North Carolina Newspapers

®|)C Jftount IVirrj <1 fOL. XXXIX MOUJfl AIRY, JfORTR CtROLWA, THURSDAY. APRIL 96 Iff 17r MO. 41 GERMANS PIN FAITH TO WORK OF MACHINE GUN With Flexibility of Trench Communication and Machine. Gun* they Hold Line. From a ataff eorreiipnndant of the Aaeneiated Praaa, In Prance, April IS. —The flexibility of their trenrh com munication* and the effactiveneaa of thair machine gun* are the two ele ment* of defence upon which the Gar man» appear to ha placing thoir great - eat reliance in the prenent fighting. In effect, the variou* element* of the more important definitive trench-m en able the German fighting line to *wing upon double hinireu no, if preiaed too bard, one pivot «wingn hack from the other. In thin manner' much ground can he yielded in a .series of angular or criaa-croHn retirements, without the fighting front technically being brok en.. These trenches are known as switch es and a great Hytem of them is con nected with the Hindenburg or Sieg fried position. It wns undoubtely with these strategic switch li.ies in view that Field Marshall von Hindenburg recently declared that the German line* in the went could not h« broken. The preparation and maintenance of the el."borate stem requires an un told amount of labor, for each' section of trench must have several belts of wire front. The Gwniarn have be come ho accuutomed to fighting be hind barbed wire that they would not think of doing otherwise, if it can be avoided. Most of the digging appears to have baen done by prisoner! of war. As the German Iin. s fall back, the digger* alio fall back, to construct ■till more trenches in which the Ger mans may later find shelter. ~"\ Under this plan, of course, it would be possible to drive back the Germans to the Rhine, and they could still say the line was unbroken. In the mean- i time, the Germans are employing more aathint guns than ever before in «Mr attempt to Md w *• British infantry advance*. As high as six or eight of these ghastly weapons are now assigned to each company on the front line, and they undoubtedly constitute the Ger-! man effort to counteract preponder-, ance of allied cannon. The artillery, however, remains th« great unanswer able argument. That machine guns -re the real reli-; ance of the Germans, is shown by the construction of the famed Hindenburg! lines, 'vhich are mostly : alients, built • thus to permit the intensive use of | these weapons. Machir" sun.- are be ing used largely in 'ho denler.se ofi Lens. Although the weather continues atrocious, the airplanes dai!y brave the gales and snow squalls and carry on the important work of serving as the "eyes" of the army. This work is more important during an advance than at any other time, and without the loyal co-opc-ation of the planes progress wouUi \ .rtually be impossible The airmen relect the offensive spirit of the entire British fighting force and carry out their task with daring self-facrifice, which will ever be one of the brightest chapters in the history of the war. Two of them had a new experience yesterday. They were forced to land within the German lines south of neither the pilot nor the observer be ing injured. Realizing their position, they salved two machine guns from the wrecked plane and drove off two Ger man patrols which attacked them. They held the ground until nightfall, when eventually they returned safely to their own lines. In addition to its thousands of other duties and activities, the British army in now endeavoring: to (rive the French farmers every possible nssistance in getting their crops under way. A bureau has been established where farmers requiring help register. Troops resting in the neighborhood of farms volunteer their help and horses temporarily unemployed are loaned for plowing and other farm duties. Trac tors also are bccasionally furnished. Some of the principal work ponsists in reclaiming the battlefields, filling up of trenches and shell holes and level ing the ground. Notice. One small farm for sale joining the town of Dobson known as the Susan It. K<ib«aon farm. Also one house and lot in Dobson. The house could be 'taaile a nice dwelling or boarding home. ' Good terms offered. Call at Mrs. Lottie Rol c t.ion, White Plains, N. C. for Information. WARN NATION AGAINST ILL-ADVISED ECONOMY. Saving* art Being Withdrawn From Banks and Paopla have Baan Found Hoarding Food * Supplies. Washington, April 19.