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The Monroe Journal
PUBLISHED TWICE EACH WEEK TUESDAY AND FRIDAY
VOL.24. No. 18.
MONROE, N. G, FRIDAY, APRIL 5, 1918.
$1.50 PER YEAR CASH.
RETIREMENT OF GREEN FROM
UNION STARTS LOT OF TALK
Union County Man's I.elter Starts
Anew Gossip That Alexander In
Playing For Governorship I'nion
loosing Members Fast.
As The Journal stated in Tuesday
issue. Dr. Alexander received a sola
plexus blow by Mr. J. Z. Green
resignation as state lecturer; or
least a story to that effect from
Raleigh, written by Tom Dost, ap
peared in yesterday morning's Greens
boro News. Some political revelations
are nude by the Raleigh correspon
dent that are surprising, to say the
least. Mr. Dost intimates that Alex
ander is either playing for the gov
ernorship or the secretaryship of ag
riculture. flovernnr nirkett. he sav
' ouldn't kick Alexander ofT the state
board of agriculture because it would
advance his political aims by placing
him in the light of a martyr. Th
consensus of opinion is that Mi
Green has started something that will
have a brilliant ending.
Ma Host's story from Raleigh, ai
it appeared in the Greensboro News
follows:
Ralelsrh. Anrll 3. 7eh Green's nip
turesque exit from place and power
in tne siaie f armers inion as or-
ennir unit lurtnrpr Hiqtmi tinted
wldelv tndav. throw Incidental liirlit
on Governor Bickett's unwillingness
to retire Dr. H. Q. Alexander, the
standing reproach of the state ad
ministration.
For Dr. Alexander is in position to
receive tne nert from a kiiock ana
Governor Bickett Is adjudged by
union men too wise to give him the
kick which the Matthews Alexander
Hamilton has so long sought. Zeb
Green does bestow it and coming
from the man whose work succeeded
in advancing the union membership
to 40,000, it goes about 40,000 times
as far as even the governor could
fend it and the chief executive is in
position to tell Dr. Alexander that
that North Carolina, officially, hasn't
done a thing to him.
The Green letter todav brought
anew the ambitions of the illustrious
descendant of some signers of the
myth. It may develop a guberna
tnrla 1rnf hptttopn two noted Merit
. lenburgers,,C8pi Morrison and, IL. Q.
Alexander. Announcements are a
trifle early as yet but Alexander has
more than once asked union men
"Who told von that I want to be gov
ernor?" It quite frequently happens
that nobody "tola you," that nonody
ever nret ended that anvbodv had
"told you," but the doctor blushes as
modestly when he repels the modified
Impeachment as the school girl strug
gling with her first flattery.
But whether Dr. Alexander desire
to be governor or will compromise on
the ronimlsslonershln of agriculture.
his tacit agreement to retire from the
union presidency prepares him for
political activity. Zeb Green hints at
something In his letter today. Refer
ring to the manager of the new Union
Bulletin, in which the "nominal"
manager of that publication, the per
sonal organ of Dr. Alexander, accord
ing to Green, advises going In for
politics, Mr. Green lets drop a little
history known well here. A section
of the union Is undoubtedly working
to put Dr. Alexander in politics.
The union has lost much of Its
strength. Its last convention In Wlns-tnn-Ralem
he t raved the fact that 2000
dropped out annually and have done
(o since 1312. At mat raie me union
lost 10,000 In those five years. It
must be disintegrating at a rate of
2,000 a month now as the new paper
shows only 13,000. The factions
have appeared and Dr. Clarence Poe's
Progressive Farmer which donated
$20,000 worth of space to union ac
tivities during the years that the old
union organization made the Poe pa
per the official organ, Is kicked out
for a folio which, according to Mr.
Green, is under the rigorous eye of
the United States government.
