iFKL ch HAS MIT DEMANDS OP UNITED STATES^?ASSURANCES ARE GIVEN. CONTROVERSY IS NEAR END , * Will Not Torpedo Ship# of Any Char aotor Without Warning.?Pay For American Live*. Washington.?'Two communications from Germany have reached the Uni ted States?one containing a proposal to pay an Indemnity lor the Americans lost in the Lusltanla disaster, which may bring negotiations on that sub ject to a conclusion and the other conveying assurances that German submarine commanders operating In the Mediterranean would not torpedo non-combatant ships of any character without warning then! and acoording safety to their passengers and crews. The communications were delivered to Secretary Lansing by Count von Bernstorff, the German ambassador. The secretary Immediately sent them to President Wilson. Official Washington considered that America and Germany at last were near a final agreement regarding the conduct of submarine warfare. Offi cials made no attempt to conceal their gratification at the attitude Germany apparently has assumed. It Is con sidered to be virtually In harmony with the American viewpoint. Tendon regarding the entire subma rine question seemed to have lessen ed considerably. Austria, In Its re ply to the last Ancona note, having as sured the United States of Its Inten tions to operate submarines with due regard for International law and the principles ' of humanity; Turkey and Bulgaria, It Is understood, next will take steps to give such guarantees. It la stated authoritatively tyat Ger many and Austria-Hungary will use their Influence to accomplish this end. The Cusltania controversy, except tor the wording of the agreement to be entered Into Is considered In Teu tonic circles here virtually ended It was made clear at the state de partment during the day that the posi tion of the United tSates la regard to Americans having a right to trpvel on merchant ships regardless- of whether they were armed tor defense had not been chapged the slightest. jr RK^TINO AT YOUNG8TOWN. Several Killed, Number Wounded and Town Sat On Fire. Youngstown, O.?Three men. were killed, lb persona, Including a woman, were wounded, six city blocks were burned with a loss estimated at $804, 000 and state troops were called out to restore order as thw result of riot ing in East Youngstown following a battle between a crowd of strike sym pathisers ? and armed guards at the plant of the Youngstown Sheet A Tube Co Two troops of United States regulars from Columbus are re ported to have been ordered to East Youngstown because of the looting and burning of the postofflce. The trouble was the culmination of . a strike which began at the plant of I* the Republic Iron A Steel Co, a week ago and spread to the plants of the f tube company, the Youngstown Iron ? * Steel Co, and the Brier Hill Steel Company. Kaly Paid to Stick. Berlin, via wlraless to Sayville? The Neue Zurlcher Zettung has de ceived reports from reliable sources, says the Overseas News Agency, that the London treaty providing against ^_the conclusion of a separate peace, Iktfanaiut hv Italv oonlainail a anar>ial 'J VWMWMVW ?- Birvvou nder which Italy received 2, |lre tor at Tint her adherence (reement. Robber. Malta Big H4ul. < Paul, Minn.?Approximately a Dion dollars worttt of internal rev ue stamps and several thousand rdollars In caah ware iUJlan^ by rob ber* who blew open a vault In the old ederal building here. Country's Most Prosperous Year. Washington.?Secretary of Com merce Redfleld, In a memorandum on business conditions transmitted to President Wilson pictures the coun try as in the moat prosperous state of its history. The warmng Is added, though, that war's inflation of com merce will last only until war's end, and. and that business foresight alone will prepare the United States for peace. The slump that will follow the war must find Americans ready to take their share of the world's trade unhampered by provincial notions. Brilliant Affair at Whlta House. Washington.?A brilliant recaption given at the White House by Presi dent and Mrs. Wilson crowned the so cial attentions paid visiting delegates to the Pan-Atflerlcan Scientific Con gress. In numbers present and In Splendor the affair surpassed any m^^of the kind seen In Washington