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1 . a' 1 - .- 4 WEATHER. lOOR MERCHANDISE doesn't 1 Fair F'rhlay, slightly colder east por tion; Saturday and Sunday fair. H seek publicity it evades it. Buy advertised goods because they are best. FaiXKDE AD1867 VOL.XCIX-NO. 163. WILMINGTON, N. C, FRIDAY MORNING, MARCH 9, 1917 TTHOIiE NTJ.MBER 39,831 SENATE ADOPTS RULE B'LA CING BOWER IN HANDS OF TWO- THIRDS OF MS MEMBERSHIP TO LIMIT DEB A TE Steak f I r IfcMllI 'III III I lliil ! 111 lMt v m w 1 Ur.JjnlM 1 1 1 m f M . igized A TH1WB tfever Again as Long as Amendment NOW Book Can a "Little Group of Wilful Men" Prevent a Vote Upon Any Bill if It is the Desire of the Authorized Majority to Have it Otherwise LFLILLETTE. GRONNA AND Change is Adopted 76 to 3, With Seven of the Senators Who Helped to Defeat the Armed Neutrality Bill Voting Affirmatively. President Criticised During Debate for His Se vere Censure of the Twelve Senators. j Washington, March O. Alter der rules permitting debate limited j ,i j ,i ot senators anu uie pro visions oi me h' a vote of 76 to 3 put power in the bers in the future to limit discussion taken on a pending measure. Never while the amendment is in tie group of wilful men," as President Wilson called those he set re sponsible for the defeat of the armed neutrality bill, prevent a vote upon a bill before the Senate if two otherwise. The organized filibuster dead. . . - " . Only Six Hours Debate jlciian ca-me unexpectedly. after.t six hours debate on the rule, drafted by a bi-partisan committee. - Although both Democrats and Republicans .-had ap proved the change in caucus, and Sena tor Martin, the majority floor leader, had given notice that the Senate .would he kept in continuous sessipn until a vote was taken, nearly everyone look e.i for a much longer discussion. Senators LaFollette and Gronna, two of those who opposed the armed neu trality bill, and Senator Sherman, who favored it, cast the negative votes. Sen ators Cummins, Kenyon, Kfrby, Lane, Norris, Stone and Vardaman, who were against the armed neutrality bill, voted for the amendment. Colleagues of most of the senators absent announced that if they had been present they would have sunnorteri it. ' The exact use of the rule will not be come apparent until it is enforced, but it probably cannot be successfully, used to prevent the spectacular one-man fili busters by which senators have- talked foils pending-in the closing hours of a session to a legislative grave. "Such filibusters probably cannot be prevented-unless they are foreseen, but an or ganized affair which must be plannecl wo days or more ahead before a ses- us enrt can be disposed of easily. Provisions of Amendment. In brief the new rule nrovides. that n petition of sixteen senators to close debate on a pending measure the Sen ate by a tWO-thirrla irnto tV,a fnllnw. jS day hut one, may limit debate hereafter to one hour to each senator, t includes provisions to prevent dila- wy tactics and the introduction after loture is ordered of amendment? not serraa.ne to the pending bill. idny senators who favored the "jSe do not look upon it as a cloture r s"ch as prevails in the House of Preseinatives, where the rules com- iilth W'th a mairity behind it can j ; the limits upon speech and the hour 'io Vote: others who fear the ac 'ii declared it was but the entering a&e, .and that the days Qf the gen Vorn Ule nly Sislative body in the r-d where there can be full arid free S'-USS!". are numbered. President Criticised. tint r "-r iouay startea peaceiuuy, branci k had continued long it nem , into 3iscussion on the armed DiPn. aVUy bin and the President's state u,t about -i ... 'lion i i-wcive men ne new re- o u 1 , for a failure to get a vote up- of , ' Clc BU"ie oiner. criticisms UI the tr;,i0 - l I 1 1 VY3 rv-ii r. .1 a, j. !oW" 'Vhe Senate or out if "high or fd tnU sakl he attempted or conspir !iber ,t'TeVer,t a vote on ' the bill, "de. "finafn.- n . . . - - dent-.. Juwn3ena sam the Presl at o s was unjust, umortun- aSan ' mb opinion unconstitutional oftu " upun a co-orainate nrancn louncpTi , enu senator worns an bnt w he favorea a cloture rule pove), tR opposed and would still be op 1'ss'm ,-the armei neutrality bill un CP l!fiecl' He asserted the side of neve! ,who1. 