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I I A ft I III. NO. 12S HICKORY, N. C, FRIDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 8, 1918 PRICE TWO CENTS Noumea a M 14 4 "1 ! 1 N kit ATLESS 10 IS ABA NO NDAY ORDER THINK I I I III Tl 1 m south REACH 200 IN ALL 1): . Garfield Announces That Improved Weather s,nd Traffic Conditions are Responsible. May Revoke Order in Rest of Country by Another Week. Associated Pros;;. t.vb. s Hoatloss been suspended in all of Virginia. In an ihU today Fuel Admiu'stra li I improved weather ;;v conditions had made this . .lii'k-teil are North C'aro t'arolina, Tennessee. l-".r:da, A'abama, .Mississ : ...! muu.i. -.vion of the dosing or- a preferential coal d's : piMvid'nir a penalty for : v i- wit ii the order still !'..'.ve. . ..-r.our.oed also that in all , in which the hoatloss ; : 'neat may he fur .!'.. work shops making ...'meats. 'a! abamhmnv.T.t of i.iy throii'.vliou'. ail th. . : . f Yir'gina today. 1'ik! . , ". ,'l!ieials were hopi - r,ael warmer weather in railroad train. ..i.t relaxation of the or- the United States in ;! iay will ohset'Vvtl all , iii.try n a half holiday . 'l.;.-!ay is Linco' it's a i'l !e generally obsevv- . . the find ad'uiuistra . . c a day and , t. ; ruTani tailed for V .. !.iv to he continued OFHCERS CATCH NOThO CHECK FLASHER DEAD WILLI .'.a been successful in ...it a do.en checks. MmYIKS IN M.K.MAN PRISON rv l, :!. 1 1 f r 1 !!l t ! fi fill mi i . . i'rratlvi of the - f i , . i.r Victims ..ivat war broke .' i ir.em-y, an English . -.'.'.t for Russia on commissioned by a . ; w fur a M'ientllie er ilcclaration of war by ..light hiw unawares in ;. i'';d .-u-pici.iii pointed a . py, Ho was arrested, treat id. subjected to '-rce of German inquUi ti ;:ht equal the; -d in I tinally remanded to cjimp at .Sennelager. His. : Germany lasted until i '.'!.". when he suceeed ii.g hurne to Lmgland. :. i j (..' as a prisoner he , "Sixteen Months in ;- Prions" (Robert M. x (',,.; il.oU.) ..live was received with !',v the publishing house ! ; which it was oil'ereil i: '. '.'.-ligation of Mr. Ma i iiaiactt r t.nd liredeivtials vanished. Nevtrthe- i ., hi r went farther and av.t that every statement tiio truth and that not a :' it is understated be itiOahle. la no detail, u there conscious exaHX-r-'-turtion of facts. i i 1 1 's, mure were needed to .-many in the world's ,;.s book wouhl supply the It is itself a scathing of the depths of kultur. r.Vio at its worst estate patch uion Sennelaer at Add to that the prelimt-isui-.ment at VVesel, with chambers and secret stv nothing of what be at ' Klinu'elputz and Iluhle .ne has a book of horrors -t brand Prussian militar ts disciplined populace in- vaards at Sennelan'OT were :y twitter toward the English until ata last a H'roup of priests were brought in; cry effort of venom was di '.'.vaiiist these inoffensive ami lainin:-; victims. Through a i friend, Mr. Mahoney vvws I from HennehiKer and was ni-f time at liberty near Co ilthoutilt unable to leave the liut soon the lid was I down again, and for many more he was a real prisoner He teils of the attempts of Haieaii embassador to rruti- hardships of the English s, and of the deceit practiced by the authorities to make atment of prisoners appear ivorahlo and complaints less than warranted by conceal- M "Dig boy, they got .me in the ho tel." observed W'lnsh Diehwhuv an alleged iiegto forger, who has been evading the Kii.ers for the last two months, as In addressed one of his friends in a crowd that gathered about the i a ' to take a look at the fellow who eashing at most of tlvrn fa: lt', at small stores in. il'o suburbs of Hickory. He was desi'ibed to a nicety by K. V. tcanl of L; ngview, who declined yesterday :f'. lumn to cash a check Irawu en ,). O. Elliott. iiief Le;iU. Sergeant Sigmon, Ilajris(.n W'iikler, A. C). Mitchell !!'d i har l'e .'..irren went for Rich ',..' at U:ikers .Mountain last night, ta.iiii-- hero about 10 and returning b'Ttly l)efi:v midnight. The man :t upsiairs ..t his home taking a i.M', ho ::aid. lie came willingly, at .