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1 ' - ... It IV 4k' t ? IP THE WEATHER ADVERTISING DOBS IT. Am Don't spend your time In tfie expense end of your bmineM, but in the profit end, the selling: end, the creative end, that makes the money to keep'the o-Ji-er end going. Partly cloudy and colder Wednesday; Thursday fair. VOL. XCV KO. 109. WILMINGTON, K. C, WEDNESDAY MOBNINQ, FKIUJUAKY 3. 1915 WHOLE NUMBER 1 3,900. GERMANS MAKE DESPERATE EFFORTS TO DRIVE WEDGE a - jf C"T"' I V A: V. fit; J!, V ! ' U Mm. m A 'THY. CO-OPERATIVE FARM GERMAN OFFICER DARINGLY ATTEMPTS DESTRUCTION OF CANADIAN RAIL WA Y BRIDGE THE AIM THROUGH ALLIES' DEFENSE FATEIiF SHIPPING M IS IN DOUBT BLIZZARD SWEEPS GREAT NORTHWEST Sleet and Snow Many Feet Deep Temperatures Drop. DISTRICTS Terrifftc Offensive Movement Resumed on Both Fronts With Partial Success. BUT LOSSES ARE SEVERE Anglo-French Navy Reported as Destroying Forts at the Dardanelles. Italy Notifies Reservists to Prepare for Call. Londou, Feb. 2. - The Germans have been making desperate ef forts the last few days to , break the extended deadlock on the east ern and western fronts. They have delivered a series of attacks, al ways preceded by artillery activ ity, on the Allied lines in Flanders and France, and while in almost every case they have thus won a preliminary advantage, before the lighting was concluded the French, British or Belgians have regained! trenches temporarily lost, and . in some cases have occupied the Ger man positions. In these attacks, according to j British, and French official reports, i he Germans have suffered severe losses. - The German artillery has sub jected the Belgian positions in Flanders to a severe bombardment --which suggests that the moment has arrived for another effort to sret across the Yser, and thence to i hp French coast ports. French Return Fire In return the French have bombarded thp railway station at Noyon, one of he German military centers behind t'npir advanced lines. Heavy attacks have been made aeainst tiie Russian lines in Central Polish Capital has been of a desperate both north and south Field Marsnal-von Hiruienburg made a " desperate effort, i" hicli apparently is to be renewed to nrpak through to Warsaw and thus not only gain a great military and political advantage for' Germany but at the same lime, release the pressure on Hungary and East Prussia, in each of which re gions the Russian troops are slowly pushing forward. The fighting west and southwest of f,he Polish has been of a desperate h?racter and the Germans at first wfre successful but the Russian offt--i;il report declare that the Russians h.v counter attacks regained-most of inp lost ground. The report adds that "th? German losses were colossal". "Making Progress" The German official account simply -! of the fighting there: "Making progress". A German submarine was still at ''iiee in the English .channel yester '! y and the French officially report -r' attempt to torpedo the British hos pital ship Austrias. The German sub marine u-21, which recently sank three Reamers in the Irish sea, has not been seen since Sunday, and it is presumed ?!e has withdrawn. Traffic in those "'filers, however continues -somewhat restricted, ship owners perferring to keep in port all but the fast steamers which, it is believed can elude the sub "iprines. ' The Germans have issued a warning T ' 1 a ' an attempt will be made to sink 'V- transports end have advised neutral "dipping to keep away from the North west coast France. Report reaching Holland say the new "rend regulations in Germany have r-;"se so much unrest that 12,000 spec !"5 constables have been appointed to ai'Hrd Berlin bakeries. It is also said ,hr-- following the action of the gov "'""ment in commandeering cereals, the '"i'itary authorities are confiscating all i!,:i.n containing metals useful for 'Vi-ii purposes, it is recognized that 'he,, are prccautionary measures and " " not due to any' immediate short- "'"Pen ha gen newspapers have a Con "antinople report that the Anglo '' ncrr fleet has destroyed four Dard rKMes forts and that there is a panic in the Turkish capital, where defeats Offered by the Turks in the Caucasus ''' Azerbaijan ire just becoming i ,vith the opening of the British par '"""cnt today the political truce was rprm-wcd. The government, while' as SI"niiiK all responsibility for the war, '!"om'ed the oppositions support and ,llri ministers announced they would remiiiy reply to all criticism and en f'evor to avoid controversial matters. An indication of possible action by lu'!y is to be found in a notification 'ssueri to Italian reservists in England u