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VOL. VIII; NO. 251
CLOUDY AND WARMER
ROCKY MOUNT, N. C, MONDAY JVFTERNOON," MARCH 27TH, 1916
(HOME EDITION)
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m ATTEMTIONINWftR
The Central Powers Show
, ; Increasing Activity
K North ofSaloniki.'
SKIRMISHES APPEAR
: A GENERAL ATTACK
The General Belief in Ath-
h r . . .
en8rHoweverrIs-ThatJMo
Serious Attempt Is to Be
Made to Take Saloniki by
Forced of Arms, Though
Firing Is Heavy.
v (By Asseclated Press )
Continuation of a violent bonibanV
menl cast of the Mcu.se, north of er-
il-n, indicates t lie probability that now
attacks there, by tliu Germans may o
t ipected.
The Balkan theatre of war is attract
ing renewed attention lv reason of the
increasing activity north of Snlonikj,
where tlio skirmishing between Ten
. ton)"- allies and entente, forces is now
at7 Tently takuijr the form of a gen
. y i attack. agrfinst the Franco British
ft ics. It is not believed ill Athens,
liowcver that a serious attempt at the
capture of Saloniki is intended.
Berlin declares that Saturday's Brit
ish air raid on a German aviation have
' oa the north Frisian coast was coin-
pl4e f-iliw, Tho- British hiixeaduulL.
ted tbe loss of threeca planes and a
torpedo boat destroyer, the latter
through a collision in a navalem-omiter
io the report declares.
ARTILLERY JOINS IN
VILLA
. (By Associated Press.)
SI Paso, March 27. Flying columns
of American cavalry today are seeking
t.f nntrap Vru n i-i sen Villa and lljs hand
by sealing up all the trails and passes
in the ' nioujitamous district south of
i;i Valle.
With the outlets barred siiiadnns
of cavalry and detachments 0 infan
try operatinu from the base near Cnsas
Grandes, will comb the country to 4rive
the bandit3"ia the open.
Villa and his men are moving rai'idly
51 along the foothills of Sierra Taralm
mares, hotly pursued by three .columns
of American cavalry.. Thiamin form at ion
confirms reporfs bromffit'here by , Amer
ican tra'-elors from the t'asas (irandes
district SatimlSy. that ViTIaTad es
tapedfiuuvlhc Carranza troops.
ELEVEN LIVES ARE
LOST ON MINNEAPOLIS
(By AiuK"itd FreBS.)
Loudon, March It is announeed
that eleven jiersons "ere killed when
the Briisn steamship Minueapolis, for
merly in the New York-London service
wss suuk last week iu the Mediterran
ean. GERMAN TORPEDO
DESTROYER LOST
. - (Bt Aoctitel Press)
t,ohdim,-Msrch a?: A--Jermait tor-
oedo boat is missing since the sea tight
ng which followed the British air raid
& on Saturday morning on German avia
tion sheds .in northern - Sehlewig llol
stein, aecordinc to an ofticiat statement
received heie by wireles.." The-statement
is as follows: "The KiK'lisli n.na!
attack on the north Frisian coast fail
ed completely. Two nriiied fishing
Steamers on- outpost service fell vic
tims to English '. vessels."" Onr' rfavirt"
aeroplanes attacked the German naval
fighting forces snd succeeded" ill scor
in( a number of hits and in seriously
damaging a torpedo boat destroyer. Of
the naval lighting force which we sent
immediately only a few torpedo boats
came in touch ith Jhe retreating ene
my during the night of March -3 26.
One of these torpedo boats has not.yet
returned." , .
Two Oerman armed" trawlers were
sunk and the Oerman admiralty reports
that one Oerman torpedo boat is mts
. ing. The sinking of several addition.;
a vessels, presumably by -submarines is
reported. -
"'""' la Faris todayherf-was bguo a
war conference of the allies, considrr
ed the most important since tho unt
v'ak of host !i ties, h'
KEJI
TOURIST SEASON
Three Occasions1 This Year
Take Travel to South,
Instead of Two.
