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KINGS MOUNTAIN, N. 0., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1915
$1.50 A YEAR IN ADVANCE
SNOW HELPS HALT
13
I ON SCAFFOLD
AIDS ITALIANS IN HOLDINO POSI- EXECUTED FOR "SHOOTING UP"
TIONS. REGAIN SOME LOST 1 HOUSTON, 1 EXAS, DURING
TERRITORY. LA8T AUGUST.
STRONG OFFENSIVE IN WEST: COURT HU&RTUL'S SENTENCE
Gsryrsl Allenby Occupies Jerusalem. '. Had Paid Death Penalty Before Ver-
Bolihevlki Forcee Reported to Have
ttalned Heavy Losees in Flghtng
dlci Wu Made Public Forty-One
Are Given Life Terms in Prison
Faced Death Stoically.
San Antonio, Texas. A trampled
ft
jWlth Cossacks. !
frhe Germans, following their hpnvv '
artillery preparations of recent days. ' clearing In a lonely mesqulte thicket
have attempted to drive a wedge Into j on lne government reservation here,
the British line west of Cambral, but i e)li;ePt 'or the ashes of two huge bon
altlfough they used numerically supe- flre showed no sign that It was the
rlor forces, their effort brought them execution place of thirteen negro sol
only a minor gain. dler" ' tne Twonty-fourth Infantry.
The attack, launched between , Tn8 neBe. convicted of participate
Bullecourt and Queant, was similar to ' ll,R lu lne rlotB at Houston, Texas.
that adopted by Crown Prince Rup
precht's troops when they pierced
general Byng's front southwest of
August 23, last, were hanged at one
minute before sunrise.
After dork motor trucks carried the
Tambral nearly two weeks ago and ,UIUU,;r r me scanoids and a com--aused
a retirement of the British on i ny of engineers to the clearing. The
the salient General Byng previously j weffolds were built by firelight. Mo
had driven toward Cambral. The tor ,ruck8 shortly after 6 o'clock In
British hold tenaciously to their I the morning carried the condemned
ground, except at one point, wherf ""groes and the officers and military
the enemy penetrated a front linn guar(1 to the Pa('e ' execution. The
position. .1 lTuck' later carried the bodies to a
As in their previous attempt ' to j pla, e a8 Indistinguishable as the exn
wreck the Cambral salient, the Gor- cutl"n 8,te wnere tl,e bur'al ' P
mans lost heavily, the British mow- f The" ,he'' ''aulcd back to Fort Sam
Inn them down with machine mm ' n'" eTPT l"e" ' mmoer usea :n
and rifle Are in the fighting, which
lasted from dawn until 1 o'clock In
the afternoon.
Notwithstanding their failure, the
Germans are keeping up an Intensive
bombardment of British and French
the scaffold so that the site was clear
before formal announcement of the
executions had been Issued by the
southern department headquarters. ,
Faced Death Stoically.
The condemned negroes had known
positions all along the western front , ",elr fa,fi ln" Sunday. Twelve
and dally are receiving additional re
inforcements in men and guns from
the eastern theater.
Snow is falling heavily In the
mountains-along the northern Italian
front, and optimism prevails among
the Italians that this will aid them
definitely in holding the Austro-Gcr-mans
back from the Italian plain.
Amid the first flurries of the storm on
Tuesday the enemy resumed his st
ack among the hills and was re-
warded by the capture of several po- !
bltions. Later, however, the Italians '
n a counter attack regained their lost j
errain, after which the artillery duels ,
Iwere resumed, but with less strength :
han had previously been shown.
The Cossacks, under General Kale- !
tines, and the Bolshevik! forces are
eported to have met In at least two I
gilts, with the counter-revolutionists
lie victors in both. The encasements I
.incurred at Mohellv and at Tama- j
JvVa ttnd the Bolshevik! losses arc ;
iMilarcd to have been heavy
of them sought spiritual council of
army Y. -M. C. A. workers. The thlr
I teenth, whose name hase not been
' disclosed, gave no Inkling that he
knew. Outwardly all were stoical.
; They did not know the date of the
execution, but they were taken from
the cavalry guardhouse where they
had been prisoners more than a month
and placed In separate barracks.
I Aside from lesB than a dozen officers
; of the southern department and the
i sheriff of Bexar county, no one tn the
! city or the aimy camps knew of the
execution, date or place. The other
defendants were Ignorant of the Tate
, )f their companions until after the
I formal announcement had been made.
INQUIRY ORDERED INTO
WORK OF WAR DEPARTMENT
Ordered by Senate Committee on Mili
tary Affalri.
