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A". 1 . ' ' " m ' -' '; THE ONLY SEMI-WEEKLY THAT COVERS THE EIGHTH CONGRESSJONAL DISTRICT - , '.'' ' ' "'' 1' . . . L . i III a'.- . READ BY EVERY CITIZEN v 3 VOL. NO. ,$1.50 A YEAR AND vVORTH IT, SALISBURY. NORTH CAROLINA?" U'FRIDAYr MX? ll, 4917 mmrnm hi 11 mm4mfmmmtfmmmmirmm'mammm i ) i i I . j ti ir i n m i 1 I 1 ' ? 1 I i 17 T I i JL WAR 1 fr3 FT73t7 V7' 5, ,n HIT TT WTtW PAY SB1I W . A E lllk u Jrfll in i r it 4 -E i . .-. IT. 15 v. ft f -.At it -1-. - - V a, S--i.-.f'..fr.,i i 1 Js '' 1 V v f -V S "?' ft ' If"5 It- CONFEREES REACH AGREEMENT (M ARM BILL; RdbSEVELt AMENDMENT ISUMINATED IN BILL Conferee Made The Age Limit 21 to 3Q Years and The Bill Will be Passed Compromise on the Age Limit and Roose velt Amendment Elimination the Features of the Agreement as It iow Must be Adopted. Washington, May 10. Con ferees on the war army bill reached an agreement today and the measure will be report ed back to .the two houses for confirmation as soon 'as possi ble. The v so-Uled Roosevelt amendment, put in by the Cen ate to permit the Colonel to raise four divisions for service in France, was elminated from the bill, as was tnat authoriz ing the raising of three regi ments for border patrol duty. Hie conferees made the age limit of those subject to draft 21 to 80 years inclusive, in place of 21 . to 27 years, the limit in the Senate bill, and 21 to 40 years in the House meas ure. The Senate amendment pro hibiting the sale of liquor at arm; camps and otherwise safeguarding the morals of the troops was . retained. The general evaa' officers were much pleased . at the agreement of the conferees and the total elimination of theY volunteer system from, the new armies. ; " j While they preferred " the narrow? are limit iiLihe. Siate iM;---' V wthe'whoIeka younger lotM men; .-!M.t. Senator France "of Maryland ttfZt&fi teUeving the bill defective be- f'r"1'cause of the limited range of ? introduced a seDarate resolution to empower the President to enroll all m'en be tween the ages of 18 and 45 for national defense simultaneous ly with the selective conscrip tion. 1 Washington, May 10, Protests - against the many provisions of the proposed war tax ibill poured into day onOongress by mail and by wire as :' the ipening session began to consider t the measure. The senate finance com , mittee expects to conduct a public hearing and those who desire to will be' heard. It is expected in this that those who are hard hit by the .bill will be on hand. , The bill will raise the per capita attack o fthe American people to $33. Washington, May 9. The war tax bill extending its excises to the fa bric of every American home was formally "presented to the house to day by the ways and means committee with plans for quick passage. It proposes special taxes to raise $1,800,000,000 in addition to the pres ent noraml annual revenue of $1, 500,000,000. When its terms are ef fective the American people will be paying direct taxes of $33 per captia. The people of the British Isles half as many now pay per capita taxes of $60. While the principal features of the new war levy are increases in in come and profits taxes, internal rev enue rates and customs duties, many of its provisions reach the innermost structure of , eveiy American home and make up 'a list of taxes, probably the most formidable ever faced by the, American people. The committee estimated the war expenditures for the remainder of this and the whole of the next fiscal year at about $3,800,000,000, exclu sive of the bond issue to finance the foreign loan. The new war tax bill was ready for Congress today. It proposes probably the most extensive line of taxation ever faced by the American 'people. " Doubling of normal income tax rates, with reduction of exemptions and increases of surtaxes on great in comes; absolute elimination of all ar ticles on the tariff free list,;with the imposition of a minimum duty of 10 per cent and a horizontal increase of 10 per cent on all