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ELEGRAM MAKE KNOWN TOUR WANTS THROUGH . THE TELEGRAM WANT ADS. Today's Weather Forecast ROCKY MOUNT, N. C, MONDAY AFTERNOON, APRIL-16, 1917. PRICE: FIVE CENTS VOL. IX. NO. 237. VEMM H FA1 1 OF IFWS ONI Y A X xlLlItl ..11 LlLlliU AlllJ 1 rk MATTER OF HOURS iu RDDirnn m THf FRFWHH h H M W MM SQUEEZE RATHER THAN TO BOMBARD The (Hermans Are Reported to be Actively .Razing Town-Fast as Tangible DUEL OF )UG GUNS ABOUT. SOISSONS NOW There lalhcCrcatciitJDLAc: TTvl ty on Long Front and French Indulge in Many Raiding Operations on the German Trenches. i'ihtmtr on. 1 J i ' !,;. i assumed ! ii'' I 'I vostorn front .port-ions' ol' a o'.eLU:r.j. l-IILTil .'i-llll'llt illlllltf 111 e whole line From the North from the North to the Sw.'iss i.r.l.-i:;,:... As -Vet I lie ill: fill;! - has lllli 1)1 I'll heavily I'ilgag- V,l. miicli to tin' noil It of Loos. !h : t liv4ii'Jis rekm or east of t In- SJoib xuhs ri'iijii vvithiu which is Vont'uv rd: tlif halt le.. of Arras ami tin: .v' riivrn- St.- ti-iiiin atv 1 K'i 1 1 W iig. d. 'V"'?. -' ; : ;' Till' ..artillery duel, hoU'i'Vcl'.. is trroi m' ill oili'iisiv oii lhv :iM'gioii of .i!)i'iius,.liov'ev1r. In t lie C'Iuiim-i-ane ami How n i iii' !i:ic to bwr ri'iii.' an. I Alsace. Kaidim..' oper ations tin' :.i''i'i4i.'h in. those sn' 1 ions also hare 'assumed ir-. at liii .j Vt-rtni h.'i' ami siriiihir rs i trui ii ; 1 1 ami ai-tivifii'S-ari' 'iisj'layi'il liv:tl;i: liii.iattsMlorUi uf thc-'oreia haril.'iifia,: y.::.;.'r:-;?';.--'.:::-'" Were ;t 1 1 .'til i. hi lint -". .- ii'.-tvi ,:m:i:it i! - ) r. :!.:. 1 situations of J, i ns Mint St. (Jin-nt hi'.' t lir fall -.; I" I, it h liriiiir i'liiiiiiii'tit tho t;r''at ar tiih-ry H'ttlirt-i"y.;i'li 'o'issniis ami IMii-i'iis wliii-ii has h.-on )oiii on j'..i' Si'V.'l'ill I . . s-'ijollhl less Would i 'tvi' at 1 1 in ! i ll unity not ice. As )l- j', till' potellt iill t ! 1 1 1 H" r ; 1 1 1 i'-t ' of till .Inel of till' I: :.','.'J.i'. -a! le.lV'i'l'n -nts in if lmi ii- 1, mn..' as it lia nil ol Hi." inla'i.i1r iii'i' on. ,i i i l '. seali'. : i ri this coin' t i'n t 'no .!iihahi.l i;y: i'l.'.lio.rlhw.a'r.l , pu.li fy tin i-'r. i.eii If. mi tin' Hii'-inis I'i'ui'.in Ii turn Ihc'h'fl Hank of'thi' lliinlili I.iirif . linn as thf Ifrit ih ha t'liniinl tin' ri'tfht Hank at Viiiy. ha coni.' to the front win!.' the art il jer. hatl! as i.'.'ii raffjiif. icrnian ri'sTslanc. llesil'e h' 111.' l-'.nu I )t'pwki at f anil proii'ihly ii li-il to Seller hells t'atlii't' 1 1 llie ( icrma us nut ,, an to ilrive . Iheiii froi'ii the iai'lo.ry atnl c.nil town hy ii 'direct hoiiihardnii'iit has d.-l;iy.'d the fall of the city. Today 's .nt'li ( iill stiitrlilVlll' Vrnni London, how ever, shows the I'.rilish lines el'ee'i inif steadily 'losei" iiolahl.v mi tin' ,:i.-tliwest. In the' Town the (ier minis Jire i'..iinied w nrkiiiL'. lm oc 11 sli iict ton. ol iii.hiMria T "... hints U" iind mines ami feverishly moving; ;vnns i llil stores !o fnllow iop!l j, afioti in the cNinhis which alreiiily I'.ilS heclj clTccted. . , The situation around St-. 1ih,ii lin is liltleichaiiLfcd hot hntlf the , i 1 . , 1 A 1 4 1' I e nell iin.l 1.1'llisn siaii'in.'iiis n- i ;i sihiiition there which is .ii i' ... 1 1 . . . ma Illif tlie 1 own IlllSliinie nil' i in- Cermillis. In the. district to Ihe iiiith Ihe Ki'ciieii are still iifcssinp; forwiii'd rciortinir loday the caji t lire of several Jmints of support in "llie ri'ifioii-of the upper Coney for r. 