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TT T II I I -VTT 'T"" M1CJHORY DAILY KECORD VOL III. rf. IS I SHIPPING LOSSES SINCE WAR GIVEN m BRITAIN Losses Oveven Over Two Million Dutch Ships Seized Will Reduce Total To Million Other War News Today Associated Tress r-y ' i" 1 .,(..!. 1... i ,j Suites ami Great Britain ( , , . ') ,i-;c for allied purposes re j , ; i:,.. '.ill. illy tlu allied loss din j,, ,;,.!.; n submarines anil mines ,,,, beginning of the war. A ;, . : ,.m I IlllU'llt statement ISSUed . . ...uvxUm gives t ho gross loss . January 1. 1U18, as 11,827,. the nd loss as 2,r.:52,2l7 T;u' 1 ut .-h shipping taken ,.,,.! !y the all it's aggregates 1.000,- I, tip tlu1 deficiency in world .... , i-i.f.l ly (J or man ruthWs- !u.. . ;:,c seas t.r0ti,'J7r tons of ,v.A ..vij.s were luilt in allied and ; , ..fitrii-s since the outbreak ,.f v,r and J..Sl.(iOt) tons of Ger nu. I . ; Aaltian ships were seized I o ;i , t rii'S. The allied loss .,i,, ! i i.i 1 farther by Dutch vos-v.'-;. h i-iT.erally have been held ,:. i : !". for fear of German i .hiring the last l'J months t;.i . i announced in the British f ' tuitions by Sir Eric i r-: !"tl of the admiralty, as .i-i-n r..iti)0.i'.0 tons. (,. . I . . i ' l:, .' -it i, i.-scs in the last week i ( i w?c:s. tneiuuing n oi over I.Cim. ii ..r a decrease of one in t : . . j 1 1- i week. The losses in ' ir. : ' h.v,ever, was six under !i:e seized ships will dc fi't'tn their use. Holland V. 1 in' allowed to obtain food- i:!'- !' abroad for her popula- Th ! i.a been no change in the c:::;.iti.:; .n the western front. Small !;:ie occurred here and there, i' it ',!: ' a- been no infantry act !!: ' ; l in small raids. S'vit ary of War Baker has cont I'Vvi nil id? peetion of the Ameri I' ;,:tt',y v.-a in France. A brigade i f v. !;.!: uho went to France first v.;i f. .;-,. by the secretary. In his : '.a! '!a.. v,h the American army 'a: Hal. er visited the Verdun fr"i.' a: i ili-ove in an automobile 100 t he American front. Ml:. Sill IOIJI) NAM I'D Ul l'l I V (iltAN) .MASillU M' .1 W. Shuford, many times n:a-.. r f fin- Hickory .Masonic !!.-. ' iay leceived a commission f'r-ai tiiard Master Geo. S. Nor of Win t'.n-Salem appointing lait a- i ' -r r-: v t deputy grand master f'f Masonic district, com- IT..' 1 a'av. ba, Caldwell and llai'i.o oj.itios. The honor came a' - 'i:,' a r; i is highly prized by Mr Sim ford, who will attend to the l-i'.a" of the position in a thorough Tii.it: : !. MOVEMENT BEGUN FOR BETTER CATTLE N-.r :;, Manh 21. At a very tithi.i;i-!ie meeting of farmers held ln-L tii.'h.l. ata Yount's school house a rti r i r , t was started by County Aw:t Ma.-k and J. A. Arey, of the 'i-i'artment of agriculture, for or. -.it: v.ation of a Catawba ''""'V eu.iperataive bull association. thi v.a, the first of a series or to be held in the county ''"alt'.' in the organization of a : f"m)osed of () of the best "'' of that: ni'io'VfVwirViruwl tn a i h; f:, v ' "'!" I'ative bull association is a .i nil' r- ofanizaLion whose purpose ,')" j''int ownership, use and ex-hiin-.. f three or more high-class ,UI"-,,',,'I l-'i'ls. The territory cov in association is divided in f more breeding blocks, and stationed in each block, o years the bulls arc inter- b. M:r. 11 hull Kvcry 'hio.'i as to prevent inbreeding .v Dm ntethod the initial cost of ,h'' v' f'V best bulls will be greatly ''"k"'1"! n, the man with only lim ""ims and a few cows is en l" improve his herd. The lar- V'-r hf..(.,i,.r is also benefited in thai he f ri ni the service of three or r""''" hnlh for the purchase price of ( '"ii r mi when a surplus of cows f,('ar .ah'S flirt l.r. ..rwl H-.4 ml linrln til ill'M'HeH of the association. At th, '""'ting last night the standard of 'ir aan stors of the bulls to be '" this association was set at ' '""'"'l. This is a very high (;lml:";1. .'nd if maintained by ah 'her hV.fl to be organized will hull' ;";,v:',il c,uty one of the best 1 i'lsoeiations in the country. im','S lnlre ready market and i" n iiji- ;ui k rn uj ornf v ani ;; ' "'.'iwba county in the for tint,.11 uoonK Jersey breedir )re- ing "''StlM'KU AT ! ' ,,;,!!fAN guaj)i;d school , Wl11 be a box supper at the ."ran grade.l school Saturday rL ,"m.''1,'n"K at 8 o'clock. The Evi.im . Uu UHPf to buy a desk. tr'dy 13 cordially invited. Million Tons and Net LABOR TROUBLES sy pes . By the Associated Press. Buenos Aires. Belief that Ger man agitators still are using large sums of German money