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HICKORY, N. C. MONDAY EVENING AUGUST 12, 1918
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ALLIED ADVANCE
crni " High Command Throws Fresh Troops
; lo Picardy in Effort to Prevent More
progress Braye Reported Entered and
Roye Abandoned by the Enemy
'..ft- are bng rrvule by
,' .h fummatnl to chock
;;i,'h Picardy towards
, . an 1 Noyon. On the
I tho battle line the
. able to advance
: the fst night, al
: reports unotticia'ly
. of Braye had been
: strong German
,vrs to have held up
,.:ra.nst vital points al
Tiwiv is an unconfirmed
that Roye has been
, tho enemy.
' ; tlit French arc still
.;.-..! stcad'ly. They
crest of the hills
O e and have virtually
i.;U vallev of the en-
.
still confined with
. ,1 when the French
hting area to the
eon expected that
it .spread along the
ri.hvatl, but this
not resulted yet.
Pic a ivy balt'e now
('erman effort 3 to
. a Vug the iines
h to ChauUios and
:vh e""ort to envdop
;tiv: a i anigy.
..i an enomy ort'eit
wUh a measure of
ti.e northern llank
- allies h.ave pushed
.'.ion of Pevonne
southern end ot'
ns have been un-
J,! more than slow
, -s of the Fronch.
r an important ad-
1 in the fact that the
a.-hed Antoval on the
west of ll'becourt.
drive early in June
. val proved fatal to
the valley of
1 as the forest of
in- east bank. If
eld by the French
along the Oise it
CHILD IS KILLED
AUTO-TRAIN
MISHAP
Salisbury, Aug. 12. Ond child is
dead and another is in a hospital
here as the result of an accident
last night when Southern train No.
.33 struck an automobile containing
several children at a crossing near
Lexington. The dead boy is Avery
Lytle, but the name of the other
was not learned.
A report in Salisbury stated that
the children were from the Thomas
vjlle orphanage, butt this wjis not
verified.
WESTERN
UNION
MEN
10 RECEIVE INCREASE
0
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By the Associated Press.
New Yijk, Auj. 12. Announce
ment of a general increase of 10
per cent in wages of all employes
of the Western Union Telegraph
Company, belonging to the associa
tion recently organized by the com
pany, was made here today. The
inc. ease retroactive from July 1 ap
plies to about 45,000 workers.
ADD Wash Strong Two Steamers..
BIHER RESISTANCE
I E BY GERMANS
By t 3 .ssociated Press.
IT, 3 . Aug. 12. Extreme bitter
resis is being encountered from
the nans along the line of
Cha -Roye-Noyon. The enemy
is J mg upl strong reinforce-
me; rhile the allies are preparing
for a further advance.
TWO
CAPT. ANDREW LONG
TO GET
PROMOTION
... Capt. Andrew Long, formerly of
Catawba, commander of the battle
ship Nevada, has been recommended
for the rank of rear admiral by the
ravy board. Captain Long has al
so commanded the battleship Con
necticut and is one of the best known
officers in the service. He is a
brother of Mrs. J. W. Blackwelder of
Hickory and has many relatives and
friends in the county who will be in
terested to learn of his advance
ment in Uncle Sam's service.
FRENCH TROOPS ADVANCE
BETWEEN AVRE AND OISE
Paris, Aug. 12. Notwithstanding
the resistance of the Germans the
French troops Sunday gained furth
er ground between the Avre and the
Oise rivers, taking several villages
from west and south of Roye to the
Oise, according to the official com
munique issued by the war office.
Further south on the line, the
French have penetrated the wooded
area between the rivers Matz and
jjfise-, reaching in this Region the
environs of La Berliere and Gury.
Moreuil Lamotte has been captured
and the French line has been push
ed two miles to the north of Chev
incourti
MEAT EATERS
T4RHFFIP BRITISH BOATS
I fill ItLLLU rnim tn nrninii
rAILtU IU Kt i UKIM
By the Associated Press.
