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Hickory Record AILY 101,. II. N. 27S HICKORY, N. C, SATURDAY EVENING AUG. 4 1917 PRICE TWO CENTS TED STATE ULARS TO SUPPRESS DR&FT RESISTERS IN VARIOUS STATES UNI REG GOVERNMENT IS READY TO RUN DOWN RESISTERS War Department and Department of Justice Ready to Grind Disturbance Reported in North Carolina Oklakoma Sheriffs Seeking Out Gangs. A U i.i - ... iat-.l Tress. Aug. 4. d'ersons re iral't law, department of y, announced today, it'Jalinma or elsewhere, , ... I r nit and run down by ;.i:--hal Crowder and As , ,i :;, ri!..y General r'itta in ( iir enforcement of tho :,,a , ,;;uirtd at length today taken to cheek anti- t. ill';. , r-i in North ikhihonia. I'.ik.r or Carolina, DR. RANKIN TALKS ON CONTAGIOUS . DISEASES Conor; will Us no a Dr. W. S. Rankin, secretary of the LARGE STEAMER BRIDGES BURNED MINERS IS AGROUND IN OKLAHOMA IN KENTUCKY TODAY LAST NIGHT MINE By the Associated Press. Halifax, N. S., Aug. 4 A large steamship ran ashore in a dense fog this morning. This is the second large steamer to ground within a week ofT the coast. The name of the ves sel was not made public. PINE HEALTH EXHIBIT AT CATAWBA FAIR The Catawba County Fair Associa tion was assured today by Dr W. S. Rankin, secretary of the state beard oi neaitn, that the line health ex. i 'a I'l. , . 11, 1UU11MH, M I L til I y Ul Um ' I .i .i- i i i lit - -i . . , i hibit nronarod bv t.Vie hoarr! wrtnld hf ,-, I.,., si-aiu ooaru oi noaun, v nuay night i x -:itati..n later today. ... . ' ou,i t ,i: , i.-.n-, of ii-,r 'delivered an address before a small:1""-"4 1,1 ""vM uuhhK wie iM'Ui oi u'J,l,r-. .. i- lt . exhibition in SeDtember and reserva tion will be made for it. The ex, hibit, which is in the form of a village, will be lighted by electricity and will show the interior of insani tary homes and the results that ine vitably follow. Accompanying the exhibit will be a demonstrator and plenty of literature for distribution. By the Associated Press. Muskogee, Okla., Aug. 4. W. G. Humphrey, general superintendent of the Missouri, Oklahoma and Gulf Railroad, received 'word this morning that the road's bridge near Calvin, 80 miles westa of Muskogee, was burned last night. Details are laciv. ing. TWO MORE BURNED . - . ........ i K' u b ui'i'iviuuiu a uuiviac 1 1 1 li c i- i i a l, a: Mima was rrciMvt'u ( iy in a telegram from 1 Bal,tist thurch on the "Spread and who advised that 1 ontro1 oT olltious Diseases." , t.N,HVted in twoIIe cxPlain0(1 at the outset that God state. The govei T I. a;. , 1 i p;it 1. i ,i:rt tht'111. i. 'a !. had been in teTe :i!.i::i, ation with Gover t.'.iay as that transmit (!i yartmetit of justice c i bi-fntu' the governor ;tain phases of the law itari'.n, i'. w t r a!d he had ro il rvports within the from Oklahoma, lie .I, ho said, with the 'A a-; :.(,! , .f i j Ti.. t.-r-; ; T . 1 . . i r.'iv.rt a r Oklahoma or the wtv that the war de roady to give prompt aid to the department lling disorders. !;-h lit we on the rcsi. a i! ht.rit ios was reported 1 1 . . near Ada last night, frm there received to- .1 th had that It l:n MTI Hv ti. , ;,. r A by ?' tl, v. hi'i !. .i r, i f..r. , Th, ..r ;if. i. , gave men dominion over all nature and that it was our duty to exercise this dominion in a way for the physical welfare of all. There are 140 cases of preventable diseases each year in Hickory, Dr. Rankin said, and there are 14 deaths. They are distributed evenly over the 12-months period, so that our at tention is not directed to them. If these 14 deaths all occurred in one church on the same day and if all the funerals were hfhl at the same time, the public would be deeply impressed. It would be better for Hickory if that weroN the ease. But the con sequences are just as regrettable. The list of deaths can be reduced to five a year. Of the preventable diseases he mentioned measles whooping cough, scarlet fev'er and diptheria as the most common; the others are so infrequent that they demand lit tle attention in Hickory. Right here he told how important it is to have inspection of the milk supply. The dairyman, he said, might have a chihi sick with scarlet fever and the customers would contract it. An ep odeinic of scarlet fever is accompaTu h-d by an epidemic of sore throat. The greatest danger is from what Dr. Rankin called the typScal case, l 1 III l i 1 1 I 1 I II .