A (Elan Cnral Hemapaytt Jfur All Slip 5Faati!i VOL. 15. N0. so. KINGS MOUNTAIN, N. C, THURSDAY, MARCH 14, 1918 51.50 A YEAR IN ADVANCE SECRETARY IS E LIST OF CASUALTIES HIS VISIT TO FRENCH SOIL IS PU' ELY MILITARY AND NOT DIPLOMATIC. . INFORMATION COMMITTEE DIS CONTINUES PRACTICE ON WAR DEPARTMENT ORDERS EAGER TO GO FOR SOME TIME: REQUESTED BY GEN. PERSHING Thinks Trip Will Better Fit Him for Meeting the Many Needs of Gen eral Pershing. Paris. Tho American s-retary o( ; war, Newtuu I). Halter, lias arrived at a, French port. Washington. Upon hearing of Sec retary Bukcr's safe arrival lu Fran o , through the Associated Press dispatch from 1'uriB, the war department an-: ' nounced that the secretary's visit Is purely military and not diplomatic. Enemy Able Through This Source to Gain Valuable Inormation as to Units In France. Washington. Issuance of daily lists i of casualties among the American ex peditionary forces was discontinued by ' the public Information committee as I the result of an order of the war de- ! partment under which the names of next of kin and the emergency ad- ; dresBCB of soldiers whose names ap pear on the list hereafter will be ud is tor purposes of insp.rciion and I wHhheld. The official explanation personal conferences with miliiury of ficials. Mr Baker is accompanied by Major General William M. Black, chief of engineers; Lieutenant Col. M. L. Brett and Ralph Hayes, his private sec retary. No official report on the secretary's arrival had been received. The de department issued this stutetueul: Sailed February 27. "A cable dispatch from Paris to the Associated Press announces the arrival at a French port ot the secre tary of war. "For some time Secretary Baker hat desired to visit the headquarters of the American expeditionary forces, lie sailed from an American port about February 27. "Secretary Baker haa not determin ed the length of time he will remain in France but his stay will be long enough to enable him to make a thor ough inspection of the American forces abroad and to hold important confer ences with American military officers. I "It la expected that not only will Secretary Baker visit the American headquarters, but his inspection tour will cover construction projects, in cluding docks, railroads and ordnance bases, now under way back of the Amerlan lines. "The secretary's visit Is military and not diplomatic. It Is essentially for ! the purpose of Inspection and personal conference with military officials. Secretary Baker plana to spend a brief time In France, Inspecting in i ' person the concrete results already j PLENTY OF "BRAINLESS" achieved In the efforts of his depart- j DAY8 SAYS SENATOR REED ment to place In the field this year that the purpose of the order is to keep ; Information of value from the enemy. On being Informed of the order the ; committee took the position that long lists of men killed or wounded would be worthless to the newspaper corre spondents without the addressses and a notice was Issued advising the press lhat in future all Information regard ing casualties must be obtained from 1 the war department. At the adjutant generals' offlre It was stated that the lists would continue to be sent to the committee and would be available there. While the disagreement between the committee and the department probably will be straightened out soon so that the "expurgated" lists may be made available to all who desire them, the purpose of the department to withhold the addresses apparently la unalterable. Acting Secretary Crowe!! said the order was issued at . the urgent recommendation of Gen eral Pershing and that It would be permanent. Both Mr. Crowell and Mai. General Barrh, acting chief of staff, declared that the purpose was to close up a channel through which the enemy might obtain valuable Information, and both disclaimed any Intention of seek ing to conceal heavy casualty reports. "You may say for me." said General March, "that the war department haa not and will not hold up a single name for an Instant longer than It takes to gat It out. an army that will be a factor In the campaign. On the eve of his depart ure, Mr. Baker told members of the press who had been In the habit of seeing him every day that he did not expect to be away for any considerable length of time. The secretary and his party left Washington without any other at tempt to conceal their movements than a request that the press refrain from reporting his departure. The newspapers again worked In hearty co-operation to make the journey as safe as possible from German subma rines for the party. No hint of the trip has teen printed. TORNADO TAKE8 TOLL OF LIVES WRECKS HOMES Says We Will Soon Come to Bread Cards If We Leave It to Hoover. Washington. Strictures on govern-' ment price-fixing and the activities of , the food administration monopolized one day's session of the senate. ; Led by Senator Reed, of Missouri. 1 Democrat, a group of senators of both : parties made the attack. Charges that 1 a general policy of fixing prices for j farm products, not authorized by the food control law. Is being instituted, , were made by Senators Reed and Bo-, rah, who said the licensing power of : the law was being so used that its actual result Is an unauthorized price- j fixing program. 