London, Aug. 12. The admiralty
announced today that six British mo
tor boats have failed to return from
a recoinnoitering expedition carried
out August 11 along the west Fries-
i i i tt n ,1
The army iana coast oi nunaim.
IN LIST
By the Associated Press
Washington, Aug. 12.
casualty list . issued today in three
sections shows:
Killed in action, 57; died of
wounds, 10; died of disease, 2; died
of accident and ether causes, 4.
wounded severely, 67; wounded de
gree undetermined, 58; missing in
action, 7 ; total, 358.
The list includes the following
from North Carolina:
Killed in action: Corporal El
wood G. Roe, Surry county, N. C.
Wounded degree undetermined:
Chester E. Hensley, of Marion, N. C.
TWO STEAMERS ARE SUNK
OFF NEW ENGLAND COAST
British and Swedish Steamers Sent Down by
German Submarine and Several Fishing
Schooners Destroyed Americans Rec
ognize German Commander
Americans are the greatest meet
eaters ,the consumption beng ar
a year, 119 in England, 113 in Ger
many, eighty ?in France and Hol
land, sixty-four in Austria-Hungary,
fifljy in Russ ia -and ffoifty-nime n
Spain.
iir'trer and if the
gain the enemy's
territory held along
of tho river may
lid appear to
whore tho
n : on i not
rmaiu arts to
Thv' present
i three weeks
indicate
present
the one
stand
line is
ago on
Mo Mi;i:WA. TEAT .
lv M'lMliU UKM AUK ABLE
!. ... :r. -l Reutcr's cor-
British headquarters
Ang'.o-Amcrican oper-
i.-,!-.., 1 im the awk-'
,.! I i " 1 1 inrvi'lesi jis a remar-
'I ian.4 wire chiefly from
- . ; , ,y did they do their
: v made over 50 pris-
a 1 lO rilllll LO UltS
a-: 'r... , : that has been made."
Americans In
French Town
CASUALTIES THE PAST
WEEK ARE NEARLY 5,000
Washington, Aug. 12. Casualties
in the army and marine corps over
seas, made public, aggregated 432,
bringing the total for the week to
4,916 and the total since American
troops landed in-France to 20,112.
Most of the casualties for the wee:-,
represented losses in the fighting on
the Marne-Aisne front.
Of the total casualties announced
Sunday, 345 were soldiers and 87 ma
rines, while of the week's total,
which included Sunday's list, 4,198
were soldiers and 718 marines. The
week's aggregate of 4,916 compared
with 1,430 the week before.
The 20,112 casualties, total deaths,
including 291 lost at sea, men kill
ed in action, died of wounds, disease,
accidents and other causes number
ed 7,716 soldiers, 6,883; marines,
833. The wounded aggregated 10,-
874 soldiers, 9,048; marines, ,oo,
and the missing, including1 prison
ers, 1,522 soldiers, 1,431; marines,
91. , .
Of the week's increase, deatns irom
.l pauses asreregated 1,572 as com
pared with 651 the week before; the
wounded numDerea z.oiu cumiiaicu
w'th 732 the previous weeK ana xne
missing and prisoners 734, compared
with 74 the week Detore.
wliilp the nroDortion of the deaths
from the week as compared with the
wounded was large .attention was
called to the fact that the casualties
being reported now by General Per
shing represent an accumulation
the result of the righting wnicn ue-
an July 15 and it :s not to oe as
sumed that the ratio o killed ana
wounded will be maintained when the
fKal toll of the Marne-Aisne victory
s completed.
GRANITE FALLS LAD
RED CROSS SEI1
ROOM NEEDS HELPi
lOGREATCHANGE
The Red Cross sewing room over
the Chero-Cola plant will be open
morning and afternoon from now on,
Chairman Nicholson, announced this
afternoon. There is much work to
be done and the ladies are urged to
attend as regularly as possible.
Morning hours are from 9:30 to noon
and afternoon from 2 to 6.
LENINE AND TROTZKY
MAY FLEE TO GERMANY
REPORTED BY
FRENCH
By the Associated Press,
Paris, Aug. 12 There was no
marked change in the fighting situ
ation on the French front during the
night, says the official statement
from the war office today. There
Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Lookabill, of
Southmiount are visit iing Mr. and
Mrs. J. C. Surratt.
