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-.- , . PUBLISHED EVERY MONDAY '**. X «* ■ — .•} !5PN!W'".' •■? 'J'^'-l .'■■^H^TSfV^'! AND THURSDAY ESTABLISHED 1821. GREENSBORO, N. C, MONDAY, MARCH 11, 1918. VOL. 97-NO. 20 UERIM BOYS III FRAHG8 SECRETARY BAKER , REACHES FRENCH PORT. CYCLONH COTS WIDE PATH CLEAR KY OH BATTLEFROUT K TO ADJUST GAS MASKS '•.';!:1;|1-|K^TKATEF1RE PITSS GERMANS ON RUN. .... .-.,. American Army Mnrrfii 9.—Some of : ,rJ In a listening post '"'"".r their ..ft* northwest of Toul ' ",„:, morning discovered an in the in -<"'..■ , patrol fixir.-g their own wire, '7,, •„<!•;><lv opened Are. The Ger-rf treated leaving two of 'their hanging on the barbs. Paris. March 10.—The American secretary of war, Newton D. Baker, has arrived at a French port. jiurobci ...... hours after daylight a 'party ',','. Germans, two In.iintry men '_, ':,,. Red Cress work-ers, emerg- ;" .„„, Che enemy lines and started \r\ ','. :r comrades, entangled in the . 1 The Americans saw the Tied *!*.L ',,.'■ :>rds and did not fire on i •'•.-!>• «'.i:ch removed the bodies. "•- --, ';£* been increased sniping •jritles all along the whole of the . L^e-fcan front during the last 24 .:' ur. One enemy -post gave the iffierV:..-., specie trouble dufir.g the D'aying well-armed bullets on aigUI After day- „„,!« points of fhe line. ,!R'at *'ae pest still continued work-l3g from ?:ell holes w«th periscopes. American saipera tried to silence the eaemy tt. ci :l>e:r line, but were un-successful. \ sniping patrol was then organ- . ..,1 by the Americans and went out fa broad daylight. The result of this expedition has not be*n reported. The game of sniping the sniper is -till continuing. Reports from vari-ous points show that enemy riflemen are endeavoring to pick off Anieri- ■ :m traopi- Today »as the warmest in many weeks. The weather was fine and -..-it'ii just enough ground haze to make sniping conditions ideal. All tne Americans who were not on duty took advantage oif the hot sun to thaw out and to dry their clothes. During last night and today the Germans dropped phosgene shells on several of the American battery posi-tions and mustard shells in the rear r,f the line. Three gas alarms were -iven on the front within a tew bours. Owing to the quickness of the Americans in adjusting their gas uasks. tiie shells did no damage. The mustard sticks fell for many hours to the spot where a shell Tails, i."id soldiers nearby experience a stinging sensation in their eyes On or.~ end of the American line I he enem;. laid down a barrage, al-ter having concentrated a rather heavy ':,,">r.,'.,.:rtiment. "Pie American art'.lto} pa: up a coun;er barrage. KS a pr-cauti; n against a raid, but no rii.l developed. While this was go-h; an the enenr. dropped a score of :i.- shells or a town directly in the rear, bii" *iif mxious gas did no dam-age. On the other end of the line ihc- American gunners laid down a barrage or. the enemy line. All along the front iiie American artillerists 'lelk-ii the German front and second •ine and (-..v.munication trendies. j Americans Stop Huns. A small American patrol early this morning mer an enemy patrol in Xo Man's band, near Chemin dee Dames, "•! "'■ '. ,n the enemy. A sharp skirmNh resulted, the accurate firing '•- '" Americans causing one enemy 'MJialty and undoubtedly three other*. The Americans returned to 1 '■'■■:• lines without a Wan being scratched. Washington, March 10.—Upon hearing of Secretary Biker's safe ar- [trtval in Prance through the Associat-ed Prests dispatch from Paris, the war department tonight announced that the secretary's visit i6 purely military and not diplomatic and is SOT punpo-ses of inspection and per-sonal conferences with military offi- :lals. Mr. Baker "is accompanied by Major Geners-1 William M. Black. chief of engineers; Lieu*. Col. M. L. Brett -.cd Ralph H. Hayes, bis pri-vate secretary. Secretary Baker .plans to spend a brie! time in Prance, inspecting lr. person the concrete results already achieved in .the efforts of bis depart-ment to place in the field this year an army that -will be a factor in the campaign. On ...e event of his depar-ture. Mr. Baker told members of the press who have been in the habit of feeing hi-m every day, that he did co: expect 'to be away for any con-siderable length cf time. WILL RECLABSIFY AM, MEN IN SECOND DRAFT. CHECK UM1ERSEA WARFARE FAMILY WIPED OUT AND HOUSE BLOWN DOWN—SEVERAL OTHERS KILLED. Lima, Ohio. March 9.—One family at Van West was wiped out when their house Was blown down by the cyclone this evening, along With sev-eral houses across the Pennsylvania railroad tracks, according to reports to the Ohio Electric Railway dis-patcher's office here. Conditions west of Van West are critical. Farm-ers have been started out to hunt vic-tims in houses which were blown down. Fort Wayne. Ind., March 9.