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STATE ? qi at c Lilirff vy ) ; s. j HICKORY, N. C, MONDAY EVENING. APRIL 2, 1917 PRICE TWO CENTS of bellig; WILL FOL If T wrw If PRESIDEN PS ANY PRESIDENT TO ADDRESS GRESS THIS EVENING CON Wilson Decides to Bring War Question to Head Without Waiting Until Tomorrow House Was Expected to be Ready by 3 o'Clock Early Bulletins. for the ho'.i- ' April 2. Senate ;, o'c'tx'k to wait Ui perfect its or- cunizatHMi. 're,iil.iit V.t -ou wjw said to be prt-pare.1 t- . A at late as 3 0V!0fk. llepubHea: suddtnly demand- M.parate rl'- -'' t;uh hmise 0U.,r and il an-ared that per-.. frction of th- oriraniation mijtht run to ,lu' afternoon. li ra' ( Py AH-.ated Press.) V'."ihi:!u"oM. April 2 As ew.- . . . . ...... Tl. 1 :i; noon I nsiunifc ,, y hail decided la t ..'day immediate r.:;i:'.i:'.ation of the -lu'uld be late this ; evening. in, the majority lea i:: the senate that 1! ,..tt :,ui was expec .v! hy 3 p. m. and th prwUvr.t w: rcaily to go before the jir.t .-: " at that time. .Kout l.oi'i' . f the pacifists as jtrr.blt"'. 'M t'".i' -'i'-1 if the main en trance "f '"1 and became so bo:ter-u ;V.' ;.;; l. of police drove hem off. while small delagations gathere I ait-i ji-.'ft'd. The pac: ,;"'.Ued replies and there wu r. !!'i.tkinvr foreiirn ac cffl'.j in !;'.(? v.. r l- .if the speakers. Thure uvri' fiv ; i- rit clashes but no itriuii 'h:.isu'c was done. LIBRARY SEEMS SAFE THIS EVEN N make h: a ' -r ly after ::- ' hi'ji'. '" afteriuui! vr t. dcr. ar.!..-.::;-. ; he ho'.i-..' or .. . ! to b' I'erf..- Indications shortly after noon pointed to the carrying of the elec tion for the library and if good work counts for anything, the friends of the cause will have reason to cele brate tonight. Hundreds of ribbons distributed by the Community Club were being worn during the day and every voter was appealed to in be half of the library. Coffee was serv ed at the Edison store across the street and the ladies were busy with missionary work there. The contest between Mayor White ner and Mr. M. II. Yount for mayor was said to be close, though a large number of the voters had not gone to the polls this afternoon. Nobody could say how the election would re sult, but the. friends of both candi dates were working hard. CATAWBA QUIT: FIELD HERE SATURDAY ML LION DOLLAR RE AT OLD FORT At 3:30 Saturday on the Lenoir Coi lege athletic field was started what News of the destructive fire Old FoTt Sunday afternoon at wnen MM. PfilTKHTO DECLARI I ill II 1UU UlU ii SU'I CONTINUE TO E MUVf 8 i STATE OF WAR XISTS WITH GERMANY TREMEMxirs STKl'(;(iLE To im ij:,(i: congress (By ciAttd ?reis.) Wnshir.-'t'.n. Aj.ril 2 Congress Bv: in t':ra.'r.!.;.ary session tocuj to '.Irt'id''' :h.- ;'.e-ti"n of war with German;,'. First came the simple between DeTitJtrats an! Kepublieans over the organization of the house. With that (juestiun 1 .. i i !, eonirress will be frw t" C"ri-i.!..r the must momentous (potion of ti. a"e, S-ntinivr;. a. :iie capital apparent ly prt-iomin-i!-! t'..r a declaration u. w or a .1". ! 'i:ith. n of a state of h,t.u '' l.'.'h h".ise and senate ;.v..r t" !' rt fmtn, but few be- CONGRESS URGED BY PILGRIMS T UDAY n would be effec- It m;n;,-1 !;;... I,- that ,'the week iv'.uM bf afvi!.-. ! I'. fure such action aM h,t j..,, i, Kvcn at the j4.t m.tnt" t pressure was f;',;""'" i h.v in.-h sides. T.v th-H" w.-r.- a'l leil personal ap- Pr-i.'i of i.-i-'.r.it.. :.r..l anti-pacifists (;rl'!. h-r. :: force, each side c'bat th'.- ar-Mments of the oth tr. A'l iw'R. fiiriy today pointed to a ttt.w ?pr.fiy V.-.ory in the house tke ":'""'n of Champ Clark over R"jres..-Ti.iiv.' Mann, Republican, . ! aPi"::.,.!i.fnt of Democrats 10 boa I 'inuriiitVtM. tO he a 1 cir.'.!:-'.! ('j, (By the Associated Press) ' WfcshinRtton, April ,2. iPacifists in.d antii-p.