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VOL. XCTV !NQ 144;
WllJkllNGTO If. WEDlSTEaDAT MORilKG, IvrARCH 30. 1915
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AMERICANyClTIZENS:?WA
Transportation Facilities Will be Sought btate Department
for AH Who Care to IaveArmored &iser Washing
ton and Battlfcship Georgia,Orb?: to Proceed
Immediately to the City of .ra Crtiz.
GENERAL OBREGON IS REPORTED TO HAVE
BEGUN TOE EVACUATION OF NffiXICO CITY
Note to Carranza Delivered : by Consul i Silliman m Personal
Interview Note Points Out That if Harm Befalls For
eigners Washington Government' Will Hold
Carranza "Personally Responsible."
Washing ton, ilarch 19.American
citizens again have been warned to
leave Mexico City in view of the criti
cal situation. . " , p
Secretary Bryan announced tonight
that transportation facilities would be
fought for as many as desired to leave.
The battleship Georgia and the ar
mored cruiser Washington were order
ed by Secretary Daniels after confer
ences with President Wilson, to pro
ceed immediately to Vera Cruz. ; : ; ?
Consular messages from Vera j, Cruz
stated thatat was reported there that
the evacuation . of . Mexico City began
iast night. --.--"V . - ' V . i -
Enrique C. Uorente, General .Villa's
'Washington representatiyerreceived aM
inessage "saying Zapatista iorces,occu
en tbe-cvacuation of; Obregon's troopsv.
Word came from American?; CorfsiSit
Silliman that at a personal; Interview
n-ith General Carranza he had -deliver-ei
the formal note from,-.? the-United
. " V;.- .
States government demanding an im
provement in conditions.; for foreigners
in the territory under his control.." " ;
European War Ovenkadowed.
These were the principal' develop
ments today in the Mexican, situation,,
the importance of which' toCay:' over
shadowed in official Washington Inter
est in the European war. v,h - :t
Although the contents., of the note
to Carranza were not announced Its
tone impressed members of. the diplo
matic corps that serious consequences
would ensue if Carranza failed to heed
its demands. The United States, it was
learned, described conditions .as "In
tolerable" and called on Carranza to
take steps necessary to correct the sit
uation. Incendiary utterances of -General
Obregon were noted by the Ameri
can government as likely to enter-upon
dangerous feeling against foreigners,
giving rise possibly to riots and out
rages. The note pointed out i that-if : harm
befell foreigners the American govern
ment would hold Carranza officials
"personally responsible" and would
.take the necessary means to . impose
the responsibility where it belonged.
The communication was not . in the na--tare
of an ultimatum. President Wil
son himself declared that the. United
States did not issue ultimatums but
Presented views and acted- accordingly.
Feeling of Relief." ' ' '
hi view of the American warning, .it
as considered likely the Obregon
forces would not evacuate Mexico City
without arranging for the policing -of
the capital. Reports that evacuation
lad begun and that no ; disorders had
a"sen brought a feeling of relief to
officials who believed that Carranza
Rouid not fail to answer the American
sovernment with the requisite action
tor the protection of foreigners., v ?S
In a sense, there "was. an absence Jn
"iticial quarters of apprehension that
arasti.: measures would be required to
enforce the American note.- The wove
went ot warships to MexicanT waters
na the warning to Americans, it was
"muted, however, . had been decided
npoix through an abundance of , precau-
The entry of Zapatista forces, it was
J-ieveu. would relieve . the .situation,
u would mean the ; re-opening of
. onimuuit.ation north to the American
"order. s - . r
Thj sending back of the warships .to
:' ,. Qrii7- it was stated on high' au-
v'ricin
iui i iih niirnnRR f I --(-,,,
a Larranza of the determination
J mte(1 States to take
drastic
-:-.Xf ;'
l necessary.
u i e
of the interruption of rail-
Cit.. --""lumuttuun ueiween mexico.
ournar' Vera Cruz except for military
Dr;0' the State - Department" was
vidM F fd U insist tnat tralns be pro
t.a,!i for Americans who" desire to
ihl sea" .
othfr La,Tanza agency here issued' an
erai f'f nial tonight of reports of Gen
teleer egon's activities, giving out -a
ine- th from bre&on himself "deny
men he had interfered with, ship-
prr. , ,ooa to the city. - :...
that r nt Wilson himself , : indicated
ti.. . 111 e of the reports- about condi-
but the caPital were , exaggerated.