The union's repudiation of Clar
ence Poe, who Is a much more power
ful farm factor than the entire or
ganization that operates from Aber
deen, was one of the Innocent looking
things that nobody understood until
the convention had been home for
weeks. Poe had done his levelest to
get Alexander In the United States,
but even after secret service men had
frightened him Into acquiescence and
Pr. Alexander Issued hia famous
"misquote" telegram following the
Salisbury speech. Dr. Alexander was
writing letters boasting of the sup
port given him by the masses and ex
pressing his preference for German
autocracy if made to choose between
that and British plutocracy. The
doctor continued to charge that the
United States was In the war because
English money had bought about 35
per cent of the great dallies of the
country. 4 ...
Poe attacked the preachment with
out hooking Alexander up with It: j
persuaded the executive committee to'
pledge Itself to a ringing resolution!
of loyalty ana ur. aiuuci "
with the loyaltists. Later he con
cluded that Poe was a dictator, and
when one of the signers catches a dic
tator out over night, It Is all up with
the gentleman who Is the least bit
euilty So Poe was beaten by W. R.
Dixon, ancient Populist, Republicans
Joining in the unhorsing enterprise
because they thought too loyal to the
Wilson administration. These and
kindred evidences that the union as
.nnDitiitnri lit engineered by antl-
Democratic influences, largely explain ,
the decadence of the body which ap
pears to have struck the lowest mem
bership figures In years.
Covernor Bickett never has allowed
anybody to talk to him about kicking
Dr. Alexander out. - Indeed, it is be
lieved here that Dr. Alexander would
welcome that more than he did the
terrific skinning that Blvkett gave the
union president last fall. That sort
of castigation could not help him, but
martyring him would. Governor Bick
ett asked him to go to work selling
bonds, and the union president re
plies by cussing out all bonds. Never
theless, Bickett will not advance his
political ambitions, real or imaginary
by kicking him. The knocks have
come from without.
But the retirement of Zeb Green
from the office held so many years is
the knock of the mall. Green matches
any of them in friendship to the
masses. He was a Pop in the olden
days, and a bearcat among them. He
is yet a progressive of the highest
rank. Even Dr. Alexander hasn't
been able to wrest any English money
from Zeb's britches. Zeb s weekly-
paper has not been placed under sus
picion. And his right to denounce
his president is unquestioned. He
does it in approved style.
VANCE FOLKS WAXT THE
ROAD TO COME BY THAI I
Advocates of the New Route Are Cir
culating Petition to Tills Effect
Claim They Can Raise $1000.
Sentiment for the Wilmington
Charlotte highway through Vance
township is now running high. But
this sentiment seems to be in favor
of cutting a new route through the
heart of the township beginning at
Bakers and instead of making the
turn there going straight. As they
want the road it would pass through
Stouts, Indian Trail and Stalling
ville. A number of the prominent
citizens of the township are in favor
of this new route and are now circu
lating a subscription list in an en
deavor to find out how much money
they can raise by private subscrip
tions toward the building of this new
road. They are of the opinion that
at least $4000 can be raised by this
means.
The advocates of this new route
claim that it will shorten the route
through the township at least one
mile,and going through the heart of
the township will serve more of the
people than the JMsenJjddjjes,
GEORGE HART IS ANOTHER
OF THE BIG PIG RAISERS
Young Monroe Man Sold Sixty-Five
I.Ht Year ami Hopes to Do Still
Better.
Mr. George Hart, son of Mr. and
Mrs. S. B. Hart, is doing his part of
keeping Lnion county supplied with
hogs. On one of his farms . about
four miles west of here he has a ten
acre field devoted to nothing but hog-
raising. He now has 22 pigs and 5
hogs. Last year he raised 65 pigs
selling them all while young. These
hogs are mostly Duroc Jerseys.
He has the ten acre field divided
Into two lots and turns them infO one
and then the other, thus securing a
good growth for them all the time.
In these lots he plants rye, clover,
vetch and so forth. He always makes
it a point to plant Abruzzie rye If he
can secure the seed and says that
Abruzzie rye will produce about six
times more feed than the old South
rye. He was unable to secure Abruzzi
seed for planting both lots this year
and so had to use the old seed. There
is a noticeable difference In the two
stands as they now show up.
