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PURCHASE OF SHIPS PROPOSED 11 BILL »Y A VOTE OF « TO 21 SENATE l»UT« SHIP SUBSIDY BILL FORWARD. SENATOR FLETCHER FAVORS •ay* That United State* Should Buy Ship* For Commercial Indpend oneo—Soma Object*. Washington.—Government purchase of ships as proposed In the Adminis (ration til) to create a shipping board, finance a $10,000,000 shipping corpor ation and expend not to exceed $30,- 000,000 for the purchase charterlnK of ocean carriers, because the foremost lasue before Congress. By a rote of 46 to 20 the Senate mado the ship purchase b.ll the un flniahed buslneaa, to be supplanted only by appropriation bills. Thla ac tion, on motion of Senator Fletcher, acting chairman of the Commerce Com mittee, precipitated a showing on the part of oppoaitlon Senators which gave certain indication that there were breakers ahead for the proposed leg ialatlon. Charging that an effort wan toeing made to rush the bill with un due baate, Republican members, among them Senator Qalllnger, lx>dge and Root, aerved notice that the meas ure would be fought to the last ditch. Minority members of the Com merce Committee, filed a report writ ten by Senator ilurton and endorsed by Senators Nelson, Perking Smith of Mlchigansnd Oliver, aaferttng that the plan proposed would not relieve ahlpplng conditions enough to do any good It pointed also -to dangers of of Michigan and Oliver, nsserting that declaring that "every craft set nfloat by tho Government would add one more risk of our being drawn Into the present war" Senator Fletcher, who has charge of the hill and who recently conferred with President Wilson concerning It, urged the measure In a lengthy speech after Republican Senators had Issued their pronouncements of opposition. He declared the war has produced a *'shlp famine" and that the Interests of all people In the United States de manded that the Government take Im mediate action to supply ships to car ry American products demanded in the markets bt Europe and South America. He Instanced the fact that cotton sold at 19 cents n pound In Germany when tt was bringing »even cents in tho United States. Germany would consume 500.000,000 pounds of cotton If she could net It, he said, and the South had 15 times that amount to sell. $75,000 FIRE AT CHARLOTTE. Ben Vonde Company and Nearby Store* Completely Wrecked. Charlotte.—Fire that started In the big dyeing and cleaning establish ment of the lien Vonde Company, No. 18 Went Fifth Street, early In the night wrecked the E. Held Russell Block of stores there, extending from No. 18 to No. 26 West Fifth street, and entailing what Is said to be a to tal loss on every person, firm and cor poration occupying quarters In the block, namely the Hen Vonde Com pany, Overcash & I'ropst contractors; Tonillnson Furnishing and Oceorating Company: Frank I'. Drane. assa.ver and chemist, and J. S. Pe Vonde, chemist. loss was estimated to be in the neighborhood of $75,000. with Insurance prolmbly covering one-half of the damage. The building was own ed by Pr. K. R.eld Russell; nf Ashinllle, who when Informed of the, disaster, stated that although his block was only partially covered that he expect ed to rebuild as soon as possible. The loss to each and every tenant was as nearly complete as a loss could be taming " " »ut the heavy brick walls that confined it on either side On the west were tho elegant Lucas apartments and the beautiful Clayton Hotel, only recently opened to the public, while on tho east were the fine stores of the Ezzell- Myrs Company, dealers In paints, oils and glass and Hackney Brothers, plumbers. Deiches Waives His Claim. New York. Maurice Deiches a New York lawyer .arrested In Phila delphia was arraigned here on a charge of conspiring to defraud the government in connection with the is suance of fraudulent passports He was released on $5,000 bail for a hear ing °n January 11. Delches is one of 11 defendants snd material witnesses arrested by Federal agents in on effort to break up an alleged conspiracy to furnish German army officers and re servists with American passports to enable them to return to Germany. Navy and Congress Work Together. Washington.—Co-operation between the government's executive and legis lative branches in appropriations for national defense is the object of a conference arranged between Secreta ries Garrison and Daniels and the chairmen of the senate and house military and naval committees. The conference will be held and beside* the four committee chairmen, other Democratic leaders have been Invited It ia generally expected an effort will he made to balance the various appro priation*. , MISS GENEVIEVE CURK ■i! Speaker Champ Clark and Mrs. Clark hava announced the engagement of thair daughter, Miaa Qenevleve, to James M. Thompson, editor of The New Orleana Item. The wedding will take place In the aprlng or early aummer at the Clark home In Bowl ing Green, Mo. BRITISH BATTLESHIP SUNK ENGLAND MOURNS LOSS OF LIVES OF CREW MORE THAN BHIF, WHICH WAB 15 Y*ARS OLD. Part of Crew Picked Up and Brouhgt Aahore.