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Hickory Daily Record HUNS ATTEMPT OF AMERICAN WOUNDED Bombard Hospital Village but Fail to Kill Sick and Injured Funeral Party Does not Falter and Escape of Americans Is Through no Fault of Enemy 13 v the Associated Press. ;!h t!u American Army in Franco, v .,. May 27. Wihat was a de v attempt to wreck American i.ils in the rear of the Ameri nv in Picardy occurred Sunday t.i'i i u. hmi when the Germans hurled i, i, ia plosive and gas shells within w hundred yards of two hos Fortunately none of the hos i wi fe hit. I:-, .i coincidence the bombardment w;i. .nintf on while American funer- w.rc being held. Several shells f. ,;thin a short distance of one f,i:,. ral party, but did not interrupt tii.- service. i;. i inan attempts to carry the war f,w u American sick and wounded Uuaii ahi'iit 10 days ago, when with :hi' advent of the new moon, Ger- aviators circled over a little vil- ixtuiwn t. shelter hospitals and I"' d bombs. Si erai civilians were injured in a pvih: air raid not far from Amen tia licsjif tals. They were asleep tVeiiiiir secure in their proximity to :)! hospitals. M'.u'h indignation has been caused i lillers and civilians over the air raid and Sunday's bomlxardmients. 1: u;n not the fault of the raiders ;',:tt those in the hospitals were not k iloij, as was the carte wfjth Khe l.ritish several days ago. Tiie Lilly comment of the sick and wounded American soldiers is that they want to get out as soon as the i!oi'tor will permit so as to strike at the Huns. I ALL OF i:y the Associated Press Amsterdam, May 28 "We must retain Belgium economically, politi cally and militarily," said Admiral v a Tirpitz, former German minister i-f marine, in an address at Dussel-i"i-f on Sunday as quoted in a news pa per of that city. 10 BE MORE ACTIVE WORK I'.y tho Associated tress. Wadimirton. Mav 28. Major Gen- I era! Leonard "Wl mk'J.4 'request th,at I... L i,.ii.rt slut,, fVktin na in- lie i;iveil IIIUI'U llttivt- uuvji w. . t u ,.fr,. iiennrt. i in in. i Hi ler wi nit ntuK'i' .... u. t. it was understood today, will I he granted by the war department the general will be assigned to train another division of troops, prob ihly at (.amp l unston BY WAR DEPARTMENT Uy the. Associated Press. WashkTigton, May 28. Changes the organization of the ordance leiui itment of the army to permit in- "eaMMl eiliciency in the divisions liartil with the execution of the nlriurini program ).v(re aryiounced i"!av l.y Major General Wheeler, 1 1 tin: chief of ordnance. ''y tno Associated Press. Home, May 28 Italian troop ' ii Monday night broke into the Aus l" Hungarian lines in the ncighbor h"f"l of Cuposilo on the lower Tiave '""it a depth of 750 yards. The Ital- captured 4.'53 prisoners. i;V the Associated Press. I.eximrton M. C. Mav 28. With RPIIZ DEMANDS BELGIUM WOOD GIVEN CHANGES ANNOUNCED TALIANS BREAK INTO (ENEMY LINES "'ferment of counsel for state ana h fenso Judge W, P. Adams this ( "Kirninjf Met Monday, June 3 as the "''to for the trial of J. Graham n"d7; for killing J. Franklin Dead ' ri(,k, to begin. , I A Npwial venire of 100 men will '"' Hiirtinmned. The trial will likely foriHume a week. MURDER ASSISTANCE URGED It is now pprfnin tYinT- the draft age will not be permitted to enirUi'? in 1inpssfnAinl wnrL- tin1 r-a ' ' ' - . . I 1 IV MI1U A tain their civilian status. Under the ... 1 it? i - pian as ouuineu Dy General (Jrowdei, men who have been deferred and are vngagcu in unessential labor, such as running eievators, waiters m hotels and nt.hrr l" i n 1 1 a nf lunrl floari.iVo-l in General Crowder's statement, which t 1 t i . . was puDiisnea in an ot the newspa pers, will be called into service by the 1, 1 1 1- 11 A , 1 1 lucai uoarus, regaruiess 01 tne ciass to which they have been assigned, unless such registrants procure em ployment in essential enterprises and perform essential labor in such es sentials enterprises. The local boards of the state will have a hard task before them in de. terminirg what men are so enyaged in non-essential laDor 11 tne spirit of the regulations is to be eitective lv rnrriprl out. it hponmes npcessarv j , ' that the local boards have the full cooperation of all of the business men in the state and all enterprises in the state, whether essential or non rssrntinl. It is believed that the citizenship of this state, in view of the irreat labor needs, will trive all the assistance that lies within their power to the local boards in locating these men. Each local board will be expected to check over its list of registrants in order that it may have a complete list