V 4 ft U. S OFFICIALS SEE no con SOON CLEAR NEUTRALITY QUES TIONS RAISED BY ARRIVAL OF GERMAN SUBMARINE. PURELY A MERCHANT SHIP Preliminary Report From Collectoi Ryan Indicates Purely Merchant Ship Devoid of Peculiar Status Caus ed by Her Trip Across Atlantic. Washington. Federal officials say that the questions of International law raised by the arrival of the German super-submarine Deutschland will soon be cleared away. A preliminary report from Collec tor Ryan at Baltimore indicated that the vessel was purely a merchant ship, devoid of any peculiar status be cause of the unprecedented manner of her trip across the Atlantic. Should this be borne out by the more detailed examination that will be made, offi cials see no reason for diplomatic complications. There wa3 no pros pect that the Allied Governments were preparing to protest in the event that the Deutschland is held to be a merchantman. The Navy Department detailed Cap tain C. F. Hughes to aid the Baltimore collector in examining the submarine. Another officer familiar with submar ine construction will accompany Cap tain Hughes but they will act merely in an advisory capacity and the atti tude of the Government will be deter mined by the collector's report. Rumors that objection might be raised by Captain Koenig or by Ger man officials to a closer inspection of the submarine on the ground that she is of a secret type of construc tion were not generally credited by officials. Such opposition would prob ably result in the recall of Captain Hughes and it would then be incum bent on the German Government tc offer convincing evidence of the sub marine's peaceful character. Permission was not given for un loading any of the cargo,- for shore leave for any of the submarine's crew, or for transmission of the documens described as diplomatic papers brought by Captain Keonig until the State De partment had finally passed on the Tessel's status. PRESIDENT FOR PEACE THROUGH UNDERSTANDING Wilson Tells Michigan Audience Ho is not Champion of Force, if There Are Other Ways. Detroit. President Wilson urged peace reached by mutual understand ing rather than force and defended the Democratic party as a friend of business in speeches to enthusiastic Michigan audiences. Thousands of persons shouted greetings at him wherever he appeared, the hall in which he spoke to the World's Sales manship Congress wa3 jammed and an audience estimated at 50,000 greet ed him at the Ford Motor Plant. At night in Toledo another throng listen ed to his brief rear-platform address. "Peace" was the shouted response of the salesmanship audience when the president asked them what they desired when the present world strug gls are at an end. And he added that permanent peace was his desire. CONFERENCES WITH MEXICO TO BEGIN SOON Washington. Acting Secretary Polk of the state department and Eliseo Ar rendondo. Mexican ambassador desig nate, conferred briefly but no definite steps were taken toward beginning the proposed negotiations for settlement of differences between the two gov ernments. STREET CAR STRIKE AT WILMINGTON SETTLED Wilmington. Through the offices of the citizens' committee working in an effort to settle the srike of motor men and conductors on the local trac tion company lines, it was announced that the strike had been settled and the men return to work at once. GOVERNMENT WILL HELP FLOOD SUFFERERS Washington. With thousands of Tersons homeless and destiutute and a growing list of dead the Federal gov ernment took official notice of the serious flood conditions following the hurricane in the Southern States. At the request of Senator Underwood, the war department has ordered an engineer to investigate conditions in the Caha-ba and Alabama River Val leys, where 2,500 families are report ad without food or shelter. SUB. READY TO DISCHARGE CARGO AND LOAD AGAIN Baltimore. The German submarine merchantman Deutschland was ready to discharge her million-dollar cargo .nd take aboard for the return trip metal and rubber needed by Emperor William's armies and navy. The re turn merchandise is waiting on the dock and the time for leaving port will depend largely upon plans for eluding vigilant enemy crulserB, which it la expected will be waiting outsid the Virginia capes. mm BEGIN CAMPAIGN 10 SECURE 3 000 IN V10RE MEN ARE NEEDED TO FILL RANKS OF THE NATIONAL GUARD. ABOUT THE SOLDIER BOYS Many Interesting Happenings Con cerning the National Guard In Camp at Morehead City Daily Drills for the Boys In Khaki. Camp Glenn. Under authority of :he war department recruiting details from the various companies and sim ilar organizations of North Carolina iroops were ordered to home stations ;o carry "on the work of recruiting. This telegram from Acting General B. S. Royster was received by Briga- lier General Laurence W. Young and read by him at brigade headquarters to the commissioned and non-commis ?ioned officers who under the order, lad been detailed for the recruiting service contemplated: Orders to Recruit. 