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GREENSBORO, ft!. C. MONDAY
22, 1915
VOL. 94 NO. 1G
LOCAL NEWS IN BRIEF FORM 6DILF0RD ALUMNI BANQUET
two iiSre vessels are sunk
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GERMAN SUBMARINE GETS IN
ITS ORK OF DESTRUC
,;.rlOX IN IRISH SEA.
DENY ANY RESPONSIBILITY
AMERICAN VESSEL BLOWN DP
NORTH CAROLINA NE1S NOTES
A BRIEF SURVEY OF WHAT IS
TRANSPIRING IN THE
COMMONWEALTH.
NOTABIiE OCCASION SATURDAY
NIGHT SEVERAL. STRONG
SPEECHES HEARD.
BRITISH FOREIGN OFFICE RE
VESSEL CARRYING COTTON
SUNK BY MINE IN
NORTH SEA.
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PLIES TO AMERICAN NOTE
OF PROTEST.
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PATRIOT
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mtters of interest to the
'headers of the patriot
1 far and near.
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Xc.v Lawyer. Mr. Julius C.
Smith, of High Point, who has just
letn granted license by the Supreme
court to practice law, was sworn in
before the Superior court of Guilford
county Thursday.
Mrs. Uoysrter Improving. Mrs.
George H. K oyster, who is in a hos
pital in Richmond, Va., for treat
ment, is improving very satisfactor
ilv and is expected to be able to re
lurri home in a few weeks.
Over 200 Enrolled. The Greens
ll(,ro training school for Sunday
-cl teachers and workers, em
tr iUC members of all the white
pr-uestant scliools in the city, now
I an enrollment of over 200.
Revival Meeting. A revival meet
i! was hegnn at Westminster Pres-by-erian
chnrch Friday night and
vi'.I be eoniinued through the pres
o:U week and perhaps longer. The
pu?Tor. llev. C. E. Hodgin, is being
asositd by Rev. Robert King, of
K-nansville. and the services are
veil attended.
For Robbing House. John Henry
W alker, colored, was given a hearing
in Municipal court a few days ago
and held for the Superior court on
thp charge of breaking into and en
tering the servants' quarters at the
home of Mr. R. F. Dalton, on West
Sycamore street. He was held un
der a bond of $150.
.Fudge ( lark Tonight.- Chief Jus
iic Walter Clark, of the North Car
o!:::a Supreme court, will njake a
pe-fch in the count v court house to
night in advocacy of woman suf
frage, his address having been post
poned from a previous date. Judge
Clark is one ot the most earnest ad
vocates of woman suffrage in the
Held I nder liond. A. Horwitz,
w. i was given a hearing last week
be:ovo United States Commissioner
Collins on the charge of violating
the bankruptcy law by withholding
property from the trustee in a bank
ruptcy proceeding, has been held un
der a bond of $1,000 for the term of
I'cited States District court to be
held in this city in June.
Married Thursday Night Mr. Ed
sar M. Greeson and Miss Blanche
Greeson were married last Thursday
night at the home of Rev. J. E.
Shenk. pastor of the First Lutheran
church, who performed the cere
mony. The groom is an employe of
the city as a member of the auto fire
truck company and his bride has
made her home in Greensboro for
-ome time, having been in the em
ploye of the Southern Bell Tele
phone Company.
W. Brooks Dead. Mr. S. W.
Brooks, who had made his home in
Greensboro for several years, died
yesterday morning at his home on
Price street. The funeral will be
ne;d from the residence this after
noon at 4 o"clock and will be con
ducted by Rev. C. VI. Hodgin. Mr.
Brooks was 6 0 years of age and a
native of England. He is survived
his widow, two sons and two
cM.rs. One of the daughters,
M. j. Westcott, resides in
f-nsboro.
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(-oes t Concord. Mr. W. Giles
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'am ot tliic Htv Vine; snnvpri to
' C" '.ni to become editor and man
iL""r 'if the Chronicle, a Repuolican
m; -"si-okly paper published in that
f' ; " Some years ago Mr. Mebane
n the staff of the Greensboro
'iy Industrial News and did splen
; ;,i r,-v--nc'per work. For the past
1 " W'ars lie has been traveling.
Mr. i .,.ute has many friends in
;'r'nsboro and throughout the
'i' vi,o will wish hiii' well in his
' vent tire.
