Hickory TTTT CORD V0I ut. NO. SI HICKORY, N. C, TUESDAY EVENING DEC. 18, 1917 PRICE ,TWO CENTS da 1,1 d AN EARLY PEACE PLANNED pRQM WITH ButVIKl CROWD Genuay and Austria to Sew up Russians as Soon as Possible Italians Recapture Valua ble Position on Northern Front Other War News. py ': To a: v- A-"'-" he U ,1 ...it :."t' :r..i. , i iatod Frees. I . negotiations for a gener ,:i peace, the German ami j .,'urian foreign ministers; . .lay at Brest-Litovsk on . , front, according to their , to the bolsheviki gov Petrograd. . i".y and Austria-Hungary . will lose no time in at a peace with the bol- vtrnment of Russia now vnistiee has been conclud- Keuhlmann, the German .. rotary, and Count Czer Austrian foreign minister, . o at Brest-Litovsk today negotiations looking to A semi-official state , i in Vienna declares the .vers will follow up the ar- "speedily as possible LOCAL WEATHER If ROVES SUM E IBIIION IS JOHN D'S NOW WITH DESTROYED STATES BT ARE HOME KERENESKY SAID ANOTHER REORGANIZATION OF U. S. SHIPPING BOARD TO BE BACK AGAIN By the Awociated Press. Washington, Dee 18. The pro By the As? Cleveland, J Press. 18. The removal By the Associated Press. Copenhagen;, Dec. 18. A report K?U?nnlSS-nal amendmentfl fl'a month ago by John D. Rockefel- that former Premier Kerensky of national prohibition was today final- . . f. .. J , il . , , Russia supported bv some thous ly submitted by congress to. the f practically all of the valuable VXps, has VpSed in the abates xor ratmcarion or rejection paintings irom nis summer nome at vicinity of Petrograd is contained within seven years. The senate com- Forest Hill at East Cleveland saved in a dispatch from Haparanda in Z:Zl; congressional action oy ac- him thousands of dollars when the Sweden at the Finnish frontier to uuu amcnuments u ine , q woo , . T , , - , I a Berlin newspaper. ine ooisne resolution on submission on a rising viki &Te gaid to haye gent troops to vote oi 47 to eight without a roll call. wuay. . nim City and state fire officials were today investigating the origin of the blaze which caused a property loss estimated at $100,000. Admiral Harris Resigns. From Membership and His Successor Named Good Progress Made in Construction, Chairman Hurley An 0 nounces Today. IMPROVEMENT SHOWN SHIPPING BOARD IS ALSO TO BE PROBED SUFFRAGE 00ESTI0N N TREATING WOUNDED By the Associated Press. Washington, Dec. 18. Investiga tion of the delays in building the American merchant marine by the shipping emergency fleet corpora tion was today ordered on a resolu tion by Senator Harding of Ohio. . it. e , ' -:r, to Petrograd advices - T- vkv, the bolsheviki foreign ! he gather the clouds had started 11' V'l.'JlUU LUC )UI1 Clilll LllKZ an BLANKS ARE MAILED TO LOCAL REGISTRANTS :hi'; C0lf ! To compose the kind of weather story one does not want to write is some job, believe us. What the reporter wanted to do this morning was .to tell how the thermometer, whicn registered 18 degrees during the night, loosened up about 10 o'clock, thanks to a brilliant sun, and that the snow which has been on the ground since last Tuseday parleys" and it is added ' "ht was disappearing rapidly un ' , . , ... dor the softening touch of a few ana lurkey also win : gentle riva But when the reporter called up Professor Barb and asked about Mr. Gordon Wilfong, secretary i it .if i wovM. wiiv sun, ut Hie uauiwua tuuiitv cacuiuuuii a; nouneu me auieu em- feIt colder than earlier in the board, has mailed out questionairies it peace negotiations are J morning. In. a few minutes the under rdate of Saturday, December gin and to state whether eclipse of the sun by the clouds was 15 to those registrants whose num- t i i . 1 .1 111. V 11. . .1 - 7 . 