North Carolina Newspapers

VOL. 7 KIkin.N. C, Thursday, Oct. 10, 1010 No. 20 KAISER IN PROCLAMATION ADMITS MACEDONIA FRONT IS 'CRUMBLED' . HAS 'DECIDED TO OFFER PEACE' "His Division in Acionl With His Allii-s, He Says: Issues I'roclaniation 1o His Army and Navy: Germany jiikI Austria Both Cl.imoi iiitf for IVace: Allies Give I, it-th- Heed. P.erlin, (Via Rasrl, Switzer laiul), Oct. (I. KtnpiTOi- William today issued a proclamation to the Herman army and navy in which, after announcing that the Macedonian front had crumbled, he declared that he had decided, in accord with hi allies, to again offer peace to the enemy. Washington, Oct. ft. The kaiser's address to the German army and navy announcing the peace offer prohahly ntti'jrtcd more attention hi re than the of fer itself. !n spite of his still arrogant tone, it was realized this was the nearest thing to a renunciation of saber-rattling that ever has come from him. His admission that the Mace donian front has "crumbled" wa4 looked upon as significant and even his declaration th.-'t "our fiont" will not be broken was tailed singularly modt from such a source. AI.I.1KI) COVKUNMKNTS AUK PAYING SCANT IIFKD Uy the Associited Press. While Germany and Austria Hungary are clamoring for peace, the entente allied gov ernments thus far are paying scant hei-d to the prooal, lut their jinnies .are pressing for ward to further victories on jil! fronts. Officially n cognizance has yet boon taken of the request of Prince Maximilian, of Radon, the new German (hanccllor, or that of the Austro-Ilungai ian gov ernment for an armitiee on land, on sea and in the air, and the commencement of peace ne gotiations, for President Wibon. to whom the dual .and highly similar proposals arc addressed, is not in receipt of them. I'nolficial opinion, however, indicates that the request will tail upon deaf ears and that no l peace is possible for the Touton- ie allies except through uncondi tional .surrender and .acceptance to the full of the terms Presi dent Wilson has enunciated. NOTKSKNT TO WILsON HV GKRMAN ( II N( KI.I.OU Copenhagen, Oct. (My the Associated Pre) Prince Max imilian of Madon. the new Gcr man imperial chancellor, nn iiounced in the iciihs'ag yostcr- day that lie had sent n note through the Swiss government to Piesident Wilson in which lie requested Mr. Wilson to take up the question of bringing alout peace iind to rommunicate with the other belligerents regarding the subject. The chancelor told the leich stag he had jiddressed his note to the Piesident of the I'nited States because Mr. Wilson in his message to Congress n Janu ary X, IMS, juul in his later proclamations, particularly his New York speech on September 'J7, had proposed a program for a jrenenil peace which Goimam and her jillies could iiceopt sis a basis for negotiations. ONLY 'TNCONDITIONAI. Sl'RHKNDF.R." SANS PARIS Paris, Oct. n. All eyes in Trance today turned toward America to Washington and Wilson. "What will President Wilson's leply he?" the ie p!" are a .king and wondering, r th:'t th.y know that the central empire.', particularly Oermany, are seek ing the cessation of hostilities and peace through the President of the United States. The feeling is genera! that the central empires, bent upon the greatest giinihle of all times, have attempted to bring about by one stroke the termination of their losing giime by trying to seek the good office of Pres ident Wilson as intermediary. As Paris emerged from the churches it overflowed upon the (heei ful boulevards or sought temporary abode in cafes bathed in sunshine jmd everywhere one In aid no longer the fjimiliar and hopeful cry of "We shall get them" but the satisfied and con tented exclamation "We have got them." s 1'nconditioiiiil surrender char-a-terizes the general comment in Paris on the demand for peac.' sent by the central jiowors to President Wilson. It is felt lure that Cermauy and her al lies have not gone far enough in their reiie.st to the President for iin Jirmistiee, and that al though they have stated that they are willing to talk peace on Presid-Ht Wilson's plans, they have not shown submission such :n was force'' upon Mulgaria. "Germany wishes to stop the war at the moment she is going to be beaten ;ind know.; it," says Figaro. "Lt us suppose the proposition is 'accepted. Imme diately in Oermany there would be a delirium of joy. The people are electrified and the kaiser has retaken them into his hands. The humiliation of having de manded peace would disappear rapidly, lie becomes the hero of heroes. He has resisted a world coalition." FALLS TO FLOOR BUT RESUMES LOAN SPEECH Kit lnpond, Oct. ."