V u '-'if lear Of rlnta onliAiitn
a Seir fl,t"1 famine had brought about
from r R sllu:ition. It is known, too,
W fl e?orts from the Brazilian minis-
tranxn.. . tieneral Obregon
)breeon - refused
es for' the inter-
ttee whlSa.
"atiw 011 facilities, J
n;'1? l'ef committee
250,000 pesos-with which to bring sup
plies into -the capital to succor thepoor
and destitute. ; '
; Cxpect Reply Today.
' It was believed tonight a reply from
Carranza would be received tomorrow
but with the evacuation of Mexico City
and the return of the Zapatistas . who,
according to official reports, policed
the;: city, well -when they last were in
command, pflQcials were inclined to be-lieye-the
crisis would be passed with
out serious 4ifttc4lty. - ' v ; k
' The Carranza agency here announe-ed-tonight
that the following had been
received; from -General Obregon in re-'
ply: to "a. telegram asking for informa
tion about conditions in Mexico City: '
. "I note what you say .in . regard to
the perfidious efforts of the Reaction
aries to disseminate 'false, information,
in: the' United States: in regard to con-
dif ions in .Mexico City for the purpose
ofv discreditipgihe : Constitutionalist j
v-'Tereidentil op eiguera are abso-;
lutely ' in- no 'danger . whatsoever. When
I levied - thej extraordinary assessment
on the ; merchants, bankers, business
and professional meri . in - general ; in an
effort tlleviate. the poverty stricken
conditidhs-":ofr the ; poor, , the - foreigners
engaged, in, business here through the
minlstej; ' of France petitioned the first
chief at .Veri ' Cruz - to be exempted
f rom .',its 4 provisions. Mr. - Carranza
granted their request and shjee then
these"'- forefgrjt merchants have been
very 'favorably disposed to ourcause.
"Many of the 'business men, bankers
and, merchants gladly paid the tax im
posed and others stated their willing
ness -to comply with it if given addi
tional time, i,- They are now daily en
deavoring to meet its requirements.
"It is utterly false -that' I have pre
vented food at any time from entering
Mexico City or at any; time took sup
plies from-the city to -furnish them to
the army.:. . i
' .Water-Supply Short. . .
- "Owing to the " depredations of the
Zapatistas ; the ; water supply has ' been
shorty but-every 'effort has been- made
to remedy this : condition. Flour, coal
andl other commodities ' that must ne
cessarily be imported at all times have
not-been abundaniLtbut vegetables and
small trucking that 'Mexico., City at all
times . obtains front"" the Indians, who
cultivate small patches in the suburbs
of the city, have been as plentiful as
the times Justify..- ' '
. "Having , heard that the American
newspapers were reporting that Cath
olic priests bad, been the subjects of
mistreatment and that they were. suf
fering abuses in their "prison, -I author
ized the correspondent of the La Pren
za and the local correspondent of the
Associated Press to interview the cler
gymen 1 themselves U and" discover of
their .own accord. how they were being
treated. The following is an extract
from the! report made by the correspon
dents and published in -the La Prenza:
" 'After many, of the; priests had sin
gly informed ;us; that they had nottbeeri
maltreated they requested Canon. Juan
Climao Rimlnaz ; to, voice the senti
ments of the -entire .group!.. The ,ven-
erable .'prelate spoke as follows:' -
- 4 a priests iWeU TTreated. ,
We have"' -been well treated by , all
the . chief s and 4 officers, who, I believe,
belong .to the . staff i of . General , Castro.
