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EIITEHIE ALLIES REPLY
10 AMERICAN PROTEST
Declares no Legitimate Letter
Mail Has Been Seized
pot Emphatically Asserts Intention to
Continue Searching Parcel Post
Packages for Contraband
Concealed Therein.
Washington, April 3. The govern
ments of the Entente Allies, through
, Sir Cecil Spring-Rice, British ambas
sador, presented to Secretary Lansing
.a joint reply to the protest made by
t the United States against the seizure,
detention and censoring of neutral
mails. It declared no legitimate letter
mail had been confiscated nor any
treaty rights violated, but emphatical-
. ly asserted the Allies' intention to con
tinue searching parcel post packages
for contraband "concealed under pos
tal folders."
In regard to "true correspondence,'
- the note says the Allied governments
-will continue for the present to re
frain from seizing and confiscating ,at
sea these correspondence and dispatch
es and that -they will insure the most
rapid transmission of the mpossible, as
soon as the genuineness or tnelr char
acter is known,
The vigorous protest of the United
States against the treatment of neu
tral mails was based largely on evi
dence in possession of the State De
partment that, while mails had not
' always been searched at sea, neutral
ships upon being taken into British
- ports for inspection, had their mails
removed, detained and otherwise inter
fered with. The reply does not men-
- tion this phase of the controversy. The
protest stated specifically that the
American government was inclined to
consider that parcel post shipments
" were subject to the same treatment ac
corded goods sent by freight or ex
press. In regard to parcel post shipments
the communication says "merchandise
shipped under the shape of parcel post
must not and shall not be treated dif
ferently from the merchandise shipped
in any other way."
The allied governments assert their
rights to search general mail in the
following language:
, "That the inviolability of postal cor
respondence stipulated Toy convention
' No. 11 of The' Hague treaty of 1907,
earries by no means any prejudices to
the right of . the allied government to
visit' and if need' be to stop and seize
the goods which are falsely deposited
in the covers, envelopes or letters con
tained in the mail sacks."
Among other numerous examples
cited is one alleging that 1,302 parcel
post packages containing 437,510 kilo
grams of rubber for Hamburg and 69
parcels containing 400 revolvers for
.Germany via Amsterdam were seized.
MR. J. E. PRICE DEAD.
Prominent Citisen of Robeson Passes
at Home Near McDonald.
Lumberton, N. C, April 3. After suf
fering for more than two years with
Bright's disease, Mr. J. E. Price passed
away at his home near McDonald yes
terday afternoon at 6 o'clock, says The
Bobesonian today. Deceased, who- was
0 years of age, is survived by his wife,
six children one daughter, Mrs. W. O.
Singletary, of Burgaw, and five sons,
.Messrs. Lacy, Colon, Furman, Julian
and James, all of McDonalds and two
brothers, Mr. Kirkland Price, of Cas-
' satt, S. C, and Mr. Wm. Price, of Luck
now, S. C. The - funeral will ' be con
ducted from Iona? Presbyterian church,
of which deceased had been an elder
for more than a quarter of a century,
this afternoon at 4 o'clock by Rev. C
C. Carson, pastor of the church.
' . Kinston, N. "C, April 3.--The local
' city ' council threatens today to put a
stop to the skating craze that has held
' Bway over the juvenile population for
' 6ome-weeks. The hundreds of juveniles
to be found roller skating any. after
noon late and on Saturdays are help-
; ing to cut up new asphalt streets and
endangering their lives and limbs,' au
' thorities assert. Several accidents, but
; none serious, have occurred within the
past few hours.
London, April 3. Lloyd's reports
that the British bark Bengairn has
been sunk by a submarine. Part of
the crew were picked up. It is stated
the vessel was not armed. ,
GERMANS SHELLING
THE BOURRUS WOOD
NEARER FORTRESS
(Continued From Page One.)
that violent explosions and numerous
fires occurred both in Scotland and
England. All the airships returned tfc
their base. . , ,
LARGE RUSSIAN TRANSPORT
SUNK BY TURKISH SUBMARINE
Berlin, April 3 (by wireless to Say-Ville)-r
A 12,000-ton Russian transport,
with troops and war materials aboard,
was sunk by a Turkish submarine on
March, 80, the Turkish war office an
nounced today.
