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Vcf. XVI.'' ' ' J,R SHERBILL, Editor and PuHher." CONCORD, R: C, FRIDAY, APRIL 7, 1916. . Member Tbt AsaociitrJ Ftt.a. . it ... ; V it j: t M DEFINITE WORD : , FROMGENrPERSHING , ' COMMANDER STILL ' 8ILENTLY ' x PURSUES YILLA. : , ;' , ,'- Sopor Comes rrom 'thsJ Am j n f cMgItJ ChlhMhnE That: ar . j ran Troops art .Concentrating '" 4 : Tht Cltr-Mor Net Under ,, !. stood by ttsAmericai. Officers at hmrt'p' Headanertew, Sot It is the Assumption That It Part of thsJWof Ctmaa . Torcoa to OVOperats With" The ? American Mtori',: f r The AeaeeteteS fim,' San Antonio, -April 7. Carranza troops are renoi-ted c tvi t.w u . Amenean consul to be eoncentratinr ; near Chihuahua." The reason for -. .suelr concentration was nnexDlained, v- but the officers at Geenral Funston's s headquarters, awnraa . that " it waa ; PJtf th d governments plan ' of bo-operation in-the pursuit' of Vil- la, who according to the majority of ports,,Villa is: traveling south 4f -, . Chihuahua. - t , - The exact position of the" American , r; forces is still aot known at headquar V w here. A report from r General - Pershing had reached Columbus, but ", j garbled condition made it neees- - ' '4 ? t, P General .Funston . Gandhis staff awaited it witV some .- : concern . and definite Information i fT9"1 th flel4 has been, lacking since V the early part of the week, t: -A '!' - Coloned Brown's brief mmnrt 1 J5? from. American consulate , i, at Uuhuahua, has served to etrengtb . en the. assumption of those t . quarters that the American advance ?ree0 already had reached 6ateyo,v. v , Colonel, flrown reported horn Va. ; Pint some 50 m3e from Satevo April ( ....u, aj,n, i.-x-Anoiner ei en- ( n..ui. : ien oi. me ,oanaits were kill ' r '7 nforosetion was' received vV-A'i? the War Dertmentoda- ' t ADYANOB GUARD KOW V '? :p;pPEaATDTO NEAR SATETO : ..7- Con la Saported. Fffled With Baa- ?....'':" k3? Alt. ViH. 1.- at ' , s. jiuviu. uia irymf 10 Unite; 'Bik K -FJ PrTMJ AprU 7,---vance -:. ?.l'-.fe.nar4' of the American exTwditinn. I - V hunt'ni? Villa,jwere operating today wJtov?aM;PalrneM'TilUi :;S:iv reported to be headina. is invested : 5 " ; numerous, bands of Villa handits. ; . r American"' refugees' say ' that-"if ''M&BB "houia prowed In uniting these Zv.-.. oanu wo'd have, force of at . .. wast one thousand men and ; could ; A ' ."-'ifTa. advanced "American iroocs bard f J4 Mr raaforeements arrived. P ???J)Hieil information from the front v40'.tj $ .ho,a 'that American-cavalry had I -r 1 ' penetrated w';i;';8alt'A'toiiio TsesW;4 vninnanua, was etui movme south ! ward hard on the trail of tie bandit. t : . '?,'X Aneone t . . - magician- ? Found Jn ajl eolors at the 4?.-' rappennew urug Btore. See new ad, . Aa today.. v--.f. ; .. . nr, .. j.. I mm J ribs t!I t:zi'f h c - To Be Qivta by the D. A. XL are -, Next Week. . ' x The CabaVrna Black Boys' Chapter of the Daughters of . the - American Revolution will give, on Thursday and Friady a ft en 00 w, April 13th anfl 14th, at 4 p.m.. at the home of Mrs. R. C Black; a milting party, not. k the accept ed, senile, but a delightful even ing's entertainment awaits the visitor wbo may lean now grandmother s quilting partis were conducted with results shows to -Visitors, Sample bead bags and various antiques have been graciously loaned for the exhib it, which promises to be. of more than ordinary, interest.-' An, entertainment of this kind for D. A. R. meeting was held - -with marked -successful Balti more. Tea and sandwiches willve nerved- The placing. of a fountain1 in the court house yard in May will encourage all readers of this paper to desire 40 add their. 25 cent toward the erection of so worthy a testimony to the Cabarrus Black Boys, in whose name the Chapter exists, and this1 monument will record their loyalty in the Inton. .. . . ' ; I.; TJ. S. TROOPS' WILL T NOT BE WITHDRAW" "" -. --iy-'- Lansing Denies Report of Americans . Leaving Mexico With Villa ' Ua- Paris declares the Germans were driv ! caught - i ;- V-' -t etf out by counter attacks of captured Vtt.Wtn- A'nrffl ''hrfcal positions and that they now occupy denial by Secretary Lansing late to- only advance sections along the front day was the official answer to perais- ot.30q.wrda..