- STATF.MKNT that its parents do not know it is ill. This typical ease, ho.vever, can spread infection, because people are unaware of it. In a sevi re case the , i, a unit !j ntmrnntinpd resis- ":;"",- u ":' i, most infectious before the cases are diagnosed. Under two weesk it is im poss ible to tell that a child has whooping cough; not until th child whoops is it possible to tell. The contagion is greater in tho first two weeks than at any other stage, and extreme care should eb exercised There is a serum for whooping cou.rh that is proving effective, Dr. Rankin said, and he was hopoful that it would be a real preventive. 'In the case of measles it has been found that there is practically no danger of contagiou after the erup tions on the body disappear. It is while a child is feverish that the disease is most dangerous. A short quarantine is necessary, for after two weeks it has been found that infection is difficult. Dr. Rankin did not believe much in fumigation. He said that if prop .,.n vrviifl in the. sick room, !;. d through four'" int'r.e (n.n,'"ia " " 'h.-tt -no band numbers cusp, fumigation was at the oflirers ('sistance and I been sightid. 'n men. Tiick- 4 !) MAK1 ; I 'lovernoi ' ''. i to discuss 1 .iraft in N'urth Carolina -ay ho did nut antici- ! n.ul.le. He was nrepar- issued tonight. report that trouble in two townships governor did not i tii rs of the townships. to be ' ne U'H K Hid, MIOMK GANGS i:y tl,.- A 11 iated Press. N'. S.. Aug. 4, At dawn a.'.icd effort was begun ! "ir and hundreds of men '. in the rough and tim of their counties the irs openly and in -; the selective draft, timber of the half dozen '(' registers has not been ;' is known that the ALLIES SUCCEED IN GAINING GROUND By the Associated Press. IW'hile there has been no renewal of the smashing offensive on a large scale inaugurated by the Anglo French forces in Flanders on Tues day, the incessant pressure on the German line is beginning to tell in the further yielding of ground. The British yesterday restablished themselves in the village of St. Ju lian, which they lost in the initia. dash. Last night the French moved ahead in their sector making further progress in the direction of Cabaret. To the south on the Arras battle front the British have renewed then grip on the old line, completing their capture of the positions the Ger- mans took trom them on inianwy hill and Monchy Le Preux. Mr. George Hall brought to the Record ofTke today a tomato that weighed exactly 2 1-2 pounds and, although it was not much on looks, jt was well fortified with meat. It is up to somebody else to beat that tomato. ii. i. ''Hi m C u ti One other band r 1110 men. f tho rioters is said to i rich mans war. Let death at home rather -pe." RALEIGH MEN ALL D EN T AN EXCUSE TO HOLO INSTITUTES COUNTY THIS MONTH '"'"'I fade. ' niiiai '"on:,, '""Hi i, '1 Press. 1. -(Fifty per cent 'ainiried todav for milL ''' by the local exemption "' '" pass the physical cx ! "d practically all those "i' to I o'clock this after ciuinis for exemption. 1ALTEMPERATURES NEXT WEEK Tli- T?5inl.in fisserted that a ICW righteous men could-save any com munity. It needed morally strong people to accomplish anything, for it must be remembered, he said, that a few people do all the work in such causes. He il list rated his point by telling how God promised Ahraham He would spare Sodom if Ai.r-iV.atYi would noint out as many as 10 righteous men. in that city of about. 200,000. Keep a waton over youi cit y,Dr. Rankin said and report fam ilies who are not obeying the quar antine regulations to the health of- ftnnr Dr. Ranink was introduced in a clever speech by Mayor M. H. Yount. The secretary referred to the fact that Catawba and Hickory are fa mous far and wide and he said that on the map of North Carolina a large star marks this city. By the Associated Press. Muskogee, Okla, Aug. 4. The Katy bridge over Salt Creek between Konowa and Maud also were burned out last night, reports received here today said. It is said the same group of agitators who burned the other bridge are responsible. The points are less than 20 miles apart. Heavy armed guards are guarding the bg Katy bridge over the riv er. Draft resisters burned the bridge across the Canadian river near here last night, according to a report re ceived here today. POSSE FIRES SHOTS CAUGHT FEDERAL TROOPS READY TO HUNT DOWN LAWLESS By the Associated Press. 