1 nn t T An informal l?t:u an(l aitnougn xne sKy was Ders are between one ana z4 ai- ngnter auring tne iorenoon, tnere . recting them to answer certain ques wns no reason to believe that the 1 tmna nsVpH and Tpt.nm the answers have reached no definite ; (jay wag to be a hard one on the in seven days from receipt. Hickory r the subject. snow. The thermometer did rec- j registrants have received these and i been virtually no change 0Ivl 18 degrees during the night, but! those who were exempted for any .. .. -p I it continued to register that low cause are required to fill out the ternal situation in uussia. thig morninr an(j at 8.3o there was blanks and mail them to the board. viki government in a r.oe,no change. Mr. Barb gave it as his Some of the 'boys who received would the blanks say they had as soon go war as nil them out, but all are aking a conscientions effort to com v with the requirements. don't like to be advertised. Failure to comply with the re- The walking "underfoot was bad quest, the notice states, "constitutes too. On Monday the mercury ral- a misdemeanor punishable not to ex lied and during the afternoon reach- ceed one year's imprisonment; and ed 36 decrees." the result being: that such failure may also deprive you some snow melted. In the late af- of valuable rights and result in your military the natural concomitant was suck, service and trial by court martial. peace. of tjio allied diplomats CROSS WORKERS IN HOUSE JAN. 10 By the Associated Press. French Front, Dec. 18. Almost in creditable feats have been and are being accomplished every day of the war by the surgeons who treat soldiers wounded on the battlefield. These remarkable feats have in MLL AL iMVllAV By the Associated Press I LL IILUIILUUHI Washington, Dec. 18 Vote in the! creased in freauencv as the strick house on the woman s sunrage con-, en nin are more auicklv erathered stitutional amendment on Thursday, jn by the ambulances and brought .Tanuarv 10. was assurea toaay wnen . hP fiP d hnsmta s for surgical mi 1 1 I V ' ... -i i i jt vv r ine campaign manager nas Deen the rules committee agreea on tnat intervention. requested to report to Atlanta the date. results of the Christmas drive. Ihe chairman of each committee and all others having application blanks FRANCIS TO LISTEN, TO NOT PEN MOUTH At the beginning of the war it was not always possible to clear up a battlefield of the casualties in less than three or four days, and on many occasions wounded men wait ed even longer before their injuries could be handled. ' The result of this was that large numbers of the wounded succumbed from gan grene or blood-poisoning, or were rendered so feeMe from loss of ! -i 1 1 ji . 11 T-l A io..t.ri Preu i Diooct tnat tney were unauie to un- will please attend the meeting to 15'hi no-ton Dec 18 It is as-' degro operations that were vitally be held at the Chamber of Com-1 , . , . to pn!.Tr.mPTit. that necessary. It was at that time merce Wenesday afternoon at 3 ,u .., Awr. Ambassador regarded as a satisfactory result o'clock prepared to give a full re- Francig 0 the invitation of Leon when sixty per cent of the wound port and to- turn in your applica- , , fnypio-n minister of the ed brought into the hospitals re- Kuhpviiri Mvprnment. to neace ne. i covered eventually from their injur- VVlUllb O " tions. H. D'ANNA. :ht b viki government in a r.o:e , no change. Mr. Barb gave it as his So 0 ' r .-r. emlissies in Petrograd ! confidential opinion that it would the 1 W , nsiders the question of noW again today, but if you read to w . . , . , j this, don t intimate that you are maki :.,c,rr.::.or. purely formal ana ,ivinff away a secret. Weather men ply c.ir-.'j r. ''.hing about it. ine note says :ho foreign office must vise the parrt;S f tne bolshheviki covy ku or the bolsheviki will refuse to rar.: passports to the allies. Zv-v: on the Italian front near , ternoort and night this froze and , immediate induction into the Ercr.ta river military operations a:? ?.: a minimum. The Italians in a iterate struggle have captured ar. intp'Ttant position at Col Ca pri:'. while checkirlg Austro-Ger-sar. ar erupts in the region of San MarirA The activity of the aerial jir.il'cry arms on this front con-t:r.u-' to be intense. Snow has fallen heavily on the Er;th front in France and only small isolated raids have occupied the in fur. try. The gunners on both rA3 are active. Except for ar til'.try th'.re has been no activity on the French front from St. Quentin to Al.