--.,--v.. . v-,T ; : tent reports that the American troops - .of the Meuse theFreneh are might be withdrawn . from Mexico continuing their nibbling tactics and shortly regardless pf developments in report progress in German communi the unts for Villa. ,Poth Mr.-Xans- ating trenches, southwest of Douau- mg and Secretary iJaker 01 tne war " - -. . Department indicated that there was An" interesting, sitnation is. devel no Dresent intention of chaneinir the oping on the .eastern front where" the original orders given ..General Funs-1 ton.':t:f' 'r m j !.:, -.'. X T ; News from the border that a train- load of supplies, shipped by private thawing of the" marshes. "South .of firms, had left Jaurea today for Caa- Dvinak the Teuton artillery bar op as Grandes, and Pearsonwhere they ened a violent fire in the vicinity of will be available to ueneral Pershing caused, sajiaracfio nhere, . ,; . T- ' v-' LAST EVENINCK . IOm.- ptawm flltai Party" For ''r. iiX Misses Starr and Robbas.if i -irf.iven6 Viiw" Anna.' Braiiunn delightfully entertained a number ofjBlac Sea. Coast, , attempting attacks frin At. W hnmn n North TTnionl bn -the Russian position, but failing street in honor. of Miss Marie Starr, or thiladelphiar wtin is the guest 01 Mf a.' J. F. Cannon, and Miss Mattie Gibson. Robbing, of Salisbury, who is the guest of Miss Ulen Uibson. if -- . Mias Branson's guests, in addition to' .the honorees, were i' Miss . Ellen Gibson, Mr. and ' Mrs. Charles ? R Lambeth,' of Charlotte, and Messrs. Odom Alexander, of Charlotte, R. P. Gibson'E. C Barnhardt, Jr;, Wr G. tJroadfoot and J. M Oglesby, 1.1 1 in intj-.'fryv Ratio of Mexican Ouxrency, 20 to'l : '". ""- ' ,s NOW.'. Washington, April 6. The Mexi can Embassy here anonunccd tonight that for the first Jime in many weeks tliA AYnliflricrA' ratiri ti ltd mnAF'mnn. ey vaa less than 20 to 1. Last month the ratio waa about 40 to 1. , It was wunnoj nniintiftTi nf a. .ni,tF commission with comnlete authority to regulate Government currency. " New- shoes hy almost every1 express at Ivey ' Style . and comfort , com bined, -.See aew ad. in today 'a pa per. m .''si " i y ta, n : zz ' .;; its) 1 zh j ' ' cae 'Sjfa : :::t everv f:: ..zzzif y i;'jctj:tjI : V US- 4 IITEREST SHIFTS TO EUSMI MM . WEXRS IT IS SAID GERMANS - . PLAN AN OrTXNSITE. i OiK3 ICHCEB Xolowlnf TJp Sharply Their Capture of the VBlags of Earcoitrt la the AvconrVBcthinconrt Salient North west of Verdun the Germans Hare Shifted Their Una of Attack Slight, ly to the East. East of the Manse the French Are Continuing , Their - Nibbling Tactics. Grand Duke Nicholas Still ' Pushes Back the Ottonuut Troopt. '" : r Vho taHkM Fmm) .J Following np sharply their capture of the .village of Harcourt in the Avocourt-Bethinenort salient, north west of Verdun,' the Germans have shifted the line f attack slightly to the east, driving between the line be tween r Bethincpurt-Cathcourt ' and penetrating a 'first line trench there. The locality is in the vicinity of Dead Man's Hill, where the Germans and I French have been battlinz for weeks If or control of dominating positions. Germans ive signs of initiating, an 1 offensive, i toop movements pn .tne Dvroa front, are prevented by the. I vidsy and m the Narocz ike region. 1 In the Caucasus campaign the Rus- lsians are-making continued progress Ialong the upper Tehoruk-in Turkish Armenia, driving tho Turks westward after dislodging them from fortified I positions.. The Ottoman troops are offering. atiffer -resistance along the to aehiev results, accwding.to Pet-f 1 rognu, : SENTENCES CHANGED. Prisoners Said That Jail Conditions . in Greensboro Were Intolerable. (By The JUaoclata fmil . Washington, April ' 7. President Wilson -. today commuted, to. tout months,: respectively, ' sentences im posed In December laBt on Charlie and Ernest Vuncannon at Greens boro, N. C, for operating an . illicit still.