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MM- TELEGRAM ' Today's Weather J J8j Forecast ' " - . 1 1 ' 21 11 lllLd U-d V U- VOL. IX. NO. 275. ROCKY MOUNT, N. Or FIUDAAFTETTNTDONtH . - - -PRieBr-FIVB-CEKJ if REPORTS SA1LH0LLWEG WILL PROFFER PEACE GERMAN MINISTER SERIOUS REVOLT E PEACE OFFER SAY REPORTS German Censorship Lifted bu t Not h i n g I )e ( i n i 1 e - A s to Conditions Known DISQUIETING HUMORS HEARD FROM RUSSIA Demonstrations in Petro grad against Foreign Min ister Milukoff. Soldiers ... and Worwmen demandinff His Resiffnation.-liermans "Clamor" forAnnexation-of Relgium. rhe (icrninu censorship has lilted so fur us to allow newspapers and mails . foni liemnnv once more to roach the otit , or world htit Hiere is little information lis vet ns tn what has 1 1:1 ns 1 1 nI within the holder of the (n-minn empire during the last week. .The (lerninit f huncellor is once iiiurr reported, to lip - nliuiit. to make a pro nouncement on peace before the Hcn-h stag ami his hand has nppueiitly been forced bv t he milkers. ThosPTeartiiiaie-uaK!L.'!rli alarm ed by I lie apparent dominant of the so cialist iartv with its program of peace without annexation. A nncxiit ioiih of i ml em i ii it les have pre vented an interpolation to the hnninl lot of the Keichstag demanding .that lie clanfv Ins posit ion. 1 he pinker are still clamoring for the annexat ion ot Relgium -ninl fill reports indicate that the government must very shortly take a definite slnnd both oh the epiestion of war aims f nil internal reforms. . Disquieting reports come froiii litis sia of the ntt it udc of obiucnH among the soldiers and workneu toward the provisional government. I lenionst rat ions are occurring in the the streets of ; 1'e trogmle against I'tiii! X. ,M iliikiiff, , the minister of foreign affairs. II is resign a -tion being demanded. I'rofc.ssor Milil koft' is considered one of the strongest iiii'ii in the new - Unnsinu. rvtriiiii'i a true tii'W Kitmiinii. reg'tio'v friend of tlie Kiitente eansi1, as a whole nnil thorotighlv in tavor ot an energetic prnsecnt ton nt the war b' Uussia. 1 he rftilicnl eleinents oppose.l to him appear Cil to have been excited to action by the provisional govern m pile's coiiiiiiiini fntions to the allied nations, mailt) pub lic yesterday, which committed the gov: eminent to cont Lnnat ion - of the war 'without slackening of effort. They de clare they should have been consulted in this matter. RUSSIAN MISSION WILL LEA E FOR U. S. I'ptrograd- Mnv I.-- A conimission repipspriting the liussian provincial gov- erutn. lit will t'nvi1 sunn for Anieriea to confer with .American, government; of ficials concerning .the industrial, eco nomic and fiiilincial relations of the two pountrips. 1 Ins ml orniatiou was ob tained bv the Associated 1 less I rout a lngli o ciai source, i ne personnen oi the commission has already been decided upon but, the names of the ennmiission ere not yet available. They w ill be v est ed with the fullest . powers similar to those of. the British and Kreiich com missions. COTTON MARKET - New York, May A.- t'otton futures opened- steady. May 1 !.70 : .Inly l!t.5D; October 18.72; Iecetuber 1S.S2; January lS.st. New York, May 1. The cotton mar kc! openeil steaily today at a decline of 17 to '".) points with July selling off to l!1.4"i and October rHrfll, under further Fcattcritig liiptidation and local pressure Trade interest "-were- buyers around the initial figure, however, ami the tnarkj t iitcndied right after the call, Julv sell ing flt l!l..r,7 and October 1!.7S, or S to I points above the low point. STOCK MARKET New York, May 4. The increasing gravity of the foreign situation pre cipitated further spiling of records in the opening of today's session. De clines to one to three points were made, rails leadings. Substantial recessions were made in Mexican Petroleums, Steel and Industrial Alcohol. Vnited States Steel and other standard indus tries held firm at the outset but re ceded slightly under the weight of heavy offerings elsewhere. A brisk ral ley was in progress before the end of the first half hour, steel and other ac tive issues rising above yesteday'a final prices. 