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?AGE TWO V ", " 1 YADKIN VALLEY HERALD, SALISBURY, N. MAY 3, 1918. IP LEIE VICTORY Withstood Tremendous Assaults of the Germans and Prevent a Break Into Hill Positions. ENEMY ESTIMATED TO HAVE THROWN IN 13 DIVISIONS The French on Crucial Part of the Line at Locre Cling to all the Dominating Ground. (By 'Associated Press.) Today's reports from the 'battle fronts only senve to emphasize the victory won by the Anglo-Freraeh forces (yesterday in withstanding the tremendous assaults by which t&ie Ger mans hope .to break into the allied hill positions southwest of Ypres and be gin cutting their way toward the cnMel ports. T'.-.s situation seems to be one of .the cr. ' nr.ts thigh command -decidniig once -a to meke a stand after having ed the Germans to use tens of : usands of men in 'fighting their r desperately forward as far as V have. Thfe decision, made the e ; nd taken and the Germans stopped, (is they have been previously on other fields since the 'great off ensiye open ed .March 21st. The enemy is estimated to have thrown out as many 13 divisions, in all about 175,000 men in the attack on a 12 mile front, but deqpdte contin ued furious assaults has been ihekl clvnost on his tra.ks everywhere. At a few points there -were slight enemy -."nitrations ifout the line was largely rcrtiined late yesterday. During last nigibt the French in cashing cunter blows drove the Ger mans from the 'remainder of the small :retches of around tihey had gained in t'.ie initial drive of the day. A most welcome feature of the cur " ?nt news from tihie front is the an nouncement that the French on the -racial ipart of the line at Locre have lot lost any part of their hold on the dominating ground. They now have yndsputed possession of Locre itself for the 'first time in several days and apparently held on5 al leemy efforts to edge in around that iplace and f orce its abandonment. Hi? xnprrtance of Locre lies in the faict that it guards the approach to Mount Rouige, one of the most valu1 able h:lls of the defensive line which m-nt be taken in flanixi as long as Locre remains in allied hands. Similarly allied troops stopped a drive tcfaard .Scherpenberg by holding s.t La Clyt'.ie while Belgians dealt with them successfully and prevented any breach in the line .-toward he All evidences pom tto the probabil ity fh?t the Germans suffered well nigh the heaviest casualties of any day of the, fighting on the northern front, as wave after waive of tihe at tacking forces were mowed down by artillery and infantry fire. They -were so exhausted by their fruitless effort hat they remained practically inac--ve all 'night, while no reports come ' oday indicating any resumption of riajor activities on their part. So-uth of the Somme front the Brit ish carried out lo;?al operations last right, further improving their posi t'on before Amiens by advancing the line east of ViliersBrettonneux. Entente Allied Line Advanced. British Headquarters in France via Ottawa, April 30. The entente allied Jine has been advanced between La Clayette and Kemmel. The Franco-British forces also have made some progress south of that re gion. The artillery was. increasingly busy this morsing fpom Vimy northward. Thus far the German capture of . Kemmel hill has done little good for the entente allied . artillery has kept the hill so smothered with shell lire it has been impossible for the enemy to occupy itin force. Fierce fighting continued about Locre all yesterday. The enemy sac rificed great numbers of men at the ridge wood west of .Voormezeele. Also heavy fighting continued throughout the day and the number of assaults in that region were great. It is impos sible to say how many attacks the enemy made in the course of the day. They came forward in waves through out the long hours. French Hold Locre Village. London, April 30. The French hold the entire village of Locre, west -of Kemmel, says an official statement from the war office. 