North Carolina Newspapers

I I v H h li M n 1 , i M ' i i 1 n"i i-. n-A. I ttiililu.;-! V -Cr v i: p r I 1 4 ; j H ' i ; I J VOL. 7 l.lkin.N. C, Thursday, August 22, 1U18 No. 2) 3.000.000 UNDER FATHER KILLED; SEVEN CHILDREN BADLY INJURED FIRST AID FOR AMERICAN SOLDIER AT THE FRONT GUNS BARKING AT EACH OTHER ACROSS VESLE With the A on i li-.i li A liny Oil ARMS; 1.450,000 ARE OVERSEAS Washington, A u k. 17. Of " wiiiic Hutu o.ouo.ooo men now tin t i arm-, tin Amoi jean army hiiH will in'ui ly one half, or nunc tlctii I, iriil,lHN)iivcr.iMs for m'iv ho against tln rii"iiiy in France, 1 laly and Siberia. Till' fl;'U I OS Were I'l'Ve lied 11 day liy General March, chief n( Klu IT. iii Ins S il u r 1 1 v 1 1!' wild llO'.VSp.lper llll'll .1 1 1 I llioili '(- I s of the senate ii . 1 1 1 1 -try (n i in 1 1 tee The senators VC i' told lli.lt some ti iiismii ts are mil. hit; tin- trip t-i Kuro;ie :t i I Ii t-li in I'.t mill tin' avenge hit been re Muied to '- day, w l,i h v. nli ad ditional shipping becoming avail able itiaiccs tin1 ureal j i'i of get ting N) divisions of American troops to Fiance liy June '.',(), 1'Jl.t1, cert tin of success. The chief of sta!f pai l only brief attention to Hie prog-ess of the lighting ill Fiance, where the S 1 1 11 ill Ii j II is developing slowly, V'S Jil 1 h tr.li tei iz the buttle, iMiWever. its "the German i" treat an I otherwise indie.it 'd that further retirement was ox lctcd. Fxplaining his announcement s toosnbui katioii Gei-ei al Much -VT. tid : "When 1 give figures hereafter df tumps cinh irking from the United St ites the tot t!s will em brace the troop in Siiierii. in France and Russia proper. The figures will inean the i ni n e .in eriean expeditionary force in all .uts of th" world. We have do einhai Ued on all the exited! lions more than l,Uit,.ii,i men Discussing the woi k of Amen cans abroad, he said . '"''he An eriean troops in I'ranee ai e liejjinnini; to receive oOiclal 1'ieacli einiiiiieiid.itioiis tif various sorts, and here is one that i-aine in this mm iu;. TIuh re fern to tin second artillery In i ' tf.tde, wbich was with the second division in the tij-htint,' around , Chateau Thierry. Aft"r the in fantry wis withdrawn our tii'ld artillery staved there and helped tin French at that tiilit. This siinuiend.ttion is from the Fren h oiniiiand.'r of the division to which il was attached. It is in the form of an ollici il order and th-' translation Is soineihini like this: "'On lb. i ve i f the lili. f of the 'Jild .ll tiliciy briiudf of the Fnite.l Slates infantry ilivision from the F.'th (French) infantry division, the p i-era' command Inn this infantry ilivision tikes the (ippoi tunity to express to the brigade coniniamh'r, (oiii'ial 1 low ley, to ail his oilu ers, noil commissioned otlicers and sol tlicrs, Ins thanks for the services rendered their I' 'rent Ii comrades and hi admiration for Uie'sp'en did Aum i an bravery. " 'A f 1 1 r having vigorously fought wi'h the Mcond Fnited States infantry division and with the enM French) infantry divjs Ion, tho second Ameiican art ill cry brigade has come Ui show, luring two days of wvero tiht ing at the side of the ll'tlt infan--ry division, the linest qualities of energy, enduranci and devo tion.' " ' Americans Spend Day Shelling the Germans With tho American Army on VbeVoslo Front, Aug. l!-(lly the Associated Pros.) Tho Am orican.vtartod Sunday by put ting over a largo number of hholl north of tho Vosle, tho Orman heavy gun replying tin -4 L after daylight. During the ?ay tho French and Americans averaged two shells to tho one miv'sone. , Saturday night American pa trols made excursions at various jMiints, going a far as tho en omy'a barbed wire and trenches on the hills, but they did not en counter any German Infantry. (I tstonia, Ahut. H -Chai les (,'. Holler, :i;e I hi, is dead and wv en of Ins children, ranuiiiif in ae from t.vo to years, are in the city hospital here htilTerinu Irnin injuries, as the result of an auto accident which occurred at 1:15 o'clock this afternoon at ;l era le cmksiii; at (iiovei-, 'J') miles west of (,".islo:ii a, when a Kunthern freight train, second No. M, struck theearin which they were riding. Two of tie' children are wri oiis!y iiijiired and their recovery is doubtful. They are Miss Kate I loiter, aed H, w ho is probably internally injured, and Charliiie, a'ed four, who has a fractured skull. The others arc sutTering from bruisei and hhock but will all recover barring tie' issibili ty of complications. The oi cup. nits of tin? c ar were: Charlie (', Holier, instantly killed: reck broken when he was thro'.vn from car and his head struck cross tie or rail; body not Ul.lt.e,ed. Kate Moller, a'e 1 H, arm brok en, bo ly badly bruised in numer ous places, probably internally illj lied, m tj die. t'harline, a'ed I, skud frac tured, pei haps fatnlly injured. Flora Helle Holler, ii.