(.Just as he was launching into his plea that American soldiers returning from the battli! front should bo given fjirms at the close of the war. Secretary of Interior Franklin K. Lane, while making a hbei ty loan address in capitol squaii- this afternoon, fell un ci'ii - ions to the floor of the speaker's stand. Mr. Line vvjis ;.d hesvi-i;f tnore than Ji.OOO ho ple rathered in the square to hear him. The secretary was revived in a few minutes, and exemplify ing the unbeatable American spirit of which he win speaking, he completed his address against tin iidviie of physician. who were hastily called by members of the liberty loan con mittee. After the secretary had been on the floor for jdxutt five minute-'. Chairman F,. II. Crutch lieM. started to announce that Mi. Lane would not complete his address, lie had Itot leached the end of his fust sentence when Mr. Lino, shaking oil" resistance, got to his feet and stepi-id to the fiont of the platform. Cheer al ter hcer greeted him. His voice, however, was considerably weakened. Sen etary Lane pleaded for the nation to meet the !ys on their return with something more than empty hands. "F.v ery man should met by an offer from 1'ncle Sam of an opportun ity of a good day's woik and a good wage. And we can do it if we w ill undertake to reclaim the waste lands of Am.-iica." End ol Gasolineless Sun days Not in Sight. Washington. Oct. t. Fuel Administrator Garfield it-fused today to lift the ban on the Use of automobiles for the next two Sundays, as requested by Cover nor McCall, of Massachusetts, to aid in combatting Spanish influ enza. Dr. Garfield's action is bas ed on advice of Acting Surgeon Genera! Richards, of the army, tint i o uii'U iv - oi Hie gasoline- ie. ,s . mm. i,i .s hu iiu iiiiH' jhuc ii and influence on the spread of ' . . .... I ,l ! i l;i tt,, it the disease. Dr. Oarficld stated that in round numbers there were .1 SoO.OOO barrels of motor gaso line in stock Soptemlier 2., the latest figures available, and that on April 1 of this year, the so- Ciilled peak period, there were approximately 11,000,000 bur t ela on hand. INFLUENZA OR "LA GRIPPE" (Spanish Influenza) i Nearly every pandemic of In fluenza started in Russia. It has been known since the Six teenth Centurv. Dr. Osier records ji large spread of it in lM.'JO to Z'l; lx"fi toT7; 1817 to iKand IKS') to 00. It spreads very rapidly for in stance from October to Decem ber it visited the entire world in tlie year 18X9. Influenza is a germ disease, the germs lining formed chiefly in the nose, mouth, and throat. The. germs live only :i short time outside the human Ixxly. Persons who have had the dis ejise may continue to carry the infection for some time after recovery from sin Jitt.ick. It is spread by the pas. iige of secre tions containing the germs from one person to another. Cough ing and sneezing seem to be the chief method of spreading the germs. A spray loaded with the germs is thrown out into the air by coughing and sneezing, and persons within several feet may breathe in the fine droplets con taining the infection. The genus are also spread by means of common dunking cups, common towels, kissing, hand shaking, jmd in school by toys, pencils ;md playthings. Persons caring for the sick jue often infected. It is very comtnunicidile, and most pitople exposed to infection contract it. 1'ersons exposed usually show symptoms in two to four davs. Pneumonia is a frequent ((implication of this disoa.se, an! is the cause of many neaths. Precaution to I'm en t Infection (1) As the disease seems to lc spread chiefly by spray infec tions, all crowds should be avoided. Theaters. crowded cars, dances, churches, picture shows, and other places where a number of persons are thrown together in a closed room, seem to be centers for the spread of the disease. (2) Avoid Jill close contact. uch j'H kissing, handshaking, especially when such persons luive colds or coughs. (P.) Do not use any common drinking cup or towel. If you buy soda water, see that it is served in a paor cup; then you are certain not to get the secre tions from another person's mouth or nose. If you work w ith a number of people, see that proper drinking facilities are provided. (I) If you must cough or snooze, it is your patriotic duty to hold a handkerchief over the mouth. If you are silting near some one who is coughing with out holding a handkerchief over his mouth, put a handkerchief over your nose quickly. (o) Do not go to work if you have any symptom of influenza. and do not hang around the streets exposing others. Co to bit!, and w jirn your neighlmrs. (G) Do not allow any chil dren to attend school fitun a home in which there is n case of influenza. They will likely develop it in two or three days, and can go back to school when wed. (7) If your child complains of feeling badly, keep it at home. P.y so doing you may protect an entire room full of chihiien. (8) Do not get angry if Uk teacher sends your child home Ik'cjius.