-if5st p'firrims besieged oflVcial Washington today in an elev enth hour effort to influence congress towards peace or war. Street parading was denied both by police orders, but the program of each provides for unorganized side walk processions to the capitol, where appeals were to be made to members. Simultaneously thousands of tele grams from all parts of the country poured into the country either pray ing for peace or urging drastic action. was intended to be a nine inning bao I damage amounting to $1,000,000 was ball game between the team repre-; Ur x,1or, kqi, t. senting Lenoir College and Catawba ! aused bv a blaze beheved to have nine. A rather large crowd from!been of incendiary origin, has caus Hickory and Newton had gathered to ed more or less apprehension in other see the clash. manufacturing centers, and this fear ,nSntaWh!a t0k thVie!f infJhfif was expressed in Hickory today, inning, but were retired without be- , , . . , ing able to score. One man was There are a number' of fine plants placed on base, but he was thrown i here that -could be destroyed easily out attempting to go from first iv. j by a spy. Hickory business men third on a bunt Plyler to Brown to : may call upon the government to at- Frye. Lenoir got a man around to j ford protection, or the business inter- fhTdin.uhe third balf of the flIst but csts here may increase the number of lacked the punch necessary to bring ! , , him home. Catawba failed to score ! watchmen. in the second inning. j The account of the Fort Mills fire In Lenoir's half of the second, with ; Sunday follows. the lower end of the batting list up,i Marion, April 1 The most de- the fireworks commenced! . Brown ; structive fire in the history of Old de Ifo Irt'SfSli SlVH; Fort completely destroyed the oSaurrfV0 Plant 2U Frt ?,X" perman's shjots and went , to first5 he U S Leather comDanv ' with the bases full. Rhyne walked,, SLino- was 'also buraed and s forcing Brown home. Frye struck 'Jff S;,bfVi'der-STed Bl? an5- H'i three residences and 'a number of Fritz with a single, while Rnyne;other small buildings. A number of awaited developments on third base.! residences in different sections ofj The developments were not.lojig m1. town cauffht on fire several timeal coming Whitener fumbled,- a but were extinguished before great thrown ball, and Rhyne came : home ,.damafe waa done. A steady wind during the excitement, and thirq ; f rom the southwest caused the lire! inning ended with thcore of r.4-0 in' t0 spread raFidiy settmg fire to i favor of Lenoir. Plyler Kept ,nis;th8 woods in many piaCes and threat-' grip on the situation during tne ening the entire town. A number of j fourth, helped out tty a, beautiful . citizens estimate . the . loss at more: stop by Beck, who played a sensation-i than, $1,000,000, which is partially al game at second. In the second ; covered by insurance. The twJ half of the-fourth. Clme got a -..clean ' plants were owned by New York cap single over second-. .' , He vyent ta sec-ritalists and were the largest manu-i ond on an error, to third when" one of j factoring plants in this section, em-! i ncuiuius imyFs.wbi,, iw seii?B oi ploying several, hundred men, who directions, and s.cored",ona single that R. fritz thought would help-matters are now without employment. A quantity of finished leather,! TO ISSUE EXTRA out. 'Wiilson was now. sent into take,jiidp; arid anrl wnorJ nnrl tan hnrlr upon himself the taskXhat Fesperman L was . saved and it is - thought that was finding a little beyond, him. Fes-1 the plant will be rebuilt. Incendiar perman went out to left field- to-think jjsm is suspected by officials of the the situation over. There was no; tannery and an investigation will more scoring during the,. remainder probably be held. of the game. " ,7. , , In Catawba's half of the seventTi inning the game came to a rather, unexpected end. Wthitener connect ed with one of Plyler's swift onesf The ball went over Rhyne s head, and Wlhitener came home. But Umpire Ery, and Yoder of the Lenoir short stop had noticed Ihat Wlhitener