-J 11. se vere bruises on hea 1 and boly. Viola lloll'T, ap'd It!, scalp wound, upper cut and rilit shoulder dislocate 1 lunie Holler, nu'ed Ki, bruises o:i neck' and lie.nl. Inline, ae 1 six, left eye in jn red. f e-e bruised. Charles, ak'ed two, slight bruis es; the least injure I of tlu nunc b-M Aside fnnn tin liorriblem'ss of the accident itself, an added touch of tragedy lay in tin fact that the father and his c hildren were en route from their home near Claremont, Catawba county, to Camp Wadsworth, Spartan burg, S. C, to bid g. hmI bye to their s.n and brother. Private Craig Heller, of Company (1, Fif ty fifth Infantry, who was ex peeling tn leave for overseas at an early date. Young Holler w as untitled of tho tragedy and is ex m i ted to arrive hero mhih' time dining tin night. Fortunately Dr. Irro, medical iiOicer in i hargo of a d l.u hineiil of soldiers w ho are stationed at ( rover t ii)oi anly, was w ill, in two or three hundred yards of the scouo of the tragedy and ad ministered first aid. Dr. Oates, of (latTney, S. ('., was visiting in town and also rendered assist ance. I loth phvsirians accom panied the wounded to (Ustouia. They were brought in the cab of the freight tram which struck the automobile and whii h was ordered hack t Ciitsloida as special. The accident occurred al 1 .1.1 anil li ii patients were in tho hospital hero by II o'clock Several soldiers stationed at(!ro ver came along also and rendered assistance in getting them from the train to the hospital. From persons wh were in the immediate vicinity and either saw tho accident or arrived there very shortly afterwards it is learned that the grade crossing at this point was rendered 'blind' from tho north side by a ware house nnJ largo pil uf wood and lumber which Jio govern ment has stacked there awaiting shipment, jonnie Holler, abro ther of the dead man, was just ahead ot the machine which was struck- In the car with him was another daughter of the de.n man and several members of Ijonnielloller'sown family. Their car had just gotten across the track safely but so close was the traiu that they could not warn the car just behind. Miss Kate Holler was driving. Tho train threw the car about 30 foot and all of the occupants were thrown ! - ' 'I. ' ' ' ' r --a t, . t ',' v t U ' i i v. ',c.i ' . r ILK ii .! .1 ; Ii l.li-.iilM r el ill Alilerli-llll II 1 1 c ' lll-ili-l -ols llri I liHltl ;i fri.l. tiilnu (if eiiiiioiill.'i' tn llu- loiel, ioiimI euiiceiil tlnlr GERMANS DO NOT EXPECniCTORY With tin Hritish Army in France, Aug. 1- (ly the Asso ciated Press ) - Fighting by pa trols, during the course of which the I5i itish lines on tie Somme front are continually being press ed forward slightly day by day, continu js. There have been no countor attacKs against the new Hritish positions for three days. In addition to continued in tensive bombing and shelling of ital points within the enemy incs, tho IJriiisii have iegun throw ing gas projectiles at vari ous places. . conshieraiiio num ber were thrown into 1 1 ray this morning in the Iiojm of getting at Cermans hidiui; in cellars and lugouts from the avalanche of shells which now and then fall there. This harr.issing ai.pir- nliy is serving to lower further the already low (lernian morale. (lerman odiecrs and men t tk n prisoner seem unanimous in the opinion that a decision can not bo won on the battlefield, but that peace must bo arrived al by negotiation. They expressed the belief that il would he imos sibio for the allies to break down nation with Germany's re sources and orgtniing skill The o'liccrs for th most part lave dropped their blustering at titude. As far as tin men are concern