We have riot been molested in the least
and we know that;this is due to orders
from General " Obregon - toa whom we
are greatly obliged for the considera
tion - shown -us. ' We : receive our food
from" our . homes! . We "are allowed to
receive thoBe who ; wish ; to' call on us
and we have the freedom of the- build
ing and walk through all the corri
dors? and. halls!. (They are lodged in
what- was 'formerly the building- occu
pied by -- the . department ; of " war and
marine; at the Nati on al palace ) . We
have 4aily' communication with Father
Paredesi whq is working to solve the
situation.' ., - "-, ' - ' v : ' ''
"In -connection with " this informa
tion thathas been received in the Unit
ed States, I woul4 call your attention
to "the f act, t'bat certain 5rrces of in
formation greatly, relied upon by the
United 'Statet are poisoned against the
Constitutionalist cause. Every oeca
sion . is taken by those "worthy senors
to nut us in the worst light possible, v
"It ? is natural ' that . those interests
that i prospered under the old -regime,
while the Mexican ' people themselves
were left in a pitiful state,, will stoop
to ; any i means . no matter how low to
discredit the : constitutionalist move
ment which-- they- realize sounds the
death knell of special privilege and em
bodies & general; 'revolutionary move
ment fori; the" 'benefit of the Mexican
masses.
Wilson, v N.5 C..r' March,; 9.
-The first
snow" of 'the winter - ien sunoay ; nignt,
the fall continuing for three hours but
' ;
snow" of 'the winter ; fell Sunday ; night.
TO USE STRENGTH
China Given .Until Friday to
Comply With ; Demands.
SITUATION IS 5ERI0US
qsiaister Not Considered : An Ulti
matum at Peking Will . Agree
' to Some ' of Demand
Peking, .China, Marchi ,. 9. -M. . Hicki,
Japanese minister here; ' has . delivered
to the Chinese foreign minister a
communication which" China Interprets
as implying that, unless Japan's re
cent demands are accepted by; March
12," force will -be employed. .
: The notice isnot considered, an alti
matum by -the Chinese government, but
JLuCheng Heinang, the foreign .minis
ter, after a series, of conf erences with
President Yuan ShiKaUVhs. decided
to expedite discussion" of I the- demands
With the '. Japanese . legation and to
agree quickly ; to '-those ; which ' China
considers ' it . possible;'; to :' accept. . '
The Chinese ; representatives argued
tne irapossiouity -or . negotiating conse
quential issues hastily. ,: y v A v, ,
There is - reason to believe that, the
foreign office is to inform Japan that
the utmost China is .able to concede
is the eleven demands which Japan or
iginally communicated..to ,tre -powers.
with r their. , safeguarding, modifications.
;j Today's f conferences resulted in no
further definite., progress., and lt. would
appear, that another deadlock lias 'been.
reached.
It ' was-
three-times
'8iee8nsta:C.:twftA-a
e''the.':"pasfc n:f zM.': -t.I
week- as in
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ENGLAND NOT WOBRIED
Certain Tliat; Japan ; Will Benealher
Pact Made In 1905 W ith Xondm ,
London, March, 9. -Speaking in the
House, of Commons today 'Foreign Sec
retary Grey said he had no doubt Japan
would observe the treaty of ,1905, under
wnicn ? japan.- ana wreat -xsritaui .guar
anteed the ' integrity . and : independence
of China together"-wfth-equal commer
cial' opportunities to all nations.
Frustrated ; by Little Negro's
Confession to Police.
He Showed Too Mmch Money i Arrested,
- Confesses Part In Robbery ef West
Durham Post - Office Three
Accomplice Arrested.
(Special Star Telegram.)
: Rocky -Mount, N. C, March. 9. Be-!
cause he displayed an' unusually large
amount of money for a negro boy, not
14 years old. Chief of Pottce Hedgepeth
detained Will Hollowell, really pend
ing investigation, and, it now develops
that his confessions have landed, in- the
tolls three 'negroes who, with him, rob
bed the post office at West Durham last
week, while additional information, it
is expected, . will divulge th where
abouts of many hundreds, of stamps. :
p; He- gave ' the ? police ; information I and
descriptions ; of Nat : Thornton, Arthur
Haywood and James; Rouse, alias Jesse
Turner,-alias James Robertson, and de
scribed certain property taken from the
West -Durham post- office that would be
found; on: their persons when arrested.
