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AIDS ITALIANS IN HOLDING POSI
TIONS.—REGAIN SOME LOST
TERRITORY.
13 NEGRO OnS
DIE ON 5CJFE0L0
EXECUTED FOR “SHOOTING UP’
HOUSTON, TEXAS, DURING
LAST AUGUST.
IK IST^COOBT IBirS
G#r»^ral Allenby Occupies Jerusalem. I
SMsheviki Forces Reported to Have )
^ttained Heavy Losses in Fightng :
with Cossa_£k8. !
,^IlG
Had Paid Death Penalty Before Ver-
dici Was Made Public—Forty-One
Are Given Life Terms in Prison-
Faced Death Stoically.
riiG Germans, following their heavy
artillery preparations of recent days,
have attempted to drive a wedge into
the British line west of Cambrai, but
altttough they used numerically supe
rior forces, their effort brought them
oniy a minor gain.
The attack, iaunched between
Builecourt and Queant, was simiia.r to
that adopted by Crown Prince Rup-
precht’s troops when they pierced
General Byng's front souttiwest of
■fiambrai nearly two weeks ago and
caused a retirement of the British on
the saliciit General Byng previously
had drivon toward Cairibrai. The
British held tenaciously to their
ground, except at one point, wher
the enemy penetrated
position.
As in their previous attempt
San Antonio, Texas.—A trampled
clearing in a lonely mesquite thicket
on the government reservation here,
except for the ashes of two huge bon-
•flres, showed no sign that It was the
execution place of thirteen negro sol
diers of the Twenty-fourth infantry.
The negroes, convicted of participat
ing in the riots at Houston, Texas.
August 23. last, were hanged at one
minute before sunrise.
After dark motor trucks carried the
lumber for the scaffolds and a
pany of engineers to the clearing. The
scaffolds were built by firelight. Mo
tor trucks shortly after 6 o’clock in
the morning carried the condemned
negroes and the officers and military
line I suard to the place of execution. The
trucks later carried the bodies to
place as indistinguishable
wreck the Cambrai salient, the Ger- j site where the burial took place,
■mans lost heavily, the British mow- I Then they hauled back to Port Sam
ing them down with machine gun ' Houston every piece of lumber used in
and rifle fire in the fighting, which j ^lo scaffold so that ;he site was clear
lasted from dawn until 1 o’clock in ' formal announcement of the
the afternoon, i executions had been issued by the
Notwithstanding their failure, the ! southern department headquarters. ■
Germans are keeping up an. Intensive ' Faced Death Stoically,
bombardment of British and French i The condemned negroes had known
positions all along the western front [ their fate since Sunday. Twelve
and daily are receiving additional re- them sought spiritual council of.
iutorcoments in man and guns from . ^^my Y. M, C. A. workers. The thlr-
the eastern theater. 1 t®cnth. whose name base not been
Snow is falling heavily in the disclosed, gave no inkling that he
mountains-along the northern Italian i Outwardly all were stoical,
front, and optimism prevails- among I They did not know the date of the
the Italians that this will aid them execution, but they were taken from
definitely in holding the Austro-Ger- ^ cavalry guardhouse where they
mans back from the Italian plain. ! been prisoners more than a month
Amid the first flurries nt the storm on placed in separate barracks.
Tuesday the enemy resumed his at- I Aside from less than a dozen officers
tack among the hills and was re- j southern department and the
’warded by the capture of several po- sheriff of Bexar county, no one In the
sitions. Later, however, the Italians I tbe aimy camps knew of the
in a counter attack regained their lost I execution, date or place. The other
terrain, after which the artillery duels defendants were ignorant of the fate
■were resumed, but with less strength j their companions until after the
than had previously been shown. ! announcement had been made.
