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0 ckory Daily Record vol. III. NO. 179 ' r ! ! -.. ... . - ... OFFENSIVE IS FROM GIVENCr. TO YPRES Great German Th ust Bent British Line, But It Is Now Holding Firm French Repulse Ger mans in Their Sector Other War News Reported Today ., AHH'iatec. I'ress. M.-.urh the great German thrust n, ,i last week against the Brit t fivm li'ivi'iu'hy to Ypres ! Lack the British front bad , tiiis ititire area, the offensive . ,-i-.vkeil today and in immi :., iui r of utter failure so far !.. larmT results aimed at are ;. Marshal Hair's troops yes- hud to meet one of the se- ;(sts put on them in with u a German drive in the Lys , They came through ; i,a! with colors flying and u-!y stopped the German on- ... (iivenehy to St. Quentin 11 ;, the southern salient, Ger :tvi' were held in masses on !i positions in an effort to . :' .i. iu:h to behind Uethume to : :!u- British to fall back to - i. vi iuhy. The British line I-",, dopite repeated desperate ;..-. wh it-li cost the Germans en ,. Invis and last night the bat- i i del down to an artillery ''.'-po'idents at the front de .: l'.ritish front is more secure .: has been for days. Further a.r- expected from the Ger u!i, ;ire exposed to an enfil--.iiiiii'e in their narrow salient ,,,:,!. Ht rest comfortably where He. Indeed they resumed their last night in the Kemmel re ; :!ie northern side of the bat i:v i. where they found the Brit- ' i ; t : ir firm on the dominating - Their assaults like the in..' were repulsed . :bf S'.mme battle front the 'i have held their gains of yes i.v where they drove the Ger- frvm the line in the Paris- r - railway. German machine : eii this line were destroy- ROCKET AND HUFFMAN LEADING IN SALES i ,i- this week "Over the Top" T. ke.kett ha been leading the ?y 'Mirers in sales made during k; and Loyd Huffman, car r ! ,. ut(. i, has been leading ; f .:.i! carriers in sales made : 'he period. The total sales Miekory mail carriers to date v I'ullo.vs: City Carriers .1. I.' wi .Bolick $9,500. I! II. liuwman 9,285 " T. Uockt-tt (5,570 Itural Carriers I. ! Huffman, route l.$l,2G5 W liiihn. route 2 1,470 H rrv, route 3 1J30 I ' K. Fry, route 4 2,320 V A. Vount. route 5 1,270 i ! 'a! sales made by the post 'i' the county during the now over twenty-tnree -liars md the employees ! m ..Hires are making every .".able Chairman J. D. El- j in- me state uirector on ' 'i;iy i f May that Catawba 1 old War Savings Stamps iiity value exceeding one : thousand dollars. Mr. El '!;, appreciates the work by all the postal em- j' 'ial!y the exceedingly .V"t'l: of Miss Annie L. ( . postmistress at Sherrill's Miss Saunders has made a ' '.f large sales during April; " d( termine-1 that she and '''' -hall make more sales than '!t Osborne Brown of Long "'"I his office. As Miss 'i has a long lead, Mr. Brown ''' t ) work more than eight lay to oven get in the race, to .ues Destroy .Rheims Ci Wit' Associated Presi. April 1'.). Rheims, which ; " on lire for a week, is now in, 1 1. ruli,. i'lt a great pile of smoking I'uririir tin- rmf. tik the ,i'r'"'"-; havo fired more than 100 "'" 1,1 to tin. heart of thn r-itv. ac- '"''In, t' the correspondent of the Mat. and fliinrinu fi-nm ta Knrnini? be seen by airplanes away .... j I III')'! "' traces of streets and th.,r ' "J'hfarcs which have disappear CHECKED BRITISH LINE IS E E JUST NOW By the Associated Press. Ottawa, April 19.The British line is more secure than it has Wti for days, justifying the belief that the enemy may be held m his ores ent positions, says a Reuter dispatch irom lxmdon. The change of front of the Ger man attack to the region between Gi- venchy and east of Robecq found no weak spot in the British resistance at the close of yesterday's fighting, the dispatch says. There was only one point in the new line where the enemy gained anything, this being opposite Hinges, where he succeed ed in bridging LaBassee canal, but the only Germans who crossed came as prisoners. PIGS REACH NEWTON ine sn:pment of o. 1. CJ. pigs scheduled to rdach New'ton last week did not reach here until Sun day. The pigs were very hungry, but with the assistaice of Mr. Moose they were soon given comfortable quarters and nourishing food. Now is a splendid time for boys and girls to join the pig club and get a pure bred pig. There will be a meeting at Charity school house tonight and at Bust school house Saturday after noon at 3 o'clock. These meetings are in the interest of the Bull As sociation. Every farmer should be present. BASEBALL RESULTS National At Philadelphia-Boston, rain At New York-Brooklyn, wet grounds. At Cincinnati, 7; Pittsburgh, 6. A merican .At St. Louis, 4 Chicgo, 6. At Chicago, 5; St. Louis, 0. At Cleveland, (5; Detroit, 2. At Boston-Philadelphia, rain. At Wushington-New York, grounds. wet Southern League At Mobile, 2; New Orleans, 1. At Atlanta, 3; Chattanooga, 5. At Birmingham, 0; Nashville, 7. At Little Rock, 1; Memphis, 1 (7 innings, darkness). 