1 OCCURS IN BERLIN Amsterdam Paper Says De monstrations Were Ac ; companied by Violence STORY NOT CONFIRMED Paper Says that Revolution ists Became So Menacing That Guns Had to Be Used to Suppress Outbreak. Said to Have Occurred Last Week. Trm-ii-i m- v'ft T i.n, M,i I,- , M iii1, it'i ii'ltt iiVvrtyiyirr 'mi'n' that revolts occurred in Itci'lin last Accord ing to t lie papi'i the nioh. so menacing that gnus w against them. ..The story isrnot eil from iinv. source. PITT COUNTY BOY LOSES RIGHT HAND (irpeitville, N. V., Mav t. Mr. John Tyson, w hose home is in this countv, Karmville, snf- about two miles front fercd the misfortune nil Tucsduv to lose his right hand when a gun w hich he was hamlling accidentlv discharged mangling the hand so bad that amputa tion was necessary. ! - M r. Tvwia is a nieinber of the Xorth i'arolina National (iuurils stationed iwJ Italctgli, and came homo a few ilavs ago on a hrici liirloitgli. He had taken a shot gun in. the home to explain to the ltipnibcrs of the family what his daily . routine of service poiisistpd of, and: it was while he 'was thirs engaged that the gun was accidentlv discharged, the cut ifi' load; catching his hand close to the : u.rist.. ; . .TIie yoiing( man is very popular in the I'arinv iile sectiiol where is so well known, and Ins nitsloiliine will be s;nl lv learned bv his numerous friends. IT Will Begin Duties As Head of Nation's Food Board. Will Report on Food Sit uation Abroad. Washington, Mav 1. Herbert (. Ilonvcr; director of Helgian relief and ti ow ""chaTrniairrrf t In' f I cof initteeaf the f.'ounsel of National lefense, arriv ed here today to report on the food sit uation abroad, lie will present a pniii. prohetisive suinnuiry of conditions in (he allied countries as a basis for working out a plan for apportioning. American food abroad. No secret is made ol the seriousness ot the food shortages in both Kngland and Italy. France is now faring somewhat better, but is now in need of foal. Mr. Hoover's reports deal also with conditions in the northern Kuiopeau neutral countries, and will show how much food must be sent from the I'tiited (States. Mr. Hoover will retain chairmanship "of the Helgian re lief cnmiuissioii directing ihe work from Washington. His duties with the government have been delined by the. defense counsel as advisory, but it is understood that after the administration food control bills are passed bv Congress he mav be given wide powers in supervising food disn tribiition abroad and perhaps in the I'nited States. WANTS $25,000 FOR DEATH OF SON New Hern, May 4.-r-The case of ieiitge W. Brite, administrator for the late James Brite, versus the Norfolk Southern Ita ilway Company, was taken up at yesterday 's session of Federal Court, which is being held this week, with Judge Henry ('. Connor presiding. The hearing of evidence has not been concluded yet and it now appears that lte jury w ill- not get the case before late this af teruoon. The plaintiff is suing the railway company for $25,fHitl for the death of his, soil, James Brite, in the fall of 1!H5. The deceased was passing between two cars at the union depot wfien a yard engine backed up against the cats, catching the young man between the couplings of the two cars. The young man's body was crushed and he died a few days later in a local hospital. The contention of the plaintiff is that th death of Brite was due to negligence on the part of the defendant company. serious week. . . i I f ; useti eonlirin- HOOVER ARRIVES AT-wASHINGTON BALFOUR AND k-Mm li ... ff f X Y "- M. Viviani (inuert) and A. J. Balfour'apeaking at the tomb of Washington, : Sunday. April 29. 