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PRESIDENT PROCLAIMS NOVEMBER VOL. 4, NO. 112. $1.50 A YEAR AND WORTH IT. SALISBURY, NORTH CAROLINA. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 19. 1918. $1.50 A YEAR ANDWOUTH IT. PRICE TWO CENTS. ' nvestigation of German Finances to be lade to Indicate mm m m y ram LI IIUJUIIS-U Lieut. Eobt. Nicolson One of Two American Officers to Make Ad- vance Entry Into Stincourt. i MEETS GERMAN OFFICER AND CHECKS UP HUN GUNS German Officer Told Americans Bronze Tablet With Names In He Wes Damned Glad War scribed; Also a Suitable Monu Wao Over Dine Together. merit or Memorial Building. (By Associated Pre3s.) With the American Army North- - ' of V r!un Sunday November " - -Two 16-'nch cannon turned over i he Americana at Spincourt Satur (! y were guns used by the Germans ir ",hell:nn: the Verdun region. Forty two guns of various calibre were sur rendered. The entrance of the Americans into Sp:neourt 'Saturday was one of the most spetacular features of the American advance. 'Lieut. Emmet Gruner, of St. Louis, Mo., represented the first army, with Lieut. Robert Nicolson, of Salisbury, N. C, going as military expert to see that the guns were all in good condi tion. The lieutenant were accom panied by an infantry sergeant and four privates. Lieutenant Gruner, a sergeant and one private went ahead inan automobile carrying a white flag. LieutnMnt " NIWTson and other privates followed. Upon reaching the outskirts of .Spincourt they were met Rt the line by a German lieutenant who spoke English. He conducted the Americans to the village hotel where billets had boon provided. After say ing he was glad to see them and ex pressing his belief that his responsi bility hud passed the German said: "I cm damn glad the war is over."; . Lieutenant Nicolson and the Oer man began decking up the -guriB and ror.t'nued th's work until dark. The German entertained the Vsp lieuten ants at dinner. The German continued to wear his side arms until after din ner, the American also wearing theirs. After dinner the German said he h" wo'ild not need his arms fp-ri-p-i th-t ihe felt nervous during the afternoon and thit as tho German infantry had retreated he was uncertain as to what the Americans rrt'fht do. All tbreet ook off thpir side arms and spent the night at the !Wel. The German slept on the first floor and the Americans directlv ebove. Thcv hreokfasted tosrether nd fiv:hvl cecVin up the guns nfer w'n'ch L'euennT Gruner gave the German a receipt for them. Wh!ntrton. Nov. 18. 'Reporting tnri-v r-p tv.e mp'ch of the th'rd armv into 'Relo,in terrjtorv evacuated bv the. Sermons General Perhine an povWed tnt bv lpihtf11 th ai Vfiprtp plowtpn h"1 rnrt ,f iPonv'"".;-'- M'fl Li Tour or rear the German boHer. V fioi'o Arifi'Jptii TVoqq Hinitch. ; o oti ff M- M- W. S N'col-fop- roMnf of Vi's citv. who 4Cw;ViAw 'i -n on tv;r frr several """t of th Hv. He was one of ' the firt. vo'mr Snl'ebur'ar.s to enter nfFicPH tB:"in cr,n "t n- nf)otViomn nd sortlv after reviving hi oowm'M'ii'i was sent to F-ance. Vot or.1v will flip honor onfprrpH upop h'm be vM rewi to h's host of fytonAm Vioro rA n l ri"-oir an1! iv. -U'Vm t)T''t nroof Positive that 'he Is alive and Un'"""4. v., Nil'n hd had m!Hrv p4vtnn Vfop "o'nw n Fort ("We ther!. r"vipw rpi'vpd thS t a V!r 'n'i n'l'tsrv whnnl. rs apF Brvo CltT Man Hanred H(mK. Fad Been a Tit HHh. I "H. FwHt Lived Here and Wn Well Known. Asheville, Nov. it W. A. Gibson, postmaster at Bryson City and well known in Western North Carolina, committed saicide by hanging himself yesterday afternoon about 2 o'clock, aceordinr to informafon rpfoivpH he last night. Mr. Gibson, better known aa "Mann" Gibson, left no explana tion, it is said, for his act but rela tives and friends last niht stated thft he bad been in ill health and we threatened wttk k mvoo Sie dows. YADKIN VALLEY HERALD 10 honor OUR SOLDIER DEAD Movement On Foot for Suitable Memorial to Rowan Boys Who Lost Their Lives in the War. PERMANENT RECORD BOOK IS TO BE MADE UP A movement has already started for the erection of a suitable memorial in honor of Rowan's heroic dead who in any manner lost their lives in the world-wide war. Permanent record is to be kept of every man who laid down his