Washington. Steps were- initiated
In Congress today to obtain fuller In
formation about and establish closer
General Allenhy, commander of the j connections with the government's
itlsh forces In Palestine, has en- : war activities, past and future.
fcred Jerusalem and taken over con. A general Inquiry Into the work of
ol of the Holy City. The populace: me war uepannicnt, especially In
f-eeted the British commander cor- ; arming and equipping the nation's
ally. In a proclamation, he told ; man power, was ordered by the senate
e Inhabitants that nil sacreu nuim- miumuiw. mpuui leauera
gs and holy n'aces would be nrotect- said it was the forerunner of slmi-
nd maintained. Meanwhile. tb! I 'r investigations ot all phases of
itlsh array continues lis successful j executive conduct of the war, which
lorntlons In Palestine, having can- would In a measure accomplish the
id several additional qposltlons j purpose or tne proposed joint com-
im the Turk. miuee tor -tne conduct or the war."
The Joint committee idea was aban-
1f STRICTIONS ARE VERY I doned at the last session because of
1 FEW 8AYS PRESIDENT.' President Wilson's opposition.
1 Inquiry by standing congressional
President Discriminates lin Favor of '. committees Into the navy department's
Austro-Hunoarinns. I ""jut "u U1B wurK ' M'e P
Washington. Austro-Hungarlan
TIN MINING OPERATIONS
RESUMED ATjKINGS MTN.
Younfl Geo. 8. Groves, Representing a Mlllllon Dollar Corporation, Hat
Taken Over the Old Foster Property and is Planning Most
Successful Mining Business.
The tin mines of KingH Mountain have again opt-ued. The opera
tions are to be extensive, and a great amount of money spent which will
prov to this country that the Carolina belt, being ihe only tin outside of
Alaska in the United States, is among the ri Iipm in the world. The
mines will be operated by the Groves Mining Corporation.
The company being capitalized at a million dollars will take over
the old Foster property, consisting of approximately four hundred and
fifty acres of mining property, and Includes the old milling plant lu the
town limits. The same property Is now being held and mined by Geo. 9.
Groves, of Alexandria, Virginia, Mt. Ida. Mr. Groves is twenty three years
of age. lie has ben opening up the placer and deeper shaft for some
time.
Removing Old Plant
The old mill building and plant that was em-ted during the roster
time Is now being demolished and removed to the Number 0 shaft, three
miles south of town. The timber will be used in some of the buihllngft
that will be erected there. Very little of the machinery will be used In the
new operations, it being out of date. A greuter portion will be old as
junk.
Future Plans.
Number 5 una ft, one hundred and fifteen feet deep, is In ionise of
construction, being retimbered with heavy permanent oak timber. There
will be a one-ton buckot way, pipe dcparlmt'ut and ladder way. Tho
shaft will be econtiriued down indefinitely, and ut each hundred fet a
crosa Put will be made, a drift driven in both directions, and the ore re
moved by stopping overhead process. It Is Mr, Grovog' idea to connect
nil five shafts with a long level at a greater depth. A large and sufTii ient
pocket head will be erected, lifting the ore to a high elevation on a pint
form ready for the milling process. Owing to the time to install a mill
ing plant the crude ore will be shipped direct to the smelter until this
plant is erected within the next four months. The ore will be hauled In
wagoiiH and loaded in box cars. A 90 II. I boiler, pumps ami hoister, alr
coinpressor, air-drllls and a general mining equipment is now being in
stalled, and It Is hoped that the mine will be producing a car of ore dally
within the next bIx wceka.
When tho milling plant is Installed it will consist of crushers, ball
mills and concentrating tables. The ore win fall from the pocket head
platform to the crushers to be ground not larger than an egg. It it then
fed to the ball mill which grinds the ore into flour. From the ball mill
the ore in powdered form Is fed to the concentrating tubles and separated
from the rock and dirt.
Mr, Groves' Experienece.
During the last two years Mr. Groves owned and operated one of tho
lnrgest copper mines In the Appalachian Iinne and from these minus
he has produced more copper ore than all the mines together in the East
have produced within the last five years. Numerous other mines. In the
East have been put on a similar paying hauls and his experience and
knowledge of such successful mining will no doubt put the KIuk Moun
tain tin belt on a profitable basis.
Immense Wealth Interested.
Some time ago Mr. Groves induced by a number of New York men.
pud after securing control of the old Foster property from boring &
Cover of Maryland, came to Kings Mountain to put the mines in opera
tion. The work has been carried on with rapid speed. Many assays
have been made, maps made of future work, and the necessary machinery
ordered to handle the ore with th most modern methods.
