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WANT ADS.
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VOI2SNoa2S.
WITH YPRES AREA PfflACED BY THE
german advance british leave
Advance positions in good order
Withdrawal from For
ward Position East of
Town Carried Out in
Perfect Order and
Without Interference
by the Enemy.
IS INDICATED IN
OFFICIAL REPORT
Germans Hammering
the British Line North
of BattledAttacks
Repulsed With Heavy
Losses to the Teuton
Forces.
With the Ypres salient in southwest
ern Belgium menaced by the continued
advance of the German on the Lys bat.
tlefront immediately to the south the
British have begun to withdraw from
this advanced line.
Today's official report from Sir Doug
las Haig'a headquarters announces what
is at least ajartUL wjthdrawalJrgm
the Ypres sector. The British forward
positions east of Ypres have been giv.
. 3 - - il. . 1 '
en up and new line to the west occu-
pied. "; The withdrawal was carried out
in perfect order and without enemy in
terference.
Apparently the- retrograde movement
is pivoted on the sector where London
reports ;;a jinx-egaful conntef attack eat'
ried out on the Germans who, yesterday
captured the town of Wypschaete, the
highest point of the easterjr Messlnea
ridge and who, presumably, pushed out
Somewhat beyond, the town. They are
unofficially reported, indeed, as having
advanced to St. Eloi, a mile and a half
north of Wypschaete and two miles west
of Hoocbeke and about six miles-directly
south of. Ypres.
St. Eloi is on the old battle line as it
existed before the British began their
offensive last year, taking Messinea
ridge and later pushing on gradually ab.
sorbing all of Fasschendale ridge, the
continuation of the spur to the north
east. . . . ,.
This may be an ' indication that (lie
British retirement it) -to the line of
the 1017 although suih a withdrawal
would include the abandonment of the
entire Passchendale region as the fes
sines ridge area, from the grater part of
which they have, been driven in the
present battle. It would leave the town
of Ypres, however, still in British hands.
There seems no danger at present of
a retirement on any such larger sca'e
than this on the northern end of the
Franco-Belgian Jine e,s result of the
rcent German successes. The line as a
whole appears to hold as long as the
railway communications supporting : it
are intact. Apparently the security of
thee communications has been provided
.. for. by the massing of large forces in
the northwesterly aector of the Lys bat
tle' front.
The German objective here, as has been
frequent' pointed OUT," Is III vebrouct,!
the important railway junction about
four miles beyond the point of the fartb
est advance westward near Bleppe wood.
six miles southewest of Bailleul. A
British counter attack last night indi
cated the Strength of the British in this
Vital sector. - It resulted in driving
the Germans from the town of Met
terem, a mile and a half west of Bai
leul,' which they had entered, . -
- The Germans are still hammering the
British line north of Bailleul while to
tlw north of Wypschaete-Mount Kern m el
towering 'height which dominates the
situation In this sector, the Brtish now
seem able to deal with them along the
Ballieul.Wypschaete line, however, and
the repulse of the repeated attacks with
Bailleul sector are reported.
' The recent ' attack' in ' Flanders does
not seem to have diverted material
British reserves from the Somme battle,
field, as the Germans apparently expect
ed, and successful operations are occur
ing to the southward from Arras reveal-
ed ibe Brituh in atxengtb -on this front
while the main German effort must in
evitably be exerted.
The British last
nieht counter
attacked opposite Boy-
ot r"r,;"s of Ccrmn n
I 1 J I i I l I I -N I I 1 till
INDIFFERENT AIR VANISHES AS
BOLO PASHA FACES FIRING SQUAD
' - PAKIS, APRIL 17. Standing before firing squad in 'the forest of
Vixcenetyearly today, Paul Bolo Pasha, condemned traitor, lost entirely
.bis attitude of indifference he had maintained tubseqeunt and during his
triu.. , -
When the order to fire was given the rifles spoke and Bolo crumpled
up with several bullets in his head.