available at ail limes of this unessential labor. All business men and industrial enternrises of everv character what soever are called upon to render to their government a great patriotic service by furnishing to their respect ive local boards a list of their employ ps who are within the draft ace and who fall within the definition of those deemed by the provost marshal gen eral to be non-essential within the anirit of the regulations. These lists can be furnished to the lota! boards within each county within twenty-four hours. The lists should give the name of the employer, name of registrant and character of em ployment. The lists should embrace not only those who are now register ed but those who have become of age since June 5, 1917, and who are re quired to register on June 5, 1918. It would be a great thing for the state of North Caroina if the gover nor of the state could, within one week's time report to the president the complete cooperation on the part of every employer in North Carolina, and would establish a precedent of service that would be gratifying to the war department. JOHN D. LANGSTON, Maj. Inf. U. S. R., Special Aide to the Governor. JULLET PIERCES BIBLE SAVINtG A MAM S Lll U- Wth the American Army in France . Mnv 9.n. iRv the Associated Press) ..., ? . , . Many stories have been told since the beginning of the world war ot HnitKl States nrobablv will have the uves Deing bvcu uj iii, distinction of being the first country to ha h actual possession of a bullet punctured Bible, which saved the life of one of its sons, William R. Wilson of New Castle, Pennsylvania. Wilson is alive tody an a hospital in the rear of the American sector in Picardy and rapidly recovering from a minor wound. A Bible and a small trench mirror, which he was accustomed to carry in his left breast pocket, deflected a German sharp shooter's bullet from his heart.' According to his friends, Wilson, who is an orphan, had been in the habit of reading the Bible daily. He was resting in the rear lmes last Sunday with his Bible as his oniy comfort. He was ordered to the front line, where a sharpshooters bullet felled him. Comrades who earned him off found that he was suffering only from a flesh wound in the breast, thanks to his Bible and the trench mirror through which the bullet passe A second bullet struck him in the arm, but this wound is not serious. Wilson says ne is going to present the Bible to the United States as soon as he is discharged from hos pital. COTTON EXCHANGE REPORT By the Associated Press. Washington, May 28. The inves tigation of conditions in New York and New Orleans cotton market fur nished by Secretary Houston to Sen ator Smith of South Carolina was re ceived today. L KILLS THREE PERSONS By the Associated Press. Ilaris, May 28. Three persons were killed and 14 injured in the bom bardment of Paris today by the Ger man long range gun One shell burst in a clowded street in front of a trainway station. Three women were in the station. One of them was killed and the others injured. A child was also killed. IN WORKING ORDER ONG RANGE GUN HICKORY, NORTH CAROLIN A, TUESDAY EVENING, RED CROSS FUND IS NOW EVEN Hickory's Red Cross campaign is 0Vfthe tQp- Ifc is eve $15,000. iWThen Mr. J. D. Elliott, attaching his name to a blank check and left instructions with Captain Henderson to fill in, the required amount, this was assured. This is in addition to Mr. Elliott's donation of $100. The colored people of Hickory have raised $300 for the fund and this, e opinion oi the managers, is a goou a record as any town can boast. The names of the colored subscribers will be placed on the hov or roll. The Record is printing names every day, and there are hun dreds that it has not reached, in cluding those of this office and tht. carriers, but it expects to reach all this week. Three thousand names make a job for any paper to print. The following supplementary lists are published today: Ward 3, Chas W. Bagby, Capt. Previously reported. $768.88. Employes of Ivey Mfe Co. $134.10 J. A .Lentz 100.00 J. B. Clay 2.50 C. L. Biggerstaff 2.00 J. C. WiilHs 1.00 Miss Callehan 1.00 M. H. Johnson 1.00 ' Mrs. J. R. Hosley 1.00 Mrs. M. L. Flowe 5.00 Employes of Hickory Novelty Co. 32.051 Mrs. W. L. Abernethv 25.00 Mrs. A. V. Shuford 35.00 T .A. Witherspoon 1.00 Mrs. Wezen 1.00; Miss Greta Wezen 1.00 1 H. O. Keever 1.00 C. H. Reynolds ' 1.00 Mrs. W. G. Fox 1.00 Mrs. M. E. Candler 1.25 Mrs. D. F. Messick .50 Rev. J. E. Barb 5.00 Miss Candace Henkel .10 H. H. Bowman 3.00 J. C. Martin 2.00 D. M. McComb 25.00 Oren Abernethy 1.5u Miss Precious Hahn 3.00 Adelyn Hahn 2.00 