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ICKO ORB VOL. HI- N- ' HICKORY, N. C, TUESDAY EVENING NOV. 6, 1917 PRICE TWO CENTS Daily RFiP RY mm0m JAPAN AND mz, STATES !N ACuJRD OVER CHINA Compete Agreement Reached With Japanese Mission Over Great Eastern Republic, Whose Integrity and Open Door are Reaffirmed by Viscount Ishii Good News. GERMANYSTAR1 MORE PEACE RUMORS S KERENSKY SMS ELECTION. NEWS ITALIANS AGAIN :.w v- .i:::-;' ! ' .U N - ' y: i '' wh . !! vi.ited Press. , Nov. !. Japan and .r.i's have reached a v :v,titu in regard to same time have ar r understanding as to v..; arfl economic sup : c war. - t v :.i -s. development was i.iv by Secretary Lans ... :ull:c notes exehang ' Hint Ishii. the spee ;;:v.bas:nlor. formally .hat Japan has spec- China, bat repledg- :v of the great eastern .v.lYming the open door a:,,l industry. accompanying the . said Viscount Ishii . ,.! now on their way . a service of value to a:. . as well as Japan, ;,!v appreciated. , f an attitude of con , .;! fostered by a" cam uvd adroitly and secret, y the Hermans and sa'd ho frankness and cor Japanese eommission . a-. '.a of years had been ., ffW davs. RUSSIA WILL STICK !Y WIRE TO OU AMERICA Til DESIRED BY GERMANS By the Associated Press. London, Nov. 6.-The Amsterdam correspondent of the Exchange Tel-j c graph cabled that wild peace ru- j mors were current on the bourse there yesterday, it being reported that . the central powers would make of-i .e ...e . i . 1 . . . ieis ui peace Deiore December 4 in at Berne. In the preparatory confer ence, each belligerent would be asked to send two delegates, Germany se lect ing Prince von Buelow and Count von Hellferich. RECORD lUllLi ULiUlTfrtll HOSTS ITALIANS ABANDON BAGBY IS NAMED I OGAL POST MASTER Mr ( W '.v. r, the ! : .".rut"..' Ea-by W. I'.agby, local attor. . .'..'iiirnated by the Na y iVmpany of New York, ..T.pany, as postmaster, -.m v.j: of a regular v 'r,c pnstotlk'e depart r.ir.t n. and he will as v nuti.j as soon as Mr. ri Anally appointed by iu.r.pany, has his in- - , I'f-.-rnU'r the office. Mr. notified to take .a.- tiled his bond and .1 the requirements of nipany. i .'.me Mr. Fogle is out ! r- urn ably having gone tn see officers of the r-. -a rd to the matter in - tii'i'.ight, of continuing announcement of Mr. r;t:i:t'nt came as a sur. . I !; ! a.":', 1. 1 Mr. 1 '.va, -1 . , it is saui, ana ne Monday morning . t -urr nuer the oilice !. but he is said to have i ns from the state !: until further advised Ilairby presented h's ;to' explained that he orders to turn over ! ;'. r left on 16 for the i r ;!! y Now York, to : On directly with the .1 : n company. He : it ! Tr, r. ., t mporary appoint f Mo ving the death of I!. Aikin, pending the " ' 'inination for eligi 1 ' 1 the place since. No ' !" en ord red, and ;! rti'nity for persons place. Mr. Fo il;. in-law of Mr. W. 1 i -ii his appointment ''nriection with the 1 ' '' a-i local agent. his bond Friday " veil a letter telling i S een appointed. The 'I 'o he only tempor i t ke clu-rge in a ' ! ? i - t.r h t . Much 'n " i:'! in th'j mat- Mi V MKKTINfl '' i' 'eeting of the d" I h'.'iry Associ'ition to ft 1 o'clock, and " !irt'c'l to be present. Py the Ass-ociat?d Press. London Nov. G. Germany must not be hindered by "pusillanimous i scruples"in taking what she wants for the establishment of a colon'al empire in America and elsewhere overseas (i.chires the "Program" of the Ger man Colonial Society as translated by the British African society. The German society believes the treaty of peace should provide such an em pire for Germany in South America. ' The German Colonial Society has -."() branches in Germany, and is headt-d by W. S. Solf, the German Colonial Secretary, the Duke of Meckleburg. and Dr. Bernhard Derlmrg. It's "Program" is a k'nd of colonial creed for the German em. pir. It demands that any peace settlement must, above all, provide German,'," with adequate territories c. pable of white colonization. The threo niain points are: J "First, an adequate outlet for Ger man emigration and German white industrial activity; second, stepping stones across the Atlant a and Indi-1 an oceans', to the new Germany over-' seas; Third, the restoration of Ger many's tropical and subtropical col onies." One of the sub-sections also demand "suitable