transf erred frnm Mmir Vnvt- . fnmn.a ary labor troubles in Argentina and Utuguay is widespread in both eoun r i . i i j .. j. . oivs, it iuis ueeii suueu in gov ernment circles here that Ambassa dor Naon was bringing from Wash ington proofs of the activity of Ger- m.'IM MlMlltc ' 1 fiiclarind" nniicnii'n.i against the governments of those two South American countries and Bra- It is widely believed here that both Argentina and Uruguay have Ivjen kept in continual turmoil through labor troubles and anar chistic outbreaks solely for the pur pose of interfering with any assist- Unto allies and with the object of indirectly effecting the allied cause In- uiriiiii1v il;ini:i-itiL- 'the financial condition of allied industries which have been established in these two republics. Argentine oiTicials hav3 received oHit-ial information regarding large deiasits of German funds in New Wrk which were transferred to South America when the United States was on the brink of war, it being apparent that the money could be used 'to better advantage in neu tral countries. These funds were sent to Rio de Janiero. Montevideo, I.:m?, S'-intiago de Chile and Buenos Aires, with th largest deposits cen tered in this city. The Buenos Aires fund alone at one tim? is said to have reached a balance of 25,000, ,U0 marks, distributed among several German banking houses here. It is stated that amounts of this money were spor.t for the purchase of arms and ammunition for use in Ura-'il and it is frankly admitted, tven in Brazil, that only the entrance of Bia.il into the war put a definite end to these plans. While these plans were solely mil itary as far as Bra'.il was concern ed, the German agitators in Uruguay ui'd re-entina have been content to spend their money kecpm? laborers in I irmrchists busv in their worn of destruction. It is believed here hat mo.it of the agitations have been led by German agents who .-a've hero from the United Staes and that one serious railroad strike in Argenina was engineered by the srine Cermrn subject who attempted a similar paralyzation of traffic in the United States. 'Mr1 lirst serious outbreak ot tnis kind was at the American packing houses in Mc.ytevideo. This strike was sudden and entirely unexpected and the government was puzzled at the length of time during which ap parently penniless laborers were abe t0 hold out in the unusual and un reasonable demands that had been frame! for them by the strike agi t i tors ' The''P labor troubles soon spread across' the river into Argentina and 'Lho country has not been free ot more or less serious uprisings anion- laborers and anarchists for the last four months. Property has been destroyed, soldiers and innocent people shot down and many acres of corn burned. In several in stances, especially in the case ot packing house strikes, not one em ploye of the companies affected has been represented on the strike com mittees that visited the manager?. Ther are evidences that Ambassa dor Naon has kept in close touch with the American department or state regarding German activities in Argentina and the people here were looking forward to new exposure when he met President Irigoyen on returning from Washington. GERMANS ARE FEARED BY RUSSIAN PEOPLE Ey the Associated Press. Moscow, Tuesday, March 19. The uneasiness caused by the seizure of Odessa and the gaining by the central powers of the control of the Black sea has increased the panic in north Russia and has strengthened the gen eral belief that in a short time the Germans will advance to Petrograd nrwl MoSfOW. The tran-Caucasian constituent meeting at Tiflis has refused to rat ify the peace treaty with Germany and has urged resistance. Leon Trotzky has arrived in Mos cow from Petrograd and has an nounced that he will remain here to to assume the duties of war minister if war is declared, but will leave if it is not. IRE CAUSED HICKORY, N. WAR'SHUGE COSTHICKORY GUA ANNOUNCED PLANNING FOR IN BERLIN BUSINESS By the Associated Press. Amsterdam, March 21. A credit of 15,000,000 marks war was brought before the reiehstag today for first reading. Count von Roe dern, secretary of the imperial teas ury said Germany's monthly war costs had increased from 2,000,000 marks in the winter of 191G-17 to 3, 750,000 in the last five months, ow ing to the increased supplies of ne cessaries of war. The secretary gave the total cost of the war as 550,000,000,000 marks, of which the entente allies have spent 