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Hickory AELY COM) VOL. HI. N0.177 HICKORY, N. C, WEDNESDAY EVENING. APRIL 17, 1918 PRICE TWO CENTS TISH MIRE FURIOUS ENEMY ATTACKS Abandon Positions and Withdraw to Near Ypres, Where Line Still is Not Moved Southern End ofBattle Front Remains Strong. British Recapture Town liv I ii f Associated Press. u :i Vpivs in southwestern Bel , , iniiKui'il by the continued ad-Ui!-,v i f tiif Hermans on the Lys bat- , nt, the British to the south j,, . urn to withdraw from this ai!.,.,i.v'd line. T ;.;':; dUvial announcement at i',.iuatt s a partial retirement , sector. T I'.ritish forward positions east ' i have been given up and a c:.. west of Ypres occupied. ! ; s :t!i.iraval was made in good u'th"Ut the loss of men. A : ,i:v:;tly the retrograde m,ove - pivoting on the Yytschaete . . u ii. i e London today reports a .;y - -'iii counter attack carried on the Germans. They are ,, ..illy reported indeed as having ....d to St. Eloi, a mile and a h,,!' fi m Wytschaete, two -miles u . f llollebeke and about six :, t'l-cin Ypres. 1-: It - i is about two miles to the !' .Mt. Kemmel and about a : :i a half from Wytschaete. T: ; ; may be an indication that !' . itr ;:h retirement is to the line pr.mr of HUT, although such i .v.,:..!i,.ivval would include an aban ; ..;;, r.t of the entire Passechendacle :., . as well as Messines ridge, the ; i ! :.y of which is in German -utii.s no danger at present ' i i : , tiieiit on any larger scale Lr; ;W on the northern end of the ! r:i: -i:'!i;ian line as a result of : :m:m success. The line as a .: appears likely to hold as long :i- the railway c mmunieations sup ;i r.':. t are intact. Ai-pa'vntly these railway eommu- rari.-r have been provided for by : . I.iiiiuhing of large forces on the Tl.c (l. rman objective here, as has ; " .nt" 1 out, is Hazenbrouch, the ! !! a'.t jv.netion point near Nieppe ah-!, ,.,s miles north of Bailleul. The !:. '-attack last night indicated ' i -r.vfh of the British in this .:;.! r.aiit sector. It resulted in the .pfsrr of Meterne, which was lost '" ) rmans. 1 ! i mans are still hammering i : t : t i -K line north of Bailleul, w'-.i: ) the northwest they are still ..ii rim.: Mt. Kemmel, the impor ts;' hi .lit which dominates the sit v. ';!!. -The British now seem able ' ! il w'.th the situation and the (' .v, i finding his attacks dealt '! !';im!y. Yh- pr-sent attack in Flanders 'i - i. ot m'imii to have diverted ma t n il Ki itish reserves from the ; in rn I.attle field, as the Germans i' t'uls'.'d in counter attacks tMi" u: the British report the situ- hand. I'h" N'miuc battle appears likely to hi".r,. '.'if, furiously again in the near t'i'in. judtring from the reports ha' ( i,uv- from both French and l; t, ii war offices in the marked ar ; iy activity in this sector. II GUARDS MEET AT ARMORY TONIGHT 'in. r-al Ilu'kory home guards will their regular drill tonight at ;" I Captain Boy Abernethy ; ;i full membership to go "ii the various exercises. Last -'lay night's drill was the hiny for many of the guards li'7 began to learn that drilling 1 a snap. '" will bo a special meeting of " 1 '"I Friday night at 8:15, 'Inline will be done. All are expected to attend both ill'.;, in A t iS (i) TfM th.. . w hi-n 'ri'Tli: Hum 1 at tie Favors British Today By the Associated Prei. ''""Ion, April 17. The battle in l lll"'l'is is raging today with in- "n"lll ;f' intensity, telegraphs the ''"lr"N'ri.lent of Reuter's corres- "t at British headquarters. A, ;ir s tlje iatest rtfport3 enable 1 "('respondent to judge, the bat " w 'oinK in favor of the British. BEFORE BOLO PASHA PAYS PENALTY TREASON By the Associated Press. Paris, April 17 Standing before a firing squad in the forest of Vin cennes early today, Paul Bolo Pasha, condemned traitor, lost entirely his attitude of indifference he had main tained subsequent to and during his trial for treason. Wfien the order to fire was given, the rifles spoke and Bolo crumbled up with several bullet holes in his head. Escorted by the guards Bolo left the prison, several minutes before his execution. He listened to ex hortations from the prison chaplain before his eyes were bandaged and he faced the