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7hE FLOWED VOL. 3 NO. 65. $1.50 A YEAR AND WORTH IT SALISBURY, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, JULY 20, 1917. $1.50 A YEAR AND WORTH IT PRICE TWO CENTS YABffll T. WO LD AWAITING GERMANY'S POLICY In the Meantime Military Forces of Belligerents are Engaged in Infantry Operations. GERMANS ENDEAVORING TO REGAIN LOST PLACES Situation in Petrograd Continues Troubled But Government Will Deal .With Firm Hand. (By Associated Press.) While the world today is awaiting with keen interest the declaration of 'Germany's policy which the new Im perial Chancellor, Dr. Georg Mich aelis, is expected to deliver in the Reichstag, the military forces of the belligerents for the moment are en gaged in infantry operations of ma jor importance only along the East ern Galician front. Reports from this theatre are that the intense ac tivity indicates lessening of speed in the Russian drive. There have bean by the side of his father whose fix recessions at one point where the neral was held last Tuesday. Miss LAustro-German reserves were thrown i Elizabeth Harris is a sister of H. K. into the fray in an effort to stop the j Russian rush and threatens1 -oll up of the entire Austro-Gerrn::n line from Galicia down through Rumanian mountains and plains. 'Otherwise the French front in Northern France presents no notable features of momentary interest. 'Few days pass without efforts on the part of the Germans to get back some valuable territory which was wrenched from them in the spring offensive or to make local inroads on the French lines elsewhere. The new 'field marshal attempted this sort last night in the first real sharp attack in some time, Field Marshal Hinden burg's retreat Isat March being de livered south of St. Quentin. The Crown Prince chose a front nearly a half mile in extent where the French occupied a hillock to the east of Gau chy. General Petain's forces were taken back at the first by the intensity of the drive and yielded some ground on the first line. They rallied and drove the Germans out of the greater part of the occupied position. The situati6n in jPetrograd con- jtihues troubled, but the pjisionaUlwdead-ajid fojuged wfrraggftfr government appears to have decided to take hold with a firm hand and have it out with the ultra extreme element which has been keeping the city in turmoil. Martial conditions have been established and drastic measures seem to be in order. Meanwhile the cabinet council is considering the proposal to transfer , the seat of gvoernment to Moscow to remove it from the scene of turmoil and also announces that the general assembly of workmen's and soldier? and pheasants will be held in Mos cow '"to prevent interference from irresponsible parties in Petrograd garrison." The sinking of a German submar ine by a Russian destroyer in the Baltic is reported from Petrograd: Munition Factory in Budapest Burned. Zurich, Switzerland. July 19. The munition factory of the Hungarian Iron and Rolling Mills near Budapest. was destroyed on Sunday according to a Central News dispatch received here. I The entire stock was ruined. One million crowns is the loss reported. Russians Again in Novica. Petrograd, July 19. Russian troop companies have again driven into the . Galician village of Novica, south of Austrian Czechs, Poles and other non Kalusz, and now occupy the eastern Germans on the one hand and France, end of that place. Great Brittain and Russia on the Russians Sink U-Boat. other. The recent amnesty declared Petrograd, July 19. A news agency by the Emperor was the first result has reported the sinking of a German ! of this policy of blackmail and must submarine in the Baltic sea by Rus-! be considered a victory for the anti suian. The under sea boat was sunk German party. FORMER WASTE PRODUCT Distillery Finds Way to Utilize For mer Loss to Great Advantage . Now Producing Potash. New Orleans, July 17. Announce ment was made today by the Jeffer son Distilling and Denaturing com pany that it has evolved a new pro cess for the utilization of !former waste in distilling alcohol from mo lasses, by which its plant now pro duces twenty tons of potash per day. According to an official of the com pany, the plant's waste matter, which formerly was poured into the Mis sissippi, is run through quadruple ef fects where the water is evaporated and the substance remaining is put through a kiln and incinerated, pro ducing potash. Prior to the war, potash, which was obtained almost exclusively from Germany, was worth $8 per ton in thi scountry, and today it sells for $400 per ton. The distillery began its experiments about a year ago and the successful results have been re ported upon by government experts. NOW MADE INTO POTASH THREE DIED OUTRIGHT AND ANOTHER ONE DIED LATER FROM INJURIES Automobile Accident at Method in Wake County Cost Four Lives Miss Luther Desperately Injured Died at Raleigh Hospital This Morning Distressing