'Madisonville, Ky., Aug. 4. Reports reaching here several hours after a gas explosion in Mine No. 7 of the Wiest Kentucky Coal Company at Clay said that 30 miners, all ne groes, had been rescued. TO APPEAR MONDAY TO BE EXAMINED The Catawba exemption board was making preparation at ewton today for the examination Monday of the first group of 68 men summoned un der the draft act to appear there for examination. The men will report at 8 o'clock. On Tuesday the second group of 68 men will appear and these will be followed by the third group on Wednesday. The names of the men summoned have been published in the Record and those selected for the new na tionaly army will be published in this paper as soon as their names are available. AT OKLAHOMA SHIRKERS By the Associated Press Ardmore, Okla., Aug. 4. A poss guarding highway near Stonewall in Pontotoc county exchanged about 40 shots with a band of alleged draft resisters early today, according to reports. None was injured. Okla homa national cavalry has been or dered from Wewoku for the troub led district this morning. RUSSIANS FIGHT A US T RIANT A AN By the Associated Press. Petrograd, Aug. 4. iNorth of Husiatyn on the Russo-Galician fron tier the Austro-German rear guards yesterday were driven from their po sitions on the eastern bank of the riv er, says the official statement issu ed by the war office today. Forty-three prisoners were taken and seven machine guns were taken. Between the river .Dniester and Pruth and in the Carpathians the Rus sian troops still are retiring to the eastward. The Russian war office statement says that a battle is raging at Kimp olung in southern Bukowina. The Austro-Germans have occupied the town of Dorna Watra. ALL MERCHANT S A TAKEN ID !yw Aw'r!atl rresa. . ''"Melon. 1 1 (i A T- " nil iuu 111 h Atlantic and east gulf in Hilt,., Hat. th,. will average near or :j .... ... ., . hcv, ... ." "' soasonab i"iinc,.,i'( , wathor bureau "iiay some- normal an- ACCUSF4) OF TREASON KT V.. Autr. 4. .Charged with high treason, for making affi davit that his sympathies in the war were with Germany and that he would take up arms with Germany rather than against that country, William Herman Arndt, 24 years old, a pharamcist was arrested at Near, near here. He was arraigned before United States Commissioner, p:dwin C. Smith here and held under $.r,000 bail for hearing August 8. Arndt is American born and the son of the Rev. William Arndt, minister of the German Lutheran church in Webster. The affidavit was made by Arndt in claiming exemption from the draft. The farmers' institutes for Cataw ba county this year will b.j hold at Terrell on August 10 and at Dr. Foard's store on August 11. The en tire day will be given over to insti tute work at each place, a big basket picnic being served on the grounds each day. Dr. G. A. Roberts will conduct these institutes. He will be accom panied by other agricultural experts and leaders and vaiuame ami net ful institutes are assured. At the same times- and places, there will be held a woman's insti tute under the direction of Mrs. Jane S. McKimmon, state agent of home demonstration work, at which there will be discussions pertaining to food conservation, household ec onomics, home conveniences, health and other topics of vital interest to farm women. . The farmers' institutes in North Carolina during the last decade and a half have been a tremendous fac l tor in the development of all branches of agriculture. The insti tutes paved the way for the farm demonstration work, which is prob ably the greatest factor in progres sive agriculture in North Carolina today. The work of the farm demon stration agenJ; )however, cVes not take the place of the institutes. These have a distinct place and af ford the farmers of the state an op portunity to get first hand informa tion from the best agricultural ex perts available! iwhich whom 1hey are privileged and requested to dis cuss the every day practical prob lems of farming. MISS KELLY TAKES OFFICE By the Associated Press. Raleigh, Aug. 4 Miss Elizabeth Kelly of Macoun county, former su perintendent of schools of Johnson county, today assumed her duties as superintendent of education for the illiterate. AUSTRIANS REPULSED BY ITALIANS AGAIN By the Associated Press. Rome, Aug. 4 A.n important of fensive action was takenx up by the Austro-iHungarians on Friday night against the Italian positions west of Rombon, it was announced officially today by the Italian war office. All the Austrian attacks were repulsed. talian air squadrons last night again bombarded the Austrian arse nal at Polo, the statement adds, and created considerable damage. By the Associated Press. Washington, Aug. 4. The emer gency fleet corporation today requis itioned all merchant vessels of more than 2,500 tons now building in Am erican ship yards. Double and triple labor shifts will be employed to speed up construction. No announcement was made as to the amount of tonnage taken over, but the shipping boards show that about 700 vjsels of nearly 2,000,000 tons of all classes are building. As fast as the yards are cleared of their present construction, they will be put to work on the great ueet the