10 MAKE MARINE CORPS SMALL ARMY By the Associated Press Washington, April 19 t Increase in the marine corps to 75,500 men and direction that a major gener al mar'naa a ofnm nan v the marines n tha f' :n v,,rnnp were aerreed to by thg nouse navai affairs committee t(Kjay as an amendment to the naval appropriations bill. Mr. George Marsh, who spent the winter and fall here, has returned to Raleigh, where he is making arrange ments to move to a farm that he has purchased near there. Mrs. Marsh and children will remain in Hickory until the close of the school term. MARGUERITE CLARK AGAIN l'v rtviuest Manager Milter will run Marguerite Clark at the Hubj tonight. This good picture was r .V a V were unaUe see it at that time T ed from view under the accumula tion of debris. Ancient buildings in the Place Royal and the market place and the Musicians' house, which iates from the 16th century, have MR ty ibeen destroyed. The vaulting of the famous Rheims cathedral, the correspondent says, is falling s'tone by stone there will be nothing left of the edifice but , the west front and the pillars. Shells are still bursting all around the building. HICKORY, N. C, QUIET REPORT ON BRITISH FRONT REPORTED CAN'T FIX PRICE CATAWBA RAISES B Bv the Associated Press. I Wiith the British Army in France, April 19. Exhausted by the failure of yesterday's attacks on the Gi venehy-LaBassee front, the Germans made no further move during the night. The British reestablished their line west of Robecq on the southwest part of the Lys battle front by recaptur ing groupnd at Rieux du Vinage farm yesterday afternoon. Kemmel hill on the northerly side of the battle area was still being heavily bombarded this morning in preparation for fresh attacks. BOATS IN ACTION By the Associated Press. Amsterdam, April 19. German torpedo craft bombarded the coast between Dunkirk and Nieuport be hind the allied line in Flanders yes terday morning, says an official an nouncement from Berlin. The statement says: "Our torpedo boats on Thursday morning nrea ouu shells on enemy camps and storage places between Dunkirk and Nieuport." WOODMEN TO HAVE GOOD MEET TONIGHT Hickory Wloodmen of the World will have an important meeting to night for the purpose of organizing a woodmen Uircie, a branch of the camp for the ladies. Mr. J. M. Simms district deputy, and Mrs. Fielding, state organizer of the Wloodmen Cir cle, will be? present to make ad dresses. Short speeches will be made by various Wloodmen, refreshments will be served and a general good time is in prospect. WILSON FORMALLY APPROVES GENERAL FOCH'S ELEVATION Paris, April 19. The following officii note was issued yesterday: "The American military represen tative in the supreme war council has officially informed the govern ment that he has received the fol lowing cablegram undver djate of April 16: " 'In the name otf the republic of the United States of America, the president approves the nomina tion of General t och as commander-ii-ch:ef of all the allied armies op erating m t ranee. BELIEVES CYCLOPS WAS LOST AT SEA Norfolk, Va., April 19. W. J. Reillv. third officer of the . steamer Amolctt which cleared ife-om the Wfest Indian island port tnree ciays ahead of the missing Cyclops, be lieves positively the Cyclops was lost at sea during a fierce gale that swept the sea 15 miles south of Nantucket. Reilly, who is in Norfolk, stated the gale damaged the Amolco to the ex tent of $150,000, flooded the radio room and put the radio out of com mission, smashed the life boats and buckled the ship. URGES PASSAGE OF SENATE ALIEN BILL By the Associated Pres. 'Washington, April 19. Passage of .the bill introduced by Senator Chamberlain placing under control of m..ia authorities all cases involving espionage acts is impera tive for the protection of aliens in this country, Norman H. White of Brooklyn, special agent, told the sen ate committee today. "If ytou don't come to this bill now," he said, "you. will come to it later and the non-passage of this bill only means a few more items in the TnTw rwfn- wn,mpn nn rails. The bill ' would protect innocent aliens. ARE TAKEN IN HAND By th Associated Press. Washington, April 19 The gov ernment has taken over the big plants of Bosch Magneto Company at Springfield, Mass., and Plainfield, N. J., and directors will be named by Alien Property Custodian Talmer to conduct their operations. Investigations showed the Boche concern enemy owned. GERMAN TORPEDO GERMAN PLANS FRIDAY EVENING, OF COTTON AT AIL By the Associated Press. Washington, April 19. Senator Smith of South Carolina, issued a statement today denying that the war industries board had contemplat ed price-fixing