'si. -"" - " -;- I'licrciisiiluf prohiihility ol the opr ciiUijX of jut port ant operations he twuell SnlSSOllS illld hliellllS in Ihe hv Western (leniiiili eanitiiiurti is . I in lieateil iinicial repor PRESENTS A WAR EMBARGO ACT Washington, April Hi. With the ap in'oval of the ndmiiiistratin chairmrin ICihuunilson of the House eoiiimittec to day intrnihu'eil n war emli.n'go hill to enipower the President to fori. id exports of nny sort when he deeim'.l il to trie public, interest to do so. 1 1 1 M tl "I" M 1 1 If I f-tH 1 1 l-l L IU I LI 1 1 LJ I U 4 J 1 1 III I i-iiii i u " " NO LET UP IN THEIR MONSTER DRUE They Last Penetrated Cer man Second Line at Sev ir;il TJ;iri'S-iii-A.lsacn-, FIND MANY GERMANS DEAD IN TRENCHES ThefiermansFJghtJDesper an;irRurFairriaimTorf the Heavy Guns of the French on a Long Line in Alsace Sector. i' April 11). Tin' French pcuc.trn soeoiid lino at. several flii' war office reports, ted the I. riniiii I'llilltS ill Als.'IlM'. Trrrd Hrrrt great rrrnrnTels of GenTian" dead were found in the trenches which had Ijm ii turn up by. the Fi'i'iu-li' shell HEAVY LOSS OF . AEROPLANES . Hel liii, April Hi Bet wci'i.i . SSiiissons ;uiil ViMiluii, !iy llii: nllii'iiils sfutenu'iit teuel T"lMy 1Ar Oi'i in :nr iiriri v lie;i.liiuir (ei'S, tin- KrftisU run! the Fi'.i'uc!) yt'Mtt'i--l:iy li'i-ifT1 lev en nil' : planes in.-: ly v( t In1 latest ''type.,- . NEWS AGENCY CASE COMES UP IN MAY N u . Y.e 'K, pi il I'k 'I'lie I'nite.i Statrs eii i-iiit ,- ui t if . appi-alii plii.-eii lip liii-'.it's Mav .rtili'uii.'i tin1' appeals in tlie eas.'i et' tin' A.ii'iat.'.I J'ress vi'istis the I n't ei n at ieiKil' Ni'vs . Ser iee: 1: . ' al.lv will-tie i,-ir early next iiiimth. : BRITISH TANKER SENT TO BOTTOM ; New Viirk.- . ' T i'i. - T;ie tank trair'Sii.ip Nar.raua'aset; a l.'.'!i tens an. I nm' uf the ari;.'?t ' .il' l-nlk nil e'er limit, ha liern t eij inel 'finiK s.mii'U here ! eft' -tli .east, a.-1'..r.lin te-wni i humcl t.i.;iv 1-v Ilii e ts ojr.,1- l',ntili .h Hi 1 1 i.-li ship of '0 rrier f r i 1 it here I ea llli'l . THREE ROCKY MOUNT BOYS JOIN ARMY Ii. V. 111.- for s Tin -Mavi ail I; Momft ii North hi thl.-e; JyiOe-iflita lm;l 's hiinorrTrltrr m'i.l I i.-e i I y i i.i a tho.st:. W ho. .ha.v.'. enlisted itln'-r tl N'avy or Army i'ii are: Kdwar,! 1 '. 1'itt, .1 T. I f this citv and Kphrahn i - All three i-nl rui v Sat nrdav .hull's, Mel for at lial- sc. . e 111' I he .Igh. A N.o t. avs ; il:o it was shown that h Car.. I hit and Yeimont ha.l i-'in- tn.l.iit.-l ss . ineii to tjie e.iuntiy than on the Al Inn! ie seal. oa. I 'nm I I that f.-n t there has hoca 1I1IV ".stilt i, u ei.lisi 1 1 clllits Ol. I X i HI- fell fact u lable agitation for getting re fer 1 he Army and Navy in the ntli State. There has been a big ise "in Iho. enlistments, since this v:is ilisi-losed and atVhis rate it is lit .that the full ipiota of the state thou; to the national government will , soon be raised. . It will be pleasing to the people of lioi'hy Mount to know; that the young men. are not l.-u k iug ,in patroit ism anil tlnne three men are ii credit to the city. COTTON MARKET Nw York, April Hi. Cotton futures opened steady. May -0..-: 0,-tolier is.s.'i; liccemin-r Is.s'i; .lauuaiy ls.tM. . New York, April hi. - The cotton mar kfit was coinparativelv .piiet early today and after opening ti ' points higher to 1 I points' lower, the market eased off un iler scattering liipiidat ion. May ile.i-liued to ".'.'."i iind May to in. To or .17 to -1 points net lower.. ' New Cork, April Hi. The cotton ,L-..f Mm- -Mi :lt ! '. Inlv Hl.sS: ( etn her '1 s;fisr- 1 )erem be i ds." f j-Juwr-l aryjs. 1. : ... ; . - - STOCK MARKET New York, April Hi.