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VOL. XXVIII. PLYMOUTH, N. C, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1917 NO. 19.
FIRST CASUALTY
LIST IDE
FIRST CLASH BETWEEN AMERI
CANS AND GERMANS OCCUR
RED NOVEMBER 3.
THREE AMERICANS KILLED
Five Men Are Wounded and Twelve
V Taken Prisoners No Details as to
How Americans Were Trapped by
Teutons.
Washington. In the first clash be
tween American and German troops on
the French front November 3", the
Americans lost three men killed, five
. wounded and 12 taken prisoners. Fur
ther than the brief report from Gen
eral Pershing and receipt of the cas
ualty list nothing has come through
to indicate just how the small body of
Americana occupying a sector of
trench on the front lino were trapped
by the Germans and the entire number
disposed of. Belief here 'is that the
men were forced into their dugout by
the intense barrage flrepreceding the
attack and trapped there by the Ger
man infantry. Those not killed were
compelled to surrender or accept the
alternative of being blown to pieces
by hand grenades as the Germans had
all the advantage. It is likely, in the
opinion of army officers, that the men
killed and wounded - were those left
outside the dugout as sentries when
"the majority sought protection from
the barrage. This is the general prac
tice along the front by both sides. It
ia possible that the attackers reached
the trench sooner than . erpected, and
that the lookouts were shot down he
fore they could summon their com
rades from the dugout. In that event
the Germans undoubtedly covered the
entrance to the shelter and the Ameri
cans could do aught else but surren
der as resistance would have meant
simoly throwing their lives away.
The official casualty list of the
losses of American troons in France
in their first clash with the Germans
follows:
Killed.
Private Thomas F. Enright, sister
Mrs. Mary Irvin, Pittsburgh.
Private James B Gresham. mother
Mrs. Alice 'Dodd, Evansville, Ind.
JPZiyate . Merle D. Hay. father Har
vey D. Hay, Glidden. Iowa.
Wounded. ,
Private Joh n J. Smith, brother F.
D. Smith, Ludington, Mich.
Private Charles J. Hopkins, brother
Jamea W. Hopkins. Staunton, Texas.
Private George L. Box, father Jas.
L. Box. Altu8, Okla.
Private Homer Glvens, father Wil
liam F. Givens, Cloverdale, Ala.
Private Charles . Lorr. mother Mrs.
Sarah Regnell, Lyons, Kan. ,
Captured or Missing.
Sergeant Edgar M. Hallyburton, fa
ther George B. Halyburton, Stony
Point, N. C.
Corporal Nicholas L. Mulhall, moth
er Mrs. Brldeet Mulhall, Jersey City,
Corporal Edwin H. Haines, mother
Mrs. Elizabeth Haines, Woodward,
Okla.
Private Herchel Godfrey, father
William C. Oberat, Chicago.
Private Vernon M. Kendall, father
Sam Kendall. Roll, Okla.
Private William P. Grigsby, moth
er Mrs. Lizzie Grigsby, Louisville.
Private Frank E. McDougal, father
R. L. McDougal, Marvville, Mo.
Private Daniel B Gallagher,, father
Neil Gallagher, Blocton, Ala.
Private John P. Lester, father Wil
liam Lester, Tutwiler, Miss.
Private Harry Laughman, Ada R.
Laughman, Chicago.
Private Dewey D. Kern, mother
Mrs. Eva Tilton, Collins, Iowa.
Private Reckon, cannot be
identified.
AUSTRO-GERMANS CROSS
THE TAGLIAMENTO RIVER,
Forcing Way Across River Enemy Is
Proving Serious Menace.
-The Austro-German forces operat
ing againBt the Italians along the Tag
liamento river from the region of the
Carnic Alps southward to the Ariatlc
sea are proving a serious menace.
CONFERENCE CONSIDERS
MORE DRASTIC STEPS
New York. Enforcement of more
drastic measures to control enemy
aliens was planned at a conference
here of representatives of the depart
ment of Justice, the United States se
cret service, and the police, called as
a result of suspicious fires on the wa
ter front and recent damage to govern
ment property and ships. Suggestions
were made hat enemy aliens be mov
ed from seapo-t towns to the interior.
PUBLIC
BRIG. GEN. F. J. KERNAN.
Brig. Gen. Francis J. Kernan Is now
assistant chief of staff.
