GERMANS AIM TO SUB.
JUGATE UNITED STATES
M.-b.r ot the PnMMM G»
era! Staff TWm Ymt* Ago
Gave Dataila <rf Contemplat
ed Attack—Objact ImUm
aity.
Wukiniton, D. C.—It to pointed
out by frtoada of the Admintotration
that If the >pwchu at .Senator La
FolWtte attacking tha Government for
«ataring tha war hava rauaed any
doubt or uncertainty aa to thto coun
try'i purpoM la an taring tha conflict,
all affect* of tha Senator'* effort* on
behalf of the enemy of the United
Statea ahould be removed by the
rapltoa made to hia upeeih in the
Saaate. Eapecially to thto true of
%Mfce apeech of Senator BoMnaon of
^Arkanaaa.
It to aaid by public men now that
If the addreaa of the Praaidant at the
minutaa before the cloae of the »es
aion, make a eaae that juatiAed not
only the declaration of war. but alao
all the war legislation that intervened
between the addreaa of the Praaidant
and the AAmumi'i denunciation of
hto fellow lumbar from Wiaconain.
M«wr noomaon siaieu uie war
afaae W die United Statu. These aim*,
he raid, are much more than the
making of the world safe for democ
racy They nre directed against a
power, which even befeee the war
began, included the subjagation of the
United States in it* program against
Great Britian and France. According
to the revelations made by the Sena
tor, the crushing of Germany is not
only necessary for the peace of the
world, but for the preservation of this
country. "The war was necessary
from the stand point of our national
safety," he said, and then he laid
Wore the Senate the evidence that,
despite the protestations of friendship
from Berlin, the general staff there
come In the plot to make Germany
the master of the world.
He made known the fact that just
before the clash of August, 1914, Field
Marshall von Eden.sheim, of the Prus
sian General Staff, published through
out Germany Berlin's war aims against
Great Britain, France and the United
States. Regarding the contemplated
attack upon this country, von Edels
aeim said:
"Operations against the United
States of America would have to be
conducted in a different manner from
those against England. Druing the j
last year political friction with the |
states, especially friction arising from
commercial causes, has not been lack
ing and the difficulties that have arisen I
have mostly been settled by our giving |
way. As this obliging attitude has its
limits, we have to ask ourselves what j
force we can possibly brirg to bear
in order to moot the attack of tV;,
United States ayairst our interests!
VifcJ to impose our vnu.
"Our fleet will probably be able to'
defeat the naval forces of the United
States, which are distributed over two;
oceans and over long distances. But (
it would be a mistake to suppoet that |
the defeat of their fleet will forc< the,
United States, with immense resources |
into concluding peace.
"Considering the great extent of the
United States, the conquest of the!
country by an army of invasion is;
not possible. But there is every rea
aon to believe that victorious enter-1
prises on the Atlantic coast and the'
conquest of the most important arter-;
ies through which imports aad exports
pass, will create such an unbearable
•state of affairs in the whole country
that the Government wil readily offer j
acceptable conditions in order to ob
tain peace.
"II (.ermany begins preparing •
fleet of transport* and troop* for land
ing purpose* at the moment when the
battle fleet "teams >ut of our harbors
we nay conclude that operation on
American soil can begin after about
four week*, and it cannot be doubted
that the United States will not be able
to oppose to u* within that time an
army equivalent to our own."
"There is nothing ambiguous or
*qulvocal in this language," said the
Senator. "It proves conclusively that
Germany was preparing to precipitate
a conflict with the l?nited State?. It
is seldom during peece that «o offen
sive a pirpnae finds expression in such
frank language m that employed by
Edclaheim.