1. Pursuant to authority contained m a telegram from the adjutant East ern Department dated July 5, 1916, che commanding officers of the First, Second and Third Regiments Infantry, Field Hospital No. 1, and troops A and B, cavalry, North Carolina National Suard, will at once send a recruiting letall from each company, or similar organization, to home stations or oth w advantageous points in the area within which the respective organiza tions wre located but not beyond the borders of the state. 2. The recruiting detail will con sist of one officer and one selected en listed man from each company, or sim ilar organization. This detail will re main, on duty until relieved by the brig ade commander. Recruiting officers will mall daily reports to regimental or separate organization command era, showing what progress is being made. 3. All recruits accepted will be sent by recruiting officers to Camp Glenn, N. C, and will be assigned to organizations by the commanding offi cer after they have been physically ex amined by the surgeon and properly enlisted for the service. Young Is Brigadier General. The big happening during the week was that President Wilson has ap pointed Laurence W. Young brigadier general in the federalized service of the National Guard. General Young received from Gov enor Craig, at Washington, a tele gram announcing the glad news. Colonel Gardener was among the first to see the message, and lost no time in expressing his gratification and in giving the information to the officers of his regiment. At the request of Colonel Gardner, General Young made an informal talk to all the officers of the First Regi ment, gathered about him in front of Colonel Gardner's tent under the trees. . The General made no reference whatever to his promotion, confining hid remarks to a number of practical matters which the officers should know now. First the officers were told what state property to turn in, what- to keep, and how to go about it. General Young said he did not wish the experience cf the first North Carolina in 1898 repeated. Then the loss of property stood against the state to the amount of $148,000. Gen eral Young has managed to get that cancelled, but he did not wish to have to go again through such an ordeal. The next matter etneerned recruit ing. General Young said that there was scarcely half enough men on the basis of war strength for the First Regiment. He thought it would be wise to establish a recruiting station somewhere in charge of a non-commissioned officer, and Colonel Gard ner could detach the men necessary for such recruiting purposes. He sug gested, moreover, that Colonel Gard ner detach a man from each of the seven companies who had to borrow men from other companies in order to be mustered in, and let these men be sent out at once to replenish the men lost by rejections. The recruit ing officer first mentioned would en list for the regiment to be assigned later to whatever companies might be thought best. Then the borrowed men could be returned to their orig inal local companies. "The men have been mustered," said the General. "What we want now is to buckle down to work. With out overdoing it, we need stiff drills for the men. In all my work you have backed me up to a man. If this work has been successful, it has been made so by means of the co-operation of the men of this regiment." A working organization for recruit ing will be effected right away by Colonel Gardner. Field Officers Resign. These officers of field and staff of First regiment have resigned since mobilization: J. C. Bessent, lieuten ant colonel; J. E. Dletz, major; C. H. Turner, first lieutenant; J. Frank Jen kins, captain; J. F. Roberts, captain; Joe Hill, first lieutenant; J. B. Hoyle, first lieutenant; Walter E. Sherrill, second lieutenant. Three more reject ed officers from the Second must be to eluded. New Routing for Regiment. A letter came here from the War Department, Washington, dated'' July li giving another routingv for First North Carolina Infantry. This was the routing: First to New Bern via Atlantic Coast Line to Au gusta, Ga.; Georgia Railroad to At lanta; Atlanta and West Point and Louisville & Nashville to New Or leans; New Orleans, Texas and Mexi can Railroad from New Orleans to Houston, Texas. Colonel Hunt said that he had had a telegram from Washington for some time instructing him when he thought the First