strategic points in th Pacific." The preamble says: "Extra-European and Colonial possessions are indispensable, whether regarded eth nically, politically, economically, or ethically. The German people desire to be, as heretofore, a world-d'rect-ing people, with the German empire as a great power. i "A colonial empir? essentially Af rican should not suffice us. Besides j a fleet, the military and economic security of our foreign and cononial territory requires the possession of strategic points, notably a sufficient number of coaling stat'ons, subma r;n cables and telegraphs, and for tifications as required. I "The available coaling and cable stations on the route to South Amer-' ica and thp African colonies are the j Portugese Canary Islands, the Portu- , gese Cape Vrde Islands, the Portu gese islands in the bights of West Africa, British St. Helena, and the British West "Indies, protecting the route to Panama and South Amer'ca. It is noted that the demands outlined in this r.spect cover almost exclu sively territories which have never been under German control, and which, in order to meet this program, must snoll rhnnges of sovereignty on a very large ocale. But, explains the prcsrram, "the great needs of Ger iTnanv ami; Hlr fCfViS Jr-iire the possession of a great colonial empire, and it means that not being hindered by pus'llanimous scruples, the more so because a favorable opportunity will not recur for many a long day." FIRE ESCAPE FOR LINES TO GERMANS 8y the Associated Press. Rome, Nov. 6. The Italians have been compelled to evacuate territory in the mountainous area north of the plains of northern Italy in order to establish heir new lines, the war of fice report The enemy occup ed the territory evacuated. Cy the Associated Press. Petrograd, Monday, Nov. 5. Rus sia is still doing her utmost to carry on the war. She will continue to do her duty. These are the views ofj Kerensky, whose secretary today pro-' tested against any other interprata-' tion of his interview with the Asso-1 ciated Press. Dav'd Lawsky, the ' premier's secretary, made the follow ing statement regarding the inter view: "I have seen M. Kerensky with ref erence to the interview and shown him quotations from the English press. He was very much aston ished at the manner in which his plain statements were received in London. Whoever read the whole in terv'ew can draw but one conclusion from it: Russia was doing, is "do ing and will do her full share in the common cause against the common fq?. From the first days of the war when England was preparing and the United States was an onlooker, Rus sia was fighting." The Record will receive Assoc'ated Press election bulletins tonight and from other states, including Wiscon sin, where important contests are be ing held today. The service will come over the Western Union, and bulle tins should begin arriving shortly af ter 8 o'clock, or as soon thereafter as the information can be gathered. Local interest :s keen in the New York contest, the great bulk of peo ple favoring Mayor Mitchel. If you come down street, call on the Record for the news. Telephone calls will be answered willingly. CARPENTERS STRIKE AT TWO ARMY GAMPS Teutons Force Cadorna's Men to Continue Re treat From Tagliamento Line British Attack Germans in Flanders, and Gain Ground. Other War News Today, SHOT RUSSIANS WN IN COLD DO BL Washington, Niov. 6. The fact that German soldiers themselves ap- By the Associated Press. ! General Cadorna's armies in nor- , thern Italy are again in retreat, forc ed back by the Austro-Germans. i The line of the agliamento where ! the Italians have been making a stand after their retreat from the Isonzo has been won by the invaders and the Italians have evacuated the Tagliamento line. Virtually all of eastern Venetia, it would appear from official state ments, is bing left to Austro-Ger-man forces. Rome announced to day that the evacuation of the nor thern end is being done for the es- DEMOCRACY NOW SAYS GERMAN CATHOLICS By the Associated Press. B.klin, via London, Nov. 6. -While the troops of the central allies were forcing their way across the Tagliamento, Germany at home quiet ly crossed the political Rubicon and in the space of five days changed from an autocracy to a democracy," declared Mathias Erzberger, leader of the Centrist party, in an interview with the Associated Press. "This has been the most momen empire," said Herr Erzberger in a tous week since the founding of the recital of the incidents leading to a solution of the recent polifcal cris is. "Its achievements represent a permanent political gain for the Ger man people.