firing squad. Paul Bolo, whose career has been closed by the French government, was born in Marseilles. He studieu for the law, but forsook that honor able profession for occupations which were varied and hazardous. He was identified in several en terprises which failed and then he drifted to Paris, where in 1894 he was convicted of abuse of confidence and swindling. He later went to Valencia, Spain, where he conducted a cafe, which was frequented by vhe French colony. In l'J03 he married a widow who had an annual income of 70,000 francs. Just before the world war broke out in 11)14, Bolo entered into a new phase of work, which took him to Egypt, where he met AbbaHilmi, then the khedive, for whom he became a trusted agent in the exploitation of land owned by the khedive. From the khedive, Bolo received the title of Pasha, which has been linked with his name. After the flight of Abbas Hilmi to Switzerland in 1915, Bolo met him at Zurich in company with the then German foreign minister, Gottlieb Ja gow, and an arrangement was made to turn over to Bolo a sum of 10, 000,000 marks to be paid in install ments through the former khedive, for the purpose of influencing the French press. J During the summer of 1916 Bolo bought the Paris Journal from .Sen ator Humbert, paying 5,500,000 francs for the property. After the initiation of proceedings against Bo-, lo, the money he paid Senator Hum bert was refunded. In February, 1916, Bolo came t America. The Dtutsche Bank of Berlin is said to have turned over to Bolo a sum of 10,000,000 francs. Disclosures made by the United States Government relative to his ac tivities in this country are said to i . i i t j. have brougnt aDout nis arresu Bolo was arrested September 29, 1917,, for receiving money from Germany for use in peace propagan da. After his arrest there came sen sational disclosures of his activities. He was placed on trial for high treason February 4, 1918, was con victed February 14 and was sentenc ed to death. The committee of re vision of the department of justice rejected Bolo's plea for a new trial April 5 and April 8 President Poin care refused to grant clemency. It was announced on the same day that the military judicial authorities had granted a reprieve "for the mo tions which he had promised to make. The activities of Bolo and other alleged instruments of Ger man propaganda in France were given the general term of "boloism and the general trend of commend in legal, pjournalistic and political circles were: "WIth Bolo's death, Boloism will die: -Prominent Frenchmen connected with the Bolo affir included former Premier Joseph Caillaux, Senator Charles Humbert and Fernand Mon ier, presiding judge o fthe highest Parisian court. Notwithstanding the desperate at tacks of the Germans, they have gained no ground sirnce Tuesday morning. During his three years in the war zone, the correspondent says, he nev er has heard such uninterrupted and terrific fire as he has witnessed in this battle. SUPPORT TROOPSjSUPT. MI URGES BAKER RESIGNS HIS TODAY POSITION By the Associated Press. Washington, April 17 Secretary Baker, back from a seven weoks' trip to Europe, today called on the American people for renewed sup port of the war. The secretary ex pected lo see President Wjilson la ter today. "The American soldier has made good in France," Secretary Baker today assured newspaper men who met him at the war department.'' The French and British authorities are uniform in their praise of the courage, endurance and soldierly qualities of our men. "The big thing for Americans to do is to support the men, support them faithfully. The right arm of the American body is in France ready to strike. The rest of the body is in the United States and it must support the arm." WILMINGTON LIKELY STEEL SHIP YARD By the Associated Press. Washinton, April 17 Recommen dation aerainst the estahlishmpnt of n new steel ship yard at Charleston' has been made. Several other sites for the propos ed yard are under consideration, the most likely selection being Wilming ton, N. C. MR. McRORIE DOING WELL AT REIDSVILLE OFFICE M. M. G. Crouch returned last night from Reidsville, where he fix ed up a nice office for the Southern