Regiment reasonably ready to go he should so notify the De partment. Colonel Hunt added that he ( did not think it was ready. Further than this he would not commit him self. 3,000 Men Wanted. Over three thousand men are want eds Thus far, the First regiment, un der command of Col. J. T. Gardner, is the only one mustered. The Second regiment has completed its examina tion but only two companies thus far are up to muster strength. Physical Examination Complete. The physical examination of the Sec ond infantry has been concluded. The regiment lost 349 out of a total of 1,010 men and three officers by rejection. These were Lieutenants W. H. Her ring, of Clinton; D. A. Barlow, of Lum her Bridge; Robert Stevens, of Golds boro; Major J. W. Bizzell, of Golds- boro was reported rejected, but Major Geddings of the medical department of the United States army said he had not fully decided yet. The first regi ment with 1,145 had 344 rejections. All the 349 rejected from the Second have now been sent home. Gilmer for High Office. The next lieutenont colonel of. the First North Carolina Infantry, rice Col. Bessant, resigned, will be Cap tain Ellison L. Gilmer, coast artillery. Captain Gilmer is stationed at Fort Adams, Rhode Island, with the 129tlh company, though he is now serving on detain at the Hattsburg training camp. Captain Gilmer is a native of North Carolina and Greensboro is his home town.. He went to the Philllpplnes as a commissdoned officer of volunteers in 1909, after which he received a com mission as first lieutenant U. S. A. coast artillery. Private Oglesby Clerk. Private John Oglesby, who quit a good job and good pay as city editor, Concord Tribune, to join the Concord company, has been detailed by Colonel Gardner as clerk at regimental head quarters. He preferred remaining with his own regiment to taking a clerkship at brigade headquarters. The Fourth of July was spent quietly in camp but there was quite a cele bration in Morehead City. The men formed large circles and boxing matches, coming rapidly one after another, kept the whole camp joyous with loud shouts of laughter when one of the combatants would . get in a homerun swat. As soon as each two had enough two more volunteers would be called to the center of the ring. Scores of men went at the 10-foot scaling board, quite a number making the catch and going over in a stren uous climb. New Army Statute In Effect. Before leaving for Camp Glenn to take command of the North Carolina National Guard brigade being moblliz ed there, Brigadier General Laurence W. Young gave out, at the reauest of Governor Craig, an important sum mary" of the new ' conditions undei which the National Guard will be or ganized and maintained in future un der the provisions of the new Army reorganization act, which became ef fective July 1. ' - The statement Is to the effect that the President of the United ' State has the, authority to designate the number and character of the units ol the National Guard to be maintained in the respective states; that the Gov ernor, as commander-in-chief, retains the' authority to locate the units and the headquarters; appointments of of fleers will be in, accordance with re quirements prescribed, by the Presi dent; the regulations being now it process of draft in the War Depart ment. All officers are to be commissioned for the term of good behavior, or un til they are 64 years old; dual enlist ment pledges will be signed by th men enlisted, this requiring three years active service and three years reserve; there must be 48 drills 8 year, this being exclusive of camp ser vice. The pay will be captains, $50t a year; first lieutenants, $250; second lieutenants, $200; enlisted men one fourth of the base pay of light grades of enlisted men in the regular army The pay is to be received semi-an nually. Secretary Grants New Charters. The Haynes Mills, Inc., of Avon dale, Rutherford County, capital $300, 000 authorized and $50,000 subscribed by R. R. Haynes of Cliff side; Z. O Jenkins Henrietta, and ythers foi general cotton milling business, rea estate development and mercantile business. The Aspln Cotton Mills Companj of Fayetteville, capital $130,000 au thorlzed and $50,000 subscribed bj Miles P. Hoffman and A. J. Flem ming of Philadelphia, and W. D. Mc Nelll of Fayetteville, for general cot ton milling business, including thi making of yarns and cloths and dye ing and finishing. The Tryon Public Service Companj of Tryon, capital $5,000 authorize! and $1,000 subscribed by C. W. Ba! linger and others for an auto passer ger and freight service on any Nort! ' Carolina highways. ! FARMERS' UNION SELECTS RALEIGH ANNUAL CONVENTION O ORGANIZATION TO BE IN RALEIGH. ATE