370,000,000,000. The credit was passed on first and second readings. ARE SUNK BY ALLIES By thB Associated Press. London, March 21. Two enemy destroyers and two enemy torpedo boats have been sunk by a force of live British and French destroyers, it was officially announced today. One British destroyer was damag ed. The engagement occurred off Dunkirk this morning. The British casualties were slight. There were no French casualties. LENROOT SUSTAINS LEAD OVER JAMES THOMPSON Milwaukee, Wis., March 21. More or less complete returns from every county in the state last night sus tained the lead of Congressman Ir vine L. Tenroot, loyalist candidate for the RepuibSican, nomination for United) Spates fsenjatc)- in yester day's primaries. Belated returns gave him 08,532 vote i, or 2,32G more than received yb James Thompson the LaFollette can didate. Thompson did not concede defeat pending complete returns but at Mar inlcitt a big .mfreting of farmers greeted Lenroot, who addressed them as victor, amid prolonged cheers. Mr. Lenroot denied a rumor that, to make certain of defeating Victor Berger, the Socialist candidate, who is under indictment for alleged violation of the espionage act, he would withdraw in favor of Joseph E. Davies, Demo cratic candidate. "The report that I would withdraw in favor of Mr. Davies is absolutely without foundation," he said. "We have made the fight in the Repub lican party on the loyalty issue and have won it, notwithstanding the ef forts of certain parties to place the stamp of disloyalty upon the Repub lican party." On the face of the latest returns, Davies had 54,173 votes, compared with 13,262 for Dr. Charles McCar thy. The same advices made the Berger vote 36,645. IN MURDER TRIAL Morganton, N. C, March 21. There was little prospect at noon to day that the case of Garfield and Aaron Pitts, charged with the murder of Dr. E. A. Hennessee, would go to the jury before tomorrow. M. M. Harsldaw for the defense occupied most of the morning session in his argument of the case. There were seven more attorneys to be heard. PEOPLE By the Associated Press. Moscow, Tuesday, March 19. Rus sia will eventually become a German province and Russians will lose their liberties if they submit to the peace enforced by the central powers, Da vid R. Francis, American ambassa dor, declared ' in a statement issued to the Russian people from the Amer ican embassy at Vologda. The ambassador ledfeted Ameri can help to any government in Russia that would resist German penetra tion. He urged them to resist the Germans and said he would remain in Russia until forced to leave. GERMAN VESSELS TEDIOUS ARGUMENT FRANCIS SPEAKS TO RUSSIAN O, THURSDAY EVENING, MARCH 21, 1918 RDS The Hickory home guards helu their regular meeting at the Cham ber of Commerce last night, with ' Capt. Roy Abernethy in the chair, and Sergeant A. O. Mitchell as sec i retary. The guards adopted, sub ject to ratification by the Newton and Lincolnton detachments, by laws and selected the name of the ' company, Catawba-Lincoln Reserve M'ilitia, also subject to approval of i the other detachments. I For the ceinmitftee on uniforms, Mr. A. M. West reported that cot ! ton uniforms would not be durable I and would be vdry un ..tisf actory . by the time the members had drilled I in them several times, and the com mittee was ; continued with instruct ions to investigate woolen uniforms, which will cost about three times as much as cotton. Wfith the. help offered by city coun- , cil and the county commissioners ana j with private subscriptions, the local aetaenment nas about $YUU m sight and the whole outfit will not cost the members more than $15 each. It was the sense of the meeting that the members had rather pay the dif ference and get uniforms that are good. 1 Tlhe bylaws have been approved 1 .1 l'J , 1 -i Dy tne aajutant general ana were identical with those adopted by the Asheville reserves. Mr. Geo. R. Wootten, read the regulations, which impose penalties for failure to per form duties and expulsion where a member does not take the proper in - terest in his work, By next meeting it is hoped ti. have all necessary data so that the matter of uiforms may be acted up on. It is not known when the guards will be able to obtain the ar mory. Adjutant General Young wrote Cantain Ahemethv that an o- ficer would come here to check upjtne war emperor vvmiam declares the property there, and turn it over , in a telegram given out today. His