Newspapers / Hickory Daily Record (Hickory, … / Oct. 9, 1918, edition 1 / Page 1
Part of Hickory Daily Record (Hickory, N.C.) / About this page
This page has errors
The date, title, or page description is wrong
This page has harmful content
This page contains sensitive or offensive material
7 CORB INDFIBURG ST. QUENTIN 1 2lo-American Forces Smash Through and Cap ture Cambrai, and continue to Advance Franco-Americans In Champaign Make Gains Big Wedge In Enemy Line. . . ,;.. .,1 Press. lf i f. . ( -.u.-.l.rai. iiiu- of the the Ilmdonburg (icrnian today art, be ,,;, t,. tho French froti ... third and fourth I'.r.t l,v Americana. tig i a nil '.'. : . . v tiK' itcnnans uavt- . i i..:c-.lwrjr 'lUo tvt'm M , ... ; , r;i i . Fitld -Marshal , .; his attack today and . ...,; i im'h.'i'in"! was bo- Uim.m defense system m !, o the British and 1." . 11.1 mt.i' i. .' , ,, ,,..uhom wa.i from ,:' gjwm t.. -ist of the Mou?e are Srcii tiu-'r w y -.-'.''.ward threut ::ieort.iat i.ii'w.iy run-:-ifci7M.:'.v..-d fu-n t!. b-.oken Cam- ,'"iln St ij t.'ttfiti-(.'anilral sector J.'i;!-;ni:".- a:-; rerorteJ to have r.o for.'-i nr.:': a 'in.' imme diately tr.sl .;., r ;. reched. Kast of (lis line w'a'i h run through Yaleiici the lh rrnans have the l!n0 or -' '-I Fcfor :'u :. ivane:ng Antrlo-Amcr-'fin i ':: IV fie ra'lway junction of 'Ci'a'..;,u, p..Viin. Juis0 and Cnudry. 1 the r erf: :iv.d south railways art (r, (iirniai communication b?- ,.!! !i:iss.i ana inv 1.1 .e a. mt w .! io,t. F:.''l Marshal Haig has driven m'o 1 . i e (;..:'!:.:- a g:gant e a.:en: oas-u fanii-r.ii. It would seem within ! I . .... I t.. . ic pit.s.: :..'. oi rne nexi icw oa.? a. the ! M!i:"is will w'thdvaw from i I,-(,n ;vas!f as the French and lcricar-.s the west and the Iirit- ih an-! Atn -rican s on the north are t&wkirssr it. German resistance Is stiffening on ic fa-t. hut not sufficiently to stop v Vr nch under (leneral Bert' clot. Th- a"iel positions in the Cham nc a: A t- the Mouse hnve betn npr.ivcd by the successful Franc;-. UKrV'ir, thrust east of the Metis 3. '. h t'-r'.w. !'"'' 's the troops ea.-'t of, jfr-lun. In ''v (operations Tuesday c Amcr.i'ans took H.000 prisoner- 1)1 a number of guns Along tho' rmcs yesterday the French took flO prisorifrs. ! T"T.M Si nSCKII'TIONS The total subscription to Liberty p:! !. in Catawba county today is s l.a, he I'irst Nationa. Bank H.ck"i v i.'.creastd 'ts amount to E:!lno the Shuford National link f Nhjwton to $-11 ,U"(). iWil S021 ly th Associated Press. I Washingron. Oct. 9. With the! iuman nca,:,. otfensive met ana kteil un !:.. the enemy actual y i.s f'ly to su" for peace upon the Am- f-ran and uU'ed terms, President A i-S'Ti turned hi iittont.'nn toilav to h'! iatati(. field where the once-con-, prjig Ti jt .ic ...mil. aro being ir.vin back to their own soil. II'-' walked over to Secretary Lan-; 'ilicv and sent for General ! larch, wh) reported with a great j II "f maps. I Tho coiifercrice lasted only the few) rrnutt i required for the chief of i tatr to .-.Iiikv thr tiriiiii.nt KiiKtn lines inl P" Ht to the advance of the vlc-j r,ous an, lies which are making In- lV;t!b!'; a r.erman retreat on a great. K'ale. I 'l'b; president is known to be ready At British G More y the Associated Press. l-"ndon, Oct. 91:15 P. M. The jritj::h advance along the battle front Uw(.(n Cumbrai and St. Ouentin is proceed r,.f vorv wpII todnv al! nlontr ;he lin". There ia rot sr much re- r8tan,!o by the Germans as there Vlt .. ml.!.. mw,a -""iiy. xnis prooao.y vva ecause the Gerjnans retreated during 5NE LOST OLSON'S TO CAMBRAS: JO GERMAN i IVIQ 2 1 iUi r l j r . (i 5:19 i nil hl By the Associuted rrci-s. iV'ith t.e American Forces in France, P. M It is now per- misi -ib e to state 1'aat it was the sec ond divVm which boro tho brunt cf the recent lirhtinr in thP Champagne, (ipt v.rinu- F.tt'jrny and the pos'tsons i-.a.li:;- to tha: to".."! and thus creat ed the sl'jiht salient now projecting nio the (lerman line. Tli-1 '-(ond Amev'ean divir-ion con s'sts of the fifth and sixth regiments of marines, the n'nth and. Cod regr m ."its of infairry and several ar tillery regiments. 