1917, will bo a cherished day in the hearts of Americans. On that dav Rlrtit Honorable Arthur James Uulfour of Great Britain paid a tribute to George Washiniflon, the futher of the United States of America, the man who led and won a war upon Great liritain. The day was further made memorable by the tribute to Washington of M. Viviani of France, a treat Statesman of the country which helped the .solomes gain iheir ireeclUIfir GmPGrMEMBERS- TOMEETTONIGHT All Members and Citizens Urged 'to Attend. Ques tions and Plans for City's Benefit to Be Discussed. AT tlre fiTSTgenra.lvl membership meeting of the re organied Chamber of Commerce, which is to lie held in the new ipiaiVrs on the second lloor of ibe I'll i lips: Building tonight at cbht o'clock, the in embers will consider t he adoption of a constitution and by-laws and w ill discus plans for the work of flic enniini! year. I .he. Mireetors have. drafted a constitution and by laws which ifiey w ill idler for "-the -.approval of ; IrfQnem Iters. - The -meeting is open not only to the members, ..but to e.-ry loyal viticeit of; Koeky Mount who 'wishes to have a iiliit. in the growth and ilevciojuncni of our city. A bit gi tendanc pected, and it is hoped that who attemU this meeting evi-rv will' tn a n 'come prepared tii inffer :-sm. const ruet i.ve suggestion. rdaliliS will In- passe. i around so that -every person present will have an opportunity to writedown his recommendation should he not choose to tiiku part, in the ; ilisciissiotis. There will be shiiif talks by the pres ident and the Hew secretary, and by a. few other business men. J lie program will be'sliort and interesting, aud very informal. The. directors 'are very proud of Hie new (piarw-rs whn4u-luive ."been scored and thev tire anxious for every citi.cn of-Uocky Mount to come up and see their -new home, and also to get. tie luainted Willi, the new Secretary, I .ft every in an bigger city tiilioi'stcil in a lienor be present at fhe inei Mil- tonight. GERMANS SEIZE BELGIAN RELIEF SB IF London. May -1. Confiscation by the Germans of the Belgian relief steainer Cnriuclt.-t. is reiiorted in -Central' News lisnatch from Copenhagen. A Pan sailor who was a member of the crew ls authority for the report; lie says the Germans orlered the crew to leave tin ship and jdaced a prize crew on board to take it to a (ier'nian port. The men from the Carmetto in two sail boats asked for provisions but the (leriuaiis refused. After six days of terrible suf fering the men in one of the boats reached the Norwegian coast. MR. AND MRS. WELLS ENTERTAIN SCHOOL Mr. and Mrs. A. O. Wells, entertain- ed the teachers and children ot Hie Juvenile school on Weonesday evening at their beautiful home near Kocky Mount. Miss liosa Baily and Julian Wnrsel v of Hockv. Mount furnished the music for the occasion. Mr. liudy sang several solos also. The children gave several "appropriate selections and show ed the fruits of careful training by thef? tOPclllTS. AYter tlie exercises of the entertain ment we-r,. over, Mrs. Wells served ice. cream on the lawn, ..which was henuti flly lighted and decorated with Japan ese lanterns. The, occas on was highly enjoyed bv all present anil declared Mr. and Mrs. Wells, to be delightful hosts. SURVIVORS OF THE ROCKINGHAM SAVED London, May 4. The admiralty re ports that the missing boat from 'the Rockingham with all the fourteen men has been picked lip by a British stcanf er. . VIVIANI AT TIIE TOMB VAWTER-S-OEFENSE-RESTED IIS CASE Mrs. Vawler Not Called Back to the Stand to Re sume Examination PROSECUTION BEGINS TAKING OF TESTIMONY Began Introduction of Testi mony in Rebuttal to In sanity Plea of Defense. Only Two Witnesses For Vawter Questioned This Morning. I'll risl ia H burg j Yii., May fence in h,' t ri:il (if 'ro.f. Vawter, clnirgeil with miird t. The de Charles K: ring Stock- ton Ib tli, dr., rested 't.l moniingaff ei- present nig they saw in i on tl t fiat he wti li) witnesses aw f er bet.w e. "night of the nit drinking! who testified ii i : ::(, and shooting and to the cross I'xaiui :;Mrs. . V stand fed t ti i was ii'-f iv fur continued mition as li'.ol bl ief' .fi-CeviK t Im f roduct ion ot' , Mrs. I'li'iule ept the 4-tei I. After a ga n t he. i n rebuttal. . test if cine- state -theil In si iin'oiiy in IP. Vawter. vesl 'hat; Jr.; ; ,n rday in t he ti ia M'.f wit ii ti. u I del i n lie-hired; tliirr II 1 Ii t il III I einiiteil of h -r husbaurt, : Stockton Heath. Ill, Jr., d.