A. C. L. DELAYS
" TAKING OFF TRAINS
The Lateness of the Lenten
SeasonThisYearCauscs
Surprisingly LargeTNum
ber of Northern Tourists
to Journey to Palm Beach
It is jenerallv agreed bv those who
are in position to observe that the win
ter tourist business of the Atlantic
Coast I.me is going to be larger, this
year th a It ever before.
and it is saoi
that
the same is the ease with ..the
other .systems which hid for this, busi
ness!. The hist Himlu-iiMt tact that
points to this largo increase is the an-,
noiinccnicnt of last week that the toir
1st trains would be kept in operation
eight davs longer than ever bet ore and
thnt instead of being taken off oil
April 2, as heretofore, the last train
for the Mouth will be 'Operated April
II. rSten at this it is generally thought
that it will be necessary to operate sev
eral sect ions of the two additional
through trains, operated all' the year,
which help out with the tourist travel,
ho great are the .number of tourists who
tarrv ust now in the South.
hen a local official was asked to cx-
TfdrnfthiwiK-eeoiii' in trainl, li tiai-u
the oft-quoted reason that conditions
abroad stop any tourist travel and that
Americans are forced to tour in this
county", if at all; however, he explained
that h closer study of" the-. situation
clearly, satisfied one that there was an
other reason and the latcucss of Easter
this year, has had a vrrv, important
effect on the travel which, for several
weeks, has been almost as heavy for
tin1 'initlf mil it is f"rtlie jirUiTbe
official explained that there are two
noticeable periods in every season when
-the idle and woalthrv from the North
start South, and that thin year 'there
eYe 'three such reasons. The first of
Hieue.'.nre iliiriii.r the chitv fall almost
with the first fall of snow in . the North
and the lirst 'severe weath, and then
the man that is going to spend the
winter in' Kloridausually starts South.
Then, just after the Christmas holidays;,
and festivities of that date, the tourist
in great' numhersj rush to get uhoard
the Flotilla bound trains. The differ
enee tills vear thai is furnished in 'the
lateness of Kasti-r which comes on
April or three- weeks .later .than .. last.
vear, has lieen noticcanie since Asne
Weduesdav and Lent beirun. with ;i 'Clos-
inir down of the festive season in the
North for an observance and the yen
eral tendenrv to abolish the social ilur
inir that season, the rich tourists have
el out for the1 South in numbers that
taxed the trains and ranged the opera
tion of special sections, and thev. are
Ihnir wuv. Io KllllTlV . I a 111 Iil'UI 11.
win re the lenten season is forgotten
and the social lite is eontinueel at. its
height. '"'";'
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LAMB CANDIDATE ;
FOB TRIAL JUSTICE"
V:ii-aleth City, March 117. 'oloiiel
K. K. Lrmb ttiday annnilni-eil Ins can-
diilaev fm trial justice jif the county.
It has been" rumored for several week.:
that he would be a candidate, but no
formal announcement was made until
today, when-Colonel' Lamb autliori.eil
publication in local papers.
Colonel i.nnli s lnenils claim iiiai
he is rot only eminently ualifted tor
he iioit ion, but after a life time in
terest in -t he affairs of the Democratic
partv, this is the first time he has ever
become a candidate for public ofliee.
COTTON MARKET
-itf AocUtdireaa)
New York, March Cotton fiiTmes
opened steady: May, ll.!n; duly, 12.ti;:;
October, 1LM-; lleceniber, 12.2.1; "JViiui.
ai v, 1 1. .i.i.
The Liverpool ninrket did not fully
meet "aturilay s advance, inn aner op
ening 2 points lower to li point higher,
lrices worked about 2,to ti points above
Saturday night's . closing figures. July
contracts sold up to ,12.07 and Octo
ber 12,L litrim; 4lie-ajlv tradiug j
STOCK MARKET
(By Associated Press)
New York, March 27. Developments
over the week-end, especially the sink
ing of the ussex, involving probably
further loss of American lives, account
ed in a. measure for the heavy trine of
today's early trading. Declines of 2 to
3 points were registered by Mencantile
Marine, leadiug motors, Crucible Steel,
the petroleums and" some other shares
of less prominence. Rails receded frac
tionally with pressure abainst the Har
rimans, Northern Pntific, Chesapeake It
Ohio and Western Maryland. Dealings
were light and ordetly and moet trans
actions were ia smafil lots.