had cut second base by three feet. Yodei called for the ball, and Ery calleu Wlhitener out at second. It might be noted here that Mr. Ery, who is a member of the Charlotte club, has been playing baseball for years, that he knows the game, that he umpired a splendid gamer and that he had been asked to umpire . this gam because 1 i -,'-11 x 1 - "- "'il 1 Dotn teams agreed mat ne wouia De perfectly impartial and capable. But it was a little too inuch rf or Catav ba when Whitener was called ou. They had thrown away three possi ble chances to score earlier m ine game through .poor . base - running, but the Catawba, team decided, ap PAPER THIS EVENING The Record this afternoon will is sue an extra edition oh the . address of President - Wilson to congerss. The management immediately will make arrangements with the Asso ciated Press to secure n0"- tete (By Associated Press ) The British and French are knock ing at the doors of St. Q dentin, the town that marks the backbone of tuc socalled Hindenburg line. Of the four railroads entering the city two are in possession of the lies and the remaining two are under the fire of their guns. This mean that the garrison must depend upon a precarious supply line operated at night and that the value of the city as a base is gone. Apparently its fall is certain and this assumption is foreshadowed- by unofficial dispatches from the front, which say that it already has been partially razed by the Germans. To the north of St. Quentin the British are surging forward along a SO mile front, and their rapid march in the last few days unaccompanied by any severe fighting indicates that they have not reached the fortified line. With St. Quentin and LaFere pra. tically in the grip of the allies IT; 3 Lille-Laon line appears doomed and military critics express the opinion that Hindenburg was - outgeneraled by the rapid advance of the Frencn towards LaFere. In other sectors of the war mlcr eafti centers in iMesopctamia whexv, the British have inflicted a fresh de feat on the Turks and where tut linking up of British and Russian ar mies appears to be on the eve of com pletion. An attempt by the. .reinforced Turks to take the, offensive has been crushed and although the official re ports are meagre, the indications are that the British are within 50 or 60 miles of the Russians. While the allied capitals are filled with rumors of the coming of .a great counter offensive by the Germans is planned by von Hindenburg, the thaw on the eastern front' is believed to have removed any danger of an at tack in that region and neither Lon don nor Paris pays much attention to Rome reports of an Austro-Ger-man offensive on the Italian front. . There are persistent rumors,, how ever, of mighty -efforts by Germany to mass a tremendous force in the rear, of the fighting lines and allied critics are convinced that Hinden burg is prepared to deliver a power ful blow somewhere to satisfy the German population. selection of Champ Clark as Speaker Proves Way for Appearance of President to Outline Course of Action.-Chairman Flood Has Resolution Ready. SENATOR LODGE KNOCKS MN parently, that it was .ry s lauit tnatjj th d or ni ht as is permitted Wihitener cut second base. . : A crowd f ri , . . rof,.o ,,nQ,0 1 afternoon newspapers: all matters o SECOND REUNION AT Lf'lll COI.I.Fu: GIRLS ilVi: SPLENDID PLAi - - . me n.r r,f ,;, Euronean and! iMwthian L;t..nry Society pre fcto'U play .-v. '. ! -Rebecca's Trr mW in U,, f,,;r College audito rui Suturd.-ty .-..ning. The play l!rynl!1:;Mi:'' Erected by Mi vZ Mv " A packed house fx('.n un' 1" ''"'"" who playca ay nvn"ir (y,U"'" 8tu,,nta ol dVv ,r 1 x,i" "Alienee and this Zt ,l"l,fl'i'W their high "' jverwry of TRNITY L UTHERAN was the 2m,u ...:.'.. 