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IlCKO KYJOAELY Mecokd e h Vol. 1. N- s7 SECOND AMERICAN NOTE NOT SO SHARP AS FIRST State Department Intimates That It Is the Last Word From United States Reiteration of ContentionsNote Be Publish ed Wednesday (fy Associated Tress.) Wa.-l; !!';-"" Dec. 20. Secretary ui!ii"unccnl today that the sec- Lull-- r, ,i!Hr:i':in note to Austria on the vnkin- (l' tnc Ancona na( Cone for vl. should re.ich Vienna tcmor iv.v u-'- While Secretary Lansing p.ivt. ,:i int'mation of its contents, ti;c lMti1 I.- understood to be a reitera cf tl'1-' American demands, with the ii:ip!,'l-';ltion that it would be the vi'il State's' last word. ( I'v Associated Tress.) Pari.--. lc. -0. The French expres sion ' Taio;vous," uhich is nearly equivalent to ''shut your mouth," thuu-:!i lo.-s mpolite and familiar, has t. '.v lu'i'ime classic through the prsvr; .iis.ributcd throughout France. k M' -ii'tir Milbrand. former minis ;u iu.-'t before he retired frcm that 11' 1 t, to caution people against K-vi-a. ill 1 s 1 I:: I c militaty miormauon. : -tcr reads: ir'.-vous; meikz-vous: les ore : 'cmis vau.i ecoutent." -.ish it rajan.i: : up. or k?ep silent; be mls ; enemy's ears are listening to tru-' : v.i. l.t'.r, Ireds of thousands of these pos ter.; l.v.'o been hung iii public places, ar. i ti e warning they carry has giv er. rls to any number of curious ln ivio'its. They have served to in crease t ho suspicion of espionage thai u ovcryv. here life and both civilians ar. I soldiers are le.l into unnecessary alarr.i by the presence of Irerman look.i g persons in public places. If a man talks lreo-y t.c :s often suspected of. seeking -to draw in for m i .,n from otht-r noonlQ and if lie is dumb he is thought to be a listsn-J ir.g s-py. Such waj the case 01 a loyal Frenchman who -happens to be bier,'.! and corpulent. There were four women in the compartment of a rail run, 1 carriage with him. He lay- back in thee orncr with eyes closed, though not a.-leep. " - 'lies too blond to be a French man. " fie woman whispered. "Too stout," suggested another. "A coun terfeit S'.vifs tr Dutchman," a third belie-, e,l. "And whv is he so silent," j allot ar.etner. He pretends to be slcepli.w, i ut he is only listening." I)ei..; -wxo 1 t) the military commis sary at the next station, the blond genthTAim showed his safe-conduct as a n..r. of the I'rentn chamber of deputies. WHITE HOUSE COUPLE (By Ass.ciated Press.) Hot .Springs, Va., Dec. 1:0. Presi dent Wilson and bride abandoned P'.ar.s to play golf today to reply to Hurvlrol.i of messages of congratulation-. Since reaching here the presi dent and Mrn. Wilson have remained in ::u h l';cp seclusion that on7y mem- bor.-s the official party have seen th'-rn. They expect, however, to take an auv mobile ride late today. Man-, for a Christmas tree are un der way here, and members of the family are expected to arrive. " ' r e will deny that Cabot Lodge Il'-kc Smith are enthusiastically ' r e mind in seeing the same thin ;i 'liferent way. Washington Post. Tie; trouble with a number of Re-P- i ' int '-favorite sons" is that they afe the pet antipathies of a lot of ''tjer Republicans or Progressives.- U.eitgi, Herald. BE MISTRUSTFUL ADMONISH FRENCH ANSWER MESSAGES Greeks I'aris, Dec. 20. (By the Associated Press). Fighting Ijctwccn small detachments of Greek and Bulgarian troops is reported in a dispatch from Brindisa, Italy, from a Havas News Agency. It is said that several Grcsk officers were killed in the engagement and that reinforcements are moving up. Afternoon The note should arrive in Vienna to morrow night and will be given out for afternoon papers Wednesday. The note is about 600 words long and, although characterized by those acquainted with its wording as firm in tone, is said to be somewhat less sharp than the first note in the tenoi of its demands. It is based largely on Austrian admissions of the sinking, and in the case of American survivors reference is said to be more inf erantia1 lhan direct. The moonlight school 'which has been in session at the West Hickory graded school closod Friday night The enrollment for the term of twelve nights, was twenty-four students, who were from twenty to sixty years of age. Some of these can now read and write well; others can read ana write words of ordinary conversatior and, if they persist in their determin ation tol earn, have had sufficient in struction to enable them to nursue their studies at heme and thus mas ter the more difficult words. They have also been taught some of the fundamentals of arithmetic, etc. It