North Carolina Newspapers

-3 7" I, ' 1 HE ,'-.5M 'Wi'' PUBLISHED EVERY MONO AND THURSDAY 1 .. ESTA GREENSBORO, M. C, 1 1, 1915 VOL. 94 WO. 20 if . - . - . . - . . . .-Ci ., : !- 4 -r. .- - . , ' ... GREENSi&RG Patriot LOCAL NEWS IN Bin MATTERS OF INTEREST TO THE Headers of the patriot far and near, Engineer Employed. Mr. E. W. Myers has been employed by the city engineer of street construction work at a salary of $200 a month, his duties to begin March. 15 ana continue as long as needed. A Surgical Patient. Mrs. E. M. HolHngsworth, of Mt. Airy, who came to Greensboro recently on a visit to Mrs. J. W. Patterson, is a patient at St. Leo's hospital, where ..he underwent a successful opera ion this week. Her condition is re ported as satisfactory and she is eipected to be able to return homo oon. New School Buildings. The .city commissioners yesterday afternoon authorized Architect W. L. Brewer to prepare plans for two new school buildings that are to be erected as soon as possible, one for the white and one for the colored race. The wnite school building will be erected on Bragg street and the colored on East Washington street. Increased Receipts. The Greens boro postoffice receipts for February showed a marked gain over Feb ruary of 1914, the amount of the pnn'being $744.35. The total re ceipts for the month were $10,204. 07 against a total of $9,459.72 in 1914. An increase has been made in both January and February over the same two months in 1914, this gain being S26S.47. John R. Tucker Dead. Mr. John K. Tucker, a well known citizen, died yesterday afternoon at his home four miles south of Greensboro. Death was caused by heart failure, which followed a severe attack of pneumonia. Mr. Tucker was 76 years old and is survived by his wid ow, three sons and a daughter. The funeral and interment will take place at Pleasant Garden this after noon. Fire Alarm Sounder. The city commissioners this week purchased a sounder for the fire department stations which will serve in the place of ten ordinary fire alarms, thus t-'reatly increasing the efficiency of The alarm service at a low expense. The machine cost $275, while each alarm box costs about $100, and the electrical mechanical repeating box now purchased will sound ten new lo-1 'alities on the big fire bell and i:i a:l the fire alarm stations. Head Consul. Mr. George F. Wise, of tiiis city, was yesterday elected head consul of the Woodmen of the World in North Carolina at a meeting of the order held in Dur ham. Mrs. W. J. Armfleld Dead. Mrs. W J. Armfleld, "a member of one of Guilford county's leading families, iied yesterday at her home in High Point. She had been ill for several weeks. She was 64 years old and is survived by her husband, one daugh ter and five sons. Attempted Suicide. A young woman who gave her name as Kath arine Batchelor and her home as Danville, Va., attempted to end her ;fe at the European hotel about 1 clock Tuesday morning by swal- owing a glass of water in which she ad dissolved two deadly poison bi hloride tablets. After she had wallowed the poison the young wo nan telephoned the night clerk, who ummoned a physician. The poison was pumped out of the young wo man's stomach, and while she is still 1 ery sick and in a serious condition, 1 is thought that she will recover, t is said that the dose of poison swallowed by the young woman was sufficient to have killed half a dozen Tjersons. Doing a Good Business. Many readers of The Patriot will be inter ested in the announcement that the Guilford Creamery Company's busi ness is growing from week to week The creamery now ha. 158 regular patrons and is making an average of -50 pounds of butter a day. This means that the creamery is paying ut something like $2,000 a month o the farmers and dairvmen in this section, and The Patriot is informed ' the managers that they would ;ike to increase the payroll to $10,- 000 a month. Mr. Glenn E. Yoder, f Catawba county, has charge of the butter-making department of the creamery. Mr. J. Frank Coble, who ormerly lived on Greensboro Route G. has acquired an interest in the business and will be conected with 4ae creamery in the future. Merchant Killed. Mr. Claude Herndon, proprietor of Herndoh'a pharmacy, was called to Durham Tuesday night by a message an nouncing that his father-in-law, Mr. B. N. Mann, had been waylaid and assaulted. Mr. Mann was found in an unconscious condition on the cor ner of Peabody and Dillard streets and died soon after being removed to the hospital for an operation. Mr. Mann was a well known merchant of Durham, and it is thought that he may have been assaulted with the in tention of robbery. Negroes Hold Meeting. A mass meeting of the colored people of