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ckomy Daily cori Record Want Ads Bring Re sults. VOL. 1. NO. 1W) HICKORY, N. O, TUESDAY EVENING, MARCH 21, 1916 Price Two Cents If You Have Anything to Sell, Advertise it. .Re AVIATORS ARE CIRCLING POOR TRAILS FOR VILLA Bandit Believed to be Fleeing Into Mountains American Aviator Falls Fifty Feet and is Badly Injured No Details of Fight Obtainable. (I5y the Associated Tress) Kl Paso, March 21. Aviators of the Unitjrd WtiiUs .army were re ported today circling the almost Mind trails leading to the pass in the Sierra Madre mountains, where Francisco Villa may seek to escape after his defeat by the Carranza forces yesterday at Ilermasillo. Details of the fight in which a Carranza commander with about 900 troops took part are lacking, but it is reported that Villa was badly de feated and that he lied leaving his dead and wounded. Army officers agree that if Villa breaks up his command into small bands and returns to the mountains it will be almost impossible to cap ture him. (By the Associated Press) .Paris, March 21. Germany now has 1.200,000 men making munitions, ac cording to Senator Charles Humbert in an article in the Journal, in which he says: "Krupps employed -12.000 hands at Essen before the war. This figure now reaches 115.000 but Essen is only the principal factory. At other works the number of workers has risen from li.OOO to 15.0(10; from 1 1.000 to :!0,000; from l,00d to 27.000; while the Pochum and Celscnkirchen works now employ 25.000 hands in stead of 10,000 in times of peace. "Thre also exist in Germany two other enterprises exclusively devoted to the making of artillery, namely Thyssens. which employ HO. 000 men, and the Ehardt works, which employ 100,000 instead of 30,000 and 40.000 formerly. "Thus over 42,000 men on the other side of the Rhine are running out war material, without counting the innu merable necessary workshops employ ing more than double that number in the manufacture of rifles, cartridges, shells, explosives, and asphyxiating gas. or a total of over 1,200,000 men employed in various war industries without including men who work in the factories for the production of raw material." ver LION MEN MAKING MUNmONS Greensboro Man Kills His Four Children and Then Ends Own Life (By the Associated Press) ( Greensboro. N. C, March 21. Be- i lieved to be temporarily deranged, Daniel G. Patterson, formerly yard master here for the Southern Rail way, early today shot and killed his I four children and himself. Louise, I Hi, and Cowles 7, were killed instant ly; Francis, 9, died within an hour.' Gordon, 11, had arisen and was dres sing when the father entered the room and shot him. After shooting the children Patter-, Mr. P. C. Setzer, for Mayor, He is Mr. P. C. Setzer, who was placed in nomination by friends last evening for mayor, today authorized the Re cord t announce that he was not a cfcrnldhte for the position iin any sense, and hoped his friends would act accordingly. His action again leaves the field clear for Mr. S. L. Whitener, the first to have his name placed be fore the electorate. The filing of Mr. Setzer's petition, which was done contrary to his wish es, was under article 2. section 7 and sub-section (h) of the charter, which provides: "(h) Any person whose name has been presented under this section as u candidate may, not later than ten days before the day of the primary election, cause his name to be with drawn from nomination by filing with the city manager a request thereof in writing, and no name so withdrawn shall be printed upon the ballot. If upon such withdrawal the number of candidates does not exceed the num ber to be electee! to said office, then other nominations may be made by filing petitions therefor not later than seven days prior to such primary elec tion." Subsequently Mr. Setzer filed a PILOT INJURED (By the Associated Press) Columbus, N. M., by wireless from the Field Army, March 21. An areoplane. one of six to arrive today, was partly wrecked in a 50 foot fall. 1 The pilot E. S. Bowen, was injured, ; but not fatally. MEXICANS NOT El Paso. March informed here fear troops are failing DOING BEST 21. Those well the Carranza or refusing to hold up their end of the efforts to capture Villa. It was learned author itatively that the CiujTanza troops that have been at Caisas Qrandes ..ii ive.l In Juarez. They are said to have lot Villa pass on the receipt of a message from him that he was not warring on Mexicans, but the ene mies of Mexico. The reason for the massing of troops at Juarez was not explained. I L I1HL BE 1GHT A minature reproduction of the rational capital under every detail carried out, even to the electric light ing, will be unveiled in the show window of Thompson- West Company this evening at 7:30. Mr. F. Burk halter, general superintendent of the Royal Soap Company of Cincinnati, is in charge. Instead of stone and steel, cakes of soap will be used in the construc tion, three special artists of the com pany yesterday setting to work on the fac-simile of the national capitol. The display will continue for several days, in the meantime the 25c cakes of soap