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CASTOXIA, If. C WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, JANUARY 18, 1018.
$2.00 A YEAR IN ADVAT.
CHIEF; CARROLL ENTERS Y
LIFE III THE TREHGHES
HEWS OF THE C0UII1K
PROTEST HADE piST ;
' "LOOSE METHODS"
III SOCIAL CIRCLES
MAY GIVE LID
" ' . SELF-GO TL." IH.T
Ml RACE FOR SHERIFF
v.. ' v .' v,v ; ; " ;
UTEST EVENTS' IN WORSTS IVCRKJ
its CEScr.::ED by feekch sdlcieb
UTEST FROM - COB CORRESPffHDENTS
The
G
t
- Will bo Feature' of Lee-Jackson Day
Celebration Hero Satarday Lieut.
R. DaeL of French Army, the Prin
cipal 8 peaker Splendid Program
to be Presented Under Ansplces of
,GaatonU Chapter United Daughters
- f of the Confederacy." ; v- :
This year' celebration ot Lee-
JackBon Day, Saturday,' January 19th
will be rendered unusually Interest
.lng because of the fact that the prln
: cipal peaker will be a man who has
aeen two and a half years of service
In the trenches. He is Lieut R. Dae!
of the French army, now stationed at
Camp Greene as an-' instructor. In
French methods of warfare. Rela
tives and friends throughout the
eountry of bur boys who hire Joined
the colors will thus have an oppor
tunity of hearing about a soldier's
actual experiences In the' trenches
from one who baa been there.
. Veterans of '6I-'65 will find the
: comparison of warfare In those days
with modern warfare rery Interest
ing, 'yff xfl -XVirh-r
The exercises will begin promptly
at 11 o'clock at the Gaston County
Court bouse and the following pr
gram will be rendered:. -A ;
- Hymn, "All Hall the Power of
Jeus Name.". ;: "
. Prayer. Rev. J. H. Henderllte. "-t-'
Reading: "A Southern Volun
teer" and "Young Fellow, My. Lad'
by Hiss Maragaret- Loulge LaFar.
' Introduction of speaker. Mayor A
. M. Dixon.',':. ' . ''
' ,: Address, Lieut. R. Dael. .v
; Hymn, "The Marseillaise." ..
'-: Announcements. !
'. 8ongv "The Star-Spangled Banner".
. Benediction, Rev. O. A. Sparrow,
A PEEP KITO CAI1P
.; LIFE IN OHIO
Gastonla friends of Mr. Charles J
Costner, who Is now In the Third Of
ficers' Reserve .Training; School at
Camjr Sheridan, Chilllcothe. Ohio,
being a member of the First Infantry,
Eighty-third Division, will be inter
ested in the following extract from a
letter from him, dated January 12th
to bis father, Mr. F. A. Costner, of
this cRy: '
t You see, I am In the third offi
cers training school and, believe me,
. we are a busy lot of men; .The day
, of drill starts for us at 8 a. m., and
the first hour, from 6 to 7, we drill.
The next hour, from 7 to 8, we study,
And so on throughout the day until 6
o'clock p. m.; then supper to 7, then
two hours. 7 to 9 or 9:30, we get a
lecture by some 'big man' in the Cen
tral Department, who tells us how to
Joe-good officers.'. There are about
750 men here, mostly from colleges
In Ohio and West Virginia.
t "It was 25 degrees below zero to
day at 2 o'clock on ' the : parade
grounds. . I was walking about - 20
paces from the bath house to . the
.bunk house, ater taking a bath, and
r my hair froze to my bead. Several
fellows had their ears frocen, but I
haven't bees quite so unfortunate as
that.- They say this is a record
breaking January, but the present is
always the worst;, but if it Is ever
worse I don't want to be near Ohio.