Greensboro was held at the county court house Tuesday night in behalf of the movement for the establish ment of a public library for the ben efit of the colored population 6f the city. The principal address was made by Rev. J. E. Wallace, presi dent of Bennett College, who spoke on "The Value of a Public Library to the Community." Many of Greens boro's best colored people are tak ing a lively interest in the establish ment of a public library here under the Carnegie foundation. . W. R. Moore Dead. Mr. W. R. Moore, a well known and highly es teemed citizen, died Tuesday at his home at Guilford College at the age of 69 years. He had been a sufferer from paralysis for some time and the end was not unexpected. Mr. Moore was a native of Wayne coun ty, but had resided at Guilford Col lege for the past 17 years. He is survived by his widow, two sons and a daughter. The children are: Mr. A. K. Moore, of Greensboro; Mr. L. W. Moore, of Wilmington, and Mrs. F. E. Morton, of Durham. The fu neral was held from the residence yesterday afternoon and was con ducted by Rev. Albert Peele. Inter ment was made in the Guilford Col lege burying ground. RANDOLPH MURDERER IN JAL AT ASHEBORO Ernest Kime, who killed his brother-in-law, Frank Garner, by cutting his throat at his home in lxandolph county Sunday afternoon, as briefly related in Monday's Pa triot, was arrested at his home late Monday evening and carried to Asheboro and committed to jail. He was captured by a posse led by Dep uty Sheriff Coble, of Liberty It is reported that there was an old grudge between Garner and Kime, but it is not known that this had anything to do with the killing. It seems that Kime went to Gar- ners home Sunday afternoon in a druniien condition and was ordered off the place by Garner. The report has it that Kime, af ter being driven to the road by Gar ner, Oriw his knife and slashed his trother-in-law's throat, the wound inflicting almost instant death. The killing was witnessed by the dead man's children. Kime made no resistance when ar rested and accompanied the officer peaceably to jail in Asheboro. Mexico Would Unite Against Invad ers. A dispatch from El Paso, Texas, says General Villa declares that in the event of intervention of foreign troops to subdue the Carranza forces he and all other Mexicans would unite against the invaders. Villa denied recent interview in American newspapers, which, he said, had just been called to his at tention, in which he was quoted as saying that he would, not oppose armed intervention on the part of several powers "to reduce Carranza to order," provided that he would be made commander of such a move. "There is nothing more grotesque arid absurd than such an assertion," said the message from the northern leader, "since I always have insisted that all our troubles be settled sole ly among ourselves. Should some nation invade our territory, I would be ready to fight against it until, I would see the entire country in the possession of Mexicans only. All of us would fight united against 'the enemy." No Recess Appointments. c- - Washington, March 9. President Wilson, it became known tonight, has decided not to give recess ap pointments to a number of persons whose nominations Tor federal of fices were rejected by the senate during the last session. This deci sion, however, does not apply to nominations on . whieh the senate merely failed to act. SUPERIOR COURT IN SESSION THIS WEEK. Judge C. C. Lyon is presiding over a civil term of Superior court that convened Monday morning.. The first cases called were suits for divorce and the following were, granted: Thomas Welborn vs. Ollie Welborn, colored; Emma Adams vs. J. T. Adams, white; Beulah Tyson vs. George Tyson, white. The greater part of the court's time Monday and Tuesday was con sumed in hearing arguments on ex ceptions filed in the referee's find ing in an action brought by Mrs. Isabelle Fisher against Miss Maud Fisher and others, the case arising but of the administration of, the Fisher estate by Mr. C. A. Bray as trustee. The case has been in the court for some time and upon agree ment by both sides to the contro versy the matter was referred to Mr. T. C. Hoyle. In his report to the court Referee Hoyle found the facts to be in favor of Trustee Bray, whereupon counsel for Mrs. Fisher filed exceptions. Judge Lyon has not yet rendered his decision in the case, but is expected to do so before the present term of court ends. Yesterday Judge Lyon signed two judgments which were rendered two terms of court ago, but were argued last term on motions to set aside the verdicts. The suits were those of John T. Hunt, administrator, vs. the North Carolina Railroad Company, and J. R. Bell vs. the