'Nut only is it true that Germany
planned war puon the United States
more than three years ago, but since
r—
tka conflict btfu, and Mon Coo
pwa rxofnllW tka exiatence at a
■tote of war, Gif ■ Military leadara
declared a purpose to make the United
Stotea iadwntfr tfca fatkeriand far
tka coat of tha war oa tka ground of
our allayed partiality in permitting
American citnena to aall ■wHIaiii of
war to tj>a Alliaa. Germany realixed
that wkan tka conflict with Franca,
Britain, Ruaaia, and Italy waa ovar
bar reaourcea would ba exkauatod and
kar induatriad imparted. Ska coveted
tka fertile flelda, tka axtenaive foraata,
tka rick minea, and unlimited ra
aourcaa of our people, and without
doubt would hava undartakan to ra
imburaa bar traaaury by indemnity
forcad upon ua. Har plan of daapoll
ing tka United Stotea originated with
Biamarck, who, wkan aakad kia opin
ion of tkia country, rapliad: "Tha
United Stataa i* a great fat pic, which
Germany will ona day a tick." It ia
not important that you and I faal
aura tkia Govammant could have ra
pallad German invaaion and auccaaa
fully regiatered every effort of the
Kaiaer to collect indemnity. Tha ma
terial fact ia that Germany believed
the United Stotea waa practically de
fen aelaaa, and therefore after peace
bad been made with the Alliea ake
could make ua pay kar expenae and
loaaea during the war.
"Everyone here know a that tka sale
of munitiona by tka eitisena of a neu
tral nation to belligerenta ia not a
violation of tke law of nationa. Traffic
in munitiona between neutrala and
belligerent* haa continued through
out the centuriea, and ita legality haa
never been queationed by any govern
ment, except, perhapa, when forbidden
by treaty atipulationa.
"Germany aold munitions to our
enemies. When the United States was j
it war with Spain our enemies ob-'
tained their principal supply of mani-j
tions from German manufacturer*. In j
the Boer War Germany's trade In mu-1
nitions was profitable with both Eng
land and the Boers. During the Hal- [
kan War the Krupps received enor-;
maun profit* from the sale of muni- j
tions to >he belligerent* It was only.
many otrl from "American port* IM
deprived her of the ability to secure
munitions here that Germany started
in the United States a nropagandlim
against munition making.
"The Senator from Wisconsin has
insisted that the United States ought
now to declare the purposes of this
war and the terms of peace. 'jhe
answer to that, Mr. President, is that
that is exactly what the Kaiser wants
The authorities of this Govenir>enf
now have proof that more than $5:7,
000,000 have been spent by represen
tatives of the German Government in
carrying on this porpaganda; and it
is unfortunate for the country an<i
unfortunate for the Senator from Wis
consin that he has lent himself, his
great talents and his services, to the
promulgation of the ideas, theories,
and desires of the Kaiser."
The Senator did not have time to go.
further into detail in his address, but [
considered the incriminating evidence1
furnished by the Prussian General
Staff officer as sufficient. The records,
however, in the thought of those who
have examined them fully bear out the
truth of his statement. This evidence
covers the preparations made by Ger-1
many in 1913, the spreading of the ex-1
traordinary tax and the increase in'
the army in a time of peace for no,
apparent reason. Diplomatic corre
spondence of 1913 shows the Emperor'
as ceasing to be the friend of peace
while report from German diploma
tists and strategist* disclose the plan |
for the campaign to establish German,
domination throughout the territory
between Berlin and Bagdad. On this
side of the Atlantic the evidence shows ,
the machination* of von Bernstoff,
Dumba and Dernburg to bring about
an uprising of German-Americans at
the proper time, an enterprise that
utterly failed, the operations of an
army of agents and spies, all con
cerned either in embroiling this coun
try with the Allies or Mexico and
Japan.
Quite in contract yith the war aims
of Germany three years ago Is the ac
count of the Reichstag proceedings of
last week contained in press dispatch
es. These reports have been read
with deep interest bv those who heard
Senator's Robinson's speech. Field
Marshal von Hinder.burg, in reply to a
congratulatory telegram from the Ro
man Catholic People's Union of Essen,
advised a policy of holding on and
waiting as the one for Geramny to
pursue. "We too, desire what the
Pope desires," he said, "namely, the
termination of the war which was
forced upon us. Our enemies, how
ever, are not willing."
