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GMfQN THE GAZETTE -JUL" - ' ' " . w.v VOU XXXIX. XO. 134. GASTONIA. N. C. MONDAY AFTERNOON. OCTOBE R 14, 1918. 9X00 A TBAB DC ADVAJT01 - , - - ' ' - . ' - ' . - y K. ' . J,,.,, i j , - ' : ' We Southerners are fighters, BUT we are not bond buyers, to our Shame be it said! ' Being Southerners, we can say it. Do you want the proof? There are 7,882,000 people, old and young, white and colored, in the Fifth Federal Reserve District who did not buy a bond of either the Second or Third Loan. 3,730,000 of them live in North and South Carolina. Similar conditions prevailed in the rest of the District, and a similar report has been made to the other States. The report of the Treasury Department shows that the South re sponded to the Third Loan, as to the number of subscribers, to a smaller extent than any other part of the Country. This has been com mented upon in a country wide publication. WIPE OUT THE STIGMA NOW before it is too late. BUY FOURTH LIBERTY BONDS! BUY THEM FOR THE CHILDREN each one will count ERST P NEARLY 400 SOLDIERS ARE LOST AT SEA United States Transport Is Dashed to Pieces on Rocks of 699 Soldiers on .Board 372 Are Believed to Have Been Lost. A British Port. Thursday, Oct. 10. A large number ef American troops hare been lo'it as the result of the sinking of the transport Otran to in the North channel between the Scottish and Irish cfjasts, in a col lision with the steamer Kashmir. The Otranto afteu- the collision was dashed to pieces on the rocks off the south Scottish coast with a prob able loss of life of S72 American soldiers. Three hundred and one men were taken to Belfast by the British de atroyer Mounsey, the only vessel which made an attempt at rescue in the terrifflc gale when the Kashmir, another vessel in the convoy with the Otranto, rammed the Otranto a midshlp. Seventeen men were picked up a live on the Scottish coast. Of the 699 American soldiers on board the Otranto, 310 were landed. Seventeen were rescued alive at. Js lay, leaving 372 unaccounted for. The Otranto and other vessels of the convoy were battling with t b e heavy seas and high winds Sunday morning. The storm was so severe And the visibility so bad that the , Kashmir crashed into the Otranto squarely amidship. The Kashmir backed away badly damaged tout was able to make port. As the bows of the Kashmir were pulled from the great holes in tbe side of the Otranto the water rushed In but for a time it did not serve to stop the engines. The Otranto tried to proceed b,ut made no headway a jgalnst the gale in her crippled con dition. Within a short time the water put out her fires and the Otranto drifted helplessly toward the rocky coast of Islay island where most of the Tus- cahia victims met their deaths. The Otranto struck the rocks Sun day night south of Saligo bay, Islay Island, an uninhabited section where the coast line in many places rises straight out of the water to the rocky peaks many feet above. As the destroyer neared the side of the Otranto the men began to jump from 30 to 40 feet from her decks. The more experienced sail ors of the crew of the steamer had better success than the soldiers, many of whom had never seen tne sea until this trip. 'As the "destroyer steered toward the side of the steamer many of the men leaped too quickly and missed their reckoning and dropped between he boats. - Some of these disappear ed In the water, but others of them were caught and crushed to death between the boats and the lifeboats which had been lowered to act as ; buffers. The destroyer was badly battered. The captain of the destroyer, each - time it was brushed away from the side 6f the Otranto, again would push near enough for-many more men to jump to the deck of his vessel. He described as a veritable rain the number of . nien landing on the de stroyer. ; - , ' ; '; Many of those who reached the decks of the vessel suffered broken bones or otherwise were hurt. Those -who missed the Seek of the destroyer went to almost instant death. ' v Four times the battered destroyer ame alongside and each time the previous scenes were repeated.. At : the end of the fourth trip she had "310 Americans, 236 of the crew, 30 . French sailors and one British: offl- " cer on board. The -boat was full and, having done all possible, phe started for port. .-"v. , . . ' The suTtlvors'iaw. the Otranto drifting helplessly toward the rocks as they pulled away toward the Irish oast. The destroyer barely had time , to send a brief (message when her TODAY'S CASUALTY LIST CONTAINS 769 NAMES (By International News Service.) I WASHINGTON, Oct. 14. The fol lowing army casualties are reported j by the commanding general of the American, expeditionary forces: i SECTION ONE. ; Killed in action, 186, missing In j action, 49; wounded severely, 267; . died of wounds, 73; died of accident . and other causes, 4 ; died of disease, I 95; died of aeroplane accident. 