1:1 tilcr'v'.P 'vus composed ci- iillbr'0unt' '"dies. No players Z r- VL',n i'Tial mention as it an ull .star cast. The second annual reunion ser vices at Holy Trinity Evangelical Lu theran church Sunday proved an oc casion of tremendous ireres anu importance to the members and for mer communicants of this splendid church. All the people who havo been confirmed in the faith at this church were invited to be present and a great crowd was present. Rev. W. E. Murray, pastor, presid ed, and prayer was offered by Rev. W. A. Deaton The sermon was preached by Rev E. J. Sox, who deliv ered a strong appeal. The music was especially fine and the occasion, the second in the his tory of the church, was one to be re membered a long time by all the members and friends of the church. France Pays Tribute to Two Americans Who Gave Lives for That Republic out upon the diamond, and commem, ed to argue the matter with the um pire. He was perfectly right in re fusing to change his decision-. Ana with the score standing- 5-0 againai, them, the Catawba team, .paraded off the field. V " Up until this time the 'ainfe.'-.ha.d been very interesting.' Thtiffjoix team, after a somewhat disasfetr road trip, in the course of whi,cih znvy met three of the strongesttfcams.Mn the state, with a crippled' J? pitehing staff, has seemed to take Ta defcioti brace. 'The young members "bi.tue club have been getting theexperiehce that they needed, and against Ca tawba the whole team, especially -uc infield, played a splendid.ame. Dur ing most of the game Plyler's- pitch ing kept the outfield from having very much chance to display their skill. The prospects for a good seas on look bright, and with the strong teams that Manager McCoy has scheduled for home games .there . Is no reason why the local boys should not draw good crowds. . On Tuesday, April 3, Mars Hill comes to Hickory to play Lenoir. This will give the local fans a good opportunity to look the collegians over, ;and a good at tendance is anitficipated. Midshipman Howard F. Councill, after spend several days with his parents, Judge and Mrs. W. B. Coun cill, left Sunday night for Philadel phia to join his ship., . 'Mr. Frank A. Clinard of Happy Valley is spending a few days in fhe city. . extraordinary importance are re leased at all times for both morning and evening papers, the president's address being of this kind. . - 'The Record will give its, readers the hews all the time, " ; ." ." j The- jaddress way be made shortly ax? teif v5 o'clock; and this paper, will a?- per. as ociri thereafter as' possible r. Lprobably at 6 or 6:30 o'clock. - ' SPLENDID SERVICE AI METHODIST CHURCH (By the Associated Press) Washington, April 2, A personal encounter between Senator Lodge of Massachusetts and Alexander Bammwart of Dorchester, Mass., in which the senator knocked his op ponent down ocucrred today in tut coridors of the capitol. Bannwart with several men and women of a pacifist delegation called Senator Lodge to the door of his committee room and asked him to vote against war with Germany. Senator Lodge replied that 11 President Wiilson asked for such declaration he certainly would vote for it. "That is cowardice," said one 01 the pacifists. "National degeneracy is worse than cowardice," replied Senator Lodge. "You are a coward," said Bann wart. "You are a liar," reported Sena tor Lodge. Bannwart advanced and struck the senator, who, in spite of his GO ouu years, launched a. blow that felled Bannwart to the tiled floor. Bannwart and several of his frienuj were taken in charge by the police. EXCURSION STEAMER S ELOATED TODAY - By Associated Press.) Washington, April 2. SpeaKei Clark was reelected today by a vote of 217 to 215 over his Republican op ponent, Representative Mann, in the first contest for control of the house at the extraordinary session of con gress the necessary preliminary to President Wilson's address on the war with Germany. With the reelection of Speaker Clark it seemed certain that presi dent Wlson wrould deliver his ad dress late this afternoon. This seemed so certain that Chair man Flood, of the house foreign ar fairs committee, the