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D A TT1T XT ! W IHi " g M f VOI, 111. N0.7G AMERICAN DESTROYER IS SUNK WITH Nrrsh Jones. One v ' United States Navy, Victim of Submarine. Was Commanded by Brother of Mrs. Josephus Daniels. Associated Fresi. O.i-gton, Doc. 8. -The Ameri- ', -'.ruyor Jacob Jones was tor- ; .tinl sunk in the war zone on T:. .;-':y w'th lss f a large l :- f iu r crow. I ;: r.y-seven survivors were tak , ., , :f U life boats. ; . ,U;nl have been accounted for. ! ... .-.icr.ant (junior grade) John K. Kvharit, Ensign, Nelson N. r,, . -. Assistant Surgeon L. L. A J i'tik;cwicz, Oharles E. Pierce, -r,"r.:.ii; Timothy Edward Twomey, jo::' ; John C. Johnson, seaman; H, A. Stutzke, chief machinists n;:i Fid ward F. Grady, fireman, joiv ii class; John J.'Mulvaney, see n...'.. ;wnl Mryon Flood, seaman. T !...- sinking occurred December .it p. m. while the ship was on p;itr '. duty. She was commanded bv l.-i-utenant David Worth Bagley, brother of Mrs. Josephus Daniels, wifo :f the secretary of the navy. C n:mander Bagley's brother wast thr only American officer killed in the! Spir.sh war. 1 T'r; Jacob Jones was the ship which saved 305 persons from the Ar.w-i.... a line converted into an aux iliary cruiser, on October 19. The Ar.ixx had been torpedoed while she acting as a patrol in the North The Jacob Jones was one of the c i.'. vs. The Jacob Jones and an-j otht-r destroyer were detailed to i remain by the Arama after the submarine had been attacked and put 'U? of action. When the Ar a.TO had begun to settle, it was ; grsxlv.x dark and the Davy Jones. t.-- d by and rescued the survivors. The Jacob Jones picked up in the iarkr.css 305 of the 478 persons on! board. j Ti c other vessel standing by res-1 cu- i the remainder. J Tho Jacob Jones peace time com-. plen.tnt was five petty officers and. 87 men. She was one of the new-1 est and largest of American de-' stroyers with a displacement of 1,- j O.'O tons. She was completed in j !M- at the plant of the New York, Shipbuilding1 Company at Camden, I N. Y. She burned oil, was driven1 by turbine engines and had a speed; cf 2J.37 knots an hour. j The disaster brings to the Amer-1 irar, people the first naval loss of, srr'-it consequence since the fleet 'AiT.t across the Atlantic. Inasmuch as Admiral Sims men , t other officers as among the survivors and did not mention Lieu ''rarit P.agley, it is feared he went 'r. with the ship. The number f' -cu'id number CO. SMUGGLER IS BETRAYED Rf th Aociated Presi. P.asfl, Dec. 8. Through Swiss 'r!fr authorities hfave .increasing - sharpened their surveillance of ri'i frontiers so as to put a stop to t"' ji'.'tty smuggling that has been if'i':g on, principally into Germany, it ha teen impossible to eradicate it 'M;re!y. A recent arrest for. smuggling, whi-reby a dishonest official was 'viyht in the act, shows the amusing W.ures that accompany the work f'rrt-tting out the smugglers. ''"r it was a series of loud and vio- fit snoozes that led to the arrest ('' the culprit. ''antonal Constable May, charg ' i with watching the smugglers, " ,;i 1 about to leave on his bicycle ' r o'ir of a part of the German ! border, when he began to ; '". His superior officer ex :vd Miy's knapsack and found " a quantify of pnppcr which '"' " finable was about to smuggle '''rrnnny on hii tour of inspec In his pockets was a quan- f Ge rman money, "earned" ac ' ' ''g to his admission by similar ! " ious operations. Former Russian Emp eror Reported to Have Escaped; Bolsheviki Fear Lynching ly the Associated Press. Wellington, Dec. 8. The Amer ""'n consul at Tiflis today reported !1 r.imor that the former czar of Rus ! had escacd. The message con-t'lirn-d no details and made it clear 'hat there was "nd confirmation of the rumor. No othfr news has !en received here today from Rus sia. , 'CoS OF UEE Nnwf .