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-vv-: r-ri:W THE WEATHER. rages, i oaay Overcast Sunday,' probably snow flur-,: rieS in the mountains; ; Monday fair, n0t much change in temperature. ;" TWO . SECTIONS vol. xcvn WIL3tIKGTpr,VK. C, SUNDAY MQRXEG, FBIJARY 27, f!9 16 WHOLE NUMBER 39,516 CAPTURE OmF 16-IIIGH GUNS ARE LAimtLU pr mm GERMAN' IS BE ENTERED IIITO FAVOBED BY IM ; -u' .r.-.vi IJEGOTIATIOtlS W ARMY RESERVE IS GBOWIHGIN FAVOR -- t ADMITTED However, the Battle at That Point is Described as Be ing Desperate, i if GERMANS DRIVEN BACK French Claim Recapture of Po sitions Taken by Enemy Saturday Morning. , Russians Capture Persian City of Kermanshan. The French war office, in its lat est official statement, describes the battle around Fort Douaumont one of the outlying forts of Verdun as desperate, but makes no actual admission of the capture of the fort by the Germans, as claimed in the official commumica- tion issued at Berlin. Fort Douaumont, ' .' . says the j French statement, is an advance element of the old defensive or ganization of Verdun fortress, and goes on to say that - the ' posi tion captured Saturday morning by the Germans, after several fruitless assaults, was n reached again by French . troops, h who succeeded in advancing, beyond that point and have maintained their ground. Their position re ferred to is not clearlydefineS J Berlia Say Fort FalleB.? Under the eyes jofthel y,': emperor,, phose presence" at the front is officially announced, the German infantry has advanced to the charge ?-oii both sides of the salient wherein Iies:"V"erdun,''and, according to Berlin, has -stormed and taken the outlying fort of IDouaumoTt, northeast of the fortress, while on.the plain of the W'oevre to - the east and southeast it has swept back the' French lines and broken their resistIng,'power along a wide front, forcing. them to re treat with the Germans in pursuit.' The Crown Prince's armies engaged in the terrific battle have had their way blasted out for them, according to cor respondents near the scene, by what is said to be the greatest concentration of artillery fire known to history. In which the monster guns of the .Ger mans and Austrians, brought from the Serbian and Russian fronts, have play ed an important part. . Heavy bombardments by the Ger mans to the east and west of the.Meuse were met by vigorous counter attacks, and the French have resisted the at tempts of the Germans to capture Champneuville and LaCote; De Poivre (Pepper Hill), two positions (of strate g'c importance. ? Paris Is Confident. . Late dispatches from Paris say that utmost confidence is felt' there,, in the ability of the French troops to with stand the German assaults, and in some quarters a continuation of the battle centering around Verdun for the next two weeks is looked for. : While this was going on, the Ger ans in the Woevre were assailing the French lines on the eastern side of the salient, the two operations apparently "eing designed to push in the sides of the projecting front, a buckling process " iin n kept up would soon result In the fall of the fortress. ' - The French, however, are defending tneir stronghold with notable tenacity, and according to various accounts,, in nictmg terrible losses on the attacking If1"03- Paris has not conceded the fall ot Fort Douaumont, although admits ng that the fighting there had. taken n an extremely sanguinary character na it only mentions the Woevre re eion m announcement that the advanc- posts held for observation purposes 'ong the line from Ornes to Henne niont had been attacked by the German ntantry. The German attacks along e front are declared by . Paris to be tainedW'thOUt regard'to the losses sus- N"otwithstanding the concentration of ,-iention upon the great struggle of dm 'estern front, the current dis v,.c?es show that events of considera iL' ,nterest, while not comparable-in an. v to those around -Verdun, happening in other war theatres. Hnm-ians Capture KermonsHah. rrom Persia comes the, Russian an ouncement that the important city of - Kussia's forcps. sias forces. Recent Petrosrrad advi f Wt the Southern mnvamonf tTila fhat Un J.a,n army mignt eventually link it w VAMW V V W bnri , ne witish operation in neigh- -ring Mesopotamia. The advance- to -rmanshah places the Ru88lan column ivlhlJ. 