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HICKORY, N. C. SATURDAY EVENING MAY 6, 1916
Price Two Cents
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OFFICIAL TEXT
OF WILSON
(Jnks Document Contains rassages Liitrerv
! From Unofficial Version, There is Small
j Chance of Break at This Time
Wait for
: Ik-
Associated Press.)
: :!. May (. Tho official
niany's note, fully decoded
aefore President Wilson,
au.'erial difference from the
:,in'i" received yesterday.
.Wociatcd Pit
ti. .Mav i". Thi
official
a I' V
latest note on Gor-
i r w a r fare was ready
m ii it Pre.-ident Wilson
, ,.1 la-t night and code
. n '.) ng eooies ftr the
. I, - a. I. oi s.
,. a., i.i:u nt contains pas-
: - in : unofficial vcr-
w;reiess yesterday,
, , ,x y that a severance
a i. nut re.-ult at this
: v. '' tu t reaeii a do
meet h'-foro iu-i .veck.
'nr. 'fill "iinsidoratinn will
o I'i'tvrnuH' fine shades
v. h'i'h may have hem
at
Cierman ne. s disjiatehes.
;n .... ti.. iliwn.
consider the docu-
y ; !
b.-l ra
li:o:v
scly.
on i ll':cials stated
doobt'ess would lie e'iv-
H'e to dot lonstrate the as
.'vit subm irine commanders
i notified not to sink rner
e'r without warnin.u'.
e,
Ue-est Vli
fie a over
i o'e- on the
apparent today
the many ed'.to
note. Many of
t I':
-jested that tlie reply
i msidered temporarily,
the result of Germany's prom-
0 its "utmost to confine ojier-
1 tlie rest of the war to the
forces of the beHieeienls.
s:ijrjt-st"d that a diplomat'e
would be advisable. They
particularly to the apparent
etmany to qualify its
her
niT.Kl!' :
,-ierr.ii
: rfar".
re a - .-u ranee by
conditions
ih-.
con Hu t
of British
Over
r. '
tii
t;.,
e
u:i!
n
vht -study of the note by
m'.e and officials dul not
.'r v e v t hut probably there
11" break :n diplomatic re
ess there were further at
violation of international
C'e
d I
Ti:
s a puss bilitv
S' ates mav make a
that the u
brief reply
v the leri:n government that
:.s submarines do not violate
em !-e. friendly relations will
- 1 i'
nat 1
a:: en.
i;- Lan'.iig alreaJy has
the note once and was
e ef t aga in today.
t ' .ti Uernstofff, the (lerman
a. .'.or, returned today from New
lb- .-a d he had no commun'ca
ra hie is' vernment and had no
;.. vis t the state department
he .v.is invited or insti-uctcd to
iv h - l; o t-rnment.
.s-.oeiaied Press)
....juart'-rs near Namifiui
Icss to Columbus, N. M.
full squadron of S.W men
oy
A
.-.nth cavalry surprised and
much larger force of Villa
m :
MU: tl 01 ( usmuuoi -
ei day. Forty-two
ailed and a number
were no American
m IS PROMiSEO
Ei Of NEXT WEEK
'.v 1 ho A. soCatod Press)
a-tor, May (',. Temperatures
easonabie average are ind
' the m d lle Atlantic, South
ie aial Culf -.tos in the weath-
alia', i'
an
' bur-fan'., I,!'- , at. for the week
' ienii ' tomorrow. I'.y the middle
of tin- veel.;, t hundorstorms and
ie .a. are probable over the cen-ii.-il
:-t.-'tes and by tho end of the
e.d: t iniialei alorr.i.' an( rain in the
' .i.-t'-ni states.
..
I'akc You Very Far
One Step Won't
l'ie tC
o'a.. .r,,t
u ". take you very tar,
to keep on walking; one
'old don't tell
.' "I've got to !
who you
are,
One
p on fair; ng.
'"'i won't ruiil-e vo.i veiv tall, you ve
to keep on gr a ing; one little ad
'''' do it a,!, voii've i'ot. to keen
'iain i,' b : 4,... n.tr.ir.
M OF BANDITS
ROUTED BY
CAVALRY
IN
HANDS
AN
Results.
A 3
Three
:,:.,io
hoboes were
th's nivirnii-.e.