ln pVnt 5"ear" Martial music and h&irdsV e costumes lent color to the scejpe. yMnre than 4,000 men and wo aaefil dh*ok hands with the president and At tines the carriage line outside extended^ sli blocks. Other* Score Hyphenates. VT*slrtn*toii?Hot criticism from three Republican colleague* wai drawn by Repreeentatlre Oardner ol HaaaachueetttJi In th* house wben h? ^MMked German American* during ? ^jj^n proposals for munition* em' LeorfinentatiT* Stafford of fcfnJ Lonfworth of Ohio ?'Ui are aerman American ??nced hii ntatement* as 1 unrili-iilTly iiuprofv |BepriMctatatiT? Copp ^1 ^nlnnri In thn MSRMRESSB PRIMUS 1MATION8 SHOULD GUARANTEE EACH OTHER POLITICAL IN DEPENDENCE, HE SAYS. a UPHOLDS MONROE DOCTRINE UnltoS State* Will Maintain It on Hot Own Authority.?Attitude To wards Other*. Washington.?The United State* Gov ernment's Pen-American poller was revealed in detail br President Wilson In an address before the second Pan American Scientific Congress. H?* explained the propoeals submitted to South and Central American diplo mats here last week br Secretary Lansing as a basis tor an effective agreement between all the republics of the Western Hemisphere "not only for the International peace of Amer ica. but the domestic peace of Ameri ca." This program, as outlined br the President, proposes that all the Amer ican nations shall take concerted ac tion as follows: Guarantee to each other absolute political independence and territorial lntegrltr Agree to settle all' pending boun dary disputes as soon as possible, by amicable processes. Agree to handle all disputes arising among them by patient. Impartial in vestigation and to settle them br arbitration. Agree that no revolutionary expadl-> tlon.shall be outfitted against or sup plies for revolutionists shipped to neighboring states. He said the Monroe .Doctrine al ways had been and always would be maintained by the United States on Its own authority, but that the doc trine did not disclose what atti tude the United States would assume towards other nations of the hemis phere, and consequently the other nations had been distrustful of It. LIN|* hjAg MOUNTED QUNS. Italian Lhiar at New-, York With Mounted Ouna May bo Intornod. Washington.?The Italian liner Giu seppe Verdi which arrived at New Tork with two three-Inch rifles aboard manned by gunners of the Royal Italian navy will be refused clearance papers until the guns hare been die mounted and removed. Moreover the state department -officials said an in vestigation will be made to determine whether the liner Is armed solely tor defense or la a ship of War liable to internment. This action will be taken to Insure against violation of the general rules enforced by the United States defin ing the status of armed merchant ves sels entering Its ports. The state department probably will take up Informally with the Italian government the.ouesUon of removing the guns, acting on the precedent es tablished in the case of the Walmana, an armed British vessel, which was denied clearance papers recently un til the four-inch gun It carr^fd was removed. j Cigarettes for British Soldiers. Savannah, Ga?Twelve carloads of cigarettes are here awaiting shipment to England for British soldiers at the front. They were shipped from Ricb mon, Vs., and will be sent to Liver pool on the British steamship E. O. Saltmarsh which will sail In a few days. Order for 60,000 Doxen Pairs Hose. Montgomery, Ala.?A hosiery manu facturer of Tuscaloosa. Ala., announces the receipt of an order .for 60,000 dos en pairs of hose to be shipped to Amsterdam Holland. Republican Committee Meets Jan. 24. New York?Charles D. Hllles, chair man of the Republican National com mittee announced that the committee on arrangements for the convention at Chicago, will meet In that city on Monday, January 24. Labor Opposes Compulsion Bill. London.?Organised labor of Great Britain, sitting In congress In London, decided against the government's compulsory bill by the overwhelming majority of 1.M8.000 votes to 783.000. Hostility to the government's meas ure was uncompromising and necessi tated the resignation from the coali tion Ministry of all three labor, mem bers. Arthur Henderson, William Brace and George H. Roberts. The labor congress