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SALISBURY, K 'H CAROLINA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 26, 1917.
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HEAVY FIGHTING GN
THE RUSSIAN FRONT
CHICAGO'S ACCUSED CHIEF OF POLICE AND &
! EARTHQUAKE KILLS 50
BATTLESHIP MISSISSIPPI
FIGHT OVER PROMOTION OF
DOCTOR IN THE NAVY.
ABE AGE OF
OTHERS HELD ON CHARGES OF GRAF.p
ON ISLANB OF BAiLI
S LAUNCHED TODAY
SEKT16YEA
Most Active Engagements Now
Reported From the Riga Where
Germans Took Offensive.
NETTED GERMANS SOME
STRONG RUSSIAN POSITION
Greece Formally Apologizes to
the Entente in Compliance
. With a Demand.
(By Associated Press)
Theheaviest fighting now in pro
gress in any of the war theatres is on
the Russian front in the Riga sector
where the Germans recently took the
offensive and drove the Russians back
a half a mile in the region of the
great Pirul marsh.
Berlin announces today that the
attacks netted the Germans strong
Russians positions on a front of six
miles, with more than 1,700 prisoners
and 13 machine guns. The Russian
reserves were unable to check the
advancing teutons.
Attempting again to advance over
the frozen ground which made effort
in this swampy region possible the
teutonic army received reverses, ac
cording to . Petrograd today. North
west of the marshes they opened
heavy artillery fire and then attack
ed but failed to make headway. Simi
lar results met attacks between the
marsh and river Aa and here in a
counter attack the Russians dislodged
the Germans and drove them back.
The fighting extended to the south
east of the river Aa near Kalnzem
which lies 20 miles southwest of Riga
Here the Russians aftertaking the
offenusive were caught in a counter
offensive of the Germans and compell
ed to retire northward a third of
mile.
Elaekkereut&ere has been little but
artillery patrol and!1ifht!Ttg,.
, JEntire quet apparently prevails all
along the Rumanian front where the
servities of winter affect all operations
except intermittent bombardment and
skirmishes.
Greece has formally apologized to
the entente in complance with demand
for the events of last December when
Greece fired on entente forces in
Athens.
"The political, economic and moral
future of our land is dependent upon
the proper solution of' the liquor
prdblem." Prof J. V. Collins.
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"CHAR1XS C HEAUEY
"MIKE Dt PIKE" HElTtER.
Charles C. Haley, former chief of
police of Chicago, has been charged
with taking graft from disorderly
and gambling houses. Lieutenant
Martin White, commander at the
Lake Street Str.tiom was also arrested
on the same charge. Billy Skidmore.
Joon keeper, and leader on the
West Shi? . mifei ' leW
Heitler, ,'Aive keeper, w&e'iateo ar-1
rested in the same connection.
"LEAK" INQUIRY TO BE
RESUMED N. Y. TUESDAY
Stock Brokers are Promptly Respond
ing to the Request of the Commit
tee Attorney Whipple Believes
New York End of Hearing Will
Consume a Week.
(By Associated Press.)
New York, Jan. 25. Stock brokers
who have teen requested ;by the
House Rules Committee to produce
records of the transaction with their
customers are promptly responding,
it was announced today by Sherman
Whipple, counsel for the committee.
Mr. Whipple and Chairman Henrp
were busy today with the committees
expert accountants in preparation for
the resumption of the inquiry here
Monday or Tuesday. Mr. Whipple
said he expected that it would now
be possible to complete the inquiry in
New York next week.
1ST VIRGINIA IS
AFTER CIGARETTES
Bill in the Legislature Would Pro
hibit the having selling of Cigar
ettes and the Paper to Make Them.
(By Associated Press.)
Charleston, W. Va., Jan. 25.
Cigarette smoking in West Virginia
woul'j be a criminal " offense and
possession of cigarettes a misdemean
or both violations punished by a fins
of $5 if a bill in the House of Repre
sentatives i'cecomes a law.
The bill prohibits any person or
firm either to sell or give away cig
arettes or toibacco used in making
them. The bill also prohibits any
one ha.ving them in his possession.
FEDERAL ROAD MONEY.
