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VOL. 23. NO. 31. SEMI-WEEKL
BAKER RE-CALLED |
BY THECOMMITTEE nWill
Be Cross-Examined Today
As to Activity of the War J|
Department.
HITCHCOCK W1LI. REPLY S|
Favors Bill Providing for War I
Cabinet Which is So Bit- [
terly Opposed by President f
Wilson. L
Washington, Feb. 4.?While sen- P**
ators prepared speeches for deliv- Ip
ery in support of measures to estab- IB
lish a war cabinet and create a ntu- ||?
nitions director, the senate military
committee arranged to recall Sec- B
retary IJaker Tuesday for cross-ex- I
amination regarding his statement m
before the committee last Monday
on achievements of the war depart- yfe
ment. [r|
Senator Hitchcock, Democratic pj
member of the military committee, L
plans to address the senate today r
In support of the bills and is ex- |
pected to reply to Mr. Baker. He i
and others who are supporting the |s;<
legislation which President Wilson
is actively opposing are preparing to Seen
sharply cross-examine the secretary eat'h mor
Tuesday. inspectioi
A nnthor unppph in wiinnnrt nf tha
war legislation is planned by Sena- ]
tor Wadsworth of New York, a Republican
member of the military MUH
committee. Administration spokesmen
In the senate are ready to reply
both to Senator Hitchcock and
Wadsworth and also are confident s,'l
of preventing consideration of the
measure in the senate by holding
them in the committee. With a
vacancy on the Committee, due to Glen Al|
the death of Senator Brady of Idaho, excltemei
the members are now said to be coroner's
evenly divided on the bills. did the s
With the dispute over the war Ilennesse
hills reaching the senate floor, the body, wh
military committee plans to close its he receiv
Inquiry as quickly as possible. 17. (lar
Howard Coflln. chairman of the arrested
aircraft board, testifying before the rolls in j
committee in executive session, urg- li mi nary
ed a centralized war control. account (
Mr. Coflln told the committee the witnesses
productive capacity of the country was shot
could not he developed fully unless 'he train
government purchases were put into "hot in t
the hands of n central agency with fore he
full powers. A definite program of
placing war orders, he said, has not sOI,l<'IT<
been formed and industry conse- KYIH1
quently is suffering. ^
A national policy respecting pur- .. ' 0,Kai
. , ,, ? ,, . licitor Hi
chasing, Mr. Coflln said, must be instituted
immediately or else general ^?U ( nc
confusion will result. An agency ua,'nK
built along the lines of a ministry J not
witnesses
of munitions could convert existing
plants into war manufacturing . , K
their tea
plants without upsetting industry, i
Mr. Coflln said, while continued <ss<ntia
placing of indiscriminate orders by HO
the various departments threatened oxamin'n
L_, . . fncin 4 /X
io unng a Biaie or cnaos. l"
hearing.
JOHN L. SULLIVAN HAS boys rem
MADE HIS LAST FIGHT flv"' cge"
from the
Former Heavyweight ('hampion nian and
Boxer of the World, Died Sud- number r
? ,, His re
denly Saturday.
were fire
sician, n
Ablngton^ Mass., Feb. 4.?John back.
L. Sullivan, formerly the world's fe
heavywelRht boxer, dlod at his home ftfte]
here Saturday. fact ,f (
Sullivan, who was 69 years of age, (o
hgd lived on a farm here for the last (t(>r pver
10 years. He was taken 111 with So nej
heart trouble three weeks ago, but j)r u,,nn
his health quickly Improved, and he j)a(|jy j,ui
went to Boston Friday. Saturday poW(jer b
morning he arose as usual and
planned another visit to the city but
had an attack of the old trouble HOIjDIKH
from which he failed to rally. He
died at noon. Housto
Sullivan's wife died some months surround!
v ago. Claude A
Pyre, of
ARftKNTINA'M ATTACHKH IN try, at C
CRNTRAIi KMPIKKH RHTAMiKD when tnt
Buenos Aires, Feb. 4.?The mln- statement
later of war has recalled Argen- had shot
tlna's military attaches from Berlin to escape
and Vienna. In political circles this honorable
action Is regarded as significant and court-mai
connected with the sinking of the The cat
Argentine steamer Mlnlsfo Irrlen- American
do, January 26. cers decli
E LANCi
V. LANCASTER, S. C., 1
WHERE AMERICANS ARE BEING MAI
X
es at one of the American army flying fields where nearly
th. Above are the airplanes lined up ready for flights, and
S GUNS BOOMING 0
"?
anil Aaron Pitts Occupy AMtKllAN Sttl
mrute Cells in llurke ???
County Jail. Two Americans Killed and
Wounded During the Ba
pine. N. C., Feb. 4 Intense rage Fire,
it prevails here yet. The
jury failed to find out who
hooting here Thursday. IJr. A HEAVY BOMBARDM
e had 10 bullet holes in his
ich, in addition to the seven , . . ?