to the guards. , By the Associated Press. Lexington, N. C, March 21. The history surrounding the cause for the killing of John F. Deaderick, bank cashier of this city, by J. Gra ham Hege, a promnent manufacturer of Lexington, which occurred Tues day afternoon, has not yet been cleared, but in a statement made in his cell today Hege declared he has a good reason for his act and would tell it at the preliminary hearing, probably next week. Hege this morning in an interview is emoted as having admitted that he telephoned from his home Tuesday at noon to Deaderick at the bank tell ing Deaderick he desired to see him, but declared positively that he did not ask Deaderick to come to his house. He added that he had more than a month before forbidden Deaderick ever again to enter his home, but did not expect him to come there. Hege said he was atdinner when Deader ick arrived and he supposed Mrs. Hege admitted him. Hege dwelt on previous cordial re lations between the two families and said he regretted the affair. " The funeral of Deaderick will be held at the home at 4 o'clock to morrow iafternojon(, it jhaving been delayed for the arrival of his moth er, Mrs. Oscar Deaderick of Fort Morth, Texas, and a brother, Dr. Wlilliam Deaderick, who will come from Arkansas. NEW YORK COTTON By the Associated Press. New York, March 21. The cotton market showed renewed nervousness early today. First prices w"ere two to 16 points net higher in sympathy with cables, but there was, consider able scattering liquidation on pros pects for rain and new crop months sold off. The close was steady. Open Close March 34.05 May 32.55 32.95 July 31.82 32.17 October 30.75 31.11 December 30.51 30.85 HICKORY MARKETS Cotton 32c Wheat $-40 Corn - $1-75 WEATHER FORECAST For North Carolina: Partly cloudy tonight. Friday fair and warmer, in interior, moderate west and north- west winds becoming variable. I HEGE PROMISES DETAILS AT HEARING AMERICANS AND FRENCH RAID By the Associated Press. With the American Army in France, Tuesday, March 19. Ameri can troops in the sector east oi Luneville participated tonight in a raid on German trenches, penetrat ing the enemy line for some distance Hand to hand fighting ensued. The raiders returned to the Am erican lines after about 4q minutes. Further details are unavailable at this hour (10 p. m.). The raid was carried out after a brief bombard ment by French and American bat teries. The Germans retailiated with gas and high explosive shells on the American batteries. ON BRITISH LIKELY 1 By the Associated Press The Germans big guns have opened up a terrific bombardment on a front of approximately 50 miles in north ern Franqe and the long-heralded! German offensive may have begun. "We are at the decisive moment of I declaration follows manv others of a similar nature from the , emperor himself and his generals. These utterances, seemingly of a concerted nature, have led to the belief that a German offensive on the Franco Belgian front was imminent, or at least have made it apparent that the Germans have strong reasons for desiring such a belief to prevail The front under artillery attack stretches from the river Scarpe south of St. Quentin. All of this line is held by the British, whose war of fice today reported the opening of the bombardment. Nearly all of the ground has been fought over in the past two years, the areas of the Ar ras and Somme fronts. SIGNS RAILROAD BILL By the Associated Press. Washington, March 21. President Wlilson today signed the bill bring ing the railroads under government operation and control until 21 months after the end of the war. PICTURE DIDN'T COME 'Emily Stevens will be shown aeain today at the Pastime, "Nan of Music Mountain" not arriving in time. Manager Miller regrets the failure of his new picture to arrive but the fault is not his. DEMANDS INCREASED ON RUMANIA NOW By the Associated Press. Moscow, Tuesday, March 19. Ger many has increased her demands on Rumania and now asks that Ruma nia surrender to the central powers all of her own munitions as well as those left by allied troops. All the entente ministers remain in Jassy, but will leave if Rumania yields to Germany. GERMANS START ARTILLERY BRITISH By the Associated Press. London, March 21. The Germans shortly before dawn this morning be gan a heavy bombardment over a wide section of the British front, the war office announced today. The artillery action on the western front could be heard at Dover