Guilford Jessup Arrested. Sher-
l!' Stafford wore a satisfied smile
.en he returned to town Friday
ning ancj announced that he had
tested Guilford Jessup, who was
-nted for the part he took in a
1 -ni at the last Fourth of July cele-
'ration at Guilford Battle Ground
J ' -e other participants in the affray
-mo arrested with little difficulty,
h-t (iuilford Jessup didn't want to
r- arrested and migrated to West
Virginia. He returned to Guilford
fount y last week, and Sheriff Staf
Jord was advised that he might he
fond at the Piney Grove school Fri
ay afternoon. Following the "lead,"
the sheriff followed his man to the
1'mey Grove school and took him in
custody. Jessup gave bond in the
sum of $300 for his appearance at a
Preliminary hearing.
The Guilford College alumni ban
quet, which was held at the Guil
ford hotel Saturday night, was a not
able accasion and was attended by a
large number of former students of
the college. Dr. Isaac Sharpless,
president of Haverford College, Hav
erford, Pa., was the guest of honor
and Mr. William A. Blair, of Winston-Salem,
was the toastmaster.
The address of Dr. Sharpless was
a plea for the preservation of the old
standards in the educational world
and was listened to with the deep
est interest. He said a man educat
ed by the old standards has a bent
of mind that will serve him well in
every relation of later life. The men
who conceived and founded the gov
ernment of the United States re
ceived only that sort of training. In
their college days they never dream
ed of attempting to prepare them
selves to found a new govejjpment;
but their intellectual capacity was
so prodigiously developed that they
were ready to meet any emergency.
Dr. L. L,. Hobbs, who is soon to re
tire as president of the college,
spoke on "Guilford's Place." He re
viewed briefly ' the splendid work
Guilford has done in the past as evi
denced by the lives of the notable
men and women she has turned out.
Mr. J. Elwood Cox, chairman of
the board of trustees, spoke of the
endowment of the college, which has
grown from $60,000 in 1905 to
180,000 at the present time.
Home Burned. The residence of
Mr. John Dean, about three miles
south of Greensboro, was destroyed
by a fire that was discovered about
5 o'clock Thursday morning. The
fire had made such progress when
discovered that there was little time
left to save any of the household ef
fects, although ail the members of
the family escaped without harm.
The loss is partially covered by in
surance. A Bold Robbery. Raymond Fair,
a young white man, was arrested
shortly before midnight last night a
moment after he had broken a plate
glass window in Bernau's jewelryr
store and taken about $150 worth of
jewelry. Three police officers who
were going down South Elm street
heard the crash qf breaking glass
vhen they were two doors above the
jewelry store and took Fair in cus
tody before he had time to cross the
sidewalk. He was locked up for a
hearing today.
Recovering Nicely. Miss Rebecca
Phoenix, who recently underwent an
operation at St. Leo's hospital for
cancer and later was carried to
Johns Hopkins hospital, in Balti
more, returned to the city Saturday,
accompanied by her father, Mr. John
J. Phoenix. The specialist who ex
amined her in Baltimore gave a fav
orable report and advised that she
return to Greensboro for further
treatment in St. Leo's hospital. Miss
Phoenix was treated in Baltimore by
Dr. Howard Kelly, one of the most
eminent cancer specialists in the
country, and her friends will be glad
o know that he holds out hopes of
her early and complete recovery.
Transfers of Real Estate.
Following are among the transfers
of real estate recorded in the office
of the register ot deeds during thf
Matter part of last week.
H. B. Hoskins to Lillian I Harper,
property on Steele streei, in High
Point, for about $2,500.
W. R. Self, trustee, to the Brown
Real Estate Company, on South Ce
dar street, Greensboro, for $1,000.
Henry Farmer to Ernest Elliott
and others, 15 acres, for $225.
R. P. Gorrell to Gate City Motor
Company, property on Chapman
street, for $3 7 5.
Gate City Motor Company to L.
M. Ham, property on Chapmen
street, for $37 5.
Joseph P. White to J. W. Terrell,
lots in Gilmer township, for $640.
Charles L. Sockwell to W. F. Mar
tin, 236 acres in Washington town
ship, for $6,844.
G. H. Miles to May S. Miles, for
$50, a lot on Schenck street.
L. F. Thompson to G. R. Thomp
son, property on Gregory street, for
$300.
H. P. Cox to L. F. Thompson,
property on Gregory street, for $300.
E. Fremont Edwards to Lewis Og
buxn, 13 acres in Friendship, for
$225.
The British foreign office Friday
evening issued a note in reply to the
representation of the United States
government concerning the use of
the American flag by British vessels
The note says that the Cunard
Line steamer Lusitania on her re
cent voyage from New York to Liv
erpool raised the American flag "to
save the lives of non-combatants,
crew and passengers." It adds that
in spite of the fact that American
passengers embarking on the Lusi
tania on her outward voyage for
New York asked that the American
flag he hoisted, the British govern
ment did not give any advices to the
company as to how to meet this re
quest and, it is understood the Lusi
tania left Liverpool under the Brit
ish flag."
