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Hiqcom y Daily record. SOL. III. NO.107 BOXES OF SPY'S PAPERS LOCATED IN BALTIMORE Alleged German Agent on Way From Richmond Will Face Serious ChargeTried to Set Fire to Army Magazine Near Norfolk. Brother Also Held , th,. Associated Tress. CrhiiicMii, Va., Ian. l.p. Whiter trmanri., who was arrested near 1 1 i -i'ti. Va., on the charge of at mptiiivr to set fire to the army .,. .i.'.iiu' near that place, and who i brought to Richmond and held i-ity jail until this morning. Vine taken to Washington this : ,nu'i'U in charge of United . 'rs marshals and from there pre !v will be carried to Baltimore. SYTS BOXl.S SEIZED IU Associated Press. IViltinvr. Jan. 15. Two large tilled with papers belonging I iriit. Walter Spoermann, alleged ' ; i rinau spy arrested at Norfolk ,.:'..! understood to be on his way to !:.t:t:n!tiv. were seized today by the :'y,.rs. 'I h- papers were found in the room f Mar-us Asch, 31 years old, a ,. - man enemy alien. At the office f t'l.ited States Marshal Chas. II. .-vkh'ilm. Asch said that Spoer approached him the latter part la: March and asked him to take . :;;,nr f two boxes. He declared i-.f !:d nut know their contents. Frederick ('. Spoermann, a broth i r f W -alter Spoermann, was taken : custody. lie was technically i ii.ir..vd with violating the presi :! proclamation by changing his !"-: drru-e without notifying the ;t.i. r, 'f't ifS. i''- the Associated Press. UY-hinu-ton, Jan. 15. Cotton con - ; i ! .iurin-,' December amounted to ."-e run:: in Irlei a. it for the ' -i.th-' D'-cen lr '1 2 ..!..' : t'ai. cen. : bureau a.i- ' ' 1 ' ' ' e. d t'.d.iy. 1 :!) sp'ndles aetivo dwing Dc i : ' ( rumo-ivd 3 5 (j ".()' com : i '.t;i :.',8("J7.; .lv prev'cus !:-!. GIVEN THIRTY YEARS the Associated Pres 'ay.-tt.-villf, N. C, Jan. 15. Le- S'urm of Berkley county, S. C, i llnst' Kdwards of Winston-Sa-who late yesterday submitted a pi"U of second degree murder :i they were arraigned for the f Angelus Moutos, a Greek ' aurant keeper, here December G '. were today sentenced by Judge : :.v t serve .'50 years each in -iate penitentiary. i ''a Y TO CAPITAL 'he Associated Press. Ma on, (ja.t Jan. 15. Prepara-i:- were completed today to take Wn.-hington the body of Maj. A. 'lardner, former representative 1 'ruyi ss of the sixth Massachu 1. ( .strict, who died of pneumo- at Camp Wheeler late yesterday, it was planned that Mrs. Gardner, '-mpanied by Major Keenan of the Ui sanitary division would leave '" at 11 o'clock taking the body Washington where it will lay in Burial will be in Arlington CM AT HIE SCHOOLS COTTON Nil DING DECEMBER KILLING GREEK GARDNERS BOD GOOD ATTENDANCE Hickory public schools resumed 'tis morning after a long holiday ' nation because of a shortage of ' ,:'l with a good attendance. There was more or less confusion as to the p ning date, and this accounts for any absences, it is believed. It was ( r,t planned to resume yesterday, '"j. the esvere weather caused the diool authorities to postpone the di ning another day. TV attendance at the three white li'io!s was only 75 short of the nor d, hut the colored school was more 'in half off, Here are the figures f'r the four schools: South 202 North 296 High 187 Total 685 Colored 9G FUEL SITUATION T ACUTE Hickory's escape from a serious coal famine is due to the hand to mouth policy practiced throughout the fall and winter, large custom ers being served by the local coal dealer out of the same measure as small customers. The coal on hand could have been sold a hundred times, but Manager Lyerly insisted on lim iting deliveries and maintaining a supply. Ihe city has two carloads of coal now, but no wood. City Manager Ballew, who also is fuel administra tor for Hickory, will have his teams on the job from now on and a sup ply will be available. Private deal ers have been supplying families and there has been no actual suf fering, it is declared. The city has supplied between 150 and 200 cords, and only 10 cords of this has gone tJ chanty, practically all of the con sumers being ready and anxious to pay. VIEW OF BIG BUSINESS Springfield Republican. The Republican has called atten tion so often to the scattered bits of evidence indicating that the pow ers of international finance had been cherishing hopes of an early end of the war through a restoration of Alsace-Lorraine to France and com pensation to Germany at the expen se of Russia, that some further ref erence to this aspect of the situation is in order. Prices in the stock market rose after Lloyd George's speech, in which he left the Russi ans to stew" in their own juice, and prices fell sharply immediately after lreVdent Wilson's address Tuesday, in which he declared that the Russi an provinces should be evacuated by the enemy. If there had been &3 scheme for giving Germany a free hand in Russia in return for conces sions in the west, Mr. Wilson, as thu stuck market instantly perceiveu, knocked it in the head. Dont forget to see "Human Hearts" at the Hub tonight. The weather Saturday night and Sunday was very cold here. Some say the thermometer w&s around zero again. Catawba County News. SHORT OF POWER By the Associated Press. Spartanburg, S. C, Jan. 15. Lack of motive power to move trains on the Carolina, Clinchfield and Ohio Railroad is responsible for 60,000 tons of coal being tied up at the mines at Dante, Va., and as a re sult three local cotton mills have closed down and others will close tomorrow unless relief comes promptly. HELD BLAMELESS By the Associated Press. London,, Jan. 15. 