THE EVENING TELEGRAM
VOL. X, NO. 164.
ROCKY MOUNT, N. C, SATURDAY AFTERNOON, DECEMBER 8, 1917.
PRICE: FIVE CENTS
Today's
Weather
Forecast
,
lESTROYER
WITH A LOSS OF LIFE WHICH MAY BE HEAVY B1 mm
-COMMANDED BY
WHOJS AMONG THE MISSING
Thirty-Seven-Survivors
- : Rafts VVhile the Ship
"Complement of More
Has Been Prominent in Work in War Zone
Since United States Entered the War and Sav
ed 305 Passengers from the Ill-Fated Orama,
List of Those Who Were Saved is Announced.
Washington, Dec. 8. The American destroyer Jacob Jones was '
torpedoechand srnk in the war zone on Thursday with the
loss of a large part of her crew. Thirty-seven Survivors were
taken off in life rafts. The names of ten survivors have been re
ceived up to this time. ' "
They are: Lieutenant (Jr. grade) John K. Richards, ensign;
Nelson Gates, assistant surgeon; L. L. Adamkiewiez, Charles E.
Pierce, firemen; Timothy Edward Towney, seaman; John C. John
son, seaman; Henry R. Stutzke, chief machinist' mate; Edward
F. Grady, fireman, second class; John J. Mulvaney; seaman and
Myron Flood, seaman. - - :
The sinking occurred December 6th, at 8 p. m., while the ship
was on patrol duty. She was commanded by Lieutenant Com
mander David Worth Bagley, of Raleigh, N. C, brother of Mrs.
Josephus. .Daniels, wife of the Secretary of the Navy. Command
er Bagley's brother was the first American naval officer MlLed in
the Spanish American war, The Jacob Jones was the ship which
saved 305 persons from the Ovama a P. and 0. liner converted into
an auxiliary cruiser on October 19th. ' - -
The Orama had been torpedoed by a submarine while she was
acting as 'a part of a convoy of merchant vessels under escort of
an American destroyer, me Jacob Jones was one ol tue con
voy. The Jacob Jones and another destroyer were detailed to
remain by the Orama after the submarine had been attacked and
put out of action. When the Orama had begun to settle, it had
.grown dark and her crew abandoned her. The Jacob Jones pick
ed up 305 of the 478 persons on board. The other vessel standing
by rescued the other survivors. The Jacob Jones', peace time
complement was five petty officers and 87 men. She was one of
the newest and largest American destroyers with a displacement
of 150 tons and a length of 310 feet.over all. She was completed
in 1916 at the plant of the NewY
den, N. J. She burned oil, was driven by turbine engines and had
a speed of 29.57 knots an hour. " . - -
FIRST BIO LOSS
AMERICAN NAVY
Washington, Dec. 8. The disaster brings to the American peo
ple the first naval loss of great consequence since the country en
tered the war. Inasmuch as Admiral Simms mentioned other of
ficers among the survivors and did not mention Lieutenant Bag-
-j-leyr it is feared- that-he wen t-down
From the first report it would
be upward of sixty.
Austrians Declare That
3Iore Than 16,000 Have
Iken Made Prisoners.
FIGHTING VERY HEAVY
Strong Points East of Asia
go Have Been Stormed,
the Austrian Statement
Adds. An Additional Pris-
.,.,.,oners Have Been Taken.
London, Dee. S. The number of Ital
ians captured 1 y the Germans and Aus
trians in t lit" new' offensive now exceeds
.1(5,000, according to an official Austrian
announcement. Strong points past ot
Asiago have been stormed fhti- state
nirni-snvs.
America's declaration of war on Aus
tria Ilnnday comes it a moment when
the Italian northern front between As
ian" an'l the. Hrenfa is being hard press
Oil by an Austro -fiennnn army under
Field Marshal Conrad Von lloetzen--darfE.