taxable imports, together with increases of (taxes. on internal revenue and new taxes which reach to the remote departments of business and household life, are pro posed tomake up a "yearly income of $1,800,000,000. " ;i. Big Postage Increases. " Increase "on postage rates include newspapers, which it is proposed to assess on parcel post zone Bystarn, are new features of the tax progTm. Publishers - who are hurrying , to Washington, andVsome of those who conferred today with the ways and means committee members, said that such a line of taxation as is .proposed to put upon them practically will 1 force many out of business. Mailing charges for papers of Average circu lation it' was said would be increased many thousands f.ofwdolliai's yearly. One draf fc .of ' the bill proposed to impose a tax of 5 per cent, on receipts from advertising, but as finally pre pared for the 1 House this tax was made not to applet-to newspapers and periodicals., ; The new taxes include levies on life and fire insurance, on household eleo trie light bills, rteienhone bills, rail road tickets, admissions to amuse ments, culbdesuiebtglcmfwyp cmfwy ments, club dues, automobiles, pleas ure boats, jewelry, and. practically ev erything that enters into the life of tl&verage family. . Otanges Made in BilL In an effor to spread the taxation over the business fe as well as the social life 'of thejfltion, new taxes are proposed on . corporations, on ex cess profits 'and ither element of commerce';'- ' - 4 orenoon follows "That upon all coffee or tea hereto fore imported into the United States which are held on May 10, 1U17, or any day between such date and the day succeeding the day this act is passed, by any persons, corporation, partnership or association, except a retailer, who doe3 not sell coffee or tea at wholesale, and intended for sale, there shall be4evied a tax of X cent per found for coffee and of 2 cents per pound for tea." Other amendments to the bill wer mainly changes in verbiage. FIRE -W N. Y. HALL. ' ' Blaze Breaks Out hi the Cupalo of uie Municipal Building and is Be lieved to Have Been Caused By De fective Wiring. (By Associated Press.) New York. May 10. Fire broke out. early this afternoon" m the city hall, where yesterday the French commis sion was received. The fire started in the cupalo of the edifice aibout 12:45 o clock and indications were that it had gained considerable headway ten minutes later. The whole building was wired for electric lights for the illumination in connection with the reception of the French commission and it was thought (possible the iblaze was caus ed by effective insulation. With nothing tut the shell Of the cupalo standing and the famous old clock destroyed the firemen at 1:15 o'iclocked announced they had the fire under control. ELECTION IN ROCK yVELL. Rockwell, May 10 An election was held in the town of Rockwell last Monday for the purpose of electing it snew officers for the coming two years, and the following were chosen by the people to serve the town: For mayor, H. W. Barnhardt; For Alder men, J. W. Peeler, B. A. Fesperman, Columbus Holshouser, Geo. T. Hols houser, C. A. Wilson. These parties will be sworn in to night at the town hall and will take their respective offices at once. Ijfc will always be remembered by the people that our former mayor, Mr. C. A. Wilson, served his people laitnlul. ASSASSINATE CUBAN PRESIDENT. . Havana, Cuba, May 10. An attempt was made last night to assassinate President Meno cal of Cuba by means of bomb explosions. Nine arrests were made before the conspirators could carry out their plans. KEGISTRATIGN WILL BE PATRIOTIC EVENT. Washington May 10. iMany States are preparing to make registration day . for the new army and navy the occasion of speech making . and patriotic demonstrations, according to advises coming to the war de partment. "The men who .will register in accordance with the provis ions of the new law will find the regulations easy," says the war department statement. The questions and