--Miauis and losses for the inost part fractional were ipute evenly (list ribu.'il during today's early dealings. Trading being light in num ber and of a cautions character.. Equip ments and munitions were variable with other war issues. Heading developed irregularity with a two point loss for Norfolk and Western, t'nited States Steel reacted from its firm opening with siiniliar tendencies in other prominent industrial. ITEDDY'S ARMY PLAN nnnninr nm nu IS CONSIDERED BY THE SENATE TODAY The SenateCommittee Has Vot Finally Decided as to Public Hearings WEIGHS APPLICATION MADE TO PRESIDENT Members of the Committee (live Careful Study To ProposaUJut.No -Indica- UorrAs io Their Course is (liven Out. WaMiinton, ..April ; III. TluHKlort'' Hoosevelt pljiMH for raisitiir iin.l net-niii- iiaiiviitif n viihinleer cm e. I it inn uhiajniLl raITTM.o)2itJi.LSeji iUH t-ay-4 eiiMilllltT.-e to . emisiile sefectixe plan were., to tlu' '1 to.l.'iv- at a ineetiti illi-.l : ,t he iiilininlst i at ion liaft ..I. ill. KetailM ariiiv f the Hiilonitteil l.v t'ul. Iiimaevelt tirmaii ol ihe isenate niid llonii'M ilif ary eoinmitt ees t.o. a i-.uiiiest was ina.le w ri'sponsi- when he wfts here ntlv tn eonfer with rresuleiit VilM.in about his ji.rii,jei-t. Memhers of the enimnittee jfiive ran' fill stinly to the proposal l.iit thrie was lio il.-linite indii-ilt inn What a.-tion will he taken. The 'onniiittee was exiiei-t H t,. ili lei -mill...' toiluv w!tT-'t;i.---;o h ,1,1 I ii t.l it' henriiiffn Dn the a.liniii.istraf ion hill. .. Whether this is " id. ne or not war I'l.m it in el it olli.-ils . iimt army otlieers will' continue their argument re , for the l.-eishitioiis hefore the two congTCSsioie ai coiiiinit tees. READY TO SERVE IN ANY WAY .....' Wasliiiigton, April lit. Mr. Brvan re iterated to the r'resnleiit his : iiflcr. 'c- iitly niail.' I')' telcffiain to he nt iiiiy Kcrvii-C he c.oiilil to inc g.iw'riu u om- intf the vai'.: After leaving tlie I'li'si- denf.Mr.Hr.Vini dictated a statcmejit lie clarint; his Inteht inn fu. Siiipiirt the gov- iaiineiit in iiiivwar plan that it might tli'i'iile. He dcctini'il, however to ilis ciiss. conscription spcijlically. ALL WIRELESS TO BE Secretary of Navy Orders all Wireless Not Operated by Government Orders to Be Discontinued. Wjishingtotu April li!. -All- wireless telegraph stations not- operate.! hy the goveriuii.eii.t. . .w i re. . iii.-..l.i-.i:cil . .ilisi!i.ali.t.i.'U'd .luring the. w:n todav l.y ilir.-ctiim of the Secretary of tin- Navy. Failure -of owners to coinily -w ill result in conlisti catioii of e.plipnient. WOMAN SAVES HER DROWNING CHILI) Norfolk. Y:i., April 11 In an effort to save one of In r twin sons from drowning; off the naval hosptal yester dav afternoon -Mrs. Koderi.-k Triplctt. wife of Attorney Triplctt. living at North street, this city, plunged into the water and rescued the child after he had fallen over board, and was being cni ried awtiv from the shore. Mrs. Triplctt was on the. bench in front of the .oftiecrs' quarters at the hospital it f o'clock yesterday after noon with Frank and Koderii-k Triphtt, twins, iib out thiee years ohl. They were playing ill the sand with buckets. Frank tilled his pail with sand and went close to the wilier and attempted to empty the sand overboard. Mrs. Triplctt 's back was turned for a moment and when she again directed Ikt attention t. the .child he had fallen 'into the water iind was being curried aw'ay on tlie swells. .Mrs. Triplctt lost no time in plunging in after the child, rescuing the baby after she had gone into water to her waist. EDITORS TO MEET AT MOREHEAD CITY Hnleigh, April It .June 'Ji.tH.wns selected as tire date for the next annual meeting. of the North Carolina I'resH' As sociation which will be held at the At lantic Hotel, M.irehea.l City, in accord ance with a decision of the association Awr its last convention in mn liani. Tin ilate was