Public Utilities Company. He liked Reidsville very much .and reported j that Mr. W. E. McRorie, who went' from here as manager of the Reids-' ville office, is doing good work, likes I It 4- 1 il 1 1 1 IL ' nie luwii aim me people liKe nm. it is a happy combination, Mr. Crouch said. Rev. W. R. Bradshaw of Hickory also has many friends in Reidsville and they asked about him. SITUATION IN AUSTRIA MORE CRITICAL THAN EVER WMhington April 17. The eco nomic situation in Austria is more critical than at any time since the war began, according to an official dispatch from France . The Vi enna Neue Freie Presse, says the dispatch, announced the lamentable scenes alternate each day with tu multuous ones in the different mar kets in Vienna where meat is unpro curable. The burgomaster of Vi enna declared to the municipal coun cil that the sanitary service esti mated at 65 per cent the food deficit of the capital. At Prague the sit uation is still worse. Disturb ances have occurred and the governor has had to promise the relief de manded. Born to Mr. and Mrs. Jur$ius Huffman in Highland, a daughter. HERE'S SOME SUGAR DIRECT FROM-CUBA By the Associated Press. t An Atlantic Port, April 17 Near ly 4,000,000 pounds of sugar, said to be a record cargo from - Cuba, ar rived here today on an American steamship. The vessel's captain said great quantities of Cuban su gar are awaiting cargo space. It was said here some of the Dutch steamers requisitioned by the govern ment would be put into the sugar car rying service. TO MAKE HOUSEWIVES The colored women of Hickory wish to thank Mrs. J. Worth Elliott for the material given them to make the house-wives. The colored women met on Monday p. m. at Hiartzell's Memorial M. E. church and organized a Red Cross society to make the house-wives for the twenty-six registrants who are to go in training soon. Mrs. Laura Joe Buggs, chairman; chairman, called the house to order and stated in short talk the objects of the meeting, after which the offi cers were elected as follows: Mrs. Laura Joe Bugg, chairman; Miss pone Jlendterson:, secretary; Mrs. K. C Gillespie, treasurer. The sewing room is at the home of Mrs. Buggs. Two machines were promised to hasten the work as we have only a short time. Those sewing Tuesday p. m. were: Mesdames J. M. Henderson, N. M. Black, L. A. C. Smith, J. L. Lewis, L. J. Buggs and Miss Lutitia Cham bers. Much work was accomplished. REPORTER. COLORED WOMEN TOSH Prof. C. E. Mcintosh, for the past two terms superintendent of the Hickory public schools, last night tendered his resignation to city coun cil and at the close of the school term will join the army of farmers in North Carolina. Since Christ mas Mr. Mcintosh's friends have known his intentions and his an nouncement came as no surprise to them. He will eneraee in farmine- with his father-in-law, Mr. A. C. Shuford, near Start own, and he and M'r. Shuford already have made plans for a large crop this year. Mr. Mcintosh, who is a native of Denver, Lincoln county, and an hon or graduate of the University of North Carolina, came here two years ago to take charge of the Hickory schools. A man of tremendous en ergy, he at once set about to make the schools better and during his term, thanks to the Community Club, a domestic science department has been added, and also a business course. Both departments, especi ally the domestic science course, are popular. Superintendent Mcintosh has striv en to give Hickory a first class school system and he has had the. backing of council and the forward looking element of the citizens, as well as the teachers. A strong teacher, himself, he has been their friend, and it is no secret to say that he has endeavored to improve their salaries. In this respect, too, city council has gone as far as fi nances would permit. ; His first yieajr here was npt as successful as it might have been owing to a number of outbreaks of diseases scarlet fever and measles : but the present term has run1 smoothly and great progress has been made. Mr. and Mrs. Mcin tosh have made numerous friends here and all of them will wish for them success on the farm, a science that Mr. Mcintosh also understands. In his communication to