North Carolina Newspapers

HlCKQR Daily Record vl)I . HI. N0..5S FRENCH GAINS ARF 5r.:0US FOR GERMANS ON AISNE Snaking Blow Cost Crown Prince Much Terri lo, v, 7,500 Prisoners and 25 Heavy Guns. German Line Weakened by Petain's Brilliant Stroke on Tuesday. HICKORY, N. C., WEDNESDAY EVENING OCT. 24, 1917 PRICE TWO CENTS P.jt , . - .iviatcd Press ., anaitist the German , ; m ti-niile front north (M'ts the French have taut gains from the Ger. v , : ik o. The sudden blow : th- French 7,500 prison , v'.twv of heavy artillery. I tain completed an ef , m towards Laon, the , : remit y of the Hinden an impotant line which (s fern Chagignon, where 'i obtained their greatest ..'.u one-fifth miles. The !, :u-w can battle with the ilu' hills on the opposite ; Ailette river from Chag- ; ..--taut still they can pour ; '.re into the forces of the .:..:: prince still clinging r.h. -m slope of the plateau .in- C'hemin des Danus. . ,;. (.,.! r. crown prince th; blow : : the most severe he has i .- ve Verdun. He has lost ,' . '. . - ;.ns (if troops, including .; .M.irds. who were rushed up .! tide. lYtain's masterly stroke :!-( German line northward . '" :.. t vi St. Gobain. A re . !'r. m this line probably J the ht c fmcmf mfwyp ; l(.-t the Germans a gHat f t:;-;r new defenses. : ,'h had no easy task going ajainst fjrtified defenses, .: i.iv.rns and massed troops, .ho artillery fire was very ef-j ' ' ' 1 .: ul affairs in Germany are . i i t r . ;n w.tn me return oi -:t ti tmperor to Berlin. All - -ni determined that Chan M. t.a.-lis must pro and it is im .le that the emperor will be ' .vithstand the demands. r the emperor will appoirit r !'ri;--ian Viureaucrat in Mieh i lacf is not known. FIRST FREE OF CQUN . IN TRY WORKS SALE OF BONDS SEASON HITS HICKORY With the mercury registering 31 degrees above zero, water in vessels frozen to a depth of a quarter of an men ana a semi-gale blowing from the snow covered mountains, Hick ory people awoke today to the first real winter of the season. During the forenoon the weather moderated, but a stiff breeze brought "Christ- nuvs cold" from the peaks both west and north of Hickory. Fersons coming in from Asheville on lo said that snow covered the ground as far cast as Biltmore and a telephone message from Blowing Rock late Tuesday afternoon said a regular snow storm was fn prog ress then?. The wind which came from the mountains carried the breath snow, and people on the streets did not need to be told that nature had spread a white blanket on. the hills. An uncommonly light K'rost, ;the lovv temperature considered, was re ported, but the cold was sufficient to freeze plants. As a result of the freeze cotton leaped upward, with the prospects that futures would bo ouoted at 30 cents during today's trading. By the Associate Press. Washington, Oct. 24 Not a com munity in the United States, so far as the Liberty Loan managers can learn, has failed to respond to the appeal to buy bonds. Parades, speeches and patriotic de monstrations and buying of bonds featured the day. A flood of dollars the like of which has never swept in upon the treas ury before, treasury officials predict ed. How far the subscriptions would go no one was able to forecast. It appeared likely that the full $5,000.- 000,000 would be subscribed. Liberty day dawned with less than half of the big total taken. Liberty estimates from the reserve banks than $2,600,000,000 had been sub scribed. Subscriptions by the various re serve districts include- V-.oh mnnn $110,000,000. MORE CATAWBA BOYS LEAVE FOR THE ARMY 'Nine Catawlia bovs Ipjivp trirlnv for Camp Jackson at Columbia, am ong them being Julius W. Shuford. son ol Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Shu ford. This young man desired to leave with an earlier quota, but he was lower in the list, and during the interval between his call and depar ture he spent visiting friends and arranging his affairs Like tho of others who have been summoned bv uncle bam, he; will make a rood soldier. Those who were to leave today are: Paul Yoder, O. W,. Kaylor, Jos eph II. Yount, Milliard H. Yount, John Vanhawn, Geo. H. Ritchie, Clyde V. Price, Ben Edwards, Julias W Shuford. REVOLUTION GERMANY LIKELY N O. MAX GARDNER IS Ry the Associated Press. Washington, Oct. 24. No immedi ate prospect of peace, despite Ger many's gradual weakening of morale in the' civilian ; population and the army, is seen by Minister Stovall to Switzerland, who called on President V.lilson today on his return home from his first visit in four years. ''The German people," said Mr. Stovall, "are slowly realizing that the war is a total failure. As this spirit grows it will cause some sort of revolution, but no one can tell what it will be." Food and economic conditions in Germany, Mr. Stovall said, were growing worse. Switzerland,, the minister said, was genuinely neutral and would main tain that attitude. RIVE S LIBERTY LOAN D MEETING WITH SUCCESS General Holiday in State and Nation Today and Bankers end Other Business Men are Push ing Sale of Bonds Max Gardner Here Thursday Night. He Will Speak Here Thurs day Night. SNOW VIRGINIA PRESIOEfi CUBA IT OF IS ON TO HIS 1 D LAY AT CATAWBA SATURDAY NIGHT Dy the Associated Press. 