SENATE CAUCUS wiliilin i fie. ouoocv oiniv
Republicans Meet For the
Mexican- Matter, and
Democrats Gather.
CAUCUS FEATURES
FIRST WORK SENATE
The "Democrats " Declare
TheyjYreo Consider-Free
Sugar, ButrSayMcxican
Matter May Crop Out; Re
new Consideration of the
-Mexican-Affair. '"-'.::''.:'
' (By Associated Trass)
Washington. March ".--When He
publican Senators asseiubb'd today to
renew vemiHiderat inn ol the . Mexican mt-
ualioinWlli u V liMV. HI HU'l'Mlli H"
Mexican policy .with relation to orders
fmtecting the : liu'nudryv the Senate
Jleinoeints were hastily soiiinioiied in
eaiieus bv Ma pint v Lender Keani. The
Hennfe. Democrats insisted that their
caucus was called to considrr the repeal
of the tree sugar .clause, ol .t lie tnrin.
Seeretarv of the leaders, however, pre-
ilict thnt llie .Mexican issue wouiu crop
out. -r- .
(By Associate Press.)
Washington, March Anieriean
as taking on aspects of niiic-h' gravity:
The possibility of breaking off diplo
matic relations wit tt-(-Tmity-s-agaw
being discussed as one-of the eventual
les which is expeeteil to follow if it
is-.shown that the steamers iSussc.v and
Knglishinent were : victim's of aubnin;
rines . Otlicinls sav thev are examining
afl the facts at band with open minds
but can come to no eoncllision until
they have all the information but them
iH an undercurrent over the possibilt
iies of the renewal" of (ieruiaii under-
HelU lumls mid in t iiil.itiun of the n 1
surances given to the t niteit states.
'-"AnK'nrinr "ermstilar-(illieers.. and the
einliassies. in. 'France and Kngland are
'ITenig urged to gather evidence of a
definite and legal short and when this
is -at hand, President Wilson and Sec
retary Lansing will determine what the
next step will be, it was stated author-,
itativelv.
Germany to Give R-eparation
'Berlin, March 27.. It was stated au
thoritatively here today" that, if it was
shown thnt n '.'submarine had sunk the
Sussex, '-Germany would disavow the
net, offer reparation, punish the Kubnia
TTiie comma ndei- ftnd sat i,sf v t he I'll it cd
States that the act was in violation of
instructions. , '
ADEQUATE FORCE
, " GUARDS BORDER
(By Associated Press.) .
Washington, March 27. Admin
istration assurances thnt a sufli
eient military force now is protect
ing American interests on thr-bnfi
der, -influence the Republican Sen
ate conference, called to consider
. the border situation today to take
Ho action. The conference instruct
ed Senator Gallenger, the chairman
to issile a statement setting forth
: its viewB. .:. . . ,a4(J$
LADIES AUXILIARY HAS
BEGUN CAMPAIGN
FOR Y. 31. C.A.
Llii-abcir City, March 27. .V ti n.
paign has been started .among , JJie
ladies of the Ladies' Auxiliary or Tne
Y ling Men's -Christian association, to
i:..rense the membership of the aunili-
The cnmiaign or-n"d yesterday with
two teams Known lis the "red,'" or
which Mrs. A.-H. Iloutz is ca-ptain, and
the "blues," with Mrs. ('. K. Pu'.!i l.s
crptain. The race is becoming excit
ing, and lip to this writing the ' blues"
are cheao by a cloe margin.
At" the mi et ing of the auxiliary yes
terday afternoon the following t.fti
ccrs wie elected: I'l.sident, MrjtJ.
Morgan; first vboipresidont, M-s.
C. l!. I n?h; third vice-president, Mrs.
. H. Iloutz; treasurer, Mrs. Charles
beid; seMetary," Sirs. J. C.'Modlin; re
porter, Mrs. Wesley Koreman.
The - ladies have pledged themselves
to ltnnish the building throughout,
and udj-'iig from the interest that is
being taken and the frieadly r.'va'ry
rtween the two teams, their purpo"?
will be earried out with ease.