New Cotton Gin Will Save Partially
Opened Bolls. ,
Monroe cotton men are Interested
in a story coming from Cherryvllle
claiming that a new cotton gin, which
will save the cotton In partially open
ed bolls, Is being made there. The
story follows:
Cherryvllle, April 2. The Bollie
Cotton Gin recently installed and now
operated by the Model Ginning Co.,
of Cherryvllle, North Carolina, is un
doubtedly the most valuable purely
saving institution ever installed in
the community. This system hulls,
gins and separates the burr or boll,
the cotton seed and fiber or lint cot
ton from each other and turns out
marketable cotton from unopened
cotton bolls. During all the years In
the country the "cracked" or frost-
stunned cotton bolls have been left
in the fields and wasted to the extent
of millions of dollars loss to the
South. All this is now changed and
thousands of dollars worth of cotton
and cotton seed are now saved and
converted Into money for the farmers
of this section of the state.
The Bollie Gin virtually protects
all the farmers against material loss
hereafter on account of short seasons
or early frosts, as the unopened or
partially opened bolls containing good
cotton can be saved and that no great
expense or loss, as one person can
gather as many bolls as several hands
can pick the cotton from opened boils
and the Bollie gin does the rest.
Coming as it does when so much
stress Is placed upon the necessity of
saving, the Bollie gin is certainly a
great boon to the farmers who had
already made and needed to save to
do their bit. This gin will mean even
more during the coming years as Its
mission becomes more generally
known. During this season there has
been an actual conservation In this
community alone of more than 160
tons of cotton seed and 400 bales of
cotton valued etupward of $60,000.
FELIiOW-PASSENGER WRITES
ABOUT CONSUL XEY McXEELY
Man Who Was on Same IUtat Wit'i
Him as Far as England Says Union
County .Man Was Jov lul Comiutnion
Some time ago Mr. E. C. Williams,
member of the war trade board with
headquarters at Laredo, Texas, be
came acquainted with John C. Drier,
I". S. vice-consul at Neuyo Laredo,
Mexico, who was a fellow-jMfsengei
with the late Ney McNelty far m
England. For a while tin ., cuuversed
about young Mr. McNeeiey, and Mr
Drier, after reiurn.n:; to his post,
wrote the following letter to Mr. Wil
lianis, which g-ve an account of his
association wilh Mr. McNeeley:
Again referring to our various
pleasant talks we have had regarding
our late consul, Robert Ney McNeely,
with whom 1 spent so many delight
ful hours and whose acquaintance I
enjoyed so much, I wish to give you
a brief sketch of our association be
cause of our mutual interest in him.
"My first meeting with the young
consul was in Washington at the
State Department. He was in the
class of young consuls whom 1 had
the pleasure of addressing in the
course of their instruction prepaid
tory to their going out to their first
posts. After the close of the class
Mr. McNeely came and Introduced
introduced himself and stated he was
soon to proceed to Aden. Having
just returned from my trip around
the world and having spent some lit
tle time in Arabia and India, I was
able to give him some sugges
tions as to clothes to take and the
general conditions In the Far East.
"It happened later that I received
instructions to proceed to Europe and
to my pleasant surprise found that
Mr. McNeely was a fellow passenger
with me on the S. S. Kyndani. This
second meeting soon ripened into a
very delightful friendship and during
the many evenings on board the ship
we spent the time in each others com
pany, and had many nice talks ana
social bridge games in the music sa
loon. I recall so well his stories of
his home days and the tine work he
had done in public life in his home
State. He also showed lue the pho
tograph of his charming fiancee and
how keen he was in anticipation of
the time when she would be with him
at his future .foreign, posts. . .
-'As' thefe were several consular of
ficers on board the ship we all took
particular interest in Mr. McNeely's
trip to his post at Aden. The other
consuls were all experienced in travel
and several of us conferred with Mr
McNeely on different occasions trying
to get him to make certain changes
in his route, but he did not feel It
necessary to do so In spite of the ract
that he was decidedly nervous on
board the ship and was constantly
prepared to meet any emergency or
accident that might occur.