'During the night the British ad vanced their line east of Villers-Bret-toraneux on tia front before Amiens. the vicinity of Locre the French (by counter attacks yesterday 'after noon an devening drove the Germans from the remainder of the .ground they had gained in the morning. The Germans having been heavily . rebulsed all along the battlef ront the night passed in comparative quiet. Long Range Gun Again Bombs. Paris, April 34WThe long range bombardment of the region of Paris was resumed this morning. Heavy Fighting iNear Avre. Paris, April 30. Heavy laartillery fighting occurred last night north and. south of the Avre in the sector of Noyon and along the Oise, the war office announced today. Long List of Dead All That Attacks Net the Huns. With the British Army in France, April 29. By the Associated Press.) This has been one of the bitterest days of fighting (that the Flainders Part of the Finnish Government Forces Capture the Tovm of Vi borg, 75 Miles of Petrograd. NEARLY ENTIRE FORCE QF 6,000 ARE KILLED The Rebels Made a Last Desperate Attempt to Break Through in Direction of -Frederiksham. (By Associated 'Press.) (London, April 30. White Guards of the 'Finnish government forces have captured' Viborg, 75 miles northwest of Petrograd, after killing nearly the entire force of 'Red Guairds, according to an official announcement issued at Viasar atnd tranismdtted from Copen hagen by the Exichange Telegraiplb company. The rebels maide a last desperate at tempt to break through in the direc tion of Frederdksihaim. W S S r-i LONDON TIMiES LAUDS AMERICAN LABOR AIM Speech of James Wilson Fresh Proof of Labor's Loyalty in War Time. London, April 29. In the course of an editorial entitled "Voice oj Amer ican Labor ," the Times says: "In the banqeting house at White hall, in -which one king of England v-?:I:ed to the scaffold for seeking to exti:?fuistf tibe rightful liberties of his people, from whose precincts the flight of another secured forever the foundations of iconstitutional govern ment, a spokeamiafi of American la bor has reaffirmed Jiis fellow citizens' acceptance of the challenge to human freedom which German imiilitarism has flung down. Englishmen at 'home and Englishmen in New England were one people whe a noble structure was cre ated, assertig rights they had inherit ed in common from their fathers. The speech of James Wilson made yester day is fresih! (proof that they have handed down these rights and that their descendants are vindivating the same rights today. " American labor will not hear of a peace conference with the ene mies of civilization until Prussian mil itarism ih&s withdrawn within its own boundaries. That is the first, but not the only condition. American r labor will not agree to such a conference even then until the Germans have sat isfied them that Germany . recognizes the right of civilized nations to de Qrmine theiT own standards. ' Kul tur and treaties forced upon the peo ple of Russia and (Rumania show how far Germany is from recognition of this principle. America is mak ing ready to ajppiy compelling force, for so long as sudh a measure imay be needed. The way in which 4,000,000 of her organized fxwkers have put aside all industrial squabbles in or der to complete the war is a signal indication of their resolve. It runs through the whole people from the man in tJhe trenches to those at home Who know with sorrowful hearts that Secretary Baker is telling the truth when he reminds them tibat they must undergo iconsecratiorr and sacrifice which he has seen and reverenced in France and England. They are un dergoing it already and we 'kfeiow it moist exercise the same austere and ennobling influence upon them that it had upon our other allies and our selves." W S S Uruguan Minister Dead. (By Associated Press.) (Washington, April 30; jDr. Carlos de Pens, minister from Uruguay to the United, States died' in a hospital here today. W S S EDITOR OF GERMAN NEWS PAPER GETS 5-YEAR TERM Kansas City, Mo., April 29. Carl Gleeser, (publisher of the Missouri States Zeitung, today pleaded guilty in federal court 'before Judge A. S. Van ValkenbuTigh, to a charge of vio lating the espionage act. He was sen tenced to five years in the federal penitentiary at Leavenworth'.. With Jacob Frohjmerk, connected with the same German language newspaper, Gleeser was indicted by a federal grand jury recently as a re sult of articles appearing late last year in the publication attacking the administration and covertly defending Germany in the war. battleground has seen since the pres ent offensive began. Since early mor ning von Arnim has been flinging great numbers of German troops against the allied lines between Zille beke lake and Bailleul, with the hills east of Mont Kemmel as Ms ultimate objective. At the saime time a sec ondary thrust has (been made at the Belgians in the region of the Yser, north of Yrbres. When the correspondent left