answers are comparatively few. There will be The name in full; Age in years; The home address; The date of birth; The quality of citizenship, whether .native born, natural- ized ortjfterlntention; Thefiface of birth; TrMe, occupation or office; "iEmphjred .by whom; dependents; .Married or single; , 'Race; -Former military service and where rendered ; and last, claims fox exemption frora'draft and the grounds on whirfrfWed.M . ' '.; , ' KING 1CERBJNAND SETS EXAMPLE FOR SUBJECTS. Give His La TUid-Prom- Jassy, umtMa, ' jax loafing Ferdinand told the Rumanian soldiers during a recent inspection that they are all to participate sin grants of lands and to have greater political rights. The King is himself giving the example by distributing his own land to the peasants. "This land," said the King, "will be given to you -and I, your King, will be the first to set an example in making the gift. You will, moreover, be granted large participation in the con duct of public affairs." The -King's speech has caused gen eral satisfaction throughout the coun try half of which is now under Ger man domination. TROUBLE OViER GERMAN CAMP Dispute Over Property Rights Delays Sending of Interned Germans . to Western North Carolina Official to Come to This State Tomorrow. (By Associated Press.) Washington, May 10. A dispute over property rights halted today the Labor Department s plans for estab lishing a colony at Kanuga Lake, N. C, for interned - German sailors and aliens detained 'by immigration au thorities. An official of the immigra tion department will go to North Carolina tomorrow to try to straigh ten out the tangle. The department held up by wire 200 aliens who were to start to the colony today from New York. SUMMERS TO SEEK PARDON. Governor Bickett Grants Respite to Charlotte Doctor Under Sentence of Three Years in State Prison. (By Associate!- Press.) Raleigh, May 10. In order that he may make application for a pardon Governor Bickett today granted Dr. J. W. Summers of Charlotte a respite for 30 days. Dr. Summers is under sentence to serve three years in the State prison for malpractice in connection with the death last year of a young woman of Greensboro. KILLED AT NAVY ARD. One Man Killed and Several Injured in an Accident at the Philadelphia Navy Yard. (By Associated Press.) Philadelphia, Pa., May 10. One man was killed and seven injured at the Philadelphia navy yard last night when the destroyer Allen in dry dock fell against the coast' guard cutter, Guthrie, also in dry dock. This in formation was given out by the cen sor's office this afternoon. - A Seattle, shipyard is reported to have built a wooden freighter recent ly at a cost of $200,000, and to hava sold it the da y before it was launch ed for $350,000. " - ' II JUNALM h AS'?- Three Other Trainmeii Jnju Bull Causes Two jfreigh meg to Jump Track at 'Junaluska Asheville, lay 10. U$t& KEnlotvt-, a young fireman on - Southetrt Railway, died shortlyidEters iecevmf ' injuries when his eng4nMider- j , ! 1 v. i ' a ed and overturned roartheMurRh' branch near, J unaluska syeslday af ternoon at 12.3Q oTclocti-iV Two engines1 drawn., KeaTy freight train, eastboundj 'Weeek5: ed, when a bull butted totthevfofv ward locomotive, bemgidraTiUniri the wheels and derailinjF'thV'two eny gines and several f reighf ir tSce who lived at $01 ;SoutEaio was internally injure4 andVae" of his" legs was crushed. He died a few; min utes af ter being takeal r?onii:t3ve wreckage. "Ho was on the ''second eh gine, and A. E. Enlovthe-lentineerl and his first cousin wafcnjnjttTedy4 engineer u. tfarfce- ana -i lyeman;' Ur H. Bradshaw, both of Asheyille th members of the crew.of.eedmff engine, were slightly injured jtJ weref taKen o toe Mission Hospitals Their condition was reported as favorably last night ' fi f?H The east bound passenger ;trii N6,4 freight and Tliomaa.&.RoiIiilto) was aboard, took" care" i&e ic 'ired men. Enloe lived for nlyab ta' half hour after th-wyeckvThe' "a'ck was badly torn up ai'thfFjpohrtc the derailmen V1)ut pwsengerxfraJ. c .