With the descriptions the police went in
quest, of - the three negroes named,; and
found them' just . where the little; ne
gro had told them,; and just as he de
clared. ,' There was found on the person
of one ; of them post -office pass keys
for mail pouches,' rural mail - boxes . and
city 'mail boxes.: ;; - ;
The - Hollowell-negro explained -. to the
police that the ' four . were present in
this city tonight ; with . the . purpose of
robbing the safe of the Rocky. Mount
Savings & ; Trust Company. ? Speaking
of it as the . "Home Savings Bank", he
described ; to the police - where, it ,: was
located, and declared it had been -marked
for' attempt, tonight by four of them.
,. The negro who confessed all declares
also that Jesse Turner, alias Rouse; and
Robertson,1 was the: negro who. shot ; and
killed a negro -,at "Middlesex some two
weeks ago because the negro refused
to give him a quart of liquor. . : ;
; With the-' four principals lin tbe tolls,
the 'police set about in an effort to se
cure some of -the stolen stamps land a
horse tlanket whifch :it -was "explained
were taken . In the ;robbery of the post
office. . Further 4 evidence against the
-(negroes was brought: out In the tecov
, ,
in the bands of f a negro, drug store,
Continued from PageTwo.w- tl
n .' sm laM4 ain van a 4-"r rrV
agreeq loqay
GERmANS DESTROY
THREE STEAMERS
FOR THE BRITISH
Report Comes J ust as Great
Britain Was Congratulat
ing Self on Safety.:; ,
OF SHIPS FROM ATTACK
German Submarines Renew. Activity t!
Three Widely Separated Bodies v;M
of , Water-r-Crew. ' of Ouv :... '
Steamer Is Lost. . . -;
London, March 10. -Getman subma
rines appeared , early Tuesday morning
at three widely separated points onthe
British coast and, it is stated officially,
without giving warning to the . crews,
sank three British merchant steamers.
In one case, that of the steamer Tan-.
gistan, Which was torpedoed off Scar
borough, in .' the North Sea 87 "men of
her crew of ,38 - are missing. -Only one
man from the vessel - was .picked up.
The attack; which sent the Tangistan.
to the bottom' was made half fan hour
after midnight.- - .' ' . -r.v -.-
At 6 o'clock in the morning another
submarine sank the steamer Black
wood off Hastings, in " the' English,
channel, while a third, submarine sank
the Bteamer Princess .Victoria eft: Liv
erpool at a quarter past 9 o'clock.5 v-f
News of the latest exploits of Ger
man submarines came just as th& Brit
ish public '.was congratulating them
selves that the - threatened sea block
ade had been a failure.- The statement
says: . , ; -. -. !;- : -.
"The steamer Tangistan was. Sunk by
a German submarine1 off Scarborough
at 12:30 o'clock the morning ot March
9, Only" one man of heirerew ' of ; 38
men- was saved. v,:;'-;: ;;,. vis-. ". - ",
- "The ' steamer - Blackwooi was sunhs
by . a submarine without warning, . off
Hastings at S v o'clock the .. mefnin g of
March 9. - Her ;crew of 17 was" aved. , )
. -"The- steamer '' Prtncess Royal, of
Glasgow, was sunk "'without- warning
by a. German submarine at 9 :15v' clock
th ..morning .of: March 9" off Xiyerpool.
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TIHKTY-8KVEN ;MBN- DROWNED.
Only
One - nan - ot Crew of Steamer
Saved Sanlc" Immediately.
West Hartlepooi,- via London, March
10. The crew of3men of the British
steamer - Tahgistan,' Were drowned, ex
cept one man, according to a statement
made by the sole survivor of the ves
sel, landed here by, the steamer Wood-1
villev V -Ty.'S-.r-
"Tne TangistanV said this man,' "was
torpedoed ; off - Scarborough. . She was
struck amidships and went down al
most immediately. . All the , members
of the crewjwe.rein the life boats, but
they were'1: unable to disconnect the
lowering tackle before the ship sank
andd ragged down the boats with her.
