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v ABLY TRIBUNE 1BJE: VOLUME XV1IL J. & SHEBKIIX Editor aa4 PnUfahet CONCORD, N.C., MONDAY, APRIL 8, 1918. Price Five Cents. NO. 173 t GERL1AIIS GET READY FOR AHOTHER ATTACK OH WIDE FRONt IM EFF0RTT0REACHAHE1NS Enemy is Nibbling at the Al lied Lines at Various Points in An Effort to Find Weak Points to Attack. ' HAVE NOT GAINED THEIR OBJECTIVE The Efforts of the Germans .North of the Somme Have Been Solely to Capture Artillery Positions. v s"i ... .j.. .. """" (By Th Associate hw) " " Checked at most points along the (rout from Arres'to Cousy north of Kolssons the Germans are mlffllng 3 , on the Allied lines In an effort to nnu a weak spot 8o far. the enemy has been repulsed atont the west ledge of the fcibow" salient. On the CUauuy-Coucy-La Fere triangle along the Oise en the extreme east end of the southern front of buttle line the French have retired to higher ground. Correspondents' at the' front in frail ce say that signs are not wanting that the Germans are getting ready to launch another attack on a long front in an endeavor to reach Amiens. Ene my efforts north of the Homme recent ly have been solely In au endeavor to capture artillery . portions ... but the Germans have not gained their objec tive. Aerial -fighting continues heavy. French and British aviators - have brought down 31 enemy machines while Berlin reports the. destruction of 18 Entente airplanes. , On the Aires to the, Somme the Bri tish line still stands as U did ten days ago. v. ; - - Gen Petaln's men still maintain their splendid defense east of the Ols-Parls railway. The Germans have tried to ad vance north of the Amiens-Roye road In the region of Hangard, but "" the French artillery fire vjas sufficient to .break up the attack. .... .-'.'.: T - Berlin claims' further advances lu the region north of Coney, and around tbe lower forest of Coucy. No mention Y of fighting here Is - made in Paris. -youth 'of vOhaBny'the'grottwhi; tow au marsay, especially aiong iuo vise srives and Olse canal. , . ; ft Whether the German attacks' on the front between the Olse and Coucy are designed as a fake to draw the French attention from a more vital point, or are the beginning of a- strong effort to force the French back to the Aisne remains for developments to show. Up to tbe present the Germans have only gained the marshy ground along the Olse, and . low lying ground between -Chauny and Coucy, as well as the low- r forest of Coucy, which was virtu ally denuded of trees in the German retreafot March, 117. ' - American troops on the front north west of Tout, have successfully' coun- , tered German attempts to raid their positions.- Two raids were made at . two points Sunday, but each was dealt: with efficaciously with -: machine gun and automatic rifle fire, the enemy advancing no further than the out- posts. : ;v"-;''':':.';';'-i;.T;;':'-'?:'i - ' On Friday the Americans also check- ; d two raids.- The first was taken care - -of easily,, while the second time the .Americans left the trenches, and pur sued the Germans back to the . first enemy trenches, - and drove 'the Ger mans into their support positions. The American artillery silenced two Ger- -,'nian batteries. Nothing binders so much the prog ress of mankind' as false convictions. The sicker a society ia the more are 'the Institutions for curing its disease, and the lesser thought is given to the necessary change of the whole life. "Tolstoi. , , . .Is the beginning of a Newjnterest period in our. t i Savings - i s We pay 4 per cent, per Interest Quarterly Deposits " 1: , S I ! ( 3S- .i .: ;i t ; -i i . if: II' 3: o " , H ; --o . Made on or before' the Citizens Brink and Trust Company j(X)KXXXXXXXX)CXXXXiKXil(ia I ' BRITISH LAND FORCES . AT VLADIVOSTOK No ReaisUMe Either U the Japanese or the British Landed. Or Tk Imrtml Fn Washington, AprU 8. News of the landing of British forces at Vladivos tok which followed a Japanese party Into tbe city, reached tbe state depart ment today officially from tbe Ameri can consul at Vladivostok. No details were given.' , Additional advices to tbe state de partment said only 60 sailors were landed from tbe British cruiser. They were sent ashore to guard consulate. Tbe Japanese force waa Increased Sat urday by 250 men. No resistance was offered, either to the landing of the British or the second Japanese force. WARSHIPS BLOWN UP BEFORE GERMANS OPENED FIRE Three Russia Battleships Blown Vp a Finland Coast. . (By The Aaaactatea Tmmi ' ' Washington, April 8. The Russian warships suuk