.... ,. , ? . . . American 7os Are Haras
ed in the first fight, make
field and Aaron IMtts were Traffic Behind the Er
and are now In separate Trenches and Germans
nil at Morganton. The pretrial
failed to come off on centrate.
[>f absence of a number of
i needed. Dr. Hennessee ., . . .
With the American Arm
as soon as he stepped from
. to the ground. He was *' ?ce. Feb- 4 Th? who,? '>
he back and was dead be- ran sector is resounding \%itl
struck the ground. booming of guns. Airmen b<
- exceeding active along the A
[>K IS COIibKCTINti can front on Saturday. 1KNC
K FOR rHK HKAItlN'ti snipers wounded two Atnei
lton, N. C., Feb. 4.?So- slightly early this morning,
iff man stated that the state A shlft of th<> wlnd to(lay c]
?t be ready for preliminary
. . ... , , away the mist which has hin
before Monday, and possibefore
Tuesday, several n*rial operations and other i
from out of the country ties for several days. A numl
ot yet been located and j battles in the air were fouir
timony is considered very patro,?nK plane? (;arly this*
to the state's evidence.
noon. In one instance the F
licitor has spent a busy day
.. aviators defeated an attorn
g witnesses and collecting
he used in the preliminary ^,errnnn fliers to cross behin
In the meantime the Pitts American trenches,
ain in jail. The artillery and snipers
i brought to Morganton have become increasingly ?
teel balls which were taken J American 75s are harassing
clothing of the murdered behind the enemy trenches.,
the coroner thought that Hermans are confining their
emained in the body. largely to the American trend
port shows that 10 shots Throughout Friday night
d at the Glen Alpine phy- <'hlne *una rattled ceaselessly
Ine going in through the German positions.
American troops are now or
,. . ? . . ing a sector of the Lorraine
port Is that Ave shots were
.. ... , ,, , . , , . in France. This announceme
r the victim fell dead, which
..... . ... . .. permitted by the military cens<
established, will show the J
. . .. .. . . ? A German barrage Are at
be most cold blooded mur...
.. down Friday night opened the
committed in this section. K
.. . . iest bombardment of many
ir were the murderers to '
..... , ... along the American sector
essee that his clothing was
. .? ? . . , American artillery replying
rned and the body showed
for shell as the firing of the 1
urns.
guns spread along several ki
* ters of front.
US SHOT EACH OTHER Two Americans were killed
GET THEIR DISCHARGE n|ne wounded during the bom
n, Tex., Feb. 4.?Mystery ment and one suffered shell sh
ng the shooting of Sergt It was ascertained that the A
lason and Private Roland can gunners wrecked several o
company M, 132nd infan- enemy dugouts and so badly
amp Logan, was cleared aged the first line positions th
elligence officers obtained one nninl Iho fi?rm?n. ?
b from the men that each to occupy them Sunday,
the other, hoping thereby When the bombardment
i further duty and obtain reached ItB greatest Intensity
) discharges. They will be Germans suddenly concent
-tlaled. their fire at two points, thn
se Is the first of its kind in about 260 shells Into a toi
cantonments, army offl- hlch the headquarters of a c<
ire. regiment are located and <
^STER I
fUESDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1918.
>E INTO AVIATORS ~| GERI
in DF
go 111 i I i
1,000 well-trained aviators are turned out
below are the student aviators ready for appPar
on Thu
i? of hanf
H DURHAM MAN HELD ON terfejed
to their
CHARGES OF SEDITION collided
P/AIA ease wl
IUI\ Federal Official Arrests W. II. Mil- a sho<
declarer
lersliaiu For Alleged Disloy- sabres.
Nine alty nnrl Sedition. lookers
dau. an
r- Durham, Feb. 4.?W. 11. Millerwere
si
sham, chief mechanic for the I)ur- .
is repot
hunt Iron works, was arrested last
guards.
week for making seditious and dtsRNT
loyal utterances against the I'resi- .
1 A na
dent and the XTnited States. Miller- .
t hreatei
sham was arrested by Deputy MarWilliam
ssinjj slial Stell, of Raleigh. who acted
pendent
inmv upon the direction of 1'nited States .
lemy tempt in
Commissioner Hugh Scarlett. MilCon
"he coi
lershani has been placed under a . ,
control
$2f)0 bond and will be tried on the
reporter
charges Tuesday morning at 11 |,
. , . lit*' ' 1111J
o clock.
y in + lei,SO(1
>11101-1- FORMER LANCASTER ItKSIDKNT ' ''
to 111(01
i th- l?IKS AT 11ARTSVl LI jK HOME. ,. ,
tiroly 1
Hartsville, Fob. 4.?W. (I. Mooro.
name Phesi
a Red about 70 years, died at his , ,,
Liuori- . ?. o . . . from M
home hero Saturday morning after .. . ,,
n?n,v _ that Fr
,y an illness of two years. The funer.