: "
CRUSHERS TO MEET
ADMINISTRATORS
Raleigh, X. 0., Dec 8. A con
ference of the eotton seed crushers of
Xorth Carolina and "South Carolina,
J'ood Administrator Henry A. Page, of
North Carolina, and Food Administra-
tnr DnrU R. Cnkpr, tif South Cnrnlinp,
lias been arranged for next Monday
nftertoon at two o'clock in the offices
of Mr. Page at Kcigh. There will be
present also in all probability a repre
sentative of the Crushers Division of
ITALIAN LOSSES
REPORTED HEAVY
mm TOW SMK IW WAR-ZnW TIfOUilN
,vj;ivvi vvaiuv iai ii iui uvuu t
-i - 4 -nt-iimiiin-nriiiinn nrnnniln nnii
' -:; - v j . . - -. , . . Officials Here State That
RALEIGH BOY-
Are Taken Off in Life
in Peace Times Has, a
Than Ninety Men. She
c
;anp-r
with his shrpr
appearlhatJ;heJx)ss of life would-
German Planes Hard Press
ed Fly Over Basel In flak
ing Their Escape Back to
Alsace.
Geneva, Switzerland, Friilay, Pee. 1st.
The first air battle between allied
and German airmen over the Swiss ter
ritory occurred around Basel today. It
appears that the Germans hard press
ed by their opponents, intentionally, en
tered Switzerland. The fight took pla-'e
it a great height and the number of
planes is not known. The encounter last
pd .10 minutes. Seven bombs were drop
ped on- Swiss territory Tjut 'only ma
lerial damage resulted. Eventually the
airmen sped toward Alsace, still fight
ing while Swiss soldiers bombarded
both parties with shell from rtnti. aii
craft guns. The residents of Basel and
neighboring territory are indifferent
over the violation of Swiss neutrality.
RALEIGH BOY IS
IILfRT IN ACCIDENT
Washington, Peetl S. Vice . Admiral
Sims reported to the Navy Department
yesterday a seaplane accident in the
war zone In which one sailor was killed
and a gunner's mate injured.
Seaman Claude Albert Baker was kill
ed and his body was not recovered. It
is assumed the accident occurred at
sea, though this was not definitely
stated in the dispatch. Baker enlists
at Nashville, Teun., last December. His
father is William B. Baker, Sparrow's
Point, Md. Eichard W. Thompson, firit
class gunner mate, suffered a fracture
of thr-hight thigh. ITe re-enlisted in
' r-
TT T ON
ITT
t-. 1'-".;
in n I- n nan in tii r n m i
- rUW liAK Ig U. b. FUHIVIALLT Al
SAID TO ESCAPED
Guard Around Former Rul-
erSatdTfo Have Been Dis-
armed by Bolsheviki.
WILL REPUDIATE LOAN
It is Said The Socialist Gov
ernment is Planning to Re-
pudiate-AU Foreign Loans
Including Land Banks and
The Government Guaran"
. tees.
..London,. . Dee. 8. Thei gnnrdi - euj
rounding-. .Nicholas Uomauoff ' the foi
nii'r Hussi.au. Knipcror, near Tobolsk, Si
beria, hav been disarmed 1-y Bolshe
vik! soldiers-and sailors,;' according to
advices received in I'etrognid and for
warded by the Exchange"" Telegraph
Company. The" Bolsheviki lender in-'
tend to remove Nicholas "to some other
place for fear that he might be lynch
ed, .v
AMERICAN CONSUL
AT TIFLIS REPORTS --''"'Washington,
Pec. 8. The American
Consul at 'Tiflis, today rejmrted a ru
mor that the former Czar of Hussia has
escaped. The message contained ri o de
tails and made it clear '.that there was
HO eonlliiiiutioii of I he iiiiinu. No other
news has been received here today from
Hussia.
MAY REPUDIATE ALL
OF HER LOANS '.
London, Dec. 8. The Bolshevika gov
eminent according to a Reuter dispatch
from Petrograd, is preparing a decroo
repudiating all Russian -f preign loans
concluded by land banks and railway!
im guveniiueut guarantees, Snares-of
internal loans held abroad also will be
repudiated. "
TODAY'S SESSION OF
MUNICIPAL COURT
The following cases were disposed of
at this morning's session of municipal
rourt : '
Thomas Williams, a negro, was eharg-
ed with larceny anil w?ls Sentenced to
three months on the roads sentence no
to issue, however, if "lefenilant pays
costs in case and remains law-abiding
hereafter. - , .
M. M. White was charged with being
drunk and was lined $.".
Clarence Strickland was charged
with-being-drunk and wasnned
Sales to Date On Local To
bacco Market Have Been
19,800,000 Pounds at Price
Average of $29.61.