-eemed j.uprised today when shuwn the several checks the chief lad in Irs p - ;ession. No, sir, he ii'ir.t know anthing about ihem. Il'el'.wiae : said to have slipped npiiuii b.'ard this week and stood the i:araimition with the exeeptioii of his teeth, he id. He had been ".t work lit Drjokford catting cord Mud., 'exeusug Sundays and the lavs he was not running around hurting." he averted in response to i question. Men who had cashed checks for Kichv. ine or somebody else bearing his description are Will Sigmon. Cor'ov. r. $2(5; Perry Daker, Hickory, ..?:; John Pveit-l. $10; V. A. Set tlen.yre. Slrt; C. S. SIpe, $10; and various other merchants ata Dridge ..vate: and Morganton. Pi'.hw'ae i said to hape slipped frura one plac to another leaving .vorth'ess paper and carrying off rub" her f'n.oes and the change. He was Mu'.ist:a!!y S!:e. ssful. lie said to day he had been indicted once before on a forgtrv case, that time cashing a check for Ta-i Shu ford. The pre lim in;: rv hearing will be held as .i t iari :;s w cj'.' s s can oe summoneu. liiehwine 1-slcr confessed to Chief Lcntz that h,e h d p,assed the various clucks, j.' nil this simplifies the case. Dy the Associated Press. London, Feb. 8. Revised figures indicating that the loss of life on the Tuscania probably was consid erably in excess of yesterday's esti mate of 101. It is now believed that the complete returns show -the number of dead to be nearer 200 than 100. Reports received at the American embassy yesterday indicated the loss of 101 lives, while the British indi cated 210 lost. This discrepancy now appears to have been due to the fact that the figures supplied to the embassy evi dently did not include the missing of which there are many. Prepara tions are being made for a great military funeral for the victims. CAN 7 LEARN NAME FOR SEVERAL DAYS By the Associated Press. An Irish Port, Feb. 8. As the list o fthe Americans on board was lost Avhen the vessel went down, it wiu be impossible to ascertin the names of those lost until the names of the survivors are cabled to Washing ton. NORMAL COAL DUMPINGS FOLLOW BALMY WEATHER Wll ME DAYS TO iUENTIFY VICTIMS I'.i.-t. i' i i chapter harmonizes with Mr. Ts own narrative recently pub Although Mr. Mahoney has 1 the prison situation in (ler- so vigorously he is presumab- ;ona non grata in Mittel Eu- but then, nobody imagines li" wants to go back and test ;ularity. l!ySKET BALL TONIGjIIT ":n V. :; J' "...rv !,,.Vj "' int., MC and Lenoir high school play basket ball at the ar- ;ht and prospects are tor ss contest. ;nese uoys at home and lose abroad, ikkory's time to take Le- :amp. The contest win -iy the Associated Press. Washington, Feb. 8. Physical dilTiculf'cs in preparing lists of sur vivors of the Tuscania, it was saiu today at the war department, ma, greatly delay publication of tne victims. The survivors have been landed at various points. Until odicers are able to get in touch with them and check them off against the muster roll or until the bodies have been identified, nothing definiu. will be known. War department officials are un able to account for the statement nade in news dispatches that blank .dentification tags were found on the 'odLs of 4 4 men washed ashors.. Even if the men had not been de initely assigned to an organization, the army regulations provide that 'he tags shall bear on one side the ,'ull name of the wearer. The army commander is held re sponsible for the identification tags, he purpose of which is to prevent iust such a situation as is describea in the dispatches today. MARYLAND K VTIFIES THE PROHIBITION AMENDMENT Norfolk, Va. Feb. 8. Normal coal dumpings and a marked improve ment in ice conditions in the Hamp ton Roads harbors and Chesapeake (bay, followed (balmy spring-like weather. The breaking up of ice formations, however, has made nav igation in the bay more hazardous. Steamship lines to Washington, Bal timore, Cape Charles and river points last night were hopeful of being able 'io resumq daylight schedules within the next 24 hours should fa vorable weather continue. The con gestion of coal piers has been al most eliminated. BLAMES DISASTER ON BAKER "INQUISITION Raleigh, Feb. 8. .Governor Bick ett sent a telegram to the New York World charging that the pres ent senatorial inquisition into the