Affair of Wednesday Afternoon. (By Associated Press) Raleigh, July 19. Miss Lena Lu ther of Fayetteville, fatally injured in wreck of yesterday when a Sea board train struck the automobile at Method, three miles from this city Wednesday evening, died in a local hospital here this morning. Miss Elizabeth Harris, the fifth member of injured party is seriously injured, but it is believed today thajtjahe" will recover. The others of the-party killed were : Miss Alice Harris, of Forestville. E. B. Elartf and H. K. Harris, of this city, both engineers on the Sea board on leave of absence. Mr. Harris will be buried tomorrow Harris, and Miss Alice Harris, was a cousin who had come to attend the funeral of her uncle. The Account of the Accident. Raleigh, July 18. H. K. Harris and Ernest Elam, former Seaboard engin eers, and Miss Alice Harris, of For estville, are dead; .Miss Lena Luther trained nurse, of Fayetteville, is des perately hurt, and Miss Elizabeth Harris is reverely injured, as the re sult of a collision with the Seaboard's Shoo-Fly at Method, three miles from Raleigh. The accident occurred when the au tomobile party stopped on the north bound track watching the cSeaboard southbound pass the first station be yond Raleigh. They did not know the Seaboard, running at terrific rate down-grade, passed at the same time. Engineer Elam was driving his own car and curtains and windshield are said to have shut in all so that no sound of the Seaboard's approach was heard. The engine struck the ma chine in the middle and terribly man gle dthe dead, breaking many ribs fo.r Miss Harris and knocking out several of Miss -Luther's teeth. to Raleigh. Tonight late Miss Luth er is hopelessl yill. Miss Harris will get well. Both dead engineers are Raleigh men. Mr. Harris ran an en gine on the Seaboard 12 years 'but left the service recently and was with the Lassiter Construction company of Raleigh. He buried his father yesterday and Miss Luther was a nurse in the family. The accident occurred in an uncom monly strange manner. All Seaboard and Southern trains coming from Ga ry to Raleigh use the Seaboard track and all leaving Raleigh the Southern. The auto party was therefore stand ing on the Southern's track when killed by the Seaboard train. by bombs dropped. The netire crew was drowned. Germans Accuse Hungarians of Dis loyalty. Londan July -9. The Vienna cor respondent to the Dotuches Zeitung. according to a Ruters dispatch from Zurich on Tuesday, accuses the non Germans of being in alliance with the Entene powers. "No German can doubt," the cor respondent says, "but that an alliance or understanding exists between the OFF AT CHARLOTTE So Little Received Since the First of Julv When the "Bone Dry" Law went into Effect that Southern Ex press Company Shut Down Whis key Window. (By Associated Press.) Charlotte, July 19. The shipment of whiskey since the new "bone dry" law went int oeffect on the 1st of July has dwindled to such a small number of packages that the South era Express Company . has closad its whiskey window and now makes whis key deliveries at the same window with other matter handled. Where hundreds of packages of whiskey and beer were delivered prior to July 1st only 72 packages "for medicinal pur poses" only have been delivered since the first of this month. .Southbound passenger train No 37, New York and New Orleans lim ited, was three hours late this morn ing, not arriving until 11:30 o'clock WHISKEY SHIPMENTS L THE DRAFTED MEN Members of the Local Bar Associa tion Will Not Engage Themselves Professionally in Any Effort to Se cure Release From Army Duty. It is stated that the members of the Rowan County Bar Association will not participate in any legal ef fort to have any man drafted for the new army exempt, that is the mem bers of the bar, composed of Salisbury snd Spencer attorneys, will not allow themselves to be engaged ijy any one in an effort to secure exemption for any man who might be drawn in the draft. In taking this step the local law ers are following the example of the 'members of the legal fraternity in many sections of the country. Only a day or two ago the Illinois Bar As sociation went on record as holding that it would bef unethical for any member of the profession in that state and being a member of the state organization to allow himself to be retained for the purpose of securing exemptions for any man who. might be drafted. In taking this step the attorneys are not antagonistic to any man be ing excused who rightfully should be or who may have good and sufficient reasons for asking the same, or whose dependent ones rftay desire and see"k h& release; tint the,y 4o riot wish , to be placed"' in "the attitude: 6f " aidijft and aoextmg any man escaping army service who is not fully eligible to be excused. They realize that these cases should and must rest on theii merits. It is not known that any member of the local bar has been approacehc regarding his services in such man