was In many ways the modt Important body of the kind ever assembly. Scores Disloyal Hyphenates. New York.?An Invitation to "hyph enated cltlsens" who put the Interests of their native country before those of America to "get off the face of the earch." was issued here by Unit ed States Judge Henry D. Clayton of Alabama. Judge Clayton's remarks were made In addressing the grand Jury that was Impaneled to resume the Investigation Into the activities of German agents In this country. The grand fury will continue the Inquiry Into strikes In munition plants. \ Chinese Will Give Aid. Washington.?Chinese cotton ou nfarturers. with government old. hove mod* far-reaching plana to wreet from the Japaneee their heavy trade In cotton goods and yarn a in China, according to Information reaching of ficial circle* here. China, the largest' market far cotton good* in the world, long haa been aopplled cMhfr by Jaoa^ jpd India. The Chine*! gov end .cut has Joat mi bee rib?) M per ce# of the capital to be inreaW in . M. CJttoa mltla. at ShanghaAind IK. .11. ? ????.- .....!? .??? ...?? ???< ; BUT THEN, A CAT HAS WINE LIVES | BUSY WITH BIG AFFAIRS RESOLUTION INTRODUCED IN SENATE ATTACTINO ADMINIS TRATION'S MEXICAN POLICY. Senate Honors Justice ?Ls*iar.? Thanks For Henry Ford.?Num ber of Now Bills Introduced. Washington.?with the senate in session hardly 10 minutes and the house only a little more than two hours. Concrete accomplished com paratively little in its first business day of the year, and the expected attack of the minority on the Admin istration's foreign policy did not de velop. ' Senator Fall, Republican of New Mexico, Introduced a resolution call ing on President Wilson to Inform the senate to what government it Is proposed to accredit Henry f rather Fletcher, whose nomination as am bassador to Mexico Is now before the senate. The senate's early adjournment va| taken .out of respect to the lets' Justice "thrfar of the United States Supreme Court, who died here Sun day. Representative Sherwood, Demo crat of Ohio, led off a number of pre paredness speches in the house with an onslaught on "armament makers snd militarists" and proposed reduc ing the army to 10.M0 men. Representative Sherwocd said he had fought In 42 battles of the Civil War. left the army a general and now at 80 years' was ready to enlist If danger threatened the country al though be spoke against prepared ness. He told the house "the people back home" were against' the entire preparedness plan. Representative Steenprson, Repub lican of Minnesota, Introduced a reso lution aimed at British interferences with American trade with European neutrals. It proposes to empower the president to prohibit exports of war munitions to any belligerent controll ing the seas and preventing export of food or food products from the United States. Amoqg the hundreds of other bills and dlscussldns Introduced In the house were measures to extend the thanks of Congress to. Henry Ford for his peace mission, to prevent clearance from American porta of ships carrying both passengers and munitions of war, to establish a Uni ted States commission for enduring peace which might act as intermedi ary between warring nations, to ask President Wilson for najnes of dis loyal naturalised citizens referped to In the president's last message. WILSON STUDIES SITUATION. Promises Action At Soon Ao Fscts Are Known. Washington.?There vu aid lessen ing* of the tension in the new subma rine crisis with President Wilson's return to the White House to take personal charge of the situation, but there were marked indications of the President's intention to proceed care fully and deliberately before commit ting the United 8tates to the next step in its already strained relations with the Teutonic powers. At the state department the hope was expressed that there would be opportunity to settle the crisis amica bly, and It was stated that the Ameri can gorernment beleved that Atta, trie's assurances In the last Ancona note were given In good faith. President Wilson's first act on his return was to issue a statement through Secretary Tumulty promising the ?