—Warning to ths nation against a raal danger in hysterical and ill-advised economy and interference with normal pursuit of the people, is given by Howard E. Cof fin, of the advisory commission of the council of national defence, in a state ment made public tonight as the first enterprise of the government's new committee on public information. Just returned from a trip through several middle western states, Mr. Cof fin deplores the fact that conditions of unemployment and closed factories should arise as a result of indiscrimi nate efforts, public and private, to ward war time economies. "After nearly three yearn of refusal to take the Europeun war seriously," Mr. Coffin said, "we suddenly launch ed forth in a most feverish activity to nave the country over night. Patriotic organizations, almost without numlier, are milling around •loisily, and while intention* are good the result* are often far from practical. I "Because of an impending and pos sible shortage of foodstuffs we have hysterical demand* for economy in every line of human endeavor. Waste is had, but an undiscriminating econ omy ia worse. "Some states and municipalities are s'.oppipg riri l I iiii.iirtc nnd other public work. General business is be-, ng slowed down because of emotional response of the trading r»ublic to hw-se misguided campaign* f'or economy; saving* are being withdrawn from the bank*; reports show that some people hav'i begun to hoard food supplies and, thousands of worker* are being thrown I needlessly out of employment. All j this is wrong. | "We need prosperity in war time even more than when we are at peace. We need more business, not leas. discriminate economy wffl be i unlaw. Now i> the time to open the throttle. "It *eems to me, therefore, that a| plain statement of general policy is most desirable. "Upon the industrial side of the war three great problems, or perhaps 1 should better say tasks, confront us. "Fir*t and foremost, we must facili-; tate the flow of raw materials and fin- i ished products to our allies and must ■ provide the means of rail and water transportation therefor. "Second, we must meet our own I great military and naval building | schedules. "Third, we must plan to do all this I with the least possible disarrangement to our vast commercial anu industrial I machines. "Through it all we must keep a close! eye upon the possible conditions of peace following the present war.^HTel must insure the business process and general prosperity of the country dur ing the war, if we are to hold our present strong place among nations in the commercial competition of the future. "Patriotic service does not of neces-1 sity mean the making of shells, or the carrying of a musket over the shoulder | This would soon become a sorry sort| of country if it did. There is no doubt of the willingness of any manu facturing plant or individual to serve should the call come. But until the call does come, it is best to stick to the, job. Let us make 'better business'< our watch word and keep our factory firm burning. "No radically new conditions con-1 front us. We are still cut off from business relations from the central powers, but that does not mean that we have loat any markets. With the rest of the world we will continue to do a volume of trade greater than ever before. To the billions which have| been spent here by foreign powers aro now to be added billions of our own. State activities, road building, public work, private industries, all must go on as before. Business must be creased, labor employed and the coun try kept going strongly ahead as a1 successful economic machine. We; must have successful Industries if suc-j cessful tax levies are to be raised." , Appeal for Enlistment On Loavea of Bread. Jacksonville. Fla.,April 19.—Every loaf of bread sold by memlwrs of the Southeastern Mater Rakers Associ ation will contain an appeal for en-i listment In army and navy within the wrapper by today's action of the bak ers' convention her*. They will result in distributing appeals daily. SEVEREST DEFEAT FOR . GERMANS WAS LOSS OF VIMY RIDGE POSITIONS. Captured German Officer Talk* of tha Rout. From a Staff Correiipondent of tha A **nc la tad Pre** in France April IB.—" A German offirar rapt urod TuanHay frankly utatad that tha Gorman* re gard tha lo** of Vimy rid go a* the higgext defeat they hav* nufforad nince the war began. This offirar known the ridga thoroughly, having been «ta tioned on it all la*t xummer. and aaid he could not understand how any troop* could fail to hold it. In hi* opinion, the garrinon mu.t have been demoralized before the Rritiah attack began. The latter atatement la thought to be true, for other capture-) German* have teHtified to demoralization in their rank* after several dnys of the Rritiah intemive artillery fire. The German* continue highly nervou* all along the front, the alightext increane in the Rritiah fire calling up di»tre*R aignala. I The German infantry are getting better artillery support since the hat tie of Arras, an the result </f the bitter ly worded report* made regarding the lack of thin support previously. The reeling in so intense between the Ger man infantrymen and artillerymen that the British have found it neces sary to aeparate the prisoners belong ing to the two services to prevent fighting inside the cages. The newly called up troop* thrown into the western