GASTONIA, W. C. FRIDAY AFTERNOON, FEBRUARY 1, 1918.
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VOI XXXIX, NO. 14.
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Administrator Page Tells How Order
, ; Works as It Applies , to Miller,
; Wholesaler and Retailer No Ex
. , .options Are to Be Made Some
. - of U Advantage- of Whole Wheal
Flour Why New Regulations
Are Necessary.
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" Special to The Gazette.
RALEIGH. Jan. 31 No.' single
; event since war was declared against
Germany has served more effictively
V ..1 . 9 XT..), f o n
. Una to a realization that they are
-at war than the proclamation - or
President Wilson and the subsequent
. - -1 m A. A n .4 4llll1lfMllAfl
putting the American people on war
tread. In. the opinion of State Food
Administrator Henry A. Page.
The office of the. food admlnistra
. tion at Raleigh has been flooded with
' inquiries in person, by long distance
. telephone and telegrsph and by let
ter, requesting information touching
upon the new order of things. The
' answers of the food administration
harp been uniform and bare cdnvey
ed the idea that no exceptions can ne
made to the order requiring that
flour .shall be sold only iq combine
.tion sales with an equal amount of
other, cereals; and that bakeries,,
hotejs and cafes must make a mixed
, bread which shall contain immedi
ately not less than 6 per cent of
other cereals and must contain Dy
February 24 th 20 per cent of other
'A THE MODUS OPERANDI.
' Tha haw regulations work this
. way:
The flour miller must hare satis
factory proof when be sells flour to
a Joeber or a retailer that sucn
dealer 'has purchased a slmlllar a-
, mount of cereal subsitutes rrom
other sources.
v A Jobber or wholesaler in selling
to a retailer jnust sell an equal a
mouht of cerear subsitutes with his
flour or must be satisfied that the
retailer has purchased cereal substi
tutes from other sources.
A Jobber or wholesaler in selling
to a retailer must sell an -equal a
mount of cereal substitutes with his
flour or must be satisfied that the re
taller has purchased cereal1 substi
tutes from other sources.
iTbe retailer must sell flour only in
combination sales with an equal a
mxunt of cereal substitutes not only
' because he is required to do so but
because he could buy flour only in
' each amounts as he purchases the
other cereals.
ADVANTAGE OF WHOLE-WHEAT
i FLOUR. .
- While wheat flour containing all
middlings and bran, may be sold in
combination with half Its weight of
cereal substitutes as it already con
tains 25 per cent of wheat middlings
and bran. This will no doubt lead
to a greatly increased popularity or
this wholesome food product. in
fact, it is anticipated that a niajorl
, ty of the hotels and restaurants and
1 bakeries of the State will use whole
wheat flour to a large extent Instead
of attempting to mix other cereal
substitutes with white wheat flour.
ONLY 70 PER CENT OF FLOUR
AVAILABLE.
Since the government, for military
and other purposes, has been com-1
pelted to purchase, or practically
commandeer, 30 per cent of the out
, put of the roller mills of the country
it is very evident that other cereals
must be used to at least that extent
It. he supply of white wheat flour is
to be spread out until the-next nar
" vest.
In much smaller quantities and -will
require more expensive handling the
Food Administration has revoked its
recent ruling1 fixing $12.50 as the
maximum price for flour and will al
low retailers hereafter their usual
profits on flour up to lc a pound.
J THE SUBSTITUTES. j
, The cereal substitutes that may
be sold in the required combination
sale with flour are as follows: shorts
and middlings, corn flour, cornmeaf,
edible corn starch, : hominy, corn
grits, barley flour, rolled oats, oat-i
meal; rice; - rice flour, potato flour,
sweet potato flour, buckwheat Hour,
cottonseed flour, milo, Kaffir, , ana
feterita flours and meals, soy bean
flour, peanut flour, caaava flour, taro
flour, banana flour and other prod-
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SAYS flGHTCIG OF 1918
WILL BE DECISIVE
(By International News Service.'