The Ooesacks, under General Kale-
dines, and the Bolshevik! forces are
reported ta have met in at least
INQUIRY ORDERED INTO
j WORK OF WAR DEPARTMENT
fights, with the counter-revolutionists Ordered by Senate Committee on Mili-
Ihc victors in both. The engagements i tary Affairs,
occurred at Moheliv and at Tama-1 Washington.—Steps were initiated
^ivka. and the Bolshevik! losses are , in Congress today to obtain fuller in-
declared to have been heavy. I formation about and establish closer
General Allenby, commander nt the , connections with the government's
Rritish forces in Palestine, has en- , war activities, past and future,
lered .lerusaiejfi and taken over con- | A general inquiry into the -work of
l.ro! of the Holy City. The nopulaco the war department, especially in
'eeted the British commander cor- j arming and equipping the nation’s
flially. In a proclamation, he told | man power, was ordered by the senate
the inhabitants that ?.l! sacred build- : military committee. Capitol leaders
ings and holy n'aces would be protect- | said it was the forerunner of simi-
5d and maintained. Meanwhile, the | lar Investigations of all phases of
trltish army continues its successful executive conduct of the war, which
iperations In Pn'cstine, having cap- | would in a measure accomplish the
lured several additional qposltions : purpose of the proposed jolSt com-
rom the Turks. mittee for “the conduct of the war.”
j The Joint committee idea was aban-
RESTRICTIONS ARE VERY I doned at the last session because of
FEW SAYS PRESIDENT.' President Wilson’s opposition.
- I Inquiry by standing congressional
^resident Discriminates iin Favpr of, committees into the navy department's
Austro-Hungarians. activities and the work of the ship- j
Washington. — Aiistro-Hiingarian , board and other war-time agen- |
iubjeots in the United States, most of i c-ies of the government were said to
(he million or more nt whom are lab- ' contemplated.
TIN MINING OPERATIONS
RESUMED AT KINGS MTN.
Young Geo. S. Groves, Representing a Miillion Dollar Corporation.
Taken Over the Old Foster Property and is Planning a Most
. Successful Mining Business.
The tin mines of Kings Mountain have again opened. The opera-
tjons are to be extensive, and a great amount of money spent which will
prov to this country that the Carolina belt, being the only tin outside of
Alaska in the United Stales, is among the richest 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 iu the
town limits. The same property is now being heW and mined by Geo. S,
Groves, of Alexandria, ■Virginia, Mt. Ida. Mr. Groves is twenty three years
of age. He has been opening up the placer and' deeper shaft for some
JEGUGALEM TAKEN
By BBITISB TBOOPS
HOLY CITY HAD BEEN UNDER
RULE OF INFIDEL TWELVE
CENTURIES.
SWJy OF TOBK IS NEAB EKD
OESTHOyER IS
IE
GERMAN U-BOAT TORPEDOES AND
SINKS BIG AMERICAN
DESTROYER.
Removing Old Plant
The old mill building and plant that was erected during the Foster
time is now being demolished and removed to the Number 5 shaft, three
miles south of town. The timber will be used in some of the buildings
that will be erected there. Very little of the machinery will be used in the
new operations, it being out of date. A greater portion wli! be sold as
junk.
Future Plans.
Number 5 shaft, one hundred and fifteen feet deep, is In coruse of
construction, being retimbered with heavy permanent oak timber. There
will he a one-ton bucket way, pipe department and ladder way. The
shaft win be ecoiuinued down indefinitely, and at each hundred feet a
cross Cut will be made, a drift driven in both directions, and the ore re
ed by stopping overhead process. It is Mr. Groves’ idea to connect
ve shafts wiUi a long level at a greater depth. A large and sullicient
pocket head will be erected, lifting the ore to a high elevation on a plat
form ready for the milling process. Owing to the time to install a mill-
plant the crude ore will be shipped direct to the smelter until this
plant is erected within the next tour months. The ore will be hauled in
)ns and loaded in box cars, A 90 H. P. boiler, pumps and bolster, air-
compressor, air-drills and general mining equipment is now being In
stalled, and it is hoped that the mine will be producing a car of ore daily
ithin the next six weeks.
When the 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 is then
?d to the ball mill which grinds the ore into flour. From the ball mill
le ore in pov.'derod form is fed to the concentrating tables and separated
om the rock and dirt.