life in the cause of humanity in the great struggle that hag just ended and in which America played so de cisive a part. This will be a labor of love on the part of the people of this county and when the plan has been shaped and active work begun there is no doubt but that the response will l.beral and unanimous. Mr. A. H. Boyden, who is taking a deep interest in this matter, in talking to the Post today said: "The war is over and blessed peace is here but there are still many things for us who stayed at home and en joyed the blessings of our homes and country to do. We must not forget that there are certain obligations and duties we owe, not only to the men who are coming back to us, but to the tLrious, manly brave boys who gave up their lives in the great battles of France and Belgium. "The time has come when there rmust be a movement to honor, or dead, and I trust will meet with unan imous response to the work before us. : As chairman of the Couacil of De fense the first dqty;that I will have to perform will be tof pet t'ae names of all of our boys who1'-died over there, whether .killed in battle, died of dis ease, died by accident or torpedoe l and drowned, or from anv other cause. I and I ask the fathers and mothers and -I' other peons interested in this matter to send in to Mrs. J. D. Nor wood who is chairman of this com mittee, nil information they may have in rerrard to the boys who were killed or died. This information must be as ! accurate as is 'possible to procure. It will then be inscribed in a book of record and that book placed ir. a vaul at the court house so that the par Rowan county played in this great xv-r '"n be eiven to future historians. "After we gt all of this informa n w will then proceed-to erect a j---pr nH gn'table tablet inscribed wth each man's nme who lort hi 1 Tfe. The tablat will likely be of tnnTo and will be placed either in t Commupitv build!Pr or the court Vn.p, Tht mutter will be arranged li'pr ep then ofter we hive fipishd wo-V it should he the pleasure f tVio trond ppnnle of the countv to nract a memorial, e'ther a monument , 'jVo tip henutiful Confederate monu- .ont tvBf pnrn West Innes street, TnoTior'iol building of some sort. "Ml hU mattpr will come un tir hut T desire to throw ' p"t now to l"t out people know nt we are exnectpd to do in this tr, nnH T feM sre that when the comeo thrp will be a unanimous rp.nnppe to whtover appeals the com- m'ttee mav make." Iff j 3 ' MfcFS TAKFS HIS SEAT 1 H MnsM of Nw HaniHihire Cwnrr in a lTnUed State Senator ! Put fHvtn Wm ?4wled. i Bv Associated Press.) WVnetnn ov. IS. George H. Mij. of N"w Hampshire, was ewora in as a member of the sento tov fter harp debt In whi'h Oa'r ?ViTvroip of tp corflmittee on 'privileges and fleoip ttorn. J artion pending an investigation VfrfVp rnmmittee on charges of irregu Uritv ;n tho New Harmpshire election November 5. w 9 !9 ! COMPLETE CLASSIFICATION Local Draft Board Is Instructed to Get retristranta of Are Referred to rrneriT Claaified Physical Exam ination Not to Be Made. Raleigh, Nov. 18. M. C. Quinn, Chairman, Salisbury, n. a General Crowder direct ! fixation of registrants aged 18 and It to 36 be completed at once, but that ii nh-we1 eamintione whatever be discontinued immediately. T foroe'n' telegram came this morning to Chairman Quinn and is understood by those nost interested. y E Even Time and Place for Conference Snt Yet Determined LoFollette Worries Senate. ! By JU-DSON C. WBLLIVER. (Staff CorreHpondtnt of Globe. Copy right, 1918, by J. V. Welliver.) j Washington, Nov. 1C. 'Lists of the American peace commissioners now being published represent absolutely j nothing but conjecture, according to information at the state department J today. It was said that nothing had '-'con tiven out officially or unoffici- illy to justify using in this connec ' inn the names of Secretary Lansing, j Colonel House, Elihu Root and Jus , Vp Brandies. ' In the most unqualified way it was rnsisted that these names stand for ; nothing mor" than guesses. Of course j he guesses are based on efforts at 'ipnlyrin'r the President's attitude of !-n!nd and on consideration of the touo of avni'nble men who possess j" i3 onne'ial ronfldence. The President has a way of disap ! 