city of Greens boro. The former was for $15,000 and the latter for $1,000. No argu ments were made yesterday. The motion in the Hunt case to set aside the verdict was based on the claim that tbe damages given were excessive and that the evidence showed contributory negligence on the part of the deceased. P. M. Hunt, upon whose death the suit was based. The motion in the judgment I against . the city was advanced on the plea that the city was not re sponsible for the death of the little girl by drowning near the water works, for which suit was brought. Both cases will go to the Supreme court. German Cruiser at Newport News. Newport News, Va., March 10. The German auxiliary cruiser Prinz Eitel Friedrich, after a marine wrecking scouring of vPacifiic and At lantic oceans which culminated in the sinking of an American sailing ship in the South Atlantic ocean January 28 last, limped into this port today and anchored for supplies and repairs. She brought with her rescued crews and passengers of American, British, French and Rus sian ships and lies at anchor tonight in Hampton Roads proud of her trophies of war that crunch the bot tom of the sea, but in a state of me chanical exhaustion from the strain of a 55,200-mile journey The German cruiser began her scouting for the ships of the enemies of the Fatherland ta Tsing Tsau, China, last November under master ship of Commander Thierichens and put into this historic port today with the admitted sinking of eight mer chant ships, three British, three French, one Russian and one Ameri can. The sinking of the American ship, the William P. Fyre, a sailing vessel bound from Seattle to Queens town with 5,200 tons of wheat, most concerned American port offi cials here and the Washington gov ernment. H. H. Kiehne, of Baltimore, is the master of the American fhip and af ter leaving the. Eitel Friedrich with Customs Collector Hamilton today he told a dramatic story of his ex perience. With him were his wife and two children. Fifteen Steamers Sunk. London, March 9. Fifteen Brit ish steamers sunk out of a total of 8,734 vessels of more than 300 tons which arrived at British ports or de parted from them from January 21 to March 3 was the record of achievement of German submarines, according to figures issued by the British admiralty. Vessels of all na tionalities are taken into account, excluding, however, those used by the admiralty for naval and military purposes. Twenty-nine members of the crews of the steamers torpedoed lost their lives. The total numoer of vessels which arrived at British ports during this period was 4,619, while the number which departed was 4,115. MISSIjONARY conference Tjj; BE HELD IN REEDS VELLE. A missionary conference of the Greensboro district of the Western NoYth'-'lCJarolina Conference is to be held the Methodist church in ReidsyJle today and tomorrow. The prpgria is as follows: ' Thursday Morning, itetional service, Rev. W. R. Lamb)h. Report of district secretary, Mrs. A.'. E. ordham. oijij.g People's work, Mrs. Rich art Wills. hispen's work, Mrs. Lucy H. Roberspn. Noifc devotional service, Rev. T. C. Jorllan. Thursday Afternoon. Devotional, subject, "Steward ship.'Rev. W. R. Lambeth. Young People's reports. Social service and welfare work, Mrs. Blanche Carr. Temjperance, Rev. Dr. J. H. Weaver. Publicity, Mrs. Arch Wilkinson. Reports of Junior Divisions. Thursday Evening. Devotional service, Mrs. 'Blanche Carr, Children's entertainment. Address to young people and chil dren, i&flss We Tsung Zun, a Chi nese student of Greensboro College for Women. Friday Morning. Devotional service, Rev. Dr. J. H. Weaver. Institute work, "Our New Plans and Methods of Work," Mrs. Frank Siler . Report of Conference, Mrs. John D. Huffine. Our literature, Mrs. J. V. Wilson. Reports of adult societies. Noon Bible lesson, Mrs. Frank Si ler. . Friday Afternoon. Devotional service, Mrs. Lucy H. Roberson. Mission study, Rev. T. C. Jordan. ' P!gesv ; . JJnflnished business. Place of next meeting. 1,000 Kentucky Farmers in a Fox Drive. Lexington, Ky., March 9. A thousand farmers, mounted on fleet horses, armed with pitchforks and acompanied by dogs, today made a raid on Kentucky river cliffs, in Owen county, where for years hundreds of foxes have had their dens, and slaughtered aany of the little pests. Today's drive was the result of a public call, issued early in the week to the farmers of Owen and adjoining counties, where for months farmers have suffered heavy losses to their sheep flocks and poul try yards, and the answer was imme diate. Foxes were starting for their dens in inaccesible parts of cliffs, killing lambs and poultry, and then get to their dens before the farmers could get their guns