!' Southern 'v
and truik a 1
I'll lll;-l"''
lien the first
t on '
s ea ti
crht train
o;t n i-a'l
:h;:; side ( f Marion a
d
"re'e;ht cars to:
tr;.ni the
The eiiirine, one of tin b e,j.-.'t on i ht
Southern's system, pa: sua succe-vi id
ly over the broken rail. Conehi . to;
t'iine of Ashev illo and Knv'ineer I, a:
if Asheville, were in chare-;' of th.
" i v - ' - I'a.' -ei'ic ; train Mo. : e
'.ound was delayed tliree hov.rs liy
: he
era :meiU. l ie names ot tne ue
dead
men could not be iearne.i.
but t v.as
M. .ru-ant. n,
! tlv third
renorte. one was tr.ni
another from Prexc!
ff m Mar'on. They a;.-;)',
bea.taiii' a ride.
SCHEOULF
m
01
NOT
Tfl
IF
Secretarv A. K. Joy hr. - r-e. .
a letter from W. IT. T:y!oe. pniy
j-er traffic manager of the Goui'ni
: ;i'd- ay. sirna- th:' ' t ho bile
r.;
of
i)aec;i:;i r tra 11 .No. .,;. v. i
rt !!': !ory at 1 :",0 p. 1.:
he .hanged.
Id'r.ct
reach
A s.-hedule of the !
PUP,
-having the pa-iseng - tra n
here at 4:,'50 a m. "v
save us an a;idito:i"l ti
doe writes from Was
ii.; tho summer month
rlon, IJIack .iounta n
prohah! v
Mr. Tt'-"-
ngtr-n, 1.
bv t . !'. :
id Ashev
but in deference to tiie w
yoerseM' and ot'n.-i s 'ntere.-t
eastern end of the !i:c. va
the present schedule -'t:'"d.
Oil behalf of Hie !!ici;'.,-y
men, Se . t.i rv .ley re.;-;.u-r
In
.veek aii'i
the ,che
mornine
1 1 1 .-. l i a 1
:'tule of
train.
chang
e-t!
"ViliCIMA HEROINE" At
nrii tuks;-av
-A Virgin'a Herottie" v.-ill
scetei! af the Hub Tuesday
NUI'TT
be jU'e-
n'-ht.
May ' by t';e
bramat:c cb.o,.
drama in three
good burlesoue '
been ueder the
Maye Lyerly
to all those wlv
1 .-emont
';'! i - is a conit
i'-.-ts and has t-o
arts. This play !
supervision of
d a treat is insu;
1 attend. The cast
as follows:
Mrs. Dane, mistres
ii.
of 1 1 yia
-Sadie Kluttz.
Virgrnia Leighton, a Seo.tl
championing the Ni.rth Oie
ler.
elltty, Mrs. Dare's
Kilgere.
(Jranny Royal, who
ern cause -Clara K:
Martha Lane, the
Mabel Sides.
laughter-- C'nra
aals
iCOIV.
viliag
tin
iuih-
- .Mat Lie
McCombs.
Nell Cary, curiosity '-irl Elsie Ii--
Margaret Le.hton, an old nr
s ster of Mrs. Dare -I.ee Tinirns.
Nora Flanagan, host:! 0. to negr.
Mary Dan Peeler.
'i'opsy, a .(if con-tiLot-e'!
Katherinc Ivilgoi-e.
TMEY
Mr. J. I
retaiy ,Ioy
made a ge
TkAYELE!) SOME.
Ciiley, who carried S -c-o
Moonsvilio and retu'-n,
'logical .-.arvey of ired- ll,
Lincoln
ret u rn,
crossed
and fir
and C
ata-.
)U count. 1 s on the
invaded sever:
a number of
!:'r;i yarn,
plowed fa-ie
I finally reached Hickory at 2 :
m. They became lo.-t shortly aft-.
leaving :i ooresvn.e
1(1 l.iU
traveled - macs out ot
Tor Hickory Scni;
Mrs. V. I). P'own cmeri
ity young pei.pic at la--
erdi-tf, members of the
.-la:..i of the Hickory b gii
:ie
ho m
id.
:rda::a
a;-ne,,i !...
tVw.
ion or;
O i
the
ceasien. Til
a. .'area ;-.re
laun wilii
Iii it ; .1
arioso
ippear;
sented a festive
nee and
01 al fi
weather was ideal Inr aai al iiasco
reception.
