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r v -' ,),,'v, .iiyiijylii -5 - 4r J J." , 4 "J X "J-, To 0 if A ..y i-..- - "'-' :.',.'' , 1 f II V0L.4. NO. 106vw : ,j d3l YEAR ANdt WORTH IT. SALISBy; -'KTH CAROLiNAVUESDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1918. $1.50 A YEAR AN& WORTH IT. . PRICE TWO CENTS. i MElilEliEif Presidemt fglsoif : Kel-i- . fc:RejpiuiMlcaini C Wrges : . ,- . '" 1 L1JL ' ' ' 1 ' . " .. : , uMANSoM AUSilfWHSS ACTIVITIES SLOW faBlEWflBIE ATTENOANCE 1 iiriirnrTnriT xiir riirifiTini r iin nti in rnniiTA Pi I A ntW KtiKtAl t : mt mtv ABLt Gen. De)any's First Army Swings Its fclght Flank So As, to Face East and Beach Guise. IS NOW IN POSITION TO r PUSH RAPIDLY ALONG OISE British Troops Repulse Deter t inined Enetmy Effort to Drive .Them from Village Famars. (By A5soci9t--iPress.) Paris, Oct. 28.1i -German armies pegan anew retreatThis morning, this time between the Oise and Aisne. General Debany'a first army, facing stubborn and repeated counter-attacks, aaeceeded in swinging on its right flank so it faces the east and readjjed Guise and the Guise-Marie road, driving, the . enemy hefore.it. Gener rtebanjaow is in position to pushx rapidly along the upper, Oise thtoujgl.Jevejk', ibf. Th" first result of his progress is to force the enemy opposing the 10th and 5th French armies, exhaust ed by fruitless counter-attacks, to be gin a backward movement whidh is eventually bound td extend to the front before Rethel. This will open to the 4th army a double passage of the Aisn-and Ardionnes canal. British Repulse German Effort iLondon, Oct. 58.-tBritish troops Sunday repulsed a determined Ger man effort to drive them from Famars south of Valenciennes, General Haig announced, today. Many Germans were kille'd in street fightinig in the village. On the borders of the Mormal forest souJ'.i of Valenciennes and north of Raismes forest north of Valenciennes fit i f ii i-i f jHiiwjvni ylli iV the British improved their position. British Capture Many Prisoners. London. Oct. 28. British troops in an offensive on the Austro-Italian front up to last night had captured more than 5,600 prisoners. They also captured 29 guns, including six 9-inch howitzers. American Long Range Guns in Ac tion. American Forces Northwest of Verdun, Oct. 28. 3 p. m. American leng range guns this afternoon be gan firing on Longuyon. The town of Longuyon is 23 miles northeast of Verdun. The American long range guns are also directed against the vi tal point of Voie de Rocade on the railway line running parallel with the front. The Germans depend On this road to shift troops and supplies from tone point to another. British Army '.Resumes Attack London, Oct. 28. The British 10th army has resumed its attack against the Austro-Hungarian position on the Italian front, the war office announced this afternoon. The attack is pro ceeding satisfactorily. Americans Enter Second Month of (Battle .New York. Oct. 28. In his com munique for Saturday General Persh ing notes that the battle being fought by the American first army northwest of Verdun entered that day its second month and reoorts in the first month besides inflictine heavy losses upon the enemy in killed and wounded the Americans captured 20 000 prisoners and over 150 guns, nearlv 1.000 trench - mortars and several thousand ma chine guns. W S S SUGAR LADEN SHIP SUNK. Spanish Vessel Loaded With Sweets . .Torpedoed Off New Jersey Coast Last Night by Enemy Submarine. '-. (By Associated Press.) ; Monmouth Beach, N. J., Oct. 28. Reports received here over telegraph wires of the coast guard service say ' siirvivors of the crews of two steam ships sunk offy the coast have been landed, one boat load at Barnagatt and One at Eg Harbor. Report sU were that the ships had been toroe doed, although information as to this was indefinite . '.... . K Was a Spanish Vessel. Manahawken, N. J., Oct. 28. A Spanish steamship loaded with sugar was torpedoed 10 miles off Barna gett N.' J- at 10 o'clock last night. Twenty IthroS members of the crew reached shore early this morning, ac cording to infromation received here by coast guards. Reply to President Wilson ' Note one says a Accems All ox the VievxpHssd. WILLING TO ' NEGOTIATE ARTSTiCE At ONCE Does Not Care to Await the Re sult of Other Negotiations But Off ers Herself Tp At .Once. (By Associated Press.) Amsterdam, Oct. 28. Austria in replying to President Wilson's note accepts all of th views expressed by the President in ibis note of October 19th. Austria says she is willing and a -dyf wioari waiting the result of her ireeot-r ions' tA negotiate nae IXd ii,'ediati$artnistice on all Aus- W a S- i- i3IARINi RPS ATAlITK TwfeKiUed VrkiilfM Is Shot iWasfhjngton, Ocfe 28. Three. fataK-1 ties among the