01 MORE DEATHS N RALEIG By the Associated Press. F. i?ig Oct. 9.' Four more deaths occurred here today as n rcsuit of Snuii-h 'pfluenzn. two of the victims b-lng studmts of the St.ite Col'e?' of A'-rrlciiltur? n-nd the others bein r residents of this city. Wth a death last n'ght of a civi l ata the blind 'in stitution and ar:otli?r at tho Catho lic orphanage, the list i-5 brought u; to S X. Tht M'vncs of the men win dV.l at ' college v ere Andrew II Andrew - of Rofkinham and Herbert McCoy 6' Elizabeth Ci'yy. Tho d'.-ea.-e. seems to be spreading in the city, but only ore uc-.v ea-c reported at the. college today There are a number of stud'.nt who are reported to be in a critica" fi.r.d'tic n. i:i:d springs c;rls are doing good work M'ss Miriam Wlvtencr, a student at the Fiora McDonald College at Red M'.-'i:gs, v. rites her father that- no; a sing e case of Spanish influenza has apy.aroJ in the VoJese, 'trough many cases were reported in Ke Spr'ng. , . The young ladies make up tneir own beds, do their sweeping, iron the'r c'othes and pick cotton an hour each day. to act without delay when he receiv es a reply to his questions whether the chancellor in asking for peace ne go.iations accepts, unequivocally the term3 of peace already laid down and whether he speaks for the Ger man people themselves or only for their military masters. If these answers show the kaiser is not ready to surrender and that the peace pro posal is merely another insidious dip lomatic move, the president will tell the world why General Foch must w'n a military victory. Officials said today it should be clearly understood the president has no thought of entering into a series of unfruitful diplomatic exchanges with tie Germans. It was Intimated also that he probab'y would go be fore congress when a reply is receiv ed. am Ground tho night. In the American sector of this front the Germans are resisting very strongly. The American losses, however, have not been heavy. The total of American casualties is less than half the number of prisoners taken. wo n ULUUI1U L nnni ookcS War Map HICKORY, N. C. REPLYIS NOT BA UhrtR i j By the Associated Press Washington, Oct. 9. President Wil- j son has informed the Imperial Ger : man government that before the Unit ed States can discuss an armistice German troops must withdraw from a'l invaded territory. lie asks Chancellor Maximilian whether he represented the German peop'e or the authorities conducting the war. The president's message was not a rep'y, but in the form of an inquiry The imperial German government was asked whether it accepts the terms laid down by the president in h;s address to Congress January 8 and subsequent addresses. ihe text of the communication handed to the charge of Switzerland liore follows: ''Sir: I have the honor to ac knowledge on behalf of the president your note of October 6 enclosing the communication of the German gov ernment to the president; and I am instructed by the president to make the following communication to the imperial German chancellor: " 'Before making reply to the request of the imperial German gov ernment an(l m order that the reply shall be as candid and straightfor ward as the momentous interests in volved require, the president of the Un'ted States deems it necessary to assure himself of the exact meaning of the imperii;! chancellor. Does -he imperial chancellor mean that the Imperial German government accepts the 'terms laid down by the president in his address to congress of the United States on the 8th of January last and in subsequent addresses and that its object in entering into dis cussions would be only to agree up on the technical details of their ap plication? " "The president feels bound to say with regard to the suggestions of an armistice that he would not feel at liberty to propose ' cessation of arms to the governments with which the government of the United States is associated