1 In a four-hour speech teeming with j bitter criticism, Senator Reed also de nounced the fuel administration, as-1 sorting that Administrator Garfield j had not told the truth regarding re- j roalless days', order, THE VOICE OF OLD KINGS MOUNTAIN HEARD THE WORLD AROUND Monument to American Liberty to Serve as Background for the Sammies in Their Preparation to Overthrow the Tyranny of the Hun Leases Have All Been Closed and Signed and Guns Will Soon be Roaring in Their Answer to the Cries of Bleeding Europe. (Jims wilf soon be booming and the Sammies will be ini proving tht'ir liiarkMnuuKhip for European encounter on the hallowed grounds of Old Kings Mountain. In a short while, probuhiy three or four weeks, showers of mortar shells will be pouring against the grand old pinnacle which has stood us a tower to American Liberty since the fateful day of October 7, 1780, when her rugged slopes were chris tened with the mingled blood of the British troops under the gallant Ferguson and the American colonists under their brave and successful commanders. The sight of this decisive conflict against poltical tyranny should prove an inspiration to the tens of thousands of America's choicest manhood who will mobilize around these sacred precincts to train themselves in the art of hitting the mark, and later to assist in the overthrow of the greatest political tyranny the world has ever known Prussianism. The trade is closed for the Kings Mountain Artillery Range. Just as rapidly as the work can be prosecuted the progress of building the camp will go forward. The camp proper will be situated on a forty-acre tract belonging to Charley Boyd just south of Gastonia and the artillery base will occupy a tract belonging to Alex Crawford on the Kings Mountain and Clover road about four miles from the target of Kings Mountain and about the same distance from the town. The leases are made for one year with the privilege of four. The lease price ranges from $2.50 per acre per year to $10.00 per acre per year. The ten dollar contract is with Charley Boyd for the camp site near (iastoniu. The aggregate territory leased for the range is about four miles by two miles aud is the property of H. T. Fulton, Bridges, Plonk & Floyd, Bob Craig, W. A. Grier, Mrs. A. Flume, W. M. Hord, Alex Crawford and The Mountain Land belonging to Capt. F. Dilling and others. The leasage is to be paid as follows: U. S. gov ernment one third, Chamber of Commerce of Gastonia one third, and the Chamber of Commerce of Charlotte one third. The pinnacle of Kings Mountain is about six miles north east of the old battlefield and monument, and three miles from the town of Kings Mountain. It has an elevation of 1652 feet above the sea level and 550 feet above the level of the town of Kings Mountain. It will serve as a most magnificent background and will be shot by, thousands of soldiers from the various army camps of the South: These young Americans, descendants of those heroes who brought the stalwart Ferguson from his envied position from whence he said, "All hell would not move me," will evince the same fighting spirit as their forbears and with the prac tice and inspiration gathered here will break the wonder ful Hindenberg line into smithereens and will snatch that human vulture, the kaiser, from his fancy of partnership with "Got." IS MOVING ON III! MORE DIVISIONS TRANSPORTATION R E Q U I R E- THOUGH MANY MEN WILL BE MENTS OF THE ARMY RUN- CALLED OUT DURING NING ON SCHEDULE. THE YEAR. TALK OF OFFENSIVE DWINDLES NEXT DRAFT IS DELAYED OVER THE LAND OF THE L0NGLEAF PINE SHOUT NOTES OF INTEREST TO CAROLINIANS. Lima, Ohio. Five persons are known to lie dead, several other are I , fha reported killed, scores are Injured. wh,.n he described as a "lockout" of scores of homes were completely or j c6rtaIn ea,tern industries, nartly demolished and hundreds of ; senator Wolcott, Democrat, of Dela- narns naa outbuildings were razed ny w Mr Hoover a(1 denied the tornado which traveled across nortwest Ohio. Estimates of property damage was one to five million dollars. No serious damage was done In any of the larger cities, most of the de struction having been reported from country districts. The tornado began In Vanwert county, on the Ohio-Indiana state line, and traveled In a northeasterly direction, lessening In Intensity until It died out, east of Tif fin. TownB suffering the most were Vanwert, Mlddlepoint, Convoy, Lima, Deshler, Hamler, Continental. Ottawa, FIndlav Napoleon, Holgate, Miller City and Tiffin. 8AY8 WE TALK TOO MUCH INSTEAD OF GETTING TO WORK. Daytona, Fla. America's reasons or entering the war were outlined by Vice President Thomas R. Marshall, In an address here before the com munity forum In which he criticised Americans for "ttlklng too much In stead of getting to work and winning the war. Dont talk about what you r going to do after the war," he, ' aald, "not talk about winning It. I be lieve I am about lb only man who has kopt silent. ', ,..;' , ware, adoption of a farm produce price fixing plan, disclaiming authority, but he and other senators Insisted that acts of the food adminlstratlno, par ticularly under its wholesale and re tall dealers' licensing power, was hav ing that effect In actual practice. "We would not have had ao many meatless days If there had not been so many, many brainless days." Sena tor Reed declared. "A few mora acta of the fod administration, and - we will have bread tickets. I believe the efficiency