marine corps officers seizing abroad were reported to the navy department today by Vice-Admiral iSims. Second Lieut. Harry C. Normai, of Davenport, la., and Caleb W. Taylor, of Pelahtchie, ,Mis3., were killed when a bombing plane was shot down:; by Germans on the Belgian front. Lieut. Ralph Talbot, of (South Weymouth, Mass., was killed when his plane fell in the same sector. Wi S First Quartermaster General of Ger man Army Quits Because Military Authority Was Placed Under Civil ian Control (By Associated Press.) iLondon, Oct. 28. General Luden dorff's resignation as first quarter master general of the German army was because the military authorities were placed under civil control. The retiring of General Ludendorff, an Exchange Telegraph dispa-tcfh from Copenhagen adds, has returned to ,?reat headquarters to take leave of the army and General Hindeniburg, who remains chief of the army. Had Disagreement With Maximilian Washington, Oct. 28. Press dis patches to The Hague transmitted to the state department today say Gen eral iLudendorff resigned his post as first quartermaster general and real leader of the German army as a re sult of a complete disagreement with Prince Maximilian, the clhancellor. There was no (oossibility of a recon ciliation, according to the advices ar.d the emperor was compelled to ac cept iLudendorff's resignation. W S S WAR AND PARTISAN POLITICS. Senator Knox Objects to Peace Terms Dictated by President Alone . Brings Up Talk in the Senate. (By Associated Press.) Washington, Oct. 28. A protest against any peace terms dictated by President Wilson alone and not rep resenting American public opinion through Senate consideration of the peace treaty, was made in the Senate today by Senator Knox, Republican, of Pennsylvania, and former Secre tary of State, in an address charging the President with political partisan ship. Democratic Senators prepared to reply -. to Senator Knox, forecasting a general discussion on peace and war combined with partisan politics. W S S To the Subscribers of the Second Red Cros War Fund We appeal to you as patriotic citi zens to make good your subscriptions to the second Red Cross war fund. The amount is past due and there is an urgent need of the money. We must make our final report to Mr. W. G. MoAdoo, treasurer. Please do not cause us to delay it. , , W. F. SNIDER, Chairman. s LUDENDORFFS REASON GIVEN UP ON ALL FRONTS However, the British Are Making Scone Desperate Efforts Against Austrians on Italian Front. REPLY TO GERMAN REQUEST ARMISTICE TERMS ELD Germans Reported to Be Retiring Before French Pressure East Toward the Ainse River. fiBv Associated Press.l vusLrm-T.'UiiKry ui'use upon ine heels of the German request formal lied armistice terms replies to Presi dent Wilson's note of October 19" and declares readiness to negotiate peace and an immediate armistice on all Austrian fighting .fronts. The Austrian government also says it accepts all of the views expressed by President Wilson,"- this indicating i A A TT 1 iV that Austria, is TdHioi to haive the CzecHo-SlovakR ami .Tin-n 5!lnva Aa-V termine. the rteasane'Df the- indnendk enh-ydesliQir mocarenvi iuf rBrietnft B.ii.': 5k:jk r--tvi . Clear. .iAn allied lply teGermany con eernine the armistice terms has not been announced. ' The text of the German note has ' been received in Washington but it is t indicated the President probably Will ; not reply to the German government whose note is looked upon as an acknowledgment ; of the President's latest note. On the fighting fronts in : France activities have died down greatly ex cept on the front of the French armies between Oise and the Aisne. There has been no change in Bel gium and the British on the 'vital sec tor about Valenciennes have halted in their strong attacks for the moment. General Haig's men have repulsed German attempts to drive them from Famars south of Valenciennes, where the British have outflanked that town. Further south the British have pushed closer to the Mormal forest. North of Valenciennes toward Tournay the British gained further ground in the Raismes forest. General Allenby's first French army continues to ipress the Germans back between the Oise and Ferre. Un officially they are reported bo be in the outskirts of Guise and along the road between Guise and the important railway point of iMarle toward which General Mangin is advancing east of Ferre. Further south toward the Aisne the Germans are reported to be retiring before . continued French pressure. Fighting continues in the Italian theater with the British extending their lines east of the Piave in the region of Mbntello where they have advanced more than two miles from the rjver. In these operations the Britislh have captured more than 5.CO0 