VOL. G
Klkin, N. C, Thursday, March 21, 191(3
No. 51
AMERICAN TANK STEAMER HAS
BATTUI WITH U BOAT.
An Atlantic Port, M itch 17.
At the end of an hour's battle be
tween a German submarine ami
un American tank steamship, tho
Paulsboro, of the Vacuum Oil
company, which arrived here to
day, tin! U-boat iipparontly was
sunk, according toollieers of the
American vessel.
One of the crew on the tanker
was wounded by a shell tired by
tin; submarine. Twoother shot
struck tin' An eriean snip, which
win not seriously d im ii' l.
Tim light took place in tho
Hi istoh h t"in'l on February -I.
The Auiei io.in vessel was ab ut
l! I hours out f mm a Hi iti-.li i m 1 1
when the F l was sighted.
Too tinker tried to escape and
w as pursi.od. After tin; Ameri
(-til vessel had been within loi'pe
do range for sometime .vitlmut
uny attempt being made to sink
her ill this way, the V boat I) 'gati
helling her.
Tho tanker halted and gave bat
tie. The ofticor said the shrap
nell shells tired by th" American
gun crow eilh"i' fell shortor pass
oil over tho U-boat for a time, but
finally one struck tin; submarine
fairly in tho center and she (lis
apioared immediately. Tho
American vessel is of about l,"0"
tons gross.
BAKER STOPS FREQUENTLY TO TALK
WITH PRIVATES ON TRIP
Or INSPLCTION
On Hoard Si c rotary H iker's
Special Train in France, March
14. (Uy the Assonat d Press.)
In Ins trij of in-poi tion of Am
crican military establishments
today. Secret ity Maker stopped
frequently to fih with private
soldiers Mis impression and
that of all the civilian members of
tho party was that the men are
well housed and foil and want to
gi ton with their work. It came
from a negro In om of the stove
(lore regiments S'-r; i".g at an im
provised shipyard
"How doyou hie- th- i ....IJnglr"
the secretary iisked.
"We'd, 1 nets only one piece of
bread," the maa replied.
"IsilgooJ broad r" asked Mr.
Hiker.
"(Mi, it's good. b'sH, but when
I usiis for another piece wauls
it"
Small u-mns of German pi is
oners were encountered. Us
ually they habited. They g.-ued
curiously lit the secretary of war
and the i j.mander ii ( hief.
Near the harbor devi ! jmiitN .
Which the secieUry inspected is
an system of wandmus
c. When Completed there will
( re ws id one story warehouse
covering about l'.'' acre, and
stretching out for three and one
half mile. 1 1 a d. p:!i of a mile
((instruction lias Is-en hegun on
a hospital which will have l'h.ihki
beds. It Will In' the largest ill
tin world. The Ih ilish have th.
noil largest one, with o,ti
beds.
Keeps Track of 1.000
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STSONG RAID IS MADE BY ENCMY
UPON AMERICANS
With tho American Army in
Franco, March 1(3. -(Hy tho As
sociated Press.) After a terrific
artillery preparation this morn
ing, largo numbers of tho enemy
crossed No man's Land on tho
extreme right of tho American
sector, northwest of Toul. Ap
parently tho purpose of the raid
was quickly accomplished and
only a comparatively small num
ber entered our lines Permis
sion lias not boon given to men
tion the number of casualties.
This raid, like most of the oth
ers carried out nil the way from
the sea to Switzerland, was do
tinned to in t her inform itioii by
means of t linn:; prisoners.
Fist of linevi'le our patiols
i t I . r . I I i
II I e c ; d cil pal I Ol i lie n-1
in ui trench which our artillery
forced the enemy to abandon.
Patrols proceeded laterally until
they established contact with tl
Germans. Our reennnaisaneo
and wire patrols found snipers'
losts, listening and nests from
which machine guns had been
firingnn our linos. Tho artillery
a'tendrd to all these post. Tho
German ositions have boon so
uncomfortable at several places
that they now are trying to re
gain a foothold by connection
shell holes. Our troops have
been subject to an cxti aordinari
ly heavy artillery lire for the last
J I hours. More than IV) .shells,
w hich make craters 'J') foot deep
and HO feet in diameter, fell in
one see lion of the line. In an
other f-oetion batteries have been
.shelled le-awly. More gas shells
have fallen in both the. Toul and
l.unoviPe sectors, but tho larger
number iu the former.
