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HOME-OWNERS, FOOD CROPS MID MARKETS COMMISSIONER W. A. QRAHAM SPEAKS TO SOUTHERN COM MERCIAL CONGRESS. WATERWAYS AND RAILWAYS Senator Ranedell Saya Develop Every Waterway to Ita Oroateat Pooalblo Extent.—Economy. Muskogee, Okla.—Development of the country'* waterways and resultant transportation competition will prove ipore effective in relieving the United States of eiresslve freight rates tfian efforta of the Interstate Commerce Commission or other bodies to regu late tbe railroads, according to Sena tor Joseph E. Kansdcll of IxHilslana, chairman of the Senate Committee on Rivera and Harbors, and president of the National Rivera and Harbors asso ciation. who addressed the Southern Commercial Congress here. "I am not nn opponent of the rail roads," Senator Kansdell declared, "for tile railroads have been the great est clvllliers the world has ever known. The producers and consumers are entitled to the use of the water ways and auch competition Is the proper way to regulate our railroads. "The chief advantage of water transportation In its great cheapness compared to rati." Senator Ransdell "Ah an example, 8,000,000 tons of freight panned through the Sault Stf Marie last year at an average cost of of a mill, compared with a rail rate of .73 of a rent. Thin name rel ative difference exists on all well-lni proped waterway*. "I believe every waterway In this cotmtrf should be developed to the greatest possible extent, provided It can b«; done at u reasonable cost," In laid. "They should be given over to prlvatelyWwned lines junt as our rail roads are. It is useless economy to attempt to cut any appropriation for such development." W. A Graham, Commissioner of Agriculture of North Carolina, an other speaker, declared that several serious problems must be solved "be fore the Sodth can be rejuvlnated. "Ww must creat« a home-owning yeomanry who will raise crops to feed themselves and thus recover their lost Independent condition," he said. "We must establish the principles of co operation In buying and selling by means of township, county and state organizations. We must teaoh the farmer to think by inducing him to attend Ihstltutes. Too many farmers who know that they must live by the sweat of their brow believe the brow Is situated in the back. "We must have rural credit laws that will free the farmer from the curse of borrowing and we must have a currency system that will give the farmer the money he needs when hf wants it." ' CRUISER WILHELM INTERNB. Captain Thierfelder Notifies Collector Hamilton He Will Intern. Newport News, Va. —Commander Thierfelder of the German auxiliary cruiser Kronprlnz Wilhelm. who took refuge In this port, notified Collector of Port Norman K. Hamilton that he would Intern his vessel. The collector at once informed Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Andrew J. Peters by long distance telephone and the no tice of internment was first given of ficial announcement by Mr. Peters. Commander Thierfelder, amplifying verbally his-brlef notice nf the tntorn ment to Collector Hamilton, said It would have been bin own choice to have gone out and that it had been his hope and expectation to do so until it become evident that owing to the continued serious Illness of more than 60 of his crew It would be im possible for him to do so. Commander Thierfelder said that in view of this condition which made his crew too short to put to sea and fur ther in view of bis inability to Ret more men because it was impossible under the laws of Nations for him to recruit German sailorp on American soil to make up his necessary crew, he was compelled to intern. Will Bombard Canadian Coaat. Portland, Ore. —A German fleet of warships is headed for the Atlantic coast of Canada to bombard Important cities and fortifications there accord ing to & letter received by Capt. Carl Brauch, master of the German bark Dal beck. Interned here since July 23. from a friend who is a deck officer of the German navy. "Eigbt days before the German fleet bombard lM! Scarbor ough, liartlepool and other ports, I re ceived a, letter from a friend telling that the German fleet would strike tor the British coaat," said Brauch. Japan Makes 24 Demand*. Peking.—When conferences between the Japanese minister to China, Eki Hlokl, and the Chinese foreign minis ter, Ln Cheng-Hsiang, were resumed the Japanese minister presented'an ax tended list of 24 demands. This list virtually Is an amplification of the original 21 demands and includes even requests for railroad concessions, it is understood, in territory where the lines would compete with British In terests. The Japanese Insist that China accept the new list Is Its entiretly but no time limit set. vl ' fl lE ' r' v mrj LADY LONDONDERRY Lady Londonberry It colonel of the four companies of women'a volun teer reserves already organized In England for service In case of in vasion. The women are taught sig naling, dispatch riding, telegraph ing, motoring and camp cooking. ENGLISH MORE CUftrIDENT CONDITION OF ARMY AND OUT PUT OF MUNITIONB IN CREABEB ENTHUBIABM British Submarines Found In German Waters—Cabinet Ministers Make Frank Statements. London.