'ointinir nredirtions based on assump i l!-,n t'qt he will do what other people i -"card as rather the obvious thing. T,tiee Brandeis left his home early i 'o'lav and h:s secretary said he was I -o'nr driving and later had a confer ence on hnnd that would occupy him 'll late in the day. He added that T,"t ce Prandeis would he unable to T:'--e any answer to the question het'-er he w3 expecting to go on forhmiss'on.ar was under consid fn,n fnT if. TVwiht About Even Brandeis TTt iTxipt'Ve Brandeis is more near- 1 ' rortain to be a member of the com ' -niss;on tn pnv other man exespt ,3o..rntprv Ijipoimr js widely believed- Vpvorthole'8 the point is raised that, j the Supreme court douthless will -.Hiniqtflv have to deal- with many ! """potions crowinp out of aoplication ' f thi peace condit.fons.'Jr. this roun- ' tp pr"ence of a member of the nnrme court on,; the-. commission ; -I'o-St he onen to. serious ohiection. Ppnnle who are Very confident that i"-! opnntor will bp named, argue tht cm me renoning miht nropprlv : vclude n mmb" o the Siinreme j -"-rt Prudent MpKinlev gave the , I -onoto o atrinfr representation on .the j tJnnia'' war peace commission. j In Democratic circles the oninlon, j pow is that President Wilson will tako ; "reci?elv the opposite course, and ("infa'n thqt senatprs should make Hioir contribntipn. solely as senators. when ratification comes before them. Tf senators are to be ruled out of con "idpration because the senate might ritif the treatv. Supreme court Iwdires. it Is po'nted out. would be ren'Iv barred because te Supreme -ourt must cc.ptrue it. The question therefore, arises whether, if Justice Pfrnndet is named, he will resign from the hopch; and this nuostiop w;U mt fp'l to be raised if tho nomt ""''iiTi fFo before the senate for con- ; firmat'en. N- rtfp for Conference r,ripq R. Crane, tosretho'' w'th Mr. j rvop'o intimacy with Rns!n af fairs, pepmle and prpsppt oonditiono irn ".ropoJM for diPTJion ftf th- -nor.il:tv thnt he mav hp a memhpr of the commi)iion. John Bapt Monro is mot freaupntlv propoiod cprretprv to the comm;iop. though "i"" believe him a liklier commis sioner. On the same st.ot dppartmpnt an-1 H'nritv "lridv oiWod it can be 'd hit no te for tho ppco confer, pnre is dotormined: nor is tho p1p oprfp'n Verpi11o is Tnor11v f. vorpH horr France wsnt the gath prn and Env'and t holirpd n be T;i1:nr to vold to FVsnpe's wishon IThp fprmopt in 11 the pentrl PO"P 'rtp hss trene'thenpd the cae f-r i Frnce. Thpre is not nn availxhle neutral capital In all Euone thit j not face the sp'ious noihilitv Uf he'ng the centre of grave disturb ances. Oondit'ons n France are such that the idea of txk'ng the congress there is srmoorted by manv who believe it wou'd be wise to afford France and Paris some agreeable pre-occuoation in the romin month. The confer ence will be Precisely the sort of af ftir n wvch Paris delights, calcu jlated to distract thoughts from the jnatonal depression over the ravages ; the war has caused. Doubt President Will Go i There is less expectation that Pres ident Wi'aon will attend the confer ence. Aside from the personal fol lowing whi-h Mwavs acclaims the ItMng the President rs snroposed ta . favor., oo'nion both in Washington ! and m the country at larre seems to ,hrs recevd the proposal coollv. 1 la oomneytloa w1tht he effort of tbo - (CostiTsOad 9B SixCk Fly-) , A INVESTIGATE IB AFFAIR AT W NSTON Governor Bickett Announced To day from Raleigh That Trou ble Would Be Probed. ORDER RESTORED TODAY AFTER NIGHT OF RIOTING Military Took Charge ?f Situation Immediately Upon Arrival On Scene All is Quiet. (By Associated Press.) WinstonSalem, Noy. 18. Order wa3 restored here today after a night of rioting in which four persons were killed and a score injured when a mob attempted to lynch Russell High, a negro held in the city iail charged with shooting J. E. Childress and Sheriff Flint and attacking Mrs. Chil dress, i The negro, who was not positively identified, is believed to have been re moved elsewhere for safe keeping. The arrival of 250 soldiers from Camp Greene. Charlotte, and 175 from Camp Polk, IHaleigh, today had a pro nounced effect on the mob, which dis persed after word passed around that the prisoner had been taken under heavy guard to