-In view of the July and October meetings, the leaders were convinced of . the hopelessness of al lowinfc the old system to prevail. Thpv ure-ed the crown to adopt a co ordinated and cohensive policy, es pecially during the war," EVANGELISTIC SERVICES TVio r.Vmrrh of God in West Hick ory began their revival last Sunday night to continue till tne icn. n,v nnrp1if W A Sutherland of Green vilTe, Tenn.. is doing some "old time" practical preaching along evangelistic 1 nes. W;. L. bliliNiN, raswr. COLORED CONFER NCE NORTH SCHOOL UP TONIGHT ' ' merit tin returned ' f'narIott" where she "i" Mr. and Mrs. T. D. 1'ir.' r M !''P' was called into '.v hv the illness of ;' K. L. Deal. vit !f, 1 of Camp Se- ;t f,....' ' ' ' ' 1 !--ty after spending M 'lav " for lav. I,,:. 'i - 11 ins parents. i r'i'T left this after ' ' spend several "n Jeremiah O' h"vov amounts to h'r T I via ri while i "o'.h are still wit), i. , ' , sentiment: "To '-Knr:11,' ',n'' nn1 Germany over 'nKf,fcl, Republican. Wihen city council meets tonight a committee from the Community Club will wait upon it and urge the erec tion of a fire escape on the west side of the North school building. There is a fire escape on the east side, but th'j furnace is directly under the staircase, and a fire from the fur roc e room not only would fill the a 5lc with smoke, but probably would destroy the stairway before the children could be emptied from the building. The rush to get out, -f the building, in spite of the fire drills, might be so precipitate that the halls, stairway and escape would V. ehok'd and anybody can picture the result. . What the Community Club desires is that council, whose members are as sympathetic as anybody ;n Hick cry, should decline to consider the financial cost of an extra fire escape nnd order it erected forthwith. The fire escape question probably Will llf the most important matter to come b:fore the board. Another matter that will receive consideration is tbc municipal wood yard, and ef forts are being made to secure a supply of wood to be delivered in y eV.rv at actual cost. Several 'hundred cords an needed. Very Httlo wood is coming into the city, ho firmer being urusualj!y busy "dth their fall planting and gather ing, and the situation may become h.cute in the winter. If there is any way to relieve the situation, council is anx'ous to do it. E MEETS IN HICKORY TVa fiftv.ninth session of the m. ( i rumlina annual conference of the Methodist Episcopal church will convene in Hickory iNovemuei 14. Bishop E. H. Hughes of Mai- l nffr.ee. will riTocirlp UCII, 1UOJI3. ri" A number of national characters are expected to be present Rev. Ed- n TV cprrptarv of the board of Sunday schools, of Chicago, 111 : Rev. Joseph a. tlingeiey, u. u., ronference joimonfc fvf Chicaeo: Rev. David r TTnT-svth D D.." secretary of the board of home miss on cnurcn exten sion of Philadelphia, fa.; Dr. K. . Jones, editor of the South Western Christian Advocate, New Orleans, La., and Rev. I. G. Peen, D. D., sec retary of the Freedmans Aid Society. The public is cordially invited to attend all of the sessions. His hon or, the Mayor, M. II. Yount, will deliver the welcome address on Tuesday evening Nov. 13. NOAH M. BLACK, i Pastor of said church. WILL UGH PAPER By the Associated Press. Newport News, Nov. 6. Unless arbitration is resorted to the work on the government cantonments at th s port, Camp, Stuart and Camp Hill, will be tied up, 400 carpenters having gone on strike this morning and prospects of several hundred quitting before the day is over. pealed to Ambassador Gerard as the tablishment of a new line. This was PACKAGES BULK CHILD By the Associated Press. Washington!, Nov. 6. Newspaper publishers were told by Internal Rev enue Commissioner Roper today that the war tax of one cent on each twenty cents or fraction of that am ount charged by express companies would be assessed according to bulk we ght of newspaper bundles that it would not be necessary to weigh eash