mm TO BUY
U. S. SECURITIES
WUI FIV« NR CINT EXCHK
QUKft BONDS TO PAY PON
THIM.
TO BE USED AS COLLATERAL
• ry
Nwiwl to Support Exchange Market.
Would Uoo If Neoeeaary to Meet
Liabilities In UnltMl States.
London —After an explanation by
the chancellor of the exchequer, Regi
nald lfcKenna. and a short debate, the
house of common* passed the second
reading of the bill empowering the
government to mobilise American and
Canadian socurtlles by purchase or
by borrowing them, to be used primari
ly as collateral for loans, or In case of
necessity, to be sold to moot Oreat
Britain's liabilities In tho United
Btates.
The scheme la an entirely volun
tary one and the chancellor made It
clear that the government had no In
tention of swainplng the American
market with securities which would
be unfair to holders here, as they
were to be paid for at the market
prtca.
Mr. McKenna explained that the
uiiual trade balance In favor of Great
Britain had been exhausted by the
huge demand* made upon America
for good* for England and her Allies
and tho amounts patd In interest on
foreign securities Iwld here, or earned
fci' BrlM"h shipping, were not suffi
cient to set this right. Consequently
In order to meet liabilities In the Uni
ted States they were obliged to go out
aide the ordinary course of trade and
had to borrow or Hell securities
NEEDS OF N*VY SHOWN.
Secretary Danlela In Report Qlvea
Details of Program
Washington.—Details of the $600,-
000,000 navy building program under
the five year continuing plan recom
mended to congress are contained In
the annual reporl of Secretary Dan
iels Just made public.
. The report shows that for the first
time in the history of the department
the secretary's recommendations In
crease the expenditures proposed by
tho general board. In this connection
the secretary says:
"My recommendation of a flve-year
program embraces the same number
as proposed by the general board In
the distribution It mado in the five
year program of dreadnaughts, bnttlu
cruisers, scouts and destroyers. I
recommend 15 fleet suhmsrlnes where
the general board recommends nine,
and I recommend KB coast suhmarlne-
Ities as against 58 recommended by
the general board. For additional re
serve ammunition, my recommenda
tion Is $25,000,000, whereas the gen
eral board recommends $11,000,000.
They recommend something more for
other craft. My total for the Ave
years Is $502,482,214. Tho general
moard's total Is $498,876,000, a very
slight difference for the five years,
though the board's recommendation
for the first year Is much larger than
the department's estimate."
The five-year program for new
ships and completion of those already
authorized reaches a grand total of
$502,482,214, with large appropria
tions for reserve ammunition and
aviation.
Important Benate Commttee Changes.
Washington.—The committee chnng.
es announced by senate democrats
showed the following Important as
signments: Broussard. military af.
fairs, niul inter-oceanic canals; Under
wood, Interstate commerce, appropria
tions and inter-oceanic canals; Fletch
er, banking and currency; Hardwick.
immigration.
Thlerlchens May Bucceed Boy-Ed
Norfolk. Va—Captain Thlerlchens,
commanding the German auxllliyry
cruiser Prince Kltel Frledrich intern
ed at this port, is said in naval circles
to be slated to succeed Captain Boy-
Ed as naval attache (It the German
embassy in Washington.
McAdoo Makes Address.
Charleston, 8. C.—The Southern
Commercial CongreKTT began with ad
dresses on the South's and the na
tion's commercial and industrial prob
lems by Secretary of the Treasury
McAdoo, Gov. Henry C. Stuarty>f Vir
ginia. John Barrett, director general
of the Pan-American Union, Dr. Nich
olas Murray Butler of Columbia.
University. Senator Duncan U. Fletch
er of I- lorlda. president of the con
and John Temple Graves oi
New York.
American Note Causes Anger.