another city. The militia took charge of the situ ation lit. once. Before it reached here the police, assisted by home guards, arrested a large number of whites and negroes carrying concealed weapon. The fail at daylight wa? filled with persons who had been disarmed and locked ifn while the mob spirit was at the highest pitch. The list of dead includes Rachsel Levi, a voung white girl, who was shot while leaning out of window of pr home during indiscriminate firing: Robert Young, a fireman, was killed while plying a stream of water on the mnb; nnd Chas. J. White, a construc tion foreman, was fatally woundd while driving; a motor car near the scene of the rioting. ', -: . Afcr tha arrest of High there was muoh talk of lynching ftf4 a mob quickly gathered. Efforts bv the mayor to restore quiet unavailed when the home guards joined the police and flchting be.ame general. Detachments of the home guards of Greensboro and Mt. Airy were summoned here when the situation got beyond control of the local authorities. Today Governor Bickett at Raleigh, announced that there would be an im mediate investigation. TROBULE IN WINSTON MoH Tried to Get to and Ljndi a Negro. But Was Foiled Numerous Persona Injured and Two Dead Lat Night Troops Sent from Camp Greene. Wineton-uSalem, Nov. 18. The death toll in the riot here tonight, wh'ch followed efforts of a mob to s'orm the city fail and lynch a negro nr'soner. had been increased at mid-n'o-ht to five a girl spectator, a city fireman and three negroes. The police believe that n detailed seareh tomor row will show that at least seven oprons and maybe more were killed. Upwards of a score of persons are Mieved to have been injured, five or ir of them seriouslv. They are mostly vhite persons and include two mem bpr8 of the home guard, which was "ailed out when the mob made its second visit to tve iail after shootinir a neeTo and accidentally wounding a white prisoner in the afternoon. TVo Known Deed Wt'nston-Silem. Nov. 17 At least two persons rt Vnown to have ben V:llod and probably a score of others iniured. ae-veral seriouslv. in a riot Ver tonight which resulted from th "fforts of a mob of several thousand men to storm the citv iail and lynch a negro accused of shooting J. E. rtvldres and Shoriff Flint and at tpoVing (Mrs. Childress last night. Lite tonight firing still was going on In different part of the city, the mob flnallv having broken into small frronns. Efforts of the home guard and the police to restore order were pP8Ytiliny even at this time and Governor Bickett was asked to Inter vene. iHe ordered home guards from Greensboro and arrsneed to have a romnenv of regular soldiers sent from rmn Polk near Raleigh. The known dead are: Rachael Ievi. a young woman by stander, and Robert Young, a fire man. The more seriouslv in hired include Margaret George. Lin wood Heeler. .T-n Rumoler. citizens, and Frank O'Brien and R. T. Hawley, members of the homo guard. IrSechael Levi, a voung woman by stander was shot throufh tbo hxnfe , (Con Us trod en PaiVOiv - 28TH THANKSGIVING DAY MAN PWffAGANiA W. HOHENZOLLERN E' Said That the Former Emperor Will Leave Holland on Account of Internal Disturbances in That Country For mer Empress Arrives in Holland by Airplane. (By Associated Press.) London, Nov. 18. (3:47 a. m.) The iPotsdam Soldiers and Workmen's committee learns that William Ho henzolleru intends to return to Ger many because of disturbances in Hol land, according to a Copenhagen dis patch to the Exchange Telegraph com pany. The 'Local Anzeiger of Berlin states that he Is likely to be permitted to return. iPrince Eitel Frederich, son of the RETURN 0 Hi former German emperor, appealed to 1 sentiment for leniency toward Ger his comrades at the Potsdam garrison ! many In the peace terms. Consequent to place themselves at the disposal of the rew government in Germany. ' Former Empress in Holland (Amsterdam, Nov. 18. (11:24 a. m.) The former German empress has arrived in Holland, making the trip by airplanes, according to the Zev enaar correspondent of the Telegraaf. ry.WgraphTrs get wage raise Washington, - Nov. Railroad telegraphers' wages were advanced by order of Director-General MoAdoo to day 13c per hour above the rate pre vailing last 'January 1, with