'Havana, Oct. 24. The president issued a proclamation last night warning: all foreigners who insti gate and encourage strikes in the sugar producing region that they will be considered "pernicious for eigners" and expelled from Cuba. The president issued a warning to officers that there are a number of foreigners of different nationalities endeavoring to create strife on the sugar plantations. COTTON STALKS MAY BE BURNED IN EGYPT , i. 'W. 21. The play, "A (,..-. n !t1 T vn," will be By the Associated Press. t ':v .'vr.ing, October 27 Cairo, Oct. 24. (The fuel ques k at Catawba in the school tion threatens to become serious in ri for the benefit of the Egypt during the coming year owing ! is an an extremely pleas- to the impossibility of obtaining ! ; and abounds in good situa- adequate imports of coal. Govern r 'on. the guardian's part, ment experts hope to solve the difh ."v good, even if his mind lty partially by developing a use . "potato" " His hu-ful fuel irom cotton stalks Experi "Marriage" subject, and , menta to this end are being carried r jSl.s with Miss Courson out hV Prof J. F. Wells. .- will kep the audience in I Egypt produces no coal, grows very - Th trouble with his few trees and those not for firewood hr-ing the Cod-fatheMa.mlcrJ0',fi,ekls1a5e not , yef SU?T r- ten-sting I ciently developed to meet local ra- -f characters is as follows: 1 quiremetits. Both oil and coal imports ;:..pi". a good fellow, who.se fallen off more than fifty per n run. away with him- Jnf since the war To cJ"0I?"e - fuel, street lighting has been decreas- -.n. his gardner, a high ed by a quarter, an snops are na, potato bugs-Lawrence I 7 P. m. . all restaurants at 10 and .'-'rn ith. who finds it difficult, ' ' i indt-r adverse circum-1 Tfe also.fights who helps a fighter K. I. Carter. f'Rht. !ar;'? good-hearted little, HI LAND IS SAY PAN NEX T GERMANS J )! 'lnlike most wom?n can1 , a secret Zula Sherrill. ' " j r - . n . his houseqeeper, in., ';i:al market, and means y.'inona Leonard. a dark brunette, on the '.'na Kale. r.'i.-t f-r:- have been selected a! talent and all parts 'arrfully worked up. Al rday has only been un "'dv a short time still it "th your time to come 1 ' '"V yourself. The admis- br twfntv-five cents for WASH WLL P" rle fnd fifteen for children. ! day. INGT BE DRY By the Associated Press. Copenhagen, Oct. 24. The view of Admiral von Tirpitz, former German minister of marine, that the seizure of Belgium was the stepping stone to exendrng control over Holland was proclaimed by Herr Bochmaster, the national leader in the reichstag, and one of the Pan-German leaders m the reichstag, in a speech Sunday. ALL RECORDS BROKEN By te Associated Press. Winston-Salem, Oct. 24. The Winston leaf tobacco market today smashed all previous local and . all other records v.hen the warehouses sold 579,800 pounds for $203,931.33. an average price per hundred pounds of $35.17.. CAMP GREENE BOYS BUY MORE BONDS By the Associated Press. Charlotte, N. C, Oct. 24. Officers and men of the 41st division Camp Greene subscribed to a second lot of $181,000 second Liberty Loan bonds today, bringing the total subscrip tion up to $1,265,000. FUNERAL HELD FOR SENATOR HUSTINGS NOV. By the Associated Press. Whshington, Oct. 24 The law which makes the national capital dry November 1 was upheld as constitu tional in the local supreme court to- German Troops, Quickly Withdrawn in Russia, Are Fighting Against Italians Ry Associated Press. ..H"r!;" via London, Oct. 24, " ip,;1 iinl On a "'tween the gulf of Riga 1 !'. ! I- 'I Vw. I i 1- Jf , Ul II. oduy. The evacuation nmiy, armv headnuarttrs ttit,, , . '""':.'! today. r Sunday night without op A' STKi.ws CONCENTRATE I; v n, O-t. 21. TJte AuHtlriari t"'K intra ted strong forces on sizza plateau. the Italian front for offensive pur poses, army headquarters announced today. By the Associated Press. Mayvilte, Was., Oct. 24 Funeral services were held today for United States Senator Paul O. Hustins, who was accidentally shot and killed by his brother, Gustave while on a hunting trip last Monday. Honorary pall bearers included Senator La Follette and ths- 11 representatives from the state. 