—Glowing accounts of the strength and condition of the Drltlsh army and of the great Increase in the output of munitions, which It i» ex pected, next month will amount to 26 times what it was last September, given by David IJoyd-George, Chan cellor of the Exchequer and Harold J. Tennant, Parliamentary Secretary of the War Office, in the House of Commons, have Increased enthusiasm and confidence of the people of Eng land In the war. Supplementing the Chancellor's statement that Great Britain -haa more than 36 divisions of troops on the Continent and that the output of munitions has Increased enormously. Mr. Tennant. speaking on behalf of the Secretary of War, Lord Kitchener, declared that recruiting bad been most satisfactory and gratifying; that the health of the troops was splendid, and that the wounded were In the London hospitals 24 hours after they were stricken In France. He wished to Im press on the country the necessity of increasing the supplies of artillery am munition, adding: "There Is no limit to the amount required." The frankness of the Cabinet Min isters in making known the number of men at the front, and the reports that reach London from various sources have convinced the people that at last the big effort against Ger many and Turkey is about to com mence. Doth in the Aegan and North Seas there are signs of Increasing act ivity. From today all steamboat com munication with Holland is stopped by order of the British Government. CRUISER WILHELM REPAIRED. Taken Out of Dry Dock After Bmall Hole It Stopped. Newport News. Va After having her hull helow the water-line cleaned and painted the German auxiliary orulser Kronprinz Wilhelm was taken from the drydock at the local ship yard and la lying at anchor In the harbor. The only repalra made to the ship while she wa« in dock was the stoppage of a amall hole in her port bow, made when the raider rammed and sank one of her prizes- at sea. When floated from the dock the big cruiser showed a bad Hat which la said to be due to faulty construction but which la overcome when the ship la loaded. Villa Concentrating Hit Forces. Washington. Consular dispatches from Mexico indicate that while tern porarily disorganized by the defeat at Celaya. General Villa's forces by no means have been removed aa a for midable factor in Mexico's civil war. Plans for another battle with Ore gon's Carranza forces/4re proceeding rapidly. Villa's chief (difficulty is his lack of ammunition. Too. when he met Obregon at Celaya. Villa had sent forces to attack Matamoroe., Neuvo Laredo, Tampico and West coast towns greatly depleting his main force. THE ENTERPRISE, WILLIAMBTON, NORTH CAROLINA. GERMANY RUSHING MEN TO FLANDERS CONSIDERABLE SUCCESSES ARE BELIEVED TO FORERUN A 810 EFFORT. BRITISH HOLDING POSITIONS Frankfurter Zeltung Justifies Use of Asphyxiating Bombs on Ground That Allies Used Them. London. —The German rushes t ln Flanders nnd the Woevre, where tiiey claim considerable successes, are be lieved to be forerunners of another big effort to break through the Allied lines In the West. For many days Bel glum has been sealed, from the obser vation of neutrals, while German re inforcements are being moved to the Bouth to take part In the new offen sive, which they hope is to carry them to Calais. The attack In Flanders, orlßlnally leveled at the French, has be«n transfered to the British lines held by the Canadians on the immediate right of the French and here for two days the men from the Dominion have been engaged In a deadly contest with the Germans. The Germans claim further progress to ward Ypres and that British counter attacks have been repulsed. The French, on the other hand, declare the Allies's counter-attacks conlnue with success and that the British hold all their positions and repeat the cha'rge that the Germans are using bombs containing asplivlatlng gases. The Frankfurter Zeltung Juatlfles the use of these missiles on the ground that the Allleh have done like wise. The German attack in the Woevre. or in the Meuse hills was directed against the French positions south west of Combres, and according to Merlin, the French suffered a heavy defeat. Paris, however, says that In a counter-attack the Germans were driven out of the French first line which they had pushed back. The ;Oornians In the Wast trans ferrod a large number of troops to the West to ninke another big effort which shows they are not content to rely on a passive policy. it Is believed that a half million new German troops have reached FlanderH and that more guns and ma terial are to be used than were provid ed for the original attempts to destroy the Allied armies In the West—at tempts which met with failure both in August and In October. JAPAN'S ATTITUDE POPULAR Public Opinion Justifies Firmness In