? minor
rieans a? was at the First Baptist ehureh .
turning
Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock and . .
opinion
eared wafi conducted by Dr. E. V. Ilaldy. paasp(,
, The interment was in the church
dered . . Krupp
cemetery. In addition to his widow awj
ictivi- {1,^ following child! en survive: Two ' r
>er of sons, Maxtor Moore, of Timnions- ^ -/r^i^
ht bv ville, and Kell Moore of Hartsville,
' . was to
and six daughters. Mrs. Elliott. Mrs. _
a?ter- on Satn
^ K. M. Bennett and Mrs. Plyler of Me' n
Lancaster, Mrs. Norman James of \ '
pt of Florence, Mrs. C. R. Grant and Miss ' '
. ... . .. trouble,
d the Boyce Moore of Hartsville. For
cope w
several years up to the time his (.a)j0(j f
. ?ion health failed. Mr. Moore conducted
' nlso ,, , , , , a cloud
a livery stable here ami was sue , . , ,
ictive. ' dust rial
ceeded in business about two years .
tratnc hanging
The a8? ^'8 son? Kell Moore. He was
a good man and a worthy eitizzen.
"te Ilevel
ion. the lire
THINK fit EST PERISH Ell AS
ma- were vi
,riim FIRE llESTROYEH A HOTEL .
from howevei
Montgomery, Ala., Feb. 4. -One .
...... . ... termine
fittest is believed to have perished .
!cupy- ... tators
and many others had narrow escape .
front nnvincr
. , from a fire which destroyed the ? "" "
int is pates tc
Windsor hotel here. The loss is es ? .
irs. saw. A
tlmated at $175,000. The missing ..
sun- or roll!
heav- 18 Bt,njnmln Spratling, con- ftrmy r
(luctor of a Western of Alabama
days negativ?
.. railway passenger train. A lighted , ,.
the In tn
shell ci?arfttt? dropped in a bed is be- sppm tp
lieved to have caused the blaze. ..
heavy . through
lonie- heretofore had beeo immune to ene- 1
my fire v,k radi
and After the bombardment, a wound'>ard"
?ri Amerlean soldier was discovered ,tie ' 'n
ock" in a position where it was necessary onKa
marl- sm-- ?
(o carry him over a trench top to a 1 ne r in
lf field dressing station. A medical ,inve *a
^am" corps man displayed the Red Cross ern seo'
at a' and the Germans coased firing until ments '
nable t^e man waa removed. ernment
Karly in the day an American **
h!U' was wounded by a sniper. military
the ^ has bee
rated Airman Humeri to Heath. French.
>wlng Houston. Tex.. Feb. 4.?Wyles B. 'On th
rn In Bradley of Mount Vernon. N. Y., fly- occupied
jrtaln ing at Rllington Field, was burned to mlttent
^hich death when his plane fell. progresi
Mews
SUBSCRIPT]
MANY ADOPTS WOUL
LASTIC MEASURES UNT1
ilailed Fist to Put Down Oklnhoni
rike and Force the the E?
Men to Work.
VVN INTO THE ARMY A SELI
d to Report for Work Does N<
erdav or Enter Ranks c>f What
itinp: Men Rut They're Has P
Restless. Patriot
any'? workers arc still in a Tulsa
mood and although the ,jons aski
novement appears to he on Tj,eoiJoIP
ie largely through the adop- ()f (
drastic measures by the an- (he period
b, there are threats of fur- fll,n|
monstration and the contin- S(or<>s an
of sporadic disorders. Her- pensation
its environs remain the een- The pat
the disturbances. The city ^ Spot
r military control which company
particular demonstration in KOO(, repil
er of factories where strikes Jer (he p
progress. These have been (hc pub)u
zed according to dispatches j)OI,n
trkers warned to report for ^ ^ 8ympf
y Monday morning or under- were no1
tary discipline. lh,.ir sjj.
next serious disturbances wratHfnl i
to have occurred in Berlin
rsday when crowds got out
I. overturned street cars, in- "ltecogi
with workers who had kept successful
employment and frequently war in w
I with the police. In one calls for 1
lere a panic broke out after ation of a
had been tired the police are that we n
1 to have charged with drawn our stren
30 strikers and many on- and mora
being wounded. At Span- "Rxpres
important suburb, there spectacle
imilar disorders and a mob bucking i
ted to have attacked soldier going eve
ent and
Arrest Arouse Few. villilieatio
tion wide demonstration Is chief, the
ned over 'he arrest of Deputy States, an
i Dittmann. one of the inde- to weaker
Socialist leaders. for at- and loyalt
g to address a street crowd. "Deprer
mpleteness of the military tj)(, 0pp0S
of Herlin is indicated by the R)>eking t
1 refusal of .-..r.
and priva
a; to order the deputies re- ponso of t
when asked to do so, giving "Wo tl
ason that he was powerless ^ I'nito
rfere as the capital was en- ..