I -wish they would send us South:
but.' ot course, we can't go where we
want to. ,. - V"t: i
"The company I was In bas organ
ized a glee club of about 100 men
including myself and an orchestra of
20 pieces. We make some fuss..', We
give an entertainment next week and.
of course, the senior instructor Is the
honored guest of the occasion,, -
"There are about. 45,000 men in
this camp with about 10,000 ne
groes. Didn't know there were that
many in the North. At any rate it is
the biggest bifhch I ever saw.., This
town of Chilllcothe isn't much, how
ever. I was only there once. I hope
I will like it. better." :
y;orhi bagley 0:1
AIIERICA!! soil agaci
Was Commander of American Pe
' stroyer Jacob Jones When Sunk by
Submarine. - , ; v -.
" . An Atlantic Port, Jan. 15.- Lieut.
Commander David Worth Bagley,
commander of the American destrov
er Jacob Jones, sunk by ' a German
submarine December , arrived here
today on an American steamship. He
was accompanied by other survivors
of the torpedoed warship. " ' ,
Also on the steamship ; were ' a
number of returning army and navy
officers who have been in France end
England. The death of a member ot
the ship's armed guard, a seaman by
the name of Shaefer, who fell or was
washed overboard when the ship was
two days out, was reported, "
' Lieut Commander Bagley - Is' a
brother of Mrs. Josephus Daniels,
wife of the secretary of the navy, and
was reared la Raleigh. He la a broth
er of Ensign Worth Bsgley, the first
American oSeer to lose his life la the
Spanish-American War. r , ,. v.
" rChief of Police J.vWiley Carroll of
Gastonla Is In the race for sheriff of
Gaston county.' So far he is the first
candidate to make a formal announce
ment of bis candidacy, though it Is
understood that there are several
others In the field for this office.
Chief Carroll's announcement will
come as a surprise to many of his
friends -over the county as very tew
of them . knew that be was consider
ing this step. . ,. v"
A native of Gaston county . Chief
Carroll ha been a resident of Gasto
nla for the past 30 years; in Tact he
has "grown up" with the town. - He
was born and reared on a farm in
the northern part of the county. , The
first seven years he spent in Gastonla
he worked for the Carolina & North
western Railroad. He ; then served
for several years as a policeman and
has served for 14 years as chief of
tne force. Altogether he has been
with the local police department for
Z3 years. His experience gained in
this long period ot dealing with cblm-
inais renders him . . eminently fitted
for the position of sheriff.
tinder Chief Carroll's supervision
of the Gastonla ' police . department
Gastonla , has gained a , reputation
which is State-wide for being one or
the cleanest towns morally in the
8tate. So well Is Gastonla Dollced
that . the professional crooks and
criminals of all classes give it a wide
berth. ;
Chief Carroll has started an active
campaign and states that he Is meet
ing with splendid encouragement
from all sections of the county.
ALL GERIIAli ALIENS .
TO BE REGISTERED
All the German alien enemies lo
cated in Gastonla if there are any
--are to be registered. Orders were
received here yesterday from United
States Marshal C. A. Webb Instruct
ing this to be done. The chief of po
lice, J. W. Carroll, Is to be great
keeper of the book, or chief registra
tion 'officer. The task is to be done
at the request of the department of
justice,' and the method to be em
ployed is outlined in the marshal's
communication.
This communication follows:
"You are hereby notified that tne
registration of German alien enemies
is fixed within your city to commence
at a. m. on February 4, 1918, and
to continue on each day successively
thereafter between the hours of 8 a.
m. and 8 p. m. up to and including
the ninth day ot February, 1918, at
8 o'clock p. m. -
."CoDies of the eenaral Mi1a .nt
regulations governing such registra
tion are being forwarded to vou at-
mnltaneously herewith. You are re
quested to familiarize yourself with
these regulations and your dntiea
thereunder. . - . .
"The department of Justice haa
asked me to have you request the
newspapers published m your city to
give notice of the time and pjace ot
registration in accordance with arti
cle four of the regulations.
I will also thank you to promntlv
advise this office as near as yon can,
the approximate number of German
aliens to be registered in your city,
In order that we may know how many
of the registration affidavits, etc,
will be required.
Immediately upon receipt of
these instructions and the copies of
the. rules and regulations you will ad
vise this office that you have received
same." - . .
Chief Carroll this morning Instruct
ed the members of the police force to
institute an investigation with a
view to finding out whether - there
are any German alien enemies here.