MEANS CHARGED WITH KILLING
IN CONNECTION WITH DEATH OF
MRS. MAUDE A. KING ON
AUGUST 29.
Affidavit Filed by Solicitor Asking Re
moval is Countered by Affidavit
from Defendant Attorney General
Manning Begins Argument.
Concord, N. C The Cabarrus coun
ty grand jury announced that they had
found a true bill for murder against
Gaston B. Means in connection with
the death of Mrs. Maude A. King, a
wealthy Chicago lady, which occurred
near here August 29.
After presentment of the bill by
the grand jury, Means was formally
arraigned in court and made his plea
of not guilty.
Solicitor Hayden. Clement then, on
behalf of the state presented to the
court an affidavit, asking that the
case be moved to an adjoining county
in'.this judicial district for trial.
Counsel for the defense announced
themselves as ready, and E. T. Cans
ler presented an affidavit from Gas
ton B. Means In reply to that of the
solicitor.
L. T. Hartsell, counsel for the de
fense, then presented affidavits from
15 representative men of Concord,
saying that in their opinion a fair
trial for the state could be had here.
The men signing these affidavits were
the postmaster, merchants, manufac
turers, salesmen, batik officials, coun
ty officers and others.
J. L. Crowell. of defendant's coun
sel, read affidavits from several other
officers and prominent persons of this
place. .
Solicitor Clement presented affida
vits from Detective William Jones
and Capt. William T. Jones, from the
attorney general, and a certificate
from the" clerk of superior court, show
ing that since April, 1914. jthree bills
for murder had been presented in this
county, in each of which .cas the
defendants were acquitted. No other
bills for murder had been presented
during that time.
At the -conclusion oT these. Attor
ney General James S. Manning, for
Judge E. B. Cline aave the case
the state, began argument before
moved to another county. He was
followed by J. L. Crowell, L. T. Hart
Bell, Frank Armfield, Frank I. Os
borne and E. T. Cansler for the de
fendant. NEARLY ONE-HALF KAISER'S
U-BOATS HAVE BEEN LOST
London. Between 40 and 50 per
cent of the German submarines oper
ating in the North Sea, the Arctic and
Atlantic since the beginning of the
war have been sunk, said Sir Eric
Geddes, first lord of the admiralty, in
the house of commons.
"We must lay plan3 for a long war,"
continued Sir Eric. "I see no signs
of its being a short one."
"During the last quarter the Ger
mans lost as many submarines as they
lost in 1916." said Sir Eric.
The output of merchant shipping in
the first nine months of th's year, he
said, was 123 per cent higher than in
the corresponding period last year.
The admiralty had decided that four
new 'shipbuilding yards would be nec
essary. Sir Eric said he regretted it had not
been found possible to arrive at a ba
sis for publication of British tonnage
losses by submarine action without
giving information to the enemy.
The losses of merchantmen in Octo
ber, he said, were slightly worse than
in September. Enemy submarlne3
were being sunk to an increasing ex
lnnt, but the Germans were building
them faster than hitherto.
ALLIED ARMIES ARE
AIDING THE ITALIANS
TROOPS OF ALLIES HAVE JOINED
CADORNA'S MEN AGAINST
THE ENEMY.
AUSTRO-GERMANS HELD BACK
Reinforcements Arrive and Western
Front Extends From North Sea to
Adriatic War Department's Week
ly Review Is Issued.
Washington. England, France and
Italy stand firmly united to oppose
any further advance of the enemy In
the Italian sector, says the war de
partment's weekly review of military
operations. The statement suggests
that the Teutons probably thought
Italy would be left to her fate, or that
the allies would be unable to dispatch
the necessary forces In time, but de
clares that England and France al
ready have sent large reinforcements
and the western front today stretches
from the North sea to the Adriatic.
Only bare mention of the American
troops in France is made by the de
partment. In pointing out that the
momentous events In Italy must not
"lead us to forget that the principal
battle front of the war remains" in
France and Flanders, the statement
says, "here our forces are fighting."
"Our attention during the past week
has been centered on the gigantic
struggle now going. on in the Frlulian
plain," says the review.
"The Austro-German forces, break
ing through the Italian defenses
along the upper, reaches of the Isonzo,
have erupted Into the low lands, and
carried forward a series of rapidly
co-ordinated operations, which have
resulted In the conquest of much ter
ritory. "Trench warfare has, for the time
being, been' abandoned. Great troop
masses are maneuvering in open
country.
