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VOLUME VIII, NO. 254 CLOUDY AND WARMER
ROCKY MOUNT, N. C, WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, MARCII 29, 1916
(HOME EDITION)
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SUSSEX MATTER IS
iu Airacniir
REPORTRECEIVED
Ambassador Gerard at Ber
lin Is Expected to Make
, His Report Today.
ATTEMPTED ESCAPE
Sussex Case May Prove Per
ptexing Problem, Accord
Ug to Belief Expressed in
Washington; Englishman
to Be Eliminated in Notes
Regarding the Sussex.
(Br Associated Prsss)
'w'sshiiigton, March 29. The British
horse ship Englishman, was first shelled
and then, lorp dui J .1) J! !L43lil muiiil
marine, according to aa affidavit made
to representatives of the State Depart
Dient at Liverpool by three American
lurvivors. On receipt of this informa
tion todav, officials said it seemed clear
that the Englishman had tried to es
cape.
The German government " has been
asked whether their submarines were
concerned in the damaging of the Brit'
ish steamer Sussc-t while that ship was
carrying -5 American passengers.
Wliile it is indicated that the case
f the Englishman will not lead' to
diLculty between United States and
Ot many, If it is proved she was at
tempting to escape. Overnight dis
' L ,tchet. to the. State, Department from
Dover-aeemj officials said, to bear'ont
allegations that the Sussex was torpe
doed. '
Tht State Department' expects to re
ceive from Ambassador Uerard at Ber
lilt, sometime today or tonight, the
results -of his inquiry of the Oerman
foreign office into the circumstances
surrounding the damaging of the Sua
v sei and "the sinkingof HTie ingtish-
msn. I pon the information-gathered
probably will depend the next step to
be taken by the Vhitid States.
THOUT
MUCUS
' (By A-socited Pins.)
Poanoke, Va., March- 29. When the
irginia Republicans met here today
to select delegates at large and alter
na'a. to the Chic.go convention, the
organization appeared to be in com
plete eontrol and there was every in
dication that the delegation would be
.nstnicted.
v 'h progressive elemeut claimed that
the. was a strong Hughes -Roosevelt
among the l,oH, de-agates but admit
ted that the organization could mus
ter sufficient'Strength to vote down any
instructed delegation o the national
gathering. ,
Kansas "Drws Vv'J-Week.
Topeka, Kans., March 29. Kansas
has bad many innovations, and. its peo
ple are always ready for the big new
idea. The very latcstfls the decree that
, this week is to be "fbress Up." week
throughout the State, Muring which time
whiskers are to be trimmed of their
winter's growth, bright spring neckties
ore to flash forth and brand new suits
:v cloty. a, with razor-edge trousers,
e to sr j, plant the vintage of 191,.
STOCK MARKET
ew -York, Murch 29. Copiers, mo
tors and some of the war issues were
thr features of " today" rarly trading
with gains ranging from fractions to a
point. Initial dealings in Kennecott,
('hat tuck Arizona, Reading .and Krie
comprised individual lots of 1,000 to
1,500 shares, the rails showing slight re
cessions. Federal Smelting preferred
rose 1 point and Mercantile Marine pre
ferret) denoted -further hctrviws.- l:nit
jeil S'.tete Rterl wn unchiuigednt the
outset, but subsequently made slight
hcadwav, while Crucible Htcel forfeited
a(l of it rise. Kpecialties, with few
exceptions, made further improvements
later. .
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COTTON MARKET
New York, Mareh 29. Cotton futures
opened ateady. May, 11.P6;" Julv, 12.07;
October,-12.13; December, 18.29; Jaan
aty, 12.33.
Cotton opened steady' at unchanged
-prices to decline of 4 points today,
and aidd about 3 to 4 points net lower
(liirii:;; , the early trading,' witH Mav
a-."-? IMS, July to 12.13. Of
' ' 'ovy and the rnarVet
REPUBL CANSGO
ANY
FREHCII TAKE-THE
E ABOUT
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Take the Aggressive After
Germans Are Unable to
Make an Advance.