against the central pow ers so long as the armies of those powers are upon their soil. The good faith of any discussion would manifestly depend upon the consent of the central powers immediately to vithdraw their forces everywhere from Invaded territory. " The president also fee's that he is justified in asking whether the im perial chancellor is speaking merely for the constituted authorities of the empire who have so far conducted the war. He deems the.answer to these questions vital from every point of view. "Accept, sir, the renewed assur ances of my high consideration. (Signed) "ROBERT LANSING." MUST SPEED UP IF BONDS ARE SUBSCRIBED By the Associated Press. Washington, Oct. 9. "At the pres ent rate of going and with the pres ent average per capl'V .subscript ions," said a treasury loan statement today, "the fourth Liberty loan may not reach the desired goal within the allotted time." Prompted by the unfavorable re port of the last few days the many Liberty loan organizations through out the country adopted the slogan, "Double the Third," as a campaign cry. Officials are frankly puzzled over the reports. In spite of good state ments coming from all parts of the country, the reports are discourag ing, compared with the third loan, and the campaign of the fourth Lib erty loan has not advanced like pre ceding onesi A war exhibit train in North Car l'na sold $242,000 of bonds from the platform in two stops. In Virginia 151 KonTo mu nf 230 reuort sub- sorptions of $16,300,000. Lynchburg will complete its quota tnis ween. FRENCH IROOPS ARE By the Associated Press. Paris, Oct. 9. French troops southeast of St. Quentin captured the outskirts of the towns of Harly and Meuville St. Amand, according to the official statement issued by- the French war office. - Mrs. F. E. Nichols has received a card announcing the safe arrival! overseas of her nephew, Private Ro - bey Houck, 55th pioneer infantry. DOING GOOD WORK WEDNESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 9, 1918 TO PROGRESS OF ALLIES By the Associated Press. Paris, Oct. 9. The Hindenburg line no longer bars the path of the allies. The definite rupture of it was achieved on the first day of the fighting in the new developments to wards the north of the great battle now raging from the Escaut to the Meuse. To Anglo-Saxon forces went the honor of storming the last rem nants of the extraordinary phase of the defenses, in some cases 12 miles n depth. Apart from his achieve ment the result of the day's fighting was notable in that the - enemy's osses must have run into . the tens of thousands of men during the day's fighting in the various sectors of the long battle front. lne all es now are m the open country on the Cambrai-St. Quentin front and are threatening Bohain, an important junction, of roads and railways, the Americans last night having pushed within two miles of that place. Once the masters of Bohain, the allies, should they push towards Guise., would take in the rear not on y the Laon-St: Gobain massif, but the positions along the river Serre, dubbed by the Germans the Hunding line, which joints at Chaumont-Porce-in-Brunhilde line running along the Aisne. By the Associated Press. JLondon jia Montreal, Oct. 9. Tallat Pasha, the Turkish premier, has resigned and has been succeeded by Tewfik Pasha, former premier and ex-embassador at London, , according !to adfvices veceivied (here, Enver Pasha, the minister of war, also has resigned. RALEIGH TO CALL ROLL OF THE BOND SLACKERS Raleigh, Oct. 9. Mop-up commit tees, followed by mop-up meetings in which financial slackers will be de nounced, are the prospective outcome of the fourth Liberty loan lag which is lay.ng an undue lot of culpabilitv upon the influenza drive. Undercurrents (favor greatly a public demonstiraVon in 'which not 'ess than a double-score of the emi nently respectable .and, in many in stances, the pre-eminently pious will get pitiless publicity. The Des Mofnes plan, which promoters of the "bawwl" favor, was introduced gen