The Rocky Mount 'tobacco market
faeks only 200,000 pounds of reaching
the 2,000,000 pound mark forlhe sea
son, according to figures made public
by the secretary of the Tobacco Board
of Trade. The figures-show total sab'
for the season Jo date as $10,800,000
pounds, at a price average of $2!U1.
Both figures are unheard of records fax
the local market.
The sales for the week amounted to
approximately 830,000 pounds which i
rather heavy for this period considering
the lateness of the rcseivt tobacco sea
son. The price average" for the week
was .12.60.' This show-px slight de
crease in the price average which T
chiefly accounted for by. the fact that
the better grades are show ing a tenden
cy to weakcu'in price.
The offerings for the week were fair
ly good, running largely to tlieb ette"
grades of leaf and cutters, with but few
wrappers. ,
Prices on all grades to thirty-five
cents have held up well. The bettci
grades have shown some decline, -but
comparetl with former years are still
very high and should be satisfactory to
the farmers.
The local market has only a few more
thousand pounds to sell before the 20,
000,000 pound mark will be passed. It
is safe to cay that when the season is
over the total for the local market will
be in the neighborhood of twenty-two
or thTee million pounds. "The hofTil V
MARKET HEARS
201010 POUNDS
1RITHAIT1
Congress, With One Dissent"
mg v ote, Adopted," and
r President Wilson Approv
ed Resolution Declaring
.'War.'--'
Washington, Dec. 8. War bet wee i
the Putted States and Austria-Hungary
was formally.' ilerlnrcd...yesprday.y.
Congress, wttji one' dissenting voit in
the house, adop.'C'.Land Preslder.i Wil
son approved a resolution, declaring
existence of a state of war between
the "imperial and' royal Austro Jhin
gnrian government Mid the govniment
.nil people of the United States," an
th Tiding the President to employ th
lr lion's armed forces and A rising ils
resouiics to victory.
The resolution, the Tesopnso of Con
gross to the President's requests Tn his
address Tuesday, is sinlilar, to that
li-j-'scdiAprii t declaring war. with Ger
frany; it became effective at S.O.'t p. ?.
.today, when it was signed by.tlte own.
utive without formality. An executive
explanation will follow shortly.
London Votes Against I.t
' After but one hour's debate the resn
liiiiou was unanimously adopted by 1 lie
senate with aii affirmative vote of 74.
It was approved by the house, 'G'i to 1,
Hcpresentutive London, theNew ork
iSniialist, casting the or.ly disseuting
vote. A few minutes later Vic.e-l'resi-di-nt.
ATnrshnll and Speaker- Clark e h ad
signed the document and sent it to the
Wi.ito House, where President Wiison
attached his signature with Secretary
Tumulty and Assistant Secretary. For
ter ns the only witnesses. '.
The resolution follows: .
"Joint resolution.
"Declaring that a state of war exists
between the imperial and royal Auslio
Hungarian government and the govern
iiu'iil and. people of IheiuTedraTcsJ
and making provision to prosecute, the
n"ie.
" Whereas, the imperial and -royal
Anstro Hungarian government has com
mitted repeated acts -? war r.g.iinst
the government qnd rlo people of the
p-ii.ed States of 'A: r'ea Therefor,
bo it -
Country s Resou--c.cs ljpl6d8e!i
" Iicsolvod by the s-.:.t'c amHmmo ci
n-presentwtiveii- of the United States of
America in Congress assembled tha; a
state of war i hereby dared-to. x
ist between the United States of Amer
iia and the imperial and royal Ausrto
Hungarian government; and the Presi
dent be, and he is hereby, authorized
and directed to employ the -entire naval
a-id inilitury furcca jf Ibc L'jiited State
and the resources of' the government
to carry on Nvar against the imperial and
royal Austro Hungarian government:
and to bring the conflict to a success
fill termination al the resources of
the country are hereby pledged by the
Congress of the United States.
Signed "Champ Clark.
"Speaker of the house of Representa
fives.
"Thomas R. Marshall,
"Vice-President of. the United Sr.tc
,and Pjesident of-the Senate.
