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The Concord Daily Tribune VOLUME XV1I1. J. B. BHXEULL, Edttar a-el Fakthto CONCORD, N. C. SATURDAY, MAY 18, 1918. Price Five Cents. NO. 207 DISCOVERY OF GERMAN PLOT INVOLVING t MD But. IibrT GREAT MEETING FOR I About One Hundred Work A rs Meet to Perfect Plans to Raise This County's Quota And More. SUPPER SERVED BY RED CROSS CHAPTER Each Team Will Go to Work Monday. Luncheon to be Served Tuesday, Thursday And Saturday. A 'large and most enthusiastic meeting was held at the Y. Xf . A. here last evening for tile purpose of inaugurating the great drive for Red Cross funds, which is to begin next Monday and close Saturday. Several days ago the captains of eleven teams were appointed and each selected ten or more men to assist him in the work of raising $10,000 and more in this county for the lied Cross. Last night nearly every man on these tennis was present, and the enthusiasm wns unbounded. When it is to lie re ineuiliered that this work is for an absolutely unselfish purpose and that there is no profit or gain to he secured, the meeting last night was a remark able one. The meeting was presided over by H. Webb, manager of the campaign for this county. Cards had been pre pared from the county tax list, and the names of all tax-payers had been made and cards prepared for each. These were distributed to the various teams. It is hoped that each one of these will lie seen before next Satur day night and that not one of them will fail to contribute something. The teams will meet at the Y. M. C. A. on Tuesday, Thursday and Satur day at noon when the whistle blows anil "will be nerved a luncheon by the local Hed Cross chapter. At each meeting the work done will be report ed and further plans discussed. Uev. F. T. IiOgan has been placed in charge of the work of raising funds among the colored people. The following is a list of the teams with the captains of each: Team No. 1. Chas. A. Cannon captain: .1. F. Har ris W. A .Srribling. Jno. Fox, E. T. Cnnjion, K. C. Barnhardt, Jr.. W. B. Brnton. Geo. Fisher. Gilbert Hendrlx, Jno. M. Cook, W. R. Odell. Team No. 2. Cameron McRae, captain : J. E. Wil liamson, W. W. Flowe, E. H. Host. C. M. Ivey Avfbrey Hoover, G. H. Rich mond. Frank L. Smith, Dr. Feraber ttm, .T. Leonard Brown, J. Lloyd Mc Kay. Team No. 3. B. C. Barnhardt, Sr. : F. C. Niblock, J. A. Cannon, O. A. Carver, Dr. 8. W. Rankin. J. B. Womble. Dr. J. V. Davis, 8. M. Barr. J. P. Allison, Julius Fisher, K. B. Grady. Team No. 4. M. L. Ctirmon, captain; E. Sauvaln, J. F. Goodson T. D. Maness, A. B. Ponnds. J. W. Cannon, Jr.. Dr. Wm. Wadsworth, J. E. Davis, W. J. Glass, Stewart Bost, N. A. Archibald. Team No. 5. C. S. Smart, captain; M. H. Cald well J. F. Goodman. Dr. R. M. King, J TL Killlan. M. F. Ritchie. J. A. Ooodman.' L H. Dearmon, Reece I. Long, L. H. Sidberry, C. W. Widen- house. Team No. 6. .7. W. Cannon, Sr.. captain; Jno. A. nine. Tj. A. Fisher. John Laughlln, H, 8. Williams, F. J. Haywood,, Geo. Klntts. W. A. Wilkinson, H.'G. Rita, XV. L. Bell. M. J. CorL Team' No. 7. Chns. F. Ritchie, captain; J. A. Moose. W. W. Morris. Dan Isenhour, G. L. Patterson, Dr. T. N. Spencer, Joe F. Cannon, B. L. Umberger. , David Fowlkes, E. C. Turner, J. waiter uar- neU- Team' No. 8. A. T. Hartsell. Captain: D. B. Col- trane. J. Ie Crowell. J. G. Parks, C. H. Barrier, C. B. Wagoner, J. M. How ard, T. W. Smith, Dr. J. E. Smoot. nor ace Cook, L. A. Taimrt. Team No. 9. John L. Miller, cantata; C. A. Isen 'nonr. J. A. Kennett. A. B. Palmer, P. B. Fetser, Earl Brown, L. D. Coltrane, Frank Arm field, T. L. Chaney, C. H. Peck, L.R. Boger, - ,- Team N. 10. J. L. Hartsell, captain? W. H. Gib- on, J. H. Dorton, J. B. snerrui, u. u. Rtonestreet. Li M. Richmond. A. G, Odell, P .M. Lafferty, W. E. Stewart, , C. A. Dry, W A. roll.; C W. Bwink captain; M. Iv Marsh, L. A. Weddlngton, E. F. White, how. r1 CaldwelL A. M. nniri A. Webb. W. C. Houston, B. E. Harris, Dr. J. A. Patterson, W A. Overcash. The teams will have charge of the campaign in the townships of the coun- ' ty according to tneir nnmpers. CONCORD STORES CLOSE AT 6:3 P. T GROCERY STORES