"'"'tt'JT VOL. XXVIII. BOONE WATAUGA COUNTY, N. C, THURSDAY MARCH 8, 1917. NO. 24. IJC0I OFFICIALLY DECLARED THAT IT ,WA3 VIOLATION OF AMERICAN RIGHTS. WILSON WIS ON CONGRESS Sinking of Cunard Liner Officially De- Glared to Constitute Clear-Cut Viola tion of Prlnolplea For Which United States Haa Stood. Washington. The Binkln of tha Cunarder Laconia by a German sub marina was stated officially to con atiture a clear-cut vlolatioa of Ameri can rights. 'Conclusive official Information at tha State Department shows that two American women lost their lives; that If 'four other Americans among the passengers and tha 14 among the crew were saved, It was only by good for tuna, and that the Teasel was sunk without warning, In direct defiance of all tha principles for which the United States has stood. Consul Frost's reports from the sur vivors landed at, Queenstown and Ban try show that the vessel was truck by a first torpedo without warning at 10:30 o'clock Sunday night, 160 miles off Fasnet, when the steamer was traveling 17 to 18 knots, on her voyage from New York to Liverpool. Tha engines were stopped as the ship listed to starboard, wireless calls were flashed broadcast, and six large rockets were sent up. Thirteen boats with passengers and crew got away and scattered over two or three miles to prevent collisions in a high sea roll ing In 12-foot swells. About 20 minutes after the first tor pedo, (the reports add, and while some of the boats were still nearby, a sec ond torpedo was driven into the ves sel, which Sank three-quarters of an hour after the original attack. The small boats with survivors pitched about during the long hours of the night until reaeue came. During this time, the two American women, Mrs. Mary E. Hoy and Miss Elizabeth Hoy, of Chicago, died of ex posure and were buried at sea. No further facts are needed by this Government, it was stated officially, and no Inquiry of any sort is necessary to establish tha facts of the case. Both White House and State De partment officials seem to feel that the answer must come from Congress. The President they noint out. asked tor authority to take steps ,to prevent just such an act at the verry moment when the first news was coming over the cables. Naval officer are puzaled by the fact that the Laconia was torpedoed at night. It haa been an accepted con tlttlon of submarine warfare heretofore i,that the U-boats were hampered by darkness and that ships In open waters were in little danger at night. : It If believed that the German U boat happened to be directly In the liner's path, or so close to it that the big vessel was distinguishable even with her light1, out. . ARRANGEMENTS COMPLETED FOR BREAK WITH AU8TRIA Ambassador Penfield Arranges For Withdrawal of Diplomats and Con sular Officials. Washington. Arrangements for the withdrawal of American diplomats and consular officers from Austria-Hungary have been made by Ambassador Fen field, on instructions from the State Department , Tha Ambassador has baen directed to take this step, the be- . lief at the Department being that a break In relations is inevitable. The Spanish Government has been asked to take over American Interests, and plans' have been made to expedite the withdrawal of Americans, it tho break occurs. The last report from Ambassador Penfield, a brlet cable received after Instructions were sent, suggested a possibility that Austria's reply to this Government's aide memoirs, asking deanlte of her attitude in the submar ine situation, might be favor able. No real hope was raised here. Pending a reply to the aide mem olra, the Austrian situation will re main In the same Indefinite) state which has'characteriied It Btnce- the rupture with. Germany, when a note similar, though not identical, bo Germany's submarine proclamation was received . from Ambassador Penfield. The State Department recently not! t fled the Austrian Embassay here that Count Tarnowskl, who landed at New York the day the German proc lamation was received, .could not pre sent his credentials to President Wil son until the Issue between the two countries was cleared up. POIEY KIDNEY PILLS ta.aACKAOtl 'KIOMYt AM IIAQOU E ASKS AUTHORITY TO ARM MER CHANTMEN AND OTHER NEC ESSARY MEA8URES. . FOR AN ARMED NEUTRALITY Immediate Reapsnse Was Introduc tion In House of Bill Empowering President to Furnish Merchantmen! With Guna and Gunners. Washington. President Wilson took the Inevitable step and asked Con Kress for authority to use the forces of the United Statea to protect Ameri can ships and lives, against the Ger man submarine menace to put the Nation in a state of armed neutrality. The Immediate response was the In troduction in the House of a bill em powering him to furnish guns and gunners to American merchantmen, 'to employ such other Instrumentali ties and methods" as may become necessary, and providing for a flOO, 000,000 bond issue to be used In his discretion for war insurance to en courage American commerce to brave the submarine peril. The bill may be brought up In the House with special rules