HELD DATE NOV. 11-14, LIKELY Council Specifies Lines to Which Leo ture Activities Shall Be Confined All Officials Present Raleigh. The State Council of the North Carolina Farmers' Union, after meeting in here announced that the next meeting of the Union would be held in Raleigh in November, prob ably November 14-15. All the officers were present as follows: Dr. H. Q. Alexander, president; Dr. J. M. Tem pleton, vice-president; E. C. Faires, secretary-treasurer; J. Z. Green, state organizer; executive committee, W. B. Gibson, chairman, Clarence Poe; W. II. Moore, C. C. Wright. The en tire body of state officials compose the State Council. Mr. C. T. Weatherly, one of the most prominent and progressive farmers ol Guilford county, was elected to the ex ecutive committee to succeed R. W. H. Stone, who resigned some time ago In order to become a candidate for the legislature in the recent primary. The requirement of the Union constitution is that no officer of the Union may be come a candidate for political office and retain office in the Union. The Council resolved that in future all lecture work, public addresses, etc., shall be confined as far as pos sible to promoting the following defi nite lines of rural co-operation. Co-operation in buying fertilizers, supplies, or farm machinery. Co-operation in marketing cotton, to bacco, cottonseed, etc. Co-operative cotton gin, grain mill, or creamery. Co-operation in marketing poultry, eggs, butter, vegetables, or fruit. Co-operation in purchasing pure bred livestock. Mutual fire insurance. Credit unions or land and loan asso ciations. Co-operative telephone companies. F. D. Winston Named Judge. Raleigh Governor Craig has an nounced the appointment of Hon. Francis D. Winston as judge of the third judicial district to succeed the late Judge Robert Bruce Peoples, who died recently. The appointment came as a sur prise as it was not generally known that Judge Winston, who is now Unit ed States District Attorney for the eastern district of North Carolina, was being considered for the vacancy. Governor Craig in a statement made public with the news of the appoint ment gives the information that Judge Winston did not apply for the place but that the appointment of the Wind sor man had been recommended by a number of the leading men of the district and of other parts of the state. Naval Militia Ordered to Cruise. Raleigh. The North Carolina Na val Militia is to assemble at the Nor folk Navy Yard July 15 for a prac tice cruise on board the United States steamship Louisiana, July 15 to July 26. The divisions are located at Washington, New Bern and Elizabeth City. There is a movement on fool to form a new division at Wilmington to take the place of one recently mus tered out of the service at Belle Haven. The order for the practice cruise was issued by Acting Adjutant Gen eral B. S. Royster. Add to Mooresville Mills. Mooresville. The Mooresville Cot ton Mills has declared the usual semi annual dividend of five per cent. The stockholders agreed to build a mill tc accommodate 10,000 to 20,000 spindles with looms sufficient to weave the out put, provided sufficient stock could be secured to effect the deal and monej obtained. Stock will be issued at par It means the establishment of a mill at an outlay of $500,000 or more. Campaign Headquarters Open Aug. 1 Raleigh. Campaign headquarters for the democrats will be opened in Raleigh August 1, according to infor matlon given out by State Chairmar. Thomas D. Warren, who is here from his home In New Bern. Mr. Warrer said he had not finally closed for 8 place for headquarters. Two year? ago campaign headquarters were al the Yarboiough. "Speaking will not begin until Sep trmber," said Mr. Warren. About twe months of speaking should be suffi cient, Mr. Warren thinks. Big Order for Hosiery. Durhahm. J. S. Carr, Jr. presldenl of the Durham Hosiery Mill Company announces that his concern has re celved a contract for 318,000 pairs o! cotton hosiery with licen reinforced heels and toes for the War Department of the United States. The hose wil be used by the National Guard and regnlar Army. Mr. Carr stated tha the hose would be made at the Higl Point plant. He said that the 300. 