—The Pennsylvania dispatcher here was in-formed that four persons were be-lieved to have been killed by the storm at Ricbey. a few miles east ot Convoy. Ohio, tonight. Pennsylvania trains are tied op at this point. Acnv THE PI Clear battle f where a and Fren INCREASING ALONG AXTLE FRONT IN INCE AND ITALY. (ties have retirnefl to the Vt in - France, and every-hg the American, British artillery only a another The At just to th the contil UNCLE SAM HAS NEITHER ASSENTED NOR DISSENTED. Washington. March T.—It was made plain today that the United States has neither asssn-.ed nor dis-sented to any plan of Japan for ac-tion in Siberia and that previous statements that no direct communi-cations have been exchanged between the two governments on the subject were correct. The American government has been fully informed concerning the (Situation t>y Great Britain. Japan's aiiy by special treaty, anfi discus-sions between London and Washing-ton are continuing. But so far as can be learned Japan has not even directly asked the ap,provai of her pians by the United States, conse-quently the latter U notjcaUed. spou to make a formal etoreseioa. Great Britain is said to have expressed confidence in Japan's :ntentior.s. with a view to allaying any appre-hension here that the Japanese might do more than protect the war stores a* Vladivostok and combat German activities. The understand-ing is that the state department has beer, satisfied on this poirt. Fort Wayne. Ind., March 9.—Four persons are thought to have been killed and several injured in a cy-clone which swept over Van Wert county, Ohio, tonight. It is report-ed here that Continental. Ohio, has been wiped out by the storm. It also is reported that the towns of Holgate and Palmer. Ohio, west of Leipsic. have been .practically de-stroyed by a tornado. Appeals for immediate help have gone out to ad-jacent cities. 15 Killed In Kentucky. Lexington. Ky., March 9—Reports reaching here by telephone from Winchester, Ky., say that 15 persons were killed and approximately 100 others were injured tonight when the walls of a ouroed building ad-joining a moving .picture theater there collapsed, falling upon its roof. Rescuers are now working to clear away the wreckage, the report said. AMERICAN CASUALTIES. WITHOUT ANY ADDRESS. !'. ■ troops on the Lorraine front tin- same time suffered an ex-ii- ii..-.•.- heavy oombardment. Nonth- •■-' '■! Toul the enemy fired nearly hundred gas shells into one of the 1'- 'ii battery po6itiors In » short "' ■ t time, but not a single man 4"> -.r hb'. been sent to a hosipital be- «•■•■ of the rapidity wiith which gas '■*-. ■•••ere adjusted. '■'•' .lean artillery blew up an ene- '• 'munition dump. The heavy ri ropped mere .resulted in a ■Mowed by flames and great ; of smoke. The American ar-also shellea heavily the ene- " • !^"st and second lines. i ' rican sniipers have been esrpe- •ictive during the last 24 hours, 1 ■■' s'..arpshooter, killing a German '•'':' ."as walking in aiparaipelt, while " 'iiarpshooters were successful ting cither Germans who show- ■ m.selves. Enemy automatic I'lea were especially active last night early this morning, but did little ; 'age. There is normal artillery •:-ivity today. Washington. March 9.—The cas-ualty list without next of kin or ad-dressee issued late today by the war department contained the names of Cspt. Harry C. M'oHehry and fifteen men killed in action and of First Lieutenant Frank J. Montgomery, killed tn an airpHane accident. The list also showed that Second Lieutenant William Terrell had been severely wounded in action and that First Lieutenant Arthur Ward had died from paralysis. The death of Lieutenant Barle Wayne Freed 'Cnilds, U. S. K.. while on temporary duty aboard ?. British vessel, was announced by the navy department. The date : nd circum-stances of ttlie death were not r-'iven. Lieutenant Chi'ids' home was Brook-lyn. * ..ere also were given the names of 20 privates severely wounded in action, 18 lightly wounded and two "wounded In action," with four who had died of diseases. At the war de-partment it was .9aid that the two re.port.ed "wounded in action" prob-ably should have been included among Bhe slightly wounded. GOVERNOR O.UJ>WEIJi,8 BODY IS. TRANSFERRED, -- -"* *■ -~- ■■*•-- • --.— •• •- - Morganton. March S.