is to be hoped that they wil" continue the good work they have be gun and may they fit themselves for better positions, which lack of op portunity in boyhood days, has de nied them. Ml FDR VILLA IN UNITED STATES (The Associated Press) El Paso, Texas, Dec. 20. An agree ment was reached and papers signec" at noon today whereby the Villa fac tion in northern Mexico ccnchidee peace terms w th the defacto govern ment of Mexico. The conference was held between Mexican Consul Garcia and a former lieutenant of General Villa at the con sulate. General Villa is reported to be in Juarez. I (By Associated Press.) Washington, Dec. 20. State de partment officials have decided that General Villa would receive the asy lum accorded a political refugee should he enter the United States. This information was sent last nigh1 by Secretary Lansing to General Funston. The state department agents re ported that intermediaries had re quested Villa's immunity from arrest, saying that if this immunity were given, they believed Villa would re tire to private life in the United States. The state department does not conceal its interest in the matter. With his elimination, the revolution in the north would fall. It is expect ed that his armies will retire. There is much interest here as to whether Villa would accept immunity as a political refugee. Such immu nity would not protect him from charges of an ordinary character. This government has nothing on which a charge will be brought ag- o net vi in hut it is saia mat locai officials have information of alleged illegal cattle deals in which Villa was said to be connected. MONITORS SHELL GERMANS Tar 9CI Kntente monitors yesterday shelled a German position at West End, but were finally driven away by land batteries, says the of ficial statement issued today. MANY BENEFITED IN MOONLIGHT SCHOOL anans and Fight HICKORY, N. T IS ISlPlROOPS FREIGH UP, E Owing to the congestion of traf fic in New York, Philadelphia, Bos ton and other eastern ports, the big railways have notified all southern railroads not to accept freight for delivery at these places unless it be livestock or perishable stuff. Satur day afternoon the local office of the Southern Railway Company received such a notice, and local shippers have been notified of the embargo. The action of the northern railroad: .vas taken partly as the result o: he storm that blocked traffic to tht iorth and partly because of the con gestion of traffic in the harbors. The railroads report the terminals block ed with goods for export, and it i& 3aid that such congestion was nevei before known. Sh.ps are not available to move commerce frcm the United States u Europe, and there is little prospect o. elief. Several carloads 0 manufacture:' products for the north have been held ;p as the result of the embargo, am ong them being two cars shipped ou: by Hutton & Bourbonnais Company WARREN-CHRISTY APPEAL BE HEARD TOMORROW Raleigh, Dec. 20. A member of the supreme court said that the cour: nil hear the special argument Tuer lay in the noted Christv and Ida Warren case and then deliver a batch of opinions Thursday, taking a recess on that day to some time in January vvhen it will reassemble to complete the preparation and delivery of opin ions for this term, which has been characterized by an especially heavy run of work. There will like!" be a delivery of opinions Tuesday after noon as well as of Thursday of this Aeek. A recess to January 20 was neces sary in rounding out the work of the Jail term last December and the re jess this time will be for about tlie ame length of time. SOLDIERS PIPE FUND IS LATEST WRINKLE (By Associated Press.) New York, Dec. 20. Soldiers in the trenches of Europe this winter are to be.supplied with p.pes from the Umt- ad States and any American who .vants to send such a gift to a Belgian, French or a Russian fighter may do o by contributing ten cents to the Soldiers' Pipe Fund. The men at the front want and need good durab'e pipe. The demand for uch an article ha ben vpry insis Vnt, and Viscount. H. Y. e Lendonk, f Wavre Ste-Catherine, Beirnn, ha? undertaken to supnV it. He has had j nanuf actured in America an exce'Iert nipe for the purpose: strong, light, asy to clean and sanitarv anH he has in hand the receipt of contribution and the prompt shipment of the pip-p to whatever army of the allies the giver designates. For a contribution of $25 the Sol diers' Pipe Fund will deliver to soldiers in Europe 250 pipes and will nave printed across the bowl of each a sen tence or motto in the language de--dgnated by the contributor, and even