selling in the store for 10c each or three for a quarter. Mr. Burkalter said thaj, the display was as good in the day time as at night, and this will give an opportu nity to thousands to view it. In Charlotte when the display was put on at Ivey's 1 ,(532 persons were in front of the window at one time by actual count. The display is being shown in all the principal towns of the United States. FARMERS UNION MEETS The Farmer's Union met at Killian school house last Saturday night, re organized, elected new officers and is ready for work again. son went to his wife's room on the second floor and told her not to wor ry, that the children were all right. Mrs. Patterson was alarmed at the sound of the shots. Patterson then went to another part of the house and shot himself. Mrs. Patterson was the children's stepmoth er. The last will and testament, be lieved to have been written a few hours before the tradgedy, appointed his brother as guardian of such chil dren as should live. Named Declares Not Candidate formal withdrawal with City Man i ager Ballew. Whether Mr. Setzer ' couldl egally do this was a question j but there was no doubt of his right : to request that his candidacy be not considered. j The Petition Mr. Setzer's petition was signed by ! the following: 1 Signatures: C. A. Moser, J. O 1 Rhodes. I). T. Applegate, A. L. Mo ser, H. W. Jones. R. B. Fry, S. R. ! Morrison. G. A. Craig, J. E. Abee. j W. H. Barkley. James R. Whitener i H. W. Harris, Lee Seagle, L. L. Moss' i W. A. Starnes, W. M. Reese. W. J. Kennedy, A. C. Henderson, L. M. Thomas, G. W. Huffman, W. dlawn, L. I. Setzer. J. H. Willis M. D. M. Reinhardt. J. T. Setzer. I How It Looks Today The ticket as it will come before the , people unless Mr. Setzer is prevail ed to change his mind or unless the ! city manager is required under the charter to place his name on the bal ' lot, will be as follows: For mayor S. L. Whitener. For aldermen, first ward Dr. W. B. Ramsay, Eubert Lyerly and R. M. Bumgarner. TVrn i In Arm fn sppoti urn yv T T Cilley and Frank P. Johnson. MAT (IK A CAPITO rmnu SHOWN TON llfERAL HOTEL DURHAM KNOXVLLE BURNED (By the Associated Press) Knoxville, March 21. Firemen at 9 o'clock this morning were still drenching the ruins of the hotel Im perial, which was destroyed at an early hour this morning. There were about 200 guests in the hotel and while a great many lost their personal effects, it is reported that no lives were loslv Two firemen caught under falling walls were se riously injured. According to fire men, the fire was started by a lighting stroke in the elevator shaft. A prompt alarm was given. .Many of the men in the hotel abandoned themselves and engaged in rescuing the women guests. The flames were confined to the hotel building. Hickory Man at Knoxville The Record at 8 o'clock this morning received a telegram from Mr. E. L. Shuford of Hickory, who was in Knoxville at the time of the lire as follows: t '.nperiaj Hotel at Knoxville burning. Beyond control. All guests thought safe. Heavy storm now." Mr. Shuford's telegram was filed before the Associated Press report was sent out of Knoxville at 9 o'clock, when the fire was under control. STRONG FOR JEWELRY (By the Associated Press) London. March 21. The practice melting British gold sovereigns to mix with other metals and make jew elry to sell to suddenly enriched mu nition workers and their wives is said to have become so alarming that an ef- prt may be mede during the present session of parliament to pass a law to prohibit it. There are not many sov- erigners in circulation in England,the having been recalled shortly alqer the outrbeak of the war, but they can be obtained easily in exchange for pa per notes at the Bank of England. The gold rserve in the Bank of England at the present time is esti mated to about $255,000,000. There are other gold reserves of course, in the hands of other stock banks. One of the aims of the government is to prevent sovereigns going out of the country to keep up the reserve gold supply and to prevent the gold from reac hing the enemy. For the past six months, or even since the munition workers began to work night and day greatly increased wages they have been having gold coins melted for jewelry. The prac tice is said to have become especially noticeable in Birmingham where many of the large jewelry manufac turers are located. (There is no law against the practice of melting gov ernment moneys. Hume Williams, a member of par liament from Nottingham, who thinks the government ought to make it a punishable crime to melt sover eigns down to make jewelry, said: "As the law now stands, a man can take a five-pound note to the Bank of England and demand sovereigns for it. He can take the gold coins to his factory, melt them down, mix the gold with certain other metals, and make the jewelry. The mere squan dering of the munition workers mon ey in this way, in a time of national stress when the surplus is needed for silver bullets and for a support for the worker and his family in possible days of need to come, is a bad thing. "There is another serious side to it. The state spends money in con verting bar gold into