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:th'e mnvEKs 'cbmcron .V , 5 T1 r I J- -fx- - ,' . .' '. -- -V , " . .. .11-. .- , ... . .i.i. VOL. 4. ;no; 31- ' tr . $W.A TEAR AND. WORTH 1T. - ( SALISBURY, OHTH CAROLINA, TLTESO AY, FEBRUARY 19,- -1918 4 1- AMERIGMTALK :t . '.1 - ... .. , -v . '. .. ; ; : i . V ...... . -1 - ?-v- . . U . -j." - .... ... ... . , r- : - .. .. ... r;7. . : : " -.. " ... 'I v - r i , 1., . .. .t t ' ri- .'- '' : ' ' ' - V r - ' WV:.l!-i!:- - - .n L-i : f r-1'. . '?. $IQ A YEAR AND WORTH. IT 1 :; PRICE TWO CENTS ; V IS t 5 - V v.- i y v.- ;4 -y 1 -i 4 ir A,.;-f-"5'1' 'aht f - ii1' mm MM Th6 women of France, who so cour " ageousTy -and patiently have aided , , .tneir men - ana vtneir 1 wun-vry " -stemming Jic German invasion, to day are "suffering from' hardship and 7 sacrifice.'. The most criying of their - ", heeds, and the most airgent, are food J ; ...and coal.." There is; a, serious! short age 'of-each.- Manylif these are ', mothets with children who are cry- -, big, for hread rthe - mothers cannot proyide.1-' Tjiere ' are many other chil v " dren who are orphans, who are hun- s ry, and, homeless. i ' - ' - The' , French - Heroes - Fund 7 is "unf ; dertaking- faithful -and -efficient -work ' ' ; toi reljeve- these conditions of diilyess , v We ask "you to help this organization ' hyi sending us "some vmonev for these ' -- women ; and , children who hear the ' " j 1 heaviest ; burden- . without complaint. 1 k from you that the -work .may -be con-? r C ' . tinued bo . long as the" need . exists. " 1 -.- J' Every cent pven in .response -to 'thisi ' "1 1 'r appeal; 'VwiD he ..'remitted to France K'';,-'..v without the. deduction of one cent for ."?! v?'.'.Vrxiis of 'yiv" "-kind ...' :-;',''. ?; P Who eould Tref use such, a plea ?T On- . .'''ry Godknowa. how, much 'these hero .? 4 V ic"! women! add.'' children Jat.zV.nnce "': - -have suffered.' It is the finest sort .of Americanism" 1o, send a check to the ;:, .relief of these; 'finei women. - Make checks payable to James" A. Blair, ; 7 Jr.; ahd mail it to 360. Madison "ave nue,. Newt York, r S ' J . ' . . An 4 Enelish -clergyman was ad- dressing a 'large American audience. "He began by sayihg---The finest thing in the1 world today is France," ' and there was "a' tremendous . s ap s "Dlause. . J ,,'. " -T" ' t, " - v : -Help the man. who helps "you;" back -the man -who is representing yon- " , What would you think ;f a manufac ( turer, or wholesale .dealers who would .A- send a traveling'Salesman-out to sell ' 0643 to- travel, incur large expens . ' : es - and then s would fail -4o support t - k - I,- mm' yda .wouidihlnJc . the, House .i--ww JW"aii2TlJfitter.TrDm i'residenr wurtn 'and art- Vrt;' -"Ker sent to- an. insane- asyldmWhat r anoune that 'rr wbiiY(I ibo - 1 - '6f . a nation that sends an army across, the waters to represent it 'and vf ails to support that arm? The i nation . '- is you and me, the support must come from you and from me. Are we doing our full duty? Never get rid of that thought. ,V - The women and children of iEiurope ' have suffered the full .shock of this world ". tragedy.. They have been murdered, ! outraged brutally, beastly by hurley brutes that frothed at the mouth like mad men under the whip r. of Por&sian hellishness; To their rescue, to their relief America must go. And this war means saving our women and children from this horri ble world tragedy. . A like fate would fall upon -our children in their inno cent helplessness and on our dear wo men if we refuse to do our, part. ,.:... I . This phase of the war has not ; come home to us -as it should have. We have left it with others to send aid and cheer and comfort, and' life itself to the destitute ones of various sections of Europe. How many of us have read of these things and imme diately sat down and mailed a check? Is it none of our