put on the bowl the donor's picture, name and address. For instance, if 't is desired to send pipes to British -oldiers, the inscription will be i English, Belgians and Frenchmen will receive the gifts suitab'y inscribed ir French; Russian in their own tongue, Italians in theirs, and Serbians in -i-bian. For $1 ten pipes can be sen' -ver the water with a label in th? bowl of each giving the donor's name and address, and suitably inscribed in the bowl. Single contributions of ten cents will send one p'pe, inscribed on the bowl. Single contributions of giver, in the native tongue of the re cipient. The fund will send an engraved cer tificate of receipt to anyone contribut 'ng one dollar or more. Viscount de Lendonack, who is sec retary general of the fund has openeu an office at 505 Fifth avenue, New York city. Among the patronesses of the fund are Mrs. Charles Steele: Mrs. L. C Weir, Mrs. Wm. D. Guthrie, Mrs. Willard. Countess J. de la Greze. and Mrs. F. G. Bans, all of this city. CANDY AND FRUITS Practically every organization in Hickory wili engage in some form of work Christmas to make people hap py. The Young Men's Baraca class nf Vio Methodist church, the Asso ciated Charities, the various churches and Sunday schools will do a great work and many individuals will take a delight in serving the poor. Mr. M. H. lount. a iocs atwmejr, J&&2r thde cfty Saturday morning between 9 and m-30 and no little child need be with- out his Christmas cheer. . Mr. Yount win noi ui uu u- tween the youngsters and all will be served. He has made arrangements with the California Fruit Company to serve the little ones, and it is believ ed that scores and scores will De grateful to h'm on this day. As the years pass, there is eviden ced more of the des.re to be of serv oa. tn those less fortunate, and Mr. Yount will receive the commendation Vniinr will receive tne CLrameiiuauwi of ?2 Sod People for his generosity on Christmas morning. MBARGO DECLARED FOR PR CHILDREN C, -MONDAY EVENING DECEMBER 10-1915 ' ' - TAKEN FROM (By Associated Press.) London, Dec. 20. British troops at Suvla and Anzac on the Gallipoli pen insula have been withdrawn and re moved successfully to another point. The following official announcement vas made this afternoon: "All the troops at Suvla and An ?ac, together with their guns and stores, have been successfully re moved to another point. This was ac omplished with small losses." "Thank God, they are safely out of here without serious loss," is an ex pression frequently heard today ir. connection with the transfer of '.roops frcm Suvla and Anzac zone? o another "sphere of operations,' lthough this invariably is couplec ith regret that it should have beei eeessary to evacuate the one largr 'oothold on the peninsula obtained al uch heavy cost. The toe of the Gallipoli peninsula ith Sebul Bahr, commanding the en ranee to the Dardanelles, is appar ently still to be held as there was nc nentlon of a transfer of troops from ';his region. The war office apparently leaves ;he public to draw its own conclusions as to the disposition of this force of 100,000 men, but it is wide'y conject ured that any sweep by the Teutonic or Bulgarian armies in the Balkans, whether from the east or northeast, will soon come in contact with them, and the transfer is connected with the determination of the entente powers not to remain on the defensive any longer than it is necessary to push an energetic offensive. 1 MARKETS H t-HiiT4--fr ft ttttt-tl t1ttttllHlMMIIilI NEW YORK STOCKS (By Associated Press.) New York, Dec. 20. Specialties were again the main features on the resumption of trading today, indus trial shares showing little chancres Texas Company. CrucibTe Steel, Uni ted States Industrial Alcohol and Mer cantile Marine preferred were one to almost four points h'gher, with more moderate improvement in coppers. United States Steel soon added to its gain. American tobacco was weak. NEW YORK COTTON (By Associated Press.) New York, Dec. 20. The cottor market opened firm at an advance of oierht to fourteen points. The ad vance met offerings from houses with New Orleans and Memphis connec- t:ons, as well as considerable 1-cal realizing, and prices sold down to Sat urday s close. CHICAGO WHEAT (By Associated Press.) Chicago, Dec. 20. Strength devel oped in the heat market today as the result of firm cables. The opnv'ng hich ranged from to lrA higher, vith December at 1.18 and May at 1.19 Vz, was followed by moderate fur ther gains. COTTON FUTURES New York. Dec. 20. Cotton futures opened firm and closed steady. Active months Op?n Close