0PPsed that measure had Benn a me PePle- ' - oiuooc said if the President wa call a special session of Congress "JW trlitv K iV irenas of the armed neu- aysnlfsure could be Passed in three m, LI',0llette Snralc. Hrlflv. J htJ ,ust speaker was Senator LaFol- lLCr, I no i .... yviiirax ngur or the filibuster. FILIBUSTER IS OF THE PAST Remains in the Senate Rule SHERMAN VOTE ALONE more than one hundred years un- only by the physical endurance 'I . . . , constitution, tne senate tonight hands of two-thirds of its mem and to say when a vote shall be . -.J , the Senate rule book can a "lit- - thirds of their colleagues will is recognized in the Senate as . j -" " fie'saiU' Ee would not discuss his pbsi tion on the armed Neutrality bill now but might have something to say about it later. Pointing out that some of the most important appropriation bills, in cluding the navy and ! army measures, had been presented to the Senate only a short time before March 4, he asked, "were they so long coming to the Sen ate because it was undesirable that they be discussed here?" The army bill was presented, he said, with a provision never before dared to be presented to. an American Congress with universal conscription or universal military train ing embodied in it. j "You pile up legislation of that sort,"" he continued, "and then 48 or 50 hours before the end of the session you bring in a bill that trenches on the constitu tional authority of Congress and de mand that debate shall be made to con form. With this sort of a rule and an iron hand laid. on this body from out side, with . a ; Congress that has reduced itself in a little less than three years to little less than a rubber stamp, do you not think this sort of cloture would be pretty effective V .... -The senator read extracts from the. Congressional Record of previous dq- . (Continued on Page Two) FOREIGN SECURITIES REGARDED NECESSARY Reserve Board Endeavors to Cor rect Misunderstanding Says It Considers the Investing of Rea sonable Amount in foreign Loans As Proper Means of Balancing Credit! Washington, March, ' 5. In a state ment tonight reiterating that its warn ing te American banks not to invest too heavily in foreign securities had been misunderstood, the Federal Re serve Board said it regarded the plac ing of foreign loans as a natural and proper means of settling trade balances and gave v notice that the country's gold reserve now "has, been materially strengthened and supplies a broad bas is for additional credit." 4 When the warning was issued last November the board explained that it was? directed against the tying up in definitely . in foreign treasury bills of capital which should be . ayallable to meet domestic demands. Its immedate result was - the withdrawal from sale in this country of many, million dollars worth - of British securities by J. P. Morgan and Company, 1 and no little un favorable criticism in the allied coun tries. ' -. The board's statement tonight says in part: "From statements which , have "been published from time to time, both 'in the" American and foreign press, there appears ' to be a misunderstanding of the attitude .of the JFederal Reserve Board with the respect to investments in ; foreign loans - in the United States. On more than one occasion the board hasj endeavored to remove this - miaun (Continued on Pf .Xwft) 400 U. SJ LAND AT SANTIAGO AND TAKE CHARGE People, Who Feared Rebel Attack, Regain Confidence Follow ing This Action NO FIGHTING TAKES PLACE ! Cane Fields and Sugar Mill at San Luis Burning Populace is Greatly Alarmed Santiago, March 8, Four hundred men from American warships have j landed and taken charge in Santiago. The cane fields and the Union Sugar mill at San Luis, ten miles north of Santiago, are burning. The people ot . ! San Luis are ereatlv alarmed and have i ibullt barricades in the street, expecting ' attack j from the rebels, The Americans were landed from the mine layer San Francisco, the cruiser i - - Olympia, the gunboat' Petrel and the gunboat Machias. The people of Santiago have regained confidence since the landing of the Americans. There has beerf no fighting here as a result of the arrival of the American guards. ' : Heavy fighting is reported in the vi cinity of IPaima Soriano. Many civil ians are leaving- the city to join the constitutionalist army. 1 GOMEZ AND HIS STAFF ARK IMPRISONED