Hickory D AILY CORD M NO. 101 HICkORY, N. C, TUESDAY EVENING SEPT. 4 1917 PRICE TWO CENTS WASHINGTON PAYSJIOrt'OR EN OF EaAFTED ARMY T':. it- Presidv.it Wilson and Other High Officials Par ticij in Celebration in Honor of 14,000 fv emits- Rebels and Yanks March Together in Line. : .! Tress. 1..--TW van army was be- :-.r'.'Ut flu country . , li.iruotoristu' of ; mk of tlif nation to battle for . : : ivave :a sol , mill luul'.1' tl.i.m ! in t he proecs .. ..utmertt at the ! vi iltho white . ,i !'..r the i 4,000 r; the national V and es ; ai.d rojuvcnta ,v!'rr , and thous v, i .-.oils, the na 'iiv v.'d along lire.. rit of the un- ;v : : war veterans I : ratio. Xflson of thfc ' :.: '. r Bankheau t '.'.. rilvrate army 'I ': re was only - . erywhere the '! MK.v TRAVIS Cicero Travis, ath by the ex-1 at he r home at j held Sunday . Murphy from h in Jacobs .! I was the daugh Churles Ikard of 15 rook ford. i' brothers, be- o survive. f M Italian Protectorate Over Albania Raises Another Problem at Peace Table I Prr-93. '' ( 'nri'cu, September narrow strait '.man's land over ' i .""I'lainii'd a pro . ; (' plainly from "!".v mountains ot i r.t:.'-. 1 line along ' tv near, hardly ',' , and an op- ' h- i seeru. nearer. v . -n on the i"i ii'','.bolicd and , wearing their -tune. With Al vi, this is a good ' i Albanian ques- !:'''i of a protcc. h'is thrown on tia European i 1 tve to be set- ! f -rencc. Just I'". lint: here, and :: ! Athens. There :n nts the Ital '" ! I " protectorate 'f-.i-fense for lt ' "v. the Adriatic, '"'-- upon Albania ' '"d calls 'it 'im-ri Slavs, that ' ' '' u inn ;f Serbs, ! 1I '.thf-r Slavs of These latter mm: Italy's proton. '" n.'ircle the An. 'b. I'.alkan pco ! ' the sea. ! ' thinks of it A" ivr r.y,. U V ;' ' -ider" i. This j 'm a tin v' when r' ' '" inyr ..( mucn ! 1 f r- i iormlity and ' ' " to dcW'rrninw ' "-sti,!'- The Al ' hc;.i from on ' " . hall rule ' ' tb' V care noth 'li'd. These ' " i who come iocile peas i afiy political 1 ! '! ire to form a 1 the onfi .irit.iirc, as so a ' to be worth r ' ' It. has lain ;i iiL'side the r't culture, 1 and Athen, ,;" !-;vv:. rd tociay k 1 "' the people 'ivilized tit. '" 'cntral Af " b .''tia t he peo 'oitaitirr.pv,. Thei ' '; 'my,.f industry op ' ' no gathering " -""I the develop- '''' ' I A: h,r '!;, Ml; U . T -,. 5 ; " I ' r ''f ', Ml A; 'bintr as a bank v'l'l, . 'I lmr, I; " im. i' r ' " no railway. r"1'! ..ii:.'. ;.r,;".,-.l'i'- f aes, or '"'vays of the Ro 'Mbania l,. a ,. 'fU ,.. 'yy ltly( yet she I .;. An.j rn-ni end to iJV nv' ,;. '! '" . Al,,;"ians are a ""l u..;.i. " ""'ir own luntru- " ability through nnMCCDCMPc nii i n t i i ii EVANGELISM HERE A conference on evangelism, un. dor tho auspices of the committee on evangelism of Concord Presbytery, was begun at the First Presbyterian church this afternoon at 3 o'clock and will continue through Wednesday evening. The program concludes some of the ablest ministers in this section and the public is invited to attend. Rev. C. T. Squires of Lenoir this afternoon discussed Evangelism Its Scope, Methods and Possibilities. The program for tonight and to morrow follows. 8'p...m. .tonight. How any Church May Become an. Evangelistic Force Rev. W. M. Sikes, D. D. Wedne.sday 10:30 a. m. Personal Evangelism and Its Influence on the Individual Worker and the Growth of the Church Rev. II. F. Beatty. 3 p. ni. Sunday School Evange lism and Its Possibilities Rev. C. E. Gregory. 8 p. m. The Evangelistic Program for the Individual Church Jiev. J. M. Clark, I). D Question Box for Personal Prob lems Concerning Evangelism. Miss Annie Flannigan of Char, lotte is visiting relatives and friends in the city. iMiss Bertha Cooper of Statesville is visiting her sister, Mrs. Gus Set zer. all the ages to lift themselves into an organized state. It is this indifference of Albania itself, that has brought the rival in terests clashing from three sides. Coming through Rome, the Italian position was explained to the writ er as follows: Italy has a geograph ical relation to Albania much like the United States has to Cuba, Porto Rico or the Panama canal. That is, it is the great power nearest to Albania, and naturally having the most inti mate concern in its future. More over, Italy has an exposed coast-line on tho Adriatic immediately across from Albania, and only sixty miles away at the Strait of Otranto. Italy's eastern coast is exposed in the sense that it is a low marshy front inca pable of having a fortified port from one end to the other. Naturally, therefore, with