Misses M: ry and Jos
eoived at the door and
gnosis t.o th" register.
I Progressive cuiivoraat
di
voted
Lf'(.
the
ion
;e ) .
.guests entertained for more thin an
! hour, the sibjects for disen.'sav; being:
The recent base bail gone, ba'-heiors
i and old maids, iovo, reap ye:;r pro
posals, pi enarednesr. and fo'.'-get-i-.ie-not.
While I'neae :--, cm very deep for
high school
graduate
the care
, tii-y
whi( h
were
handled with
in:
be expected of nvch old re
am! mor.
Delicious i el re. dime,:. w ere served
after which the guest.-- luclant'y de-
parted, each one prcM.it feeling dee,,
)y indebted to Mrs. Brown for a Lhar-
oughly delightlul eve tig.
Mr. C. C. Gamble
from a business tr.p
rcturra-i !,
to Ashevi'ie
M'sse Myrtle MaDay and Carrie
liay who have been vis tine; .Miss
Henrietta Hall, left for thiir homes
II U
UORfirQ Allien
H mmm
nr
lit!
Ml
n n
nr U
r
it 4k ;
i e '-;
i .
V.' O i 1
to result in the or
'"manont fair asso-'-'i
in the rooms
Commerce this aft
k. Committees have
o t ouiity and city to
if is understood
' lav;, made. Mr.
chairman of the
ad a meeting Thr.rs
. '''- nmmittee, and
-'; rt:-d. Mr. II ;n
'., lias been lin-
' 'e r;i. nt of tlie
".-."ro exriocted.
or.;.."-- of p.'. mil .- it
i ! ickt.ry this afie.--
a-;. I it va
e-n
nj
J V i
h.
rece
f i:'"ie i T 'c-
. e in Is ;(!; iry
live purpose
ch.vd autl'or
': of the ell
SI r;ot le able
anmi Jv ur.il
he wm ar-
;-.;ls to iii.k-
ih'e eork of
O'ee.j :,ev: r-a--,!
they
;!". hop 'd t'-at
:.ide to
cVef elerl;
..dcation,
ved
Uf i
. 1 1 if'-'- '(' It
.'.It, xHt..
:.- of the T.
primarily
offevrs
fei the an
:?i; proved
ting a.nd
.1 members
Lt-r tiie
date
r.-ia
1
ie m?ale
were elect-
- ieeat: G. L. Lv
; i.. E Marthr
?lgmon. secretary;
. L; B. 11. Clack-
ig "'-!: in session,
aiiiiuolcation was
r guard":
at ice!
: ni'-n possessing
s. : ;-.-.! holding to a
lia'o die-nity, we
;-!o;-cend from this
.U.'.g aoy other or
-.'nt to do tne same
e.U at of ball.
c : Hie above, we
:ra;v'ation in Kick
aioias haters ' T. 15
:c i'h us on Le-
i-s-b-v, Mav 10
ocat fully,
KER.
a inferred that
aa- vafrcrred to
;, Jootoall, or
1., !l;ey decided
( n.iiiengc be ac
ii'civ: instructed
in writing,
it effect. Foiiow-
iv-eent;. ;i r-e:
t !'-
.1 i ill:
' tlie T. it. & O.
honor bestowed
of meeting in a
aai i i'ie.-i gentlemen
ing titles, and,
ai-aedy erribai'rass
lumbers of the
,ai' to drop their
I:
i, they gladly
j he date, how
convenient for
1 c u
ones' and
your date
a' o
1 1
yours,
:ry.
C, Lh
(., mt
Mitt
H
Pi 1100,000
r-y
a:-i''
tho Associated Press)
glon, I'.;-:'y ("). The Navy
aau- !:'ed " s- i : tor noe; tociay in
district r aptc me .court Against
av I'onl a ,k'.ig for $100,000.
rr.1.
i ne
an if.
Ifo-e,! ; aa. ; m some ot r ord s
oi ia. r-'v.-' ating peace.
'T-. t ' ' , - ;-. -f TTio-i-, Point is
. -L .:-tJ"h loint, is
i; ila city C i lea.-, uL--.ii.
'
'
iv; r. C. C. Crce of Charlotte, is a
visitor in the city tociay.
ANCE 10 KEEPIUTTLE DANGER
IS
ORPHANS
(By the Associated Press.)