ner, but this is being done in some places, and as far as can be learned the great majority of lawyers are tak ing no part, professionally, in en deavoring to ehav DDyBFighty deavoring to have any man reliever1 of army service. TRAIN DELIBERATELY IS Coroner's Jury Agrees That Wreck al Huntersville Was Caused by Re moval of Spikes Holding Rails tc the Ties. (Charlotte, July 18. That the Sou thern Railway train derailed neai Huntersville, N. C, yesterday ir. which two men were killed and sev eral injured, was wilfully wrecked as the verdict of the coroner's jury which returned a decision after an all day session today. The jury agreed that the w.ck was caused by removing sipikes that held the rails to the ties, but was unable to fix the responsibility. Although officers art still at work on the case they are said to have several suspects under surveillance. No arrests have Been made. n CHARLOTTE CAMP CONTRACT LET. Consolidating Engineering Company rf Baltimore to Build Same About 600 Frame 'Puildinga Charlotte, July 18. The contracts for the construction work at Camp Greene, at Charlotte, at- wb5ch the New England national guard division will train, was awarded today to the Consolidated Engineering company, of Baltimore. It calls for the con struction of about 600 wooden build ings, including the mess shacks, sup ply houses, bath houses, etc An army engineer is going over property near the camp site to select additional land made necessary by the fact that an aviation training field will be es tablished at Camp Greene. A number of .Methodists from the local churches and churches in this vicinity are in Albemarle attending the regular meeting of the Methodist conference. SALISBURY AWYERS WONT APPEAR FOR SOUTHERN PASSENGER WRECKED REPORT GEORGE C. THOMPKINS TO TRIPLE Man Hel4 m Connection With Shoot ing of -Edmund I. .Humphreys, His Wife Son Makes a Confession of thejrinte. (By -Associated Press.) Johnsto!, Pa., July 19. -George C. ThQrapmV of Philadelphia, held in connectiowith the death of Ed mund I.' Humphreys, a prominent coal operWr.i:; his wife, Mrs. Carrie Hut"reY's tfnd their 15-year-old son ' nhmxifiilb Jr., on a country road nea"ar"rollton, in this county, Suh daj 'nf esjffed to the three murders tod j according to announcement by thr flic.t IThe confession was made presence oi tne jailor ana otn- Adjutant General Royster Says Evi dence Mutt be Through Affidavits Lawyerjf - Cannot Appear - Before Exemption Boards. Raleigh, July 17. Adjutant Gen eral Royste? JLjisued a bulletin today to the effect, that orders from the .var department -are that no counsel Will be permitted to app?a; befure the iocvi boards of exemptions and that all evirence will be submitted through affidavits. It is statel that Illinois bar has alopted resolutions declaring that it will be unethical for any member of the bar association to appear as coun sel in such cases. At the suggestion of Governor Biiekett the adjutant general asks the members of the local boards to se cure action by the county bar asso ciations in eacfr jaunty similar to that taken by the Illinois bar. At'ir. i 1 DECLARE FOR PEACE Along Lines Approved by Parties of the Left, is Munish Paper's Pre diction. Basel, Switzerland, July 18. The Neueste Nachrichten, of Munich, says that the declaration of the tew Ger man chancellor, Doctor MicKaelis, be fore the reichstag tomorrow will be for peace, having the same general trend as the resolution prepared by the parties of the left. The resolution referred to prob tbly is the one drawn up by the rad ical, socialist and catholic deputies in the reichstag before the resignation of Dr. von Bethmann-diollweg. This resolution, which the majority bloc decided to introduce unchanged up jn the reassembling of the parlia ment, stated that the reichstag was laboring for peace and reconciliation, that forced acquisitions of territory and political, economic and financial violations were incompatible with such a peace, that economy peace must be assured and that the reich stag would promote the creation of international juridicial organizations. TRAIN GOES DOWN AN EMBANKMENT Louisiana & Northwestern Leaves Rails and Plunges Down Fill 20 or More Persons Injured. -Homer, La., July 18. Twenty or more persons were injured, some ser iously, late today wh'fm? two coaches of a train on the Louisiana & North western left the track near Mullinix Crossing six miles south of Homer, and rolled down a 10-foot embank ment. MRS. EMMA McINTYRE DEAD. Mrs. Emma iMcIntyre, aged 75 years, died at her ihojae on West In--nes street Wednesday niht of a com plication of troubles which she had been a sufferer for some time. The funeral was held from the First Presbyterian church, of which she was a member, this afternoon at 4:30 o'clock, conducted by the pastor, Rev. Dr. Byron Clark, and the interment was in Chestnut Hill cemetery. Seattle Walks When Street Car Men Quit. Seattle, Wash., July 17. Sixteen hundred men employed by the local