"Under the direction of General Ca
dorna, the Italian armies have with
drawn to the west bank of the Taglia
mento river.
"The momentous events in Italy
should not lead us to forget that the
principal battle fronts of the war re
mains, as it has been since the be
ginning, the important sectors of the
western front, in France and Flan
ders. "Here the overwhelming bulk of
enemy strength is concentrated. Here
our forces are fighting.
"Steadily the Franco-British forces
are pushing forward."
BERLIN REPORTS FIRST
CAPTURE OF AMERICANS
Berlin, via London. The capture of
American soldiers by a German re
connoitering party Is announced by
the war office.
The statement says that on the
Rhine-Marne canal' as a result of a
reconnoitering thrust, North Ameri
can spldiers were brought in.
The portion of the official state
ment making this announcement
reads:
"At the Rhine-Marne canal, as the
result of a reconnoitering thrust.
North American soldiers were brought
in as prisoners."
GERMANS DISPLAY UNUSUAL
ACTIVITY AGAINST AMERICANS
With the American Army In France
Notwithstanding the rainy weather
the German batteries displayed more
actvtty than normal on the part of the
French line, occunied by the Ameri
can troops. German shells were dis
tributed impartially among the
trenches, the American batteries reply
Ine In the Bame fashion.
Thft enemv Is using both high exnlo-
tive and shrannel In sending ooccaslonl
reminders of the war toward the
Americans. Reports reaching head
auarter8, however, are that the bom
bardment could In no sense be con
sidered "lively" merely being a de
parture from the normal state of quiet
ude at night on that particular sector.
SALVATION ARMY HALL IS
SCENE OF HOLOCAUST
Paterson, N. J. Nineteen bod'.es
were taken from the ruins of the Sal
vation Army rescue mission In this
city which was destroyed by fire. Ten
men were taken to hospitals with prob
ably mortal injuries and many others
were less seriously hurt in leaning
from w'ndows of the burning struc
ture. Identification of all the dead
will be imoossible, the police believe,
as the records of the nstltutlon were
lost in the fire.
COL. E. M. HOUSE. -
New photograph, of Col. E. M.
House, who is studying for the presi
dent data and information gathered
by diplomatic agents and others bear
ing especially on steps it will be nec
essary for this government to take
that It may be fortified with facts and
figures to deal with the trade war that
is sure to follow a cessation of hostili
ties.
120,000 PRISONERS TAKEN
VA8T AMOUNT OF ITALIAN TER
RITORY TAKEN BY AUSTRO
GERMANS. Allies Rush Preparations to Come to
Italy's Aid. America Waives Ex
port Restrictions in fcrder to Hurry
Supplies.
Virtually one thousand square miles
of Italian territory have been over-
Vion 19ft nnfl Ttnliana havfi
'been made prisoners and in excess of
1,000 guns have been captured by the
mies in their. eight days' drive from
German and Austro-Hungarian ar
the Isonzo and Carnic Alps fronts of
the Austro-Itallan war theater.
From the east the enemy invasion
on the center of the battle front now
is well within gun range of he Tag
llamento river, where it has been pre
sumed that General Cadorna would
turn and make a stand. The Italian
commander-in-chief, however, has not
yet brought his troops about to face
the enemy, but is continuing his re
treat with the rear guards harassing
the advance. Just where Cadaorna pur
poses to give battle has not become
apparent. Neither is it known how
well the northern and southern flanks
of his army are keeping pace with the
retirement in the center.
According to the latest Berlin offi
cial communication announcing the
heavy losses of the Italians in men
and guns, engagements successful for
the Teutons have taken place on the
Tagliamento plain while the Rome
communication announces that there
has been fighting on the hills of St.
Danlele Del Fruili, along the Ledra
canal, at points northwest of Udine
and from four to five miles east of the
Tagliamento.
Meanwhile preparations to aid the
Italians In the hour of extremiyt are
being rushed by-all the allies. Jules
Cambon, general secretary of the
French ministry of foreign affairs, in
a statement has expressed the convic
tion that the Italians will be able to
stem the tide of the invasion with the
aid of the French and British troops
sen to reinforce them. The American
government is to waive all export re
strictions fn favor of Italy.