by their commanders off the southern coast of Finland to keep them out of the hands of Germans reported several days ago were - blown up after- the German warships had opened fire on them, according to a dispatch to the state department to day from Stockholm. Three of the Rus sian vessels were battleships. . THE COTTON MARKET Recovered Today Another 20 or 25 Points of Its Recent Xessesv . iT The Aaaolat4 Pmu New York, April 8.t-The cotton mar ket recovered another 20 or 25 points of its recent losses during todays early trading.. The opening was firm at au advance of 9 to 21 pouts in response to firm cables, and active, months sold op several points more before the end of the first half hour. Cotton futures opened steady. May, 340; July, 34.55; October, 32.10; December,-81.88; January, 31.78. : V .' , a - p. ' . .... V, ! Germans About Ready For Another TbniatT -London. April '-7. Renter's corre spondent at. British headquarters, in France, telegraphing Sunday, says there are signs that the enemy 1s about te thrust again on. a big .scale. AH the fighting north of the Somme during the last few days, says the correspon dent apparently has been directed by the enemy , at effecting ana lmprovt! ment of his positions and possible to secure a better "Jumping off" place. .Between Mesnil and Bucuoy, says the correspondent, the ground the Ger mans now occupy is very unfavorable to artillery movement should a - big push develop and only by such a move ment could a great concentrated at tack upon Amiens be carried out. :' i . .' i German Activity Indicates Impending Attack. - (B Tk Aaaodatea riw) British Headquarters in 1 ranee, i April a. intense nostue artiuery worn has been proceeding at various poiutsiul this county. along the l British iroiit tnrouguouii the night and this morning. North of the river Scarpe,; and south of . the I Somme river.' the German guns are conducting unusually heavy artillery bombarament sucn as nereiorore nas Indicated an impendiug attack. .y , No infantry action, however, r, na been reported up to 8 a. m. today. Every Day Finds N Allies In Better roainon, ' . (Br Tke a rlmf Frsaa) Washmeton. Aorll 8. Every . day finds the allies in a better position to resist with definite success the great German offensive according to an offl - clal review today by the British mili tary attache here. French, British and American reserves are pouring in dally to defend Amiens, tbe review declare Department annum, compounding the. 10th bear interest from 1st COUNTY DEMOCRATIC ' CONVENTION SATURDAY Te Elect Delegates to the State Con- ventiea-EIetiaa mt County Chair- saaa Postponed. Tbe Cabarrna County ' Democratic convention for tbe purpose of electing delegates to tbe State convention was held in the court bouse last Saturday at 1 o'clock p. ml U. IL Caldwell was chosen chairman -of the meeting and W. W. Morris secretary. N "he election of a chairman of tbe county executive committee was post- ponea until me next county conven tion. The following resolution, ofiered by M. H. Caldwell, waa unanimously adopted: Be It resolved by the Democrats of uaoarrus county in convention assem bled that in this momentous hour In our country history, we pledge our selves first of all aa loyal American dtlaena, proud of tbe record of our an cestors, prepared to follow In their footsteps even though it shall become necessary to make sacrlficea iu oroo- erty for the support of our government. ana we dedicate ourselves and our all to our country's call. - Resolved further. That without bit ter partisanship,, but wth determined purpose we will' support and uphold. oy word ana deed, the administration at Washington in all its various un dertakings, not merely because it is Democratic but because it is true American, and tbe bulwark of Amer ican liberty for generations yet un- Resolved, , That we commend the records of our Senators, Simmons and Overman,-: and of all our North Car olina Congressmen In their loyal sup port of President Wilson In his Hercu lean task at 'helping our nation to speedily prepare for the great struggle for our nation's life. Tbe chairman was authorized to an. point the delegates to the State con vention. ,..,,,( . , Little Hope Held for Dr. Hope Cald- . weirs necovery. Sunday's Charlotte Observer. k Telegrams yesterday broueht to Charlotte the distressing news that Dr. D. Stanhope Caldwell, of Char lotte, at a Richmond hospital,' has littler if ' any, chance for recovery. Telegrams to Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Bar- ratt, parents of