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Hickory AILY RECORD ii Line 4 9 1 VVO i 1 If. ami;;;!-1 n l ii.s! ! A .ii N I "or?M if '.Tar for ; i .'Id f"i thy A- . r j . A i -11.,.. (-' In.irr;' t1"-' iwM,1, "-xnli,;.. 4 ..v.i r ;n ,! . . "'n, h-..... in the I,,.',.' -, HICKORY, N. C. MONDAY EVENING AUGUST 26, 1918 PRICE TWO CENTS ilk TISH ATTACK ON MILE FRONT TODAY Men Break Into Ol Videnburg Vigorous Push Thi f ding-Gain Miles Quickly The French Also Take Towns and Prisoners. i'f'tish troop in the Scarpe : .. ; ami good prog- aavrding t; -,; this morning. I . il-.l 1'. M.Tbis launched te Sampaux on and Ncuville Briifch made -n !es I'U a front c ;,,:g to a nport (iaunuppo, ami than live Anas, have been a:!i the British i u.iural De is.. captured ....:u tin ce m'les . to advices . ;.vniy also has i-auu.i tho Km r hun-:.-.n t y the ;i k;; i.i.m-: I . ; : y -tu-hy-Le-lVcux. If :. V.'a:;.-"iirt were on I "'"' as it stood .. , . i ,v. . -. drive March 21. ;' ,. .-. . ... ii nnans drove ' . .: r the second -a ' . . . 3 v.,;- : - ' ; , ... . u-k apparently ' i'.'J1. and the ii .... i . four miles to WILSON FAVORS EXTENDING TIME SENA TE TAKES UP MORE By the Associated Press. NEW DRAFT BILL By the Associated Press. Washington, Aug. 26. With a view to expediting passage of the man power b'll, with its provisions for ex tending the draft limits from 18 "to 45 years ,the senate was to take up the measure today with a prospect of its early passage. The house draft of the bill was to be reported by the senate military committee today with the "work or fight" and other minor amendments agreed upon. SITUATION BETWEEN SPAIN AND GERMANY CRITICAL suggested that the proposed time for its becoming effective January 1 next be extended. London, Aug. 26. German news papers received in Denmark affirm u., .v.; r, o r i inni. uic situation ueiwetn opain ana ashington, Aug. 26. President : Germany is critical, but they agree WiUon, senate prohibition leaders de- ! that Germany cannot make any con dared today, ns not oppose, to pro- j "g-f dfspaS, ti hib.tion during the war, but haa ' Exchange Telegraph from Copen hagen. The Taeglische Rundschau admits the beginning of a conflict which" may effect the position of both Mexico and Argentina. "The complaint of Spa n means an admission in favor of the entqnte powers," says this newspaper, "and Spain's threat means a step away from the path of neu trality desired by the Spanish peo ple". The Spanish note must be con sidered by the German people as an unfriendly act." The Lokal Anzieger declares that Spain must acknowledge the con dit'ons wh'ch compelled Germany to resort to her submarine warfare. THREE IN ARE LOST IN FALL OF SEAPLANE REPORTED BY BRUSH By the Associated Press. With the British Army in France, Auf. 26. British troops in their drive on the Somme this morning are reported to have entered the towns of Monchy-le-Preux and to have cap tured the town of Mory. Noith'of Bapaume the Germans have been driven farther back. Ae cord'ng to a report from the front lines, the British have reached the Bapaume-Beuenatre road and have established themselves there. The Germans are making great ef forts t hold Bapaume, but the town s being gradually enveloped. TODAY'S CASUALTY UST 10 MILES HOUNDS TRAILED PICARDY BATTLE CARRIED ARTOIS TODAY i A LOWS BOMB i vKK TEN HITS :, the Lorraine ::!. American ytst.nlay dropp ;,:!ais, a town on . ina !. Ten di als were reported n. Ie'.ic. Jones . My destroyed an "i Marre north- r. f'ugh Brid-re- vaisanco pa ' ' ' -: wh'oh dis- ;' d"ntr to the a svv n Gcr - v. n ward in n ' d b-en fired By the Associated Press. Washington, Aug. 26. Loss of a naval seaplane with her crew of three including Ensign Donald C. Pero in collision with another seaplane off Fire Island Saturday evening was an nounced today by the navy depart bent. Pero's machine is believed to have sunk immediately after fall ng into the water. Mine sweepers search ed unsuccessfully. Ensign II. Stephens, piloting the other plane, landed safely on the water with his mechanic, and aided in the search for the other plane. ATTACKS MR. MEBANE Under the caption, "God Pity the Democi-atic Party," C. L. Whitener of Hickory Saturday