- : ?v;- The prisoners wera originally serv ed two 1 sentences, four and six months hi jail at Greensboro. After they had spent three days" in jail the7 requested the : court to sentence them one year each -so - that they might serve their tune m Atlanta Prison Btftti,18 that the Greensboro I jail was inolerable. The court grant- led the request. , k EARL DUKE DEAD. Brown Mill Touth Succombs to Ac- - .v-.. ddental Rifle Discharge. Earl Duke, ,t fie "11 -year-old son of Mr. and MraJatoes B. Duke, of the Brown Mill, who was shot and fatal ly .wounded Wednesday afternoon, while playing with a rifle at the home of a neighbor, died yesterday after noon abomt 4:30 o'clock at the Con cord HoBpitaL , ' The funeral was held ; this after noon at. Rocky Ridge.' - ; ' - - ' ' ' L VILLA NEAR BATEVO QN APRIL FOURTH I According tb News Re ce vied By Gen era! BelL FrosrCarrajua Officers. I . (By Tka tHMUM Praw) ' ' ' ,- San Antonio. ' Amil :J7. FranciseQ I Villa was at Cineguillas, ten miles laouth of Satvo, on April 4; according t General. Uuiterrez, commanding I the Carranxa troops in - Chihuahua. I General Bell received this informa tion from Chihuahua and transmitted to ueneral Jnnston today. - - American, cavalry are pushing for ward along the trail to and beyond Satvo. -, " " . ' .There will be a big picnic at Lowr der,' Ferry on the Yadkin rW Eas- iter monaay, ine m r . He-ik'a wise man who can eather looiiari, mm (tnotupr ;p jesspna, A BIQ CROP WILL BE ' . PLANTED, IT APPEARS Reports Front Various Southern Con- ten Indicate an Increaae. Helena, Ark The weather through out this section continues open far mers are making the most of it. There wHll, no doubt, be some increase of acreage, just Jiow much it is hard to estimate just now, . Memphis, Tenn. The season in this section is progressing in a normal way. nun new erops selling well above 12 cents in New York, which means 12 . cents at depots in this section, there is every 'inducement to plant a larae acreara Wa heard nf s4T 00 per ton beings offered for seed for next fall delivery. If tins will ; not en courage a Jarge increase in acreage, we do not know what would. -.- New Orleans, La. The Texas rains of last week were not sufficient, and not general enough to give the prop er relief, but the rains there, reported again at the" end tf thia week, prom ise to be mora general and somewhat heavier. Traders just now are watch ing -weather conditions in Texas and in the southwest more than any other portion of the best.. Jew Orleans, La. At last' the pro longed drouth in the southwest has been, effectually broken by general heavy rains over Texas and Oklahoma. It was stilt raining at several points in .Texas today, and the indications are -for general rains in the centra and eastern portions of the cotton re gion over " Sunday. As the general, heavy rains itf-tbe southwest did not materialize' until April 1, it :s likely that the average precipitation in Texas for the month f March, as was the case in February, will be one of the lightest in several years. Therefore, the rains were late" in making their 6ppearanee and were very, badly need-l ed. As a result plant inr for the new crop is backward in the southwest, es necially in south Texas, indicating a late delivery of new crop cotton' this vear, -iron the -early producing sec-! Raleigh, N, 3.