Mrs. Caldwell, said that the physicians held out no en couragement whatsoever. Dr. , Cald well's - trouble is stomachic. He went to Richmond -a- week ago last night, Mrs. Caldwell following Wednesday night . An operation - waa - performed Friday. As soon as the result of the operation was wired home. Dr.. Cald- weJFa father R.' V. Caldwell, of Con cord." leffsfor litohmond. Miss Bate; Lotton for years Ir. Caldwell's as sistant in his dental office left Satur day, followed by Mrs. Morris Caldwell, of Wilmington, sister-in-law, and Dr. Anders, partner of Dr. .Caldwell. Dr. Caldwell bad been in bad health for sometime, due to overwork. He is on of the leading dentists, of the city and state. Under the strain ot work he broke down. Up to midnight no further news had come from him. Dr Caldwell is greatly beloved In Char lotte, and news from his bedside will be eagerly awaited. . Deserters Taken to Camp Greene. Deputy Sheriff W. F. Propst left 1 last Friday for Camp Green, Charlotte, having in his custody two deserter if com the army who had been arrested One of these, E. T-. Bums, a while man, was arrested last -- Friday near Mount Pleasant, on the charge of bav- w deserted from Camn Sevier. Ho hived at ' Mount Pleasant, and was a recruit who left here with Company I l when that organization went to Gi-eenvllle.i' The other, deserter was Will Alexan der, colored, wanted by the local ex- emotion board in Koanoke, Virginia, fobls failure to report there. Alexan der lived in this county, but was re gistered at Roanoke, .where he waa I working. Because of his failure to corn- I ply with the law governing tne aran, l he was also placed in, the class of a deserter. - WHEAT PRODUCTION .- Will Be About 560,000,000 Bushels, Ae- - - eording to Estimate. (Br Tke AwMMiataa Pr) - Washington, April 8, Tbe ,-. winter wheat nroductlon this year Will be about 600.000.000 bushels the deport ment of sericulture estimated today in Its report showing the condition of the crop April nrst to, be w ana mo per cents or a normal.' 9 1 ' The rice production will be mhhu 86,000,000 bushels its condition Apni first being 85.8 per cent oi a normal. To Eliminate Inefficient Men From Medical Reserve Corps. v (By Th Aaaoalatea m. Washington. AprU a The elimina tion from the medical reserve corps oi tbe army of all men who are not qual tiled for -active service has been un dertaken by -Surgeon General Gorgas It is estimated that about lfiw com missions in the reserve will be revok ed as a result of Ws action. TOMORROWS AT THE NEW lTIE The Heart of Ezra Grier A great five-part .Pathe Feature. Don't miss it. ViC'JilT ARTILLEBY ICTIONUSTNIGH T On the Left Bank of the Oise, - Says the French Report. No Infantry Action on the Principal Fronts. FRENCH BRING IN PRISONERS On the Southern Bank of the Somme the British Made a $mall Advance, Says the Official Report .' ' i - - (By The A rlt4 hm) Paris, April 8. Violent artillery en gagements' occurred last night espe cially on the left bank of the Oise river, says today's official report No Infantry actions on the princi pal battle fronts are reported. Tbe statement follows: Tbe night was marked by violent artillery actions, especially on the left bank of tbe Oise. .. 'French! patrols were very active in bringing m prisoners. On the, left bank of the Meuse, in tbe Argonne, German raids were re pulsed, v .Everywhere else the night passed quietly. , ' The British Report. .London, April 8. On the southern bank of the. Somme the British last night made a small advance, it Is an nounced officially. ' ' - . The statement follows: We advanced our line slightly dur ing the night on the south bank of the Somme, east of vaire-sous-corbie. .. North of; the Somme a few prison ers and a machine gun were captured by us in the neighborhood of Nenville- Vltaffe.: . , ,. .The enemy's artillery has shown in creased activity during the night on the -Whole .British front Heavy hos tile gas shelling has taken place also between Lnse and LaBassee Canal and Eaat of Armentleres. Second Phase of Great Battle Has 1 Tn second phase of the great bat tle aloa theSomme, which the iier; manJ)eteSK,n Thursday4 last, -'hae died. down. It lasted hss than three days, and the fighting has resolved it self into more or less isolated engage ments, lu which the French and Briti sish allies have more than held their own. Tbe attention of the Germans for the present is tnamly directed at - the lower end of . the battle cone, which apparently they are attempting to en large for the purpose of getting eiuow room in which to