UNITED STATU IN
TO WIN THE WAR
DwcUratiw B*aimg it mi
of NaH—I
Which U Now »*m
WuU«|t«, D. C.—Th« United
will win the war. This U Um
dtcliritioo of Administration uAcisli
baaed on Um estimate of tlte national
power that is now betag exerted. UM
plaything far tha ft rat two yeara of tha
war of Intriguing diplomau, lot by
Count van Bernatorff Kara and Or.
Zimatenaann to Barlin, tha United
States, made tha preaching ground of
all tha plota againat tha anaaiaa of tha
Central Power*, la now pouring ita
man and Ita treasure into tha conflict
to crush autocracy. Tha laat sentence
at tha laat »peach in tha Senate, that
by Senator Fall of Now Mexico, on the
day of adjurnment, waa:
"I want to aay, air, that not only can
wa raise and spend this $31,000,000,000
but that rather than sand word to tha
Kaiser that our poo.le are growing
restless under Um system of taxa
tion already adopted, wa should sand
word to him that, with tha natural re
sources belonging to us, without tax
ing tha people of tha United Statee one
dollar, we can carry this war to a suc
cessful conculsion if it coats ua $260,
000,000,000 rather than $21,000,000,000
That waa tha parting word of loy
alty in the Senate to Germany, and it
represents the sentiment and deter
mination of Uie entire Government,
and now, moat of the people of the
United States.
Reference to the Senator s dec 1ara
tion wns made in connection with the'
diseuuion of the latest astounding re- j
velationa of the German Ambassador's
ploU here. To the thinking public;
man the reve' itiona show condition*
bad enough in reference to the imme
diate enterprise mentioned in each
of the cablegrams* given out reeent-!
ly. But under all of them is indicated
a state of deetruction that ia incon
ceivable to the official her* who la
wont to deal honestly with other na
aest the Priilhst draw against Ger
many in hi* addreu to Congress In
April was far from being overdrawn.
Indeed the facte since revealad have
shown bow steeped hi iniquity the Ber
lin Office was, in that It not only
abused its diplomatic privileges here,
but went to the limit of plotting
against the peace of a neutral country
:i© with the realization of the desper
ite thought that controls German offi
cialdom there has arisen a still great
er determination to carry the war to
the limit so that the world will be rid
of such practices.
Another thing Secretary Lansing
has accomplished by making public
thesetelegrams, in addition to bringing
about solidarity in the country, is the
complete suppression of the paciSst.
In the light of the revelations made,
no man or woman may now, either in
association or individuality, raise the
cry on behalf of Germany without
coming under suspicion of boing a
German agent. Foi the issue is drawn
clearly and unmistakably, acording to I
well-informed officials, and there are
only two possible classes of persons in!
the United States today; those loyal!
to the Government and those disloyal I
to it.
Uncle Sam Need* 10,000 Steno
graphers and Typewriter*
at Once.
Washington, D. C., Oct. 16, 1917.—
Now that Uncle Sam has the young
men of the country in training for mil
itary servce, he finds that he needs
10,000 typewriter operator* and sten
ographer** and typewriter*, both men
and women, for the Department* at
Washington. The Civil Service Com;
mission has notified all of its 3,000
board* of examiners that they should
put forth their best efforts to secure
these urgently needed worker*. While
examinations are held weekly in 450
cities, the Commission states that ar
rangements will be madu In havo an
examination held at any accessible
place where a small class of appli
cant* can be secured. The entrance
salaries range from $1,000 to $1,200 a
year. Promotion i* reasonably ra
pid to those whose services proves sat
isfactory. No appointments can }>e
made to these or other positions in the
Federal classified Mi-vice unless au
thorised by theCivil Service Commis
sion under the civil service law. At ,
information to the contrary is nnnn
thoriaed. This is a splendi.l oppor
tunity to serve your country. Full in
formation may be secured from the
secretary of the board of civil
examiner* at the post oAce in your
city.
GERMANY MUST BE CON
QUORED
Pour-mlnut« ■dJl—■ by lav A W.