With the American Army in
Franco, March IF Uno of the
An erican patrols list night en
countered an enemy patrol in No
Man's I.md in tho Toul sector
ar. I opened tire. The German
lbd carrying with them several
ImIus supposci lo bo of men
killed or wounded. They were
so busy getting away that there
was only a feeble return to Ihe
American liiu and imr.e if the
American patrol was injured.
Tad enemy airplane flew over
tho Nmeiican lines during ll.e
niejit. ino dropping lUres as
signal The tit her w as overhead
at a time when tho German be
gan a barrage which the Aineii
i .his' guns countered. Il is iiol
Hnpiii'i able the enemy plane was
Iry i'g t" I's at the balterie by
the ishes i f the guns No in
fantry arlmty followed tho bar-rag-.
The American artolery contin
ues to do effective Work ngatr.st
Iherr.emv line and silenced a
battery which wa tiling big
shell In it direction from a (mint
i m t 1
in Ilu1 iur M oiinara woo.i.
Seter.il (ither places whrre no
tivity wa ('bserved a!so were
shelled.
New German troop have en
leicd the hue in fiont ( f lilt Am
em -an. .xppiKr.uv they nave
been told they are opixisite Am
eiuaiisbccaJ.se many tunes the
i.e .v an na's have lx en evu ob
serving their Oppot flit CtllioU-
ly ti. io.;ch t.t . I g. nsse;. This
curiosity ha pmed disastrous
to tie '. i on mote than one (s ea
sioii for the Aii t iican sniper
a ie s at lit; as Ihe artillery.
In the intermittent bombard
mcnts at vain-US puts of the
iini ie.m sector om si Icrablo
numis'is of mustaid, bosger.r
and ( lot ine shell weie used.
American aerial oljsorver In
the rear of the hnen have been
formed into a squadron under
in-vmand of a l-'iench captain
They were over the line today
hul had no encounter with me
my machine.
Charles S. Got doit, of Iow a,
the tirst man wounded In tho
tiUiieville sector, ha beer, award
ed Ihe cross of war.
The kaiser say: 'The Iird
pointed out to us the path by
whk h we should go." liut it's a
safe, bet the Ird diJn't toil him
wlnt nwniis 'he;n at lhj end c
Ihe path.
MID VALE STEEL
i I. i if -it ii i 'ii f n irifr.rnlrr f
K.n'u.l.k" .-I ll-.- MiiMiie SO-il imIi.;.;Oi III Willnllc'l. : Vrlr MM-i liinllly from tllulr fnUllllllllull by tfrcat
r !iii' ;ih'! lui-iiel. 'I his .iiiokiii1i ill.- H-i'i ti S i!iiiliu-i"ii j 1 ii nl of Ih MI'IvbIii So-fl ioiii'aay it nnis of
thl.ru. I In- i I i j i u. ,( iii-r ii Mei-iiuii i, (lull ni.-; ami iaii-i-it cri-nt itiiiimKtt III iiinny (juartcri. Tho ptmt(.frH
ili-e. m trr-ajil -i.-ellv tin- fun f the rvi luiie. fur ilu- I i ( ti n ; nr.- Ilo-rnllv uniHHhci) to tilt.
PEACE MOVE BY CERMANY IS RU
MORED Washington, March i. In
ferences that Germany may have
made a new peace offer to the al
lies, proposing ten.. s at the ex
pense of llussia, coincide with an
undercurrent of discussion w hi h
has been running in diplomatic
circle. here for some time but
which never has shown any evi
dence of tangib'o development.
The statement of Iiid K'obert
Cecil in Ij-vml'iit yesterday that
no such propiisii's would be con
sidered, coupled with Field Mar
shal llindehb.ii g's announce
ment tint the Germ ol olTonsive
would goon in view of the en
tente's unrcs;Hnivo attitude to
ward' Germany's peace inten
tion, served to strengthen the
views of neutral diplomat whu
for some time have believed that
underground feelers have been
going out.
American oihcials and allied
diplomats, while agreeing entire
ly with Iird Coed's htatcment
that r.o such tonus can bo con
sidered, give no evidence of how
much mav Is known hereof what
llindenburg refer to a Ger
many's p-oaee intention.
Soir.e of the neutral diplomats
however, have for some time
Hrinly believed tint Germany
would bo w illing even to ive up
Alsace lrr.ui,e if .she were per
mitted lo retain her h.!d on the
Halt ie province and the ii ir.era!
belt the ether nearby .section
of Kussia Thogei,er.d curp'r.t
of opinion in diplomatic circle
lor Mime liu.o lias lurr.e.t toward
tho iCi.siliility of Or r many at
toiiiplu g to give way in the west
and make up her loe in the
cast.