Washington, Jan. 25. The
apportionment of the ten mil
lion dollars of money for aid in
the building of rods in the
states, the 2nd annual distribu
tbution according to the Federal
law, was announced by Secre
tary Houston, of the depart'
ment of agriculture today. This
is for the fiscal year ending on
June 30th, 1918. The fund an
nounced for states is as fol
lows: North Carolina $228,763.
South Carolina--$143,615.
THE GERMAN RAIDER
WAS THE CAPORTEGAL
Leaving Hamburg the Ship Captured
Two British Steamers and Arming
Them Sent Them to Raid in Sauta
Atlantic Waters Was Hamburjr
Ship.
(By Associated Press)
Montevideo, Uruguay, Jan. 25. It
is reported here that the German
raider tha had beef operating off the
2razillian is heitUer -.the Mdwrw
or the Afineta, but that it is the Cap
Ortegal, a Hamburg liner that evad
ed the British blockade after leaving
Hamburg.
According to the story the Cape
Ortegal captured two British steamers
that sailed from the river Platte and
took them to the west coast of Africa
where they were armed and manned
end sent to raid the South Atlantic
coast.
The Cape Ortegal is a vessel of
7189 tons, was built in Hamburg in
1904 and prior to the war plied be
tween Hamburg and South American
ports.
STROKE OF GENIUS
IS VIEW OF OLNEY.
Great Glory of America That Wiison
Has Shown the Only Desirable
Peace.
Boston, Jan. 23. Answering your
telegraphic request for a brief word
respecting- President Wilsion's recent
address to the Senate. The funda
mental idea is nothing less than a
stroke of genius.
If any statesman of any other
courty has conceived of it, he has
lackey the courage to proclaim it
if any statesman of any other coun
try has been endowed with the neces
sary courage he has lacked the wis
dom to realize that only through
"peace without victory" is any peace
possible.
The victory the President has in
mind is not merely a defeat from
which an organized people may re
cO'Ver and renew the strife, with un
imcaired vigor; it is a victory which,
judged by purposes expressly avow:ed,
is to utterly crush the beaten com
batant and in effect eliminate it from
the list of self-ts-overning peoples.
Such a result would not merely not
be worth the cost to the victor but
would le a crime against all man
kind.
It is to the great glory of America
not only that its President has kept
us out of the present almost worl;'1-
wide war but has also had the pre
science and sagacity to recognize and
point out the only road through
which a desirable peace can !be se
cured.
RICHARD OLMEY.
Dr. Elliot 'Finds in the Peace Plan a
Bold Adventure.
Dr. Charles W. Elliot, President
emeritus of Hanvard, was asked yes
terday his crainion of President Wil
son's peace plan.
"It is a bold adventure," he said
'Chicago, Jan. 25. Wheat advanced
shortly today influenced by .the fact
that the British1 Chancellor's speech
at Bristol was construe by traders
as a denial of President Wilson's plea
for peace. The opening prices rang
ed from 1-8 to 2 eents higher with
M'av at 1.85 to 1;86 1-2 and July at
1.54 to 1.54 1-4 were followed by a
slight reaction and then y a m'atr
lal frsk uptuB.
Earth Disturbance On One of the
Malay Archipelago- Dees Great
Dama.sre in Addition to Killing and
Wounding Several Hundred.
(By Associated) Press)
London, Jan. 251 - Fifty natives
were killed and 200 others injured in
an earthquake on theisjand of Baili in
the Malay archipelago, according to
a dispatch from Amesterdam to the
Central News. More than 10,000
houses and factories and native tem
ples were destroyed. The Governor's
palace was also seriosuly damage.
SALARY INCREASE
is conn
Attorney General!; S. Manning
Hands Down His First Decision
Since Assuming Office.
GOVERNOR BICKETT WILL
BENEFIT BY THE ACT
Had Been Held That Present Gov
ernor Was Not : Eligible to
Draw the $6,500 a Year.
(By Associated Press)
Raleigh, Jan. 25. The recent action
of the legislature in. increasing the
salary of the Governor of North Caro
lina from $5,000, to $6,500 a year was
declared constitutional today by At
toney General Manning in first op
inion rendered since assuming office.