'Prominent among others wh at tended the funeral were Governor Phillip. GERMANS SHOOT OFFICER 10 DAMAGES APPLE CROP By the Associated Press. 'Winchester, Va., Oct 24. Wire communication in northern Virginia is interrupted and heavy damage to I tne apple and corn crops is feared because of heavy snow fall which be gan at daybreak. Thousands of bushels of apples remain on the trees and much corn is in the field. WILSON BOUGHT $15,000 IN BONDS ..iy the Associated Press. Washington, Oct. 24 When the leaders of the District of Columbia SOLDIERS UKD THEIR BRIEF . STOP FINE PROMOTION FR COLONEL A L i Maj. C. G. Hall, who was ap pointed commandant of the A. and E. College at Raleigh at the beginning of the school year, has received no tice of his promotion to colonel and transfered to the command of 15,000 skilled mechanics who will take over scon the supervision and upkeep of the French airplanes and motor trucks on the western front. 'This undoubtedly is a splendid tribute to Colonel Hall and shows the confidence his government places in him. He probably will leave soon for France to take up his new du ties. Colonel Hall is well known in Hick ory where he spent his boyhood days. He is a brother to Mr. George Hall. RETURNS DECORATION GIVEN N GERMANY By the Associated Press. London.. Oct. 24. Amundsen, the noted Norwegian explorer, went to the German legation at Christiana on Tuesday, says the Christian cor respondent, and returned to the Ger man minister his decoration as a personal protest against the murder of Norwegian sailors in the North sea. MICHAELIS OFFERS TO RESIGN PLACE DEATH By the Associated Press. London, Oct. 24. Dr. MTnehaeljfs, the German imperial chancellor, has placed his portofolio in the hands of Emperor William, according to an Amsterdam dispatch. NEW YORK COTTON The Ransom County Gazette, pub lished at Lisbon, South Dakota, con tains a two-column article on Oct, 11 irom . its correspondent at Camp Greene, who accompanied the soldiers from their home to canton ment. In the issue of October 11, the Gazettes correspondent says: "At about 10 Wednessday morn ing we stopped at Hickory, N. C., for water. W3 were given permission to get off and play a few pieces at the depot, and to our dying day we will never forget the reception we received here The crowd simnlv Liberty Loan campaign went to call went wild with patriotism, and on President Wilson today to git his could not cheer and applaud too much, subscription, they learned that he had nor was this enough cigars were subscribed to $15,000 through a local br0Ught a"d before we,finished v ' s our concert a hat was passed around bank, paying most of it m cash. and a collection of nearly $15 pre- The president bought $10,000 sented to us. It was interesting to worth of the first issue direct through note he different degrees of patriot- the treasurv i uinerent towns. in some our passing through as a mere mat ter of fact, while in others we were presented with flowers and fruit and given warm words of encourage ment. At one o'clock we stopped at Salisbury, the last stop before reaching Charlotte. Wie played a few pieces . while waiting for the i train to be watered, mostly for our j own amusement, as there were very . . j t, i few people at the depot. We have y the Associated Press. ' merey touched upon a few incidents Washington, Oct. 24. Militants of 0f the trio as our snace will not al- the woman's suffrage party sprang- jow us to go into detail as we would another coupe today when thviy an- like." nounced that Alice Paul, their chair- The next issue, October 18, con- man, doing seven months for picket- tains an exposition of the work of ing the white house, would demand the northwestern soldiers are doing her rights as a political prisoner. for the Liberty Loan, as well as an The announcement contained the article from the Hickory Record with significant admission that the worn- reference to the splendid band that WANT MISS ALICE GIVEN DISTINCTION en didn't know what they would dc. SNOW IN VIRGINIA Qy the Associated Press Richmond, Oct. 24. Heavy flur ries of snow fell in the mountain re gion of Virginia, extending from Bristol to the northwestern part of the State, doing heavy damage to REVOLUTIONARY SPIRIT accompanied the South Dakota boys through here and delighted Hickory people. The Gazette runs the American flag at