; . The statement follows:
"The enemy's endeavors to check the
advance of Turkish forces in the Tcho
ruk Valley failed.
"Turkish submarines on March 30
Bank a Russian transport of about 12,-
000 tons, with troops and war material,
and on March 31 sank another ship of
1,500 tons, and one sailing ship. Our
submarines effectively shelled fortified
positions on the coast north of Poti (a
Russian seaport in Trans-Caucasia, on
the Black Sea)."
.' BRITISH STEAMSHIP PERTH
"UNARMED" HAS BEEN SUNK
London, April 3. The British steamship-
Perth has been sunk. Six mem
bers of the crew were lost and eight
- were landed. Tho Perth was unarmed.
- - There are three British steamship's
Perth. The largest, 1,799 tons gross,
was owned in Melbourne. Another of
1,693 tons was from Dundee, and the
' third, 65 tons, was owned in Glasgow.
1 -GERMANY HAS APOLOGIZED
FOR BOMBING SWISS VILLAGE
London April 3. Germany has apol
' ogized to Switzerland for the bombing
of the Swiss village Porentruy by Ger
man air men last week, says a Reuter
dispatch from Berne. A promise to
punish the aviators who supposed they
were over Belfort, has been made.
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DRINK BIS-MAC:
YouU'Like It.
JUDGE MANNING IN RAGE
FDR ATTORNEY GENERAL
" Loophole "y Which Carter May
Probably Retire?
Believed Also 'That Entrance of For
mer Associate Justice May Mean
Withdrawal of Some of the
Other Candidates.
(Special Star Telegram.)
Raleigh, N. C, April 3. Judge J. S.
Manning, formeTf associate justice of
the Supreme Court, this afternoon defi
nitely announced his candidacy for the
Democratic nomination ; for attorney
general to succeed Hon. T. W. Bickett.
Will Judge Carter Retire?
With former Associate Justice J. S.
Manning an avowed candidate for at
torney general, there is much talk of
the likelihood of Judge Frank Carter,
of Asheville, withdrawing from the
race and giving his strength to the
Manning candidacy. In fact, there is
a strong impression that-, having been
leading counsel for Judge Carter in
his defense at the last sesshm of the
Legislature when his-personal and of
ficial conduct were the subject of leg
islative Investigation. Judge Carter
will use the Manning candidacy as a
good loop-hole through which he can
creditably withdraw from the attor
ney general candidacy and simply re
tain his Superior court judgeship for
the remainder of his six-year term and
then seek his vindication from the leg
islative committee findings through se
curing the renomination to his place
on the bench.
Predictions are freely made that with
Judge Manning in the race for attorney
general, there will be withdrawal by
"numbers of the other candidates for
the primary nominations, those who
have avowed candidacy including R.-N.
Simms and T. H. Calvert, Raleigh; Ed
mond Jones, Lenoir, W. A. Self, Hick
ory, N. A. Sinclair Fayetteville.
Governor Craig has referred to At
torney General Bickett legal questions
involved in a requisition that has been
made by the Governor of Florida for
the extradition to that state of Tom
Horne who is wanted for immoral re
lations with a child under 16 years old.
A requisition has been issued by Gov
ernor Craig on the governor of New
Jersey for John Kale, who is wanted
in Catawba county to answer the
charge of larceny and forgery. He stole
a bale of cotton and forged the name
of the owner of the cotton in commit
ting the theft.
C. E. Mcintosh, of the State Depart
ment of Education, is just back from
Northampton county where he went to
complete arrangements for the estab
lishment of a State high school for the"
county, the State . to provide as much
money as the local authorities to the
amount of $2,500. The establishment
of the school is assured.
DANIELS APPEALS
IN BEHALF OF THE
5-YEAR PROGRAMME
(Continued From Page' One.) j
in the record. Mr. Daniels declined t
do so, saying he had no intention of
permitting such correspondence, to be
made the subject 'of gossip.
-Britten is Attacked.
Representative -Oliver, ,; of Alabama,
Democrat," sharply attacked.. Represen
tative Britten. He said the Illinois
member's attitude throughout the hear
ings followed the single line of criticis
ing the Secretary of the Navy. Ho call
ed attention to the fact that Represen
tative Britten had insisted upon calling
Admiral Fiske and declared the ques
tions propounded tothe admiral by Mr.