prepare to join the colors. l-ouisvlhe, Ky.; Feb. 2. J. A. Black, "! Wheeling, W. Va., was elected pres l;! of the Independent Tobacco Man i "t uring Association of the United ':'tes at its annual meeting here to ,ia Wood F. Axton, of Louisville. -s fiected vice president and Rawlins fst, of Covington, Ky., secretary- li'asurer. . - - DECLARES Navy Instructed to Seize All Shipments to Germany. THE W1LHELMINA CASE Ambassador Page Cables State Depart ment ' Concerning: Order Excep tion to be Made in the Case of American Steamer. Washington, Feb. 2. Ambassador Page, at London, cabled the State De partment today that the British fleet had been ordered to treat grain and flour cargoes destined for Germany or Austria as conditional contraband, sub ject to seizure and confiscation. This step, the ambassador explained, was taken because Germany had decreed confiscation of all grain and flour to conserve the nation's food supply. Since the publication, of the German order, the ambassador here, Count Von Bernstorff, has personally assured the American government that no food stuffs Imported Irom the United States or other neutral countries would be seized by the-German government and press .dispatches have announced the issuance of a modifying decree mak ing such exemptions by the govern ment. Ambassador Page said Great Britain had agreed that an exception would be made in the case of the steamship Wil helmiria, now bound from New York for Hamburg with grain and other food, because she had sailed before the German decree was issued. The vessel would, be seized, it was said, but she would be released and her cargo pur chnsAd at invoice nricft bv the British' government. - - wtraoiF-swus - gt yerf hnwAvtr. that hereafter similar shirj- however, that hereafter similar ' ship ments as well as the vessels" would be seized and confiscated. This announcement added a hew phase to negotiations that have been in progress intermittently since the beginning of the war in regard to the right of neutral states to ship food to belligerents. In the British note re garding the Dacia it was stated that It had been decided not to interfere with uchv shipments provided they were ihtedded for non-combatants and not for the army and government with which England was at war. It was in timated then, however, that exception al conditions might warrant some change in tbis plan. , . The State Department has not decid ed what shall be done. As a' prelimi nary, it has advised the W. L. Greene j Commission Company of St. Louts, owners of the Wilhelmina's cargo, of the British government's determina tion to appropriate the cargo arid pay for It. -Ambassador Page has been asked for further information on the general subject.- , 1 CHARLOTTE ALSO IS - "WORKING ON NEW CHARTER Committee of 72 Has Been Working on i Draft Several Months - (Special Star Correspondence ) , Charlotte, N. C, Feb, 2. The board of aldermen laet night appointed a committee to draftand recommend cer.. tain changes in the present charter of the "city of Charlotte, following an extended debate on the merits of a charter which a committee of .72 citizens were elected more than a year ago to draft and submit to the people and 'fen which the committee have been engaged for several months. Several members of the board of aldermen de clare the charter which the committee of 72 is preparing is not democratic in principle, and will not be for the best interests of the city, if adopted. NICHOLLS MAKES GOOD. South Carolinian With British Army Hst Been Promoted. Spartanburgi. C, Feb. 2. Montague M. Nicholls, of Spartanburg, who went to England soon after the outbreak of the European war and enlisted in the British army has taken the oath, of al legiance to Great Britain and been pro moted to the rank of second lieutenant in the royal artillery. This informa tion was contained in a letter received by his- family today . Until a year ago, when he resigned Nicholls. was a cadet at the United States naval academy and the star quarterback of the navy team of 1913. He captained the team in the Army Navy game of that year. "THIMBLE-HEADED SIMP. High Point Lawyer, Thus Described, Bring Suit for $5,000. (Special Star Telegram.) Greensboro, N. C., Feb. 2. Walter S. Royal, a High Point attorney, has sued N P. Farlow secretary-treasurer of the Deep River' Chair Company, for $5,000 damages because in, a letter to a coal company Mr. Farlow referred to Mr Royal as a "thimble-headed simp," and "an insulting little idiot." Mr. Roy al had a claim for the coal company against Mr. Farlow' s company. Pittsburg, Feb. 2. The crest of the floor which began descending in this district yesterday, was expected to pass the point where the Allegheny and Mo nongahela' rivers form the Ohio by.ear ly tomorrow. The weather bureau forecast a maximum of 29 feet at the 'point..