NIGHT IN AVCOURT
Desperate Fighting Has Re-
xently Taken Place on the
Austro-Italian Front and
Success for Italians Is Re
ported : BattTeLasteT10
Hours ; Ended Sunday
(By Associated Prefls)
The Vrench at Verdun took the ag
gressive last night opening a heavy at
t ac k on t he--Owiiia n ii nun--in- tin
court works northwest of the fortress
from which the Crown Princes' troops
hade made vain attempts to advance
during the afternoon. The attack drove
the Germans from a part of their po
sitions in the woods, T'aris'Vcp'orts to
dayjthe French carrying a portion
of the works the Teutons had con
structed. The Germans counter attack
ed, but were driven back with luavy
losses, Paris declares. '
The Germans have made another not
able gain in their drive against erdun,
according to Berlin, storming French
positions north of Malaiicourt to the
depth of several lines along a front
of more than a mile. Malaneeurt is
about ten and one-half miles north
west of Verdun and some two and one-
half ilii'les southeast of' the southern
tip of the Avancourt wood into which
the Germane pushed in their recent
great drive west of the Meuse The
French lines here formed a great sa
U4 exposed to nttnek from either
flank and French tenure of the position
had not been considered secure by
many military ooservers. Apparently
the German attack was on the western
side of the salient where fans last
night, reported a heavy-attack by the
Germans, declaring it ftad been repuls
ed. Today Paris statements assert that
the Germans made no fresh assault on
the Malancourt, claiming that the
French forces had won a success
against' the Germans in the Avaneourt
wood in the northeastern aide or which
they occupied to a depth of three
fourths, besides capturing a strongly
fortified redoubt. '.
There has been desperate fighting
on the Austro Italian front. Rome re
ports the Italian victors in a 40 hour
battle Sunday pight after a furious
bombardment of. entrenchments rrorth
west of Oorizio advanced and although
the Italian .flanks held the center, il.i
was pushed back 400 yards. The Ital
ians counter attacked the next evening,
after the artillery had1 prepared the
way during the. day and br repeated
charges, retook the lost position and
ook 300 prisoners, according to a Home
dispatch.
DRIVER OF AUTO IN
NO SENSE TO BLAME
In deference to those who might have
nf erred from the article in vesterday
Telegram that the automobile driven
bv Mr. Willis Oaklev ran - down Mr.
Ni'k Dvnamite, ; we beg leave to lex-
lain further details of the accident
of Monday evening at the corner of
Church and Hammond streets.
Mr. Oaklev was turning the corner
from Church street into the cross street,
going went, when the motorcycle flash
ed itito the rear -of ".the automobile,
striking it with such force that the
niotorcvcle rebounded with its rider,
jifter bending the fenders of the car
and damaging somewhat the rear of
he automobile. This is in explanation
o those who might have inferred that
Mr. Oaklev could have possibly pre
vented the crash.
CHARLOTTE GETS BIG
AUTO TIRE MFG.
PLANT
Charlotte, . AUrch J9 TheKyeninK 1
News today carries announcement thnt
an aut .obile tire manufacturing plant
apif zed at $500,00Jloi; -more, to be
the trgest in the South, will be es
tablished in Charlotte by C. D. Cod
ington, of this citv and men of nr
ional note in the automobile tire and
manufacturing world. Details of the
plan have not been announced, although
efails of the organization and per
fection of plans to locate in CEarlotte
have been completed.
TWENTY KILLED W
BAXD OK &AXONXXX
Parts, txircl i 29. Twenty per
sona were kUJ d, thirty or forty
were Injured ar 4 two German aero
T ' wrt d --"Ted la aa air
AGGREBSIV
VERDtlfJ IS REPDH
THIRTY DEAaiN CRASH OF THE :
PASSENGER TRAINS N. Y. CENTRA
I T. R. FOUND A NEW BIRD IN TRINIDAD " I
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i CoL Roosevelt announced that
owL Newa Item.
