i -J at PUBLISHED EVERY MONDAY TAND THURSDAY KM i -4 j3" ..... . . -id ESTABLISHED 1821 GREENSBORO, ft!. C. MONDAY 22, 1915 VOL. 94 NO. 1G LOCAL NEWS IN BRIEF FORM 6DILF0RD ALUMNI BANQUET two iiSre vessels are sunk rl ' 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. IS i PLIES TO AMERICAN NOTE OF PROTEST. - : i- ' . r-M s fT r-. PATRIOT 1 mtters of interest to the 'headers of the patriot 1 far and near. ! 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. d a Mr Gr (-oes t Concord. Mr. W. Giles M '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.. ;- . .'. -- . - - ; -', "V