London.—An Amsterdam dispatch
to the Exchange Telegraph reads:
"Report* from Vienna B»y that the
American note concerning the sinking
of the Italian steamer Ancona has
caused intense
government and diplomatic rupture is
considered probable. The question
before Baron Burlan, the Austro-Hun
g&rian Foreign Minister, is only
whether * rapture with the United
States would not force Berlin te ••
like step.
SENATOR CHARLES S. THOMAS
BwSSSSBGBiSSSS
Senator Charles S. Thomas of Colo*
redo, chairman of the senate com
mittee on woman suffrage, pacified the
suffragists by providing for a hearing
before the committee on the Suean B.
Anthony amendment removing from
the Fallot the qualification of ssx.
FIRE WRECKS HOPEWELL
FIRE SWEEPS CLEAN NEW MUSH
ROOM • TOWN OF HOPE
WELL, VA.
Militia Summoned to Take Situation
In Hand and Martial Law la Pro
claimed in Dlatrlct.
Hopewell, Va. . ~,,j mushroom town
of 25,000 people, grown up since last
summer with the great new guncotton
plant of the Dupont Powder Company,
was completely destroyed by 'a Are
which started In a restaurant and did
property damage estimated at from
one to three million dollars. The Du
pont works outside of the settlement
was undamaged, but was one* ser
iously threatened. Villages A and B.
near Hopewell, built to house the
families of married employes of the
factory, also escaped.
Scenes of wild disorder accompa
nied the Are and cltlsena lynched a
negro for looting, There was no loss
of life otherwise and only a faw minor
Injuries ware reported.
Martial law was proclaimed with
the arrival of six militia companies,
rußhed from Richmond by order of
Qovernor Stuart. The thousands of
homeless men, women and children
had been sent to Petersburg and
Richmond, but many men remalnad to
guard what little property they had
been able to save.
The flre was said to hava been
 sed by the overturning of an oil
stove, though there were rumors that
It had been Incendiary,
Several times sparks set flre to
mule sheds of the explosive factory,
but the flamea which followed were
quickly extinguished.
While the flre raged the police were
busy on all sides, keeping back a
great throng of people
, As soon as It was realized that the
place was doomed, the police, assisted
by experts from the powder plant, be
gan dynamiting buildings.
WOULD ACCFHT PEACE PLAN
Germany Disav*... .spon»lblllty for
Continuation of War
Berlin—(By Wireless to Sayvllle, N.
Y.) —"If our enemies make peace pro
posals compatible with Germany's
dignity and safety, then we shall al
ways be ready to discuss them." said
the* Imperial Chancellor, Dr. von
liethmann-Hollweg, in addressing the
Reichstag.
The chancellor made It clear that
In his opinion It would be folly for
Germany to oppose peace "as long as
In the countries of our enemies the
guilt and ignorance of statesmen are
entangled with confusion of public
opinion."
Conscious of her military successes,
the chancellor said, Germany declines
responsibility for a further continua
tion of the war. Germany, he declared,
could not be charged with the purpose
of fighting on to make further con
quests.
"The war can be terminated only
by a peace which will give the certi
tude that war will not return." the
chancellor declared.
"We all agree about that."
He asserted Germany's food sup
plies were sufficient and that her im
mense stores of copper were adequate
for many years.
Prize Court Will Settle.
Washington.—Great Britain advla
ed the United States that in response
to the state department's protest In
the case of the steamship Hocking
and other vessels of the American
Trans-Atlantic Company, orders re
quisitioning the Hocking and Oene
see would be cancelled and test cases
would be tried promptly In a prize
court to dispose of the charge that
the company la partly German owned.
Two of tbe steamers seized by the
British cruisers, will be released un
der bond. —.
THE ENTERPRISE, WTT.T.TAMSTON, NORTH CAROLINA.