line admit that the artillery fire bewildered 'horn "Hits also i* true of the German troops re cently transferred from the eastern to the western front*. Prisoners from the latter forces say that they had no idea what war was actually like until recently, and all became much depress ed when they saw the trenches they were supposed to occupy all smashed and torn by the British ahellfire. Prisoners taken in the last three day* tell of the spread of discontent in rations sInee^tprirTB^TJarh man for merly received a half loaf of bread daily. Now he has r>nly one-third of a loaf. This redaction coming after the Somme retreat, the defeat at Arras and the beginning of the great offen sive, has cau-ied much grumbling among the troops. Pr.ss for Two Dogs. Governor Birkett was today be sought at long distance by an Alabama man who i> native to North Carolina, for a pass that will bring back to the. state <ne man, one woman, one girl and two dogs. "dear Sir," thj letter begins in one place, "i Will t-«ke Pleasure i f riten you a Fuew Lined, dear Sir i Want to come Home and i am asking your ade and aSSistain Per a Pass Per me, and my famly and my Things and 2 doGs was raised in 22 miles of New Berne." Elsewhere he writes in another at tempt to touch the governor's heart: "dear Cover N C i am today You i Want to come Hutne and an not able to pay my fair, i am a Citerson N C. Bond and raised in Craven co." He takes Governor Bickett into his confi dence. Bacon is 2f> cents, lard com pound 12%, "suCer strate 10 cts, gun meetle shoes $4.75 looking for them go to $6 a pair. There is many Citer sons Bond and raised in N. C. who woud get away if they coud." The refugee tells why he wants to bring his dogs. He thinks so little of the Peterman, A!n'>aY"a section that he is unwilling to leave a dog down there. The poor fellow nays he has been mak ing only $1.25 a day in the turpentine business. The governor hasn't had time to look over the letter. On gen eral principle? he would not object to getting another farm hand back in North Carolina. HERE AT HOME. Mt. Airy Citizen* Gladly Teati fv to Doan'a Kidney Pill*. It ix testimony like the following; that h»i» placed Pes".'* Kidney Pillt *oJ far above c mpetltor*. When people right hert at home raise their voire in praiae there i:. no room left for douht.' A. W. Dean, Mt. Airy, say*: "I suf fered from rheumatic pain*. My kid-1 ney secretion* contained Mdiment. I had backache* almost all the time. Doan's Kidney Pill* strengthened my kidney* anil did me u tc.ent ileal of ifood in every way." PKce f> rent* at nil dor lei*. Don't simply ask for a kidney remedy—get I)oan'« Kidney Pill*--the >»me that Mr. Dean had. Foste •- .'urn Co., Prop*., Buffalo, N. Y. COL. ROOSEVELT MAY TRAIN MEN IN FANCE. F ormcr Pmidrnt Offtri to Raiao Fore* of 100,000. Wa«hington, D. C.—Theodore Room velt, in lettara to Hwiator Chamber lain and Kapraaantativa-Dent, chair man of lha congreaaional military com mittaea, detaila hia plana for raiaing and accompanying a voluntaar axpadi tion to join tha A Ilia* on tha wan tarn European battla front. "It ia along tha linaa propoaed by the Administration that wa ahould in augurate our permanent military pol icy," ha writea, "and it ia only thua that we can carry on the war in pro per manner, if it ahould laat a year, or two or three yeara, or over—and no one can foretell how long it will laat. But, of courHe, a great nyatem of this kind, a ayatem entirely new in thia country, cannot be immediately inaug nwrtad. . *. . I "Many month*, probably at lea^t a year or over, mutt elapse before the army thuH rai»*4 would be available for use in Europe, in the har<l, aggres sive fighting campaign* which it in honorably incumbent on us to under take now that we have entered into the war. "Meanwhile, let uh tine volunteer force* in connection with a portion of the regular army, in order at the ear liest possible momerc, w.thin a few months, to put our flair on the firing line. "We owe thia to humanityr We owe it to the small nations who have suf fered hu» h deadful wrong from Gar many. Most of all, we owe it to our selves, to our national honor and self respect. For the sake of our own souls, for the sake of the memories of the great Americans of the past, we must show that we do not intend to make this merely a dollar war." Defense Council Seeks Hard wood* in the South. Memphis, Tenn. —Within a few day* the Council of National Defense wood men elsewhere what woods can be furnished on short notice for mili tary purposes. Anticipating requests of this character, local lumbermen have asserted that orders from the Government will receive preference over all others. The South has vast resources of woods which will be immediately avail-1 ible. For some time the southern mills have been filling large orders for the Allies, and they are in a position to meet the requirements of both the United States and the foreign navies. | Walnut probably will be in great de-' mand for the manufacture of gun-1 stocks, but a more urgent call for ash I is expei than for anything else, fori the reason that ash is the lightest, as well as one of the toughest, of hard woods. The Government uses it chief ly in making gun carriages, aero-' planes and oars. Gum oak and cotton-1 wood, of the lesser grades, will be j used in the manufacture of ammuni-1 tion cases. The cost of this class of| lumber has advanced steadily through out the year. President Wilson Is Also to Wield A Hoe. Washington, April 17.