a mini mum of 48c pr.hour, retroactive , to October 1. Eight hours hereafter Is to be considered a day's work and over-time will be paid at the rate of time and a half. This order, involving aggregate In creases of about 930,000.000 a year, applies to between 60.000 and 70,000 employes including telegraphers, tel ephone operators, agent-telegraphers, agent-telephoners, tower men, Wer men, tower and train directors, block operators, and staff men. It does njt pply to telephone switchboard oper ators. A separate Wge order will be 'ssued next week applying to railroad ignnt8 who are not telegraphers. The order meets partially the re quest of the order of railroad Telep ripf!iers for advances and will tend, fhrou-rh the provision for time and a Salf nay for over-time to cut down he long hours of employment of which telegraphers heretofore have ?omplained. The wage order does not apply to nersnns paid $30 or less a month for sepcial services taking only a portion of their time. Cases of emnlives poid on a commission or a combination sal ary and commission basis, not Includ 'nir express or outside ommissions. will be considered bv the board of '"'lrjad wages and working eondl-f'ons. HERALD TO CONTINUE PUBLICATION. The publishers of the Yadkin Valley Herald an nounced some days ago that it would likely be dis continued with the first of the year. The announce ment was made at the time when the war was run ning at full tilt, when the keenest interest was forc ing readers to a daily paper and when the outlook for newspaper stock was not very bright. We shall continue the publication of the Herald and make it a permanent semi-weekly. The paper will be twice a week during 1919, and $1.50 a year strictly in advance. Print paper is not only high but scarce and the government, through its war industries board, is demanding the strictest econ omy in print paper, so the cash in advance system will be continued and strictly enforced. The most of the subscriptions to the Herald ex pire in December and January and we trust that there will be a prompt renewal of those who wish the paper another year. The close margin on which the paper is issued makes it necessary that the price of $1.60 in advance be enforced. Let us say here also that all combinations and clubs are off. We cannot get any club rates or com bination subscriptions. We have heretofore re newed subscriptions to a few other papers for the accommodation of bur subscribers, but from now on we can only take a subscription for our own paper. 1 . . i i ! ! HUN PROPAGANDA IVE This Time it is to Seoure a Modi fication of Armistice and Len iency of Peace Terms. CUE IS TAKEN FROM PLEA FROM OFFICIAL GERMANY Department of Justice Officials Warns Public Against Playing On Sympathies of People. (By Associated Press.) Washington, Nov. 18. Government agents say the German propaganda machine in the United States is oeing put in working order again to promote ly tne oepariment oi justice ornciais has warned the public to remain watchful against organised propa ganda by interests formerly active pro-German and for the past year pasive. A concerted movement is apparent, officials say, in the utterances of many individuals, a few organizations for merly active for German interests and some newspapers. There Is no or ganized leadership, It is believed, but local interests have taken the cue from official pleas from Germany for leniency in the armistice and final peace terms. BuWrla Seeking Easy Settlement Athens, Saturday, Nov. 16. Re ports of a-change in Bulgaria and the proclaiming of a republic there have been received here but official con firmation is lacking. The gpneral opin ion here Is the reported founding of a republic in Bulgaria is a new move on the part of Bulgaria to escape cer tain responsibilities In connection with the coming of peace -W S S- Coftcn Meets Considerable Realizing New York, Nov. 18. The cotton market met considerable realizing on pn increased advance of 12 to SO points today. It seemed the scattering short interests had been very much reduced . Trade buying was not much in evidence, while there was some scattered sellinr for Southern account and oricas soon broke. December sold of fro-i ?5O0 to ?8.80 snd .January from 28.26 to 