TMULE PICTURES
" Manager John L. Arrington, of the
Grand and'Almo theatres, in speaking
of general conditions this morning, Baid
the successful picture ahowt is conducted
entirely along the lines of making of
eyery patron a booster; in other words,
selling them ( pictures every day of a
nature to please and cause them to want
to come again. '
In pursuance of this idea, Manager
Arrington has recent Iv closed a contract
with the Triangle Photoplays Company,
whereby he will offer to local picture
goers on every Monday and Thursday
one of the Triangle programs. The
Triangle Company is one of the largest
and stands for the very highest quality
of photoplays madcs The name origi
nates from tha fact that three of the
greatest producers of pictures in the
world Mack Sennet, Thomas H. Ince
and I). W. Griffith direct the pictures,
which are offered under the banner of
Triangle. The last-named of these di
rectors is well known here for his great
powers as director of the silent drama,
because his picture, "The Birth of a
Nation," has just recently finished an
engagement in this city. ,,
A unique feature of the Triangle,
program is that a five or aix-part drama
and a two-reel comedy ate always shown
together, making a fully rounded-out
show.
This change of program at the Grand
will offer each week, two Triangle days,
two Paramount days and
a rox day.
with the usual Katurdny offering of a
aerial jutture and other reels , i. .!
These three brands of pictures are
considered by everyone to bo the peers
of the pieturc world and therefore Man
ager Arrington has just" right to feel
proud in securing them for Rocky Mount
and to believe that in so doing he has
laid out a most excellent campaign to
make every patron a. booster. .
Get Dye. Jrom Germany
Charlotte, March 29. A shipment ofj
cotton miIL4y.es representing- J20,o3fl
waa received yesterday by a local eon
eern here. . This shipment waa detotu
ed by Shanghai, China, from German,
The snpplv house here made the at
nounceroent that they had eome, in pc'
session or a source wnerebr thev w
be a le to meet the demands of i
' n it :'.l men.
Ml
BOOSTE
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while on his vacation he found new
ANNUAL DEBATE OF
SCHOOL
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There is 'considerable . interest in
school circles in the annual debate
which is to be held on Friday night
of this week when representatives of
the Rocky Mount and Tarboro high
schools will clash for honors in the
State High School Debaters' union. The
subject which is to be debated will be:
Resolved, That the. United States
should adopt a policy of greatly en
larging the navy,. In the debate which
is to be held in this city at the Ma
sonic opera, starting at 8 o'clock, the
affirmative side of this question will be
taken care of ly Messrs. Mjick Oorham
and Tom Burgess, while Miss Annie
Fountain and Mr. Rupert I'hilips, of
Tarboro will tnke negative side. The
public, is invited to attend this debate
At the same hour in Tarboro, Messrs.
William Andrews and Paxton Cherry
of the Tarboro high school will -arry
the affirmative side, with Messrs. Max
.Vovey. and Arthur Daughtridge, de
fending the negative.
BOMB THROWN INTO
REPUBLICAN CAMP
RnleighJMnrch29. The Hta Board
of "Election, in preparing for North
Carolina's first State wide legalized pri
mary for all parties, today threw ,a
bomb into the camp of the Republican
organization by ruling that all parties
muni vte ft.r J'n;sident in the primar
ie of June,'!, delegates to the national
convmtions-ofthe-tartiea tw &c-Imh4
by thrt primary votes instead of by
any faction, that may control the. dis
trict and the State conventions in nam
ing t-h delegates UMhe convention.
This means that the sensational tight
which has been on for several weeks
in the county, district and the State
conventions over party control letween
former Senator Marion Butler and "Na
tional Committeeman E. C, Duncan, in
which Butler has won at all vital turns
may amount to naught, and still leave
gaps down for National Committeeman
Duncan to manipulate the party State
wide primary voting and force the dele
gation to Chicago to support his prefer
ence for Presidential candidate.
The Democratic primary balloting
for President wili, of course, be a!! one
way, that t--'-- "" ' t v n.
HIGH
FRIDAY NIGH
bird which somewhat resembles an
AMD
CAVALRY
PRESSING CLOSE
(By Associated Pr
-El Paso, March 29, Somewhere amid
the mountains Francisco Villa is flee
ing southward today hard on his trail.