-aco. In upper Alsace the Fr?r;:h have repulsed a German at Th fW rman cruisers which attack ed th .at Wednesday returnea wun 'Jt and captured many pris on -rv Fourteen vessels, including sev.T. -X'Utral steamers, were sunk by th,- fk-rmans in the North sea To accommodate one's self to condi tions, one must move about in a sort of sliding position or risk the consequences. And yet it could be worse. Those who recall their geology and it is to be , hoped that many do rvvill re member that in the glacial period great blocks of ice released from northern latitudes slowly ground their way . over the earth, inciden tally making a clear itrack for a few thousand miles in each direc tion. Any little thing that inter fered was no more than a Titanic, and that's about all. We have a lot to be thankful for. And this brings us naturally or unnaturally as to what the late Mr, GOVERNMENT WNS NHOUSE 48 SEATS IN CANADA By the Associated Press. Ottawa Dec. 18. Election results received up to noon today indicates that the government will have a .lpnr Tnnioritv of 48 seats, with three in doubt, who of which had been nreviously credited to tne government and one to the opposi- KEEP OPE TO DELIVER A fnnr c5it. in which the el- urey, wno wruie u.e i" ' C1jr; ' ection is deferred ar.l ..ff the Tyne. Pah'... mMtit whtn he remarked that "Wlhere ignorance is bliss 'tis folly to be wise." Friend Grey did not mean ignorance in the common ac- ritish convoy in the North ; crptance of that term. , ar irom that. ine poet wa swnuum hill nverlookira- Eton, where he at tended college, where he played his pranks as the boys Were playing them as he observed them on that day. They were happy. They knew not what the future had in store for them, and they were not wor ried about that. Neither was Grey when he frolicked or studied beneath the classic shades. So as he watched the carefree boys, .he wna mnvwl to frame those immor tal lines that have stumped at least a dozen people first and last. it is much better to be ignorant or tne future or else hope would die in some of us and in the humoiesi hope enables us to live for the fu ture in this world and the next. And it probably would be folly to bo wise to the weather. It wouldnt do any good. Then after this story was wnueu the sun got back on the job. WIL L INVESTIGATE THO.q; WHO SETTLE SOON WILL ESCAPE PENALTY n.iderable interest to tax in Hickory township is the cment of Sheriff lscnhower, d elsewhere in triplicate, c. COMMISSION tna. nc penalty imposea py into c-fTect on January 1, and all --oris who expect to escape it 11 : well to see him at the city rcar,:.; Vs office Saturday. FLAME THAT BURNS By the Associated Press. Washington. Dec. 18. Investi thp senate interstate commerce committee of the inter state commerce commissions recom mendations for solving tne ramuauo transportation difficulties was or hv the senate today on mo tion of Senator Summins of xowa Th committee will meet during tna recess of congress and is expected n rpnnrt legislative recommend tions. Oh! , state Journal. Ar; article in the New Republic - --ncahing to say about "The K-!.;. Tir-r.n of the Future," and in it ' ! -1 this keynote: "The spirit, in i u.il or social, is a living thing, k ' ; name and by its nature, a H it must m de- Kr-i: make the world over for itself ! is not spirit." This is to say, ir- an act ve aeent for gooa, aim ' t In our scheme of education' we f'1- a it. aside, for muscle and style, f'' 'Vvnhprin' and narsin.'" and let th i., grandest of human forces go to 'A'a hccaiiaa wi don't knOW hOW to ".trenirthen and train it. Right th-r, U the issue of the coming ed m -. which would turn to the P r 1 1 ality of citizenshihp more and tr r-i,iti;rialism less. i'ni- end of education is the mak irf t true ftien and women, not mer (lv scholarship or learning. These f'ff' n stand in the way of true ed- '"'nv.'ji,, which looks to tne inumpn ?f .h: soul . Wfe don't know how u i- done, we are told. But there u vkhere the duty of the real edu-fat-jr comes in. He must be an lr;-'!'lring, uplifting man or woman. ttiust get away from the old I'r-.f-ssional ideas that have every f'tr to do with knowledge), and into the arena where aspira lil n, intuition and God's meaning in the world have their appropriate : w'y- That is the only way to "''! this nation and to develop its