>untry action just as soon as the rail facts in the Persia disaster ctn be learned. FLASHES FR?M THE WIRES. Paris.?The Haves agency saya: "The British authorities hare offered a reward of 60,0*0 franca for Infor mation of the presence of German submarines In the Aegan Sea." Washington ? Pellagra has become such a menace In 'the South that Sec retary IfcAdoo asked congress for a rush appropriation of $100/100 for stu dies and demonstration work in rural sanitation with a particular view of checking that disease and typhoid fever. London,?Announcement was made' In the-Bouse of Commons of the resig nation of Sir John Simon, Secretary of State for Home Affairs. Washington.?Mrs. Wood row Wil son took up her dotlee as mistress of the White House on her arrival with 4ke President from their honeymoon at Hdt Springs. Washington Represents live Wha iHT iw OI??? ??,a' j A DISCUSSES GRAVE QUESTIONS INTERNATIONAL RELATIONE IN CIDENT TO EUROPEAN WAR ARE BROUGHT UP. l" ^ " 1 y' NO DIVISION PARTY LINES ^ ? - Wrong Por Oovornmont to PormM Shlpmont of Munltlono^-Lodgo Defond* Admlnlotrotlon Policy. Washington.?Bonds of restraint against public discussion Of lntenm tional relation* of the United States Incident to the European war were broken In the senate and for more than an hour the eeealon waa enliven ed bjr debate over the government's neutrality policy .export* of war ma nltlone and travel by American dtt ten* on belligerent-owned ship* There wae no division of the da baters alone party lines. Senators Jones of Washington. Republican, de nounced as "unpatriotic'* American dtisens who Imperilled the nation by taking passage on belligerent vessels. Senator Works of California. Repub lican, asserted that the government of the United States was "hypocritic ally" claiming to be neutral when U was in tact participating In the war through the sale of munitions. Sen ator Lodge, ranking Republican mem ber of the Foreign Relations Com mittee, declared that to place an- em bargo on arms now would be worth more to Germany than a million men. that it would be a "grossly unneutral act" and would, la fact, make the United States the ally of Germany. 8enator Lodge, la upholding the position of the United States as to the shipment of munitions, engaged In a lengthy colloquy with Senators O'Oorman, Hictchcock and others. finnitor Hitchcock ukad StMtor Lodge whether it was unaeutral tor Norway. Denmark, Sweden and Hol land to place an embargo on muni tions after the war began. Senator Lodge said be thought not. because that act did not change a condition. "Suppose," Senator O'Oorman ask ed after the discussion warmed up, "the belligerent that la the chief bene#clary of our present policy wfth respect to exportation of munitions were to disregard our right as a neu tral nation, does the Senator think we would be justified In placing an embargo on munitions as a retalia tory measure r* "We should have a right to Impose a retaliatory embargo but I thing it would be an unneutral set." the Msssachusette Senstor replied. At this point Senator Stone, chair man of the foreign Relations Com mittee, pointed out that the debate was out of order and ended It by moving an executive session. "I have not objected up to this time." he explained. "1 thought It was very wall to 1st It run a little while by way of feeling out and ga* ting an Index to the senate." FIRE CAUSES EXCITEMENT. State, War and Navy Department Building Slightly Damaged. Washlogton.?fire cauaed minor dsmaga In the basement ot the great building that honaea the state, war anad navy department* The loaa la practicaljr confined to odda and enda stored In the basement by the build ing's Janitor service was estimated at about 12.0*0. but before the flames had been brought under control dense clouds of smoke were pouring through the long corridors and out of the win dows. Stories of Incendiarism were circu lated, but officials said after investi gation spontaneous combustion gen erated In a pile of old rags started the blase. Valuable diplomatic documents mili tary records, and other priceless pw pers, Including the original copies ot the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution are stored In the building. It Is separated from the White House by only a narrow street. I Henry Ford for President Lansing, Mich.?The name of Henry Ford, who recently returned from