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2 l.THEXHARLOTTE OBSERVER, MONDAY, JANUARY 22, 1917. Ill GUARDS Strict Instructions to Capture Raiders Violating It. Issued by Minister of Marine. Interned Germans Said to Have Made Their Escape. Rio Janeiro, Jan. 21. The Minister of Marin has received a telegram from the captain of the port of rernaxnbuco confirming the previous ly reported declaration of the com mander of the Brazilian steamer Maranhao that he had encountered two cargo vessels, accompanied by two auxiliary ships, believed to be Germans, jail flying the American flag. The Brazilian Government, in addi 'tlon to sending out the coast defense hip Deodoro to guard the northern coast of Brazil, has decided to dis patch the scout cruiser Rio Grande So Bui, which will cruise between Port Natal and Fernando da Noronha Is land and keep close watch on the coast In these waters. The two ves sels will leave for the north Tuesday. The Rio Janeiro newspaper, A Notlcia. says that about 100 sailors from the German gunboat Eber, In terned at Bahia. are reported to have embarked on the Swedish steamer, St Croix, which left Rio Janeiro four days ago and -is said to have met the German raider on the high seas for the purpose of putting these men aboard. These sailors had been in terned on Cobras Island, in the Bay of Rio Janeiro, for more than a year. A representative of this newspaper Inspected the German steamer, Ho henstaufen. In Rio Janeiro Harbor, and declares that the vessel was tak ing on provisions and water and had team up. The Hohenstaufen and another German steamer, the Capro ca, according to A Noticla, have made preparations to put to sea. Reports have been received here inai manifestations in ravor 01 ine Germans took place on board the Spanish steamer Leo XIII, when the work of the raider became known. (km Yw Doors More than 200 people, connected with the Southern Railway Co., will make Char lotte their home. If you have a spare room you will rent, or if you will furnish rooms with board, you are requested to fill in this blank and mail or bring Today to the Chamber of Commerce: Secretary Chamber of Commerce, Charlotte. N. C. ' I bar single room for rent at $ per (week or month.) I hay double room for rent at per (week or month.) I will furnish room and board for per (week or month.) I will furnish board at $...... per (week or month.) Name Address N. B. Please do not 'phone this information cither mail or bring it. Our office force is especially t- busy this week. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, Latta Building. free X - Ray The X-Ray machine used by the Associated Radio Medical Doctors In discovering disease detects and shows a great variety of disease conditions. Including rheumatic and gouty de posits aooui me joints, cnanges caus ed by constitutional blood poisoning, faQ stones, stones or gravel in the kidneys, urinary tubes or bladder, ab scesses above the nose in the bony Cll of the skull caused by catarrh, and a great variety of other troubles a well as broken bones and alloca tions. By special method the stomach And Intestine can be outlined and ex amined. With special Kndiscopic Lights they can light up and examine th INSIDE of the nose, throat, ear. Stomach, bowels. Intestines or blad dr. . . - ' f Perhaps two-thirds of the mistakes of doctors is In the matter of diag nosis they don't examine the patient thoroughly they simply look at the .tongee, feel the pulse", ask, a few q nations, guess at the rest. Their vast experience In diagnosis. COHpIed with the scientific use of the j ! ASSOCIATED RADIO 20G-207 trust Building I A number of the passengers aboard I protested. t The Minister of the Marine declared I today that the Brarlllan warships watching the coasts have been given the strictest lnsructions to capture any raiders operating in any manner that might Injure Brazil's neutrality. Without attaching any credence to the reports that German steamer were planning to escape from the ports where they are laid up the minister said emphatically that orders had been issued to the captains of the ports to prevent any secret de partures. The Minister of Marine has thu far received no exact Information as to the nationality of steamers reported on the north coast. This referred to a dispatch from Macao to the news paper, A Noticia, reporting the pres ence of vessels near Touros, north northwest of Port Natal. The British auxiliary cruiser Edln burRh Castle entered Rio Janeiro Harbor today. The German steamer, Ahrich. which has been interned here, is filled with war material. TROLLEY LINE NEEDED TO LINK. MONROE-CHARLOTTE Special to The Observer. Monroe. Jan. 