d, all the prisoners express a desire that tho war should come to an end as tutckly a poss.b e, von if peace should have to be a "patched up" one. None of them onsider, they s.ty, that Germa ny can win. but at the same time iclicvo she cannot be beaten. Iloth ollicers nn.1 men agree that tho German submarine of fensive since the early spring has been a failure, when the number of American troops that have arrived in France is consid ered. They exoress tho belief that too tide definitely turned against the Germans w hen they retreated toward tho Alsno. Gorman, deserters who came over to the Hritish lines say that just before they left their line volunteers to go on a raid for the purposo of obtaining Identifica tions w ore called for. They were offered leO marks, 14 days' leave and iron crosses, but not a single man volunteered, tho deserters assert. out. The car was badly wrecked. Tho brother of tho dead man and tho occupants of his car came on toGastonia, arriving hero shortly after the injured oues had reach ed tho hospital. The body of tho dead man was taken tn the parlors ot tho Ford Undertaking company and will probably be shipped to Clare mont tomorrow morning. Mr. Holler was a well to do far mer of Catawba county. His wife died about a year airo. Tho train was in charge of En gineer Trexler and Conductor Fulton. Crowd er Sends Out . Warning to Register Washington, Aug. 1 Major (Jon. (Vo.vder, provost marshal today issued a warning to all w ho are called ujmn to register under the selective service law on August lil, that they must regis lr regardless of whether any grounds for exemption may ex ist. IIn announcement read: "In order to c lear up any mis understanding that may exist, the provost marshal general de sires to emphasize the fact that, regardless of any grounds for exemption that may exist, all young men in the United States who shall have reached their twenty first birthday since June e, and on or before August 1, must present themselves before their local boards for registra tion between the hours of 7 a. in. and '.) p. m., August -Jl. "Any claims for exemption may be tiled subsequently in fi'l ing out tin qucstionaire blanks which will bo furnished to Ihe registrants. "Provision will bo made for the registration by mail of any person who expects to bo absent on legist rat ion clay from the jur isdiction of the board where he Hrmaneutly resides, but in such a case extreme care should bo taken by him to see thai his leg istralion card reaches his home board on or before August "21. Such persons are advised to Bp ply at opre to a local board for instructions as to how to pro ceed. British Tanker Sunk Oil Carolina Coast Norfolk, Va., Aug. 17 Forty one survivors of the Hritish steamship Morale torpedoed oil llatteras yesterday wero landed hero by a government vessel to night. Seven of them were so badly injured that they were sent to a hospital. Ten of the crew are missing. Iloaufort, Aug. 17. Nine mem hers of the crew of the Hritish tanker Mirlo were drowned when tho vessel was torpedoed by a German subuurino last night off Cape Ihitteras, according to re lorts reaching hero today. All the other members of the Mirlo's crew were saved bycoast guards aud have been brought safely to shore. They said the toncdo struck tho vessel amid ships, and that soon afterward the cargo of gasoline exploded, setting tire to the ship, comiell ing them to jump for their lives. As the Mirlo was torpedoed only a few miles off shore the crew from coast guard station No. 178 reached the scene in a short time and picked up the aur vivors. All except nine men were accounted for. The sur face of the sea for live miles around was covered with burn ing gasoline. It is presumed that the Mirlo sank, although reivorls received here did not say bo definitely. - i IIU III t lljli Ih lif II hol'lii r flllll-B hsiii from lii iiniiii milptT. 