150 miles of Kut-El-Amara, on - iigns, near which a British force thf. Pesent stalled on its-march to l.' elle' of General Townshend's be. in rd arn,y at Kut. ) ; j n Albania the Austrians are evident., -torfTvms thlnss all their own way, spar ular ly in the territory as far u-n as Durazzo. An official state atin in Home admits the evacu- of Durazzo by. the Italians, whP Were rftrnrti tr Vo.,a Woon continued on Page Twelve.) -.y.- TURKS III RETBEAMEBCH COIIFIDEIIT ARE STILL PURSUED OF VERDUN ITORf Advancing Russians Meeting : Little Resistance. ASCHKALA IS OCCUPIED Rnulans Claim Capture of 235 Officers, ' 13.753 Men and 323 Gnna at the S'nll Enernu-Tnrklsa - y Army Demoralised. - Petrograd, via London,, Feb. 2. The capture pf 2i$5 officers, 12.753 men and 323 guns in the operations about Erze rum was announced in the official state ment f rom the Russian war. office to day. The pursuit of the Turkish army continues and the Russians .have oc cupied .the village of Aschkala, 50 miles west of Erzerum on the road to Trebizdnd. The statement follows- "Western (Russian) 1 front: In ' the Mikhaltche region on the Dniester, in Galicia, the enemy, - after prolonged bomb throwing, succeeded in occupying a crater, but our troops by an impetu ous couRter-attack. drove him out. t. ', "Caucasus front: The result, of the Erzerum operations was attained with relatively insignificant losses, consid ering the great success we achieved. . fW.e .topic : prisoner 235 Turkish offi cers and 12,753 men and captured nine flags "and '323 guns, besides taking in Erzerum, : a Turkish fortress' ' of the first-class .with large .depots of arms, telegraph and. telehphone apparatus.;. telegraph and . telephone appartus. ; "We continue the pursuit of the re mainder- ipf ; the defeated and' demoral ized Turkish . army, Swithoutfe respite! iy,- mTXe ,VEb JitBn4ittk:9 road to Trebiz-ond we threw back, the enemy; rear guards 7 and " occupied the villageofAschkala.'- 4:; I . i The resisteiicer offered by.the Turk ish forces; retreating frpmVEczerurri, to the ."advancing Russians apparently has frittered out on account of the general lack of ammunition and sup plies. Unable to defend points of, na tural advantage,' the Turks are con tinuing their precipitate flight into the fastnesses of Asia Minor. ; ' The loss of Ishpir, which was an im portant munition and food depot serving the. right wing, the Turkish coast : troops and the left -wng, the Erzerum -forces, further crippled the power of Turkish resistance. It also cut off main road communication be tween Erzerum and Treblzond. This means that the, Turkish troops which are retreating from Erzerum upon Tre blzond can now only - reach the coast through a difficult mountain district where they will be within striking dis tance of the Russian Black Sea fleet, whose bombardment of the Armenian littoral continues. v RED 30 MINUTES TO LOWER LIFE BOATS -,.. . ' ' . v. Passengers ' Ordered in Them Without Investigation. Dr. Frank A. Homer, a Passenger on 1 . Liner. Cretan. Makes Signed State ment Regarding Collision Off , ' Hatteras Friday. t v Norfolk, Va., Feb. 26. Rev.. Frank A. Houser pastor of the Trinity Baptist church, of Cleveland, O., and editor of the Trinity Baptist Herald and the Pennsylvania Labor Journal, who, with his wife was a passenger on the Mer chants & Miners Transportation Com pany's steamer Cretain when , she ... was rammed ' by ' the steamer Dorothy 'off Hatteras Friday morning, declared in a signed statement today that . it , took the crew' of the Cretan 80 minutes to launch, the life boats. - - S : "It the' ship : had been in danger : of sudden sinking"; i he declared, "all the passengers w6uld, 'have b'een drowned before the first life boat was ready for launching. The boats were lowered after a half four's hard work Pn the Tiart . nt . h crew who ;were" trying, to find put which way the boats were to be loosened from their aaviis.. - - - Dr.; Houser appeared before E. C. Lofar, agent for the Jderchants & Min ers' Transportation : Company in- this city today in behalf Pf the passengers, who requested ; that they be furnished with transportation td Jacksonville by rail' and that their meals be for en route.