affairs of the war department is di rectly responsible for the torpedo ing of the United States troop trans port reported in (the morning pa pers. The telegram read: "You are in the habit of drafting my opinion on public questions. For once I am going to volunteer one. In my opinion the senatorial inquisition of the war department is directly responsible for the sinking of the Tuscania. They put Baker on the rack and tortured out of him a con fession of the gigantic movement of our troops across the seas. Then the enemy knew what was happening and the submarines lurked for their prey. This whole inquisition is bottomed on' the inordinate vanity of a few seantors, who seek to pose as the saviors of the nation. Their bill has no more chance to keep out of the congressional trash pile than a food grafVr has to keep out of hell. And they know it. Yet the inquisition continues. Why? Why? Special music will be rendered at the Pastime tonight by several tal ented singers, and the airs will be patriotic. Manager Miller has put on a special war picture, which will attract much interest. YOUNG L ADIES ENLIS IN SAVING CAMPAIGN Annapolis, Md.. Feb. 8 The Maryland legislature has practical 'v ratified th federal prohibition constitution amendment. By a vote of fK to 42 the house joined tne senate in approving the report on the temper:'"e committee in favor of ratification. An amendment providing for a referendum to the people to vote on the question was defeated in both houses. The ratifica tion resolution is advanced to a third reading in the house by this evening's vote and its passage is assured. The Anti-Saloon league has a bill declaring the state bone-dry imme diately upon its enactment of this measure will be urged at an early date. EN HvE VOICE WHEN RESCUE IS NEAR By the Associated Press. London, Feb. 8. The correspon dent of a press association at an Irish port say the survivors of the Tuscania were greatly relieved to hear of the safe arrival elsewhere of Major Wade,, commander, and hun dreds of other troops. The only two women on the ship went down into a boat on a rope. One of the women, Mrs. Hollis, said that many of the men went down in lowering the next boat. "We were immediately surrounded by men wearing life belts," she said. "There were only two men in our boat whi could man the oars. Many men were taken into the boat. Eventu ally, we got on board a des'ti-oyer. 1 don't know how we managed to do such hard work." A soldier who heard Mrs. Hollis, the stewardess, tell the story, said, "Yes, and you did as much as any of the men." This man saM: "Oh, we soon steadied down, lounged about and smoked, but wi didn't venture below to gather up our belongings for fear the shi would be capsized. "We cheered the firs'!; destroyei which came alongside and its men cheered as. Their work was mag nificent, and they did not cease, until they had picked up all they could find. The red blood of the young ladies who are working for the Hickory Hosiery Mill began boiling upon re ceipt of the news of the sinking of a transport carrying American sol diers; and it would be extremely un wise for any pro-German to enter the premises of the mill. These young ladies ae not only willing and anxious to disfigure the face and secure the scalp of any local traitor, but they are organizing a War Savings Society, each employe becoming a jnember and purchas ing a thrift stamp today. The members of this society, the first one organized in Catawba coun ty, insisted that those working at the other manufacturing plants should organize similar societies to encour age thrift and to assist in financing the war. It is the determination of the Hickory Hosiery Mill War Sav ing Society to save and to loan more tr TTnde Ram. in proportion to their jwaees, than any other society com posed of men or women organized in Catawba county during the year. The employes, learning that the pnrnrration had become a purchas er of a large number of War Sav ings Stamps, elected the Hickory Hosiery Mill Corporation as honorary member. iMr. II. D'Anna, the secretary and treasurer of the mill, is exceedingly proud of the record the young la dies are making, and has been ask ing