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VOL. 7
Klkin.N. C, Thursday, June 27, 1918
No. 13
D U
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SAY GERMANY IS IN
A STATE OF UNREST.
BORDERING REVOLT
ISIXTi ARE DEAD III
WRECK OF A CIRCUS
TRAIN IN INDIANA
An Atlantic Port, June i:!. . -Germany,
wur wo.u y mi. I ill fed,
Ii in u stale of unrest so ai'iito
that talk nf revolt against tin? iin
porlal government is common,
among Icilli the uiili'..ir.v :inl civil
populations, according l.i Anicri
can who uriiv. l here toniditoii
a N'oi vvt-ti iii liner, alter Ion ies
I lenco In Germany r :iiljii'ciit
neutral count i ie-t
nflUviH niul iim'ii, tin' vnyaicrs
ntli), had t .lil lln iii nf :i sullen
ns win. h i wl.l.-spio.i I in tlit
German army, i"il iit lh.it It
would reach Hit- Hiint where llic
tnsips Would refuse to ii;ht.
lull see tli.it I wear tin' coat
of the kaiser. I mily w ish ou
(ml, I know tin' feeling tli;it li.-.H
iiit'.itii It, fur in1 nit' nut going
to stand this forever," a German
major told Mis Olga Wmslerg
of Grand Uapids, according t
her ntory on coming ashore. Tin
conversation, she declared, t.stk
place in a licmpital at GodeslH-rg,
'Germany, where the oflieer
talked freely to her, not suspect
log that he was an American,
I f I - . I I'm'
( liner me same oiii.ii.h.iis, hif
declared, a private soldier said
t her:
"Nome Jay we are ail going to
put down on rami. Why should
wo tight Our officer now, in
stead of leading tin, go bohi'id lis
w ith their gun at our backs.
Mis Wumberg, daughter of
Frederick Wursberg. a wealthy
(rand ICapids merchant, who
wan horn in Germany and a nat
uralize J American citizen, declar
ed Hut the morale throughout
Germany in r, and the xtple
nar revolt Willi her family
who returned with her she ha
lived ix yearn in Germany. She
asserted that soldiers in the h.m
pitala convalesce very slow ly, o
Hnr lit the food given theiu.
Carl Iv Olivaiius, a Milwaukee
lawyer, w ho returned fromatiip
thiougli Norway, Swee.len and
Denmark, d.vlarcd that food ii
o scarce in these countries that!
iiltlrt ran he spared (Jermany.
llorling conversation with
traveler win the Teuton em
pire, lie hi id:
"No one in Germany speaks of
victory. They always talk of
food. The war, in Urn minds of
the civilian population, has he
come secondary to efforts Uj yd
enough to eat."
U"on Kains, of this city, who
has resided, the last the years in
Dresden, declared that Saxony
Is well supplietl with fo,K, hut
condition In I'.eriin and other
laru cities aro "ternhle."
Herman Hernstein, tho writer,
who nailed for Ktii,i niontln
aifo, hehevlnn that tho iM.Uhovlki
would establish a utahle govern
mt-nt, returned, convinced, lie
aai.l, that I'nlne, Trotky and
tlieir folio wrra wore in tho pay
of Germany. He declared thkt
rvin.i tenths of the tHplo desire
lolervention by Japan, with al-
REMARKABLE AIRPLANE VIEW OF THE CITY OF REIMS
To-ld.
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U. H. AND MEXICO ARE
TO WORK TOGETHER
200,000 AMERICAN
TROOPS SENT ACROSS
IN LAST TWO WEEKS
Reduction of Sugar
Allowance Announced i,rf,,"er
'ar.V, I nd., June ii. Sixty
persons Hie known to ho dead
anil 17l me in lumpitals in Gary
and Ihininond tonk'tit us a res u ft
of the rear end collision at i!awn
loii.iy lift ween an cipiipmeiit
train and a Wallace lluyenheck
circus train on the Michigan
Central I Jail road five miles west
M I .
t i my. irtually all victims
were members (1f t. , i,,.H
m : . ....
i on ly 01111 hotlles, iill except
one ch.i nf. I beyond re'oi;iiil i.ui
nave ooeii p,u-e, in v u,,,.r
laiiini; csiahlishiiients tonight.
