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i-i 1 1 Daily. VOL. U. NO. 123 HICKORY, N. C, FRIDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 9, 1917 PRICE TWO CENTS NEW FIRE PUJJT .WED RECRUITING WORTi. ffl MORNING FIRE' Furnished Abundance of Water and Pressure Fulmer & Gibbs Badly Damaged and Times Mercury Out of Commission for While Loss Not Serious. Ijpiu' that threatened an entire bus iness "block in Hickory early today wtt put down by the firemen, with th id o' lhe new force PumP' wIth k,si estimated at $3,500. The fire was discovered in the rear of the Fulmer and Gibbs Furniture store at 3:15 this morning by Mr. Tom Boat ri'ch'i, who wan sleeping in the Boat right five nnd ten cent store, and the alarm promptly turned in, and while the blaze was under control in 35 to 40 minutes the firemen re mained on duty until 5:30 The fur niture s on? lost heavily, the stock of about $2,500 sustaining damage amounting to about $1,800, with in surance of only $800. The printing plant of the Times Mervury. a Republican newspaper owned and tiitecl by Mr J. O. Perk ley, was damaged by fire and water, the Campbell press being put out of commission and the rollers and wood work of two job presses being melt ed and charred. The Hickory Daily, Record offered its services until Mr. Berkley can get his plant straighten ed out again, and the Times-Mer cury will be issued from the Record ofiki. The damage to 'the Times-Mercury i could not be estimated this morning,' but it is thought it will amount to a few hundred dollars. The plant was fully covered by insurance, and the jrrea'est loss is in th-j inconvenience suffered by the publisher. I Fire Chief A. T. Yoder said today; that the exact origin of the fire' probablv would never be known. Mr. Bontriirht and Night Officer Peter son discovered that ' he rear door: of .he furniture store was ajar, was burned on both sides, and this lead3 to the suspicion that an incendiary, might have been busy. Messrs. Gibbs and Jones, who conduct the furni-1 ture store, said the fire in the stove' was out before '.hey left in the even-! injr, and they are positive the blaze' did not start from carelessness. .Fulmer and Gibbs Furniture Com pany already has made plans to re open, having rented a building on ?inth avenue from Mr. C. H. Geitnen As soon as the insurance adjusters report, the stock will be overhauled,! and that part too badly damaged will j be placed on sale, together with a new stock that will be ordered at once. IThe company sustained aj comparatively heavy loss, as the in surance did not cover half the dam age. The building, a three story struc ture, is owned by Mr. Li Flagler and was valued by him at $10,000. His insurance was about $2,600, and dam age by fire was between $1,000 and $1,500. The flames, which were confined to the rear of the furniture store, burn ed through the ceiling and licked off the woodwork and rollers of the Times-Mercury plant, and then shot up about 15 feet above the entire building. 'The damage was not re latively great, but the fact tha'c other buildings on Thirteenth street might have been destroyed caused uneas iness for a time. Messrs. Fulmer and Gibbs and Editor Berkley desire to thank the firemen for their efficient work. HURRYING NAVY (By Associated Press) Washington, Feb. 9. frlavy re cruiting agents have been instructed to enlist immediately 25,000 addition al men. .WJiile the current naval bill authorized a peace strength of 74,000 men, it carried an appropria tion considerably less 'than was esti mated was necessary. lOfficials have been encouraged by recruiting returns, however, which have brought the actual strength up to nearly 58,000 men already. . iln the event of war probably the first act of the president will be to authorize the enlistment of the max imum war strength of 87,000. Prob ably this could be authorized by the department permitting the enlistment of volunteers for the period of the war IN DESTROYED IN DOWN ! JANUARY i ! i E'S BILL IS LANSING SLOW TO BELIEVE MR. GERARD IS DETAINED HONS ED IN E Pump Big Aid 'Hickory firemen and business men were congratulating the city author ities today on the purchase and instal lation of the force pump on the fire truck. The two streams of water that this pump forced on the Flagler building undoubtedly saved it from total destruction, in the opinion of firemen, and prevented the spread of the flames to other buildings. The blaze was so hot that the firemen could not approach it with ordinary pressure, but the force of the 'two streams was great enough to sur mount the fierceness of the heat. The city saved double the cost of the pump in one night, all agree, and Mayor Whitener and City Manager Ballew are among those who feel good over results. The manner in