-el ii, d I assault ii TTrj- her home a feu iuiutit.es bi for l,i killed by ';i (er, bat ing her lit' fense of her husband said that she had rebelled Moth's advanc. ill de ll":n'j I not under the influence of lii'Uor. 1 1 lowing t tit Mnliiet inn Vesterday. ,l letters written by: Beth b'v Vawter which the IV counger man Vawter. the introducing ti il'essor pleaded with the ''tint to in ist teat, ' ' M rs. 'iet'ense suddenly began sf inionv in au effort to pros e Vawter' was insane 'when, lie wrote the letters. .Several pliysic.iaiiiis tseti lied that 'Vawter apparently was unbal anced when he wrote i I ft h about af fairs in the Vawter household..-' Tlie climax of Mrs... Vawter.'s, testi mony came kite yesterday when she re lated happeiiiii's immediately prior to and follow ing the shooting. After Beth' had been shot, she testified, Vawter said: :...,'-: "I have' avenged the family honor and I w ill go to trial with my lips seal d fo prote. t your honor. " " Von will not, Mrs. Vawter said -die told h'r .husband. "I will atone for my past.. sins' by baring myself to sa V e vim. ' ' . " - : Mrs. Vawter told a. dramatic story if her Imine life at Blacksbnrg. doing back to May K'Bi, she asserted tha lleth had begun "dogging her tracks,'' always plyiiur her with liquor. Once she said he1- husband, seeing her emcrg" ing from Hcth's room, 'denounced tlie Sliest and a few minutes later 'Het h "brought Vawter into his bedroom, ap parently unconscious. The witness told of another occasion when Vawter saw Beth trying to- em brace her. Vawter again denounced Beth, and later Beth again brought Vawter into his room and put him to ' I fIG bed. On the following morning she said I policies beginning at $.'(000 and lncrcas hp found linger prints oil her husband's . in? to $1,000, the company paying the throat. I premium... The policy will be kept in Mrs. Vawter, attired in a blue serge force as long as the employe-remains suit, .with large lace collor, entered the with Tolar, Hart & Molt company, but court room, at :3T o'clock and was i will lapse on tho severance of the eon- sworn. The witness answered the ones- tiong put to her in a low clear voice'. ;- OF WASHINGTON S Making Arrangements For Training First 500,000 Men During Three Com ing Months at Training Camps. -Washington, Mav 4. A full outline of the plan -tor training the hist ten thou sand officers, for the first 50,(11)11 troopers raised bv selective . conscription, was made public bv the War Department. After three mouths' 'Instructions at the training' camp the ten thousand of leers tor sixteen infantry and two caval ry divisions will be selected on merit from the total of lortv thousand and as signed to tint regiments which will be called to the colors a month or two later. The other thirtv thousand men who arc found iiialilii,'(i will be commissioned in the ollicers reserve corps and called out foor duty as needed. (Mies I'm the iniibili,atioii oantpa have, nitt been anruniiiced. by', they will lie in e.ieh case within the limits of the districts prescribed for the officers' training camps. For their first train ings, the oflieer-candidafe.s .will, bo or ganized into, foil it coil, infantry co!npnn ii s aud drilled by; such as regular and nut iiinal ird officers and such of their own-numbers as mav be, ipialilied for de mand. . Then thev w ill he organized by individual fitness into nine infantry companies, three batteries of artillery and two troops of cavalry. JOY RIDERS STOLE -CAR LAST NIGHT 1 'o oiiobile of lie. was Mr. C stolllL C. Cockrell, I'lst lll.rlit i of Nil while hit was atte'iding the Chun .nuipia bv : some person or persons, who, Mr. .