—The White House is about to' join the increased food production movement by planting a garden of itH own in which President Wilson may wield a hoe when he finds a spare moment. With the approval of Secretary Tumulty, White House employes secur ed permission from the department of justice today to use for gardening pur poses a half acre of vacant land in the downtown section ol Washington. Tomorrow the assistance of the de partment of agriculture will be asked in selecting seed for the land, and these will be a formal breaking of ground Thursday or Friday. The President probably will participate. Nearly Eight Thousand of The Lewis Guns Ordered. Washington, April 19.—Nearly 8,-| 1)00 l.ewis machine guns, which have been found so effective on the Europe-! an front, have been ordered by the United States government. The army has ordered 1,300 for de-l livery as soon as possible. The army! has given another order for 1,700 for whiclt the department expects to havej (he funds by the time they are ready.: The navy department also has order ed 3,000 of this type of machine gun,' and nproximately 2,000 have been ordered for the martm. corps. This tUal of 8,000 represents an outlay of between IG,000.000 and $7,000,000. | NATIONAL PROHIBITION NEEDED WAX MEASURE. N«w York McmWri Bolt Wbra Prohibition Suggestion U Adopted. Wukiniton, April 19.—Democrats of the Houm caucus lata today agreed to consider at tha praaant extra session only auch war and general defense legislation aa may b« r^commrndad by tha Praaidant. National prohibition, whirh is being urged by ita advocate*, an a necessary war mra-urc, may ba included under this lint, but unlaaa tha Praaidant recommend* it aa a war meaure, it haa no chance of being taken up. It alao ia posaible that a rivera and harbor* bill embracing *uch proponed improvement* a* are deemed essentia!; by the war department for tha nation al defense may He pa*n*«l. The Presi dent ha* indicated hi* willingness to approve a measure under certain re *trirtionn and the war department alao desire* harbor improvement* of a limited characted. The caucus refus ed, by a vote of 77 to 71 to approve .either a »33,fHH),0<M) or a »15.<MK>,0f*i water waya bill, both of which were proposed by Chairman Small, of the rivera and harbora committee. The caucua agreement wa* reached only after a bitter fight over proh.bi tion, and after several New York city member* had withdrawn because of the adoption of a resolution providing for consideration of a measure to authorize the President to prohibit the manufacture or sale of liquor during the war. Amid great applause thin proposal made by Representative Decker, of Missouri, was carried 87 to 60. Then the New York Democrat* be-1 Iran to protest and walk out. Several declared they would not be bound by a caucus which would declare for such legislation. A hasty conference of leaders fol lowed in an effort to restore peace. The result was that Democratic Leader Kitchin offered the substitute finally Opinions differ in the house as to whether the President will recommend prohibition as a war measure. One of the plans sugirested by Secretary Mc Adoo for providing war revenue was| to raise the tax on liquor. Representative Webb, father of most of the nation-wide "dry" bills which have been proposed in recent sessions, said toniirht he did not anticipate the enactment of national prohibition leirislation at this sesnion. A bill to prohibit the sale of intoxicants to, soldiers andsailors, he said, mi(?ht be passed. WILL AMERICAN FLEET BREAK THE BLOCKADE? German Paper Answers Ques tion by Declarii.