Ttjbr doll»orad at llw Bi uadway
Tfcaatra In Mount Airy.
Wa must nppradata tha military
strangth at Garauuiy, ami maka oar
preparations accordingly.
Th« hopeless and irrepressible op
timism of tha American people it
strongly incllnad to tha baliaf tha Gar
many la nearly exhausted, ami that
wa hardly naad worry ourselves aa
tha war will ba ovar bafora wa gat
•trogljr into H.
Vain and foollah Indaad la such a
thought. What mora could Gormany
cloture than to have America haliova
this and hold back until aha conquora
Franc* ami England.
Wa muit ba wida-awaka to tha fact
that Garaan la by no moans baa tan
at thia tuna. War-waary «ha may ba,
and doubliaai la, but har raaourcaa In
trained and unipaot man-power ara
■till incalculabla, and datarmlnation to
hurl million* and milliona mora of har
nun into tha maalatrom of battla that
ia as dssparataly strong aa it has baan
sinca tha war bagan, avan mora so
now that »o many nation* have unitad
their arms apinit her and vowed the
overthrow of her military autocracy.
The military Maatars of Germany
know that the Grand Alliance have
purposed their absolute overthrow and
they have no hop* from surrender,
their only hope i* to fight desperately
to win, however unlikely it may be
that they can long withstand the com
bined forces of a determined and out
raged world. They will not weaken
bacause they win gain nothing by
surrender, and if tliey can gain any
thing to compensate their straggle H
muse be a German victory.
But how can the Grand Allianca ac
cept any compromise with a govern
ment that repudiates its own word,
when it wishes to claim rack an act a
military naeeaaity. How can any |
MlMWMBKltS*)
plunder?
No, Germany will fight on. She ia
fighting harder right now than she has
fought since the war began. She
knows more about the arts of war than
she did three year* ago, after forty
years of conscious preparation.
Her rulers are draining her man
power to replace her vast losses with
ew reserves. Belgians are' being
->rcibly deported to work in Germany
nd release possible German soldiers.
She is desperately short of many need
ed things, but she has also a desperate
ingenuity in devising substitutas for:
necessities. She is straining everyI
resource to build new submarines to
replace those that are sunk, and new
aeroplanes to replace those that are
shot down.
Make no mistake, then. Germany
is a powerful enemy as yet unconquered
unexhausted, and fortiAed by the in
sane conviction of her Divine righi to
final victory and domin; tion over the
whole world. It will require mighty
warfare on our part to defend our
selves from the onslaught of this
formidable foe.
German Plana Told Admiral
Dewey 19 Year* ago.1
A warning issued to the United
States in 1898 of the plans of Germany
to crush Great Britain, then the Unit
ed States, and thus dominate the world
ia contained in the records of the late
George Dewey, long kept in the secret
archives of the government, accord
ing to a document said to have been
revealed in the Senate one day last
week by Senator Lewis of Illinois.
The document shows that in a conver
sation between Admiral Dewey and
Atlmilal von Goetzen at Manila in 1998
Admiral Dewey quoted the German
admiral as follows: "About fifteen
years from now my country will start
a great war. She will be in Paris in
about one month after the commence
ment of h'.utilities. Ilcr move on Paris
will be but a step to tier real object—
the ciuithing of England Some
months after we finish our work in,
Europe we will take New York andj
probably Washington and hold them
for some time. We will put your
country in its place with reference to
Germany. We do not propose to
take any of your territory, but we do.
: i ton J to take a billion or so of your;
' ",\i8 fv. m New York and other
The Monroe doctrine will be
i-Acn charge of by ui as we will then |
have to put you In your place, and we;
will take charge of South Aaserica aa|
we with to Dont foigut this—
about fifteen year* from now remem
ber It. and It will iatcreat you."