- Early tonight the guage pass ed :27; feet. S ' -:J.i .: v " : Fife Der : . irajs Adopt New Plan at .Caucus Last Night WILL REUNITE PARTY Extraordinary Efforts Exerted by Ad ministration Leaders to Save Bill From Being: Pigeon Holed .- Plans Kept Secret Washington, Feb, 2, A phn guarded with the utmost secrecy was adopted by administration Democrats of the Senate in caucus tonight to break down opposition to the Government Ship Purchase bill. The programme includes parliamentary maneuvers, which will be actuated tomorrow af ternoon in the Senate, and according to leaders of the party is calculated to bring support for the measure to offset Monday's Democratic revolt. After reaching an agreement the cau cus adopted a resolution pledging very member to secrecy. Senator Kern, chairman of the caucus, an nounced that secrecy was necessary for the obvious reason that to make the plans public might mean their frus tration. It was reported later than in cluded; in the plan was an agreement to amend the bill to conform with sug gestions from various sources made within the last few strenuous days. "We will get into the bill, in the Sen ate again tomorrow" said Senator Kern. "That positively is all thaf can be said. The opposition did not con fide to us what they intended to do last Monday. For the same reason we can not divulge our plans". "Does the plan contemplate winning votes for the bill?" "We expect to hold all the votes that we had for the bill" said Senator Kern. "Do you mean the 42 votes which stood fast Monday afternoon?" "That wouldn't be enough". Senator Kern replied. "Is there hope for the bill?" the Sen ator was asked. "Hope, defined" the Senator replied, "is a combination of expectancy and desire". . One Plan as , Suggested " ? y-vr -.t-h conference was that en effort might, be made, to amend Senator" "Clarke's motion to re-commit the. bill by adding instructions to the commerce commit tee to return it to the Senate immedi ately with .amendments. These amend ments are said -to. be on lines to safe guard ; neutrality with regard to pur chase of belligerent ships and the length of Vme in which the govern ment would engage in ocean transpor tation business. Later it was learned that. when the Clarke motion to re-commit comes up Senator Fletcher will move as an amendment be Included which will not commit the government to a perman ent policy in the proposed shipping enterprise and that a time limit for the undertaking be fixed. This, it was said, would be fixed either at 18 months or two years. Up on these amendments it was, said ad ministration Democrats pin their hope of winning back Democrats rather j than in winning over Progressive Re-! publican support. Preliminary Skirmishes. Preliminary skirmishes at the Capi tol and White House were begun early in the day President Wilson conferr ed with several Progressive Republi can senators regarding the bill. The Democratic majority considered meth ods of procedure to regain its lost ! ground and the seven recalcitrant Dem ocrats conferred among themselves with the avowed purpose of standing firm until satisfactory terms should be given them. The majority conference appointed a special committee . of three, Senators Fletcher, Simmons and Martin, to con duct negotiations with senators of both parties with a view to ascertaining what support could be gained for the bill and upon what points of revision. This committee, after a day of confer ences told the second caucus tonight that some progress had been made and that they hoped for ultimate success. Overtures Are Made. Revolting Democrats, Senators Bank head, Clarke, Camden, Hardwick, Hitchcock, O'Gorman and Vardaman in their interviews with the caucus com mittee, were asked for a stipulation up on what they might reconsider their attitude. With a reservation that it might first be wise to re-commit the bill, the committee was given to un derstand there would be no change in the attitude of the revolters unless the measure- was stripped of government ownership features and presented pure ly as an emergency undertakiaar, with positive limitations. One suggestion offered was that provision be made fori the government to retire from the pro posed operation of ships after , two i vears. Another was that the govern ment should purchase or acquire none of the ships of belligerent nations. Prohibition of purchase of foreign ships now: laid up in" this country also was proposed by some Progressive Re publican senators. 