Approved .7, December, 1917,
"Woodrow Wilson.' . '
GINNING REPORT MADE
PUBLIC NOON TODAY
Washington, Dofcw.8. Cotton of this
year's growth ginned prior to December
1, amounted to 0, 70.",fil7 running bales,
including 173,3:19 round bales and 7T,
ti:! bales of Sea Island. . "
PROPOSE REDUCE THE
RATES ON LUMBER
Washington, Dec. S. A slight reduc
tion on lumber from North and South
Carolina and Virginit to Central freight,
association territory was proposed in an
application lib'd with the Interstate
Commerce commission by roads serving
that territory. It is sought to establish
pre-existing six-class rates recently dis
turbed by a general rate revision dis
lowed bv the commission.
STOCK MARKET
New York, Dec. S.--Prominent stocks
were lower by fractions to a point at the
dull opening of the week and session.
Trans-Continental Rails, Industrfals
nd metals lead the decline! American
Tobacco featured the specialties with
a break of 2,104 points.' United State?
Steel reacted half a. point and other
equipments eased slightly .with Shin
pings. The bond market was a pathetic
Inn I icn.' d'?r-' --n- fur:rr w-'
Arrest of Sturm and Ed
wards Girt Was Made Un
assisted by Local Officers.
::3n an nrtirto appearing in" morning pa-1
pers several dayS ago, which had its
source from Eayetteville, it was stated
thut, t wri-ynmirf .nicnVjiniiM'il Osbnrii Alcl
via and Kin Hall . were claiming the
J50Ore w S r iUj i ff e rod ' for 1 1 1 ea rr esToT
Leon Sturm and Rose EdwTIrd the
iuan and woman who have, 1een adjuil
ed responsible for the death nf Angeles
Moutos, a (ireek restaurateur. It was
understood that the arrest was made un
assisted by the local officers.. Acting
tin this supposition a representative of
this publication made inquiry of the of
(icials of the city regarding the mytter
and they a.ssert that the two nbene
young men had no claim whatever to
the rcwani and that it was made entire
ly without their assistance. ''.' '
Jt seenis that between (i nnd 7 o'clock
on the afternoon of Tuesday last, Chief
O. P. Hedgeneth received a tclenhone
communication from (Sheriff McOcachy,
of Cumberland county, giving a. deaerip.
tion of the. man and woman and stated
that there was a reward of $!00 offe-red
for their arrest. At a meeting of the
policemen of tlie local department Chief
Hedgepeth described the .man and wo
nian to his officers, and then B. (i. Rob
ertson, a menilMT of the force, stated
that ho had seen a man answering the
deKcrijition entering the, Cambridge Ho
tel, Chief Hedgepeth then instructed
Officer Stephenson to meet the shoo-fly
from Kayotteville, due there, at 10:10
p . m. and impure, of the conductor of
the train if he had brought a couple
answering the description of the man
and woniaii to lior.ky Mount. Oflicer
Steplieiison met. the . train and was in
formed by the conductor that he had
lrought a couplu answering the do-
scrip4-ion of the murderers to this city
on the night before, nnd that they got
off on the side -opposite the' depot. Then
Qjficor Stephenson, started,, to the Cam
bridge Hotel to senreb, the building for
the parties wanted. . It was about 10:15
p. in., when he reached the hotel. Of
ficer StephenHoii'then found a man and
woman rcgisli'ied iim L. Tiiompson anij
.jvifo of Chicago. He called The clerk
and described the couple to him, -and
said that-t he- clerk stated tliat- Hie de
scription tallied with a man and wohinu
occupying ascertain room in the hotel.'
-. -Officer Stephenson then called for
Officer Sumner, to aid him in searching
the hotel and they both went to room
No. 7, where they found Sturm and the
Kd wards "girl. NeiTher-offered any re
sistnncc and immediately confessed that
they were the parties waiited.
Meanwhile two ynunng men, who w.tc
said to have been Al -ivin and lla'l,
came in on. the same train met by Of
(i'cr Stephenson. 'They followed the of
ficer to the hotel ami wie in the lohny
until the officers went upstairs to the
rooni.AfterJhe oflictrs had placed the
man and woman under arrest, it was
utated that the two men eamo up and
said that they knew the two and they
were the ones wanted for the murder of
the Greek. The offiers state that Hail
and Melvin did not participate in the
arrest and did not furnish any, infor
mation that would lead them to make
the arrest. Police ofTiicials state that
they made the arrest by their'owit work
and from information furnished bv the
AkerifT of Cumberland county.