GERMANY READY TO
AMENDS
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Former Ralciph Newspaper
Man Succumbs to
Pneumonia.
PROMINENTDEMOCRAT
The Officer of the Dcmocrat
1 ic National Committee
Was One of the Original
Wilson Men. v-; "
(By Associated Press)
TOM PENCE DEAD
(By Assorlntod Press)
Washington, March 27. Thom
as J. Ponce, secretary of the
Democratic National committee,
died at his home here early to
day.. He was formerly Washing
ton correspondent of the Raleigh
News and Observer.
ROMASPENG
ES
7 MrTTVni't' pfrnbnrrtr-hirrt-as etcn.nve
acqnaintaiiee among Democratic politi
cians tiiK uyhout the "country as any
man who cut occupied an -oflicjal posi
tion with the National committee, lb
was (in; of the original Wilson men
and nftir the last, election was offend
seveial important government posts, lie
declined them all however, aiid became
assistant to the chairman of the na
tional commitrve iu charge of pelina-i"-nt
1 cadiSartcrs lo-re. At the meet
ing of the national committee here last
December Mr. 1'en.ce was chosen its sec
FtttnitV. Mr. fence was a friend of f resident
Wilson and was the daily companion of
Secretary J. T. Tumulty ami of several
prominent administration Senators. For
many yrara he was Washington cor
respondent of the Raleigh News and
Observer which is owned- by Secretary
Daniels, of the Navy Department.
Because of Mr fence's protracted
illness, W T Hillister, secretary ;f
Senator Ktone, recently was appointed
as assistjant secretary of the national
committed and was designated by Mr.
Pence a?-(vWtion secretary. President
(CcViinued on jpsgc eight) "
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dfat rr XTr-iiro I niTI II P Ollnill ' ..
POLICE HERE
Governor Craig Asks Local
Police to lie on Lookout
For Glass Boy.
START INVESTIGATION
Hoy Thought to Have Been
With Gypsy Band That
Last Week Left Halifax
e '
County For Virginia ; Boy
Believed Kidnaped.
(iiKcriior Cxaig -baa. asked Kockv
Mount othcers to be on the outlook for
.limniii Class, the Charlie Koss, of the
mo ies, w ho was stolen' from, his par
ents while they were on. a visiLto rela
tives in IVniiKytvania the past sum
mer. The Governor declares a belief
that the boy is with a band of .Cyp.-ics
iu this, section of the State and ne has
asked the ofticers to be on the look
aiiU At i.llie J Mliff f l'ulicJliedgeL.
jietb put men. to work on the case1 and
it is now learned that on- Tuesday,
Match 21, there was a bffiTd of Gypsies,,
seen neafTillery in. Halifax c'minty,
and atiTdiug lo a ptatenii-nt o. a dep.
uty t-lieritl of Halifax there was a
white youth, probably about three
veni s obi seen with them. According 10
the NherifT's statement tbe band mov
ed on out of this State into Virginia.
There is an interesting start-men t
from the Itftifax sheriff regarding this
baud which , appears to be under suspi
cion and that is that the leader-carries
with him a letter from the Secretary
of State clearly setting out that as
phreiiologts, not a teller of fortunes,
thev have a right under the law to
make a charge for their services snd
purported learning in, examining the
head and not the hand. '
' Miss Kthel Godbold, of Mullins. S.
('., is on an extended visit to relatives
here, Mrs. E. 11. Jones and Mr. K. H.
Ricks . -
Miss Kdna Smith, of Raleigh, who
has been visiting her sister, Mrs. J. K.
Burn, for several months, returned to
her home yesterday. -
JOIN SEARCHERS
Ct Every One on th,P.ss,nger
NEGROES HELD
E
Fqur Men and One Woman
Rushed to Tarboro For
-Safety. -
TRY TO KILL WHITES
There Is a Great Arousal of
Feeling in Washington
County and Sheriff Brings
Prisoners to Edgecombe
For Safe Keepings -
! our negro men and one negro wo
man have been hustled to Kdgecombe
count jail at Tarboro from Plymouth,
Washington county where their alleged
connection with a murderous night as
sault on Mr., George l, Howen, "his
daughter, Miss Claudie Bowen, 4ias so
increased the 'community thaC serious
threats of lynching have been heard.
