THIS; liAST . WE2X;rTP4BEGISyER- FOR. GK-Ti PRIMARY- VEERS'
Weather forecast,
North Carolina-rlnereasfng cloud-'
jness and warmer tonight; probably,
in in extremes, weitn portion;
,; Thursday, rain.
South uarouna rropamy rain to-
night ana nursadTj , spmewnat
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VOL. XXIII. NO. 76. ?
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( By Associated Press)
Chicago, i:Atfrtl s4irift dollarv
wheat, became, an actuality; today; Hr
4 vTbe great breadmakin cereal for 4
delivery aext month sold at -that
4;' price, at the opening ot the board .
i; of trade today tii?higgest
priceTever paid- tier 3oi k normal
market. SMMJM&mG
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AUSTRIA WILL BREAK WITH
4vVr UNITED STATES. lr4
" V , '
. : (By Associated Press) ..'r. ;
London, April ,4. A dispatch
', from the Hague to the Exchange
- Telegraph , Co., received . here
today, says that Austria-Hungary i
V will break diplomatic ' relations
( with the United States, as the re-
sun. ui strong uerman pressure.
, i
Lodge, Williams, Reed, and I
Others Thunder Support of
President 'Wilson,
NORRIS & VARDAMANN
RAISE VOICE OF DISSENT
r ; : t
Stone Will Not Speak Against
Resolution Will Reach
Vote Tonignt Unless LaFol
lette Speaks Too Long i-De-bate
Punctured With Sharp
Language. ( 1
WILL VOTE BEFORE ADJOURNING.
(By Associated Press.")
Washington, April 4. The war -a-
reolution was debated Till Uhe alleged -Teutonife afetivities.
support frQjn tbqlh side andSfS
prospects itthLJAPPbitioh
rf woulf? be confined to s yf y cewv-
::- It was the plan topassit before
adjoarning f--rt1
.The resolution was not reached 3fr
in the House, .-however, . as jMfd .
v been planned, and is to "be
Small Heads-The Rivers and
Harbors Committee .s and
. Pou the Rules (SSmmittee
I For Action.
NO LIMIT ON THE
DEBATE HOWEVER
House Foreign Affairs y Com
mittee Agrees to Senate Res--olution
Only -Two Voted -In
Negative.
iGHill IHtKEIIliO S
PRESS HOT
U AUUHESS
SSIAN EIRE
( Rv A ssno.ial 1 Press '
Monroe, N. C, April 4. Fire -K-
i
(By George H.' Manning), . I
Washington, D. C.,rApriI 4. Zebv
I
(By Associated Press.) - ,
Washington, April 4. By unanimous
consent the House agreed, today 'to be-
here today ; destroyed a -block of -X-, Weaver and LeonidasEobinsoh, the gin discussion 6f the war resolution
Federal Officials - Charge Ger
man Agents Work Among :
Negroes of South.
(Tlx Associated Press.)
Birmingham, Ala., April 4. Reports'
that German agents are workine in
Southern States, parUcularljr- in the
toDacco ana cotton belts, - to incite
negroes against the United States
government, today: -were confirmed by
local Federal" agents. These officials
announced that steps already 'havs
been taken ia this 'district to prevent
effective results from arising )ut xi
store buildings' causing a loss ; -X- two. new Congressmen from, North Car- tomorrow morning at 10 'clock.
; of approximately $150,
Insured.
t '' . ... k, -L
Succeed In Capturing Impor
tant Position and Cross the
-r Stokhod. '
' (By Associated Press.) s
Berlin, April 4 (Via London). Ger
man- forces yesterday , captured on
No : the Middle Stokhod river the Toboly
000, partly olina, did not draw anyfprizeff ih the ' special rule llmlung debatec will be . bridgehead, held by the Russians on
committee -lists aimo;ui e
-x-i . m continuous session until the reso-i official announcement issued today by
x- -x- -K- -x- -x- w -x-
RIIShIWC IflRK
II W.U31IIU II Villi
A. " 'ocratic Leader Claud&lKitchin late
Monday. This is ; nqji indication , of
the estimate the Housi leaders7 place
upon the ability of the new Tar Heels.
Robinson and Weaver were simply sac-
rifiril in nrrlor in ' vL-f?nrfiTtflRTnTi:
(small and Pou, two other. Tar Heels,
important committee .chairmanships.