Paris, May 6. "France is not go-
ovnnrt nrwr nf its war nrnfian
saTd Monsieur Alfred Croiset, head of
the faculty of Letters of the Sorbonne,
i; fi,o ortii'mtinns nf Amor,
1 - . . . a I
ir. tha wnvk nt the ornhanao-P ot
the armies of which he is president.
I know a statement was published
rontlv tr, the effect, that 150.000
American families had offered to adopt
organs of tire war; The number
1 ...... .-. -iii
word adoption used in its general
sense was misieauing. rpnans 01
misleading, urpnans
the war so far as it is possible are
to remain in their families, especially
when the mother is living. Where
there are no immediate relatives to
take care of them, they are to be
rdacod in other Frnech families and
WAR
ulfmately will be cared for by the Persons familiar with the corres
state until their majority; none of nde"ce an,f agitation d, not fear
them are available for adoption under
mmnn ar-reTitance of the term.
..Tr.f v,o A,0riQnC rW. imvp I
v,Q Aar-a t r.nvtifinQP
n this work understand this point
quite We!l; in fact in our correspond-
enc-p the maioritv of the letters irom
H. TT; . CUtoo ovtm-oco tVio rtociro
tiiat the children which they agree to
iUrf'OIt &1IUU1U Itti.uui .11 niv.i
'v The supposition that there are
150,(00 American families wanting
fo take care of orphans arose no doubt
from the fact that we were asked by
Americans as to about how many war
orphans there were needing assistance
and we put the number at 150,000.
Th's, of course, does not comprise all
of the war orphans. They were esti
mated recently in a debate m the
senate bv Senator Jenouvrier at 800,-
000 which of course included half or-
hai.s, but a great proportion of these
v i 1 1 never become the objects of char-
tab'e work and the exact number may
nevtr be prec.sely determined.
'Comm. ttees have been organized
a en-eat many American cities to
ec? ve propositions 01 rammes, not
- 1 p
:v:or,t orphans, hut to support tnem
n tiieir own surrounamgs ior a pexiou
of two years, winch is supposed win
10 beyond the end of the war and
-airy them to the time when the
measures taKen by tne government ior
the care of orphans become effective,
All the people in France connected
ith this movement have been deep-
y taucnea oy tne generous aruour
ot Americans m this work. We have
received many thousand letters, the
numbers are increasing every day,
rem families who want to enter into
iirc.-t communication with orphans
nd start correspondence with them
so as to tonow tnem until sucn time
as they need no further help.
"The plan of the orphanage of the
army is to bring these cnnaren up
without withdrawing them from their
murd environment except when that
environment is bad. We support them
in their own homes with contribu-
tions ot money, clothing, books, penci-
ne the organization of official means
providing for them. We are aided cent, and France 8.6 per cent. In oth- the encouragement given to custom
largely in this work by pupils of the er countries the decrease is said to I ers by the bank to make their trans-
public schools. There are about 40,-
000 different schools in France, and
the children of each school contribute
their sous for the support of an or-
phan. Eventually each one oi these
schools will have a ward at its
charsre."
ttttzt:
M ARKETS
COTTON FUTUPvES.
(By the Associated Press.)
Now York. Mav 6. The cotton
market was active and firm during
n l.-v's earlv trading: and after open
ing two to eight points higher, sold
14 to 19 points above last night's
closing figures. Bullish reviews of
the dry goods raid and bullish view
of the old crop situation helped to
boost prices.
The market closed steady.
Open
July 12-53
Close
12.75
October - lJ.bts
December 12.87
January . 12-94
12.90
13.07
13.12
HICKORY MARKETS.
Cott n
Wheat 12
.$1.35
CHICAGO WHEAT.
(Ey the Associated Press.)
Cbicae-o. Mav 6. Confidence that
a break with Germany had been avert
ed led to higher prices today tor
whP.tta Initial nrices. which ranged
frnr.i 1-4 uii to 1 cerft up with May
113 1-4 and Julv at 1.13 7-8 to
i 111-4. were followed by a general
risr, that in some cases amounted to
3-8. as compared with yesterdays
close.
NEW YORK STOCKS
( Rv Associated Press)
Now York. Mav 6. Specialties in-
tpvea'-s cont'nued to derive much en-
coungement frcm the German note,
iudg;ng from the course of prices at
l- v a j
Specialties made
today's opening.
cam-; irom one iu twu pumm,
of these being increased. Shipping
shares were again the leaders, Mer
cantile Marine as well as United
Trvn!!- hoino- notable. Coppers, pe
.i l i-. . . .i vin i nl n oYY,l
troleum and distilling specialties, to
rrahvv with minor industries, were
one to three points hgher.