"Our trip of two weeks from New
York to Falmouth, England, was un
eventful and as some of us separat
ed there we hoped that McNeely's
long trip would continue to be safe
and without accident or attack by
the enemy as we knew he was to sail
from London on an English ship. It
was several weeks later, however,
that we received the news of the sink
ing of the Arabic and the reported
loss of Consul McNeely. When re
ceiving the news I had already reach
ed my post and was most exceeding
ly upset for several days after getting
the final news which made It appear
that the young consul had really been
lost. It then occurred to me as to
how nervous he had been as though
a premonition told him of his coming
fate. It is still with much feeling, l
assure you, that I recall the friend-
shin and delightful association with
this young man for It seemed that he
not only had the qualities for a fine
man and friend, but and able and
most promising character for one day
becoming of the country's best and
most prominent public men.
"With kind regards and assuring
you that he has been a pleasure to
retrospect with you on this topic."
North Carolinians to Fight In "Old
Hickory" Division.
Selected men from North and
South Carolina and Tennessee will
fight In the "Old Hickory" division,
the war department has just annunc
ed. This announcement Is highly
pleasing to North Carolinians, espe
cially to Union county people, as old
Andy was born near Waxhaw. Sev
eral men from the section around
Jackson's birthplace will be in this
division, while a couple of hundred
Unlonites in all will be right with
them.
The rugged nature and sturdy
character of President Andrew Jack
son were considered In making the
choice, bnt the variable geography as
to the home of "Old Andy" was a de
termining factor. Born In North
Carolina, claimed by South Carolina
and moved to Tennessee the triple re
lationship was declared altogether fit
ting. A cablegram received by Senator
Johnson of California from his son
who Is with the American Expedi
tionary forces In France, bears the
date line, "Sansorigine. Mar. 25th."
Senator Johnson was very curious to
know just where his son was so he
spent many hours In the Congression
al library searching an atlas for the
town in France called Sansorigine,
finally realising the censor had been
at work and that Sansorigine v;a
merely "without origin."
I'. S. TO BUM) GUN THAT
WILL SHOOT 103 MILES
Ordnance Experts 0iMe Such a Gun
On Ground That Use Would Ik
Rmtal, But Daniels Orders One for
Moral Stimulus.
Washington. April 1. The United
States is about to build a suner-gun
that will excel the one the Germans
are using to bombard Paris. I? was
learned from a high source ti!s af
ternoon that Secretary Daniels had
issued orders to navy ordnance offi
cers to begin the construction of such
a gun immediately, following reports
made to him by ordnance experts
that a gun can be made that wi!l
shoot 105 miles.
It became known this afternoon
that navy ordnance experts are op
posed to the building of such a gun
on the ground that its use would be
brutal, but Secretary Daniels is un
derstood to believe the moral effect
of such a gun built by the United
States would be great. Ordnance ex
perts told the Secretary that such a
gun could be constructed by taking
one of the big guns, recha inhering it
to make the bore smaller and length
ening it to 85 feet. It could be given
a velocity of 5,000 feet per second,
whereas our hjg guns now have a ve
locity of not more than 2.o o feet per
second.
ALL
AitOARD FOR CLEAN
UP AND PAINT IP WEEK
Chamber of Commerce Secretary Is
Making; Advertising I'reiuirations,
And the Mayor's Proclamation Has
Been Made.
Mr. T. L. Riddle, secretary of the
Chamber of Commerce, is now
launching his advertising campaign
the object of which Is to see that dur
ing the week of April 13-20 Monroe
Is cleaned up and painter! up as nev
er before. Several of the merchants
of the town have agreed to give ad
vertising space In the local papers
and these ads start at once. A big
sign reading "Clean up and paint up
Monroe, 15-21. Help Monroe shine"
will be stretched across Main street
tomorrow, placards bearing the same
words will also be tacked in various
parts of the city.
Major B. W. Brown, of the U. .
States Public Health Service, has
been secured to Fpeak in the interest
of the campaign at the courthouse
April 12 at 8:30. He looks after the
unitary conditions. 1 4b on-irf
rounding Camp Greene. He has been
doing this work for 27 years and Is
a native of Virginia. His subject will
be "Public Health and Sanitation".