Escorted by several guards Bolo left the Sante prison 45 minutes be
fore hia execution. After leaving the automobile at Vincennea he listened
to the exhortations of a prison dhaplin. Then his eyea were bandaged and
he went without a struggle to hia place before the firing squad.
yesterday, completely restoring the
lines.
The Somme battle appears likely to
break out furiously again in the near
future judging from the reports that
come from both the French and British
war offices of the marked increase in the
artillery fire soth of the Somme.
CARTER DALTON IS
TO
Former Member of General As
sembly States That He Will
Not Contest for Seat Again. ;
Carter Daltou, who was a member of
tl.e .general assembly of North Caro-
litia from Guilford county during the
sessions of that body during 1917,' will
not be a candidate for re-election, he
announced, this" morning. No - specific
rewioV.for the' deciaioh .wa.al given by
Mr. Ualton. buthe "made it plain that
he was in earnest and that "under no
condition would he campaign again to
represent Guilford county.
. "If there ever was a time when the
people of Guilford county should si
led a strong man of well-known and
inselflsh patriotism, this is that time.
I look forward with pleasure to ren
dering any suport in my power to a
man of that type when his candidacy
is endorsed," Mr. Dalton stated.
"There -are a number of reasons why
I cannot again be a candidate for the
legislature, and at the present I cannot
explain my decision. However,' I shall
be glad to support any man endorsed
by the executive committee for the
place."
Mr. Dalton served as a member of
the legislature In 1017 and was a mem
ber of the committee appointed to re
vise the code of the state. In this im
portant work he has been kept bwy for
the past several months. He made a
good record as a lawmaker and introduced-
several bills which were passed,
one of them changing the charter of the
ritV no that municiDal elections were
-made non-partisan. Mr. Dalton would
make no statement concerning any
Democrat who make aeek the office he
held last year when seen this morning
BARON BURIAN NAMED
SUCCESSOR TO CZERNIN
He Preceded Canned Count Crernin in
Office and Hat Since Been Minister
of Finance.
Amsterdam, April 15 Baron Burian
has been appointed Austro-Hungarian
foreign minister trf succession to. Count
Crernin, according to a Vienna dis
patch.
Baron Stephen Burian von foicege
was minister of foreign affairs from
September 15,. 1915 to December 23,
1916, when he was succeeded by Count
Crernin. Baron Burian has been Aus-tro-Hungarian
finance minister since
Count Czernln has been in the foreign
office.
' Always. Liked America.
Washington, . April 17. Confirmation
of the appointment of Baron Burian
io the Austro-Hungarian foreign - min
istry In succession to Count Czernin
was received at the state department
today from its own agencies in Europe.
Baron Burian has been regarded by
officials here as more friendly to Amer
ica in the past than any of the other
statesmen of the dual empire. It is real
ized,, however, that his attitude1 may
have ! undergone a considerable change
since the entry of America into the
war and. particularly in view of the
measurr of imesl'4ttend!ng1ie"prea"
ent great drive of the central powers in
, central France, which has done much to
strengthen the war parties in Germany
ami Austria to silence the pm-ifM and
RUN
AGAIN
PL
HIGH POINT, NORTH CARO UNA, "WEDNESDAY AFTER
42 Per Cent of White Peo
ple in The City are mem
bers of Church
One of the first interesting facts re
vealed by the religious census of the
city which was taken last Sunday aft
ernoon is that there is a total white
population of 10,5n2 inside the corporate
limits of High Point. Of this number
1,691, or, about 42 per cent, are menr
bree of churches, while 6,001, or about
58 per cent, have no connection wib
any church. Statistics concerning the
results of the census in the negro sec
tions of the city are not yet available.
Senator Overman is Highly
Praised in Letter From
President (Wilson
(By PARKER R. ANDERSON.)
Washington,, April 17. President Wil
son paid Senator Overman a high com
pliment today when he wrote the North
Carolinr.enafor " V letters commending
him for his fight for the Overman bill
which would permit the president to
reorganize the departments of the gov
ernment in order that the war may be
more expeditiously handled. The let
ters follows:
"'You are a splendid fighter. I am
following your present generous and
able course in pushing the bill with ap
preciation, and admiration and wanted to
'jive myse'f the pleasure of sending you
t least this line."