It had been contended that since
the present Governor was elected for
a term beginning January 1st and
the law prohibiting an'itjL&feae, in- the
chief executive's ala5r?durl&iiis
term
1 of offke GovernoBic -ettrf ?n y mixe board of employes
benefit tugh the' ret;- Vjf'Hfcnd employers. This, they said, would
not
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the'laVWl '.. -ft
UQVeror I CiV.' , . . ,
OF LEGISLATURE
President Wilson Holds a Con
ference With Leaders in Senate
and Goes Over Situation.
CUMMINS DID NOT PRESS
'SPEAKING' RESOLUTION
Mr. Wilson Told That it Will Be
Impossible to Get Proposed
Legislation Throug-h.
i (By Associated Press.)
Washington, Jan. 25 , Senator
Cummins did not .press his resolution
today to set aside a time in the Sen
ate for special discussion of Presi
dent Wilson's peace address an the
Senate got to work early on appro
priation legislation.
President Wilson was in conference
with Senator Stone and other Demo
cratic Senators at the White House
last night discussing his address in
a general way. There was discussion
also of plans to prevent any con
certed effort to sidetrack important
legislation with long debate, but the
main purpose of the conference is
said to be clear the way for harmon
ious action .'between now and March
4th.
The imsrclbaibility of getting thru
the railway labor program as orig
inally proposed was pointed out to the
President as well as poor prospects
of agreement on water power legis
lation.
Tonight the Democratic Senators
will consider all of these subjects in
caucus.
McCOY AGREES TO MAKE
BAIL AT ASHEVILLE.
Jacksonville, Fla., Jan. 24. Extra
dition proceedings to remove Thomas
McCoy to Fort Smith, Ark., where h
is chargei with conspiracy to defraud
the government out of revenue taxes
on liquors, were dropped today when
the defendant volunteered to make
bond as soon as he returns to Ashe-
ville, N. C, his home. He will appear
for trial before the Federal Court at
Fort Smith on charges similar to
those which recently resulted in his
conviction here, and sentenced to two
years in the Federal penitentiary at
Atlanta.
Chief of Police Cauble is suffering
with an injured eye today. While
splitting kindling a piece gltfneed and
hit him in the left eye inflicting pain
ful injury, though not senous.
Only on more week in which to
shoot quail in Rowan, as th open
season empires February 1st.
PREMH
Secretary Daniels Present and Fif
teen Thousand Spectators See the
Cliritening by Miss Camille Mc
Beath. (By Associated Press.)
New-tort Nevs, Va., Jan. 25. The
battleship Mississippi, building here
for the Unite:"; States government
was successsfully launched at 11.27
this morning in the presence of Sec
retary of the Navy Josephus Daniels
and other distinguished -visitors and a
crowd of more than 15,000 spectators.
'Miss CamiMe McBeath, of Meri
dian, Mississippi, christened the new
vessel.
BROTHERHOODS
I MPROMISt
Is Laid Before President Wilson
in Writing by the Railway
Brotherhood Leaders.
WOULD HAVE MIXED BOARD
EMPLOYES AND EMPLOYERS
Senate Has Twice Voted Down
the President's Plan and a
Compromise is Near.
(By Associated Press.)
Washington, Jan. 25. .The railway
brotherhood leaders today laid Ibefore
President Wilson in writing their
proposal for a comiproimise on his
railway legislation program and he
began considering it.
The labor leacers propose instead
of a law to prevent strikes or 'lock
outs pending an investigation that
provision be made for an investiga-
ettf'ererF diamite.
TVacttoa Dl.ih Senate
inter -
t , m t vfCimsmece TtfmmifctA.,,
2r7an Mng wn Sfrefdeni mfionV
plan (& second time was taken by
some officials as a forerunner of some
sort of a compromise.
FLAG'S DEFENDER PRAISED
! Gets FormalCommendation From
Treasury Department.