S. R. Deitz 2.00 Mrs. W .L. Miller 5.00 W L. Hefner 3.25 Miss Inez Deal .2o Miss Clarisa Deal .10 W P. Pitts 1.00 B. A. Miller 2.00 J. L. Bowman 1.00 Mrs. E. W. Brown .25 Miss Lillie Brown .25 Miss Edith Brown -05 Miss Mamie Brown 05 Miss Litha Brown .0o George E. Bisanar 25.00 Zeb Troutman 4.00 J. L. Abernethy 15.00 Mrs. J. L. Abernethy ' 5.00 , Mrs. L. I. Setzer 2.00 L. I. (Setzefr 10.00 Miss Oneita Miller 1.00 Mrs. W. E. Miller 1.00 Mrs. S. J. Propst 1.00 Mrs. S. P. Bisanar 1-00 Everett Sox 1-50 Mrs. R. B. Fry 1.00 Mrs. Q. E. Lippard 1.00 Mrs. T. L. McGarley z.ou T. L. McCarley Z.oU Mrs. B. F. Atkins -2o R. B. Frye 5.00 . H. Shuford i.uu A. S. Abernethy & Son oO.OO A. Sigmon -of Cash !-uu Mrs. A C. Link i.uu Mrs. R. S. Booth 1-00 Dr. G. E. Flowers .00 Mrs. G. E. Flowers 1.00 Miss Kittie Flowers 1.00 Miss Louise Flowers 1-00 Mrs. E. G. Peeler 1-00 Mrs S. C. Eaton 1-00 Miss Fay Eaton 1.00 W. E. Gosnold 5.00 C. Day 1-00 H. W. Day Miss Mary Roseborough 5.00 Mrs. H. L. .Abernethy 2.00 Mrs. R. WJ. Stevenson 5.00 (Continued on page three ASSIST THE FRENCH By the Associated Press. Wiith the American Army m France Monday, May 27 A number of imlanes late this after- A Vlll v ivl noon assisted the French infantry m fighting near Pont-a-Mousson. Swooping down over the German ines, the Americans ipoured an ava lanche of bullets into the enemy s trenches. JURY IS CHARGED E By the Associated Press. Richmond, May Z8. juage u. l,. Richardson delivered his charge to the jury shortly after the trial of Dr. Lemuel J. Johnson, charged with wife murder was resumed today. The chief contentions in Judge Hen derson's charge were that the jury must fine Johnson guilty of murder in the first degree in case the jury believes he gave her poison. The defendant must be found not guilty if it is not shown that he sent and gave his wife poison. H- A. Hopkins of Franklin county, who has been assisting Common wealth's attorney Geo. E. Wase in the prosecution, began the opening argument in the case, which is ex pected to be given to the jury late this afternoon. $15,000 t AMERICAN AVIATORS JOHNSON A I . I .1 ... ill . I lli I I I I . All .lif I 1. i t If it . .Mil, 1,1 II M.I i W .... l.i V. I hy Germatms By the Associated Press. London,, May 28. The Germans yesterday ' forced a passage of the Aisne river, west of the British sec tor, compelling the left of the Brit ish line to fall back, the war office, announces. The enemy maintined pressure aii day yesterday against the British on the Aisnie front. Sievere fighting continues today. In Flanders on the Lys front lo cal fighting was resumed this moru ing The Germans are developing at tacks of great strength along the j entire Aisne front. j In yesterday's attack in Flanders 1 Tl N SALE OF According to the official report pre pared by State Director ,F. H. Fries of the Wiar Savings Committee ot North Carolina, Catayvba county Oi May the first had sold a greater pex- centage of her allotment of War Savings Stamps than ninety-four counties of the state. Only three counties had sold a greater percen tage than Catawba; these three are Forsyth, tha home of State Director Fries, Franklin, the home of Gover nor Bickett, and Cleveland the home of Lieutenant Governor Gardner, anu Congressman Webb. Cabarrus and (Pasquotank ooun-ties had sold (the same percentage as Catawba. It is reported that Chairman J. D. Elliott, when he heard the news, suddenly realized that his belt was too small corn bread will add flesh and that he immediately purchased one sev eral numbers larger than the ones he has heretofore used. POSTMASTERS WILL HAVE MEETING HERE Postmaster Bagby has invited every postmaster in the county to meet here Monday at 1 o'clock for the purpose of exchanging views anu ideas in the sale of War Savings Stumns siirmortine- the' Red Cross and other war work. The meeting is ex i pected to prcve helpful. NEW YORK COTTON By the Associated Press. New York, May 28. The cotton market opened barely steady today at a decline of 8 to 16 points, with July selling off to 24.35 and October 23.33 after the call or about 23 to 27 points net lower. Offerings were taken and the market firmed up. The cloie was steady. Open Close July 24.45 24.90 October 2320 23-71 December 23.05 23.48 January 22.92 23.28 March 22.95 23.2G HICKORY MARKETS Cotton ' 2bc 'Wjheat $2.20 :Corn .