administration spokesman there, prepared a resolu tion to be presented immediately af ter the president speaks. The re solution follows: "Whereas, the recent course oj. the imperial German government is in fact nothing less than war against the government and people of the United States. "'Resolevd, by the senate and house of representatives of the United States in congress assembled, that a state of beligerency between the United States and the imperial gov ernment which has been thrust upon the United States is hereby formally declared ; "And that the president be and he ia hereby authorized to take imme diate steps not only to put the coun try in thorough state of defense, but to use all its forces to carry on war against the German government to bring the war to a speedy and suc cessful close." RUTH STONEHOUSE COMING TO PASTIME TUESDAY (By Associated Press.J Evansville, Ind., April 2. No lives were lost when the steamer St. Paul, carrying approximately 1,700 persons went aground on the Ohio river three miles below Evansville. The steamer was making its first excursion to Henderson, Ky., and w floated early today. DURHAM COMPANY CHARTERED (By the Associated Press) Raleigh, April 2. The Kurfees Cinder Deflector Company of Dur :;am, capitalized at $125,000, was bartered by the secretary of state oday. The company proposes to deai :n patented deflectors. Ruth Stonehouse never had a better role than that given her in the Red Feather photoplay, "Fighting for Love," which will be seen at the Pas time April 3rd and which includes Jack Mulhall, Jean Hersholt, Noble Johnson, J. F. Briscoe and lluuy Marshall. Here the popular Red Feather star is a lady of royalty, loved by a king and a cowboy and won by the latter, who, after defending her. be comes a real king. Raymond Wells wrote and directed the play. The Young Men's Baraca class of the Methodist church met yesterday with only 30 members present. A largo number of members were absent and they are urged to be pres ent next Sunday. epresentative Rankin is rial --Solemn memo Ari W"r'1 h1,1 t0,y at the thMau s 1 "f I,oly Trinity for Sel1 f 7''1 J;im('s K- McCon- 5 x stl . ;in,lina aml Henry Ho Vf 'k, New lnf with th ' ,. lhM,r llv,!S while scrv" fftnco-Anii Vftmber of the as killej I (;in nation corps and wa! li' 4;'rman avia(tor. with the French ambu lance in Saloniki and lost his life thThe church was crowded with Americans serving France or resi dents here, there being present Wil liam Sharpc, American amoassaaor, Paul Rockwell, McConnell's close friend. 20 American aviators in a training camp; 10 American aviators in service at the front, half a dozen American officers serving at tne front and others. McConnell's body will be buriend in the country devastated by tne Germans in their retreat. - , 'i MARKETS , COTTON FUTURES (By Associated Press.) New York, April 2. The couun market " opened unchanged . to five points' lower, but firmiy up after the call on covering. May and October advanced five; to 11 points net high-, er. There was more or less nervous-, ness over political situation and the market reacted. The close was steady. Opan May t 18.72 uly . 18.55 October 17.64. December 17.74 January 17.77 Mr. Forrest A.,. Hipp, of ..Charlotte, who is with the Southern Power Company spent Sunday in.. the city. LINCOLNTON CAVALRY? REPORTED CALLED OUT It was reported here this afternoon that the Lincolnton cavalry troop, A, had been called to the colors, and al though Captain Fair had ordered tne Hickory boys to report at once to Lincolnton, no news of the callus cord from Wlashingtorf- atevvthjs :af-j . t ; l?L-altji tKnt thft-trooD-' ternooii. 