- Mr.rLohr declined td pa- for the meals i but "treedfto furnish the transportation t o said if the passen gers would --wait until ? - Sunday ?thy could continue the voyage on the Cre tan which would be ready tb sail, Thlr?. declined-.to con- j -. ::. ; Continued on Pag, Twp.). Jffi Paris Unuiually Calm, as the FAITH IN THE FORTS By the Destruction f Dooanmont Ene my, Would be Destroying Notnina : Mere Than Inert Block of ;,'vvCet Say:.Tempn ' " Paris, 1 Feb 26. Paria is . extraordi narily calm in the presence, of the great battle now. in progress around.jVerdun. There are no indications of tension, or nervousness but only overcohfidence in the result. . TKe desire among those who know the 'defensive strength of the: lines seems s to be that " attacks should continue, for they . argue the losses on the German side would be in proportion to the efforts. There were few persons around the newspaper bulletin boards today, end no crowds at the ministry of war or other public offices. , ' . The whole, front from' the North Sea to Switzerland is on the alert and all leave of absence has been recalled. The French losses in - killed, wounded and prisoners since the Verdun battle be gan, it was authoritatively stated this evening, have been less that the, Ger man communications claim in prison-' ers. '' : , . ; : v . " ; The Temps' military review, which is usually written t by-. .General,; acroix, sums up' the situation thus:. , f.The battle being fought is -extremely serious. Even ebould the heights of Poivre and: the Vauche wood' be .taken,, the enemy would; find..4, ' us ; perhaps stronger rf the' FroideferreDuftumont line, f roin". .which "be jdhK? the ,jjef ensesl properly speaking. lof tn tortrese, cov ered with th f orcjanjbAtMJ This li not a egyyrje-Xienoaasr tt "ar battle against one-of our-armies in ther garrison at Verdun i ahd ; :it f otts do Aot ;lgure in.- these, combats ! .' a rup-. port - -The bjg guns-x the jenemy might destroy v the torp of - ;Douaniont Vwl th but 'destroying anything more than,- an inert vblock' pf .cement,. Xi;- "The "snow haa not 'caused any 4imir nutlon of the ;:attaicks because, they cannot i.be -suspended; i : They ; jnust be continued tOj the end. 1 - The -troops en gaged would be tfnable-. to. remain Idle long- Hn fh' territory-captured while awaiting - between weather conditions. A thaw, would ' render their -situation worse; ejid. it must already; bepalnf uL ' MOVEMENTS HAMPERED. Because of Bad 1 Weather German At . tack is Regarded Inopportune. London, Feb. 28.A delayed dispatch from the correspondent of Reuters at British headquarters in the field, dated .-Thursday, Bays that the Germans could not have chosen a morer inopportune time for the offensive against Verdun.. At the beginning of the attack the weather suddenly changed to the most severe winter ; spell : In several , years (Continued on Page .Twelve) III In Third and Final Contest at Durham Last Night. Washington and Lee and the Methodists Each Had Won One Debate AI . . ready Armament Subject V. Last Night. - (Special Star Telegram.) r . Durham, N. "C, Feb. 26. Trinity de feated . .Washington ; & Lee by a, two to - one . decision in , Craven Memorial hall : tonight - in the third of a , series of three debates,' thereby winning the series. The argument -..advanced by both sides was of a hight order and the speakers held . the attention rof their hearers by reason pf this .fact. . ' The Trinity -team, composed", of W. R. Shelton,of Durham;? Hi :C Green berg, pf Durham, " and W. W.- Mat thews, of Vidaliai Georgia, upheld the affirmative of ; the ..question... "Resolved, That the proposed administration policy of armament increase is demanded by the best interests of, the United States." The a Washington ;. and . Lee team was composed ; pf -.Charles ;'Kupter, -w. T. Cox. and Di;A Fik and defended the negative. -:: : -'':.'