1 caught a.-piece" of wreckage and clung
to' it for nearly three hours in the icy
water' until"! :was " rescued.'
HAD' BOATS READY,
Only Reason That -Crew of Second
- Steamer Managed to Escape. "
New Haven. Eng. via London, .March
10. The capialn ' and crew of the
steamer Blackwood, 'which was sunk
off Hastings at-6 o'clock Tuesday
mbrning, were landed here" Tuesday
night. They say their ; vessel, bound
from Blyth for Havre, was torpedoed
without- -warning,- 80 - miles south - of
Pungenees. ; ' -.
Fearing submarines, the men say
they had their . boats . swung put and
ready, for. launching and that therefore
all were saved. ' Nobody was injured,
The vessel sank within ten minutes
after she was struck.
According to the men a submarine
was observed just awash of the Black
wood, but her number could not be
seen. An-officer says he saw another
submarine close by.
MB. NEWTON H. SMITH DEAD.
Prominent Cttlsen of Pnyettevllle Suc
cumbs to Attack of Pneumonia.
Fayette vijle,. N C., March 9y-After a
three .days'; Illness with pneumonia,
Newton H. Smith, a prominent, citizen.
of Fayetteyillej died ? in Cumberland
General Hospital in this city today. Mr.
Smith bad been in poor health for some
months arid recently; underwent an op
eration, "following which he .improved
and was discharged from the hospital,
only, to become ill again with pneu
monia. '"iyfy-''?r '--';-,::X - -
Mr. .Smith; was- a successful - insur
ance , and ' real- estate . man. . He was a
gentleman of the highest character
and , integrity and was greatly esteem
ed by all his many, acquaintances. He
was ..; for years ; an eider; of the" First
Presbytertan church, and subsequent to
the formation of the Highland Presby
terian ; church, : Qf: which he was one of
the founders, . was made an elder of
that congregation.-. T. IT
. . He came' to Fayetteyille from Staun
ton, Va., 40 years ago; he also lived in
Winston-Salem . and . : Goldsboro. . He
married first- Miss -Sallie Stedman. His
second marriage was to Mrs. Mamie
Mclver Stanback, -of Sanford, who sur
vives him. JXia children are Miss Sadie
Smith and I Mr.. N. Howard Smith,; of J
jay etceviue ; jjors, j. as. crjjrien " ana
Mrs,-W. E. Covington,' of Rockingham.
Miss 'Jane Stanback Is a step-daughter.
The funeral will be ; held from i High
land church ' tomorrow : afternoon at
3:804 -:, ;'M;ii;x;;:i-;; ;.y;'--.;i :"'Li '
BODY OF MRS, PORCH FOUND ... ',
i:i&h?i'jrJ 'i' 1 :" . " ;
Benntort -Wnwn " Wh-1 .Went Down
With Yseht Xydls ,NearEnseUinrd,
" Beaufort, ; N.' C, March,. 9 The liody
of Mrs. J. ; W.Porcb.: of this city, who
with- two lohe f liersQns,' was killed in
the explosion which wrecked the power
yacht Julia near Engelhard, N. C. Jan
uary 15 was found near ,that "place to
io m iv-T rzZ. ,w
d&y. The body will be sent.ro Phil
adelphia fwlwnaU' -
Returns After 50 Years
.. 1 UUVUIIilllLHI HIU
run DUDIHMD lilHH
f ... !'.-,..-;...-.. .
Col. John W. Vrooman, of Herkimer,
N.. T.,' Survivor of" siege f Fort Fisher,
who Addressed St. John's Lodge of Ma
sons last night, and who today will
visit again old "Fort Fisher.
TWrty-EMore "Bills Rati
fied Than in 1913 Session.