The Groves Mining Corporation was organized to take over these
mines, Mr. Groves owning controlling Interest. The corporation will not
be a stock proposition, all of the stock having been subscribed. Past
mining experience ha put Mr. Groves in touch with abundant Northern
capital. It Is hoped that ft will be the means of bringing a great deal
of wealth to Kings Mountain.
The Carolina belt, as at present explored, extends from near Gaffney.
P. C across parts of Cleveland and Gaston counties to a point about
four miles oast of Llncolnton, a distance of about thirty five miles. Id a
general way it follows the Kings Mountain Range through that distance.
The country along the Kings Mountain Range la a belt of ancient
metamorphlc rocks folded Into an incline, invaded later by igneosu rocks
such as granite, pegmatite and diabase, and then greatly eroded.
Up to a recent date the tin mined In this country was shipped to Ger
many to be smeltered at an enormous cost. The smelters are gnerally
owned by the German Jews, who are perfect thieves when it comes to
fmeltlng ore. For this and many similar reasons the produ'er of the
tin could not make the industry prolltahle, and the several ailempis at
tin mining were generally a failure. Tin is worth more today than ever
before, and the demand Is constantly growing. There are at present
two larg smelters in this country operated by Americans. That whole
country is a great mineral zone, as Mr. Groves puts It, "there is emu;;h
tin In the Kings Mountain range to pay the national debt."
JERUSALEM TAKEN
BY BRITISH TROOPS
LIS. DESTROYER IS
SUNK IN WAR ZONE
l-"T "u UBU" ( GERMAN U-BOAT TORPEDOES AND
RULE OF INFIDEL TWELVE 8INK8 BQ AMERICAN
DESTROYER.
CENTURIES.
SWAY OF TURK IS NEAR END, MOST OF THE CREW IS LOST
Allenby, Accompanied by British and
French Officers Occupy Jerusalem
Turks Effort Against Sues Cansl
and Egypt Collapsed.
Loudon. Andrew Ilonar I,aw. clian-'
rallor of the en hequer. announced to
the houHA of commons that Jersualmn
1 aftar being surrounded on all lii by
British troops, had surrendered.
The chancellor said Hrllliih, French
and Mohammedan representative
were on the way to Jersualem to mife
guard the holy places,
i (leneral Allenby reported that od
. Saturday be attacked the enemy's po
sition!! south and west of Jerusalem,
' the chancellor Raid WelHh and home
' county troops, advancing from the dl
, rectlon of Bethlehem, drove back the
' enemy and, passing Jerusalem on
the east, establishing themselves on
j the Jerusalem-Jericho road. At the
same time, London Infantry unci dis
! mounted yeomanry attacked the strong
! enemy positions west and northwest
j of Jerusalem and placed themselves
astride the Jrusalem-Shchem road,
i The holy city, belna thus isolated, sur
rendered to General Allenby.
I The chancellor said General Allen
by entered Jerusalem officially, accom
panied by the officers of the French
I and Brltitsh forces.
The capture of Jorsualeni by the
' British forces marks the end with two
j brief Interludes, cf more than 1,200
! years possession of the seat of the
! Christian religion by the Mohanime
! dans. For 751! years the eholy city
has been in undisputed possession of
Mohammedans, the lost Christian
I ruler of Jersualnn beeing the German
; emperor, Frederick II. whose short-liv-i
ed dominations lasted from 1229 to
1244.
The Turks have held sway In Jeru
salem since 1517 when they overcame
the Mammeltikes.
Apart from Its connection with the
campaign being waged against Tur
key by the British In Mesopotamia,
the fall of Jersualem marks the defi
nite collapse of the long protracted
efforts of the Turks to capture the
Suez canal and Invade ICgypt.
ANOTHER STORM HITS
GRIEF STRICKEN HALIFAX.
ubiects in the United States, most of
the -million or more of whom aro lab
wreri and are loyal to tha allied war
IcnuM, will suffer few restrictions as a
Iri'sutt of war between the lands or
It heir, birth and adoption.
In a proclamation declaring a state
war with Austria-Hungary, in ac
ilanoa with the act of Congress,
iflent Wilson specified that unnat
iqei AustroJIungartan. unlike the
is ns in this- country, should be
io live and travel anywhere, ex
that they may not enter or leave
Wed States without permission.
lose suspected of enemy activity
interned. They need not reg-
h police or postofflce officials.