27.66 within the first half of hour with active months gen erally showing a net loss of 30 to 45 points. The market steadied st this IpvpI on covering hut seemed rather i nervous and unsettled during the mid- die of the morning. W S S- A Fine Record The two special committees of theJ fsaered Heart church with a member ship of only 150 have called on the members for subscriptions to the United War Work campaign. The solicitor have made a fine rec ord in securing a fund of fo9.25. Those who are able are urged to phone 44 campaign headquarters and say double my subscription. IS AGAIN ACT Indemnity I OF GERMANY Government Agents Probing Into Germany's Ability to Pay Heavy Indemnities, f ALMOST CERTAIN IT WILL , RUN INTO THE BILLIONS Germany Will Not Have to Re pudiate Her National Debt But ' May Tax Bonds Heavy. ' (By Associated Press.) - Washington, Nov. 18. A atudy of the German financial situation has been undertaken by government agents hero with a view of throwing light on the abilities of the German nation to pay big sums as reparation for devastation of invaded countries. Unofficial reports indicate that Germany's national debt represented mainly by war bonds held in the em pire la now nearly thirty-five billion dollars or more than two-fifths of the estimated national wealth of eighty billion dollars. Although there has been no offlolal announcement or Intimation of the aggregate amount which the alllas expect Germany to pay it is certain ' it will run into the billions of dollars , and necessarily the chance of pay.v ment must jucord with Germany's w yaj a u mm . win . vm meaeoretrby the nation's power to revive her peace time industries and trade and tax this for State purposes. Financiers say some of the claims , for restitution and restoration by a fee of the allied nations are extrava gant, beyond ..Germany's ability to pay; even though this is estimated at the highest. ". 1 " The victorious allies are not con-' f cerning themselves primarily,, it is ! believed, with Germany's redemption of her own national debt since this is largely internal. Comparatively small amounts of Germany's, wan bonds are owned outside of Germany Officials here do not believe the German government will repudiate internal Indebtedness but think rath er that taxes will be made so heavy as to force the citiaens to turn in their bonds as setlement. In this way the war debt can be cancelled without actual repudiation. . W S 3 WORK OF COUNTY COURT , Negro With Mania for Steeling Hams Again Facee Judge Wright Sev eral Other Cases. In the county court this morning Paul 33arber, a negro who has spent much of his life on the roads and whose weakness is stealing hams, though he was contributed many other articles not belonging to him for his own use, faced the court on the charge of stealing a big country ham from IR&bon's store on Chestnut Hill. When the larceny of this ham was reported to Captain of Police Kealer Saturday afternoon he at once sus- " ! picioncd Barber and arrested htm. Paul was penitent and admitted tak- - tng the valuable pieceof meat and told the officer where he would find It. He said it was hid down near the ereek back of the Federal cemetery and sure enough it was found where he had in dicated. He was given 60 days on the -roads. Another case was that of a young man charged with temporary larceny . of an automobile but he was acquitted..: A negro man was indicted for an asssult on a negro woman bat he was acquitted and the woman named proa-. . eciutor and taxed with the costs. W S 3 Mr. Olin H. Estridge who is In the medicsl department of the navy, eta tioned at Newport, R, I will lesrre for that place Tuesday night after spending a two weeks' furlough with his sister, Mrs. F. P. Pratt in Fulton ' W S 8 : Yell of Fire ia Bpaalah Theater Caused a Panic and Score of Little ' Folks Are Trampled te Death. I fiBy Associated Press.) I Castellon, Spain, Nov. 18. A fatal a I panic occurred in motion picture' ( theater here last night, whea an nni- Idtntifled person cried flral" The .theater was cresrded, most of the 1 spectators were ehildrem and tt ehil- !dren end one aoWier were tras ' i to death. Twelve ehOdren yrz i ,r:i jeoversly d O i'.t:?. STUDYING DEB TVENTY CHILDREN KILLED IN THEATR