package separately. This ruling, which is subject to review , by Sec- ' retary jvicAdoo, wilL save time and annoyance. IS KILLED BY BURGLAR IN CRIB representative of a Christian state to protest against atrocities and butcheries in which their comman ders forced them to participate, w'll be disclosed in a forthcoming issue of a pamphlet by the committee on public information, entitled "German War Practices." One German soldlieri, conscience stricken with the massacre of Rus sian prisoners, impfored the Amer ican ambassador to protest and i i - i . . it k j o . i ,1 : s'gnea nis H?wer, -a wrmau ; Hamento and cuts in ana Lnrisuan. Another, who, through the ambas sador, addressed his appeal to. the American government against the butchery of prisoners, signed his let ter, "A Soldier and Man Who is No Barbarian." ! This was the protest of a Ger-, man soldier, an eye-witness of the slaughter of Russian soldiers in the Masurian lakes and swamps: i "It was frightful, heart-rendering as these masses of human be ngs were driven to destruciton. About followed by an announcement from Berlin that the Italians were retir ing all along the front. These momentous events mean an Italian withdrawal along the front as far west as the Tfrentino dis trict. The whole Italian l'ne appa rently is being drawrn back in the di rection of the Paive, which runs ap proximately 25 miles west of the Tag- a reasonably strr-ht course to the Trentimo. This would give a line little more than 60 miles in length compared w"th the line' approximately 160 miles that existed before the Isonzo retreat began. News dispatches from the Italian front this morning indicated that Cadorna was preparing to fall back on a new line on the Paive river. The renewal of the British offensive BOUQUETS ARE HANDED LOCAL STATION FORCE Accompanied by a cut of the Hick ory passenger station, the Southern News Bulletin, published in Atlanta, carries a good story under the capt' on, "Neat Station Kept by Hick ory Employes. Since the matter is F ORCE ENEMIES AWAY FROM COAT Qy the Associated rrs Washington, Nov. 6. Attorney General Gegory declared today that no order had be:-n given to remove alien enemies 100 miles from the coast line, where they could view op erations, but said the government was consider" ng a plan to cope with the situation. called to the attention of the public, it :'s a fact that the local station always is as clean and neat as a pin, and the grounds are in good condi tion. Many towns are judged from the apperance of their depots and Hickory can afford the test. Here is the storv that the Bulletin car ried in its November issue, just re ceived: Agent W. B. Southerlanl and em ployees of the station at Hickory, North Carolina, have recently been complimented by General Superinten dent E. E-. Norris for their efforts in keeping the Hickory station in per fact cleanliness and order. Hickory station is declared to be one of the best kept stations on the Southern or any other railroad and this is due entirely to the interest shown by Mr. Southerland and his force in main taining the station both on the in terior and exterior as a pleasant and clean place for the transaction of the Southern's business. Mr. Southerland entered the service in May, 1897 as clerk at Hickory. He worked in different capacities in the office there until March, 1906, when he was promoted to agent at Canton, N. C., from which position he was promoted to agent at IFckory, in May, 1907. Other employees of the station and their records of service follow: If. H. Miller, ticket clerk. En tered' service February, 1904, as clerk at Hickory, serving in different capacities at Hickory since that time, having filled present position for about 5 :l ars. D. L. Miller, 1st tr ek telegraph operator. Entered telegraph service of Southern in January, 1906, and has filhd present position for about sev en years. C. E. Abernethy, 2nd trick tele graph operator. Entered telegraph 'service of Southern in July, 1907, and has held present position for about eig-ht years. P. A. Sigmon, 3rd trick telegraph cocrator Entered telegraph service ol Southern in November, 1902, and ' r.s filled present position for about six vears. C E. Wjitherspoon, baggage clerk. - Entered serv'ce in October, 1913, r.3 receiving freight clerk at freight