GERMAN
TWO ARTILLERY ATTACKS
AGAINST THE AMERICANS
With the American Army on the
Vesle Front, Aug. 11. (8. P. M.)
The Germans made two artillery at
tasks against the Franco-Amerinan
troops on the Vesle front but the
a'.lied troops counter attacked so
vigorously that the Germans did not
launch an infantry attack.
The struggle for the retention of
Fismette, on the northern bank of
tho Vesle near Fismes, has developed
v'rtually into a continuous fight. The
Americans, however, are holding the
upper hand notwithstanding the
German attempts to dislodge them.
mi:n insurance
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all
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iv) o flicer s and sa'l-
r,vne;i anu regis-
ti;ir,ng in the waters
i.iati submarines oper
injured by tho treas-
i. The aggregate of
will over $100,000,-
' 's made compulsory
i -i !'.!: the submarines
!'.- t American wntcs it
; 1 vesHo l. tradintr to or
ih'titV and Gulf ports,
'." vessels are excluded.
li. Uih tenor and Messrs.
T. K. Keevcr. L. U. Set
Wh tenet- and M. S.
Sunday for Wrightsville
they will attend the
i-f the' state firemen.
GERMANS FIGHTING HAKD
TO HOLD TOWN OF NOYON
By the Associated Press.
London, Aug. 12, 4:30 P. M.
-American troops are in the su
burbs of Braye today fighting a con
tinuing battle for the outskirts of
the little city.
Only slight changes in the line
as a whole are reported in dispatches
reaching London this afternoon,
but a ding-dong battle is raging all
up and down the northern sector of
the line.
LONAS TO FARMERS
Paris, Aug. 12. The Germans
Inst nieht were holding the Chaulnes-
lino but the allies are
making progress south of Noyon.
The enemy's reserves are coming
into action and the defense is stiffen
ing all along the battle front from
Novon to Chaulnes.
Desperate fighting is going.-on be
tween the British army of General
Rawlinson and the German army
under von der Marwitz. The en
emy is counter attacking savagely
west of Noyon and seems determin
ed to hold the town at all cost.
AT PASTIME TODAY
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The program at the Pastime today
11 be Emmy Wehlen in "The Shell
. ' o fiVp act Metro drama wmi
an all star cast. From the Satur
,!.. r,,;nn- Post story, "Good Wili
and Almond Shells" by Kenneth L
Roberts. A delightful ailing
story which you w "
joy. Also
tional).
President Wilson has placed at the
disposal of the treasury and agri
cultural departments $5,000,000 to
enable them to furnish aid to wheat
growers in certain sections of the
west who have lost two successive
crops by winter killing and drouhgt.
The Federal land banks 'will act as
financial agents of the government
to make and collect the loans.
This fund is not intended to be
lent to farmers who have banking
collateral; the action of the war fi
nance corporation in urging! the
banks to finance such farmers and
its promise to support them in such
financing, it is believed, will amply
provide for them.
MARY
I:ndon, Aug. 12. The lanti.-.boi-
ing rapidly., the bolsheviki soviet or- was artillery fighting in the terri-
gamzation has virtually gone to tory southwest of Roye
pieces and Nikolai Lenme, the pre
mier, and Leon Trotzky, the war
min ster, intended to flee to Ger
many, should the situation become
too serious Russian newspapers, the
Exchange Telegraph correspondent
to Copenhagen telegraphs.
The Petrograd newspaper lsvestia
3 quoted by the correspondent as
tatina- that at several points "in
that part of Russia not occupied by
the enemy ' counter-revolutionary
movements have broken out m p.
number of towns. The bolshev ki
Soviets have been overthrown m
these places and replaced by coun-
il consisting of representat.ves oi
the mensheviki, or moderates..
In the citv of Kazan, the news-
paper aaas, tn? wiue miuwh
sheviki leader Olschinsky has been
killed, while there has been great
bloodshed among the bolsheviki m
the Novgorod and Rizon districts.