and other towns on the east coast of England. The doors and windows in the houses at Dover were shaken by the concussion. The firing which was the heaviest that has been heard from this dis- j... b'an at 3 o'clock this morning PtuaeA with brief intervals arul ....nueu until 7 o'clock. TRENCHES GERMAN ATTACK ON TWENTY-FIVE PIGS FOR RED CROSS FUND iam ii i mm n i . Manager of Local Campaign Has Bought Fine T Which Will Be Sold at Auction on May 4 ' Names For Animals Some Details of Plan Are Outlined FAIR OIRECTORS REELECT 0L0 The directors of 'ihe Catawba County Fair Association met yes terday afternoon for the purpose of electing officers for this year. Mr. N. W. Clark opened the meeting with a few words of appreciation for the hearty cooperation extended him in his work as president for the association last year, stating ' thai while last year's fair was one that we could well be proud of, and yet at the same time it was nothing like what it should have been; that there had been mistakes made, of course, but the same mistakes should not be made again. Upon motion of K. C. Menzies, N. W. Clark and John Mouser were nomi nated and unanimously elected to the offices of president and vice presi dent, and the president authorized to employ whatever Jielp necessary to get up the premium list. Presi dent Clark said he would take the matter up right away, so that the premium lists couidi be distributed at the earliest possible date. October 8, 9, 10 and 11 were the dates chosen for the fair. This will bring the Hickory fair just one week before the state fair at Raleigh, mak ing it a convenient time to send our best exhibits to the state fair. A discussion of the condition of the grounds prompted the authori zation of W. J. Shuford and R. L. Shuford to spend $50 in planting Bermuda grass to overcome dust and mud. It was also decided to perfect a better system of caring for the traffit during the fair park ing of cars, egress and ingress. The high cost of everything these days will effect the cost of conduct ing the fair as it affects everything, and inasmuch as this extra cost will have to be met, various plans were suggested, but none adopted. A rise in the price of admission was one sug gestion, and a small charge for stall room at the cattle barn was another plan. It was contended that the chief purpose of the fair is to get people out to the fair to see what is being done along the lines of inter est, and it would be unwise to adopt any plan that would reduce the at tendance. It was the unanimous opinion of all the directors that the fair this year should be the best ever, and each member present pledged his greatest endeavor to make it so. GOVERNOR CALL SBOYS TO COUNTRY'S DEFENSE Raleigh, March 21 Governor Bickett calls the boys to the coun try's iWlnSe in a proclamation, grinding a German against every American boy as a producer and urg ing the North Carolinan to do his best. The proclamation reads: "To the Boys of North Carolina : "Your brothers are on the firing line. If they fight they must be fed and this is the job of the folks at home. The food and feed crops will constitute America's great of fensive this year. They may win the war before our boys are fully ready for the fray. The army and all sorts of war industries have de pleted the ranks of farm laborers. To fill up the ranks President Wilson is calling on the boys between 16 and 21 vears of aire to enlist in the boys' working reserves. North Car- olina is asked to turnisn v.uou re cruits for the farm, and I earnestly urge that every boy in the state, white and colored, who does not al ready have a good steady job, to at once hand in his name to some vchiool teacher, ndi county super intendent of public instruction or the farm demonstration agent. Your ill then be enrolled in the county and state headquarters, and you will soon be notmeci tnat a goou job on a farm is ready for you. "For full particulars write to J. M. Johnson, state director, West Raleigh, but by all means enlist at once. Boys in schools and colleges can enlist in their schools and their names will be duly certified to county and state headquarters. I trust no boy in North Carolina will prove a slacker in this emergency." BY WAKE J By the Associated Press. Raleigh ,Maruh 21. A verdict of not guilty was returned by the jury in the case against Major Geo. L. Peterson, who has been on trial since Monday charged with embezzling $7,500 of state funds. The jury was