000 pain of hose recently manufact ured for the Navy Department had fcsen accepted with but five rejections GODWIN OFFICIALLY NAMED State Board of Elections Canvasses Vote in Second Primary. Decide on State Ballot. Raleigh. Declaring Hannibal God win the nominee of the Democratic party for Congress in the sixth dis trict, F. Brock the nominee in the seventh state senatorial district, and arranging the ballots for the -election of state officers, the state board of elections met here and completed its work. The three members of the board, Col. Wilson G. Lamb, of Williamston, Mr. J. W. Pass of Yadkinsville, and Mr. Clarence Call, of Wilkesboro, were present. Mr. Gilliam Grissom, republican candidate for Congress in the fifth dls trict, appeared before the board with the request that, the board send out instructions -which would insure secret ballot. He wanted the board to instruct the judges of election to fur nish the voter with tickets of all par ties so that he could vote the ticket that he desired and discard those that he did not wish, so no one would know the selection that he had made The board did not think that such action came within its province. The board fixed 3 1-2 x 12 inches as the size of the official ballot. The demo cratic and republican tickets will be identically the same except as to name of party and candidates Alfalfa Farm In tredell. Troutman. Dr. F. A. Carpenter of Statesvllle is preparing a farm which he., recently purchased near here for growing alfalfa on a larger scale than ever before attempted in this section. He has already limed about 20 acres and is preparing to repeat the opera tion just prior to seeding the crop, which will take place about August 15. Whan the doctor decided on this venture, he applied to the state auth orities for all necessary information. His intention is to follow out liter ally the directions and suggestions of these experts. They purchased for him a carload of ground limestone and will supply him with whatever amount he may need later. Automobile Owners Warned. Raleigh. There have been issued to date 22,700 1917 automobile li censes in comparison with 24,460 1916 license issued. This means, ac cording to statements made in the state department, that there are a great number of automobile owners who are still using their 1916 licenses, this being in direct violation of the state law. Steps are to be taken very soon now to have the police and other officers get after these auto owners who have not put up their 1917 licenses. $3,000,000 In Bridges. Statesvllle. Concrete reinforce ment work, which is being begun at various points along the Southern Railway between Statesvllle and Bllt more, mean an expenditure by the railroad company of possibly three million dollers. The re-inforcement of the bridges is in preparation for heavier traffic over this line of the Southern. It is understood that the company contemplates putting into service many of the mammoth new freight engines of the Pacific type. Visitor From Mexican Border. Statesvllle. Mrs. Ada Mlllsaps, who has for some years beeri a resident of Bisbee, Ariz., has arrived in States vllle for a visit to Policeman and Mrs. J. C. Wasson. Mrs. Mlllsaps says she was glad to get away from Bisbee at this time because of the Mexican situation. Bisbee is only 15 miles from the border and has a good many Mexican inhabitants. Military activi ties have been in progress there for som& time and actual fighting has been anticipated. "Uncle Joe" to Help G. O. P. Greensboro. "Uncle Joe" Cannon will speak in Greensboro Saturday night, July 29, at the Grand Opera House. The famous ex-Speaker of the House comes to Greensboro under the auspices of the State Republican Executive Committee. Red Cross in Salisbury. Salisbury. A local Red Cross Chap ter has been formed in Salisbury with Dr. H. H. Newman, president; Mrs. W. W. Way, vice president; Dr. John White,. head treasurer, and J. F. Hur ley, secretary. NORTH CAROLINA BRIEFS. The secretary of war recommended to congress that the work on Fishing Creek, in eastern North Carolina be abandoned. A report on the soil of Wake county, which has been surveyed by the Bu reau of Soils in co-operation with the North Carolina Department of Agri culture, Is soon to be published by the United States Department of Agricul ture. The report devotes 45 pages to data on the different soils encountered and suggestions for their treatment. Joseph G. Cannon of Illinois, for several years speaker of the House of Representatives of the National Con gress, will be one of several gueets of honor at a Republican rally to b held at Lakewood Park in Charlotte, Saturday, July 29. With its organization interrupted by the call for the state militia for the border the Planters' National Bank of Rocky Mount Is the first cor poration, here to announce that posi tions shall be held open and the dif ference in the salary paid so long as such employes may be out In the ser vice of the nation. THROWING TRASH IN STREET Nuisance Complained Of in Washing ton Prevails in Many Other of the ( Country's Cities. ' When the wind blows with l'orce It emphasizes the carelessness of the people .who disregard