DROWNED
POND
Karl Barlow, about 18 years old,
was drowned in the pond of the
nr-QTiifp .Ffills Manufacturing tom-
panv Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock
-nA Viia hndv was recovered bunday
afternoon at 4 o'clock near tne piace
where he went down. in company
ntViPr hnvs and men, young Bar-
low was wading m the water aDoui
o rv.no onrl a halt above tne aam,
when he stepped off into the creek
channel and sank. The water nere
was 10 or 12 feet deep ana ne couiu
aJ- our TVI
IlUb o W .111- , 1
Others in the party were unable
to render assistance, as they saw
only his head once or twice before-he
ank. He was wamg wiui unum
:nH when hfe dropped into
water 'over his depth, pulled loose, it
was said.
Messrs. J. M. AUred and B. B
Blackwelder went to Granite yes
4 oftomnnn and directed the
i. ty tv.A hodv. and it was lo
cated within a few feet of the place
where it sank.
NEW
YORK
COTTON
By the Associated Press.
Tpw York. Aue:. 12. There was
good deal of realizing and increas
ed selling on southern accounts :n
the cotton market during today's
early trading. The opening was
irree-ular at advances of 29 points
to a decline of 30 points.
PICKFORD AT
PASTIME THURSDAY
1 UU Will l;liv.-p-"'
Ford's Weekly (Eduda-
British Take
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A "e':ited Tress.
1 ' I'r'tish Army in France,
' i'l V. M. There is an
1 ' port this afternoon
''''' 'i "T Iloye, which the
; ' i e I. ci n defending so des
, ! ' ! "en evacuated.
1 have been seen op
! ' 1 ; 1 1 s id' ruble distance from
'WA I!,
SURVIVORS LANDED
By the Associated Press.
Boston, Au. 12 Fifteen survivors
4V, sudish steamer Sydland ar
rived here today and reported that
it.!. im1 been sunk by a Ger-
... v : Saturday. Fifteen
men suuniai'""
others are missing.
Mary Pickford will be at the Pas
time Thursday in "Stella Maris" an
Artcraft pcture. Story from the
famous novel by William J. Locke.
Come and see the two Mary Pick-
fords, the old and the new and don t
forget to bring more than one hand
kerchief with you.
CHOOSE
Boston Chronicle.
Styles for men this year will be
very simple olive drab, old clothes,
overalls or horizontal stripes.
EXCLUSIVE NO LONGER
The close was steady.
Open
October
December : -- 29,.92
January . 29.92
March 29.65
May 29.70
HICKORY MARKETS.
Cotton. None
Corn
Wheat
Close
29.56
29.03
28.9
28.9
28.91
.$2.00
.$2.20
WEATHER FORECAST
BROUGHT
1RPLANE
10
GROUND
Mr. A. W. Cline, city editor of
Tio Win stnn-Salem - Journal, and
By the Associated Press.
London, Aug. 12 A German air
ship has been brought down in
dames north of Ameland on the
northern Dutch coast, the admiralty
announced today.
fam'ly are spending a week with his WWghtsville Beiach. They
nir- rsr t r"l!viQ 1 pA flnwTi last weplc.
Mr. and Mrs. Walker Lyerly and
family are spending some time at
motor-
father, Mr. W. L. Cline.
Won't
Ameiad
lo
Years
By the Associated Press.
Wlashinton, Aug. 12. Steps to
recomvene the senate so that the ad
ministration's manpower bill extend
ing the draft ages from 18 to 4.r
years of age can be taken up without
delay were taken today by senate
leaders who ordered telegrams sent
to all absentees ask'ng them to
be present next Thursday, when the
bill is reported
AT PASTIME TUESDAY. AUG. 13
The program at the Pastime Tues-
dav will be "Mrs. Slacker" one of
Pathe's :newest and biggest plays.
Featuring Gladys Hulette and
Qreighton Hale with "Baby Marie
;6isbqrr&," and! "Siandyl' the ilittie
negro boy m the cast. lhis is a
big patriotic comedy drama and you
will be sorry vf you miss it.