the battlef ront shortly after ' 1 o'clock in the afternoon, the German command er had nothing to show for his pre tentious drive but a Jong list of dead and wounded. Along the major portion of the front his troops have been held and when they succeeded by superior weight of numbers in pushing f orwald they were soon ejected by counter drives. The allied line Iwlas intact all through) at that hour. LONDON HOPEFUL AND CONFIDENT German Arms Buffered Most Se vere and Costly Repulse Mon day Since the Drive Began. BRITISH WON SUBSTANTIAL VICTORY IN THIS INSTANCE Huns Failed Signally in Attack Southwes tof Ypres and the - Losses Were Immense. London, May 1. The failure of a German attack southwest of Ypres on Monday with its immense losses to the enemy is commented on here in more hopeful and confident tone,, ifl marked contrast to some recent news of the progress of the German ad vance toward the channel ports. The concensus of opinion is that the enemy JVIonday suffered the most se vere and costly repulse since he be gan his offensive March 21st, and it is contended that if the term of vic tory or defeat aje applicable to single cases in su prolonged battle then the allies Monday Won a very sub stantial victory. French Improve Their Positions. London, May 1. French troops last night materially improved their po sitions in the locality of iLocre on the Flanders front, the war taffice an nounced today. The British rushed the German post in the Meteran sector and took (prisoners. Artillery Duels Reported, Paris, May 1. 'Artillery duels and some intense infantry action occurred last night on the Somme front and at Viilers-Bretonneux on both sides of the Avre southeast of Amiens, says the war office reports. AMERICAN AIRMAN GETS A GERMAN MACHINE. Wibh the American army in France April 30. '(iBty the Associated Press.) A German airplane was brought down rn enemy territory (by Captain Norman Hall, of Colfax, Iowa, and Lieutenant Edward Richenbacher, of Columbus, Ohio, after a duel over the American line on the Toul sector. Situation Along the Line Improving. With the American lArmy in France, April SO. The situation along the American sector is gradually being established. There has been no infan try attacks during the last 48. hours, but small patrol (parties and outposts have had encounters in the darkness and the mist. W S.S r-- MUSICIANS RECEIVE CHARTER. "The Musicians! Protective Union, Lo cal No. 503, of Salisbury, North Carolina," Receives Its Charter. The charter for the newly organized Musicians' Union has arrived and will be kept open for 30 days during which time applications will be received up on the same terms as the original members joined. The organization will be known as "The Musicians' Protective Union, Local No. 503, of Salisbury, North Carolina." Any) instrumental musi-7 cian 16 years old, or over, is elligible for membership and as Salisbury and Spencer are the strongest union towns in the South, it is hoped that the new local will meet with succes. The organizations in Salisbury at present composed of union musicians are the Salisbury Concert Band and Proctor's Orchestra. W S S E A REQUEST AS 10 THE DRAFT BILL Asks Congress to Eliminate from Bill the Amendment Putting Youths Be coming 21 Years of Age at Bottom of EligiWes. (By Associated Press.) Washington, April 30. Provost Marshal General Crowder today re quested congress to eliminate from the bill extending the draft to youths now 21 years of age the amendment putting at the bottom of the eligible list those, who would register under this measure and asks that the bill basing quotas on the number of men in class 1 be amended so as to make its opertion retroactive. General Crowder made the request in. letters to the chairman of the Sen ate and House Military Committees. Of the proposal to put new registrants on the bottom of the list of eligibles General Crowder said: "The plan proposed by this office would result in .these registrants being given wder numbers scattered all through the entire list of order num bers. This seems to be fairer than the plan proposed' by the amendment. The result of the House amendment in many jurisdictions would be to- delay the call of young men for a (consider able time. In the meantime their status will '"have chaniged. They will have married or (become integrated in the industries of the country. More over, it establishes a iprecedent which may be appealed to provided1 aliens registered