Without considering Page ; and Britt,
.who retired, North Carolina, in tho
last Congress, held committee placesmitee to vote against the war res6-
taken up at 10 o'clock tomorrow
morning, under an arrangement
vr to remain in session until it is
r passed. '
The Senate's resolution" was
w accepted by the House Foreign
Affairs Committee as a substi- 4fr
tute. &
.
liolBlillii
Plans
as important as any other. .State in the
Union, and with tfhe v two chairman-
!! 'nAAnj Inc. ninh ibn ' Alrl ' Mnlli
l f . -m-wi f i-t . . ! oniuo auucu iaoi uigui vuc uiu iiuiiu
iNaval War rreparation j State undoubtedly now-has by. far
on extensive ocaie,
rar Preparat
Already Formed.
i the most! committee influence of any j
State. ':f:WW I
(By Assoclatod gpjreei.
lution is passed. r; ; T -; ': - 1 the, German army headquarters staff.
- .The House "For,efgfr Affairs; commit- Considerable booty was takenby the
tee today aepted the. Senate's war Germans.
resolution in" place of its own, arijl - V
favorably reported the resolution for. Forcesa Crossing.
r Petrograd, April 4 (Via London ) . .
German troops have forced a crossing
of the Stokhod river in Volhynia, af
ter pressing back l'thg Russians, the
War Office announces. ......
passage. -.i'
Representative Shackleford, of Mis
souri, Democrat, and Representative
Cooper; . of Wisconsin, Republican,
were the only members jof the com
lution.
; iMr. -Pou wasJjrayanceit ; tb;rairmani
i .Wastiingtotw, April t;4ansr.f32MSf
.Ucfndtetiof: the ;$133,000,uO?pVu
I against: Germany have - practically ifj anaiaroors committee, wmcn .is.
r- ti ' X ' a. t
ttepresencauve oi tne ; eastern pan ot; m o tl wii5f i
North Carolina could have. . The Spring Thaw Will- Alake
Small's district has, perhaps
fbeen completed by the Navy Depart
ment;;, it was officially announced' to
! day." The fund .is composed of the
f $115,000,000 emergency appropriation
iiOEiillil
Mr.
' for shipbuilding" and speeding up j more mileage on the" lyater front than :
'rk''ftsiKn'-'Pr-Primmnf ori I construction, .and the $18,000,000 ap- any other Congressional district in the
. "aiian fj!??, mm? r propriation .lor equipment of navy 'country. Small is Vice President of 1
Advance Impossible for
Some Time; ?: '
Washington, April 4. Congress got
President Wilson's War
Address to Congress,
. (By Associated Press.)'
Rome, April 3 (Via Paris, April 4)
"Today s date will be written in
yards and additional building facili
ties." : ; v ;
At ' Norfolk, new ways and shops
will ba authorized at a cost of about
$5,000,000.. The Charleston yard will
je fitted at considerable - expense for
today with prospects""of remaining in
session continuously until it is , dispos
ed of. V, .
in the Senate it was taken up at
10 o'clock by unanimous consent, and
with administration leaders determin
ed to permit no other business to in
terfere with it. . -
Almost every Senator ami many
House members were present when
the Senate debate began. In sC brief
opening statement Senator Hitchcock,
in charge of the resolution, said the
present was a time Jor "action; not
discussion." .
"The time for discussion . has pass
ed' he said. "The President has al
ready stated more clearly, effectively,
Eore conclusively the reasons which
make this grave step necessary. The
resolution provides for war against the
imperial German government It is
framed on the lines of other war reso
lutions, it places responsibility for
1he war squarely upon the' shoulders
ot the German government, charged
with repeated acts of war against the
i mtcd States. It is also unquestion-4
dniy a declaration of war. I am .im
pressed with the solemnity of the oc
casion. Some may be filled with joy
at the prospect of war. To me';.it-,is
oppressing and dreadful. .The
the Atlantic Waterways Association, i
an enthusiast on waterway develop-j
ment and one of the very best author
ities on the subject living.
Zeb Weaver wanted to cget , a place
on the Forestry Conservation or Wa-
con- ter Power Committee, or one of the Haeften. of the general slaff in-charge
; committees dealing direct! ywitn mat-0f the military department of the for-
t n iirri rnnnnf
An nttL nUUra
1-m
fys?i jK,"? mm
(By Associated PressJ
Copenhagen, April 4. r( Via London.)