The story deals with the adven
tures and ultimate triumph against
great odds of little Susie Simpkins,
By the Associated Press.
Washington, Aug. 12. Destruct
ion of the British steamer Penistone
and the Swedish steamer Sydland by
a German submarine off the New
England coast was reported today to
the navy department. The Penis
tone was sent down yesterday about
100 miles east of Nantucket and the
Sydland on August 2 southeast of
Nantucket.
No news of the fate of the crews
was given in the department's di
patch. Later the navy department was
advised that the American schooner
Herman Winter had been sunk in the
same enerbl locality. There is
no record here of a schooner of that
name. An American, coastwise
steamer named Herman Winter
ported safe in port.
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IDENTIFIED HUN
By the Associated Press.
Gloucester, Mass., Aug. 12. Fish
ermen claim to have identified the
commander of a German submarine
which has been sinking fishing boats
off the Atlantic coast as a skilled
navigator formerly in the United
States fisheries service. Two men
from different schooners that were
sunk claimed to have recognized a
former acquaintance "wlio had"
changed little since they had seen
him.
AH the members of the Sydland
crew were rescued.
CONCERT CLASS GIVES
GOOD ENTERTAINMENT HERE
The concert class of the Odd Fel
lows' orphanage at Goldsboro gave
an entertainment Saturday night in
the Academy of Music before a fair
Jy large audiencfc, (bnsidejring the
weather and the other attractions in
the city, and the sum of $49 was re
alized. The concert was fine in ev
ery way, the flag drill and two trios
being particularly enjoyable. The
visitors were guests over Sunday of
Hickory Odd Fellows. Those en
tertaining were Mrs. W. R. Brad
shaw, Mr. J. S. Setzer, Dr. G. E.
Flowers, Mr. M. II. Lohr, Mr. J. G.
Carrier, and Mr. S. G. Jones.
AIR RAIDS HAVE
MADE ON
BEEN
KARLSRUHE
Uider the new unanimous consent a irj wno ves m a smaii Am-
.agreement, by jwhicn the recess , erican town. &us:e lives wiui an
. , ',! j c.4- oialiirmlfi bv marriaee. who is a drunk-
was taKen, iniee uaa mufc , ---- - - - ;5PmiPWP brings
before any business can be
Qfprl nft.f-r a Quorum has
London, Aug. 12. An official
communication issued by the air
Jnjtnitry last qven"'nr,g announces
that air raids have been made on
Karlsruhe and that there was an ex
plosion in the Karlsruhe station.
FRENCH AND BRITISH
CONSULS RELEASED
trans
been
. -i-i . -1
called, and as a result the bill wiu
be taken up next Monday.
By the Associated Press.
Washington, Aug. 12. An ettort
by Senator Kir by oi MKansas
amend the administration's manpow
er bill so as to extend the draft ages
from 21 to 45 inclusive instead of
18 to 45, as proposed, failed today
i- ,;i :-o-tt irvmrvi ittpp hv
m tne senate
an overwhelming vote.
Senator K'rby announced that he
. . it.. i.;n
would renew his ettort when tne uui
reached the floor.
FOURTjH LIBERTY LOAN
The campaign for the Fourth Lib
erty Loan will begin September 2o
and close October 19. The result of
the loan will be watched with keen
interest in Europe, not only by our
;o Vip war aeramst
assc
Don Marqu;s in the New York
Evening Sun.
Among other reasons for not going
to hell is the excellent one that the
place is getting filled up with Ger
mans. Mr. and Mrs. James Estridge and
Mr. Frank Seaboch of Gastonia spent
today in Hickory with their mother,
Mrs. Minnie Seaboch. They were
accompanied home by Mr. and Mrs.
Hugh Seaboch and daughter who
will spend several days with "them
before returning to their home in
Salem, N. J.
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Teutonic powers but by our enemies.
It will be regarded by them as a
measure of the American peopie s
support of the war.