-$1-75 WEATHER FORECAST For North Carolina: Fair tonight and Wednesday, gentle shifting winds. GATAWBAFOUR STAMPS MAY 28, 1918 between Locre and Voormezelle the Germans are believed to have cm ployed four divisions on one part of this front measuring 6,000 yards. The enemy troops were punished so severely that the French on the right flank did not even get into close con tact with the enemy. PARIS STATEMENT By the Associated Press. Paris, May 28. The Germans last night crossed the Aisne between Berry-au-Bac and Vaially, it is an nounced officially. The battle con tinues intensely Ibetween the yessle and Aisne rivers. WENT FAR BY the Associated Press. Wjashington, May 28. With many 11th Ihouj subscriptions yet to be tabulated the great outpouring ot American dollars to the second Red Cross fund this morning had reached $144,000,000, an over-subscription of $44,000,000, in the week's campaign which ended last night. Officials to day hazarded predictions that the to tal would reac'n $150,000,000. The over-subscription, much Jar ger than the first $100,000,00 'last year, was taken as an answer to the German offensive as a nation wide condemnation of the !bombing last week of Red Cross hospitals by Ger man airmen, as well as an indication of the great realization of Americans of the value of the Red Cross. AT YT Dr. J. Ernest Thacker (dlive)redi another of his strong sermons at tht Presbyterian church this morning, his sermon being "'The New anu Irretraceable Life" Taking his ser mon from the journey of Israel from Egypt to the Promisel Land, Dr. Thacker said the discipline and training of the Israelites in then long, weary years of wandering was a parellel to the journey of mankind in this day. Their deliverance camt through long years of hardship; and ours will come through many years of endeavor. As the Jews never passed that way again, so we can never recall a minute. Now is the accepted time, he urged. The music this morning was es pecially good. Mr. Jelks selects those hymns that most people have known since childhood and they are harmonious in sound, and beautiful in sentiment. Tonight's subject will be "The Gos pel's Great Call," and Dr Thacker urged upon all present this morning their duty to bring to church some person who is not with the church or who is lukewarm in his interest. The hour of service is 8 o'clock. CADET IS KILLED By the Associated Press. San Antonio, Texas, May 28 Fly ing Cadet Paul M. Currie of Minneap olis was killed in a fall in an air plane last night near here, it was an nounced today. GR A AMPIN OV GOOD SERMONS P AN GHURGH AISNE RIVER IS CROSSED ON TWENTY MILE FRONT German Penetration Falls Much Short of Ten Miles Here and French Have Excellent Com municationsFlanders Fighting of Minor Character By the Associated Press. The Germans attacking south from the Chemin des Dames and after carrying that important ridge in the operation of their new offensive yes terday have pushed on rapidly and ef fectived a crossing of the Aisne riv er between Sailly and Berry-au-Bac. This represents a front of nearly 20 miles along which the armies of the crown prince engaged in this great drive have crossed the Aisne. In addition they apparently have cross ed at points south of the river and are striking for the river Vesle, which parallels the Aisne at this point an average distance os about five miles. The Vesle at this point is about 10 miles from the German point of departure, but the German penetra tion is apparently considerably short of this step. The battle is being fought on the whole Aisne front to day, the brunt of it being borne by the French before whose lines there was seemingly the greatest concen tration of troops. The .Frenqh. .comimun)ations are excellent in this sector, however, and the possibility is that reserves are being rushed up to resist the at tack. The British when the battle start ed apparently were holding a line approximately 12 miles long be tween Bermicourt, seven miles' northwest of Rheims, and Craonnelle, across the Aisne, to the northwest, the line straddling the Aisne at about midway from Berry-au-Bac. There is no indication that the British right flank was seriously affected by the shock. The left flank, however, felt the impact upon the French front further west, where a crossing of the Aisne was made. The British line to the west of Beryp-au-Bac is now holding south of the Aisne, according to latest re ports today. Tfti 'eGleirman jattack in Flanders was evidently a subsidary affair, not even on tfce scale of some of the previous offensive movements there, although there was an extremely heavy concentration of troops for the limited front of attack. The French bore the weight of this blow and re pulsed it without the loss of scarcely any grounjd, the Germans pushing in half a mile. This morning the British and French made counter at tacks in this soctor, which