for Its Immediate consideration, The President's long expected act ion, while received in the main with txpressions of support, threatens to force an extra session of Congress. The Republicans, disinclined to grant him blanket authority while Congress is In recess, give evidence of opposing the legislation tne President asks, not for the purpose of withhold ing It, but to force him to have Cpn gress In special session to take a hand in the next steps, which they feel will lead to war. The Republicans are re ceiving passive support from the Democratic element classed as "paci fist." The President's advisers deplore this situation for Its' effect In Ger many, where they are convinced It will feed the official Impression that Congress will not support the Presi dent if he finds It necessary to go to war, and that he is not speaking the sentiments of a united country. The President's request for author ity to "use other Instrumentalities" Is the principal sticking point. Even the Republicans and some ef the Dem ocrats who hesitate to give him what he asks, say they would be willing to give him authority to arm American ships or act on a definite proposal, but are reluctant to "sign a blank check." The Administration faces this divis ion in its own ranks In its effort to convince the Kaiser that the United States is now preparing to enforce respect for Its rights on the high seas. Some Democrats point to the Presi dent's own statement that he consid ered that 'he had already implied authority to act, and might do so without sanction of Congress. Mr. Wilson himself, however, said he pre ferred not to act on implications, and did not desire to be left without spe cific authority and no Congress to which to turn. All these things point towtid an extra session, although a way out may develop at tha last mo ment. Chambpria's Congh Remedy a Favorite For Colds. J L Easlpy, Macon, III., inspea king of Chamberlain's Ceuirh Remedy flays; "Duringthe past fifteen years it has been my sis ter's favorite medicine for colds on thf lungs, (myself have taken it a numhpr of times when suffer ing with a cold, and it always re lieved me promptly." GERMAN FRIEND WARNS "' GERARD NOT TO SAIL. Coronna, Spain, via Paris. -ltf , bo came known that, former Ambassador Gerard has been warned personally by a German friend in a high official position against sailing from Spain for the United States. Tha warning nas not become known, except to those men w.ho are In Mr. Gerard's confidence, but among them there Is a feellns of anxiety In regard to the Americans sailing on ' the Infanta Isabel. , i Despondency Due to Constipa tion. , Women often become nervous nnd despondent. When this iH due to const inafcirth it in corrected by taking an occasion- ai now oi cnHuipenaui s Tao lets. These tablets Breeasyto take and pleasant iu feffect. PRESID HT TAKES NEVITABLE STEP Thi War is It Would Bo. Charlotte Observer. ' President Wilson does not an ticipate that it will become nec essary "to put armed forces any where into action." It is well for people who are continually ask ing what this.cuuntry will do if we go to war with Germany to bear that in mind. The United States would.be in a state of war with Germany, but it would not be war in the generally accepted sense of the word. If there is to be any fighting, it will be between armed American merchant ships and the enemy submarines, or possibly later!onith the armed Jonvoys of these ships and the submarines. As many Americano as may want to go over and get into the trenches with the Brit ish and French may do so. For that matter, they have this priv ilege now, but there will be no sending over of a United States army. The war on our part would be'eonfined to the protec tion ofjour rights at saa and to the 'protection of American life on the'high seas. The probabili ty of Germany sending her army and her navy over to our shores could scarcely enter into the" cal culations. In order to do that, Germany would first have to whip Great iBritain 'and the Al lies onland, and then to destroy the British navy, and outside the submarine fleet, Germany's Na vy is about as useless as if it were at the bottom oltbesra Such actual fighting as might oc cur between Germany and the U nited States would be confined to the sea fights ofjthe character we have named. The most effective part of. our fighting with Germa ny, however, would be through the exercise of the power of the power and resources of thiscoun try to the benefit of the Allies. That will be about the extent of our participation in the war. But it would effect Germany with almost as great a force as if thin pountry were to'take active mili tary participation, and it would be within the powerof the United States, through the exercises of the power stated, to materially Hhorten the duration of the pres ent struggle. It would all be a. mighty disagreeable duty forced upon this country, and one in the avoidance of which it has gone the greatest lengths; but while it would be a costly experience, the one happy feature about it, if