1;! wounded, degree undetermined, 94; total, 769. The following men from North and South Carolina are among those list ed in section one: Killed in action: Corporals Her bert W. Ward, of Ash, N. C, and Marcus W. Crockerham, of Crump ler. N. C. Died of wounds: Privates James C. Harmon, of Sugar Grove. N. C, and Steve Youngdeer, of Cherokee. S. C. Wounded severely: Privates Ja cob O. Everhart, of Lexington, N. C, and John P. Gunter, of Newhill, N. C. Died of disease: Private Depp Rowe, of Croatan, N. C. Missing in action: Private Ar thur P. Landress, of Calhoun, S. C. SUNDAY'S CASUALTY LIST CONTAINED 676 NAMES (By International News Service.) WASHINGTON, Oct. 13. The fol lowing army casualties are reported by the commanding general of the American expeditionary forces: Killed in action. 185; missing in action, 30; wounded severely, 287; died of wounds, 73; died of accident and other causes, 9; died of disease, 56; wounded slightly, 8; wounded, degree undetermined, 27; total, 676. The following men from North and South Carolina are among those list ed: Died of disease: Private Carson R. Morrison, of Laurinburg, X. C Wounded severely: Captain Rob- . ert McKay, of Sumter, S. C; Pri vates Charles G. Cated, of Carrboro. N. C, Willie Washington Corn, of Greenville, S. C, Thomas J. Stal lings, of Trottvllle, N. C, and Walter Parish, of Grange, N. C. Missing in action: Lieut. John W. Artz, of Old Fort, N. C. Ded of wounds: Private Samuel J. Phillips, of Bear Creek, N. C. SATURDAY'S CASUALTY LISTS CONTAINED 713 NAMES (By International News Service.! WASHINGTON, Oct. 12. The fol lowing army casualties are reported by the commanding general of the American expeditionary forces: SECTION OnE. Killed in action, 81; missing in action,, 18; wounded severely, 124; died of wounds, 47: died of accident and other causes, 66; died of disease", 53: total, 329. The following men from North' and South Carolina are among those list ed in section one: , , Killed i in action: Privates John D. Watson, of lEnglehard, N d Richard Willlaims,' of Jefferson, S. C, and Montgomery A. Sealy.of Ger ro Gordo, X. C. - ' Died of wounds: Lieut. David E. Monroe, of THarlon, S. C . - . '- Died of disease J Privates Ernest Gary Coleman, "of Ninety Six, S. C. Pressley Jackson, of Conway, S. C, PUBLISHED KVERV MONDAY. lOTY BUY NATIONAL BAN GASTONIA, NORTH CAROLINA DESPITE HANDICAPS FAIR WAS SUCCESS I Despite the handicap of the epi-, demic, the shortage of labor which kept the farmers at home, and nu merous other drawbacks, the fourth annual Gaston County Fair which closed Saturday night did better than was expected under the cir cumstances. Secretary Fred M. Allen states that the attendance was about 000. It is probable that, from a financial standpoint), ttoe fair will just about break even. There were three community fair exhibits. South Point and Landers Chapel, from Gaston country, and Reepsville, Lincoln county. South Point won the first premium for Gas ton county and the sweepstakes prize. Linclln county won the sweep stakes in the canning club exhibits. In the stock judging contest for boys Paul Kiser, of Bessemer City, won the first prize for the nigneat score in judging cattle, beef cattle and swine. Howard Armstrong, or Belmont, won second prize and C. D. Armstrong of Belmont, third prize. For Lincoln county, Mose Kiser, of Reepsville, won first prize in the contest. In the sweepstakes in the cattle judging contest Mose Kise, of Reepsville, won the first prize and Paul Kiser, of Bessemer City, second. In the Boys Corn club Contest James Jelton, of Reepsville, won the first prize; Paul Kiser, of Bessemer City, the second, and T. S. Mauney pf Bessemfer City, the third. The Gazette hopes to publish the entire list of prizes within the next few days. Calls Are Cancelled. The local board of Gaston county has been notified that two calls for selective service registrants recently sent them have been cancelled. These are call No. 1,347, for 60 negro se lectmen who were to entrain on Oc tober 18 for Camp Greene and call No. 1,459-G for 32 white selectmen to entrain for Fort Caswell, .V. C, between October 21st and 25th. Oth er calls recently announced are not affeqted, buf remain in effect as an nounced. Sutherland, of Charlotte, N. C. Sgt. Thomas Duncan Holcomb. of Union. S. C: Private Willard F. Brown, of Pleasant Garden, N. ( SECTION TWO. Killed in action, 15; missing in action? 65; wounded severely, 206; died from wounds, 20; died from ac cident and other "causes, 7 ; died of disease. 13; died from aeroplane ac cident, 1; total, 325. The following men from Nortn and South Carolina are among those listed in section two: " Died from wounds: Private Tal ly A. Drum, of Stony Point. N. C. Died of- disease: Private Hay wood Campbell, of Waterloo, S. C. Wounded severely: Corp. Thom as W. Bradley, of Spartanburg. S. C. Lee H. Campbell, of Rutherford Col lege, X. C, and James W. McCutch en, of Lake City. S. C; Private Franklin M. Carson, of Dupre, S. C. Missing in action:- Lieut. Edwin rC. Klingman, of Oxford, NYC. Following is a summary of. the to tal casualties to" date: Killed in action (including 291 at sea), 8,878; died of wounds, 3,060; died of disease, 2,307; died of acci dent and other causes, 1,042; wound ed, in action. 