station, and later appointed to present position which he has held for about three years. Ila Smith, Maid, - (colored). En tered service as maid at Hickory in December, 1914. "Sy the Associated Press. Raleigh, Nov. 6. Lucy Henderson Plummer, four-months-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. K. Plummer, one of the most prominent families of Ral eigh, was found choked to death in her .bed shortly before 9 o'clock to day, the act probably having been committed by a burglar. The theory of the police is that the baby cried? out while the intru der was in its room and fearing that it would be heard by the household, he seized the child by the throat and strangled it to death. The infant was unusually fretful last night and it was nearly 1 nVlnfk whpn Mrs. Plumer srot the lit- i . , . tie one asleep. It was an hour later when she heard the rattling of dishes and she thought her husband m'ght have returned from a short visit out of town. Discovering that it was not her , husband, Mrs. Plummer telephoned the police lepartment and for Captain Duncan, who lives next door. Captain ; Duncan discovered that a burjglar had entered the back door, and hav ing secured some food, fled by the back way, dropping his food in the yard. the terrible thunder of the cannon in Flanders ushered in by the inten could be heard the heart-rending give bombardment reported yester cries of he Russians: 'O, Prussians came rf h- mornm Jn an O, Prussians,' but there was no - J . b mercy. Our captains had .ordered: ! attack by Field Marshal Haig s forc "The whole lot must die; so rapid es in the vicinity of Passchendaele. fire.' As I have heard, five men and , The British-were making satisfactory one officer on our side went mad from those heart-rendering- cries. But most of my comrades and the officers joked as the unarmed and helpless Russians shrieked for mer- progress at an early hour. News dispatches from British head quarters filed after the attack was under way sa:d the Canadians had cy while they w?re be ng suttocatea i crossed 100 yards beyond Passachen m tne swamps ana shot; uown. ine BERLIN ANNONNCES VICTORY OVER ITALY, order was: 'Close up and at it har der.' For days afterwards these heart-rendei'ng yells followed me and I dare not think of them or I shall go mad. There, is no God there is no morality and no ethics any more. There are no human be ings any more, but only beasts. Down with militarism." - 'This was the experience of a Prus sian soldier at present wrounded: 'Berlin, October 22, 1914 If you are a truth-loving man, please receive these lines from a common Prussian soldier." . This was the testimony of another German soldier on the east front: "Russian Ptfan-.f, Dec. 18, 1914. ""In th". njame of Christianity I send vou these words. I'My conscience forces me as a ; Ta .liamento however, breaks nriswan (jrermaii suiuiei uu nuunn you of these lines. "founded Russians are killed with the bayonet according to or ders. i -'And Russians who have surren dered are ofttur shot down in masses according to orders, '"n spite of their j heart-rendering prayers. "In the hope that you. as the rep resentative of a Christian state, will "A German Soldier and Christian." , the hope of cutting off the Italian "I would give my name and regi- right wing. A strong Italian plow,, daele. Italy's armies along the Tagliamen to are menaced by another Austro German stroke s milar to one which caused the retreat from the Isonzo line. The river has been crossed and an advance in force by the inva ders from Pinzano, the place of crossing, would place the Italian army in almost the same position as when it retreated from the Isonzo. There are indications that the crossing, which was made where the river is narrow between hills, was not in great force and the Austro Germans may not be able to accom pl sh much. The crossing of the the Italian line on the western bank and will compel a retirement unless checked. Wes of the Tagliamento around Pinzano the ground is not cut up by many small streams and canals, as it is further south, and the German staff may be to drive a wedge from Pinzano towards the river Livensa By the Associated Press. j Berlin, via London Nov. 6. The Italian line on the Tagliamento river . has been won by the Austro-Ger-; mans, it was