erally and illuminatingly by the Greensboro Da;iy News on Monday morning. The" Des Moines plan may in tabloid be explained as diplomacy. denunciation, deportation. The first committee solicits; the second turns on the light; the third rides the slacker out on a rail. Washington, Oct. 9. The two ar my casualty lists today contained 632 names. The following are re ported from North Carolina: Killed in action: Captain Gard ner Greene of Charlotte and Lieut. Frank M. Thompson of Raleigh. Died from airplane accident: Lieut. Robert G. Nimocks of Winston-Salem. Missing in action: Private Robert D. Ramsey of Marshall. Wounded severely: Sergeant Louraine P. Benton of Chadburn, Cor poral Charles C. Lingerfelt of Asheville, Joseph D. Snow of Mount Airy and Steve Youngdeer of Cher okee. NEW YORK COTTON By the Associated Press. New York. Oct. 9. The cotton mar ket showed a steadier tone at the opening today. New Orleans was a fair buyer, which caused a steadier tone, and sent active months 27 to 40 points net higher after the call. This bulge met liquidation, however, and prices soon weakened. WEATHER FORECAST For North Carolina: Fair tonight and Thursday, gentle north-east winds. NEW TURK LOOKS PRO BRITISH Todays Casualty List RUBiliO KS A R i IMPROVED IN Spanish influenza seemed on the run ir. H-VVory and this section to day, accord. ng to reports of physi cians to i-cLUi Offilcer E. W. Lentz. All the doctors today did not report as many new cases as a.iy one doe tor did Monday is the way the chit: sized up the situation There are some new cases, particularly in West Hickory, and there probably will be soms asnijis, bi'c generally speaking, conditions are much improved. One cause of the spread of the d's ease perhaps the greatest cause has been the arrival from the work camps of numbers of men who have been exposed to the disease. A num ber came in this morning, and Chief Lentz met them with the information that it wou'd be jail for them if they exposed the people of this community to the d:sca.e. They promised to stay at home West Hickory was said to be feeing the effects of cases brought hei - ft m various points. Mr. Roy Kiidebrand, who lives at H:::ry, died from pneumonia yester day following an attack of influenza. He was the son of Mr. Perry Hilde bran and was well known in Hickory. A child of Mr. Clarence Link Is dead at Rock Hill, according to news received here by relatives. Mr. John Holder, who lives on Tenth av enue, was reported dying today from pneumonia. He had influenza with out realizing it and got up with the result that pneumonia attacked him. Dr. O. L. Hollar has received word that his son, Mr. Lon Hollar, is se riously ill at Wilmington, Del., and the father expected to leave today for his bedside. While conditions are improving, the public is urged not to abate for one minute the fight against the disease. A bulletin issued by the national con ference of army, navy and civil'lan doctors gives the following in structions in regard to the influenza: (HOW TO KEEP FROM GETTING INFLUENZA 1. Avoid contact with other people so far as possible. Especially avoid crowds indoors, in stieet cars, the aters, motion picture houses, and oth er places of public assemblage. 2. Avoid persons suffering from "colds" sore throats and coughs. 8. Avoid expectorating in public living in rooms of temperature be'oAv 65 degrees or above 72. 4. iSleep and work in clean, fresh air. 5. Keep your hands clean and keep them out of your mouth. 6. Avoid expecterating in public places and see that others do like wise. 7. Avoid visiting the sick. 8. Eat plain, nourishing food and avoid alcoholic stimulants. 9. Cover iyoufr pose with youjr handkerchief when you sneeze, your mouth when you cough. Change handkerchiefs frequently. Promptly dis'nfect soiled handkerchiefs by boil ing or washing with soap and water. 