which Mr. George Starnes manned the pump was the occasion for much favorable comment. Th. machine was absolutely new to Mr. Starnes two weeks ago, but he has mastered its mechanism in that time nnd he worked it to perfection this morning. He is being given full cred it for his good work. I FURNISH NAMES1 CONGRESSMEN i (By Associated Press) Berlin, via Sayville, Feb. 9. ,The Germans lost 34 aeroplanes in Janu 'ary and the British", French and Rus i sians 55, the war office announced to , day. "The aviators, notwithstanding the severe cold, fulfilled in January their important tasks of observation, re- , connoifering and attacking," the J statement says. "Last month we lost 34 aeroplanes ana tne isritish French and Russians 55. Of these 26 are in our possession. Moreover three cap tive hostile balions were brought down in flames" THOUGHT HE WAS AN AMERICAN 50 YEARS j Record's Special Legislative Report. Raleigh, Feb. 9. Attended by ' Burgwyn of Northampton as chief j mourner, the Ejrtie county educa ! tional bill was buried by the senate j this morning after an argument pro ' longed and for the most part rambling ; and disjointed1. The vote of 22 to 24 showed that the senate mind is not quite mad'e up as lo the question, j The house killed the Page bill for the popular election of school boards by a vote of 60 to 41. It also voted . down a motion to refer the "bone-dry" prohibition bill, which had received an unfavorable report. , It then passed on a prolonged dis cussion of '..he Roberts bill to allow women to vote in cities. GAMBLERS (By Associated Press.) iWJashington, Feb. 9 George Ship-1 man, local manager for the Harri- j man and Company, New York bro-' kers testified at the leak hearing to da that certain members of the house dealt in stocks with him. Chairman Henry called for the names and Ship man promised to furnish them. (By Associated Press.) Washington, Feb. 9. After having believed for a half century that he was an American citizen, the Rev. Jo seph Beech of Dixon, 111., a Methodist missionary to China, has discovered that he is a British subject and has asked congress to pass a bill to give him full citizenship Senator Smith of South Carolina today introduced a bill for that purpose. Mr. Beech came to this country from England with his father when four years -.old and 'thought his father became naturalized. DUTCH STEAMER PUTS BACK TO NEW W BRITISH STEAMER MINOR OPERATIONS REPORTED BY RUSSIA 'Mr. and rMs. J. L. Riddle are ex pected home this evening or tomor row from Savannah, Ga., and other points, where they have been for sev eral weeks. The meeting of 'the Woman's Com munity Club, set for 3:30 this af ternoon, has been postponed until next Friday afternoon at 3 o'clock , High winds was mainly responsible for postponement. . , . . .... . . . TORPEDOED TODAY' (By Associated Press) I iLondon, Feb. 9 The British steam- ship Larsen has been sunk by a sub-' marine Her captain and chief en gineer were taken prisoners. (By Associated Press. j iPetrograd, via London, Feb. 9 Only minor operations along the Rus sian and Rumanian fronts are report ed in today's official statement. BERLIN ADMITS GAIN Chamber of Commerce is Busy on Bond Issue and Library Large Attendance ey era troops AMERICANS ARE SAILING ON LINERS (By Associated Press.) Berlin, via Sayville, Feb. 9 The British made attacks at three points on the Somme front vesterdav. To- I day's announcement says some ground i was gained. or that organization. The meeting was well attended, all of the different bureaus being well represented President J. D. Elliott presided, FRENCH REPULSE GERMAN ATTACK (By Associated Press.) .t-i...i tu'- v, cfv hnt Paris. Feb. 9 A German attack of one from Wc charge of the drafting of the wt. but would do so as soon as pos 9 le; that he wanted to exercise the ffre-atest care in the selecting of that committee, so that at no time could Jn7 one say that partizan politics y anything to do with this move-tient. U"J to send to .: , Jntat.ves from ,thig dis,crict thf Verdun was repulsed, today's official statement says. Violent fighting oc curred in the Wioevre region, GERMAN SEAMEN ARE GIVEN SHORE LEAVE (By Associated Press) New York, Feb. 9. Under instruc- Ths directors and advisory board! connecting each state with its ad of the Hickory Chamber of Com- joining states and through them with merce met in joint session Thursday itstates of the union; 10 consider important business "Resolved. That the Hickory Cham- I ber of Commerce urge the congress of the United States the necessity of ; the eprly designptiioni, )onstruictifon . and maintenance of a system of na-. firtnol Viio-Viwa va to he hnilt. and main-! nd after hearing the reading of the;tained by the national government;; mlmit,,. ... ... . i i r.. . ' '"irs, committee