100 LEADERS OF I.W.W. CONVICTED Chicago, Aug. 17 -One hun dred leaders of the lniiustri.il Workers of lb! World were found "guilty as charged in the indict ment" by the jury after one hour's deliberation at their trial for conspiracy to disrupt the na tion's war program late today. Arguments for a new trial will tie heard next week . Tin- defendants, ineludicg Wil liam D. lliy .V oi l. general secie-tary-treasun r. of the I. W. W., face a maxi.iium penalty of L'7 years in prison and a U,iiKl tine each. Federal .hi. Ige K. M. Itndis, in his charge to tin- jury, with drew the tiflh and last count of the indictment which (haivd onspiraey to violate the postal tw s and p ii lieulat ly that sec lion excluding from the mails en terprises in thoiutureof scheme to defraud. Tho remaining four counts ol the indictment speci!i ailv t h trge violation of tho espionage act, the section of the criminal code prohibiting interfere -nee w il h Un civil lights of citizens, tin' se ctive service act and the con spiracy statute. The close of the case which has been before the court for 11'. -days was sudden. Wealthy Spartanburg Han Is Held lor Espionage Spartanburg, S. C, Aug. P'. (. M. H.ttnmeU, a well known fanner and largo landowner of the Inman section of Snarl in burg county, was this .on.ir.g arraigned before United States Commissioner Kobert .1. G.intt on a charge of violation of the es pioiiago act. The defendant a.ts bound over to tin next term oj court for tho western district of South Carolina, which meets at Uock Hill hi September, lloud was fixed in tho sum of i0 Mr. Ham melt has iiotyelaaiang- ed bond, but it is believed that he will do so at once. , At the hearing today it was brought out by vaiious witnesses that Mr. Hammctt had been heard to remark "I would just as soon live under the kaiser as un der the present United States government. When asked to buy Liberty bonds ho is declared to have said: "I wouldn't give live cents for all of them." It was testified that ho had declared Germany to be on the right ide la this war, and that tho United States government was simply fattening up a crew of soldiers In this county to send them to the war for slaughter." The Red Cross was characterized by Mr. Hamtnctt as nothing but a scheme on tho part of the gov ernment to secure funds for its own use, it was brought out al the hearing. Witnesses testi Hod that ho had refused to con tribute a cent to the organization the Vcslo, All'' - While the Vouch and American nml Ger- II 111 he.,', y (jails have been bilk eg at each other across the desk's, American patrols have m'cii particularly busy endeavor :.g to keep informed i',f the en iny's i if mfry movem-Mit. and to tscertaiii exactly' what the em my is coiitemplalme A few d i. s ago an infantry cap- t iii. while r urn nt.'i ing, killed it le.lst t .. o ( o' III ills, ;,n,l ill oi ler to esc t;cr hi I i i i shell hole r 111 hours vhi!- lie mid sum mer sun I.-, it do vn upon him. lere is tin captiin's ollicial re oi t of his ex pei lence; "The patrol, consisting of my self and two corporals, started it "o'clock in the morning to as- ertitin whether the Germans ia 1 retired. Wo encountered a lerinan post in a semicircular hole. Then were 11 of the cue my there, lo of whom were isleep and the other was on sen try duty. "I shot the sentry. We then withdrew, and in doing so ran into another post similar to the tirst, also containing abo.il 10 Germans. We shot two of them md ll.'Mi went back toward our line. 1 lie Germans beg an t.rn.g woiii.ding one corporal in the g. but both corporals reached tli American line. ' I w as In hiud. having slopped to lire I'll the Germans. 1 re.ti li ed a point about (m) yards from them when their lire got 1mj hot, so I dropped into a small hollow, pretending to be wounded. 1 I stiyi-d there fur 1U hours. A Pertla i k I era a lei back to our u lines. "Daring my return trip to our lines I discovered a third Gcru an post winch was occupied appar ently, oi.ly late at night. Ail these posts Were well supplied "villi light machine guns, l ilies, .inl hand grenades, and th1 Ger mans usol t Ik-hi well. "At Ill-oil, while was hidden in the ho'.lo.v, a lieutenant took mil a party of live to search for IIIC. Tl. '.Y did lint lind lie', but crept up to the second German mslai.d threw some bombs into it, indicting several casualties. I In .nl a Geriiian scream with p.uu. The Germans also thiew bombs, wounding one of tin lieu tenant s party. "I rci'uost that our artillery lean out those posts tomorrow." The arlil. cry carried oat the work the lirst thing next morn ing. All Wheat Uread For lien Abroad Washington, Aug. 1'.'