PITCHED BATTLE
WITH BLOCKADER5
a* RmmH a# Battle fe
at Km Law m SOualy
<7
Albemarle, Oct U_Whet amooa
ed to nathiaf abort of »n actual pitch- j
north of Albemarle daring the Mrlyj
part o ftbo night at la*t night, wh<
four aAcara of the law of Stanly coui
ty encountered In blockadera active
ly engaged in th« manufacture of li
quor, aa tho raault of which ono man
la dead, two woundod and two aefe
ly lodged in tho Stanly county Jail.
Virgil Lm Pinion la tho name of the
dead man, and waa ono of tho gang
who opened Arc on the oflcert of tho
law. The —am of the woundod men
for certain, but the
think that Bob Smith waa poe
aibiy one at them they both ha ring
made goad their eeeape. The men who
are In Jail are Will Smith and one
Howell whoee initial" have not been'
lea rood. Nona ot the oAcera were
wounded, although deputy John Earn
hardt had a very close call, having re
ceived a powder burn from ono of the i
anamioa' gun*.
The sheriff had been informed on i
yesterday that these men were to
meet at the distillery during the;
night, and so he sent four of his depu-,
ties, John Earnhardt of Albemarle, J.
E. Mitcoff, J. L. Hatley and C. T.
Daniels of Badin to handle the sit
uation. They went to the place where j
the still was in operation, located
about three milee west of Badin and
about sis miles north of Albemarle,'
near the town of Palestine, and placed I
themselves about fifteen yards away
in the bushes and awaited the coming
of the blockaders. The men caaae
shortly after the oAcars had arrived
on the scene and were heard to make
remarks that every officer who inter
fered must be killed. After they had
bled around the still, the officers
to crawl a little f—— k-.1
SoiMMrsc^he^SoSaSraTvCTr^n^lhel
lookout and it is in that they heard |
the approach of the officers and the;
leader who was thought to have been
Will Smith gave the command to his
men to get ready their flash lights and
guns, whereupon the officers threw
their flash lights upon the blockaders
and commanded them to surrender.
Immediately upon this move the block
aders opened Are and the battle com
menced lasting some bit, there having
been it is said from thirty to seventy
five shots fired in all. The officer*
were lying upon the ground and this
it is thought accounts for the fact that
none of them were injured. The offi
cers state thatat least three of the men
fell and the other two ran away. Af-1
ter lying quiet for about ten minutes \
upon the ground (he officers left and,
returned to Albemarle for reinforce-,
ments.
Sheriff Blalock and Offiecrs He-1
drick and Talbert returned with them 1
and found that two of the men shot
down had made good their escape,1
leaving traces of blood as they went.
Pinion was found dead upon the1
ground with four or five bullets in his!
body. Nothing further was seen of|
hte blockaders during the night, ex-'
cept that the officers who engaged in'
the battle felt sure that they had re
cognized Smith and Howell went with 1
the sheriff to the homes of these men!
and arrested them. They were
brought to Albemarle and locked up,
to await trial. Diligent search was |
made for Bob Smith during the night1
and (hiring the day but up to a late
hour this afternoon no trace of him,
has been found. The other party en-1
gaged in the blockading is not known i
it is said.
Will not Renounce a Square
Foot of Soil, My* German
Amserdam. Oct. 15.—At a noruNit
meeting in Berlin yesterday I'hilip
Soheidemann, leader of the socialist
majority In the reichstag, (l«plor«<l the
fart that Germany'* enemies had
"scoffed at the German desire for
peace."
"We will not renounce a Aqua re foot
of German soil," he added.
Dr. Mkhaeli*, Herr Hcheidemann de
clared, was unsuiUd to the post of
chancellor.
To Retire From Bench
Hickory, Oct. 13.-Judge K. B. Clin*
entertained last evening a few friend*
at hi* home lu.ru, at vrfckh (tlace he
made the announcement that he wttl
not be a candidate for reelection to
hi* place as judge of the Superior
Court at the expiration of hi* preeent
term. December SI, 191t.
A RAILROADER'S YARN.
By Edith Harvard M«»« aA Mm VI*.