out an hour. Major Peterson is now in the quarter master's staff at Camp Jackson, Co lumbia, S. C. OFFICERS PETERSON CLEARED URORS PRICE TWO CENTS REGISTERS Twenty-five registered Duroe pigs, 10 weeks old, and named fur national and international characters of the present time, will be placed on sale in Hickory on or about the fourth day of May under the auspices of the Hickory Red Cross and directly ui. der the management of Mr. A. A. Shuford, Jr., who has been appoint ed manager of the campaign to raise funds for the second Red Cross drive in this city. Twenty-five Hickory business men will purchase the pigs and donate them to the Red Cross and Mr. Zeb ulon Branch Buchanan, than whom there is no1 greater auctioneer in these parts, will sell the fine animals to the highest bidder. The pigs already have been contracted for and will be shipped in plenty of time. The Hutton & Burbonnais Company will make neat crates 25 of them and each pig will be placed in a crate with the name of the celebrat ed character stamped on the end of the box. On December 1 the First Nation al Bank will award a War Saving? certificate worth $50 to the persoii who has bought one of these pigs and put the most weight on it. Mr. Shuford today named Messrs. C. IL Geitner, E. Bryan Jones and Roy Abernethy as judges, and all 25 pigs will be eligible. Records will b kept of every purchaser and eacu buyer will have a good chance to add $50 of good security to his visible or invisible means of support. Those who have heard of the proposition say it was the result of genius, and it is allowed that some of the pigs will fetch fancy prices. One of them will be named Teddy Roosevelt, another Wocdrow Wilson and so on, and George Killian says that Teddy pig will fetch some price. "You watch Wood row," re marked a Wilson admirer today. In addition to giving the Red Cross campaign a lift, the introduction of these registered Duroe pigs into Ca tawta county every man in this whole section will have a chance to buy one or more will increase the country's-meat supply and perad venture furnish a number of good breeding animals if the owners are so disposed. In any event, the pigs will find a ready sale and they will look mighty good when they are knocked off by Mr. Buchanan to the highest bidder. More details will be furnished from time to time. Here are some of the names select ed for the pigs: W)ilson, Taft, Roosevelt, Daniels, Baker, Ifughes, Hoover, McAdoo, Pershing, Sims, Wood, Bryan, J off re, Lloyd George, Ilai Petain, Root, Gompers, Lenrooe, Whitman. DESERTERS STRIKE N SWITZERLAND By the Associataed Press. Zurich Switzerland, Feb. 21. A "strike of deserters" has been in progress here for some weeks. The twelve to thijieen thousand desert ers, mostly from the central empires who have taken refuge in Switzer land are as rebellious to service iu the field and the factory as they are in the front line trenches, and most of them refuse to work. Until rec-iitly every deserter who could find his way across the frontier into Switzerland was given shelter with no other condition than that he pay his taxes and observe the law. The number continually increased and on the occasion of the riots in Zurich the federal authorities dis covered that there were too many of these deserters among the leaders of the disorder. It was then decided to order a civil mobilization that would enable the government to round UP all unoccupied foreigners and set them to work. The strike of the deserters fol lowed this mobilization. The de serters pretended to the right of sylum in the coutry without the ob ligation to work. They were sup ported by a certain element of the Swiss Socialist party with maximal-, ist tendencies. "We came here to escape servi tude," the deserters said, "we re ject all obligations of service, mili tary or civil; we will obey no order and we summon the Socialist party cf Switzerland to sustain us imme diately." The socialist party of Switzerland met at Olten in general convention and, though sustaining the strikers in a platonic way, invited them to go back to work. Thereupon the deserters and the extremists of the socialist party organized a sort of soviet in Zurich. Socialist members of the Federal council are endeavoring to get the government to annul the civil mobi lization decree but public opinion in a vast majority is stoutly opposed to any concessions to the deserters.
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