The officers state that Molvin and
Hall then went back to Fayet.teville and
claimed to the authorities that. they ar
rested or were responsible .for . the ar
rest bf Sturm and the Edwards girl, and
that the $.")00 should be coming to them.
The reward has not been paid and when
it is paid the city -of-, Ro"oky Mount
should get it.
The Entire Northeastern
Section of the Nation is
Encountering a Heavy
SnowStorm. Storm. Warn
ings Up on Coast,
Washington, Dec. H. Snow through
out the entire northeastern section of
the conntrv accompanied bv a cold
Wave through the middle west and ex
tending southward to the Gulf of Mexi
co, was causing much discomfort today
and delayed traffic already badly con
gested.
Continuation of the enow wag predict
ed for tonight and tomorrow by the
weather bureau. Cold wave warning
were issn ed for Tennessee and the East
Gulf and South Atlantic States. Storm
warnings are being displayed on the At
'nnt'c dn-t f'nm Jacfcs.nu t.i
a colons
T INN
T-WENTYTHDUSAND
SS
Estimate of .Number Dead
Still Remains Around 2,
000, Some Say More.
MANY UNIDENTIFIED
The-Massachusetts Relief
Train Reaches The Strick
en City While Staff Man
Says Absolutely-No Way
Of Estimating The Dead.
Amherst, Dee. 8. An estimate of t,-
000 persons dead in the Halifax disas
ter is contained in a private telegram
received from the stricken city by an
undertaking firm here. . The message
says.thut 4,000 coffincs be, sent to Hali
fax at once.-.
BOSTON SPECIAL
REACHES HALIFAX
Halifax, JS'. S., Dec. 8. (Pran a Staff
Correspondent -of the Associated Press).
The Massachusetts relief train that
left Boston Thusjay night, . arrived
here today.. There is absolutely no way
of estimating with any degree of ac-
uraey the number of dead as a result
of the explosion on Thursday, Fifteen
hundred dead is the generally accepted
future bv the authorities.
In the morgue there are 300 bodies.
The latter were viewed by multitudes
today but only a few were identified.
There "nu,prol)ably 200 other bodies on
view waiting identification. .
The greater number of cases this was
impossible. A citizens committee is
sued a statement saying that between
.1,000 and 4,000 dwellings occupied by
the poorer classes had been destroyed
affecting, approximately 25,000 persons.
Investigation shows that almost 20,000
persons are destitute,
L
Said to Have Broken Out in
Portugal and Oporto, Ac
cording to Report From
Spain Today.
Madrid Spain, Dec. 8. A revolution
has broken out in. Lisbon the capital of
Portugal, aecordjnjrtQa dispalehurc
ccived here by way of Operto and on
Tuesday ont brca kit also are said-to have
occurred at Oporto.
BURGLARS VISIT
NASHVILLE MONDAY
Xashville, N. C, Dec. L 8,- When. Xanl'i
vllle."citi.ens camo down town' early
Tuesday morning they learned of two
or three burglaries had been commit
ted during Monday night, when somo
unknown person or persons made mid-
nigh tTntries to the store of Batchelor
& Clark, the offices of the Atlantic
Coast Line Railroad and the Nashville
Fruit & Candy Store. At Batchelor &
Clark's store the only things missed con
sists of possibly a suit or two of clothes
aiLOvemuat and the cnh drawerrifle4
Only a few small coins were left in the
drawers and the loss was small. At the
express office the culprits carried off a
few C. O. D. packages, evidently thins:
infl the contents of the package was
liquor. Thei thieves carried off the cash
register belonging )to t,he N'ashvilla
Fruit & Candy store, but as only a few
dollars had been left in the register the
loss was small. The smashed register
was fouml Tuesday morning near the
grocery room, of the. Nash Supply Co.,
and had been badly damaged. The opin
ion prevails that these burglaries were
committed by novices infesting Nash
villa and suspicions point to one or
moreof these culprits.
DEATH OF LITTLE
GIRL YESTERDAY
Little Hazel Margaret Flowers, sis
weeks old daughter of Mr. and Mrs; .