37 Burned To Death When
American and British
Steamers Collide
An Atlantic Port, April 17. Thirty-
seven lives were lost when the Amer
ican steamship 0. B. Jennings and the
British steamer Warknight, both loaded
with naptha and inflammable oil, col
lided off the British coast March 24.
According to the members fo the crew
of the Jennings, who arrived here to
day, all who perished, with one excep
tion, were on the British vessel. They
were burned to death by blazing as
and oil.
Wake Forges Ahead
of Other Counties in
Loan Subscriptions
Raleigh, April 17. By today's and
Tuesday's reports Wake county forges
to' the front in the Liberty Loan cam
paign in the state. Up to that time
Forsyth county had held the lead, but
the total ' subscriptions reported to
Chairman Joseph G. Brown, of the cen
central Libertv Loan committee for
North Carolina from Wake county
amount to $583,900 and from Forsyth
county, $569,600. The- next nearest
competitor for this honor is Mecklenburg
with subscriptions amounting to $306,-
600. The last named count y did nto
begin the campaign until this week.,
t Total subscriptions for , the entire
state tip to noon Wednesday amounted
to $4,749,300.
THIRD LIBERTY LOAN
FIGURES GROW RAPIDLY
Washington, April 17.-Liberty Loan
subscriptions as shown . in, reports to
the treasury today now total $931,156,
050, the first day's business from the
Minneapolis district, where campaign
Ing began Monday, brought in approx
imately $25,000,000. 1 ' . .
Cadet' Flyer-KiHea. 111 ,m"'
Hamilton, Ont, April 17. Cadet B
Bonyng, of New Jersey, was Instantly
ki'Ied and his pilot serious'y hurt in an
ini ii'iinn accident a mile from the Beans.
fill&IM
TIIE' FIGIIEG
Battle in Flanders is Rag
ing With Incredible
Intensity Today, Cor
respondent Reports.
Germans Have Gained
No Ground Since Ear
ly Tuesday and Ap
parently. Have Lost.
London, April The battle in
Flanders is raging today with incredi
ble intensity telegraph the correspond
ent of Renter's Ltd. at British head,
quartern. As far as the latest reports
enabled the correspondent to judge the
battle U going :a favor of the Brtish.
Notwithstanding the desperate at
tacks of. the Germans they have gained
no ground since Tuesday morning and
apparently have lost some.
During bis three years' experience in
the war zone, the correspondent wires he
ias never heard, aucn terrific and unin
termittent general) fire as has been
heard since Tuesday, afternoon when he
fi'ed his dispatch. J; ',
BRITISH ADVANCE TO SOUTH
OF YPRES AT DUSK TUESDAY
London, April vl 7. The British at
dusk Tuesday, says a Keuter's dispatcn
"rom British ; headquarters in France,
were advancing in the neighborhood of
Wypschaete, south of Ypres, and wer
reported again to be holding ground
which they had lost there.
Among the numerous enemy attacks
Tuesday afternoon and evening on the
lorthern front in Flanders, one in great
force T tie tZilIebeWrleetor was Lisas'
trous for the Germann whose massed
waves were shot down at close range
rhey apparently were ordered to retir
nd then the Brttish gunners got on
their flank and the slaughter was ap
palling. METEREN RECAPTURED BY
FIELD MARSHAL HAIG'S MEN
London, April 17 The British have
-eeapfurcd Meteren on the. northern bat.
'e front by' a counter attack, it is an
iiour.ced officially.
The ltritish nositona lielore 1 pi ev
tave been withdrawn to a new line.
South of Arra the l.ermans were
'riven out of British trencnes into which
hey had forced their way
Early this morning '.the Oenwiii artilJ
ry 'w"!ime more active soul I. of the
Miinmi'.