reports were can- '1J uv 11 iuu"ei H fr.. f .l.. -l .... "'Resolved. Tha r.;t 1 aosc 01 iVir' - instructed to forthwith transmit cop- last night in the region southeast of 1,1 uulln me roaci ana ioa rovnhitinn to all the committee, Mr. V. A. Self rendered a report on the progress made by that committee in sounding the sentiment of the county on a bond issue to extend the good roads of the wunty. Mr. Self cited the action of we convention held in Newton last Tuesday, a report of which was pub llsbwi in last Wednesday's Record, nl stated that all had been done that could be done pending the receiv " of a draft of the general road law that Secretary Joy was expect " on an early mail. Jle said that 10 naa not Vlt. nnnnlnloJ U !i rfit.ll -fj'UMIWl UIIC UlHIlIIIlk- , ' , . J I n at on to any community, anu insureu tha proper up-keep. iln order to facilitate tne move mont to secure a gymnasium ana swimming pool for this city, President Elliott aDpointed the following com mittee to cooperate with the secre tary in the work: Hugh D'Anna, chairman; O. M. Sigmon, Donald Ap- plegate. Mr; J. W. Blackwelder said he Cominir umW j- . wanted to bring a matter before the this 1Z the Juri8dlctln f body that was a crying need and a ame committee was the matter disgrace to any community the ,'wleral road construction and! presence on the streets of a number --uwiance, and the secretary wa of children of school age wno w dirw..i . """"J vva- l ;n nn.rnm onH without - . ;;rt of i tai milotipat fiM these children could not control them, f Q) (J J he thought io was tne uuiy oi me thoritics of the city or county to aoj so; that we had an example of what; this kind ot lacK oi training reauitcu in,-and the sooner it was attended to the better it would be not only for the community in general but for the children themselves. Mr. Sflf said there were many laws on the stati-.'-e books that were not enforced, and it was possi ble there might be some law that would apply to the cases mentioned by Mr. Blackwelder. After consid erable discussion, it was resoivea that the mattebr be referred to the. 'Woman's Betterment Club. iNew York, Feb. 9. A number of persons who had engaged passage on American ships for Europe showed their readiness to brave the dangers of the submarine zone by cancelling their reservations today and booking their passage on belligerent ships. Some took passage on the French steamer Espagne, which sails Sun day for Bordeaux, and a few engag ed passage on the Laplander, which will sail Tuesday. (By Associated Press) New York, Feb. 9. The Holland American line steamship Dyndam, re turning here after . starting for Rot terdam by way of Falmouth January 29, was reported early today 1,400 miles east of Sandy Hook and due to deck here Saturday. A Wireless re port from the captain was received here shortly before noon. The R'yndam put back when wichin 14 hours of Falmouth. ED BAKER E ON SHIPPING BOARD (By Associated Press) Washington, Feb 9 Raymond B. Stevens of New Hampshire was nom inted by President Wilson today as a member of the shipping; board tc succeed Bernard N. Baker who re signed soon after being confirmed. QUIET IS REPORTED ON RUSSIAN FRONT MARKETS members of the United States and house of representatives from this district! " :A renort of the committee on Car negie library was then taken up and'( the secretary was instructed to au dress a memorial to the Mayor and city council asking that the city make the necessary arrangements to meet the requirements of 1 per cent, of the donation for maintenance. This would mean $1,000 per year for maintenance of a $10,000 building. President Elliott said he compli mented Mr Carnegie on his good judg-; merit in e-ivinc his money away in ; this maner; that it gave an annua u.. - wiashine-ton. officers and turn of 1 per cent, on the money do- ; ' La , ,nitw nH insured ! members of the crews of the German merchant ships tied up here since the beginning of the war were given shore leave today under certain re strictions. They will be allowed to leave their vessels on'Basses signed by their commanders, but must return before midnight the same day. Since the severance of diplomatic relations they have been confined to their (By Associated Press) Berlin, via Sayville, Feb 9 An absence of important developments along the Macedonian and Russian fronts is reported intoday's official statement SENATE DEMOCRATS WILL HOLD CAUCUS COTTON FUTURES (By associated Press.) New York, Feb. 9. Nervousness over political and shipping conditions was again reflected in a small volume of business and the further irregu larity of fluctuations in the cotton market today. May eased off to 15.54 right after the call, but soon ral- lied to 16 52, with the general list ruling about net