apparently had circulars distributed on the streets here attacking Mr. C. H. Mebane of Newton, editor and candidate for county judge. In the opinion of many pecple, the contents were libel ous. The circular seems to have been printed in a L'ncolnton news paper office. In the opinion of the 40 or 50 persons who followed two Ashevilie bloodhounds as they trailed tracks supposed to be those of the unknown white man who has been operating in the Clark's creek section of II. ck ory township late Saturday evening and night, there is virtue in the animal-detectives. They trailed the al leged tracks of the culprit from Mr. Jim Punch's house to Newton, a dis tance of 10 miles, and stopped in front of a house there. Through fields and woods the dogs carried on and officers were amazed. The dogs could not know that the place where they stopped was the home of a man who has been in more or less trouble, ia circumstance which was not lost on the officers. Chief of Police J. A. Lyerly of Ashevilie brought his dogs to Hick ory on No. 12 Saturday afternoon Jmd with Chief Lentz and Deputy Sheriff Kennedy went to Mr. Punch's residence, where the hounds were put to the tracks. They followed them for lo miles and wound up at Newton. A large crowd accom panied the officers and dogs. Last week an unknown white man stole meat from Mr. Punch's smoke house, removed watermelons from the patch and cut the harness in the Punch barn. Earlier in the week a boy plowing in the field had the harness cut and when he went to the house to apprise his people of the fact and When they joined him in the field, the man stole a large ham. A month ago the same culprit is Total 213 ! believed to have raided the Catawba NORTH TO On Four-Mile Front British Push Two Miles To Old Hindenburg Line Surprise Attacks Against French Are Repulsed -Other War News From Front Today. Washington, Aug. 26 The sec ond section of the casualty list issu ed today shows: : Killed in action 52 Missing in action 24 WJounded severely 60 Died of wounds 20 Died from accident and other causes 4 Died of disease 3 Died of airplane accident 1 Wounded degree' undetermined 49 LOST TRAWLERS PROMPTLY (xar By the Associated Press. Washington, Aug. 26. Fishing craft destroyed by German subma rines off the New England coast will be replaced by the shipping board at the request of the food ad ministration with deep sea water trawlers. Construct'on will begin ' with 75 modern trawlers. By the Associated Press. Extending the Picardy battle line to the north into the Artois sector the Brit sh launched an attack this morning in the Scarpe region, east cf Arras. This attack may be co.'.ridcred a development in the ter rific battle east of the Ancre river, which has been in progress since W ednesday. The British war office says that good progress is being made "n the new attack, which was begun in an area where the Germans hold strong ly ifortified lines which have been held for nearly two years. Just to the south of the Cojeul river the British seeming'y have en countered a slia-ht setback, for to- i day's reports show that they are i regions where the Another Big The list includes the following from North Carolina : Mechanics William B. Johnson, route 3, Kernersville, and Will Z. Pearson of Elkville, both of whom were killed in action. Piivlgite Ernest iWillougjhby iof Goldsboro, wounded severely. The first section contained 183 names, of whom 49 were killed in ac tion, 32 massing in action, 46 wounded severely, 19 died Springs section of the county and officers today were expecting an arrest. AGAINST CONSIDERATION TO BOYS IN COLLEGE wounds, 1 died from accident and othe rcauses, 38 wounded degree undetermined. iCjhief Juaticje Wiafiter Clark has written a letter to the larger news papers in which he declares that 18- vpar-nlr) rn11pf"f hnvs sTinnlH tint Kf j - - - j ... - t shown any preference in the draft bill, which was passed by the house Saturday night, with only two votes against :t. The colleges contend Private William Barrett of Kings that if 18-year-old boys are not a Mountain is reported killed in action and Private Raymond Barnes of Taylorsville route 5 wounded severe ly. Sunday's list contained 169 names. Among