cotton. "The cotton market is being abso lutely demoralized by those who take advantage' of certain rumors as to the price-fixing by the board of war industries and by the introduction in congress of certain bills said Sen ator Smith. "The war industries board has no power under law to fix the price of cotton and I am informed by a mem ber of that board that the fixing of the price of cotton has not been dis cussed. "No bill fixing the price of cotton can pass this congress unless prices on every article of commerce are regulated.' By the Associated Press. Wiashimgton, April 19. Subscript ions to the Liberty Loan were raised to $1,161,510,050 by additional re ports received today at the treasury. VIOLIN CONCERT Mr. Frederick McMurray, violinist with the Edison company, will give a concert at the Academy tonight un der the auspices of the local dealer. The proceeds will go to the Hickory Red Cross. 3y the Associated Press. 'Wlashir?t(on, April 19. Southern farmers have planted sufficient food stuffs to make them independent of all outside purchases and will devote the remainder of their soil to raising as much cotton as labor will make possible, according to reports to the Southern Cotton Association. Despite the shortage of help caus ed by the migration of negroes to northern states, the report said the farmers were increasing their ac reage of food stuffs, especially grain, and wee growing live stock . MR. CLINE PROMOTED Mr. A. W. Cline, fjormerly of Hickorv. has been promoted to city editor of the WSnston-Salem Journal, succeeding Mr. M. ' R. Dunnagan, who has gone into the military ser vice. Mr. Cline has been in both the advertising and news ends of sev eral papers, the last year as assist ant to the city editor ot the journal and his promotion followed natural lines. His friends here will be glad to learn of his success. A patriotic meeting will be held on the square Saturday afternoon at 4 o'clock. Snort addresses win be. made by Judge Council!, A. A. Wthitener, W. A. Self, J. W. Komn- son, J. W. Blackwelder, W. ti. JiarK ley, M. H. Yount and others. Ca tawba county is going over tne top on the third Liberty Loan, showing that the folks at home are right be hind our boys "over there and on the way." Mrs. E. D. Jordan of Baltimore is spending several days with her sister Mrs. Harrison Wtnkler. NEW YORK COTTON By the Associated Press. New York, April 19. The cot ton market showed renewed activity and excitement early today. The nervousness caused by yesterday's report that a price-fixing bill had Kopn introduced in the house has but the market was upset by the big break in Liverpool The close was steady. Open Close 28.73 "28.35 27.34 27.09 27.05 May -- --28.40 to iI8.au ! July. 27.75 to 27.93 October 26.60 to 26.87 December- ib.7U January 26.62 HICKORY MARKETS Cotton 30c Wheat $2.40 Corn $1-75 WEATHER FORECAST ior (North Carolina: Fair to- night, cooler in the northeast portion Saturday probably rain, light varia- ble winds becoming southeast. LIBERTY LAN GOES STRONG COUNTY SOUTHERN FARMERS ARE RAISING FOOD PATRIOTIC MEETING SQUARE SATURDAY APRIL 19, 1918 MINIMUM QUOTA mm lailaaaaBa j Catawba county has come across with its minimum quota of Liberty Bonds, and the honor flag has been asked for by Chairman J. D. Elliott, but the campaign will be waged with renewal interest. This is the first time in the history of Liberty Loans there ha vie been! three, in cluding the last tthat the county has bdone its full part in purchasing bonds, a distinction that every town in the County is proud of. It was a job. There is more enthusiasm now than ever before, and it is likely that $100,000 more will be subscribed in the county. Catawba folks are de termined to go over the top by a big margin. Hickory applied for an honor flag yesterday. The county's emblem will be placed at Newton. E TO L By the Associataed Press. Raleigh, April 19. Total sub scriptions to the third Liberty Loan as reported to Chairman Joseph G. Brown up to noon today amounted to $6,637,650 with Wlake county still holding the lead. Chairman Brown urges vll chair men to report to him the results of the campaign as the withholding of the subscription is leading the na tional directors of the campaign to believe that North Carolina lagging. 