FRANCE VIOLATES
AMERICAN HIS
PABBENQCRB WERE REMOVED
FROM OUR VESSELS SY CRUIS
ER ON HIGH SEAS
NO LEGAL JUSTIFICATION
Net* Will Ss Sent to FrurtOi Protest
ing Over the Rsmoval ef Enemy
Subjeote From Neutral Ships
Washington.—The state department
announced the stopping and searching
of three Teasels of the New York and
Porto Rico Line by the Frencfc cruiser
Descartes would be made subject of
diplomatic representations to France.
The department received official ad
vices from San Juan of the Incidents.
The note will contend that removal
of citizens of any nation from an
American vessel on the high awn Is
without legal justification. It will aa
sert, as was done a year ago In a
protest to France In the case of August
Plepenbrlnk, that the men removed
were not embodied "In the armed for
ces of the enemy" In the sense of that
term in established International law.
The communication. It is under
stood, probably will declare alao that
there Is no Justification for the re
moval of an enemy subject from a
neutral vessel on the high seaa bound
to a neautral port, even If he could
properly be regarded as a military
person. The Trent case during the
Civil War probably will be cited as
a precedent.
The state department wm not ad
vised whether any of the Austrian*
or Germans seized had declsred their
Intention of becoming American .citi
zens. should It develop that inch Is
the rase, the proteat may be even
more firm.
A statement by the department ssys:
"The department has received re
ports from the collector of customs
at San Juan, Porto Rico, Indicating
that three ships of the New York and
Porto Rleo line have been sloped on
the high seas and searched by the
French cruiser Descartes. The steam
ship Carolina, northbound, was stop
ped six mllea off San Juan and the
German chief steward named Schiule
was taken off by the boarding officer
The steamer was allowed to proceed
north after delay of about two hours.
"The steamer Coamo, southbound,
was stopped about 20 miles off abase
by two shota across her mow and the
following persona taken off by the
boarding party: J. Luacor Rutter,
Antlon F. Dollorch, Austrlana, of the
engine room, and H. Krger, a Gar-'
man of the steward's department. It
appears that other Germans In the
crew with American citizenship pa
pers were not molested.
"The steamship San Juan, south
bound, Is reported to hnve been' stop
ped northeast of Porto Rico and two
second cabin passengers, William
Guntherodt and Frltlsch Lothar, Ger
man subjects, taken off ship. -
The two last named are understood
to be resldenta of New Orleana.
PERSONAL TAX INCREABEB.
Nearly 113,000,000 More Income Tsx
Wss Collected Last Year.
Washington.—Personal income tax
was paid during the laat fiscal year by lndividuals,
lndividuals, who turned into
the government $41,044,162, more by
nearly $13,000,000 than the total paid
by 267,698 making returns the year
before .according to the annual report
of the commiasolner of Internal rev
enue, Just made public.
The greatest increaae ahown waa in
the amounts paid by those subject to
the normal tax, a Jump from about
$12,728,000 In 1914 to about $16,669,000
in 1916. Incomes exceeding $500,000
paid this year about' $6,438,000 com
pared with about $3,437,000 last year.
There were 82.764 Individuals subject
to the normal tax; 127.448 who re
ported incomes between $4,000 and
$6,000 and 174 whoae returns were
made on a basis of incomes of $600,-
000 or more.
Explosion In Belgium Kills 110.
Paris.—One hundred and ten per
sons are reported to have been killed
in the explositon in the Belgian muni
tions Tactory at Havre, says a dispatch
from thai city to The Temps. "The
exact cause of thp explositno has not
yet been determined," says the news
paper. "The Investigation conducted
nas developed that one of the build
ings contained boxes of ammunition
which came from the United States.
Discovered in one of these boxes was
an apparatus designed tb cause deflag
ration.
Raise Meney For Suffrage,
Washington.—More than $41,000 was
raised In 15 minutes at a mass-meeting
held here by the Congressional Union
for Woman Suffrage in connection
with its annual convention. Tho money
will be used to finance the work of
organising for a nationwide campaign
to secure the passage of the Susan B.
Anthony suffrage amendment by the
present Congress. The largest indi
vidual contribution was that of Mrs.