Dealing With China. Toklo. —The Government's firm at titude in pressing its demand* on China is meeting with widespread ap proval in Japan and public opinion is manifesting itself with increasing force In this direction. Although Parliament is not In ses sion, many members of the National Legislature are lending active sup port to the Government. One hun dred members placed themselves on record as favoring Japan's demands. They laid special emphasis on the de mands for railway and mining eon cessions and provisional supervision over financial, political and military affairs of eastern Mongolia. Assert ing that Japan is actuated by a desire to bring about permanant peace in the Orient the legislators urged the Government to proceed firmly with its program. The press calls on the Nation to present a united front and declares the world should be brought to real ise that the outcome (Jepends entirely on China. More Heavy Rains in Texas Austin, Texas. —Another heavy rain swept central Texas and streams al ready swollen out of their banks by last week's rains began rising rapidly. No deaths have been added to the 21 killed last week but a score of persons still are missing. In Austin rain damaged streets and bridges. Persons in the lowlands fled before the waters. Higher License for Saloons. Albany. N. Y. —A determined but futile tight in the Assembly on a bill to raise the coat of liquor licenses one fourth throughout the state delayed adjournment of the Legislature until almost daylight. The license measure passed and now goes to Governor Whitman. He is expected to sigir it. Appropriayon measures. which brought the state bidget up to about $64,000,000 also were passed In the closing hours. All bills relating to the ousting of public service commis sioners were killed. Concessions Not Satisfactory. Rome, via Parls. : —The press politi cians and the public are dlscussiug with the most lively interest, the plan for Austro-Itallan agreement reported to have been presented by the Ger man Ambasador, Prince von Beulow, In the original negotiations on this subject. This plan, as set forth by the Socialist organ. Avanti, which fa vors neutrality, provides for recogni tion of the reciprocal interests of lUly and Austria and approving the Triple' Alliance, and for territorial concessions by Austria. i&ttr -t^h jStf*' PI fl &jfl ■A TWfi .\fjfli SAMUEL L. ROGERS .Samuel L. Rogers, of Franklin. N. C., recently selected by President Wilson for Director of the Census has had an eventful and unusual life', both In private and public station. AH a young man, he was elected clerk of the superior court of the county of which he was a resident In North Caro lina. where he first gave evidence of his fidelity-to public trust. Later, dur ing the second administration of Presi dent Cleveland, he was appointed Chief Clerk to the collector of Internal Reve nue for the western district of North Carolina and when the collector died, succeeded to the office of colloetor. For twelve years Mr. Rogers was a member of the corporation commis sion of North Carolina. This Is one of the Important public agencies of the state having control of common -arrlers, state banks and other public service corporations. The corpora tion commissioners of North Carolina are also a board of state tax commis sioners. Their services In this con nection are of value and far-reaching importance, both In their effort to aid in preparing laws governing taxation and in the equalization of the burden of taxation. His Ideals of Integrity and loyalty to duty are of the htghMt. Those who know him and have followed his work In North Carolina bespeak for the Cen sus Bureau a fair and efficient admin istration. ■ RITIBH FORCES IN FRANCE. Number 750,000 Men.—Every Place Filled. London.-—The British expeditionary force in France, which at the begin ning of the war consisted of six divis ions, has been increased to more than 36. or, roughly speaking. 750,000 men according to a statement by David Lloyd-Oeorge, Chancellor of the Ex chequer, In the House of Commons. The Chancellor added that the place of every man who had fallen In bat tle had been filled and that the army was adequately equipped. But he re iterated the need for munitions, de claring that during the battle of Nueve Chapelle more ammunition was used than In the whole of the South African war, which lasted nearly three years. The interesting information also was given that the output of the muni tion factories had been Incrased more than nlneteenfold since the outbreak of the war but the call was still for more, and as Mr. Lloyd-Oeorge con tinues to hold the opinion that con sumption of liquor Is Interfering with the work, he promised legislation to deal with this matter. Mn. Story Reelected by D. A. R. Washington.