-rtt is too soon to de cide what the acreage in Wawe (this) county will hey but there .will be ; a slisht increase.' , v. , - ' Farmers will use sbout 80 rer cent of. last year Is, fertilizers. Thus far farmers have been waiting Jibpin? to get lower prices .and better-quality. TVv are nowbuyinar freely, and are using generally acide phosphate .and cotton seed meal; Salt; and;half ? f SENATE RETAINS THE..i- - VOLUNTEER PROVISION By t Vote of 36 to S4. Senator Lee's " Amendment to BiR. . . Washington, April .6. The senate retained the volunteer army provis ion in tne army bill late today by a vot f 30 to 34,; rejecjing, Senator IjccV amendment, ,to strikf the sec-. tion 'from the ,bill. '. The -vote ended four-day debate on the Section. , Advocate" of the nation guard, as the first line of defense behind. the regular army supported the amend ment vigorously, and the struggle was one of the hardest fought in the sen ate this "session of Congress; It be gan after the defeat-of .the military committee last week, when a propos al to create a national, guard section ofthe army general staff, was writ ten into the bill. i - . ... -; " THE. WHEAT MARKET, 1 Big Shortage Report Caused Price of Wheat to Be Higher Today.. (Br Th AaMMttateS Preaa) Chicago, April, 7.-IIigher prices on wheat and a rush of buying re sulted' from the government report confirming predictions of a big" short age in the 1918 domestic crop. Open ing prices whiehshowed 3-8 to 7-8 to 1 cent advances with May at us a-o to 1-2 and July at 117 1-8 to 1-2 wese followed by substantial further gams that were interrupted by a number of transient breaks. , 1! V 1 . L ' v u . . - i r.:f3ff:r.:C:;::::fT;rf:r prAT::.r;:::r;::TS UR UPTEB TO AID RELIEF FUND WILL OBSERVE. BIRTHDAY V BELGIUM'S ENQ. OP EEIC!1S FUGS Eat RE10T f 08 SILI 'in Cablerram ReeeiTed From Queen Elix. abetii Thanking the Daughters' of the American Revolution for Mani f eating Charity Through the Dis- trihution of Millions of "Belgian Flags in Return for an Offering for the Destitute in Belgium. Mrs. Story, . President - General, Also Sends . a Telegram ' to the Local Chapter,' April 8th will be flag day for the Belgian Relief Fund as conducted by the Daughters of the American Revo lution. . Although there will be no stated observance of the day by the local chapter" flags will be sold and the members will otherwise do what tliey ean to aid the Belgian Fund and assist in the relief of that war-strick en country. - ' ' " The follow cablegram has been re ceived by the Daughters of the Amer ican Revolution. -'.-' ''To the National Society of the Daughters of the. American Revolu tion, Mrs. William dimming Story, President-General, New York," - "I am delighted with your idea of commemorating April 8th throughout the Tnited States. Nothing couM touch me more than to see the Bang's, my husband's, birthday celebrated by a manifestation of charity through the distribution , of ;ten million Belgian flags in return for an offering for the destitute in Belgium. I express my grateful apreemttonto the Daughters of the American Revolution' for this attention, which shows oncevmore the generous and delicate . feelings ' of American women. ; v ' "To all'who will wear the Belgran flags on April eighth and ninth I send, in the hame.of the Belgian mothers, kertfelt- tllsjitak''-l'rMws,ci my'heartfelt thankav (sighed)H ,EUZABETH.r Also this telegram from, Mrs.,Siory, president-general: Mrs. Sam J. Erwin, Concord, N. C: Let Us justify Queen Elizabeth's message.- We mnst not fail 'Belgium now, tinly foreign country where our flag is, reverenced. Think "of their need." Giving' day's labor is so. little. Your help vital for success.' . . Minor Changes Were Registered by : Leading Stocks Today. V " (Br The Associate Preu) , ; New York, . April " 7. Minor changes, mostly upward, were regis tered . by leading stocks at ' today 's ppening on a limited volume of trad ing, altnbugh. United "States Steel, Erie, Anconda, United States Smek ering and Marine were - offered - in thousand share lots. : united States Smeltering soon made a new high rec ord rainging one and one-fourt to 73 1-2 but Industrial Alcohol, - one - of yesterday's foremost features yield ed a point. Crucible Steel,. American Locomotive and Studebaker receded I fraction-" of a point. Recession was more general on secondary of ferings. - ' COUNTY COMMENCEMENT . Rowan County Commencement'la Be ing Held Today, - . (Special te The TrUnae) Salisbury, N. C,". April 7. 