a numlipr of his friends as to how much the men working att oth er plants in the city have loaned to Uncle Sam. ESDLSHE1I SEND ALL MISSIONS . HOME By the Associated Press. Washington, Feb. 8. An uncon firmed report that all the allied mis sions at Petrograd have been driven off by the bolsheviki and are on their way to the Swedish border wa received today by American Minis ter Morris at Stockholm. The state department has not heard from Am bassador Francis at Pietrograd in several days. FORMER LEXINGTON SURGEON IS DEAD By the Associated Press. Durham, N. C, Feb. 8 Dr. R. L. Payne, prominent naval surgeon of Norfolk, Va., dropped dcVd at a lo cal hotel this morning. He had snmt the niirht in Durham and was preparing to go to Raleigh as a wit ness in a case in court there. JJr. Payne was a native of Lexington. AUSTRIAN CABINET n EPORTED RESIGNED By the Associated Press. Amsterdam, Feb. 8. Dr. von Seydler, the Austrian premier, has tendered the resignation of his en tire cabinet, to Emneror Charles, ac cording to a telegram from Vienna. NEW YORK COTTON By the Associated Press. New York, Feb. 8 . The cotton market opened steady today at a decline cf two to six points under Liverpool selling. Trade interests were good buyers, however, and the market soon rallied. The close was steady. Open March 30.34 May 1 29.65 July 29.10 October 27.75 December -- Close 30.42 29.84 29.25 27.95 27.70 HICKORY MARKETS SHORT LINES MjSOIMRS PR OTECTED SINGING INK II By the Associated Press. Wlashington Feb. 8. The house interstate commerce committee today expected to order a favorable .re port on the administration's rail road bill. Aside from vesting rate fixing powers in the president and limiting the period of government control to two years after the war, the hov.n bill carries an amendment drafted by Representative Webb and Kitchin of North Carolina to protect the short line railroads net protected by the government. It provides that when government freight is taken from those roads, unrouted freight should be given to them as compensation for their losses. FACED DEATH PATRIOTIC AIR As Transport Was Sinking Americans on One Side and British on Other Lifted Their Voices in Song Heroism Displayed by Rescuing Ships Other War News. Lulu I WILSON TELEGRAPH MRS. ROOSEVEL OFFICERS I .HiAf K nil is j bif ass w PORi blHt scam m w IIERCE By the Associated Press. Washington, Feb. 8. President Wilson today sent Mrs. Roosevelt the following telegram: "May I not express my warmest sympathy and sincere hope that Col onel Roosevelt s condition wid prove?" URI NATIVE GERMAN RESIGNS FROM COLLEGE FACULTY Cotton Wheat 30c $2.40 WEATHER FORECAST For North Carolina: Generally fair tonic-lit and Saturday, except Tain Sntnrrlflv in the west portion: warmer light variable winds becom ing south. Greensboro, Feb. 8. At a meeting of the executive committee of the Greensboro College for Women trustees here, Robert L. Roy tender ed his resignation as violin instruc tor. The committee accepted the resignation,' and (expressed their highest appreciation of his serviced and ability. Mr. Roy is a native German, who once sought naturalization and failed only because his proceedings was in the state" court instead of federal court. He then renounced his al legiance to the kaiser. He will con tinue his private studio here. FEBRUARY 22 WILL BE THRIFT DAY IN SCHOOLS Rleigh, Feb. 8. Washington's birthday, February 22, will be cel ebrated this year in the schools of :North Carolina as Wiar-Savings day. The usual program of pa triotic songs and speeches will bt turned into a program of concrete patriotic service and definite action. At every school on that day will be a 'representative of the state war savings committee not only to ex plain the war-savings plan, but to sell thrift stamps and war-savings certificates. Another feature of the program will be organizing war savings societies both in the schools and in the school communities. Superintendent J. Y. Joyner an nounces that Thrift day in the schools is only one of a series of "Make, Save, Serve"days that will be observed once a month for the re mainder of the term. The public school army enrolled is 649,240 chil dren