decided upon by the executive coniinittee nt a meeting held here Yed nesdav afternoon. The executive com tnittee voted to extend an invitation to President Wilson ainl Sc.eretarv- Daniels to address' the convention at .Morchend Citv mid named a committee to. go to Washington and present the invitation. Resolutions were adopted endorsing tho course of the President and the ndminis tration in dealing with Germany and pledging mipport. The preparation of the programme of tlie convention is left jn the hands of the president and secretary of the association. DISMANTLED PRESIDENT WILSON Tiiiinn nrnni t nr THANKS PEOPLE OF CITY. FOR SUPPORT Secretary of War and Secre- tary Daniels Send Con gratulations DANIELS ISPROUD OF PEOPLE OF THE CITY Mayor Tillery Receives Let ters From Government Of iicials in" Reply toResolu tions Passed at Mass Meet ing Last Monday. Mavor lillery lia recpivi'il a letter from I'resiileiit Wilson t hieSjiu'-rtiH-v-trf- -VVr -TITTo" yiMQ-TMrv .of t1"' V-l ev -.iTrmr; ph mt-tin 1 1 1 e I s, t Ii a n k i n the Maynr anil penple of Koekv -Mount tor their patri otic actum in-cinlorsinif the ailimniHtrii t loft mill olf i'-ni)j: t heir services A'cvcn tn the last ilollni' uiul to the last ilrop t lilooil' ' to t he count rv. The Mnvin was iiutlionzi .1 to acini a copy (it tlvc resolutions that were, passed at the liig mass mectinii last Moiiihtv nielit Jo the I 'resilient anil he also seiit ciipies to t he ecl't.lrv ol War ami the Secretary nt the a v. The letter froiii' the .frcsi- ilciit follows. . . hitxi-Jloiis.', WTtstmigtoii, )..TJT Mavor I.. I'. Tillerv,- Rocky iMiinnt, N. C. I'lie President, thanks von cordially for the good .will which prompted your kind message, which has helped to re- issurc hi iii and keep him in heart. ... The letter from the Secretary of War is along the same Hues. . Secretary Daniels in his letter snvs tvktit lie is proud of the Mavor and thu good people of the city and that the cit l.ciis of liocky .Mount are of the type that has made, aiudis keeping, the .nation, supreme. The Secret it ty says that the iint of the people here is tlie spirit that, has made Aiiii,,ic'a uivutcible and that the people of the OU! North State are. never lackng in iiauiotiHin wnen critical '-period calls for it; though they have to place. themselves and e very t ling t hey - possess, m w?.' balance. J he letter front Seciefarv Hiiuiels follows. '. Washington, l. C, - . . April le, 1:)17. nxtit L. F. Tillery, -v- Rockv Mount, N. U'.---My Dear' Mr. Tillery i; : -v Permit me to iickiuiwicdge your let ter of tlie, 11th instant, together with, a opy of l-lie ' soul j.tirring - resolutionh which were adopted bv the -people-of liocky' .Mount on the evening of April nth, i : i. ' ' Mr. Mayor, 1 am proud of you and the goo. I people ot your city, ton -are an of the tvpe tha thas made and is keep ¬ ing our -nation supreme. Yours is the spirit winch has jijil.' . America iiivin-, cil.le.V -The people from all sections of North Carolina are never lacking in patriotism when a yritieal period calls for it, though everything they have and e placed in the balance.. Congratulations 'to you all, and be lieve nu- with sentiments ofingh .. es- t..:cili, ,... .Sincerely yours, .lOSht'ltt S--WA. NI1M.S. AIRPLANE PASSES OVER ROCKY MOUNT An airplane passed over Rocky Moiint about a few nights ago. .It- became known today that Officer Taylor ot the lil lone said that he saw a flying ma chilli' pass over the city about twelve clock -a few nights, ago. According to st advices this is !iow it happened. It was a bright and clear night and e union-was full it gets , that 'way , . . f i .i ii every mouth ana tins raci snonn. I,u called to