sovereigns, and anybody can go along and get the sov ereigns and melt them again. Also, if a man wants to take golden sov ereigns to Germany he cannot do so, as there is an embargo against tak ing sovereigns out of this country. There is no regulation, however, against his taking gold in other forms. "Therefore, if a man wants to sup ply Germany with British gold he can take notes to the Bank of England, get sovereigns for them, melt them down, and take the gold, say to Hol land and then get it into Germany. As our gold reserve, in comparison with that of Germany is so small, it become a serious imatteir to allow this golden drain." AT LENOIR COLLEGE On Thursday at 7:00 p. m. a prelim inarvp eace oratorical contest wjll be held at Lenoir College for the pur pose of selecting a representative tn-A annual state- WuIa riPMPA ennfp st. t.n he held in Dur ham April 1. The public is cordially invited to attend this contest. FY.ll Bascom.be W. James "The Present War and it's Relation to International Peace." IM. J. Kluttz "The Universal Re public." "TVift Modern Trov. Frank Allen. Jr.. "International Peace." B. J. Wessinger "War and Peace.' Samuel GomDers, opposing prohi bition says: "The working people are capable of regulating tnemseives Mitrht even eetT along without walk ing delegates. Wr11 Street Journal MUNITION WORKERS PRELIMINARY cmra POSSES HEAVY SEEK ALLEGED (By Associated Tress.) Durham, N. C. March 21. Large posses are today scouring the coun try five miles east of Durham for an unknown negro who late yesterday is said to have assaulted pretty Miss Daisy Wk'bster, daughter of John E. Webster, well known tobacco planter of the Lowes Grove section of this county. Miss Webster was returning from school when the assault is al leged to have occurred. Officers be lieve they have the negro located. ;:::::::;::!::::::::::::!:::::;: M NEW YORK STOCKS (By Associated Press.) New York, March 21. Stocks made general and very substantial re coveries at today's opening from the weakness of yesterday's close. . War issues, which suffered most in con nection with peace rumors, scored one to two points, in some instances scor- ng greater gains. Crucible bteel. Mexican Petroleum and Anaconda Copper were among the shares being freely absorbed. COTTON FUTURES (By the Associated Press) New York, March 21. The cot ton market was very quiet during todj'ayls early trading land opened steady at an advance of two or three points, but appeared to be some southern selling as well as scattering liquidations. May con tracts sold off to from 12.07 to 12.02, right after the call, while July re acted from 12.25 to 12.21, with the general list working off several points. The marke closed steady. Open Close 11.97 12.10 12.33 12.39 May 12.02 July 12.24 October , 12.50 January 12.57 HICKORY MARKETS Cotton 11 Wheat $1.20 CHICAGO WHEAT (By the Associated Press) Chicago. March 21 Wheat un derwent a fresh decline today, influ enced to a considerable extent by the European supply total. Opening prices ranged from May at 1.08 1-2 to 1.08 and July at 1.07 to 1.07 3-8. and then went slightly lower. THE WEATHER For North Carolina: Cloudy tonight. marmer central portion, Wednesday partly cloudy and warmer, moderate shifting winds. 1 COMPARATIVE WEATHER March 20. 1916 1915 .1 s Maximum.- Minimum i 30 31 Mean 42 1-2 39 1-2 TO REMODEL HOTEL Mr. J. G. Marshall today award ed the contract to the Elliott Buil ding Cojnpiany for rfcmodeling the Marshall Hotel on Ninth avenue, the work to start immediately. The front will be remodeled and two large store rooms made in what is now the lobby of the hotel, lhe up stairs will be used for roomers, as at present. E ON ARMY MEASURE (By Associated Press)) Washington, March 21. The house today continued work on the Hay army reorganization bill. Chairman Hay of the military committee was hopeful that a final vote would be reached before ad journment today. The house adopted by a vote an amendment submitted by Represen tative Gardner, Republican, provid ing that soldiers might be added to the reserve after serving a year in the army provided their command ing officers approve. AGED WOMAN FOUND DEAD AT HOME NEAR TROUTMANS Statesville, March 21. Miss Maggie Hoover, an aged woman was found dead llate this afltfernoon at her home in JlVoutmlans, havipg been dead for about a week, as the badly decomposed body testified. Heajrt failure was probably the cause of her death. CRIMINAL SECURES CONTRACT HI PROGRESSES ATTACKS EAT (By the Associated Press) The Germans before Verdun are making a strong drive at the French left flank well toward the border of the Avocourt region and have gain ed ground at Malancourt, some ten miles west of Verdun. The attacks have been made with important forces, with heavy bom bardment and the throwing of liquid fire. The Germans attempted a furth ed advance southward, but accord ing to Paris it was repulsed. A news agency from Teheran re ports that the occupation of one of the most important cities of Persia by the Russians, has been effected. The Russians have won an impor tant success in Galicia, where the Autrijans admSt that an importarlt bridgehead at Mikhaltche