-J i . . - - . aiiu jLicirgesi in BEGIN CAMPAIGN WAR SAVING Raleigh, Dec. 8. irfre conference here yesterday of Director Frank II. Fries of the war savings stamp campaign in this state with the chairmen in the various coun ties of the state as- he has ap pointed them proved highly suc cessful. The net outcome is that the state will at once be honey combed by workers in a most stren uous campaign in a combined patri otic and commercial effort. Colonel Fries, Governor Bickett, Judee R. W. Winston and. Gilbert Stephenson were special speakers for the conference which was con tinued late into the afternoon through a special luncheon. Fifty-nine of the counties were represented by chairmen. Each of these was informed as to just exact ly the amount of these savings stam,ps and certificates that coun ties are expected to absorb. At the same time the Retails of .the op eration of of these Savings stamps and certificates were explained. In his spirited address endorsing the movement and appealing for the fullest possible support for it Governor Bickett expressed confi dence that the "lights ''would be kept brightly burning," in this 6tate for the return of the boys who are being rushed to the war fronts and that this movement 'of savings in support of the government, with stamps and certificates in the names of these fvcTio have g'one to the front, along with others at home,j would serve a wonderful purpose in making available funds after the war for the. home coming soldiers, and the hosts of other investors in these stamps and certificates also. Colonel Fries in his address stress ed the tremendous benefit this fif ty millions of savings will be for the people of the state after the war when there will be 'the great est need for it. lie also spoke of the lessons in savings and general thrift that will be learned by the people while rendering this great aid to the nation in time of war, In making a great success of the conference, Colonel Fries was - as sisted by Gilbert Stephenson, and R. O. Self of the state committee staff. MAN IN WHITE HOUSE Boston Advertiser. You have in the white house a man who hates war. but will go through with it to the bitter end. You have in Woodrow Wilson a man whose iirpose, once fixed, does not change, and a man free of all ambition except to succeed in the office in which you have put him. MR. WILSON ON WAR AIMS New York Evening Post. t We agree with the Sun in the opinion already reflected back from England that President Wilson was as clearly bent as Lord Lansdowne upon restating war-aims so as to make it easier for Germany to seek peace. But the American president did it infinitely better than the Brit ish statesman. He did it without a suspicion of despondency or war weariness. Spokesman for a fresh and ' proud country of unmatched re sources, ready to give its all for what it believes in; he based his Donre Wms at once upon our na tional disinterestedness and our na i:onnl ideals. truth to say that 'Tr V-"i'son is m,ii" specific, at the -mo t;rif thnt ho is more generous, tVin either Lord Lansdowne or Mr. Nsrr-ith, ir. Lloyd CJeorge. . What i'st be exacted he does not conceal. Tlfinm to ha freed and restored; northern France to be given up; every forcible anne-Htion of con miest territory to be relinquished. These are the absolute minima. But when they are once conceded, all the rest can be msdej a matter of free and just decision at a peace confer ence. FEAR LYNCHING . London, Dec. '8. The guards sur rounding Nicholas Romanoff, the for mer Russian emperor, near Tobolsk, fliVrh, have been disarmed by bol ihrvik'i soldiers and sailors, accord in" to advices received m Petro "rad and forwarded by the . Ex- I'ThfobVc'iki leaders intended to , remove Nicholas xo sumc I place, fearing he may be lynched. STAMPS HICKORY, N. O, SATURDAY EVENING DEC. 8, 1917 CAN T ESTIMATEIFOUR THOUSAND AIR BA NUMBER OF PERSONS MAY FOUGHT OVER DEAD BF DEAD SWISS xamax, jn . ., . Uec. 8. From a Staff Correspondent of the Associat ed Press. The Massachusetts re lief train that left Boston Thursday night arrived here today. . There is absolutely no way of estimating with accuracy the number of dead in the explosion of Thursday. In one morgue there are 300 bodies. The latter were viewed by a multitude today, but only a few were identified. A citizens committee issued a statement saying that between 3, 000 and 4,000 buildings occupied by the poorer classes had been destroy ed, affecting approximately 25,000 persons. Investigation shows that at least 2,000 persons were killed. By the Associated Press. London, Dec. 8. The number of Italians cantured bv the Austrians and Germans now exceeds 16,000, ac