AT THE HtD CROSS DR LECTURE LAST NIGHT. Hon. J. VS. Elliott, of KiMxviUe, Speaks n TjfroiM Kultur." The small audience last evening a ine central school auditorium that "on. j. w. Klllott, of Knox "" feun., was more than pleased with bis lecture on "German Kultor." which was delivered in a fiery and Im pressive manner by the speaker. Sev eral ocuer meetings ui the city at the same time were responsible to a large degree for the email audience that was present to hear this lecture, "Texas" Ritchie, who arraDged to usve una lecturer come here. ni short and Inspiring talk on the Red Cross and the big drive that will be gin on Monday, and urged that every body, rich and poor, do whatever they they can to make this a big success, for the good that it does on the battle. fields and in the devastated sections of Europe cannot be measured. He then introduced Mr Elliott, who has been delivering lectures under the auspices of the Loyal Order of Moose, the or ganization that pays his expenses. All of the savagery which is being exhibited by the Huns in this war, de clared Mr. E 11 loot t, is but one way of giving vent to their natural inclina tions. The kaiser and his military au tocracy lias lieen blamed for the war and its horrors, but the kaiser and his counsellors are not at all resixin- sible for the autrocities and outrages committed by the German soldiers, as reported from Belgium and other sec tions where the Huns have overrun the country. If the President and Congress of our country were to tell the Ameri can soldiers to do the horrible things that the l.eriuun soldiers have been do ing, our whole country would rise up as one man. and refuse to do so. It the Huns did not want to do such things, the orders of their emperor and their military masters would not force them to such outrages as have been perpetrated. To give a slight idea of these hor rors, the speaker read an affidavit of a Belgian woman living in Iowa. This woman was In Belgium in August 1014, and saw the Germans come into her na tive town. There she saw them cut fingers off of women and -children, in order to get the rings that were on the fingers. She saw them bury alive an hnglish aviator who had been brought down with bis machine. She knew per sonally several women in that town that had been outraged by the German soldiers, and she was told this fact by the women themselves. Mr. Elliott also read, a letter from Helgiau wife to her husband. They had been living In a Belgian colony in Louisiana and the wife and daughter ent on a visit to friends in Belgium In the year 1914 Then came the Ger man invasion of that country, and the husband and father could hear noth ing from his dear ones. Finally, after two years, he received a note from his wife that was smuggled through the lines. Slie told of how the Huns had enslaved her and her daughter, and that the daughter had committed sui cide to escape a life of shame. She her- If had been enslaved until her body was ravaged by disease, and then the ermnns put her to the most menial tasks. There is no question about who is to win the war, declared the speaker. To doubt that we will win is to doubt that there is a just God that rules this universe, he said. In conclusion, the speaker told of the order that is paybig.his expenses and the expenses of other speakers to tour the country mid deliver addresses to help win the war. The Order of Moose, he said, is spending agout 10,- 000 ner month on this work : its mem bers have purchased over three million dollars worth of Liberty Bonds, and have contributed two and a quarter million dollars to the Red Cross. They have built two homes in Loudon and Paris, each at a cost of a quarter of million dollars, to care for the boys P.nrnne Tllpv hnve slso built a two million dollar vocational school at Mooseheart, Illinois, where the chit dreu of Moose are given an education and a training for life, without one cent of cost fo them. . After the lecture at the school audi torium. there was a business meeting of the Moose in the court house., at which about forty new members were received into the order by initiation. MILITARY