—The body of Governor Tod R. Caidwell was ex-humed here after having been buried 44 years, and transferred from the Methodist church to the city ceme-tery. Mr. Caidwell was buried in a sealed copper casket, and upon open-ing it was found that the body did not show the least tract ot decompo-sition and the embalming was a won-derful piece of work. The bodies of Mrs -Caidwell and a daughter were transferred at the same time. On the corner opposite the court house and hotel stands the old home of Governor Caidwell and it is now the oldest building in Morganton and also one of the best, and te in perfect preservation. For years it has been known as the Brem corner, having been owned and occupied many years by Walter Brem. now of Charlotte. All hope of finding Mrs. Anderson, the sick woman who disappeared Sat-urday night, alive has been given up and after four days' search, not the least trace or clue has been found, and as the search has been thorough the mystery grows. jaiis.tt.'s •«» iHioNia «• «o« .unu-iju .^....-=w.-.~.- —. ——. fiaid high trtbute in his remarks t» !*ab"«oluteIy deprrrrew Rnnyta -and- Iiie »—OteJdU be, sj»t.to,£he. ^r^^irtt-ead-eflteiency ot American shores of the Gulf of Fin- White House Monday for'TWpreei-' jjaral units. crediting the 'la. ■In. '1M. Price of Coal Reduced. Washington.. March 8 —An aver-age reduction of 30 cents a ton in the retail price of all anthracite coal sold for domestic use between Alpril 1 and September 1, was announced tonight by the fuel administration, together with regulations governmg the retail distribution o! all coal Tor the year beginning the flret of next month. The rules are designed par-ticularly to prevent hoarding and in-sure the filling of all domestic needs for next winter during the summer months. Oround Glass Put in Candy. Jacksonville. Fla., March 9.—Two hundred pounds of candy shipped from a Boston fadtory for use of stu-dents at the Warrington. Fla.. naval aviation station is being held here following the discovery that it con-tained a large quantity of ground glass. One man who ate some of the candy is in the hospital seriously ill. Two dozen packages of the candy sent to the state bacteriological lab-oratory were found to contain a large quantity of ground class, it 'is said. .Government agents are in-vestigating. A Woman Rip Van Winkle. New York, March. 8.—.Rip Van Winkle's long nap has had several counterparts in real life, the most notable being the long distance sleeping record established by Caro-line Olsson, a Swedish woman, who fell into a trance forty-two years ago, on December -■«. 1875, and did not wake up until 1907. Seventeen Killed. Winchester, Ky., March 9.—^even-teen persons were killed and be- Stonn Warnings Displayed. t Washington, Mardh 10.—Worth-ssoonnvrilllllee ttoo EEaaeettppoorrtt,, •«W•»^«*.' J»™""\ZirTjE~^^B-££J"ri weather bureau announced tonight, Itapeed h**«o< sectors there has been an increase in activity by the forces which it ts believed must soon close in a comsat, Officia!{reports, devoid of descrip-tion as'tley are. indicate that Ver-dun is oliie more the scene of heavy tior.s, but this may be iminary to an attack on ictor. Mean lines near Toul are southeast of Verdun and Jued activity along this front shdWs that the Germans con-template r»erlous operations there. Raids in Jjtoree. such as were met bv the Americans and completely re-pulsed, have not been repeated, but German «riatore are continualh over the American lines, spying out am-munition dumps, location of guns and the disposition of the American forces, j Gernien Retirement Forced. It is revealed in late reports that the retirement o' the Germans from Narva, wfest of Petrograd. was a re-sult of successful resistance made by- Russian forces at the city of Jam-burg, 68 miles southwest of the Rus-sian capital. This resis-.ance may be only a Eal instance of the disposi-tion of the Bolshevik government tc fight against .further invasion of Great Russia, but it points to the fact tha( the Russians are still cap-able of conducting a defense which is effective. The last details relative to the peace signed with Finland shows that from the Arctic ocean to the Black Sea the German power is com-plete. It is reported that Finland has "asked" Emperor William to place his *on Oscar on the Finnish throiMr-jTJiie.a-ass indicated a few fuay« of both land and makes Petrograd virtually an inland city, so far as foreign com-merce is concerned. Spirited fighting is going on in Italy. On the Asiago plateau the teutonic allies have resumed their at-tacks on the Italian lines, while all along the Piave artil'ery engage-ments el considerable violence are developing. Macedonian Theater Active. The Macedonian tliea.er. too. hte become more active than usual. In four sectors along this front heavy artillery fighting is reported by the French official statement. Another raid has been made on London by the Germans. These raids are usually made by moonlight, but on Thursday night, aided by the au-rora borealis. which brilliantly illum-inated the northern heavens, seven or eight German airplanes crossed the east ooast of England. The anti-aircraft fire was heavy and the ma-chines were at first driven back, but others, attacking from the south, managed to penetrate as far as the metropolis