prisoners. Vienna reports the capture of Mon te Asolene between the Bretna and Piave and the repulse of Italian ef forts elsewhere on the mountain front. W. S. S. SOPHIA FOUNDERS AND 343 PEOPLE ARE LOST Loss of Ship Worst (Marine Disaster .In History of the' Pacific Coast Vancouver, B. C, Oct. 26. The 268 oasengers and crew of 75 men were, lost wOien the steamship Princess So phia foundered last night, the Cana dian Pacific railway announced today. Not a soul survived, according to a Juneau wireless message which said the snip apparently was picked up by the gale, hurled across Vanderbilt reef and sent to the bottom of the deep waters on the other side. Worst Disaster in History Seattle, Wash., Oct. 26. Shipping men said tonight the loss of the Prin cess Sophia with all aboard was the worst marine disaster in the history of the Pacific coast. The vessel, 2,320 tons gross, had been playing in Pacific waters since 191ft. The passenger list and details of the wreck were not available tonight. Nearly all those aboard the Prin cess iSophia, it is believed here, were Alaskans, wfoo boarded the steamer at Skagway. v W SS Rev. Byron Clark is ill at his homs on West Innis street. Just the cause is not known. .... kr u i kmm. f i u , f Ml 'sX t - b ' 1 A 3f S .i BR. PHILANDER R CLAXTOM Dr. Philander P. Claxton, .United States commissioner of education and member of the . National Security Leasme Committee on Patriotism Through "Education, believes the United States should now get ready for reconstruction after the war, and should prepare in the schools. He has been one of the': leaguers, speak ers at the 254 summer schools for teachers throughout the country. W S S ROWAN MAN LOST County Commissioner Li A. Kester, Notified That His Son, Lee Kester, Was One of the Victims of the Ot ranto , Washington? Oct. 27.Tlt sams of the American soldiers who lost thsir lives in the sinking of the transport Otranto October 6 in a collision with tlhe steamer Kashmir, off the Scottish coast, were made public tonight by the war department. Three hundred and seventy-two soldiers are believed to have gone down with the ship, but the exact number will not be known until the checking of the names of surviv ors against the muster rolls of the units aboard has been completed. Tie original muster rolls were lost with the ship and duplicates had to be sent to England by the war depart ment. This accounts for the length of time required to establish the identity of the men lost. County Comimissoiner L. A. Kes ter, of Franklin township, Saturday received word from the war depart ment that Ihis son, Lee Kester, was among those who lost their lives when the above vessel was ; sunk. Young Kester, who was 18 years old, 'volunteered some months ago and was stationed at Fort Scrivens before go ing overseas. A card noting the ar rival of his ship was received by his narents last week, only to be followed in a few days by an official notice of his death, wfhile his vessel was sailing off the coast of Scotland. Mtp. C M. (Malone. received a mess age, this morning from the .adjutant "reneral's office at Washington telling hr that her grandson, Ooriporal Har old A. Shumcn. was saved when his ship, the Otranto, was sunk in col lision off the coast of Scotland, Oc tober 6. Young- Shumn vsinnteered some months ago and ha4 been at Fort Scrivens before embarkation. He. was made a corporal before leaving the fort. I Another Rowan boy on the Otranto and who is renorted as having been saved is Ia Miller, brother of Mr. Henry Mityer, a former street car motorman on the Salisbury -Spencer lines. , -W S S Mrs. E. E. Barriiiger. md c&ildren, accompanied by her sister, Mrs. J. W. Wrenn, left this afternoon for Silsr City to spend a month. I'tl ONSINGSHIP! AT THE-GOLLEGES Much Larger Than Last Year's Ow ing to Student's Officers Training ! corps. By JUDSON C. WE1LIVER (Staff Correspondent of The Globe.5 Copyright, 1918, by J. C. Welilver.) Washington, Oct. 26.-In approxi mately 550 colleges and normal schools all over, the country author ized to maintain units of- the Student Officers' TrainingXorps there is pros pect of an immensely bigger student body this year than would have en rolled if the corps had not been es tablished. It is impossible to ' give figures on the -increase, because only about half of the colleges have report de and their statistics have not been tabulated. But the atendance will beTargey. than last year's, despite that F, lest yafer most : students were 9n4e'jnj3tary age, whereas this year most'-cof theni - are within the draft tflmtWfc the -War Departmentiau- rnnnnao r ii - atrw i . r iiTtii n pecttfte authorization to maintain 200,000- students4 college will covert At'KO.OOG, and liter raised -feoeeo J The