10. Don't worry, and keep your feet warm. Wet feet demand prompt attention. Wet clothes are danger ous and must be removed as soon as possible. WlHAT TO DO IF YOU HAVE IN FLUENZA 1. If you get a cold go to bed in a well ventilated room. Keep warm. 2. Keep away from other people. (Continued on page 4) L CLOSE EARLY S Hickory's two banking institutions, the 'First National and the Consolidat ed Trust Company, announced today that after Saturday, October 12, they would not open their doors at night, as has been the custom. This meas ure was decided upon to save fuel and l'ght and. to g'.ve the employes the rest they deserve. Bankers' hours seem short to thrt part of the pub lic which thinks of 9 a, m. and 3 p. m., but as a matter of fact the great detail of clerical work is done be fore and after the banks open. The local banks are sure the public will accept their decision in the proper manner and aid them in con sprvincr lie-ht and fuel and. what is more important, the health of their, employes. Mr D. F. Cline has received a let-; ter from his brother", Mr. R. A. Cline, general headquarters company, in which the writer states that every-j thing is looking good and that some time this winter rntz migm, De put out of action. And when the war is over, wrote the young man, the Statue of Liberty would have to turn around to see him again. OFF COUNTER ATTACKS Bv the Associated Press. London, 1 P. M. German troops1 today are counter attacking very, heavily on the Suippe front in thej Champagne and the French have not been able to make very much prog- ress. PYTHIANS, ATTENTION miarantino there will be no meeting of Catawba Lodge. No. 54. R. L. Hefner, C. C. J HEKDRY AL BANKS WL N FRENCH BUSY BEATING AMERICAN TROOPS LIKE WILSON'S ANSWER TO NOTE Are Glad No Armistice Will Be Granted While Germans Are On Allied Soil Yankees Take Part In Big Battle and Capt ure Two Field Batteries. 10, ERS By the Associated Press. Pais, Oct. 9,-nNearly 10,000 Ger mans were taken prisoner by the al l'ed forces in the fighing along the various battle fronts says Marcel Hutin today in the Echo de Paris. CLEVER AND LOGICAL By the Associated Press. London, Oct. 9 In diplomatic cir cles here President Wilson's reply to the peace proposal of Prince Maxi milian, imperial German chancellor, is regarded as clever and logical. RE L By the Associated Press. Genevva, Switzerland, Monday Oct. 7. Switzerland in the last week has been swarming with the German, Aus - trian and Turkish pioneers sent from ' their capitals to get in touch wlthj the diplomats of allied powers. The; watchword of the central powers isl an immediate armistice in order to) prevent b.oodshed. In an article summing up the situ ation, the Demokrate says the en tente countries anever have been in such great danger not military, but political 'since 1S11.. . - FRANK CLINE OVER TOP Mr. Frank E. Cline, of the 119th infantry regiment, writes his mother, Mrs. W. L. Cline, under date of Sep tember 8 that he has undergone a new experience. He has been over the top. It was "a very great suc cess," the young man says in de scribing the battle in which he was a factor. He was well after his experience and full of pep. Mrs. E. E. Hight was in' receipt of two letters this morning from her son, Sergeant Macy , S. Hight of the medical corps. One letter was writ ten under date of September 18 stated that the boys were well and very comfortably situated but were verv busy. Sergeant Hight had on ly received one letter from home it; was dated July 28. NEARLY PR SO N MEN GERMAN DIPLOMATS ACH SWITZE AND Must Rally To Support Unless the people of Catawba county rally to the support of their government and do a small part of their best in buying Liberty bonds, the county will fall short in its al lotment of $600,000. In Hickory township, which has a population -ol approxiately 12,000, only about 400 persons have bought bonds. At least 4,000 persons should be on the honor roll. Everybody from the chairmen down to the citizen who gets no publicity is urged to do his full duty. If one knows of a person who is not doing his duty be this person high and mighty one should take him to task. This is no time for loafing on the big gest job ever put up to Catawba folks. Catawba county could take this bond issue without hatting an eye it wolud be no light blow even to its Cambrai In Allied Haods Bv the Associated Press. 