were pro gressing well at latest advices and promised to turn the German effort on the northern front into a complete failure. The German attack in Flanders is aerainst positions taken by the French May 20, when they recaptured TACK By the Associated Press. With the French Army in France, Monday, May 27. (Whether the German attack north of the Aisne is merely a demonstration in force with the object of drawing out the allied reserves cannot be gathered from the opening stages of the fighting. The lpno.h nf the front between the flanks on the attacking line seems to imply a great effort on the part of the enemy to qapture territory in order to claim victorious progress immediately after starting and thus improve the morale of the German public. Both the French and British troops are fighting with the greatest ener gy and bravery, the officers and men working together harmoniously. HERMAN AT 10 CLAIM BIG VICTORY Allies Strike Back at Enemy By the Associated Press. 1 With the British Army in France, My 28.-British and French troops xl . , , , . this morning launched a counter a. PRICE TWO CENTS 1 Bruloose and Locre and strengthen ed their line on each side of Hill 44, which they had retaken a few days before. On the Aisne front the present bat tle recalls the fearful fighting of last summer along the Chemin Des Dame, where for weeks the German crown prince hurled his men against the French positions only to see them crushed and beaten. Last year 7." divisions were engaged in the Gei rnan attacks along this line alone. The attack here is really in the nature of a line-strengthening ope afcon". It s bvng launched from Laon as a center and is aimed a the elbow in the line formed during ihe fighting in Picardy in March and April. Here, however, the German must face permanent works which have been occupied by the French for long periods and which can be do fended quite easily. Evidence that the allied supreme command was forewarned of the new German attack may be found in the fact that British troops are fighting there. Up to the present, it has been believed that the British forc es did not hold positions much south of the Somme, east of Amiens. 'The German crown prince is in command in this sector and this may' indicate serious effort to break the al lied line. Crown Prince Rupprecht of Bavaria is the nominal commander in Artois and Picardy and the Ger man crown prince, for dynastic reas ons, will strive to outdo whatever success was attained by his colleague farter north. It is probable that American troops are engaged in the fighting in Dotn tne battles on the French front. It is known that American !trobps are close behind the allied lines in Flanders, while some time ago it was reported that they were near Rheims. The late offitial report notes quite severe fighting in various sectors, among 'them the Apremont forest, where Americans are known to be holding positions at the present time. The reports say that the German, were repulsed in all these attacks. It is officially reported from Wash ington that American positions in thu Picardy sector, near CJantigny ana Montdidier have been subjected to at tack and that at places the Germans penetrated them. The enemy, how ever, was driven out by the Ameri cans. Almost coincident with the new German assault, the Italians launched a blow at the Austrian lines in the mountain region to the northwest ox Lake Garda. According to reports they Jiave cajrried Monticello pass, the village of Presena, Monte Zigo lon and the mountain spur to the east. IBtefqre them lie parallel streams lesAing down into the Laga rina valley, and, if they successfully carry out their attack there, it 1& possible for them to outflank the en tire Austrian position in the north oi Italy. The long (range bombardment of Paris has been resumed after an in terval during which it was believea that the big German guns had been silenced. TEN STEEL SHIPS COMPLETED By the Associated Press. Washington, My 28. Ten steel vessels, totaling 63,486 tons, were completed for the shipping board in the week ending May 25. There were 18 launched during the week of a to tal tonnage of 109,700. FAIL IN ATTEMPT TO By the Associated Press. Paris, May 28. German aviators attempted last night to raid Paris. They dropped bombs in the suburbs, but were prevented from flying over the city. tack in Flanders east of W.ickebusch lake- The attack began well. Suc- cess wn make the demy's assault of yesterday a complete and costly fail- ure WttK BOMBARD PARI v i i t t. -1 '"1 - C M I s '1 i i f 1 1 4' m i
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