'They, however, do not favor the government shipping cor poration as a temporary measure and suggested amendments to make it a permanent venture. t Favors Slight Changes. After Senators Norris and Kenyon, Progressive Republicans, had talked with President Wilson, it was under stood the President had looked with favor on some amendments that might satisfy their views regarding perma nency of the project. It was said, how ever, he did not receive with favor the suggestion of a direct stipulation that the government be prohibited from ac quiring ships from belligerents, al though it was intimated "there might be no objection to a declaration of pol icy" to the effect that the government did not contemplate purchases that might- result in international contro versy.' Another amendmt, proposed as a compromise , by Senator LaFollette, (Continued on 'Page Two.) ' - . . - Jr . - TRAINS ARE HELD FAST Many Trains Not Heard From and Many Hours Overdne One Fast in Snow Drift for Several ' Hours Wires Down. One of the worst storms of the win ter is general from the Middle West to the Middle Atlantic states, New Eng land and throughout Canada. Rain, sleet, snow and wind have disrupted railway traffic, hampered wire com munication and in some sections raised rivers to the flood point. The weather man, hw4ver, holds out hope of speedy relief, predicting that the storm proba bly will' pass Wednesday, leaving gen erally fair weather in its wake. There have been heavy snow storms in the northern tier of states and there railway : traffic either has been almost suspended - or greatly retarded. One Chicago & Northwestern train, filled with passengers, was held in a huge bank of snow near Maribel, Wis., from 10 o'clock Sunday night until Tuesday afternoon. Western Missouri, Kansas and Southern Nebraska report that a heavy snow storm had set in." In the Middle West many wires have been carried down and a fall in temper ature is causing addftional trouble. Wire communication from Chicago to many points was difficult. r New England Hard Hit. Northern and Western New York and New England have been hit hard and traffic of all kinds has suffered severe ly. Ogdensburg, N. Y., reports that business there has been almost entire ly suspended by a gale and drifting snow. Sleet and snow at Rochester caused one of the worst tie-ups in the history of interurban traffic with that city. Massachusetts and Connecticut points reported similar trying up of traffic on electric lines. The Mohongahela and Alleghany riv ers have reached the flood stage as the result of snow and rain. The" low ly ing sections of Pittsburg are inundated and trolley and railroad traffic there were ai a staiiaacjit xuesuay nigiic. Hundreds of families have left their homes in this section and at points up the Allegheny. Many manufacturing plants along these rivers and the Ohio have been forced to cease operations temporarily. At Martins Ferry, Ohio, 4,000 men have been forced to quit work and at East Liverpool the munici pal pumping station and four potteries have been isolated. However, the rain ceased and the temperature having fallen the weather bureau expresses the hope that the flood's crest will not reach 30 feet. The Raritan river ,in New Jersey, is also out of its banks and at New Brunswick two manufacturing plants have been forced to close. Considera ble damage has been done there as a result of cellars being flooded. COLD IN MIDDLE WEST. Temperatures Ranldly Falling Much Wire Trouble. Chicago, Feb. 2. Falling tempera tures through the Middle West today ! added to the troubles of telephone and i telegraph companies, whose service I and snow. All companies reported their wires were breaking with every drop in the temperature. Wire communication was maintained tonight to all parts of the West, al though in many instances the telegraph companies had to resort to Indirect routing. Chicago communicated with St. Paul and Minneapolis by telegraph ing to New York, thense to Winnipeg, and then to the Twin Cities. Through Western Missouri, Kansas and Southern Nebraska, it was snow ing heavily tonight and the mercury was falling rapidly. Lowering tem peratures were reported from the Southwestern states and continued snow was reported from the northern tier of states. In Wisconsin several feet of snow stands on the level lands. The Goodrich Line steamer Alabama, which left here today for Michigan cities, had trouble passing through im mense ice fields in Lake Michigan, Cap tain Charles Carlin, of the coast guard, reported at dark, however, that the Alabama had reached clear water. Trai.ns had1 trouble making time, es