Thecritne for which the negroes are
held, was one of the most revolting in
many years, and, according to the re
port, they went to the home, of "Sir.
T?oweii w'ho is a manrTrf"Hdvanced years
being 7H, and gaining entrance under
the cover of darkness, they set about
To brutally murdwr the old man and, hia
daughter. A son of the injured man
was first-to reach the scene coming
from his home, sorhe distance away. On
entering the house he could, find neith
er of the occupants of the home, but
later going to his sister's room, he
found ber lying on the flor, blood
besmeared -nd7-;bar,,n almost "beyond
recognition. It seems that she was try
ing to got -through the whVdow. to es
cape or call for help, but as she did
so someone from tbe outside struck her
on the head with a club, the blow
knocked her back into the roin.-Kpat-tering"
blood even to the touof the
windowgiifi declares that the negro
brute then set upon her with a pair of
fire tongs beating her unmercifully,
shattering one of the bones in her
foot and breaking her leg. In fact
the blow were so severely administer
ed that the' tongs" were broken.
A search found the missing father
in a closet, his condition pitiable, his
arm bring broken and face smeared
with blood coming from gashes r a used
by blows in the face.
Of. GRAVE CR M
i
STATEMENT MADE
IS-BY EMBASSYr
There Is a Probability, How
ever, That There May
Have Been Atnerieana-
Whose Names Did Not
Show on Roster, Is State
ment of Embassy. -
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(By AuoeUUd freis)
Paris, March 27. Detailed inform
tion gathered by the JAjnriean embat
ay here indicates that no Americans
lost their lives on the Sussex. All th
Americans whose names were 09 the
passenger list have been accounted for.
the embassy states Tt lspoa8ible
however, that"' there may , iwriT V.
it
among the passengers, SomeyAmericans
whose names were not iifscribed. '
DEMOCEACY OF CUMBEKLAND
INDORSES HON. N. A. SINCLAIR
Kayetteville, . March 27. The Cum
be r 1 a n d con nty De moc ra t ic Kx em u t i ve
eomniirtee strongly indorses is'. A. (Sin
clair for attorney-general ani urges
him to become a candidate for the nom
ination. Formal action to this effect
was taken when the committee met
here Haturduy afternoon. The tosoIik ...
tion of indorsement was6Tfercd by Col.
George McNeill, which is taken hero
as an unmistakable indication that Mr.
Sinclair has the united backing of the '
Cumberland county Democracy. 1 he
resolution was adopted unanimously.
Mr. Sinclair has received many offers
of support since his candidacy was pro-
)6ited a week aeo. These offers Imve
come from men who are able to make
their support count and have not been
confined to "any one section. "; ','
HOUR'S SESSION . ,
OF CITY COURT
There was an hour's session of city
court this morning, which was presided
over by Vice-Becorder Lancaster, and
at which the solicitor prosesuted the
docket. '
Fannie Battle and Millie Griffin, two
colored women, were charged with dis
orderly conduct and the. facts were es
tablished and each defendant waa re
quired to pay $5 for ber misdoing.
0. R Qarrett violated the traffic ordi
nance and was fined the conventional
1, while Albert Gordon, a youth, ws
charged with driving an automobile
without lights-and he war-required to
pay a fine of $2.
Will Battle, colored, was charged with
having sold Preston Evans a pint of
whisky, but the facts were not estab
lished, to the satisfaction of tbe court,
and the defendant was released.
Recorder Fountain Is Speak
ing Today at .GateX,
County Court
City Recorder B. T. Fountain has to
day gone to Gates county, where he
at. the noon hour today addressed the
va"5asemb'ge of Gates county people
who are in attendance at the first Mon
day of the semiannual court of th
county. It ia understood that there,
will be several thousand citizens ia at
tendance at the opening of the ci
today and at this meeting the local '
rister will address them on' the i
of Lieutenant-Governor E. L, I
tridge for the nomination
at the hands of the Dem -primary
this summer.
Mr. Fountain is sn t
ridge supporter us I t, .
who came from a :
was particularly
be selected to s '
Gate cpupii- t
PRESS CLAIM
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