WASHINGTON, Jan. 31. The
results of the-European war will be
determined this year, in the opinion
of President Wilson. In a letter to
a- farmers conference at Urbana, I1L,
he told them, "Yon will realise,. as I
think statesmen on both sides of the
water realize, that the culminating
crisis of the struggle has come and
that the achievements, of the war en
one side of the other must be deter
mined this year; He states that we
m n at win Via tha Uharfv nt tfia wnrTrt
is threatened by militarists In eon
trsl of the) Central -empires." .
He saldjthat they had already laid
hands on jihis country and it is as ir
we were flighting ther Revolutionary
war over again, , -
. He appealed to them to increase
the food 'supplies-as much as posst
bie.
' Louis Beardsley, the soldier who
was arrested by the local police here
Tuesday night, and who. was appar
ently attempting ' to tamper with a
C. & "N.-W, switch at the time, is
confined at the City Hospital, being
too ill to be removed to Camp
Greene. When arrested Beardsley
acted peculiarly and the officers
thought probably he was shamming.
Wednesday morning, however, he
was found in his cell in an uncon
scious condition. He was removed
to the City Hospital. After being
there about a day he regained con
sciouness and is still improving,
though his mind is apparently no:
yet clear.
Just after he was arrested Beards
ley told the Officers that he was a
member of Company K, 61st Medical
Corps, stationed at Camp Greene,
Charlotte. Now, however, he says
that he is from Fort Grant, Chicago,
and that he was sent to Charlotte to
deliver some papers to Camp Greene.
The officials at the Charlotte camp
have been notified of his presence
here and of his condition but so far
nothing definite has been learned
from there. He says that his home
is in Chicago, and gave his mothers
address as Mrs. Mary B. Beardsley,
5417 Rlchwood court. Chicago.
ATTEMPTED SUICIDE;
Robert Wolfe, aged about 20, an
operative at the Loray Mill, Is at tne
Gaston Sanltorlum in a serious con
dition suffering from a self-inflicted
bullet wound in his right lung.
There is a chance for his recovery
"barring the development of pneumo
nia or some other complication in
connection with his wound.
Young Wolfe shot himself Tues
day evening at the home of Walter
Blackwell in West Gastonia wnere
he was staying temporarily. Arising
from the supper table after eating a
rather hearty meal and during the
course of which he exhibited no
signs of being under any unusual
mental strain, he walked into his
room, sat down on the edge of his
bed and shot himself.
That he did not kill himself in
stantly was not Wolfe's fault. "I
intended to shoot myself through
the heart," he told those who went
to him at once, "but guess I got ner
vous and missed the spot." Later,
however, he .expressed regret for his
rash act ana hopes that he will re
cover. Domestic troubles, it Is un
derstood, caused the young man to
desire to end bis life.
ALL SPANISH SHIPS
ARE HELD IN PORTS
(By International News Service.)
NEW YORK, Jan. 31. -The gov
ernment has issued an order prohib
iting the departure of Spanish ves
sels from this port. It is reported
that this order will be extended to
other Atlantic and Gulf ports. No
explanation has been offered but it
is reported that Spanish ships have
been supplying German submarines.
TRIED TO ASSASSINATE
PREMIER LENINE
(By International News Service.)
LONDON, Feb. 1. Another un
successful attempt has been made to
assassinate Premier Lenine of Rus
sia. A student made his way into
the Smolney Institute, where the
Bolshevik! have headquarters, and
fired one revolver shot at the prem
ier. It went wild and the would - be
assasin was seized before ne could
fire again.
WONT LET AMERICANS
LEAVE BELGUIII
(By International News Service.)
V WASHINGTON, Feb. 1. Five
Americans, whose names are not yet
known, were refused permission to
leave Belgium by Germany. It is
supposed, this action was taken as a
retaliation for the refusal of the
United States to permit Germans to
leave this country at will.
USM F.EVOLTS ;
lEIAO GERIIAIiY
; ; (By International News Service.) '
' AMSTERDAM, Jan, 3 1. Industri
al revolts are still menacing Germa
ny Nearly 1,000,000 men and wo
men workers engaged in war wort
are on strike. Liberals all over the
country are being arrested. ' The
workers demand the cessation of
war, more food and. the universal se
cret fcalloL , .-,
(By International News Service.)
washinutum, Jan. - si. A new
"submarine-killer" has' been develop
ed by the Navy Department, Secreta
ry Daniels announced today. A con
tract for great numbers of them has
been given to Henry Ford. The ves
sels will be 200 feet long and resem
ble in style the destroyer but are tne
most efficient weapons yet developed.