the Injunction against throwing trash In the streets, says the Washington Star. At nearly every corner in the downtown section the wind forms eddies in which are gathered the bits of paper that have been carelessly tossed aside and al lowed to drift. Thes papers repre sent an ignoring of a police regula tion which prohibits the throwing of refuse in the streets. As an induce ment to full observance of this re quirement receptacles are stationed at convenient" places in which trash of this kind can be placed. It only re quires a little care on the part of all to keep the streets clean. Every bit of litter drifting about the streets on a windy day or lying In the gutters waiting for the street cleaners' brooms and shovels represents slovenly con duct on the part of Washingtonians. A very few people of this thoughtless habit can give the whole city an as- pect of neglect and lack of care. The most perfect system of street cleaning cannot cope with this tendency and keep the city looking neat so long as trash is discarded against the regula tion and without the use of the re ceptacles. Prosecutions should not be necessary to put a stop to this bad habit, but apparently they are needed to remind the people that the rule against throwing litter into the streets is in force and should be observed. PLANNING FOR SMALL TOWNS By No Means Should Only the Large Cities Be Laid Out With Scien tific Care. Another bothersome misconception is that city planning relates only to the larger communities already great and populous and prosperous, and is not needed, or at least is not available, by the smaller places. It seems to be the unconscious conclusion that It Is best to first make al the mistakes of civic Ignorance and community thoughtlessness, and to yield as fully as possible to the greed of' special privilege, In the thought that when the town becomes really great, it can af ford to plan for convenience, practic ability and progress. The good people who take this view remind me of an acquaintance who considered the serv ices of an architect superfluous for a certain building he was having erected. The carpenter had handled many build ingswas he not good enough to see that this simple structure was properly put up? So the work proceeded, the carpenter accepting and using the floor plans of his customer without ques tion, and it was not until the building was under roof that the lack of pro vision for any stairway to the second floor appeared. Of course, the final cost of the revised house considerably exceeded what it would have been had the architect done his work and the carpenter his. I know many towns that pretty nearly lack a stairway, and for just about the same reason. Amer ican Civic Association. City Managing as a Profession. Illinois has at least two "city man agers" of the new type, and it is no vio lent presumption that she is interested in the progress of the city manager plan of administration. With what amazement one read, some years back, the items from Germany telling us of the Teutonic way of electing mayors of advertising for them all over the empire and giving a trained man the position regardless of residence, poli tics or what not! Now the idea seems far less startling. We are not as yet thinking of advertising for our mayors, but in conjunction with the commis sion form of government or modifica tion of that form we are slowly devel oping the science of city managing and the profession of the city manager. A City Managers' association came Into existence a few weeks ago. The latest report showed about nineteen cities and villages under the city man ager plan, and several communities are about to submit the same plan to a referendum. The University of Wis consin has established a course for would-be city managers, and it seems a very liberal and practical one. Cht cago Tribune. Restricting Home Streets. Home streets should be sacred to homes and they should be protected .from the invasion of all kinds of busi ness. The home Is the climax of urban activity, and it should never be sacri ficed to commerce or industry of any character. A city wounds itself when it harms a home. And so there should be regulations and ordinances. to pro tect the homes against business. Busi ness can take care of itself; the home can't. A happy home, the most useful and honorable thing in a community, loses its high character if a shop of somoTtind is stuck up alongside of it. Yes, it is necessary for a man to make a living, but it is not right to make other people unhappy In doing it. We simply suggest that there is ample room here for a salutary regulation. Ohio State JournaL

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