move their vast masxes of troops. ' ' ' Meanwhile, General Foch, the com mander-in-chief of the allies, is biding his tliuciineeting the German assaults his tlinemeeung we uerman assu..S with Dowerful resistance, and there and there conforming his lines to the necessities of the battle. It is confl- tiLf0 not be drawn Into any false move- where each move is of such vital im portance but will strike with his re serves at the moment chosen by him. There-may be .some significance in the report that the German emperor after a conference on the . -western front on Saturday with his chiefs, -von Huidenbura7 and Ludendroff, intends to Droceed to Rumania. At . the out set of the great German offensive, ...I it -. umlna ttia alllori fniwft w,.ro it- nntwithatjindinir their te- naninna mojrtiince. Emoeror William, it mi nminiinrert ofilciallv from Ber - lin, was in supreme command. That i,nnnnwimant waa rcraMM l toeithi. renorts tne suoscriuuoun uj time as evidence that the emperor ex - pected a complete and decisive victory, HI nee then. - However. Bruisn - anu French and American reinforcements I jg- to make public ouly figures repon have cbme-upi ' , . led by Federal Reserve Banks based on i i -. - t AH the jusUce In the world has been attained by struggle; every important rule of rutht baa had to be wrung rrom those who have opposed it, ana every rlaht. that of a people as well as that of an individual, tire-eupposes the con stant state of vigilance to assert ic Mirabean. Buy Coal Now : i ; V---' -i - Come in and Sign Up At Once. , Fpr your year's supply; I can deliver all at one time or as you cal for it throughout the . year, provided I have the coal. TERMS CASH ' a: b. pou;;ds MOUNT DON REFORMED CHURCH DESTROYED BY FIRE Fire Oeeorred About S O'clock 6oa day Af terns so. Only t,M .la- Mount Zlon Reformed Church, alt. uated on the national highway just tola aide of China Grove, waa destroy ed by fire yesterday afternoon about 5 o'clock. It was a brk-k church and only the walls were left standing. Service was held In the church yes terday morning, tbe congregation lea ing aoout i:.h o'clock. There was lire In tbe church, but as tbe fire was first discovered In tbe tower on tbe front and aa the stove flue went up In tbe center. It Is improbable that tbe lire originated from this cause. Some parties In a machine which broke down In front of tbe church discovered tbe Ore In the tower and gave the alarm. The flames had gained such headway, however, that nothing except me organ ana tne pulpit could be sav ed. The church was an excelleut brick structure with slate roof, and worth about $10,000. There was only $2,000 insurance. Kev. W. It, Keller is pas tor oi ine cnurcn. ALLEGED BANK ROBBER IS HELD AT CHARLOTTE Thomas Frailer Charged With Getting $10,009 From San Francisco Bank, Arrested on Street Sunday. Charlotte, April 7. Thomas Frazicr, alleged to have robbed a tank In San Francisco recently, getting away with over $10,000, was arrested while walk ing along one of tbe principal streets of Charlotte late today, by Detective Bradley, of the city police department who recognized tbe man from photo graphs sent out from the California city. Fraziar had been stopping at a leading hotel here, with his wife and two children. Detective Bradley said tonight that Frailer har made a con fession to him, admitting that he was the man wanted in San Francisco and telling him where a majority of the $10,000 could be found. The police of ficer did not divulge the alleged loca tion of the -money. Frazler's wife and children expressed great surprise that be was implicated In any crime. San Francisco officers were advised of the arrest ond Frazier is being held ia jail pending Instructions from them Data in the hands Of the police con cerning' the robbery shows that a re ward of $250 was offered for tbe ap prehension of Frazier and 1Q per cent of whatever part ot the stolen money might be recovered. B0LO PASHA IS " ' ; Action Based on Statement That He Had Revelations to Make. Paris, April 8.--Shortly following the action or President roincare in re fusing clemency to Bolo Pasha, con victed of treason in acting as agent of German propaganda in France which caused expectation that his exe cution would be long delayed, it was announced today that the military judicial authorities had granted Bolo a reorlve. Their action was based on representation of his Attorney Albert Salles that the convicted man had rev- , tlon8 t0 make t0 authorities, e "?"Lr.. ,k. ,rf Z V- " 1" w, h fact of tne Prive states that is is granted "for the mdment" $250,000,000 FIRST DAY This is Estimate of Sale of Liberty Bonds Saturday. (Br Tke Associate Fmsb) Washington. Anrll 8. Unofficial re ports to the treasury today PUte das BUDSCriDtlon TO ine uiiru 1 1 !tw, Titan ramtllllnff fit S2G0.000.