Tho extent to whii h the ques
tion of future Mipphe of iron
ore enter Into Gout.any' (cai o
plan is indkalvd in latest a I
vice r(Veived here, showing dis-
cussioit if the sullied in (or
iiKiny, These ho-.v that Ger
many knows production ( f ore
within her own borders is limit
ed by t-X(H'i ts to fifty jcars: that
Swedm, contenipUtieg uu iron
Industry of her own, will require
herownorcs and that the hup
ply ii Spam upon which Ger
many also has draw n is approach
Ing exhaustion.
Consequently German eftieial
contend that her supply of ore
must logically come from the
lie Kl of Iongwy and Itrtey, n
suriug or -for a century unless
it is to come from somewhere
else, tnasinui h as the allies mr
pledged by repealed declaration
to the restoration of Fiance, dip
lomat see in promised perma
nent acquisition of mineral hi lis
in tho Kussian province Ger
many' last liojsi of remaining a
tnilitafy power.
"Striking a blow for America
and liberty' djosn't include
striking miners, ship builders
snd others.
PLANT BADLY DAMAGED
if
--fi fcnnnrMtii ijumtrt irtt-- il t- " il
GAS SHELLS IfAVE BEEN T ALLING AT
VARIOUS POINTS
With th Aineiican Army in
Franco, March HI. Active artill
ery firing continues on tho Am
er'n an sectors liorthwest of Toul
and east of I.uneville. A consid
erable number of gas shells have
be-n falling intermittently on tho
Toul front.
An enemy patrol was discov
ered this morning in the Ameri
can wire ontanj:!oino''t noith
west of Toul. The German w ere
driven oil with title tire and a
number of ll.eiu were hit.. One
bfldy wa left hanging in the
w ire.
American si i per have been
very busy cm both sectors. Mast
(i I.unev.lle, six enemy anijKTs;
were silenced by the American.
(n t!,e Toul front during last
n-ght and ( iy (onsiderable
talking and even singing wa
heard within the enemy lines.
Several times the Germans stuck
their head over tho parapets to
see w hat the Americans w ere do
ing. Facli time a bullet from an
American rule vent in the diree
tion of the hea l. After several
of their number were hit, the
German stopped lixiking.
Atone p'.ico list night an Am
erican sentry saw a figure slink
ing thru thedari(n's. The man
halted w hen challenged an ! wa
f, ur. 1 lo be a German prisoner
w ho ha I esi ape I and was trying
1 1 g-t back to his ow n line. The
Germ in wa turned over to the
I'leech autlionli"
Tho place where tho German
w.i c iptured ua net far from
where an American one pounder
w.i busy tiring on a large neslof
enemy sniper, who had bisn an
noymgour lira After several
shots the German withdrew.
The American artillery in Ihe
Toul m i tor again haltered the
Gorman line and observation
st nnd caused an explosion,
probably of an aaimunitioiidump.
Hundreds of big shell were sent
into three r.ew German trenches
where wc.qtvns resembling gns
proj-cloi s h a 1 hi en erected.
Tho vis.'.i ity was p-r tHiay
but many aeroplane w ore up.
Il i believed ci tain thiit the
German have 1 1 1 u ai.cnt'y
bai. doiied trenches to the north-
cat of HadoniiHei , near Luro-
vi'io. The enemy i now hurling
quantities of large shell, some
of twelve inches, at our positions
there.
Ai Associated Pros dispatch
from the American fronton Tues
day, repot ted lha. General Per
shing's men had made their lirsl
permanent advance in occupying
evacuated trenches i.orthsast of
lladonvillers aid consolidating
them w ith their own lines. Ger
man attempts to eject the Amer
icans were lepulsed.
Wc are perfectly willing that
the pig have the privilege of mak
ing a hog of himself.
BY A CYCLONE
500 ARMY HORSES OUT OF 728
WERE POISONED
Covington, K'y., March 17. A
crowd estimated at 10,000, w hich
included men, w ten ami chil
dren, lien? this afternoon, par
ticipated in a remarkable do
inonslr.ilioii of patriotic, protest
against what is believed to be
pro Gorman propaganda in Cov
ington as exemplified by the
IHiisrniing of '00 of 7e0 govern
ment artillery horse shipd
from Camp (5 rant, Illinois, for
an Atlantic: seaport.