AT HAVANA Havana, March S. Ex-President Jose lutionaryj movement in Cuba, Is a pris oner in the Presidio, while the members of his staff, among them Colonel Qitjn ones, his j chief lieutenant in the field, are behind the walls of Fort Cabanas.v Reaching Havana -in a military train this morning which was under the com mand of Secretary of the Interior Hev ia, the members of the party presented a rather pathetic appearance, as they alighted from the party. S Gomez' was dressed in khaki with a white handkerchief about his neck and appeared! very tired. Caught between two' fires in battle, which resulted in Gomez's downfall, the rebels suffered heavy losses. Their dead and wounded are estimated at up ward of 300, while 280 were made pris oner. The rebels being without machine guns, inflicted comparatively insignifi cant casualties on the loyal forces of Collazo and Consuegra. j President Menocal this afternoon is sued a proclamation in which he praises the . army and its officers for "energy, valor and intelligence" and declares that while he will be inflexible . with those who "persist in wounding and affron-tiftg, the county with their crim inal attempts" he will have "all pos sible indulgence for those who in good (Continued on Page Eight) COUNT ZEPPELIU, THE IIOTED INVENTOR, DEAD Was Builder of First Practical Dirigible Balloon Death Occurred Yesterday at Chariot tenburg, Near Berlin, and Was Due to Inflammation of the ' Lungs' ' j --: v-: . London, March -8. Count Zeppelin is dead, "according to a dispatch from Berlin received - by Reuters Telegram Company. According to a Berlin tele gram transmitted by Reuter's Amster dam correspdndent Count Zeppelin died this forenoon at Charlotteijburg, near Berlin, from inflammation of the lungs. COUNT ZEPPEtlN'S DEATH " WAS DUE TO -PNEUMONIA - Geneva, (via Paris), March 8. (Fol low London) Count Zeppelin's death at Charlottenburg was due to pneu monia. EXHAUSTED HIS FORTUNE IN "CONQUERING THF .AIR" Count Ferdinand Zeppelin becaiife fa mous at the age of 70 as the builder of the wotld's first practical dirigible bal loon. On his 75th birthday he navigat ed his twentieth airship to celebrate the occasion. But before he had achiev ed fame he had devoted a half century of his life, exhausted his personal for tune of $750,000 and sacrificed a pril liant career as a German cavalry lead er, in conquering the air. ; Eniperor William recently proclaimed Count- Zeppelin 'to be "the greatest Ger man of the Twentieth Century." . As a token of appreciation he conferred up on 'him .the exaled . Order of the Black - (Continued on Page JClght.). GOVERNMENT USES INFORMATION IN M IL PAPERS Endeavors to Show That Zimmer mann Ordered Financing of Indian Rebellion Plot EVIDENCE GIVEN TO JURY Dr. Chakraberty, a Hindu, and Ernest Sekunna, a German, Imprisoned in Tombs New York, March 8. Evidence de- signed to show that Dr. Chandre Cha- kraberty, a Hindu physician, and Ern est Sekunna, a German chemist, receiv ed more than $60,000 from Wolf von Igel, a member of the staff of Count von Rirnstnrff former -nor-man omKao sador in the United States, upon the or der of Dr. Alfred Zimmermarin, German foreign minister, with which to foment a rebellion in India, was reported to night to have been presented to a .spe cial Federal grand jury here. ? ' : The information was contained in pa pers confiscated in the government's raid on von Igel's offices in Wall Street while seeking evidence 'in the plot against the Welland-Canal. The pa pers were officially used by the gov ernment for the first tinrte today, it was stated, their utilization having hereto fore been , prevented by ; the vigorous protests of -Count von, Berstjorff. . " Although the papers had heen taken from the jurisdiction of tneHlocal Fe& Bernstorff failed to take advantage of the attorney general's 1 off er toreturn any papers identified by him as offi cial documents. As a result the papers are now all at the disposal of the gov ernment. . Ca.pt. Wlliam" B. Offley, .divisional superintendent of - the Department of Justice under whose direction virtually all of the German plot and propaganda arrests in this city have been made, spent more than four hours in the grand jury room today.; - The Zimmermann order was obtained by Dr. Chakraberty . in 1 the summer of 1915 when he went to