Britten had been of purely personal na
ture, not an effort to enlighten the
committee on navy problems.
Representative Britten and the sec
retary clashed again when the former
asked if a Democratic Congress had not
cut down recommendations of a Repub
lican secretary from three battleships
to one.
'"If you want to go into politics, Sec
retary Daniels began.
Several committee members inter
rupted .to say politics should be exclud
ed, but general debate on the subject
followed. Representative Britten as
serted that Secretary Meyer had rec
ommended the construction of 11 battle
ships during his administration.
"That is more than you have done,
Mr. Secretary," he said.
Secretary Daniels replied that Secre
tary Meyer had cut. down "his recom
mendations until after the Republican
defeat in the last general election, and
then ' "recommended everything in
sight.
Chaiman Padgett said while Mr.
Meyer had recommended three battle
ships at one time his estimates in the
same year had not shown a dollar for
newspapers. .
Then Mr. Padgett ruledout further
political discussion.
"Isn't t true," demanded Represen
tative Britten, of Secretary Daniels,
"that a copy of one or our war plans
with Japan has been lost during our
administration?
I have never heard of it, Secre
tary Daniels said.
"You personally have notlost a set"?
Representative Britten persisted.
"No, sir." "J
Present State of ReadlneM.
"How long would it take to put th
navy into condition to fight an efficient
enemy?" asked Representative Britten
"We could fight now with what we
have," Mr. Daniels said.
"I'm not talking about fleet, said
Representative.; Britten, interrupting
Secretary Daniels'' effort . to illustrate
conditions in the navy by. showing what
had been accomplished in 48 hours
when the fleet was ordered to Vera
Cruz. "I'm . not talking about putting
the reserve ships, in fighting trim. How
long would it take to get 15,000 men,
tram them and put them on the re
serve ships?"
If we had to take raw men, a very
long time," the Secretary said. He
added that in any great emergency the
navy could b. made ready in a very
short time because there were 25,000
former enlisted men in civil life.
.Reverting to Admiral Fiske s case.
Chairman Padgett asked the. Secretary
to explain hbw it was that Fiske was
not appointed to the general board, al
though the latter stated that Admiral
Dewey, president of the board, had
asked for his appointment.
Mr. Daniels said it: was true Admiral
Dewey had. made a request and he had
promised to. consider It Later, he said,
Adnjiral Dewey withdrew his request.
. . . DjpweyliAsIi' Fiske.
"He requested ma . then," : said the
Secretary, referring. to Admiral Dewey,
"not to put Fiske on the board because
he wanted a practical, Tiot a theoretical
man. I did ;not put him on." . :
. In his testimony Secretary Daniels
Official War Statements
Berlin, April 3 (via London).. The
German official statement today 101-
lows: .
"Western theatre: On the left bank
of the Meuse, all the enemy's positions
north of the Brook of Forges, between
Haucourt and Bethineourt are in our
hands. -
"Southwest and south of Fort Dou-
aumont our troops engaged in battle
with troops holding the French
trenches and points of support.
"Eastern theatre: There is notmng
to report."
AUSTRIAN
Berlin. April 3 (by Wireless to Say-
ville). The Austrian office issued un
der date of April 2, the following state
ment on the progress of the campaign
on the Italian front:
"The situation in the Italian war the
atre is unchanged. This morning ene
my aviators threw bombs on Adelsberg
(in Carniola) 23 miles nortneast or
Triest, killing two men and wounding
several." , ' , .
BRITISH.
London, April 3. The British official
communication today says:
"Yesterday one of our - aviators shot
down a German" machine in the neigh
borhood of Lens. Another aviator at
tacked and drove off five, hostile ma
chines after a close combat with two of
them.
"This morning early at St. Eloi we
attacked a crater which had been held
.by the Germans since March 30. The
crater was captured and our line was
established beyond it, We took 84 pris
oners including four officers. The ar
tillery on both sides has been active
in this neighborhood today."
FRENCH
Paris, April ,3. The official commu
nication issued by the war -office to
night follows:
"Between Soissons and Rheims we
carried out concentrated fires against
German organizations north of tle
Butte wood and Mount Sapigneul.
"In the Argonne, our batteries vio
lently bombarded the west corner of
the Avocourt wood. An enemy block
house was destroyed and a raunitio-ivs
depot blown up.