No admission will be charged and as
he Is nn able and fluent speaker no
doubt the courthouse will be crowded.
Marslivllle Stores to Close Early.
Correspondence of The Journal.
Marshville, April 4th. Begin
ning next Monday, April 8, the stores
here will close at 6:30 p. m., (new
time.) except Saturdays, until Sept.
1. This is done to give time for war
gardening, and to utilize all availa
ble labor in tilling the soil.
The above does not apply to the
drug stores. Those signing the con
tract are: Bailey t Davis, Harrell
Bros. & Co., Marshville Furniture Co.,
Griffin & Edwards, McBride & Hall-
man, T. L. Austin & Bros., Mrs. A. P.
Phlfer, Ed M. Marsh & Bros., Marsh-
Bowman Co., Marsh-Lee Co., B. F.
Black, United Cash Store Co., B. A.
Evans, J. T. Garland & Co., E. W.
Strawn.
Mr. Walter Sinclair of Brunswick,
N. J spent Sunday night and Mon
day with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. M.
L. Sinclair. Mr. Sinclair's draft num
ber has been transferred to a New
Jersey district and the company by
which he is employed claims exemp
tion for him.
Mrs. James P. Marsh has returned
from a visit to relatives in Greensbo
ro. Revival services at the Baptist
church will begin Saturday, April 20.
Evangelist F. J. Harrell of aco,
Texas, will have charge of the serv
ices asisted by Singing Evangelist
Robt. L. Cooper of Mississippi.
All the people of the town and
community are asked to co-operate.
Cedar Grove Items.
Correspondence of The Journal.
Monroe Route 3, April 3. The far
mers of this section are very busy, but
Mr. J. G. Tomberlin seems to be in
the lead, as he planted corn the first
of this week.
Miss Jessie McLendon. our efficient
teacher, spent the week-end at her
home near Matthews.
Mr. Johnny Bennie of Charlotte
spent Easter with Mr. Cicero Bras-
well.
Mr. and Mrs. Baxter Tarlton of
Charlotte are visiting at the home of
Mr. Ernest Tomberlin.
Miss Clyde Belk, our efficient pri
mary teacher, visited rnenas ai
Pageland Sunday.
Mrs. Pearl Collins of the Faulks
community is spending a few days
with her mother, Mrs. J. H. Braswell.
Lula, the little daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Will Harrington, is very sick at
this writing.
Mr. Lonnle Braswell and little
daughter, Bessie, of Charlotte spent
Easter with Mr. Braswell's mother,
Mrs. J. G. Tomberlin.
Miss Sadie Bivens, who is attending
school at Unionvllle, spent the week
end at home.
Quite a number of people from
here attended the Union meeting Sun
day at Mill Creek church. "Patsy."
Thrive by thrift.
Buy War Savings
Stamps.
Third
Caitiiaii;ii Starts With.
Two Rig Sales.
The third Liberty Loan cam
paign took a big start a day
ahead of the opening when the
letuiorlee Cotton Mills informed
Mrs. J. E. Aslicraft, chairman of
the woman's Union county Lib
erty Loan committee, this moin
tliat it would take $25, inn) worth
or bonds. Following right on
the heels of this inspiring an
nouncement came the news that
the Everett Mills would take
$!i,ii00 worth of the bonds, mak
a total of $34.uj0.
Mrs. Aslicraft Is hirhly pleas
with the start the women have
made, and states the action of
the directors of the Icemorlee
and Everett mills gives great im
petus to the campaign. The com
ing of Mrs. T. W. Bickett to ad
dress the ladies on Liberty
Bonds is also an important feat
ure of the drive the women are
going to make.
Why Addresses of Dead and Injured
Ale Withheld.
An official statement of the War
Department's reason-; for announcing
only the names of American troops
killed or wounded in France, ha
been submitted to the Senate by
.Major General March, acting chief of
staff, with a statement that the de
partment considers it is of best ad
vantage from all points of view.
General March said the old system
of giving addresses and other details,
gave information to the enemy and
brought swarms of claim agents to
harrass the relatives of the men.