. - The . first debate of the series, held here two years' ago, was; wdry by-Trinity and . the pectfnd debate. heleL in Lex ington last, year, was ;won by Wash ington t&tsp&tstz'c ' 7v4:-- --The debate-vtohight '. was - presided over by. President .W4 P.: Few,. Mr.'. j. W ; - Spransy. acted as 'timekeeper, . and the fudges were ;'HPh. T.' T Hicks, Hendersons ir.; Edwin Greenlaw, of the University ;of lPrth -Carolina an W. LFoushee. of . the Durham bar. , " Mr.' Oreenberg; was perhaps the most effective member - of the - Trinity team, with his rapid, fire atyje," hi s keen san casm - and , hi s . e ffectpat repl I es. ; to -' the opppsJngumehtst,vForWas & Lsa MriTfFalkw undpubtedly : the 1 W I SER ES Wm I'JnH Overman Replies to Letters of North Carolinians ; WILL STAND BY WILSON Replying' to Mr. J. A. Taylor and Ota . .era. Senator Says if Negotiation '. FaU, He Will Vote for Reeo lntion Now- Pending.' V ( SpeciaJ Star Telegram.) t Washington, Feb. 26. Senator Over man today sent a joint letter to a num ber of North Carolinians, : who have urged him to support the-President. As already stated in these dispatches,' Mr. Overman says that he is willing for President Wilson to steer the ship but, should these negotiations fail,', he will support a resolution warning ; Ameri cans not to travel on armed merchants men. This would not surrender ' any rights now guaranteed an1 American citizen, he says. . . . ' .J;. Yesterday Senator Overman .received several telegrams asking' him to sup port the President. . One pf these tele grams was from J. A. Taylor,('of Wil mington, and . another from ;W. H. Gib son, of Gastonia. His letter today is in answer to 'these and other, fetters and. telegrams he received today. His letter follows: ., . .. " .: ' "I thank you for your patriotic let ter of recent date. I am glad tp re ceive your, views upon ' the very serr ious question which now confronts us. For my part I-propose to-let the 1 cap tain of the ship steer us but pf trouble if possible. I do not want to- see any action taken that will in; the least' em barrass him or interfere with the dip lomatic negotiations;' which he':,i$ - now carrying on. .1 shall stand by thfc Pres ident to' the - limit 'except i where." my con scen ce dictates1 that I stiall- dp oth erwise... ... ',; 7 v-.S'- Mvi-v "Bit" if our negotiations 8haU :be'Vef no avail, while asserting" put ,igbts to rjjde upon the ; Jjfgh feasv,' t TSall su Pjta'e not to travel bnbelligerent armed merr chantmen. J amwilling to dp anything to - preserve ' peace except1; to sacrifice Vital- principles and- our sacred honor. " We advised our. people , to1 keep out of the war some in Mexico nd I see no reason why we should1 not-warn Ameri can citizens not to go upon armed. mer chant' ships. If . England and Germany still arbitrarily adhere ' to - their pres ent orders and contentions. - To advise American citizens not" to ride upefe armed merchant vessels is in my judg ment no -"sacrifice - of f principle : or abridgement of the rights of our;citi sens. It simply cautions them and such a resolution I think-will probably avert war. God forbid that we will be forced to take up arms. Let us maintain our dignity and our-honor and at the same time preserve the' peace- 'To preserve our national honor and vital principles I. would , be willing to sacrifice every dollar-and every drop of blood. But,' let us not go; to war If we can possibly help it. The President, under the most difficult, delicate and trying conditions, has upheld our honor and kept us' out of war and I confi dently believe ' he will do so at this time." P. R. A. Jean Crones Turns Up In Fayetteville? CHIEF OF POLICE RECEIVES LET TER PURPORTING TO HAVE BEEN WRITTEN BY ANAR CHIST CHEF. , Fayetteville, N. C, Feb. 26. Chief of Police J. T. Kelly, of Fayetteville, this afternoon - received a letter mailed In this city this morning at 11:30 and pur porting to be frpm Jean Crones, the anarchist chef, who is charged with attempting to poison 300 people at a Chicago banquet February 12. The letter, dated "Fayetteville 2-25-16", follows: . .,, "Dear Chief of Police: : 1 VI have just arrived in your city, and was met by one (pf your men. . I am going to make hell for your fresh bunch of police.' I saw you but said nothing. . "Well, so long at present.. (Signed) ,;, v . : "JEAN CRONES." "Hay street. City." ' THE DAY IN CONGRESS . .. - SENATE - ;. : :x I Met at noon. . ' , ; - 1 " I-- Resumed . debate on Shields water power iii,';-v';;v;f';s--v-:t :-- Judiciary . sub-committee continued Brandeis jnquiry- :-r, ' '-'.