commanded by 14,550 teach ers. 15 MENINGITIS CASES IN CITY OF COLUMBIA Columbia. S. C. Feb. 8. One ne wcase of spinal meningitis was reported here yesterday by city health futhonties, making a total of 15. Citv schools, theatres ana churches remain closed. No new cases were reported at Camp Jack son during the last 24 hours. Renorts were received here last night, that the authorities at Union, S. C, ha ordered the city schools anrl theatres closed in an effort to prevent an outbreak of meningitis there. One case was reported at Union yesterday. MORE PRISONERS EOR HOT SPRINGS By the Associated Press. An Atlantic Port Feb. 8. Sev eral hundred German prisoners from the Philippines have arrived here Dy sea en route to Hot Springs, N. C. jjor safe keeping at the detention camp, where the population will be increased to about 2,000. HEARTY CO-OPERATION - PLEDGED 151 liAJNiYS COMPARATIVE WEATHER February 7, High Low Today, 32. 1918 .36 .36 1917 52 25 Washington, Feb. 8. Whole-hearted cooperation by banks and trust companies was pledged in thousands of telegrams which came to Secretary McAdoo in response to his appeal xo banks to appropriatae one per cent of their resources every two weeks for twenty weeks for purchase of certificates of .indebtedness to be issued in preparation for the third Liberty loan. ;Sone of the telegrams indicating the erV.usiasm of the bankers were: "Y"ou can1 have everything in our bank, but tlie fixtures." '"Oiir resources are $1...89U,jjUo. Ten per cent would be $190,000. We have this day set aside $20,000 sub ject to your calll." "Our resources are at your com mand. They will be of no -use to us if Germany wins." The newly elected governing beard of the Hickory Chamber of Commerce met last night to organ ize for the year. A large atten dance was present, and in spite of the protests of Mr. J D. Elliott, that gentleman was unanimously el ected fpr another term as presi dent of Hickory's splendid commer cial organization. Messrs. C. H. Geitr.er and Dr W. B. Ramsay were chosen as the two vice presidents and Mr. A. K. Joy as secretary treaBurer. An executive committee consisting of Messrs. C. H. Geitner, G. F. lvev, J. Yvr. Blackwelder, J. L. Riddle and S. L. Whitener, will constitute a working committee for the o r g a n i z a t i o n . After the usual felicitations, gen eral discussion followed on lines of work that the Chamber of Com merce should take up, such as stimu lating food production and conser vation in every way possible, broad easting the germ of national pa triotism, helping in raising funds foi Un.-de mm through Liberty Ejonds, Thrift Stamps, War Savings Stamps, etc. The need of small houses for fac tory hands was stressed, it bein conceded that needed jjabor was kept from coming here on account of no house room. JACOB H. DOLL MADE A FIRST LIEUTENANl Former Second Lieutenant Jacob H. Doli. son of Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Doll of Hickory, already has won his spurs in the service of his country news of his promotion to first lieu tenant being received here today. He basj been assigned to headquarters company, 328th infantry at Camp Gordon, Ga. Lieutenant Doll at tended the ofiicers training school at Fort Mcl'herson and his many friends here wiii be pleased to learn of his promotion. IN H QUSE My the Associated Press. Washington. Feb. 8. A favorable report on the war department's bill amending the draft law to require men to register as they reach the age cf 21 and basing the quota ol men on the number of men in each state was agreed on today by the house committee. The proposal to exempt men as they reach 31 years if they have not been drafied, which has been opposed by Provost General Crowder, was not included in the bill. An am endment proposed by Senator New of Indiana to require registration cf youths 19 years and over was aiso rejected. WILSO! OFFICER SHOT iEGRO RETAILER By the Associated Press. American soldiers as their trans port the Tuscania, wounded mortal ly by a German torpedo, sank be neath the waves faced death heroical ly. To their calm behavior and the skillful work of British destroyers and trawlers is due the fact that all but 101 of the