13 JITNEY SCHEDULE TO BE The Newton-Hickory jitney, it was announced today, will change its schedule Sunday to conform to the new time, each trip being an hour earlier. The change will make a better schedule for the patrons of the service and is expected to be appreciated by the public. Messrs. Cline and Yount have operated their car in all sorts of weather, a fact that the traveling public has noted with appreciation. At present the jitney runs one hour behind standard time, but on Monday, as the schedule in the Rec ord will show, the car will make trips on the new time basis. It will be regular. M OTH ER-TE ACjll ERS MEET AT THE SOUTH SCHOOL The Mother-Teacher's Association of the South school held a very inter esting meeting Monday, April 10 with a good number of mothers ami teachers present. Grades taught by Miss Margaret McComb and Mrs. 11. W. Carver gave a fine patriotic pro gram, consisting- of songs and reci tations which were enjoyed very much. The paper by 'Master Jack Perry on the Declaration of Inde pendence and the recitation by M:ss Aline West on the Star Spangled Banner deserved shpecial mention. The club was then called to order by the president and opened with the Lord's prayer. Business and reports of commit tees were then in order. Commit tees to . buy the first aid chest re ported having same, of which the teachers are very proud: Sanita tion, with Mrs. E. E- Anderson as chairman: program, with Mrs. N. Wl Clark as chairman. Mrs. W. H. Little then presented the club with a lot of bulletins which will be of help with the food conservation. The club then ad journed after enjoying some very fine music rendered by Mrs. A. M. West. By the Associated Press. Washington, April 19 Demon strations of a 16-foot model dirigible of the Zeppelin type swung on wires a machine said to be much more desirable than the Zeppelin type in that it is more mobile and can alight on the water were giv en to the senate cjommitJtee tocSay by an .inventor of Montclair, N. J. He said his dirigible would carry 50 persons and travel at the rate of 75 miles an hour. Development of the dirigibles by government was urged by the inven tor, who said that Germany would send Zeppelins to the United States. IS TI TO By the Associated Press. Washington, April 19. Germany and her allies are undertaking to overcome their shortage of cotton by developing .production Jin Bulgaria. Official dispatches today said Bul garia was undertaking to place blocks of land at the disposal of the planters. MAK REPORT CENTRA CHAIRMAN CHANGED SUNDAY AMERICAN NVENTS DIRIGIBLE BALLOON GERMANY film RAISE TON RITISH REPULSE GERMAN ATTACK AROUND G1VENCHY Six Divisions Employed To Drive Britons From Positions Italy to Send Troops to They are LOCAL PYTHIANS HAVE GREAT Hickory Pythians last night held a celebration meeting that will go down into local fraternal history as one of the most enjoyable and unique events of its kind ever staged here and that will linger in the memories of those present for many years. The principal event was an address by Dr. Byron Clark of Salisbury, grand chancellor of the grand lodge, and this worthy minister and Pythian discussed the relation of Pythianism to the church, to other fraternal or ders and to the nation. His ad dress, which was on patriotic lines, was a masterful effort and brought forth applause upon applause. Mr. Bascom Blackwelder acted as toastmaster for the occasion, and acted well. In his pleasing manner he introduced the speakers with a light reference to their individual characteristics that brought down the house. It was a large company of Pythians and specially invited guests that enjoyed the evening and watched with eyes open for any of those quips and cranks for which secret orders are supposed to be no table. There were a few of them too, especially the slides of well known citizen-members who were taken off quite humorously by Mr. A. J. Bradshaw and thrown on the wall for the delectation of the com pany. Another special event of the evening was the reading of the roll of charter members and the naming of those who were alive and present att( r nearly 25 years of service. Still another feature was the honor roll the 13 stars in the service flag i. .presenting Pythians who have joined ihe colors and are risking their all for the country. This list in cludes M.ij. Geo. L. Lyerly, Capt. G. L. !':V,lT.i:;;n, Lieut. F. L. Cline, Lieut. F. S. Sieole. Lieut. John Geitner, Lieut. .!:.: Cilley, Lieut. C. S- Ste venson. V. ill am Busby, Hugh M. Miller, II. B. Kiser, Geo. S. Black welder. (ir'n M. Sigmon and A. S. Bradford. The mer-ting was opened with prayer and the singing of America, the tlereoptiiccn throwing its beams on a large A v,?rican flag while th? rot m wis ihu-kened. The com pany sng the r.aLional hymn lustily. Rev. S. B. Sfcrcup opened the meet ing with pr.iyc-r and then the guests sat down to a table loaded with light refreshments, while R. E. Martin and Hugh D'Anna passed the good things. Those responding to toasts were Dr. W. B. Ramsay, who spoke of Pythian'sm in the c!d days and told oi uic ups and downs of the lodge in former years; Mr. D. L. Russell, who told of the progress for the past 12 months and paid deserved tribute to Mr. Hugh D'Anna for his untiring efforts and noted the growth from 57 irregulars to 103 mostly regulars; Mr. W. C. Feim ster of Newton, a former