them was the name of Pri vate Allen McDonald of Grandview, route 3, who was wounded severe- ly. lowed to pursue their military train ing at schools, there will be no col leges this fall. WR1GHTSVILLE BEACH Wl IS $15, DM 000 By the Associated Press. Wilmington, N. C, Aug. 26. Fifteen thousand dollars will cover the damage done the beach and trac tion property by Saturday's storm although no estimate can be made of the damage done cotton, corn and iofchqr crops. Full trolley service was runnin gbetween Wilmington and the beach and hundreds went down. The beach was without lights last n'ght. ! The Abernethy ij.rdware Com pany has received a ne; for-pas-senger Hudson Ccupe. It has not been listed in the catalogue yet. isecfii of Hums !!!, V. i rilDBAWING UIVKK v7;si,i-: By the Associated Press. Bu'tish Headiquarters in France, Aug. 26. (Reuters Limited.) Brit ish troops yesterday took another 1, 500 prisoners and made a further collection of heavy guns, trench mor tars and mach'ne guns. Field Marshal Naig's forces swung forward as far as Longueva! in their advance north of tho Somme. '. Army in France from various ':'Tmans arc '' ''it.' V'.-sle ov- " ".ire a'ong the !'.' Ml. ' ! . t the Gorman i ft desultory was no iri- t patrol engage t Much heavy n heard around v. fi'Ieavoring to 'iwal reports. ME SECOND LIEUTINANTS MADE AT III. MJANDMOTHEK'S llr, son Mosteller By the Associated Press. Petersburg, Aug. 26. About 800 young men were graduated from the training camp as second lieutenants today. ANOTHER RECORD BOY LEAVES FOR SERVICE Mr. John II. Cansler, for several years a member of the Record force, left today for Camp Jackson, where ' I! . is-', Va., died ho will begin his tra ning for military n ut th. huvo r.f service. He was among the large Mi I.awson Mos- : n i!lnesi with ap- ' I:;'!, who was ' -it visiting I'.ikf'i-s Mountain i '!; iTri .-. ill about I'iiy.sVans suggest a hospital at once, 1." was much better 'I to delay the oper ' 'inlay Fred's eondi-v'or.-e and death oc- tho new class called out and the party left from Newton this 10 .iffnFnnAn Mr. Cansler IS a nnu his young man, is determined to make the best soldier possible, ana was reauj to do his bit. His many Hickory friends, and especially those in this office, will remember h'm. f hold tomorrow ' .'"'k t.v Rev. T. A. I'd will be at the 't churih. 'tis bright lad away 'liisod much sorrow lood. BRITISH FORCES PUSH AHEAD IN BATTLE By the Associated Press. With the British Army in France, Aug. 26. The British successes this morning in pushing back the German lines southwest of Arras considerab ly relieves the position of Amiens. The battle this morning aga!n ex tended the active front to the north ward, fresh British forces launched a new attack from the river Scarpe to what heretofore has been the left lank of the battle line. Every where the German line is reported to have been beaten back, while the British troops pushed forward POWERFUL SERMON MADE BY MR. NEWELL R,etf. W A. INewell, presiding elder of the Statesville district, preached a powerful sermon at Ball's Creek campmeeting Sunday and ac corcliner to nersons who attended from here it was one cf the finest j patriotic deliverances they had ever heard. Mr. Newell was heard by a tremendous crowd and his words were listened to attentively. uermaes To Make Gain MR. ALEXANDER WRITES Mrs. Amos H. Alexander has receiv ed a letter from her husband, Private Alexander, with the United States engineers in France. The postmark was July 26. The young soldier's thoughts naturally were of wife and Amos, Jr., but he did not think the war could last much longer. He was o. k. and was with a bunch of nice fellows, he said, and all were very busy. . 1 ' -J.?'