The policy of the War Department,
General March told the Senate, is "to
put in the hands of the nearest rela
tive or the last friend given by the
soldier in his emergency address,
prompt and accurate information con
cerning the casualty before anything
is given to the press and to prevent
any information appearing in the pa
pers which will he of possible assist
ance to the German cause."
"The old rystem," General March
added, "which grve the date of the
casualty, enabled the Germans to get
exactly what effect was produced up
on our troops in a raid of that date
and would be interested to k"now that
the publication of the emergency ad
dresses brought down upon the rela
tives a swarm of claim agents who
UAiante.edtbeiu?oud .se.tJio.uj .the
government the war risk insurance,
which is guaranteed by law to the
proper Inheritor.
"In spite of the fact that the de
partment has In each case advised the
nearest relative that their claims will
be adjusted by the rovernment end
that they will be furnished the money
that is due them without the Interpo
sition of claim agents, numbers of
por people have yielded to the Im
nortunities of these agents and are
thereby deprived of a portion of what
is Justly their due."
Busy Tilling the Soil.
Correspondence of The Journal.
Waxhaw Rt. No. 4, April 4. Farm
ers are tilling the soil and getting ev
erything in readiness for planting a
big crop in 1918.
Mrs. A. H. Pollock of Blacksburg,
S. C, is visiting her sister, Mrs. W. P.
Redwine.
Mrs. Kate Hunicutt is o na visit to
her sister, Mrs. H. F. Sims of Char
lotte.
The school at this place taught by
Mrs. R. B. Cuthbertson will close
with an entertainment by the pupils
Friday night, April 12th.
Mrs. J. M. Pollock of Spartanburg,
S. C spent last Thursday at Mrs. V.
P. Redwlne's.
Mrs. V. C. Redwine of Monroe vis
ited relatives here last week.
Mr. and Mrs. G. H. Sutton of Mar
vin spent last Sunday In the village.
Miss Lois Robinson of Weddington
spent Saturday and Sunday with her
sister. Mrs. R. B. Cuthbertson.
The church Improvement ciecrle of
Union church have just finished put
ting dow na new carpet.
Miss Ruth Redwine of Monroe vis
ited Miss Virginia Redwine last week.
Mr. Mack Clark made a flying trip
to Mnrooe last Monday. Mayflower.
Mt. Prospect W. S. Society.
The citizens of Mt. Prospect have
organized a War Savings Stamp so
ciety with the following officers and
members: S. A. Lathan, president;
Rev. M. A. Osborne, vice-president;
W. L. Motes, secretary and treasurer;
W. F. Starnes, R. P. Yarborough, Carl
Belk, Clyde Lathan, Mrs. M. A. Os
borne, R. L. Starnes, L. F. Lathan,
M. D. Starnes, Misses Addie Mae Ab
ernethy, Edna Helms, Myrtle Yar
borough, Florence Yarborough and
Nancy Yarborough, Stella Richardson,
Loula Lathan, Verla Richardson, Eth
el Lathan, Lessie Plyler, and Thomas
Starnes and Frank Broom.
How the Baptist and the Methodist
Could Compromise.
(From the Marshville Home.)
The Wingate correpondent to the
Monroe Journal says it is a father
strange thing for a Baptist and a
Methodist to be partners In a water
plant, but that Rev. E. C. Snyder and
Mr. Y. M. Boggan, the former a Bap
tist and the latter a Methodist, are
putting In a water plant together. It
may be rather unusual, but it appears
to the writer that such an arrange
ment will work all right. Water Is
water and it Is Just as necessary for
the comfort and welfare of one as the
other and If they can't agree as to the
manner in which the water is used
the Methodist brother can provide a
shower bath while the Baptist minis
ter may use the bath tub.
GERMANS STRENGTHEN LINE
AND RENEW THE RIG ATTACK
Oxer Iimi.oiio Huns Were in Offensive
Ijiiiik bed Against the Fix-nrli Yes
terday Little Ground
Alter a lull on the west front, Ger
man troops numbering well over a
hundred thousand delivered a terrific
attack Thursday against the French
along a front of nearly nine miles.