institutions without laOthorat tions are : badly affected, the - yonng' men almost unanimously Venting,, to get military training. It is also found that some unexpected condi :ion3 are arising as affecting the dif ferent classes of' colleges , with au thorizations. Formerly the small colleges largjely drew students of modest means, who would, have preferred the bigger in stitutions if they could have afforded I to attend them. When it became known that the government was pre pared to finance college education these young men of limited means saw their opportunity to go to the big- ! -"er schools, and many of them have done so. It was assumed, before the scheme was put into operaton, that any school with a corps could be se cure and hold its student body; but not so. Some of the small authorized school have fared almost as badly as those without authorization. Others apparently have not been affected. Officers' School Also Overseas. There have been many msconcep tions about the workings of the corps. One criticism was voiced by Colonel Roosevelt, who declared that the young officers ought to be taken on merit from the ranks. He objected to special favors, for the colleges bays. In answer to this, the directors ot the 'corps say that the army cannot begin to furnish enough material fo officers. It is not generally under stood but an officers' training school has been set up on the other side to train young men picked from the ranks, precisely as Colonel Roosevejt would have done. It is drawing about 7,000 men from the ranks monthly. Not nearly all of these ultimately win commissions. It is impossible yet to guess what proportion will suc ceed; but if half of them do and that is a high estimate' about .28,000 would get commissions by July 1 next. By that time, however, the army will require 100,000 more officers' training students' eorps and officers' training camps will have to supply a large share of them. Of course, not nearly all the men sent from college training to the officers' training camps will win their bars; and there is by no means assurance that they will do so. If half get them, it will be an excel lent showing. Several Thousand Sent to Camp. Already several thousnad men have been drawn from the coleges and sent to officers' training camps. The president of one college made a mild protest that it was taking hia stu dents away before they had fairly started their year's work; the young men had come, hs insisted, to attend college. . ' . The answer which hs received in formed, him that, in the circumstance-, if any of the young men or dered to training camps felt aggrieved they might on application be exempt ed; in asking exemption, they-would demonstrate their unfitness for offic ers. It is hardly necessary to say that no complaints came from the students. Those who were ordered to training camps -wore the envy of the rest. . By Christmas all the men of twenty years will get their chance to go-to tradnmg camps; those who are found good officers' material will go, the (Continued em Sixth Iage.) GERMANY'S REPLY ITAL Regarded in the Capital Merely As An Acknowledgement of President Wilson's Note. INDICATES ANXIOUS DESIRE HASTEN TERMS ARMISTICE If Peace Has Posture Germany Wants to Iardicate There Must Be No Delay in Ending War. (By Associated Press.)' Washington, Oct. 28. The German reply to President Wilson's last note asserting that negotiations for peace are being conducted by the peoples'. government with actual . and consti tuted representatives and . that the ternjs . of ;the- allied governments for hiiK cpSjnteatton - is 'xreearded Ofv the Presideln ini xrna upon .tibiwm pefn--eietoea-d . London Press On Reply. " f ' London, Oct. . 28. "The brevity of tne repiy -ia nresiaent wuson s last note is .a measure of its significance," It said the Daily News. "President Wilson's note" put an end to further argument It id due to Dr. Solf , Ger man foreign secretary, to say his note is precisely what the occasion demands," "If peace has the new posture Ger many wants us to believe is coming in reach," the newspaper continues, "there must be no delay in taking steps to end hostilities. There is no justification in fighting on for what, can be had for the asking. The terms of armistice must be rigorous but must net be exceedingly so." The Presidentr is expected to make no rejoinder. iHis personal exchanges with German authorities, officials said, ended when he transmitted the eorrespondehce to the allies. The next step must be on the part of the co belligerents, acting in concert. W S,S GERALD BROOKiSHAW DEAD Young Son of Mr. and Mrs. G. E. Brook&haw Dies in Raleigh of Pneu monia .Funeral and Burial Here. Gerald Edward, the 15-yenr-old son of 'Mr. and Mrs. George