unchanged to five ; points higher towards the end of the first hour. j The market closed stead. j Open Close , March -.15.49 15.40 j May - 15 64 July 15.67 October : 15 5 (By Associated Press.) Washington, Feb. 9. A caucus of seriate Democrats will be held tonight to pass finally on the administrations $250,0000,000 revenue bill which vir tually had been agreed upon by the senate committee. LIQUOR BILL PUSHED IN NATIONAL CONGRESS Secretary of State Cannot Think Germany Would Hold Ambassador in Defiance of Internation al Law Allies Want Sailing of Ships Kept Secret. ERIJN EXTENDS TIME LIMIT OF ORDER Paris, Feb 9. A Madrid dispatch to a local newspaper says that the German government has announced a further delay of 48 hours for neutral ships to regain neutral ports. Germany's original announcement to the United States that neuttral ships in the submarine zone blockade February 1 would be spared during a sufficiently long period. The note also asid neutral ships would be giv en until February 5 to sail and must take, the shortest route home. On February 2 the Spanish government asked theu German, government for an extension of time in which their ships might reach home ports, but no specific time limit was mentioned. TWfO SCORE LOST WITH CALIFORNIA 15.55 HICKORY MARKETS Cotton. No quotatons Wheat CHICAGO WHEAT (By Associated Press) Washington, Feb. 9. Advocating 15.62 the iiquor bill to prohibit liquor ad 15 59 . vertisements and soliciting in the mails entering dry territory the Rev. .Jair.es Cannon of Virginia told the I house postofiice committee that there 1 . . 1.1! - SI. 90 had been a great increase m puouc drinking places over 30 years ago He spoke as national chairman of the legislative committee of the anti-saloon league. !ZlTK Solutions: stertf'"'0 th totki expen- ,,r Public v,,m ,.natlonaI government !i land, STO,on' fostry, pub !el "V'1 Pma canal have Jrear,al fl!"n dllan; and, 300,000 .ero are about 2,- StatoT'of ljTd in the Unlf: 0000 rnilM aWh,ch. more thn 2, u'tS a unimproved; and, ar fifty Vi.ir, sy8,t0er" of not more Lhiy,wllin(l-Tniles,0f nation- tar..- aJ,s Will 1?IVB nlami.., J.. ttam, trunk and link lines TO END NEXT WEEK (By Associated Press) Chicago, Feb. Considerable strength developed m the wheat mar- Th gth isode of pearl of the ket today .owing largely to the threat- Ay &t the Pastime this afternoon eneu aLime ux illconr1 tnrnVht will be great. ,Uon't opening, which ranged about Irom . - it the same as yesterday, with May at miss seemg ' 1.68 1-4 to l.m 1-2 and July at 1.46 1-2, was followed by a setback. (By Associated Press.) ' Washington, Feb. 9. (Sessions of the congressional leak committee to-' day were given over to an examina tion of newspapejr? wfho were jtold confidentially December 20 by Sec retary Lansing of the impending peace note. IThei nquiry. it is now hielieved, will be concluded next week). THE WEATHER iMlartha Kate, five-year-old daugh tcr of Mr. and Mrs. H. C. McBee, was mainfullv thouhg not seriously scald- jed late last evening by falling into n nan of boilmsr water .. The child was doing all right. today HARDWOOD FLOORS If hardwood floors are badly spot ted and dirty, the best way to clean tViPin is wininc up with gasoline. - - . , and SatnrHav. iMiifh onlHpr to-' Moisten a clean piece of cheese cloth night. (Cold wave except in extreme , with gasoline and rub the surface southwest portion. Strong north- j of the tloor vigorously wrai tne west winds and gales along the moistened rag, changing it as soon as northern coast, diminishing tonight, it becomes much soiled. .For North Carolina: Fair tonight London, Feb 9 The British pas senger steamer California of the An chor line, bound from New York for Glasgow, was torpedoed at 9 o'clock Wednesday morning iOff the Irish coast and sank in nine minutes with the loss of 41 lives. The stricken shin was able to send out "SOS" .calls a;nd help arrived promptly. Nevertheless five persons were killed by the explosion and 36 Were drowned in the launching of the lifeboats. News of the sinking of the Califor nia reached London Wednesday after noon before the survivors had yet arrived on land but publication was not permitted till more than 24 hours later. IThe California was an armed liner carrying a single 4.7-inch gun mount ed on the stern. . The gunner was iust training the weapon on the spot where oil bubbles had been revealed the presence of the underwater en em v when a torpedo struck the port side with an explosion so violent thajr most of the people aboard were thrown off their feet, five being kill ed and a score injured. The submarine fired a second tor pedo, in an apparent effort to ac- elerate the sinking, but the second shot missed, although both torpedoes were fired from a distance of less tl-ajn