4Andrew Bonar Law, chancellor of the exchequer, announced in the house of commons today that as a result of Field Mar shal Haig's inquiry, the general far staff, the war cabinet and the gov ernment considered that the British high command had not been surpris ed in the German counter attack at Cambrai November 30 and that the command had made all preparations. AFTER VISIT HOME By the Associated Press. WtishingHon', Jan. 15. Ambassa dor Naon of Argentina who re cently placed his resignation in the hands of the Buenos Aires foreign office, will sail for home this week and whether he will return as am bassador will depend on conferences with the president and foreign mm ister of Argentina. CON NUS SPARTANBURG MILLS BRITISH COMMAND NAON MAY RETURN HICKORY, N. C, TUESDAY EVENING JAN. 15, BILL TO ENLARGE By the Associated Press. Washington, Jan. 15. A bill en larging the food administration's power by authorizing the president to issue regulations modifying, lim iting, prohibiting the sale, use, man ufacture or distribution by public eating places or by manufacture, distributor or other person of food or feed material was introduced by Chairman Lever of the house agri cultural committee contemporaneous ly with a similar bill in the senate by Senator Pomerene. The bill is the result of a confer ence between Senator Pomerene, Representative Lever and the food administrator. MASONIC GRAND LODGE By the Associated Press. 4 Raleigh Jan. 15. Delegates from all parts of the state are gathered here today for the annual session of the North Carolina grand lodge of Masons, which convenes here to night. The meeting this year finds Grand Master Claud L. Pridgen of Wiilmington in the military service of the nation, which is said to be the first time since 1812 a similar situ ation confronted the grand lodge of this state. Mr. Pridgen, who is a surgeon with rank of major in the North Carolina field artillery at Camp Se vier, is expected here today. Featuring the opening session to night will be addresses by Grand Master Pridgen, Deputy Grand Mas ter Geo. S. Norfleet of Winston Salem and Governor Bickett. By the Associated Press. Washington, Jan. 15. As a direct result of sentiment in the house ov er the death from pneumonia of for mer Representative Gardner at Camp Wheeler, Representative Gard of Ohio today introduced a res olution to direct the military com mittee to jinlvesttigate camp condi tions. Camp site selections, suffi ciency of clothing, hospital facilities and treatment of sick soldiers are included in the resolution. Many of Major Gardner's friends are supporting the resolution. ANOTHER MENZIES BOY WILL JOIN ENGINEERS When Mr. Charles Menzies decid ed he iust had to join the 105th en gineers at Camp Sevier, it seems that Mr. Donald Menzies, son oi Mr. and Mrs. K. C. Menzies, made up his mind to the same effect, and areordanedv wired his rather irom Davidson College, where he has been a student. Mr. Menzies lett Mon day afternoon to join his son and accompany him to Camp bevier to enlist if the young man desires to join. Mr. Charles Menzies was afpoirmanied to Greenville by Mr. John Cilley, who goes down to see his two sons. L TO MEET Stockholders of the First Building and Loan Association will meet at the Chamber of Commerce tonight for the purpose of hearing the an nual report of Secretary Woottei.. electing officers and transacting other business of the meeting. No proxies will be sojight for this mec ing, and it is hoped that every stock holder will be, on hand. The tdckholders aif the Mutual Building and Loan Association win meet Thursday night in the Consol idated Bank building for the purpose of attending to annual business and Secretary Aiken urges a full atten dance. The most important asset of an city is the building and loan. By means of these associations thb working man is able to save and buy. A home owner nearly every time is a better citizen than the fei low who is compelled to live in rented houses. That is not opinion; it is ob servation. 