Ijoti-ncies in the direction of a noble I'-f-Uny. To this end we must em I'''y. what the writer quoted says, tho "flame that burns." jTIOLD YOUR HOGS By the Associated Pres Washington, Dec. 18. The food administration today counseled far mers to hold back their hogs be cause the Chicago market is glut ted with more porkers than , the packers can handle, largely because of inadequate railway transporta tion facilities. WANTED OLD IN TO ACT AS SOLDIERS CHECK FLASHER PUTS TWO ACROSS gotiations would be that he has th. instructions from his government. les. The percentage of losses among instructions had been sent to the wounaed men would at present - ... nnno nnthorizinf?- him to have any jt a , rf s -- --- - .. .. riser uc No Mr. Francis and it was indicated that If thine to do with the negotiations. The recurring suggestion m xl,u- be regarded with horror by the mil itary surgeons, who now reckon with perfect assurance on saving about nire-tenths of the wounded men com- Durmg By the Associated Press. Washington, Dec. 18. Charles Piez of Chicago was today appoint ed general manatger of the emer gency fleet corporation, succeeding Rear Admiral Harris, who has re signed. A general reorganization of the fleet corporation will follow. Real Admiral Bowles, aid to Admiral Harris, will be given an important place in the new organization. James Heyworth will take full charge of wooden construction and Charles Day will become manager of the production department. Admi ral Harris' resignation was accepted, Hurley announced, because of his moving the offices of the corporation to Philadelphia. The ship building program, Chairman Hurley announced, is in better shape than at any time since it was launched. Conditions on the Pacific coast, were excellent, he de clared and all plants were working at capacity. At present there are under con struction and under contract, it was announced, 8,395,308 dead weight tons of shipping. EXTRA SPECIAL AT PASTIME WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 19 READ THE ADS ? 1.1 x 1. 4. a of npo-r.Jir.n nf mi? unuer Liieir ureaLiiieiiu the bolsheviki is not supported here I the battle of Flanders the percen- jand it is expected that Ambassador : eV7e" . Francis will do nothing more with j nu-n brought to the hospitals amount- uu w eiguij-aiA. This striking figure was still fur ther improved on the occasion of the recent battle in which the French wrested from the Germans the fort of Malmaison and caused them to evacuate the Chemin des Dames af the peace negotiations than to ob serve and report to his government. Chief Lentz is receiving many palls these davs for wood and ra tions from both white and colored neonle. but the demand is exceeding the supply, especially m 100a. PORTUGAL M MAIL is ON SIDE OF ALLIES SUFPRAGE STRENGTH STRONG HOUSE Bv the Associated Press. Wlishinzton. Dec. 18. Allegiance of the new government of Portugal ... AcraA Vip nlliprl cause to-. To accommodate" the hundreds who , . statpment issued at the will be expecting. Christmas mail p0rtucuese legation, which also de and Dackaees Sunday the postoffice nounced statements that the recent windows will be open from 2 until revoiui u i . J"" ,T. - I J J. m4-U TnyQl ff Tl Till! f " V 4 o'clock Sunday afternoon, when tc practically the entire postoffice force will be . on hand to serve. Post master Bagby announced that per sons receiving their mail from rural carriers also will be accommodated. Thp iTYinnrtance 6f mailing packa ges early this year is emphasized lw thp fact that the train service is more limitea tnan yi - Q i.coM Ptprh mere i& MiuiwgC Ui u-r - r 10 rir, tpf. railroads and that the extra worK "V-"- imposeu u v . toward the woman suff- ana tne lamua , 1OT1t 0 necessarv tb send packages ana rage conbiRu una. anuu,.. . .v mail oS at once if they are to reach suffragists pouea seven m nViristmasa I two-thirds vote. Ine question was dav They may get there a day or on referring suffrage resolutions to day. iney "." F .1,' j Lu ,r wnn'a siiffratrfi commk- two behind time umess evtiuuu; unc - r j speeds up a bit. tee, as the suffragists wished m speeas up 011.. f ,rTnrnan' snffrap-ist com I StCClU. UX LUG r vy