O. H. P. Belmont, who pledged |10,»
000 for the New York delegation.
STEPHEN M. SPARKMAN
wßf
Congressmen Stephen M. Sperkman
pf Florida, chairmen, end the ether
members ef the house rivers and her
here committee, will have to play
again this eeeelen the part of but
treeees for the usual fight en rivers
and harbors expendlturee.
AUSTRIA MUST ANSWER
UNITED STATES MAKES FORMAL
DEMAND UPON AUSTRA-HUN
QARY,
Must Qlvs Assursnees Thst Sueh
Will Not Be Repested and Rspsrs
tlon For Americans Lost.
Waahlngton.—The United States
has sent to Auatrla-llungary a note
aaking for a disavowal of the aub
marlne attack upon the Italian liner
Ancona .assurances that auch an act
will not be repeated, some degree of
punlahment for the commander of the
submarine, and reparation for the
American Uvea loat.
The communication went by cable
from the atate department to Ambas
sador Frederick C. Penfleld at Vienna
who was Instructed to haAd It to the
Auatro-Hungarian Minister of Foreign
Affairs, Raron Burian.
Friendly but flrm terma, It la said,
characterise the document which is
understood to make a particular point
of prompt aasurancea for the future
safety of American lives. Austria-
Hungarla has never notified the Unit
ed States whether the commanders
of Its submarines had been given lu
atructlona similar to thoae which the
German Government gave to lta com
manders after the Lusltanla tragedy.
It Is understood that the note referr
ed particularly to the charge that
sheila from the submarine killed or
wounded some passengers on the
Ancona after she had halted, and ask
ed for an explanation on the point.
In despatching the note Becreta.*y
Lansing acted with the approval of
and after consulting with President
Wilson. It is stated authoritatively
that the document which ia described
as being comparatively brief and de
cidedly vigorous in tone, was si draft
ed as to attempt a settlement of the
controversy at once.
High officials are said to be of the
opinion that the situation is one
which calls for grave consideration,
tne state of affairs having become
more complicated since the note was
dispatched by reports of attacks up
on American oil-carrying vessels in
the Medltterranean, prerumably by
Austrian submarines.
NAVY IN SPLENDID FORM.
Secretary Daniels Makes Interesting
Statements of Condition.
New York.—The United States
Navy has a waiting Uat at lta recruit
ing offices and accepts only one in sis
of the men who apply for enlistment.
Secretary Daniels told mem bars of the
Southern Boclety of New York, speak
ing at the society's annual banquet
on "The Nary." When he took office,
the secretary said there were 4,0(1
vacancies in the authoriged enlisted
personnel of 51,000, but a* a result
of the steps taken to make the ser
vice more attractive to young men of
proper qualifications, this has been
overcome and in addition the propor
tion of re-enlistments has risen from
54 per cent to. 92 per cent, "which
means the securing of men of long
training for the service."
President Wilson Confident.
Washington.—President Wilson told
members of the Democratic National
Committee at a luncheon in the state
dining-room of the White House that
the Republicans had no issue for the
next campaign except the tariff and
that Democracy was certain to win.
"Our constructive work has started
an irresistible movement which can
not be stopped." he declared. "Any
one who tells you otherwise is talk
ing through hia hat" Mr. Wilson
•aid nothing to indicate whether he
would again be a candidate.
WILSON ADDRESSES
OHIO BUSINESS MED
COMMERCE OF AMERICA OUGHT
TO MOBILIZE FOR MO
WORK.
BE NO PATCHED-UP PEACE
President In Masterful AMren Sajrs
•wetness and Polities Will Net
Mix Readily.
Columbus, O.—President Wilson
ezpreeeed the opinion that there will
be no patched-up peace following the
European War. in a comprehensive
and forceful address before the Co
lumbus Chamber of Commerce, he
urged American business men to
mobilize their reeouroee in order that
the United States might be prepared
to play a more important part in the
world's affairs, and bring about jus
tice after the preeent war.