his European peace mission, will appear on the Republican presidential pri mary ballot In Michigan this spring. British Loss** In Battle of Loss. London.?The British casualties la the battle of Loos, France, last Sep tember,totalled J.J71 officers and 57, 285 men, according to an announce ment made In the house of commons by Harold J. Tenant parliamentary under secretary for war. Bank* Show Batter Buaineaa. Washington. ? Continued business improvement ove rthe country 1a re dacted in monthly reports from the IS Federal reserve districts Just made public. Trade, in almost all lines In the Richmond district has been satis factory in the past month with no ret rogression from the advances of Octo ber and November. A decided ten dency has developed to store some of the cotton crop because of softening prices bat that has not prevented liquidation of debts due for settle omit. , Survivors Tell of Perela. London.?Survivors of the British steamship Persia which was torpedoed in the Mediterranean reached Alex andria, Egjfa. according to the ac count sent ftr Reuter s correspondent at that po#t. all bearing tracea of shock and |i | had badly | , limbs One! . with a LuufcJ enacted so ? to tell Mom of them L?nt1 henileitf.l Ih l hospital he tragedy wan k the enrrlTOT ?m what h?j> ProbablyJ. rt?ld in Ourbam b. he executlW' nieltt.e of tie NorU a L. Hobb? Guilford CoIMt*. ?> islection of t) data and plaro lu he next anad meeting, thai eoclet nerely speoia [ that the lime b tome date in I ck and that feurhat >e considered I favorably lu po ilble as the pi i of the iLeetln rha tact is, t meeting will mo sertalnly be he k Hurhaml eom where abont Mi if i|. Doetoi Hob will hare to coi Aond with tMie Di tarn interest b ile the detMile a tnnounced. I 1 ir? off (cm 1 loon. TbersaH? 31*1*, honoris? loyner; Dr. A ? drat ot the ? S ion; Joseph 0 M * h. Hobbe. (fl Carolina repreH >f directors otl ind J. O. Berry 1 Morth Caroline i Dr. J. J. Hart be South Atlanl lonal Peace Sol uianta and u? I he meeting, it's i special effort J States Senator J Morth CerollnraJ :lpal addreas ?P ng Is held. |B? tormer preside* Peace Society. t la thai exe tor CralA ah roneat O&ver dent; Dift J >ae SmitA P Dr T. P.??Hi New Shi Wilmington. ? Shirt Company. ? this citjr, hae loaa WlUard Bag and pan jr. and in a. ?H the maaafacture boon contracted ft young ladies will went. l am am* iw ' In operation tor Hour*. J C. end B P. CJ. Moor* and J. company, v hick ha ed. J. C. MeKof * the plant, whlto I. Washlncton. NJC, tend en L The plant pacity of abotw 1* work ahlrte daily dan la PIMM with I Road Greenville.?At U bond election held II ?Up the return* sh, for t^e bond*. Op bonds hare eaavast township with a i name* of those wi the bond*. It Is el*! majority of those signed that petition voted against the hoi of this action. reprei anti-bond voters were! tjr commissioners *' monthly meeting, ad election be < daetmq against bonds. Putting In if Kings Mountain.-'tf am busy at this ttm? extensive and comi system lor Oils town also Includes quite a1 the city water plant, been finished on tboif cement sidewalks pad erage system and tM the water plant are MounpOw-grfU have all; gmfe Tobacco Fact&per. Reldsrffle. The I tot factories have sure&ace the gratifying prodle | lines here the past 1 If the gain this yaisst continues u It did fiver the tobacco stamp |e c? year will reach . Every factory la tluiL log fall?some d0bble-4l In reaching distance ofH ders, and It la pow predj^ will (be their banner yet.' NORTH CAROLINA | ? ___________ Mecklenburg county > creased interest among corn, pig and poultry clii Davidson county will i some valuable advertisin little folder that will b * all over the world by th Westers Hallway. The i J folder larebubllshed fr< y patch of December 2S, a ilfl "Davidson cdunty, NoriW Where Opporkinity AwaltL. raiset} tp a presidenti.il The Itate national WW tlon met In Oreensborola j The domination of t/lfl more than 50 years :Jo/M Kerneravilie. a few Mrs. Mallnda Ingram, Iffl was mlrrled to Mr.lt ace 7'J of CaaaL vl Payne I were a free! early IhUdhood.1 baf rpfhoJ J **r, Mid bad not Btlre "than SO j The value of tl W miles of Kin.t ?c*c?| [TnivfirnH n#tl l Iresged t l?*n 04 "Banking Inflate c< The .1 R?y mJ im