--Statement in Theatre of War. London/- The destruction of tie British battleship Formidable In the Urltish Channel by a mine or n a-ib fnarlne boat, although one of tho6 events Kngliahmen now realise must be expected BO lon* a* the British Navy is compelled to keep the seas, has caused widespread grief. This Is duo not so much to the loss of the ship, which was 15 years old and cost about $5,000,000, as It Is for tho men -about 600 in nnmber—who went down with her, So far as known only 141 of the Kormldable's crew of 750 were rescued. The lirltlsh ad mlralty has not given the locality where tho disaster occurred and de clares It Is unable to say whether the ship struck a mine or was torpedoed but as the British fleet again has been active In shelling German positions on the Helgian coast and as German •übmarlnes have been more and more unlng Zeehrugge as a base, the Incli nation here Is to believe that a sub marine again has been successful. Fighting In Flanders and Northern France has been confined largely to artillery engagements, except Be thune, where the Germans claim they have taken a Brltsh trench. They ad mit, however, the loss of St. Georges, near the Belgian coast, which the Ber lin official report says It was decided not to attempt to retake owing to high water. In the Argonne region where the battlA has been nlmost continuous for weeks past, the Germans have made a little progress as an offset to which, however, the French declare they have continued their advance In Upper Alsace. Newspaper's View of Note T.ondon.- The Saturday Review de scribes President Wilson's note pro testing against the Hrltlsh attitude to ward American shipping as "a docu ment from a candid friend who just because he Is a ft lend, can say things which between strangers would be re curded as having too rough an edge." The Review does nH think it should be impossible for two governments who have no wish to And causes for taking the offensive, to reconcile their points of view. The position of a bel ligerent with respect to command of the sea, «avs this paper Is different even when neutral governments are friends. Hut this position is mined absolutely by the fact that Eng land has that command of the sea and "cannot surrender her right to use It for defeat of the enemy by any law." fc'orks In Orders President Qutlerrex. Washington.—General Villa, In a telegram dated In Mexico City to his agency here, dented he has question ed the amnesty, proclamations of Gen eral Gutierref. "I obey and respect the orders of President Guitlerres," Villa telegraphed. "I am his subordi nate." Further details of fighting be tween troops cW General Carransa and Villa near Tampico were received in ofTicial dispatches to the OarranEa agency. "General Gonzales adminis tered a decisive defeat to the Villais taa at Rodrlguez r Moral Decay Bred In Diarespect. Albany, N. Y.—Warning: of moral decadence, if the spirit of lawless In all the American communities goes unchecked was a striking utterance In Gov. Charles S. Whitman's address re cently. Increases of crime, he said, deserved the thoughtful attention of the legislature. "Disregard of law, Impatience with legal and moral re straints, contempt for the judicial and executive ministers of justice are phenomena observable in all Ameri can communities and all classes, be added. THE ENTERPRISE, WILLIAMSTON, NORTH CAROLINA. IMMHIOH BILL PASSES 111 SENATE MANY AMENDMENTS ARE MADE WHICH HOUBE WILL PROBAB- ACCEPT. SENATE VOTE WAS 50 TO 7 Enough Friend# of Measure to Pas* Ovar Expected Veto of Presldsnt. —Belgian* Get Exceptions. Washington.—The immigration bill, containing the restrictive literary teat for admission of aliens, passed the Senate 60 to 7 The overwhelming majority was recorded despite indica tions that President Wilson would veto the measure, as did former Pres ident Taft, if it should come to him with the educational test included. The veto indicated that the hill could be repassed by more than the required two-thirds majority should the President reject the measure. Senators who voted aaglnst the bill were: Brandegee, McCurnber, Martlne. O'Gorman, Itansdell, Reed and Walsh. The bill passed the House last Feb ruary 241 to 120. Although the Ben ate amended the House bill In sev eral particulars, the literacy test was unaltered, save for an additional ex emption to Belgian subjests, adopted after prolonged debate. Among Senate amendmentM which House leaders have said probably would be accepted Is one to exclude from the United Btates all persons of the African race or of negro blood. Another strengthens the phraseology of the prohibition of polygamlsts, Closing hours of the debate were devoted to an amendment by Senator lrf>dge to exempt Belgian farmers from the literacy test and from pro j visions which prohibit American from soliciting or Inducing Immigration. Already American organizations are endeavoring to Induce Belgians to set tle In this country, The amendment, as finally adopted. 