its masthead and breathes the spirit of patriotism. If you can't fight your dollars can -Buy Liberty Bonds. Wjith bankers, merchants and other business men making a street-to-street and house-to-house canvass today in the interest of Liberty Bonds, and reporting good results at noon, the indications early this af ternoon were that Hickory people were rallying to their opportunities to help country and themselves by subscribing liberally to the loan. The manufacturing plants were being worked along with the rest of bthe town and canvassers were visiting near by communities in the interest of bonds. Both banks were closed today and all hands, officials and clerks, were busy working for their country. Merchants also were hard at work and putting enthusiasm in to it too. No list of subscriptions will be pub lished today, but it is safe to state that the total has exceeded $115 000. Tho new names will be printed to morrow. Part of the program included a pa rade by the school children this af ternoon and an address by Mayor Yount, weather permitting. If the wind is high the speech-making will be dispensed with and the chil dren will not stop. Tho rally Thursday night with Lieutenant O. Max Gardner of Shel by as the speaker will be the climax of the campaign here and it is ex pected to result in subscribing the full quota. Even then, work will be done until the campaign closes Saturday night. Wednesday was declared a holiday throughout the country and Gover nor Bickett proclamed a school hol iday and orged - united and whole hearted work in the interest of bonds. The appeal of the federal and state governments was heeded and the result will show up large when the campaign closes Saturday. The Hickory school children, led by the cadet corps, carrying a big Am erican flag, paraded from tht; North school through the center of thi city shortly after 2 o'clock in honor of Liberty Loan day. The teachers marched in the line with the children and Mayor Yount and Superintendent Mcintosh joined ini the procession. The youths made a fine showing and a good sized crowd gathered on the streets to watch and cheer them. It was the largest crowd of children to march on Hickory streets since the fair of 1916. w -i r n ttt t i crops. L,ignt numes ien in wytne, Bland and Washington counties the temperature went down below freezing. COAST LINE BUYS BONDS IS RAPIDLY SPREADING Washington, Oct. 24. Interesting statements about Germany's unsettl ed political situation and treachery in the ranks of the army, made by an East Prussian prisoner, have By the Associated Press. been received here in official dis- Wilmingon, N. C, Oct. 24. The patches. According to the soldier, Atlantic Coast Line today authorized the socialistic and revolutionary spir- the Durchase- of $500,000 in Liberty it is growing so rapiaiy tnat it is Bonds,, distributed among the banks expected to endanger the supremacy of the citv i of the junkers by spring, and the mil itary .authorities are adopting most L UMBER SCHOONER SUNK COLLISION w-r 1 severe repressive measures. tie al so told a story of how German pri vates left their officers to their fate in the face of fire, and of how offi cers hated by their troop's fell on battlefields with bullets in their backs. Ry the Associated Press. New York, Oct. 24. The spectac ular parade which New York plann ed today was abandoned in the face of the worst rain storm this season. The organizers had hoped to have 100,000 persons pass down Fifth avenue. Schools closed and many business houses planned to give all their time to soliciting subscriptions. The stock exchange and other mar kets in the financial district an nounced they would adhere to their original plan to close at noon, thus carrying out the spirit of the day. If you cannot go across Buy a Liberty Bond. R? the Man Behind the Guns Buy a Liberty Loan Bond. GERMANS HELP AUSTRIAN'S By the Associated Press. Berlin, via London, Oct. 24 An Austro-Cerman offensive has been instituted on the tlalian front, army headquarters announced today. The offensive has taken foremost Italian positions of Flitch and Tolmino and in the northern portion of the Bain- By the Associated Press. British Headquarters in France and Belgium. Oct. 24 In one of the redoubts captured from the Ger mans Monday northeast of Ypres, according to reliable information, British troops found a German offi cer who had been executed by his own men. His hands had been bound behind him and he had been shot. Very often German soldiers charg ed with desertion and violation of military law escape with slight pun ishment. According to prisoners this is something new for Prussian militarism. 