A - parsonage particularly ; well ; 1
formed politically and militarily, who
is easily recognized as Colonel Von
golden letters in the history of the , destroyer ana , omer. auxiliary
' " " - i ,i " rtiiA jitiin 'SETUCllOH.
mnil 10 worK n tne war resoiutiop. Th lareer sum is beine devoted to tors f vitnl intrptst tn Ms.diRtrlnf hiitw.k.. ieA th pniuivon
1UI It IxlCLl ii.o Ulti ell LI Xl-.tJ llliU tllG I v-- v ' - - ' - , --rcigu umiC, uc3 tuiuiiuu uio ivuuavu
conflict of the -noble and powerful' tn construction ui uesiroyers, yairoi arter jfou and aman naa oeen aean
American nation." I boats, purchase of auxiliary merchant (with so liberally and Yates Webb was
f vessels, -erection ot storage nouses i continued as chairman of Judiciary
uu itJttsius ui yiivdie. uuuumgs, tu uommiiiee, m spite or tne strong oppo
the construction of aircraft. . isition to him, the best Weaver Could
At Portsmouth, N. Hr, facilities will get was a place on the Territories
be provided for the continuous . con-, Committeei Indian Affairs Committee
itructlon of ten submarines at a
time; atv New York, $3,000,600r will
be devoted to the construction of fa-
The Tribune says
"The American democracy, which is
democracy in the ' purest form, joins
the Russian democracy, the youngest,"
and the, British, French and Italian,
which are the oldest, and all are now
united in arms to overthrow the last
bulwarks of dying autocracy."
Senator William Marconi, the in
ventor, said:
"America, the greatest , unit of free
peoples which ever existed, the
greatest republic of the world, recog-'
nizes: the justice of our cause, by tak-
that there is no prospectof a German
offensive on the Riga front.. The Col
onel says: ' ; ; . '
The spring thaw that is now setting! ice. The department is not indicat-
01
Governor Orders, ? "Charlotte
and 'Raleigh Coast Artillery
... For picket Duty.
(Special' to The-Dispatcfr.) -
Raleigh, N. J. C, April 4.- Charlotte
Company No. 5, and Raleigh Com
pany No. 2, Coast Artillery, were
called out by Governor Bickett . last
night to guard various interior points
in the State. .. .
The adjutant-general's office dis
patched he. soldiers to quite a number
of hydo-electric ' plants, which supply
power and light, and are, in the na
ture of things, very vulnerable. - With
in three or four hours of the order
the. men from both cities werd in uni
form and on the trains for their serv
Pretend to Doubt :- The : 'Ap'r-:
s':t proval of Te American -i
' : r : - '. ... People. r.' 7Ji'i;l::':
DEPLORES LACK ) M"
f OF BRYAN TREATY ; "
x' ' ' - . w , .. .. ' ' ' ; '';;
Establishes Imperialism r-Ab ;
: rogates Monroe Dbctrine-r J "ic.
AmericaV Influence, as v,
V An Eiiemy on the War u h
(By Associated Press.) '
Berlin, April 3 . (Vhr London, .' April
4) . "President Wilson's message Is
not ' surprising,? says the Tageblatt.'
"but . do the people ' ot the United
States have the same view ? That' is
hard to say. '-. vvj.-v..v-.'V',:.-.;r; v;.:
: "German policy- now pays. the; pen
alty for failure to conclude "aT Bryan
treaty with the United Statetr such as ; ;
Great Britain and other great powets-., -made.
If such an agreement existed . .
the TJnited States would be compelled;,, ;
to submit even; the most; importanc
questions to a commission for inves- ,
tigatlon before breaking off relations;.1
Such an -investigation "would take' at
least a' year; It'.' Is ;liotV impossible
that. President Vflson would have
availed himself iof such f a way;, bat' 61 '
a serious situation."; . -'' i t , J i j
':'' I1
-' f .-' ;.
-tr
and Expenditures in the Interior De
partment.
Robinson was placed on the Com-
Leili ties for. shipbuilding, including ad- mittee on Elections, No. 1, Insular Af-
ditionah ways, snops and storage fairs and the Labor Committee,
plants. At Philadelphia approximate- The other NOrth Carolinians will
ly $6,000,000 will be spent for ways hold the places they had in the last
and shops for construction work. IConCTess. wfiich are as follows:
in is enough in itself to deprive an
offensive of any chance of success.