^ the Subma rine Cure Has not Been In vented. Amsterdam, April 2(V—via London, "Will the American fleet enable our en^nies to break our submarine block ade? The answer is, most certainly not," says the Koelnische Volks Zei tung, which says, "the submarine cure has not been invented. Therefore, \V cannot be invented because there is none." The Volks Zeitung examines the pos sibility that the United States will send a fleet to German porta to attack the submarines in Uie:r home bases, and says that they will find Germany prepared. The newspaper then enters into technical details of American bat tleships, for whose efficiency it shows respect, although it alleges minor faults. The newspaper cannot under stand the advantages of a trellis mast The number and «iie of the auxili aries to the American navy, such as colliers and oil ships, is admired by the Volks, but it says that the greatest American tactical mistake Is the lack of great battle cruv«ers and also of fast scouting cruisers, and enlarges on the German superiority in those arms. The article boastingly concludes: "All in all if our high seas fleet l fared the American fleet in open bat tle, we would beat them very quickly I and thoroughly. But this is unlikely { because before that is possible our sub marines, with the mailed fi t, will have imposed a law of world peace on the enemy and also on America." Suspends Sentence. Statesville, April 18.- Judge Boyd is suspending all judgements in the Statesville Federal Court now, so as to allow all men to go limine atid plant gardens and crops. AMERICANS SHOOT DOWN MEXICAN ACROSS BORDER B«ll ku Given Order* "To Shoot to Kill WW Firad Upon" by Snipor*. El Paw, Texan. April 19.—.Sniper* who find at an American sentry *ta tioned at the viaduct in the suburb* of thin city, war* firad up»n in return by a squad of United State* soldier* lata today. On# Mexican wan seen to fall after tha volly had been fired acroaa the border. » The sentry wan patrolling hi* heat when two shot* were fired from en trenchment* "Mexicw.i »ide", according to the official report received at mili tary hadquarter*. The sentry return ed the fire and called the member* of hi* e<|ua<l. They fired more than 20 hot* acroa* the iina. When Mexican Conad Bravo report ed the affair to Brig Gen. George Bell, Jr., Gen. Bell irformed the con*ul that the American sentry had been firad upon and had obeyed order* in return ing the fire. "I have ordered the outpost* to *hoot to kill when fired upon." said General Bell later. "I will courtmartial a man who fire* across the border fir*t, and I will also courtmartial one who fail* to return the fire when he i* fired up W." ' ' Catawba Sue* Lenoir For Baseball Return*. Newton, April 19.—Without prec«d ent, perhaps, in intercollegiate base ball affair* is the action of Catawba college in suing Lenoir college for 50 per cant of the gate receipts of a ball game played between tne two colleges at Hickory on Ma-ch' 31 when, because Catawba's team quit the game in the seventh on account of an alleged grossly unfair decision of the umpire, the Lenoir managers declined to sur render a cent of the gate receipts. The Catawba managers placed the affair in the hands of Wilson Warlick, at torney of this place, who made demand in writing for the money, about (60. His demand was ignored and now suit has been brought by Catawba in her capacity as a corporation capable of suing and being sueo, against Lenoir, in similar capacity, and the hearing is set for April 26 before Justice George P. Drum, of this place. The two schools have always been hard rivals and the incident has caused breaking off all diplomatic relations and inien-ified the feeting between the two Catawba county colleges. The fatawba folks say never again will they have any atheletic relations with Lenoir, and doubtless Lenoir has said much the same thing. Lenoir Child is Hit in Head By A Bullet. Lenoir, April 16.—Yesterday after noon about 4:30 o'clock the five-year old son of Mr. and Mrs. James T. Bently, was shot through the head by a ball from a 82 caliber pistol, which entered from the left side of his head, near the ba.se of the eyeball and came out the right side of the head about even with his ear. It is not known how the shooting occurred, as there was no one in the room except the little fellow. The accident occurred at the home of a neighbor by the name of Jackson, and it seems there was another boy sitting on the hack porch but when questioned about the shooting he said he saw the boy enter the room and heard the pistol fire and that was all he knew about it. In the opinion of the physician who attended the little fellow i' was impossible for the boy to have shot himself, as the pistol was hard on trigger and a child as little as the victim v.-outd not have the strength to discharge the weapon which was a 32 calibre hammerlM* revolver. The child lived a little over 12 hour* and died this morning at 6 o'clock. Was Not on the Dog Jury. J. A. Jackson, 50 years of aire and born and reared in Stokes county, paiil his first visit to the capital of his county—Panbury—this week. Mr. Jackson, who ia a good cititen and a prosperous fanner, is serving on the jury here in the civil term of Stokee court this week. At this week's term of court C. H. Lunsford, who residea in the section aa Mr. Jackson, was suedTy K. Branch for killing two dogs belonging to the plalr.tiff, and Branch was ul^Wed $30 dumase. Ia this iasue of the Reporter Mr. Jaekaoa has a card in uhich he wants it under stood that he did not serve on the jury witch gave Mr. Branch damage. Danbury Reporter.