Berlin for the special purpose of interesting the Gei man foreign office in this Indian rebel lion, according to the government agents. , It is not believed that the Zimmermann memorandum is an auto graph letter, but it is understood to have been written in his office at his dictation after Chakraberty's . scheme had been fully considered and approved. Although Dr. Chakraberty and ; Se kunna spent some of the money which' they obtained from von Igel in $3,000 and $4,000 payments, the authorities are making an "investigation into a large sum said to have been invested in Dr. Chakraberty's name, He has $15, 000 in savings banks, $15,000 invested in negotiable securities and title to two houses-in uptown Manhattan, the gov ernment claims. . .. '--' 'Both suspects were taken- to the Tombs to spend the night when their bail bonds-of . $25,000 each were sud denly cancelled today by their bonding company. An official of the company declared it had acted through patriot ic motives.: STONE SAYS HE WIIX STILL RETAIN THE CHAIRMANSHIP Washington, Maroh 8. In view of re ports that Senator Stone, because of his attitude on the armed neutrality, issue, might not be retained as chairman of the foreign relations committee, the senator tonight made this statement: "I am not going to resign as chair man of the foreign relations committee and I am going to be: retained in tiat chairmanship in the Senate reorganiza tion." Democratic leaders on the steering committee which has the personnel of committees under .consideration , also declared that there" was no disposition to make any change in the chairman ship. , . OFFICIALS SURPRISED BY THE LANDING OF AMERICANS Washington, March, j8. Word that men from American warships actually had landed at Santiago surprised Navy Department officials, who only today had referred to the State Department a request for such action from the Cuban governor. The American naval commanders have broad authority to take such steps as may- be . necessary to protect Americans and other "foreigners and their property.- As the United- States government recognizes only, the Meno cal government, the trouble at Santiago presents a difficult problem. The task of the American expedition will be to pro tect foreigners without "becoming in volved fn the general fighting. , Invitation Withdrawn. " Tamaqua, Pa., March: 8. An invita tion to former Senator Clap p, of Minne sota," to "address- the- men's .'Bible Class at Lansford next Sunday' was with-; drawn today 'because-of his participa tion in the Senate filibuster against the armed neutrality hill." -, " " - PRESIDENT INFORMED BY AND GREGORY THAT HE AUTHORITY TO ARM SEES (10 FAIRNESS 111 WILSON'S POLICY Berlin Newspaper Says He Would Deny Right of Freedom to the German People AN ENEMY TO THEIR CAUSE editorial on Inaugural Address Says the Entire Union In a Huge Fac tory Making- Munitions for the Allies. Berlin, March 8 (via Sayville) Under the heading of j-'Falr '. Dealing," the semi-official Norddeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung publishes the following edi torial: "One phrase in President .Wilson's inaugural address strikes us. It re lates to fair dealing and sfssures that, as America desires it f for herself, so she is ready to plaim for all mankind, fair dealing, justice, the freedom to live and protection against organized wrong. That which President Wilson is ready to claim for all humanity, he never considers as the right of Germa ny.' . , . ,; : ,'. 'C . "President Wilson, claims for human ity the freedom ' to live. Only to the German, people does he ,deny; the. claim, entire Union was transformed into one huge -factory for the manufacture of arms and munitions. Not only were existing plants enlarged but others, which in times of. peace produced goods destined for peaceful uses," were trans formed in brder to "produce war ma terial for- Germany's enemies. The en tire industry of a people-who were un affected by the j horrors of , the. distant European war, was transformed into an enormous workshop for death. : "And while the United States govern ment confirms this conception of neu trality, it demands from us responsi bility for the lives -and safety of every one of its citizens, who, in spite of our urgent warning invades the war zone at-sea "- '"'l ' r master romantlst,' than a narrative PRESIDENT WILSON DENOUNCED . AS MOST DISHONORABLE" MAN Berlin, March! 