10 u.v.j, -- has been called out,., however, Cloe 19.17 18.89 18.02 18.09 18.12 - The;Rev. A. L. Stanford did not preach, at tlie Methodist, church Sun day, night, as he ..had planned, but tht' service "was turned into one 01 tnt most interesting experiences ever .kndwn to him and many in the large congregation. One of the members made a short talk saying that it was his desire to be a better man in ev ery respect and calling on all gouu people to assist him. . AU the con clusion of his remarks, Mr. Stanford had the congregation sing "Happy Dav." .and then other members were palled to the service of Christ. Praptinallv everv person in tne! church came forward and the sermon was dispensed with. It was 8.20 be fore the special service ended. The demonstration took the pastor by surprise, as it did all the others pres ,f onrJ w?i 5 snnntaneous outflow of the spirit, many members are sure. The meeting was unusually inspir ing and helpful. Mrs. J. ; H. Shu ford rendered a beautiful solo. Uproariously Cheered as She Entered House Today HICKORY MARKETS Cotton 19 1-4 Wheat $2.25 CHICAGO WHEAT (By the Associated Press) Chicago, April 2 Failure of ex pected rains in the west and south west led to active buying of wheat today and brought about a sharp ad vance. Opening quotations, which ranged from: about the same as Sat urday's close, were followed by a moderate advance. HttMiimim:iiimuum;MJ?utwitft THE WEATHER For North Carolina: Showers anu thundershowers this afternoon and tonight Cooler tonight; ' Tuesday fair : and cooler, fresh south shifting to northwest winds. - CLAYTON PAPER PRAISE MR. STANFORD'S SERMONS The revival meeting that has been in pltogress at Horne Memorial church for the past ten days has been truly a revival of religion. No meeting ever held in Clayton has aroused so much genuine interest,, and none ever gave more promise 01 lasting good in the community, Rev. A. L. Stanford, who is doing the preaching, is an eloquent speaker, and has been most earnest in his presentation of the gospel. On lasi Sunday he preached ibef ore thre congregations. The one in the af ternoon to men only was one of tne strongest appeals to men ever heard in Clayton and the large audience was deeply impressed. There have al ready been a number of conversions arid Several additions to the church, and many expect to come into - the churches of the town as a result of the work of the meeting. ' Washington, April 2. -Representative Jeannette Rankin of Montana, first woman member of congress, took her seat in the house today af ter an elaborate ceremony in which women suffragists took the leading part. The first ceremony was a breakfast in her honor. Miss Rankin's entrance into the house was signalized by uproarious cheering and applause. Every member and everybody in the crowu ed galleries rose as she walked to a seat in the rear center of the ha!!. She carried one of the scores of bou quets which came to her office tod:. She did not wear a hat and was dressed simply in black. Majority of Congress in Favor of Declaring for State of War With Germany (By Associated Press.V Washington, April 2. Congress assembled at noon today for a ses sion believed to be the most momen tous in the history of the republic. President Wilson, ready with his ad dress which is believed to declare thai a state of war actually exists with Germany, was ready to deliver it when congress organized. Congress assembled with a major ity openly in favor of a declaration of a state of war if not actually a declaration of war. Beset on one side with large del egations of pacifists praying for peace and besieged on the other by 'patriotic pilgrims" demanding the country's entrance into the war, congress waited to hear President Wilson outline the long history of German aggressions against Ameri can lives and the predatory -violence of her submarines. Administration officials consider ed Germany has been making war on ,the U n&tdetiSflfYWbd. s:cmm Ion the United States for some time. A large majority of congress takes the same view. The minority is di vided between those who think a state of armed neutrality is suffi- jcient and those who prefer to take no action at all.
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