- it has some fever, or is sneezing. Watch it, to prevent pneumonia, wnich mav cause death. (0) A spray of the nose oi throat with a mild antiseptic, such as "Daken's Solution," or Chlorazone" also "Glyco-Thy-nioline," three times each day, and especially after being in crowds, may help to prevent in foction. If you have had the disease, the spray will certain ly do good to prevent infection of others. (10) In visiting persons who have thin disease, it is best to have a towel or handkerchief over the mouth and nose. Do not visit the sick unless you care to take this precaution. Other wise, you will lie in the same condiwin as the patient in two ARMY PIGEONS GOING TO THE FRONT 1 f " ft : I , m? r -f,OS i ' i , f 'i i .1 i . ' " ' ' ' I i ' v ,. ... 'M' x Currl.r j . 1 - . 1 1 ut iUi ltrllUh nruiy ro n Milniil.l.' iikiw itf tl.c J'rlilsh Briny. Her In nlmwn niotor-trniisMirl wliii h iiin riri:ii-rl) u lu, tinilliii( up wllti th plic'oiet Id tiilo iIipiii to lie flrlhi: liin-K. Tin- i-iisii:il!li"t niimiiK nifxtriiKcr lilrili of (tin Ilrlilnh army firt aIhuiI l' pi-r I'l-iii. TIh-.v nri wmimleil not only by eiii-my ulit-ll, hut by nttck Iiu luirtkH. Tin' liInN lire liu-w1 In khh proof lnnki-li. liut ntmull lln-y bt fui-i-i i hey lire enri'il for nt 11 liosplinl. Tln-re U aluo prlnon fur enemy blrilt whli h Iiiivm tiecii enptureil. AMERICAN VES SELS AID IN THE DDRAZZO FIGHT Imdon, Oct. o.--A contingent of 12 American submarine chas ers played a brilliant and novel part in the Durazo engagement, i willing to negotiate with Cer This chased .s.niadron effective-: many for peace. Mere and there lv acted jis a screen around the ig j hips engaged in the bom .ardmeni to protect them igainst sulm.u ines. 1 he Amer icans were under ji heavy fire, ut had no cjisualties. Capt. C. '. Nelson jmd I.ieutenaiit-Com- nninder P. II. P.astcilo comman- led the squadron. 'A large per centage ot the officers ;md nun were of the nav.d reserve and reHrts of the operation prai-e their work highly. The Americans definitely sank one submarine and damag ed jtnd probably destroyed Jin olher. After the engagement they escorted :i P.ritish cruiser which had lieen hit by a toipedo safely to the base from which the expedition started. An en emy hospital ship v;n also tak en in charge for examination. Throughout the bombardment find when the forces were ap- pifiaching the hai'xr, the chas ers circled swiftly jMound the iig ship-. A report received hero says that the men had a good time and evidently Vere pleased with the success of the fust achievement of this char acter the chasers had attempted to work. Heretofore they have eon patrolling, dropping depth charge i and firing on enemy ubmarines. or three days. To Prevent I'ncumonhi Do not Irnughts, expose yourself in and keep your feet hy. v If you nnst be out in the rain, use an uniiiieua. II you oogm to ache, go to bed jit once, and sti.y there. Keep the room warm, but have plenty of fresh air in it. St.ny in bed until nil symptom, have subsided, and do not go to work until entirely well. You must then be very careful : ot to expose yourself. Tjd.e care of the small childlren. Put plenty of clothing on them, and when they show any symp toms of influenza, put them to bed, and keep them there sever al days. Do not allow them to play on the ground, or go bare footed on the street, while they have the disease. A little care may save the child's life. Call a physician. After Recovery Stay ut home until most of the cough has subsided. Keep the child who has had it from school until he is entirely well. Rend by Dr. W. R, Weillwrn to the p:itrons and children of thi Klkin Graded School. 1 r -' m y r, . , li-lmvu like iilM(-lplliit- im..ith mi ol NEW PEACE MOVE IS NOT POPULAR Washington, Oct. C. The new pc;ice move is not popular here. It is believed that the President will give it :i quick and decisive answer. leaders of Congress arc un- a memlKT of the house or senate who hesitated alout entering I the fight against Gorman autoe i racy thinks that it would be w ell I. ir .