21. Of interest to Charlotte is the fact that there are more than 60 men living In Monroe and working in Charlotte. They come to Monroe on Saturday and return to Charlotte on Monday, having a con venient schedule to do so. It is said that in one plant the major portion of the workmen are natives of Union County. In the event Monroe had an elec tric line to Charlotte this city would automatically become a suburb of the Queen City. There would be one con tinual city from Monroe to Charlotte and virtually it would be one big city. Already the residences and large farms along the automobile highway from Monroe to Charlotte present a city appearance and only need in corporation and transportation facili ties to make it into one. Were it not for the competition of the Seaboard Air Line, an electric road would have been erected between these two cities ere now. The automobile transfer Is now serving a temporary need for many of these twin dwellers of the two cities. "FATTIER OF AUTOS" IS DEAD. Paris, Jan. 21. Amedee Bollee, Sr.. the inventor, known in France as "the father of automobiles." Is dead. M. Bollee was the builder of a steam car which he first operated in 1873. Examination J enaWeg them rttdn the cause of disease. Let us offer you the results we are giving others and leave the payment MEDICAL DOCTORS Charlotte, N. C. In TV-,: y T mUSTHIIllL? Second Presbyterian Church Filled to Capacity Last Even ingDeclares Hell Is a Ne cessity of Law and Immortal ity. Large congregations were present at the Second Presbyterian Church yesterday to hear the Rev. J. Ernest Thacker, evangelist of the Southern Assembly of the Presbyterian Church, preach. Services will be continued throughout this week, both afternoon and evening. Three hundred of the cards which have been distributed among the congregations have already been signed, .denoting the desire of the signers to accept Christ as their ! Savior. The choir has increased con- J EVAGELIS siderably In numbers, under the dl-1 merit and building material and the rectlon of MT. Jelks, Mr. Thacker's J wholesale department in particular is soloist and director. j located on North Main street. This To a congregation which filled the ; last named is a four-story, brick auditorium and Sunday school room, i building with basement, containing Mr. Thacker preached last evening on t 20,000 square feet floor space. There the subject, "Is There a Hell, or Mag- ; are more than 30 employes In sddi nifying the Love of Hod." The text tion to th officers and four traveling was taken from Matthew, the 25th chapter and 4 6th verse, "These shall go away Into everlasting punishment, but the righteous into life everlast ing." The speaker said in part: "I hate and despise hell and in the name of Jesus defy It. All explana tions and question marks do not ob- j literate it. We must therefore study ! it. If there is such a thing as hell, wouldn't it be a mercy on God's part to point out the dangerous places that lead us to it. If he points out the way to avoid it, wouldn't that magnify the love of God? There are four reasons why hell is a necessity and this leads us to the latter part of our subject, as a conclusion: Hell a Necessity of Immortality. "First: Hell Is a necessity of Im mortality. If we believe in the lat ter, we must believe in a hell. God, In making man, made him after the image of God, a spirit. Infinite and unchangeable In love and power and i wisdom. Therefore our souls must be immortal, If created after the Im age of God. "If Jesus, In the parable of Laza rus and Dives, teaches us anything, he teaches us immortality the im mortality of a soul that believes in Jesus as well as one that does not. Our Inner conscienceness teaches us the same thing. Huffman said, 'In that last honest hour, we must think of God. It Is because of the Inner conscienceness of the soul's Immor tality. Nature teaches us the same thing. The deep, true longings of our souls are they never to be sat isfied? The wings of the bird being born, shut up In the shell, are proph ecies. Our longings are prophecies of the human heart that we will be born Into Jesus. It follows that we must believe In a hell, because that soul will go somewhere, some day. "There is nothing In death that changes It. Death is a physical change there is nothing In death to create a moral transformation. Lov ing Jesus here and striving to follow Him here, we will continue to grow Into his likeness in the great here after, and be like Him If we see Him. If you reject Him, the differ ence will be the difference between heaven and hell. "In the second place, hell Is a ne cessity of law. The law giver reigns supreme everywhere. The