"West of the Meuse the Germans
launched yesterday at the end of the
day a vigorous attack between Hau
court and Bethineourt against our posi
tions on the north bank of the Forges
Brook, which we had evacuated in the
night of March 31-Apnl 1 without the
enemy perceiving it. Surprised by a
violent fire directed from our new po
sitions and a flanking fire from Bethin
court, the enemy forces suffered heavy
losses without having been able to
fight.
"Today the bombardment was quite
violent in the region of Bois Bour-
rus but there was no infantry action
"East of the Meuse our counter at
tacks developed success. In the course
of the day we drove back the enemy
as far as the Northern outskirts of the
Caillette wood and to the north of the
Vaux Pond. A last counter attache,
particularly spirited, enabled us to re
occupy the west part of the village of
Vaux which we had exacuated.
"In the Woevre there was intense ar
tillery activity into the Moulalnville
sector.
"In retaliation for the bombardment
of Duteirk,by a Zeppelin .last night.
31 allied aeroplanes dropped on the
enemy, cantonments at Kelem, Essen,
Terrest and Houthulst, shells of large
calibr. Last night one of our squad
rons bombarded the station at Con
flans. .
'Today numerous aerial combats
were fought with success in the re
gion of Verdun. Our aviators brought
down four German aeroplanes other
enemy machines took to flight or were
forced to land."
The Belgian official communication
reads: : - - v
"There were slight artillery activity.
In reprisal for the bombardment o?
Dunkirk by a Zeppelin, our aeroplane
in concert with ' French aeroplanes,
bombardments enemy cantonments."
recommended an appropriation for an
investigation of the feasibility of gov
ernment refining of oil for battleship
use. He presented ngures preparea Dy
a firm of oil engineers, whose name ho
did not disclose. It showed that for
the cost of the oil it now buys, the navy
could refine its own oil, producing as
by-product enough gasoline for its
own use and enougn Kerosene ior xne
entire lighthouse service. The appro
priation asked, the Secretary said, was
for the purpose of checking up these
figures.
Representative Callaway brought out
statement that in the Secretary's,
opinion the backbone of the navy
should be eventually "at least" 48
dreadnaughts.
"You cannot see any .reason ndw,
can you?" demanded representative
Callaway, "that you did not see last
year, for increasing the navy?" v
"Yes, we had had no diplomatic dif
ferences then," said the Secretary.
Conditions were not so strained."
Washington. April 3. The House to
day, by a-' vote of, 19? to 75, passed Rep
resentative Aswell's bill to make good
the title of settlers to land within the
grant in Louisiana wliere it was plan
ned years ago to build , the New Or
leans, Baton Rouge & 'Pacific railroad.
The road never was built, and pur
chasers of land from the railroad com
pany, including heirs of Jay Gould
and Michigan lumber interests, have
been contesting title with settlers.
stand this test?
The bright lights of an evening
gathering show up mercilessly the
defects qf a poor complexion. But
the regular use of , . . '
makes it as easy to have a nature
ally beautiful skin as to. cover-up a
poor one with cosmetics. ; It lessens -the
tendency ' to pimples, redness
and roughness, and in a very short
time the complexion usually be
- comes clear, fresh and velvety.
In severe or stubborn cases, Resinol Soap
- should at first be aided by a little Resinol Oint- !
meat. All druggists sell them.
Men with tender facet find that. Keintl .
Stezrinc S tick frevtnis irritation.
Resmol Soap
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lUPPMnF II:: vrr - -' - 1
MEMBER OF FAST
liberty St. Boosters' Club Pro
gressing Rapidly for
Health Betterment.
Another member has been added to
the fast growing "Liberty Street Boost
ers Club." He is E. L, Lapp, of 1004
Liberty street, and a popular attache
of the big B. F. Huntley Furniture Co.
The "Liberty Street Boosters' Club"
Is . Winston -Salem's leading keep-well
society.- Qualifications for membership 1
are the health, strength and cheer that
Tanlao gives. Their password is "I
feel fine." Membership is not restricted
to any particular sex or age. Residence
In Liberty street and good health, how
ever, are essential.
How Mr. Lapp became eligible for
membership is explained herewith:
'Until neighbors recommended Tanlac
to me. I was unable to era in relief
through the various medicines I tried
from an almost general rundown In
health.