pecially in the Northern states vhere snow and sleet covered the rails. FAST IN SNOW BANK. Train With Passengers Held Fast for Many Hours in Drift. Green Bay, Wis., Feb. 2. A Chicago & Northwestern train filled vwith pas sengers was held in a huge bank of snow near Maribel from 10 o'clock last night until . this afternoon. No train reached here over the Northwest ern line for 14 hours. The Green Bay & Western Railroad was unable to op erate trains out. of this city today on account of snow filling a cut a mile long. MANY TRAINS OVERDUE. Only Three Out "ot Forty-Four Due In Twenty-Four Hours Arrive. Toronto, Can'., Feb. 2. Train service throughout Canada has been demoraliz ed b ythe storm today. , Only three trains of the 44 . due here since 10 o'clock last night had arrived this af ternoon. Of the others dispatchers said they had "no reports whatever". North of Toronto there was no pros pect of moving trains. Hail was fall ing like fine sand and .was said to be two feet deep over the tracks. Hagerstown, Md., Feb. 2. Late to night the Potomac river was about 13' feet above normal at Williamsport, six miles below here, and was overflowing the western bank for a mile! The rise .was being watched with alarm and the most dangerous freshet -of the winter was fisared. .- ".. :, '.- ' 1 Of Bill Introduced Yesterday by Representative Stacy. STATE TO BE DIVIDED Two Judicial Circuits Bill is Law Flood of Petitions Urge Enact ment of Anti-Saloon League -Bill New Hanover Bills. (Special Star Telegram.) Raleigh, N. C, Feb. 2. Representa tive Stacy introduced a bill in the House today to promote agricultural development in North Carolina. It would authorize the formation of agri cultural districts on the order of drain age districts for the specific purpose of purchasing jointly by the farmers of a locality stump pullers and other ma chinery for clearing lands. Great numbers of petitions urging the enactment of the State Anti-Saloon League bill for the prevention of the delivery of liquors for beverage pur poses in this State poured into both branches of the Legislature, the num ber far exceeding the record for any day "since the Influx of 'such petitions began. The Senate launched a long discus sion of the bill that had already passed the House to divide the State into two judicial districts. Senator Gardner op ened the discussion with a vigorous argument and led the fight for it. Sen ator Weaver, of Buncombe, opposed the bill being supported by Senators Mc Michael and McNider, insisting thatit is unconstitutional. The bill passed 34 to 6. The House shied at tbe Senate bill for arbitral courts and, after several counties had demanded exemption and Representative Mason had said a bill of such importance should be thorough ly discussed, it was passed over to an other day. The Asheville commission govern ment bill was introduced in both hous es and is expected to have smooth sail ing, being an agreed measure, that gives the people of the mountain me tropolis tthe, .rAgJit ; XQ-S.-V o teoju.ad .OP ti on. . ui me commission guvcnimeiii. Long of Union, offered a bill in the House to limit freight trains to 30 cars. A new bill by Long, of Halifax, would penalize clerks of courts for failure to transmit appeals to the Supreme Court in proper time. Senator Cooper's bill in the Senate to establish a system of pensions for the Wilmington police force, and Rep resentative Stacy's bill to make the term of office of the New Hanover audi tor four years instead of two, are two more New Hanover bills in the legis lative hopper. More Pay for Adjutant General. t A bill introduced by Representative j Nettles, of Buncombe, today would in- crease the salary of the Adjutant Gen- eral of the North Carolina National I Guard from $2,000 to $3,000 on account! of the great Increase in the work and responsibility -of the oince the past few months, especially by the requirement bj- the War Department that the Adju tant General must have direct charge of the properties of the Guard in the State. The House Proceedines The House was convened at 10 o'clock by Speaker Wopten. The presentation of a great number of petitions for the enactment of the Anti-Saloon League legislation asked to stop the delivery of liquors for beverage purposes consumed fully fif teen minutes of the session, Knd every section of the State was represented in the petitions presented. Superintend ent R. L. Davis, of the Anti-Saloon League, was in the hall while the pre sentation of the petitions was in pro gress and seemed immensely pleased with the showing that is being made. There was favorable report for the Seawell bill to make the compensation