world did not make itself. God knew what be was talking about, when he said, 'The fool hath said in his heart there Is no God.' There is no law without a penalty for Its violation. A dead letter law Is no law at all. Hell is the penalty for the violation of the spiritual and moral law. I am not teaching you that hell Is a lake of fiery brimstone. There Is something worse than burning fire. A conscience burning for neglecting one's own soul Is worse than a burning of bone or flesh. "In th third place, hell la a ne cessity of love. God is love. Neither our conscience nor nature teaches us that Is love. Nature knows no mercy, no pity. Nor can we find It from God's dealing with sinner. We can not find It except In this old Bible 'For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that who soever belleveth on Him shall not perish, but shall have eternal life.' If you do not let Jesus pay for you, you pay yourself, It is hell in this world, when nobody loves Jesus, and worse In the world to come. It's hell if you reject Him. "In the fourth place, hell Is a ne cessity of the atonement of Jesus. One question ha been asked through the ages, 'Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?' and from our own hearts we answer yes. Would it be right for God to send His Son to this sin-cursed world, to live as He lived and to die as He died, if not to save us from something. I know something of a mother's love, but the love that put this Gospel into my heart for you tonight is deeper than hell. Is deeper than the love of Jesus. God the Father, so loving me, sends Ills own Son from the pearly gates to this sin-cursed world. I have heard the cry on Calvary, My God, why hast Thou forsaken me. I have heard Him cry, 'It is finished,' and He gave us a plan of salvation. That is God's love for us. If it doesn't touch your hearts, I pity you." ROCK HILL AUTO CLUB TO GIVE GOOD ROADS PRIZES Special to The Observer. Rock Hill. 8. C, Jan. 21. Prizes will be offered by the members of the Rock Hill Automobile Association to the boys in various townships in the county for the best kept roads the coming Spring and Summer. At a recent meeting this plan, as proposed by the organization of automobile owners, was endorsed by the township supervisors. It is planned to stimulate the boys' interest in the county in road build ing by furnishing them the tools with which to do the work and then using the funds of the club to give them cash prizes. An eflort will be made to enlist all of the boys In the county to spend part of their "time in this Important work. IXFAXTILK PARALYSIS. Fairmont. W. Va., .Ian. 21. Three additional cases of Infantile paralysis were discovered in this vicinity today. according 'to an announcement by lo I ral health officials. Two were found in rairnioni, wnne me tnira was In Barracksville. near here. INACTIVITY CAl'SES CONSTIPATION Lack of exercise in the winter Is a frequent cause of constipation. You feel heavy, dull and listless, your com plexion Is sallow and pimply, and en ergy at low ebb. Clean up ,v'- con dition at once with Dr. King's New Lire Tins,' a n,ltd laxative that" re lieves the congested intestines with out griping. A dose before retiring will assure you a full and easy move ment in the morning. 25c at your Druggist 2 MONROE HARDWARE CO. . LARGEST IN CAROLINAS Company Completes Addition Increasing Their Capacity and Making It Largest Business in Union's County Seat. Special to The Observer. Monroe. Jan. 2. The Monroe Hard ware Company la th largest concern of this character In the two Carolinas. The floor space covered by this con cern In th retail and wholesale de partments la more than 80.000, square feet and these departments are stock ed all th time. In addition to this thousands of dollar worth of goods are handled In car load lots that are transported from here without being unloaded. The retail department is on Frank lin street, opposite the court house, and the remodeling of this building that has been completed placed an entirely new and up-to-date front with tiling front and maple interior flooring with a tarred concrete foun dation the entire length of the store that covers the entire block to Mor gan avenue. The warehouse, buggy and imple- ment houses are located on Havne street as are the warehouses for ce salesmen cover the South. It can be truthfully said that the Monroe Hard ware Company is the leading business of the city. The present officers, men of good business Judgment and ex perience, are: J. a. Stewart, presi dent: E. C. Carpenter, seeretary-treas- urer, and J. C. Bikes, attorney. s 1 GIN LI THE FLAG OF FRANCE Member of Cabinet, Delegated by