Twenty two Ih.,i,- h.,ve been la
ken U, Haiiiinond. The iml.-nti
lied dead are:
At Gary- Mrs , Alox.
IHoomiiiKtou, III, "
At llainiiioml-Jolin Collins
pnK!ily man; Arthur Derriv,
Meljfiun htronu' man; Mrs. Jo.'
KAtviti ami two Hinw n..u.-.i . . ' M,J ..ii-iiiL.t.. .i.ii.i, . l,, ,. , ,
atied . and J,., Jr., aKed i I i. -d. . tr,,t ,t. ,..,,, ",,,, f!" ,";' , 'b t,leturt " "ea ,b '" fail.ln., Ucb U. to
Olbcers of Ihe circus made fu
tile atU-mts during tho day t
obtain a more complete casualty
list.
noiu or I't'inovinc the mass of Dan Uiego, Calif., J mm ii -
in r...t.t II... ..I. ..41 . I I Ilk . t. . a ... .
,,,., i,ii4. lereo circus 1 1 romincjit .Mexican oriiciais. in-
coaches in further search of Ih( ludin Pastor Uouaix. secretary
lies continued tonight. of au'i icullure and development
mere was a lack of infornia- In the cabinet of Preident Car
tion concerning the wherealxiuts ranza. were iriven a lunclxsm bv
Of Al. Sarireilt. PIlL'b'I.er an.l I the eh.-imtuir. tt rfkntiiiai.n. Ii.iwj
---r--.--. . i '- ..H...-.V . i, i, int.., itui ll. lt
.!in!lkt,.. i ....... M ...i . .I..i... ft . . . . ,
iiifiiuo, wnn pnoied vouay. uouaix is me Head or 8
Ihe train of twenty-one empty commission hent to study aim
troop cars that cut its way thru cultural and water developmont
me-circus train. In railroad in the United States. Tins health
circles there was a generally ac- of President Wilson and Carran
ceptel rcH.rt that Sargent h:.d n were drui k and pleiljei of
Hone to his home in Kalamazoo. lastinir frienJshin l'tween th.-
Mich., an.l that Klauss was un- two countries were made
.... i
ler arret at Ins home in Michi- Sinkers at the luncheon re
u'.in I ity. I ml. (or red to the ls.und.irv bt i
ccordin to reimrts to I.nmI the United Slate and Mexico as
I'Jtln.rilies, the circus train. nly an "ima-'inarv line " Col.
wlii. Il f .-i...l ..I li ..... I i
..ui iieeprs, nvepamuei v. asiiuez, .Mexican
st.sk cars, tifteen flat cars and a Council at San Dico. deilued
Hh.Kise, pulled part way into a when the war was at end. Amer
switch and stalled there on ac ica and Mexico would b. able to
ount of a hot box. The flagman j in more eneructically in mutual
went back on the main trad, and development. He txnrei.M'd the
set fuses as a w arnink' of danger. Iiope that Haco miht soon come
me cui us train was in this no ti America alonL' tho line f.,r
sition when the cpiipment train which this nation Is lijchtinK.
P'ouk'Imm mto the altvporn, re- Mexico, the visiUirs said, has
iucim them toa ilo of tangled dropped the rille for the plow
"uci and liuilH-rs. Pnv broke and is preparing ireal devcloi
..,.1 1.. il.. .1 . . . 1 1
" im-circus irain almost im- ment of the nation aloiiu' lines
mediately, ami when reseuera never U'fore attemnted
reached the wcen tho
IDLL'RS SHOULD LE ON
Tin: LODK-our roK
WORK JlliS WEEK
The law It-tpiiiinir IcuUteieil
men ennn:;ed in employ menl. (,..
lined lis ''lion p-...iiclivi." to e
cure posiiimis essential lo the
wlnnim; of the war becomes ef-
fectivo July u t , , W(l(.,
should tin. numerous registrants
seehinv: Mn h employiiM.nl.