. -The iiicrican army in I'r mce is am ply supplied with bread ma le of all wheat Hour, tho war depart ment unnouueed today, and the daily ration of eighteen ounces of soft bread is so abundant that a reduction to sixteen announces a day is under consideration. Soldiers while in the United States consume "victory broad with the prescribed amount of substitutes for wheat Hour." Nol until they get to France are they allowed all wheat bread. Field bakers must worlc swift ly and cannot afford Ui experi ment with new Hour mixtures. Son, Reported Slain,' Writes to Mother Macon, Ga., Aug. I'J. After wearing deep mourning since Juno 2-t for Arthur Woods, who was reported killed in France, Mary Woods, tho mother, of No. Jhh unwooa Avenue, received a letter from Woods. He stated that he was doing well and want ed to know why sho hadn't writ ten. Tho letter came from the Philippines. She had just quali lied for a pension. Sho was over joyed by the later news and t crowd gathered at her homo to congratulate her. AMERICANS CAP TURE VILLAGE OF FRAPPELLE Mith the American Army in Lorraine, Atij?. 17. The Ainerl cans early this morning captured Un village of Frapelle. uu'l eradi cated a considerable German sal ient in the allied lines. Prison ers were taken by the,iiiciieans and th" Germans evidently suf fered heavy casualties in killed and wounded. This sector has been regarded as a (piiet one ami today's action began merely as a raid into the enemy's positions. The raid was preceded by a straight l-oi.i- birdment for a few OlilllltOS, fol lowed by a barrage that In-ld the Germans from escape. When the Americans went over the top at FUD o'clock they succeeded in sweeping all enemy resistance before them and the raid became an organized attack. The Germans replied heavily to the American artillery tire and they also shelled the entire neigh borhood throughout the day. The enemy lire which Included a barrage, w as ineffective. The Americans have occupied the for mer German trenches and con solidated them against counter attacks. Iondon, Aug. 17. -The city of I) trmstadt, capital of the grand dmy of Jlesse in w-sl-in Ger many, was attacked by a Ihe. air men Friday morning, aceordinp to an Kxchango Telegraph dis patch from Amsterdam. Four persons were killed and many injured as a result of the bom bardment and considerable pro perty damage is reputed. The allied air siuadroii i.it four ma chines. Paris, Aug. 17. -The Freuch male further progiis-j today north a::d sa,uUi of tie Avre, having taken 1,IM prisoiK-is and numerous machine guns since yesterday, according to ih war oilico statement to.liv, Tboy captured the village i f Canny siir-.MaU and in 1 t . t . . n took enemy positions on a front cd nearly two nules n a depth of u re than a mile in the t eeloii of Autreches, in the Suissoiu soc tor. Lieut. Paul Nontngue Missing Since July 31 Winston Sai.'in, Aug 17. Lieut P.llll Moip i;;n.; b,s ben missing sir.ee . uiy I'd, on whi'h day he was in action as an avutor on th' French battlefront. A telegram was received here to day from the war department convoying this information. Col, and Mrs. 11. Montague, tint pi rents, have been out of tin c ity for several days and the message was transmitted to them at Way nes ill.. They an oxinclod home to nihl. Lieutenant Montague was one of the lirst to volunteer from this slate for aviation service in tin world war, and has rendered valiant service, both in training Myers at the home tields and in active army service at the front. His last letter to his father re counted some thrilling experi ences in the air, he having had the propellers of his muchluo trimmed by anti aircraft gunsof the enemy, but ho always effect ed a safe landing behind thu American linos. Sugar Allotment for Sep tember is Unchanged Raleigh, Aug. 17. The sugar allotment for September will be the same as it was for August two ionnds per porsou -per month. Retailers of tho state will receive the same allotment of certificates as they have for this mouth, the sugar division of the food administration being al ready engaged in the large and tedious task of Issuing tho Sep tember certificates, all of which, it is expected, will bo mailed out by September 1. The entire allotment of sugar for all purposes for September is 5,513,000 pounds.