United States cavalrymen are straining
very nerve to overtake him before he
can reach the wastes almost unknown
to any but Mexicans and Indians it
which Villa began his bandit career
years ago. "
Meagre official dispatches from Gen
eral Pershing's advanced base did not
givthe position of the American
troops. Commanders of the Carranza
troops 'now in the Chihuahua region,
apparently have lost trace of Villa
and Kia men for no report has been
received by Mexican officials here con
cerning the bandit's whereabouts. Car
ranza officials in Juarex express the be
lief that Villa will try to establish a
main base somewhere after he has
thrown the American cavalry off his
trail and will attempt to recruit his
army to a large number. .Army . -officers
here do not believe Villa will
ever make a stand against the Ameri
can cavalry, but will continue his ef
forts at hiding or escape through the
south. - , ,
LIEUTENANT DIES
IN BASE HOSPITAL
' (By Associated Prns.)
,K1 rSso, Mareh 29. Josejh W. Al
lison, second lieutenant of the Thir
teenth Cavalry, who was brought back
to th e' base hof,piiarat "ET Taso from
Casus firaiidea-whili'' suffering with a
cold, which developed into pneumonia,
died today. . "
MRS. SUSAN SMITH
, DIES LAST NIGHT
Mrs. Susan Smith, aged 71 years,
died last night at the home of her son,
Mr. W. B. Smith, on Cedar street,
following a lengthy Illness. The de
ceased was known and held in high es
teem by a circle of friend's who will
learn of her demise with regret.
The funeral will be held this after
noon at 4 o'clock from the home by
Rev. Noble, the psstor of the Baptist
church at North Rocky Mount, after
'"h t'.e remains will be interred in
VILLA
FOG PREVENTS
WITH 30 DEAD AND 50
AMHEESTv OHIO,
CLEVELAND EARLY THIS MORNING
REAR COACH PASSENGERS IE TR'ffl
Twentieth Century Limited Passenger Train Is A:.:
the Three That Are in Great Crash, But This Trc!
Suffered Less Than Did
Made Up of Villagers and Fanners Who
. - Hagttved-to-thftjlorribkAYreck. . ,
Cleveland, Ohio, March 29. Thirty persona wen killed and more tita-n AO
injured early today when three fast passenger train on tha New York C::tita
lines went together near Amherst, 37 miles west of Cleralaad.
. Dense tog obscured the tignaja set y tha first section of an tmitot
limited and a second section of that train crashed into it, A moment Us i t
fast Twentieth Century limited, woetbo und, on another track, crashed ln'o t, a
wreckage.
Daylight had not appeared when tha trains were piled up togethnr. F i
ers and villagers rushed to tha aid of the stricken passengers. Tt work of '
rescuing those pinioned under th wreckage was hampered by the iittl - v
- Ambulances, automobiles and all kind of vehicles - were rushed fri - '
and other point to tha scene of fhe wrecfclThs 11U .morpse " 1
soon was filled with bodies, while most of the Injured were'ev i , .
The Twentieth Century Limited
the passengers on this train wen
Twenty-flve persons are believed to I
have been killed and some SO injured
in a triple wreck of the three fast
V ew ork --Cwit-ral passenger trains-at
Amherst, Ohio, early today. The trains
colliding were the Twentieth Century
Limited, westbound, and twe sections of
train No. 86, Chicago to Buffalo, flyer,
east bound.
Twenty -one ,bodies had been remov
ed from the wreck at 10 o'clock, ac
cording to long-distance messages. Only
four of the dead have 'been identified.
Many of the bodies were mangled be
yond recognition. r
The two sections of No. 88 crashed
together in rear-end collisions first and
piled wreckage upon the westbound
track into which the Twentieth Century
Limited plunged a moment later. All
the" killed were in the rear coaches of
the two sections of train No. 86.
The1 first seetion -ol NoV 86 stopped
for water, at Amherst.- A heavy, fog
prevented the engineer of the second
section of No. 845 from seeing the block
signal and a flagman was sent back.