Il''istrants iiia;.;ed in the
follow i nt; hues of work will not
b allotted longer lo en(.;:i;e in
tiiem under the new reeulations
(a) Persons ciiL-aed in tin
i.... ians nave now i.nss
owhi ami iirmif. or n.t .ii. i. i . . ,. .'
' """mis, including rtiHM)
loll 1
SEVERAL UNITS OF THE
CZECHO SLOVAK TORCE
PROVE THEIR BRAVERY
Italian llead.niarl.M-R. Junn "1
I "" in-the liK,ting of tho last
1,11 hv "verl units of tho
V."cho Slovak force, coopnrat.
i"l' with Ihe lrilini, amiy, h ive
' '"Hed Th.M- have taken
i c.-edltable p.,, Un attacltH which
resulted i .v.nsi.leralilu reduc
""" "ftl... lower part of the San
l.na salient, northeast of Veil-
w''"'e r.K) priioners were
taken.
The Austrian h:i
either, in pubUe places, including
hotels nidi social rlllbs:
'"() Persons i-ngaged ns at
len.lants, ami do.r men, foot
men, carriage openers and other
attendants in clubs, holel
i
wajooets, over to th. west bank
of the Piave. A wounded ,.ni..
taken prisoner yenter.lav avs
i.
ioe sun ,avt, considerabl,.
serves.
re-
PEOPLE OF AUSTRIA
ARE STARVING SAYS
GENERAL LUDENDORF
Major Baracca, the
.im$m ;oj
Leading Italian Acc
entire
wriH-kage was in flAnie. .
Clowns, bareback riders, tin
N'. iMTforinors and acrobats
many or t?,ein veterans in the
circus world. jHTishcd In the 1 aris, June ii.-A dispatch
tlrst great crash. Other victims from Itasel, Switzerland, to tho
were suffocated and burned. Havas agency savs that General
Attempts of the Giry Fire lH M-u,,endorir. tirst quartermaster
parlment to curb the flames general of the German armies, in
were unsuccessful because of reply to an apnea! from the may
lark of water in that outlying ur n! Vienna for nsf istance in the
ui.lrl t. Survivors utruggled Mxl Crisis, aaid:
aiHiutiiie wreck, screaming for My lesf thanks for the ex
relatives or friends, and only pressum of your faithful aenti
lorco prevented two or throe ments. I woul.l, from my heart,
men from rushing into tho hlax lelp the population of Vienna in
ing wreckage. its aeriuus dinieultiest but it N
In a hospital JoeOoyle, aclown, unfortunuU'ly imsissibto from
wept bitterly as do lay on a German noun os-more than ev
atreU her and told how his wife er la-fore. All the lmH)rtations
and two babies had kilned him Pr cereals I mm tho I kraine, Ku
Major lUrnrni. tin. Umi d t ni liulliui
ac, h tiroiiKlit iturtD III ihlrlynfC
i'in! Demy ilniiH. iiii-ortliog to r
rnl tlupiiti-li f,,,m n,e fn.m itMl jr.
alsjor Harare. lt rw.ptlty ,,..ortd
otuy recently, after months of
absence, and how all three hud
Uen crushed to deslli at his very
aide.
'The kiddies had been no glad
to co their daddy!" he said. "I
wib 1 could have died with
thorn."
mania and Bessarabia have been
allotted, without exception, to
Austria.
'NotwilhManJing the difhcul-
ties of our own food situation. 1
placed in April, May and June
shipments destined for the west
frontal the disposition of Aus-
tria. Hut now there are no mom
...... n .. ..r il. .....a
nioi-ui mils Ron ii id I am
The circus was lo have olnvcd nt in a position to fumi.sli other
al Hammond. A number of the "'I " , ,.