government is to build. TO ORGANIZE HIGH The Hickorv hieh school athletic as. sociation will meet in the Chamber of r,ommerc rooms Tuesdav nierht for the purpose of finishing the organi zation for the coming school year. Next years prospects will be discuss ed and new members enrolled. Ev ery high school boy is urged to be present at this important meeting. Program will be announced in an other issue of the Record. Rem ember the day. HALF BREEDS LEAD OKLAHOMA ORGY nnMntnnninniMnMnnMMin:mg WEATHER iniiinnminin"'H""""""""""r For North Carolina. Generally fan tonight and Sunday; light southeast to north winds. By the Associated Press. Oklahoma City, Aug. 4. Indulging in a dream of revolution and resisting the draft law, at least half a dozen bands of tenant farmers, half breeds and negroes are running rampant in Oklahoma today. As the disturbed territory is about 100 miles long by 90 miles wide, the topography of which is rugged, only an estimate can be made of the total number of rioters, most of whom are bent resisting the draft law. Reports place the number of resistants from 500 to 1,500. Authorities, following clashes last night, declared that the situation was woll in hnnd and that the strength of the movement was broken. Numer ous forces are converging on the dis turbers, and news irom there wao awaited today. German Sympathizers will be Handled Relentless ly if They Continue Their Treason Against Country Give Civil Authorities Chance to Stop Disorders. E NUMBER REDUC EXEMPTIONS FOR ARMY MILES 0. SHERRILL LIBRARIAN RE SIGNS Washington, Aug. 4. A ruling by the postoffiee department shows that department officials will maK few requests for the exemption of postal employes from military ser vice. Postmasters are instructed not to ask for exemption for carriers or laborers or for clerks in second class offices below the $1,000 grade, clerks in first class offices below the $1,100 grade, or any above these grades unless they are qualified dis tributors of mail. The ruling is the first formal ac tion by an executive department in compliance with President Wilson's order directing that department offi cials indicate exemptions and that the requirement of indispensability be rigidly enforced. As generally con strued, the postal ruling shows the purpose of the administration to make the government department, leaders in freeing valuable employ es for war service. The entire mail carrier force, numbering thousands of men, of whom a considerable percentage are within the draft age limits, is excluded from exemption unless for physical reasons or because ehey have dependent families. Every portion of the country is reached by this ruling, as even the rural carriers are included. The department's ruling in regard to clerks leaves railway mail clerks witihin the exemption class, as they are highly specialized dis tributors. Provost Marshal General Crowder took steps to reduce the number of exemptions beehive of .dependent families. Instructions were sent to the governors of all states point ing out that the minimum pay of soldiers is now $30 a month and that local boards must consider whether a man's dependents could not be supported on that amount. The telegram follows: ; "Please call attention of local boards to the fact that a soldier's pay is not less than thirty dollars a month and that all clothine-. sub sistence, medical treatment and ! housing are furnished him. Under the law he may allot any portion of his pay to a dependent. Many ' soldiers receiving thirty dollars a j month are easily amle to allot twen- i ey-five dollars monthly to the sup port of dondents. In case of death in line of duty, the government will pay to the beneficiary designated by the soldier six months' pay. "Section 4 of the selective service act provides that those in a status with respect to persons dependent upon them for support renders their exclusion of discharge advisable may be discharged, but it does not require that they shall be discharg ed in all such cases. The discretion of local boards is invoked by this provision and such boards may well take the facts recited above into con sideration in deciding claims for dis charge due to dependency with a view to determining whether as a matter of fact, the person claiming such discharge will not be in as good or better position to support his de pendents after selection for military service than he was before. If such. is the case, of course, the discharge should not be granted." Knotty Problems Government officials generally are beginning to take up the individual questions that arise where govern ment employes are called for ser vice. Secretary