under the provisions of the new legislation based on the treaties to be negotiated." CROWD R MAKES 58 NAMES ON THE HUNS TEMPORARILY iBOND SALES IS PASl mmm m CASUALTY LIST ABANDON ATTEMPTS HUNDRED THOUSAND MDWAU1IA Two Killed in Action, Two Died of wounds and Six Succumbed to Disease in Addition to Hurt. ONE CAPTAIN MEETS DEATH WHILE ENGAGED IN BATTLE Lieut. JohnW. Morris, Previously Reported Seriously Wotmded, is Prisoner and. Unwounded. (By Associated Press.) Washington, April SO. The casu alty list today oonitiaans $8 names, di- wnded as follows: Killed in action, 2; died of accident, 2; died of disease, wounded severe ly, 5; wounded slightly, 42; missing in action, 1. Caiptain Richard Leairence Jett is reported killed in action, Captain Charles A.. Ctflaanhers died of pneu monia, and lieutenants Robert D. Ooye, ftufus Cretan mi iFtPanris Worthi- iigton iliiie were sligntly wounded. ' In issuing the list the ideptturteaent announces that Thomas J. Mtoomey, who was (previously reported as hav ing died of (accident, was due to error in cabling. Lieut. John W. Morris, previously (reported wounded severely, is reported a prisoner and tarvounded. w s s GERMAN DiEAD EVERYWHERE Lull in the Fight Which Reveals the Ground Covered With the Me Kai ser Bill Has Sacrificed. Again there has come a paiuse in the battle of Flanders, where the ground everywhere is covered with the gray clad: bodies of German dead, amd the British and French are holding secure ly to all their positions. From Saturday until well into Mon day night General von Arnim's forces continued their efforts to break the British lines on the Ytpres salient and to ipess ack the British and jFrench from the high (ground to the south west, but everywhere their efforts were fruitless. True, they gained tiheir objective and again calptured Lo cre, but a counter thrust forced them out again amd at last accounts the French wiere holding the village. In the hilly region just to the north of Locre the British also pushed back the enemy at several points, notably between Kemmel and La Clytte. Much of the snap of the Germain at tacking forces has been absent from the maneuvers they have been carry ing out in Flanders under the stiffened line of the entente troops, which has been apparent since last Sntnday. To the south near Amiens and to the east around Noyon the enemy like wise Ibas failed in al Ihis attempts to push farther forward. The British east of Villers-Bretonneux, wWdh lies di rectly east of Amiens, have ladvanced their front and inthe Noyon' sector the iFrenich have re-established their lines which the Germans previously bad "captured from them. The Germans on various secors of the line are still hurling tons of steel agiainst 'the British and French posi tions, bait the allied gains are every where answering them in kind. While the present halt in the battle possibly miay indicate the near ajp prcach of the throwing into the fr.i of the great reserve army wfimch Gen eral .Foch has gathered, that soich is the intention (of tihe supreme com mander of the allied forces has not become apparent. It is not improb able, hcVever, that at ai meeting of the interallied war- council in Paris Wednesday, which will 'be attended by the American', French, iBritish and Italian representatives, measures hiav ing in view the turniitg of t!he tide of the battle will be Tipprrmo&t in the discissions. In all the various war theatres ex cept the western the situation remains relatively calm so far as fighting is concerned. All along the front in Italy reciprocal bombardments continue and small maneufvers by reconnoitering parties are beireg carried out. In Macedonia the iSerbians in the region of .Monaster again have entered an enemy position and annihilated the garrison. They also have hem suc cessful in repulsing an attack by Bul garians which had as Its Objective, the recapture of positions near Vetretsk, taken' by the Serbians a Week ago. The emperor-king of Austria-Hungary is again reported in Swiss ad vices to 'be holding out the olive branic'' of ipea'ce this time iin .the direction of Italy. He is said to Itave appealed to Italy to consider the proffer in her o)win interests. German amd Austrian newspapers are beginning to express their fear concerning the entry of the United States into 'the war, which they prev iously ihad referred to with scorn. "We must hurry and obtain a solid rvtictory by arms before the American forces