'Rowan county commencement was held here today. The big feature' was the pa rade this morning, more than 4,000 ohildren being in line. The. principal address was made this afternoon by Dr. Archibald Henderson, of the Uni versity, of 1 Norths Carolina. - 1 Picture Rehearsal. ; '' ; A great artistic treat' will be given the public when ' ' Pictures From the iJrient," under the able direction -o.f Mr.., James Wrennj' of Salisbury ,-:s presented. This production, noted as it is," for richness of coloring, beauty of stage setting, magnificent costumes and fancy steps will.be given ty local talent at an early, date for the bene fit of the Young People's Society of Central Methodist CmifcB, Concord. The people who' take part in "Bel shazza's Feast.' V the pages and the soldiers, wilt practice at Mrs. J. E, Smoot'Q tonight at eight o'clock, j ; f-f Snow at Sackor. (Special te The Trtbeee) Hickory, N, C, April' 7,-Snow fell here this afternoon about 1 o'clock, BIG; UNMANNED AIR CRSzj$lAzjSA WA Y PENINSULA. AND ORIENTAL. ' , . V.,-. LINER SIMLA SUNK She Was Largs 6,800 Ton Vestal k the GaTsrnmant Service. ; London, April 7 Newspaper dis patches carry reports of the sinking oi the reninsula and Oriental line steamer Simla", a 5300 ton vessel, in the Mediterranean. She ia supposed to be in the government services and a report of her loss is connected with that from Athena that a large trans port of the Entente Allies off the Greek coast. --.-.- The Spanish Ambassador at Berlin has been instructed by the cabinet to ask from German an explanation of the sinking of the Spanish steamer Vigor and a definition of the German submarine policy with . regard to rights of neutrals. 1 : NEW YORK COTTON.. 1 Market Opened Steady at Decline of Two to Four Points. (Br Tli IMCUM ma) New York, April 7. The cotton market opened steady at a decline of two to four points today jnd prices sold off another two or three points right after the call with May declin ing to 11.98, July, to 12.03 and Oc: tober to 12.21. Offerings were not heavy, however, and prices steadied at the recline. ; . ; Cotton futures opened steady: May 11.90? July 12.06 ; October 1233 De cember J2.40; January 1243. ' s WTNTEK WHEAT CROP , . UNDER LAST YEAR'S. 495,000,000 Bushels, ' As ' Compared With 655,000,000 Bushels Last Year. -, ' (By Th Aa elatcS Peeaat ! Washington, April 7 A total pro duction Of 495,000,000 bushels of win ter wheat was forcasted today by the department of agriculture, basing its estimate on the. condition of the erop April 8 and the assumption of average acreage and avervage influences p tne crop to narvest. , inat . compares with .55,000,0045 bushels, the esti mated, production in 1915. ' SEIZE 10 GALLONS.. Hickory Policemen Take Over South Mountain. Com. (SBcetal te The Trlhoe) ; Hickory, April 7. Ten gallons of liquor were seized last nighty by Hickory policemen from Monroe Lutz The seizure" made made about midnight and the police are of the opinion that Liitz had come from' the South Mountain section just before the seizure; was' made. He will be given a hearing this afternoon. Harding Elected Temporary Cliainnan - . . of Convention. - (Br The AewtelateS lreM .... Chicago, April 7. Senator Harding or t;nio was eiecter temporary cnair- man of the Republican National 'Con, venuon Dy ine unanimous voi oi '""..m.v be carried out to sea. sub committee of arrangement of the Republicpn committee today. George L, Hart, of Roanoke, Va., was named as ofBc'al reporter. k 1 k Good Advice "As a last word, remember " that he who is always going to "do, but never does, moves in a very small circle. He will remain where he is all bis life." Futile promises of starting to-morrow lead nowhere.. To- morrow never comes. We have only today in which to act, and if we do not avail ourselves o "its opportunities, .we may be ' quite sura -that ; the - rewards -, will go to others. The time to start your . Building & Loan with, the Cabarrus " County Building and Loan Association , IS NOW Series now -open v . , ' V ' ."'