Tead are" necrrs-s .mmU,! I . a -.mnar ve.n me mayor of
rfcoi uncus. Lt.nuillv f.. ..
"j i' " 'i o ri wuiuioii,
declares It is liniiossible for him
lied approval, to nut an end to the
to aid the inhabitants of the Aus-
chaotic conditions resulting from , cnVim- 1,0 uded. bowev-
i, mat. no .is imssinir iorwaro
"""" iwiiwoi. ...:. , . 7.
r. . , ,, , injucav lor assisiance w mo
. im i. u nuiini is mailing but Hungarian food minister.
a . band a thieves," snij Mr
iiornstein. Ills notu.ieommon "ime him f.ir failure to crush
tosoeodicors on the street ro- 1,18 ""khcviW revolution ulion ho
lieving jxviple of their va'uablos. , , 10 Pwer- rCerennkya
To nrotest mesn. .rn,. .n.i .w," rtau,uw-1,0 aw.la unknown
' -....,.. hi i n I'etroifriid
i . . . . i
.v,Biaiw.iy a person who is ar- Uaron Seririus A. K'orff
rested usually is shot before he other passenger, who w as retnov-
reaches a court of justice." ed by tho bolshevik! as deputy-
Mr. Hernstein declared u,.i Kuverpo- Keneral of l-'inland, de
KWenakrl...l.-.utid. r-'" Germany would tw
-i.i. .I.- 7 unable to reorganise the Russian
vuC ivunman people, wiio i army for use against the arTies.
Washingtcr., June ii. Detl
nitoword from Kome of the re
pulse of the Austrian drive in
Italy, Coupled with nn announce
ment by General March, chief of
staff, that American troop move
ments to Prance had now excis.!
ed IMXI.IKK) added today to tin
growing cheerfulness that has
been apparent in the war depart
ment recently.
General March told the news
pajM'r men in his weekly confer
once that with the 1NM),U) mark
passed, the United States is five
months in advance of its schedule
r..- - . '
mi niNip uidM'iijcnis, ,i u.e
same timo ho briefly outline I the
battle position in IVance and It
sly ami drew the conclusion that
the enemy was being held firmly
on a. I fronts, though further
great blows are to bo exacted
The chief of staff's statements
furnished the tirst authoritative
information as to progress made
in the tremenduous exertion tin
government ha U'on making to
meet the challenge of the Gor
man drive in Ihe west. When
the first blow was struck on the
Cambrat St. tucnth line March
il. troop shipments wore behind
schedule, today they are live
months ahead.
Tho icod with which, the army
is being moved to the front
sharply indicated by the fact
that approximately LMUXU men
have been embarked during the
last two weeks. The total move
ment during May was not more
man ".'lo.iim. it wa only two
weeks ago that Secretary Halter
announced that more than Ttxt.Om)
had been tJiipied. A w.sk later,
at the first of his conferences
with the newspapermen. Goner
al March said the hui.hu) mark
had been reached and today
placed the figure at more than
SKKt.tKHI.
General March made it clear
that time gamed in getting
aboard enough American troops
to give Goueral Pooh a mastering
superiority over the enemy, Is
the vital factor. Kvery day lost
by the Germans in pressing their
effort to achieve military victory
before tho American aid can
arrive in overwhelmin.; force is
Tl
.tores, apartment houses, office lo ,hw 1, "
.. ..-, and bathhouses; .cross the Piave behind ti e .al
( IVrsons, including ush-Lnt whI(,, t. ! ' , , 0 dl
ers and other attendants, engag- Lrn, i " Til ' ' T,n U
edand ,,cu,.icd in and in con- tvt ;i' L. t... ' ' ,n.ttH-
nation with games, .port, and ou l ' "
amusements, excepting actual """"u"
, l Y,n "K BClua' sido of the salient, between Pos-l-rformers
in legitimate con- Laka . - n n, . , , " . 'Js
cems. oneras. or tl,eMri....t ' ' ""K"',
. ttio Austrians were
nil l.i.llll rs,
Washington. June l- l.v. r,.r,..n..-. 'IH"" wero trying t
strietions on the use of sugar by "(d) Persons enmlovod In do. ilUh. .