of the United States baa been reduced SO per cent by Ignorant Interference with ; business methods." RETAIL PRICE OF COAL SO CENTS TON LOWER Washington. An average reduction of 0 cents a ton In the retail price of all anthracite coal fold for domes tie use between April 1 and Septem-' ber 1, was announced by the fuel ad ministration, together with regulations governing the retail distribution of all coal for the year beginning the first o( next month. The rules ara designed particularly to prevent hoarding and Insure the filling of all domestic needs for next winter during the eummer. Max Levin, of Raleigh, former, trav eling passenger agent of the Seaboard, Is now in France. Hon. B. R. Tillman, senator from South Carolina for 23 yearB, has of fered for re-election. President Wilson has presented Yates Webb with the pen he Bignod the sailors' and soldiers' civil rights bill with. It took a postcard mailed at Dover, nine miles from Kinston nearly seven teen years to reach Mr. Lovit Mines to whom It was addressed. The Democratic State Convention will be held In Raleigh this year on April 10, according to a dlcision of the Democratic State Executive Com mittee In session In that city. ' Five members ot the same imme diate family bought S1.000 worth of savings stamps each. They were F. H. Falrley, Mrs. F. H. Fairley, F. H. Falrley, Jr., J. M. Fairley and Mrs. Fairley, all of Monroe. Fully 1,000 people attended the funeral of 'Uncle" Calvin Allen at his home near Hokerton recently. He was one of the best known negroes in Oreene county. The old colored man was well-to-do as a result i of his, in dustrious nature. : . ' Southern Public Utilities Company awarded the plaintiff $11,500 damages. Mrs. Spittle was suing the company for $40,000 damages, for the death of her husban'd. Great Battles May Not Materialise in ; West This Month Generally I in April. ' Washington Troops aud supplies lor General Pershing's forces now are moving to France ou schedule time, It was learned on high authority. While figures may not be published it was i stated positively that transportation requirements of the army are being : met by the shipping board, and the ! Immediate situation as to ships was ' described as satisfactory. In view of this assurance that the United States will be able to main tain its place as a fighting unit on the battle front, reports from the western front are being scanned more eagerly than ever by officers here for the flrat signs of the 1918 campaigns. It Is felt strongly that the opening of major operations In what President ' Wilson hus predicted will prove the decisive year of the great war will not be much longer delayed. Mud has been the determining fac tor of many previous western front ; operations. So long as the ground is soft with the winter's rains, it Is Im possible to move forward great guns and necessary transport trains to Support an advancing line. Even In Flanders, however. Indications this, year are that the gmund will harden' : early In spring, permitting either side to undertake the enterprises planned. In April Heretofore. In previous years, April has seen offensive operations set In motion by the allies. For that reason many offi cers here seem to anticipate raiding and minor assaults before the middle of next month will show In themselves that the ground Is being mapped. In-' formation obtained and local strategic , advantages established by one side or the other in preparation for a great effort. ' To others It appears probable that no offensive will be undertaken oo 1 any considerable scale before May 1. They form that view on reports that : '. the French offensive in 1916, started In April, proved to be at least two j weeks early. The guns and trans. ; ports could not be brought forward : to consolidate all the ground ths : ! troops were able to wrest from Ger-i : man control. j Meanwhile, there has been less dls , russlon of a German offensive on the western front. There are observers j who have never been convinced that ' the Germans actually Intended to at- j tempt another drive at the channel ' ports or at Paris. To these officers, ; the admitted concentration of German j forces has seemed a defensive rather than an offensive step. They believe that the German general staff fore saw a great allied effort this year and were moving to offset It ; Announcement Expected to Outline Manner of Filling Present Organisa tion to Full Strength. Washington. Wlillo a lurtt-' number of men will be called out during the present year to fill up t.nn army and complete its organisation, It wait learn ed that war department .plans do not call for the creation of any additional divisions In 1918. The announcement concerning the second draft expected soon from Provost Marshal General Crowder may outline the manner la which less than 1.000.000 men prob ably not much In excess of 800,000 are to be summoned gradually dur ing the year to complete the existing organizations. Delay In the announcement as to the next draft is understood to he due to uncertainty as to which method of allotlng quotas to the states Is to be followed. The senate already haa passed and the house military com mittee has favorably reported an amendment to the law to base the quota on the number of men In claBB 1, Instead of upon the total registra tion of a state. This change Is re garded as certain to he