business? It is a call laid at the very door of every man and woman and child in Ameri ca. There is no escrape from the re sponsibility. . . , .. Millions of American pennies are going from American children to aid the poverty stricken, the starving children, of France, Belgium, Poland, Serbia and Persia. Millions more must go before we are able to square our obligation. And while the chil dren are engaging their little' hands in this God-blessed work, the fathers and mothers should be doing some thing in larger figures than "pennies. BIG, RICH AMERICA has- done much. But BIG, SELFISH AMERI CA has not begun to do the full share of her, duty. '. , .: France is today, in the center, of ev ery heart. That heroic land and peo ples are, loved by all. To France the world looks with heartfelt devotion, 'for -that blessed'peiple have done the c world it3 greatest service. . A few dol lars .sent -to France will help. Many dollars sent will help more. Millions - sent from America would not repay the' debt we oweand it would be like 'bread cast on the waters----to return and bless.'' ' j - .; Let France know that we: appreci ate, that we are- capable of large things. S : twss 1:. - Washington,' .Feb" 18,-r.Senator Overman's hill for the appointment of an .additi'orial Federal : t3udge in the Western North. Carolina .District was Hoday, ordered. reported by the. Senate judiciary committee. SHIPYARD VDRKERS STRIKE NOW OVER Men. Are Betnrning to Work as Fast U They Can Be Notified . l ot tiie Change in Situation. GRIEVANCES SETTLED BY WAGE ADJUSTMENT BOARD W. L. Hutcheson, Head of Carpea ters, Announces He Will Endea vor to Get the Men Back. ' . v (By Associated Press.) ; ' ' 7 New York, Feb. 18.The strike of tiie Atlantic shipbuilding yards' on government contracts is over accord ing to a statement made this morn ing by John Rice, national organizer of the brotherhood! of carpenters and jointers. Several thousand of - men are expected to tturn Jto work tomor row, "v.,. - , About 300-of the workers returned to their . work 'this- morning accord- j ing to the estimate of Mr. Rice. - In the yards at Philadelphia, Bal timore,. Jersey City, t Elizabeth City, Newark aaid ,New York . about 6,000 menVquit this morning, according 0. the announcement, made by. Mr. Rice, because, thev'were .1unawarelvdf-.the fact that the . brotherhood president, influence the. strikers toresume iwork pending' a settlement of their- greiv ances by the wage adjustment' board. Many of these 6,000 "were later in formed of the situation and returned to the yards. Mr. Rice said that dur ing the day every effort would be made to get in touch with the others. A mass meeting of striking carpen ters has been called in Brookyn this afternoon and at this gathering these men will be instructed to return to work, Mr. Rice said. Strikers Ordered to Return. -- New. York, Feb. 17. A message signed by William-L. Hutcheson, pres ident of the Brotherhood of Carpen ters and Joiners - was sent to Presi dent Wilson tonight assuring hhn that representatives of the union had been instructed to: use their influence to have the strikers return to work at once. diplIatsIcIeo Washington, Feb. 18- Foreign minister Trotsky of the Bolsheviki government has withdrawn the ap pointment of John Reed to be con sul general at New York. Ambassa dor Francis has made .this report to the state department.