-'' ' t Ctmmw Faim-Iu P ff C,"-"'C',r"""'"1 Offic in The Concord National - Bank. . broke ntox its iioorr.'a -: EARLY THM MORNINa. - Tha Big Naval 'Dirigible Recently Brought to the Govmrnment Naval ,8tation Early Today Broke Prom .:' Its Moorings, and rilled With Gas; : Ascnded High lata the Air. Only Hops f Overtakins; It is With Ae roplanea, Bnt Officers Also Fear That It Has Put To Sos Sharp Lookout at' Mobile and! Other Points. Pensacola, Fla, April t. The im mense new observation balloon re cently received at the naval aviation station here broke from its moorings early today and driven by a brisk southwest wind gradually . ascended and when lost to view was floating northeast toward southeast Alabama, or southwest Georgia. - . , . No one was aboard the - balloon . when it escaped and officials at the naval station have sent messages' to various points in the direction taken by it., - :. .; ' . .' .- ''.. , The balloon was 81 feet long and could carry four persons.' It was ful- . -ly inflated with ,25,000. cubic feet, of gas when it "broke from the rope. The - bi2 bag was painted yellow. , The - stabiliser was not attached to the balloon and officers at the aviation station believe that if it would turn over some of the Valves . might be openedP .. ." ' : Sales 1,000 Feet, High, , , Pensacola, Fla., April 7-Tbe new naval v derigible airship recently brought to the government aviation station Aare.ior, experimental use in connection with aerial . and water maneuvers of the navy, broke' from its moorings during a high wind ear ly todajr and rising rapidly soon was lost to-vicw. Telepnone notices were sent t Mobile and other parts warn- ing to look out -for the big , erart, WUCa wuen oa ncn was .- iuvuu west.,- o -one- wa aboard the dir- igigle when-it broke away -and as it waa fully inflated officers at the naval station said .there waa nothing to pre vent it remaining1 afloat many hours. The dirigible which is -80 feet long contains about 25,000 cubit feet of gas when inflated and capable of bus- , tainiii considerable, weight The fact that, np one was aboard and that the derigible is without an automatic de flating valve makes it - certain that unless" overtakea-'by' aeroplanes the air craft probably will fly hundreds of miles.,-,';- rfty-v.rf::.f -'.-V,;''-V-:' The "wind was Mowing briskly southeast when the derigible escaped and as the big air craft rose rapidly upward, -it was swept quicKiy away naval officers fear the. balloon The deririble- is said to be worth ' between $50,00- and $60,000 and is practically ' w. It , received here only a few days ag;; How it happened to. peaK away juhj not peen determined. " 'r'y'- rreparauona are ucms iua. pursue the air erait with' aeroplanes as soon as me vwuki (rauuuv. Rain fell here practically all night and the dirigibla was chilled ; and heavy when it broke away, rising to only about 1,000 feet at first j The weather soon cleared however, and as the -"un warmed the ballon it rosa rapidly ' and Was ' still rising orhen last seen. . . . "Watchful 'Waint.,, Mobile. April" 7. A sharp lookout is being maintained for the navy derigible-which, escaped from the Pen sacola naval aviation .station -this morning. Men with powerful glass es have been stationed on the top of the highest skyscapes' an the city end are. constantly sweeping the horrizon in the hope of seeing the dirigible. , If it should turn over some of the valves -might he : opened, causing the craft to descend. Should the balloon remain' nprighWn it' flight or.-o n said it might, float for .hundreds -milesf i ri " ' ' To .Watch for Baboon. . - Raleigh,' April 7. The section rector of the weather bureau i m received instructions from .i ton to W on the lookout for t servatioii balloott which 'hn' from the naval aero station i saColtC''.- ' ' ' . " - -..:-..- 'ill ' It is high time for conpv. with 1 jhens to reeross those 1 es or burn the bri.'jes behind t -Co' --el r-evpt Jca-'s (Le ' & :. -;.
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