24,424; missing In ac tion, including prisoners ,5,4 65; to tal to date. 45.176. . ' Marine Casualties. Killed in action. 14; died of wounds.. 4; wounded severely, . 27; wounded slightly, l; missing in ac tion, 12; in hands of enemy, 1; to tal, 59. - - ' ' ' - .. - - , The following men from North and WEDNESDAY AND FRIDAY INFLUENZA SITUATION PROBABLY IMPROVED Kxact Xumler of Casffi Not Known Iioray Turn School Houmo Into HoNpttal Many Pwople Volunteer to N'urw Three Physicians 111 Deatha Hlnce Thursday. Just how many cases of Spanish Influenza there are in the city can not be stated with any degree of ac curacy. Opinions vary, though the consensus of opinion seem to be that the disease is being gotten under control. It is stated by the management of the Loray Mill that there are a bout 300 cases in that section of town. The old Loray school house was turned Into a hospital yester day by the mill management. There were twenty beds in this hospital this morning and it was stated that provision could be made for 80 more if necessary. Manager W. D. An derson states that he has two trained nurses and about 20 volun teers nursing and he thinks the sit uation is improving. Tbe mill is op erating at about one-half capacity today. In South Gastonia there are a good many cases around the Armstrong Mills. Saturday the local Red , Cross chapter, through Mrs. S. A. Robinson chairman of the nursing commttee, issued an urgent appeal for volun teer nursese and secured quite a good many responses; not as many, however, as are needed. Volunteers are still needed and person who are willing to nurse should call Mrs. Robinson at 223. City Physician C. J. McCombs, Dr. H. F. Glenn and Dr. Irwin, colored, are confined to their beds. The other physicians of the town are taxed to the limit of their endurance to take care of the situation. There are numerous instances where whole families 1 are down without anyone to nurse or cook for them. So far as ascertained the follow ing list includes all the deaths which have occured here from the disease since Thursday:: Nina Wofford, three - year - old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Wof ford, 414 Poplar street, died Satur day afternoon. Funeral services were held at 10 o'clock yesterday morning and burial was in Holly wood cemetery. William Hinson, aged 20 years, son of Thomas Hinson, South Broad street, died Saturday afternoon. Fu neral services were conducted at the home yesterday afternoon at 2 o'clock by Rev. W. A. Hough and burial was in Hollywood Cemetery. Mrs. Sarah Byers.aged 64, died Saturday TU 110 Seventh avenue. Funeral servces were held at the home yesterday afternoon and burial was in Hollywood cemetery. Neal Conner, aged 25, died Ft day night at 223 East Fifth avenue. He was a son of J. W. Conner. Funer al services were conducted at 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon at the home by Rev. Dr. J. C. Galloway and interment was in Hollywood cemetery. Annie May Williams. Infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Wil liams? 601 Fifth avenue, died Fri day, night. Funeral services were conducted Faturday by Rev. H. H. Jordan and burial was in Hollywood cemetery. Jack E. Barlow,-aged four, son of Mr, and Mrs. J. W. Barlow, West Franklin Ave., died Thursday .night Funeral services were conducted Friday by Rev. E. P. Stabler and in terment was In Hollywood cemetery. A Miss Hollifleld, aged 17 years, died last night at the Arlington mill. Walter Lowe, aged 25. died last night at the Parkdale Mill, West Gastonia. A child of W. E. Riser's died last prow Bn I GERMANY IS READY TO ACCEPT PEACE TERMS Text of German lU'ply to Prelknt' Inquiry Kecclved Saturday Xiftht In Name of iernun Jovern nx'nt and People Agrees to Evacu ation of Invaded Territory a Pre liminary to Armistice. WASHINGTON, Oct. 12. Germa ny's reply to President Wilson's In quiry, intercepted as it was being sent by the great wireless towers at Nauen and forwarded here tonight in an official dispatch from France, de clares Germany Is ready to accept President Wilson's peace terms', evac uate the Invaded territory as a pre requisite to an armistice and that the bid for peace represents the German people as well as the government. Although on its face the text of the German note seems to be a com plete acceptance of President Wil son's terms, the people of the Unit ed States and the allied countries should be cautioned against accept ing it as such a compliance with the President "s demands as will mean immediate cessation of hostilities. As President Wilson was in New York tonight, and reserved comment on the note, his views cannot be stat ed now and none of his official fami ly