- Mr. Reid is 'now at Stockholm, on his way to the United States, where he is under indictment , for violation of the espionage . la ws . His alleged offense was in writing certain articles j-against the enforcement of the draft. The question of his arrest has not grm rise, to any. controversy be tween the United States government and, the Bolsheviki, although threat are reported to have toeen made that Russia would hold -Ambassador Fran cis responsible for his safety ,t - 'New- Japanese Minister. . Viscount Kikujiso Ishii has ' been appointed ambassador for Japan at Washington and will succeed Ambas sador Sato who- returns to Tokio to assume a place on the unassigned roil of diplomacy. r" WSS- EXEGUTIVES BEFORE BOARD. In the Matterf the Railroad Wage Scale They Say' They pesire to Fur nish Information, Not' Opposing the Same. - ' , ' ' IBv'iAiSsocjated iPressaT Washington, IFeh. ' lSRailrod executives - who appeared before the railroad wage commission-'today , said that tthey were present hot to oppose tne wage, demands made by , the em ployeeS ibut to give whatever informa tion they could that would be of ser- ? vice tathe commisison in lmakin NEW WINISTER NAMED ( recommendations for increases. . il 1 , , -'..-ssss?-1 t) .KAUAI SV K'V-v M -" tVi DEEP, SER10iSSeHISM BETWEEN i:iUSTRIA-HllNGARY-GER1ANT. OVER1 ARMISTICE Termination of Armistice Between Central . Powers and Russia and Renewal of State of War Causing Breach of Our Enemies Germany is Warned Against Re opening of Hostilities by Austrian Press-One Lead ing Paper Says "War is in the IJain Finished and For One of Our Antagonists it Has Virtually Hot Begun." (By Associated Press.)' i London, Feb. lfe. A deep, serious schism has been created between Germany and Austra-Hungary by the terminatioai of the armistice between the 'central powers and Russia and the renewal of a state 'of war, ac cording to a Copenhagen correspond ent of the Exchange Telegraph Co. The Austrian press, continues the correspondent, is warning Germany against reopening of hostilities in which the Austrians do not wish-to participate. The semi-official Fremdeblatt is si lent but the Neue Freire Presse , is quoted as pointing out that the Austrian-' monarchy no longer borders on Russia and is not like Germany; compelled to resume warfare. ' The only thing .' the Austrians might do against" their will, says the 'newspa per is to protect free connection be tween the monarchy -and the .Uk raine. - ' - ' ' , The. Die Zeit, which has intimate connection with1 the i Austro-Hunga rian foreign office, is reported by the correspondent as contending - that Count .Czernin, : the v foreign -minister, can continue to act as negotiator with Ia!a!! - THE ' SWORD. MUST BE BROKEN. the west ff or our monarchy. " Con tmuing the paper saysi "The war is in the main 'finished andfor one of our antagonists, it has virtually not begun. Millions of thinking people are pointing to -Count Czernin and President Wilson., . The article concludes with a sen tence which the correspondent intends as being plainly addressed to Ger many: ' ' ' i '"From our side the predisposition to positive negotiations- has : - never been interrupted and it is to be hop ed the negotiations will not be inter ferred with from our side'. ' Not in Sympathy With Bolsheviki. Stockholm, Feb .18. The German minority Socialists -'are .. dissatisfied from" any V connection ' or ; : sympathy with ; the Bolsheviki in an article in theSocialist . orsran. ' Voerwaertz s of Berlin by Otto Braum He charges that the Russian delegates ; at; Brest Litovsk did not intend to utilize -the truce to arrange peace ; but; rather,, to extend the revolution to territory of the central powers. " "The hope ' of the Bolshevic1 for a speedy revolution in Germany is . an' insane delusion," he "says.'-; Gontinu ing Braui ; says, ?They ; apply Kus-r a3;.'.:: :; sian patents to German conditions w"hich are about, a century more ad vanced in economic, political and oth er matters. There is no soil in Ger many in .