it roayjbe so termed, is that war with Germany would not mean the sacrifice of the young man hood of this country on the bat tlefield. A Bilious Attack. When you have a bilious at tack your liver fails to perfdrm its functions You become con stipated. The food you eat fer ments in the stomach instead of digesting. This inflames the stom ach and causes nausea, vomiting and a terrible hen dacbe. Take rhnmberlaiu's Tablets, They will lone up your liver, chan out your stomach and you will soon tie as well as ever. Tbey only cost a quarter. Prof. William Cain, of tha Univer sity, left for VanderWH University, Nashville, Tenn., wbre he will deliver series of lecture under the exchange lan now in operation at North Caro lina, South Carolina, Vandclrbflt and "(Virginia. The Pneumonia Season. The cold, damp weather of March seems to be the crnst fa v arable fur the pneumonia germ. Now is the time to he cartful. Pneumonia often results from a c old j The quicker a cold is got t ra rid of the 1sh the danger. An e oon as the first indication ol n ( ?ld appears takeChaniberlain's I ough Remedv. As to the vhIiip of tb preparation, ask any one ho has utted it. Enlist Your Boy in Con Club Work This Year. Progressive Farmer Although a large number of Southern farm boys took part in corn club work last year, there were not half as many as there should have been. Many farm boys how have bank accounts now that they started by selling corn from their prize acres, but there should be twice us many happy, ambitious Southern farm boys with such accounts. And why not your boy among them, kind reader? So now, with the realization that the possibilities of corn club work have not been touched, every farmer should re solve that his boys and those of his neighbors 'will be enrolled in club work this year. The number of boys enrolled in the club work this year. The number of boys enrolled depends not on the state agents in charge of the work, but on the parents in charge of the boys. Your boy may notice" the prize offers and yearn to'eulist in the work, but he usually hesitates and fails to contest for the priz es unless he is encouraged by hit parents at the proper time1. Another thiijg that will help in community support. Why not have your Local Farmers's Un ion or Farmers' club offer prizes for the best yields of corn made in your neighborhood? Nearby merchants might offer prizes al so. In fact, with the coopera tion of farmers and business men there is hardly a community in the South that would not offer a creditable list of prizes in addi tion to those offered by the State. When your local corn club hap been organized, get some men who are good corn growers to make talks before the boys on corn growing. Letyour boy know that the money made from hit prize acre will be his, less per haps the usual charge for rent. and thus let ambition and friend ly rivalry stir in the boys of your community a desire to excel and to J posses real money of their own. When the ioy ots themon ey the sale of his corn brings, it is impossible for him to be a lo ser, and he will gladly enter the club work. It is impossible to estimate the possibilities of corn clubs for do ingjfgood in the South if neigh borhoods will only take hold of the work. Bad Colds From Sudden Change Spring brings all kinds of Wea ther and with it cornea voids and the revival of winter roughs ami .hoarseness. Dr. IMVa lJine-lai Honey will head off a new cold oi stop the old one, the Hoothiug balsams relieve the sore throat aud heal the irritated tissues Get a bottle to day ami start treatmentat once. At your drug gist 25c. Formula on bo tile. Most families have a black sheep but they try to keep it dark. . Spring Coids Are Dangerous. Sudden changes ot tempera turd and underwtar brinttjSpriog colds with stuffed up head, Un doBe of Dr. King's New'.. Discove rv is sure relief, this happy com binatiun ot autiwptic balsam clears the head, sootbM the irri tated menu bran s and what might have bpeu aliniieriugi-old is broken up. Dou'r. stop treat ment when relief is first felt us a half cured cold in daugcrous Take Dr. King's New Discovery till your cold is gone. Atal druggists. The dentist who gets the mos pulls is always the most prom! nent in the community. F01EY KIDNEY Fill K iw!UCra.a!iait a; Brief Notts Covering Happenings In .This 8tate That Are ef Interest to All the People. The supreme court delivered opln- 1fi StnnAa Inn. ..L Ions In Many blocks of concrete sidewalks and sheet asphalt streets are being put down In Monroe. Hev. J. H. Weaver, presiding elder ot the Greensboro District of the Western North Carolina Methodist Conference, dropped dead while wait ing for a street car at Greensboro. A woman's section of the Navv League is being organized in Rowan county as an adjunct to the Red Crone, With Mrs. E. C. Grea-orv and MU Mary Henderson having charee of ex tending the organization. The executitve committee of the Slate Bar Association selected Wrlghtsville Beach as the place for the next meeting in June, the exact dates to be fixed by the