It Is possible that there may Je one
or two. It is understood that there
are quite a number of them at 8t
Mary's College, Belmont, ' but they
are not In Chief Carroll's territory.
Burning of German Too Good for
Them,, Infantryman Writes.
(By International News Service.)
Chicago. Jan. 15. "Civilization la
10.000- centuries ahead of tha Her
mans, nnd thev will never catch an."
Is the way John J. O'Connor. mem
ber of K Company, Eleventh United
States Infantry, now "somewhere m
France," sizes up the country across
No Man's Land from his trench. That
was what be wrote in a letter to a
friend here, and, continuing, said:
' ; "If you could onlv reallz what a
real battlefield is. you would certain
ly want to get the Kaiser by the ears.
The treatment which one of the men
we buried received makes my blood
bolL Burning these Germans to
ashes before your ayes would be too
good for them." .. . - -
V WAS W COLLUSION H1TH
y.-: . GEISIASa.., . '.'
(By International News Service.)
PARIS. Jan. 15. It fa rnrt
here that the Imprisonment of Former
premier-cam our resulted from a
cablegram from Secretary of State
Lansing stating that CalUoux was n
collusion with the Berlin foreign or
fice in nineteen and fifteen.
NEWS FROM AIEXIS,
Correspondence of The Gazette.
ALEXIS, Jan. 14. Miss Carrie
Emma Stroup, principal of the Rut
ledge school,, spent the week-end
here.'- . . ' : . .
Miss Virginia Moore principal of
Zion school, spent Saturday and Sun
day with her father and mother,
Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Moore.
Mr. end Mrs. Gus Black, of Char
lotte, came to Alexis this afternoon,
While here they will be the guests
of Mr. and Mrs. Press Stroup, father
and mother of Mrs. Black.
Mr. Carl Stroup was the guest of
Mr, J. A, Moore-cunday.
Mr. Lewis Ballard was a visitor
here Saturday.
On account of bad weather tne
Antonlon Literary Society did not
meet last Friday night. The society
win debate, the same question Friday
night January 18, that was on the
program for last Friday night. All
boys and men are invited to attend.
On account of severe weather.
there were no services at Alexis
Baptist church Sunday night, al
though Rev. W. W. Rlramer, the pas
tor, was in town. He filled his ap
pointment- as usual Sunday morning.
Last Friday afternoon the high
school department of Alexis graded
school debated the Intermediate de
partment. The subject for discus
sion was: "Resolved, That art
creates a greater curiosity than na
ture." The high school department
argued the affirmative, while the in
termediate department fought for
the negative. Although it was a
close contest, the affirmative won.
Mr. J. W, Abernethy, who works
in Mecklenburg county spent Sunday
nignt and sunaay at borne here.
PNEUMONIA CAUSED
149 DEATHS IN CAMPS
Weekly Review Shows That Fewer
Death Occurred During Paet Week
Than Week Before.
Washington, Jan. 15. Pneumonia
caused 149 of the 235 deaths report
ed among the national guardsmen
and national army men training in
this country during. the week ending'
January. 11. Tbe weekly report or
the division of field sanitation, made
public tonight, shows that 88 guards
men died during the week, as com
pared with 109 the week before, and
147 national army men as against
167 the previous week.
Both the hospital admission and
non-effective rates in the guard and
national army camps increased dur
ing the week, with pneumonia gener
ally prevalent. Among the guards
men there were 342 new casts ot
pneumonia, and in the national army
340. The meningitis situation con
tinued to improve both in the guard
and national army, while measles
continued 'to decline in most of tbe
camps. Epidemics of German mea
sles and 'mumps prevailed in many
camps, with scarlet fever Increasing
in the national army and decreasing
in the national guard.
- Camp- Doniphan. Oklahoma, led
the guard camps in the number of
new cases of pneumonia, with 50.
and Camp Wheeler. Georgia, was
second, with 47.
Camp Travis. Texas, headed the
national army camps with new cases
of pneumonia, with 97, against '72
the week before. . Camp Pike, Ar
kansas, was second, with 41 cases,
and Camps Lee, Virginia, and Tay
lor. Kentucky, reported 24 and 34
new cases, respectively. The week
beforaOthere were 59 new cases at
Camp Lee.