The BritUh made. Hiiccessful counter
ttaeks in the 'neighborhood of Wyp
schaete. Repeated German attack
orth of Bailleul were repulsed,
ARTILLERY FIRE IS HEAVY
ON PRINCIPAL SALIENTS
Paris, Anril l7.-?Heavy artillery
Ighting occurred 'ast night on the prin
ipal battle front between the Somme
nd the Oise, the war office reports.
The statement follows:
. "On the front between the Komme aiu'
he Oise there was ereat activity of
irtillery on both sides and patrol en
ounterg occurred. .,
"The French earriedlout several raids
specially southwest of. Butte de Mesnil
the region of Tenure and north of
Tlireyv We took a number of prisoners,
On the right bank of the Meuse, a Oer
"nan attack east of Samogrieux was re
wised, Otherwise the night passed in
quiet. ,r
Germans Advance Here.
Lionaon, April lAccordinir to an
Exchange Telegraph' dispatch from Pari
the Germans have advanced from Wyp
schaete as far as St.! Eloi and also have
1 grip on the southern slopes of Mount
Kemmel. ,
Four-Minute Men
to Speak at the Two
y; ' Theaters of City
Thomas J. Oo'd, chairman of the four,
minute committee )f nigh Toint, today
assigned four workers to speak in the
ocnl theaters on J1 riday and Katurday
evenings. ine remarKft or ine speas
ers will be confined t the third issue
of Lilerty loan bonds. The assignments
eret - L' ;. - ., ,
Friday evening," ft.50 UniadwaytV:
ter, M. C. Crowson 1 Koe theater, V. A.
f. idol .
Saturday evenin?, R'10 Broadway
thciitcr, Jndjre J. " n AtlRtin; Fosi
?y:y:.ry
NOON, APRIL 17, 1918.
Our Army Fire Fighters
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1
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Members of the National army now
drilled under expert supervisors to combat
GILBERT W. CLARK AGAIN CHOSEN
HEAD OF MERCHANTS ASSOCIATION
DURING ANNUAL MEETING OF BODY
Harmonious and Enthusiastic
Meeting of Members of Asso
ciation Held Last Night
Work of Association During
Past Year Outlined.
GAS AND ELECTRIC RATES
The annual meeting of the Retail
Merchants' association of High Point,
held last evening, was a harmonious and
enthusiastic affair, by far the best gath
ering held .in the history the organ- J
ization, both old and new: Gilbert MY,
lark, who aeted ns president during
the past year sought to impress upon
ie members present the fact that he
mid not accept again, that he couldn't
fford to give the time during the com-'
ng year to the allmr ol the assocla-
m that he had been giving dining the
Mist 12 moii tin and. too, he was of the
dnion that new blood in the presiden-
ial chair would help things coiisider-
blv. Mr. Clark even vacated the
lair and told the vice president, E. N.
Allen, to till it while he made an ef-
rt to drive his resignation home.
Mr. Clark was unanimously elected
head of the association for another
vear despite ins clamors, tne promise
f hearty and continued cooperation
rom everv mem her present beintr maue.
ikewise did the members give the pres-
lent heir fervent promise that he would
not have to' spend so milch time In the
terest of the nssociat ion's nffairs.
T1k election of officers and directors
iNiiiillv takes place as the last business
the evening, but the mind of the
nembera was for solving the hard prob-
ms while the meeting was young. Ac-
ordingly the motion was made, second-
d and passed to dispense with certain
ormalities and proceed with the elec
ion. Mr. Clark was re.e 'ected presl-
lent; K. X. Allen, vice president and
A. Hatcher, treasurer, by a linani-
nous rising vote. A committee of three
was then appointed to select the names
if men for the directorate, it being the
dea to get merchants on this board
rom all sections of the city,-the nuni-
'ier of directors was ' increased , to .10,
making the total 12, the officers having
voice in the deliberations nnd acts
if the body. The directors chosen were
V. W. Idol. J. R. Welch, T. J. Steed. W.
D. Poor, David Hnrris, W. H. Gurley,
V Robinson, E. C. Dowd and W. A.
Ring.
The report of the treasurer thowed
that the affairs of the association, finun-
ially and numerically, were in excellent
condition, the best in the history of
the association. The report of Mr.