Government, Delivered Ad dress at Exercises at National Theater Ambassador Sharp Present. Paris, Jan. 21. The National Theater, th Comedie Francais, today honored the memory of American volunteer who have died for France. A delegation from the Lafayette squadron, composed of American, aviators, headed by Lieut. William Thaw, Adjut Raoul Lufbery, and four American volunteers, who have been mustered out. one of them wearing the war cross, and who went to his seat on crutches; workers at the American ambulance, including Prof. A. Piatt Andrew, director of the American field ambulance service; Ambassador Sharp and his family; the attache of the Embassy and many members of th American colony were present President Poin care was represented. Rene Besnard, Under-Secretary of War, who was delegated by the Gov ernment to deliver an address, paid tribute to Americans who have lost their Uvea, Including Corporal Victor Chapman, Sear gf ant Norman Prince, Alan Seeger, Kenneth Weeks and others. He said the sacrifices made by the American vohiteers was evi dence of the fraternity which throughout history had never failed to unite the two Republics for liberty. It would be against the nature of things If th United States did not bring to the sacred cause of humanity its tribute of effort and courage. He added that It would be to the eternal honor of France to see that those who have not forgotten that the French revolution gave to the world the declaration of the rights of man, have aided In procuring a declaration of the right of peoples, Mr. Silvain, dean of the Comedie Francais and Madame Segond-Weber, the tragedienne, who had an Ameri can fig draped about her, read poems written by Alan Seeger, the Harvard student, who was killed last Summer during the Somme offensive. IS9ST SHUJEHICE Miss Kate Bernard, of Oklahoma, Addresses Annual N. C. So cial Service Conference. Special to The Observer. Raleigh, Jan. 21. The North Carolina Social Service Conference, Dr. E. K- Graham, president, opened Its annual session in this city Sunday afternoon with a stirring address by Miss Kate Bernard, of Oklahoma, who started such reforms in that progres sive Western State and grafted them hard and fast In th Constitution of the State for the perpetual protection of the defenseless poor and needy. Her theme this afternoon in addressing the Conference for Social Service was "Behind Locked Doors," representing the condition of the poor and depen dent without the relief and protection that can be afforded by the attention and effort of such agencies as the So cial Service Conference. Miss Bernard appealed for this State to follow the lead of Oklahoma and establish the rights of the poor classes and provide for their uplift along lines for which the Social Serv ice Conference is worklng-health, justice and a chance, health of body and mind, justice In social and eco nomic rights and a chance for every man. woman and child, who has not had a chance to develop naturally, so cially and morally. Many members of the General As sembly heard Mis Bernard and all were delighted with her enthusiasm and forceful manner of presenting the pressing needs there are for the pro tection and uplift of the dependent , classes for whom she has accom i pllshed so much. There will be sessions of the con ! ference for Social Service Monday aft ernoon and night and through Tues day and to Wednesday afternoon. The officers are Doctor Graham, president; Mrs. T. W. Lintile, first vice president; Bishop Thomas C. Darst, second vice president; Dr. W. L. Poteat, third vice president, and Rev. C. Alvln Up church, secretary and treasurer. Children Cry FOR FLETCHER'S CASTOR ( A BT PR0PQS?1 TO TAKE POSSESSION OF GREEK MERCHANT 1111 Only Reservation Is Retention of Sufficient Ships to Provide Foodstuffs to Supply Needs of the Country. Athens, via London, Jan. The Cabinet today discussed at length a British proposal to lease the Greek merchant marine, t was decided to take measures tq assure the retention of the number of ships necessary to provide the foodstuffs which Greece requires. According to a high official, two considerations already have put Greek ship owners in the hands of the En tente, namely, coal and insurance. The latter, It was pointed out, might be secured in the United States, but the former, according to this authority, was sufficient to induce owners to ac cede to the proposals of Great Britain. MACKINSEN CAPTURES BRIDGEHEAD POSITION i Berlin, via Sayville, Jan. 21. The entire bridgehead position at Nanestl, on the Sereth Line In northern Ru mania, fell into Field Marshal von Mackensen's hands with town, cap ture of which was reported yesterday, the War