the -'attention of the police depaitinent. Otlieer Taylor was tuibulating in the vicinity nt the rail road track about -midnight ami won.tei- ing how long if would be before the inoiMi would set and sun would hatch out when he saw a shallow coming up the track headed north. The officer s think ing faculties worked fast and he came to the couc!usii..n that it was t he'shadow of something in the air. .. Acting on this assumption he pointed his nose ami ocu lar organs towai-i the solar system and he said that he saw a genuine airplane in the air above, running about ninety miles an hour. The ollicer said that tin- machine was moving toward, the north and was following .the 'railroad track. Officer. Taylor says that this, wasjiot 'a dream ami that he saw the object infill sir wifh his own eyes and lie knows il living lna.'hi'iie when he sees one. , T T TODAY Chicago, April lfl. July wheat sold at $. just , before the close of the mar ket today at an advance from Saturday of S 1-2 cents. Mav lumped 12 34 cents to $2.,'i7 X4. w MAKES NEW WD AS STRIKES ARE NOW limnillin llllinn III WORKING HAVOC IN GERMANJMPIRE General Strike is Reported as 1 larinprStaTtecH Germany Today RIOTS OCCURRING IN THE GERMAN CAPITOL Arrivals at The Hague and , Amsterdam Tell of Seri- f--ous Outbreaks Among the Trades in Many Sections of the Nation. Loudon, April Hi. Travelers niriving rrrlntliiiid"Tfoai .i.eiiuiaiiy,.-J4ccui-il4iig fo dispatch from. Amsterdam to the Cen trnl News Agcncv say thiit a general strike was commenced this morning , in Berlin iind that riots have taken place in the (leiniau caiiitot, BOARD MEETS Organization That Is to Give v News of Government Has First Session MAP OUT THE COURSE The Bureau Plans to Profit by the Mistakes Made By the Allies About the Rela tions of the Press of the Nation. Washington, 'April- 1(1. Secretaries Lansing. Baker and Daniels nnd George Creel, which, composed the new govern ment publicity bureau, created by I'resi- lent W ilson,, held their first meeting to lay to map out a course of action. The primary purpose, ot the-bureau was to profit .immediately by the mistri kes.maile abroad bv imposing a militaiv censor hip-on the press at the beginning of the war and to open to tlib public all proper inlfiimatiou as to what- tlie government is doing or. intends to do. NO ATTEMPT AT CENSORSHIP Washington, April lfl. indications e cfnit no atteiniit at direct .censorship will be ina.le. The bureau will forinu e alter a conference with the newpa per men hero, a set of regulation tor the guidance of newspaper editors and which it is believed will be so elcHr and impose so few restrictions that there ,'in be no mistake as to their meaning, twill be left to the papers themselves to .'comply' and there is no plan for telling the papers. TO IMPROVE COUNTY HOMES New York, April 1.'!. Housing ex perts are preparing plans to be present ed nt the National Conference of, ( liar ities and Correction at-:Pittsbrg",Tii June which will make life more Hveahle for destitute old men and women in county pool-houses all over the country. The plans will be presented in competi tive form. . No other class (if dependents has been so completely neglected as the aged, ac cording to the statement of Dr. I. L. Nascher of New Vork." "The child de pendent has the world for its guardian; the aged dependent is disowned bv his relatives," savs this eminent -authority "There are scores of works dealing With the fluid m the home and in insti tutions. I'ntil recently there was not single work on the inst'itutionnl care of the aged." Dr. Nascher is the author of the only American scientific work on the subject, a Look entitled "Geria tries." - Today there is scarcely a home for the aged in which the special problem of feeding is inuicrstood or even consider eil.