"This medicine has made me feel like
a new. man again, If there is such a be
ing. My appetite is as good as ever; i
feel "fresh In the mornings for I am able
to sleen sound once more: the pains
no longer bother me; and my head feels
clear since the catarrhal conditions
have been remedied.
"Like others of the Liberty street res
idents -who have gained from Tanlac,
I am only willing to offer my endorse
ment to its merits with the hope that
others also will be aided by its use."
People who suffer from sluggishness,
nervousness, catarrh and4 stomach ills,
will find Tanlac, especially at this
sarins: season, the ideal tonic blood
purifier, appetizer and Invlgorant.
The Bellamy Drug Store sells Tan
lac. Adv.
VON PAPEN BACKER
OP VON DER GOLTZ
(Continued From Page One.)
and soon will be made public by the
British foreign office in London. Por
tions of the correspondence, including
the von Papen letters, were photo
graphed and brought to the United
States by Scotland Yard detectives who
had von der Goltz in custody.
Publication of the correspondence by
the British foreign office, it was said
tonight, was deferred to afford offi
cials here a chance to act on its dis
closures. There Is nothing, officials said, in the
letters or in von der Goltz'B statement
in New York to indicate upon whose
instructions, if any, von Papen was
acting when he endorsed von der
Goltz's plans and. supplied htm with
money to carry them out;
Your moneyMl do" double duty all
day today at Polvogt Co.'s Dollar Day
Sale.
(advertisement.)
ELL-ANS
Absolutely Removes
Indigestion. One package
proves it 25c at all druggists.
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A Free Lecture on
CHRISTIAN
SCIENCE
is to be delivered tonight by
wm. d. Mccracken, cv s. b
of New York, a member of the Board of
Lectureship of the Mother Church. The
First Church of Christ, Scientist, at
jsoston, Maes.
8 O'CLOCK.
APRIL 4th.
BOYS' BRIGADE ARMORY
Public Cordially Invited
GONG
KEEPWELLS
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$1,250,000.00
DURHAM HOSIERY MILLS
7 Cumulative-Preferred Stock
Tax Exempt in North Carolina
Preferred as to Assets and Dividends
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Semi-annual dividend' dates first days of January and July. Redeem
able as a whole or in part at the option of the Company on six months no- .
tice at any dividend period at $110.00 and accrued dividend. -
OTHER CAPITALIZATION:
Common Capital Stock ". $l,250,00o'o0
Profit and Jjoss and Reserve, as of January 1st, 1916 '679,314.55
The DURHAM HOSIERY MILLS rank as the largest manuf acturers of Domestic Cotton
Hosiery in the world with a daily production of 15,000 dozen pairs, or 180,000 pairs. This
manufacturing includes everything necessary for hosiery, from the raw eotton through to the
finished products-having in operation over 60,000 spindles, and a complete printing plant, and
paper box shop.
The line includes hosiery ranging in prices, i. e. retail price, from 5c to 25c per pair. Safes
have increased' in round numbers from $754,000.00 in 1905 to $2,100,000.00 in 1915. .
Total net assets, exclusive of good will, trade marks', etc., as of January 1st, 1916j were over
$2,400,000.00 or over 3 12 times the par value of the outstanding Preferred Stock.
The DURHAM HOSIERY MILLS cannot create any mortgage or issue any bonds with
out the consent of at least two-thirds each of both the Common and Preferred Stockholders.
The DURHAM HOSIERY MILLS has its own selling organization, with offices in New
York and Chicago, and in this way saves at least one-half of commissions ordinarily paid com
mission firms for selling dry goods.
.. GOOD WILL
The DURHAM HOSIERY MILLS has a very valuable asset in its registered trade mark
brand of hosiery DURABLE DURHAM HOSIERY. The sales on this brand were 324,424
dozens for eleven months in 1914, and for the same time in 1915, 666,147 dozens.
This Preferred stock is now offered at par ($100 per .share), and is ready for delivery on
and after April 15th. We reserve the right to accept or reject any bids, as over One-half of this
isue has. already been subscribed, and the full amount will not be sold at this lime..
- Very truly yours,
J. S. CARR, JR.,
April 1st, 1916. ' ' President
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