! i i i - - Mr. B. B. Hall, Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Hunter and family, Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Bowman, Mr. and Mrs. II. E. Bowman, and Messrs. Alvin and Jeff Bolch motored to Blowing Rock yes terday. The trip was enjoyed by all and a most appetizing dinner was spread near Grandfather's mountain. NEW YORK COTTON By the Associated Press. New York, Aug. 26. Further rains CLEAR TRACK .1 J I, fTMTno lVio tViAVYllTlff With the customary bombardment were iepxtu t - October sold off to 32.bn and TO SELL GRANDIN ROAD Judge Jas. E. Boyd in federal court at Greensboro Saturday ordered the sale of the Watauga & Yadkin River railroad, known as the Grandin road, and the sale must be not later than January 1 next. The date has not been determined. Judge CounciU appeared before the court and made the motion for the sale. I'KisIi Have 000 In AM the British went over at 3 o'clock this morning with much dash. There also has been considerable activity north of the river Scarpe, where the British yesterday took some ground. In the course of the fight, the Germans made a counter attack and got back a slight portion ;of their losses. In the south there was 'new activ ity. Below the Scarpe the British continued to push forward. A de termined counter attack at Eau-voouTt-l'Abbe was repulsed with heavy losses this morning. CUNARD NOT LIABLE FOR LOSS OF TjHE LUSITANIA "'S"l Press. ' (Ilavaa Agency.) ! "f prisoners taken by ','))(), the Petit Jour- ,! another newspaper, three new German divisions have been identified opposite the British. Since August 2 nearly 50 German divisions have been identified in the fighting against the British. f prices January to 32.10 on tne- can, witn the more active months generally showing net losses of 20 to 50 po.nts upen October 32.80 December 32.10 January dl.Av March 32.00 May 32.15 Close 33.60 33.00 32.90 32.78 32.60 HICKORY MARKETS PvhtYvn. None Corn ?2-0 Wheat - ?2-20 WEATHER FORECAST ,New York, Aug. 26. The Cunard steamsh'p company cannot be held liable for loss of life and property in the torpedoing of the Lusitania by a German submarine, according to a de cision handed down in the admiralty branch of the United States district court by Judge Julius M. Mayer and made public Sunday. Mr. L. H, Warlick returned last night from Camp Jackson, where on Saturday he accotmjpanied !his par ents, Mr. and Mrs. H. D. Warlick icif Lincoln county to visit their i il T Vnf flan. P War. prouier a w0Jiv nf Rnnt.li For North Carolina: Fair tonight Dethleheta, Pa., who has been and Tuesday, except probably thun spending some time here, made the der showers in the mountain districts, trip with them. lifrht west w nas. GIVEN BILL SE NATE By the Associated Press. Washington, Aug. 26. A clear track was given in the senate today to the manpower bill passed Saturday by the house Increasing the age limit from 18 to 45 years. Should the senate continue under the long-established agreement to take up war-time prohibition, Sena tor Sheppard of Texas, prohibition ist advocate, means to lay aside that measure. This was agreed to debate amendments to the manpower bill with passage late today or tomorrow. To simplify procedure the house bill was substituted for the draft which has been pending in the sen ate. The senate committee struck out the amendment of Representative Treadway of Massachusetts, adopted by the house, providing for ap pointment of special examiners by the provost marshal general to reclas sify second and third classes. This amendment, the senate committee felt, would cripple authority of state draft boards and also be unnecessary, because General Crowder has au thority to make reclassifications de sired. Other changes made in the house bill were not important. By the Associated Press. Paris, Aug. 26. The Germans to day attempted a counter offensive on a large scale against General Man gin's army between Vrailly and Sois sons. .The attack failed utterly. General German onsiaue'hts eerywliere and in some instances gained ground battle was said to be going on yes terday. Bapaume is Si?mingly being slow ly pocketed by the British. Faver olle, a mile to the northwest. has been taken by the Br tish, while Mory has been left behind by Field Marshal Ilaig's army. Progress c i each side cf the Somme riv j.. is cflicvally reported from London and it is said that the British are advancing from Mari court, north of Bray. There has been great artillery activity on the Aisne river, but no infantry battle has developed. German surprise attacks on the French lines in the Vosges have been repulsed, according to Paris. As the battle stands today the British appear to be quite near