-, ' Agricultural ? sub-committee contin ued sisal investigation. , V -X , v Recessed at - 5:17. P. . M until noon Monday. ;i,l,,';'i--i;:- 'X--4- ?. ; '. Met at noon. . v t?---j'--:i '"'' -Military and Naval committes work ed on defense plans. .!".;';r4-''--i i'J Postofflce appr,opriation bill ". debated Under special rule. ' . ,. - . ' 1 Military " committee -vote4 approval of proposal, tp increase .Btandinguarmy te;i-w,-od0.t-wiett.--H';l - t ' -K Adjourned - at'-- 5:05 iP, M. until nopn Mpnday,' Question v of De- f ensi ve Armament. However, Germany Would r Have to , . Give .Assurances 'That Americana Aboard. Armed Ships- WpaldvBe Protected t Meantime'! ,A Washington, Feb. 26.7-Secretary Lansing indicated today that the Unit ed.'. States was prepared under certain Circumstances to discuss with the Ger man government what may properly be regarded as defensive armament 1 for merchant ships. In no event, however, according to authoritative information tonight, will the United States be a party to such negotiations, unless it is assured that the lives of American citl' zehs aboard ships armed for defensive purposes will not be endangered, during the course of the discussion. V -. There was no indication today that orders to German and Austrian, sub marine commanders to, . ; treat - armed merchant ships as war ' vessels, an nounced in formal notifications, from the' Central Powers . for February 23, woum he postponed, although it was admitted , that postponement would not come as a surprise. ' , , Congreee Not to Act. . Leaders in both houses of Congress, who for several days have agitated passage of a resolution warning Amer icans not to , travel on. armed ships, seemed convinced tonight that no such a measure could be put through at present. Senator Gore, who has such a. resolution pending., issued a state ment saying that while he still favored a-warning he.-believed ;. the objects sought by his resolution already : had been accomplished through public dis cussion.. Representative . McLemore, whose warning resolution- in the .House' has: been kept from, coming, up tiy ad ministration leaders, : said he was con tent to wait-, until the President - and. Secretary. Lansing ; had opportunity tp try out . their plan.' of ? asserting ' de terminedly . the t right . to travel- t on ships bearing. arms, t ;', .-..; i H Alministra,tion; officials V stijl- -were awaiting; the receipt of. the appendices to, the - latest German memorandum ; on leged to be a Copy- of -confidential structiPns v given to British' . sea cap1- If - this- document contains -vrhat .the German governmentr claims, ,,it ' is said tp be -probable, that-, inquiries, may Tke addressed to Great 'Britain ,om the sub ject ,- The. British -. government , come time ago, ass.urd - th - vUnited . States that its; merchant; ships. ,wbuid -; not operate offensively.' ;. ; , -.. ; ;' r - ' ; -.Germany,, in it smemc-randuni, gives as one of tbe cardinal reasons7 f or itk determination to" sink.jwmed merchant ships ofi her enemies without -warning the fact that German! submarines have been, fired uppnr repeatedly by mer chantmen which -( apparently, were" eft gaged in peaceful . pursuits of com merce. ' . - j - v- t . Germany Would Change Position f - . It also was , indicated at the State Department today, "that Germany by recent acts had shown, a disposition to change her original. position in regard to the right of merchant ship's to carry defensive armament. "Originally the Berlin government , denied that it was legal for merchant ships to arm at all. Nov some pJHcials. here consider that Germany appears willing to admit that armament' is legal If purely defensive. PENSION VETERANS OF UFE S AVIU B SERVICE Purpose of 'Bill Introduced by Representative Small. For Benefit - of Those Injured or Di . eased Through Active . Service of the Government Under the ' "Old System.; X - (Special- Star Telegram.) J , : Washington, D. C, Feb.. 26. Repre sentative . Small, of.