arrive," is the .tenor of (their plea to their peoples. DO YOU ENJOY LIFE? : iA .man .fn good i$hysijal Condition is almost' certain to enjoy life, iwhile the bilious and dyspeptic are desjt.end ent, do not enjoy their meals and feel miserable a good share of the time. This ill feeling is nearly always un necessary. A few doses of Chamber lain's Tablets to tone up the stom ach, imsprove ttihe digestion amd regu late the -bowels is all that is needed. Try it. I I - t Staggered by the Awful Punish ment Inflicted by Iench and British They Are Halted. NOT ONLY STOPPED BUT DRIVEN FROM POSITIONS Political Troubles Brewing in ht many and -Chancellor Von Hert ling is KSjr&wiag Very Uneasy. (By Associated Press.) Stunned by the severe punishment inflicted by the British and French the Germans in Flanders have given up for the moment attempts te gain further hill positions west of Mount Kemmel. Meanwhile it is presumed General Arnim is reforming his scattered for ces and bringing tip new reserves to hurl against the granite allied de- j fenae. ' The Germans occupation of Mount Kemmel, although a strategic loss, has not enabled the enemy to encroach further into the British 'and Freach positions southwest of Ypres nor has it apparently brought any nearer the evacuation of the flattened Ypre sa lient. After intense fighting Monday in which the Germans strove desperate ly to enlarge their gains on the high ground north of the Lys thre has been only local fighting. Apparently the allied commanders are content to hold their present line and let the Germans . make more attacks endeavor to drive them back. m an In their disastrous repialse the Ger mans not only failed to gain, although using larger forces than the defend ers, but were driven from every posi tion held since the capture of Mount Kemmel last week. Along the Flanders front and in Picardy strong artillery bombard ments continues. The Germans have been throwing great numbers of shells in the French position around Han gard south of the Somme, probably in preparation for still another attempt to drive the French back to the Avre. A German attack in the Noyon sec tor brought the enemy into a French position from which he was thrown out in spirited fighting. In Messapotamia General March has advanced north northeast of Bagdad, calptured two towns and nearly 900 prisoners. The Turks avoided a battle at Kifrjt, 100 miles northeast of Bagdad, and fled toward Kirfuk, about 160 miles north on the main road jfo Mosul, ap parently the British objective. A rer treating column was attacked and more than 500 prisoners taken. British cavalry then captured Tuz hurmantli, about 30 miles northeast of Kifra. The pursuit toward Kifra continues. Declaring a pultocratic suffrage giv ing political rights to the wealthy is "no longer possible in our nation," Chancellor von Hertling has informed the lower house of the Prussian diet that it must pass the electoral reform bill or give -up more right to the peo ple through force. The chancellor threatens a Prussian revolution if the demands are not met speedily. Ap parently the chancellor fears grave disorders if the reform bill which he admitted was hedged around with safeguards was not passed. A mo tion to postpone action was defeated 5 to 1. y This is May Day, generally a time for strikes in Continental Europe. There has been no inklings of possi ble strikes within the Central empires except a call by the German Social ists of Austria several days ago for peace strikes May 1st. Today's official statements reveal no break in the "comparative quiet on the recently active battlefronts in Flanders. wss - FLOUR TO SOLDIERS Orange County Rural Community De nies Itself Wheat Flour i hat Sam mies and Their Allies May Be Fed. Raleigh, May 1. A considerable number of North Carolina flour mills have been grinding flour for export to Europe, but the first rural community in North Carolina to offer a carload of flour of its own production for ex port to our soldiers and the soldiers and civilian population of our Allies in Europe, is Cedar Grove, in Orange county. Through the patriotic co-operation of the wheat growers of the community, the Cedar Grove Milling Company has offered a carload of flour to the Food Administration and this will be ground, packed and ship ped in the immediate future. Dr. C. M. Hughes, one of the own ers of the Cedar Grove Mill, declares that the people of hi community are thoroughly alive to their duty