CO-OPERATION BETWEEN JAPAN AND CHINA To Meet the Dangers Theaiened From German Penetration (Br The Associated Press) Paris. Friday. May 17, Japan and China have been informed by allied government that they have arranged for entente military co-operation to meet the dangers threatening the peace of -the far East from German uenetra tlon. Purely a Defensive Measure. Washington. May 18. The entente military co-operation, arranged to meet threats to the peace of the Far East by German penetration, as re ported today from Paris, is under stood here as purely a defensive meas ure in which participation for the pres ent will be confined to Japan and China. Its primary purpose is the safe guarding of Manchuria with possum itles of, Its extension into Siberia. ".' At The Theatres,' ; "Dynamite, the ninth episode of "The Bull's Eye," , featuring Eddie Polo, at the New Pastime today. Ab Charlie Chaplin In "The Night owls.' Eileen Sedgwick and Fred Church In "TheTemple of Terror." at the Pied mont today. Also a Gale Henry and fHnghle Mack comedy, "Saved From a Vamp. E AGAIN TO THE FORE The Discovery of a German Plot Involving Persons There Was Announced Last Night. GOVERNMENT ACTS NONE TOO SOON All Signs Pointed to Another Outbreak of Armed Viol ence And Landing of Ger man Troops. (By The Associated Press) London, May 18. Ireland and Iriso affairs have again come to the fore. Discovery of the German plot involv ing certain persons in Ireland was an announced last night in Dublin by the ssuauce of a proclamation signed by Edward Sbartt. chief secretary of Ire land In the name of Lord Lieutenant sserts that the British subjects, resi- lents in Ireland, had entered into trea- inable communication with the Ger man enemy, and calls for drastic mea sures to pur down the German plot oluntary recruiting is urged in order that compulsion may lie avoided, and that the Irish may assist in putting lown the conspiracy. Communication with Dublin is slow. nit a dispatch to the Times says that large number of persons already have been arrested in Dublin and other parts of Ireland. The number of Irish In co-operation ith the enemy Is said to lie very small. There have lieen various hints recently of German activity in Sinn ein ranks, and there have lieen no full explanation of recent arrests, in cluding that- of a man who landed on the Irish coast from a german subma rine in a collapsible boat. Reference to voluntary enlistment the proclamation appears to confirm he predictions that the government has changed jts policy concerning its has changed its policy concerning conscription in Ireland owing to the ationalist anil Sinn Fien opposition. Government Acted Not a Moment Too Soon. Dublin. Ireland, May 18 The Irish Times today says the government has not acted a moment too soon, as all signs point to another outbreak of armed violence, possibly in connection with the landing of German troops n rish soil. Prominent Officials of Sum Fein Ar rested. London. May 18. rrnf. Edward de alera, president of the Sinn Fein. Arthur Griffith, founder of the Sum eiti. Countess Mnrkievicz. Dr. Dillon. and Yilliam Cosgrave. Sinn Fein M. for Kilkenny, have been arrested, according to an Exchange Telegraph dispatch from Dublin. Additional arrests in Ireland, re ported in a Times' dispatch from Dub lin, include Dr. Hayes ami Darren Figggis. Number Arrested at Belfast. 'Belfast, Ireland, May 17. A num ber of Sinn Felners were arrested here last night and removed to mili tary barracks. WILSON'S MESSAGE TO THE FRENCH PEOPLE Sent on the Eve of the Great German Offensive. (Br The Associated Press) Paris, May 18. On the eve of the great German offensive, says an oili cial note issued here today, President Wilson, anxious to address a message to the French People, has asked one of his personal friends James Kerney, di rector of the Franco-American commit tee on Public Information, to convey the following to them: The people of the United States is bunny to find itself m tne brotner hood of arms with the people of France In a war In which every man who loves right ought to be proud to take part GENERAL CONFERENCE