council, Mr. Mcintosh told how the cost of living had increased and made a. special plea for the teachers, who la- j ter will memoralize council. Theyj are not receiving decent salaries,' considering the cost of everything, and the retiring superintendent; urged the aldermen to make it poo- . sible for them to live in comparative ! comfort on the salaries they make. By the Associataed Press. Washington, Aril 17. Subscrip tions to the Liberty Loan, as report- ( ed to the treasury department today now total $931,156,050. TWe first day's business for the Minneapolis districtj, where campaigning began yesterday, amounted to $25,000,000 TO SPEAK TONIGHT HOLY TRINITY LUTHERAN Rev. W. C. Schaeffer of Atlanta,' Ga., arrived in the city this after noon. He will deliver an address this evening at Holy Trinity Luther-, an church, and will speak at Lenoir j V'Uilcrg'C Uii lAMiivi. j. v. v filing subject of his address for this ev ening will be, "The Everlasting Gos pel." At Lenoir College he will speak on "The Challenge of the Rpv. Schaeffer. who has been locat-; ed in Atlanta for the past eight or, ten years, remembered by manyj people of Hickory in connection with, his work for Elizabeth College, piQi-lnft.p. lYare-e audiences will greet this talented speaker both at Holy Trinity and at Lenoir College. NEW YORK COTTON By the Associated Press. New York, April 17 While there was much less excitement and fluc tuations were less violent, the cot ton market showed continued ner vousness early today. First prices were 13 points lower on May, but four to 32 points higher on later lists. May rallied from 28.80 to 29.08 while July sold at 28.66 and October at 27.72, but this was mucn better than due on the showing from Liverpool and the market eased off. The close was steady. Open Close , May 28.85 29-90 October 27.69 28.25 jujy 28.58 29.48 December 27.47 27.95 January 27.12 27.90 HICKORY MARKETS Cotton --f"? Wheat $2.40, Corn WEATHER FORECAST For North Carolina: Probably showers tonight and Thursday, ex cept fair on the coast tonight, mod erate south winds. LIBERTY BONDS REACH NEAR BILLION TO RAISE WAGES OF T PAID By the Associataed Press. Washington, April 17. The rail road wage commission has compleei its recommendations for wage in creases of railway employes and a (report will be made to Secretary McAdoo upon his return from a western speaking trip in the interest of the Liberty Loan. Nothing was made known' as to the amount of the increases to be given, although it was said employes now receiving small pay will be given the largest advances. The commission began its work January 21. CADET KILLED By the Associated Press. Hamilton, Ohio, April 17. Cadet B. Bonning of New Jersey was in stantly" killed and his pilot seriously hurt near here today. FAVORS NEW DRAFT By the Associated Press. Washington,, Ajpril 17. The sen ate joint resolution for registration of men becoming 21 years of age since June 5, 1917, was ordered fa vorably reported by -the house mili tary committee today. The registra tion date is to be' xed by presidential proclamation. AVIATOR KERLY ELLIOTT VISITOR TO HICKORY Aviator Kerley Elliott, who parti cipated ilm the Ibombardjnent of Memphis, Tenn., with Liberty bond literature, is spending a few days in the city with Mr. R. J. Foster. "Bob" says that he is trying to make arrangements to have the aviator to bombard the county of Catawba with War Savings Stamps literature; and the homes of pro-Germans with "A B B F" warnings and other things that will help "the curs from biting the hand that is feeding them." Mr. Elliott is the son of Mr. Hen ry F. Elliott of Catawba. MARGUERITE CLARK AT PASTIME TOMORROW Marguerite Clark is coming tomor row to the Pastime theatre in the I Paramount version of Mary Roberts Idol" which Appeared3 in thetul- 1 T1 TV 1 Xj' . -I aay evening r'ost some ume ago. "Bab's Matinee Idol" is a whimsical ly funny story of a boarding school girl's affair du coeur, as Bab gran diloquently calls it herself, and will appeal to girls of all ages who will recognize themselves in Miss Clark's winsome screen portrayal of Bab. WINSTON PRESBYTERIANS CONTRIBUTED LIBERALLY Wini3ton-Salem, April 17. The First Presbyterian