SCO jferds. There was only oie American aboard the California and he is among the survivors1 Capt IHenderson, commander ot -he California, declares that the con diet of the passengers and crew was exemplary. Thereh ad been careful Irillv on the wav across and every oerson had been assigned to a life boat and provided with a life-belt. (By Associated Press. . Wjashington, Feb. 9. (Secretary Lansing today authorized the follow ing statement: ''I am very loath to believe that the German government intentional ly is detaining Ambassador Gerard in Berlin on any excuse whatsoever. I should be very much surprised if such a course had been taken." - '. There' is absolutely no justification in international, law, it : was ponted out. for the detention of the ambas sador: ' '- ' INo information-" has been? 'received from Ambassador Gerard since Feb ruary 7 iNo Americans-have--reached Denmark from" Germany- srnce: tbe severing "of relations. - - , ..;,- George Washington, the iregro :fivi? man who lost his-life-in the sink-inrr of the Turino was reported by Con sul rost today was : apparently .-at. "British subject." It was stated ' that he was born in Alberta, Canadav ; The entente embassies herehave asked the state department if; '-some steps cannot be taken to cease .pub lications of sailings of vessels-: - and publication of manifests- of ships-.go-ing into war zones. Officials-; rea lize that there is no -warrant of" .law to prevent public statements but some steps may be taken to prevent . publi cation on the ground of. national ne RIVERS AND HARBORS BILL IS REPORTED (By Associated Press) Washington. Feb 9 .The rivers and harbors bill, carrying $38 500,000, was reported to the senate today by Chairman Fletcher of the commerce comlmittee. Tiio a'uniiTit. is an increase of about $137 000 over the bill passed by the house. (Senator Kenyonj Republi can of Iowa, gave notice that he would propose a substitute carrying a lump sum of $22,000,0000 for distribution under army engineers. iMIis Louise Allien returned this morning fro! i a two week's visit to Charlotte. MAY LEAVE TOMORROW ..... (By Associated Press) Berlin, Thursday, Feb 8 via London, Feb. 9th.. Former ambassdor Ger ard and his party probably will leave Berlin Saturday evening, although the date has not been settled defin itely. It is expected they will trav el by way of Switzerland. ANOTHER OLD SOLDIER ANSWERS LAST ROLL CALL This time it is Mr. John D. Hoke of Morganton. Mr. Hoke enlisted from Catawba county in the early part of the struggle between the states and served valiantly until he was incapacitated by the loss of his right arm, when he returned home and married Miss Lemmie Fry of this county. He moved to Burke coun ty and began life with one arm on a farm and made a success of it, leaving a nice estate at his death. IJe was a member of the Lutheran church and. a man of sterling qualities He fell asleep on February" 7 at the age og 79 years. The funeral services ,were conducted by his pastor, Dr. W. A Deaton of Hickory and atten ded by a large congregation of his many friends. His wife 'and three children are left to mourn his "death, with many friends. TO GIVE BOX SUPPER ;- The junior class1 ' of ' the Hickory high school will hold a box supper in the high school auditorium Saturday night, at 7 30. .. . 'The proceeds will go to the buying of class rings! Ralph J". Shell, Wor land Eaton and George Johnson 'will sell the boxes. ANOTHER SEVERE COLD WAVE COMING (By Associa"-d Press.) -Washington, Feb. 9. Another cold wave will sweep the Atlantic coast tonight from New England to ex treme northwest Florida, the weath er buTeau announced today!. Frost is predicted in southern Florida. Storm warnings" .were ordered dis played today on the Atlantic coast from Cape Kattera's to Eastpcrt, Me. Three Norwegian Steamers. : Sunk by Submarine; Two; ., Men Are Killed by Gunfire (By Associated. Press.) nnnflnotnivn. via London. Feb. 9. shin Skorskog was L lie iNui it - sunk yesterday by a German subma- rine. The crew was aboard-tne &uu marine when a steamer appeared and the undersea boat submerged. The chief officer and. carpenter wclc only ones able to return to. the ship's boats and they were picked up by the steamer today " (By Associated Press) Fbe 9. Lloyds this af ternoon announced that the Norwe gian steamer Hanskinck, formerly th i American steamer Satilla, has ' been sunk. f (By -Asso.-iatd Press.. . s. London, Feb. 9 The Nopan steamship. Ida has. been sunk !v a ' German . submarine. S jrylvin g rn em bers of -the. crew were landed today. , The captain stated that the .chief ; mate. and; steward were killed wh:!-f on deck Jty. gunfire, the submarine ;fir- !ing continuously until the ship sank.
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