president and secretary of the association. All cabbage, onions, mustard and turnips planted in Union count are dead. Many people raise an exeellent winter garden in this county end this is the first winter in many years that the gardens were totally destroyed, Through the efforts of Stough 'Hop per, of the Eagle Roller Mills, and Mayor J. T. Gardner ot Shelby, there has been a reduction ot nine cents per hundred on flour In carload lots from Michigan polnta and a reduction of seven cents on wheat from Michigan points to stations along the Seaboard. Seaboard officials will be Invited to Wilmington In the early future aol asked to explain why better schedules have not been Inaugurated betweon Vfilmlngton and Charlotte, as was promised by General Manager Lake at the Charlotte conference recently held. Tha North Carolina Scientific Sec tion of Optometry held its regular monthly meeting- at Greensboro In Dr. J. W. Taylor's office. This being the time for the annual election ot of fleers the following were chosen President, Dr. A. P. Staley; vice pres Ident, Dr. A. 0. Splngler; secretary treasurer, Dr. J. Fred Tesh. Dr. R. M. GIdney, farm demonstra tor for Cleveland county, says that over f 500 worth of livestock has been killed as a result of the mad dog ram page since the first ot the year In Cleveland county. Three patients have had to go tt Raleigh to take the Pastuer treatment, fearing infection from hydrophobia, since the first of January. Seven months after the July flood smashed through the high river bluff at the western end of the great Look' out dam on the Catawba River tha work of repairing the vast damage Is still far from finished and contractors are moving a mountain of earth Into the gorge of the new channel of the stream. Steam shovels are digging away the adjacent hill and dinky rail roads carry the dirt to trestles span' nlng the tremendous cut. During the last year new bulldlnrp for 20 rural high schools ha-ve either been constructed or are In course of building and 11 other schools have made provision for new buildings not yet commenced according to the biennial report ot Prof.' N. W. Walker, State Inspector of Public High Schools, Just made public. The new buildings erected or being constructed cost 28B,200, While it is estimated that the proposed constructions will cost $151,000. After listening to the testimony of witness afterwitness In the Brltt hear ing, conducted at the Federal build Ing at Ashevllle, wherein Mr. Brltt'i attorneys are seeking to build up case that will give Mr. Brltt trie seat in Congress, for which Zebulon .'Weav er bolds a certificate, the impression grows that as the next house Is 'organ ized to will the value ot markd and unmarked ballots be determined) In the aeattng of a congressman fron tha Tenth congressional district Fire ot unknown origin completely destroyed a big cotton gin at Maoris ville last week. Boat's school house In the sitnth western section of Catawba count was destroyed by fire, supposedly ratohins from the flue. Nobodv area around, It Is said. . Only a short true aeo new desks were placed at clon slderable expense and these and everything elese in the building fe-e burned. This Is the second time. Mm Bost school has lost Its building by fire. A big Illicit distillery with a ca parity of 20 gallons pe rday was destroyed near Hickory las tweok. , PROFESSIONAL. E. Glenn Salmons, Resident Dentist. BOONE, N. C. Office at Critcher HoteL OFFICE HOURS: 9:00 to.3 a. tu; 1:00 to 4:00 p. m. Dr.G. M. Peavier, Treats Diseases of the - Eye, Ear Nose and Throat BRISTOL. TENN., 15 '14 ly. E. S. COFFEIT. -AT"OREi Al LAW,- Ljone, n. c. .Prompt attention given to all matters of a legal nature. W Abstracting titles and wuection oi claims a opecial v. M-'ll. Dr. Nat. T. Dulaney - SPECIALIST - 4TR, KAR; NOSH. THROAT AND CHKSl KTK6 KXAMIKKD KOFI GLASSES FOURTH STREET Eristol, Tenn.-Va. EJT7TUND JONES LAW YEH LENOIH, N. C,- Wiill Practice Regularly in tetourtsot Watauga, 6.1 Mi L. D-LOWK T. 1. LOVX, PineoU, M. C. Burner Elk, N. C. LOWE & LOVE ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW. Practice in the courts of Averr and surrounding counties. Care ful attention given to all matters of a legal nature. 7-6-12. F. A. LINNEY, -ATTORNEY AT LAW,- BOONE, N. C. Will practice in the' courts ol Watauga vnd adjoining coun ties. 3-11-1911. VETERINARY SURGERY. When in need oj vet erinary surgery call on or write to G. H. Hayes Veterinary Svrgeon, , VU las,N.C. 6-15-16. ft. F. Lovill. W. R. Lovll Lovill & Lovill -Attorneys At Law- BOONE, N. C Special attention given to all business entrusted to their care. , . .. T. E. Bingham, Lawyer BOONE N.C Prompt s tteution given to (ill maners of a leital nature Collection a specialty. Office with Solicitor F. A. Li uey 9, ly. pd. DR. R. D. JEIIIi!"GS RESIDENT DENTIST ' Banners Elk, N. C. tiT At Boone on first Monday , of every month, for, 4 or 5 days , and every court wek. Office v, the Blackburn liolel. : . .V " . '.-I'.ji.'v-fviV : fit'! 1 T .tr : -'

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