'Stockholders will do well not to permit any minor matter to keep them away from these meetings. FOOD LAW TODAY ANNUAL SESSION TO INVESTIGATE CONDITIONS AT CAMP BUILDING S AN COMPANIES FORMER FRENCHTyaIoUTHAGAIN! PREMIER IS By the Associated Press. Poris, Jan." 15. The arrest yes terday of former Premier Caillaux was due principally to a cablegram ton saying that in 1915 Caillaux had from Secretary Lansing at Washing leen in cable communication with the German foreign office. LANSING IS MUM By tne Associated Presi. Washing-tout, Jan. '15. Secretary Lansing today refused to affirm or deny or comment on the foregoing dispatch from Paris. There seems to be no doubt, however that some such dispatch was intercepted in the Luxburg papers. Early today there was no immedi ate prospect of its being given to the public. Secretary Lartsinigi's cablegram stating that the American' repre sentative at Buenos Aires had been able to establish in 1915 that M. Caillax had been in communication with the German foreign office through Count Luxburg with the object of concluding peace with Ger many at any price so as to permit the resumption of business. It is understood the message will be pub lished simultaneoully in France and America. By the Associated Press. Rome, Jan. 15. By an attack in the Azolone region on the northern Italian front, the Italians have gain ed considerable advantages and in flicted very heavy losses on the en emy, the war office announces. An interesting story concerning Mr. John Aiken, an American aviator in France, has xeached Hickory through a Mrs. Woodard of Pennsyl vania whose son also is in France and whose machine alighted at a French farmhoutl; out of repair. It happens that Aviator Woodard was in a hospital in Philadelphia some time ago and that Miss Minnie Gwaltney nursed him. When he met John Aiken, Mr. Woodard learned of tlie residence of the Hickory boy and wrote to his mother, who in turn forwarded the letter to Mrs. W. R. Gwaltney of Hickory. Mr. Woodard descended because of engine trouble. Pretty soon, Mr. Aiken, noting that a machine was down in a French farmyard, also de scended and offered help. Intro duction followed and a tie connect ing the young men at once found. The two young men ate dinner to gether and have become warm friends. Mr, Aiken flvrote home several weeks ago and at that time he said he would receive his commis sion in about a week. By this time he is a regular flyer in France. 1 By the Associated Press. London, Jan. 15. 'The Rumanian minister at Petrograd and his en tire staff have been arrested by the bolsheviki. By the Associated Press. New York, Jan. 15. The cotton market had a quiet opening today and the bearish census figures had little effect on sentiment and first prices were three to 3 points higher. It was contended by bulls that the small census figures were easily ex plained by the fuel situation and the difficulties attending transportation. The close was steady. Open Close January 31.75 31.68 March 31.40 31.26 May 31.03 30.90 July -30.78 30.56 October 29.55 29.30 HICKORY MARKETS Cotton 31c Wheat ?2.40 WEATHER FORECAST For North Carolina : Fair and much colder tonight with a cold wave. Wednesday fair with strong west winds diminishing by Wednes day morning. - ARRESTED ITALIANS STRIKE HARD BLOW MONDAY HICKORY BOY MAKES FR END FRANCE RUMANIAN MINISTER AE ARRE NW YORK GonuN 1918 ATTACKED BY VESSELS By the Associated Press. London, Jan. 15. Yarmouth was bombarded from the sa last night, it is announced oaicial.iy. About 20 shells fell in tha city. Three persons were killed and 10 persons injured. Attacks by German naval forces on English coast towns of which there were a number early in tha war have been infrequent m recent months. Yarmouth is in the North sea, 105 miles northeast of London. This is a city of some 55,000 inhabitants, with shipbuilding as its principal in dustry. By the Associated Press. London, Jan. 15. The cost of the principal foods has increased more proportionately in Norway, since the war began, than in the United Kingdom, France or the United States, says the board of trade and Labor Gazette. The comparison shows the increase to have been 114 per cent in Norway, 105 per cent in the United Kingdom, 83 in France and 46 in the United States. iSome of the detailed increases, per cent in the United Kingdom are: Beef, 79 to 135 per cent; su gar 188; mik, 96; tea, 107; eggs, fresh, 239; butter, 99; fish, 191. It is estimated that of all the items ordinarily entering into the family expenditure of workingmen, includ ing food, rent, clothing, fuel and light, the advance of pre-war times is about 85 per cent. LAW IN BILL TODAY By the Associated Press. Washington, Jan. 15. At the re quest of the war department today, Chairman Chamberlain of the senate military committee will introduce a bill for the registration for military duty of all men who have become 21 years old since June 5, 1917, when the draft law went into effect. Another bill which Senator Cham berlain will introduce at the re quest of the administration will pro vide for furloughing national army men for service on the farms. Another bill would put the quota of the states on the basis of avail able men in the first class instead of numbers. In determining upon the registra tion of men who have become 21 since the draft law was enacted the war department has rejected any plan to raise the age limit of the