MAY ADJOURN TONIGHT Fall Meeting of Bishops Will Be Held in Hhreveport. (Br The Associated IreM.t Atlanta. May 18. When delegates to the General Conference of the Metho dist church, south, assembled toaay, general belief was expressed that a final adlounrment would De raaen w niirht Announcement was made that the fall meeting of the college of bish ops would be held at Shreveport, Louis iana, on invitation oi tne woei memor lal church of that city. . German Airplanes Attempt to Bombard n (Br The Associated Press) Paris, May 18. German airplanes attempted to bombard Paris again last night, hut did not reacn tne city, uomos were dropped on outlying suDurDs. CONCORD STORES. CLOSE AT :M PM.l GROCERY STORES AT U.M. BATlirUJAiB, H r, SL Mr. Clyde Deaton la confined to hU IRISH AFFAIRS AR home by sickness. LYNCHED IN GEORGIA Were Implicated in the Kill ing of Hampton Smith and Shooting of His Wife Last Thursday. ONE IS SAID TO HAVE CONFESSED Will Head Said He Stole a Rifle From the Smith Home While the Couple Were at Supper. Hr The Aeaorlatra PreMl ViiMostu. Ga., May IS Will Head and Will Thompsou, negroes implicate in the murder of Hampton Smith uu.l the shooting of Mrs. Smith, at Barney Ihiusilay night, were lynched by in dignant citizens of tli.it locality last night, it was learned today. Head is said to have confessed the entire plot against the Smith's. Head is said to have stated he stole a rifle from the Smith Imiiu- while the couple were at supper. After the shoot- li iK Mis. Smith was malt rented and left for dead, it was said Ue.nl was strung up at the cross roads near Troupevllle. while Thomp son whs captured and hanged at Camp Groiind church, below Morven. Sidney Johnson, another negro im plicated in the attack on Mrs. Smith is reported to be surrounded by possees In Knight's Creek swamp near here. Another lynching is expected If he is captured. EXPLOSION AT PITTSBl'RG. Occurred in Chemical Plant. Number of Buildings Tern to Pieces. (Br The Associated Prea Pjttshurg, Pa., May 18. An expms to In the soda house of the T. N. T. plaht of the Aetnn Cl emical Company, at Ockdale. west of Pittsburg, soon after noon today, tore a number of lurlilings to pieces ni-d cnusrti. whet lii.t icportH indicated, great loss of lit1. Undertakers, summoned to ll.e plant declared that more than pel miiis had been kVed am! telephone reports from the village said it would be hours before it would be possible to even estimate the number of cas ualties. Another big explosion occurred at 1 :50 o'clock, this time a big tank fill ed with explosives, known as the T. X. A. letting go. Debris was scattered far and wide and it was reported that a number of persons in the great crowd ho stood on the hillside and watched he iire were injured. S01TIO3RN GENERAL PRESBYTERIAN ASSEMBLY Committee on l iuon Will Report That Any Form of I'nion Cannot Be Agreed Upon. (Mr The Associated frets I liurant, Okla., Mayl& Presenta tlon and discussion of committee re ports was expected to occupy a great1 er pai't of today s session of the Gener al Assembly of the Southern Presbyter- Ian church meeting here. Various com mittees which met yesterday were tu present their reports during the day. In advance of today s meeting inter est among the delegates centered on a report that the committee on union with the Presbyterian Church U. S. A., (the northern church) would report that the committees from the two churches were unable to agree on any form of union. It was not known when the report would be presented to the Assembly here. ENSIGN STONE HAS ARRIVED IN LONDON Had Been Given Up for Drowned in English Channel Last Month. (Br The Associated Press) Washington. May 18. Knsign E. A. Stone, United States naval reserve, of Norfolk. Va.. given up for drowned in the English Channel last month, has safely arrived In London, accord ing to information received here to day from London representatives on public information. With a '-companion Stone clung for 80 hours without food or drink to the underside of a seaplane pontoon be fore he was saved. The Weather Next Week. (Br The Associated Press) Washington, May 