- North Carolina, .to day introduced in the House a bill pro- posing to pay a pension equal to that of a seaman or warrant officer of the United States Navy; respectively, to; all members of the bid life saving service (now the coast guard seWice).who Jhave suffered disability, due. to a wound or injury received, or disease contracted in the said life saving service 1 in line of duty. . ' . . .: ; Speaking with reference to: his bill. Representative Small said: v --': ; ?As is well known. Congress at the last session? enacted a law "j combining the : former ;iMe saving service and the former revenue ' cutter service . into ; a new, organization 'known as.' the 'Coast Guard and providing a pension" for . all members of. the new service" based on disability and length of -service.-. The Coast Guard. 'act makes np : provision for , the men in . the life, saving service w.ho were' retired, previous, to. the en actment of the law on January 28, 1915. ;: "Some of. these hjea heretofore retiri ed' are helpless; from disability, and are dependent on charity. ; They .devoted their: manhood 'to the service .of . the government . in - its most j humanitarian work,, that of saving lives, and when they 'became -incapacitated they ,-were dropped frpm. the.-rolls. :H It is ohly-i just that this government should new make some provision for them in : their old age. j Under -J existing law there' is no relief for them," - P,.R.A--- . , . -. ' ' ' "r . , ; -t -, - - i '2. "V - - - 1 "''- r - j- ' ,-fS. '.'.'-' ' -.-r : :r-7..--- : - I ... i Congress Has, Tendency to Provide Volunteer Force. BESIDES ' STATE MILITIA House Committee Agrees on Terms of Bill Providing For Standing Army of 143,000 Would Arganise Training Camps. , Washington, Feb. 26. A growing tendency, to provide for . Federal army reserve in addition , to the regular army and, federalized - National Guard was manifest today in both the House and Senate military f committees. . Members of both committees said, they favored a practical test of the. possibility of forminga '. federal - volunteer army in peace times on- lines somewhat similar to the continental -? army . plan. The apparent intention to abandon "the cdn tlnentai: project wholly was one of the causes leading ul to the resignation of Secretary Garrison. The House committee agreed today upon the general terms of a bill it ex pects tp get, before the House in ten days prpvidlng fpr a regular army with an authorized peace strength of 143, 000 men; a federalized National Guard, which would reach a v fixed minimum strength c .424,000, in 'five years; ade quate reserve systems for both of these forces; and organization of civilian training camps with wide discretion reposed in the War Department as to the terms of enlistment, ; training and government. - r : - The Senate committee has agreefi tentatively to a plan under which train ing camps" would be authorized in every congressional , district ' where . sufficient men volunteered for training under an obligation for - a war c - service. The maximum force to be-thus raised in any district would be 'a battalion, or sus stantially the same-number as proposed for the firsts yeariof. the Garrison con tinental army plan. The camps would be under command of full complements of " regular army officers. : --. 'Will Militia Be 'nmclentr Members.- of . both' committees, - while saying they - would support any- good plan ;for "'"federalizing the . Nations Guard as- a first lihe force, frankly ad mitt Ad todajr .