. I - , - rf - s., I rOl' UA V nn 1 . Ill 1 I . m . t
manufacturers w ill be .Inun i.,p.Hp ..!,. w " lariner
much tiirhter bv
effective July 1. announced todav clerka PtnnWd in al edncsday-Thn plainest sKn
b,FW,l Administrator .vcr. other mercantile e.Ubll.hment..' ?f
i oe new measures aro CXK-tted It was learned fh.,t. r-A . ' on:aii ourusive m
to prevent any serious .cai-t-ltv roneerna omuUvl i u Uial.lh initiative ha passed to
of sugar for home consumoti.m trade- ,n.i,.'..,i .1 - i . U)e Italians. It is they who now
and at the name time to put the been searching for the mo,t part afrc,aUfc,dn "W" f'Pmc.,ts
nation a a whole on a thns- rr ihph M,.. ..i...i..i. or the lino atill in enemy hands
inmnd capita monthly ration, age, while in a few cases women , , .'f' l1 s ,M 1 1 U
l's essential ti,annf..etr...l rbM . ...i i. wuiovu maa niHXI-l.alTerMl f.N.t
, , "umvi.s aiu nan u.?u. n iwpvpr. i .
product will bo allowed SO Per it seems Uiat bv far less wm T?C,.f0r ,,,,on,'linp ,,f s"'
(ent or the i.ormal reuirements are being sought for theso nosl
in comparison with the allotment tions than aro mn not within
oi -hi per cent now effective. Sev- the draft age
trai commodities heretofore Tho coming of July 1 wilt seo a
cussed as essential f.Kslstuffs in camnalcn against 1.IW. nr r..i.. .
whirb nil.' i r I j mm. ..I I...
"i miu irauon age ny civti and federal
ply, finds himself in nn awwka i .i
osturo of defense. The Ita!
lans press him with fresh force
on both sides r,f M, salient, and.
unauie ui nrinir t;uns uenis ll, .r
'iave, the enemy relies for .lo
in the officers. In the past it has been
fenso mainly on nest of mad
line
regarded as a day uearer ulti
mate defeat for them.
"The general situation l.xjks
well," was General March's com
ment ns he looked at the great
war maps where all of tho oora
tions are 'marked out. "The
lack of fighting along the "French
front is of primary importance to
the allies, by giving u a chance
lo get more man ower.
"Tho present lutt on the wes
tern front nim ply means that
Germany is refitting her combat
divisions and preparing for an
other drive. It does not mean
that llni great battle Is over.
"We can look forward to a rep-
guns.
While I wa. passing this morn-
f an Italian
most
now regulation placed
'-v Miinsn. i minor n.ird fnr ih.i n on-
I ..: WMIVl IU W
Sugar allowed icecream man- get after these idlers, but thev . "'u 1
. - . . I r I Inif ... I .
uiacturersaru-r July 1, wiil be I freely admit that the new rei'ula I. . noioiers an ua
decre.uledto75 Kr cei.t of the lions will make il an easv matr OUl of l,u' lin,. "
... I " I rvr trlioiit a' At,. ..I.., f . a
normal consumption. S.slafoun- for them bi eel bold nf Idler- " "" -"ng uie nleep
lams w ill bo cut to 10 ir cent of In the i.iirtM 01 ,Maul"n rler the shade of
normal and manufacturers of been tried for vagrancy. In tho ! I . V l,M' r,,;ul!41,1". I
preserved fruit for s.xla foun. fut..r n,n... i. u,cttho King of Italy in hi well-
l.asi I,-,, croau. made b) soda not be tried In the citv court', hut l ",ark ,,hn tn"" :,"v ,,l,"'r
fountain and confectioners on tho exemption board will see u. ?l",ral Vr ,as,,l,K MalT ,,ni,-,,r-
I " I I'ltA . .1 a
the promise will have it sugar it that either they got) work or
cou ten I tut to .,0 kt cent ol go to tho army.
normal. With the
I- ' Va'IVa fi I VI
w, ...rr.i-K mi muh h, nuuMiiiK aiuT rrpi.HiraniH antt- norma
mariiio ariiviih'j and a ilcfrrAKt
in iniiuirt.il iniu fi.,..t i
held r. ,-.i.-..f..a. . ... ,,ul "KW -ietial work,
v . ' r'l mi III M
slriclioiifi.