The President spent 18 hows in
Columbus during which he was ac
tive every minute. His reception was
enthusiastic and pleased him greatly.
In addition to the Chamber of Com
rnerce-speech he delivered an address
before tbe commission on country and
church life of the Federal Council
of thi Churches of Chriet of America
shook hands with more than 7,000
people at a reception In the rotunda
of the state capltol. spoke briefly to a
large crowd from the ateps of the
capltol and took a long walk about the
streets of Columbus. The entire city
and many people from surrounding
towns greeted him.
In the Chamber of Commerce ad
dreaa the President defended hi*
Mexican policy and aald Si long as he
waa President nobody should "butt
In" to alter the Mexicans' Govern
ment for them; urged bualneaa men
to pay more attention to foreign
commerce and be more self-reliant;
demanded the restoration of the
American merchant marine; praised
the new banking and currency law;
and touched on the attitude of the
United States toward the European
war.
"When the present great conflict In
Europe is over ,the world is going to
wear a different aspect," Mr. Wilson
declared. "I don't believe there is
going to be any patched-up peace. I
believe that the thoughtful men of
every country and of every sort will
Insist that when we get peace again
we shall have guarantees that It will
remain, and that the Instrumentali
ties of justice shall be exalted above
the instrumentalities of force.
"I believe that the spirit which has
hitherto reigned In the hearts of
Americans and In like people every
where in the world will assert Itself
once for all In International affairs,
and that If America preserves her
poise, preserves her self-possessing,
preserves her atUtude of friendliness
towards all the world, she may have
the privilege, In one form or another,
of being the mediating influence by
which these things may be induced."
ASSURE AMERICAN RIGHTS.
A
Vigorous Resolutions Are Presented
en Subjeet In Congress.
Washington. The long-expected
storm In congress over the adminis
tration's conduct of the defense of
American rights on the seas broke In
Congress when Senstor Hoke Smith.
Democrat, demanded an investigation
of Great Britain's Interference with
neutral trade and Senator Lodge, Re
publclan, replied with a demand that
an Investigation include the loss of
American lives.
The body of an Innocent child,
floating dead on, the water, the vic
tim of destruction of an unarmed
vessel. Is to me a more pregnant and
a more tragic spectacle than an unsold
hale of cotton," declared the Massa
chusett ssenator.
Both resolutions were referred to
the foreign relations committee. Their
introduction has served to bring out
the first debate of the session on a
subject to which all minds had
turned.
I Ford Receives o Qlad Hand.
The Hague, via London.—Neither
encouragement, recognition nor sup-
Fort in any shape or form will be of
fered to the Ford peace party by The
Netherlands government, according to
information from official sources giv
en to a correspondent the As*
soclated Press. Government officials
1 twas Indicated, naturally noted the
party's departure and also received
a notification thereof from the leader,
but no reply was forwarded. No op
position will, however, be placed in
the way of the party's landing in Hol
land.
Situation la Tense.
1 Washington.—Diplomatic relations
I with Austria are In grave danger of
i being broken off over the sinking of
: the Italian liner Ancona with the losa
i of American Uvea. All officials here
continue to preserve silence over the
negotiations with Austria, but through
[ the veil which has been drawn sbout
the situation is seen a crisis just as
grave as that which attended the sub
marine negotiations with Germany.
The question of continuing diplomatic
relations may be aaid to depend upoa
tf satisfactory reply.
VIENNA DEW >
TO ACT PROMPTLY
NOTt IS BINT TO AUSTRIANUN
GARY REGARDING SINKING
OP ANCONA.
ILLEGAL AND INDEFENSIBLE
OMIVM Submarine A
Wanton Slaughterer and Demands
That Ha Be Punlahed.
Washington.—Tb« taxt of the Aater*
teu note to Anatrla-Hnngarjr regard
ing the sinking of the Italian steamship
Ancona. Ju»t made public, la as fol
loin:
The eacretatf of State to Ambas
sador Penfleld.
