question of making permanent or dis solving the restraining order secur ed by persons in Alexander county opposing an issue of $150,000 for road improvement. Judge Cline will leave tomorrow for Greensboro, where he will pre side over Guilford county superior court. Judge Cline was busy all fore noon preparing his decision in the matter of the Alexander county bonds, and the county commissioners were hopeful that it would be favor able to them. The question was whether he should dissolve the tem porary injunction granted by Judge Harding restraining the board from issuing $150,000 in road bonds, which have been sold, or should make the injunction permanent. Argument continued from 11 o'clock yesterday, with a short recess for dinner, until late in the afternoon. Mr. J. T. Hedrick, chairman, and Messrs. B. F. Hines and W. V. Watts, members of the board of commission ers, and Mr. R. L. Downs, road com missioner of Alexander, were here and followed the arguments closely. Mr. F. L. Kluttz, county attorney, was assisted by Messrs. W. D. Tur ner of Statesville and C. W. Tillett of Charlotte, while Mr. E. T. Cansler of Charlotte represented individuals opposing the bonds. L CREDIT MEN T Y Stockholders of the Catawba Ru ral Credits Association met in the rooms of the Chamber of Commerce this afteifnoon for the purpose of electing directors and officers and put ting on a campaign throughout the county for more members. The at tendance was fairly large, and inter est was great. It is proposed to place the association within the reach of every farmer in the county and, with this end in view, a vigorous campaign doubtless will be launch ed. At 3 o'clock officers had not been elected. The members were at that hour considering the proposed cam paign. I ; RURA MEE IN HIKOR ft
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