After discussing the Lusitania in
cident the memorandum says:
"The British government has no
intention of advising merchant ship
ping to use foreign flags as a gen
eral practice or to resort to them
otherwise than for escaping capture
or destruction."
In conclusion the statement says:
"The obligation on a belligerent
warship to ascertain definitely for it
self the nationality and character of
a merchant vessel before capturing
it and a fortiori (stronger reason)
before sinking and destroying it has
been universally recognized. If that j
obligation is fulfilled the hoisting of ;
a neutral flag on board a British
vessel cannot possibly endanger neu
tral shipping and the British gov
ernment holds that if loss to neu
trals is caused by disregarding this
obligation is it upon the enemy ves
sel disregarding and upon the gov
ernment giving orders that it should
be disregarded that the full respon
sibility for injury to neutrals ought
to rest.
"It is understood that the German
government announced their inten
tion of sinking British merchant ves
sels at sight by torpedoes, without
.giving any opportunity of making
any provision for the saving of lives
of non-combatants, crews and pas
sengers. It was in consequence of
this .threat that the Lusitania raised
the United States flag on her inward
voyage.
"In regard to the use of foreign
flags by merchant vessels, the Brit
ish merchant shipping act makes it
plear that the use of the British flag
by foreign merchant vessels is per
mitted in time of war for the pur
pose of escaping capture. It is be
lieved that in the case of some other
nations there is similar recognition
of the same practice with regard to
their flags, and that none has for
bidden it.
"The British government has no
intention of advising their merchant
shipping to use foreign flags as a
general practice or to resort to them
otherwise than for escaping capture
or destruction. The obligation upon
a belligerent warship to ascertain
definitely for itself the nationality
and character of a merchant vessel
before capturing it and fortiori be
fore sinking and destroying it has
been universally recognized. If that
obligation is fulfilled, the hoisting of
a neutral flag on board a British ves
sel cannot possibly endanger neutral
shipping and the British government
holds that if loss to neutrals is
caused by disregard of this obliga
tion it is upon the enemy vessel dis
regarded that the sole responsibility
for in jury to neutrals ought to
rest."
Cargo Held For Prize Court.
London, Feb. 10. Sir Edward
Grey, the foreign secretary, an
nounced today that the British gov
ernment has decided that the Amer
ican steamer Wilhelmina's food car
go should be held for a prize court.
This declaration appears to make
clear Great Britain's purpose to de
clare all foodstuffs for Germany con
traband as well as to foreshadow
other reprisals. The foreign minis
ter, after reviewing the German
methods of warfare and denouncing
them as violations of all internation
al usegase, says:
"If, therefore, his majesty's gov
ernment should hereafter feel con
strained to declare foodstuffs abso
lute contraband or to take other
measures for interfering with Ger
man trade by way of reprisals, they
confidently expect that such action
I will not be, challenged on the part
Airtoan submarine appeared in
the Trishea Saturday and torpedoed
without i faotice the British coasting
steamfepambank, of 440 tons reg
ister, cj&ree of the crew were killed
and afirth ,was drowned while the
men taking to the boats.
Excera for the loss of life, the sink
ing ofv'!e Cambank was not in itself
a seriiVtls matter, but the presence
of a -rBian submarine near the
route fpiich the .Atlantic liners take
to and.'gHrom Liverpool and along
which J3$any steamers pass daily, is
certain ?fo cause uneasiness.
The submarine yesterday found
an other. -victim in the little Irish
coasting' steamer Downshire. The
Downshire- was sunk not far from
the spot where the British steamer
Oambanjk was torpedoed Saturday.
The Dbwnshire's crew, however,
were given time to escape in their
boats, frpn, instead of wa;sting a tor
pedo, pe -.Germans used a bomb.
The submarines up to now hav
demonstrated their ability to attack
only slow steamers or those anchor
ed, as at number of liners have pass
3d to aid fro in the IrTh sea where
the Gernan craft have been at work,
without! being approached.
f The Land Fighting.
None of the official reports of the
'and fighting contains important in
formation, although thnre are big
battles in progress near' the "East
Prussian frontier, when: the Rus
sians claim to have stemmed the
Germant advance; in western Galicn
where the Russians have become
more active; in the Carpathians, and
in Bukowina, where again the Rus
sians have been reinforced and are
resisting the Austro-German ad
vance. There seems to be little change in
the retf1v pQ3aions-in West Galicijaf
and in the Carpathians, the battle
lines remaining about as they were.