Tanuary - -- --11.90 March 12.25 May 12.53 'uly 12.67 October 12.88 11.93 12.21 12.44 12.58 12.35 HICKORY MARKETS Cotton 12c Wheat $1-40 A good rocker will be a lasting re minder to mother. Bowles' Furniture Company has them. Kansas has been awarded first place fcr chickens at the Panama-Pacific Exposition. This refers to the barn yard variety, although the paricr brand might easily take a high prize also. Kansas City Journal. Let us hope that the hungry old Trust won't hear that coal -"s selling fcr $10 a ton in Italy, lest it conclude that 've ought to pay it. Rochester Herald. FORTY-FIVE COLTS OF The stockholders of the Catawba me sw" - T Horse Breeders' Association, of which Mr- H R Lutz is president, met In . of the Chamber oi ons- merce Saturday afternoon, and re-1 ceived the report on the first year s work. Forty-five colts have been add- ' ed to Catawba county's array of fine clwA the Percheron stallion, ported from France, arrived a year im aM. and it is expected that at least 75 colts will be the result the ccming year. The organization is proud of the fine animal. Those at the meetir- were Presi dent Lutz, and Messrs. H. Wilson, t i inrniio Cline. W. J. onu- isBimuui, - . T . w ford, W. P. Bumgarner and John W. 1 Robinson. PENINSULA PERCHERON ID 'SHOPPERS BUSY IN HICKORY TODAY Hickory merchants prepared today for the big rush in trade, some of "i store-Keepers getting to their places of business at 2 this morn ing in order to catch up with their vork. Many orders have come in frcm out-of-town people, and the merchants were busy filling these. The day was cold for much activity m the shopping line, but large crowds vere in ana out ctf tho itw oil Those persons who were not waited 1 1 , "' ." . -j m last weeK are compelled to trade r neglect relatives and friends, and rom me way tne stores looked in the ifternoon, not many people intend ne jlecting anybody. Business has been unusually good In this section, both farmers and town 'oiks have money, and they are not hoarding it. Many merchants say hat December already has been better 'nan in any similar month in former ears. Fewer neople are sending out of own for their holiday goods than ev r before, and merchants notice this md appreciate it. The stores here lave the same facilities for securing rticles as the larger cities, and what 3 more, they are getting them. Red Cross seals also are being pur hased in larger quantities than evei before. Mrs. J. Worth Elliott, wno is in charge of the sales here, said today that many peoe were purchas ing the pretty little stamps. Mere than twenty times as many seals have been sold this year as was the case ast December. WHISKEY SELLING HIGH (By Associated Press.) London, Dec. 20. The real excuse for tho recent advance of six cents a bottle made by the whiskey and spirit distillers is the alarming short age of bottles. High prices are paid "or bottles of the poorest quality. Manufacturers are told to trouble no longer about the shapes of the bot tles, whether square or fancy, but dimply to send bottles. TAKE PRECAUCIONS AGAINST UPRISING (By the Associated Press) Peking, Dec. 29. Special efforts ; have been made by the Chinese gov ernment to check any uprisings that may occur as a result of the monarch "cal movement and to guard the prop erty and lives of foreigners. A telegram has been despatched by he central government to the leading iuthorities in each province urginr L,hat soldiers should be appointed to afe-guard any foreien tourists who may be in their jurisdiction. The tel gram also directs that adequate pro 'ection shall be afforded all missiona ies and church property. It con dudes with an order for the stationing of efficient troops and policemen at ill treaty ports and other places where foreigners live. With a view of suppressing rebel activities, the central government has offered special rewards for soldiers md officers who put down uprisings. The military leader who suppresses an uprising participated m by more than one hundred rebels will be given h minor decoration and promoted. His -oldiers will be given ten thousand ollars. Mexican. Any officer who outs down a seditious movement join- d bv in more than two hundred re bels will be given the grand order of merit, and twenty thousand dollars, Mexican, will be divided among his oldiers. The same honor will be con erred upon any officer who suppres ses more than four hundred rebels, -md the monev to his soldiers will be "ortv thousand dollars. Mexican. An 'lereditary title similar to those con- erred by the Manchus and Mongols ill h' e-iven to the officer