Even if the Germans succeeded In tak
ing the Russian positions it would be
impossible for them to move artillery
and supplies forward for an advance!
tng what places are being guarded,
and newspapers; have their personally
conducted censorships.
ing arms: against Prussian militarism. ' ENGLAND AWAITS
3VT rs!T ACTION BY AMERICA
feet of her participation, America, will
draw still closer the circle surround
ing our enemies.
, . : (By Associated Press.) ;
Lionaon, April i. Anarew
Bonar-
KitcHin, chairman of Ways and
CHARLOTTE'S COLORED
0 CITIZENS ARE READY
on Petrograd. They would be hope-
'lessly bogged. -.-.'
. utuueu uuciiBivc auuuL i U I
provised. ' Months are needed. for prep-!
aration, so it is extremely Improbable
Means committee -ana Democratic i Z" oln V0 the new ' oall by President Wilson for volun-
(By Associated Press.)
Charlotte, N; C., April 4. In ' case
, ; ' ""r"T0 fhoHal situation resultine from the teers tor tne army, t;. u. . iayipr, coi-
and Grounds, Immigration and Natur-lPtal situation resulting irpm he this city:' who organized and
alization and Census. - , , i "J Ztt dn& commanded the colored regiment of
rTnt?" Hindenjvolunteers of rth Cn; during
g our enemies . . ; , ' LaW, membef of the British war coun-1 tne ms Committee to take ?rlbur7cont wiU offer
General Ricciotti Garibaldi, son of , government spokesman in the- manship of Rules; Stedma retains) com regiment
o Italian oatriot. said: l.r.. T his olace on Foreizn Affairs and eives Sereth- front m Kumania, put tninKst that hia
, nousew wjiuuious tuuay siaieu m uie - , - . . '. . , i h P will -'adont a defensive attitude 70u "l ""
otv? Mower House, of Parliament thatuntilP a place Mi Indian Affairs in,de- he fffPJ enerSuv V Ipeople are loyal and wUl be.prompt to
the Italian patriot, . said
'America will give us
America win 8v u& . House.of Parliament that-until UP a piace on inuian airs, .iu u- -- eas.front generally
moral and financial assistance but :president Wilson's speech had -been .ference to Weaver. Godwin is chair- j the east front generally.
large 'conungem oi iuuumi "6"". discussed vby the United States Con-F1311 OI unimiee un xveturm in mw.
ers.; American volunteers, if well or- , . the British government was sat- Civil Service, Alcoholic Liquor Traf
ganizjjd and ably led, will produce re-, fgfi d i would not De right to take offi- fic and Expenditures r In War. Depart-,
suits in this war as lmportanr. as
American, volunteers in past wars."
SEVERAL TO THE ROADS.
nious cost which the people must' pay, p
)w great increase in tEe cost of liv
the enormmiR hiirfJn rf ta-rea the
enor- ilJVl I Jrrisjxr wrt t iun
BILL PASSED BY HOUSE
cial notice of it.
FUNERAL FROM CHUfiCH.
People must bear anrl the still ereater
niase of deathr stagger mT mind
(By Associated Press.) . '-
Washington, i April 24. The army
appropriation for 1917, carrying ,$240,-
RemainS; of. Mr. John L. Potter Jn
. ;terred in Bellevue Cemetery.
Funeral services for Mr. John Li.
Potter, whose' death occurred in New
Bern at 4 4 cclock yesterday ' after-
np awful sarrifie nf Hvm that must" MMnn ' mao .Me01? W ltha Hnnse to- noon as a result of a fractured.' skull,
C . , . VW.VUU. V. Cmj - . - . , - . .
sickens my-heart. I am' sure day in iesa than half an fiour : in ex
orm that It passed tne
sessioa of- Congress.
Sneakpr UitnYnner W''will J' . hrinir tha tnrol nf fhe
many other Senators feel.as I do. jaetly the same form
N- want no more territory," con- House at the lafet st
l,I"' il Speaker TTitrhnnoV "Wwill a
ins
onc grudge to settle nor racial an-
upatiiy. in this respect we differ
trfm the other countries already in:
y,lvf,(1 this awful struggle. There;
Pan-slavism against pan-Germanism
Jtaly wants back the Trentino; France,
ner lost provinces; Great Britain has
jman commerce and German col
01ues almost in her grasp; ' Russia
ants Constantinople, and . Germany,
oeside her place in the-Sun, wants to
"ornniate Europe. - V. 'i;-. ''
"We, of all nations, will spend 'our
measure and our blood and sacrifice
mes without the thought-of pos
su)iiity of gain.-We are going to
ar to vindicate our honor - and "'Inde
pendence as a great Nation and in de
ifnse of humanity ,
Such
bill to '$270,000,000. were ignored in
the interest of speed, i -f -
MR. JACKSON TRIED.