34 to 22, reads: "That the provisions of this act relating to the Illiteracy test or In duced or assisted Immigration shall not apply to agricultural immigrants -from Belgium who come to the United States during the course of the pres ent Kuropean war or within one year after Its termination owing to circum stances or Conditions arising through the war, if It Is shown to the satis faction of the Commissioner General of Immigration that the said Belgian Immigrants come with the Intention of engaging in agriculture In the United States and to become American cit izens." , MUBT EDUCATE FILIPINOB Taft Says Not Ready for Belf-Qovern ment by Thirty Yaara. Washington. Former President William Taft told the senate commit tee working on the administration hill for enlarging Philippine Independ ence, that the Fllpinos in his opinion would be unfitted for self-government for the next 30 years probably for the half century. Democratic party promisee of Independence, he declar ed. had resulted in unrest to which he attributed, iu a measure, the recent revolutionary disturbances. Neither President McKlnley, Presi dent Roosevelt, nor himself, he said, had contemplated turning the Philip pine government over to the natives before they were educated for self government. lltr (juofcHi from I'resl" dent Wilson's writing that "self-gov ernment is not a mere form of insti tution, but a form of character." "We cannot present the Filipino people with a character," said the former president, "It must be ac quired. You cannot make over a peo ple in one generation. The time that will be necessary to train the Filipino people for self government is the time that will be necessary to make them an English speaking people. If you give these people Independence now or by 1920 either a Diaz wonld arise In the Philippines or they would get Into a condition that caused the fall of Diaz in Mexico." Struck by Mine or Torpedoes Brlxham, Devon. Rngland.—Surviv ors here of the British battleship For midable say the warship was struck by a mine or torpedo abaft the mega nine. The explosion was terriflc( but the magazine was not reached. Had that also blown up, the*Bhlp would have foundered without there being time to save anybody, they said. As the water rushed in. the men on the Formidable hurried to the deck and some got away in small boats. Capt. Loxlev and his signal men did not leave the bridg^. Will Not Seize Food London.—A Reuter dispatch from The Hague says: "It Is authorita tively stated that the Netherlands Minister at Berlin, supported by the Spanish Minister and the American Ambassador, recently made represen tations to the German Government concerning requisitioning of food in Belgium. The German Government immediately gave assurances that as long as the inhabitants of Belgium were supplied with food from else where there would be no requisition ing of food." VICE ADMIRAL STURDEE HQH ■ ■ Vice Admiral Sir Frederick Charles Doveton Sturdee, K. C. 8., who com mands the British fleet that destroy ed the German cruisers Scharnhrst, Lelpsig and Nurnberg off the Faulkland ialanda. FARM PRODUCTS GREATER TOTAL VALUE WAS ALMOST TEN BILLION DOLLARS SAYS THE ESTIMATE Secretary Houston of Agriculture De partment Announce* Figures on Btock and Farm Produce. Washington.—The American farm products during 1914 eclipsed all rec ords for value with a total of almost 10 billion dollars. Secretary Houston announced that the value of all farm crops, farm animal products and farm animals sold and slaughtered aggre gated $9,872,936,000. That was $83,- 000,000 more than the total for 1913, the record year. It Was more than double theJlalue of all farm products In 1899. Crops this year were valued at $6,- 004,480,000 and farm animal products at $3,838,456,000. The value of crops was slightly leaa than In 1913, on ac count of the reduced value of cotton. The corn and wheat crops, however, were the most valuable ever produced. They brought the year's rop value totul to only $88,279,000 less than the total for lsst year, despite the loss of more than $300,000,000 In the value of cotton. "The estimated value of the ani mal producta of the farm In 1914," said the Agricultural Outlook, "Is dls tlnctly higher than In 1913, which was itself a record year In the value of this class of products. This la due to general, but alight Increases In pro duction, except for sh«sep and awlne and In prices, more especially to a small Increase In the average farm price of eggs, and to a more consid erable Increase In the farm price of cattle and calves sold and slaughter ed.' " "It must be borne In mind that the accounts of these estimates do not stand for wealth produced, not for cash received nor for profit, nor for Income In any sense. Each product Is valued, as In the census, when It reached commercial form, and the grand aggregate of all Items Is from a relative rather than from an ab solute point of view." Sales of crops last year were esti mated at $2,928,000,000; sales of live stock $2,919,000,000 a total of $6,847,- 000.