MANY PASSED FINAL DAY
While Waiting- Eive Rours ior Bills to
' Be Enrolled tor Batlncatlon, Mem
bers Indulge in .S'eltcitatlons
And Pleasantries
(Special tar . Telegram) '
, Raleigh, N. C, March," 9. The gavels
in the hands of the presiding officers of
the Senate and-the House fo Represen
tatives fell simultaneously .at 10:30
o'clock' tonight as President Daight-
ridge " and" Speaker 'Bowie "proclaimed
the General Assembly f of l915" adlourn-
ed " sine . die. There, had, beem'. a lone
LEGISLATURE ENDS
SESSION AT 10:30
jsfe4ij&a
for the enrolling. Office -to .prepare, the
final batch of bills ,lor , ratification .'aud
the task or affixing the signaturear.had
just' beeri completed.' - Z.f ai .
1 TheMtumber jOf . the .lastbilj., ratified
was 4,498, cbjnlJedififB rep
resenting the gran'a noal WIIb; lor
the session; two years' ago.' VThe last
bill introduced at this session number
1,954 in the Sehateahd t,155 In "the"
House, was by- Senator Ward To amend
the new State-wide' primary Bill . which
bad "not yet . been nnaliy - ratlned.- The
amendment was to exempt Lenoir coun
ty from the act inJso ifar as ' county
officers are concerned; ! It passed and
was duely. ratifiecL J.tThe'; primary bill
itself was also among ) the final, batch
of bills ratified-r--.
In th- Senate.; during the evening
there was a. 'magnificent ' mahogany
grandfather's clock presented to . Lieu
tenant .Governor DaUghtridge , as pre
siding officer by the 50 Senators; There
were other gifts 'to' this - able official,
from the -ladies of the office, the pages
and others,--' and repeatedly as these
presentations were made there were re
ferences to "the. next Governor of North
Carolina". The spokesman in presenting
the ' clock was , Senator Giles ; for the
cuff ; links from the pages, Senator
McRae, and a gift from the ladies
through Senator Thompson, . of Iredell.
The acceptance by Lieutenant Governor
Daughtridge was., most , feeling . and
without' reference to the mention -that
had been ' made of him in " connection
with,. the next governorship.
Senator Chatham presided during
the ceremonies in the Senate and in
taking the chair - commented ; impres
sively on the experiences and impress-J
ions of tne session just closing.
Senator Haymore, for, the Republican.
minority, spoke enthusiastically for the
fraternal feeling and affection that has
dominated and pledged. Surry oewnty to.
support the presiding officer of the Sen
ate, Lieutenant Gov. Daughtridge, for
the governorship next i session;
Gift to . President Pro Tern.
In the Senate tonight ' Senator - Hob
good,- in behalf of the , Senators, pre
sented to President? ; Pro-tern . O, Max"
Gardner a' Tiandsome "silver card receiv
er as" a token- of esteem and apprecia
tion" for ; the 'able manner " in which -Mr."
Gardner presided during; numerous im
portant periods of the legislative work.(
lie paia nignesi . tnoute; to tne - ueve
land senator as a man and as an offl
cer and talk of him as .the next lieu
tenant . governor along . wltlL that of
President "Daughtridge j, for Governor,
was' a- striking -feature of the closing
hours of .the session. ' j - " . "',
7 In the ' last moments ; of the Senate
there - was .a statement by Senator
Muse, - of Moore,'' that the unfortunate
difficulty between ..Representative Mayo
and Enrolling ClerkNorvell . had been
completely; adjusted k with ; thorough
friendship- between; the; two ' re'stored
and a desire expressed! that all refer
ence to the affair be expunged from
the journal of the ; Senate.'; This was
ordered by a -vote of the Senate. '. The
reconciliation was brought ' about ; by
Chief Clerk Self, who 'issued a state
ment as to the status and manipulation
of the bill ' between the ;- clerk's office
and the enrolling, office that ' showed
no blame attached to any one. ,
-.": H'-1. House Committees Named.
. In the i House tonight Speaker Bowie
announced - committees" as follows : -
Attend the" inauguration of; President
Graham of the. University.. - of North
Carolina, Representatlv.es -Bynum, "Pe
gram, Stacy. Battle, ' Nettles, Page,; Al
len,' Hutchinson, Haines, and Klttrell.