into action. This winter depredations were so serious that today's heroic measure was adopted. Farmer's dog.j jumped several foxes on their wty to dens, and fin ally drove foxes back into natural depression in such a way that it was easy to kill them. Of course, there are many left, but farmers fear no more raids on their lambs or poul try. Railroads Must Be Allowed Profit. In an opinion announced Monday the Supreme court of the United States laid down the principle that it is beyond the power of the state to require a railroad to carry one commodity or class of traffic at a loss or nominal profit even though adequate profit is obtained from its business as a whole within the state. Under the principle the court an nulled the West Virginia two per cent rate law as to the Norfolk & Wsetern and the North Dakota lig nite coal rate law as to the North ern Pacific and the Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault Ste Marie railroads. Justice Hughes announced the decis ion. Justice Pitney alone dissented. The court held that when a state selects one commodity or class of traffic for regulation it must appor tion to :t a proper part of all gen eral expenses and then allow sub stantial compensation. Women on School Boards. The legislature of Tennessee has passed a law permitting women to serve on school boards. The North Carolina legislature passed a similar law two years ago, but very few women have been appointed on school boards in this state. ENGLAND WILL CONTROL MUNITIONS OF WAR. London, March 9. The house of commons today gave the govern ment authority to take over the con trol of the country's entire engineer ing trade and to place it under a combined management for the pur pose of increasing the Output of war munitions. This drastic action was the outstanding feature here of the day's war news. Although public interest in the bombardment of the Dardanelles continues at a high pitch, there was little news from the land battles. With the war area extending and the size of the army and navy con stantly increasing, the government found that something must be done to keep the fighting branches sup plied with arms and ammunition. The fleet bombarding the Dardanel les alone is using an immense quan tity of ammunition. Fighting in East and West. In the East and West fighting be tween the Germans and the allies continues. The Russians claim an other victory in the region of Au gustowo in North Poland, a short distance from the East Prussian frontier, which threatens to break communication between the Germans near the Lower Niemen and those before Ossowetz. In Central Poland the battle which had promised to develop on the Pilica river seems to have died down, owing, as Petrograd puts it, to the Russians being too strong for the Germans, who were forced, to abandon their offensive and fall back under a Russian counter-attack. Things have changed little in the Carpathians although the Russians, according to their reports, apparent ly have improved their position on the Hungarian side of the Dukla Pass. Petrograd claims an Austrian defeat near Svidnik, on the Ondawa river, a considerable distance inside of Hungarian territory- Tn'e Atis trians, however, still are attacking the Russians south of Boligrod on the Gilician side of the mountains, east of the Dukla Pass. The Vosges mountains, the Cham pagne district and the Arras region continue to be the scenes of hard fighting in the west but apparently neither side has gained any distinct advantage. General Louis Botha's campaign against German Southwest Africa, which has been almost lost sight of owing to the bigger events in Europe and Asia, is progressing. One of lio tha's armies, advancing In the south, is reported to have occupied a Ger man camp north of Ukamas, 40 miles north of the border, and to have captured a large number of tents, provisions, clothing and trans port animals. Board Split by Lawyer's Voice. Los Angeles, Cal., March 9. At torney C. W. Hackler's sonorous voice rose in eloquence as he ad dressed the jury trying a damage suit in Judge Houser's court when a report, sharp as a revolver shot, re verberated through the courtroom. The jurors, lounging in their chairs, jumped. Court attaches sprang to their feet. The court re porter was the first to discover the cause. He looked in the empty wit ness box to see id someoue was con cenled there vitii a revolver. Then he chuckled. A crack in the board constituting the front of the box told the story. The solid board ha,d split from top to bottom. "The effect of a wound upon the epithelial tissue" wods spo'cen at a certain pitch form d the key note which set in moth n an over mastering vibration of 3ir currents and split