Washington, Jan. 31. After tes
tifying today before the house, naval
committee on the naval appropria
tion bill, Secretary Daniels authoriz
ed the statement that contracts tor
"several scores" of the new craft
have been placed with the Ford Mo
tor Company of Detroit. He describ
ed them as "half-way between a de
stroyer and submarine chaser" 200
feet long and equipped with the lat
the high school. Their guests were:
est discoveries for combatting sub
marines.
All parts of the ships except tie
engines are to be fabricated in De
troit and the parts shipped to sea
board, where they will be assembled.
Changes In the Ford plant to permit
the handling of the work have pro
gressed so swiftly. Mr. Daniels said.
that deliveries on the contracts dur
ing the coming summer are assured.
The new vessels are expected to.
prove far superior to the chasers now
in use. Including those of the 110-
foot class. They will have steam
power with a greater radius or ac
tion, will be more seaworthy and will
be able to carry heavier armament. J
It has developed that the latest Ger
man submarines are equipped' with
guns which outrange those of small
chasers ' and even" some merchant
ships.
Henry Ford recently placed before
Secretary Daniels plans showing the
practicability of converting a large
part of his factory into a ship fabri
cating plant. Naval constructors
had evolved the latest submarine-
chaser and rear Admiral David W
Taylor, with two assistants, was sent
to inspect the, Ford plant. After tne
officers had made their, report the
contracts were placed.
Possibility that additional con
tracts might be given other automo
bile Arms was suggested by Mr.
Daniels, but he said no definite ac
tion had been taken along this line.
in connection with Mr Daniels re
newed recommendation for a large
increase in both temporary and per
manent enlisted personnel of the
navy, it was learned today that the :
department plans extensive enlarge-'
ment or several existing training .
stations. Plans already have been
approved for enlarging the Pelham
Bay, N. Y., and Norfolk. Va., sta
tions. Five thousand men are now
at Pelham Bay and 16.000 at Nor
folk. Secretary Daniels said that tne
navy now has 95,000 men under in
struction, and with the recommend
ed increase, will have men enough
to supply crews not only for tne en
ure naval construction program as
now contemplated but also for tne
hundreds of merchant ships which
are to be placed under his supervis
ion.
9400,000,00 Treasury Certificates
Taken. !
'By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON. Jan. 30. The
$400,000,000 Issue of Treasury Cer
tificates has been heavily oversub
scribed, it was announced today.
use just 'eqougn
ms .COESC3
US. FOOD ARM I N ISTK ATION.
Fire early this morning totally de
stroyed the Rhyne Roller Mill rn
East Gastonia, entailing a loss of
about $10,000. How. the fire ong
inated is not known, though there is
a suspicion on the part of 'the own
ers Ibat It was of Incendiary origin,
Policeman Adderholdt and Dr. R.
E. Rhyne, who were in that section
of the city looking for Dr. Rhyne s
automobile which had disappeared
earlier in the night from Main ave
nue, discovered the blase. When
they first saw it the building was
ablaze all over. An alarm was turn
ed in at once and the fire department
responded immediately but the blaze
had gained such headway that the
firemen were powerless to save tne
plant. The Rhyne Knitting Mill
building and the residence of Mr. A.
B. Rhyne both caught fire but escap
ed any serious damage.
Mr. A. B. Rhyne and son, Mr.
Truss Rhyne, who own and operate
the mill, estimate their loss at about
$10,000 divided as follows: Build
ing $2,000, machinery $5,000, grain,
flour, meal, etc., on hand about $3,-
000. The loss is probably partially
covered by Insurance.
This 1 mill has -been in operation
for many years and was the town's
main dependence for meal and quite
a good deal of its flour. Its destruc
tion Just at this time will probably
cause a shortage of meal which will
render it difficult for the merchants
to comply with the requirements of
the new food administration ruling.
The owners have not decided as
to whether they will rebuild.