who sup presses over six hundred rebels, and Sis men will set forty thousand dol- ars. Mexican. The reward for the eader who puts down eight hundred rebels will be the same hereditary title, with fifty thousand dollars, Mex can, for his troops. For the suppress -,ion of one thousand rebels, an of icer will be riven an hereditary title and his troops will get sixty thous and dollars, Mexican. NITIAL CARRIER HELD RESPONSIBLE (By Associated Press.) Washington, Dec. 20. The South Carolina statute making railway car riers liable to one or another and all liable to a shipper for damages to a shipment was upheld today by the su preme court as constitutional. The decision was rendered by Chief Justice White in the case of R. W. Glenn the Atlantic Coast Line, tne 'initial carrier, for damages occurring on the Southern Railway, a connecting , on the 'Southern Ka ay w from cheste; to Latta, S. C THE WEATHER Htlillli'.il'.M IMH1TTV - UUW for North Carolina: Prob ably rain on the coast and snow or rain in the interior tonight and Tues day; increasing northeast and east winds. Loner Island can still be reached with out danger of a ho d-up by n French cruiser. Springfield Republican. BRITISH FORCES REMOVED FROM TURKISH PENINSULA Successful Withdrawal nounced in London British Repulse Ger man Attacks at Ypres Result of Greek Elections Not Surprising. (By Associated Press.) London, Dec. 10. Withdrawal of the British troops from the Anzac cove and Suvla bay region in the ! aiPli peninsula is announced in a ' oriet omcial communication given out this afternoon. Small losses resulted, it was said, but no other information was given. Some indication of the long-expected engagement of the Germans in Flanders is contained in the British and French reports, which state that under a cloud of gas Germans at tacked British trenches northeast of Ypres. According to these reports the Germans failed so complete?y thai few of them moved from their own trenches and those that did so were mowed down by artillery fire. The attack was made early in the morn ing. Mines were exploded before the trenches of Armintieres and German infantry attempted unsuccessfully to occupy the craters thus left open. Along the remainder of the west ern front artillery duels continue with the French guns developing great fire. The Russian and Macedonian fronts, so far as is known, are in a state of quiescence. The position of Greece is unchanged. The Gournaris party is reported victorious in the Greek elections, but ! the change in leader is not accepted as implying a different military po licy. England is impatiently await ing the crossing of the Greek frontier to see whether Greece will relieve the Saloniki area free for a struggle of which the Greeks would become passive spectators. ' In Bulgaria the question is sub ject of warm debate. The premier's paper declares the allies must be dri ven from Saloniki, whether by the Germans or the Bulgarians. The allies in Macedonia do not ex pect an early attack, as the central powers have not yet gathered a suf- aciem. iorce to unaertaice tne onen- 3ive. 10,303,253, (By Associated Press.) Washington, Dec. 20. Cotton gin ned prior to December 13 amounted to 10,303,253 running bales, includ ing 140,940 round bales and 83,810 bales of sea island, the census bureau announced today. Ginning by states: North Carolina, 667,113; South Carolina, 1,098,226. BE NEUTRIAL IN LIFE Rev. A. L. Stanford, pastor of the Methodist church, last night emphati cally combatted the idea that one need not publicly accent the Saviour, and that secret acceptance is all that is necessary. In a powerful sermon to a large congregation, Mr. Stanford cited instances in which Jesus had commanded that the unfortunate be brought before the multitude. The blind man, who sent up his cries for help, and who was brought before the Saviour, and the woman who had been ill for nearly a score of years, were ases in point. Turning to modern life. Mr. Stan ford told of the example of the Yale professor in publicly accepting Chris- t.anily and tne cenversaen oi xne whole student body. He cited another instance, and then told of an exper ience of his in Watauga county. A well dressed woman, with the marks of culture about her, entered the s'm- ple little country church, and the preacher felt that her presence would keep the honest country people back. But at the close oi tne sermon tnis woman came up for prayer. She ex plained that she was reared in a Chirs- tian home, nad taicen in me situa tion, and thought that her example might be helpful. And it was. Many members of