officially announced , by the German general staff. WOMEN STUDENTS ARE CALLED TO FACTORIES ! Ry the Associated- Press. Strasburg, Nov. 6. Now it is the women students of the Un'versity of Strasburg who are soon to be drawn into the semi-military universal civ il service that the reichstag decided upon more than a year ago. On the bulletin board -of the university there has appeared an announce ment notifying the young women that they are needed for ammunition and similar work. CANADIANS RUSH OVER TOP TODAY ment. but these words could get me I court martialed for divulging mil i itary secrets." This letter was from a soldier on the western front: "To the American Government, Washigton, U. S. A.: "Englishmen who have su?ren j dered are shot down in small J groups. With the French one is i more considerate. ' "1 ask why men let themselves be taken prisoners in order to be dis armed and shot down afterwards? ! Is that chivalry in battle? It is no longer a secret among the peo ple; one hears everywhere that few prisoners are taken; they are shot down in' small groups. They say naivelv. "We don't want any un necessarv mouths to feed.' there is no one to enter compla'nt, there is no judge. Is there then no power in the world which can put an end to these murders and res cue the victims? Where is Chris i tianitv? Where is right? Might is right. "A Soldier and Man Who is No Barbarian." r WEATHER FORECAST For North Carolina: Fair tonight and Wednesday, little change in temperature; gentle to moderate winds, mostly north. COMPARATIVE WEATHER October 5, 1917 1916 Mlax'mum -- -- Minimum -- 28 4l MAJOR PETERSON ARRIVES IN RALEIGH Raleigh, Nov. 6. Major Geo. L. Peterson here f)rom Camp Sevier, where he is on the staff of the thir tieth regiment to look into the audit finding of a shortage of $7,600 in his accounts as property and disbursing officer of the North Carolina nation al guard, which position he recently resigned, held a conference today with Governor Bickett and Ass'stant Attorney General Sykes about the situation, and will go over the By the Associated Press. iLondon, Nov. 6. Canadian forces in the'r offensive against the Ger mans this morning northeast of Ypres on the Belgian front have estab lished themselves 100 yards beyond the village of Passchendaele, accord ing to a Reuters correspondent from the front. however, might crash the force wh'ch crossed and eliminated the danger. General Cadorna has not announc ed officially- that the Tagliamento would be the line on which he would stand to save Venice, and there is no indication of his purpose. The river Livensa is short and nar row and would offer few natural ad vantages. The river Paive 25 miles west of Tagliamento, would be as strong naturally as the Tagliarqento. The Paive flows south and then south west from the Carnic Alps to Bueno, a few miles below which it makes a wide curve and then flows in a Where ! southeasterly direction until it goes into the Adriatic. It is the last strong natural defense before Venice. Th? Paive and Tagliamento rise within a few m'les of each other, the one flowing south and the other east, so that a retirement along the northern Tagliamento might not ef fect seriously the defenses of the mountain region. The morale of the Italian soldiers is reported to be improv'ng. The food supplies have been replenished. Indications are that the resisting pow er is rising, the soldiers having been rested by the Austro-German failure to cross the Tagliamento as soon as the river was reached. The bolsheviki element is attempt ing to seize the pol'tical power in' Repents from F(etrcVrrad ac counts with the auditor attorney! Russia general and a representative of the j say that the radicals are in control American bonding company, his ; of the workmen and soldiers' dele bondsmen for $0,000. Major Pe terson told Assistant Attorney Gen- gates and have ordered the garrison eral Svkes that he would be able j in the capital to execute no military to explain the figures in such a way orders except those issued by the as will- establish that there is no I committee Petograd newspapers gSMi1 .U" t the provisional gver. He has a five-day leave of absence Inent Wil1 take v gr'as steps against from Camjo Sevier. jthe radicals.
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