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lift Mr ft! I I t . l j i i f I 13 AT I f ! 1 ( 5 1 f r i m fl.n Year, la Advanc. -FOR GOD, FOR COUNTRY AND FOR TRUTH.- ". . ffitg Cp i Cwx VOL. XXV. , PLYMOUTH, N. C, FRIDAY, APRIL 30, 1915. NO. 44. " ' 'i - 3 - EDWARD K. GRAHAM jlS PRESIDENT UIC. FORMAL INAUGURATION AT TENDED BY THOUSANDS OF NOTED EDUCATORS. SPIRIT OF SERVICE LEADS North Carolina University Fully Realizes That Its Duty is to Serve the State. Chapel Hill. In the presence of . a great gathering of educators, scient ists, dignitaries, alumni and visitors, 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 university -in the United States. Governor Locke Craig presided over the exercises and Chief Justice Walter Clark administered the oath of office. The retiring president, Dr. 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 East, a faculty that takes Becohd rank to none in Southern Universities Prof. -Horace H. Williams for once in a cap and gown, the student-body age, wisdom and experience. Youth, 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, was 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 Llfes Educa tion," devoted himself to "Research," explaining its function and place in American colleges. Addresses were delivered by Dr. Frank J. Goodnow, president of Johns Hopkins University; Dr. Edwin Anr derson Alderman, president of the University of Virginia; Dr. John H. Finley, 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 to the University were ex 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 semb-ly, hundreds of visitors and a'umui, .pore than 1,000 students swelled 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 was inaugural as tenth president of the University, will not be 39 years old until October 11. He was born in Charlotte, the . son of Archibald and Eliza Owen (Barry) Graham, and was prepared for college in the public schools of Charlotte. He entered the University in the fall of 1894. He was 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 studies in Co lumbia University. i i v , , t ?f ' ' t J '- , I - ' y " i I)'' ' Sv'-'A . 1AV T I' x ' ' 1 ( ' "1 .; m - , : , V - V X ' ' f i? i . f " - . l ' . ' Y In-' - "'A 1 -' ' c- ' ' "'.. - ' 4 I' i- 4V ' . 1 W-v- , LADY LONDONDERRY Lady Londonberry is colonel of the four companies of women's 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 CONFIDENT CONDITION OF ARMY. AND OUT PUT" OF MUNITIONS IN CREASES ENTHUSIASM. , British Submarines Found in German Waters Cabinet Ministers Maft3 Frank Statements. London. Glowing accounts of the strength and condition of the British army and of the great increase in the output of munitions, which it is ex pected, next month will amount to. 25 times what it was last September, given by David Lloyd-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 has 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 had 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 amoun 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. Both 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 Small Hole is Stopped. Newport News, Va. After having her hull below the water-line cleaned and painted the . German auxiliary cruiser Kronprinz Wilhelm was taken fro;n the drydock at the local thip yard and is lying at anchor in the harbor. The only repairs made to the ship while she was in dock was the stoppage of a small hole in her part bow, made when the raider rammed and sank one of her prizes at sa. When floated from the dock the tig cruiser showed a bad list which is said to be due to faulty construction but which Is overcome when the ship ! loaded. - GERMANY RUSHING ill 10 FLANDERS CONSIDERABLE SUCCESSES ARE BELIEVED TO FORERUN A BIG EFFORT. BRITISH HOLDING POSITIONS Frankfurter Zeitung Justifies Use of Asphyziating Bombs on Ground That Allies Used Them. London. The--German rushes In Flanders and the Woevre, where they 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 gium has been sealed, from the obser vation of neutrals, while German re inforcements are being moved to the South to take part in the new offen sive, which they hope is to1 carry them to Calais.. The attack in Flanders, originally leveled at the French, has been transfered to the British lines held by the Canadians on the immediate right of the French jand 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 coninue with success and that the British hold all their positions and repeat the charge that the Germans are using bombs containing 4sphyiating gases. The 'Frankfarter . Zeitung justifies the use of these -missiles on the ground that the Allieh have done like wise. . " Th'e German attack In the Woevre, or In the Meuse 'Mis was directed against the French positions south west of Combres, and according to Berlin, the French suffered a heavy defeat-.,o Paris; however, says that in fa-counter-attack the Germans were driven ' out of the French first line which they had pushed back. The Germans in the East trans ferred a large number of troops to the West to make another big effort which shows they are hot content to rely on a passive policy. It is believed that a1 half million new German troops have reached Flanders 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. Tokio. The Government's firm at titude in pressing its demands on China is meetinf with widespread ap proval in Japan and public opinion is manifesting itself with increasing force in this direction. ' v 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 con cessions and provisional supervision over financial, political and military affairs of eastern Mongolia. Assert ing that Japan is actuated by a desire to bring abott permanent 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 ize that the outcome depends 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 fight in the Assembly on a bill to raise the cost 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 sign it. Appropriation measures, 4 which brought the state bidget uto about $64,000,000 also were pasted in th closing hours. All bills relating to the ousting of public service commis sioners were killed. 