THE WEATHER
- ......ttttt??'?
! Wnshir-ton. 'May 6j Fqr
North
'Carolina: fair ton'ght and Sunday;
gentle shifting winds
k r0MPARATiVE
May 5
Maximum
Minimum --
Mean
nris.
WEATHER
1916 1915
.80 76
50 49
65 6252
OF
MOVING
COLLEGE
Dr. J. L. Murphy, retiring presi
dent of the North Carolina classis of
the Reformed church, has returned
frm Waughtown and Winston-Salem
wnere ne atienuea ine annual met
in? ot tne classis. He reporteo a
1 ' I J'l VT i I 1 it . J 1 i - 1 . 1 I I ... fin 1.T"11 11 rv 1 1
Vlc"ui" ocoomn, xmc cuKiwimuciii,
an was enthusiastic over the growth
an aeveiopmeni oi w insion-oaiem.
A LO proposition lor mo-, ng
Catawba College from J
Wmston-Salem, Dr Murphy
said there
Ti7j e n rvr hivnr
definite
done. The
board f trade has appointed a com
mittee anu the classis has named a
committee, and these will meet. The.
Winston-Salem folks h.ive not pi... !
their offer in concrete form, and r -
til the committee representing the
church is annrised of it. there can
be no action.
Persons familiar
" " u mo" iru"J
" cvv LU11: L VL uue iiu11b "e xveiormeu
church is not strong in the Winston-
Salem section, and for another, the
PeoPle of Wintson-Salem would have
Put a pretty good sum of money
:u wv, " "'""'"s
inStllUlo
th.?, reasonable demand of the church
(By the Associated Press.)
London. Mav 6. Hostile submarin
es have been sinking each week about
60,000 tons of shipping with the
ularity of clockwork and the conse -
quent scarcity of tonnage is causing I
the Enalishmen to look forward to
n i i,. j. t ; -i ; I
a 100a crisis in this country wnicn is
believed by many to be not tar on. 1
About $i,ouu,uuu,uuu wortn 01 100a
has to be brought to these . shores
every year. In normal times, with
the help of neutral shipping, the
.British mercantile marine can just
about manage it. But not so now. The I
underwriters view is that the odds I
against making a sate passatre are 1
more man ten times as great as
fore the war; and, with the increase
of enemy submarines, so the odds in-
crease, neutral shippmo- becomes more
and more shy of entering British
waters, and food becomes scarcer and
dearer.
.estimates 01 tne isio crop in ior-1
eign countries are not encouraging
SUBMARINES
SINK
60.0
TONS
WEEK
and the question is raised as tojof more than 200,000 different debtors
whether tne toreigner is in a posi-
tion to supply the demands here even
if conditons were normal, ihe loiiow-1
ing shows the decrease in wheat land
estimated by the International Agn-
cultural institute lor lyib. uanaaa,
14.9 per cent., United States 11.9 per
be in the same proportion.
Although every effort has been
made to remedy the situation by giv-
mg up all available land to crop rais-
mg, the British board 01 agriculture
has been hampered by lack ot labor.
True, thousands of women have re
placed the men called to the colors
but the board finds that they are not
sufficient to utilize the land to the
full.
SITUATION GRAVE
(Bv the Associated Press.)
Washington, May 6. Bear Admiral
Caperton. in charge of the American
forces in Santo Domingo and Haiti
today advised the navy department
that the situation at Santo Domingo
in the revolt against President Jim-
inez was grave. Admiral Caperton
did not report landing marines to
guard the American legation. He said
he had conferences with various of
ficials. Secretary Daniels said the ad-
miral was vested with complete au-
thovit.v.
97
SLIGHT AUTO ACCIDENT.
Dr. W. H. Nicholson, Mrs. Nichol-
son, Airs. W. A. Kudisiil and Miss
b annie White narrowly averted a sen-
ous accident near ionneny springs
while en route to Morganton. ine doc
tor's ant.nmnhilfl struck a stlimn and
gave the occupants a severe shake-up.