- Dietaries are arranged either hap hazard, or else. copied from institutions of a different character. GERMAN CAPTIVE- BURNS BIBLES London. 'April Hi. Lieutenant Km il l.ehinann. a German naval captive, ran a career of f rightfulness even after-his capture nnd temporary linjiNSonmont m Knirlaiid. Breaking loose from his guard, Lehinnnii escaped' from Man chester and took refuge in a Methodist church where he made a bonfire on tho floor with all the Bibles he could find Lchmann is charged with sacrilege. NEW PUB C SENATE IS TO ... - w- WAR FUND ON TOMORROW PLAN JO RECEIVE T HE-BBmSH-AJllF-INANCE-GIVES-TiEi FRENCH MEMBERS The Britsh Representatives Headed By Balfour To - White House . AN OF ELABORATE PLAN ENTERTAINMENT Delegations Representing -The Army, The Navy and Civil Department of the Government to Take a Hand in Entertainment. Washington. April Hi. It was an nounced todav that' President Wilson would receive the British commissioners conn ii to discuss conduct of the war at tit White House-on Wednesday" For eign Minister Kail our heads the .com mission.. It was also announced that the President would receive the French com missioners it they have arrived in the country. The French commission in ludes r (inner-, Premier iviannni and Gen. .luff re ; and ot her .list ingiiislied I' reiiehmen. Moth seats of commission. its will he lorniallv welcomed to the unit rv iv oflmiadjlelcgntions represent ing the army andii,vy and the: civil de partment ol the government. r.lnbornte preparations have been mailt) lor their entertainment. 0. s. T IS The Scorpian Held in Turk ish Waters Until End of the War. Many Bluejack ets Left. London, April lfl. An- official state ment issued bv th; Turkish war ofiicc announces that the .American gunboat Scorpian has been interned. NO SURPRISE TO THE NAVY. Washington, April The intern meat ot the Scorpian has been expected here tor sometime, and is in accord with ihe rule lu'cessitating the intern ment and such acton tor a belligerent war ess. 1 ll.it leav lllj I'll rt within a prescribed time. About two weeks ago the XaW Department through the State Department cabled Ambassador Klktis suggesting that the Scorpian leave Tin kind waters for t he Ulnck Sea, but Turkey objected to this on the ground that the sea was probably dominate. I by Russia, an enemy of -Turkey, ally of Germany. Departure through the Dardenelh's was thought impossible and as a result part of the crew went through--Austria, into KwitzerhuidT bcl fore the break with the former conn try. WILSON MAYOR- URGES ECONOMY W ilson. N. C , April 1L At a meet ing called by Mayor Killette and pre sided over by that .dignitary the necessi ty for .hinting every available foot of ground in foods! nils w as emphasized. So urgent is the necessity with the price of food mount iug higher every day -on account of the fact that twenty million 'of men in Kurope have been witlubawii fr.utn the fields and factor ies of the world. Iii addition to this America, Brazil, Cuba, and other coun tries will soon he'. in the war and i he people who remain at home must feed the armies. With flour r' 1 - per barrel and still rising and. all food commodi ties rising daily, the situation is most alarming aid there is not telling how high prices may go. All this was dis cussed attlio meeting last night and it Wil SiTee i . I e. f to liiltit ii Hi a ss- Tn ret i ng i n the court house Tuesday night, of next we -It, ho 17th, and- urge everybody in the county to attend a big mass meet ing to be held ill the court house in Wilson at ten o'clock Wednesday niorn