C. Flowers, who reside on Church street
in this city, died yesterday morning,
death being attributed to whooping
cough. The funeral of the littleg irl
will be held this afternoon and inter
ment will be in the Boone burying
ground near this city. The friends of
the bereaved parents offer their sympa
thy in their sad loss.
FAIR WEATHER
ATTEB MONDAY
Washington, Dec. 8. Generally fair
weather with rising temperature after
Monday is forecast for the South Atlan
tic and east Gall. States, is the an
nouncement today.
New York, Dec. 8. Cotton elnsH
steady. December, Januarvfi t
TU
HAS
A REVOLUTION
TENSE FEELIUG
IS YET IN EVIDENCE
S CASE
Dooling Continues Sharp
Cross-Examination nd
Sheriff Called With
in Bar.
JUDGE- CLIN ESSAYS HE
IS IN -CHARGE OF CASE
Means Continues on Stand
Under The Sharp-Cross-QuestioningLByAttorney
Dooling. Witness Tells of
Loans to Mrs. King.
Concord, Dec. 8. Following a period
of tenseness attending the cross exam
ination by John T. Dooling of Gaston
B. Means, on trial here far the mnrder'
of Mrs. King, Judge CJtne today order
ed Sheriff Howard Caldwell to remain
in the bar throughout the examination.
Prior to this the fire and alleged harsh-
ikrt n. t .Un t XT nor Vwlr
assistant district attorney had been
nioui-ien very percepuwy sjiuscqueni
father sharp expressions of repri
IN THE mm
mand on the part of Judge Cline. Ha
hnl .aid thn nrlir et ttitf Attv wnnl -t
question," answer and ruling and that '
discussion would be eliminated.
The jury had been, excused when
Tudgo Cline ordered Sheriff Caldwell
to remain in the bar. E. L. Cansler had
made vigorous objections to the "sar-
. ' J L 1 i . .t l TA . . 1 ? .
cross examination. The cross examin
ation brought out. little of special inter
est during the first few .hours and the
examination is felfvras, Overshadowed '
in interest by the; JeflMeness of Cn vr
aation. Jndge CliM ated that i. s
going to give hlf '':! ; !
tion -to the exn.mii
Sheriff Caldwell
was desired to re'i.
duty of keeping1 in
ters that might J
The defendant told l. t i
000 and $3,000 made by h.m to Tu.
King at difforont times about the same
period during which he was receiving
money f rora.the 5 Cferman. interest."
SESSOMS SENTENCE
REDUCED TO '4 YEARS
'-' -'-."-.. ' T -
"Information has been received in ih
citytotheeffcc.t -that theaentenceof
i icero essoms, the negro who wag
round guilty of murder in the second
degree growine out of the kilfinirnf
Cary Weeks ad thwoundlng of others
in a snooring anray near Wliitakers sev
eral months ago, has been lowered from
six to four years in the- State Pentiten.
nary, lie was found .guilty in Nash
Superior court last Week nnd was sen
tenced to six years in the pentitentiary
on luesoay last. It is understood that
on last night his Sentence was changed
to four years in the pentitenairy instead
of sir. '
ARMY RECRUITING
OFFICER TQ BE HERE
An army recruiting officer will be
here next week beginning Monday, De
cember 10, and will remain until Bun
day Dec. 16r The officer will be at
the post office for the purpose of enlist
ing anymnn from Rocky Mount who
desires to join this branch of tin sor-
ice. ... T ....
All registrants are now awar? of
the fact that they will have to be en
listed before December 13, or they can
not thereafter get into the army ex
cept by the selective service route, so
next week all registered men who pre
fer volunteer enlistment will have their
chance. It is expected that-there will
be many men who had rather join with
the recruiting officer than to wait for
the next call under the new draft law,
and t.hnt they will call on "the recruit
ing officer next week at the post office.
The officer will also explain to all. the
different branches of the service in
which enlistment, is desirable and will
furnish any information, desired. It is
expected that nianyyill join from this
city. ' .
ECUADOR HAS
SEVERED RELATI0N3
Guayaquil, Ecuador, See. 8.
Ecuador has severed diplomatic re
lations with Germany, according to
an official announcement made by
the government today.
COTTON IIA'
- New York, Pec. 8. C:
opened steady, DecerU.er
nary, 2'.f0; Man-!-, ':
.Tuly. -27.4
' ' - " 1 .