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. As 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 collector. For twelve years Mr. Rogers was a member of the corporation commis sion of North Carolina. This i3 one of the important . public agencies of the state having control of common carriers, 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 highest. Those who AUlVT llliil tiuu nave iUilUVTCU U 13 WU14 1 y. in North Carolina bespeak for the CerMni sus Bureau a fair and efficient admin istration. BRITISH 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-George, , 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 nineteenfold since the outbreak of the war but the call was still for more, and as Mr. Lloyd-George con tinues to hold the opinion that con sumption of liquor is" interfering with the work, he promised legislation to deal with this matter. Mrs. Story Reelected by D. A. R. Washington. Mrs. William Gum ming Story of New York was re-elected 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 wag 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 of 50 cents an hour or $4.0') a day, the work ing hours being reduced to eisht hours a day cr 4S hours a week. The com pany f-mploys about 2,400 persons at its factory at Ford, Ontario, and its nine branches In principal Canadian cities. ODSEVELT TELLS ABOUT THE BOSSES DID NOT KNOW WHO CONTRIBU TED TO HIS CAMPAIGN FUND NOT FOR HOPE OF REWARD Prompted By Same Spirit That Would Cause Him to Donate Similar Sum to a Church Syracuse, N. Y. Theodore Roose velt told on his cross-examination in William Barnes' suit for $50,000 al leged libel, about his dealings with the "bosses" his personal relations with Burnes 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 initals of men whom the Colonel readily id&ntified as being allied with the country's most powerful business and financial interests. . In speaking of the Ryan contribu tion the witness gave it as 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 hope of reward in one case than he has in the other. Personality, 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 Oil 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. A." which the witness thought stood for H. H. Rogers and John D. 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 $25 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 firm of J. P. Morgan & Co. And he expressed the belief that there as a limit to the amount a cam- palga -fud 4ht)uld total. Over a cer-r f tain sumhe did not know how much he thought there might be some daa ger. GERMAN PAPERS COMMENT. American Note and President's Ad dress Not Pleasing. Amsterdam, via London. The Am erican answer to Count Bernstorff's recent memoradum drew this com ment from the -Berlin newspapers: The Tagelische Rudschauke: "America takes all possible trouble over the ammunition requirements of our enemies ostensibly from a love of neutrality. She does not trouble about the possible food requirements of Ger many; this also is dono from a love of neutrality." The Vossiche Zeitung: . "Washington should recognize that such an attitude on the part of Ameri ca will not speedily be forgotten i Germany." The Lokal Anzeiger: "The German standpoint on this question is founded on thoroughly es tablished principles ard practice of in ternational law. , The American stand point can be explained only by the profits of the armament firmss." C-nnot Restrain Jitney Busses. Richmond, Va. The .Virginia Supreme-Court of Appeals s-ustained the lower court in refusing the petition of the Virginia Railway & Tower 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 persons are known to have been drowned in the flood which swept down Shoal and Waller Creeks or. the outskirts ol Ai'.stin during rainstorm washing away more than 200 dwelling houses. Eleven other persona not accounted for, afe believed to have lost their lives. The property damage is esti mated at $S00,000. Ten inches cf rain fell within two hours, the creeks ris ing rapidly and overflowing their banks before residents at lha lowlands huld ba wirr.aJ UE-01ERS,H GROPS AND MARKET COMMISSIONER W. A. GRAHAM SPEAKS TO SOUTHERN COM MERCIAL CONGRESS. WATERWAYS AND RAILWAYS Senator Ransdelf Says Develop Every Waterway to Its Greatest Possible Extent. Economy. Muskogee, Okla. Development of the country's waterways and resultant uttuoui ittuuii i;uuii)ciu.uii will yruvc more effective in relieving the United States of excessive freight rates than efforts of the Interstate Commerce Commission or other bodies to regu late the railroads, according to Sena tor Joseph E. Ransdell of Louisiana, chairman of the Senate Committee on Rivers and Harbors, and president of the National Rivers and Harbors asso ciation, who addressed the Southern Commercial Congress here. "I am not an opponent of the rail roads," Senator Ransdell declared, "for the railroads have been the great est civilizers the world has ever known. The producers and consumers are entitled to the use of the water ways and such competition is the proper way to regulate our railroads. "The chief advantage of water transportation is Its great cheapness compared to rail," Senator Ransdell said. "As an example, 8,000,000 tons of freight passed through the Sault Ste Marie last year at an average -cost of .68 of a mill, compared with a rail 'rate of .73 of a cent. This same rel ative difference exists on all well-Improved waterways. "I believe every waterway iri ' this country should be developed to the greatest possible extent, provided it can be done at a 'reasonable cost," he said. "They should be given over to privately-owned lines just 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 South can bejrejuvinated. We must , create 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 teach the farmer to think by inducing him to attend institutes. 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 he wants it." ' t CRUISER WILHELM INTERNS. Captain Thierfelder Notifies Collector Hamilton He Will Intern. Newport News,. Va. Commander Thierfelder of the German auxiliary, cruiser Kronprinz Wilhelm, who took refuge in this port, notified Collector of Port Norman R. 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 brief notice of the intern ment to Collector Hamilton, said it would have been his own choice to have gone out and that it had been his hope and expectation to do so until it become evident that ewing 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 his inability to get more men because it was impossible under the laws of Nations for him to recruit German sailors on American soil to make up his necessary crew, he was compellad to intern. t Will Bombard, Canadian Coast. Portland, Ore. A German fleet of warship," is headed for the Atlantic coast of Canada o bombard important cities and fortifications there accord ing to a letter received by Capt. Carl Erauch. roaster of the German bark Dalbcck. interned here since July 23. Irom a friend who is a deck officer of the German navy. "Eight days before the German fleet bombarded Scarbor ough, Hartlepool and other ports, I re ceived a letter from a friend telling that the German fleet would stri't for the UritLvh chh'."