The Twentieth Century Limited was
traveling Blowly because of the heavy
fog or the death toll would have been
much heavier. -
The number of injured removed grew
to "5 before noon. Home were reported
dving in the hospitals at Elaria. Bos-
cue parties worked frantically to recov
er the dead and injured.
Most of the dead were said to be
foreigners traveling in the rear coaches
of the first section or the (Jhicago-to
Buffslo Flyer.
8ome passengers on board the Twen
tieth Century Limited were badly hurt
Two coaches were overturned.. -.
" Some of the victims were decapitated
Arms. legs and portions of human bod
ios were, scattered throughout the
wreckage. Rescuers put the number of
dead at between 23 and au.
LIEUT. BYRD TO TAKE
AVIATION TRAINING
t Fayetteville, March 29. That the
capture of Francisco Villa and his baa
dits would be easy if the United Btatci
had 100 well trained and well equip
ped aviators is the belief pf the Aero
elub of Ameriea, stated in a telegram
to Lieutenant Daalel B. Byrd, second
officer of Company t second infantry,
N. 8, N. P., who has been assigned
to the Curtiss aviation Training ' station
at Newport News as the representative
of the North Carolina National guard.
The work of training of militia officers
as aviators is being promoted by the
Aero elub.
Lieutenant Byrd left here last night
at 10.28 for Newport News, where he
will take the training course at the At
lantic coast aeronautical station of the
Curtiss Aviation school. The Curtis
school has offered this training course
to one of the National guard of esch
State in the Union, Lieutenant Byrd
has bee given the assignment for this
State by Adjutant General Laurence
W. Young. There were 25 applicants
for the appointment. Lieutenant Byrd
is very enthusiastic, over aeronau' i
ss a branch of military " '
h;i f " w e ' --ers h'-re f '
SIGH
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INJURED IN CHAT"
TO WEGT 0?
OtherTwo; Resellers
proceeded on It way to CMca-30.
Injured.
OAIIOTOIGC".
BYTIinTEiT;
FATALTHEG.
It was a great time in dark to . vn !
night. Contrary to the adagd, i;
of the womaa in the ease, it was s !
account of a man. The one man, w :
ebony-has, dark, sparkling eyew, 1
teeth and sporty ways had w t
hearts of Minnie Mitchell, a t
society ridge, and likewise ha 1 t
the affections of Ludie finch, 11 a
while aspirant for first pl&ce in t
dom in .colored society cir;l...
' There was staged a fight to the t '
not with pistols, daggers or kniv.- .
with the most dreaded we pone k
to the eons of Ham ramir t
fact.; The stage was; set, the pr'
had entered shudder, "Oh, hot .
and the blue-eoats interfere.
The women were oH band this 7
lng for the questioning of the
and for the attention of the r
who, after hearing of the near
ment of the life-like tragedy,
that Minnie Mitchell should t
ber liberty, when to the clerk
paid one bill, the denomination c
while Ludie Finch was char : 1 ,
amount for her freedom, but a' n
given a thirty-day suspend! s--
in Nash jail if she dared so ruc.l.
disregard that ereation of socicfy
known as the law.
W. O. Morris was the other defendant
whose check did not get the O. K. i
the bank, and the holder om; lt;; i
to the police. ' He was required to p
a fins of $5 and costs ia the ease.
ministers orrc:::
SUNDAY BUI
T
Baltimore, Md., March 23. TVe
isterial Union yesterday bi '
posed the holding of funer-.' ,
day. The undertakers in i '
men eame in for censure 1
Bev. Dr. F. T. Little, of A .
orial Methodist Protestant c!,'
that the cemeteries are to I
Sunday funerals. Both t "'
era and the liverymen h
dfl. aWBy.witb Sunday tnn-
but the cemeteries have r
operate.
Therefore,' Vr. l.V '
the undertakers have 1
hold funerals on t'in " .
pie know that if ce c
will. The liverynif , t
teet themselves, for if t
hire their earria;:- c i
takers would ;t l.i
days. It is tha - e v
A minister knot i
another miui'.-r
to take his r '