and dropped bombs. No objects of military importance were damaged, but 11 persons were killed and 46 injured. British on Offensve. The Brtish forces in Palestine have once more faken the offensive and have advanced over a front 18 miles long to a depth of three miles. The British are slowly moving north-ward along the valley of the Jordan from Jericho and are advancing their lines to the west to sweep the Turks completely out of that region. Japan is not only ready to take vigorous steps in Siberia, but has in-timated that she would welcome the assistance of the Chinese in opera-tions which will have for their ob-jective the safeguarding of entente allied interests in the far east. China has discovered that Germany plan-ned to arm her soldiers held prisoner in Siberia.and to send them against the Chinese northern frontiers. A new credit of 600,000,000 pounds sterling has been voted by the British parliament. Thia brings the total British war credits since August. 1914. to 6,842.000.000 pounds sterling, or approximately $34,210,000,000. Washington, March S.—Reclaesi-flcation according to physical condi-tion of the men called in the next army draft is provided n revised in-structions for medical advisory-boards which are being sent to the local boards throughout the country. The new regulations, made public tonight, require that every man sum-moned before the board shall be placed in one of the following four classes: (A) Acceptable for genera! mili-tary service; (B) acceptable for gen-eral military service after being cur-ed of remedial defect; OC) accept-able for special or limited military-service In a specified capacity or oc-cupation: (D) rejected and exempt-ed from any military service. It is the intention of the provost marshal general to provide later for the further invest'gation and classifi-cation of the men acceptable for lim-ited or special service so that record may be made of the sort of work each of these men may be assigned to do without endangering his health. Under the new regulations, many ailments and defects which .jair.ed exemption of drafted men in the past now will result only in their being listed in group B. Such men if they chocse will be given the privilege of securing the services of their family-physicians in the effort to remove the defect, but if they have not avail-ed themselves of this privilege within a specified time, they wMl be called into military service and ordered to a cantonment base hospital, a recon-struction hospital or to a civic hos-pital, as may be designated by the surgeon general. WORK U-BOATS DESTROYED W DECEMBER THAN GERMAJfY BUILT. MEX NOT FORCED TO WORK OX FARMS. Washington. March 9.—The sen-ate today agreed to the house amend-ments to the bill providing for the .furlough ;©t_soldiers ifor farm work Washington. March S.—More sub-marines were destroyed by the allied and American naval fords in Decem-ber than Germany was able to build during that month, according to in-formation reaching Washington. This fact developed today in discus-sions of the statement aade to par-liament by Sir Eric C. Geddes. first lord of the British admiralty, that the submarines were being checked. Whether succeeding months have shown a net loss in German subma-rines is not known here. It is be-lieved, however, that the anti-eub-imarine campaign has proved so ef-fective that increased efforts this spring will see a steady decrease in the number ot U-boats available fo •prey on allied and American ship-ping. What officials know ot plans for pressing home the attack with in-creasing vigor, explains the feeling ot optimism that prevails in official cir-cles despite continued iieavy drains on ship tonnage through the U-boats. The gradual decline in tonnage loss-es was graphically pictured to parlia-ment by Sir Eric with curve charts. American naval officials appear to be satisfied that the weapons with which they expect to crush finally the submarine menace are forthcom-ing. Increased lumbers of patrol vessels of various types, appliances and devices to make them more ef-fective against underwater craft and the increased skill of navy person-pel are among the things upon which they count. It has taken time to de-vise and build the wean MM, bu: they are beginning to become available now. Tribute to American Units. When the United States entered the war, the navy contributed promptly all that it had available to join In the submarine hunt. Sir Eric dent's signature. Washington. March 9.