New York, Jan. 24. L. H. Luksich,
a signal quartermaster attached to
recruiting office of the United States
Coast Guard, who, while on duty at
Battery January 3, knocked a man
down for wiping his muddy hands on
an American Flag, has received for
mal commendation from the Treasury
Department The official letter says:
"The Department desires to com
mend the spirit of loyalty and pa
triotism which impelled your ready
defense of the national colors, and
in voicing this commendation I am
not unmindful that you are a natur
alized American citizen, for the rea
son that the incident is rendered the
more conspicious by this fact, and
affords gratifying evidence of your
assimilation of the spirit and best
(traditions of, the country (of your
adoption.
The letter was signed by A. J. Pe
ters, assistant secretary. Letters of
approval from all over the country
have come to the department and to
Luksich and several national patriotic
societies hav taken note of the in
cident. JAPANESE IS
Former Minister of Justice is As
saulted by Two Men While He Was
Delivering a Public Address Men
Arrested and Held.
(By Associated Press.)
Tokio, Japan, Jan. 25. The Em
peror has dissolved the House cf
Representatives.
Tried to Kill Minister.
Tofcio, Jan. 25. An attempt was
made to assassinate Yukio Ozaki, for
mer minister of justice and leader of
the Constitutional party while he was
addressing a mass meeting in which
he called on the memfters of the pre
sent cabinet to resign.
While Ozaski was speaking two men
clirrlbed on to the platform armed
with short swords and sought to stab
him to death. They were overcome
ana arrested. Two other men tried to
assault the former minister butt they
were badly foeaten by the audience.
Ozaki demanded that premier Tera
uchi Tesign on the grounds that his
admirri stria tion is unconstitutional.
Yukio Ozaki was former former
mayor of Tofkio. He visited the Un
ited States in 1910 ad was given a
dinner at WafchiBgioa by President
Taf t.' He Wefcjae minister -of jusWee
in te CSa eafeimt im 1W4.
mm 1
The nomination of Dr. Gary T.
Grayson, the President's personal
physician, to be medical director and
rear admiral over the heads of 114
physicians and surgeous in the r.avy
has aroused opposition in the Senate.
There is promise of a fight by the Re
publican members, a: loast. Dr.
Grayson married Miss Gordon, ihe
intimate friend of Mrs. Wilson.
OR. GENE WAS HERO OF
IHE HARFORO. PA.. FIRE
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Took Command of the Rescue Squad
and Enforced the Saga of the Seas,
"Women and Children First" Last
to Jump From Burning Building
and Sustained Both Legs Broken.
A copy of the Scranton RepuJblican
giving a full account of the recent
fire at Hartford, Pa., in which Dr. H.
A. Greene, formerly of Salisbury, and
his daughters, Miss Thelma, were se
riously injured has been receive j
here. The ibuilding burned wasl the
old dd FeUo'Ws hall and on the night
of ; the nre a tug reception was bfcjo
given, by the Odd, Fellows and Ee-
member! .of the orders,, when a lamp
in the kitchen where the supper was
being (prepared exploded. The paper
reports Dr. Green, who is pastor of
the Metha-ist church at Hartford, as
being the hero of the hour.
The paper says:
"Rev. Mr. Greene, the Methodist
pastor, was one of the few wedding
guests who kept cool. When the
flames from the blazing stairs ate
their way into the reception hall he
exhorted the guests to' keep their
presence of mind and shouted the
s'caga of the seas, 'Women and Chil
dren First.' He rallied a few of the
men to his side and marshalled the
women and children to tha windows
where they could .breathe while steps
were take nfor their rescue.
"Rev. Mr. Green saw to it that .the
bride was the first to be lowered to
the ground on a rope tmprovished out
of draperies.
"Rev. Mr. Green was the last to
leave the hall, and the ladders having
.been brushed aside he jumped, break
ing both legs," this being above the
ankles.
"Miss Thelma Greene suffered her
right arm broken and fcody .badly
bruised. Mis3 Martha Green escap
eduniniured. Two people died from
their injuries and a number of others
were seriously injured while many
suffered minor hurts.
LOST: PRESIDENTIAL
VOTE COUNT OF UTAH.
Messenger Bearing States' Record
Has Failed Jo Reach Capital.
(Washington Times.)
LostA messenger tearing Utah's
official count of her vote for Presi
dent. Will the finder please notify Con
gress? The final chapter of the last
election is toeing held up pending the
arrival of the man from Utah.