Mr. Groves' Experienece.
During the last two years Mr. Groves owned and operated one of the
irgest copper mines in the Appalachian Range and from these mines
e has produced more coppor 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 basis and his experience and j
knowledge of such successful mining will no doubt put the Kings Moun- I
tain tin belt on a profitable basts. j
Immense Wealth Interested. i
Some time ago Mr. Groves induced by a number of New York men i
and after securing control of the old Foster property from I.«rlng &
Cover of Maryland, came to Kings Mountain to put the mines in opera-
The work has been carried on with rapid speed. Many assays j
have been made, maps made of future work, and the necessary machinery 8
Tdered to handle the ore with th most modern methods. , |
The Groves Mining Corporation was organized to take over these
es, Mr, Groves owning controllijig interest. The corporation will not
1 stock proposition, ail of the stock having been subscribed. Past
raining experience li»s put Mr, Groves in touch with abundant Northern
'apltai. It Is hoped that it will be the means of bringing a great deal
■ealth to Kings Mountain.
The Carolina belt, as at present explored, extends from near Gaffney,
across parts of Cleveland and Gaston counties to a point about
miles east of Lincointou, a distance of about thirty-five miles. In a
general way it follows the Kings Mountain Range through that distance.
The country along the Kings Mountain Range is a belt of ancient
metamorphic rocks folded into an incline, invaded later by Igneosu rocks
such as granite, pegmatite and diabase, and then greatly eroded.
p 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 gneraiiy
owned by the German Jews, who are perfect thieves when it comes to
^melting ore. For this and many similar reasons the producer of the
could not make the industry profitable, and the several attempts at
mining were generally a failure. Tin is worth more today than ever
before, and the demand is constantly growing. There are at present
larg smelters in this country operated by Americans. That whole
country is a great mineral zone, as Mr. Groves puts it, “thore is enough
the Kings Mountain range to pay the national debt.” '
Allenby, Accompanied by British 'jnd
French Officers Occupy Jerusalem—
Turks Effort Against Suez CansI
and Egypt Collapsed.
London.—Andrew Bonar Law, chan
cellor of the exchequer, announced In
the house of commons that Jersualem
after being surrounded on ail sides by
British troops, had surrendered.
The chancellor said British. French
and Mohammedan representatives
were on the way to Jersualem to safe
guard the holy places.
General Allenby reported that on
Saturday he attacked the enemy's po
sitions south and west of Jerusalem,
ST OF THE CBEW IS LOST
David Worth Bagley Commanding Of-
flesr Is Among Saved—Jacobs Jones
Wss 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 the
American destroyer, Jacob Jones, by a
German 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 as
the chancellor said Welsh and home j survivors in addition to the 37 pre
county troops, advancing from the di- i viously reported saved It is now es
rection of Bethlehem, drove back the tabllshed that the five line officers on
enemy and, passing Jerusalem on | the destroyer were rescued. Gunner
the east, establishing themselves on Harry R. Hood and G3 men are miss-
the Jerusalem-Jcricho road. At the : Ing.
same time, London infantry and dis- j Admiral Slius’ report said that Corn-
mounted yeomanry attacked the strong mander Bagley and the five other men
enemy positions west and northwest saved with him got away in a motor
of Jerusalem and placed themselves | and were picked up and landed
astride the Jrusalem-Shehem
The holy city, being thus isolated,
rendered to General Allenby,
. The chancellor said General Allen- j Scott were:
by entered Jerusalem officially, accom- ^ Chief Boatswain’
panied by the officers of the French
and Brltltsh forces.
The capture of Jersualem by the
British forces marks the end. with two
uninjured at the Scilly Islands.
The other four survivors reported
besides Commander Bagley and Lieu-
Mate Clarence
wife Florence McBride,
McBride,
j Syracuse. N.
I Coxswain Ben Nunnery, father Fred
! A. Nunnery, Edgemoor, 3, C
.n.e,.u.o, 0.