Office announced today. The Russians suffered severe losses in re treating across the Sereth bridges, and E56 prisoners were taken. An attempted attack by the Rus sians In the Putna Valley, on the west ern Moldavian front, was broken up and minor attacks elsewhere along this line were repulsed. Only minor operations In the other war areas are reported in the official statement, while tonight's supplemen tary statement announces that there have been no important events on either the eastern or western fronts. TURKS DRIVEN FROM SECTOR ON TIGRIS London, Jan. 21. A War Office statement tonight says that in Mesopo tamia the Turks have been expelled from a small strip on the right bank of the Tigris in the bend of the river northeast of Kut-el-Amara. The state ment adds that the whole trench sys tem on a -front of 2,500 yards to a depth of 1,100 yards now is In our possession and the right bank of the river from Kut-el-Amara downstream has been cleared of the Turks and further progress has been made against the trenches, on the right bank southwest of Kut-el-Amara. MINOR ENGAGEMENTS ALONG WEST FRONT Paris, Jan. 21. With the exception of an attempted attack by the Ger mans on a French trench in the Olse region, which was easily suppressed, and artillery and patrbl activities of a minor nature in the Verdun region, last night passed in quiet along the French front, the War Office an nounced today. Tonight's statement says that north of Bon de Sapt after a spirited bom bardment. The French carried out a surprise attack on the German line in the direction of Senones. REMOVAL CONTINUES. Athens, via London, Jan. 21. The removal of Greek troops and war ma terial to the Peloponessus continues. It is believed the transportation of ar tillery will be completed next week when the blockade can be lifted. The entire transfr will be finished in a fortnight, according to present Indica tions. E BILL BATTLE TO BE FOUGHT THIS WEEK Legislature Faces Busy Sessions in Considering State-Wide Measures of Importance. Special to The Observer. Raleigh, Jan. 21. Two and a half weeks of the Legislature are now be hind the lawmakers and there is ev ery promise that the coming week will be quite strenuous compared with tne leisurely pace observed the past week after the arduous grind of the first week heading off the constitutional amendments with local bills. There are a number of bills of State wide Importance now In the hands of committees and hearings will be an nounced before committees from day to day. One that will be especially lively begins before the Joint commit tee on health Tuesday afternoon. It is the bill, 649 in the Senate and 624 in the House for regulating the sale and use of proprietery medicines. It is the measure to require that the con tents of the medicine be printed on the label. It Is specified in the bill that it shall not apply to preparations patented under the United States or other Governments having treaty re lations to preparations listed by the United States rharmaeeopel or Na tional Formulary. It is expected that the committee hearing will require two and possibly three afternoons. The proprietary medicines to be effected will doubt less be represented by special counsel and a strong lobby. Wednesday night there Is to be the Joint Democratic caucus to aettle the nolicy of the dominant party In the Legislature as to the naming of the county boards of education, ' whether they shall be appointed by the Legls lature, named by a special State com mission, or elected by the people as is now done by numbers of the coun ties and for which there Is demand by numbers of other counties, threaten ing to completely disrupt the "Stat school system policy that State 8u perlntendent Joyner and other educa tional leaders are naming so stren uously to retain and perfect. Th caucus will doubtless end fighting of l much consequence on this issue on the floor of the Senate and the House. The lines are sharply drawn and th outcome very much In doubt. The Senate numbers of bills Intro duced have climbed now to 615 and the last number stamped on a bill In the House Saturday was 703. The more experienced legislators expect that the business of. the session will move steadily forward now and that the assembly will be able' to adjourn on Saturday night, March 3, when1 the 60-day term expires and pay auto- tnaUaaUy- stopa. , Itmay-Ja -pecea-,4 nary for a corporal s guara oi ine members to stay over as an "unques tioned quorum" to round out the ratification of the last bills to be put through. EXPLOSION'S TOLL MAY r BEJTHREE HUNDRED One-Third That Many Bodies Taken From Under Mass of Ruins. London, Jan. 22. Throughout Sun day