-af not delayed, as the" trains- were -nl abled - to ' go! paslhe ' ' wr tJc .. c j a fe track. f.f , vneiv tnrejs runaway freight ears, erafehed intorhi srorle ej gin&. It wa$ stated 'yesterday by of ficials of the 'railroad; that the train was proceeding at a rate of speed no higher than twelve Hmiles an hoar when the derailment occurred. Reformed Classis in Session at Salis bury Church Opening Sermon Be ing Preached by "Rev. lL A. Peeler and Election of Officers Followed. . The Classis of the Reformed church in North Carolina is in session with Faith church of this city, the opening session being that of Wednesday v ening when Rev. L. A. Peeler, of Le noir, preached the . opening sermon. This was followed by the administer ing of the Holy Communion and then came the organization for business. Rev. D. C. Cox was elected .'presi dent of the Classis--and Elder A..A. Blackwelder was named as the vice president. Mr. G. E. Plott was made corresponding secretary and Mr. W. C. Lyerly was made -Beading clerk". This morning, the Classis took up the routine business which lay before it and spent the morning in a business session. The morning session will be gin at 9 o'clock and continue through till 5 in the evening ywith the neces sary noon recess announced as to time each day. Tonight at 8 o'clock there will be the regular evening session and edu cation will be featured. The neces sity of a strong institution of .learn ing, and the support of Catawba col lege at Newton will be discussed. Revs. J. A. Palmer and J. D. An drews will talk on this important mat ter. ' ' - ' . . . .' Friday will be given over largely to missions, the Home and Foreign Field coming in for discussion. Home mission will be led by, Dr; H, A M. Holshouser and Foreign Mission- will be handled by Rev. H. - A. Welker. with little change in temperature. AT FMCHURCH OneTime National Figure and Dom- inavur vi jniv a oiiucs iiies ai jne S"geir77 Years Twice Placed Mc Kidley in "Nomination. . - (By Associated, Press.) Cindnnati OhioIilay 10,-nIoseph iBensop For aker; fopmre : 'United . : - .. , States "Senator from.Ohio, died",athis home here toaa:at'th ;age ot $1 years, lie had been' in pbor health since hi r etiremen!t ; f rtten the Senate in' 1909. - ' ' "Mr. Foreaker was tice elected and twice defeated for Governor of Ohio, while he served two terms ift the Un- Lifed Slates Senate, from 1897 to 1909. He presented the. name . of William MJcKinley to the RepufcUcan conven tion in' im;and 19001 ; -4. ' ii ?-" - - - - TQJEPHONKARE IK 4 Southern; RoadMs. Dispbjdng the: Tel- L egrapK Instrument. With 'Tele- pnone on juine xteiween w jumuus mju, ,3and Atlanta In .Use Now, Between spencer and: WaaUngtOB.. , H ?(SpeeiartThe Post.Jvs. ,ChatlotteMay 10.--isplacing; the telegraph the .telephone is to Jbe used for dispatching '.trains on the4 entire line of the Southern. Railway Sy$tem between. 'Washington vtand iAtlanta,' between -.w asnintrion -anu .flutixr, tW.bleheiiw.ttt ff -and 'a -ta,.314 ttfl&iSii;. Gangs will b& organ iaed and this Work will.be performed under' the ' jurisdittion of the Super intenflent of z Telegraph at' Charlotte. When this work is completed,-the Southern will have continuous train dispatching: and message circuits- be tween Washington and . Atlanta and these two circuits will also provide a third or phantom circuit for talking purposes and a simplex telegraph cir cuit between the office at Washing ton, Atlanta, Charl6tter and import ant . divisions and junction, points, such aa Monroe. Va.. Greensboro. N. C., Spencer N. C, Hayne, S. C, and Greenville, S. C. The telephone has several adyan-' OUSTINGltt tsovn'oTm thp tplppranh Service i? i w ..wjr..:vv:.w....w tages over tne i teiegrapn. bervice is tonight. This examination will not quicker and it is easier to guard,. j-j-ix against errors. The .dispatcher writes the order-as he sends it, spelling out all figures such as train numbers, en gine numbers, and time The receiv - er writes the message as he receives