8v the Associated Press. New YTork, Oct. 24. Theie pVi peared to be a good many overnignt selling orders at the opening of the cotton market today and first pric es were lower. There was trade and Liverpool buying and the mar ket advanced again during the early trading. The market closed steady Open Close October.- 29.15 29.00 December 27.60 27.90 January 27.18 27.29 March 26.85 27.01 May 26.75 .26.90 By Associated Press. An Atlantic Port, Oct. 24. 'A Japanese steamship laden with muni tions rammed and sank the 1,300 ton lumber steamer Katahdin here last no-iif TVio rnnk of the sinking ves sel s' missing. The Katahdin from1, 1.000.000 feet of kiln dried pine. The Japanese steamer had her bow stav ed in. maTIstabush Yellow Blood Flows in Veins of Opponents of War, Secretary McAdoo Asserts Bv the Associated Press. 1 over the land than he could ac- "Atlanta, Ga , Oct. 24. Germany's complish with all the armies and efforts to keep American ships off navies of the German empire." the high seas through her ruthless j After telling what stoppage of ul wnv fare as a direct blow American sea commerce would have WOOD YARD aimed at the prosperity of American business, Secretary McAdoo declared in his liberty day address here to- IN CITY meant in loss to cotton growers of the south, and of Germany's efforts to involve the United States with ! T , , A Afvinrt i Vi ri trVi tVlo r 1 m After reminding his hearers tLatjmermann intrigue , the secretory a : war- in 1812 to vm- I turned to ruthless submarine warfare hpr rie-ht to the freedom cfand recited the stories of helpless I the seas and had steadfastly main-'men and women being drowned 'tained it since then, he contmueo J sea. Wfhy is tnat rignt so rauimi at Some man has said, or is alleged to have said, that America had no iustification for this war with Ger- of iiAmo mMnv " tVi spprptflrv declared 11 . , , 4-v.kv. a more tnan we can consume a ivyi. 'vi Hickory probably will establish a more iua i BnarHv nf mir neo-! there be an American or any man AwQt-;.q'o life and security? It LU jiiaiivw j - - - , is because we have always produced HICKORY MARKETS municipal wood yard. At an inior- r r depends in this land whether he- is an Amer- mal discussion of the matter Tuesday pie, '. Jj" at all times to ican or not, who knowing this record, night, city couMu K" - "n that surphas in the open market n nno ipor t. 'A 1 1 tJ w Mini iuum.iii""" . .... J.T.LC lit " . , Cotton Wheat 27 3-4 $2.40 lev to investigate prices j , . i i contracts arranged. people, and Hickory will do likewise. and make of the world." had been . , "The lierman emperor contracts it suitaoie wims " - . , ,ialnvn1 fionle in this coun- Statesvme-anu yLuuau - v:,--' i2 , WEATHER FORECAST For North Carolina: Fair and con tinued cold tonight, with frost to the America never would fight" the Secretary oi tne v r . , ii . i 4.i nA,r ' Ypasnrv coniinueu, unu mat mi tin 1 1 an n ht. h LUdi tuoi. - 1 lie wvuu wm - . T ai.1u'6c"' v-: ---- - - . t t believe that other places are ivv.mg . Trpn en . i - T i... n.n.ll ,'V VpivpH from Col. L. transgression cji our ng .u .rt. 1CL.IC1 nrcio jh.ww.- - T. letter was receive- xm - - protests. Nichols, general manage u Emitted and kept 1 1UU j - airo itia & North-Wiestearn,- saying , . tvT Snnthom and C, & N.-W. her snips, on me e, coaX Thursday' fair' diminishing ! would be hT Thursday for discomfort among American people northwest winds. Buy a bond. r&ronierence with city officials in woum nav o , . - : v-t- rno sh hi. nuu. inc uvuum" "r- COMPARATIVE WEATHER TSSe; rVT in wuM regard to tne pav , one -stroke of his pen would have ac J52"3 vTan S wfden 'and improve complied oredestructio upon Oct. 23, 1917 1916 street to relieve congestion 0 a M.tptD -C8 . 68 Main street and vfne i cooperation ol i.s . American intetests all Minimum - 88 34 the railroads was sought. uuuj.es i 11 i 1 vl says we aia not nave jubuncauun for war with Germany then yellow blood flows in his veins he hasn't any red blood in him." Mr. McAdoo denounced those in dividuals who would make peace with the kaiserVs government and the "alleged peace societies" in this country. The latter are merely "German wolves masquerading in the hides of American traitors" he de clared, while some of the former are deluded and simple people and "some are in the pay of the kaiser." The secretary who has completed a tour through the west and south west in the interest of the liberty loan sa'd his trip had convinced him (Continued on page 4)