ii'ar. - The necessity or prompt action bv all was insisted upon and every man pres ent agreed he would tell his. neighbor If you have a vacant piece of ground report il to the mayor so that some ar rangement can be made to have it tend ed. Let everybody come to the-mecting Tuesday night and everybody prepart to plant. The mayor -is requested to see that the people shut up their chick ens, otherwise nobody will be able to raise anything. GUBOA INTERNED PASS BIG THE COMMITTEE ON BILL ITS O. K. TODAY To Be Taken Up as the Only Matter for Passage on -f - Tuesday i NOT EXPECTED THERE WILL BE OPPOSITION The Overwhelming VoteIn.. the House Said to Presage the Bill's Passage in the Senate. Probably Pass by Tuesday. a, si Washington. April Tlie nd ininist ration's seven billion dollar reNH.tiueJjili .which-lias passed the house wus .today npprovt'd by the Semite fiiinucc coiiiiriittec and will he taken up 'tomorrow in the Sen nit, lor passage. WILMINGTON A. C. L. - EMPLOYES MEET Wilmington. April 14. At a largely attended meeting held lu the local freighji office ot the Atlantic Coast Lino last night, Mr. L. D. Terry, of Richmond. n., nu inspector of the Bureau of Kx plosivcn, gave a very Instructive ami in teresting lecture, demi)nstratiii( by the use of Hterenptieoii slides, the correct methods for the hnndhiiK of eiilosivea .. tiinl Inflammable articles and the disa troua results of failure to observe the rules issued by the Interstate Commerce . commission.' , s Figures (pioted show the wisdom of strict observance of tho regulations, oil the part of both shippers and carriers, in that no loss of life has been attribut ed to cnreless handling since 1011, whereas, before the rules were made op erative, H deaths resulted from disfe gar. I of the enormous risk in one year. This was one ot the regular monthly meetings of the agency force, which it, tins been decided to devote entirely to consideration of the Interstate Com merce coiumiHSion rules -rui. 1 regulations tor the handling of explosives and In flammable articles, and was well at tended by both shippers and railroad em ployes. Mr. Terry was accompanied by Mr. K. J. Lengie, of Now York, who Is also a Bureau ot Kxplosion inspector. . W. A. NELSON TRIAL BEGINS AT TARBORO The trial of VV. A. Nelson, who li charged w ith the killing of Oflietri Gwntnev and Kiggnu, of tho Tarboro police force, and the wounding of May or .1. P. Keech recently when the officers and Mayor attempted to serve a war rant for Nelson's arrest began at Tar boro today. - Oftiecrs Wlieeless, Sumner and Ste phenson of the local department left this morning for Tarboro as witnesses in several cases which were appealed from the recorder's court. COLLEGE TRAIN University of North Caroli na Has Daily Drills and Asks For Instructor. South Carolina Students Busy. i Jaleigh, April 10. Reports received here today, from Chapel Hill, declared that fiiin-Vniversit y of North Carolina students who have been learning mili tary tactics and drilling nightly,; have dec'idei to drill evry ufternoon and have requested that a regular army of ficer be detailed as instructor, fhe stu dents are at present being drilled by men who have had military experience SOUTH CAROLINA DROPS ATHLETICS Columbia, S. C, April 16. That wore time ina be given to the military train ing class which numbers 252 students and 25 faculty members, the athletic ad visory board of the University of Ssuth Carolina has decided to cancel all inter-, collegiate athletic contests after the game of baseball here' next 8aturday with the Vniversity of North Carolina. MEN IN SERVICE
The Evening Telegram (Rocky Mount, N.C.)
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