5USE COMMITTEE
Assignments apprroved.
lilngton. New house commit
gnments were approved at sep
ucuses of democrats and re
"s. .subject to acceptance at the
session. The democrat did
rk Quickly, In - the meeting
ipubllcans was prolonged by
'. to recommend seven mem
h Mlii Rankin as chairman
eclat hdnae committee on
t stead of the six allotte by
ity to tie mlntrlty. '
ping board and other war time agen
cies of the government were said to
be contemplated.
The war department Inquiry besan,
when General Crozler appeared before
the senate committee to testify regard- i
lng ordnance manufacture and sup-!
ply. Secretary Baker and general staff j
officers as well as departmental and I
field commanders will follow. Sena-J
tor Chamberlain .chairman of the com-1
mlttee. said much of the testimony
would be confidential and given in i
executive session, thoueh some of tho
sessions would ho public. ' '
The decision to innuire into the war -t
department's operations came after j
two hours' discussion of renorts from
senators "who have visited army
camps.
FIGURES PUBLISHED ON
GERMANY'S AIR STRENGTH
On the French Front In France.
What are considered approximately
exact figures of Germany's air strength
which have reached the correspondent
show that the German army possesses
273 squadrlllas, comprising about 8.600
airj lanes. The squadrlllas are divid
ed as follows:-, One hundred of ar
tillery spotters, 80 of scouts, IJ of
bombers, 40 of chasers and SO battle
plane squadrlllas for the protection of
Out ftonben. ' "
OLD NORTH STATE fiEWS
Brief Notes Covering Happenings in
This States That Are of Interest to
All the People.
Statesville Is soon to have a Morris
Plan bank.
Asheville police have been granted
an increase in salary.
There is now no doubt about the
permanency of the army camp at
Charlotte. -
Samuel J. Asbury. one of Charlotte's
most influential citizens, died last
week. Mr. Asubry was 68 years of n.?
having been born February 21, 1S49
He was born near Denver, Lincoln
county.
Hendersonvllle people are to en.py
a dally all-year-'round passenger far
vice between Hendersonvllle and Ashe
ville. Attractive 24 passenger csrs
have been ordered.
The ancient industry of making tar
is active In the sandhills this winter.
With tar around $10 every railroad
station baa a pile of barrels ready, for
shipment, and the old familiar smell is
all over the community. . ;
' W. Q. Hughes, tanner of the moun
tain section, sold two bales of long
staple cotton to the Flint Manufactur-
inff company nt Gastonia. last week
'or which he received $403.93. He sold
he seed for $S9.7o. making a total
for the two bales of $35.1.(18.
The University of North 'Cs-xllna
magazine has just come from the
press with tin attractive array of
articles on various phases of the war.
The current number Is designated as
a "War Number." and a picture of
the student battalion is carried as a
frontispiece.
I'rpaMcrt W. O. ltiddiik. of the
Wcflern Carollnn Lumber and Timber
Association, has issued notices for the
scmianmiiil lrecfinr, of the or.Kaniza
f ion. to be bold in Asheville, Decem
ber 31. U. S. Kellogg, of Chicago, a
secretarymana.Tcr of tho Nn.'.ional
Lumber Manufacturers' association,
will be present and will deliver the
annual address.
Commissioner of Agriculture W. A.
Graham presented his annual repor: to
the state board of agriculture volum
inous document. The financial state
ment showed a departmental balance
in the treasury of $26,815. The re
ceipts tor the year were $335,929, of
which $169,945 was for fertilizer tags
and $51,095 for feed tags; $13,097 for
cottonseed meal tags; $18,000 from the
test farms; $19,811 from sales of lime:
$42,624 from aales .of hog serum and
smaller amounts from other sources.
The report shows the fertiliser tonnage
for 1917 to harejxxtn 84C728 and that 1
for 11. 626.IS0.
Roaring Blizzard Drives Relief Work
ers From Task.
Halifax, N. S. A roaring biizz:ml.
me third to strike ibis sorely ul'flkted
city since the blast from the explod
ing munitions steamer made rj,i;iti
persons homeless four days ami. burst
from the northeast, linging with all
the fury for which these northern
winter storms are noted, it all but
crushed the hearts of the brave banl
of workers stniKKlliif; against over-'
whelming odds to alicviale sulieriu j.
For a while the continn nts of ilr?
Canadian army stationed be:e toih-.i
doggedly amid the Ice-shrouded ruins
for tho unrecovered dead, but whe:i
the wind veered suddenly to the south
east and blew with redoubled force,
the soldiers were obliged to vit!i:!i-av.'.
Pungs baaring hospital supplir.- an.!
food to the numerous relief s'.uions
were storm-bound. The crippled light
ing system broke dowu again, leaving
the city In darkness.