Charged rWlth Enticing Labor : From
Wilmington Hosiery Mill.:
The entire morning : in .' Superior
Court was consumed in the trial of Mr,
J. F. Jackson, who is charged with en
ticing labor, it being alleged by the offU
cers of the Wilmington" JTosiery.: Mill,
that .Mr. Jackson- endeavored - to 'get
employes , of the r local "mill, to 'leave
their work and accept, employment in
caused by being struck by an automo
bile, were ' conducted from y Calvary
Baptist: church -this .afternoon ?at -3
o'clock, by Rev. J. A. Sullivan and in
termerit was made in Bellevue ceme
tery. . Many friends attended the last j
ment. Doughton is chairman of the
Committee, on Expenditure in Agricul
tural Department, Education, Roads
and Invalid Pensions. 'Webb retains
chairmanship of the Judiciary Com
mittee, despite the opposition to him
by the 'iwets." . '
NEUTRALS' JVIEWS ON
AMERICA'S ATTITUDE,
answer the country's call. Other .color
ed men, leaders of their, race here,
have also expressed themselves as
willing to take up arms against- an
enemy. ...', ;
Recorder Gave Two Six-Month Terms
r This Morning Train Beater Up.V'r:,
George noiiana, coiorea, cnargeui f
with' assaulting a female, was sentenc- J SENATE GALLERlEo
eel to'siXvSmonths on the county roads C rtQFn TO VmiTORS
by Recorder George Harriss, at this CVWI4 1 H P 1 mtlD.
Hiarie)
morning' session of court,
Jackson," colored,, arrested last ; night
' (By Associated Press.)' v
Amsterdam, April :4 (Via Iiondoh).
-The Nieuwe Van. Dem Dag, regards train
given fifteen days on the county roads
4 He is thought to be the negro who as
saulted a Seaboard Air Line conductor
at Norlina recently, when he' was
taught beating his way on a freight
(By Associated Press.) 1 -
Washington, April 4. he .Senate
coH -(.rjrtrtr.Q.aTi(1 . :thv.-..flnral A psi ems President Wilson s words in hisiad-B TT"nnnie Rrvant. nolored. was sentenc-
were numerous "and beautiful, showing dress to Congress as elearly showing ed tothe county farm for : six months ciear the galleries if a similar out-
the respect and esteem in which the' that the United States will partici-,on a, charge .of nuisance. She will De, Dreak occurred. . . . . ;J
for beating his way on a c train, was I galleries, by order of the Rulek Com-
mittee, today were oarrea xo visitors,
except' those holdipg special reserved
cards from Senators. C -
NO reason is rgiven-for the. action,
but v it is believed to have ; been due
to .Monday's ' demonstration " when
Vice President Marshall threatened to
deceased was held. The remains ar
rived infthe city from New Bern on
pate in the "world war as vigorously
as it can:
"For . neutrals," says j that newspa-
nnho dRpeasfSn was 53 vearsof azetper" it makes ra great . difference
and unmarried, r The only surviving ' whether America, joins fully or only
relative of his , immediate family Is. partially : in.: the war. iSA fresh -4ecla-Mrs.
. WJiR. Nixon, a sister, residing1 ration of neutrality will Jiave r to be
in this city. , T- I made- and- America must be recog-
. ' I , -r " H inized aa a full helliterent. ? Thus for
examined- by the: clerk of : Superior
Court fOr her Canity. A case against
"Babe" Singletary. : colored,; charged
with retailing, was continued.
LOOKING FOR CHASERS.
I
GERMAN SUBMARINE .c
DESTROYED BY SHIP
1.
'Deeds. . Fi led Today. Following . are 1 example, armed American merchant
the. deedslfiled for record at the Court, ships '' must be - kept by our govern-
All evidence was in about noon and
1 Judge -)WS.M. Bond chargedhe .urj a a xirtn stnith iot at fiar-1 ticination
'lnia : trn SB- lit- I l . ijmmv . -w " J" w - l
1 'v. i(By Associated Press); :
New York, April .4. Word was
" received here today of the arrival
s,1,, . (Byj Associated Press.)