-..II am.) Tiif.inlni1 about, four irul- Ions (if gasoline in an entended joy i ride. As the front guard aim tender of the ear was slightly damaged and red paint was found' on them, Mr. : Cockn-II said that it was apparent that the machine- had collided with some wagon or vehicle thAo was painted red while the .joy riders had it under their . supervision. '. The car was found on Franklin street just, about four liuu-dri-d yards below the place where the machine was taken. Mr. Cockrell is of I the opinion that the parties that used the. car .had intedned io return before the Chautauqua was over, failing to do so. tliev left it at that place. Mr. Cockrell found his machine about elev en thirty o'clock last night and he said that out side of the expenditure of tlie gasoline and the bending of the guard and fender that he had not d scuvered any further damage. Be said that so far lie had found no clue that would in dicate wlio he guilty parties were. Be suggested that, whoever collided with the machine and left the red paint-on the car would know who ran into them and maybe they could idetiify those who were in the ear. FAYETTEVILLE MILL TO INSURE EMPLOYES Kayetteville, , ('., May 4.- The Tol ar, liart & Bolt Mills Company, of thrs city, has announced that the 'company will henceforth insure the lives Of all employe sin its cotton mills who are 15-t years of age or over. . The employe will be the beneficiary of the insurance, the nection unless the nCBenciary wisues to keep it up by paying the premium. ELAN S G MY DISCUSSED British Begin Great Attack On Wotan Line BRITISH ATTACK S TWO WEEKS AHEAD Balfour Says Advance of Troops Has Been Faster and Losses Smaller CASUA LTI ES DECREASE Number of Men I xs t Fifty ; Per Cent Less Than That of Somme Offensive. This Is Attributed to Artillery Preparations on Part of British Gunners. '-Washington,-' May 4. The British forces on the western front are two weeks ahead ol I heir at tacking- 'schedule accoiliug to a caldeeram' r vipil hnn. lodav bv Secreturv Balfour from the foreign oflice. I he advance, it is said, has been lunch faster than expected and tlie Insse sure smaller. he losses were, said to be only half as large proportionately as those on the Soinsie ollensive last year. This is attribiifed bv members of the missioin to an iiicomporat ivelv artJIIery pepan t ion and the fact that men are not al lowe dto out run the guns. SIX MORE BOYS GO TO FORT OGLETHORPE Six more Hockv Mount boys have gone to flaleigh and passed the exami- ntion preparatory to goinjf to Fort Og Wthorpa fo the o(Tir's training camp. With the four jounu .men announced vesferdav this tnnkes ten from this city who have enlisted for this Bervicc. The names of, those who passed, of whom there are six. ure: Buck Wimberley, J. r (iooch, W. hztna Oridin, B. J. 1 liompson, It. David Biilluck and W. arter Harrow. These young men to gether with the other four will take the three months training at the camp for officer's commissions and also un der condition that thev will be subject to the orders of the Secretary of. .War during their period of training '.uiitil thev are released.'-" It is understood that still more have been to lialeigh to take the examina tion, but whether, they have passed is not . Jt now n-as -vet--but -tis-soorrTtrtTTTs'Ts ascertained their names will also be an nounced. The liovs here are making a line showing in the enlistments for the training camp and the representation trotti Kockv Moifnt is a credit to the -it v. -' - " ' i: :-i..i- ----- STILL DISCUSSING ESPIONAGE BILL Will Reach Final Stages in House liy Tonight, it Is Expected. Still Consider- ' ing Bill in Senate. Wa liingtou, .May 4. --Consideration of administration espionage bill con tinued in- both houses today. Iu the Bouse debate reached limit stages with prospects of a vote before night. Opponents of tlie censorship provision kept up -Uutjr light to have it stricken out ami expressed confidence of success. In the Senate debate on the provis ion atitlioi izitig the 1'resident to de clare export embargoes . was debated. Htrong oppositon has developed to the provision. The inuence of President