Mike ft niae Number — am tto
ft. * 0- An old Umi >■ Mika, and
poud of it. Co«M ton had • joft
wMh the Brotherhood any ume far
years peat, bat doeest think hod aa
)*r life unleaa ha could aaa It fna a
eab window. Might have boan O. M.
tf ha'd had mora book-learning; bat
Mika doaan't mlaa that—plant? of maa
aenee to maka up for tt. And ha'a
frianda with a vary body; call four rail
road praaidanta by thair flrat a a maa.
and they nay tha Old Man himaalf aaka
Mlha'i advice at tiaea.
Thara'i boan a good daal of talk
lataly among tha man about thoaa
Liberty Bonda, and Mika'a a friend of
'am. Ma waa latninf out of hia ear
window in Ctunden Station tha othar
day and an othar engineer who la
known among tha boya aa <omething
of a tight-wad waa leaning out of hia
• couple of tracka over.
"(joing to buy one of thaaa new
Liberty Bonda, Bill?" Mika aakad.
"I am NOT." aaid Bill, «o'» you
couldn't mi "take what he meant. "I
keep my money in a Having bank.
That'a good enough for me. How dl
know thia countryII win the war?
Who do you reckon will give me back
the money on a Liberty Loan Bond if
Germany wina, hey? No air, I gueaa
the aaving bank 11 carry me along for
a whila longer."
mice xcraicnea ma ear ana grinned;
he ha* i catching aort of grin, haa
Mike. "Bill Edson," ha said. "You re
mind me of something that one* cam*
to my notice, because I wan in it.
Moat be a matter of thirty year* ago,
now. I waa on my first passenger an
gina, and a beauty she waa, a thunder
ar for those day*, just out of the abopa
and I waa prouder of her than I waa
of the twins.
"It waa along in the spring noma
time, and the craw* coming east all
reported worat flood conditions ever
known. 1 brought my tn#n down
over Harper's Ferry when the yellow
mud was boiling down underneath like
order* to leave the train thei* and
take my engine back, and ran her
out on the Harper's Ferry Bridge and
leave here there. Yes sir, leave her
there. I didnt believe thoae orders
were straight until I found out that
every other big engine anywhere with
in reach of the bridge had gotten the
same. Wall, we did it; the bridge
was crammed full of engine*, all tha
track* would hold, by night.
"It wasn't until I got back to Balti
more. Mine days later, after the fiood
had gone down, that I got wind o' how
it happened. John M. King was V.
P. in those days, and a better rail
roader never lived, bar none. He hap
pened to be in charge at the central
building right then, and reports of
flood* kept coming in and coming in,
and everybody got more and more
worried. One bridge after another
went down, one mile of track after an
other was washed out. Finally soma
fellow* from the Maintenance of Way
rushed in and said the Harper's Ferry
bridge would sure be the next to go.
King thought a minute, then gave or
ders that every heavy engine the
bridge would hold should be ran out on
her and left. They thought King was
crazy, but they didn't know him.
'Why, Mr. King,there's no use send
ing all that new rolling stock down
with the bridge,' said one man; King
just gave him a look, 'If the Harper's
Ferry bridge goes down, son,' he said,
•we wont need the rolling stock.'
"And say. Bill Edson. "Mike's hand
was on the throttle and he'd get hia
signel to pull out, "the Herper's Ferry
bridge ia still standing! I guess shell
carry you and me along for a while
longer, hey?"
And the point of the story is that
Bill Edson bought a Liberty Bond the
next morning.
May Conscript From
Eighteen to Forty Years
Washington, Oct. 15.—An amend
ment to the draft law to make men be
tween the age* of 18 and 40 subject te
conscription will be introduced in Con
gress by Conpemmtn Kahn, of Cali
fornia, when the Congress meets in
December.
Congressman Kahn. who is ranking
Republican member of the military af
fair* committee and was active in
guiding the present draft bill through
Congress, will consult war department
officials before completing the draft
of hie amendment.
"What we have done k only • drqp
In the bucket," Mid Kahn in explain
ing the need for changing the draft
•get. "Men, mmtey an l food meat he
furnished by America beyond any real
isation of the people at prewnt."