Daniels said that knotty problems were arising in the navy department as to what individ uals in the clerical force, navy draughtesmen or skilled workers at the navy yards are absolutely in dispensable. The number of exemptions asked by the various departments will be rediicod to the absolute minimum it is indicated, even if some tempor ary derangement of the clerical work results. General Crowder has suggest.! to the governors that each assemble the full membership of all district boards in his, state for a general conference to insure uni form proceedings regarding appeals. The governors were asked also to appoint an official in each local dis trict to file appeals. County attor neys were suggested. y the Associated Press. Washington,, Aug. 4. Fddjeral troops may be sent into Oklahoma and other states to quell anti-draft demonstrations which recently havt. broken out. Department of justice officials in vestigating disorders in the south and elsewhere announced that all per sons resisting the draft law would be hunted down and brought to jus tice, no matter at "hat cost. The possibility of sending feder al troops into sections where anti draft agitators were busy was dis cussed today by war department of justice officials. It is probable that a decision will be- reached in this respecit within the next 21 hours. Officials here think it hardly likely, however, that troops will be sent jinto any state un til the civil authorities find it im possible to cope with the situation. The intention to deal quickly and effective with all persons who are resisting the draft has been decided upon. The alleged activities of Thomas S. Watson of Thompson, Ga., are under close scrutiny of the depart ment of justice, whose officials are seeking to determine whether they can bring proceedings against him because of recent statements urg ing resistance to the draft in his magazine. Copies of the magazine brought to the attention of the attorney gener al mention contributions from numer ous small towns in North Carolina to be devoted to testing the constitu tionality of the draft act. The subscriptions in a recent num ber of the publicaion totaled $1,000. SPECIAL SERMON SUNDAY TO MILITARY COMPANY Rev. A. L. Stanford will preach a special sermon tomorrow morning at the Methodist church before the local military company, which will attend in a body and occupy reserv ed seats. The Sunday school room will be thrown open and the public is cordially invited. FNR ISH SFAMFN nnnitiiirn rt t UKUWNtU HI GERMANS By Associated Press. Raleigh, Aug. 4Miles O. Sherrill of Catawba county resigned today as state librarian, it was announced. The registration will take effect Sep toiv.bor 1. The mercury registered 66 de grees during the night, which was cool enough to cause one to pull the covers over him before the peep of Aoxt TVip hiVliest vesterdan was 89. Today was warm, but the air is dry ar.J v'.1? rcr.t was net oppressive. A British Port, Aug. 4. Thirty eight members of the crew of the British stpamship Belgian Prince were drowned deliberately by the German submarine which sank her, according to the account given by survivors. The chief engineer, who many times after the steamer was torpedoed was perilously near drowning, gave the following nar rative of his experiences: "About eight o'clock on Tuesday evening when we were two hun dred miles off land, I saw the wake of an approaching torpedo. The vessel gave a lurch as she was hit and I was thrown to the deck am ong the debris. The vessel listed heavily and all of us took to the boats. "The submarine approached and shelled the vessel and then ordered the small boats alongside the sub marine. The skipper was summon ed and taken inside. The others wera mustered on the deck of the subma rine. 'The Germans removed! the life belts and the outer clothing of all except eight of us, smashed the life boats with axes, and then re-entered the submarine and closed the hash es, leaving us on deck. The sub marine went about two miles and then submerged. "I had a life belt. Near me was an apprentice boy of sixteen, shout ing for help. I went to him and held him up until midnight, but he became unconscious and died of ex posure. At daylight I saw the Bel gian Prince afloat. I was picked up after Veven hours in the water by a patjl-boat." The second engineer also was a survivor, and succeeded in reaching the Belgian Prince before she blew up. The Germans came on board and looted her, but finally jumped into the sea and kept afloat on the wreckage. The only other known survivor is too ill in a hospital to I ,1- . . - I J .
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