Burial parties who had volunteered
their services were driven to cuver 1
From the devastated urea of two and
a half square miles, hundreds of men :
and women paMently seekhig llicir ;
iead gave up their task for still an-
other day and sought shelter. i
Relief trains bringing workers an.i
supplies reached the lty In the
heights of the blizzard, but those so j
eager to help fourd themselves help ,
less and knew 'not which way lo turn
In the confusion of the slorm. the un- '
lighted city and the wreckage.
David Worth Baglsy Commanding Of
ficer Is Among Saved Jacobs Jones
Was One of Largest Vessels of the
Destroyer Type.
Washington. Lieutenant Command
er David Worth Bagley and Lieutenant
Norman Scott were among tne surviv
ors rescued after the sinking of tho
American destroyer, Jacob Jones, by a
Gorman submarine In the war zone
last Thursday night. The navy de
partment was so advised by Vice Ad
miral Sims.
These two officers, two warrant of
ficers, and two enlisted men were
named ip the admiral's dispatch a3
survivors In addition to the 37 pre
viously reported saved. It is now es
tablished that the Ave line officers on
the destroyer were rescued. Gunner
Harry Ft. Hood and 63 men are miss
lng.
Admiral Sims' report said that Com
mander Bagley and the Ave other men
saved with him got away in a motor
boat and were picked up and landed
uninjured at the Scllly Islands.
The other four survivors reported
besides Commander Bagley and Lieu
tenant Scott were:
Chief Boatswain's Mate Clarence
McBrlde, wife Florence Mcllrldc
Syracuse, N. V. '
Coxswain Ben Nunnery, father Fred
A. Nunnery. Kdgemoor. S. C.
Fireman Joseph Kroncnieclry. moth,
er Anna Krozenlecky. Suvlve. Russia.
Vice Admiral Sims up to a bile hour
had been able lo supply only meager
details In reply to urgent mesi'-ges
from Secretary Daniels, whose brother-in-law.
Lieutenant Commander Da
vld W. Bagley. commanded the lost
vessel, and was first reported among
the missing. Three officers and 34
men were picked up by other vessels
from life rafts lo which they clung, but
the names of only ten of these had
been transmitted to Washington.
The Jacob Jones, one of the largest
and newest American destroyers oper
ating In the Atlantic, was the first
American warship lo fall victim to a
Gentian submarine, but was the sec
ond American destroyer lo be lost In
foreign waters. The Chauneey sank
with her commander. Lieutenant Com
mander Walter K. Reno, two other
officers, and IS wllsted men. after be
ing cut in two by the transport Rose
early on tho morning of Novem
ber 20.
NO ATTEMPT TO CHFCK UP
LIST OF HALIFAX DEAD
UNIFICATION OF ALL
RAILROADS DURING WAR
Washington President Wilson will
go to Congress for special legislation
to bring about unification of the rail
roads during the war. That the Pres
ident has decided definitely on such
a move became known after he had
gone over the whole, transportation
situation with Senator Newlands
chairman of the senate Interstate
commerce committee. He probaMy
will ask tor the legislation In an ad
dress before Christmas holidays. - .
Morgue Officials Held to Estimate of
Four Thousand.
Halirax. N. S.i No official attempt
was made here to check up or revise
the long list of dead and Injured re
sulting from Thursday's disaster when
a munitions ship's cargo exploded In
the harbor.
The morgue officials held to their
estimate of 4,000 dead, hut other ob
servers said that estimate was too
great by half.
A joint appeal by the mayors of
Halifax and Dartmouth was made to
the Canadian public for money for the
relief of the homeless and the recon
struction of that part of the city which
Is In ruins. It was said that between
$20,000 000 and $25,000,000 would bo
required.
A heavy rainstorm Interrupted the
systematic search for bodies, but by
night 95 additional bodies had been
placed in the morgue. Several deaths
occurred among the injured.
The task confronting the relief com
mittees seemed almost hopeless but
later in the day the skies cleard and
cheering word came from the physi
cians In charge of the tents In which
600 of the homeless had found shelter.
The tents had withstood the storm and
the occupants were as comfortable as
could be expected.
GERMAN TROOPS ARE
RU8HED TO CAMBRAI
Geneva. Friday. Dec. 7. Both Field
Marshal von Hlndenburg and Gen. von
Ludendorff are on the Cambral front,
according to a dispatch from Stress,
burg today. Railway traffic through
the Rhine towns has been congested
from this source, owing to the flow ol
troops and artillery being rushed
through to this front No civilians are
permitted to travel along tha Rhine
and the German frontier remains
cloeed. ,:.::.-...':
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