RELIEF FROM COAL
SHORTAGE PROMISED
Washington. Immediate relief from
the coal shortage in the east was
promised by the fuel administration,
which will issue an order modifying
the arrangement under which ship
ments to the northwest have been
given preference over all other move
ments. Priority orders will be suspended in
a number of mining districts, partic
ularly in Pennsylvania, to release both
bituminous and anthracite coal for
munitions plants and d&mesitc con
sumers In the larger cities along he
Alantlc seaboard.. This, it is said,
will assure an ample supply of fuel
to the big steel-producing and ship
building plants.
At present fost of the coal mined
in Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Ken
tucky, Ohio and Indiana is going to
lake porta for transhipment to the
northwets and to Canada. This move
ment has been so groat that the ncrcTi
west is in a position to have the sup
ply cut down.
IAN TORPEDOES
T EIGHT LUES
VICE ADMIRAL SIMS REPORTS TO
NAVY DEPARTMENT TORPE
DOING OF TRANSPORT.
TWO OF NAVAL GUARDS DEAD
Casualty List Made Public Includes
Two Enlisted Men and . Four of
Ship's Crew, Also a Third Naval
Seaman Is Missing.
Washington. The torpedoing of the
homeward bound army transport Fin
land in the war zone resulted in the
death of two members of the naval
armed guard, two army enlisted men
and four of the ship's civilian crew.
A third naval seaman is missing.
Vice Admiral Sims' report of the
casualties to the navy department to
day added no details to the announce
ment yesterday that the Finland had
been torpedoed, but had been able to
reach a European port under her own
steam.
The casualty list as made public
follows:
Members of the naval gun crew:
James W. Henry, seaman, second
class; dead. Next of kin, Rose Hen
ry, 43 Reynolds street, Harrjson.
N. J.
Newton R. Head, seaman; dead
Next of kin, not given. Home ad
dress, Cleveland, Ga.
Porter Hilton, seaman, second
class; missing. Mother, Mrs. Lizzie
Hilton, Toccoa, Ga.
Army: Private Lester Hlckey, In
fantry; drowned. Father, Thomas
Hickey, 142 North Racine avenue,
Chicago, 111.
Charles H. Maxwell, colored, trans
port workers' battalion; drowned.
Brother, Thomas E. "Maxwell, Box
278, Concord, N. C.
Members of Finland's crew:
M. Cardoza, fireman; drowned. No
emergency address.
J. Haneslo, barber; drowned. No
emergency address.
W. F. Phillips, waiter; drowned.
Brother, A. Phillips, Jackson bar
racks. New Orleans.'
Jose Cuevas, mess boy; probably
died from injuries.
GERMAN TROOPS RETREAT
FROM CHEMIN-DES-DAMES
Full Extent of Retrograde Movement
Not Yet Fully Known.
The Germans have retreated from
points along the historic Chemin-Des-Dames
sector on the Aisne front in
France, where for several months the
French troops of General Petain had
been keeping them sharply to task.
Just where the retrograde move
m ant took place and how far it ex
tends cannot yet be told, as the Ger
man official communication merely
says that the Teutons, "unnoticed and
undisturbed by the enemy," system
atically withdrew their lines from the
hilly front In this region. The entlro
line to the north of the Aisne where
the Germans were last reported as
facing the French is undulating in
character from the Soissohs sector
eastward to the vicinity of Craonne;
and therefore it is impossible, from
the rather terse acknowledgment of
withdrawal, to delimit the terrain
which has been given up.
Nevertheless it seems apparent that
the Germans, tired of the terrible or
deal they had been forced to undergo
for some time from the French artil
lery and violent infantry attacks, have
decided to fall back upon Laon, capi
tal of the department of the Aisne,
which with its network of railways
has been the quest .of the French.
FLOUR TRADING WITH
EUROPE PROHIBITED
New York. The milling division of
the United States food administra
tion announced here that effective im
mediately, all direct trading by Amer
ican millers, exporters and blenders
of flour with European countries Is
prohibited. This business will be
handled hereafter only by the food
, administration.
WITHDRAW EXEMPTIONS
GRANTED TO STRIKERS
Houston, Tex. Denouncing lit
tle short of criminal" a war-time
strike in any industry needed for tha
successful prosecution of hostilities
and defining the oil industry as "the
absolute heart of our navy," Dr. Sid
ney J. Smith, chairman of the south
ern district draft board, said he wouh"
immediately ask his own board to
withdraw exemptions or discharges
granted on industrial grounds to all
registrants involved in the strike.