that congregation came to the altar and confessed their sins. Mr. Stanford declared that we can't ho neutral towards God. We are eitn- er with Him or against Him. Our lights must shine like a city punt on a hill that all can see. The service was unusually Interest ing. There was the usual lare num ber of children present and the con gregation enjoyed their fine singing. Two small girls rendered a duet that was much enjoyed. The soprano and alto parts were well carried by the girls. At the close of the service sev eral persons made public confession. OH! GINNED BALES CHRISTIANS CANNOT Prkv V wo Cents From Two Points An Officers returning from the western front express the belief that fighting there on a big scale is impossible be cause the country is muddier and al together in worse condition than last year. Military Operations. The activity on the Gallipoli pen insula and small Italian gains are the only important military operations reported. Germany has lost the small cruiser Bremen and a torpedo-boat in the Baltic sea through a submarine at tack. It is presumed that the sub marine was one of the English un dersea squadron which recently has shown enterprise in those waters. The Turks claim to have sunk a British monitor in the Tigris river near Kut-el-Amara. The Greek situation remains un changed. The Greek government Is reported to have protested formally against the entente allies fortifying outside Saloniki. This protest may be of the same character as the on lodged against the first landing of troops which was then described as merely a technical one to keep the record clear. Peace Party Lands. Henry Ford's peace party arrived in Christiania and was welcomed In formally by professors and clergy men and the American ministers. Notwithstanding tlie fact that the party has no official status, Norwe gian hospitality and the warm friend ship of the Norwegians toward Amer icans assures the peace party an in teresting sojourn during their three days in that country. Field Marshal French issued an eloquent farewell to the British armv in France prior to his turning over the command of the British forces to Gen. Sir Douglas Haig. In it he asserted the conviction that a glori ous ending to their efforts was not far distant. The Earl of Derby, director of re cruiting, today told a London audi ence that he has found the heart of the country was right. He predicted a victory for the entente allies at an earlier date than many persons ex pected. The recruits mobilized under the Earl of Derby's plan have already begun drilling in several cities so that they may have some military schooling when they are formally call ed to arms. RENTZLER TELLS OF PLOTS (By Associated Press.) New York, Dec. 20. Frederick Rentzler, held in connection with an alleged plot to embarrass the allies by hindering the manufacture of or destroying munitions made a full con cession today concerning the activities jf Paul Koenig of the Hamburg-American line. Koenig, he said, had 25 representa tives in New York alone and reported his investigations to Captain Boy-Ed, the German naval attache. SAY PRESIDENT AND BRIDE WENT THROUGH Did the Presdent and Mrs. Wilson pass through Hickory en route to Hot Springs to snend their honeymoon T About half the people one asks say they did and the other half is doubt ful. At any rate one of the news boys, Donald Wilfor-, was said to have sold the president a paper Sun day morning for 30 cents. Dispatchers in the Southern Rail way office said the president did not pass through Hickory. Yes, there Is a Pullman called the "Mayflower", and it was attached to number 15. The presidential yacht also is named the 'Mayflower" and that may account for the confusion. The fact that some man paid thir ty cents for a newspaper is over whelming proof, in the minds of some, that Mr. and Mrs. Wilson passed through. Ye bridegroom will scatter money as long as it lasts while on his weddir" trip. It might have been another bridegroom. At any rate, the records are ag ainst the folks who insist that the "happy rair" were brought around by Salisbury and Hickory to Hot Springs. If the president passed through here, his train made good time, be cause it arrived in Hot Springs at 9 o'clock. And besides. Mr. Marshall j Yount, who was reported to have Interviewed the pfosident, said he certainly did not see Mr. Wilson on No. 15. The person who delivered a caged squirrel to the Henry Ford party just before sailing probably figured that as there was a cargo of nuts aboard the little animal would have plenty of food. New Orlean States. (OENIG n.