iiitx u c Mr r.harles Menzies has returned mittee from the North Carolina A. and tu. f!ollpo-e at Ralemh and is at nome - - m with a case of scarlet lever, Mr. Richard Boyd is home from A. and E. College at Raleigh. rQT1f n. T,. Huffman left this af- fnr Tamp Sevier afte,r spending a few days with his family. NEW YORK COTTON SAID SUGAR MEN SAW SUGAR FAMINE Using his education in a way that uv Hplie-hted . Mr. Wallmg- VV UU1U lie o , , 1 ford, who knew how to invest other people's money, a negro- o couple of checks with East and West Hickory merchants and carried off some shoes and things that he could before he oougnt a nuioo Wlhen the checks reauueu fhp First ATA I I .PT1I1I C V vj. v National Bank he looked them over and communicated with W. b. . Stroup, whose name was attached use COW. By the Associated Press. Washington, Dec. 18. Old diers passed the age , v UT,T , , .i iiQ atP in crues havp at anv time served nonwioj anyboay eisc vn ,Vipn thev ac- cf,nn hnrl not eriven two checks lor IliC OiWWM' w -I - " . ...uv . AAiAfoiH man csV cented for linje service, men w $16 each to w -18. Sugar vtrr ho Associated Preis. New York Dec. IS.-The cotton Associated Press market showed renewed firmness to- 7 day. Traaing was qui.. r -7? f shor start and there was scatters " li,V iot no- hpc.ause of mg, but the smaii on - y fiictitiou famine and la ter when they began to realize the amounts sent abroad, ' Earl A. Babst, president of the American Sus-ar Refining Comany, today told Clse the congressional investigating com- -ii Qn n9 mittee. er throwing away hundreds of the crown prince's best troops in the effort to retake it. The French surgeon's reports after the conclusi on of the fighting and the treatment of all the wounded show that ninety men" out of every hundred brought to hospital recovered from their hurts. Speed in collecting the wounded is the greatest factor in bringing about this progress. Americans have had much to do with the speeding up of the ambu- ance service, for their ambulances have been present at every point where fighting has been severe and their work has been highly praised by the army commanders. Ameri cans have done much in providing hospital accommodation near the front as well as at the bases. One inst Jice of American effort in providing for the accommodation and treatmct of the wounded is that under the management of Miss Kathleen Park of New York, at her chateau- of Annel. There she has worked almost since the very begin ning of the war. While the battle for the fort of Malmaison was in progress the hospital dealt with a considerable number of wounded, who were first bandaged t on the battle field and then brought- down the riv er Aisne on board a barge fitted up as a floating hospital. Miss Park says there is only one thing needed to make her hospital complete and that it what is known as an "autochir, composed of a travelling surgical outfit carried in five automobile wagons one for the operating room, one for the radio logical examinations of wounds, one for carrying bandages and supplies, one for the staff and the fifth ' to convey the tent for the beds on which the men lie after the opera tions and while waiting to be con veyed to the barge for transport to the hospital base in the rear. If she possessed this portable hospital she is convinced that many lives would be saved, since rapidity of treatment is the main factor in deal ing with wounds. iMiss Park has working with her in conjunction with the French mil itary surgeons a number of Amtri can doctors, who all participated in the handling of the French wounded during the battle of Maln&ison. Al- The extra special attraction at the Pastime Wednesday, December 19th will be Harold Lockwood the fa mous star in "Paradise Garden" a seven act Metro Wionderplay. The following is the story: Another popular novel which has found its way to the screen and is made more popular in consequence. naroia Lockwood as the hero of this unu sual romance which delighted thous ands of fiction lovers all over the country. From the book by George Gibbs. If you were brought up in the se clusion of a vast estate under the guardship of an old man until