6, (via London) The Lokal Anzeigerj in -a lengthy - editorial today severely criticises President Wil son's inaugural address. : "On ; the self -same day that James Monroe i 100 years ago assumed the presidency," says the newspaper, "his successor. President "Wilson at the cap itol in Washington, tore up the docu , (Continued on Page Three.) BREAD RESERVES ARE Prussian People Facing Distress ing Food Situation Food Controller Quoted . As Saying: In the Diet That a More Severe State of Things Could Hardly Be ' 7 Imagined London, March, 8. The Prussian food controller, Dr. George Michaelis, made in the Prussian Diet yesterday what the; Koelnische speech on the Zeitung calls a serious food situation, says a Reuter dispatch from Amsterdam. Dr. .Michaelis declared that the distress was such that a more severe state of things especially in the large industrial cen ters, could hardly be imagined. He indicated the possibility that all sur plus stocks of grain would be exhaust ed and said that very radical measures were needed to enable the people to hold out until next year. "We have in the third year of the war," the food j controller is quoted as saying, "discovered that . among all sec tions of the people the general feeling evinced is not j one of that endurance fori which we had hoped. This is hu man nature, but it ishighly deplorable and may-. have most- serious results. ,t"We have not perceived .in the towns that stern supervision which' is absol utely necessary in the .distribution of foodstuffs. ' There has been widespread abuse of bread tickets, entailing grave consequences as regards - our .stocks. Bread, tickets have been illegally used on such a shocking scale .that our en tire " reserves .; were r eJjausted -''So,' when potatoes failed . and bread - (Continued on Page-Three). ALREADY EXHAUSTED O.S. AMBASSADOR IS Announcement of His Sudden Death Yesterday at Tokio Received as a Shock ENVOY TO JAPAN 3 YEARS r Was One of First Ambassadors Ap pointed by President Wilson Af fairs of Embassy Taken . Over by Post Wheeler. , Washington, March 8. George W. Guthrie, American -ambassador to Japan since .1913, died suddenly of apoplexy today at Tokio. W Only a brief cablegram, announcing his death but giving no details, had reached, the State Department tonight. The affairs of the embassy have been taken over by Post Wheeler, the first secretary, who will act as charge until a new ambassador is named. Mr; Guthrie, a Pittsburg lawyer, prominent in 'National Democratic cir cles for many years, was among the first diplomatic representatives', ap pointed by President Wilson. He sail ed for Japans in ''; Jq&v and - has time , except lor - a short visit' to the UnitedVStates jn 1915i He has acted for his government in several important diplomatic 4 exciiknges .'with Japan, in cluding; the California anti-alien con troversy;.. ' ""-':'.' ; ' . News of the ambassador's death caus ed a shock at the State Department, as there had been no reports indicating failure of his robust health. He was 68 years old. -His last visit to Wash ington was during ,his leave of absence in 1915 and then he appeared particu larly well. ' . .The State Department cabled a mes sage of condolence to Mrs. Guthrie, who is understood to have been with her husband, at the time of his death. Pro vision is made in the department regu lations for bringing home the bodies of diplomatic officers who died at their posts, and this power will be exercised in the case of the late ambassador un less Mrs. Guthrie arranges otherwise or decides to accept the expected tender of a Japanese warship. Mr. Wheeler, now in charge of theJ embassy, has had . a wide diplomatic experience and the department feels that' he is f ully capable of conducting its business for an indefinite period ' Continued on Page Eight) FIFTEEN VESSELS MEDITERRANEAN Eight Were Steamers and Seven Sailing Craft, Berlin Reports Two Transports of 8,00 OTons Each In cluded in the List- The Loss Tonnage Aggregates More Than 40,000. Berlin, March 8 (via Sayville). An nouncement was made by the admiralty .today that there have been sunk by in the Mediterranean eight submarines steamships) and seven sailing vessels of more , than 40,000 tons. 1 Among tjhe vessels