18. Generally fair weather with nearly normal temper atures, was forecast today for the southeastern States for tbe week be ginning- Monday. The Mission Study Club of Centra Methodist church will meet on Monday afternoon at 4 o'clock, at tbe home of Mr, t W. r. Goodman, , " CONCORD STORES CLOSE AT 6:30 P. M.f GROCERY STORES AT 1 P. M. SATURDAYS, 10 P. M. Miss Lula Belle Paris entertained the members of ber Sunday school clam last night. WAR SUMMARY. Events Are in Progress With Import ant Drar ng en, the War. (Mr The ImmiM rral While the renewal of the Geruuiu offensive in the west awaits comple tion of enemy prep rut ions and weatii er conditions that fit with the German plans, events are iu progress elsewhere wih lmporaut bearings on the war as a whole. The arrest of a number of Irish lead ers as a result of the discovery of an alleged plot which according to some of the reports may nave contemplated the landing of German forces in Ire laud, has a bearing upon the develop ment of the British uutu power prob lem as probably tending to bring tu a head the question of Irish recruiting, voluntary or otherwise. In a much more distant field the far east thp allied nations have de cided to co-operate In a military way to meet the dangers thereateulug the pence of that part of the world from (ierntan penetratiou. Meanwhile the indications from Ixitb German and entente quarters are that the hour of resumption of the German drive In the west is not far distance. Significant in this connection may be the statement from the German Chan cellor von Hertling. that he was con fident that "further events in the west would bring nearer a "speedy etui of the war." It was just such pronouncements us this that iinniediHtely preceded the op ening of the Gei-intui offensive on March 111. Jl'NE 3TH THE DATE FOR REGISTRATION. or Youths Who Have Attained 21 Years Since Last Army Draft. Uy Tbe AMMH-laleu Preaal Washington, May IS. June ." has en fixed as the date for registration youths who have attained 21 years since the first army draft registration, unc 5 last year. The resolution nutli- orizing the new registration is nwuit- i the President's signature, but the rovost Marshal General's office vir- ually has completed preparations for arrying it into etiect. It is estimated that about S00.000 men available for military service will lie found among the new registrants this year. During the year, beginning line 5th, it is planned to have quar terly registrations. AMERICAN FORCES NOW A MILITARY FACTOR Now Rank Third Among the Troops in the Mileage Held. (By The Associated Press Washington. May 18. The Ameri can expeditionary force has become such a military factor on the western battle front, members of the Senate Mil tary Committee were advised to- dtiywit their weekly conference with Secretary Raker at the war council, that they now rank third in the mileage held. The French hold the most mileage, the British rank second, and the Ameri cans third, exceeding the mileage held by the Belgians. KILLED IN A DISPUTE OVER TEN DOLLARS Overland Smith Killed at Mount Olive Late Yesterday. rBy The Associated Press) Mt. Olive. N. C, May 18. As a result. of a dispute over $10, Overland Smith was killed and Jim Lane was seriously injured late yesterday, four miles from Mt. Olive. The coroner's jury held an inquest tbis morning and recom mended that Bumice Smith. John Moore and Bunyon Smith be held with out ball. Bunyon Smith is under ar rest, but the other two are at large. OFFICLYL COMMUNIQUE FROM GENERAL PERSHING Detalis of the Bringing Down of Two German Airplanes by Capt. Peterson. iUj The Associated I'resai Washington, May 18. Another offi cial communique from Generul Persh ing was made public today by the War Department. Gen. Pershing transmitted details of the hriinrinir down of two German uirplanes by Capt. Peterson, of he American Army, while aviators were waiting for a French general coining to confer decorations. Casualty List Today. (Br The Associated Press.) Washington. May 18. The casualty list today contained "!) names, divid ed as follows: Killed in action 3; died of wounds 3; died of