Ml LP HEADS
. WAR LABOR BOARD
WASHINGTON, Jan. 15. Six men
and one woman were named by Secre
tary Wilson tonight to form the ad
visory council that will assist in the
administration of a war. labor pro
gram, entrusted to the department of
labor by the President John Lind,
former governor of. Minnesota, is
chairman of the council, and repre
sentative ot the public, and the otner
members are: , . -
- Representatives of employers. Wad
dill Catchings, president of the Sloss
Sheffleld Steel i. Iron company, Bir
mlngham, Ala., and of the Piatt Iron
Works, Dayton. Ohio, (chairman or
the war committee of the chamber of
commerce of the United States) and
A. A. Landon, general manager of the
American Radiator company ' (vice
president of the aircraft production
board and president of the Buffalo,
New -York chamber of commerce,
Representatives of employes,. John
B. Lenaon, of, Illinois, treasurer .or
the American Federation . of Labor,
and John J. Casey of Pennsylcania,
former members of Congress. -
Economist, Dr. I. C. Marshall, of
the University of Chicago. ' '
Representative of women. Agnes
Nestor., of Chicago, president of tie
Woman's Trade Union league, mem
ber of the defense council's woman's
committee and former president- of
the Glove Workers' union. f
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(By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, Jan. 1 6, The first
serious protest against the . "loose
methods" which characterized the
war preparations made its appear!
ance today. . It comes from the Unit
ed States Chamber of Commerce
which appointed a committee last
June to investigate expenditures. The
report demands' that control of' war
preparations be more' centralized and
states that the present manner of
placing distribution responsibility
encourages - mismanagement. : The
board of directors of the chamber
makes it plain that it will carry the
matter to Congress.
f AIDES OF HEROES .;
AWARDED MEDALS
Awarded Special Medal Given ' by
Aero Club of America for Services
in France. ,
Paris, Jan. 13. Wllllamf Thaw, of
the Lafayette frying squadron who re
cently received his commission ' In
the reserve of the American army,
has been awarded the special war
medal of the Aero Club of America.
The special war medal of the Aero
Club of America had previously been
awarded to the late Captain Guyne-
nier, and Major Raoul Lufbery.
The club also has voted a medal to
the families of eleven American vol
unteer aviators who were killed whlln
fighting for France.' These Include:
Kitten Rockwell, Asbevllle, N. C
and Atlanta, Ga., James R. McCon-
nell, Carthage, N. C. i
The committee has voted to confer
a medal on Ueut. Charles Nunges-
ser, the present leader of the
French aces and to tbe family of
Capt. Albert Ball, the famous British
aviator, who was killed after bring
ing down 45 enemy machines..
RAILROADS STRUGGLE
AGAINST GREAT ODDS
WASHINGTON, Jan. 15. Against
the worst general snow and Ice storm
of a generation, the government rail
road administration today struggled
In an effort to open main traveled
routes and keep coal and food ship
ments moving over the lines best able
to handle them.
The situation tonight was regarded
as worse than at any time within the
last week of traffic paralyzing weath
er, on top of an accumulation of
snow in the middle west from bliz
zards of several days ago came fresh
snowfall today. Snow plows went
to work on the new drifts while
gangs of laborers, drawn from every
occupation from, which they could be
spared, tackled yards and terminals
already cleared once of snow within
the week.
Temperatures were rising in most
sections tonight, but it was not warm
enough to release cars frozen to sid
ings or to thaw thousands of cars of
coal caked in their carriers. Tele
graph and telephones wires - went
down under weight of snow and ice.
and many passenger trains whose
schedules had been reestablished yes
terday, were withdrawn once again
lest lb? meet the fate' ot scores of
others stalled behind drifts.
1917 C01 CROP III
' DAIiGER OF LOSS
As Result of Priority Orders Which
Have Discriminated Against Corn.