Wilson's ap proval of the newspaper censorship see tion of the espionage bill failed to save it in the Bouse today anil it was strick en from tlie bill by a vote of 2(.'0 to 107. RUSSIA PLEDGES SUPPORT TO ALLIES Pctrograd, May 4. The evening news papers declare that the government is united in its responsibility for the note I to the Allies pledging united support of the Hussian provisional government in the war now waging against the Cen tral Powers. . AMBASSADOR OF AUSTRIA LEAVES New York, May 4. Count Tarnow ski Von Tarnow, the nnreeived Austrian Ambassador to the United States be fore sailing today for his home land,1 issued farewell greetings to his country-! men here and advised them, to' "honor) mission. The onieers are irencn avc the laud whose hosuitalitv thev eniov;tors. Arriving pn the same vessel si and in which they earned their liveli - hood." BRITISH PENETRATE OPKY LI DURING in The Bloodiest and Sternest Fighting of Present Of fensive Taking Place ';'";.' i MAKING ATTEMPT TO SMASH WOTAN IJNK Germans Resist With, Grim Determination New At- tack. No Definite-News of What Transpired in i Germany Has Been Re ceived as Yet. -'-, ; ' ... r The Britsh have bursted through the Qkpy line and are fighting the bloodiest sternest battle, of the present offensive in a great effort to smash the famous Wotan line before its organization is completed. The Hinderburg line out flanked and pierced in several places has failed to stop the forward surge of the British army and Wotan line Is prob ably the lust great barrier barring tho road to Douni and C'ombral, Germany ' richest prUc in. Frnnce, the great eoal and iron fields north of the liens. ;,-.; Realizing the menace of the situation the Qermans are flglitiiigwithji griirt determination- wUIcli rwekons no cost ia blood if it halts" ttilffldueing foe. The- renewed fury into , which the great battle of Arras has flamed lias di verted attention to the possibly more significant events which' are shaping be hind the battle front. FOOD COMMITTEES FOR EDGECOMBE Food conservation "committee are,. be ing appointed in the different townships of Kdgecoinbe county for the objact to, urging the farmers and people to raise more food and curtail all .ertavagance in the food line in order to eope with th e..fos!i4 n 6 that confronts th e country. Speakers will Speak at the different school houses In the county to impress upon the people the necessity of raising more food and helping the country in this time of need. f ' . ' This is iu line with movements in other counties who have also appointed these committees and it is. hoped that . it will spread all over the state. Besides Kdgecoinbe county ia this vi cinity of the state, Pitt county has also -launched a similar movehtent and ac cording to reports received here the movement in- both counties is meeting with success. , . It is exected that a food consevation ciiinmittpf wiH--beamcd in Nash coun ty for the same purpose in the near ; future. i This is a good thing for (he counties and the people do not realize wnai a to the food inpply serious problem as is existing and they should be made to understand what is needed ana wnat they will have to do. Every farmer is urged to plant all tho food crop pos sible and do everything he ean for the help of thd country, for the farmes are the guns behind the lines and with out their help and co-operation the na tion will be in a bad position to carry out its part in the war. H - ' .i NEW FERTILIZER CO. FOR, WILSON. Raleigh, N. P., May 4. The Farmers Union Trading Company of Wilson, capitalized at 100,000 was chartered today by the Secretary of State, The firm "propose to boy and sell fertilizers and promote food protection. TIF Will Join French Commis sion Which Joffre Discuss- ing War Plans With OITi cials at Washington. New York, May 4. Two French arm v oflicerslrriTed today oa . a Briti-'; steamship to join the French war con- j Jos-ph. Pavis, oue of the (David Llloyd George. retaric ATTACKS YESTE R D AY RENGH ARMY OFFERS ARRIVE