the old Hindenburg line south of Arras, while they are making an attack di rectly against it along the Scarpe river. If the attack launched this morn ing is successful, it may have a de termining effect on the battle farther south, for a German retreat over a wide sector might be forced. It al so will effect the Flanders sector to the north, from which the Germans are trying to retreat. Heavy rains are falling over the battle area, it is reported. This will tend to slow down the movement of troops. FLOYD BOWMAN LIKES FRANCE MORE EVERY DAY Mr. and Mrs. T. E. Bowman have Mangm's army repulsed,,., t, u r j iur. r luyu duwiiiciii, uuiv ui wu. E, bth division, who has recently ar rived in France. The trip was pretty -i ii i i -. j. The French flung back the attack- long across tne water accoru.ng w rYio lottoy nTiHpr rlatp nf .In -V VM. Jinn ing troops even before their starting,.. . eppTn th. " eomnn x part. Rev. Mr. Fortune, a mute preacher held services at the Episcopal church at 3:30 yesterday afternoon and 16 mutes enjoyed the service. Mr. Fortune used the sign language ex- ' clusively and his hearers seemed to enjoy his -"remarks. Rev. L. P. Smith left today for Catawba Valley, Burke county, where he will conduct a series of meetings. For the past six weeks he has been doing evangelistic work in this sec tion and reports fine results. Miss Georgia Riddle of Morganton, who spent the week end with Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Hewitt, will leave th.s afternoon for home. Miss Nettie Bums, who has been spending her vacat on here, left to day for Raleigh. WILMINGTON MAN IS ACCiOENTLY KILLED By the Associated Press. Wilmington, N. C, Aug. 26. Robret E. Smith, l.genei,:l superin tendent of motive power for the At lantic Coast Line Railway Company, was found dead in bed this morning with a bullet hole in his forehead and a rifle standing at his bed. The presumption is that Mr. Smith shot himself accidentally while cleaning his rifle preparatory to a hunting trip. The coroner's jury held this view. His affairs were in good condition. Master Wright Williams, who was injured last week when a lumber wagon ran over h'm, is doing nicely and is not internally injured. He is a son of Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Williams. it did not seem that, his j ever would get settled. Under date ; of August 4, however, Mr. Bowman wrote that he was settled n a good French home, liked the people, who were universally kind and courteous, and was getting along fine. It seemed to him that the Huns were on their last legs. He is having some trouble with the French lan guage, but he wants to learn it. Th? French girls are very pretty, he saya. and he likes them. Dr. William McGann of the Cen tral Howard Association with head queTteris in Chicago .occupied the pulpit at the Bapt'st church last night. He is interested in reclaim ing young boys. The knitting circle of the U. D. C. w'll meet tonight at 8 o'clock with Mrs. W. L. Mitchell. REPUBLICAN SPEAKING HERE SATURDAY NIGHT About 90 persons attended the Republican speaking in the Academy of Music Saturday n'ght and heard two addresses. Mr. A. A. White ner said he had a list of 25 persons in his pocket who had gone over to the Republican party and these in cluded a number of prominent Hick ory merchants and one college pro fessor. iMr. Chas. A. Jonas at tacked Representative Webb and read extracts from the Record, but he did not read what this paper had to say of Mr. Jonas and the editor of this paper was not "denounced" from the stump. DEATH OF A CHILD Thelma Bolick, six-year-old daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Bolich, died Saturday afternoon and the fu neral was held yesterday morning from St. Paul's Lutheran church, near Conover. Rev. John C. Peery conducted the service. British Lost 23,500 By the Associated Press. London, Aug. 26. The British third and fourth armies suffered cas ualties estimated at about 23,500 be tween August 21 and August 15, ac cording to advices from the front. During this same period the German casualties in prisoners alone am ounted to 20,000 between the Somme and the Ancre.
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