,«r, ,o.,eBaIon ot the .e.t ol the \ vie, Aaviiral Sim. uj ,o . lUe™
Clri.tlan rBligion V, tb. Motamive- bad b««n abl. to .opp”, ool, meager
dabe_ For 7SG yoare tbe obolp city defile In reply to urgent meeenge,
baa been in undiaputed poaseeaion of from .Secretary Daniela, wboae broth-
Mobammotlaae, tbe la.t Cbriatlaa er-tn-law. Lieutenant Commander Da-
ruler of Jeraualem beeing tbe German ! vid W. Bagley, commanded the teat
emperor, Frederick II, whose short-liv- vessel, and was first reported among
the missing. Three officers
od dominations lasted from 1229
1 were picked up by other vessel.s
The Turks have held sway in Jeru- , from life rafts to which they clung, but
Salem since 1517 when they overcame 'he names ot only ten of these had
the Mammelukes. been transmitted to Washington.
Apart from its connection with the j The Jacob Jones, one of the largest
campaign being waged against Tur ’ and newest American destroyers oper-
key by the British in Mesopotamia, ating in the Atlantic, was the first
the tali of Jersualem marks the deli- ■ American warship to fall victim to a
nite collapse ot the long protracted German submarine, but was the sec-
efforts of the Turks to capture the American destroyer to be lost i
Suez canal and invade Egypt.
ANOTHER STORM HITS
GRIEF STRICKEN HAL
I FAX.
Roaring Blizzajd Drives Relief Work
ers From Task.
Halifax, N. S.—A roaring blizzard,
me third to strike this sorely afflicted
city since the blast from the explod
ing munitions steamer mads 25,000
persons homeless four days ago, burst
from the northeast. Raging with all
the fury for which these northern
foreign waters. The Chauncey sank
I with her commander. Lieutenant Com-
' mander Walter E. Reno, two other
: officers, and 18 enlisted men, after be
ing cut In two by the transport Rose
early on the morning of Novem-
, her 20,
NO ATTEMPT TO CHECK UP
LIST OF HALIFAX DEAD
STATE iiS
Brief Notes Covering Happenings
This States That Are of Interest b
All the People.
HBrers and are loyal to the allied
Sauae, will suffer fe'w restrictions as a
. result of war between the lands of
ftcir birth and adoption.
I In a proclamation declaring a state
• with Austria-Hungary, In ac-
e with the act ot Con.gr
■resident 'Wilson specified that unnat- I jnittee
The war department Inquiry began, ! Statesville
when General Orozler appeared before Plan bank,
the senate committee to testify regard
ing ordnance manufacture and sup
ply. Secretary Baker and general staff
officers as well as departmental and
field commanders will follow. Sena
tor Chamberlain .chairman of the
0 have a Morri
Asheville police have been granted
salary.
walize.i Austro-Hungarian, unlike the
Vrinana In this country, should be
■■ to live and -travel anywhere, ex-
Jpt that they may not enter or leave
'lifted States without permission,
Jtd thdse suspected of enemy activity
V belinterned. They need not reg-
r wiih police or postoffice officials.
inch of the testimony
would be confidential and given in
executive session, though some of the
sessions would he public.
The decision to innuire Into the W!
There Is now no
permanency of the
Charlotte.
Samuel J. Asbury, one of Charlotte'!
. influential citizens, died la.si
ing company
'or Which he received $463.93. He sold
the seed for $89.75, making a total
ior the two bales ot $653.68.
Officials Hold to Estimate of
Four Thousand.
Halifax, N. 3.—No official attempt
winter elorms .re noted It all but 1 i;" •» "P on novle.
fKd, 1 of fi-o h, Injured re-
of the brave band suiting tvom Thursday’s disaster when
a munitions ship's cargo exploded in
■~ - - — ^ : Of workers struggling against
Gastonia, last week j wholnilug odds to ailo-viate suffering.
‘ while the contingents of the
the harbor.
doggedly amid the ice-shrouded
for the unrecovered dead, but when '
the wind veered suddenly to the south-
The University ot North 0
magazine has just come from the the soldiers
attractive array of Pungs bearing hospital suppili
sei-vers said that estimate
great by half.