draft act above 31 years. The elders and deacons of the Presbyterian church wil hold their regular monthly meeting at the church at 7:30 tonight. Don't forget to see little Mary McAlister in "Pants" at the Pastime today. E T IS Just when it seemed that the weather has taken a turn for the better and it had taken a slight turn the Washington bureau an nounced the coming of a cold wave tonight. The forecast is for fair weather, with strong wesft windfc diminishing by Wednesday. The mercury registered 31 last night. The highest yesterday was 45 degrees and the lowest was 16. ti iVa and snow did not beerin to melt much until the afternoon, but today the gutters were running t.pr iwhen vou think of the streams that need water to develop electric current and save coal. The snow was mushy for a fact today and sloopy to boot. The Record's weather forecaster says the wave tonight will not be as Daa nere as in Canada and that by Thursday, hp winds diminish or practi cally cease, conditions will begin coming the right way. FOOD NORWAY SHOWS INCREASE 0 AMEND DRAFT MO COLD HERE ON GHT FORECAST DESTINIES OF GERMANY PASSING TO MILITARISTS Pan-Germans Said to be Securing Control of Government Turmoil Among Ruling Classes Intense Few Military Operations Re ported on Any Fronts Today. SedP costa rica By the Associated Press. San Jose, Costa Rica. In keeping with his financial operations as a German propogandist which result ed in his arrest in France and an international scandal growing out oi his attempts to purchase or corrupt French newspapers in the interest of Germany, Bolo Pasha enjoyed a meteoric career in Costa Rica. Having received a considerable reputation based largely on credit obtained from Costa Rica business men, Bolo became the apparent owner of a beautiful farm and hana some residence in the subuirbs of Cartago. There he entertained on a lavish scale until he became en armored of a French actress lavished presents upon her and finally fleu with her, leaving jhis creditors to seize his pricely estate only to discov er that it had not been paid for. Dolo is said to have abandoned the actress in Colon, Panama, leav ing her to mourn the loss of money and jewels. Paul Bolo, as he was known here, came to Costa Rica posing as travel ling salesman for important and well established manufacturing commer cial firms in France. He -was al ways seen well dressed, spoke sev eral languages, had a most interest ing conversation and good manners, was a gambler and quite fond ot paying attention to women. He soon made numerous friends and be ing a plunger and hustler soon ob tained and launched into business. He became the owner of commissar ies and stores at different places which he stocked full of goods pur chased on credit from wholesale houses in this city. His business places soon boomed as the result oi his loquacity and facility to make friends and once he had establish ed a good trade for them he sold ont. by one at a good profit. In these transactions he formed the basis of his capital, as it is a well know, fact that when Bolo came to Coste. Rica he did not have a farthing to his name. In the purchase and sale of thest places he made several thousand dollars but the climate of the Atlaii tic zone did not agree with him ana he was often troubled with fever and malaria. Furthermore, his longing for the easy and apparent ly happy life cf bar-rooms and ho tels, enjoyed the company of beauti ful women and numerous frierta, spurred him constantly to come to this city. A Colombian by the name of Moz quera, who lived on a banana farm quite close to one of the stores owned by Bolo, became his very close friend. Visitin g his friend Bolo made the acquaintance of his daughter, a charming young girl oi sixteen with whom at first sight he became infatuated. The girl was a rare specinn of tropical beauty, dark complexion!, ta'll, slender, and graceful, her eyes as dark as night, and her cheeks as red as roses. Fond as Bolo was of women he im mediately went crazy over the girl but "Old Man Mosquera" as the father was generally called, an af fectionate and faithful guardian of his daughter, a veteran of many a Colombian revolution and a ready man to handle a razor, soon put a stop to the love affair Soon afterward Bulo 3old out his stores in the Atlantic zone and took refuge in this city where he re mained in hiding until he heard that Mosquera in turn had also sold his properties and sailed for Colom bia. Once Bolo had oveicome his worry and anxiety over Mosquera, he decided to engage in agricultural enterprises. This was in the latter part of the year 1896 and it was then that he purchased a beautiful farm, located in the suburbs of the city of Cartage and belonging to a wealthy Costa Rican. One of Bolo's first steps was to build himelf a palatial residence on the place and then actively proceed to start various cultivations. His residence was furnished in a prince ly way; the wine-room was stocked with the best of liquors, amog which