you were twenty-one, without a thought of sex or knowledge of evil, you would probably encounter just what happened to "Jerry Benham" when he arrives at man's estate and takes his first look on this gay and giddy old world of ours. You'll be better for seeing this interesting photoplay. Try it. Mrs. T. T. Fennell and son Ed mond have returned from a visit to her sister, Mrs. H. M. Horton, at Richmond, Va. Mrs. A. A. Shuford, Jr., returned today from a visit to Richmond, New York, and Boston. BRITISH PUBLIC TO KNOCK ADMIRALTY By the AstociaVd Ptcsb. London, Monday, Dec. 17. The successful attack by German war ships on a convoy in the North sea resulting in the sinking of 11 ves sels, as announced in the house of commons today, came -as an uncom fortable surprise to the British pub lis. It is expected to cause a re vival of serious criticism of the ad miralty, such as came at the time of the raid on ' the Norwegian teamers in the North sea. Added to this is the raid made off the Tyne last Wednesday by German warships. so she has with her several Ameri can trained nurses and helpers. Am ong the doctors are Richard Boiling and Robert Schrock, from New York; George de Tarnovsky from Chica go; John J. Moorehead, from 'the New York Post Graduate Hospital; and Doctors Paul R. Sieber, J. H. Wagner, Froidy, Jacobs, B. Z. Cash mar and H. G. Clarke of Pittsburg. The nurses comprise Misses Sweet, Kilgrew and Holley, from the De troit Harper Hospital; Miss L. B. Smith from New York Hospital, and Miss Ptomley from the Roosevelt Hospital of New York. uuu - - . u 1 nnoniTHF" nfl- yeaaiiy aosurueu i - vance of three to eight points, with active months soon selling pumua higher. l , The close was steaay. Ope TWPTnhpr -- 30.20 January -9-25 J no 00 0.00 Tiahst said that in May he warned no no T'OUU AlUllllliawaiwi iamme si.uiit;!S tm-man-u 29.34 July- 1:1 n rr o 9fi i 3ry ana i'larl;I1 wuum 0.tt . , .3 .; i Tnno nrpmptpn enect anu again in i"- Calif ornia Governor's House Wrecked by Dynamite That Was Intended For Stephens Ry the Associated Press., even those whose 1-" tion. fm the of. duT? r,ecrui s for the United fender. but up to today had not seen cepted as recruits i on The check flasher trad- States guard to relieve , - ppi's store in East Hick- home duty. already are en- orv and Suttlemyre's store in West Recruiting officers already are ory " 0 Y he would send for listing men. Oldom j - n,. ".g ;but would to CO years, wiU be accepted if t y the nay are physically fitted tor tne He paid -for all by Men of this type should understand idea. lie P suspicion. that they are sough ; oy ; tne '"Zas a clever trick, and the mal ment. lleretoiore dn 4anr have not accepted men .. i years. HICKORY MARKETS Cotton Wheat Sacramento, Cal., Dec. 18. What the scene just before the explosion. to Hoover a shortave this fall, be-, is believed to have been at attempt The detonation of the explosion case so much sugar was sent abroad. to km Goverfj0r William D. Steph- was heard all over the city and win Rabst pointed out that his company! , , KrnVpn hv thp force of it nn ' A.,r.aA ovt.PTiivlv during the ens, Dy means, ox a pweixixi 2 40V summer that there was no prospective bomb last midnight resulted m two or three blocks away it was ! 0f a shortage if people would not tne wrecking of the executive man- believed from 20 to 2o sticks of dy ers it was a vicvci. ' 40 effactor got away with it twice at WEATHER FORECAST 1 J nAAaA -HVinf hlC COmnanV I . ,1 J Jf V notnlfa l nuaru aim ciw-j&v 1.... . sion, tne enure rear enu ui mc uamn. " would take no foreign orders b bei torn down The goy. Governor and ,Mrs. Stephens were June 28,. These he said v, ere m ea stmllPTlil as well as asleep in the wing of the house ad- For North Carolina: Cloudy ro- vo- onmp sne-ar 1 v.,.t.niinii co-iron ta toot-o aalppn loinino' the sDot where the explosion - i 1 0 -nnf TtlUCh royal cumiiiioaiuii - luc nuusciium .ui. - " x- "nSLTn temperaturl' Fresh and was needed. He said American the time and aU escaped injury occurre,, but beyond a nervous possibly "S northeast winds on concerns exported a total of 423.00U hurrying from shock suffered no injuries. the coast. ,tons' ' !