church here in its report to the Orange presbytery, which met with Piedmont Presby terian church near Burlington for a two or three days' session, will show that the local congregation contrib uated to all causes the past year $27,345, of which $19,523 was given to various forms of benevolence, while $8,584 went to foreign missions. There is talk of organizing a "wheatless club" in Winston-Salem the same to be maintained until the close of the war. HELP CATAWBA GO OVER TOP BY MAY The War Savings Stamps sales in Catawba county now total $75,000 and Mr. J. D. Elliott, chairman of the county committee, is detrmined that the sales shall reach the $100, 000 mark before May 1, and he is asking that the men, women and chil dren of the county see that "Cataw ba goes over the top" before May J. T Fl The city wagons invaded the sec ond ward today and from the looks of some of the big vehicles, they were doing business. The first ward was cleared yesterday, in spite of rainy weather, and the third ward will be cleared Thursday and the fourth Friday. If any places have been missed in the second wards, the fact should be communicated to the city manager's office. 1 So far as known, everybody is anxious to cooperate and one may see plenty of boxes and barrels of trash mostly cans in front of many homes. I With these all moved off and pre cautions taken from now on, mos quitoes will find no places to breed this summer and there should be few if any of the pests in this city. Tin cans are the finest incubators in the world for mosquitoes. Mr. J- L. ilogford of Charlotte was a Hickory visitod today. j PR HOUSE COMMITTEE RASH BEING MOVED ROM SECOND WAD BRITISH FRONT OF MOST BITTER FIGHTING Haig's Men Recapture Meteren and Germans Make Progress at Other Points Heavy Ar tillery Fighting on French Front War News Officially Reported. BU RI AN IS NAMED TO SUCCEED CZEKH By the Associated Press. Amsterdam, April 17. Baron Burian has been appointed Austro Hungarian foreign minister in suc cession to Count Czernin. Baron Stephen Burian Rajez was minister of foreign affairs irom iSfcptember 15, 914 tto December, 1916, when he was succeeded by Count Czernin. Baron Burian has been finance minister since Czernin's appointment. WAS FRIENDLY By the Associated Fress. Wfashington, April 17 Confirma- I tion of the appointment of Baron I Burian to be Anstro-Hungarian for I eign minister has been received at the state department from its offi cials in Europe Burian has been re garded as more friendly to America here than any other official of the dual monarchy It is not known what his attitude has been since the war. COMMANDER OF CYCLOPS WiAS BORN IN GERMANY San Francisco, April 17. Mrs. A. M. Angermann of this city, a sister of Lieutenant Commander G. W. Worley, commanding iofneer of the missing nval collier Cyclops, said her brother was born in Germany, but came to this country when a child. He enlisted in the navy when a youth, she said, and had served in it conf,miously since, working his way up to a commission. He adopted the name "Worley" when he joined the navy, his real name being Wichtmann, his sister said. 1 A 11 1 rn vjClTIIlclIl clXICl .AlllCCl OtlfS-tCffV if Analyzed in Light Former and Present Offensives Springfield Republican. The great difference, then between the present German offensive and the offensive made last year by the al lies, aside from these improvements in the first phase, is less tactical lthin stttyvtegK The Germans, though they have no such advan tage in numbers as the allies had last year, are hit.ting harder, sacri ficing more men in frontal attacks, and making a yery much greater ef fort. The case miay briefly be summed up by saying that they are trying for a military decision and are making the effort and accepting the losses involved in such an auda cious attempt, while the allies last year, seeking only limited objections, made the limited offensive appropri ate to those objections. . This is not a criticism of their strategy. That their offensives since 1915 have been too desultory is probably true, and more ought to have been accom plished on the western front while the allies had the advantage there. But dtespite the