cording to an Austrian announce ment. BAND OF VILLISTS AMBUSHED IjY FEDERALS Juarez, Mexico, Dec. 8. Combined columns of federal cavalry, in com mand of General Francisco Murguia and General Pedro Eavela, ambush ed a large band of Villa followers in Santa Clara canyon, 75 miles north west of Chihuahua city, Tues day, according to an official state ment given out at military head quarters. A total of 400 were kill ed and wounded on both sides. The Villa forces suffered the heaviest losses. An unconfirmed report was re ceived here -that Hipolito Villa broth er of Fransicco Villa, and a colonel in his command was killed during the fighting. MRS. O'HARE FOUND GUILTY OF HAMPERING RECRUITING Bismarck, N. D., Dec. 8. After deliberating 30 minutes a jury in the United States district court found Mrs. Kate Richard O'Hare, a So cialist lecturer auo author of St. Louis, Jlx, guilty of interfering with the recruiting service. She was indicted at Fargo last July under the espionage act. The charges gfew out of a lecture de livered by Mrs. OTIare at Bowman on July 17, 1917. St. Paul's Lutheran Rev. J. E. Barb, pastor. Sunday school at 2 p. m. Preaching at 3 p. m. Text, 2 Pet. 1:3-11. Theme: fThe Shining Path of Christian's Life. , The Christian's Life. diant by I. The gifts of grace. II. The fruits of grace. III. The promise of grace. All are invited. FOR REDUCTION By the Associated Press. V.jashingtoi, Dec. 8. A slight reduction in rates on lumber from South Carolina and North Carolina to Virginia and other points was asked of the interstate commerce commission, by road$ serving that territory. It was sought to rein state former rates. L By te Associated Press. Madrid, Dec. 8. A revolution has broken out .in Lisbon, the capital of Portugal, according to a dispatch' received here by way of Oporpo on : Tuesday. Outbreaks ' also are said to have occurred at Oporpo. COTTON TO FIRST OF MONTH By the Associated Press. Washington, Dec. 8. Cotton of this year's growth ginned prior to De cember 1 amounted to 9,704,617 run ning bales, including 173,339 , round bales and 77,538 bales, of sea island. To December 1 last year 10,352,031 bales including 177,662 round bales and 102,496 bales' of sea island were ginned. , ... Ginning to December, 1 this year by states included :.' ' r . ' North Carolina, 482,478; South Car olina, 1,055,482,' and Virginia, 13..478. SIXTEEN THOUSAND REPORTED CAPTURED REVOLUTION OCCURS ISBON PORTUGAL GINNED By the Associated Press Amherst, N. S., Dec. 8. An esti mate of 4,000 persons dead in the Halifax disaster is contained in a private telegram received from the stricken city today by an undertak ing firm herej The message asks that 4,000 coffins be sent at once. Speaking generally or even spec ifically, this may be considered as one of those melancholy days of which the poet wrote, or it may be the "winter of our discontent," be ing as how this weather is altogeth er unsuited to this climate. The correct course for the weather man would have been to order the snow early in the night and then permit a warm rain to fail and wash it away. After that, the elements should have been prepared, for the warm, Catawba sunshine without any crawfish or lunar signs interfer ing with the orderly course of na ture. But this is the way it' happened: The horizon donned ' a , grayish coat, early in the night, if not sooner with every breath whispering ' of snow and fir trees and everybody expecting though hoping against a real display of white spitting. The snow came, but deppheth knoweth not when, and was followed to wards morning by a cold drizzle that caused one instinctively to think ol Flanders and pray for the lads in the trenches. This ram continued until' nearly 9 o'clock when it all but ceased, but the sky was so leaden in color that the sun, which shone brightly somewhere, seemed as if he were on his vacation. The snow was eliminated almost entire- ly. There was not enough snow or rain -to do much good. The river and smaller streams are fearfuily low and ower - plants have had a time generating enough electricity to run the factories and mills, and coal has been used where water would have served better. Neither was the rain enough to soak the land and give the wheat and rye the start hat