Department of State,
Washington.
Please deliver a net* to the Minis- %
tar of Foreign Affairs, textually aa
follows:
"Reliable Infromatloa obtained tram
American and other MrrlTtn who
ware passengers on the ateaaahlp An
cona ahowa that on November a aub
aaarine flying the Auatro-Hungarlan
flag fired a aoUd ahot toward the
ateamahip; that thereupon the Ancona
attempted to escape, bat being oyer
hauled by the aubmarlne ahe stopped;
that after a brief period and before
the crew and paaaencera were all able
to take to the boats the aubmarlne
fired a number of ahells at the veeael
and Anally torpedoed and aank her
while there were yet many persona on
board; and that by gunfire and foun
dering of the veaaela a large number
of peraona lost their lives or were se
riously Injured, among them were citr
liens of the United States.
The public - statement of the
▲nstro-Hungaiian admiralty has been
brought to attention of the gov
ernment of the United Statea and re
ceived careful consideration. This
statement substantially confirms the
principal declaration of the survirore
aa it admits that the Ancona after be
ing shelled waa torpedoed and sunk
while peeons were still on board.
The Auatro-Hungarian Government
haa been adviaed, through the cor
respondence which has posaed be
tween the United Btatea and Germany ■ r
of th i attitude of the government of
the United Btates as to the use of
submarines in attacking Teasels of
commerce and the acquiescence of
Germany in that atitude, yet with full
knowledge on the part of the Austro-
Hungarlan government of the views of
the government of the United States
aa expressed in no uncertain terms to
the ally of Austria-Hungary, the com
mander of the submarine which at
tacked the Anoona failed to put In a
place of safety the crew and paaaen
gers of the vessel which they purport
ed to destroy, because, It is presum
ed, of the impoeslblllty of taking It
into port as a prise of war.
"The government of the United
States considers that the commander
violated the principles of International
law and of humanity by shelling and
torpedoing the Ancona before the per
sons on board had been put In a place
of aafety or even given sufficient time
to leave the veeeel. The conduct of
the commander can only be charac
terised aa wanton alaughter of de
fenseless non-coT«bataata since at the - .
time when the vessel was shelled and
torpedoed, ahe waa not It appeara, re
elating or attempting to escape; and
no other reason Is sufficient to excuse
such an attack, not even the possibility
of rescue.
"The government of the United
States is forced, therefore, to conclude
either that the commander of the
submarine acted In violation of his
instructions or that the Imperial and
Royal Government failed to Issue in
structions to the commanders of Its
submarines in accordance with the
law of nations and the principles Df
humanity. The government of the
United States la unwilling to believe
the latter alternative and to credit the
Aoatro-Hungarfan government with
an Intention to permit Ita submarines
to destroy the .llvee of helpless men, *
women and children. It prefers to be
lieve that the commander of the sub
marine committed this outrage with
out authority and contrary to the gen
eral or special instructions which he
had received.
"As the good relatione of the two
countries must reat upon a common
regard for law and humanity, the
government of the United States can
not be expected to do otherwise than'
to demand that the Imperial and
Royal Government denounce the sink
ing of the Ancona as an illegal and
Indefenrible act; that the officer who
perpetrated the deed be punished; and
that reparation by the payment of an
indemnity be made for the citizens of (
the Unites States who were klßed or
Injured by the attack on the vessel.
The government of the United
Btatea expects that the Auatro-Hun
garian government, appreciating the
gravity of the case, win accede to its
demand promptly; and It reats- thia
expectation on the belief that the
Aimtro-Hungarian government will not
sanction or defend an act which ia ,
condemned by the world as Inhumane
and barbarlona, which Is abhorrent'*o
an civilised nations, and which rftfr
caused the death of innocent Ameri
can citizens.
! ' "LAMBING.* '