—The war department w'ltl not force soldiers to Work on farms. This official state-ment was made tonight in connec-tion with the bill to empower the secretary of war to furlough troops to go back home and till the soil. Such furloughs will be granted only in the cases where the men are willing to aid in the relief of farm la-bor shortage, it was said. The second draft will not intefere with farm work, it was stated. The granting of furloughs to men who have been inducted into raiilitary service will depend solely upon the military situation at the time. Sol-diers allowed to to farm work .will draw pay from their employers as well as from the army. They will have to defray their own expenses. GERMANY AXD FINLAND SIGN A PEACE TREATY. Amsterdam. March 7.—Official an-nouncement was made in Berlin to-day of the signing ot a peace treaty between Germany and Finland, and also of trade and shipping agree-ments and a supplementary protocol. The treaty was signed at noon today. Finland by the conditions of the treaty, agrees to cede no territory nor grant territorial rights to any-foreign power without the previous consent of Germany, who undertakes to exert herself to secure the recog-nition of Finland's independence, by all the powers. Each party renounces compensa-tion for war costs or damages. Nego-tiations will start forthwith for a trade and shipping treaty. The for-tifications of the Aland islands will be removed as speedily as possible and regulations will be adopted for the permanent non-fortification or the islands. naval unite."crediting them wlttf a"*" fair share of what has been accom-plished. Vice Admiral Siraa' destroy-er forces, however, constituted only the advance guard of what the Amer-ican navy planned to furnish for the fight. Even with that limited aid, the allied navies have neld the ene-my and are now destro/ing one out of every four or five German U-boat3 that put to sea. Now America's real contribution to the naval Warfare is about to be felt. With every passing week, the strength of the force will grow, for it ie embodied in the most extensive construction program «.ver under-taken for the navy of any poavr. The new destroyers and other craft must be added to the patrol fleets gradually as they are complet-ed. Therefore, no sudden falling off of tonnage losses Is to be expected. It hae been stated publicly by high British naval authorities, however, that next August will show beyond question that the U-boats have been overcome. There are officials here who are hopeful that detided results will be apparent before that, per-haps as early as May or June. RULES FOR SAVING OF WHEAT TIGHTENED. Red Cross appropriations for work In Italy from November 1. 1*17, to May 1. 1918. total »4,7713»». Mexican Bandits Killed. Corpus Christi. Texas, March 8.— Five of 30 Mexican bandits who raid-ed the Tom East ranch, south of He? bronville, last night, have been killed by possea headed by Texas rangers and 13 others of the bank have been located and will be "accounted for before daylight." according to a mes-sage late tonight from Hebronvillo, None of the posseesmen were injur-ed. Raileigh, March 8.—The Impres-sion has been created in some sec-tions of North Carolina from a dis-patch from Washington published an some of the morning papers that the order forbidding the safe of wheat flour except in combination with other cereals has been revoked. Food administration officials announced here today that instead of the order being revoked all exceptions to the order have been revoked. The latest action of- the food administration is a tightening for the more ettective saving - of wheat flour through the operation of the fifty Jflfty sales or-der. However, the ruling of the North Carolina office of the food ad-ministration allowing the sale of up to 48 pounds of flour to farmers up-on certmcation that they have pro-duced and are using cereal substitu-tions is not affected. Killed la Trolley Car A ecldent. Unlontown, Pa.. March ».—Three unidentified boys were killed almost Instantly when they twere struck by an lntenrurbani street car near Brownsflekl this evening. 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Object Description
Title | The Greensboro patriot [March 11, 1918] |
Date | 1918-03-11 |
Editor(s) | Underwood, W.I. |
Subject headings | Greensboro (N.C.)--Newspapers |
Topics | Context |
Place | Greensboro (N.C.) |
Description | The March 11, 1918, issue of The Greensboro Patriot, a newspaper published in Greensboro, N.C. by W.I. Underwood. |
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Original publisher | Greensboro, N.C. : W.I. Underwood |
Language | eng |
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PUBLISHED EVERY MONDAY
'**. X
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!5PN!W'".' •■? 'J'^'-l .'■■^H^TSfV^'!
AND THURSDAY
ESTABLISHED 1821. GREENSBORO, N. C, MONDAY, MARCH 11, 1918. VOL. 97-NO. 20
UERIM BOYS III FRAHG8 SECRETARY BAKER
, REACHES FRENCH PORT. CYCLONH COTS WIDE PATH CLEAR KY OH BATTLEFROUT
K TO
ADJUST GAS MASKS
'•.';!:1;|1-|K^TKATEF1RE
PITSS GERMANS ON RUN.
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