westerrfers, whose hones have been cruelly frustrated, it is difficu'l to point to any time. or place at which the allies would hfA;e been justified in an attempt at a military decision on the western front. What Germans Are Trying to Do. This point can best be understood by comparing the utmost that the allies could have hoped for with what the Germans are trying to do. If the Germans had been able to sep arate the British, Portuguese and Belgian forces north of La Fere from the French and Americans south of that point, and if they had GoimBieirs Mow Germans Down By the Associated Press. .London, April 17. The British at dusk Tuesday, says a Reuter dis patch from British headquarters in France, were advancing in the neigh borhood of Wytschaete, south of Ypres, ar.u wcj3 reported i z ' 11 holding ground which they had lost there. Among the numerous enemy at- NOW SCENE By the Associated Press.' London, April 17. The British have recaptured Meteren on the northern battle front by a counter attack, it is officially announced. The British positions before Ypres have been withdrawn to a new line. South of Arras the Germans were driven out of British trenches, into which they had penetrated Early this morning the German artillery became more active in this region. The British made counter attacks in the neighborhood of Wytschaete. Repeated German attacks in the neighborhood of Bailleul were re pulsed, the statement says. GERMANS ADVANCE By the Associated Press. London, April 17.. According to in Exchange . Telegraph dispatch from Paris, the Germans have ad vanced from Wytschaete as far as St. Eloi and also have a grip on the southern slopes of Mt. Kemmel. FRENCH STATEMENT By the Associated Press PfarLs, April 17. Heavy artillery fighting occurred last night on the principal battle front bjetween jthe Somme and Oise, the French official statement says. It follows: "On the front between the Somme and the Oise there was great artil lery activity on both sides. The French carried out several success ful raids, especially on Butte de Mesnil in the region of Tehure and north of Fliery We took a number of prisoners. "On the right bank of the Meuse a German attack east of Samougnaux was repulsed. Otherwise the night passed in quiet." Born to Mr. and Mrs. W. I. Cald well, a son. been able to drive through to the sea, thus cuttfrig off all the armies to the north of that point they might very well have been able by "digging in" to stand off the French long enough for them to annihilate the British army, after which the turn of the French would haJie come. It cannot be said that the allies have at any time had such a strategic op portunity as that. They nyght have iinflictod heavy losses on the Ger mans, they might have cut off and captured hundreds of thousands' of men, they hight have compelled a retirement to the line of the Meuse, or even behind the Rhine, and still have been no nearer a military de cision than before. To clear France and Belgium of invaders would have been a ereat iov. but it .would not necessarily have spelled 4Pl?try; it jnnght fiven, have been so costly as to spell defeat. But even this limited and chiefly territorial gain would have been dubious, bec4ise there has probab ly been no time when the Germans could not have scraped together a few hundred thousand men from some other front and shifted them to the west to stem the advance of the allies. Such a push might have lasted six months, and long before that time was up the enemy would have been heavily reinforced. Now the Germans are reckoning on a very "different situation. They think they have counted up all the strength that the allies can put into France this year, and that the total is not yt'jat erlough to prevent tfhe suc cess of the attempt at a military de- (Continued on page three) tacks Tuesday afternoon and evening I on the .northern front in Flanders. one in Zillebeke, sectod, was disas- ed waves were shot down at close range. They apparently were or derof' to retire and then the British truj for tl.c vic-Ajians, whose mass gunners got on their flank, the cor respondent says, and the slaughter was terrific. i i ;
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