ADMINISTRATOR WANTS
FULLER I
County Food Administrator Arm
strong aks The Gazette to urge that
all the merchants of the county, in
making their reports to him as to
persons who have purchased more
flour than the food administration
order permits, give full information,
such as date of purchase, amount and
kind bought and how much has been
returned and date of return. So far
the merchants have responded splen
didly to the administrator's request
for .reports but some of them have
failed to give complete information.
Attention is also directe1 to the
fact that Individuals are not' permit
ted to dispose of their surplus flour
in any manner except to return it to
the merchant from which it was pur
chased. TO CONSCRIPT BRITISH
ERICA.
IX AH-
(By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, Jan. 30. Secre
tary of State Lansing announces that
an agreement has been made wltn
Great-Britain and Canada providing
for the drafting of their nationals
In this country.
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Solicitor Georgo W. Wilson, chair
man for Gaston County of the War
Savings Campaign, received a mes
sage this morning stating that Judge
Gilbert T. Stephenson, of Winston
Salem, Ste,te organizer of the cam
paign to sell $50,000,000 of the
Thrift Stamps, War Savings Stamps
and Certificates in North Carolina.
will be in Gastonia Saturday morn
ing. A short conference of all the
workers whose names were recently
published in The Gazette will be
held at the Chamber of Commerce
at 10:30 o'clock, at which Mr.
Stephenson will briefly outline the
work of the county campaign. '
Mr. Stephenson will them go to
the court-house, where a meeting of
the public school teachers of. the
county Is to begin at eleven o'clock.
and will be given a place on the
program of the meeting for the pur
pose or giving tne county teachers a
first-hand explanation of the entire
savings system. Mr. Stephenson was
selected by State Manager Fries for
the position, he holds by reason . of
his Intense enthusiasm in the cause,
and his practical knowledge of the
State and the best methods for carry
ing out such a campaign. AH citi
zens who are interested in this pa
triotic movement are invited to
hear Mr. Stephenson at the court
house tomorrow.
SIIEAGE BOOK
, CAMPAIGN STARTED
Plans were completed at a meet
ing held at the Commercial Club yes
terday afternoon for the Smileage
Book campaign by which U Is plan
ned to place a Smileage Book in the
hands of every man in the ranks at
home or overseas from Gaston coun
ty. The quota assigned the county
is $800 the books selling for a dol
lar each. Chairman W. T, Rankin
presided at the meeting yesterday.
The following assignments were
made for the campaign:
Gastonia J. T. Sadler, C. C. Arm
strong, G. B. Mason, J. Sid Winget,
Henry H. Groves, George E. Marvin,
M. Holland, Ross Rhyne, Charles
D. Gray, S. B. Dolley, R. K. Babing-
ton.
Mount Holly John W. Holland,
'Bob Gardner.
Dallas Dr. S. A. Wilklns, Prof. J.
B. Henson.
Mayworth C. D. Welch, H. L.
Moore.
McAdenville I. F. Mabry, Ed C.
Ray.
Belmont W. D. Crawford. D. P.
Stowe.
Bessemer Oity A. A. McLean, Jr.,
S. E. McNeely.
Lowell T. P. Rankin, Colt M.
Robinson.
Cherryville Prof. J. R. Nixon. D.
P. Dellinger.
Mr. J. H. Separk was named to
take charge of the local campaign
and will call the local teams togeth
er. Mr. W. T. Rankin will look af
ter the county teams. Mr. John R.
Rankin Is treasurer and Mr. Fred M.
Allen, secretary.
REFORMATORY RUNAWAY
CAUGHT HERE TODAY
Benjamin Thomas, aged 13, a run
away from the Stonewall Jackson
Training School (the State reforma
tory) at Concord, was arrested by a
member of the police force this
morning and is held in the county
Jail here pending instructions rrom
the superintendent of the school wno
has been notified of his capture here.
Thomas ran away from the school
last summer and was caught here.
He said that another boy, "Brady
Balrd, ran away with him yesterday
and that his companion got off tne
train at Belmont They were riding
a freight. Asked as to why he ran
away the boy said that he just didn't
Uke it there.
STONE SAYS A. P.