Albania just across the way and very near at hand, Italy's action was one of self-defense. This was particularly true with Italian military lines stretching across Albania from Vaio. na to Saloniki. Military necessity as well as self-defense made the pro tectorate necessary. But Italy has no territorial aspirations over Albania, beyond the defense of its own inter ests. The protectorate, therefore, is merely temporary; and Italy will to the powers to settle at the close of the war what shall be done as io Albania. This Italian view is not acceptec? by the Serbian and Slav elements one finds here. They look upon the pro-toftfit-.'ito us a move of conquest di rectly opposed to the high aims pro. claimed by the entente ailies. Dr. Ante Trumbic, the distinguished head of the southern Slav movement, ex plained this Slav view-point. Dr. (Continued on page 4) DRAFTED MFN WILL LEAVE HERE F The first quota of Catawba's draft army will leave Friday for Camp Jackson at Columbia, S. C, where they will be trained in the new army be inrr rtiicml Dnlv fi ve Her cent of the 10.1 men required of the county have been ordered to report at tnis ume, f tli(m (-ome from Hickory, Newton and Conover, three of them, by the way from Hickory. iney are M,.uara 7 T Rotzer. Arthur Bradford and C. G. Deal of Hickory, O. V. Bo lick of Conover and Eli Warlick of f r i r 4- r Y Temporary exemptions granted by the district board loiiows: F. W. McComb till January 1. Frank K. Corpening till December 1. Monroe Smith till December 1. Matthem M. Bowman, till December Albert C. Lipe till December 1. Pink Fry till December 1. R1DAY $10,000 FEATURE BRITISH 13 URGED BY WILSON By the Associated Press. Washington, Sept. 4 Action on the house decrease from $10,000 to $5, 000 the limit of life insurance avail able to officers and men in the nation al army under the administration in surance bill is not approved by Pres. ident Wilson. In a letter to Rep. resentative Adamson of Georgia, made public today, the president e?s. presses regret over reduction and nays he hopes the $10,000 maximum will be re-inserted. ON STRIKE TODAY By the Associated Press Raleigh, Sept. 4. TThirty-fifive clerks employed in the offices here ui the master mechanic and the super intendent of the Virginia division of the Seaboard Air Line went on strike today at the refusal o the eSaboard to grant an increase of 33 per cent in wages. L OT By the Associated Press Minneapolis, Sept. 4. Organized labor mobilized its representative here toda;. for the double purpose of pledging its support to the govern, ment in the war and sounding a warn ing to pacifists and pro-Germans who are masquerading under various guis es. Samuel Gompers, president of th. American Federation of Labor, and chairman of the alliance, will arrive, here tonight and probably will be a speaker tomorrow evening. Beginning tomorrow morning three sessions will be held daily. SMALL NEUTRALS HAVE SMALL VOICES By the Associated Press. Geneva, Switzerland, Sept. 4. It is learned from a reliable source that Switzerland will not be represented at the proposed conference of neutrals. It is learned that Switzerland holds that sinte the entrance of the Unit ed States into the war the voice of neutrals will not be heard by tne belligerents. They are als4o of tit: opinion that when peace terms are discussed the Swiss interests will not be neglected. The Swiss minister at Berlin may attend the conference m an unofficial capacity. TO ASK PRESIDENT TO EXEMPT FIREMEN By the Associated Press. Wtishintrton. Sent. 4. 'Refusal ox the war JeiVirtment to exempt fire men from dratt has drawn so mucn criticism from fire chiefs in cities that T?fnrppntative Scott of Pennsylva nia has decided to appeal to the pres ident to modify the ruling. r.i no-er nf firp in trreat cities with war industries would be greatly in- creased if expert hremen were caiieu away he said. JUDGE COUNCILL HOME Fripnds of Joudare W. B. Councnl. who came home from Asheville Mon day evening, will be glad to learn that his condition is improved. He will be compelled to remain at home for several days before taking up his ac tive office work. F OF MEN CALLED T By the Associated Press. cton. Sent. 4. (Drafted men of the five per cent quota going toj the national army cantonments were reporting today to local boards in an' districts to receive instructions and railroad and meal tickets. Most of( them will be given permission u spend the night at home, but will bo required to report