1 London ,Oct. 9. The city of Cam brai has been captured by the Brit ish. Here and elsewhere 8,000 pris oners were taken. Field Marshal Haig announced the capture of this long resisting Ger man stronghold in his official state ment. Last night additional progress was made east of Sequehart and toward Bohain and Maretz. South of Cambrai the British cap- PRICE FIVE CENTS ,' By the Associated Press. Wj.'th the American Forces in ' France, Oct. 9. President Wilson's reply to the German peace proposal reached the rear line of the American army this morning. It was eager ly awaited by the men. The general tone of the rank and file comment was a quiet satisfaction that no armistice would be granted while enemy troops were on allied soil. CAPTURE MANY GUNS Gy the Associated Tress. Yith the Anglo-American Armies Near St. Quentin, Oct. 9. Heavy fighting continued throughout the night on the Cambrai St. Quentin front and the Americans continued their progress on Tuesday under a heavy protective fire., by the British artilley. The enemy was almost smothered under the deluge of steel. A large number of guns were cap tured in addition to a great quantity of prisoners. The American troops also captured two comp'ete field batteries. The mericans captuAred jtheir The Americans captured their guns Tuesday afternoon when they suddenly outflanked both ends of the valley of Fremont, capturing all the German guns. German reinforcements have ar rived, but as these troops have been engaged several times recently their presence merely adds to the confu sion in the enemy ranks. 'GOVERNOR BICKETT SHOWS DECIDED IMPROVEMENT Pfi'eigh, Oct. 9. Governor Bick ett had considerably improved yester day, following. hia attack of iiiflireia, but spent the day at the mansion, in stead of coming to the executive of fices. His mail was sent to him and some pressing matters of state were disposed of at the mansion. His engagements to address the people of Goldsboro lind Burgwag have been called off on account of the influenza in this section as well as the condi tion of the governor. His next en gagement is for a Liberty bond ad dress at Tarboro October 16. This will be filled unless developments as the epidemic interfere. J. W. Pless of the Carolina, Clinchfield and Ohio Railway com pany was here yesterday to appear before the corporation commission in a contest that is pending before the commission in which the railroad compa seeks to condemn some res idence poperty for a side track that the railroad company insists is neces sary for the best operation of the road. purse strings. Hickory township must raise $400, 000. The rest of the county must raise $200 000. Hickory will do its part, but the men and women who have been carrying the load all the while must have help. The United States government is making a permanent record of all purchases of Liberty bonds. That list is a roll of honor now, but it will be a greater roll of honor as time passes. It is up to the people of this coun ty to come forward. This county cannot afford to be branded as slacker county and men and women with any money at all cannot afford to allow a few other men and women, comparatively speaking, to shoulder the obligation that belongs to the whole people. tured Forenville and reached the western outskirts of Wialincourt. The attack this morning was on the front of the third and fourth armies and was begun shortly after 5 o'clock. ANOTHER RESUMED Bv the Associated Press. London, Oct. 9. The Anglo-American attack wTas resumed - this morn ing on the entire front, Field Marshal Haig reported today. Rapid progrses was being made.
Hickory Daily Record (Hickory, N.C.)
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
Oct. 9, 1918, edition 1
1
Click "Submit" to request a review of this page. NCDHC staff will check .
0 / 75