Clark was'porhaps one of the most in
teresting ' phase of th meeting, the
president .not being a bit bashful in !
teminding some member of the asso-j during the present week, this being ab
elation : that they had failed to forget ! solutely necessary in order than the men
lb selfish idea durin;r the year, -Other
members,, however, "wore in receipt, of
the profoundest thanks from the execu
tive, for their assistance. Affairs- con
fronting the merchant were discussed
in ; this report, ; making it rather . a
"shop, talk," for the merchants, a sub
ject in which they were unusually in
tegrated '7' '" ,'ry'j
Mr. Clerk urged the 'merchant' to tie
palikitic, to assist! tlie government in
any' and all moves that mght to cukn:
lated to bring about the desired end to
the war, the success of the allied arms.
Particularly were war; savings and
' --s iin.1 1 !' -v loan b'.--
" 1
in training at Camp Lewis are
being
possible tiames in the cantonments.
stressed, the merchants deciding to of
fer thrift stumps as change in as many
transactions as possible in an effort to
get more people addicted to the thrift
habit on a designated day in the near
future. The attempt will not be made,
however, until the third Liberty loan
campaign has been completed. The mer
chants went on record as being heartily
in favor of doing all in their power to
assist the government in disposing of
the securities, both bonds and stamps.
During the interim preceding the elec
tion of officers, there was animated di
cussion eoncernin,ti work of the' as
sociation during tbe jpast year. Mem
ber heettofoBfrtosrt'thfcfc. 'jawr ewt-
tinuesd activity and resultant good work
done could be traced very largely to
1 he untiring efforts of the president who
fain would retire. Mr. Clark had work
'd fur the association unceasingly and
had practically succeeded in uniting the
several factions which previously had
existed among the merchants. He was
1 good mixer and by coming in con
htant contact with the merchants had
caused them to forget many selfish mo
ives and to speak kind words of com-
(Continiied on page 5.)
GOLD IS MENTIONED
FOR MIL!
Friends of Local Attorney Men
tion His Name as Candidate
to Succeed Mr. Dalton.
Simultaneously with the announce
iient of Carter Da ton that lie was out
it' politics and would uuilcr no coiidi.
ion again contest for the honor of rep
eseuting (iuilford county in the general
s!enilly of North Carolina, the friendi
if Thomas .1. (ioid, utioney, have men.
.one. I his name as the man particularly
.tied to represent (iuilford county dur-
.W mi' .K-oocauoiiM u. u,c ....
IfllS. Mr. tiold,' as is doubtless well!
.... il... i i:i .1 l.l.. :.,
nd made a -gisxl record during his
term. s r , . . ,
Mr. tiotd has not announced that he ib
in a receptive mood, neither baa he de
nied it, he sticking close to that Jin
of silence usually extinct among can
.lidate, receptive and otherwise. , AH
undidates for state offices must be en
Jorsed-by the executive committees ol
the various counties in the tate and
then they enter the primary. Naturally
the man having the largest vote survives
this weeding out firowss.
The Democratic executive i-ommittci
of Oui ford county is slater to meet
endorsed, if they are to make the race,
may post their entrance fee an re)ulreJ
by the primarv laws of the state. Clem
. Wright, one of the county's represen
tatives of 1!H7, will again contest for
a seat ,it is stated in political circles.
liul u tin will riinpMUMfit ttm .Miafiirn Aiift
v
of the county w not knowiv but High'
: . . ' i
Point la n wavs 0irpT1 ona retirispnts-1
. .' ,? i i
tivp and so far the name
iJAEfc'J '-
W the only one mentioned to succeed Mr.
Dalton. ' :ty -: V '' i m -;t
r Sot ton . futures opened . firm: .May.
July. 2158; October, 27.fi'.); De-
ri-,!lHT, 27.17; .!:.- l'f, 27.1 1 '
Showers tonijht and Thursijjf,
except fli on the coast tonight;
moderate south winds. '
Member Associated Press,
loau . voities
L
11 DRIVE
E TONIGHT
Brisk Campaign to Raise
City's Allotment is to
Be Formally Begun
With Meeting at Club.