they need, though much good has been done crops. The weather man, however, prom ises more rain today with a fair and colder Sunday, and that is as it should be. It has . been many a week since this section has had enough moisture, and it will get it today. And a glorious sun will shine again. f.l rZ I SOINJSI 7 .6 ' I J IN MEXICO Broowkly Eagle. Villa isn't having it all his own way down in north Mexico. A Car ranzista victory is reported from Uaguna. '"Don't shoot, the fid dler," is Carranza's pleas, "he's do ing the best he can.' Order may be restored before 1950. NEW YORK COTTON By the Associated Press. New York, Dec. . The census raport published this morning showed figures almost exactly in line with private forecasts recently publish ed and seemed to be the signal for active covering by brokers with Wall Street and western connections. There was some .spot house selling of December and January at the openinf, which was two to 25 points lower, with the near months easier. The close was steady. Open Close December 28.88 29.34 January 28.00 28.53 March -- --28.90 28.23 MaV 27.70 28.0t July 27.40 27.65 HICKORY MARKETS Cotton Wheat - 29c $2.40 WEATHER FORECAST For North Carolina: Fair and colder tonight and Sunday cold wave; fresh possible streng northwest winds. , COMPARATIVE "WEATHER V'Dec. 7, High Low 1917 1916 46 65 24 . 27 IERCE WEATHER, SOME SNOW AND RAIN TTLE iS 9j the Associated Press. Geneva, Friday, Dec. 7. The first aerial lattle between allied and German airmen over Swiss ter ritory occurred over Basel today. It appears that the Germans, hard pressed by their opponents, inten tionally entered Switzerland. The fight took place high in the air. Seven bombs were dropped on Swiss territory, but only material damage resulted. Eventually the airmen steered towards Alsace, still fighting, while- Swiss soldiers bom barded both parties with shells from anti-air craft guns. The residents of Basel and the neighboring territory are indignant over the violation of Switzerland's territory. ECUADOR IN LIST By the Associated Press. Guayaquil, Ecuador, Dec. 8. Ecu ador has severed diplomatic rela tions with Germany, according to an official announcement today. GREGORY REPORT OjNLY IN FIGURES Viashington, Dec. 8. Only the cold figures showing the results of the work of the department of jus tice in coping with German plotters in this country are given in Attor ney General Gregory's annual report submitted to congress. None of the details of the operations of the se cret service of that department, touching almost every condition from the romantic to the sordid are disclosed. Mot of these must necessarily remain untol until the end of the. war, when a set of vol umes rivaling the most exciting tales of Actio might be written from them. The attorney general's re-j port merely tells the story of re sults in the figures of prison sen tences which the agents of German intrigue now are serving in federal I penitentiaries. ' In dealing with the enemies with in, the department has found that the espionage law, the trading with' the enemy act, and the prosecution of seditious consiracy have been fruitful of results. ""The government's hands have been materially strengthened so that it now has power to deal with distributing nalcontents;," says the attorney general's report. "The prosecution of William D. Haywood tid other leaders of the socalled Industrial Workers of the World, to the number of more than 150 men in the northern district of Illinois is an instance of how these laws may be employed for the pub lic protection in this time of stress. The effect of these prosecutions is already having a far reaching and highly beneficial influence towards the maintenance of order and obe dience to iw throughout the coun try." NAME KERENSKY MINISTER OF TEMPORARY GOVERNMENT Petrograd, Thursday, Dec. 6. The temporary independent govern ment which has been organized in Siberia has elected Alexander F. Kerensky minister of justice and is determined to complete a coalition cabinet. MONDAY AFTERNOON All Red Cross members -who are interested in helping to work, to .get the additional 200 members in Hickory, will please attend the meeting to be held Monday after noon. December 10, 3:30 sharp. This is not for men