The Germans know full well the
e-ht and significance
c ,.,lo ann-nrvrt flf the War. Of
the people at home backing up the
the field. As the loan suc-
pppds our enem'es will sorrow; as it
! falls short they will rejoice, .every
dollar subscribed will help and en
tViP American soldiers and
HUmfeV. v , .
u.... c-nri Aanvoia the enemies oi
UUil dlV4. V. w .--
The loan will be a test of the loy
oI tt and wi llinerness of the people
nt v,p TTnited States to make sacn
fices compared with tne willingness
of our soldiers to do their part.
There must be and will be no failure
hv the neonle to measure up to the
courage and devot'on of our men m
Europe. Many of them have given
lives? shall we at home
U ' Lil'l
,,;4-ViTi-.1r1 nnr money?
W""uul" . I -I- 0-1
Shall we spare our dollars wmie tney
ard and who in consequence brings
her up in shabb!ness and poverty.
While taking washing to the fine
Gibbs mansion, she learns that Rob
ert, the son of the proud father is a
coward.
Susie is not afraid of anything
except the whiskey which makes a
demon of her uncle. He gets
drunk and beats Susie so cruelly
that tired of her surroundings she
decides to kill herself. She jumps
into a steam to end her life, but no
sooner is in the water than changes
her mind and struggles frantically
"for life. Just then Robert Gibbs
happens to come plunging madly
through the stream, pursued oy a
bull doer. He unintentionally res
cues Susie, when the latter clings to
him. In consequence she tninits
that he is a hero and that her first
judgment of him was incorrect.
M;ss Hulette gives a cnarmmg m
tprnrpt.at.ilon of cheerful, lovable,
plucky little Susie, while Mr. Hale
lis thoroughly satisiactory as xwu
ert. The play is certain to please
every class of audience.
KINDNESS IN ALL THINGS
Pitsburo-h Gazette Times
That order compelling the Camp
Sherman soldiers to snave ottenei
ic oil T-io-Vif Thpv are expected to
IS Oil J M. .
cUwt tho pnPTnv. not scare mm to
oi:uv Kj t'v w-.-.-. rf j
death..
For North Carolina: Fair to- spare not their very lives?
night and Tuesday except probably
thunder showers in mountain dis
tricts, light west winds.
Paris, Aug 12. A dispatch re
ceived here from Stockholm says
that as the result of efforts of Swe
den's representatives in Moscow, the
British and French consuls who were
recently arrested by order of the
bolsheviki counc 1 were released.
Lutz-Smyre
Mr. Charles Lutz and Miss Rubye
Smyre, two popular young people of
Newton, were united in marriage by
Rev. W. W. Rowe at Claremont Col
lege Saturday evening about 7
o'clock. Mr. Lutz is the son of
Mr. and Mrs. Geo. F. Lutz of New
ton and Mrs. Lutz is' the daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Quince Smyre of the
same place. Both of these young
people were students at iCatawba
College during the past year. Mr.
Lutz will leave on the 2Gth with tha
next draft that goes from this coun.
ty.
LOANS TO OUR ALLIES
The United States treasury has
extended additional credits of $100,
000,000 to France, $9,000,000 to Bel
gium, and $3.000,000 to Serbia. The
total of credits advanced to our as
sociates in the war against Germany
is now $6,492,040,000.
M'sses Fleta Garrison and Rox'e
Medlock of Morganton, after -spending
a few davs with Miss Willie
Click and other friends, returned
home today.
Nearly 40,000
Hums Captured
By the Associated Press.
Paris, Aug. 12. Nearly 40,000
prisoners and 700 guns have been
taken by the allies 'in Picardy, ac
cording to reliable information.
fresh troops are being thrown into
the fight in a desperate endeavor to
block the allied advance toward
Nesle.
General von Huiler, who escaped
tViq n.oTTYmn are reacting on the
allied left, having had time to ' getbad'y damaged from the Montdidier
into line divisions rushed frantically pocket, :s trying now to halt tern-
Miss Faustina Jones is visiting im it is believed here porarily on the Roye-Noyon line.
Winston-Salem.
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