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.
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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"
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;' ' -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-
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5 ; "
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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
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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.