-that thev had - doubt -wjetoif arrptat7fw enf; lteted in thNationaivuard, even n der the proppsed eerai' &ay and resti iation pr o viei,onsA '.. ..Representative Kahn',.' who has advocated- art extension of ' the basinessj inen's. cainp idea tb all classes ;-of citiztefts who would not enlist' i the; regulars -or the National Guard,' safbday thatwXth 30,000 men already enrolled f or intensive military training ' thls'eumrmer; "without govern ment aid, he" had received assurances that full lOOvOOO would be Available next year, under his plan. . , Members of the - Senate committee are understood to take a similar view. The House committee arrived at its regular army figures -today as a com promise - after- suggestions of a peace streneth of 220.000. 180.000 and 150,000 had been vPted - down:-, by ' narrowing margins. A '.non-partisan vote finally fixed upon 137,000, or 2,000 more than was recommended by the War Depart ment, with a provision designed to al low a percentage of over-enlistment in order to maintain that strength at all times. With this !: provision, the total strength authorized iwould be 143,000. To provide officers ; to carry oat work of instruction : at schools, amonk mili tia regiments and for other special - (Continued : on Page Twelve.) BELIEVES AMERICA IS STILL UMPIRE OF WAR And Wilson "The fdn to Keep the Game in Check." Morgantban Telia Hovv The, Spirit at Washingtenn Caused the Turks to Leave Edncationai Institn '. tions Unmolested. ", New York, Feb. 26. Under the aus pices of a committee nil ointed by the mayor, citizens of New York City par ticipated today- in a meeting, of wel come to Henry .Morganthan, United States . ambassador 'to Turkey, who . re- ', cently returned on leave of absence from Constantinople, f . . Discussing his experiences' In - Turkey, - Mr. Morgan thau said: . . i; . . ; . . . My heart went out to the. American missionaries. - When r went to Constan tinople I f ound' thegreatest man there was 'the treasurer '. of ii the. 'American Board of Mlsslohs, ; W W. Peet." I dis covered I could get more statesmanlike adylde from him than from any of my colleagues. , ' ; . ' - v ' ' .. W -have united "in Turkey in a God like work." We vhaye shown these peo ple what it Is ' to' teach morality, .-per-hajls jny mest difficult task was to con vince Turkish government officials that it was best .to k. .leave Institutions of learning unmolested.-;'. When they tried to force, regulations .upon' them, seeing the other nations of the world, engaged-in war, I tpld them that if the3rdaT ed to touch one of these Institutions, after peace was declared they would have me an advocate against them. And that's - what carried 4the day.' -v It . was not due to -jny personal charms, but to the fact that . I.' represented-a ' great countryihat -1' - represented . a- Just ; CContlnned: on Page Twelve) . - Believed They Should Tako Place of 14-Inch Type. ON NEW BATTLESHIPS General Board Has Recommended; Snip of Greater Tonnage for Mounting 1 the Larger Guns Aircraft for Atlantic Fleet. Washington, Feb. 26. Experimental long range firing by the Atlantic fleet ; and information about naval battles in the European war virtually have con- -vlnced .the Navy Department that bat- ; tleships ' to ' be' authorized this ; year should carry en 16-inch gunseach in stead of twelve 14-lnch weapons aboard ships of the Pennsylvania and Califor nia class now built or building. Details of gunnery are confidential. but It became, known tonight that tho next target practice of the fleet will be held at ranges up to -8,000 yards be cause of the lessons taught by the bat tle between German and British battle cruisers in the Nprth Sea, where 17,000 yard shots scored hits. The. navy general board recommend ed some time ago that new battleships be designed for the 16-inch rifles and proposed other ; military characteristics that made it necessary to increase the tonnage from 32,000 for the California class, to .36,000. ,; Officials of the boarcl have urged their views upon the House . Naval - committee in connection with the pending: appropriation bill, al though the 1917 building programme Js not yet before the committee. .Many officers of high rank, however, have cpnsidered it unwise to mount the bigger,, guns or