—Mrs. William Cum mlng Story of New York was re-elect ed president general of the Daughters of the American Revolution over Mrs. George Thatcher Guernsey of Kansas by a vote of 695 to 461. Ford People Increase Wages. Detroit, Mich. —A sweeping advance in wages and reduction of working hours for all employees was made by the Ford Motor Company, Limited, of Canada. All employes in the com pany's service six months or longer will receive a minimum wage ot 60 cents an hoar or $4.00 a day, the work ing hours being reduced to eight hours a day or 48 hours a week. The com pany employs about 2.400* persons at its factory at Ford, Ontario, and Hs nine branches in principal Canadian cities. Several Persons Killed. Birmingham. Ala.—More than a dozen persons were believed to have loqt their lives and a score were known to have been injured in the wrecking of two stores here by the falling of a five-story wall of the Steel- Smith building on Second avenue. The body of A. E. McLeod, manager of the wrecked Atlantic it Pacific Tea Store and three unidentified bodies had been recovered from the debric. Many others are known to be buried In the ruins. ROOSEVELT TELLS ABOUT THE BOSSES DID NOT KNOW WHO CONTRIBU TED TO Hit CAMPAIGN FUND NOT FOR HOPE OF REWARD Prompted By Same Spirit That Would Crum Him to Donate Similar Sum to a Cfturch Syracuse, N. Y. —Theodore Roose velt told on his cross-examlnatlon In William Barnes' suit for $50,000 al leged libel, about his dealings with the "bosses" his personal relations with Burn en and his ideas about cam paign funds In millions of dollars. He mentioned the famous half million dollars which Thomas Fortune Ryan contributed to the presidential cause of Alton B. Parker and swore he never had seen a list of the names of the persons who helped swell the $3,000,- 000 fund used In his own campaign for the presidency. The list contained inltals of men whom the Colonel readily identified a* being allied with the country's most powerful business and financial Interests. In speaking of the Ryan contribu tion the witness Kave It a* his opinion that a leader of big business who con tributes half million dollars to help elect a candidate for President of the United States Is prompted by the same spirit which would cause him to do nate a similar sum to a Church, and that such a contributed has no more h6pe of reward in one case than he has in the other. Personallly, he said, he would have been very much sur prised if many masters of big business had not contributed to the Republi can campaign of 1904. The Colonel mentioned the Stand ard OH Company. He said that If the report of the Congressional Com mittee which investigated his cam paign contributions showed that "H. H. R." and "J. D. —which the witness thought ifor H. H. Rogers and John I). Archbold —had contributed to the Republican fund in 1904, he was astonished. He said he had given explicit instructions against receiving Standard Oil con tributions. Personally he emphatically declar ed. he would regard Just as highly a contribution of 925 from the station agent at Oyster Bay as he would a contribution of $25,000 from George W. Perkins, who In 1904 was a part ner In the Arm of J. P. Morgan A Co. And he expressed the belief that there was a limit to the amount a cam paign fund should total. Over a cer tain sum, he did not know how much, he thought there might be some dan ger. GERMAN PAPERS COMMENT. American Note and Prealdent'a Ad- dress Not Pleasing, Amsterdam, via London. —The Am erican answer to Count BernstorfT's recent menoradum drew this com ment from the Berlin newspapers: The Tageltscbe Rudschauke: "America takes all possible trouble over the ammunition requirements of our enemies ostensibly from a love ot neutrality. She does not trouble about the possible food requirements of Ger many; this also Is done from a love of neutrality." The Vosslche Zeitung: "Washington should recogniie that such an attitude on the part of Ameri ca will not speedily be forgotten in Germany." The Lokal Anzelger: "The German standpoint on this question is founded on thot-oughly es tablished principles and practice of in ternational law. The American stand point can be explained only by the profits of the armament flrmss." Cannot Restrain Jitney Busses. Richmond, Va.— The Virginia Su preme Court of Appeals sustained the lower court in refusing the petition of the Virginia Railway & Power Co., for an injunction forbidding two Jit ney bus companies to operate here without first securing franchises from the city. Fourteen Drowned In Flood. Austin. Tex.