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DR. MROLSTONIS
SYNOD MODERATOR
DR. WELLS' RESPONSE TO HER
BERT HOOVER'S REQUEST
. IS APPROVED.
MEET IN RALEIGH IN 1918
Red Springs Loses In Contest for Next
Meeting Much Progressive
Work Reported.
Fayetteville. Raleigh was selected
as next year's meeting place of tha
North Carolina Presbyterian synod,
by a vote that indicated a large ma
jority over Red Springs until the vote
was made unanimous, when Dr. C. G.
Vardell, who invited the synod to Red
Springs, voted for the capital city
when he saw Raleigh would win. Stats
Treasurer B. R. Lacy invited the body
to Raleigh, seconded by Dr. W. McC.
White and Dr. A. A. McGeachy. .
The date of the meeting will be
left to the selection of the moderator,
stated clerk and the minister of the
First church of Raleigh, and will be
governed by the date of the state fair.
The synod finished up its work at th
night session and adjourned.
Dr. D. H. Rolston, of the First Pres
byterian church of Charlotte, was
elected by acclamation moderator ol
the Synod of North Carolina in Its
104th annual session which begaa
here today. He succeeds Rev. Dr. Jt
N. H. Summerell, of New Bern.
The synod placed itself on record as
endorsing the action of Dr. J. M.
Wells, as moderator of the general as
sembly, in appointing committees ia
each synod to co-operate with the na
tional government in the food con
servation campaign.
Dr. A. D. McClure and Dr. C. B.
Raynall, having been appointed a
committee to sustain this action, in
troduced a resolution endorsing Dr.
Wells' program, which was adopted
unanimously. There was no opposi
tion on the floor, although one dele
gate made inquiry as to the method of
procedure.
The synod listened to an interesting
talk by Dr. W. T. Elmore, of Hamil
ton, N. Y., in charge of Y. M. C. A.
work at Camp Greene, Charlotte.
After Dr. Wells had stated to the
synod his position on church co-operation
in the food conservation pro
gram and a discussion of the ques
tion, Rev. W. S. Goodman presented
the report on Sunday school exten
sion work. Mr. Goodman's report
showed 29 new Sunday schools enroll
ed in the work during the year, mak
ing a total of 489 for the synod, Fay.
etteville presbytery leading with 131.
The sum of $40,000 was contributed t
the Sunday school extension fund by
176 schools. The report stated that
$48,000 was needed for next -year.
Dr. A. D. McClure, of Wilmington, dis
cussed the report, holding up the First
church of Fayetteville as a splendid
example of Sunday school extension,
this congregation having a greater
number of mission schools than any
other church In the synod.
Dr. R. C. Anderson, agent of the
Montreat association, discussed the af
fairs of Montreat, reporting 10.009
visitors during the past summer, a
model community of 250 homes, a
normal school for girls without means
of securing an education, utilizing as
sembly buildings.
The report on the Barium Springs
orphanage was made by Dr. H. O.
Hill, president of the board of regents.
The orphanage supports 231 children.
Dr. Hill reported an increase of $5,00
in the endowment fund, and that insti
tution has a balance of $440 on hand,
despite the increased cost of mainte
nance. Tar Heel Nurses for France.
Richmond, Va. Seven trained
nurses from North Carolina will form
part of the personnel of the Medical
College of Virginia Hospital Unit be
ini? formed here for service in France.
They are Miss Josle Ashby, Mt. Airy;
Miss Margaret Ash ton. Rocky Mount;
Miss Cora Foy, Gastonia; Miss Louise
Reinhardt, Miss Hettie Reinhardt. and
Miss Jane Eckles, Black Mountain;
Miss M. E. Williamson. Salisbury.
Winter Grazing for Catt'e.
Raleigh. The state department o!
agriculture is much interested in the
! idea expressed by R. W. Co'.lett, of the
! state test farms, that as much of the
I beef cattle as possible now in the
mountain counties be driven Into tne
piedmont and eastern court i',3 fr win
ter grazing, now that the heavy frosts
have about put out of (ommission the
grazing lancis in tho mountain sec
tions. Comra:ssioner of Agriculture
W. A .Graham hopes that this sugges
tion will be amply tried out.
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