Campaign Plan to Be
Outlined and Other
Important Announce
ments Expected.
Final details preparatory to the wag
ing in ItLjh Point of a brisk and effect
ive campaign in behalf of the third Lib.
erty loan wll.be. discussed and consid- ,
ered at a full meeting of Patriots who
are to compose the four companies to
be held in the Commercial club at 8 p. 1
in. Wednesday. 5 .' ,
At thia meeting, which will be pre, :
ceded by the serving of supper by the
Liberty Loan ladies of the city, the '
campaign in High Point will lie formally ' '
'aunehed, although active work will not
e commenced until Thursday morning '
Present plans are to have the whirlwind
ampaign continue until the last of the '
nonth, giving the workers amp!e time
lot only to raise, but td more than
abe this city's quota of $351,000. . '
According to Carter Dalton,4 command,
r of the ybcrty Loan Battalion ' of v
High Point, only three speeches have
een arranged fo rthig eveningii They..
will be brief and will .not . exceed ten
minutes each. The trio of (Speakers, in-,
iluding J. Elwood Cox, phalrman of, the
ampaigri, in (Iuilford county, Patriot
loberaon and Patriot T J. ,Ool4 wil'. out-, , .
ine and explain, the three different dis.
tort phases of the campaign. . jCktlrmaa
.xTlTdTicuM
bird issue, how this : loan differs front
its precedessora and ; tiUief : inUrestln '
iits of information that will be of ex. 1
'reme benefit to the workers in their
celling orguments in the day to eome.
The investment features will h HU.
losed by Colonel Roberson, who will,,
oint out the desirability of investments
:n Liberty bonds especially frO ma corpo.
ate viewpoint. The third and most int.
ortant phase that of patritism will
e treated by Patriot Thomag J. fiold.
His talk in the main wi'l be to advance
the reasons why citizens should sub-' '
erige to bonds for patriotic motives and i
reasons if for no others. " ' .
While these are the only speakers
rranged for, Mr. Dalton said Wednes
lav morning that in all probability sev.
nil impromptu talks would be heard
rom leading and representative citizens
uking an active part in the campaign
in High Point. T c .- ,v
The four companies who are (to can.
nss High Point for subscriptions wiU
ach he seated at a separate table this
vening. Thirteen seats at each tM
iave been arranged, one for the captain
nd each of his 12 men. ! .
At another table will be seated the
unking squad, consisting Of the cast
ers of the High Point banks actively in.v
crested in the sale of bonds. At this
able wil! be found V. A Ji Idol, W. C. ;
!dol. M C. Crowson and H. A. Mill Is.
All C
HER
Vn(ith(,r uhh, wi He or tJw rtm .
. . . ... ,. . r
Ilniu man lunii, utiilfftliuu i-uuiumiiucr .
.,i,r. - v.rv::r.,vr'''
4.e w-'..i.W'.
f)ne of the most important features of : ,
he evening will be the outlining of the.
plan of procedure to be followed during !
the campaign. It wasaih that 1uncheons "::
would be held at intervals all during the
progress of the drive, however, it was-
y no means sure whether, these, at i ,
which reports would be made from all ...
(Continued on page 1
Funeral of Aged
Woman Conducted
This Afternoon
Mrs. Sarah Jane Patton, aged 62 year
died at her home ' on Summit avenue
Monday afternoon. The dewsned was
lativo of Ktokes euunty. being born on
March IB. l.V.fl. Surviving are a hu
luiid, nine thi'drcn .three ton snl "I I
daughter,- all of whom are resident of
11.:. u rw.- . a., ij ..A
, ; . . .
i Funeral servb-es were eonduHed from
.
ti'the home this afternoon at 2 oVIocB iy
Jtiii,iir'i,,.i v,,,,rr.fi(,i W't-.t
Knd Baptist church. Interment folio' t
in the burying ground at riaHft '"
church. Hie dccen-c-1 1 1
eoiiwii-ntloiis t