here in Washington cared to speak for him. Without any attempt to discount what appeared to be, at a casual reading, an acceptance of the terms the President has lead down, officials here were very positive in not ac cepting the German note as a docu ment which means the end of the war. It needs to be examined and fully considered before the views of the American government tan be stated. Should President Wilson finally decide that there is enough sincerity in Germany's proposition to transmit it to the allies, as the German chan cellor requested, It should be borne in mind that Great Britain. France and the other entente nations must be taken into consideration for de cision then as to whether an armis tice should be granted or whether discussion should be undertaken to carry out the details of the applica tion of President Wilson's peace terms. The greatest danger facing the people of the United States, officials said here tonight, was that they might hastily consider Germany's proposition as the unconditional sur render which the co-belligerents de mand and relax their efforts to con tinue the victories at arms and car ry over the fourth Liberty loan. On every side in official quarters it was stated that this view of the situation could not be placed before the pub lic too strongly. PHKHIDKXT WILSON' AWAITIXO ARRIVAL OF GERMAX NOTE. . Washington. Oct. 13 President Wilson returned to Washington from New York tonight, accompanied by his close friend and advisor. Col. E. M. House, and is awaiting the receipt of the official text of Ger many's reply to bs recent inquiries. Although the substance of Foreign Secretary Wolf's communication was made public Saturday night by the press associations the official text has not as yet reached the Washing ton authorities. Any person who can contribute the use of their automobile for the purpose of conveying food to the in fluenza stricken families and volun teer workers to their assignments are requested to notify Supt. Joe S. Wray, of the city schools. night' in 'West Gastonia. ' Two aged negroea named Moore, husband and wife, were found dead in a house on Mr. J. M. Falres farm south of Gastonia on the New Hope Mil as a bond buyer. TOMORROW IS LIBERTY DAY FOR GASTON MY Tomorrow is Liberty Day In Gas- -ton county and it is expected that -' . ery business establishment In the ; county will be closed and that the business men will go out and sell Liberty Bonds? Saturday was the (. day set aside for this purpose by the President and the Governor but be--' cause of untoward circumstances It . was deemed wise to change the. date ,j so far as Gastonia and the county was concerned. Gaston county's assessment for, the Fourth Liberty Loan Is tl.009, 000 of which only a small part hae- ; so far been taken. Gaston can go over the top tomorrow If every per son will do his or her part in thia " great campaign. RUMORED THAT HLIIfli IS ABOUT TO RESIST (By International News Service.) LONDON, Oct. 14. The resigna tion of Count Maximilian, the Ger man chancellor Is reported immin ent from reliable Holland sources. They predict that Herr Scheidemann or Dr. Solf will be the possible sue cessor. It is also reported that the Kaiser contemplates abdicating In favor of his grandson. PRESIDENT WILL CO BEFORE CONGESS TODAY (By International Newt Service.) - WASHINGTON, Oct. 14. A con certed demand for the rejection of Germany's peace proposals and that the President insist upon uncondi tional surrender was reported to Washington today as the prevailing national sentiment. Thousand of telegrams are pouring in from all parts of tbe country urging this atti tude. It also developed that" a ma jority of the President's cabinet is opposed to making any concession to Germany or to agreeing to an armis tice. Members of tbe cabinet refuse to be quoted pending definite action by President Wilson, who is expect ed to address a joint session of the two houses of Congress today. MOUNT HOLLY BOV WENT DOWN' WITH SHIP. .. Mr. and Mrs. W. H. B. Lineberger of Mount Holly, received an official telegram last Friday informing them that their son, James Jenkins Line- berger, went , down with his vessel, the Ticonderoga, when it was sank by a German submarine in mid-ocean on October 2. Young Lineberger had been in the navy eight years.- , and was a chief petty officer on his vessel. During his term of, service , he had been stationed on the U. S. 8. Florida, the l S. S. Kentucky, and . ' had served two months last winter aa an instructor at the Boston naval . training station. He has three-broth- ' ers in the army, two. of them being Y in France. He was a member of -the Lutheran Church of the ' Good Shepherd at Mount Holly. , t ; . SUNDAY'S WAR BULLETIN'S. Nish, the capital of Serbia has been occupied by entente, forces.. the v German war office admitted Sun day. The Finnish government has asked Germany to withdraw her troops from Finland. . Serrt"ir r t,v , V tr f t -l-oto! TToq crHa,1 WXV,