nnder the present food situation ,. and thati they are consuming consmerably less han one-half the normal quantity of wheat flour. Thus, they are -able to help out the boys who are fighting for them on the" other side. ' "We are just delighted to be able to send a carload of flour from Our community to the boys 'Over Shere," declared Dr. Hughes to a Food Ad ministration official today. I CEDAR GROVE SENDS Spencer Passes the -Hundred and Ten Thousand Mark and is Still Running Strong, i PROGRAM OF CLOSING OF THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS An Event of Ufuch General Inter- est Will Be the Closing of the Schools. (By A. W. Hicks.) Spencer, April 30. The figures are still climbing and Spencer employes of the Southern are still taking Liberty Bonds. When the work whistle blew at the close of Monday's business the total sales aggregated ?llfl,150. These figures have been increased today by sales to new employes and to others returning from "off duty." Enthusism runs high and the employe are deter mined that everjyi man who draws a check from the Southern shall be a bondholder. The sales by departments up to Monday night were as follows: Car Department . $22,900.00 Blacksmith Shop 5,050,00 Machine Shop 10,600.00 Roundhouse (Shop) 11,350.00 Roundhouse (Road) 7,660.00 Boiler Shop . . . ; 12,100.00 Pipe Shop 3,850.00 Paint Shop I,550.o0 Erecting Shop 5,800.00 Mechanical Clerks 1,150.00 Electricians 2,400.00 Storehouse 'Clerks -2,450.00 Spencer Yard Office .. .... 6,000',00 Spencer Transfer 2,200.00 Salisbury Agents . . . . 400.00 Storehouse Employees .... 1,300.00 Spencer Depot 450.00 Greensboro 2,200.00 AltaVista, Va. 50.00 Charlotte 2,850.00 Gastonia 100.00 Greenville, S. C : 3,200.00 Danville, Va, . . 2,500.00 A&heboro 100.00 Brevard 150.00 Winston-Salem' 1,850.00 Total .$110,150.00 The schedule, for the closing exer cises of the Spencer High School has just been madejjut-and. i$cj!ude" a num ber' of interesting 'even'ts. -; ' v 1 On Friday night, May 3rd, there will be a debate on compulsory arbi tration of industrial dispute- by six speakers. The affrmative will be rep- I T.r-1 a i lr- n:j rvctuiuecii Aiuiiitrung, anu air. vjiueon Fespenman, while the negative will be supported by Garland Benton, Porter Holt and Edwin Kneeburg. On Sunday, May 5th, at 8 p. m., the baccalaureate sermon will be preached by Rev. W. A. Lambeth, of Salisbury. On Monday night the "gotor medal declamation and recitation contest will be given. The contestants will include the following with their subjects: Isabeil Perry, "The Soldier's Last Prayer." Inez Eagle, "The Highwayman." Ed M. Sweetman, "The Rider of the Black Horse." . Sterling sStudemire, f Appomattox." Orvin Barnett, "If He Lives Till Sundown he Will Get Well." " Gladys Holt, "Joan, the Coaster." Mary Long, "The Confessional." Gideon Fesperman, "My Country, My Mother, My God." Edna Cheek, "Over the Hill to the Poorhouse." Glenn Penningtno, ""Spartans to the Gladiators." Anthony Ridenhour, "The Value of a Purpose." Tuesday, May 7, at 8 p. m., a play, "Claim Allowed," a strong patriotic production based on the events of the present .war, will be given by the graduating class. Wednesday night, the commence ment exercises will take place. This will include the annual literary ad dress and tEe class day exercises by the seventeen graduates. There are 607 enrolled in the school this year, the largest number in the history of the town, and the final ex aminations will end Friday of this week. Promotion cards will be pre sented on Tuesday. The scholarship medals, one for the student making the highest average for the yar, in the eighth grade, an other for the ninth grade, a third for the tenth, and a fourth for the elev enth grade, will be presented Wednes day night. Other medals include one for the best debater, one for the best declaimer, one for the best reciter, and one medal to the student for the greatest improvement in penmanship, including the fourth to seventh grades, will also be presented Wed nesday night. The marshals elected today include Glenn Pennington, chief. Temple Gob be!, Sterling Stoudemire, Anna Gary, Irene, Swicegood, Emma Weant and Edna Cheek. 'A new form of petty thievery oc curred at tfhe residence of Mr. and Mrs. W.' ID, Gwinn' Monday when in broaki daylight an intruder visited the garden! and gathered aH the vegeta bles, lettutce, radishes, mustard, and eivterytMng else Si sight and made avay lsfflit. 