—Fourteen persona are known to have been drowned in the flood which swept down Shoal and Waller Creeks on the outskirts of Austin during .'rainstorm, washing away more than 200 dwelling house*. Eleven other persona not accounted for, are believed to have lost their lives. The property damage is esti mated at $500,000. Ten Inches of rain fell within two honrs, the creeks ris ing rapidly and overflowing their banks before residents of the lowlands could be warned. Think Exports Reach Record. Washington—Secretary Redfletd laid before the cabinet estimates that the American exports for the current fiscal year will reach $2,750,000,000. The secretary took to the cabinet meeting tables shearing that exports of bread stuffs last month amounted to $59,000,- 000 compared with $8,000,000 in March 1914. Breadstuffs exported since the war's outbreak have totalled $418,000,- 000. Half of all exports daring the eight months ending February 28 went to British territory as against 45 per cent a yea? ago In the vame period. SMISLC. FORMAL INAUGURATION At-. TENDED BY THOUBANDB OF NOTED EDUCATORS. SPIRIT OF SERVICE LEADS North Carolina Unlveralty Fully Realize* That Ita Duty la to Berve the State. Chapel Hill—ln the presence of a great gathering of educators, sclept lata, dignitaries, alumni and visitor®. Dr. Edward Kidder Graham was in augurated president of the University of North Carolina. He is the tenth man to be at the head of the oldest state-supported univeruity in the United States. Governor Locke Craig presided over the exercise* and Chief Justice Walter Clark administered the oath of office. The retiring president, I>r. Francis Preston Venable, present ed Dr. Graham. The monster parade of notables formed at 10:30. Parades rarely make thrilling reading, but this one thrilled the thinking observer. In line were leading educators from all over the Fast, a faculty that takes second rank to none in Southern Universities —■ Prof. Horace H. Williams for once In a cap and gown, the student-body —age. wisdom and experience. Youtb, hopes and its blessed enthusiasm. In Memorial Hall Governor Locke Craig presided over the exercises, first calling on Bishop Edward Rondthaler of the Moravian church to Invoke the Divine blessing on the gathering. The venerable churchman fervently and eloquently gave his thanks for Presi dent Graham, a man of great quali ties, for the cordial spirit between the students and their leader. Governor Craig then spoke of the dedication of a man to his work and of the welcome given the visitors who had come to honor Mr. Graham, a man worthy of the University's glo rious past equal to the opportunities of the greater future, to the work in addition to ability, bringing a pure and earnest life. President Powell of Harvard, who was to have delivered the first address of the day, waa detained because of a death in his family; but the greet ings and congratulations of Harvard University were read by Professor Charles H. White. President Frank J. Goodnow, of Johns Hopkins, treating the general theme of "Aspects of Lifes Educa tion,'* devoted himself to "Research," explaining Its function and place In American coHeges. Addresses were delivered by Dr. Frank J. Goodnow, president of Johns Hopkins University; Dr. Edwin An derson Alderman, president of ths University of Virginia; Dr. John H. Flnley, president of the University of the State of New York. Then followed the presentation of the president by Dr. Francis P. Ven able, the administration of the oath of office by Chief Justice Walter Clark, the Induction Into office by Gov ernor Locke Craig and the president's Inaugural address. Greetings tp the University were «*• tended by Dr. George H. Rennl, pres ident of the University of Alabama, on the part of the State Universities and Dr. William J. Martin, president of Davidson College, on the part of the colleges of the state. In the afternoon at 2 o'clock a luncheon in the University dining hall was given, plates for 600 being laid. The academic procession was nota ble in every way. Distinguished dele gates from 98 institutions and learn ed societies, the governor of North Carolina, members of the supreme court of North Carolina, various state officers, members of the board of trustees, members of the general as #embly, hundreds of visitors and alumni, more than 1,000 students •welled the attendance into the thou sands. Those in the procession wore caps and gowns signifying their rank, making a picturesque appearance as they proceeded in a long line from the various buildings to memorial hall. Edward Kidder Graham, who *u inaugurated as tenth president of the University. will not be 39 rear* old until October 11. He waa born In Charlotte, the aon of Archibald and EHisa Owen (Barry) Graham, and wta prepared for college In the public acboola of Charlotte. He entered the University In the fall of 18»4. He waa graduated in 1898 with the de gree of bachelor of philosophy. Mr. Graham spent one year as teacher In the Charlotte graded schools and two years pursuing graduate studlea In Co lumbia University. ———- Modern Creamery Btarted Wilmington—A modern creamery baa been Installed in this city by Ur. A G. Warren, for many years en gaged in the manufacture of ice cream In Wilmington, and will be operated along the same lines that have proven so successful In the western part of the state. He has already made con tracts for milk with fanners dairymen in New Hano-rer. Pender, Brunswick, Duplin, Sampson, Moore and Bladen Counties and the 8. A. L. and A. C. L. railroads have agreed to ship the milk at a baggage rata.
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