only. H. D'ANNA, Campaign Manager 0 WAVE HERE r.Sv the Associated Press. Washington, Dec. 8. Snow throughout the entire northeastern section of the country, accompanied by a cold wave through the middle west and extending south towards the Gulf of Me,xico; was causing much diaomfart today . ; and delaying traffic already badly congested. Continuance of the cold wave was forecast for Sunday. Cold wave warnings were issued for Tennessee, the East Gulf and South 'Atlantic states." AGAINST AN RED CROSS MEETING SUNDAY SAYS BUREAU JUDGE CUNE GASTON Does Not Intend to be Victim of Any Other Target Practice in Court Room Will Ques tion Defendant Himself Dooling Riles Cansler Means on Stand. PEOPLE RES The packers are already feeling the effect of meatless days result ing from the ready response on the part of the house-wives of the Un ited States, and the kaiser himself, when he heard of this food conser vation by individual Americans, con sidered the movement such a men ace to German victory that he spent large amounts of money and employ ed large numbers of agents in this country to frustrate it. "What is imortant enough for the kaiser to spend time and money to prevent." says the "Presbyterian Standard," "is important enough for every in dividual American citizen to help to accomplish. Food wTill win the war; America must supply it." If America's 10,000,000 souls eat a pound less wheat flour a week Am erica will have a badly needed ex tra 133,000,000 bushels of . wheat to ship to its European allies, and if each of us eats one-third of an ounce less meat fats every day we'll have 395,000 tons more fats a year for the war. Hickory's churches are making a splendid record in this food conser vation campaign, and the above men tioned facts show how important it is for individual endeavor. "Many mickle makes a muckle." is an old Scotch proverb, so let us strive to do even better than we have done. The following is the report by churches for the week eading Sat urday, December 1: Presbyterian 45 Families Families reporting this week 42 Wheatles3 meals reported 295 Meatless meals reported 637 Wasteless meals reported 870 Reformed 50 Families Families reporting this week 4 Vlheatless meals reported 30 Meatless meals reported 61 Wasteless meals reported 75 Baptist 60 Families Families reporting this week 16 VvTieatless meals reported 97 Meatless meals reported 187 Wasteless meals reported) 275 Holy Trinity Lutheran 80 Families Families reporting this week 16 Wjheatless meals reported 61 Meatless meals reported 250 Wasteless meals reported 336 Methodist 175 Families Families reporting this week 20 Wiheatless meals reported 80 Meatlesss meals reported 212 Wasteless meals reported 418 Episcopal 42 Families Families reporting this week 16 Wiheatless meals reported 120 Meatless meals reported 225 Wasteless meals reported 285 FUNERAL OF MRS. FLOWERS The funeral of Mrs. Leah Flowers, wife of Mr C. T. Flowers, was held at Granite Falls at 11 o'clock today by Rev. R. M. Courtney, following a short service in the home here be fore the funeral party left for Mrs. Flowers' old home. Death occurred yesterday morning as a result of paralysis. She moved to Hickory wit her husband several months ago and since then had resided near one of her daughters, Mrs. J. W. Starnes. Mrs. Flowers was a loveable Christian woman. She is survived by her husband and six children, three daughters and three sons. One daughter, Mrs. Starnes. and two sons, Messrs. John and George Flow ers, reside in Hickory. FIVE PNEUMONIA VICTIMS IS DAY'S TOLL AT WHEELER Macon, Ga., Dec. 8. There were five additional deaths from pneumo nia among solo.i--r5 at Camp Wheel er during the last 24 hours, ac cording to reports ' last night at the base hospital. POND 0 NATIO APPEA NS Italians Slowly Forced Back By Superior Forces of the Enemy on the Asiago By the Associated Press. America's declaration of war on j Austria-Hungary comes at a mo-j ment when the Italian northern: front between the Asiago and the : Brenta is being hard pressed by an j Austro-German army. The adoption i of the declaration by " congress with j only one dissenting vote and its j signing by President Wilson late j yesterday probably will be a great help to Italy, especially to the brave men