build the bigger ships. Secretary Daniels has not as yet an nounced what his recommendation to the committee will be, but confidential reports from the fleet are said to have about convinced him of the desirabil ity of the bigger-ship project, t ' j Kite Balloons , Pn Ships. - ; , An order ? for the first kite balloon, to be added to the navy's aerial fleet; has been placed, it ' was learned today, and" this latest device to Increase the accuracy of gun, fire may be tested out during the spring vtar get practice. It which vWill-'Tise" 1,000 feet . above her ecks. i- The officers observing the" fall of shots now stationed in the fighting tops, isd'feetj above; decks,' wjll be sta tioned in the balloon, basket communi cating with the ship by telephone. From their great elevation they will be able, . it is thought... to direct salvo fire with deadly accuracy at targets Invisi ble from the ship Itself. The navy's biggest guns ' now have a range of 12 sea miles or more and this probably will be increased mater ially with the new l-lnch-guns. Be fore the committee recently -Admiral Winslow said he had seen weather con ditions in which ships were plainly vis ible at 30,000 - yards, or 15 miles. It pr6bably was due. he said, to a mirage; but if he had had guns of sufficient range, ,he thought he could have guag ed the shots so as to make a bombard ment effective. - Aerial Sconts New Feature. Another new feature probably will be added to the fleet this spring when the armored cruiser North Carolina, carry ing six aeroplanes and their crews and a device for launching the aircraft in any weather, joins Admiral Fletcher's command. The aerial scouts for the first - time will play an important part in the maneuvers and possibly in target practice. '.- ? ' ' .- ' COURSE IN AERONAUTICS AND MO TO BE GIVEN FREE Offered to an Officer of Militia In Each pt Forty-Eight States. ' , : New York, Feb. 26. A course ot training, in the - use of" aeroplanes for an officer of . the -militia lh each of the forty-eight states and $40 tp :eacn officer , toward . defraying- expenses in cidental to the training, are - offered in n letter, sent fcodav to the governors of the states by : Allan R. Hawley, - president of the Aero UlUD oi America, The course .will be contributed by an aeroplane company and the $40 by the Aero Club." . ' Th a letter stimulates that the tram ing- be in either'-land or water aero- t nion nnd , continue until the officer - appointed secures his official license.". , FIFTY GERMAN EDITORS AND , PUBLISHERS IN CONFERENCE, Hold Meetings in Chicago Behind Clos ed Doers Meet Again Today. n-iieaero .Feb. 2-6. - Fifty editors and - publishers of the leading German news nonara f . the TTnited States - met be- hind clPsed dpprs here today." Another session of; the conference will, be, held tomorrow. - Thei eaiiors aia not mass public the purpose of the meeting nor to- divulge ..the proceedings,- but- it - was fsstid that today's session was merely preliminaryr.to the meeting .set -for to morrow, and that a statement probably would be given out after that meeting. In pplltical circles it was reported that the .coming presidential campaign was under difcuBsipnr.v;;- ; - ,c V . TRAIN" HITS : AUTOMOBILE. V Mrs. A. H. Tvrichell, of Soartanhmrg, S. X: Perhaps Fatally injured. :-J Spartanburg,? d Feb: -26. -Mrs. AJ H. Twichell, jwlfe of the president of the, Glendale. artfl iCliftPn cotton mills, was -perhaps fatally, injured and her negro chauffeur .seriously injured when -Mrs. ' TwlpheU's automobile was struck by - a i passenger train on - the Southern Railway' at a grade crossing almost in the heart of the city, this morning. Mrs., TwichelT 'is 'I still . linconeciPUs tpnight, suffering frpm concussion pf?ther brain and -other Injuries.-' The negro's con dition - Is i sald v tp be serlpus. The . cat was cpmpletely wrecked. -;'-iv--"f-r ;,:-;; t i - -.4 f : J L i
Wilmington Morning Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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Feb. 27, 1916, edition 1
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