Mrs. Nicholson, sitting on the front
seat with her husband, was thrown
through the windshield, but fortun-
ately was not injured. All three la
dies were slightly bruised, but were
reported today as being practically
all right again. The automobile was
not badly damaged. This is a bad
stretch of road and had not Dr. Nich-
pwciiii Kf i i udu ciuu aau iiul xjl. i ii 11-
0ison been driving carefuly, the re
sult might have been serious.
WRONG POLICY
The poet of the Richmond, Va., Ad
vertiser's (Jiub sings tms song oi a
sheriff's sale:
There was a man in our town.
And he was wondrous wise
(He swore, it was his policy,
i He would not advertise.
But one sad day he advertised,
And thereby hangs a tale,
The ad was set in quite small type
And headed "Sheriff's Sale."
Dirt Was Cheap
A South Georgia newspaper carried
this advertisement: "FOR SALE
Barber shop; dirt cheap." A news
paper in a neighboring town suggest
ed the barber ought not expect any
thing at all for ttie dirt.
SANTO
DIN
FIGHTING AGAIN SHIFTS
INSTR
Germans Launch New Onslaught Against Hill
304, Making Dent Attack Repulsed With
Bayonets Another Zeppelin Disabled
More Rebels Are Shot.
BANK OF FRANCE
LOADED WITH
BULLION
(By the Associated Press)
Paris, May 6. The Bank of France
has taken in a billion and a half
francs in gold in deposits and in ex
changes for paper money and gov
ernment bonds since December 24,
1914, and the receipts continue at
the rate of five million a week. These
receipts have brought its gold reserve
up to about the five billion mark and
maintained it there nothwithstanding
shipments abroad in the meantime of
666 millions, most of which went to
Great Britain.
The Bank of France is not a gov
ernment bank in the strictest meaning
of the term, but it is the state's bank
er the lender to which the state ap
plies when it needs to borrow money.
The bank has now advanced to the
government seven billion one hundred
million francs. The money is lent at
the special rate of one per cent, in-
terest by the terms of the contract
reg-lwith the e-overnment. and is to be re-
paid within one year after the end of
the war or before. If the loans are
renewed aftev that nerioH. t.hev will
. . . a 7 -
bear three per cent interest
Besides financing the P-overnment
the bank has protected the exporters
unable to realize on their foreim
credits at the outset of the war bv
buying up their drafts to the amount
of 800 billion francs, and furnished
guarantees for an English loan of
five million pounds to a Parisian bank
and for an American loan for $20,
oe-iuuu,uuu. It has at the same time con
1 tributed largely to the revival of
trade bv facilitating- Davments in in
stalments of balances due from mer
I chants at the beginning of the war,
involving a stupendous amount of
work since at the beginning of 1915
tnere were in the main bank alone
500,538 drafts and bills of exchange
amounting to z,i)ts.WZ.zit francs
The transactions of the bank during
the first full year of war, cash re
ceipts and payments combined.
amounted to 214,225,000,000 francs
One result of the perturbation m
finances resulting from the war was
fers by check instead of currency
I It may result in a permanet and gen
I eral use of the ' American check sys-
tern, thus far looked upon with little
I favor in France.
(By the Associated Press.)
Dublin, May 6. James M. Sullivan,
former American minister to the
Dominican republic, who has been im
prisoned in Dublin castle tor several
days on the charge of being implicated
m tne msn revolt, win oe released to
dav was indicated
FOURTH GRAJJUi AUJiJUT.
The fourth grade girls held a meet
ing yesterday afternoon with Miss
Lillian Field, when an out door club
was formed. Officers were elected as
follows: Miss Louise Cline, president;
Miss Kathryn Hatcher, secretary;
Miss Nita Mosteller, vice-president.
The members of the club are Misses
I Louise Cline, taKhnyrl-.25rJP meo(
beth Wolfe, Thelma Flowers Kath
I TT , i -r 1 1 i-i 1 1 "V T J It IT
rvn Jriatcner. Lanian meia, jita xvios
teller. Helen Mitchell, Dorothy Keever,
Vireina Burns. The boys and girls
Df the foutrh grade will meet at Miss
Field's at 8:30 o'clock Wednesday
May 10, and go to the Cliffs for the
first meeting:.
Mrs. J. F. Hoffman returned today
trom Albemarle wnere sne nas oeen
spending a iew uays wan remwvea.