Washington, Jan. 15. Priority or
ders have discriminated against corn
to such an extent that a large part of
the nation's bumper crop of 1917 is
threatened with serious deterioration
if not destruction Director General
of Railroads fficAdoo was told today
by Representative McCormlck, of Il
linois, who, backed by a letter from
Food Administrator Hoover. ' urged
immediate appointment of a railroad
executive experienced In - handling
corn shipments to devote all his time
to the movement of the crop. Mr.
McAdoo took the matter under, ad
visement - Before laying the situation before
Mr. McAdoo today. Representative
McCormlck conferred with Mr. Hoov
er and they were agreed that .' corn
now on the farms or in the country
elevators must be moved within the
next tew weeks In . order to avert
shortages In many parts of the coun
try,' Reports to the food admlnistraw
tlon. it was announced, showed that
eountry elevators have been filled ror
months and millions of bushels ' are
rotting in the fields because the far
mer bas no place to store the crop.
ronrs good offices not
'- - 4 DESIRED. ; ; ?:'---iV
(Br International News Service.)
ROME, Jan. 15. Germany and
Austria have notified the Pope that
they do not desire him to renew his
peace efforts at the present time. '
THEIR FIFTEENTH v ' ,
WEDDING ANNIVERSARY.
. Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Workman cele
brated their fifteenth wedding anni
versary yesterday by entertaining a
number of their friends with a de
lightful possum dinner at their home
on Chester street. Their guests were
Esquire and Mrs. W. Meek Adams,
Rev. J. H. Henderllte, Mr. and Mrs.
J. R. Baber and Mrs, E. A. Baber,
IIOTED TEXAS RANGER ; ;
PASSES AVAV
Was Noted Texas Ranger and Per
sonal Friend of Several Presidents.
Wichita Falls, Tex., Jan. 15. Capt
"Bill" McDonald, noted Texas ranger
and personal friend and bodyguard
of several presidents, died here , to
night. A
McDonald, who was United States
marshal for northern Texas, was fa
mous for his control over the most
desperate characters of the Mexican
border and Texas. v. ...
On the recommendation of Colonel
House, close friend and personal rep
resentative of President Wilson, Mc
Donald had twice been named by tne
latter as marshal of the northern dis
trict of Texas and personal ; body
guard of the President.
McDonald was born In4 Kemper
county, Mississippi, Sept. 28, 1852.
He was appointed deputy United
States marshal for the northern dis
trict of Texas in 1887, and subse
quent appointments were the result
of untiring efforts in his duties as
marshal and Texas ranger. .
During bis career McDonald was
identified with many of the most sen
sational' crime cases of the southern
border.
MILITARISTS
DOMINATE GERMANY
x. "
(By International News Service.)
AMSTERDAM. Jan. 16. The
German high command is now in
complete control in Germany. The
resignations of Chancellor Von
Hertllnsr and Foretzn Minister Von
Kuehlmann are expected. The liber
al press Is expressing deep dissatis
faction over the ascendency of tbe
militarists. The -Berliner Tageblatt
characterizes the situation in the fol
lowing words: "An Intolerable mili
tary dictatorship may be expected but
it will probably becloaked behind a
new aggressive chancellor for the
present."
ANOTHER GERMAN
SPY IN THE TOILS
(By International News Service.
'BALTIMORE, Jan. 15. Marlus
Ascha was arrested here today for
connection with Walter Spoerman,
the German spy taken at Norfolk yes
terday. In Ascha's room was found
a box of letters belonging to Spoer
man and a dozen bottles containing
chemicals. A Baltimore music
teacher, a woman, is being sought by
the police.
MQIBERS OF RUMANIAN
LEGATION ARRESTED
IBy International News Service.
STOCKHOLM, Jan. 15. All
members of the Roumanian legation
at Petrograd have teen arrested by
the Bolshevik I, states a Haparanda
dispatch. For some time the Rou
manian legation and the Bolshevik!
have been at loggerheads over the
help the Roumanians are alleged to
have given the Ukranlan revolution
ists, i Tbe antl-Bolshevlki factions in
Petrograd strongly demand a renew
al of war. against Germany.