-wihic'h the - revolutionary methods-of the Bolshevic can thrive:" "German Socialists," says . Braun," sharply " condemn the methods of the Bolshevic We must draw , a . ihoad line between ourselves and the Bolshe vic,' he adds. - ' ? The article" is more ; significant in. view of the fact that . previously r. the Vorwaertz has shown a disposition td coquette with tihe Bolshevic. Its Stockholm dispatches for a long time have been colored in favor of the Rus sian radicals. . , w,ss . CONFER POWER IN WILSON. President to Appoint DBrectrs or ri - nances Corporation Bill' Instead of Mr.'McAdoo. , ' i t , t Washington,, Feb. 18. Amendment of the- war finance corporation bill so as to givey President uWilson instead ; f-Secretary McAdoo power to ap-' point directors of the corporation was- .M -XT' unanimously ' decided upon .today , by 1--During his visit to Camp Wheeler the senate finance committee., v;,jthe war , secretary inspected grounds -L W Z B.y v t' j and :-tase. hospital and also reviewed Secretary' Daniels' "Son "Promoted, J the, d?7isiont rThe , secretary praised , ' (By Associated' Press.) '. m conditions at the-camm including the - Philadelphia, Feb". , -18. Joseiphus , Daniels Jr., saa' of the;. Secretary, c-f the Navy,; has beett:icommissioned as'f second lieutenant'in' the marinw. corps.' Young: Daniels Unlisted last; fall as? private.- V.;"- elC.. ,. .. , ... .. ...,,,.,.- , , m i . .. ... , A V?-;- WSMl KILLED IN ODESSA-BATTLE Ciy Bombarded by sWarsnij)s , is - tne Beport Obtained Through Dispatches Arriving' Late. - POLISH TROOPS-DEFEAT , V BOLSHEVIC AT BOVRUISK Rumanians Control the Akerman District Kiev Casualties Are; ,4.000 Killed, 7,000 .Wounded. .(By Associated, Press.). j Petrograd,; Peb;- 9.vIn a. battle at Odessa Sunday; between . the; Bolshe viki and Moderates hundreds, of peo ple -were "'killed.- The t;ity wasbom barded by warships. !? ; , - 'r Polish Troops Defeat Bolsheviks. , ' Petrograd, Feb. SPolish troop3 defeated; the tBokheviki 'tit Bovruish, 85 miles southeast' of rMinskv Other Poles advanced toward. Smolensk. The Rumanians.:: control the "Aker-. man district of Bessarabia and threat-r en Odessa. Jt S :Tae casulaties at Kiev are estimat ed at 4,000 killed ahdOQOwounded. " - Bolsheviki Take 1 Kiev. 1 Petrograd,. Feb.18. Kievoue pi the principal- cities.-! tne Uicrauiiahs Friday after thlooiyktreeK; fighting,' The-streete are filled with the dead and wounded.' - r . " v While . the fie-htiner 'was at' 'its .heighth the city waS Itombed' by-Bok sheviki airmen. ' ' - ' , ' W S S " - '.. SEC: VAR BAKER L Leaving Augusta This Afternoon He States He WiU Be CompeU ed to Rush- to Washington. NO INTIMATION OP NATURE OF THE HURRY UP CALL War Secretary wm Not Stop in Charlotte or Visit Other. Camps in the ? South at This Time. (By Associated Press.) . Atfgusta, Ga., Feb. 18 Newton D. Baker, secretary, of war, accompanied by Surgeon '' General Gorgas, Lieut. CoL' Chas. .L. Furbush and Major Win. H. Welsh, medical-' officers, spent the day. in Augusta and during the morn ing made san inspection of Camp Han; cock. - ' -. ' Secretary Baker described as "news paper, talk" ,the statement accredited, to hhn in which he was quoted as say inrjithat because of 'the heat it might be" necessary to move some of ' the Southern , camps to the.!. North this, summer. He denied that, there was sibh'a possibility. ' ' Mr.J Baker and party will go direct from Augusta to -Washington. 'The secretary , stated ' that it was ' neces sary for him : to return to the capital at once and that his plans would not permit of 'a stop over at any points en route. He offered no explanation as to his decision'-not to stop at Char lotte other than, thajt urgent business demanded that he immediately return to Washington. " , Will Not Stop at Camp -Greene.? ' Macon, Ga.. Feb. 17. Secretary of rWiar Balder, wTao was here todav for a visit at Camp. Wheeler; will also visit Camp Hancock, at Augusta, and will I then return to WahinortftTi It- hart j b.een expected that e would also "in spect Camp Greene at Charlotte, N C about whkh camn's Continuance is. doubt,. but the secretary said tonight he would not stop there.o JiospitaL ; v , ; M r" : . i At MiEIedgeville