' tion and
n militarv hands. . ,
president
e semi-official statements
rause the
erlin on Friday night declare
Roosevelt
iday's disturbances were of a ?
the perioc
nature, that men were reto
work and that prevailing ' u"
was that the strike had Deflnini
the high-water mark. The petitii
plant at Kssen was in full mont sa>'s
it was asserted, while work 'JEveryl
ain proceeding in the ship | Roosevelt
it Hamburg and Danzig, and I to whom
have been resumed at Kiel own inter
irday. hesitate t
while counties contiguous to rule. Kv
V are threatened with loh^t. ?? -
artillery firing has been In I caused by
i. nel.
Miuui Iiw nut- p
Holland is preparing to shown by
ith a general strike to be years aft
n Amsterdam on Monday and term, and
I of difficulties with the in- if but the
elements appears to be nicious ai
; over Switzerland. vvan
Nothing from Russia. I XVj]j jie
lopments in connection with f^e preSj(]
st-ldtovsk peace negotiations ? pUt>iic n
rtually nil. It is revealed, %vnr OVen
r, that the Germans are de- calllaux."
d to keep the Bolshevik agi
out of Poland. permission ipwQ
been refused Russian delet
Brest-Ritovisk to visit War- LIV Ei
i request for the repatriation
sh troops in the Russian (;f>rmnilH
unn ueen met with a
> response. Americai
e Ukraine the Holsheviki Won
have gained the ascendancy
their capture of Kiev, inthe
authority of the Holshe- With
a. France, F
an Holsheviki forces and sition on
nish militia are reported to French fr
iged in battle near Kerava. heavy foj
mish White Guard is said to arranged,
ined control over the north- Two Ai
lion of Finland. Reinforce- four wot
tent by the Petrograd gov- missing ar
v. have arrived at Vlborp. captured I
le battle fronts in F*rance Oasualti
activity for the most part, almost dai
n confined to raids by sector. It
British artta German patrols, close that
e sector of the French front given out
I by American troops Inter- In this se
1
ION $2.00 A YEAR
D INTERN T. R.
IL END OF WAR
a Petition Recites That
t-President is a Public
Menace.
'-SEEKING EGOTIST
?t Hesitate to Wreck
lie Cannot Rule and
s'o Fine Perception of
tism.
Ok la.. Feb. 4.?Proclaiming
for the internment of
Roosevelt, former preside
United States, during
of the war, placed in sevninent
downtown drug
d other places, caused a
here.
it ions were distributed by
t ;i lwmk 1/Oiinoe ? ? ?
of this city. He bears a
itation. A short time afititions
were placed before
; a number of signatures
attached. Some expressttby
with the movement
bold enough to attach
natures. Others were
over the petitions,
ition read:
lizing the fact that the
prosecution of the great
hich we are now engaged
I he whole-hearted co-operII
good citizens to the end
lay exert the maximum of
gth, military, economic
I against the enemy,
ising our horror at the
of insubordination and
ipposition in high places,
n to the extent of persistlong
continued personal
n of our commander-inpresident
of the United
d calculated and intended
1 his hold llliofl thn fal*l?
y of the masses, and
ating and condemning
it ion of chronic politicians,
heir own advertisement
te advantage at the exilic
public safety;
le undersigned citizens of
d States respectfully potirequest
his excellency, the
of the United States to
internment of Theodore
. as a public menace for
I of the war."
lot- Issues Statement,
g his reasons for starting
on Scott in a signed statei:
body knows that Theodore
is a self-seeking egotist
nothing is sacred except his
ests, and that he does not
o wreck where he cannot
eryone knows that he has
erception of patriotism as
his mad chase through the
er the forbidden third
that his boasted patriotism
9 camouflage of his petal
bition.
t a petition circulated and
'p circulate it. requesting
lent to intern Roosevelt as
tenace for The period of the
as France has dealt with
A
MERICANS LOSE
* IN THE FIGHTING
Kaid TroncheM He|<l lly
ii Troops in France; Four
inded. One Captured.
the American Army In
'eb. 4.?An American poa
certain section of the
ont was raided during a
?. Tho attack was premericans
were killed and
inded. One soldier is
id is believed to have been
by the enemy,
es have been occurring
lly for several days on this
I is now permitted to dlsall
the recent casualties
from Washington occurred
rtnr Tho ?
- uuaiim wort?
shell fire, mostly shrap