-'.lai ii.i iii uisciiss lerms wun me i.erun government, but the more stur dy congressmen believe that the Piisident should turn the prop osition down flat. There is very little sympathy here for Germany. Austria or Turkey, and a majority of the senjitors and representatives hope that the President w ill give a quick, short answer to the German chancellor. The situation as leading mern-Ik-i s of the senate and house sec it is: Sees Power Waning Germany sees her power w an ing, jmd is threatened with a collapse at home. The P.alkiin cjurpaign has leen lost to her and Austria and the danger of invji.sion of Germany on the w ostein front grows . The kaiser is forced to withdrjiw his troops from Rcigium and Russia to stem the tide of the allies rushing tow ard the Rhine. Con fronted by these conditions the llohenzollrrns are begging for a cessation of hostilities. A canvass of the congressmen here today shows the consensus of .opinion to be: (1) That before the United SUtos and the allies can afford to t;ilk peace w ith Germany, she must remove her troops from every foot of foreign territory taken in this war. (2) That before any nego tiations are commenced Ger- nniny must agree to give up Al sace and Iirrainc to be turned back to Fran cc or into a neutral state, to be a buffer letween the two nations. CI) That before any peace tulk is started Germany must agree to pay an indemnity to Rcigium. which was over-ridden by her troops without provoca tion on the part of the Relgians, 'These things," said one son- ate loader and friend of the President, "must be settled be fore we agree to any sort of peace parley. The other ques tions resulting from the war can be considered at the peace tiible." "In dealing with the German autocracy," declared Senator Simmons, "there is no half-way ground. Refore we stop to talk peace Germany should he com polled to quit every foot of ter ritory taken from France, Rus sia, Rcigium, or any other for eign nation." 50 DEAD; NOT 0V- ER 150 INJURED Perth Aniboy, J Oct. !. Army officers inv. stigyting the explosions which wrecked the great shell loading plant of the T. A. Gillespie company at Mor gan, estimated tonight that the dead would number not more tluin .r0 and the injured 1.10. The property loss prohahly will approximate between $15,000, 000 jmd $20,000,000. Late today it was believed danger of greater devastation by the blowing up of stores of trin itrotoluol was virtually over. All that is left unexploded is buried in underground caissons or is loaded on barges. Army officers reported after a reconnaissance by ah-phme that the loc-Jition of the boats and storehouses is such that they be lieved theie was slight probabil ity it would be exploded either by lire or concussion. With the passing of the men ace of an explosion around the plant the problem of caring for the homeless became the most herious tonight. South Amboy, a town of al)Out 10,000 popula tion four miles north of Morgan was virtually wrecked by the s'-i ies of bhists. Scarcely a build ing in it remains habitable. The city and all the territory around Morgan wjis under mili tary law with the state guard in control under the personal di rection of Governor Kdge. J. W, Faust, assistant director of civi lian relief of the Red Cross esti mated that more than 7,000 persons had been made homeless liv the hail of shells and the force of the explosion. He be lieved between -10.000 jmd r0,- ooo more h;id nod Horn their homos fearing disaster and would not return until all dang er is over, iney present aimosi its much a problem jvs those who ue actually homeless. An airplane encircled again an. I Jigain around the big tract surrounded with barbed wire to aid the. scores of armed guards in keeping out trespassers. It probjibly was the first time in this country that an airplane h.id been used for such a work of observation. The jieriid observation show ed that five of the 13 units of the plant hjul loon destroyed by the flames which followed the first explosion but that the 2 phmt guards who Ix-gan fight ing the lire with water pumped from Checsequake crook after the water nuiins burst had the situation well in hand. It indi cated that unless there wjis a fui ions wind storm during the night the fire would not extend rimer u IIU oarge.s wiui men dangerous loads or to the store house more than a mile awav in another direction. MANY KILLED IN GREAT EXPLOSION. Perth Amlioy, N. J.. Oct. I. Many men wore killed and scores of others injured in