They met with a storm lire from. the
French guns, an! although the as
sault were repented time alter time,
they succeeded in gaining only a
small section of ground.
A dispatch from Washington says
that this latest attack indicated a re
newal of the German assaults against
the British and French lines. Some
military observers think that the Ger
mans, having gathered strength dur
ing the lull or the past few days,
might now be ready to launch their
greatest effort.
WAK SUMMARY.
IH-.ler Fight me Has cllcn Resumed
on Western Front.
After sevtial days of comparative
inactivity along the battle front in
Picardy, bitter righting has been re
sumed along the western sector of the
salient in the lines of the entente al
lies. Attacks by the Germans a;;ainst
the British and French are admitted
to have yielded some gains to the in
vaders in the critical sectors just to
the east of the city of Amiens.
The fighting, according to the latest
reports, has been heaviest in the
neighborhood of Hamel, where the
British were forced back slightly, anJ
in the triangle formed by the Rivers
Luce and Avre, farther to the south,
where the French were forced to give
ground.
Nothing is known as to the details
of the battles in these sectors, but the
fact that the Germans have been in
a degree successful would seem to In
dicate that they have succeeded in
bringing up some of their heaviest
cannon and new divisions with which
to continue their attempts to capture
Amiens.
Reports from the French and Brit
ish fronts have mentioned heavy
rains, which would mean that ihe
Oermahs hate oeen working under a
severe handicaps in bringing up guns,
ammunition and supplies to the front.
The battlefield over which the allies
have retreated was left in a devasta
ed condition, the roads and bridges
being mined by the retreating forces.
The lull in the battle for the last few
days probably was caused by the In
ability of the Teutons to move their
heavy supply trains over these roads,
together with the necessity of reor
ganizing the shattered divisions which
bore the brunt of the fighting after
they had passed the first field of fire
of their heavier guns.
The British, since retaking Ayette,
south of Arras, have not resumed
their offensive operations, so far as
reported by London, but the German
official statement says that four at
tacks by the entente forces against
the heights southwest of Moreulll
were repulsed with heavy losses.
There are no reports of fighting ex
cept outpost encounters along the
French lines on the Oise river.
There have been heavy artillery
bombardments of British positions on
the Menln road and at Passchendaele,
east and northeast of Ypres, accord
ing to London. As yet. however, there
is nothing to foreshadow an effort by
the Germans to attack there. Con
fronting them are well fortified lines
and high ground held by the British
and it is improbable that a serious at
tempt to break through will be made
In that sector.
On the French front before Rhelms
and Verdun raiding operations have
been carried out by the French, which
have been successful. The French re
port heavy artillery engagements
north Montdiddier, a sector which
has witnessed savage fighting and
where the Germans have been foiled
in their efforts to advance toward the-Paris-Amiens
railroad.
Nothing has been reported from
the Italinn front and it is not likely
that an attack has been launched
there by the Austrlans, who have
gathered an enormous army for a pos
sible drive southward Into the plains
of northern Italy.
Driven to take measures for their
defense, the Armenians have organ
ized an army and have recaptured
Erzeruni from the Turks, as well as
other points in the neighborhood of
that city.
The landing of German troops In
Finland is apparently going forward,
reports stating that 40,000 men have
arrived at Hango. a fortified port on
the extreme western tip of the Finn
ish peninsula.
There has so far been no official
reply to the "peace kite" sent up by
Count Czernln, the Austro-Hungarlan
foreign minister. Newspaper com
ment, which may be considered as
showing the trend of opinion In en
tente allied chancellories. Is unani
mous In rejecting the Idea of peace
under the conditions and It Is proba
ble that they forecast the replies
which will be enunciated by govern
ment spokesmen in allied countries.
Charlie Chaplin, the popular movie
actor will speak In North Carolina for
the third liberty loan, April 12 and
13. It is not definitely known In
what towns Chaplin will speak but It
Is supposed he will speak in Greens
boro. Hleh Tolnt. Winston -v Salem
and Charlotte.