Ton thousand other were un
able lo gel near tho field outside
the stockade of the Covington
stockyard where lay the car
cas.se of hundred of animals
and tho .steadily diminishing
number of survivor of the poison
plot.
Fmotioiis of tho throng had
been aroused to a high pitch of
patriotic fervor when on inter
ruption from a man giving the
name of Knhard Schmidt, -J
years old, nearly brought about
hi lynching. A il was. ho was
severely beaten bcfoic (silice
looked him up.
The massmccling of protest
wa held under the auspices of
the Citiion Patriotic league of
Coingtoii. The meeting decided
to send memorial to Congress
cai.ir.g -uiK'tl me congressional
law maliers toemut a law intern
ing every alien within Ihe borders
of tho Fmted Slates and making
ore stringent the law govern
ing all scditiiiu and traitorous
acts.
An investigation of the jHiison-
ing of tho horse is U'ir.g con
ducted by federal agent.
GERMANS AT MOT SPRING? BOYCOTT
CLOTHING STORE
Asheville, March 17. Hecause
an Asheville clothing store, with
brat)' lies here and al Palm I tom b
published an advertisement a I
vising Iheir patrons to "purchase
tin ifl stamps and swat the kais
er, and oecauso iney tMivocaicu
the purchase of liberty bonds as
a blow at PrussianUm, the ngent
for the U.re I. a been formally
boycotted by the 2,Us Gennii..
interned at Hot Spring.
The agent, who ha becu doing
s consideisblti business w ith the
Germans, went lo Hot Springs
as usual to place hi order. He
met with a cold reception, nnd
the Germans finally showed him
the advertisement, declaring.
"Ywur store published this and
therefore is an enemy of Ger
many."
The agent took this announce
ment calmly for a moment, sup
posing it intended as a ioke, but
when the German repealed the
remark nnd told the agent that
his store was boycotted, the
a:jent replied:
"Hell, yes, wo are agiinst Ger
many and against the Prussians
We are Americans."
.He left without his customsry
order.
TOM CRADY IS KILLED IN HIGH POINT
YARDS
High Point, March 10.Thos.
K. Grady, aged 21 years, switch
man employed on the local yards
of tho Southern, died in the High
Point hospital at 10 o'clock this
morning as a result of injuries
sustained un hour earlier when
he slipped and fell under a shift
ing engine, the crow of which he
was a member. The accidentoc
curred near tho plant of the
Southern Car company, west of
tho city. Grady h;.-just throw n
a switch and was attempting to
board the shifter, No. 1 C7, J. C.
Tongue, engineer, which was
backing into the switch when ho
missed his footing. His feet
were practically crushed off and
ho sustained internal injuries
about the waist. Conductor
Plummer whs in charge of the
crew.
Tho young man was very pop
ular among n great many people
of the city, lie had been em
ployed by the railroad company
for a great many years, w ith the
exception of tho several month
during l'.il(') I'.MT when ho was on
the Mexican border with tho lo
cal military company. He w as a
sergeant in that organization and
because it his superb build, one
of the best looking soldiers in tho
entire outfit. Several years ago
he fell under a shifter, but the
engine was btopd before bis
injuries were very serious. The
impact lhat time, however, was
sulhcient to break the bone in his
leg below the knee w hich caused
a slight stiffness. This finally
resulted in hi discharge from
the army just prior to tho time
Ihe Suto troop. were called to
Camp Sevier last summer.
Gr?dy was married during the
p.ist December to Mis Verla
Sec hrest, daughter of A. L. So
direst, of l'.o Liberty street,
this city. Ho had bul recently
been granted deferred classiti
cation in tho draft because of his
connection with the railroad, ac
cording to a statement made to
day by a friend, who was also the
source of information concerning
the condition of Mrs. Grady since
the accident. The young widow
i almost prostrated. The young
man was originally from the low
er part of Guilford county, it I
undorsUxKl, hi father residing
east of Greenstxiro, He ha no
relatives left here.
STLTriN, A HUNGARIAN. IS UN D AT
WILHINC10N.