- ono. Officials said tms was prooaoiy Uomewhat hleh. though, as first re- 1 nnrtH hto unusually optimistic, After -planning system of gathering 1 by day, officials are now considering i withholding reports, or giving ukuj i mit weeKlv or bi-weemy. vue nyuinti r -initial navmeuts uu buu- j gcrlptlona. - ' ' ' , TRAVELING MAN DIDN'T LIKE THE KAISER PICTUBK ii Two Shots at the Screen in Pieture Show at Davenport, Iowa, navennort. Ia.. April 8. uuruig a performance here last night of a pho toplay depleting German atrocities, a mn who inive Ills name as a, 4. ly and said he was a travelling sales man, tired two shots at a screen when an imnersonation of the German em- iwror was shown. Kelly was umeu into custody, but today It was announc ed be would not be prosecuted, Empire State Express Wrecked. (Br Tka AwMdatca rrcm) ' Albanv. Y April a The Empire State Express which left New York this morning for the west, and train No. 16 east bound from Buffalo, col lided with a freight wreck near Am sterdam shortly after noon. The east hound train Is reported to have over I turned into the Mohawk river. Doc-1 tors and relief trains have been order-1 P Tbe first reports received in Albany IT I said no one was killed. ; . - I Later Several, isaid to nave men Killed. New York, AprU 8. Several sons said to have been killed and many I In lured In the collision on the today. 1 v' I times fortune for the dispenser. Vlett I x)K)K:)KXXXXXm PRO INI fc,.t. Library ; -; ., HANDTnJrTOJTOPOST J. McNabb, of Bessemer, Ala., Draped With Red, White and Blue Streamers And Placarded on Back. REMAINED AT POST FOUR HOURS Is Alleged to Have Made Pro-German Remarks, and Was Discharged From Mill 7 For His Utterances. (Br Tk AaMdatc Prm) Bessemer, Ala., Aprils. Draped with streamers of red, white and blue, and with a placard on his back bear ing the inscription "disloyal to the U. 8. A," J. Will McNabb. a well known citizen, was handcuffed to a post on the principal thoroughfare of the city Sunday night by, unknown par ties. -lie remained fasteaed to the post for four hours. McNabb is alleged to have made nro- German remarks and is said to have been discharged from a rolling mill last week because of bis utterances. jni-.Mabb denied any disloyal state ment, and says he has two brothers in the army, and another subject to draft. CAPT. WHVTOCK'S DAUGHTER - KILLED Bx AUTO TRUCK Child of Eight Lets a Street Car Pass, ii ut woes not Hee inner vehicle. New York World, 6th. Helen Whytock, eight, of No. 611 Eighth Avenue, "Brooklyn, started to cross Seventh. Avenue at Fifth street last night when she saw a car ap proaching. She waithed until it pass ed then resumed her journey, but was struct) by a northbound auto truck owned and operated - by Dominick Russo, of No.-280 Hamburg Avenue. Private Walter Trout of the Marine Corps, convalescing at tbe Methodist Episcopal Hospital, a block away, was out for a walk and saw -the accident. He carried the' child to the hospital, wtere Dr. Wilson pronounced het dead. - Helen was the only daughter of Capt. Boslyn D, . Whytockv- a wen-.. known newspaper man. He was con nected with The Evening World when the war broke put. He enlisted and noon received a commission. . (Capt. and Mrs. Whytock and the little girl are well remembered here, having visited at the St. Cloud last September, when Capt. Whytock re presented the New York Evening World in the, investigation of the death Of Mrs. Maude A. Kin; Edi tor.) , Says Clemenceau Took Up Peace Ne gotiations in January. (By The AnadiM Fan) Vienna, via London,' 'April 8. Pre mier Clemenceau in January of this year took up discussions with Austria respecting the possibility of peace ne gotiations, says an official statement Issued here, today, in reply to tbe offi cial denials at Paris that France had taken the initiative in tbe exchanges. The statement says the negotiations were begun when Alexander Rlbot was Premier of France, that they were broken off, and again taken up by M. clemenceau '""J l "l " " gives, it all a flavor. Cowper. xXXXXXXXXX -k . . Announcement I a 14 f The 41st series in the Cabarrus County Build Ing, Loan and Savings Association is now open. - 1 Office in the Concord IT National Bank ; , f per - 1 New I ' If
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