on the Dniester has been evacuated under heavy Russian presre. The Austrian force there was trapped, but escaped and joined other Aus trian forces farther south. The Italians have resumed heavy attacks at the Polyma bridgehead. Vienna reporting tfhe daptu-re of heavy guns and a number of pris oners. iThqf German version of the en gagement yesterday between British and German destroyers declares that it was broken off by the British speeding away after they had suffer ed several hits and would not con tinue the fight. . SELF IN RACE L Mr. W. A. Self said today that he had not authorized the announcement that he might retire as a candidate for the office of attorney general and he was surprised to see the state ment in the morning papers today. It was suggested that Mr. Self might retire in favor of Capt. Jones of Le noir, and if he should withdraw from the race, his friends say, it would be in belief that it would aid the can didacy of the Lenoir gentleman. Mr. Self let it be known that if he should withdraw from the race and he could think of no reason why he should. he would let the public know his intentions immediately. He has not been making a vigorous cam paign, has written few letters, but has depended on his friends to push his candidacv. Reports indicate that his name has been well received in all parts of the state. SU In a community meeting of the St. Timothy school district Friday even ing, it was decided to organize a com munity betterment association. The county demonstrator and three of the Startown teachers were present and gave an outline of what was being ac complished in the farm life school and the demonstration and club work in the county. Next Friday evening at 7:30 is the time set to organize the St. Timothy betterment association, and it is hoped that the entire community will come out, and take part in the organiza tion. IThe Misses Maude and Annie Paw las are teaching this school, and it is one of the best schools in the county. CHANGE OF SCHEDULE E Beginning tomorrow the schedule of the Hickory-Lenoir motor service will be changed, the first run from Hickory to Lenoir starting at 8:30 in the morning instead oi r.6v, as at present. Mr. Perry will wait for the train unless it is late, and he hopes to be available for more travel ing men. The fare will be reduced from $1.25 to $1.00. but charges will be made for baggage of more than one piece. The change in schedule is made because of the general demand. L HAVE A CLEAN-UP WEEK Mayor Shuford tonight will bring bfore city council the question of a ctean-up-week for Hidkory. Laalt year clean-up-week was very stic cessful, and las a 'result hundreds of loads of rubbish were hauled off by tjhe city. ;The proposition this year will be similar, and it is hoped that even greater interest may be aroused in the campaign. C0N1U VERDUN ATTORNEY-GENERA FORM ASSOCIATION MOTHY SCHOOL AUTOMOBILE HICKORY DEATH SENTENCE OF BOTH COMMUTED Neither Mrs. Warren Nor Christy to Die for Mur der of Woman's Husband in Winston-Salem Nearly Two Years Ago Decided Today. (By Associated Press.) Raleigh, March 21.i The death sentence imposed upon Mrs. Ida Ball Warren, the first woman in North Carolina ever sentenced to die in the electric chair, was commuted to life imprisonment today by Governor Craig. The governor also commut ed to life imprisonment the sen tence of Samuel Christy, convicted with Mrs. Warren of the murder of her husband in Winston-Salem. oFrmal petition for commutation of Mrs. Warren was presented to the governor yesterday. A peti tion for Christy was not presented at that time, as his attorney was ill. but was to have been presented la ter. Mrs. Warren and Christy were convicted of the murder in Winston Salem July 18, 1914, of G. J. Warren. After their conviction the ease went to the stjate supreme court, where the case was affirmed. A motion was made before Chief Justice Clark for a writ of error, which was refused, and Chief Justi ce White of the United States su preme court also declined to issue a writ. Because of her sex, women's clubs, other organizations and indi viduals throughout the country ap pealed for commutation for Mrs. Warren. Other petitions urged the governor not to interfere, while hundreds of petitions urged a like treatment for Christy if Mrs. War ren were commuted. The governor said yesterday he was sure they were guilty. The governor said he would issue a statement later today. "Governor Craig's statement in part follows: GOVERNOR'S STATEM ENT "There is no escape from the con clusion that this woman, Ida Ball Warren, is guilty of murder delib erate and premediated, conceived and executed in determined wickedness. Four British Torpedo Destroyers Run Three German Boats Two Hit (By Associated Press.) ;London, March 21. An engagement occurred yesterday off the Belgian coast between four British and three German destroyers. Two of the Ger man vessels were hit. Four men on the British boats were wounded. The official statement follows: "Yesterday morning four British de- Elliott Building Co. Awarded Contract Immense Auditorium The Elliott Building Company last evening was awarded the contract for