In the meantime the secretary of
state of Utah has been notified that
the messenger is lost, has strayed or
is stolen, and has been lnstructeo to
get from the United States district
judge there the one remaining copy
of Utah's official count and rush an
other -messenger to Washington with
it.
All official counts were to have
been in last Monday. Utah was the
only State missing.
The '-'estruction of drunkard-making
will never be accomplished as a
side issue.
BAR ASSO.
MEETING.
There will be a meeting of
the Rowan Bar Association at
the court house Friday after
noon at 3:30 o'clock to arrange
the calendar for the February
term of Rowan Superior court.
Ssnate Passed Such a Measure at
a Long- Session Held This
Morning Was 14 Years.
PROPRIETORY MEDICINE
ACTS SEEM DOOMED
Election of Comity School Boards
by the People Again Receives
Attention of Members.
(Special to the Post.)
Raleigh, Jan. 25. In a long session
today the Senate passed the .Mil rais
ing the age of consent from 14 to 16
years and the House killed the first
of the recommendation offered by the
committee on judicial reform provid
ing for amendment appeals from
magistrates courts.
Both houses received a continued
bill providing fo:- the election of coun
ty school 'boards in some counties and
in some for county superintendent.
Burke county sent down a big mem
orandum demanding that the system
be changed in that county.
It was announced in the House to
day that although the House com
mittee has voted 7 to 5 aganst a fa
vorabl report of the bills to regulate
the sale and advertising of 'proprie
tory and patent medicines out cf con
sideration to the Senate committee,
which has not voted, and the hearing ,
of further argument the House has
decided to report the measure with
out prejudice. The prophecy is free
ly made that the acts will be defeat
ed.
The House spent half of the session
today .ebating the recommendations
of the judicial committee providing
that in appeals from magistrates who
have no juridiction in certain cases
clerks cf Superior courts may cor
rect the judgment to conform to tha
constitutional requirement. The
House voted down the measure.
Bills Affecting the Roads of the
State.
RMeigh, Jan. 24. 'There were most
important bills - affecting road foii&k-
ling-in-the State today in both fcoues.
of the Legislature. Senator Cameron
pi$&'-is 'a taember of steSigh-
""way commission, introduced a -Mfl
to provide that - the StaW Highway
Commission handle the 'automoibile li
cense tax fund $0 that the commis
sion shall expend 70 iper cent of the
fund in the counties in which the li
censes aie taken out for road main
tenance and that the remaining 30
sr cent be use.: in the expense of
collection with the residue, which will
be considerable, to be expended in 'the
weaker counties. The special pur
poses of the till is to enable the State
to get the Federal fund for road
building which in process of multipli
cation will in a few years grow to as
much as $2,000,000.
In the Houi2 Representative
Doughton introduced a bill to mak-3
the appropriation for the work of the
Highway Commission $75,000.
The Senate had its 1 first show down
as to the status of the fight over ele:
tion or appointmant of the county
school .boards and voted 23 to 22 to
defer consideration of any of the:-e
tills until next Wednesday, awaiting
action by the joint committee of edj
cation. Advocates of county election
were trying to force immediate ac
tion on bills to give additional coun
ties the right to elect and Senato
Turner had just introduced what m.v
be termed the administration bill ti
haive the Legislature elect a central
State commission to elect the count?
boards which woul' in turn select th-i
county superintendents. He and oth
er advocates of appointment of coun
ty boards, wanted all action deferrci
until the joint committee acts and
they carried their point.
HEAVILY LADEN
SUBMARINE
AT NEWPORT
Newport, R. I., Jan. 25. Un
identified submarine, heavily lad
en, is lying off shore between
Pointi Judith and Beaver TJail
where she arrive this afternoon.
Harry K. Improving.
Philadelphia, Pa., Jan. 25. .Harry
K. Thaw is making iprogress toward
recovery, iut it will be two weeks be
fore he can leave the hospital.
The man who prates most of honest
toil spends all his life trying to pay
the interest on the mortagage
No man should go. into the busi
ness of dealing in magicians' outfits
unless he knows the tricks of the
trade.
A commonwealth ousrht to be im-
mortal anu lurevejr renew ilo puw.
Cicero. ' . ' ;
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