Tho car drove slowly so as not to
raise the dust on the worn out
soldiers.
A sergeant salui.-.l with sla.-ii-ty
ami drew ttie uttemu.n ef nth
ers. Men win. were not !,... ...n.-
.""Is
re
sprang atom e p. their left, ned
and the special committee of the thecry "Vni il re!" broke out
etilion of what
- 5 council of national defense going rrul" a hundred parched hps.
we have been after idlers not within the draft 4 8 UvIht awoke with a s.-jrt
passing through these past few
months, as far a German activi
ty is concerned."
General March refused to com
mentou the proiKsal to rend an 1 l!y idlers w illlxi found
international exuodition Into si
Mirl.i V,v.., I ;n ..L... 'Tnw"'M,'OTM4ftW'l
II' iei Mill l liu s I Y .. if
the view lhal thi i as yd. a po- ? "ea0S n0Con SCCtlOff
htical question, m.t a military $ ' Signal Corps X
matter. He was exceedingly re- Mmwmvo'Wh's1sh4
Iu ent, also, a lo American par
licipation on the Italian front, al
though making it clear that tho
public would be fully Informed
ou all operations of American
troops a. rapidly as possible.
First Chaplain Givesllis
Life For tin Flag
With the American Army in
Kran'-e, June i:i. The Kev.
Walton S. Danker, of Worcester,
Mass., chaplain of tho 101th In-
f ...... .. I . . I m . t .
lauwy, oiou luosuay irom a
shell wound. He was buried
Wednesday near the nX)t whore
io fell.
Tho Uev. Mr. Danker, the
first American chaplain to feive
hia. life in tho service on the
American front, wa decorated
about a month ago, along with
110 men for gallantry in tho
tightlng at Apremontlast April.
uev. i-reuerioK it. uanker. a
Young Men's Christian Associa
tion wot ker and a brother of the
111 III! II.. U.l I.'.. ... . I
age, and the civil and federal offi-",,, " , j, ' ",,H MM' "H',M
I Willi Which thev were nit ll.nir
cers working in co operation it fl.et with their rifle, one knew
i not thought by Interested offi- their nerves still wem ir......
with tho tensity of battle. Then
they recognized the king. So
saluting within range of the en
emy's guns, the king passed
slowly among the soldiers.
Two new allies have apoarod
to help tho Italians, due is a
strong detachment of American
sirtnen who aro tho tirst combat
ants from the United Stales to
reach this front. Tho other is
the J'iave Itself. The swirling
river rose another fott!at n!"ht.
Tho pontoon bridges across
which the Austrians send rein
forcements and supplies lnd
helplessly beneath tho pressure.
The enemy's sappers, splashed
with spray by Italian shell fall
ing in tho water on everv side,
work desperately lo ..t lengthen
them agaiust the fu ry of the flood.
When wounded they fall from
tho pantooua into jh.i river and
she sweeps j them triumphai.tly
away down .treaut.
At one timo venter-day after
noon only two bridges were liWfc
behind the San Dona salienU Af
ter night by unceasing labor tho
Austrlans managed to throw ca
bles across cm which the ferry
V-.'
- ' '
Major Orlfflth li hrad of th dvnart-
mwit to train ptfeuna for carrier aer. Can run, but these are of far lea
chaplain, was with him when he ,c W1,n rm'- Th a-prtment l.rivlnu
.. , . anown ai tna pigeon aecUoo of thi
died. B!nal.rnrtit IlII..
capacity than the
w UIIUKC.