of insurance agents contingent on the basis of 12 1-2 flat and 12 1-2 con tingent on the profits of the agency. It carries a committee amendment to make the compensation 15 cents flat and ten per cent contingent on profits. New Bills Introdueed New bills were introduced as fol lows: Pegram ;Amend the law as to the sworn statements of stenographers. Bennett Incorporate certain Mont gomery county churches. Winslow Amend the 1905 act en larging the Hertford graded school district. Amend the act authorizing bonds by Hertford for. water, and lights. Facilitate the collection of taxes in Hertford and Hertford graded school district. Denton Incorporate the Graham Railroad Co.. Amend the law as to the collection of taxes jn certain townships! in Graham county. .Tones Provide for roadmarks in Dillsboro township, Madison county, Thomas Extend the time limit with in which the treasurer of Anson county may settle. Clayton For tbe relief of the clerk of the Hyde county superior court. McBryde Prescribe the official du- j ties of school officials in Hoke county, j Puett Amend the drainage laws of j Gaston county (two bills). Authorize; Dallas to issue bonds for floating debt. Douglass Appoint justices of the peace for Buckhorn township, Wake county. Bailey Extend the corporate limits of Wilson. Authorize issuance of bonds by Wilson pnd levy of a special tax. Authorize bonds by the commissioners of Wilson for water works. Authorize bonds by Wilson for gas plant. Nettles Increase the salary of the Adjutant General of North Carolina. Allred Incorporate Benson school district and authorize bnd issue. Long of Union Limit the number of cars on a train in North Carolina to fifty. Valentine -Amend the, act authoriz ing a bond issue by Hendersonville. ,; Continued on Page Two.) Dr- Anna Howard Shaw im' ft lill . ! President of the National Woman's Suffrage Association, who yesterday ad dressed joint committees of -the North Carolina General Assembly in behalf of the "cause," but apparently without avail, as both committees immediately voted to report the Woman's Suffrage bills unfavorably, though notice of mi nority reports was given, which means that the issue will be fought out on the floors of the two houses. SUFFRAGISTS FIRE Dr. Shaw Addresses N. C. Leg islative Committees. THEN BOTH VOTE "NO" Following Arguments by Half a Dozen Prominent Women, Both Com mittees V-.-te to Report Bills favorably Majority Reports (Special Star Telegram) Raleigh, 'N. C, Feb, 2. Dr. Anna Howard Shaw, president of the Na tional Woman Suffrage" Association, to day addressed a joint meeting of com mittees of the General Assembly in behalf of woman suffrage bills now be- i fore that body. Many suffrage advo cates and members of the Assembly at- j tended. j Nevertheless the woman's suffrage! bills get unfavorable reports in both the Senate and the House by- the leg islative committees, They are the Hob good bill in the Senate and the Roberts (of Buncombe) bill in the House. The joint hearing of these bills was held this afternoon before a brilliant as semblage of women ttut many sus pected would surely wrest from the joint committee at least favorable re . . T . . . .... ports for their bills THEIR BIGGEST GUN Dr. Anna Howard Shaw, head of the ! night by appointment he met at th Woman's Suffrage movement for the j east end of the bridge a man unknown Nation; Mrs. Archibald Henderson, of to him. The man gave him a satchel Chapel Hill, head of the movement for , containing dynamite Van Horn sus North Carolina; Mrs. Eugene Riley, of j pended the satchel from the inside of Charlotte, president of the North Car- j an end post of the bridge and about olina Federation of Womens Clubs; 2 o'clock this morning discharged the Mrs. Goodno, of Raleigh, president of i explosive. Womans Christian Temperance Union, This done, he planned to go to Lam Mrs. Al. Falrbrother, Greensboro, were1 ber Lake, from -which point he intend heard in the most stirring appeals and j ed to drive about 30 miles to Princeton, arguments for their cause and .then j The night was so cold he abandoned the committees retired to committee1 the trip and returned to the hotel, room and voted unfavorable reports fori Attorney ! General William R. Patan the bills. j gall tonight ordered thatVan Horn b The Senate committee on . election i held until further orders. .