5'Mw;CSfeJSwMlt her -'household dies Vnd? -n see the thief vat t&(e?tims (but it is under stood she Ibas a 'good clue to who took the .things. iA party of seven . including two young1 - ladies and several -gentlemen from Raleigftt (had a yarrow escape frolm serious" injury and perhaps go ing off the .Piedmont toll bridge Sun day afternoon when a" seven .passen- Reports Reach Stockholm That Emperor Charles is Appealing to Italy to Consider Insttrets. REPORTS THAT A "PEACE OFFENSIVE" WOULD START No Previous Indication, However, That a New Move in This Na ture Was Being Made Now. ; ' " i (By Associated Press.V Stockholm, April 30. The Catholic International Press Agency, annoui ces a dispatch from Basel, says that Emperor Charles of Austria is making a fresh peace offer, appealing to Italy to consider it in her' own interest. Although it has been predicted fre quently that if the present German campaign fails a "peace offensive" would be inaugurated by the Central Powers there has been no previous in timation that a new move in this na ture was being made. Unless confirmatory advices axe re ceived through the usual channel of news from Switzerland this dispatch will be accepted with reserve. Ordin arily news originating in Switzerland is forwarded to this country by way of Paris. ".W S S : THREE AMERICANS ARE VICTIMS OF SUBMARINE Met Death March 21st in a Fight With a German Submarnie, Which Was Finally Beaten Off. (By Associated Press.) Washington, April 30. Three mem bers of the crew of the American steamer, CMnciha, 'were (killed, the na vy department announced today, in. the ship's figMwith a sufomersible on March 21st. Previous reports said several had been injured but made ino mention of any having been killed. The 'Chincha beat off the submers ible after firing about 30 shots. One shot from the submarine got the Chin-: cha aft, killing Seaman A; F. Ed wards, of Auigusta, and two others not named. ' - :- - V S sv !r :: " ' BOUND OVER TO SUPERIOR COURT Two Young Men Charged With Break ing and Entering China Grove Store Given & Hearing. The two young men who are charg ed with breaking and entering a store at China Grove were given a prelim inary' 'hearinig ia tJhfe county coutrt this morning. . They, waived examination and were wound: over to the Maj tend' 1 of Rowan Superior lCourtr bond being fixed at $300 each. Acase of Cjarrying concealed weap ons was continued until Thursday, May 2nd. WSS ALLEGED CONSPIR- AGY CASE ENDS IN FEDERAL COURT Defendants Charged With Conspir acy Are Given Verdict of "Not Guilty"-,Six Plead Gmlty to a Mis demeanor and Minor Fines Are Im posed. The case in Federal court against the officers, directors and stockhold ers of the (Blristol Obernical Company and the Southern Roiot & Herb Com pany, frthich was called Monday af ter rtson and in wFndch the defendants were charged with! conspiracy: in -violating the Federal rvufe faotTlaws in that they shaTiped in inter-state shipment adulterated birch oil, and which gave (ptramisie of eomsuming several days and being hard fought, came to an jend before the adjournment for noon today. A iverdict was returned this morn ing on motion of the district attorney of in.ot guilty as tc all defendants on hte charge of conspiracy. This was in accordance with an agreement enter ed into Iby counsel for the United States ami tibls defendants, iwfeereby six of the defendants agreed to enter a plea of guilfcy of a misdemeanro in adulterating birch oil, for which there is a minor 'plHtisfoment. These six de fendants, in acocrdance with the agreement, paid $2,000 in settlement of tiheir cases, out of which the costs are to be paid. Thas ended the present term of the Federal court here,jbeing tlhfe last case set for a baring at this term. ger machine crashed into the side .of the bridge. It was .when the driver sfcapped to pay his toll that the brakes failed to hold laind the big ma chine shot back down the grade and smashed into the side of the hrMtrp. The ladies (were badly frightened but none were hurt. tMr. Sam iDorsett who of jptaf ty f fowtfeen jWho -went vto xA.ixi ,yLf fvti las inany ;aai$omo biles through .the country, has return ed after bavins: a Ihtospital at Gokimibus. .When driv ing through that Iplace his machine skidded n slick streets and crasihril into la-tpole.. Mr. ,Dorsett was slight ly hurt but is all right "again.- "He is at his plaice of business at .the mar
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