. Make annual- examinations of Treas
urer's, -Auditor's '.and. other State offi
ces.'J Representatives' Grier, of Iredell;
Laughinghouse.and-Falrcloth, -
- President Daughtridge.;-: of the Sen
Ute,: stated - that; he , will announce- these
: (Continued on P3,e wp-
WORKERS IN ENGINEERING
TRADE IN GREAT BRITAIN
BECOME PUBLIC SERVANTS
v . i rnn niinmrnn nnnii
Oscar W, Underwood Discuss-
es Relations of the Two.
THE FUTURE OUTLINED
Senator-Elect from Alabama in Speech
at New York Discnsses Govern-; .
mental- Control of Business.
Railroad Situation.
New York, March 9, In a speech on
the railroad situation before the
Sphinx Club hereUohight, Oscar W. Un
derwood, -House: majority leader in the
last Congress and now elected a sena
tor .; froabamaY. declared that- "if
governmental, regulation is unable to
cope with the vexed' problem that con
fronts us, the people will accept gov
ernment 'ownership as the next step
ahead."
Discussing ,.the ; present system of
regulating business, Mj Underwood
said the time had come when the gov
ernment " Should aid leaders of . indus
try "and finance. ? .-. -
"'It is not'eriough for the government
to permit - these men to rise from the
prostration which has overtaken them
and their affairs? he continued. ,We
have reached the, point on our way to
social b'ettermen, Where sound progres
siveism must recognise that the proper
regulation of business requires that It
must sometimes be 'helped andT not al
ways hindered r ifnost -sometimes "be as-
sl sted and not - forever - stricken - that
we" must oceasfonalysay you may and
not always you shall not."; .-;
casital Mast Come.
ate provision for cani tat to
39aintain"anvcE extfehd. thetlon's trans-
. theoblem;
confronting
raliroadi, MrVXTnderWboa asserted.' He?
aaaea tnat "our present -system of reg-!
has supervised the finances of the fall-
roads- with -a; view to -'allowing them
properlyto prot4etfe.th6ir ! securities
that their -credit maybe 'maintained to
aid in present and future development
Regulation of. railroads, Mr. Under
wood said, should take, into considera
tion the; interests,- not; only of the rail
roads themselves, and those directly in
terested, as, shippers, but of the entire
country whose commercial prosperity
is dependent upon adequate shipping
facilities.; -
We .have undertaken the problem of
government regulation of railroads, he
continued, '"and the government will
not turn back," Regulation of practic
es and rates is here and here to stay.
But let us stand for wise and just
regulation . and : not rfor ill-considered
and dangerous regulation. We must
regulate so as to ensure all necessary
railroad facilities both for the present
and for the future. As the public in
the end must pay the bill, it is pri
marily interested in the railroads se
curing: the monev . needed for their
maintenance and development at rea
sonable rates and equally Interested in
seeing that' it is. wisely expended.' ,-
.. Mwt Go Ponrorf. ;; ; ; y
. "Revolutions never move backward.
If ; governmental, regulation is unable
to cope with the vexed problem that
confronts . us, the . people will accept
government ownership , as the next
step ahead.".
RALEIGH TELEPHONE COMPANY
VS. BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY
Case Heard hy Corporation Commission
and Taken frader Consideration
(Special -Star Telegram) .
Raleigh, N. C, March, 9. The Cor
poration Commission gave a lengthy
.hearing today in the case of the Ral
eigh Telephone Company vs Southern
Bell Telephone' Company In which the
independent Raleigh. company is seek
ing tb exact from the t Bell a contract
for long distance conections on the
same terms given independent local ex
changes where the Bell has no .local ex
change,; instead of the contract pre
scribed byfthe McReynolds, Federal
agreed Contract for such conenction.
. Albert Cox and President Will Wynne
appeared for tehi indenpendent company
and A. B.- Andrews, Jr., Col. Chlpley, of
Atlanta, and M. B. Spier, of Charlotte,
for the Bell5 company.