tonight, where Sec retiry' Biaker's train stopped 1(J min utes, he made a' brief address . to the HURRIEST CAPITA a; students f thev GedrgiaMmtary:Jstplies, pay and ther .purposes was i Academy. $ , ;, Isubmitted to' the House today. AlflMiRF liORWIlIOR;r;;Ki As Fighting Increases the lmpor . tance of . American .Troops in Frances is More Appreciated, - -' , " , , ; ENEMY FAILS TO OUTWIT . THE AMERICAN SOLDIERS Fighting in Russia and TJkrania' Beported Germany is Sending i , Troops to . Aid Bada, ? (By Associated Press.) . . Stockholm, Feb." 78. The Ger- mans resumed . war r -measures against Russia today, - the -.Social Demokratea states. - Thedr . firsts objective is the seiiure of Estho , nia and Livona, it declares; , . ' i As ihe time for more active' mili- tary : operations on the .'western battle front approaches the American ex peditionary forces are widening their J field Of activity along, tne line. JNott oidy 'do the. Americans hold sector of the.lmesto 'the easX pi.-St.', Mihiet,' wheV therGennah artillery harbeen -strong; but they have , helped ;the French in Champaign and the Ameri can, infantry in company " with the French. are holding the most famous. frdnof Hlie-world. .' . ' It i3 not disclosed what and where"" this front is.' The Americans are well equipped to deal with the enemy, and their of- , Seers say the only fault hey can find is the disposition of the men to act too' hastily in their anxiety to 'get. at the enemy: They are hard to restrain. Oh the American sector the Ger- ; mans .have tried'' especially hard by resorting to various -methods: to out wit the new comers,, but' allin: vain. Their raids .have had no " effect.' The 1 enemy-has attacked, he has destroyed,, telephone lines and signals, he has charged his entanglements wil5h elec- ' tricity, but all to .no -effect, for the Americans 'have out-manoeuvered him ; every time. ' - " " . The artillery has been active at va- rious points on.the ritish front. The British airmen have . been very active dropping bombs and downing enemy k plane Seventeen German airplanes 1 were brought down Saturday . and y others ,were ' disabled. ' The British j lost iive. : ' . Communications with Petrograd have been restored and rep&rts tell of k' serious ; rioting there indicating -that ; - the Bolsheviki authority' is .weaken-' ing. , Another .ultimatum has. been Sent to Rumanian. This time-the Ru- manians .are asked to evacuate Bess- ' arahia and .permit .Russian troops to pass through. -; ; Kiefv which , until a few days : ago , . was the" capital of;Ukrania'is the cen- , ter of .much fighting, and it is reported , , that the Germans have sent troops to . the 'a id of the Ukranian rada. v . 16 Killed, 37 Injured. London, Feb 18.-r-s-The casualties in Sunday night's air raid were 16 kill ed and. 37, injured, it; was officially an-; nounced - this ' afternoon. ' ' HUNDRED PEOPLE KILLED ' IN BATTLE IN PETROGRAD ?v Petrograd, . Fondayi Feb. ll.-(By the Associated' Press'. )--In - an all night bottle during which jewelry stores in the capital were pillaged by marauding Soldiers about , 100 persons -were killed. Forty thousand German and Austrian prisoners,' who were freed by 'the councils of woi&men's and soldiers' delegates in smaller Rus- , siari towns," now "ate in Petrograd homeless and in danger. .of starving , as a result of the riots. V ' :- w s s. tt ' - :; VNaval "Estimate for Next Year,; ;( By-Associated Press.!"4 - Washingtori;", FebTflS.-fA't eup. piemen tal estimate for tffie . 'navy I iov, the next ' fiscal year aggregating' $230,077,152 ; for .ammunitioni reserve Isubmitted to- the House today. "VC-. ; ft it-'. . K -J. -, 1 , i I & c -;' , -j f, " ' . :'"u',:' . - . - : 3 I : . - . ' .i-v Ji r s- ; ' ' ' - ' i I '' " " 1,' " S r "J 1 tVrt i yry Mlr " ..f. 1- k . - - ' r" -a .
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