"THE HUMAN SPIDER"
SCALES REALTY BUILD
utll
W. C Strother, of Wilson, known
as the "Human Spider" did a spec
tacular; stunt Monday afternoon
when he scaled the front wall of the
Realty building. After fgolng over
the -top" he did- chair-balancing and
btcycle-rlding stunts on top of the
building. -' . .' ; - ' '
Mr.-Strother Is working for' the
Elks war relief fund for. the estab
lishment of a -base hospital. While
he was climbing the building the fol
lowing young ladles took up a collec
tion which amounted to $51: Hisses
Grace Henry. Marine Brawley, Kath
ryn Shuford. Virginia Brawley and
Clara 'Brawley. A, large crowd - saw
the performance end eheered the
performer.
(By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, Jan. 1 6. British
labor's renunciation of annexations
and Its declaration for a protector
ate marks Britain's most important
forward step in the interest of, de
mocracy, officials' declared today.
As these declarations were maa
with the consent of the' government
they are expected to have ii, wide
spread effect both In Russia and Ger
many.' )a' .'v;Yi; ;':''-;;' :
',As another forward .step the Brit
ish government Is expected to an
nounce shortly that Ireland will te
granted complete self-government
; American labor leaders are in com
plete accprd with the British labor
ites, Federation officials stated today.
TO REGISTER
2i sc:ce n 5
(BY- International News Service.) :
WASHINGTON. Jan. 15. " J The
Immediate registration of all vouns
men who have come . of - age sines
June 5th last was proposed in a Joint
resolution Introduced today by Sena
tor Chamberlain.' It Is one of - the
War Department's - measures to
strengthen our fighting torses.
demd m .to
' m getzi in
(By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON. Jan. 18. Tnera
is a concerted demand from army and
navy men that Walter Spoejrmann,
the German spy, be executed by a fir
ing squad,; Men who know declare
that be Is one ot the Kaiser's chief
spies is America. Army men rear
that esoermann will be allowed to es
cape through a mistaken : sense or
clemency on the part of American
officials. ' .' .
DRASTIC FOODx
IIASUHESTOBEOJ
(By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, Jan. 15. Bills
giving the President power to enforce
the utmost food economy upon all
persons in the United States were in-,
truduced in the House and Senate
this afternoon. Drastic penalties are
provided for -violation of the pro
posed regulations. The bills are de
signed to conserve the food supply.'
CORUSCATED GOAL V
Hi ATLANTA YA!B
(By International News service.) 1
ATLANTA, Jan. 15. Fuel Ad
ministrator Kennedy this afternoon
confiscated all of the coal tied up m
the railroad yards here by - freight
congestion. It was consigned to var
ious places In the southeast It Is to
be used in relieving the local coal
famine. , . - . . ,
AR AIDS BICYCLE TRADE.
(By International News Service.)
CHICAGO, Jan. 15. War has
given new life to the bicycle, accord
ing to wheel manufacturers here, ami
they are busy making bicycles for tne -American
end Allied armies, which
are used back of the trenches by
soldiers. : Many msfe wheels are be
ing sold in this country, too, it la.
said. . ' -;.,. -
MINERS OBJECT TO FINES.
(By International News Service.) -KINCAID,
111.. Jan. 15. Coal
miners were fined by the miners'
union for abandoning picks and shov
els to attend Red Cross festivities.
The men have appealed to National
Fuel Administrator Garfield and tne
International Union body at Indiana
polls..;'." v; -.;-: .
BURGLARS DISREGARD CASH.
(By International News Service.)
PUYALLUP, . Wash.. Jan. 15.
H. E. Barney runs a clotning store
here where btfrglars broke in and
took $200 worth of clothing, but dis
regarded $1,000 in bard cash that
waa In the sate.
BUMPER ICE CROP. 1
fBy International News Service.)
. NEW HAVEN, Conn., Jan. 15.
The Connecticut Ice crop Is to be a
btfmperone. Already the majority cr
Ice houses in the State are fills 1 t -1
In many places ice Is being stad : i.
Ice men cannot remember a jz:.r
when it was possible to fill tie 1 : i
so early. ' Ice as thick as two f ; , : ' ;
reported In many places.
4 Hating war bread is r ; t a f -.
Is a true patriotic servka i i t3 i
terests of your fighting ciea t - I
food conservation.