erecting the great festival chorus au ditorium at Black Mountain, the con tract price being $185,472.98 for the naked structure, exclusive of plumb ing, seats, steel and other materials. If possible the roof of the auditorium will be on by August 20 so that a j concert may be held. ; When the bids were opened at Char- j lotte a week ago there were five bid- j ders, but only the two lowest were con- sidered at Black Mountain yesterday. The plans were slightly altered and the Elliott Building Company reduced its bid from $190,000 to $1-5,472.98. Both Mr. J. D. Elliott and Mr. J. W. Elliott were in Black Mountain for the awarding of the contract. There was much interest in the announce ment that they had won, and many congratulations were showered on them. The' steel in the building will cost $85,000, the seats $35,000 and the plumbing and other details large sums. The auditorium will cost when com pleted approximately $245,000 and will have a seating capacity of 21,500. There is some talk of changing the site so as to place the auditorium near er the station, and it is believed the structure may be located on Methodist property. The Asheville Citizen today contain ed the following in regard to the au ditorium : Wlill Sell Stock F. S. Westbrook. secretary of the National Festival Chorus of America, was elected assistant general man ager and placed in charge of the sale BY GOVERNOR The verdict of the jury is fully sus tained by the evidence; the sentence of the court is fixed by the statute. '"But as the governor of the state of North Carolina, it is not my judgment that the majesty of the law demands ijhat this woman be put to death. I cannot contemplate with approval that this woman, un worthy and blackened by sin though she be, shall be seered in death and bound in the electric chair. SPARE THE WOMEN "The spy has in all countries been punished with death. Germany exe cuted the woman spy; England did not. The action of the military gov ernor of Belgium was condemned by the conscience of the world. The killing of this woman would send a shiver through North Carolina. Hu manity does not apply to woman the inexorable law that it does to man. This may arise from miscon ceived sentimentality; it may arise from the deep instinct of the race. "The participation of Christy in this murder makes more difficult the question committed to me. He too h is guilty. Since life has been spar ed to her, Christy too must escape dpath. "This action is in accord with my conviction of the just and humane administration of the law. It is re commended by many of the strong est and best people. Many good people urged me to spare the wom an." WOMAN DETECTIVE (Bv the Associated Press) i JBristol. March 21. A woman de tective has been appointed in Bristol which thereby gains the distinction of being the first city in the kingdom to I take such a step. The new officer has received special training in police work, and although her duties will chiefly concern women and children, j her services will be utilized in solving I all classes of crime and mystery. 1 stroyers sighted three German de- stroyers off the Belgian coast. The j German destroyers at once ran for ; Zeebrugge, chased by our own destroy ! ers. i ''Shots were exchanged in a short i running fight. Two enemy boats S were observed to be hit. Four men ! on the British boats were wounded." of fctocik. Mir. WJesthrook iwas in structed by the directors to com plete the sale of stock at as an arly a date as possible. The National Festival Chorus of America will be one of the greatest musical organizations in the world, Judge Jeter C. Pritchard of Asheville is president of the company, and some of the most prominent men of the country are on its advisory board. Among them is President Fairfax Harrison of the Southern railway. W alter Damrosch will be the leader of the chorus of 2,000 voices when the festival opens next August. Noted soloists from this country and from the old world will be heard, and it is believed the audiences will be repre sented by the entire country. It Is said that the building of this vast au ditorium and the organization of the National Festival Chorus will trans form Black Mountain into the Bay reuth of America. It is already the summer gathering place of religious denominations from all over the south, and to this number will now be added music lovers from the country over. Will Bring Thousands It will introduce the mountains of Western North Carolina to many ad ditional thousands who have yet to see their rare beauty, and who have no personal knowledge of the western North Carolina metropolis. The organization of the National Festival Chorus, and the building of the auditorium marks the consum mation of the plans of many years. Long ago Walter Damrosch, possibly the foremost director in the world, conceived the idea of such a chorus. He was on a visit to Black Mountain at the time, and he believed that right there was the logical spot for the new Bayreuth. It has taken many years to bring his vision of this $245,0Uu contract yesterday for a building ca pable of seating nearly 25,000 peo ple marks the realization of that dream.