defending the country. In four days the invading Austro-G-ermans hav? . forced the Itnlians PRICE TWO CENTS TAKES LEAD MEANS' By the Associated Press. Concord, Dec. 8. Following a pe riod of tenseness attending the cross examination by J. T. Dooling of Gaston B. Means, charged with the murder of Mrs. Maude A. King, Judge Cline today ordered Sheriff Howard Caldwell to remain in the bar throughout the examination. Prior to this the alleged harshness on the part of the New York dis trict attorney had been modified ma terially, supplemented by Judge Cline's order for the conduct of the trial. He said the order of the day would be question, answer and ruV. ings, and arguments on the rulings. The jury had been excused when Judge Cline made this order. E. T. Cansler had made vigorous objections to the "sarcasm" exhib ited by Mr. Dooling in his cross examination. The cross examina tion brought out little new interest and the examination itself was over shadowed by the tenseness of the situation. Judge Cline stated that he was froing to give his personal time to the examination. Ostensibly Sher iff Caldwell was asked to remain in the room to keep order while Judge Cline carried on the questioning. The defendant told of loans of $4,000 and $3,000 paid by him to Mrs. King at different times about the time he was serving German in terests. The witness now was talking quietly and less theatrically than he 'iad done at any time. He said the automobile party emerged from the machine, Catain Bingham put his gun together and Afton and Captain Bingham turned to go away. The witness declared that he did not know where they went but he and Mrs. King took the pistols. Mrs. King took one in each hand and he showed how she waved it and asked: "Is the way to be a dead shot?" He replied that she must be riding horseback and able to shoot match-heads at the same time. She did nott wish to have the Smith and Weston, but the auto matic pistol and he handed her the small gun while he cut a box of cartridge. He said he put five in the magazine, six seemed to make trouble for it and he described how he laid the pistol in the fork of. the tree. He went to the spring for water, Mrs. King deciding that she did not wish any she feared bugs. While he was there he saw her take the little gun and he asked her to put it down, that it was dangerous. He stooped, dipped the water and pushed it back with the leaking tin, then heard something (indicating the noise by popping his hand). He looked and saw Mrs. King sinking on her feet. She did not fall back ward, but went down in a heap, in a "sort of wobbling way." He ran to her before she fell all the way, put his arm under her and called Aflon and Captain Bingham. He could not see where she was shot. "I did not know where they were," he said, "but when they came, I got some water, put it in her face with my handkerchief, did this three or four times. I told Afton that Maude shot herself with the little pistol. "Captain Bingham said he would rush to Concord for a doctor and I told him we would put her in the car. I did not then know whether she was dead or not. I did not know until after we got to the hospital. After that I do not recall what took place." The remainder of his evidence referred to- the burial of Mrs. K:"T the meeting of Mrs. Robinson in Asheville, her first de sire stcut the disposition of the body, later her desire for burial in Chicago by the side of James C. King. He said there was perfect i agreement between Mrs. Robinson j and himself about that. I This act"..ly ended the examma- tion as Mr. Cansler asked the court j for the privilege cf further exam- nation in the redirect. back an average of three miles on a ten mile front, but the "advance was gained at a great loss in casualties, as the Italians fought for every yard of ground and many died rath er than surrender. In addition to losing Monte Sis mo, two miles east of Asiago, the Italians, according to Berlin, have given up 4,000 additional prisoners. Although superior numbers and artillery , have forced the Italians to retreat, the enemy has to fight through a mountain country before : rr ''sV'.TChr on the plains. KAL s f V. i t i f - i ; f i t. 5f;- if
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