champagne was a common drink and frequently he invited his friends to spend a week with him after which this wine-room had to be restocked. He continued to increase his credit in this city and accordingly contin ued to improve his farm. He spent a part of the week there and a part of the week there. At the gambling places attended by the swellest people, Bolo was always seen to be most fortunate. It has al ways been remarked that at gambl ing he won large sums of money in Costa Rica although in the same PRICE TWO CENTS By the Associated Tress. Control of the destinies wf the German empire, press accounts from neutral countries agree, i. p "'g into the hands of the miiitai; the leaders who want to hold has been gained by might and :.; or what the sword. Chancellor von Her fling, the aged incumbent of the chief poitical oiii ce is again reported ill and prepar ing to resign, while the militarists and pan-Germans are demanding the dismissal of Dr. von Kuehlmann, the foreign secretary, who has head ed the German delegation at the peace conference at Brest-Litovsk. In connection with the reported illness of the imperial chancellor, it is reported from Berlin that Count von Hertling's address before the main committee of the reichstag has been postponed for several days. It was reported that he vas to ans wer Lloyd George and President Wilson Wednesday. Coupled with these reports is ths fact that the German emperor and crown prince have been holding con ferences with the German military and political leaders. It is said al so that the German ministers to Denmark and Holland have arrived unexpectedly at Berlin,. Indications are that the turmoil within German ruling class will re sult in the acceptance of a firm pol icy either favoring the militarists or the peaceful element, with the probability that the Pan-Grcmans wlil be victorious. The Socialist Vorwaerts believes ,a military dic tatorship is in the making. No explanation has been vouch safed by either the Russians or Ger mans as to the reasons behind the temporary halt in the peace negotia tions. Nor is it indicated why the conference will be resumed at War saw. The winter idleness of the wes tern and Italian fronts has not been broken by large forces. Raids by patrols have occurred here and there and the artillery breaks into violence now and then, but there is hardly anything in official state ments that Germany's huge reserve of 1,600,000 men from the Russian front is about to strike. easy way in which he made nionev he spent it. At that time M. Aubry's Grand Qpera troupe, especially contra;-" ed by the government for t!u ration of the National the;:! city, arrived here. From 1 '. of the troupe, Bolo m:id'j imu;" in ti friends among its member.; e-qv.-. :.d ly among the actresses w'io v. ere paid every attention and frequently invited by him to parties and picnics which he especially organized. Do lo made himself famous for the costly gifts and presents which he gave many of the actresses. On the day of the inauguration, Bolo, attired in a stylish and per fect fitting dress suit, surrounded by his friends and beaming in smiles, occupied one of the most prominent boxes at the theatre. "Faust" was the opera sung the night of the inauguration and it was a grand success for all the members of Aubury's troupe. It was also on that eventful night that Bolo broke all previous records at a stately supper which he gave at a hotel in honor of the principal players. Frequently when" circumstances would permit, Bolo invited the mem bers of the company to go to his farm and there would entertain them in such sumptuous fashion that peo ple who attended those outings still say that there has never boon any body in Costa Rica who could enter tain as he did on those occasions. For these outings he took orches tras from Cartago or San Jose. In the meantime, Bolo's credit and good luck were rapidly decreasing. In spite of this fact, upon the ar rival of Mademoiselle Lardinois, a noted and beautiful French actress who was brought to reinforce the company, Bolo became infatuated with her, gave her many valuable pieces of jewelry and continued his life as a lunatic and spendthrift. The date for the departure of the opera troupe was rapidly approach ing and as several of Bolo's creditors were becoming exigent and uneasy he decided to depart with the troupe and informed his creditors that he was taking a trip to France in order to make certain arrangements with the firms he represented. Bolo's ex cause quieted his creditors much more so when he left behind his princely estate to which an absurd value was wrongly attached by all It may here be remarked that at Bolo never paid for this property its previous owner had to take it back soon af ter his departure. Bolo departed, but it seems that he left Mile. Lardinois in Colon, Panama, and took a south-bound steamer, while the beautiful actress, penniless and heartbroken, returned to France.
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