passengers and crew were saved. Of those lost la ter reports say the majority were sailors. The bodies of 44 of the missing American soldiers already have been washed up on the coast of northern Ireland. Positive identification, however, is believed remote, reports say, because the tags the soldiers wore were not numbered. When the Tuscania was sunk by the German torpedo the American soldiers went calmly to their posts. As they lined up on one side of the deck, and the British on the other side, the national anthem of Anglo America was sung. The presenc-3 of tonnage facilitated the work of the British destroyers, who braved the dangers to rescue the men. The Tuscania remained 'afloat two hours, due probably to the ac tion of the second engineer, who stopped the engines when the vessel was hit by the torpedo. Reports of some survivors that the submarine fell a victim to the swift vengeance of the British de stroyers lack official confirmation. One American officer reports that the submarine attempted to sink the destroyers and that a destroyer chased it, dropping a depth bomb that silenced it forever. On the American sector in France the artillery is endeavoring to even the score with the enemy by bom barding heavily German trenches and batteries and other military tar gets. German guns were silenced by the Americans. American gunners succeeded in dispersing a large force of Ger mans, probably two battalions, and inflicting losses on the detachment. German efforts against the French line at Verdun and in Alsace are growing stronger. Infantry attacks have taken the place of raids, but the latest attempts were repulsed by the French in Alsace. Small raids and the usual artillery duels are re ported on the British front. In Italy artillery duels continue. Petrograd is again the scene of grave disorders and it is reported that there has been much shooting and robbing of supply stores. 120 persons are said to have been killed in clashes between soldiers and riot ers during the last three days. The bolsheviki government, ac cording to an unconfirmed dispatch received in Stockholm, has expelled the entente missions, and officials u the mission have left Pretrograd. By the Associated Press. Wilson, N. C, Feb. 8. Policeman John S. Herndon of this city was shot and seriously wounded last nigrjt by a negro who was getting off an Atlantic Coast Line train with liquor in his possession. When the officer flashed his light in the man's face, the negro drew his pistol and fiiot the officer in the I hip, clipping' an arterv. As the of ficer fell, he shot the negro, inflict ing a slight flesh wound. The ne gro was arrested. The officer will recover. ' By the Associated Press. Columbia, S. C, Feb. 8. The South Carolina senate at midnight. last night killed by a majority oi three votes a bill whicn had passed the house of representatives prevent ing the shipment of liquor into the state for any purpose. ORAFT LAW TALKED IN SENATE TODAY By tne Associated Pres. Washington, Feb. 8. Drastic ac tion to cope with the food shortage was urged today in the senate. Sen ator Smoot urged a monthly feast day to conserve the food supply. Senator Borah declared: "If this draft law is executed as it was the last time, we are going to see a breakdown in farm produc tion." Senator Jones asked if every per son should not be drafted to do the work best suited for him. "If the war keeps on that certainly will have to be done," said Senator Smoot. BOX SUPPER The Barger school will have a box supper Saturday night, Febru ary 9. The public cordially invited. COLONEL ROOSEVELT Basket ball tonight, Hickorg vs Lenoir. A good game is expected. CONTINUES GOOD By ths Associated Press. New ork, Feb. 8. The condition of CoL Theodore Roosevelt, who was operated on Wednesday for fistula and abscesses in both ears, was pronounced "unchanged" by Dr. Harold Keys at Roosevelt Hospital early today. Dr. Keyes added that Colonel Roosevelt passed a good night. Colonel" Roosevelt's temperature and pulse were normal today. The condition of Colonel Roose velt at 1:30 today was declared to be favorable at the hospital. bu't at 7;Ip0
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