it and then repeat it to the dispatch er, spelling out all figures. The tele phone brings the sender and receiver into close touch and the dispatcher, should occasion arise, can talk per sonally to the conductor or engineer of any train on his division. ACQUTTTED FOR MURDER OF CAPTAIN SPRATLING Macon, Ga., May 9. jMi3. Mattie May Adams of Atlanta, was" acquitted by a jury in Superior court bre to- nrght of the murder of Captain E. J. Spratling of the Fifth regiment, Georgia National Guard, whom she came to Macon and shot to death at the, Georgia mobilization camp last August. The 'jury was out two hours. Afrs., Adams asserted that Captain Spratling, a physician in private life, had taken advantage of her.. .; ARGENTINE SHIP SUNK. Sailing Vessel Destroyed by a Ger man Submarine and Newspapers Demand That the Government Take' , Immediate Action. . (By Associated Press,); Buenos Aires, May 10 Newspa pers declare the government has pos itive information that the Argentine sailing ship, Briana, has been sunk by a German submarine. The. papers say the incident is graver than the Mont Perotegido and demand that the government take immediate action. RUSSIANS ANXIOUS TO AVOID ALL DISPUTES. .Odessa", May 10.? All the authori ties here are now working under the supervision , of representatives ? of. the Committee of Parliamentary and National- Freedom. This committee has issued a manifesto urging .the "co-operation of all (parties in an effort to avoid disputes. As perfect quiet pre vails there is every indication that tihe - new regime is workinj saras factorily here. SON. OF BETARY )F.? ' ' TREAS. READt FR WAR , J ljiiMiiwaiAf.iipaliLji ii 1 1 ill IiwjMkaigiM'' i ; . iiiiiiii)iiLiiipiwiiiii'V''iiiiiww-,, wx!awa&j " ' I 1 II "- H V h I t . i 7 '31 h rt ' r-i '1L J . . RtX A" h - - ...r'"T-in i'wLr fafifrwmrWiTi m WILLIAM G.'McADOOr' Jr. K; .William G. MtiAdotfJry soto-of the secretary of tiie tteasury, is-- nere shown in his uniform of "the1 New York- Naval Resemi "ready for yrirA FOR ENUSTMENT 4TH CO. A Number of Men Will Be Discharg ed and Others are Needed to Take "Their Places--Drill and Examina tions Tonight. All members of the 4th Co. are or- I dered to 'attend -regulardrill.' tonight an(j those who have not been examin- . . - v. ,J;uXa avayni be very rigid and can ibe done in a few minutes. There' will be two. or more physicians on hand in order to get ' I j 1 1 1 Tl " . ' in UJ? ean'- 11 18 verJ sceaaijf tnat every memiDer possroie De pres ent. This comjpany needs a good cook and We will ibe glad to talk to anyone who can icook and would like to enlist. The pay is $30,000 per month with all clothes furnished and full expenses. A bill is now before (Congress for an increase in pay which if passes -will increase enlisted men's pay. in any grade. This company will need a good many more men-as 20 have made ap plication for -discharges, haying de pendent famlies .to support! These applications with acutal conditions have been forwarded to proper au thorities for . approval. None have been discharged yet but will . most likely be by the last ofm the week and those to'be discharged will be notified as .soon as action, has been taken on applications. . .. There is now enlisted 94 men who have taken the Federal oath and fibout half dozen who have not taken the: oath but most likely will at an early date. A letter from the Adju tant General fhis morning asks that these men be requested to take oath at once. Let . your slogan be 109t qual ified, men for 4th Co. before we quit recruiting. D. E. MURPH, BRITISH NOW CXNSIDERING? A MINISTER OF HEALTH. London, May 10.i The British Gov ernment is understood tabe seriously considering- the . establishment of a Ministry of Health! This ministry, it is stated, would haye charge of sani tation, housing, sickness insurance, and similar matters that would logi cally fall under its. jurisdiction. Salisbury friends of Kisser Shaheen ZgaiS?, of .Lynchburg, Va.. a Syrian, h ave received 'notice of his death on the Mexican border. Zgaib