A big battle is being fought north
of the Nadworna-Kolomea line in
southeastern Galicia, and according
to German correspondents, the Rus
feians have brought up large rein
forcements from Stanislau.
The Russian and Turkish forces
again have come into touch in the
Caucasus, in the Trans-Tchoruk re
gion, but the result of -he encoun
ters is not given.
Ihere again lias heen a slackening,
in the activity in the west.
Dardanelles Bombarded.
The British and French fleets
bombarded the Dardanelles forts
Friday with considerable effect. The
bombardment was renewed Saturday
with seaplanes and aeroplanes co-op
erating.
Besides desiring to bring Turkey
to her knees, the allies in their at
tempt to force the Dardanelles aim
at an early release of the large stock
of wheat which the allies wish to get
out, both to relieve the markets and
to provide Russia with necessary
credit to pay for war material
bought abroad.
"Lazy Husband" Bill Passed.
What is known as the "lazy hus
band" bill has been passed by the
Indiana state senate without a dis
senting vote. The bill provides:
"Every husband who neglects to
support his wife and provide her
with necessary food, clothing and
medical attention, and every person
having any boy under the age of 16
years or any girl under the age of
17 years depending upon him or her
for education or support who will
fully neglects to furnish the neces
sary food, clothing, shelter and med
ical attention for his or her child
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor
and on conviction shall be fined any
sum not exceeding $500, to which
may be added imprisonment in the
county jail or workhouse for a pe
riod not exceeding six months."
Mr. J. R. Kernodle and young son,
of Brown Summit Route 1, were vis
itors at The Patriot office Saturday.
of neutrals states by appeals to laws
and usages of war whose validity
rests on their forming an integral
part of that system of international
doctrine, which, as a whole, their
enemy frankly boasts the intention
to disregard, so long as such neutral
states cannot compel the German
government to abandon methods of
warfare which have not in recent
history been regarded as having the
sanction of either law or humanity."
The American steamer Evelyn,
which sailed from New York Janu
ary 29 with a cotton cargo for Bre
men, was sunk by a mine Saturday
off Borkum island, in the North sea.
The vessel's captain and 27 of tier
orew were saved.
The nationality of the mine which
destroyed the Evelyn has not been
established.
The Evelyn is the first American
vessel to meet with disaster as a re
sult of a sea warfare of the Euro
pean nations.-She did not sink with
in the war zone included in the Ger
man admiralty's decree. Borkum
island lies directly off the German
coast at the mouth of the Ems river
and is German territory.
News Received in Washington.
Washington, Feb. 21 The United
States government was advised of
ficially tonight of the destruction of
the first American vessel on the high
seas since the outbreak of the Euro
pean war. American Consul Fee at
Bremen, cabled that the steamer
Evelyn and her cargo of cotton
bound for Bremen had been "bjown
up at Borkum" just off the German
coast, and that the crew had been
saved. The cause submarine or
mine was not given in the dispatch.
After a conference with President
Wilson, Secretary Bryan cabled Am
bassador Page at .London and Am
bassador Gerard -at Berlin to make
an exhaustive inquiry as to the facts,
and, if the crew were landed in either
of their respective jurisdictions, to
furnish every care and convenience
to Captain Smith and his men.
Although the extent of the sea
zones of war proclaimed by Germany
was never defined exactly, the Bor
kum islands are considered far dis
antV from the danger areas of sub
marines. The waters of the vicinity
and mined for defensive purposes
and Germany always has piloted in
coming ships through.
At the German embassy tonight,
it was pointed out that the accident
must have been caused by a mine as
Germany, sorely in need of cotton,
would not torpedo a vessel laden
with such a cargo for German con
sumption. No Ciround For Action.
Early press dispatches from Ber
lin announcing the loss of the vessel
by a mine caused a sensation in
Washington where the tension has
been more or less pronounced over
the situation in the vaiones since
the dispatch of warning notes to
both Great Britain and Germany. It
was virtually conceded that if the
cause of the accident was proved to
be a mine, there probably would be
io ground for diplomatic action by
the United States, as the laying of
mines is not prohibited by any inter
national conventions now in force.
Fire in Wholesale District Friday
Night.
Fire early Friday night gutted the
building and destroyed the stock of
the American Commission Company,
a wholesale grocery concern doing
business on South Davie street. The
fire was discovered shortly before 9
o'clock and the firemen were on duty
until 11 o'clock, and by hard work
prevented the flames from spreading
to the adjoining buildings occupied
by the Patterson Company on the
north and Stockton & Hire on the
south.