A joint appeal by the mayors
with
articles on various phases ot the „
The- current number is designated
'War Number," and a picture of ing system broke down again, lea-vinc
carried as a the city in darkness.
the student battalion i
frontispiece.
>•« obliged to withdraw. | the Canadian public for money for the
fe.F.,1 . .1 *■ ■'* relief of the homeless and the recon-
$20,000,000 and $25,000,000 would bo
required.
department’s operation.^ came after Asubry was 68 years of-ag.i
Jwa?
Vashiingt.on.—New house commit
tee assignments "were approved at sep
arato oauruses ot democrats and re-
publicai's, subject to acceptance at the
Ijignlar session. The democrats did
their work quickly, bu‘ the meeting
of the republicans was prolonged by
effort to recommend seven mem
bers. with Miss Rankin as chairman
ffljlthe special house committee on
suffrage, Instead of the six allotted by
the majority to the mlncrlty.
hours’ discussion of penorts from
senators who have visited array I
camps. I
FIGURES PUB
Hendersonville people are to enioy
GERMANY’S AIR STRENGTH | ^ all-year-’round passenger ser-
i vice between Hendersonville and Ashe
ville. Attractive 24-passenger cars
have been ordered.
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 aljout 2,500
air J lanes. The squadrlllas are divid
ed as follows: One hundred of ar
tillery spotters, 80 of scouts, 23 of
bombers, 40 of chasure and 30 battle- ■
plane squadrlllas for the protection of
the bombers.
The ancient industry of making tar
is active In the sandhills this winter.
WKh tar around $10 every railroad
station has a pile of barrels ready for
shipment, and the old famlll|,r smell is
all over the community.
thSr'.tw"e;';eT,“.„''°rre“ i i -“,7
: From the ievneteteh ere. ol“,o ", J I
Pre..,|cnlW. o, HUaiek, ol the • h.lt equate mile., hunilr.il, „1 m'on : SiTn 11™™. ? e*’":
esterii Carolina Lumber and Timber and women patiently seeking ihoir I
association, has issued notices for ihn , dead gave up their task for still an. among the Injured,
^--‘-aiinual meciing of the organiza- i other day and sought shelter ! -®nf™ntlng the relief com-
to be held in Asheville, Decern- Relief trains bringing workers and 1 Ta “ In tt f ® but
ber 31. R. 3, Kellogg, of Chicago, a ' supplies reached the xity In the I h J ‘
secretary.,nana.gcr of the Na'elonal ' heights of the blizzard, but those so ’ ^
eager to help found themselves help
less and knewnot which way to turn
In the confusion of the storm, the un-
lighted city and the wreckage.
Lumber Maniitarturers' aaeociatioii,
will be present and will deliver the
annual address.
staple cotton to the Flint Manufactur- for 1916, 626,660,
Commissioner of Agriculture W, A.
raham presented his annual repor. to
the state board of agriculture volum
inous document. The financial state-
showed a departmental halunce
In the treasury ot $26,815. The re
ceipts for the year were $335,929, of
which $169,945 was tor fertilizer tags
and $51,095 for feed tags; $13,097 for
cottonseed meal lags; $18,000 from the
farms; $19,811 from sales ot lime;
$42,624 from sales of hog serum and
smaller amounts from other sources.
The report shows the fertilizer tonnage
for 1917 to have.b«flt> 819,728 and that
NG 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 dacldeil 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, lie probably
will ask for the legislation in an ad
dress before Christmas holidays.
clans iu cb.arge ot the tents in which
6(10 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
RUSHED TO CAMBRAI
Geneva. Friday, Dec. 7,—Roth Field
Marshal von Ilindenburg and Gen. von
Ludendorff are on the Cambrai front,
according to a dispatch from Straaa-
burg today. Railway traffic through
the Rhine towns has been congested
from this source, owing to the flow of
troops and artillery being rushed
through to this front. No civilians are
permitted to travel along tho Rhine
and the Gorman frontier c-'raalm
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