-000. The estimated value of total sales the farm was $892 and sales per capita of rural population (excluding towns) $139. / The value of the principal farm crops this year was: Corn $1,702,599,000; wheat $878,- 580,000; hay, $779,968,000; cotton $t>19,616,000; oats $499,431,000; Pota toes $198,609,000; barley $105,903,000; tobacco $101,411,000; sweqt potatoes $41,294,000; rye $37,018,000; sugar beets $27,960,000: rice $21,849,000; flaxseed $19,540,000, and buckwheat $12,892,000. In the i| pro(luctlon of these 14 prin cipal crops, the aggregate was about 10 per cent larger than In 1913 and 6 per cent smaller than in 1912 which year stands as one of the greatest ag gregate t production in the United States. Died of Pneumonia Philadelphia.—N. Parker Shortridge oldest director of the Pennsylvania Railroad Compnay and prominently identified with numerous financial concens, died at his home in Winne wood -from pneumonia. He was 85 years old. Governor Hodges Talks Prohibition. Topeka, Kas., — State's rights is one of the lamest arguments that could be offered in opposition to national prohibition, according to Governor Hodges of Kansas who spoke before the national convention of Intercol legiate Prohibition Association here. "The proposition that national prohi bition Is contrary to the letter and spirit of our government sounds like the slavery arguments years ago," he said, "Human rights and the welfare of humanity must be given preference in settling all moral questions." - FLOODS HAVE KEPT TROOPS FROM HGHT HEAVIEST RAINS IN YEARB HAVE CONVERTED TRENCHES IN- TO RIVERS. FRENCH GAIN NEAR ROYE Turks Invade Ruaelan Border.—Con stantinople Clalma Succeeeee At Ardahan. London.—The extremely rainy win ter, the worst Europe baa experienced In years, has caused floods in the riv er valleys of the Continent which have prevented any operatlona on a large scale on the western battle front and seriously Interfered with those In the Eaat. There have been heavy artillery engagements from the sea to the Swiss border and occasion al attacks by tlTe Infantry of the op posing armies, which were not re pulsed, have added a few yarda to the territory in the possession of the at tacking force, but have always proved coatly adventure*. The French have gained a little ground between Albert and Roye, just north of the point where the line turn* eastward,., and east of Rhelma and •outhweat of Verdun, where atternpta to make untenable the German posi tion* at St. Miblel, on the Meuae are proceeding alowly. They alao have made some advancea In Alaace but have Buffered a repulae to the north west of Bt. Menehould. In the East the Germans have cap tured the important Russian position at Borjlmow, but elsewhere have been unable to make headway The Rus slans an defenders of well fortified positions are aided by muddy roads, which hinder the German movements. The Austrisns claim to have checked the Russian advance near Gorllce, on the South Gallclan railway, but appa rently the battle there has not yet been concluded. The Russians have taken the Aus trian positions near Zukok Pass which should open snotber entrance for them through the Carpathiana Into Hungary, while the Austrian retreat In Bukowlna is described by the Rus sians as a riot. The Turks have crossed the Russian border in the Caucasus and according to Constantinople, have defeated the Russian garrleon at Ardahan. They are, however, displaying anxiety for their remaining possessions In Europe by feverishly fortifying the whole coast line. What they fear Is not dis closed, for It Is considered hardly pos sible for the Allies to land a sufficient force to prove a menace to them. It is possible they anticipate an Invasion from another source. BUSINESS CONDITIONS GOOD Character of Commerce of the United Btate la Optomlatic. Washington. Business condttons are described as generally re-aasurlng by the Chamber of Commerce of the United States In a report made pub lic. The report adds however, that the war has had a wide-spread and depressing effect on Industry. "Economy naturally prevails among all classes,*" says the report, "though remarks have been noted that this does not extend to automobiles. Fu ture delivery goods purchases are smaller and collections uniformly poor, hut lately a maiked change has been noted In a lessening of difficulty in obtaining bank loans and in an eas ing of Interest rates. Conditions in the South, while slowly improving, still present a serious problem." Crops In general, the report adds, have been good, but the cattle In dustry confronts serious handicaps in difficulty in obtaining loans on cattle and the foot and mouth disease quar antine. The sheep and wool industry Is excellent but general mining con ditions are poor. Germany to Exhibit San Francisco. Despite the war two large blocks of space ih the Pal ace of IJberal Arts have Just been awarded Germany by the Panama Pa cific International Exposition. Tbe nature of tbe exhibit is not known. Praysrs for