The burned building was theprop
erty of Mrs. W M. Ridenhour and
was insured for about half its value.
While no appraisal has been made, it
is thought the damage to the Amer
ican Commission Company is $25,
000 or more, partially covered by in
surance. A "Tadpole Statesman. "
A bitter verbal clash between Rep
resentative Palmer and Farr, of
Pennsylvania, on the floor of the
lower house of Congress Thursday
night held up final action on the an
nual pension appropriation bill. De
bate took a wide range, and in the
course of some remarks Represen--tive
Palmer said it cost a million
dollars to elect a Republican senator
from Pennsylvania. This drew a
hot attack from Mr. Farr. In the
exchange that followed Mr. Fair
"charged that Mr. Palmer had been
a lobbyist and Mr. Palmer called
Mr. Farr a "tadpole statesman."
A Candidate. S. H. Hobbs, of
Sampson county, who is prominently
identified with the Farmers' Union
in the state and nation, will be a
candidate next year for the Demo
era tic nomination for state commis
jioner of agnculture.
Belgium Refugees. The first
party of Belgian refugees that will
settle in North Carolina arrived in
Wilmington last week from New
York and went to Columbus county,
where . they will settle on lands of a
development company.
Dropped lead. Miss Mary Mc
Donald, of Cabarrus county, aged 65
vearr., dropped dead in the Southern
Railway passenger station in S?.lis
burv Friday. She was ?n?ing carried
by the sheriff of Cabarrus county to
the state hospital for the insane at
Morgpnton.
Graham Inauguration. The for
mal inauguration of Dr. E. K. Gra
ham as president of the University
of North Carolina will take place
April 21 and is to be made a nota
ble occasion. Some of the leading
educators in the nation will be pres
ent and make addresses.
Will Build Road. The project
build a new sand-clay road from
4s!iboro to High Point is assuming
definite shape and it is expected that
actual work will begin inside of SO
days. The route is by the Randolph
county home, through the gap of
Carraway mountain by the home of
ex-Representative Thomas Redding,
thence hy Flint Hill and Frazier's
Siding, and will be 23 miles long.
President Resigns. It is under
stood in Statesville that Rev. Dr. J.
A. Scott, president of Statesville Fe
male college, will sever his connec
tion with the institution when the
present school term closes. The col
lege trustees are expected to make
definite announcement of the jnat
ter within a few days. Dr. Scott has
been president of the college for
many years and the institution has
grown during his administration.
Schools For Orphans. The North
Carolina Grand Lodge of Odd Fel
lows has taken the .position that or
phan homes should be made puUie
school districts and the children of
those homes should share in the ed
ucational advantages of the state the
same as the other children of the
state. At present the children of the
orphan homes are a nonentity so far
as partaking of the state's .educa
ional advantages is concerned, it is
pointed out.
TRAVELING MEN ATTEND
SPECIAL MEETING HERE.
A special meeting of the North
Carolina Council of the United Com
mercial Travelers was held in this
city Saturday afternoon and was fol
lowed at night by a banquet in the
Y. M. C. A. building. The meeting
was attended by traveling men from
all over North and South Carolina
and was made notable by the pres
ence of two supreme officers of the
order Grand Secretary W. D. Mur
phy and Grand Page T. J. Phelps.
The first meeting was held at 2.30
o'clock in the afternoon, when Grand
Secretary Murphy made an address
to the various secretaries of the
North and South Carolina councils.
This was intensely practical and in
teresting to his audience. At 4.30 a
meeting of the state council was held
and the initiation was conferred by
the degree team of the Greensboro
council. The secret work was fol
lowed by an address by Grand Page
Phelps.
Mr. C. C. Taylor served as toast
master at the banquet and toasts
were responded to as follows:
"Greensboro, the Home of the
Traveling Man," Mayor T. J. Mur
phy. "Greensboro Council No. 296," Er
C. Caldwell.
"The Traveling Man as a Factor
in Commerce," J. E. Latham.
"The Grand Council of the Caro
linas," E. A. Hughes, grand coun
selor. "The Order of the United Com
mercial Travelers as a Fraternity,"
T. J. Phelps, supreme page.
"The Best Asset of a Live City
the Traveling Men," C. O. Kuester.
"Unity, Charity, Temperance," W.
D. Murphy, supreme secretary.
Mr. T. R. Kirkman, of Pleasant
Garden, was among the callers at
lThe Patriot office Saturday..
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