a tremen dous explosion early tonight at the plant of the T. A. Gillespie Shell-load injf company, nt Mor ggan, near here. The number of dead and in jured cannot be determined un til employes of the plant answer a roil call in the morning, r.s timates late tonight placed the number of killed and hurt at from r0 to more th;in 100. Thhe plant, operated for the government by the Gillespie company, employs several thou sand men a id women. Officials said tonight there were jiliout r00 men in-thc plant when the explosion occurred. With the first explosion, government of ficials telephoned to nearby camps for soldiers to serve as guard and several hundred, with a detiichment of coiist gu.'irds, were rushed to Morgan The plant engaged in loading high explosive shells, covers an area of 12 square miles and com prises many small buildings. The first explosion occurred in building in which T. N. T. was Iwing nuide and the flames, spreading to other structures, caused a series of further blasts. The extent of the damage had not been determined tonight. HAN T EVERYWHERE ARE LOSING GROUND Paris, Oct. t. French troop have smashed through the Ger man positions in the Champagne over a wide front. The official statement issued today by the war office says the French have crossed the Aisne canal, have rejiched the outskirts of Aguil- court and are approaching Au-men;incourt-Ie-Petit, eight mile-. north of Rheims. Further east the French nr. advancing on a line north of tie- towns of Pomade, Lavnim and Kpoyc arid luivc captured Favor ger, on the Suippe river. On the battle fronts the Ger mans everywhere are being fore ed to give ground to the allied troops. In Relgium the enemy is gradually being pushed cad ward, jmd in jinticipation of v. forced final withdrawal is con tinning to make ready tor th n eventuality by removing hi . guns and otherwise le.ssennu- the vjilue of his defensive woi L, in the territory upon, and '.de cent to the North sea cojir-l. To the south from Aira. to the Verdun sector, the Gorman are being h:ird pressed by the Rritish, American, Italian and French forces jmd although on numerous sectors they still are offering desperate resistjino, they seemingly are unable to do more tluin retjird the advance of their foes. Douai, south of Ixrns, is al most enveloped and C'jimbrai h is been further endaneeiod through the cjipture of the Vil lage of Auhenehoul-Aux-Piois, five miles to the southeast, where more than 1,000 Germans were nude prisoner. Hard fight- ' ing has taken place around Montbreahain and Roatn evoir. in this immedijite vicinity, where the dernians have brought up fresh reserves in an ndeavor to keep Field Marshal llaig's men from cutting the highly important St. (m ntin I,eCateau rojid. from which they now are but ji step. Roth Peu- revoir and Montbrehain are now in P.ritish hands. With the Germans loing de feated over wide areas by the Flench and Americans from Rheims to the Argonne lotest, the Italians south ol L-,on have begun an offensive which seem ingly has jis its objectivt? the finishing of the work provi'iiish liegun by the French for the ob literation of the Gernuui po d lions at 1 .a Fore and bum. Hero they have captured in stoimim operations important strongh ielil German position '. In the vicinity of I.Jion conflagration, are to Ik? soon and it seems not improbable that the Germans ale preparing for a withdrawal in consequence of the converg ing movement which is being pressed against them from threo sides. Through the hitest operations of the Fronch around Rheims the cathedral city seems defi nitely liberated fitim the Gor man men.ice for here they have materially pressed back the en emy. Likewise eastward through Champagne to the Argonne for est the French ami American., have fought their way forward in titanic, struggles, capturing numerous villages, croising the Aisne canal and pursuing the ennty along the entire fronts of the Suippe and Ames river.-.. Itoth of which have been cmsr.ed at several points. In the Macedonian theater the allied troops have compelled the Austrians to withdraw from the Klhasan sector and other posi tions while near Vranje, central Serbia, the French troops have captured Austro-Gemian held positions. In the latter region the enemy is retiring northward in disorder. PRESENT PEACE MOVE IS SNEERED AT. The Paris newspjipers are un animous in their dem.ind for complete victory. The present peace move is sneered at. A de mand is made for the entire sub mission of Germany and that the Germans be disarmed. GER ROOPS