street car company are on strike to day and all Seattle, except persons who can use municipal lines or have automobiles, is walking. The men lemand an increase in wages, an 8 hour day and recognition of their union. -J PENNA MURDER iCOUIEL PERMITTED -fO PLlAO EXEMPTIONS DRAWING FOR THE NEW NATIONAL ARMY TAKES PLACE TOMORROW; ROWAN-TO FURNISH 410 MEN Sixteen Women Serving Terms in District of Columbia Work Pulling of Numbers Will Take Place in Committee Room in House Will Be Freed. Senate Office Building at 9:30 A. M. in Presence of Secre- had Participated in tary of War, Baker and Other Officials-Two Draws Will be picketing whit HOSJSE Made, One by Cipher and One by Number and Entire Pro-! No Statement Will be lii&Z, As cess Will Consume Little More Than One Hour Outline of Plans for the Drawing Announced Today. ROWAN. TO FURNISH 410 MEN 'IN DRAW. Raleigh July 15. The gross quota of men which North Carolina will furnish for the draft army as tabulated by registration officials here in clude the following: Catawba, 227. Cabarrus, 363. Rowan, 410. Guilford, District No. 1. city of Greensboro, 175. Guilford, District No. 2, all of county .except . Green- boro and Hight Point, 397. Guilford, District No. 3, High Point, 207. From these figures will be deducted the number of men in. the national guard and these who have enlisted in the reg lar army. Just what total credits will be allowed in each case is not available. ALLIES INVITE Meeting to Discuss Matters in Con nection With, War to be Held in Paria'at an Early Date Officials (By Associated Press.) Washington, July 19. The United States has been officially invited by the allied governments to participate in the allied conference to be held in Paris some time this month, but has declined for the present, as it is not necessary to take part in such meet ings not directly affecting this coun try's part in the war. ' Officials explain that while this course will be followed at present it is not to be taken as an indication ;,of a permanent policy. T VICE-PRESIDENT Mr. E. H. Coapman Announces That the Company Cannot Put on Shut tle Train to Connect With 21 and 22 at Barber. Spencer, July 18. Vice-President E. H. Coapman, of the Southern Rail way, has announced that the company cannot grant a request for a shuttle train service between Salisbury and Barber to make connection with Nos. 2,1 and 22 which were detoured some weeks ago by way of Winston-iSalem instead of by Salisbury. In making this announcement Mr. Coapman gives as his reasons that it is not in the saving of money, but is that ev ery engine, every man, every coach that can be spared from the regular service will, be absolutely necessary to taVe care of the government pre paratory to the crisis. High Point, Thomasville, Lexmgto nand Salis bury are towns directly affected by the change in t!iev route of the trains. The movement of Georgia peaches to the northern, markets reached the high peak this week and from now on the shipments will begin to de cline in volume. The Southern is handling lve and six trains of Reaches per day now. and within 10 days the movement will be much lighter. Another Russian Minister Resigns. Petrograd, July 19. Another mem ber of the Russian government re signed today. The minister who tended his resignation was M. Pere veizeff, who held to portfolio of jus tice. Proposal to Transfer Russian, Capital, Petrograd, July 19j An extra council is being held for the purpose of discussing the matter of removal of the capital from Petrograd to the seat of the old capital at Moscow. AMERICA TO ART PAT CONFERENG SAL SBURY BARBER RAN AY SOUTHERN (By Associated Press) Washington, July 19. Tomor row morning at 9 :30 o 'clock in a committee room in the Senate of fice building has been fixed as the time and place for the war army drawing. Secretary of War Baker and other cabinet officers and mem bers of the -Senate and House military committee will witness the drawing. Provost Marshal General Crow- der counts on finishing in little more than an hour .the entire pro- cess which will fix the order lia ble for appearance before the lo cal exemption boards each man of the ten million registrants. Just how the drawing, which will be conducted to establish the order liable for appearance be fore the local exemption boards of the ten million men registered for war service will be made was dis closed for the first time today by Provost Marshal General Crow der's offiee. There will be two drawings. One of numbers from 1 to 1,000 and another from cipher to 10 to form a so-Called master key by which the 1,000 numbers drawn will reach every man in eevry district. There are 4,557 exemption . dis tricts with an average of about 3,000 registrants, each. The larg est has more than 10,000 men reg istered and . the smallest on about, number written on his card in red ink. For the district with more than 1,000 registered the drawing of 1,000 members will fix definite ly and place upon each district