sunk, says the statement, (were the following: "February 19 A heavy laden trans port steamer of about 8,000 tons, near Porto D'Anzlo. "February 20 Norwegian steamer Doravore, of 2,560 toAs, with parcels from Genoa to London. "February 22 -Four sailing vessels with coal for Italy. : "February 24 British transport steamer of about 8,000 tons, armed with 15 centimetre cannon- and protected by trawlers; Greek steamer Mioulis, 2,918 tons, with cotton seed for London, both sunk south of Crete. "February 26 Armed British steam er Clan Farquhar, 5,858 tons, with cot ton and coal for, England. "February 27 Armed British steam er Brodmore, 4.071 tons, with, frozen meat. '-' . "One captain and two engineers were made'' prisoner." The sinking of the steamers Dora vore and Clan Farquhar has previously been reported. - GUTHRIE IN SUNK LANSING HAS FULL STEAMERS They Advise Him That Old Stat utes Do Not Apply to the , Present Situation NEXT STEP NOT REVEALED Mr. Wilson Has Not Stated Wheth er Mounting . of Guns Will Proceed Immediately MAY AWAIT EXTRA SESSION Is Taken for Granted Congress Will Convene Before July l. Washington, March 8. Both Secretary Lansing and Attorney. General Gregory have advised President Wilson that he has full authority to arm American mer chant ships against illegal attacks by German submarines. It was to these two officers the . government's authorities respec tively on international questions and law that the President re ferred the contention raised in the Senate that old-statutes enacted to ' athQmelcnantnienirt ' pirates raised an insuperable bat to the step he desired to take, to meet the submarine menace. Thev have repord that the statutes have no application to the present' situation. President's Plans Unknown Whether the President will act im mediately in accordance with this, opin ion, or will wait to call a special ses sion of Congress to pass a resolution similar to that killed by a filibuster during the last session was not reveal ed tonight. . . ' " ' - In view of the action of the Senate today in revising --its rules to prevent another such filibuster, it was thought in some administration quarters that the President would Immediately call an extra session. One problem involved is the prob able difficulty over the organization of the next House because of the almost evenly distributed balance of power be tween the Democrats and Republicans. A long drawn out fight such as has marked the organization of more than one Huse probably would delay action on the armed neutrality question a contingency which the President is de- ' termined to avoid. . It is taken for granted in all quari ters that before July 1 Mr. Wilson will summon an extra session of Congress. j.ne oniy question mopen tonight was whether it will be called Immediately. At least a week's notice is considered imperative, and some members want three weeks notice because they ex pect the session will last a long time. Many officials expect a decision by the President, either to call an extra, session immediately or to arm Ameri can . merchantmen on his own author, ity, before the end of the present week possibly tomorrow. , QUEVBDO HELD RESPONSIBLE' FOR CORNER RANCH RAID Pne of Eight Villa Prisoners Brought to Juarez Confesses Juarez, March, 8. Responsibility for the Corner Ranch raid near Hachita, N. M., was fixed upon Sllvestre Queve do, a Villa commander in ' Jose Ynea Salazar's regiment by the confession pt one of the eight Villa prisoners who was brought here yesterday from Casag Grandes. When Quevedo reported to Salazar what he had done the Villa prisoner said Salazar threatened " to shoot Que vedo, saying "you will have the. Amer ican army down upon our heads for this act before tomorrow night." He said Salazar immediately ordered his command to depart towards Janos. PACIFISTS DRIVEN FROM , MASS MEETING BY STUDENTS New York, March, 8. A students' rush upon pacifists featured a '"mass meeting at Columbia University today, at which 500 of the students signed ap plications to Join a Columbia training corps for reserve officers. Two anti militarist students, who objected to the purpose of -the meeting , and attempted, to preach their doctrines, were set up--on and ejected from the ball. " flit. 4 ' 1 ur n - i 1W f '
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