SENDS OUT FALSE NEWS
fBy International News Service,
WASHINGTON, Jan. 31. Rising
to a point of personal privilege. Sen
ator Stone today charged the Associ
ated Press with sending out unquali
fiedly false news and denied that any
administration leaders tried to per
suade him from delivering his re
cent attack on the Republicans. He
declared that the statements attrib
uted to him were "baseless fabrica
tions., '. ' - . . ' .
; jGERMAN RAID REPULSED. . r
; (By International News Service,) '
LONDON. Feb. 1. -The Germans
last night tried to raid a British
trench near Arleux but were repuls
ed. German artillery has been act
ive on the Arras sector. 1
uui uiuuuu 4ew , Dervicej
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN
FRANCE, Feb. 1. Germany - has
adopted cruel and barbarous meth
ods towards American prisoners. An
apparently Authentic order which
v.ie aA a t a a. .
ten mio ins nanas oz American. 07
flcers directs that American prison
ers be confined in iron cages for four
days without food or water to make
them submissive. It is believed that
the order resulted from the fact that
tne uermans nave experienced dif
ficulty in getting Information from
American soldiers captured in No
vember. ' . . ',
AI!ERICAIIS FOUGHT Mil ,
BRAVERY OF VETEO
(By International News' Service.)
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN.
FRANCE. Feb. 1. Two more Amer
ican soldiers were wounded by frag
ments of German shells, their Inju
ries being slight. Complete details
of Wednesday's clash show that the
Americans fought y ith the calmness
and bravery of veterans.' The cour
age of the platoon in the first line
trench prevented the Germans from
carrying out their raid on a mucn
larger scale. Despite the heavy bar
rage fire, the platoon : stood - its
ground and maintained : a ' heavy
cross-fire; which prevented the Ger
mans from reaching the trench,)
aOB TAKES CIIA5IGE'
of sTRi shuati::i
('By International News Service.)
AMSTERDAM. Feb. 1. General
von Hindenburg has taken . charge
of the strike situation in Germany
ana ruiniess metnoas oi suppression
have already been inaugurated. -Information
.leaking across the border.;'
however, Indicates that the labor un
rest Is still spreading and that the
strikers continue in an ugly mood.1
Numbers of leaders In the Bsltlo
ports have been arrested and the
men have been ordered to return to
work immediately at Bremen, Ham
burg and Kiel. Some have obeyed
the order but the number still out is
estimated at from 800,000 to 1,200,
000. EIGHT AMERICANS . .-
KILLED IN TRDICIIS
(By International News Service.) y
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY INT
FRANCE, Jan. 31. Taking advan
tage of a thick mist, a strong German
force raided the American section pr
the trenches Wednesday morning,
capturing two and wounding four
American soldiers. The raid follow
ed a heavy barrage that lasted 15
minutes and the fighting lasted 20
minutes. The Americans fought
gallantly, all branches of the service
participating. The attack occurred
where the American and German
trenches are only 55 yards apart.
Several Germans were wounded
by -a lanky Tennessean who, despite
shell wounds in his shoulder and
thigh, used his rifle on the raiders
until he lost consciousness. A Cali
fornia guardsman was also wounded.
The raid broke the inactivity of the
last ten days. The casualties in the
American line from artillery fire and
sniping were eight killed and two
nuuuucu, Muk wuuims muse uiuu
tioned above.
Y. M. C. A. TO BE
' FOR ARTILLERY CAIIP
Gastonia will have a Y. M. C. A.
hut at the artillery camp when It is
built here. The problem of provid
ing amusement for the 5,000 .. meo'
wm nave to be given attention . at
Gastonia. Executive Secretary Fred
M. Allen of the Chamber of Com
merce took np with the war council
of the Y. M. C. A. the question of ar- r
ranging for a hut so that it would be '
in readiness when the camp opens in
stead of later. Assurances have been -
gan in charge of the Y work at Camp
Greene that provision will be made
for the local camp In ample time.
: CAVALRY TO PLAY BIG PART.
(By International News' Service.)
' Washington; 'Feb. ; 1. That
the cavalry will yet play an' Import
ant part In the war is the belief ct
the general staff The creation or
seven new cavalry regiments frc
the coming selective draft has bee ...
ordered.' . .