list the name of each man. Where the district has more than 1,000 the master key will have to be ap plied. Thus if No. 898 be the first drawn it will represent 898 in a district with that many men and less than 1,000. It will represent 898 and 1,898 in districts with more than 1,000 and less than 2,000 and so on. The master key will establish the order in which 898 is added to 1,000, 2,000 and so on up to the largest number of thousands in the district, which shall be placed on the "local list wThen 898 is drawn. Of the ten million men who are registered 687,000 are wanted for the war army. As it is estimated 50 per cent of the men called be fore the boards will be exempt each board is directed to call dou ble the number of its u;K for examination in order that their numbers may appear on the dis trict list after the drawing. Originally the master key num bers were fixed at from cipher to 9 on the assumption tha tthe larg est district in the country would have less than 10,000. Today a district in Detroit reported more BY VIRGINIA MOB Father and Son Accused of the Mur der of Virginia Farmer Are Taken by e Mob and it is Feared That They Will be Lynched. (By Associated Press.) Lynchburg, Va., July 19. Alfred Barret, a negro and his son, age 14 years, charged with the murder of Thomas Roach, a white farmer living near Red House, in Charlotte coun TW NEGROES TAKEN ty, have been captured by a mob ogring into the service of 20,000 men to 259 men, 15 miles from this city, the capture taking place early in the day. The negroes are said to have con fessed and the mob is said to have started towards1 led House. Threats it is said were made to lynch the whole family. It is said that it will be impossible to rush militkry forces to the. scene in time to save the lives of the ne PRESIDE! WILSON i PARDONS SUFFS. i to Reason for Act and Par dons Speak for Themselves. Washington, July 19. Counsel for the sixteen suffragists serving a six ty day sentence in the workhouse for participation in picketing the White House is preparing to tke appeals unless President Wilson interferes. President Pardons Women. Wiashington, July 19. President Wilson today issued pardons for the sixteen suffragists who are serving a sixty day sentence in the workhouse for picketing in front of the White House. Secretary Tumulty said the par dons must speak for themselves and that the White House would make no statement of the President's reasons for the act. DAY COACHES TO HAUL Washington, July 18. National Guard regiments will go to the South ern concentation comps in day coaches, it was announced today. The troops will be fed from field kitchens set up in baggage cars. The supplying of these units with their equipment is progressing rap idly. TEDDY SUMMONED TO KILL ESCAPED LION wMonticello, 111., July 18. After of 'ruitless seracfe ion the es- ILTIAMEN CAMP rorized the community for weeks,Ob ' ' cal citizens today wired to Theodore Roosevelt at Oyster Bay, asking him to come here, seek out and kill the beast. Moscow, Idaho, July 17. The wholesale rouding up of I. W. W.'s in the Boville, Elk River and Potlatch1 sections of Idaho continued today with the arrival here of 100 prisoners fro mElk Kiver and nineteen from Boville. A stockade has been- built here and tB? prisoners will b -'.-kept there untif disposition is madfe 6$ their ' cases. Governor Alexander and porty of state officials visited the camps yes terday, and it is declared since that the situation has come under control with 75 per cent of the strikers will ing to resume work. Raleigh, July 17- Cole A Osborne, of Charlotte, appeared before Gov. Bickett today to make a special plea for the pardon of Dr. J. W. Summers, the Charlotte physician, formerly of Asheville, convicted of malpractice. His plea was backed by petitions hy many citizens, including the trial judge and the jury. Solicitor George Wilson appeared in opposition to the pardon and, sub mitting petitidns of the Charlotte and state medical boards, urged the gov ernor not to interfere with the sen tence. than 10,000 registrants, making necessary to have the key num- bers run from cipher to .10. . T PARADE IS PLANNED New York Will Pull Off One of the 'Biggest Parades it Ever Held When the Soldiers Leave for Spartanburg Rlecruiting is Speeding Up. (By Associated Press.) New York, July 19. News receiv ed from Washington that the New York national guards may be in the trenches of France by the first of November has intensified the muster- be. mobilized in this city. Plans for the entire guards to par ticipate in a parade and demonstra tion were on foot today, and regi ments of up state guardsmen will probably be sent by this city on their r. way to Spartanburg in order that. they may participate in what wl likely be one of the greatest parade, and military demonstrations ever hehi in this city. The date for the paradf? is not yet decided on. i DEM RATION AND
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