-. laws lioted 4 to 3 for unfavorable re- No Formal Charges .'Made, port and the House committee on con-j While there was no formal charge stitutional amendments 6 to 3. for un- j preferred against him at first arrange favorable report. Notice was given on j ments were made to have a warrant if both committees that there would be sued if necessary, in order to make minority favorable reports to give the! certain his detention. bills a footing for fights on the floors ! Van Horn, the officials Ptate, c ould in both ends of the Capitol. Lieutenant Governor Daughtridge remarked when he heard this that this means about three days of argument in the Senate and as much dr more time consumed in the House. WESTERN M. E. WOMEN l'R(iK ANTI-SALOON LEAULE IJ11.I Adopt Resolution in Their Meeting Charlotte Vewterday (Special Star Telegram) Charlotte, N. C, Feb, 2. By a rising vote, the members of the Womens Mis sionary Society of the Western North Carolina Conference of the Methodist Church, in session here, today adopted a resolution strongly favoring the measure now before the State Legisla ture to- prohibit the shipment into the State of alcoholic drinks for beverage purposes. ' .: ' cers. Savannah, Ga., Feb. 2. William Don- j When Van Horn was', searched the ovan, manager of the American New police claim to have found upon him York League club announced here to- j a drawing of the bridge. He has stead night that he ,had selected Savannah fastly refused to explain this and has as the spring training site for the club, j denied that he knew the Identity of th He added that the players would report j man who supplied the dynamite. The in New York on March 1, before pro- j police are searching for this man but ceedinR here. - i had found no trace of him tonijsht. Joint Property of American and Canadian Railroads is Damaged by Dynamite. JUST ANOTHER PROBLEM Escape of Werner Van Horn to American Side In-, volves U. S. Arrested, But Declares His Act One of War. Vanceboro, Me., Feb. 29. An other international problem, inci dent to the war, was thrust upo;i the United States today by the ac tion of Werner Van Horn, who, operating on the Canadian side of the border, dynamited the railway bridge over the St. Croix river, and then escaped into Maine. A few hours litter, in a room at a hotel here. Van Horn submitted to arrest, but immediately pro claimed himself an officer of the German army, and set up the claim that he committed an act of war, and, having fled to a neutral coun try, could not be surrendered le gally to an enemy of the Father land. The Canadian authorities took a different view of the matter, and immediately instituted proceed ings 40.. extradite tJipjisoncr on a charge of destruction of railroad property. Pending the outcome of these efforts. Van Horn is, bold at the immigration office here, in cus tody of a deputy sheriff. Not Badly Damaged. The bridge which Van Horn sought to destroy was , not greatly damaged. Within a few hours cars were shunted across, one at a time, the passengers walking over on the ice. By morning railroad officials taid the bridge would be strong enough for trains to ue it without uncoupling. The St. Croix river for some distance forms the boundary between Maine and New Brunswick. The bridge is owned jointly by the Maine Central and the Canadian Pacific railways and is on the direct route of the Canadian Paciflo from Western, Canada to the maritime provinces. Over this road have, been shipped large quantities of war ma terials for the Allies which were dis patched from St. Johns and Halifax. According to the police. Van Horn, a man of middle age, and of military bearing, told them that he left Ger many five years ago and for the past four years he has been managing a coffee plantation in Mexico. Recently he made unsuccessful attempts to re turn to his native land. Friday night Van Horn left New York City arriving here Saturday niglit and staying at a hotel. That same i be cliarged with damage to n railroad bridge, which is an extraditable of fense or with damage to property on the American side of the border wl-r;r windows were broken by the explosion. Up to tonight Van Horn had not Kor-n n lawyer and appeared indifferent . tin to what charges may be preferred against him. The attorney general of New Bruns- at i wick, .T. B. M. Baxter, telegraphed to (Officials of the Canadian Pacific Rail j road here, asking them to make a. com j plaint against Van Horn which might be the basis for extradition proceed ings to be begun forthwith. Ottawa was also advised of the situation. The attempt on the bridge was well tlmeil. ' Up to a few days ago, it was constantly guarded. Then the watch men were withdrawn. A suggestion that Van Horn was aware of this set afloat endless rumors of spies and this feature of the case also is receiving attention of the New Brunswick offi- 111! I y fc s. ,'. '' :.- '-"- 'V-
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