Wilmington, March M 'The
Finished Mystery," Uussvllu'd
bonk tint w as recently placed on
fiaV here, i dangerous propa
ganda and violates tin) osiilonai;n
set, according to a ruling handed
down by the department of jus
tice, and a stale .cent forbidding
further distribution of the hook
I issued fromtheof!lceof Fnitod
States District Attorney J. O
Carr, with a request that those
having copies turn them in to the
department of justice oP.ioe. Ad
vertiscment of Ihe book were
withdrawn from tho local press
yesterday and scores of volumes
have already oeen turned over lo
the district attorney's office.
TFose who have been assisting In
Ihe distribution or the book have
shown a williiiguess toco operate
In Its suppression and because of
this no action will be talon
against anyone unlcs further
uulalionsare reported.
A. J. Klcftin. a subject of the
Hungarian government, was sr-
rested at the t ustiman shipyard,
where ho was employed as a car
tH-ntor. yesterday by Deputy
Sheriff J. -I. 1' icldey and Deputy
nited SUUs Marshal A. L
Kelly, on a presidential warrant
and was delivered lo the com
insndant at Fort Caswell In the
afternoon. He w.ll be Interned
in all probability. Stefiin. who
came to this city last October
from Hrunswick county, has
been under surveillance for sev
eral weeks, and it was announced
fjtnn U a office of District Attor
nev J. O. Carr that ho has violat
ed his parole on several occasions
by going into the barred wiio.
He had permission to go toaad
from the bhinyard where ho was
cm ploy t
StcQI.g lined some notoriety
about eight weeks ago, when a
woman came here from Hruns
wick county, a Miss Ix-sh, and
insisted upon rnarr.Sf? him do
apiteshis protests. Sho did not
prefer charges of any kind
against him, merely saying that
MRS, IIIRSCH RECEIVES A ONE-YEAR
SENTENCE.
Atlanta, March liU- Mrs, Mar
garet A. Ilirsch was convicted by
a jury in Superior court today of
an attempt to extort ja'00,000
from Mayor Asa (1. Candler by
blackmail and was given the max
imum sentence in Georgia for a
misdemeanor a year in prison
and a ti nc of $1 ,000. J . W. Cook,
indicted jointly with her and
tried two weeks ago, also receiv
ed tho maximum sentence, but
inatead of the prison term, he
wa given a year and a day on tho
chaingatij; at hard labor.
When Judge Hill pronounced
sentence, Mrs. Hindi remained
seated, hut when tho judge con
cluded, sho looked up and said:
"I haven't a word to ay." Her
counsel, however, immediately
announced that a motion of ap
peal would be '::alo later, and
Judge Hill llxed bond at $ll,fX)0.
Mrs. Ilirsh wa unable to furnish
bail and w as returned to tho cell
she has occupied since her in
dictment a month ago.
The jury received thoca.se lato
today, after long hours of argu
ment by counsel. It was out
just L'O minutes, six minutes lor -ger
than was tho jury that con
victed Cook. W hile the jury de
liberated, Mrs. Ilirsch apparent
ly was tonlident and even when
the adverse report was made by
tho fore-man she took tho result
w ilh grea'.cr calm than tdie had
shown at any time duiiug th
trial, und in marked contrast to
her demeanor whoii counsel was
arguing the case. Then she sal
w ith her bend bowed in her arm
and wept bitterly w hen denounc
ed by counsel for the state.
Judge Hill held lint Mrs.
irsch wa unfitted for labor on
the public works of Fulton coun
ty a id thai she should ho confin
ed in tho woman's department of
the state enitontiary at Mil
ledgoville. Tho hearing on tho motion for
a new trial for Cook has been con
tinued until March :'e, having
been ostponod from Unlay be
cause the trial of Mrs. Ilirsch
was not completed in time to hear
argument on the motion.
Mrs. Ilirsch and Cook were
iudieted last February II, for at
tempted blackmail of the mayor
after the latter had gone before
a special grand jury and related
detail of what was alleged to
have transpired at hi prlvaU-
business oilu e 1 1 b. o, whei. Mrs.
Ilirsch called i n him and Cook
later appeared at the oHioo door.
Ialer, the mayor chimed, tho
man and woman had undertaken
U extort money from him.
ho wa her afllr.ity her Ideal
man Chat she had often seen
I. in) in her dream an I that she
wanted to become hi wife. Stef-
fin at thai ti:r.e ma le a'V, lavit Im-
fuse the clerk of the superior
court to the effect that lie tcliov-
ed tho woman's mind to be un
balanced. Casual examination
wa made by the cleric of the
court and the county physician
an l she was released, they be
ing satisfied tint her T.lnd was
rational.
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