tomorrow. About 30,000 men, most of whom have been selected because of pre vious military training or experience as bakers were called to the coiors. Mrs. John H. Geitner left for her home this morning at Bennettsvilit, S. C. RAILROAD CLERKS LABOR SOUND WARNING ENEMIES S QUOTA 0 ARMS LOSSES LAST iWEEK 15,614 By the Associated Press. London, Sept. 4. British casual ties reported last week are 15,Gli. They are divided as follows: Killed of died of wounds officers, 364; men, 2880. Wounded or missing, officers, 84G; men, 10,524. LOST 27 T By the Associated Press. Londdn, Sept. 4. (According ut Norwegian advices, 21 Norwegian merchant ships, with an aggregate tonnage of more than 41,000, were lost in August. Twenty-three sea men were killed and five were in jured. NO SHIPS TO ALLIES Ry the Associated Press. Rio Janiero, Sept. 4. dn a ete nial of newspaper reports the minis ter of war has announced that Bra zil will not send troops to Europe. The minister fo the navy announced that the government would not lease interned German ships to the entente. BUILT IN FEW By the Associated Press. 'London, Sept. 4 Commenting on the rapid increase in shipbuilding to offset losses from the submarine cam paign, the ''Cardiff correspondent ol the Exchange Telegraph Company says that two supplements publisneo by Lloyds shipping register show that between June 8 and July 17, a total of 100 merchant ships were con structed. iMost of these' vessels are of a large tonnage. The rate of con struction is understood toj be one every two days. tlXlXZttiitttttZ MARKETS COTTON FUTURES By the Associated Pfesa. iNew York, Sept. 4 There was a heavy selling at the opening of the cotton market today. The opening was easy, with December and later months breaking through the lowest points on the decline in August. There was a good deal of covering at this level, causing rallies of 15 and 20 points. The close was steady. Open Close October 21.50 21.02 December -21.44 20.88 January 21.33 20.79 March 21.50 ' 20.99 May 21.60 21.10 HICKORY MARKETS Cotton Wheat . 21 1-2 $2.20 CHICAGO WIHEAT By the Associated Press. Chicago, Sept. 4 Government buying of wheat began today and proceeded as automatically as oper ations at any national bank." There was only one standard of values, the basis of $2.20 a bushel for No. 1 northern wheat. WEATHER FORECAST For North Carolina: Fair tonignx; and Wednesday; moderate north and northeast winds. NORWAY SHIPS AUGUS NO TROOPS TO EUROPE HUNDRED WEEKS HUNDRED KILLED GERMAN A AD By the Associated Press. London, Sept. 4. In last night's air raid 107 persons were killed and 86 wounded at Chatham, it is an nounced officially. The victims were naval ratings. Six airplanes took part in the raid. Chatham is on the east bank of the Medway, 30 miles southeast oi London. It is the seat of immense military and naval establishments, including vast dock yards and bar racks. 'The term "naval ratings" applies to a grade of men on ships usually those before the mast. PLEDGES LOYALTY By the Associated Press. Saratoga Springs, N. Y., Sept. 4. Resolutions pledging the loyalty of the American Bar Association Vo the government were presented at the opening of the convention this morning by Elihu Root with the uit animous endorsement of the commit tee. BIG PRICES PAID AT DURHAM ft By the Associated Press. Durham, N. C, Sept. 4. The open ing of the Durham tobacco market, today witnessed such huge breaks that the market will fail to complete the sails before nightfall. J. S. Burch, secretary of the Durham tobacco board of trade, estimated that 193,000 would be sold when the warehouse doors close today. Sales began at 9 o'clock and at i o'clock the tobacco in the first wars house had not been disposed of. Prices ranged from 8 to 65 cents a pound. Inferior grades excelled all former prices and probably doub led the figures of 1916. Green tips and sand dubs were commanding around 20 cents a pound. By the Associated Press. London. Sept. 4 Attacks on Am erican sailors on Sunday night are re ported from Cork to the Chronicle. It is said that gangst of young men set upon the Americans who were ac. companied by their sweethearts. The correspondent reports that thfe sailors did nothing to invite the at tack, so far as could be learned, and did not retaliate. An attempt was made to break into the place the Americans were staying, but the siege was unsuccessful. BOTH SIDES WILL SUPPORT WAR BILL By the Associated Press. Washimrton. Sent. 4. The hout- today began consideration of the $11,- 