made, but ttt avoid further delay schedules of al lotments under both systems have been prepared at Provost Marshal General's office ready to go out a soon as final action In taken. As to the date of the second draft, members of Congress from agricul tural sections have been practically assured that no. withdrawal of metv from civil life was contemplated which would embarrass harvesting. It has been Indicated, however, that a rela tively small number of men must be called to the colors prior to June 1 and the process may start In April, when equipment, clothing and quar ters will be available. The men are needed to fill up to full strength divi sions slated for early departure to Europe and also for field army and corps troops nt attached to divi sions. The replacement detachments also must go forward at an accelerat ing rate since American troops are now actually holding a sector of the French front and men are being kill ed or wounded In action every day. The completion of the full program of the war department without creat ing any additional divisions probably will absorb In the neighborhood of 600,000 men. The extent to which It has been necessary to Increase ar tillery quotas throughout the army and to add special units of all sorts has surprised every officer and ac counts for the existing shortages to a large extent. WA8HINGT0N-ATLANTA AIRPLANE 8ERVICK Harry Smith Morrow, noted as a hydraulic engineer, die at his home in New York, aged 44 years. He had charge of building the Whitney (N. C.) dam and waterworks, considered : . ,,, ,, .. . a feat In hydrauHc engineering. j MORE U-BOATS DESTROYEr , : I JSIXSZ : i THAN 0ERMANY BUILT I Ject proposed by Representative Bell, More than thirty thousand dollars : ! of Georgia, to establish an airplane was subscribed tor war savings stamps , In December, Is Statement Given Out ' postal service between Washington at Asheboro when a Limit Club was j at Washington. Lnd Atlanta, to connect Camps Green, organized with fourteen membera. The , Washington More submarines were ! Wadsworth, Sevier, Lee end Gordon .argesi single suDscnpuon was ur. destroyed by the allied and American fr naval forces In December than Ger Caviness, five thousand dollars himself and three daughters. The Hoover chair factory, at Thorn asville. has been burned to the ground, the fire being caused by a hot belt throwing sparks Into the shavings in different parts of the room where all thj machinery was In full operation at the time. , Hon. John Burke, styled as "Treas urer of the United States," will com plete the first week of the second tour of the Liberty Loan speakers at Raleigh, N. C, the date being March 23. The touring party will visit both Raleigh and Durham on that date. Preparations are being rapidly com pleted for the meeting ot the Bap tist Woman's Missionary Union which will be held at the First Baptist church Raleigh, four days, beginning Tuesday March 26. More than 600 delegates are expected at the meeting, this num ber having attended the Goldsboro meeting a year ago. A whole keg, containing about 10 gallons of ink, waa received at Camp The jury la the case of Mrs. George Greene, Charlotte, by the T. M. C. A. M. Spittle, administratrix, against the to be used by the soldiers. , .,., many was able to build during that month, according to Information that reached Washington. This fact devel oped In discussions of the statement made to parliament by Sir Eric C. Geddes, first lord of the British admi ralty, that the submarines were be ing checked. Whether suc.ceding months have shown a net loss In German subma rines Is not know here. It is believ ed, however that the antl-submarlns campaign has prored bo effective that Increased efforts this spring will see a steady decreasn In the number ot U-boats available to prey on allied and American shipping. with Washington and the southern city. Mr. Bell, who Is a member of the house postofflce committee, say the purpose Is to link these southern camps with the postofflce depart ment's aerial mall service that la to be. established soon between Wash ington and New York city. FIVE MILE DRY ZONES ORDERED BY DANIELS TO STOP SPREAD OF "KULTUR" IN THIS COUNTRY -,f.V -' ' Washington. Legislation enabling the government to place In American hands .permanently great German commercial and industrial concerns In this country which have been In. strumpnts in spreading the grip ol German kultur was favorably report, ed to the senate by the appropriations committee. It Is In the form of an amendment to the pending urgent de ficiency bill, empowering ' the alien custodian to sell any enemy property. Washington. Five-mile dry zones around the seven permanent naval training stations and camps, Irrespec tive of whether there Is an Incorpo rated city or town within those lim its, was ordered by Secretary Daniel. Other orders may be Issued later BOL8HEVIKI MAY NOT RATIFY PEACE CONTRACT Late reports from Russia Indicate that the bolshevik! government prob ably will not keep Its engagement with the German to rmify the peace compact agreed upon at Brest-Litovsk. The evacuation of Petrograd by the bolshevik! government and the popu lace already has been begun and Trotsky, the foreign minister, has an nounced that the leaders of hte revo lution are prepared to fall back to til Ural mountains.

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