the board, said thosts who ought to know. The face of the witness box, a smooth thin board as responsive as the sounding board of a piano, caught the vibration, jarred the mol ecules which held it together, and bang! Uniform Doesn't Carry Indemnity. Secretary of the Navy Daniels has warned enlisted men of the navy that they must not resist arrest by civil authorities; that they are amen able to local regulations as other cit izens. It has been customary for men in the army and navy to act on the assumption that a man attired in one of Uncle Sam s uniforms could not be arrested for an infrac tion of the civil law, but the warn ing of Secretary Daniels will doubt less put a crimp in this notion. AMERICANS WARNED TV LEAVE MEXICO CITY Washington, March 9. American citizens again have been warned to leave Mexico City in view of th critical situation. Secretary Bryan announced to night that transportation on facili ties would be sought for as many as desired to leave. The battleship Georgia and the armored cruiser Washington werd ordered by Secretary Daniels, after conferences with President Wilson, to proceed immediately to Vera Cruz. Consular messages from Vera Cruz stated that it was reported there that the evacuation of Mexico City began last night. Enrique C. Llorente, General Vil la's Washington representative, re ceived a message saying Zapatistas occupied Mexico City today immedi ately on the evacuation of Obregon'S troops. These were the principal develop-' ments today in the Mexican situa tion, the importance of which today overshadowed in official Washing ton interest in the European war. In a sense, there was an absence in official quarters of apprehension that drastic measures would be re quired to enforce the American note. The movement of warships to Mexi can waters and the warning to Amer icans it was admitted, however, had been decided on out of an. abundance of precaution. The entry of Zapata forces, it was believed, would relieve the situation, as it would mean the reopening of communication north to the American border. The sending of the warships to Vera Cruz, it was stated on high au thority, was for the purpose of con vincing Caranza of the determina tion of the United States to take drastic steps if necessary. In view of the interruption of rail road communication between Mexico fMtv and Vera C!rnz ptr.Ant fnr mill- - tary purpose?, the-atate, ...depawafeivV was" piartfrlnste i; provided ror Americans who desire , v;1 '':!' M. to reach the sea. The Carranza agency here issued another denial tonight of reports of' General Obregon's activities. President Wilson himself indicat ed that some of the reports about conditions in the capital were exag gerated, but said the fear of out rages and the food famine had brought ab6ut a serious situation. Stand Off Death Seven Weeks. Washburn, Wis., March 8 Lafay ette Reuter, 23 years old, whose every breath during more than seven weeks has depended on friends and relatives, who have kept him alive by means of artificial respiration, died today. This was one of the most peculiar cases that came to the attention of physicians in this vicinity. Last fall Reuter was strick en with nerve paralysis, which af fected the muscles of his arms and legs, and later the muscles of the pulmonary region. Relatives and friends have forced air into the young man's lungs by pumping the chest with their hands. During the entire illness the vic tim remained conscious and gave in structions as to how best to pump his chest. Submarine Men Outcasts. The British admiralty announces that it is not justified in extending honors to the captured crews of Ger man submarine boa, owing to their methods, and that it is intended to segregate them under special restric tions, pending their possible convic tion at the conclusion of peace. The admiralty states that this rul ing applies to the 29 officers and men of German submarine U-9, re cently sunk off Dover. The policy to be adopted toward the crews of German submarines is in answer to the demand of Admiral Lord Charles Beresford, retired, and others that such men be tried for murder, and the admiralty state ment indicates that the government has this in mind. Financial Conference. May 10 has been selected as the date for the Pan-American financial conference in Washington, at which the ministers of finance and leading bankers of Central and South Amer ican countries will meet financiers and treasury officials of the United States to discuss the establishment of more satisfactory financial and commercial relations between the nations of the western hemisphere '4 .3 'If .'4' !' ' 'y iii' E.-;i i n. -f. i 1 "CI vli 4 i'J 'M'i i .4 ri 1 1 i 1 ". r ' - si; 1 V"