Allies' Success. London. —Large congregations who crowded London churches for the ob servance* of Intercession day offered special prayers for the Allied arms and in remembrance of those who have fallen. Four service* were held at St Paul's Cathedral. The first at 8 a. m. was conducted by the Rt Rev. Arthur Ingram. Bishop of London. The great cathedral was thronged throughout the day. Westminster Ab bey also had a large attendance. The sermon there was by Archdeacon WU berforce ' Million Dollar Fires. Philadelphia*—Two fires caused more than 11,000,000 damage In Phila delphia and Camden. Pennsylvania Ralroad trains were held ap more than an hour and a half by the flames which destroyed a lumber yard and 17 dwellings In North Philadelphia while traffic on the Philadelphia St Reading road from Camden, N. J., was discon tinued because of a fire which destroy ed the station there and damaged a lumber, yard and the John Dialog** Shipbuilding plant Four firemen were Injured at Camden and M herd "CMS" ACT ON LIVER: BOWELS No sick headache, biliousness, bad taste or constipation by morning. Get ft 10-cent box. Are yon keeping yosr bowels, liver, ind stomach clean, par* and freab with Caacareta, or merely forcing ft passageway every few days with Salts, Cathartic Pills, Castor Of! or Purgative Waters? Stop having a bowel wash-day. Let Caacareta thoroughly cleanse and reg ulate the stomach, remove the door and fermenting food and fool gasea. take the excess bile from the liver and carry out of the system all the constipated waste matter and poisons In the bowels. A Cascaret to-night will make yon feel great by morning. They work while you sleep—never gripe, sicken or cause any Inconvenlenoe, and cost only 10 cents a box from your store. Millions of men and women take a Cascaret now and then and never have Headache, Biliousness. Coated Tongue, Indigestion, Sour Stomach or Constipation. Adv. ARMORED CAR IN WARFARE European Armies Have Found It of the Greatest Value In Their ' Operations. Although an engine new to warfare, the armored motor car has proved ex tremely useful, especially for outpost and scouting duty. Fast, silent, and mobile. It covers a vast amount of gTound on the splendid roads that crisscross the field of war in western Rurope. Most of the cars are incased In a light frame of tough steel plate that ranges In thickness from three sixteenths of an inch to a quarter of an Inch, and that is Impervious to rifle and machine-gun Are. All the vulner able parts of the motor, such as the radiator and steering gear, and in some of the newest cars the wheels, are protected by the steel covering. The wheels, both wood and wire, are said to withstand the roughest sort of usage. Accidents to the tires are much less common than anyone would expect. The cars carry a light arma ment —one or two machine guns so mounted that they can be swnng through a complete circle—and a large supply of ammunition. The crew, which may number from four to eight or more men, are armed with rifles and revolvers. Some of the cars have a steel superstructure that rises from the chassis frame high enough to enable the crew to stand upright, and that is capped with a domed roof, from which .bullets and shrapnel usu ally fly off at a sharp angle without even denting the ateel.—Youth's Com panion. GIRLS! GIRLS! TRY IT, BEAUTIFY YOUR HAIR Make It Thick, Glossy, Wavy, Luxur iant and Remove Dandruff—-Real Surprise for You. Your hair becomes light, wavy, fluf fy, abundant and appears aa soft, lus trous and beautiful as a young girl's after a "Danderine hair cleanse." Just try this —moisten a cloth with a little Danderine and carefully draw It through your hair, taking one small strand at a time. This will cleanse the hair of dust, dirt and excessive oil and in just a few moments you have doubled the beauty of your hair. Besides beautifying the hair at once, Danderine dissolves every particle of dandruff; cleanses, purifies and Invig orates the scalp, forever stopping Itch ing and falling hair. But what will please you most will be after a few weeks' use white you will actually see new hair —fine aad downy at first—yes—but really new hair—growing all over the scalp. If you care for pretty, soft hair and lots of It, surely get a 25 cent bottle of Kaowlion's Danderine from any store and Just try It. Adv. —t The Real Thing. - Little Lemuel—Say, paw, what la persistency? Paw—Persistency, my son, is the trait a woman develops when she at tempts to remove a wrinkle. Hsr Ideal. He —What is your masculine ideal? She —A man who has both sand and dust. There Aint That Much. "Pop. what's a plutocrat?" "A man who has as much money as I'd like to have." Delicate Point "There are ladles on the Jury." "They ought to favor a lady defend ant" Full ef Spirit "Your cousin, Barah; la such a vola tile creature." "Yes; we call her Sal Volatile." If some men had their lives to live again they probably wouldn't leave so many dollars for their heirs to eerag over.
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