The eonjention of the Bell company
is that the lower rate to the local ex
changes where they have only long dis
tance facilities Is a mutual business
benefit; and where " they have local ex
change such contract with a competing
local exchange would really tend to a
division - of business and bring no be
nefit to' the Bell company.- f
The commision took the case under
consideration. - . , j -
Governor Craig issued an order today
for a special criminal term of - Moore
county court to begin April 5 to be
held "by' Judge- Shaw and continue as
long as necessary. ,1
GERMANY'S TEEMS FOB PEACE,
, London, March 10. (2 :08 A. M.)The Daily Telegraph's
Paris correspondent says he learns that , Dr. Von Bethmann-
Hollweg, the German Imperial Chancellor, will make a state--
meht in'the Reichstag today.'seiting forth the terms on which
Germany is willing to make
House of Commons Takes a
Drastic 1 Step to Prevent
More Labor Troubles
GOVERNMENT CONTROL
More Munitions of. War Are
Needed, and Control of the '
Factories is Necessary.
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Dardanelles and European Sit
uation Unchanged
London, March 9. The House
of Commons today gave the gov
ernment authority to take over the
control of .the" country's entire en
gineering trade and to place it un
der a combined management for
the purpose of increasing the out
put of war munitions This dras
tic action wathe outstanding fea
ture here of the day 's war news,
although public v inteiest in the
bombardment of Ke Dardanelles
continues at a highpitch. There
was little news from the land bat-
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ties. - . '.-: '- . : .
The effect of? the Realm Act,
passed t at the -outbreak ofjsrar,'
gave the government power to c on-J T
trol works y where war materiab
actuaUywere bfeing made
David Lloyd-George, Chancellor v-
of the Exchequer, on behalf of .the L.
at thft.
ccaitrol manufactories' be ex
tended to 'works capable of being
used for that purpose.
UThis Jpower ; was granted unani
mously although; Andrew Bonar -Law
opposition -leadei, described
the measure is "probably the
the most drastic ever laid before '
Parliament." .
Action Comes as Surprise
This step on the part of the govern
ment came as a complete surprise, al
though Mr. Lloyd-George, in a speech '
at Bangor last week, emphasized the
importance of increasing the output
of war munitions, which labor disputes
had threatened to diminish. Now the
workers in the engineering trade will
be in the position of public servants ,-;
and . the : government hopes this fact ,
-will impress them with the; importance .
of keeping up the supplies. A. business -man
will be given charge of the or
ganization.' I
With the war area extending and the
size of the army, and navy constantly
increasing, the government' found that
something must be done to keep the
fighting branches supplied with arms -and
ammunition. The fleet bombarding
the Dardanelles alone is using an Im
mence quantity of ammunition. .
The operations of this fleet, now re
ported to have been reinforced by an
other battle ship of the Queen Eliza
beth class, and which is known to -include
more : ships than mentioned In
dispatching, continue to occupy the
British people.
' British Public Confident
Reports that three , of the forts
guarding the narrows one on the Eu
ropean and two on "the Asiatic side, all
armed with 14-inch guns, have been
silenced, have : Increased the confidence
of the. British public that their war
ships will -force, the straits.;
In addition to the military and econ-
omic importance the opening . of the
straits would have, the Allies are said
to believe it would' have an immense -effect
not only, on- Turkey but on. Tur- - .
key's neighbors. .
Greece already is Involved in a con
stitutional crisis over the Dardanelles
and it was reported. today that a similar-crisis
had arisen in Bulgaria, where
it was said the premier was demand 1
ing intervention ' on the side of the
Allies in opposition to the wishes of
King Ferdinand who, it is declared,
desires .to remain neutraL
Irf Greece, M,. Gounaris has under
taken to form a cabinet to succeed that -of
M. Venizelos and threatens to dis
solve parliament if they body does not
endorse his policy of friendly neutral
ity towards the Allies. It is believed
In London, , however, that the people
WHi force the Greek government to in
tervene an4 that M. Venizelos soon will -be
back: in Kofflce.
In ; the - East . and West fighting be- "
tween the Germans and Allies con
tinues. ' The Russians claim another
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