PRINCE A POOR SHOT
(By the Associated Press)
London, May 6. Prince Albert, the
second son of the present King George
proved himself a poor marksman re
cently when he opened a miniature
rifle range in the courtyard of the
house ot lords tor the use ot peers,
- members of parliament and officials
VAN
RELEASED
DUBLIN
IRELAND
of parliament. The prince concluded
what was his first public speech an
nouncing that he would proceed to de
clare the range open by firing the
first shot and by trying his best to
make a bull's eye. He did not suc
ceed, but made a hit above the mark.
SERBIANS TO HELP
(By the Associated Press.)
London, May 6. Another hundred
Serbian officers are soon to go to Rus
sia via England to officer a division
of Serbians of Austrian nationality
taken prisoners by the Russians to
fight against the Austrians.
UGGLE FOR VERDUN
(By the Associated Press)
Heavy fighting has been resumed
in the Verdun region with the Ger
mans again on the offensive wets of
the Meuse. They have brought up a
fresh division and apparently made
a new concentration of heavy artil
lery. Instead of attacking Dead Mans
Hill, around which fighting has raged
recently, they are now attacking hill
No. 304 with increased violence.
The afternoon bulletin of the
French war office admits that an un
usually heavy bombardment compell
ed the French to abandon the out
posts of the hill. It declares, however
that the Germans were mowed down
by machine gun fire.
Attacks by the Germans north and
northwest of hill No. 304 were push
ed so closely that the bayonet had to
be used to repel the assault.
Yesterday's report indicating the
destruction of thre Zeppelins w?as
followed today by a dispatch from
Dutch sources announcing that the
Zeppelin L-9 had been sighted flying
low across the North sea, apparently
badly crippled.
Executions in the Irish rebellion
continue. Major McBryde, who fought
through the Boer war agamst the
British and married Maude Donne,
widely known in connection with the
Irish home rule agitation, was exe
cuted. Norway has protested t the British
and French government against the
seizure of neutral mail. The United
States, Holland and Sweden also have
protested.
PAID UNCLE
J.
(By the Associated Press)
Wlasington, May 6. Party lines dis
appeared in the house today when dur
ing the first hour of its regular ses
sion it joined in paying tribute to
"Uncle Joe" Cannon, the former
speaker, who will be 80 tomorrow.
Never before in the history of the
house has a working hour been given
up for a living member.
Speaker Clark, in a humorous and
friendly speech, termed Mr. Cannon
as one of the top-notcher class of
mental pugilists.
Mr. Cannon marched down the cen
ter aisle of the house and delivered
an address of- appreciation with rem
insciences of other days. He was
quick to observe the non-partisan
character of the occasion and his
opening words were appreciative of
this fact.
AN UNUSUAL TEAM.
(By the Associated Press.)
London, May 6. Owing to the scar
city of horses in Sheffield a big mer
cantile es(tablishment hit Hipon the
scheme of yoking two camels and an
elephant to a dray and found the ex
periment so successful that the out
fit is a fixture on the city's streets.
The animals jot along easily with a
load of ten tons doing the work of
eight horses.
KRUPPS INCREASE CAPITAL.
(By the Associated Press.)
Vienna, May 6. The Skoda works,
the Krupps of Austria-Hungary have
decided to inerease their capital by
$650,000 to $9,000,000.
HAL CHASE LEADS
L
FINE II 3
CANNON
NATIONA
SLUGGERS
( By Associated Press.)
Chicago, May 6. Hal Chase of Cin
cinnati is leading the National Lea
gue batters with a percentage of
458, according to averages published
here today, and including games of
last Wednesday. Ohtre . leading hit
ters are Daubert of Brooklyn, 422, Mc
Henry of Cincinnati, 400, Robertson
of New York, 376 and Alexander of
Philadelphia 375.
Leading National league pitchers
rank according to earned runs are
Meadows of St. Louis, McConnell of
Chicago, Alexander of Philadelphia.
In the American League Ty Cobb
is rapidly moving to the front, now
having a percentage of 347. Debuc
of Detroit is leading the league wtih
444. Other leaders ire Henry of
Washington, 409, Cicotte of Chicago,
400, Burns of Detroit, 375, and Covel
skie of Detroit, 364.
Leading American League pitchers
rank according to earned runs are
Williams of Chicago, Leonard of Bos
ton, Markle of New York, Russell of
Chicago, Klepf er of Cleveland.
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'.v .Miigay.inc.
in Asheville today.