E. Brook shaw, died at their home in Raleigh Saturday afternoon of pneumonia, following Spanish influenza. The re mains were brought to Salisbury Sun dav morning and taken to the home of Mrs. (Blrookshaw's .parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. T. Sprinkle, 235 South Lee street, from .which place the funeral was held Sunday afternoon, conduct ed by (Etev. W. A. Lambeth of the First Methodist church, and the inter ment was in Chestnut Hill cemetery. Gerald Brooksfeaw was a native of Salisbury, the oldest child of Mr. and Mrs. Brookshaw, former residents of this city. ; W S S State Fuel Administrator Endeavor ing to Ascertain Views of Members of Association on Early Closing in (Effort to Save Fuel Statesville, Oct 26. The state fuel administration is endeavoring to as certain, through the Merchants asso ciation of North Carolina, the attitude and wishes, of the merchants of the state with reference to restricted business ,' hours during the winter months for the . conservation -of fuel. Anticipating the probability that some action would be taken by the fuel administration, and desiring to show, the -proper spirit of patriotic co-operation, Messrs. J. Frank Morris of Winston-iSalem, and J. iPaul Leon ard, of Statesville, president and sec retiry, respectively of the state Merr chants asociatiofl. . The state adminis trator has now asked that the mat ter be taken up -with each, local asso ciation in tiie state and Secretary Leonard is addressing communica tions to eaeh of th locals. STATE MERCHANTS TALK EARLY CLOSING TO rIIIIn Charge That On of His 14 Peace Terms is Free Trade Plank Brings Forth Strong Denial ' EXPLANATION MADE n$A; , Lamentable That' Momentous Is. sues Should Be - Seized Upon Now for Partisan Benefit. . (By (Associated iPress.) ( Washington, Oct. r- 28 -President Wilson replied today to the Rejpubji cancontehtion that the. 3rd of his 14 peace terms is a free trade plank by explaining that in demanding the. re moval of economic barriers bo naeant nation mieht abbuldsBpplyj nar-ons,. iSim. . . North Kru.n&, chairraa n of therSen finance mnittee?'wo "hfdMrit " pen to. him- 3fcin for- a statement r j "because certain Republican leaders ' ? I were attempting -. tb fmake par Usan . . . use' oi tne iparagrapn. -j 'Weapon's? economic discibline and .?unis?ai&V' thS President said, "should !be'lex$4tp joint action of all nations for theVpnrpose of punishing those' who will iot submit to the gen eral proerram of justice and equality." He added that to inject the bogey of free trade, which is not involved at all, was an attempt to direct the mind of the nation from the broad principle of durable peace and it is lamentable that momenous issues at this solemn 'hour be seized upon in an effort to benefit them to nartisin service. W S S Sfi'd That the German Emperor Has No Intention of Abdicating Pnt Is Willmg That His Rights Sha'.l Be Re-Framed (By Associated Press.) iLondon, Oct. 28. Emneror Witfiam has no intention of abdicating but is willing, if for the srood of the people, that his rights shall be re-framed, ac cording to a -statement attributed to German court thinkers. The emperor is said to have remarked: "I will not abandon my sorely tried people, but if necessary I am ready to become something like an herediatory president of a German republic like the kings of England, Belgium and Italy." , -W S S Mrs. Jesse Wright Dead (Mr. R. B. Wright who went to Tus caloosa. Ala., to see his brother, Mr. Jesse Wright, sends word that the brother died (Sunday afternoon, death being caused by pneumonia following influenza. Deceased was known in Salisbury, where several years ago he attended high school. He finished his college course this spring and was married in IJoine. A sister! Mrs. A. J. Gillespie, also lives in Salisbury. w S S FOUR KILLED WHEN U. S. STEAMER IS TORPEDOED Washington, Oct. 27. All except fouT on the (American steamer Lucia, torpedoed and sunk 1,200 miles at sea October 19, are reported to have been rescued, the navy department an nounced tonight. Four men were killed by the explosion of the torpedo. W S S How Well Post Ads Do Their Work Salisbury Post You will no doubt be interested in learning of a most remarkable re covery of a Stolen Ford Roadster through a notice in your paper. This notice appeared in last Saturday's is sue of your paper and we had located the car through the notice by 8jS0 of the same evening; W feel this in stance shows fcow widely your excel lent paper is read in this section. Yours very truly, The Harris Granite Quariee Co. , h 4eeM necessary; itvV. ' Mi.i-,-i J- y ;tr '-j - ; 1 -f", "t tr rr KAISER BILL WILLING TO BECOME 1G 4 i L m4 ' u "1 I i ' . f-i,i - v
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