St.' John. N. B.. April -i.-'rne
Naval Officer Expecting Motor Craftslng of a German submarine which at-
7- 4 u Thfe Pnrt ToUav. : ; ' : I tacked their hip 90 miles offtQueens-
IeutenantslIiuuaan and-HollandbfownXIre nerl0aT. w 5
?tSHJ steamer- on arrival therei of the, Amer can amsMps, Jtor H
Declare President's Attitude SurpriM.
- Amsterdam (Via l London) ;-Aprll t 4.- -
-r-Tuesday evening v newspapers ; lin f f ' ;
Western' Germaiiy.'as ' far ' as could -; '
jje-' reached"; from ; Amsterdam;' con
tained no mention of the recent events ; ' '
6.he Cologue Gatette- jcarrled A :led. .
ig "editorial - under .the SJ caption", ' . "
"America 'TBeforerthe ' Decision : -which.,
it 'Says:,;, ':"' '"" ' " "v'-i.;.i .;.v.
"When' President Wilson replied to "
our proclamation of unrestricted sub- '
marine warfare with a rupture of re- . '
lations the world was Bupri8ed,, but 'vV ;
his attitude since that time has . been ;
more than a surprise Nobodyr even '" 1 . .' y
in anti-German circles, ill - the United
States, believed that the tension be- " -tween
the two -countries would go be-;
yond a diplomatic rupture. It is not :. - ' I
Germany, but the- .United '"f.. States, v ,
which took the rupture as a starting ' ?
point for warfare. . . The people ,do not ; - .
desire war. but it probably will , be- , .
lieve the President If he declares that r v
it. cannot be avoided. . ''.' .; ' '
'We await to see whether Presi
dent Wilson will plunge the American " ' :
peoplft-into war in order ,to, make free , "
seas ror Anglo-American. Dusiness. . . ,
If this is his end he will never attain , : -It
Our JJ-boats ,will continue their-' : ,
excellent work until the sea. tyrants' ,
lose their breath, and the" seas ..be-;., ;,
come really free.- - The : work of the - ,
U-boats wiir be more . glorious the : ; j
more enemies 1 they have to conquer."! - ' .
"President Wilson must realize that
the result-of his : action wli. be far',; ;
greater, for the United States than, for
us.- It means the end of '.the -Monroe -Doctrine.
It means the erid'i of the
policy of avoiding entangling alliances; .
which since ' the days - of Washington (
has been an article iof faith..' It la a .
change- from provincialism to world ( ., '
citizenship, involving participation, in
European affairs, v , The proclamation
of ..the .policy . of Imperialism,- which-V ;
heretofore has been fought , hardest
by the Democrats Isnow complete ant
the effect on internal affairs . of ; the , ,
United States cannot be" avoided"'". '"f -
"But we shail not appraise tpo light- .' :
ly the consequence for us of the entry. .
of America into the ranks 'of vOuren-'
emies. VThe. possibilities. -f injury to
us by the sending; ot an expedition ta 1
the, western front or- by co-operating'
with the safer insufficient British fleet "
may be restricted, but' any .accession
of strength to our enemies is undesir- - .
able, no matter how small. "Nor do wo-
forget that Union with 100,000,000-per
sons is the richest nation la the worldi
Nor ; must we overlook the moral ef- -feet
on1' France, and R"ussui.3' !" 'f - V
Most, of the newspaperH" , thus far,
have made ' no comment, printing the
news 1 despatches regarding 1 President T
Wilson's speech .with; question.' marks
arid saying that . the ; dispatches , have
come by way it London and have' not
been confirmed. -. ''ri :
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Farmed ships ACrtoss
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The effectnwhich America's par-, then esxvy lC-Vfl and SL Paul, aty , English
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niany is nnt nf ,.i,o -rf 00w ko w a ArPaa will be Kure Xand & ljeyeiopment
talrpn "nntir tne civil cases are 'umeu w . ,--"-, -
the; under-sea boat ; went: to I . lean port on March 24.;They. are
,m nrlth all -hands. 1 Tne armea. x ; . , i;tJ ,
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company win, in nrs viv ucu v";-",-- - "T 01.a iw ntwar is steamer was sllehtly-damaged by shell ? : ' - . V:'::; . ..T
lot at '-Fort i measures Arermanys.iaB;ea;again v. - - .4 4 -41 -.4 4
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