538,945,460 war bond and certihcate bill, the biggest measure of its kind nresented to coneress. It has in the main the support of both Re publicans and Democrats. lne Din wril be taken up tomorrow for amend ments and will be voted on ny tne end of the week. Mrs. M. L. Flowe received a cable gram this afternoon from her son, Dr. B. B. Flowe, announcing his safe arrival "at a port in Europe." LENOIR COLLEGE BEGINS FALL SESSION tv a fall term of Lenoir College be gan today with the registration ol 'students and preparation ior elim inations tomorrow of those applicants for admiston who nave conditions to remove or who do not possess high school certificates. Indications pointed to a success ful term, but whether the registra tion will be as large as last session was impossible to state today. will be several days before class work begins in earnest, as there will be young men and women detained for day or two and it will require some time to assign classes. 'Hickory welcomes the students to Lenoir College and wishes for them a successful school year. BAR ASSOCIATION fiARKET IRISH ROUGH NECKS ATTACK AM ANS WASHINGTON Civilian Population And Foreign Consuls Aban doned Place in Time French Repulse Ger mans And Italians Bomb Anstrian Naval Base at Pola. By the Associated Press. Paris, Sept. 4 Attacks were made by Germans last night on the French lines in the Hertubise re gion on the Aisne front and east of the Meuse in the Verdun sector. The ar office announced today that both were checked by the artillery. CIVILIAN POPULATION LEFT RIGA LONG AGO By Associated Press. Washington,, Sept. 4 Riga was evacuated by the civilian population and foreign consuls three weeks ago. This was the news containe din Rus sian dispatches which caused so much concern in the United States ITALIAN FLIERS CAUSE BIG DAMAGE TO POLA By the Associated Press. Rome, Sept. 4. Thirty Italian airl planes dropped nine tons of boms on the Austrian base at Tola, musing large explosions and producing great fires. RUSSIANS CONTINUE PETROGKAD MOVEM ENT By the Associated Press. Petrograd, Sept. 4 The Russian retirement in the Riga region is be ing continued along the coast m a In the Uxhull distinct the Rusi In the Nxhull district the Russi ans are retiring northward, having been dislodged by the Germans in Jaevell river region. Hostile ships are shelling the coast. BROTHER OF NICHOLAS ARRESTED IN RUSSIA By the Associated Press. Petrograd, Sept. 4. -Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovitch, brother of the former emperor, and his wife have been placed und:f arrest in connection with the counter revolu tion started some time ago. TODAY'S WAR SUMMARY By the Associated Press. While the major operations of the Germans in the Riga district on the Russian front and the great Italian campaign for Triest continued to oc cupy the attention of the world, the German military authorities have furnished a diversion by a spectacular raid over the east coast of England. Whether British naval property suffered much is not yet apparent. It is known, however, that airplanes reached Chatham, the site of exten sive military and naval establish ments 30 miles from London, and that 107 persons were killed and 87 were injured. All the six German machines parti cipating appear to have escaped, al though the British engaged them in battle. Press dispatches from the Austro Italian front report the Italians Hickory Sevier, Begin Camp Sevier. Greenville, Sept. 2. All the members of the company have requested me to write to the people of Hickory, using the columns of the Record as a medium to ex press their gratitude and thanks for the kind treatment and good things to eat they gave them while we were mobilized in Hickory. The. house wives, the chicken, and a hundred other things were all appreciated by the boys and we will remember them when we go to France. We had to leave Hickory in such a hurry that all the boys were disap pointed. It was quite a surprise to us, as we thought we would be allow ed to get off the train long enough to tell our people goodbye. However, I suppose it was better the way it was, as we were saved from goln& through experiences like we had when we left for Camp Glenn last t year. ! This is a good camp from every standpoint. We have the finest grounu to camp on hilly and well drained; j have splendid water .just like that ' good well water from western North Carolina; plenty of good vegetables to eat and we can see a few green trees once in a while! Also might