member, who spoke heartily of the lodge and Hickory spirit; Mr. Mark Squires of Lenoir, who told what the flag meant to a united and patriotic nation; Mr. W A. Self, who emphasized the need of every citizen standing by his- country and declared the frater nal orders had done much to pro mote patriotism, and Rev. W. W. Rowe, one of the youngest members, who spoke feelingly of his interest in the order. Those who had not heard Dr. Clark before were carried away by his masterful address. He was pre sented in a happy manner by Mayor M. H. Yount, who made the visitors welcome not only to the lodge room, but to the city as well. In the year of great endeavor, as the past may be called, the Pythians have taken a new hall to themselves and are thriving better than ever, according to all speakers. The grand chancellor first told what Pvthianism stood for. The per sonnel of the order in Hickory was the equal of any in the state andj WISS By the Associated Press. Geneva, Switzerland, April 19 When Miss Edith Cavell was execut ed in Belgium, by the Germans, a girl friend, Miss Julia Wyss, aged 20, of Geneva, was oo;il:-a;ai to Li years penal service for the same of fense. She is now in a Prussian prison. MEETING s VT T! TI O LJ 1. Md m Y PRICE TWO CENTS by Enemy in Vain Effort Aid Allies in France. There Now. I By the Associated Press. London, April 19. The Germans were completely repulsed in the at tack they launched yesterday around Givenchy on the southern side of the Lys battle front, the war office an nounced today. When the assault ceased after heavy enemy losses, the enemy had only been able to secure a limited footing at one or two points of the more advanced positions. Six German divisions, it has been determined, were engaged in the un successful attack in the Gdvenchy Venant sector. Tlie enemy launched further at tacks last evening south of Kemmel. These wore broken up by the Brit ish artillery and machine gun fire. There was no change in the situa tion along the entire British front during the night, which passed the night in comparative quiet. ITALY TO SEND HELP By the Associated Press. Rome, Thursday, April 18 Pre mier Orlando announced in the cham ber of deputies today that Italian troops would be dispatched to the battle front in France. The announcement, wrhich was re ceived with strong applause, fol lows : "Italy, which follows with admira tion the heroic efforts of the Anglo French troops on the western front, could not remain absent from the battle field of France. She wishes to bring to her allies tangible proof of solidarity nd very soon the col ors of Italian regiments will fly over the field of Picardy beside those of the French, British, Americans, Bel gians and Portuguese, thus sealing the union which exists between the allied people and governments." FRENCH STATEMENT By the Associataed Press. tyris, Apr!p 19 The French last night reduced German machine gum nests on the front of yester day's attack southeast of Amiens, the war office announces. There was heavy artillery fighting. ITALIANS ON JOB By the Associated Press. Washington, April 19. Italian regiments already are in France and form the right wing of the Italian armies, the Italian embassy announc ed today.' the grand chancellor was highly pleased at the progress of the order. He put his large audience in the best of humor by a number of good jukes and then launched into a serious dis cussion. The order is religious, each lodge being opened with prayer The speaker, a minister of the Gos pel, endorsed everything for which it stands. It is not sectarian, and in cludes in its membership Jews. The Pythians stand for the sanc tity of the home and chivalry to wards women. In addition they look out for the orphans and throw their protecting arms abount young men. And the order stands for pa triotism, that being one of the pil lars which it rests. Pointing to the service flag, Dr. Clark said the 13 stars meant an omen of victory and he was glad that some of the members of Ca tawba lodge were taking part in the great struggle. Knights lift their hats to every hero. The war started long before 1914, the grand chancellor said. He sketched German philosophy and tcld how Neitrche, Treitsche and von Ber nhardt the foremost preachers of German Kultur, had prepared Ger mans for this awful war, how they had caused the putting aside of mor ality and justice and based right on (Continued op cage 4) irl is nsom A petition for a pardon signed by 3,000 women of Geneva was sent to the crown princess of Germany one year ago. A cold, almost brutal, reply signed by Baron von Stulven zel. secretary to the crown princess, h..i jut !.c;:i rco'.i.'ed. It states briefly that the petition cannot be taken into consideration by the crown princess.
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