was a member of the 12th Regiment,-U. S. Regular's," and served with the Phil ippine , Scouts, having re-enlisted re cently; at Fort Pierce. He was buried at Lynchburg with military; honors. British and French Maketo JYew $ QeneraL AttacfciBut tAreFush V InfT Pstward. ; GERMANS AT CRAYONKE f . RERULSED IN ATTACK Haig's , Rippers , at BulUcotirt are Being Tightened ;nd-Germans ' Pushed Ba6k NeariLeiut -"in. IF' - - . (By '-Associated PresSf). Today's officialfreports throw little light on the situation around. Fresno. The "heaviest' fighting fori '' the' past weei reveals, ' important tgains' for the British and the 'French at other fronts " t; 1 i: " London anncSnes -British iprogreBS couth of Souchez river which means a further pushing back of the "German lines immediately soutjr of Lens and the tightening: of the nippers which the British are applying to this im portant industrial and coal district. -. Further inroads . also . have- been made on .the German position at, Bul lkourt on the Hindenlurg line where the Germans are reported to be about surounded, but clinging' desperately to thfeir hold on the tqwm Far to the south on? the British line south of St. Quentin General Haig's troops are pushing forward. The French' like the British have made no new general attacks, - but they , are - delivering, thrusts-here and there ; and ."preparing, the ground ofor the nextvpush -June of.tne loeat oper ations carried out last : night was the repulsing qf jSite. German TOttntejr at tack, at Ctayonne, Jrk i ortifieoposj tTOTirhorlh' of Chereauxrwascaptured. draining both jnen and artillery front r .Disorganization of Hie Russian1 arhiy has aparently had.: a. ver-serious effetet. on the whole allied, situa tion and has materially increased the burdens imposed on the . British and French. The news from Russia is far from reassuring in any respect and . appar ently the provisionali . government is still in a precarious sposition.' There are .no, marked developments in the other (war theatres. Fluctuating Fight in Progress. Berlin via London, May 10. A fluc tuating fight for possession of Bulli court on the French front. is in progress- says today's army headuarters statement. The artillery fire in the Arras sector is - reported oh the in crease, . " , German Destroyers Chased, Washington, May 10. A British force of light cruiser jdestroyers. to day chased 11 German destroyers and engaged them at lonig range but were unable to "over take them, says ah offi cial statement this afternoon. May Have Been Merchant Crews. Washington, May 10. The 127 Americans still held prisoners in Ger many are probably those captured on armed merchantmen, it was revealed at the . State Department today. It is assumed the men were brought to Germany tby raiders operating in the South Atlantic. LIBERIA BREAKS WITH GERMANY. Little .African Country Government Breaks Off Wit hthe Kaiser's Gov ernment Importance Attached to This Move. . ? . . (By Associated Press.) , ; Washington, May 10.- Liberies de cision' to sever - relations with Ger? many was officially reported today by the American minister tnere.', ' ( Considerable importance is attaee to this step as Liberia .is tie tahding point of many cables and has been used for some time by German resi dents as a base against the British. Recently the Lfberian authorities sup pressed this practice. :. , TERRIBLE ACT OF AN INSANE MAN. Elkton, Ky May 10v Frank Millen, a prominent young far- mer, aged 34 yean, insane it is supposed from , brooding over ! ill heatth, this : morning killed J his father, Charles Millen, his mother, and brother Elmo and the litter's wife, a bride of three months. Millen, then end ed his own life by hanging and, shooting himself at the family home three mUee f romy this place. K m mxfr'diffisiAnvonAhe British itfrA. and -w. ' ,l4.aiae4-tw&A ,W ;,.f Mhal ' Von -HiAdenlbur-is, with-Cr;-f S1$ , r , Z ,1 '4 .ye f ----- , far: it-" mm&M ----- y - a, f- - ii r i
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