mention the fact that the beauty oi the Greenville girls is only surpass ed by that of the girls from Hickory. And there are a large number of them j in Greenville too. Have just settled down to cam life to the usual routine duties. To j morrow these will be supplemented by KNEW FATE A THREE WEEKS AGO continuing their steady advance to wards Triest in the Brestovb.za val ley in the district south of Gorizia and working farther forward east ward over the great Bainsizza plat eau. The fall of Monte San Gabrel, the chief remaining vantage point of the Austrians, aside from their Carso stronghold, is considered only v matter of time as the Italians con tinue creeping up its slopes. There has been no renewal of the Flanders fighting on a large scale as' yot, although the intensity of the ar tillery fire suggests that this in im pending. The British have bitten further into the German lines and advajice was made this morning. NTO NATIONAL ARMY By the Associated Press. Washington, Sept. 4. .Soldiers of the National army were welcomed in to the nation's service Monday by President Wilson with a message of affectionate confidence and a prayer to' God to keep and guide them. Ev erything these young men do, the president told them will be watched with the deepest solicitude by the whole country and 'the eyes of the world will be upon them because they are "In some special sense the sol diers of freedom." The first soldiers for the army rais ed under the draft law start from their homes for the training canton ments Wednesday. The president asks them, as brothers and comrades in the great war to keep straight and fit by a standard so high that living up to it will add a new laurei to the crown of America. The message follows: "You are undertaking a great du ty. The heart of the whole country is with you. Everything, you do will be watched with the greatest interest and with the deepest soli citude no only by those who are near and dear to you, but by the whole nation besides. For this great war draws us all together, makes us all comrades and brothers as all true Am ericans felt themselves to be when we first made good our national inde pendence. The eyes of all the? world will be upon you, because you are in some special sense the soldiers of freedom. Let it be your pride, therefore, to show all men every where not only what good soldiers you are, but also what good men you are, keeping yourselves fit and straight in everything and pure and clean through and through. Let us set for ourselves a standard ':o high that it wall be a glory to live up to it and add a new laurel to the crown of America My affectionate con fidence goes with you in every bat tle and every test. God keep and guide you. "WOODROW WILSON." REVIVAL MEETING AT METHODIST CHURCH With a large congregation present Monday night the first of the series of meetings at the Methodist church, with Rev. II. II. Jordan of Gastonia doing the preaching, was held. This morning at 10 o'clock Mr. Jordan preached again and there will be sei vices twice a day until further notice. The public -is invited to attend. WELCOMES SOLDIERS Soldiers at Camp Well And Contented Active Work For War "stump digging" and later we begin intensive training for sure enough war. The boys are keen for prospec tive training bomb throwing, new bayonet drills, new skirmish drills, etc., and want to learn just as quick ly as possible, so we can do our part to put the kaiser and junkerism "oi. the blink." The strength of the company is 198 enlisted men and 3 commissioned officers. Later we will have 250 men and 6 commissioned officers. Our company street is built to house 250 men, also our mess halls. All the boys are well; haven't had but 5 men on the sick report since we came here and that is some rec ord for 200 men. Guess when we get to France that number will bo considerably larger, though. iMr. A. O. Mitchell and Dr. George H. Abernethy came out to visit us today and ere glad to see them. Hope to see more Hickory people before we leave. There are about 20,000 soldiers here now; have been arriving ev ery day since we came here at the rate of about 5,000 a day. Practi cally all the North Carolina boys ate here and what are not here will ai rive by Wednesday. Wish I could tell you about the size of the camp; the amount of supplier it takes to run this camp every day and a hundred other things about a my life, but owing to the censor that isn't possible. Would greatly appreciate a Record occasionally. CHARLES STEVENSON.