thousands of person flocked' to PEast London, hoping to satisfy their curiosity as to th effect of Friday's explosion In th munition factory there. Nona of them, however, waa able to obtain a near view of th scene owing to rigid pollc regula tion and could only wander through the outlying streets where most of th windows were shattered by th con cussion. Th newspaper reporter who war allowed to approach nearer th seen describe What was formerly the sit of the explosive store as a hoi 100 yards across. and i0 feet deep with masses of earth. Iron and all sort of wreckage covering an area of about six acres around the hole. Within that area the destruction waa abso lute. ."For two days," say Th Daily Mail's reporter, "soldiers have been digging in and turning over the wreckage In search of bodies. About a hundred have been recovered but there are still more. It seems al most Impossible to remove th thou sands of tons of earth, stone. Iron and wood under which they are bur ied. On the whole, however, one la struck far more by the number of people who escaped than by th number killed. Judging from the fact that most of the factories were nearly empty and from a known proportion of casualties in certain houses, It does not appear that the death roll will exceed 300. ENGINE HITS TRAIN .LOAD OF SOLDIERS Toronto, Ont., Jan. 21. Lieut CoL William Campbell MacDonald waa In stantly killed and a score of others were injured tonight when a light en gine backed into a troop train carry ing 500 soldiers as It waa leaving the union station here. Beauty and Grace Many women are disheartened by the fear of loainr their graceful flfwr by childbirth. By using; "Mother's Friend" the natural beauty will he preserved and most at th peias iaddaatal to eeeSMsmt Twill h H Blasted, Daeaa Ik IsAmm of "Mother rHead" ( fart very Ba BMnt tkes prvaiuar It for the awfal siral with aaa. Oat It St aar dnmkt Sm tor the erasi Tar toedaeid ftagaJaasr Co, H Atlanta. Oa. Academy of Music Tuesday Evening 8:15 P. M. Gilman M. Flint, S. A. E. in Motion Picture Talk on the Knight Sleeve Valve Motor To the Women of Charlotte: You particularly are invited to attend the Mo tion Picture Talk on Automobile Motor Construc tion. Every woman and every girl in Charlotte is in terested in motor cars you are as much interested as are the men you know that the mechanism of the modern Automobile is simple. But, do you know why it is simple? Are you familiar with what goes on underneath the hood, when you throw in the clutch and press your foot on the starting pedal? In his talk Mr. Flint explains all this. Although one of the country's foremost authorities, Mr. Flint speaks in the language of the layman. A fifteen-year-old child can understand him and he supplements his verbal explanation with splendid motion pictures. There will be music too. Secure your card of admission on request. Overland Carolinas Co.- II. 1 B.KEBS -HQ Tfl ATTEKD UfflDI MEET President W. S. Blakeney of State Bankers' Association Is- . sues Call to Members. Special to The Observer, y , Monroe, Jan. 21. W. & Blakeney, president of th North Carolina Bank era' Association, and president of th Bank of Union, of this city, has issued a call to th Stat bankers to attend the meeting of banker to b held In Gastonla February I, for which C. W. Roberta, secretary of th Cham ber of Commerce, of that city, ha Issued an Invitation. In making the call, Mr. Blakeney aid: t "I desire to call the attention of all of our bankers to this meeting, be cause it is. stated that Mr. Harding, chairman of th Federal Reserve Board, will speak on that date, and also the chairman ef the Farm. Loan Board. It Is further announced that the organization of a State chamber of commerce will be considered on that day, and that the bankers will be entertained at two banquets. "I am Informed that the bankers of South Carolina will attend In great number, and It is highly encumbent that a many banker of North Caro lina as possible be present, not only to hear the foregoing gentlemen and gain Instruction, but also to pay tribute to the enterprising spirit now being man ifested by the City of Oaatonia." 4 . CLUB ELECTS OFFICERS. Wilmington, Jan. 21. Th annual meeting of th Capo Fear Club, Wil mington's principal social organisa tion, was held last night Thomas W. Davis, a well known lawyer, was elected president T. C. White and Walter Buckner were re-elected mem bers of the governing board. The newly elected president is a aon of the late Hon. Julius Davis, who was president of the club for several terms. Afar GuHkrih kwfal amis i fraahook a lfotaraaa, ' vsw rm MBaafa
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