disease 4; wounded severly 5; wounded, degree not known 1. Wounden slightly 9. Missing in action 12. Prisoners 2. Violent Artillery Fighting Below Amiens. (By The Associated Press) Paris, May la Violent artillery fighting north and south of the Avre on a front below Amiens is reported in today s official statement. Heavy ArltUlery Fighting Last Night. (By The Associated Press) London,-May 18. Heavy artillery fighting last night between Qlvenchy and. Robecq on the southern side of the Flanders salient, is reported by the war otrice. Mr. Clarence Eudy, of Washington, D, CM Is visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. D. Eudy, on McGlll street. VON HERTLING HOPES FOR PEACE THIS YEAR Says That "Further Events in the West Will Bring Us Nearer a Speedy End of the War." INTERVIEW GIVEN OUT AT BERLIN Says Germany Would Joy fully and Unhesitatingly Join an International Peace League. (Br The Associated Press) Amsterdam, May 18. "I am still on- timistic enough to lielieve we shall have peace this year,'' said Uermau 'huncellor Count von Hertling in an interview with Berlin corresnoudents of the Budapest newspaper Az Est "I cherish firm confidence that further events in the west will bring us nearer a speedy end of the war. 'If the world should one dav unite in an international peace league," add ed Count von Hertling "Germany would unhesitatingly and joyfully Join in it. Unfortunately present conditions give very little hope of that. Our desire is to win ami preserve peace." THE HESSIAN FLY IS ' DAMAGING THE WHEAT Mr. Millsap Says Much Damage Was Done By the Fly in March. Salisbury Post. Mr. K. S. Millsap, district agent and director of farm demonstration work for a wide territory, with head quarters at Statesville, is in Kowau today and with County Demonstrator Stabler, is makiag uu examination of wheat conditions in the county, lu talking to a Post representative Mr. Millsap said that the fly had done serious damage to the wheat through this sectiou. The section referred to is perhaps the best wheat section of the state, including such counties as Cabarrus, Rowan, Iredell, aud Cataw ba, and other counties of the section. The wheat loss is considerable, aud Mr. Millsap intimated that it might he as much as 40 per cent. This damage was done during the warm mouth of March, and is just now beginning to show. As the wheat is now reaching that state in its growth and development, the work of the fly is appreciated. The recent re port on the crop conditions for the nation shows that conditions justified verv optimistic feeling, and the in dications pointed to a possible billion busher crop. Mr. Millsap said that when these reports went into the de partment that -wheat had not deve loped to show the damage referred to and conditions today in the territory he is familiar with, and which he re ports, are not so promising as wnen the reports went In. due to the damage done by the Hessian fly. After making an examination it wltl be possible to make a close estimate of the damage, nnd Mr. Millsap prom ises to make such a report on his his findings in the Rowan wheat fields. THE COTTON MARKET. Opened Steady Today at a Decline of 2 to 20 Points. Closed Firm. " (Br The Associated Press) New York. May 18. The cotton mar ket opened steady today at a decline of 20 to 20 points, with active months selling 22 to 25 points net lower after the call. After the decline to 24.80 for July and 23.90 for October, how ever, the market was steadied by cov ering and showed rallies of several points during early trading. Cotton futures opened fairly steady. J nl v. 25.00. October. 24.05; December, 23.92; January, 23.S5. Cotton closed firm. July. 24.94; Oc tober 24.0S; December. 23.98; Janu ary, 23.S(i: March. 23.(10. The price of cotton today on the local market remains at 30 cents per pound ; cotton seed at 7o cents per bushel. "The Man Who Was Afraid." featuring Bryant Washburn AT THE NEW PASTIME MONDAY, MAY 20. -! This is from Mary Brecht Pul-; ver's story In the Saturday Evening Post . SIX REELS -i 1 P. M. BATUKUAIB, if r. n. V
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